WOODEN TOOTHPICKS.
A Uttle Machine That Make Six Mlllioat
of Them Kverjr Dar.
As he stood beside a little machine
that was sending out a perfect cyclone a ffcW years' experience came to the
of toothpicks, some 10,000 of tliem a conclusion that they conhl raise corn
minute, Mr. E. T. Edgccomb. the title indefinitely on the "same soil without
member of the firm, related his expert- applying manure to it They had some
dice in the toothpick business: : reason for believing that they could do
I was formerly a mechanical expert this. They raised several crops in im
5n the employ of the Havcrhold Ma-' mediate succession, and the vield did
chine Company. I was with that con
cern a number of years, mastering
many details and idea about nia
cin ncrv. for which I hold a most de
trolled all the toothpick business of the
cided taste. In fact, it is my hobby. A think it was worth the labor required tions of chemical element, is making ir .t w-u.-b-irv wivh In the Volapuk language the wonl . .' . s..fc . h .
fewyearsagolleftmy position with tlje t him, it to a Ml that was to be teady progress and has already . J for dollar is ; "doab." Out it will bo . " r m:J:v , J
Haverhold compauy and went to Me- planted to corn. Some farmers in th- alleeteil agueultiuc. i body servant-' I" lie'- I G "flUVh j"s as hanl as ever to borrow one. -mmw "
chanic Fall .where I formed a machine ( bck prairio soil region of Central Mr. Robert Hugh Mills in a ( recent , - J, ," .. ' Vittsburgr. Chronicle. , J prettv fashion fn sprin- , In i
company. Later -r went into tl le tojrtb-, Hhnois declared that the laud was ecu re. ea led attention to he fart , hou,s , Une, ,, - -A correspondent ass -if it is real-; - t
pick business with Mr. Harrj-D.Creigh- jU5t httle to rich to produce the best that the cultivation of madder has been ., ,., , , . ,, ,,.,,, j lr true that Job was troubled with
on. of Philadelphia, as my partner. ! cora. They complained because the almost destroyed by the chemical 'K- , SiI S " Ti,e be :,n ihmht th:lC he St"T ? ? v , : fV .
1r , , ' ... . ...,.- I ., J , ' ., ., .. . i .-11- . I oer a iuieiiing-ise!, aiiuiairU IaHJTbctt .. ... w. r , i ; Selvaire woven to form horde' :
esucceded pretty well in our venture. U.taiks were too large, and because the covery that its identical color, n-z m:-t-! ., ,inl . .,, ,.,, .-,., ." was if ne had ttiem. Bmyhnmloti Re- ,..,, . , ...
till all of a sudden we found that the I:lIld produced weeds of great size. The ter can be cheaplv produced from .! otein thepoi nd.-artri..r. Bk,rts an. drapers area :.,uur, a
toothpick combination had frozen us ' first settler of other portions of the tar. The production of indigo is al , ! on,en vayswnl.ng to speak A It in Elirope stared hard , ai.y kinds of new spring ,.-
nf 'n.uPnml.in.tmn nri-tiRllr con- ,. ..!,.. .,l. ...1..le; tLr.f..,,...! I.v n arfifi.-iaf r..,l.ii.r . f tl,tf :l- " Women, and Will . ., ,.,. ..V..-ll L-noW mo n?:lill if I Tl,e large quantity of Vl-llmv -II .'
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Unired States, and when it refused to j nure to land intended for the prodnc
supply us with toothpicks we found , tjoll f corn. In Western New York
ourselves in a bad position. We had a j ami Northern Ohio the pioneer farmers
large number of orders to fill, and not largelv engaged in corn-raising paid
a pick to fill them with.
In this ex-
tremity I went to work to get up a
toothpick machine of my own. and you
see the result of mr lab.ir before vou.
"This machine manufactures about six .
million picks per da', and they are
about as good picks as there arc in the ,
market.'
He took up a handful of picks from
the bin into which thev were being
jioured from the mouth of the machine,
and handed one to the reporter for ex
amination. They are the flat pick with
the cud sharpened oft li!;o a chisel.
very good picjes inueeu me reporter
tlionght. and his view is evidently the '
public mind, to judge from the fact
that the factorv has orders ahead for
lis enure prouuewoo oi me nu nve
vears.
But you wished l know how a
toothpick was made. Well, 1-t's begin
at the first stage of the process.
