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FOREIGN GOSSIP. Paris l said to eonsumo nearly fifty tons ot snails in a season. An expedition will shortly lo sent out by Australia lo tost the whnlo Hall cry in thi Antnrtio. Vito Curoolono. who died recently si Milan, left by will his entire fortune amounting to $160,000, to King Hum bert. When the IVinco of Naples visited Leghorn recently, he took pains to call on Manlio Garibaldi, a pupil in the 27nv.il Academy there. According to official statistics there are at present 15,000 laundresses in PnrK and about f.0,000,000 francs siro yearly paid for laundry work. Europe has lf0 ngrieulltipl experi ment stations, in which arc employed 1,00 men in investigating and devel oping agricultural cience. While excavating under n' house in the Gtmi)eiidorfer strasse, Vienna, ome worknion have discovered a stone tablet with a well-preserved inscription of the reigns of the Emperor. Trebo ninniis Gallus and Volttsianii.s. Five thousand persons attended the ball recently given by President Grcvy at the Elysco. There wore seventy-live thousand supplications for tickets. The Mulagas-y envoys were the great curi osity of the evening. A tnco which, according to its "rings," counted up an age of upward of two tliouxti.id years, was felled re cently in the Liv minn village of Koken borg, Germany, a specie- of juniper tree, which had grown perfectly lint nt the top. A postman wlw) dJo:l lately in Germany ha4 ret -ived a pension for fifty-seven year-". The amount was only about nine dollars per year, how ever. II was disabled by an accident Boon afier entering upon his duties, but live 1 to tlio age of niuety-threo years. The Duke, of Leinster is about to sell the bull; of hi Irish estate to his tonnntn, including the m inor of IIay nooth, which has been in his family al most ever since tin Conquest. It. was from the iplendid old castle there, now in ruins, I hut a p -t monkey rescued the heir of the Fitzgernlds on tho occasion of n lire. Some interesting historic animals nro tho two h ir.ses which wore attached to tho late O.ur's carriage when tho bomb exploded, and which are now kopt in tho imperial stables. They are badly scarred, ltuno and, of course, uttorly usoloss; but tlioy are given hin der onro by four grooms, are clothed in silk and exercised, but never har nessed. 'Tho carriage, which was in jured, is on exhibition in a glass ease. Last fall thirteen thousand pounds of gunpowder were used in blasting a largo rock in n quarry on Lieh Sno, Scotland. As soon as tho powder had exploded a large picnic, party was ad mitted, and seven men died from breathing the poisonous atmosphere, of whose fatal nature tho qttarryiiion wore ignorant. An official investiga tion was male of tho circumstances, which resulted In attributing the mel ancholy mortality to the exhalations of tho gunpowder. -Sono interesting fiiet relating to thost i'" of the nowsptp't- onus in tho British In 11 in E npiro have been col lected for th India Olllos. During 1885, IW vernacular newspapers were published in B 'iigal, an increase of them on the to al of the previous your. Of these Gs journals Si'von are dailies, but only one of ih"in eircnhite-t over 1,000 copies a day. The circulation of one weekly native newspaper is 12,000 coiiies. This i. the highest on the list, but the nera'e print of the majority of tho" weekl.e- is about oOO. During 1885 tho llr.it two newspapers ever printed In the Siediii language appeared. THE CZAR'S DOMINIONS. IkX.Cmitul.Cimieral Hiitler'K Opinion of Itutxlik mill Hi Unvoriiitieiit. 'Are thoro not n good man v Jews In Russia!" "Yes; one-half of tho Jews in tho world live in Russia, or about three ond n half millions of people. If you suppose Unit tho United States is full of Jews you should sue Russia. Tho public feeling t hero Is against thorn. They nre the only people in all Russia allowed to otnlgrate whorovor they choose. Nobody olso In tho country can leave It; tho understanding Is ninong nM the component races of Rus Bin that they belong to the country, nnd every subject must have a pass port, like ovory forolgnor. No sttbjuot oiui puck his traps and move to Atnor icn or Germany except tho Hebrews." "Are tho Russians a patriotic poo plo?" "Yes, thoroughly so. Thoro are some elements in Russia which hato tho dominant Russians; tho Finns and Poles pnrticulary como under this de scription. I did not go to Poland, hut tho most beautiful women 1 snw In St. Pctcisburg wtro Poles. I had re marked to an American friend that I was disappointed in tho beauty of tho women, nnd ho told mo ono ovonlng to como to n Polish ball, where I would eco the finest women of tho capital. 