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AGRICULTURAL LIFE.
Ismp or tht Rromin Wtir l".v Arn In
cllnril ti t.tnvo I'nrnm for Tinvn.
Correspondents of agricultural pa
pers in various parts of tho country ro
port that Jin nmistmlly largo numbor of
"toys hnro loft their farm homes during
3ie past, winter and present spring to
took employment in towns, or to en
gage in tho business of transportation
ir mining. Many speak of this dlscon
cnt of fanners' sons as alarming. Some
refer to it as a calamity A Vermont
paper declares that most of tho farms
in that State will be worked by French
Canadians tho present season. It states
that not one boy in ten who were raised
on farms intend to remain on them.
They form their plans to leave before
thoy have put on lonjf pants. A Maine
, paper prtwonts a worso condition of af
fairs. It states that hundreds of good
farms within a few tulles of manufac
turing towns are olTorod for sale at
about the cost of tho buildings on them.
Thoy find no purchaser oven at these
price", us tbor.i is no inclination on tho
part of young men to engage in farm
ing. In the West thero is certainly a strong
desire on tho part of both young and
old men to obtain farming land for
nothing. Thoy aro willing to comply
with the letter if not with tho spirit of
tho home-ftosul, pre-emption or timber
culturo acts In order to acquire a title
to a tract of fa-ming land. How many
of thorn will remain on the land to
which they ncqulro a title remains to
be scon. That many .of them never
Jmvc any more than a nominal resi
dence on tho land to which they sot up
a claim seems certain. It Is also certain
that men of means show little disposi
tion to engage In farming as a businesa.
,. Thoy ui-o convinced that it does not pay
? liko other pursuits to which persons do
voto tlmo and money. Many state that
:, money invested in farm' mortgage-, pays
I much hotter than that) invented in
farms. A very largo numbor of wealthy
farmers in all parts of tho eountryhave
como to tho eonchuion that it is to thole
3 advantage to lease their places and
' to live, on tho rents obtained from
t ton tints. Thoy llnd It ploiuantor ns;."rell
: as easier to live iu a town.
That hoys under these circum lances
. should think It is to their ndvantngo to
flnd soino moro pro'lalu"' oeoupat! tin
than farming is not surprising. The;;,
' aro only following tin example set by
thoir forefathers. All tho conversation
thoy hoar Is discouraging. In many
eases thoy seo tho best farmers in tho
, town leaving thoir places and going to
, a village to live. Thoir farina aro oc
cupied by tenants, who aro generally
foreigners. Thoy do not llnd thorn to
bo companionable, and they deslro
1. pleasant and intelligent associates. The
desire for pleasure as wc'l its tho hope
of bettering tlioir Ikmiicnil condition
ciniHCfl thorn to look for somo other oc
cupation than farming. Hoys aro not
likely to bo very otithusl'istle about en
gaging In a business that Is spoken
lightly of by those who have been bred
In it. Farmers' boys aro not likely to
know that there urodtr-oouragoincnts in
other pursultii. Thoy look at tho dark
side of funning and the bright, side of
every thing else. Thoy seo the country
at its worst and tho city at Its best.
Thoy aro unacquainted with thoconllno
mont and miseries of t'i latter.
Othor- things have exerted an Inlln
onco In caiihlng boy to desire to leave
farms. The demand for laborers has
boon reduced by the introduction of
mnehhury. The mining of Hold crops
has, in many soetlouH, given place to
dairying and moat productions, which
requires a smaller uriuhor of men. Per
sons who own large farms study how to
dlsponso with human labor as far as
possible. As fur as they can thoy sub
stitute horses and machines for men,
and then try and use wind mrd steam
power In tho place of draft animals. A
man owning u largo estate can no
longer encourage his boys to remain on
tho old homestead by offering to divide
It among them. Thoy all know that In
raost parts of tho country small farm
ing does not pay as well as large farm
ing. Tho smaller the farm tho larger
must bo tho relative amount expended
In buildings and fences. A small farm
requires alnrnt as many machines as a
largo ono, and they can bo employed
but a hinall portion of tho time. Ob
nervation shows that small farms aro
taxed higher than largo ones in propor
tion to thoir slzo.
