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Nov. 4, 1998, TEF BRUSSELS PAST, ...e...— l vommewohvfit l.hemsetves generally for these poets by doing many Wage which 110 U S Eii might boater be left undone, and 0 L Ve whioh must. be if they attempt to do al all well the work set apart for them by nature. 7.'bousende of mothers spend hours and energies in ripping apart, pressing paLohing, turning and remodeling half It goes against Ibo grain of the wo. worn garmonla which would answer man who "lookot.h well to the ways of ovary purpose of use and comfort in bet' household" to see even the green their original ehupe. The line spoilt tomatoes and balf-ripened grapes in bur 1n worrying and working over such garden loft a prey to Jaok Frost things would far better bo epeet in when at slight expense they can be resting and reouperaling for other made Into wholesome and appetizing and higher duties. Every mother nineties, So "she riseth while It is wee to her offspring mental as well yet night" and takes Limo to fill A8,12113'0.1081 0.o cloth[ng. sa ousekeeper, she is equally pro - every empty jar and jelly glass, you digal and wasteful of alrengLh and ovary old sugar bowl and handless pit- time in the preparation of unwholo- oher, and these are some of her ways some preparations called food, and un - of doing it; reasoning warfare against so-called Canning Tomatoes. --Well canned dirt. Our homes aro full of fretful, ripe tomatoes keep perfectly and are nervous, overtaxed women, whose excellent whether whole or sliced; but lives are a burden not only to them - tor soups, meat sauce or a stew, those MeetellaPANWeWelfaMen GATHERING IN THE ODDS AND ENDS. 001388swell, but tother hoiromes familiesaro andanything friends but a iCh having the seeds discarded ore far happy or satisfactory, and days of 111- more Wo08amq , wholesome end attractive; and Hess phys[cians' fees and intense this necessitates little additional Work, suffering for the mother, with des- '13 ie Lha rule, comfort fort e Choose smooth, large fruit:; pare, cut because they will not simplify their off 1110 stem end, and with a teaspoon tasks. If they would begin by May - remove the seeds and juice, and-ali00 ing out all that could be dropped with the tomatoes into another dish. Bring due regard to comfort and cleanliness, the former to the boiling point and doing away with useless sewing, un - strain over the prepared fruit ; simmer necessary cleaning and needloes lot- strain steadily until it is smooth and rich during, s'implifytng every task that In filling ,the jars do not hustle on could not be sat aside, lbeywould gain d in health and strength and contract raft two times—the as of their •amt y re a ions. Hewing. Be sure to wrap every jar Women should learn not to do, or in paper and to keep in a cool, dry else to do in the easiest, most sensible place. ; manner, if they are to be the mothers jelly and Marmalade—A combination ' of healthy, hearty mental and physi- oE one part tart apples and two parts °ally sound children. If they are to quinces makes an even more deliolous be tithe "tinge's" h y Ido Hoe oot tonhome, they e must jelly, or marmalade than•all quince, but bedraggle the white garmonts of health one must remember that apples re -1 in their pursuit of such unwise e0on0- quire loss cooking, and that frostbit- mice. Learn to be lazy. ten quinces will not jelly. „Ono part tart apples and two parts PRESERVED CITRON FOR CAKE, the covers, but et the fruit acute an fewer infirmiltes to sap the hfe ou 1t. C th 1 t time to over- f 'I 1 t" HINTS FOR THE FARMER. SUNLIGHT IN T1111 STABLE. As It is a ouslom of mine to pay some attention to the window light- orally at followed if tbe season is such [ng of the many stables that T sus in that clover and other green crepe relied the course of a year, wherein dairy upon are out short by drought. Some Rows pass most of tbo winter menthe, of the hest fenders in the west have I am struck times without number with abandoned ?time feeding 0f green 80rn beaaueo o1 tendency to leave Ibo the little regard which 18 paid to the animals to whish 1t is fed liable to dis- gr•oper lighting of a stable, and the ease, These feeders have adopted the little attention these men seam to pay to the value of sunlight in their sta- bles, writes Mr, John Gould. The usual rule is to put in a few small windows along the nortborn walls—few of any kind or s300, In a large now barn which I recently visited, the surd -base" meat stable in which more than forty caws were tied had no light admitted from north, east or west side, save when doors were open, and only four small windows on the south side. There seems to be a prejudice against admit- ting light full and free into a stable, a