The Brussels Post, 1898-9-16, Page 6•
BRUSSELS POST.
SEPT. 9, 1S98,
thia second arop is often clover, whieh,
IKINT5 FOR , exposed Ian to the Mina reset, soon
loses its leaves, which axe the very best
'FHB FARMER. and most nutritious portions of the
' FEED FOR DAIRY COWS.
What feeds should the farmer grow
Who expects to keep his paws up the.
entire year esteept for exercise, and who
withes to work them to their full ca-
Paelty t Rye, clover andante, in the
order oamed, will furnish feed from
the .middle of April to July L and a
plot of early aweet corn will be ready
to feed by that date, and before the
middle of July .sorghum will be reedy
to nut, and this and corn, both field
and Sweet, will furnish feed from this
date until the frosts kill them .9.ccord-
Lig to Waldo Brown, an there of sor-
ghum will feed a bard of fifteen cows
for two full months, and even longer
on rich land and with a favorable sea-
son; but the best thing about sorghum
•is that it will make a good crop in
the dryest years. The land on which
rye and clover is grown should, be
plowed and put in order for a later
crop of corn and sorghum. for Septem-
ber and October feeding. For the
sake of some variety in the feed I
would grow some corn to feed from
August 1 till frost, as cows, like peo-
ple, enjoy a °bangs of diet occasionally.
I have devoted considerable space to
the subject of soiling, because this is
the only profitable way to keep a
dairy on a small farm, and the keep-
ing of a. dairy scams to be the best
and cheapest way to furnish manure to
make the lend ride so as to grow large
crops, As to make dairying pregnable,
it is necessary to have a good market,
and as the work is confining and dis-
tasteful to many, I -will suggest that,
with a few cows to furnish the family
and give some milk to be fed the pigs
at weaning time, pig pork can be pro-
duced at e, profit on a small farm, and
rightly managed pigs will make a large
amount of excellent manure. omake
the most profit from pigs I think It
would be necessary to buy some fee&
and if this is done, I Would recom-
mend that, as a rule, it will be bast to
buy bran and oil meal, old process,
gather than corm. It will be necessary
to provide a place to store both bran
and corn, and buy a stock to last e.
goad while wben the price Is low, if
you would realize oho greatest profit.
I have storage for ten tons of bran,
and have often bought at $8 a ton,
and before it was fed out the price
would go up to nearly or quite twice
that, and one year it was ed2 a ton
in three months atter I bought at elle.
If pork Is to be a leading product of
the farm, I would grow an ecre of beets
each year to feed bate to the sows
and to the cows, as sows fed on beets
during pregnancy are In good condi-
tion at farrowing time, and seldom lose
' their pigs, and plenty of beets fed to
them when suckling will increase the
flow of milk, and. if the cows ere fed
beets through the winter they will
give more milk, and the pigs will grow
on a milk diet faster than with any
other toed. If beets are grown for
feed there should be a place in the
barn to store at least one or two hun-
dred bushels, and a cellar, or frost and
rat proof room is so convenient and
valuable that it should be found to
every barn. Later I will tell how to
make such a room. If you are near
a good market: for potatoes, and have
soil exited to their growth, I would ad-
vise that a few sores of them be grown.
ow manure is better for this erop
than horse, and with rich land, and
thorough cultivation, large yields may
be grown, and usually an acre of pota-
toes wi.11 pay for more food for pigs or
poultry than two or tines acres in corn
will buy, Potatoes main cooked pro-
fitably for stock, and I have never
found any other food that will pay for
cooking, and they will, when mashed,
while hot, impart a goori flavor to
several times their bulk of slop, and
make the food as palatable as milk. A
peck of potatoes, which can be boiled
on the kitchen stove while getting and
eating breakfast, if mashed fine while
boiling hot and raised with a bushel
of bran and a peck of corn meal or
wheat middlings, with one or two
pounds ot old protease oil meal, will
make a large barrel of rich slop, that
is cheap, palatable and nutritious, and
that will keep pigs es healthy as any
other food. will The essential points
in making a little term support a fam-
ily are keeping the soil rich, keeping
it constantly at work growing some-
thing that the family or the stock can
eat, and studying your market and
growing something that it wants and
will pay for. Often a half acre of to-
matoes can be grown as a second crop
after early potatoes, and will find the
best market of the year late, when the
early tomatoes are past bearing. In
many localities a quarter or half acre
of berries can be made largely prof-
itable and in most neighborhoods some
money can be made by growing plants
for sale. Whatever (inc of farming you
follow, do not negleet the poultry, as
you may be sure of from $100 to WO
from them, From wbat 1 have written
it will be seen that to make a living
from a few acres will require quite
different malinger/lane from that which
will be successful an a large farm,
CHRISM SECOND -CROP ElAY.