Then it must bo rememborod that tho
desire to engage In farming, stock
breeding, dairying and meat production
is generally less strong with tho young
than with (bono of maturo age. Youth
llkos tho excitement of the city, but old
ago sooks the quiet of tho country. At I
ono period in the history of this country
and England nearly every man who had
prospered in business in a lttrgo town
or by "following tho son" had an
ambition to own a farm and occupy it.
To bo a country gentleman, with all tho
expression Implied, was tho crowning
hope of lift. Since tho period of tho
civil war the desire to spond tho later
yeursof life in tho country has been less
Htrong for many reasons. No depart
ment of husbandry, except breeding
flno Htook. has Ihmjii very profitable, and
recently thero has been bmall gains in
(lint, Tho cities have become moro attractive-
and productive of pleasure.
On tho othor hand, country llfo offers
awer attractions. A largo number of
fnrnn am ocoujiied by a class of foreign
m, who, though not objectionable as
Highborn, contribute nothing to social
pltwurc. Taking all these things Into
wtilcrHtl(i, It In not utrnngo that
lMy are not strongly attached to farm
UfaCAff'" YYwf.
-A now theater curtain U umdo of
MM4YHH Willi n 1'MCkllltf Of HX1IW IW'
b4n. H U lt wound oil u lolluc u
ft WHh ut wwtvi' IwncitUi thy Uitfw
SYSTEM IN WORK.
Why It Hopb Not Vny to Hlrn Clipsp and
liii'oiiiprtdit Farm Hrlp.
No matter In what business wo may
bo engaged, tho saving of time is al
ways moro or less an object. On tho
farm, of course, this often Is some
thing tnoro than an Horn at ono tlmo
than at another. During tho busy
season of planting, cultivating and
harvesting, ovory hour is of consider
able importance, and it is especially
necessary to econotnlzo tlmo as much
as possible.
One of the host means is to work by
eomo system. Tho man who goes out
to tho barn in tho morning, feeds his
hogs, milks the cows, and thon feeds
tho work teams, goes and gets his
breakfast, and then has to wait until
tho teams get through eatlngbeforo ho
can start out to work. Is not economiz
ing tlmo. As woll bo obliged to como
back to tho house about tho tlmo ho
gets fairly started to feeding, In order
to cut a Hiilllciont supply of stovo wood
to cook breakfast. Ho is not working
to tho best advantage, and yot this is
just what many farmers do one-third
of tho time, simply because they havo
no system. Many useless stops are
takon requiring tho loss of moro or
less time, for no other reason than a
want of system with tho work.
So far as possible, ono task should
follow another so thut tho least tlmo
will bo lost in changing from ono to
tho othor, not only iu doing tho noccs
sary chores nbnfiit the place, morning
and ovening, but also In the Hold work
does this apply, in changing from ono
flold to another and from ono kind of
work to another, often much tlmo is
lost, and that, too, at a tlmo when th&
work hi very pressing. Thon, oftoii
wliun thero is much to bo dor.v, all
seemingly necessary to bo dono ;;'
onco, tho mistake is too often ni;C&- of
making a start at too nirjny things .vt
onco, rusher thrwi finishing up ono t.J8?e
atra time, often losing con-jIdor-oAAfi
tlmo changing tfroi-.-i one to tho othox.
Kno wing what yon wts.nl dono.flttlh'iPW,
will often jv-vvo considerable tlmo. We
often loio valuable time dstx.'ifniaisg'
how v.o want tho v?orU drao, wd4 bteoa
in getting ovory tfciRjr ready, v hx.cn By
u. Uttlo plutftfting' aVowl o s?&tweoaat!3
lug t lro work vnueh fciiM3 omtlol ku asvafl
Jslueh 'c-ii b saved by preparing jto?o&,
having, as moirly ns possible, 09c
tiling1 in reSdinoss, ond thou bj Oxlop
ing regular Bstoai flioro ' time may
still to saved. It i& olays 01 Ibom to
Itoop up with tho Pork, and In ordov 13
do this, and at the sumo tlmo fcoop aa
BtrSiU an amount of extra holp Oft pos
sible, seato system must bo adopted
niftl carried out. 0 0
Lot us tn's0 tiho economy of labor as
ro.1. example. In ono sonso skilled
lujr is not ncDBsary on tho farm, ;?ot
in tScrother it is very important. T5.8
man whom you can direct to sldrt to
tho plow field, who has skill or knowl
edge sulllcient to determine for hlm
fi'olf the best plan of plowing, to udjiiBt
his plow and tho team so that good
work can bo dono for Instanco, if
you want corn planted, you can loll
him how you want It planted, and If ho
has a sulllcient knowledgo of his work
to go ahead and do his work properly
Is certainly worth moro to the farmer
than tho man who enn only follow, and
who obliges yon to bo on hand to In
struct him constantly. Tho idea that
anybody will do on tho farm If ho has
sulllolon strength to do the work Is an
erroneous one. A knowledgo of how
work should bo dono, as well as tho
ability to perform It, is very necossary
in farm holp, and tho man that is
capahlo of going ahoad with tho farm
work without your being obliged to
show him all tho details, Is worth con
siderable moro to tho farmer who must
depend moro or less upon hired holp,
than tho man not having tho knowl
edgo nooessary to go ahead.
