OREGON SCOUT.
JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers.
U.VIOX. OKHUOX.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
A largo number of small tobacco
factories arc being stnrtctl in Florida
to yrurk up tho tobacco grown in tbo
Slate.
Preliminary arrangomonts havo
been entered into to establish a largo
manufactory in Phounix, Ari., to mako
sugar from sorghum.
A good photograph df tho seventh
moon of Saturn lias boon obtained by
the Messrs Henry, at tho Paris obsorv
atory. Tho photographic plato had
io bo exposed thirty-fivu minutes. This
moon is known to astronomers as
Hyperion, nnd was tho last satellite of
Saturn to bo discovered. AT. Y. Lcdacr.
It the statonionts which como from
Brazil on tho subject aro trustworthy,
thoFrciro system of inoculation against
yellow fever certainly seems to bo effica
cious. Tho mortality from tho diseaso
in Rio do Janeiro is said to bo ten limits
ait great among those who havo not
been treated by Dr. Froiro's method hi
among persons who havo boon inocu
lated. Ar. Y. Ledger.
Tho entire annual production of tho
eordago mills of tho United States, it is
stated, is about 120,000 tons, valued at
about 21,000.000. Of this, about 10.-;
900 tons is binder twine, and tho hal- -
ancois ropoof all sizes, from tho largest
hawser down to tho ordinary nianila
tarred ropo most used by sailors in spli
xingand repairs. Public Opinion.
Dr. John Vansant, of tho United
States marine hospital at St. Louis,
claims to bo tho first to havo taken
photographs by tho light of fireflies.
JIo placed twelvo firollies in a throo
ounco bottle, covering its mouth witli
lino bobinet. Tho average duration of
tho flash of each insect was half a
second, and tho luminous arar. on tiio
abdomen was about ono-oighth of an
linch square. Tho timo of exposure was
fifty flashes. Science.
Wo learn from tiio Pittsburgh Iron
World that Pittsburgh steol-inakors
havo established agencies for tho salts
of tho liner grades of steel suitable for
making cutlery in Kurope, India and
Australia. Their sales have been so
considerable as to practically guaranteo
an established trade. Steel lias boon
KO.U1 in competition with English-made
steel at the same prices, and, the World
my, "tho prices, under tho eirouin
.Htaueos, were ontiroly satisfactory to
tho producers."
Faye, tho French meteorologist,
thinks the movement of a tornado is
not ascending, as some scientists sup
pose it to be, but descending, pono
lrating tho lower layers of tho atmos
pheres like a corkscrew. Tho destruot
Jvo effects of these storms are ascribed
to the violent shock occasioned by the
collision of tho descending spirals witli
tiio ground, and tho energy is not ap
parently lessened by this contact, inas
much as it is constantly renewed from
above, and transmitted to the earth by
the rotary motion downwards. Ar. Y.
JLcdger.
A Fronch Fuel: Tho plan of util
izing coko dust by making it into bri
quettes has been .successfully adopted
by a gas company at Lyons, France.
This is accomplished by mixing each
ton of line coko with about 200 pounds
of ooal-tar pitch and thou passing
through a compressing machine. Tiio
total cost is $1 pur ton, nnd the product
readily sells for $5.fi0 to $G per ton.
Tho expense for the plant, with a ca
pacity of sixty-live tons daily, was only
f5.000. Arkamaw Traveler.
Tito barramanda proves to be
n connocting link of primary rank
between tho oldest surviving group
of Ashes nnd the lowest air
breathing nntmais like tho frogs
and salamanders. It leaves it.s na
tive streams at night and sots out
on a foraging oxpmlition after vegetable
food in tho neighboring woodlands. It
lias both lungs and gills. It can
breathe oithur.uir or water at will, or,
if it chooses, the two together. Though
covered with scales and most flsh-llko
in outline, it presents points of ana
tomical resemblance both to sala
manders and lizards, anil is a couneot
ig bond betwoen tho North American
mud Ash on tho one hand and the won
derful lopidosirou on tho other.