1 went there, nnd hardly over snw more dazzling boauty. Tho Finns wero eon quorcd from Sweden by Russia, nnd thoy nre n highly intellectual rneo, with gentlo natures, who pay more attention to education; nnd thoir women tiro nioro beautiful. Tho Russian womon Imvo splendid forms, but their faces nro not bo agreeable. Nearly nil tho Rtuslans Imvo turucd-up noses, nnd when you boo n roglmont of Russian soldiers in lino you might think thoy wore Irish for that reason. Tho Russian womon have bluo eyes ami whitish opnquo skins. Tho expression of tho average Russlnn face is sullen nnd hard; thoy arc not P"op1o of much wit or gtycty. But there nro sonn things about them veiy peculinr; for instntic their religion. I never saw such religious pnoplo in the world, but, ns in all cases whore ro ligion is fiercely formal, It does not ombrnco their morals. I have seen on tho Honrs of their churches officers of their army nnd nobles kneeling bowed, with their foreheads on tho lloor, by tho hour. When the common people pass tho church they tak" off their hats, and if it should be ono hundred feet wide thoy keep them off until they have gone by. ' The class of priests is said not to bo very intelligent, except the higher dignitaries of the church, who were taken from the noble clas3. Tile priests marry, and tho government stimulates them to marry, lint there lies over all Rusdu the impress of one man power. The people themselves, accustomed for generations to under stand that there is but one man who rules them, only revolt in a hnrd, bu f wuy, which rather turns the sympathies of foreigners against them. When 1 went out there I sincerely sympathized with the people against tho despots; hut nfter I got some understanding of tho Rusinn character I began to think that, perhaps, their rulers know better than we did. If 3011 should have a Rus sian servant and show him some servility or familiarity, instead of appreciating it he would presume upon it. You can talk to n French waiter, for instance for mo ments ttf if he were your equal, and ho will resume his place as a waiter after your conference is over. But the com mon Russian who serves and wails would become insubordinate, if you re leirted toward him. Therefore, tho rule of Hint realm, somewhat born from the race, is power not unmixed with cruelty. I saw no instances. of cruelty myself, Jiut heard of a good 111:1113." "Did not the assassination of tho late Czar leave on Russia a deep impres sion P" "Yes, it did; but I do not think thai Nihilism is tho power it unstinted at ono time to be. I understand that the.ro aro still Nihilists in Russia who meet, and that th 03 hardly ever meet hut there nre secret agents among them. Thoy do not punish them, but keep them un der siirveilaiice. Evoiy now and then tho government comes down upon them like n bolt of lightning; the offender disappears, and the supposition is that lie is taken to Siberia. That is tho end of him. "Tho police systoin of Russia is enor mous. I doubt whether tho ruler of the land himself knows how many oersons are in tho pay of tho police. You seo police and niililuiy ovory where. Nonrty ovcrv large house or hotel in Russia is under the survcil inco of n character who supplier it witli wood and coal. His business is to watch that, house every night; no matter hmv freezing cold it is, and the thermometer is oftou forty degrees be low zero, you see him sitting out there, and if you undertake to enter, though lie 11103" appear to be asleep, le- will ?