belief that comfort in a stable con- sists of making it dark one without ventilation; and then the owners won- der about a great many things that happen while their cows are in the win- ter stables. A stable should be as light as the sun can matte it, and the windows so large that the sunlight can fall on :the cows and floors, and if one is afraid that there will be too much falling of temperature during the cold nights by refraot[on, put outside storm windows on, the air space enclosed by which is a sufficient protection. One of the finest dairy herds I ever saw was air tually basking in sunlight. There were large windows with outside storm sash- es; the temperature was kept very even, and ventilation was secured by flues and dampers—not by either cracks in the walls or open windows. The testimony everywhere is that the men who have these well lighted sta- bles are warm in their praise. In my barn I would no more think of going back to the dark little windows than or readopting the 1860 plan of letting my cows sloop in the wood. lot in win- ter. The verdict everywhere is that the cows are butter cared for, do bet- ter, and are in better health and strength for the abundant light. A cow with the sunlight falling on her in the stable, is having all tbe advan- tages of a sun bath, and thus escapes zero weather. In tbe well lighted, sun - ay stable there is a dryness to the air and freedom from staleness and dis- agreeable smells, whioh repay ono over and over for the little outlay. T emphatically believe that the cow stable should never be a sub -basement affair or be walled "In on the north side with a windowless stone wall. Sta- bles should run north and south and be so arranged that the morning sun comes in on that side, the noon shines in the south end window, and in, the afternoon the west windows should get their share. My dairy Karn is built this way, and I regard it as a capital plan, though the windows are not ex- tremely large. With sunlight and ab- sorbents, I have not the least difficul- ty in keeping a warm, dry stable, and I know there are very few bad bacteria lurking about. II: is not warmth end light that kills cows in their stable life. These are the conditions ofJune life, ideal days for the cow. Make the stable warm, comfortable and provided with plenty of air—with- out drafts—and a clean floor, absorb- ents to prevent slops, and road -dust and land plaster as disinfectants, and deodorizers, and with sunlight falling Into the stable, and upon the cows, why should not health prevail and summer conditions of production? The dairy gospel of this and that is preach- ed; hut nn emphatic recognition of the value of sunlight in the stable has never been insisted upon as it should be. Good dairying requires sunlight. It requires a large measure of it poured into a man's brain, so that he can see the kind of cows he has, their feed and care, and compare these with what good dairiyng should be, and may be, if lightened up with dairy intelligence and studious care. FEEDING GREEN CORN. tago, Net infrequently the whole fed - fed 15 fed to pigs fratu the time tbe ears begin to fill 1111 it is ripe. But where good results have tomo from this the amount fed Is always limited to a mere radish of green corn with a sus- taining ration of grain nsually fed as soured slop, In those mellow, of court - try where earn is ooniparatively team, this method of feeding swine le gen- of some sprightly, vinous pear makesParo one citron, seed and cut in a beautiful and delicious marmalade, pieces one-half inch thick, two inches if the fruit is baked in a covered jar, long, and an inch wide, weigh, put on instead of being stewed. I to cook in water enough to cover, in Tart apples in the above named pro- which a •lump of alum size of a large portion, aro also a decided improve- hazelnut has been dissolved, and boil mentto ripe grape jelly. The finestante [t becomes tender. 'Then drain, grape jelly, however, 1s made of the weigh granulated sugar, allowing a half -ripened fruit, but, like quince, it pound of sugar for a pound of citron, must not be frost-bitten.make syrup of it by adding water and Apples for jelly should be wiped, and let it some to a Hou and skim. Put the blossom ends, stems and black spots out out, but must be neither' in the citron and two slices of lemon, pared Don'tor failDon'tcan a good snpply. d. of I with the seeds removed, boil until very thick, skim out and lay on plates eci pumpkin, the last picking being rich-, er Afterwards it can be kept any est and best. Cook same as for pies; y g p shake down and refill jars, and maks length of time, by putlin away in a them overflow at last. Green Tomato Mangoes.