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DARLINGTON, S. O. 5 ,' FRIDAY * JUNE 22, 189 L
MTfLE MISS BRA 0.
lias Brag has much to *ay
he rich little lady from over the way;
I the ri< h little lady puts out a lip
iil she looks at her own white, dainty slip
And wishes that t'e could wear a gown
A* pretty as gingham of faded brown 1
Str little Miss Brag she lays much stress
!Ol the privileges of a gingham dress—
“Aha,
Oho!”
AS Hch little lady from over the way
Has beautiful dolls in vast array;
TAR she envies the raggedy home-made
doll
She hears our little Miss Brag extol.
For the raggedy doll can fear no hurt
From wet, or heat, or tumble, or dirt!
Her nose is inked, aqd her mouth Is, too,
And one eye’s black and the other’s blue—
"Aha,
Oho I”
The rich little lady goes out to ride
With footmen standing up outside,
Yet wishes that sometimes, after dark
•fler father would trundle her in the park:--
That, sometimes, her mother would sing
the things
Little Miss Brag!says her mother sings
When through the attic window streams.
The moonlight full of golden dreams—
“Aha,
Oho! ”
Tes, little Mias Brag has much to say
To the rich little lady from over the way;
And yet who knows but from her heart
Often the bitter sighs upstart—
Uprise to lose their burn and sting
In the grace of the tongue that loves to
sing’
Praise of the treasures all its own !
So I’ve come to love that treble tone—
“Aha,
Oho!”
—[Engene Field, in Chicago Record.
me OH laii’s siui.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.
“When I was a girl,’’ said the old
lady—sire was a very, very old lady,
eighty-five or more, they said, “things
were not as they are now, and the
post office, here in America, was not
managed as it is to-day. Getting a
letter was a serious tiling, and send
ing one mere so. I've reason to know
that. i
“I lived in the country with my
aunt and uncle—not my real uncle,
for he was my aunt's second hus
band, and she only an aunt by mar
riage—but I had no other kin and
was glad to have home folk. I had,
beside, a cousin by courtesy. His
name was Thomas, and that was
about all I knew of him for years—
he came in and wenf out without
taking any notice of me. His father
used to talk about him before mo,
finding fault with his idleness. Once
I heard him say:
“ ‘The boy has not the making of
a man in him, Cynthia. You wait on
him and spoil him, and one day
you’ll regret it.’
“Then aunt asked uncle if he
wished her to be hard on the only
son out of three.
“‘Not hard,’ he answered; ‘only
Tom ought to be taught that he will
have to see to himself—we have
^ nothing to leave him. If I should
die before you, he ought to be able
to support you—and he takes to
nothing.’
“Tom, by this time, was a young
fellow of nineteen, and I was fifteen.
Three years later he had no more idea
of settling to any business than he
had had before, and I had cpme into
a fortune. It was not a large one,
but it was enough to make me
comfortable for life, and I was glad
to stop washing dishes and doing the
Ironing, and ask my aunt to make me
a boarder, since I could pay her well.
“She was pleased, and that day I
left my little garret-room under the
eaves, and had a large room on the
second floor given me.
“Besides paying my board, I hired
a servant for the housework, and my
aunt thought that very generous.
Hitherto I had worn her made-over
gowns. Now I sent for M'ss Crab
tree, the dressmaker, and had plenty
of dresses made, giving Aunt Cynthia
a rich black silk and a broche shawl.
She made a great fuss over them, and
I was not surprised that my cousin
Tom should begin to be very pleasant
to me, for the first time in my life.
“I thought it was because he saw
I had kind feelings and was grateful
for what had been done for me when
I was a little orphan. It was a new
thing to be made so much of as I was
now, and I enjoyed it. Even when
Cousin Tom began to make love to
me I never guessed that it was be
cause I had money, as I know it was
now.
“ ‘Will you marry me, Cousin
Belief he said one day, and my an
swer was: 'Tom, I feel as if I did
not love you the right way, we are
too much like brother and sister. ’
‘ ‘But he teased me and teased me,
until I told him that he might ask
me again at the end of the year.
“ ‘But you must build no hope or
that,’ I said, ‘for I think I shall feel
just as I do now.’
“And ptiw Aunt Cynthia began to
praiss b*r boy to me, f d to say how
glad she shouM be if he had chosen
some one she loved.
