Getting HntlsfactUn.
H R if an hour before the morning train
over the Canada Southern road was to
leave yesterday, a pompous, fat man,
with several bundles in his arms, entered
the depot with a great rush and made a
bee-line for a Grand Trunk train. When
baited at the gate and asked what train
be wanted to take he replied:
"I am g°* n K to Toledo, and if you
ruake me miss tlie train I'll sue you lor
*!?SS this isn't tlie train for Toledo."
"Why isn't it, sir; why in the old
Harry isn't this train for Toledo?"
loudly demanded tiie fat man.
-Because the train for Toledo stands
oV er on that track there."
"Then why didn t you tell me so in
the first ulaceP I'm a good mind to re
port vou to your superiors, sir!"
You'll find the superintendent up
•tairs." humbly replied the gate-keeper.
••And I'll lodge complaint against you
_ves. I will! Travelers have rights, and
those rights must be maintained!"
The fat man ruslicd half way up-stairs
and the whistle of a yard engine made
him halt and turn and rusli down ngain.
Reselling the gates of tlie Canada South
mi train. he called out:
"It is your business to (rive warning
at least three minutes before tlie train
gate-keeper ; "it is over twenty minutes
yit before train time. I'lease show your
ticket." .
• Show my ticket! Do you suppose a
nuUi in my position means to steal a ride
oo the hind trucks?"
"The rule is for all passengers to siiow
their tickets."
" I don't believe it, and I want your
name! I'll <r up to tlie superintendent
•uid see it travelers have any rights in
this depot. Your name, sir!"
••My name is Bumps, sir, and I'm a
poor widower witli seven children to
support."
•• I don t care a cent if you ve got
seventeen children to support. I'll
bump Bumps 'till he'll never dare sass
another traveler!"
Tin' fat man rushed up stairs again,
and was heard galloping the numerous
halls ami passages :md calling for the
superintendent. Tlie janitors passed
him along until he came down the out
side stairs on the public street.
"Have a hack, sir!" yelled aliout
forty drivers in chorus.
•• No, sir—no, sir!" lie screamed in ro-
ply.
"This is all a put-up job to make me
iniss the train! Where do I go into the
depot ?"
" Have a wagon ?" howled twenty ex
pressmen in bis ears.
"Never! Never! I want to (ret into
' the depot! If I miss that train I'll sue
the whole city!"
He was shown the public entrance,
and he made a rush for a Flint and Pere
Marquette train just making up.
"That isn't the train for Toledo!"
called sevi ral voices, and he hurried
over to where Humps was standing ami
■.u.
"I'll fix you for this, sir! Is>t me
through this gate!"
" Ticket, please."
" Yes: I'll show you my ticket, and as
•eon a* I reach Toledo I'll make an affi
davit of this affair and send it back to
he superintendent!"
He passed through and entered a
coach. A woman was saying that site
feared her trunk had not come down on
the baggage wagon, and lie dumped his
parcels into a .seat and said:
"I hope it hasn't! It will serve you
just right to miss it! A person who
hasn't got spunk enough to stand rkrht
up to these railroad folks and let 'em
kno>v what's what ought to lose her
trunk! They tried to bluff me around
ust now, and when they found they
couldn't do it they couidn t he too hum
hie and obliging! Go out and blast
them, madam—blast their eyes till they
<an't rest!"— Detroit Free Prttt.
Hasting Rabbits on the Kansas Plains.
Werodeup the deeply-furrowed, steep
hillside to the level land of the divide.
Here, calling our dogs from the wagon,
we spread out, and, each of us accom
panied liy his own dogs, rode forward in
.me forty rods apart. The dogs trotted
slowly along, heads up and tails down,
while the horsemen carefully watched
for rabbits. A yell from the ex-confed
erate in gray, and instantly the hounds
•prang forward, and with eager eyes
ravd in the direction of the cry. There
they saw a jack rabbit jumping nimbly
along in front of the horse of the yelling
man. At once adozenpnwerftil hounds
were in full pursuit. The rabbit at once
saw that these dogs meant business, and
•topping his playful capers began to
run. lit had probably been chased
many times by curs, and apparently had
no doubt of his ability to run away from
any dog; hut tic was considerably as
tonished to lind that 'this pack of grim,
■ilf nt dogs with outstretched heads were
gaining on him. He redoubled his
efforts. No use; the pacx of yellow,
blue and white hounas drew nearer and
Sever to him. His astonishment now
pw pin e to the most intense terror,
and he frantically endeavored to IWI ape
his fat< Behind the coursing dogs
fame a lino of horsemen, all the horses
on the full gallop, all the riders yelling
• ike demons—each encouraging his own
•logs. "Hieon! Yie! yie! vie! Catch
'its. Ponto! Catch 'im!" To this ex
rit<ment the cattlemen added hull-like
bellowing*. The fastest dog in the pack
pn the rabbit. He made his offer
Jor him. Thejack turned like lightning.