"The wood we use is birch and ma- '
pie. It must be green, clear and st raight
grained. We get it from all along the
Jjiic of the Mam C-Mitral. It comes in
four-foot logs, whieh we caw into six
and a quarter inch pieces These are
put into barrels in the steaming room, j
where thev remain for about three
hours, coming out as soft as leather.
He picked up a piece of thin veneer
and exhibited ks pliability by twisting
it earelely in the way one would a
strip of ribbon.
The charging of the wood with
steam drives out all the sap. and then
it is ready for the veneer machine, the
bark having been removed. Here is
the veneer machine in operation." and ;
he indicated a piece of mechanism i
niu.-'h like a lathe, similar to the veneer
machine placed in this instrument and '
out conies two long serpents of veneer
or ribbons of wood, the grain running
across the strips, which are allowed to
squirm around on the floor till after the
oiieration is complete.
They are then "wound tip on large
spools, each spool carrying alraut a
hundred feet or so of veneer. The reels
are the ammunition with which the
toothpick machine is loaded. Tin: cud
of the veneer is placed in the Gatling-guu-like
apparatus, aud shoot out at
the muzzle in a scattering volley. A
small boy picks them up into drying
boxes, with wire bottoms. They are
placed on a hot air draught, fanned by
a blower, and in twenty minutes they
are cliy as a bone.
"In the boxing room a half-dozen
girls stand at tables and put up about
live vxzus a day, one hundred boxes in
a case, for which they are paid eighteen
cents a case. The work is not hard.
and an expert can make good wages."
Lcwiston. (He.) Journal.
A CLEVER STRATAGEM.
How Trlrgraph Wire Have Been, and
Arr, Trotectril in Chill.
When the electrical telegraph was
first introduced into Chili, a stratagem
was resorted to in or
posts ami wins agai
the part of the Araucanian Indians
and maintain the connection between
strongholds on the frontier. There
-were at the time between forty and
fifty captive Indians in the Chilian
camp. General Pinto called them to
gether, aud pointing to the telegraph
wires he said: "Do you see those
wires!" "Yes, General." "Very good.
I want you not to go near or touch
them; for if you do, your hands will bo
held, and you will be unable to get
away.' The Indians smiled incredu
lously. Then the General made them
each in succession take hold of the
wires at lioth ends of an electric bat
tery in full operation. After which he
exclaimed: "I command you to let go
the wire!" "I can't; my hands arc
benumbed." said the Indian. The bat
tery was then stopped and the man re
leased. Not long afterward the Gen
eral restored them to libetly, giving
them .strict injunctions to keep the
secret, and not to betray it to their
countrymen on any account This had
the desired effect,, for as might be ex
pected, the experiment was related "in
the strictest confidence' to every man
of the tribe, and the telegraph has ever
since remained unmolested. Electrical
ecic&.
Albert Fraxer escaped from the
Jlichigan penitentiary, aud a reward
was offered for his capture. His wife
-was having a hard time in getting
along, so he induced tier to deliver him
up ia order to get thi' reward. She did
o and Frmzer woat
to toe prison
bapnyiit the coi
&ess of having
lone all he could
r the clrcum-
ataBces to provide f
uily.
A raaa disco
when h& isn't
wanted byaUrdy
of reasoB.
GREEN MANURING.
Oae of the Essential to Producing a Larsa
Crop of Cohk
I AIJU Ul Jb Jblllti VFII I..V. I'lUltlV i.i..
not diminish. They therefore let dung
accumulate alout their barns and
stables, allowed it to wash away, or
threw it into streams. Tiiev did
that it'was not necessary to apply ma
no attention to saving aud applying
manure.
It was not strange that the first set
tlers of most narts of the countrv con
cluded that it was not necessarv to ap-
ilv manure to corn land. Thev raised
lanre crops without it, and continued
to raise them
during a snecession of
vears. Tin
le jami was verv ncu in vejj-
ctable and mineral matter. Ihe ele
ments of fertility had ' been accumu
lating for ages. In the West a turf hail
been formed that was several inches
thick. IJv its decay food for several
rrops of corn was frnished. Thethick
SO(1 wa3 sevcr:ll Ve:!rs in ,lecaving. so
that aU the plant f00(l it cont:lined was
aot avaiiai,iB at one timc, As the hills
of com were jrenerallv about four feet
apart, the same soil was not likely to
be occunicd bv plants two or more vears
in succession. Three-fourths of the
soil in a corn field remained fallow
every year. It was Kept slmtlcii ami
was being pulverized by the plow, cnl-
tivator and harrow emploved in tend-
ing the corn that occupied but a small
part of the land. While a fourth part
of the land was furni-hing food for
corn plants, the re:n:,; ider was being
put in a condition to produce crops in
the future.
