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FMM TOPfCS. THE HOG THtT PATS. It, not the larfNt hoc that pay*, hot #f ?pe thft th^ UrgMt quaJltrif porl to tm shortest time, uud vu the smallest quantity of food. If a pig comes la daring April he has oine uioDtbaln which to grow by the mm! of thl lc^ Jf he ia Well head, end from a ffobd stock of hop ha should easily be made to weigh 250 imuitdM during the nine months of his Ufa. . ? v._ , . I ??! < * *? I * 1 * ? t (~ CLEANING MILK CAN8. I An Interesting test of the effect of cleaning milk csns ?nd making them term free by the ase of steam be Tore milk Is poured Into tliem has been made In Germany. Some time ^(hiring,hot rammer weather two milk can* w?*e selected: one was thor oughly, *V4?U cleaned In the- ordinary \\*f iV aeoabblbg with bat waten I lie other-we*, subjected to the ac tion of stvath -w half an hour. In Ihe first the milk went sour In twea ly-tturee hours, Iq the second In twen ly-cigm imd a half hours, and the to? lents of the flfat can were found to I contain twenty-kfx times ir many bac teria ss the other. The same experi ment repented la the winter showed tlint the sterilized milk can will kee* the milk sweet for nine* hours longei Ihsn.the American Cub1 rator. ***. *" VIff 1<& W ,T?B/R?Yj V No horse can travel safely wnnlJut Ihe line of, tll-csseutia r. yieifroff. Aside from ite iV^^ceosiiiBr nhlt}ie natural rest of the bony structure upon the ground, its expansive power iu keep ing the hoof from 'contracting npWn the inclosed joints and Its promotion by its uctiou of circulation of -blood to the extremity of the hoof and conse- . (picnt growth, the frog lias a J1 unction ! too often pvverleokdtl. 4 It Is 'the only j tiart <n* the hftof*' ?lint 'oof^mnruicnte* with the nervous system, and through , that to ttar brainf aiufrtt is, therefore, 'A#** ynicans tlilit the horse bns-.ot hcctifjiroly' determining bis' foothold upon the ground. Upon no muscle id ( Ihe Imh1.v is he mfre dependent for healihfiil. hatiifcd nqtlbfi, alid fwnn the I moment ffrojf Is* dlapl^rfed by Ine | blacksmith's, iron the decay qf the horse's |?ower begins. Contraction .quarter cracks,, t. e cracks, navicular ill*c?i*?? munitions, and, more troublesome than ail else, corns, usurp , the frvt elasticity of nature, and the ? animal commences a downward 1 course. 11 ( ) ? > I, j I ^ CORN MEAL FOR COWS. An item is now going the rounds of tl<e ore** that scour* in calves and somA. other troubles the calf was like ly to gave ^erc duo to the feeding of eoVn inesi; to the prcghnnt cow. Thie is absurd. unless of course the corn meal const itut^l the entire ration when it would,likely hijure the calf, * provide*! the cow lived to bear the calf. As a matter of fact there Is a lot of nonsense written about the use of corn ^ Its various forms. Admit tedly it in nbuscd iu the f.-edlni; of farm stpek. but so long as It Js the ers'est of .nil pu'd <r >ps to urow over n larjt" tton" of our ?*ouutry. so Ion? tfiUKf |t form s majni part of the ra tion. * 1*"J If mixi.-ikes are made in feeiling corn It is I ??cavse it Is not fed with sulli cicr.f variety or too much of it is fed. V> believe that corn may be so roln t:Vd \rlfii other grains that It may screly Constitute at least one-half the ration and cows and most ^tlier farm n ilium tlirive on It. But corn un en I one day. bracked corn the next and corn op the ear the next is not vari ety by* anj means. Use the other grains in proper mixture with corn, itsinj; aUo plenty of succulent feed ami It will bo a long time before the aid* icals will refuse the corn or cease to be benefited by It. CLKA\'tX? POULTRY HOUSES. I It Is hard to say it. hut it is true that only about one house in ten owned by farmers In which poultry In kept Is cleaned more frequently than twice a year. Midsummer Is a favor ite time for the scmi-nnttnnl cleaning a Ad if litis work is to be done thi* siiiu ;i> t it should be done thoroughly. SHfccf t inty or two when it Is likely to be dry, and turn all the fowls on to the range. Next clean the (loot thoroughly, seeing that every bit oi l)l|i 1m reroovAf; take out all tlir nest boxes and bum them with theii consents. Tiien !???? house Is rentf? for a thorough coat of whitewash, in which has been mixed some carbolic N*el4A y >4'. . . . , v.