Seeding Wheat.
Tlio most important tiling about
wheat-growing 'H getting tlio ncod in
tlio ground. It is a common prac
tice, much to bo condemned, of put
ting oil' tlio Hooding or wheat until
i.lin limt moment. Tlio oontrary direc
tion should bo followed, and, instead of
,ir, in umwl.ufuvlnir iitit.1I nil otlinr
work is dono, thero should bean on-1 JJiook was such as to furnish admirable
deavor to got the seed in by Iho lirst of opportunity for inoro exact study. The
October. I mangrove swamps of Africa give not
In tlio lirst place plow deeply, not more decided evidence of special mala
less than six inches, and, if possible, on rial productivity than did this town.
HlilV, clay lands, lot Iho subsoil plow bo 'i'ho man who has kooii several little
used. This answers two purposes. It craters all the more enjoys Vesuvius,
opens the land deeply, letting down the because it is so very declarative. A
oxcess of water when we are visited by ' town in which no inhabitant escapes is
lieavv rains, and allows the roots to not to bo explained away by any gen-
penotraie easuy lOKuumuumm num.
Sow eaily, for then .the plants have
time to bod themselves and secure a
firm foundation against the action of
frosts, which throw the plants up when
the land thaws in tlio spring. Wheat
that has been in tlioground long enough
to secure a good foothold is at least
over the groatost dllllculty, and it is
only those who have made tlio mistake
of sowing late that have been the heav
iest siiU'orors.
The seed should bo carefully selected.
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As we prize 'fresh blood in livestock,
ho should wo (
I.. mi,,, mil- unml III nrili.r 1
to get the nest results. There nave
been many now varieties introduced of
lalo that are worthy of a trial, but sueli
should be tried on a small scale before
making it general. Certain kinds are
adapted to particular localities, and the
farmer's experience should guide him
in that respect. Hut under no circum
stances should seed bo sown that has
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not nassed a complete inspection, in
Kim'Iiiiii!, when they wish to avoid '
oookio or oilier noxious wueus, iuuhucu
is brought into the house and the whole
family are employed rejecting every
unsound or imperfect grain, frequently
using a magnifying glass to facilitate
the operation. In this country wo cul
tivate on too largo a scale to uso such
means, but, however, as there is oon
siderab'e time during evenings between,
now and October the spare time could
bo prolitably spout in overlooking the
seed. 'I he utmost care is necessary, and
future labor will lie saved thereby.
Wheat should follow corn or root
crops, as they require clean cultivation,
and the wheat will be less liable to com
petition from weeds. Harrow tlio
wheat as soon as it is well up, and also
again in the spring. Drilling is pre
ferable to broadcasting, and the roller
can advantageously bo used whore tlio
land is lumpy or clogged.
Did it ever occur to fanners that
wheat can bo cultivated with profit '
Wo have the authority of the patent
ollico report on agriculture that an En
glishman planted wheat one foot apart
each way, manured anil used tlio hoe
on it, with a return of over one hundred
bushels to tlio acre. This does not
seem credible but there is no doubt that
the cultivation of wheat would pay in
the increased yield by such a method,
as is evinced by the effects of frequent
harrowing.
it is recommended, if a good viold is
desired, to sow early, select the plump
est and cleanest seed, harrow as otten
as possible and manure well. With
good preparation of tho land, anil otra
care and judgment in seeding, tho
fiTincr need not fear next year's per
formance wilh his wlioat crop. Cor.
Uurliuyton llutvhcic.
Slate Health Hoards.
TIub is undoubtedly a period of great
sanitary activity, with ast possibilities
of improvement, and yet with possi
bility, also, of crude speculation and of
not less crude inventions. Even sani
tary literature has in it much of tho ex
perimental, and there is need that all
things proposed lie brought to rigid
tost, lost they become death dealing,
instead of life-saving.. It is, however,
one of tho encouraging facts that so
imanv of our States, as well as our eitios,
have full-formed Hoards of Health, com-
Iiosod of men who can bo hold responsi
ve for their acts and for their advice.
hi addition to the twcntv-tliree States
already having Hoards, Ponnsylvii"ia,
Arkansas and Indiana are likely to bo
successful this jour. Tlio reports ot
these are beginning to boiondorod, and
form a very important addition to our
inlormation as to tlio stud of disease.
Wo tins j ear take up, a-, lirst in order,
the report ot the State of New Jersey.
