fiEY. DR. TAIXVGE
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Festivity."
Text: "ffow, ur a 3 Ainj
vmay. i,nnxiT., 17.
It ni one o( the most ex -It in r times lo
KBRliflli history whon Quedn Elizabeth visited
Iioni LeWer at Ksntlwortii Castl. The
moment ot her Arrival was conidird so im
portant that all the clocks ot th eastle ware
stopped, so that lbs hands miitht point to
that one moment as beinir the raost sijrnifl.
eant of ail. ribe was itreefeltoth STt with
floating islands and torche. and the thunder
of cannon, and fireworks that -t the nlcht
ablaze, and a ereat t.urst of music that lifted
the whole scen into perfe-t enohantmnt.
luxuries of whinh aslonishedtlie world, l out
hnaUred servant waited ntion the snsn.
The entertainment cost f 5000 aach day. I.or J
Jlceeter made that Krit supper in Ktinll
worth f:ast!".
Gardiu:il Wlsy entertainer the French
embassadors at Haiupton C'onrt. The b-t
cooks in all the land prepared for the ban
quet. 1'urvpyor.i went out and trareled all
the kingdom over to find spoils forthe table.
The time r-a'n. The EifMe were kept dur
ing the d:iy liuntintr in the King's park so
that their Mpnetite uiiitiit be keen, and then
in the evening, to the sound of the trumpet
ers, they were introduced Into a hall nun?
with 8. it an 1 cloth of cold, and there were
tables a-'httcr with irripunal plate and ladn
with the rarest of m-ats and ablush wtth the
costliest wines, and when the second course
of the
i-hai i'uiiih u was iouaa mai ine arti
cles oi food had Ii.mti fashioned into the
shape of men, l.ir Is nu 1 beasts, and groups
dancin'-, :in 1 joutin;r parlies riding a-fains:
each other Wit h lan"'. Lords and prill-'
and embassadors, out of cops filled to the
trim, drank the health HrRt of the King of
Kagland and next of the King of Frauct?.
t'ardinal Wolsey pn-pnred that great supper
in Hampton Court.
But I have to toil you of a grander enter
tainment. My Lord, trie King Is the ban
queter. AngeJs are the cupbearers. All the
redeemed am the guests. The halls of eternal
love, frescoed with Hu'ht and paved with joy
and curtained with unfading beauty, are the
banqueting pla'e. Tmo harmonies of eter
nity are the music. The clialices of heaven
are the plates. :in i I am one of the servants
corning out wiui loth hands filled with invi
tation., scatter. irr tlicm everywuere, and,
oh, that for yourselves you nn'ht break the
seal of tho invitation and read the words
written In red ink of blood by the tremulous
hand of a dying Clirlst, "Come now, for ail
things are ready."
There have been grand entertainments
where was a taking off t'io wine gave out,
or the servants were rebellions, or the light
failed. Hut I 1-av koiio all around nr.oul
this sutije -t nn 1 looked at the redemption
which Christ has j rovi 1 : 1, an 1 I oome herj
to t.'.i you it is . ipl.'tc. an t I swing op-n
the door of t i - ( tell, ng you that "ail
things nre now r-.iiy."
In the lrl i i h -.ve ;o innounee that
the Lord .I.-m.- I .t.-i II ns.-,f is ready. Cir
rliml Woi-cy , a i ., u.in t.:e least utter the
first course, li .-a. ne hi eo-t )d aud spurre I.
and the guests aroi" :.nd ctb-ere 1 him. But
Christ cows in at the very tv-rinnirii,- of tin
feast aye, II" li.-.s been waiting lH'il years
for His guests. I,, ii-.s i...n Htaudingon His
mangled feet, li-. has had His sore hand on
H:s punture l side, or He has been pressin
His lacerate 1 t-!:i.Vs w iitio. waiting. It
is wi.nd- rul t!i it H has not been Impatient
and that He has n..t "Shut the door
aud let the Iagg.tr-1 stay out," but He has
been waiting.
No banqueter ci.t waited for his guests so
patiently as I'l.r.or has waited for us. To
prove how willing He Is to rwivj us. 1
gather all the tears that rolled down His
checks in sympathy lor your sorrows; I
gather all the drops of blood that channel" i
His brow, and H: back, and Hs hands and
feet. In trying to purchase your redemption :
Igatnerallthogroausth.it He uttered in
midnight chill, and in mountain hunger, and
In desert lonehn-ss. au 1 twist them into one
cry bitter, agonizing, overwhelming.
I gather all the pains that shot from spear
and spike au 1 cross, jolting luto one pang
remorseless, grinding, excruciating. I take
that one drop of swat on His brow, and un
der the gospel glass that drop enlarges until
I sec in it lakes of sorrow au 1 an ocean of
agony. That being standing before you now,
emaciated and gashed and gory, coax'sj for
your love with a pathos in wnien every word
Is a heart break un I every sentence a mar
tyrdom. How can you think He trifles
Ah.isu-rus prepare I a feast for 10 days,
but this feast is for all eternity. Lords and
princes were invited to that. "You and I an 1
all our world are invited to this. Christ is
ready. You know that the banqueters of
oldon time used to wrap themselves in ro-ji"
prepared forth ocMis!on. so rny Lor 1 .le.ns
hath wrapped Himself in all that is beauti.'ul.
See how lair He is I His eye. His brow. His
ehoefc, go radiant that the stars have no
brilliancy compared with it, nis face reflect
ing all the Joys of the redeemed. His hau l
having the omnipotent surgery with wiiic i
Ho opened Mind eyei and straightened
crooked limbs, and hoisted the pillars of
heaven an. 1 swung the twelve gates, wuicii
are the twelive pearls.
There are not enough cups In bwiven to
dip np this ocean of beautv. There are not
ladders enough to scale, this height of love.
There are not enough cymbals to elap, or
harps to thrum, or trumpets to peal fotTh
thepras-'s of this one altogether fair. Oh,
thou llow.T of eternity, thy breath is the
fiertume of hcv.en ! .j, blissful dayoreak,
et all p 'o;.!,. ;,,,, tleir hands in thy radi
ancol t'i.orns : Come, meu and saints and
eheruhim and s r.iplum and nrchmgc! all
heights, all depths, all immensities. Ciiorui
Boll Hun thr.ei 'h the heavensin aeharioti
universal acclaim, over bridges of hosanna
under arches of coronation, along byrto
irreat towers chiming with eternal jubilee.
Chorus : "L nto Him who hnth loved us an '
washed us trom our sins in His own blool, t
Him be glory, world without end?"
I have a wurd of live letters, but no s'ice
whlee enough on wliieh to write it and no
rcn good enough with whiJh to Inscribe it.
ulve me the invest 1. ..if from the heavenly
records give me ttie p. ncil with which trie
angel records I is victory and then, w.th my
hand strung to supernatural ecstasy and my
pen dipped in the iigUt of the morning, I
will write it out in capitals of love.
"J-E-S-U-S." It i this one. Infinitely fair. ,
to whom y.m are invited. Christ is waitin.;
jor you, waiting as a i anq ieter w.i.is lor
the delayed giit the meats s .ioking, the
beakers trimming, I'm minstrels with
fingers oi the stiff str:i waiting for the
clas"h of the hoo's at the guteway.
