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"Xatiag is largely a matter of haktt.
Nose of us need more than half the food
ire L" The speaker was a gentleman
fros Salt Lake City, now visiting pro
fessional friends in Boston. The inter
viewer, just from the table, where he had
dined too heartily, perhaps felt the force
of the remark more at just that time
than he would at most any other. "No;
Fre no desire to be interviewed. 1 don't
are to be presented to the public as'a
- aaonstrocity, but I have been remarkably
;ucw9sf ul" in decreasing the amount of
ztnr'fleshtzwh.ich'had become a burden to
n f - "
.. Same thing after the Banting system,
jodid--you take any of the. antizfat'
TMedieg-sdwmmon?"
' rk lifcwbumted Banting.followinga much
V mpnpgidx course. You'see," said the
.jenUeaiaa, with & self-satisfactory
t cfcuekle," it came about this way. I
-aiffodly five feet seven inches high, with
bones as small as those of a woman, and
two years ago I measured fifty-eight
inches , about the waist, twenty-four
inches round the neck "
"Gracious, what a collar!" interjected
the interviewer.
"Well, it wasn't a neck exactly. My
head set in a chunk of fat on my shoul-
ders.v That's about all there was to my
-neck.
myself in
-. an uafrainlv piece
. to bed and had a dream that i was
-sought for by a circus man, who had
been successful in exhibiting curiosities
in a side-show. The next day I thought
more about it and determined to get rid
of some of the 270pounds of flesh I had;
just as hard, solid flesh as you ever saw.
Food assimilated with my system nicely,
ynu see, and I ate enough for two men
ata'meaL I began at once. Two meals
a day. eight in the morning and four in
the afternoon.. What did I eat? Beef
steak principally, six to eight ounces at
a meal, with two ounces ofbread toasted
hard. Nothing else! Except an occa
sional change to mutton, "but no vegeta
bles, no pork, no veal.'
"And for drinks?"
"No water, except in sips. Fleshy
Krsons always are tempted to drink
ge quantities of water. Now, let
them sip their water, and it will soon
become insipid (no pun intended) and
will quench their thirst just as well. I
usually drank a cup of "tea without milk
or sugar."
,- s"Didn't ypu-grow hungry at first?'
""Hungry? Well, I had alwaysjlined
with Dives, on the best I could get, and
looked forward to my dinner as the great
delight of the day. Now I was diuing
with Lazarus. Yes, 1 suffered' a good
deal -from hunger at the outset a hack
at the swill-barrel would have been a
luxury. You see, I began by trying my
diet at the family table, right at the
midst of temptation, but 1 soon had to
, give that up. My wife, weighed my
meals everyday, and served them to me
in a separate room. I ate what was set
before me, and had to be content. Hun
gry? Well, I've seen the time during
my dieting that I would have robbed the
support ota man with a wife and four
teen children to get a square meal."
"What encouragement did you get?"
"Well, I weighed myself every morn
ing, and now, here, no one can success
fully diet to reduce flesh utile s he weighs
himself regularly. When'I begun to see
that I was reducing at the rate of one,
one aud a-half, two. and some days as
high as four pounds a day, I felt encour
aged and persisted. The first month I
lost twenty-two pounds, and in a few
months more I was so reduced that 1
could walk a mile or ride on horseback.
That did me good."
"You smoked some during the time?"
"Yes. fifteen or twenty cigars a day.
Smoking doesn't seem to be injurious to
me. I had to do something to keej my
nerves soothed."
"Do you still keep up your rigid sys
tem of diet?"
"Well, while I anuiqre in the East I
am eating as much in a day as I ought
to in a week, but the moment I see I am
gaining flesh 1 start in again with the
weights and measures."
"How much flesh have you lost since
you began two years ago?"
"I weighed ii70 at the start; now I
weigh 190. 1 have reduced my waist
measurement from llfty-eight to forty
inches, and I wear an eighteen aad one
half inch collar where 1 used to wear a
tweuty-four inch, aud 1 feel ever so much
better. I can get around easily and take
some comfort. There is nothing like it.
'According to insurance tables a man of
my height and build should weigh about
15S pounds. 1 presume 1 could diet
down to nearly that, but I am satified.
Boston Globe.
The Habit of Killing.