(tim forward and look at you to see if you belong to the plao. If 3011 visit n friend in Russia he may let 3011 stu3 over night without looking nt 30111 passport, Hut next morning he will 'ell you that if he does not present your passport ho will lie lined; and 3011 wan not leave tin countiy without :went3'-fonr hour notice before re covering your passport." Guilt, in Cincinnati Enquirer. Queer Gnstronomicnl Experiments. A correspondent of one of tho tech nical journals has been making some experiments in gustronoim, which cor iainl3 do credit to his power of over--oniing natural prejudices, lie caught, by the aid of his terrier, two plump barn rats, and nfter preparation, pro 'onted them to his cook to be made in to a pie. The pie was, he states, lolioious, and was voted a luxuiy by oine friends who partook of it iniwit iugl3. Ho also says that ho can Iroin oxperienoo safely recommend t hedgehog stewed in milk as 1 real dolloaoi. It is well known ;hat roast hedgehog is a favorite dish rvith English gypsios. Our readers 111113' also roinoinbor that during tho lust slogo of Paris its inhabitants wore reduced to such straits that vermin of this kind were often submitted to simi lar trial. One writer states that so lalatablo were tluy that long after tho doge, when beef and mutton vero ignin plentiful, rats often found thoir ivnj to tho French bill of fare, dis guised alike by illuming flavoring and fanciful niiinos. Chambers" Journal. In Glouconter County, N. J., a fow ilnya ngo, n wife of a man who had an unpleasant propensity for attending ulttb meetings nearly ovoiy night lilt upon n novel plan for keeping him nt home. She seeretty npplied croton oil to his clothing, nnd the poor man soon became so allliotod with sores in conso qttonco that ho was ghul to remain nt home. Ills wife, however, Injudicious ly let n lady Into tho secret, and she, shockod at tho cruelt3, told tho hus band, whereupon ho desortcd tho wifo. Tho wifo filed a potltiou in tho court of ehatiooiy for nlinioity, but tho vieo chnnoollor, after hearing tho facts, do ollnod to grant, tho rolitf prayed. Two of tho largest cheeks for money ever drawn in Now York hnv been framed nnd hung up In the office or tho Central railroad. TI103' are both Ynndorhllt cheeks, and represent two generations. Ono Is dated March 2, 1807, is for $1,000,000, nnd signed by a Vnitdorbilt. Tho other is dated No vember 211, 1885, is for $6,000,000, nnd signed by W. II. Vnudorbllt. A'. Y, Tribune EAGER AND ANXIOUS. Illtt Nyo St it Hps ll rrovMloru nt the Intor-Stitfi Cnniinerco Hill, nml Appllr. to ViirloiM ICallrmiil Onlt-laM lor nn Jluaj Job. Tho passage nnd executive npprova" of tho Inter-Stale C nnmerce bill, nnd the disastrous nnd deadly eflect of the same upon the tender buds of the sprouting annual pass nt this critical season of the vcar, have filled nie with chagrin and alarm. While I have nev er been in 11113 wa3 tho creature of n corporation, yet for several years 1 have been 111-irc or less In favor of rail roads. I have been in favor of restrict ing then io a measure, and have done what I could to restrict them, and 3ot we have managed to get along smooth 13 together, the railroads ami myself. I had been uniformly courteous to tlie railroads, Jn return for which the riiilronls had been courteous to me. The pass provision of the Inter-State Commerce bill looks to mo like a blow at coiit los3. Can wo as Americans nf ford to sacrifice courtes3 when wo only Imvo barcl3 enough to squeeze along with? I think not. 1 hope that. I have made it porfeeth clear that this is not purely a personal matter with me. I am looking toward tho greatest good to the greatest, num ber. So far as 1 am concrned person al lj", I am abundantly able to v.y 1113 fare. But it will redrict my travel. I shall not, hereafter, travel just to ob tain new ideas nnd write about them tor those I love. I will use 1113' old Ideas. Tiny aro getting a little thin on tho sent, p o-haps, but I can use them Mil the next so-sioii of Congress, nt which time this offensive clause of the innocuous Commerce bill will be re pealed. It will be repealed on the first dn3 of the session In a rising vote. Some newspaper men claim that they feel a good deal freer if they pay their fare. That-is true, no doubt; but too much freedom