A renMion against socialism Las taken lnce in tlio British trade anion Twenty-fivo years ago tlio valuo of Ilia banmins exported from Jamaica 1 practically nothing in 181)3 1 it was over 82,000,000. j In tlio Review of Rcviows Robert Underwood JohnRou urges tho rapid extension of our nntionul policy of crcnting forest preserves. Ha would snako tho heml wotors of every impor tant river under nntionnl control tho tut of such a reserve. Tho County Treasurer, of Colnm lns, Mo., has boon sued by his wifo to show causo why tho taxation upon her property should uot bo reduced. 'If ho is wise," observes the Now York Mercury, "ho will resign nt onco and let his successor flhl it out." Tho tobacco plant has bncomo thor oughly naturalized in every pirt of the world, and in many parts of Asia nd Africa his becomo so completely domesticated that several writers havo contended that it is aboriginal in ono or tho other of thoso continents. By voto of tho Greek Chamber of Deputies, tho wholo of 1891's crop of currants will bo detained and de stroyed. This is intended, tho New York Sun explains, ns a heroic mean ore to savo tho currant trado from the nttor ruin threatened by overproduc tion. Ono hundred and twclvo designs tiave boon submitted for tho buildings and grouuds of tho Paris Exhibition of 1900, nnd tho competitors havo al ready chosen tho ten elective members, who, with twonty-ono persons ap pointed by tho government, will join the jury to judge- tho plans. Grain is being stored in vosroIs in tho Chicago harbor for shipment next spring. Tho first engagement of this character was a cargo of oats to bo field until tho opening of navigation nd then taken to Buffalo at a rate of two and one-fourth cents per bushel covering the entire service. A largo imsincBB of this charactor is dono in Western lake ports every winter states the American Agriculturist Tho toroge is loss expensive than in regu lar warehouses and practically as aafe. An article- npon evolution which ro ently nppoarod in tho New York Sun referred to tho tondency of the human infant to work its toes, which havo at this early period of life something of he flexibility and aptitndo of fingers. Examples of this aptitude perpetuated in tho adult may sometimes bo scon in warm weather at tho Now York docks aboard sailing vessels whore Lasoars aro employed as sailors. These ctivo littlo barofooted men iu fezzes nd suits of blno dungnroe make froo oso of their toes in climbing tho rig ging, and it is an interesting sight to oo ono of them in tarring down a .backstay run backward or forward upon tho taut rope holding to it by ono hand, and by his feet, in which tho great toe is usod in the manner of a thumb. This too is slightly sepa rated from tho otbors, and from the fle made of it in climbing acquires a distinctive shape suggestive of tho corresponding members upon the -simian foot. When a membor of the Eotail Groc ers' Association of Philadelphia pro posed at one of its meetings tho othor evening that a petition bo sent to the Ijcgislusnre asking that a law be enacted requiring dealers in eggs to mark them as "fresh-laid" or "ice liouse" eggs, as tho oosj might bo, there was instant opposition on the part of grooors who find the sale ol "ice-house" eggs as "fresh" vory prof itable. One of tho protcstants said that the cold-storage vuriety was just as good as the other, and that not oven a grocer oonld tell the dif ference. As a matter of fact, while the preserved eggs w hen broken some times look fresh enough, they soon Jjocome stale after being exposed to n ordinary temperature. The honest Stealer naturally objects to such eggs doing sold at prioes which ho charges for the frosh-luid, aud here was the troublo in the Retail Orooers' Associa tion. The friends of the "ice-house" wgg challenged tho would-be petition rs for legislation to a test to deter mine whether they oould tell the dif iferonoe between the two varieties. On a evening named a bosket of each was brought into the rooms of the as sociation, a oommittoo of reference was named, some of tho eggs were ' broken into bowls, and others . were iioiled. The result of the. test was a somplete rout of the storage-egg fol lowing, the champions of the fresh Jaid being uble to point ont in every . eVautuuce a llien