Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1896 — Page 7

©he democrat DECATUR, IND. M. BLACKBURN, ... Pvblibhbh. A new map of the world printed tn England marks Northern Greenland and nearly all the known land near the north pole as British possessions. Poor - Nansen will return only to find that he has been Schomburgked. Canada’s militia is officially reported to have a strength of 35,782 men of all ranks. No doubt they aro brave soldiers, but they should realize that their mission Is not to reverse the Monroe doctrine nor to strengthen the hold of royalty upon the western world. The street railways of Massachusetts} nearly all of which are operated by electricity, carried 260,000,000 passengers last year, of whom 1,507 were Injured, twenty-five fatally. It does not appear that the trolley In that State Is more dangerous than the former horse cars. One of the largest Individual bidders for the new Government loan offered 115.81 for a block of $4,500,000, which is so near the market price that he was several days in finding a purchaser for his option. Finally he closed out at a profit of $30,000, which is doing pretty well on an investment of 2 cents in a stamp. It Is hardly in order for the English to laugh at the idea of Edison turning his attention to war when they have just put an Ashantee army to flight by a night attack, in which Roman candles, skyrockets and a pandemonium of firecrackers were the leading features. Not a man was Injured on either side, and as the Ashantee braves are still running, a new leaf has been added to the military art. A New York inventor promises that electric light will be delivered through tubes Instead of wires, the light issuing from an apparatus no larger than a teacup, and in its glow resembling daylight' It is to be produced by a light current passed through a vacuum without a filament, and is said to be due to the vibrations of the universal ether. This phrase sounds well, and shows what science is up to in these days of extraordinary inventions and discoveries. It is to be hoped that William F. Mannix, the newspaper correspondent who offered his services to the Spanish Government as spy, is not “right in his mind.” That was the opinion expressed by a Spanish official, who could not conceive of such treachery on the part of a sane man. Mannix made repeated offers to Spain’s officials, stating that he •was in favor with the insurgents and able to give valuable information. His overtures were all refused, which is fortunate not only for the cause of the Insurgents, but for the trust which the majority of foreign correspondents are entitled to. It would have been a sad thing for the press if Mannix bad kept up a course of villainy for a long time undiscovered. All these, however, are considerations. secondary to the mere idea that an American has turned traitor and made himself a disgrace to the nation. Few of the world's discoverers and Inventors blow their trumpet very loudly before they have a sure thing. In this respect they differ entirely from those other men who roar at large about the discovery or the invention which they are going to make in short order, but which they never make. There are hundreds and thousands of these persons. They are going to fly, or to cross the ocean In two days, or to find a cure for the dumps, or to straighten out things on a new plan, or to make life sweet without soft sawder, or to communicate with the nobodies who live up in Mara, or to write a book that will make you stare, or to do something better than anybody else as soon as a patent can be procured. We hear of these boasters every day, and yet we don’t believe that they are all mountebanks. They talk beforehand. They can’t wait. They put the cart ahead of the horse. We wish, for example, that Zueberbuhler dr that other flying-ma-chine man who lives in Germany would rig up their wings and start off for the clouds. We wish that the man who is to cross the sea quick as lightning would do it, and that the other men would not mention their projects until carried out. Look at Roentgen, who did not go round for years telling about the job in which he was engaged. The first we heard of the cathodal ray was when he gave practical evidence of its existence and utility, to the astonishment of the whole scientific world. We have a liking for a surprise of that kind. After years of patient endurance society has inaugurated a movement to rid itself of that pesky American product, the tramp. That immense halfcaste body impolitic has brought this war upon itself. The public has withstood the imposition long after forbearance ceased to be a virtue. This lower strata of humanity who “do” only the unwary, who are leeches obtaining sustenance from the energies of others, have been a curse to the community. It is not a charity to lend to their support, but an encouragement to Idleness and a great Injustice to the deserving poor. And yet the tramp never starves, flor doe# he labor; but, on the other hand, crimes are committed In the name of mercy to end the sufferings of honest but poverty-strick-en citizens. The contentment of a tramp, his happiness in jail or out, proves his total depravity. If the tramp must live let him be sentenced io citizenship and compelled to earn.