does not agree with me. I' makes me lawless. I sometimes think that n little wholesome res t fiction b the best thing in the Avorld for me. That is the reason I never murmur at the conditions on tho back of an annual pass. Of course they restrict 1110 from bringing suit against the road in case of death, but I don't mind that. In case of 1113 death it is n:y intention to I113' aside tho cares and details of business and try to secure a change of scene and complete rest. People who think that after 1113 demise I shall have nothing better to do tlia hang around tho musty, tobacco spattered corridors of a court-room and wait for a verdict of damage.' against n courteous railroad company do not thorough understand 1113 true nature. But the Iutor-Slate Commerce bill does not shut out the employe! Ac' ing upon this slight suggestion of hope I wrote a short time ago to Mr. St. John, tho genial and whole-souled general passenger agent of the Chi cago, Rock Island & Pacific road, as follows: Asiivim.k, N. C, lA-brunry 10, 188". K St. John, O. I'. A., C H. I. ( P. Hay., Chi cago: 1 J I : A it Sin Do you not nostra nil employe on your I'lmrinlng roml? I do not lenow whut It Is to lio un employe, for I was never In that condi tion, but 1 pant to liu ono now. Of enurhi', I am iioiorant ot tlio duttoH of an employe, lmt I have lUways been u warm friend of your road nnd rejoiced in its success. How aro your folks? Yours truly, Coi.onih, im.i, Nvn. Da3 before 3esterda3 I received the following note from General St. John, printed on n purple t3pe-writer: Chicago, rob. 13, 18S7. Colonel Hill Xyf, Afhn-ille, X. ('.: Slit My folks nro quite woll. Yours truly, K. St. John. I also wrote to General A. V. II. Car penter, of the Milwaukeo road, at the same time, for we had correspondence como back and forth in the happ3' past. I wrote in about the following terms: AsituviM.it, N. a, l-'ob. 10, 1S.S7. .1. V. U. Carpenter, O. V. A. C M. U- St. P. l!y., Mlhvaule.: DiJAit Silt How aro you tlxod for employes Hits mornttiK I feel liko doing something of that kind nnd could Rlvo you some Rood Indorsements from prominent people both at homo and abroad. What does an employo Imvo to do? If I can helii your justly eolobrated road any hero in the South do not hesitate in mention ing It. I nm still quite lame In my loft leg which was broken In tho cyclone, nnd can not walk with out grout pain. Yours, with tho Kindest regards, HH.L NVK. I have just received tho following re ply from 'Mr. Carpenter: Mtt.WAl'Kin:. Wis., February 1 1, 1SS7. inn xyt, t:q., Anhtviiu, x. a.- I) bah Sin You nro too late. As I wrlto this letter, there Is a string of men extending from my ollleo door clear down to tlioSoldlors' Home. All of them wnnt to bo employo. This crowd embracos the Senate nnd House of Hepre.senta tlves of tho Wisconsin Legislature, State otll elnlH, judges, journalists, jurors, Justices of the ponco, oplmns, overseers of highways, llsh commissioners, pugilists, widows at pugilists, tinldonttiled orphans of pugilists, eta, etc.. and thoy nro all just about us well qualiUed to bo eniployoB as you nro. 1 suppose you would pouitico n uoi-uox wun pounded loo, and o ivouut they. 1 nm sorry to htfar about your lame leg. Tho surgeon of ou road snys poihups you do not uso It enough. Yours for tho thorough enforcement of law A. V. 11. CAIlCBNTBIt, l'er a. Not having written to Mr llughitt, of iho Northwestern rond, for nlong time, nnd, fonriiiff that ho might think I had grown cold toward him, 1 wroto tho following note on the 9lh: ABllHVU.l.K, N. C Fab, 0, 1SS7. Mareln HiiglMl. Steumt Vit4'J'rtitlHt ami (? trl Manavr Chicago ib XorlAmtUrn J'Utnmy, DuAii Sin llxcuso mo for not writing be fore. I did not wish to wrlto you until 1 oould do so In a bright nnd cheery manner, nnd for some wool's 1 have boen tho hot-bod of twenty-one Kurly Vos0 tolls- It- wus oxtroraely humorous without being funny. My enemte gloatoil over mo In ghoulish gleo. I see by a recent statement In tho press that your road lias greatly Increased in buslnos. Do you not fuel the uoed of an employe? Any light employment thai will Ut honorable with out Iniolving too much inspiration