“It might be that I would have
yielded to this pressure, but that
something shortly happened to turn
the wholr current of my life. , It can
be told in a few word;. I met Ar
thur Lorrimer at the house of a friend.
He devoted himself to me that even
ing, and he saw me home, and I un
derstood from what he said that he
was in love with mo. Cousin Tom
was furious tha+ i had accepted other
escort. We bad a scene that very
night. Tom was very rough and
brutal. *■
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“ ‘You have no right to accept an
other man’s attention^,’ he said.
‘You are engaged to me.’
“Of course this was false, and I
told my aunt what I had really said
to him.. She only cried, and told me
that I hi'.d eo feeling for her poor
boy, who loved me so well.
“1 might have believed that he lov
ed me, and felt myself guilty, but
that a little later, coming down stairs
to find my gloves, which I had drop
ped, and stepping softly, fori thought
the whole house was asleep, I saw
Aunt Cynthia and her son still sitting
beside the grate.
“‘I don’t care a rtti for the girl
herself,’ Tom was spying, T know
many a one I admire more, but
l like her money, an«Lit would
into my pockets without any trouble.
I hate work, And it secmed'such a
soft thing to get a rich wife.|
“ You shall have the child,’ said
the mother. ‘I can keep that jacka
napes away. Fine clothes and city
ways have caught her fancy, that is
all. Besides, now do you know the
man means anything.
“ ‘By his looks,’ said Tom, ‘I kept
wondering what lie saw in her pale
little face to roll his eyes for. Why,
I think she is very nearly plain.’
“I went up stairs without my
gloves, but my heart was very light.
I could have no pity for a fortune-
hunter, and the words I had heard
made me happy.
“To cut a long story short, lest I
bore you, it was not long before I was
engaged to Mr. Lorrimer. My aunt
hod permitted his visits, and told me
that she hoped I would not leave her
until I was married. I knew that the
money I contributed to the house
hold was valuable, and agreed to stay.
Tom I seldom saw nowadays; when
I did, ho was sulky.
“I hud known all along that my be
trothed husband was going to Balti
more for a few months before our
marriage, but when the time came,
it was very hard to part, and when
he was gone I was very sad and
lonely. As I told you, in those days
the malls were very slow — there
were no steam cars.
“For a long time I was not
alarmed, but at last a terror beyond
words fell upon me, and I expected
nothing but to receive tidings of ill
ness or death. What came to me,
how jver, was this:
“A paper in which was marked in
pencil a notice of the marriage of
Arthur Lorrimer to Augusta, daugh
ter of Everliegh Turner, Esq., and a
note in an unknown hand.
“ ‘Madam’—it read—‘As one of
Mr. Lorrlmer’s closest friends, I am
charged with a message to you. You
will see that he is married to his love
with whom he quarreled two years
ago. That love will have its way, is
the only excuse he can offer. He
prays that you may be happy, and
begs you will forgive him.
^ “ ‘A. Avpletom.’ ”
“I did not faint, I did not weep,
when I received this letter, but I felt
the shock in every nerve. My cousin
had brought the mail from the post-
office, and as I sat gazing into the fire
he touched mo on the arm.
“ ‘Cousin Belle,’ he said, ‘I read
the paper on my way home. See
now what a false lieart you have been
trusting in, and setting aside a love
that would have lasted you for life.’
“ ‘Do not utter falsehood, Cousin
Tom,’ I said. ‘You care nothing for
mo; you want my money, for I heard
you tell your mother so. But I will
marry you and show this deceiver
that I am not pining for him. Only
remember, I do not love you anymore
than you do me; and I will never
give you even a kiss.’
“ ‘Oh, Belle, 1 do love you! I said
what I did out of pique!’ cried Tom,
‘and I am sorry you heard me. W'e
shall be a very happy couple yet.’
“ ‘Never!’ I said.
“ ‘I’ll write to this fellow,’ said
Tom. ‘Pretend we have not hoard
the news, and tell him you’ve found
out you like me the best, and want
to be off with me.’
“ ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘you may do that, I
hate you both; but tell any lie you
like.’ , And ho ran away.
“Silting in the room where I stood
was a looking-glass which reflected a
portion of the kitchien. As I hap
pened to turn my eyes that way, I
saw my aunt standing near the open
fire reading a letter. As she read,
she seemed to watch and listen.
