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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-12-31, Page 2THE rAPil PORTABLE HOG PEN. Whose 'into Bare Tried Them. Pronounce I Them a Great sneoess. In order to be successful in wintering swine, both old and young, it becomes teciessary for many hog raisers to give the question of sleeping quarters more serious tato:alma Many a lot of nice, thrifty shoats go Into winter quarteze only to come out in the spring having barely held their own in weight and growth, and perhaps. are somewhat stunted. Wintering bogs in large droves and around strawstaeks is not conducive to best remelts. One great objection to the praatiee of many farmers in tallow- I lug large numbers to nest together is that they pile up in cold sveather, in 'whictit condition they generate a good deal of naoisture. Wbat farmer but what has seen the steam rising from a nest I of swine? When they come forth from tutoh a oondition on a cold winter morn- ing they are very apt to take weld. When • they leave the nest wet and warm and go out into exactly the other extreme without protection they soon become °tailed through and may leave their elite ROG PnN. food to again seek warmth in the nest, Hogs that are subjected to such condi- tions soon begin to (lough and suffer from lung trouble They become gaunt, with ached backs, and have every evi- dence a a "httnaped up" and unthrifty condition. Many farmers allow their bogs to work in strawstacks for shelter from the cold. I eousider such a place a regular death trap for swine ha large numbers. Another bedroom that is bad is the hog house with a floor two or three feet frona the ground. Many such buildings are open on one or more sides, so that a cold draft can get under the door. Ana again, I would not allosv nage to lie against a stone wall. The earth itself, with a little ettaw, makes the bast bed in the world for a bog if it is dry. In that one word, dry, is the great secret of successfully wintering swine. Divide the herd into small lots of not more than ten ach; and in the case of matured sows five or six together are better than more, Keep them as warm as possible, and have them dry, I would much prefer to have my hogs to sleep in cold and dry than in warm and wet. • I am not going to advise anyone who has a nice permanent hog house to abandon its fise,but I certainly do advise any farmer who contemplates buildiog one nob to do so. I have a hog house and make but Hale MEI of it, and will eventually tear it down. It is difficult to get sunlight and warnath into large houses, and, aim than that, they are likely to bettotne babel of disease germs, and much fer- tility is wasted about them. Hogs should be ohataged about f am lot to lot, We want a rotation Of hog pens, so to speak, tterning up each lot in turn to the sun ana air, cropping it a season or two and putting it back to vase. In this way the fertility is eoattered where it will he of use and the swine are nench healthier. The mat who always con - eines Ms hogs to one small yard and building can never attain great success in swine husbandry. The rough drawing herewith submitted will convey an iaea of a portable sleeping and breeding pen that I have used for a number of years. They oot only give me splendid setts- fat:idol:abut greatly please every man who tries them. Swine are, of course, never fed in these pens. I feed outdoors the year round, either on dry earth or on portable feeding floors,' These pens are eight feet square. To make them. construct a plat- form eight feet square, using 2x4 scant- lings for sills and inch stuff for -floors, Next take eight boards 16 feet long, one inch thick and 12 inches wide; saw them in the center and use them for the roof, as shown in the drawing. Ilse half inch battens to cover cracks. A ventilator should be placed in the roof, and a small window over the door, When conapieted a man can stand 'upright in the pen nicely They stand right on the ground, so that no cold air can get under therm A door is not necessary, as they are very warm without, They make a splendid breeding pen for one sow, by placing a 2x4 or 2x6 novas the end opposite the door and six to eight inches from the floor. The pen is completely fendered, as the sow cannot lie close to the eaves, and the pigs can get one of the way. This style of pen costs shone five dollars to build; it is very dnrable. Two men will easily raise up one and of it, when a stone boat may be pieced nnder for the purpose of ehanging its location. I have saveral of these pens. In the summer they are moved to the patiture for shelter against storms, and in the fall they are moved to the yards. 