* , ?" I r.ri'sh every part yf tlfe house heav ily with the whitewash, using a spray er to throw the wliKewuab Into the < ?>Vhers. "l.et the house stand for a few hours, then go over It again with the wl'iteuash., Next me that:* the ror?Kts -ire covered weft with keroseiu oil/ being sure to get iuto the spare where the,root Is attached to Ihe wall t'u* In nest bor >s. whitewashing tin ??/srifl out as n preeautlon. pni a li. itvy costing of cjeau. dry sand , ovr ihe floor, and tile house Is ready f<>r the birds. If one would do the "<"k thoroughly catch and examine c.ich fo\\*l or chicken an ! sprinkle In sec j. po.vd' i- *it| eatl? biid's fvnttacrs. immI kjtrluilo 'a liaet a) 'supply of,1 In powder In each licst. While it may like ntui(vi?ssary work, this sij-iic tavW oughi really to lie done once in evc"v t\>o mouths at longest for per f*; > health. Onr <ioir Kuttirr. ".'5.c roa: m ho was largely responsl b .'ii'.' tin introduction of xolf in thl* country. Hubert l^ockhart. dietl a few days ago in Kdinburg, Si-otland. He tor years a linen Importer In New Y<frk,j?n9 organized the first golf club in tlie limited States in Yonkers, N. Y.f in is<R, , It was known as the "Apple Tr <e ClaftK.'' Subsequently he found til the Ht. Andrew's (lolf Clnbw Vfc, .7 F.a? a* CotogiM. \%|irri the originator af t^e genuine enu ?Je cologua dlad, aged eighty, he yjite Ms secret to Ids nephew aud heir. Since '709 only ten persona have seen , he receipt, which Is kept In gry tvel ?* looked r THIN OUT TUB FRUIT. ? -.It to not ^ goad Indication whan1 btdrd fralt, trees pr* propped to pn> ?out Iom of limbs. wmb a UN to tbus overloaded, it to being cofr pelled to perform too much service. It will alwaf s p4j to thin off the i# plus fralt egrlfr in ^^e season, so .as not to tax the tree too severely, as If fruit left on the tree will be of bell quality and a larger crop will be 4 succeeding year. * PRUNING BLOOMING SHRUBS. All who have shrubs on their groti?li do not understand that the pruning should be done accord! ok to the sen at n of bloom of the shrub. For example, the spring and early summer blooming shrubs grow tbetr Moomlng shoots during the late summer and fall, a?d heuee when sa<*h shitobs are severely pruned in the winter and early spring the blooming shoots are cut off. The fall blooming shrubs bear their bloom ing shootsduring the summer of *?! sntne season in which the* bloom. .. l . This, being plain, it is evident that ?the daViy spring'and early sumojpr blooming shrubs should be pruned jpst after the last blossoms have gone. a*d the late summer and fall bloom teg shrubs should be pruned during the plater or .early, aprinff. To a certain extent the same rule duplies to vlnfta. except sucli. like the honeysuckles, ns bloom at Intervals throughout the sum mer, am? which may be trimmed In the early spring with the result that while tAo trst bloom m*T got be so profuse I the midsummer and fall bloom will o* I #b??4Fpt- <\ IJ ? v / , * PLANTING TREES, j A good tree well planted will usual ly grow whether the work Is doue Jn the fall or spring. In.the fnll the toil Is'usually in the best Condition, and the tree has timfe to get necustoined to Its new position, the winter rains fettling the: sail among the roots no ^ tlint 10 is rnafij to *tafr t into growth at tlie Inrst appearance of sprlnfc. Kail planting differs from spring plantfpg in two respects: In the first ther ' ifeed of the pocketful of water 'In on the roots, whlcm Is of so m I value In spring planting; and the i ond Is, raising a mound of earth around the newly planted tree to protoct it from the rigor of the winter's storms and the depredation of the lleld mice. The trimming of the broken or bruised roots with a sharp knife is necessary