TWENTY FATHOMS DEEP. UNCANNY THINGS BEEN ST ▲ DIVER IN A GREAT LA KE. Difference In the Waters of the Lakes —Sunken Vessels—Recovering the Bodies of the Drowned. •'Foundering vessels on the lakes, especially sailing vessels, frequently sink so squarely," said a Toledo man who be longs to the precarious and perilous pro fession of lake diving, "that we find them resting on the bottom as trim and neat as «112 their keels were still plowing the sur face. This is particularly the case in Lake Huron, whose waters are unlike those of any of the other lakes in the greßt chain, although nil its water comes from Lake Superior. What the scientific explanation of the fact is I don't know, but a diver can work on the bottom of Lake Huron at a depth of at least twenty feet greater than he can in Lake Superi or, and much deeper than he can in any of the other lakes. In Superior a diver can't sec further than ten feet into the water surrounding him, but in Huron he can distinctly distinguish objects fifty feet away. At a depth of 100 feet in l York Sun. WISE WORDS. Few suffer uninvited Insult. Truth is a merciless iconoclast. Alas! For those advanced in years only. Generosity serves others better than itself. People who are purse-proud set the ex act mark of their intrinsic value. Some persons have plenty of genuine diamond •rnaments, but only glass-bead principles. While the unhappy have still hope, the prosperous tremble with fear. Such is compensation. Children and plants turn instinctively toward the light. Let us emulate their incipient wisdom! Those who go hunting for trouble are very poor sportsmen, though they gener ally bag the game. You may suspect those persons who boast of some special virtue of having secretly the opposite vice. By all that we circumscribe anticipa tion. we exalt fruition, the measure of which was never yet quite filled. Grand thoughts, like orchard trees, amount to nothing unless they blossom and bear fruit. The fruit of thought is action. Tlie Ordeal by Chewing Rice. The East Indian method of discover ing a thief by the ordeal of chewing dry pounded rice has almost disappeared of late. A case of its successful appli cation many years ago, to discover who had stolen a gold watch that was miss ing, is described in Ckumbers't Journal. A native official who was employed by the government for detecting thieves by the rice ordeal, was called into conduct the process. The loser of the watch was one of four Englishmen who occupied a house together. All the servants of the establishment, some forty odd in num ber, were seated in two niws on the ground in one of the long verandas of the house. A small piece of green plan tain-leaf was first placed in each man's band. The thief detector then went round with a bowl of pounded rice, like flour, and with a wooden spoon poured a quantity into the mouth of each ser vant. The order was given that each man was, within five minutes, to chew the rice-flour to a pasty mass and eject it onto his plantain-leaf, the most of the men set to work with a will, though a few were rather frightened at first; but long before the five minutes had elapsed almost every one had got through with the operation and held the evidence of his innocence in his hands. But why are so many eyes turned toward one man, who sits back as if anxious to avoid ob servation? We also look, nnd thero is the favorite servant of the loser of the watch, with his face almost convulsed, and trying in vain to get the rice flour out of his mouth. His lips are dry, and his glands refuse to produce the saliva which is needed to moisten the rice flour. At last the detector's eyes r}are upon him, and pointing at him wi«6 his long, bony finger, he says solemnly, "There is the thief!" The victim quails and grovels on the floor before him; he faintly appeals to his master for forgive ness, and promises that he will restote the watch. The convicted thief slowly rises, and requesting the master to fol low him, goes to the well in the garden, and produces the gold watch from under a loose brick. This operation savors of magic, but it has a psycho-phisiological explanation. It is one of the instances of the influenco of mind over body; the anxiety of the culprit evidently arresting the flow from the salivary glands. The Human Arm as a Razor Strop. Few persons know how excellent a razor strop is the human hand or arm. If a razor is in fairly good condition and not in need of the oil stone it may soon be whetted to a fine edge on the palm of the hand or the inner side of the fore arm. The latter is best if it is tree of hair, as it frequently is for it presents