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CULTURK OF GINSENG. This plant grows most easily in open •woods on light, gravelly soils, with •much decayed vegetable matter in it, it it will not grow on swampy ground. The many attempts to cultivato it have not been altogether successful, and it is -difficult to grow under cultivation, but •some have succeeded by transplanting it into open woods, where it has the shade and shelter it requires. The seed is very bard nod stony, and must be steeped in hot water for a few hours or even scalded for a few minutes to cause it to sprout readily. The roots should not bo dug until its seeding time has passed, then there would not be any danger of its ex termination.—New York Times. *WFIEN COMBS TURN BLACK. \When the combs of fowl3 turn black it is an indication of the disease known as anthrax, a disorder of the liver, which is prevalent among fowls in the spring. It is a result of overfeeding, aud is contagious, more especially as the condition of the Hocks is such as to invite attack of tho disease. The way to prevent it. is to feed ouly so much as is needed, which is half as much as a fowl will eat if it JS permitted. For a Tcmedy for those not too far gone, make a solution of hypo-sulphite of soda in water as strong as can be made, and give a teaspoon ful twice a day to each fowl. Keep the sick ones in separate coops by themselves, and bury the dead ones deeply some distance from the house and yard. Give no food to the tick birds uutil they improve, and then feed lightly for a few days.—American Farmer this purpose serves as well as the sun'i rays.—Chicago News Record. LARGEST SBED NOT ALWAYS BEST. T. li Terry, of Ohio, says he finds that his best wheat, where the plants are crowded so as to produce the largest yield, does not produce as large and pluuip berry as wheat that grow3 more thinly and yield? less. He oelicvcs the yield is largely determined by pedigree, nud kept on selecting seed from the best parts of his fields with steadily increas ing yields The idea is well worth thinking about. Possibly one reason why Mr. Tern's wheat yields grow better is because he is constantly making his land richer. The (act is true, too, of corn if not of wheat. Nobody would think of selecting seed corn from the half-filled ears that set too late to fer tilize all the silk, though the kernels of such curs me often twice as large as on cars well lill»d But with other graius, oats aud lui'cy, tor cximplc, tue largest, plumpest gram is best for seed. Oats that ^row t'u'ily and produce poorly are light weigh\ bociuse most of them arc ullcetcd by r-ist. which prevents de velopment of the uram.—Boston Culti vatoi. FEEDING SHEEP IN WINTER. With sheep as with other stock it is important to keep in a good, thrifty con dition, but at tho same time it is nec essary to do this as economically as pos sible. Oho of the principal objects in sheltering is that les3 feed, especially less grain, is needed than when they are exposed, and this, of course, lessens the cost, wbilo in nearly all cases the sheep will bo thriftier and healthier and grow a better fleeco of wool. But ahcep will not bear close confinement a3 well n; other stock, and arrangements should be made to allow them to run out every day that the weather will permit. When the ground is bare and not too soft the wheat or rye fields are good places for breeding ewes, but when this cannot be allowed a good sized lot where they can run out in ptca?ant weather, should be made, and in this way plenty of oppor tunity for cxerciso be afforded. A good variety should be supplied not only in grain but with roughness. Tho best plan is to begin feeding lightly at first and then gradually increase until they aro put on full rations. How rapidly this should be done cau only be determined by the supply of feed in the pastures and the condition of the sheep. One of the best grains Xor main taining animal heat is corn, and in cold weather this can always be fed to advantage. The most economical plan of feeding is to have tho corn shelled and shallow troughs should bo supplied for feeding. Oats is a good grain to make a good growth and development of bono and muscle, and is one of tho very best grains for feeding ewes and growing sheep. When wheat is low, as it is now as compared with corn und oats, it cau often be used to good advantage in feed ing sheep aunng the winter. Other iirtins can be used, but these, if properly managed, with bran and oil meal, will make up a sufficient variety. Then for roughness, good corn fodder, clover or millet hay, with straw, will make up a good supply. Unthrcshed oats makes a good winter feed for sheep, especially if they are first ruu through a cutting box aud a small quautity of bran is ad ded. Sheep, more than other stock, re quire good troughs and racks for feed ing economically. If fed enough fokeep them thirsty, they