EOUBAKD THE FARM
NMHTMCNT MAM l"
flat tt ammia
ta Ben W a "Bll
fiM frost Bar.'
iilft Crnna
assail Pralu.
fcarly fall I an excileot time to
act out small frntU and provide
against the lack of i boi which we
felt so keenly during the heated
tart Kesptajrrie. blackberries and
urraou. are all deservedly popular
aod i.oaltby food, and they possess
the g real nierllof re oinng very lit
tle cultivation.
blackberries aod raspberries mar
ba iirowo on any aoil except a very
heavy clay or one that i liable to re
main water-soaked. They are gen
amilv nroruirated bv cuttings and
hould be planted mi as to allow the i
roots to tirow before tne grounu
freeze It Is considered beneficial
to cut oac the cane to within in
laches of the grouod after planting
The, earth should ie pressed ttrmly
about ibt-m so th t the soil aod roots
way come into close contact Hasp
berri8 nbould be set about four feet
apart and blackberries six or s ven.
The red vari. tie or raspberries are not
so ha dv as theb ack or the black
oerrieA Alt, however, require to be
be&jUy mulched with manure before
w i uier. If manure is not accessible,
an extra a no ret of earth should be
placed about the riant, bat it must
be reiuoed In the spr ng. lied riso
berries will yle.d excellent crops for
eight years, and fair tme for another
eight while Mack terries last even
longer. A i aspherry be I may i formed
io the fall with a little care, so as to
five fruit the neat ?e r This in ao
eouipllshfd by digginu up panU
with a quantity of earth alxut them
aod carefully resetting and watering
them The tope mut then be
shortened In and half the foliage re
moved from the canes which should
be left three feet in length.
Currant and gocttries deserve
to be much more extensively grown
than tbey are at present Tbey are
sure annual and abundant bearers,
are grown with little tmunie aod re
quire only to I kept free from
weeds. Currants tfre propagat d
witn tne greatest eae imui cun ukb,
which should be less than a foot in
leastb wheo set Triey should be
inserted slanting, o that only the
top bud is aiwve ground, Tbey will
do weii on an km 1 of soil, but a a
rule, the richer the soil and the let
ter the cultivation the heavier the
crop and the larger the berries.
plants need renewing ev ry six or
eight years. Gooseberrycuttlng also
root easily, but many prefer layering.
The gooseberry la a gross feeder and
require a rich, moist loam, but not
. . TH t il w.t mtmwtA
OV WCU will uww wviivj
drought orcrtiWdlng. A little shade
Is e sentiai. When grown in tne full
suo the fruit is act to mildew oa
the sunny si le The general cul
tivation Is much the same a- that of
the currant, but more ca e is re.
quired The English varieties are
much flrur than th) native, but
are also more liable to mildew. Tie
disease can. however, be successfully
kept in check by means of spray
pomps aod fungicide
l.-rs Crop Pay Brt-
It rarely happens that a big crop is
produced at a loss. The ext a work
required to secure a laru y.eld jcr
acre always pay letter than dot s a
lik ; aoiount of labor spread over a
wider a ea. There are lituitatl ns to
the amount nf fertility that can lie
profitably provided for ea h crop, a
every farmer knows. Mime neel a
rilKerent kind of l'ertili.ing than do
etbets. There i re gross feeders
and what we may call delicate feeders.
