LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
"•IT Slnrrlniio CMiomi
The Malays have marriage customs
of their own. A gentleman who wan
living at Am boy nil, an island of the
Molucca group, ahout 120 miles from (
Datavia, the capital of the Island of
Java, where the recent earthquake
transpired, attended a Malay wedding.
One day a strange servant came to his
house carrying a trnv or platter, on
on which were some twenty differ
ent kinds of fruit, fishes and pagan
mixtures. The people in whose house
ho was living explained that there was
to be a wedding in a house near by
and that one of his hired men was the
father of the bride. The sweets were
intended as presents, and were sent
for several days. Next came invita
tions. They walked to the house of the
bridegroom along a narrow lane which
was adorned with Chinese lanterns, ;
ami thronged with men and boys. Next
entering the house where the bride
was waiting to receive her lord, the
piazza opened into a large room con
taining many tables which were loaded
with sweetmeats and Malay delicacies. 1 i
Concealed by a red curtain was a
smaller room, in which the expectant i
bride was sitting. Only ladies were I |
permitted to enter here. Moiling tea !
was passed around, and pepper leaves ' ,
and betel nuts were taken by Hie ]
ladies, while an urn-shaped spittoon
was circulated as necessity for ex pee-j,
toration demanded. Soon a -brill pi|>-
ing was heard down the street, and nil
rushed out to see the approaching pro
cession. First came boys carrying ! ,
wax candles, then others bearing the
presents of the wedded pair. Next
followed the bridegroom and his
friends, who were surrounded by can- I
dies arranged at various bights on
triangular frames. Dressed in a Malay
suit of bright red, he wore a gilded
chain. The bride arose slowly as the
bridegroom entered. He put the palms
of his hands together and bowed thre>-
times, just as the Chinese address the
images in their temples, she returned
this bowing three times, she was
dressed in scarlet, a white opaipie veil
concealing her face and fastened to '
her hair. Next came the exciting mo
ment. While she remained standing
he stepped forward and began pulling
out the pins which fastened the veil
and hid from sight her beauty. They
then siit down and were gazed at by
ttie guests.
ititd >otr for H'omrn
Madagascar, with the exception of
a few years, has been ruled by women.
A Indies' vigilance committee has ,
been formed at Malt, Cal., for the ex
termination of d-.gs.
Professor Schilling took his own
daughter as the model for the great
statue of Gcrmania, to be unveiled (
m xt year by the emperor.
Miss Lydia Poet, having gone
through a regular examination has
been admitted as a lawyer to the bar
of Toronto, Italy, with eight votes to
faur.
Miss Sarah Turner of New Haven,
is asking for compensation for services
during the war. She says she servisl as
orderly in the b.'ith Ohio volimte< rs,
being dressed in male attire and km-wri .
as "Jim." She shows the scars of
several wounds.
A society lady is wearing upon her
forehead pretty rings made from her '
deceased husband's hair, which was
very curly. As her own hair is straight
ami as gray hair is expensive, we have
here an Ingenious combination of the i
useful and economical, not to mention
the tenderly sentimentaL Boston
Journal.
Mrs. L May Wheeler writes from
Minnesota: "Mias Mary M. Carey, j
young, fair and gentle is employe.l by
the St, Paul, Minnea]M)lis & Manitoba
railroad at Xazata, as ihqiot and ex- ;
press ag' nt. She has charge of yard
work and signals around the station.
\fche is at her post from G a. m. to lU p- :
m., much of the time. Mie is respit
ed by all. and understands her duties ;
thoroughly, she is the eldest of four
orphan girls, who live and keep house
together. We should like to add that ,
the post is much too hard. From G j
o'clock in the morning till I<> at night
is too much for any young person,
male or female."
Faihlon
Jerseys are generally worn.
Dress buttons remain small.
Hats are faced with dark velvet.
Jersey ottoman cloths display great
elasticity.
Corsage bouquets for evening wear
are larger than ever,
i Clothes-pins furnish the latest de
signs for lace pins.
