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'I lie Hate fir Kaslt-r.
'Thirty (tuys hath September,"
Every person can remember;
H it to know when Easter's convJ
Ii7.z'.e3 even scholars, some.
V.'lieu March tho twenty-tint is rast,
Just watch tlio silvery moon,
A'i 1 when you f?i It fnM and round,
Know Easter'U ba hero soon.
After tlie moon has rea?hod Us full,
Then Easter will bo here,
The very Sunday after
In each, nud every year.
An I if It should hap on Sun 'ay
Tli" moon should reach lt hoiRhr,
The Sun lay following this evnt
Will be tho Enster bright.
Boston Tri' nscript.
EASTER LILIES.
EALLY I think
tbe's quite
above her sta
tion," said i Hss
Plnntsgenet,
languidly. "I
always tell Mis.
Senmwell t o
send Ler into nie, when. I go there to
bave a drees fitted. She has such a
pretty way, don't you know, and 6Ueh
lovely eye lashes, ami she understands
Ler Lusincfs to perfection !"
"She is a very beautiful girl," said
Mr. Elwood, calmly. "And sho has
helped nio wonderfully with those
bhy children, at tho Sunday afternoon
services. They teem to take to her by
instinct."
"rforae people havo a way with chil
dren," said Mrs. Flantagenet. "Now
I never could enduro tho idea of
teaching until yon camo to take charge
of onr church, Dear Mr. Elwood;
then, of coureo, tvorything was dif
ferent." Mr. Elwood smiled a little. If Miss
riantagenet had been less lovelynnd
(1 .nnled, sitting there, with a Lluo
ribboned pug in her lap, and the col
ored lights from the 6tained glass
window making a sort of aureole
around her face, ho might have set
her down for a fool ; as it was he mon
tally characterized her as merely a
"thoughtless child."
Yes, Marien Plautagenet was cer
tainly very lovely. And the reduced
family of Plantagenct were reckoning
largely on this innocent, infantine
beauty to build up their fortunee
aain.
Mrs. riantagenet, a batchct-faced
tv i low of fifty, wont around cutting
down tho daily expenses, directing the
servants to make Irish stews, hasboa,
and divers other mixtures, out of the
scraps of cold moat, instead of be
slowing them on beggars, taking bis
coals off the fire with a pair of tons,
and peering into the ash oan to make
euro that no solitary cindor had been
smuggled unsifted into its doptbs.
Sho Etudied the butobcr'sbook, beat
down the baker's account and econo
mized in everything, "in order," as
the said, "to give Mariea a good
chapoe to marry."
In tho article of white satin shoes,
cut flowers and ball dresses, she was
compelled to loose ber puna strings,
Cronn as sho might.
And when Mr. ElwooJ, the nephew
ftnd adopted son of a wealthy old
baohclor, camo to assume the obarge
of tho nearest fashionable ohnrch,
Mr, riantagenet rejoiced greatly.
"It's all plain sailing now," she
thought. "For nobody can deny that
Mariea is a beauty."
"Mamma," Miss Marion had said,
"I must havo a new dress for Easter.
I did think my pearl Bilk would do,
but it is too tight, and 1'vo woru it so
often."
"Nonsense I" sail Widow Flantag
enet. "Where in the world do you
suppose it is to come from?"
"From the stores, to be Btire I" said
Marien, with a sauoy toss of ber bead.
"And I've promised Mr. Elwood to
send a cross of lilies for the font. I
lntiBt bo looking around for that."
'My goodness mo I" groanel Mrs.
Tlantageuet. "Do you know, child,
what they are asking for white lilies
now at the florists? Twenty-five cents
each. And they'll go np, of course,
as Easter approaches. They always
do."
"1 couldn't manage with less than a
dozen," said Marien, immediately.
'For tho centre pioce, you know. I
might arrango jonquils, and hyacinths,
and white carnations, and tboso
cheaper spring flowers, around the
base, with plenty of climbing fern and
rose geranium leaves, and violets if
violets aren't too doar."
"Well, wo must contrive some way,"
eaid Mrs. Tlautagenct wearily.
