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o (JENEIIAL NEWS AND NOTES. Tho crcmonics attending tho innugura iion of Governor Hill, of New York, were among tho moat imposing ever witnessed -nt the New York cnpitul. Tho wenther was extremely flue, mul hut for the muddy con dition of tho Mtreetfi, nothing more could hnve heen desired. The attendance of visitor from nil parts of tho state was very large. The iinrndc of the lmlitnry and civic organizations was most Bticecpsful u'nd Imposing, ahout 2,500 men being in line. Tho Btreetn wcro crow ucii with peo pie, and pent enthusiasm wns manifested A mysterious pieco of mechanism was found at the new olllco building of the Chicago, lltirllngton it Quincy railway in Chicago the other day. It id supposed to Vie an infernal machine. It had been lying snround about n week covered with dirt. An olllccr wa called and tool; tho mnchino to tho Hnirison street police station, where it was examined by several electri cians, who wore uiiabloto decide the nature of tho contents. It is suppose! it holds dynamite. It was turned over to exper ienced persons lor examination. Tho proclamation announcing tho an noxivtion of Burinnh to the llritish cmpiro 9ias been received. There wns a grand par ade in honor of tho event. A lnreocon rourso of unlives gathered to hear tho trading. Kngluud cedes to China, part of upper lturmah in Order to make the Chinese and lutiiau front lers contiguous. India in vocatcs an offensive and defensive alliance between China and India. Tho colored peoplo of Norfolk, Va., and vicinity celobrated tho anniversary o emancipation with 'a grand civil and mili tary parade which was a very handsome nuair. It is staled that Russia insists that Tur key fill fill tho articlo in tho Herlin treaty providing for the execution of religious re forms in Armenia. Tho annual report of tho polico depart tnentshows thatduriagthe year just ended V'o.oUl arrests wero made in linltiinoro. Sir Ambroso Shea has been appointed governor of Now Poundlund. Pasteur has undertaken, at his own cost to cure eleven persons bitten by a, mad wolf in a village in Western Russia. Rumors have boon circulated that Hon James G. lllaino would not complete his second volume of "Twenty Years of Con gress." It in authoritatively learned that tho work w practically complete, and will bo issued Hie latter part ol tins month. T. D. Sullivan, the now lord mnyor of Dublin, was formally installed in olllco on tho 1st with much ceremony. Tho popu lace was very enthusiastic and turned out on masso in honor of tho event. An iui menso procession, composed of artisans nnd laborers, carrying green banners and bearingothor omblcnis of a green color, was one of the features of thoday s celebration Andrew T. Cox, a wealthy plow mauufnc turer. is supposed to have drowned him- self at Maysvillo, Ky. His hat and sorno letters wcro found on tho river bank. R. II. Harris, a proniinont citizen of Leo county, Ala,, and a member of tho Ala bama legislature in 18S0, committed sui cide ty shooting with a pistol. Financial trouble caused tho act. LET DS HAVE TEACE. And in Order to Secure It In Arizona tlio Indians nud Outluws J!lut bo Curbed. Gov. Zuliclc, o! Arizona, has telegraphed to tho secretary of tho interior calling at tcntion to an erroneous impression Hint tho purpose for which tho troops have been ordered recently from San Francisco is merely to protoct tho Indians from threatened attacks by tho lawless white element. Gov. Zulick says that his appeal to tho government for troops was for tho protection of tho lives and property of Arizonans from attacks of murderous and thieving renegade Apaches. "No people on earth," ho adds, "have ex hibited a. higher senso of law-abiding quali ties than the Arizonans havo shown in their terriblo afllictiou ol tho past eight months." Continuing, ho remarked that his procla mation hist week warning all ovil disposed persons that tho powers of tho federal and territorial governments would be ovoked to prescrvo the rights of nil persons within tho borders of Arizona, was directed agaimit inflammatory publications in the territo rial novvspapers, and says: "It has had its effect, tor tho entire press in the territory is now arrayed upon tho side of law and order." Tho governor assures tho secretary that ho will see that tho San Cnrlos reservation and tho rights of peaceful Indians nro pro tected, and in conclusion ho asks for an autltoralivc statement to dispel tho erron eous impression us to tho purpose of his nppcnl for troops. In reply Acting Fecrctary Muldro telegraphed tho governor that tho in terior department hns received no dispatch from him suggi-sting a need for troops to protect tho Indians on tho San Carlos to Hcrvation, nnd no action has been taken by Hid government to concentrate troops in tint vicinity for tho purposo indicated. Mr. Muldrow adds: "The purposo of tho government has been and is to protect all persons in Arizona in tho full enjoyment of their rights und property; to punish all l.