til-
...it
com plain of the
rtona evade the
oiu h m
i fining them a vote.
ut SO p;oet rgrr aod freight con
's m tie Altai. tic aid .Pacific
ul have been tli.seargpd.
S Gdroy Advocate intimate that
. ported dinvAery t f oal near
ity ha ttru exaggerated.
'oiooso gsidtier applied to the
'n-isr lae'ory at ataunville for
tract 70 acres ot ltt-.
-e t Hi ,;1 (irnnl ill Nevada j??vi
j,ue (Vep.) !r coi'Rwm, CU21
, btiit Oaeu!y, (IKm.) 5Gl2.
-nta Uo-a lel; v it will, within a
he Cotincvtt d by rsil villi Ihe
veMem boundary hue of S.uioma,
'. An rtcian wll it KVior, SUn
,)u-gi oountv, fr.vt.is-hes lth hou-e
j,v.ii waicr lt-H di grots t mperature.
A tm of litniuouB coal,lhre
ot in vt . '".!. 5-i-ttovi discovered in
Samioh, U V., '2) ft-1 ftuin the iut
Tate. Thirteen and opt -half ton of bar
nel s am! ih IS h-h w re scraped t ff
ilw K.tua if Use Olympian at Vic
toria. l .
A by trmp, aged about 13 year,
aliened at the t?uieuu depot, was
fiVind to Lave two loaded revolver oi
""-viso'l. : '
kvs in TeHer routder ca-t
-.a in F15 UriJieht in a Yerduk
."guilty.' .Mrs. V'itXr killed lie
Aud in self defouse. - . v
ad iog lawyer in Nevada believe
o.Dbiuuii nil amendments that
adopted bv the p "wkr vote last
.mur, are null ami Void.
U n undertaker's shop in Wan I?er
diiio William Graham t-os a drink
emhalnm'g Huid, thinking n wk
r. llelied in great agony.
Mra. A"!;ce C. Whitf rd, wife of a
ffer'banker, has gone hopv-leatly
ic'at Pomona on sccount of her
l.d'e c mphiiul in a divorce suit,
'xty acre of land were purchased
"attle for the Kite of a Vug smelter
live the ores cf the northwest,
special': those of the Coaur
jF.en' of fish fromj Hanford
5 -,moore, Tulare county, 60 .625
nils from September 15th to le
t 1, 1SS. Tbe fi-di were taken
' re lake. . ;
jt panics nave! been cr
velop the oiJl fields in
il Cj.utiWAht xcite-
.' Gallup, where oil i in
e that in many lacali
rivulets.
three feet long with
mid the other day
, hotol at Tui'-
' has brtck
" " U it? ujv
by
rhe
' -eft
18-
ert
7"T T-v
tioura and euf jeCy
uilhe tte't becaufec
twy him $45 for three rii
haebeen taken by th
hed to answer before tbe .
rton a charge of false in
enU ., .
-idics. when they purchnst kid
;. should examine separately the
f each glove and take nor"3 that
. iken stitches. Stretd the
fuT- v nn, the and
"-vim
. v . "
i
.w
ago ,VIre.
. rch
i to
3een
iior
ison-
. walkiiiR it. na.
1M iu proy !.'. Ihitl
nil its the imprttion f
tt'ralure trom the United
ihe Missouri
to exiHt after
4 mad itiu
Iiuteher' froteetive SHm:ia
iiunati, hag declared a boy-
, agi di-esard beef .
. -
"tall of mow in Michigan
HI lh lumbermen to iiegin
r lagging operations.
UiHnd pioid4witneFetl a
:Stlall at I'hiladelphia lat
4fcin,dixr at the sUta
. y
- . Vctly and lie irand-
svhdU?t & I';' r day and
. - rut d in u inceni.' ary nr at
'orcBt Citv, l i nn, r
r
The in k Kvw oll aotioiiB in
KentucLy ate htavily armed aud pre
parh k i r a tight. The Fiench parly
hat 33 t kn, hetvily vrmed.
Fiai en Muiphy baa made 2000 to
tal nhft'iinue men in ludiaiiaHlia.
II i methods appear to be more effec
tive tlun the prohibition vote.
