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MfcH LOT AMD MINC
At a bearwir
wU-.m ewkaiw ma
A Maltal af ae fcaufloi eea ;
A4 tae lease ear kaow bow it cajue to be,
Ssjs a Usset we east sas 4 I , n,l
7 Im. at taaer
(Waitfaer iwt
Crailasj aaa) sanies' at I Tsers we two
lupaMd to sweat, jo at aa people lo ;
MMm tae Siseai was seaway Uinmgh,
Sbe haw waa me
Asa bi dM me
Wits tbosa wonderful e ee uf liquid bio.
I swore otto mem that ebe and I,
Lias in i ! bar,
suowuS tafu car
Battle a letence, and d defy
las tbree antag s'onrja of He lowering aky.
t, aiail areata, wait till tliaoluoda io.iod by.
Wa war f atwd
To ba mwie.1
I knaw it ) ar lot should 1 a linked with rp Da,
And tes fere aa tbey plated abould ibu cioaer
Iwiue
ox bavt etrinf together : wa d quaff tba wite
Of Hfe'a pleasure,
Trend ita mewa ,r l.
(Acd T thick that my figurea of a;.eocta were
1 walked w ta ber oft on the shelving j-h.re,
Cepti.BtHl,
leacmMed ;
sd I vowd. -aa I think 1 remakod before
lbut bar lot abouli ba linkrd with mine. I
ew're
(And i venture to Tali yon tbe fact on a more
We would weather
Life toeiiie .
But I board, with a ahiver adnwn tbe apine.
That my ie e waa a wmow with ch idrn nine :
Juai tbat was tbe point where 1 drew tbbliua.
hiy my deure.it-
It we a sheerest
Mudne-a to link siK-b a lot with mine!
Jiew Vork Tribune.
- , ... , , , , T j clre sed up in the iiaib of geQtlemen
THE BAMV MlSTERl.jandruinnedinsuchawuy that any
; one wuuid have s ppo-ed that they
One day the directors of the Bank
of iDgland were much puzzled, and
not a little amused, when the secre
tary read to them, at ihair usual a.t
titig, the following ili-spe!t and some
what curious letter 1
"l'wo (ieutiim n oil Bank ELg-and: Yoo '
jvthink yow is iili sae hand yo-ire Uank bis .
w-u a. butt I knowii bt:ur. i Inn LinM.le
tb" JJantk tliee lit 2 nite hmid tow m.se
nuTin abowt n. jiu't i um nut! a the, if. n '
h.t too will mctt mrt in -ct Hijijar rorn.
w i h arl the monn y ii-, a iwelf 'i nil') II"
ixi 1 iili orl to yow. le.t on-T 1 bor 2ci la
. alowu, and say nnftin 2 noboil('y .
JUS SXIFF."
The hater being duly lead, was,
as might be expected, the topi : of
conversation and suggestion for ome
time. ,vome of the directors thought
It was a hoax. Others thought, that
under tbe apparently i;uoranily
written letier a deep mystery was
b dden. but all a.'reed that the safest
ray was to put the letter, with ;
proper instructions, into the bands
of the (iete tives specull? emploed
by the bant. !
The detectives looked grave. '
There was a plot at woik, they saw;
and, with th ir usual penetration, '
they at once penetrated the deepest
depths of the itiiquity. Kvery one
knows that a tile of soldiers march
every night from the Tower to the
bank to keep watch and ward over ;
tbe vast treasure there, but thef '
simply guard the outt-ide from at- '
twclt. All within is cairn and still !
wben bu-iness hours are over.
There is a very large room under
ground, wbere the huge wealth of
llie bank is deposited u ii:ions and .
mill ons of LnglUb sovereign, bars of
gold and hundred weights of silver,
with nivrlads of note, to an incalcu-1
ble amount. Tbe detecti' es of ;
course, knew that th s room taunt le 1
the plac.' which the wr.ter of the let- i
ter bad di-s.;iiaied as "uret S'juar j
roiu." Its floor is a sold stone pave
ment and its walls roof, and door
are of wrought iron. The do'ir. the
ouiy uienns of access, is immensely
thick, and secured i y the l.est modern
loess wni.e a sentinel is station. d in ,
front of ii a,l tiie u ght through. o
on3 iruui o.iisuie culd enter: but, of
Cours..-. tlirt t sice weil understood
the trick: ll. re i ist. he fomeon
lederiitK Mitliin th uaiik, a;id one of
the c .:is:ii it irs i !,. more cowardly
than -he rest, had nolvr-d to betray
his .! ow-i to s.tte h ni-e!f. Their
plans wre t.i ieh rtl n ii .
