TOPICS OF THE TIME!
A CHOICE SELECTION OF IN
TERESTING ITEMS.
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aef Mews Metes.
S "Coem Id thli world too often
meant failure Id the next
If the cat bad win?, no birds
would be left In the air. If every
one had what he wished for, who
would have anything
Nothing: can hide from me the
conviction that an Immortal sou
need for its sustenance something
we than visiting and gardening,
ami novel rra ling, and crochet needle,
and the occasional manufacture ol
sponge-cake.
tiE public cannot too clearly un
derstand that medical, science has
notnitiir more valuable to offer than Its
non-mcdlclnal suggestions, grounded
on clinical and laboratory research
health maiim which, aa the Paris
profligate told his doctor, "any fool
know" something of, and which it
may be added, ail fools decline to pay
for except In bitter personal eiperi
ence. A 1. 1. lines of business must be run
systematically in order to attain the
best results. It will not do to let
one thing after another pllc.up until
one is literally overwhelmed- It is
host to go through with everything
in a systematic manner. Take up
each item In Its regular order and
work well while you work. Itcerca
Hon that U taken when you are
conscious that you have done the
work of the day faithfully is always
swcete-it
MV'KE people witnessed the funeral
pageant of Mayor Harrison than ever
looked upon such a pageant before.
At the funeral of Garfield, in Cleve
land, the people had to be massed
along Euclid avenue. At .the funeraf
of General Grant, in New York, the
crowds lined Broadway from the bat
tery to liiverside l ark. At Harri
son's funeral the crowds filled tho
down-town streets, lined Jackson
street for two miles, packed Ashland
avenue t r naif a mile, and then
lined Washington und Randolph for
two miles, and Dearborn street and
avenue for three mllesout to L'ncolo
Park.
The story of the operations Id the
Hanover gambling bell of which
Duke Guenther, V e brother of the
German Express, is reported to have
been a figure-head, reads like a page
from the Memoirs of Harry Lyndon.
It shows that fast life In the closing
days of the nineteenth century does
not differ much from that in the same
country a hundred and fifty years
airo. If the hundreds of thousands
of intelligent Republicans in Ger
many do not make great capital of
this eipoeure of the rottenness of the
Empire and the Imperial clique, they
will show that they don't kDow how
to use a good chance.
Dr. Johnson wisely said, "He who
waits to do a great deal of good at !
once will never do anything." Life
Is made up of little things. It is but
nnce in an ai?e that occasion is offered
for a great deed. True greatness j
consists in being great In little
things. We should be willing to do
little good at a time, and never
wait to doa greatdeal of good at once.
If we would do much good in the j
world, we must be willing to do good
in little things, little acts, one after
tnotb r, speaking a word here, glv-
lair help there, and settln a good '
example at all times; we must do the
Hrst good thing we can, and then the
next, and so keep on doing.
Hit la dead. We shall look no more
on tne coiossai iorm ni iiiang, uie
Chinese giant The seasons majr
come and go with their burdens of
toll and sorrow, but they wlU carve
no more wrinkles In his saddle-colored
cheek. His ears are dulled for
ever to the blare or fame's trumpet,
and bis large Mongolian heart will
throb never again with sympathy for
the living skeleton or the stunted
dwarf that was wont In by-gone
times to act as a foil to the enhance
ment of his own personal grandeur.
Chang was not as tall by about
eleven leet as he was represented on
Mr. Ilarnum's glowing canvas, but he
was altltudlnous enough to extort the
admiration and wonder of mankind
and to earn a respectable salary.
Peace to bis Ilrobdignaglan bones!
Tim good men of Britain are be
coming alarmed over the Influx of
destitute foreigners which it is be
lleved will follow the closing of the
World's Fair. There appear!) to be
no law In England by which paupers
can be prevented from landing, nor
can they be refuted admission into
the poor-houses. Already at South
ampton, where several destitute Ger
mans recently landed and have since
been supported In the poor-bouae at
the cost of the local tax-payera, the
1 1 . 11... . . - '
GermMi Consul, on being appealed
to, ut tared that b had do funds to
end i aupers home, and the German
Embassador and Consul General in
London made a similar answer. En
glishmen are generally beginning to
doubt the wisdom of slavish adher
ence to the old formula of 'the
sacred right of asvlum."