and the spreading out of all the roots. Do not plant over an inch or two deep er than the tree stood In the nursery. Tnke pains to work the soil well in among the roots. Treat a young tree as a living thing and not as s poet, and 3'ou will seldom lose one; Always prune the tops in the spring, never in the fall.?The Epltomlst. j | f- - | ? SETTING AN ORCHARD, j - The best season for setting nn or chard Is just as soon aa the winter breaks and the ground cau be han dled. Re careful not to freece the roots. Crouud can be handled better In winter and in very early spring than later in 1hc season, for It will notpm-k or bs?e then as it does later; but it is prefer able. cspci-ially in clay *611, to have the ground in proper coudiliou, not too wet lis there is danger of baking tlie ground around the roots of tlie trees. We have set trees in the fall, winter, and as late in the spring as May, when large apple trees were in bloom, and the ear ly varieties of fruit were leaving out. It Is best to set the trees as soon as possible after being taken from the nursery row. If any of the roots are badly Injured or bruised. It Is best to ?cut them off and let the tree send out healthy ones. The roots should be carefully examined, and if they show lumps as the result of aphis or other diseases, do not set the tree. If you want a permanent orchard you should | set healthy trees. I cannot too strong ly emphasize the Idea that deep plant ing makes "root rot." Nature starts the roots on trees from the surface of the ground, ami we should plant them the same way. I riecc some of the best surface earth carefully around the roots, and after filling the hole, pack the earth tightly aud closely arouud the tree, to prevent the winds from shaking it until the roots get started. | If the roots are trimmed or cut t^ack, the top should be proportionately ' trimmed, otherwise the Tight propor ! tU>u established by nature between the top and the root being di?(u*bt-d, ' the tree Is apt to become stunted or J unhealthy, and make little growth. The root must have sufficient time to get ) atarted to e#en up the right propor ! tion with the top. I have seen trees ! that were six years old transplanted ; froin the nursery into the orchard, and I it took them several years to get bal anced-fto aa to make good growth, riant a tree that is healthy aud vig orous. A crown graft will usually make a | stronger aud more vigorous growth j than a graft on a smaller piece of the Mni?? roof, as it is larger and has more j vitality. Different .varieties of tree* ! grafted on whole or piece roots will ! form tops according V> the character* " Istlcs of the seion. and the same it true of 't^e roots; somt form a tap root; oftiefs wlH ifnf. Yon ran graft a .len ding on a piuce of whole root ?|f it is praeth-al to graft on a whole root*, and It will form Its own tap root, without regard to the piece root or whine root on which It is grafted. So thnfvVinc* sap will form a spreading root, nio mat ter on what kind of a root iti acioli is grafted.-8. A. Ha sell inc. mm,. i i hi ? ^ i ?m ? Kubbtr For Tim. Automobile makers are beglning to worry already over a possible substi tute for rubbor for tirea. It is claimed that tbe demand for this material lis* Increased rapidly the last few years, the Importations Into the United States alone the last year being $0,400,000 over those of 190:1. This means, it Is agld, that rubber frets are heMg ever taxed and tftat there Is danger of their dying ont. The consumption of rub Nr for vehicle tires Is phenomenal in lis aaaaaltnde PEARLS OF THOUGHT. God bat tests where eril tempts. The Lord still earns for the lowly. No true serin ua Is an end 1a itself. A 1. I I into his collar. Winds of pass toe never jft brought a vestal Into pott, It Is hard wanting the soul at a 11 re work's display. The time to break of a bad habit "crzccu. hearts with steel smiles. . There can be no such a thins ss an education without ethics. That for which snythlng Is good enough Is good for nothing. It