NEW YORK FASHIONS.
BtyllnliNovoltlm tn Straw Hnti. I'nrmoU
nml rotrimtUe.
Stylish-looking conrso straw hats i it
mixed colors or in ono plain shade, aro
very fashionably worn this season,
with promonndo nml visiting toilets.
Dark blue mid fuwn colors, Roman
red und bruize, gold, Italian rod and
Goholin blue", green mid amber, olive
nnd gold, are very handsoinoly blond
cd in fancy braiiR The "Nanon"
shape is a favorite, this rolling high on
one side and slightly onrvod on the
othor. A modification of an old favor
ite, llio Knglish walking 1 : v t . is also
cxtroinoly popular.' Tim liking for the
natty sailor shape still continue?, and
where it proves too low and Hat In of
feet its nppoaraneo can bo wholly
changed by means of high narrow
monster of llowors and bows of rib
bon S"tjini in thioontor of tlio front
The attempted fashion of placing theso
towering trimmings at the back of tho
hat was not received with enthusiasm,
and so died a natural death.
In tho matter of parasols, fashion
evidently Inclines to those of ample
dimensions, with an unpretentious
handle made of wood, with a honvv
knobbed end, or one shaped like a shop
herd s crook. Sun umbrollas for tho
hunch, garden or country, arc mado of
cotton foulards, printed with designs
of various sorts, Oriental, ronipadour,
etc With satin foulard, summer silk
and pongee suits the parasol is matched
to the dress. For semi-dross toilets
there are elaborate stylos in silk, with
n large satin bow on the outsuH and
.i , t ....
utioiiiur on tno iiniuiio. j iidso nave a
rich band of plain satin as a border.
Full-dross toilets are aecompaniud
witli a rich ltion or tullo parasol, tho
latter handed with a velvet ribbon
and finished witli a Ilniugof pale tinted
flilk. Finally they are not-covered
models hi black, embroidered wiili
white silk, lined with white, and edged
with rnlllm of black and white lace.
Aiid there are very beautiful ones in
oream-whlte net, lined with pale rose
color, and trimmed with costly eronm
laeo frills, tho designs outlined with
tiny ltoman and pink pearl beads.
In defiance of all alluring novelties
that have been Introduced since Its ap
pearance years ago, the polonaise
still asserts its.df among the list of
highly-popular stylos this season, and
Is far from being abantloued, as was
predicted of it by many fashion seers
early In thu year. Probably the gar
ment will never bo wholly abandoned,
but will continue to furnish material
for fancy to exercise itself upon and
produro numberless Ingenious diversi
ties fro n the one familiar llgure. The
polonaise of to-day is no longer the ordi
nary commonplace rtlelu of wear it
once appoarol. all buttoned down be
fore, like old Grimes' coat, or occa
sionally varied by being open from tho
belt down. It has evolved in the hands
of skilled designers, ami devolved into
h com) Heated garment; sometimes a
jacket on one side, with slashed and
plaited panels on the other, at times
draped mod profusely, and at others
deprived of all back breadth. Tho
bodice portion is subject to ipilte as
much variation, and is open in Pompa
dour stlo, cut down in a V front and
back, for summer evening wear, and
frequently cut away to a mure side form
In velvet, to simulate a zonnvo jacket
over tin Inner bodice of crape or silk.
A". 1. iW.
High Art in Now York.
Miss 1 mdellppor, a New York so
ciety lady living mi Fifth nvenue, re
cently called at llio studio of llcrr von
Dauber, the celebrated artist.
"1 desire to have mv picture taken,"
said Miss ltondolippor.
" in ii votiid you hroior. a crayon
portrait or an oil painting?" asked
von 1) uiber.
"ou can paint mo in crayon first.
nml if I don t liko it you nan put some
I : . . e. I , , i i
on on it auerwarti, replica .miss
llondeiipper. Tern.t Si flings.
Aristocratic Socioty.
jurs. ii auto (oi tiosiou) i nave a
letter from your Uncle .lames, Peiiel
ope, who wants us to spend the sum
mer on his farm.
