Y
DISHORNING A BULL.
Ttio Only Nt-rcn-aft-l Way of Hubrfitlng
Cruel hihI Virion AnliimW.
I havo ii Jersey bull coming two
years old, which somo times seemed to
oo filled with vigor beyond his capacity
for containing, and while leading him
to water ho would often act like a colt,
jumping about, and I became almost
afraid to walk before him (though I
showed no signs of this to him), and
finally decided to have his horns taken
-off before lie did any damage.
Ho was therefore Uiken to a neighbor
"who had dishorned twenty-six of his
own herd, and put into a stall made of
two-inch plank and just wide enough
to admit an animal, his shoulders he
.ing even wmi uio ironr. etui, wucu a
piece of timber was placed below, nn-
othcr above, his neck and against his
shoulders, Ids head drawn around to
the side and firmly tied; a timber was
mlso put across the stall under the ani
mal just back of his forelegs, raising
liis feet from tho floor; the hair was
fiheared off closely at the baso of Uio
.horn, and with a fmo-tootlied meat
(narrow blade) the horn was cut oil as
'near tho head as possible, leaving it
Jiko one naturally without horns, whiuh
--was perhaps throe-olghtlis ol an inch
on tho skit. When done, tho head was
lied to the other side and the other
Lorn cut ofT, both of which left open
ings about threo-fourths of an inch in
diameter into tho head and into which
-was put a vory little cotton to keep out
tint. lie bled vorv freely on one side
Imt on tho otlior very little, and was
taken homo a different-looking annual
After one week matter formed in one
flido and forced the cotton out and eon
tinned thus for a week, when it dried
up, at which time tho cotton was taken
irom me oinor snio and it also ran a
little, at which 1 was at first alarmed,
but learned it was necessary to force
out the saw dust which had fallen into
tho opening.
Some writers say "Itdoos not hurt
thorn," but this depends upon what is
meant by "hurt." It is a painful
.operation, and in this ease ad'ected tho
-animal somewhat for three weeks; but
after dishorning r.nd examining a fresh
boef head, I became fully convinced
that no permanent Injury could arise
from the operation, if proporlv cared
or.
' J can now lead the bull or outer the
-stall witii perfect safety, which is a
groat satisfaction, and I would not
have the horns replaced if I could.
I have since witnessed the dishorning
of several head, and have oven seen
the blood spurt out; but there is no
possible danger of over-bleeding, as 1
can understand, borne animals began
to eat immediately after tho operation;
but I do not think they were in the
unood of eating, as it was only excite
tmont causing the appetite. Several
-cows gave a smaller llow of milk for one
lay after being dishorned, so the owner
told me, and he weighed the milk; from
which please form your own opinion,
Quit my observations aro that it will
afTect their appetites a couple of days,
though eases may diner.
In cutting oil the horns. I profor to
have them out back on the skin so as
to leave the animal like, or nearly, the
natural hornless ones, which may be
half an inch, though one can tell by
feeling thu head, and this does not
cause any more pain, as far as I can
learn, than it would to leave a stub
horn; and though you may look six
inches into their heads after removing
the horns, do not feel alarmed the
brain is safely inclosed by a bono pro
tcotion but before dishorning, ox
amino a head if possible, to learn for
yourself, and you can take oil' horua
practically as well as any one, if you
Jiavo a llttlo nerve.
I think early in tho spring or fall is
thu best time for dishorning, there be.
ing no tlies or seriously cold weather,
though I know of somo operated upon
in mid-winter, in this northern region,
that came out all right . M. Culbcrt'
son, in Country Gentleman.
A Thoughtless Father.
"What is your son doing now?"
asked a merchant of ono of tho senior
traveling men.
"He is in a real estate office."
"That is good. I'm glad tohoarthat
Jto is in the way of making money."
"Yes, I've taken great pains with
that boy. Trained him up to be strict
ly honest, always tell the truth, and
never take advantage of anybody."
Tho old merchant looked at him and
then walked away, muttering:
"And then put him in a real-estate
oflico. Somo fathers havo no jud
moot at all." Merchant Traveler.
