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Mlloouing to tb( Pole.
the same
Two great scientific questions are now
agitatirg the minds of some of the bal
loonists in this country and Europe.
One is the possibility of reaclung the
North Foie in a balloon, and the other
the practicability of Retting into the
eas^xn current two miles above the
earth and crossing the Atlantic. Com
mander Oheyne has aroused so much
interest in the first question that a com
pany has been formed in London, On
tario, for the purpose of organizing a
balloon expedition to the North Pole.
A reporter had a conversation a few days
ago with Mr. Unmley, a well-known
seronaut on the subject in question.
“if Commander Cneyne had any ex
perience in ballooning under adverse
circumstances,” said Mr. Gnmley, “1
think he would see the impracticability
of his views. 1 have no doubt that he
may be honest enough in his intentions,
but he is working at a thing he does not
understand
“Have you ever met him?” inquired
the reporter,
“No, but I know a good deal about
him. 1 have becpi following the course
of hut lectures, and I wrote to him some
time ago asking him to give me an ex
planation ol his proposed plan of over
coming the difficulties in the way of
readaug the Pole in a balloon, and he
has not yet answered me. 1 know he
has a very persuasive manner, and is a
great euuiusiast in the possibilities of
ballooning; but fie baa not been in the
habit of reducing fiia theory to practice.
It fie did, 1 think fie would talk differ
ently.”
“What, in your estimation, appears
to be the impracticable part ol Cueyne's
theory?”
“He seems to disregard every essen
tial connected with ballooning. 1 am
quite tamihar with the whole history ol
ballooning, besides having made over
one Lunured assents my sell, many of
them being quite sucoeesluL, and irom
all my knewieuge and experience I have
come to the conclusion mat a Polar ex
pedition in a balloon is impracticable.”
Mr. Grimley then entered minutely
into the arguments, showing the alleged
impracticability oi a Poiar balloon
voy age, regretting at the same time that
the proots were not all on Commander
Chtyne’s side. *T assure you,” said
the aeronaut, “if I could see any practi
cability in it, 1 should have mace the
experiment long ago, and would be only
too happy to co-opeiate with Cominan
tier Cneyne, U he would give me the
chance, and convince me by scientific
explanation that the thing is possible,
lo go into particulars, then, about me
possibility ol the entuprise, the intense
coju is me hist great burner. The only
good scientific point about Cueyne's
Ifitory is ifiat tfie temperature would be
lavoiabie lor cooling uuwu the gas, but
this is only a small advantage when you
come to make an ofiset ol the disadvan
tages. 'Ifie place where he proposes to
inhale the balloon is 7DO miles ixoin me
Pole, ana the thermometer is ioriy de
grees below Zero.’'
“How would this cold interfere with
the enterprise?”
“in the first place, the balloonist
would Lave to use oil-silk, because tfie
objections to rubber are so numerous
that 1 need not say anything about it
Well, everybody knows that an oiled
suriaoe in a temperature like that be
comes brittle and almost impossible to
handle. It would be easy to make the
gas, if they could get a balloon to hold
together until it was filled.”
•‘And what would prevent it from
holding together?”
“Why, it would become stiff as a
board and break ail up, so that tfie gas
would escape.”
“Suppose fie could oveioome this ob
jection and lurnibfi material for tfie bal
loon that would be impervious to the
frost?”
“Well, suppose he could. The rext
difficulty would be in the gas. As I
said, it could be easily made; but then
tfie only gas—namely, hydrogen—that
would be sufficient for inflating pur
poses would in that temperature con
dense almost as fust as it could be made,
and consequently lose a portion of its
elevating power very rapidly. It would
become deteriorated in the ratio of the
increase of cold. ”
“Suppose the balloon was filled in a
higher temperature?” •
“Then all these objections wculd
apply with eqflal force as soon as it
reached tfie fngid regions, with the ad
ditional objection that in making that
distance a portion of the gas would be
spent under circumstances in which
economy in gas would be of tfie first im
portance.”
“Suppose Oheyne should overcome
all the objections thus far, inflate the
balloon, and soar heavenward at forty
degrees below zero and within 700 miles
of tfie Pole, what would be the new dif
ficulties tfieu?”
“The difficulties then, compared with
the launch in an ordinary voyage are all
seriously aggravated. So muen so that
without something unknown to the
scientific world they appear to be insu
perable. To begin with, 700 miles is an
enormous trip lor a balloon, under the
most lavorable circumstances. There
is nothing on record, I believe, to ex
ceed that if we except the instance of
the one that was caught m a gale during
the siege of Paris and was blown a dis
tance ol 1,600 miles to Norway, the two
oocnpantu having a marvelous escape.
Then, as i. understand him, Gheyne pro
poses to go to the Pole by ea?y stages.
He intends to stop, poised in mid-sir
occasionally, awaiting lavorable breezes,
just as a captain would lay to at sea.
To my mind, however, there is no such
certainty about terial navigation as
this.
“But suppose pJ! these difficulties
were overcame «nd thtt he did reach the
Pole,” said the aeronaut, this time put
ting his own interrogatory,." what would
he do then if he did not hud inhabitants
there? How should he get back and
cross that insuperable barrier of ice 450
miles from the Pole? Has he any reason
to conclude that it would be easier
crossed coming from the Pole than going
toward it, if he should be able to sur
mount the unknown difficulties that may
intervene?”
