There in now 11 Kteau- Immigration of about 20,000 Hussions a year to' Siberia, The Canadian mblia debt wns in creased the Inst fiscal year $4,502,000 not, the total net debt being (2 10,000, 000. Tno Uuivorsity of Michigan lends with 4,000 ' undergraduates. Thon comes Harvard, Pennsylvania and Yale in that order. There is no discovory of modern science that is not availoblo in Japan, maintains tho New York Recorder. There is no modern scholarship tliat is not appreciated by its wiso men. English conservatism is at last yield ing to the point that tho Great West ern has deeided to warm its trains ou tho American plan and abandon the present archaic plan of foot-warmers. Another radical departure which is heralded in largo type in English pa pers is that tho (treat Western has de cided to experiment in tho brand new departure of lightning tho cars. A curious illustration of tho growth of real cstoto values in Now York City was offordod a few days ago by tho registry of a deed of conveyance executed in July, 1817. This dood, rotates tho Trenton, N. J., American, comprised tho sito of six full city blocks, sold for $500.23. Tho pres. ent worth of that laud is now about $300,000. It lies on tho banks of tho Ilurlem river, in the old Ninth ward. "It is a remarknblo fact," observes tho Chicago Record, "that to light tho United fctntos treasury building iu Washington costs tho government a little more than $1,000 a mouth, though tho hours of business nro from 1) in the morning till 4 in tho afternoon, with no night work. There could be uo hotter commentary on the methods of building employed by tho govern ment iu construction of its groat de partment hoiiHOs iu tho national capi tal." Miss Ellon Coo, librarian of the New York Freo Circulating Library, replying to tho question, What can be done to help a boy to liko good books after he has fallen into tho habit of reading dimo novels? says that the boy must not be deprived of his men tal stimulant all at once, but gradu ally by tho substitution of better but not too mild books. 'Custer's Life,' she suggests, is a good book to start for those who have a taste for sangui nary adventure. ""Every man his own diamond fac tory" inijht bo tho title, suggests the Sun Francisco Chronicle, of a semi- scientiilo romaueo, basod ou a Now "York story which aborts that a man iu Indiana ate so much charcoal that when ho diod a small diamond was found to have formed aud become, en crsted in his liver. Tho theory is that curtain chomical constituents of the body gave the carbon its highest devel opment, but there is ono thing in tho way of the theory, and that is tho theory of tho story as told. Tho Indian woman can bo civilized -even if tho Indian man cannot. Here is tho case of Louisa C rouse, an Indian girl, twenty years old, a . direct do scoudaut of tho Algonquin. Sho is at tho famoiiB normal school iu Os wego, N. Y. , and is determined to ob tain a good eduoatiou- Shu is penni less, her mother is dead, her futhor is dipsomnniuo and there aro no wealthy rolatives or frionds to aid her in Let ambition ; nevertheless she has man aged to pay her way so fur and clothe herself as woll by the hardest labor oi all kinds at all times, Sho ' is' com pleting her course but works ns hard as ever in order to put by something with which to eduoata her younger Bister. After completing her studies nt tho normal school sho hopes to en ter some medicine college and be graduated as a physician. The San Francisco Examiner re marks that a humorous story is by universal oonsont deemed common property, and everybody who uses it, whether in print or by word of mouth, is at liberty to localize and modern izo it it by so doing bo can add to its humor aud iuU'reat There are three Lookt, "Aristophanes" iu Greek, ''Le Moyen do Purvonir" in Frenob," and "Joe M .Her' Jests',' iu English, which contain .ninety-nine per cent, of the liumorons and , witty stories ' current now. But is that any reason why one should not tell of print a good story? Copyright laws have their limitations, and one of 'them , is ; that whatever makes people laugh is the, common property of tho , world, and may be used, adapted, modified or, travestied Jjy anybody who has. senpo enough' ol humor to appreciate aad.coruuumicutu good tUiiitf. Love' a HrniTAOE. Kend o'er rap, blue as summer skies, The azure splondor ot tlilne eyes, And snills with lips whose murmurtellg I.lke lingering sound of far-off hells O'er shining seas, that thou for me Art skies and sound and summer seat Bkles that contain the sun, the mnnn, The stars, the hire's, the winds of June And tones