In Antomntl Hoar.
Sr. minor bits fronts y-t splendor hover t!lT
O'er tho wchkI mill duln. fiu-h wikv.I ami Cni
J -1: a purplu tu!t eiilu)! vch iiitnt Mil,
Vr ItlUt tlu utMbtlf uiooollt sliailow Hoods
iiit'li gtu,
Eai'h tututnn flower, whlto old In richest
hm
VloHiH rot id iHiniittiits on weh passing tf'eJ
T1" cniiliiuil Blows iu mf, gtMiMnn In lituo.
Wlsiu fcvtd, trout golden-rod. gtul hill and
Yale.
Haw mtiwl. view cnrtph the a-lowlne: y,
Amlior hikI !' clouds pile In lio wcni,
I'm- tiil-lilt mxnlwtim. Himtltifr Idly by,
l i-.n-iulm a twilight tilled w ith royal rvu
Allttiiiur look rti-h, from apple red aud
Ut'.Klit,
To put -pin trrnpes that cluster on the vine, .
Fwim llel.i or com Mmt rustle, eilup and
liirlit,
To lull of thistle, and to nmo of ptnel
Rieh plorit-s end we In atitunttml hours
A jis nl fnilum and eouipleti'iio, too
A elmiit of praise brood over irulM and flow-
For In-amles added cw ihey fitile from view.
I.adieV Hmtte Journal,
A PULL FOR LIFE.
It was while wo were anchored off
the Faroe Islands in the ship Warrior,
commandt'd by dipt. .Joseph Smith,
that this exciting: event took place. It
v: not far front the jrrent whirlpool
of Suderoe that the ship's boats of two
rival whaler, one Yankee ami one
Kiiir'.isli, piimHtl, the same vhale.
Kjuh had landed n hnrpoou iu the
monster's back, nd the contest crew
pM-iUtr tor tite prize, j ;io uoaia were
Ttitsr dra2rei ditvctlv for the whirl-
tKtol, nnil our captain at once mounted
the ship's cutler and attempted to
warn the two crews of their im pending
dantrer. In the excitement thev paid
little attention to hi words, and it was
only when the crew saw the foam of
the whirl pool that n try of horror burst
from everv lip. Thev at once severed
the Hues that tied them to the levi-
mlinu. but it appeared to be too late.
J,'heo tlte two crews took to their
oarST builinsr like madmen to save
their liv es.
TMffinr at the oars, with the per
spiration streaming ilown titeir faees
with their officers hoarsely bawlin
ont to them to pull harder, harder.
harder did they tiiit aaiust the ter
ribie curreut of the Suderoe.
In that fierce pull for life they ex
erted almost superhuman strength;
but it seemed as if the roar of the
foaming whirlpool grew louder every
moment, and whenever thev looked
toward , it it appeared larger and
nearer, showing them that they did
not grain.
The mates had thought when they
cut that by hard pnftiujr thev could
scaite the current: and this they
ntisrtit possibly have done but for the
rapid increase in its power caused by a
rousrh wind which had risen, threaten
"ins a gale and driving the foaming
tide straiirht latfnre it.
As they stilt continued their desper
ate etiort thev saw the imue. UlacK
form of the whale, with outspread tins.
with the two irons stickinjr in it. and
tite tangled lines attached thins; in
biiihts around it. leap liaif its length
front the whirlpool, in which it was
caught, vainly striving to escape.
Its stmmrles were terrible to witness,
Kound and round it went, now roll
ing: over ami over, now ept'iupns; up
ward, swinging its tremendous tlukes
to right and left with a report like
cannon's, until finally, breaching (leap
ing) the full length of its enormous
bodv, it came dowu with a noise tha
blended like a thunder crah with the
roar of the eddying waters iu which
now disappeared.
it
Meanwhile Capt. Smith had resolved
to make a daring effort to save the im
periled crews of the two boats.
At his request the end of a whaiing-
line from one of the boats astern was
brought to him, and this he made fas'
to the after thwart of the launch
directing the whalers to take the other
end to tite English frigate, which, hav
ing larked for the purpose of standing
off on the next stretch, was ttearwr
eveu than lie fore to the whirlpool.
tliOTiglv not enough so to yet be affected
by the current. The next tack would
carry her far from the perilous local
xtv I. lit c... i n r t ia ivtiltjtit cnmino
she now backed her main-topsail and
w ailed.
Capt. Smith, heading the launch
toward the two mates, was soon close
enough to throw a rope, which was
caught and made fast to each.
Tsow. men, he said to his crew
"do your best, for we will have to pull
for our lives P
As there were about thirty strong
follows in the lanneh their lusty exer
tions at the oars, assisted as they were
by the two whaling crews, were sufli
cient to hinder the boats for the pres
ent from being drawn into the w hirl
pool.
But it was a hard struggle a veri
table pull for life aud tlte gasping of
tite men. with their strained eyeballs
ana anxious looks, as the boats scarce
lv seemed to budge, showed that, un
less the expected assistance shonl
soou arrive, their doom was inevitable.
Atftast the faeeof thecapiain lighted
up.
"It's all right, boys! We are safer1
he cried, pointing to the wha'.eboat he
had sent off to the English war-craft,
and which was now met by a cutter
from that vessel, with a trailing rope. "
one end of w Inch was fast to the bow
of the huge three-decker. As the crew
of the British cutter made their rope
fast to that brought by the whaleboat
a gun boomed from the English frigate
as a signal that all was right, and the
tired fellows in the three lately im
periled boats gave a cheer with what
voices thej had left
Men aboard the frigate now hauled
with a strong, steady pull n;ion the
rope, and thus the three crews finally
were drawu ont of danger.
Then the English whalers mate
grasped the American captain's hand.
