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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
E8TINO ITEMS.
(mbhIi aa Criticism Based I'pM
tha appraise of tka Dsj Mia
hn as4 News Nate.
W". C P. Hreckinrtdge says he la "oat
of politics for good" that is, for the
good of politics, of course.
The vegetarians who slaughtered the
missionaries iu China must have been
Airing uu a cucumber diet
If the men want the bloomer cog
Iwne to come Into general use It would
fee good policy not to stare at the plo
tters. ' tUuban patriots have formed a provis
ional government That Is better; they
were beginning to run short of pro
visions. A scientific exchange predicts that
we will be able to fly one of these
iaya." That depends very largely, we
-are told, on our earthly lehavior.
The agricultural colleges w ill have to
hump themselves if they turn out
wnough farmers to support the lawyers,
doctors ami preacher turned out by
the other colleges.
A young woman entered au Indian
apolis bunk and offered not to cut her
throat for $Vt.)m. Before the deal
could be closed she grew impatient and
left and thus the bank lost a bargain.
"I)o not let others kiss you indiscrim
inately," says the Boston Herald. No,
'indeed. We are bound to exercise some
care in this matter, even though we
make swarms of people angry. We're
jfot to do It
'A. Xenla, Ohio, paper says that the
charge that the postmaster at that
place paid $."s)0 for his office ought to be
Investigated. We should say so. It Is
Important to find out who has been cut
ting rates like that
Zella Nicholaus says she will make
"ner debut on the stage early next
month. We warn her that theatrical
life has many severe temptations for a
pure, innocent and unsophisticated
girl. She will find behind the foot
lights that "ail Is not Gould that glit
ters." - A recent compilation of New England
ltal statistics shows that in l!rj twenty-one
marriages in every thousand of
population occurred in the towns of
more than lo.isio population, while In
the villages and in the country the
marriage rate was five less in the thou
sand. The city birth rate is higher In
about the same proportion, but the
death rate is also higher. The statis
tics indicate that while the chances of
- sufficient food are better in the cities,
the-chances of prolonged life are ls-tter
-Invthe country iu spite of short rations.
The street car spotter has practically
'disappeared from some Western cities,
where Just lately a scheme of selling
tickets f.rt 2o eouts good for six rides
Kthere should aiso be sold thirty tickets
for if 1). has come into general use. The
conductor punches a hole in the ticket
for each ride. The spotter cannot, of
coarse, tei! which passenger have paid
'cash fares and which have trip cards,
nd o his usefulness has gone and he
Is going himself. The Koek Island
Railroad recently adopted a seemingly
excellent plan on its local trains run
ning out of Chicago. The conductors
were Informed that spotters would not
In the future be employed on the road
and that the money thus saved would
be applied to au .'uer :tse In the wages
' of conductors. The inductors would
not In future lie watched, but would
be regarded as trusted employes and
paid as such. The plan is said to work
to the satisfaction of both company and
"The launch of the big steamship Ze
nith City from the South Chicago ship
yards shows more titan an advance In
hlp-buildlng. The time has passed
when a wooden vessel with the capaci
ty of 1,000 tons is profitable. Cheap
"rail rates have done much toward build
ing; op these great lake barges. Each
advance in the capacity of steamers
has Increased the trip profits, and as
the fleet grew In carrying capacity the
railroads have scaled down the tariff
and run their trains on a faster sched
ule. The competition brought the
svhaJeback barges, and now these un
gainly boats push their stubby noses
Into the chief harbors along the chain
f lakes. But they are not propellers,
and are dependent on a tow-line and
fair weather. The Zenith City in point
T carrying capacity approaches the
eean liners, for In the hold is room for
smme six thousand tons dead weight
The owners-can compete with the rail
Toad companies and cut on the present
rates with profit These shipbuilders
re working on business principles.
They are building more large vessels,
and the time is not far distant when
the old wooden boats will be relegated
to the lumber trade or left to decay In
the docks.