It is an old saying that "man is the
creature or naoit, ana we oeneve it is
true to a greater extent than most of us
would be willing to admit. Just why a
bad habit should be perpetuated and
practised when no one is profited by it is
something that might be difficult to ex
plain; still we all know that such things
do occur and are occurring constantly
among all classes of people and among
all nations. Among the most detestable
habits which are almost universally
S radioed by our rural population is the
abit of killing the small as well as the
large animals inhabiting the fields and
forests. About the first lesson the boy
on the farm receives from his parents is
how to dispatch a snake, and from this
he goes on killing toads, frogs, lizzards,
antfthen, as his skill increases in throw
ing stones, he aims at the birds, making
a mark of everything of the kind that
comes within reach. When a little older
he is furnished with a gun and ammuni
tion, and all his spare hours (and many
that could be better spent in study) are
devoted to this allrevailing habit of
'killing .Something. We do not believe
that these destroyers of animaTTife in
tend to do a mean act, but the force of
habit is strong upon them, and not one
in a thousand ever gave the subject a
moment's serious thought as to whether
they were doing wrong or right. Bovs
have grown to men, all the time killing
innouent creatures that come in their
way. and it is no wonder that children of
such parents should inherit their bad as
well as good traits of character. If the
insects increase on the farm and in the
forests, the farmer seldom seeks after
the cause, and, if asked why such things
occur, will probably say that he sup
poses these pasts are'sentto punish man
kind for their sins. In this he comes
very near the truth, for the sins com
mitted by the farmer aud his sons in
kilting birds and reptiles are many, and
the increase of noxious insects is one of
the direct results.
What is termed instinct in animals is
merely hereditary experience, and it is
a noted facrthat where man has not for
generations hunted and killed animals
indiscriminately, they are not afraid of
bim. We liave only to pass from our
older States to the newer to note the effect
of constant hunting upon the habits of
the wild animals. The squirrels, chip
munks, and other similar small animals
in the western mountain regions may
be said to be quite tame, and thev will
often come within afew feet of travelers,
or sit perfectly sit until a person actnaliv
thrusts out his hand to catch them.
Hundreds of these little creatures fre
quent the mining camps and habitations
of the pioneers in the West, and run
about as familiarly as many of our do
mestic animals. They soon learn, how
ever, the source of danger, and the crack
ef a shotgun or the whiz of a stone are
signs that they do not forget. The birds,
also, show little or no fear, and it is often
ery amusing to see how much curiosity
they will display in peering into a camp,
r watching the movements of astranger
raffc jhfm The aborigines, with
rhemthaie animals have been so Ions
tfKkr, Barer attempt to frighten, aad
One night, after haying surveyed
the mirror and thinking what
of flesh I was. I went
tfcly killfor food. Bat maa, who claim
to be civilized, is not satisfied to destroy
life when his necessities demand it, but
practices it for what he calls "sport," or
what should be designated as pure wan
ton murder, and punished as such by
law. The "lion and the lamb" will
never lie down together in peace so long
as this habit of killing is practised by
any boy, and the so-called ".sportsman"
is permitted to roam over the country
destroying animals without let or hin
drance from the Government or shame
in the eves of his fellow men.
We do not expect that our readers
will all agree with, us on this subject of
killing animal without cause, but we
hope a few at least will, and when a
starting point is made there is hope of
progress. The difficulty in breaking up
any old and common habit among men
is to induce those who practice it to stop
and think why they do such things. To
illustrate this point we will refer to an
instance which occurred recently while
we were traveling in the wilds of the far
West. We had for a companion a gen
tleman from Texas, who was both high
ly educated and refined, and while walk
ing down a mountain road a large snake
appeared a few feet in front of us. Our
companion immediately reached for a
stone to hurl at the reptile, which we
saw was of a harmless species. As there
was no good reason for killing it, we
cried out: "Hold! why kill the fellow?"
and then stepped forward and picked
up the snake in our bare hands, as it
was too good an opportunity of teaching
our friend a useful lesson. The snake
showed neither fear nor anger, but al
lowed us to handle him with impunity,
not even darting out his tongue with rage
as nearly all species in our older States
will do when interfered with. Our com
panion was somewhat surprised at the
turn of affairs, but was honest enough
to own that he had always been iu the
"habit" of killing all suakes that came
within his reach without regard to size,
color or species. He also said that he
could give- no better reason for killing
snakes than that everybody else did it,
and he supposed it was all right. In this
reply we have about all the good reasons
which can be urged in favor of the indis
criminate destruction of animal life
which is constantly going on among
farmers and other residents of our rural
districts.
We certainly have no objection to the
destruction of pestiferous animals and
insects, or of auimals. required for food,
but do object to killing promiscuously.
Poisonous reptiles should be destroyed
as a precautionary measure, but there
are very few poisonous species, and those
which are not dangerous should be pro
tected as friends, as thev really are, to
man. The toads are great insect de
stroyers, and now that it is well knowu,
fanners and gardeners seldom harm
them, but if the toads and frogs had no
enemies like the snakes, they might be
come so abundant as to be a nuisance:
so, upon the whole, it is perhaps best
that both should live in reasonable num
bers about our farms and gardens.
Every living thing has certain natural
rights, and it is just as well to recognize
these when known as to wholly ignore
them, as is generally doue by those whe
indulge in this inexcusable habit of in
discriminate slaughter of the smaller a
well as the large animals. Nt Y. Sun
Patent Process Floor.
An erroneous idea prevails that flout
made by the modern processes contain;
less gluten or vitalizing elements of the
wheat. Prof. Tobin, of the Louisville
Polytechnic Institute, declares that floui
made by the "gradual reduction process"
contains a larger proportion of gluten
than that made by the old process, a fact
which he discovered by microscopical
examination, and exhibited in a lecture
before the Kentucky Millers' Association.