“In those days we used both black
Ink and red for correspondence, and
Arthur had a fancy for red. This
letter was written in that color. The
writing, too, looked at that distance
like his, and the secrecy of Aunt
Cynthia’s manner awakened my sus
picions. I took n step forward, and
she flung it into the fire, and I saw
her run out at the garden door. The
next instant I was in the kitchen.
“The paper had not blazed up at
once, for it had fluttered behind the
back log. I caught up the tongs and
brought it safely out. It was scorch
ed and yellow, but I knew I could
read It; and running to my room,
bolted myself in and examined the
paper.
“It was a letter from Arthur, and
from I learned that he had written
many times, and having received no
reply, had grown so anxious that he
had resolved to come back again.
“ I am greatly Irritated to-day,’ he
said. ’Some rascal has thought it a
good joke to publish a false marriage
with an unknown, probably imagina
ry lady. It.is unlikely that you will
ever see a Baltimore paper, but, I can
not help troubling about that, too.
However, we shall meet in a few days.
The stage should arrive at next
Thursday.’
“I saw It all—my cousin had play
ed a deep trick. The advertisement
was his work, and he had forged the
letter, but I was evister at last.
"As for my auut, '•mol crea
ture had destroyed the letters *.*r
which she knew I was longinp—she
would willingly have broken my heart
in order that her son might have my
money.
“I believe from what I saw that
she had not been able to finish the
letter, and was not aware how soon
Arthur would arrive, for this day was
Thursday, I remember, and night was
coming on.
“I- went down to ten as though
nothing had happened. My cousin
took my hand and kissed it,
my aunt advanced and kissed my
cheek.
“ ‘Here are true hearts,’ said she,
‘and we will compensate you for
what false ones have made yon
suffer.’ I<t
-‘■“‘Marry fo-morrow, my darl
ing,’ said Tom, ‘and I can write to
that man, not that we are engaged,
but that you are my wife.’
“‘A good idea,” said I; and just
then I heard the rumbling of wheels.
A vehicle stopped before the house,
and some one rapped heavily with
the knocker upon the outer door.
“ ‘It is he!’ I cried, and in a mo
ment more I was clasped in Arthur’s
arms.
“Ask me no questions,' I cried,
‘but take me away from these terri
ble people who would stop at no
crime in order to win what little
wealth is mine.’
“That very night old Parson Part
ridge married us, and I left the town
with my husband. At my prayer,
he forbore to punish Tom, and we
have never seen any of those people
since, and have lived happily for
years amoogst my husband’s kinsfolk
here In Baltimore.”—[Family Story
Paper.
THE SEA OTTER.
His Furtha Costliest in ths World--
Shot from Darrieks.
Just at the present the SeaOtter is
the favorite of the millionairess, and
his fur is the costliest in the world.
I wonder if any of the wearers of this
beautiful fur—so costly that the price
of one set would feed a hungry family
for two whole years—ever stop to
find out how the first wearer was born
on a bed of kelp, floating out in the
open sea, on the icy cold waters of
the Pacific, and literally “rocked iu
the cradle of the deep;” how he was
brought up on the heaving billows,
and, when bedtime came, found a soft
resting place on his mother’s breast,
while she floated upon her back and
clasped him with her paws as he slept;
how the only land he ever saw was the
rugged, rock-bound shores of Alaska
or Washington. Now and then,when
the ocean was very rough, and before
the hunters were so bad, he used to
crawl out upon a rock and lie there,
while the roar of the breakers boomed
in his ears and the breakers dashed
over him In torrents. But then, it is
probable that not one woman out of
every five hundred takes the trouble
to learn the life history of the crea
ture whose furry coat she wears.
The Sea Otter is the largest of the
Marten family, and is very unlike the
family after which the family is
named. It has a thick, clumsy body
which, with the round, blunt head,
is from three and a half to four feet
in length. Unlike those of all other
otters, the tail is short and stumpy,
being about one-fifth the length of
the head and body. As if to increase
its value, and hasten its destruction,
the skin is much larger than the
body, like a misfit coat, and lies loose
ly upon it In many folds. For this
reason the stretched pelt is always
much wider and longer than the ani
mal that wore it.
The coat of the full-grown Sea
Otter is very dense, very fine, and its
color is shimmering, lustrous black.
