Almost nil tho biggest London and provincial English papers are priutod on presses mndo in New York It is ft sign of tho times that the Hew normal iiohool to lio built nt Mad iHon, Wisconsin, will contain ft gym nasium, awimmiiigtniik and a running truck. ' A curious development of socialism In Frnnoe in tho creation of n school tocinlist oratory, whore young men re to bo trninod in the sophisms sup posed to bo host united to swny tho public mind. Light single railroads, on which largo whcelbnrrows run, nro beginning to bo lifted on French farms. Tho rails nro fastened to nmnll iron cross pieces tho cndft joined by llsli plates, nnd be easily put in plneo nnd removed. The cloning deendett of thin country nre witnessing no more rcm:irknblo phenomenon than that shown in t ho migration of population, not do much from country to country, nti from place tn plane in tho snmo country. The many sidelines of the great frcnius of tho Franco-Prussian War, Count Ton Molke, is illustrated ngnin by tho discovery among his papcra of several poems which critics sny aro worthy of rank among tho works of tbe moot famous German writers. New England has a greater propor tion of wago earners thnn any other section of tho country, in Rhode) Island tho proportion reaching forty two per cent, or nearly one-half thn entire population. This remarkable state of tilings is duo to tho employ ment of women nnd children in tho mills. The Inst report of the Zurich poni ontinry shows that forty-right of the mnlo convicts woro "disciplined" for talking, while none of tho femnlo inmates had to be punished for tho name offense. "Distressing symptoms of tho degeneracy of man nro reported from everywhere," lnmcnts tho Now York World. A writer in a San Francisco paper proposes that every county should bold a certain amount of land to bo worked by tho unemployed, not as poor farms are now held, but rather in tho line of tho recent experiments in vacant lot farming. That experi ment is succeeding so well that, the New York World thinks, it may show better way of giving public nid to tho helpless than by treating them as pau vSnys llarper'a Weekly: "In this country alone the miles of bicycles for this year are estimated at half a mil lion. Tho total numbor of bicycles in lite is estimated at a million. Those figures are mere guesses, but there is nothing incredible or improbable about them. It is certain that we are only at the beginning of what is callod the bicyole craze, and the indications are that the craze is not gotting ready to disappear, even if it is not gotting ready, as is more likely to supersede all other methods of locomotion." The fortnne of Col. John T. North the "nitrate king" of Pern, and prob ably the wealthiest man in England, exceeds one hundred millions of dol Jars. He ia 51 years old and was a humble Yorkshire meohanio when be -went out to tbe little town of Huasco, in Pern, 28 years ago, to flud employ -ment at laborer's wages. His fortune iias found an entranoe for him into tbe charmed oircle of the Prince of Wales, and bis magnificont lavishness of ex penditure has made him the most talked-abo ut rich man in tbe king dom. K striking snmmnry of domestic wretchodness in London, is furnisbod by the showing of the number of per Dons to the living room. We are ac customed to regard tho tenement quarters of New York as densely crowded, and to pity the poor crca tures of tbe East Bid c, recently ar rivod immigrants for tbe most part, for tbe narrow quarters in whiob they pass their lives. General Booth's fig urea, however, show a condition ol existenoe far worse than we are aeons- tomed to assooiate with the New York poor. There are in London no fewer than 2,257,000 people whose idea oi home is represented by a single room. Of these, 301,000 live three in a room 102,000 fonr in a room, 67,000 five in room, 20,000 six in a room, 6,000 seven in a' room and 2,000 eight in room. By a room is ment the apart ment in which they eat, cook, sleep and dress. The mind revolts from too vivid a realization of what this signifies in point of cleinliuess, still more of morals, if, indeed, cloauliuess nd morality of any kind oau be predi cstsd of such hideous human cohabi letion. The Parting Honr. Triors