The germ idea of milling is purifica
tion. The primitive savage, who, in
hammering out his grain on a rock, stop
ped to pick out a bug or a stick, felt the
want of rolls, reels aud purifiers. To
this primal process succeeded that men
tioned in Matthew, xxiv. 41: "Two wom
en shall be grinding at the mill; the
one shall be taken and the other left."
This was the millstone which, in one
form or another and with various im
provements, of mechanical construction
and application, has been in use until the
last lew years, lhe use of rollers wa
first developed by the Hungarians, who
employed them in connection with mill
stones. Advanced American millers arc
now using the rollers to the entire ex
clusion of the millstones. The reason
for the change is that millstones used in
the general way do not produce so large
a quantity of white flour (in comparison
with the amount of such flour contained
in the grain), because the bran is rubbed
partial!' into a fine powder between the
stones, and in consequence of its brown
!articles, imparts to the flour a more or
ess dark color. These rollers are made
of cast-iron with a bard chilled surface,
similar in texture to that of a car-wheel,
and cylindrical in form. They are of
varying size, generally about nine inches
in diameter and eighteen inches long.
They are operated in pairs, one revolving
against the other wi th di fferential speed
that is, one revolves faster than the other,
producing a rubbing motion.
An additional reason for the use of the
rollers is that they make a larger pro
portion of "middlings." Middlings, be
it known, are broken portions of wheat
detached from the bran. If the un
broken wheat could be perfectly purified
it would make pure flour. This experi
ment has demonstrated to be an impos
sibility. The only form in which the
wheat can be purified is when it is in the
shape of middlings. Therefore, the ma
chinery which will make the most mid
dlings is adopted by the miller whose
business it is to produce the largest
quantity of pare, nourishing flour. The
rolls have, in the last few years, been
found to do this work to the best advan
tage when applied to the process of grad
ual reduction. For this work of reducing
wheat to middlings corrugated, or fluted
rolls are used, and for reducing the
middlings to flour, polished, smooth rolls
are used.
This is the working method of roller
milling. The grain is first passed in a
perfectly dry state, through a pair of
coarse, fluted rolls set at such a instance
that the graius are only slightly cracked,
and the bran does not ' lose its
integrity. The inside of the grain,
which is more or less brittle, is
thereby, of course, divided into pieces
ol different size, middlings which will
fall out of the coating. The less broken
particles of the reduced grains are then
separated in wire reels from the finer par
ticles. The larger particles (containing
the bran) are then passed through a sec
ond pair of rollers, set a little closer and
fluted a little finer, which will reduce the
broken grains into somewhat smaller
particles, without, however, reducing the
bran much. After the finer particles have
again been separated in a wire cylinder,
the coarser parts are passed through a
third pair of rollers, set closer and fluted
finer, which continues the reduction with
out reducing the bran. The inner part
of the grain are thereby separated from
the coating, so that after the grain has
beeu passed six times through the rolls,
m the described manner between rolls set
successively closer and fluted finer, the
whole contents of the grain have been
detached from the coating, which re
mains a soft, spongy mass. During each
process of rednctiou middlings are ob
tained in a condition to be purified,
winch is done by first dusting the mid
dlings (that is, taking out the flour) and
un passing them through a 'sieve ma--mJe,.constructed
so as to subject the
middlings to currents of air which re
2.vtft rapure materials, which is of
? "pedfie gravity than the pure aid
EtHEL J. Puttee "is process has to
repeated quay iimei.-miKito
Death to the Sals,
One of the most remarkable occurrence!
of which we have ever heard took place
in the northwestern part of Talbot County
on Tuesday last, in the shape of a huce
rat slaughter. For some time past, Mr.
John Carlisle, a well-to-do farmer of this
county, hat been troubled with rats.
Theie standi on his place, in one of his
most fertile fields, a tenant log cabin,
which for several years has been unoccu
pied, and of late has been used by the
proprietor as a general storage house,
about 200 bushels of peas in the hull
being the last article it contained. In the
early spring Mr. C. planted the field on
one side ofnis cabin in corn, and when
the com grew up to half-leg high some
thing began to cut it down, and by close
watching he found that the rats were
playing sad havoc with his corn, and he
positively states that they cut down two
acres of the cereal for him. On the
other side of the house he planted cotton,
and with equal emphasis he says the
little varmints absolutely dug the seed
from the rows and ate them up, doing
this to such an extent that he had to
Slant over two or three acres. So bad
id they become at this time that he de
termined to try poison; so he bought of
Dr. Bardwell a lot ol "rough on rats'
and put it out, and he says that it killed
so many of them that the vultures came
and feasted on their carcasses. This had
the effect to stop their depredations for a
while; at least until the cotton began to
open, when Mr. Carlisle soon had trouble
with the rats again. Thev absolutely
riddled his cotton as fast as it opened by
picking it from the balls and eating the
seed and scattering it all over the field.