Aii the i.igtit ii'Ug dettcti es were
secn.-Hil m the id-ui, but they aw
nottii -;g and be.iru uothihg, wuh the
exception that m u e aaid they heard,
about 1 or z o'clock, a strange soutid.
wiiich they could not account for.
The next nht mi tiie same, and
tbe next, and t he next, and when tbe
' Hoard-day" ot the bankca ; e round,
the directors wou.d have treated the
affair as aa idle attempt to fr.ghicn
tiiem, had not tbe,r atteuion been
more strongly call eft to tbe subject
by the Toliowing inr, dent:
A heavy chest had been forwarded
by the Panels' leiivery Company,
directed to the Lire tors of the
liank of England " The chest was,
of course, opened before them at
once such a ihing leing very un
usual and found to contain a la.ge
packet of most valuable papers and
securities, which bad been safely de
posited in the vault. With them was
the following letter:
io the Directors of ihe flank of England
Gent eiirn: iy hiisl.Hnd, wlio in an huri-e-i
man. wrote to you last week, and told
toa ti.a b hud found a way winch i;e be
lie. e is known only to himamf of K'-ttinir
into yoor hi ong- room, and oilered. it you
would meet mm tn.-r at niiiht., to explain
the wholB matter. He hus never taken aiiy
thlaafrom that room except the inded
box. You an' dniAi-tivee upon h m, nnd he
took tha box t ) show that ho could go tbere
If be choae. H trvHH you anotner chance.
I.a". u few fnntlsnen he in the room alonx.
and my bui-b nd ill meet you thereat
kin ight. Voura very ri-ape.-tfuliy.
Kl.hr N SMITH "
This letter was more mysterious
than the last, Tbe only thing that
was evident was that tbe writer,
"Ellen Smith," was a better scholar
than ber husband. Tbe detectives
were aiiow n the letter, and acted ac
cord i off y. t I course, they saw
through -'the dod'.'a" The cleverest
ar. n were posted In the room.
Id the morning they told a strange
aVory. They said that they saw a
light at about i z o'clock. It seemed
to come from a ( ark lantern; hutdi
fieUy tbey ran to tbe spot from
rinse, the light proceeded it went
C (. and the strictest searcb had die
rad notblnf. The bank o bclals
bail alarmed. Every night the
Ctf cftMt watch . vat set. Jmt
nktZz larMtf nv until, on the
i tC Uw MTt tttMaff of the
l J x -2 y hi atNrttMr leUr
Warr-i VaM (tbif Of th
ilrtrj fjtai Cm 1. ot then,
considering- the room wu faadsd
day aod night, "was a mystery. Its
contents were as follow: ,
"it waatoryoar own neod tkat yu war
warned taut tae slrou, room of tba eaak is
not really ears. At aT time aa cue eaa
enter It. If wa wished to atawl we csruualy
would newer ase to 14 70a about it. or re
turned that box. Yoa Uara aa( Um pabca to
sea to what you ought to have loekod after
yosreelf. If the police are there to-eitfbi
e will newer explain the eaay way of get
ting into jour strong room, but aiot l.kelr
aoma one else will U,t t.mi know that we told
the truth when they help themselves to what
is there. - s E. 8 '
More aod more astonished than
ever on tbe receipt ol this letter, a ad
more puzled .-till at tl.e alraaate waf
in which it bad been delivered, the
director arter a lon consul uttiou,
agreed upon a plan of action. Tbere
were two things pe fectly evident;
one. that the writer of the letter really
bad acce3. in ume mysterious way. to
the . strong rootu and the other, that
be had discovered that tbe pol:ce had
l.een put upon his track, ho it was
deter jnned that some of tbe direct
ors, who couid conveniently do so.
should visit tbe strong room at tbe
time indicated iu the letter. '
The plan was carried out But, as
mi(ht be expected, the d rectu s
weie nut a one. The pol ce had ai
vised tbeui too well for that and half
a do.-en oft be l,et detectives wee
formed one group.