H the Arctic expedition is not found
to be practicable, balloonists need not
despair, tor it seems that a few of the
most eminent of them have an enter
prise on hand that they are convinced
will be a grand success, and of equal
importance to science and humanity.
This is nothing less than a traus-Atlantic
trip in the eastern current, and probably
a Voyage round the world, in so short a
. time tnat Phineas Fogg, with all his
imperturabxlity, would stand aghast at
the mere conception of it. Several ol
the prominent aeronauts on both sides
of the ocean have agreed to make an ex
periment tbis summer that will settle
current blows steadily in
direction without veering.
“This experiment will be made,” said
Mr. Grimley, “by putting up two bal
loons at the same time. One of these
will rise to the attitude of the current,
while the other will remain in the at
mosphere below. By this means we
shall be able to measure the velocity of
the current, and to demonstrate the in-
rariability of its course eastward.”
“You have no doubt about its exis
tence eastward?”
“None whatever; upon that point I
am folly satisfied, having been experi
menting upon it at intervals for several
years-”
“Is it independent of stonps?”
“Practically so. All the storms aris
ing from electrical phenomena, occur
in the lower atmosphere. Atgreatheight
their influence, though philosophically
appreciable, are not materially so as to
interfere wi th the navigation of a bal
loon.”
“Where will the experiment start?”
“From the Polo Grounds in this city,
I believe. The London and Paris JEro
can tic Associations have expressed their
willingness to unite with us on this side
in the experiment, and will contribute
liberally in fitting out the balloons for
the voyage.
The Shoe Exhibition.
Smoking a» a Science.
“A medium mild cigar.” The busy
ittle man whose place was behind the
counter turned his vision to the mdd-
eyed youth and scrutinized him studiously
for a moment.
“Fresh or dry?”
“Medium.”
“Another of those even-tempered tn6n.
It’s a rule of this morning’s trade to take
a mild cigar. May be it’s the glowing
sunshine makes the men hght hearted;
perhaps it’s a good week's work. My
black-goods men all stay away.”
The even-tempered man at this point
concluded to hear out the story.
“A man’s tobacco is his luxury,” con
tinued the man who subsequently presen
ted claims of being an anthropoloeist.
“It is even more than his luxury. It is
his confidential friend, bis constant, staid
and devoted companion. He never for-
gets it, and always treats it kindly. A
side issue cannot spoil the friendliness.
It goes on just the same when big things
happen as when they don’t. A man’s
ove for his tobacco becomes an intuitive
instinct. His character and his cigar are
controlled by the same influences of his
bdng.”
The mild-eyed young man. who had
innocently stepped into the place on the
trivial mission cf procuring a cigar, be
came amazed at the wisdom of the disci
ple of sone unhonortd redskin who lived
down east at a time when Pennsrlrania
Visitors to Paris, wno are well acquain
ted with its permanent lions, will find
many new sources of u erest and amuse
ment in the temporary exhibitions now
open. One of the most interesting is tne
Shoe Exhibition at Cluny. One learns at
it that in the early ages of the civilizations
that have arisen, declined, and fallen the
shoe maker aimed first of all at conveni
ence. The barbarian chief who was
obliged to rougn it did not trouble himself
about ornamental foot-gear. Wliat he
warded was to protect bis feet from thorns
and sharp nones, and In doing this to se
cure to them the utmost possible amount
of liberty. Bog-trotting Celts invented a
buskin admirably adapted to moor, mo
rass, and stony mountain. Water exuded
from it directly the entire foot ceased to
be immersed. Ventilation was also pro
vided for. The Celtic buskin was tough
and elastic, and could be easily replaced
wherever there were untanned skins at
hand. When the chieftain ceased to be
pedestrian, and went on horseback, his
shoe became more ornate and less conven
ient. Absurdity could not be carried
further than it was m the time of Charles
the Mad. The foot-gear was thin, long,
pointed, and turned up at the toe. Beaux
and belies had the points of their shoes
connected by chains or ribbons to their
girdles. Ladies have been ever ready to
patronize shoe-makers prone to discard
anatomical laws and indulge in freaks
ot fancy. An exception was Catherine
de Medicis. She was very active in
looking after gardens, walking, riding,
and overlooking her architects. It is
easy to understand In looking at the
boots and shoes of the seventeenth cen
tury why the coach became an article
of necessity to the grand seigneur and
the Court lady. The heels were very
high and the boot cumbersome. Moliere
kept to tne square toed shoes fastened
with a lace on the instep, which the
bourgeois of Pans had worn for nearly
a century and a half. Ha wss shoo
pretty much as an Englisn Puritan, and
was able to rove through France without
needing the assistance of a chiropodist.
In the reign o r Louis Quinze pedestrian
exercise, except on the tut, hard terraces
ot Versailles, became impossible. The
extremity of the heel was placed under
the sole of the foot, and the whole
weight of the body was thrown upon the
great toe. Mme. de Pompadour wore
Asiatic slippers in the house, but she
sacrificed to the fashion when she ap
peared at Court. Marie Antoinette's heels
were lower, but the toe of her shoe
formed a sharp point. She was g ad, at
her rustic T nan on parties, to lean on
the crooked staff of a ahephenleas or on
the arm of a courtier. There are sh ea
at the exhibition said to have been worn
by her and the Pr neesse de Limbuile.
