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I V I HOME, FABMAWP UAKDEN. Ducks should have separate houses from other fowls. They should have troughs, as they do not like to pick and hunt on the ground like chickens. Cincinnati Times. An old-fashioned pndding saucs thUt Can be made in an instant is simply milk sweetened and flavored with grat ed nutmeg. This is really palatable with corn starch blanc-mange. H. li It is estimated that the value of the garden products of Massachusetts, ex clusive of potatoes and beans raised on the farms, equaled $5,000,000 last year. It was ten times as great as that in 1860. " Horses' feet need looking after during the cold, muddy, spring weath er. A daily cleaning of the exposed parts is essential to their health as well as the comfort of the animals. Cleve land Leader. An exchange says: Young chicks that are subject to weakness in the legs should receive a small alllowance of fine bone-meal in the food. Weak legs come from forced growth, high feeding and close confinement, but it is not nec essarily dangerous. Increase of bees early in the spring, when judiciously conducted, is attended with great good! The best stimulant in the spring is salty water, placed in a trough where the bees can have access to it. Do not get the water too salty; a teaspoonfulto a pail of water is enough. Exchange. Possess a good wheel-barrow. No implement equals it in utility about tho firdcn, or on the farm for that matter, hey are not expensive. Select one with reference to lightness and strength, as the boys aro often delegated to use them. The common dirt barrow is the best. Prairie Farmer. Tho Textile Record gives" a formula for a solution by which cloth can be made waterproof, if immersed in it and then thoroughly dried. It is composed of gelatine live parts, soap five, alum seven and water one hundred and sev enty park. It is said that this causes the libers of the cloth to repel drops of water as do feathers. 5 HaWs Journal of Health recom mends common baking soda as the best application for eruptions caused by poison ivy and other poisonous plants, as also for bites and stings of insects. In cases of scalds and burns it may be used on the surface of tho burned places either dry or wet When applied iromptly the sense of the relief is mag cal. It seems to withdraw the heat and with it the pain and the healing process soon commences. Every farmer should possess a stencil-plate with his name and resi dence cut in it, so that he may plainly mark all bags, blankets, robes and boxes with it; also a brand with which fle can burn his nanio into the handles of hoes, shovels and other tools. Then if he is blessed with a borrowing neigh bor the sight of the name mav remind the borrower to return the tool before he has worn it out At least there will be less danger of his thinking he owns it because he has had it so long that he has forgotten how he came by it. New England Farmer. Fair Morals. Tedins the Vitality of Seed?. When it is such an easy matter to test the seeds one proposes to plant, it Is generally best to take the time to do it This work may be done any time now, and then the planter will be in (readiness with the advent of spring. It is always best to procure . seeds which aire to be purchased, or in any way gotten from others, early in the season, fpon their arrival let the first leisure time be employed in determining their vitality. On this subject Prof. G. E. Morrow, of the Illinois Industrial University, writes the Prairie Farmer as follows: "It is probable there is even less good seed corn in the great corn-producing regions of the West than was to bo found last spring. It is especially im portant that farmers should be sure of the vitality of the seed to be used, whether that grown by themselves or that purchased. An experienced farmer can form a pretty accurate opinion by . carefully examining the germ. Often a, look at the cob or kernels is sufficient" to enable one to decide against tho sample. "But actual test, by sprouting, is by far the safest method. This need not be especially troublesome. It is desira ble to select kernels from a considera ble number of ears, and from near the middle of the ears, as sometimes fcer nels from tips or butts will irerminato when those near the middle will not. "These kernels may be placed in earth in an- pan or dish, the earth being kept moist and at moderate, temperature, by being kept in a warm room. A still more convenient method is to place the kernels between layers of moist cotton or almost any kind of cloth. If tho cloth is kept moist and the temperature' somewhere near sixty degrees, two or three days' time will show whether the corn can be depended on for seed. It is safe to make some discount from the percentage which germinates, as the conditions in early planting may be less favorable. "If the ears are selected from bins or cribs, care should be taken to try those near the center, at least in part Most farmers will admit the desirability of some mode of testing seed corn, and yet a large majority fail to make any sufficient test" A correspondent of the Journal