1 attribute much of my success with fail pigs to the use of these pens, and warm food. The bedding Is changed bwice a week, and the pigs are always warm and dry.—C. H. Ever- ett, in Prairie Farmer. Winter liatching. Eggs are too valuable in Winter to be used for hatching purposes unless one is coniddent of securing good beeches and of raising the chick, says the Mir- rm. and Fanner. To use a dozen eggs from whicili only six cibleks come, and then lose three ot them, means an ex- penditure of four eggs for one °Mole, and no one can afford the cost in that respect. The /waviest lees of °hicks Is • with hens—not with incubators and brooders—.d this face abould • not be overlooked. It is admitted that in the spring and summer, when the hen bas everything ha ber favor, she will be more serviceable than the •brooder, bub In the winter, when oold winds, ice, snow and rains prevail, the hen has a difficult undertaking to care for herself Instead • of attempting to raise a brood, and as a rule, the bens are fortunate if they raise one-half of the chicks hatched. When a hen becomes broody melee her nest iv a warm place, and when she • brings off her brood have a place pre- pared for her, under shelter and where the sunlight can coma Be careful tb.at the chicks are not exposed or becalm chilled, and aim to is every one of them. In that eerie the chicks will pay, because tbe expense of the eggs used will be recitmed by reason of the larger slumber of chicks marieeted. RECORDING PEDIGREES. Suggestions Furnished hy Promlneut Becord Association, Atter obtaining pedigree blanks from the seor€nry ot a oiabonhi whlob the breeder proposes to recorel,the follow- ing trona a leafiee publisbed by one of the leading record associations shoule be observed:— A short, convenient name should be written on the pedigree before it is sent for record. If it is too long it will be abbreviated before the pedigree is num- bered. About the Incise important considera- tion is to have the names and addresses written plainly. Too little attention is paid to this neatter and mutevous errors remelt. G4ve exact date of farrow, number in litter and number of each sex raised. The latter lamest important, as a more is kept in the office) of eaoh litter to whicb a pedigree refers when received, and all pedigrees for this litter after sent in must agree in every partioular. Aways give sex'as it is in many cases Impossible to tell by the name whether the animal is male or female. Nothing need be given regarding sire and dam, except their names and numbers, but great care should be taken to 'neve these, correct. If the sire was owned at time of service by another party this should al- ways be stated. In giving owner of sire, give ais own- er at time of service. In givingowner of dam, give ber owner at time tbe litter was farrowed. The breeder of a litter is the person vvIto owns, or bas the dam leased at time of service. Tbare is no excel:mien to this rule. If the dam is sold after being bred and before the farrows, pedigrees for her litter should be made out as bred by the person who owned her at time of service and sold "In dam" to the person °Wiling the dam at time she farrows Tim name of the person signinga pedL gree should in all cases appear on the upper part of the pedigree, either in the space for "bred by" or "sold in dam to." Wartinular attention is called to this. as there are more errors on pedigrees in this partioular than in any other, No pedigree will be flied for record without the signature of the breeder, except in oases 'wbere the iminial was sold "in dam." The signature of the party who raised the pig will then be sufficient, if proper breeding certificate is on file, All sales of an animal not yet recorded should be written only on the back of the pedigree, except the onenaade by the person signing the pedigree. La sending pedigree of an animal pur- chased by another party, always sand the pedigree as exactly made out and signed by the breeder. Do not naake any changes in a pedigree signed by another person. If any are necessary, the pedi- gree should be referred to the person signieg it. Never under any oirouna- stances send a oopy of the original pedi- gree for record, An Effective Device. Many times there are water pipes in use about the farm that give trouble In winter through