VERY QUEER LAW.
An Oilil PrcMoii Oiiipwrnlitff Ural KitNto
Alone Ittvur Hunk.
Jf a docision''just made by tho Su
premo Court of Connecticut is sound
law, real estate on tho banks of rivers
with a tondenoy to change the course
of their channels is a dnngvrous invest
ment for capital. The court holds that
rivers are natural boundaries, and
when they alter their course thuir
functions as boundaries nro not affected
by their former relations to lands.
That no mistake may bo undo Inter
preting tho moaning of tho court, tho
decision gives a forcible illustration of
n possible result from the waywardness
of tho river. "If," tho decision says,
"after washing away the intervening
bit, it should encroach upon tho remoter
bit", and should then begin to change
I s movement in tin Mhcr direction,
ria lo ilh restoring what it had taken
I A) ui the inU'i'V ouing 1 t, the whole, by
1.1 w of .ti . I'.iun, would ! 'i'Ii i!m
i..iuiUr, In.t ij. w nppr' " . 1 'i "
Under tn.- .-tali-meat of i.. I w .ri
MvnW on the r!vr front i Hot only
)mbjk to Ii - property grade. illy du
:pjM4r iiu ! i bi-o.vii eye, but it it ti
i ppeais -him.
b.:
ueighbo.
ll i I i 1 1 1 1 v it be iin;:-, no! to
I.. Io . fortunate Hi l-dool
i..i A..tei .
SPENDING OR SAVING.
A Uncntton Wliloli Serloutly A fleet tiio
Iliipulnens of ISrorjr l'limlly.
There is no question that all'eots so
lnrgoly a majority of tho American
people ns tho ono of economy, which
moans wisi spending and wiso saving.
Tho model housokeopor or house
mother of to-day should bo an object
lesson to de bold up for study boforo
tho town in which she lives. Tho wo
man who is cultured, educated, re
fined nnd yet enjoys domestic life and
knows how to caro for tho money
brought into tho homo by the husband
and how to uso it wisely and well for
the comfort of her family is as much of
a missionary as though sho wcro teach
ing tiio Hottentots civilization.
Tho, cost of living is bocoining a seri
ous affair with tho majority of people,
and is often double what it ought to
ho with but half tho comfort. Wo
havo somollmos thought that the sub
ject of domestic economy ought to bo
taught in tho higher grades of our city
schools and in all the country schools
of our land. If wo had that teaching
in our own hnndj, wo would ooinmcnco
with making an effort to eradicate tho
almost universal feeling of shame
which seems to ho felt in every mind
when using the word "economy." If
it could bo made a public sontimont
that it wcro disgrucolul not' to use. as
well as practice it, half tho battle
would bo fought.
As it is every ono wants what they
soo others have, and families witli
small incomes of live hundred dollars
feel dofrau.led of their rights if tlioy
can't IlVn in tho same stylo as tho fam
ily with twico tho resources, 'iho
husband and father works at his trade,
or on a stilly, from ton to fourteen
hour a day, bringing in tho
11101103', tho wifo and daughters
and sons work as many hours each
day getting rid of what tho bond of
tiio house brings in, and to what pur
pose? To make ns much of a display
us somo other family that is trying to
copy somo one else, and so on and on.
Mrs. A has a now silk. Immediately
Mrs. 11, Mrs. C nnd Mrs. D must havo
ono. Mrs. I) bus a now carpet for her
parlor. Instantly Mrs. A, Mrs. C and
Mrs. 1) fool tho need of a now carpet
as never before Miss A lias a new
piano. Tho keys rattle and tho piano
is "drendfully out of tune" in tho
homes of Miss It, Miss C and Miss D.
