It in said that Buffalo, N. Y is tha
World's nfth maritimn city.
With a population of 3,725,00f),
Scotland has 0,500 university stu
dent, nhilo with a population nhotit
U times ns great England has ouly
0,000 university students.
The Chicago Timcs-IIcrnld offers
prize of $3,000 and a gold modal for
tho best horseless carriage propelled
by electricity or any other mechanicnl
agency, to bo determined by public
Competition,
Franco 1ms boon ft pioneer" in navy
Const motion. 8ho had the first steam
line of buttle ships ; sha launched tho
first steam ironclad J slit) was the first
to substitute steel for iron, nnd to
Attempt soft steel plating for tho hulls.
lrout Britain goes to Franco for her
large-it boilers for vessels.
Germany is the classical land of
Scientific forest culture, and just now
forty English and Scotch forestry offi
cials n re making a tour there to study
the latest methods of forestry, but es
pecially tho practical solution, now
tinder way, of a problem Miat has
Vexed the natives for ages, that is,
how to turn old Lunenburg heath, a
large, barren district, into a wooded,
fertile country.
If half of the million dollars ex
pended ft n ii mi 1 1 y in New York City
for charity, Bays the Texas Sniiiliiriaii,
Were iuvi-stcl in Western lands and
the rising generation of tho pauper
clement in that city were placed
thereon and made self-sustaining, tho
ratio of defective population would
bo wonderfully decreased, ami tho
opprobrium of our civilization would
l)o materially softened. Verily hero
is a Held for the philanthropist.
A number of newspapers are dis
cussing the impropriety of addressing
lot turn to Jolm Smith, Eq , instead
of to Mi'. John Smith. In L mdou
there is uu iron-clad rule to this
effect. You ore to address your
tradesman ns Mr. John Smith; tho
gentleman in your social set is to ba
addrekned as Johu Smith, Esq. This
distinction is invariably adopted by
Americ ins who reside in Grout Britain
for any considerable length of time,
and tiie Chicago Record notes that it
is b.-i ig observed to a growing extent
in thin eo II :it i v.
Ac sordino; to a report recntly is
sued from tho War Department, tho
total oi-gaiiiz-d strength of the militia
of the several Slates of tho Union is
111,210. Now York leads in tho
Dumber of her citizen soldiery, which
is placed nt 12,813; Pennsylvania fol
lows, with Ohio, Massachusetts,
Illinois, California, Seuth Carolina,
and Georgin in tho order named.
During the past year the militia of
fifteen States were called iuto active
service, mainly for tho purpose of
lauor strikes. Ilia whole number or
citizeus iu the United States liable to
do military duty is given at 9,913,
013; so that, as a m itter of fact, one
person ont of every eighty-seven so
liable jg enrolled for service, while of
our total population the enrollment is
only one out of five hundred and
eTc-uty persona.
Our statisticians should go to work,
and analyze and classify the suicides
which are now so uumemus iu this
country. Acoording to the Atlanta
Constitution hundreds of ineu mid
women are killing themselves all over
the laud, and many of them seem to
have no special reisou for their rash
conduct. If they were nil pour, igno
rant or disease I people wo could un
derstand it. But tuey are confined to
iio particular class. The rich capital
ist in u fit of louesomeness fastens his
windows and doors, turns on the gas,
aud is anpliyx ated. Tho poor muu
out of work kills himself uud family.
Mental trouble causes one man to
blow out his brains, while another
seeks death t j got ri I of his
cruditors, or beoinse he is physically
affected. A woman go as from her
country home to the city in search of
work. She fails to get it, nnd takes
morphine. A lover is jilted by h i
girl, aud m ikes a rush for his pistol.
A child is soolded uu I h tn rs himself.
A woman is disappointed about some
email matter, uud straightway leaps
iuto the other world. Of course sui.
cldca have always occurred, but it
strikes us that they ure growing more
numerous an J more unreasonable.
People ssem to plane a lighter esti
mate upon hum in lifd every year.
Whether this is due to iusaiiity, hard
times, disousq or agnosticism it is hurd
to tell, but IUj silbj 'st is worth inves
tigation.' Our scientists should look
iuto the matter aud find out the came
of this opidein o of suicide.
Vesper.
I leave ttis olty bohlnd ran,
Shaking Its dust from my font i
Leaving Its thunder ami roar ot trails,
I hasto to the covert swont,
Whom from Jink of ths elm-boughs' areh
lng.
