Laying Out the Farm.
One great mistake farmers usually
make is in not giving suilicient thought
and attention to laying out the
farm, and distributing the crops and
labor in the best possible manner.
There are few kinds of business which
require such careful forethought and
study as planning the year's crops on a
farm iu such a manner as to distribute
the labor throughout the season as
evenly as possible, and get the largest
returns for the land uuder cultivation,
and the money invested in labor.
When we consider the variety of crops
which may be raised with prolit on al
most any farm, the great number of
causes which intlueuee their growth,
the nature and condit ion of the soil,
the prospects of the markets, the possi
bilities of double cropping, the rclatiou
of this year's cros to a rotation and
the distribution ot labor, so as not to
have more at any one time than it is
possible to do, ami yet to have enough
at all times, the question becomes in
teresting and at the same time exceed
ingly complex yet all these things
should be carefully considered, not only
i ach by itself, but in relation to each
other, and whoever overlooks one of
them is likely to make serious blunders,
lie may sow his seed on soil not in
proper condition, and so fail of a good
crop, or he may raise a good crop and
have no market, or lie may be so
crowded with work as not to 1x3 able to
give it the proper attention at the criti
cal time.
My manner of laying out a farm is
this: In a book I write the name of
each field, aud the ditlereut crops for
which the soil by its nature and present
condition (with the fertilizers which I
put on it) is best adapted ; also the time
of sowing and harvesting, with the
amouut of labor required and the times
of year it will be needed. 1 then com
pute, as nearly as I am able from past
experience and the condition of the
market, the probable proceeds of each
crop per acre, deducting cost of seed
and labor. This will show which of all
the crops for which each field is adapted
will give the largest probable returns.
I laving gone through with each field in
this way and decided what crop or crops
will give the largest net returns, 1 next
put them all together, and see how the
labor is distributed, and how much
grain of each kind I am to sow or
plant. If I lind too much labor required
at any one season, I turn back to the
pages containing the fields with the
conflicting crops, and select the best
crop which will remedy the labor difli-culty.
Much can be gained in the way of
economy in larm labor by using the
best means and implements. Fall
plowing of wetlands and surface drain
ing wiien needed, greatly facilitate
early work in the spring. New and
improved tools are also a great advan
tage in doing work quickly and eco
nomically. Farmers often work year
alter year with old, wornout tools,
when the extra crops which could be
raised with new labor-saving imple
ments in one year would pay for half a
dozen such tools. The neglect of culti
vating hoed crops, until the weeds get
fairly rooted, not only injures the crop,
but adds greatly to the labor of caring
for it and destroying the weeds.
Cultivation promotts earlmcss as
well as growth, and partly supplies the
place of manure, and, in laying out the
year s work, every tanner should be
careful not ta put in anything which
will have to be neglected. Jietter till
live acres well than plant ten acres and
leave the crops to fight it out with the
weeds. Plan your work carefully.
making due allowance for rainy weather
ami lost time : cultivate thoroughly and
manure well, and you will be sure to
':t the largest possible returns for your
lalor. -hi Old Fanmr in Bural JVetc
Yorker.
Planting Corn in Old Times.
We suppose thirty to forty years ago
means "old times." In preparing corn
ground at that time a ditlereut process
was followed than the present, but not
as we sec it stated, by merely throwing
two rough furrows of unplowed ground
together, and, after running cross fur
rows, to simply plant the corn on the
iopoi me nuge. we io not pretend
to say that this miserable way was not
pursued by some lazy or ignorant farm
ers, but it was not the common way by
any means ; indeed we never saw it
followed, though accustomed to notice
farming for nearly sixty years.
This, however, was the way mostly
followed : Manure and plow the land,
harrow thoroughly, then run two oppo
site furrows and also run like cross
furrows. Planting on top of the little
ridge by this means made the rows uni
form both ways, and admitted freely of
plowing both ways if necessary. This
plan was more laborious than the
lieeut one and was more "scientific."
The crops produced by it on good farms
were as abundant as now. For many
years after the present method was in
troduced this was continued as the
best, and that looked upon as lacking
in skill and good sense. But as a rule
far more attention is paid to the crop
now than forty or fifty years ago.
It was always customary to either
manure in the hill or apply " plaster "
alter the plant had grown two or three
inches. And we repeat that we have
witnessed as fine crops of corn by the
old method as we have by the new.