would be uoooptubla. I ant traveling about a good deal those days, niu' If I oan do you any good ns an Rgtiil or in rofurrtng to your smooth road-bed and tho mag nltlcont cconory along your line, I would bo clad to regard that In the light of employment. i.cry where I go I hear your road very highly spoken of. Yours truly, muTE. I nlso wrote Mr. Tcnsdale of the Omaha rond, because ho has always taken a great interest in mo and laughed at somo of 1113 pieces in the papers just to make me feel good, when lin did not really feel liko laughing. yiy words were as follows : ASIIKV1M.E, N. C Feb. 9, 1SS7. (Personal.) . U. Ttatdale, 0. V. A., P.oyil lloute, St. raul. Minn. Ukau Sin You have no doubt heretofore ro gnrded mo ns nfnuent, nnd I know that many of my most Intlmato friends consider mo pretty well nxed, but I fltid myself tnis spring in straitened clrcumsrapces. 1 fear that I shall have to monkey with man ual labor In order to subsist. Could you secure a place for mo on your handsomely equipped rond? I do not enre what tho employment Is, so long as It Is honorable. I understand that there are n great many trout In tho streams along your right-of-way on the Lake Superior branch of tho road. I would be glad to go up there this summer In the In terests of the road nnd keep them from com ing out of their holes and injuring the passen gers. If you can not And airy thing for me to do, you might nsk Mr. Winter. I think It would be n cold day when Mr. Winter would turn tho C0I4I shoulder on a deserving youngman. Yonrs sincerely, Him. Nye. Mr. Teasdnle returned the following reph: St. VAVU Minn., Feb, 13, 1887. Hill Xy, Anif villi, X. C: IJi'.Ait Slit We need a good janitor In the general offlces here. Can you tomo at once! As an employe wo could give you a pass, but we dock our janitor twenty-tlvo dollars a day fornbsonce unless on account of severe Illness or death. The work Is not difficult, and a common-i-cliool education Is all you will need. You will have to wire mo y ttr reply, as tho Minnesotn State Legislature Is In the hall waiting with Its application for the place. Yours, very truly, T. W. Tkasdam-:. I shall write to some more roads in a few weeks. It seems to 1110 there ought to be work for a man who is able nnd wiliing to be nn employe. Will you be kind enough, Mr. Editor, to let 1113" subscription to the Globe stand for a few weeks till I see whether I am going to get a job or not, and oblige, 3oiir.s for court 033. etiquette and transportation.;! Nye, i Bos ton Globe. NICE FARM BUTTER. Tnrer' Tilings Wlilrli Must lie rrnctlccil to Srcuro a CSoixl Article. There has been much comment of Into as to the question of profit in butter-making on the farm. With (lie av erage butter-makers, as n rule, the profits nre meagre, nnd the quality of tlio product is onl3 such as to diminish, rather than increase, the demand for this article. Intelligent study and mastery of tlio principles (;uid methods following correct principals), is the most necessary tlnty of those who would pursue this industry witli profit. But tlio mastery of principle? nnd methods is not sullicient. Integrit3, pride of reputation, and am bition to excel in the work should be the ruling purpose with all manufact urers, small and great. Tho slovenly manufacturer and his butter (?) should have the most complete ostracism. Neatness deserve.-, the most cordial recognition. Three things, too, are to bo practiced, besides the mere process of the work. 1. Winter dairying must become the rule with the general farmer, nnd the cows must have as diligent attention, with this object in view, as tlio grow ing or harvesting of the grain. 