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r 7 t J . i w 1 ( , 1 ' 1 mBSjBAA W TO CLEAN HARNESS. Harness is often made of inferior leather and by exposure to the air and use such leather decomposes oq the sur face more so if it is not keop well oiled. The best oil for harness is tanner' oil, and this should be applied after every "wetting, and once a 'week anyhow, but in a . small qurintity, just to keep the leather soft. If it gets hard and dry "wash the leatherwell with warm water and castile soap, then wipe it, and apply the oil before it dries. New York Times. HEArrn hints for farmers. As the cour. try grows older much of the soil around dwellings becomes saturated with the drainage and slops from the house, so that it no longer act3 as a perfect filter. The soil then be comes the breeding-place -of bacteria,. and these are conveyed to wells, occasioning diseases more deadly than the fever and ague of new settlements. Wherever putrid' sore throat is known tocxi9t, look for its cause m some contaminated well whose water furnishes the drinking sup ply of the afflicted family. Iiemove the cause and the danger will disappear. It a filter caunot be procured, the water may be purified by being boiled. It is not an accidental circumstance that the Asiatic Nations, which have longest used boiled water to make tea and collee decoctions, ' number more than any other quarter of the globe. Boston Cultivator. IIOW MANY TIMES TO MILK A DAY. There has been a good deal ot discus sion as to how many times a cow should be milked during the day. Th-jse who claim that two times a day is sufficient have a good following, while those who claim that the animal should be milked three times a day also have a certain number of adLercnts. It is a well known fact that the longer the milk remains in the udder of the cow the poorer it gets, and for that, reason three times a day should the animal bo milked. For the same reason the night's milk is much richer than that of tho morning. It would be well to try milking an animal thrice a day and another two times dur ing the same period, and see which gives the greatest amount of butter. Keep up the exprciment for a week and see how much greater in the aggregate is the butter of one a3 compared With that of the other. American Farmer. FATTENING GEESE. While the turkey has gained in popu larity and retained its quality, the goqd, old-fashioned goose has been neglected. A real juicy, good young goose is a rara avis. The chief trouble in obtaining a Rood goose is in the fact that the breeder of the same does not understand the process of fattening. A goose. must be fat to be good, and the fatter the better. This means hcuvy feeding and stuffing. In Germany, that land of the goose and beer, geese are fed on carrots and barley. Each goose is placed in a coop by itseif and nudeled. This consists of cramming doughy pellets of mixed grain and car rots down the throats of the birds. One of the delicacies to be found in the fancy German grocery stores of this country is the smoked Pommeraniao goose breast. If we compare the im mense amount of fine meat on such a breast with the rather inferior quality on the American goose, we can readily nee' the value of careful feeding. As the Germans and Hebrews are great con sumers of geese, the above facts may prove of value to goose culturists, hence the foregoing is here produced from the Frarciers' Journal. DRESSING I'OL'LTRY. Nearly all the markets require poultry to be picked dry and to bo drawn. The fonutr requirements secure better kcep iug, scalded poultry becoming discolored much more quickly tiiau that which is picked dry. The latter requirement does not add to tho keeping qualities, but secures the -removal -of the otlal. Poultry that is to be killed for market should be kept without feeding for twelve to twenty-four hours to secure perfect emptiness of the crop. "When tho crop is entirely empty, it becomes unnecessary to open the fowl in front, and leaving the skiu unbroken at the front of the breast causes the poultry to look better. But if there be any grain in the crop, the crop should be removed, as tho grain will soon become ,sour and effect the flavor of the meat. In picking dry, the fowl should be killed by either decapitation, sticking a knife through the throat and severing the large veins and windpipe, or by cutting a slit across the roof of the mouth. As soon as the fowl is dead and many pickers do not wait for this the large feathers of the tail and wings should be pulled, and then the softer feathers plucked. The dressed fowl should be hung to cool oil, and if then the head bo not severed it can be, and the skin of the neck drawn over the cud and tied. Neatness ia the dressing adds much to the salability of poultry. When one kills for his own use he will find the labor, much less to tcald the fowls, but when he kills for market he must consult the requirements of his market. ; American Agriculturist. MAKING" BEEF IN CANADA. - Experiments were conducted for three years at the Ontario (Canada) Station to ascertain the relative value of the fol lowing rations for making bee r, vu: Ea silage and meal, ensilage, hay and meal iwu-, uaj u.i iuwi, uu aiso iae tost it making beef wheu the values of food aid uHak ni iuku tuusiuiicu, jLfcaving Bout of view the details of the experi tne loiiowing appear as some of t re- cults from five animals with the three different rations used: The daily average cost of each ration was as follows . Ensilage, 16.78 cents; ensilage and d meal, 16.9U cents. cents; root?, hay and meal, L9.10 ice average daily incr ase of live 'eight from each ration r animal wa, .83 pounds; Vpm ensilage and meal, iuaire. hav and meal 1.63 pounds: t, hay and meal, 1.7 U pounds. 