REALLY GOOD MANNERS.
CHINESE ECONOMY
they CoimUt In Making Unpptor 1'crnong
Whom You May Hurt,
It has bean tho fashion to assumo a
ttrong inclifToronco toward strangers,
even if ono ilocs not fool it, and not
-www, u Kujiiubtii IU1 V, Ktl All
suui u. manner us 10 iiuiko a illlio
People Who Can lln Almost Any ThlnT hy
Mriwm of AtiniiHt Nothing.
Tho Chinese nro pro-omlnontly oco
nomlcal, whether it be in limiting tho
number of wants, In preventing
tested, but toward thoso who aro asso
elated togothor in business, and tho
ones whom ono moots ovcry day. It is
notnocossary for two peoplo to fall
upon each others neck every timo that
they moot In order to bo civil, but in
the short lifo that wo live horo why
not give and re-elvo all tho good that
wo cnn. Strangers upon settling in a
new place fool tills stony and hard ex
terior, and whon the cheery-faced,
really Christian man or woman is mot
with, what a b!es3ing, and how one
loves to remember tho mooting and tho
kindly look. It is like a perfect Juno
day, or thj hurdling out of tho sun
lifter days of cloud and storm.
A woman who wiis assistant In a
largo school, ono day s:iid to the prin
cipal, who was a man, that tho manners
of tho boys in tho school wore not such
as thoy should be. Tho man, who was
very dark naturally, turned a good
deal darker and lost his temoor. Then
ho burst out Into a tirade against man
ners. Ho s:iid Unit he did not believe
Jm nny such thing (all of tho time
growing blanker) and finally brought
iiis fool down on tho platform with a
great jar, saying: "Some of tho great
est rogues that ovor lived had tho most
polished manners." That seems to bo
a poor reason, or no reason at all, why
wo should not cultivate pleasing and
kindly manners toward each other.
Not that tho books on otiquotto should
bo swallowed whole for more than
one of them lias unreasonable and
silly ideas -but there is a manner that
is respectful, kind and right, and it is
born of tho kind, true heart every
time, its name is politeness.
A young girl was trolntr from hiv-
homo in Connecticut to a school in
.Massachusetts, a distanco of ono hun
dred miles, and was obliged to go alone
bho waited a weary timo in Hoston and
finally took her train on tho Old Colony
roau, ovcry fneo Doing a strange one
Alter a Tow miles' travel sho noticed
that an old gentleman was regarding
nor. ana Ills very kindly look reassured
her. After awhile ho came to her and
indeed her if she was traveling alone,
and upon boing told tlm'sho was ho
sat in tho scat in front of her and
talked very kindly and pleasantly, and
before sho loft tho car ho gave her bis
cam anil attended tier to the door of
the car and curried her sachel. Upon
looking at the card sho found that tho
old gentleman was Presiding Elder
lUa, and his "Peace bo with you,'
... 1 , .... . .
uu iuii. ucr, was a oeuciiicuon mat can
novor bo forgotten.
It was a very exacting waitross who,
wnou sent to wait upon a guest at a
hotel, hesitated and said that shodld not
llko to wait upon him because sho had
never been introduced. That seemed
Quite far-fetched, but it is as consistent
na tho stony manners of tho would-bo
lofty minded peoplo whom we moot
A young woman wont to reside in a
oily where she was a total strangor.
and in taking a morning walk always
met a man who bowed and said, "Good
morning." I ho first morning sho con
eluded he had mistu con her for sonio
acquaintance, but u- lio continued to
greot her each m ling in the snmo
respectful manner, sho know that it
must be his practice to so saluto tho
peoplo whom he met. Upon attending
one of tho churches there sho discov
ered that it was t ie minister of tho
church, a highly educated man. who
had traveled much abroad, and was
eminent In his profession. -Springfield
(Muss.) Union.
