The Greco-Turkish disturbance has
had the effect of making Friday after
noon in the conntry school fairly redo
lent of "Marco Bozzaris."
Twenty years ago a new postmaster
in New York City would have the pow
er to appoint 2000 subordinates, while
now there are but two positions not
oovered by the civil service rules.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says:
Viewed from nearly every standpoint
the outlook for the farmer is becoming
more encouraging. We have divine
assurance that seed time and harvest
shall not fail, and if our crops do not
continue in over-abundance we are
sure of enough and to spare. The
misfortunes of India and of the Le
vant will inure to our benefit. Un
questionably a better day seems dawn
ing for our great agricultural interests.
Mr. Germain, United States Consul
at Zurich, Switzerland, reports that
within a year the price of aluminum
will fall to about twenty-seven cents a
pound, so that only three commercial
metals—iron, lead and zinc—will be
cheaper. Last year the output of
aluminum, owing to its comparatively
high price, was 14,740 pounds daily,
of which 4193 pounds daily were pro
duced in the United States. This
year the plants will be increased to
bring the daily product up to 42,400
pounds.
Says Professor Davidson in the
Forum: "The true test and proof of
Greece's indomitable spirit of culture
is her educational system. I have
visited Greek schools throughout the
land, from the infant school kept by
the peasant in the open air, against a
sunny hovel wall, to the Arsakeliou, or
girls' academy, and the noble univer
sity, with 2200 students. Greece is aui
l>ly able to govern and civilize the lauds
now wasted by Turkish misrule. The
sums of money given by rich Greeks
for schools, and the hardships under
gone by the children of the poor in re
mote districts to avail themselves of
these, have no parallel anywhere, save
in the United States and Scotland."
The managers of a Massachusetts
watch factory are trying to replace
high-priced men in what has hitherto
been an exclusive employment with
low-priced women, states the New Or
leans Picayune. The finishing work
in a watch factory is said to he a trade
secret, and the possessors of the secret
are forbidden by their trades union
rules to teach the process to women.
Some one has, however, been teaching
women secretly at the factory. For a
number of weeks past several girls have
been employed in what has been known
as the "emergency-room," which has
been shut oft' from view. A number
of finishers were taken from the main
room and put to work there in order
that the girls might observe exactly
how the work was done. Tt is stated
that there is only one woman finisher
in this country, and she learned the
secret from her father in Switzerland.
Women are well adapted for the work,
and it will be only a short time before
they will become expert finishers.
The strangeness of truth has often
been commented upon as exceeding
the most fanciful flights of fiction. An
illustration of this is furnished in the
career of John Joseph Nouri, who has
been crowned patriarch of the Chal
dean Pontifical Cathedral at Trichur,
Malalar, and is ruler of the Syrian
Chaldeans. Four years ago he was
committed by Judge Walter H. Levy
to the asylum for the insane at Napa,
Cal., and there he remained until Sep
teinber, 1893, when, by the efforts of
M. M. Foote, President of the Cali
fornia Association for the Protection
of Persons, he was restored to liberty.
When released from the asylum Nouri
claimed to have been robbed of four
medals studded with diamonds, valued
at S2OOO, the gift of the Chaldean
Greek church, of a negotiable note for
$2500 and of his credentials. Dr.
Chalmers Eaaton believed in him and
helped him on his journey eastward.
Later on he displayed his knowledge
of Greek, and in Washington, D. C.,
at the Smithsonian Institution trans
lated the hieroglyphics on some tablets
there with surprising ease. Intent on
making his journey around the world,
he traveled on to London and from
there came in May, 1894, the storj
that he intended to sue the United
States Government for $5,000,000 dam
ages for his ill treatment while on hie
sojourn here. Now comes the climax
to the story in the letter from Rev. John
H. Barrows, of Chicago, who is travel
ing in India, declaring that John Jo
seph Nouri, the deposed King of the
Chaldeans, has been restored, that hit
claims have been recognized and thai
the man who was booked as "unkempt
and with lack-luster eye of a lunatic" is
living in spleudor in a palace in Tri
chur. - • " """
She Said She Would Be Bo**.
