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$1): tlnion iimcs. UNION, S. C. Dairy now? bring more per hem than horses nowadays in Missouri. The Government statistics show thai iho farmers, despite their laek o money, are really bettor off thuu uuj Other class. It is announced that there ia to be r ^'Woman's Bible," translated undei the auspices of some of tho leading promeu of the day. Atlanta, Oa., has more ohnrchee ?han any city in tho South, tho Chicago Record estimates, and their seating oapacity will accommodate Go,000 people. Tho Galveston News remarks cynically on tho woman question : "One of tho first thiug for women to do if to learn how lo buy a larger shoe uml fi smaller hat. "riie Progressive Engineers' Association, of New York, a colored orgauiztion, is going to send one of its members out to Liberiato see what, if any, inducements that country offers for eolnu iznt inn J Emm Pasha e death, it appears, wan line solely to the vanity of t petty African chief, who wished to show his neighbors that he was not afraid tc kill a white mftii. He was hanged for jit, nil the same. Besides the rather nnmerous Chinese, there are probably less than 300C foreigners in oil Japan, thongh the xmmber may recently have risen above that. What progress has been made, then, is cioarly due to the Japanese the Japanese themselves, and not to foreign residents. A ? - j? The coming boom in farming nJwindmill irrigation, predicts the American Agriculturist. It has proved an immense success on the cheap lands ol the West, and there is no reason why it should not be even more profitable jpn the more expensive lands of th Central, Middle nnd Eastern Stales. \ A farmer named WalJiu discovered jlhat a Burlington, Co.la Itapids and u i,? u..:i_ i T>. 1UV1 U imiil UJUl Llt'tll DUI* lington, Iowa, hud been bnruod, anl, knowing that the regular pnssenger train wan due in a short time, walked two miles ilowu the track and stoppod the train by waving a burning brand. The tiain carried 100 passengers ant much valuable express and buggagi matter. , Bays the Washington Star: Tin managers of charity organizations ir New York have about decided to in uugurate an experiment during th< ooming season similar to the potat< patch scheme of Mayoi Pingree, n Detroit. The Michigan Mayor, it wil he remembered, concluded that some thing should he doue with the vacuo Jand in and around the city for tie relief of the suffering poor, and he in nuguratcd the celebrated potato patel plan whereby in ore season 701) > lotof ground, aggregating -lit!) acres Were placed under cultivation au? yielded potatoes to the value of $14, <XK>. The scheme was to allot a strnil section of ground to each of a nuruhc 'of poor families ami to provide then with potato seed and toob for their cultivation. It was thought that >i deal of suffering was averted by mean of the food thus obtained at a ven slight cost. The grouu ! wa- all do Hated by charitable persons, a in shout the only expense was that f<> the purchase of seeds and tools. Th latter, being the property o! tlie city, can tie used season after season It i estminted tliut 11?? rt- lire upwards o one thousand iic'rua of vacant prouni ui New York, contained in I7,;t2'j lots and there ar. miinv hundreds . I acre; iii the suburban regions that are can jly obtainable. Already donations o 1200 acre.- in the outlying district have been made, and the -ciienie prom ises to he a success. I hi- is a pr.'U'ti cal charity, and a move towmd the iii eiil jat ion of the principle! of self In 1] into the minds of the poor who look an nuallv to the city authorities or to pri vatc miru'H for ?i<i - "- - FARM ANDHOUSEHOLD. A FARA8TTK TEHY NTTMEHOUS IN HOOS. During the four rears in which I - had charge of the inspection of hogs j 1 for the United States (loverniueut my i attention was drawn to a parasite j which was so numerous that it was I found almost daily during the search j. for Trichina spiralis uuder tho microscope, writes Profeesor Jolin Michels. This parasite, shown in the cnt which accompanied thin article, has the appearance of an elongatod worm 1 with a blunt point at each end. It assumes many forms, nometiiuen being narrower ami longer than Hhown in the drawing, and Bomotimes broader and shorter and even almost- round. The interior is composed of grannlar PARASITE NUMEROUS IN 110(48. matter, which with a high power j proven to lie einbyros, the worm-like body being only u sac. These such nre sometimes very numerous in the iuuscle, while each sac contains many hundreds of the embyros; taken together the number existing in some hogs must be counted j by the milliou. This parasite, which is considered to be harmless, is called by the United i States Department of Agriculture "Tarcospcridium." and by the Germane "I'soroeperinieu," and it ie re, markable, considering their great number iu n lood product, that little appears to be known of their life history. 