2. The cows should bo fed with a pur pose (an intelligent one) to cause their milk to furnish the largest quantity of butter. This embodies also the best of euro in furnishing pure water to drink and shelter from wind and storm. ',). Tho same enterprise is appropriate in tho dairy appliances that is umuiI in other branches of tho farm work. In addition to the material improvements, such as churns, refrigerators, cabinets, etc., tho men need, iusillne cases, more application of muscle to the work in all its departments, ospociall3' where ono woman does the housework for a husband and threo or four hired men. It is no trilling part of tho work to ako tho buttor to market in vety at .ractivo, neat packages. An inviting appearance is half of its valuo. Na tional Live-Stock Journal. Plantation Philosophy. Wo l'ttrn cz much fruni do 'zamplo o' do fool ez wo do fruni do words o1 do wise man. Pso seed 111011 dat didn't hub timo tor eat nor ter sleep, but I neber y it seed n man dat didn't hub timo tor dio. ' Er man can bo such cr olo frien' dat ho thinks it his right tor 'poso on yor; liko cr olo fnm'h boss what takes updo ideo dat he's got cr right tor kick do chillun. Hope is liko or sassafrnss sprout. Yor met tramp on it; yor nier cut it down, ttr ebon dig it up by do roots, but do fust thing yor knowortoiidorshootdun como up. vEr pusson will sometimes mako do same mistake twice, but I ain't fouii' do man yit tint eber crowded ono deso year luting, hungry houu' dogs up in co'ner o' do feuco do sccon' time. Arkamaw Traveler. Wasn't Caught Napping. "Woll, Mr. Brown, how's 3'our cir culation to-tlny?" inquired tho physi cian of nn editor whom ho hud been visiting for somo time. Tho sick man raiod liis head can tioush and asked: "Doctor, am I very siuk?" "Oh, not so vory." "This ain't likely to bo my Inst ill ness, is it?" "Not nt all; not at all." "Fifty thousand onnlos dnlh," ro- plied the editor, firmly, ns he laid his hoiid back on the pillow. Mtrchmt Traveler. NeW YOR t-ASHIONS. Ire Material nn.l Styles That ' " J'oiiular the Coming .Season. Handsome Roman-striped satins nr. much employed for trimming kiltec ami box-plaited skirts of fmVe fran caisc, nnd nlso for garnitures on cos tumes of fine cloth or vigogne. A five is als combined with these stripe (which for the skirt very frequentl run horizontally), and among elegit dinner gowns are Bongalino and velvet striped petticoats, with Russian pol onaise above, made of the richest sutlr duchesso in one plain color of .virile, golden fawn, nut-brown, silver or En glish violet which last-named color t- u trille deeper than tho old-fashioned bishops' purple. This stylish overdress is nmtlo very long, with full drapingf nt the sides, and a very graceful ad justment over the tournure. the chosen shade of tile lustrous satin invariably according in tint with one of the colors in the Roman-striped petticoat. Among the new skirt draperies are two directly opposing styles, tho bell skirt and the inverted bell skirt, the ono designed for ladies inclined to stoutness, which shows the b.tck of tho skirt draped with an efl'eet of extreme fulness nt the bottom nnd a decided collapse ns it ncars the back of tho bins and waist. Tho extreme of this style is for slender women, the fulness coming 311st below tho waist. Upon some of the models these folds aro tin- Jtilv distended nt the sides and over the tournure. Tho effect, when ar ranged in moderation, is excellent. Beyond tills, it is not onty inartistic, but often absolutely grotesque, espe cially when the fabric is light or white, these tints naturally adding to the ap pearance of great size. They destroy all natural symmetiy, and often impart to a realty graceful figure an exceed ingly ludicrous and "squatty" appear ance. There will be no decline in tlio popu lar of lace gowns for dressy wear the coming season. Exquisitely beait kiful designs in laces, both black, white nnd tinted, are opened on the market, and the fabrics are entirety too lovoty' in' pattern and quality to be slighted. Indeed, there are no materials on ex hibition in tho entire eatogoiy of dress textiles which can compare in benut3 with the new laces and nets for art istic, rare and becoming gowns. Amber, daffodil, primrose 3ellow, heliotrope, Japanese red, silver grti3 rose pink, mauve, ivoiy and cream white, and pinkish ntativo, in surah or satin, will all bo used for underslips to black lace dresses, but first choice is still given, ly 111:1113 women of best taste in dross, to slips of black satin. In making this tho foundation, tho dress can then be worn wit h 11111113 dilVereiit llowers and ribbons, a matter quite impossible if the slip is of n brill iant red or any other g.