Waiting for yon as a mother "waits for her
son who went off ten years ago, dragging
herbleedingheart along'wlth hiin. Waiting!
Oh, give bio a comparison intense enough,
hot enough, Import unato enough to express,
my meaning something high as heaven end
deep as hell an 1 long as eternity I Not hop
ing that you crin help me with such a co-n
parlson, 1 will say. "He is waiting as only
the all sympathetic Christ cau wait for ll
tomiDg back of a lost soul."
B w the knee nn.l kiss lt)o Hon,
Come anil we c erne, s.naer, come.
Again, the Holy Spirit Is ready. Why is It
that so many sermons drop dead that Chris
tian songs rio not get their wing under tht
people that so often prayer goes no highei
than a hunter's "holt.. r" it is bacausethere
is a link wanting the work of tho Holj
Spirit. Unless that spirt give grappiinc
hooks to a sera on end lift the prayer and
waft the song, everything is a den d fallnre.
That spirit is willing to come at our call and
lead you to eternal life, or ready to corns
wtth the same power with which heunhorsod
Saul on the lamas ms tumnike, aud hrolte
down I.ydia In her fine store, and lifted tht
.1000 frjra mi.imi.-ht into midnoon at th
Pentecost. With that power the spirit ol
God now teats at the gate of your soul.
Mine ..ii e..i ,,. .. ,, whet homely snd In-
S'gll I ! ' ' -1- ' I ' ; ' V I '"' sj. i ,t Oi UOJ
e I l.:oys ' r ;n
Ther- v is i .i : i
t w'a.t n a I r : w
lion he tore it u:
But one fra'.re.eut '
an I hesaw n:i it C
lie foun 1 no pe t ...
taat great future.
el River bont
- . . t '. W.th in ligna
iii It ire.v it overhoar.l.
I-,-.- 1 on hU coat s:enve,
:' w .rl "eternity," an 1
u!iM he wis prepare 1 for
li. i y.v.i kn'iw what pa-
aige it was that ei'i-;" 1 Martin Lntherto see
the truth! "The j.it shall live by faith."
Do you know there i one just one pas
sage that brought AugiKtines fro n a life of
dissipation "rut ye on the l.ord Jsn
Cnrist and ma'e no provi-:on for tho fi-h
to fulflll the bur t'ieroV It was just one
passage that eouverted H -dley Viears. the
great soldier, to Chrit. Tho bloo 1 of Jesus
Christ clennieth o-om nil sin."
Do you know that the Holy Spirit used
one passage of Senpture to s ive Jonathr.n
Edwards? ''Now, unto the King, eternal.
Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God, our
rlaviour, be glory." One year ago on
Thanksgiving Day I rea l for my text, ,-Oh,
give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,
for His merey en.lureth forever." And there
Is a young man in the house to whose heart
the Holy Spirit took that teTt for his eternal
redemption. I might speak of my own case. J
will tell you I was brought to the peace of tht.
gtwpel through the Syro-1'hrenician woman's
ery to fJhrfsti "Even the dogs eat of the
crumbs that fall from the Motor's tablfl;"
Do you know that the holy spirit almost
always uses insigniQeant means? Eloquent
sermons never save anybody. Philosophical
sermons never save anyun ly. Metaohysieal
sermons never save anvbody. llut the 1
minister eomes some Sabbath to his pulpit
wojfjnJuljltJigasems6ts fin.dti rs-
li.ii? oi 8 frenzied doorbell. Hs has 03!y
text and two or throe Ideas, bat he sutsi
'O Lord, help me. Here are a good many
peopla I may anver meet again. I hars not
much to say. Kpeak Thou through my poor
lips." And befoM the aerrloe Is dona there
ire tearful eye cad a solemnity like the
judgment.
The great French orator, when the dead
King lay before him, looked up and cried,
"God only la great I" and the triumph of
his eloquence has beea told by the his
torians. But I have not heard that one soul
was saved by the oratorical flourish. Worldly
critics may think that the early preaching
of Thomas Chalmers was a masterpiece.
Dot Thomas Chalmers says he never began
to preach until he eame out of the sickroom,
whits and emad-'-' -"d told men ths
impls story of Jesus, ra the great day ot
eternity it will be found that the most souls
have been brought to Christ not by the
Bossaets and Maasillona and Boardalones.
t'Ut by tmmble men, who, In the strength of
Cod and bellevintt in the eternal spirit, in-
i yitod men to Jeros.
There were wise salves, there were excel
lent ointments, I suppose, In the time of
Christ far blind an 1 in flame. 1 eyes. But
Jesns turned His back upon them and put the
tip of His finger to His tongue, and with the
spittle that adhered to the finger Hs anoint
ed the eyes of the blind man, and daylight
poured into his blinded sonh So It Is now
that the spirit of God takes that humble
prayer meeting talk, whloh seems to be the
very saliva ot Christian influence, and anoints
the eyes of the blind and pours the sunlight
of pardon and peace upon the soul.
Oh, my friend, I wish we oonld feel it more
and more that If any good is done it is by the
power of God s omnipotent spirit. I do not
know what hymn may bringyou to Jesus. I do
not know what wonla of the.Soripture lesson I
read may save your souL Perhaps the spirit
of God may hurl the very text Into your
heart, "Come, for all things are now ready."
Again, the church Is ready. O man, 11 I
could take the curtain oft then Christian
neans, I could show ywi a great many aaxle
ti"S for your redemption. lou think that
old man is asleep because bis head Is down
and his eyes are shut, No ; he Is praying for
your redemption and hoping that the words
spoken may strike your heart. Do you know
the air Is full of prayer? Do you know that
prayer is going up from Fulton street prayer
meeting and from Friday evoniag prayer
meeting, and go:ng up every hour of the day
for the redemption of the people' And If
you should Just start toward the door of tho
Christian church, how quickly it woirM flv
open 1 Hundreds ot people wouid say : "Givi.
that man room at the sieraineat. Bring th.i
silver bowl for his baptism. Give him the
right hand of Christian fellowship. Bring
him iuto all Christian associations.'
Oh you wanderer on the cold mountains,
come into th-a warm sneepfold. 1 let down
teo 'eirsanl bid you come In. With the
shepherd's crook 1 point you the way. Hun
dreds of Christian hands beckon you into
the church of Go I. A great many people do
not like the church, aud say it is a grst
mass of hypocrites, but it is a giorious
church witn all its Importations. Christ
bought it, and hoisted the pillars, and s -van r
its gates, and li t"d its arclit-s, an I cur
fined it with upiio's'ery crunsou with cru
ei.ixiou carnage. Co.ne into it.
IV-are a .ar ten ral.e-t around,
I'll... n aa l nn 1-3 e illar tf-e lal,
A I H e l In -'o-l hv itrnej
Out ta w.,ret' Will le.-n -s.
Again, the eng"!s of Gol nr-- rea Iv. A
;'r-vit many Christ. -ms ttnnlc ttlnt tue t.
a -out angels Is fanciiu1. Yousiyit is avery
goo I i-u'.jeet for theological stu lents w.io
a .ve just begun to sermo'iize, but for elder
m m it is improper. There is no more proo;
in t.at Bible that there, is a G ) 1 than there
-:re an :".s. Why, do al Ciey swar.u a JOilt
J. i 'o'n's ladder Are we not told thu taey
conducted Lazarus upward ; that they stand
ore the throne, their facee covered uo
( with their wings, wnile. they err, "Holy,
hoiy is tne Lord Got Almighty r Did not
D avid see thousands and thousands? Did
not one angel slay 1S5.000 men in Henna
eherib's army? And shall they not be the
chief harvesters at the judgment?