White dresses continue fashionable
for children of all agea
Rolling turn-down collars are seen on
some of the new dresses.
Corded woolen stuffs come in
checks, plaids and oven figures.
Some of the round skirts have no
trimming oxcept folds or bands of vel
vet.
A Ih'gonia leaf in velvet, with a
plush stalk for a handle, is a novelty
in fans.
There is talk of a polonaise for win
ter wear with a full waist, to be worn
with a belt.
White undressed kid gloves aro
worn with white dresses, so aro tun
colored ones.
Very few of the new cloaks are cut
evenly all round. They are slashed up
either in the hark or fiont.
Afternoon toilets l'>r homo wear are
made of silk and cashmere combined
and are cut with saequo necks.
Wide velvet ribbon is fashionable
for bonnet strings in lieu of the two
narrow pairs worn during summer.
All basques, except those of the
Jersey shape, are cut very short, with
a point in front and fun-shaped back-
The newest habit bodices are point
ed in front and have e< it-tails behind
finished with buttons. These aro
made of cashmere and are worn with a
gatlo r.-d waistcoat of rheckcred silk.
In the matter of jewelry the palm
may be awarded to spiders. Jet, spark
ling cut silver and jewebsl spiders may
c seen by day and by night, in in i-si-s
of lace, in bonnet strings, in bows.
Watteau drapery is no longer con
fineil to the back of the garment,
as French contoiirien s speak of Wat
teau veils that hang fr- in the throat
and are tied across the bust with vel
vet ribbons.
English travelling cloaks are fur
nished with -traps and buttons by
which they can he converted into a
pretty dolman or a jsilotiaise with pan
iers when the wearer quits the train
and stop at hotels for dinner.
Collarettes of black satin, much bead
ed in jet, cut out in deep points with
jet tassels or balls from the points, are
dressy adjuncts to the toilette for
ladies who always wear black. Loops
of satin ribbon with a.silk |mm|>onnt
each end, sewn ■ n to a collar band of
satin, are novelties for younger ladies'
wear. The loops are about two inches
long and one im-h and a half w de, n -t
very CIOM! tog tier, and the |uiip ns
are small, a!>ut the si/e of . cherry.
Army Itadges.
If from anv cause whatsoever, any
one happpened to have lost his com
inaml, or to have strayed away from
or U-en left liehind by his regiment,
he could usually tell what part of ihc
army he was vv ith.
An admirable and significant sys
tem of badge w.is adapted for the en.
tire I'nion army. The different corps
were distinguished by the "shapes."
the different divisions by the "colors,"*
of th ir several badge*. Thus, the
First corps wore a round badge, the
Second a clover b-af. the Third a dia
mond, the Fifth a Maltese . r-*s, the
>i\th a Horn an cross, tne Ninth a
shield, the Kleveoth a crescent, the
Twentieth n star, and so on. As each
corps included three divisions, and as
it was necessary to distinguish each of
these from the other two, the three
go. si old colors of the tlag were . hum n
for the purpose red, white and blue,
red for the First div ision of each rorps.
white for the s < nd. and blue for the
third. Thus a round rsl badge meant
First division. First corj>s; a round
white. Second division. First corps; a
round blue. Third division, First corps,
and so on of the other corps. Divis
ion and corps head-quarters could al
ways l e known by their lings bearing
the badges of their respective com
mands. As the men were all obliged
to wear the proper badges, of tlan
nel or colored leather, on the top of
tlo-ir caps, one could always tell at a
glance what part of the army of the
I'otomae he was in. In addition to
this, some regiments were distinguish
ed by some peculiarity of uniform
t >ur brigade was everywhere known
j as "The buck-tails," for we wore buck
| tails on the sides of our caps.
Automatic Whistles.
A little instrument lias been design
ed for automatically sounding the
whistles of steamers in foggy weather.