Whether folding beds are inher
ently dangerous or not, the fate of
laisy lierrf of Chicago is a warning
that they should !c carefully handled.
This young woman was killed 1 ause
of the playfulness of her brother.
They seized the .not of the bed upon
which she was lying and pu let it
suddenly to startle her. The action
overbalanced the upright portion of
the bed and the contrivance closed
up like a jackkoife, breaking the
girl's neck. Tticre have been other
deaths caused by the vagaries of fold
ing beds. Young children liaveleu
shut up in them and smothered to
death, and older persons have been
crushed by th' upsetting of thi pon
derous headboards, weighted with
hundreds of pounds of Iron. It is
evideut that these space-saving con
trivances must be used with the
greatest care. Certainly they are ex
tra hazardous mediums for practical
joking. 1
Reform may be carried too far or
it may lie undertaken in a spirit or by
methods open to serious aoubt The
'prominent lad es" of Osceola, Neb.,
who, for the greater glory of God,
organized a White Cap band and
flogged certain young women whose
actions were n it edifying, seem to
have made a n ist.ikc At all events
they are in jail some of them Itc
cause they can't get out, others be
cause they refuse to accept liberty on
bail. The unregenerate portion of
the community will no doubt enter
tain the hope that the pious ladies
may lemain In ja'l for some time.
Salvaflin by the White Cap route is
not attractive to the average sinner,
nor even to the religionist who Is not
yet sutllclently sanctified to appreci
ate the efficacy of horsewhipping as
a means of grace. The proceeding
smacks too much of the methods of
the late Mr. Torqucmada, of p'ous
memory, and it Is -to be hoped Jhat
his Osceola imitators will be brought
to realize that they have made amis-
take, even if It shall be necessary to
keep them in Jail several months to
accomplish that end.
Onk of the most cunningly organ
Ized cliques of criminals ever known
has len unearthed in Germany
through the efforts of the German
press. It Is a peculiarity of crime In
that country that It avails itself to
the utmost of the intelligence which
there abounds. Even in New York,
experts have estimated that one
third of the higher criminals, whose
portraits adorn the rogues' gallery,
are men of good education, and the
proportion is even greater In lierlin.
Not only the burglars, counterfeiters,
and pickpockets, but even the tramps,
In that city receive systematic in
struction, speak a secret l.ngo. and
stand in constant communication
with each other for mutual assistance
and escape in times of danger. Such
bands of lawbreakers can, of course,
accomplish far more harm to prop
erty than disunited burglars or those
who work in small gangs. The ell jue
which bas Just been run to the
ground dealt In the forgery of seals,
stamps, and passports, to be used for
criminal purposes. Its operations
have extended over all Europe and
into America for ten or a do en
years. Their discovery is one more
tribute to the far reaching power of
the press.
One of the blessings that we may
possibly derive from the fiscal Incon
veniences from which we are suffer
ing, is a modi Qcatiou of our scale of
living. For the last fifteen years
(says Life) we have gone on building
bigger and finer bouses, and spending
more and more money in their main
tenance and on our pleasures. All
sorts of novel luxuries have become
necessary to us, until now, when a
aqueeze has come, there is a general
wall over the Inadequacy of reduced
incomes to meet our fixed expenses.
We learn no more of tho ocarclty of
house servants. For the first time
in years, the supply ex eods the de
mand. Horses of good character and
respectable antecedents are eagerly
offered at such prices that impover
ished owners are wondering If there
is any real objection to turning horse
flesh into tiecf. Families that Und
themselves too poor to stay at home
are planning to go abroad, and doubt
less we shall presently see American
families, now abroad, returning home
to avail themselves of the low rents
In the United States, It is not a
state of matters to glory In, but its
Immediate effect will be to simplify
our habits, and that will be good for
us in the end, even though the pro
cess It uncomfortable.
When a man It consplclout at a re
former, It usually develops that It la
20 a night at a lecturer that be to
aftr-
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Whv Tonne T'eople Drift from (he Country
to the City How to Get Kid of Corh-roarhn-Hi-ouse
Turk eyi Things to K
Beinbrr, Mklnc Farm Mfe Attractive.
