cBSBfi
Miiniirlal Valuo or Leaves.
"It was in ono ofthoMlddlo States,"
uya a writor in tho New hmjland
JJomcslcad, "whorotha experiment of
anlno with loaves was tried ami tho soil
was a light nandy loam. There was not
fortuity in its natural condition to
produce ovor twolvo bushels of aliultutl
corn to tho aero. Having previously
nppliod commercial fertilizers of various
names and brands on the same descrip
tion of land with a resulting balance on
the debtor side of tho ledger, and not
being able to obtain stable manure ex
cept at an exorbitant price, 1 sot about
tho collection of loaves for tho compost
heap. A neighbor vory kindly gavo
tno permission to remove nil the loaves
:froin his woodland that I might desire,
and in the hollows and along tho fences
I found thorn in large quantities in u
fresh as well as partially deca)od con
dition. J collected l.OO one-horse loads
in tho course of tho fall ttnd winter.
Afterward I could not help thinking
that my neighbor's wisdom was in
inverse proportion to his generosity.
"The leaves, except enough to furnish
'bedding for a horse, cow and a pig,
wore deposited in n basin shaped barn
yard. 1'ho contents of tho stables wero
daily added to the pile and a load of
loaves was adtled from time to tlmo,
the precaution being taken to keep the
moss well moistened. By March my
compost heap had attained to gigantic
dimensions. Jt was then carefully
-worked ovor witli a manure fork and
covered with two or threo inches of
oartli. During tho process of fermen
tation, which soon ensued, water
-was occasionally added to chock tho
tendency of excessive boat and hasten
tlio decomposition and oxidation of
the leaves. A marker iomewliat in tho
shape of a sled with runners lour feet
upart was run both ways across tho
field, and at tho intersection of tho lines
some of this compost, which, when
opened, was found to bo tolerably well
rotted and of udark color, was dropped.
Now for tho result. Tho corn was
planted the 1st of May. Tho plant
from its first appearance was noted for
us (lane, rii-n color, a color llial it ro
tained nearly to tho period of maturity.
Tho growth was rank and tho foliage
luxuriant. Tlioro wore about twolvo
acres in tho liold, It was cultivated
twice and hood once. Care was taken
to keop tho ground as level as possible.
The product was a little ovor twolvo
ihundred bushels of Bound and mor--ohuutablo
corn in tho ear, besides somo
inferior oars which I fod to my pigs. Jt
must lie remembered that all tho ani
rnial manure in tho compost heap was
derived from a horse, a cow and a pig.
Consequently most of tho plant food
which fod and nourished those l.L'OO
bushels of ears of corn was furnished
by tho decomposed forest leaves. To
bo Hiiro, it required time and labor to
collect thom, but that is equally true of
all agricu.tural operations. Now when
I read anything in disparagement of
forest loiwos us an aid to tho tortility of
itho soil 1 recall tho little experiment of
mine more than twenty years ago and
amilo with incredulity. And I think I
am justified in doing so by tho results
of that experiment. Since that time
ihavo, as opportunity offered, made use
of loaves to enlarge mv compost heap,
iirat using them for bedding for my ani
mals, and, for that purposo, ooiisidor
them of great valuo."
Uiilluro of
riiuitcd Crops
Weather.