represent a great deal. Tho uni
versal diet consists of rice, beans, mil
let, garcion vegetable and fish, with a
little meat on high fostivals. Whole
omo food in abundance may bo sup
plied at less than a penny a day for
each alult, and oven in famino times
thousands of parsons havo boon kept
allvo for months on about a halfpenny
a day ea-ih. This Implies tho oxistonco
of a high doroo of culinary skill In tho
uniiieso. Iho.rmodos of preparing food
aro thorough and various. There is no
wnjio; every intng is mndo to do as
much duty tn posiible. What is left
is t'10 vor'.oit trlilo! The physical con
dition of tho Chlnoio dog or cat, who
has to ltvj on tho leaving of tho
family, slnws this; thoy aro clearly
kept on starvation allowances. Tho
Chinese iv.'o not extremely fastidious
in regard to food; all is fish that comes
to tholr not, ind most things come
thr.-e sooner or Into?. In the north
tho .hors3, tho male, U13 donkey
nro in universal use, and in
some districts tho camel also does
duty. It must bo understood that
tho practice is to eat all of those
animals a soon as thoy expire, whothor
tho cause of death be accident, old ago,
or disonso. This is done as a matter I
WINNING FRIENDS. ' '
Tho Value of Amocliitloii With Able, Hon
rut ami ICuni'Kothi .Mon.
It is bad pulley to bo haughty, ropol
lanl, un-ocial. The most resolute and
determined aspirant to wealth or po
sition may stumble as he climbs, and If
110 one stretches out a linger to save
him, may roll headlong to a depth far
below the point from which ho started.
"An eye for an oyo, a tooth for a
tooth," was the old law in Judea. A
lift fur a lift Is tho business rule of to
tlay; and If sometimes broken by tho
ungrateful when there Is most need of
Its observance, It certainly works hot
ter than the principle thata man should
euro utterly for himself, neither giving
nor receiving assistance.
Hut it is not from prudential motives
merely that the onorgotiu and persever
ing assist each other. All men of
vigorous minds and elastic tempera
ments sympathize with effort. Thoy
honor the Individual who has fought
tfullantly the battlu of lifo, though re
verses may have overtaken him; thoy
vooogulzo I1I111 as a kindred spirit,
though ho lies on his back; they aro
willing to give him a "boost," because
thoy feel that ho needs but a now foot
hold to assure Ills ultimate success.
These lire uniong tho reasons why 111011
who aro true to themselves, nro almost
Invariably true to each other, and why
tholr friendship nnd sympathy mean
woinothlng more than words.
Lot no one, whatever his talents, hli
opportunities or his confidence in his
own powers, despise the alliance of
Hiioh men. No human being ever was
or will bo capable of uohlovlngomlnonoe
in tho business world without at least
tho indirect help of others. Therefore,
let all young men who are entering
business life labor in a manly and just
way to make friends and of the right
eort. A', J'. Ledger.
-lie (at a Now Jersey race course)
"Several of thu horses in this race
tayu boon orulohod.M Sho "Well, I
don't wonder; I was never so hourly
Um up Hi my life," V, Jf, bun,
of course, and tho fact that tho anim:
has died of an epidemic malady does
not altor Its ultlmato destination. Cor
tain disturbances of tho human organ
station, duo to eating diseased meat
aro well recognized among tho people
but it is consl'l ?dd batter to cat the
meat. c.ioapnoss of which is cor-
1 1.. 1, and run tho risk of tho ennse
quonces, which aro not quite cortaii
than to buy dear meat oven with th
assurance of no evil results. Indeed
the moat of animals which havo die
of ordinary ailments is rather dearer
than that of thoso which havo died i
an epidemic such as pleitro-pnoumonin
Another example of careful, ealcula
ting economy is tho construction of th
cooking pots and boilers, tho bottoms
of which aro us thin as possible that
tho contents may boll all the soouor
for fuel is scarce and dear, and consists
generally of nothing but tho stocks
and roots of tho crops, which make
rapid blazo and disappear. Tho bust
ncss of gathering fuel is committed to
children, for ono who can do nothing
else can at least pick up straws and
leaves and weeds. In autumn and
winter a vast army of fuel gathorors
spread ovor tho laud. Hoys as
cend trees and boat them with
clubs to shako oil' tho leaves; the very
straws got no time to show which way
tho wind blows before they aro annoxod
by some enterprising collector. Simi
larly professional manure collectors
Hwann over all the roads of the country.