God bless yon, sir.'" he said. "I
was foolishly nettled - at your tiriug
your national salute, and wished you
away, but I can assnve you I shall
never feel so again. Had you been
awaj- from here my life would have
been lost, as welt as the lives of the
others. I have a wife and children at
home, and hereafter tlte little ones
shall have a jubilee every fourth day
of July."
As the wind and the current kept in
creasing, the boats, as soon as possi
ble, joined their resjH'Ciive vessels, and
the latter were now headed away from
the vicinity of Suderoe to escape de
struction, which would have resulted
to them had they remained there in
the violent storm that overtook them
two hours later. Meanwhile there was
not one of the 500 miu alioard our
frigate who did not honor and respect
Capt. Smith for the daring rescue he
had accomplished on the occasion of
that terrible pull for life. English
Magazine.
Mr. New-riches Mistake.
is told of au American millionaire
fought a castle on the llhine that
Atl tlnv his dancrhttr found him
iMiisi handj at a tire which he
hafl'iidiisJ su a- suit of plate armor.
"O papa, ulat have you been doingr"
she cried. '-Phe feller that patented
that stove." reified the lord of the
castle, "must havXbeen crazy ; but I've
tuade the old thing f!f.at up at lasL"
The kingdom of Italy -has 'a unique
library in the books of travel of its
princes, each Italian prince being
bound to write a complete account of
his foreign travels, even with .such
minute details as hotel bills.
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LIFE ON A WATER FARM.
rhr U Profit In lial.tiig fUh and Frog
for Marhot.
It has not been many years since
water farming was added to the possi
bilities of "agriculture" in Indiana.
tt began as ft divers'oii. It has become
business. Enough time has now
elapsed to demonstrate that water
farming may lie made practicable and
profitable nt least as prolila hlo n
some other rural occupation, and more
enticing than the ordinary life of an
ricnlinilst. A much money can be
made off an acre of water as off an
acre of land, Including well located
tlsh and frog ponds on the one hand
and ordinary farming on the other.
line of the pioneer In water rarmlug
In Indiana is Sir. Joseph Manlove, of
Milton. Seven years ago he bought a
small piece of lowland lying bet ween
tt.e White Water canal and Wldte
Water (river). He determined to flood
the low land Hint to add to his posses
sions the adjoining high laud for piirk
inrposes. llis place now includes
fourteen acres of water and twenty-one
of land, llis business is largely with
Ihe water and only Incideutall v with
the dry land. His tirst purpose "was to
establish a carp pond, froit'i which the
tlsh market might be supplied. This
was accomplished in two years with
comparative ease. ov he has prac
tically an unlimited quantity of this
variety of ftsh. However, life public
taste also calls for bass, and Manlove
determined to add this variety to his
supply. His lake is uoty stocked with
vast supply 01 mack liass. I hey
have grown finely, and next year bass
fishing will be "put on the market."
Bass promise so much better than carp
that ' Farmer" Manlove uses his young
cart as food for his bass.
Mill another '-department has tteeu
added to the farm t his season frogs.
Four acres of shallow water, well
srrown m nasrs. were sei apart as a
breeding place for frogs, lhev breed
nil grow rapio.iv. tour inonsuiiu
tadpoles were put in this breeding pen
early in the spring. Many of them are
now of it marketable size. J'Xt season
they will be giants big, ten-inch long
cultivated bullfrogs, worth
and 3 a dozen uot ihe little marsh
frog, but the big feliows with Herr
Fischer voices. In catching them for
market a light at night is used. They
stare at the light, and can be caught
and handled with ease In its glare. In
rat-ching large quantities of carp the
lake is drained off. In winter the
marketable lis It are kept in small
ponds.
It is iuteresting to observe the water
farmer at his work. He can use a
horse, but he needs neither plow,
planter nor reaier. Suppos he has
gone out li feed. He has with him
middlings or some other graiu. He
goes to the breeding pond, sounds a
gong or blows a whistle, and thousands
of frogs come hopping from their
shelter. They eat the food ravenously
and become so tame that the farmer
bandies them as a woman does her pet
chickens. The same fnod is just the
thing for young and old carp. "Fish
and frogs take to grain and graiu
products." said Mr. Manlove. "like a
boy takes to apple dumpling. Part of
the season it is not necessary to f-ed
my stock at all. The water-grass seeds
make the finest of food for the tish, and
at this time of the year I rarely pre
pare a tish for the ta"b!e that I do not
tiutl him tilled with grass seeds."
IntiiitnapoHs AYtM.
ANOTHER PEST OF FLEAS.
Thla Tear TUejr Cum tltrr In Rug from
'Turkojr to l'h!!.lrlphl.
A house in the neighborhood of
Spring Ganlen ami Twentieth streets
was opened yesterday for the first time
in six wteks, says the Philadelphia
Ve.s, and was found to be literally
filled with fleas, and it is feared that
they are the advance guard of the same
army of pestiferous Tittle insects that
invaded Philadelphia, last year, and
which many a housewife remembers
only too well and painfully.
About two months ago the family
occupving the house in question re
ceived from Turkey several rolls of
rugs and druggets. As the members
of the family were expecting to start
for Europe in a short time, the rugs
were allowed to remain in the hallway
without removing the outer packing,
and yesterday, when the house was
visited bv a lady who had been asked
to look into it occasionally, it was dis
covered that the rugs were almost
totally destroyed, and that the fleas
had spread all over the house and were
busily at work on the carets and the
upholstering of the furniture all over
the house.
in ail the house not a single article
of this character was left untoueffvd.
and the result was the almost total
destruction of hundreds of dollars
worth of property. Tl e fleas had had
full swing for six weeks at least, and
an lnsjspclton of the house made it evi
dent that they are very rapid multi
pliers. Another house in the same
neighborhood has been visited bv the
euemy. but they were met by a fusil
lade tired from "guns'' loaded with
Persian powder, and they bent a hasty
retreat.