In Dry
-, Tho experiments at Amherst soom to
u aliow, and I think correctly, that tho
frequent stirring of tlio surfaco of culti
vated fields is bonoiioial in resisting
tho oll'oots of drought. Tho moisture
ascends by capillary attraction through
?'ory small, hair-like tubos, and by oul
ivating tho surfaco those tubos aro
broken and filled up, and a largo part
of tho moisture is stopped and retained
'just whoro tho roots of tlio growing crop
can bust appropriate it, Tlio portion
of tlio soil which has boon stirrod is, of
-course, dryer for tlio stirring; but tlio
i moisture it would have bold if undis
turbod, and much inoro which would
liavo passod through it into tho atmos
phere, is just bolow. Tlioso facts soom
'to indicate tlio importance In dry tlnios
of not working tlio soil too deoply, but
of keoping tlio drinking supply whoro it
will do tho most good. Probably two
inches would bo doop enough; perhaps
one would bo bettor. How often it
would pay, or how often bo bonoiioial
to work tho surfaco, I cannot say. Tho
cubio foot boos of oarth, whoso surfaco
"was thoroughly stirrod ovory day to a
depth of four inches, retained a com
paratively largo amount of moisturo,
nvhich, in tlio boxes of undisturbed soil,
in a week of drought, was lost by evap
oration. Had it boon stirred to a loss
dopth, tho saving might liavo boon
groator. Dow is deposited from water
evaporating from tho oarth, and not
from descending moisturo, as was
formorly supposed. Tlio firming of tlio
surfaco above sooda planted in a dry
time, as advocated by Mr. Hondorson,
makes tho seed bod more moist, bo
cause the air and the heat cannot so
easily ponotrato; and also by bringing
tlio top soil in closor contact with tlio
moist soil. Tlio wator passages aro
still covored, only compactly instead of
tloosoly.
Examino a flold which has boon
plowed and plantod only a few dry
days, and tho soil of tho foot prints will
.be found much more moist than tho
loose oarth near it. Lovol culture is
also bettor than hill oulturo, as tho sun
and air strike a smaller surface; and
tho rain is absorbod moro oqually than
whoro it runs into tho spacos botwoun
rtho rows; whilo, if tho land is sloping,
In lioavy rains those spaces become
channels for tho wator to run down
hill. In case of tho potato I think tho
cuoro IoyoI tho oulturo, especially on
dry tyiils, tho better. Hut tho seed
must be planted deep enough to insure
plenty of room for tho crop to grow
without partial exposure at tho surfaco.
Tho soeo can bo put well down in any
soil fit for tho purpose, as now potatoes
never form bolow tho lovol of the seed,
i'lant in drills instead of hills, not put
ting the seed too close, and if tlio rows
are perfectly straight tlio cultivator can
be run close to each individual stalk,
and vory few woods loft. Perhaps tho
advent of the smoothing harrow will
necessitate level culture. New Iinyland
Farmer.
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Pruning Tomatoes.
Manv persons find much profit in
pinching back tho brandies of tho to
matoes; and it is a good practice when
judiciously done. It may bo overdone,
however, and injury result, in tiie first
pla ;o it is no use to attempt it after tho
(lowers have fallen. Tho idea is to
force the nourishment into tho fruit at
the earliest start; for it is at that time
tiiat tlio future fato of tlio fruit is cast.
A few leaves boyond tho fruit is an ad
vantage. It is only the growth that is
to be checked. And tlion much damage
is done by taking oil' tho loaves as well
as tho fruit. Tho tomato-plant needs
all the leaves it can trot. It is only tlio
brandies that are to bo chocked in their
growth. No one who has not tried it
can liavo any idea of how valuable tho
leaves are to tho tomato-plant. Ono
may for experiment take oil most of tlio
loaves of a plant, and he will (hid tlio
llavor insipid, and ovory way poor. Of
course it is tlio peculiar acidity of tlio
tomnto that gives it so much valuo to
all of us; but tlio acid from a tomato
Unit lias ripened on an insufficient
amount of foliage, is disagreeable to
most tastes. The samo principle lias
boon found to work in mairiging grape
vines. Tho man who judiciously pinch
es back the branches docs well; but ho
who strips oil' tho foliago to "lot in tlio
sun ami tho air," generally finds that
he has made a bad moss of it. German
town Tclcyraph.
The Barrel Trap.