It is made especially prominent from
the met llmt the Hoard has had to con
tend with four decided epidemics, allot
which will pass into record as im
portant in tho history of diseases
and its causos. Tho lirst was tlio
woll-known typhoid fever at Princo
tou. With nil tho talks about
'miliaria, all the rumors as to causes and
Iho many contradictory itonia which
found their way to tho" press, it was
quite important' that an authentic nar
rative be given. Tho Socroturv of the
Hoard had tho very best opportunities
for this work. It required much sifting
of statements and olose local examina
tion into details. This seems to have
been diligently attended to. The result
is a clear detail of facts and a discussion
of tho probablo origin of tlio disease
It suoms highly probablo that the fever
originated from local causos, which had
nothing to do with malaria and the rem
edy for which was an entire change in
tho sistom of sewage disposal One
cannot road such a history without per
ceiving tlio groat importance ot a woll
tlovisod plan of exactness in all the do
talis of sanitary construction, and of a
superintendence which shall bo as vigi
laMt as intelligent and see to it that no
possibilities of accumulated tilth can
occur. A comparison of tho meteoro
logical tabic shows how exceptionally
warm the months of April and May had
been, with an absence of iho usual ruins,
No doubt, this had much to do with stir
ring the latent poison into activity, and
thus making aonal Bowago or contam
inated air abundant.
Not loss decided and not less typical
was tlio occurrence of malarial fevers
at Hound Hrook. While malaria was
very prevalent in many States and in
many localities of Now. Jersey last year,
vet the condition of things at Hound
eral theory of origin. Tlio itcbrm of a
hall century had collected in n. siuggisn
j water-bed, amid rank vegetation, whose
I decay had stored away much organic
1 matter. It was near the discharge of
I two or throe small streams, which thus
brought down the accumulation of a
I large, low watershed. Tlio alternation
of heat and of water had been unusual,
I and had furnished all the conditions for
fermentivo or putrefactive changes.
The results were up to tlio plan. So
the people thought; so tlio courts
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IS tills: It gllVO HSO to II tl'illl Which W
in
UVU1 IJU iiuuuiiu in iiiuui iuuh lunukiriuiii
It proclaimed drainage for health a
necessity as never before. It not only
compelled the removal of a mill-dam,
but the restoration of a stream-bed.
New Jersey justice was us rigorous as
if it had caught a culprit, and declared
that men, women and children must
not have their animation suspended in
such manner. The result, too, is a
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Stale law which, while it protects own-
ers ot water-rights lroin uniair risks,
proclaims tlio right of pure air and n
dry soil to all the land and tho inhab
itants thereof. About tlio same time
small-pox look on epidemic proportion6
in Camden. It revealed an inadequacy
of provision that startled this city oi
contentment, and gave it to know that,
with all its enterprise, it moved too
slowly to keep up with tho move of tho
disease. At one time it bid fair to plant
itself in every street of tlio city. A
council hold with tlio State Hoard of
Health resulted in the authorization of
vaccination to an extent wliioh fully
limited the disease. When will man
kind learn that it is not necessary to
have a scare and some deaths in order
to secure that vaccination which can
alone protect from such a scourge?
bluer in the season, at Hlaokwood
town, some twelve miles from Camden,
a fever broke out in the almshouse,
which did not cease its deadly work
until physician, and nurses, and keep-1
or, and family, as well as some forty .
inmates, had fallen before the disease.
Over-crowding was the great error.
In the midst of a motley herd was
brought a man sick with lever, who
was placed at once in a crowded bed
room. Jn twelve days there were sov-
eral cases in adoiinng rooms, it is
quite possible that tho tirst New York
eases arose from the tramps who scat
tered from this place. Tlio whole
course of the fever was that of a well
declared typhus. It is not only conta
gious, hut'clings so tenaciously to sur
faces that long after it has seemed to
fwtiiHii it, will iKrain recur, under Invoe-
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1 inr circumstances. It is still so per
sistent in certain parts of Now York
Citv that it.s sanitary authorities may
well bo on tho alert, lest dirty streets
and a hot summer should cause it to
extend. Thus, in a single small State,
wedged in between Philadelphia anil
Now York, wo have examples of foiu
provontlblo epidemics in a single year,
and call upon all who read thereof to
take heed. N. Y. Jmlopcmlcnt.
Adulterated Co lice.