There have been threw heavy 'iow
tl'.de en the Canadian T lacltie rail
road in the mountain. during the last
few wet ks, all at or near Field.
The owner of the ivlead Btearoei
H.rti!ii Hepuhiic, demand dwrnapeB
ftum 1 1 a y ti amounting to 1200,000,
and the t-hip'a crew 1 15,000,
B. jjsrdua was defeated in a pigon
(hoonng match at Cincinnati iv Al
Rn.d. TUe Utter killed all his
bird, 13; Bogardua killed .
Ft ar wonisn had an 8 hour bicycle
rat t N w Vc-ik Tufaday night. Lot
tie Manh-y made 80 miles and teemed
$.'(. si d the diamund medal.
C. J. Kerhsw, who failed for two
miihoi-B in ttie Cinciuuati wheat cor-
i)r, has arranged to py nenrly ytJ
cnii oa the dollar on alt the claim.
Ft r, Disrey'a sdvunce agen,
jnnifod fnnu swift moving train,
hit J0 miies fn ni Ch-yeiiiie, Tue
dy. lie was not killed, but badly
bruiftd. - '
S'uee 1S35, and including the one
ati utek, nine explosion have oc
curred at the io der work in Wint.
hm. Maine. Alugethtr 33 livr have
been kst.
Indictment have been found in
J. UVrcon county, Ind., against every
pilot who took out a 8ut dy escar-
Mon irom iitai locality during lue
t Bummer.
Linctdn, Neb., has a :itiier named
John McAllister, worth $30,000, who
liven alone in a small room in state
of at ject tqua'or. He is a monoma
niac on "logic. ,
The football team at Durnatn, N.
C, ha had powerful electric lightB
Kinpeudvd over ita ground and pro-
po0 to play the game during tbe
evening nereaiter.
Fouut Horner, aged 20, while crsiy
drunk, ran throuKh the strteU of
Charleston, W. Va., Tuesday with a
club, hitting everybody he met. He
struck Edward Ames, who stabbed
him to detth.
General David Stanley, waa arrested
recertly by order of the mayor of Aus
tin, Tex., d ut the tailor refuteA to in
carcerate him. The general was exe
cuting an older of ejectment iwsued by
the war impart menu
The model of the monument which
is to he erected in Haymarket square,
Chicago, in memory of the policemea
who fell in the encounter with the au-
archustg. ha txen finished, and will
be sent to New York for casting.
The St. Louis Foa'-DiBpatch Christ
ma fund reach, d $10,000. The sub
Fcription started at 10 cents. Fully
15,000 poor children received pre-
enta Tuesday, and for hour the vicin
ity of the exposition building was
packed.
A riot broke out afresh at Bevter,
Mo., the scene of the recent mine
troubles, last week. The negroes weie
ihe aggressor, and not only did they
grow boisterous, but attempted intimi
dation by the free use of firearms. The
nulitianctt'd promptly, and luaaday
nifehl fm of the leader were in the
guard-house..
Arkansas has received the honor
able mention of showing tbe greatest
number aud best varieties of seedling
pp?ts before the Illiuoi-Horticultural
Society. That state won the same
award at New Orleans, Biston and
Riversiee.
An odd present . was received by
Gen. Harrison Christmas from Port
land, r presenting a spider's web o'
fine wire, with a ppider and a fly in it
n clote proximity. - Underneath wen
the words: Home, Sweet Home."
The general was unable to see the sig
nificance of the gift.
A man may bo thoroughly consci
sntious, and yet not have the skill to
make a good house, or shoe, or web of
lilk, or carriage, or poem, or speech.
Yet we can better spare the skill than
the conscience; for skill in itself, even
the highest, gives no assurance that th
work done will be according to ability."
oks are made, nails are driven, seam
j sew ed, ships are navigated,' laws
; enforced, in the most successful
when they are veined and arteried
r conscience. The Advance
, - .it!y Un?
fi. ' in tieur
r. .' v oiuculio
to sc ; , .iter. A
amikK I ,.,'un spplo
ttrchii'.u v -. - iovide a h(irln tun
pliioe for rH'erpillirai uliich finally ia
jtue the applo t rrlmiL
There is a tune to market pro bice,
and that must bo ri'tr lo l if tmct't p
is In p' d for. It i devidttM bt tt to
market as much produce as p-i(li
In the hnnntli tte vioity of ona's homo,
and to sell directly to tha consumer.
