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r KINDNESS TO ANIMALS. A I'hllHilelphln lloetor I'luyn the Srnmtrl tnn with Qtietlonililo Suece. A good friend of mine, n kind hearted man, loving and gentle nd quiet, although a Philadelphia!!, held me the other day until I missel n train while ho did a plain, unvarnished tale, perfectly rigid with cold fact un fold. It scttns that Dr. Armluther. for it was he, wont homo tho other evon ipg I forgot which other one nnd found awaiting his homo coming, cow ering in tho vestibule of the palnce, a plain, ploboian "ynlla" dog. the sands of whoso life wero liable to run out through his ribs unless they wero soon caulked with bread and meat and some sort of food. Dr. Arinluthci' stooped upon the pebbly strand, as it were, to examine tho inscription on the dog's collar and there read: Dr. Mayiield, Lnnsdowne." Not alone pro fessional courton-, but tho promptings of a kind heart anil the inlluence of early education urged my friend to give the dog "rest and a guide and food an.l lire." When a boy many and many a time had he rend stories of boys who had befriended lost and homeless dogs, giving them shelter fcr the night and crusts of bread despised of all boys and most os to eat and has then, leading the dog homo to his master, gone straight away and married the banker's daughter, or olso paid oil the mortgage on tho farm for the poor old father, or had been elected Gover nor, or something of that sort. Never failed. Well tho doctor decided to keep the dog over night. Hut the cat objected. Such are tho narrow results of a lack of early education. Nobody over read tho "lost dog and good boy" series to tho cat when she was young. She had always viewed tho stray dog question from tho safe vantage ground, of the shed roof, and when this lost dog came into tho dining-room for a simple repast, tho cat of tho household cried out witli an exceeding loud voice, and snuglliip up to tho dog like a house afire, made it interesting for him. It as only a few miles out to Lans tlow ne, m) tho doctor decided to take the dog home at once; he could send it t by tho messenger. Ho tied a string to the collar and went his way to the station, dragging the reluctant dog, who seemed to bo a stranger in town, shy and bashful when he met a big dog or a grown man. but insolent and ag gressive when he met a pup or a littlo child. Arrived at the station, tho train and tho messenger were gono. Never mind: another train in twenty minutes. All aboard; brakoman orders uog to baggago car. Doctor kicks; agrees to go into smoker, but draws the lino at baggago car. Conductor comes along, tears coupon out of com mutation book for passenger; "twenty five cents for tho dog. doctor.'" "Mon strous: why tho fare for a grown man ir. only ten cents." "Can't help it; dogs ai'o not humans; twenty-live cents." "Well, tako itoutof tho book." "Can't do that; the ticket book is not good for other members of tho family." Doctor groaned and paid tho fare. All out for Lansdowne. Dog gets into a light in tho station. Man is found at last who knows whero Dr. Mayiield lives. "Yes. I know him: used to live .here: moved into town last week. Lives on Walnut street." Train back in an hour: dog whiles aAvay the timo by lighting other dogs, snapping at wait ing passengers, making himself fresh with ovory body when he is looso and howling like sin when he is tied. On the car, makes a ru'di for two peacea ble setter dogs belonging to a hunter; licks tho dogs but gets tho stutling kicked out him by the huntor. Crawls under the seat and mutters all tho rest of the way to city. Drunken man, at tracted by dog. insists on crowding in to seat with doctor, who is a Prohi bitionist, and entertaining him with dog lore and stories of his own dogs; large ly apoehryphal. Another twenty-livo cents for dog faro. Some trouble Had ing Dr. Mayfiold's residence. Doctor np pears; bonevolent man says: "Doctor, I have brought your dog homo after a great deal of trouble, many annoy ances, sorao cost in money and a great loss of precious timo. I wish, in return for all this, you would either tako olT this collar or put on it your correct address. "Dr. Mayiield looks down at the dog with undis guised contempt: "Why, bless you, sir, 1 hope you don't think I ever owned such a our as that? Como now, that's too bad; I wouldn't have tho bruto about mo for any money." "Hut it's your collar?" "O yes; tho collar which you see is a fine one, belongs to mo. It was on the nock of a handsome spaniel, which belonged to my daugh ter; some follow stolo tho spaniel and evidently sold him, hut kopt tho collar. I will tako tho collar, if you please, hut you aro quite