CHINESE BOYS HAPPY.
THIRTY OF THEM COMF. FROM
\ THE FLOWERY KINQDOM.
V
They Are Bright and Indnatrlone
Scholar! —Queer Impreulone Obtained
While ou the Journey—Astonished by
the Kallruada.
HE arrival of
thirty Chinese boys
a few days ago
threw the quiet
New Jersey village
of Metuchen into a
flutter of excite
ment, says the New
York Herald. These
little fellows have
been brought over
to this country by
the Rev. Huie Kin, a Chinese mission
ary, to be educated according to West
ern ideas. I made them a visit last
week. Before I left they handed me
a message written in Chinese.
This was written by Jeng Seung, a
bright-looking boy of 14. He is re
garded as the finest Chinese scholar
among them. He told me that if he
had remained in China he would be
ready this year to compete in the pub
lic examinations for official honors.
His tutor Is said to have strenuously
opposed his coming to America, main
taining that the boy’s future prospects
should not be lightly thrown away.
But his father set such a high value
on western education that he let the
boy go.
Chin Suns Wing is another of the
bright hoys. He. is 16 years old abd
has attended school in China since he
was 6. He was taken from one of the
mission schools at Canton, to which
he was admitted four years ago. His
father is a local Chinese preacher. I
succeeded in getting a connected ac
count of the journey from him. This
is his story, put into English:
“My father and mother are both liv
ing. I have five brothers. One of them
is now in Boston. I wrote home as
soon as we landed at San Francisco.
I wrote again after we reached here.
We had a nice time all the way. From
Hong Kong to Nagasaki every ode of
us was seasick. Then at Nagasaki the
Japanese made ail the passengers go on
shore and tak$ a bath. We did not
mind that a bit.
“From Yokohama to San Francisco
all of us felt well and were pot (Jessie k
at all. We had plenty of good things to
eat on board. The steward 'often
brought, us turkey, beef, lamb and
other things, and we just helped our
selves. We had a part of ship all to our
selves, and were allowed to go on the
upper deck and play ball with the other
passengers. Our steamer stopped at
Honolulu, but we did not go ashore.
When we reached San Francisco we
were kept on board the steamer three
days on account of some trouble with
the customs officials.
“We spent three weeks in San Fran
cisco. During that time we did nothing
but go sightseeing. We visited the mu
seums and public parks. We saw many
wonderful things. The merry-go-round
was one of them. We paid 5 cents and
took a ride on the wooden horses.
“There was a machine that puzzled
' us a great deal, and we got lots of fun
out of it. If you drop a nickel into It
the needle will whirl round a few times
and finally come to a standstill, point
ing to a certain figure which indicates
your weight. But if you don’t put a
nickel in it you may stand on the plat
form all day and the needle will not
move an Inch.
“We had heard so much about steam
cars in China that we were quite ex
cited when we got on board the train for
the first time. We had a special car
to ourselves. How the train flew over,
the track! I tried to count the tele
graph poles but had to give up after
awhile.
“Near Los Angeles we saw a number
of Chinese waving their hands at us.
We had to change cars at New Orleans.
.As we passed through Washington our
attention was called to a tall monument.
We took a look at it.
“When we were in China we heard a
good deal about how Americans ill
treated our people. Since our arrival
kindness has been shown us on every
side. Heaven must be a place some
thing like this.”
The boys still wear their native gar
ments but they are beginning to find
that these are not suitable to their
changed surroundings. While I was
there a little fellow had just bought
a pair of russet shoes and was showing
them to his admiring companions.
For amusement they played checkers,
kicked footballs and picked blackber
ries. Once a week an American friend
of theirs calls and gives them lessons
in baseball.
The boys are required to devote cer
tain hours every day to studying En
glish. For this purpose they a.« di
vided into three classes. They seem
to pick up English rapidly. By
September it is expected that they will
begin their studies in real earnest.
