Medical practitioners In London, In (proportion to tlie population, are at one to each thousand person. he beggar on hor-idmrk, at a tlm. fur (lie world "upsidodown," will not do in Iluciioa Ay 10 1. Argentina Republic, whoro horses are so plenti ful tlmt beggar bog on horseback. tt will Intern! some person to 'know, In connoctlon with the French military operation In Dahomey, tlmt the language of that country the I'opo or Dohoml line alromly boon pressed Into the ten-Ice of Christian. - Fomalo physician aro source every where except In tlm United Steles, do dares tlie Now York Commercial Advertiser. Thore are only 70 In Loudon, five In Edinburgh, two In Dublin, 34 in Putin, one In Algiers, an. I 2000 in tho United State. Electrical Industries of Chicago eon i ni in an nrtlclo on tho progress made in 1892 on electric lighting anil railway. Tho Increase In tho num. fcor of central lighting elation hit been a llitlo over tcven per cent. The 'number of electric railways has lu ereascd from 3H-1 to SI 6. Wanton slaughter ,f gaino contin ues in various parts of tho ttitto of Wyoming. Whole herds of elk ami oilier gauio uro being slaughtered, mid even a number of the few remaining lmlTilo, supposed to bo iimlcr tho pro tee don of the government, have boon -shot by tho so-called sportsmen. Old paper money Is as full ot sbn-tcria as eggs are laid to bo full of smoat," says a professional bactorlolo git. who has mado exhaiiKtlve re-eeau-lie in this particular Held. The -cliii'f incilicnl journal of London says that "i wo hank notet woro found con 'taiiilng 11), 000 germ of variouf kinds." If the farmeri of America, like those of France, were generally inn tcrs of some handicraft which would give them profitable employment In weal hor unfavorable for outdoor oo cupalions ami In winter, wouldn't 4hey be a little bettei olT, even if they only uiomlod and repaired tholr own belonging, suggests the Chicugo .Times. 1 .Major-General Schoflold of the Unit ed States Army the otlior day was lu ducod to dUuns the qiieition whethor ludiaui made good soldiers or not. He said that lliey not only made ex icelleut cavulryuien, but did good sor vice In tho luf antry. They can murcb 100 miles on foot and endure all kinds .of hardships without grumbling. On the whole, the experiment had boeu uccensful. The New York Newt thinks that the pertoit whose wad of bank notes Is accidentally burned or otherwise destroyed mutt bo excessively patri otic it ho it sutitflod with the fact that toe baa prevented his money to the Gov ernment. But that is jutt what he bat dono. It is ettlmuted that tho guiu to be Government retulting from de stroyed currency, since 1862, it fully twenty million dollars. A curious strike It reported from Oettingon, Germany. During the last army iiiancouvret there a large num ber of bombshells thrown by the eno my penetrated the ground without ex ploding. The peasants lu that vicinity have now stopped work in the ileldt nd cannot be prevailed upon to ro swine their work, reparation of the oil for the spring planting It delayed, but tbo peasants will not plough until (he artillerymen remove the daugerout bombshells. Not as many locomotives were built In (hit country last year as the year before. The Railroad Gazette hat re port from thirteen companlot which built 1882 locomotives. Year before !( fifteen companies built 2300 loco ton liven. As three companies report ing In 1891 do not report In 1892 the 'figures are not comparable, but twelve cotuHnles which report for both yean how only 1703 locomotives built in 1892, against 1968 the year previous. 