mwVMttm.wtmmvmijiwiiiunwwtf. mJi
U
Uniform rnHiiH of rni'iuiiii
I liitvo recently lni'l ouoailon lo ex
amine biiiiim fiirrti iicooiiiiIh which Iihvo
been kept llfty fins, ""in" llol ' '"
whioh I send ton, which show Iho lllll
fornilly of pioiitof tlm farm, mill tit"
Hlnblllly of llio IiihIiioh. The farm
oontiilim WO lU'ri'H, besides sillllolonl
wood Intnl. mill Hie prion of 11 llfly
years ago tvnh flU.llOit. The pitmen
owner, who Inherited u small pint of II,
was to lntvo It, til I hut prion If ho could
put fori). The prion of llm Hook mill
loolfl of llm rm in who IM.Iil'i, ho llm
capital Invested was M,liIiJ. Tim ho
ooiiiIIr Imvn nvhlonlly linnn knpl tvllh
HOOiiiiu'V ii'i'l I" pinner nmnimi', giv
ing nil llm Income of llm farm, whether
from sales or from use by llm family of
tlm owner, mnl giving nil llm ox
pomms of llm fin m mil of llm fmnlly
Including Urn oot of boarding llm
laborers.
It appear tlml from 18:11 to l.Hil
(llml Ih, llm first Ion your,) tlm aver
age not annual Income was l,lfl0.ol.
For llm second period of inn years tlm
annual imi limonm wit nearly the same.
I'nim lol lo l(ll il was l,AV(U7i
from IMrtl to 17I II was H2.2.VJ.8U, iml
from IH7I to IJW1 It was 92,2(11. HI. It
does not itppnnr that I horn was a varln
lion of morn (linn ti only-live pov oont.
nhovo or below llm avoiaue. in tuit ton
yours. It shown thai. In llm first twenty
jjonw, lite nei Inootne or prolll of the
limn was almost oMtolly ton per cent,
on lite, eitpltitl invested, nosidos nny In
crease In Ihe nluc of llm land. In
llm lnal twenty years the net annual In
come has been ten per oont. on .t'2'2,
(108.05, whloli would bo considered n
full valuation of tlm land, stock and
Implements. It must be considered, In
looking ill tlm -value of the invest
tnonU thai money at the beginning was
at seven per cent,, ami ttow at the per
oont.
The increased value of the farm ami
stock comes partly mm the general in
crease of values, and pnrtly from the
improvement of the lamt and stock.
And the improvement of the lann has
been pavih in the reconstruction and
Additional convenience of the dwellings,
whioh make them mom valuable lo the
family, but do not add to the not income
of monev. Of course the use of the
family dwelling and its sniTonn dings,
and of horses and carriages for tlm
family, are not counted in the fore
going figures of net income, although
they are really a very excellent part of
the prolit of a farm, in addition to the
10 per cent, shown by the flgnros. t
am happy to be able to send those fig
ures, because they answer the question
whethor farming pays. The whole
account is in actual figures, and is kept
in tho simplest maimer, l to not sup
poo thai this is an exceptional case,
but only one of hundreds of examples
of profitable farming. It ditfors from
thorn only in its relmblo testimony.
There was no specially favorable con
ditions of capital, or lucky bargains, or
physical strength, Thore were no
special orops raised on (he farm such
as hops, tobacco and fmit but only
fmoh as are common in tho Slate of
Now York. The figures of the record
show tho principal sales to be of whoat,
corn, oats, beef, pork, wool, sheep and
products of the dairy. Nine-tenths of
tho capital used, and now invested, has
come out of tho profits, and iho results
have boon attained without ovcossivo
labor, or unbecoming frugality, or am
noglool of the duties and onjoymonts
of social life The progress in tho im
provements and in the attainment of an
unincumbered title, was rather slowor
?orhaps limn noeossary, but it was safe,
t will surprise many to find from thoso
lignros that tho profit or farming has
:boon so uniform for fifty years, and it
ought to inspiro a confident expectation
for tho future They scorn to show
also that tho host investment for the
farmor is in tho improvement of his
ostato. This farmor seems to have re
ceived Ills 10 per cont. on $22,000 as
certainly us on 611,000, and 1 suppose
as easily. Perhaps this tolls something
on tho question whether a largo or
small farm is host. Thoro is no argu
ment hero In favor of a small farm.
