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KOSIE HRIEF POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Gen. Marmaduke , ol Missouri , says lie
lias no notion ol being a candidate for tlie
Missouri senatorship.
Gov. Foraker's wife relieved him of a
fearful task during tho last Ohio campaign
by reading all the newspapers to him.
Col. Colyar oi Tennessee gallantly says
that the one insuperable obstacle to the
ladies voting is that they "are never old
enough. "
V ) . T. V. PowderJy , general master workman
of the Knights of Labor , is going to live in
'Philadelphia , and-may bo'nominated for
congress.
A Washington correspondent says Mr.
Hoar now takes rank with Edmunds and
Sherman , and is giving Massachusetts her
old place in the senate.
"Walter M. Wyse , who has lately acquired
an interest in tho Washington Post , is a
firm friend of President Cleveland , and
made 5100,000 by backing him forelection.
Senator Fair , of Nevada , may have trou
ble to secure a re-election. Ex-Senator
Stewart lias his friends at work and the re
publicans claim that they can elect the re
quisite number of assemblymen.
The New Jersey state senate contains six
lawyers , Hires farmers , two merchants and
one of each o ! the following vocations :
Physician , broker , clerk , railroad agent ,
canal and towing agent , editor , contractor ,
county collector and real estate dealer.
Surveyor General Dement , of Utah , was
examined by the senate committee on pub
lic lands , on the 3rd , with reference to the
recent publications which embodied alleged
utterances of his , implicating senators ,
members of congress , and high executive
officials in Washington and Ubah in exten
sive conspiracies to appropriate public
lands for their own benefit , and in con
spiracies and bribery of legislation affect
ing Mormons. Deinenb denied the state
ments attributed to him.
A BLOODY SET-TO.
tTtich Dempsey and Jack Fognrty Heing the
1'artlcipants.
New York dispatch : The fight arranged
recently between Jack Dempsey and Jack
Fogarty , of Philadelphia , for a stake
amounting to SG.OOO , occurred in this city
at an uptown house last night.
Dempsey is 23 years old. stands 5 feet 8 %
inches high and weighed 148 pounds. Fo
garty is 21 years old , 5 feet 8 inches , and
weighed 149 pounds. The men entered tho
ring this morning.
In the first round Dampsey fought
cautiously , hitting at the stomach , while
Fogarty countered on his chin.
During tho second round , Dempsey
planted a terrific-left hander on Fogarty's
nose , making the blood spurt.
In . the third round Dempsey almost
closed Fogarty's left eye. Fogarty fought
gamely , but hit short , while Dempsey made
every blow tell.
In the fourth round Dempsey almost
knocked his antagonist down with a blow
in the stomach. Fogarty then began to
show weakness , but rallied in fine style.
In the eleventh round Fogarty was knocked
down by a blow on the jaw , but he got up
.and fought again , although covered with
blood.
In the sixteenth round Fogarty twisted
Dempsey on his back , but did little harm ,
iind in the next round Dempsoy broke Fo
garty's nose with a left hander. Fogarty
kept growing weaker , but came up tho
twenty-seventh round.
He threw up the sponge and Dempsey
was given the battle. Time , one hour and
forfcy-seven minutes. Kid gloves were used ,
and by the terms of the match the men
were to weigh 150 pounds each and the
winner was to take the entire amount at
staks.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
The Same Having Keen Made by the Com
missioner General of tlie Land Office.
The commissioner general of the land of
fice has made the startling discovery that
the Indian title to about 10,000,000 acres
of land in North Dakota has not been ex
tinguished , despite Secretary Teller's order
in October , 1SS4 , opening those lands , and
the subsequent settlement by inhabitants
of what may comprise fourteen or fifteen
counties , most of which arc organized and
contain 20,000 people. The facts as recited
by Commissioner Sparks in a letter to
the surveyor-general of Dakota show that
. .the Pembina Cjiippewas imule a treaty
with the United States ceding the lied
River valley country in Minnesota and
the country lying west and north of
Devil's lake still belonging to the Indians ,
but most of the Pembina Chippewas went
on a new reservation , and a .Mink and Tur
tle Mountain band of only 250 Indians
took up theirhomes inthedisputed district
and claimed to be the owners of this farm
of 10.000,000 ncres. The land offices in
Dakota were notified thatnosurveya would
be sanctioned in said district. Two years
afterwards Secretary of the Interior Teller
revieived the case and decided that the In
dian claim was not veil grounded , and in
1S82 this tract was thrown open to settle
ment. Commissioner Sparks states that in
view of these facts , and the presumption
that the question will be submitted to con
gress , lie had decided to suspend all survey-
ing contracts in this district indefinitely.