Thoy Feol at Homo.
In a St. Paul shoo storo whero thore
is a sign that reads, "None but gentle
men employed as clerks. Ladies may
fool perfectly at homo when purchasing
good here," tho other day n clerk wont
Ui thu proprietor and said:
"Don t you think we'd hotter pull
down that Hlgur"
"What for?"
"Hecauso tho women road it and si I
down on the lloor when trying shoos
on." St. Paul Globe.
1'. 0. Allen, of Augusta, Mo., pnt
ronizos tho United Suites malls to a
liberal extont. Ho paid the Post-olllcc
Department $140,000 in 1887. Ho pub
lishes sixteen periodicals, mostly week
lie; employs about (18,000 worth ol
labor overy wook, nnd is a full-Hedged
millionaire. His subscribers number
1.200,000.
A novel scono was presented on
lnuid Traversa boy recently. A tug
nnd mi eo boat woro out on tho bay to
gether. Thu ice was about two and
OBe-half inches thick nnd tho ico boat
had Uto best of the tug tu far us speed
DM coucruiL
'GROWTH OF CHILDREN.
fiitrntlfiB OlmTVulloin Muilo liy n No toil
Diijiltli IMucittor nnit Sivunt.
The period at which tho general in
croaso of the body is going on is from
the end of Sl.irch to Dicombor; and
within tiiis period there is a period of
maximum increase in height and a
period of maximum increaso in weight.
During tho period of m ist rapid in
creaso in weight, tho incronso in
hoight is tho slowest of any in that
period, 1110 nines oi moan growth ot
height and weight about coincide, nnd
tho period of maximum growth in
hoight is a poriod of comparative rost
for tho woight. Tho height-poriods
begin and end about fifteen days be
fore the wolglil-pcrio.ls. Tho hoight
first has a pctiod of minimum growth,
then a period of mean growth, then its
maximum growth, and then suddenly
falls bark again to tho minimum rate
of growth. Tho woight, howovor,
begins witii a minimum rato of growth,
passes at onco to its maximum, and
then slowly falls through the poriod of
moan growth back to thu mini
mum ngaln. Tho growth in
weight varies moro than tho growth
in height. An increaso of 1 centimeter
of height corresponds to 2.81 kilo
grams during tho period of maximum
growth in weight, but only to. 48 of a
kilogram in tho poriod of moan or
minimum growth. Tho incroaso of
woight in tho maximum period is es
sentially a growth in stoutness, and
tholos- of woight during the poriod
of minimum growth is a decrease in
stoutness. In tho period of maximum
incroaso in hoight tho increaso in
stoutness is at a minimum, and dur
ing the poriod of least increaso in
height is at a maximum. A practical
lesson to bo dorivod from tho knowl
edge of thoso poriods is to havo as
largo as possiblo a sharo of tho poriod
of general grontost growth fall into
the vacation time; for then tho body
has loss strain upon it, an I is in gon-
oral i i (lie best condiiion for growing.
Tho Swedes and South Germans aro
accordingly right in giving their chil
dren two or two and a half months
vacation, from July to tho middle of
Sopteinber, and thus including a good
share of the greatest growl h poriod.
Dr. Mailing-Hanson hits also at
tempted to make out shorlor periods
of twotily-iive and sovonty-fivo days of
variations in growth, which ho regards
as due to the chaugos in tho climatic
conditions, but this i not as yet se
curely established. His study of tho
height rovoals somo vory interesting
points. It is woll known that we are
longer when wo Ho down than when
wo stand up, and this difioronco may
be as much as a contimetor. So, too.
nftor a long walk, when tha woight of
ho body has compressed all thoso
parts that furnish room for contrac
tion, tho height is smallor. Tivonty
two hoys, tliirloon to sixteen yoars
old, woro moasurod at difl'eront tlmos
of dny. Dining tho hours of leisure,
from C to 8 a. m., n boy lost, on tho
average, 4 niilllmitcrs in liolglit;
while resting on the school bonch.frnm
8 to 9 o'clock, he gained .3 of a mil-
imeter; during tho inslruclion, from
9 to 10. ho loses 1 millimeter; during
the recess from 10 to 11, tho loss in
height was 3 millimeters for oacli
hoy; from 11 to 12, during school
hours, tho body expands by 2 niilllmo
lers, but in the next hour in school
loses. 4 of a millimeter, in tho leisure
time from 1 to o'clock tho body loses
3 milllmoters. Ii general, from G a.
