BANK JELLERS. Their Marvelous Expertnesa in Counting Money, Peculiar and exacting Duties of the Position. Tho amount of money that pauses day by day through the hands of pay ing toilers of Now Tork bank is some thing enormous. On the first day of the month rooontly at the closo of the day 'a business the sixty-five banks that aro members of the Now York Clear ing Houso hold in logal tondors up wards of 8132,000,000 in legal tenders and 892,000,000 in specie The payment of those holdings by tellers of the various banks, the handling of tho money backward and forward with the care and responsi bility attachod thereto, was no small mutter. Tho duties of tho paying tel ler are, moreover, confining and ex acting and tho health of many of them givos way while they aro yet young men. Among the necessary qualifications for a paying toller, quickness of wit and readiness aro foremost. lie must also be a good judge of character. In a long line of oustomershe must make his judgments quickly and accurately, without pausing torofor to cash books or ledgers, to consult with the othor bank officials or to cross-examine tho person presenting checks. Two questions always confront the paying teller when a check is pre sented for payment. First, is the sig nature genuine? Second, has the drawer onough money deposited to cover the check. Then comes the question as to the right of the holder to the check to draw the money. It is not always easy to come to a con clusion on theso points, bnt the pay ing teller has to do it and to do it quickly, too and tho wonder is that mistakes are not more often made, let, as a matter of aot blunder are raro. The bauk presidont said to me that it is a queer fact that book-keepers and expert accountants rarely qualify for the work of a successful paying teller. The tellors are almost always selected from among subordinates in the tellers department. Time and constant training for the peculiar duties of the position seem to be es sential. Tho paying tollor, in addition to the physical labor that devolves upon him, is supposed to know the stand ing, in a gouoral way at least, of all the bank's depositors and onstoiuers. The balance lodgors of the bank are kept by him always, aud he has to consult those constantly during each day, if at all unoortain us to chooks. It is generally the rule in city banks to place in the hands of the paying teller sullloieut money to cover the days transactions. This sum may rauire from $30,000 in a small bank ' to $303,030 in one of the greater onos. All of this money has to be oounted eaoU morning by the paying teller. The small bills are checked off in packages, the big onos singly. In the smaller banks whore deposits and withdrawals are mide by individ uals, small tradesmen and the like in Comparatively little amounts, the pay ing teller's work is especially exact ing. Yet thoso men have reduced their work down to the point where it may almost be called an art. Years of fa' tniliarity witu ourronoy gives tuem a ' wonderful seuso of touch. They are experts iu the matter of tint and en graving of uotos, and some of thorn are so well acquainted with the texture ud thickness of the notoa that pass through their hands that tbey can de teat n bad note by feeling it and with out looking ot it. State bank notes used to give a good deal of trouble, but JNutioual bans notes are, to use the languago of an expert, "dead eay. " Ol courso iomo errors will ocour troni time to time. Borne years ago atelier in a New York bank by some sort of hocus poous managed to give out ten 81,000 gold certificates' iustead of one. This fit of mental aberration oust hl:u hi position. Another teller -gave out two paokages, eaoh contain- 101) toD-dollur bills, where he should iiave paid out but one package. A pin in the baud of one package caught iu that of another. The mouoy was re turned, ' Tellers are, of course, under bonds unuiug from 83,003 to 833,000. Their alaries run from 82,000 to 85,000 per ear. Some of thorn have become .bank presidents and bauk direotors but iu a gonerul way a really reliable paying teller is a jewel whom bauk presidents like to keep where he is most valuable. New York News, Constantino the Oroat had a (word made to order for 880. Wild Beast Fanciers. The trade in wild beasts has as- snmed suoh proportions in New York that some sort of official regulation of it has at last become necessary. There are now two or three large rival con cerns in the metropolis dealing in Bengal tigers, gorillas, hippopotami, lions and other interesting creatures. These boasts are housed in groat ware houses and npon arriving here from abroad are carted through the streets in huge vans. Occasionally they roar loud in transit, to the wonder of all who chance to hear them, but the real danger