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