Uhey waited until twelve, and then
one of the directors a little impa
tient, a, pro.ichini,' the table, said:
"Well, it's a most extraordinary af
fair, i-eidcn. you are used to these
mat ers and you have examined tbe
room. Wheie the fellow can come
from is to me a peife t mystery."
i'eihaps if he had not used thee
wo:ds at that moment, tbe '-mystery,"
as be called it, might have been
iusLautl . sol .ed
(;f course every eye was directed to
the table woere the letters had been
placed, but though exery precaution
was taken, there was not the. lea,t
sign of any living liug but them
selves, or any voice save their own,
in the room. Tbey waited there the
whole night Ion, but nothing was
seen or beard. Their labor was in
vain. About 4 o'clock iu the morn
ing the detectives wh.spered that it
was needless for the gentlemen to
remal i any oner; they themselves
would wait as long as tbe gentlemen
chose, but the hour for breaking Into
that strongest of all strong rooms
if it couid be broken into at all was
lung past. Tbe gentlemen, nothing
loath, departed, after '-tipping" their
assistants liberally. The detectives
also, convinced that their wori for
the uight was done, le t tbe strong
room about . o'clock.
Tbe next morn ng the board held
an e traordinary meeting, in order
to discuss the result of the efforts of
the gentlemen who had been all
pight iu tbe vault. They bad little
or nothing to say of anyconse juence,
and a ter a loDg argument about
nothing, were about to separate,
when a j orter entered with a letter,
which he stated had been found on
the table in the str tig room. It ran
as follows
"Yow k.ado SB yoou ike. I.an niirbt I
tcru otn iuof i,pk to Air. Feldiu, who I
kn w 1 un i.nvaur of Ih path e sow of
. O ir.-e lend no! euiri: as I mite ae dun. I
gireveo a .other cban -e. C.hjiuo to nite,
A two or a geiitieiii'-ti am tbirare aloaue hi
I be wilu um. If eny di5teU;e is ttmre
lii alt ail eire it al up at 1st Yo may o.o so
as voii . nil. i. K"
This extraordinary communication
a- a source of no small anxiety to
tbe bank directors. How it ould
tiave tieen left on the table in tbe
stio a room, guarded as it was. none
couid imagine. Thev. however, at
last agrc d to do wn;;t perhas wouid
have been wi-er if doue at drst,
namely, to depute a few of their
number to viit tin vault alone.
i very su'tahle pre aution was
taken wb' ii tight came. 'J he sen
tinel paced up and down outside: tbe
deiecti e were not far oil. and after
the most rigorous search ba i been in
stituted, the gentlemen were locked
in. Hour after hour pass d by. but
nothing appeared J ometiines tor
half an hour they pretended ty silence
that the room ws empty, ir: order to
tempt the depredator, if pre-ent,
from his hiding piare. Then tbey
would move about, and ta.k in such
a way tha any i.;rson who over
hea d them wouid know that tbey
were alone, nut not a sound or a
whigner, save what tbey themselves
uttered, was beard. At last fine of
them, who pared the floor rather lm
pat.ently, be-'inning to think that
perhaps after all it was only a clever
trick, cried out: i
'You ghost, you secret visitor, you
midnight thief, come out There is
no one here but two gentlemen and
myself. If you are afraid 1 give you
my word that the police are not
here."
It was more In iest than in earnest
that Major Clifford for he was a mil
itary man shouted out this absurd
speech. His astonishment, however,
was great when, in rep y to what be
had said, he beard a voice saying
"If you have kept your word I
w 11 keep mine, i ut out your light,
and then I'll come."
Tbe Major and his fellow-directn t
did not much 1 ke putting out tbe
lights, but tbey were not cowards.and
after some demur it was d ne.
, Where the vo ce came from was how
ever, a mystery, for tbere was no
hiding-places in the room, every s de
i being of tbick, many-plated Iron aod
1 steel. When tbe light was out they
waited in silence, wbile the Major
grasped ti roily In one hand a revolver
Ker a little wbile alow grating sound
was beard, then tbe falling of a beavy
body, and the next Instant a on on
wa visible standing in the middle of
the vault wttn a dark lantern in bis
hand. Of coure he came from some
where, bat the puzzle wu bow? A
r boat could not have entered more
v.Urtouely, tor they already knew
that the troll aod eelliag- bad bceo
most oaref uly examined, and tbere
waa no poaa.ble way ef ingreaa. Tba
Baa, however, too tpeke for Uln
ae! f, aad tbe directors, wbo were still
at a lots to pla n hla preaeooa
there, listened la aatooUbraent
It appeared that be was a poor
man, aad obtained a precarious living
la a atraoire way. Wbea tbe tide
waa low tt is tbe custom of a certain
claee of people uokaown to refined
society to enter the eewera to search
for any articles of value wbicb may
have been accidentally washed down
into them. It is a dangerous task
and revolting In ibe extreme, hut
tbey not unfrequent y t nd ery pre
cious things hidden in tbe filth.