The Naomi eropof rowen and clov-
er hay is very desirable for all milth
stink, heifers, calves, and sheep, to say
nothing of poultry. For all these pur-
pthee it is not only as good, but far
bettor than the first crop, Inasmuch
as it is ether, more easily masticated,
botior relished, and contented, with
lose waste by the live stock, It meet,
however, timely be eared somewhat
diaterently froth the firsL crop, for the
reason that it is eut when the Pall
Weather is at hand, with short days
and cool nights" which do not admit of
tie math atinedrying ae is possible earli-
er in the surname. Then the bulk of
hay. Hence it tollows, from both of
the above causes, that ibe secondwrop
htLY is to be made mainly in cookie We
can out the hay late in the afternoon,
allow tba same to Be over night, told a
theta time the following forenoon, or
untie the lewes become well wilied,
ween we should begin to rake into
, windrows.
Tale is to be followed by putting up
into small to .medium-sized. coke or
bulaches, wbere the hay should remain
from one to two days, wbeu t tv to
be thoroughly shaken out and tared,
all dampness dried away, and then it
is ready to put In the barn. After hay
has been in the cooks for a sufficient
Limo its moisture comes out, tieing to
the heat generated—or as the form-
er says, it sweats—and after the sweat -
mg has been thoomplished, there is
usually no moisture left to do any
berm. The sweating causes the hay
to feel damp, and when we clay off
this dampness the hay is ready for the
barn. In catchy fall weather it is
especially advantageous to bees a
good supply o on tbo
conks as the atutiauw bout
y-eaPsdteontrcee
as harmful to the hay as summer thew -
ors. Day -caps, indeed, are a 110005-
88.17 adjunct to all hay -making. Care-
fully handled they last a lifetime, and
• would almost as soon think of going to
work haying without a fork as to de -
prise ourselves of the advantages
rained by the poseossiou of caps. There
I are few single seasons when the cost of
. the caps will not be many Lime; saved
to the gain in the quality and feeding
, value of the bay harvested.
HINTS AS TO FEEDING POULTRY.
There are some points in the feed-
ing of young poultry which one can
hardly afforcl to learn by eeperience,
says a. writer. One of these is that
they cannot digest sawdust or chaff.
It is a common thing if the weather
is eold or wet Le put a nice basket of
sawdust or chaff on the floor of the
coop, and in itself it is a, good thing, as
it keeps the floor dry and the chicks
warmbut remember that the young
birds cannot digest these things, and
if you feed dough on it, it will thick to
the soft feel and be swallowed, and
soon your chicks are dyiug off from
a mysterious disease, and you will do
well you ears 9 quarter of them.
It is better to sand the floors and
sweep there twice a. week; but the chaff
may be used if you will feed in trougha
and always clean them before putting
the feed in. Our most successful poul-
try -growers mix sharp coarse sand wit h
the soft feed, and find that the result
Ls better than keeping gravel in a box
where they ecu have access to it. I
keep a keg of sand near the mixing
box, end mis a pint of send once a day
in a ten -quart bucket of dough. All
poultry that Is kept confined should
have plenty of green food, and there
is nothing tor May anti Tune feeding
that can be so easily grown as lettuce,
or that is so much relished by fowls,
both old and young.
LONGEST BEARD IN WORLD.
Scotelunan intone innate Appendage
measures $ tvin Peet In Length.
The longest beard to the world raeas-
urea seven feet in length. It belongs
to a Scotchman named Alexander Mo-
n -wen, who was born forty-five years
ago. Ile is afeet 9 inches in height,
so that when standing on a table he
has a good eighteen inches of hair
hanging below the level of his feet.
This extraordinary hirsute appendage
dal not show signs of abnormal growth
until he was tbout 30 years of age, It
was allowed to grow naturally, and, in-
deed, very little attentiou was paid to
it.
Most people would consider a beard
of this length a nuratince, but the
owner of it keeps it tied up with a
bon and uses it as a. ebest protectree
He considers this sa.ves a little in the
way of cough mixtures and doctors'
bills. For years he never had the
beard untied, and until recently his
most intimate friends did nol know
of its extreme length. He allows only
A little hair to show outside his vest,
and the most casual observer would fail
to detect the rest slipped inside. None
of the other members of his family
have shown signs of great growth of
hair, except one brother, who is fif-
teen years younger, and whose beard at
present reaches the foot of his vest.
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS NAN.
More About lite 541:5(eet or all 5114818 and
About the natant abater.