are inclined to pick over aud waste their food and for this reason the better plan is to feed them light rations and to feed oftcner. Let them eat what is <^ivcn them reasonably clean, but keep the sacks cleau. Gauge the ration by their condition, but feed economically and yet sufficiently to keep them thirsty. — St. Louis Republic. BUDGET OF FUN. riLIMOr«r>US SICEToHKS FR03I VAUIOUS SOUHOISS. EXERCISE vov. cows. Tnc aidLicnce between a free run of the pasture fio-Lls in sum ner and the '° close confinement in stalls which occurs iu winter suggests the question whether in the latter case milch cows should not have more freedom and exercise in the open air than they commonly receive. The change from one to the other is so great that it appears to me the winter confinement running through a long period with little or no opportunity for exercise must be unfavorable for the j largest production of milk, if uot for the health of the animals. It is true that a | cow with a well tilled stomach loves ' FARM AND GARDES NOTES. If fresh lime is scattered about the hive it will destroy ants. Do not fail to keep the box containing grit for tho poultry well filled. If sunflower seeds aro fed now the^ will improve the glossiness ol the hen's I coat. Clover, chopped in small pieces and I scalded, is an excellent food for laying hens If you are going to have a barrel silo it is high time that it should be filled. The use of different fertilizers on tho soil is the best method of testing it to find its needs. In transplanting prune liberally, lest the roots be unable to supply sufficient quiet nud rest, aud when lying down and chewing her cua as is generally supposed , \\ v i\\\lV'~. Stocking heavily with sheep aud food, ing them grain will build up tho pas tures very rapidly. It improves bedding material and in. | creases its absorbent capacity to run it through a cutter. | To deepen a hard pan soil use a sub* soil plow, loaving it lying below tho mellow surface soil. If men know each other better thero would bo less confidence and more charity in tho world. Three beef animals can be grown and disposed of wnilo one butter animal L« being fully developed. It is a settled fact .that while sheep will live iu the pastures without water, she is in the best condition for produc ing milk. This, however, leaves the question whether along with close and long continued stable confinement there ought not to be short periods of moder ate exercise, even if it has to be on- forced by driving from the stables to the field and back again. All dairymen know thnt violent exercise, such as comes from running or being chased, is hurtful to cows giving milk, but tliis docs uot prove that close confinement without auy exercise may not be equally so. When cows are let out of the stable in winter for a short time in the middle of the day, if tho sun is shining, tbey will commonly stop on the south side of the building uutil they are taken in again. Tnc exposuro to the sua and fresh air may bo beneficial, bul if along with I jet they will not do as well this there wns a rather brisk walk for a few minutes 1 believe it would bo more so. —New York World. ELECTRICITY IN AORICtTI.TtjnE. Much has been written of late on the subject of electricity in ngriculture, but an account of some French experiments affords n welcome addition to the articles already published. Tuo French are well known as masters of ca r eful hus bandry on small plats and the tests of plant growing by electric light, which they have carried out, and the results of which have been indicated to the Academic des Sciences were found to be particularly favorable to their special system of culture. Tbe plants under observation were divided into three classes. Ono set was subjected con tinuously, night and day, to the full blaze of the electric light; a second set was kept alternately twelve hours under the artificial illumination and twelve hours in perfect darkness, while the third set was loft for the purpose of comparison to tho ordinary natural course of daylight and darkness alone. Tho conditions as to heat, moisture, etc., were identical in all three classes. The plants wlich wcro kept continuously under the electric light advanced in growth aud retained their freshness in a very striking manner, but their tissues wore weak, flabby and imperfectly de veloped. Iu the other two test cases very li'.tlc diJercDce was observable be tween the sets of plants which had twelve hours' light and twelve hours' darkness, though the light in tho one in stance was natural and in tho other artificial. Tnc outcome of the experi ments serves to show that plants thrive best with periods of alternating light and darkness ana that electric light for If the early hatched chicks have ro. ceivoi piopcr attention thoy should bo laying by now, or within a short while at least. The difference between rich and poor milk