He tried rat poison again, but he found
it no good, as the rats seemed to have
learned better and refused to eat it. He
next examined his peas that he had stored
in the house when he discovered that the
rats had eaten all but about fifty bush.-
els, and he nut in the house about 200
bushels. Upon this discovery, Mr. Car
lisle determined to make a new and dif
ferent war upon the rats, so last Thurs
day he summoned his forces and went to
battle. He is the possessor of two fine bull
dogs, one of them being the finest we
ever saw, and with these and five colored
men he began to tear down the dirt chim
ney to the house. The house being lo
cated in an open field, the rats had no
means of escape from the dpgs and men,
and as the chimney was torn down the
rats poured out by hundreds, and were
killed as fast as they came. This was
kept up without intermission until the
chimney was torn down to its founda
tion, when it was discovered that the
rats had tunneled under the ground, and
had a tunnel from the chimney about
twenty yards to an old hollow stump. This
tunnel was about twelve inches in width,
and was round and smooth, with a
large bed about every ten feet, where
the young were raised; and Mr. Carlisle
says the hole was jammed full of rati
from the chimney to the stump. This
rat tunnel was dug out and destroyed by
inches by Mr. Carlisle and his assistants,
and he says the rats were killed as they
caae to them, the dogs taking an active
part all the way through and enjoying
the fun hugely. Some of the rats were
so large that the dogs had regular bat
tles with them, and the rats would grab
the dog by the nose and bring a yell
from him every time. It certainly must
have been great sport to the participants.
The work lasted a half-day, and when
ended Mr. Carlisle had an empty flour
barrel brought and had the dead rats
measured, as there were too many
to count. He says that there were
more than three barrels of rats piled on
as long as the barrel would hold them,
and he estimates the number at more
than 3.000. Many may discredit this rat
story, but Mr. Carlisle says he can prove
it to the satisfaction of any man; he
solemnly declares it to be the truth.
Now, then, who can beat it? Talbotton
(Qa.) New Era.
(jorernmeat and People of Cores.
So little is known of Corea and its ru
lers, that a few observations on social di
visions of the people and the machinery
of the Government may not be out of
place. The Government is an absolute
monarchy, the King having the power of
life and death over his subjects. The
person of the monarch is regarded as sa
cred, as it theoretically is in Japan to
this day, the ruler being divested with
Divine honors. The royal palace is a
building of considerable extent, situated
in the heart of the capital city, Seoul,
but has no pretentions to architectural
beauty. The monarch is surrounded with
a host of officials, hangers-on and attend
ants, amongst the latter the court eu
nuchs holding a prominent position, as in
China, and wielding great power, mostly
for evil. Prominent among the courtiers
immediately surrounding the person of
the King are two officials, whose func
tions are of a singular character. One is
the 'Toyal remembrancer," whose duty
it is to keep watch over the royal actions,
and where necessary to administer a fit
ting rebuke, or at least give utterance to
a mild remonstrance; the other is the of
'flclally declared "court favorite," a func
tionary whose prototype may be found
in the pages of' English history. In
former times these offices were doubtless
positions of great importance; but from
all that can be learned they are now lit-
jtle more than sinecures, and exist scarce
ly any more than in name. The Privy
jCouncil is composed of three members,
corresponding to those comprising the
Council of the Emperor of Japan, and
are termed respectively, u in the latter
country, the Supreme Adviser, the Great
Man of the Leftthe left being tae seat
of honor in the East and the Great Man
'of the Bight. The departments of the
Government are six, each presided over
by a Minister, and are as follows: War,
Justice, Interior, Foreign Affairs (a re
cent creation, since until quite recently
the Coreans persistently declined to have
any thing to do with outsiders), Public
works and Finance. The provincial
Government is intruited-to eight Gover
nors, appointed for two years, whose
object is, as in other countries remote
from Cores, and claiming to be much
more civilized, to accumulate all the
money possible during their term of of
fice, by bare-faced "squeezes" exacted of
the unfortunate people under their juris
diction. Corea posses a standing army, with a
glittering array of Generals aad subor
dinate officers; also a navy composed of
"war junks." built half a century
ago, and armed with weapons of
antiquated pattern of about the
caliber of duck guns. The
strength of the army, on paper, is over
60,000, but probably not more than a
tenth of that number is actually in gar
rison. The population of the country
has been variously estimated, some statisti
cians placing it as high as 15,000,000
souls, while others rate it at not mere
than 8,000,000. Little more than agues
caa be hazarded, however, on this point,
no census having been taken during the
present reign. The people are divided
into classes or castes, as was until recently
the case ia Japan, the divisions, indeea,
closely following those of that country.
