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< S y FARX AND GARDEN. Sour Apples Bad for Hogs. When hogs are fed with corn in the Bar they should not be kept where they can get sour apples. They will not eat many, but what they do take will make their mouths tender,so that the corn will prove too hard lor them to chew. The only way that apples and corn can be fed to hogs is by thorough cooking, giving the corn enough time to become heated through. Then when cooled it will be more easily digested and the apples will give the mass greater bulk, and thus keep the stomach in condition for working. Insect Friends. Prof. J. A. Lintner writes: It should be generally known that not all insects ire in jurious. There are those that are the fanners' and fruit-growers' best allies, though oiten occurring under circumctonpoQ crv cmcTurMnna na tn priftf. tlipm their lives. 01 these are the numerous species of "lady birds" or "lady bugs" (Cocci n el lidit) abounding often upon lickly vegetation, infected with plautlice, and only drawn there to feed upon the destructive aphides. Nearly all of the iehneumon flies are of great service to the agriculturist, from the immense number of caterpillars which they destroy. Many of the true bugs prey upon caterpillars and other injurious species. A large proportion of the Lampyrida;? the family to which the "lightning bug" or "fire fly" belongs?feed on other insects in both their larval and perfect tt&ges.-Prairie Farmer. Is Rye Exhaustive? An agricultural authority says: Many farmers believe that rye is much more exhaustive than wheat. It can be and usually is grown on poorer soil than the latter crop; and not only in manuring, but in preparation of the land, it is apt therefore to be neglected. Kye has a greater bulk ol straw than wheat; but this bulk is chiefly carbon and derived from the air. The broad leaves of rye cover the surface better thau the wheat plant does, and this protection possibly serves some of the purposes of manuring. Where rye is grown in succession it takes ft long time to run down good soil; but once change to wheat and a single crop will make another crop impossible without manure or a course of seeding with grass and clover. Although its leaf is , bulky, the rye crop is gotten off one or two weeks earlier than wheat can be, thus relieving the grass and clover seeding of the double draught of roots on , the water supply in the soil. After any grain is cut clover grows more rapidly , than before, and rye is always cut earlier , than any other grain. I Authorities on "Apple-Scale." In a paper read by A. M. Hatch, of 1 Wisconsin, on "Apple Scale," before the ( American Pomological Society, he exnlainpf] tVinf annlp i? rniiapfl hrn fun. gus that also attacks the leaves. Where it '< attacked the leaves it caused them to drop, weakened the trees and led to winter killing. Like other fungi it thrives bes' in warm, wet weather, and therefore f Bummer of drought is unfavorable to its development, and to this extent a blessing. Crab apples are especially liable to the disease in its leaf form. In reference to prevention and cure, this disease belonged to the same family of fungi (the Peronosporas) that causes one kind of grape rot, and that is too deep-rooted to be prevented by outside applications. rr_ - J. 3 J! J; __ f n.e auviscu uiscaruing sucu varieties as 1 are most liable to its attacks. Some 1 varieties of apples develop a waxy secre- ' tion upon the fruit and leaves, and he * finds that such varieties are less liable to ] contract the disease. E. S. Goff, New York, said that he < had tried sulphate of soda for this dis- * ease with good results. The operation * was not expensive. His trial of the sul- 1 phate of copper, as recommended by the | Department of Agriculture, resulted in i destroying most of the leaves in three s applications. t (i. W. Campbell, of Ohio, who had used the 6ulphate of copper for grapes, i said that he made it much weaker than 1 the department's recipe, as he suspected 1 that to be too powerful.?New York < World. i Bot Flies. Mr. "W. Fisher, Hancock Co., Me., desires information about the bot ily, ] which lays it eggs on the legs of horses, < and whether the fly seen at the jaws of \ horses is the same. There are several ] species of bot or gad flies, the larva of < which live in the stomachs of horses, i rr?i * _ - < -I * me most common 01 inesc jays its eggs on the hairs of the tore legs, breast or j shoulder of the animals, which, when , they lick themselves, extract aud thus ] swallow the embryo larva;. Another , species selects the long hairs on the un- J der side of the jaws of horses for depos- ^ iting its eggs. The young larvic of these drop into the feed and are thus carried r into the animal's stomach. The larva* of . both remain and grow all winter in the stomach, where they attach themselves ! to its inner coat by means of the sharp hooks on their heads. In spring when ( they have reached maturity, they relin- 1 quish their hold, and pass out through the intestines. Thus liberated they dig ( into the soil and become trnsformed into perfect bot flies. In horses which are ' otherwise in healthy condition, bots do J rarely any hann. So far no specific remedy has been found. Their outer 1 coat is so hard that it resists the action 1 of the strongest acids as well as alkalis, 1 ana any substance power!ul enough to ' take effect upon it wouid also destroy 1 the stomach of the animal. Toward 1 spring purgatives may assist the expul- 1 gion of the bots, and in cases of much irritation, mucilagenous driuks and anodynes may be given to quiet them. As a preventative, all the long hairs beneath ; the horse's jaw, fore legs, chest and shoulder should be cut off, and as an ( additional precaution, oil should be 1 rubbed over these parts once a day while j the fly is active, during the summer, to , prevent the flies'eggs from adhering to ] the hairs of the animals.?American < Agriculturist. l i How to Make a Good Cistern. , The surface-soil is removed to a depth of eighteen inches to exclude frost in ( winter and lieat in summer. The exca- ] vation is made in the shape of an egg, with the upper-third cut olf. It should be eight to ten feet deep, and seven to ten feet in diameter. The deeper the j1 I rr cistern the better and cheaper it is. If 7 the soil is close and compact, the cement may be laid directly upon it, and no brick-lining is required. To do this, a T large Hat stone is bedded in cement at the bottom, for the workman to stand I upon, and for a rest for the pump. The j T cement is made of water lime, one part, ! and clean, sharp sand, three parts, mixed | dry, iirst, and wetted up in small quantities as required, and can be used before | it sets hard. The cement is laid about \ an inch thick. "When the bottom iscov- j a ered a layer is put in around the wall about a foot high, and, as it sets very ( quickly, as soon as one strip is laid . " onntK/.i? trior Ko rmf nn nlmviot lmtll the I UUV/lritVl "J j/UV " " W*/V * V """" ?I _ whole is completed. In digging, a 1 shoulder of a foot in width is made ou the ! Si top of the firm subsod eighteen inches, j ri to rest the beams upon. This is also j " covered with cement, and the beams arc ! laid on and the spaces between them on the shoulder are filled in with stone, or D brick, and cement, to the upper level, aj upon which the floor rests. A strong " floir of four-inch plank, doubled, with a: the joints broken, is laid upon the beams a and covered witli a coat of the cement, a' to exclude surface water; and this floor ? is then covered with earth and sodded j P over, or a platform is built over it j " to stand upon. A manhole should be j made in the cover, large enough for a person to go down when it is necessary j ^ to clean out the cistern, and this is j brought up a little above the platform, , ? aud fitted with a tight cover, kept locked ! S( to avoid danger of children falling in.? 1 ai American Agriculturist. j Feeding Corn Stalks. I l| It is for the interest of every farmer to j practice the most economical method of i ? feeding the coarser portions of his fodder j ^ material. Experiments carefully con- ; ducted at the various experiment stations j g{ go to show that with the best of timothy i ^ and clover hay, under favorable condi- | ^ tions, only about oae-half of the nutritive p( constituents are digested, and when ; ^ there is a waste in the line of coasump- : E{ tion, the loss becomes still greater so far ,, as animal nutrition is concerned. Take 1 << the case of corn fodder: if the stalks are i ^ large there is a very natural and strong i aj tendency for animals to consume only j the leaves, and a small portiou of the top ' w of the stalk, which leaves a large amount CJ to be cast out with the manure or em- ^ ployed as bedding. +1. Farmers can hardly afford to grow crops to be converted into manure iu that 0j manner, notwithstanding the importance i ^ of having plenty of manure. It is some- j T( times the ease, that because of a soanty 1 supply it becomes importaut to a farmer I to secure ths consumption of all the | ^ coarser products of the farm, even if they j1( are of poorer quality. To accomplish j jn t-liie mnut- enr>rv>ecfiillt> rAnnirM t.llP PSfir. I ,1 cise of a little additional labor in the j 3hape of