Is something In the "parting hour" Will ehlll tltn wnrmnst heart Yet kliiilrml, eomrls, lovers, friends, Am fnteil nil to p irt i lint this I've seen unit mnny a pngti Has pressed It on my mind The one who goes Is hnpplnr Than those he leaves behind. No matter what tho Journey bo, Adventurous, dangerous, fnr, To the wild deep of blank froiitlor, To solltmln or war Htlll somotliltiir cheers tho heart Hint dnrcs In nil of hitman kind, Ami they who go nro happier Than thoso tltejr lenvo behind. Tho bride goes to the bridegroom's homo With doublings nnd with tears, Hut dues nt hope thn rainbow spread Across her cloudy frnrs 1 Alas! tint mother who remains, What enmf'irt enti she find Hut this- the gone Is happier Than one she leaves behind. Have you a friend, a enmrndo dear An old and valued friend ? )!o sunt your term of sweet enneourso At length will havn nn end, And when you part as pnrt you will () takn It nut unkind, If he who goes it happl'ir Than you he leaves behind. find t II 1 - It so and so it is; The pilgrims on their way, ThotiKh weak nnd worn, more cheerful aro Than nil Ihe rest who stayi And when, nt la-t, poor man, subdued, Lies down to dentil resigned. May ho not still be happier far Than those he leaves behind. Knn.int) Pollock, AN INSPIRED BLUNDER. THE RAILROAD MAN H HTOIIT. Tramps? You see only one typo in hose middlo-stnte suburban villnges. It is along tho big transcontinental railways that tho varied phenomena of human history presented bv those 'gentlemen of the road" may best bo studied." I graduated in this branch of knowl edge nt Wigwam, a small station three miles from Santa Rosa, Col., where I replaced the "section boys"" during bis vacation grin nway, boys! I was filling "general utility parts" that Hummer, because of financial disaster which you can spell "poker" if you ike! All outbound trains stopped nt Wig wam for water and the depot master nt Santa Rosa used to send cmpty'box cars to wait on our ftido tracks until some homo bound "freighter" could return them where they bolotigod. Theso cors offered idool hiding places for tramps and rows between train hands and such unprofitable voyagers were of frequent occurrouco and of vtrso aspects, both piteous nnd humorous, I've seen a Methodist parson turned out who bad spent thn money for his faro on charity, and 1'vo looked ou at tho expelling of a "swoll" temporarily beggared by riot ous living, whose namo is known among tbe "Four Hundrod." Often my sympathies were opposed to tho interests of my compauy, and once I attempted an evasion ot its rules with tho result that, except for some body's "inspired blunder," I should be haunted by the responsibility of a tragedy. My term of service was over. Tho man whose substitute I bad been would come back to bis post within a couplo of hours. Tbe afternoon was hot, and tbe little office very still, and a nap assisted me to get rid of some irksome time, when across the border land between sleeping and waking I beard a voice. "Will you give me a drink?" "Tbe voice wasrefiued,and so famil iar that I roused completely and con fronted my visitor. He leaned against the doorframe a dingy, ilroopiug figure, whose hair and a half-grown beard wore dusty past guessing their original color, while his dark eyes mndo odd ooutrast with bis othorwise universal grayncss, Yet they were familiar after the same elusivo fashion as his voice. "Who are you?" 1 asked briskly, "Ive seen you somewhere." Tbe tramp drew bis grimy brows to gether in a bewildered frown. "Watts?" be muttered, hesitatingly. "I remember you now." Ho dropped on tbe end of a bench bes:de me, "I'm Terry Rolfe and dead-beat," be gasped. My memory bore him prompt testi mony, and turning to a cupboard I produced a bottle anil a glass. He swallowed the whisky with mingled eagerness and difficulty of faintness and of a throat parched almost to paralysis, I watched him, curiously comparing my last sight of pleasant, prosperous Terry Bolfe with this broken-down tramp. He and bis obum, Jim Crosby, belonged to a party of eugiueers in whose company I bad oamped for sev eral weeks daring tbe preeediug spriug. These two were just from tho East the "tenderfeot" of the lot rather given to pictitrcstpio sombreros and brilliant sashes, yet jolly com rades, "Have you been long on tho road?" I asked, when ho gave mo back the glass. "A few dnys." "Where from?" He stared nt bis shabby boots with out reply. Mentally I reviowed the list of ca tastrophes in recent dnily pnpers.nnd could recollect no mention of tho nnnin of Kolfo, "Hard luck, I'm afraid eh?" Ho nodded, "Wbcra is your chum? 