Penelope (dubiously) Is there any
society in the neighborhood.
Mis, Wado I have heard him speak
of tlte lLdstolns and Guernseys. 1
presume they nro pleasant people
J. Sun.
-.V.
It has boon suggested that ropes
used for soatl'oldlng purpose, especial
ly in localities whom the atmosphere is
apt to destroy hemp, should he dipped
when dt in n bath containing twenty
grains of sulphate of copper per litre
of wut'MV and kept in th;s solution
about lour days. The sulphate of cop
per tiksorbid will, it is Ixdieved. pre
serve them from attacks of pnrnsitots
mid rot.--Arkmiuim Tmvtkr.
V
seller
chunk of a hoy atkod- Tioket
Aytos for a hnlf ticket to Chos-
him the other day. How old
you?" ttsked the ticket-Sadler.
n ro
Am
years old," wild tho boy. "When worn
you born?" tisl:ud Mr. Ayre. Ton
years o," fetid tlio young Yankee.
He got his half-faro ticket.
An inclination ot one i mm hi fif
teen miles Is snllleieiit to give motion
to water. An inclination uf three
indie per mile In u straight, smooth
ehau.iel will give ti velocity of thrvio
utiles per hour, while threo feet per
uitlo would produce a torrent. HvsUtn
Hud jet.
St, Uorvivo U tho oldest, town
In Missouri, mat just last weak woko
up and dinororthl mw by ti mountain
$s0 feet high ttf solid rod, gray aud
tone, colproi ftraiiUe.
A QOOC HOG-HOUSE.
DlrerllotM for Krectlnif i HutnUntlnt, Con
ventral nnd Yet Simple Structure.
A good hog-housoor housos if ninny
hogs nro roared on tho farm enn not
well bo dlspansod with on any farm
I have built six for my own use since I
lirst began farming, and think that in
tho iater-bullt' ones I have combined
convenience and oconotnv, and will tell
what kind of a hog-house I liko am
would build.
1 no first liog-liousos I built were
made twelve feet wide, but I have now
had four that wcro eight feet wide, nnd
I find tnis width ample to aceommo
dale as ma y hogs as can cat at tho
trough, ami so I rocommoud a house of
this width. It is sometimes dcslrnbln
to move a house a short distance, and
so 1 usunlly make them eight by six
(ecu reel, and unit that three men can
roll one of them from fifty to ouo linn
dred foot in a few hours if it is thought
best to change the location. A house
night by sixteen feet will accommodate
from twelve to fifteen storo hogs
through tho winter, and is largo enough
to fatten ten largo hogs in. Tho bill of
lumber for a house of this sizo built as
I direct, is ns follows:
Ftft,
Two Rills, 0 l)y rt Inches, nnd R fort tone IS
t'lvo Joint, S ly Id Inchos, nml 10 foot lone... 1.11
Floor nml llnlnir
210
Four rornor poitu, I by -I Inchm
I'lutQN nnd nail tics
J I
Ml
M
a o
10)
KM
Nino ntftors, S fcy t Indies, nnd 0 foot Ioiir.
HUllnit. Inch boards
HluMilhlng ,
Total utnount of lumber rcqulrod
This, at $1.7o per 100 feet, will cost
SIC. 711. to which add 1.000 shingles at
$!).7o, and 1 for naile nrd hlngos, and
it brings the total cost of material for
the house to S-M. IS, The farmer, if he
will follow my directions, need not
employ a carpenter to build such a
house, and two hands can complete
one in two davs or less.
After the foundation is toady which
may he locust posts sot well in tho
ground, bowlders or mnsoniy, if pre
ferredplace your short sills across
the ends and level them, ami then set
the lloor j ilsts on (lie sills, so that the
two outside ones will come exactly to
the ends of the sills, Rritlgo the joist
in (lie center and then lav tho lloor.
lloor of inch lumber, laid double, is
much better than one of two-inch
planks, and will cost less, for the lin
ing can l)e laid with cracks three or
four inches wide.
After tlie floor is laid, cut your posts
four and a half feet, high (or the roar
and seven aud a half for the front.