Chinese women carry this minute econ
omy 11110 uioir dross; nothing comes
amiss to them; if it is not used in one
place it is in another where it, appear
a thing of beauty, roroign residents
who give tholr cast-olT clothes away to
Chlnoso may bo assured that tho career
of usefulness of theso trnrmonts is at
lust about to commence. Chinese whcol-
barrows squeak for tho want of a tow
drops of oil; but to pooplo who have no
nerves tho squeak Is cheaper than tho
oil. Similarly, dirt is cheaper than hot
water, and so, as a rule, tho peoplo do
not wash; tho motto "Cheaper than
dirt," which the soap-dealer puts in
his window, could not bo made intel
ligible to the Chinese. To them
the average foreigners aro mere
soup-wasters. Scarcely any tool can
bo got ready made: it is so much
cheaper to buy tho parts and put them
together for yourself, and as almost
everybody takes this view roadv-niado
tools are not to be got. Two rooms aro
dimly lighted with a single lump
deftly placed in a hole in tho dlvldlnir
wall. Chinese, In fact, soom to bo
capable of doing almost any thing by
means of almost nothing. Thoy will
give you an Iron foundry on a minute
scale of completeness In a back yard
and will make in an hour a oooklnu
range, of strong and perfect draft, out
of a pile of mud bricks, lasting ludollu
Itoly, operating perfectly, and costlm?
nothing. 1110 old woman who in her
last moments hobbled as near as 110s
slblo to tho family graveyard lu order
to die so as to avoid thu oxpenso of
collln bearers for so long a distance,
was a characteristic Chinese. North
China Herald.
Tho Pool of Bothosda.
Tho pool of Hethesda has been satis
factorlly Identified at Jerusalem, 110
cording to the cliulrmau of the Tales-
tlno exploration fund. All early au
thoritios agree lu representing this
pool as being near the Church of St
Anno, but nothing was known of the
pool lu later years till some Algerian
monks recently unearthed a large tank
in tho rock under the church, reached
by a lllght of twenty-four steps. How
ever, tho pool bolng invariably de
scribed as having tlvo porches, tlild
tank did not quite correspond to the
Hethesda pool until now, when Herr
Conrad Schick has found a twin pool
slilo oy side with the first discovery
those sister pools, tho re fore, could
easily havo had a porch on each of the
lour suios, with a llflh 011 tho wall
separating the tanks, and this link Is
considered to complete the hlontincu
tiou! Among other traditions, the old
writers describe this Piscina Probation
as the birthplace of the Virgin Mary.
ntwvti uomo '() rh.
It is a powerful hard thing for 11
woman to wear slx-button kids when
hur husband woars a ovciibuUoh
poulcatboQlr(ntffV.
LONG WALKING TRIP.
An EnglUh Family wllh N Children
Walk Fire Htimlretl Mltr.
Mrs. Adam Acton, an English lady
w ho has ono residence in St. John's
Wood, London, and another In Orml
dale. Arran, Is tho heroine of tho latest
remarkable pedestrian fent a walk
of five hundred miles In England and
Scotland, beginning in London and
ending in Glasgow, and performed,
not alone, but in tho company of her
whole family of six children, tho oldt
of whom is twelve years and the young
est twelve months. Tho latter, it nood
hardly bo said, did not walk tho whole
distance, being wheeled, in fact, to
gether with his feeding bottlo and
appurtonances thereto belonging, in a
baby carriage. Mrs. Acton, in tho
course of conversation with a Scotch
reporter on tho experience of lior trip,
remarked: "you must bear in mind
that wo had no idea when wo started of
doing any thing wonderful in walking.
n o como up from London every year
from our house herein Arran; and as
wo went down by rail no loss than
nine tines last year, wo thought wo
would wall: this' year and ecu the coun
try, for, of course, you never sco any
thing of it from the window of a rail
way car.