Most gardens vegetable are gross
feeders. The soil cannot i made
toorlt h fo;-labbage or celery or the
large root crops. They alt require
liberal supplies of nitrogen. ( orn
also needs rich land. It helped by
t arse unfermentea manure, o cause
In the soil their decomposition fur
nishes beat, and this is aii important
to make corn grow. Tbe same appli
cation of oarse staole manure to
soil detlc eot In mineral plant food
w ll'niu e wheat oro hersraailgrsio,
making the straw weak and liable to
rust Hut stable manure oo land
where there Is plenty of potash and
phosphate will often make a large
crop by rendering the mlnenl fertil
ity available. It U economy how
ever, to appiy the stable manure to
aorn, and let its second year e e t
go Irto the wheat, iis or Iwrley that
follows it
s vinK irM frwm f rnsu
Jt almost, always happen that arter
be first, e vere frost, (irsir ying urape
foliage, there often comes one or two
weeks nf tine, warm weather, wheo
the vines that hate been protected
will ripen the r frni. thoroughly. We
nave Ipened the loos ana the ( a
tawha Krapes, loth of which need too
hMtg a sea n for ordinary ripening
! the open at v by covering the
bre liaes with a sheet, each n gut, re
moving It n tbe morning. This Is a
material help ev n when there Is no
frostt fo oo clear nights there I al
sjsvs a heavr dew. n cb chills fruit
nwd leaves There is little r no
aApen ng of uncovered grapesat night
tliib a slight covering to keep off
te flew tbe r'peiilng prore-s may go
M all tbe twenty-lour boors Kvery
, ' t wbo ba grown grapes beside a
LAVb,a' IIiai t.ka flffiaat. j!uatAM
Itlnt earliest to ripen are always
tnder wide awnlog. where
-f'tsw beeo nrotecte i from Id
: " "
1 ytzzm wm Uw aarl- variat hw of
ksocu m W Dorura eooi
km w ntis'Kwaj tbey sboaM be!
finn d to aark rsnta utoovn around
otr. 'reining weather oawt when
they should he reswore: utb ee lar,
or st-ran" In pita, the esllar being pref
er) ie if entirety frost proof, fetor
intr earty potatoes io a cellar before
cold weather should be i voided, any
; shelter abive ground being prefera
ble by this plan decayed or partly
I decayed tubers can be throw out
! wtieo rs iioviog to the cellar. They
mav al-o be piled la larger quantities
iban tb y were earlier la the Reason. I
The short po ato crop this season
should Insure rood price. Hence it
I we il to look very closely after every
detail of the harvest In (fathering,
the mali unmarketable ones should i
be saved as the chances are that they
will have a (rood market value at
planting time.
. j
r ... ..rails. at -W ,
swine have very little hair as com-.
pared with other domestic animal. ;
1'bev are exposed in our American
climate to hotter summers and gen
eralir to colder winter than In'
Europe, though the last few yeait
European winters have been more
severe thin our own have been. The
somewhat coarse-honed treed f, like
I oUnd (hint and i erkshire are
therefore preferred by Western'
breeders, anile for those who a m to,
provide 'Otofortable shelter for the
hogs, a cross of these with the Essex
or small Yorkshire will be more prof-
liable. T. ere are many who like a
white hog best and for such we
know nothing better than the Che
shire which is the only breed origin-1
ating in this country without cross,
ine with other stock, and therefore
liaifc 'o frequent variation from the
usual type.
Oals as Pall Pard.
In some localities farmers sow oats
or barley on their corn and potato
grounds, to be ted down in the fall It
is a good practice. . nd the feed thu
procured w,ll in most cases be worth
more than the ost of seed and the
work of harrowing It In. After a
very dry summer, as we have had,
the soil is full of available nitrogen.
When fall rain come this makes any
plant grow vigorously, i th oats
and barley will continue lo grow aftet
light frosts, and until tbe soil itse f
fiee-e The fertility they thus draw
from the soil will be washed away
and lo-t if it is le t naked through
tne winter, and will protect tbe fer
tility iron) wasting. We have knowt
both rye and wheat to make some
growth io warm, wet weather io
winter.
tnanpalartty af tha Malaarrr Trsa.
It Is a curious fact that no insect
but the s.lkworm will willingly eat
tbe leaves of the mulberry t ee In
season when the grasshopper or the
army worm abounds, every other tret
and piaut may be stripped of it
fol age by the devourers, but the
mulberry tree will escape to tbe last
Kansas locusts will eat ever th n
else tirst, and when alt tbe rest 11
gone, with wry mouths wl;l then
ta kle tbe muiirry leaves It seem
to he tbe one food specially designed
by nature for the support of tbe siik
worm.
Carnal lr ArM tar Paal Mraod.
