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they may enjoy it, et the same
time itis not strfetly necessary that ducks
should have a pond of water to play in..
Any et the good breeds of ducks will thrive
if, they Pan have all the good fresh water
they can drink without having a supply to
minim and play in. They cane by supplying
plenty of feed, be kept growing and if de-
sired can be ready for market when not over
three• neathe old. With plenty oe. feed and
water, dneka grow very rapidly and can be
sold earty. If kept after they are matured
the teathere should be picked regularly as
the feathers that can be seemed are well
worth the trouble et feeding and caring for
them. While they eat more than el?ickene
yet they are great foragers and will mantle
to pick up a geed part e f their living if gm --
-64 an opportunity. They are muchbardier
Than chicken or turkeys and less fable to
disease, and after they get well started to.
gnaw they are less trouble thaw almost any
other kind of poultry. While ter the table
they man raet be exeelled,
R> xr r,A eon APPLX TnEn DOSFES,
The entoln oloy,ie.t of the Ohio experiment
etatiora, advises eats and the wase xe.enedy her
both the round headedand fiat headed
bores and bash; lice that ao iaajeriously at -
feet the trunks of apple trees, The remedy
is a Kash made b mixing one quart of soft
seep or .cue Found of herd *nap with two
one of boiliiaghot wafter, nett thea addsog
tt oaf andel cm:belie, Tide rrietnire
d be emptied late in pia and again
weeks later with a ecret gush, to the
salt wed larger braraebee c the tree, It
rk lei rough it might to be aerapedbe-
fore tine wash is implied. ?:'tri macho in the
t the bees of the amok where the int
enter should be tuissed in the ap-
plicatten,ea the soieobjeet Tato prevent the
leyieg of the me from which the .grub* are
Batched.
BlrHai t ar:r.e SitraING FOr. DioauoNaor
A Day in Joppa.
Landing at Joppa, Dr;. Gefkfe beeeea hie
observations et once, eloppa is one of the
oldest Cities in the world,, and the first
possible landing place as one Saila northward
From Egypt, Yet there is difficulty in land-
ing. Reefs of rocks defend the shore, the
bay is shallow, eharke are not unknown, and
the coast is much exposed. *ani vessel
mechora half a mile out at sea,, and a throng
of flattiah•bettozned coblea soon surround
the ship- to carry passengerthrough the
opening in the reefs to laud. A babel of
eves, unintelligible. to Weatern ears, fills the
air; but by degrees the motley crowd of
deck -passengers, of the most varied naton-
alitiea, veiled women, shawl-oovered Arabia,
black, Nubians with their red fezes, brown
Levantine*, turbaned Syrians, or Egyptians
with their :ficwing robes of all shades, all
drift by degrees irate the, boats, and for a
time at least, you see the last of their red
or yellow slippers, and hear their noisy
jargon no more, Then you, who have shrunk
possibly from this rushing crowd of Orien-
tals, have your turn, and the skillful Ned
stroeg.a*mod oarsman whisk youthrough
the opening in, the reefs across the shallow
harbor, and then suddenly, when you are
twenty, or thirty yards elf shore, you are
seized, and carried en the bare arms or on
the back of a beatmatt through. they abaiiow
water to the turbled•down old quay built
of stone from the ruins of Cmsarea, and at
last you and yourself treading on the soil of
the Holy Land.
Net a very dignified entrance. perbapia ;
but tate boats sanld act approaeh closer, a:ud
year have faxed no Iroise than the bead eyed
Oreelee ar the hoek•ttoted Rome did, then -
de of years ago l tt ens pentad Vents*
organized a spring *tad autumn peektet•'ser,
vita (how strangely mordent two aoaude !)
to Jeppaa and heft a male to protect the
aitipp ag ; but Once the reign of the " en.
speakable Turh,' everythieghae relepaed
tufo a state of nature., A.ud tie from earli-
eat times 1'hoeniletatx and Egyptieu, Barnet;
d Crusader, Reglieb end Arericee, all
eve to acknowledge the pawer of the
heinous widen.