was wUinu, Winsome Ilnby Ilium Brighter tliau tlio stars that rise In the dinky evening skies, llrnwncr than tho ltobln's wins, Clearer than a woodland uprlng, Aro the eyes ol Ijjjy Dunn Winsome Baby Dunn. Bmllc, mother, mllol Thinking softly all the wbllo Of a tender, blissful (Iny, When tho ilnrk eyes so like thoso Ol tho cherub on your knees Htole your girlish heart away. Unrest mlsehlof thoy will do When once old enough to steal What their father stole from you. Smile, mother emtio. Winsome Baby Dunn Milk-white llllles half unrolled Hi t In calyces of g'Md, Cunnnt mnteh Ills forehead fair, With Its rings of yellow hair. Hearb't berry cleft In twain liy a wedtfn of pearly grain li the mouth of Biby Dunn. Winsome Baby Dann, Weep, mother, ween! For Iho little one iislnep, With his head against your breast, Never In the coming years, Though ho seeks for It with tears, AVIII he find sj swot a rest. Oh, the brow of Baby Dunn! Oh, the scarlet mouth of Dunn! One must wear Its crown of thorns, lrlnk Its cup of Kail must ono! Though tho trembling lips shall shrink, Whlto with nngiiMi as they drink, And the tempb-s sweat with pain Drops of blood llko purplo ruin, Woep, mother, woop. Winsome, littlo Baby Dunn!. Not tho seasholl's palest tinge, Not tho daisy's roso-whlto fringe, Not tho softest, faintest glow tf tho sunset on tho snow, Is more beautiful or sweet Than tho wee pink hnnds and feet Of tho littlo Baby Binn Wlnsome Dnby Bunn. Trny, mother, pray ! Feet like theso may loso tho way, Wandering blindly from ths right, Fray, and sometime will your prayors Do to him llko golden stairs Built through darkness Into light. Oh, tho dimpled feet of Bunn, In their silent stockings dressed! Oh, the dainty hands of Bunn, Hid like Rose loafs In your breast Theso will clasp ot Jowels rnro, But to find them empty niri Those shall falter many a dny, Bruised and bleeding by the way, Ere they reach the land ot rest, Fray mother, pray. Baltimore American. A CLOSE CALL. Trotty young Mrs. Carpenter (she was always spokon of as "young" to distinguish her from her husband's mother, who lived next door), stood watching her husband till ho turned tho corner and was out of sight. But he never onco looked back. In fact, thoy had just quarreled, and thot wag why her oyes were brighlor than usual, and her cheeks which John usod to say romindod him of blush roses wero scarlet instead of pink. Such a foolish thing to quarrel about, too a littlo innocent lookiug pat ot butter 1 But thon it was strong; that is, John said it was. Whoroat Mrs. John hclpod herself generously, and said it was good enough for her, and she couldn't afford to pay forty oonts a pound for butter when sho could get good for thirty. Then John inquired if ho didn't give her money enough to pay her grocory bill, nnd said it wasn't good enough for him ; perhaps sho bad boen accustomed to eating such stuff! (ho actually wont to the extent of calling it stuff 1) nnd I can't begin to tell you nil tho foolish things that those two hot-tempered young people, who loved each othor dearly, said. It ended finally in John's flinging him self away from tho tablo, without tasting the lemon pio, his favorite dessert, which tho tired littlo houso keoper, remembering his fondness for, had taken time to conooct in the midst of all her pickling and preserv inff- John bogan to got together his fish lines, flics and other traps, which he wantod to take away, for he and six other youug men were having a hnlf holiday, and had engaged the boat Bonnie Bollo for an afternoon's fish ing on Great Lake, He worked hard, this yonng fellow, as foreman in a close, stuffy faotory, and a half day's reoreation in the pure air was a rare event with him. But somehow he did not enjoy the pros pect very much after the war of words at the dinner table. He wished he hadn't spoken as he did. If May would only come and help him but she hold herself aloof while he was getting ready. She had intended to slip some lemons and sugar iuto the basket J a pail of lemonade would be so refreshing, imbibed in the shady glen, after the row across the lake. But now, if he wanted lemons, he could help himself, she thought, alter the way he had talked. , - . He was a long time getting ready, and sua wondered, as be fumbled with tho