Tbe man was one of tboae strange
adventurers. One night be had dis
covered an opening leading to some
place above. Tbere was a large
sou a re stone wbicb be found could be
easily raised. lie listened for some
time, and boding all waa silent
lifted up the stone without much
difficulty, and found, after some lit
tle investigation by tbe light of bis
lantern, that he was In tbe strong
room of a bank.
These men, like miners, can read
ily determine tbeexact spot of ground
uuder which tbey are, aod be soon
had a clew to the whole mystery. He
told his wife, who was a woman of
much su, erior education to his own,
of the who e affair; and then he
wrote, as we have seen, to the direc
tors. 1 own in the sewer be was able io
hear all their movements as well as
if above ground, aud thus was not
only able to know their pians, but to
frustrate them, ahd of course could
watch bis time to remove the small
but valuable box which we saw was
afterward returned, to leave tbe let
ters on the table, and to appear so
in steriouly.
Of course no one ever thought of
looking to ti e stone pavement, which
was supposed to 1 solid and immova
ble, as it was known that there were
no vaults below, alth-jugn the iron
walls and doors had been most care
fully tesied.
The mystery was now cleared up;
and the directors, calling for lights,
examined the place carefully and
fu ly verified the uian's statements
ile was 1 berated at the usual en
trance, after his address bad been
taken, and a time had been appoint 1
when he should appear before the
board.
The whole affair, which caused a
great sensation at tbe time, was duly
inquired Into, and such precautions
taken that a repetition of tbe ad
venture would henceforth be Impos
sible. Tbe directors felt that tbey owed
the strange man a debt of gratitude.
Although gold aod silver was not
lying In heaps upon tbe cellar floor,
there was incalculable wealth bidden
there, in the shape not only ot notes
and the most valuable securities, but
also io sol d bull. on and bard cash.
It Is impossible to say what a clever
burglar might, if he uuly knew ot the
secret entrance, have taken away undetected.
! The very strictest search proved
The very strictest search proved
that nothing had been taken besides j
the box, which was intact. Wben i
this point was fully settled it was
agreed by the directors that tbeuiys
terious visitor to their strong room
should tie rewarded for his bone-ty,
and it was currently reponed that
tbey settled upon him a liberal an
nuit.', su iCient to support him io
comfort for tbe re ,t of bis ilays.
uw York News.
Sui nhle Iridtnn.
Mr. f.'remony, in his "Life Among
I - ;- , -
the Apaches." gives an entertaining
account or a lady's man with whom
be once en o,ed an imerdcw '-A
tail, strong, wed -made .and handsome
young danu-y.'- he cails hi:., strut-
L.ng ai'OUL- Willi HI ail Ol . v I j CU-
lienor ( oDseoueri e, displaying his
colossal prop rtiou , bis splendid
leopard-skin saddie. ,u ver, legging,
and the like.
Alter a while fait-iah came swag
gering toward me, and said. In broken
.Spanish: 'Siur chief says you great
medicine: he says your pistol tire s x
times without reloading ! e savs you
bring tbe trees which are afar off
close to the eyes, as yo.i cu count
tbe Iea.es; be says our guns reacn a
great way and never miss; he says a
great many other wonderful tilings,
which 1 canuot llieve. Vou hae
bewitched him."
Iirawing as x-shooter from my belt,
1 pointed out a tree about seventy
live yards d stant and tiegan flrina
raiudiv. Kach shot struck i he tree,
aud blazed off larva fragments of the
bark.
.Nait-jah was astonished, and made
no attempt to conceal the fact; but
his admiratioD broke Into emphatic
expression wben be witnessed the
precision and reach of our Sharp's
rifles, and the rapidity wltb which
they could be 1 jaded and tired. His
pride had evideotly received a beavy
rail, and his lofty bearing was toned
down many degrees.