There is a line of loving, holy, mighty
angels reaching to heaven. I suppose they
reach from here to the very gate, and when
an audience is assembled for Christian wor
ship the air is full of them. If each one of
you has a guar tian ar.gel, how many celes
ta's there are here ! Tney crowd the piace,
taey hover, they flit n!out, they rejoice.
Loo'.;, that spirit is just come from the
t:irone! A moment ago it stood beforeChris;
in I hear I the doxoiogy of the gloriile 1.
e ok ! Ii. ight, immortal, wh it news from
tae golden cily ! Speak, spirit hlesi ! The
r .-nn... "i n s melting cm the air, "Co. ii",
.or ail things are now ready 1"
A'lg.vg ready to b mr the tidin rs angels
r-'.i ly to drop the bene liet ion, an-eis r--a ly
to kin lie the joy. They have sto 1 in giorv
taey know all a'.our il. They have feit it
:oy that is felt wnre there are no tears at
i'i graves; immorval health, but no invalb
:s n ; eoni:s. but no groans; wedding ledl ,
i " no fun ral torches j eyes ti.at never weep.
'. i'i Is that never blister, hea ls that never
a. it. hearts that n-ver br-akf frienlshipi
hot are nev-r weaken" 1.
K -a ly, ail of tne n ! ilia ly, thrones, prin
ipalities and pow-rsl lte.tiy, seraphim anil
Mi-rn'.iin ! K-ei ly, .Michael the Archangel t
- Aga.n, your k-n ire l in g.ory are all ready
'or your coming. I pronounce ni'd'Tii
srerituaiism a frau I ani a sham. If Joan
Idton an 1 George Whitofleld h.iv no b -tte,-i.iisine'ss
than to crawl uu lera tabl. and rat-lb-
the leaves, they had better slay at home
n glory. While I believe that modern spir-Huaiis-ii
is bad because of its mental aud
'o Tistic ravages, common sense, enlight
ened by the wor 1 of Go I, teaches us that
.i.ir fnn is in giory sympathize with our re-
:e-r ption.
Xne BiMe sacs plainly there Is Joy In
h-aven among tae nugeis of God over one
s iin. rthat r-p-ntete, an I if angels rejoice
and know ot it :ia 1 not our friends at an !-
:ng among them know il? Some of th"s- j
s;.irts in glory toiled for your redemption. ;
Wueu tnev cH-ne to die, their chief grief was '
tuat you were not a Cnristian. Tney stii.i,
"Meet me in heaven," an I put their hands
o.u from the cover nn t said, "Goo l'-y,"
Now, suppose you should cross cvr fro.n
i sinrui liie to a holy life. Suppose you
-..'.ould be born into tne k'lig lom. Suppose
Viiushould now S IV : '-i'lireweil. O deeollful
wor.d I Get thee gene, mv sin! l'io upon
..II the follies ! O Cnr.-t. help in or I p t
s i ! I take n.y promise. I believe i'hj word.
I J'titer Thy service,"
.shipr"oe you should st and do thtv? W hy.
"He is co-mug1' an I th angel poising
tvf-herin tlie air would seout it upward,
!.. (s eon ing !" au 1 it woul I run all up the
line o' light fro-n win r to w.ng and .from
tnmp-t to inrnp"t until it reaehod the gate,
and then it weal 1 Hash to "the housep of
manv n insh.ris, in l it wonM find out your
k.n :re 1 there, an 1 before your tears of re
peten in ' had be-nwiie'l from tho ehek
and be-ore you had flnishe 1 your first prayer
your kindred in glory woui.l know of It,
rind another heaven wotii 1 be added to their
(or, and they wouid ery ".My prayers are
answered ; another loved ene mve-1. (live
me a harp with which to strike the joy.
Saved ! Saved ! 8 ived
If I have shown you that "a'l things are
readv,'' that Christ is ready, that the Holy
Spirit is leady, that the eiinreh is ready,
that the angels in glory are ready, t'.ial your
gloriUel hundred are ready. then
with all the concentrated emphasis of rnv
oul I ask you if you are rea ly? You see my
rahject throws the whole responsibility upon
rourself. If yea do not get into the King's
bssnraet it is bsosjise yon do noj a'veDt the
nv.-.ateiu. i uu nave tue mosr iai-,ortunale
iivitat'ici. Two ar.ns tr 't "! I down Iron
.lie eross soaked in t:o. 1 i Ir n pIoot to
lnger tip, two lips quiver. n : in mortal ni
TUish, two eyes beaming wi'i innite love,
eying. '"Come, eo me, for -ill thin gs are now
sady."
I told you that when tiie Qn -en came to
Semlworth Castle they stopne I a"! tae clocks,
hat the finger of tlpie meg::t i" pointed to
hat happy moment of h r arr.v.i. )'. if
.he King would come to the ea.l- of yo ir
toul. you migtrt well a'.ft.ri to sto;i all the
"locs, that the hau ls might forever p jint to
his moment as th-i one tvo.t bright, moot
ilessed, most tremeniou-. Now. I wish I
lonld go around fro.iieirele to circle au 1 in
Ttte every oneof you, aeeordin r to ihe invi
fftion of my text, saying. 'Conie !"
I would like to takeevery one of you by the
land aud say. "Come !'' "oid man, who has
-en wandering sixty or seventy yesrs, thy
un has almost gone down. Tarouirh the
lust of the eveningstretoh out your w.there 1
mnd to Christ. Ho will not cist thee IT,
ld man. Oh, that one teHr of rep-mtance
night trickle down thy wrinkle I eh -ek ! Af
er Christ has fed thee all thy life long, do
foa not think yon can afford to speak one
word in His praise?
Come, those of yon who arg farthest awav
rom Gol. Drunkard, Christ can pat out
he fire of thy thirst. He can br.-ak that
hackle. He can restore thy bh.ated home,
io to Jesus, libertine! Christ saw thee
where thou wort lust night. He knows of
hy s.n. Yet if thou wilt bring thy polluted
-oul to Him this moment Ho will throw over
t the mantle of His pardon and love. Merey
'or thee oh. thnu ehief tt ijnn..ru I U.-ln.
:hy feet foul with bell and thy laughter the
horror of the street ! Oh, Mary Magdalene,
look to Jesus! M-rey lor thee, poor lost
waif of the street 1 Self-righteous man, thou
must lie born again, or tuou canst not see
the kingdom of God !
Do you think you can get into the feast
iviiii umsB ragsr nv, me rung s servant
would tear them off arid leave you naked at .
ineeate. lou must be born again. The
dav is far spent, 'i'he eli-Ts begin to slide
their long sha lows a.-ross the plsm. Do you
know the fe 1st has already begun the fe.ist
10 which vou Were invited and the King
its with His band on the door of the ba-
neting room, and Ha begins to swing It
lut? It Is halt way shot. It is three,
fourths shut. It is only just ajar, goon It
will be shut.
"Come, for all- things are now ready.'