'The year of 1890 was the year of (maximum product la locomotive building np to date. The car-builderl tell different story. Forty -two coin pa ales reporting for both 1892 and 1891 built 77,(20 freight cars In the latter year and 90,840 In the former. In car-building a In that of locomo tives 1890 was the maximum year at t product, 108,774 ears having been 'fcallt exclusive of those tamed out .from railroad shops. Althoagh the basinets of locomotive and car-bolld. ssrs has been (airly good for year past 44 "boom" which Iha World's Tali t4 a aeooMloa of large oropt wer r-auM baa aot aaatorlallaad. Untitling for Others. Wht ir 1 bul'd for others, Ami the wall nf the building stand l-ong after 1 am forgotten njr the dwellers within the land, lxng after the bnllding havs crumble That were founded upon the sand? What It I build for other, And the building shelter me not, And within the borne 1 have bnlMed I shall have no part or lot, And the dwellers who have their home there Through all the time shall know mn not? Yet when the yesr shall have faded, And nenetth the roof tree's shade, The children of generations In their childish days hare played, Anil have pasted from under the roof tree And vanished into the shade; Rome dwellers beneath the roof tree, Thinking of when It was new, May tajr as hit thoughts turn backward. Keeping It age In view, "The builder who built this building llullded better thai he knew. And I, though I have passed onward, Henrlng the Matter's call, May know, though It may not matter To me what the hulldlr.g befall, it Is better to have bullded tor others Than not to have built at all. K. N. riunnlson, In ftoaton Transcript. HOW THE ICE BROKE. 1IY KMMA A. OITKIt. "They'll never got acquainted," said Mis. Woodward "ncvor I" "Who Cal and Lucy?'' Mr. Wood ward queried, nhsuntly, busy with his uinnagment of the colt They were going to town on neces sary business, and Lucy Donner, Mr. Woodward's pretty nleco, and Calvin Tierce, Mrs. Woodward's cousin, who were simultaneously visiting them Lucy and Calvin left at homo. "Of course!" ropliud Mrs. Wood ward, who was ambitious and ener getic and motliorly all together. "They will never got acquainted. Cal Is so dignified and qulot, aud and all that; and Lucy Is so shy so very sweet, but so shy I They've bcon here a weed today, but " "You're aching to hatch up a ro mnnoo," said her husband with an un sympathetic snort of laughter. "Lot 'cm alono. Can't a girl and a fellow come near each othor without" "Joe," said Mrs. Woodward, with em s in hnr kind eyes, "Cul Is such a splendid fellow, and so rich, and Lucy is a doar girl and a poor school toachor!" Uur voice broke. "If they could only break tho ice once I" she said, dcspalrlugly. Mr. Wood worth rai.od hit brows aud gavo the colt a cut. Mr. Woodward was not a match maker. Lucy was kneeling by the window in her room. llor hands dangled out of It Her deeply bluo eyes had a bright light in them, and her sweet face was healthily flushed. One week of new milk and fresh eggt had doue wonders for bor. How green and thady and delight ful was the yard below I How pictur esque were the barn, with itt wide open doort, and the red beehives, and tbo well-house, and the grape arbor ! It was a little lonesome though. Lucy wet accustomed to a flat, aud tbo fact that the nearest house was a quar ter of a mile away sometimes startled her. Undo Joe aud Aunt Kate wore away this afternoon, too; they had just gone. Where was Mr. Pierco? Lucy could not tee him anywhere. Had he goue off, too? Oh, deaH She kuow he had. And the hi rod man waa away off in the "north lot." Visions of tramps and other for midable objoets rose before Lucy's startled eyes. She was trembling a little. She rose and went fluttering down stalrt. Mr. rierco was not In the parlor. Sho called him timidly, without result. Then she stopped to the porch. "Mr. Pierce!" she repoatod. He certainly wat gone. She went down the walk and through the east yard and the leafy back yard, repeat ing her frightened call with tremulouu frequency. "What made him go off P" she re flected, indignantly. "He knew I'd be nere all alone. He's perfectly" Horrid trembled on her tongue, but btr tongue refused to ntter 1U A tall, masculine figure was coming up the road a figure with a bundle on its back. A (ramp a tramp, of course! What else? Luey sprang toward the front door. A shrub Impeded her, and sho almost tripped on a root. She sped ou, out of breath, and with her soft hair fallen loose, and brought up with sudden violence under the tallest aim ires In the east yard. Mr. Pierce sat there serenely smil ing, with a book faoa down on his kaea. 