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msanoodnfg to the a le. Twteat soientiflo questions are now agita the-minds of some of the bal loomtsts in this country and. Europe. One is the possibility of reaolung the North Pole in a balloon, and tite other the practicability of getting ipto the eastern current two miles above the earth and crossing the Atlantic. Com mander Oheyne has aroused so much interest in the lret question that a com pany has bcen formed in London, On tario, for the purpose of organizing a balloon expeaition to the North Pole. A reporter had a conversation a few days ago with Mr. Urinley, a well-known aronaut on the subject in question. "If Commander Uneyne had any ex perience in ballooning under adverse circumstances," said Mr. Grimle.t, ".L think he would see the impracticability of his views. I have no doubt that he may be honest enough in his intentions, but he is working at a thing he does not understand." "Have you ever met him?" inquired the reporter. "No. but I know a good deal about him. I have bee)i following the course of hul lectures, and I wrote to him dome tune ago asking hun to give me an ex planation of his proposed plan of over coming the difficulties in the way of reaching the Pole in a balloon, and he has not yet answered me. I know he has a very perbuasive manner, and is a great enthusiast in the possibilities of ballooning; but he has not been in the habit of redtucing his theory to practice. It he did, I think he would talk differ ently." "What, in your eatimatihn, appears to be the impracticable part o! Cneyne's theory'?" "lie seems to disregard every essen tial counected with i,lloouig. I am quite lawilar with the whole history of tbatloouiug, bcsiaes having iuade over one hunured assents inbelt, lanly ot theun beiug quite successul, and iron all may knuwleuge and experience I have coniu to the coinclusion Unat a 1'lar ex pedltiou in a balloon is imlpra:cticable." Mr. Gtimtey then entered minutely into the argumnents, showing the alleged unplalcucabiity ul a Polar balloon voyage, regreting at the same time th'it the 1rots Nere not all on Comuander ChL e's ble. ' 1 asure you," said the tetunaut, "it 1 coule see any practi cability m it, 1 should have inaute the experiment long ago, andi wuld be only too happy to cou-u,eratti with Couman tr .ine u, ti lit would give me the chauce, andu Conviue incee by scieutitie ealxlauatiun that the thing is ossibit,. '10 go into pai tiCu11ar., then, about the pubsibility u the enttlprue, itie iteLbe COu-ib th lirst great barrier. Tue only gouic belent,lie point aboutit Cueye's 1tory lb tiant the Ue.,peratire woulld tie inV, abl lor cooling uta i the gas, but thir is only a small auvuut:ge Wenl youl Coiu to inaie an ulset iut the disa-ivan tages. 'Lhe place where he proposes to .1,11iite the balluon is 70V0 iniles 1ton the Pole, aut the tUermlonieter is turty de grecs below Zero. - "How would this cold interfere with the unterprise?" "14 the first place, the balloonist would havo to use oil-s1lk, because the objections to iubber are so nuimerous that I need not any anything about it, WVell, everybody kuows that an oiled suruace in a temnporaturo like that be coines brittle ahuu almost impossible to * handle. It would be easy to matie the guts, ii they could get as bahoon to hold together mii 1 it was filled." "'And wh~a, ')uld prevenit it from holding togot.. ei?" "Why, it uauhld become stiff as a board and brt ak all upj, so that the gas wotld escape." "Sup.poso lhe could ovet como thiis oh jection and tirnish ninteaial for the bail loon that would be iupervious to the frost?" "Well, suppose he could. The voxt diilliculty would be ini the gas. As I said, it could be casily imade; but then thu only gas-namiely, hyd rogeni---tlhat, would bo sufilieni, for inilaiing pur laoses wouid in that temperature con dense almxost as fatst as it coukit be made, and consequently lose a portion -of its elevating power very raplidly. it would - become~ dotoricorated in the ratio of the increase of cold,'' "8uppose the balloon was flleod in a higher temperature?". "Tholin all these objections would apply with egn~al force as soon as it reached the frigid regions, with the ad1 ditionmal objection that in matkinag that distance a portion of the gas would i>o spent under circuinstances in wvhich econoiny in gas would be of the first im portance." "S3uppose Cheyne should overcome all tihe objections thuts far, inflate the balloon, and soar heavenward att forty degrees below zero and within 700) mile~s of the P'ole, whait woulsi be thu now dif ilculties then?" ''The djifliulties then, co 'n~pared1 with the launch in an ordinary voyage are a!ll seriously aggravated. o imman so that 'without something unikno,wn to the scientific world they aippear to be inasu perable. Tfo begin with, 700 miiles is an enormous trip ior a balloou, iumtoIr the most haivoraible circumIstani,Ms. T1hero is nothing on record, I believe. to ex eeed that if wo except the imatanco of the one that was caught ii a gale during the siege of P'aris andi was blown a dhis tance of 1,000 mniles to Norway, the two socupants having a . marvelous escape. Then, as lunderstand him, (iheyne pro poses to go to the Pole by easy btages, .Lie intends to stop, poised ini niu-air occasionally, awaiting lavorable breezes, just as a captain would lay to at sca. * '1To my mind, however, there is nto such certainty about worial naviga tion a5 this. "Biut bsupposO all these dillicuhlties were overcome anid that hie did ieaich the Pole," said the wnronatut, this time put ting his own niterrogatory,."whaut