Io my pos-esslon was tbe mininture
or a young lady, whose graces of ier
soo, cultivated mind and amiable dis
position, rendered ber one of the
most lovable of Loston's fairest
daughters.
,Sait-,ah h ippened to see this pic
ture, and asked permission to take a
good look at the pleasant feat
ures. The miniature was placed in
bis band, and h s eyes seemed to e
vour Its expressive lineaments.
Throughout tbe remainder of the
day be bored me wltb frequent re
quests for another look, and the next
morning, aa soon as tbe camp was
astir, be n.fered me bis bow, arrows,
aud splendid leopard-skin for tbe
picture.
The offer being refused, he added
bis borne, and whatever other prop
erty he might have: then, finding me
oeaf to his entreaties, he r took one
long, last look, vaulted on bis bone,
set off at full ipeed, aud rapidly die
appeared la tbe distance.
M ist stories of heroes
veatsd to punish cowards.
wart ia-
HOilE AND TEE FIRM.
DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FR. Ei-ID.
The Creaaaery Hae EleTatad tha Staadarwl
ef Batter Wiee Warai for raraeere'
W Itww Xtotw I um la Crepe More aajtaaj
la( Kawxlawl Aa'-traltarai feate.
Aa Idea aa ta -Store Batter.
It Is a fact generally overlooked
that eved Iowa with its seml-w. ekiy
butter train servi. e. ships out less
than 40 per cent- ot its total manu
facture. Tbe official returns show
that for every pound eai outside the
State much more than a pound is
consumed within the State. Now
this home market is rtill too much
in the bands of tbe pri aie dairy
man. In a large share or tbis Mate
and of every oth r Mate the quality
Of butter consumed at home is stilt
in the d graded state of the year "be
fore tbe war." The cieamery has
elevated the standard of shipping
butter, has enhanced the price, has
put western butter clear to the top
in the general markets, but this work
bas not taken hold of the home mar
ket as g nerally as it should. Here
in Waterlo , our people have learned
that outter of standard quality is
b t'.er for table u-e lhao trie hodge
podge commodity known as "store
butter," and con-equently tbe home
demand has lt-n enormous and local
creameries sufieied nothing from the
freight blockade last s-mmer, for the
butter was all wanted at home. Tbe
fact that any creamery sells at home
is proof that the home market is
fully equal to, or letter, than the
distant market.
Now every step toward broadening
the home market for creamer, but
ler is a benefit to tbe creameries and
to tbe patrons. There comes up the
question of how to do it It is more
convenient to hand a customer a ball
of dairy butter than to d g o t to fill
orders from a tuhof creamery butter.
It may be well tor creameryinen to
print enough for this trade and com
pete against the "ball butt-r" with
lueious creamery butter 1 i tidy, com
pact pr nt or '-brick " This his been
tried with satisfaction in several
rses: in other cases small ,ars small
enough for famlfy use have teen
used, the creamery filling them and
belling them unbroken. As a rule,
some merchant in the town should
do the retailing. Creamery JouruaL
Worrta for Farmera' Wlvea,
A clever physician once prescritied
a new and becoming dre.-s as tbe best
remedy he knew for a nervous, care
worn woman, writes Helen Jay In an
article devoted entirely to "'J he
Work of a iariiier's Wife" In the
Ladies' Home , ouruaL History says
that a cure was ejected. At any
rate, we know that there is much
truth In the saying of the I'rench a
woman Is just as old as she appears
to i e," and the woman who would
keeD young and strong must look
young and stroi g. There i another
wa. In wbicn ibe fanner's w fe in
jure he; self phy Ic illy, and that is
by drinking so much cold water when
doing ber work. She becomes over
healed in the hot kitchen, hatting,
ironing, or washing, and goes from
that warm room into her cold dairy,
where the temperature Is several de
grees lowe , to cool off for a lew min
utes, as she says. While resting
tnere sue annus a glass oi com water
and then goe, back again to h. r woik.
