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w mn 1 f urn?K???m? SUICIDE AMONG ANIMALS. How Scat ol the Dumb Creature# Kill i Then??elves. "Mauy animals," fays an observing ; writer. " will commit snicide to relieve j - - , ? themselves from great pain. Snakes : will lacerate themselves when suffering ; from intense heat. I ba^e observed ! spiders do the same, biting at their le:s j and available parts with suicidal intent. ;! Place a ricg of fire around a scorpion, i and it will invariably destroy itself rather than sn O'er the torture of heat, and I hive often seen ants tear their own leg(> ai d try to destroy themselves j when exposed to deadly heat. Dogs i have been noticed from various causes to make desperate attempts to drown themselves. holding their heads underwater until the desired release was obtained. A case came under my notice of a dog, that was verv much at ' - ? 11 ; tacneu to its master, rei using an iuuu > after the master's death, and actually | starving i self to death, being found weeks afterwards lifeless on its master's grave : and yet we say the lower animals are devoid of intelligence. If the truth were known they have the same aSYctions and feelings, differing only in degree from our own. On questioning an old farmer in the Adirondack country last summer, if he knew of any cases of animal suicide, he referred me to the B'ble, citing tire case cf theswin, that m>Leu down into the sea and were drowned. Be said that the swine preferred death to evil spirits, and so committed suicide. But this interpretation V* Uii t LIC IUUIJU 1U tiJC Be told roe {bat several of Ms hogs in ti jinu' to swim across a large pond, evi' ? dently tave out in the middle, and before be could get to them they had tilled themselves. Their throats were cut, evidtnrlv by their fore feet. His idea was that they begun to give ont and Lad cut tfceir throats; but this was evidently cnly accidental. Their increased strangles had canstd the wounds, which were^ fatal, the cute bt-ing vertical wcusds, deep, and five or eii inches lone. But among the star fishes suicide or attempted self-destruction seems to Ka , > foT^.w+js r--?fViAri of av(^idiccr ene MX? Of lCk*K/X.IWV wv ?<ww%. - ? - u mies and escaping pair. -Tiiere is one,' bolting tip a round object about four inches in diameter, 'that I caught on the reef about sixty miles from Eavana. I was wading along among the coral dragging icy beat, and in lifting np a bunch found this fellow. It was more than two feet in diameter, and the arms, Ibe in number at the base, branched ! eff into thousands of bifurcating points j and tendrils that weie entangled about j tbe ccr.il like so many snakes. It was j the asteroph^ton, commonly called a I basket nth, from its resemblance to one j ? when the myriads of arms are coded j up. I; dropped out of ibe coral, ! t toV.1ca.-5 the scnirmine: I mass Tip it commenced a fragmental process t/f suicide that w?3 decidedly astonishing. I Lad to partly dive to it, : and as I raided it up a per ect shower i of limbs fell off, twisting and coiling j down on my feet, and by the time I had i it at the surface its beauty was shorn, j as it bad thrown off even arm and j appeared, as you see, a simple oval.', Professor Forbes of London had an equally curious experience with a star suicide. He sajs: 4 The first time I took one of these creatures I succeeded in plackg it entire in my boat. Not having seen one before, and being ignorant ox its suicidal powers, I spread it out on a rowing bench, the better to admire irs form and colors. Onattempt t-a if fn* nrocoTcaHrvn. to EiV I ?Llt$ IV ICUiV'^iw ivi . ? 7 ^ horror and disappointment I found only an assemblage of detached members. The next time I went to the same spot to dredge I determined not to be cheated out of my specimen a second time. I carried with me a bucket of fresh water, for which the star fishes evince a great antipathy. As I hoped, a litudia soon came up in the dredge? a most gorgeous specimen. As the animal does not generally break up until it is raised to the surface of the sea, I carefully and anxior.siy plunged mj bucket to a level with the dredge's mouth, and softly introduced the Luidia into the frt^h water. Whether the water was too cold for it cr the sight of the bucket too terrific I do not know, : -/ but in a moment it began to dissolve its corporation, and 1 saw it* nmos | escaping through every mesh, in tbe net. J In my despair I seized the largest piece and brought up the extremity of an arm with'its terminal eye, the spinous yelid cf -which ope red and closed with something exceedingly like a wink of j derision.' "In fact, so determined are thess; fellows in their self-destruction that j hardly a cabinet contains a good speci- i V, men of this or the other. The only way j to obtaiu them is to kill them under i water by electricity before they have a chance to break up. 11 any crabs when touched throw off their claws and legs, preferring that to being captured. A snail called the Helacurion, found in the inland of Luzon, has the faculty of v throwing off its tail when caught by it. j And so ouiekly does it jamp away from ' the renamed portion that collectors have j d:f?cul:y in csp;nring it. In some ! cases the raaiis uied after the loss. ! The so called glass snake slight be! mentioned as a suicide, as they break np at very slight provocation. " 'Here is a case of accidental snicide, holding np a spear of dry hay. 'O \ it' pierced throcgii ana throngh, wa^ a large green grasshopper. It had jumped into the air with a reckless spring, coming down first on the jac.=i like spear of'gr^s had en-j tered its body where it joins the head, i and held it aloft as a grim warning to ; the rest.'" The TVfteel-Horse. There is a wheel horse in every family; some one who takes the lead en r?f?resKir.T>s_ It mar be the oldest daughter, possibly 'he father, bat generally it is the mother. Estra com-: pany, sickness, etc., give her & heavy | increase of the burden she is already carrying. Even summer vacations bring less st t*nd recreation to her than to others ol the family. The city honse must be put in order to leave; the clothing for himself and the children which a country sojourn demands seems never to be finished; and the excursions and picnics which dilight the hearts cf the youngi K__ people are not whcllv a delight to the i provider." I Woman's work is never done. She i would never have it done. Ministering I to father and mother, cherishing her j husband, nourishing and tiaining her children- no true woman wants to see i Tiai* mnrV "Rnt; hAranSA it is never i done she needs resting times. Every night the heavy track is turned i up; the wneel horse is put up in the ! stable, and labor and care are dismissed ' till tiie morrow. The thills of thej (household van cannot be turned up at j night, and the tired house-mother cannot go into a qaier stall for repose. She j goes to sleep to-night feeling the pres-1 sure of io-morrow. She must Lave j "an eye" over all until every one is in bed, and mast keep an eye ready to j open at any moment to answer the need j of children, and open boih eyes bright j and early to see the machine well; started for the new clay. There is never any time that seems convenient for the mother of littJe' children to leave home,* even for a day; i bet wilh a little kiedly help from her , husband, and a little resolution to her elf, she may go and be so much better i for it that the benefit will overliow j from her into the whole household. j She will bring home some nee? idaa and will work with enthusiasm that | comes from a fresh start. One word for the older sister who ! ?