wolcomo to tho dog.1 There was nothing more to bo said. A moment later Dr. Armluther stood on tho marble doorstop, under tho still .shining stars, cold and clear in tho blue skios of tho winter night, alone. All, all alone. Tho dog had not como down yet. I don't think ho is expected down before about tho middle of Lout. A cold, bittor smllo played ovor my friend's gonial face as ho walked down tho deserted street wrappud in his own gloomy thoughts and limping a littlo with his right foot, llkoa man who had just kicked a goal from middle Held a;d wasn't used to it. That dog, if over it dbos como down, will never rush into tho lire, or dig into a snow hank to snvo Dr. Armluther's life. Nor will tho doctor bo Governor of Ponn frylvauln this year. Nor will ho marry the banker's daughtor. However, as he married a million dollar wife some years ago, ho won't mind that failure of precedent and tradition. Hob Hur dut'fl. In Brooklyn Kaglo. ABOUT CIRCULAR SAWS. now the rtnte rrom Which They Are Mode Arc Trent eil Btiil Tempered. q Ordinary circular saws are of all sizes from six inches to six feet in diameter. The plates from which they aro shaped come from steel mills in circular form, almost round, If not perfectly so. The first thing to be done is to see that each plate is made a perfect circle. A hole is. then cut In the center, and tho teeth aro marked around the rim. Tho plate is then taken to a machine on which the teeth are to bo cut. It is placed upon a pin at such a distance from the machine that tho edge comes beneath the die. and tho operation of teeth-cutting be gins. Tho steel is cut cold, each tooth being made by one blow. All sizes and descriptions of dies aro necessary, as the style of saw and saw-teeth are many. After the teeth have been cut the next operation is that of temper ing, which is the most ditllcult and Im portant process In the making of a saw. Several saws aro placed in the furnace at a time and allowed to remain until they have reached the proper tomporature, a light cherry red, when the plates must be taketrfrom the oven and plunged into a vat of whale oil, heated by pieces of red-hot iron or steel, which are place 1 in the vat one after another until its contents are properly heated. As each piece is dropped in, a brilliant llama leaps from tho surface of the oil, and continues to burn until extinguished by stirring tho liquid with a long iron rod. The large glowing plates are then cautiously slid into the vat. Leav ing the tempering department, tho saw goes back to the main shop to bo ham mered and straightened ready for grinding. This work is done by hand. After i!ie plate, which has been more or less warped during the temporing process, has been made perfectly straight again, it is placed in the grind ing machine, which is a carriage be tween two wheels which turn it, and at the same time press its sides against a rapidly revolving grindstone. The car riage is fixed in automatic bearings, and is moved back and forth at tho will of the operator. It usually takes about two hours to grind a largo live foot cir cular saw, though th timo varies ac cording to the kind of saw that is being made. Tho next operation is that of polishing, which is done with emory wheels. To polish a hygo circular saw the plate is secured to a large wheel or tlange, which turns, carrying the saw with it, tho workmen meanwhile press ing an emery ball (attached to a handle) against the side. Tho saw must then be "rounded;" that is, caro must be taken to prevent one tooth projecting farther than the others. For this purposo tho saw is placed in a bearing, and made to turn slowly. It is then gradually brought in contact with an emory wheel, tho latter turning very swiftly, until the edge of every tooth touches tho wheel. The saw is next sharpened and sub mitted to further hammering for the purpose of "truing'' and straighten ing, and is then eased ready for ship ment. One important part of tho saw maker's business is the. renovation of old saws injured in tiros. It is straight ened up, tempered overagain. and pro vided with a now set of teeth. This article has dealt only with com mon circular saws, tho teeth of which are not separato from tho plate. Other saws, however, supplied with insorted tooth of various kinds, aro made in largo numbors. Tliese aro all patent saws, and can bo supplied with now sets of falso tooth as often as necessary. Mechanical News. QUAINT WORSHIPERS. How Clergymen Uteri tit lt:il from the MiiuIm Hook on lliiiul. This was in tho pool old das of Methodism when tho solemn congrega tion was not supplied with hymn books, and in all probability could not road them if they had boon. At