This much we feel enjoined to say in
behalf of the way our fathers and
grandfathers cultivated the corn crop.
domestic.
"TlIEREISDuST OX YOUR GLASSES."
I don't often put on glasses to exam
ine Katy's work, but one morninjr not
long since I did so upon entering a
room she had been sweeping.
"Did you forget to open the windows
when you swept, Katy?" I inquired :
"this room is very dusty."
"I think there is dust on eye-glasses
ma'am," she said, modestly. '
And sure enough the eye-glasses
wore at fault, and not Katy. I rubbed
them off and everything looked bright
and clean, the carpet like new, and
Katy's face said: "I'm glad it was the
glasses, and not me this time." This
has taught me a good lesson, I said to
myself upon leaving the room, and
one I shall remember through life.
That evening Katy came to mo with
some kitchen trouble. The cook had
done so and so, and had said so and so.
When her story was finished, I said,
smiling: "There is dust on your glasses,
Katy;' rub them off, you will see
better."'
She understood me and left the room.
I told the incident to the children,
and it is quite common to hear them
nay to cjich other: "Oh, there is dust
on jour glasses."
Sometimes I am referred to; "Mam
ma, Harry has dust on his glasses;
can't he rub them olf?"
When I hear a person criticising
another, condemning, perhaps, a course
of action he knows nothing about,
drawing inferences prejudicial to the
person or persons, I think right away,
"lucre's dust on your glasses; rub it
olf."
The truth is, everybody wears these
very same glasses, only the dust is a
little thicker on some than on others,
and needs harder rubbing to get it off.
JV. Y. Observer.
The Hunterdon Monitor says :
"We feel it our duty to give a recipe
for the cure of the diphtheria, which we
know from personal knowledge has
cured several severe cases. It is sim
ply to put some pure tar on a plate and
apply hot coals to it, not hot enough,
however, to create a blaze. Then place
a funnel upside down over the tar and
let the patient inhale the fumes arising
from the burning tar through the spout
of the funnel. It will give instant re
lief, and may be repeated as often as
may be necessary. Tar spread on a
piece of cloth and applied to the throat
in connection with the inhaling pro
cess is also good, much better than old
flitch or liniments. It should not be
removed until the throat is relieved of
all soreness."
Household Receipts.
ToKemove Marks of It a ix from
A Mantle. Take a damp cloth, and
damp the place marked with the rain;
then take a hot iroifand iron the man
tle all over, and the marks will be re
moved. Peach Flavoring Extract.
The meats of pitch pits, in brandy,
make an excellent flavoring extract,
resembling that of bitter almonds. Al
low one teacupful of the meats to two
of brandy. Take one tcaspoonful of
the liquor to a quart of custard, or cake
dough.
To Clean Looking-glasses. lie
move the tly-stains and other soils with
a damp rag, then polish with a soft
cloth and powder blue. The glass of
picture-frames may be cleaned in the
same manner. lie careful not to rub
the gilding on the frames with your
damp rags.
Transparent Paper. Paper can
be made as transparent as glass, and
capable of being substituted for it for
many purposes, by spreading over it
with a feather a very thin layer of
resin dissolved in spirits of wine. Fine
thin post paper is best, and the mixture
must be applied on both sides.
A Gargle for Sore Throat.
Half a pint of rose-leaf tea, a wine
glassful of good vinegar, honey enough
to sweeten it, and a very little Cayenne
pepper, all well mixed together, and
simmered in a close vessel; gargle the
throat with a little of it at bedtime, or
oftener, if the throat is very sore.
French Mustard. One ounce of
mustard and two pinches of salt are
mixed in a large wiueglassful of boiling
water, and allowed to stand twenty
four hours. Then pound in a mortar
one clove of garlic, a small handful of
tarragon, another of garden cress, and
add to the mustard, putting vinegar
according to tast2.
Grape Pickles. Select small
bunches of ripe, firm grapes, and pack
in the jars in which they are to be
kept. To a quart of vinegar, add a
half pound of sugar; one-fourth of a
pound of stick cinnamon, and an ounce
of allspice, (whole). Boil, and when
cold, turn over the grapes. They will
keep without sealing. Stone jars, hold
ing a gallon each, may be used for these
pickles. Apiece of white cotton cloth
should be spread over the clusters, and
a plate placed oh top, to keep them
under the vinegar.
