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fsrei, 81111111ler Oar° Of Sht'ep.
lie minuet) tee-ea:es, \VW re t am froo from city noise tied, eaf 0 from I
twee a leirei ;
Tile fleet of great iron -clad sad steel- And ',teed ot itorrie eautaleapeettud. eerie' sum- That sheep require eare aml tattoo km
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1 1 1 ft,1 ft pont flu; e an ertsp squash and blood -red rliepute. Tit, old tini,, priu.ii.p of turnieg
welter beets, 011 111 out in smell !leeks to roaill thrinigli
II. 011(0,10 and over commons is a thing of 11,,
I have a mein with slant ing roof 1 ne wearleente met in older settled etates, The hied has
t.i,,,, , ,.'il 1„ two., to Itrooi th„ otito11 0,L,. Lem abouw
t all heed, and the laws geuerally
1:1,F,:ttits require each pertem te take care 01 his ewe
But Itenea, metree, sandpaper wall. al'e 110,0 stock', .01.1 11.111 0011.0.1110111 1,01111110d ftallge
.041,1 {Alum, f1e1011 toget ter. Ilere auct Lii.,, .,,,,,, whi,,h 1 i,,b ow ((\ 1( Npo wh,,,, ..,,,,, 1011 i1111 rally 'menet ive 7.1 aliments tonl tbs.
ahem ea head.
through the floc towers up a huge berg, lillien, 10,V0 feet, eiteee 1 hat need to lie censteutly combated
Xesplendent in gold end blue and green at III, by the sucoessful shepherd. 1 find that grub
satirise. These bergs are of the most fan. No narrow hatiatub have 1 here 10 lave myself iti, head itn.tis • .1,1 ., • ,t. are the principal Deni-
m/le tent 1 , 1.1 01e1101111. With. 011,0011111)'
'taste shapes sometimes, and often look like within,
great castles, their eletuaent spikes rising But one large basin on the thew, a dipper made durimi u : ,,,,Lsons, 00011 as we have now
.gracefully, lilte the tipiree of a thane male. , : I "C.11.1'. . ,, a , , hat; , s heady three years. When sheep were
drat. ri 1, 1,,,, t le ,00eng ',safes stem:lined ,t'er my all..., e unlimited range emelt disease8 were
shoe hlers 110W.
An interestieg denizen of the ice-lields off Delete their leaking, through the neer. aesuitg- praetienTly unknown but I believe it was at
the Greenland and Labrador coasts is the ing an my woo 1 the et:poised both imam ,t y and toutlity of
wool, um that these di-. 1 bring ineeetteed
.steminatopus, or hooded seal, '1'llis is an I V,
ungainly beast, often larger than an ex. ' He .
end as I've said, no eity nteee hell break upon i 11"''''1"41,) 11'11' il
neeeeeer): .te 0,,,,i , , ‘,. 0 ) 0•0 {8 01 W001 atm
lies in a Teta heap on the ice, and is 111111,1 'tee eas
'estioutellatul every spring fer those great
bodies 01 00111140.1t lee known as flees, whieh
shunt the Mt of Meech begin to move from
Bafilti's Bay and other northern regimes
tewaid the 'These tines are often
hundreds of square utiles in lava, being cona
poem." of cakes, or tame," WA the seeder:,
the color / soot. Ova when the sun is Naught sat e the metre of the frog, tbe bleat the Iteeplug (e L. re, liesi; e ell mail areas is
productive ot the (meld, • mentioned.
It pays, therefore, to he Wft1.011h11 01 the
had at leest once a month g,et them
ttll up, smear their noses with tine taro, weld
off the Attacks of the gad ily and trim their
feet carefully, and apply (12 1101 peeeleriel
blue vitriol whore thee. le airy lee .1 :on of
soreness, The recoeutientle ot put tar
in troughs, and by ie. eee :eat on the
tar to get the sheep te 1,11. themselves, J
coesitler very slipshod practice, as teeny of
the sheep will go without salt rather than
"take tar ha theirM." If the tarehig
worth doing at all 11 18 worth doing right,
and I can say we have not lost a angle
sheep from grub in bead since we began ap.
plyhig the remedy properly, which has been
tor about twelve years.
We attend to the salting once a'0'8011, and
if the indications ere for fair weather fur
twentyfour loam WO 1111X 1111011t one-eightb
flour of sulphite With the selt., whieli keeps
ticks away front the sheep. Ticks arc un-
known among our sheep, and it is the sul.
phur Rua "(11188 the leeriness," but if there
are signs of ram sten at time of salting, do
not give the sulphur, ns the effect might be
to stiffen the joints of the aeinuas it they
5111811,1 get very wet immediately after eat-
ing v. quantity 01 11.
A frequent change ef pasture, say every
week or ten days, is conducive 01 thrift, and
should be regnlarly attended to.
In connection with trimming deep's feet,
let me again urge upon all who have such
work to do to try the corm:ohs on tile floor.
We use the wagou ehed for a pen for the
purpose, and the cobs serve to keep the floor
dry and free from mud also.—[Natiotial
Stockman.