"().:r party consisted of six children,
tho youngest In our famous baby coach,
which has boon, oh, thousands of miles
0:1 tho Continent and in England and
Scotland, and my husband and myself
and two maids ton in all. When wo
started from St. John's Wood wo each
took a small black batr in our hands:
but wo soon had to glvo thoso up.
Afterward wo had absolutely nothing
but a night-gown and a mackintosh
each. There was ono brush and ono
comb for mysolf and all tho children.
Wo really couldn't carry more than
the least possible quantity of luggage,
you know. Tea my husband is so
fond of a cup of tea so wo carried
our tea all the way from London; and
we had a kettle, too; one of thoso fiat
onos to boil over a spirit lamp, and tho
spirit lamp itself. And, of courso, the
baby, bolng a young baby and fed on
tho bottle, obliged us to carry a tin
can of milk. Wo had very light faro.
As soon as wo got into tho Xorth of
England wo always had porridge for
breakfast. Wo never had much moat:
on the only two occasions when wo had
really a good dinner, we found that wo
could not walk afterward. We had
eggs and milk, and broad and b.ilto
to any amount. Tho meat we had was
almost entirely tinned meat, which wo
bought with broad in tho town or vil
lage in the morning, and carried with
us till wo came to a suitable place for
dinner. Wo had dinner in tho open
air always. Thon for tea we' had just
to call and got a kettle of water and
tho use of tea things, which thoy wore
always glad to supply us for a shilling
(twenty-five cents.)
Of courso thu trouble was boots,"
Mrs. Acton continued. "Wo wore
ccommonded all sorts of hvgionie
solos, and every thing, and wo tried
every thing, and wo had to give thorn
all up. We gave up boots altogether and
took to 'sand shoos1 canvas shoos with
India rubber soles. Those allow tho feet
o go any how thoy llko; thoro is no
pressure and wo found them admirable.
Vo never got blisters or sore feet or
any thing. Wo used to soap our toes
ind heels and tho Inside of our stoek-
ngs before wo started; that Is a very
,'ood thing. Then as to washing, wo
ould not possibly stop to have ovorv
thing washed at tho inns and places,
so tho way wo managed our washing
as to have ono thing washed every
Ight. Wo found wo could always got
one thing washed and quickly got up,
md so wo had clean things without tho
oublo of carrying any with us. Wo
carried 110 umbrellas. Hut though tho
nuaiuer was very ono in England wo
did very well without. In tho first
part of tho timo wo walked in our
mackintoshes and hats that tho rain
would not hurt. Of courso it was very
muddy, and, what with tho mud and
the rain and tho sun, our dross got into
such a statu we were quite ashamed of
ourselves. And on Saturday nights wo
had to stop somewhere and buy llowors
or some little frilling or something to
brighten up our hats to go to church
on the next morning. Hut wo novor
and colds, lu spito of having no urn
nreiias, ami, though wo had a great
deal of gray, cold weather that, peoplo
complained of, wo found it splendid
weather for walking." Cor. Philadel
phia I'ress.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
fjrae Fine Spoelinrn of Ufiatlultcratnl
Fontler .TourrmlMin.
OL'i: Cincri.ATios-. There nro news
papers which do more blowing about
their circulation than wo do, and there
may be a few who add more ubseribers
In a single week, but the 9icker gets
there ju&t tho same. We began on a
circulation of two (2; copies, one of
which wo carried about in our own
pocket, and tho other wont as a dead
head to the postmaster. Wo now work
198 copies which are paid for in ad
vance. J his is an increase of 114 ner
V MISCELLANEOUS.
An impecunious young man refers
to his "undo 1 as a very dear relative,
MtrcJiant Traveler.
Thoro Is a dog at Seymour, Ind..
who will look at a clock and then put
his new on tho exact hour us marked
on a card.
Experiments show that tropical
sugar-corn will grow in many parts of
Arizona and that it is as productive as
In tho Sandwich Islands. It is also as
certained that tho boxwood tree will
'grow there. O
A Philadelphia markotman rejoices
SUCCESS IN FARMING.