arises from the carelessness displayed by employes of the dealers in handling these animated consign ments. Once in a while an animal escapes, although care is usually taken to conceal all such episodes. But the board of aldermen will undoubtedly bo called upon to take some action in the premises soon if tho city is to escape a shocking tragedy. Tho river front of tho east side is whero the trade centres. The gorillas are the most dangerous of all the living freight, ami besides being the most costly are tho least profitable. Some quotations upon tho stock give a very noteworthy idea of the profits sometimes reached through trading in wild quadrupeds. Thus in New York a performing elephant costs 82,000. A young rhinoceros fetches $3,000, white lions are only 81,000 a pair. The hippopotamus in a healthy condition is quoted at 83,000, and the zebra at 8700. The wart hog com mands 8100, with bidding pretty live ly, and the polnr bear 8050. Cainols aro 8300 oach. Wild birds aro much cheaper than quadrupeds. Black swans are 8100 a pair and cassowans 8150 each. Altogether, some interesting reve lations are likely soon to be mado in connection with an industry altogether unique. Chioago Record. A Hen's Brood of Quail. While J. T. Stuart, a prosperous farmor living near Knoxvillo, Tenn., was mowing his grass last summer, the machine cut off the head of a hen quail which was sitting on her nest. A broken egg showed that the eggs would have hatched in a few days. A little danghtor of Mr. Stuart's took the eggs and carefully put them under a hen whose eggs were to hatch in a day or two. Fourteen of the quail eggs hatched and sixteen of the hen's. For a week or so the young quail went nndor the hen at night, as the chickens did; after that they roosted in one cornor of tho coop by them selves. Tho littlo girl fed and looked after them, and thoy seemod to have no fear of her, but would come and jump in her hand Tho moment any ouo else came about thoy would run and hide. Their favorite hiding place was undor the chickens, and sometimes two or throe would try to get under ouo ohioken, and in thoir effort to hide would completely upset it After they ootild fly fairly well, they took up their abode in the garden, but would always como to the little girl's call of "Chick, chick, chick," and if at a distance would fly and alight at hor feet When they wore quite small an old cock quail came for several days and' tried to toll them away, but they would not go with him. They are now full grown and all are living but one, which killod it self against a wire gate only a few day ago. Forest and Stream. Where His Strength feufllccd. "One of the queer things of life," says the sharp observer, "is the way in which men's wishes will control their bodily health. I stopped not long ago at a farmhouse iu tho Muine woods region, where the occupant hud a ininoral fever, or, to put it iu other words, a firm belief that precious metals existed in the ledges on his land. On other subjects he was in feeble health, but say gold or silver to him aud he was ready for uuy amount of exertion. Tho woodpile was scuut, and tho housewife had to do both tho chopping and briuging iu the wood. The man, when requested for an arm ful of wood, languidly excused him self beoause he was too weak to com ply.' But within teu uiiuuies of the refusal, he went a half a mile, over rough land, and brought to the house a rock supposed to contain ore, that was a heavy load for a strong man, and seemed none the worse for it " Lewiston (Me). Journal. A Prince Wants a Wife. A Vienna paper reoeutly ooutaiued the following advertisement; "A young prinoe, the owner of a lordly state of great value, has the iutention to marry. He seeks a handsaine aud intelligent girl of about twenty years of age, of good' ' family and with a a dower of not lose than 8,030,000 gueldens, (81,250,090). Apply," etc FOB FABX AID GlBDEff. rCBDIKd WttKAT, The great claims made for wheat as a fattening food for hogs have not been sustained by experience, and buyers are discriminating, against them. While wheat-fed hogs certainly lack the finish and ripeness of eorn-fed hogs, and are bringing lower prices. It is claimed by some that the meat is superior, and that the texture, while firm, escapes the solidity which i sometimes too pronounced in the corn fed animal. Appearances however, govern, and the fact would seem to be pretty well established that to obtain the highest prices bg may bo grown and partly fattened on wheat, but corn is required for the finishing touches. New York World. MR WORST pr.FKCT IX HWINK. The worst defect in swino to day is bad feet and los, says F. D. Collmm, a Kansas authority. IIo Rays they have been bred for genera tions to run all to fat and meat till they can sometimes