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THE SLEEPING SEA.
Star away fair ships am aaHiDg
Fh, as Mat, sad dim,
OliaaiieWBlf, or glints of light,
Ob tte fagae badioB's xbn.
AaA the eeaaa. only Yarled
Where the breakers cry
Xtam the straBd o( gtoamiae aaad,
Btxatchaa lerel to tha sky.
OoadleM antra beavaas beading
O'er tha luriiilnc it
Palslag best about oar feet
Whare can peril ba?
Cam It to that tempests gather,
8ttee winds lash the deep 7
Itoasedin pais the tail ships strain.
Iteadaaed billows shoreward leap?
Ttast the lice, trost tbe serpent
When h sleeping lies,
9rast that bands to flaming brands,
Trast aot fickle aeas and skies.
Overland
Me. Wagg's Bad Satubday.
BiUyWagg-aSaturdaT, like ft good
any of bis Saturdays, had been un
profitable. "When he awoke the nut
morning he remembered that he had
oome home "broke," and he reflected
sorrowfully that all through the week
to come he would have to borrow money
for hi lunches and Lis cigars and stay
at home every night He couldn't even
pay hk landlady, and the prospect was
bad for the spring suit which he needed
so badly. So, Mr. Wagg. having been
there before, and having become a phil
osopher, turned over and went to sleep
again.
Billy was young and good looking,
and a clerk in the employ of an insur
ance company. He was a good clerk,
too, and not at all a bad young man.
But he had one strong passion. That
was gambling. Being a philosopher he
had sought for some years the secret of
entire happiness. He tried many things.
At last be concluded that the nearest
approach to joy unalloyed was to play
faro and win. He, therefore, played
regularly every pay-day, which was
every Saturday.
After about six months of the pursuit
of this kind of felicity, Mr. Wagg found
himself sadly in debt
He made up his mind, on this Satur
day, as he had often made up his mind
before, that he would "win himself
out" When his salary of $35 was
handed to him at noon, he hurried by
several fellow-clerks to whom he owed
small amounts and avoided a shoe
making creditor who, had been informed
by a friendly office-boy, was waiting to
see him in the hall, by going down the
back stairway. f
As he walked up Broadway he de
cided that, before plunging into the
exhilarating joy of winning sufficient
money to pay his debts, with a little
margin left for himself, he would in
dulge in the milder pleasure of the
matinee. He also concluded that he
might as well win the price of the
ticket He turned into a little by
street, and went up the steps leading
to one of the well-known down-town
gambling-rooms.
Mr. Wagg was greeted quite cordially
by the dealer at the faro-table and by
two or three of the of the players. He
threw down five dollars. 'The dealer
handed him a stack of twenty white
checks. Billy liked quick action. He
was a believer in the gambler's adage
that "you can't win money by holding
checks in your hand." So he split the
tack, putting two dollars and a half on
one card and two dollars and a half on
another. The first turn by the dealer
made Billy a winner of two dollars and
a hall That was more than sufficient
to pay for his theater ticket, but it had
come so easily that Billy decided hastily
that he might just as well win the price
of a cab up town. On the next turn,
Billy won two dollars and a half more.
Then he reflected that he might as well
win the price of a nice, quiet little din
ner, with a pint of wine. But Goddess
Fortune, being an ethereal creature,
was displeased at this carnal prompting,
and she caused Billy to lose a bet
Then she made him lose another, and
then she climaxed her mood of displeas
ure by causing that direful thing to
happen to him which is described by
sporting-men as being "whip-sawed off
the face of the e-trth," which, translated,
means that his two remaining bets were
lost at once.
Billy frowned slightly and arose. As
he moved away from the table, he
turned and said: Til bet you five
dollars on the ace." But the inspira
tion was of no value. The ace lost, and
Billy left the house ten dollars out
The peculiar disregard of the value
of money which a few moments at the
gambling-table give to some men and
which, by the way, effectually prohibits
their ever becoming successful gamblers
was upon Mr. Wagg as he walked to
Broadway. He decided to ride uptown
in a cab, anyway. He hailed the first
one he saw and drove to a Broadway
theater.. Then he dismissed thoughts
of creditors and of his late loss from his
mind, and enjoyed himself for two
hours. Between the acts, he indulged
in a few high-priced drinks, as became a
gentleman who would presently win
more money than he needed.
After the theater, the desire for a
good dinner was strong with him. But,
of course, it must be won. He went to
a faro-bank, and after an hour's play,
during which at one time he was $50
ahead, ho was clean, flat broke. But
he was a good loser, and he cheerfully
borrowed $10 from the proprietor. His
credit was good, because he always paid
the gamblers, even if he did not pay his
landlady. This $10 he lost in another
house, and there he borrowed $5, which
he disnoeed of in a third house in a vain
attempt to make a losing king win.
His loss there was not large enough
to warrant a request for a loan, and,
though he made no sign, he was some
what depressed as he felt through his
empty pockets. He strolled down
Broadway, hoping that he might meet
some affluent friend who would lend
him enough to buy another stack. But
he saw only those acquaintances who he
knew were as badly off as he was, and
he did not bother to notice them.