It consists of a brass case, containing
clockwork, and which, by mean* of
gear, works a valve, admitting steam
below a piston connected to the whistle
cock. Each rise and fall of the piston
gives one blow of the whistle, the sound
occurring after stated intervals, the
duration of which Is regulated by a
governor in connection with the chick
work. After once starting by hand
the instrument is self-winding, each
stroke of the piston acting on the drum
of the main spring by a rack and pawl
motion, so as to entirejy obviate all
chances of failure to sound the whistle
through Inattention.
HCIKVriFIC SERAI'S.
According l>> Z'-itung, a valuable
lllirc f<>r textile purpose* is obtainable
I from the young growth of tfio poplar
trot*, by u simple pVeess of extraction.
According to 1 r. 11. Grodle, the
progeny of one of the microscopic be
ings known as bacteria may, with
plenty of food, amount to over fifteen
millions within twenty-four hours.
Russian geologists consider tho
granites of the Dnieper to have been
formed by the action of water Instead
of having had the igneous and erup
tive origin usually assigned to such
rocks.
Dr. A. Mayer says sourness is oeccU
orated when milk is heated at 15
degrees, but retardisi if heated for
twenty-four hours at 55 degrees. In
the latter case, however, the milk
assumes a burned taste. For tho
preparation of condensed milk it is
recommended to use |>.artiallv creamed
'
milk, as it decomposes less rapidly.
It is denied by **,.mldt Mublheim
that the formation of part of the milk
obtained from a cow begins with tho
processor milking, ami that the udder
is too small to give room for all the
lluid to tie obtained at one milking.
<>n the contrary, the most thorough
effort will leave some imlk in the
duets, whence it is driven into the
milk reservoirs by the newly-formed
secretion pushing from behind, and
which may htained after the lapse
of an hour from the tim • the milking
began.
The Grant on quarry, on the east
coast of Scotland, admits the tide, so
that at high water the inb-t has a sur
face area of about ten u> r<- and a
deptli of sixty feet in some parts Tho
mouth of this inlet is t • be so closed
that fishes ami other marine animals
may be unable to pass through it,
while the eif. ulation ot the sea water
will remain unobstructed. The en
closure will form a natural aquarium,
which is t,, -t Kd with marine
life of all kinds. \ laborat- ry for
students is to be placed on a barge
anebonsl in the quarry, additional
quarters being provided >:i a cottage
on shore. This curious scientific
aquarium is Ix.ng < -ta lish' 1 under
the auspice* of the >• -ttish Meteoro
logical Ssli'tV.
A Mexican "Gentleman."
A Mexican gentleman would no
more seen " arrxmg a luinille of any
*i/e tiian he would a hod u|s>n hi*
tiaek, says a Monterey eorrespondent
I am eon d'-nth informed, on gl
authority, that it i* m> sp>- tal humilia
tion to carry a )*>k. provided it l* a
small one, and ism; wrapped in pa
per, but tin-re they draw the line.
> line gentlemen is. a lonally fonde
st t-nd to e.dl at the p.t i.fie e for their
mail, but generally all such onerous
tint it-* are delegated to the sarvaatlta
Therefore the smallest family must
maintain a retinue of "m<'Z's" ami
"cn-ados" i s<-r\ ants which |terbaps
is well, in the grand economy of the
whole," since the *'Tfs far out-numlier
the masters in Mexico. A gentleman
never travels from town to town, on
tin si tie** or pb asnrc. without one or
more ■ ilo/os in attendance. When he
ilisjiorts himself on horse or unite I'ark,
his rno/o rid> s just so many paces, no
more, no less, bt'hintl him. In fart,
exert duty in life is done by his ser
vants. The ,nst high ton*l "F. F.