The empty jaws of the dog came to
gether with a snap that sounded like
the spring of a steel trap. In turning
wt<r the rahhit this dog was struck hy
another, anil both rolled over and over
on the grass. They got up bewildered,
to find the rabbit some fifty yards away,
wd another dog ready to make a pass at
b>m. It is made, and again the jack is
missed; he turned na'de to fall Into the
)ws of a pup. The shrill cry of the
fabbit and the sound of his crunched
bne* j* beard, and all is over. Some
one dismounted, took the jack away
from the dogs, and tied it to his saddle.
y'• rested our horses and breathed our
All agreed that the jack had done
*•'11. He was praised as a mighty good
mbbit.-Ncw fork Sun.
At the principal railroad stations in
hidia the native pasrengers are served
wttli water by a Brahmin. from whom,
wing the highest cnate. aH persons may
take without dcliteracm. He goes along
h' train with his bra* vessels; nsudra.
'or iow-caite man, stoops, ana in his
'•Pen hands placed together end raised
to tiK-level of his mouth, reoives the
Pfeeious liquid. The vessel of the
waltmin i not touclie<l, else he would
'l' llled. A Brahmin asks water, ana
'* served witli it in the smaller vessels,
Join which he drinks, there being no
wniement between Brahmin and Brah
un.—Kit clechlh Century.
THE FAIB HEX.
I'Mhlon Not...
Indies in mourning edge their lace
handkerchiefs with black thread lace
instead of white.
Fur horderings will be much worn
this winter, especially on the clotli suits
that necessarily have little other trim
ming.
Some of tlie newest clotli suits have a
wide hand of fur around tlie Ixittom of
the underskirt. A very narrow plait
ing is nil that shows below it.
A now and pretty trimming for a cos
tume is made by braiding ribbons in
three or four strands. Tlie pretty Per
sian ribbons braided in this manner are
very stylish.
The now ruffs are of lace plaited full,
with one half standing up around the
throat and the other half billing down,
exactly like tlie Queen Elizabeth ruffs.
They are worn very high around the
throat.
The customary white so generally
used on tlie wood-work of houses, is
f:ving place to a paint of olive-green
lue. This color tor years past has been
popular in England for similar purposes,
and only recently is introduced here.
Side siu'hels of sealskin are among
novelties in furs. They are sometimes
seen when no fur garment is worn, hut
appear to better advantage with seal
skin ejoak and muff. These sachels also
come in all the fancy furs of tlie season.
Soft plaid silks are imported laid in
folds to wear as fichus on plain dresses
especially to enliven black toilettes
They extend down each side below the
belt, and arc trimmed inside and across
tlie ends witli plaited white Breton lace.
Tlie blue and green plaids fichus are
very popular.
Now gloves arc beautifully finished
by a kid lace top, so called because tlie
finest quality kid is skillfully cut to re
semble Valenciennes lace. The decep
tion is so perfect that one hardly realizes
that it is not lace. Sometimes the kid
lace is of a uniform color with the glove,
or again we see tasteful contrasts. Tlie
width is about three inches.
If American Indies should adopt the
English fashion of wearing jerseys, they
may ss well understand that getting into
tlieni is an art in itself, and getting out
of them is a work of time and requires
much effort. The latest freak in adorn
ing them is to embroider a txirder in
crewel around the lower edge, collar and
cuffs, and to work tlie monogram of the
wearer on the front of the garment.
Petticoats that are worn beneath short
street costumes arc of heavy cashmere
or flannel, in bright colors such as scar
let, cardinal red, wine and deep garnet.
They are trimmed with plaitings of ruf
fles, and many are trimmed up tlie back
as far as tlie belt, forming a hustle, but
making them very heavy; others have
small hustles made of whalebone fas
tened to the skirts. Hoop skirts are
again revived hut arc worn at present
by few.
The general supposition that "dog
skin" gloves arc really made of the
hides of dogs is untrue. It is only the
name of a species of kid which is ob
tained in perfection from Cape Town
sheep in Africa—a variety noted for its
tail, which is composed largely of fat
and much esteemed by epic ures. The
cheaper kinds of "dog-skin " gloves are
made of the hides of various animals,
and it is doubtful if ever the pelt of a
dog was thus utilized.