Portions of the Grand Forks and Bismarck
land districts are also affected by this
order.
DESPERATE COLLISION O.Y THE KAIL.
\ desperate collision occurred on the
Chespcake fc Ohio railroad at Stanton , Va. ,
Feb. 2nd. No. 8 , the night express , ran into a
freight on the siding and completely wrecked
both engines. Fireman Gittings was killeJ ,
bcln badly mutilated and scalded. The mas
ter machinist had an arm and leg broken and
received a bad scalp wound. The engineer had
his throat cut and was badly scalded ; his con
dition is dangerous. The engineer of the
freight train had his back badly strained and
his body bruised. The aecid'ent was caused by
criminal nsgligence. The freight train was on
the bide track waiting for the express. The
conductor told the brakeman that when the
express had passed he should turn the switch ,
but the brakeman went to sleep and was awak
ened by a passing freight train. He got up
and changed the switch just as the train came
Into sight , and before his fatal error was dis
covered tlie train dashed on the siding and the
locked.
EDUCATED ISTtlAKS.
Forty of the sixty-eight Modoc/.nd Sioux
Indians who for three years past have
been receiving instructions at fho expense
of the United States government in the in
stitute five miles south of Washington , are
now being prepared for their return to the
Indian Territory , having completed the
course of study. Owing to the rapid ad
vancement made by these children , they
completed their studies two years short of
the time allotted , and they are now to give
place to others who are vailing for the
privilege. _ . _ _
THE LAXDS OF UA'CLE SASI.
A Good Deal of Time Given to the Considera
tion c > / tf e Repeal of the Ifre-emption
Yfaslilngton special : me senate commit
tee on public lands has given a good deal of
time this session to tho consideration o !
the repeal of the pre-emption law , and is
perfecting an excellent bill on that measure.
The question that has puzzled them most
is whether to decide to report in favor of
allowing commutation of homesteads to
pre-emptions. There seems to bo a dispo
sition on the part of a majority of the com
mittee to this 'course ; on'tho ground that
the necessity of many settlers on the pub
lic domain for money with which to im
prove their steadsteads is so pressing that
they need to mortgage their farms , which
they cannot do to advantage until they
have title. If this proposition is adopted
it will be the only form in which pre-emp
tion will exist at all in our land laws. The
bill , so far as it has been drafted , is very
conservative with regard to rights already
acquired , and protects the settler who is
homesteaded or pre-empted fully. Together
with the repeal of the pre-emption the tim
ber law will bo repealed. Some question
has been made as to the disposition of de
sert and mountain lands , and tho commit
tee is still in doubt as to the proper legisla
tion to recommend in regard to them. In all
probability these lands will be pre-empted
to settlers hereafter as they are now , , con
ditional upon sufficient improvement , the
principal condition being , with regard to
desert lands , that water shall be turned
upon them lot the purpose of irrigation.
The amount of mountainous land which
any settler can enter upon is a quarter
section , and all lands , exclusive of mineral
and timber lands , which , without irriga
tion , produce some agricultural crops are
regarded as desert lands , and all lands ,
which are mountainous and rough and
cannot be ploughed are regarded as moun
tainous land. Proof of these conditions is
required upon the oath of two or more
witnesses. The bill gives the secretary of
the interior power to subpoena and cross-
examine witnesses for proof before the
register and receiver in local land offices.
Therei ibe \ attached to the bill the meas
ure introduced in the house by Mr. Joseph ,
of New Mexico , which provides that in
all cases of private entries , where
contests or protests on part of the
government or any individual , arise pend
ing the six weeks notice of final proof , and
before the duplicated receiver's receipt is
issued , if it appears that any clerical error
has been committed , the commissioner of
the general land office shall have power to
suspend the entry , and that after final
proof and the issuing of the receiver's re
ceipt , if any error or fraud Las been dis
covered , the commissioner may suspend
the issuing of the patent , but must file
with the 'attorney general of the United
States notice of such suspension with his
reasons , and it , therefore , becomes the
duty of the attorney general to ci/nirciace
proceedings in the proper court to sol
aside the title. While this seems a formid
able process of taking away the settler's
title , it will be seen at once that it is a
most important advantage to him , as it
gives him the right , if he is in the .right , to
go into court , cross-examine witnesses and
defend himself against fates charges and
rascally special agents.