Sliced Cucumber Pickles. Medium-sized
green cucumbers, pared and
sliced as for the table. To four quarts
of slices add one large spoonful of salt,
mixing it through them. Let them
stand over night, and in the morning
rinse, and drain through a colander.
Boil vinegar with whole, white mustard
seed, half a teacupful of seed to two
quarts of vinegar, and set it away to
coot. 1'ack the sliced cucumbers in
quart cans, and cover with the prepared
vinegar. Place a bit of alum on top of
the pickles in each can, and seal. Keep
in a dark, cool place. Pickles made
after this rule, retain much of the na
tural tlavor of cucumbers.
cimtific
Ammonia in the Air. I)r. R. Angus
Smith, who has done so much for the
chemistry of the air, lately read before
the Manchester Literary and Philo
sophical Society a paper on the distri
bution of ammonia, in which he de
scriled the simplest method yet pro
posed for determining the amouut of
ammonia iu the air. And since such
ammonia may be taken as an index of
the amount of decayed matter in any
locality, the hygienic importance of an
easy test for it is not smail. The avail
ability of the proposed test arises from
the circumstance that ammonia is de
posited from the air on every object
exposed thereto. "If you pick up a
stone in a city, and wash oil' the mat
ter on its surface, you will find the
water to contain ammonia. If you wash
a chair or a table or anything in a
room, you will find ammonia in the
washing. If you wash your hands you
will will find the same, and your paper,
your pen, your table cloth, and clothes
all show ammonia, and even the glass
cover to an ornament has retained
some on its surface. "In short ammonia
sticks to everything, and can be readily
washed off with pure water. Hence Dr.
Smith inferred that he might save him
self much of the trouble he had been
taking in laborious washings of air to
determine the presence of ammonia,
and gain the desired end by testing the
superficial deposit of ammonia which
gathers on clean substances during
ordinary exposure. Accordingly he
suspended small glass flasks in various
parts of his laboratory and examined
them daily, washing the outer surfaces
with pure water, and testing at once
for ammonia with the.Nessler solution.
Subsequently a great many observa
tions were made by means of glasses
exposed to air in door and out, where
the air was sweet and where it was foul.
By using glasses of definite size it was
easy to determine whether the ammonia
in the air was or was not in excess. In
his lalxratory experiments ammonia
was observed when the glasses had
been exposed an hour and a half.
Of the practical workirg of the test
Dr. Smith remarks that it must not be
forgotten that the ammonia may be
pure or it may be connected with or
ganic matter; and consequently this
mode of inquiry is better suited as a
iif gativc test to show that ammonia is
absent than to show what is present.
nen ammonia is absent we may
be sure that the air is not polluted
by decaying matter; when it is pre
sent there is need of caution. Dr.
Smith adds that he hopes to make
this a ready popular test for air, a test
for sewer gases, for overcrowding, for
cleanliness of habitations, and even of
furniture, as well as for smoke and all
the sources of ammonia. Of course it
must be used with consideration and
the conclusions must not be drawn by
an ignorant person.
The JVew Metal, " Gallium." The
latest knoto.i of the Metallic Elements.
Prof. Odliug delivered a lecture recent
ly at the Iloyal Institution, London, on
the new metal, "gallium." The Pro
fessor said that the number of kinds of
matter known to chemists which they
have not succeeded in decomposing, but
can trace undeconi posed throughdistinct
series of combinations, is sixty-tour.
These have been roughly classified iuto
metals, semi-metals and non-metals,
the first class being considerably the
most numerous, and the several classes
merging gradually into one another.
The latest known of the non-metallic
elements is bromine, which was dis
covered in 182G by the eminent French
chemist, recently deceased, M. Balard.
Within the last twenty years, however,
five new metallic elements have been
discovered, being at the average rate
of a new element every four years;
while some evidence of the identifica
tion also of yet a sixth new metallic
element has recently been put on rec
ord. But the latest known of the fully
made out new elements is gallium,
which was first recognized by M. Lecoq
de Boisbaudran, in the autumn of the
year 1875, and so named by him in
honor of the land of its discovery,
Fiance.
Like its four predecessors made known
within the last twenty years, gallium
was discovered by the process of spec
trum analysis, applied in this instance
in a special manner contrived by the
ingenuity of M. de Boisbaudran him
self, long eminent as a spectroscopist.