Ever since the earliest discovery of
the Sea Otter by the Russians, Its
fur has been eagerly sought by them,
and the cash prices of skins have
always been' so high that there is
not, in the whole United States, a
museum rich enough to afford a good
series of specimens. Mr. Charles H.
Townsend, the naturalist of the
United States Fish Commission,
writes me that in 1891 the price of
the best skins had reached $100each,
and their value has been since in
creasing. On the northwest coast of
the State of Washington, where Sea
Otters are still found along a thirty-
mile strip of coast (from Gray’s Har
bor, half-way to Cape Flattery), they
are shot by hunters from tall “der
ricks” from thirty to forty foet high,
erected in the surf half-way between
high tide and low tide, and the
hunter who kills four Otters in a
year considers his work successful.
Owing to the persistent hunting
that has been going on ever since
Alaska came Into our possession,ithe
Sea Otter is rapidly following the
buffalo to the State of Extermina
tion.
The favorite food of the Sea Otter
is not fish, as one might suppose
from the habits of the common
Otter, but clams, crabs, mussels, and
sea-urchins. Its molar teeth are of
necessity very strong, for the grind
ing up of this rough fare, and the
muscles of the jaws are proportion
ately powerful.—[St. Nicholas.
Tha Doctor’s Rovongo.
A man in Dexter, Me., who thought
it a fine thing to stop a doctor who
was hurrying by, to ask him some
trivial question, didn’t see half so
much fun in It when his door bell
rang violently at 2 a. in. the next
morning, and when, after hurrying
on his clothes and hastening down,
ho found the physician prepared to
answer t he query, and any more ha
might have to propound.—[Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The British Mint coins twenty-Hra tans
of .'Atomies every year.
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THE JOKER'S MIDGET. »
JESTS ARD t*RNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.
Hla ldaa--A DNpmI Failara—Haw
TOO MUCH TO ASK.
•*-
He—Will you love me if I give up
all my bad habits?
She (protestingly )—But, George,
how could you expect me to love a
perfect stranger?—[Tid-Bits.
Ha Eaaapad.^lNuldR't. Rapaat-*
Of Cauraa, Eta^Cte.
KMDEA.
Little Tomnft’wji'apa, did you ever
see a cyclone tnkt Mowed everything
up in the air; and honee, and
houses and thiagpr upside down?
I’apa—Well, oft; Tommy, although
I’ve heard oloften.
Little Tommy^RFoll. fr jbfrk it’d
be rather tiresome to live so long and
never see anything. —[Philadelphia
Life.
A DISMAL FAILURE.
Kane—Hobson’s son made a failure
of his college career.
Lane—Why, I thought he was the
valedictorian of his class.
Kane—Oh, yes; but he has abso
lutely no record in athletics.
HOW HE ESCAPED.
URREASOXABLE.
“You have told that secret which
I revealed to you yesterday?”
“I confess I have.”
"That was mean.”
“Come, now, be reasonable. If you
couldn’t keep a secret concerning
yourself, how could you expect me to
keep it?”—[New York Press.
PERPETUAL MOTION.
“Hwge byfMwk»*w hae-divecvepcl
the perpetual motion secret at last.”
“Well, he’ll find it won’t go. But
what is it?”
"The tramp joke.”—[Chicago In
ter-Ocean.
REQUIRES GENIUS.
“Ah,” remarked the great musi
cian, as he walked the floor with his
howling offspring in his arms; “itis
much easier to compose a grand opera
than a wakeful baby.”
Dashaway—What luck did you
have in Texas?
Billboard (the tragedian)—I played
to full houses.
Dushaway—That’s great luck, old
man.
Billboard—Yes. They were so full
that they couldn’t shoot straight.—
[Life.
WOULDN’T REPEAT.
“I am going to spgnd a week up at
the Barker’s in Riverdale,” said
Borely.
“8o Barker told-me,” said Cyni-
cus.
“What did he say?”
“Well, really, Borely, I don’t like
to say. I never use profane lan
guage.”—[Life.
OF COURSE.
She—Why do they put an eagle on
gold pieces, George?
He—Because gold is money and
money flies, my dear.
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Mr. Hungry Higgings had finished
eating his “handout” and was perus
ing the paper it had been wrapped
in.
“By gee,” he said, “this accounts
for it."
“Accounts for what?” asked Mr.