freezing. There are many situations where the device shown itt the illustration will prrweetlicaciousin keep - hag a water pipe from freezing. Where the pipe emerges from the ground it is surrontded by two or more lengths of PROTECTING 'WATER PIPES. eighteinch drath pipe, the joints being tightly cemented. This gives a dead air space about the pipe that is very effective in keeping out frost. If the pipe be wound with strips of felt and tarred paper before putting in the tiling, so much the getter. If the water pipe comes up under a building, as a barn or stable, let the tiling come closer up to the floor. Then box the whole about with boards, from the surface of the ground to the flooraued two air spaces will be secured, to the great security of the water pipe. -14. Y. Tribun . Among the Poultry. Fatten the fowls just as quickly as possible. When the fatteuing primes is begun, stuff them. Are those broken window lights re- placed by whole ones to keep out the wet and cold that will soon be here? When the wings are cue, the feathers do not renew until the bird molts, but wbere the feather are milled new feathers will copear in a short time. Seceee a quantity of leaves for the hens to scratch in this winter. Place them in the hen house and scatter the grain therein. The fowls will get needed exercise in hunting for it. Examine the poultry buildirgs thor- oughly. See if the roofs will lime during tbe winter; look at the walls and close the (weeks. Clean up, whitewash, and give the place a general overhauling. It is well ta make an occasional change in the ingredients of naixed foods. Oats which have boom boiled for two or three hours are excellent for an occasion- al breakfest for the fowls in winter, or for ab evening meal in summer. Buck- wheat boiled is great egganaking food.— Rural World. Our Great Poultry Industry. During the last quarter of a century tho poultry industry has deveirmed into the largest agricultural industry of the country. The value of the industry is nnderestimated by the American people, and it has not been until recently that attention has been called to the vast wealth that lies at our very door. ,While the poultry industry is larger than DI*, of the other, it is the only agricultural product that we do not export. Our entire yield, which is vastly insufficient th naect the &inland, is all consumed at home, and besicles, statistics ehow we import from foreign countries over 18,- 000,000 dozen eggs mentally. CANADIAN CATTLE. oopening or the Port of Boston for Their Export. -No ineuro-rneuenonia Exists. Boston, Deo 20,—Secretary Illiwyn Preston, of the Boston Chamber of Corn - retiree, is not at all alarmed at the story that the opening of the port of Boston for the export of Canadian •cattle was done for the benefit of the Canadian shipper exclusively. He said to -day: "That is an entirely erroneous ioference. The export of Candaian cattle at Boston cannot be acoomplished without a direct benefit to the railroads bringing the oat - tie bare, the steemsbip lines'whose boats we desire to fill, and to the tradesmen whose business • depends considerably upon the profitable operation of the seeamship lines. In this matter Boston GOLD MINE SHARES. POINTS TO BE §URE OF BEFORE teal men conversing with eaoh other would speak of it as a claim or pros- pect. To ehem the word "mine" twang an excavation in the earth or rooks from INVESTING. whieb mineral is being extracted. Ie is the working of a deposit, and not merely its existeuce, which makes it it mine. w wig leinareuee wetwee,, minilig Roo, The word "mine" lase has another meaning, For example: .A friend who is and Actual, Arming—A Case Where Ex- interested in one of the largest oompaniee • perience Xs Not Cheap at Any trice. • Rather than be amused of exaggera- in British Columbia was talking about two groups of claims held by his com- pany, which for purposes of illustration,I tion 1 leave always semen to understate will dub Group A and Group B. He the possibilities- presented by investinene eaid "Group A is a mine, but we're not in mining enterprises. My reason for that sure about Group B. The ore in B has is that the general public as is rule, treat pinched out." These few words conveyed with incredulity reports of the richness a lot of information to me. They meant of mineral deposits they have not seen that the stock of Group A is a geed in- fer themselves. Why this should be so is vestment, as there is suffloient ore in competes with Portland, mainta