As In long cathedrals dim,
Thromrh tho hush of the llngnrlng twilight
Ths llirushos sing a hymn.
In tho town worn hurry and bustls,
And squalor and sin wets thnro.
And thn (rail of the worship of msmmon,
Ami tho wearisome burden of cans
In the fields arn sllnnos and perfume,
And ono might knool and pray
In the enlm andololstorod forest
At the tender fall of ths day.
Thn birds go ft lng homeward
To tho m st In tho trootops dim,
And tho vnspnrs din Into stlllnnss ;
Tho thrush hns llnlshnd hlshymn.
Oh! heatilifiil lanes, I lovo you
As you skirt tho babbling drunks.
As you seek to tho font ot tho mountain,
As you find tho hidden nooks,
Where tbo ferns In great green masses
The odt;o of thn swamp-land rim,
Where I linger till stars nwuks above,
And tho thrushes sing their hymn.
Harper's II izar.
A SOCIAL VERDICT.
by MHS. M. L. n.WNR.
II ivnl M aliens was invited to dino
at the Lossiugs, atrictly a family af
fair, au.l was duly elated, for ho know
it mo nit tho crucial moment of his
life, when ho would bo considered n
possible lover for tho clever Edith
liossinir, to whom ho had lost his
heart mi first acquaintance. Ho know
that men quite ns eligible ns ho had
beeu thrown over, but ho had a man's
confidence in his own ability to mnko
successful love, only givo him the
clianco. And hero was his chance.
To sit nt tho samo table with his bo
joved, to cat the same ambrosia it is
always ambrosia until lovo is married,
and his normal appetite returns and
to hear tho brilliant sullies of her wit
If ho had known, poor insect, that
he was to be put under a microscope,
ho would have gone to his doom with
fear nn l trembling, or staid away al
together, but he had no fears what
ever on any score, except of his deep
unworthiucss, in a general sous', of
the charming girl to whoso hand and
hard htm it ho nspirod.
The dinner was ono of those dainty
aggregations of silver nnd cut glass,
ami decorative chini, which give a
bizarre effect to our m enls at the pro
sent time, oven when one's feelings
must bu tied with bluu ribbon or kept
out of sight, nnd when it is a social
crime to cat anything with a spoor.
But Hoynl Mathewg was accustomed
to modern luxury, and would have
died before he would have admitted
that he did not kuow tho whole social
shibboleth. That E.litU Lossiug would
attempt to judgj of a mau's morals
by his nianuors never occurred to
him. lie would havo scouted the idea,
for while ho gave duo consideration
to the small social courtesies of life,
bo valued them very little and always
suffered from their r.-struiuts counting
somewhere in his veins a strain of
honest (Junker blood.
Before tho diuner was well bgun,
Mat hew was awuro that in so mo way
he had offeudo I Miss Lossing. As
tho conversation was informal nnd of
a desultory character, he could not
recall nil that he had Slid, aud could
find no cause for offsuse. It must
then, be something hn has doue but
what. He oortuiuly lin.l not eaten
with his knifo, nor drunk from the
finger-bowl, but what then had fr Zen
the lovely E.lith into a statue of ice?
Ho tried to thaw her and became frost
bitten himself. He had the pleasure
of a long and tedious conversation
with her father nnd mother, for what
will muu in love not do for thosa pro
spective relatives, and he felt that
fromthein he has won golden opinions.
And with thut ho was obligud to con
tent himself.
Edith Lossing'a frionds wero much
afruid that she would cud her days ill
single blessedness, or elso go through
the woods uud pick up the figurative
crooked utick, as u lust resort oppor
tunity. Hj iiiuiiv eligible meu have
sought her hand and beeu refused,
that it was currently reportud thut she
had been disappointed in love and win
detenu n -d to live and dio an old
maid. Her fiicuds had on several oc
casions announced themselves satis
fied with the cuudidate only to be told
that Miss E li:h had refused him.
ine iroiiiiia was inai taitu was
hypercritical. It wus so with other
things beside the aft actions. She
took all ths sweetness out of life by
finding its sugar was adulterated with
chuik. She left the sky out of her
liiuilso pes, and mutilated her friends
by potty criticism. She had heard or
read somewhere thut milliners were
the shadows of morals, and by this
half-j noli rulu she measured meu.