that, swelling fnr and near, Dear more than music to mine eart And ses, nbovo whoso changeless hua Tho tun is bright, the sky Is blue! Art thou mine star? Rweet love thou'lt more Than nil that ever twilight bore. Art thnu my gong? Dear love, from thoe The whole world tnkos its melody. Art thou nayl what can words Impart To tell one dream of what thou art? Thou art my nil; I know that lovo Rains from tho deepening dome nliovo In silver dnwdrops, that tho earth Rw1vps with hushed ntid solemn mirth) 8o thou all seasons linked In one Art Mower, and bird, and breeze, and sunt William M. ISriKgs. A MISSING BUTTON. CHEERFUL south room, with a bay window full of blossom i n g plants; a brirrlit lll-rt rrlnw. " . o - B,u " j.if lag behind a ouruislind grate, and a little gilded clock, which had just struck nine nt night all these things met Mrs.Chickerly's eye ns she laid down her book and yawned. . She was a plump aud fair-faced young matron of soma foul or five and twenty, with bright auburn hair, soft blue eyes and a complexion wIiobo roses stood in need of no artificial rouge. "Fanny," said Mr. Chickerly, look log upfront his newspaper, "did you call on thoBe Curters to-day?" "No ; I never thought of it." "And they leave town to-morrow morning; and Carter is absurdly sensitive to nil slights, fancied orreal. Fanny, I desired you to make a point of calling." "Well, I did intend to, Frank," pouted Mrs. Chiokerly, "but one can't think of everything." "Yon cannot, it seems." "It appears to mo that you nre making a mountain out of a mole bill," said Fanny, rather tartly. "It may affect my business very seriously. Carter's house carries great influence with it." Mrs. Chickerly was silent, patting the velvet carpet with her foot in a manner that indicated some annoy- anoe. I shall have to leave here very early to-morrow morning," said her husband, presently. lo go to bcenersviLe. about Aunt Elizabeth's wilir "Yes." "Oh," I wouldn't, Frani.1 "Why not?" "It's such bitter cold weather to travel in, aud Aunt Elizabeth is such a whimsical old woman, it's as likely as not that she'll change her mind about making a will when you get there. I would wait a little, if I were you." lur. (jmcKeriy smiled. "That WOllhl brt vnnr sratnm doing things, Fanny," but not mine." My system, Frank I What do you mean?" "I moan that Ton believe in putting things ofl indefinitely, and not always in the wisest manner. I wish you'd break yourself of that babit. Fannr. Believe me, it will some doy bring you 10 griei. Mrs. Chickerly contracted ber pretty eyebrows. "1 don't believe in being lectured. Frank." And I don't very often lecture you, my dear ; pray give me credit for that." "You didn't thick you were marry ing an angol Vhca you took me, I hope?" No, my love. I thought I was marrying a very pretty little girl, whose few faults might easily be cor rected." "Faults! Havel any great faults. Frank?" "Little faults may somotimes entail great consequences, Fanny." "if you scold any more I shall go out of the room." "You need not, for I am going my self to pack my valise. By the way, there's a button oft' the shirt I want to wear to-morrow. . I wish you would come up stairs and sew it on for me." "I will, presently." "Why can't you come now?" "Ijutitwant to finish this book; there's only one more chapter." And canny opened her volume so resolutely that her husband thought it best not to contest the question. Sitting all alone in front of the bright tire, Mrs. Chickerly gradually grew drowsy, and before she knew it she had drifted off into the shadowy regions of dreamland. : She was roused by the clock strik ing 11. . "Dear me I bow late it is?" she thought, with a little start. "I must go up "stairs immediately. There, I forgot to tell oook about having break fast at 5 to-morrow morning, and of course she's abed and asleep by this time. I'll be op early enough to see to it myself, that vill be just as welL" . . And laying this salvo to her con science, Mrs. Chickerly turned off the gas,' and erept drowsily up the stairs, i ; "Fanny, i Fsnny, it's past 6, and oook hasn't come down stairs yet. Are you sure you spoke to ber last -aightY" Mrs. Chiokerly rubbed her eyes and tared sleepily- around; " "Oh, Frank, I forgot all abont speaking to her last night," she cried, with conscience-stricken face. "But I'll run right up she can have the breakfast ready iu a very few min utes. She sprang out of bed, thrust her feet into ft pair of silk-lined slippers, and threw ft shawl over her shoul ders. Mr. Chiokerly bit his lip and checked her. "No need, Fanny," he said, ft little bitterly 1 "I munt leave