-vw-brenkers. suppress outlaws, and main tain peace within that territory." MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL NOTES. Secretaries Whitney and Lnmar arocloso friends. Mr. Lamar is also a favorito with the president. Bobio of Maino having been re-elected master of tho stalo grange, is in high hopea of securing a nomination for governor. Congressman Townsend, of Ohio, says 00 per cent of tho republican members of tho legwlaturofavor Sherman for senator. A most exciting session of tho Now Jersey legislature is expocted. Tho law relatlngto railroad taxation is tho chief bono of con tention. Ohio has tbirty-nino democratic and forty-two republican counties. The center of tho stato and tho Indiuna border nro democratic. Senator Don Cameron will soon occupy tho old Taylor mnnsion at Washington, for which ho lias just paid $09,000. Evidently lie has no idea of retiring from public Ufa soon. It is reported that seventy members of the Connecticut legislature stand pledged to certain menaurcs of the Knights of Labor nnd owe their election to that organiza tion. This will easily givo thorn tho bal ance of power in tho lower house. There i n dendloc! vSetween the two branches of the South Carolina legislature, now in Hcsslon, tho chief causo being tho taking of a Htate census, but each body has pi red the way for a compromise by adopt ing amendments it does not euro about. Attorney-General Garland is said to bo really the originator of the pending bill to regulato the presidential succession, Sena tor Hoar's bill beiiigonly n modification of the, Garland bill ot 181. The subject ol placing1 cabinet officers in the line otuccen lon wr8 discussed when the old law waa pawed la 1791. THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS? The Clilcr Kxemtlve Confident Hint All Will be Continued. A New Yrark World correspondent had an interview witli President C'levoland. The president was naked how ho regarded Senator Heck's speech upon tho tariff. Ho replied: "My own pcrsonnl idea about that is that tho only practicnl way to pass a bill would be to havo tho house commit tee charged with this work, and tako up the subject in business fashion, and modify tho present lnws in such a way as to help poor pcopb who labor, and to tako away needless projection from the few who havo grown inordinately rich at the expense of the ninny." Referring to the subject of tho senate and consideration by that body of his appointments, tno president said: "I havo mado no hasty selection ol ofliccrs, hut on the contrary have given very much time and investigation to the subject, ap preciating that very much depends on tho personnel of tho government. Possibly I may have erred in some instances, but I am sure they nro few, nnd I have every evidence that the country is satisfied with tho new officials. I have no knowledge as to what course the senate will pursue, but 1 have no idea that it will assume to inter fere with tho prerogatives of tho president. I have my duties; it has its duties. Ono thing I do not beliove, nnd that is that the I'nited States senate will spend Hh timo in listening to petty criticism of a point which comes from disappointed applicants for office." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Gladstono has requested tho press asso ciation to convey to his friends his thanks for many hundreds ol congratulatory lot ters and telegrams received b; him on the occasion of tho sovoiity-sixtli anniversary of his birth. Ho also wishes to express his appreciation of tho tnsteful and beautiful gifts and tokens which have been showered upon him from every class and quarter nnd which, in many instances, are accom panied by tho most touching expressions ol regard and affection Gladstono snvs it would be absolutely impossible for him to ncKnowieugo personaily tlio many friendly communications and presents ho hns re ceived, and ho thercforo desires to express his gratification through