is always the other man's track that looks smoother than our own. It Is hard to comprehend God's ways while you are walking in them. He la not truly patient who Is pre pared to suffer only as much as seems good to himself, and only from those whom he himself chooses.?Thomas a Kempls. If you find yourself springing from your chair and rushing across the r9om when there Is no occasion tor hurry, go back and sit down sgaln. Then get up slowly and wslk quietly and with your shoulders back. Tibetan Military Discipline. We hear, too. of an abbot coming at one place to see Colonel Younghus* band in order to apologize for the con duct of his monks in Joining a recent ?aaajt apoc the British. They had in business to fight at all. he said, but they bad been egged on to do so from Lhasa. He had admonished them as g sdperior should; he had had them beaten! Not for a long time has there htcn anything more comical in tho history of war and diplomacy. The gfiilH a Tibetan monastery are' soldiers, somewhat like the old-time Knights Templar, and, like them, no doubt they prefer fighting to praying. There is only tbo abbot's word for the second whipping which his holy knights received, and Cplonel Young husband is too good an Orientalist to believe ail he Is told. But he was so pleased with the abbot that he remit ted the fine of grain imposed upon his monastery and allowed the old man to go back happy to Irts praying-wheel. What .will next happen in suqh * country, no one can foresee. There came news later from the long-delay ing Chinese Amban that he wa? on his way. as he had been for six months, and that the Dalai-Lama, at last ris ing to tho necessity of the occasion, had provided him with a transport befitting his rank. Certainly, in the end. the Dalai-l^ama, or those who act for him, will go to any extreme to keep the expedition away from Uiasa itself. It 1r equally certain that the expedition will reach the city?or has reached it.?World's Work. Act at If You Were Broke.! . A Plttsburger who has made more than a little money by thrift and fore sight has n friend who has many dreams, but all of them turn out base- ( less, says the Pittsburg Gase.tte. Among his friend's weakness is "playing the ponies." and he has more systems of doing the bookies than any one else in the city. The fact that the bookies keep right on in the busi ness does not seem to discourage him a! all. Kadi time he goes broke it is his , ha*bit to call on his rich friend and make a touch, explaining that he has a new plan, which will enable him to I repay all he has "borrowed" and have j something left besides. | Not very long ago he went to his friend's office and explained that he was on the inside of the races at Hot Springs. an?l if he could secure $700 was sure 01 making it increase at an alarming gnit. Me secured $700 and departed for the health Mecca. Three days later, on a Saturday afternoon, came a telegram, saying: "I am broke, how shall I act ?" The prosperous friend took until Monday morning to think out the ap propriate answer. Then he wired: "Act as If you were broke." budget of Maxims. Katlier than say nothing, men are content to speak ill of themselves. A proud man can never be a loser; no. not even when he renounces his pride. It is much less for a man's honor to distrust his friends than to be de ceived by them. ? Few people have the wisdom to like reproofs that would do tliem good better than praises that do them hart. It is with true love, so with ghosts ?nd apparitions, a thing that every body talks of and scarce anybody hath seen. The mosl disinterested love is. after all. but a kind of bargain In which the dear love of our own selves al ways proposes to be the gainer some way or other.?Rociiefoucatild. It Improves the Coffee. Kxtra fine cofTee may be had by the use of the new coffee "biggin." Juat I arrived from Ccrmany. It Is a I nightly object for the breakfast table, being tastefully enameled In pale col ors, and somewhat resembles the French pot. It consists of two sepa rate vessels. one on top of the othor. In (lie top one. which has a perfor ated base, you put the coffee, and hot water poured over it distils Into the lower pot a delicious and clear fluid. Eyly Rising. 