First come the nobles, who are of two
ranks the Court nobles, corresponding
to the Japanese higt, and the military
nobles; between these there exists great
jealously. Then comes an inferior class
of nobility, but little elevated above the
middle class, or commoners, called the
deau-nobles; these occupy a rank corre
sponding with the Japanese samurai,
next the merchantile and trading class;
next the farmers, who are mostly bond
men, but comfortably situated withal:
last of all the pariahs, who correspond
with the yets of old Japan, and engaged
in taaniag and other (ip-consideredl ua-
?
clean occupations, ine priesthood oc
capy a position, in point of fact, lowest
fall TMMJMit teicabn and
graded set, and are without exception,
despised and derided by the people.
The Buddhist religion is that most
commonly observed if it can be said t
be observed at all throughout the coun
try; but as a general thing the mind of
average Coreans seems to be an absolute
blank on the subject of a future life.
The Coreans are a shapely, eood-look-
ing, dignified race, and under a progres
sive Government would quickly advance
to a prominent position in the rank of
nations. They arc quick to comprehend,
deft in imitation, straightforward in
their business transactions Such is the
state of subjection in which they have'
for centuries been kept by despotic rulers,
however, and so ruinous the exactions to
which they have had to submit at the
hands of those set in immediate authority
over them, that every trace of euerjrv and
.enterprise seems to have been crushed
out of them; but with the dawn of the
new civilization which they are begin
ning to become conscious will come an
awakening of thought and purpose
which, let us hope, will result in mutual
good to the harbingers of peace and com
merce and the dwellers in what has been
for thousands of years to all outsiders "A
Hermit Land." Chejfoo (Chitia) Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle
Uaseea Helpers.
" Take, oh boatman, thrice thy fee,
Take I give it willingly,
For invisible to thee
Spirits twain have crossed with me."
"Can you give me a day's work?"
asked a poor woman of a well-to do ma
tron. "You look very delicate," said the hul v.
"I need some one to wash, but you do
not seem strong enough for the work."
"Oh, yes'm; only try me and you
will see. I have been sick and got be
hind hand, and my children need bread;
besides, Charlie will help carry the wa
ter and lift the tub3," concluded the
woman, eagerly.
" Who is Charlie?" asked the lady of
the house.
"My husband, ma'am," was the low
answer.
The woman was engaged, and did her
work well, but there was something that
troubled the mistress of the house great
ly. As soon as she left the kitchen the
woman would call Charlie, and she would
hear her voice talking and laughing, and
holding converse with some one, but
when she went into the room there would
be no one there. The water was carried,
the tubs all lifted into their places, but
the slight woman who washed was the
only person who was visible. When the
lady of the house paid her she said, "Call
your husband; I would like to Bee him."
"He wouldn't come,'ma'am," said the
woman simply. "No one ever sees him
but me."
" What do you mean "asked the lady,
in astonishment.
"Why, ma'am, Charlie is dead him
self, but his spirit comes and helps me;
how could I work this way if it didn't?
I could no more lift one of those tubs of
water alone than you could, ma'am!
He's come ever since I was sick and
helped me that way."
lhe compassionate lady placed an
other coin with those she had already
given. "For Charlie and the children'
she said, with tears in her voice, and she
saw afterward that the sick and wearied
mother was helped with living hands.
But there must be many people bear
ing burdens greater than they are able
to, who are helped and made strongerby
invisible guides the memory of some
dead Charlie, who lifts, unseen, the
heavy load, with whom they commune as
they work ! How would the dull routine
of daily life be glorified, could we for
one moment see the angel helper at our
side? When the pious monk left his
duties to go out on a deed of mercy, he
returned to find all his homely work
done, and for one moment he saw in the
doorof his cell his Blessed Master smil
ing upon him! It may be only a vague
theory, the delusion of a sick brain and
there is an infinite sadness in it but
surely
" It Is a beautiful belief
That ever round our heads
Are hovering on angel wings
The spirits of the dead.
To feci that unseen bands we clasp,
While feet unheard are gathering round:
To know that we la faith may grasp
Celestial guards from Heavenly ground."
A Healthy Place.
Cackston, who wanted to sell his farm
was approached by a man who wanted
the place.
"How's health down there?"
"Health is good," exclaimed Cackston,
with enthusiasm.
"Any chills?"
"I tell you what's a fact: Some time
ago an old man who had been shaking
for years with the palsy came to my
house, stayed a week, and hain't shook
since."
"Is your family well?"
"Splendid health, sir."
Next day the man approached
Cack-
stonanassia:
"You have misrepresented your
to me and I'm going to whale you
place
right
nere."
"I made no misrepresentation,"
he
nervously replied.
"I asked you how was health down
there"
"And I said that health was good.
Now, sir, health is good. Everybody
want's health and it's good wherevsr you
find it."
"You said that an old man who had
palsy "
"I said an old man who had pals
I
come to my house and hadn't shoo,
since. He died."
"You said that your family was well.
I found that your family are all sick."
"My family is well. Them people liv
ing in that house is not my family; my
folks live in town."
"I ought to whale you," said the man.