tho medium of the press. President Grevy has accepted tho re signation of the French Ministry. After n short session of tho cabinet to-day Prcnv ler Drisson callod upon Grovy and ten dered tho resignation of tho whole cabinet BriBson said ho desired to retire from noli tical lifo for a year in order to tako much- needed rest. Tho government's majority on tho Tonquin credit was too small, he said, for a staiilo government nnd tho re- suit of tlio Paris elections was a further reason for resigning. President Grew later summoned Brissou ngain and strongly urgoa nun to contiuuo in olllco. JSnsson was nbdurato. Tho president thou re quested Do Froycinct to form a cabinet. A Paris dispatch says: Tho four chil dren Fitzgerald, Ryan, T.nno and Rey noldswho havo been untier treatment by ai. l'asteur win leavo lor Homo next bun day. Thoy nro all well. Mutters In Mexico. Matamorns dispatch: Gen. Miguel Gor mez arrived here yesterday direct from tho City ol Mexico, and immediately issued an order assuming command of tho federal troops in this state (Tamaulipas). Gen, Sebastian Villa Reel has been appointed to tho immediate command of tho forces in this city. Gen. Francisco Fslrado super cedes Gen. Lauro Cavasas ns commander of tho frontier troops between Camnrgo, and the officials are lequired by law to assumo their offices to-day. Tho federal forces will try to prevent this. State troops will as certainly try to install tho officials, therefore serious consequences nro eared. Mho forces are about equally divided. Proniiuciamentosare hcingissued in tlio interior. Tlio stale will surely bo placed under mnrtial law. This movo is in the interest of Rubio, present chief of tho federal cabinet, father in-law of President Diaz, an aspirunt for the presidency of tho republic. No Occasion Tor Alarm. , Washington special to tho Omaha Beo; Senator Van Wyck has for several days been in conference with tho land depart ment in tho interest of tho settlers in No- brnska who havo been alnrmed at tho rulings of tho comuiissioiior, and has written thorn that there is no occasion for the least anxiotv: that no claims re cognized under tho previous rulinz will bo disturbed; that tho honest sottler now has tho same facilities for securins a homo- stead as heretofore; that tho commissioner hns no desiro nnd hns done no act to ro- tard settlement. Ho said, in cood faith. Biionid no uitempt to do so it would on counter sudden dcieik. Firm for tho SII tor Dollar. Washington dispatch: During the holt day recess of congress, and since tho deliv ery of his speech in favor of silver coinnge, Senator Beck has received nioro letters than othor moinbcr of tho senate. In fact letters havo conio to him by hundreds daily, all of them commending tho position ho has taken and urging him to stand firm in support ol tlio silver dollar. Wlulo the bulk ol theso letters havo cmno from the south and west, not a few havo boon sent by residents of tho cast. Among tho trib utes of commendation that reached Sena tor Hock by mail during tho holidays wns onofrom thoyoiingcst daughlerof Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. It is a neat littlo water-color painting representing a silvery moon looking down through a sheet of sil very clouds on a prosperous landscape. Underneath was written in Miss Davis' hand; "Diana's tribute to tho champion of silver." California Wants Her Lands. The stato of California hns filed with Secretary Lamar complaints of tho general Inndolllco for not preparing patents for lands granted tho state of California by congress and subsequently confirmed tohcr in a special act and approved to her by Secretary Browning in 1SU0, and certified to the state by Commissioner Joseph a. Wilson in tho sumo year, and which Laud Commissioner Sparks has recently decided may be still further contested by auyono desiring to claim them under other laws. rieiiro-riieuinoiiiti. Fresh cases of ploiiro-pnoumonla havo leen discovered on tho farm of A. 8. Frye. near Masonville, Pa. Twenty-five animals out of a herd of 100 nro atllicted. Tho state authorities havo been notified. The cimtMi.va little cirl's fnco which conifcs out so beautifully on Hood'M House hold Calendar, is sweet enouch to kiss. We havo seldom seen anything so attractive in lithography. Tho Calendar is another happy hit by tho enterprising proprietors ol Hood's Saraanarillu. who never seem contdhtgd with anything less than the very best in whatever they undertake. Their Calendar is a beuutiful