V." In antt-ltellum tlays xx.t* never
more wad"<l u|sin, ami African sla
very, mi most respects, was preferable
t<i this i rfdotn, for the blacks were at
least sure of enough to eat. and of
being cared for in sickness and old
age. A Mexican cn-ndo considers
himself in receipt of a princely income
if paid "doa reales" (25 rents) |>er
diem for his services, out of which he
clothes liiiii.*i if and siip|Hirts his fami
ly. Gentlemen who are not house
keeping. ami therefore cannot feed
their servants on the refuse of the ta.
ble, frequently pay a valet six cents a
day, which is sullicient to hay all the
tortillas and red beans lie requires for
: f<s*l. As for other necessaries, he lie
; decks himself in his master's caat-o(T
1 clothes, than which Solomon in all his
glory was never so arrayed, depends
upon his own light fingers for the in
disjiensihle cigarettes, and slee|is at
night, rolled up in liis sarajie, on the
''ard stones of the court, xtgt li the blue
1 j sky for a counterpane.
dhnt lie Was In.
"Mr. White," said a lawyer to a wit
i ness in the lwx, "at the time these
pajiers were executed you were specu
l atiog, were you not?"
i "Yes, sir."
i "You were in oil?"
I "I was."
' "And what are you in now?"
) "Bankruptcy and the poorhousol"
wm the solemn reply.
TIIE WINTER PALACE.
NavnlSrtnM of the lluina of th* Cw r
of All tlir lliisalm
A letter to the San Francisco Chront ■
tie from St. Petersburg Hays: Scarce as
money Is ami pcur ilh arc tlio mass of
people, there is enough to keep up a
certain style, especially in the royal
palaces and public buildings. Thanks
to the courtesy of G. M. Ilutton, the
I'nited States vice consul general, who
| was in charge of the consulate, we ob
tained permission to go over the win
ter pal.ee, a favor not always granted
to strangers. It is a huge building of
brown stone and covers a large arm,
each of the sides < it is neaily square j
measuring some 150 feet ; but it is riot
more than ninety feet high, and the
heavy corniee that forms an almost un
broken line round the top still further
detrai ts from the height. I'laeed on
this cornice are a large number of
statues, which it requires no great
stretch of imagination to conceive to
be persons endeavoring to e*- ape from
destruction by the way of the roof, so
jumbled up are they w itli the chimneys.
The general effect of the building,
which only dates from ls'l'.i, would b<-
poor were it riot for its size, which, to
some extent, makes up for want of
architcctual grandeur. Tho interior is
also devoid of any special urchiteetual
features, and there is no grand stair
case. It is simply a huge square t"X i
divided up into rooms, but some of
these are truly magnificent, and xxhni
filled xxitii the llowcr of Hessian so
ciety, as they are at *t.te reception*
during tiie winter seas">n, must look
grand indeed. Peter's ttiroiiivroom >
with silxcr eliamlehers, rot tint<-<1
xxal!*, ami highly decorated dome!
uiuoii hall, withgibh-d columns; the
throne-room xx;th its massive marble
pillars and g> fit ebaii'lelii r* and the
plate- room. x\ itD <rx *'al •'hand' her- and
trojihies of g..ld and -ilver plate against
the xx all* ami stands sloping np to the
x ery eil; tig. arc all iin j < rial apai tim-nts
In ex cry *.n*e. The *.io "S-i n of re.
cej<tion rooms and corridors is also
rno-t imp- sing, although the paintings
of battle-scenes, wl.cre image and
rapine on-drpj ted in all tle-ir horrors
v- ith a monotony that Ix-coii • - almost
nau*eating, win-to Is- hardly adapt
cd to • xclusive a : rrr #i <•:' •.
tcndi*l for g.ix a i loi'l i.:• ami tiny
in;.*' f rm a gha-'lx ■ :itr.i*t t • bright
•oih ts and glittering jewels, and fair
womanly forms.
I lic xi. tor i* ••*' :t'*l through ball
atter hall iat<d xx ,tfi almost l arbar
ir iiiagnil'e enec. in 1 a* • .< h one is
taken under the charge of a fr *h at
tendant. attir>*l in g' rg' "ii" imperial
lix cry . I tie | lace, xx fi hat pr> •• nt i
•jiiite un upi'*l a* the ciiiper.r rc
iides at another pal a some distance
up the New -ki pr"*pi. t fairly sxvarmx
xx ilh servants, who are all xx'll dre**-
<sl an<l court •-•us ami extremely idle
liaxing apparently nothing el*e on
earth to do evept to -tand or xxalk
. about in tic empty apartmcnto, which
' are seldom trodden by any other feet.