cutting the fodder, and the use , ?] of a by-fodder in the line of meal, bran, I ?j oil cake, or middlings. | vj With the present improved mplements | ^ for cutting fodder, in the shape of ensil- ' age cutters, even by hand power, it is ; |a aot a difficult matter to cut as required j ar the amouQt of corn fodder usually found | Qr upon average farms, and this, moistened I % little with water, and given a liberal J or sprinkling with meal or wheat mid- j ilings, will all be consumed, and serve | ar w good a purpose as the best hay. i m If hand cutting is objectionable, this j te lan be accomplished by horse power, and yj, :he entire iob be done at once, including i my other coarse fodder, such as straw ! ^ >r swale grass. First quality corn fod- ! Wl ler if cut will be consumed even without j fr( my meal, but it is advantageous some- ; jf, ;imes to make a change from even the j ja" jest of hay on to some other food, and -yy ;hen corn stalks come into play to a good j gp jurpose. | It steaming of fodder is to be prac- i ro ;ised, as is sometimes the case, then cut- j8 :ing becomes an absolute necessity; but, : -yy ifter repeated experiments in that line : j0( jy some of the best farmers of the coun- m, ;ry, it has been abandoned, and it s believed that no advantage is gained j0, iuflicient to warrant the increased addi- stJ ;ional expenditure. an It is a matter of policy with most sa :armors, especially if they desire to make m( joth ends meet, to practise those methods ! which experience teaches are the most ; :conomical, taking into account result- ! tn ng returns.?New York Observer. j jjr ! of Intelligent Dogs. j co A dog belonging to the band at "West j pr Point stations himself daily near the | al! ;annon which is tired at sundown. At j be V? n ^lionVioT-rro V? r\ of.irfo ^ atvn V? 1 I 1 tn IaaL* I til , uiov/uaij^u uv ova no uvitu uitt vv *vv? j for the ball. This he has done with ( mi re.it precision and regularity for many | all ^ears. lo A Louisville pug chews gum, but only : r? In private. If a stranger enters the room j 01 tvhile he is chewing he will instantly ! en lide the gum. lie is the constant com- j lanion of a company of girls who play j *? ennis, and picked up the habit lrom I :hem. j " Dan is a mongrel belonging to A. * S ray lor, of Longview, Texas. He saw a I j lalf-grown pointer pup belonging to one ! )f Mr. Taylor's sons take a ham from the ! ^ ritchen nnd carry it to the orchard. lie I qq Irove off the pup and lay beside the ham ! nQ mtil the cook came and took it, then I lunted up the pup and gave him a thor- j wj )ugh whipping. . H( George Balterham, of Asheville, N. C., i :ook a friend to choosc a pup from a lit- j :er belonging to his Newfoundland dog. j rhe mother looked up at her master as | ^ :he friend selected one to call for on the j nnrrmv Thft nftxt morninfr she was i .. nissing with the doomed pup, leaving i re< the others to care for themselves. At ! aight she was seen returning slyly, with he animal in her mouth, and seemed i iappy in having saved it. j ga 1" ' is How Many Eggs from a Heii? | an Mr. Sidonie Gond, of Queens county, ! to Sew York, in answer to a question in the j it American Agriculturist how many eggs he ?ould be expected from one hen. says in I flo that publication: "I read in a work scut | thi to me from Paris, that a hen has six huu- ; th ilrcd eggs. Of these, the first year she i lie lays twenty, the second one hundred nnd | en: thirty, the third one hundred and thirty-1 Gc five, the fourth one hundred und four-1 teen, the fifth and succeeding year-: gradu- \ ally diminishing until the ninth year, j when she lays only ten. In 1K40 C'nmte j tie Lasterri had a Normandic hen which j laid two hundred and sixty eggs that year." Mortifications are often more painfu'' than calamities. : 'HE LUMBER INDRTRV^ v.F HE WORK DONE IN A NORTHWESTERN LOGGING CAMP. k a< 'he Hardy Loggers?A Camp's Out- 1 a' fit?Amusements of the Men?The ! P Work They I)o. I a The logging crcws scattered through si le lumbering camps of the Northwest j ci re more distinctively a class than can be p jund elsewhere on the continent. Any- y, ling will do for a cowboy or a miuer, -w ut it takes a man of great strength and t< ndurance to make a typical logger. If : t< Tiro?fnr1 mien on ni'mv nf t.l->n tHnn. I nl vtt&t vv** wv iuwv u?