would lie do then if lie did notufnd inhbitainta there? Ho0w should lie got back and crosa that iusuperable barrier of ice 4150 miles from the Pole? Has ho any reason -to conclude that it would be easier crossed coming from the Polo than going toward it, if he should ho able to sur mount the uniknowni dullicult,ies that may mterye?" if the Arctic expedition is not found to be practicable, balloonists need not despair, her it scorns that a few of the anost emaineint of thoem have an cnter prise on hiand that they are convinced will be a grand success, anid of equal importance to science and humanit,y. -This is nothing le than a trans-Atlant,ic trip in the eaistern cnrrent, and probably a voyage round the world, in s.o short a -time tinut Phineas'Fogg, with all his imperturability, would stand aghast at the mnere concep)tion of it. Several of the. promlient' weronauts on both sides of the ocean have agreed to make rin ex perlinenit this summer that will hettle hle question as to whetheor the eastern ~e Ourrent blows steadily in the same direction without veering. "This experiment will be made," said Mr. Grimley, "by putting up two bal. loons at the same time. One of these will rise to the attitude of the current, while the other will remain in the at uaosphere below. By this means we shall be able to measure the velooity of the currens, and to demonstrate the in rariability of its course eastward." "You have no doubt about its exis tence eastward?" "None whatever; upon that point I am fully satisfied, having been experi menting upon it at intervals for several years." "Is it independent of stormis?" "Practbally so. All the storms aris ing from electrical phenomena, occur in the lower atmosphere. Atgreatheight their influene, though philosophically appreciable, are not materially so as to interfere with the navigation of a bal loon." "Where will the experiment start?" "From the Polo Grounds in this city, I believe. The London and Patis 1Ero nautio Assooiations have expressed their willingness to unite with us on this side in the experiment, and will contribute liberally in fitting out the balloons for the voyage. Smoking as a Science. "A medim mild cigar." The busy ittle man whose place was behind the counter turned his vision to the mild eyed youth and scrutinized him studiously for a moment. "Fresh or dry?" ''Meduni." "Another of those even-tempered men. It's a rule of this mormng's trade to take a mild cigar. May be it's the glowing sunshine makes the men light hearted; perhaps it's a good week's work. My blsek--gouds men all stay away." The even-tempered man at this point concluded to hear out the story. "A man's tobacco is his luxury," con tinued the man who subsequent.ly presen ted claims of being an anthropoloeist. "It is even more than his luxury. It is his co,ntidentiai friend, his coastant, staid and devoted companion. He never for gets it., and always trer a it kindly. A side iasue cannot spoil the triendliness. It goes on just the same when big things happen as when they don't. A man's ove for his tobacco becomes an intuitive instinct. His cnaracter and his cigar are conito.led by the same intiences of his being." Tne mild-eyed young muan. who had innocently stepped into the place on the trivi.l mission of procunng a cigar, be came amazed at the wisdom of the disci ple of sou e unhonor(d redskin who lived don east at a itiue when Pennvirni sold for a coppvr kettle; and he '..:u account for the vu:lib:e :ift of pi.lpy only on the !ro.ind tha:t t otie: a de teet in the a'tSLd. or tbt :ci muC money Lid o-:eu pai !. and :oa: the c;er w.:s tryi. to tu,e u;' by a grA.uay 2: . in'rtnaicn wb.t: ne belt bink ineh_e. "It's twenty yes c.:w stece I beu'i to sell tobacco. an' ta tti: til:.e I a ve c;oselv studied tLe char eters . my p it rons, form:in my e cce:ustas :r-ui the kind of compiny tney seep. I u esn by tue kind 'ft eiars they smo.e. I Canm always tel:. A eveu-te_p:ered, qmiet fellow never goes to an erreme ta choo'sing a tobhacco: a nerv >u i mn sants somethi; straue ant furious; a mild man, somnetbWu. tht, sm.>i(es and no. more)L. The same cndiLons run throughi chew'ing tobacco). 'Then there i.s a great deal in the way incn handle their cigars. Very few can smoke' on one side a. we:l U n the other. Men come in here every '1a.: and if thiey" were to plaice a etcir on the wrong siti of the mnouth they'would ap pe-ar as chimsy and green as a boy who was trying his first weed The muscles of the face become set to one posiition. Any chauge requires a reorganization of the lace. 80 it ain't by the way the cigar is embraced mn the mouth that you can esti maate- the in i. "0a man amoke his cigar only enio!ig hi to keep it lighited, and relishes taking i-, fromn between his lips to cast a whirling curl of blue smioke into the air, set him down as an n.>asy-going teilow, wvho cares little for hiow the world goes an(i no more bor himnself. lie hats keen perceptions and delicate sensibIlIties, lHe will not create tronbile', hut is apt to see it out when it is once begunm. "Beware of the man who never releases the cigar from the grip of his teeth, and is indtifferent to wvhether it btirns or dies. Hie is cool, clcuhitinig, and exacting. iIe is seldom energetic physically, but lives easily off of those wvho p)erformi the labor. ''A man whio smokes a bit, rcats a bit, and fumbles the cigar niore or less, is apt, to he easily affected by circiumlstanices. lie niay lie energetic, careful, generous andit courageous, but lie is vacillating and liable to change oin a moment's notice. "If the cigar goes out, frequently the man hats a wvhole-souled disposition, is a dlevil-mnay-care sort, of tellow, with a lively bramn, a glib tongue, and generally a tine find of anecdotes and yarns. 