In thi way , uimally Imtter prict re
maintained, as there are' no middle
aUo the advan'ace of liirtiuir wi'jrveo
pla-whost iihpfii fiirly tiiown.
But even if lotjvfprice muntbe taken
- i i
take the iiek of marketing at
"inn f
m uifianoe,
The value of the food is not in the
available material contained therein
for the production of meat or milk
only, but also in the amount and qual
ity of manure derived therefrom. It
lms been estimated ''that one-third of
the fo.Mi e.iteu goe into the manure.
As the manure, then, is simply the
food to red away for future tme, it ia
important that in orler to drive the
greaUfet bent tit '-from the food manure
shuuid be Cin fully managed to pre
vent Iosb. A the fiatd i not exposed
to ir j'iry by air and wr.ter the manure
ia iqiially destrviug of cure. The
mantiR-hei p is the savings bank of
the farm.
If it is deeired to have poppies very
eaili, it is well to take "time by the
Tut-lock" and ptepare the bed in the
fall. S. riukl" the scti on the top of
the gtouud just 1 fore winter Lirly
s t iu, oi it can he done Uter. The
Guest popi ie I havn ever gtowu weie
suwn iluriug a Jjnmry tuw, while
the bed waa liee Irom snow for a d-iy
or two. Poppy e d are Very liny,
au if planted toti dtep will not come
up, or if not suitieieut!y covered statu
dry up, but the rains and the melting
luu fceem to regulate the mailer
uict ly. U -e as little seed a jour cu-
Boteuce will lft you, els the work of
thinning out will be tin some. Poppies
should always be sown wh re they
ate to bloom, for tkey are very Ud
ficult to transpLnU
Fetnl warm swill to your p?g in a
warm place. Feed ofu-n and but lit
tle at a time, so tint th p g will
alwav come to the trough with a
good appetite, and there will lie noth
ing it U to sour, reed the wiu as
fast as it is made, so that it doesn't
g t sour. Try to tet your litter of
pigs in M troh or April, that they may
te tit for e-ale iu eaily winter. Breed
once a year, a this is a sumcient
strain on the vitality, and brd to
mature. parent s. , If .you breed from
too voting parent you it crease the
probabilities of infirmity ami di-ae
to whit'h the pig ia liable. Wtttruver
you biiog a new pig on the farm.
shut it up by itself for at least three
weeks, until you have ascertained it
to be perfectly healthy.
The pulling of feather is a pure
habit, which i brought On in fi n k
that have not enough to occupy their
time and attention. When they once
get a la-te of the meaty end of the
fe.ithfir they are liable to extend their
picking to something more than
feathers, ttking advantage of the
naked ondition of their companions
by nipping at ex weed bloody parts,
and allowing the poor hens no peace
till they or their male are taken oat
of the pen. During the winter con-1
rlnenieut of fowls they should be kept
a busy a possible by scattering their
grain among leaves and chad", so that
hard scratching will be neceat-aiy on
their part in order to got enough to
eat. This will take their time and be
liable to keep them out of mischief.
As a further prevention, some trim
ihe edges of tho beak, e that when
they attempt to pull a feather it will
slip through and they cannot bold it.
Another remedy i to put on tlio fowl
an .appliance called the poultry bit,
which can be obtained of almost any
dealer in poultry supplies.
If any person were to chain an ani
mal to a stake in a field and leave it to
shift for itself, then to watch the ani
mal until it se.s thiu and decremd
from loss Of Ueth and stremttli. it it
quite probable that the humane s f
ctety would be after him with properly
derervtd punishment. let this l-
what thousand of farmers are doing
with their fruit orchards, of course
barring the diff. rence between th in
satiate ttee aud living animal. Like
the latter the tree ia chaintd to one
locality and cannot go abroad for
food, but fortunately it has ne seme
of suffering, or at least none that we
Can appreciate. And ' yet even for a
tree there must be something akin to
pain in the process ot Blow starvation
-the seeking by exhausted rootlets
of food that cannot be found. It take
an enormous amount of various ma
nures to foim truit and seeds. The
leafy part of the tree may mostly
come irom carbonic acid gas ot the
atmosphere, but the stone fruits need
a good deal of potash. Urp. s and
ivears require a cot-ifcrable amount
f ihospnate in addition. There n
perhaps, no place on the farm where,
a good dressing of manure would de
greater good than in an old appl.
orchard where the trees seem to Le
running out. , , ,
Much of the feeling of chickens is
of soft food. It is easily picked bv
ihe little fellow s, and they can quickly
till their crops from a dab of wet meal
thrown on the ground before them.