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ESSENCE OF LATE TELEGRAMS.
It is said the king of Greece will abdicate
soon.
The Spanish budget shows a deficit of
more than 22.000,000 pestas.
Catholic archbishops say the religious
situation in France is satisfactory.
The steamboat John 11. Maude was
burned at the New Orleans wharf. Loss ,
525,000.
Philadelphia's mayor , in a proclamation ,
cautions the people not to violate the Sab
bath laws of 1794.
The Catholic Herald says Archbishop
Williams , of Boston , will be tho next
American cardinal.
It is proposed to build a six-mile subma
rine tunnel between Prince Edward's island
and the mainland.
Seven boys attached to the training
squadron"at Newport , R. L , escaped , stole
a boat and started out to sea.
The state of Tennessee is paying off its
indebtedness right along , and the last set
tlement of the debt question is considered
fixed and final.
Mexican sheep herders and Carlisle's cow
boys on the lower San Juan riverhad quite
a protracted fight recently. Casualties re
ported , one dead Mexican.
Ex-Governor Gaston , of Massachusetts ,
has been informed that the president would
like" to name him for the sub-treasury at
Boston , but he gives no sign of accepting.
Emperor William , Empress Augusta and
a large number of the imperial family at
tended the annual ball , do la opera. At
the ball the kaiser danced with the crowd
princess.
WILL WONDERS EVER CEASE ?
Tclegrapli Messages Sent From a Train in
Full Speed.
New Brighton ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The Rail
way Telegraph and Telephone company
gave an exhibition on the Staten Island
railway this afternoon of tho New York
method of sending and receiving telegraphic
messages on a railway train under full
headway. Among those on the train were :
Senator Leland Stanford , of California ;
Vice President Sykes , of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad ; David Dows , vice
presidentof the Rock Tsland railroad ; Stuy-
vesant Fish , vice president of the Illinois
Central , and Thos. Edison. A battery was in
one of the passenger cars , with a ground
wire connecting with the axle of the wheels
and the track. The other wire connected
with the roof of the cars. The car roofs
were connected by an insulated wire. The
common electric magnet , worked by a
Morse key , was used. From the car roofs
the messages were transmitted by indue-
turn to the permanent wires on the poles ,
along the Hie of the railroad , a distance of
from twenty-five to thirty feet. Messages
were sent to and from Now York and other
points with perfect facility while the train
mis running at thirtymiles an hour. Mr.
Edison said the new wonder in telegraphy
would be introduced at once on the Illinois
Central railway.
A boiler at the saw mill four miles south-
cast of Breckcnridge , Mo. , exploded , killing
Spencer Reed , engineer , and Adam , his step
son and fireman , and badly wounding a boy 11
years old. The engineer was blown with great
force against some rocks twenty feet away.
The fireman was literally torn to pieces. Reed
leaves a wife and six children. The mill was
oat of repair and considered unsafe.
The State's Trades Assembly before ad
journing at Columbus , Ohio , adopted a resolu
tion favoring the enactment oE the eight hour
law to be observed by corporate companies.
It did not endorse the action of the National
Federation of Trades held at Chicago , support
ing the strike of May for an want hour sys
tem , but recommended legislation on the sub
ject
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OTHERWISE AND PERSONAL.
* NATIVE-Africans use Hint-lock mu
kets made at Birmingham , England.
The American colony in Paris nun
ber about three thousand , but the shoj.
keepers say is is worth more to th
trade of the French capital than it
thirty thousand Germans and twenty
eight thousand Italians combined.
THE foundations of avasthippodrom
and a Konian road leading to the Loir
have been brought to light in niakie ;
some excavations near Nantes , France
The remains of numerous villas , wltl
articles of jewelry and pottery , had pre
viously been discovered m the same
neighborhood.