'Did yon hear ma calif" Lucy gaspatt. Mr. Pierce's smile broadened. "I'm afraid so," he murmured, wlili an Irresistibly drolly-npologulio tin. "Yon did It purposely I" said Lucy, reproachful and luerodiilout. Mr. Pierce lookod the comical cm. Imdimoul of humiliation and remorse. "You must bo tired, racing around like tiint. Won't you sit down?" ho begged. No, I won't!" said Lucy severely. And thou they laughed heartily in unison. Tho "tramp" went past slowly old Mr. Mills, with a bag of potatoes on his back. Lucy pinned up her disordered hair. Its soft tints took on golden bounty In thn sifting aunllghl "Do sit down!" snld Calvin Pierce. And ho spread his handkerchief on the grass bosldu him, and rather uenr to htm, "It waa dreadfully mean of you!" said L icy, smiling down upon him. "I know it, I'm horribly sorry. Do tilt down," ho supplicated. "I'll go In and get my scarf," snld Lucy. "My dress Is thin." Mi. Piorco went, too, ami look her arm to help her up the porch steps. "Hollo!" ho njuculated. Tho front door had blown shut in their faces with a resounding bang. "Now wo're caught!' ho cried, gloo. fully. "That door locks when it shuts. Miss Donnor. Now what aro you going to do?" Lucy tried it. 8lie was smiling considerably; but Mr. Pierce did not sue It, her face being turned away. "Dreadful!" sho cried. "And 1 want my scarf, and my hat, and tho rctt of my box of candy, and a dozen things. I must have them!" "Tho back door Is locked, I'm cor tain. Tlioy always lo.-k it when they go away," said Mr. Pierce. "Let's see." The hack door, when they reached it, was locked. "We'll have to sit undor tho elms till they get home," Mr. Piorco averred, "or got through a window." "Wo must get in," said Lucy, de cisively, "and get the door open. Thoy may not bo home till suppor ting We must I" "Your word Is law," said Mrs. Woodward's eoutln, with emphasis and a look, Thank yon," said Mr. Woodward's nlucc, faintly blushing. "The front windows aro lockod," Mr. Pierco observod. "I saw Kate lock them." 'Aud this one Is rathor high," said Lucy. "Rather," he agreed. "I should liond a hook-aud-lndder." "You might try the pin try win dow," Lucy suggested. '-It's too bad to make you, but " "It Is nothing'," said Mr. Piorco, gallantly. "The pantry window? All right!" The pantry window was not locked, but it held a wire screen. Mr. Piorce, standing on his toes, strovo to re move It, and failod. "Wall!" he said. He went to the barn and camo back with a wooden box and a lnmmcr. It was a serious uudertaklng. He hammered aud pullod for five min utes, bruising his fingers and frown ing. "I'm so sorry!" Lucy murmured. 'Not at all," Mr. Pierce respoudodi with cheerful hatto. The screw bad yielded. "Now t can vault in, I think, without any trouble." "Don't vault into the plos," said Lucy, catching sight of them ou a shelf within. Mr. Pierce sprang; Luoy beard a soft, ominous crash. She was uot looking, however. She turned aud ran swiftly arouud tho houso and straight tu at the front door; then, after a short, iiutluctivo pause before the hall mirror, she walked demurely into the pantry. "Oh, doar!" she said, sinking into a chnlr, lu spasms, of helpless laugh tor. Mr. Pierce stood In tho middle of the pantry, stiff and straight and un smiling. A tin pan hud rolled Into a corner, and a fair share of its cou teuts bad rolled thero, tooeggs; eggs crushed, eggs cracked and eggs uninjured. And Mr. Pierce bore the shocking marks of them on his here tofore Immaoulate trowsers yes, even on his coatsleeves and bis shining cuffs! "I am sorry!" Lucy cried, aghast, and yet In obvious straits to suppress her laughter. - ' "It wasn't your fault," Mr. Ploree rejoined, promptly. "I miscalculated and landed la the eggs that's all. Why why" his face grew suddenly blank. "How did you get In, Miss Donner?" ha gasped. Oae band fluttered tremulously to Lucy's laughing Hps. "Through the frost door,' she tai lored. "It wasn't lockod; tlm calcti Is brokeu and doesn't work. Hut when yon said we woro locked out, I thought I wouldn't dlsptilo you. 1 t didn't dream you wero going to got into the eggs I" Her restrained mirth bubbled forth. "Well," said