iV Agri culture Pratique recommends a test which he has used for many years with complete success. It is that of fire. Take at random a number of seeds from the bag, say. eight Put some live coals on a shovel, and deposit each of the seeds successively thereon. Blow the coal, and watch how the seed behaves. If the combustion is slow, merely giving off some smoke, you may conclude that the seed had a damaged germ; if, oa the other hand, the seed leaps and turns about on the coal, producing a dry sound (tae) proportional to the size, it may be inferred to have good germina tive qualities. In this way the propor tion of good and bad seeds may be as certained. As f cr the larger seeds, such as acorns and chestnuts, it is sutlicient to throw them into a fire, and Keep them in view. If the quality is good, , this will be indicated ere long by the detonation of the seed. Prairie Farmtr. The discussions that just now occupy so much space in the agricultural jour nals relative to the reforms needed id the management of fairs are very time Iy, and in every way worthy the atten tion of intelligent men, and it is to be hoped that they may result in practical benefits in the directions proposed. That the reforms aro needed; that the moral tone of these annual exhibitions has been greatly lowered by the concom itants to which special attention has been called, there can be no question; but while these are being so strictly considered there are other sins which, if not so heinous, are a source of much loss to those immediately interested, both in a pecuniary way and in the di rection of the principal objects for which these exhibitions were organized. The sins to which reference is made are those of omission rather than of com mission, and they are prevalent in all countries and sections alike. In a report of one of the Stato Boards of Agriculture the list of premiums shows an exceflent classification oi tne objects of the exhibition represented, and an evidence that there must have been a reasonable number of exhibits in each class. But this is about all that may be learned from the open page. It may tell that Mr. K was awarded a first premium for the best cow of a given breed and age; but the record furnishes no information as to the really practical reasons for such an award. It may be said that she had all the points of ex cellence, causing her to surpass in her way other animals of like character ex hibited; but what was the standard at tained and how war, it reached? Did she mature early? i'f so, where is the evidence of the fact -in this record? Did she give more milk, or better-milk, more or better butter, than her com petitor during the period of a year or more? If so, the record does not show it, and is therefore wofully lacking to that extent. In some cases statements may be found of the size and dimen sions of fat animals, but the reader may learn nothing of the means employed to developthese dimensions. These fairs were established for a twofold object: First, to stimulate en deavor in the production of the best of every kind in which agriculturalists may have an interest; and, second, to give farmers an opportunity to com pare their products, and to confer as to the means to be employed to secure them, lor the first object generous premiums are offered and paid; the fortunate exhibitor is glorified to that extent, and the money or prize becomes a premium that should encourage him to withold the means for promoting the second object of the fair, all description of the methods employed, and the cost involved in securing the product for which the prize is given. In this way are the worthier objects completely de feated, and the greatest benefits that are possible and should be expected are wholly lost. What should be impressed upon the attention of fair author.ties and of all intelligent agriculturalists interested in the progress of the branches in which they are severally engaged is this: Each farmer iu this country, in whatever line he may be working, is largely governed by his own views, and he follows to no slight extent methods of "his own devis ing. Different methods prevail upon different farms. Animals arc bred dif ferently, fed differently, treated differ ently; and. though these methods may be more or less empirical, they lead to favorable results as the splendid show rings so common in autumn make strik ingly manifest Grains are grown, and when exhibited present a fine appear ance, arc attractive to thueyc, and areas valuable as they are attractive. But the methods of production, though largely in the same trend, differ in important particulars upon which the differences that may be noted in the products un doubtedly depend. Such differences should be made prominent upon the exhibitor's card if 'the farmer's are to be educated by the object lessons thus presented, anil the should be account mi important elements in the deter mination of the recipients of the prizes. Furthermore, they should form im portant features in the reports of the awarding committees, so that by com parison and by careful consideration the progressive farmers