1 have made preparations of the sac for microscopical examination, and ex I * ' pelled the embryos from tho sac, which proven to be tho shape of half moons. ?Scientific American. EGOS FOB HATOniNO. ) ETow to pnek them for shipping in n manner that insures their safe transportation, and how to make tho pack* > age an light as possible that express rates may be likewise, are topics of present discussion and interest to all, says Nellie Hawks in Practical i , Farmer. With the coming of each shipping* > season new methods are proposed and the old ones talked over. As it is a something that new beginners seek all i possime mini mnuon relating tnercto, ( the intent of this article is to muke known some of the methods of packing employed by those grown old in the poultry business?also one or two i oi the newer methods?and to give my j own way, which has proven very satin| lactorv all around, ever since adopted, j Experience has taught me many an * expensive poultry lesson; but they were thoroughly learned, and will | k i perhaps staud nie in stead in a most 1 profitable wa3-. The basket method of packing and I r> e ; express method of transportation is i the plan most universally employed; i hut experiments are occasionally tried. 1 I Express rates are generally out of all j ' reason, and shippers of both eggs and j t fowls have crown mst.lv indicnaut at i the extravagant prices charged, and are eoustnntly seeking Home plan { i wberebv this wrong may lie righted l holueA'hlit. Lust (teas oil a settiug ol eggs was 1 t shipped from Nebraska to New Jersey j j by mail, by way of experiment. It i 1 did not prove a pnfect success, but ( r j 1 '.he experuueiit will bo repeated by { the same parties this season, arid | 1 probably by several breeders through? I out the Slate and the United Stater. s The betting o{ eggs sent by mail , transportation was very carefully j . | parked in a light basket just as they . ( Would have been to send by express ^ properly labelled, postage prepaid j and classed with registered mail, if J ] remember right. However, upon ' ,. J that poiut I w,Il not be positive. So ! , far as breakage of eggs was concerned. tbo venture proved successful. hut uot ' so with the hatching of the eggs. It ih not thought tin: plan will ever | , he universally adopted for Huvoral ! I * I reasons. First, the present way of \ rushing mail through, and the rough handling of the same will prove detrimental to the life germ of the eggs. They get too thoroughly shakeu up. Then the postage costs as much as expressage, at least such was the caso iu the instance cited. Another thing, pontage must be prepaid, and the shippers of thoroughbreds cau uot afford to pay postage on eggs to their customers. FA KM AN1> (iAl.DKS NOTBS. Anything green from eabbage to a]>ples will be acceptable to the hens just now. Fruit trees should uot be allowed to remain in low plncos where water etas(1b, but the ground should be drained bo as not to ullow too ranch moisture in wet seasons. The man who feeds green cut bone pretty freely seldom has any sickness among his fowls. It seems to contain just the sort of ingredients needed by the average fowls in ull seasons. If you want to do successful pruning in an old orchard, saw a little way into the under side ol a limb and then saw from the top to meet it. The limb will fall to the ground without splitting. Common sense is n valuable as well as au invaluable essential in the poultry business. An awful sight >f food and lots of hard work can be waited it this line, unless it is liberally sprinkled with brains and judgment. As a rule, theta tariu garden* are sad nnrodies on wh??l fool 1. ns should be. 1* tin wife and toother had entire charge oi with the necessary material and labor t?> apply to it, it would be n very different affair She knows the value of a good garden thoroughly. Men are apt to underestimate it. TTOtfWRJIOIiP HINTS. Horseradish is much more irritatng than spice, and if used in excess may induce a very disagreeable feeling of the stomach, lasting for several days or perhaps causing illness. The French have a way of keeping melons which it mav be worth while to remember for use in the summer. The fruit is cut with a long stem, which is coiled np and then buried tinder brown sugar to keep it from drying tip by exposure to the air. Old ink-stains ean be removed from polished mahogany or cherry with nitre uud water. To a teaspoonfnl of water add n few aiteipa of nitre; dip a feather in this mixture and rub the ink spot with it. As soon as the stain disappears wash the spot with clear water. Neglect to do this will cause a white mark to corne it: place of the stain. Invalids and children who refuse beef tea drink beef juice very readily. The beef should