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"AGMCBLTORAir
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
^ TO FARM AND GARDEN.
The Front Gate.
The front gate needs looking after. No
doubt it has a hard time to keep itself
Btraight and level and on the square, but
it has always a weak point which is the
heel or hinge post. This post has to bear
an enormous weight, because of the long
leverage of the gate, which increases the
- pressure of the gate's weight, or any
r\tlipr a-piolif manv times. To remedv
the general failing of the gates, several
points .-hould be looked to. The gate
flhould not be any longer than ne essary
to pass a wagon drivea in straight and
fairly, and never crosswise. The gate
should be well braced, the heel post
heavy, and set at least four feet in the
ground, with a large unhewn butt under
the surface, tamped all around with
stone, and then tilled in all axound with
cement so as to consolidate the whole
into a mass. Then a gate sill of four-1
inch plank a foot wide should be fitted
firmly between the heel post and the
latch post, and covered with six inches ;
of soil. The heel post should be eight j
feet above ground, and the main gate j
post quit.: as Ion**, with a long diagonal
Drace, an iron rod with a screw and nut
at one end is the best, from the top of!
this to the foot of the front post. ?uch a
gate will not sag under any ordinary circumstances.?NiW
York Times.
Crows in the Corn Field.
A few mornings ago, while passing
through my corn fie d, gun in hand, in
tent on shooting crows that were pulling
my corn, I wondered, says a farmer in
the New York World, why some Yankee |
had not invented something that would
frighten and keep away the crows from
onm.fiwithout killin<? them.
know the crows to be the farmers' best
friend and insect eaier among all the
birds we have. A plan or invention sugfested
itself to my mind that I had never j
eard even hinted at. It is this: Take j
a cotton rope, say one-fourth of an inch !
in diameter, rather loosely twisted, and
fasten powder crackers by inrerting the
fuse of the crackers through the string
at any distance apart you may wish you
may have them exploded from live ;
minutes to one hour apart, which is entiTely
optional. After fastening the firecrackers
to the cotton string by insert- :
ing the fuse, place thera on a board in
your corn-field. Straighten out your j
string, light at one end, and you will:
find it will carry the fire its entire length, i
exploding the fire-crackers in its pro-!
cress whenever met, and the fire will
hold to the string.
If you wish a louder report than the
small fire-c ackers give, use the larger
ones known as double headers. In damp 1
or rainy weather protect the string and
crackers by covering with a board. Now
this is a sure protection, as I have tried
it and so have my neighbors, and all
pronounce it a great success. It is my
invention and I hereby publish it for the
benefit of my brother corn-growers. It
Vino merit r?f lw>inrr rhejin Jl* It C;in
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be run for a cent or two a day, starting ,
it early in the morning with a string long j
enough to last the day.
Should your corn-tield be large, have i
two or Ihree strings going at once. The j
larger fire crackers are best, as the report,
is louder.
I would like to have my brother far- j
mere tell me through the columns of the '
World of some practical way of destroying
"live-forever" and mustard that have ;
possession of a field. Digging is out of :
klUb ljUVDWVU,
Curing and Keeping Cheese.
The stage at which to apply salt to the
curd is a critical one in eheese-making,
and requires a pretty accurate test to decide.
There are several, the most certain
being that soft peculiar feeling
known as "velvety;" equal quantities of
butter and whey exuding on the curd j
being firmly squeezed iu the hand; the:
response to tha hot iron being the flavor '
of nice toasted cheese, etc The moisture
of cheese consists of the water of
the whey still remaiuing, the essential:
and some of the volatile oil derived I
from the butter, and the butter fats. In '
9 skimmed milk or very poor cheese the '
proportion of whey is large, and when it,
nas* passed its proper stttge of ripeness j
part of it will evaporate and the cheese |
apparently lose its quality, though it is
merely water it is losing. In full milk
or rich cheese the proportion is reversed,
and the moisture being from richness
the cheese will improve bv long keep-!