Saw them perfoetly square at both
ends, set them up at the corners, anil
fasten them by what, the carpenters
call "toe-nailing;" thorn spiko a two
by four studding to the tops, front aud
rear, ror a pinto, put up your two
end ratters, setting them exactly Hush
with the sills, so that tho weather
boarding will be nailed to the sill at
the bottom ami the rafter at the top.
You will need one run of nail-ties,
which can he ship-lapped to the posts,
and when these are up you are ready
to cover tho building.
Use siding fourteen feet long cover
ing it, ami it will cut one length for
the front and one for the tvar. The
roof of this house slopes but one way,
and it is best to have the front or
high part of the roof toward either
the west or south, if the roof is made
to project a little, and finish with a
light cornice, it will present quite a
good appearance.
Make a good trough and fasten it se
curely. 1 have never found any thing
better than a good V-trough; tlie front
of it should bo of two-inch lumber, but
I the back part, which come against the
side of the building, may bo inch. It
Is next to impossible to keep hogs
clean, aud the house free from bad
odors, if lliey are conlined to n single
floor, but by making an outside pen,
with a hoard lloor, from twelve to
eighteen inches lower than tlie feeding
floor, and keeping it always supplied
with an absorbent, 1 have no dillicultv
in keeping mv hog-houses from becom
ing malodorous. So I always raise the
lloor of the main house, aud then lay a
lloor of nearly the same sue either
at tlie rear or one end of the house. As
this Hour need not be laid double, it
will take but 12S feet of lumber to make
it, and it can rot on any cheap old
scantlings thrown tint on tlie ground for
mud sills. Kudos it with a sub
stantial fence, made without cracks,
and furnish tlie hogs some old straw
or corn fodder as often as they require
it, nnd they will enjoy working it
over, and will shred it up and make
good manure of it sooner than any
other stock.
Kvcry hog limit o of this Mat should
be provided with a movable partition
so that it can bo divided into two purls
when desired, as an nppariment eight
feet square is largo enough for n sow
to larrow in. J wo snort posts, two
by four Inches, can bo eft up, front
and rear, and just far enough apart
so that an inch board can bo dropped
liotwocn them, ami throe hoards, a
foot wide, will make the partition. To
prevent hogs from lifting them out,
bore a half inch hole just above the
top board in one of the ltoMs, at each
end, and put in a stout pin. If itlsde-
shml to have room for corn abov. tiso
longer iosis. say twelve feet from th
front aud nine for Ut ronr, and its
two by six lumber for tmll tk. ami
two by eight joisl, civswlo of thu
building, to support tho uiipor lloor.
'litis will givw room. t a very small
expense, to Moi about oho hundred
bushels of corn above the hoc. HW-
do K Jinmn, in LHitrv Gentleman,
H reach of promt suits am un
known in Khh, Tho sii'te out tkam
do notklHg on wodtt, Th?y do not
oonstder iIi.mos.Ivm engaged until
lliov am mat rei
OLD MAN DUNDER.
tin TclU tlm SorRpnnt About ills TCxpcrl
rnop vrltli i Monto Hlmrk.
What! you hero!" exclaimed Set
goant Hernial the other day, as ho look
cd up and found Carl Deader standing
by the desk
"Vhell, I pcliof it vhas my duty to
coma down und report on some case
Mavpo I vhas swindled again."
"I presume so. Most anybody can
swindle you. It a a wonder you have
dollar left."
"I vhas awful grcon, eh?"
"Yes, you are."
"Und I vhas innocent liko a sliild?'
"About as innocent as a boy thro
years old. What's tho matter now?"
"Sergeant, maypo you haf seen
loiter take tlireo cards und throw 'cm
all around on a table liko lightning?'
"I have."
"Und lie likes j ou to bet dot you can
pick ondt dot nco of hearts?
"Yos. That's called tlireo-card monto
How much did they got out of you?"
A man comes in my place yester
day und says vhas I Carl Dnnder.
vhas. All right, Mr. Dundcr, but I like
to show vou a trick to play on dcr
poys. It vhas called parlor magic, und
eaferv pody vhas wildt oafer her
"I sec! And ho got fifty dollars out
of you, I lirosuinc?