"I've told you mice or twice," said
the old circus man, 'something about
the great giant we had anvil, the great-
est of en giants; but .1 never told you
just what his height was, because you
never would have believed it if I had,
You. eau form some idea about it
though, when I tell you I hat he had
to stoop down to pat our great. eigla
teen -foot giraffe on the head, That was
an eat that we used to make I he most
of. At every performiume we used to
show the :slant, of course; and after
he'd walked around the ring mice or
twice we used to bring In the groat
giraffe. We'd taught the giraffe to
answer the ottle and the giant would
stand over on the other side of the
ring and call him, and when the gir-
affe had cone over beskle hem he would
bend over one pat him on the head,
the same as an ordinary man would a
greybouud.
"Well, now, you know the people
used to rise right im 51 that, and I
don't wonder, either, bemuse it was a.
greet act, the greetest, I think, I
ever law."
NAY DOCK AT HONG KONG.
A 'despatch from. Washington, D.C.,
sayat—Ambassrtdor Hay, in a cable.
green to the State Department, re-
calved on Tuesday, says otic British
Government bee cltrooteci the Governer
of Hong Home to, accept Admiral Dew -
p tl f I
and clean his hip18 Hoeg Kot;
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH,
HOW QUEEN VICTORIA'S LARDER IS
KEPT SUPPLIED.
Weed Grant Whien lo Highly Prized -
aloe 'rase er Caring leer the Tonle of
inntiond.'s (Mier 15 8 Tremendonit Otte.
The complex int erual seratem of Queen
Vietorie's great households in city and
country, and all Lim details that con-
tribute to the luxurious comfort of
theta distinguished owner, require
master hands to govern Mein to the
attisfaetion of Her Majesty.
The shopkeepers are indefatigable in
attracting the attention of the ruling
family to their produets, and many are
the shrewd schemes and diplomatic,
moves utilized to atcoonaplith that pule
poth. Fortunately for the Queen,
there is a strong cordon of connoisseurs
about her imperial person, and the
wares that tickle their palates are se-
lected to grain the royal table. These
men are censors, and quite well do they
perform the arduous duties imposed up-
on them by their exalted positions.
Were it not for them. Osborne Castle
would be hidden beneath a pile ot can-
ned goods, furniture, oto., that would
supply a feast to all the poor iu the
kingdom. The royal warrant is not
merely a diploma, but it, is to some sx-
is testimonial of excellence in re-
spect to
THS WARES SUPPLIED.
Other members of the imperial fam-
ily can issue these warrents for favor,
but its use is prohibited by the hale
and hearty English customs outside of
that charmed circle. The granting of
a warrant is purely a recommenda-
tion for the owner of the business.
Nearly 900 tradesmen have had the
honor conferred upon them. What
does it signify 0 The merchant is al-
lowed to ruount, the royal arms over
his shop door, and to utilize the same
alluring design on his stationery.
'eta fact does sot necessarily imply
that the Queen or other members of
the royal family deals at the present
moment with the present establish -
melee but it ems indicate that her
royal custom has been given at some
period of her life, and is likely to be
given in future whenever the mood of
her chamberlains permits it. Should
the holder of the royal warrant trans-
fer or sell his business or retire the
Privileges carried with the warrant
would be teiminated. Bankeuplety al-
so means the mut of the warrant's ex-
istence. In the case of a special fav-
orite with the Queen this stringent rule
is overlooked, but such magnanimou
liberality is rare. It is the custom
with royalty that when oewe a war-
rant has been granted IL is very seldom
revoked until lbs death of the bene-
ficiary. This is done to avoid crite-
clam. The revocation of a warrant
might be taken to mean that either
the Queen—awing to long absence from
the place or baying no need of a cer-
tain artiole—hed not given any orders
for a long time, and was nol likely to
give any
IN THE rum=
wardrobe and toilet, as the name im-
plies. 'the list of (orientates eolding
warrants hustled by this department
Beetled "A Bucoleuch," le a very small
one, Then oomes the "Mester of the
Horse Warren e," bearing the signature
"Portlenci." This deptiatment bas, ef
°three, to do with ethelies, trapcar-
riages, Mimeo harness and the like of
Royal weeder. The total number of
warrants given out by this officer ex-
ceeds nioety. Is there much simplielty
about leas extensive procedure?
"Quite so, you know. The brawny
sons of aferrie Old England are satis-
fied with it, and that suffices."
WIRELESS EXPLOSION OF MINES.
A New 01441 Curious Application 01' Pleetel.
In War 1.113114miN In a 114484108
thabitien,
The Int est wonder of wireless tele-
grallhe, says the Golden Penuy, 18
London, is the explosion of a subtler -
Ins lotus by electrioal waves from a
, transmitter used in wireless telegra-
phy. In a showcase in ene part of a
building 18 placed an automatie trans-
mitter, wbich is insulated. storage
battery of four cells is peteed in the
lower Part ot the case, whith feeds the
,
primary of Li four inch spark coil, the
current from the battery first pees-
' ing through un automatie circuit break-
er.