9 The average selling price of each ani mal fed on the different rations, with the cost of food added, exceeded the buying price a below: Ensilage and meal, $12. C3; ensilage, hay and meal, $10.95; roots, hay and meal, $3.22. It is considered that these experiments, of which a full account is given in Sta tion Bulletin No. 82, have demonstrated that beef can still be made at a cash profit where suitable grade animals are carefully purchased and judiciously fed. Two important statements, however, are made in this connection which should not be overlooked. First, it has been made pretty clear that ensilage and meal only do not furnish a ration that is altogether safe in finishing beef cattle ; and second the experiments have proved in a comparative sense the great safety in feeding a ration in whichafroot3 con stitute an important factor. In the meantime farmers who are growing root3 for this purpose are advised to continue to grow them and to grow corn in addi tion, where this 13 practicable. New York World. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. If you wish to keep seed keep awaj mice. tteets can bear some frost but not severe ones. The rubber plants are natives of tropi cal America. Winter Cheer is the nams. given to a new scarlef carnation. Early chrysanthemums are gaining in creased attention in England. Tuberous begonias given a moderate temperature do well as house plants. Since horses have no gall bladders to be acted upon emetics have no effect. The hay for heifer calves should be cut very tine and roots thoroughly crushed. As rust i3 a. fungoid growth it is in jurious to animals to feed straw which has had rust. The white pippin resembles the New town pippin, and is much esteemed in Ohio and other Western States. W. F; Massey, of the North Carolina Station, names Henderson's dwarf lima bean as the best for his latitude. Too much heat is more injurious to plants than too little. This is especially true of hardy and half-hardy sorts. The Florists' Exchange names the Per civalliana as one of the best free-growing and flowering cattleyas for florists' use. " - Under the name of nicotiana colossea this gigantic tobacco had figured as a seedsman's novelty for the past two years. Potatoes and parsnips may be stored in heaps in the cellar without covering, but beets, without earth or sand, will shrivel. Do not put off spraying the trees until the fruit is so large that it will do no good. Spray first as soon a3 the fruit is well set. Partridge cochins need plenty of exer cise to keep down internal fat; mush coarse food should be given in their daily rations. Among young tree3, and in half shade, you can plant currants, goose berries, strawberries, raspberries, black berries, etc. Plum and pear ree3 thrive best on a sandy, clay loam, made rich with man ure and given clean cultivation, affirms a fruit-grower. : Giving a little bonemeal in poultry food is one of the best remedies for leg weakness. It is not necessarily a dan gerous disease. Parker Earle is a most - promising strawberry for general culture. This plant is a vigorous grower and its fruit lanre and excellent. T White Plume white when not celery is beautifully earthed up, but for eating is not so good as it looks. Earth ing takes away its stringicess. Farmers are now giving their time to the care of hotbecis and greenhouses, and are also engaged in preparing astcck of fertilizer for spring planting. Gooseberry culture will pay. Try some of the fine English varieties. Their greatest enemy, mildew, can now be destroyed by cheap applications. The United States Department ot Agriculture seems . to have answered clearly, and in the negative, the question whether bees injure fruit and especially grapes. There is no better bedding plant than the verbena. By starting plants from seeds early in pots or boxes one may have a brighi bowering bed of these in June or July. 1 Four important factors enter into suc cessful fruit production namely, man ure, pruning, and spraying the trees with insecticides and. thinning the fruit where necessary. Where a hop arbcr is desired, Ameri can Gardeniij says to plant root cut tings, which can be obtained from any hop groweror from many nurserymen at small cost An authority oa such matters believe3 that thf gulls oa an oak, by attracting antsyTead to the slaughter of quantities of rfvaterpillars and other insects, which ' its natural enemies. If vou have not yet cleaned the old canes out from the raspberries, do so tee hrst time tne weather will permit. Do not put this oa until the season is so i far