* ?'i"j v. U. ind men who would rather fight than <3 an, and who would not care to cat until ]c ley had flogged the enemy, I would tl ike them from the forests rather than Sl :om the plains or the mines. Yet in lany ways these ''boys" of the camps re as irregular in their habits as are lose of the corral. For fifty years an ^ rmy of these men have been earning t] ad receiving high wages for their work, -w nd yet it is safe to say that not one in t( (venty of them has ever been benefited u y his labor. They go into camp often tl 1 the early autumn, and submit to en- ^ )rced temperance until spring, and come ti ut with several hundred dollars each. n hey "strike" a town, aud in a night, a 0 ay, or a week, the last dollar has ^ ropped into the hands of some rum- c| .11 iU. 1 ?:i_ jiitsr ur iuu ikuupcr ui duiuv yi:c icauit, jj nd they -wander off to find something ^ ) do that will bring them a living until 0 ley go into camp again. ai The logging camp is a world in itself. a] ; varies in size with the number of men t] > be kept, and that depends upon the uantity of timber to be cut in a season. ]a 1 locating a camp, the object is to get tl 3 near to the work as possible, and yet :curc water and a desirable site. That a, one, the ground is cleared and the long g( unks notched and laid in walls that are ^ >ofcd with rough boards that are in 0] lrn covered with tarred paper. The ^ ivcral buildings are "the men's camp," the kitchcn," "theoffice," "thestable," the granary," and "the shop," in which ie blacksmith and the carpenter look :ter the horses' feet, cant hooks, peevies, eighs, drags, swamp hooks, chains, and hipplctiees. In the center of the men's rf imp stands a huge stove; overhead ing poles, across which the men throw ieir wet socks and mittens to dry; ound the walls are the "bunks," made t0 l rough boards, and arranged in tiers ar vo or three deep, and in a corner con- a juient to the door is the wood-pile. In ^ lis camp, supper over and the pipes all hi i bloom, may be seen the romance of ic logger's life. As a rule, these men ar ive had little or no education. The itellect of the place is sharpened only in in te direction of inventing new words, m tirases, and "drives" that shall win ap- la lause and secure a laugh on some vie- tv m. When chaffing palls, out comes w olin, flute, or mouth-organ, or all of flc icm, and there is music and dancing, ac imes, sparring, and the noisie.it, rough- pi t, but best-natured fun ever found a? nong uncultured men, until the hour rives when the lights must go out. br The first work is making "skidways," ar I whirh tVio Inrra orf> tn nilpfl fnr i?. ' ~ '"o" *"* f,.?111 ading upon cars or sleighs. If the logs pj e to be "banked" by teams, a crew of fu en begin, when camp opens in Sep- sp mber, to make the road from cam]) to aE ver. This is a work that requires skill, m hills must be avoided, and as nearly ^ possible a dead level maintained. The he ork must be finished in time for the ost to get its proper work done in solidping the bottom, especially in swampy F ads, of which there are many to cross. hen snow falls it is tramped and . rinkled with water, until the bed has 111 come amass of ice. That is a good m ad. Then comes the hauling, which . the most dangerous part of the work. here the logs are hauled by trains and , comotives all the old work of road- , iking and teaming is avoided. But , e advent of the locomotive and the 0 gging railroad in the forests has deroyed much of the romance of the life ta d work. It has produced much the me effcct as would follow the abandon- br ent of their old covered wagons, irses, and camp-fires by the gy pies for the adern method of travelling by special ?S iin. But so it must be. As the timber le retreats from the streams the expense banking increases,. and so railroads h:i me in as the natural solution of that sti oblem. Then also forest fires are annu- 7C [y killing more or less pine that must Ju cut at once in order to save it. Where ere are railroads, such burned timber s\v ij be delivered at will, and cut up in; most before it has grown cold. In e<r wer Michigan, where the logging rail- afi ad is most to be found, about one-third lit the log product of 1880 was hauled by bo igines. The quantity moved by rail in he 87 is already far in excess of last year's on till. W( The pine lumber product of Michigan, ba isconsin and Minnesota in 1880 was, in to und numbers, 7,000,000,000 feet. To sp? tain' that lumber the pine timber was pi< 2fged clean from 7S0 square miles of ! frc rest. The live pine still standing in tin ese three states is estimated at 1*^0,0,000,000 feet, worth $:iU0,000,000 w. In twenty years the half, or more, ( 11 have been cut, but the remainder 11 be worth half a billion dollars.? irper's Weekly. The Heart of Napoleon. 