route; our way through the .street,
e diad, it rough enough. taco paved, the
tones hove long since risen or sunk above
below their ,proper level. Duetbine and
era being appereetly alike unknown to
idle oriental, every hind of teatimes
wa the Way, The bnikduage are of
with little er rho wood, moywberea
being aearee in Palestine, The arch
me universal; as you ramble en yea
ne light entero the sheen except
tont --that they aro in fust seaane-
ing�lik:e miniatures of the gloomy hake
methene made out elf railwmy" *reline in
egland,
idea of eakea or sweetineeta Dine the
row ,streets, BCugb awning of mats,
n sorely dilapidated, or teut•clethe,
oto boards relating on a rio}:ety strum
... piles, partially ntlnade the roadway..
v vie meet a turbene i water eerier with
a gauge el;Ln bottle on hie iaa k. Tide bottle
is .in fact, a defunct calf, with.svater instead
of
is,
within, and without lege, head or
The great bulk: of the people sof latah ae
aga'ieuleuriata, Their possessions are u
land* and leaden The statistics 'show that
p0 per cent•. of Mormon famines own their
owns timers. There it ott ether conainunity
on earth which will make a like slaowien,
There is%Meau almahetaee, orthenes'salty
fee meet in any of the eaccluaively Alarruott
settlements, With the e„tceptiou of the
=bee, every other iudustr,y- ha Utah in kept
*live !ty Mermen leiter seed Morneena petren-
age. Tile. ;elernivemelappplythe aninstrelieble.
nereetrilkieg also of lsberere in the whale
irdexenvent ne region,
Norte.
The State of Saueme ;*.tax,, levies a tae
I2on every baby born within ite limits, an
charges the fernier ,a cerate for every chick
he niece wad r4 cents for every sheep.
The total experts of apple* from the Uni-
ted States tend Canada for lbeeeb were 60S,.
CSS barrels, as against 511,:410 barrels for,
384.7. ilbaut on e,halk the shipmentna were tail, and offering a mast feral*:dlustratien
made to Liverpeo .
A farmer itt Soanb Carolluala said tobeve'
followed the plow for aixtytijht years.
There la demeaning to admire in the humble
but useful life of sueh a man, He 'never
waitedfor anything to tarn up, but went
faithfully and uncomplainingly to work and
turned it up hluaself, and continued to tura
it up.
In England the silo, in ensilage making, is
being dispensed with, and the fodder prop-
es'iy stacked, roofed and weighted or screwed.
down—after heating --comes outin excellent
condition. A common practice, alio, is that
of alteraeting the layers of fodder with
these of cut arrive, the latter abaorbinq dur-
ing fermentation a portion of the fodder
a.rotna, and thus becoming .softened and
more digestible.
One of the most serious hindrances in
oniongrowing is the onion maggot, the larva
of .n small fl resembling the house fly, but
smaller. No positive remedy is known, but
it' is a common belief among gardeners that
when the maggot'bccomea troublesome it is
a good plan to cbangethe land, which other.
Wise would nob be done, for, unlike cabbage
and many other crops, omens thrive well
year after year on the seine land.
It is always bad policy to crop bearing
orchards, and one reason tor this is that it
generally prevents their pasturing by pigs,
which are the best scavengers for destroying
wormy -fruit, with its contents. The apples
in our markets would be fairer if pigs had
the range of apple orchards, and the pigs
themselves would be more and.
food.
If not ringed, pigs will give an orchard all
the ploughing ib needs, with no danger or
injury to tree roots.
A careful examination of the corn field at
various times has convinced. Superintendent
Graham, of the Kansas Agricultural College,.
that the burning of corn•atalks and weeds to
kill chinch bugs is a waste of time. The
bugs do not hide in the fodder, the corn•
stubs or the weeds, but do hide very close
to the roots of the grass. Burning the grass
does not deatroy many of them, because the
grass is damp near the surface of the ground
and the fire does not reach them. The
question of the proper disposal of our sur-
plus chinch-buga seems yet to remain an
open one.
Each owner of a garden may have abun•
dant raspberries. Cuthbert for red, and
Gregg for black, will, in most sections, give
entire satisfaction. The descriptions of
new varieties read well, and the illustra-
tions are captivating, but the largest yield
after all is from such as the above. Dig
the soil thoroughly, manure freely, and do
not crowd the plants. Set the reds very
shallow, and the blacks deep. Partial shade
is no detriment, and a slight mulch in hot
weather beneficial. Cut away the old canes
as soon as the crop is gathered. A hori-
zontal cheap
ori-zontal'cheap trellis is better than tying
closely to single stakes.