Would this everlasting warfare of
ways aud means nover ceaso? Would
the time ever come whon everybody
would be paid, and no army of clam
orous duns would longer besiege tbe
door?
.Mis. Flantagenet hoped for this
happy state of things, but it was very
much an sho hoped for the millennium
in a vague, indefinite sort f way.
vUSt
VOL XIX. PITTSHOHO, CHATHAM
CUPID'S PRASE
Bald Curddi "Now, I'll lay aside
Mv arrows an 1 mv how;
To play a prank tuts Eastor-tlde
Upon the elves I know."
"Mamma, I tell you what!" said
Marion, starting from o reverie. "I
won't say a word to old Senmwell
about this dress. Her prices are so
exorbitant t I'll go directly to little
Eunice Perry."
"And who is Eunice Terry?" said
Mrs. Plantagenot, opening her faded
blue eyes.
"Don't you know? I'm sure I
must bave mentioned her a thousand
times. That little eewing girl who fits
mo so beautifully. She is Mrs. Seam
well's forowoman or something. I
dare say I can make a special bargain
with her to get me up a gown at 6ome
what short of tho regular price. Of
oourse tbo prolits will all be hers.
Old Seamwell wouldn't like it if she
knew, but nobody is going to tell her.
I'll go there to-morrow, tho very first
thing, before Eunice goes out ; after
wards I'll go to church. Mr. Ellwood
likes us to bo devout."
"It's an excellent idea, my dear I"
said Mrs. Flantagenet, who caught
eagerly at everything that involved
the saving of money.
Early as Marien riantagenet rose
from her downy pillow tho next morn
ing, Ennico Perry was earlier still.
The morning services in the dimly
lighted church were very dear to her.
They seomed to shield and shelter her
from all tho pricks and arrows of the
day, and up to this timo sho bad not
missed one.
She lighted tho fire, put over the
coffee-pot for her old aunt's breakfast,
tidied up the room, and before she
wont out, sprinkled a little water over
tbo magnificent calla lilies that were
unrolling their superb scrolls of white
velvet in tho windows that fronted to
tbe east.
"Tbore wiil be thirteen," said she,
to herself, her cheeks flushing with
natural pride. "Thirteen I I didn't
think when I planted the roots in the
fall how splendidly they would grow
and thrive ! Ob, you darlings, I could
kiss you, if I wasn't afraid of spoiling
the white purity of your hearts I"
There is no aocouuting for the freaks
of the flower world. These lilies had
blossomod royally out in the sunshine
of those low, littlo three-story windows'
when, perhaps, beneath tho arched
crystal roof of a steam-heated conser
vatory they would have put forth
nothing but leaves.
Did they know bow Ennico loved
tbcm? Did thoy fuel the magnetic
current of her liquid hazel eye every
time that she looked at them? Who
could answer? NotEunioc, certainly.
Sbe had been gone some time, when
Miss riantagenet loisurely ascended
tbo stairs, turning up ber aristocratio
nose at tho various sights and sounds,
and smells which are inseparable from
a tenement house. Only the old aunt
was in tbe room, moving loianrely
abont as sho put away tbe remains of
her frugal breakfast.
Marien opened, the door, and came
in without the preliminary ceremony
of knocking. According to ber plat
form, tbe poor bad no feelings that it
was neoccssary to cosult or regard.
"Is Miss Perry at homo?" said she.
"Good gracious, what beautiful lilies I
Where did you buy thorn, my good
woman?"
Old Mrs. Perry smiled complaoent-
"We didn't bny them," said she.
"Eunice bas grown them herself. My
niooe, Miss!" with a little courtesy.
"How muohare thoy?" eaid Marien,
greedily.
"They are not for sale," said the old
aunt, with rather a frightened air.
"Ob, but I must have them I" said
Marien, smilingly arrogant. "They are
just preoisoly what I want. Such a
perfeot shape so unusually large t I
dare say she'd sell them all for seventy-five
oents; for otoourso they oan be
of no uso to you here?" with a sooro,
fnl glance around the room. Did you
say she was out?"