PERSIAN playing-cards are twenty tc
the pack in live suits of four each. The ]
are made by hand and often highly fin
ished in rich effects upo a gold ground
preserved by a thick coat of varnish , sc
that some of the sets used by the ricfc
will perhaps cost § 50 , The national
game , which has been played for several
centuries , bears a striking resemblance
to poker.
THEUE is a marked contrast betwcer
the temperature at the surface and ic
the depths of the mines on the famous
Comstock lode. While severe wiutci
weather is prevailing outside the heat
is so intense in the lower levels Of the
mines that the workmen , who have no
clothing on but overalls and heavy bro-
gans to protect the feet , can work only
at short intervals.
THE modern way , apparently , to be
come famous is to be threatened with hy
drophobia. Three of the Newark chil
dren who were treated by Pasteur have
been perched on pedestals in a dime
museum in the Bowery , New York , to
be viewed by gaping crowds. The man
agers even had the audacity to write
Dr. Billings and M. Pasteur , _ asking
them to pose in the museum.
A RECENT Yale graduate told a storj
at a New York dinner of a young mar
who attended a Michigan college , and ,
to eke out enough money to put him
through , gave lessons on the piano to
young ladies. The faculty heard of it.
and in the college prospectus printed
the names of the young women as stu
dents in the musical department of the
college. He thought this plan might
give Yale a boom if that staid old col
lege could be induced to adopt it.
IN England the legal definition ol
beer extends to "any liquor which is
made or sold as a description of beer , or
as a substitute for beer , and which , on
analysis of a sample thereof , shall be
found to contain more than 2 per cent ,
of proof spirits. " Hence an interesting
commotion among a number of would-
be temperance people , who suddenly
found out that the "blue-ribbon beer"
contained considerably over 2 per cent ,
of absolute alcohol.
THE average silk crop of Tonquin is ,
according to ISAvenir du Tonkin ,
estimated at from 1,200,000 to 1,900,000
kilogrammes , and its value from 21GOO , -
000 to 24,200,000 francs. Tonquin silk
has not yet , however , found much favor
with the Lyons manufacturers. This is
owing to the primitive mode of prepar
ation in vogue among the natives , by
which the threads become inextricably
tangled and extremely diflicult to work
by European machinery , the loss being
from 22 to 30 per cent , instead of the
average 5 per cent.
THE results of experiments with
eighteen varieties of cheese are given
mBeidcrmami's Centralblalt. Cheddar , '
a rich and highly flavored English
cheese , was digested in the shortest
time , four hours , while unripe skimmed
cheese required ten. There is little dif- ,
ference in the digestibility of all sorts '
of hard cheese or all soft cheese. Fat' '
cheeses dissolve the most rapidly.
Taking into consideration the quantity
of nitrogen dissolved , the writer con
cluded that on account of its great pro
portionate digestibility , cheese is the
most nourishing of all foods except
meat and e < r < rs.
DOCTORS do not appear to have
much faith in the idea that odd-shaped
bottles or peculiar labels will prevent
mistakes in the taking of drugs. An
English physician relates that he once
gave a man , for external use , a little
croton-oil liniment in a blue fluted bot
tle , with a red label. One night , the
man , being troubled with a cough ,
thought he would take some of his wife's
cough mixture , which was in a bottle
having raised letters. He mistook the
flutings on his own bottle for the raised
letters on his wife's , and swallowed the
crotou-oil. He soon discovered his er
ror , and was very ill for many hours.
IT appears from a paper read befon
the Pharmaceutical society that one oi
the reasons for the low price oJ
quinine lies in the fact the
cinchona trees are no long
er destroyed in the harvesting. The old
plan was to cut them down and strip
off the bark when they were ten years
old. Tiien the idea was adopted ol
tearing off long strips and filling the
bear places with nioss. The presenl
method is to scrape off the outer layer
of the bark , the portion richest in qui
nine , and this does not interfere with the
growth of the tree. The bark is scrap
ed off half round at one operation , the
other half six months afterward. The
yrocess mv ba repeated year after year
PECK'S BAD BOY
Scares tlie Groceryman About Mad
Bogs Tells ! To\v Crime Can Bo
Prevented by Vaccination.
"Mad dog ! Mad dog ! " shouted the
boy , as he rushed in the grocery store
tvith both hauds on the basement of his
pants , as though a dog was after him ,
jumped under the counter and crawled
oehind the barrel of lump white sugar.