Speaking generally, a cheese with little
moisture is slow to ripen; with too much
moisture, it mutures too soon. To know
the proper gri3t all through is the touchstone
of the cheese-maker s skill. If the
curd is too moist it may be improved by
qjing less rennet, or by keeping up
slightly higher temperature, by breaking
the curd finer before scalding, or by inCreasing
the quantity of salt. A cheese,
after being kept in the press for two
^ays or so, shouid be neatly bandaged
andremo\edto the cheese-room. Une
end is then rubbed with melted butter,
the other similarly at the first turning
on the shelves, a process which may be
repeated with benefit. The cheese-room i
should be bo constructed that certain !
and easy control of the temperature can j
bo secured?about sixty-five degrees be-;
ing the average desired. O. erheating
melts the butter fats, and they then become
rancid and spoil the flavor of the
chfese. Finally, turn daily and rub well;
a good cheese should have its surface
smooth and clean.?Prairie Fanner.
Petroleum as a Preservative.
A correspondent of the Orange County
Farmer discourses on the use of crude
petroleum as a wood preservative as follows:
".t is claimed by some of those
who have tried it that a fence post
painted with crude petroleum will last
much longer than those set without.
There are those again who claim that an
application of petroleum in their case
does not add anything to the length of
time the post will last. That this oil
does contain protective properties is conceded
by all who have usea it to any extent.
That it does not protect in all
cases where applied to lence posts is no
doubt due to the difference in the soil
and also to the condition ?f the post at
the time it was painted or coated with
the oil, for to soak a green post with
petroleum and set it at once is a waste of !
time, and all posts should be thoroughly
seasoned before they are coated with oil
or any other protective, and never set
until dried through and through. A
coating of petroleum on shingles will
add much to their lasting qualities if
applied after they are laid on the roof,
but the proper way is to dip the shingles
in the whole length before they are laid.
This can best be done by having the oil
in a trough large enough to dip the ends
of the bunches in up to the middle, and
when they are taken out lay them on a
slanting board that will save the drip?ings
and carry them into th-5 trough
1 which the shingles are dipped.
Twenty-five cents' worth of oil applied
ia this way will make them last twice
the length of time they otherwise would.
I would not advocate coating them on
the roof unless they are already lain, in
which case nothing better can be done
with them. In appljying petroleum or
any other paiut to a shingle roof all early
laid, you find yourself in the same predicament
that Pat was when his employer
ordered him to grease the wagon. He
! said h?i greased it inside and out, but
: couldn't get at the sticks the wheels
j hung on. In applying oil to a shing'e
j roof after it is laid, you can't get at the
spot where it is most needed to make it
1 effective. A barrel of crude oil and a
keg of brown metallic paint will pay in
j the life they add in the wood-work to
which they are applied and be worth ten
times what they cost in the n*.at tidy appearance
of the fences, gates and out;
buildings. The petroleum can be ordeied
: from any dealer in oils, and ought not
to cost more than eight ccnts with the barrel
included, and in localities close to oil
wells it can often be bought for half the
price. The paint will cost from :?to o
cents a pouud in accordance with the
1,1 ?.l_ x.in* J rt 4^ ro
quantity you puruuase, uuiamc uguic
bein<r for small lots. A ever mix paint
in the petroleum that is applied to
shingles, as it is only a waste of material."
Farm and Garden Notes.
A good garden is a paying invest- (
ment.
Agriculture makes the true riches oi ;
a nation.
The question is not how large a farm :
do you own, but how good a one it is.
Lack of shade in hot weather, too
much exposure to the sun, is also a prolific I
cause of disease.
The general aspect of the dairy animal '
is thinner, sharper and more angulai ,
than the feeding animal.
"When butter is gathered in the churn ^
in granular form it is never over-churned. ,
Pounding it after it is in a lump or large i
mass is what over-churns it. I
When the milk foams and froths j'd i
the churn, the probability is that the i
temperature is not correct; hence use a i
thermometer when churning. ]
A close, unventilated, or imperfectly 1
ventilated house is emphatically a foul '
house. Better cold than foul air. Bettei j1
the danger of frozen combs than the i'
multiplication of germs of disease. '
Selfish interest should induce tax- j |
payers in farming districts to make theii I'
highways good, but they go on botching 1J
them, year after year?anything to get
the dues assessed marked off the roll.'