and it inexplioable to any, finless it be they sight to repay the capital expended on Is not a reasonable assumption that if imagine that inthing roen are gifted with development work, and to enable the Boston did not export Canadian cattle more play of fancy and more fertile and company to declare a dividend at an early they would not he exported, and thereby elastic imagination tban other mortals. date. Further that stook in Group B is oonae into competition with the American I believe, though, that the prejudices' risky to hold. cattle in Magian& Boarding the refer- against mining enterprises, which hither- Finally, do not be too hasty. ABEAM mica to Canadian cattle being tinetured to have greatly retarded the development, yourself that the investment offered you with contagious pleuro-pnetunonia, the of our resources, are largely based on the, is olio that combines security for the evidence that this diseatee has been thor- confounding of mining in stock with money invested with a reasonable cer- oughly stamped out in Canada, as it has actual mining. The two vary as Pro- tainty of fair clividends, and the addi- been in the Uulted States, is so over • foundly as the farmer in Manitoba Mere' tional feature of an increase in the whelming that no reasonable doubt from tha gentleman in the grain pit of market value of the properties on which exists in any unprejudiced mind as to the Tnroneo Board of Trade. Whatever the seourity is based, and you will never its extinction." exigencies real mining may be subject, regret having ettempted to practically to, the hazards are no greater than men; aid in the development of the mineral A STARTLING PROTEST. are willing to assume in estublishing resources of Canada.—A Prospector, in • banks or wholesale establishments. All Toronto Telegram. The Confirmation of the Arebbishop or that is required in the premises is the Cauterbury. same careful ealculation and the same London. Dela 22.—e`he confirmation intelligent forethought. of the Right Hon. and most Rev. Fred - TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE. oriole Temple as Archbishop of Canter- bury and Primate of all England, in succession to the late Most Rev. Edward White e3enson, took place in the Church ot St. Mary Lebow in London to -day. The Most Rev, William Dalrymple einoLagan, Archbishop of York and Prinante of England, officiating at the cement any. .At the beginning of the ceremony the Rev. Edward Brownjohu startled those present by rising from his Beat and thrice protesting against the confirina• %ion of the newly appointed Archbishop upon the voond that be 'teal to the doc- trine of evolution. The tuition of Mr. Brownjoan created a great sensation, and when the congregation assembled had re- covered somewhat from their astonish - matt many persona stood upon their seats and booted and groaned at the pro- testing clergyman for soma thne. When order was restored .A.ratbishop or care to the conduct of the enterprise. MaoLagan refused to entertain the pro- And until investors learn that a mine test, whereupon Mr. Brownjohn loft the should be conducted with the same strict church amid the grnins of the audience. The excitement then subsided and the services proceeded. Boudoir Traiies. The Delft craze is still with us. • Delft coloring and Delfb designs were so much • the vogue throughout the summer that For several years I haee longed ever so one would naturalize think that by this much to meet the man who coined the time their popularity would be quite saying "Experience is cheap at any worn out, But not so with the things of price." I am prepared to solemnly affirm Delft. They have merely appeared in a —I cannot swear—that he never engaged new guise this fall and are adually in the promotion of mining enterprises proclaiming themselves as suitable in Canada. But in case be did tend gave eggistm„ currency to that phrase after doing so, he The very newest things for the dress - deserves to have Ms name handed down ing table show the little blue and white to future generations as excelling Job in Delft pictures in enamel. There are largo patienoe, My experienee has almost ex- •smelling salt bottles of cut glass fitted hausted the stook of patience nature with a cover of gilded silver,with a quaint endowed me with. old Duthie windmill painted on enamel No people in the world have exercised as lee deooration. lees discretion in their investments of The newest hair brush has a gilded this nature, anti none have been