"Hide yourself quick or you are a. dead
man. " The groceryman was cutting a
slice off a cheese for a servant girl with
i shawl over her head. His * first idea
tvas to run down cellar , but the girl slid
3own there , so the groceryman simply
jumped into a crockery crate and laid
3own and perspired. He wished every
log in the world was dead. Presently
ae heard a crunching behind the count-
2r , as of lump sugar being chewed by a
boy , and he raised up out of the crock-
jry crate slowly , got out of it and walk
ed on tip-toe behind the counter , and
rook the bad boy by the ear and led him
Dtit by the stove , and emptied about a
hat full of suoar ; out of his pockets.
Then lie looked at the boy. The boy
Degan to froth at the mouth , and snap
tvith his teeth , and he said :
"O , A'accinale me , quick , lam bit. "
The grocery gave the boy a kick in
: he pantaloons , and said :
"There , you are vaccinated. That is
the lirst application of Pasteur's treat
ment. If you feel spells coming on
again , I will give you more sole leather
rims in your system. AVhat yon mean ,
coming in here yelling mad dog , and
caring my customers down cellar ? "
and the groceryman wrapped up the
cheese and called the girl out of the cel
lar and sent her liome.
"O , I only wanted to see if you were
a coward. But you ain't , O , no. You
Duly went into tfiat crockery crate head
first just for fun Say , do you believe
in vaccination ? " and the boy brushed
some straw off of the groceryman's coat.
'Yes , I do , " said the groceryman.
"The science of vaccination is thegreat-
ist discovery of this or any age , " and
be turned the boy around to give him
another kick.
"Well , so do I , " said the boy as he
put the stove between himself and the
groceryman. "The time is coining
when vaccination is going to be used for
3verything. I believe the time will
come when criminals will be prevented
from committing crime by vaccination.
[ For instance , suppose you were a thief ,
and everybody knew it. I don't say
7011 are , " said the boy , as the grocery-
nian picked up a barrel head , "though
pur symptoms are favorable. But sup
pose you were a thief. Take an honest
man , one everybody knew to be honest ,
and vaccinate him , and when it began
to work , take some of the virus and vac
cinate you. As soon as it began to work
on you , your power of lifting things that
did not belong to you would bs gone.
You would become an honest man in
spite of yourself , by vaccination. I don't
; ay it could be made to work on youbut
it miyhl. If my scheme works , and uni
versal vaccination is established , there
jvill be no more crime. Then they will
racciuate .bank cashiers against defalca
tions , and with the virus from an honest
minister , say , the cashier can't steal to
save him. "
"Yes , but suppose the minister hap
pens to be one of these kind that runs
away with other people's wives ?
Wouldn't the cashier be liable to elope ,
if the virus worked on him ? " remarked
the groeeryman , with a wise look.
"O , well , maybe , " said the boy. "But
tve will have to be careful where we get
our virus. But we can settle the Indian
question by vaccination. Suppose we
lake the hostile Indians , and vaccinate
them with virus from these dudes. As
quick as it works on the Indians all the
light will be taken out of them , and they
ivill go moping around , afraid to say
their souls are their own. The virus
from a dude if you can raise virus on
a dude , and it seems as though you
could , if you can make it work on a
heifer calf would do as much to ex
terminate Indians , and make them
peaceable , as a whole army. I wouldn't
be afraid to fight an Indian myself , after
he had been vaccinated with the virus
from a dude. Say , that will be a good
way to whip Sullivan. Let him bo vac
cinated with virus taken from a peace
able Quaker , and Sullivan would be
come a man of peace , and any of the
boys could go up and swat him in the
mouth , and he would go off and cry , and
saj" he would tell his mother. The only
thing I am afraid of is that they will get
to using vaccination in politics. Suppose
all the democrats should be vaccinated
with virus from republicans , and it
should work , the voters thus operated
upon would vote the republican ticket ,
and ruin the party in power. "
" 0 , don't go on that way , you weary
me , " said the grocery man , as he took a
wash dish of water and a whisk broom ,
and began sprinkling the floor , prepar
atory to the regular semi-annual sweep
ing out , "Tell me what the commotion
was over to your house last night ? I
heard your father had to be dug out of
the coal pile under the sidewalk. How
did he get there ? "
"Well , I'll tell you. It was all his
fault. You see , we have been excited
about this mad dog scare , and I asked
Pa what he would do if he met a mad
dog. I told him he would get up and
dust , but he said he would grab the
dog \ > y its hind legs and beat its brains
out. He said men were cowards .0. jrener-
ally. He hated to see men get frighten
ed and run when any calamity happen
ed. I thought I would try pa , 'cause I
never heard of his showing much sand.