m. to T p. m. there is a loss of 9 mil
limeters; from lo 9 p. m. thore aro
variation; and from 9 p. in. to 6 a.
m. them is a gain of 9 millimntors.
These moasiiromentfl woro taken dur
ing the winlor mouths. Too daily
variations In woight, woro also ob
served, From tho ond of. tho ehiof
meal, at 2 p. in., until 9 o'clock, oaeh
liny loses . 13 of a kilogram, and from
!) i. m. to 0 a. in. there was a loss of
.67 of a kilogram. Of this. .23 of a kilo-
gram was duo to porspiralion and ex
halation, nnd tho rost to oxorotions.
From 0 a. m. to 1 . m. there was a
gain of. 11 of a kilogram, and dinner
added. 69 of a kilogram. It is very
much to be hnpod that tho custom of
taking a variety of this kind of meas
urements will bocoino widespread,
and systematic attempts bo made to
extend and collect suoh observations.
Science.
A Mighty Strango Town.
Hero, what ate you doing?"
risked tho janitor of tho Potter bnlld-
of a wild-eyed granger, who was
rushing across tho roof to tho cop
ings on tlio edge.
By ginger, that s quoorl was tho
ast on ii-hod reply. "I stepped inter a
llttlo oflioo when I come in, nnd tho
hull bulldlti' bogiu to sink. Fust
thing I knowod, she stopped; and
now, whon I git out, I find m'self up
n tho air 'bout four mile. Quoor
place, this York." m-liits.
A lady stepped into lior slolgh on
Wabash street, tho nthor day, and.
taking up tho reins, talked to her horse
like this: "Got upl" "Go on, Billy!"
Got up! Got upl" "Hilly, why don't
fou gor ' "ion norrui brutoi"
"What n stupid" llio horse, dospito
ill this, stood stock still. Then Ids
mistress spoke to a gon' Ionian who had
b -oil watching hor: "Cm you make
I Is animal start, sir?" Ho politely
bowed, canto forward, unhltuhod tho
horse, and patted him on tho nock.
Then tho animul Blnrtod. SL Jliul
Globe.
Tho Stoug hum Musical Society
has just celebrated Its ono hundred
and first birthday nt Hindolpli, Mass.
h is ono of tho oldest musical organi
sations in tho U "d Slates, mid
ninny noted Now Kuland musicians
havo belonged to it.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,
Tho door of Heaven is alwnyf
open to the prayers of God's people
T. Watson.
Old ago is a blessed time. It give
leisure to put oh" our oarthly garments
ono by one and dress ourselves foi
Heaven.
Unbelief and disobedience are so
intimately connected that tho same
i word in the sacred writings often
serves for both.
It is not until wo havo passed
through tho furnace that wc aro made
to know how much dross tliero is in out
com posi tion. Cotton.
Tho voice of conscience is so doli
cato that it is easy lo stille it; but it is
also so clear that it is impossible to
mistako it. Malam dc Slaet.
Of all dark traits that disfigure the
human race, that of wishing to bolittlo
or degrado tho character of anothor is
tho lowest. Pacific Stales Weekly.
I never know a child of God boing
bankrupted by his ncnovolenco. What
wo koop wo may lose, but what wo
glvo to Christ wo aro stiro to kcop.
T. L. Cuylcr.
Being kind nnd choorful, doing
ono's duty, helping others, and loving
umi, is tho best way to show that wo
are pious in tho truo sense of tho word.
Louisa M. Alcott.
One earnest gnzo upon Christ is
worth a thousand scrutinies of self.
Tho man who beholds tho cross, and,
beholding it, weeps, can not bo really
blind nor perilously self-ignorant.