Jack A lias a pony or a new dog
cart, and there is no end to the team
ing until Joliu H, I) ek C and N d 1) all
havo ponies or dog-carts. And this
goes on clear down to thouns-.n mat
tors of daily life, anil every one is just
as full of unrest and dissatisfaction ns
thoy were boforo tho purchase of tho
coveted goods.
Lot ono woman with intelligence,
gnico and superior advantages go into
a community Ailed with A's, It's, C's
and D's, and live on a higher plane,
oaring never to cops her neighbors,
anil those people get an idea thoy
never before oiyoyed. Lit this woman
talk economy, practice it and f icl real
ly glad nnd proud she er.u, and
how the taste of that wholo neighbor
hood will change! I know throe
wealthy women in a city who years
n;o promised each othor to dress for
Ave years on lift dollars a year. The
good influence that resulted from that
not has never died out. 1 know
wealthy women who talk ooononiv and
practice it simply for tho sake of
others. God bless such women! A
woman who has fifty dollars a month
to spend and gives away tiio lion's
tdinro. spending very little for selfish
purpose, is a woman whoso life does
not end at death. What we wear and
what we eat need bo but a small part
of our living, and yet wo aro making
it by far tho larger part. Cor. Atlanta
Constitution.
Study and Health.
Mile Lucia Hall, doctor at Vassar
College, on going into tho question ot
hygienio influence of hard study on
wonion, with regard to the remark
able diminution of large families in
America, has eomo to the following
conclusions, which deserve to bo ex
amined: Ono hundred and sevouty
six families proved on examination to
havo only an average of from throo to
two children. Now, out of thoso
families thoso who had the
largest number of children were
found to havo highly-educated
mothers, not to say educated above
the average. Dr. Hull's experience
has proved to her that the health of
the young people Is particularly good,
and even improves ns tho studies in
crease. She cites the following words
of M. Uasooin, Director of tho Wiscon
sin University; "The health of our
young people in no wiso diminishes
whilst with us; on tho contrary, I have
long slnco noticed that a young lady
who gives up sooioty and takes up
reasonably with study at the universi
ty is in far better eondltion, as far as
health is concerned, than the majority
of her si x. C'Afo ujo Tribune.
The great banyan tree in tho llo
tanio garden at Calcutta, which is now
about ono bund ted years old, has a
parent trunk forty-two feet in olrcuut
furano , and two hundred and thirty
two aerial I rank, or root-drops, from
a few inches to a foot around. Tho
vast leafy erown bus a o touiiifcrouco
of eight hundred and Ilflv-seven feet.
A still larur t bauvan p.rows near iho
loll I. 1 1 .! Wy-.ng I'h. m i!i. 11 mil. i
il . i I. 1 . '1 111' i'l! l II i f IV ' of f
I 1' I 1 III 1 ' - ll. ,' II till! I1.' I lit,. I
eighty-, von feet. 'lh banyan nso
tillv li'gin ill life by glowing upon
hi' Mirl.iiM of so. ue oilier 1 1 nit, ns,
f r i i i j'l , i'i ild il.i i', u Ii,. h ii
i-i gl i is u iiKvo.is s in t j, -.V.
J'. J.
QUEER PHENOMENA.
Some Curious mill Unaxptiitnuil Antlci ol
th Cninerii.
Though not yot arrived at the digni
ty of being an amateur photographer.
I have provi led myself with an elab
orate outfit, and have praoticod a good
deal in order to have tho means of se
curing bettor pictures of interesting
places and people, when travelenir in
out-of-the-way portions of tho globe,
than I could got with a pencil only
Throo times during tho course of my
prac.ico in exposins ind developing
dry platos I havo made negatives that
sturtlod me, for, if not supernatural,
thoy at least bordered very closely up
on tho miraculous. Twice within tho
last mouth I have ondeavorcd to pho
tograph a handsome collie dog, tho
household pet of a friend whom I was
visiting.