Bicyclists cannot by any possible de
Tgn of propulsion knock over an Ice
' art, or even to a great extent disable
an ordinary vehicle. They may run
aetoera the casual pedestrian, though
M thea tbey Incur danger, bat when
m (MM to colliding with a do; cart
ar a m ths latter la pretty sure to
fear the beat of it Do i Chicago
fowad to tala great coafu-
otasr night Biding along
Zzfinam boeleTard at a pact of twenty
O twenty -ftr miles aa boar, to the
-QjBBMitnra and torrac of away pad
to ana tarty MM
his ribs fractured, and generally was
pretty badly used up. Of course If this
disaster bad happened to the other fel
low, the "scorcher" would have gone
cheerily on his way, possibly lamenting
that anybody should be so foolish as to
get In the way of bis swift-revolving
wheel, at the same time securing his
personal safety by flight Unhappily
for him it was his own ox, or rstber
person, that was gored, and he may
now have occasion, while in the hospi
tal, to reflect upon the evils of "scorch
ing." The chances are that
hereafter he will not ride so fast
It is in truth a silly as well as a most
dangerous practice. It is full of peril
both to rider and pedestrian, and many
serious accidents, even to the loss of
life, have resulted from It 1'erhaps a
few notable disasters to the riders, such
as this is, may ultimately clunk the
"scorching" habit which Is probably as
objectionable to sensible bicyclers as it
it is to everybody else.
S'yle is one of the few desirable
things that money can mrt buy isays
the New York Tribuuel. A tirsl-class
dressmaker may dress a woman artis
tically, but she can not give her style.
Style docs not mean variety of apparel;
it docs not even mean richness of ma
terial. It Is in the ioic of the head
and shoulders, the habitual way of
moving, that the indescribable quality
of personal style lie secreted. If the
average woman of to-day were asked
what g.wsl gift she would ch'soe as a
b.n from a fairy godmother, provided j
she could have but one. there is no
doubt but that she would, on mature :
consideration, select style. Style out-,
livi youth and g.sxi look. It gives a 1
woman au immense power or holding
her own, and carries off awkward pre
dicaments. It makes its ismsessor, in
the long run, often outshine a common
place beauty, no matter how plain she
may be individually. Style frequently
reuders a woman presentable In a
sliabby gowu, and Is a gift that holds
g.xsl for rain or shine, In hot or cold
weather alike one that, once tiossess
ed, never d -sens its possessor. The
fundamental principle of style Is to
wear an old gown with the air of a
princess and to wear a new one as If
you hail forgotten Its newness.
Kticntists who are hired for that very
purpose have certified again and again,
with wearisome Iteration, as to the
complete harmlesstiess, and in some in
stances to the healthful quality of those
electric shocks which startled Individ
uals so frequently receive through the
trolley wire agency. Some of the cer
tificates of the trolley attorneys must
be held responsible for a rather common
Impression that the capitalists who
have equipped trolley roads are really
public benefactors, and that not the
least of their beneficence Is that which
provides the wayfaring man or the
wandering horse or cow with delight
ful surprises In the shape of gratuitous
electrical treatment. Once In a while,
however, an unfortunate human being,
who, up to the time of the wire con
tact Is supposed to be In admirable
health, persists in dying from the shock.
This was so when Miss Kate Valentine,
of Norwalk, Conn., a robust 10-year-old
girl, touched a telephone wire which
had crossed a trolley wire. The tele
phone wire was lying in the grass and
was practically invisible to the casual
pedestrian. The remains of Miss Val
entine were buried. We expert the ap
pearance of lengthy papers on elec
trlclty, in which men of great learning
will prove by every theory known to
humanity how utterly Impossible It is
for the trolley current to seriously dam.
age the physical organism of any m i:i.
woman or child who Is not already at j
death's door.
A recent telegram from Kansas CUy
Biait-u mm ine microscopic ui-pni uueiii
of the Hureau of Animal Industry ban
been suspended by the Secretary of Ag
riculture, and 30 women, each draw
ing ?."0 per month, have been thrown
out of employment The suspension Is
reported to have been decided on 1s?
cause the packing companies have no
orders for pork from countries requir
ing microscopic inspection, and the
Government docs not propose to furnish
such Inspection for those who do not
require it This is perfectly right The
fact Is that American pork Is and has
been more free from trichina than
German or French pork, while Ger
many and France are the countries
from which most of the objections and
complnints have come. Hut those ob
jections were mere pretexts, invented
with the object of excluding American
meat for the pecuniary benefit of Ger
man and French hog raisers. This is
all there was to the outcry. American
pork does not hurt American consumers
by reason of alleged trichina or other
wise, and it does not Injure the many
Germans and French who have migrat
ed to this country and eat as much of
our pork as they can afford to buy.
