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A $50.0(XTLUMP.
FIVE POUNDS OF BLUE CLAY ALL
STUDDED WITH DIAMONDS.
It Was Smuggled Out of the Kiinfoerley
Diamond Mines by a Kaffir,
and Brought to This
Country.^
TAKE a good-sized lump'of
bluish putty, knead it into a
rough truncated pyramid,
stick 6mall bits of white and
yellow and pale blue glass into the
surface at random and leave the putty
to harden, and when it is hardened
the result will be a very fair imitation
Of the most extraordinary specimen of
diamondiferous earth ever brought to
this country. This specimen is now
in the possession of Benjamin W.
Levy, a diamond dealer of this city,
who bought it in and brought it from
ACTUAL SIZE OF THE i
South Africa. The illustration shows
the exact size of the lump of earth.
On the surface of this lump of earth,
which is called blue mass, are fortyfive
diamonds of good size, while
many other smaller oDes can be seen
glinting through a thin encrustation.
Bine mass is the regular diamond
matrix, the earth of all the Kimbarley
minps nf South Africa. It dissolves
like lime under 240 pounds pressure
in water. On an average this earth
yields about $12 worth of diamonds to
the ton. If it were all as rich in diamonds
as this lump supposably is,
reckoning; from what appears on the
surface of it, the yield would be somethink
like six million dollars a ton.
Mr. Levy says that until he finds an
/* X ray that will show up the interior
of the specimen he can't tell tbe commercial
value of his prize. As a curiosity
he considers it worth about
$50,000.
Of the diamonds on the surface of
nf aa.rt.Vi ffiA larnr^at ia rPrtV
VUV ?'*V,VV W* V ?V ? -
oned to weigh about sixteen or seventeen
carats. This one is nearly round,
and almost completely encrusted with
the blue mass. It is not of very good
quality. The best of the stones appears
to be of about four carats
freight. Several of the diamonds are
almost perfect octahedrons, while othars
show almost equal geometrical
regularity, but less complexity. The
owner thinks that the surface value is
About $1200. Undoubtedly thero are
other diamonds inside the mass, and
what the entire value of the diamond
field would be can only be guessed at.
Mr. Levy refuses to say what he paid
for the specimen, but he states that,
in addition to the money, it cost him
x great deal of worry and anxiety to
get it out of Africa, as only gems
brought through the regular channels
THE PARTY THAT GOT THE DIA]
can be taken out through Capetown,
the customs officials seizing all oth*
! era. This little bunch of gems was
not bronght through the regular channels.
It was bought from a Kaffir
who was murdered shortly after the
sale, presumably because the murderers
expected to find the proceeds of
the sale upon him, in which they were
probably disappointed. Kaffirs do
- - a 1 .1 U L
IQOt curry iargt> auuis ui guiu auuub
with them. Here is the story of the
blue mass so far as Mr. Levy chooses
to tell it:
"It was found," said Mr. Levy to a
Bus reporter to whom he was showing
the specimen, "in 1891, in one of
the Kimberley mines, 1800 feet below
the earth'B surfaoe. A Kaffir picked
it up just as it is there. How he managed
to get it to the surface of the
tarth is beyond my power to tell; almost
beyond it to imagiue. Only one
who knows of the rigorous watch kept
[>y the overseers upon the. Kaffirs who
pork the mmee can comprehend the
Inormous difficulties of getting out
Inch a lump of earth as that. Why,
Lbout the only way they can get singie
[tones is by swallowing them.
i"Let me digress a moment tc ten
on something about the mine work.
11 the diggers are natives, mostly
iaffirf. They come from their own
ind four days on foot to work in the
tines, and get enough money to go
ome and buy a wife from their King.
11 the women are owned by the King,
ho sells them to the men. That's the
av the royal exchequer is kept up.
wife represents a long term
labor in the mines, so the Kaffir is not ,
above decreasing his period of service
by secreting a few diamonds abont
him if he can. To keep the men from
getting away with all the diamonds,
the company has an overseer for every
six or eight workers. As the Kaffirs
work with no clothing other than an
extremely small breech clout, opportunities
lor external concealment are
very small. Every one of them is
carefully searohed every day before
he leaves the mine. There are three
punishments for Kaffirs oaught stealing
! diamonds. One is whipping; and it
is no joke the way it is done there. 1
The second is imprisonment, whioh is
likely to include whipping, and the
third is being commitea to me Dre&ts.water
to break stones. In spite of
all these precautions there are many j
diamonds stolen yearly.