"Veil, he tako a seat at dcr tablo und
pulls oudt three cards und does so und
so unit so, unit ho laughs all dcr time
und says it vhas a good slioko on dor
poys. Py und py ho like mo to pick out
dot nco of hearts.
"And you bet you could?"
"Of course."
"Mr. Diinder, vou are a bigger fool
than I thought for!"
"Sergeant, oxciisc me. If I vash a
fool I can't help him. I bet dot man
twenty dollars I pick omit dot card
Shake conies oafer und holdts dor
money, und I nick out a card."
"And it wasn't the ace. of course?"
"Oh, but he vhas! I pick her right
oudt ash slick as groae, und 1 nut dot
money in my west pocket. Dcr fellt
humps oop and savs dare vahs a big
mistake, and he vhants me to try oafer
again, lint l was not on some try.
"You don't say?"
"Und he gets nuult und says he put
ome ueaiis on mo u 1 (loan git oop
dot twenty. Vhell, I vhas a greenhorn
und a fool, vou know?"
"And you gave it. up?"
"Oh, no! I take dot feller by del
neck und make his heels preak two
tables und fifo peer glasses, und his
oat and west vhas all in slnnall pieces,
und he cries out dot "legifs me ten dol
lar more if 1 let oop on him. Dot vhas
wery reasonable, nnd I let linn go.
'And you made thirty dollars?"
i on see lor yoursen. it vims a
twenty und a ten, und in dis package
vhas his boot-heels und west-buckle
nnd coat buttons. I like vou to put on
a ticket of 'Lost Property' und take
sliarge of cm. Sergeant, good day.
"Hut, say, 1 want to talk with you
some "
"Sergeant. I vhas a greenhorn und a
fool, und I can't shtop any longer!"
"Hut. here !"
"Dot vhas all right. Mebbo I vhas
some oldt Dutchmans from a pack
county, und caferypody can shwindlo
me, uml maypo 1 vhas oop to some
slinutV. Good-pye. Sergeant. Itvhasgo
ing to be a hot day, und Siiake vhas all
alonoindorsaloon!"-Wr) Free Press.
THE COUNTRY" IS SAFE.
I'uollii); Soebil unit t'olltloul I'mbltum
Solvoil for Another War,
The country, and incidentally the
universe, is safe for another year. We
have been in great peril, but our dan
ger has been pointed out, and not only
so, but the way to safety has at the
same time been so clearly indicated
that tlie wayfaring man need not err
therein. An abyss of frightful depth
has towered above us, overshadowing
all this fair land with the deadly blight
of its malarial breath in accents that
chilled the heart with the Upas-like
touch of its basilisk glance, that echoed
from sea to shore. Hut you have aved
us, my boy; you and your fellows have
snatched us fivni this living grave,
whose hungry biv.tkers dashed their
blinding sprav and wreathed their
angry llames in lucid tongues about
our feet. You it i in this mouth of
leafy Juno have told us of "The Perils
of the Kepublic;" "The Labor Prob
lem;" "The Duty of the Hour;" "The
Peony of Patriotism;" "Work and
Wages v
lhe Deterioration of Man-
hood;' -The
Labor Question;" "Tho
Dedino of Statesmanship:" "The
Labor Agitation;" "The Weaknes
of a Republican For of Gov
eminent;" "tabor and Capital;'
The Downfall of Liberty;" "The ta
bor Problem; its Uvils and Their Kein
edy; "I orruption in Politics;" "The
Labor Problem and itsj)ugtrs;" "Are
wo a Free People?" "Tho taUr Prob
lem a National Menace." The perils
that beset our )mth you have s-hown us;
but you hae hIso guided us into paths
of safety.- You have told us of "The
Only Way to Good Government;"
"The Safety of the Republic;" "The
Ttue Mission of the tabor Reformer;"
"Reforms in the R.dlot;" " lite Com
ing Man," "The 'True Reformer;"
"'flie Hope of Our (Vmntry:" "The
Conservation of Popular Government;"
"Labor Reform;" "Th Outlook of the
Hour;" "Labor Agitation a Rlee-aing;"
"Our tauey for Our Children;"
"What we Owe to Posterity;" aud
your sisters have notdy niched to tit?