, , , "u,"wia' nu wo vo 11 in .Cablegram from Prince Hismarck
J. ...... . Dajw umer nspipor ordorln twelve pairs of canvius-back
u no uonu can equal 1. o don' lduckSi Th gaQ de!ller Uefl
n." : , ' ... r"'" 1 Wilkio Collins with Now Jersey snipe
rcrurs raniDioon inoir uirones. or , A vMior who oxnmlnei 80mo town
that it has bettered tho moral standing . r n.i t....tau. ,ui
extract from an old sermon, preached
of tho American masse's a thousand
per cent, but wo do know that we havo
made life worth the living for a good
many people out this way who were
ready to hang themselves when our
first number was issued, and that ovorv;
new subscriber who comes hiis failli
that we will make a better man of him.
Ot.n Exctsi:. Wo havo boon severe- !
ly criticised because we refused to at
lend tho funeral of old Pcto Shinly, '
who died on tho street of too much
whisky one night last week. It is j
claimed that Old Pcto was our creditor
in tho sum of twolvo dollars, and that
it was shabby in us not to sou him
planted. In", the first place Old Pete '
owed us two'dollar3 borrowed money,
instead of our owing him. la tho noxt 1
our bunday pantaloons needed a patch 1
about four feet square at tho end oppo-
site tho bow, and wo did not care to 1
subject ourselves to ridicule for the
ake of showing off. Wo can keop our
back bohind us in our own olllce until
better times arrive, and that's what wo
are trying to do. Wo have sent to San
Francisco for a patch tho color of our
pantaloons, and whon it arrives and is
welded on to tho spot, Richard will b
himsolf again, and ready to rustle at
funerals or address a public meeting
on tho topics of tho day.
Mitst Taku Tiikiii Ciianci:s. Throe
times during tho past month wo have
surprised onrsolf and tho public by
mopping the lloor with assailants,
while on two occasions wo hilv'e igno
niiniousiy took to flight. Wo state it
as a physiological fact 'that there aro
times when wo had as liof fight it dozen
men, and other timos when wo'd run
from a good-sized boy. Partios plan
ning to lick us must bo prepared to
take their chances. Wo may light like
a Hon or run like a jack-rabbit.
Tiik Coi.onki, Has
eiety pretended to
weoic oeeauso uoionoi ucuiaire was
arrested for a horse thief and taken to
Nebraska to stand trial. It was oniy a
pretense. Wo havo known for months
past that the Colonol was a beat and
an impostor, and many others havo
known it. Ho sent us an order for a
now hat as soon as he arrived horo,
and thus put us under obligations not
to give him away. Tho hat grow old
and rusty after a time, and as the
Colonel didn't como in with a cash
subscription wo felt that wo had given
him rope enough. Wo just dropped a
hint to tho sheriff of Henry County,
and a week later the Colonol had tho
Irons on. Wo aro alone every evening
after six. Wo can't bo bribed, but then
are parties in this town who bad best
como in and subscribe for copies to
send to friends. Our terms nro. $2 por
year--strictly in advance.
nbout 1700, on tho sin of wearing
periwigs: "Adam, so long as ho con
tinued in innocency, din wear Ills own
hair and nbta porfwig.1.1
A. cooking school lecturer has
bravely., attacked tho custom of the
multiplying of-little dishes upon tho
table.,, She says that tho-greatest need
of the American table is not variety,
but variation; variety in food does not
necessarily preclude, a certniu amount
of routine
In so.o of the counties of Dakota
they pay five conts a tail for prairio
dogs, . and in 0110 place they pass as
! currency. A man goes into a saloon
and lor ins drinks throws on the coun-
' tor gopher tails. It looks a little novel
I in church to see prairio dog tails going
I into the contribution box. but so it is.
I Tho method of Inoculation for tho
prevention ot splenio fovor and other
fatal diseases in domestic animals,
which was discovered by Pasteur, has
spread to Asia, where it is now applied
to elephants, with success. Thoso
huge creatures, in a domesticated stato,
are liable, it seems, as well as other
animals in tho service of man, to fatal
epidemic diseases.