Have I missed on man? Who has not felt
himself called this hobr? Then I call him
low. This la the hour of thy redemption.
WbO God tnvftaa, sow bleat tlie day;
How iweat ibm gospel'! ehsrmluff kotindl
Come, tlaaer, baace, oh, baste away.
Whue vet a pardonlnc Ood la found.
Interestiag Ordnance Experimeots.
The Armstrong Company, of Eng
land, has shown some very interest
ing experiments with the latest ord
nance. A nix-inch gun was fired four
times in twenty seconds, an eight-inch
gun three times in thirty seconds. A
torpedo was driven satisfactorily with
cordite as a powder. There was a
search light which would keep its
beam upon an object no matter how
violently the vessel rolled. A ten
inch thirty -ton gun, when it was
fired, opened the breech screw by tho
recoil and wound np a spring, which
when released, would close the breech
again. A 4 7-100 field howitzer anchored
itself after the first disoharge by driv
ing a spade-shaped plate into the
ground, after which its recoil was met
by a jacket which surrounds it.
quick-firing field gun, which anohon
itself in a similar manner, fired five
rounds of scrapnel in fifty-three sec
onds. A fif teen-ponnder mountain
howitzer could be taken to pieces so
that no part of it would wsigb. more
than 200 pounds. It was screwed to
gether im five minutes. six-inch
gun, with light portable disappearing
mountings for a siege train, could bs
taken apart so that no portion weighed
more than three tons, ten hours being
required to mount it. A six-inoh naval
gun fired five rounds in sixty-nine sec
onds, each time at a different range
and target. A plate of special steel
designed for a shield received rifle and
Gatling gun fire at 100 yards range
without a single penetration, while the
plate hitherto used was penetrated at
every shot, the Uatidug guu almost
cutting it in two. Chicago Herald.
Horace Greeley and His Urlis.
'When Horace Greeley was first
married and brought his wife home on
a visit a sngai party was given in their
honor on a neighboring farm. AU
the guests bad arrived, and we were
looking out, watching for the belated
bride and groom. At lust we suit
something appearing in the dibtauce.
As this same object came nearer, we
discovered it was the old white hurso
of the Grecleys, bIowIv picking his
way through the mnd. On his back
sat the bride in a brilliant yellow frock,
with a green velvet belt, and behind
her, wrapped in his famous white ovtr
coat, sat the already famous editor. It
was the funniest sight I ever saw, and
set us off in fits of laughing. I re
member," concluded my informant,
laughing again at her recollection,
"that I simply lay down and rolled
upon the floor in a spasm of mirth. "
Mr. Greeley came home every year,
and after a day or two on the farm,
would start to walk miles and cull on
people, lie was never known to knock
at a farmhouse door. No matter
whether he knew the inmates or not,
hs would push open the door, walk
right in, sit down by the fireplace aud
fall to discussing crops and other
topics dear to the farmer's heart.
Everybody was glad to welcome this
gentle, brusque intruder. trss and
l'rinter.
Aniuial Paradoxes.
r.-rhups no bird spend mora of t'nelr
livei on the win tliaa pirrots and
pigeons, the latter bein also a non Uii
most graceful and rapid of tb.9 in
haliit.mu of the air. Iu New Z.'alan 1 a
-pjcies of parrot is found that, finding;
its food entirely oa tlis ground, hn lo3t
the puA-er of ililit. It dillcrs fro.n the
test of its family only in this particular
atid iu buin almost voiceless.
Auvjug recent breeds of pige m is the
,-iarloi tumbler, waich has not only lojt
he pDivcr of flight, but hn very nearly
ost that of walking a well. In rju ior
notions when it attempts to walk liavj
jlveii its na ne, the tumbler.
As thick as the hair on a dajf
ic," e.v.;reses nothing in Mexico., for
: iu Alex c i'i do is utterly devoid of
hit 0:1 his bac' or aiy where else. Tue
ot nlimite having rendered it super
a.t in5, tn ither nature kindly divested
di'ii of it. Nor does '"tho little buiy
leu improve eac'i shinin hour"' in tb.it
-matry. O i tue oatrary, it soaa leirus
:'ia", as tiiere is no winter there, there is
no necessity for laying in a supply of
aonev, and degenerates into a thorough,.
.red loafer.
'.Vs bi'g; as a wdi'.e'' miht be rather
mill, h there is a species of the
.-.t icean yeu js hardly tiire.3 feot !o:i.
"As eiiuhiu as a fox'1 would havj
"rn.'le l i liotic to the disovertrj of
'C mitac litsa. Thev fonnil foxes ia
arge u.n u-r; oil stu ill, bcu-tusj
:iiey had u.-v.-r ii-j'ar'i scju aa eae.ny,
Liiat they couid be killed with cluiM.
Tiie "birds of a feather" that "iloc'c
:o .ether" do not belong to the peau n
I uiniiy, as they are entirely destitute of
I Icatners, having; for a coverinj; a kind of
j i. ill down. Another penguin peculiarity
j 'S that it swims not on but inder water,
never keeping more thiu its he'l l out,
m l, when fishing, co ning to tho surfaca
it such brief and rare intervals thai ai
irdiuary observer wouid almost cert.iiui
a stake it for a lis 1.
Ducks swim tiie world over, butgeesa
10 not. In So itii A'nerict species is
found that canuot excel at ordinary he 1
11 aqmtic accomplishments. It hns livel
1 long; 111 a country w.n:re water is 0:117
mnd iu wells tu.it it has lost its 1 1 nth;
-a.tes and a'jUiti ea.irs.r.
"As awkward a3 a crab" doss not
, ipply on some of tne 3nith Sea Island?,
I !or a crab is found there that not only
runs as fast as au average mi, but
3 i-nbs trees with tne ease of a scaool--oy.
Sjorts Arield.
NOT EXPLICIT Exouan.
'Then yon propose to give your
daughter, my intea led, lOD.OJO francs:
Jiat is net much."
"Yes, but she will come in for thi
whole of the property at our death."
Suitor (ubsently) "About what time
will f.hat ba?" La (JiuloU.
Those who come to you to talk about
others are the ones who go to others
to talk abont you.
Take up the first cross yon come to
and it will be your right one.
There are j eople in this world who
never attempt to reach the top of the
greased pole of success, because they
cannot ascend in elevators.
What we truly and earnestly anjiire
to be, that in some sense we are. The
mere aspiration, bv cbaDoinffthe framn
of the mind, for the moment realizes
j itslf.
In what part of a man's anatomy is
. "The right spot," where things that
J please him strike?
Faith does not lie dead in the breast
i l i . ... , . , .
V"'13 loVe ?d 'a brmgin,
; forth good works.
It is in men as in soils, where some
times their is a vein of gold wi.ich the
owners knows not of.
IVORY NUTS.
a siatehiaij rnon vivcs
MAN Y BUTTONS ARB MADE.
How the iVuts Are Grown In Soot))
America's Kqtiatorlal Jlexdouf
I'rinclpal 'Tes ot Vege
table 1 vory.
T)3 you tiio v of what material tht
buttons on your coat are made?
Well, perhaps, if you did you would
never recognize it in the raw, for in foul
cases out of five it is a material vulgar
ily known as vegetable ivory. To tht
trade it is the ivory nut. Down on tht
pier of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany will be seen long rows of sack!
made of jute, which beat the appear iac
externally of being filled with potatoes.
