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AGPiICULTUIiAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FAR31 AND GARDEN. \K fea ' THE BOOK CURE FOR BALKERS. F S^There was a very balky horse in Dover,* N. H., which nobody could drive. A kind gentleman undertook to drive him through the "White Mountains. His owner laughed, and said: "You cannot drive him out of town, much less through the mountains." He said quietly: "I think I will manage him," and he did, in this way: He filled the carriage box with books, and when the horse balked he quietly flung the reins on the hook, took out a book and began to -1 ?j reau, anu war.cu pucunt uutu wc horse saw fit to start. This he did two or three times, and the horse was cured.? Our Dumb Animals. rGOOD R0AD9 INTO FIELDS. A farmer should take care to keep easy and safe ways of ingress and egress to his cultivated fields. ^More wagons are broken down by going through deep furrows or over ridges than by twice the travel on smooth highways. Oftea in repairing a road the pathmaster will, if not pre? vented, spoil the way in or out of a field that the .farmer has made. The farmer should not allow this to be done. The field, if good for anything, ought to load a wagon many times during the year, and will also require a good many heavy loads - rni? i 01 manure. 1 uc i'us>v uuiiauLt w mo j field may therefore be quite as important to a farmer as to have good roads in the middle of his highway.?Boiton Cultivator. i cnraxrxG sweet cream. ^ i It appears that experiments made both at the New York and West Virginia agricultural experiment stations have resulted very favorably for sweet cream churning. The cream should be churned at a temperature not above fifty.degrees. The result shows: 1. That sweet cream should be churned at a considerably lower temperature than acid cream. 2. That when the temperature is properly adjusted the fat is more fully recovered in churning s ffeet cream thau in churning sour cream. 3. That butter is much easier - ' J ireea irom rniu auu (c?juu? ic? .. v^ing. 4. That the flavor is genuine butter flavor?dependent more upon food and less upon uncontrollable changes in acidifying the cream.?New York Witness. ?Ta.-<?v feeding swixe. i In order to obtain the be3t results all around the pigs should be taught to eat a3 early in life as possible. In some cases this will be when they are about two ,weeks old. The time of teaching them |will vary. The 6ize of the litter in some eases, and in others the amount of milk given by the dam, will govern it. Teaching them to eat is best accomplished by Blacinxr a small trough out of reach of jthe dam and supplying it with warm, sweet, skimmed milk and soaked corn. ."When the pigs get fairly to eating be careful to increase the feed as gradually i, as th^pig's power of assimilation in'creases. Y Right here care should be exercised in feeding the dam. Avoid getting her <1 'off her feed." There is nothing so well "adapted to make young pigs grow as "their dam's milk. While feeding the 'pigs liberally the jow should be fed all 'ehewiil eat of the food best calculated to make her grre large quantities of milk. Good shores mixed with bran, or the shorts alone made into a slop and soaked (between feeds, accompanied by a few j ears of corn, make a good milk-giving | ration. f. hobtictltultal machinery stc9t come. j- The nest advance in mechanical appliances for the outdoor worker must be in the horticultural field, so dependent, until a few years ago, upon hand labor. 'Agricultural implements for breaking up [the soil and pulverizing it are adopted, I |"with modifications, to use of the orchardist. Special machinery has been made 1 to stir the soil even better than for field ctods. and to destroy weeds, and to work close to trees and vines. For ordinary .pruning it is difficult to believe that any thing better can be made than the saws and shears now in use. There i9 room for invention in the field of gathering and preparing fruit for the market, also in that most difficult and expensive operation of the entire season?the thinning out of surplus fruit. American fruit-growers, gardeners and florists need the utmost perfection of mechanical contrivances, and it is a mistake to suppose jthere is not likely to be any special advance in that field. In California, for . instance, prunes are now picked by machinery; then sorted and prepared for :the dr3'in? trays. A machine now in K. use will pit 1200 cherries per minute, and 'one boy can attend to it. Every appli' Mti'nn nf mpfli.