Young girls in their teens, and also
very small children, wear tlie grave
colors used for their mothers, enlivened
by the gayest India brocades of fine
wool, or else pompadour-figured goods
in mixed silk or satin and velvet. A
long over-dress, hunched up on the
sides and behind, with a plain skirt, is
the popular design for their nicest
dresses, while the short basque or the
frock-coat is used with long, round
overakirts of plainer suits.
Gloves of nearly all colors are worn,
ruby, garnet, pfum, slate, old gold,
bronze, olive, and in fact all colors that
are found in dress good* now in vogue.
BlAck kid gloves are fashionable with
bright colored suits; pure white are
not worn ah much as formerly; cream
white and lilac tints are preferred.
Light gloves are considered quite as
economical as dark ones, as they are
cheaply and easily cleaned. Many ladies
clean their own white gloves with com
mon non-explosive oil. For mourning
undressed kid are preferred, and for or
dinary use the English lisle thread is
worn; they cost (rom forty-five to
seventy-five rents, are strong and dura
ble. Street gloves are fastened with
three or four nut tons, the six or eight
button gloves are reserved for ni <re
dressy occasions.
Woman's Hair.
Francis Parkman has an artieieon the
woman question in the Forth American
Review. It will be seen from the following
extract that he is not in favor of women
in politics: There are some means of
judging from experience whether they
arc likely to exert in public life the ben
eficent powers ascribed to them. Many
eountriii In Raropc have been governed
by queens, and this at a time when to
wear a crown meant to hold a dominant
power. Aocordirg to theory, these fe
male reigns ought to have shown more
virtuous and benign government than is
generally shown under the rule of men.
The facts do not answer to the expecta
tion. Isabella .of Castile was full of
amiable qualities, but she permitted her
self to lie made the instrument of dia
bolical religious persecution. Catharine
11. of 'Russia was one of the ablest
women who ever held a sceptre, and one
of the most profligate. Maria Theresa
of Austria wa in many respects far
above the common level; but she was a
sharer in what has been called one of
the greatest political crimes—the parti
tion of Poland. That outrage was the
work of three accomplices—two women
ami a man—the Empress of Russia, the
Archduchess of Austria and the King of
Prussia. The reign of Henry IV, of
France was one or the most beneficent
in history. His first queen was a pro
fligate, and bis second a virago, giavely
tttspected of having procured his assass
ination in collusion with her lover. The
la*t wife of Iuis IV. was discreet and
devout; but she favored the dragon
nades, and called her brother to share
the spoil* of those atrocious persecutions.
A throng of matchless statesmen, sol
diers. phtlcropherß and poets made the
reign of Elisabeth of Fmgland brilliant
and great. It was adorned by the high
and courageous spirit of the queen, and
was sullied by her meanness, jealousy
and vanity. Mary of Flngland lives in
the memory of her bloody persecutions.
Mary of Scotland was the thorn of her
kingdom. Her fascinations have out
lived three centuries, and so have her
tumults of unbridled love nnd the dark
suspicion of crime that resU upon her.
The mother of Charles IX. of France
fomented, if shedid not cause, the fright
ful massacre of Bt. Bartholomew, and
surrounded herself with a bevy of beau
ty 1 and tmscrupulous girls whose charms
she used systematically as a means of
political influence. There have been
many bad kings, many indifferent ones,
and few who earned the gratitude of all
time. Many women have worn (Towns,
but we look among them in vain for one
of those royal benefactors to the raco.
Not tiiat women iiave less power for
good than men. In some circumstances
they have more. Their desire for good
is often intense; but this desire has not
been best fulfilled in the field of poli
ties.
Teaching Children to Cook.
It is generally supposed that small
children, from their volatile tempera
ments and forgetfulness, can not he
tauriit or trusted with cookery. Mjss
Corson lias proved quite the contrary.
Isist year she had a class of children
from the New York Home for Soldiers'
families; this year ten of them do the
entire cooking for the inmates, at least
150, in that institution. In all the
classes of the New York cooking school
no pupils are more industrious, helpful,
and intelligent than the little children
from tlie mission schools and charitable
institutions.