be cut at least threequarters of an inch thick, and broiled over a clear tire about five minutes. Then the mice should he extracted from it with n lcmuu squoezer or meat press. Season the juice with a little Halt. A thiu slice of nicely browned toast may bo served with it. A Clever Fox. Some yours wince, while hunting in Northern Michigan, I tried, with the aid of a professional trapper, to entrap a fox who inude nightly visits to a spot where cne entrails of a deer had been thrown, writes Mr. Crehore, of Bostou. Although we tried every expedient that suggested itself to us, we were unsuccessful and, what seemed very singular, we always found the trap sprung. My compunion insisted that the animal dug beneath it. and putting his paw beneath the jaw would push down the pan with safety to himself, but though the appearance nevmeu iu eonnrni n, i couiu naruiy credit his explanation. Another year, in another locality of the name region, niul ohl and experienced trapper assured me of its correctness and said in confirmation that he hud several times caught them, after they had made two or three successful attempts to spring the trap, hy the simple expedient of setting it upside down, when, of course, the uet of uudermining and touching the pan would bring the paw within the grasp of the jaws, ? Nature. Ar. Ideal Cow Barn. ('. T. llood. of Lowell. Mass., lift?-: in one hi?rn fifty-two .Jersey cows. Tho uu then it entirely tree from "that eowy i-inel!. Mi. FJuo;] goes in for pure fur and the i>ef 1 lurid ef vcntilntioii for hit entile. If if n passion with luin. II* iiat impressed hit ideas upon the farm tmndi and they are full of Ins aims an.l hopes. ? Farm, Field and Fireside. LADIES' COLUMN TTKK ITVSBANP'K ASSISTANT. Rev. Lilu Front Sprague in probably the first woman who has ever been called to act as her ministerial husband's assistant,ami she, in that capacity, recently preached her first sermon. The trustees of the Second Unitarian Church of San Francisco, of which Mr. Spragne is pastor, elected his wife us his official assistant about two weeks ago. Mrs. Sprague is a regularly ordained minister ami a graduate of the same theological school as her husband. Indeed, they were ordained at the snme time shortly after their marriage. - Washington Star. THE ART OP HEADING. The rending clerk of the Colorndo State Senate, Mrs. Hibbert, is probably the most popular employe of that body arid the members are well satisfied with the innovation. For the first time iu the history of legislative proceedings in this State, due attention has been paid to the work of the reading clerk. Instead of a senseless jumble of words delivered in monotoue after the general manuei of reading clerks, Mcs. Hibb rt gives to the most dry and perfunctory State document an intouation pleasing to the ears of the distinguished members from the haekwoods and the mining camps. Not once iu this session has the reading of the journal been dis 1 :il. Tl. .. C3 A ?. 1* j. :n. penseu wiiu. iut?ot"UHi(irHiisieu wnu f?e much attention to this morning duty of Mrs. Hibbert'e as a small boy would to the narration ol a story of shipwreck and adventure in strange lands. If there appears an error in the journal, the Senator interested rises and in the most apologetic style begs to interrupt the reading to have a correction made. ? Philadelphia Ledger. THE rORREtT HANDKERCHIEF. The really and only refined handkerchief is the colorless one. "Bordered" handkerchiefs, with the exception of those lightly embroidered in black for mourning use, are no longer looked upon with favor. As lor silk handkerchiefs, these, likewise, are de clured out of date, hot Li for men an^| women. To Vie quite correct, the former should curry good-sized squares of the best liueu, hemstitched to the depth of an luch. Women are permitted greater variety, am} the dainty squares of sheei linen or bntiste offered for them may be embroidered in wreath designs, edged with narrow, real Valenciennes, or, hemstitched and embroidered in one corner, the owner's initials or monogram. It is a "fad," and an expensive one at that, to have your handkerchiefs made to order?first, choosing the linen, then having your ex elusive design draw n and tinully engaging an expert needlewoman to do the work, lnitiuls ? the fuc-simil* of one's handwriting?embroidered in the handkerchief corner is a unique idea. ? Philadelphia Times. FASHION NOTES. Pipings of fur and heads of small animals, like the seal, tin mink and sable, obtain on spring wraps. The clear bright blue called mistra and royal is becoming to the womar with red hair and n clear skin. Fancy strips 01. taffeta grounds either |>lain or ( haugcablt art one v! the tavorite combinations in silk. Arrayed for the eye ol the shopper re umbrella-sheped cambric skirts trimmed with embroidery or lace. Perforated tnCctn ribbons art out of the novelties. They are pretty filn pntnf i! h'' 1 hi- tiHrnot iiro colore. Silk unu wool moire is h modish fabric for walking dresses. It is vrort t. it. cluiupenbk effects' mul is very et vlinti. 