more silver back with a tiny Delft smite inlaid easily gulled by glib -tongue strangers upon. the handle. than Oatarleans. As a rule they have Not catty has the powder box a bit of acquired shares in mines much as they Delft enaenolling on its gilded silver would take a share in a prize cake at a cover, but the handle of the puff bail ohureh fair, giving little or no thought itself is decorated in the same fashion. Thera are any number of odd shaped little glass boxes with a Delft picture framed in gilded silver for the cover, which will be found most useful on the dressier," table, They are onnveniept for holding cold cream, breath •perfume tablets and other toilet accessories. The case for dental floss, which here- tofore has invariably been =tide Of silver, now imams iii gildeci silver, and both at the top and on the bottom of the spool ease is an 'inlaid Delft picture Even the handle of the latest tooth brusa catales out the same idea. The combinatiot of the gilded silver and Delft blue looks most effeotive rest- ing on a highly polished mahogany dress- ing table. In addition to these toilet arbicles all the appointments for one's desk may now be bought in gilded eliver and Delft —the blotter is capped in this way. The top of the glass inkstand shows an odd little Dutch sailboat Itt blue and white -sunk into the gilded silrer cover. • One of the prettiest; of the gold mesh purses has a Delft top in place of a jew- elled one. But the Delft scene Is always frameci in the gilded silver. Lorgnettes show Delft pictures, and so do many of the newest belt buokles. There are oven chatelaine watches with a Delft scene it enamel forming the batik of the case. Leather portfolios are ale° de- corated with a bit of Delft enamel. One seen reeeetly was • a portfolio of white leather lined with Delft blue moire silk. The four corners of the portfolio were capped w ith blue and white enamel, edged with a rococo design ia gilded silver. Suuk in the center of the cover of the portfolio was a painted • nval of white enamel, with a windmill etehed in Delft blue. Center pieces and doilies for the table are still worked in the Delft color- ing and designs. They are particularly in favor for luncheon. Using the Mills for Unlawful Purposes. St Catharines, Deo, 22.—A num named Francis Robinson, who claims to be a farmer's son from neer Belleville, was arrested here last night by the post- to those wee may be considering the ofdce authorities on a charge of using acivieability of investing some of their the mails for unlawful purposes. He had boardings in Brleish Columbia mines or inserted advertisements in several papers mining Ocala. throughout the country invitiug corres- pondence, To smile he represented that POINTS TO BE SURE OF, he was a young lady suing for breach of 1. If the company whose shares you promise and to °there be was a young fancy te e norporation organized under man desiring the acquaintance of indica. the et:antes t,f any of the United States On various pleas, it is said, he secured go to the hest commercial lawyer in To - between $500 and $600 from his victims, ronto end request him to explain wherein in steins ranging from one to fin aen tee statute differe from the statutes of dollars. He was brouglat before the Pc ice tht Dcmainiod and different provinces, Magistrate, pleaded guilty and was ee- He may cbarge you $10, perhaps $20, bat his advice may save you hundreds, peisibly thousands of dollars. The stat- utes of many of the newer • States and Territories have been so frnmed that they permit of juggling operations which unscrupulous speculators can "freeze out" other investors when it is in their interest to do So. 2, See that the company has a clear and valid title to the location on wields they purpose operating, Honest promo - tent or their agents will never raise ob- jections to a request for the production of title deeds or copies of the same duly certitiedby the proper authoritine. If the land is only held under an opticn it is not ulways safe to purchase the stock. • 3. Discover, if possible, what interest, if any, the gentlemen who figure as dir- ectors and antlers of the company have taken in the same; whether they have invested their capital in the enterprise or if the promoters have presented theta with the stock necessary zo qualify for their positions just for the use of their zeroes. Do not buy mining steam becausetitied men or oapitalists figure in the director- ate. Very often they havenotrisked even one mate in the company, and sometimes they have been .known to withdraw from connection with the concern as soon as they were able to dispose of the shares presented them for actng as bats for the greedy gudgeons who invest without intelligent consideration. 