"Well, to come back to the subject,
it is almost inexplicable how a five
pound lump of diamond earth could
be brought oat without discovery.
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Am
Pylft 0
>50,000 LUMP OF CLAY.
Possibly the finder of it may have kept
it concealed for months in the mine
before he could get it up; and undoubtedly
there was concerted action
on the part of several men. They
" 1- A 1.1 A??
generauf wors logemer. a.uy ???,
brought out it was, and by this fellow.
"
Mr. Levy put his finger on the figure
in the photograph, on the far left,
then he changed it to the figure in the
background on the left.
"And that chap was my scout," said
he. "I had employed him before
when I was in South Africa, and he
told me of this wonderful lump of
earth which a fellow tribesman of his
had huried. It was in Christiania, up
north of Kimberley. I had gone there
by ox wagon with my brother and
three other white men. We had about
thirty boys?Kaffirs and Zulus, that
is, they're always called boys?with
the party. The Kaffir who had the
diamonds was to meet my scont and
1-i- i.i? J?i it.. i.
complete me ueai, vuc
already been set and accepted. .None
of as whites figured in the transaction
as principals. My scout took out the
money and brought back the chunk of
blue mass, and that is all there was to
it. The other Kaffir?it's inconvenient
not to have any name to call him
by, but the only name any of them
have is just 'boy,' so far as their employers
are concerned?the other Kaffir
joined our party for a time. He told
me that he Lad been whipped for some
act of his in the mines, and he felt
very revengeful over it. The picture
in which you see him was taken outside
of Christiana jnst before that 'boy'
left us. On his way back to the mines
he was murdered, but it isn't likely
that the murderers got any money, for
those fellows bury their stuff. They
work in combinations, ten or a dozen
MOND CLAY FROM THE KAFFIR.
to a combination, and pool their interests.
All that they get is buried in
some secret spot, and they take tarns
in guarding it. I have never heard of
one of them playing the others false,
although they are trioky enough in
their dealings with the whites. Of
course, the fact that death in some
terrible form would be the punishment
of any breach of faith acts as a
deterrent.
"Having got our diamonds, the next
thing to do was to get them out of the
country. If you go out by the southern
coast you have to show a bill of
sale for every gem in your possession,
and you are searched pretty carefully,
too. That is the sort of protection
the company gets from the Government.
Of course I couldn't show any
bill of sale for my purchase. The
; thing to do was to get out of the counI
try some other way. We struck across
I country with our ox wagons until we
came to the river, and then traveled
by water to the coast. On the way we
had some great hunting. The animals
you see in the picture arc wild beasts
shot near Christiania.
"If I were a writer," concluded Mr.
; Levy, "I could write a book worth
reading about tho diamond trade of
the Kaffirs down there; but the most
interesting chapter I'd have to leave
oat because I won't ever know the
truth of it; how that boy got the live
pound lump of dirt and diamonds,
from the shelf, 1800 feet down, up to
iv it-> f o. 4.1._
itilt) B Buriftuc iu nuo inuo \jl vug
most perfect inspection syefeem in the
I world."?Now STork Sun.
WOMEN IN HIttH HATS.
In Baden Hats Are Always High and
the Fashion Never Changes.
It is commonly believed that the
high hat is a very modern thing. Id
faot, the centenary is said to be due
FA9HI0NABLE LADIES OP BADEN.
in 1897. Bat there is a country in
fiermftnv wh?ri? it has bean worn far
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hundreds of years, and, curiously
enough, the wearers are of the female
sex. The women of Elzthal, Schonach
and other neighboring valleys in the
Grand Duchy of Baden wear high
hats as part of their best clothes.
An Elzthaelerin in her holiday or
Sunday clothes is one of the most picturesque
sights that the entire picturesqne
feminine sex can offer. She
I is, in a majority of cases, a buxom,
pleasing person, and her strange headgear
adds to the commanding character
of her aspect.
The hat is slightly higher thctn the
kind usually worn by men of this and
other highly civilized parts of the
J An n*?A aaH rr
wunu. 1UO DiUUO OLO ^C&lCWViJ
straight, a fashion which has prevailed
among American and English (men,
but has not been seen for several
years. It is, in fact, of the variety
which has been called the "stovepipe."
In the happy and antiquated
community of Elzthal the fa3hions do
not change perceptibly in the courso
?f a hundred years. A girl is happy in
the possession of one, or at most two
high hats, and her father or husband
should be happy in '.the knowledge
that she does not want more.
