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f CONCERNING MANURES. The Importance or a Correct Knowledge of their Propcrtlfs. Agriculturists acknowledge tho im portance of a correct knowledge of tho nature and properties of manures, and that tho art of preparing them in tho , cheapest and best manner, in ndequate quantities, is still unknown. Chomical scionco nnd art are enabled to point out some of tho best methods that are within our reach, by ascer taining the composition of tho sub stances and by showing how they may bo converted into tho most efllcacious manures; while, at tho same time, a knowledge of the soil will demonstrato tho nature and amount of matters that aro required for rendering it fertile Sometimes correctives and amend ments aro required fo tho removal of dolotcrious properties, or for tho im provement of tlie texture of tho soil. Generally, it is easy to effect both purposes by means of a properly pre pared compost. ' By a knowledge" of agricultural chem istry, tho farmer may tako advantage of the natural resources of his farm, so as to enrich tho soil at a comparatively trilling expense, and whilo ho draws from it his valuable crops, if ho is skill ful, ho may still render tho soil o cry year more fertile. A liberal supply of manures, with at tention to a proper rotation of crops, will supersedo tho necessity of leaving tho land fallow for yours, as was for merly practiced. Although orgnnlc matters in a do composed state form tho basis of all enriching manures, they aro often mis applied and extravagantly wasted, owing to a want of chomical knowl edge. A scientific agriculturist should al ways bo careful, and not loso tho valuablo substances that may soparato from nvinurcs in a gaseous or liquid form. During fermentation various gaseous matters escape that ought to bo absorb ed by a covering of peat, swamp muck, sods or loam. Liquid manures aro too generally al lowed to run to waste, when they could bo easily rotained and rendered valua blo by absorbing them with dry peat, or any other absorbent vegetable mat ters. Manures aro too generally exposed to tho action of rain, which dissolves their most valuablo soluble salts, wash ing them away into tho earth. By duo attention to those things tho farmor may make a vast s:iving of val uablo materials that will sorvo to en rich his land. Androw II. Ward, in Boston Globe. GETTING OUT STUMPS. A Simple, lllff Which Dooi Its Work Well hikI lit ll Small Cost. Many readors, no doubt, aro working around stumps that can bo easily re moved, and othors aro working around thoso that aro diflicult to remove. A year ago tho writer had an oight-acro lot that contained 120 stumps of tho Inttor class, 110 of them boing oak, and most of thum white oak, having a largo center or tap - root Thcso stumps ivcro twenty inches to four foot in di ameter. A year ago 1 let tho job of taking out these stumps at -10 conts apiece. Tho contract o came, put up a 1 shanty and commonceil work, but before 1 ho finished tho first stump he throw up j tho job I did not blame him. When j L mowed around thoso stumps last sum- i inor I deeidod that thoy would como out beforo another harvest, when tho field would bo in potatoes. No ono seemed anxious to do it- I borrowed a rig ! which my neighbor had used success- I fully. With this rig and a team ho ox-' traded fivo stumps por day. Wo havo already taken out 10f stumps at a cost of 18 conts each. After digging around j them, tho team would twist ono out in J four minutes, on tho avorago. Tho rig consists of a polo HO foot long, I 15 inches in diameter at tho big ond, which is securely bound to guard against splitting. Thoro is a holo near this end, through which a chain was passed, fastening it securely by a largo pin. This chain is G feet long, and mado of 7-8 inch iron. At tho other end is a grab-hook mado of tho best 1 1-2 inch square swede iron, but ovon then wo sometimes break it. Tho ond of this chain is put around an outsldo root and hooked. Tho polo is then tightly drawn around tho stump, by tho team. Threo or four inchos from tho 3mall end of tho polo a groovo is cut for a smaller chain, which is arranged so it will slip around, avoiding all twisting. This is tho wholo rig, and it costs only a trilling sum. Wo started in with threo horses, but soon found that wo needed but two. Wo havo not yot found a tap root that two horses could not twist out. I havo tried dig ging and blowing out, but find that this rig will do tho job at hnlf tho ex pense. J. H. Warn, in Ohio