4. When shares are offered below par make sure they are non-assessahle. If a stock certificate receipt is tendered you instead of the stock itself read it care- fully. ib should provide that, in event of sufficient capital not beingsubscribed, the company will return the money at the end of a specified time. 6. Do not pnrchase assessable sbares utiles' there are limitations as to the calls Shat can be made eta the intervals to elapse between such calls. 6. Reniember that the promoters and directors of a company are not responsible for statements made abone the company or its properties, if moil statements do not appear in the prospectus to rehash theit names are attached. 7. The prospectus should clearly set forth (a) purpose to which It is intend- ed to devote the money realized from the sales of stock. • (b) Development work, if any of that has been done. • (o) Number of assays made, by whore made, and results of each assay, • (d) Reports of examinations made by qualified mining engineets, which should show whether or not the veins and lodes are well dallied. (e) Nature of the ore, whether zefrao- tory or non refractory. high or low grade. (5) Estimates of the oost of mining the ore. (g) Statements as to the acoessibilley of the property to railway or steamboat transportation, or both, and supplies of fuel and timber. (h) Cost of reducing the ore to bullion, and • (i) If the company intends to erect its own smelting and refining •plant, esti- mates of the oost of the same. 8. Beer itt Mind that many MineS con- taining good, value are unprodueelee of Profit from want of proper methods and by the stock of the mining, company which does not hesitate to employ on ite vvorking Staff me° of practical and technical abilitaalthough its prospectus may not be fie entitling as others. • attention to details and with as muck regard to economy as is displayed in a hennery, the result will be the cuetomary ons—in addition to their experience. The temptation to lot my pen run riot Itta ledure on the shortcomings of in- vestors is hard to resist. But I must do so, to give place to borne verde of advice mended eight days for sentence. A In, .:18 batch of correspondence from all parte Canada and the United States was secured. The Ministerial Association, of this city, have passed a resolution ,protesting against Sunday funerals. The Wood Pulp Trade. Satat Ste, Marie, Mich,, Deo. 9.—The Government Board of General Appraisers to Washington has rendered an import- ant appraisal in the valnation of wood Pulp, a product that le largely imported into this country from Canada. The largest manufacturing concern for the production of wend pulp in the world is the Sault Ste Marie Pulp Co, of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Heretofore the Gov- ernment valuation has been $10 for every ton imported. Recently, at the suggestion of special Treasury Agents Wood, of Detroit, and Stokes, of Platts- burg, N. Y., the Board of General Ap- praisers at Washington made an ap- praiseinent of the value of *wood pulp, arriving at the conclusion that it should be valued at $11 by United States cus- toms officers at Sault Ste Marie in levy- ing duties. • Wagon Smashed by a Train. Stouffyille, Deo. 21.—Mr. :John Grice of the tenth concession of Whiteehurch was returning from alarkbam with a new wagon attached to his old one along the ninth concession of Markham, and when alongside of the railway crossing known as the ninth concession crossing he was rtin into, having his new wagon smashed to splinters and he himself thrown into the ditcli on the side of the road, fully ten yaras away... He received no other injuries than a -few bruises. Mr. Grice did not hear the whistle, and was not aware of tile approach of the train until Ms team shied at the ap- proaching engine when they were half way across the track. Accident to a Grand Trunk Train. Lewiston, Me., Dem 21.—The Grand Trunk train from Portland, Me., due in Lewiston at 8.20 a, na., was thrown from the track by a broken rail two miles east of Danville Junction. The baggage, smelter and passenger cars went over an embankment twenty -flee feet. The engine and tender remained on the track. of the twenty-five passengers on the train seventeen wore injinsed, but none seriously. The injured were brought to Lewiston hospitals for examioation. The train was in charge of Conductor Morse and was running tvventy-five miles an hour. Conductor Morse escaped without a scratch. r Harvey Case Probably Settled for All Time. Guelph, Deo. 22.