This too rapid eating is one o the
worst evils in artificial feeding youag
chickens. They gorge themselves, be
come surfeited and die. We have
, found whola wheat grains much, bet-
Ino ,
Hiime .
,er. or '
will never .
t (iu J Bilc.it or liMihutpefi will do, tit-
whatever nnril loi it ootllaloa tiitlsU 1
be thiown up t 1 li vtirf j .e in vj 1 ni
fet mt'i'l 1 ', i j!i, ami t,:.i", I u t-kimmed
olT. L the ri b r ii h)1 tiliV, p'aee it
in a pl.too, nhfrti ntiu m iv I drawn
l IV and p uited Ut k evet y ! y, t k-tm
prti'lH t-J l'"il!i it illl'l cut ut ailh th
air . nni fi.aa owible. For thin pur
pow it is tft"ii liitorftl oter coarse
ehjiftga or triw. The oxygen the
'start flrtt the vinous or atnoholie
i. tiitetuaiioti," which is quickly fol
lowed by the eid fermentation. Th
more sweet there is in the cider the
ftrouger the fermentation and the
sharper the vinegar. If you have old
cider that don't turn readily into vine
gar, put ll into an odd tuolaaes hot;
itead or barrel, and give it another
trlil. There are various method f
keeping cider from wotkintr. If your
o'd cider lia been u' jcctt i! to any of
Ih se, it is better to nuke or buy a
banel of new Thw eider that hit
been doctored to keep it weet it hanl
to ch ittge into vinegar, and is not of
the best when mute. The common
practice of pulling lli9 cider Uirn 1 in
the ooldeul comer of the collar, and
then letting it work itself into vinegar
without help, ia not one to be gener
ally no tuiineiided.
A ejrrepodent of the Country
Gentleman writes Irom California how
be save and cure peache in the sutt.i
He says ueaely all evaptrator are
abandoned and the ry of the sun
are depended on aud answer as g o I a
purK-e aa the best system of aiiiru-UI
beat. Ho gts on at IcogUi U sy ho
the frttit is gathered, peachei beinu
Liacwii crop, that it ia bleached by
use of sulphur fumes half an hour,
nd the s m dties large fruit thai i in
halve in three days' time. California
ev tl. ii'ly h is a gre tt advantage in it
warm sun and Uiy climate, but while
they depend on the suit's rays only ,
they have not ' any decide-' d vant
age over the evporting machines
now in xogut in Oregon. They do all
the work o! preparation and !yin v
trays, and while they plitetheae trays
iu the sou the evaporating concern
hold them ntwre c iiveniently and the
cost of wood is . uiaU. . The coil of
liaiidlio is the sama in either ca.
Tliero wa a' short lime tit summer
when suu dryiug was ofn.-imit, but
not to be deende I on. Ttte sun in
August can ton utilised hsr in c m
neotioti With evaporating by li-ai.
Last summer when eiioh plum
were thieatening Ui"p-il because
there was ntt evaporating space to
boll them, ttie exiHidient was r irted
iu of spreatin tbw fruit cut ami pitt
ed ujoti banls and paitialty drying
it thus. It waa fouud to be an ad
vantage, as the fruit tmrtially suu-tlried
was even better than that put at first
into the evaporator. It we have a
good suu it ciui be utilised to dry fruit
and it can be bleached as well before
sun diysng aa wheu dried in an evap
orator. la making calculations for any in
vestment,' it is always welL to con
aider both des carefully the proba
ble coat and the probable return the
investment "will yield. If by one
method of procedure it costs five
eeula, per pouuJ, ami. the 'price of
beef give promise of fluctuating l
tween 4 aud 5 cents per pound, the
investment ia not a promising one.