In point of fact, the children's classes
are the most charming and useful and
important, for thewiiolcsoine effect they
will have on the strata of society they
represent. The artisan course of instruc
tion for those little folks and elder girls
comprises [the preparation and cooking
of simple dishes, setting the table, bring
ing in the dinner, waiting at table, re
moving and washing soiled dishes, and
regulating the kitchen and dining-room
Iet us go and take a peep at the chil
dren. A little flock, under tlie guidance
of a kindly matron, is passing down to
the basement; we enter with thom.
How merrily they babble as they divest
themselves ol hats and shawls! What a
ripple and trill of childish laughter as
they [strive for the first rows of seats!
Listen; a sudden hush, a settling down
in seats, and a smoothing of aprons, as
appears, and, ooffing bon
net and cloak, takes her position behind
tlie table, with a cheery "Good after
noon, children."
The lesson of the day, says the black
board, is " Fried Fillets of Flounder,"
" Maitre d'Hotel Butter," "Grilled Fish
Bones." and "Caramel Custards."
Two or three girls are usually chosen
—different ones at each lesson —to assist
in making the dishes; so when the ma
terial was laid on tin- table, and the les
son announced, Miss Corson said," W hat
little girl is anxious to help me cut the
til lets?—some one with strong hands."
A dozen hands were held up at once.
Selecting one of the eldest girls, who
came around and stood by her side. Miss
Corson, taking up a sharp, tliin-hladed
knife, deftly cut off the whole side piece
or filietof the fish entire, and then hand
ing the knife to the watchful girl at her
side, gave minute directions from time
to time, which were followed so accu
rately that the remaining three fillets
were soon lying, skin side down, on the
counter. Miss Corson, then taking the
knile, showed the class how to cut the
fillets clean from the skin.
Meanwhile another little girl is called
for tomake the breading. With Hushed
cheeks and an air o importance, a wee
little thing steps ufp, seizes the roller,
and vigorously roll* the bread crumb
to powder, beat* an egg up with a spoons
ful of water, and retires. The elder girl,
wiio by this time has prepared the re
maining fillets, breads lliem, dips tiiem
in the egg, and in the bread again,nnd
lays them on a disii, in readiness to be
fried a delicate brown in smoking-hot
lard.
" Now, children, yoti observe that wo
have a nice bone left; shall wo throw it
away, or use it? I think it would he
nice (trilled. We will take some mux*
tard, salt, pepper, salad-oil. and vinegar
—make a paste of them, and spri-ad it
over the bone. Then let us boil it on an
oiled gridiron, and afterward serve it
with sprigs of pareley or slices of lemon.
Now. besides the fillets from the fuh,
we have this, making two delicious
dishes where people commonly make
but one."
The children lookiil verv wise, a little
hungry for the '-oniing feast, and ex
ceedingly interested. An unusual flut
ter took plai-e, however, when two little
girls were railed for to make "Union
custards," and one to make " Maitre
d'Hotcl Butter." All the hands went up
at once at the mere mention of custards.
The fortunate girls who were chosen
marched around behind the counter, and
the resigned remainder subsided into
placid attention.
One of the little maids heat the eggs
lustily, while the other, sweetening and
flavoring a quart of milk according to
direction, set it on the tire to boil, stir
ring it carefully; then a sieve was held
over the beaten eggs, the milk with its
lemon rind and sugar strained therein,
then poured into cups, which were
placed in a baking-nan with hot water
surrounding them. The little girl then
cautiously slid the pan into the oven,
her face aglow with pride in the safe per
formance of her task. Meanwhile the
third little damsel hail chopped her
parsley, mixed It with an ounce of but
ter, a teaspoonful of lemon juice, and a
little salt and pepper, after which she
retired to her seat, and another small
child came forward to drop the fillets
in the snicking lard. All the class
waited for the lemon custards, casting
troubled glances at the clock. As they
were slowly drawn forth from the oven
and placed upon the table, the lesson
concluded, the children crowded around
to taste and receive their shares of ti c
finished icsults of the lesson. Little tin
pails popped uo mysteriously to receive
the well-earned dainties. Hats and
shnwls were hastily donned, the little
ones hurried out of doors, and pausing
on the pavement, cooed and fluttered
with satisfaction over the contents of
their little palls like so many doves in
a dovecote pecking corn.— F. K. FryaU,
in Harper's Ma<mzine.
Killing s Thousand Rats.
The Vallejo (Cat.) Chronicle says: A
day or two since a grand rat-kililng
carnival came off at one of the slaugh
ter-houses on the Napa road between
two men. two dogi and a regiment of
long-tailed " varmints," in wnich the
former came off victorious, and suc
ceeded in slaying, by actual count, 1.000
rate in two hours. The ratt were under
the floor of a log con a), and the men
got at them by lifting one board at a
time and hitting what they could with
clubs, while the dog* killed the rest.