< .-?aakes the salad for lunch and the ] desert for dinner, who takes the po* sition of the wheel-horse quite cheer- j r. fully while her yonng-r sisters make themselves beautiful and entertaining, e aad one after another find "one true heart" apiece to love them, and leave 1 no moi.^an to stow into an old maid, j However willing her sacrifice, it was one; audEothing bat the d-svotfd love : |p- and gratitude of the household wbose : g|?4 , fires bhe has helped to ?indl<: will re-j ward her for what she has given ? 1 Christian Union. RELIGIOUS READING. Morctonltm and toe Churches. "Rishrm Tnt.Mo nf T7 fn Vi anrl ppvpral * 7 ~ proninent clergymen and mission wo:rk-! ers of the Protastant Episcopal, CatLolie, Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational clmrches in Salt Lake City, have addressed to the ministers of the i different chnrches in the United States an appeal whieh sets forth in a striking light; many facts concerning the evils of ilormcnism. The chief points to which attention is called are given herewith: " 1. Ont of a total population of 143,000 in Utah, about 110,000 are adherents of Mormonism. Of the anti-Morinon minority, only a' small per cent, render us active aid in our endeavors to establish Christian homes in the place of the foul system of polygamy which prevails in Utah, iience, we greatly feel the need of your sympathy, prayers and efforts. 2. Mormonism is no ibnger confined to Utah, but already holds the balance of power in Idaa<*, and has gained a strong foothold in Wyoming, Arizona and Southern Co/.orado. 3. Although there has been a strict law against polygamy upon the United States statute-book for more than eighteen years, only two persons have been convicted under it, and it is practically a dead letter because of its defects. 4. In this matter we believe you i can give us valuable help. The AntiPolygamy law of Congress, in order to accomplish its intended results, needs to be amended in the following respects: (1) So that the living together of the parties?or cohabitation, to use a legal term?shall be the proof of bigamy or polygamy, instead of the ceremony of I marriage, because the latter is per- i formed in secret within the walls of the Endowment House, in the presence of faithful Mormons only, and no one of these wiil bear testimony to the fact. (2) So that polygamy shall be a continuous crime instead of being allowed, as now, to expire within three years by a statute of limitation. (3) So that the women shall be equally punishable with the men for this offense. (4) So that the accessaries to the polygamous mar- j riage shall be equally punishable with the principals. (5) So that the jury list may be increased to 400. (6) So that adoltery and kindred offenses may be punishable, as in the States and other Territories of the Union." In conclusion the request is made that these facts be brought by clergymen to the attention of the Congressmen in their districts, in order that the evils complained of may be remedied at the present session of Congress. Religions News and Notes. The Mormons are obliged to pay to , the church one tenth of all they raise, i or make, or earn. T4- Co Acfimofa/1 4!?fVjirfr.fKrAA I missionary societies at work in Africa j have secured upward of 30,000 converts, j The receipts of the past year for j Episcopal domestic missions were $220,- i 593, against ?165,273 in the previous year. The Methodist Episcopal Board of Education received last year $9,256, and added about one hundred students who are preparing for the ministry. There are ninety-four Episcopal churches in Minnesota, with eightythree clergymen, 5,064 communicants, and church property valued at $262,497, The Rev. Walter Ching Young and Miss Ah Tim. of Hong Kong, were married in San Francisco, by Bishop Kip, recently. Mr. Young is an Episcopal minister; Miss Ah Tim, the bride, was from childhood trained in the Episcopal church. The Russian church has ordered its priesis not to administer the rites of religion to those who kiil themselves with excessive use of stimulants. To this date the Russian clergy have classed such persons with suicides, and left them unblessed. The Rev. G. W. Shinn says the ideal "parish house" is a building of one stnrv -with a rpfi^inc-rnnre in front, a large room occupying the middle portion, and two smaller rooms in the rear, all of which can be thrown together when occasion requires. The Congregationalisms are doing some energetic home missionary work in New Mexico, Dakota and other Territories. At Santa Fe they have just opened an educational institute, which is to be the academical department of the University of New Mexico. The gospel is winning its way in the New Hebrides. Ten years ago there was but one island in the group tbat could be called Christian, and now they are all open to l^ie gospel. One great drawback to the work is the fact tbat twenty different languages, or dialects, are spoken by the natives, requiring as many different translations of he Bible. In one place, it is said, the people C3ntributed ?8,500, in arrow-root, to pay for the printing and circulation of the Sciiptnres. n i? n r..i ^ j ue iseceiiiiu nuisKarutf. Lam's like as is the face cf the kangaroo, tender and soft as are his eyes, he is by 110 means as gentle as he looks. Like the heathen Chinee, his countenance belies him, and there are few more exciting and withal dangerous sports than kangaroo shooting. To the hunter seeking for some new sensation, a visit to the wilds of Australia in search of kanaarooscan be ^commended. It requires a fleet hor^e to ron an "old man" down if be gets a fair chance to show tail; and strong, welltrained dogs to tackle him when brought in bay. luside his soft, dewy lips are strong, formidable teeth, which can bite severely. His forepaws, weak as they seem, can lift a cog