THE OREGON SCOUT
JOME A. CH AMCEY, - Publishers
UNION OREGON.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S EYES.
Ther Arc Quick 1n Ilpteotlnir Evidence
or Feminine Frivolity.
"Very forward;" wns tho criticism
Bald to havo been made by tho Quean
of England on tho occasion of tho pre
sentation of one of our most beautiful
American girls. Siiid a distinguished
English gentleman, a few years ago:
"Ilor Majesty seems to tond very
strictly to tho matter in hand, but
thero is not a trick of manner or a de
tail of dross that escapes her notice.
Jlor intuitions aro so keen, and tho val
ue that she sets on modesty is bo
.groat, her interest in tho young so
sincere, that she has becomo a famous
Toadcr of character. Tho Qucon do
tosts a Hint, and sho can dototect ono
of theso specimens almost at a glance.
Neither volvot nor satin nor precioua
stones can cast sufllciont clamor ovor
a tendency of this kind to hldo it-from
thoso truly motherly eyes.
It is said that ono day when Her Maj
esty was present in hor carriage at a
military rovlow, tho Princess ltoyal,
then about fourteen, seemed disposed
to bo a llttlo familiar and, possibly,
slightly coquottish, in thoughtless,
girlish fashion, with tho young oflleors
of the guard. Tho Queen tried to
catch her daughter's eye, but tho gay
uniforms wore too attractive, and tho
llttlo Princess paid no attontion to tho
silent ondenvors of hor mother. At
last, in a spirit of fun, sho enpped tho
climax of misdemeanors by dropping
lior handkerchief ovor tho side of tho
carriage, and tho Queen saw that it
was not an accident. Immediately two
or thrco gontloraan sprang from their
horses to return it to hor, butthohnnd
of roynlty waved them off.
'Thank you, but it is not necessary,"
Baid Her Majesty. "Loavo it just
whoro it lies," and then turning to hor
daughter, sho said: "Now I must ask
you to got down and pick up your
handkerchief."
"But, mnmma "
Tho littlo. Prlncoss' faco was scarlot,
and hor Hp quivered with nhamo.
"Yes, immediately," said tho Qucon.
Tho royal footman hud oponcd tho
door and stood waiting by tho side of
tho carriago, and tho poor, mortillod
littlo girl was obligod to stop down
and rascuohor ownhandkorchiof. This
was hard, but it was Balutary, and
probably nipped in tho bud tho girl's
first Impulso toward coquotry. Amor
lean mothers would do well to follow
bo meritorious and notublo an oxum
"plo. Hor Majesty has spoken vory plain
and sonslblo words to tho British no
hillty in regard to tho oilucatlon and
management of thoir girls, nnd on tho
Bubjcots of flirtation and immodoat
dressing sho Is eloquonL "I had no
idea your mothor observed my harm
less coquotry," said a young lady
whoso mother hud boon spoken to by
tho Quoon.
"1 havo no doubt it was harmless,"
replied tho Prlncoss Allco, who was tho
embodiment of kindness and sympathy,
und yot who novor hesitated to spoak
tho truth, "but it was certainly
thoughtless and unbecoming. It
wouldn't bo sufo for ono of us to bo
coquottish," bIio added, with a smilo.
"But I was not nwaro that Hor
Majesty ovor looked at mo alter tho
first formality was ovor," tho young
English girl rospondoil, dubiously.
Tho Princess1 smilo deoponed into a
laugh, as sho Baid: "Lot mo toll you
just ono thing, my dear; tho Qucon of
England has not ono puli' of oyos, mil
fifty, and thoso in tho back of hor head
oro hjiu'VoIb." Youth's Companion.
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, TWELVE HELPFUL RULES.
feoino Hint Hiivollmm Tried uith Notlceu
lily Good IClfiu-t.
I. Do not interrupt! othors in con
versation unnocoBsnrlly.
. 2. Bo unsolflsh.
' a. Havo courngo to spouk tho truth.
4. Do not shirk.
& If you havo boon to blamo, do not
try to throw tho blamo on somo ono
else. "If sho hadn't done BO-and-so it
wouldn't havo happonod."