It is appareut that the neas eame
from Turkey, as thev are of a variety
iutligenous to the orient, a kind that
at times has spread over Eurone. A
gentleman .who is well up in "fleaol-
ogy." having just returned from Spain.
where the littie nuisances are a part
of everyday life, said last night that
Persian powder and carbolic acid are
tire best agencies to tte used botu as a
prcrentive and cure: and that gum
camphor and tar should also be dis
tributed liberally about the house for
some days after the fleas have left.
Their favorite breeding places are in
the cracks ot the tloor, and in every
case where they have lieeu found the
carpets should be taken up and beaten
and the powder, or other compound
used, placet! carefully in ail the cracks.
The carpets should also be sprinkled
thoroughly with benzine and hung up
in the sun for as long a time as possi
ble, and before being relaid the floors
should he well cleaned with hot water
and strong soft soap.
Last year the fleas were first discov
ered in the neighborhood of Girard
avenue and Twentieth street, and that
section of the city was quickly covered
by an army as troublesome as one of
the seven plagues of Egypt. The inva
sion lasted for a 1 tout a month, and it is
possible that there will be a rendition
unless efficacious preventive measures
are taken at once.
How the Great llepublic Impressed
Hi m.
I heard last night a good story of
William D. Howells and the early da3-s
of his service as Unitd States consul
at Venice, says a lv. Y. &lar reporter.
Ihrough au unlucky accident he
reached that city with a rio in his
trousers, aud almost his first duty was
to visit a tailor and order a suit of
clothes. The tailor was obsequious
ness itseit, ana Mr. Howells, then
very young man, was much struck with
the distinguished consideration with
which his custom was received. On
leaving the simp, however, he casually
said to the cringing tailor that he was
the United States consul, when the
man's manner instantly changed, and
he promptly said: "In that case, sir.
you will kiuuly pay in advance.
A New York contractor pays that
citj- $60,000 a year for the purpose of
picking over the citrV refuse, and
makes a baodsowe profit.
no Ash t'ttke Smack.
Wn tin WHiruItt IS mulled tn do td'lwtitn tut,
An' dn f'n klvered wtd winter's enow a,
Wen d iU fl In l liicklir do lilir, rut mil
lrdo tlm formalin' Hit' toantln' to' inttx
lu soon eaott hyiT ! -lmti-t-lit' prow.
' HLIVIVI lllMill ll III ll.ll lllMIV-B
limit.
Wen tie mornln' (dories n tloek wrrds prow
Dat's tie time fur ukIi enko an' liuttei'tnllk
smack.
Wen de barker la stripped an' de tiai'k lora
cut,
Aa' l it'U'hi linntr f'ttm dc tip uv vo' now.
WVn ili itohliti'r'B tHt iHlt tor BohlMt' an hi rttt
)ii' tlii thtin fcrm llln' tin' tiutnlln' yn' tin-is
itut noon e dn win' r'tnn de wmthw' hums,
Att' tie titty tllly prances In front uv il rack,
Au )t' livers tint ehilhtt uv tie cimlles an'
hose
Dut'sdo lime for
mack.
ash eako an" buttermilk
W'en dn corn ain't
mmit.
An' de row come
frottn,
W'en tin north win
mithln' but nubbins
an
back knza do crcrk'i all
tin's all do cracks In dt
hut
pat's do lime for sit tin' an' tout-tin' yo' toct
lint SiHtn ex tie rain f'tltti de Muv elotul jut's'
Ail , Vim lit t-r In ilt ltw nioim' tie low-whl'
crack,
An' do bullrmpa slnir an' Hp rle follm Oono
Dnt'ndo tlnui tor null vttke an' buttermilk
voiitik.
AH tltiBS In drr aeaMtn for winter, t know.
Pat's de time fur wuiii' n' ttmslln' yo" toes:
Hut long lit tie ilnrtt days ilia Is er f.te'
Uat's de lime ter ash eskts an' buttermilk
Stttaek.
... .... 1
NEW GUINEA WARRIORS.
riMtpla tVlto t.lva In Tr lotrfl Inf
Facts About a ftlngular l'apli.
One of the most noticeable character
istic of Ihe warriors of New Guinea is
their treacherous mode of attack. One
may enter a village and be welcomed
bv a crowd of unarmed men who will
show every sign of friendship', but once
they see their opportunity onco the
party is dispersed, arms laid down or
some asleep thou Iu a second the na
tives are nronud and rush to The at
tack. Extreme vigilance must at all times
be observed. Then, again, while
marching along the tracks th'-ough the
bush country, natives will readily mark
the approach of the Europeans, They
will watch their ojmort unity again
keei somo distance ahead of the ad
vancing troops or move along parallel
tracks Tn the scrub, and make the most
of any opportunity of sudden attack,
such "as during a halt or when the
itarlv has become somewhat disjierset!.
The general method of attack iu
most tarts of New Guinea seems to le
thai of charging up toward the enemy.
and, when within, say twenty to thirty
yards, throwing their long siiears.
Some of them are wonderfully good
shots and can send their sjear through
a dog running away thirty yards from
hem. lint spears are not the oulv
arms.
Ah! but you will some uav ie a
great man, and have many wives!
the first capture made in this pit
was also regarded as a very singular
matter. The iit was nt an elbow in
he path. About ten feet to the north
began an outeroppiug of rock, with
a letlge rising up live or six feet high.
The tiath was used by all kinds of
game, and we felt sure of getting
something the first night. Next morn
ing a surprise was in store for us.