When it comes to the brim there is
some difference between the Elzthal
woman's hat and that of conventional
man. The brim turns down slightly
at the sides, and two ribbons are attftfhfirl
hftrft. which Dassnnder the chin
and hold the hat on the head. Even
in primitive Elzthal woman does not
go the length of wearing a hat large
enongh to fit her. It most perch
lightly on top of her hair, and be secured
by something more than its own
weight.
These high hats are often handed
down from mother and daughter, and
are a source of much pride. Although
they are in many cases very old, they
are kept in excellent condition, and
show less damage than a threemonths-old
spring hat as worn by an
American woman. They are made of
felt just stiff enongh to hold its shape.
The hats are reputed by ancient tradition
to be very healthy to wear, because
they interpose an air chamber
between the heat or the cold and the
top of the head. The women of Elzthal
and Schonach do not suffer from
baldness, a misfortune which is supposed
to be produced among men by
the use of the high hat.
Dip a Razor in Boiling Water.
nld.fftnhinnpd harhpr imagined
that the cutting qualities of a razor
were benefited by dipping it in very
hot or boiling water," explained a
takative knight of the razor. "He
thought the razor was improved because
the hot water removed a resinous
substance which collected on it.
The razor was improved, but not for
the reason given. It has been found
out that a razor or other fine steel
cutting tool is best tempered at a heat
of 212 degrees. That is the exact point
of heat where the best edge oan be put
on a razor. Two hundred and twelve
degrees of heat is also boiling point of
water, and consequently when a razor
is dipped in boiling water it gives it a
new edge again. The old-fashioned
barber was right, therefore, though
ha did not know why he was right."
Kites That Carry Men.
Five huge kites were used at Christohurch
Park, Ipswich, by Lieutenant
Powell a. short time ago to demonstrate
the possibility of raising a man
from the ground for reconnoitering
purposes in time of war. A. wioker
oar was attached to the kites and held
the aeronauts. Dnrinc the trial it
was prevented from taking too high a
flight by an anchorage rope held from
below and paid out from a windlass.
An ascent of abont fifty feet was successfully
made by three persons
separately, it only requiring the letting
out of more rope to have extended
this distance.?Cleveland PlainDealer.
American Snake With Three Heads.
Dr. Shaffer, a noted Iowa naturalist,
recently added to his collection of
serpents a . remarkable three-headed
snake. The reptile, the first of its
kind ever discovered, is perfectly
formed. Its three heads are of exactly
the same size and shape. Its various
necks are joined at the same place to
its body.
This remarkable reptile was discovered
by William Price, a farmer,
about three miles from Elizabeth,
P?nn Whilo Pri/?o to a a r?r>ftirin?v A
fence he found a snake's nest, filled
with eggs. Ho broke the eggs. To
his amazement, a snake with three
distinct heade crawled from one of the
shells. Price killed the snako and
THE SNAKE WITH THREE HEADS.
oarried it home. It was afterwards
AvUtKifa/? Tr**? c/3xro**n.l rlava in ShflTflr'fl
drug store at Elizabeth before being
' sent to Shaffer's brother, the Iowa
1 naturalist.
DRESS DE8IGNS. J
NEW AND DAINTY DEVICES IN
FEMININE FASHIONS.
A Stylish Jacket With DoubleBreasted
Vest, and Hat to
Match?Smart Frock for
a Young Girl.
T A WM.finT ADrn
I / AA Tl M-WliV/XliJl/ UIUBUOlUllUj
1=/ embelished with nut-brown
J velvet, is represented in one
CT of the most popular of the
season's novelties, as shown in the
first large pioture. The stylish top
garment is lined throughout with twotoned
silk, showing Nile green and
scarlet tints. The stylish hat is tastefully
trimmed with shaded ribbon,
handsome ostrich tips and paradise
aigrette. The coat, of fashionable
length, is provided with a doablebreasted
vest shaped with single darts
LADIES' JACKET WITH DC
md 3eam in the centre front, the clos- c
ng being effeoted on the left side with 1
mttons and bntton holes. Contrast- j
ng material is applied to the reversed t
portion of the fronts, which roll backward
to form the deep graduated
! 'avers. The shapely back has the nsnal
, jentre, side-back and under-arm Beams
I iprung below the waist line and laid in
)ox plaits at the lower edge. Medium
rizea pearl buttons are used as decoraion.
A distinctive feature is the fanliful
and protective collar that flares
tylishly at the top, its lower edge beng
joined to a deep standing band
hat fits the neck closely. Pocket
aps cover the openings to inserted
sockets and deep bell-shaped cuffs
inish the stylish gigct sleeves.