801 iit it -vr- t t.t i frc i uuntcu, nuica jui. u. 11. i/micau} ^ . >m Kedmuir Hants, "a paragraph as to 7, ' ipolcon's heart quoted in your paper o days ago, which I believe is incor:t. My grandfather (Dr. Duncan, of |.c1 ithwell) knew intimately one of the 11 ctors in attendance on Napoleon?a 1113 Arnot?who was one of those en- P?.1 ged in the embalming of the body. It J*1 quite true that the heart disappeared, a' d great was the dismay of the doctors ??' find the basin in which they had left NV" quite empty and never a trace of the art. At last a trace of blood on the nia or led them to a rat's hole, where was ?n< s object of their search, too big to get t0 rough. The addition about a lamb's art's being substituted is evidently an ibellishmunt of the enemy.?l'all Mall r mtte' " sto Unchanged. J'c In the merry days of boyhood :n<] Of mischief he was fufl, And at tho teachers faces made Pla Behind their back at school. a v He's now a portrait painter . fev Noted for his skill. Til A nd to his predilections true j ,i Is making faces still. Boston Courier. | Pre amliy Stock Pl-omB^M ami Meat If the family is small &e'bodies i cpt for a week, or until sufllcicnt 'Baft? ? ^cumulated, by baking them thoroughly [tortile meat is removed; all bits of ristlc, fag ends of steak (well rinsed in oiling water if smoUy from broiling) ad chicken bones or giblets help the took. Break the bones as small as you in, a small machine comes for the purose, but a hatchet and block of wood rill answer. Cover the bones with fater, and a teaspoonful of salt to each jvo quarts, and let theiu stew from sis J eight hours. If the bones have yielded j 11 their nutritive qualities, they will look j ry and chalky; if they are still, aftei >ng cooking, semi-opaque and greasy, ley are not completely exhausted; stew :ill longer. Care of Lamps. It is best to clean lamps the first thing ithe morning after the dishes are outol le way. The scissors for trimming the icks should be very sharp and had bet:r be kept for thi? purpose alone. Lift p the cap and cut off the wick close to le Oat tube through which it passes; it ill then be sure to be straight. TheD lrn it up a little and trim off the corers slightly, so that it will not tlare up n each side ot the flame. Once in a hile wash out the bowei of the lamp to leur it of all sedin.ent that may cling to le bottom. After washing the chimney i warm soapsuds rinse it in clear water, therwise, it is claimed, it will be more pt to break. The chimney should be i?aa4 J ? K~r 4. ~ nv/ncu tu ncai giaui.uii) uuiuiu turning ie flame up very high. , Cloths which are used to wipe oil from imps should be burned. Do not put lem away thinking to use them again, hey are generally kept in a close place, ad in such a case are generally in daner of firing the house. Some of the ysterious tires, the cause of which no ae knows, might be traced to this very ; ractice. I , Recipes. Appx.e dumpling.?One quart of flour, ! ie tablcspoonful of lard, two teaspoon* lis of baking powder wet with milk, >11 out an inch thick and place on it ght apples sliced thin; put in pudding ig and boil one hour. Grated Cheese.?When cheese gets o dry for the table, grate very fine, id mix enough butter with it to make smooth, compact mass, adding a itle made mustard. When thoroughly ended, press it into small jars, to be ,'pt for condiment for meats or on bread 1 id butter. Buns.?One-half veast eem dissolved a little warm water, one pint of warm ilk, salt to taste, make a sponge and ( t it rise; then add one cup of sugar. w beaten eggs, a cup of butter well orked into the dough, adding more j >ur; let it rise. l?oll out, butter it, , id cut into biscuits; fold them over, , ace in tins not too close, let them rise , ;ain for a short time and bake. Cheese Toast.?Toast some slices of | ead to a delicate brown, butter them, 1 id cover for a few minutes, to steam a ] tie. Shave some cheese very thin, ( ace it in a saucepan; add for a teacup- j J of cheese, two tablespoonfuls butter, , irinkle a very little mustard over it, ] id cook carefully until the clicese is \ elted and the whole is smooth. Spread ] is preparation on tne toast ana serve it >t. Fried Fresii Fish.?If the fish are lall, after carefully cleaning', wipe cm dry and dip in beaten egg and en in flour or Iudian meal: drop them to very hot fat and fry like douglilts. They are better cookcd thus than hen fried in a pan, as in this way there no liability of their sticking fast or orchitig. Large tish can be fried ir> ,e same way, but they should be cut ifore cooking into pieces convenient r serving. Bakkd Appi.e Puddixg.?Take four rt apples, sliced or chopped, put them a well-buttered pudding dish, make a itter with a pint of sweet milk, a pint flour, a pinch of salt, one tca^poonful : baking powder and two well-beaten ;gs; pour over the apples and bake, nice?a