Suddenly he remembered that a thrifty
money-lender in his office lived over
on Avenue A. Although he was very
hungry and tired, he walked there
briskly, found his man, and negotiated
a loan of $10, after promising by all that
heheld sacred to repay it the next
Saturday, with ruinous interest
He hurried back to the gambler's
pasture, feeling that he ought to have a
bite to eai, but too impatient to be at a
faro-table to regard the calls of appe
tite. This time he went to a game that
he had not before patronized, being ad
mitted after a brief parley with a doubt
ing door-keeper. For some little time
his luck was unsatisfactory. But pret
ty soon he struck a good "deal," and
he won rapidiy. In about an hour,
upon counting his stacks of checks, he
found himself worth $325. The dealer
paid him in small bills, and he (eft the
house with a thick roll in his inside i
pocket
The electric-lighta spluttered jov-
Oftaly, there was a jolly jingle to tbe
car-bells, and Billy chuckled as
the
door closed after him. All hk troubles
-ware over. He could pay all hk debts, j
bwj a suit of clothes, and have a margin
left He went into the first drinking
place he saw, ordered a pint of cham
pagne, amd, standing at the end of the
bar, he counted hk winnings, quite eon-
1 of the envy in the bar-tenders
yes. i
He Imd a luxurious repast with an-1 The ostrich is a long stepper. When
other pint in a gaudy chop-house, s feeding, its step measure from twentv
ieeliag all the while that he could buy: to twenty-two inches; when walking,
ad sell any mas in the place. He 1 but not feeding, twenty-six inches; and
presented the waiter with half a dollar, ' when terrified, from eleven and one
ami bowrht a Iobjt. black cigar for 40 half to fourteen feet, or at tbe rale of
He visited the place 01
his early defeat and repaid the bor
rowed money. Ho was tempted to
play again, but he restrained himself.
Then he spent forty dollars for cham
pagne for ft few acquaintances, whom
lie sast in ft Tain search through the
hotels for a man to whom he owed
twenty dollars. He was full of gener
osity. He recollected that a married
friend had a charming girl baby. He
would make her a present As it was
late, the only place he found open was
a second-hand furniture store. He
bought a baby-carriage. The baby had
a carriage already, but that would not
have mattered, even if Billy had re
membered it
This pleasant task performed, Mr.
Wagg had no definite object in view.
As he was strolling along idly and a
trifle unsteadily, the faro-bank fever
caught him .again. He reflected that it
must be bis lucky night He would
win another hundred or so. But he
did not propose to take the risk of losing
all he had won. He gave a hotel-clork,
whom he knew well, two hundred dol
lars of the money.
"Tom," he said earnestly, "keep that
for me until to-morrow afternoon. I
beat the bank to-night, and I'm going
to make another play with what I have
left over this two hundred dollars. If
I come back here to-night and ask you
for it, or for any part of it, don't give it
to me. Understand? Don't give it to
me, no matter what I say."
"All right Billy," returned the clerk ;
"you don't get it until to-morrow after
noon." "That's right," returned Biily, sol
emnly, "no matter what I say."
He started to play again, but his leck
was all gone. He could not win a bet,
and in a few moments he had to stop
for want of money.
"H'm," he ruminated, "that'll never
da I'll have to get that back. I guess
Til get twenty-five from Tommy."
He went back to Tommy.
"Tommy," he said, carelessly, "just
let me have twenty-five out o that
roll."
"No. I won't" said Tommy.
"But," lied Billy, "there's a man out
side to whom I owe $25. I want to give
it to him."
"Fay him to-morrow," said the clerk.
"I can't He's going to Chicago
to-night and he wants it"
"Well," said Tommy, "he doesn't get
any of this money."
"Oh, nonsense, Tom," said Mr.
Wagg, nervously; "I want it I mean
if
"Not a cent," was the decided answer.
"Look here," said Billy, angrily;
"that's my money, ain't it?"
"Yes."
C 'Well, I want it"
"You told me to keep it, no matter
what you said."
"That makes no difference. I've
changed my mind. I want it See?
Don't monkey with me. You give me
that money or Hi wake up tne proprie
tor, and 111 punch your head, too. Mr.
Wagg thumped the desk savagely.
The clerk looked disgusted, went to
the safe, took out the money, and tossed
it to its owner. "Go and blow it in," he
said; "you make me tired."
Billy strode out of the hotel, fully
aware that he was doing just what he
ought not to do,rfiut he went swiftly to
do it He returned to . the faro bank
and made bets of $25 each. In fifteen
minutes he had fallen from a pinicle of
independence back to the old depth of
insolvency. As he left the house he
found a few pennies in his pocket He
tossed them into the gutter. Evening
Sun,
The Dying- Haaaaoo.
