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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-7-31, Page 3FOR THE rARMERS. =lige Which Every Agriculturist ehould troirim HINTftl AND HELPS. Fertilizers and Their Special Composition and cruet, The wet of fertilizere lergely depende 'upon the kind of orop to which they are applied, but the composition of the fertil- Ira itaelt ie also a matter of conaideration. It may be added: that the soil requires a epeoial fertilizer for a special purpose, and to use any other than the kind needed is to enter into an expense that may be e‘voided. The needs of the eoil are not only for ite own recuperation, but for the crop it is to produce. The kind of work to be done by the soil ie the first consideration, and to provide the aoil with the proper material for its work is the next. One may 'nuclease and apply a large amount of fertilizer with no immediate beneficial results, for the reason that the soil is already provided with what it has re- oeived as an addition. What the wesential requirements of his soil may be the farmer cannot learn from bootee, but must observe for himself by carefully ex- perimenting as well as noting the results of the growth and productions of his crops from year to year. Because a fertilizer is cheap does not indicatelt to be the proper ken' el desired. A. fertilizer sells according to its proportion of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash contained. For the leg• eunes and also for grass orope,the low-prioe I ertilizers, whioh contain but little nitro- gen, and more than the average percentage of potash, will sometimes give better re. Bolts than the more costly fertilizers, for the reason that they contain the proper kind of plant food required, and in such oases the farmer would make a mistake if Ie purchased any kind containing the costly ingrediente, but it would not be economi- nal on the part of the farmer to purchase et potash fertilizer for his wheat simply be. cause it tan be procured for less, es his crop would be but partielly benefited. The crops that require nitrogen will not thrive unities it is supplied, and no substitute will be accepted by the plants. There are instances in which only wood stiles are necessary to complete the food of the eoil, and when this is the case the farmer will secure as good results as from an applioation of several substances. The soil should be fed with what it requires only, and not given an excess or that which will be stored up for the future instead of benefiting the crop. As fertilizers differ, and are oomposed of one or more sub- stances that have of themselves a value, the farmer can never buy any fertilizer at lees cost than the value of its ingredients, and the coat of bags and labor of handling must also be included. To buy intelligently the farmer should know the proportions of each ingredient in the fertilizer (which no reliable manufacturer will object to giving), compare prices, and buy that which he believes will give the beet results for each ,partionlar crop. Mulch for Orchards. Mr. Samuel B. Green, in a late letter in The Farm and Fireside, replying to a sub. eoriber's question wbether it would be beat to keep his orchard completely mulched, and if so with what material, said : " The best mulch for an orchard is a loose top soil. If an orchard is heavily mulched the roots are very liable to come to tho surface and be injured if the mulch is removed. Then, it is very apt to same. late a late fall growth, which is not a,dvan- tageons." Ornamenting Old Stumps. An otherwise unsightly old stump, if sawed off rather low, says a contemporary, may be transformed into something quite pretty by placing on it a box filled with earth and planted with ferns and Trades - cantle or almost any trailing vine. If some- thing brilliant is wanted, fill the box with ecariet geraniums and let nasturtium trail over the edge. The box can be painted green or be oovered with bark taoked on to represent a rustic basket. Feed the cow. Bran and grain are cheap aEl well as milk. Store them in the cow now, that she may be in good shape to produce milk when better prices rule—we don't mean fat her, but grass alone, and such watery grass as HOMO parts of the country are producing this season, is very poor stuff to build up the system of a cow that is a geed milker. Give some bran or grain, or both, to help ont—we feed bran and a little cornmeal each day. The Manure Heap. Whenever manure is handled it is so much added to the cost; hence any labor required in preparing the food, or reducing the litter before adding it to the heap, is saved when the manure is to be handled. The most disagreeable work on the farm is the handling of manure that is full ot corn- stalke, straw and other long litter. Manure ebonld be decomposed, and the finer the material that is added to it the quicker its reduction by deoomposition. Right Rind of Food. Economy in feeding does not refer to reducing the food required, but to regulate it in quality that nothing may be wasted. Much of the food