J7ARM NEWS NOTES!
THE CENSUS MAN.
Mm you rdy for the f-iwu?
Have you rJ the almanac?
Js"aTe you studied your ancestors
9 a dozr ey.-Ie ba k?
3Ete you counted up yuur freckles
Save you figured up your gins?
"Km you know you'll have to tell 'eia
, X'twa the ct-nius man begins.
t
are you added up the childrn?
J?ave you figured up your cash?
;J you ever find a button
- In a dish of corn beef hash?
Are you deaf or blind or ugly?
Do you toe out or toe in?
All of this you'll have to answer
TV sen the census m-n begins.
9o you lisp or squint or stammer?
Irtr had the whooping cough?
'Are you handy with the hammer?
Ever do a stunt at golf?
Are you fond of checkered neckties?
Ever fall and bark your shins?
9 id you swear? Tou'll have to tell it
"It tun the census man begins.
The Bismarck Tribune.
SSVtsnslve vs. Extensive Farming:,
The successful farmer of the future
Must farm fewer acres and grow more
3tsr acre. Rotation of crops and di--r
f!Tei farming and stock raising are
-e plans to be adopted for laying the
3wt foundation for the success of the
ATBre farmer, and, as it costs no more
raffe a well bred animal than it does
raise a scrub, better sell off the in
SrTier stock, and in the future raise
mine but the very best to consume the
erops raised. Fewer animals in num.
Tsrr and better ones to consume the
jrrai'n and grass raised on fewer acres
A the road to success in these days of
mall margins and sharp competition.
"Tfre writer has observed one great mis--ate
made by many farmers. They
undertake to do too much, so that thoy
Save not time to give growing crops
proper attention at the right time.
Better drop off one or two things in
wftfeft there is the least profit, and put
lore time on other crops that pay bet
trr. The successful farmer of the fu
rre wfll find that, he cannot afford to
WBtfertak more than he can do well.
Sre had experience enough to know
in farming many things must be
dbne at the right time to secure a good
mm profitable crop. If we would have
srr potato patch and growing corn do
eir best, the ground should be stirred
mtwoen as dry enough after every rain
ttM falls, forming a crust on the sur-
2ke. Every ton of clover hay that a
aurr sells off his farm robs it of about
4kJV worth of fertility: every ton of
ofhy hay that he hauls away robs it
B stoat 15.48, and every ton of wheat
m-n. '
Heare ft is evident to every man that
!C - grow clover and timothy for the
onarket It is only a question of time
en th best of farms will become un
rctive. We must practice more in
Trrve farming and less extensive
nT we make farming pay in the fu ture
Te must plant few acres and raise
ore to the acre. "Wheat at 50 cents
Jr rfoushel and twelve to fifteen bushels
3r acre, does not pay expenses. But if
can farm so as to raise thirty or
iitj-five bushels per acre, then there
would be some profit in raising 50-cent
"beat But the American farmer can-
apt afford to quit growing wheat if
",re is little or no profit in it, from
e fact that we must rotate our crops
A :djr to keep up the fertility of the
miX. -It. Trussler in Farmers' Guide.
Mara and Colt.
HjtsOe the mare with colt as you
atiuld a cow to increase the milk. Pro
4not Lht milk and the colt will take
u ei. it and grow. The care of the
Max will prove the making of the colt.
.Tthsi the colt la five or six months old
St him halter-broken and taught to
l siushed oats. He will then be
sttull to be taken from hia dam. After
mojng the keeper is the foster mothr
amiU marketing time. The colt will be
fee sesult of the care given. In short,
Xtv the same care you would to a bul
iex that Is being prepared for the
ssiambks; be will be the best possible
Aaxkct for all hay and grain.
Tbue is profit in raising good draft
jMes. At two ytai'B old the animal
-Ui be able to do light work. When
4uc4 will pay for his raising, and
m. that time should bring Ji&O and up
ttuiv Barring all accidents, and con
aUU.iag (be work already done by the
'Suitv this money should be nearly net
Hints In Henology.
Smu-r which hens lay the largest
isggs. Sometimes the largest hens lay
smallest, eggs.