—Choosy me- dium-size, smooth fruit; cut off the stem end and remove the seeds care- fully; put a level teaspoonful of salt in each Dna, replaoe the top, oover with oold water and tat stand over night. it. IL serves two distinctly useful pur- Drain and let stand one hour covered with cold water. For the filling al- poses, namely: it preserves the 0301s- -low two good sized heads of cabbage lure in the soli during dry weather, for four dozen mangoes. Cut orahop and improves the general appearance fine and thoroughly mix with it four of the garden, An excellent material tablespoonfuls of wbole white mus- for the purpose is the refuse from an tard seed, half a oupful of grated old, mushroom -bed, If such he at com- horseradish, one tablespoonful, of salt, wand, and if not, leaf -mould answers equally as well. Either would, how - glass jar. SURFACING FLOWER -BEDS. The system of spreading some light material on the surface of all flower - beds and borders, is worthy of more attention than is usually accorded to one heaping teaspoonful of ground cin- namon and a level one of ground cloves. Wipe and drain the tomtit - toes; fill, tie on the tops with white twine; stand in stone jars with half a dozen whole peppers among them, put horseradish leaves over the top, and cover tv11b strong cold vinegar. If the least white scum appears, throw away tbo leaves, scald and skim the vinegar, and when oold pour it over the mangoes, Sweet Pickled Tomatoes.—Wash, cut out the stem end and slice one peck of medium-sized green tomatoes, re- jecting all the juice and as many seeds as you conveniently can. Slide sep- arately two green peppers and three medium-size onions ; put a layer of tomatoes in a stone jar, sprinkle a pro- portionate amount of the pepper and onions over the top, and a sprinkling of salt. When all are packed, cover with boiling water and let stand over night. Next morning drain on a towel. Put one quart of vinegar over the fire, with four teacupfuls of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of ground mustard, one tablespoonful of cinna- mon, ono teaspoonful each of allspice and cloves, and a saltspoon heaping full of cayenne, and slowly bring to. a boil, Pour the prepared vinegar over the tomatoes, etc., and gook gen- tly and steadily, pressing down often, but never stirring round and round, until the tomatoes can be easily pierced with a fork, not until they are easily broken. EXTRAVAGANT ECONOMY. I am not apt at doing housework with my pen, neither can I boast of success in trying to make from old, worn-out garments, oto., others which will look and wear "as good 00 new," says a writer. Like th8 majority of housewives, I find my cast -away cloth- ing too strongly "used" in its original make to be fit for much else then pat- ches or dust clothe, and the better part of judgment demands new material for the new garment. The trouble with most women now- a -days is that they undertake too much. If the anti -suffragists are right, wo- men were intended solely to be wives dash of honsekeoping and home making sandwiched between. But, unfortu- nately for their success in these lines, they aro expected to do very much more than baize probably intended them to do, unless we anomie nature of unjust discrimination against the human Minnie, and to live up to these expectations women wn.ste their • ener- gies, Ree ust their strength and um, ever, be too rough and untidy in the ordinary state, and must therefore be passed through a half-inch sieve, Spread over the surface of the beds to a depth of about half an inch, it keeps the soil cool and moist and en- oaurages a freer flowering habit in the plants in the garden. Every few days the surfacing should be lightly pass- ed over with Dutch hoe or rake, going 110 deeper than is necessary tq keep it loose and open, as in this lies a greater part of its value. AS THE PRISONER SAID. Recorder, to prisoner—How do you live ? Prisoner—I ain't particular, as the oyster said when they asked him whe- ther he'dbe roasted or fried. Recorder—We don't want to hear what the oyster said. What do you follow? ' Prisoner—Anything that comes in my way, aas the locomotive said when it ran over 0. man. Recorder—We care nothing about the locomotive. What is your business? Prisoner—That's various, as the cat said whon she stole the chickens. Recorder—That comes nearer to the line, I suppose? Prisoner—Altogether in my line, as the rope said when choking the pri- ate. Recorder—If I hear any more absurd comparisons I will give you 12 months. Prisoner—I'm done, as the beefsteak said to the cook. WON THE EMPEROR'S CONSENT. Despite the opposition of her son and all her royal relatives, the Princess' mother finally obtained the Emperor's consent to the marriage of her daugh- ter and the Baron, on