So I took our black setter dog , and took
pa's lather brush and put lather all
around the dog's mouth for foam. Then
[ took one of these little rubber bands
and put it around the dog's upper jaw.
That made the dog open his mouth and
show his teeth , and chew so as to get
the rubber off. But the dog wagged , his
tail all the time , 'cause he Knew it was
only one of my jokes on him , and he
wasn't mad. I3ut he did look savage.
When pa came in from down town at
supper time I was up stairs with the
clog , and I let him go , and he went
down stairs on a gallop to welcome pa.
He thinks everything of pa. Pa saw
him coming and he saw the foam on
his mouth , and pa's hair just raised
right up. The dog was going to jump
upon pa as usual , and have pa take off
the rubber band , but pa yelled , "Take
bim off ! He's mad ! Hanner , lock your-
elf in the closet and telephone for the
patrol wagon. " Well , you'd a dido to
see pa. He jumped right over the dog ,
and went down the cellar stairs at two
jumps , and crowded in the coal bin un
der the kindling wood. I wiped the ,
lather off the dog's mouth , and took the
rubber band off , and me and the dog
went down cellar and hunted pa out.
When pa saw our dog wagginghis tail
and acting so happy , and no froth on-
his mouth , he came out , and then said ,
'That settles it. I drank an egg-nog
down town , and it went to my head ,
and. I thought I saw egg-nog all over
tho dog's nose and mouth , and I
thought he was mad. Poor doggie ! No
more egg-nog for your Uncle Ike. ' And
then pa crawled out of the coal bin , and
gave me a half dollar not to tell anybody
he was scared. O , whew , whew , what
a dust ! What makes you sweep out tho
grocery ? " And the boy went out
coughing , Pcc&'s Sun.
Ostriches in New Zealand.
A Christchurch , New Zealand , corre
spondent of The New York Mail and
Express writes : The experiment of
ostrich-farming at this place is likely to
be successful. In 1881 a pair of
ostriches were brought from Africa.
This was before the duty of 100 per
bird and 5 per egg was imposed. In
consequence of an order for 150 pairs
of ostriches for California having been
received , the South African government
saw that a valuable revenue might be
lost to it , in the exportation of ostrich- ,
feathers , and therefore imposed the be
fore mentioned prohibitory duty. Now
it is as difilcult to get an ostrich or an
ostrich egg from Africa as it had before
been comparatively easy. Only a short
distance from this place is an ostrich
farm that bids fair to become profitable.
With the aforesaid pair there have been
raised two line hens now 2 years old ,
and six young chickens only a few days
old. The male bird is black , very fine ,
and pugnacious. If a stranger ap
proaches the paddock he drops on tiie
ground , expanding his wings to the
fullest extent , and thrusts out his head
and long , neck in a challenging mood.
If the stranger comes nearer he begins
to fight and as the bird ia both heavy
and strong he is generally the victor.
He thus protects the hens and the young.
To collect the feathers is a very difficult
task. The birds have to bo driven from
the paddock by means of long forked
sticks into a house especially built for
the purpose , and which is entered by
means of swing gates. When penned
in the feathers are cut off to about an
inch from the butt. These butts are
left on the birds until dried up , when
they are removed by means of tweezers ,
without injury to the bird. From the
j-oiing birds , those not 2 years old until
February , two corps of valuable feath
ers have been obtained , and a third is
nearly ready. The "chicks" have 110
feathers yet , but will have in about
twelve months.
The hens are very prolific in laying
eggs , which are hatched here by means
of a patent incubator , heated to about
103 degrees Fahrenheit. The first ex
periment , about a year ago , was unsuc
cessful , through want of practical
knowledge of the necessary appliances.