In order to bring the dog more con
spicuously in the field of vision I
placed him upon a rustic seat on tiio
lawn and, when a restful moment on
his part arrived, exposed tiio plate
On the ground glass of tho camera the
scono was perfect, tho dog s body
reaching from ono arm to tho other of
the bench, whoro ho stood motionless
during tho exposure, which did not
exceed half a second of time. O.i
development I had, iudted, a complete
picture of tho bench and of the land
scape, but no sign what ever of tho
dog. not oven a haziness as if he
might havo moved during the expos
ure. Tiio plato tifiod was a No. 30
Cramer, sizi 5x8, with a W iles lens of
most cxcelloiit quality. There were
several people present at tho timo ob
serving tho opjration or engaging the
attention of the dog to keep him quiet.
All could, with the cleaivst con
science, mako legal afli lavit that they
saw tho dog on the bench all the time,
and yet there is not tho .slightest trace
of him to be found on tho plate. Every
portion of tho bench is distinctly visi
blo, notwithstanding that the dog's
body intervened bolweon it and tho
camera. While taking tho plate
holder into tho house to develop tho
picturo I accidentally moved the slide
a little so that the very sonsitivo plato
is much fogged, but I did not think it
had boon opened far enough to allow
the dog to oscapo entirely.. Again, a
fow days l iter, I had absolutely tho
same oxporionco in photographing tho
very same dog upon tho same bench.
Tho bench was completely dolinoatod,
but tho dog gave no ovidoiico of hav
ing been present.
1) iring last winter, whilo at York
Factory, on Hudson I5ay, 1113- hosts of
the Hudson 1$ iy Company were very
much interested in my camera, and
submitted themselves readily to the
scrutiny of my portrait lens. Ono
Su id ay, just before my departuro for
Fort. Churchill, I attempted to photo
graph the pretty little daughter of the
master of tho factory. Tho child's
mother, a strict Scotch Presbyterian,
did not hositato to express her d isap
proval of doing such work on the Sab
bath. The father, houovor, prevailed
upon tho mother to give her consent,
as I was going away thonoxtday. and
thoy were very anxious to avail tlioni
selves of a privilege so unusual in that
part of tho world to secure a portrait
of the little family idol. Tho child was
posed, standing upon the seat
of an old-f.ishionod, high-back
chair, stiifftd and quilted and
with black buttons to hide the stitches
that dented tho hair-cloth cover
ing. When all was ready and the
child stood motionless, loaning against
the padded back of the chair, I made
tho exposure and waited until night
caino to develop the pinto, perfectly
confident that I had secured a good
portrait at last. When tho imago
canto upon tho plate, under the action
of the pyrogallio developer, there was
a porfoat picture of the chair, every
button, and, apparently, every hair of
tiio covering being distinctly drawn,
but no more sign of the child than if
sho had been tuado of thin air. I was
greatly mvslili.td, but the father was
awe-stricken as well as disappointed
by the result, and whispered in an im
pressive but husky voice: "Tho good
wifo said no good would come of pho
tographing on Siriday, and sho was
right. I am glad it is only the picture
that is lost." 11' 11. ClUdcr, in A'. Y.
World.
Creatures of Yosterday.
With all lfs pride at our progress,
tho thoughtful student beholds with
dismay the rapid "Swooping away of
many animal and vegetable species
which to future science would bi most
precious. In Ids biological address to
the British Association. Prof. A, New
ton lamented, as an example of what
is being done, the disappearance of
the birds of Now Zmlaiul. In tho moro
thickly settled districts, imported
spiteies alone aro now to be seen,
whilo the natives aro fast being
pushed inland and must soon vanish.
Tlies.i native species aro almost ex
clusively peculiar to that country and
supply a link to the past that once
lost can never be recovered. The
forms of life that nro being killed otT
aro mostly tho nuo.out oies, that
must teach us more than tho recent
ones of tho way life lias haon spread
over tho globe, and Prof, .Newton
therefore urges bas e in gaining all
possible knowledge of these creatures
l. fneo 1 hoy have p.u.l away.