condition that the Baron and his bride should live abroad for several years. The wedding ocour.red on September 15, the only guests present being the Princess' mother, and a fete of the Bar- on's relatives, and the young couple left at once for their trip to foreign countries. While Baron von Vinke has very moderate means, Princess Sibylle is the heiress of about $750,000, Her mother. is the daughter of the late Princess Charles of Prussia, who was a Field Marshal in the German army and un - ole of the present Emperor. • sugar beet as furnishing green foo in the hest form andi of the best qual- ity for hog feed. They go so far as to claim the sugar beet to be a epe- cifio preventive of hog cholera. And this method of feeding Is certainly ec- onomical, The oorn plant, In its green state, Is shown by both chemical ana- lysis and feeding experiment's to con- tain but a small part of the nutritive material contained jointly in the ripe ear and well cured stalk. It is dear- ly a waste, therefore, to feed. any' more of 1e, while green, than we are prompt- ed to feed as a relish in the absence of other green food for the hogs dur- ing the hot period of late summer and early fall than to feed green corn. The main diet in any ease should be sound grain or elope made from sound grain. Wheat, rye, and barley which are loss heating than old oorn, make better summer foods, and give more hone growth than corn. It will prove econo- mical in the long run to feed these grains largely during the next six weeks, leaving the Dorn to mature, to be exchanged against the present cost of the smell grains. Perplexity has temporarily marred the serenity of Mr. J. F. Stearns, of Saco, Me. Forty-six years ago be lent $100 to a friend, who promised to re- pay him in t11roo months. The man Moved away, and the creditor heard nothing of or froni him until the ot11- er day, when he received from him a letter inolosing 10 "on account." As the Interest of the debt, at six per cent., amounts to $240, Ms', Stearns is perplexed beentt,o he knows not wheth- er the r8mittnnee ho has roecived is "en account of the interest or the principal. INDIA'S GREAT WITH. WHAT THE HINDOOS SAVE THEY PUT OUT OF SIGHT, Millions or Geld l3rleked lip 111 Seers {'colts—large Amount orreceloae diet 1118 Abetebed and Never tilegergi'SI• During the first decade of my resi- dence in India I was for some years aseoeialed with a wealthy banker nam- ed Labia Mutt.ra Pershaud, the Lahore agent of the great banking house known as "The Solhs of Dfuttra," and from him I learned a great deal about the system of hoarding practised in all ages by the wealthy alessee of In- dia, wlltes a oorreepondent. IIe died at Brindabun about 1.807. It may be explained that the title "Lelia" used by native bankers has no exact equi- valent in English. It might with equal propriety be translated master, pro- fessor or banker. Both in ancient and modern times one of tbe stook objections of Euro- pean nations against trade with India hes been that that country absorbs 0. large amount of the procioua metals. which she never disgorges. It bas naturally been asked what becomes of these treasures, for we do not find in India that abundance of either gold, or silver, whioh might naturally be ex- pected. and the reply has always been that they are withdrawn from circula- tion as currency by being hoarded, For ages it has been a prevalent opinion in all eastern counties that there is a vast amount of treasure hidden in the earth, which, unless found by acci- dent SHEEP NOTES. There are a few aged ewes that it will not pay to winter. Sell to some one who wants tbem, or fatten and kill. Three thrifty young ewes welt win- tered will turn mpre profit than six common Ones, receiving only common treatment. No sheep should be allowed to grub on meadows any time this fall. Do not sell your choicest ewe lambs because you can ger twenty-five cents a piece more for them. Keep the best and breed them. Have you marked that ringleader that has a mania for being on the oth- er side of the fence? If the butcher is not ready to take her, as soon as possible begin feeding grain and roots, and about Christmas slaughter her, The "snaffles" in sheep is much like catarrh in the human family, due to taking a cold by exposure to cold storms. Sheep mast have a dry place to lie suotmer and winter. A change of pasture is very benefi- 0101. This is the time that you ought to have a field of oats, six or eight inch- es high, to turn sheep into. It is absolutely essential that such fresh forage should be provided to make sheep keeping profitable and to maintain friendly relations vvith neigh- bors. _— WHEN FATTENING TURKEYS. .in the fall feed plenty of whole corn and pen them up in a shed