This most ingenious device possesses
great .advantages in its capabilities of
securing an almost unlimited number
of rats in quick succession. It also
takes care of itsolf, requires no re-baiting
or sotting aflor once put in work
ing order, and is sure doatli to its pris
oners. A water-tight barrel is tho first
tiling required. Into this pour wator
to tlio depth of a foot. Next dampen a
pioco of vory thick paper and stretch it
over tlio top of tho barrel, tying it se
curely below the uppor hoops. When
the papor dries it will becomo thor
oughly Hat and tightened. Its surface
should then be strewn witli bits of
clicoso, etc., and tlio barrel so placed
that tlio rats may jump upon it from
somo neighboring surface. As soon as
tlio bait is gone, a fresh supply should
bo spread on tho paper and tiie samo
operation repeated for aoveral days,
until tlio rat9 got accustomed to visit
tlio plaoo for their regular rations fear
lessly and without suspicion. Tho bait
should again be spread as bofore, and a
few pieces of the clicoso should be at
tached to tlio paper with gum. It is a
good plan to smear parts of tho paper
with gum-ambio, sprinkling tho bait
upon it. When dry, cut a cross in tlio
middlo of tlio papor, and leave tho
barrel to take care of itself and the
rats. Tlio first ono comes along, spies
tlio tempting morsels, and with his ac
customed confidence jumi) upon tlio
papor. Ho suddenly finds himself in
tho wator at the bottom of tho barrel,
and tho paper abovo has closed and is
ready to practice its deception on tho
next comer,
lhoro is not long to wait.
A second victim soon tumbles in to
koop company witli tho first. A third
and a fourth soon follow, and a dozen
or moro aro sometimes thus ontrappod
in a vory short spaco of time. It is a
most excellent and simple trap. By
somo it is considered an improvement
to place in tlio bottom of the barrel a
largo stono, which shall project abovo
tho water suilleiontly to offer a foot
hold for ono rat. Tho first victim, of
courso, takes possession of this retreat,
and, on tho precipitate arrival of tho
second, a contest onsuos for its occu
pancy. Tho hubbub which follows is
said to attract all tlio rats in tlio neigh
borhood to tho spot, and many aro thus
capturod. llarptrys Young People.
Secret of Largo Crops.
Ono of tho strong points in English
farming was recently emphasized as
follows by Prof. Roberts of Cornoll
University: "Heroin," savs ho, "I
am satisfied, lies the secret of En
gland's succoss in raising larger crops.
It would tako away tho breath ot a
prairie farmor to hoar ovon tin En
glishman's enumeration of tho 'spud
dings,' tho 'grubb.ngs,' tho ' twitch
ings,' tho harrowings, tho cross-har-rowings,
the rollings and crushings,
that a heavy clay liold is sub,ootod to
boforo it is considered ready for wheat.
What is this all for? Simply to unlock
tho full storo-houso of nature. That it
is full has boon proven timo and again.
By actual analysis it is found that an
avorago soil contains, in tho first six
inches, plant food enough for from fifty
to ono hundred and lift' full crops of
grain. I do not desire to diseourago
tlio purchase and uso of fertilizers, but
what 1 do protest against is, purchas
ing on timo commercial manures at
forty dollars por ton, which aro really
worth only twonty-llvo, to enrich of horns and hoofs havo boon soakod is
cloddy Holds already fairly rich in plant an oxcellont manuro for plants that re
food, locked up, it is truo, but tlioro, quire forcing. It stimulates tho growth
none tho less, only waiting a little of tomatoos, rose bushes and houso
judicious application of brain and mus-! plants vory rapidly, and omits no oflou
olo to sot it iroo." Bivo odors. A vast amount of fortilizjng
Brown papor is an
to polish tin with.
oxcollunt thing
JKMIK, FAIUI N1 UAKIIKX.
-Fruits aro moro cheaply produced
than meat, and should largely hike its
place during the warm season.
II. W. Hill As Co.. Do atur, 111., re
port 100,000,000 of Hill's friM0Mf hog
rings sold sinco 1872, using 050.600
pounds of wire measuring !1, 108 miles.