The spectrum of gallium is character
ized by two marked violet lines, the
less refrangible of them being especially
brilliant. Hitherto the new metal has
been recognized only in certain varie
ties of zinc-blende, that of Pierrefitte in
the Pyrenees having furnished the chief
portion of gallium hitherto obtained
from any source whatever nearly half
a ton of this ore having been employed
by M. de Boisbaudran to furnish the
dozen grains or so of metal wherewith
he has been able to establish the lead
ing properties of the element.
In its appearance gallium manifests
a general resemblance to lead, but is
not so blue-tinted or quite so soft,
though it is really malleable, flexible,
and capable of being cut with a knife.
Like lead again, and unlike zinc, galli
um is not an easily volatile metal. Un
like lead, however, it acquires only a
very slight tarnish on exposure to moist
air, aud undergoes scarcely any calcin
ation at a red heat. The specific gravity
of gallium is a little under 0, that of
aluminum being 2.0, that of zinc, 7.1,
and that of lead 11.14.
A most remarkable property of galli
um is its low melting point. It liquefies
completely at 80d Fahrenheit, or below
the heat of the hand; and, still more
curiously, when once melted at this
temperature, it may be cooled down
even to the freezing point of water wit h
out solidifying, and may be kept un
changed in the liquid state for months.
Indeed, in the original communication
of its discovery to the French Academy,
it was described as a new liquid metal,
similar to mercury; but on touching
with a fragment of solid gallium a por
tion of the liquid metal in this state of
so-called sur-tusion it at once solidifies.
Unlike lead, again, gallium is a highly
erystaline metal, its form being that
of a square octahedron. In its chemi
cal habitudes the rare element gallium
shows the greatest analogy to the
abundant element aluminum. In par
ticular it forms a sort of alum not to
be distinguished in its appearance from
ordiuary alum, but containing oxide of
gallium instead of oxide of aluminum
or alumina.
But the chief interest of gallium,
from a scientific point of view, is con
nected with the history of its discovery.
All previously known elements have
been discovered, so to sieak, accident
ally, and their properties have been
not in any way foreseen, but rather
met with as subjects of surprise; but
the blende of Pierrefitte was deliberate
ly taken up for examination by M.
Lecoq de Boisbaudran in the expecta
tion of finding a new element an ex
pectation to which he was led in the
course of his study of the spectra of
known elements, by a tram of specula
tion of which he has notyet made known
the details. The existence of an cle
ment having the characteristic prop
erties of gallium was, moreover, upon
entirely different grounds, predicted
very definitely by a ltussian chemist,
M. Mendelejefi, in 1871, and in a more
general way several years earlier by an
English chemist, Mr. Xewlands. This
double prediction was based on a study
of the relations of the known atomic
numbers of the elements. These num
bers have only lately been perceived to
form a tolerably continuous seriation,
which again is associated in a remark
able manner with the seriation in prop
erties of the elements themselves. In
the series of numbers, however, certain
terms are here and there missing, and
in particular a number was missing
which should belong to an element
having properties intermediate between
those of aluminum and iridium. What
these properties would be was predicted
in most minute detail by M. Mendele
jeffin 1871. He predicted, for example,
that the specific' gravity of the missing
metal would prove to be about 5.9.
Operating on very small quantities, M.
de Boisbaudran, in the first instance,
found the specific gravity of gallium to
be 4.7; but on repeating his det ermina
tion in 187G, with special precautions
and on a somewhat larger though still
very small scale, he found it to be ex
actly 5.935 certainly a most remarka-
uie iumiiment ot the prediction witn
regard to it.
The Sun. Professor Rudolph, in a
lenginy paper on the sun, says: "It is
a molten or white hot mass,equaling in
bulk 1,2G0,000 worlds like our own.
having a surrounding ocean of gas on
fire 50,000 miles deep, tongues of flame
uariing upward more than 50,000 miles,
volcanic forces that hurl into the solar
atmosphere luminous matter to the
height of 100,000 miles, drawing to
itself all the worlds belonging to our
family of planets, and holding them all
in their proper places ; attracting with
such superior force the millions of solid
stray masses that are wandering in the
fathomless abyss that they rush helpless
ly toward him, and fait into his fiery em
brace. And thus he continues his sub
lime aud restless march through his
mighty orbit, having a period of more
than 18,000,000 years."
timorous.
Why is-an auctioneer who sells a
woman a bottle of cordial a base cow
ard V Because he knocks her down an'
elixir. Puck.
