T————— an NOTES AND COMMERNYS, A writer in ‘the Clay Worker well gays: ‘‘The capable man in any walk of life is rare. The capable boy is rare. It is a very difficult matter ‘to get a good office boy or a steady, capable fellow to run an elevator in an office building. Really good laborers are scarce. We sometimes think about over-crowded pro fessions, or an over-supply of help in many directions, capable help of any kind is limited. A first-class superintendent of a works of He is rarely out of a job. out of a job is open to suspicion. the workshop There are not many of them establishment. Generally judgment can pick a leader from a gang of men. He will need a little ¢o.aching, some help and some patience. But he is nearly always to be found, su’ h a one is discovered, the great work has been done. A man has up from a lower plane to a higher one; his horizon has been enlarged: the world has grown biggex for him. Nevertheless, the really capable man is rare, and in this in out of a job.” capable? ut suppose we were all QUEENSLAND is dreading the invasion havoc in other Australian colonies, and have recently become a of the chief wool-producing centres New South Wales, Jorder fences are being erected, and Queensland news papers contain minute instructions for the destruction of the dreaded animals, SOON roe are laid for the rabbits, and when tl are not likely to grain and sticks are 3 A Brisbane paper says that in New Se Wales millions of rabbits have been killed with poisoned sticks, which laid along the banks of rivers, creeks, lagoons and waterholes. The twigs bits most prefer are sandal wood, bush and turpentine bush, and lengths of about twelve inches, out is sometimes accomplished by means of bisulphide of carbon. wool or cloth saturated with the « is all the other The pic ce of remaining burrow filled i penetrate through the suffocate all the ral t Tue Depa Ap want water poisoned freely distribu ure which rab emu are cut in pled e of Arbor in being blocked. on fire, the . and the fumes and 1 them, burrows { wool is then set b I ir workings hat are i Inte nter i=su t} LAE just resources of work and Is vaiual the mineral States, The David T. Day, fact that it pre sents a ( view of the country during tioned. It is moreover a « the previous volume which year The statistical former years have been carried fo but previous volt ¢ for all other info minal i Ep product was cot mre maustn YOArs i. ’ INICTRL the 1888. mes should The is R656. 604, i880, indicat an increase far beve ny previou ¢xampie Bis Year. y activity in mining, | silver, copper, coal and petrol total is extraordinary continued 1891 by tl yarticula bu it it sh no ma PixearrrLe juice, say the 8t. Louis Globe-Democr icinal properties of the hi throat diseases, and es it has seldom failed as an anti-dvspeg unpleasant taste vie stale advice of one + * Tue extent into the m European coun realized by the more than 10) publ i in the in 4 § lications now ¢ fant various European countries, and who desires to keep up with t} this respect must be a uni and spend all his time | of the subjects treated in this pul tions are of much interest, as a history of agricultural the nature chlorophyll, the presence of metals in plants, the assimi mitrogen by peas, the heaviest seeds in the seed Leads and pods, the effect of the weather on the yield of wheat, the effect of repeated application of nitrate of soda on wheat. All these and others of n kindred nature go to show the wide interest that is taken by scientific men in the study of agri culture, NOT i MICH chemistry, several Iation of location of the Trere will be an unprecedented boom in the shipbuilding yards on the shores of the great lakes this winter. It is said that the vessels under contract for the season of 1898 will aggregate 47.000 gross tons. Most of them will be con structed of steel or iron, the day of the wooden ship on those fresh-water seas having gone by. The tendency also is towards great carrying capacity, but it has not had the effect of discouraging as building as was predicted, by the smaller shipping firms. On the contrary, even they have com: to the conclusion that the lake trade increases so fest that ves. sels must be launched from the yards in quick suceession to keep up with it he contracts referred to call for passen. ger as well as freight boats, which would seem to indicate that the business of water transportation, once so lucrative, is reviving. Isrexsive agriculture is more con. spicuously carried on in the small Island of Jersey, the home of the Jersey cattle, than elsewhere in the world, This island bas a total area of only 29,000 acres, of whieh 20,000 acres are under cultivation, Potatoes occupy 7,000 acres, corn crops 2,000, root crups 600, clover 5,000, per. manent pasture 4,000, and small fruits 150 acres, The island maintains 12,000 cattle, being sixty-two head for every 100 acres of the total cultivated wnrea. Guernsey and its dependencies have 12,- 000 acres cultivated and supports 7.700 cattle, or sixty-six head per 100 acres, York Times that that effete and back- tural Journal, the carcless Turks te rear poultry for export to France, after the example of the