the house In fif teen minntcsor miss the only through train. It's of no use speaking to the oook now." "I nm so sorry, Frank." Mr. Chiokerly did not answer i he was apparently absorbed in turning over the vsrions articles in his bureau drawer, while Fanny snt shivering on the edge of the bed, cogitating how hard it was for her husband to start on a long journey that bitter morning without any breakfast. "I can make ft cup of coffee myself over the furnace lire," she exclaimed, springing to her feet. But Mr. Chick erly again interposed. "Sit down, Fantiy, please. I wou'd rather you world sew this button on the neck of my shirt. I have packed tho others those that nre fit to wear. I bnve shirts enough, but not one in repair." Fanny crimsoned as she remembered how often, in the oourso of the last month or two, sho had solemnly prom ised herself to devote a day to the much-needed ronovation of the hus band's shirts. She looked round for her thimble. "I left it down stairs last night. I'll get it in a minute." The housomnid had just kindled ft fire iu the sitting-room grate; it was blazing and crackling cheerfully among the fresh coals, and Fanny could not resist the temptation of pausing a moment to warm her chilled lingers and watch the greonish-purplo spires of flame shoot merrily up the chimney, until she heard her bus band's voice calling hor imperatively : "Fanny, Fanny, what are you doing?" 'IDh, dear." thought the wife, ns she ran up the stairs, "I wish Frank wouldn't be so cross, lie's always in hurry." Little Mrs. Chiokerly never stopped to think that the real reason was that she, his wife, was never "in hurry." The needle threaded, the thimble fitted on, an appropriate button was next to be sclocted. "Oh, dear, Frank, I haven't one tho right size!" "Sew on what you have thon, but be quick I" But Fanny was quite certain there was "just the right button" some where in hor work-basket, aud stopped io search fcr it. "There, I told you so I" she cried, triumphantly holdisg i m the point of ber needle. "Well, well, sew iS pa quick," said Mr. Chickerly, glancing at his w&tch nervously. "That's just yonr worrying way, Frank, as if anybody could sew a but ton on well in a hurry. There! My needle has come unthreadod." "Oh, Fanny, Fanny," sighed hor husband, fairly out of patience at last, "why didn't you do it last night, as I begged of you? I shall miss the train and what little chance we had of a plaoe in Aunt Elizabeth's will will bo sacrificed to your miserable habit of boing always behindhand." Fanny gave him tho shirt and be gan to whimper a little, but Mr. Chickerly had neither the time nor tho inclination to pauBe to soothe hor petulant manifestations of grief. He finished his dressing, caught up bis valise with a hurriedly-spoken good by, and ran down the stairs two stops at a time into the street. "There be goes," murmured Fanny, "and he's gone away cross with me. and all for nothing but ft miserable button I I wish there wasn t suoh a thing as a button in the world 1" (A wish whioh, we much misdoubt, many another wife than Mrs. Fanny Chiok erly bas echoed, with perhaps hotter reason. ) Mrs. Chiokerly was sitting down to ber little dinner a la solitaire, with a daintily browned chicken, a tumbler of currant jelly, and a curly bunch of celery ranged before her, when, to ber surprise, the door opened and in walked her lord and husband. "Why, Frank, where on earth did you oomo from?" cried the astonished wife. "From the office," coolly answered Mr. Chickerly. "But I thought you were off for Scenersville in suoh a hurry." "I found myself just five minutes too late for the train, after having run all the way to the depot. "Ob, that was too bad." Chickerly smiled little as be be gan to carve the chioken. "Yes, I was a little annoyed at first ; it did seem rothjr provoking to be kept at borne by only a button." "What are you going to do?" "Why, I shall make ft leoond start to-morrow." : . "I'll see to it that your breakfast is ready this time, to the second, and all yonr wardrobe in trim," said Fanny, rather relieved at . the prospect of ohahoe of retrieving her character. "You need not, I have engaged room at hotel near the deoot. can't run any more risks." ' ' Ee did not speak unkindly, and yet Fanny felt : that as was ceeply ah pleased with her. But-Frank" ' 1 !''We will not discuss the matter any further, ' my love, if you please. I have resolved to say nothing more to yon about reforms. r bos it is useless. and it only tends to foster an nnplea ant state of feeling between us. Shall I help you to some macoaroni? ' I And fairly silenoed, I'muy