Farmor. m m m Greasing Fowls and Chicks. Grcaso is destructive of llco.' but it is also a substance for which fowls havo a strong aversion, so far as outward ap plication to tholr bodies is concornod. j Greriso is vory injurious to chicks, nnd should bo used on thorn cautiously, j r , 1 . lt..l ltl.L Ivorosono suouiu never uuupjmou io mo Biin of a fowl unloss diluted in somo mannor. A few drops of any kind of groaso, applied on tho Jioads, nocks and vonts of chickons, will destroy tho largo head lico, but not moro than a drop should bo applied undor tho wings. Pure lard oil is as effectual as tho com pounds of irritating substances often used. Farm and Firssldo. It is not by skimming tho now papor that a man can get the cream o! its contents. Blnghan.i u uVj'ubll-can. EXTINCfiOr7 OF A RACE. Death, In 1870, or mi Old Woman, the Lnt of the Tmiiuinlam. A letter from Hobart. Tasmania, to tho Springfield Republican tells tho story of tho ontiro extinction of a race within tho life-time of a generation. Tho natives of Tasmania or Van Die man's Land numborojl about 7,000 when the Island was colonized in 1808 and wero a kindly, pleasant people, who wero not cannibals liko tho inhabi tants of tho other islands, and asked only to be let alone. But when tho crews of tho sealors that infested tho region mado attacks on them and carried off their women and children, they natur ally avenged themselves on tho white settlors, whom thoy killed and whoso houses they burned whenever an op portunity offered. Tho settlers mado war in return, being greatly aided by a queer habit tho Tasmanians had of keoping fires burning when thoy slept to frighten away spooks. Those guid ed their white enemies to their hiding places, until tho nntives finally took to inaceessnblo fastnesses in tho bush, whence they broke out in forays upon isolated farms. Tho Governor tried to bring them to terms by sending them proclamations setting forth his friendly intentions by means of pictures repre senting black follows and whites clasp ing each other's hands, walking togeth er, etc. As this did not work, a cordon of 3,000 soldiers was formed across tho island which moved south with tho in tention of corraling all tho natives in Tasman's peninsula. It wasa tremendous undertaking, and when it was finished at a cost of $300,000, tho reward con sisted of just ono man and a boy, who had been caught whilo asleep; these wero tho only natives who had been seen during tho wholo operation. Then a Hobart bricklayer, named Georgo Augustus Robinson, who had studied tho langtiago and customs of tho Tas manians, offered to go among them, acquaint them with tho Government's disposition, and bring them in. Ac companied by a nativo man and woman, ho undertook and successfully accom plished the task, though ho spont threo years in doing it, walked over 4,000 miles, and suffered from cold, hunger and thirst, narrowly escaping death moro than once. But in 1S35 ho brought in ovory survivor, tho number having been by that timo reduced to 203. Thoy wero transferred to Flin ders Island, within sight of Tasmania, and thoro cared for by tho Govern ment But thoy rapidly pined away, from homesickness, apparently, for they would go in a body to tho shore, whero thoy could seo their former home, and there sit and wcop. In twelve years but forty-four remained, and in 18(i!) tho last man died, King Billy, tho cause in his caso being liquor. In 1870 tho race camo to an ond in tho person of tho woman who had accom panied Robinson on his mission. General Custer's Sword. In a museum in Boston is tho sword of General Custer, said to bo tho ono ho carried when lie died. It is a Toledo blade, and bears, in Spanish, the in scription: "Do not draw me without cause; Do not sheathe mo without honor." It is said that in an engagement of cavalry in Virginia Custer and a Con federate officer had a hand-to-hand bat tle, in which Custer's sword blado broke off clo.io to tho hilt Ho cast away tho useless fragment, rodo to a rail fence, grabbed ono of tho top rails, and charg ing furiously upon tho astounded Con federate, knocked him from his liorso. Ho then replaced his broken sword with tho Toledo blado of tho Southern er, and carried this to tho day of his death. N. Y. Sun. "Merciful Congress," cried the frenzied editor, as ho wheeled around in his chair, "what is your article?" "It's a ham," replied tho visitor, as ho laid it on tho proof slips. "I smoked a hull lot t'other day, and I thought p'raps you might wantur try ono. Kf you don't caro