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UNION, a o. >
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liia Mid thai ibe late patent deaiaion
it lively to eheapen telephone
aerrioe amaaingly. ^
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Athletics are said to be languishing
1ft ov oolleges. Football is under ban
and beeeball is too alov.
There ere about 12,000,000 bouses
in this ooun.trj, with less than sir
people to sash en the average.
An educational qualification will
hereafter be required of men seeking
enlistment in the United States
Army. ________________
Aooording to the New York Tribune,
u arefj country or tine globe the farmer
ia raising a wail of distress. Farm
products are too cheap.
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The world's chief supply of alohasier
comes from the quarries of "Volterra,
some thirty miles southeast of
in Italy, where this industry
has been handed down for generations.
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Schools of stenography and typewriting
turn their pupils to use by
doing at rather low rates typewriting
for lawyers and others. The oopying
makes good praotioe for the. pupil
and incidentally brings in considerable
revenue in the unhnnl
The Boston Transit Commission will
relieve the narrow, crooked and
erowded streets by a subway, beginning
in the Public Garden and ending
at Park street The subway will be
partly double-track and partly quadruple,
and will be lighted by elects
jelly,
England is not generally thought of
e a gold producing country, but
Knowledge says that there are perhaps
few* countries in the world in
which the isetal is more generally din-,
trihuted. The principal ntines in
Wales, now abandoned, were worked
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pn rang agu as vuu noman ocoupauon.
The eoti of the Baltic Canal is estimated
at $87,440,000. Prussia contributed
$12,500,000 and the Imperial
Treasury raised the reel
' It is a singular fact, oommonte the
New York Mail and Express, that, although
this- canal ie about twioe as
long as tho Manchester Canal, the
latter cost $75,000,000.
Houseboats are gradually develop*
ing into a recognized feature of
American summer life?west as well
as east of the Rooky Mountains. The
fashion has been imported in the last
place from England; bat ite origin
XUftV be ironed to flhinn Tndiu ?rwl I
other Oriental countries, a large proportion
of whose population in born,
lives and dies on these floating homes.
The New York Tribune thinks it will
doubtless be news to many that houseboats
can be leased quite ' as^cheaply
as cottages for the hot months of the
year, and that they offer many advantages,
whioh are afforded neither
by the oonntry villa nor by the summer
hotel to those in search of changt
of seene and air.
The St Paul Pioneer-Prese remarks:
While the farmers of the Northwest
ore deploring the advent of the Russian
thistle, a new forage plant, also
of Russian origin, has made its appear
anoe, wmeb promises to prove such a
blessing to farmers as to more than
atone for the damage done by it*
pestilent compatriot. It is known as
aaoaline. It requires no cnltivation.
Once planted, it propagates fUelf in
any soil, in dr r, sandy, barren or in
wet, alluvial swamps. It stands the
drouth, for its roots strike deep. It
drinks in the rain, when there is any,
like a camel loading up for a journey
through the desert. It is as nutritious
as any of our grasses. It possesses a
combination of remarkable properties,
which adapt it wondorfnlly well for
the conditions existing in Minnesota,
and especially the Dakotas and beyond.
Oar impression is that the Minnesota
agricultural collogo is trying it, or
has arranged to try it on the Htnte
experimental farm.
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tiTTMR DISEASE IN FOW1S.
When fowls mope about, bang their
beads and sit about with ruffled
feathers, gradually getting weaker,
avoiding food, but drinking, they are
suffering from a disease of tho liver,
combined with intestinal fever. The
disorder is commonly oalled cholera,
and a eonspiouous symptom is a green
and yellow discharge from the bowels,
this being colored by the overfloiring
bile. Qive the fowls a teaspoonful of
saturated solution of hyposulphate of
soda three timet) a day, withhold all I
food, give all the water they will
drink, and keep the aiok bir ds apart
from the others, as tho disease is infectious.
The eggs of siok birds are
not fit to eat, as they produce violent
pains in the bowels and diarrhoea, and,
of'course, the flesh is equally unwholesome.
This disorder is closely allied
to the swine cholera. Overfeeding
and other unwholesome conditions encourage
this disorder if they do not
actually produce it. ?New York Times.
A TMJIT BARROW.
An ordinary wheelbarrow is so
shaped that it is impossible to utilize
it for wheeling boxes and baskets of
J fruit without great care and considerable
anxiety as to the safety of the
fruit?anxiety which is only too well
justified whon the whoel, striking
against an unseen stone upsets the
carefully balanced boxen to the injury
of fruit and temper.
The fruit barrow rcp.escnted ir. the
FRU1'T BAHROW.
aooompanying illustration, from the
New "York World, not only avoids all
ibis uuuujuuoc, bul luukcr provision |
for carrying a larger number of boxes
more readily and in perfect safety.