"Sho has gone to ohuroh," said Mrs.
Perry, who instinctively approached
a step or sa nearer tbe lilies. "If you
want to see ber, she will be at Mrs.
AT EASIER-TIDE,
"Who'll pick with m to win or lo3e?"
lo wbandlion toaea be beus;
Of all ho mt none rould refun.0
Aud Cuptd won their eps,
Soamwell's rooms at nine o'olook this
morning."
In her own mind, Marien rianta
genet abandoned tho idea of tbe dress
at once. Sbe could make ber vio
let suit do or else tbo despised pearl
colored silk, perhaps. And, after all,
there was scarcely time for the proper
making up of an Easter costume; and
Sbarke & Scabury were advertising
some very cheap ready-made suits
(torn Paris. But the lilies she must
have!
"We are very old friends, Miss
Terry and I,' said Marien, turning
with a hard, polished smile to tbe old
woman. "And I'm quite snre that if
she knew I had taken a fancy to ber
lilies she would be glad to give them
to me. I am Miss riantagenet, one of
Mrs. Seamwell's best customers, you
know, and a word from me would dis
miss any of ber workmen. Hero is a
dollar. Of course the flowere aren't
worth that, but I have a horror of any
meanness. And now if you'll get me
a piece of paper to wrap them in, I'll
cut the lilies at once,"
So, nolens volens, Miss riantagenet
carried off poor Eunice's white-souled
darlings in a piece of tiesue-paper,
leaving her crumbled dollar -bill on tbe
window-sill.
"A capital morning's work," said
Marien to herself.
On Saturday morning tbo exquisite
Lunch of lilies arrived for the font,
with a card on wbioh was scribbled
the prettiest of messages for the reo
tor. He looked at them with admiration.
"I never saw lovelier lilies in my
life," he said. And then, with a not
unnatural sequence of ideas, he added
to himself, "I wonder wby Eunice
Perry hoa not sent tbe flowers that
ehe promised?"
Eunioe eame into hor prayers that
Easter Eve, pale and silent, with eye
lids jnst flashed, as if sbe bad been se
cretly crying, but she brought no
flowers.
The rector perceived ia an instant
that something wu wrong.
She was stealing quietly away, when
bo came oat from the robing-room
door and intercepted her,
"Eunice," eaid be,gcntly,separating
himself from tbe crowd of young girls
who came thither to help arrange the
chanoel, font and rails with leaf and
blossom for the morrow's joy fnl fes
tivity, "don't go. I want to apeak to
yon."
'About the flowers?" said Eunice,
lifting her so It, shy eyes to his. "Oh,
Mr. Elwood, I am so sorry I But
thoy were taken away."
"Taken away?" he repoated, with
surprise.
"Yes," said Eunice. "Miss rian
tagenet oanio to our bouse, while I
was gone, and carriod them away,
without leave or permission. She left
a dollar for them. No money would
have bought them of me, after watch
ing the earliest buds swell into
bloom."
"Miss Flantagenet," ho repeated,
slowly, as if in thought. "Are theso
flowers yours, Eunloo?"
He took the statoly oross of calla
lilios from tho centre of the white
marble font.
Eunice Terry clasped her hands.
''Yes," she said; "thoy are mine. I
should know them any whoro."
"I thought so," said Mr. Elwood,
drily. "She sent them here this
morning. It is tho old story of the
rich man and tbo littlo ewe lauib over
again, Eunioe. But do zot weep ; tho
sweetest lily that ever b'.o.mod is not
worth your tears."
He walked borne with hor a part of
the way, and when they paused on tbe
street corner nearest hor home, bo
took the little cold baud in his.
"Ennioe," be said, "I wish I could
comfort you."
"You bave comforted me," sbe ut
tered. "It I could make your life easier I"
he exclaimed, earnestly. "Eunioe, do
yon think that I could? Sweet one,
will you let me try? Will you be my
wile?"