for it, though" Tho editor seized tho ham with an iron hand. "Thoro is always room for these articles," ho said, pleasantly. "By tho way, you havon't boon in to seo mo for two months. Any thing wrong up at tho farm?" Drako's Magazine. Thoro is an old man in Chichcstor villo, in tho Catskills, who always speaks out in mooting. Recontly a city divino preached in tho llttlo Moth odist church of tho village, and tho old man becamo so excited at ono or two homo thrusts in tho sermon which seemed to apply to a certain "closo" neighbor, that ho got up and shouted, "That's right youngstor; hit Mm again." And later on, when tho ser mon appeared to como homo to him, ho cried out in stentorian tones, "That's so, b'gosh. Wo'ro all sinners, ov'ry durnod ono of us." A gentleman addressing the schol ars of a largo school observed among tho decorations about tho room an American Hag, and said; "Children, can any of you toll mo why that flag was hung thoro?" "To hldo tho dirti ' quickly rospondod ono sharp boy, who assisted in making tho preparations for tho occasion. Christian Advocate. Jinks (nt a party) I don't seo what's tho matter with that protty wo man over thoro? Sho was awfully flirty a llttlo while ago, and now sho won't have any thing to da with me. Strangar I have just como in. She's my wlfft X. V. Weekly. Somebody describes n walking stick as "the old man's strength &nd tho youmr raan'i weakness." USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. Washing faded carpots in a strong solution of bttlt water will rosto. their color. The yolk of egg nlono is tho better for invalids, and will bo frequently rel ished when tho white would bo re jected. Old fumituro thnt has a dull, greasy look should ho rubbed with tur pentine and then polished with any good polish. Bathe a sprain with arnica diluted with water, and bandage with soft flan nel moistened with tho same, A sprain od wrist thus treated will grow well mil strong in a few days. Umbrellas will last much longer If. when they aro wot, thoy aro placed ban lie downward to dry. Tho moisture falls from the edges of the frame, nnd tho fabric dries uniformly. Never join the ends of thread in Knitting by tying a knot Lap tho ends .liree inches or more together, and knit the distaneo with doublo thread, leaving both ends on tho wrong side. Onions are about tho best norvino 'tnown. No medicine is really so elll ncious in c:isos of nervous prostration. Hid they tono up a wornout system in i very short time. Green's Fruit Grower. An Inflamed bunion should bo poul ticed, and larger shoos worn, lodino twelve grains, lard or spermaceti oint ment half an ounce, make a capital 3iutment for bunions. It should be rubbed on two or three times a day. To clean broadcloth from spots, ijrind ono ounce of pipe clay, and mix it with a few drops of alcohol, and tho samo quantity of spirits of turpentine, rub tho mixture on the spots, lot it re main until dry, and rub off with a woolen cloth. For dyspepsia pour one quart of :old water on two tablespoonfuls of un packed lime, let it stand a few minutes, bottle and cork, and when clear it is ready for uo. Put threo tablespoon fuls in a cup of milk, and drink any timo, usually before meals. A writer in a homo journal states that, after being troubled with heurt burn, wakefulness, indigestion, etc., lie idopted tho practico of eating apples v'th each meal. It cured him entiro .y, his weight increased in two months from 130 to 1G0 pounds, and ho felt strongor in proportion. Eggs and Applos. Faro and slico apples, fry them in a little butter, tako them up and stir in beaten eggs in the proportion of three or four eggs to a pint and a half of tho fried apples. Melt a little butter in tho pan, put in tho ergs nnd apples, fry, turning over auce, and servo hot. Good Housekeep ing. Broiled Salt Pork. Cut tho pork in thin slices, lay them on a hot gridiron, and when they begin to cook dip tho slices into cold water, roturn thorn to tho gridiron, nnd so continue until thoy aro sufficiently freshened. Whon nicely browned tako them up on a hot plattor, add a little butter, and servo vory hot Salt Fish with Cream. Soak a pound and a half of fish over night Simmer an hour and a half, thon irain and shred. Melt ono largo tnblospoonful of butter and mix in it Atablospoonful of flour; thon, add a quart of hot milk and tho fish. Add the beaten ogg and sorvo. Good Housekeeping. To bloae'i ivory lrmdles of steel knives protect the steel with a coat of wax or paraffin and set tho handles in a solution