It consists of a small table or platform,
with two of tbe logs shorter than the
others. Two pieced of wood are fastened
diagonally and projecting beyond
at the lower end are attached to
a small wheel. At the other end they
are finished ofl with handles. Some
laths around the platform serve as a
fence to prevent the boxes falling off.
Strips of wood are added as braces to
strengthen the whole.
THE WKAOTNO PERIOD FOR EAMRft.
Borne imagine thai tbc weunmg pro* I
ceae Jb a very dimple one. Well, in n
benec it ie, but in another dense it is
not. Weaning lambs does not dimply
mean taking them away from the dims.
It nieaun that the ewes shall be prop- i
erly dried without iDjury to the udder..
aud that they shall then be put in
u fair way of improvement, whether J
they are to be sold off or kept for
further breeding. And it means that
the lnuibe shall be so mauaged that
the weaning period will not prove to
them n period of stagnation.
Tlie season of the yeur at which they
are to be weaned will depend entirely
upon the time at which they come to
hand, und the use that it to be made
of theui and the dumb. When lam be
| come in the autumn they will be ready
for weaning before the ewes go out to
pauture early in the spring. When
they are born early in the spring they
will be ready for weuning in midsummer,
and when they are born late in
i the spring tney will not be ready to
be weaned until the early autumn.
Something, too, depends upon the way
in which they have been minted. When
they hate been well supplied with
milk they will Htand to be weaned at
an earlier reason than when the milk
hoe been short in supply. At, a rule
the suckling period should extend
over from four to five months. Usu
ally four and a half inonthe ie long
enough to aucklo lambB.
| Whon the ^caning season arrives
the lambs should not only be separated
from tho ewes, but thoy should bo
taken quite away from thora. It would
not be wise, where it could be avoided;
to put tho lambs on one side of a fence
and tho ewes on the other, even
though they should no! lit aide is
break through to one another. The
lambs would be more restless than >1
out of tho sound of tho voice of the
j dams, and the latter will dry up more
quickly when they cannot hoai the
bleating of the lain be. it if an ex^el
lent plan where there is an opportunity
for it to abut up the dams in the
sheds for a few days at the weaning
season, and to feed them dry food to
hasten the lessoning of the milk flow.
?Farm, Stock and Some.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTCH.
Co'Ws seldom grow long hair except
in a cold Stable. ' Then it is a blessed
provision of nature.
Train up a heifer in the way she
should go, and when she is a cow she
will not depart from it.
If trees are taken from the forest
where their bodies have been shaded,
they should be boxed to keep off the
direot ravs of the sue. If not pro*
teoted the bark will be blasted ou the
southwest side.
Young chickens may be allowed the
run of the garden, the mother being
cooped; and the havoc they make
among insects is an excellent things
Exercise to a growing chiok is what
sleep is to a young babe; both are essential
in each case to good health.
Here is A. H. Huyck's way of dehorning
calves without a saw: An
ounce of caustic potash, costing tlfteon
cents, will dehorn fifty. Wet the horn
button and rub with the caustic for
half a minute any time before the calf
is nine days old. B?. sure not to get
much on the skin,
4 ikntA in ntinn m. r?r r. Ilfirt
one, and it thou Id be the aiui of every
poultry keeper never to frighten them )
a acared heL cannot do her beat any
more than u scared cow. This is ap*
plicable to every fowl or animal yon
may keep; "ftlwayi- win their confidence
by good treatment; you then
have gained u very decided advantage
in their management.
Tree* are usually planted ho close
that symmetrical growth in impossible.
They are planted thick with the idea
that a more dense shade will thus be
secured, but the object sought is defeated
by thick planting. The most
dense shade u afforded by trees which
have sufficient space to brauch naturally
and thus form a thiok canopy of
| leaves un over tlieir beads.
<n< ipkr.
Sponge vJuke?Three egg? beuteu
five minutes. add 1; cups sugar ami
beat two minutes, one cup of flour
with a teaspoon of creain of tartar.
Mix these thoroughly and add half
cup of cold water with half teaHpoon
of soda and another cup of flour,
Apple Fritters?Three eggs, three
tablespoons silted sugar, one pint
flour, salt, milk to make a good bat*
ter, as many apples chopped flue as
the batter will take. Sift sugar over
when fried.
l'uuding?Soak one cup of
tapioca all night in three pints of
water, ln-#tho morning cook it an
hour and then add half cup white
sugar, haif teaspoon salt and a small
j tumbler of currant jelly ; mix together
thoroughly over the lire, then pour
into n mold. Serve with cream an J
rugnr.