Bough and smooth faccd coatings
ire equally adapted for this style, bat
imooth faced cloths in rich shades of
jreen, blue, dahlia, tan and dove for
iressy occasions, contrasting pretiily
with velvet or heavy corded silk. A
jailor finish should be employed when
the jaoket is made all of one material.
A YOUNG GIRL'S FBOCK.
Two of the newest colors are exquisitely
blended in the smart little ?
{rock depicted in the second big en- 1
graving. This frock shows a handsome <
I plaid in cinnamon-brown, cross- J
GIRLS' PL A
borrecl with yellow and deep violet,
brown velvet being used for the
6leevcs and yoke, with ribbon velvet
trimmings to match. The jaunty little
hat of cinnamon-brown felt, with
bands of violet taffeta and o large bow
of ribbon in changeable taffeta and
ostrich tips forming a charming addition.
The waist is arranged over a fitted
lining, which closes in the centre-back
with small buttons and buttonholes.
The front has a narrow pointed yoke
! of velvet, to the lower edge of which
the ftill portion is joined, lorming a
broad double box plait, which droops
perceptibly at the waist line, with
blouse effect over the narrow belt of
velvet. Graduated revers that form
pointed epaulettes over the fall short
puffs of the stylish sleeves are decorated
-with buttons. The neck is completed
by a standing band of velvet,
with tiny points of the contrasting material
above. The full straight skirt
is gathered at the top and sewed to
the lower edge of the .waist.
The mode is appropriate for growing
girls, and may be developed in a combination
of silk and wool, or velvet
and woolen goods, with decoration of
braid, gimp or ribbon velvet.
child's empire jacket.
Ladies' oloth in light tan color was
chosen for ?hin otvlinh lift,Id ton car
ment so admirably adapted for autumn
wear. The upper part of the jacket
ia a deep, square joke fitted by
shoulder Beams. The back is laid in a
wide box-plait on either side of the
centre. The loose fronts are laid in
similar plaits at eaoh side, and close in
?UiJLE-BREASTED VEST
Jouble-breasted fashion) the right
ront overlapping the left, and finish*
ng with four large ornamental batons.
A stylish acoessory is the deep
CHILD'S JACKET FOR COOL W?ATH?B.
sailor collar forming three points both
back and front outlined on its free
idges with deep eoru laoe. A pretty
rolling collar with flaring ends oom-'
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pletes the neck. The bishop sleeves, !
fashionably full, are gathered at the 1
top and tiniahed at the wrists with
deep miffs. The model will deveiop
serviceably in all seasonable coatings J
for dressy occasions or general wear, 1
care being taken, however, to select 1
the delicate colors so becoming to |
children, such ae dove color or the ;
richer shades of olive, heliotrope, j
dahlia or foliage greeD. Tomakothi? 1
jacket for a child four yearn of a<je,
nnft And nnfi-nnarter vards of materia) 1
forty-four inches wide is required.
It is rather suggestive that baby 1
girls should talk sooner than boys.
gyjiMAIri.TiI 1 M ! nil
PEACHES ON PLXJM STOCK. D
Wherever it is desired to grow *
peaches on heavy soils it is a good e
uian to bnd the peaoh on the plum. ^
They are nearly enough related to *
v? it.:. TTTi.ii_ 11. a
ULia&e viiio uuiuu a ouuueiH. Willie iud ?
pear toots will not suffer in olay as i'
tfhose of the peaoh would do, thej' will 8
Supply more and better mineral plant h
food for the peach apper growth than
the latter would get on its own roots. P
But on heavy soil either for plums or t
peaches there should be thorough uuderdraining
to seoure the best results. F
?Boston Cultivator. *
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BWOLIiBN CHEESE. 1
Huffy cheese, as it is termed, when '
cheese swells up and craoks and exudes 6|
a bad-odored fluid, is caused by im- I
purity in the milk, derived either from i
the water, which is apt to be bad just
at this time, or to some other cause
which produces a putrid decomposition
of the cheese, with production of gas,
by which the oheese is burst. When h
cheese is in this condition it is too late 1
for core. Bnt the method of prevan- ?
tion is to striotly avoid anything in
the milk that is of impure origin, as, t
for instanoe, impnre water from stag- a
cant places or moldy or rank, coarse 11
feed from swampy ground. At the e
late summer time this is to be oare- <3
fully guarded against. The way to 8
cure it in the curd when freBh made
and seen to be filled with gas, whiqh
causes it to float on the whey, is to
scald the whey and thoroughly cook
the curd in it, by which the germs are
destroyed. ?American Farmer.