a whetting surface quite as long as the or dinary razor strop. The fat portion of the palm, between the little fingerand the wrist, however, makes an excellent strop. The process of stropping a razor qn the forearm appears a bit alarming to the look-on though there is little danger t&iit a skilful man will do himself harm. —Nex Fork Sun. The next annual B'nai B'rith Conven tion will be held ia Cincinnati in 1895, A RANCH IN THE CLOUDS THB LOFTY HOKE OF AM ADVEN TtTHOUS PIOinCEB. Raisins Crops at an Altitude of 10 000 Feet in New Mexico—Titna portation by Burros. At the head water* of the north braicl of the Rio Gallinas, eighteen or twmt; miles above the Las Vegas Hot Sprugs Mr. E. H. Harvey, a former Bator merchant, several years ago located hi ranch at an elevation the most ambiioui perhaps of any farm on the contiunt Coming to New Mexico originally foi his health, Mr. Harvey, after the conditions of the cattle and sfee] business on the open plains, and thoq oi agriculture in the lower valleys<-it which an elaborate system of irrigation is required—decided to make his h>m< in the mountains. In a high vllej near the massive precipitous mouitair known as Hermit Rock he laid thesilli of his cabin amid the evergreen andiop lar trees, took up under the hometead law a tract of Qovernment land, anc get to work to improve it. This ranch is peculiarly isolated, the only other houses in a wide region aout being one or two deserted prospecsrn' cabins and the works of an abandaed mica mine. Near the foot of the mont ains the wagon trail leading fromtheet tlcments comes to an end, and beynd that point a bridle trail is the only ith to the home of this adventurous pioecr from Boston. Here, literally amonpthe clouds, he has made tho wihlernes to blossom as the rose. Part of his tiljt>le and hay lands was open jjrassy pari at the time of his coming, aud the remin der he has cleared by cutting downind burning the trees. The range of paaire for his stock includes all accessible raz ing spaces up and down the valley. At this high altitude of 10,000 set, only 800 feet below "timber line,'the climate differs widely from that othe plains. Through the summer, diing times, it may be, when the plains bow are parched with drought, there arefre qucnt showers and often long contiied rains in tho mountains, and after ear nights the vegetation at sunrise is 'ip ping with heavy dew. Undc • thesfa vorable conditions no artificial irrigion is required, and with the abumnt moisture the grass grows thick nd high, spangled with innumerable >w ers of great beauty and variety, and fere are found many specimens of tree mi plant life usually associated witlfar more northerly latitudes. The altido of the ranch is too great for the sucss ful raising of corn,but nearly every her agricultural product of the Norern States flourishes. Orain and vegetfles, including potatoes.grow abund.inthnd rapidly, are of fine quality, and tain great size. Timothy grass four feetnd oat stalks six feet high are not unm mon specimens of the productive oa city of this rauch. The luxuriant growth of forage.nd the circumstances attending the tns portation of farm products to majet, have tended to make the dairy the Hcf feature of this upland ranch, Mr./ar vey's herd of cows give a profitabli re turn for his care and labor. The rift current of a mountain rill turns a ver wheel connected with the revolvingid dledashcrs of a cylindrical chui in which is made the butter that on jted days goes on the backs of pack auals to the market at Las Vegas. There is but one way by which tons port freight between the ranch amhe town, by "packing," which is effectby means of trains of burros (doult). With the garden and dairy producto be carriod to Las Vegas, or of"re goods to take to his home, packein hampers, the owner starts the proce*i of pack animals in single file alonge mountain path, and himself bringp the rear on his sure-footed ponjj quicken the pace of the stragglers } watch that none of the burdenß t awry. Bulky articles, at trunks, fu ture, or farming implements, are lod upon a frame like a litter, suspended tween two burros placed tandem, ani this fashion are carried by the stef docile little animals over the winding the mountain trails, up and down si hill-sides, and across rushing torrenU their destination. The house is a rude but comfort* structure, with a wide open fireplace, which the fire of hickory wood or pit pine crackles cheerfully in the wiu time, and on summer evenings as w for at these mountain heights the ni| air is at all times cool, and oj chilly. Rich milk, vegetables fresh i crisp, the tenderest and