Hut tha time came at length when
this land would no longer produce
j large crops of corn. The reaon was
I obvious. Even- portion of the soil had
been occupied by hills of corn. whoe
roots had drawn the elements of fertil-
ity from it. The exhaustion of the ma
terial needed for plant growth was
slower than when the surface was oc
cupied by small grains like wheat and
rye, because these plants are distribu
te 1 over the whole of it and their roots
penetrate every portion of the soil.
They are not as gross feeders as corn
plants are. but there are many more of
them and they are more dainty in their
appetite. Corn, like red clover, is a
scavenger. It will devonr almost every
thing found within reach of its roots.
Its appetite is keen aud it requires much
to satisfy it It does not leave much
in the soil for plants having shorter
roots to subsist upon. One who looks
upon a line field of corn after it ha at
tained its full growth can see how much
material has been taken from the soil.
After making due allowance for mater
ials obtained from the air, it is obvious
that tons of plant food have been se
cured from the earth.
Granting that good s.ed is the first
essential to producing a good crop of
corn, it must be admitted that a boun
tiful supply of fertilizing material is
second. Corn will not grow to a size
to produce ears in a poor soil. The
plants must be well fed of they will not
produce jrrain that can be used for
I feeding animals New prairie soil will
I produce several crops of corn without
........ . Btt..i.i0i.u the aisl.ince 0f manure, for the rea
der to guard tho S()ns aln;sllv iven lt lanJ that hM
ainst damage on I . lp ,midl )f it3 fcrtUty t(j crops
that have been removed from the soil
must be supplied with materials that
will produce orn. The best general
purpose fertilizer for corn is stable or
good barn-yard manure. At one time
ft I...I2 tll.ll.rllt tti.it tlin almw st nl.t- I
I .1.-7 llll'llllb 1.11.. I. IIIC IIIIIIL IA .till '
i i til ii .. i i I
m.ils should l.-e well rotted before it was
used on corn land, and that it should be ,
.... .
anniieil ilireeiiv to the lull, llii is
still the oractice in some of the Eastern i
States, where the soil is of little value,
except as a receptacle of manure. Old
and well rotted manure, applied to the
hill, is certainly of great advantage to
corn in the early stages of its growth,
but it is impracticable to use it in this
manner in large fields
Both scientific and practical farmers
are now convinced that green manure
spread over the entire surface of the
ground and covered with plow harrow or
cultivator is of more value iu producing
a crop of corn bant the same quantity
fermented anil applied in any other
way. If applied green, it has been
subjected to no losses from washing or
evaporation. It will soon decompose
when mixed with the soil and subjected
to working with tools employed iu cul
tivating the corn crop. If its effects
are not as apparent as those of old
manuro during the first part of tho sea
son they are more apparent in midsum
mer when there is a deficiency of rain.
The manure is in a condition to be ap
propriated to the corn plants at the
time when they are most in need of
food. Its ammonia becomes volatile as
soon as the temperature of the soil is
raised by the heat of the sun. and is
immediately taken up by the roots of
the corn. This manure attracts moist
ure and retains it till the soil with
which it is mixed becomes dry. GM
sy Timet.
CHEMICAL DISCOVERIES.
Commodities Producible from Purely Is
organic Mtri:it.
It will be a long time before the far
mer finds himelf supplanted by the
chemical laboratory in the production
of such commodities as sugar, tea.
alcohol, drugs and dye stuff?, though
sanguine chemists tell us that tht; ru
cut triumphs of their science indicate
the probability that these and other
articles will some day be profitably
produced from purely inorganic ma
terials. Synthetic chemi-trv. or tht
forming of compounds by reeomhina
which the chemists have discovered. !