ornament lot any home. If you cannot get a copy ol your druggist, ncnd six cent for one, ot ten cent (or two Calendars, to U. I. uooa & Co., Lowell, Mae. Farm and Household. lilts of Agricultural Information. Tho fast walker is tho coming draft horso. A prompt-moving, fust-walk- ing team always sells for a high price, nndtho foundation of fast walking Jies in training. There is n good open ing for profit in this direction. If a team is urged to walk fast before being trained to a fast gait, tho lesson will never bo forgotten. Tho Professor of Agriculture of tho Illinois University states as follows in regard to feeding calves and steers, viz., that calves fed upon skimmed t milk mature satisfactorily, taking in to account tho valuo of tho cream saved, and that steers havo dono re markably well by feedin? them while on the pasture in the autumn, first with stalks and ears of corn until tlio stalks had becomo dry, then with the ears in husks, and lastly with husked corn. With such feeding 2 or 15 years old steers gained 80 or 90 pounds in a month. A notablo pumpkin vino at Mnncio, Intl., is mentioned by Tho Farmer of that State. Tho stem whero it camo out of tho ground" was ten inches around, and the entire plant covorcd a surface of 2UG feet circumference. The fruits, numbering eighteen, ranged in weichfc from fill tn nnnnds. nnd J aggregated nearly throe-quai ters of a ton. " ino variety is called the Orange, excellent for pies and stock." It is thought that a decayed stump near its root "furnished nutriment neces sary for such a wonderful growth." A farmer who has been casting up accounts and making comparisons (which are far from odious) concludes that under present circumstances the American farmer should be abundant ly satisfied if ho can feed and clotho his family upon his earnings, although lie may be unable to show any accinu lated profit. Tho present condition .ri r i e .1 i ui yiiHiiiuss auuirs aim oi omer muus tries shows that the farmer is enjoy ing greater prosperity than any other men, or if ho i3 not clear ns to his prosperity, yet he may feel suro that ho suffers less adversity, and owning his own land nnd helping to make tho laws unucr wlucn lie lives, ho lias reason to bo abundantly satisfied and happy in nis lot. Frank Walbridge, living in tho east ern pact of the town of Sun Prairio, Wis., has a oow of mixed blood, about seven xears old, that produced 22 lbs. of butter in seven days. Tho test was mado the fourth week after coming in The feed was hay, grass and small cars of corn; no around teed of any kind wasgiven. The cow was raised by C. L. Thompson from a grade cow, one-half Jersey, onc-forth Jloreford, and tho balance good native stock. This cow is by nhigh-gradoshorthorn, from good milking native stock, mak ing a very superior cow. Th'o present owner, Mr. Walbridge, is willing to wager $25 that he can make her pro duce 25 lbs. of good butter in soven days. Weeds should bo destroyed when young even upon the most fertilo soil, for the reason that they doprivo tho soil and rob the crop of needed moist ure. There may bocnough fertility for two plants, but there is not water enough, and that is tho principal rea son why a crop thrives better witli moro space than ono thickly planted. Tlio quantity of water needed for a cabbago to perfect its growth is enor mous; a thistle requires almost as much, and tlio more robust weed will get tho largest share from tho soil, and so stunt tho cabbage. Therefore the soil must be kept Ireo from weeds. A mare in full milk will yield 1-1 quarts of milk a day, and as she is working this mill: must bo provided for by a sufficient allowance of food, and tlio food should bo of a highly nutritious nnd easily digestible kind. Oats, corn, and ryo ground together in equal quantities mako tho best food for a nursing mare, whoso milk How should bo encouraged nnd lengthened ns much as possible, so that tho colt may make a strong and robust growth. Wiiat a colt loses nt this period of its life is not gained afterward. Cattle and all kinds of live stock may be included in this term should bo fed liberally and with regularity. The latter is of great importance, be cause animals soon becomo used to tho timo of feeding and becomo fretful and uneasy when they are not attend ed to promptly . Tins is moro espec ially thocaso with milking cows, which fall oil in milk considerably when they aro restles. Milk cows "should havo from 4 to 10 pounds of mixed cornmcal and bran pec