A German bee-kee; er reports eo
tire success io tbe care of foul brood
with cariiol c acid. A generally em !
ployed .be acid is a failure, being toe '
weak If diluted and driving out tb
Lees it full st enth. The expert ;
menter used full strength a teasim
ful mixed with a much tar, put
under frames lu a little box, opee
enough to allow evaporation, but
bee tight It should 1 used ever;
three months.
fiata. I
A tomato raised this seaon bj
Samu 1 I'rlch of Marion, a..wel(jbeo
: tionnds and measured 1 inchet
around.
Lii riD putty for greeo bouse work
1 made of per cent white lead,
with pure lin ed oil and wh t.n'.
Apply with a putty bulb.
A k load of Oregon fruit re
ceived in the East consisted of Hurt
j jett pears silver, Italian, t.eruian,
j an(1 Hungarian piunas and e,ii
plums.
Wukkk can you get a better pic
ture to hanu over your desk than an
accurate map of your farm, with tin
field numbered aod correctly mea -ured?
PiiOf . BoBKtT" of Coroell, says thi
great dlffl ulty with farmiog I UK
much or too little mo st ore, aod toe
little cultivation, thu iLdtcating lb
necessity of drainage
M . A. W P.n'r. say or alfalfa
"It g es down further an comes u
fas er than com moo clover. Tin
quality of tbe bay is ood, but it h
nara to cure i itev nirre i nns sue
yea foi owing the planting."
i Tnist y to keep hooey from
candying, says 4 writer, is to seal il
lu t tfbt jai-, the same as fruit. Thit
! Is tbe way that tbe bees do. aud it i
j tbe only safe way. It should bt
; tbor ghly beated.before putting up.
C t- ho odder. In lu first stages, H adulterated tin, which mayconiain
lald, can lie qukkly relieved l.j as high a 12 per ceut of lead, the
copious applicat.ons of hot water- orKanic salt formed by the corrosioo
hut a the hands can stand. Vaeelioe (tt tne ea(j being alwav poisonous,
is a flrt-class application for ur fn0 fomtnoo praetoe of oloriog
teat sometln.es the toau get badlj canned p with enpptir I very oo
scratcb d by briars or by barlis oo j tlonaole. The ue of preserfa
w. re fences. tive,such as salicylic acid, is not
Proi. L P. RoiiE rra, writing tr without ri.k, while an occasional
the "Rural New Yorker" from Call source of danger I the development
forula. savs "All tiees are Inclined 0f nitrogenous bodies called pto
vo overbear. It Is tbe American malncs io ore-ervtl meat. The
story over again. Too much. 'To
rn n b! Wben will the time conk
wheo ao overmeut' will not he ev-jt
piesent in theprln Ipal food prod u t,
to tbat e onowy and thrift may take
; the place or ca eleas. ignorant squao
i derlng?" - j
j VRn an srlvea np a Barrtagt
' aoTTafoaibnr of bki ebareb, tbe mnl
facta are tbat M M In love witb
! '
itasavaaas w tMkMl tWs ft Ossa
saatta fa Aetaaa.
' 1 watch ship's crew lo the most
excMmr aowwi of clearing for e
too U to realize tbe valoe of dlecl
pllae la Ita moat perfect deveiopmeat
the result of the constant practice
that gives faultless precision. It la
the habit of capable captains to as
semble thelrcrews at general quarter
many time during the peace niaoue-
vera, io oraer wiat mey may grow
accustomed to tbelt duller, and go
about them without confu Ion.
whether the alarm come In broad
daylight or in the darkness of n gbt
Such, indeed, ta to ordinary rou
tine of a batve-hln, and on it ber
safety mar at any moroeot depend If
things should g wrong. In steam
tactics as In action. Whenever
souud eal anj uat
WA.B. mat nirw shrill M-hnai the
mea wherever tber may ta. whether
on watch or asleep in hammock, as-
semble at their alloted posts with
marvelous celerity. There is a mo
mentary trampling of feet between
de k, a rattle of arms, aod then si
lence so prolo ind that any word of
command can be distinctly heard
fore ana aft along the deck even of
ucb a ship as tbe Ite pulse.