Smart S»t nn
A Venetian, who had never before lef„
♦he lagoons, found himself on an ani
mal which would not stir. Taking his
handkerchief out of his pocket h. held
it up and said: “No wonder this horse
does not go forward; the wind is
against him.” M. D.. who had known
Intimately St. Charles Borromeo dur
ing his lifetime, finding himself in great
danger from a tempest soon after the
canonization of his friend, said: “Help
me, St. Charles, because I knew you
when you were alive.”—Cornhill Maga
zine.
null In til* Mill',
- The woolen mills of New England
ard doing next to nothing.
GRAPHOPHONE IN POLITICS.
Bow It la Fropoaad to Rand Spoookot
on Th.lr Tnnli.
Tho phonograph or graphophone may
play an Important part in the coming
presidential campaign. A suggestion
has been made to Senator Jones, chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee, that he consider the matter of
buying or renting graphophones and
putting them to work for the demo
cratic ticket. Such a suggestion has,
in part, already been acted upon by the
republicans, and it remains to be seen
what Chairman Jones will do about the
matter. If he does not care to make
the national committee the official man
agers of such a unique campaign, other
persons may put the idea into opera
It la Bald that the republicans have
put the phonograph to work- In larger -
cities, supplying campaign songs lor
the amusement and edification of en
thusiastic republicans. The suggestion
to Chairman Jones, however, is of a
different nature. It is that himself,
Candidate Bryan and other noted silver
speakers make 10 or 15 minute speeches
for enrollment on the cylinders of the
graphophone. These will be taken and
put In machines which will be sent all
over the country. They will prove
double attractions, and, It is believed,
would draw large crowds. The graph
ophone Itself would prove Interesting
in all the smaller cities and towns of
the country, but, containing the
speeches of eminent men of the demo
cratic party, it would be sure to draw
large crowds.
The scheme is that democrats he
sent through the country with these
machines, advertising, like a show,
when they would be at a certain place.
When they had their audience In good
shape, .they would put on the big brass
tubes, and the speech would be almost
the same as if delivered by the man
himself. No charge would be made
•although the belief is expressed that if
there was a charge sufficient to pay
the expenses of the operator there
would be big crowds everywhere.
It is said that the republican cam
paign machines are made to pay their
own expenses, just like all the ma
chines in use for the public in gen
eral.
If the idea mentioned should be car- r
ried out, it would prove the most novel
scheme in the history of American pol
itics, and there is no telling what influ
ence it would have on the campaign.—
Washington Star. »
A NEW INDUSTRY.
Tha Small Boy Taking Advantage of
an Opportunity.
“Light yer lamp, mister? Light yer
lamp, miss?” is a cry constantly heard
at the entrance to Central Park, as ihe
signal of a new industry brought into
being by the rule requiring bicycles and
carriages to carry lamps at night. The
small boys who haunt convenient spots
where many vehicles pass make more
money lighting lamps than they do
selling papers. They get many nickels,
occasional dimes, and once in a while a
quarter. There are thrifty little finan
ciers among them, too, as there are
among boy business men generally. An
amusing example came to disaster in a
thrifty little scheme the other night.
He saw a cabman light his own lamp
with a match from a large and well
filled match-box. The boy had a cigar
ette stub just fished out of the gutter,
“Please, mister, may I light my cigar
ette at yer lamp?" “Sure,” replied the
cabman, and the boy balanced himself
on the cab wheel and lighted his cigar
ette deftly enough from the lantern.
But the lamp went out in the pro
cess. “Oh, mitter, the wind blew out
yer lamp,” exclaimed the boy, in ac
cents of distress. “That’s your fault,
you little imp,” growled the cabman;
“light it quick, will you?” The boy
protested that he had not a match, and
the cabman grumblingly passed him
one. It went out promptly, and anoth
er met the same fate. When the boy
had failed to light the lamp with a
third match, the cabman’s patience
came to an end.
"Look here, young feller,” he snarled,
“that's my last match, and you’ve put
my light out for your cigarette. Now,
if you’ve got no matches, you’d better
get some mighty quick and light that
lamp. See?” The boy trotted off and
bought a brx of matches, came back
and lit the lamp with the first one be
struck, and then resumed his calling,
while the cabman remarked that if a
boy wanted to make him give him a
handful of matches he would have to
get up a brighte- game than that.—New
York Times.