A while ago it was found th it the cin
chona tree could be profitably plant -d
in India, and a fine new field of iudu
try was believed to have opened for t
the farmers of that country. Scores. j
chemists, however, have been at wor'-s '
upon the synthesis of quinine, ami ,
their researches have advanced so far
that the prediction is now confid.-ntiv
i?-'le that the manufacture of the pi i:i-
cinie oi quinine
-ill Ml, k, .. ,
.''l F- !'
mercial success and that cmt
i-l i
loiia
iVl?uitin ii ill linciinip s fliinr nf
the
past These chemical reproductions of
the valuable principles inherent in
natural products are often ea-ier to
l - - -
l..m.lii. -ik.1 ntili7i tli-m tl. imi.l:i.-r
iltv aaa.w . . -
iihmi.h-i.-
from which thev have hitherto been de-
rived, and thus'the tendencv of nianu-
factures is to substitute artificial for
natural sources of supplv.
Tr.e nroblom of su-'ar-makin" fro.n
inonranle materials has engad sone
chemist f.r a number of year-. The
svnth.'-isofirlucoselastvearbv Fischer
( and Tafel. is said to pioniise an ample
' supply of this commodity without the
, aiu oi 2rapsorsiarcn. j wo year azo
some German chemists announced that
thev had produced saccharose, the
equivalent of cane sugar, by paing
an electric current through a mixture
of starch, sulphuric acid and water.
Nothing ha yet been heard of the com-
mercial value of this n-w prodiict. and i
there is no reaon to think it will prove ,
a dangerous rival Wi the sweet we
derive from the cane and the beet, i
a-ome sugar growers, nowever. nave
been propheying for year that some
thing would happen to ruin the sugar
industry, and their alarm receives a
fresh impulse at every new discovery
like that of
exceedingly
Remsen'. saccharine, an
sweet article pro luced
from coal tar. Ihe lay may come
when procese of sugar-making by the
use of inorganic materials will seriously
affect the suirar planter, but there is
no reason as yet to believe that his in-
dustry will soon be imperilled.
Legislation has intervened in some ;
places to protect the dairy farmer ,
against oleomargarine even where this !
product is honestly sold ns artificial
butter. It is not to be expected that
in many cases where science supplies
us with a desirable substitute for any
product, the law can be successfully
invoked to keep the world from reap
ing the benefit of increasing knowledge. '
Future discoveries may compel the far
mer to cease raising oi.ie produce by
which he has thrived, or to change
and improve his methods of agricul
ture; but it is certain that the tillers of
the soil will continue to supply the
chief resources of food and apparel.
X. Y. Sun.
ARTESIAN WELLS.
Their Origin Trarenble to tlit Time of the
Ancient Kvyptiaix.
The sedimentary rocks in their great
thickness enclose a succession of water- ,
sheets or water-level occupying dis-
tinct stages and extending with uniform
characters under whole cou.uries like ;
the strata to which thev are sulior.li-,
nated. It is proper to remark hero that ,
by the term water-sheet is not meant a
1 real bed of water lodged in a cavity be- ,
tween souu masses uiat sent- ;i aiia ,
lo ii. uiiin.iiv.-. lining mi. iMiiiuiv. luivi- i
stices of the cracks of a rock. Contin-
... r. I.... .......... I.ll.iw. tliA mimiiA iit.ii. i
. , . . . .
uou and regular in saml, these sheets
uuu-'"".':: .. ,. ,
" 'SB" "" - .""" '.'" '
S.. 1;...... .... j oml '111 llctlfttll 111 U'Minfl
are usually ttisconiinuous ami lrregmar
111 11IIIL-31"IH;.T tUlU o.iM..."i.t m ......... !
te
water only occupies more or less
9lj;iVIIIIi I173UI 3. .
:....- : r-...-..j i
When natural issues are wanting
human industry is able, by boring, to
make openings down to the subter
ranean waters, which it causes to jet
up to the surface and sometimes to a
considerable height above. The thought
of undertaking such works is a very
ancient one. The Egyptians had re
course to them forty centuries ago: ami
thev were executed in France in 112(3 at
Artois. whence the name of artesian
wells has been given to them.
The water levels of the cretaceous
strata, from which the French artesian
waters issue, are not always of ad
vantage; but in the north of France and
in Belgium they constitute the most
formidable obstacle which miners have
to encounter in reaching the coal beds.