Here ami there i* to be ms-n a
super;- r ofilcer, in full uniform, ex -
dently in charge ..f * im- part of the
budding, and at <>ne p ;rit xx.- sudden
ly ratne up'-n txxo 1 -.*; k -entincU,
armed to the tc-tti and standing
Miotionb ss on each ah' <>f ado 'rxvay
Tlds was the entrance t the room con*
tain ng the i r-ux n • ixel*. * uir attend
ant inserted a key, txxo heavy iron
doors sxvung open, and we xvre usher
e<l in. The room was almost bare,
with the exception of s<itnc glass-t/qv.
jsst rais, *i cb a* are used at museums
for manuscripts and oltje ts>f interest
which st<ssl mar the walls, and two
central stands, but win n the cloths
xvhich covered thein were removed, the
sight was dazzling. In the side cases
xvas a collection of tiaras and aigrettes
and pendants, in brilliants and rubir„
and pearls. The central stands lxir<-
the crown regalia; the emperor's
crown, a huge mass of diamonds of the
purest water, surrounded by an extra
ordinary uncut ruby; the empress'
crown, somexvhat smaller, if |xsible
more brilliant, and the sceptre, bearing
on its top the celebrated I.azaroff dia
mond, of wtiich the story Is told that it
was stolen from an Indian temple and
carried off concealed in a cut in the leg
of its purloiner. Compared with these
Muscovite gems all others that I have
ever looked on are dull and small
one thing in the picture gallery of the
palace was remarkable, and that is the
aleence of peculiarly Russian worthies
whose portraits covered the walls.
There were faces of strictly English
type. Swedish faces in small number*
and German faces of any quantity,
but Russian faces none, and no one
could guess that he was surrounded by
the likenesses of men by Whom the
great northern power had lieen built
up. It Is very much the same to-day.
The leading men here are quite differ
ent in appearance than the nisss of the
people, so different that they might
well belong to another race. They
have, many of tbem, fine features nail
I noble forma.
Holland.
Holland, writes W. A. Croffnt, was
originally a sort of archipelago- a vast
sea mode shallow by the alluvium
washed down from Central Europe
through the changing channels of great
streams. Its area xvos equal to that
of Massachusetts ami ' onnecticut.
Here and there tho sand and uiml
washed level with the surface of tho
water, and on this trembling mass tho
people clustered, and grow precarious
food, and fought over for firmer foot
ing. Now they drove back the ocean;
now the ocean drove thein back and
drowned thein out. For many years
they have slept on the battle-field
xv it li xvcapou in hand and armor on,
never relaxing effort and never feel
ing for a moment secure. The in'-es
; mint combat has made them a robust,
: patient, vigorous and overcoming pe<>
I pie. Hut the victories have not been
all on one side. Every ton years or so
the *axage sea would store the forti
li< ations and drown 1",000 or 2",' Mi of
the farmers. Then, where the sand
dunes were t<o low for defense, they
l-uilt a great ystcui of dyke*, reaching
far 1-cncath the tideff and far Ixjlow,
the xvonder of the world. Mill tie
brigand Meus- xxi Mild steal through .t
walls, or the /aider Zi-e would bar*'
its prison, or the barbarian .*••: would
leap its barriers, ami there was a de.
struetive inundation about once in
sewn years for centuries, once 75,-
msi people were drowned, at another
time 11 Mi,imm) a *!augbt< r three time*
as great as that at Waterloo. More
than mice since that gr> at i attic xxa*
fought jb.'fM Hollanders have been
-wept axvay in a s.ngle "verll- xv. Hut
the survivors were obstinate. They
drove biiikth* --a and rebuilt their
villages. Ilex strengthencl the de.
fences along the c< ;tst and erectisl
xxindiniils | n them, wlic h in< • -a:it
ly ]iii!ii|m*l out the water and pour' I it
irit" tin- sea. Thex put the rampant
rixer* m stra.t-ja< k' t* ••( --lid n.a ti
ry, divldt 1 them so they wuld i>e
harmless and ta .glit tie-m d'>"llity.