may be able to improve upon past experiences, remedy past deficiencies, and sec through them encouragement for the future. It may be urged, even by writers of some prominence in the agricultural press, that the American farmers are not prepared for such details; that they care nothing for the facts that would thus be elicited from year to year, and if they did care could" not fully under stand or appreciate them. But it may be doubted if the farmers of the great corn and wheat belts will appreciate the compliment: on the other hand, they would highly appreciate and arc read' to support any effort such as has been suggested above looking to tho improvement of their methods and progress in their results. If managers of fairs, both county and State, con sider these points carefully, thev will see in them the changes needed to stimulate interest in the exhibitions, and to drive out by their influenco tho evils that have aroused the discussions referred to in the beginning of these Re marks. Chicago Tribune. Society i Washlagtea. Leaving aside the quest ion of political morality, few people who have passed a whiter in Washington, will deny the. charm of its society. Acknowledging all its faults, its crudeness narrow ness, perhaps and its lack of form, it must -et be acknowledged that it dif fers from all other American society in the fact that it is not founded on wealth. It is the only society which is really republican, though it" has little resem blance to tho "Kepublican Court'' of tho first Administration the only one in America which has a well-defined basis. And that basis is public station, temporarily conferred, whether directly or indirectly, by the expressed wishes of fellowmen. The holding of such public station necessarily implies intelli gence, and thus it is intelligence, as dis tinguished from lineage or wealth, which is the fundamental basis in Washington society. Such a society does not feel obliged to adopt certain customs because it is reported at second hand that ihev are good form in London. Its opinions are robustly independent its information is extensive, and its subjects or" conversation are many and varied. Is is not to be imagined that such a society is well defined, or that its rules ae clearly established though it is true that the "Etiquette of Social Life in Washington" has been most elab orately formulated in a little pamphlet, of which u fresh edition is perennially produced, and which is said to sell in great numbers. It is undoubtedly open to the criticism of being raw, to the same extent but no more that society in London is subservient and snobbish, and in New York illiterate and com mercial. Nothing can be more ridicu lous than the public leveos of the Presi dent where the doors are thrown open that every person in the street may en ter them in a crush, and stand in a slowlv-moving procession for two hours, in order that during half a minute of that time the President may be seen and his arm may be wrenched. But this is not peculiar to Washington alone. Such "public receptions" are inflicted upon Presidents in all cities which they yiait Hardly less incongruous are the Wednesday afternoon receptions of the wives of Cabinet officers; when their doors are also thrown open and hundreds of strangers tramp through their parlors "to pay their respects." The wives of Judges and Senators and Represent atives have to endure the same thing on other afternoons of the week. It has come to be considered as part of the price of public station But no matter what office a man may hold, no one may come to his dinner table without an in vitation. And it is in dinners that Washington society excels. Diplomats and travelers from every part of the world; men distinguished in political life, on the Bench, and in war; men of science and men of letters; women of intelligence and culture, with the native grace and beauty for which American women aro justly celebrated there is no such wealth of choice in any other American city, and there arno other dinner parties (so entertaijjig as those oi i usiungion. L,cmury. Fashion Notes. wmtergeen What the Standard Oil Company Is. A Badge of Mourning. "Well, Brown was a good fellow and I am sorry he is gone,' said a Western editor to the proprietor of the paper. "He worked hard all his life anu died poor, the way of most newspaper men." "Yes," responded the proprietor, with considerable feelinjr, "Brown was a ood printer and it will be hard to fill his place." "1 suppose we ought to attach some thing to the door in the shape of a badge of mourning for a little while," sug gested the editor. "It would be a good idea, but I don't believe there is anything about the place that would answer the purpose, and in tho present feeble financial condition of the concern I don't feel like putting out any money for crape." "Ko." mused the editor, "it would bo better to settle up back salaries, first but now I think of it, I know ju3t the thing." "U'hat is it?" asked the proprietor. "We might hang out one of the com posing room towels." Philadelphia The Standard Oil Company, which is so much talked about and