Oatmeal Mush. Soak tho meal
over night in a howl; sot tills in a kottlo
with a little hot wator and steam twenty
minutes or longer. Eat with salt and
cream.
Stuffed Potatoes. Hake somo largo
potatoes in their skins; when quite
done, scoop nut the insidos, and mash
thorn well with a little butter or milk;
mix some finely mnced beef or mutton
with the mashed potatoes, adding pop
or and salt to taste; rolill tlio empty
skins witli the mixture, anil place thom
in tho oven again till thoroughly hot,
putting a small lump of butter on tlio
top of each to prevent their becoming
too dry. Servo in a cloth. This is al
ways a favorite disli witli children.
Gooseberry Jam. White or Greon.
Kqual weight of fruit and sugar. So
loct the gooseberries not very ripo,
oithor white or green, aud top and tail
them. Uoil tho sugar witli wator (al
lowing a quarter of a pint to every
pound) for about, a quarter of an hour,
carefully removing tlio scum as it rises;
then put in the gooseberries, and sim
mer gently till clear and linn; try a lit
tle of tho jam on a plate; if it' jollies
when cold, it is done, aud should then
bo poured into pots. When cold, stow
away in a dry placo.
A French journal states that chlo
rido of limo scattered about whoro rats
and mice frequent will cause them to
desert tlio spot. A solution of it
brushed over plants will ell'ectualiy
protect them from insects. If scattered
ovor ground infested with grubs it will
free it from them entirely. Hunches of
cotton or towsmoiued with a mixture
of chloride of limo and hog's lard, and
tied about in different parts of a tree
will guard it against the attack of in
sects, slugs, grubs, etc., and drivo away
tlioso already in possession.
Ice Cream Cakes. Ice cream, half
pound butter; half pound sugar; eight
eggs; pint of cream; rose water; half
pound flour. Heat tho butter and .sugar
till very light, also tho eggs, into winch
stir tho cream; add these to the buttor
and sugar, alternately with tiie flour
and rose wator. When well mixed put
in small, deep pans, and bake in a hot
ovon a delicato brown; when done turn
from tlio pans, and when cold open
them on one side and fill with ico cream.
Servo thom on a Hat dish keep them
on ice till wanted.
Iced Fruit. Select vo'-ry fino
bunches of grapes, entrants, raspber
ries, etc., etc., on their stems; remove
all imperfect berries; dip them in wliito
of egg tempered with water, oa- weak
gum arabio water. Sift linoly-piilver-l.od
sugar over thom; sot away to dry
and then serve. Any largor fruits ,f
rich llavor, such as apples, pears,
plums, peaches, may bo iced in tho
same way, whole or sliced into orna
mental shapes after removing tho
seeds. In tho hands of a lady of taste
in decorating iced fruit is always a great
success on a table.
Tho banker cannot invest a million
dollars safely without knowledge of
finance; tlio captain with no knowledge
of navigation!, would sink his ship. In
no business is the serving of an appren
ticeship more- necessary than to him
who plants an orchard for profit. Ho
must know how to select tho site and
the varieties best adapted to his locali
ty; lie must select fruit that can be
marketed to tho best advantage; under
stand just how mucli to manure for tho
best results; know about cultivation,
pruning, thinning, sorting, packing,,
shipping and selling, and these may in
volvo innumerable qualifications. It
would bo interesting to inquire how
many millions of trees have boon sot
out for market orchards by persons who
know nothing of any of these particu
lars, and who supposed that all they
had to do was to buy tho troos and sot
thom, when they would grow, take care
of themselves, and, without further at
tention, boar heavy crops of silvor dol
lars. liural New Yorker.
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llrln? Home Something.
Nearly ovory farmer goes to tho noar
cst villago to trade, visit a mechanic, or
obtain his lettors and papors, at least
onco a woek. He often takes a load to
market, but ho rarely brings ono home.