A striking confirmation of the theory
of the source of supply of the artesian
waters has been observed in Tours,
where the water, spouting with great
velocity from a well a hundred and ten
metres in depth, brings up, together
with tine sand, fresh water shells and
eeds in such a state of preservation as
to show that they could not have been
more than three orfour months on their
voyage. Some of the wells of the Wady
Rir have also ejected fresh water mol
lusks, fish and crabs, still living, which
must, therefore, have made a still more
apid transit. Popular Science Monthly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
During the past season two natural
ists have found that wasps remember
the locality of their nest for ninety-six
hours.
A negro who was on trial in New
Tork the other day on beinir asked if
he was a man of family, replied that he
was the father of thirty-two children.
A Waterbury dry goods clerk had
a dream th" other night. He was
I measuring off dress goods and actually
Tfl!'l tlltt MIf Of hl ll'.il tt 1lltf.- il
real wa his dream. Hut that is not so
asertion of tacts calculated to convince
my man that there s nothing private
or roerveil aoout it. But when it conies
to the age of an act res, woman's arith
metic :rets involved. Butfttli Express.
There is a town in Missi?.dimi
wnere me law is enioiveu m a rather
, .... .. .-
. ,
peculiar manner. A man who ran a
blind tiger under the very notril of
the law reformed sudden'.v and an-
; iiiuiiieeo ui:u lie n:ui uecome :m e:iu-
I 1 .!... 1. I. . 1 I. .
. .
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i .- 'I I... .... .!.. t.. ... . ...... . ....!
I'HII! I I lll'l I -. Ill 11 - - IT. I IITI
im jneueniuvj wiiiioul a license.
I .... rr- 1
j '' irmntr.
j Several thousand dollars in gold
-oin carth.-n pots were exhumed by
' Lorenzo Mears on hi farm in Accoinac
-- - .
bounty. inrmia. a few ilays since.
'. A tradition in the neighborhood says a
; I:irl amount of money was concealed
j " the farm during the American Revo-
1 lution by its Tory proprietor, who went
toL-.gland and died there,
I Brt was twelve years old.
ne
one
I -ame n"me lro1 S'tiMay-school one
uay and said he had taught a class of
little boys. "What po--e--ed you to
do such a thinir?" asked his mother,
"O. I get a'.ong firt rate. Thev be-
gan to giglo. and I told th"m if they
didn't qui it I would lick every lat one
of them when Sundav-school was out.
The superintendent said it was the still-
est class there was." Gollcn Day.
A pair of tinv buskins was privily
, ?m n it in. li-i.l .'r.. -.?.,. ..I i... -.. tviml. tuiue iKnierii. i.
llli'll i l' T I I I 'I if i:iitii mimi luikirivo . . . , t
exhibited by a New York shoemaker noon off and go right on scrubbing un
the other day. They were lined with til the stars peep out above the distant
white goat?
furand finished with white
satm on the outnie. Inev buttoned
with real gold buttons, and there was
a cord aud tassels twisted of gold
thread somewhere about the top.
They were for the onlv baby that wears
...
: Jt-'n things, the prnle ami hope ot the
t . . . . .. . . . .
Gould family, tdith Kingdon s little
bov,
The Indian Territory embraces
63 000 square miles of the best land in
the world, ami is inhabited bv not ex-
ceeding 75,000 Indians or alleged In- t
,i;a.w ?.ir nnmmr M., civil;! tHho -.
....... . ..
pure-blood Indian is said to be very
rare. Tiie Indians make little or no '
use of this land, and even the use
which thev would have made of it by
renting to cattle men. they have been
denied, and the cattle men driven off
of the reservation.
TRANCE SENSATIONS.
The recline of Uiirrnr Kxprirnceil j m
"inlnclr lral Oirl.
The sensations of a seemingly dead '
person, while confined in thecofiin. are
mentioned in the following case of
trance: "A young lady, an attendant
on the Princess . after having been ,
confined to her bed for a great length
of time with a violent nervous disor
der, was at last, to all appearance, tie- ,
prived of life. Her lips were quite
pale, her face resembled the counte
nance of a dead person, and the body j
grew cold. She was removed from I
the room in which she died.
was laid ,
j,j a cofiin. and the day of her funeral
fixed on. The day arrived, and. ac- '
, - ... .