So be wooed bis wife, sad so be won
COIN I V, N. C, TIIUUSDA Y, APRIL 15, 18U7.
hex, on Easter Eve. And, as he after
war I told her, be never know bow well
he loved her until he saw her crying !
over those mute, magnificent Easter
lilies. J
As for Marien riantagenet, she
pr.ieod her lilies, but she lost tho nun
i l:o loved. Tho calla3 wrre not such ,
a b:ir.?nin after all I For, if Mi.rien j
h id ever curel for any one, it was for i
Mr. Elwood. Tut she failed to ptr
ceivethathfr mistake was rooted in;
her own 6elfiehness. People nevtr see '
quite straight where their own follies
are concerned.
And Mrs. riantagenet, poor soul, is
as far away from her millenuiam as
over I
Faster Son?.
Awaken, sweet Boners!
The snow In tho valleys hns molted nt las?,
Aud the di'jolatonfjht of the year is pas'. ;
The iee-c!min:i are. broken, the. robim aro
sing nt,
Awake to the call of the Easter boiis riug
int;! Awalcn, O heart!
Inbon,iH(?e of tin thou hast slumbred so
Iouk.
Arise In thy beauty im rapture of son?.
Arise in the gladm-ai of natiiru'na lorninp,
Como fortli In thy tfn;iu ou this glad
E i9t' r mornliiir!
Itse Hartwiek Thorp", in Dtmotcu'e.
Meaiii:i!j of Hie Factor Eg
As Easter represents a new birth into
the best life of all, it is easily teen how
the pagan idea that the egu; was tho
beginning of all kinds of life tshould
become puritied in tlie minis of tho
Christ iaas, nn I ncccpted as the typical
offering of goo'l wishes aad emblem
utic of pleas tut hopes bid ween believers
of the glad Eusttr day. The ejjg in
some form or other has been the un
questioned trp2 of the new life from
tho very d:wa of the Christian era.
In Russia as e.irly as 15SJ g: ?h col
ored red, typifying the blood of Christ
sued as an atonement for cur sin.",
wero tho most tr;i-ure 1 of exchanges
of Easter. Evry boliever went abroad
at this season with bis pockets well
supplied with Easter egg?, as the
society man of to-day attends to his
well filled curd caw. W hen two Rus
sians met for the tir-t timo during the
Easter holidays, if thfy bad not met
on the day itself, tho belated Eastor
compliments woro saseed, first by
solemnly shaking hands in silence;
then tho older (or tho younger, if be
outranked ftio elder) would fray, "Tbe
Lord is riden," and bis companion
would reply, "It is true;" then they
kissed each other and cnrnmuniously
drow from thoir rcspeotivo pockct3 tbo
Easter embiem, and exchanged eggs.
Tbo Syrians boliovod uku that the
gods from whom thoy claimed descent
were batobod from mysteriously laid
eggs. Hence wo infer that onrpresent
custom of offering the Easter oqg em
blem has tho heathen legends for its
origin; in fact, all our moot precious
festivals como down lrora similar
sonroes, but purified with the light of
Christianity. Chautaaqaiau,
The Moravian Way of Olebratitis Faster
One of tbo most significant and pic
turesque oelebrations of Eauter is that
of the Moravian Christians, of whom
there aro many congregations iu the
United Statos. At Bethlehem. Penn.,
and other towns whero Moravians
abound some musioians with brar.s in
struments go nt. earliest dawn to tho
roof of tho churoh and play tnnsio
signifying tho calling forth of the
dead. Tho people immediately flock
to tho ohurc'u ana begin tho service of
the day, most of it being musical. At
a given signal tho entire congregation
rise, and, preceded by tho ministers
and truraj elora, leave tho church and
march to the cemetery. In .Moravian
cemeteries all tho gravestones are
alike small, flat slabs laid upon the
graves, "for," say the simple, literal
people, "in tho grave all men aro
equal." Tho proceduro of the service
is so timed that the mut-.ioo-prayerful
rejoicing reuches its highest orprossion
just as tbo sun rLes.
A Belgian Faster Tradition.