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Profits of the Dairy,
Buckwheat yields light-colored, flavorless
and hard butter ; linseed meal produces (1
soft white better ;corn with 11811(011 propor-
tion of cotton seed tneal yields a well -grain-
ed yellow aud aromatic butter ; palm nut
meal makes perhaps the best colored, flavor-
ed and grained butter, at least it has in my
practice, and I think it is the best of all
kinds of supplementary foods for the tlairy.
Clover hay10 loud qliv,tion the best foci -
der for making 'butter triton it is cut ilea
cured eo as to preserve its sweetness and
fregrance, and a proportion of sweet vernal
&pass in the pasture or the hay gives its
aroma to the butter of the cows which eat it.
This grase is abundant in the vying, and it
is then that we get the sweet June better,
which every farmer's Ivife and every house-
keeper appreeiates se highly. After this
geass seeds it makes a second growth and is
abundant in September, and then twain we
have the sweetlyedoeed bui: egt. 1(0 that
made in vernal June.
We mullet doubt that tl,e has a
special importance in this 'buy, o...1 it be-
comes a part of the skill of Mater -
maker to secure such fodder (bid b. other
food as will afford this wpm:telly ..esirable
quality. to his product. The paoree . butter
made ta from corn fodder which has been
frozen while standing. The white taste.
less butter made from this food is the foot.
ball of the market, the execrated store but-
ter which makes oleomargarine delicious in
contrast with it ; while the sweet, well -cured
green fodder out in its best stage end cured
in the shade of the compactly built shock it
equal in every respect to that made from
early -cut clover and the best meadow hay.
I have often thought that this cleeirable
fragrance may be givea to butter by provicl.
ing the cows with sweet-sconted plants mix-
ed with their food, The exquisitely flavored
honey produced in some well-known 'wall-
ties—Mouut Ifybla in southern Europe, for
instance—de, ives this quality from the fra-
grant plants growing them, and as we kuow
that Variolla grasses and feeds have It similar
effect upon butter, why cannot we secure a
special flame' to the butter by using the
right kind of herbage?
I have noticed the effect of white clever
on butter, and have fed the flower shoots of
the fragrant sweet Mover, the so.called Bolt.
110(0.clever or white 818111101. (Melifotes alba),
with cut lawn grass to cows with the efrect
of conferring 0 distinct. 01100 and flavor to
the butte:. That fragrant Swiss (Meese
called " echabzieger" is made of the milk
from er,ws pastured where the blue mellilot
prevaile, and this fragrant herb it, powdered
and mixed with the curd for the purpose of
adding to the peculiar totality of the cheese,
and Why should not buttermakers study
tide neater and experiment upon it for the
purpose of addieg to the attractiveness of
then. product?
strong, as the spring advances, the ml fturl
oozes out of his glistening skim I have
'sometimes seen hint lying Bo still, end bathed
in his perspiration of oil, that I imagined
hint dead, and "rendering" out in the beat.
The seal -hunters call him the "dog hood,"
bemuse he has a huge hood or membrane
contesting of blubber and a tough tissue,
several inches thick, which in the twinkling
isf an eye be ean draw over his head. Re is
then safe from all ordinary assault, being
slaielded all over the body by several helms
thielr of blubber or fat, through 11thich the
heavy shot of the seal -hunters' guns cannot
reach vital parts. The greenhorn delights
to capture the pelt of a dog heed, but the
experienced hunter is jest as content to let
the ugly brute alone.
How wellI remembe r the first day Get I sail-
-ea out, with the captain of a big iren-elad,
on a floe, stretohing away from the coast of
Labrador The crew, about three hundred
in number, had been killing white -coats
everywhere on the ice, and I was receiving
my first lessons in killing and "skulping,"
the latter term meaning the stripping of the
heavy coat of fat from the body of the seal.
.1 had. a gun ae well 01 11 gaff with me, for I
wanted some of the birrls that went wheel-
ing and screaming around the tops of the
Icebergs.
In the early afternoon, as we wore making
our way toward the step, being lamed from
the long tramping ever the ice, the captain
who had been scanning the We -field with his
spy -glass, said, "There's a hoocl over there,
and a pretty big fellow too."
"Where ‚0"I inquired, eagerly. "I should
like 'to get hint."
"1 shoal(' advise yen," he replied, "to
'let him alone. Moreover, lie is a mile dis-
tant."
"I will have him," I replied, not at all
daunted. And the eaptam shrugging his
shouldere as much as to my, "Then take
yonr own couree," net out for the ship. I
started aSetty aloae, still carrying my gull
and gaff.
As 1 appeattehecl, I found that be was in-
deed a monster, and he lay in an ugly heap
on the ice, as if he were dead. He was hav-
ing an afternoon sleep in the sun, and he
fairly shone in the light. I had no idea at
the time that any special skill was required
in slaying the ammal, and as for being in
dread of him, I treated the idea with mere
contempt, for what WAS he but a clumsy
end harmless heap of fat'0
Of them lehter.
The erowine of the Durham 01110', 010 10Wilig of
the lien :
These aro the solo dieturbance., in this my
rural deu.
V.