advanced .that the spring work is pressing. The separator has given new impulse fcr the raisin? of heifer calves. The milk from the separator is sweeter and far more better than the other milk upon which the animals were formerly fed, and is far more relished. A good lawn improves the value and appearance of any property. If there a?e thin or bare spots, manure them heavily now, and, as soon as the ground will permit, work the surface , lightly and sow more seed. With a little cstft a good even sod may be obtained. IN 1 BIG LAUNDRY. AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE IS ALWAYS WASH-DAY. IT How the tilnenot Great Steamships and Hotels is Cleaned. The Machinery in Use and How It Works. :ments of the great and steamship com 1 of the hotels and 5, far surpi53 any the pa?t, and to ex thing known of ecute their laundry work appTi-n"3 or the most perfect description are required, says the Scientific American. Whpn thp. urticles are received at one of the great laundries ,r. 'o.f i orC an New i or account of their number IS sect witn tlipm. nr sometimes thev are counteu there. The washing machines are cylin drical boxes containing each of thorn a drum of nearlv their own diameter, aau perforated with holes and with an open ing through which the goods are intro duced. The articles are put into tms interior drum bv hand, the door is close.! and bolted, and water is turned in ana the machinery is started. Tue machin ery rotates the drum alternately m one direction and in the other, an automatic tt fnr reversing ucil tinner ucuj jji V.a mA;nn A cnlntinn nf SOaO. OUU or two bucketfuls, is introduced, and the one direction and in the ether is kept up until the goods are washeJ. The wash water i3 then drawn oil and replaced by clear water, and the drum being still kept in motion a rinsing is effected. Ultimately, the water ia which they are rinsed is heated so as to remote, the last particles of soap. The next operation ia the drying or wringing of the goods. This is effected in centrifugal driers similar 'to those used in the sugar industry. The wringer being stationary, the operator packs it as full of the linen as possible, sto-ying it compactly down in the drum. The shaft which carries rotating drain holding the goods is journaled at the top or at the bottom only; in other instances it is carried by a lower bearing only. The rapid rotation of the drum by its gyroscopic action imparts the requisite steadiness. When full of wet goods, the belt is thrown on the moving pulley and the drum begins to rotate slowly, acquiring speed gradually. The action of the centrifugal force on the goods is quite interesting. When the wringer Btarts it i3 packed full to the. top. As the drum acquires velocity the goods are forced out against its periphery, so that eventually the linen is all squeezed into a "hollow cylinder and the center of the drum is'quite empty. The water that is thrown out through the perforations of the side of the drum is caught by the casing and runs away. The articles are now ready for the mangling or ironing. The old-fashioned mangle, .which is still in use and gives good satisfaction for a certain vclass of articles, is a large box weighted with ijon and stone and other refuse material and is caused to travel back and forth over the table. At the ends of its course wheels carried by brackets on oue or the other end ot it, as the ease may be, striking on an inclined plane, raise hrst one end and then the other. . The goods to be mangled are wrapped around a wooden roller to gether with a light blanket or cloth. As the box tips up at the end of its course, one of these rollers is placed under it, then as the box returns, its weight corae3 upon the roller, and rolling thereon, completes its ccurse, subjecting the material to very heavy pressure at the ordinary temperature. The roller is re moved at the release and the article is taken from it and another one put in its place. Several of these machines are used and "are found to give, tor a certain class of goods, a better finish than the hot process machine. Several kinds of hot process mangles of the more modern construction are employed in these works. One kind has four rolls geared together, which rotate over a four sectioned steam table. This steam table is grooved where the rollers come upon it, so as to almost fit their peripheries. The rollers are covered with felt, one edge of this being pasted to them by starch paste, the rest wrapped around them in such a direction that the natural rotation of the rollers tends to draw it alwavs tighter. In operation the goods are straightened out at lhe side of the. machine furthest from the reader, and are inserted beneath the fir3t roller. This catches them between its periphery and the smooth and highly heated steam table, and draws them forward, smooth ing them out and delivering them to the next roller; this in turn delivers them to the next, and so on to the fourth, tney finally coming out at the nearer end of the machine dry and mangled or ironed. The rollers are spaced some distance apart, and as the damp goods go through them clouds of steam escape from the three