half pint of water, let it boil; Id a nice lump of butter, a l'ttle salt, ilf a cup of sugar, a little wet cornirch to thicken it like cream, a little llow rind of a lemon and some of the ice; boil all together and serve. Cornstarch Pie.?Put one pint oi eet milk on the stove, and when boil- . , . - .. , . i !j not stir into it tne yoiics 01 two * gs and one tablespoonful cornstarch; ' , tcr having stirred them smoothiy into a tic; cold inilk, stir briskly; when it has . iled remove from the fire, add one r aping tablespoonful white Fizgnr and ^ e teaspoonful lemon extract. Stir < 11, and then pour this custard into a ^ ked piecrust. Beat the two whites a still froth and add two heaping table- ? oonfuls white sugar; spread over the , js, put in the oven and brown the ,, >sting delicately. Set away to cool; b colder it is the nicer. Q 6 Bullets That Hit anil Miss. o The question has often been raised r lat proportion of balls, exchanged by stile armies, will hit their mark and r 1. Difficult as v is to solve it exactly, a ne appioxiination may be arrived at s >in the number of balls?e<t'inated at v ,000,000?which were 11 red by the e rmans in the war of 1ST0-T1." The c ench army lost in the dead and woun- t [1, about 1-iO.iiOO men. According to g s, only one bail out of 14-J tired hit its t in, and assuming that on an average v b man out of seven hit was actually r led. il would seem that only one ride n II in y.jy p'oved fatal. If it is further i isidercd that the number of men o unded nnd killed by the ^uns or the t illcry are included in the ii ovc osti- r te, it may safely be said that not over t 3 ritie ball in a thousand find proved i< be fatal.?Boston Ikacon. o "Wooden Handles. e e Hie wooden part of tool-, such a< the a ck of planes and hand es of ehNeKs, 0 often made to have a nice appearance ]j French polishing; but thisadds noth h r to their durability. A mueii better 6, n is to let them soak in linscd oil for r( reck, and rub with a new doth fo." a r, 7 minutes every day for a weak or t o. 6 is produces a beautiful surface, ar.d a! ^ same time exerts a solidifying a nl v serving action on the wood. 2 Sneaking ^ ^ As the gold-hunter ascends the slope of the mountain which he has selected as the scone of his explorations he notes every change in the structure or the composition of the rocks. When a favorable locality is reached, a locality where the geological formation indicates the presence of gold, he stops at the lirst spring of water, unpacks his ojttit, pitches his tent, if lie has one, which is rarely the ease, pickets his tired mule, gathera a few rock3 and places them in i the form of a horseshoe on the ground, to serve as a stove, and then, with bent ( head and watchful eyes, carefully scans , every gulch and mountain side, pries into every nook and cranny in quest of those signs which Mother .Nature always Dosts near the snot where she has hidden iier precious treasures. Far up cn the rugged flanks of that storm-riven mountain the gold-hunter 1 breaks off a piece of rock from a ledge, andlo! it is flecked with bright, yellow i specks, notiunlike that metal which all i mankind is so glad to possess. His heart beats fast as he examines the specimen. He wets the bright specks with his tongue and picks at them nervously , with his penknife. They crumble at the touch of that instrument, and then he throws the rock down with an angry ' gesture, and mutters disappointedly: j "Pilgrim gold, be gosh." Now he is down yonder in the gulch, which seems as though it might be the repository of a vast amount of the yellow metal, digging a hole in the gravel. 1 The trend of the rift is north and south. Nature never piled up drift in that man-. i ner, espec ially in a ravine in this range of mountain* without sprinkling it with i gold. The shaft is down three feet, and now 1 the miner fills his pan with gravel from s the bottom of the pit and washes it in a ' stream. Yes, theie is gold in the drift, for on the bottom of the pan glisten three colors. They are mere spec.cs, it ( is true, but they arc the genuine article, s and no mistake. This small lind encour nges the toiler to continue his search, for he knows the heavier parti.les of gold, , no matter what may have been their position in the drift when it was first deposited, will not rest easy until they have reached the bed-rock and found a crevice for their grave. And so he sinks the shaft to the bed-rock, twelve feet or : more. He drifts east along the rock, he ( drifts west, north and south, and finds 1 the precious stuff everywhere, but not in 1 in rmnntiMfifl tn linv_ puuivivuv ? r"J \ Again he is up on that cliff. How did