There was a cebra and a young lion
n the pit, the gebra on top, and both
were dead. The fall had broken the
lion's right foreshonlder, but his death
had resulted from dozens of sharp cuts
inflicted by the hoofs of the zebra. He,
in turn, had torn the latter almost to
pieces, and the pit was soaking with
their blooil. Alter looking around a
little we figured it out. The lion, who
was just learning to kill his own game.
had been perched ou the ledge. As the
eebra came along he sprang, but over
shot the mark and went into the pit.
where he was followed by his f lighten
ed victim.
In the west of llrilish New Guinea
bows ami arrows are much used, and
are, of course, tar more formidable
than the spears, as their range is much
greater ami the aim much more ac
curate; the natives practice bv shoot
ing at the nuts in the trees. It is jrob-
ble that neither spears nor arrows are
ever poisoned tn New Guinea.
Another primitive weapon of offense
which is sometimes used, especially at
the East Eud. is the sling. A few
stones are carried, often nearlv as big
as one's-tist, and these are hurled with
a twist of the arm very similar to the
action of ordinary throwing (without
twirling the sling round over the head
as is done elsewhere), ihe natives'
seem to vary a great deal in their abil
ity to sling Istones, some being marvel
lously good, both in accuracy of aim
and in great distance. - perhaps 200 to
800 yards; while on the other hand.
many others are very feeble iu their
efforts.
The native of certain districts pos
sess a most curious instrument, usen
more for the capture ami slaughter of
an already vanquished foe than for
actual attack, it consists of a stick,
three feet long, and on the end of
which is a piece of cane, bent round
like the iron of a landing net. and of
such a size as to easily slip over a
man's head. On the end of the stick
is fixed a Bharp stake, the point of
wbich comes nearly to the center of
the cane rjng. In chasing a fleeing
enemy the w arrior holds out his "man
catcher'" and puts the cane ring over
the unfortunate fugitive' head, when
a sudden pull back causes the latter to
stop short and fall backward upon the
sharp stake, which runs into his neck
just nt the base of the skull, and he is
instantly killed.
One of the many curiosities to be
met with in New Guinea are the tree
houses. They are used as lookout
towers, and "also for defense. Many
villages have a house built in one
of the biggest trees in the vil
lage, connected by a ladder with the
ground.
On the approch of an enemy the in
habitants retire to this refuge, antl are
then not only out of harm's way lav
ing above the range of a sjtear but
also spears and stones, of which a store
is kept, can be hurled down upon their
enemies from above. These tree houses
are used around Ihe palisades ns gal
leries to jirotect them.
The natives, ns a rule, are wonder
fully quick at distributing news. There
are many means of signaling and mak
ing known various facts. Ihe tom
tom is a favorite instrument, sej in all
uncivilized places. tienerally it is
played when the men arc assembling
for a warlike purpose, but not always.
It is occasionally used on other occa
sions. Trumpeting on large shells has
a more significant .meaniug.
On the approach of danger the weird
sountls of these horns can be heard for
miles around, as they are taken up
from village to village. Another
elaborate system of signaling is by
watch-fires. Sometimes these are
lighted in rows of two or three, and
many of the hills have their beacons
alight at night. Even the smoke in day
time is said to convey its meaning to
those on the lookout. imeao ulaae
Steamboat Made by a Xegro.
On St. Paul's river, in Liberia, there
Is a home-made steamboat. It was
constructed by a negro named Irons,
who was once a slave in South Caro
lina. He built his steamboat in this
way: He remodeled a canoe fifty feet
long, put in the engitie of a sugar-cane
mill, rigged up paddle w heois, aud put
in some bits of iron shafting. The
steamer is not a beauty, but it carries
freight and passengers and does good
woric.
It is expected that 120.000,000 lob
sters will be hatched in Newfound
land this season.
THE BEAVER.
Sanaa tit
tha Rtratiga Thing flatd ( tha
Cunning Animal.
An old hunter writing to the Chicago
itmrs ou the Habits or the beaver.savsr
"There Is no doubt of the sagacity
nd Intelligence of tho beaver, nnd the
attempt of the writer of the article to
catch the beaver by setting a trap in
the dam after cutting it away will
amuse every old trapper that reads it.
The beaver will invariably use the trap
to repair his broken dam, and will
Verv snldoni b caught in that way.
Many trappers have also had the expe
rience of having their traps ill led with
mud and sticks when they have at
tempted to trap him on a log by re
moving tiio jitia of mud placed there
before antl setting a trap in Its place.
The beaver Is too sharp for Hint, but is
easily caught when tho- trapper has
learned how.
It is an Impression with many that
the beaver uses his broad, flut tall as a
trowel antl tojearry mud, etc., to build
their dams,' but such i not the case.
They use their short loro legs and
paws to carry up mud ami grass from
the bottom of the lakes ther inhabit.
ami make idles of mini and grass, such
as settles to tho bottom ou the logs
that lay out from the shores. The
writer was never able to learn the
object of this, but presumes they found
some article ot food In it.
Their food consists, mostly, of the
bark of the willow ami cottonwoml.
which they cut tlown and cut into
sticks about four feet long, and, by
some process known only to the lieaver
himself, they will sink to the bottom of
the lake or "bayou, Rtid there they re
main until needetl for use. They also
will cut down the white ash. The
writer of this measured a white ash
that was nearly cut tfown that meas
ured twenty inches in diameter.
What thdr object was in this is in
definite, as It was not near any dam
and could not be used for any purtwse
except lor food. The beaver makes an
interefting itet. They are easily tamed.
are enlireiv harmless, and have a verv
decided protnmsity to build dams. If
they can get the material they will
dam at the least provocation, or rather
opportunity. There is no danger of
their being worried by dogs, as one
old beaver, however peaceable, would
make a bulldog p..le with envy at the
war he can use those cutting teeth
when the occasion requires.