Tho offering of the Eastor egg is
also an anciont acd popular tradition
of the Belgians. It is customary thero
every Sunday for tho young men to
exohango boquois of flowers with
thoir fiancees, but at Easter timo theso
gifts aro variod by eggs colored and
having inscriptions on them similar to
tbe pootioal liues one finds in cheap
holiday confectionery. Among tbe
wealthior classes in Belgium, as in
Paris, cg'js ndoruud with beautiful
miniature portraits wero exehauged.
Flemish chronicles relate that under
tho reign of Maria Christina F-atcr
eggs to tho value of twenty francs
were oftuu distributed.
This expensive adorning of tbe
Easter egg has lost its popularity, and
to-day the eggs in gent ral are simply
colored by boiling or staining. They
also aro to bo given and exshangod by
adults, but are colored for children's
amusement and pleasure.
FREAK CURES.
Qaeer Esmedies for Rheumatism
Described by a Doctor.
Singular "Whale Care" Practised
at a Hotel In Australia.
Of all diseisea to which tho human
family is tuibjict, writes J. F. Whil
m.ver, M.D., iu the N.'W York World,
thero is none that receives so much
popular attention as rheumatism. Nor
is thuro any otlior diseso for which so
many "freak" remedies and "ciros"
huvo been invented.
All sorts and con litions have con
tributed to this wonderful assortment
of ri'iifdi'-s which coitiins medica
ments d"iiv'-d fr'im Huimi'l, vegftuble
a:: l mineral sources.
'i'i o's:,!hIh of infallible (?) remedies
:;;. d bo rnuii!01'.ited. From the nn;;
ol Parac-l-m to modern whale, beu
un i ant curea. Ouo of tho ntuudard
Minks nn medicine at tiio present time
.nit litis no 1 -hh tuau 2."l) drugs, ull of
wmcIi nro K'lid to be useful ia tbe
t:ri:tnieut of different forms of tui
di'i ase,
S.iiuo of the methods of trentrann'
ore extremely painful and cause in
tenso su'J'. ring t the patient. Th
blistering truutiU'int, which was much
iu voguo at ono time, consists in the
nppiic ili iii of creluls of iillsteriup
fl.iid iib.,v. the nlV.i'.ited joint. Cup
ping, both dry nil I wet, have also ha i
lliuir day. A measure that m t? lit be
C'ltisiuen .d very p iinf il is tlm suhcu
tiitnious ii.j ction of puro carh ilioac d.
As a L-i.itter of fact, however, it is
painful for nn instant only, for tho
neid nets lis il local r.nnmthi'tle. The
i lli'.'acy of the remedy is ratiier doubt
lul. Bleeding, general and loeil, mercu
lializ iti in, purging, vomiting and the
administration of lurn doses of oult
petro have nil been employed, with
more or less iffect, generally bias. lc.
to (hi! j lints was tit one timea favorite
treatment in Germany. Electricity
nisu has its advocates.
Iu Franco quinine was formorly
much in vig'ie, the drug bring kivoii
in iio.-es of 15 to 30 grains tlireu time
a day, Tho remedy whs recommended
principally- for tho acute form of
rheiimaii'-m.
In 1871 naiiciuo camo into general
use. It whs employed not only on ac
count of i tri Hnt!-i lii-u:naiic properties
but for u tonic, elfcet as well. This
Anif is obtained from willow bark. A
yonr later sulieylio acid wns highly com
mand -jd ft3 a remedy. Tnu leaiiltj fol
lowing tho administration e-f this drug
were iu a measuro nit m factory, but n
was not ico. 1 that it causod uevcro and
alarming stomach disturbances, thero
fore the remedy was gradually aband
oned. Tho alkaline, ono of tho best and
most popular met ho. la of treatment,
consists of the usa of sod or polah
salts, with vngotnble acids, such as
citric and tartaric.
Oue of the strangest, of tlia "freak
cures" is that known as tho whale
cure. Thorn is a hotel in a town on
tho c l ist of Ausl rali i, whine patrons
aro almost entirely "rhi umatica." Thoy
remain at the hotel til a whulo is
caught and landed on tho b.'nc'n. Then
tho "treatment" is applied. After
benching tho whalo holes aru dug into
tho body of tho monster. Tno holes
aro made large enou;h to admit the
body of a patient, who is plne.ul there
in and allowed to remain for a speci
fied timo, according to severity of tho
disease.
