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fIer f iLcir joutioat ia tat loL
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It Ctfl ua tn ht tht fca'Ur
If i li 1 at !i:t4 at tha lot wn
4I totiu. tut ft hit vete with
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cite ri t-!rfr4 tht ft'ltatDa uaJcr
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ths t:!ct-Uot t!iei I? 3rl of r lo
Ifirvcf tk wLitrf l la hi car. Ilir
tKtxlttj ato atl i 1 ia voice full
of ttt.a( I iritl to taj that 31 r.
Jor!a h b'l U-a t Icrlr L
A Je I itc f !ow-l. V.tttj man
ia tht torr looar-l t th-j tpeakcr la
Itr antf 'titl. 5utli a iJiia at Iht
rti ja I ntml't of th ntw, aa 1
for eo reo l.irh aaj oaewoull
Jif It tow, w r..u ; li to crtat ia
eteilif"il li thl lilt!comptoj.
N-jsaVr 'VI Z'ti" wa rfOo-l aa-I
ec hurricl.f. ail tb rortiaftU
.fp ia coiluttoa. Oi my way lo
mj ta I .tttk !Iiv j. "-J tt(
pa . Miklj 117 to lnn I !lpl ray arm
thrjuli ht t-f ia I tni;ht l-o al!o I
ta'k i?h hin attoil th matter; lut ht
rrtaf h-I hit rn ttm mi-9 a I liratl
!fuptty y itlw-4t a cr i. Stc
hvl ju.l Ic t !. ra ftJ a'.lhou-h I
ffri! 1 ael ae 'ty U la th Jarkicil
I tHMjht it Jx :a!ey.
Tht ft -l.y It a roaoralthal
.U:; hit 'V'? Ilirr y I;a f 00 th
J r la tixiJuctc I hia!'(
Ofaall, with sreat dignity, anl
w taeaitr atctl h liata troaleat l exit lato rac:ful I
rrcwa, aad tha next taitant we ecu' 4 '
Jeicry thirty-two traway tacka una;
a 4 falling with Hie rrsularity of c'.ck
wrk, they urJ the butlfu', ta
rlaa he'.! a Itko kaiTe-Ualet thrctigh
the watr.
We couM Lear the little coiwaia
rouitiathe atroket aol iniccut
worJa of encoraemat. Tha boaU
wcuM aooa l up lo aid pt ui Oa
ihcy rtmf, the Crt three all ia ft Imach,
with the othrr cloo bvhial. A thry
h"t by, my wu Ce;J upoa
Ili-h' Joflie. lie u palli" with
the itrcajth of a giant, th buach?e of
mutcle ia hit broaJ c'i?t aa 1 powerful
arm awcIU aad cootracilij 'a time
with the toa atroke of the oara, hi
eye flathia, hii ooitrtl q tireri hia
tetth claach4.
Oa they wat( we ruaia after them
like tea 1. btiil bo oae of the bcata
mcd to take a lea 1. The fiaith liae
waa alrcott reached who J I heard our
coxtwaia'a ahrill roice:
'Now, boy t, one more urt!'
Theo I iiw IIi-h" Jjrdao gather
himself together, aad half rite ia hit
eat. At that momcat o'jr loit aeemed
to ahiver, aad drop b.diiid, but the
next latti with 010 tremeadoui
weep of Jr Jaa'a oar, it ahot acroaa the
(jaith, a wiacer by four feet.
When the yellia aad excitemeat ha t
Hod away uHir;at!y for a aia'.o Toice
t j b- LcarJ, fatrlcy IIrjy proposed
oioe c'leir for "aarjo."'
I hare heard roaor a Iutr chct-r for
our dear oi l cul!e?t lul newer inch a
oae at thea. whoa every man oa the
river biok, no matter whit hit c'at,
eit hi luni to ft lo, r.-l!iu, i(ih,
rah, rh, rah, rah. rah. rh, rih. rh!"
for Ili-U' Jordia. lYf' Com-paoioa.