scarcely support their weight upon their feet. They have not enough bono structure. Mr. Colburn is clearly in tho right, as to results, but only partially so as to causes. This defect in hone is largely the result of exclusive corn feeding, a food almost exclusively carbonaceous, and from which alone it is impossible to rear and maintain a healthful class of animals. It is high time that wine-feeders should awaken to this matter and to begin more scientific methods of feeding. New England Homestead. IMPROVING) TOOn PLACES IX MRADOWS AND PASTURES, In most meadows and pasture Molds are patches of greater or less ex tout that are not nearly as productive as the remainder of tho field, though the entire surface is uniformly seeded. These unproductive places are usually knolls or hillsides, from which the fertility of the soil has been exhausted by washing or cropping. During tho autumn they can easily bo located aud brought back to a state of fertility. First apply a good seeding of timothy or other grass sood, and then cover the entire surfaco half an inch or moro deep with woll rotted barnyard man ure, or a heavy sowing of commercial fertilizer, passing ovor the spots sev eral timos with a spring tooth or other harrow. Tho early fall rains will cause tho seeds to gormlnato and tho whole surface should present a healthy green appearance before win ter sets in. Frequently a field that has been into grass for many years is woll set with moss, in which case scatter seed over tho surface, apply some rich manure, and harrow until the surfaco looks ragged, thus laying the foundation for an increased growth of herbage, and all at small oxpensa, without replowing the field. These bare spots aro not at all pleasant to look at, and do not speak well for the farmer. American AgricalturUt FOFLTRY RAISING. Don't go into the poultry business thinking it an easy way to make money, is the admonition of the Semi-Weekly World. If you do you will soon wish you hadn't, for you will find you've made the biggest mistake of your life. Lazy people may possibly get along as merchants or lawyers, though they will never climb to the top of the tree, but a lazy poultry keeper will make as big a failure as a lazy editor. Lots of work is necessary in tho poultry business. This work largely consists of unflagging attention to whut seem pttty details, but the lack of attention to which has been the chief cause of the many failures iu the poultry business. Thoy seem such little things to us that we are apt to forget that they are often more im portuut than the big ones, as, occur ring more frequently, their sum total is much greater. Chicken existence, ike human life, is made up mostly ot these little things which, like all rou tino work, booomes utterly wearisome aud tryiug unless you have brought liking to your task as well as a firm determination to triumph over all ob stacles. If you posies these qualifications you start well equipped for your un dertakiug. Liking will soon give place to enthusiasm, end the latter will lift you over many a slough of despond pn to solid ground. It will make you acquire that knowledge of the caps bilities of eaoh member of your flock, which will load to judicious breeding aud the rejection of the culls without hesitation. Difficulties and disoour agement will disappear before the light of experience. Your flock will become a souroe of pride and you may oonfideatlr look forward to obtaining with congenial occupation greater profits than are to be found in any other branoh of farming. wnr horrbs oo lama. Row often our horses go lame soon after being shod by a blacksmith, who thinks he is a scientific horse shoer, but who knows nothing of the veter inary laws of conformation ; he makes all conform to his iron rule or shoe with his knife and rasp. The Balti more American says: It is found that most maladies re sulting from horso-shooing are duo to an nnoven and unbalanced wall (all that part of tho hoof that ia visible below the hair when the hoof is placed npon the ground) in connection with an undue height of the heel. If the heels are allowed to grow too high the greater part of tho weight is thrown forward upon the bone structure ot tho limb ami the bones of tho foot are forced against tho wall in front Inflammation of the foot and sore ness in the joints and bono soon fol low such a course. If the toes on the contrary are allowed to grow too long, then the preponderance of weight is thrown upon tho flexor tendons, which aro ou tho back side of the foot, and these tendons become iuflamed. The hoof", therefore, must be pared in such a way that the weight of the ani mal is equally distributed botwoen the boue and flexor tendons. If one heel is permitted to grow higher than tho other, bruises on the high