The people of the British Islands take
most of our pork exports, and they do
not require a certificate of Insjiection
to go with the article, nor do they ever
report deaths from trichina contained
in American pork. They will take Just
as much without inspection as with it
and It is understood but little if any of
the meat they have taken in recent
years has been passed under the micro
scope. The examinations have been
conducted at a large expeuse In Uie
bope of overcoming the objections rais
ed by French and Germans to the In
troduction of our pork, and the meas
ure has failed because tbe objections
raised were vexatious ones, simply In
tended to conceal tbe real motive, go
tbe inspection of our pork under tbe
microscope ia of bo use. Probably It
dees not help ths export trade one par
ticle, and certainly no good baa ban
gained commensurate with tbe troabU
aad mat of the operation.
The man wttk a keen noae never laws
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THE FARM AND HOME.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
More ladcpcndcnce Possible Is the
Farmrr'a Life than is An; Other Oc
cupation Every Farm Should Have
a Workshop Art of Stack Making-.
Bright Bide of Farm Life.
That the average farmer's life is not
exactly a bd of roses few will deny.
But that It has Its bright side Is not to be
disputed. Among the advantages held
by the farmer over any other laboring
class may be mentioned his indepen
dence. With his comfortable dwelling,
well filled barns and cellars, the mod
ern farmer is absolutely the most in-de-ndent
of human beings. Financial
tjuestlons which the nation may be
worrying Itself about affect biiu but
little. I-abor strikes, which involve
thousands of dollars and ju-arly all
classes of men. pass hliu by unheeded.
It Is iniKMisible to find another busi
ness or profession which Is less depen
dent uimju the patronage or favor of
others, says the Denver Field and
Farm. He knows that if be raises
more of any kind of produce than he
requires for bis own use, he will bo
able to disMjse of it, liecsuse his prod
uce are the ni-cesslties of life. In place
of being dependent upon others, be has
the satisfaction of knowing that the
whole world Is deiK-ndent upon him.
This independence is shown in many
forms. He is not compelled, as many
others are, to rise at a certain hour and
lalsir a certain numls-r of hours each
day under the directions of others un
til he becomes simply a piece of machin
ery, without thought or feeling of his
own. But, Instead, bis work Is per
formed as he thinks best, and at what
ever time he may consider most suita
ble. Neither Is be worried by the fear of
losing ills situation, as many a one
who is employed by others Is Isiund to
be at one time or another. Ills position
is secure, and he knows that with a fair
season his recomiense Is assured.
Looking at the bright side of farm life
from another standpoint: No one ever
passed a flue farm In midsummer and
did not envy its owner. The pictur
esque surroundings, the well kept
fields and pastures, the fine horses and
sleek cattle, the general air of peace
and prosperity which hoversovera well
appointed farm. At this season, bow
ever. Inspired poets have caused many
men In other walks of life to become
farmers, and and many of the wrecks
along the country roadside were caused
by men who had better have remained
in other walks of life.
The Farm Workshop.
Every farm ought to have a workshop
on It If not a separate building, at
least a room where a supply of tools
most commonly used are kept for use
In cases of emergency. There are times,
says Farm News, when a saw and a
brace and set of bits will save a trip
to town and a loss of time when time is
valuable. A portable forge and an an
vil, with a few blacksmith tools, will be
used very frequently, and a shoemak
er's outfit comes handy when there is a
break In the harness or a call for a
stitch or two in shoes or straps.
A neat little kit of shoemaker's tools
can be purchased for $2 and a very con
venient blacksmithlng outfit for about
$15, and a few dollars more spent for
planes, chisels, files, saw, augers,
squares and such common tools will pay
a large interest in a way that is quite
astonishing.
Many times a small break Is neglect-
,.d uutn a 8,.Pil),w cme n.sllls from it.
when If tools had been handy, the mat-
tcr could have Imh-u attended to at the
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and Implements that are now necessary
on every well-conducted farm, then
are frequent calls for repairing, and in
a majority of the cases the farmer can
make all necessary repairs himself, If
he has the tools to work with.