It is well known that at the southern
extremity of Patagonia the huanacos
have a dying place, a spot to which all
the individuals inhabiting the surround
ing plains repair at the approach of
death to deposit their bones. Darwin
and Fitzroy first recorded this strange
instinct in their personal narrative3,and
their observations have since been fully
confirmed by others. Tne best known
of these dying or burial places are on
the banks of the Santa Cruz and Gal
legos rivers, where the river valleys are
covered with dense primeval thickets
of bushes and trees of stunted growth;
there the ground is covered with the
bones of countless dead generations.
"The animals," says Darwin, "in most
cares must have crawled, before dying,
beneath and among the bushes." A
strange instinct in a creature so pre
eminently social in its habits, a dweller
all its life long on the open, barren
plateaus and mountain sides.
What a subject for a painter! The
gray wilderness of dwarf thorn trees,
aged and grotesque and scanty-leaved,
nourished for a thousand years on the
bones that whiten the stony ground at
their roots, the interior lit faintly with
the rays of the departing sun, chill and
gray, and silent and motionless the
huanacoes Golgotha. In the long cen
turies, stretching back into a dim im
measurable past, so many of this race
have journeyed hither from the moun
tain and the plain to suffer the sharp
pang of death, that, to the imagination,
something of it all seems to have passed
into that hushed and mournful nature.
And now once more, the latest pilgrim
has come, all his little strength spent
in his struggles to penetrate the doss
thicket; looking old and gaunt and
ghostly in the twilight; with long,
ragged hair; staring into the gloom out
of death-dimmed, sunken eyes. One
artist we have who might show it to us
on canvas, who would be able to catch
the feeling of such a scene of that mys-
J terious, passionless tragedy of nature
1 the painter, I mean, of the "Prodigal!"
and the "Lioness Defending her Cubs.
To hk account of the animal's dying
place and instinct, Darwin adds: "I do
not at all understand the reason of this,
but I may observe that the wounded
huanacos at the Santa Cruz invariably
walked toward tbe river. Longman's
Magazine.
Thrift la France.
Whenever a new public loan k offer
ed in France, the world k astonkhed at
the eagerness with which it k taken,
and the hnge sums subscribed by mul
titudes of small capitalist.
Few (have an idea of the vastness of
the money savings of the French people.
If the Eiffel Tower were built of pure
silver, it would require something more
than two thousand million francs' worth
of that metal.
Two stages more would need to be ad
ded to the tower to represent the savings
of the French people now deposited in
the Caisse gEpargne, or savings-bank.
A comparison like this appeals to the
imagination. It k one made by M. de
Fonville, the Minister of Finance.
The depositors in French private and
postal savings-banks combined now
number six and a half millions, and
the sums deposited are more than two
thousand eight hundred million francs,
or five hundred and sixty million dol
lars. Thrift in France, as everywhere else,
i k one great foe the public bouse.
The annual outlay for intoxicating
drink and tobacco amount to almost a
thousand million dollars.
M. de Fonville concludes hk sum-
! mary with these words : "Pauperism, for
i which so many persons seek Utopian re
medies, will never disappear, rest as
sured, until driven out of the,, world by
a about twentv-nve miles an none
REAL RURAL BEADING
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
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Agrlewltaral Fraspatlty.
TATISTICIAN
DODGE, of the
Department of
Agriculture, was
in Cincinnati the
other day, and
had a long talk
with an attache of
the Times news
paper, of that
city during
which he said
many interesting
- things ana gave
muchvaluablo in
formation relat
ing to agricultur
al interests and
prospects. The
number of acres
under cultivation In the United States
have more than doubled since the war.
and now comprise about one-third of all
the land In the entire Republic. When,
a few months ago. prices of farm pro
ducts wero low, and there was a tempo
rary depression of agricultural Interests,
these facts were not considered. The
population of the United States has not
doubled since the war, but the number
of acres under cultivation have, and one
acre will produce much more food than
Is requisite for one person. The food
supply was far greater than the home
demand, and, very foolishly, we were ad
mitting foreign food products to tbe
value of $25,000,000 yearly to compete
with the over-production of our own farm
ers. The demand for sugar is steadily in
creasing, aud, by the statisticians esti
mate, it will be but a short time until the
sugar bill of the Nation will reach the
enormous sum of $200,000,000 yearly.
This should bo spent with American pro
ducers; not a penny of It should go
abroad. The eminent success of the
Grand Island, Nebraska, beet sugar
works will encourage new enterprises
and within the next five years $50,000,
000 a year, at least are likely to be paid
for beet sugar, grown and made in the
Western States.
As to Cotton, we are producing about
one-half of all t ;e fiber used in the world
and we are likely to sustain our suprem
acy. And as to tobacco were likely to
become independent of Cuba or Sumatra
for the finest growths; of good and me
dium kinds we already grow enough for
home use.
A Good TJee for a. Useless Article.
What is more provoking than a wooden
button that gets tight on the screw and
puils oat because you forget to turn it
always the ono way? What is more
abundant and moro useless than a broken
hinge? Did you ever substitute the latter
O0O
for the former? Just try it and see how
nice it is to have a button that is "always
there," works easily, is strong, "never
gets tight" although it may not look
very neat -Practical Farmer.