In the island of Malta the bee sting
cure is practised. Tins cure was sug
gested by the di-oovery that certain
people who had been stung by beos
enjoyed immunity from rheumatism.
A French journal calls nttentiou to
this remedy, also to tho fact that il
has been used among certain Indinn
tribes, who admit that the remedy ia a
very painful one, but they console tho
sufferer with tho as.surauoo that "when
it iloca not kill it sometimes cures. "
The Flying Proa and Koublo Canoes.
In describing S.iwo Q leor Craft in
St. Nicholas, Onstav Kobhosays:
Tho foro-aiiil-aft rig deiivea it ense
of handling by direct borrowing from
tho lateen sail, w hich is as effective as
it is simple. Tho craft of tbe Lad
rono Islanders are so swift that they
aro called flying prons. They aro
long and very narrow, and alike at
both ends doiible-enders among Bail
ing craft ; for by himply shifting th
sail, bow nn I stern aro loversod as
they lire by reversing tha cuginos of
a ferry boat. Thus tha proa ia not
obligod to "go about." The sara
side is always to leeward and this ia
flat so that she can bo sailed very close.
Tho windward aide ia round.) I, aud to
provent the proa from capsizing ou
ueuouut of tho extreme uariowuces of
M).
benm.nn outrigger, to which a hollow,
boat-shaped log is attached, extends l
from this bide, o that the proi is u ;
catamaran with one hull tn;ich Miialler
than tho other. Iu sailing hor a m m
sits in each end, sti;eriug with a pa-Idle
when tin; end ia which ho mis
happens to be the stem. No iron is
iis-id iu the construction of tin proa.
Tho sides nro m ado senarutely, mid ;
sewed tO;other at tho etul with bark.
Tlio peculiar build of the flving pro
double-ended, with differing sides, j
ono always lee, the otner always ,
weather ia mado possible by tbe .li
reotion of the tra in- uuda au l tha
fact that tho Laudrouo Islands ho in
a line almost due uoi t.n uud south, so
that theso slim, bird-liiie crafts have
simply to follow theao points of tha
compass,
Tne Fiji I-landers have so-co'ied
"JJoii'ilo Ciuoe," who i rei'iiib.o
tiieprjit. Ono kind of Fiji Iiian 1
caimo is, however, mora hiie atma
catamaran, tha nuiis bein deei.el
over and coniicc'.e I by a p.atform in
stead of by two outri g-r-, JIiicli -,
lead b"!o'.v declis, nn 1 tli ru i.s u small
nil-ed platform protect" ! by il mat as
a qaarier-d- ci, irom w.ncii too e.ip
tun maintains a lio.c oir. for a.-iiojis
of fish. Tin craft t.ra oltou from
ixty to eighty feet lo:i, nut! iu
steered with au o.ir twaity foet i;i
length. Two an I soinetjmgs moio m :
ato required It haud:o tiiis our, T.e
mast is on a pivot, and in-teal n
ning about, tlio sail is simply shiite.i
from bow to stern.
A r.elir of K.iyaliy in N w Vo: h.
Tlioil;.'li lew are a-.varo of tile f-iftt
members of tho cnnreutioii of ohi
"it. P.nii's church, at Vesay street nn
Broadway, ;uZ , eys tho N 'V Y T.i
lime.", tverv Siuday nt lh unuiol
tho future II n,, ol V. i -y and. O.i tin;
canopy of tho oid-f iKinoned piiipi-,
wnieh is of t:,e peppr-uox, B'.yie ol a
century a , am tho tun o s; r:c:i
feathers and tho crown that for uiatiy
'uerut.ons have c merit ated tha aims
of ih'J Pr.iiiv of Wu i-s, tlio heir t
Britain's throne. 'I'm: feather Ma:, -1
out i.'tiK'c'uil y i;i tnu centre of tha oni
eaaopv. Tit. '.V aro of Cil'Vel wool,
ban is . ;:!!;, ;;ii l '1, un l form an a:
iraelive orn;k.uaiiiatii)U to tue pu.pi'.