6. When you havo usod an article
put It buok In Its plaoo; especially If It
Is ono used by tho family in common.
7. ltomombor that by your conduct
persons jiulgo of your hoino-tralnlng
and homo-lntluenccs.
8. Bo careful to meet your ongugo
niuuts promptly.
9. Bo punctual at meals.
10. Whatever Is worth doing at all,
is worth doing well.
II. Help others.
1". Lot your friends fool that you
can bo doponded upon to keep your
word. It will bo a coin fort to them to
havo somo ono to turn to in time ol
need, and it will bo a deep and lasting
pleasure to you to know thoy have
confidence In you. Virginia Alston,
in Ladles' Homo Journal,
Tho Czar's New Train.
A now iniporlal train has just boon
hullt for tho Emperor of Uussla. The
saloons are oovorod with iron outside,
and thoti como eight Inchon of cork,
instoud of tho Btool plntoa with which
tho carriago of tho old train wore pro
tootod. All tho saloons (which com
jnunlcato by a covered piiHsugo) are
oxaotly tho sumo In outward uppoar
anco, bo that no outsider may bo able
to discover In which carriago tho Czar
is traveling. During tho Emperor's
journoy last autumn ho pussod most
it il f'lirrhiL'o which, from
theouUido, looks fltco u luggago-vun.
THE PACIFIC COAST.
GIBBS TO STAND TRIAL ON THE
!10TH OF DECEMBER.
Wind titonn on the Hound-Offlcers of
tbe National Grange A Revolting
Crime Murder at Astoria
Schooner Lost.
Kelso now claims
700 inhabitants.
Belltngham Bay loses $25,000
by tho
recent windstorm.
Giblw. the Pullman porter, will be
tried December 10.
Portland is agitating the dangers of tho
elcctnc light wire system.
Shccpherder Brooks accidentally shot
himself fatally near Colfax.
The Portland high school is decreas
ing in attendance annually.
Divorce suits havo lust dounlcd in
number at Portland in six years.
John Vailes. 70 years old, will walk
from San Francisco to Now York.
Tho Manitoba railway promises to
build to Spokane the coming j car.
Several lives were lost in tho bay at
Eureka, Cal., during a heavy swell.
Tho schooner Gracio B. Richardson
has boon lost off Stewart's Point, Cal.
Eastern gentlemen are talking of es
tablishing smelting works at Albany.
A $5,000,000 loan and investment com
pany has been incorporated at Seattle.
Colfax is to havo a magnificent theater
built, to be called tho Wall streot opera
houso.
Nearly $100100 lins been raised at
Spokane for tho Methodist college at
that place.
Miss Ella Markliain was shot at in a
ball room at llwaco by a jealous admirer
named Boss.
A bicyclo tournament in which sev
eral ladies took part, was held in Port
land last week.
Fr.lerick Keller, at San Francisco,
took a doso of carbolic acid by mistake
and died iu agony.
Adam Albert was run over by a hand
car near waitsmirg, receiving injuries
from which ho died.
James Thompson, of Astoria, fell off
tho tho steamer II. It. Thompson, at
"Wcstport, and was drowneu.
"Salvation Butch.'' as John Johnson
of ABtoria was called, waB murdered for
tho winnings of a gambling game.
An old painter named AValton is under
indictment at Portland for savagely as
saulting his wife with a butcher knife.
Tho pupils of tho Pendleton Indian
school havo been removed into town
until tho completion of tho now building.
Tlioro aro now over 200 men employed
in tho machine shops at Albina. Tho
pay roll oi last month amounted to
$10,000.
A Chinese girl, 1(1 years of age, hanged
herself with a ropo at the ChinebO mis
Blon school on Sacramento street, Sun
Francisco.
Tho Sunday closing association nt
Portland aro making things lively for all
violators. It is getting impossible to
buy a hat or umbrella on Sunday.
It is proposed to sell tho prepont site
of tho Stato University at Seattle and
purchase a more desirablo ono. It is
thought $500,000 could bo realized.
Tho PrcBbytnrian tabornaclo at Taco
ma had its roof blown off by a hurricano
during service Tho congregation
niBhed panic-stricken out of doors.