Not long ago an Italian workman on
tho wa.er-works at Dover, N. II., re
ceived notice that ho had been drafted
into the Itali.ui army. He at onco
settled up his small affairs and started
for his old home. Asked why ho didn't
stay here and pay no attention to tho
draft, ho said that if he did ho would
never dare to return to Italy, for ho
would be liable to arrest and imprison
ment.
In cleaning out tho lower levels of
tho caves at Dordogne, in France,
along with sonio of the most rudiment
ary stone arrow-hoads yet discovered,
thoro were found a great many oyster
shells piled in such a mannor as to
show that tho Neanderthal mim lmrwl
t-iONK. .lonyso-jthe bivalve as a common article of
bo all upset last I fnnil. 'I'hn nvulni, is time ilni.mnc,,i,l
to bo tho oldest domesticated delicacy
known to man. Theso relies aro esti
mated to be over sixty thousand years
old.
MANGERS.
Much Illin-
Georgo Was Not Afraid.
loimg lady (badly frightened) O,
George, hero coinos pa.
George (ditto) -WhoreP Whore?
outig lady Hoar him stoonlncr
along tlio hall In his stocking feet?
George (greatly rolioved) Ho calm.
darling, bo calm. George is not afraid
of stocking foot. Washington Critic.
A light between a rattlesnako ami
a coach-whip, near Moultrie, Fla,. Is
thus described: Tho rattlosnako
watched his antagonist, but could not
obtain au opportunity to strike.
Thinking that tho coach-whip did not
mean business, tho rattier thon leisurely
uncoiled himself and started to go,
when, quick as lightning, tho whin
started for him, seizing him back of
tho neck, and w nipped himself tightly
around his body. In ton minutes tho
coach-whip leisurely uncoiled himself
and gilded away into tho undorbrush,
caving the latter a mass of jellv.
julte dead. Tho rattlosnako had so v.
cral rattles, and was a dniiL'orous.
ooklng monVer.
Thu report of the Trustees of tho
Vermont l.uimtlo Asylum shows thu
wliola number of putiunts admitted to
Um asylum In af-twy yaara U 0.48.S.
man, mm r.uon womwi.
"Not on Him Thoro aro no Hies on
J. M. P. Hraytou, Esq., who owns that
beautiful ranch commonly known as
Jackass Dell. Ho entered out- otltce
the other day and left a peck of pota
toes of his own raising. His wifo is
one of tho handsomest women in the
West, his daughter tho tinost singer
and musician, and tho gontleinon him
self ought to bo President of tho United
States. It Is to such go-ahoad, enter
prising men as Mr. Hraytou that Ari
zona is indebted for her prosperity.
Wo call attention to tho two-column
ad. which wo havo Inserted free, of the
fact that Jackass Dell Is for sale at
$10 an aero. Is worth five times that
It Is not for us to suggest that othor
farmers bring us in potatoes, butter
carrots or apples. Such as do will find
us ready anil willing to glvo them from
one-half a column to three columns of
notice in return, and in our most cheer
ful vein.1' Detroit Free lYcss.
He Had Had Experience.
Applicant Twenty-five dollars
week sooms a small salary for tho hard
work of a reporter, sir.
Editor Perhaps it does, but tho field
is overcrowded. Wo rofuso appllca
110ns aimosi every uay. 1 tnuiK you
said you had had experience as a news
paper man?
Applicant (wiin uigniiy 1 1 was
principal of a school of journalism for
a year.
suitor (coldly) 1 os, sir. w o paV
flo a wcok to beginners. Chicaao
Jrwunc.
Cultured Damo " Just llko a man!
You grab a paper as soon as it arrives.
keep It all to yourself, and then blame
me for not being informed on matters
of public interest." Husband. "Well
my dour, I'll read the paper aloud If
you wish. Iot mo see 'Another Ocean
Horror."1 "O, don't road that."
1 In PiwiVi'.w j rf tltik t 111 111 livn " '
aav 'f J S HIV! Vt tl'tlf 111
1 don't care for poUtlus." "'Issue.
of tho Hour.1'1 "Never mind that.'