The candidate for Superintendent of
Fublic Schools in Henry County, Ken
tucky, is a bright young Southern girl,
whose past record shows her to possess
many qualities necessary for such a
position. Miss Rose Jessie—that is the
candidate's name—began her public
career at the age of fourteen. To as- |
sist her mother in supporting a large
family she succeeded in getting a posi
tion as a teacher. Her opening speech ,
at the beginning of the school term was
worthy of the daughter of a gallant
Colonel in the Confederate Army. It
has become historic.
"I will be boss here," she said, "and
I need no assistance from any one."
This was said before the assembled
parents of her young charges, and, his
tory says, gave them particular pleas
ure and confidence iu her methods.— !
New York Times.
Mrs. Benton McMillin.
Mrs. Benton McMillin, a Louisiana
lady, is the daughter of James M. Fos
ter, of Louisiana, the largest cotton
planter iu the world. Under a single
fence he has more than 11,000 acres of
rich alluvial land, and his annual out
put exceeds 10,000 bales. He is a
strong manager of men, and upon his
rich domains his word is law. Before
daylight on Monday morning he leaves
his home in the city of Shreveport, and
for a week his home knows him no
more. He spends his days and his
nights on his magniticeut plantation.
His children have had every advantage
that money would bring. One son
graduated at West Poiut and died
shortly after his service iu the army
began. Mrs. McMillin, who was Miss
Lucille Foster, was educated where
Mrs. Cleveland enjoyed similar ad
vantages, and every element of culture
became hers by right of honest, hard
work. Mrs. McMillin is a prospective
heiress to the extent of half a million,
and the Tennessee Congressman has a
helpmate who is both intellectually and
financially far above par.—New Or
leans Picayune.
Loudon Women Americanized. i
London society has become Ameri
canized iu tone in the course of the ,
last quarter of the century. The rest-
ful and domesticated women who were
content to sit at home and work em- ,
broidery by the square mile survive j
now only in the country,'.if they are to
be found even there. To them has
succeeded a new generation, which 1
loves not rest and adores actiou. The
fair ones of our time love to be up
aud doiug. Like their American sis
ters, they are endowed with a high 1
proportion of nervous energy, which
has to be worked off ouce in the
the twenty-four hours. They have an
infinite capacity for "getting through
things." They will do as much in the
morning as would have satisfied their
grandmothers for a week, and then
are prepared to skate or pay visits all
the afternoon, drive out, and go to a
succession of parties in the evening.
To women of this calibre what would
have seemed to the ladies of a preced
ing generation a whirl of dissipation is
merely a common round which serves
just to occupy the day. With less
they would be dull. They are pre
pared to do twice or thrice as much in
"the season." And the second reason
is like the first.
During the quarter of a century re
ferred to above there has been grad
ually growiug up in the upper strata of
the social system a change similar to
that which came over Europe in the
Renaissance period, aud again in the
middle of the seventeenth century.—
London World.
The New Woman in n New Role.l~
The new woman will not be afraid
of spooks, that is one comfort, and
consequently that infautile supersti
tion will die out, which will be a great
gain. It is related, in this connection,
that 011 Tuesday, at Mills Valley, in
New York, Egbert Sears was beaten
and severely injured while masquer
ading as u ghost at the residence of
Julia and Etta Hart, two maiden sis
ters living alone. Sears secreted him
self before daylight in the woodshed
dressed in the conventional white robe
and with his face painted a ghastly
hue, aud gave out some ghostly groans.
When the sisters appeared upon the
scene, the ghost stated in a hoarse
voice that years ago he had been mur
dered near the place, and that his
spirit would haunt it forever. Did
the timid sisters scream and faint? Not
much. They simply armed themselves
each with a heavy cudgel from the
woodpile, fell upon that poor ghost
and beat him to unconsciousness.