Walks Between Farm Buildings.
The grounds about most farm-houses
are poorly supplied with walks. Some
times there is no way to approach the
house from the street or to go from the
house to the well or farm buildings, ex
cept to travel over ground that is not
covered with turf. During a large por
tion of the year, and especially in the
winter, It Is necessary to pass through
mud or snow. As a consequence damp
feet are among the penalties attached to
passing out of the house during unpleas
ant weather. Of course, it is very diffi
cult to keep the floors of a dwelling clean
when the occupants are obliged to walk
through mud every time they go out
There should be good walks leading
from the street to the entrances to the
house, and to the well and the various
out-buildings. They not only promote
comfort but save a large amount of work
In takintr care of the house. Very good
and serviceable walks may be made by
nailing plank to scantlings placed on
edge. The walks may be from two to
three feet wide, according to the width
of the planks. Walks constructed iivthis
manner are easily kept free from snow,
as they may be swept off as often as is
necessary. The only objection to them
is the difficulty in driving across them.
This difficulty may be obviated by rais
ing the drive-way for teams or by plac
ing inclined planks or timbers against
the sides of tbe walks. Good walks may
also be made of fiat stone or gravel con
fined between pieces of timber. To pre
vent the timbers from spreading they
should be fastened together at suitable
distances by means of cross-pieces. The
gravel should be clean and tbe surface
of the walk should be slightly rounded
so as to carry off water.
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poultry In France.
In France the fattening of jreeso for
market is the business of men, who do
nothing else. They contract with ho
dealers to get their stock in marketable
condition at a certain timo for a price
agreed upon. France is considered the
largest poultry market in the world, the
kcepiug of poultry being done in a man
ner that makes it pay. It is not uncom
mon to see the French peasant driving
into market a flock of several hundred
geese, selling them as we wouft) so many
sheep or hogs. There are also many
who go among the farmers, pluck the
geese feathers, and market them on per
centage; this gives employment and a
living to many poor people. American
Agriculturist.
Cross-Bred Fowls.
There aro many who agree with the
Germantown Teleanwh in its statement
SS " ro7s"bred lowl's Tare far better and I
xH "fc an
U at V"i.
Qftli'LssV't
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more hardy from the shell than tho pure- supports unequal nugnus u - -bred.
Folmwiniraresomcofthebenefitsiofcachonepassingentirelythr ougli:
named by this authority: "We can com- U"d, the knife should be exceedingly
bine good traits. The brown Leghorn i fha.rD.to vu "P11"'" J" fa"8'
r.r8.7: it u ki-i. cw.tou their handles cut off, aro laid on little
thc largest. Where merely a commer
cial cRg trade is to be reached, this cross
has its marked effects. We may not
iutii.1 ttin Snnnish nfTtrn as an average.
but we make up a sort of middle size 1
just the size to sell well in market. We
can combine early maturity with plump
growth. The Asiatic fowl grows slowly,
but it counts in weight It would take
too long to set it to a broiler if left all
alone; but if we cross a quick grower,
me ljeguura, ior lusiaucc, uu mran
Asiatic hens, we get the quick growth
and tbe body, too. This is indeed a de
cided advantage.
Farmers, as a rule, have a collection
of all kinds of fowls. ' Fanciers call
thom HunirhiU Rhnvmpn rlis.4 thnm as
moneral. Rut be thov what thev wilL !
if the males were killed off and pure-bred!
fowls substituted, there would be more '
eggs, more spring chickens, and better ;
health.
j ! StaMP
liv. i.ina hpna. hones that have been
coarsely ground are excellent as they i through a wringer, lie garments
are digested and used as food. They should never be wrung with the hands,
provide the necessary phosphates and or put in cold water,
also lime, for the shells to a certain ex- f To bemove paint from silk good.
tent; they also contain a proportion of saturate the part with equal parts' ol
nitrogen. Bones, when sharp, also serve turpentine and ainiuonia, tlu;:i v:n"U in
as grit for masticating the food in the soap-suds and let it dry U- wcu Uni tin
gizzard, thus rendering a service as well paper, under a heavy wi-i-hi.
as providing the materials for the pro
duction of eggs. For very small chicks,
bone meal Is better, and the iner the
bone meal the easier it Isdlgested by the
chicks. Some persons buy the ground
bone, sift it nse the coarse part for hens
and the finer parts for chicks. Fresh
bones are much better than bones that
are dry, as they contain a certain amount
of meat and gelatine. Bones are very
cheap, considering their value, as the
hens will not eat a very large quantity at
one time, but if fresh bones are broken
or pounded to sizes that can easily be
swallowed, the hens will consider them
quite a treat and consume a large
quantity. They can be broken much
more readily when heated in an oven,
Farm and Fireside.
THE PIGGERY.
How Ketto Have "Cholera."
Don't leave a well hog in a place where
a sick one is or has been a moment longer
than can be helped.