After the battle was over the rats were
thrown out in a pile in the road, which
made one of the most novel sights ever
seen by the passers. They wero finally
buried in a grave prepared for their re
oeption.
Home Marriage Customs.
1" *rly New. among J ewe, Pagans and
pqristlans, the practice of crowning the
bride and bridegroom with chapleta of
flowers was almost universal. Among
the Anglo-Saxons a chaplet of myrtle
was kept in the church for this purpose.
The origin ol the veil is lost in obscurity
Mr. Jeaffreson thinks that it may he
ascribed to the Hebrew ceremony, or to
the east, whert veils have been worn
from time immemorial; or to the yellow
veil which was worn by the Roman
brides. It has not always been looked
upon its an indispensable adjunct to the
bride in this country. It may surprise
my gentle readers to learn that knives
and daggers were part of the customary
accoutrcnukits of a bride, and were com
monly worn by ladies. The wedding
knives differed only from others in being
more highly ornamented. Shakespeare,
in an old <juarto, 15i>7, makes Juliet
wear a knife at the friar's cell. The
wooden girdle, or cincture, worn by
Roman brides, was a most essential part
of their custom, and thcoeculiar form in
which this girdle w:is tied originated the
true lovers' knot.
But wedding cakes, as we understand
the term, are comparatively modern.
The origin of our bride-cake in its pre
sent form may be traced back to about
the middle of the seventeenth century.
These cakes or buns, superseded the
hard, dry biscuits of an earlier date?.
They were made of suite, currants, ni/lk
sugar and eggs; ana provided in large
quantities, not only by the bridegroom
but by most of the guests,\t an Eliza
bethan wedding. Bome were thrown
over the bride's head, others put through
herring and eaten for luck,or preserved
to inspire pleasant and prophetic dreams.
In Sweden a bride lias her pockets filled
with bread. It is supposed that every
piece she gives to the poor on the way to
chuieh averts some misfortune. In
Norway the bride herself hands around
strong drinks,'that all the company may
drink long life to her; the wedding feast
lasts some days, and the guests have no
wish to let their moderation be known.
In Liburnia it is the custom for the
bride to retire from the table before the
end of dinner, and to throw over the
bridegroom's house (!) a hai d cake made
of coarse flour; the higher she throws it
the happier she will be. In Circassia
there are always set upon a carpet in one
of the roortis in the bridegroom's house
a vessel of wine and a plate of dough;
and the first tiling the bride does on en
tering is to kick over the wine, and
scatter the dough with her hands about
the room- In some parts of Russia the
bride and bridegroom during the ban
quet, which always takes place on the
evening of the wedding day, arc separa
ted by a curtain. The parents of the
couple exchange rings, and a basket ol
•heesc and small loaves arc blessed by
(lie priest.
In the time of "Good Queen Bess,"
weddings of the aristocracy and great
people were distinguished by banquets,
pageants, etc. Most of these forms of
celebration have now fallen into disuse.
But there are some characteristics and
features of weddings that have been
preserved, with certain variations, for
many generations. From time imme
morial the practice of presenting the
bride with marriage gifts seems to have
prevailed. During tlie last century it
wss usual to celebrate a marriage with
sports and o|>en house, to which all tho
inhabitants of the district were bidden.
Cumberland was famous for these fetes,
France. The custom of throw-
In* the slipper is both "ancient and
honorable.' Tlie slipper was a symbol
of authority in the Flnst, and in token of
submission to her husband the bride re
ceived a rap on the head, administered
with her nusband's shoe. In Jewish
times the delivering of a stone was a
sign of formal renunciation of authority
ovtT a woman. Formerly a peculiar
form of shoe-uiarriage was celebrated at
llaworth, in Yorkshire, the place in
which the gi-ntle "Currer Bell" lives!
and died. In throwing this symbol of
good luck the left shoe should always be
taken The Romans were very supersti
tious as to the days and seasons when
marriages should be celebrated. The
Kalends, Nones nnd Ides of every month
were strictly avoided. The most fortun
ate time in the whole year for marrying
was that which followed the Ides of
June. The sum and substance of all
the popular belief that govern tlie choos
ing of tlie " appointed hour " in the pres
ent age is nriefly contained in two
rules: " Who marries between the sickle
and the sythe will never thrive" is one.
The other the hackneyed lines:
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday lor health,
Wednesday for the best day ol all;
Thursday lor crosses,
Friday lor losses,
Saturday no luck nt all.