At the words 'Clear for a tion"
thete I a commotion which a lands
man might mistake for a panic as
ra n rush from point to point A
blue acket never wa k when an order
is given, but does everything at the
double. Everyone knows his staliqn,
and goes to it by tbe quickest and
smrwi way. With a rapidity that
seems wonderfoU coiupao on ladders,
with tbelr ponderous gangwavs, are
unshipped and stowed away; rail
ings around the low decks fore and
aft are lowered, the ventilating
cowles and chimney stac .s disappear,
to be rep aced by cover flush with
the deck; hatches are battened down,
water-tight door closed, and tackle
rigged for hoisting ammunition from
the maga ine, between deck every
where something of the same kind ;s
being done as quickly and quietly,
and thentthe mo stand to their gun.
When tbe bugles sound for tiring to
commence the great baroette turn
tables ievolve nowly, tralnel by un
seen power, aod the quick firing gun
in maiudeck lotteries are worked
with surprising celerity by detach
ment of l.oyal Marine artillery.
At a prize shooting recently a de
tachment t red sixt en shot in three
minutes from one of tbe repulseguns,
scoring nine direct h ts and plantitig f cooibreeie they produce to ny mlnia
all the ' ther seven shou close to luw kite and fly miniature wind
toe target that thev would have rid- j m,i, )ne ingenious youth " who-
d ed tbe bull of ve y small ship
Trie seventeenth round was io Uil
gun wheo the TXase Ore" sounded,
so that one gnoner, who was loading,
must have lifted 1,700 pounds lo
three minute. This Incident gives
a vivid idea or the work that would
have to be done in acti n by crews ot
these qui k-flrlng guns, as well a of
the t-martness with which tbe ' Blue
Marines'- set about their Usk. Mrs j
discipline will be a potent factor in
future battle at sea. and there can be j
no better means ot acquiring it than ;
by such exercise as one has seen at
general quarter dur ng the maoou-
i vers. London Uaily New.
IMPURITIES IN FOOD.
They Are Not aa CnaiMoa a Maa? Par
sous Mar SappoMi.
Fingularly exaggerated Idea con
cerning the adulteration of food are
very generally held, according to Dr.
U. W. VU ey, iheiuistof the l nited
State Ilepartmeot of Agrlcultuie.
Sand, lor i nuance, Is nob sild with
siiar at least in the United Males.
Tbe granulated and lump sugars tn
the market are aim sl ab-olulely
pure powdered ui(ar sometimes, j
tUoutrh rarely, conta ns a little Hour '
or starch, and low giadeisuifars are
impure chiefly through the molasses !
and water thev are made to absorb t
in inaQUfacture. ot as good a re-j
port can l.e given o' syrups There :
is very little pure maple syrup, iut
of w.iat is sold as such bein a mix-1
ture of glucose or cane syrups with a ,
small proportion of the product of '
tbe ma le. wrnle io ao imit tion ac-
tually protected by a patent, the
m pie flavor is given by an extract of
hickory bark. LI iul I honey is large- j
ly adulterated with glucose. - Of i
coiuo honey, however, onlr that in
11 ties and jar is Impure, tbe old :
iiui.r sslon that comb bone on tbe I
frame Is adulterated bating been !
proven to be errooeoa Gmund cot -
IVC IS su laiuci.r suuibciam wnu ,
Chicory, peas, beans, et1. , that it is j
rarelv found pure, aod even the uo 1
ground berry is Imitated Tea is
rarely m xed with foreign leaves, out
frequently has it weight iooreas d
by the addition of salts of Iron and
Copper materials quite .prejudicial
to health. Cocoa and chocolate are
largely adulterated with starch and
sugar, and piodu' t claimed to be
greatly Improved as to digestibility
may have little of the virtues of the
original cocoa bean left in them. A
damrer In canned k'oods Is the use of
atsjveare illustration, which, though
bad enough, are Insignificant la com
parison wltb tbe rtartlltg eports
that have be n published. Much tbe
greater part or foods we eat 1 pure
and wholesome '
Mnpasaw " ealtb.