Wollorsburg, a quaint old country town in tho heart of tho Hluo Moun tains, along tho Maryland State lino, tho minister, as had boon his wont for full forty years, arose to read a few lines of tho hymn from his solitary book, when it was tho duty of tho wor shipers to sing tho linos and await their cuo from tho next. The good and holy man nppeared somewhat nervous on this especial Sab bath morn, but oven his nervousness could not causo him to deviate one single inflection in his seo-saw-crackod Intonation as ho leaned forward, as ho had dono many a time and oft in giving tho opening hymn, and said with the old-time drawl that sooms forever lost: My ero3 uro dim, I can not sou. I left my specs ut homo. Tho quaint, simple, faithful congre gation dutifully sang: Mnw aw uvr ileum aw caw naw saw, etc. This slightly rattled tho dear old relic, and his voice trembled somewhat on tho rising iulleetion, but not enough to create a suspicion in tho minds ol the slow-thinking congregation, as he said: I did not mean that you should sing, I only n.oant my uyos wero dim. Away wont the congregation again to tho sweet tunoof "Old Hundred:" Aw d olniw tneon thaw yaw shaw saw, etc. It has been many years since the littlo throe-eornorod plot of ground back of the old church has held the revered form of tho faithful pastor, hut even to this day there is a legend in those mountain wilds that tho quiet, holy man had onco laughed outright in tho pulpit, and for no apparent cause. Pittsburgh Dispatch. The Atlantic liners nccomplisl their high speed with a consumption of ono and u half to ono and throo quarUir pounds of coal por horso power MISCELLANEOUS. A Hrooklyu mnn is so modest tnnt ho never changes his boarding place until after dark. Time. "If nny ono calls for me." wrote tho escaped convict to tho warder of the jail, "toll him I am out and you don't know when Pit be back." Tho records kept In Paris hospi tals show that fewer deaths occur be tween seven and eleven o'clock in tho evening than during any other four hours of "the day. On eight of the ballot slips used by a St. Paul jury recently the word guilty was variously spelled: Grellty, gilty. guildy, gcalty, gealtoy. galdy, guldy. polity. A jug of cider thirty-two years old was unearthed in Camden the other dny. and of tho twenty men who got a swallow of the smooth and deceitful liquid sixteen were made drunk within ten minutes. At a church fair in Troy. N. Y., they blindfold the men and let 'em kiss the women at fifteen cents a piece. One man kissed his wife seven different times, and when he ascertained tho base deception he demanded the return of his money and got it. Detroit Free Press. Pawnbroklng. or the busino's of lending money on pawns or pledge, appears to have originated with tho Italians at a very early period in tho world s history. Tho groatoit pawn broking establishment in the world is tho Mont de Piete in Paris, established by royal command in 1717. It is stated that the smallest steam engine over made was recently com pleted, after two years of labor, for tho Paris exhibition. It is composed of ISO pieces of metal, Is a shade under three-lifths of an inch in hoiphth, and weighs less than one-ninth of an ounce. A watchmaker made it. A convict who was lately released from tho .Joliet penitentiary after serv ing a six years' sentence, took with him i?r:U which he had earned by stonecutting as "overwork." The man knew nothing about that industry when ho entered the prison, but he soon became skilled in the work, owing to tho energy with which ho entered into it. Kurope can not compete with tho United States in tho loftiness of her sta tions for taking meteorological obser vations. Thero are only two stations on tho Kuropean continent which reach any great height, being about 10,000 ind 11.000 feet respectively. Among the stations in America is Pi'.co's Peak, which has an altitude of 14.100 foot or only about 1,000 foot lower than tho summit of Mount Hlanc and exceed ing by more than il.OOO feet any mete orological station in Kurope. The New Kngland Farmer recently published an instructive table of tho number, size and productiveness of the farms in twenty-six States. Tho revo lations made by this table aro surpris ing. The Now Jersey farms lead all the others in tho value of their prod ucts per acre, it boing $10.2(; and tho Dakota farms rank the lowest In that respect, they yielding an average value por aero of$l.S. New York comes third, and singularly enough, Connect icut, llhodo Island and Massachusetts follow in successive order. Hut West ern farms aro so large, and so easily worked, that the gross results satisfy their owners hugoly. THE AUSTRIAN