The American Breeder says: It is poor
economy to stint the supply of feed along to-
ward spring because your grain is short ; af-
ter being kept in *'thrifty'condition all win.
ter do not allow them to run down just be-
fore spring pasture.. Sheep -raisers will find
a big item in a patch ofrye in which, to turn
the ewes with lambs. A nip of green grass
aids very materially in enabling the ewes in
furnishing a full eupply of milk; for it is
. through the mothers we feed the lambs. Do
not make the change from dry to green food
too suddenly. The, rye patch will be found
advantageous here. Turn your stook in for
an hour or two a day. As the green food in-
creases, lessen the amount of dry.
of the reference to the placing uew wiue en
QUI patios.
Farther on we see a baro armed and bare.
legged individual in ragged akulleap, cotton
acicut2: and eottou kuieker'boel.erc, chaffer -
ng with a roadside huckster for aoana de.
Ileaey, costing afarthins or two, from some
of the mat baakote on a table ; the bearded
render. aleo bare-armed and bare -legged,
Sits as he tries to sell, his head swathed in a
red and white turban, and his body in pink
and white cotton, Of course there is no
lounger at his aide looking an.
Then again wo ace an Arab in "ko&yeh"
or head•shawl, with n band of camera hair
rope, very soft, around his bead to keep the
flowing gear in its place, and a brown and
white striped "abbe" for his outer dress,
heishargaining for a bridle at the saddler's,
and tryingto cheapen it; and the .saddler
s -
kite crosegged un a counter and under a
shady Iirojeetion of woods and reeds, which
gives ham much needed shade. And thus
wo no glimpses ot ordinary everyday life
n tbo old town of Joppa,
To Look at Pictures Properly
WORK OF A;A.D SLAVERS.
Many Wretched Africans are now Being
not Into captivity.
A gust of wind the other day upset an
Arab. slave dhow, and 104 hapless wretches
Who weresailing to slavery in. Arabia. were
drowned in sight of the English oruiieer
which was on the way to rescue them, lin
the same week another slaver was captered
after a hard fight, in which a number of the
forty slaves on board received beliefs intend
ed far their oaptere. That the expert slave
trade onthe East African .has. is scall aotiv
is attested by the fact that in two yeara
nearly fatty of these shave dhows have been
captured; yet the punishment indicted upon
the galley elave•atealere does riot deter others
from engaging in the perilene but profitable
business,
Regent facts gglleetod by the agents of the
Anti -Slavery Society of England show that
slaves were never Cheaper innArabia nor more
numerous than at present. There has been
a great revival of the slave trade In the
Soudan, and the followers of the Mandi have
seat many hundred of their captives to the
coast to be despatched across the Red Sea in
the night to markets in Arabia Even the
daughters of wealthy Khartoum merebants
bane been consigned to thie terrible fate.
The markets for which the dhows ship their
loads of bondemen at many an unfrequented
point along the coasts of the Redsea and'
the 'adieu ocean are mainly Arabia and
Turkey, The present Khedive of Egypt,
who owns oxo slaves, and whin pays wages to
the bondsmen whom hie father left behind
hire, is apparently powerless to prevent alone
shipment* from harts of his western ceaet,
which 4 few years age he ordered kept clear
of slavers,
A recent writer in an English review,
after picturing the fresh horrors sof this re,
vived traffic, emu uo hope of again stifling
the trade without a rigid patrol of some
thousands of miles of coasts. This costly'
expedient cuuld at beet accomplish at
temporary results, Tba evit uet lee
Vit -
tacked at the sources of the trade, and in
the lregieue whose demand for alavea the
Arabdealers are, willing to gratify at any
poral. Some day, when Christendvmwakee
up to the feet that the export Airmen slave
trade ra again in full blast, much needed,
pressure may be brought to bear upon Tur•
key to prevent the importation of slaves,
The evil will never be stamped out until the
demand is largely' dimiaaiehed, and Cantil
the Datives learn through contaetwith civil.
li:iug indite:wee to prefer :iegltimete worst
Dunce to the criminal lime which the AraixA
Curage,-N.Y. S.