-mies to the ? n -- horticultural field reduces the cost of such products to consumers and educates the laborer, while still allowing the producer a better profit.?Ncco York Tribine. " PRESERVING EGGS FOR MARKET. v An even temperature and protection from the air are the leading features in the preservation of eggs. The pores of (the shell must be stopped for two reasons : to prevent evaporation and the consequent drying up of the contents of the shell and to prevent the entrance of the 'air which in due time addles the eggs. Of the various plans for stopping the ipores the most popular and effective modes will be considered. [ p Liming is the most practical and effective method for preserving eggs in (large quantities. This method consists in placing the eggs as soon as gathered from the nests in barrels, kegs or vats, eufficiently filled with a preservative mixture of lime water to cover them. The eggs are left in this lime water until they are required for use or for sale", ^when they are carefully dipped out into topen crates, washed and drained. The milk of lime is made by dissolving guickilime in water at the rate of about one ,peck of lime to eight gallons of water. ;8alt and a small quantity of cream of Itartar are often added. Say one and a kihalf pounds of salt and five ounces of [cream ol tartar to eight gallons of lime [ water. The lime water 6hould be run [through a sieve and the hard lumps either crushed or removed. Where smaller quantities of eggs are to be preserved for family use the French plau of annointing fresh eggs with a mixture of olive oil and beeswax works well. In eight ounces of hot olive oil dissolve four ounces of beeswax and rub this over the Jeggs with a rag; then pack the eggs, * - .. broad end down, in wheat bran and keep in a cool place. Correspondents have reported success with the plan of packing eggs, broad end down, in dry salt. Other smear the eggs with linseed oil and pack in wheat bran. Preserved by whatever method, it is imperative that the eggs be fresh when packed and that the packages be kept in a cool place, where the temperature will be even as possible. ?Ncvo York World. FARM AND GARDEN NOTE3. Sow some turnips. Thin out the root crop. Keep preparing for the fair. Oversee your own threshing. l ms is tne season ior uuuumg. Clean the granary for new grain. Celery will do well in a shady, moist (not wet) place. Do not let any weeds go to seed around your house or barn. Look out or the suckers will crowd out last spring's grafts. Hoe your currant bushes as you do the rest of the plants in the garden. There is no more healthy summer drink than good, fresh buttermilk. In banking up celery be careful not to get soil into the hearts of the plants. Remember that one of the most important cares of the farm is the care of I health. Whoever depends upon the public for a market must consult the wants of the public. The kerosene emulsion will kill all kinds of plant lice. Try it on your cabbage. Generally the nearer the market the better the product when it reaches the consumer. There is no benefit in applying to your soil auy ingredient which it already has in abundauce. Early varieties of snap-beans and beets put in now may give you a nice dish before frost?try a few. Grow for home use what is liked at home; grow for the market what the market calls for. If you have a good crop of weeds in your corn field, be surprised if you harvest a good crop of corn. Farm work is hard work, but who can take a leisure day and feel it less in his business than the farmer? Jleep a vigorous growth of vegetables in all moist and malarial places. It will absorb the malarial gases. Happy is the one who possesses a thrifty vegetable garden within driving distances of a summer resort. Kti? /mmirliA ff)A Aitf. AUC yuwikv VUV VMVU?MV| VMV ?? ? I worm, the borer and the apple moth are the five greatest enemies of the farmer, and he must keep them down or they will keep him down. Beets are a good crop to grow for milch cows. They are more nutritious than turnips and do not impart the disagreeable flavor that is often noticed of milk from cows fed on turnips. Common sense urges farmers to give themselves and the teams a good long rest after the midday meal. Rarely is work so pressing as to make the non-observance of this rule profitable. Education does more for a poor farm than fertilizers. It grows better crops and breeds better stock. What many a poor farm, with its scrawny cattle and foul acres, wants is a heavy application r\f Krflinfl Look out for your hogs. When they are full give them a cool, comfortable place to sleep. This will make them grow and get fat rapidly, because they are satisfied. The place