"for I know you have lied somehow. I'll
see you again in a day or two, and if by
that time I have found the township, sec
tion and range of the lie you have told
me, look out" Arkansaw Traveler.
Daring Escape.
A wonderfully daring escape was made
last week by a prisoner from Millbank
Prison. The convict, Lovett by name,
contrived to make a hole through hit
cell by picking away the mortar. This
must have been the work of several
weeks, if not months, and to conceal the
signs of his work chewed bread was used
to replace the mortar until he was ready
to make the attempt at escape. While at
work in the yard upon one occasion he
picked up and secreted a piece of thick old
rope, and this he remade and lengthened,
adding to it strips torn from hii clothes.
All being ready for the attempt, he
blackened his face with soot he had pro
cured from the work-shop chimney, the
idea being to make himself a chimney
sweep. The soot, mixed with water, was
also used to rub Into his prison garments,
which being plentifully besprinkled with
broad arrows, would otherwise have
looked too conspicuous. Ia lowering him
self to the ground the convict fell a dis
tance of thirty feet, through his rope
breaking, and cut his hand severely; but
this circumstance materially assisted his
escape as he retained part of the rone in
his possession and finding ia the yard two
pieces of plank, lathed then together,
placed them against the Wall and cumaed
up, then drawing his plank after him ha laid
them on the other side and slid down. So
effectual was his disguise that he actually
passed a number ofpolice without excit
ing any remark. He was at liberty a
week, and but for the efforts of bis friends
in "passing around the hat" to raise a sub
scription to enable him to leave the coun
try he might still have been at large.
iindon JSur.
m s ..
In France and some other countries
where wood is sosjos ana lUWitU
fcejby WJk
Large Crops of Cera-
The yield of corn per acre, according
to the reports of the National Depart
ment of Agriculture. 'is verv small the
present year. Strange as it may appear.
the largest yield is credited to Maine,
where the crop averages '6o.b bushels
per acre. Kansas comes next with an
average yield of 32.5 bushels per acre.
In Florida, the land of flowers and per
petual sunshine, the yield is very small,
being only 10.3 bushels. The yield in
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota Is
larger than In the three States that lie
south of them. In all the States where
cotton is the leading crop, the average
yield of corn is very small. The entira
South appears to be very poorly adapU
ed to the production of corn. The
seasons are long, the sunshine bright,
the temperature all that can' be desired,
and there is no loss on account of lata
or early frosts. Still corn is not a
profitable crop. Much of the soil is
very poor, and protracted droughts are
likely to occur. In places where there
is a rich soil, very large crops of corn
stalksand leaves can be raised. The
former have no market value, however,
nnd the cost of gathering the latter by
the usual method of plucking them from
the stalks is very great. Where corn
stalks shoot up to a very great height,
as they do in some portions of the
South, it is necessary to locate the hills
a long distance apart, and, as a conse
quence, there are but few of them on an
acre. The amount of grain on a stalk
of corn which is sixteen feet high is no
larger than on one that is but eight,
and the value of the forage is less. The
corn grown in the South is more valua
ble for making bread than that raised
in the North, as it is softer and sweeter.
This accounts in part for the preference
of the Southern people for bread made
of corn.
The average yield on corn in what
are Known as "the great corn-producing
States" is small, owing to the large
amount planted on inverted sod. The
sod is turned with a view of preparing
the soil for some cultivated crop, and
corn is preferred to any other. As the
planting is done late in the season the
sod is not sufficiently decomposed to
furnish much material for plant growth,
and its condition is such that cultivators
can not be used between the rows.
Still the yield of corn raised in this
manner is reckoned in with that pro
duced on well-prepared soil, which is
often manured and always cultivated.
A bad showing is accordingly made of
the productiveness of our finest Westerr
lands. On the other hand, a remarka
bly good showing is made for the natu
rally poor or worn out lands in some oi
the Eastern States. The average yield
is reported,probably truthfully, as large,
or at least as larger than that of the
Western States. The aggregate amount
produced, however, is very small.
Possibly it is produced at a loss
if all the expense of fertilizers and
labor were estimated. Nearly every
farmer has a small portion of
land in corn, and on this he puts
a very large amount of manure and ex
pends a vast amount of labor. The land
appropriated to this crop is the best on
the entire farm. Quite likely it has been
"in training" for some years before it
was planted for this crop. It has pro
duced a crop of clover which was turned
under. Perhaps coarse manure was
also plowed under and fine manure
scattered broadcast before the harrow
was used. Compost or some excellent
fertilizer was placed in the hills in order
to give the young plants a start. A top
dressing of ashes or plaster is applied
after the plants have appeared. The
ground is worked with a hand-hoe as
well as with the cultivator and plow. A
large crop is the result.
Farmers in the more fertile portions
of the Western States can hardly be ex
pected to take so mnch pains with a
crop of corn, especially where land is
cheap and labor is comparatively high.