If they were only manufactured to he
! looked a: they would hare
Some Pet Superstitions.
“I think there are more idle, silly
superstitions in the popular mind on
the subject of physiology than any
subject I know of,” said an eminent
physician.
“Why doyoasav that? Tell about
some of them.”
“Take the popniar notion in regard
to hydrophobia. If a healthy dog bits
aohild aud years afterward go mad,
the child will go mad too. You’ll find
that sentiment is almost incrediable.
Credit to the nineteenth century, isn’t
it? So is the corollary from the proposi
tion, that when a child is bitten by a
dog tne beast must be killed to
keep the child from going mad. Then
there is that time-worn bnt ever new
scare that oats snok. babies’ breaths.
What a oat could do with a baby’s
breath is a deep and unfathomable mys
tery to me. I suppose they get into
cradles where there are children be
cause of the warmth, and superstitions
people are not in love with cats, and
especially black ones. They twist the
vampire story around till they get the
breath-suoHng story.
“Another mediaeval anatomical ro
mance is that a man has twelve ribs and
the woman thirteen, because God took
a rib from man and made woman from
it. Yon will laugh at the idea, but I
have heard men vehemently declare that
it was true, and were p rfectly astound
ed when they found out they were mis
taken.
“Tne most common superstition is the
charming away of warts. Sensible
white people gill do all sorts of little
silly hoo-doo tncks to get rid of warts.
They will tiy to get people to bay them
from them; they will cut as many not
ches on a stick as they have warts and
hide the stick, in the hope that some
body will find jt who will get the warts
which have been charmed oft The no
tion if a toad tonches a person warts
will come at the place of contact is so
strong that I venture to say that there
is not one in twenty bat is as afraid
of touching a toad as a rattlesnake.
Millions of toads are killed annually on
thia account, when they are really the
farmers' and gardeners’ best friend, as
they feed upon the oags and worms
tnat destroy thoii- plants.
“Tite must of these superstitious are
harmless, but one of those wart myths
is probably the most dangerous super.
sU&ou extant. Tney say that if a horse
hair (it must be a oiack one) be tied
tightly about a wart it will disappear.
It will, usually. Also, usually it is re-
piamsi by a cancer, which is hardly a
desirably exchange. More cancerous
growths are caused by this eruy idea
sold for a copper kettle; and he could , ltt _
a de-
only ou the ground that it offset
feet in the btacd, or thst wo mock
money had t*een pai i, and in*: the clerk
was trying to make up by a gratuity of
information whs; he held back m change.
•It's twenty years now since I began
to sell tobacco, and in that time I hare
closely studied the characters of my
patrons, forming my conclusions from,
the kind of company they keep. I mean
by the kind of cigars they smoke. I
can always tell. An even-tempered,
quiet fellow never goes to an extreme m
choosing a tobacco; a nervous man wants
something strong and furious; a mild man.
something that smokes and no more. The
same conditions run through chewing >
tobacco. Then there is a great deal m
the way men handle their cigars. Very
few can smoke ou one side as well as cn,
the other. Men come in here every day |
who have been smoking for thirty Tears,
and if they' were to place a cigar on the {
wrong side of the mouth they would ap
pear as clumsy and green as a boy who
was trying his first weed The muscles
of the face become set lo one position.
Any change requires a reorganization of
the lace, tjo it ain’t by the way the cigar is
embraced in the mouth that you can esti
mate the man.
“If a man amoks his cigar only enough
to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it
from between his lips to cast a whirling
eurl of blue smoke into the air, set him
down as an easy-going tellow, who cares
litt'e for how the world goes and no more
lor himself. He has keen perceptions and
delicate sensibilities. He will not create
trouble, but is apt to see it out when it is
once begun.
“Beware of the man who never releases
the cigar from the grip of his teeth, and is
indifferent to whether if burns or dies.
He is cool, calculating, and exacting. He
is seldom energetic physically, but lives
easily off of those who perform the labor.
“A man who smokes a bit, rests a bit,
and fumbles the cigar more or less, is apt
to be easily affected by circumstances.
He may be energetic, careful, generous
and courageous, out he is vacillating and
liable to change on a moment’s notice.
“if the cigar goes out frequently the
man has a whole-souled disposition, is a
devil-may-care sort of telltfw, with a
lively brain, a glib tongue, and generally
a fine fund of anecdotes and yarns.
“To hold half of the cigar in the mouth
and smoke indifferently is a lazy man’s
habit. They are generally of little force
and their characters are not of the higher
strata.
“A nervom man, or one under exciting
influences, fumbles his cigar a great deal.
He is a kind ot popinjay among men.
“Holding the cigar constantly between
the teetb, chewing it occasionally, and not
caring whether or not it has been lighted
at all are characteristics of men with the
tenacity of boll dogs. They never forget
anything and never release a hold.
“A fop stands his cigar on end, and an
inexperienced smoker either points it
straight ahead or almost at right-angles
with his course.”