This automatie circuit breaker is so
arranged that ir will make and break
the ciroult, in the same manner as a
telegraph operator would when nlenl-
MOM:big his Morse key in the act of
Galling. In this way it will be Seen
that the sparks from the Secondry of
the coil are intermittent, and their (Mr -
ahem is governed by the length of
Lime during which the automatic: dr-
! cult breaker allows the ciroult to be
closed while making the dots and
dasbes. Immediately in front of the
induction coil is placed the improved
oscillator, which consists ot two solid
brass balls about four inches in (Mim-
i eitveere'n mte
phunnit e di s a socihuastt atbbl. i s tan" be-
t
I Outside these bans are placed two
. smaller balls about an. inch and a half
' in diameter attached to sliding brass
1 rods, on the outer end of which are
other balls one inch in dituueter, so
thai the distance between the large
I the the email balls can be easily ad -
;lusted. The secondary terminals of the
, coil are connected to binding poste on
the base of the oscillator. The distance
between the balls being properly ad-
justed and the currant turned an from
the battery, the sound of the second-
' are sparks passing between the halls
can quite easily be recognized as the
1 DOTS AND DASHES OF THE SIGNAL.
14 another part of the building, di-
rectly opposite and about two bun-
, dred feet distant, is placed the receiv-
er, which consists of a Clarke soberer
relay and receiving instrument which
has a large six inch vibrating bell con-
: fleeted up in the local circuit, in al -
1 dition to the telegraph sounder. This
six inch beli is continually ringing
I out the Morse signals, and by holding
I down the hammer of the bell the seen&
er oat be distinctly heard repenting
the same call.
I In the centre of a garden Is placed
1 a large tank of water and a miniature
war ship is placed in this tank and
floated over a submarine mine, which
is connected to a ooherer relay and
battery placed immediately outside of
the tank. One terxniotel of the ether-
er is, connected to earth, ansi the oth-
er to an insulated wire rising about
ten feet in the air.
When the time collies for exploding
((5 mine under the ship. the oscillator
Is stopped and connection made et the
lank between the coherer and the vi-
brating bell which is used for test-
ing purposes. The oscillator is now
startea for an instant, to see if the
bell at the iank rings, thus proving
that the coherev is in proper adjust-
ment.
The bell is now disconnected and con-
nection made to the submarine mina
instead, and at a signal from an at-
tendant the man at the transmitter
again presses the button, winch throws
the current into the oseillator. Tho co-
herer completes the local circuit and
the mine inatanlly explodes, breaking
the war ship into splinters and throw-
ing it and the water high In the air.
Of course, it is understood that the
mine is provided with an ordinary el-
eotrieal fuse.
Or that there was something deroga-
tive in the merits of Che wares, which
has caused Her Majesty to withdraw'
her patronage from the firm, holding 1
the warrant. Whoa a man takes in /
a partner there is some little allowance i
only allowed by permission.
evarrant is
made, but then the retention of the
There are many unscrupulous trades-
men who have the temerity to use
the privileges embodied in the warrant, I
bat these fellows are singled out and
Punished. There is a heavy penalty
attached tn the misdemeanor. How-
ever, there e. .., thieg to prevent any
merchaui or natitufacturer, for trade
purposes, using announcements like
the fellowing: To His Late Majesty
King George the Feurth," or "To Her
Late Majesty Queen Adelaide." These
shire at you from •luoth sides of the
street in an Englith city till the stran-
ger figures out that there have been
about 20,000 occupants of the British
throne. He finds the announcement
on his shoes, hat and other articles
ot clothing. He wakes up in the morn -
Inge an11 sees the same stereotyped
abuse dancing all over the wall paper,
The English shapkeeper is "up to
snuff' and he takes every advantage
of the possibilities 1lowed by Drama,
rtzing the real Royal warrant. Tbere
are four departments of grent, First,
there is lbs offiee of Lord Steward.
Its technical name is the "Board of
Green Cloth." In this department
there is handled everything connected
with the Royal eating and drinking.