Lemon Honeycomb?Put into a dish
the juice of a good-sized lemon, with
two ounces of powdered sugar ; whisk
the white of one egg, one pint oi
cream and one ounce of sifted sugar
| into a stifl froth. Hkim it ofl as it
forms and lay it upon the lemoD juice
till all the cream is exhausted. Lot it
stand u day beforo you servo it.
Ancient Remedies tor Hiccough.
The hiccough seems to ho a modern
and dangerous disease, but the ancients
knew it and prescribed remedies
that might now be tried advantageously.
Galen recommended sneezing.
Atins approved of a cupping instrument
with great heni to the breast.
Alexander believed in an oxymel o'
squills. Al.saharavius made use of refrigerant
draughts. Rhoses put his
trust in calefaeionts, such as cumin,
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pepper, ruo ami iuv ukc, in vinegar.
Kogoriua looked kindly on calefacient,
utteuuunt and carminative modicinot*.
? Chieagi Times-Herald.
It in predicted l>y Collector of In*
tern.il It even no Mine, of Chicago, that
the income t'?s from Chicago will not
exoccd $1,000,000, and may fall below
#.*<00,000. If he in correct, observes
tho New York Times, Chicago
is very much poorer than the world
hud been led tp enpposy,
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LADICt' COLUMN
BKWAJUD Of A BjtATE MPLORBB.
M. Dienlafoy, who with his wife exolored
the rains of Sass, hss been
sleeted to the French Academic dea
Inscriptions. Mme. Diealsfoy not
only received the l^egion of Honor for
her shsxe in the work, bat also the
t eirvKf fa swaam ?v??t?%** %*?tlJ ?a
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?Soientiflc American.
DAKN1NO BOTH' HOCKS.
The half-hundred female co-eds at
Adrian (Mifeh.) College have decided
to aid in the construction of the new
gymnasium by earning #1 apiece.
Among the devioee adopted is that of
mending the socks of the male
students. The price started at ten
cents a pair, according to notices
posted on the outsido doors in the female
dormitory, but the girls soon begen
cutting the price, and now five
cents will secure a good job. The
girls will hold an experience meeting,
at which oacb will relate in detail
how hor dollar was earned.?San
Francisco Examiner.
^ELVICTKUN 18 rOPtrLAB.
Telvoteen, which formerly was such
i t
a despised material, and which ha*
, figured fti such so largely in novel*
and tales, is now woven witn a glossi,
nes* and a coloring which makes it
desirable for handsome gowns. The
richest weaver have ribs, stripes and
various pattern* with figures of dots,
stars, Vandyke and electric lines, and
, those of bright contrasting colors with
j the plain or moire grounds. The latest
thing in this material is a cotton
plush, which washes well, and is principally
used for morning dresses,
blouses and dresses for children.
I The useful aud beautiful are now being
combined by the mechanical genius
of the age to on extent that our
grandmothers never dreamed of. Certainly.
they never imagined a dav
when plush waists and dresses would
j thrust ItiKi the
| family wash. Another improvement
in this line u* a style of ribbons in
various fashionable colon- and in
black which wash perfectly, ami are
intended for the ornamentation of undergarments
so that the decorations
of thosu articles of clothing need not
be laboriously withdrawn every time a
garment is laundered.--New York
Commercial Advertiser.
AMt'HEAIEM o! A OUREN'k OUT* AO*.
To the Trinccs* belongs the credit of
reviving in the breast of her inothor
the long dormant taste for theatrical
entertainments. lu her youth Queen
Victoria was frequently, throughout
the Loudon season, to he seen at the
various theatres with her young husband.
ami for tin lirst fifteen years |
\ that followed her murriuge hardly
| mimed a singh importaut operatic
event in tlu metropolis nhowiug not
odIj h keon and intelligent appreciation
of both munie ami drama, but ulso
a very kindly feeling toward the artists.
\ftei tho death of the Priuoe
Consort, in its<i 1, the Queen declined
to heui any longei of anything connected
with the stage, and it wan only
with the utmost difficulty that some
ten years ago the Princess vat able to
induce her mother to permit the organization
01 some tablehux-vivans at
Osborne. This hud the efl'ect of paving
the way to amateur theatricals, ol
which the Princess, notwithstanding
her strongly developed embonpoint,
is inordinately fond; auJ from amateur
theatricals to performances given
by professionals was but another ste}i.
Now, the Queen has again taken such
? liking to the drama that she actually
goes to the enormous expense of huving
entire metropolitan troupes and
their scenery conveyed all the way
from London to Balmoral, n twentyfour
hours journey, in order to provide
her with an evening's entertainment.
In spite ol her stoutness.