The day nftor the dinner she went
to lunch with her Best Friend, who
boarded at a stately hotel and was a
porson of common sense, the sen roost
oommodity on earth. She was fond
of Edith, whilo bowailing tha positive
virtues which made her so disagreea
ble. "I mot Allen Holbrook in the lob
by and ho stood and talked with me
without removing his hat," she an
nounced to her Best Friend after they
had lunched and were seated in one
of tho parlors of the hotel.
"Then I supposo yott will disallow
him a single good quality," remarked
the B. F.
"But it was such a want of respect,"
complained E .lit 1.
"Put it on another basis. Perhaps,
Now Woman, ho was treating yon
with the freedom of good aomradoship?
Could ho pay you a greater compli
ment?" "Tho new woman will demand every
acknowledgment of social form," an
swered Elith. "It was unbearable
rudonoss."
"Let us think that he was so glad
to see you that he never once thought
of his hat, it will bu more charitable.
But toll me, for I nm dying to know,
is Hoyol Mathews to bo the happy
man?"
"Uoyal Mathews is nn insulTersblo
boor," retorted Elith with a good
deal of asperity, showing that sho was
secretly hurt.
"What did ho do? You told mo ho
wns to dino with you yostuid iy. l-)id
he cat with his knife?"
"Worso a thousand times worse."
"Did ho do as E nmerson did when
Margaret Fuller was his guist eat in
his shirt-sleeves?"
"No and he is not an Emerson."
"1 insist upon you telling mo tho
depth and breadth of his trausgrrs
s'on. If you do not I shall ask him
myself when ho calls nt five, as ho pro
mised."
"Very well, I will toll you, nn 1 tho
consequences bo ou your own head.
You know that I pride myself on my
housekeeping, aud that all tho glass
nnd silver is taken care of by myself.
I think I can claim spotless brilliancy
ou tho table ware, yet whin that mm
sat down at the tublo, wh it d J'JU
think ho did? Bat you would ncvor
guess no, not in a lifetime. Tho
wretch pickod up a corner of thn table
cloth nnd deliberately polished first
his glass, then the plate, an I finally
the silver at his plate. It was done in
a moment, but with no attempt nt con
cealment. I was so thankful that no
ono else saw him th) nITiir would
have been talked over in the kitchen I"
Edith waited for n burst of indigna
tion from her B. F., and was surprised
nt a pcul of laughter. This was fol
lowed by u grave thonghtfuluess, aud
then tho Best Friend mid:
"Mydoir, Uoyal Mathews was un-
consciously following a habit acquired
ut tho hotels of our country, whore
food is served iu haste, nnd often by
iucompetout help. I do not imagine
the peor fellow was for n moment con
scious of w'aat hj wis really doing,
uu 1 I admit th it tho h ibit is a very
careless one. But it rates several de
gress loss th in a crime."
"I don't know ubout tint," said
Edith, but with a relieved loj'.c. "I
have nlw.iys looked upo.i a mill's
manners ns his credentials; they
either uplift him or degrade him."
"Yes, my E litb, but you must not
forget the 'aw.'ul soul that dwells in
clay.' You mako much of tho accom
plishments of tho clay, but there is
the deeper life that is its sanitation.
Aud now may I nsk, what is that ob
ject ou which you have been w.eaking
vour will ever since we came iu from
the table?"
E lith looked and was aghast.
"It is a table napkin," she said;
"whore did I get il?"
"Carried it off with you uncon
sciously. Oh, woman of cruel judg
ment 1 Suppose I were to accuse you
of appropriation? You see now easy
it is to forget ourselves aud become iu
a moment objects of condemnation or
suspicion. Charity, my dear, will
even condone the swallowing of knives
and thn abstraction of napkins."
The Best Friend rung the bell and
Have a waiter tho suspicious object.
Thou royal Mathews was announced,
and was astonished beyond meustire
to find his lady of the ice of the pre
ceding day as warm aud glowing as
Hebe. Detroit Free Press.
Coast in ir Bow n Mt. Wushlugtou.
"We rodo puellinatio safeties of the
beat make, but they were unprovided
with brukes. The result was that,
when the grade became, as it did at
times, steep, our wheels attaiued an
absolutely uucontro able momentum,
At such times the only thing we could
do was to steer for the III, heap of
sand or clump o.' hunk eberry bus. ei
that hovo iu sight, and sail iuto it wn
our ryes shut tight uud heal down.