Dean Vaughn.
Thero is only ono greater folly
than that of tho fool who says in his
heart thero is no God; and that is tho
follv of thoso who say with the head
that the' do not know whether thero is
a God or not. Bismarck.
Livingstone was right when ho
Faid: "Tho salvation of men ought to
bo the aim and desiro of ovory Chris
thin. Tho spirit of missions is tho spirit
of our Master, tho very genius of His
religion. A diffusive philanthropy is
Christianity itsolf; it requires perpet
ual propagation to attest its gonuino
ncss. Missionary Jlevicw.
If ono has lived an honr pntiontlv
nnd serenely, and nbovo tho world, ho
has proof within himself that such a
lifo is possible. Argumont is no longor
needed in his case; he lias experiment
ed and proved by his own experionco
vhnt tho distraction and worldliness of
common pioty aro duo to a weakness
which ought to bo overcome.
In the war year, 1863, a train
loaded with soldiers was passing
through a tunnel in tho Cumberland
range in Tonnossoe. In tho center of
tho rather long tunnel it was tho blaok
ncss of darkness. "Isn't this dark?"
said a soldior. "Never mind, boys,"
answered another, cheorily, "Thoro's
day-light ahead!" Tho answer went
to tho honrt of cortainly ono man who
was in some trouble. "Never mind,
there s daylight ahead!" Christian, if
you aro in tho dnrknoss of trial, "thoro's
daylight ahead!" Bo not faithless, but
bolioving. Tho dark tunnol is the way
toliglitand safety. Jhc Congregation
alist.
WIT AND WISDOM.
It requiros a clover surgeon to dross
won n d eil va ui ty. Life.
Fivo words to tho witty: Novor
joke with stupid people.
It is a folly to squnndor on tho dead
what is needed by tho living.
A great man's faults
looked at wid magnifyin'
Judge.
A courso dinnor in a
am alius
glassos.
first-class
hotel ought to bo a lino afl'air.of courso.
Hotel Mail.
Wo attract friends by tho qualities
wo display, and wo retain thorn by tho
qualities which wo pos .oss.
Aro wo to suppose that bocauso
a man happens to bo absorbed in a
book, it is printed on blotting-papor?
An irritnblo man lios liko a hedge
hog rolled up tho wrong way, torment
ing hlnisolf with ids own prickles.
Hood.
Tho crank is tho most obstinato of
mon. Whon ho tako a thing into his
head you can not turn him. Boston
Couritr.
A declaration of sufficient punish
ment from a defeated wrestler is a
spoecli from tho thrown. Rochester
Post-Kxpress.
Tho man who wrote. "Hark, from
the tombs a doleful sound!" had prob
ably been listening to a gravo's tono.
San Antonio Gossip.
If one sins against ltis hoad or his
lungs or his stomach ho must boar tho
penalty in his own body. Tliero is no
vicarious atonement
Tho mi mm it of a mountain is gen
erally sterile, while at the foot It is for
t'le. So a man niny bo bald-hoaded,
and yet find that tho corn on his foot
thrives. Boston Jlulletin.
Choorfulnesss is the daughtor of
employment; and I havo known a man
to come homo in high spirits from a
funeral, merely because ho had tho
management of it. Bishop Jjorne.
Do to-day's duty, light to-day's
temptation; do not weaken and dis
tract yourself by looking forward to
things you can not see, and could not
understand if you saw thorn. Charles
Ktngslcy.
"1 charged a battery myself onco,"
exclaimed an ox-sutler. "You did,"
replied an old artilleryman who know
him "you charged our battery fifty
cents a drink lor moan whisky." Tex
as Sttings.
A sportsman is n man who spends
nil day away from his hu-duoss, two
dollars for powder and shot, mid comes
home at night tired, hungry and ugly,
dragging a fourteeii-oeut rabbit by thu
cars. Ikster (JLe.) Uutctte,
FREEDOM FOR HENS.
How tha Ordinary I'nrm Crop Is AfTecteil
by KuvlriK I'wl,
Who could livo for a number of years
in tho country without hearing this re
frain from the farmer s calondar?