The collector who has seen pia choicest
prints turned over by unintelligent hands
while he has been forced by courtesy to con-
ceal his chagrin and to resist the impulse to
seize the precious plates and conceal them
from unworthy use, will appreciate fully the
force of what we say. Moat people might
almost as well be given the simple views
with which comio almanacs are adorned as
set down to examine a portfolio of priceleae
etehin e. Indeed, generally they would be
bored b.y the latter and entertained by the
former.
The great mistake made by the majority
of persons is to suppose that no special train-
ing as needed to see pictures properly. The
reception of any work of art presupposes
previous and special training. It is neces-
sary to learn the artist's language ; to train
one's perceptions to acute and instant sensi-
tiveness to the means by which it is sought
to produce an impression. If one is to ex-
amine photographs with no other end save
to decide whether the resemblance to the
original object is exact, perhaps no great
amount of special preparation is needed ;
but with a picture which is anything more
than a graphic diagram, special education is
a necessity. How few persons ever take an
engraving and sit down deliberately to study
it ; to endeavor to discover why the artist
disposed his figures and accessories,in a given
manner; why the light and shade are dispos-
ed thus ; why the engraver has used certain
lines in reproducing certain parts of the
plate, and so on for the rest ; and yet every-
body,
verybody, as we said at the start, supposes he
knows how to look at a picture.
itllitai y Efficiency a luau
no military ability of 'Preece, and h�
of fortification, are fsipleadidly d
eapeeielly when one considers the
shifting policies of the war department un
der her peculiar administration et republic -
anima. It may be said, however, that each
new minister, urged en by the national feel-
ing, bas accelerated rather than abated or
auspeuded, improvement For five years
following the re•esteblishment of the repel).
lie, the national aesennbly spent mulch of its
time in supplementing the orgauie laws of
'72, which were copied in the main from
theta of Prussia. Universal liability to
arms, non'substitatiou, and the abolfeinment
of paid enlistment, are the first features of
the modern military statutes. Liability to
a ervica in the actives or reserves, extends
from 20 to 40 years. Tba animal contingent
is divided 'um two categories, the first aerm
ing three in active ninny, Since Boulanger'*
time in tho reserve, and the secand eddy one
year in the years with the ealora, and two :.
years in the war offnee—and the subtle in-
spiration of his policy is now becoming man-
ifest --the enlistments have been localized.'
In consequence of this eonceesion, thou•'
sands of trained soldiers, armed for revolve
tion as well as war are oaserned at their
own firesides, which, enables them to balance
their interest between subjects of home poli-
tice, and training* for national defense, In-
cluding the Gendarmerie and Garde Repub-
licaine, Franco has at present a peacofooting
of 520,711 men. Deducting vacancies, ab-
sentees, and sick, tho total would be about
566,000, Tho territorial force, officers and.
mon, is about 5110, making the total active
1,155,000. The German authorities narrow
tbo total war force of France to something
less thon'5,000,000, both Hennebert and
Fremont, who are perhaps the beat authori-
ties on the subject, approximate it at over
4,100,000.
SEVEN MEN IIEL1iD vi' Tug
TRAIN.
The • Ex-prees Messenger Snrpr;seme-este
elan Mated and Others Wounded, -
The south -bound Missouri, giantess and
Texasea reaswasrebbedabout9 o'oleck the
other uight at Verdigris Bridge, 1. T. The
train lied stopped -at the bridge to put off
some baggage and had just started to pull
out when the euuiueer was ecvered by a re-
volver and .the express ear was entered,
The express messenger was- taken by sur.
prise,, as, it beieg a very warm night, the
side ober wan open, Before he could close
it ewe men entered the ear and robbed him
of and one vainable package. •
One shot was area into the mail car, the
bullet passing through the left arm of
Charles Colton,, the mail. agent,, Two shots
were firea at the front of the smelting ear,
one going; through the tight fore -arm of
Karry Ryan, the train „ butcher." The
other streak a passenger named Ben, C.
Tarver in the left cheek and, passing back-
ward, broke his neck, causing Instant death.
The wounded and dead were brought to
this piece, but the mail agent went senth,
His was a flesh wound.
Deputy ,Marshal Tyson and posse are.
preparing to give pursuit a4 soon as they
Can cross the Arkansas River. There were
seven men engaged in the robbery, No
• effort wan node to rob the passeneere.
The dead man's home was Rasebnd, Tex.
$e wan a atingle man, and was going portae
from, a trip to Ghiaga, The leader of the
robbera gave his Manse as Capt, Jack.