Russians, who export about 10,000 fowls weekly to that country. dent the people of Hawli have | gradually reverting heathenism since the American board closed its missions in 1863, believing that Christianity fuily established. The to have begun almost at once and has the sorcerers, pew effort to counteract this tendency. A snonrtTHAND writer in Berlin attends { all the funerals of prominent persons and takes down verbatim the of officiating clergymen. highly ornamented copies of the adresses { and sells them to the friends of the cul gized dead, His business is said to be i flourishing. Tue Supreme Court of North Carolina has shown its respect for the Sabbath in a very expressive manner, It has decided that hereafter it will hear no arguments | upon Monday. The reason given for | this regulation is the doing away with all occasion fo lawyers travelling on | Sunday to reach Raleigh in time for their addresses for | Cases on Monday, 3 A xeEw chair of psychology has been at Yale and the professor proposes to tea b students how to measure i Among others Dy established emotions he will machinery. have a delicate instrument + wheel steamer Goliah which air in in towboat, and in that capacity she gets so decrepit as to be fit only for an excursion bx rip Lg she believed, use uget Sound. 18 now will, it is serve for many vears before i -— - HISTORIC YORK. Its Massive Walls, Old Tower and Magnificent Cathedral. i his mast and t 3 “flourishing place 2,000 + pow about 60 000 ir largest « situated about and i vy selected by Agricola It has been ti }; seen, buil » places the » Parliamentarian ars ity, the tr Hope and cit city to hold for twenty-two days, on izens y were able arainst Prince men to their relief until with high arches and towers built the The outside of the wall built up about six feet higher than the | inside #0 that you can walk along on the inside part without being seen from the outside. Through this outside loop holes the citizens their missiles at the besiegers, being them. selves protected by the outer part of the wall, Thus walking about the city I found some idea of the extent of the city and the principal buildings, There are a great many churches of all denomina. tions. [I counted as many as 55 or 40 There are also, 1 should judge, an un. usually large number of asylums, halls, museums, institutions, libmries, ete, Af- ter leaving the walls I visited many of these places more carefully, The first place I went to was the old “* Clifford Tower,” built in the 18th Cen wary, which occupies the site of William the Conquerors original keep, or rather the keep of the original castle. This was the scene of the Jewish massacre in Richard First's time, There isnot much left now of the old tower, It has been repaired enough to preserve it and that isall. You cannot enter it except by special permission, and there is nothing to see when you gain admittance. The buildings about it are used for a prison and court rooms, It speaks well of York that the number of prisoners is decreas. ing. I went to the prison yard and also into court rooms where there is kept a roll of the sheriffs from the reign of William the Conqueror to the pres ent time. Criminals condemned to death used to be hanged on the wall outside (the spot was pointed out to me) in sight of the people, but now the execution takes place within the prison walls, The next thing of special interest not course, York Minster, or Cathedral, ° first building on this spot was a little A ‘woolen oratory,” where Edwin, King archos, is “iy | “new faith,” was publicly Easter Sunday, April 12, 627, to build a large church, but did not live baptized, Twice it was restored and twice burned again during the Nor The present cathedrn It is built in the form man conquest, is 249 feet, A lan the centre of the I of the stained glass windows are magnificent the chapter-house is most beautiful, Ihave the eathedrals at Ely, Peters borough and Lincoln, but fon proportions, grandeur and fine However, 1 believe good judges of architectural work would : Home parts, us the the choir, the ceilings, &c., of other cathedrals may be more beauti breadth rises from its extreme tern tower Some seen good favorably as a cathedral, a place o solemn worship, as York Minster. Ed Foley, in Southington (Conn) A Mosquito Remedy, The position of this section of the country is such writes, a correspondew from Bangkok, Biam, that we procure conveniently pure drinking ¢ collect the rain water it vessels during the rainy season, and tha nt quantity to last over to the Ordinarily the rain water is kept in unglazed earthen jars of about cannot HNiess w of sufficie next year Or thirty ons cach. twenty five } To prevent tl nati positing nn i r the first ent them, but after Pin iron few over from Laem IS as pure rv HOW, peopl and enses « Eleciricity and Vegetables. Eaglish Meadows, man Hirst ably never be men's Pr brably its ceident, but pe iy man learned | from the pisas, the “calling hares” the steppes, which ut and stack hay for the That exactly w ith the theory smtral Asia was the “home of the if we were still allowed to pe winter, Arvau race,’ art mainly practiced in cold countries for