Rods that get bent can be straighten
ed, plows sharpened, and the thousand
and oue things that make a trip to the
blacksmith or carpenter or wagonmak-
er necessary, and adds to the expense
account, may be easily avoided by
making a small outlay for tools. All
these things count In a year, and the
saving Is worth looking after.
The Art of Stuck Making.
American farmers have never been
good stackers. The grain Is put Iu
barns, Instead of being stacked as It us
ually is in Europe. At present the diffi
culty in making a good stack Is greater
than ever. Threshing machines that
will put through 1,200 or more bushels
of grain per day require all the help that
can be got to get the grain In the straw
to the machine. Only enough are left
on the stack to get the straw out of the
way. To make a really good stack, the
straw should be trampled all over the
stack and especially on the edges. It
is very important that tbe chaff which
comes with the straw le evenly dis
tributed through the stack. If It is not,
water will settle Into the stack where
the chaff Is most plentiful and will rot
It It Is best usually to dispose of this
chaff by dropping It at the foot of the
stack tinder the carrier, and after the
threshing Is done taking It Into the
barn. It is the most nutritious part of
the straw, and will lie readily eaten by
stock In winter as a change from grain
and bay.
Low Price for Machine Work.
When mowing and reaping machines
first began to be used, their prices were
high, and what was fully as Important,
few were competent to manage them.
We bare known Instances where as
blgb as $1 per acre was paid for cutting
a meadow, and tha owner of tbe land
famished tbe team. Of late years tha
prtca of machines la lower, and than
an many who understand running
than. Tbe consequence la that In some
BeigbborBOous tha competition Is so
great that It is cheaper to hire gra
and grain cut than to do It, even if Ih
farmer had the Implements and team.
We have beard this year of large fields
of grain being cut and bound for
cents per acre. As the twine for bind
ing i-ame out of this, the uian'wbo tsk
the Job did not earn for himself, ma
chine and team more than B5 cents an
acre. This Is much cheaper than grain
was ever cut by band, and the fact that
the work can be done so cheaply on
large fields is one of the reasons why
grain is and must continue to be low lu
price. American Cultivator.
lrjr Earth aa a IHaiofrctant.
A good expedient for securing dry
Bess iu the coops is the use of dry
eurlh scattered alsmt under the roost
and on the floor. This acts as au ab
sorlteut of the moisture, as a disinfect
ant says Farm and Fireside, and,
moreover, repays all the trouble sK'Ut
over It by the Itetter preservation of
the useful ingredients of the droppings,
and the great comfort to the attendant.
The utmost cleanliness must lie aimed
at iu order to render this possible,
and the buildings must be convenient
ly arranged for cleaning. If they are
too low or cramped, if the K-rches are
badly arranged, aud if there are ms.ks
and corners that are diiiiciilt to get at.
the result will ! that the cleaning op
eration will never be perfectly accom
plished, and little heaps of decompos
ing filth will remain, to the disgust of
the attendant, aud the damage of the
health of the fowls. The most power
ful aid In preserving cleanliness Is the
dry earth mentioned aliove; this should
lx- as often renewed as It becomes well
mixed with the droppings. The perch
es and nests should be whitewashed,
and for this purpose they should be
movable.
Growing Clover Without Grain.
Wheat or rye are the best grains to
seed with, but the low price of wheat
for several years past bus led many
farmers to wish that they could dis
pense with It It is ible to grow
clover sown alone, says the Independ
ent, but, unless the soil Is reasonably
free from weeds, we would prefer to
sow It on grain that has bad two hun
dred pounds per acre of superphos
phate drilled in with It The extra
yield of grain will more than pay for
the phosphate, and there will be tlm
second year a Istter growth of clover
than there will be with clover sowu
alone without the phosphate. We had
occasion to test tills many years ago,
drilling once half way across a field
without sowing either graiu or phos
phate. The clover seed was sown
broadcast with a Calxii sower, and
at harvest the clover on the strip where
no grain was sown was decidedly bet
ter than the other. Iut after harvest
the clover in tbe grain stubble rapidly
gained. liy the time the ground froze
we could see little, if any, dinerenee.