Then they const meted walls
around tie- great la >■ am! s ' irt'*l
wimlni.lls <>n tie in. I:> tlii* way they
have ns laiiue-l it re lertil- land than
tle-ic is ill tie- 'ate "i Rhode Island.
It XX a- Ilk- drain :• I lk- < e -Tge An
' ntcri-risc is n \x <>n foot build a
•lyk'- a r ■** tl at great inland gulf, the
/.aider /<*-, pun p the loxxer half dry
arid • xp"*e to tie- sun a vast area of
arable land. It would l-e lielow the
b-Ve| of the sea. of Ciiiirse, but th<'
Dot h farmers ar>- ;e■< ustoined t-' pl> w
tx-lox*- the lex el of the kx Is of the
ocean steamers off the coast. Signifi
cant, iiuh-ed, arc the arms of Holland
a lion sxvimming in the sea.
Henry Theft.
The st. Petersburg Vielomostl re
ports that the summer pala •• of the
■ zar at l'eterhof xxa* a few nights ago
entered bv burglars, who su< c' ssfully
elud'sl the vigilance of the spns. de
t* tives, soMiers, servant- and d"gs
eniplovoil to guard the b aiding, and,
having broken down d<sirs. safes
. i] boards and boxes, mode off with
' a vast quantity of very valuable
U-oty. * Among the valuable* stolen
are a numlx-r of gold and silver
inclal*, an immense amount of jewel
ry ls-l'inging to the empress, and the
curious dish'-s in xx'hich the pea*ants
brought bre.-ul and salt to the late
czar ut the time of the emancipation
of the serfs. The police have since
nrrest'd alxiiit a scire of suspicious
persons, but it appears to be tolera
bly certain th.it the thieves are still
•t large.
It rare ttfftcor,
"Old Henlxiw," whom the "beau
Hen"of faithless Sally Hroxvn "fought,"
as recordcsl by Hood, xvas an admiral.
His la*t and mz>st celebrated battle xra<
fought off Carthagena xvith Admiral
Dii Ciwse in 17<f.\ He was left by his
captains, who were afterward shot, to
carry on the engagement alone, and he
continued the fight, remaining on the
quarter deck, although his leg hail been
shattered by a chain shot, until the
French sheered off. The admiral of
the enemy's licet wrote him 4 letter
! three days after the battle, saying : j
••Sir 1 had little hopes on Monday last
hut to have supped in your cabin ; yet
it pleased God to order it otherwise.
lam thankful for it." Hendow died
of his wounds in two months.
A t'ool Ware,
The old gentleman met him at the
door, almost licfore Hernandez' hand
had left the bell-knob, and with on
courtly gesture of his paternal hand
waved tho young man in the general
direction of the front gate. Hernan
dez. obeyed, with infinite tact and
courtesy, remarking, as he moseyed
down the deserted street, that he knew
the signal service "had predicted a cool 1
wave from the north xx est, but he had
no idea It would get along so soon.
CLIPPINGS FOR TIIK CURIOUS.
Kliaa Howe completed the first sew
fcig machine in 1H45.
A million bats are said to lire In the
|oin<! of the rourt house at Hronham,
fn.
A distinguished I'aria physician says
that apple sauce ih a nourishing as
oatmeal or potatoes.
The town of Hutlcr, I'a., usee natural
p:is for illumination an<l fueL The
whole town is supplied hy one well.
The eamela introduced into Arizona
some years ago have so Increased in
ir on hers as to Imcoiue troublesome. It
is proposed to hunt them.