so little un derstood, has its headquarters in this city, and its executive board is said to hold ameetingon every business day in the year. The capital of the company is not very largo, perhaps three or four million dollars, but the capital of the Trust Company, which manages the fiscal affairs of "the Standard, is suid to be as high as seventy millions. What ever be the capital, it pays six per cent and the stocks sell in the neighborhood of par. The men considered in the oil regions to be the master spirits of this company are both very young, Mr. Rockafellcr and Mr. Archibald; the lat ter is hardly thirty years of age. He is tho son of a Methodist preacucr in the oil regions, aud developed a genius for commerce and executive work when a mere lad in a country bank, and his em ployer gave him the capital to start an oil refiner'. He attends to the details of this huge company, which has hardly a parallel on the globe for breadth of conception and infinitude of particulars. If this were an English company it would rank always with the Fast India Company of the time of Warren Hast ings. It is to bo observed that the chief operators against it are themselves speculators. Mr. James Keene was one of the leading spirits in the rival pipe-line. The Standard's pipe is a sep arate corporation known as tho Nation al Transit Company, and its pipes lie buried side by side, and are hix inches in diameter, aud it is said that the right of way was acquired for about $300 a mile. Their telegraph is an enor mous concern also. The t!ow of oil is about (JO.000 barrels a day, I under stand, and this compacy keeps in its tanks or pipes or refineries from 30.000, 000 to 36,000,000 barrels at a time. Its profits are derived from storing and forwarding the oil, which pays fifteen cents a barrel per annum for storage and. twenty cents a barrel for transpor tation to the seaboard. They are alio the greatest exporters in tl-e United States, and often send out a sllip full of lamp3 to teach some heathen, people how to burn American oil. It, is sa'd,1 that they are content with a profit of half a cent a gallon on the oil. !?ev eral of the young men in this company are free-hearted, generous men, and it is well known in the oil regions that Mr. Arcnibaid provides for his former employer, who was unfortunate in busi ness. Lounger, in N. i". Tribune. m m Tanner's record in fasting has been greatly surpassed by a Newburg spider that lived two hundred and lour daVs without food or water. That specimen ought to be stuffed and mounted for permanent preservation with, the record of his extraordinary fast. California spiders stuffed are in great demand for collections at fiftv cents apiece. This Tanner spider ought to fetch price for a museum. jV. Y. Tribune. The coffee-colored Venteian laces used the past season as a garniture for rich brown fabrics will Be employed the coming summer to decorate the plaitings, tunics and bodices of pale colorccl silks and muslins. Some of the most elaborate patterns have the de signs outlined with heavy gold threads. A stylish bonnet of modified poke shape, brought out for "early spring, is of russet-brown straw, trimmed with a great deal of broad Van Dyck red satin ribbon. The brim is pliant and un wired, and is faced inside with darK red velvet under plaitings of bron.e-hued Spanish lace. On the left side of the hat is perched a large brown bird, hold ing in its bill a spray of berries and leaves. Among a number of very elegant dresses from Paris, designed for a pros pective bride in this city, is a dinner toilet of royal blue corded silk of mag nificent quality, cut with broad vest, close basque, and paniers, over a striped under-dress of gold satin and royal blue velvet alternating. Tho bodice has a high Medici collar of blue velvet lined with gold color, and fin ished inside with a fraise of gold lace. The corsage laces half way up the front over the full vest of gold satin. A charming tint of blue, neither light nor dark, and with a good dash of gray in it, called " Lenten" blue, has ap peared in tine plain Vicugna cloths ami limousiness, and is introduced iu plain and figured materials in combination with fawn, russet, maroon, ecru and bronze. Kedfern has just completed a very telling gown of this color, adorn ing with a delicate embroidery of gold, toned down with a cunning admixture of black. The dress was ordered for a famous star actress in a celebrated play. Among the forthcoming dresses for early spring wear are those of russet Vigogne, checked with broad, uncertain lines of dark blue and crimson, the loose skirt drawn up iuto two deep " bouillonnes" by means of blue and crimson ribbons, and a full apron tunic treated in the same way. Dresses for the summer, of cream white veiling or damask gauze, would look well so ar ranged, with runners of broad cream satin ribbon to match, knotted in long loops and flowing ends on the left side. Muslins will be made iu the same man ner, and are often, to suit the tiste for Jeep coloring, made up over crimson or ruby foundations or slips of shot-surah; for Instance, a princesse of moss-green, shot