-n color. A lace dress entirety in black can also bo worn upon more occasions than one which hits a bright color beneath the aity drapings. Models for summer bonnets sent over from Paris, are made of silk etaniine, Persian gauze in exquisitely lovoty tints, and zephyr silk muslin embossed with raised velvet figures. The brim of the bonnet is covered with dark velvet in black, golden-brown, terra cotta, or Japanese rod, and the garni tures are light aigrettes nnd crape (lowers. Pretty d:t3 bonnets to be worn nt five o'clock teas, etc., aro of fumy rough straw trimmed with velvet and high montiires of FroncH llowers, and also of dainty nets worked with colored beads in shaded effects, and coquettish shirred silk bonnets trimmed with gold or silver-p iwdered aigrettes and sprays of white lilac in softest velvet. Huge butterllies, both of hron.o and gold-powdered gauzes, are again used upon summer bonnets b3 leading milliners. Straw round hats in dove color and mushroom shades are trimmed with golden-brown pieot velvet, ribbon loops mixed with goldon brown tulle, into which aro set largo plaques of scarlet Japan poppies. N. r. Post. FOULTRY BUILDINGS. It mr a (Jri'iit Number of Cliicl'eiis Can 1'iiilly Dud Itiingn 011 it Small 1'iinn. The lack of suitable buildings is 0110 of the chief obstacles to success in poultiy-keeping. If onty roosts in opon sheds or in stables used for other animals aro provided, thoro is no en couragement to raise large nttmbor, or to observe system in their feeding nnd care. Mou too often think that because hens llvo through tho winter and lay eggs in spring and summer, care would bo needless. TI103 huvo not boon accustomed to fresh eggs all winter, or spring chickens earlier than harvest time, and think life can bo en dured some longer without tltcso lux uries. But wo will supposo that tho profits of some thrifty neighbor's wifo has really sot them to thinking, and tho chicken-house, so long desired b3 mother, has boon realty decided upon. Where, nnd after what plan shall it bo built, are tho immodnto quostions. Tho boys favor somo location away from the barns. Thoy don't liko tho "lions cackling around tho mangers." Mother nnd tho girls prefer to havo it rather near tho house, "whore it is ensj to look nftor tho biddlos In tho winter." If tho chlckons nro to bo rog ulnrly fed in wintor, thoro is no longer nii3 need of their boing near the corn cribs or food-yards. Somo sunny, sheltered nook nt tho odgo of tho orchard or grovo is best, whore tho most ratigo is, to bo had, togothor with warmth in wiutqr. A batik or stoop hill, facing south or oast, into which tho hotiio can bo parity' built, will mid to tho comfort in wintor, but care should bo used to so construct it that dampness is avoided. Trees, preferably evergreens, should f..-Jllfintcd around tllP. hmtsn fnrahplfnr nnd hiding places in caso of invasion b3 hawks. When free range is give n, as will usualty be the case, a house giving -lj square leet 01 lloor to each fowl will answer. A Hock of 30 w.-ia will thus require a bouse 10 by 14 foot. where tuts numucr 01 nous is kept over winter, more room is required, as the number will lie larger inost of the time. In the fall sonic fowls will be reserved for Into markets and for homo eonsumntion. In spring and sum mer more room will bo needed for setting hens and for the young chick ens. Two separate buildings would be none too much room where SO lions tiro kept, and each allowed to rear one or two broods.. In fact, coops and other summer buildings would be nifxrossniy, as GO hens should raise 250 to 300 chickens. So great a number can easily find range on a small farm, if tcmporaiy summer shelters aro pro vided in various parts of the orchard, grove nnd yards, nnd nfter harvest moved to fields and meadows. Hero the chicks will bo of benefit in killing insects and in fertilizing tho soil, as woll ns being healthy, thrifty nnd profitable Prairie Farmer. t-- TREASURE TROVE. l.a.ws Kclatlnc t '1"' t ""'l Iterovcry of Money and Valuable. Nearly two hundred years ngo, a London chimney-sweep found a pieco of jewelry nnd carried it to a jeweler