Plenty of men may bo hired at low
prices who can hold tho linos and the
handles of tho plow, but this does liSt
necessarily imply that thoy can drive
a team or handle a plow so that good
work can bo dono.
Uoonufo a man can dig or lots
Btrongth to uso a hoe is not proof that
he can make a good garden, or proper
ly elean tho growing plant", and tho
dllTorenco botwoon a man who fan
take hold and do good work, 1? worth
considerable more either by tho day or
month, than tho on;o who must bo
shown how. As a rulo farm work 1b
always pressing at this season. Tho
farmer can not afford to looso much
tlmo; ovory thing must bo pushed If
tho necessary work Is dono in good
Benson. If holp Is hired It la dorto
with tho expectation that aid In keep
ing up with tho work will bo secured.
There is no bonotlt In hiring holp
at any tlmo that is not sulllolontly
competent to make the employer a
fair per cent, of profit for his labor;
and on tho farm this is fully as Im
portant as with any othor class of
work; and It Is rare that a man with
out knowledgo or experience in tho
lino of work expected of him will bo
able to do this. As a general rulo It
will pay to seonro holp that Is capablo
of doing tho work, and usually this
class of workmen Is In Bulllciont do
inand to command fair prices, and it
will bo moro profitable in tho end to
pay a fair price rather than accept
cheaper but loss competent holp.- A'.
J, Micphcnl in Farm, Fjclti and Stock'
mm.
"Maw, how I perspire!" "Dear
mo, Clara, don't lot mo hoar you use
that vulgar oxprob&lon again." Do
you want mo to nay 'itweatP'" "No,
you w re tuhed vulgaiiuni you uuint way
yon aro 'bedewed with heat.1 Tho
Hot thing ynu know jioonlo will my
wo haven't got 110 ktylu ubuuV ."
7Vi tWUnyi,
GIRLS OF LONG AGO
Tlinugti Attn I, Time Art Sttll Vouii? In Mm
faithful I.over'4 Memor.
Tho toast you have assigned mo Is
0110 tout touches a very tender chord 1
In my heart. I havo always felt sorr.y
for the girls wo loft behind us. It
so'Mncd eruol at the time, but how
cou'id wo help It? Circumstances wcro
miujl tjlttl w 13 i uilluil v jrusaiwij umu
them along wo had to leave them be- j
hind us. I think I promised thrco or ,
four to como back for them In tho spring j
or early autumn, but I was too busy
for several years to attend to It, and
after that -well, I was afraid my wife i
would not like It. I mot ono of tho
girls we left behind tis In the etrcet to
day. That Is, I thought I did. Tho
same soft, brown eyes; tho samo swcot,
sunny smllo.
"Is It possible." I said, "that I be
hold Miss Sally Jones?"
"That was my mother's narao," sho
smiled, "before sho was married. I
am married now. and I have named
my baby after ma."
!"oat heavens! Tho girl I left bo
hind mo was a grandmother!
1 told tho young lady who I was, and
she aid she had often heard her
mother speak of mo. 'one sho used to
know a groat many years ago. Thon
1 asked about tho girls I usedjto know,
nOd what ha1 become of them. I found
that some, alas, woro dead. Others,
who were married, wished they woro
dead. Somo. who wore widows, had
lovers seeking for thoir hands. Others
not yot widows, woro scoklng for di
vorces. O, thoso sominnry girls of long ago
how wo did regret leaving them behind
us except ono poor fellow who olopod
with ono of them. Ho has regretted all
his life that ho didn't leavo her behind
"4th tho roSt of them.