lines ' aud hooks, if ho really would go off without kissing he;, ller augur would have molted in a mo ment at the first paclflo sign from himt but she would not bog for a kiss, not He started for the door. She had a great mind to follow him thoro, but pride kept hor buck. He was outside tho door now) sho hastonod after him. "If he looks round I'll lot him see I'm ready to inako up," sho thought. But ho did not nnd so Mrs. John went back to the littlo dining-room, and bo gan to clear tho tablo, fooling herself a much injured wifo, and rather glad, on tho whole, that she hadn't given in. But gradually bettor feelings pro vailad j scnrlnt chocks fadad back to pink aglun, and temper brightoned eyes became dim with tears. Sho watched tho clock anxiously. How slowly tho hours passed 1 Two, three, four, five o'clock. "In an hour ho will bo hero," sho said to horsclf joyously, and sho bustled round to prcpnro an extra nice suppor. Sho even went to tho corner grocery for a pound of tho forty-cont butter. Six o'clock came, but no John, nnlf-pnst six seven. Sho was walk ing tho floor iu her unrest, and now went out aud stood at tho gate. She could bog knots of pooplo talking ex citedly along tho street. A frocklo fnced boy running by stopped. "D'yer hear 'bout tho nxidont? Tho Bouuio Belle struck by a squall and seven men drowned." "What's thnt?" askod a foeblo old man, coming out of tho noxt house "Who says my boy's drowned? Why, ho can swim I Thero ain't water enough in Great Lake to drown John Carpenter." Tho wind blow his scanty locks over his wrinkled old face ; his faded bluo eyes wandered pitoously round and finally rested on John's wifo, "Don't you behove it," ho said, tremulously, patting her arm with his uncertain, Blinking hand. But apparently sho did not hear him. Drownod I Her John and she lot him go to his death without a kiss I The freckle-faced boy looked at her uneasily, digging his bare toes into tho ground. "I didn't know as Mr. Cnrpontor was along," said he, apologetically, forgottiug for tho momont his own im portance as tho bearer of news in view of her silent misery. Somo ono took hold of tho wifo and lod her into tho house. Sho gropod her way like a blind person. They said sho had butter lio down on the loungo awhile, and sho obcyod. She could not see anything now. "I am dying," sho thought, and was happy iu thinking so. Then sho floated away into darkness, on and on, for a long time nppnrontly. Fiually she saw a light, and opening her oyes saw yes, it was John I Was sho indeed iu tho other world, and was John waiting for her? Sho spoke his namo. "She's coming to ; sho knows mo," said tho familiar voice. But how far off it soundod I And so did hor own voice when sho spoke. "Whore am I?" sho asked, faintly. "Horo, dear, in the diniug-room," said John again. He was on the floor beside the loungo, his faco closo to hers. Thoir lips mot in a long kiss. "John," sho said, solemnly, "I thought we were both in another world." "I did havo a protty close call," said ho, "and it was hard work bring ing you back." "The others?" she asked, toarfully. "Will and I are the only ones loft of the seven," ho replied, with a sob. "Oh, John I It might have been yon I" sho criod, throwing hor arms around his neck. Just thon a feeble old man who was sitting close to his son said fondly, in tremulous tones "I know thero wasn't wator enough in Great Lake to drown my John I" Waverly Magazine. A Decreasing Metropolis. In the last two years and a half Mel bourne, Australia has lost 46,000 in habitants. For the ten years ending 1891 she increased at an average rate of 21,000 a year. Since then not only has the increase ceased, but a decrease of nearly 20,000 a year has set in. The Tramway Company's returns are most dopressing. In 1893 the pas sengers showed an increase in Septem ber over August of 23,000; in 1891 comparing the same two months, they show a decrease of U0, 000, whiob com paring Soptember 1893 with Septem ber 1891 the decrease is 90,000. New York Advertiser. All counterfeit pennies which fall in to ths hands of the Government ere staapod aud destroyed, Elephants Tending Battles, Weakness appeals powerfully to tho friendly protection of tho strong, and even among brutes at least, tho noblor kinds tho appeal Is not often