heel, called corns, will result. Horses with weak, tender or bruised soles, may for atime require loather or water-proof pods, but as the sole grows they should be discontinued. They are never re quired in healthy feot whero the solo, w hich is the best and most natural protection, if allowed to grow undis turbed by the knifo. Horses with corns should have their shoes made with a wido iusido wob, which rests upon tho bar, or have for a time a bar shoe. The last nail on the iuside should also be dispensed with, aud the seat of the corn or bruise carefully pared out without injuring either tho frog or the bars. Groggy horses should have the toe shortened ami turned up, and nicely fitted. Over-reach or cutting of the heel of tho fore-foot with the toe of tho hiud foot is remedied by filing around tho posterior edge of the of fending toe and keeping the shoe as far back as possible on the foot FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Don't neglect to storo soma leaves tor stable litter. Oyster eholl and ground bono keep in a box with slats on so that fowls cannot muss or wasto any. When grain only is fed thero is great danger ot over feeding, hence the added vuluo of feeding cut clover. Leghorns of any variety will do well mated twenty females to one male. If the larger kind eight or ton will give tho boat results. Put pure water before the fowls twico a day in vory cold weather. They will soon all drink and then you should take out tho vessel. A flock whon laying steadily will re quire and consume more food than at other times. Only be careful not to destroy their appetites for tho next meat A well-known Jersey cattle ownor thinks it is a mistake to tother Jersey cows in the summer. . He says thoy ongbt to be free to grazo and take cx eroise. This is a good time to tako out l pencil aud do a little figuring before getting rid of the shoep to stock up with hogs. Be moderate in your changes. Earth worms are very liablo to get in the cabbage heads if stored out in open ground. Bettor sprinkle a good lot of coul ashes on the ground before you put the cabbages down upon it. Winter butter dairying is growing. The silo has solved the question ot cheap succulent food for this purpose, Rolled or ground wheat and bran. supplement silage and makes a flue winter food. It will not pay to let the oows and young cattle run in the fields till snow oomes. They got altogether too much exereiae for their own good or their owner's profit; the feed which they se oure is worth but little, aud their ma nure is largely wasted. .The beat mulch for strawberries, no doubt, is marsh hay. It is clean and lies loosely over the plants, just enough to proteot them from alternate freezing aud thawing, aud yet to allow some circulation ot air. Sawdust will do very well for spreading around the plant in tb Spring, and will koop he berries free from grit and dirt We would not recommend it a a Winter mulch, however, ' CAPES AND COATS. TUB FAVORITK OtJT-tOOR OAR- rOB WOMK.X. lOti: Coats t Roon to Stoat Flaore llitlf Coat Half Cpe for Slender Women Coats for Vonnj Ulrls Comb and Coiffure. THE long coat is the favorite of the hour, says the Washing ton Star. There is nothing f more becoming to stout flu- tires then the long, unbroken lines that fall from neck to hem, and to such the long wrap is a boon. The short and throe-quarter coats made them look like frights, and the long, loud protests nave brought about a much needed reform. The long coat is economical, too. Since it is for an out-door garment, you can, if yon like, make it do duty for a visiting gown, carriage wrap or walking dress. ion can make it cost much or little, just as you like, trimming with fur, passementerie braid, velvet, or not at TJIREB COATS FOIt A4A No 1, says tho Mail and Express, is happily named "totst oolor, with a so happily named "towt oolor, with a verr larja collar developing . into revers in the front on eithor side of a pleated vest edged with raccoon; round the waist of this is a seam, whence the coat falls ti tho hem ot the skirt, this seam being covered by a girdle of silk cord plaited, and fastening iu the front with tasseled ends. Ho J represents a coat of fawn and very smart in detail, boasting the center ol the front, whore it white pearl bottons, and this has a lovely collar of beaver. No 3. A new material is used for the coat, this boasting a soft, crepe liko surface, and yet being ot the texture of thiok vicuna. It is made in tho loose style in a mignonette-green shade, and has a large oollar of velvet to match, cut into three points it the baok, aud edged with Zitka fox. all. Ouo young lady, who has a ge nius for the needle, accomplished a very handsome looking long coat last week, and it cost her just 80. She got a damask figure.1 black cheviot at