An Aftylnm Story.
This lunatic asylum story comes
from Glasgow. Two councilors of that
city were taken over a large asylum
the other day by one of the patients,
a safe man. He had led them to a
room to display a view from the win
dow, when some one shut the door,
with its self-acting lock, and the three
men were prisoners. The patient alone
preserved his composure. While the
councilors clamored to be released, he
remarked:
‘‘If I were you. I would be quiet.”
No help coming the councilors grew
desperate, beads of perspiration stqod
n their brows and they fairly yelled.
‘‘If 1 were you," repeated the patient,
soothingly, “I would keep quiet.” <
‘‘But we're no daft,” pleaded one of
the visitoro.
‘Moots, non! That’s what I said
masel’ w-hen I was brocht in.”—New
York Tribune.
St. Lonl. After the Record.
The other day a baby was born in a
street car in St. Louis. That town is
determined to keep up the pace which
it struck when it corraled the Repub
lican national convention.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
: “ > 1
INTERESTING . CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Haw SaecMRrat Furman Operate This
Department of th« Farm—A Few
Hints us to th« Curs of Ltvs Stock
and Poultry.
N our desk lie two
letters which treat
on the same subject
but which are very
much aat variance.
The one defends
the incubator and
the other the hen,
says the editor o f
Western Farm
Journal. The incu
bator champion
■ays ne has grown tired oi russy sitting
hens, of eggs broken in the nest, and
chicks trampled to death. Just when
you want a broody hen, none can be
found, and when you do not want any,
all of them have the fever. The other
fellow says he tried artificial incuba
tion one season and he has enough. No
more weak or roasted chicks for him;
he has grown tired of getting up at
night to look after an incubator,
and he cannot stand 50 per cent
hatches and under. We are friends of
both. While we do not believe that
the incubator can give us as good gen
eral hatches as the hen can, while we
know there is more or less trouble to
run a machine, we also know that at
tending to fifty to one hundred hens
will occupy more time than running
three large incubators, and that the
results will be about equal. We also
know that market poultry culture never
received the proper boom until the in
vention of good incubators, and we be
lieve that the lack of good incubators
In England is the sole cause of the fail
ure of poultry farms there. Incubators'
have an Important mission. They give
us chicks wholesale, and they do their
work at all times of the year. It may
not be necessary for farmers to engage
in artificial hatching, but if they want
to add a winter pursuit to farm opera
tions,, they will find it necessary, un
less egg farming is to be the mainstay.
We are often asked which is the most
profitable, for the farmer to undertake,
egg farming or broiler raising. We
think thait the chances for success are
about equal. We know of farmers who
make broiler raising the adjunct. They
buy their eggs of neighboring farmers,
and hatch only during the winter, so
that by the time the regular farm work
begins they have disposed of all the
stock, and the houses are cleaned and
made ready for another season. Of
course, on these farms, incubators and
brooders are used. We, too, know of
farmers who each spring hatch out pul
lets which they grow to maturity, or
rather get to laying by November, and
these furnish a lot of eggs during the
winter, at the very time they are bring
ing the most money. Each year they
hatch out new pullets, and each year
they market, as roasters, those used
last year. Both plans are good ones
where poultry is to be merely a branch
or a crop of the farm. For general
poultry farming there must be some
thing different. Poultry farms, to be
sure of success, must have a regular
Income; there must always be some
thing for sale. For that reason thor
oughbreds are advised, and the
branches of eggs, broilers and roasters
are used.
Improved Fowls.
Texas Rarm and Ranch says: The
greatest improvement that can be made
in chickens is by careful selection and
breeding from those specimens which
possess the qualities desired. We hold,
in the interest of utility that the best
fowls of all are those which possess the
best table and laying qualities. Next
to these come general uniformity in ex
ternal appearance, which causes them
to sell to better advantage, but add
nothing to the value of the fowls in the
hands of the consumer. This improve
ment requires only common sense and
care. No technical or scientific knowl
edge is required. Let the hens be care
fully watched and their laying habits
carefully noted; from the best layers
save breeders, male and female, reject
ing-'those that are badly lacking in
color or form, even if excellent layers.