Scan the marriage notice columns o
the newspapers, and see how closely
people follow the curt advice of the
stansa.
The origin of the term " honeymoon "
is an open question. Hut good authori
ties sav that it is said to have been de
rived from the Teutonic custom of drink
ing a concoction of honev for thirty days,
or a moon's age, after a wedding feast.
Attila, the Ilun, is said to have cele
brated his nuptials in such a glorious
manner in the beverage hydromel that
lie drank himself to neath on the wed
ding day.— MarrharWt " Betrothal* and
Bridal*.
llow Many People Have Fifty Dollars
Some one said the other day that in
the entire world the number of people
who had SSO, or its equivalent in cash,
at their command wns extremely small
—so small, indeed, that altogether they
would not outnumber the inhabitants
of the little kingdom of Belgium, which
has a population of 6.000.000 souls. But
this estimate appears to be far below the
mark in the light of the fact that in the
savings hanks of France in 1N77 there
were deposited no less than $153,800,-
000 by 2.503.2H3 depositors, the average
sum of each depositor being S6O. The
number of these depositors continually
increases, and they are, to a very large
extent, members of the working classes.
8o in England, also, the number of de
positors in the postal savings bank is
very large—not less, on the whole, than
two millions—and their deposits, on an
average, amount nearer to $250, the
limit allowed than to SSO. In Scotland
and Ireland the savings of the people
are large and constantly increasing. In
Germnny the people do not generally
place their savings in banks, hut they
have comfortable little sums laid away
In teapots and old stockings. This,
also, is the case in France. In this
country the number of peaple who have
SSO at their command must amount to
quite as many as in either France. Ger
many or Great Britain. The world o
working people is not nearly so poor a
many imagine it to be.— New York
Graphic.
Industries of Atlanta.
It was in 1866 that the citizens and
merchants came back to their desolate
homes at Atlanta, Gn. Only one build
ing, of all the commercial part of the
town, had survived the flames. Busi
ness had to be built up from the very
foundation again, and the energy witfi
which this task was attempted shows
the strong faith Atlanta men feel in
their lively town. One of the first to
return was the present president of the
board of trade. He secured a cellar
under the sole remaining building (on
Alabama street,) paying $l5O a month
for its use, and began the produce and
groceries trade, increasing his income
by renting ground privileges of a few
feet square off his sidewalk of S2O a
month each. Soon the owner of a cor
ner on Whitehall street built a brick
building containing two store-rooms.
As soon as these were ready, our mer
chant and another moved in. paying
$3,000 a year rent each, and giving half
of it in advance, in order to aid the
proprietor to go on with his construc
tion. (The accommodations for which
that SO,OOO a year was paid now rent
for $1,500) Thus by mutual help and j
enterprise, together with a vast amount '
of personal labor, the ruins were re- I
placed by substantial business edifices, 1
new hotels of magnificent proportions
were erected, churches more lofty in
ga ile and spire arose upon the sites of
those destroyed, ami the vacant streets
were refilled witli people. Atlanta be
came at once the distributing point for
western products, and now finds trib
utary to her a wide range of country- I
She bandies a large portion of all the
grain of Tennessee and Kentucky, be
sides much from the Upper Missssippi
valley Much of the flour of the north
western mills comes into her ware
houses, and thence finds its way south
ward and eastward. The same is true
of the canned meats of Chicago, St. |
Louis and Cincinnati packing houses; j
this is a very important item of her
wholesale business. The provision men !
naturally were the first to obtain foot- j
hold intlie new town. After them e&me
the dry-goods people. Most of them !
began in a very modest way —brought \
their goods tied up in a blanket almost j
—yet now the jobbing trade in dry- .
goods alone amounts to some millions
of dollars annually. No tobacco can
be grown in the vicinity of Atlanta,
hence she is without tobacco factories;
but she .used to handle an enormous
auantity of it, and there are half a
dozen firms who deal wholly in it now,
It was found that Atlanta'sdry, equable
climate, consequent upon her great al
titude, made this point the safest place
to keep stores of the grateful plant; it
would not mould, as it is liable to do in I
a damp atmosphere. A few years ago, I
the revenue regulations were not as ef
fective as at present. The practice of |
stencil-plating package of tobacco af- i
forded easy means of evading the pay- j
in en t of fluty, and great warehouses
here were stored witli "blockade" to
bacco, from which Uncle Sam had de
rived very little, if any, pocket-money.