high in the air and crush him to death ; while, when lying down, his favorite righting attitude, he can kick with his powerful hind legs in a manner that rapidly clears a circle ronnd him ; and woe betiJe the man or dog that comes 'within reach of those huge claws, which can make a flesh wound deep enongh to maim the one or k I the other. Gi course, we here speak of the great kangaroo, the boomer, or old mac, of A..l/wsioi-fi A o o /if tvJi'f t&iC g'JIV/UXOl-O* ?19 O XubBbbWO. v/* iMWj there are some thirty different kinds of kangaroos inhabiting various parts of Australia, ana one species peculiar to New Guinea. They vary in size from the tiny hare kangaroo of South Australia, the most avals of its kind, which is but litile larger than a labbiN to the i several giant species, whether b!a*.rk, j red, brown or gray, some of which stand ! nearly six feet high.?Lond-m Globe. Carious Wanting Aeci<lent*. Justice Stevenson, of Taney county, 111., went hunting with his son. The son fell ar.d his gun was discharged, killing the father. As Milton liejer, of Naomi Station, Pa, was rising from the ground a'tsr a rest while hunting he seized his gun by the muzzle. It went off and killed him. John Scarboro, of Mangonir. Ga, had j one of his arms blown to pieces through ! the hammer of his gun catching in the straps of his boot as he lifted the gun. j As George Howard, of Rockdale, Pa., i was about to go out hunting his gun ! wss accidentally discharged, shattering ! an arm. Lockjaw ensued, resuming in J his drath. I As Frank Macoaaber, of Luding on, j ?\TIrm wliilshnmin?stormed at, ftsi>rin/r I o rz i ^ i 1 to drink,his companion's coat caught the j trigger of Mucomber's gun, discharging j, it and blowing off one of Mucomber's hands. j' Two physicians of Upper Creek, N. J., ! went hunting for the lii>t time. A ] . rabbit crossed their path on a rue, and j in their exclJemeat one hred and shot j 1 liis comrade, while the rabbit escaped, j The wound was luckily not very serious ; As Abraham De .Bow, of Charleston ! < Springs, X. J., was conversing with two i < hunters near his house, a rabbit, pu;r- j < sued by two degs, came along, and oce ; of the hunters handed L'e Bow h:s gun i to shoot it. He shot the rabbit, and ] while the hunter? were securing the game they heard the discharge of the other barrel of the gnu aud saw De! : Bow fall dead with his skull shattered. BHBMflnHEDKSnaBBBBHHBnWCVaaMnBBI Characteristics of the Cowboy. A Los Angeles (Texas) correspondent f of the Philadelphia Bulletin writes :! The cowboy i3 a pecnliar product of j the frontier; as a rule, i is base flattery i to suppose that he ever drives cows, j unless he steals them. He is generally I clad in a wide-rimmed, soft hat, a pair ! of spurs, a ";elt full of cartridges and a , revolver. He probably wears other; articles of comfort and adornment, bnt j those I have mentioned have a faculty j ys t Avt Avtrklintvt/v A nUrtwIi AM ' cri mo ftiicnuuu ui observer. With. Lira the revolver is a substitute for all things; be argues with it most logically, he buys with it at his own price, and he amuses himself with it habitually. Two of them went into a church down at Charleston, Arizona, a few weeks ago. The services wearied them. They "covered" the minister with their favorite weapon and i made him come down from the pulpit and dance a jig in the corner. They are getting scarce about Deming; the place is not lively enough for them now. A merchant from Los Angeles came down here about the time the coniicc- j tion was made between the two roails. { The "rowhovs" were nnmftrnns. Tbe ! merchant incautiously sported a higu hat. fie had scarcely al ighted from the j train when whiz went a bullet through ! the crown! On the other side of the i track stood a grinning "cowboy" with I the smoking pistol in his hand. It was i not a hospitable reception, and the j merchant was so nearly scared to death | that he failed to get any enjoyment outj of his visit to the "front." "Wonderlul' stories are told of their skill in hand- ! ling the pistol; to put a buhet through the hat as above and scare the bowl from the stem of the pipe that he holds in his teeth, are two feats which they delight in performing. They take delight in compelling a " tender foot" (a stranger to the frontier) to drink with them against his will, and occasionally cap the climax by making h:m pay for the drinks. The "cowboy" jaay have his good traits, however. They tell a pretty good story of how one of them made himself useful here in Deming. A fastidious "drnmmer" had come down from " above" (Frisco) upon business. At a restaurant kept by a " lone widder," he expressed dissatisfaction with the bill of fare. " The j meat was too rare and the potatoes too i soggy, while the beans weren't fit for a hog to eat." " Stranger," remarks a smiling cowboy over m the corner, j while'he raised his revolver and drew a j fine sight upon tho drnmmer, "them beans is good enough for yon, and the sooner you get outside of 'em the healthier you'll find yourself. Do it pretty quick now, while this lady's a looking, or I'll bore a hole in you and put 'em in." The beans were eaten without further criticism. The cowboys frequently come to giief, and get their just deserts, without the law being brought to bear upon them. Two or three days after we left Demia? one of them, in a half inebriated condition that is chronic with his class, attempted to " run" that town. He rode through the depot on horseback, brandishing his pistol and scattering the bystanders pro ) VliO Ui LJ-iCi_U, UVt ^OtUiUVj VUW of his way promptly, was knocked down oy a blow from the Outlaw's pistol. A deputy sheriff, armed with a shotgun appeared on tlie tcene and ordered the cowboy to surrender. Ho failed to comply, when the depnty shot him dead. Three were killed at Tombstone the other day in a conflict with a deputy marshal and his aids, who had arrested one of their number a short time previously. A frontier jury doesn't hesitate very long over a verdict of "justifiable homicide" when a cowboy :.s ] killed. A Kat in z Bottle^ A female rat was recently caught by a youthful hunter of North Second street, who earns many an honest penny by selling bis prizes to Mr. Cills, the serpent-cbarmer. The latter purchased the uclucky rat frcm her captor, and was about to hand her over to the tender mercies of a huge turtle-headed snake when he perceived that in a few days the rat would be the mother of several little rats, and there would be so many more for his snakes. Procuring a large box, he wired it in sueh a way that the animal could not escape, and putting: Mrs. Kat inside, he carried her new abode downstairs to the cella:: and left her to her maternal dutiee. The nest morning five little rodents were hnddled at the side of their mother. A couple of weeks passed and the captive family were all in a flourishing condition, but one evening their owner noticed when be went to feed them that the mother had gnawed a small hole in the side of her prison, and on counting the progeny he likewise perceived tnat one of the infants had escaped. "I nailed a piece of tin over the hole," said Mr. Cills, "and was about leaving the cellar when I heard a sqneaking noise in the midst of a lot of empty beer bottles which were standing in a comer of the cellar. I moved one of the bottles and saw that, something was jumping up and down inside it, and what should that something be bus my youcg rat. The little fellow hud jumped down the neck of the bottle and couldn't climb out again, the sides being too slipperj, I suppose. Curious to see what the mother would do, I placed the bottle containing the youujr 'un in the cage, in sach a way, however, * * / ! ?