COnling to the custom of the country.
funeral sf.ugs and hymns were sung
before the door. Just as the people
were about to nail 'lwn the lid of the
cofiin. a kind of perspiration was ob-
servvii to appear on me sunace oi ner
i l T. ......... ......... A........ ........A...
uoiiv. iiit'n j;ii:;m--i vvi iiiu.iicui,
and at lat a kind of convulsive motion
was observed in the hands antl feet of
c 0,,rJ , , A, ,B ,,"l -
S. .l.w.l. ...-.Ii ctmu tT i.ntii.m-irr Itfn
," li::iliLt.'ll lIIJ VI ..iiliil.ig II.V
appeared, she at once opened her eyes
i ...........i n ..,..-. i.in.! Ma iii.i..L- '
;iu I.ILU.lTtl & .IUFCI. irui.lull. .-.,!...
;um mm -i ..--.. .. .....t
Physicians were quickly procured, and
in the course of a few days she was
considerably restored and is probably
alive at this dav.
I ..11... .I..-....?.. :... W.1.7..L ..'l.A rn.t sf
I aim uTOniniiiii .. " .-- ...- ". ,
i her situation is extremely remarkable.
and forms a curious and authentic ad
dition to psychology. Miesaiuitseemeii
to her that she was really dead, yet she t
was perfectly conscious of all that hap- j
pened around her in this dreadful state. '
Shc distinctly heard her friends speak- (
ing and lamenting herdeath at the side
of her coflin. She felt them pull on the
dead-clothes and lay her in them. This .
lecling prouueeu a mental anxiety
which is indescribable. She tried tc
'
cry. but her soul was without power,
and could not act in her body. She
had the contradictory feeling as if she
were in the body and yet not in it, at
one anil the same time. It was equally
impossible for her to stretch out het
arm. or to open her eyes, or to cry, al
though she continually endeavored tc
do so. The internal anguish of hei
mind was. however, at its utmost
height when the funeral hymns wer i
begun to be sang, and when the lid oi
the coffin was about to be nailed down.
The thought that she was to be buriec
alive was the one that gave activity to
her mind, and caused it to operate or
her corporeal frame." A'. II Ltdjtr.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
-ItisasingulaTfactthnt the man
, i :.. :..lla 1ioiiTf: itns.
iriiouairamin..t . - r
serve his temper.
-Poker is always a fascinatmggame.
provnieu you u not n:ipi.-u ." j'.. ..
the red-hot end. American Artisan.
Decapitation is sometime the out
a i 1 . k ... A m itir- ilia
! remedv for that uceuliar disease popu-
lavly called -the big heail. spnnj'
field Republican.
While some ladies desire only tho
latest novelties in ribbons, there are
other who prefer thoe of a moire an
i -fi ni..t mn " Ol.l tlii lUllii .NllC
jf m, . V11IIP fai.,. r.-iIIocl the
j i)eaVin "
The old. old
storr boiled down
"She (early in the evening) -Good
evinin Mr. Simiwun " S.ime sho
i i, :?. ,i. . :,. ..n...i ,,:..i,r
vlu '" li,IJ civiiuij; vivi ui0ii
George." X T. Snn.
i "There is no virtue in vinegar.
says a scientit. Aone, ehf Jt iioes
what man so-called virtuous people
do not do supports its aired mother.
- - "-'
I - " ! 'lllir. m a-
W w. . .
mninnmlon licpuoucin.
laere is great virtue m horsa
shoes. A woman who had a trifling,
drunken husband for years, nailed a
horeshoe over her door, and her hus
band ran awav with the hired jrirl be-
. fore a month.
, lt j5 ahvavs one of the really intcr-
( csting things 'in this world to "hear a
young woman express her candid opin-
ion of the other voung woman whom
j her husband miirht have married.
Journal of Education.
j Professor "Perpetual motion, in
the accepted sene of the term is impos -
sible. Can you think of a piece of ma-
chinerv that operates without an im-
peilintr force?" "Yes. sir." "What is
it?" "A gas meter." Lincoln' Jour-
nal.
It is the most wideawake girl that
never thinks of filling the lamps until
after dark. She is never so absent-
' minded as to forget that it is her after-
hills. Fuel:
It is related that "Maria Mitchell
has discovered chzht comets and has
never worn a Worth dress." Ah.
show us the woman who has worn ci;ht
i. .i ii -i- i
" ureses aim nas never uiscovereu
-. 1 Ml I .
comei. aim m ami uu mo
nu we win snow yo
happiness. Kansas
feminine
lt'J
Times.