The "Board of Green Cloth" is respon-
sible for all the epicurean delights that
find their way to the groaning Royal
larder. The labor involved in the of-
fice is tremendous, as can be easily
men when there are no fewer than 92
Royal butchers scattered about in
various parts of the kingdom, including
those iz Biarritz, leyeres and at Nice;
30 grocers, 3e bread and batmen bakers,
10 fruit merchants, a dozen confection-
ers, 9 poultry merchants, 09 merchants,
9 eishmongers, 8 spirit merchant, 8 ale
merchants and nine mineral water
merchants,
Oysters are supplied by two or three
purveyors, there is one turtle mere
thant, one purveyor of euros fish, two
Pork butchers, two vegetable provid-
ers, and one potato naercbant, There
are three dairymen and two butter
merchanbs. The list ends with the
names oe eight oil and pickle merchants
and one mustard firm. The diplomas
issued by this department are at pree-
ent signed "Pembroke." The "I3oard
of Green Cloth" Le by far the most im-
portant of the departments, baying in
charge the rope' tamilyet comfort and
Welfare, The Lord Chamberlain's dut-
iett are very °throes. As with the
"Board of Green Cloth," he has to
choose the fittings, furniture, paint-
ings, decoretione, etc., of the Royal
residences, Ile must see that they
are kept La good repair and order. The
warrant; lathed by the Lord Chamber-
lain would be eigned. 'Latham."
Vhs nobs t t lnaks e
erything connected with the Royal
HOW IT IS DONE IN INDIA.
A. SlIseelioneons Collection '('lien lip Aller
44 114'11914159 Sleeting.
There is nothing particularly enter-
taining about: laming the prate or col-
lecting -box through a riongregation at
the bast, eul., the Monotony of merely
dropping in coins is varied in quite
a lively way in India, it Seen3S, from
an amount given in the Indian Wit-
ness of a uneeLing 18 Kileigunj, The
writer says: "Al. a signal, the preach-
ing table MIAS removed, a apace wee
cleared, and the giving begen, With
pence" in band, I took an inventory as
rapidly as I could, for all moved on
very briskly, and withoet any western
tricks of simulation. Animals were
'put. into the het.A frisky kid was
lecl up by string and tied to tha /horns
of the altar, 05 rather leg, of the
preaching sten& Thee came a fine
goat. A. conk and hen were male&
Then 55015 a loath of whistling chicks
Grain e as nontribuLed, wheat, barley,
pew rice, sheaves, and flour were
poured into the area., Clothing and
jewellery were piled on the table, and
the list runs 1 Coats, a shawl, stock -
Inge, turbans, theton thread, ribbons,
an umbrella, and toe and finger rings,
Sundry tillage flowed in as eggs,
sweets, spieies, books, te lanai', bread;
and a large pile of wood, two men,
apparene brlokmakers, reported [100
bricks costribated, Oash jingled clown
and &evades rattle& Rupees 80 13-0
were counted to, and there were "ow -
arta bus of promiseory steep, which the
beano of chieks sent flying as they flul•-
tend about."
The popuratton of Russia, to increase
beg at the rate of 1,000,000 a emir.
MANNERS OF THE MOORS
In contrast to some northern na-
thins, it la hardly too Mud), to say
that the Moor, of whatever elass, is
bora a gentleman. There is such a
grace about the hmoblest, such an eaey
dignity, that whenever circumstances
plata thane in positions calling for the
exercise of courtesea they vary seldom
fail to respond, and thus it cornea to
/Lase that in a demoortitie nation, in
which every man of ability—cunainge
pertuips, would be the better word—
may rise to the highest place, even
Moue') he start lite as a slave, the
eelf-proelaiming parvenu is practically
nonexistent. This is not, however, to
imply that ganeheele and Lbs unplea-
sant menthes which come from evil dis-
positions or stupidity are unknown.
Unfortunately the life led by the aver-
age Moor is one that dwarfs refine-
ment of intellect, as 11 does develop-
ment of mind, and the vices to which
the majority succumb in early lite too
often stultify the most prominent
commencement, Probably much of
the graceful deferemie of the young
Moors is Inc to the, respect they are
taught to pay to their elders, but some-
thing also mast be due to their uncon-
strained life and limbs and their ample
costuinos, while their very slowness of
action takes an air of
It is a peaty sight to see two elderly
dignified Moors salute. With measur-
ed, pace, the eyes of each fixed on those
of the other, they approach with a
slight inolinetion, holding the right
hands slighted advanced. They press
their finger Lips together, and cora-
wenn a volley of prescribed salata-
tions, greetings and inquiries, hardly
pausing to insert replies, and ejacu-
late "God be praised!" Then each
presses the finger tips which have been
honored by contact with those of his
friend against his lips, and then upon
his heart, as he raises bra head, and re-
doubles hos satuteLions.