Chiecory, carrots, caramel and date
seeds aro tho substances commonly
used to adulterate ground colVee. A
single test will show tlio housekeeper
whether slio has purchased pure or
adulterated cotl'oo. Take a little of tho
colVee and press it between tho lingers, I
or give it a squeeze in tlio paper in
which it is bought; if genuine it will not
form a coherent mass, as eollee grains
are hard and do not readily adhere to
each other; but if the grains stick to
each other and form a sort of "cake,"
wo may be pretty suro of adulteration
in tho shape of chiecory, for tho grains
uro softer and more open, and adhere
without dilliculty when squeezed.
.Again, u we piaco a iow grams in a.
saucer and moisten them with a little
cold water, chiecory will very quickly
become soft like bread crumbs, while
cotlco will take u long time to softon.
A third test- Take a wine-glass or
tumblerful of water, and gently drop a
pinch of tlioground eollee on tho sur
face of the water without stirring or
agitating; genuine eollee will tloat for
some time, whilst chiecory or any other
soft root will sink,
Chiecory or caramel will eauso a yol
lowish or brownish color to ditl'uso rap
idly through tho water, while pure cof
fco will give no sensible tint under such
circumstances for a considerable length
of time.
" ColVee mixtures" or " cofl'oo im
provers" should bo avoided. Thoy sel
dom consist of anything but chiecory
and caramel.
" French colTeo," so widoly usod at
presold, is generally ground colleo, tlio
beans of which havo noon roasted with
a certain amount of sugar, which, coat
ing over the bean, has retained more of
the original aroma than in ordinary
cotl'oo; but this, of oouro, at tho ex
pense of the reduced percentage of
colleo duo to tho presence of tho cara
mel. England has 100 widows worth over
half a million dollars each.
How Hldos Aro Taken OH" and Salted.
In tho abattoirs of this city tlio May
ers of cattle use in taking (Hi the hides
a knifo with a straight back and a keen
edge, broad at tlio I. aft, but tapering
up almost into a po nt at tlio end. Tho
hoofs aro first taken oil at the first joint,
a piece of the loose llesh at the throat
cut out, an incision made in the nock,
and Hie knifo run down through the
middle of tho belly and the center of
tho lower sido of tho hair tail. Tlio
animal, which, up to this time, has been
lying on its back, is inclined a little to
one side, being supported in that posi
tion by a prop under the downwardly
inoliniiig foro-quartcr. Heginuing at
the nock, tho Mayor runs his knife care
fully along until the hide is tiken near
ly oil' the sido which is uppermost, thou
the animal is rolled over on Hint side
and propped up as at the beginning,
and the same llaying operation is re
peated on tlio part whioh was down
ward at lirst. Next a wooden support,
about lour foot long, six inches deep
and two inches wide, having a largo
iron hook in tho middle adapted to bo
fastened to n rope for hoisting purposes,
is run through incisions made m tho
hind legs just above tho lirst joint; tlio
rope is adjusted to the hook, and tho
carcass lifted up by a windlass, when
the projecting owl of the joist are sup
ported by cross bonus about nine feet
from the lloor, and the bodv hangs sus
pended therefrom. One of the work
luen now grasps those portions of the
hide which have been taken off the
sides oi the animal near mo ucck, and
another takes a large butcher's cleaver,
and. using tho back, not the edge of tho
instrument, by repeated blows trees the
skin from the rest ot the carcass, while
it is pulled oil' by tho lirst workman.
Great care is exercised in tlio process
of llaying, as tho workmen are subject to
a line for each cut and score on the hide.
When freshly taken oil tho hide is
worth about eight cents per pound. In
this state it is sold to the suitors with
tlio pates and tails on. The suitors
placo them in beds of about (500 each.
The lloor of the salt room is generally
cemented, and the bottom layer of
hides is laid with the hair side down;
the salt is then sprinkled on the llesh
side, and another hi or is put down in
like manner until the bed is complete.
Tho hides aro usually loft in tlio salt
from ton days to two weeks. The salt
used must bo of good quality and
ground rather line, as in case a lump of
oven the size of an egg is left upon tho
llosh sido it will eat into tho hair ot tho
hide placed above it and vorv seriously
detract from its value. It takes about
1H0 bushels of salt, worth from thirty
two to thirty-live cents per bushel, to
each puck of GOD hides. When tho
hides aro taken out of salt they are
well shaken and folded, first double
lengthwise, and then wrapped up in
four or live folds. In some cases suit
ers contract their hides to tanners by
the month or year, ami settlements are
made at tho end of each month on the
basis of tho average rilling prices dur
ing that period. It is now, however,
becoming customary for them to soil
each lot to the tanner or dealer who
will pay tho highest tigures at the time
of delivery.