niscue with aurances that "Nigtot
Hritiffs Out tKe Stars;" and moreover
that "Man is the Arbiter of lllsDwn
PesUny;" "Woman's Sphere;" "The
InllHonve of Wouiau; "Woman's
Duly;" "Woman, the Hope of Um
Wortd." nud ipriiye." Heawn Wo&
vou. my ohiklm; you kv saved Us;
Heaven bless you' (Vine again noxt
.-onimcucciueut. Bunteite, tn 2nxxfc
WAGES IN JAPAN.
Tim 1'ar Asked hr,lnpanre r.nboren for
nn infnrlor Klmi of Work.
Sinco the tablo of wages in Tokio
giver, l.i tho third report of tlio royal
commission appointed to inquire into
the causes of the depression of trade and
Industry, is apt to be taken as it stands
by the outside world, I shall give a few
facts of such tradesmen as I havo had
dealings with.
Carpenters, f0 to CO cents. Tlio first
figure is out of all question. For about
a year I employed a carpenter oh" and
on at CO cents a day that is, when time
permitted. He would begin work .at
about 9 a. m., "work" till C p. 'm., and
devote about thrco hours a day to
smoking and thinking lie was a great
thinker in his way and eating, and
the work lie did in tho remaining
hours with the awkward toys that pass
for tools here, an Knglish or an Amer
ican carpenter would do in one hour,
which brings a Japaneso carpenter's
wages to GO cents per hour, or taking
the day at eight working hours, to$ t.SO
per day. And I have employed carpen
tors at 7o cents and SI per day with the
same result.
Plasterers, lo to ,r5 cents per day; to
be had at. that rate at. about a week's
notice. 'J he year before last I had to
employ two plasterers to repair a place
in tho wall of a house whore a.pioco of
plaster of about two feet square had
fallen out. The two artists turned up
at 10 a. in., nnd, sitting down lipon a
couple of empty wine-cases, lit their
pipes. At about 10:110 a. in. one of
them approached the damaged place
within a yard, took a mental photo
graph of it, an I sat down. At 11 a.
in. a mutual friend appeared, who was
warmly welcomed, and, after smoking
a pipe or two, amused them by stnnd
ing'on his head, and by that time they
bad got very hungry and made a pause
of two hours for tillin. Pipes again.
I'lien the one who had carefully sotind-
d the wall knocked another piece of
plaster down. Pipes again. Hy 5 p.
m. they had made the hole about three
times it original size, and were so
thoroughly exhausted that thov left oil".
Next day a stray drop of water, where
ever it may havo come from, lighted
on one inflow's nose and made them
oneludo it was going to rain, so that
no work could be done in the after
noon. Well, to cut matters short,
those two square feet of plaster that
is river mud cost me An English
or American plasterer would have sent
one of his boys and boxed his ears if
he did not como back in an hour.
Painters space will not permit to
go through the wholo list L'o to ilo
cents per day. 1 have some work for
v painter at present, aud am willing to
give 10 cents per day, but the man will
not work under o0 cents, and says it
will take him eight or ten davs to do
the job. Now. I estimate the time in
which the work can bo done aud should
be done and there are but few things
but that 1 have done myself at two
mil one-half or thrco d vs time of
line working hours, so that I would
paying at the rate of $1.50 to ifl.tiu
per day, mid have things at sixes and
sevens tor more than a week.
1 could give instances of tho same
ind ad infinitum, but then the cour
tesy of newspaper editors does not and
in not extend to writing books in the
olumiis of their papers, and if I have
thrust forward a few hard facts here, I
have done so from the reason that
those who contemplate trying their
hances in this country k tlie near
future mav not be misled and after
ward crv out in tlie bitterness of their
disappointment that they have been de
cived, and become blind to much that
good and to be appreciated in Japan
am not thus disappointed this to
ttard myself against any such sus
piciou tor l have returned to .lapan
of mv own free will, knowing all t liis
ind much that I have said here and
much of similar import I have said to
those whom the King lias delighted to
honor: vet 1 am as welcome at their
alaces or resiliences as ever I was. !
may hope, therefore, that the reason 1
have just given for making these re
marks will 1h nccoptqd, all the more a
mv broad would very probably be but
tered much thicker on tlie other side.