Tbe great wealth, either ot tha
Morm.m church or of tbe Individuals
at Its bend, ba beta demoMtrated
by tbe moent lovestmeot of iu.oou,.
bf le 'tret ateeklanny" In
catted tSw Utah '
y is :
lot. railroad, a bath-
lag baaeh. aad aleneure resort at the
Great Mli tab aad tafM, aqata aad
operate totarraph aad tolepbeaa lines.
This h purely a chirch schema, la
which Gentiles have ao pari snd la
like the .Ion Co operative Compear,
to be managed to add to the wealth
or the ( hurch Springfield KepnbU-
can. t
The Menace la Alrsoe.
That the forces of Islam Involved
in the widespread log ramlScattoo of
the senoui sect menace the eiist-:
eooe of r reach authority la North ,
Africa It would be exaggeration ta
allege that tbey even threaten it
security to a serious etteot may not :
perhaps be the i a-; but that they ,
otpose a barrier to a French annex- j
tion of the great tract intervening
between beoegal and Algeria there
can be no question.
A fale more oa the part of the
Paris Government, of the eiecutlve j
In Algiers or Tun is, or even of some j
subordinate omcial of tbe southern
confine of the r reo h possession,
might uf a sudden arouae tbe fanat
icism of the dwellers beyond tbe out
posts, and the new of it wou d
spread like wild Ore over the -ahara
and the Soudan. Tbe Mohammed
el Mabdt mUht think bis time was
come, might p ociaitn religious war,
and might bring into pisy the vast
resourse placed at bis command by
the strange organl alion that bear
hl bame. Senoussl has shown no i
taste for strife Tbe Mahdl is net to
be a man of war.
but It is the unexpected whicn al
ways happen In these land, and tbe
heikh may dod some day circum
stance, too strong for blm. That
these reop e when they muster un .er
the banner of Islam for tight are
form da Me the Insurrection in tbe
t-oudan has sfired to show. Black
wood' Magazine
Ka for the IVors.
lhe electric fans i sed so gener
ally iooflices, have ug sted many
little (a clea io the way of decora
tion. Tbe most universal fad is to
fasten long streamers of gayly-coiored
p iper to tbe machine and let It fly
out In the breeze. The eHe:t Is very
pretty, and ha a soothing influence
on the heatei brain of tbe man who
drops In and take ao easy-chair for
a lew ruinu es Itefore going out again
under the hot suo. Many private
bouses now have the fans, and some
nf t.he vnumrstars have utilized tbe
i mother ba an electric fan standing
oo the man tie-piece of the dining
room, set his wits to work, and after
thinking awhile went out and bought
a Chinese bird kite, some bamboo
and different colored tissue paper,
: and began operation lie con
i st rue ted a num r of small kites In
the sba, e of birds, bats, and butter
i file. 1 be be attached by threads
to dtffereot objects io th room, so
that they floated oo the current of
air strlred up by tbe rapidly revolv
log tan of the electric machine. The
eiiecl Is most pleas.ng. aod at all
times while the machinery i in mo
tion the lttle kites dart around and
over tbe dinner table like things of
life
An Ambitious Chicken.
'An obstr perous chicken suc
ceeded lo calling out our Are depart
ment not long since," aid Henry F.
few annate, ot havannah, Ga., at the.
Limlell. "It was a male bird of the
game rsuasion, and had aryjulred
thi veri- bal habit of living away
from home and uiuualinx t an extra
ordinary height for a uornesllcatct
ti.rd o one occasl.ii, when cb ised
by some lioys, itgot badly sc iieJ, and.
flying up rapidly, strucic some wire,
and uot tangled up In them hope
lessly liy some means or other It
sir N1 or d sarranit d a wire which
notified the department of a tire, and
every ctlort w s mane to get pram tly
to the scene of tbe sup,iooil out
break. "No fire being discovered, it was
evident, a fa se alar.u had been
turned in. but tbe cont uuetl strug
gle of the rooster sent in further
alarms and caused a general demor
alization of the electric serrice.
Wbeu the cause of the d sturbance
wa finally located the bird was
near y dead aod its handsome ap
pearance bad entliely v nished.
1 recor(J of ,cn,cfcea upctt, g eUicMc
This Is, I believe, the first case on
s rvi e In thi way, but tbe bird, al
though (juite a small one, succeeded
j ,
In doing tbe work s,ulte effectively."