Tho government telegraph line, twen-tv-llvo
and one-half miles long, from
Fort Stevens to Tillamook heud, has
been Inspected and found satisfactory.
Sovoral carloads of Nebraska corn ar
rived in La Grando last week. Tho corn
is to bo ground nt tho Pacific const ele
vator and then realiipped to Spoknno
Falls.
Somo wretch stolo old Ephraim
Daniels' wallet from him as ho sat
asleep in his cabin at Seattle, and then
sot lire to tho houso. Daniels' was
badly bumod.
Mrs. Jennie Langford who sued tho
Joiicb doctors in Portland for heavy
dainagOB for malpractice died thero last
wook. A post inortom was hud uion
hor remains.
Tho Southern Pacific havo 1M0O tons
of steel rails en routo from Atlantic
ports. Theso will replace tho remaining
twonty-llvo miles of iron between Port
land and Ashland.
After n two weoka' trial at San Fran
cisco tho government recovers $8000
damages from John B. Hito and John
W. Snider, for cutting timber on govern
ment land In Mariposa county.
E. M. Andrews, a wealthy contractor
formerly of Now England, long mourned
us dead, has turned up at San Francisco,
and has refunded to tho MasoiiB tho
$3000 thoy paid his wife as insurance on
his lite.
B. LeitklcBO, a man past tho primo of
life, was arrested at Portland on tho
charge of committing a moat revolting
crluio. His wife accuses him of incest
with his 18-venr-old daughter. It la al
leged that Loltkloso is tho father of two
cliildron by h!s daughter. ,
San FranciBco parties havo leased for
llvo vears a rich deposit of bitumen situ
ated near Gilroy. Thoy havo a lame
force of men milling and hauling tho
same for Bhipmont to tho city. A enr
loatl dally Is going forward and is fetch
ing lu San Francisco from $12 to $20 per
ton.
Tho national grange at Sacramento
elected tho following olllcera : J. H.
Brlghum, of Ohio, inuator; Hiram Haw
kiim, of Alabama, overseer; Mortimer
Whitehead, of New Jersey, lecturer; A.
J. Boao, of Texas, chaplain; E. W.
DuvIb, of Callfornltt, Btowurd; F. M. Mc
Dowell, of Now York, treasurer; John
Trimble, of Washington, D. O., secre
tary; L. Bhouo, of PeniiBvlvanla, J. J.
Woodman, of Michigan, L. Chnrtleres.
of Virginia, and J. H. Blughum, of
Ohio, executive committee.
Tho independent oil deal iu the Ohio
Hold has been completed. It embraces a
reorganization of tho Glyser Oil Com
pnny with a capital Btock of $800,000.'
und a tract of 3000 acres of valuable oil
lonu.
KORK1UN KliAMHKt.
Tho Deposition of the Brazilian Em
peror Hawaii Seeking a
Closer Alliance.
Tivolimnnv in ntlll lw?nf I'iven Ixv-
. J r. o-
iorc mo rumen commission.
Germany and Belgium have agreed to
divide the district of Moresnet between
them.
Two hundred whales were recently
captured in tho vicinity of-the Orkney
islands.
It is nuthoritativoly stated that Mio
papal aeo will not remove the ban from
secret societies.
The statue of William III of Orange,
was unveiled at Belfast, in the presence
of 30,000 Orangemen.
A committee of fivo engineers will sail
from Paris next week to examine and
rejwrt on tho Panama canal.
While on Iiis way to the sessions of
tho Parnell commission, Justice Day
was knocked down and injured.
Tho Now York Herald will send an ex
pedition from Zanzibar to meet and re
lieve Stanley and Emin Pasha.
Eight persons were killed and twenty
injnrod by an explosion in tho royal
powder houso at Honaw, Prussia.
The anti-Blavery congress is in session
at Brus&els, Prince Da Cliimay, Belgian
minister of foreign affairs, presiding.
At tho promised strike of London
bakers, only 450 went out, tho othors
having compromised their difficulties.
Secretary Tracy is considering tho
proposition to purchase a site and estab
lish a coaling station at Pago, Samoa.