Hed bananas come from the West
Indian i-land of llara oa The yellow
variety are grown on other islands of
the West Indies and in Central Amer
ica.
A novel sight in lowa was the find
ing of hundreds of dead Innls, foreign
to that neighborhood, upon the roofs of
houses and upon the streets. Thevars
suppo <d in jia-.e i.een eaught in the
vortex of a cyclone.
A plant i .-died lioanghan, re<ently
di.s' overeil at Ton juin. is said to j>o
se s the jsiwer if riling not onlj
hydrophobia, lint leprosy and the hits
of reptiles. It is a violent ]>oison
to persons in pood health.
A Kansa farmer found one -ut
worm, twenty strijxsl hups, and overs
hundred chimb hugs in the imp of a
■piail whleh In shot, under the impres
sion that it was pulling up corn, and
after that he -aved his jiowder.
Om of the olswrvance- at a Servian
marriage Is compelling the bride to
tan I .] on a tabic, with I read, water
and wine in her hand-, as a sign that
she i* to have tho-e articles in her < are,
and to hold apie e of sugar in her
mouth, in token that -he must sja-ak
little, and that little sweetly.
A Core for HUM line lings.
Many wearied and wakeful JSTS ns
find in the how ling of dogs hy night,
a persistent, widespread and most an
noying irritation. The owners of dogs
given tn spend the hours of darkne-s
in assiduous how ling, appear gun ral
ly to regard with a iwrene personal
iiiijwrturbalulity the noisy nuisance
wldi h makes night hideous fur th-ir
neighbors. Nevertheless, those who
keep dogs, especially those who do so
in jx'pular places, < ight to feel bound
to take the simple precaution* which
alone are necessary to prevent ?
troubles!inie form o( vexation, whicl
i- really .1 serious sour e of inconvin
ii-nri .'Uidlussof red, and possibly of
Jus- ■-f health to very many jieople. To
the honest hark of a watch dog giving
warning tongue upon suitable occa
sions no •-ne will object, but the pur
jmscless and unending howling of the
• haimsl curs which are esjH-oially pre
valent in the suburbs of tow ns, is sim
ply intolerable. It is not necessary to
exterminate dogs to put an end to the
annoy anoe in question. The nuisance
is j < rfoctly prevented by the adoption
;>f a few simple and sensible measures
which, so far from injuring the offend
ing animals, tend to give them length
of day* by conducting to their content
ment.
Those who have li.nl experience in
keeping dogs know that these dogs will
not howl at night if tliev be comfort
able. If dogs, instead of Iteing cruelly
chained up out of doors, in kennels
which are often draughty and damp,
l>e allowed to have their lilerty by day
and to He within the house at night,
they will generally sleep through the
night in perfect quietness, or, if it
be necessary to keep a dog chained by
Jay he ought to lie let loose at night
when it wil> lie found that he will re
tire quietly to his kennel and abstain
from howling, especially if he lie fur
nished with some fresh hay or a clean
mat for a bed. In warm weather dogs
nften howl simply because they want
water. Many dogs howl at night lie
cause they are kept constantly chained
both night and day. Thin is a common
and niit reprehensible form of cruelty;
dogs so treated arc sure to be restless
and irritable and ran s-cartdy be
hcalt hy.
Rot Fond of Farming.
Lung, a Portland (Oregon) China
man, abandoned the laundry business,
in which he had made some money,
and undertook to run a farm. He
came back to tow n the other day look
ing a little seedy. One of his old
patrons meeting him, said: "Well
Lung, how did you make it at farm
ing V "Not muchee good," replied
Lung, sadly. "I sow wheat and worm
he come catcher some. Ityme by
wheat grow up and plenty squirrel
come and catch heap. Then leaping
machine xime cut him and cost too
much, ami when thasher man come,
take all wheat pay him, and his gang
' eat up my tlee fat hog and cuss me
| 'cause I not give >m pie tlee time
j every day. Ino likee farm any more,**