day nnd will pay well for it. Many tests with feed ing substances havo resulted in favor of this food with 15 pounds of clover hay. Peameal is also good food for mill: and butter. Matching Horin, To match a team is a problem and an undertaking which has vexed tho soul of ninny an ambitious owner. A horso may bo perfect in gait, style.dio position and driving qualities.and bo a paragon of a gentleman's horso in a single harness. To find another that will match him in every particular is the difficulty. To match speed is easy enough, but to match tho gait is tlio rub. Color is the secondary object; stylo and gait aro the primary points. Every horse has a distinct individuali ty and it is a hard matter to find an other of tho same characteristics. "Edward" and "Swiveller" mntch well for speed, nnd so do "Mary Cobb" and "Neta Medium." Mr. Van- derbilt's team, "Aldino" and "Early Hose," aro a closematch utall points. This is wlKit tho roadman wants. It is tho harmony of color and stylo and tho rhythm of movement that charms tho senses. When a Gentleman secures this ho is indeed fortunate. If great speed goes wj.h tho othor requisites lie u tlrice fortunate, to unvo Buen a team is ono of tho greatest privileges of this earth. It gives ono the senso of power, rejuvenates tho careworn man of business, nnd fills the eyo of tho looker-on who hns a love for tho beautiful. It is possible to brine such pairs together, but it requires long and pnuert research. V hen secured they aro beyond prico Spirit of the Times. Agricultural Inbor In KukIiiiuI. When we read the followingfrom tho London Spectator wo are not surpris ed that Henry Gonrgo has many fol lowers there: "The family of an Essex farm la borers, known to th writer, number ing eight individuals , Jived through last winter on thirteen shillings a week equal toabout 2 li- ld. each per nay lor every t nine and without runniii!; into debt. Thev could nlTnrd neither fresh meat nor butter, nndato hardly anything but bread and pota toes, wlucn wero verv cheap, especially m tho country, and as this laborers buy wheat irom his master, has it ground at a neighboring mill (m re turn lor tlio uran) and his wife is a good baker, their broad costs thorn much less than it would if they wero nearer town. And it is but fair to mention that, owing to their eldest; son's illness, they wero worse oil than usual last winter, llo is now at work again, and as their cottaw is rent Iree, and tho father, during hny and corn harvest can earn twenty sliillincs n week, and tho children make some- thing by clcanum, they consider them selves to bo in quite flourishing cir cumstances. If all farm laborers were equally well off, there would bo 1 .-. . 1 . , i e niiiu cause euncr ior compassion on tho ono hand, or complaint on tlio other. But most of them in this part of England aro much worse oil; for the laborer in question, ns tho fact of his having thirteen shillings a week with a cottage and a bit of garden rent iree, snows lie is a superior workman; he is sober, too. spendina littlo. if any thing, at the public house, and his wite is a wonderfully good manager. How tho many live who nro less fav ored by fortune, having perhaps only eleven or twelve shillings a wcck, pay ing a rent of two or three, and being sometimes out ot work is a mystery. Except during tho summer they must always bo on the vergo of starvation, and if they had not tho parish to fall back upon, could not live at all. Tho IIor Scaro. Breeders complain that hog stock is not selling well now for some reason, and wo havo heard so many com plaints of that character that we aro compelled to believo it to bo general. Fanners feel poor, and many nro afraid of disease. Pork has beeii sell ing low, in keeping with many other farm products, and there is littlo money in raising it. Tiis will con tiuuo for awhile, until wo fairly re cover from theeominercial depression. Now, however, is a good time to buy, for the dullness of tlie business makes many anxious to sell, and to do so at very low prices. Wo know as a mat ter of fact that somo nro selling for half what they would tako last year. Tho raising of pork cannot stop, tho world wants it, and must and will havo it, and the farmers havo an abundance of corn with which to mako it. Those who aro neglecting to keep up their usual number of breeding sows will certninly lose money. Western Ilural. Huvt- to Grow Hyacinths In Gins. Hyacinths intended for glasses bhotild bo placed in them during Octo