Armuw 'J'ruve'er,
- A iv- dent if i!ar.f..r4. Conn,, is
the i. , ! lor ft a uovel apparatus for
ii .111; borsei A tl ok with three
hau.u minute, aeroud and quarter
second -is t .t ted nv tho 1 fQcial Mm r.
When lii w i.uii.ig hi.i-.o i.oiebea tb
w iiv Ui 1 1 .. Ix ii mi.hiji d l.y , b e 1 !eitf,
A l i'i 1 1 1 1 n t 11. 1 1 1' r a 1 i'ii ! . 1 e
a e.i.ii' '1 w . i li p:,. i, 1 .0 ih.
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CHANGE OF PASTURE.
Wliy It llenrnin Not Only Live Stock Rnt
the Soil Ainu.
There is more good solid senso ex
pressed in the old saying that "A
change of pasture makes fat calves"
than most people an; apt to realize on
a casual reading. Not only calves, but
all descriptions of live-stock need for
their highest thrift somo little variety
in tint way of food, and the pastures, to
maintain, their best eonditiolt, need an
occasional rest, llotli stock and past
ures nro therefore benefited by si
change. The stock coming into a fieslt
pasture And every variety of grass nat
ural to it in full growth, and are able
to All themselves easily without too
much exertion; and if the airiiials are
o improved character and quality they
never fail to give a good account of
the luxuriant feed. There are some
grasses in the pasture which will not
stand very close grazing; the sun let in
too directly upon their roots acts un
favorably and they Keeni Incapable ol
making much growth until after they
havo progressed to about a certain
stage. If constantly grazed the past
ure is certain to lose its due proportion
of such grasses. It is better, therefore,
for both stock and grass that tho past
ures be divided into several lots, that
onopoition may recuperate whilo an
other is being used. If there is a dif
ference in its producfive capacity
some portions growing troro luxuriant
food than others it is well to make the
divisions with reference to that fact,
for if there is not profitable food on
any portion it is better that tho stock
should not bo suffered to tramp around
over it. Suitable divisions of tiio past
urage also enable the farmer to keep
difl'crcntdcscriptions of stock separate,
which is quite desirable. Especially in
periods of drought is it essential that
tho farmer should be able to manage
the pasturage with the greatest care
and intelligence, for there is danger of
the permanent stand being injured in
such portions ns arc too heavily bur
dened with stock at biich a time.
Breeders' Gazette.
FOR THE NURSERY.
Allow Your Chllilri'ii to Develop Slowly
unit .Nitumilly.
Tlicro is nothing more dangerous
than the way some people try to stim
ulate the dormant intellect of infant
children, often playing with the help
less baby and tossing it up till it
trembles with excitement. Uabies,
like all little animals, should bo left in
1 passive state The most dangerous
brain diseases to which infants are
peculiarly subject are brought on by
ovcrfond parents, who refuse to let the
faculties of tho child remain in a half
dormant state, as they should during
the first year of life.
A nervous woman is a dangerous
mother. It is bettor for an over-anxious
woman to put her child in the
hands of a conscientious nurse, who
will bring it up by system and not by
maternal impulse," a beautiful thing
for oets to dwell upon but a very un
certain thing in actual practice. No
intelligent person would allow a choice
puppy or fancy Angora kitten to be
dangled and dosed as little children are
by over-anxious mothers.
It seems very strange that sensible
people should refuse to use their reason
in bringing up babies. The child
houhl bo fed systematically, only at
dated hours, every dav it should be
bathed at tho same hour so that its long
midday nap shall come at such a time
that it shall havo a period of wakeful
ness before sundown. Healthy chil
dren will sleep from sundown till
sunrise, waking only once during the
night to be fed if they are taken care
of systematically. Infants under six
mouths old should be fed every two
hutiTS from sunrise till sundown. Old
wives' tales and old mothers' remedies
aro tho most dangerous jack o'lanterns
that the young mothvrs can follow.