Now 1 suppose the gront capitalist
will smile at our discussion of an inter
est of $10,000 or $20,000. Why, he
makes that in a (lav sometimes, and
lioro is a farmer who has spent ihe host
part of ids lifo in gaining an estate of
$22,000 or S2K.O0O. WoR. 1 give it up.
1 do not run in the race wiih him. T
take tho attitude of an apologist when
1 discuss tho matter with him. Tt in a
moderate income, even ten pot- eont.
Hiipposing the majority of good farmers
get Unit. The average capital of the
farmers in tho wholo country is less
than $10,000. 1 conclude thon that tho
avorago income is clearly less than
$1,000. A smart clerk gets more than
tlml, and the country minister who doos
npt have a salary of $1,000 must bo
very ciiroful of his expenses.
Farming is confessed to bo a slow
tvay of making a fortune but tho figuro
whioh wo havo been looking at prove
that the capital in farming is a good
investment "When we want to sol our
business in contrast witli the money
mMiiilixiM, emi only ho relieved tempo
rarily! while 'I'01'0 iroolli(un, imoh hi
oiiliimrl, hiiihiiiohIh, mill Inrc spooks
on tlm Hiii limn of tlm eye bull, llm cica
trice of n wound, which me of pornm
nniit duration. Depending upon llm
nature of Urn iillmuut, llm utiljly of tlm
homo Ih ooiroHiionillngly iitore or low
impaii oil, anil llm vnluo of llm animal
lessoned. Whatever tlm, nature of the
disease may lie, iiiiIohs It nrlsos from
piiitloiilar mid runout caiiso, II is apt to
got woi'mi. mid limy eventually end In
total Ioms of vision'. Durlnir the pro
gloss of llm ilisnnsn, such horses mo
gnnnnilly morn or losHihingnroiistousn.
Tim nnliiml which is pnifunllv blind Ih,
in fuel, by far llm snlest mill mole de
sirable HoVviiul; for M'elng enough not
lo run against every thing Ih h verv
minor luhmiiagn; wh'iln seeing enough
lo bo alarmed at most objects that pre
ont llmiusolvos Is n nmst sni'loii1 draw
back. A good, blind Imrxu Is, loriimnv
iiurpoM'H, n most valuable animal.
WlmuHuohhoisos habitually goslriilghl,
ihoy are olton parlb-ularly pleasant lo
drive, and a grout many of limin are re
marknbly pleasant lo ride also. Wo
should very much prefer such a one to
another tliat shlcil. Blind horses are
alinoHl Invariably safe on I heir logs, un
less Infirmities of those render them
otherwise; and limy have on nunvornco
holler notion. In reieronoo to our ob
servation ns lo their going straight, we
make it, bemuse horcos, when (hot first
become blind, are timid and uncertain
as to whore lo go; but vh- n Ihey be
eomo accustomed to be guided bv the
bit. they leant lo go with confidence
straight on. until Mime indication is
Sii'di them to diverge from theslraight
ne. Hllnd hores are generallv also
light in tho mouth. This we attribute
lo their being sensible to Iho fact that
Ihoy cannot trust tlieir own guidance,
end so are always ready lo yield to that
ol the driver. Wo have also generally
tonnd them lively horses, arising no
doubt from their apprehension of dan-
Scr Iront their infirmity, which keeps
icm (unless of a determinate sluggish
temperament) alwatson tho qui vivc
A Van Woi-iIh lo Ihe (Jlrls.
In the first place, remember that yon
are ladles, anil llmrnforu entitled to sued
Utile courtesies us the gentlemen have
the nowor to bestow. Never return
thanks for any of those attentions.