St Louis Globe-lMmocrat
Cpboldlng Dignity.
The bea 1 cook of tbe Princess
Farnese aod Este met one day lo a
fruit market at Koine In iront of a
fruiterer's atad. co which, very early
for the season, a beautiful melon wa
o. ered for sale.
One of tbe cooks Immediately of
fered Ave francs for It; the other
promptly offered ton; alternate bios
of twenty, thi ty, forty, et cetera,
followed by rapid succession, until at
last the iTince Karnes' cook bad
the me on knocked down to him for
o i franc.
The crowd of b'ystmder indulged
In uproar iom hilarity when the cook
received his melon for everybody ex
pected that ne would be taken sharply
to task b hi master.
(,uite tho reerse however, bap
ponedj' Prince rarnese's cook, who
commended, nnd re elved a pre e a
Into the bargain for keeping up hi
n. aster' reputation, whil t oo the
other hand the Prince of Este sound
ly rated his cook and Ji missed him
for failing, by tt a practice or false
economy, to opbold bis nsatar, dignity-
;
Ttniir la tbe tasUoet of a beggar
TVs Iieever alnt-tUM faratsaed Ue
pwNtc assay sslM sstrarises during
the past sigh tree mow taw. sate the
fieaver Repahlwaa. It has skowa,
partially, tbe increased production of
gold In i be Mate aad has grown, io a
comparative short time, from aa ob
! score breach of tbe general nasi boss
of tbe G'jvernatsnt to a p ace of gen
' oral importance to tbe entire country.
Kro'u a few thousand dollar monthly
the purchase of gold at tbe mint baa
growa to a half million a month.
' With this vast Inc ease of business
baa grown a demand for a coinage
: mint od so strong U this demand
: that it can scarcely fie denied by tbe
i Government
i In the quiet routine work of the
I slot there ba been gradually ac-
cumulating an Item of wealth that
I even tbe employe failed to realise
i nil it a al.nrt time ana
Jt Dls XlteD lhe cu.ion, to make
u house cleanings cf tbe a-
; saying and re titling departments. At
i such time tbe operating room were
I carefully swept and all of the machin
ery dusted. Tbe dirt and du thus
1 co'le ted has been washed and tbe
j tallngs thrown into a bin back nf
j the mint build ng where for years
tbey have been accumulating
At ea h quarterly - cleaning a snog
sum, generally about HO" In gold
i dust would be washed out and saved.
Onlv a few pounds or telling wruld
,efl jo tbe bedumped Into
the open bin, but durlnu the years
tbl stuff gradually accumulated, un
til It now amounts toabo it four tons.
A few weeks ago Assay- r Puekeit
went out to the bio of "tailings"
with a pan. which be filled arid igao
"washing.' The result was a sur
prise, so large was the quantity or
gold be washed out Without fur.
therado Mr I'uricett hired an expert
aod started him to work washing out
tbe toiling. Mr. Puckett also bad
bad some old melting pots that had
been thrown out ground up and
washed, and the result was that fr im
the scrap pile over .', WXI in gold ba
been panned by one mau lo thirty
eight days.
These tailingm, after second wash
ing, have also been saved, and Mr.
I'uckett say he ba refused an oiler
ot i.i'OO from one of tbe smelter
for them. He expecU to receive at
least 2,0(K) for tbem
In arranging for the improvements
to be made at the mint Mr. I'uckett
concluded to have tbe chimney of
the furnace swept In doing this
fifty seven pounds of soot, was se
cured. Thi soot wa sold at ' per
pound to one of tbe smelters, and
the smelter authorities claim to have
made a eood profit on their pur
chase. The gold purchases at the mint for
the past twelve days of th month
have amounted to over (W,0ti .
The largest pur base of any previous
month io the history of tbe mint
was a little less than 1'iOu.ooo. s
sayer puckett says that at the least
reasonable calculation the purchase
for thi mouth w. II exceed oaiu.
Fashions In Dolla' Kjex.