X. Y. Tribune.
PERMANENT INKS.
Why Miiiiufiictiiri-rit Mioulil Stiitw the Com-
position of Tlii'ir (iooiIh.
hik-ninkyig has now becomo quite a
high chemical art, and there so many
kinds of ink in the market that 11 choice
is rather puzzling. It is very desirable
that manufacturers should state the
composition of their inks 1. e., of the
coloring matter which they contain.
1'his might be done witnout betraying
any trade secrets. v 0 count men
choose our ink according to its purpose.
For documents of a permanent char
acter, and subject to the possibility
of intentional obliteration, the ink
should contain more than one kind of
coloring matter; us, for example, the
old lannogallate of iron plus indigo or
aniline black, ami perhaps a little cop
per salt. No single chemical agent
could bleach all of these, and neither
paper nor parchment can stand a series
of chemical solvents. The nnalino inks,
now largely used, aro of very question
able durability, it is uncertain whother
thoy can enduro tho action of timo
alone. Supplemented with tho old
fashioned iron salt, which has proved
its durnhiliiy, they nro safe It should
always be uiideiWMd that the indelibil
ity of "any Ink largely deiiends upou
tho nature of the surface to which it is
applied. Tho more nbsorUnt the pa
per, the more difficult is its removal, at
it peneUateb below l'ie surface of such
paper, If iho pajKir is highly glawd,
oy eoAwingit with niiy kind of varnish
.ng material, the xwslbiHty of remov
ni f the whole surface, varnish, ink and
all, it laoreaatHl. triWw at Wirk
it l hUU to lake three day af
-""d fuud fa nakt up for mu ui b4
iU'd.
GUNNING FOR PICTURES.
An Intercntlnjr Invention With Widespread
Inn I'romlnefi.
Amateur photography has made an
other long stride forward. A new in
vention was displayed at the meeting
of the New lork sooictv. whoso wide
spread results can scarcely be con
jcetured. Hy means of it. photographs
will henceforth be taken as easily and
accurately at night as in the daytime,
and the phtogruphcr will, in the black
est darkness, bo able to literally take
an unerring shot at his subject with a
photographing gun.
Hitherto the only means of phntO'
graphing at night have been by the
means of the kerosene, calcium 01
electric lights. All of these demanded
more or less paraphernalia and were
not portable to any available degree
Magnesium wire, when burned, was.
known to produce a li"ht of strong
actinic quality, and a lamp has been
devised with winch to burn it for pho
togruphio purposes. It was not a satis
factory light, however, as it was un
steady and liable to go out. From
magnesium, however, Dr. II. G. Piffard
has devised exactly the thing desired
It consi&ts in powdered magnesium
spread upon guueotton. The ignition
of tho guueotton furnishes the heat
necessary to set Are to the magnesium
and the result is a brilliant flash, poW'
erf ul enough to sufficiently expose the
plate and easily available under any
circumstances. The photograph is in
-stantaneous. The doctor first discussed
a German powder invented for the
purpose, stating that while its light
effects were excellent its very explosive
quality made it a dangerous article
jither to handle or have about. He
next discussed and exhibited a mixture
of four parts of gunpowder and one
part of magnesium, which, when
uasneii, answered the purpose
desired. It was neither as con
venient nor effective, however,
is tho guueotton combination. After
burning .samples of these and showing
their elfects, he fired a cartridge of
magnesium and gunpowder from an
ordinary revolver, showing that the
flash was quite sullicient for an instan
taneous photograph. He then pro
ceeded to darken the room and to pho
tograph Mr. Robert Roosevelt. The
camera was adjusted, and as the cap
wtis removed the doctor touched a
match to a small piece of powdered
cotton. I lie light flushed in the dark
ness, and when some minutes later the
levelopcd plate appeared, an excellent
negative of Mr. Roosevelt was the re
sult. Several portraits taken the night
before, were exhibited, and the prac
tical value of the invention was indis
putably established.