must be dry, clean and well ventilated. Offended the Empress. The Veritzins were nobles of enormous wealth and power. Paul held a high office in court. One night, glittering with jewels and orders, the young Prince, who was one of the handsomest men iD Russia, danced in a quadrille opposite the Empress. As she passed him in the dance, she fancicd that his eyes scanned her gross figure with covert amusement. After the quadrille she beckoned to him, and with a smile handed him her tiny ivory tablets, containing seven pages, one for each day in the week. On the first was written: "The Imperial ball-room, St. Peters ourg. On the last: "The mines, Siberia." He read it; his facc grew gray as tlia< j of a corpse, he bowed low, kissed hei I hand, and withdrew, "taking," says the j old chronicie, "his wife, the beautiful , Princess of Novgorod, with him." He was heard to say, as he left the ballroom : ! "My minutes are numbered; let us not i lose one." Flight or resistance was impossible. : The hold of Catherine on her victims i was inexorable as death. Prince Veritj zin was forced to remain passive in his j palace, while each day the power, the I ?.1 i j;fo o/ ! wtTiuiu, CLuu, tut ua|J|nucds iuai> uau given him were stripped from. First he was degraded from all his offices at Court; next, his estates were confiscated by the Crown; his friends wcri forbidden to hold any communion wit! him; his very name, one of the nobles' in Russia, was taken from him, and h< was given that of a serf. Then his wif( i and -children were driven out of the palace to herd with beggars." "On the last day," says the record, "Paul Yeritzin, in rags and barefoot, chained to a convict, batle an eternal farewell to his home, and departed to the dark and icy North. He was seen oi men no more."?Chatter. He Did a Wholesale Baslnoss. | ."une ume wane x was wiiu u prua! pecting party out in the mountains of Colorado," said the miner, "winter came on us and we had to go into camp for the season. We remained there so long that our salt meat bad grown to be monoton' ous, and so occasionally one of us would go out and shoot a mountain sheep or other game. One day Gunnison Jim took a stroll in search of fresh meat, but we were astonished to see him, verv j shortly after he started, coming down n hillside with leaps that would have done credit to Salvator, the late turf winner, or a giant kangaroo. As he neared the camp we saw he was pursued by a huge black bear, and as he came into the stockade, ten feet at a stride, he exclaimed between short breaths? 'Here ] come, boys, with meat enough for al> winter.*'"?Fairhaven {Waihingtonyfferaid, -r . . '' ft- ' ' WOMAN'S-WOULD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. GHAT IS FASHIONABLE. Gray, of tbe clear dove tint, that ho3 always been numbered among the artist's colors, is more frshioaable than ever before, not only for house, but fete, coaching and driving dresses. Heretofore silver and steel passementerie have been used used in trimming the soft, aesthetic gray gown; now white is chosen in silk mull, marabout, braid and lace borders.?New York Sun. KO IXOUSEWORK FOR ESKIMO GIRLS. An Eskimo girl has an indolent time of it. There is no housewojk to do. There are no household utensils of any kind; no brooms with which to sweep; even no water for washing. The blubber of the whales, the flesh of the polar bear | and fish?their only articles of food?are eaten frozen and raw. Only the very sick or old, or infants, ever taste heated meat. As for washing, an Eskimo does not understand the term.? Courier-Journal. "WHEN AN ARAB WIDOW MAfclUES. An Arab woman, when left a widow, mourns her husband devoutly, but, like other widows, if she has the opportunity she may be married again. The night before her second marriage she pays a visit to her first husband's grave. There she kneels and prays him not to be offended. As, however, she feels he will be offended, the widow brings with her a aonKey, laaen wna iwu guau> bmuo filled with -water. The prayer ended, she proceeds to pour the water on the grave, to keep the first husband cool under the circumstances about to take place; and, having well saturated him, she then departs.?Chatter. GENERAL LEE'S DAUGHTER. It is said that Miss Mary Lee, the youngest daughter of the General, has a most wonderful memory for names and faces. Once met, even the most ordinary person is never forgotten; years afterward she can call him by name and remember all the details of the former meeting. The young lady has spent the last five Vears in Portugal, France, Russia and the Island of Maderla. She is a tall, handsome