SIMPLE FRAMING OP BUILDINGS.
There has been a wonderful change ~
in recent years in the manner of framing
buildings, reducing the size of
timharn tihai! and rininor mnnh lanannf..
ting of mortifies and tenone. .Bat .
there are still other changes in the
direction of simplicity that are not
commonly known. One of these is ?
shown in the accompanying sketch, !'
which very nearly explains itself. In- v
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AN INEXPENSIVE HODSB FRAME. t
stead of a heavy sill, a two-inch plank [
is laid npon the stone foundation, 0
bedded into the cement. Upon this $
are laid the planks that are to support c
the door boards. These are spiked to f
the uprights, which are themselves ^
spiked to the sill plank. The same jplan
of spiking the frames can be oar- ~
ried out in the upper portion of the j:
building. In this way all the frame is i
make of plank, and no mortising or
tenoning is required. Thia plan is
highly useful for. small buildings,
while thfere are plans to use a some- ,
what similar construction in the fram- 5
ing of barns.?AmericanAgrioulturist.
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DEMAND FOB GOOD DRAFT HORSES.
a
There is always domand for good ji
draft horses, and farmers who have the v
oonraffe and enercv to raise them cat .
the profit. Scotch farmers have not B
been discouraged by the ship loads of a
oheap American horses, but have Be- a
cured the very best sires to breed the T
best heavy draft geldings that sell a
high and are above all foreign compe- $
tition, and they are on the lookout for j,
good horses to mature at a good profit. 0
It does no good to sit down and oom- n
plain. Thoy meet the competitor and n
low prices with a better class of horses, j
The Scottish Farmer says: "Farming a
affords to the open-minded man nu- n
merons openings for ezeroising his tal- ?
ents and abilities. To the man who is ^
determined to be oiroumsoribed in Uis ^
ideas and aims, agriculture may be a ^
close corporation. .Such a man can D
shut himself up and eee nothing be- e
yond; but, to the man who looks out, c
there is in agriculture plenty of outlook.
These thoughts are suggested ],
by the really first olass exhibition of *]
draft stallions seen at a parish show ^
near Glasgow within the past ten days. ^
Many of the farmers in that locality a
have found it profitable to purchase n
good, growing young horses, to keep Q
them always improving, and finally
to sell for city work. To farmers pos- ?
sessed of the requisite skill, with hold- ^
ings from 150 to 250 acre?, the profit 8
thus derived is an important addition
to revenue, and such have felt somewhat
keenly the effect of the diminished
profits following on the excesEive
importation of cheap horses from
abroad. Thie is likely to be a tem- P
porary check, and the gelding trade is ^
still a paying venture."?Farm, Field ^
and Fireside. ?'
THINK THIS OVKIt "
We want to see more beauty and ^
greater abundance in fruits about the 1
farmhouse. We want to see more con- ,,
tentment and pleasure there. We ,
urge the cultivation of floweis for the ~
pleusnre it affords, and the raising of ?
more fruit3 and betcer gardens for the 11
increased vigor and health such things w
impart.
We have a vineyard that begins to ^
ripen its fruit about the 1st of August,
when there is a certaiu amount of IanLjuor
and listlessuess in the atmos- ,
phcrc, a time when fevers are apt to j ^
Lake root in the system, and when |
everyone feels more or less run down.
But 3ince our vineyard has been bearing,
and we can go to it of an early
uiorn, before breakfnst, and eat the
fresh, sweet, ripe grapes, there comes hi
a revived feeling, breakfast tastes bet- fo
tinrl the sv^tom is toned up for i tc
tLe day. It is one of tho wise provis- co
ion of nature to ripen grapes just at J'
the time of the year when they are it
best suited to the health and appetite, le
We urge the planting of vineyards ai
and other small fruits. fruit garden o]
is of greater necessity, in so far as the b!
health and happiness of the family are w
concerned, than the cornfield. The tc
peasants of Spain, it is said, eat fruit ai
more tliaa flD.Ttliics else, yet the* are r<
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ift&a&gagqge ir
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oted for their strength and rigor.
"rench fruit is filled with the very i
aaence of the life-giving principle,
t is nature's storehouse of the moist
teautif aland pheasant elements of the
oil and the air, such as are bound to
mpart renewed strength to the connmer.