'doubles,' wo used to cnll you 1" Ito looked dumbly up nt me, while into bis ryoscntno thnt which none of us behold often thank dud! but which nt first mooting we kuow to bo despair. Then his bend dropped, and bo fainted. I got him down on tho fl tor, and worked over him until ho revived a little. "Why should I bear this?" lie mur mured, half consciously. "I would let nn other man live who bad killed dim I" Ho caught bis bronth with a sobbing cry that hurt ii hoar. "My darling, I must goto bert I must tell her how I " His voico sank iuatidibly, And I remember hearing that he was to marry .Jim Crosby's pretty sister next autumn. Well, boys, we read tho bible oc casionally in Colorado, an 1 wo find lessons which lit our lives there. Much lessons tench us to prefer the Samari- tnu to tho 1 harisee, even when our neighbor proves to be staiuo I by tho blood of a friend, and mud with tho resolvo to tramp across a continent to seo once more tho sweetheart from w hom his crimo bud parted him for ever. Kolfo rallied somo strength after be hail eaten tho fmgmonts of my din ner, and bathed his bl intuit) I feet. But ho refused my off jr of a ticket ou tho night express to tho east. "1 cannot ris k meeting nny ono- from Trinidad !" he said hoarsely. I bethought mo of certain box cars, waiting on our sidetrack, to bo car ried during tho next twenty-four ours many hundred miles further from Trinidad. Within una of those empty vans I proposed to install hint, nud so label it that neither trnnip nor official would disturb his solitutdo un til it reached the limit ot bis journey, iv lie ro ho could probably slip out un detected. Tins plan ho accepted eagerly, and, just before the timo for my own departure, I accomplished that defrauding of tho company who paid me to protect their interests. You don't wnnt thanks!" be ex claimed, when I loft him in the dusky car, with a jur of water and somo crackers. "As for shaking hands I" he ended, shuddering, "you have guessed what mine have done!" I was going whence bo had oome, as I had boeu summonod to Trinidad by division atiperinteudent at that point I should soon be familiar with the details of poor Rolfe's tragedy, I reflected, as I settled my self in tbe "smoker." The conduct or took a Beat beside me when we woro fairly off, and remarked that we had escaped the wanted fight to dis possess secreted tramps. There is one chap, however, sup poseu to bo tramping m tuis way, whom I would like to meot," he oou tinned "Terrenes Rolfe." "Terreuce Rolfo?" "Youug engineer you know him, Watts; you went down the road with bis party a few months ago, "Great chum of a fellow named Crosby?" "Just so, and engaged to Crosby' aister. Well sir, ho skipped out of Trinidad last week under the belief that he bad killed bis friend" "Tho belief? Is Crosby not doad? I interrupted somothing children call a "lump" choking uiy throat. "Neitbor dead nor likely to die tin less be briugs on brain fever fretting overRulfo's disappearance." "Tell me your story and I will toll you mine." This was bis story. ' Tho company projected this summer a branch line connecting Trinidad with a town fifty milos distant, nnd tho engineers who were employed to lay it out camped in the neighbor hood. They ran np to Trinidad for every cbauoe of fun, and thus made the acquaintance of a handsome Mex ican girl, Jnanita Valdez, with whom Crosby became bewitohad. Haifa sought persistently to save bis friend from bor clutches, and bis efforts transformed the fanoy she at first manifested for bim into tbe hate suoh a woman cherishes towaru me man for whom she would have slaved had be liked her. One night after dance Rolfe, while urging Crosby's return to camp, affronted Juanita, who seeking possible renown as tho cause of n trngody, stimulated her lover's rosentmotit until be drew n revolver. There wns a struggle, tho