CIIILIIRILN'S COLU3IX
AH tb MirnirW wrfttbr,
Kiylnj naucbl of "nerie,"
Toil a littl- bowwwifo
Making rtK'fri jrrT.
How !. ii fT coc-ktng
Harelj no one kaowa,
Tb t!.ey watch brjlailj
Wh le abe corae an-1 gta.
M-re than ht br crx1lea
lioto pi J Lr rrat,
Yot in every moa ,
Kbe U writ rootrfit;
And frv-m bow till trn
And f rucu mom till rina
Kvrr at ber I lr
Hums a pVasant tun.
IVo and liljjrnp, . ;
Rk-bt cl"Tr j tv.
Fill fcer tiny fruit-jr
Full p th ran cram.
Now ycnj'vr fLu-j my rid l,
Aif 1 you'll fttl a rro
Tbat th name w rail hr
AITetvl with FV.
I VrtjlL'i Coniprln
SECRETS OF THE SEA.
At ITork Beaeath a Klrcr. The Lmoi Hrai
The preature of air ia cauaoat at 110 Lorfjt ao, wfca the arorhl waa new.
cct below t ho aurface of the water
The Mystery Surrounding the pouada to tha qare inch.
rho ariir aky and the oreaa tdoa
WJoVd one Summer day;
A rl tb kf Mill bfoda a lb yra go by.
Many Dangers to Which Ocean
Travelers Are Subjected.
er er w If. ' . . a-- t- j a w waw - J - B
Fateof Certain Vessels. r1!1"1 tb? at enttasndiAuit7.
oi.d; in iao ciujoa aaa ween wo-, For cwUnt kv are tbey.
fully notsd ia variout work.' aad theto J . k ,V . .
' . ; Itot b a ral arlae Wwwa
ifTrcU are acrnetimc to.t aenou; tho Tbn wn, grown with jeoo green,
frcqneary of retpiratioa U increated, II adoubt to tbeliatfttarr te4k;
tha action of the heart become excited, Htrm ail frvta, h ragea and imra,
aal many porioot bocomo affected by I fnrkw wrath h baata hia ahorr,
what ia koown a the caioa di,ease,M Wt.i!o hb torbuWot buaom .well,
which it accomptaisd by extreme paia TK ky, thrush dark with momeot"a
and ia maov cae raiu'.ti ia more or frown.
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It letaol ot.nct Ioa 'lrrrarl, that
'Hi 'h J r la w nl only doi hi
work i- c l!c;. al triii- for hoaor
and a h -!ardiij tt -t l he nm time
wateaLi8 aai;ht ch4li thetuw.i.
I d&i ktow who it 111 diicovered
Ihia, but I rtaiemWr rrr Wfll thit I
11 with ILiv.j h-n w har I th
aw. 1'cr fcw ! 1: wit iapotib?e
t . . il Jr laa w toll ' c ity hiri Knl-itly he hal
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! 1 ha hy . I . I ' bv a'l thit W4
ci ati titrp! r-I ,, mk? I 1 f. nt'erly ruiicritl.
, ,f ( Ht w a a!eit fi in pjcr aeal ro r-
1 aad m om t hi al! Iy.
I'.jt tU at ai -Lt a prriI met l"
.f th !!. K. w a ea'Icd lyorJercf
l& It, ia I h the meTiWri
ltit fwi h -wed . aitlel. Iluvrr aroe aad aaid.
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U l n kp It fhc 11 'I hav cal.cl Ihn M-rti I- rrpur
i m k tW ttm !rl ' f r a pi 1 m giett wieos which
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ry lui-j ia the cl'.er, a lerac 1 with
Li (I icc'.of, went U'jwo to the liver
tfty tm t m r,t it.) fiona which
to ti w ;h -rt t cmIcL.
It ftovd Uit!.. rac-th cloattt
1 T 1 tt". 1 1 vf l:o4 ia rK.?r w a!l if.
H;h ' kaewlrli? I tht, nd ih u;h every
aaa la en? U d. nh-l kind f
fti'.h thl c lat wt-u d wi-, jet BO
'lrtd tt ht c.,Vai i without aa
if'" Of ft ".