“W hat per cent of smokers understand
the art of nolding a cigar?”
“A very small per cent. A cigar
should be held with the tip between the
incisor teetb, should extend horizontally
and incline from the nose at about 15 or
20 degrees. Very few men know how
to light a cigar, and especially a Havana,
it shculd be heid over a flame to force the
nicotine and natural flavor out of the
wrapper into the filler of the cigar. It
then smokes easier and gives out a sweeter
perfume.”
than cimsm from any other cause. I
they would hare been charm- : coo.<i goon for hoars at a time on these
The wcrkmamhip. sc.far as nttchuu I meoiosc sopereatiou*. u 1 had time to
Bn the | relate them, or yoa had to iistea to
i feet most have been dreadruJy sq .eeseu me.
j them. Marie AsiomeK*, acconfiag to j
| tradition, had s sujxro gatt Ciromciers :
’ of her time tixened aer to a goddess ■one
| zlocu xi cixiija. as she was brought in j
in a simpie legman wav. and taugat eary
to dance bai ets. she may aare been, rela
tively to the dames about her, graceful m I
her increments wnen she wa.ked. The
ana.es of the Dttcnease tie Bern went in.
and deformed her toes. Her smswomao.
the Empress Mar.e Louise, had the same
defect. The ladies of die Bonaparte
ramtiy had remarkaoiy ana., and wetl-
shaped feet, and wor. their anoea otratgru.
The Sevciunoa swept away high oeets
and pruuted toea. convenience ueing
greatly thought if- As *uo«nao.j»
dramas were hems played in hue arms,
there was a lema.nl tor -awy-iu.ng muea.
wtnen would enao e their wearer* to man
about in searrff of ;xmung *peemc:t»
Lades' boots and moes altered iu.ts
from the oegianimz of ton cenriry tc
the last had of the Second Empire, wpea
there was a revivai ot tae Louis '^*unse
chauosure. Bit for twenty-two years
gentlemen imitated auiitary aeroest
Small clothes, stockings, anil sires came
in with the Bourbons, who broueiit mem
from England. A light, eiegact, and con
venient boot was patronized by the dan
dies of Louis rihilippe's reign,
danced a great ileal and were fond of
those light fantastic steps which went by
the names of entre-chats and ades de
pigeon. A pointed shoe was introduced
(for gentleman’s wear) as the Second
Empire was declining, and has held its
own against an attempted revival of
square toes of the Moliere cut. Perhaps
this is the reason why dancing has be
come rather a fatigue-duty to ball-room
exquisites than an amusement. The Ger
mans are the most dancing nation m
Europe, and they have the besi shoe
makers.
OL-Ax*
It may be that mmag and shaving
nay for the rime increaiM .he acrion of
the growth, bat is oas no permanent
effect eitiler upon tne naix-boib or the
Hair sac, and wiii out in any way add to
tie Jfe off the hair On. the contrary,
cutting »m» shavm? vni cause the hair
ao grow longer for the tune being, bat
in the end. will mevira uy shorten its
term of Life by exh lasting the nu.tr.rive
scBun af me jair forming apparatus.
"When rile aaus
will usually oea
the oeanrifni gteea off the due teiicare
imra. The pigment wui .ike-wise
mange—ornwo. rcur instance, oecoming
measaut. uni mack riiangnvr to a darx
irown. In uidltma. the emla of very
many wui oe sout uni ragged, present-
mg a nrian-dke sppearu.ee. If the
naira ippear -ini .uai in tneir growth
•UH.o. persona ot the scalp it beam, or ma eeii in
gray naira trip i? Here uni there, the { the steel
• A Boy Bandit.
At Dallas,Texas, recently two officer's
lodged iu jail Lewis Miiien, a beardless
youth of some sixteen snmmers whom
they arrested at his home, two miles
west of that place, on -the charge of
robbing J. F. Snell, the agent of the
Texas Central Road. The clock in the
freight office of the depot marked the
time 8:30. The south-bound passenger
train had just palled out and the agent,
W.F. Jones andD.W. Heel,clerks, were
chairing, awaiting the arrival of the
north-bonna passenger train, dne one
boar afterwards, bnt the rattle of the
out-goiug tram bad not g4t out of sight
before a boy walked boldly into the of
fice, and, leveling a cocked English
ball dog pistol on the agent, remarked
in a decidedly dangerous tone of voioe :
“Here, d—n you, pace up here and
pony up your money, or by the eternal
I’ll shoot the top of your ooooanut off. ”
As He spoke be stepoed a few paces
backward, so as to get tbe three men in
range, and commanded them to hold np
their bauds which they did with alac
rity. The boy bandit then ordered the
ageut to tom his pockets inside out,
rifle the safe and put all the money in
to a shot bag that lay on the counter.
The agent gianoed down the barrel of
the pistol and readily complied, putting
*18, every cent he had, into the bag.