to learn its value. Under pretence of weighing it, the jeweler abstracted tho stones, and then offered the sweep a trilling sum in payment. This ho re fused, and thereupon the other handed back the setting without the stones. Tho sweep sued him, and the judge in structed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff and to assess the damages at the value of stones of the first water, as the defendant would not produce those he had taken out, in court. The rule is still the same, nnd when Mrs. Ellon Quinn, while sorting rags in a paper mill in Indiana, found two iift3-dollur bills in an envelope, nnd handed them to her employer to see if they were genuine, and ho kept them, the law said he must give them back, or render their value. He argued that sho was in his employ as a sorter of rags, nnd that what sho fountl was his! idso that he had bought the papor by weigltt and the bills were included, but the court said as ho did not know tho3 wero there it was of no avail. Likewise, when Mrs. Blunchnrd found three twenty-dollar bills in the parlor of tho hotel in which she worked at Lowiston, Pa., the court, said they were hers if no owner claimed them. Mrs. Blanchard was very honest about the matter, and when she found them took them to tho proprietor, who said he thought they were the property of one of his guests, but he tried in vain to find the owner. Mrs. B. then de manded the 11101103 back, but ho de clined to give it. until the Supremo Court ordered him to do so, telling him that the finder of lost property has a claim to the same against all the world save tho true owner. The conductor of n Fail-mount horae car some 3eais ago found one hundred dollars among the luy on the lloor of his car. Ho gave it to the .superin tendent, who was not able to find the owner, and it was held it must be re turned to the finder. But the right of the finder depends on the hoiu't3 and fairness of his con duct. The circumstances attending tho finding must manifest good faith on his part. There must bo no reason lo suspect that the owner was known to him or might have been ascertained by proper diligence. If enough is known to tho finder to enable him to proseeulo witli success a search for the owner, anil instead of using this knowledge ho appropriates to his own uso what ho lias found, ho 111113 subject himself loan action for larcoii3. But it seems that if he can not find the owner at first, and then uses tho money, ho can not be hold liable if ho acted in good faith. Tho property, however, must be lost, and it is not so in tlio meaning of tho law when tho owner intentionally by? it on a table, counter or other place, nnd then forgets to take it awsy. In such cases the propria tor ot tho prom ises is entitled to tho custoity, and, in case the owner can rot bo found, to tho article. But if tlio articlo bo dropped on tho lloor or elsowhero b3 b3 tlio owner, then it boltings to tho finder if the ownor can not be identi fied. Somo 3cnrs ngo n man went into n Boston bank for tho purpose of mak ing a deposit, nnd laid diis pocket book, containing valuable papers on ono of tho desks which aro usu ally provided for customers, out side of tho bank couutors. IIo loft it thoro when ho wont out, nnd it was found by a boy, who upon tho offer of a largo sum for its roturn took it to tlio ownor nnd claimed tlio reward. Tho owner refused to piy, and tho court sustainod him, deciding that as tho poekot-book had boon placed on tho desk voluntarily, it was not lost, but had beon loft in tlio custody of tho bank, and thorefore tho boy was not entitled to tho roward. So, too, whon .1 customer of a harbor shop found n pocket-book belonging to anothor ens-, tomor on tho tnblo In tho shop, it was hold that tho barber, nnd not the findor, was entitled to its custody. Baltimore American. A oitizon of Allontown. Pa., who ownod a flno span of horsos that ho used in bis business, was much troubled! bocauso his nolghbors often asked to borrow his horsos ovenings and Sundays for ploasuro driving. Tho ownor, too good-natured to say "no," nt length hit upon a plan that worked to a charm. IIo traded his horses for a span of mules.' j