Ti. l?u' Ut th at art w i ait at f.uf
:, a I J rrw4 the taak
lypllan Irrigation.
Tho u-ual rcrthod of if ri;atioa on the
bnk of tho Nile ia Kgypt i ly mcaia
cf a ayitem known a the "$ikiah."
Thi, af a cotrrtpondent of th? I
trcit Free Irc i a ei? of tucket
atfite I to an endle rope rcvo viog over
laro wheel, worked by a co, tho
roitive pww-r b-ij go-arjuid lever
propelled ty an ox, cow. doikcy or
camel, armctimet aioly, al otiiira
yoked tocth;r ia the moil comical
athioa. Ia thi field, or attache 1 to
tho Sakiah, me Gn 1 himclf amuvo-1
ty aro 15 a cmrl, aevca or
ei:;ht feet hi h, hitchol at oao of a
pair with ft trite of a li tte j c'ivt co
licr thaa the homp oa hit lack. Ao
other m;thcI it tho ahrdcuf. Tint ap
piratut, of which two or thrco ara
group :d oae above an- thrr, accordia
to the height ef th btak, conti.tt of
two npii.ltl ptti with a cronpicc at
tho top, oa which a eoil of lever or
tcara work a atom, the main trunk of
the palm trre, with the root at one end,
trvia- ft w-iht. At thi other end
i tuckt ma lo -f roatkia. A rota
a thi ci d draw it .!owa to tli3 water
ed P.'dt it aid i.Iowt thow.i ;hte4
ead to raic it. A mai etn;tiea it iato
a crude reeioir. aimp'y a ho!c ia the
ground, atd inrlrr Ino cr three, a
the ewe may 1m, in turn, by xac ly tho
tamo procct, cenrrya tho water iit-J a
caaal, one of a ayttem tupijin the
crihl-oria i lantation. Tho mailer ol
irriglia- the lir.d it th tame wlicthct
the aakiah or hdouf be employe! at
the meant of lai.ins tho water. We
next ec om-n and girltdrawing water
direct f rru tho river into earthen j ir.
which they carry away on ihrir heal.
Thit it for demotic or family ue only.
hgria; the two cr thrrj uwnthi of the
iausdatioa it i of ritirtr, rieceaary to
retort lo mtieit mKlrt of prcruriag
water. Tne? are only uo I who th
river it at a low tT.
A tiirai .t n lr
year ao. foucd a liltl-fwiy crjin
cau e he hal to go aw-y from h'me to
ah ol in another totvj and there wou'd
be ni one to fen 1 tho load which he
waa ia th liibit of fccdii crrry morn
ing, and thi nob'.c-lioar tj I duk, cjra
pathiing with hit you 14 Irion J,
promiicd tlut ha would c; tint the
toaI wat fed every ni'rcin. Thu he
did, and letter after letter c-ia to thu
little toy from fluid marh.il ihr I)iic
of Wcl iogtoa t.llia him that tho toad
wat aivj aal xrvV. Oiir Dumb A i-mal.
TUry Lrcl ,
JIany eminent men ii Kurp.M i coin
Irie have been very fond of rata. The
famcti D". Johntoa of Kaland ac raid
to think quite a much of Lit rat as ol
aay human friend. Tho fa:nou Caidi
nal Woley of England ucd t' receive
the noble of tho lind with his favor
ite r it perched on tho arm of hit state
chair or at the back of hi tbroi'-. The
great statesman of France, llirhclicu.
onco rxcuaed himcl.' from rising tc
recti vo a fortijn atab-iisaior because
hit favoritj cat an 1 her kitten were
Ijiag on hi robe. IV-trarch, tho great
poet of Italy, had hit favorite cat cm
balmod when aho die J. (Picayune.
Oithc2Cth cf lail Jmuary theg-cii
clipper ahip Fatrut. Captain Hard
wickr, sailed from Calcutta homeward
bound. From that tixe nothing hat
bcea heard of her, for the report that
her wreck had been acen some twelve
hundred mile from Calcutta doe not
appear to have aor . soli t foundation.