I'.tit the next year there was a differ
ence, and the clover where the grain
and phosphate inn I Is-eu distributed
was fully two-thirds heavier than the
other.
iJatryintf la Sure,
The man who does bis own work
knows how It Is done, and, I believtt
takes more comfort than one who hai
to irust a large part of It to others
This Is especially true of the care ol
cows. I keep no sheep. Just cows ami
hens and two horses, says .John New
ton In the Hural New Yorker, iajl
the farmers around here went line,
horses, and many of them are weight
ed down with them now. Taking up
dairying and sticking right to that has
been a great blessing to me. l'.ut It
was very discouraging work at first
with a iHKir pasture, and ouly small
spots b.ere and there on the farm on
which corn could Ih grown. Winter
dairying solved the pasture question.
I turn the cows into n back pasture
when tlicy are dry the first of August.
I have not become rich, but have found
that, with the blessing of God, a man
who Is not strong, and who has a hard,
stony farm, enn have a happy home and
bring up a family In these times of de
pression in agriculture.
Valne of Sunflowers.
The composition and yield per acre
of food constituents Bre tubulated by
the Vermont exis-rlment station for
Japanese radish, spurry, millet, rape,
soja bean, horse beau and sunflowers,
and for mixtures of peas, oats and rape,
hairy vetch and soja beans, hairy vetch
and horse beans, aud vetch, oats and
rape. The largest yield of dry matter,
7.411 pounds jM-r acre, was made by
rape; this plant produced n larger crop
when the drills were six Inches apart
than when, planted at a distance of
twenty-seven Inches apart. Japanese
radish was refused by cattle; sunflower
heads afforded 2,7.'JS pounds of dry
matter per acre, containing i" pounds
of fat, a much larger quantity than that
produced by any other crop.
Protecting- Kralt from Winds.
There is much less cropping of or
chards now than there used to Ih-, and
the result is that lower beaded trees
are generally prevalent These are
better on many accounts, mostly be
cause the low heads are less exposed
to heavy winds, aud there Is less wast
age of fruit. In all exposed places fur
ther protection from winds Is needed.
It will pay wherever a young orchard
Is planted to also plant on the sides
most exposed to winds a row of ever
greens that shall serve aa a windbreak.
Tbe loss of fruit blown down and made
worthless In a single storm is often
many times greater than the cost of a
protection which would make such loss
unnecessary.
hallow Cora Caltlvsttoa.
At the agricultural experiments! sta
tion at Champaign, III., tbey hare test
ed tbe methods of corn culture for Are
successive years. Faithful trials with
surface cultura and deep culture of
this plant bate resulted qolte faroray
bly to tbe method of shallow cultivation.
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Truth and 1'oetry.
Faulty road.
Half a load.
Sm-Kith and dry,
I 'lie it high.
Township Awakening.
Alsmt half of the towns In Rhode Isl
and iMve asked to Ik- Included lu the
provisions of the gsd roads law, p-tsscd
last January. -rtiiiltirig the use of J.'JO,
v for good roads.
Hail to the Wide Tire.
Tbe editor of the home department of
the Maine Farmer approves of the wide
tire law, just enacted by the Conuectl-'
cut IeglsluHire, and says: "This is the
first step to Ik- taken In Maine in the
way of legislation, and this of Itself
will do much to insure a hard, smooth
rou 1 1 bed. Towns and cities In Maine,
fcbere streets have been macadamized,
or asphalt highways constructed, will
Ih- compelled to pass the wide tire ordi
nance, to protect the same."
Making Good Koada.
How to build a good road Is a very Im
portant subject to the iieople of a great
nation that is just becoming fully
aroused to the importance of maintain
ing a better system of public highways.
Iu his new book. "New Koads and
Koad Laws lu the Fulled States," Gen.