of chloride of limo ono part, vator four parts, for a day, moro or less; then wash tho handles with clean warm water, wlpo and dry. If satis factory, warm tho metal part and wlpo ofT the wax or paraffin. An excellent way to mako a palat ablo dish of tho remains of n ham is as follows: Take-one and one-hnlf pounds cf ham, fat and lean together, and chop very fine. Boil a largo slico Of bread in one-half pint of milk and heat it and tho ham well togothor. Add an ogg beaten, put In a mold and bako a rich brown. This is also nice sliced cold. Household. -Granulatod Wheat Gems. Stir two and one-half cups of fino granulat ed wheat slowly into a liquid, formed of ono cup of wator and ono cup of milk, seasoned with a snltspoonful of salt; thon beat rapidly until tho arm i3 weary, and fill vory hot iron gem pans, well buttered, giving tho batter a beat ing whilo filling and bako immediately In a hot ovon. Boston Cook Book. A savory nnd treasonable dish is codfish balls, mado as follows; Tick fino one quart of codfish, lot it simmer on tho back of tho stovo llfteon minutos, drain off tho water, then boll gently fifteen minutos; also boll six good sjzed potatoes, mash fine to mix whilo hot with tho fish; soason with salt and pepper, add a teaspoonful of butter; lastly, beat threo eggs woll and stir through tho fish and potato, drop into hot lard from a spoon or form into balls and fry; luy a napkin on tho plattor to absorb tho fat" - Milk is ono of tho host medicines. Beaf tea raroly contains moro than a fourth of tho nutriment of milk, and raw hoof juice is only equal to it in tho nutritive scalo. In diseases of tho stomach milk is invaluablo, and if tho patient finds it too hoavy, limo, soda or potash water may ho added, or ho may tako skim milk, which Is deprived of tho fat or whey, which lias no curd and is very easily absorbod. In con sumption milk is an essential article of diet, and In Bright s dUonoo it forms an Important iurt of thtt troatmoiit in foot we umy almost say with the coun try adulator, who took it as adjunct to ohln L'rlll. "Milk is good wl a' thiors'-Tho UosnUttl, England., SCAB IN HOlAIOcS. Nature or the ll:ie anil How to Pre. vent It Appearance. This is not a now disease, nor is it confined to our own country, but it also occurs in F.uropo nnd is tho subject of many papers in German works on plnu? diseases. Notwithstanding its preval ence and tho discussions it has elicited tliore is no settled agreement, oithor among scientists or agriculturists, as to tho cause. By some it has been held duo to fungi, whilo others attributo it to tho dopredatlons of worms in tho soil. In a recent article on tho subject by the chiof of tho section of Vegetable Pathology it is said that It is now the boliof of thoo who havo given the matter a careful study that it is not as a general thing, duo to either ouo of tho above mentioned causes, but Is the result of certain physiological changes that tako place in tho tuber when grown under certain condition-. Tho outer covering of the potato con-lsts of a thin, tough membrane, which serves as a protection to tho tender parts within. This enveloping coat is mado up of minute cells, by moans of which an exchango of gases takes place be tween tho interior and exterior of tho tuber. When from excess of moisture or other cause tho colls become en larged and tho skl-i is weakened decay sets in. In its efforts to heal the wound tho tuber gives rise to new layers of colls beneath tho diseased parts, and as tho result of this dying of the outer cells and tho formation of a new growth beneath a scab is produced. Thoro is a prevailing belief that ex treme humidity favors tho development of tho disease, but what further influ ence the character of tho soil has In producing it is not positively known. During tho year lS87a number of trials wore mado at the Now York Agricul tural Experiment Station, in which It was shown that an excess of moisture and tho use of fresh stable manure in creased tho number of scabby potatoes. Tho data obtained aro summed up as follows: (1) "The scab is not primarily caused by a fungus. (2) It is not due to tho work of Insects. (3) In nearly ovory instance an increased yield was accompanied by an increased percent age of scabby potatoos. (-1) Any mark ed change in tho rapidity of growth, either an increase or a decrease, tends to an increased production of scab. (6) A continuous growth from tho time of first vegetation until tho tubers are fully matured, appears to bo tho condi tion least favorable