ata her dinner with what appetite was loft to) her. Three days afterward Mr. Chickerly once more made his entrance, just at dusk, carpet-bag in hand, as Fanny sat enjoying the ruddy shine of the coal-Are end the consciousness of hav ing performed her duty in the mend ing and general renovation other hus band's drawer ful of shirts a job whioh she had long been dreading and postponing. "well, now is Anne uiizaontur questioned Fanny, when her husband, duly welcomed and greeted, had seat ed himself in the opposite easy-chair. "Dead," was the brief reply. "Dead! Oh, Frank! Ot ber old enemy, apoplexy?" Yes. "Washer will mode?" "It was. Apparently she had ex pected me, on the day she horself ap pointed ; ami on my non-arrival iu the only train that stops, she sent fcr the village lawyer, made her will, and oft nil her property to tho orphan asylum in Sconersvillo, with a fow itter words to tho effect that the neg lect of hor only living nephow had in duced her, on tho spur of the moment, to alter her original Intention of leav ing it to him. Bho died the very next morning." "Oh, Frank, how much was it? ' "Ten thousand dollars. You sen, Fanny, how much that missing but ton has cost me I" Funny Chickerly snt like ono con demned, by the utterance of her con seience. Not alone the one missing button, but the scores nay, hundreds of trifling omissions, forgetfulnesses, and postponements which made her lfe one endless endeavor to "cntort np with the transpiring present, seemed to present themselves before hor mind's eye. What woull this end in? Was not the present lesson suf ficiently momentous to teach ber to train herself in ft different school? Sho rose, aud came to her husband's side, laying one tremulous hand on his shoulder. "There shall be no more missing buttons, my love," she said eamostly. New York News. Tcrpetual Motion. The idea that perpetual motion may be realized, or that a maohine may be made to run itself until worn out, is one of the most fascinating and per sistent fallacies that has ever gained a hold upon tho human mind. Most of the machines of this kind have existed only in the imagination of the inven- tori, but some of the motors nave been aotually built, and a few of them have been shown in operation. An interesting example, reoulled the other day by President Henry Morton, of the Stevens Institute of Technology, is furuishod by the onoe famous Read hefer perpetual motion maohine. Large sums ot money were sunk in this, as in more reoent schemes like the "Keely motor," and for the pur pose of exposing the fraud involved, a small motor was constructed about eighty years ago by Isaiah Lukens, at the suggostiou of Nathan Sellers. This is preserved in the oolleotion of the Franklin Institute at Philadel phia, The niodol consists of a hori zontal circular table on a pivoted ver tical shaft, with two inclined planes mounted on wheels cn the table and ft car containing two removable weights on each inclined plane. Levers at tached to the inclined planes and the cars are supposed to transmit to the central shaft the tendenoies of the in clined planes to run from under the cars and of the cars to run down the inclined pianos, and these tondenoies are aupposod to rotate the central shaft. The arrangement is admirably simple in more senses than one, but. wonderful to relate, it seems to work. The machine stops when the weights nre removed from the car, but starts when they are replaced, and under fa vorable oiroumstanoes may ran indef initely. This startling phenomenon tends to Bhnke the novice's faith in the conservation of energy. Close inves tigation, however, reveals the lact that the base of the maohine hides ft train ot clockwork, whose springs can be wound through one of the orna mental knobs of the model's glass case, Tills clookworK drives tno piaie on which the central vertical shaft is pivoted, and the frictions are so ad justed that whon the cars are loaded the turning plate will drive the shaft, but without the weights in the ears the friotion is insulliotent. Trenton i-V, J.) American. How a Fish Comes to the Surlnce. A curious physiological disoovery has been made in tho past year by Professor Bohr, of Copenhagen, in re gard to the mode of storage by which a fish accumulates so mnoh oxygen in the air that distends the swimming or air bladder. The air contained therein bas a per centage of oxygen that may rise to as much as eighty-live, an amount much in excess of the percentage in atmos- nhcrio air. Professor Jiobr tapped the air bladders of codfish and drew off the gas by means of trooar and airtitrht svriuge. The gas