not only appears in the quantity of cream raise 1, but also in the quality and appearance of tbo butter. People havo not yet learned to use honey. When its many good qualities aro understood it will take its deserved place as an article of food. Now a good many farmers are begin ning to fill their silos. Bear in mind, however, that you want no immature corn among tho matter stored. H. L. Jeffrey, of Woodbury, Conn., says that when the robber beos comu around be puts a little dry wormwood in tho smoker and they do not tarry long. Keep o mixture of salt, charcoal and wood ashes constantly before hojjs, so that they can take what they want and no more. Something of this nature seems to be required to arroU fermenta tion in the stomach and promote genera' digestiou. Let the man who wants to buy some young pigs for feeding purposes pay more money and taKO his c.ioice, rather than take tbo smiller, inferior oaei of a litter, fifty cents or a dollar apiece cheaper. 'The best is usually the cheap est with pigs as well as other stock. Com is the great food for fattening. There is nothing equal to it for making hard, solid pork that commands tin- highest market price. Swine, however, will be able to digest more of it, if a'- lowed turnips, potatoes, carrots or bee. and some bran iusteid of nothing at :i but corn. Too much corn will ma... them \cloved.\ An Inexorable Exception—At Home —Lucky Kellow—A Professional l'revnricator—On the Alps— Perrietual Bliss, lite. Tho heart, rehntiug, still Is prono to smother Tho angry feelings which arise 'twixt men: But wnon balloonists fall oat with each other. They seldom speak again. —Puck. HEROIC WORK. \This is the statue.\ '•It's much larger than life, isn't\ \Oh yes! But no larger than he thought ho was.\—Puck. AT HOME. Sho (hintingly)—\The fire is going out.\ Ho—\Well I hope it will bring some coal back with it.\—Detroit Free Press. A PROFESSIONAL PREVARICATOR. He—\Babbler always winds up those wonderful yarns of his with, \Truth is stranger than fiction.'' She—\Very likely it is —to him.\— Life. MORE THAN EVER. Uumso—\Well McBride, is there as much billing and cooing as there was bofore marriage?\ McBride—\The billing has increased lamely.\—Detroit Free Press. ' LUCKY FELLOW. Jack—\Priscilla has made George nappy for life.\ Clara—\I'm so glad to hear it! When aro they to be married?\ Jack—\Never. She has refused him,\ —Truth. BRAINING AND BUAININ0 Dudelet (afler reading the story of a murder)—\Isn't it dreadful to be brained with an ax?\ Miss Sharp—\Yes; but not so bad as :o be brained with nothins.\—Detroit Free Press. A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE. \Why Fred, my boy, what's be come of that pretty girl you used to be ibout with so much? I never see you .ogether now.\ \What's become of her? Why, she's ny wife.''—Yankee Blade. HAPPY DISPATCTt. First E nment Physician—\I have ilways remembered my first patient.\ Second Di«,to—trust he remembered you \ First E P.—\He would hive done so, out he hadn't time to niaKe a will\—Life. A NATCKAI.IST Philanthropist—'\Wha; startled yju in your wanderings?\ Weary Haggles—\A gooi man told no to \go to the ant. 1 I have been vandering through the country, study- ng the habits of the insect ever since.\ dock into tlie wafer and he was swim ming when I causrht him.\ The court looked inquiringly at 1'JO prisoner. \ 'Tain't so, yer honor,'' he insisteJ, \I fell off the dock and was swimuua' to keep from gittin' drownded.\ \Poor fellow,\ said the court tenderly, \I believe you. I wouldn't believe the sworn testimony of all tho officers in De troit against your own simplo statement that you took a hath involuntarily. Ia token whereof I'll give you thirly days board at the expense of the county. Next.\—Detroit Free Press. The Black Stono at MCCM. At the northeast corner of tho Kaaba, near tho door, and four to five feel above the ground is the famous Had. schar-el-Aswad, or Black Stone. It ii an irregular oval, says B.irckhardt,about sevou inches in diameter, with an uadu-- lating surface, and seems to bo composed of several stone3 of different sizes cement ed together. It is worn to its smooth surface by the millions of kissc3 and touches it has received. The Moslems say it was originally white, but has bo- come black by reason of men's sius. It is surrounded by a boarder of corneal rising a littlo above tbe surfice, and this again by a broad band of silver gilt. Burton said tho aparturo in which the stono is measures ono span and threo fingers long. Burckhardt do3cribes iu color as a deop reddish-brown, approach ing to black. It appears to Burton black and metallic, and seemed to him a com- mon aorolito, with a thick shaggy coat ing, worn and polished. It is not im probable that the stouo obtainod its sacred character with the pagans on account of its meteroic origin. Round the Kaaba is a fine pavement ot granite polished like glass