At a recent meeting of the American (
Bee-Keepers' Association, several mem- ]
bers of experience gave the cost of (
producing honey. The general average j
of the estimates was about ten cents per ,
pound. j
The beet grain for young colts <
is crushed old oats. Barley crushed,
not ground, but coarsely cracked is next
best. For spring colts begin with a
pint at a feed and gradually increase as ]
the colt grows. 1
Potatoes are dried, as fruits are, <
for use on ships and in mining <
camps, where the fresh vegetables can- i
not be easily procured. The potatoes
are sliced and dried in a common (
evaporator, just as apples are, aud when j
used are soaked in water twelve hours |
to soften and freshen them. i
A New York farmer states that he <
used only coal-gas tar to prevent the
ravages of the potato beetle. He puts ,
a gallon of tar in a tub, over which he j
pours boiling water, which is allowed (
to settle and cool. This is sprinkled j
over the vines with an ordinary sprinkler, j
A gallon of tar costing seventy-five
cents suffices for several acres of potatoes.
(
A practical test will convince the j
dairyman who has not tried it, that his |
cows are capable of consuming and di- \
gesting a much larger amount of food \
than the usual allowance. Experiments \
ol this kind will soon denote which of
the cows pays best, by noting whether
the excess of food is converted into in- 1
created quality of milk or converted ?
into flesh.
The Home and Farm gives the follow- j
ing novel method of making cabbage ]
head. It says that "when the plants (
are about eight inches high and have |
formed woody stalks, make in isions in
the stalks with the small blade of a penknife,
insert small pieces of wood of the
size of a match, and break them off. (
This checks the growth, and hard heads '
will be formed."
The growth of a splint may be
nrresLcu uy uiibienug IUC pait wim uiu
iodi.e of mercury once a week for two
or three times, which will lead to the
absorption of the abnormal growth.
When the splint does not cause lameness
it would be bc3t to leave it alone. When
lameness is caused it would be well to
try the blistering and give the horse a
re9t during the treatment.
A horn that has been broken
off by accident leaving the core
remaining should be treated as follows:
Take a strip of cloth, smear it with
common pine tar and wrap it around the ,
core, fastening the end securely in the
best way practicable. Leave it thus un- '
til the bandage comes off, when the core
will have a hard covering and give no
more tronble. But the horn will not
grow again.
In harvesting wheat almost every one 1
has noticed little heaps of straw uni- 1
formly a few inche? in length and wondered
what could have been the cause of 1
it. It was the work of field-mice. The
little rodents did it to get the grain. '
They gnaw off the stalk as h'gh as they 1
can reach, and it drops down endways, !
the surrounding stalks prevent it from
falling over, and they continue the '
process until the head is reached. Rab- 1
bits do the same. Their work may be
known bv the nieces of straw beina 1
longer and they cease operations before '
the grain is fully ripe. '
A fruit-raiser in Indiana finds cop- '
peras?sulphate of iron?the cheapest j
and least dangerous substance that can 1
be employed for killing currant worms.
He gives the following direction for its
use: "To one gallon of rain water add a
teacupful of copperas, dissolving the '
copperas in the water, and, with an J
ordinary sprinkler, sprinkle well the J
bushes about the time the worms first \
make their appearance. If this applica- '
tion is made at the time the first signs of 1
these pests are noticed once is enough, J
but should they hatch and become 1
numerous then two or three more 1
sprinklings arc required."
Wasps puncture grapes, but with bee? ]
it is a physical impossibility. "When a (
grape has been burst by birds or wasps, ]
then the bee sucks all the juice, and this ,
is nn advantage rather than an injury to !
the grower, as the sound fruit is apt to :
rot by coming in contact with juice
flowing from grapes that are injured ^
There have been twenty-six Buicides 1
from the t lifton Bridge in Englaud in i
the twenty-four years since it was built, i
The jump is ~50 feet, and death is 1
presumably easy, which accounts for the 1
popularity of the route. The last person i
who went over it was a young man who <
v> a? to be married iu a week. ]
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
"Whitening Linen with Potatoes.