The great deve'opmentof the coun
try that began almost immediately
after the war of the rebellion drew a
large uu m!r of farmers' sons to the
cities. Many of them were attracted
by the advantages offered In busi
ness and otlie s had len unfitted for
the quiet li e of the country by their
experience while in tne army, mis
current still tets steadily cityward,
and Its results were realized In the
last census, when one third of the
population of the country was found
In cities of k.oou people and over. It
has been increased by the abandon
ment of nearly all the old-time
amusements that were once In use in
tho countiy. The singing school, the
apple-paring bee, the busking bee.
and the other forms of innocent
amusement that were in vogue
tweuty-flve years ago have nearly all
gone Into aisuse.
When the barrenness, the Isolation
and the hard work of farm life are
t ken into account, and the attrac
tions which city lire offers to the
young, the past drift away from the
country is easily explained. Hut it
is l.kely that this force it being spent,
and that anoi her census will see a
smaller pe centage of the population
of the country than now li iing in the
cities. The overcrowding, the lack
of work and ttic hardship that must
be endured by the poor in cities are
preaching their sermons and turning
the attent on of many to the country.
The progress of science an 1 invention
are also certain to take much of the
isolation from life In, the countrv.
The cru-ade for good roads which
promt -es in the near future to substi
tute well-built highways for the
muldv, rutty countrv roads of today
Is one means. The constant cheap
ening of electricity, which must soon
girdle the country highways with
roads, is another means; and the
bicycle, which every farmer's boy and
girl ought to know how to ride, Is a
third means of placing the farm in
encap, quick, and easy communica
tion with other farms, and with the
town and city also.
Eveiy means that will tend to
spread the people over the country ,
and restore farm life to its former
dignity and contentedncss ought to j
be encouraged. The American peo-
pie would be happier and more health- j
ful, their lives would be purer and j
more useful, If the old e,ulibrlum;
between the city and the country j
were brought back again. The In- j
creash'g disposition of well-to-do peo-
pie to go to the country early and i
stay late will act as an Incentive to i
draw other peoile there by aiding to
the social advantages. The greater
security and comfort of life on the
farm over city life no one ca.i dls-j
pute, and if to these features the j
means for more healthful amusement
and more frequent mingling with :
men can be added, the health, wealth, j
and happiness of the Nation will be j
increased many fold. Philadelphia!
Press. i
Bronze Turkey.
The bronze turkeys usually are the
best for raising, as they can be mace
to produce very tender, sweet meat,
while their carcasses when properly !
fattened are very heavy. In fact, !
they surpass all other breeds, both In ,
weight aiiu nar.iiness. ine young
turkeys lcfore this time should be
good-sized birds, and those that have
gathered up a living on the farm and
in the tlelds and woods during the
summer aie in excellent condition
for the fattening lor the holidays. As
a rule, turkeys can And their living
In the woods and fields better than
chickens but they should not be kept
without grain feed too long. If they
have been accustomed tj the fat,
Juicy worms of summer they aie very
ready to make a change of diet The
fattening period for market should j
cover several weeka It is better to '
give them all they will eat for four
weeks than for two weeks. Give '
them good food only, for everything
that thev eat now goes lo make meat, ,
and if such things as onions, bitter
weeds, and decayed fruits and vegeta-' oil and flour dressing till a good coat
ble urn iriven to them their muat ! ing is obtained. When the latter
will have a bad odor and flavor. The
food during the fattening period
really bas much to do lu giving the
turkeys fine, white, well flavored
meat. Too much exercise Is also had
for them, and they should tie shut up
most of the time. Corn is the great
lattcning rood, and If one Is situated
that chestnuts are easily obtained it
is well to feed them on these, too.
They certainly flavor the meat a
little, and the turkeys are very fond
of them. I'lcnty of pure water and
milk help the turkeys at this time.
Sweet, rich milk Is good for them,
and they aro very fond of 1U Inde
pendent. Cockroaches.
I have been successful on several
occasions In ridding my house of!
these disgusting creatures, says a
correspondent In an exchange, and
can sympathize with housekeepers
who are a'lllctcd with their presence.