"Is there any such thing as law in
this country?" asked a man excitedly
after a verdict had been rendered
against him. "Certainly there is."
. w the soothing reply. "Well. I'd
....,, .
' " lrt now "n:lL "s &? Iorr
"For the lawyers to make a living out
ot" Mercliant Traveler.
FISHING ON THE ICE.
How Great Catchra nre Mail
ob Lake
The Buffalo fishermen snend the ma-
?,.r;ir-f ii,..;,. tinio ,l.,rm.r ,1,- wii.ti-
.-ia ... .-ma a ... a..ba
L.u, ;.. !...:,. .-;.;;t-A.. ti.
J.4.f..... Ill I1II..I J't !.... . V. I..I..7 V.. I.IU
ice, and watch with peculiar interest
their "tip-ups" scattered here and there
over the lake for several hundred feet.
The "tip-tin" is a contrivance made of
sticks so arranged over a hole in tho
ice that when a fish bites on a line tho
good news is made known at once.
Some of the fishermen have thirty or
.
yields them a good income from tho
wholesale dealers
All told, there arc probably
1,500
fishermen in this city.
The fishermen all have long sleds
ruvn j)V ,i amj wj
,, ' :f .L... w. ...i !
hile waiting for a
li.iiiti flltl tlii.m.
.. ...-j .... - "
sclro5 .;, tht.jr AmUm ht;ht a,:iil as a
winil.urcaker. and smoke, pet their
., ,i ,.;.i ....t..u ti, ..t;,
, V, So.ncti'me:i "fom. or five 0f ,j10
..t;.pS" wju go up at once, signifv-
; ,..! !,:.. ,.i tlw...tl...r.. ..-.. liv.u-
r r .
times, for the boys are always anxious
to catch the biggest fish and best their
neighbors, who are stationed about five
hundred feet away on their own ter
ritory.
It is a great sight to sec a thousand
or ,nore men hilling on the lake all at
once It j, soineliinftl terriblv cold,
but ;j,eir sail wind-break protects them
, 0.,M1. In f:1, ;f ;. ...,.
not for these contrivances they would j
- " n -----
.... ... .
(roeze to iteatn ous mere some uavs.
When in need of a dog. and agenuino !
, fisherman always wants one more, he
sjmi,iv nabs" the first on the street
tnat "catches his eve. and puts tho
canme at work. Let a fisherman get
j,;sevc on a ,log and he's gone evcrv
cijp,no niatter'how sagacious he may
It is nmusjn to watch the old trained
(lo;?3 when the master ,-s rc:uiy to start
nP ilorm Thev seem to know l.r hi
actions that the day's work is done,
and will whine and yelp for him to
hurry up. Once ready, a crack of tho
whip, aud away they start, homeward
bound over the sea. Go! Well, they
would distance a race horse, and keep
up a continuous barking. Perhaps
there are three or four sleds in a line.
Then there is fun. The race home i
always a hot one, and the dogs seem to
enjoy the sport just as well as their
maiters.
It is surprising what loads these dogs
will draw with apparent ease. Four
hundred pounds oa a sled does not re
tard their speed in the least when ones
started over the smooth ice. American
Angler.
forty line and their "catch" some davs J "y .' u"1 -u,,er i.nian are .
amounts to a heavy sled-load, which ' Snn,ngtopiitthoSelng-kirteiI. h..r
ESH FASHION NOTES.
Bmu and - - -
I
-lug
, yj,jte wooj wa;-eoats
, msinv ,iarjj w-ool eo-tumes
- af u?
appear
evt :. ul
'
epaulettes remain in favor.
j High standing collar
divide favor with low and
roiling I-
, lar.
I Old rose plush is a favorite tr'-
' ming material for white Cina .-:.
dresses.
, Tea green in a great many s;i;l,. - :
.exceedingly popular in pr:n.r re-
u?al in spring millinery make- it -.
! I'ccomin
to brunettes ami Tri
i blondes.
There t no hint from abroad that T''
Psyche coiffure is adopr.-d. If it !
comes a success it will pruvi. ? r
' America can Set a fa.hIo:i in h.i r-
nriisinrF
Small buttons of uiit and of i!v-r.
cloth covered and silk crochet, are u 1
for fastening waitcoars and d oritmr
the cutis and collar. of dre-e--. that :tr
triiaied with gold, silver, silk or n.o
hair braid.