revolver wss discharged In Rolfo's grasp, and bis chum fell apparently dead. When tho police arrived Crosby showed no sign of lifo, Juanita gliby accused Rolfe, nnd he, who secmod to liavo gone qnilo mad, fled from bis not very energetic captors. Crosby wns taken to tho hospital, where be remained many hours insensible. Thon like the chap in tho miracle he "becamo of ft right mind." Ho refused Juanita s attnntions,nnd sending for tho author ities, declnred that Rolfo bnd been act uated throughout tho affair by a devo tion to bim and his family which bo feared had led to a catastrophe. "Put tho police to shnmo and pro duce your man," concluded tho con ductor. Forthwith I confessed the plot, whose disastrous result wns carrying poor Rolfo as fast as steam could tako him away from tho one remedy for bis despair. I did not share Crosby's dread thnt he would nttampt self de duction, becauso I knew bim to bo sus tained by his wild scheme of escaping arrest until he bnd mndo bis defense to bin sweetheart. But those long hours of vain agony were bitter to anticipate, even from the culm dis tance which lies between us and an other's soul's misery. Tho conductor and I combined our wits regulations to intercept bis jour ney. Tho halts of freight trains, how- over, depemloU upon many circum stances, and were irregular beyond our power of reckoning. Iho only possible way of finding him was to telegraph to probable stopping places of that freighter, nnd its ultimate lies tination. This wo did at tho next sta tion, but it was hours after our arrival at Trinidad, nnd long past midnight before I receivod any reply. Thedis- potoh informed me thnt enr 109 wns not with the freighter, and that train hands reported it to have been blun deringly loft at Wigwam, Such uncortaiulty was likely to re lieve Crosby's suspense, even if so lata a visit would have been permitted nt the hospital. I sent a telegram to Wigwam and betook myself to bod. Beforo breakfast on the following day I walked again to the station. A freight train was crawling in with hnlf its ugly length slowly winding around a curve. I glanced over the line of box cars, ono of whoso compeers so occupied my thoughts. Surely there was oiirious similarity in that combination of numbers on the lust, or d id tho distanoo deceive my sight? Or wae I really growing nervous.' As I stared, shading my eyes with my hand against the glnro of the sun light, tho doors were pushed open and a man sprang from the car. He stum -blod a step or two, fell and scrambled to bis feet. Never, even in collego races, had I ran as fast as I ran thon ; nor for eo high a stake. Auother instance aud Rolfe would reoognizo Triuidud. He would believe that a fiendish trick of treachory had brought him back whence lie bad fled. llore, whore those steadily revolving wheels sug gested swift escape from his agony, would be oursa Ood nnd die? While I live I shall remember the tall, swaying figure, the blazing eyes that confronted me as I rusbod toward hint. "Not yet, you devil!" he cried Despair is mighty, though fotterod by huuger and exhaustion. He would have got away from mo, except that a couple of trainbands sprang to my help. When finally be lay limp nnd pant ing in tho hold of my assistants I found breath to speak. "Rolfe 1" I gasped. "Listen I God upsets men's plans, not a . devil. Against your will and mine yon have boon brought bsok here because Crosby is alive I He will reuover as soon as soon as be knows that you aro saf 8.' Yes, be married Crosby's pretty sis ter three months later, and I was best man at their weddiug. Ellen Maokn bin, in New York Tribune. How He Judged Character. "So you want a situation," said tbe business, man. "Yes, sir," replied the applicant "Hum do you ever go fishing?" "Occasionally." "Whon were you fishing last?" "Day before yesterday," "Catch anything?" "Not a thing," "ion can uuius 10 worn naxi Jiou- day if you like ; if you keep on, telling the truth like that yon may be it part - ner in the firm one of these Jays.