11 lit f will uc> longer !>< worn ou the very ia.k of the head. hut will go to the other extreme nuil he worn well over the face. Tin ornamenting of the front serins jf the skirt for evening wear o? ii pleasing relief from tL monotony oi the godet style. Cliambray if once n.ci. it. favor. For trimming frocks ol tbia pretty atufl art flouncingt > ' bu title uitli etillettoed embroidery. Box-plaited, kilted, gathered and godtt akirt backa are all popular, and the fashion of trimming each of the gored scsuis is still popular. The now moire sash ribbon conic iu all colors, daintily figured iu Drosdon patterns, or with vines of delicate flowers through the centre. Among the novelties iu dress trimmings is a jet baud shaped to edge a yoke, and from this iu front falls a chenille fringe, tipped two or three inches with jet, which reaches the bottom of the waist. If you are making flower rosettes (which you must do) to go on your little enpe. don't forget that the buds must be bunched very closely ami wholly devoid of foliage. For elegant dress garnitures sre shown expensive passementeries, . i_i? ?i ?.*-i. ?... Oil CHIOS IIUU uunuun HI Uiniv/U, iuc buttons, in vui^'iug sizes, to be used on different portions of the costume. Silk ruches are worn inside the skirts instead of ruffles, us they serve better to make the skirt stand out. ! Fine wir? ?.>; iglit oniie is sometimes run in lit the bottom of the skirt to givt tht desired efleet. Tin very large loose reddish-pnr}>le violets are in us great favor as ever, ami the liking foi these blossoms will probable continue for two seasons, as they OK' in highest favor just now in Fans, and are likewise finding special favor in the eyes ol EugliHh women of rank, including the Frineess of Wales, her daughter aud the Duchess of York. Labrador s Dangerous Coast. The most northerly lighthouse on the eoast of this contincut stands on Belle Isle, at the head of the straits of that name, a little northeast of New lounuinnu. rsy wnat irouK 01 tame it wan called Belle Isle 1 oaunot say ; foi even the old navigators had such a horror of it that, oti their charts they marked it with the figure of a demon. The morning the little mail steamer on which 1 cruised "down on tho "Labrador, 1 as tue Newfoundlander!* sny, plunged and rolled past it through the surge, the rugged mass of rock crouched there as if ready to seize its prey of ships and human lives. The J snrf, unheard at our distance, I (lashed around its base like a ' long row of glistening teeth. iceberg had drifted in and lay stranded at one end of the island ; far up on the rocks was the lighthouse; on a shelf below stood a _;*i. ijHiv uui mm |Miivini()iin lur miijiwrecked sailors; the gray morning mists made these look heavy anil sodden, and altogether this glimpse of Belle Isle was the most desolate scene 1 had evci beheld. Over our bow the barren coast of Labrador was faintly outlined, ami as the last light house on the contiuont dropped astern. 1 felt that we wore indeed drawing away from civilization ; and ' this feeling was strengthened when, as ' we turned 0111 prow northward, wo 1 sighted the vanguard of the seemingly endless procession of huge icebergs | drifting slowly down in single tilo ! from the mysterious regions of tho I north. We had met with single bergs along I the Newfoundland coast, but ofl ' Labrador they became a constant and ' unspeakably grand feature in tho | seaward view. 1 doubt if they can bo seen anywhere else except 111 Arctic und Antarctic waters in such numbers, variety and grandeur. The : branch of the Gulf Stream which pushes its way into the Arctic Ocean | has sufficient force left when it is roi fleeted by the frozen northern boundary of that sea to send an icy . current down along the Labrador I coast. Practically all tho borgs that j break loose from the ice-sheathed shore*" of Greenland arc bur no south ! ward by this current. One morning, | when I went up on deck, I counted on 1 less than l!l"> huge ones. Some ot ' these were great solid blocks of ice ; others were arched with numerous I Gothic passageways', some reached with spirt like grace high up into tbo air ; all reflected with prismatic glory the ray? of the hiiii.?St. Nicholas. * ..onaa i rccrer o: ruccess.*" A ( lever won.m. said the other day 1ijat * In secret <d success, from a ? . mans standpoint, "is to let no man know' bow ier.cli oue likes him. and in> woman how mueli one dislikes her. ? Argonaut. YVhitolaw Iieid, of the New York Tribune, who after a lengthy visit to the United Presbyterian Mission in Egypt, left a chock for 8"?00 as his contribution to then work.