given is simply converted into manure. It does not pay to feed woody / 'fibre and water when more nutritiona material is required in order to produce the ealable product from an animal. Salt for Cows. A dairyman claims that two ounces of snit per day to each cow increased the but- ter product ono -fifth, 'which indioates that a loss may occur by the failure to supply some inexpensive essential, though the farmer may be feeding liberally and giving his animals the best of care other- wise. catching Chickens. When chickenerare to be caught it is best to do it after they have gone to roost. The chasing liable to ensue if one attempts to catch them during the day not only annoys the person in pursuit, but is highly injurious to the fowl. Besides all the other poultry is generally 'tightened, and more or less injury moults from this. Jormat 44 if eo tq: r lea turret Journals. It is absolutely necessary to supply to the soil each Omit food as is lacking. The only question to bo decided is how to sup- ply it most economically. Lime is recommended for use in case of mildew in cucumbers and diseases among potatoes. Powder the lime and shake it tlarough a Wave, being careful to distribute it thoroughly. It is easy, says Galen Wilson, to prevent cabbage worms from injuring the plants. &tat keep the orowne filled with soil, The earth does no harm to the cabbages, as the heads grow up from the bottom and throw off the earth. Sugar beets should stand from seven to mine inched sport, according to the fertility of the Boil. Cultivate them flat, give them plenty of sun, stir the ground thoroughly and aim to produce heath weighing about a pound When topped and cleaned. One man last year used on 20,000 ourStEst bushes 40 p0On1S of hellebore. This ea at the rate of about an ounoe to 30 bushes. Every bush had a little helle- bore, but if there was no sign of worme only the slightest shake of the box was given in passing. Small, knotty fruit of any kind iS a non. paying article. It is better to grow a dozen berries to make a pint that.' to grow fifty. With grapes remember that ten bunches weighing fifty pounde will sell better thao twenty bunches making the lame weight. Those •lands which in Continental Europe are devoted to the grape and pro- duce the beat and most costly wines are remarkable for the great amount of phos. &oriel acid they contain. The evil of the renowned Clog Vogeot vineyard in France contains 4 per cent. A fifteen.mile journey is an average day's work for a horse. How far does the cow travel in a poor pasture, nipping a penny. weight of grass here and there, to get her daily ration? Then she is expected to pay for it through the milkpail, says the Mirror and Farmer. While butter is cheap use all the cream and milk in cooking and upon the table that yon wish. For vegetables, pie•orust and many other uses in the culinary art cream is far ahead of butter or lard, and should be indulged in by every farmer's and dairyman's family. Agricultural Notes. There is as much in planning as in doing farm work, Nothing on the farm pays better than a good gerden. Hungarian grass or millet is the best orop to sow in the poultry yard. The farmer who has advanced to the point of knowing what he is feedine to each enimal will not long be satiefied with wast- ing good feed on inferior stock. Always give an abundanoe of room for the storage of surplus honey. When bees fill all available space with honey they will make preparations to swarm. From recent observations it is stated that there is reason for believing that fresh dirt thrown upon potato leaves when wet starts the mildew on the leaf, which later in the season results in blight. Earth -worms, in dry weather, sometimes work their way through the soil to the well and fall in, thus contaminating the water to a certain extent. If possible the curbing of all wells should be cemented. Wherever weeds grow luxnriantly the ground is usually fertile, and such ground should be made to produce some kind of crop. At this Beason millet or Hungarian grass should be sown on such land. Education does more for a poor farmer than fertilizers. It grows better crepe and breeds better stock. What many a poor farm, with ita scrawny cattle and foul acres, wants ie a heavy application of brains. If you must, or think you must, feed corn to the horses during the winter, do let up on the practice in summer. Feeding a horse corn in summer is a good deal like building a fire in the parlor stove on the first of July. There is never too muala good butter on the market, but there is always a large supply of inferior butter. The prices are not regulated by the quantity so much as by the quality. Good butter sells at a high price at all Bensons of the year. SOME DIFFERENCE. Senator Farvrell Learns a Trick In the Jewelry Business. Senator Farwell had a little joke put on him not long ago, says the Chicago Herald, and, though it cost him a e2 bill, he smiled grimly and took it all in god part. The Senator has for years employed a certain jeweller to clean and repair his watch when it needs attention. His name is Hoefner snd the Senator has the fullest confidence in him. The Senator some time ago took his watch to Hoefner and was told to leave it for a few days. He did so, and when he went after it and asked the expense he was told the bill was $5. He paid it, and, about a month after, he thought there was something wrong with it again. Again he took it to the artist and left it. When he called for it the watchmaker told him the expense thie time was 52. " How is this ?" queried the Senator. "You charged me e5 before and only $2 now; you probably struck me for $3 too much last time, didn't you?" 