in vain. In tho curious relations be tween monster and midget we not un frequently see the fnblo of the Hon and the uiouso repented without words. There is nothing by auy moans uncommon or iucrediblo in the stories w hich have boon reported about the children of a mahout being cared for by tho mahout's elephant. The whole family of the mahout become, as it were, parasites to tho elephant, by whom they earn their living. I have Seen a baby placed by its mother systematically under tho elophnut's care, and within reach of its trunk, while the mother went to fetch water or to get wood or material to cook the family diuuer. No jackal or wolt would be likely to pick up and enrry off a baby who was thus con fided to tho care of an clcphnnt ; but most pooplo who havo lived a life iu tho jungle know how very possible it is for a jackal or a wolf to carry off a baby when lying in a hut when tho mother's back is turned. Tho children thus brought tip in tho companionship of un elephant becomo familiar with him, and tako all kinds of liberties with him, which tho elo phaut socms to endure on the priuciplo thnt it docs not hurt him, while it amuses tho child. You see a littlo naked black child, about two feot high, standing on tho elephant's bare back, and taking it down to the wator to bathe, shouting all tho tlmo in the most unbecoming terms of nativo abusivo language. On arriving nt tho water the elo phnnt, ostensibly iu obodionco to tho child's command, lies down and enjoys himself, just leaving a part of his body, like a small island, above water, on which tho small child stands and yells, and yells all the nioro if ho has several companions of his own age, also in charge of their elephants, all wallowing in tho water around him. If tho child slips off his island, tho elephant's trunk promptly replaces hiin in safoty. The littlo urchins, as thoy grow up, becomo first mntcs to ma houts, and eventually arrive at tho dignity of boing mahouts themselves. rittsburg Dispatch. Ashes to ( tiro Cuts, Somo of tho best known physicians in Russia are strongly advocating tho adoption in tho Government hospitals of an old Cossack custom of treating cuts and wounds with ashes. The Cossack peasantry have treated cases iu this fashion from timo immemorial, and Dr. Pashkoff, a Russian physician who has boen studying tho treatment, rccontly said iu an interview in a Russian medical journal: "I strongly recommend tho treating of sovcro cuts and wounds with ashes. Experiment has convinced me of tho thorough rfllcacy of tho treatment, and, in addition, it is cheap, takes lit tlo time to arrange, aud does away with bulky bandages, which have al ways been the bano of nurses and physicians. Tho best ashes are thoso resulting from the burning of somo cotton stuff or linen, and ouly a very thin layer should be nppliod. If the wound has been mado by some dirty instrument and thero is danger of blood-poisoniug, it should be first washed thoroughly with a lotion. The ashes with blood forms a bard sub stauco, under which the most severe outs heal with remarkable rapidity." Dr. Pashkoff has experimented with ashes on twenty-oight cases of cuts, and only two of the entire number failed to result successfully. These cases would have boen cured, too, had not tho nurses failed to apply pre scribed lotions to the wounds before tho physicians took thorn in charge. It is extromely probable that the ashes treatment will be adopted in the St. Petersburg hospitals before long. New York Sun. Sauce for the Gander. His Wife George, you are becom ing a continued smoker. Suburbanite My dear, I nm com pelled to ride in the smoking car so inuoh that I often have to light aoigar in self-defence. Same Suburbanite (a few hours later) Amanda, you smell frightfully of raw onions. His Wife My dear, Bridget eats raw onions, aud I've been eatiug one in self-defence. Chioago Tribune. Had Attended to It. Father (to small son with a black eye) What's tho matter, Dick? Small Son Johnny Higgins hit me this afternoon. Father Well, he's a boy of your size. I hope you hit him back. Small Son Ob, I hit bL'u jester dav. New York Sua. FOR FARM AXD UARDEX. CHOPPED CLOVEn FOB nKWS. Hans have too much grain and too much of other concentrated food in winter. They are usually fed with some