They abound mostly In the kitchen,
lu the neighborhood of tho sink and
range. 1 would, In the first place,
putty or plug up with wood all
cracks and holes that furnish harbor
ing places. Jn the second place 1
ould, the last thing In the evening
jefore retiring, by means of a bellows
fitted for the purpose, blow Insect
powder freely over tho floor and so as
to make a cloud In the air. This can
be done every other night at tint,
then les frequently; thla use of the
powder will also destroy all the Ale.
Lastly (and quite necessary for com
plete success) powdered borax must
be shaken in considerable quantity
on the floor all along the baseboard
of the waits so as to make a strip
about three or four inches in width.
This must not be swept up by a cook
who is anxious to have a neat kitchen,
but left for several days and then re
newed if found desirable I do not
know the philosophy of the use of
borax, but it is el cacious in banish
ing the Intruders.
Women aft Milker.
A correspondent in Country Gen
tleman says: We have seve.al times
had an arrangement with wives of
our tenants for milking morning and
evening, and have pld ten gents for
each service that is tweoty cents
per day. This is bas d upon an hour's
service at eaeb milking, at tne rate
of one d liar for a day's work. In an
hour's time a good milker ought to
milk ten cows. There are several
reasons why women are preferable for
milkers when they can be had, or
when a portion of the force can be
women. Their natural dexterity Is
greater than that of men, and they
will milk with more rapidity and
with greater ease to the cows, which
means that they will get mo e milk,
and the udders of the cows will be
kept In better condition,- The pes
ence of women at milking time checks
rude conversation and boisterous con
duct, and the ,uieter the stable can
be kept the better, e-pecially if vou
have any nervous cows. The men are
not apt to ueglect the thorough clean
ing of the stalls or brushing of the
cows In the occasional absence of the
prop letor if they know that women
are to aid in the milking. The aver
age man born, or long resident In
this country.looks upon every woman
as a lady, and entertains for her a re
spectful courtesy which keej him
upon his good behaviour Ip I. er pres
ence. Anyone will be making a good
move in introducing as uianv women
as he can among his milkers."
Salve for Tree Wo ind.
Tree trimming is in order, and
many limbs will be cut off unavoid
ably, No stump should be left, btit
the cut should be made close to the
trun't ind the would should be
painted thoroughly as sooa as it has
seas med for a few weeks. Left to
decay in the weather, it will soon ad
mit water to the heart of t'.ie tree,
when rapid and certain destruction
follows. No preparation Is as cheap
to buy and apply, and none more
e licient than good white or red lead
and linseed oil. A very little mineral
paint may be added if desired to make
the paint somewhat harder. Use no
turpentine. Some make the mistake
of painting the wound when it is made.
Paint and oil cannot adhere to a wet
surfa e, but will peal oif, or will let
sap and water blister beneath it.
Very soon the application Is value
less. 1 have never detected any ill
e.ects from such use of paint Ex
change.
" Things to Remember.
Tea-trays and all japanned goods
should be cleaned with a sponge wet
with warm water and a little soap.
Lay a drain from the cellar which
will keep it dry. It will make It a
more suitable place for storing pro-
visio s and more healthful to live
above.
Half the battle in washing dishes
is keeping the dish-cloths and towels
clean. Washing out once a week in
ammonia water should never be neg
lected. Ii'rt about time for the little red
ant, but If you will tie lumps of
camphor in pa'erand leave them
about his favorite haunts, you will
ward off tne ym,,..
To take iron mold out of lioen
bold the spots over a tankard of
boiling water and rub with juice of
sorrel and salt, and when the cloth is
thoroughly wet dip quickly In lye and
wash at once.
Aktici.es of food that are dampor
juicy should never be left In paper.
' l'aper is merely a compound of rags,
glue, lime and similar substances,
with acids and chemicals Intermixed,
and when damp is unlit to touch
things that are to be eaten.
A free application of soft soap to
afresh bum almost instantly re
moves the tire from the flesh. If the
injury is very severe, as soon as the
pain ceases apply linseed oil, and
then dust over with fine flour. When
this covering dries hard, repeat the
dries, allow It to stand until it cracks
and falls off. as It will do In a day or
two, and a new skin will be found to
have been formed where the skin was
burned.