by the feet of the faithful, describing an irregular oval. It is surrounded by iron posts sup porting cross rods, from which hang green glass globe lamps, which make a faint illumination. Indeed, the thousand lamp3 ot the court make little impression on the gloom of night. Beyond the poles i3 a second pavement eight paces broad, a little elevated, and round that another, higher and broador. The ceremony of Tawaf, a circumam- bulation, is performed on tho inner oval pavement of polished granite. It consists in circling the Kaaba seven time3, ejacu lating the proper prayers at tho proper points and kissing the black stone. Tho first three circuits aro made at a quick stop pace, called running, the four latter slowly and leisurely. Usually in tho Hadj tho crowd about the Kaaba is so great that it is difficult to reach tho sacred stone to kiss or even touch it. Burton, by tho aid of a dozon stout Meccans, literally fought his way through the enraged Bedouins, and while kissing and rubbing the stone carefully examined it for two minutes, and decidod that it was a big aerolite. After that he repaired to the well Ziin-zcm, took a copiou* draught of the to him nauseous water, and was deluged with three skinfuls of it dashed upon him in order to wash away his sin3. He docs not say whether pre tense of prayer and adoration is a sin.— Harper's Magazine. ELECTRIC NOVELTIES DEVICES THAT AUK PUT INTO NKW YOKK HOUSKS. ON THE ALPS. She—\Ob wnat a lovely view! I ;an't understand how you cau remain so ipathetic in v cw of one of nature's won- Irous works. Dou't you feel any- ;hing?\ He—\Oh yes, thirsty.'—Pick- Me Up. PERPETUAL BLISS. Briggs — \Just for a joke, f told Mis3 tSldorly tho other diy that when she aughod it was all I could do not to kiss her.\ Griggs—-'What happened?\ Briggs—\The next time I saw her iho had hysterics.\—Life. BUE REMONSTRATED. \Mrs. Small,\ said the lodger to his .andlady, \I tnougbt you didn't allow imoking in tho parlor?\ \I don't,\ replied Mrs. Small with energy. \Who's doing it, I'd like to know?\ \Well if you have time you might atop in and remonstrate with tho lamp.\ —Yankee Blade. CONVINCED. \What n 'beautiful sky!\ obsorved tho poot, as he looked into tho West, that was a dreamy blending of olive pink and Nile green; \what a lovely vista of evanescent tones!\ \But there isn't any mouey m it,\ re plied his commercial friend. \There is a ton-dollar bill in a sonnet on it,\ chimed the poet. \Then responded tho commercial man, warmly, \it is quite as beautiful is you say it is.\—PUCK. HAKING IT EAST. \SJ snarled the fathor, \you havo askod my daughter to marry you, and, having gained her consent, you come to me for mine?\ \That's about the dimonsions of it,\ responded the young man, bravely. \Do you know, sir, that I havo no money and can give her nothing?\ The young man patted tho old one on tho back encouragingly. \That's all right, old fellow,\ ho said, \neither have I, so tho chango will not prove a serious shock to her. What do you say? Is it a go?\ It went. DOMESTIC ABT. For Sale Cheap for Cash—An original and unique portrait of Christopher Co lumbus, painted by Tintoretto Smlshera, by whom orders for graining and glaz ing will bo thankfully recoivod. Said poitrait is done in oils upon muslin, nineteen by twclvo feet, costume of the present century, no ruff, no chemisette, oo nonsense; just a plain, reliable, sen- lible Chicago portrait. Address the Blue Island Avenue Sausage Company (limited.) N. B. —Will paint in a sword, if re quired; also any lettering buyer w.:\ wish Chicago News Record. US SIMPLE STATEMENT. Tho tramp was before tho judgb fo; oathiog in tho rirer in a public place. \How is this, Mr. Officer 1\ inquirod the court. 1 \Well your honor,\ responded the- officer, \I saw tWprisonor jump off the ' A Queer Wedding. A queer wedding was solemnized in the month of October, 1781, in Alsntia. The Princo of Nassau-Snarbuckcu gnvo his twolvo-year-old son in marriago with a lady of high nobility, a Countess von Montbarry, oightoon years old. It was stipulated that tho young lady should return to her parents until the priuco becamo lull-grown. Splendid festivi ties were earned on at tho wedding. Tho whole neighborhood and especially all tho princely courts were invitod. The chase3, excursions and banquets lasted three days. The twelve-year- M boy shed tears from morning till evening, and was furious to be the object of gen- oral attention and curiosity. He avoided his bride and pushed her away whoa she came near him. At the ball he re fused to dance with his spouse. Thoy bad to threaten to best him if ho con tinued to cry and promise him candy if he took his spouse to tho minuet danco. His father undertook to console him by showing him a large picture book, in which was illustrated a wodding pro cession. As soon as he saw it he closed the book and exclaimed ang-ily; \I don't want to know anything about weddings. They aro too tiresome; and hero in tbo picturo tho bride with tho long nose looks just like mine.