ber and November, tho glasses being previously filled with pure water, so that tho bottom of the bulb may just touch tho water, then plnco them in a dark closet,box or cellar, at 50 or 00 degrees temperature Tho water should bo changed as it becomes im pure; draw tho roots entirely out of tho glasses, rinso oil tho fibers in clean water, and wash the inside of tho glass well. Caro should bo taken that tho watordoes not freeze, as it would not burst tho glass, but cause tho fibers to decay. Whether tho water is hard or soft is not a matter of much consequence soft is preferable but must bo perfect ly clear, to show tho libers to advantage. Avoid a low-water mark in tho glasses by keeping it to a level with tho baso of each bulb. Never plnco tho glasses upon a mantel-pieco or shelf within the iniluenco of fire heat during thoprocess of growth. To stiniulatoandstrength en tho growth dissolvo a pinch of sulphato of ammonia occas ionally in tho water after tho bulbs aroexposed to light. When thoglassus aro well filled with roots, andthoflow- er stem well out of tho bulb, gradually expose to tho light and sun at a high er temperature. If kept too light and warm at first, and before thoro is suf ficient fibre, thoy will rarely flower well. They will bloom without any sun, but tho colors of th flowers will bo interior. To insure vigorous giowth, a favorable cxposquro to light nnd occasional fresh air, when mild, is essential. Ciitertnlninont of I-'rloniln. Tlio decline of hospitality is largely due to tho increased demand (sup posed demand) for outlay and expen diture, for decoration and display. In older times peoplo wore honestly and heartly hospitable, becaiiBo it was not customary to mako much change from tno ordinary custom ot tno House. Then a housekeeper hearing of tho coming of guests was not discouraged at the no ws; an additional desert per haps, or one or two additional dishes, would bo all that nho need add to tho clean table-linen to bo in roadin;ss for tho guests, whoso coming eho did not dread because sho felt they did nob come to criticise but to enjoy them selves. If tho hiiiiio feeling on tho part of both hosts and guests could now bo general, how much greater pleasure, frtf-jdom, and benefit would bo found in the interchange of hospitality! If . wo could bo willing to enter tain our friends with whatever nienng and appliances we have on hand, we could greet our guests with .cordiality instead of tho frequent nil too evident anxiety. Wo aro too anxious about tho appearance of the "best -oom," about tho display ol rare chinn, and about tho display of our culinary arts; too desirous to put out of sight tho littlo "homely," com fortable ways of daily life, and to have everything in company pnrnde, to bo able to enjoy ourselves or give enjoy ment to others. A guest who receives an earnest, hearty welcome, who feels that his coming does not disarrange, or greatly add to tho household plans or cares, is a guest at onco at ease. It is from having every outward want supplied thrtt ono derives the greatest enjoyment; but from being made sensible that one's presence is dear and desired. What matters it, if our guests can purchase a dozen luxu ries to our none? Had they chosen to enjoy their luxuries they might havo remained at homo to do so; but they havo come to us. It would bo simple courtesy, at tho very least, to suppose they havo conio for ourselves, for what wo can givo than. Cleveland Teacher. Mill Corson Toll How HiMbnmU Can T!o Cookod. Miss Corson said at tho Baltimore cooking school that a Unltimoro lady liad written a receipt for "cooking husbands so as to mako them tender and good." It is ns follows: A good many husbnnds aro utterly spoiled by mismanagement. Somo women go about ii as if their husbrnds were bladders and blow them up. Others keep them constantly in hot water; others let them freezo by their care less and indifference. Somo keep them in a stew by irritating ways and words. Others roast them. Somo keep them in pieklo all their lives. It cannot bo supposed that any husband will bo tender and good managed in this way, but they are really delicious when properly treated. In selecting your husband you should not bo guided by tho silvery appearance, as in buy ing mackerel, nor by tho golden tint, as if you wanted snhnon. Do suro to select him yourself, as tastes differ. Do not go to market for him, as the best a re always brought to your door. It is far bettor to havo nono unless you will