- Washington Sm. rUR FAKW ASD UARDE. tub I.Ennnns row,. This breed of fowls Is one of tho bost. if not tho best. for laying eggs, but thoy are not useful as brooders, as thoy rarely set. Tho hens havo been knowu to lay as many ns 2,000 eggs, in ton yonrs, but it is only rarely they linvo ft chance to do ns well ns that. They ore not good tnble fowls, being small, and having dry, bard flesh. The Plymouth Rock is thought by many persons to bo tho most profitable fowl, as it lays froely, especially in the winter, and is a good mother to her chicks, as well ns hnving cxcellont meat; it weighs, wheu full grown, eight pounds for tho cocks nnd six pounds for the bens. Thero nro white, black, nud brown breeds of thu Leghorns. New York Times. TTISO COWS OfT. Whero fencing is senrco farmers nom ;times resort to tho practice of tying thuir cows to pnsturo nt tho end of a ropo whose other end is fixed to a stake firmly driven in the ground. It is a slovenly and wasteful practice, resulting in mnny accidents. Fro quoutly tho stnko, nfter being pulled from opposite sides, is loosened nnd pulled out. Sometimes when it holds fast tho cow is cast by tho rope, get ting it in tho cleft of tho hoofs. Bo sides, in tho course of tho day tho ropo will become soiled with the cow's excrement. It will then spoil much more grass than tho cow will cat. A new ropo has to bo provided every few weeks, as rocking with wot nnd manure in hot weather it quickly rots. Thirty or forty rods of movablu fence will pay any farmer to buy if he bns to resort to thu expedient of tying his cow at pasture. Jljston Culti vator. roisN Foi)inn. Since corn silugo hits taken such u prominent part in dairying thore has boon much discussion as to tho proper time to cut corn to gut the greatest feeding valuo from it. Tho results of chemical analysis show that tho dry matter of a plant continues to increase until the plant is ripe. One experi ment has been made iti which tho fod der was fod to milch caws. Tints of corn of equal nroa were out at three stngo of ripening early, medium mature and late. It was found that tho cows fed on the corn fodder which was medium mature that is, when the kernels had begun to dent pro duced tho most butter fat. It was also learned that if the same proportiou of what was eaten nnd rejected were maiutuiued, ono ncro of early cut foil dor,with a daily supply of four pounds of grain food, would keep ono cow for 180 dnys, tho medium 205 days, and tbe lute 201 days. New York World. RIIELTERINO MACHINERY. To get the most out of tho machin ery purchased for use on tho farm, it is very essential that when not in use it should be placed liuder a good shel ter. But to keep in tho best condi tion storing is not all, unless properly protectod the iron aud steel will nut, and tho wood rot ; for this reason it pays to koep all well paiuted. Linseed oil with Spanish brown or rod vermilion or ochre mixed to a propor consistency makes a good paint for all kinds of good work in ma chinery, while thero are a number of good univorsal paiuts mado especially for iron and steel. But in all cases before any paint is applied all of thu dust should lie cleaned off. As soon as the other furmwork will permit all of the iraplomouts should be gathored up and brought to tho tool bouse, and a thorough cleaning up be given, aud if necessary a good coat of paint bo given. A good cout of paint holps material ly to preserve tho wood, while to- a very large extent at least it prevents rust on iron or steal. Rust and docay cuusod by exposure, by ohanges in the weather nud by dirt, damage machinery ia many coses nearly or quite as much, as, the work done by or with tbem, The iron or steel working parts should be well covered with uusalted grease or oil, or a light coat of paint can be applied as a little ooal oil or turpentine will readily oleau off when tbe tool is needed for use. A little care taken now will save eonsiderable loss as well as consider able work and timo also wheu the im plements are needed for use again next spriug, Another item should be looked after in storing away tbe implomeuts and that is to put them awayao that they cau be got at oonvenieutly whoa i ""J -- I needed. Plows aud barrows are 1 generally first neoiloU in IU9 sprnp I and thon the oorn planters, cultiva tors an! lastly thefbiadors, moweta nnd sulky rakes. A little pains taken in storing away will save considcrabla work when the tools are neodod In