1>e forced t<? get up early." sayg a physician, "grinds the soul,-curdles the blood, swells the spleen, destroys all good intentions and disturbs all ??y the mental activities. Criminals are always recruited from the early rising clnss."?London Chronicle. Prima Facie Evidence. "The Smitherses havo a new gaso line stoVe." remarked Mr. Courtney to his spouse. "Howd'Je know that?" she asked. "I heard the explosion."?What to Rat. Statistic* show that from 1801 to 1892 more than 230 periodic cometa havo been observed with precision, THE IMMORTAL. & imt-moving in. 'Ill just tab ? peep Mr! their hnitaic'* 'heap!** iaive Mid, with a satisfied rrin. ?Chicago Tribune. ' SO MANY OF US DO. "Yet he says he's economical.** "Ob. yes: his economy Is the common ?r garden varlet^J Like 1 tost of us. he saves pennies on necessities In order to spend dollars on luxuries."?Philadel phia Press. OPPORTUNITY. "Never mind,*' said the friend, sooth ingly, "you'll wake up sonqe morning aud find yourself famous." "Not much!** growled the pessimistic poet. "It would be just my luck to oversleep myself that morning."?Phil adelphia Press. I! ONE EXPLANATION. "It's funny that when a man starts smoking cigarettes he seldom stops." "Simple enough. When a man lias so little intelligeuec as to start smok ing cigarettes he couldn't be expected to have enough intelligence to stop. '? Philadelphia Public Ledger. " THAT WOtJLD NEVEK DO. ) ?There is a great deal 01 wisdom i In that old injunction. 'Know tli.v ' self/ " "Yes. but after yon gam such kuoul ! it's best for the sake of yeur rc putation not to share it with your i:;'i>rhbsirs."?Philadelphia Ledger. >? [ f i - - hAstb. "lie's a liar, aud I'm going to tell 1 hiiu so right nway.*' "You'll iiave to wait ten or lift ecu minutes. He's engaged now." : "No. sir. I'm going right back io ny i office and do it. There's a teh-phonv ! there.Philadelphia Public Ledger. A* rflifrf^VAL BATIi. < Muuke> s?about your swvlT shower but lis!"?New York American. A RECORD WURTl* NOTICING. j "There is a man in Bloominglon. III., J who ate forty liunana* in forty milt* , utes." ??That's notliinpr when you're talking ' about records. My wife's hail thirty- j one servant* girls In thirty daya."? Chicago Record Herald. REASON IX ALL THINGS. Ilh-ks?"Oh. by the way, I was aw* . fully glad to see your friend 1)noodle i last evening." Webber?"Why. he'didn't snv any thing about seeing you." Hicks?"No; I saw him tirst. That's why I say I was glad."?Boston Trail script. AN IMPORTANT PERSONAGE. Caller?"Well, ilie nerve of that!" Merchant?"What?" Caller?"I>idn't you hear that snip of a boy referring to you as *1*111?* " Merchant?" "Sh! Thai's our office boy. 80 long as I can pretend I didn't hear hiin it's all right."?Philadelphia Public Ledger. BUSINESS VIEW OF IT. Esmeralda -"Why, how mid! Ilere'i the first message ever seut over a tele graph wire. It's'?Just four words? 'What hath' " Gwendolen (Interrupting)?"Only four words? How ridiculous! They could have seut six more without paying ex tra."?Chicago Tribune. DUTY BEFORE PLEASURE. Hostess (to new <. urate) -"We somn to be talking of nothing but horses. Mr. Soot hem. Are you much of a sportsman?" Curate?"Really, Lady Betty, I don't think I ought to say that I am. I used to collect butterflies, but I have to give up even that now!"?London Punch. ALMOST HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. I<ong Tailed Dog ? "Don't you get tired of everlastingly wugging that lit tle stump of yours?" Stump Tailed Dog?"Ne; it feels as if the tall was all there, and I get just as much fun out of the exercise as you do, with a good deal less work.'"?Chi cago Tribune. TOOK TO IIEll. "I don't see hoW Mrs. Blank got any one to propose to her. she has ?ucb a sour disposition." "Why. Blank, you know, used to be given to temporary aberrations of Hie luJud, and at the time he asked her to m'nVrV Idm lie thought ho was a lemon squeezer."