The extcutioa of work withia a deep
pneumatic caisson it worth a moment's
coa aidra lion. ,Jut abeva tho surface
With a radiant roOa divine.
Tb ereon to blue w Kit iU mask akllh
Twill cbangw, end theatorrey ocean still,
Al tho aua of Jo will ahJno.
Bhe pased awy into the ocean like so j of water it a buy force engaged ia p.u 'i brt!Dt Um lewaon rwatt.
laying tno solid blocks ol raasoary
which aro to upport tho structure.
Great derricks lift tho stone and lay
them ia th-j proper position. Power
ful pumpt sre forcing air, regularly aad
at uniform pressure, through tubes to
the chamber bslow. Occasionally s
stream of ain l and water itsuet
with aiich velocity from the dis
charge pio thit, ii tin nljht, the fric
tion of tho pirtie'e cuirei it to look
like a atream of liriaj tiro. Far. below
is another bu y force. U idcr tha great
prcssuro and aboorml tuply of oxy
gen Ihey work with aij cccry; which
mak-sa'it impos-iblo to remain there
moro thaa a few hours. Tho water
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ler f a hvf. a- I th-i hUf at h ar
pt'tel, as4 t btt appareJ. th
rrftd If -at tj -rw rea!t. Caarley
IItray in ptf.uu r, wt it a lever of
tt.'tl ut? t.
Why da't th-y tartr he repcatt I
yu '1 adci.a liaae. -T. lima aad loiy wrk
fr , f enr taa a ivffect. lut the wia 1 1
frrhe-ta; aad wi I tll ftaittt ut snore
tian a -itat aay ether l-tt fer we have
ti Ii eif .-. Way daat they
trtr
II ii leoklag op the riv.r throa;h
a fii4-;la, w.lehitg the roare aal
otaplftiiax by taaa. St I le!y I aaw
hia fct li;ht U,-v They ar tfl' h
ertst.
Far a-t th ceurae we roa!4 to the
Ch of th oar-llalea lath bel;ht su
Il;ht that watat. Tbea fonr black
tretk, rae'k with two gTitUriaj lia-a
or-V Jr drew lata alhL Tl?
Cft tie te I Rt arm r iid awav. aad
the crawj wis pr.'tctly sUll,
t
Shtxdax Horses.
Theaboein.; of hrre, s.js the Ferca,
Field aad S rckmta, ia at eld, proba
bly, at th hittory of the general ue of
thi aninjI ia etr. At batt aome cov
ering 1 rovidrd to aave the hoof la
journey ever r-cky aed broken ground.
Tit Chise-e hivj ued t mprrary foot
r'Vri; o have olhcr natio. In
ft tl peril when ahoes were tailed
to the fret cf Loret i lost ia the ob
teurity of antkjity. tut it it supposed
to htv had it origin ia the eaiU
lb Km sua ia the palmy day of the
ettifiie. or rather certain rsor of
grat we'ahh aad hih oiti-, hoi
thrir. favorite hora-r with gold. Tho
sailed aho of metal camt into Kalaad
with William the Caqunort aal It
came tot only to tay, but to be geaer-
ft'ly a-loptrd whrevr civi:ix itioa has
extend-! I.
The aheiag of horae ha net oaly
Kcoe geaera, lut it ha twei abuaed.
Thtt i. there La Ixen too n ue.i coo
ataat ho:iag ef farm horae winter aed
attfitmer. It ha even reu tod ia tncwi
fjiag the foot cf the hor- deatroyiax
;h extra e tou:hne ef tha ahall ef
the hoof, aa t rca !etiag the hoof UaJer.
If the faraa buae it hol oaly when
wotkieg oa hrl roads coatlauouIr,
the hcofa aelJcm wear too thia for the
tdiraiy wpf k of th frm Whea-h:d,
cict pt fcr iy raia, the shoes are bet
ter without calk lit, aad lor pretty
r.ceh all work 00 tha roa I, inncMr aad
wiater, to- pirca o rather what ara
kaowa at three-qiirter pieces are bt
uc fcr tha horj thaa iail ho:&.