interstices, so that one passage through this machine virtually dries them and leaves them ready for folding. When large articles have to be mangled, ordinary steam room drying is resorted to. These are simply large rooms with very long steam coils ar ranged near the floor, and provided with racks that roll in and out on elevated tracks and rollers. On these racks the goods are hung, the racks being drawn out into the room; the racks are then pushed back into the drying chamber, the doors are closed and the goods left there until dry. The capacity of the launary is put at 100,000 pieces -er day. Toe washing machines will accommodate 303 sheets at a time, or ,1000 towel. To illustrate their canacity for quick work, the fol lowing may be cited: The river steamboats deliver their goods in the morniag and take them awav ia the afternoon, it being quite pus- o'clock and turn it out finished at 5 o'clock ia the afternoon. Sometime! a single ship, such as the Etruria or Urn bria, will bring in from 20,003 to 23,000 nieces in a single consignment. . It will be seen from this on how lare a scale the work is done. One interesting feature of the estab lishment is that they manufacture their own soap. Five hundred pounds of tal low, of the Terr bes: quality, are melted down, and to it are added ten pounds of taustic potash and seventy pounds of cat stic soda. These are heated to between and 125 desrrees Fahrenheit. The onification takes place without tha Mition of water, and after a thorough ktion, the soap is allowed to cool and dy for use. It is sot delivered solid to the laundrymen, but seventy-fira pounds of it are dissolved in a tank con. taining 600 to 700 gallons of water, and from this one or two buckets are taken at a time to be thrown into the washing macuice;. "Crowd Poison." The newest name for bad air is "crowd poison.' Two medical Mien have been cnSeavorlns to determine what it i3 that makes the air of crowded places poison, ous to those wLOg?breathe it. Their ob ject was to ind out whether the effect was owing: to the diminutipn of oxygen, as generally believed, or to the presence of deleterious organic matter in the car bonic acid expelled from the lungs, as the majority of physiologists maintain, or to the excess of carbonic-acid gns pure and simple. The conclusion ar rived at is that the execs of carbonic acid gas is alone responsible for the headache, feeling of sqfhcation. etc., frequently experienced through the breathing of a contaminated atmosphere. Some persons yield much more readily than others to this combined exhalation from many .system?, and persons aro overcome by lt ho can withstand the aif ui a xwm vitiated from other cau?e. During the recent Lord Mavor's show r. London the foul, air of the crowded streets was noticeable. To such as sat slightly above the level of the pavement . lub linnurilV or t ie mr Tcoa Hittinnn perceptible. The baneful effect of im- pure air was recently felt id a remarkable way in a London court room. When the judge entered his court in the morn ing he leund the jurors and c mnsei al ready exaausted and soon began to experience a simdar feeling. Oa" order ing on investigation he was informed that "the engine was out of order, aad could only pump into the court the stale air that had been used two days ago." The windows' were so constructed us to prevent any proper ventilation of the premises, so that no assistance could be obtained to expel the two-days'-old atmosphere which the pumps persisted in sending into the c urt. The result was that when the jury list was dis posed of the judge, instead of sending for more cases, sent the jurors home and quickly followed their example. Chi cago News Record. Trepan?. Nowhere have such rare tastes in food been developed a3 among the Romans in ancient times and the Chinese. Tuere may be found in the bills of fare of the latter people addled eggs, fat grub3, caterpillars, sharks' fins, rats, dogs, In dian birds' nests, and the finest of ail their delicacies trepang. What is tre pang ? Trepang or tripang is a collective name by which a considerable number , of soecies of most curious sea anlmils A. are designated; they are also known as sea rollers, sea cucumbers, in French as coruichons de mer, and scientifically as holothurias. Tuey are among the most sluggish of animals. Only the fixed or stationary animals are slower than the holothurias. They lie like gray, brown, or black leather pipes or cylinders on the bottom of the sea. One might watc'a them half a day long, if he had nothing better to do, and hardly see them change their position; and they rarely move more than a foot or two in several hour3. Thejr class relatives, the other spiny- skinned animals or ecinnoderms, are much more active. A sea urchin or a starfish is able to get away from a spot quite nimbly, and the serpent-stars, the most active members of the whole order, are capable of using their long, slender, many-jointed arm3 as legs, ana are as quick and alert as crabs. Popular Sci ence Montnly. The Giant of All Timepieces. The greatest hcrological wonder ia world to-day is the gigantic clock in the tower of the immense "Public Building" at