April "We're sowing oats shut
up the hons!"
May "Wc ro planting corn shut
up the liens!"
And so on through tho long summer
months. Their natural propensity to
scratch for a living makes the hens
seem to do a great deal of damage.
During last spring wo cither had to
stop and build a poultry-yard fence, or
ot out tho fowls. In tins localitv farm
help is necessarily scarce, for our neat
neighbor gives men oho dollar and
sovcntv-livo cents per day in his qttar
ries. So, in self-defense, we let forty
fowls "run tho farm for us all sum
mor. Unwilling to trust them in tho
garden, wc mado ono at a distance
from tho house.
The fowls watered themselves at tho
spring, and fed themselves from tho
field, with tho except on of a quart of
grain oach night. Ihey went to the
Mold as soon as the drill and scratched
away as if determined not to leave ono
oat. J hoy followed the plow to tho
corn lot, ami ran opposite to tho bar
row in pulverizing the so 1. After
planting, thev stayed thero much of
tho time, but tho corn eamo tip re
inarkably well, the aero near the barns
best of all. No field within range
escaped their notice. J uev gathered
the fallen fruit in tin: plum orchard,
mil picked up all the Red Astt acliaus
aoples by daylight oacli morning.
They picked tho cherries from small
trees, and preserved tho currants and
red raspberries. The expense of koep-
ng was slight. All that thoy really
lestroyed was some fruit. Profit
came when the labor item was letl
nit.
Tho past, season has been asoberono
o many farmers. A serious drought
checked overy thing but weeds, and al
most ovory crop we havo lias been a
costly one. Looking forward, it seems
that we must increase our income by
increasing productiveness or reducing
expenses. Un a small scale, 1 have
lono both in my poultry-yard bv giving
Jio hons their libortv.
How thoy did lay! Such a commo
tion and rivalry among tho hens! Such
a rejoicing by tho Spanish tenors! They
began to lay earl- in tho season, and
continued steadily until the fall fashions
came, and they ordered new suits.
Whon tho berry crop was a partial fail
ure, and tho prices way down, it was a
little solid comfort to havo so satisfac
tory an incomo from the fowls.
To thoso who havo fancy ponltry-
houses, well-fenced yards and plenty
of money, this summer freedom may
seem a venture; but to tho many who
havo llttlo timo and money to spoud,
it will bo satisfactory to know that tho
ordinary farm crop is improved rather
than harmed by the depredations of
the fowls. Strictly fresh eggs aro
easily sold for moro than market
prices; a few plump fowls can be dress
ed and sent to market any timo at a
fair price, and chickens are always in
lemand.
Let us fonco in our gnrdons or find
low places lor them, and when tho
warm spring woathor comes, and you
start whistling tor the held, call back
vour orders with tho now retrain
Let out your hens!" Cor. Country
Gentleman.
SOIL ASSISTANTS.
llow to Form n C'orrcot Entlmntn of tho
Vliltm of I. ami.
The acquirement of knowlcdgo will
naturally induce us to seek by art to
assist or even to improvo upon nature.
and woll considered preferences will ho
accorded to certain cultures and breeds
of cattle, while into tho soil will bo in
troduced those elements of fertility in
which it lias been proved to bo defi
cient. Siilhciout attention will bo paid
to drainage, tho necessity of freeing
the land from an excess of water boing
even greater than tho introduction of
fertilizing elements; for although under
tho proper conditions tho latter will
increase the quantity and valuo of tho
crops, too much witer will elieetualiy
prevent us from drawing an crops at
all. Nothing, therefore, can over bo
done with land anvwhero, if it bo not
properly drained whore thore is too
much moisture, or properly irrigated
where tho necessary natural water sup
ply is not forthcoming.