or stable, letting them out every four or five days to take exercise. The best time to market turkeys is during the holi- days. We think it pays baiter to dress them for market. When dressing tur- keys never allow any water to got inside of them. Water makes them slippery and soggy. Always wipe them out with a clean, dry towel. Send all kinds of poultry to market nice and clean and it will oommand a good price. The custom of snapping green corn for Lha complete dint of a herd of bogs, or the less cordmon practioe of hog- ging a piece of immature corn by turn- ing the pigs into the field, aro prac- tices tar from wise or economical. Some green feed is very desirable for pigs in warm weather—in fact, we regard such cooling, laxative food as indispen- sable. Gruen food is not alone suffi- cient for the hog, however, says Ne- braska Farmer, and least of all green Dorn. The immature Dorn plant oon- tatne an excess of water and sacchar- ine material, and from the time star- ing begins till the grain begins to hard- en, there is a ohemioal condition of the juices of the plone, the nature of whioh is not well understood, but which all experience shows makes the corn pleat meet unsatisfactory for feeding at the period mentioned. Tho peaotioe of giving the pigs unstinted food Of green Dorn doubtless comes from the belief that because green food is benee (ictal Ibo pigs cannot have too much of it, and if they are Lod the corn right through the season they will withstand full feeding, as the grain hardens, with less danger from dis- ease. All experience proves this afal- lackous theory. Rather the excessive feeding of green corn tends to pro - HERE AND THERE. Since the inauguration of the trol- ley system of locomotion, 50,000 horses have been displaced in Philadelphia, 00,000 in Chicago, 40,000 in Greater Ne.v York, 25,000 in Baltimore 10,000 in St. Louis, and 10,000 in Cincinnati. An unusual accident befell Mr. J. Thompson, at Portland, Me. He jumped from a moving train, and the shook caused a rupture of his windpipe, re- sulting in death. Fatigue causes a poisoned condition of the blood. If the blood of a fatigu- ed animal be injected to another ani- mal that is unfatigued, all the symp- toms of fatigue will be produced, French women of the wealthy °lass aro seldom visible before noon. When a young woman of society arises from bre couch, her maid artistically arrays her in some soft and thin white goods that give her the look of a fairy too light and airy for earth. A wretched blunder made by a mob in Leland, Miss„ caused several of the disorderly persons to get drunk in dis- gust. They broke into the jail, mis- took the number of a eat, and lynch- ed the wrong man. For centuries the blood of living horses has been used as a nourishing beverage by the Tartars. They care - •fully open a vein iu the neck of a horse, take a drink of the animal's blood, and then alone Lha wound with a plaster, Fifty years ago a coal mine al Dail- ly, Scotland, took fire, Numerous at- tempts to extinguish it failed, and it is only within a few weeks that the fire at last burned itself otit, The site of Lhe Fifth Avenue Hotel,. Nov York City, without the edifice, would readily bring $2,000,000 in the real estate market, In 1848 it was inolnd.ed in a tract of five aeras, which Parson Stevens bought for $5,000. . H. C. Worth, of San Francisco, con- veyed a carrion pigeon in a olosed basket from San Francisco to Manila, duce an acid condition of the corn sys- tem, by way of Honolulu, thence to Naga - di 'digestion saki, Japan and bask to California, and by impairing Rus the g When the ship was sixty miles from renders the animals food feedsble so have San Francisco, the bird was released, Dasa, A grunt many food feeders have and started directly tor its biome, used a limited quantity of green corn whore it. arrived long Before the vete for pig feed to the very' best fifteen- rel reecheld port. of the furniture in It Beyond a few purdahs, curtains, and beds, furniture in the .European sense duce not exist, Even the wealthy, although they may have a carriage and horses, possess neither bootie nor pkitures nor any expensive works of are and w'ben a feast is given 10 their friends a pietas of a plantain leaf serves 80011 guest for a dish, where EItropeans epend bundreds of rupees in dinner and breakfast services of fragile but most expensive china and glassware. Alt this the native saves and horde. The wealthy conceal their accumulations of gold and silver in secret vaults, ex- cept the ornaments, which are r'88Prv- ed for and worn by their. women," I had Lo admit: the force of all We reo.