Weary Watkins.
“W’y, they is a doctor says in this
paper that after a man has had the
grip he never gits plum over it. It
leaves him kinder tired, an’ in need
of stimulants all the time, the doctor
says. I bet I had it myself when I
was a little baby.”—[Indianapolis
Journal.
A LEGAL QUESTION.
Kitty—She says they’re engaged,
and he says they are not. Now, what
do you think of that?
Tom—I think it will take a jury to
decide.—[Puck.
HER STANDING UNIMPAIRED.
A REASONABLE INFERENCE.
“How’s the college doing now?”
“Splendid.”
“Quite full?”
“1 reckon so; boys got their month
ly remittances last night.”—[Atlan
ta Constitution.
A SUFFICIENT REASON.
Mr. Dolley—Miss Flypp, why do
you suppose it Tit that there is no
marrying nor giving in marriage in
heaven?
Miss Flypp (promptly)—No men
there.—[Judge.
SAYING AND DOING.
Cora—Why did she leave the room
when she was in the middle of her
argument about the cruelty of killing
song birds?
Merritt—She went to show the ser
vant how to drop a live lobster into
boiling water.—[Truth.
WHERE SHE WANTED IT.
He—Pshaw, I could kiss you right
under your mother’s nose.
She—I should very much prefer,
Harry, that you kiss me under my
cwn.—[Truth.
A DECIDED DIFFERENCE.
Minnie—Here is a eonundrum for
you. What is the difference between
you and crushed sugar?
Mamie—I didn't suppose there was
any.
Minnie—Oh, yes, there is. One is
mashed to powder and the other is
powdered to mash.—[Jndiauapolis
Journal.
WANTED TO BE THERE.
Taper—I should like two weeks’
vacation to attend the wedding of a
very dear friend.
Mr. Gingham—It must be a very
dear friend, indeed, to make you want
that much time. Who is it? *
Taper—Well, sir, after the ceremony
she will be my wife.—[Vogue.
ON STRIKE FOR PRINCIPLE.
Mr. Hungry Higgins looked over
the fence and saw a sight that nearly
paralyzed him. He looked again.
Yes, it was too true. Mr. Dismal
Dawson was sawing wood.
“What does this mean?” asked
Hungry.
Mr. Dawson saw he was caught. So
he straightened up and assumed an
air of righteous indignation.
“It means dis,” said he. “De boye
didn’t treat mo right in dividin’ up
the beer las’ night, an’ Fm out on
strike, see?”—[Indianapolis Jokrnal.
AND MANY OF THEM.
English Capitalist—You build your
railroads all with the same gauge in
this country now, do you not?
American Railroad Magnate—Oh,
yes!
“What is the gauge?”
"Mortgage.”
SUPREME INDEPENDENCE.
Young Lady—I am tired of living
on my relatives, and want to be in
dependent.
Employment Agent—I might get
you a place in a store.
“That won’t do. I’d be under some
one’s orders continually. I want to
be independent of everything and
every body.”
‘Ah, I see. I’ll get you a place as
•ook.”—[New York Weekly.
AN UNUSUAL REQUEST.
Clerk—I want my photograph
taken, but it must be as unlike me as
possible.
Photographer—An unusual' re
quest. May 1 ask the reason.
Clerk—I’ll tell you In confidence.
You see the photograph is for my
employer’s daughter, and if hg saw
it and recognized me he’d discharge
me forthwith.—Fliegende Blaetter.
Lillie—Why did you speak to that
horrid fellow in the street car?
Weren’t you afraid it would affect
your standing?
Millie—Not a bit; he never offered
a girl a seat in his life.—[Kate Field’s
Washington.
JOYS OF A RAILWAY EMPLOYE.
The Nervous Woman—How long
did you say it was before the train
leaves?
Station Agent—One hour and a
half, ma’am.
The Nervous Woman—Are you
sure?
Station Agent—Yes, ma’am.
The Nervous Woman—That would
make it safe for me to go out for a
short time, wouldn’t it!
Station Agent—Certainly.
The Nervous Woman—You are pos
itive?
Station Agent—Yes, ma’am. How
far did you wish to go?
The Nervou* Woman—I want to
go over to that news stand on the
other side of the street and get a
paper. But if I lose the train I’ll re
port you, now mind.—[Chicago Re
cord.