All. sts should be movable. Lice
otlo U-hind permanent nests and
five a -gtat deal of trouble.
ASter -the hatching season, all sur
0ls cocks should be marketed, as their
mmd It a total waste and la quite a
aBicu Item of loss,
dsanUnes and pure water Ve Im
sttaat item In prevention of cholera
taA bowel diseases. Don't let the
dsiakiag water stand In the sun.
lbs mm -mistake of beginners Is to
pi a "large nambtt of breeds.
and Home..
arc vary susceptible of
at asvd II la difficult to get much work
, Uufl) an hot dw a without sndan-
Uksir lives- A very good war
W for such horses Is to have a large
4tgmt the bead stall which can be
CjA saasst eaed or a little shad may be
CaisV by bwaiMns; wires covered with
Crsty b aejch a way at to make little
NOTES Or THE CAIRY.
Ground wheat and mixture of
ground corn and barley are practically
equal in feeding value, pound for pound
In daily production. Pound f ir pound,
also, prairie hayvanl timothy are eiiuil
in efficiency.
The profitable dairy cow should not
only make a large yield per diy. but
throughout which the production should
be large. The record of the Minnesota
experiment station dairy herd shows
that a cow having proper dairy form
and heredity may be a superior cow for
the adiry and yet never make a yield of
fourteen pounds in a single week of her
life, while another cow not having sujh
for and heredity may take over twelve
pounds of butter when fresh and yet
be an unprofitable cow In the dairy.
Gentleness with cows at milking
time, and indeed at all times, is essen
tial to good dairy management. Milk
is largely made during milking time. It
is a mistake to suppose that the milk
is there in the udder and that all one
needs to do Is to draw it off. When
cows "hold up their milk" it is not the
fact that they refuse to "let down" an
existing store. What happens Is that
the process of transforming the ma
terial Into milk is interrupted for some
cause or another. Cows In full milk
have been slaughtered and every drap
in the body saved, and the largest
amount ever found was a little less
than four quarts. Some of the milk
therefore appears to be made In ad
vance of milking time, but to a large
extent the materials are transformed
nto milk during the milking process.
Any treatment that will interrupt this
process will decrease the flow.
The dairyman who does not provide.
months in advance, for succulent feed
with which to maintain his cows is
making a serious mistake, and will
probably be obliged to stand helplessly
by and see his cows dying off as the
pastures wane. Fodder corn to be cut
up for feed Is one of the readiest me.ms
of carrying cows through the summer
in the corn belt. It should not be
broadcasted as is the slovenly babit
of some who grow it, but drilled in
and properly cultivated.
The percentage recovered by the sep
arator in the case put wil ldepend upon
the amount of fat that was originally
In the milk. The amount found in the
skim milk is one-fifth of one-tenth of
one per cent, which is equal to two-one-hundredths
of one per cent, or. to
put it in another form, one-fiftieth of
a pound. But what relation this one
fiftieth of a pound of butter fat left in
the skim milk bears to the original
quantity of the milk, and consequently
what percentage of the fat of the whole
milk were recovered, will depend on
how much was In it in the first place.
If it were i per cent milk, for example,
then there would be four pounds of
butter fat originally in the milk and a
loss of one-fiftieth of a pound in skim
ming. If it were 5 per cent milk there
would still remain one-fiftieth of a
pound. It wiil, of course, be seer,
therefore, that the percentage of fat
in the milk recovered wouid be different
in the two cases. If the milk were 4
per cent milk, the percentage recovered
would be 90.5 per cent; if it were 5 pet
cent milk the 'ircenta5e lecovjred
(when the test shows one-fifth of one
tenth of one per cent still left In the
skim milk) would be 99. per cent and
if it were 3 per cent milk, the percent
age recovered would be 09 1-3 per cent
and the loss two-thirds of one per cent
Drinking Water for Animals.
In hot weather water becomes more
than ever a necessity to comfort, and
both man and beast consume greatei
quantities than at other times of the
year.