Ihtt 'jo had tfj go and leavo thotfl.
Fato bccftngotl v on. Llnd, in somo
cases tho f?,eullv urged us to go. 23oro
o to 'jilftmo, then, for temporarily
forgottiag tho dcbslH I laan tho girl
9e loff lotfiiad ikj? Why, onjo of u
lib' el t Uovo (MP tPitnb'Q'.
& p.ie c,ollor.if)Uwi of tfiolQ thy wo0,
jyjntlcic&n, iw b p;ioll thoift no. 'JV11,
villnoyitoltfjehoi5?, plump girls; btacfci
oyioJ 0-irls tlr.4 ms&5 in 'odti, anjl bluo-oy-il
glrld b'tc So o'.'o ready tolCbo
blio'k cy for ftoy time; fair-comploa-ioncd
.tfhi.9, broeu girls, ftmlth girls,
girls with cuburnoh iir, ;otd girl wfco,
not l)lng ablo to noitHi their oOn bair
in Auburn, Were compelled to buy it in
Wtica or Syracuse. In fact, tlfrsro 'as
OloiSt oveoo find of girl thon that thero
Is now, except tho t iilor-mado girl,
who seems to lffs altogctheo naodern
creation. Still, tho latPir hs jioints in
hoc f?tvor. 'A'hllo the girl lPo tonderlv
recall nssoscd virtue, beauty, intel
ligence and mStny engaging ways, I
must admit that sho somehow laekod
tho gctup -in fact, slio hadn't the
bustle of the girl of to-day.
Wo, brothers of the olden times, we
must confess that iu comparison with
tho tallor-mado girl of to-day, tho girl
wo left behind us had very Uttlo left
behind hor.
Still, wo remember her with tender
ness and respect, and lot us all join In
a bumper to the girls of long ago. D.
K. IT. Speech bij Minor K. Uriswohl.
EISHOP WILBERFORCE.
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Sonip lti.nl:ilil)i AlK'PiliitPi or tlm Cglo
hralt'il r.nnllsli Clmrrligi.ui.
Do rather illumed himself on ro
uicmbeiiug faces, and justly so. Ono
day, however, ho received a somewhat
rude shock. A Ilamp-dilro lout (1 do
not know a hotter word) appeared in a
country church among the caudidn&is.
Tho Illshop felt sure ho lull coulinnod
him before." The ladoponod his groat,
wide eyes and replied: "You boa liar."
Wllborforco know that this wi& onlJ
tho ordlniwy 'S-ny a eloOn kno3
how to donj whaff as tioi truo. So ho
waft told' to kaool dooa, and ho wttQ
ooullrmOid. llw 'OaS engaged in giving
away prizes at a mlddlo &.itcAil, 7 here
tlrorO were master and mistress of un
usually high quiUilhcnyonB. iX siGich
was made In w'hloh tho e.wolloncies of
tho master woro duly mentioned, but
nothing' said of Oho mistress. Somo
ooo ftmiluflod the Bitoaker of the
omission, so wlttl r33ly toiCt ho
;ud: MEvory oTio hotri lutofss that
iioutt)' includes woRrm. S"o what I said
of tho head nmsUw IS equally applic
able to tho hfpl inlitross." Jin o vil
lage school he was giving a.)r"3ou on
.lacob's ladder and tho Illinois, and
then invited an5 child prosout to ask 0
question, whereupon an Ingenious lad
asked how It win tho angols wanted a
ladder oh on thoy had whtgs. Tho
questioner was a Uttlo non-plusscd,
but wanting to know what was HoiOtng
In tho ehlldron's brains ho called up a
little chap and said: "Tojntny, can you
explain that?" "I suppose," said tho
urchin, "cos they was a-moultln'." A
Uttlo girl was found after church with
hor pot dog and cat perched up on a
chair while sho was solemnly reading
i hor Now Testament aloud. "Don't you
! know," said sho, by way of explanation,
tho bishop told us trt prjvteh tho gospel
kto ovory oroaturo? Isn't a dog or
a eat a oroaturor .Somo village
children woro observed by him making
mud plow. "Woll. my Uttlo mon."
wild ho, "and what aro you doing
there?" "We're making a church,
air," "0, a uhuroh, aro you but
whore's tho parson?" "Thero ain't
mud enough to muko him, sir," wild
an urchin.