In some of tlio abattoirs where tho
butchers do not do their own salting
tho salturs hire tlio pons and make no
charge to the slaughterers, but receive
the hoofs of all tho animals killed in
lieu of olhor compeiuution. In tlio
.Jersey City abattoir tho bailors pay
S1.U0O per'aiinuin for each pen tiilord
ing accommodation for fifteen animals
at a time. Shoe und Leather It courier.
The Uestorativo Power in Nature.
Equally worthy of admiration, and
all but equally complex, is tho process
by wliioh naturo repairs a fractured
limb, especially when tho injury is such
that tho broken ends of the bones can
not bo brought exactly into tlioir prop
er positions. It is remarkable too,
how she adapts her process to the dif
ferent habits of her' patients. In tho
caso of a simple fracture, If the parts
that have been disjointed aro set close
toL'other in their normal lino, if it bo
tho log of a dog, for example, there is
lirst a hard sheath called a "callus,"
formed round tho iraeturo. and this
"callus" pei mils a restricted use of j
the injured limb, oven belore the two
parts have grown togothor. It is, how
ever, only a tomporary provision, ne
cessitated by tho natural restlessness of
tho lower animals. Alter the Iraeturo
has completely healed the "callus"
gradually disapnears. A Human case
is treated dilloronth. Here, unless it
be a broken rib (which requires the
provision in consequence ot an inces
sant motion in respiration), the healing
takes placo ordinarily without the form
ation of any outer "callus." Some
times tlio broken ends cannot bo, or, at
all events, aro not, brought into their
propor rolativo positions. Is it possible,
it nisiv bo asked, that naturo can pro
vide the means for mooting such an
emorgenev when, that is to say, the
two portions of bones to be joined aro
all awry, and sometimes quite now in
fact, a kind of bridge, and a bridge not
nulv unri'inir l.lul nill'DOSO of il Solid
connection Getwoon opposite banks, but
like tho bridges which carry tho appli
ances of niodorii civilization, connect
ing tho nerves which answer to the
t olograph wires anil tho voins and arte
rios corresponding to our water and
0 her conduits has to be constructed '
Nature's engineering is equal oven to
tliis task. Omitting anatomical do
tails, wo niiiv simply say that sho con
struets a new and extraordinary piece
of bono, whieh servos to unite the
broken ends, tho jaggod anil sharp pro
jections of which she carefully rounds
off. Hut wo must now take leave of
tlyi subject and commend it to the
Uioughttul consideration of the reader,
a1io will rocognizo in all this tho nun
veloub wisdom of our groat Creator.
Our Young Headers.
WHAT MAKES A REALLY CJIA11M
INO CHILD.
Ono ttmc I met n llttlo Rlrl
Whono fnco was fair to floo;
Of till tho prcttv Kirls I know,
Tho prettiest fueo hint she.
' A charmlnir llttlo thimr," said T.
Aunt I Iiiti mill wisely smiled.
" It takes more than a pretty faco
To make a charming child."
I wondered what .sho meant, Alas!
Mv eyes wore opened om.
Instead or " such a eliarmhij? child,
1 Hiiiitf it dltleront tunc.
Tor she tho lrl with protty fiico
Was oi os ad cross could lio,
Ami snarl or pout from morn till ii!?ht
.Soon disenchanted me.
' You sice, my dear," Aunt Hannah said,
" It's not a hands me tiico
That makes tho child wo'ro jdad to boo
la every time and place:
"Not pretty looks alone, my dear,
A child must have, to bo
A UwUit child. It's what thoy do,
1'ar moio than what wo aec,
"That makos thorn lovely In ouroyo3.
I've soon a homely lace,
Thnamli which it pleasant spirit xhono,
All luminous with irinco
" The uraeo of plcanut deeds ami words,
Without which thoie can ho
No really clmrmlinr child, my dear.
It's heart, not tace," ald she.
Lbrn H. ltufunl, In UMen thiy.
HOW SUSY PLANTIM) I1KKSEI.F.
" You aro too little, daughter: you
must wait till you are a big girl before
you can go out evenings." Or
"Mo, dear; it is not suitable for lit
tle girls! When jou aro older you can
have it."'