'To ho'ld hldf or t.he ctiar in the mouth and( smioket in(iferenitiy is a lazy man's habit. TFhey arc genecrally of little force andh their characters arc noct of the higher strata. "'A nervousH man, or one uinder exciting lnthiiences, fumbles his cigar a great deal. Hie is ai kind oi popinjay among imen. "1 Idkhng the cigar constauntl y betweeni the teeth, ehowinig it occasionally, and niot caring wheithier or not, It has been lighted at all are characteristics of men with the tenacity of butll dlogs. T'hey never forget any.thung and never release a hold. "A fop stands his cigar on end, and atn inexperienced snioker either points it straight sheatd or almost at right-angles with his course." ''What per cent of smokers understand the art of holding a ciear?" "A very Rimall per centi. A cigar shouldt ben hldl( with the LIp) between the incisor teeth, should extend( horizoni tally and iiclinie from the nose at abotut 15 or 20 degrees. Very few meni know how to light 't cigar, and especially a flavana. It sh':tld be hld( over a flame to force the nicotine and natural ilavor otit of the wrapper Into the filler of the cigar. It then amokes easier and gives otit a sweeter pierfum'e." UI*et, Lion)1 iunn. On the site of whiat is now tihe Red Lion Inn, at P'utney, on the Th'lamies, Mo)rgau 'n illiamis, a Welshmin, and Catheri ne nce Cromwell, his wife, carried on busiiness fromi M90 to 15111 as ale' brewers andi inn keepers. They were the grest-great-grand father and graiidmtother of Oliver Cromi well and John ?lampden, and Uatherine's brother Thomias was the famous mnister of llenry VIlI., created by him Earl of Emis, and duiy beheaded in course of time A NEw receptacle for loose music is made of wicker, and contains tiwo comn ptartmeopts, ' Mounted upon round feet, it is-decorated en either side with plush hangings, handsomely embroidered in raised dosigns. The Shoe Exhibition. Visitors to Paris. who are well acquain ted with its permanent lions, will fi many new sources .of interest and amuse ment in the temporary exhibitions nov open. One of the most interesting is th, Shoe Exhibition at Uluny. One learns a it that in the early ages of the civilization that have arisen, declined, and fallen to ghoe"maker aimed first of all at conveni ence. The barbarian chief who wa obliged to rough it did not trouble himael about ornamental foot-gear. What h wanted was to protect his feet from thorn and sharp etones, and in doing this to se cure to them the utmost possible amoun of liberty. Bog-trotting Oelt invented i buskin admirably adapted to moor, mo rass, and stony mountain. Water exudee from it directly the entire foot ceased-tt be immersed. 'Ventilation was also pro vided for. The Ueltic buskin was tougi and elastic, and could be easily replacet wherever there were untanned skins a hand. When the chieftain ceased to bi pedestrian, and went on horseback, hi, shoe became more ornate and less con ven lent. Absurdity could not be carriet further than it was in the time of Uharlei the Mad. The foot-gear was thMin, long, pointed, and turned up at the toe. Beaui and belles had the points of their shoot connected by chains or ribbons to theti girdles. Ladies have been ever ready t pat-tonizo shoe- makers prone to discart anatomical laws and indulge In freaki ot fancy. An exception was Uatherini do Medicis. bhe was very active is looking aft(r gardens, walking, riding and overlooking her architects. It i easy to understand In looking at th boots and shoes of the seventeenth con tury why the coach became .an articlh of necessity to the grand seignour anc the Court lady. The heels were vern high and the boot cumbersome. Moliere kept to tat square-toed shoes fastenet with a lace on the instep, which the bourgeois of Paris had worn for neari3 a century .nd a half. H: was sho( pretty much as an Englisi Purit an, anc was able to rove through France without needing the assistance of a chirooodist. In the reign or L,>uis Qiinze pedestriar exercige, except on the Hiat, hard terracew of Versailles, became impossible. The extremity of the heel was placed undet the sole of the foot., and the whokc weight of the body was thrown upon the great toe. Mme. de Pompadour wore As,atic slippers in the house, but she sacrificed to the fashion when she sp peared at ( ourL Marie Antoinette's heels were lower, but the toe of her shoe formed a sharp point. She was g'ai, at her rustic 'rian--n parties, to lean ou the crooed staff of a shepherdess or on the arm of a c'urtier. There are sh.es at the exhibition -mid to have ten wccn by her an- the Pr.nee.se de I.iaibi:le. It they were oaly uznufaecur iIo be at they w id hiv been chatni in.. T ae wartmusip, Lfi s.s it.chtn:t trit...oa. htd a su er C.:. C.ir'a,iters ,f her .:ae Lened aer :. r,.: 'ess QC'le i."cnt ' c:i' is. is sic w'i bt-2u.4nc ', :a staile Lrata:l wsv. and :a3u i ear:; ? .tate ha..t3. sh i.,tie 313; at71 -- :v :o the dtmes shout her, rr'tcee'1 :n her novenent.s wncn she w;kei. T .ie a:es -.f - ie Dii1esae de Berr. went n. sitt tetfrned ier :Jt!s. der ins.vrz ::i. the E nruess .rie L.. ise. and :ne ,ne defcect. Tue :amies >f :lle B:naia-.e :.L:utly aid xmarkraoiiy uznsa -td weiz. Iu'p.ett feet. :ana wur a :heir shoes strauin. The Rcv"i'it:on swept away' .ign4t .eets and goiurett :ees, c!onv':men'e deing greatiy thought. if. LA auoenuous. 