with gold, is made up with an over-dress of ecru muslin, brocaded with Watteau designs. The dress tits like a jersey, and has paniers of the muslin edged with mines of ecru Re naissance "lace, with deep flowers to match upon the skirt which is demi t rained. It is only in accessaries to the toilet, and in simple variations of existing modes, that we find any change to chron icle. For the next six weeks the dis play of fashion will be at a k standstill. As regards colors, taste is at present a bit radical; gray and a new lovely shade of Neapolitan violet lead in popularity. The last is a shade most universally try ing; the tint is exquisite, but lew who study what is becoming dare venture to adopt it. A costume lately worn most beautiful in itself, though by no means complimentary to the wearer was of heavy Ottoman silk of this shadf, with panels and waistcoat of a deeper shade of violet velvet The Langiry bonnet, composed of deep-hucd Neapolitan vio lets, had a velvet lining and violet velvet .xtrings. A small sable shoulder-cape was the only extra covering worn over the Louis N1V. coat, which was. made of the Ottoman silk with its velvet gild. To smarten a dress in wholesale fash ion for a quiet Faster afternoon tea, when the elaborate tea-gown is consid ered too ambitious and too frivolous, nothing equals in chic a pretty apron, and of these there is verily no end. The Watteau muslins and flowered organ dies brought out last summer make very dressy aprons when plentifully trimmed with lace. Then there is a charm about a pure white embroidered India muslin, with lace-edged fan plaits -half cover ing the apron, and the bib plaited to match with lace-edged fan reversed. Coffee-colored lace is much used, the strong contrast of color being consid ered very stylish. There arc also aprons of buttercup satin cut in turrets at the edge and frilled with black lace. En tire aprons are made of black or white lace made up on net foundations. The lace is set on as a series of flounces with bright ribbons to trim. AT. I'. Evening Post. a Queer Ducks." Newspaper men are queer ducks," said a local politician, who was one of the Committee of Arrangements for the National Republican Convention in 1880, as we turned and walked .out of the theater. "They remember well when they want to, and are close as oysters when they don't want to re member. There is one of them in town who played a trick on our committee in 1880 that upsets me whenever I think of it Tickets, you know, were very scarce, and we were driven nearly crazy by persistent applications from distin guished visitors. "The man I speak of made no appli cations for tickets. He went to a re galia store and purchased the most striking and elaborate badge he could find. Tie took this to a printing-office ami prin'ed on it 'Grand Marshal of the Convention,' aud with that worn conspicuously 'je his coat he sailed by the door-keepers without being chal lenged, and passed and repassed, re ceiving from ushers, detectives and guards the most respectful considera tion. He grew bolder the second day, ami passed in probably a dozen persons. The next day he took in twice as many, and in the end passed in to the Exposi tion Building probably a hundred per sons. All tins was none with the nour ish of certainty, courage and convic tion, and the fun of the thing was that none of the committee thought at the time of inquiring into the matter." The same man,' said a night editor of one of the monrng papers when he heard the name, -is the fellow who is mainly responsible for the inauguration of the" movement that drove Dr. Thomas out of the Methodist Church. He wa present at the gathering of a fuw friends when the Doctor was called upon to make a few remarks over the remains of an actor who had died the day be fore. The Doctor, in the pleutitiide of his svmpathy, had written out some general observations suited to the occa sion, but after looking them over decid ed to take up a slightly different lino of thought. "He put the manuscript in his coat pocket and proceeded to speak off-hand such words of comfort as came to his mind. His newspaper friend, seeing that the Doctor was absorbed in his subject, extracted the manuscript trom his coat-tail pocket and took it to a morning paper, in which it was printed as a verbatim report of what Thomas said at an actor's funeral. The Doctor was embarrassed in his denial because he knew that the alleged report was what he had written but had not spoken. Out of these circumstances came the agitation that led to the withdrawal of Dr. Thomas i'rom the Methodist Church. Chicago Inter Ocean. Extent of the Czar's Estate. One may form some idea of tho ex tent of the possessions belonging to the Russian Emperor, as property immedi ately attached to the crown." when we he that the Altai estates alone cover an area of 40,000,000 desjatins, or over 170,000 square miles, being about three times the size of England and Wales. The Nertchinsk estates, in Eastern Siberia, are estimated at about 18,000, 000 desiatins. In the Altai estates aro situated the gold and silver mines oi Barnaul, Paulov, Smijov, aud