Hennepin countv, Minn. , has $283,-
370 in its treasury and owes nobody.
w nat under the sun is the treasurer
waiting for ? Turner'' s Falls Bcporler.
There is no man who loses so many
grandmothers during a four years'
period as a college student, unless it
may be another college student. Jioston
Post.
Now the thirsty fly spies the in
sidious decoction which the unkind
housewife has placed upon the dining
room mantel, and he goes therefor.
And having drunk thereof, he circles
around the room three or four times,
and drops down dead right into your
cup of coffee. Puck.
Our friend Bcaconsfield is a little
severe on Gladstone. He refers to him
as a 4 'sophistical rhetorician, inebriated
with the exuberance of his own ver
liosity and egotistical imagination."
If this is true, Mr. Gladstone should be
locked up until sober, and lined two
dollars anea half. Derrick:
A tourist in the mountains gave a
thirsty old lady whom he met a drink
of cold tea. She died next day and left
him 20,000. As a general thing, how
ever, it doesn't pay to treat an old lady
coolly. But just see what that tourist
would have lost if his bottle had been
filled with whisky instead of cold tea !
Tourists should cut this out and paste
it on their tlasks. Norrixtomi Herald.
They were talking about the weight
of dillerent individuals in a certain
family in Newark the other evening,
and the daughter's young man, who
was present,spoke up before he thought,
and said : "1 tell you that Jenny isn't
so very light either, although she looks
so." And then he looked suddenly con
scious and blushed, and Jenny became
absorbed in studying a chromo on the
wall. Sunday GUI.
A correspondent wants to know
why women never sleep in church.
We suspect that it is on account of
their uncomfortable headgear. We
don't believe any man, with his head
jablnjd full of huir-pins aud back-hair
twisted up so tight that a sneeze would
break a blood-vessel, could lind repose
even under the most somnifying dis
course that ever banished physical pain.
It can't be did. Breakfast Table.
Charles Itcade is mistaken. There
are men who could never learn to use
both hands with equal facility. AVe
saw one last evening grinding a hand
organ in market, and to save his im
mortal soul he couldn't budge the crank
with his left hand. He had neglected
to bring it home with him when he
came out of the army. And now let
the old mudslinger call us a bald-headed
horse-thief, if he dares. Cincinnati
Bradast Table.
By thrift he had lecome a million
aire and he had a splendid St. Bernard
dog which he was very proud of. One
day the servant came to him terror
stricken. " Master, master, ( '.'esar is
Is what V" "Mad, I'm atraid.
He won't touch water any more than
if he was a crude apostle ot temperance
and there's as much foam about his
mouth as if he was the sea in one of
Swinburne's poems." Great Heavens,
it is lueky vou discovered it in time.
We must not lose a minute. Take the
animal, at once, before he has bitten
any one " 41 Yes, sir." "And sell
hrm !" I'arix Papi.r.
Beautiful, beautiful silken hair,"
Philip murmured fondly, toying lov
ingly with one of her nut-brown tresses,
"soil as the plumage of an angel's
wing ; light as the thistle-down that
dances on the summer air ; the shim
mer of sunset, the glitter of yellow
gold, the rich red brown of autumnal
forests blend in entrancing beauty in
its" And just then it came oil' in
his hands, and he forgot just what to
say next. There was a moment of
profound silence, ana then ivurena
took it from him and went out of the
room with it. When she came back
lie was gone. They meet now, but they
meet as strangers, and the eyes that
were wont to beam upon each other with
the awakened love-light now glare as
though life was an eternal wash-day.
Hawkeye.
A set of practical jokers have lccn
playing ereat pranks with the largo-
sized photograph hanging in front of
the photograph gallery in htate street.
Yesterday they hung the picture with
a border of crape and underneath
placed a card bearing the inscription,
"We mourn our loss." Passers-by
stared at the portrait and wondered if
the original were really dead, and, if he
were, why his death should give rise to
a display of that kind. The original
of the picture does business in a neigh
boring store, but did not hear of the ex
hibition until it had been "going on"
for some hours. The picture was at
once stripped of its sombre decorations,
but soon after it was again captured
and conspicuously displayed in the
postoflice. This morning the portrait
was back in its old place in the front of
the gallery, but attached to it was a
placard offering "a reward of $150 for
the apprehension of the above."
BridjeioH Farmer.
AT SUNSET.
It was just the close of day.