'irs'-nas weire d)e1r piay'!t :n 'he urr:eta. uic:0 voitti etnuo-it >aeur VF'Tri1r lo rn LJad.es' i.o:r.i tme utee cerret it:..a there wei a re7:7 ta x -.ae L .IuR u-: chaussure. B n. f': ..c un.; -w-. j'ir-a Small clothes, st;ccea.s. .: ns cam.s in with the Bvuirbon.i, who -r .r: .nein from England. A iizus, el e. sa .. venient b'tot was parr mizal by the . dies of Liuis r'hilippe's retzn. They (anced a great dteal and were t ar.d a those4 light fantastic steps which wc3. rg the niames of cntre-chats and ailes de pigeoni. A p)ointed shoe'was introdiucedi (for gentlemia'a's wear) as the Soad Empire was Oelining, and has held iu own against an aitte-nyted revival oft square toes of the Moliere cut. P~erhzaps thia Is the reason why <lancinig has be 2omeit rather a fatigue-duty to ball-rom exqisiites t,ban an amusement. The Ge4r mans are the most dancing nattioni ii fEurope, and they have the hest shoe m)akers. Rainy3 days in the country would bt robbedt of uaif their terror t.o adults if at Jittle p)rovtsioni wero made, for the chil dren. Whteni it ia gloomy outside we must create artificial brighitnesis wvithln, ICvery country house has a large spare room, an attic or at least a good corne1 in the barni; any of these will ainswei for tno puirpose of a playroom, which, if' providedl, will iiot only3 keep the hitth ones still, btrit happy, Those dreamy dielghtfuil (lays for read(ing arc rescuec fromt the intolerable noise and fuss thai in varlabtly foliowi the implrison ment o: juveniles, if we are gomg~ out of towri let use give up a few rnfRas, if need be, and1( manko the fittings fo)r the little folks, To covor walls choose pilain. coarse cottori cloth for a foundation. The best coverian wyill be found at the paper hanmger's, whecr( nursery rhymes are picturedi an most be, wit,chlug form, and the '*frog that wouki a-wooing go" becomes only one of t.h< favorites tnat are lollowed along the spaces. Theii foundation can be com1 pletely-covered, aind should be one yard iit ti)pth. It can be attached to the wall bty tiny steel nails. Above tihe dado thum formed Japanese pictures can ho placed, and their bright, quaint grouping alwayt pleases chIldren. Wall rolls can be pur. chasiedl, or madec of bright cambric, andi piictures pasted on. Theia tops can he attached to a cane or old broom handkt painted red, Tn'ie tile of bright Pictures will fuinmault.material f or storlee and. afford amusement to the chiren, who can do all the pastimg necs.ary with a little help. A smnall folding table is easily transported for thIs room, andl boxes to hohcl playthinge can beo covered with chintz. A beautitful room ot this kind is fitted wvith turkey rett maitde to cover the enitire wail, attached tc the to1) of the wall by tIny hooks, the border finished wIth a row of coarsc GJerman lace. Arrangedc in pretty groups aire figures from old fashioned plates, amid any thing that pleases fromn the illustrated papers, the arrangetments should tbc atudi(ied, in eider to place the large grouj: at the base, and when the distance oi three feet from the base Is finished thc remaInder can be done at random watti good effect. If the ceiling is tinted 11 light blue and the floor painted chocolate col>r, it gives good effect. -A lady In Norwich, C)onn., 72 yearl of age; haas just begun to take lessons ot the nIanoforte, - Aozno ,pt Superstitlons. "I think there are more idle si superstitions ii the popular mind the subject of physiology than a subjeot I know of, ' said an emmiu physician. "Why do you say that? Tell abo some of them." "Take the popular notion in rega to hydrophobia. If a healthy dog bi a child and years afterward go ma a the child will go mad too. You'll fli B that sentiment as almost incrediabJ Credit to the nineteenth century, is it? 13o is the corollary from the prope tion, that when a child is bitten by dog the beast must be killed keep the child from going mad. Th there is that tie-worn but ever u soare that oats suck. babies' breati What a cat could do with a babi breath is a deepandunfathomable my tory to me. I suppose they get in cradles where there are children b cquse of the warmth, and superstitlo people are not in love with cats, ai especially black ones. They twist t vampire story around till they get t: breath-sucking story.. "Another mediaoval anatomical r mance is that a man has twelve ribs a1 the woman thirteen, because God to( a rib from man and mado woman fr< it. You will laugh at the idea, but have heard men vehemently declare th it was true, and were p rfectly astoun ed when they found out they were mi taken. "The most common superstition is t charming away of warts. Bensib white people gill do all sorts of litl silly hoo-doo tricks to get rid of wart They will try to get people to buy the from them; they will out as many ne ohes on a stick as they have warts a] hide the stick, in the hope that som body will finci Jt who will get the war which have been charmed off. The n tion if a toad touches a person war will coie at the place of contact is e strong that I venture to say that ther is not one in twenty but is as afrai of touching a toad as a rattlesnake Millions of toads are killed annually o this aconut, when they are really ti farmers' and gardeners' best friend, e they feed upon tie ougs and woru that d.etroy their plants. "The most if these superstitions ar harmless, but one of there wart myth is probably the most daugerous supe stition extant, Taer say that if a hors hair st must be a oif-k oue, be tie ughtiy about a wart it wili disappear is wili, usually. Also, asuallv it is rt Plaed by a cancer, wn.ict is hardly desirably exehange. More cacerou gronwsi are caused by this cr ur ide tnsu comae from axy other cause. oa:d goon for hours at a time on thes me"ii superstitious, iz 1 s ad time t relate them, or you _ad to ii_teu t me. Cc=ting4 LJi. I: n.av be that ,u:t:ig ant havn n:a: fur tae ,ine incris.e ae accic.: . ae r.il. out it iae no perm.tnen effter et:er apon -.u uir-bab ,r ta a:a- sue, an.i wil nut :n t. way add t :_ie ..it i tue hair t.nu te> ctr:,rv enttmg~ ad shavuf vd .A :a:.ie the dal tu gr'j .unger for :.: ::u.? beiZg, 0n :n -he andt -vil me . shor ea it. :erma o hie '>y cxi ..: a-a,t'tv Atu tf :e aar :IcuUu.C appar itaa1 Whenf the nairs .are :rt gnenly (nit, lue; ii -iiu.aily oscoane,?oaraer, 'iuten lozin; :ue 'iesunaul giou 'of the -iau ini :iunr. mui :1i1u!