COURT. Siihxtunt lil rerijtiUlteH KiiJoye.il hy Km 4, peror FriiiieN .I.iKepli'n ServautH. Nothing except the linen, plate, china and glass is ovor served twice at tho court tnb.es; but tho full meaning of this can not well be grasped by any body who has not seen tho system at work. Some of tho servants have as their perquisites tho bottles which have como up to tho dining-room but have not been uncorked; others, tho uncorked bottles; and others again tho wine that i cumins in tho glasses. Therefore it is the interest of ono set of servants to keep tho glasses full; of another set to draw as many corks as possible, whilo parting with as littlo wino as they can: and of a third set to draw corks sparingly. Tho result is that often a groat deal of unseemly whispering ami nudging goes on at the sideboards. As regards tho food, there aro ditTeront orders of claimants for perquisites; ono man having a vested interest in tho joints, anothor in tho poultry, a third in tho sweet dishos, and so on. Then thero aro the men to whom wax candles belong, and theso natur ally make a rush to blowout tho candles the moment the last guest has walked out of tho room. Altogether, this sys toni of perquisites causes tnc imperial banquets to bo served in double-quick time, so that tho longest of them sol (lout lasts beyond three-quarters of an hour. Tho Kmporor's dining hour is five o'clock; but it is etiquette for tho guests to arrive a clear half hour bo forehand. After dinner colTee and ci gars are served in a smoking-room; tho Kmporor lingers about a quarter of an hour and tho guests separate soon after G.-;t0. Hut another curious result of the perquisite system is this that tho court servants make opon traffic on tho imperial leavings. Incredible as it may sound, there is a basement corri dor in the palace, which is like a ba zar full of shops. Hero not only tho keepers of small hotels and restaurants but tho cooks of many ladles belonging to the second-class official world como to buy cold meats, pastry, sweetmeats, wines and candles. Thero it ono sort of Tokay which can only bo bought from the court servants, as none is made except for the Kmporor. It is to be presumed, however, that the un cocked bottles of champagne and othei fine wines are generally sold by tin dozen, and they must form a substan tial perquisite. Chambers' Journal. OF GENERAL INTEREST. "A Kansas apple has tho flavor of i bannna, tho tart of a lemon and the 'ragranco of an orange," says a Knn las paper. 'Che Mnh," tho Chinese dwnrf. tho imallest liliputian on earth, aged fifty (ears, is so small that you can cover aim with an ordinary plug hat. A church at Almont. Mich., raises aioney In a novel way. A box Is placed .11 the church, and tho members on their birthday dropped as ninny cents into the box as they aro year out. An Ohio farmer mortgaged his farm to get his wlfo some diamond ?ar-rings and she lost one of them in the suds the first wash day ami at tempted to hang herself In the bnrn- An intoxicated man, who died on i New York doorstop the other day. was identified as an ex-mlllionaire m m ?hnnt of New Orleans. Four years be fore ho began dissipating, and his wlfo an that account loft him. A farmer was rather noted among his friends for a complaining disposi tion. One year the crop was excep tionally good, and some curiosity was felt t see how ho would nieotthocase "I am afraid." said ho. "that such a pre it crop will be a powerful strain on tho land." An intelligent taxpayer of St. Paul, Minn., was asked to buy his daughter a geography, and ho wrote tho princi pal of the school: "I do not see any use for a girl to tako geography les sons, for it is of no use to them, be cause they can not bo any officer in tho army or navy." The barkeeper of ono of tho large Now York hotels has decided tho in teresting question of tho value of Now York "swear-olTs." Ho says that ho has noticed that immediately after tho first of the year the receipts for drinks fall olT on an average of ;$ per cent, hut as tho month advances they gain steadily, and by February 1 they aro buck to tho starting point. A "swear on." therefore, will generally last about thirty days. A diver at work on tho Welling ton. New Zealand, harbor Improve ments, was down in h s diver's dross, placing blocks between tho piles that had just been driven. While thoro ho was seized by an octopus that grabbed him with some of its logs and the piles with the other. Do what ho would tho diver couldn't get away, so ho stood perfectly still, and pretty soon tho octopus released its grasp on tho piles. Then tho diver gave the signal and was drawn to the surface with tho creature clinging to him. 