to tho production of scabby potatoos." Extensivo experiments with remedies for scab make it appear that special commercial fertilizers, while not infal liblo specifics againt scab, aro moro or loss efficient. Mr. E. S. Carmen says on tho subject: "Wo have used as much as a ton of tl. ) potato fertilizer which is strong in potasli to tho aero, and yot wo harvested clean potatoes, witli smooth skins and without scabs. Not so when fresh farm manure is used. This with us almost always causes scab by attracting wiro worms, which eat into tho skin and give tho potato tho samo corroded surface as tho fungus causes." Thoso who wore present at the harvesting of tho Rural Now Yorker's potato contest plot, whero tho fortilizor used was tho potato manure, ill tho rato of 1,700 pounds to tho aero, with a sprinkling of sulphur in tho trenches, will remember that tho largo product was singularly free from scab. Dr. F. M. Hoxatner and Dr. Henry Stuart aro numbered among oilier experimenters who havo expressed tho opinion that special commercial fertilizers aro effi cacious and to bo preferred in potato culturo to fresh farm-yard manure. N. Y. World. IN STRAIGHT ROWS. A System of I'lanting That Will Iteiliice the Work of Cultivation. It is an item toreduco the cultivation as much as possible or rnthor, to re duce tho work of cultivating. Tho greater tho work that can bo dono with tho cultivators or plows, tho less will bo tho work required to keep tho soil clean and in good tilth. This ap plies to all crops, whether in tho Hold, truck patch, small fruit patch or gar don. In addition to having tho rows straight, tho plants should stand in tho rows as ovonly as possible. This is ono advantago in using the seed drill; tho seed is sown much moro ovonly than It is possible to sow by hand, unloss moro than usual pains aro takon. Tho gar den cultivators, if properly used, will vory materially reduco tho work of keeping tho soil mellow and clear of weeds. If tho plants aro standing ovonly in straight rows, the cultivators or weedors can bo workod moro closely to tho plants; and tho closer this can bo dono tho less hand-weoding will bo needod. With a good sot of stakos and a lino tho rows can ho mado straight; and as nearly, or quite, all tho seed drills nro provided with markors that wliilo seed ing ono row mark tho noxt, with caro in getting tho rows straight at the start, ttioy can bo loft so. It is an aim In tho gardon to reduco hand-weeding or hoeing, and the use of the cultivator holps immensely in this direction. Then If caro is takon to havo tho plants In a straight lino and to work tho cul tivator closo to thorn, clean work can bo dono much moro easily than when proper caro is not takon in this way. Farmer's Call. 1'ulvorlzo about equal parts of com mon salt and alum, put thu mixture on cotton batting, ami apply same in tho uuvlty of tooth and relief will generally follow. Salt dissolved in alcohol will re move grouse snots, from cloth. CURRENT ITEMS. Four hundred nnd eighty-two works on theology nnd religion were published in the United States during tho year lsss. Of thcso 831) were made in tho United States. Tho clergyman In an English town, hnving published tho bans o matri mony between two persons, was fol lowed by tho clork, rending the hymn beginning with thcso words: ".Mistaken souls, who dream of Heaven." Phillip Frank Thomas, of Mary land, and II. M. Wa'.torsou, fat ho ol tho editor of tho Louisville Courier- Juurnul. aro tho only two now alive o! ', tho 211 members of the House and fifty-two Senators who composed the Congress of 1831). A Kingston, X. Y., mint ter mar ried a couple ono night recently, and whon signatures wero ns.d It) tho certificate it was found that neither the I bride, groom, I est man nor bridesmaid could wri'.o their names. They all ! signed by making marks. Tho Texas umbrella tree is becom ing a favorite for sha'ijnnd ornamental purposes in California. It is a large and beautiful tree, resembling an um brella In tho spread of its foliage, which is so dense that It affords perfect pro tection from either rain or sun. Tho iron grasshopper which for 1 17 years has marked the vacillations of the wind from his porch on tho tower of Fnuouil Hall, in Boston, ami ouo day lat mouth toppled down into the street, was restored to tho scene of his glory with touching ceremonies. This an cient relic is very dear to tho loyal Bos ton heart. Burls, used in making voneors with remarkable oxcontrieitios of grain, aro excresencos that grow upon various