\—De troit Free Press. A Western City With an Eastern Faco, St. Louis is the one large westorn city in which a man from our uasfern cities would feel at onco at home. It seems to require no more explanation than Boston would to a Now Yorker, or Baltimore tu a Bostonian. It speaks for itself in a familiar languago of street scones, archi tecture, and tho faces and manners of tbo people. In saying this I mike no com parison that is unfavorable to tho othor western cities, for it is not unfriendly to sny that their most striking characteristic is their newness, or that this is lacking in St. Louis. And yet to-day Sr. Loulj is now born, and hor appearance of ago and of similarity to tbe eastern cities belies her. Sho is not ia the least what sho looks. Ten or a dozen years ago thore began tbo operation of influences which were to rejuvenate her, to fill her old veins with now blood, to give her tho momentum of the most vigorous western enterprise. Six or sevon years ago these began to boar fruit, and tho now metropolitan spirit commenced to throb in the veins of tho old city. Tho change is not like the awakening of Rip Van Winkle, for tho city never slopt; it is rather a repetition of tho case of that boy god of mythology whose slender form grew sturdy when his brother was born. It was the now life around the old that spurred it to sudden growth.— HarDer's Magazine, A.. A Graphic Warning. The ranks of life's battle aro open to all, tho lowly as well as the great, and though in tho conflict full many must (all, you may reach to an honored estate. Pries up to the front, with a resolute mind, and struggle, with all of your - might, or soon to your shamo and con I us sion you'll find you are but the tail ot tho k i t a I fc'v^«'iGv3f-V' Kitchen WorK Done by Tliem—Ono Wnicti Ijiglits tbo Hallways Wlicn the Front Uoor is Opened. 7J NUMBER of interesting elcc- / \ trical inventions are being in- J r'^\_ troduced in the house3of well- to-do New Yorkers. Ironiug is uone by electrical hucdirons, ice cream is frozen and coffee ground by electricity. Electrical meat choppers are ia use, and there is an electrical griddle for cooking cakes. In the dcctricnl teapot, which is gaining popu- arity, the heat is sent through tho wire In the enamel on the bottom of tho /esscl. Electrical curling irons for the \nir, which are also ornaments for tho jurcau, und electrical stovc3, whoso cur rent may be turned on in the morning jeforc dressing and will quickly heat a i room, are nscd in many houses. Tho tendency nowadays among tho builders of tho finer class of houses is to do away with plain fixtures und chande liers where\ electric illuminations are cenccrnod, as they take up considerable ipaco and an even distribution of light Is not obtained therefrom. Wherever houses aro boing redecorated In the city the electric lamps are now put at the intersection of tho panels, or ia tho centre of tho panels, placing the !amps in tho ceiling and covering them with fancy glass shade*. Msny night circuits are put in private bouses for the use of the sick and in case of firo. Tho switch is at tho head }[ tho bed, and is independent of the ordinary lighting systomin use in tho aouso. An electrical device that has its at tractions works when the front door i3 iponed at night. At once the hallways )f tho house are lighted, and continue .it when the front door is closed. Tho .ight may bo shut off later from the bed worn. Elevators aro ruu by electricity in private houses, heat is regulated auto matically, and electric foot warmers are preferred to the hot bricks of olden time. For the summer months brackets arc irranged on the heads of bedsteads in .vhich the fans connected with electric motors keep tho sultry air in u pleasant condition of agitation. Electric motors aro also used in many fashionable houses of tho city in tho winter for forcing air over a coil of hot itcam pipes and up through the flues. In the summer the air is forced over ice, ind thence up through tho flues to dif ferent paits of the house. The mo3t interesting house, in an •lcctrical way, is undoubtedly that of Edward H. Johnson, West Fifty-sixth itreet. By pressing a push button in the name plate near tho doorway after ringiug, the vestibule is lit up, also the main hall, each stair landing and the owner's bedroom. This night service has no connection with the re^-ilar ser vice in other parts of the house. In the ballroom on tho ground floor the decorations arc in the Moorish stylo, the brackets, swinging lamps and lan- ter3 are perfectly harmonious, and sev eral of the lights arc set within panels ia the ceiling. There is a charming j music n'.cove hidden, the pockot of I which is within tho woodwork of n col umn, and is practically invisible when the door is closed. Among tho remark able features of electric lighting in the ballroom is a fine painting on porcelain of \Electricity.