'Oh, no," said Hoefner. 'There was a difference in the jobs. The watch only needed winding this time." A Very Mean Swindle. Bernard Aronson, who carries on a banking establishment on Canal street, New York, was remanded Saturday in Police Court on the charge oZ swindling many poor people, who, have been sending money and tickets to Europe. More than 300 poor foreigners were complainte, and they crowded the capacity of the court- room. Yesterday there was a lively scene at the banking establishment when a crowd of people who had been swindled broke into the place and used the banker and hie clerk very roughly. Mrs, Annie Josephs told a sample story. She had sent to the banker $75 to be forwarded for a ticket to her sister and children in Poland. After her sister travelled 300 miles to the eteamer's pier she found her ticket was no good. There were 100 people in the same fix, and the scene of misery was pitiable. Care of the Plano. Place the piano in a dry place, and do not expose it to draughts. Keep it free from dust, and don't place pins and needles on the top of it. They very often fall in among the strings. Do not load the top of the instrument with music and other books, as it deadens the sound. An upright in. strament sounds better if placed two melees from the wall. Always keep it looked when not in use. To make the polish look nice, carefully dust it with a clean silk hand. kerchief. An Ingenious Definition. Teacher—Now children, here V70 have the word " Intuition." Who can toll me what it means? Phenomenally Bright Scholar—Intnition is that faculty of the human mind which enables a person to distinguish at a glance a patent medicine advertisement from te real news article. He Shouldn't Wait. Little Johnny to his fetheid—I told ma what you said to our Sunday school class to.day about knowing everything in the next world after we are dead. Ps (uneasily )--What did she say? Johnny—Slte said she wished you would try and know a little in this world while yea alive. a, Gen. von Moltke, in a letter to a friend, nye "1 have never timid beer was filer- many's greateet enemy. I am myself an abstainer, but I regard complete abstinence S8 neither desirable not practicable. I wish We cotild brew a good, light and cheaper bear for the people. It is sinful to give atimulants to children or rineivilized people." DE17NICENNESS A DISEAbie. An English Doctorgays so, and Would Establish Hospitals to Cure Ineteriatee. Why do mime men and women become drunkarde while the majority of their cone. peeve, though oleo non-abstainere, do not ? seks Dr. Norman Kerr in Short Outs. one darts with the deeign of graduating in drunkenness but a minority fail in their efforts at moderation. Meaty of the tailures were conspionoue for their talents, their ao. complishments, their energy, their unself- ishness and the nobility of their aspire. tions, In their non•alooholio intervals not a few inebriates are men and women of re- finement and culture, temperance advocates, and Christian workers. The only possibly philosophical and scientific reply is that some individuals have, from whatever con- ditione, either a liendeney to inebriate ex- cess, or a defective power of control and re- sistence. Environment, such as tempta- tions arising out of social custom or a profusion of placee where liquor can be obtained, also contribute° to the develop- ment of the drunken manifestations. A boat of intoxication is no more the disease of inebriety than is an act of violenoe the (Hume of insanity. I have ventured to define inebriety as a disease of the nervous systero, allied to insanity, characterized by a very strong impulse to, or crave for, intoxication. It is not a dipso (thirst) mania. Many inebriates are never thirsty unless their "coppers are hot" after a debauch, and others bate the liquor, which they cannot abstain from. Inebriety is really a ',tipsy mania," or, as I have pro. posed to designate it, a torpor narco-mania —a madness for intoxication by alcohol or opium or any other intoxicant. This malady may be constant, periodical or accidental. In the accidental forni there is nolaymptom of confirmed disease. The in- dividual never transgresses'except on some extraordinary ocoaeion, ench as a wedding or a funeral or a parliamentary election. In the excitement and joviality of the moment the spirits are too absorbed and buoyant to allow him to think of how much he has taken; and, without the slightest idea of anything