tic manage to scale those perpendicular walls which form its sides. It seems as though nothing but a bird could find a foothold, and yet there he is dancing svildly around something that glitters in the sunlight like an enormous ball of silver. That pile is ore, rich in silver and lead. He has just dug it out of the ground. Is it any wonder, then, that he is in an ecstasy of delight, for it seems is though he had struck it rich at last. Eie sits down for a moment and stares toward the East with a yearning look in tiis soft gray eyes. He is thinking, perhaps, of the home of his childhood, and biow he has met with success at last. He leaps into the pit again and digs away for dear life. But the walls of the lode bave suddenly come together. It was merely a pocket of ore, and will never make him or anybody else rich; and fortune who seemed so near to him a moment igo was as far away as ever. The ''pinching out" of that lode only iisheartens our prospector for a moment 3r so, for there he is now driving a tunnel at the foot of that granite boss, l'here is a fine lot of ore lying at the Douth of the opening. It is a sugary, ;omby, drusy quartz, and is sprinkled lere and there with gold. Carefully eximine the eranite walls of the lode and ice how clean they are. The most skill- ' rul workman co;ilcl not have made them ?o smooth or polished them half so well. , Observe those shining bunches of crya;als there in the heading, asuresign that ;he vein is a live one. It is six feet be- * ;wcen walls, and the lead matter aver- ( igcs $-10 per ton. It is surely a rich 1 edge, and the miner's fondest hopes may ( ret be realized. 1 But who are those two men who have u?t come ovei the crest of the hill above c he tunnel. One of them has a wooder, 1 )ox under his arm. It has no cover an.I c here is a paper containing som* writing c astened on the iuner side of its bottom, c Phey are a villainous-looking pair thc*e t ,wo, and are there for no good purpose. Joo Vinnf tVinv r?rnwl alontr. almost on ! n heir stomachs. They conduct .them f, lelves as though some one might see s hem and make a target of their worth- ti ess carcasses. But nobody molests them, f They have come to r. halt, set the box f, lown on its end and piled loose rocks .round it to keep it in place, and then j, neak off the way they came like a coupb q if cowardly coyotes, which they closely ^ escmble. tj These two worthies belong to that dis- h epntable class known in the West f s "claim jumpers." They have been h ent out by some covetous speculator, a vho wants the earth and who sticks at o lothing to get it, or at least a large slice if it. He has learned in some way of his promising prospect, and has engaged those wretches to post a nnlice hereon claiming the property. There q rill be a fierce dispute over it now. The si natter will be brought into the courts g nd will probably be settled some time f< n the next decade. It will be a conflict ei if the friendless and penniless against p he rich and influential. .Might, and not li ight, generally wins in such cases, not n hrough nnv fault of .those who admin- d 3ter the law, but because of the poverty >\ f the rightful owner and the law itself. a: Such is the real life of a gold hunter, p xcept in a few cases. After years of l( xhausting toil, and just when his efforts n re about to be crowned with success, ft thers step in and steal the fruits of his w ibors, or by trickery and fraud reap the ? arvest which he has sown. Those who a o wroDg him are highly honored and fi in fV?n />AmmiiMiti'nfl \L*Vmt*A CSUi'VirUU iii vav? vvuiiuu.-ii??vo ?**? . v uj . ? j yi sside, while he who first planted the ai tnndard of civilization in the Western c< rilds, and won a vast empire from the tl d!derne3s, steals into an unknown d rave." ?Xew York World. j oi A high-class college for women 1#tdV; be established at Denver, Colo. * Braiding appears ou many of the new cloth dresses and walking jackets. Tinsel threads have been introduced nn f.anev ninths whirh are intended fop use upon bonnets. i A Iowa girl fainted away three times in succession on being voted the handsomest lady in the county. There are in Paris about eight thousand artists of the brush, of whom nearly three thousand are women. French women of means affect the study of astronomy and are having observatories erected in their gardens. Some of the new sealskin toques are higher than heretofore, aud have an extra fulness set in plaits on one side. Plaid velvet is seen on some very stylish millinery this season and on children's hats it is most appropriate. The dyed blue and silver fox furs are less sought for than last season, dark, long-haired furs being the popular choice. ft r\1 nl/i'rln flflnr O PA 111^ fJUMU oail to Ui DUV UVTT U1WOW9 Uiw composed of straight breadths, which are set on to the closely gored foundation Bkirts in flounce fashion. Polonaises are steadily growing in favor, and a somewhat moditied fcrm of the princess dresses is also noted in some of the new wool costume.