\ In the center a female figure is holding aloft tho incandescent light, and from clouds on each side ol hor two cuoids are cairying on a long distance telephone talk. In the box in which tbe picture is set are inclosed a number of small incandosccnts. When these aro switched on they display the paintings to excellent advantage, and also diffuse a soft light throughout the room. Ia tho billiard room four pieces of brass-covered tubing on tho coiling emerge radically from a central junction-box. There is a flex ible cord holding a lamp with a plain porcelain shade at tho bent outer end of each piece of tubing. Tnere is an elec tric elevator in the house which serves not only for carrying passengors, bul also atl supplies to the kitchen, which is at tho top of tho housb. There isn't a bracket or fixture of any sort in tho drawing-room, but it is completely lighted. The frost lamps are set in the ceiling panels in flue tulip cups, end tho decoratious aro white and gold. Moreover, each of tho ornamentul lamp3 ia tho room has not only a light under Its canopy, but also one in the body of tho hand-painted vase. Consequently, the wholo lamp is luminous and the' effect of the mellow radiance is delight fully enhanced by mirrors. Every wire is in an insulated tube, and may be drawn in or replaced when desired without disturbing anything on tbo floor or walls. A wire may be run up under a table at the side or through a central leg and then put through a small hole m onyx, wood or marble to the lamp, and it can be takon off whenever it is necessary without any in convenience. An interesting feature of the library ia disclosed by pressing a but ton on the wall book-case. It opens and displays a commodious desk, with a long distance telephone and a district messen ger box. In the dining-room in the roar the lighting is done by ceiling and tide lights. Tho circuits and tubing, however, have beon so arranged that the table may be specially lighted at any time with additional and novel effects. At a luncheon party given recontly by Miss Johnson her friends were placed irouud tables arranged around a long, double curve. There were wire3 led up to a number of littlo frosted lights mounted on stands, fashioned out of lections of brass tubing, and one of them was placed by each cover. After tho luncheon the circuits were cut and sach guest was presented with a lamp as i souvenir of the occasion,—Now York Nows. To Keep Guns From Busting. The best way to preserve a gun from rusting is t o have a ring of zino soldered round the barrel, or, if it is not con venient to do this, to have a long strip of zinc soldcied out of sight undernoath tho barrel. The galvanic action which is excited between tho zinc and tho iron effectually prevents tho oxidntion of either metal, und as long as tho zinc re mains in contact with tho iron not a particle of rust will appear on either the inside or outsido of tho barrel.—-St. Louis Globe-D emocrat Searching Sowers for Valuable* Thore are men in London who make a busines3 of searching tho sewers for valuables. They travel in gangs, and each man has a light attached to his right shoulder, so that when ho stoops the rays are thrown at his feet; when erect the light shine3 before him. Every man has'n long-handled hoe with which he searches the filth. They walk slowly along through tho mud, feeling with their naked feet for anything unusual, at the same time rak ing tho accumulation from the walls, and picking from tho crevices auy article they sec. Nothing is allowed to escape them, providing it is not valueless. Old iron, pieces of rope, bones, current coins of the realm, and articles of plate and jewelry—all is good fish which comes to their net. With \finds\ in the way of coins, ot course tho humble ponny predominates. Sixpences and shillings, however, often increase the value of the collection; and at rare intervals—to rare to please the \husher\—half sovereigns, and even sovereigns are discovered. Like tho flies in amber, the mystery is how thoy got in thero. Among other articles of intrinsic worth, silver spoons aro most often found, although shirt studs, dia mond rings, silver drinking vessels, and many other quite-out-of-place articles swell the list from time to time. Lucky finds such as those abovc-mentionod da not deter tho husher from keeping a sharp lookout for less valuable articles as they float by. His caglo eye, from long practice, 13 capable of judging the worth ot the floating refuse before it would even bo discernible to tho ordiu- ary observer. Mile after mile does the sower huntei traverse underground, until a tolerable heavy bag is tho result of his labor. Night or day is all ono t o tho \husher.