Mr. Pierce, slowly, "wo are even, Miss Donner, aren't wo? Wo'll call it square, shan't we?" He looked at her rather long so long that Lucy grew pink. Then he look a piece of apptc-pio from a plate on a shelf and nte It. His eyes wore shining and twinkling. "I didu't know Miss Donner Ml Lucy," he snld, 'that you'll excuse me that you had so much fun lu you. I've been rather afraid of you nil this lime. Do you kuow it?" "And I of you," Lucy answered, all but Interrupting him, and fooling as though a big cloud had rolled past nud left ttnapecked brightness. And when Mr. Plnrco hold out his hand, half laughingly, hnlf seriously, but withal, rather greodlly, she laid hers in it. A delightful, mingled odor of cof fae uud frying potatoes and toasting bread greeted Mr. and Mrs. Wood ward when they drovo into the yard at a quartor of 0 o'clock. Lucy came to tho kitchen door. "Supper's rendy," she snld. "Thanks lo me!" said Mr. Pierco, looking out over hor shoulder. "My goodness!" Mrs. Woodward uttered. But hor husband chucklod. "I guess the loo it brokeu," ho ob served 'cracked, anyhow." Mrs. Woodward drove on tn the burn with him for the purpose of say ing something. "Joo," siio said, tremblingly, "I bcllove I do bellove 'hat they have begun to like each other! If thoy could If they would! Oh, Joe!" Joe looked back ut the pair lu the doorway with careful contemplation. "Yes, I know the signs," he said, quietly. "Yes, dear, thoy have boguu. And I don't mind owning that I'm a little glad mysolf." Saturday Night. Where Authorities Differed. The reading class was stundlug In a still row upon the floor of an Indiana schoolhouso, and a bright little follow was drawling a paragraph about a Ro man massacre. The president of tho school board was present ou his regular tour of In. speo'lon, and he pompously requested that tlie boy "read that vorse again." The "verse" was read again. "Ah! hm!" said the great man In a loud voice. "Why do you pro nounce that word uiasta-kor?" The boy was sllont. "It should be . pronounced massa kro," continued tho groat mau, with a patronizing smile. Tho boy remaiued qulot, but the teacher finally spoke: "Pardon, me, sir," she said, "but the fault is mine it the word was mis pronounced. 1 have tsught the class to pronounce It mussa-ker.' " "lint why?" insisted the great man, as a look of surprise was followed by a look of paiu upou bis bonlgn fea tures. "I bolleve that Webster favors that pronunciation," said the teacher, meekly.' "Impossible," said the great man. The dictionary was brought, and the president of the school board turned over Its leaves until he fouud the word. There wss a breathless si lence as be looked up. "I am astonished, madam,'.' he said at last, "that Daniel Webster should have made such a mistake as that." TUar per's Young People. (Stampeding Oxen, "Many poople who have boon much on the plains in the ante-railroad days liavo socn stampedes of mules aud horses," remarked L. T. Otoro of Santa Fe, to a group of friends at the Lacledo, "but by fur tho worst alum pede U that of torrlflod oxen. When they are loose they will, if frightened, run over a precipice If It comet la their way, but if stampeded when hitched to wagons very few will es cape. Once when on the Cimarron one of my ox teams became frightened, what at I never kuew. Tho six oxeu started off at breakneck speed, and the contagion was imparted to two other teams. The men tried to stop them, but thoy might as well have tried to check a mountain torreut. The oxeu went ou right across the country, with tho heavy wagons rat tling at their heels, and ran until near ly half of them fell dead from ex haustion. I used to think that a blooded horse was tha only animal that would run ltsolf lo death, but after my experience I learned that it waa aa uncommon thing for a fright aaed ox to do." 8l Loula Post-Dls-aatoav FOR FAfl.n ADD GARDEN. srnsitivr t.A-rr.