-: -ifluui:al ? " i - irrown. L.a fidi:,L,. :ne. *es .. .1J:11 Ti211 ilit~ AOD, arg.i,~ fgr. am ri t arnn: aare,.:. td:t 7 -t11~5 a p f'. ..L-Ess r l '.del V gr I :c.... -tr haLir at certai uIus entd~ .f fil moo;, lE ',rder incre~a-e ki .-.a arad mari.ince a hood. Tu( a nLi 't (of cutting the hair, c:aldren hritgs evial in pJLace of good an, is also conaden . -I by the iItIlAguisheu worker in ttiL d.:partmaent, Pr-ofess< ka.o.-i, of Vienna who at ates tnat it. well known tha~t the hair o.f womenL wi' p)os~sess lutxuriant lockia froni the tiu.ae girIhtooti never again attains itsi originl length after thaving once been cut. Pineu~is hats :nade the samle obseari tionis by iregnieit experiment, andr adds that there is a general opinion ti frequent cutting of the hair inaocasesi length; but, the effect is different fto that generally supposedi. Thbus, upc one occausion ho ,itates that lhe cut c ciroles or hair an inch in diameter u the honds of healthy imn, arnd fro week'h to week coiparl)mtOd the init.ensit y growth of the ahorn place wvith the ro of the hairs Thle reculut was surprisit to this close and careful observer, as I hound in some causes the numbers we: equal, but generally the growth becan slower after cutting, and he Ihas nov, observed an incrense mn rap)idity. .i might also add t.ant I. believe marn becardless faces and b)ald heads in midd anad advamncing ago are often due to co slant etuttong and shaving in early lif The young girls and boya seen dai upon our streets with their closel cropped heads and theo young men wvi their cleani shaven faces are year I year by this fashion having their hai terming apparatus overetrainedi. A F'rench Jrysti Palauce. 4CHRYsTAL P~ALAoE is soon to I built mn the park of St. Cloud, not Paris. This park is celebrated for i picturesque beauty; and for the rui of its nmagniicent chateau, which wi destroyed in the Commune. .it hi been decIded to pull down what remaii of the chateau and to erect a builditE similar to the Crystal J?alace in .Ljo don. It will contain art gallorie museums of curiosities, readinug-room gymnasiums, paiioramas and a cosmn politan theatre, whore the dramat works of all civilized nations. anciex and modern, will be produced. Ti building will cover eightoen acres ground, MS'r William Thdompson follows D Thomas Reid in ascribing to man s senses instecad of five, namely, the sena of force, of heat, of sound, of light, taste and of smell. In a memoir -road before the medic society of Florence Dr. B3ellini ret omended starch as an antidoile for poi sous in' general. in eases of acute po soning an emetic should be given b -fore tne antidote i amin.er.d.. ' A Boy Bandit. At Dallas,Texas, recently two officer n lodged Lu Jail Lewis Milen, a beardlet n youth of some sixteen summers who] they arrested at his home, two milt it west or that place, on 'the charge t robbing J. F. Snell, the agent of i d Texas Central Road. The olook in th is freight office of the depot marked i d time 8:80. The south-bound passenge nd train had just pulled out and the agen W.F. Jones and D,W. teel,clerks, wet ohalting, awaiting the arrival of th north-bouna passenger train, due on s hour afterwards, but the rattle of th 'a out-going train had not got out of sigli to before a boy walked boldly into the of en flee, and, leveling a cooked Englisl w bull dog pistot on the agent, remarke Ls" in a decidedly dangerous tone of voice "Here, d-n you, pace up here an pony up your money, or by the eternA I'll shoot the top of your cocoanut off. - As lie spoke he stepued a few pace de backward, so as to get the three men i range, and commanded them to hold il their hands which they did with alae 10 rity. The boy bandit then ordered th agent to turn his pockets inside out d' rifle the safe and put all the money in d to a shot bag that lay on the conntet 3 The agent gtanoed down the barrel e1 m the pistol and readily oomplied, lnttini t $18, every cent he had, into the bag t The other two men were insttrnetd ti show up, and when they ex:ibited emPt 'pocket books, he made thorn shako them but finding he had made a waterhanl s le far as they were ooieornod, he baokei he to the door with his pistol still levelo on them with the remark, '"I never saV * so nauy-empty pocket-books and sc m little money, and lifting his hat with t grace that would have done credit to > Ohesterfield, lie stepped out into th< darkness of the night, and before thi ts agent and his companions had time t( recover from their surprise, he wa: gone. - The boldness of the beardles: o youth completaly unmanned them, e taken as they were by surprise. H Lt wore no mask, and every movement he ! made was so quick and tull of determina tiou that the robbery was committed e before they realized the true situation of s affairs, and their amazement at the auda city of the"kid"aud their fear of the tire arm was supplanted by chagrin when all was oyer. When the news