The west shone in scarlet splendor,
and dimpled cloud-ships lay serenely
clustered in sun-kissed argosies over
the peaceful vale, wiiere all was sweet
tranquility.
The robin was chanting his vesper
song, and the roses dropped indolently
in the balmy breeze, and seemed
wafted to a realm of deliciousjvisions.
At this heaven-fraught hourJJI wan
dered down a woodland avenue with a
girl whose beauty is beyond descrip
tion. Her large black eyes looked
fondly into mine as we sat on a fallen
tree. Her soft, jeweled lingers lay in
mine. Oh, heavenly moment. I could
feel her warm breath on my cheek, for
our lips almost touched. She asked me
in faltering accents :
"Were you ever in love ?"
"Never till now," I replied.
And then she looked at me most lov
ingly, and I drew her close to my
bosom, and was just kissing her for the
second time when the vision broke,
and I paid the dentist and left! It
was my first experience with nitrous
oxide gas. Puck.
Register's Liniment is unequalled
for man or animals. See advertise
ment in another column.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANIMALS.
There has been on exhibition at the
New York Aquarium a collection of
trained animals, the performances of
which indicate a degree of intelligence
which is very remarkable! There are
ten Broncho horses, a number of dogs
and a pair of Itocky Mountain goats,
all of which possess accomplishments
sufficient to fill up a long and interest
ing programme. It is stated that the
horses were wild upon the plains three
years ago, and consequently that dur
ing this brief period their education
has been effected. In beginning the
performance the whole ten are first in
troduced, and at the word of command
they perform various military evolu
tions, such as marching in line abreast,
in columns of fours, by the flanks, etc.,
both at common and quick time. A
handkerchief given to one is passed to
the next and so on from mouth to
mouth of the ten ; any one horse called
by name steps forward, and finally the
act is closed by one of the number who
goes to each of his comrades in turn,
and, crowding him out of the line,
pushes him with his nose as a signal
for exit. Each horse is then introduced
in turn to exhibit his special accom
plishments. One walks up and to the
middle of a balanced board, and there
by moving his fore feet oscillates the
plank, accommodating every muscle of
the body to the movement. Finally he
retires to one end of the loard, bearing
that extremity down and leaving the
other high in air. A second horse now
called iu puts his nose over the elevated
end of the plank, forces it down until
he can plant his fore hoofs on it, and
then mounts thereon. The curious
sight is then presented of two horses
at the respective ends of the " teeter,"
gravely swinging each other up and
down. The difficulty of teaching all
this to an animal so careful as to step
ping on insecure supports as the horse
is, can well be imagined. Perhaps the
most remarkable feats accomplished on
the lxard, which is quite narrow, .are
the turning around of a horse (who
stands directly over the fulcrum, and
is compelled while turning to balance
himself with great care), and the roll
ing of a barrel over the whole length
of the plank. Trainers find that it is
an exceedingly troublesome undertak
ing to get a horse to do anything with
his front hoofs which involves raising
them to any height, but here the animal
plants both hoots on a barrel and rolls
it up one side of the balanced board.
Then, as the latter swings over, the
horse catches the barrel with the rear
side of his hoofs, and walks down the
steep incline holding the barrel back.
There are several tricks commonly ir
formed by trained horses in circuses
which these animals execute with re
markable readiness ami accuracy. One
of them selects a Hag of a given color
out of three of different hues ; another
unties a handkerchief knotted around
his hind leg, or around that of another
horse; a third jumps over a gate, then
turns aud pulls a string which tires a
pistol attached to its surcingle ; a fourth
waltzes in excellent time to music ; and
a fifth, a magnificent cream-colored
animal, accomplishes an astonishing
leap over a six-foot gate and four
horses placed side by side against it.
The exhibition of the horses is followed
by that of a troupe of dogs, one of
which exhibits considerable skill as a
rider on a pad saddle. It leaps over
banners and through pa kt hoops, and
finally springs upon a platform under
which the horse passes. Then as the
horse returns at a gallop around the
ring the dog springs from the platform
back upon the saddle. The eagerness
of the dog in watching for the return
of the horse, and its prompt retrial iu
case of failure, seem, to show that it
takes actual pleasure in its perform
ances. The troop of trained dogs appear to
belong to no particular breed a fact
somewhat extraordinary, as trainers
usually prefer to teach the intelligent
French poodle. The performance opens
with roll-call, each dog answering to
its name by a sharp bark. One animal
then dances, two dance on their hind
legs and seat themselves human fashion
iu small chairs, and others jump the
rope. The most curious trick is one in
which all participate. At the word of
the trainer one of the animals takes
off its collar with its forepaws. As
the collar falls upon the ground a little
dog runs forward, seizes it and scam
pers away. Another animal pursues
him, regains the collar and puts it on.