-iiATc nrr ( tin as, It Is best lo give special attention to lato-hnlchnd chirks, being as they aro much more liable to drop off suddonly than those, hatched curlier in the spring. They aro young in tho hottot months of tho summer j the excessive best does the mischief ninny times. If you pull them through until September comes, they will be well feathered, pretty large and able to build up bone and flesh during the time between then ami actual winter weather. New York Independent. TIIR COMINll llfXl. We hear to much at the present time shout tho coming hog what ho will bo, how he will look, etc. This may be nil woll enougli. We are all aware that human nattiro Is prone to build air castlos, but while wo do uot mean to compare this with tho talk of the coming hog, yet there Is consider able that Is alike In both cases. What we think Is the bnit for the farmer Is for him lo let the coming hog alone Walt until ho comes and pay more attention to tho prosent hog. Wo think that If tho timo lost In discussing the merits of the coming animal woro applied to bottor the condition of the present animal, the results would not only be far moro satisfac tory, but would ttnlto In making tho animal acquiro many of the points which tlie futtiro animal should pos sess. American Farmer. IIAIttt WOUK IS OAltllF.SINll. Some branches of gardening aro light, onsy, nud altogether pleasant, but tnoro of the work in running a market garden successfully is lioavy aud often disngrecablo. As for hand, ling manure, the market gardener ap. piles three to live times as much per scro as the funuor would duem neces sary, snd much of It is applied in thn hill by hand. Not so many ways of dispensing with hard labor have been found for tho gardener as for modern farmers. Tliore are scores of obs that the gardener must do bonding low to thn ground and as IiustJ on the back as pulling beans. They are the kind of slow, puttering work, such as oc. cur In the furmer'a own garden, and which most often put him out of patience. We bellove more farmers ought to begin market gardening; but would be vory sorry to mislead any one into doing so under the idea that tho business is an easy one. If It were, its ro wards would not bo so largo as thoy are. Boston Cultiva tor. MIXED CROPS FOR FODDER. For feeding horsos end colts or sheop, oats aud peas grown logethor Is the best of all the mixed fodder crops. It is as productive as tho two grown separatoly on twice the ground. Two and a half bttshols of oats and one and a half of pears are sown to one acre, and at the peat are not easily covored by tho common harrow, it is necessary to plow them in or cover thorn by a cultivator with broad teeth, or with an Acmo harrow. Oats and tares are of nearly as much value a peas and oats, but the yield is not as good. Millet, or Hungarian grass, which is a kind of millet, mutt be grown alone, as thoy are a hasty crop and grow very quickly. Oats snd peas, ou the other hand, mature to gether. A good crop should make six tons of fodder, cut when lu blossom, or fifty bushels of mixed grain and two or three tons of straw, which is as good as timothy bay. For horses or cows, or, In fact, for all kinds of stock, the mlxod grains may be ground nud fed with the cut straw to great advantage. Tho host time to cut for the fodder is when the blossom is half goue and soiuo ot the peas are form ing. For the grain the crop should bo allowed to ripen. New York TIuos. EOONOUT IS FEEDING. A writer in the Live Stock Report says that lu order to dorlve a fair profit from the raising of beef cattle the mau who grows them must also feed them. 'If he be a good stockman be can feed more profitably than the larger feeders, mainly for the reason that he can better mix and more care fully prepare tho rations, provide warmer and mora comfortable shelter and better meet the needs of the ludl vldual steers. It would appear to be only a question of time when 'the practice of English and Eastern fee ers will have to be followed In the West, that is, stall feeding and placing the food before the steers lu such shape as to secure Its greatest possible dlgastlou. However, It would be a long jump to that from present methods, and la pita Of urgeut necetslty such changes are always made gradually. A moro thorough knowledge of how to care for stock must come first. Out It wa tried to get