It U because of the vital importance
ot this (liiestion that we are thus em
phatic at this ear.y stage. To ascer
tain whenco nn e.ee.-s of water pro
ceeds is not by any meani a ninttor of
difficulty; a very damp climate, a
spongy and rotentivo soil, tho existence
of underground springs all those, or
any of tliom, may bo tho causes of dis
astrous oll'ects, which can bo easily
remedied by thoso possessed of such
knowledge as wo havo attempted to
describe. In tho first of thu cases
named, tho evil may bo overcome by
ordinary surface drainage, but in tho
second it is only after ascertaining tho
truo composition of the soil that wo
can etleet such mixtures with other
soil, or combinations with lime or sand,
as may suggost themselves as nocos
sary, while in thu third case, tho con
struction of deep dudcr-drains alone
will carry tiff the water from tho sub
strata without allowing it to roach tho
surface.
Wherever thero exists n faulty or
careless system of drainage, no correct
ostimato of tho agricultural value of a
property can possibly bo formed; for
although from its oxoosslvo dampness
a soil may remain unproductive, it
may, nevertheless, contain nil tho
necessary elements of fertility.
M watt s Moilern High tanning.
OLD CARL DUNDER.
lie Turns Illntorliin nnd TelM Scmo Stor!c-
About (irr.it Men.
Now, shildren, if you comoall aroundt
mo I tell you some shtones like she
vhas in der oldt country vhen I vha? a
poy. Maypo you haf heard of Christo
pher Columbus? Yes? Dot vhas a
great nnd good man. If it vlias not
for him wo doan' haf some telegraph.
Ho also goes py Yorktown und makes
Lord Cornwa'llis surrender. Eafery
pody loves him like her own
fnddcr. If it vhas not for him
wo doan' haf ' somo Columbus
Buggy Company. Dot vhas all
iboudt Christopher Columbus, excopt
dot he vhas poor nnd honest und don't
go py der police court for shtealing.
Humboldt was also a great man. Ho
makes dot first shteamboat on der Hud
son river. Vhcn ho vhas a poy he doan'
sliump on some sleighs nor call any
pody names, und vhen lie grows oop
liko a man eafery grocer und butcher
vhas ready to trust him. No pody in
lis country would know dot Missis
sippi river if Humboldt doan' come
lafer here und find him. I doan' know
f he had three wives, but ho vims
happy whon lie died, und more ash
orty hacks vhas in dot funeral procos
ion. If eafery poy should grow oop
ike Humboldt we (loan' haf moro ash
wo policeman in der hull country.
Maypo you hcarnpoudt Queen Anne?
lie vhas an awful good woinans. She
ike to come oafer to America und dis
ofer Lake Michigan, but she doan'
'af no time. She vhas soocli a kind
learted Queen do eb.e can't go down
y der grocery uiik?, somcpody yells
udt: "Hurrah for our Anne!'' If a
rani) comes along she gifs him so
uooch money dot ho vhas a bloato 1
londhohler right off. By und by somo
adt peoples make a conspiracy on der
Jueen und say she wears a glas eye,
mil sho feels so badt dot she buys an
i.sp und puts him under her corset und
has stung to deat'i. If somcpo ly liko
o put oop a grave-stono for her I ship
ii two dollar.
Dot shentleman named Nero vlias
iadt man from way back. He doan'
aro if dor Ohio river vhas two boon
red feet nbovo high water mark und
afdry body vlias drowned oudt. Maypo
io vhas der first settlor in Cincinnati.
nit 1 l n n no. Sometimes ho sots all
lor folks to lighting so he can enjoy
u m self, uud sometimes ho sots a city
m fire und takes his fiddle und plays
'Saw Mv Leg OfT," vhilo all der houses
Hid peoples vhas burning oop, Vhen
io dies eaferv body vlias so glad dot
eliool vhas dismissed und nopody
works. Liko I tell you peforo, der
badt man comes to a badt ond. Ho
may havo some good times for loedlo
vhile, but pootv soon ho vhas a goner.
Shoorgo Washington vhas a boss fel
ler. If I haf some poy liko he vhas I
vlias tickled all oafer. One time hi?
fodder tako him oudt pohind der liouso
nut a whip in his handt und say ho shall
take oil his sliackct. Vhas dot poy
ifraid? No, sir! Ho looks up to his
ladder nut a pcautiful slimilo on hi;
fnco und say: "You vhas bigger ash
me, und you can lick mo in two rounds,
but I doan tell somo lies. It vlias mo
who goes oudt und finds Lake Erie!"