Japan Mail.
Smart Florida Buzzards.
A good donl of wisdom is claimed
for tho buzzards of Florida. When
sutlering from cold thov will warm
themselves at tWheruien's tiros, and
the other dav. it is related, the carcass
of an alligator that had been shot came
to the surface of the water ami was
espied by a Hook of buuards. They
swarmed about it in large niimlH'rs,
but the wind was so strong that thov
could not keep a foothold upon it, as
it turned aud floated with every wave.
They held a consultation, and as tie
result two of them ilew at the sauriau
and fastening their talons in the body
spread their wings sail-fashion nml
piloted the carcass to the shore of the.
lake, where the dock feasted 11(1011 It.
CJUcatfo iiM-.
A Veritable Human Brute.
Colonel Yerjper mtumed home very
late and lu a deuiomlisetl condition.
"Here you are again." ahl Mrs.
Yeryur, a& &he met him at the head of
the stair.
"Yeah, my dear. Sere I am," mplied
the Colonel, meekly.
"You am a brute. Hem It Is twelve
o clock, a win be alniot daylight be
fore 1 get through telling ym what I
think of jail. Here I have to lo my
deep on yor account, and I'll feel Itatl
all daj to-morrow. You am a vagal ul
0 tlie face of the earth, etc, etc, etc."
TamS S:jltHJ3.
DO ANIMALS REASON 7
ttow n Newfoundland Dor Outwitted m
Allsehlevou Monkey.
Do animals mason? Ihcro arc so
ninny shades of belief upon this subject
that it is a diflicult ono to decide. One
incident came under my notice that
showed plan, cunning and intelligent
action, certainly, if not reason as an
abstract clement.
Our ship was lying in Port Lou'u
harbor. For fear of hurricanes, we
wore moored, stem nnd stern, to heavy
sunken anchors. Upon our port-side,
onh a few fathoms away, was a lofty
East India rice-ship, moored in the
same manner. A large number of pets
on board the ricc-slup attracted our
attention it seemed a friendlv me
nagerie.
My interest centered upon a magnifi
cent black Newfoundland dog and a
very largo monkey. Tho monkey's
sole ambition seemed to bo to torment
the dog by dropping things upon him
from above, or by jumping towards
him while trying to sleep, and then
scam enng away up the rigging,
where the dog could not follow. No
place was safo for the dog to take i
nap. The monkey was only safe while
aloft, for tho dog was the stronger,
and delighted in slinking the monkey
whenever lie could get at him.
One very hot Sabbath afternoon I
was sitting under the awning, trying
to read; just opposite me, under 'the
shadow of the poop-dock of the rice-
ship, lay the Newfoundland dog,
stretched out in the most complete and
utter abandonment of exhaustion, ap
parently fast asleep. The monkey was
upon the top of the forward hotisy. evi
dently studying some mischief. When
a man is studying some diflicult. matter
he will some times scratch Ins head.
The monkey scratched himself all over.
it taking more counter-irritant, per
haps, to elaborate his plan. 1 became
inteiv-crl in watching tho develop
ment of his scheme
He soon jumped down from the
house and sauntered aft towards the
dog, who took no notice whatever of
him. He passed close to tho dog and
climbed up to the poop-ijeek. sitting
iIwwh just over the clog, and began a
great chattering.