trees, such as tho walnut, rosewood, mahogany, oak and ash. Thoy weigh from 1,000 to 0,000 pounds, and tho largest and host como from Persia and Circassia, and cost in tho rough from fifteen to forty conts a pound. "Sixty or soventy species of gold onrod, and oven moro than this number of asters," says "Vick's Magazine." "aro found all over our land." "No othor flowers so abound and apparently claim possession as thoso. And grouped togothor thoy might appropriately bo taken as our National llowors, ombloms of endurance, vigor, light and free dom." A Dubuquo nowsboy latoly got ovon with a dead-boat Tho man owed tho boy for papers and would not pay him. Tho boy wrote to his (tho boy's) brother, who is attending school in Indiana, tolling about tho action of tho customor, and one day last week tho man reculved a box by express marked "O. O. D." Tho express charges amounted to sov oral dollars, and upon opening tho box It was found to bo full of bricks. Roforring to tho proportion of col lego graduates prominent in public af fairs, tho Philadelphia Nows cites tho fact that fifteen out of twonty-tUroo Presidents, fourteen out of twenty-four Vice-President's, ninoteon out of twon-ty-nino Secretaries of Stato, sixteen out of twenty-six Speakers of tho Houso, thirty out of forty-ono judges of tho Supremo Court, nnd fivo out of tho s(x Chlof-.Jusliees havo recoived a collo giato education. Tho United States Consul at Mar seilles, in a recent report, says that tho olivo oil industry of Southorn Franco is suffering heavily from tho almost uni versal practico of adulterating tho na tive oils of Nico and Provonco with various seed oils, such as scsamo, pea nut, poppy-soed, and especially colton soed, which last, by reason of its cheap ness, palatable flavor, and difficulty of detection, lias of recent yours sup plnntcd all tho othors as an adulter ant A Crawfordsvlllo, Ga., negro had a favorite cat that had boon given him, and tho feline would not stay with Its dusky muster. . The gontloinan of color Inquired around for a remedy by which ho could attach his cat to its now homo; and finally this remedy was glvonhlm: Moasuro tho length of tho cat's tall with a common broom straw, smut the straw with soot from tho family chimney, and plnco this tho charmer under tho doorstops. This was strictly followed and tho cat has not loft tho plnco slnco. A Vermont buttor-makor, who Is also a statistician, says that "tho cows of tho United States avorago only sov-anty-ono pounds of butter por year. Wo oat 200,000,000 pounds of oloo and soil 200,000,000 pounds of buttor for joap-greaso. We can not ship good buttor because wo need it all to oat Hugland last year bought 227,000,000 pounds at twonly-slx conts por pound, but wo could not supply hor, for our jurplus was too poor. Rollof from poor cows and low price never comes from legislation. Tho heaviest tax tho farmor pays is for his own Ignorance. Lot him learn his business and attend to it, and ho will havo no cause to rumble" A traveler who recently roturnod roin Pokln assorts that thoro is plenty to smell In that city, but vory llttlo to fee; Most of tho show places, such as Hie Temple of Heaven and the Marhlo llrldgo havo ono by ono boon closed to nitsido barbarians, who can not oven bribe their way. Tho houses aro all vory low and moan, tho stroots wholly tinpnvod mid aro always vory muddy ,nd dusty, and as thoro aro no sowers or josspools tho fllthlno-u of tho town Is idoscrablo. Ho adds that tho public oiilldlngs aro small, and In a decayed ind tumblod-duwu condition, and tho ioaroht ono can got to the emperor's pnlauo is to climb to the top of somo utilldlng outside the snored In closure mil surreptitiously peep over tho wall through an opera-glass. Kvoh then ho Iocs not sue much. CHING LUNG SURPRISED. A Chinese Mandarin Tell What lie Knows of Welern Women. A traveled Chlnoso mandarin who has lately communicated hi.s Impres sions of tho West to his cotmtrymou deals with great particularity with tho position and treatment of women ia Europe. These surprised him boyond moasuro. Thus tho notion of husband, and wifo walking arm in arm in publlo places fills him with umuemcnt "No body smiles at it," ho says, "and ovon a husband may perform any monial task in his wife's presence, yot no ono will laugh at him." Then, again, tho notion of men standing aside to let u woman pass, and tho code- of politeness which requires men to mako way for a woman, are to him ineotnprohonslblo. In China when tho men aro gorgod tho women (lino off tho