A French laundryman has discovered
a very ingenious method of cleaning
linen without soap. He uses no soap,
nor lye, nor chlorine, but replaces these
substances by boiled potatoes, with
which he rubs the linen. This curious
process, it appears, is much superior to
those hitherto employed, and the worst !
soiled cotton, linen or silk cleaned by I
this method are made whiter than they
could le by the use of an alkali. Besides,
the method has the advantage that
brushes can be dispensed with and well
water be used.?New York World.
A Nice Way to Mix Mustard.
It is quite a convenience to have mustard
mixed ready for daily use. If made
according: to these directions it will
keep fresh some time. Take three tablespoonfuls
mustard, orf! tablespoonful ;
granulated sugar, and mix well together, j
then beat an egg very smooth, and add ,
it with a teacupful vinegar to the mus
tara ana sugar, putting in a nine uuij
at a time, until the whole is thoroughly
combined. Place it then on the stove
in a pan or kettle of boiling water, and
cook five minutes, stirring constantly
or it will curdle. When it thickens
remove it and add either a teaspoonful ,
of olive oil or the same amount of melted i
butter. Unless olive oil is perfectly J
fresh, it is always better to use butter in |
its place, as stale oil will spoil whatever
it is used on. ?Prairie Farm r.
The Effect of Vinegar on Meat.
There are methods for making tough ,
meat tender; the operation is purely mechanical.
Good meat is sometimes !
tough owing to harduess of fiber. It then
remains to soften the fibers in order to
make meat tender, or easy to masticate;
there are two ways known to experienced
:ooks; or.eby the action of vinegar upon
the uncooked fibers of flesh.' the other
the prolonged simmering of the meat in
in un9alted sauce, or in enough water,
ilso unsalted, to just cover the meat and
supply it with the requisite Quantity of
moisture. The pounding of meat to |
make it tender is reprehensible to the last '
legree. When meat is made tender by
the application of vinegar, or any kinIred
acid to the uncooked flesh, it may
subsequently be cooked after any desired
method, although it is usually stewed.
Several excellent dishes based upon this
principle of cookery may be made. As
for the use of the acid with uncooked
meat the writer's experiments have been
variously mad? with vinegar and lemon
or lime juice, and cider which has nearly
become vinegar, and they have a similar
jtfect; as they are less rapid in action
they t re preferable for those meats which
ire to be stewed, braised, or baked in a
sauce or gravy made from the wine or
:ider.?The Ilouseioife.
Recipes.
Cabbage Soup.- -Boil two pounds of
bacon in three quarts of water; add a j
turnip, one-half head of cabbage, three :
anions, two stalks of celery seasoned and |
shopped tine; stew until the vegetables J
ire tender.
Cream Pie.?Into one pint of thick
sweet cream stir one tablespoonful of j
8our, one-half cup of sugar, a pinch of
salt, and the white of one egg beaten
jtitf. Flavor to taste, bake in a single
:rust, as for custard pie.
Vermicelli Pudding.?Boil a pint j
of milk with a few bitter almonds and
i little cinnamon, pour over one-quarter
of a pound of vermicelli that has been |
softened in water; sweeten to taBte and I
idd three beaten eggs; bake or boil.
Corned Beef.?Boil until soft !
enough to remove the bones; put in j
sarinen uisu una pour ov? ii> mc wmec
it was boiled in. Pla.c a plate on it and
i heavy weight; have sufficient water, so
that when the weight is on it will come
to the top of the meat. Let it stand un:il
cold, then cut in slices.
Bqtjabh.?Cut the squash in quarters,
remove the seeds and skin, cover with
rnlted boiling water and boil until done.
When cooked mash the squash and add
jne ounce of butter for each small one.
Moisten with gravy or broth and put in
iittlo pans or dishes; cover with bread
;rumbs, place tiny bits of butter on the
;op, and bake a delicate brown in a brisk
jven.
Marble Cake.?Light part: Two
;ups of white sugar, one cup of butter,
3ne-half cup of sweet milk, whites of
four eggs, two and a half teaspoons of j
baking powder, two cups of flour. Lark j
part: One cup of brown sugar, one-half:
:up of molasses, one c.ip of butter, one-1
fourth cup of sour milk, half a teaspoon j
5f soda, yolks of four eggs, flour to j
thicken, and flavor.