The other two men were instructed to
show up, and when they exibited empty
pocket books, lie tusde them shake them,
bnt finding he hail made a waterhaul so
far as they were concerned, he becked
to the deor with his pistol still leveled
on them with the remark, “I never saw
so many'empty pocket-books and sc
little money, and lifting his hat with a
grace that would have done credit to a
Chesterfield, he stepped out into the
darkness oi the night, and before the
agent and his companions had rime to
recover from their surprise, he was
gone. The boldness of the beardless
youth completely unmanned them,
taken as they were by surprise. He
wore no mask, and every movement he
made was so qnick and lull of detemnna
riou that the robbery was committed
before they realized the true situation of
affairs, and their amazement at the auda
city o! the“kid”and their fear oi the fire
arm was supplanted by chagrin when
all was oyer. When the news reached
the city yesterday morning. Sheriff
Smith and Deputy Lewis repaired to
the scene of the robbery, and th? result
of the investigation was the arrest of
Lewis Miller. When tbe officers ap
proached his house he ran, but they
polled down on him, bringing him to a
a stand, and when they took charge of
him an English boll-dog pistol was
found on his person. He was taken to
Hutchins and was. identified by the
parties, and was afterwards brought to
the city and lodged in jail, as before
stated. As he was being carried through
the streets to the jail, three young
countrymen galloped up on horseback
and spoke to him. After the jailer
had finished searching him, a Herald
reporter nad a talk with the prisoner.
He insisted that he was innocent of the
crime with which he was charged, and
said that he could readily prove an
alibi, as be was at home at the time the
robbery was alleged to have been com
mitted. He stated that he was free to
confess for two past months he bad been
evading the officers on account of a fight
AGRIOCLTCTBS.
Many persons overstock their pastures
and the animals fail to gain as mnoh as
they would with a better range. Dar
ing May and Jnne the grass seems so
abuhd nt they purchase more stock to
keep down the growth, and the resnltis
the cattle daring Angust and September
frequently gain nothing. The farmer
most recollect that he cannot depend
upon much growth of any gnrn except
red clover from the middle of July until
fall rains set in. With plenty of rain in
the latter part of summer the grasses
do not grow half as fast as during May
ami June. These things must be con
sidered bv the bleeder of cattle i* be ex
pects the largest gain in weight, and hia
pastures must be at all times such that
the cattle can readily and quickly find
sufficient grass.
Hop plants can be used for various
pnrpoaea. Thus, the wires or twigs are
of service for basket or wicker work,and
the leaves furnish food for farm stock
and sheep; t om the tendrils a vegetable
wex n obtained, and from their juice a
coloring matter. The reuuig shoots, too.
are eaten, tasting, when boiled, hue
asparagus, and when bleached they can
be made into strong paper and card
board; from their fibre in Sweden yarn
and hnen are spun, and the ashes are
need by makers of Bohemian glass;
while from the fiowerw, which give an
agreeably bitter taste to beer,a tincture
is derived and a medicinal extract; and
a pillow filled with hops will often
cause sleep, and is a great specific for
old country dames,
Hsaves.—If yon want to have no
trouble with heave* iu your horses be
sure that they are fed no dusty and dir
ty hay, which is the prolific source of
this annoyance. Ordinary clean hay
can a w-ys be fed with sabty if p operly
ent up, moistened, and mixtd with
ground grain; but to feed the musty or
dirty sorts is very injurious. Clover,
owing to its liability to crumble, often
gets dirty,even after storage.aud should
never be ted wiriiont being previously
moistened.
Tax orchard should be cultivated at
least eight years, or rill it comes well
into bearing in any hoed crop, or sown
to buckwheat and let fall back on the
ground; care should be taken not to
plow too near or too deep near the trees
When yon sted nse red clover. It is
advisable to shoiten in the the branches
two-thirds the last year’s growth, for
the reason that the tree has lost room in
being taken up, and that equalizes the
top and roots.
In order to have successive cropps of
green food for stock, small pieces of
land should be sown at intervals for
that purpose. Some sections will not
produce in abundance, bnt such diffi
culty may partially be avoided by sow
ing peas and oats mixed, mustard, rad
ish, oollards, kale or anything else that
comes in early. Though the quantity
may not be large, the green staff will
answer for the change of diet, and
serves an excellent purpose in that re
spect.
he had with Pate Bass, who forced him
irequenriy cut. tney . to '.fight; and whom he stabbed twiie
uten losing with a knife. The quarrel was about a
young lady whom Bass objected to his
jjouig to see. Hr wss, and is, still en
gaged so her, and expects to marry
der. soice the stabbing affray, he spent
the moat of hia time in Archer ani
Ciat counties, where he worked for Al
ien Palmer, herding cattle. When the
jailer opened the door, he stalked into
a dogged manner, and when
bolls closed with a clash he
method of cupping off the ends of tne
anon naira, of yt untiag out the ragged,
withered, and gray hair?, wiU allow
them to grow ascdiger, .oeger and
Clouds and Su%ddno.
Bed Lion Inn.
On the site of what is no w the Red Lion
Inn, at Putney, on the Thames, Morgan
Williams, a Welshman, and Catherine nee
Cromwell, his wife, carried on business
from 1490 to 1511 as ale' brewers and inn
keepers. They were tbe great-great-grand
father and grandmother of Oliver Crom
well and John Hampden, and Catherine’s
brother Thomas was the famous minister
of Henry Y1I1., created by him Earl of
Ems, and duly beheaded in course of time
A new receptacle for loose music is
i ade of wicker, and oontaiua two com-
ps-tmenta. Mounted upon round feet,
it is decorated on either side with plash
Rainy days in the country would be
robbed of half their terror to adults if a
little provision were made for the chil
dren. When it is gloomy outside we
must create artificial brightness within.