Tho sultan of Zanzibar is quarreling
with tho East Africa company ovor the
settlement of losses In tho recent revolt.
Tho German consul at Hong Kong
telegrapliH that a typhoon has ravaged
tho country between Hong Kong and
Saigon.
Mourra Boy, tho Kurdish chitf,
charged with perpetrating outrages upon
Christians in Armenia, is on trial at
Constantinople.
Tho Russian government says the
wheat crop of tho empire is short 91,-
000,000 bushels, and tho ryo crop short
95,000,000 bushels.
According to a
special cablo from
government hap de-
Keiff, the Russian
tormined to abolish
banishment to Sibe
ria as a punishment to criminals.
Paris ia excited ovor a scurrilous nt-
tack mado upon Miss Gwendolen Cald
well, of Philadelphia, whoso recent en
gagement with Princo Murat was broken
off.
Tho now Brazilian republic styleB
itself, "Tho United Stntes of Brazil."
Meanwhile efforts aro making for the
roinstallment of tho monarchy and Dom
Pedro.
The price of beef has been so increased
in Germany that strong efforts are being
made to have tho government remove
tho restrictions on tho importation of
foreign cattle.
Tho Princess of Wales refuses to ask
her majesty to interfere with a pardon
for Mrs. Maybrick. A petition of over
1000 English and American women was
presented to hor.
Lord Londonderry has granted tho de
mands ot tho striking colliers at his
Silksworth colliery in Durham and work
will bo resumed at once. Three thou
sand men are affected.
A man was caught by tho Frankfort
polieo in tho act of murdering a woman
on tho streets, a la "Jack tho Kipper."
Tho body was horribly mutilated. The
fiend gavo tho namo of Bender.
It is understood that C. O. Colby, M.
P., will enter tho Canadian cabinet
shortly as president of tho council, and
that Sir John Macdonald will becomo
minister of railways and canals.
Tho awards made at tho Paris art ex
position aro tho subject of acrimonious
discussion in art circles in Europe. One
prize has in consequence been with
drawn, and another is in jeopardy.
Tho bodies of a man and three sons
woro found In a well near Homo. All
tho members of a family residing in the
vicinity havo been arrested. A feud had
existed between tho two families.
An official investigation will bo mado
at Calcutta into tho public and private
life of tho Maharajah of Bhownnugger.
Churges aro preferred against him of a
most revolting and scandalous nature.
Concession has ''eon granted tho rail
road from Mutnmoras, Tehuantopec and
thence to somo as yet not given point in
Yucatan, with branches to tho Guate
malian froutier and the City of Mexico.
A movement, is on foot to ovangtlize
tho West End, the fashionablo part of
London. All fashionables will be per
sonally visited, ewn the Prince of
Wales, who will be asked to asaist in
tho propagation of religiou.
Tho suit for criminal libel brought by
John A. Chandos, of London, against
Mrs. Blooinllold Mooro, for allowing lot
tors defamatory to his charactor to leave
lie possession, has been dropped.
Ciianuos pays tho accrued costs.
A lottcr received at AVashlngton from
Caracas, dated November 5, states that
on October 20 tho statues of Guzman
Blanco, In that city were pulled down
and dragged through the streets m
pieces. .Similar statues in other cities
mot a llko fato.
H. A. P. Carter, tho Hawaiian minis
ter, wants tho United Statea to guarantee
the independence of Hawaii; to permit
congress to establish free trade between
the countrlea; to niako tho present trea
ties terminable only after a mutual con
ference, instead of after a year's per
emptory notico, as at present,
Tho movement to establish an olectrlc
motor lino to the old town at North
Yakima and out on to tho beach laud is
gradually assuming shape, nnd will soon
bo an nBBiired tact. A bonus of $800,000
has Innrn subscribed for. and tho Gray's
Harbor, Lhchalis A Yakima railroad
will tako definite shape.
Two years ago a young man inliBted at
Fort Can by. It is now known that ho is
the eldest son of Lord Chief Justice
Cliarleu BereBford, of Ireland, heir pre
sumptive to an immense fortune. St ops
wero taken to secure his release, and
now word comes that he is aiout to wed
one of tho proudest titled heiresses lu
Great Britain.