SAD CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Nino—Was papa in, Clarence?
Clarence—Yes, but very busy. But
he made an appointment to meet
me.
Nina—Dear pupa! And how did he
act towards you, Clarence?
Clarence—Nicest kind! I went to
his office, and said to him that he
doubtless knew the reason why I had
been calling nt his house so regularly
for a long time, and that now L had
come to say that it only needed a
word from him to happily settle
everything. He said he was sorry, but
he was too busy to attend to it then,
and told mo to come around Tues
day.
Nina—Oh, Clarence! Ho took you
for the man with the gas bill.—
[Browning’s Monthly.
MERELY AN OPINION.
He was a rugged, bluff man, repre
senting a Western region in Congress
and incidentally enjoying the hospi
tality of the capital. One evening,
at a dance, ho was seated next to his
hostess, when his eye fell upon a
small, wizened individual, who wore
several decorations and ribbons. The
attention of the M. C. was instantly
attracted and he inquired who the
personage was.
“Oh, that’s Lord DeVoid!” re
turned his hostess; “a member of
one of the noblest families of Eng
land. I think the patent of nobility
was conferred upon them by Henry
VII.”
“Henery Seventh!” repeated the
honest Representative, slowly, lost
in thought. Then he suddenly turned
to the ladr of the house.
“Don’t you think,” he asked, sol
emnly and confidentially, "judgin’
by this here specimen, that the pat
ent is pretty near expired now?”—
[Puck.
Egypt’s Smelling Festival.
On Monday next, when the annual
custom termed “Shemm en Neseem”
(or the Smelting of the Zephyr) will
be observed, all Government offices
will be closed and the day will be ob
served as a general holiday through
out the country. Onions will be in
great demand, for early on Monday
morning many persons, especially
women, in accordance with ".n an
cient Egyytian custom, dating from
time immemorial,break an onion and
smell it. There will also be a whole
sale migration into the country for the
purpose of "smelling the air,” which
is believed by the natives of Egypt to
have a wonderfully beneficial effect
on that day.—[Egyptian Gazette.
FARM AND GARDEN,
PLANT BERTS AS COW FEED.
Sugar beets are worth more to feed
to cows for milk and butter than the
prices which the sugar-beet factories
offer for them for making sugar. So
it is not necessary that a farmer
should be located near a beet-root
sugar factory in order to make beet
growing pay. If he has the right kind
of cows bo can make more money
feeding beets to them than he can sell
them for in any other way. The same
is true of moat of the grain products
of the farm.—Boston Cultivator.
THE PELLICLE OF THE BUTTER GLOBULE.
The claim made in a communication
from Dr. Hopkins, of Vermont, that
he was opposed to the alleged existence
of any pellicle on the butter globules
as long ago as 1860, is cheerfully
recognized. This opposition has long
been common among physicians and
physiologists, who know of milk as a
simple emulsion, while those who
have favored it have been persons who
based belief on a very common mis
take made by inexperienced micro-
scopists, who ignored the effects of the
refraction of light from glistening ob
jects, thus viewed, and in this way
imagined the supposed pellicle. Dr.
Hoskins claims that when he made the
discovery there was no such thing in
1860, when he published the fact. But
hard work has been done since then to
change the prevalent popular belief to
the contrary.—New York Times.
FATTENING PIGS ON WHEAT.
Where maize con be grown to per
fection it will probably continue to be
one of the chief food materials for
fattening swine, but in colder climates
other foods must be grown for this
purpose. H. T. French, of the Ore
gon Station, has continued the experi
ment of feeding wheat to pigs, and
the results are especially interesting
to farmers, who find the market price
of wheat about the same as that of
corn. In the rate of grain produced,
the results compare favorably with
those obtained from feeding corn.
Chopped wheat proved to be better
than chopped oats, and there was 131
pounds of gain for each bushel of
wheat consumed. The quality of the
meat was all that could be desired in
fat. pork. There was a good thickness
of fat, and, at the same time, a good
distribution of lean meat. The pigs
were eleven months old when slaugh
tered. The pigs were not in pasture
at any time, bat were in pens connect
ed with small yorJs. They were fed
twice each day, at eight in the morn
ing, and at five in the evening. Each
ration was weighed ont, and allowed
to soak until the time for the next
feed. A handful of salt was added to
eaoh feeding, and charcoal was given
to them twice a week. The breed was
a cross of the Polaud-China and Berk
shire, with the Berkshire points pre
dominating. —American Agriculturist.