*/.f Krt I LiLitft I lil %^\J LA.?\U. UUU IJC A.UVyV/A^V4. V ? f X l^uvv.i in the eveoiag I went to see liow things were getting on, and I found that several pieces of food had been dropped down the neck of the Lottie by ihe mother. After another week had passed the jonng rat had so increased in size that all chanoe of its leaving its crystal dungeon w;-.s precluded, aad so I placed the bottle on one side so that the mother could fesd hor little one more ccmfo:t*bly. Sne has evidently taken the best of care oifor he is so fat that he can no longer turn himself i round. I wa-j puzzle i for some time j as to how he got his drink, but one day | I arproached cautiously and found the j rtl.-f ?o? tvncilv ?!rtoroor<?rl t'r> o i nmrt rr Iipp I * ? -:-i o j tail in the saucer of water and tbc-n ; shoving it down the neck o? the bottle ! for the young 'un to suck. Of course the other lit tle rats have been long ago swallowed by my saakes, but the mother rat and the little one in the beer bottle I am preserving for a while as a curiosity."?Philadelphia. Times. Tattooing. Dr. Lacassagne, a French physician, has published a book on the habit o f isittyoin;? as practiced ir? the 1'rench urmy. Thc-r6 are professional tattooers in Paris and Lyons, who charge ten j cents for each design. Generally the j taitooer has cartoons on paper, and re- j produces these on the skin by a me- j chanical process. Large designs cost a good deal; a big representation of an ! Indian holding up the flag of the United j States costs the decorated peison S3, j ii-?V 10 +!;.o nrincr snlKfftr<(?p nrA. ! uu'"" o X-- ~ I Jerred, touched up with Vermillion. Dr. ; Lacassagne has collected 1,333 designs, [ tattooed on 378 members oi the Second \ African battalion, or on. men under arrest in military prisons. Many were tattooed on almost every part of the j body. Patriots and religions designs I and inscriptions amounted to ninety- J one. -There were 311 works of pure; fantasy, such as ladies driving in a; carriage, the horses ponging, and the ; servants rushing to their heads. The : great efforts of art are reserved f.?r the ! surfaces of the breast and back. Among : patriotic and religious emblem-* ?ra f cited two fiends, nine theological vir- j tues, six crucifixes, two sisters cf chari-1 ty, three heads of Prussians, not flat- j tare I, and five portraits of ideal girls of ; Alsace, with no fewer than thirty-iour j bnsts of the republic. Among animals j the !i ;n md the serpent are the favorite ; totems. Among flowers, the pansy is ; generally preferred. The resthetic > classes will grieve to hear that not a I single hlv appears, and there was only j c;ne dai^y. Amocg mythological sob- ; jtct:> the sirens are the greatest favor- j ites; next come Bacchus, with his I parda, Venns, Apollo and Cupid. The deepest insult that can be given j inDtaclwood is to say: "Yon ain't | wor'.h lynching." ! v> FAR3T, GARDEX A>"1> HOUSEHOLD. Alternate Frnlt Growers. A correspondent asks if there is no remedy for the alternation of fruitfulness and barrenness. The nse of good fertilizers such as a compost of wood, ashes and mnck will give the trees sufficient vitality to bear moderately if not liberally each year. Apply this top dressing in autumn. Pasturing hogs in orchards is also of incalculable benefit. They rid them of insects by devouring the larvae inside of the windfalls, and heep the land loose and well fertilized by their rooting and excrement. Eca-Eatins Fowl*. A correspondent of the Poultry Yard su?'.rests to owners of egg-eating fowls how to get rid cf the trouble. In the fall replace all the old hens with pullets; procure some china nest eggs, and fetch in the new-laid eggs every night in cold weather, and oftener, if you uricVi frt sfiTA t.hfim from freezincr and prevent the liens learning to eat them. Give the hens, instead of frozen or other eggs.refsnse meat from the slaughter house or meat market boiled tender, with the bones pulverized. If these directions are followed, the writer says the hens will not learn to eat eggs. Breaking Colts. Colts should be broken to harness at three years old, and used in light work for two years, when they will become matured and fit for fnl. work. If they are nsed for hard service before their 'joints become settled, or sur rounaea Dy a luii-growu tei..uio m muscle and sinew to support them, they are liable to become strained, causing spavins or bony enlargements that will destroy their future usefulness. Any imberile can break down a colt, but it requires good sense to build them up after they have been crippled by igi.orant task-masters. It is not worth while to risk the experiment of converting sound colts into invalids, when they will live longer and perform more service if suffered to ripen into the full-matured horse before being' put to hard work.?National Live SlockJournal. Orerfeedlntr With liar. Now that cows have gone into winter quarters, a hint about feeding hay may not be out of place. We ofton hear dairy raen talk as if the height of skill in taking care of co^s in the winter was to ge; all the hay down that it is possible to cram into them. "I give I my cows all the bay I can get them to eat " is the boastful remark often heard from a spirited and aspiring dairyman, though in doing so he is wasting good provender, without promoting the best welfare of his animJils. It is a good thing to feed cows well and to be sure that they hare food enough to sustain them "fullv, but it is neither wise nor economical to crowd them with a great bulk of hay of any quality. It is not wise to crowd any animal with a great bulk of coarse food. Cows should hare no more hay than they have time to re-m?.s;icate, and if this is not enough for their necessities they should have some easy-digesting