EASTERN ITEMS.
EX-PRESIDENT HATES ON THE
PRESENT JURY SYSTEM.
English Investments in Mllwauke Grnln
Elevators Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowo Mildly Demented.
Floods In the East.
Twelve thousand slice" perished in the
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recent uiizzaru in sew .Mexico.
Lotia, the actress, has been soriously
injured by a runaway team in Boston.
Tl:o Cronin jury is still occupied in
listening to tno witnesses for the defense.
Wholesale arrests under the Sunday
closing law are being mado at Cincin
nati.
Black Uart haB been sentenced to a
life servitude in the Michigan paniten
tiary.
William Bloemer and Hugh McIIargne
shot and killed each other at Mt. Ver
non, Ky.
Ex-Commissioner Tanner's daughter
Ada lias resigned ner placo in the pen
sion office.
The congress of American nations is
in session at Washington, Mr. Blaine
presiding.
Alico Jackman, a highly connected
belle and hoiress of St. Louie, has been
kidnapped.
Tho president is being urtred to ask
congress lor a uniform bankrupt law for
tho Uuitfd States.
James Gordon Bennett has sold the
Herald building in New York to John
Pcttitfor $1,000,000.
The president is said to be preparing a
proclamation throwing open tho Sioux
reservation to settlers.
Tho president hns appointed Wilder
Sweet, of Idaho, associate justice of tho
supreme court of Idaho.
Secretary Windom ia anxious to Rtop
coining eilver, and issuo silver certifi
cates for deposited bullion.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is mildly
demented, nnd is railed at by hoodlums
in tho streets of Hartford.
Tho nottorv workn nt E.ist Liverpool.
Ohio, said to bo tho finest in the world,
are in ashes. Loss, $250,000.
Contributions have been pouring in to
Mrs. Parnoll's aid since tho report of lier
destitution has been given out.
The receipts and expenditures of tho
National Grange for tho past year were
$13,998 and $13,763 respectively.
The Mormon exposures nt Salt Lake
City aro still in progress in the courts
and are attracting wide-spread attention.
A weanling colt was recently sold in
Kentucky for $5000. said to be the
highest price ever paid for a colt at that
age.
Ex-President Haves attacked the
present jury Bystem in a speech beforo
tho natiomd prison congreHS at Nash
ville.
Shaefer, Slosson and Vignaux will
play a billiard tournament in Now York
m January and another in Chicago in
February.
Stephen W. Dorsey, of Now York, has
satisfied judgment for $112,928 obtained
against him by Arthur Levy, of Lon
don, England.
The forgeries of Barrett, tho missing
piano dealer of Cleveland, Ohio aro
now estimated at $100,000, nearly all his
friends being victimized.
Tho largest assemblage over gathered
to witness college athletics, attended the
Princoton-Hnrvard football game at Cam
bridge. Princeton won.
Mrs. Delia Parnell, mother of tho
Irish patriot, is in extreme destitution at
her New Jersey home. Various projects
havo been started for hei relief.
" Since October 1 over $500,000 worth of
horses havo been sold in four counties
alono in Kentucky, and tho sales of the
year will easily foot up $3,00J,000.
Catholics havo begun a crusade in
Baltimore against tho saloons. It is
hoped to redme the city's 2S00 saloons
to 900, paving $UKX) a year license.
Tho Knights of Lalor refused to ndopt
an eight-hour resolution. Tho feeling
was that this should be left to indi
vidual lodges, as local conditions vary.
Tho Trunk lino presidents havo abol
ished all commissions and rebates west
of Chicago. An effort is making to have
similar action taken by liuea outside tho
association.
Tho options on b'ix flouring mills and
a'l the grain elevators in Milwaukie, ex
cept thoso owned by the St. Paul road,
are reported to havo been secured by an
English syndicate.
Tho Typographical Union of Topoka
proposes" erecting a monument to com
memorate tho services and newspaper
career of tho late John A. Martin, ex
govoinor of Kansas.
The New York chamber of commerce
held ita 121st annual banquet last week.