Every country house has a large spare
room, an attic or at least a good corner
in the barn; any of these will answer
for tue purpose of a playroom, which,
If provided, will not only keep the little
ones still, but happy. Those dreamy
delightful days for reading are rescued
from the intolerable noise and fuss that
invariably follow the imprisonment of
juveniles. If we are gomg out of town
let us give up a few ruffljs, if need be,
and make the fittings for the little folks.
To cover walls choose plain, coarse cotton
cloth for a foundation. The bes' covering
will be found at tbe paper hanger’s, where
nursery rhymes are pictured m most be
witching form, and the “frog that would
a-woolng go” becomes only one of the
favorites that are followed along the
spaces. The foundation can be win
pletely covered, and should be one yard in
depth, it can be attached to the wall by
tiny steel nails. Above the dado thus
formed Japanese pictures can be placed,
and their bright, quaint grouping always
pleases children. Wall rolls can be pur
chased, or made of bright cambric, and
pictures pasted on. The tops can be
attached to a cane or old broom handle
painted red, Tne file of bright pictures
will fuimstunalerial for stories and afford
amusement lo tbe children, who can do all
the pasting necessary with a little help.
A small folding table is easily transported
for this room, and boxes to hold playthings
can tie covered with chmtz. A beautiful
room ot this kind is fitted with turkey red
made to cover the entire wall, attached to
the top of tbe wall by tiny hooks, the
border finished with a row of coarse
German lace. Arranged m pretty groups
are figures from old fashioned plates, and
anything that pleases from the illustrated
papers, the arrangements should be
studied, in order to place the large group
at the base, and when the distance of
three feet from tbe base Is finished tbe
remainder can be done at random with
good effect. If the ceiling is tinted a
light Dlue and the floor painted chocolate
color, it gives good effect.
Tkev i riuemir,
Mixiers, in rearing their efifidrea,
kfiduid act ent toea hair at certain
pertoda eff the year i luring the s ipersti-
ooos nencH of foil moon, in order to
increase iu .en.la and iaxami.ee as
they bloom into worn inhood and man
hood. To a nabit of emting tbe hair of
cnildren brings evil in place of good and
is also condemned by tbe distinguished
worker in tnis department. Professor
fca.o-i, of Vienna, who states tnat it is
well known that the hair of women who
possess luxuriant locks from the time of
girlhood never again attains its original
lensth after haviug once been cat.
Pinctis has made the same observa
tions by frequent experiment, and no
adds that there is a general opinion that
frequent cutting of the hair increases its
length; but the effect is different from
that generally supposed. Thus, upon
one occasion he states that he cut off'
circles of hair an inch in diameter on
the heads of healthy men, and from
week to week compared the intensity of
growth of the shorn place with the rest
of the hair. The result was surprising
to this close and careful observer, as he
lound in some eases tne numbers were
squal, but generally the growth became
slower after cutting, and he {has nevei;
observi I an increase in rapidity.
1 might also add tuat 1 believe many
beardless faces and bald heads in middle
and advancing age are often dne to con
stant cutting and shaving in early life.
The young girls and boys seen daily
upon onr streets with their olosely-
cropped heads and the young men with
their clean shaven faces rre year by
year- by this fashion having their hair-
ioming apparatus overt trained.
gaz?d defiantly at the jailer for some
time and then sat down, as though he
won id ponder over the affair. It is said
that the young man comes of a good
family.
domestic.
Scbap Baser.—Select a medium
sized Japanese umbrella, one with *
.Jain ground and gilt figures is prettiest.
The knob or pint is to be securely glued
into a large square or circular block,
which it will be necessary to have made
by a carpenter, as it must be smoothly
finished to look well after it has been
painted. This block must also be heavy
enough to act as a stand for the um
brella to hold it steadily in its upright
K iition, that it may not be easily
ooked over. The block is tben to be
painted the color of the umbrella, and
decorated like it with gilt figures. To
prevent the umbrella from falling open
the points of the ribs which project
beyond the paper covering are inter
laced with satin nbbon. Either several
shades of the narrowest ribbons are
turned in and out of the ribs like basket
work, or a wide ribbon may be used.
Sew the seama with silk to match the
shade of the ribbons. The umbrella
should not be quite half open. A piece
of gilt paper is to be out to tit round the
inside of the umbrella to cover tfie
sticks, and thus prevent papers and
scraps from falling through to the point
from whence it is difficult to remove
them. • If narrow ribbons are used for
the lacings, tie a bunch of thorn round
the handle with long Ixips and ends,
and their many colors make a gay trim
ming; or shonld the wider ribbon be
used, tie a full bow of it round the han
dle. The gilt paper which is used as a
lining to cover the sticks and hold the
scraps must be glued to keep it in place.
This can easily be done without injuring
the covering of the umbrella by touch
ing each stick with a little strong glue
or gnm, and press the paper againta it.
When it dries the paper will adhere and
keep in place nicely. They are very
odd and pretty scrap baskets and are
not difficult to make.