Did you over notioo how lnuon
MUtuut wotiuwi tiro? Nothing tomtito
Uumii In siioh a tunilur spot tut tin up
tfwtUun of tiiiliqutl) , umI yt wknl do
nliio mil of Ium of Ui 0ir o.-uuttiro
kfty wlitu Uiuy m ' "'hwr ' '
lArmit Thej sy "Why ti twwn n
DUi i INo A ROOM.
A tlranrh rttoni"ork Which tjeipilre
Connlilrrntile Attention.
Although to many people the dusting
of a moin i a very easy matter, io do
this work well requires both time and
patient;. Thero Is no part of tho house
work that Is so often carelessly dono,
and there Is no part that should bo dono
so woll. Some women who pot-e as ex
cellent housewives aro any thing but
thorough when dusting; they seem to
think the tlmo wasted spent In this
work, and consequently hurry through
It ns fast as possible. Vith a feather
duster or a cloth they switch otf tho
dust, going from ono tiling to nnother,
until all the articles aro gone over; then
tho door Is closed and tho room Is sup
pobed to bo in tho best of order. On
entering later In tho day thoy are sur
prised to find tho furniture covered with
dust, and they wonder whore all tho
dust comes from. If they would think
awhile, they would surely know that the
dust they switched into the room is
bound to settle somewhere and, of
course, the furniture will hold the larg
est share. There Is an old saying that
"whatever is worth doing is worth do
ing well." and In nothing is this more
applicable than in dusting.
As a general duster tho feather brush
is, not to be thought of, as it is only fit
for the dusting of walls, over do( rs,
pictures, etc., or any place that can not
bo conveniently reached with a cloth.
It is not to bo recommended for tho face
of pictures or mirrors, as it is apt to
scratch tho glass. A soft silk cloth
makes a nice duster for mirrors and
in'i.l iii-i.u ntirl fni nii-iv Viicrlilv tinlinbod
inrnlturo there is nothing nicer. Scrim
makes a nico dusting-cloth, and old
calico is used by many in preference to
any thing else. A dan cloth is the
best of all dusters, although many wo
men will not uso ono on any account,
claiming that it injures tho polish on
the furniture. This objection IfO ab
surd, for if the cloth is clean it will not
harm the furniture in tho least-o To bo
sure,it may remove the gloss, but this
can easily bo brought back when the
surface of tho (6l i dry, by rubbir
hard with a dry, soft cloth. Tho ad
ventago of tho damp duster i that in
swuiol of allowing- the ,t to fly abo
the lOsmi, it takes it all on tho cloth,
and thereby eeps it from settling any
OluOo else. Although this kind of
dusting may not bo generally adopted
thrtghoet the house, it should 1 rijr
hiij observed in an invalids room, and
not on any consideration sliould any
othor be adopted. When using the
damp duster only go over a snigjl
space at one time; rinse the cloth oil
and often. iQd thero will h no dan
ger of injuring the wtdwork of the
furniture Ills tho lst to uso a dry
cloth for the piano, as tho least damp
ness about this article of fu -nitio th
bettor for the tono of UP When using a
dry cloth for dusting, esiC&o ou of th
window frequently, and the dust ill
not gather j) thickly on tho cloth as to
lft5 shafeen otT and lot tly abou9 tOO
room. A small pnlm)bionh iQiJofc bt
many housewives for eroviecP and
ledges, itf it is almost impossible to BOt
into these with a cloth. All ornaments
should bo dus-isd carefully, as tho diKt
Is apt to get into the crevices, ijfid oncJi
in it is very diillctlt t?) mslodgo. ror
tho latter worfr a stiff toothbrush ill
bo found to do the rork twll a
wished, and ought always to bo kept
for this purpose. Wash out tho dust
cloths onco a week at the very least. Al
ways havo a soparato cloth for the
stove, jnd never u-C' the. duster for this
purpose. Uso tho paint brush for
tho window-sashes and a soft cloth
for tho panes of glass. Of all things
when dusting flo not forget tho curtains.
If thoy are of lace, or any? of tho tapes
trios they will collect dust very fast.