concentrated food along with it. The quantity of hay given should never exceed what they will eat up clean, and twice a day is often enough to give time for properly ruminating.?Live Stock Journal. Profitable Ponlir.T. Eggs have been remarkably scarce and very dear during the past, fall, and it would seem only reasonable to suppose that raising poultry will become, by and by, more of a business of itself, although perhaps it seldom pays better than as an adjunct to general farming. The Chicago Times discourses at length on the subject of profit in poultry. It says that success in keeping poultry largely depends on having a good location. A farmer who lives a long distance from a large town will derive little profit from seeding fowls to market, as the cost of packages, expressage and commissions will be large. He Trill, however, find fowls profitable to raise for the supply of his own table,as there is difficulty in procuring fresh meat on farms during the warm months of the year. Generally, a farmer will do better by using the poultry raised at heme and sending more beef and pork to market. Fowls to sell well must present a fine condition when they are exposed for sale. They should not bo dressed long before they are offered to customers. By dressing them at home, the feathers may be saved, and they will be quite an object where a large number of fowl3 are killed on a place. Turkeys and geese are more profitable to rcise to supply a distant market than chickens. The former are more in demand ciuring com weatner, ween poultry can be shipped to the best advantage and at the least cost. Turkeys 2re not in good condition to eat in the summer, and geese are most desirable during quite cold weather, as they contain much oil. Chickens are harder to transport than turkeys and geese, and are preferred for eating in warm weather. Most farcers raise gees9 for their feathers, and do not fatten them until there is danger of death from old age. In European countries, whero geese and ducks are more generally eaten than bere, they are fed liberally during the summer and fattened Defore they ave old. When managed in this way, their flesh is ranked among the luiuri.es, and i commands a ready sale. Improved Scfcd Corn. It should be, says a sensible writer, the study of everj thrifty farmer how + vni-,,/^nrta fV>o rnnct. mor/OiontaViTo f>r,rn on an acre of land, and yet how careless rr:any farmers are in sowing seed and improving the manner of culture. Truly one half the farmers save their seed corn when gathering their crop in thin corn fields, a method by no means reliable even if they are certain to get seed that will grow, for the reason that there is no cc-rtaintv that the same variety of com will be got on a good ear taken from a field whero inferior corn is grown. To insure good seed a field or small piece of land should be selected, not near other corn, and cnltivated care- J fully, and any stock not likely to pro-! duce a, good ear should be cut out before the pollen or blossom falls to inoculate the seed to be selected; for if the blossom falls on the silk o? the / v-\ fllA not* 10 l.L* t Otuuzx VII n Uiuu Ullv V'Uii A. J k V, ? . althoagh tlie variety may not show in the ear selected it certainly will in the coming crop. Tiiis is why corn gets so much mixed that it is a very rare thing to find a crib of corn of anything like even kind or one variety of corn. Even at the fuirs we find specimens of corn entered for preminms,in many instances there will be no two ears the same and no appearance of having been cultivated carefully with an eye to the production of a pure variety of one kind of corn. To save seed that will grovyis sc easy that any farmer not having reliable seed is inexcusable. If corn is pickeu before any frost and kept from freezing and heating it is certain to grow, but it must not heat or be kept where any grain is that is heating or even going through what is usually called a sweating process, and it must be kepi; where there is plenty of pure air nntil it is thoroughly dry, and if kept dry there is no danger of its not growing if properly plant!*.;. It should be similar in color, if white, a purer white and if yellow a deep bri^liti yfllow, and not mixed /^I'M-c in^fnpr ocsAttti-il tViimr is to! have it of even sized grains to in-ure a regnlur md proper stmd in a hill. If carefully selected of even sized grains a corn planter that will not drop about the proper number, say three or fonr grains in a hill, is not fit for use, but if uneven in size it is very difficult to get a good corn stand. Iam r="'ng a deep grain early, yellow corn, with twenty rows on a small cob selected carefully and cultivated carefully for seed which I have been improving so long that I get the same variety and fully seventy bushels | per acre where forty was considered a j lair average crop. Household Hint#. J Black linen thread shonU bo kepi | wrapped in paper/om^av from the light Wash mnsli^w^u- caiiooes that are I liable to fadeSt^ch water. Brown I linens should Mfc' e&pecl and rinsed in i bay water. A simple and g$cd ttang for cleaning nickel-plated articiJ"3 is made as follows: ; Take half a cnp of whiting, fill it with water, put it in a'bottle and add a teastioonful or a tri?lJ more of ammonia. One of greatest* helps in the kitchen i3 washing or s?'s?da. Ii a strong solution is kept i?a bottle, and a little is used in cleansing or ^ron ware, it will more than re?ar(^ the housekeeper /or her trouble. [There is nothing so nice for milk utenpils* Titere is a verf simple method by which dampness->ail(i this produces mold?may be prevented in unoccupied apartments or f n houses at the seaside which are closed^iu winter. Place in an open plate a quantity of lime, which will absorb t&? moisture. In libraries this simple remedy is said to be very efficacious. To extract the fragran&P of flowers, take thin layers of cotton iJ'col and dip them into sweet oil and sprinkle a small nnanf.if.v of fino wit nn ft<wers. the tragrance of wl;ich is to bo extracted ; then dace in a jar a layer of &nd a layer of flowers nnr.il the jaV \s Aldose the jar air-tight and pi^ee in tho sun for fifteen davs. S J w liecipes?. Ckacker Griddle Cakes.?One pint of cracker dust; the yelks of two eggs; thin with milk, and when it swells add more milk until of the right consistency; salt, and when ready to bake, add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Boiled Frosting.? One cnp of sugar boiled with just enough water to prevent it from burning; let it boil several minutes ; have ready the white of one egg, whipped stiff, and pour ever it the hot sugar very slowly and beat until cool; add flavoring and spread on your cake. Breakfast korjci.?Prepare a good dressing, such