Ho can, with very little troublo, haul
a load of material that may bo obtained
for nothing, and which will bo of great
benefit to his land. Most village people
make no uso of tho ashes produced in
their stoves, or of tho bonos taken from
tho moat they consume. Scarcely any
brewer has anv uso for tho hops that
have boon boilod in his vats, aud tlio
blacksmith hardly ovor saves tho clip
pings ho takos from tho loot of horses.
All tlioso materials mako excellent ma
nure. A barrel of shavings cut from
tho hoofs of horses contains moro am
monia than is contained in a load of
stablo manure Applied to land without
preparation, thoy might givo no im
mediate results, but thoy would becomo
decomposed in time, and crops ot all
kinds would dorivo benefit from thom.
Thov niiiv bo sotrnntnri that thv would
produeo liumodiato results. By cover
ing thom with fresh horse manuro they
will decompose very rapidly. Thoy may
also bo leached in a barrel and tho water
that covered thom drawn off and ai-
plied to plants. Wator in which nieces
material is wastod in towns that farmers
could obtain tho benefit of with vcrv lit
tle trouble- GViicajo Times,
A Tailor's .Joke.
A tailor on Fort street got hold of a
rod-hot idea the other day. Ho lieatod
up his goose to tlio blistering point
and placed it on a bench at his door
witli a sign, reading: "Only twenty-live
cents." In a few nniutos along camo
an ancient-looking colored man with
an oo out for bargains, and as he saw
tho goose and read tlio sign ho inado
up his mind that ho had struck it rich.
Ho naturally reached out to heft his
bargain, and that was where ho gavo
himself away. Tlio tailor almost foil
down witli his merriment; but it didn't
last ovor sixty seconds. At tlio end of
that timo tho victim entered tlio siiop
and began a sort of gymnastic perform
ance which did not end until the tailor
was a sadly mashed man and his .shop
in the greatest confusion. Tlio two wore
lighting m front when an olllcer came
along and nabbed both, and both wero
brought bofore his Honor together.
Tho tailor appeared with a black eye
and a finger tied up in a rod rag, and
the African had a scotched nose and
was minus two front teeth.
'Well?" queried tho Court, as the
pair stood gazing at him.
" Vholl, I shall shpeak first," replied
tho tailor; "I likes to havo a shoko
sometimes, mid so I put dot gooso oudt
dere. It vhas all in funs, uud I am wor
ry sorry."
"I couldn't see whar' do fun cum
in," said the other. "Disyoro ban am
all burned to n blister, aif I won t bo
able to uso it for two weeks."
"Did you put that hot goose out there
for a joko?" queried tlio Court.
"Yaw it vhas only a shoke."
"Aud wero you joking when you en
tered tho shop aud made things hum?"
he asked of the other.
"No, boss, I wasn't. I'm an old man
an' not muchgiben to latliu' tin' cuttin'
up. When I let go of datgooso 1 made
up my mind to mush dat tailor flatter
dan a biliyard ball. It was my first fout
for ober forty y'ars, but I'd got do bulge
on him an' was usin' him up when do
olhcer stepped in. .No, boss,
jokin' 'bout dat time."
I WASH t I
" Were you vory tickled?" he queried
of the tailor.
" Vholl, I vas tickkd until he pitch
into me."
" You wero tlio only ono who hud any
fun out of it?"
" Vholl, 1 'sposo so."
"Then you'll have to-foot the bill. I
jrfiall lot him go and fine you eight dol
lars." "Dot ish pooty high."'
"Yes, but it was a- rich joke, 7011
kaow."
" Maybe she vhas, but L guess I let
dotgooso cool oft now. Hero is live,
si:t, seven, eight dollars-, tmd now I
shall go homo. 1 bid you goot day"
Ditroit Freel'resi.
Popular Delusions
That milk is a compound' of water,,
chalk and sheep's stotnaeln Milk al
ways comes from tho cow ai great way
from tho cow.
That brass-band music is-unpleasant
to tho ear. Wo know of a man whe
lms lived for years next door to a baud
room and has never uttered ono com
plaint in all that time. Ho is a deaf
mute.