Tho result will be that the amateur
photographer will henceforth go a-gun-ning
in the darkness and lay out on a
plate every thing he may choose to
shoot at. The camera will be. fitted to
,1 pistol barrel or the pistol barrel to
the camera, and cocking the weapon
will expose tho plate. As soon as the
weapon is aimed the flash from the
muzzle will instantly serve to photo
graph the object, and the game will be
securely bagged in a moment. The
lleeing thief, the expression of a man
who treads upon the unforeseen carpet
aek, as well as that of the husband out
late who is trying to assume an ex
pression of indifferent sobriety before
io lights the domestic gas, will now
idorn the albums, where they have
litherto been unknown. The inven
ion is valuable commercially, one pho
ographer stating that he had con
'ltided to make use of it in his gallery
is soon as the winter sunlight began
o weaken early in the afternoon. It
will also greatly widen the lields of
iniiisemeut and experiment which
.tave attracted so many thousands to
amateur photography. .V. J'. Times.
Outwitting a Detective.
Ono of tho brightest detectives at
polico headquarters is the subject of a
joke. He recently was out looking for
a well-known "crook," and ono of the
toughest young men in Rufl'alo. Tho
ofllcer spotted his game on Front ave
nue, and started towards him. Tho
latter "tumbled," very quickly and
made olf, turning down Fifth street on
a run. The detective gave chase and
tho rueo wtis getting so hot that the
crook bolted into a saloon. A pail of
water was standing tin the floor of tho
barroom, and quick as a flash the pur
sued threw down his hat and began
washing his face in it. in an instant
the detective burst in, asking: "Did a
man run in hero just now?" "Ves,"
answered the crook, vigorously rub
bing his fact;. "Just went out the back
door." Tho detective took the bait
and went through the rear exit on a
gallop, while Mr. Crook was out of
reach. Bujfulo Courier.
m m
"You iievftr drink or smoke, do
you, George, dear?" she said. "You
know I could never marry a man who
drinks and smokes." George, in a
broken-hearted tout of voice, admitted
that he did smoku and drink a little,
and turned to go. Hut a pair of white,
twouty-sovcii-yeur-old arms were
around his neck in a moment. "Never
mind, George," saiil tho girl; "perhaps
my wifely inline iiv will induce you to
give tiidni up." A. )'. .Smh.
1
Customer (in restaurant) "What
is the matter with the cheese, waiter?
it looks ns if it might have been used
to bait a rat-trap." Waiter "Yo' has
got dat choose turned upside down,
sah. Pat's de side what's teudad to be
up. Now dat cheese am all right, hl"
JSteh
1- . in 1
"Do crocodiles keep cattle, paf"
naked littlo Johnny McSw illigen. "No,
roy son? why do you askP" "liecause
I beard uia say something about cruoo-
dlla'i tmvg.'W'isMttra ChnmicU.
TAKEN FROM LIFE.
An Instruction Conversation Orerhrnrd In
n l'lintoi;rHili (iHtlery.
"Do I look all right, Mamo?"
"Yes; splendid."
"I just know I'll laugh right out."
"No, you mustn't; that would spoil
:j every thing."
"O, I think it horrid to havo one 9
photo taken. I'd rather have a tooth
pulled any day."
"So would I."
"I never do take a good picture."
"Nor I; initio are horrid always."
"If theo aro not good I'll never sit
again. How does my hair look?"
"Ever so nice"
"I'm so nervous. 1 just know I'll
spoil everything."
"No; you mustn't; you'd just havo to
sit again."
"Don't you dare to look at me. Mame,
or I'll giggle right out."
"O, I'm going to get behind tho
screen and point my Auger at you all
the time"
"O. if you doT
"See if I don't."
"You shan't even stay in the room."