Hoy Stone, special agent for the liiited
States Department of Koad Inquiry,
says that the perfection of roads Is a
flue, dry, smooth dirt track, for the rea
son that such a surface Is easy on horse
and vehicle, while free from Jar and
noise. He advocates narrow stone
roads ls-side the dirt track for the rea
son that In wet or frosty weather din
roads are often impassable. A dirt
road In good condition Is preferable to
a surface of stone for driving aud
wheeling purposes and would save
much wear on the latter, which Is tin)
more expensive of the two. Asa mat
ter of course tills general suggestion is
to be modified to suit different locali
ties, but on the whole, (Sen. Stone's re
port, made after the examination and a
careful survey ami study of recently
built roads in all parts of the country, Is
a safe and scientific guide for the cor
rect building of logical and lasting high
ways. Cost of Had Honda,
A little pamphlet culled "The Gospel
of Good Hoads" shows that there are In
the United States, draft aalmiils-ln-(imling
horses, mules and oxen repre
senting an investment of nearly 2.(mi
million dollars. These farm animals
are permanent and steady boarders.
I'.usy or idle, they eat every day and
must be properly cared for. Fnless
they are kept employed earning their
living they In-conic a source of enor
mous expense. Tbe chief jmrKse which
they serve In the w Inter season Is trans
porting farm products to market and
other kinds of hauling. An Interfer
ence with this sort of work means the
consumption of a vast amount of grain
and hay. which has a money value. In
maintaining the unemployed motive
isiwi-r of the fanner at a ruinous ex
pense.
It has been estimated by a citizen of
Indiana, who has Investigated the sub
ject very carefully, that bad roads in
the State annually cost the farmer $15
for each mule and horse in his posses
sion. Ten thousand farm horses iu one
month will consume $7MHJ worth of
feed, and this consumption goes on
whether they are earning their dally
rations or standing Idle iu their stalls.
NAPOLEON'S ABDICATION.
He Wa us Great in His Fall aa In
His Glory.
Napoleon had rlddeu nearly two hun
dred miles without rest and all to no
purpose. Going into the little posting
house near the fountain, he dropped
into a chair and, for an instant, rested
his head upon the table. I&ut no! He
must not sleep; he must work. He
called for lights. He spread out the
war-maps ujmhi the table, and sticking
his plus here and there, as was his cus
tom, at once began to study the situa
tion, l'hillp never forgot that scene
the gray of the morning, the group of
silent soldiers and, through the ojien
door the cottage. In the circle of flick
ering light, the tired and defeated lead
er of men poring over his maps, plan
ning a new campaign.
But that campaign never came. Fate
was too strong for him; and, yielding
to the Inevitable, Napoleon finally gave
up bis determination to make au In
stant march on Paris with the troops
who were following hltn from the east
ern frontier, aud rode wearily to his
palace at Foutaluebleatl, a few miles
to the sou til.
Had news travels quickly. And bad
news speedily found Its way to Fon
ts Inebleau. The Allies entered Paris.
The clty-"falthful Paris," as the Km
peror called It Instead of rising against
the Invaders, welcomed them. France
was weary of war. The dignitaries of
the Empire, following the lead of Tal
leyrand, "that arch-conspirator," one
by one deserted the Emperor who had
made them rich and loaded them with
honors. They gare their allegiance to
the new government The white cock
ade and the white lag of the Bourbons
appeared la the streets. "Long live
the King r begaa be heard where
"!iig live the Kiiqro,r had so often
b.n shouted. The abdication or tn
(-...M.ror demanded, and Bene
Paris at last made welcome back tb
Hourlw.ns whom, nearly a geuersuon
before. It had driven awsy In the days
of terror.
Treason hastened tbe work. ix
m,v iiiu.d which he bad de
pended for bis revenge, dwindled sway ;
and Marmont-brsve Mannoiit woo
bad so valiantly defended 1'aris-went
over with his entire corps, and iorer
after was esteemed a traitor by the
France lie h'Icd to seine and iwve.
The marshals, whom the F-nqs-P
had raised to rank and ri hes. Joined
lu the cry for his alNlicali-n. They
ueuinst their old leader; it is
claimed they even d.s.med him to leath
if he refused to obey their will.
Then, descried by his companions In
arms, worn out with a useless struggle
-loath, now, to bring als.ut civil war
by apiwals to the eople who were l"y
ai and the old soldiers who were faith
ful to hlm-Napoleon, with that seren
ity that marks a great s-.ttl. yielded to
the Inevitable, ami. on Aj.ril 11.
signed his abdication.