It is beanty and vitality comined
and condensed
How muoh more of happiness and
ileasure there is sure to be in the home
hat is surrounded by beautiful flow*
irs and fresh, sweet fruits 1 How su
lerior in every respeot is such a home
a which to raise our ohildren, oomiared
to the barren home of thd
honghtlesa and shiftless, that give no
ieed to the better and more elevated
ysfcem of living that oomes of culti?,
ating nature in her highest branches!
.'hink this matter over.?Coleman'*
iural World.- '
A FARM TOOL SHED.
No more convenient building can
e erected upon a farm than a good,
oomy tool shed, where all farm ma*
hines and small tools oan be honsed <
rom the weather, while the owner has
hfi ansnrance that he can nnt his hand
t a moment's notice npon any imple
lent that may be needed without the
lecessitj of hunting through half A
lozen buildings to lind the tool deired.
On the average farm the tools
SHED FOR TOOLS.
re either left out of doors for laok of
place to put them, or are orowded
way into any nook or oorner that can
ie found, often to be in the way for
he next six months. "
The accompanying illastration
hows a cheaply built tool house that
9 fitted to hold all the farm tools and
mplements, providing also in one end!
repair or carpenter's shop. Three
ets of double doors are provided,
10 th in front and opposite these on the
>ack side, so that a machine can be [i
[riven in at one side, the horses un[itched
and driven out the other ride^
eaving the machine ready to ba i
litched onto the next day, and drawn t
mt the front doors without turning it
bout. There is no chamber in the
milding, but there is ample storage
oom above the cross ties to pile awaj
amber, or the hundred and one
>ther things that need to be kept from
he weather. A part of the space
ould be floored over at one end to
irovide a place for sleighs and nleds
luring the summer months, a hook
leing placed conveniently in the ridge*
iole for a pully blook to use in hoistas:
them into plaoe. ?New York Tri
?une.
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DIGGING AND STORING POTATOES, .-J '
The digging and storing of potatoes
17 the average farmer, says the
ndiana Farmer, is generally done in
very oarelesa manner. The essential
ioint la to retain the flavor until used,
nd to do this they should never be
aft exposed to the sun or air. Early
arieties should be dug as soon as tops
re dead, or when the skin ceases to
lip from the potato. If early varieties
re left in the ground they will sprout,
nd thus destroy the flavor. Late
arieties may be left in the ground
ntil danger of freezing. As soon as
ng they should be immediately stored
11 a dark, cool, and somewhat moist.
eliar. And right here is where some
lay differ with me, as some reoomiend
a dry place in which to store.'
f stored in a dry place they will wilt
nd become strong. I have notioed!
otatoes that remained in the ground,
ver winter, that did not freeze, that
rere as fresh and well flavored as'
'hen first matured. If stored in a
ry cellar they should be oovered with;
loist sawdust, to keep them fresh and
xclnde the air. Pitting is a most ex- ,
ellent way; simply piling them on'
rell drained ground and putting on
lyer of straw and enough dirt to keep
hem from freezing. Care should be
iken to uncover as Eoon 'as danger
com freezing is past ;a the spring,
nd keep sprouts removed. As to
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lauuc* v? ^no?-ol - -
lore are to be dag it would probably
ay to use a potato digger, but if less
ban that amount, the work oau be
lone with a four-tined fork garden
pade, or plowed with common break*
ag plow.
Jnst Wlial-'s in a Dream.
A young lady of Philadelphia, after
artaking heartily of "sorapple," reired
and dreamed that she had lost
er watch, a valued present from her
ifcher. When she awoke in the mornag
she recalled her vivid dream, and,
coking at the place where she could
ave eworn that she had placed it, lo,
; was gone.
She told her father and brother and
ley, making no donbt that it had
eea stolen,reported the matter to the
olice and the pawnshops were haunted
i vain. On the next night the jonng
oman dreamed again.
This time she dreamed that before
'tiring that she bad hidden the watch
i an old shoe on the bottom of a oloset.
pon arising next morning she recalled
ie dream, and oat of curiosity exlored
the old shoe in the closet, and
>uad the watch.?New York Jouril.
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The Great Secret.
Boerhaave, the greatest doctor of
is time, was anxious that it should go
>rth that even the most eminent docir
is somewhat of a "humbug." He
irefully handed tho key of a small
iary to his executor, bade him open
immediately after his decease, and
t the contents go forth to the world
; larare. When the notebook waa
pened, all its pages but the last were
lank, aod on that finai one there was
ritten in lar^e letters: "Directions
> patients: Keep your feet warm
ad your head cool, and trust for the
;st to Providence."?The Arjroaauir