Thus we proceeded ou our extra
ordinary way, and I doubt not that
the Old Man in the mountains grinned
sardonically as ha took note of the
Professor's apparel, which aftor every
charge becamo more and more 'pro
miscuous,' until it dwindled into into
shreds, Whon within a milo of our
destination our wheels again be
gan to got beyond our control,
but we wero so near tho foot
that wo decided not to try
to stop them. Ho down wo flow at a
fearful rate, whou at tho cud of a long
curve wo saw ahead in tho dim light
two mountain wagons passing each
other nud taking up tho entire road.
Neither of us said a word, but wo slid
off our wheels and were hurled through
tho bushes down tho 120-foot gravel
cmbnukmont, and through tho trees
down tho steep mountain slopo.
Mcauwhilo tho bicycles wero running
riot. Tho professor's went over the
mbnukmcnt nnd flew along with in-
-rinsing momentum, until with n hop
skip nud jump and farewell somer
sault, it disappeared over tho ledge
and wo nw it no more. Tho profes
sor himself was badly stunned, but
we brought him to, going down in tho
nagon, and beyond a couplo of tenth r
ankles, n lame shoulder and various
cuts nnd bruises, ho arrived nt tho
bnso in, ns ho expressed it, 'pretty fair
form.' " Outing.
Singular Discovery In Central Asia.
The Russians have mado a singular
discovery in Central Asia. In Tur
kestan, on tho right bunk of the Anion
Dial a, in a chain of rocky hills, near
the Bokharan town of Karki, nnd a
number of largo caves which, upon ex
amination, wero found to lead to nn
underground city, built apparently
long before tho Christion era. Ac
cording tj efllges, inscriptions and de
signs upon the gold nud silvor
money unearthed from among tho
ruins, tho cxistenco of tliu town
l.itei bie'c to somo two cen
turies B. C. Tho uiidergrouna
Bokhuran city is about two vcrsts
long, nnd is co mposed of an enor
mous labyrinth of corridors, streets
uud sipnros, surrounded by houses
nnd other buildings two or throo
stories high. Tho edifices contain all
kinds of domestic utensils, pots, urns,
vases and so forth. In spite of tho
streets, falls of earth and rock have
hbstrnctcd tho pnssages, but generally
the visitor, can walk about freely
without lowering his head. Tho high
legroo of civilization attaiued by tho
inhabit nits of tho city is showu by
the fact that they built iu several
stories, by the symmetry of tho streots
and squares and by tin beauty of tho
c'av nud metal utousils nud of the
ornaments and coins. Atlanta CoU'
stitution.
The KouiP' In Japan.
Dogs of our commou breeds wera
unknown in Japan until tho advent of
British uud American visitors, but are
now quite common, as the people
tako kindly to auy aud all pets, and
treat di gs in pnrt'cu'ar much better
than they are treated auy where elso in
the world. The dog has to modify
his habits wheu he reaches Japan,
however, as ha gets no meat. So the
sou and grandson of the caniuo im
migrant lose the meat taste altogether
uud suiff suspiciously if a piece is
off -red thorn. But they soon leuru to
like it.
Indeed, Japaneso dogs have "iits"
less ofteu thun ours. Tho S. P. C. A.
people say that too much meat and'
too little excrciso combine to under
mine a New York dog's digestion and
make him liable to fits. Mr, Fink
tells of a Japanese-bred foreign dog
wliich wonldu't touch a piece of corned
beef until he had satisfied himself that
it wasu t poison ; then ato it ravenous
ly and cried for more.
The Jupauese name for a foreign
dog is "konii," or "kami," which
looks Japanese enough. Iteully the
name arose from the fact thut the
Japs, hearing foreigners say "Come
'ere" to their dogs, took the syllables
for a mime. "Komi" is "Come
V-re ;" and thut is a dog's uaiuo now a
Iu JupouuUe. New York Recorder.
He Hail Traveled.
A Windham comity muu, who
rounded out seventy-five years of his
life without ever going more than
tweuty miles from his birthplace, wus
oue day susweriug tha questions of a
distinguished Western visitor who had
oomo on to the old town from far be
yond the Misnissippi Valley to learn
of the ohildhood of bis father and
mother, who wore born in Windham
oouuty. The old native gave the
Westerner just tho details the lutter
was nocking.