Why should you thank trentlumeii for
giving you what Is already yours by
right of sevP
It
Our Young Headers.
General ronllrj Mnnagenipnl.
Poultry keeping is both pleasant and
profitable in proportion to the amount
of care bestowed upon tho birds, and
unless they havo good care, suitable
food in suiliciont quantities .ind proper
shelter they will soon become un
healthy or diseased and unprofitable.
No matter whether the fowls arc pure
bred or tho so-called common slock, or
whethor they are kept in a special en
closure or left to havo the run ol tho
nlnco, cleanliness is one of the most im
portant requisites for success. Those
who condemn poultry as profitless are
tho onos who let their birds "rough it.1"
and let the sun, wind and rain do all
the cleaning done in and around tho
poultry house. At least two general and
tnorongn cleanings snonia do given 10
tho house, insido and out, and to iho
surroundings. A liberal and judicious
use of limo, in tho form of whitewash
on the building, and air slaked limo
freely scattered over the floors in and
around Iho nests and under the porchos,
is absolutely necessary to insure cloan
linoss healthiness and freedom lrom
the insect post which would othorwiso
swarm in countless thousands on the
premises.
At leasl once a week the droppings
should bo removed to some sheltorod
place and thofl koplTtntil needed for
enriching the garden, lawn or fields, it
being noarly as valuable a fortilizor as
Koofl guano, w horc thore ih a hoard
floor in tho poultry-honso, it should bo
kepi snpplied with a good coating of
dry sand, which will aid materially
when cleaning the houo, and will help
lo disintograto the droprinps. Tho
nests should bo newly made about
onco a monlh during tho warm woath
er, to prevent tho lice, mites, etc, from
breeding in them tho old nests being
toinombor, tilso, thatn protty liiuul
Is one of woman's chlofost cliiirins.
Never assist your mother in her house
hold duties. It doesn't so much mut
ter how her hand Is sprawled out by
hard work. Sim Is outof the market.
As It Is u standing article of jour
faith that muii me all fools, you do
right In lilting yourself for their com
panionship. I.onrn lo bo na like them as possible.
They seem generallv in love with them
selves, mid It naturally follows (hat they
must admire am thing that reminds
I hem of llm object of their love.
Make yourself proficient in slang lan
guage. It Is iiwntlh jolly, and can be
acquired by llm slnllowost-brninod
ones iimonv; you. II is useful in all
vitriol Ids of conversation, and by fre
quent use it will prevent tiresome talk
ers boring you lo death with their pro
fundities. When In company or any public
place, got togothor, two or three of
you, and giggle consuiuodly. This will
show your v vaclly ivaeity is an ex
cellent thing in woman.
Among women, whisporinir will servo
ou. but among men. talk right out. It
lstourdutj lo bo attractive, and by
loud talking you at trad attention more
easily 1 ban Ivy any other means. Tito
youiig ladies in a rail ear are sometimes
so attractive thai not a newspaper can
be read undorstandmgly by any one ol
the men passengers
Never read anything solid, anything
requiring Ihouglil Thought brings
wrinkles, and wrinkles are horrid.
There is no need of your knowing
anything. If yon should become wise,
yon might when mavr ed, discover your
husband to be a fool. It is much better
for Him to think yon one. You will
live all the lnppier.
Never mind the inside of your head,
so that the outside is attractive. Women
and pictures are intended for admira
tion. Who ever heard of a picture
poring over a musty old bookP
Woman is tho weaker vessel. Never
take exercise It might give von
muscles. Mon dislike strong-bodied
almost as much as they do strong-minded
women. It seems to detract from their
own strength.
When you arc married, your husband
will fmnish you with the funds for dys
pepsia remedies. So you need not be
anxious on that score.
Never mind what your mother says
against flirting. There is no occasion
lor her to indulge in that kind of Inn.