Modern Rip Van Winkles.
Two Neapolitan brigands, Vircenza
Cleco and dluseppe Hosa, have lieen
recently set at lilierty after forty
years' Imprisonment It Is impossl
ble to desciluc their astonishment at
the sight of the railways, telegraphs,
tratnwa s, and other modern inven
tlons, which had not been drcmpt of
in their younger days. Still, they
are not happy They co tiplain that
when walking in the streets of Naples
they do not meet a single face the
j n0Wi
not even that of a former
victim. Slgnor Grl-pl represents
paternal government; and the for
lorn condition of the poor follows
having awakened bit smpathy, he
has furnished them with the means
to return to their native mountains
,
Hank Note l'aper.
The Bank of Kngland note is not
of the same thickness all through.
The pancr is thicker in the left-hand
comer, to enable It to take a better
and sharper impression of the vig;
nette there, and is also considerably
thicker in the dark shadows of the
center letters and urfier the figures
at the ends. Counterfeit notes aro
Invariably of one thickness. Chicago
Tribune.
FASHIONS IN FURS.
MUFFS OF IMMENSE SIZE ARE
TO BE WORN.
Thoae Pretdfol Whole "Bcastles" Which
Were 80 Popular u TippeU Lest Winter
Are to A fain Bedeck the Keeks or
Women Tble Season.
Gossip from Gay Goth mm.
New York correspondence:
URRIERS must be
hearties') men, for
again this winter
they plan to bedeck
he tnroats of fair
a id gentle women
1 ith those dreadful
hole "beasties"
hich ware so rop
.tar as tippets last
winter. Tney are
no longer litt'e. but
a e so big now that
o.ms wondere how
tne women dare put
them n. They
come at all prices,
too, from a cheap
marten, which,
it las! is really pus-
cat, to Hudson
sable. These last are dejp-furred and
oft and comprise the whole aiimal,
two little paws dangling io front with
the head and two at the back with the
little tall, any one of them t nougb to
make a woman cry for pity. But what
has a woman to do with pity where
furs are concerned?
An odd feature of fashionable fur
usage Is that tne amount 01 iur dis
played in any one costume is wnony bi
the' dis-c etion of the wearer. Thus, a
woman may be enveloped in a wi ap
that comes almost to the ground, and
cover tier Deaa Wltn a Dai iiuerany
trimmed tfith the same pelt, or she
may, as in the costume of the initial
picture, let the only bit of fur In her
make-up appear in a narrow band about
iicrrs about this pizb.
the brim of her felt hat. In general,
the latter method is, perhaps, more in
accordance with current acceptances,
but both are permissible. Tho gar
ment which the fur-trimmed hat ac
companies is a coat of red cheviot. It
consists of a coat proper, which but
tons invisibly in front, to which is at
tached a circular cape which leaves a
yoke-like portion of tho coat exposed.
This yoke is covered with black all
over embroidery, which also appears
on the c illar. The latter is stiffened
with crinoline and has a rolling edge.
The lace cape Is one hundred and
thirty-five inchos wide and eighteen
inches deep, and the seam that joins
the lace and cloth cape to the coat is
covered with a full ribbon ruching. Be
sides tho edging of fur the hat, vhich
is in a. shade of paris green, has its
low crown encirc ed by a velvet band,
and two velvet points and a pale green
bird's head are placed in front. Be
hind' these come two black and green
changeable Mercury wings with a fan
like aigrette.
A wearer whose choice is for more
display of fur than can be put upon a
hat is she of the second illustration.
Her huge, handsome boa and the muff
are of Russian seal, soft, feecy and
beautiful. Muffs are promise! which
shall so closely follow 1830 styles as t)
be 3imply huge, but it is noUikely that
the early winter will see many such,
although the wee cold things which
paraded as muffs fn the reo snt past will
surely be abandoned. ,
Sable remains the choicest fur next
to ermine and is made up into hand
some deep capes, with or without but
terfly collars. There is a great differ
ence in the price of sable, and almost a
corresponding difference In length of
fur and softnoss of texture and color.