She goes from the stove to tbe cellar
' ill.i.l.t III rh, ,.f II. r,L- ,
rum Ths Clhuna, .arecssess
art causes many of the rlieu-
I )t;V(,rs cnt ur
j u alu)j, it do(;s r)()Uinij4 it
iiiins the tinestskin. No surface can
be exposed to such ext ernes without
injury, an i a la' e that 1s I rst almost
b.isler-d with beat and then chilled
with a current of cold air is apt to
2iow w inkled and coarse, if it is
uotdistigured by eruptions. Instead
ol doing so much work in the hot
kit ben, tbe wide, ool piazzas,
wb.ch as a general thing, run around
tine side of the farm house, should be
uiili.ed for domestic purposes. The
ironing and pa t of the baking can
le dont here very eany by using a
small oil stove: and the vegetables
will be quite as thoroughly p epared
for cocking if the housewife sits com
fortable in the coolest cor n r, instead
of wearily bending ever a table in a
close rjom, made almost unendurable
by the heat from a laige stoe
Kc.tnlion in (Tor.
The operations necessary for the
cultlvat iii of one kind oftrypare
often or a nature to form unexcinlent
preparation for a succeeding one.
Even without the application of ler
til ers, with a perfect knowledge of
the chemistry which will supuly ex
actly the missing soli eiemcnts U
may be possible to produce from the
same ground In one season. As a
rule, long rooted plants should be
Io. lowed by those wbl h root nearer
tbe surface, and plants cultivated for
their seeds should be followed by those
cultivated for their foliage. The
former exhaust the inorganic matter
from the soil toa greater (leg ce than
the latter. All exper ments should
lie conducted on this general prin
ciple. Countless tons of plant food
ire shipped Irom our fertile fields
every year; ons crop feeds upon what
another may discard or may have sup
plied, and a dUerellled system Is the
only one by which to make farm opera
tions profitable. We should readily
see and appreciate tbe advantages of
rotation.
Care of Hon we Valine.
A New York women who has kept
her bay-window Oiled with tne same
palms for fifteen years, tells tbe
Kvenlng Suu that their long life Is
oolj a matter of proper care. She
has the ad van Use of electrical light
aod steam beat,, making a better at
Btotpbers for palms tbaa do gas and
i taw furnace, bat be rood this It Is
necessary to kerp them moist at tbe
root and out of tbe ccld air. Twice
a week tbe Oils tbe top ot each pot
with water,, once a fortnight, wltb a
flower sprayer, she cleans tbe leaves,
which must drip dry. When boused
for tbe winter, near tbe wiadow for
sunlight to reach them, she never
allows a draft to blow on the palms,
and except on tbe balmiest days, no
window Is opened to dust until tbey
are removed to a place uf safety. If
In spite cf this care tbey droop, tbe
Const Is seot for, and if be finds
moisture and drainage good, be will
look for wo ms. wbicb are a palm's
greatest enemies, but can 1 cut. nut
without great detriment to tbe plant.
Clean water, an even, warm temper
ature and sunlight will suffice for
health of any bouse palin. Country
Gentleman
More Sabeolllex Needed.
Tbere will doubtless be one good
r sult from the severe diougbt which
mo t bans of the country have suf
fe ed the past season. It will dire t
the attention of farmers to the neces
sity of subsoiling. Even In tbe dry
est sections rain all enough comes
each season to make tbe ciop if tbe
water cau be husbanded until time of
need. This can be done by breaking
up tbe bard subsoil, so as to cn.ible it
to bold a treaterauanity of moisture
This will do no gofd, however, unless
there is outlet Umeath for the sur
plus water to pass away. Stagnant
waier is death to tbe roots of most
kinds of vegetable crops. When a
field is underdrained one tbor uuh
subsoiling will keejithe oil deep and
moi-.t for many years. The frost in
etrates a drained soil, ami tbis keeps
its particles from running logethe in
a solia mass, as soil does when water
is allowed to become stagnant in it.
Sluklnp; the Hocn I Meful.
The old negro who said of th- . g:
"He do no worg be just lik a
gentleman." ought t see the way
that siime farmd make even hi
sw ine-hip of servi e. At iiood stock
Farm, u--ar Loweil, ihe o her day we
saw some of the laige Herksbire
boars industriousiy rooting over piles
of horse manure thrown into the pens
in which ihey were kept, 'lb s is
good lor ihe manure pile. It mixes
it thoioughly and makes it ferment
more easily without danger of lire
faiiging. i'.ut Ibe best service is to
the an.mals. A hoar hog should not
Ie fat if he is he will be unlit for
breeding. The exercl-e which he
gets by rooting over manure pile for
scattered grain is ust what is needed
to make him a sure stock getter.
Amerban Cultivator.