Baked Cob, Haddock or Shad.—
Take a fish woighing.ti/e or six pounds,
keep head on; do not have it opened
too deep, make a filling of one-halt
pound of breadcrumbs, one teaspoonful
of finely divided parsley, one teaspoon
of salt, one saltspoon of black pepper,
one-half teaspoon of dried thyme and
marjoram mixed, two eggs, a teaspoon
of batter. Beat all well together and
fill in fish; if necessary, tie up with
cord; bake slowly, larding with a little
butter from time to time. About one
and one-half hours will cook fish.
Steam Thrashers.
hangings, handsomely embroidered in
the question as to whether the eastern raised designs.
A French Crystal Palace.
A Ohrystal Palace is soon to be
built in the park of St. Cloud, near
Paris. This park is celebrated for its
picturesque beauty; and for the ruins
of its magnificent chateau, which was
destroyed in the Commune. It has
been decided to poll down what remains
of the chateau and to erect a building
similar to the Crystal Palace in Lon
don. It will contain art galleries,
museums of curiosities, reading-rooms,
gymnasiums, panoramas and a cosmo
politan theatre, where the dramatic
works of all civilized nations, ancient
and modern, will be produced. Tbe
building will cover eighteen acres of
ground,
—A lady in Norwich, Conn., 72 years
of age,* has just begun to take lessons on
the pianoforte.
Sir William Thompson follows Dr,
Thomas Reid in ascribing to man six
senses instead of five, namely, the sense
of force, m heat, of soond, of light, of
taste and of smell.
In a memoir read before the medical
society of Florence Dr. Bellini rec
omended starch as an antidote for poi
sons in general. In cases of acute poi
soning an emetic should be given be
fore tne antidote is administered.
The fanner is getting the advantage
of the inventive faculty of the present
age. Steam thrashing machine r are
slowly but surely displacing the old
method of thrashing by horse power.
It takes more help to keep the machine
running up to its fall capacity than it
did by horse power, but tben a much
steadier motion is given, and the ifiach
dreaded “thrashing days” are shortened
by one-half, which is a great boon to
the termer and his wile. There is only
one team needed, and that the thrashing
men furnish themselves, and use it for
hauling water for the steam engine.
Wnere the thrashed gram has to be taken
any distance, of course teams have
to be used for hauling it away. The
steam t hrasLing'machines are ma^e ex
tra large, with a big cylinder al which
two meu stand to feed i These ne
cessitate two baud cutt s and and ex
tra two men to pitch b iem. These
steam threshers, com aed with the
improved machinery lor putting the
grain into the ground m the spring (we
refer to the screw pulverizer) and the
self-binding reaper, make the farmer
practically independent of the hired
help, for a crop of 100 acres of small
gram can be sown, reaped, and thrash
ed as ea sy as 20 acres could by the old
and slower methods.
This is a very important item in the
farmer’s economy, for in some sections
help cannot be obtained daring the
rush of harvest at any price, and where
it can be got it is generally of an in
ferior character and has to be paid the
exorbit ant price of frt m *2.00 to $3.00
per day. Tue steam thrasher is ot im-
mensu benefit to the farmer, and the
day will soon be here that every neigh
borhood will be supplied with a ma
chine. Farmers can use the steam
power that it takes to run the thrashing
machine .for all the necessary purposes
of grinding grain, shelling corn, an d
cutting hay with a chaff-cutter, when
the machine is not in use for thrash
ing.
Suitable arrangements mast be, how
ever, provided for guarding against
fire. Where possible tbe engine shonld
be placed far enough away .from the
farm baildings so there will not be the
remotest chance of fire. The best way
to carry this power from the engine to
baildings is by a wire rope, as a belt
cannot be used to carry power as far as
a wire rope; and then, too, the belt,
when used in wet weather will get wet
and slip.
In a Deadwood church, the othe? day,
tbe large congregation were devoutly
kneeling in prayer, when an irreverent
joker qnite audibly whispered: “Here
comes an eastern detective.” In seven
teen seconds ail that congregation ex
cept the chief elder had slid turoogh
the windows.
It is a common remark that the cher
ry must be grafted early—a very inde
finite term to most people. In the
months of April and May applications
to the nurseries for scions are frequent
and no such orders can be honestly sup
plied at such a time. An amateur gar
dener brought with him from Germany
a man skilled in several departments,
one of which was grafting the cherry,
and ne claimed that curliness was the
cardinal point. He said that they most
be gratted in February.
Well-packed batter, if it is good to
start with, and is packed in good oak
firkins, scalded and brined as every
dairyman knows how to do; solidly
packed, headed and filled with strong
brine, so that every particle of air is ex
cluded— such will keep a year, and will
be rosy and sweet ana marketable: but
the butter must be good. Balt will not
keep poor butter.
The failure of all the patented milk
ing machines is ascribed to the fact that
they all aim at a stronger method, imi
tating the sacking of a calf rather than
the manipulations of hand-milking.
This last is essential to getting tne lar
gest secretion of the in ilk, and unless
some machine can nval the hand for
milkingTthe old way must be followed a
while longer.
Cows when first turned to grass will
eat and l eed Cont idera le dry feed dai-
iy. Even straw will be eaten at this
time, the grass not having substance
enough to it to satisty the animal. If
the cow is giving milk the meal ration
shonld be continued until June, or lon
ger, if eaten readily.