Iltl-., .ll,arra Uy L'ptttltiX.
. During thethun ler storm that re con t
ly Titltcd Crescoville, Penn., a raiplc
tree ia front of Iiner Crcsco'a residence
ws struck ty lightning. Tho oaly
dam ago done to th? tree was tha splint
ering of a pieca of th trunk mil way
between the ground and tho lowei
bracchoa. After th atorm was over
31 r. Crc;co wcat out to took nt tho tree.
Oa the ground it tho foot of it lay an
immense blackinake dead, aad holding
ia its mauth a yjung robin. There wat
a robin's nest ia tho trco and it was
known lo haT- had three young ones in
it. As the tree had been struck by
lightning it wat tupposol that tiny
hsd been killed. A boy "went up the
trco aad found two ycun rubin ia tho
neat alive an 1 lively. It is tupj-o?cd
that tho blscksnake hid aim bed the
Ireo and robbed th nct of ono cf the
newly hatched birds and was descend
ing the tiunk aa it was atruck by light
ning and killed with iti prey in itt
couth Nw Yori Sun.
many atauach vessels before hjr.aad the
probability is tint her f ile will never
le known. A'.reiJy she hai been struck
cfT th? mnriti.no list, which msaos that
she ii defiaitoty give i up at lo-t. The
records of mariao disatte contain many
morccieiof this kind than laidim?n
would be apt to tuppo 0. Ashipleavet
port apparently in good condition, hnr
cargo well stowed, h-;r spar sound, and
generally well fojnd. After ih it nothing
h cvtir heard of her, -and cmj sc'uro i
vain. A sudden squill may h.vo taken
her abrcc an I scat her to the b)ttom
ttera foremi, or she mny have foua-
Jerel i 1 a galo after all h?r boati hal
been d-.-atroyed, or her boat mny havj
got away and f:cri hed ono by oae on
the wide ocean p'aiit. Sometime,: but
rarely, thro has b.-ca a mutiny and
massacre, an 1 the survivors raiy Ihave
madu'tlnir way to aomo tropical iitaad,
thcro to livj a; "beach -comberan or
turn savage with tho avags.
Wiien li. c cccurt nt s?a oa amcrchint
a a
rcsse', un en tuo wealuer it very Daa iti
tho timf, iIij crow genera'.ly succaed in
getting aw iy. A mutiay mny Ito fol
lowol ty thu lurnitig of tho ahip as a
means of destroying criminal! ig evi
dence. In tho China sens thrrc aro still
some pirates, and a vcstol bccalxod in
tho neihborhool of somo of tho islnads
scattered in groups thcro miht incur
tho daiirer of attack bv the wicked-
lookln- innkt that aro muallv concealed Lration- Scribncr'a Migazina.
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in th pasingei tetween thn islets. In
When tho darknest falK and: with JaaJoa
Tho misWi of dmlt arl
Fret not, twill paa, an I th wilt know
Thtt tlMVKtm aiill ahinen, with fervent
'. . 1Wj -:'::-. ;)
1 n lo v e's nnchangin & ak (m. V
IMary U MaUiav
A g-'othman of color a piiater.
Fyod which tramp don't retsh cold
shoulder. .': . ' ' "
Tlio urcVt way lo make aa army fly It
to break bolh wings. j
Many an3 old book ha to ba. bound
from without it only kspt from entering I ovjr to kopp tho piece.
bytho steal y iction of tho pumps far When Alaska shalt be admitted at
above aid b yoad their co it rol. An 6tata it wiU haT . d -cd. a creaf aeaL
- - -m v v '
Why ii a doctor like a broei wiad-
hlaaat llccaute he cao draw nothing from.
tho -well.
I am pcrformia lha last sad write,
irregular settlement mi ht overturn tha
structure. Should thi descent of the
caisson bo arrettnl by aay solid under
its c4e, immcdiite and j jdicious ac
tion must bo taken. If th) obitructioa
bo a lo,-. it muU bo cut off cuttide the fMr tho lawyer, as ho draw up
edge and jullol ijto the chamber.