of the kind, he simply glides, un- knowingly and quite by accident, into ex- cess, manifest to others at the time, but not discernible by himself till next morning. "Once bit, twice shy," and very often he is never caught a second time. The periodical inebriate, though between whiles as sober as a judge, is the subject of morbid physi. cal disorder, which may recur either at stated or irregular intervals. Inebriety is a disease. Let tis treat it as we would any other disease, Inebriates are /aboring un- der this dieease. Let as treat them as siok persona. Let as eetablish hospitals for the treatment of the poorest victims of this dire and fatal disease. Let us enact meas- ures for the compulsory reception and detention for curative purposes of all in- ebriates, whatever their worldly circum- stances'whose will.power has been so broken down by drink that they are unable themselves to strike a blow for freedom. THE WHITE MAN'S STRUGGLE. How Is He to Illeintain the Mastery in Tropical ;Countries ? South Africa is the only country where, in a temperate climate and under climatic conditions admirably suited to both, the European and the negro are engaged in a etruggle for mastery and for occupation of the land, not by force of arms, but by the silent proem of natural selection, whioh, 11 11 does its work in lees noise, is far more effectual. The conflict is going on, and civilization or barbarism depend on the result, whioh is not quite so certain as those who belong to the superior race could wish it to he. In the West Indies the negro has won, but there the climate was against the European. In the SoutherntStates of America the same battle is going on, but there 60,000,- 000 of Europeans eurround 7,000,000 of ne- groes, and yet even under these conditions the question is full of difficulty and dant ger. In Sopth Africa the proportion is re- versed; 500,000 Europeans live in the midst of 3,000,000 black folk, who are backed up by a great reservoir of barbar- ism, from which reinforcements in the shape of laborers are constantly being pushed down to the eouth to share the means of subsistence with the black, white and brown races already on the eoil. The natives, under the peace kept by the Europeans, increase apart from the im- migration mentioned above, according to the evidence of statistics, far more rapidly than does the white population. They drift into and fill up the country in a silent way that can only be compared to the eowing of the tide. Fifty years ago Natal and the country now known as the Trans- vaal Republic were known as wildernesses, depopulated by the Zulus, who had swept off and destroyed man, woman and child in their ruthless forays. Now there are 400,000 natives in Natal and al least 1,000,- 000 in the Transvaal, outnumbering the whites by ten to one. In the Cape Colony the struggle is better maintained, but even there the increase of the black and the brown races is very marked.—Fortnightly Beview. Bismarck's Adopted Son. It is not generally known that Bismarck has an adopted son, now 20 years of age and a Frenchman. It was one evening during the Franco-Prussian war that Bis- marck entered his sleeping apartment° 25 miles from Paris, and was surprised to find a tiny baby boy asleep on his pillow. The mother had left a note saying that her husband had been killed at Sedan, and despair and want had forced her to give up her child. 13israarch soratohed hie head over this doubtful prize of war, but finally accepted it and sent it by apnea), nurse to Berlin, where he lead it well cared for. He has given the boy a good education, and he is now a model young man and devotedly attached to the old Prince. Object Lesson. Teaoher—What's the pea tense of see?" Pupil—" Seed." " What's your authority for thet form ? " "A sign in the grocer?, atore." "What does it say?' "Timothy seed." A little, unprotected, electrie light wire can beat a gigantic one.price clothing hone way out of sight when it comes to giving a man ready rnade fits. The man upon whom the woman fill when jumping from the tower of Notre Dame a couple of weeks ago, died of hie internal injuriee after having been dia. oherged from the Paris hospital as all right. The estimated eXpendithre in the British Navy for the year will be, from all sources, L19,263,633, while thet of the army will be £10,047,800. It has been decided by an English judge that lova letters become the property of the person to whom they are sent. They oannot be published, but they also cannot be dernsnded back. They ate his, even if the lady isn't. And they are her, though the ewoin marry some other woman who Woo a row about it. TEE DE.A,D MAND. A reporter who has been investigating the Newfoundland trouble on the epot writes 613 f011OWS ; " Who coktnial fisher. men ares lot of big, strong, good-natured fellows, inured to every sort of privation and hardehip. They are two nationalities —Englishmen from ;he west country, and Irishmen from the south of Ireland. The present generation of them is native-born. Immigration (*mod fifty years ago. The families