They find it more profitable to plant
more acres and to expend less in labor
and fertilizers. Still it is likely that
Western farmers would be the gainers
by following the example of Eastern
farmers more closely than they do. Not
enough pains are taken in the produc
tion of a corn crop in the most favored
regions of the West. Land is often ap-
Cropriated to the crop that is unsuita
le either on account of deficient drain
age or other natural defects. It is poor
ly plowed, and all the subsequent work
till the time of planting is slighted.
Not enough attention is paid to procur
ing reliable seed or a variety suited to
the climate of the region where it is to
be planted. As many acres are to be
planted some is put in too early and some
too late. Much planting is done when
the soil contains so much moisture that
the seed will rot in the hill. The plant
ing is often done with a machine, and
as good work is not done as when the
work is performed by hand. Manuring
in the hill before planting is never prac
ticed, and a top dressing of mineral or
other fertilizers rarely applied. All the
work of cultivation is performed by the
use of implements drawn by horses, and
the hand-hoe is never seen in the field.
Corn has recently been so high that there
is no longer economy in attempting to
raise a crop in this manner. More at
tention should be given to preparing the
laud for the crop, to the application of
manure, and to thorough cultivation.
The hand-hoe should be used in con
nection with the cultivator. In short,
everything pertaining to the production
oi the crop should receive more atten
tion. Chicago Times.
Polish Hospitality.
The Poles are extraordinarily hospi
table; they entertain without grudge.
At every table in the large houses some
extra places are laid ready for unex
pected guests as they say, "for the
traveler that comes over the sea." It
is possible in Poland to go uninvited to
visit your friend, taking your children,
yonr servants and horses, and to stay five
or six weeks without receiving any hint
to go. The Poles are fond of gayety, of
amusement, of society; they love pleas
ure in all its bright and charming
forms. The country houses are con
stantly foil of visitors, and in the winter
there is often the "Kulig," a gathering
which increases as it goes from house to
house. It is taken from a peasant cus
tom, and the nobles, when they get up
a "Kulig," wear the peasant costumes,
very beauf ully made. They go over the
snow in sledges from house to house,
dancing for two or three days at one,
and then going on to another, "taking the
people of the house which they leave
with them. At last there are perhaps
twenty sledges ail full of people, dressed
in bright colors and singing the songs
of the "Kulig." At every house they
dance the characteristic dances of the
occasion the "Krakomiak," the "Ma
zur." and the "Oberek." The first is a
very pretty and peculiar dance, in which
the partners turn away from each other
and then come face to face ; the "Mazur"
is something like the quadrille, though
it is by no means the same; the
"Oberek" resembles a waltz danced the
reverse way, and with a very pretty and
characteristic figure, in which the man
kneels oa one knee and kisses his part
ners hand. They are all most charm
ing and pretty, and the Poles dance with
enthusiasm as well as grace. They
have many national customs and cere
monies which are occasions for dancing
and pleasure. Then, in the autumn and
winter, there is boar hunting. In this
way, with these various amusements,
the time passes in the country houses,
and visitors will stay six weeks or per
haps six months. London Times.
In Green. O.. the
JT. K. W.
Crane, while horseback rii
smoked
a pipe which he placed, itfll
;et, ana wu , way
.
&&
MISCELLANEOUS.
A street loafer who not long ago in
sulted a Philadelphia lady, was rather
astonished when she borrowed a horse
whip from :i neighboring carriage and
' ., ik- i.rs.-iioii iiim ExrJnunu.
I , Aiabsima nsmUh has adver-
... ., ,i ,i,s," nr , i.t
two years, and he says his sales have been
j uit as good as if he 'had broken his neck
to stpefi more correctly. Detroit Free
Prcs.
William H. Vanderbilt intends to
build, at the corner of Park Avenue and
Forty-second Street. New York, a mam
moth hotel, similar in design to the
Charing Cros Hotel. London. N. Y.
Sun.
A young nun escaped from a London
convent by scaling the garden wall, a
daring and diihVuk feat. Then she stole
a dress and hat froni a house ia the
neighborhood, donned them in place of
the nun's clothes, and made her escape.
"Baker Sam," a wood-hauler of
Eureka. Nev., had put away, burfrd in a
stall, the sum of --So.oo.) in twenty dollar
gold pieces, and when he went to gazj
upon his treasure two weeks ago he
found to his utter dismav that alf was
At Moore's chapel. Bedford County
Te n a few days ajjo, during divine
service, a stray swarm of bees made an
attack on the hordes, and caused a com
plete stampede, stingi.ig some of them
most to dea'h. The meeting was broken
up for the titue.
A Springfield (111.) genius stole a
neighbor's mangel wurtzel lieets, ex
hiiiited them at the State Fair and took
the first premium. The neighbor afore
said discovered the fraud, caused the
arrest of the genius and the transfer of
the premium. Chisago Herald.
Toronto papers say that much com
plaint of extortions of hackmeu is being
made by American ,viitors to that city,
and they ad, ise that strangers consult a
policeman before making a bargain with
them. Kather thau be put to the trouble
of walking two or three miles through
Toronto streets hunting for a policeman,
we shall stay out of the city altogether.