Peas with Mutton.?Take any part oJ
the mutton most convenient; take half j
r-Tinm r>nt. t.Vipm on in r.old water I
and boil until well done; remove the
chops from the soup into an earthen dish,
let it stand until the next day; then remove
all the fat, which has hardened
into a cake on the top; have ready a
quart of shelled peas, put them into a
kettle with the soup, and cook onthour.
Add a few potatoes
Prices Paid for Famous Literary
Works.
These arc 6ome of the prices that
luthors have received for works now
famous: Goldsmith, $100 for "The
rraveler," $300 for "The Vicar of WakeBeld,1'
and $500 for "The Deserted j
Village;" Fielding, $5000for "Amelia," ]
and $12,000 for "Tom Jones;" Dr. John- |
son, $G25 for "Hasselas;" Macaulay, !
$100,000 for the "History of England;"
Boswell, $~>000 for the "Life of Johnson
;" Dryden, $0000 for his translation
of "Virgil;" George Eliot, $10,000 for
"Romola;" Walter Scott, $3500 for the
first Waverlys, and large sums for later
anes, with $40,000 for "Woodstock,"
md $90,000 for the "Life of Napoleon;"
Zola, $80 for his first story, and $30,000 j
for "L'Assomiuoir;" Wilkie Colling, I
|25,000 for "Armadale;" Milton, $75 j
for "Paradise Lost;" Byron, $15,000 for
?,??? i i> ?_,i ton nr\r\ I
UUll tJHrtli, UUU '?p-VjVUV AVI V^XJUUC I
Harold;" Campbell, $100 for "Pleasures j
of llope;" Bums, $10 for the first edi- ]
lion of his works, and $3500 for the
last; Poe, $20for "The Raven;" l.ong- j
fellow, $4000 ($20 a liue) for the "Hang- ,
ing of the Crane," the highest price
ever paid for a poem; Whittier, $o00
for the copyright of his work3, which he
ifterward bought back for $1200; Tennyson,
$12 a line for "Revenge."
A Novel Pavement.
A newly patented pavement is said to
have been suggested by the surface of an
ulephant's tooth, which consists of intermingled
layers of hard and soft material,
>o that the process of wearing alwayfl
produces a series of ridges upon the surlace.
The new system of paving is the
idea of Mr. Ranyard, the English astronomer,
and comprises the use of
blocks having alternate hard and soft j
layers?such as Portland cement and a !
mixture of sand and cement?which are
set upon edge, so that the edges of these
lamine form a wearing surface. The
blocks are made four inshes high, and
may be worn to less than an inch witfcjut
becoming smooth like graniti
blocks,?Arkansas Traveler.
Baseball Outfits.
The cost of placing two baseball teamB
on the diamond is higher than might be
supposed from their simple-looking outfit.
In the first place, at least a dozen
bats are used. These cost $7.50. The
bati used by the League and American
Association clubs are of the "black
band" variety. They are turner! by
hand, and are of the best sea oned timber.
The catchers' gloves used by the big
associations are made of the heaviest
Indian tanned buckskin, padded and
furnished with sole leather tips. They
cost $5 a pair. A catcher's mask costs
$3./50, It is made of hard wire, padded
with goat hair, and the padding faced
with imported dogskin, and is impervious
to perspiration, ana is anvitys pimuiu
and soft. A "perfect supporter," used
by nearly all ball players now to support
the shoulder cap and elbow pieces, costs
$(>. The League belt, made of worsted
webbing, mounted with nickel-plated
tongue buckles, are sold for seventy-five
cents. The flannel shirts worn by the
players cost them $5 each, which item
alone represents more than $100 in a
baseball game. The shoes worn by the
players look like the cheap articles which
are sold for $2 in sporting goods stores,
but they are very different. They are
made of calf skin and cost $G a pair.
Many lookers-on at a baseball game
game wonder how the catcher's bodyprotector
Is made. The material is either
chamois or canvas, padded and quilted.
They sell at $10. Shoe plates have come
into use in the leagues. They are made
of steel, one for the heel and one for the
toes. A set costs $1. The player's
stockings cost $1.50 a pair and their
caps $1. The trousers aie of flannel and
cost $5 a pair. The outfit of each man
amounts in value to nearly $20. Then
every team must have a sole leather batbag,
for which it pays $15, and a set of
three bags, which costs $7.50.