bad fifty- two per oent. of oxygen. In a few hours the air bladder was refilled, ap parently by a process of secretion of eras from the blood in the capillaries on the wall of the bladder, in one experiment the gas thus secreted had eiahty per cent, of oxygen. Wtea the nerves connected with the organ were severed, the secretion eessed and the organ was not refilled. It thus appears that when a fish de scends to a great depth, and his bedy is reduced in size by increased pres sure oi the water about him, he is able to attain his former size and rise by secreting the gas he needs, aud not by absorbing it irora tie water. Sup port is thus given to the theory that the gaseous exchanges thr.t occur iu the lungs of animals are net purely physical. .Baltimore buu. FOIt FAItM AX!) (1 AUD En, THE VAM E OF WOOD ASHR. Wood anhes are particularly valun bio as a fertilizer. Evon if most of the potash has boon removed by teach ing they should never be wanted. As they do not wash readily from the soil they are inoro lasting than many oth er fertilizers. Tholr application to ponch trees is strongly recommended, Hot ns a cure but ns a preventive of yellows. Now York World. SMALL roTATOF.S FOR SEED. Tho small potatoes nre ns good for seed ns tho largo ones, and muchmoro economical, ns thrco bushels of them will plant an aero of laud mid twenty bushels will bo needud for tho same of largo ones. Tho perfect ripeness of tho seed is tho main point, and each seod should bo cut ns if they were largo. In grafting one takes no thought of tho sizo of tho hud nor in tho rooting of cuttings, and n semi po tato is essentially a cutting. Ami ns tho small potatoes nre unsalable it is an economy to mnko this use of them. Tho majority of experiments iu grow ing potatoes have shown no important differeiico in yield of small or large seod. Now York Times. FEEDtNO STRAW FOR nt'LK. No animal can livo wholly on food that has too conceutratod nutrition. When meal is givou somo coarser food must bo cut up and mixed with it to mako tho ration bulky enough for the gastrio juice to properly act upon it What this coarser material shall lie does not much matter, provided it is something that is itself digestible. Cut bay mixed with corn meal is com monly given for horses, but for cows cut straw or corn stalks is gonorally substituted for tho hay. Straw has loss nutrition than hay, aud what it lias is mainly carbonacoous. But it is fir that fact the bettor fit tod to mix with linseed and cotton-seed meal, that bavo a large excoss of tho nitro genous elements of nutrition. Tho hay crop in many places is deficient this year, but whonovor much grain is grown cut straw may well take its place, if given an addition of enough concentrated food to supplement its deficiencies. Boston Cultivator. STEER FEEDING? EXPERIMENT. Bullotin No. 85 of the Utah Expe riment Station treats of, first, the valuo of straw as a substitute for hay; second, short spring periods of groin feeding; third, rotative value of en silage, roots, and straw aH condiments; fourth, valuo of different grain ra tions. Tho following facts aro brought out in tho bulletin: 1. Steers fod on mixod hay alone for 112 days gained 1,09 pounds per day each. 2. Steors fod straw and bay with grain gained 78 pounds per day each for thirty-throe days. Steors fod on lucorno and straw for fifty-six days gained practically nothing. Steers fod on rod clover and straw for twenty thrco days gainod CG pounds per day each. 3. Steers fed on grain and straw for 112 days gained 33 pounds pur day per steer. 4. All tho steers, after having been fed as specified in paragraphs 1, 4 and 8, gained but 34 pounds per day each for thirty-five days on mixed bay. grain and roots. Tho smallnoss of tho grain is thought to be duo to tho ehaugo of food. 5. Steers boused at night and in a yard during the day, when fed on hay and grain, and either roots, straw or ensilage, gained 1.35 pounds per day each for eighty-four days. 6. Tho experiments indicate that any attempt to crowd a steer luto in tho spring, after he has been moderately well fed, will rosult in a loss. 7. Boots made more gain than either straw or ensilage. 8. As the amount of grain fed in creased the growth increased, and the cost of the gain decreased. 