Boulders must In u id jrminod, and
oftcD mut be bro'cen up by tlisting.
Tha excivatio.a mast bo sydomatic and
regular. A coattaat diner mcnaos
tho sick mm's will.
You will notico ono thing about fly
paper, j If it gets hold of a subscriber
once it holds on to him forever.
3!agHtrato (to prisoner) I so that
tha livi of thoso worker", aad the I yju loit sevtral teeth in tho flht Prls.
wonderful success with which they
have accomplishod what' they have un
dertaken is entitled to notico and aJmi-
Etf'a Ii a;t ftr7.
Luto and Nell went down lo Coney
Island one day with their parents.
It wa a lovely day ia June. They
went by steamboat from th city, and
there was not a crowd, so the little
girls had a lovely time.
At soon a they reached there, the
children scampered up the long pi r
aed acrost the jJatform, stopping only
a miauts to watch the m;rrygo-rounds.
for Ihey were in a hurry to get oa te
the beach, tioce there wat only aa hour
to stay.
Little toys were wadiag in the edgu
of th ocean, aad very am. II children.
with thir li:t!o pai'-s and ahovelt. were
di;;i-g in th aaad.
I.u'o aed Nell chased the wavea out
at far at they dareJ. and then jcco-
ptred lack lo keep frrm getliog their
boctt wet. They picked op clam-theili
aad pebble, and wrote their same in
the saad to ej the -waves enme ia aad
wash thsm away.
Tired at laat, .they aat down on the
saad to reat a little, and look away oat
over the broad ocean, where aky and
water seemed to most.
NtH said Lute, "there i a hi I
t . a a
near our aome tain couarry, wnere
you can sre ninety-fiv million oils ia
acleirdsv."
Ileal ly aad truly 1
Ya, really aad t.ly.
NVl to!4 her mamma that ai;ht.
"I: seems like a very large st ry," she
ssid. soberly.
31 -mma laughed. JIow fsr it it to
the sua!" she ake4
Nflltaw through it them. Youth's
Compaaioa.
Dr. Beddoa, aa Ejgliah acienUtt,
uy thai bloadea ax)t dccreaala la
samUr, an4 that ia a ceatory or so
red-hairrd woman will be almost aa rare
u a wLiU Uacktird.
such cats if there were no fi c-arms on
board it iright go hard with tha ship's
company, but a goo I supply of shot
guns or rifles in tho hands of white men
it utunlly a gu-ranteo agiiost Chinos
pirate. Still, many vessels havo met
their fate ia thnt unlucky region, and
nothiig has r.-maincd to tell the story.
Typhoons, too, are doubtless responsible
for not a few mysteriaus di appearances
of vessels," and oncn ia a whilo proba
bly a waterspout bursts over a ship and
sinks her sul lenly with all hands.
Occa&ion Uy the rnyteriis aro pto
scntcd ia tho moit Icwilderiag wny.
Su' h a caie was that of a wssel, which,
several years ago, wai found drilting
with all twil set and not a tc ul on board.