"Aud I suppose you have always
lived around here," said the man from
beyond the Mississippi.
"Oh, no," replied the native, "I
wus born two miles from here I" Hart
ford Times.
FOK FARM AM (1 A It I) EX.
nobtdxa onotiND in drt weAtunn.
To roll the ground after grass seod
in dry woathnr is tho most effectivo
method of preventing tho Seed from
growing, or rsthor killing tho first
sprouts of tho sood, and thus ruining
the stand Tho rolling of tho surfuco
makes the soil compact and solid, and
thus puts it in a condition in wliich it
loses every atom of moisturo In tho
least possible timo. Late sowing of
grass aud clover should always bo
harrowed lightly and tho soil left as
loose on tho surface as possibbj, after
covering tho seed at least one iuoh.
Now York Times.
ritortT rnoM inkkitk!) animals.
Convert carrion into profit by bury
ing mining fruit trees and vines hogs
dnd of cholera, animals killed by an
thrax nud black quarter, or other oar
casses. Bury deep enough to prevent
dogs or other animals from digging
down to tho carcass and carrying por
tions of it away. Then tho contagion
will not bo spread, tho tnauiirinl value
of tho carcass will be utilized, and the
community bo spired tho odor of
burning dead hogs. In somo instances
cholera dead hogs havo oven been
thrown over tho hedge fences iuto tho
road for tho turkey buzzards and
crows to feed upon, thus spreading
tho disenso nil over tho country. How
much better to chnugo them into
luscious fruits by feuding trees nnd
vines with tho plant food they need iu
so muny enscs. American Agricultur
ist. TUB Ql'AI.irY OF HONEY.
Honey is obtained by bees fr em tho
nectar of flowers, and its color, taste
and character lire mainly dependent
ou tho kind of flower which tho ben
frequent. Every experienced boo
keeper soon leiru i to recognize tho
white nnd excellent houoy procured
from tho white clover blossom. In
localities whoro thuro are numerous
hiiHSwood trees, a very choice honey,
but darker than that from white clover
is made from their blossoms. It is to
many tastes preferable to tho lighter-
colored honey from tho white clover.
Tho bees do not visit differeut kinds
of flowers on tho sumo trip, nor are
different kinds of houoy placed in tho
sumo coll. Buckwheat honey is that
made last iu tho Sanson, aud is also
tho darkest. It has a strong flavor,
but somo prefer it f er eating to the
moro delicately flavored kinds. But
us buckwheat honey docs not Boll bo
well ou thn market, it is usually left
for the bees to cut during the winter.
Boston Cultivator.
FEKUtSli hCI.PHCR TO POULTRY.
It is to be presumed that all who
have had any experience in raining
poultry of any kind kuow that sulphur
is au insccticido destructive to all
kinds nnd forms of bird lice, whether
infesting tho wild or domestic species.
A tablespoonful of sulphur placed iu
the ucst of a sitting fowl will insuro
freedom from all kinds of parasites
ou both mother aud young chicks.
But now comes u Frouch savant who
affirms, and apparently with good
reasons, thut many of tho failures at
tributod to unfertile eggs are renlly
duo to the deficiency of sulphur iu
the eaaa. He tested his theory by
feeding a spoonful of sulphur twice
week to twelve heus nnd to tho same
number he gave no sulphur. The
eggs of tho two lots were tested for
raising chicks with the result that of
those fed ou sulphur ouly ten per cent
failed, whereas of the other tho loss
were fifty per ceut. Perhaps this hint
may be utilized to advautago by poul
trvmen raising choice breeds. New
York Sun,
roor) AND MILK FLAVOR.
Ail other conditions being even, we
know:
1. That fresh milking cow's milk
will give higher flavored buttor than
that of old milking cows.
2. That oows fed ou good June pas
tures will givo finer II ivored butter
thati thoso fed on dry fod ler.
3. That, wheu creaming by deep
sotting, the cream risiuj during the
first twelve hours will chum easier
aud give a higher flavored butter than
the "after oreuiu" raised iu the next
twelve hours, the latter having smaller
globules.
4. That tho flavor iu milk varies
greatly with tho food. Compare that
prodncod ou low marshes, us iu Hel
ium!, with that produced in tho Alps,
or if you plouso compare the lutter
with that produced in Wisoonsiu, uud
auk any experienced Swiss cheese
maker if ho can get the samo flavor iu
his cheese here that he got iu the
Alps.