Undo the loops tfio sidos, placo the
lower ends out of tho window, and give
tho whole uertsnl shaking. Tho shades
ought to ho taken down frequently and
dusted their full length both inside and
outatdo, or, if nogleiCjsd, they will be
soon unfit for uso and no amount of
dusting will do any good. To bo sure,
if they aro white thoy can bojau'ndriod,
but if colored thero is no remedy for
them. A room that is dusted frequent
ly and dusted thoroughly will not need
to bo swept as ofton as ono that is
dusted carelessly. lioston Budget.
m
The nOmos iquI locations of the
navy yards in tho (United States aro as
follows: Charlestown Navy Yard, Hos
ton Mass.: Brooklyn ''Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Gosport Navy Yard,
Norfolk, Va.; Kittory Navy Yard, Kit
tory, Mo.; Leaguo Island Naty Yard,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Maro Island Navy
Yard, San Francisco, Cal.; Now
London Navy Yard, Now Lon
don, C't.; Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensa
cola, Fla.; Washington Navy 'Yard,
Washington, 1). C.
A Cincinnati onglneor was sus
pended from duty by an oxaming phy
sician because of deafness, but as ho
claimed that his hearing was good
while running his loeoinotlyo tho doc
tor took a trip with him, and found
that when riding on tho moving engine
the engineer could hear whUpors that
ovon the doctor's our failed to catch.
So ho was reinstated.
A now candle has boon brought out
which oxtlnguUho itoolf In an hour.
This It doot. by means of a tiny oxtln
gubhor of tin, which Is fastened In tho
wax by wires, and which olloouinlly
perform tts tHbk. It U only ntKtosary
to imitovtt this dlnilnuUvo oxtlnguUhur
whoa tu wtM-k U duuo. am) tho onndlo
U ugalh iiHidy to burn nnutlioi' lium
I.t lHy Iw ItutrwtttHd in all thu
iUM4g uf NftUu nnd liu' will Uo mi-
plHVHl to UIMIttl'. MltU 14I-. til lil I! IMII
llttttk llM, it lhlOMl(jj toiiu ol
THE FEMALE DENTIST.
A rrofrMloii In AMilrh Sprtrat Womrn
Ilnvo AchlMoil OrutlfylnBSurppn.
It. is said that tho most successful
dentist In' London at present Is a Ger
man Baroness, who Is the clovcrcst
tooth extractor In Knglnnd. That Is hor
branch of business, and a "dental sur
geon" she calls herself, tho other den
tists sending their patients to her when
extreme measures havo to bo taken.
Tho female dentist is just beginning to
appear over tho professional horizon In
this city, and I believe on tho wholo sho
Is a success. A man I know lives in a
boarding-house and tells mo that a lone,
unprotected fom.ale who sat opposite
him at tablo greatly arou?ed his curios
ity as to her occupation. Sho always
started olT bright and early after break
fast and never appeared until lato din
ner, but sho never dropped tho smallest
hint of how she occupied the long hours
between the two meals. Sho seemed to
bo successful at whatever sho did,
for she was always well dressed and
seemed to have no anxieties of a
sordid kind. Ho noted many
times how largo and powerful her
hands and wrists wcro and puzzled him
self greatly as to how she used them.
She was always thoroughly up with all
tho news and gossip of tho day. and
wiiQie.-uly to talk with tho utmosPfrce
dom on any such general topic, but tho
moment matters became In the smallest
degree personal she promptly retired
In her shell and pulled tho shell In after
hor. Finally he happened in rather an
out of tho way part of the town to see
her naino in gilt Jotters on tho edge of
tho window, as tho doctors put up
theirs, only after it it h(yo tho letters,
J). D. S., undJhen ho knew how to ac
count for her powerful wrists and her
reticence. He enlarged on tho German
Baroness at dinner that night, and she
looked no. quickly, laughed and owned
up. She confessed that ho father had
been a dentist and from her chP.lhood
bIio had maintained tho greatest in
teOst in tho subject, so that h?r
father taught her all ho kneSf.
After his death she went to Paris to
stndv and now has been for two years
working on such teeth iu Gotham as
aro presented for her inspection. She
said: ' CtPiho old heroic days (den
tistry, when main force was used and
anguish was tho natural concomitant,
women hud neither tho brawn nor the
nerve for tho work, but since tho intro
duction of all sorts of machine appara
tus mildor methods and cocoino haOso
ameliorated tho profession it is one
women are eminently capablo of filling,
: well at tho tetO.. There aro four or
five fo.-nalo dentisiOin Now York and
most of them aro doing ago Q' business.