patiently learn how to cook him. A preserving kettlo of the finest porcelain is best, but if you havo nothing but anearthenwaro pip kin, it will do, w itli caro. Sec that tho linen in which you wrap him is nicely washed and mended with tho required number of buttons and strings nicely sewed on. Tie him in tho kottlo by a strong silk cord called comfort, ns tho ono called duty is apt to bo weak. Thoy are apt to fly out of tho kottlo and bo burned and crusty on tho edges, since, like crabs and lobsters, you havo to cook them whilo alivo. Mako a clear, steady firo out of love, neatness and cheerfulness. Set him as near as seems to agree with him. If ho sputters and fizzes do not bo anxious; somo husbands do this till thoy are quite done. Add a lifcile sugar in tho form of what confectioners call kisses, but no vinegar or pepper on any account. A littlo spico im proves them, but it must bo used with judgement. Do not stick any sharp instrument into him to seo if ho is be coming tender. Stir him gently, watch tho whilo, least ho lio too flat and closo to tho kettle, and so becomo uso less. You cannot fail to know when ho is done. If thus treated you will find him very digestible, agreeing, very nicely witli you and tho children, and ho will keep as long as you want, un less you becomo too cnrelesu and sot him in too cold a placo. Tmnper nt Homo. I have peeped into quiet "parlors," whero tho carpet is clean and not old, and tho furniture polished and bright; into "rooms" where tho chairs aro neat and tho floor carpotless; into "kitchens" whero tho family livo and tho meals aro cooked and eaten, and the boys and girls arc as blitho as the sparrows in the thatch overhead, and l seo it is not so much wealth and learning, nor clothing, nor servants, nor toil, nor idleness, nor town, nor country, nor station, ns tone and temper that render homes happy or wretched. And I see, too, that in town or country, good senso and God's graco mako lifo what no teachers or accomplishment, or means of society can make it tho opening stave of an ovcrlasting psalm; tho fair beginning ot an endless oxistanco; tho goodly, modest, well proportioned vestibule to a tomplo of God's building that shall never decay, wax old, or vanish away. Dr. John jlall. Out Door ISxnrclns. Wo compel a boy to conform to certain rules in tho education of his mind, We certainly do not leavo na- turo alono hero, for if wa did, wo know what tho consequences might bo eith er a mischievous excess of brain exer ciso or a mischievous deficiency. A boy cannot bo trusted to follow nature, and so tako tho right amount or kind of bodily exercise, any moro than lie can bo trusted to tulco the right amount or kind of mental exor ciseprecisely because his life is not a natural ono. In this case, asinlno other there will bo likely to follow a mis chievous oxcesa of exercise or a mis- chiovous deficiency. Onothing.andono only, is requsite, and then wo shall hear no more about letting boys man age tho education of their bodies themselves, whilo wo concern ourselves mainly with managing tho education of their minds. And the ono thing is this. We must got it clparly into our heads that tlio education of tno body is not of less importance than the ed ucation of tho mind, but of equal im portance. And thoso of us who nro most deeply interested in tho educa tion of tho mind ought to be tho very persona who should bo tho most deep ly interested in tho education of tho body. Cottrcll'a "Reformu in Public SoIiooIh." A Famous Trick. , Robert Heller, tho famous mngican, who died a fow years ago, used to ex hibit with delight ono trick of which, ha was very proud. Ho Ttould stop to the front of tho platform, holding out at arm's-length a small bird-cago in which hopped and chirped a livo spar row. Extending tho cago abovo hia head, and grasping it with both hands, ho would say, "Ladies and gentlemen, you sec this cage. It is a real cage isn't it? You seo tho bird. It is a real bird isn't it? Now watch mo closely. Tho moment I snap my fingers, tho cago and bird will vanisli into thin air." Ho would then snap his fingers, and both cago and bird would disappear, leaving not so much as a feather bo hind. Calvert, a French wonder-worker, having heard of tho bird-cngo trick, de termined to discover its secret. Ho camo to thoperfornianco one evening armed with a powerful opera-glass. Just as Heller stepped upon tho plat form, with tho cago in his hands, Col vert called out. "Put tho cago down on tho