*, . An effective trimming for cloth costumes consists of appliques of plush or velvet in leaf or flower designs, which are outlined with soutache braid. While it is true that the tournure is to be moditied, it is equally true that all the stylish French costumes, have the steels which torm a graceful light tournure. A wide necktie of fancy ribbon is worn with the wide collar as a finish. Cuffs of linen worn outside the sleeve are also in aesthetic fashion set by English young women. A face wreath of fine flowers will still be the most stylish front trimming for the new bonnets. The crown is in soft l-'x. J /-I J. K!J piaiieu luius jaiu ennui viuoawuja ui straight. 1 Georgia lays claim to be the first state in the Union to employ a woman in the ulerical department of the Legislature, ind the first to give a collegiate diploma to a woman. A new fabric among the silks shown this season is peau de soie and its lustre is not unlike that of a rich twilled Lyons satin. All colors and black are woven in peau de soie. The women of New York have been granted more patents than their sisters in iny other State. The women of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin rank next in order. According to the correspondents tha Princess of Wales rides whichever sid? of the horse that happens to suit her, ind claims that she finds relief in the iHf?rn>.inn nf nnsitinn. The kilt suit of black velvet is the favorite for very small boys. The collar ind cuffs are of lace, the soft knotted lilk necktie pale rose, blue,canary yellow, 3r bright red, dotted with white. Wide bands of Stitching on the backs )f kid and Suede gloves appear again ;his season. They are popular becaus* Ihey diminish the apparent size of th? band, and make it look narrower. I Irish poplins are being revived in both 3cotch and French plaids, and also in th? jlue and green Prince of Wales plaid, rhese are used for kilt skirts and iraperies to be worn with cloth basques. Swiss muslins with large figures em>roidered at intervals are stylish and will >e worn by young girls the coming'scason >ver light green, pale apricot and th< lelicate delft blues the coming seasoD or evening wear. An English contemporary is authority or the remarkable statement that a Lonlou furrier recently manufactured a noleskin coat for a lady, which entirely inveloped the wearer, and in which he iscd between G,000 and 7,090 skins. A ridiculous fashion is the carrying of lirectoire canes by bridesmaids in Engand. The bouquet is tied on to their bony and silver walking stick instead if being carried in the hand or slung iver the arm in a graceful weath as was he spring fashion. Sicilienne and Bengaline silk polonises over plush or velvet skirts are the eatures of some dressy toilets. These ilks drape as gracefully as woolen maerials, and are so arranged that the rich abric of the skirt is revealed at the sides or its entire length. M. Louise Thomas and Elsie P. Buckigham are two women of business. 'he first is one of the most successful ee-raisers in the country; and it is said bat her bees produce 10,000 pounds of oney yearly. The*other is the successul manager of a fruit farm of several $ undred acres, in California, and advises 11 women who can to take up this line , ,...... r 'Us I uus:ut;s3. .v' Making1 Motto Candies. M Great quantities of fruit, especially the uince, pear, apple and apricot, are conimed in the manufacture of candy, iving their flavor to the finished con;ction. The manufacture of motto auilics ought to interest sentimental cople. The material of these tender ttle billet-doux is made plastic by icans of gum-trrtg^canth, kneaded like ough, and rolled out, as if for cookies, ith a long rolling-pin. The mottoes re then stamped on by means ot a coper stamp dipped in cochineal dye, and Menkes cut out with a cutter, square, >und or heart-sliaped. Sugar is couissedly sweet. Hut a sugar lozenge, ith one ol' thnse mottoes on it, is sweeter than anything on earth." Many schoolboy in the Hush and fury of his yp'~0r, rst young love, lias laid his heart oa"^. f^v ne of these lozenges, as on a platter,' id sent it to some rosy lass." Whatvj^ >ix!cl be more elective as a feeler thaa ils: our eyes are as bright aa >&^sw?f iamondsIt contains the whole sciatic* 'courtship?flattery. ?American Analyst. /ijS