of the greater part have been in Newfoundland for more than a oenturea and have never naoved from the granite cliff, or the sheltered cove, where their forefathers first made a home. A brayer people could not be found, but their eirn- plicity, utter look of ambition and their long continued wedlook with poverty have taught them to suffer the extremes of mis- fortune with patience. The evile ef which they complain to -day have existed for fifty years, but it ie only within the last six months that they have begun to use the language of menace. Now they speak up frankly. They have gradually acquired a knowledge of what the old treaties contain, how they came to be made and what the interpreta,- teens are which the oontending politicians put upon them, and they do not hesitate to eay that they will endure them no longer. One of the fishermen, an intelligent old chap, with a frame of iron and a face as gentle as that of the great black dog whicee lay on the ' flake' bead° him, put the case in thia way : • It were all well enough, sir, in them days begonea before me au' me fourteen deader was horned at all, far thim two ould kings to patch up their quarrels by slicin' up Nufftmlon' betwixt ern. Ay, it were all right thin, dye see? But now, me an' me fourteen ohilder is here, an' we couldn't help bein' here, none of us, and bein' here, we've our iivin' to mek, and we don't give a dom about theta dead•an'•gone kings, nor what they said ' " We confess to a strong sympathy with the sentiment of the concluding sentence. Too much reaped is paid to the sayings and doings of old dead -and gone kings. " The evil that men do lives after them." King Charles presented great estates to his ille- gitimate children, and the people of Eng- land two hundred years later pay large sums every year to the progeny for per. miseion to nee a portion of their native land. King William was equally generous to bis Dutch crony Portland or Bentinok, and the terms of the gift keep Englishmen poor two centariee after William's death. What right had Queen Anne to compel men, who were not born when she died, to hand over a large portion of their earnings to the descendants of the Duke of Blarlborough,as a perpetual pension ? In the early days of Upper Canada, the Crown Lands were granted lavishly to men who had political influence. Who has not read of the old doonments—" I, " Peter Russell, Administrator of the Gov- " ernment of Upper Canada, do grant to " you, Peter Russell, gentleman, that "portion of land," eta. By virtue of that performance, the Toronto Baldwins have been able to live in luxury without labor. The payments by Cans,dians to the Hudson Bay Company, and to the Canada Com- pany—something for nothing—betoken our respect for the doings of dead -and -gone kings. How much better and nobler is the Jeffersonian idea that the land belongs in usufruct to the living. The people who want to use it should have easy acmes to it. The rent of the land should go to the Gov- ernment for current public expenses. The men of a past age were at liberty to rule in their day, but what e farce it is that they whould continue to rnle and hamper the men of this age. Was wisdom buried with them? A LIVING DANGER SIGNAL. New and Promising I ndusi ry as Proposed by a Tramp. Tramp—Madam, I have called to aek yon to give me employment. Lady of House—Go away. I have no work to give you. T.—Don't be too ante of that, madam. Is it true, as your next door neighbor informs me, that you are going to have your front fence painted to -day? L. of El.—It is quite true. T.—Very good, madam. Now after it is painted you will put a sign out with the word " Paint " on it, won't you L. of H.—It is my intention to do so. T.—Erm 1 I was eure of it. Now every- body who passes will put out a finger and touch your fence to ascertain whether it is paint or not. This will not only dis- figure your fence, but will cause a great deal of profanity among those who soil their • fingers and get you disliked in the neighborhood. See? L. of H.—Well T.—Well, for a trifle I will stand out- side here and say to every passer-by "11 is paint. You needn't touch it. 111 take my solemn oath it ie paint 1 paint 1 paint 1" What do you think of my idea madam? L. of H.—You are hired at 10 cents an hour and victuals. Come along the moment he work is done. The Ole nlivat Distillery Burned. Scotch whiskey drinkers are in mourning over the cleat/motion by fire of the diatillery of Glenlivat, the oldest of all the distiller- ies of Highland whiskey, and the only one with a history. A century ago the High- lands swarmed with illicit small stills, whose produce the smuggling makers sold into the south country. So strong were they that the gaugers could not enter the glens, and even detachments of soldiers were roughly handled. The king of the whiskey smugglers, according to Edmund Yates in the Tribune, was "Big George " Smith, of Glenlivat, a man as stalwart as fearless. All Of a endden Smith abandoned smuggling, got a warrant Inc a liceneed distillery and site from the Duke of Gordon, and