fifty cents a yard, five yards for the coat ; three yards of fine black lining for the waist and sleeves ; big black buttons, which she reoovered with some black silk velvet for revers. She had it cut and fitted by her dress maker, which cost her a dollar extra, and thou sho made it horself. You would think thut it cost 825 at tho very least calculation. She linod only tho waist, and will wear it with a silk blouse or a black webbing uudcrwaist, as she bus made it skin tight, to be worn as one would wear a dress waist. Theso long coats may be mado of vory heavy material, but are hand somer and not so burdensome when mado of a lightweight broadcloth or some ono of the camel's hair wools that are so muoh in vogue. They are ot all colors, one recently seen on the avenue being a bright red. The model shown is a dark blue diagonal serge ot heavy quality, and has a narrow ban! of fur edging it all around the neck and revert and down the front. For a slender figure there is a most charming garment that is half coat, half oape. It has a body like a coat and is remarkably elegant when made of watered silk or satin block, of courso and trimmed with handsome lace and jetted passementerie. That makes a costly wrap, however, and it is quite as pretty, if not as elegant, when made of some soft, dark woolen material or ladies' cloth aud trimmed in laoe. The wing-like sleeves, whioh are m underneath, when vat-oa A tONO COAT. over the large dress sleeve, give an appearance of breadth to narrow shoulders and must be avoided by the woman who is sensitive about her site. A pleasing style of cape ha the sur plice effect in front. The design is ot light tan covert cloth with black velvet ribbon trimming. The bands tu front are of black velvet, lined with black silk. a comb for thb wtmnis, Coiffures are becoming more intri cate every day. The very latest are such delicate affairs that some support is needed. A new kind of comb is being manufactured to meet this want. With the use of the comb shown -here elegant street and evening coiffures can be arranged, the use of numerous: hairpins avoided and the hair held firmly on the head, according to a writer in the Domestia Monthly. At the first step in the arrangement pass the top end of the braid through the ring of the comb as shown by the cut, then through the hole at the toe of the comb so as to be able to catc's loop ou the spike of the comb ou the riRht. TOUNfl OIRM. mado of a cloth in that oolor color, somewhat deener in tone. strapped seams at the back and down buttons double-breasted with large Tho hair should then be slightly twisted to form a circle by a movement of the hand from left to right, thou TITE NEWEST COMB AND COIFTCRK. passed over ring ot the comb, thus catching the hair on the spikes, which, gives solidity to the coiffure. GLOVES AND BLrrPEOS. White undressed kid gloves are worn with full dress evening toilette, no matter what color the gown may be, and are of any length fancied, some meeting the short sleeves, while others leave the round elbow exposed. These white gloves are also worn with calling costumes in the orchestra seats. Small Empire fans are the newest fancy, but many of ' larger size are carried. White kid fans painted by an artist in suoh matters and mounted on stick ot mother-of-pearl are charming. Gauze fans with bluet . spangles or those of glowing red forming the decoration are carried by young women. The graceful ostrich feather fans are st 11 used, both in colors and black, many having glit tering spangles as an ornament. White satin slippers with pointed toes trimmed with rosettes of mousse line de soie, very large aud full, are worn with dresses of any oolor. But white gloves and white slipper give the etl'eot of large hands and feet, aud while there is nothing to vie with the white gloves, the slippers may give place to those made of the ma terial ot the gown, or else to the black satin slipper whioh makes the foot look very small Harper's Bazar. a prophet of nis bustle. The first step toward the revival ol the bustle ha been taken. This l shown in the new organ-pipe skirt. It is the skirt st the season, and resem bles in a marked degree the bustle ot the past. The skirt U very full, lined with haircloth and arranged in four or two bos plaits at the baok. These) plaits st and out prominently and are padded ten inohe from the waist line. Over the hips the skirt fit with glove like smoothness. Sioiliau railways are making speoial efforts to attract tourists. Aiuoug the new arrangements is one whioh en ables viiitor to leave' Palermo ia the morning, see all the temples and ruius ou the Sioula Oooidentale Line, and return t the city ia the evening. j '....I- ' 4 . " i. . . " -. 'hi ,; . . ,
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