Philadelphia. When everything is in running order this marvel of the clock maker's art will be stationed a distance of 351 feet from the pavement. It3 bell weighs between 20,000 and 2u,00U. Dounds. and is the second largest bell of any kind in America, the great bell at - . ... i : u : Montreal oeing ma wigcsi, wciymu 23,000 pounds.' The dial of this Phila delphia titan is twenty-five1 feet in di ameter, and the striking hammer is aa large as a pile driver weight. The minute hand is twelve and the hour hand nine feet in length. The machinery 13 il s5o that the cloe'e will strike every fifteen minutes, the quarter, half, three-quarters and hours. The Roman numerals on the tace are two ieet eigne inches in length, the dark part of the figures being 3 inches in width. As it isentirely out of the question to talk of winding such a monster Dy nana, a tnree- horse power engine has been placed at ... . r il i. i the square o tne tower ior mat especial purpose. The Proper Way to Shampco. A dermatologist of high standing says that the proper way to snampoo tne head is to use some pure soap, such a3 Castile of the best quality, or glycerine soap, made into a "good lather on the head," Wlttl plenty of warm water, aad rubbed into the scalp with the fingers, or with rather a stiff brush that ha3 long bristles. When the scalp is very sensi tive borax and water, or the yolk of three egs beaten in a pint of lime water, are recommended instead of soap and water. After rubbing the head thor oughly in every direction aad washing out the hair with plenty of warm water, or with douches of warm water, alter nating with cold, and drying the h$ir and scalp with a bath towel, a small quantity of vaseline or sweet-almond' oil should be rubbed into the scalp. The oil thus applied is used to take the place of the oil that has b?en removed by washing, and to prevent' the hair from becoming brittle. New York Post. " i An Extraordinary Tomato. We see it stated in three or four papers (and of course it must be so) that a man at Rialto has a tomato tree on his place that is nineteen feet high and with such a spread of branches that it shades the house. The leave? are of a dark green, the fruit of medium size, of a rich crimson color, smooth skin, few seeds, of delicious flavor, and breaks open like an apple, though without any core. It grew from the seed planted last April, and promises to continue its growth un til old age cots short its useful life. The owner gathers the fruit every few davs, as it is a continuous bearer ia this cli mate. On December 31 he gathered 219 ripe tomatoes from the single tree Riverside (CaL) Press. The municipal debt of Xew York City is 155,00000. MARD1 GRAS. HOW LENT IS USHERKD IN AT JiEW ORLEANS. The Climax ot More Than a Week's Series ot Festivities The Ar rival of Ilex Grand Ta radeoff Floats. JULIAN RALPH says in Ilarper that on mardi gras, the day be fore the beginning of Lent, is the time to be in New Orleans, par ticularly for a stranger, because in the scenes of the carnival is found the key to the character of the people. They are not like the rest of us. Our so-called carnivals, wherever and whenever we have tried to hold them, have been mere commercial ventures, illustrated with advertisements, carried out by hired men, and paid for by self-seeking per . sons, who had not the backing of any populace. But in New Orleans the car nival displays are wholly designed to amuse and entertain the pleasure-loving, light-hearted, largely Latin people who originally took part in them, but who have surrendered active participation to the leading and wealthy men of the town. The actual rfiardi gras celebration is only the climax of a series of festivities lasting ten days or more. First is held the Bal Des Roses, in the week before the week which precedes the public car nival. This ball is purely a "society affair," like our Patriarchs' Ball in New York. The week which follows is one of al most daily sensations. First, on Monday, the Argonauts begin the prolonged festivities with a tourney and chariot racing. A ball at night follows. On Tuesday the Atlanteans give their ball. On Thursday Momus gives a ball, with tableaux, in costume. On Friday of this gala week is held the Carnival german. The Carnival German Club is composed of twenty-five society men, who give the german by subscription. Only seventy-five couples participate in it. The carnival proper is celebrated with pagentry and dancing that occupy the afternoons and nights of Monday and "Fat Tuesday." Rex, the King of the carnival comes to town on Monday af ternoon. Who he is a few persons know at the time; who he was is sometimes published, as in 1891, and more often is not. Wdiat is called a royal yacht is chosen to bring him from some myster ious realm over whicn he rules in the Orient, to visit his winter capital in the Crescent City. Last time the royal yacht was the revenue cutter Galveston, but ordinarily the societies hire one of the big river steamboats. The yacht is always accompanied by ten or fifteen other steamers, gayly decor ated, crowded with men and women and appointed with bands of music and all that make3 good