betook himself to honest, lawful distillation. As valiantly as he had faced the gangers and soldiers he con- fronted his old smuggling allies, now bitter enemies. Onoe, in spite of Stnith's pistols, they burned down his premises, but, nothing daunted, Smith rebuilt them. From the earliest days until now Glenlivat whiskey always topped the market and a descendant of "Big George" hag been in possession. Principle and Policy. ClOnSerVatiVe Clitizen—But, Mr. Blaine, I don't nnderstand how free trade can be wrong when it sometimes happens to be right. Mr. Blaine—Ab! my dear eir, that ie the difference between a principle and a polioy. Free trade is a principle, but the republican party is a polioy. Citizen—Humph well—I gness I've got through playin' it then,—rruth The government at Moroi= lately sent ten Arab horses of the purest and fined blood as a gift to the Sing of Belgium. When they reached Brimfield King Leopold was not greatly struck by their beauty, and on investigation being made it turned out that the original animals had been mid by some unebraptilons official and that inferior ones had been substituted. kAluv sums ordiugs will Establish all Orphanage for the Benefit of Protestant Children. The following circular, bated by MI'S. Joseph Hilton, President'of the Lady True Blee orphanage, Speaks for itself: To the Loyal True Blues, Loyal Orangeinen and all Loyal Protestants of British North America: . Sistere, Brethren and co -Workers in the 011186 of Proteetsaisnao—The time has arrived when the Protestant women in our land feel therneelves in duty bound to enter the field in the OMAN of protestantison. The sisterhood of the Cher& of lotus is ever on the alert, ready and anxious to care for the Proteatant mimes, and educate them in the Romish faith. Therefore, as Pro. teetant women, we are fully determined, with God' ii assistence, to reseue such children from the implacable foe of Pro- testantism, and at all cost ednoate them in the faith of our forefathers by the ulna,- lishment of a Loyal True Blue Orphanage Fund, which will be fully under the con- trol of the Lady True Blues of British North America. This fund is not to be known as a oharit. able one by which our orphans are to be sustained, but a fund to which tlaey have a rightful claim for their sustenance and education, and we appeal to ell friends of the cause to render us their aid in thie most needful work. As Lady Tree Blues we feel this to be our mission in the cause we have enlisted, pot as the Irish Canadian, in au editorial of July, represented us, " women having unfrocked themselves by appearing on the streets in an Change pro- ceseion, which, in the opinion of the editor, shows the order to be in danger," but women who are determined to do their duty in the cerise of Protestantism. We enter the field in the caused Protestantism without hiding the noblest part of God's work by a white bandage like the women who, thue far, have done their work in saving the Church of Route. We are neither afraid to show ourselves in an Orange procession nor tell to the world onr mission. We hold no hatred toward Roman Catholioe individually, but we are the opponents of Popedom, and will do our utmost to stay ite progress. Contributions to tbe above fund will be thankfully received by the following: Sister True Blues Misses S. Tynes, St. George's, Bermuda Island; Mrs. M. Bishop, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia; Mrs. BloOas- land, Guelph; Mrs, Dr. Hall, St. Mary's; Mies M. McPherson, Winnipeg, Plan.; Mrs. J. Kerney, Brantfcrd ; Mrs. It. Reid and Mrs. T. H. Wakeham, Hamilton; Mies Ida Longley, St. Catharines ; Mies Lizzie Boyle, Merritton ; Mrs. Thomas Harvey, Mew. A. Matthews, Mrs. John Farley, Mrs. M. J. Steward, Toronto. WES. JOSEPEI HILTON, President. Toronto, July 21st, 1890. Needlework Novelties. Many who are looking for something new in the line of summer work will be glad to know of the new colors in linens. Two shades of browns, a green and dark red have been added to the list of blues, whites and blacks. These linens are excel- lent for summer pillow slips, whether for veranda, yacht, lawn or hammock. For table spreads in a country house they are also meth), es they are of fast colors and durable, the latter quality a requisite where such time is spent upon the decoration. Added to these washable and beautiful materials is the washable Moselle, some- thing entirely new iu the market, and which readily recommends itself, as filo- eelle is easy to work with and popnlar with inexperienced workers. A table spread or pillow cover made of the lighter shade of brown linen, worked out in golden brown and old bine, or old pink and green, is very beautiful, or any of the colors of linen, worked out in shades of its own color, is equally pretty. Mode/s of whatever shape is desired, can be bought, with the work already begun, with material to finish, for a reasonable price. This will prove of great benefit to those who live in villages and towns where artistic articles or ideas are hard to obtain. Mail cloth is another material which is now a great favorite, and which, when finished, makes an elegant piece of work. It is 50 inches wide, costs $2.50 per yard (about 10s. Eng- lish money), and comes in cream white and soft and beautiful colorings. The work on this ie done with rope silk in heavy outline and damning; fancy stitches are also used to fill in the design, in which case darning is dispensed with Inc the background. The material itself is rather heavy, cotton back and heavy Eilk front.