These are stacked at the head of the piet
in the open air. There is no danger ol
them being carried away, for they are as
heavy as lead and not .extremely valu
able, as they are. Potatoes would not
remain in that exposed position untoucheJ
a single uiyht. The ivory nut.howerer,
is valuable only when it comes fratn the
hands of the manufacturer ia the button
or the ornamental state.
The ivory nut is grosn iu the equa
torial regions of South Aineriri. Thi
principal point of shipment is Colon, ci
tho Isthmus of Panana. Like tht
banana, the ivory nut is perennial ia it!
native clime, and may bo found in all
stages from the b id to the ripencl nut
at all seasons of the rear. The nu'j
grow in great bunches of uliout fifty,
incased in a shell, as tire chcnnuls in the
burr, though the shell outwirdly re
embles in roughness the surface of a
pineapple. The entire cluster of nuts in
Ihis shell is as big as a man's head. Thii
.hell comes ol easily after the nuts ar
ripe. At this stag.e they fall fro.n the
tree which are fourteen or fifteen feet
In height and are packed on the backs
nf natives to the points of shipment.
J ..e nuts are grouped together within
the covering somewhat like chestnuts in
:lie burr, which nuts they resemble io
';a;:e. They are about the color of an
unwashed last year's potato, and as hard
's an elephant's lusk.
Thegiainof the ivory nut is white
ind eveu of texture, so that it is easily
carved, sawed and worked into aoy de
sirable shape. The ivory nut tree is not
fanr.e I or raised nitilically, as is the
banana tree, but grows in its natural
state and after its own manner iu the
fortsls, tae same as tu2 hickory or the
:hetnut or walnut.
About 1'JOU tons of the ivory nut ire
3;ou g'.it to this country annually. Ow
ing; to the cheapness of tiie ra v material
there is not more than ijlotl.UJJ pet
untniit, involved in the truilig. Perhaps
15 )U persons in New Vork are employed
iu the handling and manufacturing ol
'.he nut and its products.
"The principal use of vegetable ivor
low," said a broker who dealt in the
article incidently, "is the manufacture
of buttons. A good many people
probably think the buttons oa theit
spring clothes are made of rubber 01
bone aud to they used to be. Now,
however, vegetable ivory is the principa'
thing used. The nut in its green stat;
is filled with a milky substance, whic'it
hardens ujon ripening into a fine, even
grained and a tough substance. Ir.
this state it is sawed iuto slabs of the
necessary thickness and turned iuto but.
tons by machinery.
"Unlike rubber and bone, ivory is no.
iffected by htat or cold, and is not
liable to break in the eve. The manu
facturers are located in a nu nber ol
Kastern cities, though the taw materia'
that coincs to this couutry is usualh
anded at this port. The co.-t of mauu
facturing is the principal item of expense
About eighty pur cent, of the coitof thi
manufactured artic'.c is in the labor.
"In the earlier stages of its use vege
table ivory was principally known in the
ihape of ornaments of various kinds. 1;
you remcmner, some years ago it wat
extensively handled by train meu anc
street fakirs, who peddled basketsful o
litde trinkets made from the ivory nut.
At present, practically the whole product
if tue ivory nut goes into buttons.
"One of the peculiar features of thi.
material in relation to buttons is its sus
ceptibility to coloring matter. It can
be colored anything that is desired by
the manufacturers. You will notice that
Che artistic tailor makes use of this to
great advantage in his adaptation of but
tons to garments. In the Scotch tweed
suits of light and mottled textures, 01
garments of any color whatever where a
eolid button is used, one in perfect har
mony with the material may be selected.
The varieties in shape and color are al
Host countless."
The nuts, when scraped ith a knife
ttnit a rich odor, similar to what ii
known as the Brazil or cream nut. Ly
ing there, stacked up on the pier, they
ire interesting if only as illustrative of
the great variety of extraordinary thing!
brought to New York fro n various parts
of the world and the ingeuuity of those
who have cleverly adapte.l them to the
MQi of mankind. Xeto York Te'cjra.a.
Veritable II cluses.
Thero is a fact about the Fronsh revo
lution more wonderful in its way thai
iny which can be discovered in old news
papers by 31. Gustavo Isarabert or anj
other searcher of public records. ' It ii
tn fact, gathered from private letters ol
the period, that in those stirring times,
when all the world was ritigiug with the
events in Paris, there were actually peo
ple in that city living in absolute iunor
anco of the horrors around tliem. Thert
was no reign of terror for.tbe.n. They
lived, veritable recluses, ia their quiet,
m'.iurbau houses, hearing nothing, read
ing nothing of the turmoil which startled
ind terrified the millions. One wonders
duoh what manner of people these
ov.ter-like folks might be. Nothing
sounds more incredible to-day. Yet
there are many things in his history not
half so well authenticated, though his
tory is curiously silent on so slra'nge
circjrustaucc. London Scixs.
In Florida and Soutaera Georgia shee
are raised which still reaem ie -e, S.i
ish brought by .ile.ijjaei iu Ujj.
Omaha, Neb., bus a taxpayers, league.
China has twenty four newspapers
873
55
GYer
I had been troubled five mouths
with Dyspepsia. I had a fullness
after eating, aud a heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly sickness would overtake
me. I was working for Thorras
McHenry.Druggist, Allegheny City,
Pa., in whose employ I had been for
seven years. I used August Flower
for two weeks. I was relieved of all
trouble. I can now cat things I
dared not touch before. I have
gained twenty pounds since my re
covery. J. D. Cox, Allegheny, Pa. S
Fl
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Cures
Hiss Ortencta . Allen
Salem. Mich.
Liver and Kidney
troimle HUe-I mo to MirTfr all nut dentil, tik'tit
uet-ks I livttl on lnuily atxi Ix-ef ti-. 'i lie
(.M'tor he hti'i nt a ray of hope tor my
recovery. 1 ralliti and eominenced taking
HOOIK SARSAPARILLA
and from the tirt felt hotter. I continnod and
am now nlle to ait my mntlu r in ht-r hoti-e-vtisik.
I owe mv Jiff io Jlon'1'4 SrH'artlla."
Oktkvi IA E. Al.LfcN. HOOD'S ( I It K.
Hue-:' Pllla cure natien. sick h endue he,
indiyfli'ii. bilioun-s.-. Sold by all dru;i;iit.
HOUSEHOLD JI.VTTEii.S.
UO NOT EEEP THE PIANO TOO DHT.
A piano tuner tells that the instrument
u3ers from too great dryness. This will
be new to many who have heeded too
well the oft-repeated ad vie-; not to let
the piano become dimp. 1 be following
j is the remedy offered: ICa?p a growing
plant la the room, and 9 long as your
plans thrives your piano ought to, nt
elso there is something n roug with it.
Just try it and see how mut h more watei
you will have to put in the tl vcr pot ia
the room where your piatio is than you
use iu any other room. So ne pcop'.a
keep a vase or urn with a sopping wet
enonr-e near or under tiie niaao. and
keep it moistened, just as a cigar dealer
keeps ht3 stock. They ke-.-p this up all
tiie tituj the tires are oa. Drwk!y i
CUlzen.
JI0I3TCRE PAN IS OVE.S-.