When astrarvge man accosts you in
the street or remarks on vou in an au
dible tono, giggle with all your might
and look around onco or twice, and
ivhon vo" catch his cyo. gigglo again.
It is f,ne fun, and by adopting" this
course yon will havo plenty oi it. '
In your clothing, always strive to bo
"tonoy." Never mind your health.
Bolter be dead than out of style Be
sides, the doctors must have a living.
If yon should all dress as somihly as
tbp mon, hall ol the medical prolession
would starve to doath, and the other
half be forced lo take rofngo in the
poor-house
Always go to church. It is a splen
did place to show your bonnet. In or
der that nobody shall mis.s scoing it,
make yourself as eonpicnons as pos
sible. Yon can do this by rustling the
loaves of tho hymn book, pla3'ing with
your fan, jingling your bangles and
constantly turning about in yonr pew.
If yon are emploi ed in a store never
talk of anything but shop when ontsido
of it. No'mattor whothor othors onjoy
it or not. bo lone: w von are intoro.t-
JOIW.
Whistle nouinlliiir toiiiul anil clour,
liiuilditor that I lovo to litmr,
Miirhlns ruttlliiK lar anil mmr;
Mint ho .lulml
Out hi ullmw, out n kiino,
HuMirliii tiitturml woi'nlly;
Tut a h in round ami lot mo vo
ir It's .loliu.
Dimples In a nidily chock,
Kick llml Hpmklu sit tlmy spcuk,
'J'uriicil-up iiosi', ri'vunool uiuulc;
Yds, 'tis .lulml
Vol this mniiilmr, oloan anil snout,
HpiM'kli'MonH'ir. hut cniiinloli',
Trmisors nii'inlisl, ilown tliostroot
Whistled John.
"Whiit'M tlm mutter ivllh you, hid?
Wheio'sihe hnt-hriin Hint you hud?
Whence eiono nil lho routs no sail?
Answer, John!"
' Mnililos." And lie kicks lilstoe.
llieeeiies will wour out, you know;
Knuckle-down' In nil tho ire,"
I'ullers John.
In his pockets no his hutul.
l.oiiMuir foo'ilsti. there ho stands.
"S'poso you'll neold?" FortUcrn commands
l.'lnuor John.
('nielli's mother" IiuikHIiik cyo;
Inn Ihi'h theklsTs lly,
And I hear, ns I ptissliy.
"llloss on. John!"
tf. M. ('luitneM, hi St. A'WioIim.
Ol.D-TIMK WOXDKKS.
burned at once to destrov any oeou- I wnftl matter? Do not other pooplo
pnnu tiiuv may nave v uu nroKun
straw, bright and oloan, is tho bost ma
terial for nests. Tho laying and sitting
hens should have separate quarters, to
prcvont crowding in tho nosts, as woll
as to avoid breaking up tho sitting hons
and thoir eggs. A dark, qniot room is
the only place wliere von can have your
sitting hens, with any reasonable as
surance of a fair hatch. They should
only be fed onco a day, and not dis
turbed in the moantimo.
The very bost food for laying hens is
wholo wheat, as this does not cause an
undiio secretion of fat or fatty matter
on and around the ovaries, thus pre
venting tho production of eggs, as does
oorn when liberally fed. The quantity
ot whoat eaeh feed is loss than that of
corn, which about equalizes tho cost
for feeding purposos. Cor. Country
Gentleman.
A Tnrlor Our" for Cattle.
Thoro arrived at tho Now York
tml Stook Yards Monday night
Cincinnati what is called by the
puny owning it a parlor oattlo car.'"
It contained twenty oattlo in two rows
of HtallH, built
Con
from (mm-
talk of thincrs in which vou are wholly
uninterested P
While neglecting jonr hoalth so far
as dresing is concornod, be watohhil in
anotlior direction. Bomomlior that
smop is tired nature's sweet restorer.
Theretoro, be abod till eight o'clock in
the morning Your mother will seo
that your breakfast is ready for yon
long boforo yon aro ready for it.