To every fellow Muslim the greeting
is given "Es -saltine alaikum," "Peace
be unto you." To which the panswer is
"We alaikum es-salani," "And to you
be peace." To the unbeliever the near-
est approach to this permitted de "Ala
Salton tak," "On thy peace," which
might mean anything. The way to
speed the parting guest is to exclaim
"God give thee pethe I" or, more curt-
ly. "In peace." To those whose pres-
ence has never been desired it is usual
to exelebn in tones sufficiently explic-
it "Allth ihann-ak l" "Gosi protect
thee I" On arrival it is customary to
est:Jahn to the guest "Welcome to
thee!" or "Marhabben, a -hien, we sah-
lan," "Be welconte, at home and at
ease." Courteous interrogatories fall
thick and fast. "how art thou? Thy
house"—the nearest approach permit-
ted to tuquiry after a man's wife—
"Thy relatives. What news? Is no-
thing wrong ?" To which he replies, if
there is nothing specially to complain
of, "Alt right, thank God. Ali are in
prosperity." Or, if bad news has to be
given, "God knows; everything is in
the hand of God.
When a Muslim meets a European
them:mauled, by a Moor, though the
latter be the servant, be not infre-
quently ignores the presenue of the
foreigner and ofeers the salutation to
his co -religionist only, but if he pass-
es a mixed company of Moors and Jews
or Christians, he exclaime, "Peace be
on the people of Psiate I" Lf two such
parties meat on the road the phrase is, 1
"Peace be to those accompanying the
Jews," or "The Nazarenes," and it is '
sufficient for one at each party to give
and. return the greeting, though in
the country several often do so. In-
feriors saluting superiors usually kiss
the hand, shoulder, top of the turban !
or feet, or the knee or stirrup of a 1
horseman, according to the terms on
which they approach. The more abject i
forms are naturally only used to im-
plore a favor, though they are employ-
ed sometimes to Europeans. In the
extremity of supplication the very Emit
of one's horse are embraced.
The old, custom of falling on the an-
other's twice is still in vogue between
friends long separated. Men andwo-
men restrict their greetings in public
Lo words, but, personally, I was some-
what startled by the sudden embrace
of a negress whose freedom my Lather
had been the means of obtaining, when
returning to the country after some
years absence. the kisses on such oc-
casions aro, however, fortunately deliv-
ered, in the air or on the shouldee. It
is customary to exclaim at such meet -
time, "I have been desolated for thee I"
To judge from the exolametidris ever
on the tongues of the Moors, they
might be an extremely pious people,
and no doubt there are among them
those who really mean what they say,
but generally the most religious phras-
es Inge degenerated into vain repeti-
tion. Elaborate curses fall almost as
freely.
When about, to repeat some portion
of the Koran, or te /utterer, the petition
is commonly uttered, "1 take refuge
with God. tram Satan, the stoned," aura
when anything great or alarming oc-
turs they exclaim, "There is neither
change, nor power, them in God, the
high, the mighty!" Quotations from
the Koran are also freely introduced
in conversation by the learned as 'are
proverbs and sayings by the genaral-
ity of Moors, a knowledge of which is
a great help in coneersation,
Several Mlle social usages of Moorish
life deserve ateentimi, though not con-
fined to Morocco, such as the oedema.
tion to one who months, "The forgive -
n5518 of God be on Me and on, thee 1" to
which the reply is, "justice and. praise
to Goal" 11 a man who yawns in pub
Ile does net use the prescribed formula
any one speaking to him may plath the
'Leek of bes Med te bis Meath, Otter -
tog a pious senteace, es the devil is
sant operation in yawning mouths. On
the other hand. Any one evearteg anew
gement or looking specially spruce or
havi»g performed some Mever or mere-
torious sot rtheives the dompliment,
"131-sahhelook," "In thy strength."
But if othaaion should arise for the
mention, in polite society or before a
superior, of a woman, a pig, or 0. jaw, it
10* the to make oe an apolo-
gy, "Ilash-ak I"
A. Moor knows how to enjoy a good
joke to the full, and, seated on the floor
he 1ekvatotfxgrd
ou=•1tiriluft
fe
the teller at the Ailey, will join in the
proeess, too, Raising their right hands
Su' above their heads xs they rail back,
they bring them together in a hearty
shake. There never was 0 grander way
of enjoying a, joke invented. The wo-
' mem when happy Wien Vent tit Mein
coatings by a shrill "Yon yoe, yoo
'yoga you yoo yoo I"
FLASHES OP FUN.
He—A worann, you know, Is as old
AS She looks. She—Ilow dreadful 1
Because a man has wheels it does
not follow that he is noted for his
graceful carriage.
Little Clarence—Father, what is the
difference between firmness and ob-
stinacy? Father—Merely a matter of
sex, zny Son,
eleill—lee what respeet does Sinai axe
eel all other nations 0 3111—'l'hy, Spain
has the finest submarine leaver in th°
world,
Clara—When I was out On my wheel
this morning I creaked my enamel
quite badly. Maud—You rause learn not
to smile.