Enormous profits accrued, but the in
troduction of the stamp system put a
stop to this, though Atlanta was left a
very large legitimate business in stor
ing and selling tobacco at wholesale.
Another source of prosperity to the |
city is cotton. The "cotton belt" of j
Georgia is a striD of country between j
here and Augusta. Years ago the land j
iiecame exhausted, and the cultivation i
of cotton came to be of small account.
Then followed the dlscovenr of the
guano islands of I'eru. and the subse
quent invention of nrtifieial fertilizers
having similar qualities to the natural
manure. These superphosphates are
manufactured mainly in Boston, and
cost the farmer about forty dollars a ton.
It was proved that by their use the worn
out cotton-belt oeu Id be made to produce
as hountifnl crops in a series of five
years as the Mississippi bottoms did;
and, moreover, that cotton could be
raised as far north as the foot of the
Tennessee mountains. Atlanta, there
fore, lias come to be not only a great
depot of supply for this guano, furnish*
ing its vieinsge a hundred thousand tons
a year,but also the entrepot of all the cot
ton produced within a circle of nearly
twojiundred miles.fThis cotton is bought
mainly for foreign export, and is shipped
under through hills of lading to foreign
ports, thus dodging the factors at New
York, .Savannah, and othpr coast cities.
The business is not done on commission,
but by buying and selling on a margin
of profit.
There are other extensive business in
terests. Iron is mined near by, and ex
tensive founderies and rolling mills
manufacture it. Great crops of corn
and grain are raised throughout the cen
tral part of the State, winch find their
way into Atlanta distilleries, while her
wine merrhants are many and rich.
Site ran make the best ot brick, and has
a whole mountain of solid granite close
bv. with other building material acces
sible and cheap. She sighs for only one
more commercial advantage, namely, a
railway to the coal regions of Alabama.
Now her coal is largely supplied from
ex-Governor Brown's mines in the ex
treme northwestern corner of the State.
—Harptr's Mnoaxinc.
Words or Wisdom.
Too swift arrives as tmdy as too slow.
Knowledge is more than equivalent to
force.
The whole value of manner lies in its
sincerity.
That glory is short which is given and
received from men.
Beware of him who hates the laugh of
a child, or children.
Justice is like a glass, which cannot
be bent, but is easily broken.
The absent are never without fault,
nor the present without excuse.
It is the mother who molds tfie char
acter and fixes the destiny of the child.
He who lias a true friend lias great
riches; he who lias a false friend is hope
essly in debt.
A failure establishes only this, that
our determination tc succeed was not
strong enough.
letters from friends are sunbeams on
life's horizon that cheer our way and
lighten labor.
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly,
or bind so fast, as love can do with only
a single thread.
As the error of a moment makes the
sorrow of a life, so one good deed done
is the joy of a life.
There is liappine*s enough in the
world for all of us. The chief difficulty
is in getting our share of it.
The first time a man deceives you the
fault is Ids; II he deceives you the second
time the fault is your own.
Modern education too often covers the
flngeis with rings, and at the same time
cuts the sinews at the wrists.
FARM, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
•<IKUM Pultrr.
I send the following which I hare ob
served for some years in purchasing
poultry,and which may be of use to some
of your readers who may not be familiar
with the age of poultry:
Few housekeepers, and fewer oooka,
are as good judges of the age of poultry
as they ought to be. We all know when
poultry comes upon the table, whether
it is tender or tough; and there should
be no difficulty in knowing just as cer
tainly whether a chicken, duck, goose or
turkey is old or young, when it is offered
for sale. Now the following is offered
as a rule,by which poultry can be safely
judged, which if read over for a few
times and then laid away for ready
reference when needed, no person need
purchase old, tough poultry unless from
choice.
If a lien's spur is hard, and the scales
on the legs rough, she is old, whether
you see her head or not, but the head
will corroborate your observation. If
the under bill is so stiff that you cannot
bend it down, and the comb thick and
rougli leave her, no matter how fat and
plump, for some one less particular. A
young hen has only the rudiments of
spurs; thescalesonthe legs are smooth,
glossy and fresh-colored, whatever the
color may be; the claws tender and
short, the nails sharp, the under bill
soft, and the comb thin and smooth.
The old hen turkey has rough scales on
the legs, callosities on the soles of the
feet and long, strong claws; a young
one is the reverse of all these marks.
When the feathers are on and the old
turkey-cock lias a long tuft or beard, a
young one has but a sproutless one; and
when they are off the smooth scales on
the legs decide the point, besides the
difference in siz.e of the wattles of the
neck and the elastic shoot upon the
nose.