Some of theta were latasbed:
Protestant 1Uissionary Enterprise
The Recorder centains,a classified catalogue
of -the missionary enterprises. of all the Pro-
testant Churches and of the Greek Orthodox
Church, to the non-Christian world. Such
a fist has never been before' published. It
appears that Great Britain and its colonies
support 114 organizations, as follows :-Un-
denominational N, Episcopal 25, Methodist
6, Congregationalists 1, Presbyterian 7,
la riends 2, Bible Christian 1, Baptist 2,' Ply-
mouth
! -
mouth Brethren 12, miscellaneous 5, colonial
26 ; total 114. There are 110 organizations
supported in foreign countries, as follows ;—
Germany 20, Switzerland 4, France 1, Den-
mark 2, Sweden 8, Norway 3, Russia 2,
Netherlands 14, United States (North Amer-
ioal) 56 ; total 110.—N • Y. Evening Post.
Great Heads.
"'" Seven' being the average size of a
man's head as measured by his hat," says a
London exchange, "it appears that out of
fourteen distinguished personages, two
(Lord Chelmsford and Dean Stanloy)'were
below, while other two (Lord Beaconsfield
and the Prince of Wales) were exactly up
to the average. Of the others, Dickens,
Selborne, and Bright required 7 -, Earl
Russell ee, Lord Macaulay, Gladstone, and
Thaakeray 7, Louis Philippe 7h, and the
Bishop of i' ork 8 full ! Of twenty-three
distinguished men whose actual brain -
weights are known, four, including the late
Prof. Hughes Bennett and Hermann, the
philologiat, were distinctly below the
average, showing that a well -constituted
brain of small dimensions may be capable
of doing much better work than many a
larger organ whose internal constitution is,
from one cause or other, defective,"
roman SCIENCE.
'Pet rope is only one-third as tensile
When dry, and greased rope is even weaker.
Basic slag, the refuse of steel works, when
freed from iron and reduced to powder,
proves to ben valuable fertilizer.
Illedioal authority can be found for the
theory that it le the early riser wire cateiaea
miasma if there be any in the air.
1?lorida promises to become a large pro.
decor of opium. Sia teen plants will pro-
duce an ounce and an acre of poppiea will
,yield $1,000 worth of opium.
It hoe been ascertained by careful experi.
uteeta Conducted by M. Boger that poisons
lose one•lifkh of their tomo power when
takenin to thesyatem bylasting.
'urembern inventor has produced €a
hoe stole composed of wire net overlaid
ith a int a, tensa reaemblln mala rubber.
There notes, wbiah coat but half the price
of leather, have' been tested in the Oermau
army and found to be twice as durable.
Aaewdouble•pointed nail lathe invention
of ingenious woman, The paints turn
op .site directions, Tasy are eapeelitity
ful ft r invisible nailing in weed work. it
is simply two menu jointed firmly, the sides
of the beads being placed together.
De. Worms, ot the Paris Academy of
Medicine, hes ascertained thatbeee, ants and
wasp* show a marked dielike to the new
saccharine. To the human palate there
is no difference in the taste betweenit and
auger. It has been shown, however, that
lie use disturbs digestion.
A physician of 1'hildelphie analyzed a
black japanned hat band worn by a patient
auffering from the 'headache and found it
coutained three grains of one of the lead
smite. Frointide case he concludes that
many headaches aro often due to the absorp.
tion of the lead in the bat band.
One Kept Alive.
The nonkieh chronicles of the early ages
of Christianity wrapped the truths, which
they wished to teach, in quaint allegories
to attract their heathen readers, One of
these fables natty interest American boys
tend girls, It fa as true in Significance os
it was in the days of the Ctosare.
A (look of birds mysteriously appeared
one day in a city out of a clear airy, and
saueht refuge in all manner of etrauge
hiding•plaees.
Ono flew into a bare stone cell where it
died of starvation; Another into the gaping
throat of a wild boar, and was stied by
fat; a third was placed by a princess in a
beautiful cage. At firat she counted the
bird as her chief treasure and fed and
cherished it, Then she began to decorate
the cage with gold and jewels, and forgot
ita inmate, until one day she found it
starved and dead.
But another took refuge in the breast of a
woman so poor that she had only rags to
keep her warm and cruets to eat. The bird
was her only happiness.