Ofter the domestic animals suffer
greatly because of an insufficient sup
ply of this all-Important article. With
abundance in wells and cisterns some
times carelessness Is the only cause of
Its being withheld. Calves, pigs, poul
try, even the cats and dogs frequently
know what It Is to suffer from want
of water. In the case of the two
former the milk given Is supposed to
supply their need in this direction, but
it does not always do so. Hogs shut
up in pen or pasture consume quite a
quantity of water dally if they are
supplied with It, yet how often the
"slop" which forms their food is sup
posed to slake thirst sufficiently. This
is an error. Fresh water should be giv.
en them in abundance.
Fowls are often obliged to go thirsty.
Who, that has seen a number of fowl
gather around a pail of water eagerly
thrusting their beaks into It, time
after time, can fail to realize how nec
essary It is to their comfort. Yet there
are farms where no regular supply in
furnished them. They Blp a stray mor
sel at the well platform Then some one
has been pumping, or visit roadside
yes, even barnyard pools. Provision
should always be made for a bountiful
and regular supply. Even cats and
dogs suffer from thirst many times. I
have seen these animals lapping at tht
boards In the well platform, or leaning
far over to get at the contents of a tut
or barrel. It la a merciful provislot
for these as well as for the birds ol
the air to keep a dish of water stand
Ing at some convenient place when
they can always find a drink.
1 know families where the birds
drinking vessel Is regularly cleaned
and filled each day, from spring to fall
and they make use of It, too. Shy bird:
soon grow tame, and robins, cblpplni
birds and others will come for a drink
or a bath from the dish thiut provides
for them.
Senator Proctor of Vermont and otbei
American capitalists have completer
arrangements for the construction of t
S7.0t,M wood pulp plant at Oram
Falls, N. B., which to located In
great Umber regioav
LADIES' COLUMN.
BEYOND.
(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
It semeth such a little way v m.
Across to that strange country, the be.
I yond.
And yet not stiange, for it has prown
to be
The home of those of whom I tm so
fond.
(t makes it si-em familiar and most
dear,
As juurneying friends bring distant le
gions near.
So close It lie that when my sight is
clear
C think I almost see the gleaming
strand.
t know I feel those who have gone from
here
Come clos enough sometimes to
touch my hand.
often think but for our veiled -y
We should find heaven right round
about us here.
( cannot make it seem a day to dread
When from this dsar eanh I shaL
journev out
To thjit still dearer Country of the dead
4nd Join the lost ones fur long Creams
about.
t love this world, yet I shall love to go
To meet the fiiends who wait, for me J
know.
f never stand above a bier and se
The seal of death set on soma well be
loved face
But that I think one more to welcome
me
When I shall cross the Intervening
space
Between this land and that '.ne ever
there,
Dne more to make the strany "De
yond" seem fair. '
And so for me there is no yting 1 1 eath,
And so the grave has lost its vjrttry.
t is bat croftxlngi with abated breath.
And with set face a little strip of
To find the loved ones waiting m the
shore.
More beautiful, more precious than be
fore.
A Dozen Useful Economic.
George Eliot has told us in some of
her common sense talks, that It Is well
for a woman to know how to do a
Jozen things well and the longer I
live the more I believe in her theory.
for if a person can only do one thins?
well she is not very useful about a busy
home. When I heard a young girl say,
"I'm glad I can clean my kid g'oves
and wash my own ribbons and laces,
handkerchiefs, and make my own pret
ty Jabots, darn my own hose, make my
own muslin gowns and shirt waists,
and trim my hats and make papa's and
brother's sbirts,' 'I exclaimed: "A wo
man with thirteen accomplishments.
you are a girl after a great author's
heart can do a dozen or more things
well" and so she could. Let me tell
you her methods, for some of the use
ful things she gets through with, and I
can say truly, that she appears as well
gowned as many girls with a large
money. "Be clever, sweet maid, and
allowance; yet she has very little bin
good," when you have to live within a
stated allowance. It 1 one thing to
possess pretty things and another to
keep them In order, yet with a little
energy and care It can be done. To
clean your gloves keep on hand a bot
tle of gasoline (5 cents' worth) and
pour a little in a bowl and take sev
eral pairs of light gloves for one pair)
and wash them out In the gasoline out
doors and dry them In the open air
some wash them by putting them on
and letting them dry on the hands.