That a small boy hates an- overcoat
Ho loves it so well that ho dislikes- to
wear it out.
That whistling is disagrceablo. lb is
always agreeable to tho whistler.
That tlio market is overburdened
with spring poetry. Tlio wusto-baskot
captures so much of it that bub vecy
little of it comes on tlio market.
That any fool can writo pootry. lb
is oaly a tool hero and there that can.
do it.
That women go to church, to. see
other women's bonnets. Thoy moroly
go to show thoir own.
That a boy thinks ho knows more
than his father. Ho only pridos liiuir
self on his superior intelligence.
That a widow wears weeds to catch a
husbaud. She would rather oatch a
man who is not a husband.
That a silver watch will toll tho timo
jnst as well as a gold ono. A gold
watch will toll tho timo ten times to a
silver watch's onco, and bo just as fresh
as ever.
That shopkeopens novor mark their
goods bolow cost. Thov fronuonilv
mark thom down much bolow what tho
goods cost tlio purchaser, especially if
ho bo a particular, friend, you know.
That tho self-conceited man thinks
everybody is a fool. Ho does not in
clude ono porson in tliat
namely, himself.
oatogpry,
That extemporaneous spoakers- pre
paro thoir speeches beforehand. Thoy
got somobody elso to do that.
That tho avorago married mm dis
likes marriage Ho i3 all tho timo
yearning for another opportunity to
cuter tho sacred stato.
That parents lovo thoir children bo
cause the little ones raw so much liko
themselves. That is just what thoy
punish thoua for.
That it is hard to aatond to one's busi
ness. Lots of people think nothing of
it, and havo plenty of timo to-attend to
tho business of a soro of others Bos
ton Transcript.
The discomfort of traveling in In
dia in hot weathw is dooreasod on tlio
lino of tho great Indian Peninsula Com
pany by an ingenious dov'je. Tho
windows in erory iirst-cla?j railway
carriage aro provided with seroons made
of fragrant kbas-khas grass, which aro
kept constantly dump by the moohan-
ism connected with tho whools. By this
moans tho air is kept swoot and com
parutlvoly cool.
A woman school toachor at Wntar
bury poured ico wator down tho bared
baoK of refractory little girl.
In .T-.ll for Debt.
Thn debtors' department
of tho
County Jail is always an interesting
place to visit. Hero aro incarcerated
not only those unfortunat3s whom a
soulless creditor has plungod into tho
cooler, hut also the h gh-tbned among
tlioso who are under indictment. Tho
occupants of this department aro al
lwed a somewhat easier timo than is
accorded to tho general run of tho jail's
occupants, and, as a general rule, they
aro, socially, deserving of tlio distinc
tion. The law of tlio Stato of Illinois
gives a creditor a vory arbitrary power
over a debtor whom ho has succooded
in incarcerating. All he has to do,
once ho lias placed him in jail, is to pay
tlio Sheriff for his board, which done,
ho can )ccp him there until the debt is
paid. If tlio debtor is unable to pay tho
debt, and tho creditor is ablo to pay tho
board, it is merely a question ot now
long the creditor chooses to do so. At
tho present timo tlioro aro only two
debtors confined in the Cook County
Jail. Ono of tlioso is 11 young man
named Henry Black, who, having got
ten on tlio wrong side of a horso-doiiler
mimed Russell, found himself incarcer
ated in tlio jail as a debtor, this, too,
though all tho circumstances go to
show that ho wjs by no means tlio
sharper of tho two in tlio equine dicker.
Tho other debtor is Matthew Escott,
the Sooretary of tho Canadian Trust &
Agency Company (limited),, of Mon
treal, who was thrown into jail in
April, lbSO, by that concern', from
which ho had embezzled some $1,810.