When the winter night came, a call
sounded from the sky for the birds to return..
There was but one of them yet alive, It
flew from the breast of a poor woman who
lay frozen to death by the roadside, and
heaven opened to take it in.
The allegory needs no interpretation.
As we walk along the street to -day and
look into the faces of the passers-by, we can
read the story of the bird from heaven
which was given to each one of them at
birth. In that man's breast it died of cold ;
in this it was stifled by swinish appetites ;
that woman's body is a beautiful cage,
which she so loved to adorn that she
altogether forgets its holy tenant.
But there are men and women who meet
us every day, whose every word and action
are fragments of harmony, from the divine
dweller in their hearts.
Ile Disliked Slang.
It was at the Institute of Technology, a
few days before the close of the term. One
of the professors had been troubled by hear-
ing one of the students indulging in slang.
Accordingly, when his class had assembled
to bear' his lecture he gave them a tea -min-
ute discourse on the use of slang ; told them
how it was corrupting the language, and
that its use was, among persons' of cultiva-
tion and refinement, a sure sign of ill -breed-
ing. Then he went on with his regular lec-
ture, and; at its close called the atteietien of
his class to the fact: that some of them had
beenremiss in their studies, and that it be-
hooved . them to make up for lost time or
they would fail to pass the approaehi'ng ex-
aaninationd.' "The fact, is," concluding,
"you've got to brace up or you'll get left "
which shows that preaching and practice are
often wide apart. '
Discouraging.
Country Minister-" I am, sorry, Mr.
Wrangle, but as I was driving from the par,.
sonage before service I saw your little boy
on Goosecreek bridge snaring for suckers."
Mr, Wrangle—" Is that so,parson? Did ye
notice what luck he was Navin' ?
WIT AND WISDOM
The man who says that he will welcome
death as a release from a life made up of sor-
row generally sends, for four doctors when
he has the coke..
A negro wedding in Norfolk closed with
the remark by the parson* : — "We will sing
that beautiful hymn, `Plunged is a gulf of
dark despair, , „
"A moment of time fa too preoiaus to
waste "—particularly when the, girl is pretty
and there are chances that her father is cone
ng around, the corner.
" A lie grows as it trevole." A debar,
loan's lie, is an exception, It is the fish that
grows, and the lie is cut, basted and sewed
to suit the size of the tiab.
A recently embitsbed book do etiquette
says c--" Endeavor to select your guests
with a sense of fitness. " That is, do not in-
vite a fat ratan to eat &slim dinner.
A troupe of Russian muaiebns who play
on twenty-four pianoe eimultaneansly icon,
its way to London. The probabilities of a
great European warare growing imminently
more probable.
A Novel Railway.
Some really good men at heart do their
good, deeds in so bad a way as to spoil them,.
If a Christian enema be great and gracious
too, let him by all meats be gracious. --OM-
capo,Standar d.
"Traver pass that haute across the way,»
remarked Darnley, 't that I do not see that
pretty little woman an the lawn, 45 She must
spend moat of her time there, Yes, re-
plied Brown, "the cheer elude is gear
widow.
"A text Resting in a vast quantity of
weak soup," is the way in which the Bis Imp
of Carlisle ventures to desertbe certain ser.
Mens be bas listened to and he thinks this
eccleaiastical broth not particularly ettoam
give.
Tramp -a" Won't you give a little same
thing to an old hero of the battlefield.? 1
haveenevivad four ware ," Strauger (Wide
ing hien seine tuonoy)--•-" "Ilow did you dolt f""
Tramp (atter paaketing the money). -•'" Kept
out of 'em,"
Speeial china tots, for use in country
houses, are novelties, Each piece takes the
shape of a natural object, so that ono dude
petetom i<it a9 big cabbage •heed and strawe
berries in a delicately turned up oak leaf.
Our lady ,goaslp says the reason why, tall
men beat succeed in matrimony is because
all seusibis women laver Hymen,
After a heated debate in parliament one
of the mealtime turned to Timothy J. Camp-
bell, who he had expected wenld help him,
and said, " why didn't you help us oat'
Yon never topp, eeinem your mouth once Burg
the entire debate." " Oh, ea I dict,,, said
Tim, " I yawned through your, entire
epoch.