Who would think of such a thing
a a queen deciding tbe color ot the
do Is' eyes within ber klnudom? huch
a thing has been done, not by royal
edict, however, but simply by having
Her Majesty's own eye set tbe fash
Ion. When Victoria became Queen of
England more than tlity years ago.
she was lair and young, with very
biue eyes, whereupon blue eve Im
cauie all the fashion, and all th ; loyal
doll makers of her kingdom btuan
sending ilueeyed doll I rum their
factories.
In Italy and Spain, where all the
great l eautles have olive skins and
dark, handsome eyes, a blond doll is
Dot a common sls'ht Japanese (loJs
have twinkling, beady blai k eves set
in their heads asla.it, while the g.iyly
dressed doliv from .Singapore Iooks
from hei cop; er-colotcd face with a
pair of narrow, coquettish black ejes
i,Uite Ql crcru in cxpres- oo
either the .Spanish or Chinese
ties,
irotu
beau-
The Mighty I foliar.
There are several theorie, each
,1a,,tilllo anillirh if t ha lirltn i f l.l,S
American dollar mark. Some claim
tbat It Is a comb oat on of "J. t"
tbe initial of the L nited States;
others that it is a modification of
the figure 8, the dollar llng loim
erly called a plece uf eight;" again
we are told that it is derived from a
represen.auon of the 1'dUrs of 1 er.
cule. consisting of two needlc-lim
txiwe a or pillar connected w th a
scroll. The old Spanish co n marked
with the pillar device were fie iuemly
referred to as "p liar dot ar " Ac
cording to one writer tbe symbol of
tbe dollar I a monogram of the let
ters, "V," " ," and i," the dollar
lielng original y a "thaler" coined In
the valley of ; sialnt Joachim, lioboui a,
and known as a ".toachlo I baler,"
and the monogram initials of tbe
wonts "Valley Saint .loachlm."
In conscquen e of mental malady,
a deorgia lady con e'ved it her duty
U live apart I mm ber hushauf, and,
! In order that be might apply or a
; divorce forged diM-uments which
would give him cause. Tbe husband
knowing the, were not true, but
thlnkiog that to humor his wife
would cure ber malady, presented tho
lpe to the legal authorities and a
divorce was granted. The ex mi.
to his former w.fe again aod proiNised
niarr age in due form, but although
she appeared happy In bis lompany
aod would go w th bira to tbe thea
ter and Ilka places, she absolutely re
fused bis proffer ot marriage and e.
pressed a wish that he would wed a
girl whom she named. Mjw the nun
tt saokir to bate the decree of dt.
torot art MM
n,""r "valToas.. " " m
Oa ta leaf 1 1 e eastern
awswntohfotawr fcai
rene, Jonwtail" was as
Ha fwia bis bwcklag ooay
hie rone with as sauce) grace i
erseee as any, and in
roping match, wh.ch, to
foot as well a tha e w-bm wno
needed help for bis roood up was of
intorestt be won bis share nf prtsaa
He bad beaded off" and 'toned" a
fleeing euyote, and bad been known
to assert that be reckoned be comld
handle hi sataoie majesty if be ones
got a fair chaoce with a rope aa) bat
roan pony.
His patronymic was known to but
few. His non de plume if tbat ni
tbe proper term for snob aa article
was derived from wearing in bis bet
tbe caudal appendage of tbe em ail
plintigrade adopted a tbe opocial
properly of a political party, and by
it be was known to every one an tbe
ranges.
Tbe steers tit for market bad nana
"rounded up," "cutout" aoddreo
to tbe railroad for shipment, and af
ter two or three days ot fun in town,
Coon tall and two or three of bin com
peers, whose services were ant re
quired eo route to Chicago, bal
started for home; a-maiter nf tare
or four days ride By the end f th
second dav, they bad emptied tbe
bottiei with which they bad supplied
themselves for tbe journey, aod with
dry and cobwebby throat were seek
log more. At a way-tde stern, near
tbe crossing of Powder hirer, tony
en .'eavored to procure whe ewlth to
quench their thirst hut the proprie
tor, acquainted with the reck easnaai
of the average ow-puncher when un-
I der tbe Influence of "forty rod," de
1 nied having aoy, and dlreotet tbem
j ui the next ran b, nearly a mile
away, ana across tne stream; oat not
feeling very secure, a soon as tbey
left locked bis do r aod be too him
self to the shelter of a nearby
"coulle " At the place to which
tbey bad been directed they worn re
ferred law k to the first party, aad
Informed tbat they bad been tricked.