?Detroit Free Press. ? - - ? * ? Ol 1-A|r? Pension. As young men ore now filling the places of the old and middle aged, they should be ? iked to contribute to an old age pension fund. The horror ?f being overtaken by poverty after one Is n* longer of any use In the world Is, the severest of punishments. There are old age pensions In New Zealand, as well as other things which we might do w?ll to study. Mosquitoes, as carriers of the germs of malaria, cause tB.000 death" eva*~ year in Italy POPULAR Ths city of Pana bat thla jni ?P?* a scientific* information bureau at tho Sor bonne. and the Inquiries a!? ready reach as many as twenty in sin* Sle days. While special consideration la given to scientific matters in Paris and France, foreign subjects of Freucli Interest receive attention. A remarkable Instance of apparent mimicry in Ceylon has been brought to notice by Dr.' A. Willey. A fish, commonly known as the sea-bat, strik. ingly resembles a decayed leaf, and a recent observer reports pursuing one of these fiahea with a small net, when the creature suddenly disappeared, and the pursuer saw only a yellow jak leaf gently and Inertly sinking te the bot tom. As he turned away, the supposed leaf righted itself and darted off. e The appearance of solidity in photo graphs?the stereoscopic effect?is us ually given by two pictures takeu from a slightly different viewpoint. l>r. Gradeuwlts describes a new single lens that shows a far-distant iniu^c of s photograph, free from distortion, and under the same conditions of apparent size, distinctness, perspective, light and shade as those under which the objects themselves would be seen with a short photographic objective. This conveys to the eye a very natural ef fect, suggesting unconsciously a cor rect perception of relief and distance?. The steam-heating and electric light ing combination now being tested l>y Dresden promises to open a new era in municipal economy. A huge central station of the Saxon government con tains ten generators, producing over 55,000 pounds of steam per hour, aiul this is distributed through street mains to the Royal Opera House, the Picture Gallery, the Zwiuggr Museum, the Royal Palace and other buildings. Af ter the morning heatiug, little steam i* needed to keep up the temperature, so that most of the supply can be u*ed for generating electricity, for tighting and other purposes during the latter part of tlm day. Chemical analysis alone ls.no longer the guide to the quality of iron at ml steel. In the new "metallography." a polished and etched sample is exam ined under the microscope, when it i* found to be made up of various mlnule particles of which Mr. A. P.-lIead, the British engineer, gives the following as the chief: (1) Ferrite, or pure ir<m, soft, ductile and conductive. <li> tVni entite, a delinite carbon of iron, harder than glass and very brittle. ?3) Pean lte, a mixture of six parts of ferrite to one of cementite. (4) Marteuslie. a hard, brittle, 6olid solution of carbon up to 1.1 per cent, in iron. (."? > A us tentite, a soft, non-magnetic steel of 1.1 to J.6 per cent, carbon, suddenly quenched from 1000 degrees in jee water. (0) Graphite, or carbon, found In slowly cooled cast iron. Ordinary wrought Iron and the softer steels con 'slst of about ninety-nine per cent, of '.ferrite to one of cemeutlte, while the ,'harder steels may contain as much as 'seven per cent, of cementite, and in .white cast iron it may rise to sixty 'seven per cent. The maximum .strength is readied with about tifteen 'per cent, of cementite. Iligli-carboii ;tool-steels. hardened 1>y quenching, are almost entirely marlensitc. THE POCKET HANDKERCHIEF, At On* Tim* Not t<? lin Discussed la Pollt? Sorlrty. The evolution of the pocket hand kerchief is odd and i uteres ling. There .was fi time when it was tin uumention* /Abie thing, says Modern Society of iLondon?an article to be used out of (Sight and referred