The trainer then asks, " What ought
to le done to a dog that steals V " No
sooner are these words uttered than
two jump upon chairs, to which up
rights having large hooks at their upper
extremities are secured. The third dog
picks up a cross-bar in his mouth, car
lies it to the two on the chairs, and
these lift it up and insert it on the
hooks. The trainer meanwhile slips a
noose over the small thiePs head, and
another dog grasps the end of the rope
and drags the culprit to the gallows.
The problem then is how to get the
rope over the cross-bar with the rope in
his mouth. The hangman then pulls
the cord, and lifts the struggling vic
tim into the air, keeps him up for a few
minutes, and lowers him apparently
dead. A wagon is now. brought in,
and the hanged dog placed in front.
Immediately one large dog places him
self between the shafts, two more seat
themselves upright on the seats, ami
another two push the vehicle from be
hind, and with the exit of the latter
this little melodrama, which is played
through without a word from the
trainer or any other help than the allix
ing of the noose, terminates.
The accomplishments of the Rocky
Mountain goats large white animals
with enormous horns are the more
curious, when the stupid, phlegmatic
nature of the brute is remembered.
Yet they leap upon the backs of horses,
ride around the ring at full gallop, and
are not displaced even when the horses
take flying leaps over high fences. One
of the goats emulates the dog in leap
ing upon and from a platform ; but the
solemn manner in which this is done,
and the pertinacity with which the
goat refuses to jump down until the
horse is placed in what he considers
exactly the proper position beneath
him, are very ludicrous. A remarkable
act performed by both goats is circling
from one horse to another while at a
full gallop. The horses run side by
side, and the goat on one places his
fore feet on one pad and hind feet on
the other ; the other goat does the
same. Then they follow each other
in a circle, passing from horse to horse
and back again.
Princess Louisa, now Vice-Queen
of Canada, is descrifjed as a woman of
strong character and decided will. She
has an intelligent and determined face,
which suggests her mother's. She is
very cultivated in literature and art.
and pleasant in her manners.
ART AND FURNITURE.
On the subject of decorative art as
applied to the furnishing of houses,
there are almost as many theories as
there are furnishers of houses, and in
many respects it is well that it is
so. If there were a fixed fashion for
furniture, and the adornments of our
parlors were as uniform as the dress of
the gentlemen who fill them on state
occasions, we should have no need to
trouble ourselves about the relation of
art to our furniture. Art and fashion
were divorced long ago.
But there are certain artistic princi
ples which should underlie the process
of furnishing every house, just as similar
principles should underlie the painting
of every picture. Be the picture or the
house pretentious or humble, cheap or
expensive, there is always opportunity
for some expression of artistic feeling.
We have not here space to discuss
this subject, which will be considered
more and more important as civiliza
tion advances, but the following extract
f rom a Scotch writer is quite pertinent.
He is describing a parlor which had
been furnished and decorated with re
ference to what he considered the pro
per harmony of color :
"There were only three decided colors
throughout, viz.: white, green, and
crimson. 1 he ceiling, cornices, wood
work and eanopics of the window-hangings,
the ground of the walls and that
of the carpet were crimson, while the
pattern on the carpet was a sort of
tracery of creeping plants in green.
The chimney-piece was of white marble
reaching nearly to the ceiliug, with a
panel, equal in width to the opening of
the chimney, which was filled with a
mirror. The walls of the room were
painted in Imitation of morocco leather,
enriched with gilded roses shaded by
hand, and the whole varnished with
copal. The wood-work was dead-white,
bordered with gilt mouldings. The
window-curtains were simple, being
merely large curtains without draperies
or fringes, and they hung in vertical
lines so as to catch no dust. They ran
on gilt wooden poles, and inside the
cornice was a common French curtain
rod, on which ran a very fine but plain
muslin sun-curtain edged with crimson,
cherry fringe. The cords for drawing
the curtains, instead of being concealed
were made conspicuous, and contri
buted to the general effect. The shade
of crimson in all the decorations was
of the same hue, and, being contrasted
with the green and relieved by the
white and gold, the coloring imparted a
general air of comfort and warmth with
out being either gaudy or glaring."