This Is the act of renunciation he
signed -this victor, subjugate.) by
l ate, and by bis own ambition:
"The Allied Powers having proclaim
ed that the Kmperor Is the sole ol.ta
de to the re -establishment of peace In
F.tirope, the Kmperor, faithful to bis
oath, declares that he renounces, for
himself and for his family, the thrones
of France and Italy, and that there is
no sacrlti.-e, even to that of his life,
which he is not ready to make for the
interests of France."
The tricolor had Indeed fallen. The
man who, for so many years, hud given
glory and greatness to France, who
had distracted Kngland with war. star
tled the whole continent with his suc
cess, and filled the world wllh his name,
stepped down from his throne, and Ku
ros once more breathed freely. Great
lu everything he did. Napoleon was as
great lu his fall as In bis glory. The
Kmplre was dead. St Nicholas.
That Was Different.
I was waiting for the poslofll.-e at
Iltliitsvllle to open In tbe morning, and
meanwhile talking to a colored Jani
tor, who was sweeping and dusting,
when n negro Is.y, alsiut l.'i years old.
came along and Is-ckoned the Janitor
to step aside. The old mall looked at
him sharply, but did not comply. '
"Say, yo':" called the young man.
Them was no reply to this, and after
a minute he called again:
"liy! What yo' wants wid me?"
sternly demanded the janitor.
"I wants to speak wld yo'."
"Who is yo'r
"Yo' know who I Is. Yo Is dun en
gaged to my sister Kviiiigeliue."
"t)b! Yo' Is her brudder Sam. Waal,
what yo' want?"
"Kin yo' lend me ten cent?"
"(Hi what grounds, sahV"
"On de grounds dat yo' Is gwlne to
be my brud.ler-in-law."
"Hoy, d.ian yo' know uutfin 'tall 'bout'
philosophy ?" shouted the Janitor as he
raised his broom over his shoulder..
"My beln' engaged to yo'r sister Kvan
gellne as ft private citizen, an' my
st.'indln' heati represetitin' de I'nlted
States gttv'menl an' talkin' wld a gem'
l.ili besides, am two entirely different
contestashuns. As yo'r fucher bm.l-der-ln
law I'd like to obleege yo", but as
a representative of dis gnv'inent I
doau' know yo' from Adam, an' If yo"
doan' move on I'll hev to smash yo' to
bone dust:"
Kxterminiitinit Iturdot-ka.
I.Ike all biennials, the burdock Is
easily destroyed In cultivated fields. It
Is only in by-pluces, as fence sides,
lanes, corners, around the buildings,
pastures and the borders of woodland
that burdocks give trouble, liut even
In these they are not dllllcull to de
stroy. Fanners who go over their field
twice a year with the spud will soon
have no burdocks. In cutting them,
rare should be taken to strike Im-Iow the
crown. Every plant cut in this way
must die. The cutting may be done at
any time of the year when the ground
is not frozen, and It Is, of course, much
more easily done when the plants are
young. While It Is pot dilllcult to cut
off a small tap root with the spud. It Is
much more difficult to accomplish the
same when the root has attained a di
ameter of an Inch or more. Two or
three years of persistent spudding will
remove nearly all burdocks from the
by -places of our farms. Ohio Farmer.
Made from Wood.
Wood mosaics are now manufactured
In a purely mechanical way at the
Purls Palace of Industry. The scale of
colors Is extremely rich, their being
no fewer than 12. different shade
tliat can be used. This being the case,
tbe very Is-st imintings of the old mas
ters can be faithfully reproduced. The
great advantage attained in a mosaic
Is that, should the odors fade, they can
lie restored to their original hue by
plaining, because the fibre of the wood
Is thoroughly nnd evenly s-rmeatcd by
the colors. These mosaics are durably
affixed lo boanls, with their colors beau,
tlfttlly exhibited by placing the grain
of the wood nt right angles.
The Per Capita Wealth.
The average wealth throughout the
world, taking the population at l,.Vx.
(IO,OUO, Is alxiut 05 per head, accord
ing to recent calculations. Itussla, In
spite of ber great natural resources,
appears to lie the isKirest civilised us
tlon on the face of the globe.
The Blind.
By means of a recent Invention the
blind are enabled to write with facil
ity, using the ordinary Roman alpha
bet The Invention la described as a
hinged metal plate with square per
foratioos arranged In parallel lines,
inside of which the stylus Is moved la
makjag the letters.