to only in a wills- j <per. In polite conversation it wijs care fully avoided, and as to one's being "caught using a handkerchief, it meant ?social ostracism. , This state of things obtained up to the time of the first Napoleon, when ,the Empress Josephine brought it for* ,ward for a personal reason. The only jdefect in her beauty was an irregular ity of the teeth, and to hide this she used :i delicate Utile handkerchief, which from time to time she raised to her lips. Tlins she was enabled to laugh occasionslly. Seeing that it was ( a case of either laughter going out. or ; handkerchiefs coming into fashion, (he court ladles adopted the pretty pieces ? of cambric and lace, and It quickly' car.ie into favor with all classes. In England the evolution of the ar-1 tide which is now so openly displayed by women was equally slow. There was a time when It was forbidden to nentlon It c:i the st.ige or to roake use of It even in the most tearful situa tion, while the people In the gallery and the pit shed their tears into their lnps. Even when It was mentioned for the fust time In one of Shakespeare's plays it was received with hisses and general indlgnatlc:i by the audio.ice. Little by little, however, the prejudice gave way, and the time came when the handkerchief ctuld be flourished in bread.daylight. Now It 1 ns fallen into a kind cf re 1 icil manipulation, and f.->ri its style aid Management It Is rvt n p:?vsll-!e to e^tir.iate the wcaiih at ?! brce.ll;i<? of its owner. To HhiiIpIi ltat?. To Itnnish rats nil* arsenic thickly with 1.utter, and spread it onthin vii? ?i bread. Cut the bread In piece* ulMut an Inch aud a luiif square, and place Hied where the rats frequenr. I'.e sure to have low pans of wnuf near, as the arsenic causes inter.-a thirst. The rnt*. after eating ii:e poisjned bread, drink freely oi ;i!e water, swell up and die. without re turning to Ihelr nests. Cayenne pep per, shaken freely into the openings leading to their retreats, or potash plentifully sprinkled there, causes their departure. The potash burns their feet; the animals lick off the potash, and thus cause sore mouths. Their general distress results in a flitting to moro desirable quarters. A t<onfr TrsTtUr. Dr. J. Furnlss Brlce, ship's surgeon en the trans-Atlantic liner Cymric, is now on his 810th voyage. So far In his life he has traversed something like 2,500,000 miles, equal %i 100 times ?round the globe. MARSHAL . OYAMA TIm Japanese- General Fighter by Pate and Net From CLoice. Alt from being a hard-eyed, shuggy browed genera!, as one might Imagine, the hero of so many d!f!i-*ult campaigns Is the kindest, most amiable old gentle ?an It would be possible to meet. He fclmself declares that he has no liking whatever for war, and that It li Irony ?f fate, not personal Inclination, which lu made him the aoldler he Is to Like most of Japan's great wen, be la not rich In this world's goods. lie la far too liberal to amass a fortune. dropped off. He *u mnabie m pay the rent, which woola coae do* ?? the follow ins day, ho he and his wtfew rather than lose nil their stock, were selling whst . article? they eoukl smuggle out on tlie streets of Paris. The attache had neraral important en casements on hand that afternoon, hat he postponed all snd hurried off with the merchant. After thoroughly ex amining into matters. he paid the rent, suggested the man's moving into a better quarter of the capital, and during the rest of his stay there did what he could to work up a clientele among his friends. From that day the merchant's affair-; flourished, snd two years sgo he <11 h! worth a nice round sum.?By his will he left 920.000 of It to his benefactor.?Chicago Trlfe une. ?cue OF JOPSTIM BATS. Quintals Still Stands Before ? House In Kent. A curious clause, taking one right back to the Middle Ages, appears la the title deeds of a house In the Tillage field-marshal marqtjis oyama AND HIS FAMILY. l''icld-Marshal Oyama is a bcro of many wars. Ho is si native of the Bathuuia Province, and was Commaudcr-lu-Cbief of the Imperial army in the wai* of restoration, lie has been Minister of War a number of times, and in the war with China he acted as Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army Corps. lie landed at Takushau and fought his way to Tori Arthur in twenty days. He captured Port Arthur by assault the night after hi* arrival before its walls, lie is one of the Japanese lOhler Statesmen, and, with Marquis Yamngata, deserves die credit for the present development and elllcieney of the Japanese Army. At the outbre.