White gloves can be washed beautiful
ly this way: Fill a fruit Jar half full
of gasoline and put all your soiled rib
bons in It of ail lengths and colors,
and shake them up good and leave
over night. Seal the Jar or screw the
top on tight. Next morning the dirt
will all be at the bottom f the Jar,
and dry the ribbons out In the sun and
air; pull them straight while damp, but
io not press them.
If you have soiled laces, put some
magnesia on a piece of paper, lay the
lace upon it and sprinkle more mag
nesia on It, then cover with another
plee of paper and put a book over It
to press It and leave several days; then
remove and blow all the powder off. It
will be perfectly clean.
When. It Is necessary to wash lace,
tew It upon a strip or white muslin
md roll It tight around a smooth glass
bottle and fasten; then make a good
cleansing suds of warm rain water and
Pearllne and drop the bottle into It and
'eace fur several hours take out and
rinse, then dry on the bottle. It will
look like new. Try a few such econom
ical methods; It saves a great deal.
Miscellaneous Items.
In cooking dried fruits, a finer flavor
(s often obtained by combining the
wet and the sour varieties. As sour
'ruit, however, usually cooks In less
'lme than sweet, the two kinds should
be put on in separate saucepans, and
mixed afterwards.
Nuts are of especial food value In
winter, when the "system requires heat
oroduclng, oily substances. It has been
asserted, on scientific authority, that
nuts contsln more of the nutritious ele
ments than meat and butter combined.
If eaten with salt, as they always
ihould be, they constitute a cleanly,
unsdulterated food, from which no ill
results will accrue.
The best way to boll eggs Is to use s
chafing dish or oil stove, putting the
eggs Into freshly boiling water, then
Immediately extinguishing the flame
ind leaving the eggs In the hot watei
for seven or eight minutes. The whltei
will be creamy, Instesdy of leather-Ilka,
and the yolks will be rich and crumbly,
ad thoroughly dose.
PRILLS OF FASHION.
Miles of narrow black ribbon velvet
ate umJ on thin muslin gowns.
Linen and pique gowns are trimmed
with stitched ribbon bands.
White corselet belts of plail ribbon
are worn with either hlai k or white
gowns and are finished with ftaoh ends
v in4, mm juu use.
Suede kid slippers, in a variety of
colors to match the gowns, are worn
this season. Borne of the more fancy
kinds show a trimming of gold biaid.
A pretty sK'rt for cycling Is made
with a rather de-p yoke pointing down
m front and at the back, the lower
part being box-plaited on to this.
Black and white lace gowr.s ate com
ing rapidly to the front for the mat--m's
full dress, leaving the spangled
lets quite out of the race.
Jeweled neckband broot.es. pins for
.he hair which confine the short locks
tt the batk, neck chains and Jeweled
r enameled bits are all very popular.
.Canvas sailor hats sre trimmed with
i folded band of soft silk deftly twisted
ind looped Into a stylish bow in front,
i fold of black velvet finishes the
rlm.
The Psyche knot has appeared aga!n
imon gthe fashionable modes of hair
IresRing, but it is only the woman with
Madonna fare who can welcome this
special variety.
Handsomely embroidered ecru batiste
nade up over pink silk constitutes one
if the prettiest bridesmaid's gowns
een this reason. Insettings of lace
nay be added f jr greater elegance.
A pretty, graceful and comfortable
-nodlluation of the mutton-leg sleeve
ivals the long IMrec -tulre aud the Marie
Antoinette styl;s with puffed or gath
ered un Jersleeves. On outumn gowns
or general wear this eleeve will take
precedence of the other models just
mentioned.
Strappings of white eatln are to be
seen on some f,ihe rit-w foulard gowns,
jtnamentlng both the rkirt and waift.
In one pretty blue one there Is a vest to
natch the white satin, a -vere little
vest, finished with blue buttons to
match the foulard, while Inside la a soft
tittle vest of plaited moussellne.
Some very swell bathing suits are
made of black satin, with a colored lin
in collar and vest. A square of bright
jilk is draped around the head over
the rubber cap and the woman with a
full figure who prefers not to wear tor
sets has a deep girdle belt carefully
boned and wears a bust supporter with
straps over the shoulder.