'ft was killed. Its logs measured nine feet In length. A farmer, who recently chopped down a hollow beech treo at Anna Station, O., which was apparently lf0 years old. had his attention drawn Jo a peculiar-looking earthen jar, which was woll sunken in tho center of tho hollow butt. A fow blows of tho axo liberated it from its confined position, and. after securing it, it was opened and found filled to the brim with silver coin. They wore all of Spanish mint ago, with a fow exceptions. Some of tho coins wore ovor 1100 years old, In. all tho Spanish silver pieces wore about 200 years old. Tho face value of tho coin was about !?.r00. A PLUCKY MAIDEN. DirliiK I'Viit of a I ten illy of tho Colirornlii font-Mill. Near Forest Hunch, in tho mountains above Chico, resides a young lady who for grit and pluck we'll take olT our hattoovory tlnu. The lady in question, Miss Kate Lucas, resides on a mount ain ranch witli her mother and brothers, tho hitter being ongagod In furnishing tho meat used by tho largo lumber crows high up in the Sierras. Miss Lucas is a tall, lltho and woll built girl, with red, rosy checks, jet black hair, bright. Hashing eyes, and is the acknowledged belle of that vicin ity. She is an intrepid horsewoman, and rides fearlessly and alone over the mountain slopes and through the ra vines. Sho scorns a snddlo and at times rides a fiery mustang without either bridle or blanket, simply using a lariat, the end tied around her horse's head and neck. Sho Is a cap ital shot with tho rillo and has worsted many of tho crack shots thoro by hor unerring aim. She has been out with hor brothers hunting, and vory raroly .'alls to bag a deer or other wild ani mals which so abound in that section. Sometimes tho young miss assists in capturing tho wild cattle when they aro required for tho market, and then tho lariat is twirled with a precision that often puts the vaquoros to shamo. A fow weoks ago, after a daring rldo aftor a particularly wild and Hoot footed steer, which showed fight from tho start, tho young lady laughed at tho vaquoro who seemed to be afraid of tho animal, and smilingly challenged him to throw a ropo ovor the animal's head and rldo him. Tho vaquoro declined with thank. Miss Lucas then displayed a piece of cour age and daring worthy of tho ancient Human arena. Springing from hor horse, sho wont up to tho bound and bellowing beast, quickly and doftiy tied a ropo around his head and neck, then told the vaquoro to lot him loose. This ho did reluctantly, and tho en raged steer was quickly on its foot, but equally as quick the fearless lass was on its back. Then commenced a rldo that is raroly witnessed. For half an hour the wild chase and ride was continued over hill and dale, through brush and canyon whon tho steer gave completely out 'and the triumph ant girl lod her captive to tho house. It was a bold feat, and tho daring rider has made herself famous in that sec tion of the country. Chico Kntor-prlao. ' FESTIVAL OF THE BATH. How the yueen of Matlncnirnr Olxerre Peculiar Ceremony. Tho Progress do l'lmna, n French journal published at Tananarive, gives an Interesting description of tho an nual ceremony known as tho Festival of the Hath, which is held at Madagas car on tho 22d of November. Tho foreign Ministers and foreign residents aro always invited to this eeremony, which takes place in tho royal palace. Tho Progress de 1' Imna describes the Queen of Madagascar as being draped in a tlowlng robo of red. seated upon the throne, with a young Prince of tho royal family at her feet. Tho Prime Minister was seated at her ripht, and to tho loft, upon a red velvet cushion, was tho royal crown, with several of the princesses and principal dipnitarios of tho court seated, as usual, on tho ground. The European spectators all stood facinp tho throne, the only one allowed a scat being M. Le Myro do Vllors, the French Minister. Hehind tho Kuropeans stood tho ladies of the court, a number of officers and tho choir of singers. Tho (neon's bath was placed In a corner of tho room, railed oil with curtains. After the Queen had taken hor seat on tho throne, a number of persons camo in with tho water and other objects to bo used for the bath, while underneath tho bath itself a tiro was lighted. As soon as tho water was sufficiently heated tho Queon camo down from her throno and took a seat to the left, while a prayer was being recited and a hymn sung. Sho then went into tho curtained enclosure and proceeded to tako hor bath, a salvo ol artillery announcing to tho people that tho sovereign was going through the most Important part of the ceremony. At tho end of about a quartor of an hour tho Queen camo out from tho bath dressed in