The writer expects to pass the win
ter in a beaver country and try to
bring home & few young beaver iu the
spring.
In localities where they are not
hunted or trapped there would be no
trouble to get a litter of young ones,
but such localities are rather scarce at
present unless one goes well up toward
the Itlackfoot reservation, and there
are few hunters that care about endur
ing the hardships of a winter in that
locality."
OBEDIENCE TO THE DEATH.
tXtlrrtabl Anecdote of Xpnli, tha
f'aar. anil tha l'raanlan King.
The editor of Oil !., in his last
Issue, vouches for the truth of this
story: Napoleon I. was entertaining
the Czar Alexander and the Prussian
King at breakfast in Tilsit, w heu the
conversation turned on loyalty.
"My soldiers obey me liliudly, said
the Czar.
"Aud mine are anxious to die for
me." added Najwleon.
At the suggestion of the Prussian
King a test of devotion was agreed up
on. The royal partv were breakfast
ing !n the fifth story of a building that
faced a paved street. Each member
was to call In one of his soldiers aud
command him to lump from the win
dow. Napoleou madii the first test.
"Call the Gardiste Marcati," he com
manded, and Marcau apjteared.
Will yon obey any order l give
your' asked Napoleon.
"Yes. sire."
"lUindlv. w hatever it is?"
-mindly, sire."
"Then jump out of that window."
"Hut I havo a wife and two children.
sire."
"I will care for them. Forward P
Anil the Gardiste Marcau. with a mili
tary salute, walked to the window and
leaned out
Call a private of the body guard."
ordered the Czar, whose turu came
next. The soldier came.
What's your namef"
"Ivan I vanovitch?."
"Well, Ivan, just throw rourself out
of that window.
Yes, father," answered the guards
man, and he Ud it.
Command the bravest of my soldiers
to come here," said the Prussian king
to his servant. A six-foot uhlan, with
a row of orders across his. breast and f
scar on his forehead, entered.
"My friend," explained the King,
"to show their loyalty a trench and a
Russian guardsman have jumped at
command from that wiudow. Have
jou the pluck to do the same?"
"Is it for the iatherlandP"
"No."
"Then I refuse to do it."
uu mas thinks tuts anecdote con
tains a fine lesson for German army of-
ncers or the present.
Growth of the Finger Nalts.
' Ordinarily the nails will grow about
three times their length in a year, and
to preserve their symmetry they should
te irnunieu ai lettsi iwice a wee it.
There is no better way to do this than
with a pair of sharp scissors, and the
cutting will be easiest and best done if
following a bathing of the hands in
warm water, which will have softened
the tissue. The nail should be cut with
such a curve that it will protect the
entire end of the Anger alike; it should
not be so close as to look clumped, nor
should it be so long as to invite break
age. It is to be feared that many an
anxious mother cuts her children's
bails "so short that the dirt cannot get
under them, and does not think that
in her laudable desire for neatness she
is beginning at the wrong end of re
form and really sowing the seeds of
untidiness. Dirt should never be al
lowed to accumulate under the nails.
no matter what their length; so that
the pertinent lesson should first be to
keep the nails entirely clean, and then
to keep them of the right leugth for
comeliness and perfection. Good
Housekeeping.
It Haloed Stones.
Mr. C. C. Cunningham has in his
possession a round uebble which was
taken out of a hailstone at Portage,
Wis., just a.fter the great hail-storm
had passed over that place. A friend
ot Mr. Cunuingham, who resides in
the city and is enrared in the drujj
business there, in a letter to that gen
tleman, states that during the storm
alxnit tire bushels of hailstones lodged
in his show windows, aud fully four-
fifths of them contained these little
pebbles. The one in the possession of
Mr. Cunninj;ham weighs one-half
ii ace. is almost round, and has
the appearance of being at one time
washed by the waves of the lakes or
some river, and it is supposed that it
was picked up by the tornado and car
ried to a very high altitude, where the
ice formetl around it in the manner ia
which it descended. Millon Eagle.
oomeoouy wno nas been looking up
the matter says that there are now only
ove states iu tno union in which
schoolmaster can legally flog a pupii.
MORE THAN HE WANTED,
flaw m Stan (.'am tn Ita Chief fttraon
t'hfalnlao and Maria.
"We had a case of small-pox In out
lower camp once," said the Colonel,
'which gave us a gnoti deal of trouble.
You see, there were only six of us, and
we dltt not want to lose any more men
than possible. We determined to send
the case to the upper camp, five mik
away, luit the problem which worried
us most was w ho Should go along a
nurse.
Hob.' the cook, was a hard drinker.
and as soon as he heard of thn case he
Iiroceeded to drown his cares In whls
:y. He was terribly frightened at
first, but the more ho drank the more
resigned he became to circumstances.
When Hob was drinking he could
beat any man In Colorado boast lug, and
before long he began to dei'liite that
small-pox had no terrors for him. In
fact, he had nursed nineteen patients nt
one time when every oue else hud de
serted them. He had brought them
safely through, too. In the end he
gravely asserted that he couldn't catch
tho small-pox anyway, for liu had al
ready hati u.
Five of the boys looked at me slg-
nitieautlv, and I nodded my head. We
bundled thn sick man up carefully and
put him in a w-agon. Two hours Intel
we had established a hospital at the
upper camp, w ith the cook as chief
mrgenu. physician and nurse. The
cook, by the way, was sleeping ns
peacefully as a child when we left the
hospital. "
I lie next morning we heard wild
shouts ami saw Hob tearing for the
lower camp. half-dressed. Wo immedi
ately established a shut-gun quaran
tine.