Very pretty fancy belts are made of
narrow bands of colored suede leather
(lined at Intervals with gold slides over
i satin lining. Velvet ribbon is also
used In this way, and then there are
narrow belts of perforated leather over
utin, fastened with a handsome gold
tlanp. A gold serpent set with tur
qulosr forms an ornament at the back
of some of the ribbon belts -and belt
!ns are as much worn as ever.
Those pretty little dimity gowns, with
the dainty little rosebud patterns, are
charming, ' with the inch-wide black
ribbon velvet around the waist and a
small bow in the back and long ends
hanging wel blown to the lower edge of
the skiit. The velvet Is worn with all
sorts of thin gowns and there Is noth
ing prettier in the way of finishing a
waist, particularly for a young girl.
A popular morning cotstume worn tt
tho various summer resorts consists of
a tailor-made ekirt of the best quality
A white pique, a pink linen shirt waist,
with white stitching, a "Ladysmlth"
hat of stitched white pique tilmmed
with a soft, silk Bcarf, white shoes and
gioves of white wash kid or suede fin
ished lisle. Linen lace insertions are
added to many of the pink shirt waists
made with stitched pleats.
The summery-garden-party-looking
hat fashionable women are wealing
now Is a soft, crumpled affair of crin
oline, which, especially In white, is de
lightfully cool, and, what Is more, looks
it; also that of Tuscan straw and trim
med with chiffon and laces and eveiy
one has a black velvet bow or two to
give It character and to emphasise the
pjretty lightness of the rest of the hat.
Some small hats are made of pretty
light shades of taffeta stitched. The
hats set well back off the face and
have more or less of a tendency to rise
at the left side.
Some useful reforms have been effect
ed In the newest dress sltirts, but the
folly of the Inconvenient length of the
walking skirt still remains unchanged.
Constant attentiun to the street-sweeping
gown greatly interferes with the
pleasure of walking, and very few wo
men can raise their skirts gracefully
from the pavement. They usually clutch
the massed folds anywhere and t'nit
lilting If one would preserve her gown
must be persisted in from the time
the weater steps upon the pavemenl
until she leaves it.
TALK ABOUT WOMEN,
Miss Grace Kennedy of Santa Fe, N.
M., has been appointed commisslonei
for New Mexico to take testimony In
Indian depredation claims.
Miss Jane Addams of Chicago, -who
Is now in Paris, has been appointed a
member of the Jury of awards at tht
Paris exposition and also serves on s
committee on exhibits in social eco
nomics. Mlus Josle Wsnous of Manneapolls
has been chosen third vice president
of the American Pharmaceutical asso
ciation, being the first woman officer
In that body. She owns one of the
largest drug stores In her native city.
The charities of the late Mrs. Olad
itone were many and notable and took
her Into parliament as sponsor for tht
homeless poor act. The cholera epi
demic In London brought out Mrs.OIsd
stone's self-forgetting pity Md com
passion th heroic manner.
EXODUS OF IRISH IS SERIOUS.
Dublin. (Special.) The depopulation
of this country goes steadily on and In
view of the fearful and continuous
drain of emigration one almost can say
with a recent writer that It Is possible
to contemplate a day when Ireland will
be one vast prairie and when the last
ship load of the Irish race will have
disappeared beneath the verge of the
western horizon.
Such a thought Is as pathetic as it Is
pessimistic and, taking the decline of
the last half century as a basis. It la
not impossible by mathematics to de
termine a date when Ireland's last man
will have disappeared. Of course, by
the nature of things such an apprehen
sion may be set down as groundless
yet some instant remedy Is needed to
prevent the heglra of the people. Oth.
erwise the dwindling process will con
tinue in this ill-fated land, where bul
locks are more sacred in the eyes of
the government than human souls.