Sealskin always holds its place. This
season it is darker and silkier than
ever, and that means that it has been
extraordinarily subjected to dyeing
and (-craping. That In turn means that
vour sealskin will hardly look well a
season through. Therefore, if you
really want a real, you'd better have it
mail into a carte, because a cane vets
' Wm wear than doa a coat, having no
A COAT FUB-1DOBD.
flbevea to rub, no outside pockati 14
w r and a so etcapinf a good deal at
wear in sitting down that a ooat get.
If, however, your only ides Is to spend
moDjy and help your h unbind to
weather the preterit "financial crisis"
by wearing the tost and so inspiring
his creditors (all but the D3 who sold
you the cnati with confidence, then
have a sealskin f ro k c at. Let the
skirts be very full, the sleeves very
large at the should iit, and the revere
either faced with astrakhan or ermine.
Anyone would know that the little
girl of the next picture was new to her
muff, for she is not content with hold
ing it in its proper place, but must lift
ANOTHER rUKHBO WBAP.
it to her eyes to admire its pretty shade
of tan, rub it againi-t her chin to test
its softness and blow into it to satisfy
herself of its thickness. Many times
must the muff go through these approv
ing processes, and many confiding
smile must it receive before it begin
to age in it young wearer's app -eolation.
The fur here is beaver, and a
narrow edging of it is seen about the
horn, fronts, cuffs and cape of the coat.
Borne would add a strip of it to the hat,
but all such matters a e left to person
al choice. The coat ittelf is of cloth,
and lined wifi quilted pink satin, the
fronts and back bein pleated to a yoke.
Tho back has a wide box pleat held in
l)loo at the waist by a fancy braid
strap, and the slashed collar Is lined
with plain fdlk.
Ermine U being used chiefly in com
bination with other furs, notably with
seal. Very elegant frock coats of dark
seal have vests let in of ermine, and
the shoulder puff and collar of the
same. An ermine muff, too, should be
carried. Ermine also comes in seta
consisting of the big old-time muff of
our grandparents, a tippet also like the
ones the old-time dames wore, and
cuffs. Such a set is worn with a velvet
or seal cloak. Ermine is also used to
l:ne opera cloaks, the outside being In
delicate shades of toft silk or velvet.
A regal cape of seal reaching gener
ously below the hips is linod with er
mine and can be worn either side out,
the i a k side outside for the street
and the reverse for the theater.
In the fourth sketch there is another
fur trimmed wrap, worn with a boa
and muff to match. In this model, a
suitable one for young matrons, the
material is black cloth made up with
out lining. The circular double collar
c niists of cloth on the lower, and
gros grain on the upper side, the upper
AT ONCE A PltQTBCTlO.t AMD All ORNAMST.
collar coming down the fronts of the
wrap and being trimmed with jet.
This collar and the fitted fronts are
garnished with the fur.
Astrakhan is to be muoh worn and the
Persian c.;mes very high. The hair it
longer than ever and loosely curled.
One wonders if the cultivators of furf
have been dosing and rubbing theif
astrakhan animals all summer with hair
tonic stuffs. Astrakhan is made up In
frock coats and capes and is to be much
used for trimming cloth gowns. To
moot the craze for "black and white" it
is made up with ermine, but somehow
it does not look just right, for the
astrakhan reoms too common for theer
mine. Monkey is still used and it
cheaper than it was last year, but It la
most awfully ugly r.ow as always, and
after all not much nicer than its owfc
frequent imitator, dyed goat fur. Mar
ten, not unlike sable of the commoner
quality, it a good stand-by fur and in
expensive. A fur lately Introduced la
called Janet, and Is for lining long
cloaks. It is soft, almost too soft to
stand well the wear that comes on a
lining, of a delicate brown color and
not oxpenslve.
It would be hard to say whether the
furred front of the plush jacket In the
final picture Is more for ornament or
for protection. It has such a fragment
ary appearance that at first glanee II
would seem worthless as a security
against the cold, but it still Is a pro
tection for the chest, while being a
decided addition to the jacket's appear
anoe. That garment is made of black
f'lush, Is thinly wadded and lined with
dack satin merveilleux. The fur ti
Persian lamb.
Copyright, ISM.
The Farm.
The farm la one continuous experi
ment atatlon. A large measure of
the success reached by any farmer U
due to the knowledge gained from
tfals experimentation.