Swekt potatoes contain a large
proportion of sugar, and are more
fattening than corni The smallest
si. e are e ;ual to tlie liest for stock
A Vkio.ost farmer who raised his
own cow feed, extept cotton se.-d
meal, and kept a strict account,
came to the conclusion that his but
ter cost him 13 c per pound.
In Europe the farmers often spread
manure owr the land to a depth of 0
inches. 'I bey are ueter aiiald of
"i urni g up" i in.: cro, s w.tb manure,
especially when ibe manure is we.l
rotted aud tine.
I'nii) many careful experiments it
has been determined that the force
necessary to diaw a given load, on a
good broken stone road, is less than
one third of that re.ulred to draw
tbe sau e load on a common earth
load.
A unsightly ience lessens the value
of a fa. iu by giving it a run-down ap
pearance. Mich a fence is not only
u-e ess, but senes as a buboriug
place for insects and collects seed,
of weed to i e distributed over the
farm next sea on.
Ii.iEhivi should be kept iriadiy
place and where the l ni erature wui
Lie even. Cold does not kill lues as
uickly as dampness, Tuey create a
lar.e propori lori of animal beat in
the hive, an i should not he iu a loca
tion that h t o warm.
TKfeetof horses need fie ucnt
examination. Wben the feet are
sore or are in ured in any mariner the
Usefulness of the auimal ceases. To
preserve tbe feet ome attention is
necess irv in keeping the stables dry
and clean, and this should not be left
entirely to an cssistaut.
Tli C hincMi; Hon of lli-aven.
In l'ckin is t he residence of a mon
arch who is still tbe Son ol J)caen
to ;i.id,u .o.o io human beings, whom a
bare score of liv.ng foreigners hive
even seen, and wbo at the end of the
nineteenth century leadsanexis-eucc
le tilting t:ie Veiled J'ropbet of Kti .-ra-san.
He is icegerent of Heaven,
hlm-elt ail but a go , and iitus a
pilsner's life. To the Innermost
palace no man Is admitted, and tbe
imperial person and harem aie sur
rouuded by a vast body of eunucus
estimated at from n.tji-o to io.oi.o.
When the Emperor goes out nobody
is allowed on the streets, wlicli are
very likely paved for tbe occasion,
wbile the bouses are barricaded or
dosed with mats.
The ceremonial functions of his
life are manifold and engrossing, a d
bi, education In ihe native classics is
not neglected. i. uang lieu, tba
present, Emperor, takes a deep in
teiest In eveiyth ng i.nglish, and re
ceives daily lessons In our language
from two t blnese students, who, un
like the Ministers, are allowed to sit
In bis presence; but wltb the sad
routine of his o V.clal lire, rig diy pre
scribed by an adamantine etiquette,
and the tempia Ions of ibe harem, it
Is unlikely that an Emperor of China
can develop force of character or
lea. n lessons f statecraft. Should a
strong sovereign emancipate himself
from toe petrlflei! traditions of the
Valace, tne phantom of Imperial
power would, it is said, colls, se
The National liavlew.
Evbky person Interested in scan
dal baa been tbe sub.ect of it.
OUR 0AODtM APAIOa
IMS-ered Very fjaa' rnaaa
FolHIcsl canrassing'la these days
and political eaovaeoiog ia tbe times
of our fstberv and grandfathers at
very dUerent thing Ail Oust is
necessary now Is lor so orator or
candidate to betake himself to av
private car. - Tbere, . surrounded , by
friends aud supplied wiltv eveiy
luxury, be is as comforUb e aa If al
borne in bis study or ofliee. Tbs
triin moves off, and at frequeotin
terva s stops at a station wbere Al
ready a crowd of people aregaibered.
Tbe orator steps to the rear platform
of bis car, delivers a speech of frois
a to oU minutes, according to ibe
exigency or tbe time table, aud then
glides on ward. Tnus 1j the cotir.e
of two or three days a great Mai
may be thoroughly canvass a, an.i in
tbe course of l u days a baif dozen
States. At important capitals a stop
is so.i.etimes made over uigni where
the orator addiesses tne people In a
vast hall amid the a ces-orle of
ii use and brilliant dearie lights.
In tbis manner a great political cam
j.algu is now reduced to a matter of
a lew weeks wbere lorme ly it
dragged through many mouths and
otlen exlendea over a year.
In the o.d times a political cam
paign was a se.ious labor, it ln
vo.ved long and disagrecahle journeys
on horseba k or in piiv.ite vehicles.