Again, if it cost $100 to raise a c mi
nion horte in a common way to the
age of four years, and there is no
pi om me of more than flz.i for him,
while it costs f Iko to raise a fane draft
ct.lt to the age of three years, anu,
Buch colt readily sell at $175, it w not
hard to see which investment gives
the greatest promise of profit. In thi
qtitsttou of relative profit, the rartn-
tu Advance gives the following inter
esting incident: A gas company hav
ing a quantity of pipe to be hauled
some distance otTjretl what they sup-pot-ed
fj.ir rates by the hundred
pounds for the woik. Light team-,
or what mauy call' general-purjtoae
teams, could draw an average of 2,200
poiiada, earning $3.30, which, alter
deducting $1.50 iter dy for driver and
lit board, k-ft $1 80 for use of team,
wagon aud harness. Any one will
say that the team would be fed at a
loss. Parties having heavy teams ol
grade dralt horses took the eoutract
at the com pan 'a rates, and drew on
an averagti of 3,800 pounds, earning
$5.70 per deducting $150 for driver
aud his board, leaves $4 20 for team,
wagon and h trnt ss. This ia a d fl'er.
ence of $2.40 in faxor of the draft
team.
Fruit Pudding. Take stale bread,
nour over hot water and soak awhile
(Thop as for dressing, though not bo
line, place a layer of bread in buttered
tin, then a layer of fruit previously
stewed, barrng the last-layer bread
Bake half an hour and serve with sugar
ind cream or any pudding sauce.
. To keep the surface of kid glovca
looking well, when you take thorn off
smooth them off lengthwise until they
have about the same outline that thcy
have on your hand, and put them in a
dry place. If the gloves are rolled to
gether in a wad the surface will soon
present an unpleaslng appearance.
Some cooks will persist in making
tea or coffee quite a while before it is
needed on the table, and . then let it
simmer away at the back of the stove
while ' they see to the cooking of the
other materials for the meaL This is
great mistake. When every thing else
la about cooked then is the time to
think of making the tea; or coffee, for
they must be fresh 14 order to taste
good. ,
toll' ti..
i. til la arirea, k.. uicnumu ..sri-
ti ra not, i(iiil In th UVm i n.l. i inilen OitA
i per fix. itirxie it ernw- pi, l-niuii
E'im.rfl pi r lianntita t j.;a4, ia.
qiinnva tit oiii'.
VK.KrAllLlit-Msrkpt well suppled.
f'l.hia J tdc per Hi, earrnta and t tirtilp
i.) i per toe k, red pepper :te per II). pniatoe I
iii;u, w p-r saeK, st-tei'l 1 j' e per l!.
IUMKO FIIIMIS- tt-eelpla 4' The.
Sim -tried annlea 4 o : x-r faclory
ftlic l He, feliry itutii H !', I )r-tron
prune t peart 'J . pt, t-' lie til 1 le
ratiina per bo, taliorula llg tie,
nntyrna i.-e per ir.
DAIItY lMtOIUr-R -nulterm-elpl for
the weelt 1W payex, Vmuvy ereatnery 32 jn
ftvr m, rtmteo itatry at,, tneditiiu .7a30o
comiiKin (le, eastern titr'.ihu
K'iS H Tslpta 191 rates, Oregon 3":,
rOli LT It Y CI. li ken 1:.M) 4. f,r
lria J-oioim and 4 . I for nht, turkey
i;)M' I'er u, liurta f'aper aufett,
WOOf.-rteeelpti fur reek ?ai.Kl lba.
Valley iHtfjjik l-.au-rntirtfri ll'ic.
IIOHS -Receipt for week KM lb.
I holea l.'J a He,
.iiii; u-retpia fur fcR ui siittn.
Valley ft.rtV',( 1.4U. Kaatern Oregon tl.&l
iy-1 i i. oat s . .r.
F.niUt ll-elpt for week fK!7J bbla.
Mandiir.l !.., oinr braii'la Bl.i"i.
"FKEn -Barley 1X1 per t,n. mill do
4HI, aln.rt tM fin, braiif 13.50,
t'e't nay f 1 1 t i.i, i.k fi ia l
llfSH MliATS -ltef live,?, dreaaed
oe, utuit'in, live. :tc. ilreM'.ud 8 latnt
sSleat-h, hoK, lle, 6j 'Je, dressed 7ji
f , veal jic.