And oh. the 1111(4110 thin tide life, th1e. cameo'
life Merin,: 1
The breakfast set at aVI: A. 11.-1111 heW ftly
sine admirce
're rise it t four, and ere the etin hag started on
day
its wee,
To don my dude and enter on the duties 01 1110
Instead of woreIng in my (10011 111 hot ecerenek-
er coat.
To seek (INA fields and toss the hay, to feed the
bounding goat,
To dine three times a day oet waehed down
by berry whin,
And 01.011 tee sun has set at last retirMg at
VII,
This is a itoble life to lead ; from 0(108 0111 strict
so free;
It time the (heck, the muscles gain, it fills the
;tout with glue.
But whee next summer comes this' way, 'I fear
I ,'an't ateard
To swap the meat of brow and brawn for rural
bed and heard.
Deerrees BAZAR.
When the Suns Goes DOM'.
When the eun goes down
And aeress the fading lea,
LI lie the crooning of 0 mother,
Comes the murinur 00 Ole eea,
The golden clouds of sonset
Change to sober, reetted brown,
And. soft Peace unfurl,: her mantle
When the 81(0 (1005 clown.
When the 5110 (1005 clown,
And from out the glowlng West
The evening breeze 0011180 sighing,
Like a whisper from (110 11(111,,
Come the 111 111' 0008. 01.1100110,
to their mother's gown,
And they nestle in her bosom,
When the sun goes down,
When within twenty paces or so of the
smphibian I threw my gaff ou the its, and
immediately I noticed that the animal drew
Ids heed, with a quick jerk, over his head,
and ilattenea himself out on the ice cake. I
had a heavy charge of seal -shot in my gun,
the pellets being .very little smaller than
pease, and I fired the loacl at close range
into the head ef the awkwardmonster. I ex-
pected to tee hint writhe and turn in his
death throes, but he did nothing of the kind.
-Ile merely milled back his hoo11 two or three
inches, as if to take a look at me: then com-
posed himself in on indifferent neap again.
I drew my sheatliknife, and walked up with
the intention of stripping off his pelt after
the manner in which I had been taught
eluting the morniiig; hot when I reached
Idin, he turned suddenly, and I had to spring
aside. For au instant only I saw his face,
• then the hood went down again. This
time 11401 in a heavier charge (loading my
long ein(0le barrel at a safe distance), and re.
turned again to attack. From ten paces
off I fired squarely ta the place .where the
head must have been, The big creature did
not even InoVe this time so I felt convinced
-that I must have finished him. To make
aeserance doubly sure, however, I treated
Mtn -to one more dose of shot —tflis titne in
the body—alines hi barely moved, I un-
sheathed my knife once again and walked up
to take my trophy of fat and hicle.
He made no move as I approached him,
and I stood by his side, with the stock of
my gun resting on the ice, while I cleliberat.
lid on the easiest way of stripping him. I
had not long to think, as old Hoocly, with a
movement as quick as a bear, turned and
seized my gun somewhere about the centre
of the barrel, taking it firmly in hie mouth.
Had my leg been newer to hie head than my
gtut. was, I should not have waltzed since,
I was dumbfounded, but, this was not all.
With my gun in Ms mouth, the 'monster
made after me, and the rate of speed at
which he dragged his huge carcass ever the
ice could not be believed by any one who
had not seen it. I had eft "skin" boots,
'which cling to the We and keep you fairly
'well from slipping, but I saw that the hood's
speed was fully equal to mine. To my left
was a stretch of rough surface, as if the
blocks and cakes had been beaten upin some
storm, and then became frozen in this
manner, Here I had the advantage, and a
few minutes pante out of clangor.
I returned to the ship withitet either my
gun or my gaff,' and when I went below I
could see that the veterans in the cabin knew
O0 y story about as well as myself, although
they had not seen the enoounter.
The next clay an old hunter said to me
"These hoods are not worth botherieg with,
as thoir blubber is net as profitable as the
white -meta, lmt we'll find that fellow of
yours and getyour gun, Besides, I'll show
yott how ho can be got without firing athim
at
We found him not far front whore I had
escaped from his toils, and ho ley there,
positively looking just as comfortable as if I
had only 1100ft popping pease at him the day
before. My gun was a few yards away, and
it WaS heat in 1118 11(01(101, The hunter, With
018 heavy-headocl gaff in Ms hand, approach-
ed the seal from behind, walked briskly up,
tuul tappeO him on the back, The animal
instantly throw up his head, (keeping Ida
hood for an instant to see his assailant e but
in that instent the steel -headed gaff descends
ed upon the unprotected skull, and Heady
Bad fought his last battle.
"Well, Ethel, did you have a good 'dine
at the barge party ?"
"No. Hail a horrid time, Charley flirt,-
tO With the ellaperon all the evening"
"When the sun goes down 1"
Criee the toiler o'er 011.0 ,00,
"Sweet thoughts, by labor baiiished.
Will eome trooping back to me.
And the smiles of those who love me
'rake the place of tlut:,"s frown,
For in dreams I e008 be with them,
When the sun gooe down.
When the fain goes down
The ille of life recede;
Ilnehed tho voice of evil.
And the selfish cry of greed ;
Then, happy, homeward footeteps
Echo through the (inlet town,
And 11e4t come.; to the weary,
When 100 8140 goes down.