1 he dog was deaf to all this, so the
monkey jumped down upon the deck
uul bega V "hunt for a bone," a plan
that never failed t interest the dog;
but now he did not move. I thought
the dog was sound asleep, the monkey
very evidently thought so, too, for now
he proceeded to put into execution a
plan that, I think, he matured when
itting on the lorward house. He qui
tlv r.m forward to the fore rigging
uul up fore-to, then taking tlio
niahi-top-gnllant stay he ran up that to
the niain-top-gallant yard, then down
to the main-top; after again making
sure that tho dog was last asleep he
ran up to the niizzeii-top-gallant stay
and tbk'ii down to the ini:zen-top; here
he sat down and, apparently, had a
hearty laugh at the trick lie was about
to play upon the dog. Having enjoyed
his laugh, he very cautiously ran down
the mizzcu stay, until ho reached a
point just over the dog, but somo
twenty feet above him. Once more he
proceeded to try the dog; not a muelo
moved. Tiie mnnki jumped up and
down, hung down, holding on with one
hand only, but 110 movement of the
dog showed itself. So, getting himself
together, he measured, carefully, the
distance and position, and then let go
and jumped for the dog.
Instantly all was changed on deck;
the dog sprang up witli ears and tail
ereer. wide awake, and ready to give
him .1 cordial welcome. Of course, it
was like a flash of lightning. The
monkey saw whtt a s?rapo ho wm in;
his ocreams and cries were pitiful; ho
would have gladly stopped and jumped
back, but the laws of gravity wcro
against nun, and down lie came onto
the dojj. Then began the sharpest
fight I ever saw. I bey were evenly
matched, but the monkey was so fright
ened tliKt he could not make so good a
tight as usual.
Round and round thev went, while
tlie hnir flew everywhere; at last, get
ting a ohance he sprang into th; main
rigging and ran up to the roval vard,
crvinT all the way. Hero he staved
two or three days, nursing Ids wounds,
and evidently trying to understand
why his plan f.siled. The dog barked,
ami, in spito of tho heat, ran up and
down the dock with every show of de
light nt having out-witted tho monkey.
1 think now, as I thought tliun, that
the dog was not asleep, but too nearly
exhausted by the heat to care what, the
monkey did. so long as ho kept out of
reach; but when he .had gone mi far
that he could not get back he Mai
ready to receive him. Ovr. tioldni
llule.
Emigration of the World.
Recent statistics show that 19.000.000
of people am residing in other than
their native country, lu huglaud there
are 203,000 foreigners; in, Russia 3i.
000; France, 1,001,000; Switzerland,
SU. 034; Austrit. 1&J.076; Helgium.
14, 655; Holland, G9,y"l; Italy, 6S.957;
Scandinavia, 40. WS; Spain. -11,708. In
North America them am 7.S0O.O12 for
eigners; in South America 6,083. 105; in
AMa. l.&SI.SI l, xud iu Africa, 1-tO.SSS.
Kngiaiul lakes the lead in the number
of people who leave her shores. At the
present time 4,300,000 of her sons am
scattered over the world. Germany
comes ne.xt, with n total of 5,601.000;
rangely euough S2.000 of these am
r siding iu France alone, white S.000,-
uuO are in the United States. The other
nations rate in the following order:
Italy. 1.0O0.00O; Scandinavia, 79&.07O;
Relrinm. 4t7.C0O; Franco, ?.
Spam, 443. 400; Austria, 337,000, of
whom 11S.CKM reside iu German v Al
1 btrl.L
HOME AND FARM.
To brighten stove-zincs, rub With
kerosene.
A protty hammock pillow is mndt
of bright awning cloth, witli some sim
ple design sot bctwoon tho stripes.
Albany breakfast cake. Six eggs,
ono quart of milk, one tcaspoonful of
salt, a half teaspoon of soda, dissolved
in hot water. Stir in corn monl to
niako a thick batter and bake in quick
oven. Baptist Weekly.
To wash colored tablo linen use
tepid wnter with a little powdered
borax; wash quickly, using but little
soap; rinse in topid water containing
boiled starch; dry in the shade, and
when almost dry, iron.
Tho Medical Press announces that
the common wart which appears upon
tlio hands and face can be readily
removed by small doses of sulphate of
magnesia the taking of three grain
doses of cpsoni salts morning nnd
evening. Plain Light Rolls: Take a piece
of dough when making light broad,
add to 'it two tablcspoonsful of sugar,
half a cup of lard, one egg, and flour
to niako a stifT dough, lot rise and bako
in a hot oven. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Encourage the boys and girls to
make a littlo money for themselves,
with fruit, clrckcns, bees, etc., and let
them have the spending of it. If they
make a few mistakes at lirst, they will
learn wisdom by it.