This is merely a concession to buyers
j who prefer uniform lots. If any mani
| fest superior table qualities note
whence they come, and watch with a
view of duplicating these qualities.
Commence always with an established
breed, but give eggs and flesh prefer
ence over standard points, unless you
wish to compete for prizes in a show.
In that case everything must give way
to a consideration of standard require
ments. Eggs and flesh don't count in
a poultry show. In this way every
farmer can improve his fowls and make
them more and more profitable as the
process continues. Every year or two
years a fresh cock of the breed used*
should be introduced to prevent weak
ening by Inbreeding. This adv'*' will
give some of the poultry writers an
attack of cacoethes scribendi and they,
notwithstanding they know that this
theory of improvement is sound, and
that they apply it to the development i
of standard points, will denounce it,
misrepresent it, and become as mad as '
a sitting hen, because it does not suit j
their views, nor promote what they
consider their interests.
Butter for Britain.—Last year the
United Kingdom imported butter to
the value of over 15,000,000 per month.
For the first eight months of the year
her exact expenditures for butter were
$46,043,572.12. Of this amount the
United States received the magnificent
total of less than 1 per cent, exactly
$365,970.53. When It is remembered
that we are within seven days of the
English market and have low rates and
refrigerator facilities in the steamers,
this is a poor showing.
7-“
Ratter-Mnking without let.
"One great advantage the creamery
has over the private dairy le In a sup
ply of Ice to use In hot weather,” says
a writer In Epltomlsl. “Ice In a cream
ery comes so near a necessity that few
would undertake to run one without
Ice. But an abundant supply of water
will answer the purpose. It takes lon
ger to cool with water than it does to
throw a lot of ice into the cream, but
there are objections to cooling by put
ting ice into the cream. The reports
from all markets now contain the infor
mation that most of the creamery but
ter has defects, due to hot weather.
And yet the creameries all have Ice.
In the private dairy it is much easier
to get along without ice. In the first
place no cream has to be carted along
the road in hot weather and become
heated. In the second place there is
less cream to cool and, therefore, less
water will be needed. In the third
place the cows need water, and the
water used to cool the dairy house can
be run through it and go to the cows,
so there is no extra water needed to
cool the cream. In the fourth place a
large tank of water should stand in the
dairy house and the cream can be set
lh this and it will keep cool and need
no extra cooling. When the butter
comes, cold water Is necessary, not ice.
If the wind blows, this problem is al
reaay solved on lowa iarms, rur iuey
have windmills to pump tor stock and
the stock water can run through the
dairy house. But if the wind will not
blow at that time, then hand pump
ing must be resorted to for the supply,
or other provisions made. No hand
pumping is done for our dairy. A tread
power stands in a power house near by
and a shaft runs through the dairy
house. If cold water is desired when
zephyrs are asleep, a horse Is led into
the tread and he does the work. No
ice is desired for butter-making with
such conveniences. Pure, fresh, cold
water suits better than stale water
made cold with ice. A refrigerator is
in the dairy house also. No ice is used
In it, but simply cold water. Instead
of putting cold water into this refrig
erator, the refrigerator is put into the
cold water. It is a galvanized iron
tank inside of the water tank, and the
water passing through this water tank
for all stock purposes keeps butter
hard and nice In the refrigerator. In
hot, still weather, there is no trouble,
for, if the wind is missing, the supply
: of water is kept up by a horse-power
for stock, and so the water in the dairy
house tank is always cold.”
Roles for Filled Cheesr.
The commissioner of Internal rev
enue, with the approval of the secre
tary of the treasury, has issued a series
of regulations for the enforcement of
the act imposing a tax upon filled
cheese and regulating its manufacture,
sale, importation and exportation. The
regulations prescribe that on the day
when the act goes into effect—Sept, i
4, 1896—all filled cheese in the hands I
of dealers must he in wooden packages ;
of not lesB than ten pounds each and j
every dealer must make, under oath, !
a written Inventory of all packages oil j
hand' on that date containing ten !
pounds or more of filled cheese. The ;
regulations further prescribe that the ‘
dealer must procure from the collector |
of internal revenue and affix to each i
package the proper tax-paid stamp. ■
The dealer will then cancel the stamp.