—The Harvey case is settled for the present, and probably for all time. Mayor Lamprey and five alder- men, Kennedy, Taylor, Schultz, Mad- dock, and Peterson, voted against any forther action being taken at Monday night's meeting of the Council. The special committee's proposal to lay new charges Wm support of eleven alder- men, bu as question involved the expereli money, it required it two- thitde v carry it, and thatls how the half ae came out on top. A Fatal Fall at 'Lindsay. • Peterboro', Dee 22.—Yesterday, while Mrs. Dissenotto, of Lindsay, was descend- •ing the stairs at the Golden Lion ere' stere she fell and sustained a com- pound ftacture of the thigh. She was re- moved to St. Joseph's Hospital, and the injured ruember amputated, but she did not survive the operation. A "CLAIM" IS NOT A "rilINE," Also recoileet that an nutcrop of min- eral does not constitute a mine. Practie 'Where Cold is Pierce. Cold is merely a relative term. The resident of the semi -tropical countries shivers when the thermometer falls to 6 degrees, while the Laplander and Eskimo think it is comfortable at zero. For real cold, and plenty of it, one must go to the Polar regions. Think of living where tho enercury goes down to 36 degrees below zero in the house, in spite of the stove. Of course, ill such a case, fur garments are piled on until a man looks like a great bundle of skins. Dr. Moss, of the Polar expedition of 1876-76, among other things, tells of the effect of cold on a wax candle which he burned there. The temperature was 36 degrees below zero; and the doetor Joust have been eonsiderably discouraged when, looking at his candle, be diseov- ered that the flame had all it oould do to keep warm, It was so cold that the ilarne could not melt all the wax of the candle, but was forced to cub its way down, leaving a sort of skeleton of the candle standing. There was enough, however, to melt oddly shaped holes in the thin walls of wax, and the result was a beautiful lace- like cylinder of white, with a tongue of yellow flame running inside it, and send- ing out ince the darkness many streaks of light. Fast Time Across the COIltineut. The trip across the continent has been made in less than five days by the Southern route. It was made by a special train earrying 100 sailors from San terannisco to Norfolk, Va. The regular time has been shortened within recent year% and the daily run • of an express train to and • from Chicago during the World's 'Fair in lees than twenty-four hours gives a hint as to what we may expect when our railroads are made safe hy hedged and fenced tracks, crossings above az under 'grade and a general adoption of the block system. The run is considerecl by military and naval au- thorities to have a strategetio importance, as 1.11 the event of war it is evident that troops and crews can be swiftly shifted from one point to another and a big fleet in the Pacific could be manned from the Eastern yards inside of a vveek. Wor the Shin. • When the skin is of a greasy nature the spots and •pimples appear much more .proininent anti also the complexion very often assumes a muddy appeeira,neo. A greasy skin is much beeefited by us- ing a little toilet vinegar in the Water, and also by wiping it over occasionally with eau do Cologne diluted with water. If used alone it is apt to make the skin sneert and feel uncernforeable. int riANGDOODLETS. Be undertaker's bill is er raitey grave 555515, Demos' dangerous draft ter many er tutu leer site draft. De fee of moral depravity is—jam, jam. boree, Umlauts. Er woman froWing rocks at er hen is er poultry exhibition. When silence reins it ain't necessary to earry an umbrella. ' De man who keeps bis =out shot nebber ' has ter eat any crow. - Er dress does not make the woman, but hit often breaks er man. Br tailor mus' expect' ter gib er customer fits befoah he pays er bill. Day say de world moves, Hit proberly finds bit cheaper dau payira' rent. Young men should, nebber hug er de - Institut unless puny gals is werry scarce, Witumin swatters flattery as babies swatters buttons, widout • any ides ob de trubble what may loiter. trooly fashionable households de biled aigs for breakfast are hand -painted. Deflooks fresher