In our own experience in baking, W.
l-.a'i :..:it a small pan of water placed in
t'iu oven, and tilled as ofteu as it be
comes dry, is a great help. It prevents
ti.e bread or cake from burning, even
with a full oven and very h it lire, saves
neirly one-half the labor ia watching
nn.l turning the loaves, and prevents a
tuick, hari cruit. It is u-;ua!iy filled
with water from the teakettle, b it if tho
ovea seems too hot, turo'.v out tiie hot
water, fill with cold and put hack. The
nan we use is ten inches Ion. OU3 inch
I wide and one deep, It is made by fold
! iug the tin at the ends ap 1 pouuding
IligUily n tit d the folds are so close that
iLe pan is water-tight. A pan made
wit i so. !i:r will not do, for with tho
bet nl cire it will sometimes become dry
an I ihe so'.iier melt an 1 run out. This
p:iii slips ia beside the pans of brea l,
Lci.1 tiie lira box. and takes very lit:!o
room, Always have a holder to handle
t v.itb, and handle carefully wueu pour
ing in water after it has become dry, or a
bad scale will result. All thy Culticator.
CARE OF BAUD-WOOD FL00K3.
An expeit in hard -woo 1 floors say
..hat ii is a common mistake for people
to apply wax to an oiled floor before the
cout of oil has become thoroughly dry.
The wax surface is undoubtedly the best
finish a hard-wood rl or can have. It
requires continual polishi.ig with a wax
polishing brush, when it is new, but
when the wood has finally beeu brought
to a high state of polish nothing is more
satisfactory. A great many people who
have laid down hard-wood floors in their
kin h' is have become disaatisSe 1 with
them boeauc they cra"k and fa'l oil in
in splinters when they are scrubbed and
treated in the ordinary way. Such a
result is likely ta follow such a methol
ot treating a hard-wood floor. Scrub
bing any such floor with alkali soaps or
strong alkalies is sure tr produce such
results. A hard-woo l floor must be fin
ished in oils, wax . or f hell tic. and for
obvious reasons the oil finish is the best
for kitchen use. A dirty floor may ba
wiped with a moist cloth, or, if neces-
J stiry, a little soap and water may be used.
l be spot then must be dried thoroughly
and rubbed with a little parquet oil.
Ne Vork Tribune.
The season for the summer fruits hav
ing passed, writes Mrs. E. It. Parker, an
pics will now be found a great resource
for the table, and may be served in a
variety of way3 to render them accepta
ble to every one.
Fried Apples Slice tart, ripe apples;
make egg batter, very thin ; sweeten and
3avor with nutmeg; dip each slice in
end fry in butter.
Apple Float Pare ripe apples; ite
and strain ; beat for every quart of ap
ples the whites of six eggs, and mix la
carefully with odc pound of sugar; fla
vor with lemon extract, and serve im
mediately.
Apple Custard Mash a quart o.
cooked apples and run tbrougn a sieve;
sweeten and flavor with nutmeg; beat
the whites of four eggs; put a quart of
boiled custarl in a glas bowl; mix
the beaten eggs and apples and pour
over.
Apple Meringue Cover the bottom o".
a baking dish with slices of stale sponge
cake, dipped in milk; pare, core and
lice tart apples ; spreal over the cake;
sprinkle with powdered sugar; grae
over a little nutmeg, and bake iu a mod
erate oven until the apples ara tender.
Make meringue with the whites of three
eggs ind three tablespoon fuls of pow
dered sugar beaten to a froth, heap oyer
the top, and set back in the oven to
brown. Serve cold with sw eet cream.
Apple Slump Sift a quart of ilou
add one teaspoonful of salt, and rub in
a tablespoon of butter; add two tea
spoonsful of baking powder, and mix
with half a pint of milk; make a soft
dough. Have six tart apples, peele i,
quartered and cored ; put them ic a deep
baking dish; roll out the dough; spread
over the apples, and stew slowly in the
oven for half an hour. When done,
dust thickly with powdered sugar aud
lerve in the dish in which it was baked
with hard sauce.
Brown Betty Pare, core and slice
half a dozen large tart apples. Put a
layer of stale bread crumbs in the bot
tom of a baking dish, then a layer of the
apples, and more bread crumbs until the
dish ia full ; leave the last layer of bread
crumbs; mix half a cup of water
and half a cup of molase;
stir in two tabie3poonsful of
brown sugar; pour it over the top, and
bake in a moderate oven for one hour.
Serve with sweetened cream.
Watts I wonder bow this world
will get along when you and T have
left it? Totts You'd better ,t won
dering ftow we'll get along.
ttnlham Street-Car InoldenS,
An amusing incident occurred the
ther day on a Fourth avenue car go
;,. nr. tha Tiotvori' On the front of
the platform was a Tery mischie
vous lOOKing VOUIU iiuu a v.j ..-r-
lated trunk. The conductor, after
collecting the boy's fare, demanded a
fare for the trunk also, which the boy
promptly refused to pay.
If you don't piy for that trunk,
nd right away, too, I'll throw it off
the car, " said the conductor.
'I can't help what you do," the 1k
replied, "I shan't pay you a cent for
it-"
After a wordy dispute, in wlikl.
the boy persisted in his refusal to pay
'.ir tliPtmnk. the conductor gave it a
iicfc which lifted it into the street.
I'he car had gone almut hair a n.ix k
when a sleepy-looking tSerman with a
.ery rubicund face, suddenly sprung
.'nun htsseat and gazed wistfully back
it tue trunk, which was fast lieeoiu
tig indistinct in the distance.
In an instant his face Uecamo
livid with rage, and, rushing to me
rear platform, he demanded of the
'onductor in words more forcible than
! elegant:
I . - . . .. V. n.illinir ! 1 1 . I T
i v;iL J.OH mean oj jinn..,,
t rn n Ir ft IT thrr:ir in dot way for?"
'If that was your trunk why didn't
cm pay me for it? This car ain't no
.'n'e express wagon,"' the conductor re
nliod. Vy der tuyful didn't you ask rut
;o pay for it, don? Vou shust run
jack and get dot trunk now or I'll
Dreak your head."
After a short and bitter iiuarrel. ir.
nhich the (Jermati seemed aUitit 10
inuiliilatc his opponent, who was by
'ar the smaller of the two. the cui
iuctnr stopped the car ami ran back
for the trunk. With a:i effort he
iliouldarcd it, and amid the jeers and
aughterof the passengers and espi-i-i-illy
the small bov, who seemed to en
ov the incident hugely, placed the
;r"unk back on the platform from
which be had thrown it. New York
dvertiscr.
An Important Difference.
To make it apparent to thousands,
who think themselves ill, that they me
affected witli any disease, but that the
system simnlv needs cieatisirm-, is to
bring comfort home to their hearts, as '
a costive condition is easily cured by ,
using fsyrup of Figs. Manufactured by j
t ie California Fig .Syrup. i
There were 4:2.XK men on the field ,
ofSadoiva, of whom :!.', "O0 were killed j
or disabled. j
til B l!u. M.l4. Oats l-'roni Oaf It it v. Srril.