Und ash a man ho can go down town
und borrow money of a hoonered men.
und ho doan' pay no faro on der bob-
ailed ears. lie discovers dor Andes
Mountains und makes der first print
ing, und vhen ho dies eafery pody vhas
too sad to speak. If I vhas like him I
gif von tAvo-dollar-und-a-lialf. Detroit
Free 1'rcss.
A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
.Mntlinil KmplnytMl In the Mnnuftlct uro
of Paper Unities.
An attempt, now being made on an
extended scale to introduco bottles
mado of paper into this country merits
omo passing notice The papor-bottlo
nilnstry, which has achieved consider
able su -cess in Chicag i, and is gradu
ally extending throughout tho United
States, lias not yet obtained any devel
opment on this side of the Atlantic.
i'oremost amongst Vio advantages
accruing from this now adaptation of
paper is tho fact that tho
bottles aro unbreakable; whilst
tho cost at which they can bo placed
on tho market is considerably lower
than that of articles of tho samo size
in glass, stoneware, or tin. A groat
saving in weight is moreover atl'oetod,
a desideratum of no small moment
where cost of carriage of largo numbers
has to lie taken into consideration;
whilst the cost of packing N reduced to
a minimum, for breakago in transit,
which is a constant sourco of loss witii
glass bottles, is obviously impossible.
Special m ichinory is eniployod in tho
manufacture of paper bottles. A long
strip of papor of requisite thickness
having been formod into a tubo by
bonding around a circular "mandrel,"
is covered externally with an outer
glazed shoot, bearing any printed la
bels to bo oniployed; tho tnbo is then
cut into short lengths, to tho ends of
which are added tops, bottoms and
necks of paper or of wood, if spooial
strongtli is desired -nothing further
being necessary beyond pouring in and
lining tho insides with a composition,
which on setting will effectively resist
tho action of acids, spirits, inks, dyes,
etc. Tho utilization of paper is con
stantly rocoivingnowadaptations.a bare
enumeration of which would constitute
a forniidablo list; whilst unoiigh has
boon said to demonstrate that tho Intest
development of this material in the
bottle-making industry bids fair to hold
a not unimportant part in the varied
uses now obtained from papor. t'iam
bers Journal.
A man was recently sentenced it
Liverpool to livo years' penal M rvitud.
for obtaining a (shilling under th
1 rotoxt that it was for u charltabh oi
jctiL
FGYPT.
wnero uio uno or 11 woo Is a
Duel do ill j
Dull liil.tunco.
The Lovaniino wo iieu aro indolont.
and early become very fat; many In
Cairo and Alexandria havo novor soon
the city gates or tho port. Ihey are
too reputed to indulge in serious in.
iriguc. Tho? havo not tho faitli in
dosiiny which enervates tho best
M'l.so'ms. but aro courageous in dan
ger. Thoy aro not frank in their
hatreds or dilikes. They associate
with tho Copts far moro than with
Moslems, and aro ovcrfond of festivi
tias. I havo never soen a SI islem woman
praying in a mosque except at. the
II iwling Dervishes, whon throo wom
en in nn upper balcony accompanied
the brethren in a part of the exercises,
by pantonine, and Ihov woro insane
and put there to be cured by tho tlovo
tions. Nor have 1 soon a Sloslom
womnn or girl praying anv whore
But there arc mosques in Cn'ro Hint
nro named for women nnd somo that
havo boon built by thoni or for thom
with thoir money. I know at least six
women's names. That of Si. Ziynob.
tho granddaughter of tho Prophet,
has a clock-lower and much dec
oration; and nothing but wom
en can outer the bronzi inclos
ure which contains the brocade
draped tomb. The inosquo of St.