"Solemn Solves a Problem1 " "I
lmto solono Mrs, Tlptnp'n Pari
UifcuHpUun of tht I)ih& 0
rtl ikuV'MftoifftyMi AUvaf,
CONVENIENT
Hoiv StoL'k-On-nerK Can Save
Kfccabln Work.
The manger which is in general uso
in most stablos is very inconvenient
nnd causes unnecossary work every
time tho horses aro fed. I s'earcoly
know a stable which has not what
might bo called a regulation mangor
a box about two foot wido extending
across the front end of tho stall and
about threo foot deop. To feed ahorse
in it tho hay must bo lifted and crowded
into each mangor separately, and thoro
is no possible way to clean out ono of
thorn except to lean over and scrape
up tlio contents with tho hands, for
they are too contracted to permit tho
uso of a broom or sliqvol. Whenever
visitastablo having those old-fashioned
mangers, 1 always examine them, and
iu.o nut itucujmiioii 10 una a muss a
foot deop of mouldy chaff and corn
cobs, and ofton tho horses havo slob
borod on it, or wator has been spilled,
lill it is much moro liko manure than
horse feed. My old stable had just
such mangors, and 1 made up my mind
that if over 1 built a now stable I would
havo a mangor through which I could
walk from ono end of tho stable to tho
othor. and so arranged that I could
sweep a mangor thirty feet long from
ond to ond to ond with nothing in tho
way. I built a new barn threo and a
half yoars ago, and I put in 0110 of
thoso "continuous mangors," as I call
it, and I liko it so well that I would
havo no othor.
I havo two stables with tho stock
standing facing each othor, and Instead
of having a feed room between thoso
stables into which to throw tho hay
perhaps down a stairway nt ono ond
and thon havo to carry it and fill twolvo
soparato mangers, I make tho food
room Itself a mangor. I ralso tho lloor
a foot hlghor than that from which tho
horses stand and lot thorn eat directly
from it. Tho feed room, or mangor as
wo now call it, is made five foot wido, if
for two rows of horses and cattlo, or
two and a half feet wido for a slnglo
row. It Is floored with dressed lumber,
tho lloor running longthwlso of tho
manger, and tho sides of It aro boarded
from the inside so that thoro is not a
projection, and it can bo scraped or
swopt from ond to ond in a very short
timo. In winter whon both stablos nro
full I sweep the manger twice or three
times a week and shovel tho waste Into
ono of tho stalls for bedding, or if wo
aro feeding corn fodder I remove tho
waste every day. If wo are feeding
tho fodder without cuttlnc I carrv thn
long stalks out to tho barn-yard and
scatter them around the straw stack. I
have a door at tho end of tho mangor
for this purpose, but whon, as we often
do. wo cut the fodder to loucths of sir
or eight inches, tho waste all goes un
dor tho horses for bedding. Tho food
boxes for grain are not in U10 manger
hut nro luftlio eurmtrs of thu stall,
mtWQ urwn, 111 QM Winner,
Horr to Make Agricultural l'uriuJia llca-
nut auil I'rolltahlr.
Tho rulo may bo laid down with very
few exceptions, that men liko the busi
ness in which they are successful, nnd
acquire a dislike to that in which thoy
fall. To tho farmer, largo ond fine
crops, raised at rcasonablo expense,
nnd paying well in money, afford posi
tive enjoyment; and ho cnn not help
feeling a certain dollght, asido from tho
money profit, in viowing tho rich nnd
luxuriant fields, under clean nnd neat
cultivation, tlio result of continued good
management. Ho will feel less dis
posed to givo up tho business, pull up
stakes, nnd movo into town, or migrate
to tho distant region of tho West, than
the man who has weedy and stunted
corn crops, winter-killed nnd chess
laden wheat, bug-caten potatoes, and
scant products generally, together with
the frequent losses and vexations of the
incursions of animals through poor and
broken fences, and delays from de
ranged farm machines. Tho question
is ight bo prcsonted to the ownor ol
such a farm, whether ho who permits
i.uch derangements would bo any more
successful in city business, or with hi
superficial labors spread out over the
wilds of tho West.