With those loyal ar us over hi- tn n 1.
tho minister wljo.illi oates in S .Poi.'s
eutirch on Su aday ru.iila the t- rviiM ot
the American euiireh.
It ia strung j that tii so royal arms
iinvii sin vive l tlio storms of revolu
tionary days. All incensed mob trav
eled through Now York city when in
dupondcneo had brcti declared, do
slinjed every tlju that rore-ontol
the monarchy fiom whoso oLains thoy
had cut thetnielvBH free. Nothing was
regarded ns sacred by tho mob. Tho
loyal arms wero every whero at that
time; on the windows of stores whoso
proprietors had beau proud of this
means of reminding tlm public that nt
ono ti'co they ha I supplied bis
mnjaMy'H ships with i.ait pork or hard-
lack ; ou tho lainppoi.t at tho sirnat
corners, mid swinging from tho front
porches of the uid inns, Windows mi
which tho royal syniboin appear, d
wero ruthlessly t. mashed by tho moli,
the lampposts were hurled tJ the
eroiind an. I the tuiis deprive i of their
eigns in iihoi t hi ! r. It w.ei n inn.'
when to be a client to royally broii,;.n.
a man into dangerous prominence,
and many w ise Morekccpei s et-eap.-d
mob violence and s.iveil the.l. atroying
party tho trouble of smashing their
Mgna by doing iho wui'.. tin nisei ves.
Tlio roval m ins ol Enp;.iiiiil w. ro
hard to find in New Vurk city when
tin) luob had L-.jiu leled itn tour. H .mu
few signs escaped the ruin, but not for
long.
The relio in St. Tunl's church was
passed unnotiocd, and has survived to
this day.
llt'iitl t.n I'm Locks a Parlor Ornament.
Something which demonstrated that
tlm human hair grows ait. r death was
discovered recently in Oolesville, N. Y.
Tlu-ro lives iu that towu a family
named HoW w il-to-d i arm. rs.
I'hey had a daughter, .r.-.-si;-, nineteen
years old. She had beautiful golden
hair. When sho was Miickcu will
fever it was necc-wiry t out dfl her
locks Finally she dud and was
buried.
After two years the parents decided
to remove the remans to anotlnr
spot. The gravo was opened. It was
found that her hair had grown to
reach nearlv to her feet. It was as
bright and glossy as though its weaver
was in tin) best of health. Tho tresses
were cut off. They mnasined over
tivo fort. They wero put into a glass
casein Mrs. Howe's home, whero they
nro now aiiown to visitors. New York
Press.
A rabbit, chased by ado;; nt Jasper,
Fin., ran into a gopher b .ie, loii.nvnd
ny the dor', and a rattlcuuaLu l.illud
Oo th of them.
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I.NSTBUrnK TO lAUMLKS.
THE BEST WAT TO Jl'iOIX.
'J'iio best way to enter tho poultry
b'l ines.s is to bej.'iu with a small flock
fin I gradually enlarge, the object
being to learn and also to breed for
tno l.ind f fowls desired. No one
can Mieeerd who goes ou the market
nod be.ys his hens', of all bi.es, breeds
and ehnrnctensiies, for Le will know
tio hiog of them, and nnv loso nil
liom dirraso or inferiority of the
stock. By breeding bin stock bo gets
those best enited to tho ol jeela de
sired. It takes at h.ast a yeur or two
to bring together a flock of several
hundred choice hens, for they aro not
often eeut to market except in small
numbers. The market is filled with
f v.i that are so.d because tiiey nro
not u.i serviceable ori tiio farm us ou
Uo btui!. Jlon. F. E, Daaicy.
r TLTni TALK.
In ha'cbing and caring for ciiiekrni
ono cannot follow any set of rules
laid down by another, even if they
are successful poultry raiser-4, writ, s
M ny B Stetson. At any rate that is
my experience. So nmc'i dop.-nds
upon lha breed of chickens-, tho
weather and various other cirer.m-
htuiice-.