Hold ui. Holt, one of tlitt bovs
shouted, 'this camp is iiuarant Ined.
You can't coma jmst this whistling
post.'
iiut. sav. plead id the frightened
cook, that man has the small-pox.'
''Well, you volunteered to nurse
him."
I?' he screamed, incredulously.
"Kememlter those nineteen patients
you nursed.'
"t hat nineteen patients? '
"And then, you kuow. you had It
yourself."
"1 never saw a case before lif
bowled.
Can't help It. You've started on
it now and must keep it up.'
We ciiased htm back from the post
and left some whisky and provisions
for hint on the ground. We told him
to come down every evening at Sha
dow n for a new supply, aud we never
let liitn come uear the camp.
"lie used regular! v to come down
and beg to Im allowed to come Into
camp, but the shotgun policy was strict
ly maintained. I hen he would take
up his whisky and provisions and shout
out to us that he would have every oue
of us hanged for deliberate murder.
"Hid he catch the small-pox? Ns
nor did that experience cure him of
lying and bragging. He afterward
boasted to people that he had nursed
us all, only ho swelled our numlwr to
uine. for five weeks without closing bis
eyes; that he rode thirty mile twice
week for medicine, and looked alter all
the cattle beside."
fast AVurk In Making Matchra.
l'h 5 operation of making matches
from a pine log may be divided into
tour heads namely:
Preparing the splints, dipping the
matches, Ikjx making and filling.
When the timber is brought into the
i-ntiiiig-room of the factory it Is seized
upon by a gang of mn, who place it
'.it-lore a circular saw. where it Is cut
into blocks fifteen Inches long, which
is the length of seven matches. It is
I hen freed of its bark and taken to the
turning lathe, where, by means of
a special form of fixed cutting baud
t niining its eutire length, a continuous
tool, the thickness of the match is cut
oil.
As the block revolves and decreases
in diameter the knife advances and a
band of veneer of uniform thickness is
obtained. As the veneer rolls otf the
knife it is met by eight small knives,
which cut it into seven separate bands.
each the size of a match. Hy this one
operation seven long ribbons of wo"d,
each the leugth and thickness of a
match, are obtained. These are then
broken Into pieces six feet long, the
kutittv parts - removed, ami thev are
then fed into a machine which looks
and acts like a straw chotmer, which
cuts them into single matches. The
machine eats 150 bands at the same
time, and a mechanical device pushes
them forward the thickness of a match
nt each stroke of the cutler. This lit
tle machine with its one sharp knife
can cut over 10,000.000 matches a day.
From the cutting room the splints
are taken to the dry room where they
are placed in revolving drums, which
absorb all the moisture the sp mts may
contain. They are then prepared for
dipping process, which is a very iai-
portant operation, as each suliut must
have sufficient space to liefuilv coated.
and yet not placed so close to others as
to cause the mixture to clot the heads
of the other splints. To do this they
are placed under an ingeniously' con
structed machine which seeius.to work
with almost human intelligence, and
are caught up ami piaceu closely, but
at regular ititervals,in a dipping frame.
J he.se frames contain fortv-four mova
ble laths, and between each lath the
machine place, with clockwork regu
larity, fifty splints, making over z.OOvJ
splints iu each frame.
Ihe heads of the splints are ail on
the same level, nnd a single attendant
at each machine can place over oue
million of spiints in the frame per day.
The dipping vat Is a stove of masonry.
which contains three ftquurn pans. Ihe
lirst jian is for healing the splints so
they will absorb the mixture, the sec
ond coutains molt-on para (line in which
the points are dipped, ami in the third
they are coated with igniting compo
sition. Over eight million matches
can lo dipied by a skillful workman
iu one day. After the dipping pro
cess the matches are dried while still
iu the frames, and are then taken to
the packing-room, where they are put
iuto boxes by hand. Woodworker.
Gen. Iice'a Daugb-tcr.
A trait that would have distinguished
Miss Mary Lee. the youngest daughter
of Gen. It. K. Lee, among politicians.
is her wonderful memory for faces ami
names. Kven a casual acquaintance
met year before is not forgotten, and.
meeting him several years afterward.
she at once speaks his fiaino nnd re
calls all the details of their former
meeting. Miss Lee came from Egypt
to witness the unveiling of the statue
of her father. She has spent the last
five years iu Portugal. France. Russia,
and the island of Madeira. Miss Lee
arrived in New York entirely unan
nounced to her many friends here, who
would have gone in troops to the dock
to meet her, instead of allowing her to
stand aloue for two hours in a cold.
drizzling rain. She hud expected to
find it hot iu New York, and packed
away all her wraps before landing.
thereby contracting a severe cold. Mie
is a tail woman of distinguished pres
ence, and possesses that vivacious
charm of manner aud brilliancy of
conveisation which are nature's best
gifts to her sex. Miss Lee will remain
in America, visiting friends in the
south, until next spring, when she will
sail for Kurope. liicimomt Uispatch s
N. Y. Letter.
THE VANDEB9ILT CHILDREN.
How Tltry ara tc-lueatitil sad Trained.
Although all thn members of the
Vauderbllt family entertain on a mog
nllieent scale, says a writer In the
Lfi'fVs' JIoim Journal, they never per
mit their children to remain up late at
night, are extremely careful In their
education, and. In a word, are fitting
them for life as well as any mother or
father could do. ft Is one of the rules
in all tho houses' of the Vanderbllts
that the children shall go to lied early
and rise enrly. The little boys antl
girls are up before seren o'clock In the
morning. Their nurses Immediately
take charge of them, see that they are
properly bathed aud dressed, and then
they go tlown to breakfast, which Is
served at half-past seven o'clock. It is
an unpretentious meal, with plenty of
fresh milk. eggs, oatmeal, and a bit of
stenk or a chop that w 111 add strength
to their physique and color to their
cheeks. After breakfast there is an
hour of study.