- tioning., —^— — IS LOST TO MAN. When up country last year I heard that Chowringhee Lelia, manager to Latta Mutlra Pershaud, already men- tioned, was in Gwalior on some tem- porary business, and I called on him as an old friend, at a place in the Lushkar, where he was residing, Among other subjects we discussed the fiction of the Government in closing the mints, and 1 asked his opinion about the possibility of a gold standard for India, and mentioned the fact that certain members of the Currency As- sociation considered that £50,000,000 sterling of gold would be sufficient to provide India with a gold currency, The Lelia laughed the idea to scorn, and assured me that £50,000,000 would not suffice to replace the silver hoards of even one State. " You know," he said, "bow anxious the late Maharajah Scindia was to get back the lurtress of Gwalior, but very few knew the real cause prompting him. That was a concealed hoard of sixty erorea, £60,- 000,000 sterling, of rupees in certain vaults within the fortress, over which British sentinels had been walking for about thirty years, never suspecting the wealth concealed below their feet. Long before the British Government gave back the fortress, every one who knew the entrance into the ooncealed hoard was dead, except one man, who was extremely old, and, although in good health, hd might have died any day. 11 tbat had happened the trea- sure might have been lost to the owner forever, and the world for ages, be- cause there was only one entrance to the board, which was most cunningly concealed, and, except that entrance, every other pert was SURROUNDED 13Y SOLID ROCK. NEW NAVAL THEORY. Big 15311,10 Shins Are Obsolete, 0,ty8 Meant Maxim. "Naval and military authorities must soon give due oonsideration to the aer- ial torpedo," wrled Hiram Maxim, in the Scientific American., "From half a ton to a ton of high explosives can certainly be thrown wilb absolute safe- ty and groat accuracy at all fighting ranges at sea, and if such quantities of high explosive, striking and exploding on board a battle ship by impact upon its superstructure, will destroy the ves- sel, or throw it out of action, or if such quantities, when projected into the water, and exploding as submarine mines adjacent to the hull of a battle ship, will suffice to blow her up or sink her, then the first shot of the aerial torpedo gun proposed by me will ren- der obsolete every battle ship in the world. Immense sums of money will no long- er be expended in armored protection which will not protect, and in the eon- struotion of buge and ponderous fight- ing machines whose very size renders them a more easy prey re. the torpedo gun than a small and light cruiser, simply big enough to provide a port- able and stable gun platform. If a projectile can be thrown which sball be sufficiently destructive to demolish any thing and everything it bits, then, ob- viously, thereafter centralization of "So the Maharajah was in such a fix that he most either get back his fortress or divulge the secret to the Government, and run the risk of,losing the treasure forever. When the fort- ress was given back to the Maharajah, and before the British troops had left Gwalior territory, masons were brought from Benares, sworn to ea- orecy in the temple of the Holy Cow, before leaving, and when they reach- ed the Gwalior railway station they were put into carriages, blindfolded, and driven to the place where they had to work. There they were kept till they had opened out the entrance into the secret vault, and, when the concealed board had been verified, and the hole built up again, they were once more blindfolded, put into car- riages and taken book to the railway station and re -booked for Benares un- der a proper escort." Chowringhee Lelia went on to tell me that for generations before the rise of the British power, his ancestors had held the post of treasure in I.he Gwa- lior state, and that, after the British had annexed territories around Delhi, one of his great grand uncles had re- tired from the post of treasurer of Gwalior with a fortune of 20 orores of rupees, £20,000,000 sterling. By groat good fortune all this money was quietly got into British territory, he declared ; and 15 orores of it are at this day bricked up in a swot vault un- der a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess of wealth in the holy city of Brindabun. "Nov," said the Lalla, "if the treasurer could accumulate so much, what were the accumulations of the State likely to be ? Tho treasures of Gwalior form but a very small amount compared with the total of the known concealed wealth of India. All the silver would be brought out and repino0d by gold directly the Govern• meet decreed a GOLD CURRENCY FOR INDIA. "Five hundred millions of gold would be absorbed and concealed before a good currency had been