—Art Interchange. Peculiarities of the Teeth. A tooth in its normal condition consists of four parts or substances—enamel, cement, dentine and pulp. Enamel is the outer covering of the crown or exposed portion of the tooth, and by a wise pro - video of nature it is thiakest where most subject to use and wear. It is the hardest tissue of the human syetem, possessing of itself no sensibility and contains not over 4 per cent. of animal matter. Yet it is an important fact and one that should not be lost sight of in caring for the teeth, that this indispensable coating is almost entirely soluble in acids. Cement is the bonelike covering of the roots and neck of the tooth, corresponding Inc the covered por- tion to the enamel, with which it blends and unites about the edge of the gums, for the exposed part. Dentine forms the body of the tooth. It is not so hard as bone, consistingof paralleltubes i about 4,500 to an inch n diameter, and more than a quarter of its composition consists of animal matter. It is somewhat sensitive, but the sensation is probably due to the nerves of the pulp. The latter, commonly called "the nerve," is a mass of nerves and blood-veseels, almost infinitesie mal in size, connected and enwrapped by a very delicate tissue. These nerves and blood -vessels connect with the general eye. tem through a minute opening at the ex- tremity of the root, with whish exception the pulp is entirely surrounded by a wall of dentine. In fact the pulp is the germ of the body of the tooth, the dentine is formed from it and nourished by it; when the pulp—which is extremely sensitive, as most readers know —diet, the dentine loses its apparent sensitiveness and gradu- ally changes color—itself becomes dead. —Good Housekeeping. An old Theory Disproved. Tramp—Please, Gav'nor, give us a guar. ter to got a square meal. I ain't bad a bit Ibis two days, and a man can't live on air. Flipson—You're dead wrong, my friend, I had a big blow.out at luncheon, ond never felt better in my life. It manes Everybody Sick. " Yes, I was awfully fond of that girl, and I believed her to be perfect, but I saw something about her het night that Made DM fliCh.” " What wan that 7" " Another fellow's arrn." Math signals by means of the heliograph, bre need fOt communicating between etations in New Mexico rind Arizona 75 miles apart. The Laudlord's Prayer. (Willithm Allan in Dundee, Beetland, Peoploli Journal) Lord keep us rich and free from toil, tear we Are honored holders of Thy soil, Whiela democrats would fain despoil With glee; 0, Lord, our fathers got the land . For serving men. whom Thy reit bnd Had chosen to be great and grand As kings. Thote!en by stealth, we'ro not to blannh Thou know'st, 0, Lord I itt a ehame To say to us, of titled name, Stich thio. Lord, lotus live in Wealth's content, And peace ; Lord, we are by Thy mercy meant To rule mankiod, and make our rent Increase; The birds that haunt the moors snd hills, The flab that swims in streams and rine, The beasts ttiatroam as Nature wl118, We own; F1'en, Lord, the minerals that lie Beneath the eartwe periphery, Belong to us—Thou knowest wly Alone. Lord, on the ragged rabble frown, For they Are foes to us, Thy Church and Crown ; Lord, bare Thine arm and grind them down To clay 1 0, Lord 1 our God, we make their laws, Which they reject with wild applauso, Be Thou a buckler to our °twee And caste; They scorn our love, Thy Name and Word, They reverence now nor Squire nor Lord, Lord, them consume with fire and sword At last 1 Lord they are poor and ignorant, And worse, Compared with us 1—how different In manner, garb and lineament, And puree I Lord, never let them get or see The power which lies in unity; Keep us apart from them—for we Are men Protect ue from their greedy hands 1 Protect us from their vile demands Protect us in our wealth and lands ! Amen 1 Amen! Waist Deep in Money. Tom Kelly, the ticket seller of Bernam's oirons, is as much a specialist in his peonliar line as any, strictly speaking, professional man. The whole process of receiving the money, giving the ticket and making change is done in three movements with the regularity of clockwork. The ticket window is about four feet above the bottom of the wagon. Mr. Kelly site upon a high stool, with a large sum of money in dollars, halves and quarters piled upon the shelf on his right. A corresponding shelf on the left is covered with tickets and half tickets. All this is arranged before the window is opened. A line of several hun- dred impatiently clamoring people weit outside, Mr. Kelly climbs upon his stool, takes a