table, or hold it out by one hand." Heller made a reasonablo oxcuso for not doing anything of tho kind, and immediately caused tho cago to disap pear, as usual. Tho next morning Calvert, who was on good tonus with Heller, called upon him at his hotel. "Ah, monsieur?" said tho French man. "I havo discovered your great bird-cngo trick at last!" "Havo you?" replied Heller, smil ing. "Pray describe it." "No. Come to my performance to morrow night, and you shall pee it." "Very well." said Heller. "If you can perform tho trick, you aro tho only living person, besides mysolf, who can do it." Heller went to tho ovening perfor mance, an'd took a front seat. Alter tho usual tricks with cards and pis tols had been performed, Calvert camo forward with a bird-cage, in which could bo seen a small bird fluttering about. Holding tho cago out at arm's-langth, ho said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you will seo horo to-night, for tho first time, tho great bird-cago trick of tho American wizard, llellor, I have had tho honor to discover tho trick, and I now per forin it before you as my own. When I snap my fingers tho cago and bird will disappear." Looking directly at Heller, with a smile, Calvert snapped his fingers, nnd tho bird-cage vanished. At Heller's death tho method of making tho cage, and causing it to dis appear, was disclosed. Tho cage, mado of tho finest and most delicato wires, was separated in to compartments by a thin partition. Thesotwo compartments were hold to gether by minute but powerful strings, which tvero mado to open by pressing two wires, ono on each side of thocago. The two wires wcro held by tho per former between his thumb and finger, as ho extended tho cago at arm's length. Each compartment of the' cago was so mado that when the spriilgs which held them together wora loosened, tho compartments would collapse, or fold up, in a very small coinpasss. Attached to each aido of tho cage, close by tho wires hold by tho linger' and thumb of tho performer, were1 stout elastic Cords running up tho in side of Hellor's sleeves, and fastened atsomepoint above his elbows. Tho bird chosen for tho cago was ono of tho smallest vanoties of spar row, and ho was placed in the com-j partinent to which tho potition bo longed. Supposo tho performer now ready to exhibit tho cage. I fo steps out holding it at arms-length. Tho elastic bands be ing on tho inner side of his hands and wrists, are not perceived by tho audi enco. Ho snaps his fingers; that is, ho presses tho wires which lot tho cage fall apart; each sido collapses, and tho forco of tho tightly-stretched rubber pulls each section of the cago up tho performer's sleeves. Tho bird is drawn up with ho side in which it was placed, and, strango. to sny, is not often seriously injured by tho operation. Kvoiy part of this trick requires tho utmost skill and tho most dolicato handling in overy detail to make it successful. Tho fact that Heller per formed tlio trick hundreds of times bo foro attentive audiences, without he trnyingtho secret of it, sliows to what an oxtent attention to details may en able a man to triumph over tho seem ingly impossible Tho Youth's Companion. Industrial Hriurintlon. Tho Roy. Albert Uushnoll, Geneaoo, III., in a letter to Tho Advanced points out with forco that sinco society is pyramidal always broadest at tlio base tho "high culturo" of tho ior? docs not olovato tho many, who must livo by manual labor, tho ono resource open to them. "As well," ho says, "paint and shinglo a houso whoso rot ten sills and posts aro sinking into tho cellar." Tho practical training for which he pleads equips for tho only line of lifo that awaits tho masses, which mere scholastic education can nover givo; it "insures a hotter under standing and obedience of Hanitary laws; lessons tho rate of mortality; by it habits of work arc formed, economy practised, taste and judgniont de veloped, Bclf-respect and solf-rolianco begotten, independence and stability of character secured, and tho indivi dual becomes much moro thoroughly fitted in all respects for tho duties of citizenship." Many such published expressions are current of lato.indicat ing tho growth of a sentiment favor ablo to "work instead of words." Tho agricultural colleges especially should recognizo tho demand and conform to it. "Bluo ribbon beer,",mad8 AtToron to nnd sold ns n temperance drink, is found to contain botweon 2 nnd U per cent of alcohol, or about half as much an U put in lager beer.