woman, with charming manners and a conversational brilliancy that makes her the admired centre of all the parties she attends. She returned to America io witness the unveiling of the,statue of her father and will remain in this country until next spring, when she intends to sail for Rome.?Neva Fork World. FA.SUIOJ?'6 NEWEST COLORS. A long time ago people used to think that blue was essentially a colo/ for blondes and angels. Nobody can dispute its being the color for angels, but it certainly is not the one to be chosen by a blonde. The fair skin looks cold enough, and when blue, especially pale blue, is put near it the effect given is very undesirable, because what was clear white before becomes a pallor now. Blondes had much better wear any of the rose shades, bright scarlet, warm brown, or dark green, leaving the very trying pale blue to the brown-haired lassie with a bright color, or the warm brunette whose skin does uot know the unsightly touch of sallowness. Everybody likes a rosecolored lining, and to be in vogue this season everybody ought to have a rosecolored frock?in cotton or wool, in silk or tulle. It is always most charitable in bringing out one's best features and toning down one's worst. Combined with white the pink shades are as dainty as a bit of old china, and will suggest the pretty pink and white ladies whom Watteau painted on fans, who played at little Trianon with Marie Antoinette, laughed and jested, and yet did not fear when they had to face death on the guillotine for the sake of the King and Queen.?Ladiat Home Journal. A WOMAN ENGINEER. Chicago has a female engineer who runs an eugine at a laundry. The fact has been brought into prominence by a complaint made to the Board of Examining Engineers that she is working without a certificate. The law provides that all engineers shall procure certificates of ability, which shall bo issued to them upon their passing an examination, with which requirement this young woman has failed to comply. She has had charge of the engine tor two years, apd does her own firing, her own mending of broken machinery, and is, in fact, an uUut-rtimrl mpplmnic. nf r>r> mean abilltv. This phenomenon is good-looking, not over twenty-five, and manages to keep herself looking charming, even at the grimy work of her choice. She had, previous to her debut as an engineer, worked at the laundry, and, proving her mechanical ability by numerous tinkerings of machinery, was, when the proprietor found himself short an engineer, trusted with the charge of the little engine. All she needed was a trial, and now she reigns supreme, the goddess of the engine-room. "I expect to get a certificate for her," said her employer this morning. "She will have no trouble in passing the required examination, as she knows more about the machinery than half the male engineers."?New York Telegram. HINTS OS HAIR-DRESSING. More than a year ago M. Virgile, the celebrated Parisian hair-dresser, declared that the hair must again be worn low on the neck, either in Catogan or in plaits coiled together like the Catogan. The fashion has very recently been adopted in New York, and it is having a hard struggle for existence, as it is undeniably unbecoming to the majority of faces. A long face should not have the hair arranged. so low as to make it look longer, and a short round face appears shorter when the hair is placed directly in the back. A woman with a long facc should dress her hair at the back of the head "hnlf high." The curly bangs should be brought over the forehead and temples to broaden the face. If the neck is very long it should be covered somewhat with short curls or frizzes. The round-faced womau finds herself most charming with * 1 i i i .1 rrL - ner uair aretseu nign oil ner neau. mc Cutogan loop may be worn if she has a loDg neck. "Women with broad foreheads should dress the hair high, with very little on the temples. The woman with the low brow will find the pompadour becoming. Unfortunates with reading foreheads should have the hair welt curled in front, and tbc bad effect of high.cheek bones , . -w. . " > can be modified by arranging the hair in a cluster of small curls on the temples. The coming fall 6tylc will be the full, wavy appearance nil over the head, with a loosely twisted knot low in the nape of the neck. The wavy effect is gained by the use of the Lentheric pins, without irons or heat. The result is a natural wave, large and deep, which makes the hair look doubly thick. The process is very simple, and the relief from gas or spirit lamp delightful.?New York World. FASHION NOTES. Necklaces of all kinds have