A great many women prolor to como to
us, and we are, 1 believe, peculiarly
successful with children, 'cause wo
understand better howQo manage them.
I love my profession and t'ce tho great
est pride and plcnsuro in it, and, mo
than that, 1 am making money in i"
Ar. Letter.
cfcLa&Toa9 9 a l?i2.
1)10 St. QoQift I,:tll$
Mrs. Hushes, of -1G10 Delmnr avenue,
fence? tho Bight Hon. William K. Glad
4t(fiio when he as a sclntgil boy. Loo&
ir" at Jffrs. Hughes to-day one can eas
ily understand how tho sturdy English
stock insures bodily and mental vigor
in tho seventies. " B.n American guess
at the age of tins well-preserved,
strong-nerved, clear-minded lady would
fall short by a dozen or fifteen" years.
It. is moro than sixty years sinco sho
was a school girl in Liverpool and Bill
Gladstone was a rollicking youth.
"The Gladstones woro merchants,"
niiid Mrs. Hughes, recalling something
of tho ex-Proniior's boyhood as bIio
know it. "Thoy lived in a fine
part of Liverpool facing a park. I g-is
a little girl of six or seven attending a
girls' school somo distance from my
homo. Bill Gladstono went to a boys'
school not far from ours. Our paths
crossed. Coming homo from school wo
had to go along a way which tho boys
from tho other school also wont. Thoy
used to amuso themselves chasing us.
Wo were afraid of them. I romembor
Bill Gladstono as ono of tho boys who
used to do this. Wo would run as hard
as we could. When ho caught any of
us ho would toss us up over
his shoulder or do something to scaro
us. Thoro woro othor boys worse
and some quiotor than ho was. I ro
moinbor him as a hoy of medium size,
strong and full of spirits. Ho had a
Scotch look about him. He was thon
thirteen or fourteon, perhaps. Thoro
wasn't uny thing remarkable about him,
and I sliould novor have romomborcd
about his running after us Uttlo girls
and scaring us IV ho hadn't becomo so
prominent afterwards.
"My people went away from Liver
pool to Walos, and I was gono sovon
years," Mrs. llughos continued. "Whon
I caino back Bill Gladstono was stand
ing in some borough, I havo forgotten
just whero, for Parliament. I remem
ber people talked about It a great deal
because ho was so young. Ho could
not havo boon much more than of ago.
I don't remember that ho had studied
for any profession. Perhaps ho had
como home from tho university and
entered tho mercantile business in which
the family was engaged. How ever that
whs I can't remember, but 1 know thoro
was a good deal of talk about soyoung a
man going to PrllaimiiL But ho wan
oIdcUmI. Rial ho went on luting aitoutMd
ful right along In politic. I omue to
tbU country In l&l, hiuI as Mr. (luul.
ktoiM UtHXUHo tnuro tuul more prowl
lihMtt my memory wuuhl go tmok Hguut
Mild MMhIu tt)l lill Vf)uU lit' Uii Bill
liWul.loiu lit .UtiHMl ttltiuallitf lilin
iu I lit -ilUlltj Mill Mlilll lllilili
1. 1 'III lii-t'l il.it i.-li ll.in. In Uw
B. ' - ft lutbU Ukt M.wwMii
CLAY FOR POTTERS.
tlo- tao TliicKt Quality In rrrparril In the
Vicinity of St. I.ouU.
It Is well known that tho pots usod
by the glass-makers must necessarily
bo of tho best material, but what that
material is, or whero it is found, Is not
generally known. A gentleman con
nected with ono of tho largest houses In
the city dealing in glassware, who ia
also interested in tho manufacture,
said:
"For a long tlmo no clay was found
that equaled that found at Stourbridge,
England, but now no glass-maker in
this country need Import any, for in tho
immediate 'vicinity of St. Ixmls a clay
company produces from its mines an
article 'fully equal In every respect to
the English clay, and this is now in
general uso throughout tho United
States. The process of preparing it for
use is most interesting.
"The clay is taken in carts from tho
mines to the works, and there shoveled
through an opening in tho wall directly
into huge vats when It is dissolved in
water. From that moment the cleans
ing process begins. This is the most
important thing in tho wholo proceed
ing and for this reason tho carts aro not
allowed to enter.