juiciest beef and mutton—all raised upon place—arc features of the r»nch fare i with the hunger that the mountain imparts, the appetizing effect of the past is enhanced by its plain and hom service. The larder is helped accordingly, as the season and hunt luck may favor, by venison, bear mi wild turkey, mountain grouse and qv and by the delicious black-spotted ti of the Rio Gallinas. Owing to the limited range of pas age, sheep-raising on the large s practised ib the wider parks and pi is impracticable, and in places like Harvey's sheep and goats are usu kept only in sufficient number to si as a source of food supply for the ran the moist, sweet, tender grass gives flesh of these animals a peculiarly quality, comparable to that of Engl sheep on their native sod. The grass good at all seasons, but becomes accea ble only as the heavy snows of wini recede on the mountain sides with t| . approach of summer. In these ranches in the uplands an interestiij element of danger and uncertainty at tends the raising and keeping of domesti animals, from the necessity of guardin( them against the ravages of wild beast* Colts, calves and lambs are liable alwayt to fall the victims of a prowling mount* ain lion or a hungry bear; and when 4 predatory animal so formidable has onca acquired the habit of depending upon flocks and herds for his food supply, thei only way to save the loss of much young stock is to take tha aggressive, hunt him down and kill him.— Harper't Weekly. HOUSEHOLD AFFAf&fik A HOUREKBKFBR'B DON'TS. Don't allow the broom to stand on UM brush end when not in use; hang it on a nail by means of a ring in the top of the handle. Don't forget that a broom will last much longer, if, after using, it is dipped in boiling water for a few minutes. Don't fill the best windows in the family liviug-room with plants. Don't neglect to air the house thorough ly every morning. Open opposite doors and windows for five or ten minutes, even if it is stormy. » Don't undertake extra work to (rfve pleasure when you know that you have neither time nor strength for it, and that, as a result, some ono will be sure to be overtired and cross. Don't forget, if you are a tall woman, to have your work-table nnd ironing board a few inches higher than they aro usually made. This little precaution will prevent many a backache. Don't neglect to have your name plainly painted on all jugs or bottles that are sent to the store for vinegar, molasses, etc. Then you will be sure to get back your own. Don't think when you sit down to rest that it is necessary to pick up that un finished mending. Ten minutes' abso lute rest is worth much to tho tired muscles. Don't allow soiled clothes to remain In the bed-rooms. They taint the air and make it impure. Don't keep for company tho best room, the best dishes, and especially the pleasantest smile and most entertaining conversation.— American Agrkulluritt, THE RAVAGES OP THE BUFFALO-BUG. It is found that few of tho usual pre ventives are of any use against the at tacks of this beetle, and for this reason it is a difficult pest to eradicate. In some places it has proved so destructive that carpets have to be dispensed with, and in their place rugs are used, as being more conveniently examined. Tallow or tallowed paper placed around the edges of tho carpet, which are often the parts first attacked, is said to bo ef fectual. In many cases the carpets aro cut, as if with a scissors, following tho line of the seams in tho floor, and as a remedy for this it has been recommended that the scama be filled during tho win to with cotton saturated with benzine. Kerosene, naphtha or gasoline are offen sive to the beetlo as well as benzine, but benzine is perhaps the simplest and safest preventive in use. Ie can be poured from a tin caa having a very small spout, it being necessary to use but little. Before tacking down a carpet it should be thoroughly examined, and if possible steamed. If in spite of precautions a carpet is found infested, a wet cloth can t e spread down ulong the edges, and a hot iron passed over it, the steam thus generated not only killing the beetles ind larvre, but destroying any eggs that may have been laid. Clothing is some times attacked as well as objects of natural history—such as stuffed birds and mammals. It was believed that the beetle must feed on some plant, for in a number of cases it was captured out of doors, and it was finally discovered feeding on the pollen of the flowers of spirsas, the bee tle living on the plant for a while and then returning to the house to lay its eggs. 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