Then they proceeded after the usual
fashion to resuscitate him and to send
him to his home in the neighborhood,
where he is receiving medical atten
tion to heal his numerous wounds and
bruises. The sisters are not a bit
sorry, either, that they punished him
so roundly. They think it will be a
salutary lesson for him, as well as for
other practical jokers who think it a
smart thing to try to frighten unpro
tected women. "And so say Ave all of
us."— Trenton (N. J.) American.
Gossip. *
The Colorado Legislature has passed
a bill making women eligible for the
militia.
Manual training for girls is to be
1 introduced in the public schools of
Chicago.
Iu actress Avhuihas turned evange-
list has been holding meetings in To
peka, Kan.
There were only 563 women among
the 15,740 physicians in the Russian
empire on July 1, 1895.
Connecticut has fifty-four women
who are daughters of soldiers who
fought in the revolutionary war.
A few women have served as letter
carriers in England for several years
and have given general satisfaction.
Methodist conferences # in New
Hampshire and Maryland have voted
in favor of the admission of women as
lay delegates.
Mrs. Charles Howard, of Baltimore,
Md., is the only surviving child of
Francis Scott Key, the author of "The
Star-Spangled Banner.'
An amiable English woman is ex
pending her energies on the formation
of a society for the encouragement of
cycling among domestic servants.
In NeAV York City the other day a
young woman while bending over a
wash tub was killed by a corset steel
which broke and pierced her heart, f
Mrs. John Sherman is exceedingly
well-read and deeply interested in cur
rent events. Next year she and Sec
retary Sherman will be able to cele
brate their golden wedding.
Elle Scarlett, the elder sister of
young Lord Abinger and daughter of
the former Miss Magruder, of the
United States, has begun the study of
surgery at the London Hospital.
Mrs. Georgia A. Stebbin has been
keeper of the North Point Lighthouse,
Milwaukee, Wis., twenty-three years,
and is one of the oldest women iu
poiut of suoli service in the world.
Miss Mary A. Ingleton, of Newark,
recently deceased, bequeathed S3OOO
to the New Jersey Historical Society,
the income to be expended in indexing
and cataloguing its books and records.
A Philadelphia woman suffragist has
prepared a flag which she calls the
"woman's flag." It is a blue field,
with four white stars —one star for
each State where woman suffrage pre
vails.
The will of Mrs. Maria Grout Moen,
widow of Philip L. Moen, of Worces
tcr, Mass., bequeathed SIO,OOO to the
Hartford Theological Seminary and
numerous smaller sums to other insti
tutions.
A marble bust of Frances E. Will
ard is to be presented to the North
western University, at Evanstown,
111., by Mrs. J. C. Shaffer, of Chicago.
Miss Willard is an alumna of that in
stitution.
Lady Foley, the last of Queen Vic
toria's bridesmaids, save Lord Rose
bery's mother, the Duchess of Cleve
land, has just died. She was a How
ard, the daughter of the thirteenth
Duke of Norfolk.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow
of the once famous "Pathfinder," is
living at Long Beach, Cal., and still
keeps up an active interest in the phi
lanthropic work to which much of her
life has been devoted.
Only three ladies of the royal rank
survive who lived in the Tuileries.
They are the Empress Eugenie, the
Princess de Joinville, and the aged
daughter of Louis Philippe, the Prin
cess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg.
Nowadays, when women are just
venturing to ride horseback astride, it
is interesting to know that QUeen
Anne, consort of Richard 11. of Eng
land, was the first woman to ride a
side-saddle, previous to that women
riding as did the men.
The Empress Frederick is rapidly
completing her plans for making the
old Sehloss at Krouberg a historical
museum, which she will present as u
gift to the town of Krouberg. It is
being restored at great expense under
her supervision, and art treasures will
be added.
Fashion Note*.
Foulard silks are among the very
fashionable summer fabrics.
Canotier cloth is a new fabric used
in making yachting costumes.
Turkish red is the latest shade o!
this extremely fashionable color.