\ Some gangs cuter the sewers at night and work on until morning, while others carry out tho search only during the day-time. Rats abound everywhere, some of them of enormous size, large enough to frighten any beginner at tho gftme. The experienced worker, how- over, tabes no notice of them; and the rats are only too pleased to sneak away in tbe darkness. When a gang has dono a fair day or eight's work and leaves tho sower, the first business is to sort and divido the spoil. Tho salable goods, such as bones, rope, rags, etc., are disposed of to the junk dealer; and any articles of silver plate or jewelry are pledged. The pro ceeds are then added to any money found during tbe work, and tho wholo is equally divided among tho gang. The average earnings, taking tho year through, are about seven shillings per day cash man, this sum being greatly exceeded if a man happens to join a \lucky gung.\ They arc called \hush- er3\ because they never discuss business affairs before strangers, and utter a warning \hush\ when those not in tbei- line arc seen approaching. Tortoiss Shell. Tho greater part of the tortoise shell used in the manufacture ot hairpins, combs aud other articles both for the toilet and for decorative purposes is im ported from the Eist and West Indies and is worth iu tbe rough state from $2.50 to §l! per pound. Tho price varies according to the thickness of tho shell, not according to tho making, as is gen erally thought to be tho case. Tno quantity reaching the market is always about the same, as the turtles deposit their eggs on tbe sand, and the natives, who consider them n great delicacy, take all they can find, so that only a small per cent, of those laid are ever hatched. This shell does not melt, but welds like iron, and when soft is pressed into the desired shapo and the carving is done. Objects of tortoise shell, when brokon, can be mended so the repairing will bo quite invisible. Canton flannel—not chamois skin, as it contains too much oil —should bo used to rub comb3, lorg nettes, etc., and if frequently applied the polish will remain bright for a long time. Combs of tortoise are said by good nuthority to bo better for the hair than either rubber, bone or celluloid, and women who have used thorn for years assuro me it would be quito impossible for them to dress their hair with any other kind. In time these combs almost soera to bocomo a part of one's self, to partake of the owner's personality a3 far as any inanimate object possibly can.— St. Louis Republic. A New Way t o Transfer Grain. The ability of compressed oir seems to have been demonstrated as an agent in tho transferring of largo quantities ol cereals from a vessel or a car to tho ware house, or from one carrier to another, and this with great economy of labor. The apparatus by which the air is gener ated may be located on a dock or else where, and the grain during its trans portation is automatically weighed. A plant of this kind at Birmingham, England, equipped with tho compressed air system, has tubes of various dimen sions and a capacity of twenty-five to sixty tons per hour, the principal feature consisting in tho peculiar shaped nozzles through which the grain is sucked and forced at an enormous rate. In tbe Birmingham plant tho appliances, oper ating on maizo and barley, lift thorn forty foot—under a pressure of Rome forty pounds—ind they are shot into a bin at that height, descending from here into a weighing device. As stated, the cost of unloading grain cargoes by this method is about four cents per ton, and exponse of working is guaranteed by tho company not to exceed six cents per ton.—Now York Witness. Many Millions or Yisitorj. It is now nearly forty yoara since the Queen, with tho Prince Consort, several foreign royalties and a brilliant court, declared the Crystal Palaco open, with the aspiration that it might \olevate and instruct, as well as delight and amuse, all classes.\ Very rarely, says tho Lon don Telegraph, have the expressions ol royal or official optimism been more fully realized. Nearly all the sovereigns ot Europe and dusky potentates of Asia and Africa have shared, with the poor est children of tho slums, tho week day and Sunday schools, tho great trido benefit societies and tho \custodians ol law and order,\ the delights cf Syden ham. It is estimated thatsomo70,000,- 000 of visitors have entered tho palaco since its opening, a fact that would be more accurately expressed by saying that that number of visits has been paid. Either phrase, however, really under states the. matter, tho calculations in re spect of season ticket-holders having been made on different systems at differ, eat times. JHS CHRYSANTHEMUM, _ In the first cold night of autumn The dahlia's pride was lo3t; Tho hollyhock's splendor vanished . At tho coming of the frost- Even the bravo little pansy Hides under the leaves that fair. And not ono flower of the summer Answers the robin's call. But lo! in tho corner yonder There's a gleam of white and gold— Tho gold of summer sunshiuti, The white ot winter's cold. And laden with spicy odors Tbe autumn breezes coma From tho nooks and ejrners brightened By thu brave chrysanthemum- Hall to youl beautiful flower. With royal and dauntless mien ; Facing tho frosts of winter— I crown you autumn'i queen, With your gleam of lata sweet sunshina You brighten the closing year and keep us thinking of summer Till the winter v.