a scarlet robo trimmed with lace, wearing hor crown and a magnifi cent diamond necklace, and holding In her loft hand tho horn of an ox tipped with silver, insido which was water from tho bath. Accompanied by hor Prime Minister, she walked to tho principal door of tho throno room, sprinkling tho spectators as she passed along. Salvos of artillery wore tired all the timo and until she had taken her seat on tho th rono again. The Princes ol tho royal family, tho representatives of tho dlttereut castes of tho no bility and tho Ministers thou came to pay their respects to tho Queon and call down upon hor head all the blessings of heaven. Speaking in the iiaino of tho people and tho nrmy, as woll as his own, tho Prime Minister said in substance that they wero all very pleased that tho Fandroua had como round, that they all hoped her Majesty would live long enough to sec a thousand such ceremonies, and that tho Queen could count upon tho dovo tion of all her subjects. Ho concluded his speech by saying that tho relatione of Madagascar with foreign nations wero most satisfactory, to which tho Queen replied vory briolly: "These bolng your words, I am vory pleased and hopeful for tho futuro. May you live long, gentlemen, and may (Sod bless you!" ltlce, milk, with piocos of beef preserved since tho previous year's festival, wero then sorvod, and aftor another hymn tho coromony ondod. For three days before tho festival it ia unlawful to kill oxou or shoop for food; but tho day after tho festival thoro Is a wholesale slaughter of oxon, It bolng estimated that from four thousand to fivo thousand beasts aro killed in the twenty-four hours at Tananarive alone. It Is the custom for each family to send a quarter of beef to its relatives and most intimate friends, the meal at which tills meat is eatoa being followed by sports and national dances. ABOUT ELECTROTYPING. A I)errlptlon of tlm Simple mill Yet Won ilorful I'rocens. A solution of chlorldo of gold in cy anide of potassium is usod for gold plating, and a small plate of gold, in stead of silver, is suspended In tho so lution at tho positive polo. Niokol platiug is a more recent invention, but Is olToctod in tho samo way, and has become an Immense and profitable in dustry. It is equal to silver in beauty and brilliancy, and has superior re sistance to those impurities in tho air which tarnish and discolor tho more expensive motal. Kloetrotyplng Is a modification of tho samo process, by which any nunibor of reproductions of a "form" of typo can bo obtained in a solid block of motal, thus saving the wear of tho typo and allowing it to bo distributed and used for other work. Aftor tho typo Is sot up into a "form" a wax mold is taken of its surface. The face of this mold is dusted with liuuly powdored graphite or black lead, to render it a conductor of electricity, and is thou suspended in a solution of sulphate of copper, so as to form a part of an electric circuit. Metallic copper Is deposited upon tho faco of tho wax mold, giving a perfect repro duction of the original form of typo, and when it has reached the requisite thickness it is removed, strengthened with a backing of typo motal and mounted upon a block of wood or motal reiuly for uso in tho printing press. This process is a vory cheap one, and where a large number of copies are to bo printed provonts tho rapid wearing out of tl expensive typo. Wood-engravings are always printed from these electrotype reproductions, as tho soft wooden block would bo rapidly de stroyed in an ordinary printing press. In the process of stereotyping the plates are cast directly in type metal from a mold of tho original typo in phiBtor-of-parls or napor pulp, but, ox cept in the case of dally newspapers, or Inferior work, tho oloctrotypo pro cess lias nearly superseded it. Popu lar Scloiico News. GERMAN FAMILY LfFE. the Ilelatlon of MIiium anil Maid a4 Parent and' Chlhrren. Tho lifo of Gormoniscrvnnts Is very hard, their wages aco-snwill. tholr food is not rich, and their mastors aro vory exacting. With nil. this, howovor, thojj share In tho happiness- of their em ployers far more than do those horo, and this alono does.moro to koop them, at home than tha prospect of high wages does to calL them away. Tho real children! como in for n treat ment almost as severe as that of a sol dier, but here, of course, tho lovo ot the parent is vastly more powerful than tho bonovolunuu of tho military wporior. The parent most keenly realizes that school-training is- tho foundation of nearly all future progress, and watchoa, therefore, carefully ovor the child's work. Ho hears tho child rcclto his lesson before going oil" in tho morning,, ind takes