Cloth and silIT and wool costumes in
tailor style are just now receiving
special attention.
Tabs of white lace of white chiffon
or mousseline-de-soie, edged with lace,
are also popular.
There is an indication that the col
| ored-ribbon stock has had its day and
[ that its popularity is on the wane. ;
Black lace over colored silk is once
I more in vogue, and the organdies and
[ transparent lawns are sufficient tc
tempt the most austere of women in
[ extravagance.
I Some of the new tauor tTOstumes
t have bolero fronts and narrow postilion
i backs. The vest is a fitted blouse of
i fancy silk, laid in soft folds across the
- front or else tucked to form a deep
i yoke.
Many waists and vests to wear un
f der open-fronted jackets are made with
inch wide or even wider tucks,
across the yoke portion, a fashion verj
, favorable to slender figures, but by nc
means becoming to those who need
" nothing to accentuate width. Hori
zontal trimming is most popular, but,
R as just stated, it is better suited to tail
1 shadow women than to those whose
inches are fewer and whose breadth if
- considerable.
HOUSEHOLD .AFFAIRS.
Fried Bread Instead of Vegetabled.
Cut some bread, which, though stale,
is still light and soft, into lingers half
au inch thick; dip them in' milk and
let them drain for a while. Dredge a
little flour over them and fry thein iu
a little hot butter in a frying-pan. Pile
them, pyramid-fashion, in a hot dish
and serve with gravy.
Oxtail* and flow to UHP Tliem. V
First always cut the tail into neat
joints and soak for an hour in salted
water. Next set in a stewpan, cover
with cold water, add salt, and bring
slowly to a boil. Strain off the water,
rinse the pieces of meat in warm
water, and set in a stewpan sufficiently
large for the oxtail to lie over the bot
tom, add vegetables to flavor. Cover
with water and stew very slowly for
three hours. After that time remove
the smaller joints and allow the larger
to cook for another hour. It is very
necessary, when preparing oxtail, to
let it cook slowly.—Chicago Record.
An AHi.nrajfus Omelet.
Eggs seem to have a peculiar affinity
for asparagus, their combination being
possible iu a number of ways. An
asparagus omelet is one of them. Boil
a pint of asparagus tips, cut in pieces
a half inch wide, in salted water for
twenty minutes, drain, and keep on a
hot plate; beat six eggs until tliey are
light and foamy, add one-lialf tea
spoonful pepper and one cup of milk.
When the walnut-size lump of butter
is hot in the ehaling-dish or omelet
pan, put iu the mixture, cover, and
let stand till firm, folding in the
asparagus just before turning out oil a
hot platter.—New York Post.
_ Brain Cake*.
Wash about five ounces of calves'
brains in cold water, then set in a
a stewpan, cover with cold water, sea
son with salt aud two sage leaves. Set
the pan on the stove, and when it
comes to the boil skim the broth thor
oughly and simmer for ten minutes,
take out the brains and put on a plate;
when the brains are cold cut into Huiall
pieces and mix with three ounces of
bread crumbs; wash some parsley,
squeeze dry and chop a small tea
spoonful. Place a level teaspoonful of
butter in a stewpan, put it on the fire,
and when melted add one ounce of
Hour, half a teaeupful of stock and the
chopped parsley. Stir the sauce till it
boils and thickens; add the bread
crumbs and chopped brains to the
sauce, and season with grated nutmeg,
pepper and salt. Beat the yolk of an
egg, add it to the sauce and stir over
the fire till cooked, then turn the whole
mixture onto u plate aud let it cool.
After an hour make the mixture into
cakes of equal size, dredging them
with flour to prevent their sticking.
Brush over with egg, roll in bread
erumbs and set in a frying-basket,
nook in boiling fat until a golden
brown; this will take about two min
utes, aud the cakes must be touched
very little with the hand. Stand 011
thick paper to drain near the fire. To
serve, arrange tastily 011 a hot dish aud
garnish with fried parsley.
... . Household Hints. -.c,a.