SEED GRAIN.
Seed grain, whether barley, oats,
wheat or flax, should be selected with
great oare. The Idaho Station advo
cates testing the grain before sowing.
This can be done by the farmer, it
says, and requires but o fuw days.
The seed may be sown in a box of soil
and the box kept in a warm exposure.
The soil mnst be kept moist.
Another and easier way is to float a
piece of thick sheet cotton on water.
The grain to be tested is placed on the
cotton an 1 is covered with a similar
shoot. On removing the cover the
grain is exposed to view, and the
sprouted grain can be quickly
counted.
A good germinator or seed tester
i ean be made oat of a coal-oil can, a
block of wood and two pieces of cloth.
Cut one of the sides out of the can.
Place the block of wood within the
can, allowing it to rest on the bottom.
The block should be two inches thick,
about as wide as the con and three-
fourths as long. Pour one to one and
one-half inches of water in the can.
Stretch one of the ends of the cloth to
dip in tne water. The other piece of
cloth is used for a c/vr; ;.nd is pnt on
in the same way. T!"* - seeds to be
tested are put between the folds of
cloth. Capillary attraction keeps the
cloth damp. Keep clean and fresh
water in the germinator and set in a
warm place.
To prevent smut use one pound of
“blue-stone” to four gallons of water.
Allow the grain to remain in contact
with the liquid for live minutes.
Never sow seed that is foul with
seed of weeds and other grains. The
wild oats must be got out of the way.
A great help iu this direction is to de
stroy as much of the wild oat seed as
possible. Every seed sown brings
forth nearly a hundred more. —New
York World.
IMPROVED PEACH ORCHARDS.
Every spring a large number of
peach orchards are planted in differ
ent parts of the country, and uenrly
all are arranged in the old way of set
ting them in squares or in rows both
ways for horse culture, and training
them up to a head five feet high ou a
bare stem at that bight. As many
farmers and orchardists are now car
rying ont their plans for spring plant
ing, a few practical suggestions may
be of use.
The tendency of all peach tree
growth ia in running up and out hori
zontally into bare polea and arms,
which gradually reduce the value of
the trees and lessen the excellence of
the fruit. The duration of the trees
is lessened, and they perish much
sooner than under a better treatment.
First of all, the superiority of broad
cast cultivation should be appreciated,
as compared with only narrow strips
or circles of cultivated ground. The
roots of both young and old peach
trees extend from the foot of the
trees to a distance of at least equal to
NO. 29.
the height of the trees. This we hare
proved by experiments, showing that
the trees, ten and twelve feet high,
send out roots thirteen feet in length
and are increased in growth by manure
placed at that distance. It is there
fore of little comparative importance
whether the narrow spot at the base
of the tree receives manure or not.
There could be, therefore, but little
objection to the side branches extend
ing nearly to the ground.
There arc several reasons for such
low headed trees. The annual prun
ing or catting back is more easily per
formed, much of it being done while
the operator stands on the ground.
The thinning, which all heavy-bearing
tre’es fehouW receive, is more easily
done. The fruit may be more easily
gathered. There will be but little
ground that may not be subjected to
horse cultivation, for the shade of tho
foliage above will prevent much
growth of weeds closely around the
item and a light and broad harrow
will stir nearly all the soil by passing
under.
Planters who wish to adopt the low
headed, compact training, should not
purchase trees more than a year old,
or which have heads already formed
several feet high; but procure one-
yoar trees from the bud, or else, those
which have already been trained with
in a few inches of the ground.—Coun
try Gentleman.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ’
The Senate.
123d Day.—The tobacco schedule of tht
Tariff Mil was disposed of and the agricul
tural schedule taken up.
124th Day.—The agricultural schedule of
the Tariff bill was discussed. Mr. Hoar
spoke In favor of ths (iovernment re
linquishing Its elalna against the Sanford es
tate.
12f th Day.—The Hoar resolution as to re
linquishing the Government claims against
the Stanford estate was. after discussion,
laid on the table—yeas. 24 ; nays. 19. The
Tariff bill was then taken up. Eight para
graphs ot the agricultural schedule wers
disposed of.