- The great secret of raising young
ducks, says an exchange, is not to al
low them to got wet. Give them all
the water they can drink, iii vessels so
constructed as to permit them to reach
tho water only with their bills.
Absolution of saltpeter sprinkled
on cabbages is said to be cllective in
driving oil' the cabbage-fly. It is harm
less, and also an excellent fertilizer.
It should bo'ilpplied twice a week, how
ever, and used 'plentifully. fndianupo
tis Journal.
Curried Kidneys: Take one tca
spoonful of curry powder, one of Hour,
a little pepper and salt, into a smooth
paste. Split tlie kidneys, spread tlio
paste over them, and fry in its little
butter as possible. Serve hot, on fried
sippots. Cincinnati limes.
Tlio Sanitarian says that tho
well-known rain-water taste is duo
neither to roof-wood nor deposits, nor
to Hying particles of dirt, but to tho
absorption of aerial gases. Any water
exposed to the open air will acquiro
the same taste.
Orange Ambrosia: Slice oranges
and sprinkle with sugar. L"t them
stand for about an hour. Then take a
glass dish and put a layer of oranges
in the bottom, then Cover with a layer
of grated cocoanut, then a layer of
oranges. Continue in this way until
the dish is full, cocoanut on top. This
is dol i ci 011s. Ilo uschold.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: "1 hold that the intel
ligent, farmer who has lived for years
on his farm and knows its soil and
capabilities, and who has settled on a
plan of farming which is successful,
is nioro likely to know what is best for4
him to do than someone who has
lived on a different soil, and sur
rounded by dilYcront circumstances."
A small, plain alarm clock 111 ay
bo made pretty by placing it in a
round fraino cut out of cardboard, to
lit snugly over the clock. It should
be four inches deep. Cut two more
frames of the sanio size, sew thorn
firmly together, and cover with velvet
or plush. Slip tho clock into place,
and hang on tho wall by a ribbon bow.
It requires little velvot, silk or plush
for this, and if you can paint or em
broider, you 111:13 make a really beau
tiful ornament.
ABOUT DAIRY BUTTER.
Why
It Should lie Tiilly ns Good nt the
I'rodiut nt tlio Creamery.
Notwithstanding that creamery but
ter, from tho most careful makers, will
bo good in quality and uniform in "it
appearance, this by 110 means implies
that butter mado in tho farm dairy
should not be as good. In fact, it may
nnd should bo better, unless every per
son supplying the central factory with
milk or cream oxorcisos a careful st:
pervision over his cows, to know that
their health is perfect, and that they
are giving milk untainted by any o'l
the contingencies that may tend to dis
organization of tho milk functions ol
tho cows. If twenty, fifty or one him,
dred milk-producers would attend :n
carefully to the condition of their milk
as tho man or woman who makos but
ter directly from the herd, and soils fha
same upon the reputation acquired fot
care in every department of tlie lalor,
the case would be dilVerent. Hut,
whore wo multiply by twenty, fifty (ft
one hundred, the ifs are too many tn
insure certainty. It is also a very dif
lleult matter for the manager of tin
creamery to keep a supervision of all
the various herds. S uch inspection ol
tlie milk as is generally given at tin
creamery is no safeguard. Hence it'll
not strange that the products of par
ticular dairies should bring a groator
prion thau any creamery butter. This
is the fact, and always will b.. Never,
thelees, it is equally tho fact that -tha
average product of dairies sells fdr losi
far less than the avorago prico fot
creamery butter.
There is prolit in dairy butter if th
maker understands his bmdnoss. JJ
not, and he will not learn, or will not
supply the good wife with faoilltioa fot
making the best, and will not uso cur.
rent means for getting it to market iu
perfect condition, some other branqb
of agriculture requiring loss oxaot cans
had better be followed. i'uni, Field
and Sti4knian,