Vegetables that have been a little
touched by the frost may frequently
be restored by soaking them for a time
iu cold water.
Put a tiny bottle of flaxseed in th
traveling bag. Should a cinder be
blown into the eye a flaxseed will soon
And it, and may save a great deal of
pain and an inflamed eye.
A cooking teacher says that the
Whites of eggs can be beaten most
quickly if a pinch of cream of tartar in
the proportion of an eighth of a tea
spoonful to each egg he first added.
Fruit brought from a cellar to lie
eaten unpared should be rubbed vigor
ouslyjjwith a damp cloth to remove the
invisible germs of bacteria which
flourish iu a damp, close atmosphere.
Clean finger marks from painted
walls with a damp cloth dipped in
whiting. Rub discoloration* caused
by scratching matches with a cut
lemon, followed by the damp cloth
dipped iu whiting.
Keep u box of powdered borax near
the work table. Add a little to the
water in which the dish towels and
dish cloths are washed. They will
wash easier, keep sweet longer, and
the borax will aid in keeping the hands
soft.
Brighten the colors in a carpet by
sweeping it with a broom flipped in
salt water, shaking well to remove all
surplus water. The broom should be
damp, not wet. Use damp earth to
remove the dust when carpets are
lifted.
Before broiling steaks open all the
draughts to make the coals bright and
clear. Hold the meat a few minutes
at first close to the glowing coals, then
turn. This will seal the juices, when
it may lie finished at a distance of sev
eral inches above the coals. From a
broiled steak little or no juioe should
escape.
Loops for hanging up garments are
always wearing out and breaking, par
ticularly with children's cloaks and
coats. To make a serviceable loop
cut a strip of kid from an old glove,
roll in it a piece of coarse string, ami
sew the edges of kid neatly together.
This loop, fastened securely to the gar
ment, will stand any amount of pull
ing without wearing or breaking.
Wash silver that is not in daily use
in soapy water, wipe and dry a few
minutes in a warm oven, then wrap in
tissue paper. Do not allow one piece
to touch another. Place tissue paper
between, Put the teaspoons and other
small pieces in a quart can and her
metically seal. Put knives, forks and
tablespoons in a two-quart can. They
will not tarnish, and will require no
polishing when wunted for use.
A healthy man or woman averages
seventy steps a minute in walking.
Artichoke*.
The wonderful productiveness and
ease with which the improved arti
choke can he produced is always a
surprise to those who cultivate them
for the first time.
They are excellent food for cattle,
sheep, hops and horses, and one of
the cheapest and heultbiest foods
raised for hogs.
For milk cows they exceed any root
grown for increasing the flow of milk.
Last winter they were testwl ut the!
Fremont. Creamery on a small scale :
and the report was good.
The nutrition of an urticlioke is in
the form of sugar in solution, there
fore always ready ionise with very lit
tle internul preparation on the part of
the user. They are highly important
because no insect, blight or rust lias
yet struck tliem, and the tops make a
fodder superior to corn when prop
erly handled.
All acre will keep from twenty to
thirty hogs during the fall and winter
months.
The improved variety is very easy
to be eradicated after once being
planted. My plan is to keep the bogs
in the patch a little late in the spring;
they will take the last one in the
ground.
The variety I grow is the Improved
White French; they grow to be about
six feet high, and in tlie fall are cov
ered with a yellow blossom. Tliey
grow very compact in the ground,
making it very easy digging them.
They often yield as high as 800
bushels per acre.
Low black soil which is too frosty
for corn and many other crops is line
land for the artichoke, for freezing
will not hurt them.
I must give my method of keeping
tliem through winter, for this is very
important. Last winter I kept 700
bushels in pits without losing a
bushel, I picked out a dry spot and
shoveled out a pit not over ten inches
deep and about five feet wide, and as
long as convenient. I piled tlie
tubcrß up to a peak and put oil a shal
low layer of straw on top to keep the
dirt from rattling through, and then I
shoveled 011 dirt not to exceed five
inches deep. If more dirt is put on
they will surely heat and spoil, and if
they freeze it will not injure them in
the least.—J. H. Van Ness, in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
The Awakening; In florae Breeding. v '
It is somewhat refreshing to notice
the change that has recently come
over the spirit of the farmers' dream
in regard to horse-breeding, says Alex
ander Galbraith in Breeders' Gazette.