As soon as an orchard or single tree
is pruned the brash shonld be gathered
in bes ps to be burned when dry. Leav
ing it under the trees, as dropped, Is a
very slovenly practice, and when over-
growp with grass or weeds in midsum
mer the labor of gathering it np in heaps
is much increased.
Tr^. clover plant is so impatient of
shade that we have never found an ad
vantage in covering it with coarse ma
nure, as ihe large clods destroyed as
much clover as the finer manure bene-
fitted. Bnt great improvements have
been made in spreading manure,so that
this difficulty is overcome, and with fine
manure theie is no better place for it
than the clover field.
The high price of clover seed this
Bpring is likely to permanently injure
the fertility oi many farms whose own
ers are too poor or too penurious to
make the necessaiy outlay to secure
this renovating erop. A field that
should be seeded «ith clover this Spring
will always be less fertile if timothy or
other grass is substituted.
The cultivation of the mask melon is
an important industry in some parts of
New Jersey. Its prohtablenese may
be guessee by the fact that some New
Jersey farmers for this crop expend
*800 for manure. Farmers never take
such risks as this unless they have learn
ed by expc'ence to be reasonably sure
that it payc,
Squashes and all kinds of vines grow
and yield the best by aorface culture;
manure as you would for corn; drop the
seed in rows; cover lightly; stir the soil
often, and eternal vigilance is death to
bugs, with a good sprinkling of insect
powder.
Fob house linen or dresses even bet
ter than a wardrobe is a long, low otto
man box that auy carpenter can make of
pine wood, and which can be covered
with tbe pretty cheap cretonnes so as to
add to the furniture of the room. The
dresses, Ac., can lie at full length,
which is much better than hanging
them up, for summer dresses especially.
One or more trays of webbing fitted
inside, will enable yon to store quite a
variety of articles without crushing.
Bard corns may be treated as follows:
Take a thick piece of leather or felt;
out a hole in the centre. Upon going
to bed at night fill the hole in the cen
tre with paste made of soda and soap;
wash it off m the morning. Repeat the
same process several nights, and the
corn will be removed. .
To make pmel for babies sift the best
of fine ground, unbolted wheat fionr
into boiling water, stirring it until it is
of the consistency of gruel, cook it for
fifteen or twenty minutes, then reduce
it with the best of milk to a thin grnel,
thin enough to sack through a teittle if
necessary, strain it while hot through a
fine sieve or straining cloth.
Dishes for dessert are handsomely
made in majolica, and the style now is
to have every one a different shape and
design. Some take the form of oddly
shaped baskets; ott ers are upon three
leet; others again, fiat Plites for ice
cream are of glass, strawberries, rasp
berries and grapes figoring on them in
relief as decoration.
Square Trays.—The oblong, sqnare-
oornered, Japanese trays, of papier
maohe, are much more convenient for
an invalid’s bedside service than the
ordinary oval “waiter” of lacquered
metal They are mnoh lighter than
metal trays and more roomy by their
shape for the breakfast or dinner dishes
required. No one will go back to an
oval after using a square-cornered tray.
An occasional table for a lady’s
boudoir is very peculiar, being of brass
with three shelves of painted porcelain,'
and surmounted by a small beveled mir
ror in a frame of wrought bronze. Upon
the upper shelf is a box, lined with
tufted satin, which, when shut, forms
the top of the table.
A VKRY lovely effect is produced in a .
screen which is mounted iu bronze by
the use of semi-transparent blue silk for
the panel, upon which a view of a lake
amid Alpine scenery is worked in long
stitch in shaded silks. Tne effect of
snow upon the mountains Is most hap
pily conveyed.
Fashionable lamp shades are in every
variety of material and style. Foremost
in them are those in tinted silk, shaped
to the size of the lamp and painted in
water color designs; others are of paper,
made np in imitation of flowers, roses
tulips or dahlias in delicately shaded
papers.
Picture frames are mnch liked now
in plain, severe style. Deep oak bor-
derings have a finish of wrought bronze
and an’inner bordering of gilt. Occa
sionally designs in bronze relief are
placed in each corner.
Pillow shams are regaining favor
A favorite style now is to make them of
the finest cam brio, with narrow insertion
edge, with drawn work and finished off
with a bordering of lace to match in
sertion.
A new chair specially adapted for the
ooming season is of light wicker work
and is deep seated; above it is a large
hood or shade, also of wicker, into
which a window is introduced
either side.
upon
A New York farmer declares that an
aers of the Hubbard squash will fatten
more hogs than the corn that can be
ra. ied on the same ground. He has
gathered from six to eight tons from an
acre.
A novelty has been introdneed m
parlor curtains in the application of col-
f red designs upon lace. In a very hand
some pair of white curtains Hying birds
in natural colors are appliqued on to
the material.
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New fashioned book rests have the
ends richly carved fn deep relief, a pre
ference being given to animals' heads
in some oases the ends are formed of
polished steel in the shape of anchors.
A novel inkstand presents a carious
combination, having a stand behind tbe
ink bottles for paint brashes, and at the
back of that again, compartments for
plaques, cards, etc.
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