"Not only are tho carts kept out, but
strangers, aro rigidly excluded, and
some inlluenco is neeessa': to scouro
permission to visit the building. Whon
ono enters ho is requested to clean his
shoes very carefully, as the introduc
tion of the most minute particlef dirt
will injure tho clay. Employes aro riP
quired to wear wooden shoes while nt
work, for tho sake of cleanliness, and
they U'ilBngly comply, because lenthor
shoes aro soon destroyed, tho nails bo
ing quickly destroyed by coming in
contact with tho clay. Iron will not
stand tho contact and brass is conse
quently used instead ojiron in all tho
machinery whiohQi touched by tho clay
while it is in a state of solution.
"Clav. when it is stirred uivjn wator,
will remain in solution for a long time,
and the policies of sand, gravel or Iron
which may be in it will settle to tho
bottom of the liquid as it is carried
from tho largo vats throiQh. sluices j
he taiiKH where it is allowed to sottlft.
As it naases throuirh this oluico it Xj
screened or run through a fine wi
netting, and ai this point it is constant
ly and carefully watched by two JiQ
mcn. "In the tanks it remains foQabout a
week until the clay has Bottled to tho
bottom and the clear water is drawn
off to ' used agifwi. Tho clay is thon
takon to the evaporating room and
placed in shalk pans, tho sides and
bottoms of which aro covered with coils
of steam-pipe. O uniform temperatuiQ
of seventy degrees is maintained g$
nearly as possible in tho room. 0 larfQ
forco of workmen Strii tho clay oO0
and over with Oovels until it is of tfd)
coPoistcncy of putty ready for tho g!C&
ior's use.
"Thence it i tafcon to anothor rrt&m
where is a powerful bliOb-moldinff rcO
chino which prcO cOit Into a slab whicft
is cut into blocks by a bop Ho irjKNJ
sort of bow with a wiro string, and a
ho cuts ho stamps each block with tho
5;tory mark. Then in tho drying
room they aro baked slowly for fi9&
days, when thoy aro ready for salO 10
that shape, or for reduction to poedoA
which is sold in barrels." AT. V. jtTtXJj
and Express.
. m
A Century Under Water.
An interesting naval relic has jus
been placed upon tho north terrace at
Windsor Castle. Its history is recorded
)n a tablet filxed to the side of it9
mahogany mounting. Tho inscription
is as follows: "This gun formed part of
thj) armament of his majesty's ship
Lutine, totally lost off tho coast of Hol-
i land on tho 9lh of October, 1790. On
tho conclusion of pence tho wreck,
which contained a largo treasuro, was
handed over by the Dutch Government
to tho corporation of Lloyd's, whero
thoro tho treasuro had boon insured
Tho wreck was imbedded in sand in
nino fathoms of wator. In 188G this
gun was salved, having lain nearly ono
hundred years below tho sea, and was
presented to hor majesty Queen
Victoria, vhowas graciously pleased to
nccept it from tho corporation of
Lloyd's." Tho gun stands' opposito nn
embPasuro commanding tho Dean's
garden. N. Y. tQar.
A now Senator, bolng told by a
nowspapor correspondent just what tho
Senate had dono in executlvo session,
exclaimed: "Why, we haven't been two
hours out of executlvo sossion. How
did you got hold of all this? Did a
Senator tell you?" "No," said tho cor
respondent, "An employo of tho Sen
ate?" persisted tho Sonator. "No,11
said tho correspondent. "Woll, thon,
how did you find it aJl out?" naked tho
j Sonator anxious with curiosity. "I'd
liko to tell you," said tho correspond
ent, with a droll smllo, "but I can't.
Senators aro so leaky." Philadelphia
Ilecord.
A gentleman who owns a planta
tion a few mllos from tho city, Bays
there is a tree on his placo that has n
I curious elToct upon tho axeman, and
I that five or six men at ditToront times
have attempted to foil It but failed. Ho
bays whon it Ih struck with an axa a
i ourloiio sound is hoard, something liko
! the iuglng of a mttlwRtiko, tlmt eoin
I pltitoly umiervM tho Hxumnii, tutd ho
glvt up tho job. Ilu rtoneii't (wotand
to any Una Uia upm otw't bo mil !wn,
but ht known thut Mtvoml HttiMiiptn
daw brti until which failed. .V
Jnrtti i ,V. I '. I JutilHll,
Tin' lit'iiMiu uf New York felnUt Ait
j.. j;'., mi ,,.. i.f Unit, ijl.li M..l.-t
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