Tho Company hail him arrested hero
in April of last year, but, not being
able to prove anything more thau a
broach of trust against their employe,
hid him arnsted for debt and lodged
in tlio Cou:-dj Jail. Sinco limb timo
thoy havo s'tu.wn a very stern and re
lentless intunt to koop him tlioro, hav
ing paid liiu board with great regular
ity. As a general rule, tlio creditor
who lias n. debtor detained in the jail
calls round onco a woek and settles for
hisi unvl. siu-nti ilnvs' iii'nvinilnr. lint. I.lii
1 " " ..- :. . "v- r ' -
Uumulian lrust Sz Agency Company
(limited) havo been so fixed in thoir
determination to keep thoir ex-Socre-tary
in the custody of tho Sheriff that
they have paid his board for six mouths
in advance at a time. In October,
18S0, Mr. llobort Lincoln, at present
Secretary of War, visited the Sheriff
and settled for Mr. Escott's board for
tho next six months at tho rate of
$;i.50 a wcok, and when tho hotel bill
had been used up tin opportune draft
arrived paying for tlio' gentleman's
board up to" next October.
Tho case of Mr. Escott is a little hard;
in fact, as figures show, it it is absolute
ly hopeless. Tlio interest upon his debt
is, of courso, charged against him, and
as this is S3 a day, and ho only able, as
a debtor, to liquidate SI. 50 a day by the
passive act of incarceration, it will bo
seen that his liability to his Canadian
creditors is constantly increasing. They
can, as tho law stands, keop him in jail
until ho dies tlioro, and this, it is said, .
thoy intend to do, for tho purposo of
hording him up as a solemn warning to
Canadian bank clerks to abstain from
evil doing, and to keop in mind the
moral import of the adagio which puts,
forth that honesty, outiido of innate
proprieties, is tlie'bcst policy.
Mr. Escott has made ono or two-attempts
to regain his liberty in. tho
Courts, but they havo been unsuccess
ful, and ho has also made appeals- to
the mercy of tlio Company which wore
equally inefiicacious, offering to soeuro
work and turn over half his salary to
his creditors. Quito lately it was in his
power to secure a paying situation! but
ao was unablo to tako advantage of it.
Of late ho has been chafing under tho
restraint which has now lasted four
teen months, and it is not im
probable that before Vang ho will
make a statement which will
be interesting to many pooplo in finan
cial circles in Montreal. Ho claims to
havo in his possession knowledgo of
transactions which will show aivery
prominent logal gentleman of Montreal
in a vory unfavorable light, audi also
shed luster upon tho dealings of other
prominent citizens of tho Canadian
commercial capital, whoro, it is known,
somo years since, largo fortunes, wore
made in a very short spaco of timo by
parties on tho insido of stock deals.
Of Into Mr. Ecott has boon sufibring
of a heart troublo, which his prolonged
incarceration has aggravated and
which may boforo very long hinder
him from continuing- to play tho part
of awful example tatho Canadian bank
clerks, and this has of lato made him
specially anxious to regain hi3 liborty.
Tho Trust Company, however, does,
not seem to bo coinpasiona&o, and, if
Mr. Escott is really able to enlighten,
the world as to tlbo evil doings of thosei
who havo placed and kept him whore
ho is ho may improve, while ho cer
tainly cannot injure, his prospects of
release. Chicago Tribune.
Good lleason fos It.
A lawyer who novor serves except
whoro tho iustico of Vis causo helps
him makes less reputation for smart
ness, but lie makes moro for honestv.
j neat illustration 01 mis
is given in a
Washington paper:
r During tho eight years in which
Thomas Jefferson practiced law ho was
employed in nine hundred and forty
eight oases. Tho llovolutton, howovor,
turned him from law to statesmanship,
and ho novor resumed tho practice
His skill as an advocato was onco sot
forth by tho complimont which an old
man unconsciously paid him.
"How did my grandfather rank as
an advocate boforo a jury?" asked Jof
fcrson's grandson of an old man who
had often hoard him speak in court.
"Well, it is hard to tell," replied tho
old gontloman, "bocausa he was ai.
ways on tho right side."
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