been revived. Bonnets are as small and hats as large as it is possible for woman to wear them. Cornflowers, fleur-de-lis and orchids are used for decorating the picture hats. Entire bodices or waists made of beads on a foundation of net are something new. Even the dresses of toddlers uncertain of locomotion brush the ground and raise the dust. Some of the full sleeves are tied in at three places with bands and bows of bright ribbons. Deep girdles, well boned after the peasant bodice, are put on the new toilets of white and figured silk. Narrow handkerchief hems are liked,, with trimming of the popular and always refined Valenciennes lace. Small bonnets made entirely of ostrich, feathers with a tiny bird one side, i3 a novelty just fresh from the other side. In outing shirts stripes are the rage,, but plaids are also popular. They come' in cheviots,Madras,flannel, silk and other; material. In blazers, solid colors are rather diiv-; ing out the stripes, which have prevailed long enough to become monotonous, if ilUl> WlUliiVUi The striped wool-and-cotton flannels are liked for summer petticoats, with stripes of color on white, and the edges scalloped with color. Dresses are no longer made of piece lace, but flouncings of both white and black. The old-time flounces of real lace are very desirable. Gold is in favor. There is a rage for gold lace, gold braid, gold passementerie and gold ribbons. Gold collars have lost none of their worshipers. The so-called cream breakfast coat is a white flannel jacket made with a loose front, lined with pale blue silk and trimmed with gold braid. Jljvhite flanqcljjhirt a_ad jacket with navy blue" or red blouse of surah or Indian silk is a striking and pretty dress for tennis or for yachting. Flannel gowns for tennis, yachting or general yachting wear have plain flanuel for the skirt and jacket, with a blouse of striped flannel, wash ailk or percale. The ladies do not tiro of the blazer or neglige coat. It grows in favor and the new shapes make their appearance almost daily. The vest is made to match. Collars, cuffs, plastrons, bands and ruffles are powdered with small flowers, stars or dots wrought in grayish blue pink or red cotton, and buttonholed in scallops of color. Brown is the favorite color for shopping, walking or traveling gowns. The material is one of the light woolens made for summer wear. These come in plaids, checks, stripes and figured effects, or polka dots. Some of the prettiest dotted Swiss muslins have large woven spots over the greater part of their surface, and a wide border of open embroidery in designs of eyelets -with scallops of eyelets on tne edge. This scalloped border is used on the waist to form a fitted corslet, its scalloped edge coming up high around the bust, and its seams joined by beading or ladder stitching; above this finishing out the high-necked waist, is a full guimp2 made of bias puffs of plain Swiss muslin joined by beading, with a double ruffle of Valencienncs lace around the neck. Chinese Pottery Swindles. The Chinese potters are guilty of the grossest swindles in the production of bogus old porcelains. What are known jis single color porcelains, that is. pottery in one tint, like the beef's blood, liver, blue, peach, apple green and other colors command almost fabulous prices from collectors. The value of ancient Chinese ware in their estimation rests on its perfect color and its age. The modern potters of China imitate the ? t - ? '1 ar>-\ Awl.'P nf fV>A nn/i!nnf colors auu mi: irautummo v 1 iuv uuv.iv.uu potters on the bottoms of vases and other objccts. There they dispose of the forgeries to the agents of American and English houses who reside in China and are constantly on the lookout for such prizes. Every great piece of pottery manufactured in China in the past has been counterfeited. The leading collectors of the world, public and private, have been imposed on with thes3 forgeries. They arc next to impossible to detect, except by the Chinese themselves, but there are a few experts in this country and abroad who can be re lied on to form a lair judgment of the fulse from the true. They go mainly by the sound of the pottery when it is rapped rather than by its colors. Although the sinful Celestial of the present day can imitate old colors and old signatures, he cannot, it is said, reproduce the peculiar quality of clay out of which the ancient pottery was made; and the ring of his productions is harsher and less musical than theirs. It is by this that the experts detect his dishonesty.? Neva York Neics. 