Princess Beatrice is as far from looking
as good-humored as her equally
fat sistor, Princess Christian. Her
face usually wears n tumbled expression,
and this is attributed by tho
peoplo who know her to the difficulty
which she experiences in keeping n.attors
smooth between her by no means
agreeable husband and tho hitter's imperious
mother-in-law.--New York
Tribune.
T'ASIIJOM NOTES.
If one is going to wear ? throatlot
those of soft, light rnehjugs arc jiret,
(ricsU I
6prb| gowns are trimmed with jot
buttons set in a rim of rbinestones.
Thins blaok erepons dotted witb jet
beads are found among the spring
morelties.
A laoo in white and cream, which
resembles Brusselrftipplnjue, is n specialty
in millinery.
The crar.o for open-work effects has
uttaoked tho shoes, and patent leather
and glossy kid shpeu are perforated
la voriouH paterus, UKo the cloths,
velvets and silks wo ranch worn.
With broad boww at the back oi oft.
hatfi. broad boww in frout, wuo!i ipetanding
aigrettes on the crown. lh?
new hat will transeeud any of ikt "
predeoewwors for all screen purposes.
Clover red bergere, which iw u delioate
pink like that tiut of a aon shell,
creamy yellow, innuve, gray-bine,
rose-pink, and yellow-greon, in vur>out
shades, are among the most fax!
tonablo colors.
Block and white striped tatlcVae,
organdies and swivel silks will he
much worn this season, and they make
extremely sylisli gowns, combined
with a trimming of bright sutin or veb
ret to give the ilrosw a. touch of color.
The daintiest underwear iw made
nainsook or batiste in white or pole
colors handsomely trimmed with
eithei narrow Valencieuuea lace and
insertion or Aleuoon and Venice laces,
as oh 1 ..1 ? M r
w nil muv.u Liit iiii niiuru?u(!rj ) *jt i; '>
Huiitinij Pythons in Narah
The colony of Natal, Houth Africa
abounds in boa-coustrietorB and
pytboui. While they do not attack
men. they are especially doHtruetj\? of
cattle, sheep and oxen, and foi iLim
reason parties are formed by huntera
and natives to burn the bunh and forest
in order to exterminate the peel*.
Som< of the holdierH at Pietermardj.burg
were receutly informed by a
party ol neighboring Zulus ol the
whereabouts of a huge python that
had been destroying their oxen. The
soldiers, with 200 natives, started off
to cupture the snake, and, having located
it the fort^t won fired for u m?Jo
roundabout, an enormoiiH pit having
been previously dug in toward the
centre oi the inclosed space. What
"= itl. tht burning brush and tbAnhOnts
of the Knllirs they huod drove the
reptile toward the pit, where, closing
in ipon him, they forced him iuU it.
The python proved to be of euormom
ei/.e, being thirty-two feet long and
forty-ono inches in eirou inference. H
appeared to be quite stupid or dazed
huviug just eaten u young ox thai had
beer led into the iualosure.
An enormouH cage, with iron bare
half way down tho front, having boon
constructed, the snake was got out of
the pit and taken to Marit/.burg in the
cage. Here it ih kept 011 exhibition al
the barracks, and it is fed twice *
week two Knllit goats at each m? al
It will not cut anything that hue b?-en
ulreudy killed for it, preferring to kill
its food itself. The goats are thrust
through a small door at the end of the
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upon them, the snake tuddunly lunges
for-vurtl uDil crushes thorn in its powoi
ful folds After covering them with a
thick *luue almost an inch deep bofore
swallowing them, it flattens them
out by squeezing them and then ewullows
theni almost at a gulp. After
this the python goes to Hleep, and does
not awaken until it is tiuie to food
again ?Chicago Times.
A Moth Story That Holds the Record.
Here is a moth story that holds the
record lor tho moment: Lost week *
resident ol Marlengton, W. Va., got
ont his nfl? it !??.! A.?.?r? *?<....V
iug for two weeks in * closet nod
found, upon extracting the cartridge
to eloau tho gun, that the lead of the
bullet had all been eaten away and
remained in the barrel in tho Hhapo ot
tine dual. With the duxt there tel.*
mil tho dried body of a moth. The
appearance of the moth indicated that
it had eaton tho lead from tho bulletin
proof of bin story tho owner of tlio
rifle allowed the moth and the lead
dust to several friends, and all agreed
that everything indicated that the
moth had eaten tho leaJ. ? New Yore
Sun.
Tli/itA wointo * ' * -
.^v.v nvio (UIUIUUH tl> Ull*
country lust your. Ncurly one-hoi f
wero caused by despondency, 157 by
iuwuity, 218 by liquor, 270 by ill
health, 241 by domentio tionblou, 2:12
by disappointed lore, 122 by lmHimwl
h\"S.CM ftu.! 1212 2ui. * '