The roads were tad aud sometimes
iuipas aide, while creeks and rives
were br dgeless. To canvass a con
gressional district or a Mate was the
work of months. Tbe announ e
uieut bad to lie made weeks heiore
band aud a ulil.cai uie. liug was as
notable aneveutas tbe oimng of
the ctcus. It is said, indeed, tnat
f S. l reutiss. one of tne g eaiet
and most e.oqueut of stump orators,
ome canvassed Missis Ipp Iu com
pany with a circus, making an ar
ranemetit, with the niiowiu.ui to
divine lime, 10 the advantage of
loth, lor 1 reuliSi was as ,il lac he
a card as the show. To these old
laslou.d meetings larmeis and oilier
good and putnriot.c citi ens would
come distances ol twenty to thirty
m:ies, briugiug their famlies aud
m.iaiug a gala day of it ror this
wa-. their only meaus of gaining
jHiiitical luiormatiou or of finding
out what their public servants were
doing Tne dally newspaper was a
thing uukuowu a deveulUe weeklies
were not cucuuted widely. o the
peou.e liocked to the great political
gatherings to get news of the w rid,
and oue or two sucb meetings would
last them a year
Such was 'mumping" in the West,
thirty, forty, and fifty years ago be
fore railr .ads drought tbe market to
every farmer's door aud before the
telegraph gave him the news of tne
world every morning. And as tl was
iu the West so It had been iu the
hast. To day Mr. l.eed can start
from Portland In Maine and in lea
days bj eak in every important city
betweeu there and 1 ortland, tire.
With n a period of th.ee weeks he
Cau speak in every quarter of l-ie
coiled Mates and his utterance' be
roud at a miiiiou hreaklast tables tba
Morning a ler. In the days of bis
fathers it wo.ild have U:en a hen u
ieaii task to have traveled irom 1 ort
aiid to New York in the same period
of time, making speeches by tbe
way. ,
I he first political tours of impor
tance m our history were made if
V aldington iu his tirst adm. nit ra
tion. Ills object was. Io inc. e. e ai
lar as possiole the union sentiment
and to acquaint himself with the
c million aud desire of the people in
various pans of tbe country, ins
New I iigl.iiid tour occupied a month
and his s utheni three months. He
t.aveicd in his own coaM, tliouti
iiis entrance Into Ibe towns was
male on horseback. He himself
m.ide no set, speeches, but many w ro
made ly ol .ers and the union feel
ing was greatly streiigtlu; e l.
James Monroe pnadi. two exii-n-i.e
1 resiiieutai tours with an ulleiior
piiitlcal purpose, so success. uiiy, in
deed, that be was eie ted ny ibe vote
ol every Mate for his second lei m.
Henry's day's jouine s to and irora
Washington uiiuost invarully took
the form ol a political suim ing
cam pa gn, tint that he wi tied it so,
but because under the ircuiusiances
he could not help II Traveling was
a slow process in tho-e da. s and was
rarely peifo med after nightfall, and
wherever he stopi ed the peop.e were
wild to hear the silver toug d Harry
:it ihe West. n some occasions h I
entire journey was a continued ova
lion. (Jo his way back to I ex ngton,
after Ja kr.on'slirst inaugural on, ho
was recci ed everywhere by crowds of
enthusiastic admirers. Suppers, d'n
ners aud balls were arranged for him
ail along the line, and be iiad free
passage everywhere. Taverns stood
wide open, stages were free an I no
t 11 gale stopped him. Jils course
was a triumph, tl march. Thus early
did he commence Ins Pre-ddential
campaign for I S I:'. During the
next two or three years he made iong
and e. tensive ournevs South and
North and add. eased vast crowds,
but it was the occupation of months,
not of a few days.
1 ouglas, in i sii( occupied nearly
two months in his Presidential cam
paign, making many speeches North
Hid South, and though be bad the
railroads, he could not have the
comfort and convenience of modern
travel, That campaign cost blm bis
life.
A generation has passed since
I ouglas spoke and modern Inven
tions have made the pathway of the
nollncal oraittr still more easy. l er.
haps in another generation the flight
it the orator through the land will
be still more rapid and the laisirs of
t campaign be concentrated into a
Tew days.
When a sinner dies, the relatives
tlways want a "liberal" preacher to
sooduct tbe service. ,