reached the city yesterday morning, Sheritl Smith and Deputy Lewis repaired tc the scene of the robbery, and th:! result of the investigation was the arrest of Lewis Milier. When the officers ap proaiched his house he ran, but they pulled down on him, bringing him to t a a stand, and when they took charge of f nun an English bull-dog pistol was iound on his person. He was taken to e H:tchns and was, identified by the parties, and was afterwards brought to ttte cty and lodged in jail, as before stated, As he was being carried through the strrts to the jail, three young %ountrymen galloped up on horseback and spoke to him. After the jailer hatd tinished searching him, a Herald t reporter nad a talk with the prisoner. t He insistea that he was innocent of the crime with which he was charged, and > s:ud that he could readily prove an alibi, as he was at home at the time the robbery was alleged to have been comn unmitteit. He stated that he was frce to ConLfess for two past months he had bieen evadi?g the otficers on account of a fight lhe had witth Pate Bass, who forced hin to~ 'fight; and whom he stabbed twice ( -vtn a &mi .~ The~ urnarrel was about a VC.fu' ady vyhm Bass objected to his e *a sm.-. H- was, and is, still en ) n: : er, ad expects to marry c i.r. ar-e the stabb)ing ad'ray, he spent a nn: of hi:s time in Archer an.1 C- o:ies, where he worked for Al - mr, herding cattle. When the e ..r '4.::nedI the duoor, he stalked into r a:h in a dl>gged manner, and when -steel~ 'n,al'. clmed with a clash 1h0 - az:di detianitly at the jailer for some ti.e anid then sat down, as though he not i. ranider over the attair, It is said cnat the young man comes of a good family. Stenis,t Thirashevrs. iThe farmer is getting the advantage iof the inventive faculty of the present -age. Steam thrashing machine" are f slowly but surely displacing the old Si method of thrashing by horse power. d It takes more help to keep the machine r' rumnig up to its full capacity than it a (did by horse powver, but then a much o steadier motion is given, and the hut,h ,f' dreaded "thrashing days" are shortened ul by one-half, which is a great boon tc the armer and his wife, There is only i- oneo teamn needed, and that the th,rashin'g a men furn ish themlselves, andl use it for it hauliug water for the steam engine. ts Wniere the thrashed grain has to be tak en n any distance, of course teams have n to be used for hauling It away. The ii. steam t luraahing',machmnes aro made ex ni tra large, with a big cylinder at which ni two men01 stand to feed i,t, The~se ne >(lessitale two band eutt ers and and ox at t ra two men to pitch to them. These g steam thrashers, combined with the ue improved machinery for putting the 'o grain into the ground in the spring (wve to retor to the screwv pulverizer) and the n:' self-binding reaper, make the farmnei p)ractically independent of the hired y help, for a cr0op of 100 acres of small to grain can be sown, raaped, and thrash Li- ett as ca sy as '20 acres couhi by the old . and slower methods. y Tis is a very important item in the v- farmer's economy, for in some sections Ii help cannot be obtained during the y rush of harvest at any price, and wvhere r- it can be got it is generally of an in ferior character and has to be paid the cxorbit ant price of fr in $2.00 to $8.0C per day. Tao steam thrasher Is of im mnns benetit to the farmer, and the >o day will soon be here that every neigh tr borhood will be supplied with a ma :s chine. Farmers can utee the atnami is p,ower that it takes to run the thrashing ts muaehine.for all the necessary purposes is of grinding grain, shelling corn, an d us catting hay with a chaff-cutter, when g the machine is not in use for thrash i- ing, i, Suitable arrangements must be, how. i, ever, provided for guarding against - fire. Whore possible the engine should ic be placed far enough awvay .from the it tarmn buildings so there will not be the e remotest chance' of fire. The best way >f to carry this power from the engine te buildings is by a wire rope, as a belt cannot be used to carry power as far as a wire rope; and then, too, the belt, .when used in wet weather will get wet Zand slip. IN a Deadwood church, the othey day, the large congregation were devoutly ii kneeling In prayer, when an irreverent -joker quite audibly whispered: "Here - comes an eastern detective." In seven i- teen-seconds all that congregation er SI- cept the chief elder had slid through tho windows. - AG 0M'URIls a MAxy persons overstock f1Qir pastures 0 and the animals fail to kain as much' as a they would with a better range. Dur " ing May and June the grass' seems so f abund,nt they purchase more stock 'to 8 keep down the growth, and the result is e the cattle during August and September e frequently gain nothing. The farmer r must recollect that he cannot depend upon much growth of any grass except e red clover from the middle of July until a fall rains set in. With plenty of rain in e the latter part of summer the grasses e do not grow half as fast as during May t and Juno. These things must be oon sidered by the breeder of cattle it he ox poets the largest gain in weight, and his I pastures must be at all times such that the cattle can readily and quickly find dt suflleient grass. l"or plants can be used for various a purposes. Thus, the wires or twigs are t of seovice for basket or wicker work,and i the leaves irnish food for farm stock and sheep; f om the tendrils a vegetable Swerx is obtained, and from their juice a eoloringmattor. The young shoots,too, are eaten, tasting, wteon boiled, like spuar.'a, and when bleached they can be mar e ir.to stwung paper and card r board; from their tibre in Sweden yarn and huen are apun, and the ashes are used by makers of Bohemian glass; while irom the flower, which give an agreeahly bitter taste to beer,a tincture is dertved and a medicinal extract; and a pillow tilled with hops will often Scanse sleep, and is a great specidio for old country dames. Hi&naa.