If in oheese, why not iu buttor?
Knowing this, who shall deny at
i least the partial effect of food ou the
flavor? Who shall decldo at tho pro-
sent "state ot art that tho older
scientists were altogether wrong when
they claimed tho base of flavor in but
ter to be certain othereal oils.
Hoard's Dairyman.
KSHIt.AOJt.
Tho general verdict of those who
havo tried it Is that ansilago always
gives a greater return thou tho actual
feeding value ascribed it by the
chemists. The explnu ition lies in the
pulutiihility of this food and its pecu
liar inllneneo iu milk socrotion in con
nection with its siiocutcneo. Its su
periority over dry fodder as a substi
tute for green grass is unquestioned,
cveu by those who aro least disposed
to approve of its use on tho ground
thut fermented food must necessarily
bo nunholcBoine.
But tho prejudioo against cnsilago
is fust disappearing. Experience has
shown that good ensilage will produce
milk nnd buttor equal to that pro-
bleed by any other feed, and that
tho health of tho animals is quito un
affected by its uso. Tho strongest
argument in its favor is the fact that
tho number of silos is rapidly incrons
ing and many of tho condensed-milk
factories that formerly prohibited its
uso nro now permitting it. It has
been found that oveu though it is
possible for somo people nt times to
letect a faint suggestion of ensilage
in tho milk of cows that havo par
taken freely of it, just ns tho change
from dry feed to frosh past nro is
plainly discernible in tho spring milk,
yet this slight flavor Is regarded
rather as an improvement than other
wise. The proof of this lies in the
fact that the milk and the butter sup
plied to our millionaires come from
onsilagc-fed cows.
By roasen of its largo yiold, great
feeding value and tho muny different
climates and conditions under which
it can bo profitably produced, corn
has been, nnd always will be, tho
favorite ensilage crop, ns it is tho
great roughage crop of tho United
States, while all the other forago
plants can ba mu le iut onsilugo, -thero
is moro labor and less profit in
tho work. It is au excellent feed not
ouly during tha winter but in summer
when a season of nbuml moo is often
followed by udroughtaul the pistures
aro burn -d up.
Valuable ns ensilage is, it will not
pay to build a silo for less thou seven
or eight cows. Tho farm ir who keeps
a less number will find it imuossihlo
to uso the ensilage pit economically.
He will havo to employ fodder; bi. ,
ho may greatly increase its value if hu
will permit it to nearly re ich the stage
for ripening ears, j tst as hu would if
destining it for tho silo, and, after al
lowing it to beconi) dry to the hand,
cure it propc.-ly by stuc'iiu; in well-
laid heaps with ventilators through
them to let iu air and curry off tho
heat generated by tho curing fodder.
Besides the fodder, a supply of car
rots aud parsnips should be raisi 1 to
furnish the necessary suceulenoe to
maiut aiu the cows iu g-eod milk flow.
New York World.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Our export horse trade is rapidly
increasing.
Have any of your fowls white, or
scaly legs? Attend to them.
Solitary confinement in a dark sta
ble will m ike a horse vicious.
Breed to suit your mirket, and not
uocordiug to your individual taste.
See that the collars fit the shoul
der and that hames tit the collars.
Pawing is often caused by indiges
tion, worms, constipation or disorder
ed kidueys.
Tho mangers should bo kept as clean
as your own plate. Dil you ever
think of that?
Now get some grass for your hens.
Throw in a sod ooeusiouully and they
will thuuk you.
Are tho mangers perfectly clean, or
is there a lot ot sour, musty stuff in
tho bottom uud corners?
Those who have tried both claim
that thero is very little difference,
none in fact, between white aud
brown Leghorus, except iu oolor.
You cau now dig up the ground in
your hen park, and the way the heus
gobble the worms, aud wallow in the
dirt, will oouvinoo you that you have
made no mistake.
When you briug iu a dozen oggs at
uight, and they are so nearly uhkj
that uo difference iu color can be de
tected, it is safe to assume that your
hun ure pretty well bred.
The nature of most breeds of poul
try is to bo gentle aud it is ouly by
experience of rough treatment that
thry beooine shy. The true fancier
pats and handles his birds, but al
ways so g'litly that tuey learn to
trust their keeper.