AH her boats were on the davit1, the
materials for a meal wtc in the gailey
coppcr tho chronometers, compasse,
charts and inttriim jnts wero in the cab
in but no fliip's paper'. Tho nimo on
the (torn wis ptiitci out; nothing had
been left by which to idcitify her. Yet
all theto precautions had tcca taken
de'ibcrate ly, while tho final evacuation
seemed to have been rlTcctod with a
suddenness suggesting mortal panic
Tho men's things were all in tho top
gallant forecastle; the captsia's and of
ficer's effects were all in tht jr respectivo
cabins under thj poop. The whole ap
pearance of the ves.-el indicated that
her people had left her en
the apur of th moment, driv
en by aomo overmastering
impulse or fear, bhe had encountered
no bad weather siace th? desertion, lief
yarda were bracid up as for a trade
K. NV Colore! Canaries.
i 1 - -
In tho year 197 1 an important dis
covery wat made with regard to tha
coloring of caaari;. In that year cer
tain birdi began to bo exhibit t which
eclipsed all competitors in jrichneis and
depth of coloriig. For cvcral years
tha secret wa kept, its possessors mean
while winning prizes wholesale At
tho birds were of two color, tho wing
and till fcath rs bJng greenish yellow,
and tho rot orange, tha lircliist curi
osity was e xcited as to the 'causa of so
myiicrious an ff.ct. Ful play wa
sin pec ted, and the birds . were subrciU
ted to analysis,- only to be rejortcd
guilljlcs of dye. At last tho ccrel
was diicovercd independently by an
outsider, who, scorning tho gains to be
got by i. liberal rctic-i ce, presented it
to tho world, vd announced that the
supeih coloring was tha retult of feed
ing tho birds on cayenne pepper in the
moulting acaron. This announcement
which would doubtless be intercstiag to
Mr. Bates and Mr A. It. Wallace, also
created a di pit aa to whether any
cruelty was involved: in making a bird
eat acvcr.il teiipoo.n'uls a day of so
sharp a condimcnL Sjme astertd that
it sj-oilc I their digestijns aad; ruined
their constitutioaa; others maintained
that they liked the K. N.I regimen,
(as tbey jocular'y called it), and that
the capticu n fm'.etceni wat tho natural
food of many wild bir Is; an 1 the dispute
is by no mcais settled yet. (Saturday
Review. ,
l lllify of Ilsnana Fibre.
oner No, your honor, I didn't exactly
loao Vm, they were knocked down my
throat.
Lviy (calling on a friend ia a Nw
York flit) You aro delightfully situat
ed, Mrs. Clark. It is so nice to ' havo
plenty of closet room, Mr. Clark Kr
ye-es, but those aro bed rooms,.,
D.- Smith: There it one thing about
31 us Angelina Popinjay that I don't
like. Trayii: What I that? DeSmllbt
that aho hat ta uio
to hide a
Haven't you noticed
both hands when she wants
yawn?.
A young d.mtel aent twonty-flyo
centa and a pottage stamp ia reply to an
advertisement that appeared ia aa
eastern paper of "I low to make an im
pression," and got for aa aatwer: 6it
dowa on a pa a of doujh.M
How Koumisf Is Made In Rosila.
The Bathkir are renowned for their
.skill in making koumiss, or fermented
marcs' milk, which Is sow extensively
confumcd by patient suffering from
dyspeptic and waiting disrates, and so
eay is it of digestion that lav ttldt drink
10,-13 and occasionally cvtn 20 chain
pagne bottles aday whilo a Baihkir is
able to over co mo a couplo of gallon at
a sitting, and in an t hour or two be
rea'ly for more. To inture gooJ kou
mitt it it essential that the msres be of
the steppe brcrd, and led on steppe
paoturr. Tli'-y ara milked frcm four to
eight times a day, the foal being kapt
aprt from the mother, and allowed to
tuck only in tha eight time. The mare
will cot giro her milk, however, ualeti
at tho time of silking her foal is
brough to her side, when such s th
j y of reunion that after sua dry acts of
loving and! smelling aad klttia, tb
Among the valuable proJucU of the I sUZ t '',
wind, and there wat no disorder on her ioi, now ,ir clj fT rei to go to wast-, wntes giving milk from both Blpplea
ft t W. 1 i I 1-aaiftlM
according to th-U-lt d Stat Consul at .
San Salvador, Writ lid,,, it the fibre W'lkiflr one bj th U.hklt
of the banana Thit fiure. which may women who, tah log a potitioo cloe to
be divided into thread, of tilkea fioe- tbe hind leg. of th. mare, rest oa oao
ne.,extenJs the length of I h body of koee, and oa the other iurirt pail
thfttret. whirh .row. w.ihout . trf.BCh directly under tha udder, 5 tuniag at
from tn fif.t-ft Lt hi ,U and hr . c nipple ia turn aed receiving from
decks or down below. No lice of writ
ing was fouad to "ive a clew to thia
dark secret of the se ard t-j thi day
it has remained an inso.ubio puzzlo to
every seaman acqusiated with the facts.