-If you want to have no trouble with heaves in your horses be sure that they are ted no dusty and dir ty hay, which is the prolitlo source of this annoyance. Ordinary clean hay can a w ya be fed with satety if properly cut up, moistened, and mixed with ground grain; but to feed the musty or dirty sorts is very injurious. Olver, owing to its liability to crumble, often gets dirty,even after storago,and should never be fed wi'.iout being previously moistened. THE orchard should be cultivated at least eight years, or till it comes well into bearing in any hoed crop, or sown to buckwheat and let fall back on the around; care should be taken not to plow too near or too deep near the trees When you heed use red clover. It is advisable to shui tei in the the branches two-thirds the last year's growth, for the reason that the tree has lost roots in being taken up, and that aqualizes the top and roots. i order to have successive cropps of green food for stock, small pieces of Ir.ud should be sown at intervals for that purpose. Some sections will not produce in abundance, but such di-il oulty may partially be avoided by sow ing peas and oats mixed, mustard, rad ish, collards, kalo or anything else that comes in early. Though the quantity may not be large, the green stuff will answer for the change of diet, and -serves an excellent purpose in that re spect. IT is a common remark that the cher ry must be gralted early-a very inde finite term to most peop)le. In the months of April and M1ay applications to the nurseries for scions are frequent and no such ordera can be honestly sup plied at such a tune. An amateur gar dener brought with himn fromn Germany a nan skilled in several departments, one of which was grafting the cherry, and no claimed that earliness was the cardinal point. Het said that they must be gratted in .February. WEL.L-PAOKED, butter, if it Is good to start with, a(d as packed in good oak firkins, sctalded anid brined as overy dtairymnan knows how to do; solidly packed, headed and filled with stronig brine, so that every particle of air is ex cluned-- such will keep a year, and will be rosy and sweet anu marketable; but the butter mnust be good. Balt will not keep poor butter, TuE failure of all the patented milk ing mnachies is ascribed to the fact that they all aimi at a stronger method, imi tating the sucking of a calf rather than tne manipulations of hand-mnlking. This last is essential to geitting the lar gent eretiou of the milk, and unless some machine can rival the hand for milkingtheo aid way must be followed a while' longer. Cows wheni first turned to grass will eat, and L.ced considera 10 dry feed dai -ly. Even straw will be eaton at this time, the grass not haviing substance enough to it to satisfy the animal. If the cow is giving milk the meal ration should be contmnued until June, or lon ger, if eaten readily. As sooN as an orchard or single tree is pruned the brush should be gathered in heaps to be burned when dry. Leav ing it under the trees, as dropped, is a very slovenly practice, and when over growvn with grass or weeds in midsum mer the labor of gathering it up in heaps is much imerensed. Tnm clover plant is so impatient of shade that we have never found an ad. vantage in covering it with coarse ma nure, as the large clods destroyed as much clover as the finer manure bene fitted. But great improvements have been made in spreadling manure,so that this difficulty is overcome, and with line manure theme is no better place for it than the clover field. . Tanmighl price of clever seed this prnislikely to permanently injure the fertility oi many farms whose own ers are too paocr or too penurious to make the necessaiy outlay to secure this renovating crop. A field that should be seeded with clover this Spring will always be less fertile if timothy or other grass is substituted. TiE cultivation of the musk melon is an impor ant industry in some parts of New Jersey. Its prohtablenese may be guessee by the fact that some New Jersey farmers for this crop expend $800 for manure. Farmers never take such risks as this unless they hiave learn ed by experience to be reasonably sure that it pays, EQUAsHlE5 and all kinds of vines grow and yield the best by surface culture; manure as you would for corn; drop the seed in rows; cover lightly; stir the soil often, and eternal vigilance is death to bugs, with a good sprinkling of insect powder. A Nnw Yonx farmer declares that an acre of the Hubbard squash will fatten more hogs than the corn thatt can lbe raised on the same ground. He has gathered from six to cighit tons from an 1 DOMESTIO. Son BAsaer.--Seleot a medium sized Japanese umbrella, One with a plain ground and gilt igures is prettiest. The knob or pint is to be securely glued into a large square or circular . blook, which it will be necessary to have made by a carpenter, as it must be smoothly finished to look well after it has been painted. This block must also be heavy enough to act as a stand for the um brella to hold It steadily in its upright position, that it may not be easily knocked over. The block is then to be painted the color of the umbrella, and decorated like it with gilt figures. To prevent the umbrella from falling open the points of the ribs which project beyond the paper covering are -inter laced with satin ribbon. 