TUis remirUtih, almost unlie.ir.l-if, j id 1
was r?riorte.l ti t'i3 J 'm A. S.il-F.p Seel Co.,
1.1 Criiw, Wis., by Fr.in'c Wint.T, ot Mnn
tana, wlio plant 1 on linVt of Htm Xortti.
em Oat, carftr' v '. '" 1 --il ',i:el sun".
ami believe that in I -.:! ici'i irro'V ir.f n on.- j
bu-i'iel of 'treat N rih r.i O its tiir 3 Inn-Ire 1
bii-liI. It'.s a w.ii.l.-r'ii! ..a. If voit wir.
m this nr.- A'n -isd ir w.i'i Si? iio-i'.ft'.- t 1
tbeiiTiive firm y.i'l will r.-c i'i vo si:n,il ii;n ka i
of h1) v o.its an 1 t'aeir ln.iau:n.it:i farm see. I i
i at.ilo rue. a
Poetors say that there is a smal 1
ganglia in the throat that has control
of the muscles of that region an 1 nets
very much likea true bruin.
IIow'h Thi i
We offer One lliin!nl Ilotlnrp Rwaril foi
ftnyca-e.of t'atarrh tliitlCHnn.it tiocuruU by
Hull's 'alarm i'lin-.
K. .I.C'hkskv f'o.. Props.. Tot. do, O.
TVo, tlie uniie:i:iicl, have k-.mvn K. .1. t in
ney for I In- luft l." year-i, nn.l Ih-1ii--? liim r.-r.
ffftlv honorable in ait business trnuu-i i:u.i
Rnil tinanc ally ai.l to carry out any oolrru
tion in'i.lo by tbi- r firm.
West .V Tui ax, Wii.uesalc Drui'Ut.s, Toledo,
liio.
Walmmi, Rinnan & Mauvis, WUolc-ulc
lirnu'L-ist Tol.-do, On ...
!T:i"i' .u.irrh t'lir.- is t;i'.t-n intr-rnally. nrt
Inir liir.H-tiy u;v.n ttw? bii . mil nuii-.iu-iMir.
laces of I I.e t.y-tcni. Iri.-. . , V. (it bottle. ola
by all Urab'i;ist j. Testimonials free.
The manuscripts of T.isv, which are
till preserved, are inellegilile from
tne immense nitn:vr ot ensures,
changes aud emendation.
Am a Simple yet t.iTVv; I Iti-mi-ilv l..r
Throtit AftV-.'tions. Kiuuu'i Itroiielilul
Troclit-n tan.l tiit in .u: ' iiv..r. n,y nr.
nl-oliitly nnriyiiHcl lor I n' all i iiion ,,f nil
Tliront irritnti.iis ''iii-.i' l tc. c,i.l ,j ,. ,,( t;,t.
voice.
The onlv instance of .
i lly sitc
h "litera
Yo; ks of
ce.-sfttl collaboration in
ture is found in the .Irani
Beaumont and Fletcher.
Howl Ciars-M.
In toy ins that tbo.i'- .-nr-onnii'illn run', its
proprietors make no ML' or extravagant claim.
statements from thousands nf rt'liab! poopto
prove Hint IUXjU'S ( I i:i;s.
Iloo4la II1U ilsMst dilution.
The diamond, though hard, is one
of the most brittle stones. A fall on a
wooden door will sometimes crack anil
ruin a fine specimen.
.M.re- in-eiiM' Hie !hiiii-i-i iy nini; orown
nn.l perfumed sotii than by any thini: el-e.
Why run nch terrible ri-ksvtlu-n you knuw
liobtiins Kleetric Snap is puie nn'd perfect.
Ootibins' prevents hands from cnappmg-
An employe of a Washington hotel
is able, it is said, to wash and dry over
1000 dishes an hour and put them in
their proper places.
A wonderful stomach corrector Iieeebtim's
Pills, lleeelinni's no others. cents a Imix.
In 1M."if. the Rnvnl f.ibrnrv r.f T--
... . i. ... v,
contained twenty volumes, and was the
largest possessed by any King in Eu
rope. If afflicted with surreyesuse lr. IsaaoTlioinn
sou's Ky watei. Ki i:istss. ll atix; pot bottle.
The race of baronets was created bv
James I. in 1011, and is found only in
Great Britain.
Gold is washed iu Africa by the same
means emploved bv the California
'49-ers.
Down lo the year 170 Krupp had
delivered to various Euroiiean Nations
over 1.3,000 cannon.
The Congo Free State, in Africa, of
winch King Leopold is sovereign, has
a population of 11,000,000, of whom
less than 1G00 are Europeans.
and those soon to tie
come luotlirrs, should
know that Uoctor
Pierce's Favorite l're-
. scTiption re I ' chiid-
I l.iftll tt if 1. . .-r-r-a
terrors and daubers
to both mother aud
child, Lv aiiiin;r iat
i A nre in pretiarms tbe
ilsyiitr r.i for jnr
tV3tu"ti"!- TLeri-bj
bv
labi.i" Rud the
period cf confine
ment tie crtatlv
Bhorteni-d. It also promotes tb sevrcti- n of
an abundance of nouriibiiient I.,r tljj child.
Mrn. Dora A. GcTnntE. of finV.ru. ftrrrlnn
Co., Trim., wnlin: "Wht-n I hL-nn tukittff
our 'Favorite PrpcrMit!"in,' I v. as nut utile
to etanu on my fert without FufTi-ruij almost
diiath. Now I do alt my hous:w..rK. wasiitn:?,
cookinir, si-wini an everytl.iii.r for mv l:-.niiiy
oteidlit. I am nouter now tlum 1 have ix n
In six years. Your ' Favorite l'r.--script:on ' is
the txist to take tx-tore confinrrni-nt, or at J-as
it proved 90 with mo. I m-vi-r eiilliTiHl us littlo
with any of my children as I did with my la-tt,
and she is the healthiest we've pot. Have in
duced several to try Favorite Preseriution.'
and it has proved good for thcto."
Best Couiih eyrup. TaMwo3l Cse I
SPRAIN.
JACOBS Ol
5'
YOU'LL USE IT ALWAYS FOR A LIKE MISHAP.
raliforali Ostrlc'J.
The ostrich wUFeat anl i thron .
natural gtasses, such Xriey
clo,e.- and salt grass; also- green M J
aal cornstilks (cut hilf 'a""
le , -th) rcl or White clover, cactus wit a
.,., punicj,
tiie thorns soiched oJ, !"- F,r iak '
bee: nuln. cdla lilies, baaan, t
,nl sVeet potato viae. AW ..aJ
: ,i;cr cutu) aiu iu-...---- - ,
r h.n .,re3a fe? 1 H a
ti,13s'ortaejear. Gr.ua is only nec
sary during tne winte. ' nion h, Pota J
toes, cabbage, ana nw
tables rank as luxuries. ... ...
At fifteen months oid a bird w,l yteld
it, second crop of feathers, consist.ng o
fron forty to fifty plu ne,
,',rt feather amounting to over half a
p,.ind in weight. The first croD of
le.ther. when the b.rl is onl, seven
raoiths old, is not of m ich value ro n
t a to Eve dollar a bird. At the pres
,at London prices a bird will yield fro
twenty to forty dollars' worth of feather,
at a plucking, the amount depending on
the sex and condition ol the bird.
The e -shell niiy ba another item ol
profit. A. hen will lay as many as sixtj
U rS a year.if well fed. They commence
i,aym" at three and one-half years old.