My husband is plain-spoken; be calls
a spade a spade. So does ;nine; but
mud decline to repeat what he mills
the lawn mower.
I have noticed, said the Cumminsville
sage, that the man with the narrow-
est mind is prone to make the broad-
est assertions.
But yours is sixth a narrow life, said
the summer boarder. 0, I dunno, said
the favreev. It's spread out over 820
acres,
She, im business for herself.—Do you
1 think you can learn to love me? He,
a deputy sheriff,—Oh, some clay Imay
have en attachment for you.
Compoeer—Did you hear the torment
and despair in my tone poem, "Tantal-
us," that I just played you? Listener—
Bo; but I noticed there on the faces of
the audience.
Do you find my son prompt and punc-
tual, Mr. Grindley? 1 never had a
young* man in nav employ who, at the
eloso of business hours, meld get out
of the office with less delay.
I have heard that she walks in her
sleep, said the gossip. Indeed I returned
Mrs. Parvenue scornfully. So common,
isn't it? I should think she would ride,
know what keeps mamma so lcmg,
said little Frames, by way at explain-
in9 her mother's continued absence to
a caller. What is it ,dear 0 She said
she'd be•back soon.
Brown—I made an awful fool of my-
self this morning. Mrs. Brown—I don't
see any =lesion for making a fuss over
it. It isn't the first time. Brown—It is
the first time since I married.
Observer—Do you think that you San
ever iearn to ride a wheel? Beginner
—Indeed I do. After the difficulties II
have surmounted in getting ono, I feel
competent to accomplish anything.
This is the parlor, eh? tentatively 1
remarked the real estate agent, • who
Was looking over the house • " Yes," •
replied old man Kidder ; but 1 usually
call it the court-roorn—I've got seven
daughters, you know.
I suppose there are Many problems
which Polar explorers seek to solve?'
said the unscientific inan. Yes, replied,
the intrepid traveler, a great many.
What is the most important one? Get-
ting back.
Anxious Mother—How is it that you
have so much trouble with your house-
keeping? You told nae your wife could
cook. Adele Son—She can. Then what
is the inatter f She won't.
First burglar—Why, what's the mat-
ter ? Have you been in a railway aoci-
dent? Second 'burglar—Oh, no, but I
broke into a house where a women was
siltiug up waiting Inc her husband and
she mistook me for him.
Edwin—You would not take that un-
cle of mine to be a sensitive plant at
all, would you? Reginald—Ile certain-
ly does not look it. Edwin—Well, he
is, Attempt to, touch him and he closes
up immediately.
Kitty—Yes, there's no domeng that
Charley Touter is a Fascinating fellow;
but don't you know they say he is in-
clined to be fast? Natty—Nonsense( It '
took him a good bour last night to get
out of the house from the Lime he
started.
Nervous Passenger—Captain, what
would be the result it the steamer
should strike an iceberg while We are
plunging through this fog 1 Captain of
Steamehip—The iceberg would move
right along, madam, just as if nothing
had bapponed.
Foundation of a Theory—Watts —1
sae that a German soientist asserts that
the memory is stronger in summer
than in winter. Potts—I guess ha wrote
thae after hearilig some old foliate talk-
ing theta the hot summers of forty
years ago.
Farmer 'Whiffietree—You any you
wane a job and would work for a cent
a minute? Why, that is sixty eente, an'
hour, six dollars a day, thirty-six dol
tars a week, a hundred and—." Weary
Willie, faintly,—Hold on dere base1
Call it half a cent a minute dim. I
only want ter do five cents' worth,
Fannet , Honk—Your nephew that
went: to college has kinder got eared
of his dieposition, ain't he ?Far -
mac Grayneek—Waal, he Is at least
oured at all disposition to retire at a
reasonable hoer at night, but, On the
other hand he is a good deal More ree
thine as you might tall it in the
in' than before—in feet, he usually
etays retired till about 10 o'elocelt,
00 the 143 holders of the Victoria
°VOSS to fewer than fourteen are axing
sargoons,
Health Department.
HEALTHFUL AND OCONOMICAL.
My wife and 1 are trying hard
To live on healthful dial;
We read the food -0114a by the yard,
Anil run our klithen by Ile
We've banished from our bills of tare
1 Alt thee; stieh guides condemn;
True hygiene is all our tam,
As planned and taught by them.
For breekfteth, mates is tabooed,
Hot. rakes and eggs forbidden,
And milk, sinee it is oft imbued
With amens profuse, 11100911 hidden;
rereail is uowliolestnue, so Is steak;
Submissive Lo our I 01,
Oatineel and gritharn gems we take,
And drink boiled watar, hot.