Don't fail to examine such seperated
well hogs twice a day, and to remove any
that may become ill.
Don't allow the same person to take
care of the affected and well hogs.
Don't allow any intercourse of men,
dogs or hens between the pens of either
lot of hogs.
Don't put a new lot of healthy hogs in
a pen, or upon land, where swine plague
has been for less than three years, un
less the same has been thoroughly
cleansed of all refuse, plowed or dug up
several times, and exposed to the air for
an entire summer season.
Don't forget that closed pens, sheds,
straw stacks and accumulated litter are
more dangerous than open country,
when swine plague has prevailed in such
places.
Don't water hogs from running
streams.
Don't place your hog pens, or runs
so that they can drain into running
streams.
Don't forget that all such places
should be well drained and kept as dry
as possible.
Don't bury dead hogs when you can
burn them up.
Don't sell or buy sick hogs.
Don't visit your neighbors hogs when
sick or allow him to visit yours if well.
Don't forget that watchfulness, care
fulness and diligence will do more
to prevent swine plague than all medi
cines. Don't forget that without these things
being adhered to, the most practical
vaccine will ever prove next to useless.
Ham and Eggs.
THE DAIRY.
DllBtfita; Fresh. aUlk for Cream Raising.
Perhaps the most valuable lessons
learned in the dairy world during 1890,
were taught by tho failure of the ice
crop. Creameries and many largo
dairies had become so accustomed to a
plentiful supply of ice that they had come
to think they could not get along without
it But experiment and experience have
discovered that by diluting fresh milk 25
per cent with either warm or cold water
the time of cream raising may bo so much
reduced as practically to do away with
the necessity of using ice for creaming
milk. The lesson is of great value and
has already been the means of saving
many dollars; and, rightly used, may be
the means of saving more. We do not
know of any carefully conducted experi
ments bearing upon the point but from
the few observations made ourselves, we
aro inclined to think that those who havo
made really Rood butter without the use
of ice will find that it keeps sweet longer
and stands up better when exposed to tho
air, than butter made with ice. When
ice is abundant It is apt to be used too
freely, and the milk, cream and butter bo
made too cold. Whether or not diluting
tbe milk has any influence on thechnrna
bitty of the cream, remains to bo tested,
so far as we know. The Jersey Bulletin,
Dairy Notes.
A comfortable cow stable need not be
costly, but a stable will be costly If not
comfortable.
A stack of straw will make more
warmth for more cows if used as bedding
in a warm barn instead of out of, doors.
Onk in position to know says that "no
product of equal value is handled so
carelessly as is butter, by the butter
makers of Iowa." This wrong ought
to De righted at once.
If a cow is well treated she will do
better than if roughly treated, and if you
buy a cow that Is not used to kind treat
ment you have got to overcome her dis
trust before yon can get her to do her
best
When you go to buy a cow note how
the owner goes up to her and how sho
accepts the approach. If she receives a
pat or a stroke as though sho was ac
customed to it well and good, but if she
looks afraid or surprised, look out for
her to be some timo in getting ac
quainted. A good creamery man remarked the
other day that he would gfvcSSOOtohave
his patrons together for two hours, so ho
could talk to them. He knew it would
be money in his pockets to do so, as it
would bo money in their pockets, and
what puts money in their pockets is
money in his. No creamery man, no
farmer can afford to miss attending every
dairymen's meeting that comes any
where near bim. In fact ho cannot af
ford to miss them, even if he has to go
out of his way to attend them.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
A Bamboo Stand.
This is a pretty bric-a-brac stand, made
from bamboo lishing rods and palmleaf
fans. The upright sticks should be thick
enough to allow of the bracing sticks be
ing thrust entirely through tho others
and held in nlace br little wooden bolts.
These braces should be put through the
wooden supports to which they arc firmly
screwed in the center. The material for
this stand costs but a trifle and it is a
light and graceful bit of furniture for a
summer room. Farm and Home.
IloBeliold Hints.
Pouk vinegar over fresh fish, and the
scales will come off easily.
Tiie luster of morocco leather is re
stored by varnishing with white of an
Cabrotb and turnips should boil for
forty-five minutes when young; ono hour,
in winter.
Try keeping cranberries fresh by put
ting tbem in cold water containing a
piece of charcoal. Change the water
occasionally.
When your sifter becomes clogged
with flour or meal, sift some hot ashes
through it; you will be surprised to set
I bow mueiy itu cicancu.
I
I iu wabh usnuei Karuieiius mjiisu iucui
: in hot water, and put them repeatedly
XovXi
Tn romnd numbers it k estimated the
630,000,000 fuarts areuoedm New York
sd Brooklyn in a year. The value is
estimated at upward of $12,000,000.
The people of New York City are ex
ceptionally fond of milk as a bftvftrftge.
The New York Am estimates that they
drmktoAWW glasses a dev. To supply
the who demand from the city about
800,000 cows are required. One great
restaurant on Washington street uses
1,600 quarts of milk day in winter sad
8,400 m summer, besides 200 quarts of
cream daily the year round, A large
hotel in New York uses 700 quarts a
day in summer and 500 quarts a day in
winter.