It did notre iuire mu h time to re
turn, but they found the buiMiof
closed and locked. Half n rioa
shoU around the staple holding the
hasp to the door shattered tbe wood
lo such an extent that a vigorous
kick drove It open, and with a yell
of triumph they took possession. Tbe
bead of a keg, lying beneath tbe rude
counter, presented a target, aad at
the fame time, thought of a drink,
if tapped.
A shot from a revolver tapped it
The poie-a .d-dirl roof leaped sky
ward; the log i om posing the tidy nf
the building went hurtllat
over the prairie; canned stuT followed
suit, propelled b- twenty pounds of
powder; and CoonUil and h trieads
followed the good. Wbal was fonad
of two Blled each a small bow bat
"Coon" wa found, blackened and
eared among tbe sa;e brush, thirty
or more yards away. V ndmg that
be still breathed, be was carried to
the stream, and rough but kind
h mds weie oo busy clcaolog tbe
dirt and smoke stains from his per
son, i or clothing he retained the
sweat-band of his hat, and his IxioU
H i f an hour later he regained coa
sclousness, and ga.ing aloiit blm
through bis scorched eyelashes be
feebly wanted to know what had
hapctied. some one remarked upoa
his escai and dilapidated appear
ance, and r sing to a silting posture,
be asked tor a mirror. One was found,
and afti-r a loim survey of his feat
ures, liis e..e .ishes ami brows burned
away, and heard aul hair, save the
n.irow frnge protected by b bat
band, ifone. l.e remarked:
"I'm doggoncd purly. alo't If
That was a liybt n n' barber shop-,
hair cut, shamp o an' a shave, an
ail done in less o a iiiinit ' i t
Press.
offered m Knb (Hit
One of the funniest Instance I
ever knew to occur in ca lUt-j.t aav a
veteran ofliclal of Penooscot Cou.m,,
haprsuied year ao when utlga-
1'erham presided In the courtnf com
mon p ea. An o il Jnshmnti, a resi
dent of Pang r, was an important
witness In a case, and loth be and
tne lawyer, who were trying to ex-
I w,ne J1'"' w"
i V' ,u JiDe
were having a bird ti ne
u?ss was very alack and
frowsy In his personal app aance.
and th s heightened the effect of his
blarney immensely. He perspired
freely under tbe crdeal of examina
tion aud wa evidently wisomg it
well over, when the do r at tho rear
of tha courtroom opened and .n came
a little sharp-eyed old Irish woman.
Tbe witness saw her and a I' .ok of
Intense rciier spied over hi feature
a he blurted out: -There There k
mi- oe woman, co i.e in. At her
some or your dum foolish uesllous.
hbe kin take care o' ye.'" Lewi toe
, ournal
A linundrf man
I to k my
o coed pla e on
Chicago, said G.
a ul e looking
Oae Dp Boalnra.
laundry to a newly
the West Side of
L. i tamer. "I. wa
place and the pro
IwtoatfMsS
rfOTPwas-
ad as-
tftw am aval
the toadnr
res
prietor, a very jouug man, confident
ly in ormcd me tbat h had only
opiiiied a week bcf re, and it wa hie
first business venture When 1 re
turned for my clo' he 1 found an ex
cited crowd. The laundry was c oscd,
and (he proprl tor could not tie round.
rVe broke in the door finally, as they
said he had beeo gone ror two days.
The e was an imm n o pile of laun
dne i clothes hut not a mark oi any
kind tt Identify them. The pro
prietor bad forgotten thi Important
feature, and wt.cn bv viewed the
great pile without any possibility of
separating them, he had ed. After
an hour search I found my own
linen, but 1' have never seen tbe
laondi yuan since. n-cioclaaaU en
quirer. T ik only time some men make a
aland la wbea tbey cannot run.
ja Xtx Mi tw U to tbetr