BEAUTY IN WOMAN.
ttalc
for ruttlratlna tha Most LaattBtr
form of l-iMxllnf'-w.
ISO cosmettf are so capshis or en
hancing benuty as the smile of good
temper and a desire to please.
Beauty of expreion la more than
any other form of loveliness, capable
of cultivation. A woman may not
have perfectly regular feature, but
her fneo will bo so lit up with the
beauty of goodnea that she can not
fall to pleafio, if she strive to obey tha
spirit ot some such roloe as the follow
Inf. which mny bm multiplied or dl-
rhlnlt.hf.-il noeordSng to particular fcaaea.
h ' 1. I.eanfto frovern youselvea and to
be gentle and patient.
Guard your tempers, especially
in seasons of Ul-health, irritation and
trouble, anu Bolton them by prayers
and a sonto of your own short-oomings
and ar-eor.
Ssic-sneak or act tn anger until
you have prayed over your words or
acts.
4. Remember, that valuable as 1
the gift of speech, silence I often
more valuable.
6. Do not expect too much from
Others, but forbear and forgive, a you
desire forbearance and forgiveness
yourself.
o. xsever retort a sharp or angrr
word. It is the second word that
make the quarrel.
7. Beware of the Orst disagreement.
8. Learn to speak ia a gentle tone
ef voice. '
9. Learn to say kind and pleasant
things whenever opportunity offer.
10. Study tk-a.character of each and
sympathize with all In their troubles.
however mnll.
1L Do not neglect little tklnga, if
they can a(Tot tbe comfort ot other
in the smallest degree.
12. Avoid nioods and pets and fits
of sulkinesif. '.'""
13. Learn to deny yourself and pre
fer others.
14. Beware of meddler and tale-
hBi(nrs.
15. Never clmrge a Cad motive, if a
good one is conoelvablu.
16. BeTfirentle and firm with chtl
dren. '
The Inst rule refers to children, but
often a httt-hnnd is far more' difficult to
manage. If, however, a wife can keep
her temper, and persevere ln"her ef
forts to plense. she will In the end
conquer by kindness. from "t'ivt Tal
ents of Woman."
The Ubiquitous Paragrapher.
I see many nationalities represent
ed here," observed a clerical traveler
in Jerusalem; "there are Turk and
Arabs, Armenians and Ferstana. and
Greeks and Romans, but so few He
brews. Ah, I wonder when the Ixrd's
peculiar people will come and again
tako possession of the Holy city?"
till, they will com"," oosorvea a
consoling voieo at his aide, "they will
come in Jow time."
v.Audtho preacher recognized in the
stranger the ubiquitous American para
grapher a veritable companion in
travail. Vhic'jo Vlofa. ,
Cornell University hns made an ad
dition to its entomological department
in tho shape of n lnrgo two-story frame
structure desijrned exclusively for
breeding and studying insects. Every
known vr.rlety will be secured, andspr
cinl attention will be given to the study
of insects destructive to vegetables and
plant
"Ihe religious consciousness, 'says
the Christian" World, "is a supreme fact
of human nature. CbvUinnty "s the su
premo form in whicfi "the religious con
sciousness hna been Interpreted and
bodied forth. Therefore if a mart is to
obey the grand Shakspearian cannon of
belncr true to himself, he will continue
Christian.
"I do wish that I knew what to be
lieve, " said an aged woman whose mind
was all at sea on the subject of religion.
'Read the Bible and believe what it
says, and then you will find out what to
believe," replied tho friend to whom the
remark was addressed." - i.very one
neods a religious faith, and. this ia just
what the Bible gives to those who
-vl
-: to
i -wr.i.uUi-e They liHd potblns
to ).