They seem to be awakening at last
from their Kip Van Winkle slumber
of the last few years only to discover
that their position is similar to the
foolish virgins who had 110 replacing
oil for their lamps when the present
supply gave out.
The farmer realizes that neither he
nor his neighbors have any colts
growing up to lake the place of the
old horses, nor to supply that con
stantly-increasing demand from the
cities for more and better horses. He
hears of splendid prices being paid
for heavy-harness horses (a neighbor
of mine sold a high-stepper for S4OO
last week), but of course regrets he
lias 110 horses to sell and may even
require to buy one or two for spring
work, lie has for the past two years
admitted theoretically that good horses
were bound to become scarce and
dear, but somehow lmd not tlie cour
age to resume breeding when every
body else had abandoned it
Now the situation is becoming
serious and appeals with a good deal
of force to his better judgment, so
without waiting for his neighbors to
act the thoughtful, intelligent farmer
has determined to breed every good
mare on the farm this spring and per
haps to purchase oue or two additional
mares for the same purpose. Not
only so, but be is equally determined
to patronize nothing but the very best
stallions that can he obtained. He
reasons as follows:
"A offers me the services of his
stallion for $5. The stallion being of
110 particular breeding or merit the
colt would bring me SSO ut
maturity. The service of B's horse is
sls, but. in this case tlie stallion is a
good individual and well bred, and,
barring accidents, the colt will sell
for SIOO to $l5O. Consequently I
cannot afford to use the cheap sire, as
there is but $lO difference in the value
of the colts. That $lO judiciously in
vested in the services of a good sire
will yield a far better return than any
thing else I know of."
* It lias been tlie writer's privilege
during the last three winters to discuss
the subject of liorse-breeding and our
horse supply at the farmers' institutes
throughout tin- of Wisconsin,
and it is really remarkable to observe
the increased interest shown by the
farmers in this subject during the past
season. Two years ago few would
listen with any degree of patience to
anything that might be said 011 the
subject. Last year they generally ad
mitted the force of tlie arguments,
but nothing more, while this year
they have not only shown an intelli
gent interest by their numerous ques
tions and ideas, but many have re
mained after the meetings to inquire
specifically about breeding stock, and
indicated their definite intention of
resuming breeding operations this
•living.
And there is one thing 011 which
they are all agreed, and it is a hope
ful sign, viz.: that in order to succeed
they must breed for a specific pur
pose and that they cannot raise draft
horses worthy of the name from light
1200-pound mares nor carriage horses
from uiares of draft blood. If tlie
farmer has drafty mares of 1500
pounds or over let him select from
the breed of his choice the best draft
stallion in his district, possessing
weight and quality combined, and it
there are npne in the district try to
procure one from some reliable breed
er either alone or jointly with his
neighbors. Probably never will such
a favorable opportunity occur again in
our time for obtaining first-class,
highly-bred draft stallions and mares
greatly under the cost of production,
if, [however, the farmer lias trotting
bred or light-harness mares he should
select for use a 1200 to 1300-pound
sire of the hackney or coach or car
riage type possessing the indispensa
ble characteristics of style, quality,
action and good back-breeding, and if
he uses ordinary judgment in mating
and raising his colts he will without
doubt find himself eventually on the
high road to success.
Farm anl < turtle 11 Note*.
In perfectly ripe cream, fifty-two de
grees is the point of best separation,
anil because it is warmer often causes
failure.
Experiments at the Minnesota
station show that the early castration
of lambs has the following advantages;
They reach a greater weight, are less
trouble, they have less offal when
killed, their meat is better in flavor.
* When it requires more time to save a
thing than the article is worth after it
has been cared for we are losing money.