01ovc3 of Chicken Skin. Gloves of chicken skin were in vogue in the early part of the seventeenth century. These were used at night to give the hand whiteness and delicacy. Thin and delicate gloves were llrst made at j T imain/tIf TKrtt? wnrfl ca fliin fVinf +Ji ot? I JJlLUV^ilVIVf 1 11V'V n tiU OU bUiU VUMV kUWJ could be pi.t in a walnut shell. Gough says tliat gloves were not worn by all women before the Reformation. But this is not absolutely correct, for Chaucer speaks in his translation of the,(Romauut of the Rose," of Idleness; And for to keep her hands fayra, Of gloves white she had a pair. Keep Books Well Aired. Nothing is more disagreeable than the musty odor of books. Housewives are often puzzled to know where the odor comes from, and not stopping to think that the books require dry air constantly. The musty odor of the book-case betaken6 the decay of the volumes. Lattice doors with light curtain* pre the best devices [of ^bookcases.?Htvt Jorh Journal. > "* # .-' "TpoIson mamt AN EXTRAORDINARY EPIDEMIC OF CRIME IN INDIA Hnge Placards Displayed Every" where. Saying, Beware of the Poisoners?Assassins Peddling Death-Dealing Food. The epidemic of poisoning which broke out early in the year has now extended over a large proportion of India, and throughout many districts a virtual reign of terror exists, writes a Calcutta correspondent of the of the New York Tribune. At more than half the railroad stations huge placards are displayed, saying, not as in America, "Beware of pickpockets," "Beware of poisoners." Detailed warning is also given to travelers against accepting the hospitality of the natives, or purchasing drinks or eatables of any kind. These precautions are rendered necessary by the fact that organized bands of poisoners have infested the railways,'neddlins fruit, cakes, drinks, etc., to passengers, chiefly at the stations. Their wares are poisoned, and scores ot persona have met death at their hands. Moreover, the inhabitants of the villages themselves have taken up the trade, and poison those whom they receive as guests. In these latter cases the object appears to be plunder, but in the former it can only be arsimple desire to murder, since poisoners have no opportunity to rob the bodies of their victims. A perfect mania for such crimes has for some time prevailed on nearly all routes of 1 ravel throughout India, and in spite of .the police the hoirible trade is still pursued. mi ? * mere is niso a mania for .poisoning for all sorts of purposes; for vengeance, for plunder, for torture, for the fulfilment of religious vows. In many cases the food exposed for sale in markets has been poisoned wholesale. The reports of the Government chemist, who analyzes all articles seized on suspicion of poison, are most startling in character and give such a picture of human depravity as can scarcely be found elsewhere. Among the cases was a curious one reported from Satara. A n army blacksmith complained that some poison, possibly corrosive sublimate, was mixed with his food by his assistant in the workshop, with the object of getting promotion after his death. He did not eat flnv nf fhfi fnnr\ hut nnlo Suspectecut of containing poison. On inquiry the policc found that he had poisoned the food himself,and then falsely Efccused his fellow-workrnai^and^. packet of arsenioua oxide was found in his pos^ session. Arsenic, from its easy accessibility, has always held the first place In Indian criminal records!, opium coming, of course, nest. Last year the proportion was fifty per cent, arsenic and thirtyone per cent, opium, and, broadly speaking, the proportion is much the same for the past t$n years. Another substance used with deadly intent is pounded glass, which is put in bread, cakes and rice. One case is reported from Nazik, in which a woman confessed to having pulverized a lot of glass jewels which she had been wearing, and to having mixed the glass with bread, which she gave her husband to eat. In the mniorifcv of instances rlurinr* the last ten years of poisoning, however, the attempt has generally proved futile, the coarseness and grittiness of the glass at once exciting suspicion. Evidently the skill of the old Venetians in this directioc has no parallel in India, where, indeed, glass would oniy seem to be used as the handiest article within reach,when arsenic, opium and dhatura are not readily procurable. Dr. Lyon, in his exhaustive "Manual of Medical Jurisprudence for.India," records only one fatal case of poisoning from pounded glass in India. This was in 1876, and death ensued in forty-eight hours. The oddest of these records of Dr. Lyons s is that of a woman -who swallowed a quantity of coarsely