Honor vour fathor'spoekot book and
your mother's oooking. that yon may
nevor want for now dresses nor bo
obliged to cook for yourself.
Wear bangs, high heels, close-fitting
corsets and all kindred abominations.
Chew gum.
Follow these directions, and you will
in time mam some fool and be miser
able over after HoMon UVnnxrmpt.
at an acute aiic-le with
making occupations, wo make another the sides of the oar, with an aisle be
Issuo mid plead for tho nullity and per- twoou tho rows. The cattle could lio
down, unci wore ion unci waroreu on cue
journey by a system of water and grain
pipes, lending to galvanized iron
troughs, and fed from out8i()o the ear
Tho lieiuls of all the cattle wore toward
the side of the ear, mid tho lloor lies a
ttllght pitch toward tho centor. whoru
it Is drained through mi Iron grating in
tho center. A maximum of carrying
cupaeitv, with a minimum of weight
is claimed for tho parlor car. and it eitu
be used lor ordl navy freight on tho re
turn trip. N. Y. Sun.
juuuonco of tho business; mid we try to
show how a family can bo rich without
'much money, mid how thoy can have
tho bosi thing which money can get a
homo. Cor. Country Gentleman.
"Discuses of Ihe Homo's "Bye.
Replying to the question, " Is a do
ifoot inthooyes, which Impairs the sight,
upt'to get worse in thoooursoof thnor"'
'tho I'ruiric Furmur says:
"There are some dlsuasos of tho
homo's oyo which nitty be entirely re
moved by proper mid timely treatment..
Certain discuses ot the ovo, such 11s
periodic ophthalmia, or qo-oulU'd mooti
are
A tiiimhor' of Tliilinn women
b j working 011 it railroad hi Ulntor'Coimty,
1 N. Y.
Tt is reported from St. Petersburg
that, on the day previous to the late
Czar's assassination, the Grand Duko
Constantino and his wife wore dining
with his Mammy. In the omnvm of
conversation during dinner the Empe
ror oasuallv observed that, in all prob
biiity, ho should not, as had boon his
wont, attend the Sunday morning pa
rade, as he wasmilTomig from a slight
cold. Upon this the Grand D.mhoss
rejoined thai his Majesty's absence
would prove a serious disappointment
to her son Thtnitri. who has purehaned
a handsome eliargor, whioh he had pro
posed to himself to hIiow oil' to his
undo In the Hiding School after pa
rade during the following forenoon
"That being tho ease," said the fhupe
ror, good-nuturedty, '"1 dure sua 1 shall
innniiiM) to attend tho nuriide as usual."
and he did so. The Grand punlmss,
when apprised of his death, was lor n
time completely overwhelmed by the
conviction that, but for hor piirsim
sioiitt. her brother-iii'luw would not
have loft his pahteeouthat fatal Sun day
morning.
Our young folks, or. moro strictly
speaking, our little folks, open their
eyes witii wonder as wo tell thorn sto
ries of the olden time, when there were
no railroads, no telegraph wires, no
.steamboats; and when messages wore
carried by men on horseback or slower
stage-coaches, and when people "trav
eled alonjr leisurely, never imagining
that lliev would ever be whirled
through the country by steam-cars or
exchange the canal packet for the
palatial and swiftly-going steamers.