Among tho speakera wore ex-President
Cleveland, Justice Miller, ex-Minister
Phelps and Secretary Noble.
Threo dynamite cartridges wero ex
ploded under a theater at Wis
consin. Tho building was d.i . but
no ono in tho large audience wus. injured.
No clue to tho perotrators.
A frolght train was wrecked in Wash
ita canvon, I. T., on tho Denver, Fort
Worth it Texas. Engineer Wilmath and
Brakeiuan Weira woro killed, and Firo
aian Elam was badly inju-ed.
Colonel Ambrose Dudley Mann, who
was assistant secretary of Btate under
President Pierce, nnd one of ttie joint
commissioners sent to Eufpo by Jeffer
son DaviB in IStil to secure recognition
of tho confederacy, and who has re
mained in voluntary exile over since,
died in London, at the ace of hU.
A one-legged colored man whom the
Seattle police were after tho other day
took refuge hi a cellar, barred tho door
and delicti tho whole force. The fire de
partment was called out and tho cellar
pumped full of water. When it camo up
to tho negro's chin ho came out and sur
rendered. Since then he hns been sent
tothoTacoma ja't, from which he has
escaped three times.
HU11K A.MI FAKJ1.
How to Salt Butter Care of Flowers
During Winter-Horse Shoes
and Shoeing.
All plants that are set out in the fall
for a permanent patch, such as raspber
ries, blackberries, etc , should bo out
back to within six inches of the roots.
Canes that a. o left on will be of no ad
vantage next season.
What are called pour apples aro really
sweet, though their tartness hides the
saccharine properties they contain. Some
of the richest sour apples, as the Itusset,
make very strong vinegar, which thoy
could not" do if they did not contain a
good deal of sweetness.
Ti tiinl!m nS1nr fftc vinotrni1 if ia n tillU
take to use the partially rotten or infe
rior apples for that purpose. Good vine
gar can only be made Irom ripe and
sound apples, and where it is difficult to
ship apples to market it will pay lo con
vert them into vinegar.
The rich black liquid that flows off
from the barn-yard contains the wealth
of the farm. Use absorbent material,
and save it. The loss of liquid manure
is groat, and if saved would not only add
fertilizing matter to the farm but In
creases tho value of the solids.
Asparagus beds may bo mado now.
Placo the roots two fcjt apart, first mak
ing the bed very rich with manure. I
is usual to have the roots closer, but as
the roots will thicken in tho bed in tho
course of time, it is better to allow
plenty of room in tho beginning.
Rose slugs will do damage if the
bubhea nre not. guarded. A solution of
an ounce of pyretlirum powder in a gal
lon of water, sprayed on the bushes, is
excellent, but a stream of water from a
force pump, applied daily, is ono of the
best remedies tliat can be used.
Keep something growing on the land
and you will then keep down the weeds.
It does not pay to take off a crop and
then allow tho laud to grow up in weeds.
It ia better to plow the laud frequently
if no crop is on it. The aim should be
to not allow a single weed to grow.
Tho quality of milk cannot be fixed by
law. The milk from some cowa will
contain a lower percentage of solid mat
ter than others. It is oven impossible
to obtain the same quantity of milk from
ono cow. Her food, duration of milking
period, facilities for obtaining water and
the manner of being milked influences
tho quality. The milk of cows from
young grass will vary greatly from that
produced from ground grain.
As soon as the coupling season is over
he breeding ewes should be separated
from' tho flock and fed on nourishing
food. They should not bo made too fat,
for fear of milk fever at lambing time,
but they require good feeding if they are
to produce strong lambs. Plenty of hay
mith a mesa of ground oats once a day
should keep them in good condition
without liability of the ewea becoming
too fat.
Do not make the earth in boxes and
flower jots too rich. All plants pro
tected during the winter by Betting them
on a stand in a warm room, such as
geraniums, should not muse heavy
growth, but be kept in good condition
for slipping, as the spring and summer is
the proper season for having them to per
fection. The nie.dy bug must bo
guarded against when the plants are
kept in warm atmosphere.