winter forage, Probably there are no meadows in the Yet from the early Anglo-Saxon old meadow been distin. guished from “pastors,” and has always been scarce Two-thirds of what is now established meadow land still shows the marks of ridge and furrow: and from the great time required to make a meadow ten years at least on the best land, a hundred on the worst—men have always been reluctant to break up old pasture. Their ancient meadows, with their great trees and close, rich ‘urf, are the sole portion of the earth's surface which times has in peace. Hence the excellence of the meadows of England and the envy of the American, [The Bpectator., The Upper Vest Pocket. “There is just one person in this world I would feel justified in assassin. ating, nod that is the inventor of the up- per vest pocket,” said Major John Wam- pler at the Southern, ‘The upper vest pocket is a delusion and a snare: it has caused more misery than unrequited love, more exasperation than tight boots. A man cannot resist the temptation to put all manner of articles into it-—comb, tooth. brush, cigars, pencils, ote, —well know- ing that the first time he has occasion to stoop down he will spill the entire cargo all over the floor. The upper vest pocket was my bete noir for twenty years; then I ordered my tailor to omit those receptacles, and now I have hopes of living a gentleman and dying a con. sistent Christian." [8t. Louis Globe Democrat, THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH, —— Devonsep Chnestrs rw Youse ProrLe, [t is claimed that and that our good fieures of former days At any rate the tailors tell us, having aoticed it by comparing the measures and persons between eighteen and :wo years of age thirty years ago and a similar number of the present day. In the old measures, that is to say in those used thirty years ago, the anterior thoracie line correspondin twenty- r ty the open- and a toilet paste or cream has twice the effect in Jess time if the hygiene of the complexion be observed, Massage of the a firm leisurely stroke, just soft enough not to irritate, The best usage makes the movement in ores lar sw eeps over the wrinkles, not lifting the fingers much till one has finished on that particular line. Massage of the face should be soothing not leaving it flushad To avoid the wretched about the eves and bag i from the seam under the arm than in the models of to day, which shows a dispo sitiqn at present toward a less convex an erior thoracic wall and a decrease in the capacity of the chest. On either side of che front middle line, and practically in the perpendicular of the breast, a man’s garment hag a seam ensbling the maker 0 outline the form and to the lower diameter of the body «f the coat In our days this has to be replaced by piece ia the form of an the chest of the young man of the present day is gradually « quiring the same dis ter above and be- low. The postericr fine of the chest, corre. sponding to the back middle line of the and instead of as on the old models, has an anterior con. cavity in its upper half, in order that the hould fit should not age but sl be. their hty per decrease the removal of a garment, being garment which has a On the rmcasures of the back, tendency to und clients SOT HES Round WG i thin ment ¢ CARCSH yrs Svhich vess-is of the vd he nerves in to the air, transparency turn owe their sen nutriment, ind When th i he fine muscle of the face the i ened L 5 close fran, the shrinks, ard these shrinkages become wrakles, A” they are fug week’. watching may write the face over with vise -hatch- ing of fine lines, ana anothet week of rest will restore Ir st fat fluids to fill the spaces andl wiooth the face again, To avert wrinkles, the nervous and taxed must and eat nourishing food, The neuralgic should eat roast fat and make food tempt- ing with condiments, adding to their fare the sound. bread which contains phosphate to feed their starved nerves, and it is the great regulator of nutritive function Too often trouble is not much what people eat, but what they don't eat, and do not get provided for them at the table. Lean. ness and wrinkles go together. We sel dom see a florid, plethotic woman with nerves al air, tissue itive: a Tike y over rest, COoATse ®0 fashionable treatment to remove wrinkles, but it is an idea of American adoption, if original. French specialists depre- cate steaming, They say it makes wrin- when the practice is sus cause deter vination of blood to the face, which is far from healthy. The remedy is to use vapor at milder heat, keeping up the process longer at a time, Hall an hour over the vapor, however, is more s~e than most women oan spend. The wat convenient aphlication is a firm waxen paste, which takes time for rubbing out and gives just the right amount of massage for the face in the process. The soft oily salves and creams in request are not such good wrinkle emsures as a firm, protective cosmetic which will not rub ff as easily, but allow the mols ture of the skin to remain aud freshen the tissues. It is easier to disperse wrinkles than to erad. fcate any other defect of the face. Sleep, much more than people suppose necessary, rather hearty food, and