cheer. It is supposed that the yacht has taken the king aboard at the jetties. The fleet returns, and the royal landing is made upon the levee at the foot of Canal street, amid a fan faronade of the whistles of boats, loco motives and factories and the firing of guns. The king is met by many city officers and leading citizens, who are called the dukes of the realms, and con stitute his royal court. These tempor ary nobles wear civilian attire, with a gold badge and bogus jewelry as decor ation. Many persons in carriages ac company them. A procession is formed, and the principal features of the display are a gorgeous litter for the king, a lit ter for the royal keys, and a number of splendid litters in which ride gayly cos tumed women. The king goes to the City Hall accom panied as I have described. The way is lined with tens of thousands of spec tators; flags wave lrom every building; music is playing, the sun is shining, the whole scene, with the gorgeous pageant threading it, is magnificent. At the City Hall, the Duke of Crescent City, who i3 the Mayor, welcomes Rex, and gives him the keys and the freedom of the city. The king mysteriously disap pears after that, presumably to hi3 pal ace. That night, the night before mardi gras, the Krewe of Proteus holds its par ade and ball, and in extent and cost and splendor this is a truly representative pair of undertakings. "A Dream ol the Vegetable Kingdom" was what the last Proteus parade was entitled. It con sisted of a series of elaborate and splen did floats forming a line many blocks long and representing whatever is most picturesque, or can be made so, among vegetable growths. The float that struck me as the most peculiar and noteworthy bore a huge water melon, peopled, as all the devices were, with gayly costumed men and women, and decked with nodding blossoms, waving leaves, dacc'iDg tendrils, and the glitter and sheen of metal, lustrous stones, and silk. Butterflies, caterpillars, birds, a great squirrel on the acorn float, snails, and nameless grotesque animal forms were seen upon the vegetables and their leaves, while men dressed as fairies, of both sexes, were grouped picturesquely on every one. These devices were not inartistic tawdry. They were made by skilled workmen trained for this particular work, and were not only superior to any of the show pieces we sec in other page ants elsewhere they were equal to the best that are exhibited in theatre?. They were displayed to the utmost advantage in the glare of the torches and flambeaux carried by the men who led the horses and marched beside the hidden wheels. The figures in Paris-made costumes, theatrical paint, and masks were 150 to 200 members of the Krewe serious and earnest men of iftairs during the other days of the year. On Tuesday, mardi gras. Rex really made his appearance, leading a pageant calied "the symbolism of colors," just such another display of the blending of stronand soft colors, but a thousand fold more difficult to render satisfactor ily by daylight. The twenty enormous floats in line represented boats, castles. towen. arches, kiosks, clouds- and thrones, and one, that I thought the be3t of all, a great painter s paieue, jyin against two vases, and having living U male figures recumbent here and there to represent such heaps of coIom as might k wl for oa a palette in use. Canal ctt one of the broadest avenues in the world, was newly paved with human forms, and thousands of others were on the reviewinz stand built before the faces of the houses, over the pavements The siht of each a vast concourse of people was as grand as tne chromatic, serpent-like line of floats tLat wound across and aosa the street That nLzht . ? all the people turned out nce gain and witnessed the parade of tne Mistics Kreweof Comus, a Japanesque series of floats called "Nippon, the Lord of the Rising Sun." The display was, to say the least, a3 fine as any of the season. Salt and Civilization. Though playing an unobtrusive par in human economy, salt has been a pow erful factor in the politics, commerce, and wealth of Nations, and it use has marked the advancement of civilization itself. Liebigonce said that the state of civilization and the prosperity of a Nation might be measured by the quantity of soap it uses; but a more shrewd observer, Schleiden, claims that a better estimate of a people's advancement can be formed lrom the amount of salt they consumed. The first trade routes were established for the traffic in salt and incense; bar baric people waged war pver the posses sion of salt springs; Venice owed much . of her magnificence to the revenues from her salt lagoons; while the French Revo lution is indirectly attributed tc the in exorable gabe He, the cruel and exorbi tant salt laws which oppressed the French people through four centuries. In Europe, even to-day, the salt works are either owned or controlled by Govern ment; while the Chinese jealously pro hibit the export and import of salt. Thus, the policy of kings, the prosperity of Nations, the progress of civilizition have hinged upon this unconsidered trifle; but aside from thsun, common salt has had, in all time3, among all