The umpires this year use a "patent
celluloid umpire indicator" to keep a j
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be called. It is operated by the thumb
or finger while held in the palm of the |
hand. Since the number of strikes was
increased it was found impossible for
the umpires to keep tally after the
former style, and the indicator was
brought into use. It costs 75 cents.
Every league player now uses a sliding
pad to protcct him as he slides to the
bases. It is worn on the side and hip,
and is made of chamois leather. It's cost
is $2.50.?Commercial Advertiser.
A Boston Man'd Original Levee.
A young man in Boston who is going
abroad soon, wished to en'.ertain some
friends before his departure. He knew
they were surfeited with the ordinary
Style of evening parties. He wanted
something original. He invited ten
young ladies and nine young gentlemen.
As each guest entered the receptioniroom
he or she received a handsomely
engraved card which bore the mysterious
word "Causerie." A hint as to the
meaning of what would follow was given
by the quotation from ''Paradise Lost:"
"With tliee conversing, I forget all i
time." After his guests had .puzzled '
their brains trying to decipher the meaning,
the host volunteered an explanation.
Ten subjects were presented for discussion,
and he had chosen ten couple*
ko do the work. Instead of
spending* the evening in dancing,
Cach gentleman was expected to fill out
his card with the names of the young
ladies with whom he desired to talk. In
that rcspect it differed slightly from the
^election of partners for the dance. There
could be no wall-flowers. The conversation
must be general. Five minutes were
devoted to each topic, and at a s:gnal
from the host there was a general swapping
of partners and a complete change
jn the style of conversation. For in- !
ptance, the company opened the ball by
telling what they knew about "Boston
Busy B's, Baked Beans, Brown Bread,
Baseball, Big Brains,BloomingBeautie-,
Blithesome Bachelors." Whentheyoung
ladies had practically floored the gentlemen
in regard to the relative merits of
baked beans and brown bread as the
best method of producing big heads
on baseball tossers, they turned
their attention to the topic:
' The Lady or the Tiger?"Wh'ch?"
There was a strong division of opinion
on that. The others were: "Consciousness,"
"The real affinity between a redheaded
srirl and a white horse, "Boston
Fads," "Given a squirrel on a tree and a
man at the foot. Tbe man moves around
the tree, the squirrel does the same
thiug, keeping always on the opposite
side. Can the man go around the squirrel:"
""Will the opposition to the Andover
theology warrant the heathen in
adopting a protective tariff, excluding j
pur missionaries?" "Does an incubated |
Eien hive any maternal instinct?" and
he ladies were familiar with the last
opic for the evening: "Leap Year."?
iArgonaut.
How They Vote in Mexico.
The election for President in Mexico
has recently taken place, and a correspondent
of the Boston Herall tells how
the voting is done in that country. The
election takes place on Sunday, and the
polls were open all over the City of
Mexico. At most of the polling places,
situated in the' "zaguans," or porticos of
houses, there were two men sitting at a
small table. There was no ballot box or
electoral urn, merely printed forms on
which the citizen voting indicated in
writing his prefej^nce for elector and
then signed his name. It was very quiet
at all these places, and no soldiers were
to be seen at the polling places, and no
show of power in any form. All was as
democratic as nn election in any rural
town in Massachusetts. No loafers were
permitted, and nobody came up with a
bunch of ballots urging the voter to take
this or that ticket. There were no ward
politicians out, nor did any wear a badge.
Any one who desired voted without let
or hindrance. All the stories of troops
at the polling places, and of high-handed
interference with the nonulnr will, turned I
out to be mere bugaboos, like too many
Southern outrage yams in our Presidential
contests. True, very few people
voted, for the average citizen down here
is no politician, and so long as he can
go to bed at night in peace and get up in
the morning unawakened by canonading,
he lets politics run as they please.
The Swiss Good Night.