The farmer who would m ko rural
pursuits attractive to his sons and in
duce thoin to continuo farmers, should
surround them with pleasant associa
tions, givo them an Interested share in
tho profits, present to them a handsome
ly laid-out homestead, with neat fences,
clean fields and good-looking buildings.
Ho should not mako them moro drudges
as a matter of convenience to himself.
but throw upon thorn some responsibil
ity, nnd givo them tho stimulus of par
ticipation in successful results.
A great mistake is inado by many cul
tivators in spreading out their bushiest
over too mnny acres for tho amount of
appliances thoy can uso for thorough
md profitable work. Superficial cul
ture is tho grent enemy of good farm
ing. Tho word "slipshod" should nev
er trutumlly apply to farm manage
ment. A wheat-field thoroughly culti
vated boforo sowing, often makes all
the difference botweon twelvo bushel
111 acre and luxuriant crops of twenty
Ivo or thirty bushols. It Is more economi
cal of labor to cut and gather three, tons
of hay from an aero of meadow. thanU
spiead all tho work required for the
three tons ovor four or five acres, as if
often dono by poor managers. Tin
singlo rich aero is moro easily plowed
and cultivated in obtaining tho seventy
shelled bushels of corn, than the thro,
badly tilled acres for tho same amount
of crop, even if dono in tho most care
less mannor. Tho man who has a mod
erate sized and productive farm has a
shorter drivo for his team in drawing
in crops and in returning manure, and
in tho daily routine in tho superintend
ence of work.
Hut it must not bo understood that
merely occupying a small farm mean?
profit and success, nor that a largo one
is failure. A largo farm may bo ad
mirably managed and yield correspond
ing profits, provided tlio owner has the
means to carry it on in tho best man
nor. So on tho other hand tho occu
pant of a small place may easily neg
lect and mismanage it. Hut tho mistake
is quite common that tho small farm is
a dotriment, because tho best care is not
given to it, a courso which is much
easier on the wholo than on broad do
mains. Country Gentleman.
How to Make Hens Lay.
Put two or moro quarts of water in a
kettle, advisos an exchange, and one
largo seed popper or two small ont-s,
then put tho kottlo on tho fire. When
tho wator bolls stir In coarse Indian
meal until you havo a thick mush. Let
It cook an hour or so, and feed it hot.
Horse-radish is chopped fine and stirred
into tho mush as prepared in tho above
directions, nnd for results we aro got
ting from five to ton eggs a day, whore
before wo had not got any eggs for a
long time. Wo hear a good many cJm
plaluts from other pooplo about not
getting eggs. To such wo would
warmly recommend cooked feed fed
hot. Hoiled npplo parings seasoned
with red popper or boiled potntoes sea
soned with chopped horso-radit.li are
good for food, and much better than un
cooked food. National Stockman.
Love in a Dry-Goods Store.
An old dry-goods merchant of New
York, says one of tho worst things to
contend with in tho business is lovo af
fairs between tho unmarried employes.
When a young lady, say, in the hosiery
department, falls in lovo with a nice
young man In tho dross-goods depart
ment thoro Is troublo ahead. If tho
young man should happen to return tho
young lady's affections tho trouble is
doubled. In nlno cases out of ten tho
tender passion unfits its victims for
work in tho snmo dry-goods storo, es
pecially in tho caso of tho voiinc ladies.
Once thoy cot in lovo with
man at another counter their mind. In
stead of bolng at tholr own counters, is
continually at tho young man's counter,
and business suffers. It is tho same
with young men, and when far gone
tho only remedy is to dlsehargo them.
Chicago News.
Thoro aro still on tho pension rolls
of tho Government ovor 00 men who
t-orved in tho war of 1812. That war
ended Eovcnty-threo yoars ago, and
ther.- woro about AO, 000 mon who wore
1 ccognizod us havltig hud a pensionable
lirt In It. Taking U10.0 figure as a
buis a Hasten nowounper mmi enlcu.
IkUm thnt if the Mtiue pmiurtloii of
veU)tnns nt tint wur of 1K01 survive for
111(11 pH.ill, tlu-iv wu: lH' 1U (lit M
IWW oiitu JO.OOJ ui niis.