Frozen milk cannot only be trans
lated with ease, but as long as it can be
kept frozen will come out perfectly fresh.
Experiments iu this line showed that in
cooking qualities and in yield of cream
aa well as in other respects, frozen milk
corresponded with quite new milk, and
butter and cheese could be prepared
from it quite aa well as from now milk.
Theso results are detailed in a paper by
M. Guerin, of Grandvihes, Vosges, be
fore the Agricultural Society of Franco.
It is proposed to try the idea on a large
scale by freezing milk in ordinary iron
mnchiues.
Now that horses will be stabled at
night or should be, the most perfect
cleanliness should be observed. The
floor, if of wood, should bo frequently
drenched with water, and then sprinkled
with finely ground, gypsum (plaster), by
which tho etrong, pungent odor common
to stables will bo neutralized and ab
sorbed. This strong odor of ammonia,
which often pains the eyes and nostrils
of a man, is exceedingly injurious to
horses. It rota leather and corrodes
varnish, and what must bo its effect on
the eyes and lungs of the horses confined
in it during whole nights ? Foul air pro
motes glanders, farcy, blindness, influ
enza (epizootic), pneumonia, heaves, all
coiuiirn diseases of horses; and tho
acrid manure in which horses are com
pelled to stand causes not only the in
jurious vapor but rots the hoofs and irri
tates the skin.
The blunders and carelessness of
liorse-shoers often subject "tho noblest
of all auitnals" to needless discomfort if
not cruelty. A recent writer remarks
that tho proper form of tho ahoo can bo
adapted for relieving concussion in
horBea subjected to hard and fast work.
It allows the frog and probably a portion
of the solo and bars to come in contact
with tho ground, so that the weight of
tho animal is distributed over a greater
surface of the foot, and not confided en
tirely to the wall, as in the case of the
seated shoe. The elasticity of tho horn
may to somo extent relievo the foot and
leg from concussion, but tho frog, if al
lowed to come to tho ground, acts much
better Tho same authority suggeMa or
advises, on another point, in thi wise:
To prevent horses utriking th shoe of
tho forefoot with tho shoo of ih- hind
foot, shorten the toe of tho 'nrnt shoes
and lengthen those o. the himlfoot, and
iu a littlo whilo it will catuo the horso to
pick up his forefeet quicker and the
hiudfeet slower.
The horso is blanketed to prevent
colds, while tho cow ia turned out to
face tho storms. The cow cannot onduro
cold auv letter than other animals, and
though it may not be necessary to blan
ket her, yet s'ho should have a shed, or
Bomo other protection in the barn-yard.
A temperature of from M to 0 ' is nec
essary in churning, and lis the weather
becomes cold the churn and cream must
be warmed. Tl.e ""i.porature can be
easily regulated by tuo aid of warm and
cold wator to raise or reduce as Is re
quired. Tho churn itself may be vifiry
cold, aud some dairymen pour warm
water Into it, and then renew it before
putting the cream in.
MISTAKES IN GRAMMAR. I
niutiiler. Tlint Are FreqnentlT Srndff
Through Flieer ClnrplMsncs.
Faults nro pardonablo In conversa
llon which nro not pardonable In wrlt
:en compositions. But wo must bo
unroful not to tnko too much leoward
In this regard, and not to make mis
takes in grammar and pronunciation.
Somo people aro guilty of grammatical
blunders, through sheer carelessness.
Thus, a lady of my acquaintance, who
understands trigonometry, and can
translate Virgil, often says to mo
"you was." and yot sho knows per
fectly well that this is an inexcusable
aiistako.
Other people, who ought to know
better, say "hodon't" for "ho doesn't,"
'I don't know ns I do," Instead or "l
don't know that I do." "Aint" nnd
"taint" aro not often used now by ed-.:aU-d
people, unless in a jesting way.
It is an unwiso thing, however, to bo
careless or inaccurate in one's
pronunciation or uso of language,
t;!nco tricks of speech nro easily
cnught, nnd very hard to get rid of.
Thus, when ono is talking to servants,
or other uneducated people, ono Is
often templed to adopt their phrase
ology, in order to bo readily under
stood by them, but It is better to with
stand tho temptation, even if ono
should bo obliged in consequence to
tako more troublo to express one's
meaning clearly.