green vegetable Whon anything iu the vegetable line is given to them. This is good iu its way, but it is not the best food. A head of cabbngo hung np where hens can peck at it will soon be devoured, but tho cabbage is not tho best egg-producing food. Chopped clover hay given in smiill amounts daily will be greedily eaten. It will furnish more of lime for tho egg shells than auy kind of grnin ex cept wheat. It will prevent tho birds from fattening as they aro apt to do if given all the grnin needed to satisfy thorn. Boston Cultivator. IIEAVr FEEDING OF DUCKS). The feeding of ducks too heavily will retnrd their laying, aud ns some of them will begin to lay iu January, it is important to use enro in that re spect. Too much grain will causo them to loso tho nso of their legs, aud this will happen to tho females more thnn to the drakes, as tho latter will not feed as eagerly ns tho others. Tho food should bo bulky, given twico a dny. Cooked turnips, thickened with a mixture composed of equal parts of bran, corn meal nnd ground meat, will provo an excellent diet, allowing them nil that they will ont. If turnips cannot bo obtained, uso clover hny, cut very fine and scalded, allowing it to remain over night to soften. Weak lugs indicate uot ouly thnt tho ducks aro ovcrfod, but when the quarters are damp thoy will sometimes got the rheumatism. It is best to allow them to run out for exercise whon it can be done, and their quarters should be clean, with plenty of cut straw on tho floor. Farm and Fireside. CULTURE OF BAOE. This crop is quite a profltnblo ono, as it is in regular demand by house keepers. It requires rich soil to give a profitable yield, as docs, in fact, any crop grown for soiling in tho markets. Tho soed is sown iu April in sood beds and tho plants are transplanted in June or July into rows of twolvo inches apart, and eight or ten inches apart in tho rows. Tho soil is kopt well cultivated, aud, by tho middlo of Sep tember, tho harvest is begun by cut ting out each altornato row, a plant making at this time two bunchos. Tho rows loft grow quickly into thick bushes, and are again cut as boforo, leaving the rows four feet apart Theso plauts are cut before tho winter, when thoy muke a third crop, altogether yielding a satisfactory profit. Tho last crop nood not bo sold at ouco, but may be bunched aud hung np for sale later, or it may bo pressod into small squaro packages, and sold in bulk in this way to tho dealers during tho winter, or even iu tho spring. New York Times. GIRDLED TREES. Tho rabbits, mice and other rodents asually injure trees in the winter so that by spring it is nooossary to ro pair them iu some way boforo sum mer. Uuloss tho pests havo oaten the inner bark all around the trees, thoy will recover with proper treatment. The best remedy to apply is to make a stiff plaster out of clay and cow mauure adding a littlo water to make it more plastic. If such a plaster is placed over the barked portion of the troe and secured into position by a covering of old bagging or cloth, tho wound is likely to heal up in a short time. If tho weather is vory dry it will be necessary to wot the bandago occasionally. The great object of the application is to keep tha wound moist while na ture heals up the iujury. If tho wound is a largo and serious one it muy be necossury to cut off muuy of the top limbs of the troe. This is to equalize the flow of tha sap, which is neces sarily diminished by the wound. Other remedies for girdled trees are recommended, but for a simple aud effective device, which any orohardist oau apply this ona cannot be sur passed. It is an old-fashioned remedy but is as good today as it was in the days of our forefathers. New-England Farmer, CkT.t OF THB COLT'S FEET. On the sharp, frozen ground the colts may break their hoofs especially if thoy are not kept trimmed down, and unless some attention is given to the matter a misshapen hoof will de velop that can never be oouverted into a well shapea one. Sometimes a hoof is so broken off at one side while it re mains long at the other that the ten dons of the leg are strained. A budly misshapen hoof is almost sure to make tho aaliail a-!:v.f.:d. and uorhsu ill gf.itod. Tho way to prevent annoying, and possibly serious results, is to koep a closo watch