When the etta goo, down
on this busy -life f or ave.
Perfume the night that tollows
Will be better then 1(10 11113'.
0, may rising shadows
Find us ready for 1101011111
And the re -1 that surely eometh,
When the 0110 (1008 down,
—0000 HOL-SErinErn.M.
Tao Butter -Ply,
Thee trance of all fragile things,
That flutterest before me,
Conte, fold your lovely, leaf -like wings
And listen 10 1113' story.
'Tis sweet to see thee wend thy ways
Through forest, field, ned bower.
Bright gianeing through the sunny haze,
Like sum celestial Rower.
Iseeow'st thou thy wanton, wave-like flights
Portray tho wild commotion,
Tee restless boaut tee, and the lights
That issue from 1(15 0001111.
And eke 1.011 0013' riper ny crest,
Prom which bright sparkles vanish,
Sings "Alariposa"—stat and rest—
Thy 110100 10 tuneful Spanish.
No idle, worthless, Right is thine
Poor slanaerd, slighted creature ;
Of turbid van and peace divine
Thou art the faithful preacher.
Why 8(1001110 point to yowler ant
And bid thee like -wise grovel ;
.And leave thy sun, thy flow,r, thy plant,
For such 11111(113' hovel 1
Does yonder sile'ry sheen that paves
The wean looking downward
Need penetrete the deep, dark, WaVes,
00 5(1801 its glories downward
Nay I 110±08 01010 roll as Meek as tigb 1,
Below en. many a fathom,
Still yonder butter -111,,s of light;
Can 110(100 1.1100 to heaven,
So when Eternal Light absorbs
Time's °manic troubles
Life's heaving 0(1108 00(1 surging roll
Will dwindle into bubbles,
Than art the darling of the light,
The heavens are before thee;
Come butter.fly 1'08l11001113' night
ror I have told itly etory !
Tenfol11 thou spirit of 1001101(11,
Unfold thy leaf -like pinions,
I would (11(111 113' immortal germ
Might, thee swoop domininos 1
EARNenr. 11. Lamle
.111. 110 1(141 .; or stiolcs 11nder the 11110W 1.11
Illale• a piesage way for air, ;there will he
ait 1111 11' amigo!. 01 having ripoo einie
el venianeeue eeininnite.n.
..A Woman's Grief for a Doe,
Thci, ie a fasitionnble woman known in
Wesiet etee who 10 vrearing deep 1(1olirlii114
far a 1'g. Imagine it ! It .001110 too 11115111'4
10 110 111,1101'1111 11 10 511.01 tn be
trne. 11110 1. 11 1/110 10611.111g -Mantel of about
et, ie ununirekel, the possessor of great
tiled 1 le end heel eg been of an nifectionate
. I 'spot,' tiou , was (1 0',(1'.111.4 of lavishing bee love
upon einnething 01 11 11 11.11 appreeititive soul,
She loupe! for a, (log 1 And es melting but
mio of aristocratic lineage would do, ft 11011(4
hor of months 1111.0 spent in searching for one
eitlieiently ugly to be apprecititive, and
\hese pedigree was beyond reproach. ler
elforts were finally crowned with success.
Plirough reliable palate% ehe reveivell it rag.
4011 looking Scotch terrier, and she deeilled
to giVe a 0111•1.1ohing breakfast, in honor of
her new acquisit
'fwenty dear 111011,18 were invited, and 011
the day appointed all oft hem eppeareiLlead-
ing or earrying thole sweet little ours, Miss
S.. the Weaves, performed the ceremony of
eltrietening her new pet by epriekling 1/51,
111111011 water on him f1s1111 a cut elate; bowl,
end by then slipping an exquieitely chased
eohl eellite, on wheel was engraved the
Mime of " Latitlie," (1111( 1110 head: 'rho 11110-
1re08 then announced that she luta settled
upon his dogship the sum of $5,000, na
token of her hive. The ninst elaborate
breakfast was served, (10(10(0 10111011 the doge
reflected great credit, ppm their mistresses,
acting far better than do many children ;
10(1 11105 children do not often get the train-
ing which these pet doge had received, ma
they are not to be blamed.
Ltoldie, of course, had a maid to W01
1111011 hint and see that his food was properly
prepared and served, as well as to gwe Min
his daily walk on the tweune ; but, in spite
of all the care, at the end ef two years he
Wita taken very ill. A doctor who was
called prescribed for him, am' recommended
massage. The services of a professional
were engaged, and the deg was religiously
tretactl every six limns for 0 week, but all
to no purpose. Like all the rest of us,
Laddie must die. Miss S. was inconsolable
when they told her there was no hope, but
she sent iminediately for a lawyer to 111111(0
tho dog's will. It was formally drawn op
and signed, or rather sealed, for LaddieS,
5010 Wits gently pressed noon a splash of
yellow wax, lenving the imprint clearly de-
fined. fellinvilig morning the dog drew
what seemed like 0 breath of relief, and died
in the arms of his mistress.