The habit of horses summing avid Tatting
at everything within reach is often that re-
sult of teasing and tormenting them. It is
a pernicious habit, to say the least ---ane that
should be broken up if possible. It is said
that a horse may be cured by filling a small
bag made ofloose cloth frill of Cayenne pep.per and letting him obese' and. bite at ntaatl lie
pleases.
BUSINESS re Bttsa uiss,—Editor (through
s eaking•tube to ferment—Are the forms
closed yetl" Foreman --" No, sir.°Editor
--r" Lift out the editorial on "The Carse of
Rum e Wine, liandlung,G Co. have jnot pent
in an ad,"
Young Stimiot, experianentin; with the
phonograph in bliss Rardcash s parlor, ie
horrified by tbo following sentonce in the
voice of old Bardaash : " I never saw such
a fooled a dude as young Stimlet who calla
on our Jenny."
A young woman who wants to test the
real depth of a young man's avowed affem
tion has only to ask him to accompany her
for an afternoon while she goes around to do
A little chopping,
" Now," said the photographer, " are
you ready 1" " Tee," replied the customer,
"'Well, just keep your eyes on this spot,"
he said, pointing to a motto on the wall
which read, " Positively no credit"--" and
look pleasant."
Salesman: "Yes, sir. I'll warrant that
ono of those lamps will save you at least
fifty per cent. in oil in the course ot a year."
Longheaded Farmer: " Give me two on 'em.
Monght as well save a hundred per cent.
while Pm 'bout it."
Young physician (inspecting citizen onthe
floor of the police station) -Thin man's con-
dition is not due to drink. He has been
drugged. Officer McGinnis—You're right.
I drug him all the way from Casey's saloon,
two blocks down tho street.
Omaha man—" Why don't you go to St.
Louis ? I hear the bricklayers are getting $5
a day down there." Bricklayer—" I was
there. It don't pay." " Don't pay ?" " No,
they dock you fifty cents an hour for time
lost by sunstrokes-"
"What I object to in. Maine,' remarked a
Pennsylvania man, " is the horrible names
you have up there. There's Androscoggin,
for instance." "Yes," replied the Maine
man, " that is almost as bad as some you
have in Pennsylvania — Punxsutawney,
Youghiogheny, and the like."
Grocer—How is it, Mr. Swartman, that
you are so particular to pay the cash nowa-
days ? You used to run a weekly bill. Cus-
tomer—I know 1 did, and you would always
give me a cigar when I squared up Saturday
night. Grocer—Yes. Customer—Well, it
was that cigar that impelled me to pay cash
She was sitting in the parlor with her
beau when the old man came down stairs
and opened the front door. " Surely, papa,"
she said, " you are not going out at this
late hour ?" "Merely to untie the dog,"
he replied. " Well, Miss Clara," said the
you ag man; reaching for his hat, "I think
I will say good—night.",
She had promised to be a sister to him.
He thanked hercoldly,, but said that he
already had five'sisters.
" Why, Mr. Sampson," said the girl, "
thought you- were an only child."
I ams''he responded ; " l mean that. I
have five sisters such as you offer' to be,"
and he Cotte ed to the' door. ''
A Boston servant like manyof her Claw
9 D
does not know her age. She'had lived with
one• family eleven years, anilhes :always been
twenty-eight. But not long ago she read in a
newspaper of an old women who had died at
the age of one hundred and six. "Maybe. I'm
as old as that meself," said she. " Indade,
1 can't remember the time when I wasn't
alive."
Mr. E. Moody Boynton, of Newburyport,
Mass., has invented what is known as the
bicycle railway, and expects to revolution•
ize the entire railway system of the world.
A locomotive which as unlike any heretofore
constructed is being built. It is designed
specially and solely for service on the new
railroad: The cardinal principle of the rail-
road is that the; tracks are notboth laid on
the ground as we commonly see them. One
is laid on the ground and the other is laid
on the underside of the framework, ' which
is above and directly over the lower track.
The eugins and caro have wheels on the bot-
tom and double `trucks above. In this way
the whole is steadier on the rail,atid cannot
fall over nor off the track. 'It is expected
that great speed will bevattained on account
of the comparative lightness of the train, and
also because ot the loss of friction. : The
idea is°patented 'in every country in Europe,
as well as in. thea; United States, and ; other
nations of the Western Hemisphere.
The present constitution of human nature.
cannot bear uninterrupted prosperity with-
out being corrupted by it.