Com p;ll lion moan strife, antni'on-
latrii In short, war. It exists both In
tho nntural world aud tin business
world. Sir William Grove, In a ledum
dillvereJ at the Royal IriHtitutlon of
treat Britain on "autagonlam," miy
that "It Js a ncci!-taUy of exlntencw. and
of the organism of the universe, o far
as we underataad it; that motion and
Ufa can not go on without It; that tt ia
not a mere casual adjunct of nature,
but that without ft there would bo no
nature, at all event a we eoucolve it;
that It ia inevitably a-saoclutod with un
organized matter, with organized mat
ter, and with aeotient Itelnga." This
is a very broad definition, but It is un
qualifiedly true. As an example of an-
tatronlMtn in nature, the ledurer speaks
first ef pulling force botween the
planets. If the one pulling force Is not
counterbalanced by the other, then the
one body falls Into the other; U, la fact.
lpd out by competition. , In the eub-
atanci of the earth fore vr- remittance
are constantly at wte hiir ia at
rent, and every atom seems to be com
pitlig with it neljrhbor. When w
come U organlo life we find the law of
competition still more plainly to be
s-ri; every blade of irraa. everv plant.
la fighting with aa nelgbtor for tbe
means of lit log. It Is Darwin's "strug
g lor existence, ana tnis very
struggle U nectwsary to the life of the
vegetable world. In animal life the
struggle or competition la sUl plainer
to the view. The naturalist no lontrei
talks of peaceful nature," for b
know there I no such thing, but na
ture Is a scene of inreatnnt warfare.
Birds in their little neat do not agree,
but the atouteat push the weaker ones
out.
looming to man, we find tbe same
competition, the same struggle for ex
istence, in the most barbaric raerw
thoe who ran not stand theeorn petition.
who can no longer take care of them-
sdro. are killed to get tbem out oi
the war. In olvllUed sooiHr, however.
hlle there Is no change in the war
fare going on. the victims are some
what better treated. Instad of being
killed by the victorious competitors.
those latter pass around the hat. ao tc
spoak. to provide the necessaries ol
lifo for thoae who have been conquered
This, w aupooae. ia what may be
called the amenities of life.
Advancing from the individual tc
communities, the same warfare is at
work. Community is against commu
nity, town against town, city agaiast
city, nation atrainst nation. In the
moral world the same fereoa are at
Work. From the law of competition
there ia no escape," and it la a good
thing for the well-being- of alL Mores
an' I jiitMwtre.
DOGS AND THEIR WAYS.
LlttU fn-nllmritlM or th KewfimadlaaS
ana Si. HTffrtl Brrwl..
Give us an article on dogs," write
a correspondent.
A dog collar Is an article on dogs; so
U a flea; which will you havof
Tbe dog is called the friend of roan.
and it U true that he Is frequently seen
running after him. particularly when
the man is a treapaaaer or the dog
mad. -
There are many kinds of dogs.
The Newfoundland dog seem born
Ith an instinct for saving children
from drowning. It will hwing around
a mill-pona lor days at a time watca
ing for an opportunity to win m medal
from the Humane Society. If no such
opportunity occnr it become very
melancholy and seems impelled to ask
if life ia worth living.
A friend of our Imported a New
foundland dog to look out for his chil
dren, as hi residence was near a pond
of water. Every few days the faithful
animal would ooroo bounding toward."
the house, dragging a drippiug child
by hi teeth, that he had Bared from a
watery grave. Then the dog would
be petted by the family, and feasted
and made much of. Yet it didn't seem
to make him proud. He looked as
calm and indifferent aa if saving a
child from drowning was one of the
mst ordinary events of his life
scarcely worth epeaklng of nothing
at alL Id fact, to what ho had done in
tbe old country, where he had often
rescued two or three whole families
before breakfast.
But this thing of brlr-
drenched children got tc''
frequent not to excite
watch was set on the .
man and children-.""
that he had .a habi
into the water, w
portunity offered,'
in with ostentat""; - '
The Newfoundh:
discharged, with '
The St. Brnr :.
ner for a hoste-- . "
Alps. He fit ,'- "
floundering a , - . - k - -
bewildered t
their cook's tf : -
up, at, and .-. .
Bi-rnard. co - . .. .
pi.tn. Ttxa' . - -. ' -
FeopU '
'ull exorcV" ' - -lar
and r - -
thrift arf , - .