Of eonrse, there nre general rules
for ciounliness, foeduij.', etc., mi l it is
well for tho amateur to study tho ci-
p rii-neo of other; but it uoemH to be
a natural law that ono m ilit learn in iny
ihiiiKs by experh uc '.
I u o only e-!7s from my choicest
f iwls lor hatching. 1 aim to Isatcli all
i cm care for iu good shap:;, an I no
more.
W eu!l out the poorest fowls to r.'
. . . .. ... ... 1 I
OU tilt: ta le; me in xi ('fa ie me noin
to farmers about home who do uot
xii. ct to keep tho breed pure, heiica
nre not p artieii Ml' as to theex.ct nuui-
b r of po.uis ou th' e imb or tho
Color of e ir lobes mi l legs, so they
aro goo I breeder. Tun h'trli-st i-cor-ing
uues we ship to fanciers and tboso
who with to Keep them pure.
I h .va two room. e-o eci ally for tho
breeding fowls, n 1 1 ii o i .;ii t'u 'V servo
oilier iitirposi-s at uiiroic!)! seasons of
toe vear. Tnev are lilted up with
ne t and roosts. There is r.n open
lag lro:!i each into a good-sized yard
ni w ire i.etiing. Toe li.ni a a of w h.e'i
t iese rooms mo a part uie sonic llttio
di-ta ice trom eueu oilier.
it is better not to keep too many
fo'vU in one building, i v-n if it is
.ii';;p. Smaller houses utid Uioro of
thorn is tiy theory.
In F..bi'U..ry I i.clcct i,.y f.n.ift pu'.
Ic's i.t:.i ln-r.j.iiid plaeo iu tSi'.ro ru.utis.
Each ynid is headed by a coek ; but
ter if not related to t!i.- heiiF.
l'ho tin nber of hens to OUU liliilo
d. p !) Is much upon tho bniol. With
mine ilia Li-'ghoru I can mate about
fourteen hem to ono male, but with
heavier Iiimi Is six or c-i-ut would por
liiips bo belter.
1 1 is o good plan to mate old Letts
with ci;e;oi"tls, and pulK-a with au
older in '".
I never use a male bird after it is
two years old, although it wijilit, do
wi il if iicIivj and well.
As to tima oi iiiatiiiL', poultry rais
o s iIiiT.-r. S ime say ten days, others
t-v.-nty, before tip e.'rga nr.i wnte.l
for l.atehiii;;. I proler to separatrt
them q:r. to early in tho season, than I
can jive them extra, attention, and
luey iiLed it ia order to have tho ega
fertile. Ti.ey get ull the meat scraps,
tj shells, etc., which I can provide
for them. I give them warm mashes
daily and a varintv in grains wiioat,
birley and oats bc.us g.v. n the pref
erence. Onea u wook I stir iu a tablespoon
fnl of Hiilpliur to a large kettla of
mtsh--thia betn V'.;etb!o boiled
until tender and thiciiened with ground
feed (oals and coi n or b u ley aud com
which is kept for our niilelt oo va.) It
ia said that snlphu" helps to m ike tho
eges fernln. 1 1 is w.'ll ti it t tisa it
loo fre.lv, however, us it might inako
tho fowls lender nn 1 linbio to tnko foi l.
They nre wed mpplio I with fres'u
water, skim milk, clmieoal and grit in
tho sliiipo of poitnded up crookery.
As so.i!) ns thero aro "green things
growing" they havo their share. I pull
up tender grass, strip loaves off tho
w illow trees aud lob tha lotttice and
kule iieds.
'J'ho eggs nre gathered every day,
and if several hens lay iu oue
nest it is well to gather them twioe a
day, for if an eg becomes cool and
I then is warmed np again it is not apt
to hatch so wbIL
K ep tho cgsjs iu a cool place, turn
every day, aud do not use them for
hatching nfter they have beeu kept
long the freshor the better. Farm,
Field aud Fireside.
In Mexico turkeys are driven to
market through the main streets of
tha cities, just like sheev.