126th Day.—The conference report on the
hill authorizing the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey Railroad Company to construct <\
bridge across the Delaware River was agr-ei
to. The Senate passed a bill dividing rail
way postal clerks into seven classes,
with salaries ranging from $809 tor
$1800. Mr. Walsh Introduced »
bill to establish in Washington a per
manent expojltlon of the produots and re
sources of the several Statea and Territories.
Mr. Hoar Introduced a bill to release
the Stanford estate from the Government’*
claim. The Senate disposed ot the agri
cultural schedule ot the Tariff bill.
127th Day.—Three scheduts*, filling eight
een pages of the Tariff bill and relating to
spirita and wines, cotton manufactures and 1
flax, hemp and jute, were disposed of. Ths
flve-mlnute rule was in operation. Ths
cotton schedule, covering ten pages, was
disposed ot In thirty minutes.
128th Dat.—Little progress was made on
the Tariff bill, the day being chiefly occupied
With flve-mlnute speeches.
The House.
143d Day.—The House concurred in the
Senate amendments to the New York and!
New Jersey Bridge bill. By a vote of 17il
to 102 the House voted not to repeal the law
imposing a tax ol ten per oent. upon the Is-*
aues of State banka and other associations.
144th Day.—The day was devoted to con-,
■ideratlon of the Indian Appropriation bill,
the discussion being over the rider to re
move the supply warehouse from New Yjrk!
to Chicago. No action was taken.
146th Day.—The Indian Appropriation
hill was considered in Committee of th*
Whole.
146th Day.—The House spent three hours
In consideration of the Indian Appropriation^
bill under the flve-mlnnte rule, and passed
over seven pages in that time.
147th Day.—The day was devoted to ths
consideration of District of Columbia bust-'
ness.
148th Day.—The Indian Appropriation
bill was further considered. The Indian
Commission was practically legislated out ot
office by a refusal to make an appropriation
for It.
THE LABOR WORLD.
In India agricultural laborers get five centd
a day.
East LivupooL,Ohlo, is to have a co-opera
five factory-
A bdildino trades council is to bo estab
lished in Paterson, N. J.
Fall Rites (Mass.) weavers' wages have
lately been cut thirty per cent.
Fully one-third of the female population
ot France are laborers on farms.
Effobts are being made to establish tru lo
assemblies throughout New Jersey.
It is said that 1000 Illinois manufacturers
b- -'e combined to kill the eight hour law.
Ofebations are being generally resumed
at the Iron mines in the LnkeHuperior region,
Thehe are more iron safes made In Cincin
nati than In all tho cities of tho Union com
bined.
A seduction of twenty-live per cent, in tho
earnings of Boston hatters nax gone Into
effect.
Afies nelormy session the bootblacks of Chi
cago formed a union and elected JelToison
King President.
The Laborers' Union In New York City is
divided into English, Gorman and Italian
speaking branches.
The shops in Altoona, Penn., ot tho Penn
sylvania Railroad Company have been openocC
for work on full time.
The union wages for laborers on buildings
in New York City Is thirty cents an hour,
eight hours to constitute a day s work.
The committee of the striking miners aban
don their hope of effecting a National set
tlement and call for district conferences with
the operators.
The Brooks Locomotive Works, Schenec
tady, N. Y., have received an order for thir
ty passenger locomotives and thirty locomo
tives for the Central Railway ol Brazil.
Delegates from France, Belgium. Eng
land, Germany and Austria are expected at
the coming International Congress ol Tex
tile Workers, which is to be held in this
country.
Gbifhen and conductors on the Third
avenue line. New York City, had their wages
Increased to $2.60 ant $2.25 a day, respec
tively. They are to make five round trips a
day Instead of four and a half, as heretofore.
An appeal is contemplated to be made by
the Iron trades unions to the New York
State Constitutional Convention for an
amendment to the law which will hinder
contract prison labor competing with free
industry.
The only ones among the textile workers
of this country whose wages have not been
reduced during the panic are the spinners,
who have an organization comprising over
ninety per cent, of tho spinners in tho
United States.
Count Geohoe Szibney, who claims to bo
the son of a wealthy ami powerful Austrian
nobleman, whoso estates were squandered
by tho trustees while he was in his mlnor-
Itv, In picking slate In a coal breaker at
Wilkesbaire. Penn., tor sixty cents a day.