This month six out of twelve eggs have
been successfully hatched , and the other
six are likely to be before the next mail
leaves. The .young birds are about the
size of a small hen , and covered with a
peculiar substance , not at all like feath
ers , but more resembling cut paper of a
gray-whitish color. The shells from
which they cameare about as thick as a
china teacup. The food of the young
birds consists of crushed maize , oats ,
and chopped cabbage , while the older
ones feed on oats , calcined bones ,
and the grass of their paddocks. After
the young birds are hatched , and old
enough , they will be removed to a glass-
roofed house , the floor of which is cov
ered with sand heated artificially to 110
degrees Fahrenheit , and here they will
grow up. This sort of a plan for rear
ing has been tried with great success.
The experiment thus far fias been cost
ly and many eggs have been lost ; but
the success of the past month has war
ranted the belief that ostrich farming
may be probably carried on here , and
the outlay of 1881 will pay a good reve
nue within a very short time. The 2-
year-old ostriches have to some
extent become acclimated , and the
young of this month will in less than a
year add to one of the best-paying en
'
terprises ever started in New 'Zealand.
The Heavenly 3Iap.
Astrologers divide the heavens into
twelve equal parts , called "houses. "
This is done by dividing the vertical cir
cle or circle passing through the. zen
ith and cast and west points of the
horizon into six parts of thirty degrees
each , and six correspondimg divisions
lie below the horizon. In regard to
these "houses" Lilly says that "the
exact knowledge of them is so requisite
that he who learns the nature of the
planets without exact judgment of the
houses is like an improvident man that
furnishes himself with a variety of
household stuff having no place where
in to bestow them. "
To each of these "houses" is ascribed
a particular significance. For instance ,
the first house refers to the stature ,
health and life of man , or it stands in
state astrology for the common people ;
the second one refers to wealth general
ly ; the third to brethren , to letters and
to messengers , etc. , and so of the other
houses. The seventh house is singular
ly heterogeneous in its signification , as
it refers to lovers and husbands , animals
strayed , thieves and things stolen ; so
that if a young lady wore to inquire after
tier absent lover , or an elderly lady after
! ier favorite cat , the astrologer would
look to i'thc seventh house and planets
therein and respecting. " ' The next
things of importance in astrology are the
zodiacal signs. Aries , the first sign , is
described as being fiery , choleric , bes
tial , luxurious , intemperate and violent ;
and besides , it "rules' * gumboils , tooth
ache , baldness , places of refuge for
; hieve ? , and , among other countries ,
England. CampaneTla says that "Aries
makes people ferocious , stubborn , fierce ,
sold , presumptive and crafty , like the
English. " We ought to feel compli
mented. Taurus signifies people given
to pleasures , like Neapolitans. Virgo
signifies the best mathematicians ,
astronomers , learned and ingenious
men , etc. Libra points to those given
; o the delights of music , and so on. All
the Year Hound.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Danish Potatoes Cut two or three
slices of salt pork in half-inch squares.
Fry until a crisp brown. Add ono
quart cold potatoes , chopped not too
fine , and two raw chopped onions and a
little pepper. Stir well , and v/hcn
thoroughly hot serve.
A very pretty letter pocket can bo
made of a palm-leaf fan covered with
silk , satin or velvet. It is better to cut
a piece of pasteboard the exact size of
the fan and cover that , putting a loose
pocket on the front to hold the letters ,
and then attaching the pasteboard to tho
fan and suspending it with a loop and
bow of ribbon.
Graham Mufiins One quart of gra
ham Hour , one tablespoonful of baking
powder and half a tcaspoonful of salt
sifted. To this add two eggs well beat
en , two ounces of melted butter and
enough milk to form a thin batter , mix
ing thoroughly. Bake in muffin rings
or pans half filled with the batter , in a
brisk oven.
Try this layer cake : Five eggs , their
weight in fine flour , and also in sugar ,
and half their weight in butter. Melt
the butter and mix it with the sugar ,
adding the yolks of the eggs , one by
one , beating all the time , ami then add
the whites , which have been beaten to a
still" froth , adding the Hour last. Baku
in four jelly cake tins. Marmalade or
quince jam is spread between the layers.
In cooking canned vegetables it is
best always to open them in : i strainer
and pour a quart of cold water over
them. Even with tomatoes this is use
ful , as it completely removes the juices
that may have caught some corrosive
quality from the can itself. After they
have been thus washed let them air on
a plate for a time before cooking. Es
pecially necessary with peas , corn ,
tlageolet , beans and asparagus.