It seemed to poor littlo Susy she was
always hearing something like this. Slio
was the only child in tho family, and
was fond of'trying to do exactly what
big folks did. And sho got very tired
of being told she was too littlo to do
this tiling, or that thing.
Papa said, "You aro not quite big
enough to ride tlio pony yet, dear."
Mamma said, " When you are a littlo
taller you can water all tlio plants on
tho stand, Susy."
Aunty said, " I'd like to take her
with mo, but she's so little she'd be
tired to death."
Grandma said, "That sweetmeat is
entirely too rich for tho child; sho
ought not to touch it."
Susy tried everything she had ever
heard of to make little girls grow fast.
She was told that going to bed oarly
Would do it, and ono bright, summer
aftoinoon she went to bed at five
o'clock. It seemed about a week to
her usual bed-time, and, utter all, when
she looked in tho glass in the morning
slio could not seo that sho was one bit
taller.
She had hoped that when sho wont j
dowu-stairs her mamma would raise lior
hands and say: I
"Dearine! I must set the rallies of '
Susy's dresses down; she does grow so j
fast." I
She had heard that rain and sunshine
made the llowcr- grow, and she sat out
doors, lir.it in one and then in the other
till she name near liavingtho croup and
a sunstroke. And still no one over ex
claimed, " How that child does grow!"
One morning in early summer sho
followed her mamma about the garden.
"How wonderfully last this orange
tree grows! said
mamma. "tiOok.
Susy, at those fresh shoots; I do believe
thoy homegrown three inches since yes
terday morning."
Susy looked, and a new and delight
ful idea came into her mind. Tlio or
ange tree was growing in an earthen
llowor-pot; that must uo what made it
grow so fast.
Slio said nothing to mamma, but
waited till she gave tho tree a good
sprinkling and went into tlio house.
Thou Susy ran to- tho root-house and
picked out a large llower-pol, which sho
placed at tho end of tho back porch
stops opposite to which tho orange
stood.
" I'll be growing tit ono end und tho
orange nt tho other," said Susy. With
her little spa le sho began digging up
the soft oiiith. When she had loosened
uo what she thought enough she took
oil' her shoos and stockings and stepped
into the pot. Hor plump little loot
hardly had room enough, but sho
crowded them in side by side and shov
eled some earth on them.
it was very hard work. She came
near toppling over several times and
then found she had not enough earth
dug up, und that she could not dig
while standing in the llowor-pot. It
was loo bad to disturb her feet, but sho
had to got out and then bogin over
again. Hy tlio timo that she had tilled
in nearly to her knees and putted the
earth smooth on the top her poor littlo
back was almost broken.
Hut sho stood straight up, feeling
very proud and happy, und smiled over
nt tlio orange tree.
"Now,"' she said. "I must wait for
mamma to come and sprinkle mo, and
then shall begin to grow. Sho will
pour water on my foot, too. Hear mo!
1 wish she'd hurry."
It was not easy standing there. Hot
foot were cramped and aching, and the
sun was getting very hot. The orange
tree did not seem to mind it at all; its
bright, sinning lciues smiled back nt
Susv, looking as if they hail lived on
.sunshine all their lives and liked it.
"If I only lud something to loan
against!" said poor Susy. "All tho
vines loan against the trellis that's be
cause thoy got tired of standing alone
1 wish 1 was near a tiollis but pltuits
can't walk. I wish mamma' il como
and sprinkle me I know I'd leol better
then." She had been planted only
about half tin hour, but it seemed like
half a day. She wondered how long
sho would havo to stay thore before she
grow three inches.
"1 nwjht sit dowu, I suppose," sho
presently said, looking at the slop. "1
never saw plants sitting down, but I
know thoy would if tlioir backs ached f
like mine." Slio almost toppled over
in trying it, but at last managed to seat
herself and rest her tired little head on
the step next above.
More than an hour lattor, mamma
began to wonder what kept Susy so
long, and went into the garden to see.
"Why, Susy!" sho cried, as slio saw
her, "what in the world are you doing,
pet?"
Susy rubbed hor sleepy eyes and
looked around. Then slio was wide
awake in a minute, and got herself
straight up again as quickly as sho
could.
"I'm 'rowing, mamma! Look, am I
any bigger yet? Am I three inches
bigger?"
Alumina, laughed till Susy's head
wilted away down.