1iither several shades of the narrowest ribbons are turned in and out of the ribs like basket work, or a *ide ribbon may be used. Sew the seams with silk to match the shado of the ribbons. The umbrella thould not be quitO half open. A piece of gilt paper is to be cut to tit round the iusido of tho umbrella to cover the sticks, and thus prevent papers and scraps from falling through to the point. from whence it is difficult to remove them. . If narrow ribbons are used for the lacings, tie a bunch of them round the handlh with long 1 ops and ends, and their many colors make a gay trim ming; or should the wider ribbon be used, tie a full bow of it round the han die. The gilt paper which is used as a lining to cover the sticks and hold the scraps must be glued to keep it in place. This can easily be done without i6juring the covering of the umbrella by touch ing each stick with a little strong glue or gum, and press the paper againts it. When it dries the paper will adhere and keep in place nicely. They are very odd and pretty sorap baskets and are not difficult to make, BAKED COD, HADDOCK On SHAD. Take a lish weighing.five or six pounds, keep head on; do not have it opened too deep, make a filling of one-halt pound of breadoruibs, one teaspoonful f finely divided parsley, one teast oon of salt, one saltspuon of black pepper. Dne-lhalf teaspoon of dried thyme and marjoram mixed, two eggs, a teaspoon o( butter. Beat all well together and till in fish; if necessary, tie up with eord; bake s!owly, larding with a little butter from time to time. About one mnd one-half hours will cook fish. Fon house linen or dresses even bet ter than a wardrobe is a long, low otto ,an box that any carpenter can make of pine wood, and which can be covered with the pretty cheap cretonnes so as to tdd to the furniture of the room. The iresses, &c., can lio at full length, which is much better than h1aiging hem up, for summer dresses especially. Due or more trays of webbing fitted nside, will enable you to store quite a rariety of articles without crushing. BAnD corns may he troated as follows: L'ake a thick pieceo of leather or felt; mut a hole In the centre. Upon going o bed at night fill the hole in the con ,re with paste uade of sodma and soap; vash it off in the muorning. Repeat the anne process several nights, and the orn will be removed. To make prnel for babies sift the best if flue ground, unbolted wvhoat flour nto bodling water, stirring it until it is if the consistency of gruel, cook it for Ifteen or twenty minutes, thcn reduce t with the best of milk to a thim gruel, hin enough to suck through a bottle if aecessary, strain it while hot through a Inc sieve or straining cloth. DiouEs for dessert are ianuduomely nade in inajolica, an!d the style now is o have every onen a dilferent shape and lesign. Some take the form ot oddly' haped baskets; otl era arn upon three eot; others again, fiat. Plites for ice aroam are of glass, strawberries, rasp )orries ad grapes figuring on them in *elief as decoration. SQUAuE TnAYs.-Thae oblong, esquare 3ornered, Japanmeso trays, of papier rncho, are much more convenment for mn nvalid's bedsuie service than' the rdinary oval "'waiter" of lrequered netal They are much lighter than netal trays aum more roomy by their hiaipo for the breakfanst or dinaner dishes requirod. No 0one will go back to ain >val after using a squmare-cornaered~ tray, AN occasiounal table forald' L)oudcoir is very peculiar, bwmg of brass, with three shelves of p)aiuteud porcelama mid sulrmountedl by a smaall beveled mnir. cor im a frame of wvrough , bronze. Upon hie upper shelf is a box, lined with utted satin, which, when shunt, forms the top of the table. A vani' lovely cffect is prodneed in a. screon which is mnountedL ian bronzo by Gho use of semai-tranmsparent bino0 silk for die panel, upon which a viewv of a lake ,mid Alpine scenery is woerked in long stit-ch in shaded silks. Tnia ehleot of mow upon the mnountmainsis m~nost hap. pily convoyed. FA51[IONABLE himp shades are in every variot,y of mnaterial and style. .Foremost ,n them are those in tinted silk, shaped to the size of the lamp aind p)ainted In water color designs; others are or paper, enddo up in imitation of flowers, roses, sulips or dahlias in delicately sha.de<' papers. PxiOTURE frames are muchi liked now .n plain, severe style. Deep onk bor beringa have a finish of wrought bronze md an-inner bordering of gilt. Occa dlonally designs in bronze relief arc 'laced In each corner. PILLOW shams are regaining favor. . favorite style now is to make them of ~he finest camnbric, with naarrow insertion adge, with drawn work and finished off with a bordering of lace to match in lertion. A NEW chair specially adapted for the soming season Is of light icker work, md is deep seated; above it is a large iced or shade, also of wicker, into , which a wiu<dow is introduced upon aither side,. A NOVELTY has been introduced in arhor curtams in the applicatioin of ebl red designs upon lace. In a very hand me pair of whiate curtais fljing birds in natural colors arc appliqued on to he material. NEw FASHIONnD book rests have the nds richny carved 'in deep reliet,. a pro. ereance being given to animalue heads. ~n some cases the ends are formed of )olished steel in -the shape di anchors. A NOvEn inksan prse t4 a 'etrious sonmbmnation, having a st,and'jbehind the nk bottles for paint brushes, and at the aok of that aigain, compartmnents for >laques, cards, eto.