In the cancellation the words and fig- j
ures must not be defaced. On the 4th
of September, or as soon thereafter as ,
practicable, the Internal revenue of- i
fleers will travel over their respective
districts, report the stock in the hands
of dealers and seize all that is not
found duly marked, branded aad
stamped. The collector. will keep a
record of all filled cheese produced in
his district and of the quantity re
moved from manufactories for con
sumption or sale. He will also render
to the commissioner of internal rev
enue a monthly return of production,
withdrawals and stock on hand. It is
expected that the coupon stamps repre
senting the pound tax on filled cheese
will' be in the hands of collectors of,
Internal revenue for sale as early as
Aug. 15, 1896, and that blank forms for j
manufacturers and dealers will also |
be ready for distribution by that date. ’
Th» lloff D«manUfl<l. (
Hog production does not excite as
much enthusiasm as in some times not
very distant, as the market is down,
but this is a fluctuation incident to
most food products, says Northwestern i
Farmer. It is not wise to lose faith j
in the improving hog. The experiment 1
station in Iowa is beginning expcri- !
mcnts with the hog, with a view to !
producing a hog that iB comparatively
lean and adapted to the present exi- ,
gencies. The use of substitutes for
lard and the demand for a belter class
of pork are the incentives to produce i
a different animal. Prof. Wilson, of
the Ames station, is lining up material >
for the hog he thinks the farmers !
should grow. He has imported from i
England specimens of several breeds
of the bacon hog, the Yorkshire, the 1
English Tamworth, Jersey, Duroc, and
crosses between the Poland China and
these breeds and the Chester Whites
and these breeds. It is a good work.
Food and Color of Milk.—The color
of milk is imparted by a chemical com
pound containing nitrogen. A yellow
color may accompany either a high
or a low per cent of fat. It does not
necessarily follow that a yellow-tinged
mlllc is richer in fat than a lighier
colored one, because the color is not
necessarily due to the amount of fat
in the milk. The coloring matter in
milk is influenced by the nature of the
food consumed, and also by the special
peculiarities of the cow. The milk
dealers in the eastern cities sometimes
take advantage of the popular Idea
that a yellow tinge indicates a rich
milk, and so they use just a little an
netto to impart the desired color.—
Harry Snyder.
An Knglioh ( nrn Sulaa.
An adaptation of an English corn
salad made by a celebrated English
cook consists of the sued corn cut
from the cpb and boiled until tender in
a little water, milk, salt, pepper and
butter. Drain the corn ana set on ice
until eery cold and serve with a sauce
made in the following manner: Mix
the yolks of three eggs with one-fourth
of a pint of olive oil, and add to it one
half teaspoonful of English mustard, a
tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar, a
dozen raw oysters cut tine and rubbed
through a puree seive, a dash of papri
ka, a slice of onion chopped very fine
and a gill of cream whipped until stiff.
—New York Post
Piso's Cure for Consumption Is our only
medicine lor coughs and colds.—Mrs. C.
Belts. 48D 8th Ave., Denver, Col., Nov. 8,’96.
A Simple llajr Fever Remedy.
Sufferers from hay fever may.accord
ing to a German physician, often tem
per an attack by rubbing the ears
briskly when there is the slightest in
dication of fullness in the nose. The
rubbing should be thorough, and until
the ears grow red and hot. The reme
dy is simple enough to insure a trial,
and, if even moderately efficacious, will
warrant its wide passing from one vic
tim to another.—New York Times.
When bilious or costive, eat a cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. 10c,
25c.
Dainty Toilet Article for Baby.
A tortoise-shell puff box and brush
are newer for the baby’s basket than
are tose of either silver or ivory. Very
elaborate ones have an initial or the
monogram in gold. A soap box may
be added to match them, and some
times a tiny comb is put with the
brush, though few young babies have
hair long enough to require one.—
Ladies’ Home Journal.