The supply of milk for New York
City extends all the way from ten miles
to 200 miles from the city, and many
parcels of milk are brought in five, ten
and even twenty miles from the nearest
railway station. New York milk is sup
plied in forty-quart cans, which the milk
trains bring to the city, and from which
the milkman delivers.' the milk to the
consumers in the city. At the great
receiving stations on the railroads when
the milk is brought into the depot it is
tested with instruments made for the
purpose, to see what percentage of it is
cream, and to detect any water adultera
tion. Ax soon as it is tested and cooled
and canned it is loaded into a milk car,
which stands on a siding, and prepared
for its journey to New York.
Not all of the milk which is brought
into New York City comes in cans,how
ever. A great deal of it is put in glass
bottles. The people are beginning to
find ont that they do not run so much
risk in buying in bottles, and they are
willing to pay the extra cent or two
which is charged on each quart In
fact bottled milk is becoming popular.
The bottles are filled by machinery,
which will fill 1,600 bottles in an hour.
As soon as they have been filled they
are packed in cases, and the cases are
buried under ice, in the same car with
the big cans.
It is said that the average consump
tion of milk in New York City is about
one quart to the ordinary family. Of
course there are many two and four
quart customers. They are generally
families the members of which have ft
fondness for drinking milk.
The milk train generally ariveain
New York City at about midnight,
loaded with the preceding day's milk,
and meets a long line of wagons, drawn
up awaiting its coming. As soon as the
train reaches the city, the drivers of the
various teams jostle and crowd each
other for their milk. From midnight
until three or four o'clock there is a
great hustle in progress, and as the milk
is delivered the wagons rattle through
the quiet streets of tbe city again.bound
for the headquarters of the various big
milk companies. There the milk is
divided among scores of light wagons,
for city delivery. American Cultiva
tor. "
The Silk Threads la Paper Money.
In spite of tho skill and industry of
counterfeiters, they have never made a
bill which did not have one or more
vulnerable spots. Some of the products
of their handicraft may seem perfect to
the untrained eye, but the expert will
find that each one, like Achilles, has
something lacking in its armor. Per
haps the feature of good Treasury notes
which counterfeiters have found it most
difficult to imitate is the two blue silk
threads which run lengthwise through
them. They are a little over an inch
apart, and though sometimes almost in
visible, they form part of every bill is
sued by the Government Bureau of
Printing and Engraving. A. L. Drum
mond, chief of the secret service of the
Treasury Department, who has had a
long experience with counterfeiters and
their wares, explained to a Tribune re
porter recently why it was so diffi
cult to copy good bills in this respect
"In the first place," he said, "the silk
thwmd are put in the paper when it is
made at the factory. To make paper of
the kind used by the Government re
quires a big plant and lots of capital, so
counterfeiters are kept out of it Even
if they had the necessary money, they
wouldn't be fools enough to risk it all
for the chance of making bogus bills.
It would be exceedingly unprofitable
for a paper manufacturer who already
Jias a factory to make the paper, be
cause to do so is a penitentiary offense.
Mr. Drummond then showed the re
porter a 1 counterfeit two-dollar bill
which had a single thread running
lengthwise through its center. "This
is the only bad bill that I eversaw with
a silk thread in it Even this has only
one thread, instead of two, so it would
not be dangerous to a skilled teller. I
have never heard of more than two
other bills like this one. It is easy to
see that the counterfeiter split this
note, put in his thread and then pasted
the two parts together again. The
frayed edges showed that The fellow
must have been very stupid not to know
that genuine money has two threads in
stead of one. An expert can easily tell
when a bill has been split in two and
pasted tpgether again, so the silk
threads .would not deceive him.n-feta
l'ork Tribune.
City and Country.
According to the new census more
than 18,200,000 of the people of the
United States reside in cities and large
towns of 8,000 inhabitants or more. Of
the total population of the country 29
per cent live in these large places.
We may say, roughly, that seven
tenths of the people live in the country
aud three-tenths in cities. The pro
portion of city -population is constantly
increasing. In I860 only sixteen per
sons ont of a hundred resided in these
places; in 1870 there were twenty-one;
in 1880 twenty-two; and in 1890 twenty
nine. The number of towns having 8,000
inhabitants increased during the last
ten years from 286 to 443. There are
no less than forty-seven such towns in
Massachusetts, and almost 90 per cent
of the population live in them.
It is evident, not merely from these
facts but from common observation,
that the cities are drawing heavily upon
the country, and that the proportion of
the people who devote themselves to
agricultural, the basis of all industry,
is steadily diminishing.
This is a melancholy fact Every
thing that it is possible to do to
counteract the tendency should be done.
Great ai the country is and
varied as are its resources, the products
of the soil are of many times greater
importance and value than anything
eke.