There Is something for these little
ones to ilo at all times during the day.
They go through their studies system
atically, and then, about half-past
nine, are taken out for a walk. They
are allowed to romp In the streets and
In the parks to their hearts' content.
At eleven o'clock they are brought
home, ami a light luncheon of milk
anil bread Is served, after which there
are more studies either French, Ger
man or drawing anil then another
breathing spell it may be horseback
riding or a drive out through the park
and along ihe country roads. Hack
they all come about four o'clock, and
there Is another hour of study, and
then they are ihrough for the day.
They aie allowed to do just as they
please until tea time, when, after their
meal, they spend a pleasant hour or so
with their fathers and mothers and
others who may drop in to eall.
Promptly at eight o'clock they are alt
iu Im4 to sleep soundly, and get np
the t.ej t morning and go through the
same programme.
bo it is not strange that all the chil
dren of the Vanderbllt family are fur
ther in advance of their little friends
In the matter of education. For they
study, stiitlv, study all the time. They
are all fond or music ami most of them
can play on the piano. The girls are
learning to play on the harp, and the
boys are famous among their friends
as violinists antl banjo players. If
you were to see these children ou the
street you would not for a moment
suspect that they were other than chil
dren of parents in ordinary circum
stances. They make no display at
elaborate dress. The eldest of Cor
nelius Vander hilt's daughters is dressed
plainly in little, pretty, cheap dresses
without any braid or ornamentation.
She wears "soug-titting cloth jackets,
and the little cap that sits gracefully
on her head could be duplicated for m
couple of dollars.
"My Iiorda And I,adle."
It Is a very curious fact that, with
all mir boasted "free and equal" super
iority over tlr1? communities of the Old
World, our pnpto.hav the most enor
mous appetites fur Old World titles of
distinction. Sir Michael ami Sir Hans
belong to one of the most extended of
the aristocratic orders. But we have
also 'Knight and Ladies of Honor."
ami, what is Hill grander. "Royal Con
clave of Knights and Ladies,'" "Royal
Arcanum." ami "Royal Society of
Good Fellows," "Supreme Council,
"Imperial Court." "Grand Protector."
and 'Grand Dictator." and so on.
Nothing less than "Grand" and
Supreme" is good enough for tlte
dignitaries of our associations of citi
fens. Where does all this ambition for
names without realities come from?
Because a Knight of the Garter wears
a goldau star, why does the worthy
cordwainer who inr-ntl the shoes of
his fellow-citizens want to wear a tin
star ami take a name that had a mean
ing as used hy the representatives of
ancient families, or the men who had
made Ihemsetres illustrious by their
achievements?
It appears to Ite a jwculiarly-Ameri-cati
weak n ess. The French republicans
of Ihe earlier period thought the term
"citizen" was good enough for any
body. At a later period "le Hoi
Citoypn" the citizen King was a
common title given to Louis Philippe.
Hut nothing is too grand for the Amer
ican, in the way of titles. The proud
est of them all signify absolutely noth
ing. They do not stand for ability,
for public service. for social importance.
for large possessions; but. on the con
trary, are oftenest found in connection
with personalities to which they are
supremely inapplicable.
Vo cau hardly afford to quarrel with
a National habit which, if lightly
handled, may involve us in serious
domest c difficulties. The "Right
Worshipful" functionary whose equip
age stops at my back gate, antl whose
services are indispensable to the health
ami comfort of my household, is a dig
nitary whom I must not offend. I
must speak with proper deference to
the lady who is scrubbing niy floors,
when I remember that her "husband,
who saws my wood, carries a string of
high - sounding titles which would
satisfy a Spanish uobleman. Oliver
Wendell Holmes in tlte Atuwlic Monthly.
Tbe Use of Water and Salt.
Salt is an absolute essential to the
diet of man. It promotes health in
various ways. Many of the functions
of the body go on better under its in
fluence, aud without it the blood be
comes improverished. While a com
plete deprivation of salt would produce
disastrous results, an excessive use of
it would scarcely be less harmful. In
large doses it acts as an emetic; in
quantities beyond the requirements of
health it irritates the stomach and in
testines and sometimes purges. Those
w ho use salt unusually freely almost
always suffer more or less from consti
pation. To drink large quantities of water
daily should betho rule with those who
sutTer from constipation. Each day
the system needs at least two quarts of
water, as about that quantity is used
up or thrown out of it every twenty
four hours. . Fruits and Vegetable
footls contain much water, and in tea,
coffee, soups, etc.. considerable is
taken habitually. In all ways, as
stated, about two quarts of water
should enter the stomach daily. It is
a good plan to drinkone ortwo glasses
of water from half an hour to an hour
before eating breakfast. And it may
be either hot or cold as preferred.
Whichever is used, the water should
be slowly sipped. To deluge the
stomach with cold water would be to
invite dyspeptic troubles. Boston Her
ald. The Kind Kditor.
. Iu Paris a A-oung poet approached
the table of a very much occupied ed
itor, and said: "I be your pardon,
Mon.sifur. but here are a few verses
which 1 "Very good, please to
place tliera in tho waste basket your
self. I am so busy!" replied the ed
itor, without casting a glance at the
poet.
Good Old fciliingles.
A house iu Georgetown, D. C, has
just been shingled for Ihe first time
BiiM-'ft 1803. and the carpenter says he
has found sawed sningles that had been
laid within ten years in much worse
couditiou than the shaved pineshiugles
which had been ia wear eiglity-seveu
years.