IMjrslste; 1 ' " .
ness, at. . '" -;,
result. - . -
VT1-' V - - ' .
ergy. ; v .;
necte .t . .j.
witb'S" : ""-.
that -, v. '
the i5-; '. ;-
,v i r at the iai- h.:i,j
. . .i-3 u as the Vinegar Bible, h-ia.-Kj
the parable of the Vineyard J i
the title to the twentieth clsaj t-r ' 1 f
Luke U prlnte-1 'j-arable cf l!-e VI .
g.'ir." Matthew's Blole. riu. 5 In
London in 1551, wa nickname -l t"
Bug Bible, from the fifth vt-r m t.f s;.,j
nliiety-flrt Psalm being translj.'.-'l, ot
that thou shalt not nede to Iwnfiu! I f .t-
any iJuggoa by nlghte." Tlie origin al
Idea of the word terror Is still to b
trtwl la btigboar, birab(xi. Tl.
W hiked Bible waa print.! In Ixn'lon in
1G31, and wa so called from thttij-d
that the negation waa omitted In cer
tain of the commandments, the re.-Ji
being that the edition was sui pre.- -d
and the printer fined 300 by Ar h
blahop Laud, tha money 11 n, it Is
said, devoted to th purchase of sft.
ply of Greek type for the u& of Lie
University of Oxford. The Whij? or
Placemaker's Bible obtained it nam
from aa error occurring In fcU !.''
thew, 9, where "Blessed are t-
ITacemaker" 1 tobtrUtuted for "p"0'
maker." The Treacle Bible has te
passage In Jeremiah. "I there no balm
In Giteadf"' rendered, "Is there no
treacle in Gileadf" and the Douty, f R.
C.) version ha been describnd astiia
Rosin BibU, becauM the same pas?. j
has tbe wm i rosin instead of treacla
Many years affO there exUted in ho
Stowe library, the Book of Go-jH;a, on
which the English King, down to F.J
ward the Sixth, took the coi-onation
oath, with a hnge brazen crutjifl.
which the monarch kisaedor. Iu cover.
Tbe binding wa tf pondoroua.
boards an inch or so in thickness'
tened by hug- leather thongs
Printer' Bible make David patl"
ly complain that printer in p
prince have persecuted blra wl
a cause," Hurray's Magazine.
A SCIENTIFIC FACT.
Aa IntretlY
Talk Abit
Oil.
Ala, -
It Is a curious fact thr.t if n tf o'.l
Is put on a highly polished m.-o f 1
or a lara plate glasi that Ilea borUon-
tally, the drop remain in plaoe, e prattl
ing rery little; but when put on wa'.er
it spreads Instantly many .feet sro-at,,!.
becoming so thin aa to produce the s. 1
matio color for a considerable apace,
and beyond them so much 1hiiinras
to be Invisible. It would apjiear tL.it a
natural repulsion take place soon ss it
touches the water, a repulsion so mttms
m m 4n univin rt Ka. Vwwlla wlmtr
on the surface, aa straw, leaves, chipfc.
etc.. forcing them to recede every way
from the drop, as from a center, leav
ing a large, clear area. There seems1
however, to be no repulsion bet wee
water and air to keep them from corl:
tng in contact with each other. Air in .
motion or wind In passing over the
smooth surface of water may rub it, as .
It Vw were, upon the surface and
rise it in wrinkles, which if tha
wind continues, are the elements of fu
ture wave. . If there be a mutual re-,
pulsion bet ween the particle of oil, "
and no attraction between oil and wa
ter, oil dropped on water will not be'
held together it will be at liberty to
expand itself. The wind blowing ore?
the water thus covered by a film of '
can not easily catch upon it so xmmta
raises the first wrinkles, but slides f
It and leaves it smooth; it movj
oil a little, which, being botsP' S""
the water, seems to e "
vent friction. Wlitf - . l--
fresh there
ar
the back off.'"
of smnl-
a ,
WO
holds
1 V '
sibly, tot
prod i
nossiblv.
oiled, the wi
rather in so
and contribute to"
again, instead of pronioUJJJ
Sun.
Positive Cur for Corns.
Any number of people in fact, near1'
every one we meet are trouble-"';
these painful growths. The
dollars worth of "corn cures, .
"plasters," etc, are an "
chased by victims, who
such articles to be of littU -A
few years ago, a plan
(not original with me) carat
oho-.-' JfN. w-V.!, T " -.
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