that way. (I'd like ter know how manya spokes dar is in de wheel of forobtute. What kiud of timber is de pos' of honor made �v? Er gal lub her doll an' de boy bis Bimeby, when dey grows up, she takes his dollar ter make herself his doll. Don - cher kuow. • Wit seems hardly proberbie dat prober- bisbun kin prohibit in Rhode Isian' oniess de temperance folks puts er hi bord fence eround de strait. Dey say tack is cheap, but the man what said dat nebber was on de campane ker.. mittee what hired er eampaue otter ter stump de deestriet. Red headed gals should nebber ertempt ter cross er railroad, track in front ob de engine. Da engineer mout mistake her bed fer er danger signal. Bees near er distillery stays drunk all de time au' Makes no honey. Bees is or good deal like men. Day don't keer fur honey when dey can get beer. If de decollette fashion does not draw de lines so me w ar, de pritnertive fig leaf Will ellen be tut indispenserable article of fe- male toUot. Hetth 1 heah A singer asks: "Whar, olx wbar kin I sing de glad songs of my youf 5" Go out inter de woods, my dealt, aud sing em ter de trees. Day kin stan' mos' eberyaing.— Texas 6ifter. LITTLE ONES. , "Money talks." What about • hush mone2,.. Don't "get mad"; you lose by it every time. Gaslight i$ a good thiug, yet lots of people turn it down. Nature gave the little dog lots of bark • to Illakt! Up for his lack in size. The London Times puts next year's American imports of cycles at 40,000. A London justice recently sentenced two bicycle thieves to six moriths' hard labor, Love is too serious a thing to be treated I lightly. That's why the young people.. turn the tamp down somewhat. 4 I run clown," said the clock its peculiar diat-eet, "I wish some on world Nrind up my affairs." Those who put on too inueh style put off this bill collector, Beware of winter drinks, It was a sling that killed Gollob. It was too hot foz The plumber's bill is a poem written in gas nteter. It bas never been decided which is the most, popular American bird. A great many persoes have chosen a lark or a mockingbial, but a much larger numbei have picked it thickea. If you contemplate fighting a duel you will do well to chang,e your mind. Soule aeople have suet' mean little thoughts it would require half -cent pieces to chauge their minds, The one great advantage of long en- gagemeate is that they slrorten the wed. ded period just so much. itt ma.kes a fire feel much put out to have the, engines get the better of it. A. spring bed isu'a so good as one that can also be used im the auturan and whiter. FINGER RINGS. Chaucer alludes more than once to the thumb ring as common in his time. , Rowan ambitestulors sent abroad wore gold rings as a part ot their state dress. The state ring of the pope is aet with a arge cameo bearing the portrait of Christ. We Early Celtic rings were made in inter- laced work, often of very intricate pat- terns. When peers are created in Great Britain a ring is used during the ceremony of lit- vestiture. The ring of the Jewish bigh priest was invested by tradieion with many mystic powers, Greek legends declare that the raystiawe ring of Gyges, the king of Lythit made the wearer invisible. Down to the sixteenth century every?, physician in Europe wore a ring as ae badge of his professioa. In the later Roman empire rings cute,t. from solid stones, oenerally agate or onyx, t became fashionabre. Lorenzo De Medici wore a ring that, ac- cording to tradition, had once belonged to the Emperor Nero. Anglo-Saxon rings were fashioned after knotted cables, the knot being :worn on the outside of the hand. Most of the medieval kings wore and used signet rings because they were un- able to write their own names. Until the seventeenth century a ring formed a part of the official dress of every priest of the Romeo church. FOR FAIR EYES. Here are some maxims that it would be • well for every woman to pin beside her mirror. • A. well-groomed woman never shows signs of haste in her toilet. She, never permits unsightly wisps of hair to stray over her collar or • temples. She never wears any but the neatest of shoes and gloves. She never wears a petticoat that would not stancl the inspection of her dearest enemy,. She never uses scents and extracts and permits herself only faint sachets of violet. She never looles as though she patronized a manicure; her hancis are • exquisitely kept, but the nails do not shine and are not sharply pointed. She never betrays the fact that her gown ha a a placket.