moister air h houses are indispensable to Keeping a smwocth face, whatever cosmetic is usea, ted to sleep after a dance or late hours wi out bathing the f ple in teas half 0 «1 oe ntifully fuls of something light, bullion, eau sucre, 1 | Three spoonfuls refreshments off the exhaustion which presents its waking, A of hot with one drop of of mon is a famous heart weakness after late out a fresh beaten ef will take horrible accounts on cup Ol restorative hours, RELIABLE RECIPES, another un ex Panecnkes The an ec Paxecaxes following i nom fs Well as recipe MAT f milk, six eogs half a ie whitest flour, a pin and a tables 2 eat yn an oy pint of scanty poon ’ reads in whicl of r making it ifuls of grated Parmesan cheese, nee over the cauliflower baking-dish pifukle over liflower three mu Parmesan a tablespoonfal « | bread erambs and » few bits of Let the cauliflower bake in a gftick oven | for about twenty-five minutes, when it should be ariel brown allover. A cream ‘of cauliflower ip jx one of our autumn soups. Mix al ful of butter with two tablespoonfuis of 3 3 re tablespo nfule Choose, 8 bist arge aiesboon Put in let the soup conk thirty min Then press the whole through a | time, Serve it with pate a-chou balls, rolled out the size of peas and fried brown in lard, or baked in the oven with squares of brown toast, It may be inter call these pate a.chou balls by the com plicated name of Cprofitterolles,” brut name, AROUND THE HOUSE, Put a teaspoonful of salt into a kero. wene lamp once in a while, If green blinds are dingy and faded, wash, and rub on a little sweet oil. A large, soft sponge, either dry or slightly dampened, makes a good dus ter. Sweet oil and putty powder, followed by soap and water, makes one of the best mediums for brightening brass or copper, A writer in Harper's Bazar tells how those who cannot buy a filter can make one, Take a common fivecent flower pot of carthern ware, putting in the hole a piece of thoroughly cleansed sponge, over that a couple of inches pulverized charcoal, and over that a couple of inches of sand; over that again about half as much clean course gravel, and thea the water, slowly filtering through, must needs have been very bad at the start not to be very pure at the end. PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS, Parts of the Btate. willed Er kr Taner men were kil inf een nea while Two men Wer kil i UV Kn a pear Howelly ety CuanLy quarry Middiebus £, wife by Friend of th s dinner fdth OD { ‘ ANUTHER of ud i i dasa un Viea LV] ¥ wegun g ft Boeranion of Clafms that be sustained aud also that be sustained ures for which Le wants ¥2( The defendants have sum eral physicinus to give Leith Ji nony HY DATESMAN, postmasier i, bas received i tice from t ut Washing been Hirst tinualiy for xt y-one i now past chit i BOW | ighty-Lwo years © aie aud hearty, i en XK central THE 316 were viet arese LALGH arvied the day SCION Was aw Jaoon ScavLrz shestnut {ree ered MM GTes L3 he boy venlur Hat he might b The : a ng, HeLa i & euns Cooley n the aunty, men Tne gang made s descent up house of Ja pear the West Virginia 1 b Prinkey in Fayette Lx deEven ne. were in the party and Prinkey’s son shot one of them. but got 1 ttle booty Two signed a protest to the against the commutation of Murderer Keck's death sentence, in the Delamater trial at Meadville « tion was made to evidence as to the Delamater and the C the house, The robbers ransacked eo Lehigh Board thousand County peog of Pardons bias uf os urs re- served its decision A COUNTY game and fish protective assow ciation was formed at Potteville A PETITION was pressuted to Judge Clay. tom at Media, requesting that the leper Arm- ssrong, at the Delaware County Almshouse, be kept under closer surveillance. Isaac Werknxisgnr and Edward Martin were drowned in the Delaware near Easton by the high winds upsetting their flat boat, Presipext Baxn, of the Reading Iron Works, replying to a request of the em- ployees for a restoration of the recent 10 per cent. reduction, said be would make the advance as soon ss the condition of trade warranted it. Hatr M1 Gone Oat of Fashion, A dozen years ago there were con. sumed ten bottles of hair oll where one is used now, The prevailing fashion then was to wear the hair thick and long. Dust and dirt got into the locks, and shampooing had to be resorted to frequently to keep the head clean. This made the hair dry and “poroupiny.’ Oil was used to smooth and gloss it, A great “fake” with the barbers was lo uso “pure bear's oll” on the hair. To tell the truth this was nothing but lard with a little bergamot, or other essence, to give it a pleasant odor. Had all the barber shops in the country used what they pretended to, an army of bear hunters would have had to be employed constantly, and a bottle of bear's oll would have cost as much if not more, than cham n. Now very little hair ofl is used. Jt is a rare thing for a cus tomer to ask for it. The fashion is to wear the hair short and look poetie, Money that the barber formerly got for shampooing and Sisnning the hair they now get for the extra hair cuts, and the ove 1 oTsets the \ Ss a, “
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