along without a house to) live In until we could build the finest kind of a one, a largo number of us would havo to live lu tents, and if the steers must go without shelter until we can afford to erect cosily bsrns, they will .stand outdoors a long time yet With grain and beef on foot at present prices very few men can afford to ncgloct sheltering their fattening cattto. The shed Is the first step toward shelter, aud when ills Inclosed on one side and two ends, Just make It about thirty feet wido, aud build that other side, loavlug wldo spaces for doors, which can be closed during severe weather. Then put tho feed troughs and water tank Inside of the shed and keep six Imdios of uraw undor foot. The saving of manure alone will pay for the extra exponso and trouble. It tho steers which have access to a shed of this kind do not make cheaper and bettor gain than lieu haudlod in tlio old way, then It Is lima to quit fucdlug or build a better barn. INDIAN CORN. It is a quite common saying that corn Is king, and so far as tho cereals aro concerned no exception can be taken to this appellation. In this country It stands ut tho bead of all tho grains for fattening animals, and enters largely into tho diet of tho hu man family. Strangely enough, as it seems to us, for this lattor purpoio it Is at yet held in small estimation lu Europe, and even crop failures to the point of destitution of their ordinary food supply over large districts seem insufficient to make !t(a popular ar ticle of food as it is iifthls country. Our soil ami eiiinnto are so wen daptedtolhe growllflof this grata that our ability to produco it in vait quantities seems only limited by the demand for its use both at homo and ubroad. While considerable has been said about the excellence of pork wboro other substancos have entered largely Into tho fattening process, It is nevor- thuless true that uo one of thorn, nor Indeed the whole eomblned, can be used as a substitute for Indian corn in the production of pork on a large and profitable scale, as it Is carried on in the principal corn-growing states. In this connoctlon, the efforts of the Government, through a special agent of the Agricultural Department, to ac quaint tlio people of Germany with tlie various methods in use with us for preparing Indian corn for human food cannot bo othor than Interesting. So long as Indian corn was usod lu Eu rope exclusively as cattle feed its ex port from this country depended en. tlrely upon the abundance of the crop and a price which made It cheap for that purpose only. Whenever from tiny cause the prlco becaino high coru exports practically ceased. If wo succeed lu popularising it as an article of human food with tho mass of the people in other countries we may reasonably expect to make large exports In addition to the de mand of auimal food. New York World. PARK AND UAItDEN NOTES. Don't go near tlie hen butiuois in order to "get rid of work." Clean dry dirt makes a good ab sorbent to uo iruloi the roosts. Sprinkling tlie nests with carbolic acid will help to keep down vormin. Using of yuting pullets and cocker els for breeding is apt to cause weak chlckous. A hollow will swallow an early frost. Put your grapes uud peaches ou a hlllsido. Let chickens crack their own grain union you want to wurm them as well as nourish thoiii. Irish dairymen food calves on cooked potatoes uud milk, uud they thrive like IrUli bubies. When eggs are to be kept for any length of time it will be fouud a good plaii to turn them every day, A successful bee-keeper say t: "If a persou Is uot willing to spend the time ou the bees which they require, he had better koop out of the businest, for sooucr or later ho will turu from it in disgust, If it Is undertaken with the Idea that bees work for nothing and board thointelves." A Shrewd Business Xaa. Firtt Managor Some prima donnas want the eaitb. Second manager That is so. 1 once engaged one who demanded all the receipts of the house, but still I made money. "How did you make oat to do that?" "I married her when the seasou was over." JTexss Si flings. Y
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