people, and in all creeds, a deep religious signify cance. The Greeks and Romans made salt a part of their sacrifices, end it was offered in direct propitiation to placate the gods of the infernal regions. Among the Hebrews, all flesh sacrifices offered in the temple were seasoned with salt; and the most binding and sacred com pact was the so-called "Covenant of Salif,'' all such treaties being made over a sacrificial meal, of which salt formed a necessary part. The early German tribes thcught the ground holy where salt was found, and their prayers more readily heard in such places; while to this day the priest places salt in tho mouth of a person receiving the Catholic sacrament of baptism. The reason of this deep and far-reaching significance is not far to seek. Salt, because of its preservative qualities, has ever been the symbol of eternity, iucor ruption, fidelity, wisdom, justice, and peace. Christ called His disciples tho "salt of the earth," meaning that in them lay the perpetuity of the Christian spirit. It had also, particularly in the Bible, a terrible and sinister meaning, betokening sterility ana irrevocable ruin, as shown in the account of sowing with salt the site of a city destroyed by .siege. Moreover, salt is the inviolable symbol of hospitality, every meal including salt among the ancients, and in the Orient at the present day having a sacred character, and creating among the par sers thereof a lasting bond of friend ship. "Attic salt" is the commonest synonym for wit.; and it is recorded , that the Romans who made salt the symbol of the immortal spirit, termed a man's soul his salillum, i. e., salt-cellar. Demorest's jjiagazme. Why Are Leaves Gresu I Attention has been drawn to the fact that all the world over leave3 are of a green color, but, while the green of plants and vegetables remains the same in all latitudes, the colors of animals vary considerably according to the region they inhabit. It has been suggested (and partially proven, I believe) that the green color in leaves is due to a sub stance called chlorophyll, which the leaf structure absorbs from the atmosphere. It is a well-known fact that leaves re move from the lower strata of our at mosphere all the poison that the breath of man and the lower animals thro v into it; therefore, the importance of leaf structure should not be lightly over looked. Botanists of unquestioned ability tell us that a full-grown tree in a crowded community is in reality one of nature's most perfect and complex filters, straining and purifying the air just as a filter does impure water. This impor tant filtering of the tree is oclv carried on under the stimulus of sunlight, leaves having but little or no power of absorp- lon on cloudy days or at night. What we call "growth" in plants is merely the power of that particular plant to convert to its own uses the energy of the sun. Another peculiarity of leaves may be noticed in this connection: The general arrangement of the leaves on limbj and stalks ol trees and plants secures between each sufficient space to prevent one leaf rora interfering with another. And, not only are leaves so arranged as to exist independently of each other, but, in a general way, they have taken upon them selves the forms best . adapted to secure tne maximum of sunlight as it is show ered upon them in different latitudes At the equator, where the sun's rays are vertical, we find large flat leaves, like those of the banana, plantain and th various species of the cacti. Farther North, where sunlight strikes at an aote small leaves and pine "needle" or ound. Then, again, note the peculiar ity of the Australian gum tree: Instead of exposing their broad faces to the sun the edges only are so turned. Were it otherwise the sun would rob them of all taeir moisture, it bein? a weil.knnt.. fact that the gum tree crows in the driest region on earth.St. Louis Ro. public. Monkeys and Their SIci. 0 -r i :.t . - jijuicj a, wuu some notable eier tions, are some degrees worse than savage men in tnetr treatment of the sick. Oa the new Jumna Canal at Dflhi India, monkeys swarm in trees upon the banks, and treat their sick in monkey fashion. The colony by the caal being overcrowded, and a a consequence unhealthy, did, and probably does rtili, suffer from Various unpleasant diseases. When one monkey is so obviously ill as to offend the feel ings of the rest, a few of the larger monkeys watch, aad, taking a favorably opportunity, kneck it into the canal. If it is cot drowned at once the sick monkey is pitched in again after it re gains the trees, and either drowned or forced to keep aloof from the flock. At the London Zoological Gardens the monkeys torment sick one without mercy, and unless it is at once removed frcm the cage it has but little chance of recovery. The f mall nonkeya bite and pinch it The larger ones swing it around by its tail. When it dies as many monkeys as can find rcoa sit oa its body. London spectator. - Dv wedding are all the stvle. Very chic te THa nr w bat) jackets are bein? made. have th'e wicgsarraug'oJ a is reported to be an :cr. . .... in front. Queen Victo accurate typew In ancient fs nearly an