-e dread is her*. —Eben E. Rexford. PITH AND POINT, It is an odd fact that the duty of most missionaries is to go to the bad.—Phila delphia Record. When the small boy starts early for tho pantry it isn't to avoid the jam.—Chi cago Inter-Ocean. If the keeper of a gaol is a gaoler why isn't the keeper of a prison a prisoner?\ —Sheffield Telegraph. It doesn't require any great optical skill to give site to a blind asylum.— Bfnghamton Republican. Everything about a rattlesnake keeps cool in time of danger except its tail. That gets rattled.—Lynu Item. The dog who chases his tail is like many debaters—he never reac-ies his conclusion.—Eiinira Gazette. Buggins says the man who did his plumbing is the most billious person he oversaw.—Binghamton Republican. \Anything new on foot?\ \Yes.' 1 \What is it?\ \Our baby. He's just learned to walk.\—Lawrence American. \Is he quick-tempered?\ \Quick tempered? Why, his temper breaks three records every day. —Buffalo Ex press. Jagson says you never really under stand some men until you have a mis understanding with them.—E.mira Ga zette. A domineering person and a thrifty tree have one point ot resemoltince— their defect is overbearing —Lowell Courier. If the ears are but the remnants of what were originally wings what a flyer tho mule must have been.—Columbus Dispatch. Robbins (near sighted)—\Hello Jones! You look like another man.\ Stranger—\lam. This isn't Jones.\-— Town Talk. \I only got n nominal fee in that case,\ said Briel \So the plaintiff said. Ho said your charges were phe nomenal \—Black and White. \They tell me you are the leading member of the college football team. What position do you till?\ \I put on the bandages.\—Chicago News. Tho women are now permitted to vote on the Isle of Man and will probably change the name of tbe place if they can muster a majority.—Dallas News. \The moro I see of dogs,\ howled Tabby, clawing at Towser from under the sidewalk, \the hotter I like hemt Ycaowl Spft!\—Chicago Tribune. The fact that a public official is the servant of the people does not seem to excite any wild desire to remain one of \tho people\ and be waited on.'—Wash ington Star. She—\You would be surprised if I were to tell you that I am past twenty- five, wouldn't you?\ He—\I would be surprised at your telling me.\—Indian apolis Journal. \Why did Dawson ieave Hawser, Ropes & Co.?\ \He didn't like the way thoy did things.\ \What did they do that ho didn't like?\ \Bounced him.\—Puck. It Was in the School of Design. Pro- fossor—\What you have just drawn there looks more like a cow than a horse.\ Pupil—\It is a cow, sir!\— Boston Courier. ' Easily Amused: \The bald-headed man is easily amused.\ \Do you think so?\ \Yes. It tickles him to have a fly creeping around the bald spot on his head.\—New York Press. GotltMixed: \Mamma said a lit tle girl on tho West Side the other day, \what did they stop running that gar bage creamatory for? Didn't it make good butter?\—Chicago Tribune. \Tho coffee is very weak this morn ing,\ said one of Mrs. Hashcroft '3 boarders at the breakfast table. \Set it by tho butter awhile,\ replied the star boarder.—Pittsburg Chronicle. Mr. Snippry—\Er—you want me to writ<i in your album? Something humorous, I suppose?\ Miss Hardto- kill — \Yes something ridiculous. Write your name.\—Chicago News. Record. \Neither my father nor grandfather ever did a bit of work in their lives,\ boasted the visiting young man. \Gosh laid Uncle Summerboar, \*yuz they feeble minded, too?\—Indianapolis Journal. \What sir, you call mo protty? Why, ( am an old woman, my hair is turning white, and look, here is a wrinkle 1' \A wrinkle 1 No, madam, ft is a smilo that has drifted lrom its moorings 1\— Le Gil Bias. Dukane—\I don't think railroads aught to hire astronomical engineers.\ Goswell—\What on earth aro astrono mical engineers?\ Dukane—\Those who telescope their trains.\—Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. Mrs. Bronson—\See dear, what a tovely new frame for a hat I got and it cost only forty-nine cents.\ Mr. Bron son—\Good enough.\ Mrs. Bronson— \And now you will be glad to let mp have §25 to trim it with, won't you?\— Chicago News. Teacher (who has been explaining the word epidemic)—\Now who can give mo the name ot an epidemic here in America? Remember, it is something thatsprcad3 \ Tommy (wildly wav ing his hand)—\I know; it's strawberry jam.\—Chicago Inter-Ocean. Ten days per annum is the nverog*... imount of sickness in human life. , . <: ; :