Loktjepp. the copper foundry at Sasoum. and the great iron works at Gavrilov, in the Salagirov district. The receipts from these enormous estates are in a ridicu lously pitiful ratio to their extent In the year 1882 they amounted to DoO.OOO rubles, or a little more than 95.000; while for 1883 the revenue w: esti mated at lej than half this sum. or about 400,000 rubles. The rents, etc.. gave a surplus over exene of adminis tration of about 1,500,00(5 rubles. On the other hand, the working of tho mines showed a deficiency of over 1,000,000 rubles: hence the result just indicated. A partial explanation of this very unsatisfactory state of things is to be found iu the situation of the mines, which are generally in places quite ueswuue oi wood, while the .smeltiw works were naturally situated in di tricts where wood abounds, sometimes as much as six hundred or seven hun dred kilometers dNtairt from the mines. The cost of transport of raw materials became considerable in this wav. Bv degrees all the wood available "in the neighborhood of the smelting works became used up, and it was necessary to fetch wood from distances of even over one hundred kilometers. Form erly the mines were really penal settle ments, worked by convicts, who were partly helped by immigrants whoe sons were exempted from military servieo on the condition of working iu the mines. But since the abolition ot serfdom this system has been quite al tered, and there is now a great deal of free labor on the ordinary conditions. London 1'imes. Beds and Bedrooms. Care of Harnesses. The Anvil. a lari.e The new .street game in New York is thus described: A young man insists on talking td you until there appears his confederate who L. recognized as a detective and to whom he denounces you as a pickpocket The bogus de tective arrests you, but will let vou off for a consideration. If vou refuse thev knock yofi down and halp themselves. A. J. Star. Ordinary anvils are forged in six oi seven pieces and then put together. Cast anvils are hardened in a float in stead of being dipped, and larger-sized ones are swung into a tank by means of a crane. These latter are also frequent ly cast about a core, which permits them to cool more uniformly. Gold beaters use for an anvil a steel block having a surface three by four inches in extent Upon this the gold is reduced to a plate one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness, and afterwards beaten out on an anvil of black marble. The forms and uses of the anvil are constantly ex tending in variety, and, from the lili- putan one of the watch-maker to the great ones used for making cannon, they are daily growing more busy throughout the world. itfany of the common blacksmith's anvils are pro vided with a second horn socketed upon the beak and having grooves upon its upper surface into which horse-shoes are dt iven for the purpose of rebevelling the inner surface, so as to prevent "balling" when traveling in snow. The various special forms of the anvil are exceedingly numerous. The progress of machines and the introduction ol steam-hammers have brought into use in late years enormous anvils. weighing, in many cases, several hundred tons. These are usually cast in the form of a truncated quadrangular pyramid, and placed with the smaller en'd upon sub stantial foundations of masonry. In dustrial World. There are few things on the farm that are treated with more neglect than the harness, yet there are few things that are so sure to be injured, if not well cared for. When a new harness is purchased, it is usually kept clean for a short time, but as soon as its newness is worn on", it is usually entirely neg lected, and left to hang in the barn or stable exposed to the dust and the gases, both of which destroy the looks as well as the strength of "the leather. Ever' carriage house should be pro vided with a Vght closet in which to hang the harnesses, and it is always best to have two carriage harnesses. one to use in pleasant weather and the other in rainy weather. The new har ness should be frequently cleaned, using for the purpose a sponge moist eneii with harness soap and water: by rubbing this over the harness it very much improves its appearance and condition, and requires but a few mo ments time to do it. Whenever the leather shows ny signs of dryness, the harness should be all taken "apart and thoroughly washed in soap and water: after being dried it should be well oiled with good neatsfoot oil, always nibbing it well into the leather with a woolen cloth, using all the oil that will drv: after laving one dav, all the parts of the harness should "be wiped clean and put together. A harness that is thus cared for will last more than twiee as long as one that is neglected, and as it is work that can be casilv done by the farmer during leisure hour not to be neglected. Besides the saving in dollars and cents, the harness that is well cared for always looks well, and what is of still more importance is not as likely to break when the horse becomes fright ened. A neglected harness often be comes rotten where it is not noticed uu til it