The person who expends a dollar's
worth of time to save twopence will
prove a business failure if he follows
the plan throughout life.
Jumping from shallow to deep plow
ing all at once usually results in a de
creased crop yield at the succeeding
harvest. The soil should be gradually
deepened by letting the plow bring up
a little of the subsoil each year till the
desired depth is reached.
There is no reason why a farmer
should pay fifteen cents for beef and
sell bis chickens for less, nor should
he be content with pork aud potatoes
when he cau have poultry on his table.
If the markets are dull and prices are
low the best place to dispose of the
surplus is at home.
Get special customers for your but
ter and furnish it every week. It is
worth a few cents per pound to the
customers to know that they are eating
pure, clean butter and uot oleo, or
some other manufactured stuff, and
there is a big difference between cash
and trading out butter.
(torn fodder contains more starch
than clover, while clover is richer in
protein. A ration of both clover and
fodder is excellent where no grain is
allowed, as is sometimes the rule in
warm weather. A mixed ration is bet
ter at all times than to rely entirely
upon one kind of food, and for all classes
of stock.
Parsnips are highly relished by all
kinds of stocks aud can remain in the
ground during the winter. They pro
duce from 400 to 1000 bushels per
acre, according to soil aud cultivation.
If only a small plot is devoted to them
they will lie found a welcome addition
to the stock rations iu winter by afford
ing a greater variety.
If manure has any value, it is prob
ably fermenting, even in the coldest
weather, if left in a pile. A slight
covering of dry earth will absorb am
monia, and will, if left on while the
manure rots down, make it nearly or
quite as rich as the manure itself. Its
work in absorbing ammonia continues
even when the pile is turned.
The average yield of milk per cow
for all the cows in the country in 1850
was 700 quarts a year. In 1890 the
average was 1300 quarts per cow for a
year. This increase has been accom
plished by the greater use of improved
breeds, aud is equivalent to nearly
doubling the number of cows by esti
mating from the amount of miik de
rived in 1890.
Butter and eggs seem really made to
go together, and nothing fits better on
a dairy farm than a moderate lot of
chickens. Not only do the latter con
sume the waste milk products with
profit, but those who pay the best
prices for golden bntter will be quickest
to buy the fresh eggs and the fat poul
try. They mutually help each the sale
of the other.
The ltallroail Man'. Condition.
Among a batch of stories attributed
to President Lincoln is the following
good one on President Tyler; "Dur
ing Mr. Tyler's incumbency of the
offioe he arranged to make an excur
sion in some direction and sent his sou
'Bob' to arrange for a special train. It
happened that the railroad superin
tendent was a strong Whig. As such
he had no favors to bestow on the
President , aud informed 'Bob' that his
road did not run any special trains for
the President. 'What,' said 'Bob,' 'did
you not furnish a special train for the
funeral of President Harrison?' 'Yes,'
said the superintendent, 'and if you'll
bring your father iu that condition you
shall have the best traiu on the road.'"
SUNSHINE.
I A lesson In itself sublime,
A lessou worth enshrining,
Is |his: "I take no heed of time,.
■ftve when the sun is shiniifg."
AP life Is sometimes bright and fair,
And sometimes dark and lonely.
Let us forget the toil and eare.
And "note bright hours only."
The darkest shadows of the night
Are just before the morning; '
A. l ? let 118 w,i,t the <,om,n K light,
All boding phantoms scorning.
And while we're passing on the tid#'
Of Time's fast ebbing river,
Let 8 pluck the blossoms by its sido
And bless the gracious giver.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
' There's Charley Skates in black. I
wonder if he is in mourning for his
sins." "No, I don't think they're all
dead yet."—Truth.
Jinks -"Was his father a great
man.' ' Binks—"l guess so; he doesn't
seem to amount to much himself."-
New York Advertiser.
Spykes— "Do you have any trouble
meeting your creditors?" Spokes—
"Not at ail. I find my trouble in dodg
ing them."—Detroit Free Press.