Something to the point may here be
said about carpets. At a recent "open
ing" of carpets at one of our large city
stores, there was an expensive carpet
of particularly gorgeous design no
thing less, in fact, than a "Sunset on
the Lake of Conio." Whoever treads
this caret may literally walk upon the
clouds; he may also contemptuously
trample upon the sun, and emulate the
feet of St. Peter without wetting the
soles of his adventurous shoes. But
where is the taste or the sense in spread
ing a landscape on a parlor floor, where
the sofa may dabble its feet in the waters
of the lake, where the table may crush
out the life of a hapless swan, where a
footstool may obliterate the sun, where
an easy-chair may break in the palace
windows, and where two legs of the
piano may rest on a treetop, while the
others are peacefully reposing on the
back of an agonized deer ?
We would add our voices to the few
who have already protested against the
monstrous designs of broken shields
and damaged urns intermixed with di
lapidated scrolls and impossible flowers,
which have so long disfigured our floors.
Let us hope that we may be allowed
some really tasteful carpets, of which
the design shall be as valuable at least
as the material.
But even those who cannot aflbrd
rich curtains, and who never go to car
pet openings, need not despair of mak
ing their homes not only beautiful, but
somewhat "stylish," if they take a
little trouble. For instance, the hand
some cretonnes that are now used so
generally to cover.furniturc (and which
when discreetly used are very effective
and handsome, besidesgiving an emin
ently comfortable appearance to the
chairs ami sofas) will look just as well
over common maple or. even pine as
over the finest black walnut. Of course
much will deend upon the form of the
articles covered ; but even here a little
ingenuity in slutting and shaping will
go a great way, and imperfections of
workmanship may be covered by the
accommodating cretonne. There are
even those who, not being able to buy
all the furniture they want, make their
own chairs, lounges, etc., etc., which,
when thus stufl'ed and covered, are not
only serviceable, but often quite shape
ly and handsome. Scribners Monthly.
A MAN ATTACKED BY SPARROWS.
One mile and forty rods north of the
beautiful village of Sauquoit resides
Mr. Andrew J. Green. Day lefore yes
terday he started to walk to the village.
Swinging along with his wonted stride,
and reaching a point within half a mile
of his destination, his attention was
attracted by the strange actions of a
large flock of sparrows, hovering low
down over the sidewalk, flying rapidly
hither and thither in great excitement.
As he approached them, and when in
their midst, they evinced no fear of his
presence, and, instead of flying away
on his entrance among them, they
pressed around him in greater num
bers, and almost immediately attacked
him him with their sharp bills with
great fury. At first he was disposed
to treat the attack as a trivial matter,
and attempted to brush them away
with his hands, but the few thus dis
placed were immediately replaced by
myi iads more, darting, chattering and
piercing him with their sharp bills like
"the flight of a cloud of arrows."
Their immense numbers and persistent
charge was so great that he was soon
thrown to the ground. Now thoroughly
alarmed, he stiuggledtohisfeet; cover
ing his eyes and face with one hand as
well as possible, he endeavored with
the other hand to wrest from the fence
at his side a stake or picket with which
to defend himself, but not succeeding,
and the wild and infuriated little war
riors still increasing their attack, he
was forced to fight them again with
his hands, when again he was thrown
to the ground. Now really terrified
for his life, he pulled his coat over his
face and head for protection, regained
his feet and fled for his life, but they
did not pursue him far. Exhausted,
and with his hands bleeding, he reached
the village, convinced that he had a
narrow escape. Utica Observer.
A joker challenged a sick man's
vote at a city election on the ground
that he was an ill legal voter.
At the earnest solicitation of his
many friends, a West Hill boy con
sented to allow his name and himself to
go before a water-melon patch in the
suburbs Wednesday night. The con
vention 'was somewhat disorderly, ow
ing to the appearance of a strong dele
gation from the farm-house that came
in without credentials and insisted on
being heard. It was entirely irregu
lar, of course, but all the same the boy
wasseized in an inverted attitude just
as he was climbing over the fence, and
the chairman of the new delegation
fanned his suburbs with a hedge switch
until he consented, for the sake of
peace and harmony, to withdraw,
which he did, at the rate of about
1,000 miles an hour. Ilatnkeye.
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