Sad aad mysterious at are disappear-
aaces such as that of the Farragut, is
mqtt be admitted thtt there ia some
thing even more pcrpt xiag ia. the dis
covery of derelicts a band one-1 to in com
prcheetibly at waa the vettel b?r re
ferred to. It ihoo'd be added that she
was not lea log, cor were tier spars
sprung or strained, and no reason could
be perceive! ia anything alxut her for
the disappearance of her crew aad. offi
cers. New York Tribune.
Shade for Fowls. -
Did you ever notice how fowls seek
the shady side of the tmldiera. the
shelter of bmhea, etc., duriag the
middle- of tha day ia hot weather T
They don't like to atay out exposed
to the hot raye ol tne.sua . aay more
thaa you do, aad it tnt healthy for
circumference at the bate of two and a
half to three feet, Ia Ce-tral America,
tho fibre, with no .reparation except
drying, is used f?r aboc-stringa, lariat',
and errds for all rurpoae. Ia it tw-Iv
months of rxitler.ee, th banana tree
tears only. one tunch of fruit, tut frcro
two to four or tea tree spring from the
root ef the one that has fallen. At
home, th bus eh of baaaeas it worth fif
teen cent, an! the dead tree nothing.
though. If th U p:y wer not lara
hauttlUe, the latter would be worth
-
t.-n times the value ef the fruit to a
cordage factory, paper mill, or c fle-
aack maker. The taaaaa leaf, - with
atemtof fhtoo jht aad finest thread,
it frrm two aa l a half to three feet
wide aad tea to fillrea feet, loa, aad
serves the native women
three to four iat each time of rai.a-
ing. To tkake koumiss jth mi'a i
beaten up ia a churn (tut not f3
rseatly to produce butter); and by fer
mestatioa is coa verted alUr tweafy
four hours lato weak keuatita, from
which cotditioa after twilv hour
sore it paate lato a teed iuaa degree of
itrecgth, while stroeg kouasit: is pro
doctd by attiluout agitatioa of the
Uk for two or three day, aed it Is
;hea aat! to -be aiightly istoxlcat-
Jfaaafla-r Ia4laa.
of Sfts Sft!
William k Cody (Uaffalo IIUI) ay
Sjis article la the Kpoch oa ladiaa
irait: - ' V
I have IM" IadJaa la toy catsrv IIr
Jo Icivilix them I 1 have tints nadtr
roa t rol aad the arer disci pfiacd - as
strictly as aey bo!j of aoldter, Thtr
is aei 110 hi ia masalag Iadiaas if
yon icaow how to 4o It,. I aever htv
any tremble with thera becaua Jr ebej
the firt pHadple of buaiaeM I treat
them to b .tha exposed, cither. If
there are not plenty of shady places 1 valor aa aa ombrcf-a la the raiay sea
ler them to loaf, make scree by coo- j sob, a carpet cn which !e sit, aad a bed
st meting sheds ef refa boards aay os which to rrt.
thiag that will keep eS the hot rays
f the sua. Dig up the ao4 oader I CeU Trratraeat
these shelter-, aad eccasiessJlj throw J George treatea me rxrr eoUIjr last j thea squarely. I aater make premise
ir a paa of at.es; then watch th j il:h othr," aaU K:ht, waviag Ur j to then that I do aot kep. aa J 1 sm
betta and ft If thy doa't cajoy It. I fa at a ra-raat fir. ItTtated well ia retora, I would rather
lf thl ftrw thaa aonrdied with al Wfcv. EtUL I'm aorrv to hear that. I loaa mcmrr to aa ladiaa thaa te
.hadv drniair n!at are not troubled I Ia what way wa hia Irrvtt ent coldp I white man. I thiol, tbarhaaceaol t
mwuu Vr ITrair-i 1 "U rata" filar per Dixit. I UIixa retarawg U are xaoclj betUr.
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