twelve months in circulation. Europeans, even those who have been in the country for years, have no idea of the boording propen- sities of even wolf -to-do natives, with- out counting Ibo more wealthy bank- ers and traders. lfor example, my wife," said the Leila, "has more than three blithe of rupees hidden for fear of my dying before her, because 1 am much older then she is, and we have no son alive to inherit my properly, And T knew nothing about Lhe plane where this money is unmerited." On this I asked how llntivas man- aged to 11.00unl011th 150 much wenn)), and the Lelia replied'—"Natives don't spend like Europeans. Take the house of any well-to-do native merehenL with an income, of say, a thnn cusd rupees 100 er upeesonth Ivvout ldnpug301305etthe'00 to whole YOUN`N€I FOLKS. ANOTHER HOBSON. "Lieutenant, Hobson's deed of bra- very on the Merrimac" writes 80 Eng- lish army officer, "reoalls an Eng. Bell boy of the same name, Hobetln, barn at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, whose drunken father apprenticed hini. to the village tailor, who used him cruelly." It was during the war bee tween Prance and England. Ono day news came that Ibo Engllsb fleet was in the offing. Young Hob - tion ran down a back lane to the shore, shoved off in the first rowboat he found handy, pulled for the foremost vessel, and then and there enlisted in what proved to be the admiral's own ship. Out at sea they sighted the en. emy. The two fleets engaged in the channel, and the admiral's ship was locked yard -arm and yard -arm with the leading ship of the French fleet. While the fight raged the lad Hob- son asked an able seaman, "What are we trying to do?" "Do you see lbs flag up Ihere3" said the sailor, pointing to the Frenchman's masthead. "Yes," said the boy. "Well, we want to get that down," said the man. Presently the Englisb crew raised a mighty shout of exultation, and the French saw that their flag was gone. Instantly the order to board was obey- ed, and after a short resistance the French ship surrendered. "Who sew the Frenoh colors shot away?" Nobody could answer till a little fi- gure was seen sliding down the shrouds with something wrapped ar- ound his arm. It. was young Hobson. Unobserved he had crossed the yards from his own to the enemy's mast- head, and in the heat of action had cut. the Frenchman's flag from its hal- yards and taken possession of it. The boy was promoted to the quar- ter-deck and by continuedgallenLry, he rose step by step until he became Ad- miral Hobson. men and expense must be abandoned and men and weapons must be dispers- ed in order to form as many and as small targets as possible. Navies must fight in skirmishing order, exact- ly as armies on land note do. If the battle ship, forming a target ten times as great, offers no greater protection against the aerial torpedo than the small unprotected cruiser, and oasts ten times as much and carries ten times the number of men, it is cer- tainly not more than one tenth as ef- fioient fighting machine, Anything revolutionary in character. however meritorious, always has a hard tight for recognition. especially do overcom- ing the opposition backed by enormous vested intereste. It would be easier with it few cruisers armed with aerial torpedoes to make a scrap heap of every battle ship of the combined navies of the world to -day than it will be to even amore the system a plane for once in the line of battle. If there is even a fighting chance far the aerial torpedo to work the revolu- tion in naval construction predicted, then this matter is a subject for seri- ous consideration, especially by the United States Government. Half a million dollars will build and arm a light torpedo cruiser which will carry one 24-incb torpedo gun and two tor- pedo mortars. This will demonstrate the efficiency of the system. If it fails, it costs but $500,000; if it suc- ceeds, it will save $500,000,000. The battle ship must go." IMPROVISED BULL RINGS. Dangerous dlai: e871fte 111 **PIMA'. ,'lunges to Evade Lha l,8w. Notwithstanding the efforts of the Madrid authorities to regulate bull fighting, "fearful that excesses in the national pastime might bring on are - action,' the common people of Spain have suooeeded so far in dodging ev- ery law yet made to restrict their fa- vorite sport. The result has been any number of accidents due to poor bar- ricading and inexperienced toreadors. Iu and about Madrid tho government has some control over the sport, but in the more distant villages the author- ities are openly defied, There has been a taw in force for some Lime that no village should be allowed to give bull fights unless it could boast of a suitably equipped "Plaza del Toro." In the smaller villages, however, the