An old goose when alive is known by
the rough legs, the strength of the wings,
particularly at the pinions, the thick
ness and strength of the bill, and the
fineness of the feathers; and when
plucked, by the legs, the tenderness Oj
the skin under the wings, by the pinions
and the bill and the coarsenees of the
skin.
Ducks are distinguished by the same
means, but there is this difference—that
a duckling's bill is much longer in pr?
portion to the breadth of its head than
the old duck. A young pigeon is dis
tinguished by its pale colors, smooth
wales, tender, collapsed feet, and the
yellow long down interspersed among
its feathers. A pigeon that can fly has
always red-colored legs and no down,
and is then too old for use.—Oerman
tonm Telegraph.
I'tedlat Pin.
A Yorksnire iarmer in England says
of different food for pigs: "After trying
nearly all the different kinds of cereals,
and weighing my pigs once in fourteen
days, I have come to the conclusion that
if you want to gain weight fast, give
ple?Ry of barley-meal and milk. Corn
meal may be substituted for the barley."
" Indian corn," says Dr. Voelcker, an
eminent authority, "is richer in fat
forming matters than almost any other
description of food. The ready-made
fat in corn amounts to from five and a
half to six per cent. Rut animals should
not be fed exclusively on Indian meal,
because the flesh-forming matter in it is
small. Bean meal for pea-meal) sup
plies the deficiency. Five pounds of
Indian corn-meal to one pound of pea
meal is a mixture which contains the
proportion of flesh-forming and fattening
matters nicely balanced. If the farmer
has not the pea-meal to mix with the
corn he may use oat-meal as a substi
tute. A very common food for hogs is
boiled apples and potatoes, mixed while
hot with corn meal. This is a good
food, but lackj in the nitrogenous ele
ment. which should be supplied either
by the addition of cotton seed meal, bran,
pea meal or oat meal. If cotton seed
meal is used, only one part to ten of corn
meal would be about tne right propor
tion, while one part of the other kinds
to five of corn meal might be used. Any
one who has had any experience in feed
ing pigs must have noticed the differ
ence there is in the readiness and cheap
ness with which some can be fattened as
compared with others. In I.awes' and
(filbert's experiments two pigs in eating
one hundred pounds of corn gained
three pounds, while one pig, which ate
ona hundred pounds of corn during tha
same time gained nineteen and one quar
ter pounds. It is readily seen that it is
highly important to secure the right
kind of pigs if the feeding of them is to
be made the most profitable possible.
With a judicious selection of pigs and
the right kind of feeding and general
management, there is money to be made
on our farms in pork-raising, notwith
standing the gloomy picture of the busi
ness presented to the public during the
political campaign by Solon Chase.—
< Lcwiston Journal
Whra>|lo Apply Maaara.
The common practice among farmers
is to make a general clearing or the yards
and ham cellars once a year, either in
the spring or fall. Either practice makes
a heavy draft upon the teams, and it has
its disadvantage*. If this work is done
in the spring, it is when the ground is
wet ana other work is exceedingly press
ing. If the manure is drawn out in the
hill and dropped in heaps upon the field
to be cultivated next season, there is
more or less waste by leaching and by
evaporation. There is a growing dispo
sition among our intelligent farmers to
apply manure directly to growing crops,
or as near the time of planting and sow
ing as possible. It is felt that the sooner
manure is put within reach of the roots
of plants the better for the crops and
their owner. Manure is so much capi
tal invested and bears interest only as it
Is (x>nsumed in the soil.
The burn cellar may be no manured u
to manufacture and turn out fernliseni
• very month in the year, so that the
fanner may suit his convenience in ap
plying them to the soil. When manure
is not wanted for cultivated crops, it U
always safe to apply it to the grass crop,
either in pasture or upon meadows after
mowing. Top dressing is growing in
favor with our intelligent farmer?. Grass
fiays better than almost any farm crop
n the older Stab*, and the spreading of
mm post saves the necessity of frequent
plowing and seeding. By ton dressing
at any convenient season or the year
fields may be kept profitably in grass for
an indefinite time.— Ihrntl Sun.
" Hello, Bill, when did you change
jour boardini^- housef" said Charles Gal
lender to William Creamer, at New
Vienna, Ohio, as they met in the street
Creamer had just been released from
prison, and regarding the question as
insulting, he drew a big knife and stab
bed the offender; but Callender was
quick enough with a revolver to av
his own life and kill Creamer.