the spring. Farm, Field and Fireside, A rXlt'K GRASS FARM. Everybody knows J. R, Olcott, the tiniquo agricultural correspondent' who enjoys the distinction among some of his friouda of knowing bow to grind out paragraphs pyramidally the ideal cultivator of small fruits, expert in grasses and nil-round farm er of Houth Manchester. Mr. Olcott has, within a fow rods of bis pleasant home, n tract of somowhnt loss than two acres of land devoted to the culti vation of grasses, which is perhaps the most remarkable grass plot in this country. It contains 1,500 distinct varieties of turf, originally collected from every civilizod country on face of the globe and from all part of tho United States. Lsst winter Mr. Olcott went abroad grass hunting, nnd the contributions of bis trip added several hundred specimens to his revious collection. Tho entire area this "grass garden," as its pro- riotor terms the tract, is laid out regularly in strips nnd squares, thore being sections as there are varieties' grasses in tho collection, to tho rdiunry observer.vnrying from one nothcr only in their respective sizes nnd tho sbndos of universal green. But bo who transplanted and has ntched thorn through their various stages of development, rocognizoS each individual specimen at a glance, nnd culls them all by name. No weed or other vogutablo intruder disfigures any portion of the surface, and the ividing hues and spaces between the respectivo sections are as sharp and. istiuctive as if drawn and cut arti cinlly every morning. Some of the older squares and strips show a carpet f grass as fino as noodles, and so thick aud firm that the earth beneath tlis -crnililo only after breaking through it by netunl force. There's considcrabla fun and no end of solid satisfaction for a man of Mr. Olcott' composition, in getting together and cultivating 1,500 varieties of grass lthotigh one would think that one-, nlfor ouo-quartcr of the numbor would answer thn purpose ns woll ut wo suppose tbe chief end of it all is to demonstrate that the soil and climate nnd bruins of Coimcctient will irodueo hero ns perfect turf grasses or lawns or pastures, or nny othor f e, as nro produced in nny other land . ndor tho sun. Loastwiso be lias iven this proposition a complete dem onstration, so thnt little seems now to remain for bim except to make the fact completely nvuiinble for tho bene fit of all whom it may concern, and that is everybody who- owus a foot of and to beautify or utilize as lawn or pasture. Connecticut I armor. FARM AND- WARDR.S KOTEA. A cow in poor condition will bo sure to give her owner poor milk. Duck feathers sell at forty contsper pouud ; goose feathers bring double thu amount. Thirteen eggs aro considered a set ting, though many breeders are now giving fifteen. Between forty and, fifty dogrees is the proper tompcraiiir to keep eggs for hatching during the winter. Eggs intended for batching should not be kept over four weeks. They must be turucd. every day or two. One dollar per head is the average cost of keeping a fowl a year, and the sumo amount is- a fair estimate of she profits. Wben bees are moved a distance of over two or three miles there is no danger that they will return to their old location. The eggs of tbe- White Leghorn, Black Minorca, and Houdan are of about the same woight.as those of the Light Brabnuw Retail dairying: pays, but tho man, who sells direct with the customer must be businesslike and gentlemanly and wear cleaa clothes. Tbe Pennsylvania Experimental Station has. found creameries in that Stato where- the loss of butter fat amounted to 10 a day. There ia no profit in a 200 pounder. Food, labor and interest amount to 810 per year, and the 200 pounds of butter at present prices fuils to meet tbe bill. Tbe 250 pounder leaves a small profit, and the 300 pounder pays. In cleaning the churn and dairy utensils, a brush will be found much more useful than a cloth. All vessels for milk or cream should first be rinsed in cold water to which bas been added washing soda, or a small quan tity of borax. They should then bd washed with warm water and scalded with boiling water. Small woodenJ uteuaiU thould 1 kept in cold watorj
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