Quantities of silver and gold briM.
put on in rows that form V and " r
decorativo figures and run in ;r.iir'i:
linencross the cufi. collar and t-v-.
and in fine vertical line on the w "- -coats
are used on both outdoor and n
door gowns.
The big bows of wide glace riblnm
that adorn the Iiure Directorv b m e
: that there is an effort to poaiilaru.- '?
spring are the most airgrc.-iv de r-!-
, tions that we have seen in yar. Th-v
; loos as it they were swearing at :n
beholder, the wearer and the bonnet a.i
J at the same time.
There is a great deal of tilk
ab'i
long classic draperies and IXrecro n
I styles but for all that the hinc-M mi n-
! berof gowns made up in the Iei-Hi r
, houses this spring hav wtMl-loo!
bouffant draperies pak.l bodice, a I
, have steels in the back bread th'M - i
greater apparent aptitude to the full
underskirts.
A lovely tea gown is composed of ! 1
rose bengaline for the back biv.ilt'.s
and sleeves, pale straw-e-ilore I
"!-
galine for the front, the H-nri II. puTs
in the armholc and the tilliii"-if ;h.
i . .
. slash at the waist, while the baud th it
. ....
t ticcoratc the whole are of te-i iri.'ci
I plush, embroidered with roM thiva I
ami spangled with gold.
The favorite dree for eMcr'r
women are made of moire for tin -kirt
and of Henrietta cloth, cashmere. China
silk, bengaline or surah for t'ie po! -
7
-..........-v. .- ...
naie. ami the po!onaie i the favor't
t form of upper garment and
for 0j,j .Mje
ilrapem
I fie colors priferr.
are. seal and Havan browns, dark and
olive greens. Gobelin blue and black.
The new gingham for the incomhi"
I seaon are finer in finish, colorin" an I
, wmbination of plaided and ban
eB,'Ct t,,at haTC h-n " fW VM
I
! Indeed, th-y closely reembl..
tiie new
, plaided silks that are brought our f..r
parts of costumes and the bands euff.
j collars and decorative effect of .-,
! gowns that are made of two pale neu
tral tint.
f America does give some fa!i:on to
Europe. Children here are dn--ei! to
I l fTl"..fr imtnr. ?. .1.. IT...- r.
i ..l . M.ll... it. .-
.. ,....... . hi. ... int.- i;uf ort''i!:i.v:iv
waisted. quaint gowns ami cloak an I
big hood on their little ones and. with
; the generosity of that polite and g.-niit
people, they order them of their dress
makers as "American gown, coats
and bonnets" for children.
It is a new fancy in tailor gown to
have the front breadth and wat-t-o-jt
of some pale tint of cloth, while th-
i back and side breadths th bodice ml
--Ieeve are of dark cloth. F..r instance,
chamois and Gobelin blue. ch:iniii-i"d
tapestry green, coachman's drab and
red. gray and seal brown are.comHned
in such gowns the decorative e.t'eits
being supplied by pinked out Vandvkes
and revcrs. metal braids and buttons.
The figuring on the India and China
silks grow larger and more eccentric
as the season advance. Some are
flowered in large, looe. all-over iardin
iero patterns, others have palm leaf ami
Ian ilesigns. sleigh bells, group of
dots, clusters, stripes and bars of dot.
chain lniK. overlapping ring, forked
lightning streak. looe-lvin"- "ras-es
in vanishing effects, circle, moons, and
Greek and Oriental design, ami almost
every figure and flower pattern that caa
be conceived.
The medium shades that prevail in
the new bengaline. China silk, moires
and other spring dress fabrics are all
shades of green, from ivy and myrtle to
moss, reseda, tea, Nile." water, sage,
pistache and absinth, all shades of
blue. baby. Gobelin, watcrand opaline,
pearl grays to smoke grays, coachman's
d-.-ab. ecru, beige, old rose, rose cewlra
or ashes of roses, pale terra cotta or
persimmon, and piukish opaline tint
introduced in shot effects in all tho
neutral colors A" T. Sun.
As a rule composts should be pre
pared a length of time before using in
proportion to the roughness and eoaro
Bess of tho materials. Not less th.s
six weeks will be required under favo-
uio ureonnuncN ror the average
materials used in composting to become
oroxen tiown by fermentation and de-
co.IH?9I"on t( pennh: of uniform ,
aautag ana easy uutributioa.
oa
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