ALLISON,
55 AND 57 FII1ST ST.
Road-cart Buie, Kprin;; Wtj-
ona, Slowcrs, Hinders, ecu
Cutters, Tumps, Etc.
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linc;t-l. Carriage and Sprint; Wagons
limn marl ii rri! KXI'KKHSI.Y for
tha t'aetfia Coiutt Trsda
Write for Special Catalogue.
We 1 jro tnals arrangnmouis to
li aud la tho
South i ""1
DIM Plows.
and will aujjnae of our stock of
GALE PLOWS
at reduced prlcaa,
I till jo lo iie tor 1'1'JIB.
ALLISON, NEFF & CO.,
55 t 57 FIRST ST., BAN FRAXCISCO
HE WON THE BET.
harp Tonne- Man'a Method ef Slraet
Car Kldlitf.
"I have not failed to ride down-town
on a North-side griii-car free of charge
for a week." said a smooth-faced, dap
per young roan to his companions as
he stood on the corner of Clark and
Center streets waiting lor a chance to
get aboard a car.
That so? Tell us how you do It,
and we will work the snap, too," said
his companions in the same breath.
Well, it's this way: There are al
ways a lot of people on the corner
waiting for a car, and while the con
ductor is helping the women on I jump
alto aril in front and take seat inside.
Then I pull out a paper and become
intent on the news. The gripman, nine
times out of ten, is busy fixing his tension-screw,
; or watching the track
ahead, ami pays no attention to me.
When the conductor comes throngh
the car for his fares I never ' look up,
and he has doubts aitout me, but usual
ly after a hard stare at me his memory
gives out and pases on."
IJon t believe it works more n
time in a hundred." said one of
listeners.
one
tbe
Bet you a V I do it on the
ride
downtown," promptly responded
tbe
smooth-faced individual.
It's a go." said his companion.
The money was put uu iu the hands
of the other member of the party, and
the trio prepared to board a car. But
lor some reason the first limits car
that came along did not appear to suit
the free-ride man. and there being lit
tle room in it he had an excuse to wait
for the next one. This was a Lincoln
venue and he directed his friends to
get altoard on the rear platform while
lie gained entrance in front as he had
exulained. Sitting down about tbe
center of tbe car he pulled a paper from
his pocset antl began reading with
great iotentness. His friends secured
seats near him and watched the pro
ceeding;. The conductor went through
to tbe fro' and collected a fare, then
on to Ihe I friends, got his nickels,
gaveinolo 'v change for a quarter
in pennies. I i to accept a Canadian
dime from a .ashiooablv dressed young
woman, ami passed out without so
much as a glance iu the direction of
our reading friend. Just as lie was
opposite him. however, the diligent
reader rulled his paper vigoronly.
quite like a man whose sole thought
was to hud the editorial column or tbe
funny paragraphs.
When the three arrived at Washing
ton street they alighted and sought the
seclusion of a saloon to pay tbe stakes.
Pretty good scheme; "I'll work it
myself," s.iid the one who bad lost bis
V."
"Yes.it's easy when you know how,"
replied the wiuner as he pocketed his
$10. Then he left, and in another
minute was at tbe tunnel entrance,
where he caught the same car that he
hati come down on. '-I hati great luck
that time. Jimmie!' said he, as he
handed the conductor 12.50. Chicago
Times.
In a Japanese Mint.
There are about three hundred hands
employed at the mint of leddo. Japan.
V heu the men enter in the morning
thev nre made to divest themselves of
their own clothes and put on others be
longing to the mint. At tbe end of a
day's work a goog sounds, when the
somehal curious spectacle is presented
of 800 men suringiug from the ground
on which they have been seated. throw
ing off their clothes, aud rushing, a
naked throng, to one end of the yard.
Here they pass through the following
oideal in order to prove that they have
no silver on them: Their back hair is
pulled down and examined, they wash
their bands and bold them up to view,
they driuk water, and then hallo, and
lastly they run to the other end of the
yarti, clearing two or three nuraies on
their way, .after which performance
they are allowed to go to their long
ings. Compliment to His Dog.
A very delicate compliment was late
ly bestowed by a dojr-lover ouon th
intellisence of his Skye terrier. Thf
owuer of the dog was sitting in his of
fice, apparently alone, when au ae-quaintnuee-entered.
"Glad to findyoc
alone," said the visitor, ''because )
have a confidential communication tc
make to you, which no one else nausf
hear." Hold on a minute." ; said the
other.checking him; and then he called
out: "Here. Swt!" A small terrier
crawled out froui under the table.wag
ging his tail. '"Go out. Spt." said his
master. The dog went out. "Now,
then," said the owner. "you may go-ou
with your confidential communication
We are alone."
Philadelphia Real Estate.
The hetr of the late John W. Forney
have beet -tffcred $30(J. 000 for the
ground ano Mding on Cliestnutstreet,
Puiladelphi: upied by the Press.
This is at th of $6200 per front
foot, ami is the highest price ever offered
for property on that street. Heretofore
$5000 a foot has been considered a big
price.
The greatest drawback, to the growing:
of cotton In California has been the
trouble of securing sufficient cheap labor-.
era during the ptcKing season, a me
chanical contrivance has now been in
vented which is said to pi k cotton aa
well and much more rapidly than it is
done with the Qngera. If this machine
proves practical there is no reason why
cotton should not be one of the most
profitable of our California farm prod
ucts. California Fruit Grower.
NEFF & CO,
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vaot It tor nae or for aale. It leads tbem all, to
ox., 0c lb. or S3 00 a oox of 8 pound.
Empire Wringer never Telle tn give eatlafactloa
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wuule wefk. Too wlU smile, t be chtm- wtl
laturtt and the men folks will almost roar vtth
delight. They are all to be had at
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