No expense was spared at the funeral
The twenty dear friends were there with
their pets all in mourning, and it is said
that when the procession moved toward the
grave, which was at the lower mid of the
lawn, every last dog sot up such a mournful
howl that it was irresistably funny to all
sae° Mies S. Ott reheating to the houee,
the will of the deceased canine was read.
In it ho gave his denies, to the society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Aldine's,
urging that strong efforts be made to do
away with the barbarotts practice of " dog-
cateld g."
Any One visiting Miss S. eon hardly fail
to notice the beautifel•mausoleum on the
lawn erected to the memory of Laddie, nor
his marble statue in the drawing room and
the life.size painting in the library, before
both of which fresh flowers are always placed.
Poisonous Hat Bands.
"A good many sere faces," said a well.
known physictan, "are caused overysuonner
by poisonous ',tweet bands' in hats:,"Sone
men always insist onlnying derby hats with
enamelled sweat bancle, anti if they Weer
them clurieg the slimmer Months a mild sort
of blood presorting is apt to result, AS 0.
Mall'a bead alwaye perspires very freely
under the sweat band of his hat, the poison
in the enamelling composition is aratened
and released. But Its unpleasant effects are
soldoin notiectettle there. The very fact that
the perspiration is constantly miming ont of
those particular peres prevelits 11111 poison
from going in. 13ut as each little bead of
perspiratiou rolls down Iiis face ft is charged
with the poison, an3 if' it hapneltS te run
over a little pimple or 1031111011 where he has
scratched hie face or ent it with a razor, the
result will probably be unpleasant, A dozen
tiny pimples will appear, and, no matter
how many "blood mufflers' be doses Maisel f
with, his face will be dotted with littlo
wires, until he buys a hat with a good sweet
band. Straw hats are seldom made up with
these enamelled sweat bands, and that fact
is another reason why every man should
wear them in the summer. Of course, this
warniog doe a not apply to all hats with
enamelled sweat Mewls. Seine of them aro
perfectly harmless, 1011. 0.8 it is impoesible to
to tell which are good and which are had
without a chemical anayleis, and as a, chem.
teal anaylsis Would spoil the hat, enamelled
sweat bands are good thing to avoid Itt hot
weather,"
11. Woman awl a Wolf,
one day Onele Jonas' two ...owe dimappeale
eil leen (111' 1,301ni11g 111 1110 WOWS 111/011t 11113
1.0/101y 1101110 121111 80 knees of the01 conla le,
(0a11:11.1()1.
1.111 311Iy, as his 00110 ‘100 011111111. !darted
to 1111111 1110111 11/1 ne0 morning, as the nen of
1 It e family were away. Leavitt g theeli ildren
anti going in westeely direotiou she Waft.
41141 throughout the day in the dark, on-
ly, ken fereat without a mouthful to eat ex.
tale a few spruce heat, and &Ica berries with
an tweasional handful of grimed mite, wive+
grew in great abundance, on the low lands,
The s1111 Was fest 81(11110(0 011111111 to her great
J03' the diseovere1l the lost con% quieley (0(110'
11(14 on 0 small muse plot near ('((((1110(1 river,
steno four miles from Ilene. With all.posei•
bit, haste the drove them Moue, hopIng te
home before durk, and 118 11110 had 110
guide, not oven spoiled trees, she had to
trust wholly to the intranet of the Newts.
Their oeuvre often seemed to her exnetly
the opposite to right, still her practieal
knowledge taught, her it Watil best to let them
have then. own way. IV hen near what, io
now known ne the Pine lionse, (01 a ridge
covered ity a growth of gigantic pine, both
eoe's gave 11 10101 bellow as if from fright
and broke into a furious gallop 111 the diem: -
lion 01 1101110, now half a mile distant, fetus.
ing to aecetiain the range of their fright sho
wee steMenly confronted by a, wolf.
The wolf at num) made a sming for her
ftwe, no doubt iniendhig to grab her throat
With 1.110 skill and hey of. an expert boxee
Aunt Molly dealt him a stuuning blow with
her 1511,Wily and hardened fist, which sent
him back upon his haunches. Again mill
again the starving brute leepe11 he her
throat, but each time was met by both fists
and feet with suilieient force to Heed him
back several feet. Knowing it was now life
or ,loath, this heroic woman found hereelf
fast growing weaker, while the attacks of
Ducking a Mischievous Girl,
The Siamese are so near the equator that
they have about the same hut weather the
year around. Beery man, woman and ehild
in Bangkok takes a plunge bite the river la
least three times a day. Of the 700,001t
people of the city at least 5110,000 live in
(Mating houses, mid inasmuch as the munmer
tiostume of the lower classes consists of a
garment about the size of ft Turkish towel,
it, is not much trouble for them to go in
bathing. They bathe on the steps of their
houses and stand 1114 to the waist in tho
water, grunting dehghtedly as they pour
bucketfel after bucketful over themselves
and their neighbors. The Burmese man
and woman take a bath every night after
dinner. This bath is merely pauring water
over the person. Soap is never used and
particular care is taken not to wet the hale
At New Year's, when the weather is as
hot as our munmer, these people have what
they call a water feast, and at this time the
(011010 (10110(1 throws water upon ono another.