on the colts' hoofs and shape thorn np as ofton as occasion demands. It is important to use care and good judgment in this work. It will very rarely, if ever, be necessary to pare off the sole of tho hoof; and if ever this work is done, it should be done with tho greatest care, and the frog should bo carefully avoided. Except in possibly very rare cases all that is necessary is to cut off the edgos of the hoof. This is best dono by set ting the hoof on a solid plank or other smooth, level surface, nnd with a chisel cut down and through the edgo of the hoof, cutting off excessive growth, and leaving tlio edgo of the hoof as regular as possible. This trim ming of the hoofs is a good training for tho colt. It will soon learn to hnvo its hoofs handled nnd trimmed without objection. Whilo ono must bo firm, tho first point is to cxerciso kindness. Tho colt is afraid J Tens suro it. On no nccount loso temper. Tho mun that cannot control his tam per is unfit to hniidlo a colt on any occasion. American Agriculturist. LAND FOR UARDEMXQ. Truck farming or market gardening calls forth the highest skill. The land must bo mado "fat," as the Scotcbmnn would say, and thon kept so by applications of five or ten cords of good mauure per ncre or even more every year. For some crops for a year or two at a time it is often found profitablo to substituto commercial fertilizers wholly or partially for sta ble mu uu ro. But if commercial ma nures are used exclusively the supply of humus in the soil will soon be exhausted and must be supplied by tho plowing in of green crops, such as clover. Of equal importance with high fertilization is high aud eutonsive cul ture. Keeping down the weeds is not enough, but the presonce of a perpet ual mulch of fino dry earth an inch deep npon the entire surfaco of the ground is to bo worked off. To this end tho onions, beets carrots aud tur nips are to be ropeatodly hood, aud tho cultivator is to be ruu between rows of cabbage, celery, potatoos, corn, etc., once a week or oftcner. To prosecute trucking with great est satisfaction the operator must not depend upon supplies of moisture as they naturally occur. He must be moro independent of the influence of variable seasons. To koep tho land in good condition and raise good crops year after year, rotation must bo followed. It is not tho right thing to grow one crop year iu and year out on tho samo land. Tako tho laud at the sod, plow and plant corn or potatoes. The next year it will be in good shapo for beets, turnips, carrots, tomatoes. One after tho other of good garden crops may thus be raised San Francisco Chron icle. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Keeping the nests dark will often prevent the hens from eating their CglfS. Air-slaked lim: freoly usod in the poultry quarters will destroy unpleas ant odors. Two weeks is Ion? enough to make a fowl fat if highly fed with a fatten iug ration. It orchards are to be made profit able, they must reeeive as good care as other crops. Good tillage increases the available food supply of tho soil and also con serves its moisture. Good drainage, natural or artificial, is essential to success. Trees are im patient of wet feet. . Tho late-hatched turkeys oan nearly always be given a fresh ran.;e much younger than those hatched earlier. Attar the chickeus aro six weeks old there is a steady gain on tha part of tho large breeds over the small ones. Where the poultry are allowed to shift for themselves aud are given the raugo of the farm they ofton prove a nuisance. Dry earth is the best deodorizer known. It is also the best absorbent to preserve the manure in the least of fensive way. The mulch should not be removed nntil the danger from heavy freezing has all passed. Then the sooner it can be removed tho better. This is generally quite early in spring. Trees should be made to send their roots deep into the soil, iu order to fortify themselves agaiust drought. This is done by druiuinj the soil, and by plowing the orchard rather deep. In the dry season mulch prevents many planta from dying and prolong their lifo in a thrifty way for future fruit bearing. Stirring the surface toil ot plunU acts as a njulou. .Ti ii cm of tho bsst ways of apylrlng it
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