Heg«man't Camphor Ice with Glycerin*.
The original and only Konulne. Cum Chapped Hands
and race. Cold Son*. At. c. a. Clark Co.JJ.Havon.Ct.
It is always said at this time of the year
that the coming winter will be the most se
vere ever experienced._
Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowela Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
It is better to starve and be rijht, than
to beast and be wrong.
YOU
HAVE
BACKACHE
Get Rid of It!
It Is • sign that yon have Kid
ney Disease; Kidney Disease,
If not checked, leads to Bright's
Disease,
and Bright's
- niepnco
Kills!
Because ’ the Kidneys break
down and pass away with
the urine. .. ..
Heed the Danger Signal
and begin to cure your Kidneys
to-day by taking
Large bottle or new style smaller one
at your druggist a.
9100 Kfwxr'i 9100.
The readers of thl* pupor will be pleased
to learn that tlieie I* ai least one d moled
(Il*en»e that science ha* been able to cure
In all Hostages, nnd.thar, J* iivturth Hall’s
Catarrh I* the only posItHe cure hhowu to
tho inedirtil fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, require* ucormtjtii
tloiinl treatment. Hull* Catarrh toiela
tnko i internally, actlnir dlier.tly upon lbs
blood and inuntinu* surfa esof the KVsteia.
thereby desiru.vins the Inundation of the,
discuss and riving the patient rtrcnqth by]
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing It* work The prop-lstoro
have so much talth in Its curative powers
that they offer cine Hundred Holla"* foe
any case that It falls to cure. Send for IM
or testimonials.
. Address,
' V. J. CHENEY * CO„ Toledo. OU
Fold by Druggists, 7. cents.
“Preliminaryopenings” are hfLitsj^idraiP
fair shoppers earlier in the 'season than
usua'. __ 1 *
The taylor maid.of tho autumn'• -wilt otf*
thuse over the special four-in-baadi'ties. de*
signed for her use. ; « .,
Juat try a 10c box of CWUrtts, tbd
finest liver and bowel regulator eveff
made*, . to-t'i • (,
Gratttnde seems to be a quan tally ipoe*‘
aed by vary few. .
Petunia and apple green are the prddomat
inating shades lit everything. „
Naked Pills
•re fit only, for naked sav
ages. Clothe* are the mark*
of civilization—in pills os 4-ell
aa people. A good coat-doSa
not make a good pill, any more
than good clothes make a good ’
man. But aa aure aa you’d
look on a clothesless man as a
mad one, you may look qn'a
coatleas pill as a bad onq.
After fifty years of test no
pills stand higher than
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Cathartic Pills
; ! fiUOAR COATED. ! ’
Pullman Manr Built
purs
Than those used foe
the it u r 1 i n irtoq
Route's personally
conducted once -a*
week excursions to
Californio.
That is one r«a>
son why you* should
patronise them when you go west.
Other reasons are: The time is fast—*
cars are not crowded—excursion con*
ductors and uniformed porters accom
pany each party—the ’scenery en route
is far and away the finest on the t’lobs,
The excursions leave Omaha every
Thursday morning and go thro' to Han*
Francesco and Loa Angeles without
change.
For full information about ratea.cto,
write to .1. Francis,
Gan. Agt. Burlington Route,
Omaha, Xctx
SOUTH
WEST
The test fruit section in the West.
MISSOURI.
Me
drouths A failure of crops never Unown.
Abundance of
Mild climate. Productive soil,
good pure water. u! t
For Maps and Circulars giving -fWl d^orlp
tlon of the Rich Mineral. Fruit usd jtsji ieulttt-.
ral Lauda in South West Missouri, ,'vritt to
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Land and Live Stock Company, Nea-fco. New
ton Co., Missouri. ■-'G9r
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“Battle Ax” is popular with all
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low price at which it is sold*
The people of the United States
know a good thing when they see
it, and they wonft pay 13 cents for
other high grade tobaccos while they j
can get “Battle Ax” for 5 cents*