11 the pretty girls go out with buekets, and
the boys have squirt.guns, and for three
days there is nothing but water -splashing.
The foreigners of Rangoon also engage in this
and the Chinese celebrate the feast with the
rest. One Chinaman rigged up a hydrant
with a two-inch pipe during the last; feast
0.11(1 as his house Wee on the main street, he
had the bulge, as it wore, on every one
else, He engaged a coolie to woric
the mueltine all clay, and, as he was
selling water.works, he had a good
advertisement in addition to his fen. A
swell Eaglishmen arrived in Hermit last
year.during the foast. Ile went 1.0 110.11 on
one of the leading men of Rang.00n in a tall
silk hat, and bleak clothes and Wee met at
the door by a girl with a bucket of water,
The girl asked him in Burmese whether he
was observing the water feast, and he, 81(14'
140110(0 that she wanted to know whether
110 )1011 come to 000 her father, noddecl his
head, and, with that nocl this wbole bucket,
of imam, went over his silk het and down
the back of his cellar completely drenching
11111, Diving the same time another party
of Englishmen were told that sone girls
were coming to throw water on them. They
had the servants bring out the bathtub anti
p11111 on the Veranda, and when the girls
cane they got possessionof thelettlatub and
splashed the Englishmen until one of them,
melting hi, seized 0110 01 the maidens, and,
lifting her up, droppecl her into Retell. This
was ooesiderecl very impolite, andthe young
man who did it manned by receiving no
further attention from the Burnesebeauties,
Rot Hay.
There were quite 11 number of barna
burned last season, in which the origin of
the fire was attributed to hot hay—that is,
that during the time the hay. was passing
through what is generally called. sweating,
the heat reached a point where the minds -
don of air fanned the heat into a flame, The
more than usual (umber of losses rem this
cause WO cereiul investigation as to the
conditions which led to this results Not
only were bulividuals anxious to learn as
Inecli poseible concerning the 001nlitione
of the hay When put in, and the construe.
tion of tho building destroyed, but the in.
serance men who always have an eye open
to bushels% were alao desirous to got al
the Very nearly every Man W110 1081
a building from this 0111150, Who reported
the fact to the public, tegat received a
vitsiti from intereetett parties or else he got
a, list of gm:slime to answer, From
newspaper reports it ammo's that two 0021'
111110118 were retied to exist in every case of
which We Mad, Vied, 60 hay When pul,
in the buildieg W044 either wet from clew or
contained some moieture from rain, Second,
the hay when filled in rested on polea or
some kincl of a floor, suffleient to adroit air
under the whole !now, Verniers are getting
a little shaky abnnt filling the barn with
wilted clover if there is danger of its be-
coming the means of burning down the
Width s, It is the general opinion of
those who hew, boon on the hunt for there
(este, that 11 tho clover contains no moisture
Ava. 29, 1800,
Late British News.
A pEcui, RAU $ IV CI DE.
CRUM. CHILDREN,
A DREADFUL MATRIOIDE,
41 SYMICI..1R DISCOVERY.
At Holyhead an ,)ion day, It tiger escaped
from liostockSi menagerie and wail only re-
captured after 111 tieli difficulty, A L th0 8111110
menagerie, (luring the evening perfertmence,
(1 woman snake -charmer wile bitten by a
Bement, and wait carried out in a lit.
At Londonderry ASSIZOS on Motelity
\\'m, Woods, rag gatherer, wee convict e,l
of the manelaughter of his paramour, and
was miaowed 10 1W011.0 yealle penal send
Prisenee first Lied a (toed round the
W01111111.8 110e1, and then nearly sevemal her
heal with n, scythe.
The man cemented in the burgaltwiee
Cambridge on Wednesday of last week, and
who shot himself when chased by the police
at Royston on the following day, has been
Metallic,' by his wife as Richard Batton,
(1111(11110 houstelteeper at Leitrim Beds. The
inquest on the body, which was opened on
Satmalay, was adjourned.
A singular discovery 01 (1, missing man, nam-
ed Allan Robertson was, nays eue Melbourne
correspondent, Imola on 2 1st May Met. The
history of his case seems (dieted, as, if nee
more, womlerful than that of 1411001, for
Robertson lived for 23 days withont either
feed or water, all that time he was lying in
a deserted lint in 0, bush, and that, too, in
this wintry senson in Australia.
her savage adversary grew more fierce. . 11.11 extraordieary birth of triplets ia re -
Snatching her tattered shawl. from her ported from Clareentale district, Ceuhtiy
hotel, wall n. desperate leap she threw a
ever the head of the wolf math a dexterity
which Waft not only surprising to the wolf,
but herself also.
This pieue of strategy, had the effect to le.
wilder the wolf. He hewed about,
valley endeavoring to rid himself of his in-
convenient head -gear, while iNielly lost no
time in olinibing to the. lower branches of a
tree and cm1 of harm's reault 'When 13)1' wolf
had ridden hiinself (1 1115 temporary blind.
fold and suiliehniely recovered his equilile
0111111 seeing his inteutled victim beyond las
reach he at once set up the most demoniac
howls of rage and disappointment, otsiasiom
ally venting his spleen by furious attacks
upon the trunk of tie tree and tearing the
rough bark with 1110 3111(0, 0v001(0(1 range
Ifere she remained mail the return of day,
when he sheik away in the direction of the
river. As soon as she thought him at a safe
distance, Molly, nearly famishing and be.
numbed by cold, hastened down anti:Tod for
haute as fast as the coedit:10n 1(1 1(91' cramped
Ends, and chilled frame would permit.