scraps; but in Uio West "at meal-time tho nion must wait until tho women aro seated, and thon tako ono after another tholr places, nnd tho samo rule must ba ob served when tho meal Is fin shod." Western women havo curious notions about dress and uppearanco. "Thoy set store by a largo bust and slender waist, but whilo tho waist can bo com pressed, tho bust can not naturally bo enlarged; tho majority havo a wlckor contrivance mado wli eh Is con cealed undor tho bodlco on either side, and Is considered an adorn mont. If n woman is short sighted, she will publicly mount spec tacles. Even young girls In tholr teens pass thus along tho streets, and it is not regarded as strange." As for low dresses, ho observes In bowlldormont that women going to court regard a bare skin as a marie of respect Ho Is greatly oxorclsed how to describe kissing; tho thing or word does not exist among Chinese and accordingly holsdrlven to doscrlbo it. ' It is," ho says, "a form of cour tesy which consists in presenting tho lips to tho lower part of tho chin and making a sound" again, "children, whon visiting tholr seniors, apply tholr mouth to tho loft or right lips of tho older with a smacking noise" Womou as shop attondauts, women at home, womon with mustaches, then ongngo tho writor's attention, and ho passos on to "at homos," and dances. "Besides invitations to dinner thoro nro invita tions to a tea gathering, such as aro occasionally given by wealthy mor chunts or distinguished officials. Whoa tho time comos Invitations aro Bent to an equal numbor of men and womon. and after thoso ' aro all assembled, toa and sugar, milk, broad, and tho liko aro sot out as aids to convorsatlon. Moro particularly aro thoro invitations to Bkip and posturo, when tho host de cides what man is to bo tho partner of what woman, nnd what woman of what lima. Thon with both arms grasping each othor thoy lcavo tholr places in pairs nnd leap, kip, posturo, and prance for tholr iraitiial gratification. A man and a woiian previously un known to ono another may tako part la It" London Timos. - m HE MEANTWELU An Kimlorn I.aily'H AiUeVurn at a West ern Hallway Htltiun, Tho talk turned tho otior day on tho roughness of lifo in tin West in tho early days, and as a contrWion to tho facts of tho caso a lady wh has trav eled much in tho newer porlpns of the United States told of a littloxporionco of hor own. "I havo novor had nny Vory un pleasant adventures," sho saf "but somo of tho things which implied to mo wero at least unoonvontioniu One of tho drollest of them was only un. oxpected manifestation of kini.Cis Wo wero at a small station whoroi,a train slopped for wator, and tho pasn gors wore allowed tho privilogo of L. ing to oat uncatablo things at an one. moii3 price A cup of black brow th thoy called coffoo was in front of mo, and I was waiting for it to cool a llttlo and trying to mako up my mind to swallow it A big, clumsy, not ovor cloan ranchman stood closo to mo, and eolng that I did not tastothobovorago, ho supposed that something must bo wrong. Ho know that wo had only a fow minutes to wait, and that whatovor was to bo swallowed must bo mado away with at once; so In tho kindness of his honrt ho was moved to holp mo out of my difficulty. 'Wants to bo stlred, don't it?' ho romnrkod, evident ly supposing that I was waiting for tho sugar which, by tho way, I novor tako to ho dissolved. 'Hole, I'll fix it' Suiting tho action to tho word, ho whipped out a drondfully dirty jack knlfo, oponod tho biggest blado, and with it gavo my coffoo a vigorous stir ring. Think of it! And ho moant to bo so kind, tool" "And did you drink it?" askod ono of hor listeners. "Drink it? I would havo drank poison rather than hurt tho foolings of that great, blundering clown who thought ho was doing mo a favor, and was genorous enough to havo thought to spare for others in a placo whoro ovory body olso wits sololy Intent on making the most of his time for his own advantago. Of courso I drank it" Boston Courier. m m A soldier who had boon takon. prltonor had a wife and children living in Now Jersey. A good minister, learning that thoro was soon to be a general exchango of prisoners, and wishing to rollovo tho anxloty of tho wife, culled and told hor that hor hus band would probably bo oxchaugod In a short time "Woll," 6ald tho poor, hrokon-hoartcd woman, "I love John, and tho chlldron lovo htm, and if h Isn't so hniidsoiue as somo men, I don't want to oxchango him; and I won't havo a rebel for a husband, so uowl" Detroit Free Press.