Sophia, built by her eunuch, has a
fine minaret and decorations; thoso of
Ayesha a 'd F it ineh aro of peculiar
sanctity
Alee, a
Sloslem
legends
O.ir wis and nislructivo
tall, gaunt
crammed
a'ul much
N i hian, a rigid
with histories,
experience, tho
best authority on our daliabooyoh,
nnd whom wo mercilessly question on
tho social and domestic lifo of tho
wonion. related to 113 with ninny par-
ticulars
Moslem
after a
tliat his wife and otlior
women went, twico a year,
bath, to a side room In tho
lit Fatmeh and Ayoslia ot pray
mosque
nnd bo advised by a Khateoh. This ex
hortation wis praise to Allah, injunc
tion to servo tho husband, warning
against evil spirits and infi
deliiy. exhortations lo toacli the sons
the things they should know while in
llio harem, rhapsodical expressions of
God, and blessings asked for tho pil
grims and family of the prophet.
Levantine, Armenian, Syrian nnd
somo of tho Coptic woman rocoivo
mnlo visitors with tho mon of tho
family, and thoy shop, ride nnd visit
and eat with mnlo relatives and inti
mate friends. At a Coptic wedding
which I attended in Dairo thero wore
many of thoso foreign wonion present,
but not ono Coptic woman, oxcopt a
young girl of tho family of tho
bridegroom. Tho families of both
brklo and groom woro wealthy
and important, and tho affair
was grand nnd expensive; but it was
for men and foreign women. Tho
young girl of tho family did the
arduous duties of hostess charmingly,
wi'h the support of another, a
schoolmate of hoc own age. In visit
ing tho native Consuls, Governors,
village sheiks and other public mon,
I have never s-eeu 1 lie women of the
harem, except by special invitation
from tho master of thn house But
ono meols in Cairo nntivo wonion of
all classes, in the shops, in tho bazars,
in tho gardnos on donkeys and in
sarriages, and their cv'dent intontion
is to enjoy iliomsolves. I know tho
wife of a Paslin, a Copt, who rccoivos
gentlonion with ladies, but novor
alone.
Among llio poor tho filling of wntor
jars, gossip on the s root, squatting
outside tho mud inclosuro of tho homo,
with dirty children, eliickons nnd
shoop. baihing in tho Nile and wash
ing clothing and domestic animals
these aro the chief opportunities for
woman's social onjoyincnt. And tho
koonness with which thoy relish this
part of their daily lifo tolls tho story
of its poverty. Morning and evening
along the banks of the river wo mot
with irrogular processions of womon
and young girls, reproducing tho an
cient, pictures, with their water jars
gracefully and jauntily poised on their
vailed bonds. Cor. Pittsburgh Dis
patch. An Honest Politician.
An honest poli ician lias h-on
dis-
covered in Alabama. Just nftor
linv-
ing announced himsnlf as a,candidato
for Congress and while standing an
the eourl-liouse steps making a spoooh,
some one in the crowd yollod:
"Say. what do you think of tho
tarifi? Givo us your views."
"My friends," said tho orator, "1
don't know a blaino thing about tho
tarifi'."
II i wns oloctod by a largo majority.
Arkansatu Trave e.r.
Tho cows of a Georgia farmor
got Into tho poa fuld of his neighbor
anil desiroyod about ten bushels of
peas. Thoroupou tho lattor farmor
prosonted an account claiming 5 for
ton bushels of poas at t-ixty coins por
bushel. Tha owner of tho cows ox
nmlnod tho nccount and thou said:
"I.ook bore, my oows ato up ton
bushols of your peas, but von 'know
tho rulo in gntlioring pons Is to givo
one-half for tho gathering. So you
soo my cows woro ontitlod to five
bushols of thoso pons for picking
them. Theroforo I t-nlv owo von for
fivo bushels nt sixty cents nnd thnt
mnkos$3. Hero's your money." And
nt $3 thoy sottlod.
Tho manager of tho nutomntlo
nmchinos. which furnish weights.
sweotments, pons, paper, nnd o.lior
things to London noonlo. reoontlir
showed the pollco half n Ion of load
and line tins nnd thousands of pieces
of cardboard (hat had boon dropped
into tho niaehluo instead of pouaioa.
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