Moreover, as cities grow and agri
culture declines political and social
evils increase. City lire is vastly at
tractive to young people who have
passed their childhood amid rural sur
roundings, but for the pure joys of a
peaceful life the country is much to be
preferred. So have sung the poett
since the world began, and so the uni
versal experience of the human race
teaches.
Outside and Inside.
The ingenuity of people who think
they are ill when they are not, quite
triumphs over any external evidence oi
health.
A very stout German workman went
to a physician in the West, and com
plained of being very unwell.
"But" said the doctor, "if you are
sick, it has uot prevented you from get
ting pretty comfortably fat."
"Oh, dot fatrsaid the German. "Yes,
I am fat on de out-ide. but n;i de een
side, sch! Iimwio'ir!''
Seaside landlords aro picparing tc
getyour surplus money, if it take all
summer.
NSEDLES AND PINS.
You can't tell how much reltgkm peo
ple have by the size of their family
Bible.-
d If you wish to appear agreeable In.
society you must consent to be taught
many thugs which you know already.
"What did the ass say to Balaam,
Willie?" 4,Come off." "Why do you
think that?" "Because he knew Bal
aam was onto him."
Phtsiciaks of this country are paid
annnalv nearlv Sl.500.000 for medical
examinations for life insurance com
panies. Three companies pay over $250
000 each.
Woixaxd "What do you mean by
telling the boys that you have had the
lockjaw?" Pollard "Just a little joke
of mine. You see, I couldn't find the
lock last night ftnd .my wife gave me
the jaw from the window above."
Thk New York city directory, which
contains 379,000 names, shows that
there are 3,200 Smiths in that city, of
whom 253 are named John. Of Browns
thero are 1,600, of Joneses 700, and of
Robinsons 500. There are eleven George
Washingtons and three Thomas Jeffer
sons in the citv.
Nam Baby was aft, we 1
When aha was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became MJas, she das; to Caatcrte,
ITheaaBatadChfldcssaaagaTatheaaCaatflria,
Secretary Pkoctob, who has been
slated to succeed Mr. Edmunds in the
senate, is amiable, easy-going and
methodical in his ways, but in Washing
ton they regard him as a man with a
long head. He is shrewd and wise, and
not easily disturbed in his mind or in
his plans. He possesses the president's
friendship and confidence to a marked
degree, and he has becomo one of the
most potential members of the cabinet
Honey the Tear Bound.
Miss Smith says; "Can I make 125 per
week in the plating business?" Yes. I
make H to f8 per day plating tableware and
jewelry and selling platers. II. K. Delno &
Co., Columbus. O., will glvo you full Infor
mation. A plater costs f5. Business Is
light and honorable and makes money the
year round: A BsaDPt.
Pobfirio Diaz, president of Mexico,
is a straight, dignified man of medium
height, who impresses the beholder with
his strength of character. There is
nothing ostentatious about him. He
dresses as quietly as a plain citizen of
the republic and exhibits a contempt for
the gaudy regimentals in which many
Central American leaders array them
selves. He has a striking face and
figure and is undoubtedly tho greatest
man of modern Mexico.
Information for Ladles.
Ladles, If you desire Information that
will bo of untold value to you and prevent
a vast amount of anxiety of mind and bod
ily suffering, send for a six months' supply
of Ozona to the Michigan Medical Institute,
Albion, Mich., lock box 70.
Alexander Dumas is said to have
worked in some gambling scenes in his
new comedy, as he spent several weeks
(but not a sou) at Monte Carlo last
winter observing the play. Then, just
as like as not somebody will work in
the Tranby Croft scene in another play
and make a counter hit
E. A. KOOD, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall's
Catarrh Curo cured my wife of catarrh fif
teen years ago and sho has had no return
of it. It's a sure cure." Sold by Druggists,
75c.
Thousands of people when drying
their faces after washing, wipe them
downward; that is from forehead to
chin. This is a mistake. Always use
upward from the chin to the forehead
and outward toward the ear motions.
Never wipo any part of the face down
ward. Broxchris Is cured by freqnent small
doses of Plso's Cure for Consumption.
Senator Aldrich brings forward
assurances that the senate secret session '
will probably be put away in tho attic
trunk during the life of the next con
gress. The main strength of the proba
bility no doubt rests in the fact that
Senator Edmunds has resigned.
FITS. Ail rial stopped Ma bt Dr.KIIne's Great
Korra Restorer. No Fits after Srst day's nse. Mar-
wellons earss. Traattse and tzao trial bottle tree to
Vtteaaas. Baa to Dr. aUlaa. anarch St. Fails. Fa
tlDl,5Sr
TimA 41m TBMireal Cffect. U
Cabboixtok, QttA Co., I1L, Nor., '83.
I highly reeooMdad Factor oeniga Nerra
Tonic to anybody that has suffered from head
ache as my son did for 5 years, because 2 bottles
of the nnt'"" cared M. MoTIGUE.
Lab&abes, Wis., October, 1890;
Through a fright my son become affected with
spasms and aerroos prostration. We used one
bottle of Pastor Koenlgs Narva Tonic, and ha
has not had a spasm since. EDKITZEBOW.