as you like for turkey or duck; take a round steak, pound it, but not very hard, spread the dressing on it, sprinkle in a little salt, pepper, and a few bits of butter, lap over tbe ends, roll the steak up tightly and tie closely; ppreak two great spoonfuls of butter over the steak after rolling it up, then wash with a well-beaten egg, put water in the bake-pan, lay in the steak so as not to touch the water, and bake as you would a duck, basting often. A halfhour in a brisk oven, will babe. Make a brown gravy, and send to the table hot. Beef Soup.?Take nice bones left from a rcast or any other booy pieces that are fresh; put in your soup-kettle ; cover with cold wate7 and let It come gradually to a boil. Skim carefully and then throw in salt to season. Boil till the meat is very tender; remove the bones and strain out the meat if jou I prefer?but it can be chopped a little and returned to the kettle ; season also with pepper if agreeable. A nice addition to the soup is to throw in a halfcupful of rice an hour and a-half before dinner, and boil in the soup, being careful not to let it stick to tho kettle. A nice thing for this use is a little hardwood shovel which some little boy will whittle out with a jack knife. Serve j very hot. JIoyf Shoe Pegs are Made. It was the privilege of the writer to visit the picturesque little town of Arlington, Yt, which at the time boasted a population of 2,500, three churches, five stores, two hotels, an extensive car works, sash and blind and chair factory, also a peg factory, which, by the courtesy of tho foreman. Mr. L. E. White, (who had been employed there t wenty nine years) he was shown through, and received valuable information. The timber used is black and yellow birch, which is cat into piec9s four feet in length, varying in diameter from eight to fourteen inches.-. These logs are placed in a building in winter and the frost extracted by steam. They are then run in on a tram railway to the circular saw department, and cut into slices or blanks of the thickness desired for the length of the pegs. These are sorted and the knots cut out, and are then passed on to a long bench which contains six machines composed of fluted roliers. The blanks are then ran between these rollers, which creases on both sides. They are then run through again to cross crease, or mark out the exact; sizes of the pegs. They then go to the splitting machines, which are set with donble knives, and cnt the blanks into pegs. As they pass the last machine they are sorted, and all knots and discolored ones removed as they are brushed off into large bas kets. The machines arc tinder the caie of young women, who appeared much more happy and useful than do many of those who, thumping at the piano, would consider such employment menial. The next process is bleaching, which is accomplished by the fumes of brimstone, which is unhealthy?(those who labor here shorten their lives.) They are then placed in large cylinders, which hold eleven barrels, aud have six hundred steam pipes running through them, and revolve one and one-half times to the minute, drying two charges per day to each cylinder. They are then passed into large wooden casks, or cylinders, which, revolving rapidly, nnli&h them fiv the friction, the refuse j faliing throrgh wire sieves on screen ! openings, after which they are again passed into a sifter, which 'separates all the single pegs and drops them into tubs or boxes, leaving those which have not been separated in the machine. They ar* *> . put in barrels ready for market e factory running on full time turn., out one hundred and fifty bushels, or fifty barrels per day. The sizes go from eight up to sixteen to an i;.ch. The lengths go by eights two j and one-half to twelve. Twenty-six hands aro employed, half of them being j women. The products of this mili are mostly shipped to Germany find France, and euter largely inio the manufacture of toys and fancj goods as well as into the shoe manufactory. Thus the "genii of mechanism" converts, as by magic, the trees from the Vermont mountains into articles of use, which floating ofi^ through the channels 01 coirim"erce io~, far away couutries, anon return to sparkle the eye3 of happy children in rrrrt^/,^ f f-tVO i^Orfl l^O/^ATVI important laeiors. Food Adulterations. The following is from a paper read before the Maryland Academy of Sciences : The use of beer has become mncli less general because of the suspected use of harmful bitters and grape sugar. A large piece of this to called | grape sugar, taken from the hands of a ' jouth in this city, who said his father j manufactured it, proved, upon analysis, ; to contain a quantity of sulphuric acid, i enough to destroy some half dozen sets ! of good teeth! As this sugar is largely j used in adulterating cane sugar, can- j dies and numerous other articles of j luxury and necessity, further c.mment i is unnecessary. Yeast ponders are made and sold here which contain soluble salts of aluminium. The use of tin in sugar, of baryta in numerous articles of food to increase their weight are barely concealed. The agreeable odor j of caramel in the neighborhood of the coffee mills tells its own talc, and to explain the wonderful cheapness of the beautiful jellies new in such common use we should have to go further than | our matutinal friend ,:Kag-i Bones" and j pursue through the wonderful transfor-! mation worked by modern chemistry j the bones from onr garbage bcx, fiav- j ored asd colored by the waste products j from the gas works, back again to our 1 tables as curraut jeily for our famous | caDvas backs and red heads, and per-1 haps meet in our sugar bowls onr old ; shirts transformed into very palatable : sugar. When in "Washington rccentiy I I asked the Chinese ambassador what; was the punishment for food adult+-ra-I tion ;n China? Replied: ''Death." j FOE THE FAIR SEX. Plain Dresses. An attempt to wear plain dresses of rich j fabrics is again being made, says a New I York paper. After the great profusion ! of trimmings used for several years, j ladies cannot get accustomed to simpler I styles, and a toilet is not admired unless | enriched with a quantity of fringe, gal loon, beads and embroidery. Rich materials, as well as plain ones, are embroidered; sal ins are heavily draped, and plush has^ elegant passementerie combined with it. It would be far more advisable for ladies past a certain age to adopt plainer fashions; they would appear younger in rich dark siU:s than in toilets trimmed after the present styles. A number of fashionable weddings have taken place of late in Paris. As black is not used on these occasions, many ladies of middle age wore violet and bronze color. There is a dark, gilded, greenish-bronze color, which is very becoming, and which combines well with old point lace and all kinds of dowers. Two Wealthy Ladies. A New York correspondent says: The Fifth avenue contains two ladies of great wealth, each of whom may be said to live alone, with the exception of servants. One of these is Mrs. A. T. Stewart, who occupies a place which cost $1,000,000. The taxes alone on i this grand establishment are 812,500. "T5h?