"Come, daughter," she said, "take
your dear littlo teot out of that earth;
you'll catch cold."
"But 1 want to grow, mamma. I'm
going to be a plant, and 1 want you to
sprinkle mo."
" I think you will find it nicor to be
a littlo girl, Susy and let God niako
you grow in His own waj. It's time to
got ready for dinner, dear."
"I'd like to stay hero a littlo longer,
please, mamma. Couldn't you lot Nora
bring me something to eat?"
"Why, Susy, plants never get any
thing to eat but water aim sunshine
and earth, you know."
Susy hud never thought of this. Sho
wus hungry. She hud had quite enough
sunshine already, and thought water
would make a very noor dinner.
She sat down on tlio stop, and, giving
her feet u jerk, wus u littlo girl again in a
momont, anu followed her mamma to
tho bath-room. 1 'ottth's Companion.
Selllsh and Unselllslu
Did you over think that a person may
be very sollish and very unselfish at tho
same time? Ethel is very fond of mak
ing presents to her friends. If Kdith
or Nannie admires a work-box, a book,
or a pencil of hers, it is at her service
Slio delights to surprise her school
mates with littlo gifts, and olten Alattio
linds a bunch of violets on her desk,
which have conic from Ethel's conserv
atory, or a great golden orange is added
to Sadie's luncheon, and it is sure to
havo been brought
Ethel's I'licle Tom.
kind thoughts, and
generous us possible
cost hor nothing.
from Florida by
Ethel is full of
is as liberal and
with tilings that
Hut still 1 do not
regard her as unselfish, and I will toll
you why.
She is not the least bit obliging. If
sho is seated in hor littlo rocker by tho
south window, and mamma or auntie
conies in, ovr so tired, it does not
occur to Ethel to oiler her chair, that
cither of the ladies may rest. Indeed.j
if you hint it to her, she shakes her
head and says: "There are plenty ot
chairs in the room; why should Iivo
up miuo?" Not long since Cousin Polly
and littlo Agnes Lee arrived unexpect
edly, and as there were other guests in
tho house, mamma was 'compelled to
ask Ethel to give up her pretty room,
and sleep for the night with her younger
sister. Would ou believe it, Ethel wus
so vexed that she pouted and sulked in
i Cousin Polly's taec, would take no no
tice of the child, and luially cried her
self to sleep? Not ono ol tho family
, ever dreams of asking Kthol to run up
I stairs or down on an errand, to mend -
ripped glove, to carry a message, or to
j do tlio slightest thing which will put
her out of her usual wav. The know
that she is not an obliging girl, and,
i strangely enough, the very school
j mates who accept her flowers and
I oranges, are much more fond of Mary
Ann, a plain, dumpy little bodv, who
' never has anything to give away, but
I who is always greeting everybody with
kind looks und words, und who, wher
ever she goes, is helping along. Har
per's louny I'eople.
A Theater !J00 Years Old.
The director of the excavations at
Epidaurus reports that ho is uncirthiug
a theater in the forest of Asklopios
whicli is, with ono except ion, the larg
est of all yet found in Gieoce which be
long to antiquity. It is said to be a
masterpiece ot the architect and sculp
tor Polyelolus. and there is every rea
son to believe that it is so, since Pau
sanius mentions l'ohcletusus the great
est architect of his ago and tho builder
of tlio Epidaurian Theater, liner than
any in Homo or any other in Greece,
it is, therefore, nearly twenty-four hun
dred j ear sold. The Arch eologieal So
eioty at Athens will also soon set about
the oxeavation of tlio Temple of Ceies,
having purchased the ground whicli
covers it at Elousis.
There has been a brisk demand for
oyster shells at New Haven, Conn.,
lately for uso in tho oyster-beds, as the
spawn adheres to them readily after
being bleached on the land. They havo
become so indispensable that largo
quantities tiro boing brought trom Rhode
Island, where they once threatened to
cover up tho Stato, and the price in
Providenco has risen trom live to -even
cents por bushel. The accumulation of
shells around New Haven was formerly
used to make roads, the "sholl roads"
being celebrated tor their hard, smooth
surface. Hut no more will bo made
with shells in such demand as at pres
ont. Healers think that noxt year thoy
will havo to bring shells from Haiti
more. A copy of ono of Dickons' oarliost
and rarest books, "Three Ways of
Spending Sunday, by Timothy Sparks,"
was sold the other day In Manchester,
Eng,, for about thhiy dollari.
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