Philadelphia News.
Montgomery, Ala., is the scene of
many remarkable occurrences, not the
least' of which is the odd birth of a dozen
chickens. A child upset a basket in
which was a hen setting upon a dozen
eggs. The aocident broke the shells and
so :tlariii'd the child that the little one's
father patched up the eggs with linen
and paste un 1 reset them. In due time
they all hatched, and the chicks are not
"cracked" either. Ar. 11 Herald.
A
nine-vear-old daughter of Con-
gressman
Van Voorhis, of Rochester,
was plavmir on
the lake beach, near
Charlotte, with other children. Her
dns came in contact with a fire the
children had buil. and almost instanta
neously the little on.! was enveloped in
flames Quick as thought her little
harioite.
brother, but two years older, seized her
in his arms and threw her into the lake.
She was completely .submerged, and was
taken from the water well drenched, but
the heroic net unquestionably saved the
little one's life. She was somewhat
burned about the hands and wrists, but
e.-;'ivd other injury.
The sewing machine shark is not an
exclusively American excrescence. At
Burnley, England, recently a sewing
machine company sued a poor woman
upon an agreement to deliver up a sewing
machine u default were made in paying
any of the installments. As a matter of
fact all the installments of half a crown
weekly had been paid, except the hist,
and yet the plaintiffs came into court to
demand the sewing machine, at the
same time refusing to refund any of the
money paid on account, and relying on
the terms of the agreement. The judge
denounced the document as a "most in
famous one, aud uon-iiited the plain
tills, refusing to grant a case for a su
perior court. Ciuvitgo Tunes.
A St. Louis observer has discovered
that the cause of a man's death, as re
ported by his physician, will indicate
the linaucial standing of the man when
living. When a poor man dies on ac
count of having drank too much whisky
the physician registers it as 'drunken
ness" or alcoholism;'' but if the de
ceased was a rich man the doctor puts it
as "nervous prostration," "pneumo
nitis," "general debility," "mania a
temultentia," "methysia" or "ivrog
nerie." If he is only moderately wealthy,
a man is likely to get "delirium tre
mens" or "mania a potu." The moral
is that it is better for a man to die rich.
Chicago News.
The shockingdestruction of a school
house, together with its inmates, includ
ing both grown persons and children, is
reported from the town of Grodno, the
capital of one of the Government de
partments of Russia. A hardware dealer
used the cellar of the house for storing
powder, in which he secretly conducted
a contraband traffic. While he was
moving about incautiously in this place
with a light, the powder was ignited, and
the whole building was blown into the
air. The number of persons killed was
not, at latest accounts accurately known,
but many disfigured corpses and mangled
limbs and fragments of bodies have been
taken from the ruins.
Alexy.
It will be remembered how often in
his note book De Long mentioned the
narmyif Alexy and told how, during
their daily perils, Alexy was always the
one whom he sent ahead; aud, but for
the coat of Alexy, and the warmth of
his body, De Long would have been
frozen to death; and how he (Alexy)
almost daily went hunting, while the rest
waited longingly for his return. It was
always Alexy who pushed ahead to in
vestigate what looked like a hut in the
distance. Poor Alexy was faithful to the
end, and was one of the last to lie down
and die. A Star reporter met Lieuten
ant Danenhaucr yesterday and asked
him who and what Alexy was. He re
.plied that he was an Alaskan Indian
from St. Michael's, Norton Sound. There
were but two Indians on the ship, the
other being Aneguin, who is still in Si
beria. The St. Michael's men always
had the reputation of boinjr good men
until they got into "a tight place, when
their courage would leave them and they
would prove mortal cowards. The brave
and manly actions of Alexy, Lieutenant
Danenhauer thought, would tend to dis
prove this. He was finely proportioned,
with very small hands and feet, and had
a large scar across each cheek. He was
quite a favorite on board the Jeannette
on account of his polite manners, gentle
disposition and readiness to help others.
He endeavored to imitate the white men
as much as possible. He learned the al
phabet, became quite expert at stuffing
birds and also learned to draw. He was
very fond of his family and would be
come very homesick sometimes for fear
that his wife and little boy would not
have sufficient clothing. Several years
afro another Indian attempted to steal
Alexy's wife, but first endeavored to get
Alexy out of the way. He tired intohis
hut one day and the shot took effect in
Alexy's leg. His (Alexy's) cousin
caught the wife-stealer and killed him,
but Alexy never recovered from his
wounds which would occasionally break
out in targe abscesses. Alexy was avery
line daacer, however, and would often
amuse the crew by dancing a war dance
while his companion. Aneguin, accom
panied him by singing a war chant.
When Alexy joined the expedition he
made arrangements to have his pay
given to his wife. She, poor woman,
will not know of his death until next
spring, and it is thought that arrange
ments will be made for her to receive
the regular pay up to the time akakamj
tne nu newa
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