To those of us who for manv years
have enjoyed the benefits of all these
modern improvements it is dillicult to
realize Ihe incredulity of the masses ol
the people about them when thoy first
appeared. Yet it is true that so recent
ly as 1SU7, Fernando Wood, who had
served his country long and well, and
had been in Congress for many years,
was considered fanatical and v,sionary
because he had faith in Prof. Morse
and his invontion. Fernando Wood
was a member of the Congress which
appropriated thirty thousand dollars to
Prof. Morse lor his experimental tele
graph line between Washington and
Baltimore, and on account of it wa
defeated after his next nomination to
Congress. Tho people wished to pun
isn tho man who na4 so misrepresented
them as to vote for so visionary a
project as transmitting intelligence
through tho air upon wires strung
upon poles. Prof. Morse waited year
niter vcar for Congress to pass the bill
appropriating the amount lor building
the fir-t lino, and the last u'ght of the
session ho went to his rooms discour
aged, boing told that it was scarcely
possible that it would pass. But, to his
great delight, a young lady brought
him tho good news, a few hours after
wards, that just before the adjournment
the bill passed with the President's
signature The professor was over
jovod, and said to the oung lady who
had brought him the word: "You 5-hall
send the nrsl message over the wires;"
and .sho tolegraphcd from Baltimore to
Washington,
" What hath Goti vrfniqktr
A short time after this, when a politi
cal convention ivas in session in Ka.lt 1
more tho announcement of the nomi
nation of a candidate was telegraphed
to V ashington, but so reluctant were
the pooplc to believe in this new inven
tion that they regarded the message as
a pure fabrication, aad would not pub
lish it in the Washington paper until a
courier arrivod from Baltimore oonimn-
I ing it. And we wonder how that the
I people were so slow to believe in these
I groat inventions.
In the "Memorials of a Quiet Lifo,"
J by Augustus Hare, the incident is re
lated that in 18L'S) a company of noted
people wero invited to Liverpool to sec
the first locomotive and train of ears.
I and to rido in them. One who was
I thore writes:
I "To u who have no turn for these
things, and therefore cannot or do not
realize any description, the seeing thorn
comes with such novolrt and force and
bring.s such a train of new thoughts,
this thing, which is to convey carriages,
people, goods, even tlnng. from Liver
pool to Manchester, thirty miles m an
hour, ruining half the warehouses at
Liverpool, by making Manchester into
a Nptiiorl town, the goods landed at the
(looks at Liverpool' being henceforth
transported at onco into the warehouses
at Manchester in as short a time as thoy
now take in being carried from the low
er to'the upper part of the town. The
efleet of the velocity is that when you
stand on the railroad, and watch the
machine coming, it acorns not to aj
prnach, but to expand into size and dis
tinctness like the image in a phantas
magoria. Wo wore soon seat
ed in one of the carriages, and started
oil' at the rate of thirty miles an hour;
our speed increased as wc went on, per
ceptible onlv from the strong current of
air. anil our passing objects ho rapidly.
1 never fult ho utrangn. so much in' a
state of magic, ot enoliantment, as if
surrounded by new powers and capa
bilities 1 tell vou all this, vet vou will
hardly behove, us 1 did notwhin is do
iug till I had soon it."
1 The mujorlti of the pimple in Europe
and America were inorodiilouhubnutull
these inventions until thev had seen
them, mid some would scarcely helievn
their own eves.
I woll renmniber our first sight of and
uxpnriuiicc with a Howing-iunuhiiio. My
father, who. although a college protoV
nor of one of tlic timid luuguugob, htu! u
I ood l;nowloile ol niuuhtimoi,. iiimt'ly
tltirtv years ago examined with UellghtT
and entire satisfaction tho first sewing
machino brought to the city in which
we li oil. After testing tho now inven
tion thoroughly, ho onmo homo one day
statin"- to my mother that ho hud soon
tho machine stitch a shirt front and
cull's in five minutes, and that wo could
hardly estimate the value of ono in a
largo family. I remember our aston
ishment at the statement, and ourmoth-
Lor's words
" Well, John, lean nanny uouuvouiat
until I sco it with my own eyes."