Freddy—"What is a bucket shop,
papa?" Papa—"A bucket shop, my
son, is the business place of the broker
across the way."—New York Adver
tiser.
"Did you get yonr name cleared in
that investigation?" asked the Alder
man's friend. "No," was the gloomy
answer. "It is still mud."—Philadel
phia Journal.
Blizzard Bill-—"I have seen cyclones
out West that blew the bark offtrees."
Texas Tom—"That's nothing, j saw
one once that blew the hark oir a hull
dog."—Truth.
To "Header:" To-morrow will be
Wednesday. To-morrow isn't Wednes
day, substantially for the same reason
that yesterday isn't Monday. Grasp
it?— Chicago Tribune.
The St, Louis Post Dispatch says
that there is no State in the Union in
which anybody but a funny writer
says "sah" for "sir." Yes, sub; that'*
so, sub.—Chicago Times-Herald.
"At what age does a man really be
gin to feel the weight of years?" "Usu
ally on his twenty-first birthday; and
it takes the Bensation at least four or
Ave years to wear off. "—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
"And would you love me just as
much, count, if I were a poor girl?"
"How can you doubt me? I would
love you just as much as you would
me if yon should find out that I wasn't
a count."—Standard.
An Unconscious Explanation: First
Chappie—"l wonder now, Charlie,
how the donkey ever came to he used
as the—-er, emblem of stupidity?"
Second Chappie (with a yawn)—" Don't
know, I'm sure, deali boy; it must
have been before our day. "—Brooklyn
Life.
"What would our wives say, if they
knew where we are?" said the captain
of a Liverpool clipper, feeliug his way
along the hanks of Newfoundland in a
thick fog. "I wouldn't mind what they
said," rejoined the mate, "if we only
knew where we are ourselves."—
Household Words.
Philadelphia Man—"Well, you cau
make all the fuu yon want to of our
slowness, hut I know one country chap
who came here and made 850(1,001) in
three months." New Yorker—"ls
that so? How did he make it?" Phila
delphian—"Got a job in the mint."—
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Slurs of the Ignorant:" There are
entirely too many offices," said a pri
vate citizen. "How you fellows do
like to hear yourselves kick," said the
officeholder, with much warmth. "Too
many offices! And here lam so over
crowded with work that I have to give
up two good hours every day from iny
business to attend to my job."—Cin
cinnati Inquirer.
An Ideal Citizen.
The ideal citizen is the man who
believes that all men are brothers, and
that the nation is merely an extension
of his family, to be loved, respected,
and oared for accordingly. Such a
man attends personally to nil civic du
ties with which he deems himself
charged. Those whioh are within his
own control he woul.d no more trust to
his inferiors than he would leave the
education of his children to kitchen
servants. The public demands upon
his time, thought, and money, come
upon him suddenly, and often they find
him ill-prepared; hut he nerves himself
to the inevitable, knowing that in the
village, State and Nation, any mistake
or neglect upon his part must impose
a penalty, sooner or later, upon those
whom he loves.—John Habbertou.
Water Carried the Current.
At a recent fire iu the basement of
a Chicago electric power-house, the
firemen had great trouble in getting
at the blaze. They had to chop holes
in the floor of the dynamo-room be
fore they could get a stream on tha
blazing pile of waste. Not waiting
for the dynamos to be shut dowu they
crept through the blnok smoke and
turned a stream on the flames.
In an instant they were flung to the
ground with great violence, and tha
hose sent flying into the air. A heavy
current had passed along the stream
and had shooked them. Though un
conscious when rescued they quickly
recovered.—Electrical Review.
A Merles of Coincidences. "**
The sixty-second double wedding
anniversary was recently celebrated,
in a small town iu Indiana, of Moses
and Isaao Marty, twins, who married
Tabitha and Lavinia McCormick, twins.
Each couple has had seven sons and
Ave daughters, the first children be
ing born within a few days of each
other, and the last children also being
of almost exactly the same age.—Medi
cal Journal. - - —-—-