What shall bo Enid of tho woman
who says "I done it?" Sho has cer
tainly placed herself botweon tho horn
cf n dilemma. Hor hearers will infer
either that hor early education was
neglected, or thnt sho associated with
uneducated peoplo during her child
hood. And yot this is a grammatical
fault, which seems hard to got rid of.
Persons who never say "I seen It," oi
"ho has went," or "thorn, things," will
occasionally betray themselves by lot
ting slip tho fatal "I dono it."
It is quite as incorrect to uso "ho"
and "1" for "him" and "mo." or vice
versa, as it is to say "I dono it," and
vet the first-named class of faults that
of using tho wrong pronouns is some
times committed by educated people.
Indeed, I havo heard tho phraso "it
is mo" justified, on tho ground thnt It
was a literal translation of tho Fronch
"c' est jjioj." But our English gram
mar does not. like its French name
sake, justify tho employment of certain
pronouncial forms, merely for tho valuo
of euphony. "Hois older than I" may
not sound so well as "ho Is older than
mo," yot tho former Is tho correct form.
It la a vory common mistake to say
"Between vou and 1," nnd yet a mo
ment's reflection should convinco any
ono who has ovor studied grammar
that ho should say "Between you and
me." Florence Howo Hall, in Ladies'
Homo Journal.
HOW TO SAVE TIME.
It Cim ltd Ilnuo ly Milking Kvi'i-y Word
anil Kvory Act 'lull.
Time is money, says tho old ndago.
Millions of people do not seem to think
so, or else aro exceedingly profligate in
tho uso of monoy. Tho wasto of the
precious moments is boyond computa
tion, and wo do not mean to touch up
on tho generally recognized mothods
of wasting time which tho idlor and
drunkard, for instance, mako uso of.
Wo desire particularly to call atten
tion to tho wasto of time, of which so
many of us aro guilty, in ordinary bus
iness affairs. Wo lack strict method
in many things that we do every day.
Tho man who builds an inconvenient
houso or barn makes tho wasto of time
a necessity. Every unnecessary stop
wo lake is a waste of time. Perhaps tho
averago man wastes a quarter of his
life by practicing jioor mothods or no
mothods at all. Frequently old cus
toms aro greatly to blamo for tho
profligacy. Wo too often insist in
kcoplng in old ruts although It re
quires much longer to arrive at a
certain point by tho old rut than if wo
go out and cut across lots. It is said
that leaving out tho letter u in words
iiko honour is equivalent in saving to
tho world tho productlvo capacity of
llvo hundred mon every year. That is
it took all tho timo of fivo hundred
men every year to mako that letter In
such words as tho ono named. Tho
old system of teaching In our schools
was another Illustration of tho wasto
of timo through imperfect mothods
and old customs. It required weeks
and months for a child to learn the
alphabet. It required other weoks
and months for it to learn tho multi
plication table. Now many a child
is taught to road, who could not ro
pe. ,t tho alphabet to savo Its life, and
is quito prolieiont In arithmetic with
mt being ablo to repoat tho multipli
cation table. A child Is taugnt to
road iu a short time. Hla textbook Is
not a book at all. Perhaps a crass
hopper is put Into tho hand of tho llt
t;o six-year-old and ho handles and
ftudtes that grasshopper for days and
Aooks, and from It ho learns to road,
icarns tho uso of figures and a good
deal of natural history. Without go
ing Into tho dotalls of tho systotn, tho
child learns more from that system of
teaching lu a few days than ho would
learn in weeks from tho old systotn. It
Is a great saving of time.
Timo is an important elomont in all
hat wo undortako. It Is an important
elomont in reform work, and to savo
timo Id such work, wo need to bo practi
cal In all that wo advocate. Impractical
thoorlos will not bo accepted by tho
masses. To advocate thorn is timo
thrown away. Wo should aim to mako
overy word and every act tell West
ern Kural.
Tho grub makes tho butterfly; tho
blacksmith makes tho fire fly. Yon
Jtet's Gazette.