Baiced Apple Sauce Pare , core , cut
into quarters or eighths , puinto a deep
pudding dish in layers , with a sprinkle
of sugar and two or three bits of butter
over each , fill almost to the top , add a
very small quantity of water ; cover * and
cook in a well-heated oven from ono
half to three quarters of an hour. Then
uncover and crown slightly on top.
This makes : i delicious desert when
eaten with sweetened cream.
Mouchoir Cases Get two Japanese
tidies , without trimming ; around each
= ew narrow black velvet , attaching it
with "herring-bone" stitch on the
edges. Next make a puff of satin about
an inch and one half wide , connect tho
two tidies backo back with the puff ,
then a portion of the satin over the top ,
so as to form the before mentioned parts
into a bag ; attach strings either to draw
or remain stationary. You can line if
? ou wish.
Currant Jelly Sauce. Three table-
? poonfnls of butter , one onion , one bay
leaf , one sprig of celery , two table-
spoonfuls of vinegar , half a cupful of
currant jelly , one pint of stockand
some salt and pepper. Cook the butter
and onion until the onion begins to
color ; add the flour and herbs and stir
until brown ; add stock and vinegar ,
and simmer for twenty minutes. Strain
and put the jelly into the dish , stirring
it over the fire until it melts.
To make lemon marmalade slice the
lemons very thin , only taking out the
seeds ; add tiirce pints of cold water to
each pound of fruit , after being cut in
pieces ; let it stand twenty-four hours ;
boil it until tender : pour into an earthen
bowl until the following day , weigh it ,
and to every pound of boiled fruit add
one and one half pounds of lump sugar ;
boil the whole together until the syrup
jellies and the chips are rather trans
parent.
*
Tapioca Puddingpith Peaches.
Wash half a pint of small tapioca , p ut
it in a small double boiler , add a liberal
quart of boiling water , and boil half an
hour. Take a can of peaches , put them
n a pan. add one-quarter of a pound of
powdered sugar , asaltspoonful of mixed
ground spice , two ounces of butter and
the grated rind of a lemon. Pour the
tapioca over the fruit , bake to a delicate
brown , and serve hot or cold , with
srcam or foaming sauce.
Fig Pudding. Half pound figs , quar
ter pound suet , half pound bread
crumbs , two ounces flour , six ounces
brown sugar , a little grated nutmeg ,
two eggs and a little milk. Mince tho
figs and the sugar verfinely , and mix
them with the bread crumbs , flour , su
gar and nutmeg. Salt all these well
together , then beat up tl-e eggs until
light , add them , with a little milk , to
the mixture and put it into a buttered
mold , tying it tightly over with a thick
cloth. Boil for four hours and serve
with wine sauce.
Rice Cream. One cup of rice boiled
soft , but not to a paste. Two cups of
milk , four eggs , a cup of sugar , vanilla
extract , a cup of whipped cream.
Make the eggs and sugar into a custard ,
season with vanilla. Scald the milk
first , pour this upon the beaten eggs
and sugar , and cook until it thickens
well. While still hot beat in the rice ,
season with vanilla , and let it get al
most cold before you beat in the whipped
cream. Set to "form in a wet mold on
ice. When you are ready for it turn
out on a glass dish. Pass' brandied
peaches and light cakes with it.
Xot a Poetess.
Judge Dusenberry took tea at the
Sykes mansion on Fifth avenue one
night last week. Conversing with Miss
Sykes , Judge Dusenberry remarked :
"I am delighted. Miss Sykes with the
poetry of your friend. Mfss Skimmer-
horn , but , of course , you yourself don't
write poetry. "
"How doyou know I don't write poet
ry ? " replied Miss Sykes , somewhat
piqued , for she has written a number of
poems for publication.
"I know you are not a poetess , be
cause as a rule , all ladies who Tvrite
poetry are very homely. ' '
"You are quite right. Judge Dusen
berry , " replied Mrs. Sykes , with great
dignity , "the cares of the household
preclude me from cultivating tho
muses , even if I were ever so much
disposed to do so. " ' Texas Siftings.
Seventeen counties are represented at the
Northern California citrus fair at Sacramento.
There are over live hundred exhibitors and
countless varieties of fruit.
Hares are not caught by the sound of the
drum.