-Jlas a dozen servants and a housekeeper,!)^ otherwise lives alone thongh often visiter shy her young and expectant relatives. Th^o^* "is Miss Harriet Lenox, sister otf^he philanthropist, who occupies the^ii^ouse built by the latter when the Fims? avenue first became an ar'stocratics&J?6^ She also lives alone, with the exce^i0^ the servant, bnt her purpose iX^e *3 \? carry out her brother's phila^it1 ?pic schemes, for which reasons he mp.dl^her his sole heir. Old Boberk Lenox, t&S ; founder of the family, had four children, i a son and threo daughters. Harriet is the last of the line, which in her death will become extinct. She is, like her | late brother, a rccluso, but devotes her time and her wealth to beneficence, which is administered through approved channels of usefulness. I A Girl Who Can Shoot. ? The St. Louis Chronicle, in an account of the operations of the band with which Rjan, the railroad train robber, was connected, tells this e'ory about the sweetheait of one of the men : The robbers used frequently to shoot at targets in company with their sweethearts, in the shooting the girls making sometimes almost as good a score as the men, and the yells that vrould rend the air as one's favorite lady would split the ballet on the half dollar as it fell toward the ground would have done justice to a border scout. Nor were the young ladies behind them in equestrianism, Miss Ryan, in particular, often boasting that she could drop the nickel as often in the race as any of the boys. It may be proper here lo explain the modus operandi of the "nickel race." A nickle or other small coin is placed in the forks of a tree, about the distance from the grouud that a man's shoulder would be while ou horseback. Each party has one shot at it as he flies by on his horse at full speed. The ladies take their regular turn, and Miss Ryan has been known to drop the nickel three times out of five races, and that she is indeed at home in the saddle is demon siratea oy tne lacs mac wnen aiignuing fr*m her favorite horse, a powerful black charger, she simply raises in the saddle and leaps to the ground, while her horse walks to the nearest bitching post to await his rider. When she is ready to remount her intelligent horse comes to her call, and taking the saddle by the pommel she bounds into it and is off at a fast gallop, the only gait she ever rides. Fasblon Norcs. Bonnets grow larger and smaller. Plush trimmings remain fashionable. Neck lingerie grows more voluminous. Artificial fur is one of the latest novelties. Sealskin garments have lost none of their popularity. Large bonnets are very large, and BiilttlJ. IAUC3 > CA J ouutaiA. Pinsh and velvet bags are finished with silver clasps and chatelaines. English and [rish point, point de Venice and point Ducliesse are fashionable laces. The three leading articles of jewelry at the present time are bracelets, lacspins and finger-rings. A new trimming for a black satin walking skirt is loops oi black velvet lined with white satin. The most effective lace nsed for fashionable fichus is the Carrickmacross in improved modern designs. The flexible bracelets with fancy ends have replaced the less graceful broad bands, chain and bangle bracelets. A favorite combination for rings consists of the ruby and sapphire, two popular stones at the present time. Shrimp-pink bonnets with plumes to j match aro affected for reception and { evening wear by young ladies of high fashion. i ^ Immense scarfs of Spanish lace, either | black or white, maffla the threats of i | our mcst fashionable ladies in-the cold| est weather, placed above the fur collar | or tippet. All dresses with the least pretension i to elegance are finished around the bottom by one, two or three narow flutings or raffle-', besides the indispensable balayeuse of plaited white muslin edged with lace. The gilt dagger with jeweled hilt is | the favorite bonnet pin; it is thrust | through the large bow on one side of t zl. - t.ocfA in tub Jieaui emu. vw r give it tbe correct angle of incidence or i reflection to the base of the bonnet or hat crown. | Entire evening dresses are made of i pale-tinted plush, which are most gener j ally cut princesse stylt, with long i panels of the same goods faced with i delicate gold color, or with a shade of ; satin several hues darker than, that composing.^j|^n|ttss These panels and other ;?)ortion^Kj-hg dress are other- j ^WWPWimmtd witl^Boft frills of costly i white lace, and largo satin bows placed j here and there npon the skirt, A very becoming coiSorefor a young | girl is made by plaitiii^BflftMiMM braids, then winding^B the head, first cros-sS fl n:it)e of the necb. t'fl JL 7 over the crown, vvhoS tansd. Over this, v|w worn a French netjM tiny gold beads, thr<^ With dark hair effective. This coifl with evening dress^H Among the n^fl sonio which ha\^H in oil to match^H colored sarin.^B inlaid in gold,! worked in ^0 evening nse^M the applicajfl birds in fcjfl of grebe f is laid np? dation, an disposed fl pretty pcffl Eric thoughJ plete vM first eiig iutoxic^H track an9| T ffA TT.-W their husbH France, oifl The busbflj both womeM ?<I move,? convention, JH Dr. Ball's cannot unuflj no doubt jfl Between the Clipper Mills and ! Stuart's Point, in Sonoma couaty, Cali! fornia, is an actual road bed in the tree ' tops. At this point the road crosses a i deep ravine, and trees are sawed off on j a level and the timber and ties laid on j the stumps. In the center of the ravine j i mentioned two huge redwood trees, j standing side by side, form a substanj tial support, and they are cut off seventyj five feet above ground, and cars loaded | with heavy saw-logs pass over them with | as much security as if it were framed in | uie most sciemmu uiumier, _____ It is useless to grosn with rheumatism when a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil will cure it, | as everybody knows.?Columbus (Ohio) ! Daily Times. Before the civil war the exports of pecau nuts from Indianola, Texas, were reported at S100,000 ; now it is estimated that the amount annually gathered exceeds $2,000,000 in value. No care, however, has been taken in the trees ; in fact, in many localities, trees fifty to one hundred years old have been cut down to secure the nuts. ! With proper care of the trees and i systematic gathering of the crop it is j believed that $10,000,000 could be annually realized. I ? i The Des Moines (Iowa) Tri-Weekly ! Tribune says: " A Harrisburg, Pa., journal I mentions that Mr. D. Bensinger, No 4 Mari ket Square, that city, was cured by St. Jacob? ! Oil of a violent attack of rheumatism. ~ "I'd have you to know, sir, that I moved in the best circles before I came to this country," said a native of Albion. " They kept you moving all the time, didn't tbey, until you were forced to move out of England?1' queried Fenderson.?Boston Transcript. P. T. Bae>toi announces that he will I employ all. curious specimens of the human race, including giants, dwarfs, fat people and freaks o,f nature, for his , great show. Parties interested should |>^rite, inclosing photo's, to Barnum, & Hutchinson, 40 Bond st., T. UnderS^e ?