She Wend the childreu half frightened out
of their wits, as the arrival of the cows in
so great agitation had given them the idea
that thdr mother had been devoured by
Some wild beast,
Female Dentists.
There 11110 1100 female deetistsin Now York
all althorn arethoroughly qualified to pram
the the profession. Only one of them is
specialist. She is a elevisr ann handsome
young Jewess, and sho hos studied tho work
of Piling tooth with a great deal of ottre for
several years. She is amply equipped with
diplomas, 18 businessjike and inclualairms,
anti 11.10 Said Mintier trade is almost otolus-
ively 011)011(0 01011, Formerly She 111108 8(1111103'.
ea as a, type -writer in an office down town.
Mr 11 Mira wore from 8 to 6, and beremploy-
ment uncertain, It is faid that de clears
$4.,000 a year noW, has three months %ea.
tion, and is seldom alter Ardmore then five
hours a day. The number of women phy.
slalom in New York la of course, very 1011011
Lumter than the number of female dentists.
None of them thus far has attracted partieu.
ler attention as a specialist, though thenames
of at least half a dozen of them are Itnovvn
as being general practitioners of ability.
Glare. Mrs, Reidy, a farmer's a four
Weeke ago gave birth to a child which died.
The mother sank into 0. state of coma, eon -
Ratting thus for several days, 01-1111 11111 0110111
intervals of consciousness, when, unexpect-
edly, she gave birth to two more children.
The mother died and 01113, 0110 Child bs liv-
A sad accident occurred on II. 51, S.
Active in the Downs on Wednesday morn -
Mg. An elk seaman named Jones was as-
sisting in (0011 18(0 coals mt board the vessel
from a collier, when he slipped between the
Vessels and sank. An 01001110g 81108 follow-
ed, his messmatee plunging lute the water
after him, but all their efforts to sere 111111
500111 of no avail, end the poor fellow was
drowned.
From the Smith of Ireland .15 Monday it
was reported that another epidemic of fever
had broken ont on Hare Nana, 10 the Slab -
hereon Union, which bas been already the
scene of ee 101103] devastation by epidemics.
It is supposed to have originated at the
wake of a man who died of fever, the people
then mixing freely togethee The doctor's
direct= remeve the patient to hospital
was disregarded.
A notorious burglar named J01111 Smith,
%rho was captured. ill Birmingham, Waft
brought up at Leieester on Monday charged
.;vith a daring burglary. The pawnbroker's
sh:p of Mr, Khig, Willowbridge Street, was
entered and 50 gold and silver watches and
00- rings stolen, Entranee was effected by
removing a stone under the Moor. Fifty
gold rings and several. watches were found
at the house where Smith Was capturetl. He
was remanded.
Edmond Hart Was charged at New Ross
on 'Monday with the murder of his mother,
whose body be afterwards mutilaterl, and
stiten discovered he \MS eating part of the
flesh. The defence was that accueed was
insane. De Walah, of New Ross, who ex-
amined hien the day before the murder, de-
peeed 111(1( 1)0 WWI not insane. Or,
was suffering from men
who examined the prisom beta( tidwlaato
1(01 11111(1, He was committed for trial,
A deliberate attempt at murder, accom-
panied by 0 suicidal act on the part of the
assailant, took place in Back Chepel Street,
one of the low quarters of Bolton, on Mon-
day night. A quarrel arose between
elogger named Wm, lalorris (55) and a wo-
man named APNamara, through an allegation
that she robbed him, and ho sittitbbig,au
eutnlher 1(1the breast, penetrating to the
afterwards out his own throat. Both now
lie in the Infirmary—the woman being in a.
critical condition.
A serious fight occurred on 'Monday after-
noon at Eastham. A number of navvies em-
ployed on the Manchester Ship Canal were
drinking in vaults near the ferry, when a
free fight arose, Ono of the men drinking,
was a sailor just returned home: He was
attacked by the 5(11110 108, and they adjourned
outside. Here the sailor was, again attacked
and thrown over Om cliff on to tie shore
One arm was broken and his spine injtued.
lie was removed to Birkenhead Hospital in
O precarious condition. Two arrests have
beeu made.
At Bridgenorth on Monday three littlo
boys, Arthur Childe, Thomas Freeman, 011d,
Artier Sergeant, were committed for trial
for setting fire to Watt Industrial Train-
ing School. °tilde ‚4170111 111(0 the ward and.
struck a match, setting fire to the bed cloth-
ing of a bed in which a boy wps sleeping.