-U of the war with llnssia, he was ap pointed Chief of Stall"; and. now that the various army corps 'have taken their allotted positions in Manchuria, lie is ordered to the front to take com mand of all the Mikado's forces in the tield. This photograph was taken pn the eve of his depiiriure from Tokio. On his right stand bin wife, the Marchioness Oyama. who is a*grndtiatc of Vassar College. She was one of the lirxt Japanese gi"ls to come to America to be educated. Oil his left stands liis daughter. Lady Hisako Oyauia, and in the background are bis two sons. It is told of him tnat during the Chi nese War he bought provisions for his men and horses out of his own pocket rather than pillage the wretehed homes ?long t tie route. In fact, eharlty got to be such a mania with him that his wife, an ex tremely economical woman, had to act as treasurer and dole hitn out a smaii allowance daily. During his residence in Paris he was often greatly upset by the way dumb animals, particularly horses, were abused. Once he got into a dreadful muss with a cabby, and both had to be murched off to the police station to explain their conduct. Though the marshal could speak but little French lie stormed around the terrified com mlssaire untH justice was given him and he saw the Jehu condemned to a $20 flue. Japanese merchants In Paris, as well as cabmen, remember this ac tive military attache, though in quite a different way. One day, sitting in front of a cafe, he noticed a Japanese offering Home beautiful fans at exceedingly low prices, lower even than the same arti cle could be purchased in Japan. Beck oning the man to him, he asked liiin how he could do It. The other told him how, owing to long illness, business of Offlutui, In Kent, Kngl.ind. This is that tl?e owner of the house must keep in good repair the village quiiit.-iin, which still swings on its stout oaken IK>st before the house. One end of the swinging crossbar of this quintain (said to l?c? the only sur AN OIjD-TIM J". yl'INTAlN. vlving specimen in Knglaiidj is shaped like a square target pierced with a number of holes Into which the point of the player's lunee would enter. When struck It would swing aronnd. and unless the player were nimble the snndbag hung on the other end of the crossbar would swing around and un seat him. A PEASANT'S CaRT IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. Revenge of Ill-treated Horse. Curious fets were revealed at an Inquest at Birmingham, the other day, concerning the death of a carter, nam ed Penley. Wlffle drunk, Penley sav agely beat a mnre, of which ho had charge, because ho thought she had ahlrkcd her work. Ho renewed'the thraahlng when he got back to the atables, and the mare, watching her opportunity, suddenly kicked out with both her hind lega, when Penley wae behind her, strrklng him on the face and ono arm. He sustained terrible Injuries, f-auslnf Almost Immediate ecath. Turkish Ladles Are Smoker*. I.HtllfM of the highest rank In Tnr key arc often Invc!crate smokers. Th? habit Ih a very ancient one and l? to Rcncral that the woman who 'loCu not nrtioke Ik tho oxceptlon. The tobacco Ih usually taken with the pipe of native design. Every woman has' her own pipe and many of the><c are^ valuable. bHtig decorated *lth elabo rate carvings. A Turkish lady?that t* to Hay, one who Ih not hampered with household cares?will usually sp?n<^ many hours each day over her pipe. The cigarette la also smoked by Turfed Uh latflea In enormous quantltlMi