For dinner, soup will never do,
And oysters, typhoid nourish;
Salado, entrees, and ices, too,
Are mere dyspeptic flourish;
Potatoes (by the last advice)
Are poisonous, we're told;
We eat rare meat, chapped fine, with
rice,
And drink boiled water, cold.
For supper --some professors Leath
arra bath to go without it,
But sin ee discretion is left to each
We take our theme about it.
On chicken, waffles, Lea, and cake,
We are forilid to feed;
'But gluten veneers, cocoa (weak,)
And prance ere all we need.
,It grieves us Much our friends tcovieve
So reckless in their diet;
Our wholesome menu we pursue,
I And beg of them to try it.
But appeate's ungodly sway
Their nature so enthrells,
We outline: get a guest to stay
Within our healthful wallet
CARE OP Tell?, MEET.
While the care of the hands, the hair
and the complexion are prolific subjects
for discussion at the present time,it is
very seldom that mention is ever made
of the oars of the feet.
Aad yet if any member of Um body is
deserving of epecral oars and attention
11 is these taithful members upon
bwehinicacip
h s:ion:doh of our comfort andcwell
That many of tie, in the hurry and
worry, the toiling and the moiling of
every day lite do become umnindful of
the proper care of the "house beauti-
ful" is a deplorable faot.
Every moment, is so crowded with its
own particular allotment of lei:loess
that no time is left for such eninor eon-
sideratioas of all modal beritages, a
I strong and perfect; phythal system.
We all know there Ls nothing so bit -
3 .taling to the nervous syetern. an I noth-
ing so quickly* fatigues the veliole body
as tender, aching feet. And yet bow
tew give time or thought to the mine ty.
'Do every one who has to be math on
their feet, the selection 01 comfortable
footwear should be given much atten-
tion.
Light, easy shoes, with good, thick
soles and low boolo and sott, seamless
stockings can not bo beat for every-
day wear. Several pairs of both are
necessary, for if t he feet perspire both
the thoes end. the eLoclungs should be
changed. °Hee, es •nothing Is more re-
freshing when one is weary and foot-
sore than cement foot bath and a
change of footwear.
Cores and bunions are generally the
re .ult of 111-littieg ethos an,1 the greal-
est, tare should be used in theeelection
of shoes for the chiltirea, that the fit
may be parttime as a shoe too large is
quite as bad. as a shoe too small.
Malay people think that, any old foot -
weer is goucl enough for bile working in
the field, and 1 have often seen boys,
footsore and weary from following the
plow all day, wearing old, worn-out
ahoes, gaping et, the toes and run down
at the heels, with the sand sifting in to
gall and irritate the feet, when the ex-
penditure of 0. very Mae money for
comfortable shoos and stockings could
have lightened the latter by eue-htelf
and aavcd the boy much suffering from
future corns and bunions.,
elousekeepers might have saved them-
selves a great deal cue footwearthess it
they would learn to sit as muoleas pos-
sible While doing their work. When
one becomes accustomed to sitting on
a, high stool et 14,3 kitchen table one
can wash dishes, iron and du many
other things quite me quickly iteidwill
math less fatigue than when standing.
Them Is one sovereign remdey for
meet, aching Isot, LliteL I know has
proven a, boon to many weary house-
keepers. Thal is to soak the foot in
tepid seit and water, then with a dull
knife scrape the harcl calloused places,
and rub the font and ankle with seine
good rat:belie salve, oi• even ea:aline,
It will dry out the soreness and rest
the feet wonderfully; one hes only to
try it for a few nights in succession iu
order to be convinced of its efticacy.
IN THE SICK ROOM,
Pine tar is excellent intellect in a at:k-
raal as 1511 itifectente i5 induces sleep,
oup of hot mitk (layered \ Orange
flower water, or one of beef tea is
excellent for an invalid ju.sl. before re-
tiring. Oeet ten, 158 ardinarily 'taper-
ed, is of little nutritive value, but if
the white of an egg be mixed wit h a
eolith' of beet tea and heated to ;about
MD degrees E. the velint of the beef
tee, is greatly ethanced.
PIGEON'S NOVITL mEssion,
Vhs inost interesting use to whieh
carrier pigeons have ever beee put will
be on the occaeacte of the coronation
of the young Queen Wilhelmina, of
Holland, In Amsterdam no that day
no fewer than 0,000 hoitieg pigeons,
collected from. every portion of the low
countries, will be deposited in the pub -
lie square at the rear of the famous
Ryx Museum, and at a prearetieged
moment, ethen the young sovereign
&Wee into the egeore td be aeolaimea
by her /ovine; subjects, the birds will
receive their freedom, and will nervy
to every peat of Holland the tidinge
that the coronation of. Queen
mina, is an agzoinpitatod fatrat