"The Swiss Good Night," refers to the
custom of the Swiss mountaineers of
tailing through their speaking trumpets
at dusk, "Praisethe lord God." One
herdsman starts the call, ana his neighbors
from every peak, echo it. The
sounds are prolonged by reverberation
irom one mountain to another. After a
'short period, which is supposed to have
been devoted to prayer, a herdsmen calls
"Good Night." This, too, is repeated,
and as darkness falls, each retires to his
hut. These calls may be heard for miles
and are re-echoed from the rocks, for
some minutes after the original call has ,
died away.?Detroit Free Press. I
Two artesian wells, recently sunk in
Sonoma Vailey, Cal., are considered to
be worth not lew than $10,000 each. One ,
jf them flows 90,000 gallons of water
per day and the other 100,000.
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A Eacle and Salmon.
Tho common eagle ia a bird of wonderfully
keen sight. At a height of j
eighty yards it can see a grass mouse or |
a stoat, and having once located ita
prey, it will swoop down with the speed
of an arrow, and rise with the victim in
its claws.
Mr. Samuel Wilmot, the superintendent
of the Canadian fish hatcheries at
Newcastle, Ontario, Canada, told nie the
following story about an eagle: A pair
of eagles built their nest near our house
well up in a large pine tree year in and
year out for many seasons. One autumn
the cold weather set in earlier than
usual, and the smooth parts of the
stream that ran by our house were fi ozen.
But the eagles still remained in the big
piue, uavts wiitsu luej new uuruttu iui
food. One morning, as I fat at the window
looking in the direction of the
pines, I noticed one of the birds leave
the tree and poise directly a' ove a rough
part of the river which was not frozen.
Then he went down like a bolt, and disappeared
under the water. I watched
with great interest to see what he would
fetch?watched one- two, three, four
seconds, but he did not appear. This
was something so unusual that I became
intensely interested. I stood at the
window for half a minute watching
where the bird had disappeared, and
then, sure that something had happened
to h:m, I snatched my hat and ran down
to where lay my little boat. After some
difficulty I managed to get it into the
open wale', and then po'ed to the spot
where the eagle had gone under. Looking
down, I saw the bird, his wings
partly extended, and held fast to the
bottom in some unaccountable wayWith
a grappling hook I drew him out.
Judge of ray surprise when there came
to the surface, beside the ea!?le, an enormous
salmon. It was for this splendid
prize that the eagle had made this
plunge. UI couisene naa ounea ma
strong sharp talons in the side of the
fish, but when he wanted to rise he
could not lift his prey. Neither could he
withdraw his talons from the salmon's
Bide, and so had perished. The fish
weighed a trile ?over thirty pounds.?
Harper's Young People.
An Organ of Paper Pulp.
A very original musical instrument has
recently been constructed at Milan,
Itaty?an organ whose pipes, instead of
being of metal, are of paper pulp. Its
history is quite curious. Father Giovanni
Crispi Rigshizo, having learned that
the parish dell'Incoranata, at Milan, was
destitute of music for the olices, conceived
the idea of devising a cheap material
that would permit of constructing
organs under such conditions that the
most unpretending communities could
purchase one of these instruments.
This monk, who had passed his life
in poverty, was confronted by lack of
money, and, notwithstanding his efforts
to carry out his undertaking, was be^in- j
ning to despair of success, when he had
thfi fortune to meet an artisan. Luiei I
Colombo, who undbrstood the construc- I
tion of the instrument and 'was good
enough to aid him in carrying out his
design. They both went resolutely to
work, and finally, in .June, 1886, finished
the instrument in question. Unfoitunnately,
by reason of lack of funds, they
could not exceed twenty-two registers,
forty-four pedals and 1400 pipes. The
final result, however, is extremely interesting,
since it is generally agreed that
the instrument possesses great power
and a sweetness of tone not found in
organs hitherto constructed.?New York
Telegram. -
They Never Fall.
No.3Fclton Market, New York City, )
January 36,1884. f
I have been using Brandreth's Pills for
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and I was afra d of being a cripple. I finally
J iMnnn-nloDiTTO T nnlf
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improve. I continued tak ng them for forty
days and I got entirely well. Now, whenever
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fail. J. N. Harris.
The Government decides to build two thousan
I miles of railways in southern Italy.
A Nnriow Escape.
"Yes, I had a very narrow escape," said a
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Yon sturdy oak whose branches wide
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Not long ago an acorn, small,
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