* " Short Stops " a Chicago v,&KLer tells how a man stopped i^Xrth^ontb.. They teVt much idea of tim<Ni^kica?0The Science of LifeTor ^lf-Preservation, a medical work for every man-^J?un?> aged or old. 125 invaluable prS^pptions. "Vegeteve," says & Boston phvaiCS^?' no equal as a blood purifier. Hearing^?*vlta w>onT> YT-/\v./ioi-fnl mirPB all other renisSi?? uiauj "vwv?v**i** W..VWJ ? ? . had "failed, I visited the laboratory and conVJ vinced myself of its genaine merit. It is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each o 1 which is highly effective, compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results." A BEATTVS P1ANOFO RTES -Magnificent 11. holidaypresents: square grand pianofortes four very h.m i-^nie lound comers, rosewood cipes three unisons. Bea' t> "s m.r eh 'ess iron frames, stool, book, cover, boxes. < * to!?'2!>7.50; cata!r.;r.e prices. $800 to$1000: sat sf.icti'-n pi-vanteed or mo:;ey refunded, after one vea-'suse: I'pri-. b? Pianoforte*, $125 to $255; catalogue prices SC-OO to $800: standard pianofortes of' he universe as thousands testify: write for mammoth list of testimonials Beatty'? '?binet ORGANS,cathedral, church, chape!, parlor,S30 upward. 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Nat live wt. 9%@ 10% Calves?Good to rrime Veals.. 5 ($ 9% Sheep S%@ 5% Lambs 6 @ 7 Hogs?Live. 6 }4@ Dressed, city 7%@ 8 Flour?Ex. State, good to fancy 5 50 @ 8 00 Western, good to choice C 05 @ 9 00 Wheat?No. 2 Bed 1 39%(<a 1 iO1/, No. 1 White 138 @189% Bye?Prime State 95 @ 97 Barley?-Two-rowed Siate..... 82 @ 85 Uorn?ungraaeanesiernjiixeu. oo vj Southern Yellow 67%@ 70 Oats?White State 50 @ 53 Mixed Western 47%@ 49 Hay?Med. to Prime Timothy. 75 ? 85 Straw?No. 1, Rve 70 @ 80 Hops?State, 1S31 26 @ 23 Pork?Mess, new, for export...18 25 @18 50 Lard?Citv Steam 10 90 @10 90 " P.efinod 1120 @1120 Pe:r<'nm?Crude 6%@ Refined S%@ 8% Butte/-State Creamery S3 @ 36 Dairy 20 @ 25 Western Im. Creamery 30 @ 30 Factory 12 @ 30 J Cheese?State Factory 9 @ 1-34 Skims 3 @ 9^ Western 8%@ 11% Eggs?State ar.d Pcnn 30 @ 31 Potatoes?Early Rose, state, bbl 2 87 ? 3 12 BUFFALO. Steers?Goo?! 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Vegetine thoroughly eradicates every kind of hnmor. and restores the entire system to a healthy ondition. \ Something for the New Year. The world-renowned success of Hostetter's Bitters, and their continued popularity for a quarter of a century as a stomachic, is scarcely more wonderful than the welcome that greets the annual appearance of Hostetter's Almanac. This valuable medical treatise is pub- ! lished by Hostetter & Smith, Pittsburg, Ta., under their own immediate supervision, employing seventy hands in ihat department. Six cylinder printing presses, five folding machines, five job presses, etc., are running almost constantly on this work, and the issu i of same for 1882 will nor be less than 10,000,000. printed in the English, German, French, CMT/^iaVi TTnl lnn/1 "Ror?i YT rrirjijj oltJl tlC^ldU, AAV**??MVk) MVXV j raian and Spanish languages. 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Improvements?New St httMSON & HAI Aw,,?e ^II-A trn-n nrr.wrJTP HO? fcKKTZi;;.' years {beinji the oal gskateb pr.ac: TQRMEMT, INDEED. Life's vexations do not generally come on om like a storm descending the mountain or kke & whirlwind: they come as the rain doesiaaomo sections of the world?gently, bnt every Ay. :,-'X2 One of life's discomforts is presented herewith: I . According to popular impression. | a / hot weather, mosquitoes and 5/ \ mad dogs all flourish at the ft \ / same time and are chargeable A]y. \ / to the malefic influence of \ / the Dog Star. Spealdngof y'M fg IH V - dogs and the DogStarre*7 ofa'do^id the*joined S ?and which we here give \ *h 8bo/ri extT"G<>Sia _ \ been there laftnight to ^vjM ? W V a-seen the fun. Tom \ v Winkins*dorg Toddles I \ xwas a-settin'at the gate C; M / \ \ a-gazin' at the CemiL g V/ \ \ -when along comes old r \ 1-5 \ Svkes dumed rat tar- R-;''? rier and the 2 waltzed over the fence and the B 2 fought. The tarrier proved too much for Tod- ? H dies, and afore they could haul him off the bat- 93 tie ground he had made a good square meal off hisnide. Tom was In despair. A kind looting gentleman in a broad brim hat told him to get a Tx Eottle of St. Jacobs Oil and rub him -with it, and j it would cure him in no time. What does Tom do but steal into the chapel at Vesper time and slide into Father Jacobs confessional box and beg of him a bottle of his oil with which to rob his dorg. The Father felt of Tom's head; it was hot an'afore Tom could utter a prayer, two men were luggin' him home followed by a great crowd, who kept at a safe distance, thinking he had been bit by a mad dor?. The more he kicked and screamed to be let tree, the tighter they held on to him." In reference to another torment, the Chicago Wesicrn Catholic recently wrote: " 3?r. Joel D. Harvey, U. S. Collector or Internal Kevenue, of this city, has spent over two thousand - ^ dollars on medicine for'his wife, who was suffer- ' ing dreadfully from rheumatism, and without -2; deriving any benefit whatever; yet two bottles of St. Jacobs Oil accomplished what the most . -sgj skiilM medical men failed in doing. We could give the names of hundreds who have been cured by this wonderful remedy did space permit us. ^3 The latest man who has been made happy through the use of this valuable liniment Is llr. James A. Conlan, librarian of the Union Catholic ^Sg9 Library oz inis ciiv. mp ???*** v? . . lan's indorsement: Umox Catholic Libbaey Association,") 201 Dearborn Street, > Chicago, Sept 16,1880. J I \rish to add my testimony to the merits or St. -g| Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism. One hot- . tie has cured me of this troublesome disease, ' -HS which gave me a great deal of bother for a long time; but, thanks to the remedv, I am cored. 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