Tue leathers are equal, if not superior,
to the African prod act. Th! larger the
enclosures the better, for their habits
ire naturally roaming. Sia.ij or gravel,
ly SJil is preferable Ai acre of alfalfs
will keep ten birds, if the feal h cat
an 1 given them; if pastured, oaly half
this number will thrive.
The only oue showing for proat a
present is in the disposal of the featuers.
Faradoxically as it may appear, a parce
of feathers will bring a higher price ir
the London market tnan can be ootatnec
here. The reason for this is that cac:
buyer here requires a certain kind o
feather, there being many varieties anc
colors. If the present proluct of thi
State was so divided tuere wouic
not be enough of eica kind to satisfy oat
bujeri to bother ajaut, so taey g to
the London sales and pick wuat the'
...... 1 . an n.lintitC. Wuen OJC6 til'
production" is sufficiently large to nol i a
...... --I- ... U . : f , : ,t o.itn to ilDStA.
iiurieriy ui uiu-jc.uj -.
cle will n dotiiit hj obviate 1. Tut
ilttlifornia fe.itners are !J ia Ln 1".
biugbt by Americin buyers nil sen
buc.t here with a duty of t veaty-fire pe
ceat. ad valonni alJjl to their valui
an 1 selling pric.
Ni diseases uiveyet appeiral atmnc
Ci!i:'oraia o3tricues. lunatcain; 101
ovr cent, of the egs oftea turn ou; sac
c-'ssfully. Eggs rei'iire six we-jss tc j
hitch. Tae maie assists in setting, till
iug the nest iu the sua fully two-thirdi j
ol the tune. las eggs are ursi-cim
eating, of rich flavor. 5aa Fraacisa
Ualletin.
G 't'in; lasul of a Nat.
In front of me as I write I hive a triy
fall of saelU that hive b3a ritli 1 br cuj
nutcrackers of tho avaaua, siys a writer
in tae Cjatemporary Itsvie.v. Tuisj
with tho largo, irragular reat aal sjni
with the waole sid3 ripa3l of wica
jajgel edges are taa sqrirrals' work;
t'aesa with the roan 1, oval holes, al-vtys
n;ar the big eul of tb.3 shell, hava bsja
pluaderel by mice. Bat it is carious to
note ho v often the sans shall hi
another bole, much smaller and perfectly
roansl, on the other side and neirer t'a;
small end. Way was this? Did t'ui
raiuse get all it ciuld reach, oat taroag i
tae big hole at tho big end, aal t'aeu
like Isaac Ve wton with the large d
for the cat an! little ou-j tor the kittea
:ake tha trouble to nib'aie a lif.l ui.e
ia the very hardest part of the natsaell
ta get at the rest of the nut? Tue s prir
rol would have turned tho nut upsiio
doaani let the keracl prop oat. I
won ljr the mice have not given up eat
ing nuts long ago. Tne Iatjr th-iy ex
pend is caor.il jus. Cat they da not care
tor trouble, apparently. Note thesj wal
n i's. Eich has two little roj ii noles,
oua oa each shell, netrest the sharp
potni end of the nut, aid it is easy to
see what happened. Tue m mm nibbled
oae hole, ate what it coalJ reach 7ery
little, indeed and then found tint, for
seme reison or another, thi walnut wat
tastena l inside ol the shell. Sithea it
tried the other side with exa.-tiy tin
si ne result, aud then it left the nat ic
disgust. Hat this did not prevent it at
tacking the uext Wiluut in precisely tue
sa n ; way v. itb precisely the same oirrea
results, aud tho next aad taa next an I
thi next. The partitions iusi ij 1 13 nat
prevented the mous3 getting a: thj k-jr-net,
but it did not desist f ro u trying.
O.i tho other hand, absolutely useless
work ii never, sa far as I kao.v, dine by
tae mice. I never to an I aa cm ty na:
orabilono thit tuey 11a 1 atteuitel.
The squirrel, on the ot aer un l, dois no:
cara hov "high" his no ar;. ij it
wo think that the squirrel relisaes yoaa
fircjnjswita tarpenttaa oaziag oat a:
evjry pore we caa appreciate t'aa i in
ilia with whicli nituro nn bloiiu 1 1 1 ;
merry little forester.
The New York r.crcmlr circtilnting
a loud announcement of its desire to
test on human beings wilting to submit,
a certain doctor's treatment of con
sumption. It 1ms interviewed Koch of
IWlin and Virchow of Vienna on the
subjec t, and they are unanimous in
saying that a cure of consumption winy
be discovered.
If there is, as there certainly is not,
any sort of painful experimentation
jn.tifi tlilo, it is this of cxponmeiiting
on 11 iliii'ii human being for the purpose
of learning the possibility of curing
certain diseases to which human brim
are liable. Dut just think for a mo
ment of the folly of experimenting
with drugs on a man in order to ascer
tain what is the best thing to do for a
bull-frog or experimenting with druus
or in other wajson a guinea pig in
order to know what is best to do for a
woni.-m! -'Ah Madam, we think no
bly," us .Malvoiio or Heinrich Heine
might have it.of the things that God hag
made, and in no way approve of these
Inversions. Journal of ZoophUnj.
In 1SSG Easter fell on April o-.
latest date possible, and lTr Than U
wi.l again until 1933. U
Ferbid a Fcol a Thing
I
Donl Use
APOLIO
P.RC.SE OB nCRT; VSE
Did t'le Indian Smike lor rieisur.-j
There are pipes of all possible sizti
nnd shapes taken from graves in thi;
archie log:cal collection of Thomas ,'I ir.
per, of Allegheny, and some of these are
beautifu'. tae, grotesque and black
ened with use, is tlie image in miniature
of a grizzly bear with staring eyes and
gr.niiing teeth. Another of odd snaps
nas a face rudely sketched on it. Tiie
most artistic in shape and decoration is
id the red catleuite. This pipe is poi
is.ied aud handsomely inlaid with to ns
metallic substance resembling lead.
"It mast not be understood," said M-.
Harper, ,ltnat smomng was a uatly ha :i
with this people. Toeir prophets aurl
wise men smoked to propitiate tlie
spirits before entering oa any ne un
dertaking. Civiiizsd man bis maie a
habit oat of that which was the relig
ions c.-remonyof a savage. ?itt ojrg
Dispatch.
Freaks of Vecitatlon.
rrofessors WaMron and M.-Anl!.- o.
the North Dakota Agricultural '. :.
lege, are collecting grasses ii.ra St.-ii-exhibit
at the World's Fair. Atti..;io
I lie specimens secured along ! ,
shores of Devil's Lake was a ;..
of slough grass wbieli bad atta t: :
the unprcce dented lenoth of invmy.
live feet. The samples wi re -o lono
that they wound them up in cu.u
They also found what miius tube ;:
new variety of wheat crowing will o.
the prairies this seastm. v.-ry inn.-;
jigherthan the cultivated kind.
To A( i'.'iitE the art of tobogo
it will be nei-es-ary to leach tiie loung
idea how to aliuto.
Masked men inMan.-neld M:iss., ,.R.
tered a house and carried off its parlor
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SOOTHING SYRUP:
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fifty Warn, it fMN.ifmfi theoliilii. Mftt9 the
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