breaks. It is not safe to have such a harness, especially on a horse that is nervous. A harness that is oc casionally taken apart and cleaned dis closes weak places; besides, when kept o'led, the water does not penetrate tc destroy the strength of the leather. A good harness well cared for, and prop erly used, will hist many years of con stant use, but the best of harnesses, if not well eared for, will last but a few years. Massacliusetls Ploughman. If the hygienic principles of clothing were more generally understood, quilts would be wholly superseded by woolen blankets. Put a piece of woolen cloth over a kettleful of hot water, and ob serve how fast the steam will make it way through the weft, while a cotton lined coat would stop it like an iron lid. In the same way the quilt tends to check the exhalations of the human body. For under bedding, a woven wire mat tress, covered with a blanket and sheet, would deserve the hygienic premium, with the next prize for a cleanly straw tick, that can be emptied and refilled in ten minutes, while it takes a day's hard work to disinfect a horse-hair mattress by loosening, steaming and drying the compacted stufling. Swiss feather beds become odious to all who have learned to appreciate the more solid comfort of an English bed; though our hardy fore fathers went even further, and thought it unmanly to sleep on anvthing softer than a deer-hide. Those who evinced a penchant in that direction were de nounced as Bareuhauter bear-skin wallowers; and even Frederick the Great distinctly instructed his captains to limit their bedding baggage to a couple of eight pound blankets; though general officers were permitted to retain an addi tional sack and a hope of filling it at a convenient barn. The healthiest dor mitories are probably those of the Bo gota Creoles, who pass the rainless nights 3f their highland on the platform of a ierraced roof: and theunhealthiest. per aaps, are those of the Silcskm weavers, rrho shorten their wretched lives by deeping in alkovens. orcloset-Iike open ngs in the wall behind the stove, after jlosing the alkoven door, as well as the ioors and windows of the adjoining room. Felix L. Oswald, in Lippincolt's. it ought Exploration of Sew Guinea. 'in connection with the Waltham Watch Company, it may be stated that when the proprietors of The Age desired to prcsuntMr.G.E.Morrison (the explor er of New Guinea) with a reliable chro nometer, acting upon the advice of Mr. R.L. J.ElIery, tne Govern't Astronomer, two Waltham watches were, however, procured for Mr. Morrison instead. These were kept at the Melbourne Ob servatory for a fortnight and thorough ly and carefully tested, and were pro nouned by Mr. Ellery, at the end of that time, to be better suited for Mr. Morrison's requirements than any chro nometer." Ext. from Melbourne Age. It is doubtful if a team could be employed to better advantage at this season than in hauling sand for putting on the garden where the soil is clayey and heavy. It will not 'only make it much easier to work but will also put the soil in condition to more readrry yield up its elements of fertility. ir. Y. Times. Why He Wanted to Help Him. Mr. Garrison was on the piazza one morning, mending his fishing-rod, when his neighbor's little boy Neddy came up the steps and asked if he could not help him with his work. "No," said that gentleman, "there is really noth ing you can do, Neddv." "But I'd so like to do something!" urged the child. "Can't you think of something for me to do that'll help vou. Mr. Garrison?" "Well. I suppose" you might pick up that twine." Neddy picked up the cord from the floor, and a moment later aked: "Now, Mr. Garrison, isn't there something else I can do?" "Well, no, I can not say that there is." "But can't you think of something else?" persisted Neddy; "I should so like to help you!" "You can hand me that part of mv rod, if yon will," Mr. Gar rison finally answered. Neddy obeyed with alacrity, following up his handing Mr. Garrison the section of his rod with the old question of whether there was nothing else hccould do. Mr. Garrison was quite sure he could think of noth ing else. "I do wish there wa3 sonie thmgmore!" said Neddy disappoint edly. "I'd so like to help you some moi Mr. Garrison; and if I did about one thing more. I think I should have to charge you a cent" Harper1 Bazar. THE GENERAL 3IAKKETS. KANSAS CITY. March 23. is4. 83 4 4 73 r, 20 ajn a m 10IJ4 k 73 : 4 2:jo 7 a) 20 n 13 915 10ii 10 18 50 ft ft ft ft ft G 73 : CATTLE Shipping Steers....?'.. 23 ft Native Heifers 3 HJ ft Native Cows 3 30 ft Butchers' Steers.. 4 50 ft HOGS Good to choice- heavy 3 2ft . Lhrht 0 40 ft WHEAT Xo.l 00 & Xo.2 85 & No. 3. ....... ........ 74 CORN No. 2 WiSi OATS No. 2 SS'i'ft KYE No. 2 47 FLOUK Fancy, per sack 2 25 en HAY Car lots, brlirht 7 00 BUTTEIl-Choice dairy 18 ft CHEESE Kansas, new 08 ft EGGS Choice 13 ft PORK Hams 12 ft Shoulders 8 ft Sides 9 ft tARD. ............... .......... 9 ft WOOL Missouri, unwashed.. 17 POTATOES Per bu9hel 45 ft ST. LOfcTIS. CATTLE Shipping Steers. . .. Butchers' Steers... 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