The statistics of the last month show
that nearly 10,000 persons left this coun
try for foreign lands, being an Increase
of about 2,000 over the returns for May,
1SSS. Of course, the great majority of
these probably fully nine-tenths sail
ed for the United States, although It
Is becoming known through experience
detailed in letters that the land of
Washington Is no longer the land of
promise that it was. Here are some
startling figures which show that In th&
last fifty years the population of Ire
land has decreased by one-half:
Population of Ireland In 1S41... ,8. 175.12:.
Estimated population in 1SI5 9.000.0
Population of Ireland In 1S91 4,701. "CO
Estimated population in 1M0 4.500,000
EFFECT OF ALIEN KULE.
No such pitiable stoiy can be told of
any other land on earth and the simple
ti lling of it Is !he blasting condemna. ,
Ikm of the heart lessness and merciless
ness of alien rule. When a people so
passionately fond of their native land
as the Irieh are fly from It as from a
plague spot the government that rules
them stands self-condemned. In ths
light of the pitiable fact every boast of
the "predominant partner" about Chris,
tian progress and civillation is the lie
of a hypocrite.
This never-ceasing efflux of the peo
ple Is spreading alarm through all
ranks and classes and the press and
public speakers are giving the matte
earnest attention and calling upon the
people to stay at home and not desert
the old land when most she needs their
efforts. And what makes the matter
moBt distressful from an . economic
as well as a nationalist point of view
is that those who leave are the young
and strong, the hope and life and pride
of the race, while the aged and tb
feeble remain here.
"It Is," as a prominent public man
lately said, "our own people who are
SOME WOMEN
Of the 30,000 or more laobrers that
daily go in and out the wonderful mazes
of the "Packlngtown," or the Chicago
Union Slock Yards, only about 1,000 are
women. It is obvious that comparatively
tittle of the work there could from any
standpoint be considered adaptable to
the "weaker sex,-" but as the west no
where offers to working women the
same opportunities for earning their
dally bread as does the east, with Its
cotton and woolen mills, its shoe fac
tories, manufactories of silk, etc., the
very most must be made of the chances
that exist.
The number of women actively en
gaged In the stock yards, however. Is
but a small representation of the wo
men vitally interested In Its life, since
this gigantic expression of modern
commercialism supports from 125,000 to
175,000 people, the largest industrial
community of the world.
An Interesting occupation connected I
with the stock yards. In which women
are engaged, but which is under the
control of the government. Is the micro
scopic inspection of such meats as are
to be exported. The establishment of
this branch of the work was brought
about by Europe, which Kngland ex
cepted in 1HX1 united In refusing to re
ceive American pork Into their harbors,
on the ground that it was peculiarly
subject to trichinae. This act, of course,
completely paralyzed foreign trade In
this commodity, and for fully ten yeais
both the government and the packers
were powerless against the edict. In
however, the United States bureau
of animal Industry proposed to subject
all meat Intended for foreign ports to
a rigid microscopic examination, and to
forward with each shipment a certifi
cate of health. This act had the de
sired effect; the ban was removed, and
gradually foreign trade swung back to
Its old status.
The bureau of animal Industry has Its
office Just at the entrance of the stock
yards. The department of microscopic
examination Is under the general man
agement of Dr. W. 8. De Voe, head of
the bureau in Chicago, with Dr. Morris
Wooden, chief mlcroscoplst. In Immedi
ate charge. Associated with Dr. Woo
den is one man, assistant mlcroscoplst,
and 10 assistant mlcroscoplst s, all of
whom are women. Briefly speaking,
their work is to examine the meat un
der the microscope, and make reports
as to the presence or not of trichinae.
These assistants are for the most part
a more than ardinarily well educated
class of women, a few physicians, some
ex-teachers and many college gradu
ate being amongst the number. The
examinations for the position are how
aver, not at autagaat as to exclude
going away," meaning thereby that It
is the truly Irish element that is dis
appearing. With this In view it is not
to be wondered at that Mr. Ualfout
staled In the house of commons sev
eral nights ago that he did not regard
emigration as an unmixed evil. Others
also are known to rejoice over thia
swelling stream of emigration, for they
hope that after another generation or
so the nationalist element. If not prac
tically extinct, wiil be tuo small and
weak to be dangerous.
