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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.
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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.
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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.