Ida. Gbovk, Iowa, Oct 9, 189C.
My wife suffered from headache for ten years
and, despite all treatment from doctors, she got
so relief. After using only ono bottle of Pastor
Koenig's Nervo Tonic, she is entirely cored.
t. HAETGENBUSCH.
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17 UL L Disease sent free to any address.
f nri and poor patients can also obtain
I II L ! this medicine free of charse.
This remedy has Jen prepared by the Bererend
Pastor Koenijf. ot Vort Wayne. Ind- since VSX. and
iacowpreparedunderhia direction by tne
KOCNIC MEO.COe Chicago, III.
8oHbyDnjrs1staatler Bottle. ?&
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01VE KIVJOYS
Both the method and result when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently jet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup cf Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the etomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
heal.hy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
:.nd $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Bo not accept any
substitute.
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PERSONALS.
M.'dk Lesskps Is a very sick xA
feeble old man. and his physicians are
doubtfu1 if he has the vitality needed to
enable him to poll through He Is 87
years old.
Era Spkxckb to the most sanguine
man la England. He not only says
that home rule is not dead, but he in
sists upon It that it Is ready to kick any
body who might try to undertake It.
Mnw KxurTHUTTSKTA Is before a
court la Brooklyn on the charge of
alienating the affections of another
girl's affianced. The desirability of
changing a name like that should be
some sort of extenuation.
Mrs. Lxxakd Stanford's trust-deed,
giving 3100,000 to endow five kindergar
tens in San Francisco, has just been
filed. As the Incomo will be 5 per cent,
each school will get 51,000 a year. These
schools are said to have already had an
appreciative effect in reducing the num
ber of "hoodlums" who infest the streets
of San Francisco, and in bettering tho
condition of the tenement-house dis
tricts. Prof. Shafer, of Harvard, took a
party of students down to Marblehcad
on a geological survey a while ago. His
own bold stride and the "spotty" ap
pearance oT the students attracted the
attention of a street urchin, who yelled
out, "Get on to de prize fighters." Tne
alarm spread like wildfire, and reaching
the ears of the police a hot pursuit was
inetitntml- Thn nrizn fighters were lo
cated after a hard chase. Explanations
followed and a sensation for Marble
head was spoiled.
Tho Kwggodas't Path la We,
If it be bat irradiated by good health, fa shora
of half its distasteful features. Hosts of dis
tinguished men and women havo uttered re
grets for a past when young, full of vigor and
hope, though battling with obstacles that
seemed well-nigh insurmountable, their pulses
beat, their veins tingled with the glowot Joy
ous health. Chronic lnralids, would yon once
mora feel that glow, would you as ot yore
sleep, eat, digest perfectly? Then use, with
persistence, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, fore
most among tonloa, most reliable of vitalizing
medicines. Nervousness, dyspepsia, hypo
chondria, a loss of appetite and sleep, this
grand reparative of a debilitatod physique aud
impaired constitutional vigor speedily prvvails
against. Rheumatic and neuralgic ailments,
malarial disorders, kidney troubles, and the
growing infirmities of age are successfully com
bated by this benign specific.
Spcrgeon, the great pulpit orator of
England, who is now probably on bis
deathbed, is a sturdy, thick-set, bearded
man, who looks moro like a back-country
'squire than a metropolitan minister.
There is but little indication of intel
lectual greatness in his appearance.
His black frock coat is loose and baggy,
the sleeves are so long as to cover the
cuffs, and bo wears an old-fashioned
black necktie, with tum.down collar.
His beard is tinged with gray and his
thick hair is growing white. When in
the pulpit he puts on a pair of stcel
rimmed spectacles.
The inventory of General Sherman's
property now to bo found in St. Louis
just made, Includes only two pieces of
real estate, ono of which is the Garrison
avenue house and lot presented to him
in 18C5 by the people of that city, aud
occupied by him as a home for several
years. It was at that time valued at
S25.000.
Tried and True
Is the positive verdict ot peP'e who taka Hood's
Sarapari!la. Whea used according to directions
tbe good effects ot this excellent medicine are. toon
(elt in nerre strength restored, that tired feeling
driven OS.
A Good Appetite
created, headache and dyspepsia relieved, ecrofnla
cured, and all tho bad effect of imiinre blood over
come. If you are in need of a good blood puriuer
or hmlo medicine do not fail to try
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggist. : six for $3. Prepared only
by C I. HOOD a CO. Lowell. Miss.
IOO Doses One DoPar.
Malaria or Plies, Sick Hemdaeho, Costive
Bowels, Saab Actio, Soar Stomach and
Itolehlae ; if your food does sot waimilato
and yoohave bo appetite,
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Late Principal Examinor U.S. Pension Bureau.
3 yra In last war, 13 adjudicating claims, atty aiuce.
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The child must like ft It aiust be
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of medicine in a child is not desira
ble. It must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
well as young folks, and make Bo
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family medicine. 0
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