And the somewhat remarkable fact Is
becoming apparent that coincident with
the outgoing stream of Irish emigra
tion there is an Incoming one of Brit
ish immigration. Quoting the words of
the brilliant Speranza (Lady Wilde);
A million a decade. What does it meant
A nation dying of Inner decay!
WARNS THE IRISH PEOPLE.
One of the nationalist papers of this
city asks:
"Do Irish people r-callse what Is go
ing on? If they wish the Ireland of
the future to be the Ireland of the
past, inhabited by genuine Irish people,
nurtured In the old traditions, Inspired
with the old Ideals, they must taks
determined steps to stop the exodus."
And while saying that emigration la
mainly to be attributed to misgovern
ment, it cannot help thinking that soma
wh. go might make a living at home,
If they put their shoulders to t he
wheel in earnest. This paper says:
"The restless spirit of the age Is
stirring the minds of young Irish men
and women. Ths-y feel that they must
be off somewhere, but very often they
do not Improve their lot by going. Two
Irish-Americans, Father Dullard and
Mr. O'Sullivan, have recently wrllti
to the Irish Press raising u note ot
warning. They, with the experience ot
years In the states. Implore their coun
try pi ople to stay at home.
"Let Irish people not give up theil
country to British adventurers withou
a struggle. Prospects are brighter in
some respects than they have been for
long. The board of agriculture and In
dustrie promises to do some substan
tial good to the country.
"The establishment of Industries, of
course, only touches the fringe of the
question as long as the land question la
unsettled, but the proBpect of univer
sal peasant proprietorship becoming an
accomplished fact is becoming every
day more likely of realisation. When
the people own the land which they de
clare they love so dearly, surely they
will live on It and develop Its resource
to the fullest extent. As Lord Castle,
town once asked;
" 'What Is the good of a county coun
cil with no one In the county?'"
It cost 11,500,000 per mile to build tht
underground railways of London.
MICROSCOPISTS.
those of a good high school education,
and fully one-half of the credits are
given for practical work In microscopy.
The age limit is 20 years and over. The
work Is Interesting and by no means
arduous. It Is, however, exacting, and
very hard on the eyes; so much so that
frequent rests have to be taken during
the period covering the labor of the day.
Every assistant Is required to be at
her table ready to begin work at g
o'clock In the morning; at 9:45 a rest
of fifteen minutes is taken, when work
is again resumed and carried on until
12; a half hour Is then allowed for
luncheon. From 12:30 to 1:45 the young
women are close at It again, and then
comes another fifteen minutes' rest. At
3 o'clock the work Is over for the day
the six hours of actual labor being all
that even a strong pair of eyes can en
dure without injury. To Insure the ab
solute accuracy of the work there are
seven expert women whose sole duty it
Is to re-examine the specimens already
passed upon by the assistants.
New recruits are obliged to spend
four or five months studying how to de
tect trichinae In the different stages of
growth before being considered suffi
ciently expert to undertake the real
work of pronouncing uixin the sound
ness of the meat. The specimens for
examinations are cut, by the regular
stock yards Inspectors, from the various
parts of the animal where disease will
be liktiy to exist if anywhere. Thesa
specimens are put In little tin boxes
specially made for the purpose, and
marked with a number, the duplicate:
of which Is put upon the carcass. Kv
ery particle of the meat selected is
passed under the lens, and If It is fuun 1
to coiitnln the germs of any disease the
animal is condemned and sent to the
rendering vat. Besides the regular as
sistants, two women are constantly re
quired to empty and wash the boxes.
The good meat Is given to charity In
stitutions or to any poor people who
may care to call for It.
At sll events, the Institution affords
a very desirable occupation for women.
The average rate of pay Is ff0 per
month, and, the hours sre sgreeable,
the work Interesting, and, except fof
the strain upon the eyes, not difficult.
Some Luther autogrsph msnuscrtpta
have been discovered In the Vatican li
brary by Prof. Flker of Btrasburg.
There sre two -commentaries on the
Epistle of the Romans, one on the text
and the other on the sense, and two
commentaries en the Epistle to the He
brews. They were written In 151 and
1517, shortly before the nslllng of lbs
ntaety-flve theses at Wittenberg.