Freeman and Sergeant, it is alleged, told
another inmate.they intended to burn the
school down and carried hot coal in a
kettle from tlio bath room end placed it in a
bed. When the alarm of Inc was raised
the wards were in a blaze, and tho' fire wee
extinguished with great difficulty,
On Tuesday morning a sad casualty 00 -
°erred on Shields Bar. 11 appears that two
salmon fieherinon named Boat:right and
Arthur Smith wave returning in theft boat
from fishing. A westerly gale was blowing
et the time, when a sudden gust, of wind
caught the sail and capsized the boat, both
men being thrown into the see. Another
fishing boat in tho vicinity endeavoured to.
reSettO them, brit With011 I) avail, linotright
and Smith being thus Orowned, The body
.01 11001.01(0111 was aftenavards recovered. The
men belonged to North Shields, and were
married, with fentilios.
ow to be Beautifal,
A bottle of camphor is not only a good
weapon of defence m mosquito time, but a
disinfectant teal agreeable deodorizer.
Hands and arms )ellich are rough and red
may be much improved by using oatmeal
water. In order to obtain this it is simply
uecassary to boil ordinary oatmeal in water
for all 110111`. Strain the fluid, which is the
minima water.
The tooth mug, brush and snap box pro-
videcl, the student of beauty will need a flan-
nel wash cloth, a meal bag, or, best of all,
a velvet sponge, for the reception of which
a wire basket or porcoMin wall pocket is
essential f or tidiness., if net eonvenienue.
The practice of sleepingwith kid gloves on,
the skin beneath smeare1 with some kind of
ointment, is not a very uncommon ono among
those whose hands are red and rough. It
can not be encouraged, for it is unnecessary,
if not really unhealthful.
If one becomes tanned, without freckles,
and desires to olearep the complexion
she will fled the following officaoious
Lemon juice, rose water and alcohol in equal
parts. After these are mixed together let
the solution stand for a day and settle.
Then pour the elent, fluid off for use. If
necessary, strain, This lotion may be used
two or three times°, (ley. After it has beee
applied the face should be wiped with a soft
towel.
Charcoal and arniett soaps are good for a
tooth wash, ne they not only clean the teeth
but leave a fresh, sweet Mete M the mouth'
3(00 matter what dentifrice inay he selected,
ono application a day is sufficient, ancl that
should be reduced if a Gormless of the gums
is felt. Immediately after rising nee the
powder, ancl °Stet. eiteh meal brush the teeth
with cold water, and also before retiring.
Vary the motion from lateral to vertical,
and take a soft piece of linen to wash the
inner surface of tho molars.
Animals Love Music.
The higher animals 00.11 11100 enjoy them.
selves, as my house -cat shows, when she
cones at the playhtg of the piano to sit by
the player, and sometimes jumps into bor
lap or on the key.board of the instrument,
I know of 0, (log, too, in a family in %Ain,
which comes in in like manner when there
is music, ellen from distant rooms, oponiug
the door with his paw, I knew of another
dog, usually thoroughly domostie, Nelda
ocoasionally played the vageborelfor love of
music, Whenever the somi.ammal mass
was celebrated in the city be could net be
kept at the haute. As seen as the so-ealled
BergIcnappon, whieh was accustomed to play
at this time 10 the streets, appeared, he
would rem away and follow them front
morning till evening.
ltvidently neither mas nor dogs nor other
anima that listen to Menne music, were
constituted for the appreciation of it, for itis
not of theslightost IMO to them ie the struggle
for existence, ,Mertiover they and their
organs of hearing were 1110011 older than
unte and his music. Their power of ap.
mutilating music is therefore an uneontem,
plated side-CR(41V of a hearing apperatus
which hes become 071 other grounds what
we find 11 to be. $o it is, I believe, with
man, Ile has not acquired his musical hear-
ing as such, but Imo reeeived a highly de-
veloper' organ oP bearing by a 14r00088 of
selection, 1100005 011. woo necessary 1.0 )11111 m
Longest Balloon 'Voyage on Record,
Two Austrian officers, belonging to the
Army Railway Regiment, made an interest-
ing aeronaut voyage en Friday night in tho
military balloon Ratiotalcy, They ascended
from the Prater at, nine O'clock in the even -
the selectee process ; and this err of hoar- mg, Intending only to make it short voyage.
Mg happens to be adapted istening to Th3v were, however, surprised b a high
music.
"That baby 011111 110110)' be. a good Mythicise
intin. ITO 110.5 110 ea terprieu," 'Why 1101. 1'
"Why, the liItle idiotwout and got born the
day after the canes man was hero."
"Iloilo, Mudd 1" cried a conntryman,
801(111(1(0 (0 former neighbor.
"Hush 1 Don't speak so loud l" saki the
other. "(011100 coming to town I hove
changel my mune to Myer, in deference to
my wife's 10011030
wind, and carried up into the °Iota S, which
‚0(110 00 (10,1.0 that they could no longer see
to guide the balloon, and W0113 0011Strahled
to remained afloat till morning. At eight
0'010011 on &turtles, morning 11107 d08001111011
safely neer the village of Ilriteskow, in
1408151! a distance of nearly 2150 miles, being
a journey of 15 hours by express train.
This is said to bo one of the longest nerteutat-
tie voyages on record. The two officers
took four carrier pigeons with them, and
throe of the birds returned to VIOM114 ID the
course on Sunday.