A few days aftor tho nmohino was
purchased, and its coming proved a
roil-lettcrday in tlm history of our fam
ily. How wo all stood about watching
the wonderful needle with its oyo near
the point instead of at the head, as it
How up and down while our fathor
showed us the beautiful stitch it made,
and wo rejoiced at tho thought that tho
sewing would bo accomplished as if by
magic. With beaming joy ho showed
us tho perfection of the machinery, tho
gauge by which we could shorten and
lenelhen the stitch, tho screw by which
wo' could tighten or loosen tho thread,
tho prossor-loot which hold tho work
firmly in place the shuttle which car
ried the lower thread and helped form
tho lock-stitch, and tho treadle which
set tho machine in motion, and by
which wo could regulate its speed. Wc
were enchanted with it. Our mother
sat down to try it, but such a complica
tion of machinery, so manv things to
look after at once, wero distracting,
and lo her impracticable Then our
father guided the work while mother
tried to give regular strokes to the
treadle, but alter live or tcu minutes'
trial, mother said:
" It is loo complicated, we can never
uso it. I feel as if I wore rushing along
on a railroad train, and wc should have
a collision in a moment, or go to de
struction in some way," and so saying
she rose from her seat, and, with a
solemn look on her face, said:
" We have been rash in this purchase,
and have made a great mistake"
Then sitting down before the fire, and
cpiietiug us all, who "were sure we
could make it work." she said to her
husband.
" 1 will tell you what you had better
do, John? 1 can never do amthiug
with such a machine, and I do not be
lieve it will ever work, and we must get
rid of it as soon as possible You had
belter go down immediately and see tho
.igent, aud oiler to give him ten dollars
it he will take it back, and we Mill
promise to say nothing about it, to in
jure him, to any one."
Then an earnest disscussion followed,
which at last resulted in mother allow
ing her oldest daughter to try her skill
at the machine, although she feared
that such trial would resist in severe
damage to it. The experiment,
uthough accomplished in a jerky.
zig
zag fashion, proved that the machine
could be used, and it was retained, and
lully justified all that had been predict
ed concerning it. But from that day to
this, our mother never again seated
herself before it, preferring to continue
her work in hor quiet way, and allow
ing the children of this "generation to
en ,oy the modern improvements.
So slow have many been to credit the
oracticability of those things that now
seem a necessity to us all. Cliicago
tan lard.
Dangers of Moiith-Breathlnir.
Dr. Clinton Wagner lectured last
night before the New York County
Modical ociety, at the College of
I'hyMciansand Surgeons, upon "Habitu
al Mouth-Breathing." " Only two
works." said the lecturer, " have ever
been written on this subject. Its im
portance i not generally understood.
Hreathing through the mouth often tif
tccts the constitution scriouslv, and a
person Mho is habitually addicted to it
can easily be distinguished by tho silly
and idiotic expression ot his fa e Indul
gence in this habit affects the hearing,
and the ncso is apt to become per
manently closed. It also produces
chronic inflammation of the windpipe
and the upper part of the throat, and it
alters the character of a person's voice
It also causes asthma, curvature of the
spine and what is known as pigeon
breast. The Indian mothers teach
their children in infancy lo breathe
through tho nose, ana to this must be
attributed partly thoir froedom from
these disoases and their excellent
hoalth. A nose-or oath or," tho speaker
added, "novor snores." N. Y. 'JVibtms.
The latest freak of the amusement
seeking British official in India i what
they call a "Noah's Ark Baco," thai ih,
a race in which every variotv of animal,
almost, participates. Thus, 'at Madras,
they had a race, the oompotitor.- being
bullalo, elephants, a goat, a ram, a
horse, an emu, an oik and other uni
mal.s. Tho elephants placidly trotted
over the course the ram and goat, rid
den by little boys, ran woll, the buffalo
went at a gallop, but tho omn would
not stir, neither would the elk, till the
race was over, then it took fright and
started oil at groat speed. The ram
von the race, a horse coming in second
and a buffalo third.
rrancois Bonvoisin, a Frenoh Free
Mason, according to the Pranei du
Word, recently made a singular attempt
at suioide lie procured an earthen
jar, filled it with powder, and arranged
a fiiso. Then ho seated himself upon
the jar, lighted the fuso, and awaited
us scattering to the four winds of
heiivon. Tho explosion took place, but
he was not blown to fragments, lh,
was simply bounced, and after the ex
trication of a few pieces or earthen
ware by the doctors he was placed
again in good standing among the fra
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