pounded glass in order to "scour out her 6tomach." She came very near scouring out her soul as well, but with prompt emctics and skilful treatment she recovered. A favorite modium in which to administer poisons is-sweetmeat. In one case a man approached in an entirely friendly way a police Sepoy. He gave the Sepoy some sweetmeats, and the latter began eating them, but, finding the material gritty, spat it out. Out of 860 grains of this sweetmeat, there were subsequently extracted G10 grains of arsenious oxide. In another instance two children died after eating sweetmeats, calmly given them by a woman who had quarreled with their parents. A post-mortem revealed the presence of 100 grains of arsenious oxide in the stomach of one of the children. Perhaps the most remarkable of recorded cases of this sort, however, was that in which five of the inmates of a leper hospital in Bombay were suffering from irritant poisoning. An examination showed that some sweetmeats they hnd eaten contained arsenious oxide to the extent of twelve grains per ounce, and some tamarind about fifty grains per pound, some of the fragments of arscuious oxide in this case being as large as small beans. Inquiry revealed the fact that these messengers of death had been adminictered in the most matter-of-fact way by a leper who wanted to get another leper out of t>o way, so that he might marry his wife; and as no plan occurred to him of isolating his victim, he had coolly to poison the whole group. T> ?r _ T T Tln/? Aiuuiauvu ui u liuup-juust uiuc. It will be remembered by old timers the cxcitement engendered in 1865 by the silver bearing rock brought to Fort i Simeoe, Washington, by an old Indian named Zokeseye. During that summer Mortimer Thorpe, Charles A. Splawn and others put in their undivided time looking for the mine. A man named Walker gained the confidence of Zokeseye, who promised to reveal the locatiou of the treasure; but Walker, after visiting the rock, which showed up marvelously rich, died before again reaching this place,and Zokeseye dying soon afterward the secret was lost. Sincc then there have been 1? - 1..1 -3 many searcning panics ior uie icngu, uuu probably no one has been more persistent in the hunt than Captain J. T. Simmons, of Yakima, who on Wednesday returned from the mountains with a flour sack full of specimens, and, with some pardonable mystery, claims he has fnund the longsought Zokeseye mine. He says it is no wonder the location has not before been rediscovered, as the placc is so inaccessible tliat even his sheperd dog could not follow him to it. The rock has bccc deposited in the First National bank, and is the wonder cf those who are competent to judge ore. Experts say it will jHd $200 per ton^- Yakima Herald. Gladstone's Library. In Mr. Gladstone's library of 25,0J0 volumes are two which were given to him in 1815, when the future statesmun ind bibliophile celebrated his fifth birthday, one of the two shabby little booklets being the gift of the admirable Mrs. Hannah More?his "Holy Hannah" as Horace Walpole used to call her?then already seventy years of age, but taking jjreat delight in clever children, in which class her young friend, "Billy'' Gladstone, was conspicuous.?Atlanta Cont titution. A Regiment of Flat Noses. The news comes from St. Petersburg, Russia, of the centenary celebration of the First Regiment of the Guard?the regiment raised by the Czar Paul. The men of the regiment had to be the tallest that could be found in the empire, but it was incumbent also that only flatnosed men should be enlisted into this favored corps, in order to accomodate the peculiar headpiece which they wear. The conditions are, as far as possible, moinfoino^ tn fllic v f1him.no Ne\?&. 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Call it a "No*-) trum" if you will, but believe us whea. we say that at first it was compounded after a prescription by a regular phyn* , m'dn with no idea that it would ever g* ?1 on the market as a proprietary medicine. Why is it not just as good as though ^ costing fifty cents to a dollar for a prescription and ao equal sum to have it put up at a drug store? I If yonaro thinking of building a houc yououjhl to buy the new boot, P(iHi?er'i Araofienn Areb* Iteci nro, or every man a complete builder,prepttjl byPalliser, Palliserfc Co.. the weilknown trchiusoS v ^ri)re l9,not a Builder or apy one lntendia* ta build or otherwise lnUre*te<l that can afford to M ytbout t. It Is a practical work and everybody buw it The bast, cheapest and mostpopnlar Korknrm ?5.Bu"dln(r. 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