"I will too. It'll be such fun."
"O. you mean thing! Do you think
this dress will take well?"
"Yes, indeed."
"1 do hope tho jot trimmings will
show well. I can't decide what position
to assume"
"I'd have a sido view."
" Would y Rut I'm so long-faced."
"No, you're not."
"O, but law; and oh, they're ready
for me 1 dread it so." p
"Pshaw! I wouldn't mind it a bit."
"Yes, you would. Now don't you dura
look tit me."
"I will too."
"Maine r
"O. I will.1"
"I'll laugh right out, sure"
And she does. She spoils two or
three plates by "giggling right out,"
ami she goes away declaring that sho
"just knows" she'll look "too perfectly
awful for any thing in tho picture"
It is living through such scenes n
these daily that causes photographers
to have a worn and faded look, and
makes them old before their time.
Many of them break down under the
strain and dio young. Detroit Frca
Press.
DARNS FOR HORSES.
Wliero mill How They MiouliI be Con
fttriietHit mill ,rrmietl.
Dorse stables should bo located on
land that is high enough so it can bo
well drained, the surface water carried
off rapidly. S'gnant water is very in
jurious to horses especially when it is
filled with the refuse matter from tho
stable. Dam), badly ventilated stables
are a fruitful source of disease, causing
fevers, coughs and trouble with the
eyes, also such affections of the legs as
scratches grease heel, etc. Dampness
is specially liable to cause inflammation
of the throat and lungs. In such stable
good grooming and the best of caro
will not ward olfdUease, but many ail
ments may bo expected to make their
appearance
Having selected a good location for
the horse barn, it should bo arranged
and built in such a way as to secure tho
most comfort for its occupants and con
venience for those who have the caro
of them. As sunshine and pure air are
so essential to the good health of horses,
the barn should, rf possible, bo so lo
cated as to have a southern exposure,
and in this way get the full benefit oi
the sun.
Ventilation is a most important con
sideration in the building of barns, and
special pains should be taken to secure
the ingress of pure air and tho escape
of the foul air, caused by the ammonia
that arises from the manure. This is
necessary in order to secure good
health. In arranging a stable for
horsei, several box-stalls should be pro
vided, as thoso will bo found specially
useful for mares at foaling time, for tin
care of sick or lame horses, and also for
keeping valuable hor-.es in during tint
winter. In these there is an oppor
tunity for excrciso to bo taken when
the weather is such that horses can not
be turned out in a lot, or driven on tint
road. A well-fenced lot adjoining tint
rtablu, with tin open shed in it, will be
found very convenient, as horses that
are not in uso can be turned out for ex
ercise in it when the weather is not tow
inclement. National Live-Stock Jour
nal.
He Felt Reassured.
"Have you seen papa's new dog,
'Carlo?' " she asked, as they sat in th
parlor.
"iff," ho replied, uneasily, "I have
had the pleasure of meeting the dog."
"Isn't he splendid i1 He is so afleo-
tionate."
"I noticed that ho was vcrv demon
strative," returned ho, as be moved un
easily in his chair.
"He is vcrv plavful, too. I never saw
a more playful animal in my life"
"I am glad to hear you say that,"
"Why?"
"Heeauso I was a littlo bit afraid that
when ho bit that piece out of mo tho
other evening ho was in earnest. Rut
if ho was only in play of course it's all
right. 1 eu take fuu as woll as any
body." Mrrchant Traveler.
I.
"Mv house was entered by a burg
lar last night." "Is that so?" What
did you do?" "Nothiusr but look at
him." "Did ha carry off any thing?"
"No; be saw that there wan ontv uo.l
stoves in the bouse and not a ; irii 1
of coal oq tho promises, so he went
away. A'e'jra'ii St da Journal.
A brand el blasting Border is
marked "f, t." and the tnarktnj pi oba
blr has ikt tADM meaning m L. wusio
twv fowl.