long, deep breath and onens the window. Money is received in his right hand and dropped upon the floor. The thumb of the left hand has en the meantime pushed a tieket from the pile, end the right hand has selected, mechanically, the change and presented it to the pur- chaser. No attempt is made to pile tip the money received. It is literally dropped, end when the show commences Mr. Kelly sits like a limey surrounded by a sea of money, the crests of whose raves mount up to and press closely around hie waist and almost on a level with the win- dow ledge. After the performance com- mences, and no more people want ticzets, Mr. Kelly closes the window and steps carefully over thin bed of money. Then, and not till them, is any attempt made to count and assort this sum, which amounts to several tlaousand dollars in pieces of all denominations.—New York Press. A True and Great story. Joachim, of violin renown, had been playing at a concert in Blanchester. After it was all over he was walking up and down the railway platform enjoying a good cigar and the consoiousnese that be had never played better in his life. The cheers of his audience still rang in his ears and he was full of pleasurable self-satisfaction. A respectable navvy, dressed in his Sanday best, kept paesing and repassing and gazing intently at the great master. Presently he came up to Joachim and asked him for a light. This the musician gave him. Having lit his pipe, he looked Joachim full in the face, and then, tapping him with etnphasis on tbe shoulder, he said : "But Pagenini was the man!" Joachim says he never felt so small in his life.—London Court Journal. NVL hear a good deal now and then of the" shet-gun "policy down South and of the negroes flying in terror from the wrath of the white men. A. colored man from Virginia, however, after a visit to the Northern States, comes to the conclusion that the Southern negroes are better treated and have more rights then their brethren of the North, He says : Being a native of Danville, Va., and the son a former slave, I have been living North but a brief period, but from what I have seen of the two sections I claim the Southern negro has more privileges and advantages than his North- ern brother of the same race. Though I heve used my utmost endeavor to avail myself of the equal rights " so boastingly mentioned by the " friends of the negro " in the North, I am de- barred from the workshops, from the counting. rooms, from °facial positions, or from any occupation I may seek, except that which re- quires me to wear the white apron badge of cook, or waiter, or as a hod -carrier. I must seek only the positions least remunerative if not the most menial. 'When I pass alongLembard street, Philadelphia, I find that prejudice against them has crowded the negroes together like hogs in a pen, and I venture to assert that there is not a spot south of Mason and Dixon's line where the negro is in so much misery, or faces such squalid poverty, aa the poor denizens of Lom- bard street and the other miserable quarters in which he has been compelled on account of his color to reside in the "good City of Brotherly Love." It would be wise to let a little of the sympathy that arises from the love of the brother in black to begin here at home. The South has done, and is still doing, more for the negro than many suppoee. Negroes have been sent from the South to the United States Senate, to the lower House of Congress, to the state Legislature, and they have held minor positions, but I have yet to hear of a "black Congress- man" from the Republican North—a single negro that has ever been considered good enough to hold the position of postmaster or anyother position that requires an ounce of brain -work. It is well enough to live in the North and talk of negro domivation in the South, but where is the Northern, town, county city or State that will swallow the same rnedf• eine? The Northern negro is not born a slave, but ho is just as effectually shut out from the advantages of humanity as though the chainS were forged upon him. He' can never be any- thing at the North but a ' nigger" still, and the maudlin sympathy so freely expressed for the " rights of the negro" down !south can be bettet exthas an insatiable metesd, pinatthteNorth.i,itissaid, appetite Inc stewed prunes, which she este for her complexion. The King of Belgium requented the honor ot contributing best num Inc Stanley's wedding and named Comte Laroche Inc that honor. Blanc mouse is very nice for dessert served with cherry jelly or etewed pie plant. If a razor is in fairly good condition and not in need of the oil.stone it may soon be whetted to a fine edge on the palm of the hand or the inner side of the forearm. The latter is the best if it is free from hair. It has been eetimated that for ever 1,000 head of cattle in Groat Britain 67 tone of beef or veal are Mintlally Bent to She market, and for every 1,000 head of.sheop and iambi! 12S tens of nentiOn or lamb. Statistics show that blondesare ins. oreeiiing 10 numbers more rapidly than bruriettee.