inhabitants dodge the law by block- ing up the streets with barricades, thus forming an improvised "Plaza,' that can hardly be recommended tor the safety affordeu tbe spectators. The scene is unique. The entire vil- lege lolls about on the barriers, hap- py in its defiance of the law, and ap- plauds the Alcalde, generally a vener- able man, who gives the signal for encounter after encounter. FACTS ABOUT WATER. There are some strange features about water. For instance, the more muscular a man is, the more able to take care of himself on land, the hard- er it is for him to keep afloat, Fat iron and women—all, not the fat ones in parlicular,—float readily. It is possible to float ten bourn. A men has been known to stay under 3valer four minutes, forty-six and 0110 - half seconds. Anotber man swans 218 feet under water. The 100 -yard roc- ord in a tank is one minute onto second, In open water one minute seven sec- onds, A man swims foster tender water it he can see no light., and under -water reeot'ds are inade with the eyes closed, DISLIKED TIIE WORD. H'm, said the policemen I guess we'll have to investigate this. No, sir, 1311010101a41 the *nice' citizen whnsel bowie lied been broken into. I don't. went any investigation. What 1 want is for you to jump in and find 0111, i51 a hurry who did it. HINTS FOR DAUGHTERS. 1. You will probably never be able to realize how much you owe your par- ents until you have ohildren of your oven. Sbow your appreciation now, and you will be sure to please them great- ly, and at the same time sow the seeds of lifelong happiness. 2, Do not keep all your smiles for the houses of friends, but dispense them freely at home. Cheerful faces make home -life warm and happy, and serve to drive away care and trouble from the brows of the old folks. 8. Above all things, do not grumble and wrangle at home, because few things cut a mother to the heart so keenly as children's complaints and disputes. If you want anything inpar- ticular, ask nicely for it, but pray do not find fault in a grumbling mood, or be peevish with your sisters and brothers. 4. When making presents to your friends, remember that mother and father have known you far longer than any of them, anti have a much deeper affection for you; so make them a lit- tle gift sometimes, and rest assured that your thoughtfulness will be great- ly appreciated. 5. Keep together the ties of home as long as you possibly San, because death will sever them, quite soon en- ough, and once broken, they can never be united again. Let home be your haven when entering the world's busy arena, and you will never want asaf- er or more welcome place of rest. 0. You cannot nave more sincere friends or better counsellors than your parents, eeeir friendship will never desert you, and advice given by them will always be disinterested, 8o lay all your difficulties and troubles before them. Many a person who has chosen the downward pee h would have been restrained by a mother's sympa- thetic advice, or by a father's timely warning, 7. If the w'0.ys of the old folks are not quite up -to -dale, and what you would wish them to be, do not make any fuss, but bear with them, Remem- ber that your parents have the habits end recollections of tbirty or forty, years ago, and, as a molter of fact, you will never get them to change their ways radioally, however much you may try. 8. By all means let your parents have the last word, and do not think of eon- tredicting them. This will, perhaps, be trying to you at times, because human nature likes to ride the high horse; but the discipline will be wholesome to you, and rest assured that your good motives will not pass unnoticed. 0, Of Source, you have considered yourself vary clever since your teens were reached, but bear in mind that your parents have had an extensive experience of the world and of life, so that a word of advice from them may be of the greatest advantage to you. 10. Never forget that the downward path' is at times not clearly seine, be- cause of the attractions and pleasures that frequently envelop it, thus dis tracting the conscience, The first step is easily taken; it may be by the prompting of a so-called friend, o.1' be the natural 330altneae of will. Listen 10 0oneoie10e immediately, and fly from tbo temptation to your haven of safety --biome, THE SMOKE NUISANCE. There is a smoke nuisance problem in London also. The other day an offen- der was haled into court for using smoke -producing coal. He alleged the. difficulty of gelling Welsh coal as an excuse. Mr, Sltiol, the Magistrate, 51131; "That 18 ncr-defense. I. will fine the defendant d:.1 and costs, 23 shil- lings." The 8entenee is approved by, the Lnnect, She leading British condi.e.e Pal ,journal.