urcciaa maidens Jrcsse in white. Dinner part' in honor the thing. - Of couples are quit T i v ol me vallev is tho favorite flower of the Prices of Wales. That dear little poke bonnet that drove our grandfathers crazy is coming bac. The latest fad among . Chicago young women is said to be collecting souvenir coins. Of U the personal orniraints, silver bangles continue the longest ia popular fashion. Elizabeth Ca3y Siantoa says that tha first pi'critn to set foot on Piymoutti Rock was a woman. There is not the charming mystery there used to be about where tiie honey moon will be passed. Fashbnab'ic asscmbue? in the Frcucn capital sometimes include a many a$ . thirty titled American women. Mrs. S. G. Grubb is Superintendent of the S.le:n (Oregon) Puolic Scaools at a salary of $1200 a year. O.itofa foicw of thirty-four teachers all bu. rive are women. If Mrs. Thomas A. Edison wants h'-r husbaud to take luncheon with "her she ha to drive 4own tobis electric labor atory for him, for unless reminded 31 r. Ed Uon seldom thinks of hisn?als. The Himalaya woolens that afe'pTaui on one ide and plain oa the other are exceedingly thick and warm, yet are soft and pliable. They are very largely im ported for traveling cloaks aad for wiuCcr costur.es. A dainty bonnet for evening wear U of white guipure lace, very tiny, as arc all fashionable bannts, trimmed' .with peach orchids, and has the cruvu sur rounded by petuaia velvet sacurcd by a diamond buckle. Hake your velvet dress with a round waist, with seamless back and jacket front, with large reverse opening on a vest of gathered biua peau de sole. Have glgot sleeves, and a rattier full skirt, gored in front and straight in the back. The memorial to Trinity College. Dublin, praying that the degrees and teaching of the university may be opened to women, has been signed by upward of 10,000 Irishwomen and presented to th Provost and senior fellows of the col lege. Evening capes of fine ladie' cloth, in delicate, esthetic hues like terracotta, Nile green, old pink or vieux blue, nro being made up in Henri De.ux shape, and lined with striped flowered brocade in delicate patterns and faint "fade" colors. A gown of dark red flannel has a shoulder cape some seven inches deep and Russian sleeve caps, both bordered with beaver. Fur edge, the neck and -the belt. Fawn colored flaunel or satin ribbon would give the same color con trast and cost less. An evening gown with a Russian ef fect is of dull, crinkled white crepe, the -low bodice edged with the narrowest and darkest mink bands for trimming the waist, the head and claws of the animal forming the girdle. Violets give an. ex quisite finish lying against the fur. . The new feather boas, of the softesl plumes of the owl and in tawny - natural colors, cost '3), and measure two yards. Boas of cured ostrich feather in tho 3ame length cost $33. .Little round collars of marabout feather in gray and white cost $7.50; in clipped ostrich plumes, $'J.5'J. In several of the women's colleges there is now provided practical training in political details as a means of prepara tion for the responsibilitici of life. Campaigns arc organized, platforms aro framed and discussed, registration in ac cordance with the statute is required, and ballots are polled according to the Australian system. Mrs. Leland Stanford, wife of .tho California Senator, hai a pauioa for shoes, and &he has probably" more pair" at a time than Queen Edzibcth ever dreaded possessing. Wheu shu marriel Mr. Stanford, tnea a poor man, one of her father's weddiu presents to her wi3 aaF numhtfr of shoes- he feared that Stanford could not a.'ford to gratifj his wife's whims in this direc tion, ilrt Oiiphaat does all her work at niht. Her whole life U organize 1 with a vier to this habit, 'and she declare. that it i on7 waJ a which a mi- . tress of a bouse can. work quicUyjsad witbost interruption. Though Lerhai is sno white, she is a powerful, young looki:? .woman for' irer years, aad accos?li8nc moe .ctul1 writing than aQy cier feminine author ia Great Iiriu- iCodoTje Dominicaia" is the. latest thin? ':om Pri- 1 " made on the lines of the Dominican monks' robea, of white ... Round the lower part of the glcirt. three black -mohair stripe and loo oi b!aclc wtia ri0Q here and ther- Tiie b&ice a kind of white surai chemisette, with a falling jabot of black crepoa; The cachet of this some yth& rtlio? though very effective. rjo-its tDe wtme iJOtaxmcaa cape, lineU Jur.-l;out with black satin and orna- thr; i all round with Louis XIII. bou- me cleu f black satin. Ocean Record Breakers. -sce IS SO the record for tho fastest 1 wei:'3 oceaa T0-V8oeI k been a m I tb!p. Day. Hr. Xtn Scotia z 3altic 7 .j f City of Berlin.... 7 u 4 0rinanic.. 7 n 3; Britannic. ....... 7 10 5 Arizen. ......... 7 7 ty AJA 1 1 ST, Oregon.. 6 U America......... 6 lo 4( iruna.. 6 5 31 Uoibria..,. ...... 6 4 4i Etruria 6 , 1 u City of Paris.... 5 . iy n Mastic 5 IS t Teutonic. 5 IS 3j City of Paris.. 5 15 it- Ye.' 13 ISTs is-s 18M 18-3 lb xe 1US V I v 4 - TV t V Y ,i ..
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 23, 1893, edition 1
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