the' greatest interest in tho reports from school. Tho schools ot Germany boing nearly all day schools, the children and their parents aro vory ranch together, and thero aro thoroforo many opportunities for the child to absorb lessons of a moral and intel lectual kind lu the most natural way. Tho school work being to tho child ot great Interest, and tho parent knowing from day to day tho progress made, nothing Is easier than for them to dis miss tho work of tho day in their walks. In this way tho parent can smooth away many of his boy's difficulties, and make his studies oven more attractive. Tho family circle of an evening is in fSerinany a picture of happiness, ono whoiv each is able to contribute some thing to the uiitertaiument of all. Music takes, of course, first rank, and hard, indeed, would It bo to find a family of even vory narrow mentis whero this accomplishment was not cultivated. Somo of tho children play on an Instrument piano, zither, violin or guitar; all will sing. Tho family room is the largest room of the house, where the sowing is dono in the day time, whero meals aro served, and. whero tho family congregate for an hour or two's diversion boforo bed time. On anniversaries a family colobra bration is always arranged. Tha youngest tot recites a fow lines; an other of six performs on tho piano; a third reads an essay relating to tho festive occasion; tho noxt, perhaps, has a violin obligate; this will bo fol lowed by a song; a moro ambitious piano piece will succoed, and tho ovon lug close with somo Latin versos, or an oration by tho learned one of tho family. Kueh ono brings his sharo to tho family ontortalnmont, and no ono is allowed to admit that ho or sho can. do absolutely nothing to entertain others In this manner Germans of small means, nut with good education, maKO their lives happy, givo pleasure to thole children and pave tho way for n suc cessful career whon thoy como Into in dividual or intellectual competition with men of other countries. Poult ney Hlgolow, in Chicago America. t;.i . f.u SUBSTITUTE FOR WAX. ' Au Kxtoimlvn Deposit of Ozocerite lie. eently l'liiinrt III Utah. A carload of a peculiar minora! ar rived In this city a few days ago. Ik was ozocerite, or mineral wax, and it camo from Utah. Until recently this substance has not been known to oxist lu any quantity oxcopt in Moldavlaand. in (Salieia, Austria. Throo years ago, howovor, a doposlt of tho quoor sub stanco was discovered on tho lino ol tho Donvor & Klo (Srando railroad, about 11 1 miles cast of Salt Lako City. Tho mine is known to cover at least 150 acres, and ovor 1,000 tons por yoac can now bo produced. Ozocerite resembles crude beeswax la nppuaranoo, and can bo usod for nearly all purposes for which wax is em ployed. It Is now largoly usod in tho manufacture of waxed paper. It on enters into the composition of several brands of shoo polish. Mixed with paratllno, it produces an oxcollont grade of candles. Ono of tho largest fields for the now material is tho in sulation of olectrlc wires. It Is claimed that ozocerite is proforablo to any Hub stanco previously omployod for this purpose. As the mineral wax comes out of tho ground in condition to bo used without refilling, unloss it Is re quired for someo special purposo, It is much cheaper than tho product of tho honey bee, and Is evidently dostlnod to lie extensively used in the future. N. Y. Mall and Kxpress, A Crow That Kept Bar. Out in Monroo County, Miss., tho crows have lately made thomselvos obnoxious by their perslstont invasion of the corn fields. A man who hod boon hired to watch a particularly promising field and inform theso birds that it was against tho rule to pick up any thing therein, bethought hlmsolt how ho could make a "soft thing" of it for himself and at tho same timo meet the requirements of his contract. Finally, by a beautiful instinct, ho hit 'upon tho plan of soaking some corn lu whisky and placing It in the field, so that the crows would eat it and got drunk, and thus onablo him to have sure and easy thing of killing them. He had tried the shotgun, but crows smell powder a long way, Aftor soak ing somo corn over night ho put a good supply in the fluid noxt morning, and In two or three hours went out to boo how things went on. One of the crows a little larger than the rest had takon possession of nearly all tho corn, and built himself n bar out of dome olods of earth, und was retailing tho whlsky soiikod corn to tho other crows, charg ing thoin throe grains of sproutod for one soaked grain. The man thought tho wholo proceeding bo human that he killed not a crow, but camo back to the houso and took a "nip" hlmsolt Philadelphia Times. i