0. Sttvrs bought at two cents and feed in the manner indicated during the winter, cannot be sold at a profit in the spring for less than throe oenta. BORHB BOTS. I seldom go to see a sick horse in the country, writes S. B, Howard, V, S. , but that some one does not ask me this question: "Doctor, do you thiuk ho bus the bots?" A great many people think the bot are injurious. Bots do not in the least cause any paiu or suffering to the horse. The female bot fly deposits her eggs upon the hair of the horse about the breast and forelegs. , In several days these eggs become ripe: then the blightest warmth aud moisture brings J?rtb the latent larvae. You can evu I hatch them in your hand by blowing our breath upon thorn. A smnll worm thus makes Its appearance. You can readily see how easily thon the hot gains access to tho stomach. The horse licks himself, the hot thus boing hatched, and on the tongno or lips of the horso, you sec, it is easy then for tho hot to pass to the stomach with food or drink, where he attaches him self to tho iuneusible walls of the stomach nnd lives there, by absorp tion, a year. Ho is thon grown J ho lets go his hold, passes out, bursts open mid emerges ns the hot fly. In short, this is his round of existence. His lifo in tho horso is merely pnssive, nnd does no harm uidoss ho should bo pome so numerous that ho might ob struct tho passage of food. This last is very, very rare. No matter what disease n horso dies of, tho stomach oftou partially digests quickly and then ruptures. Now, some men in opening such cases and (hiding the stomach rupturod aud hots u tho abdominal cavity, look no fur ther for tho enuso of (loath, but jump at tho . michiNion, "Dots havo eaten through tho stomach." Thero aro few horses that, do not havo bots in considerable numbers. I havo seen almost a quart of them in ft large horse's stomach, nnd ho had never shown any ill efforts from thorn The Cultivator. CHARACTER IN COWS. Bewaro of fat cows. This alarm is sounded strictly forthebonetitof good progressive dairy-men. Any ono can succeod iu keeping cows poor in flesh simply by starving thorn, while ouly a generous feeder can mnko thorn too fat. While generous fooding is a uecessity with good and profitable dairying, yet tho condition precedent for profit is that tho oow should apply her exoess of feed to milk nnd not to fat making. The first thing, of course, iu getting up a good herd is to have largo milkers, nnd they should bo porsistent, long milkers nnd also rich milker, but such cows will not bo profitable milkers if they get too fat. Such cows waste lots of tholr food in making fut, and should be turned over where they bolong. As a rule fat cows will not give rich milk, because tho fat of the food goes to the body instca I of the pail. Tho proof of this, however, must not be taken from tho looks of things alone, but same kind of test like the Habcock must bo used. For instanco, there is no more common mistake than to sup pose tliatcowit giving very yellow milk aro extra good butter-makers. There is no iu ire common delusion than to think that yellow color goes with richness in milk. Now, the fact is, that yellow milk contains no morn, if as much butter fat as white milk. Appa-nnoes are ofton decoptivo in this lino. Cows with yel ow skins are no bettor for bntter. making than those with white skins, common belief to the contrary, not withstanding. I wa once principal performer in same interesting experi ments in this line. We classified the Jerseys in n herd, picking out the yellow-skinned aud yellow milkers, and pitted them against tho white skinned and whito milkers. The whites made more cream. Yellow skins and yellow milk generally go together. Guernseys have more yollow skins than Jerseys, but do not give more cream or make so much butter. Kich- ness is a race of individual character. Home aud Farm. FAR5I AND OAIUtKN NOTES. It is about time to settle upon the breeders in your flocks. A cracked hoof will spoil a good horse quicker than anything else. A dozen of eggs is now worth about as much as the hen that lays them. Y'ou will soon pay for a bone cutter in the increase of eggs yonr hens will sholl out. Breeders should never lose Bight of tho fact that good horse always have good dams. By continuously mating the "flowei of tho flock" you advance step by step towards perfection. Do not fail to give the fowls some' thiug green, silage, cabbage, cut olover, turnip tops or rye. Select your best bens for breeders. Take those that are thrifty, wel) formed and the best layers if eggs art-i wanted aud mate to thoroughbred rooster of some good laying breed. Suppose you rake out your ponltry bouse clean, a,nd put in a new upp'i of shavings, chaff cut straw or some thing nice and dry for the hens tc scratch among. If thore comes a few hours of warm sunshine open all tin doors nnd let tho sun and air get iu. shutting the house up again belord sundown.
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