his bread by tho sweat of his brow. , The day is past when we can countenance vagabonds who toll not, neither do they spin. Public safety demands their removal. Public charity is plead- . ing for It The society for the removal of the tramp deserves all the . help it can be given. The United States is large, but It has no place for the tramp. Bondage and vagabondage should have been swept out simultaneonly. r"' , —————— Although very little is being sale about Dr. Cyrus Edson’s recently announced discovery in medical science, experiments with the simply compounded fluid are going on with the most encouraging results. There 11 one noticeable peculiarity about the reception of tho story of this newly found remedial agent, and that Is that the medical profession very generally accepts the claims of the eminent physician for all they are alleged to be worth. He made no sweeping assertion that he had found a preparation that would surely destroy disease germs of any kind whatever. The essence of his entire assumption was that he had accomplished a combination of carbolic acid and some salt that was capable of assimilation In the blood by which it would be conveyed to all parts of the system. As car- ; bollc acid was a disinfectant known to be destructive to certain disease germs, it was but natural to hope that it had thus become possible to successfully attack those living organisms wherever they might have lodgment in the human system. The experiment had been made in some two hundred cases with the most promising results. True to the Instincts of humanity the discoverer imparted the knowledge he had gained to the world of medical practitioners in its minutest detail, and continued bis own efforts to determine its true efficacy. It goes without saying that if his confidence In the outcome shall be verified by thorough application and the passage of time, the world will be benefited beyond measure. The discoverer reserves to himself nothing but the satisfaction of having contrib- . uated the boon to mankind, and there is an evident willingness on the part of those of his profession everywhere to aid him in the demonstration still wanting. The spirit with which his plain announcement has been received is highly creditable to the conservative and sometimes over-critical calling to which the New York doctor belongs. He has made no rash claim, and should disappointment follow further •'demonstration of the effects of the hoped-for cure, he will lose no cast with those who have given the subject such respectful and serious attention. GREAT STUDENT IN STRIPES. Best Shakspearean Scholar in Connecticut Ib a Life Prisoner. The best Shakspearean scholar in Connecticut, and one of the best in the United .States, is a life prisoner in the State prison •at'Wethersfield, near New Haven. His name is John H. Davis. He became interested in Shakspearean matters in 1883, through a lecture on the poet by a Hartford proacher, delivered in the prison. Twice a year for the fest twelve years he has read the entire works of Shakspeare, and every spare moment has been devoted to the study of books of every description that relate to the bard. Students at Yale College and others about New Haven interested in the study of Shakspeare often go to Wethersfield to talk with Davis. Dr. Ambrose Young, now of this city, but formerly of Yale College, says Davis is : an infallible authority upon Shakspeare as a result of, his uuugent study. Dr. Young says the prisoner can begin at any act or scene mentioned and quote ttfe whole of it correctly. During the fair given by the Connecticut State prisoners every Christ-, ; mas, at which articles manufactured at odd times are sold, Davis entertains the patrons with recitations from the i plays, and in this way he earns a few dollars, which he spends for luxuries during the year. He has considerable dramatic ability. When Davis first entered the prison : he could neither read nor write. The lecture on Shakspeare appeared to give him a thirst for learning, and he strug- , gled heroically to gain it. In a short time he had mastered the alphabet, and was soon able to read. The first book besought was Sh.'.kspeare, amFfce turn-' ed at ouce to the subject of the lecture, which was “Hamlet.” After he had read this play he began at the beginning of the book and read it through. He has been reading it ever since. Davis at one time was a keeper in the prison, where he Is now confined, He ascribes his downfall to drink. Beats Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce. A law ease which lasted 300 years has again come on for hearing in a Bavarian court. It is waged between the market community of Burginn, at Unterfranken, in Bavaria, and the lords of Thungen. The case was commenced on June 21, 1595, when the legal advisers of this community appeared before the legal tribunal which then held its sitting in Speier, against the lords of Thungen, for a sum of 2,000,000 marks, as owners of a forest of noble onks and beech trees. Century by century death thinned the ranks on each side, but others took up the cause, and when the case came on for trial the other day matters seemed as fresh as ever. It is hoped, however, that June 21, 1896, will see the last of this venerable suit. Glycerine in Glue. A little glycerine added to gum or glue is a grea t improvement, as it prevents (either becoming Brittle. It also prevents gummed labels from having a tendency to curl up when being written on. Success does not’mean happiness; it means an unusual number of enemies

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE FARMER. dver-Drivlng Heavy Horses—Sore Feet In a Cow—Mating Fowls for Breeding Purposes. OVER-DRIVING HEAVY HORSES. The true draught horse can often get over the ground much faster than is supposed. His strengtl* of limb makes him what an old farmer once called “a strong trotter.” He will not tire easily, but bls extra weight throws an additional burden on his feet.. If driven fast on hard roads be will almost certainly go wrong on his feet In some way. It is-this that gives rise to the Idea that heavy horses have naturally poor feet. They should be used mainly for slow farm work, and whenever it is necessary to use them on the road, care should be taken to keep them at a moderate steady pace, which will make as good time as is needed in marketing the farm crops.—American Cultivator. SORE FEET IN A COW. The soreness between the claws of the hoof is to be treated in this way: Wash well with hot water and carbolic soap, and if there are scabs in the sores, break these by rubbing with something rough when they are softened by the hot water. Then apply this mixture: Take of pure vaseline four ounces, acetate of copper half an ounce, Venice turpentine one ounce, and common turpentine one ounce. Melt together all but the copper, then make an intimate mixture of all by well rubbing them on a board with a dinner knife. After the washing apply this ointment to the sores and bind the foot, between the claws, and all around it, with a bandage.—American Farmer. MATING FOWLS FQR BREEDING PURPOSES. The time is at hand when fowls should be mated for breeding, writes George Underwood. Judicious care should be exercised in mating. If for raising poultry, the larger, well developed, early maturing birds should be used. The season is so well advanced that this class can easily be selected, leaving out the more inferior and less desirable ones. It is quite as Important that the male should possess the requisite qualities as the female, as he is more likely to transmit his characteristics to the progeny than is the female. In breeding for layers, care should also be exercised in the choice of both male and female birds. As late as this in the season we should be able to detect the best layers in the flocks, those "khat are producing the greatest nmber of eggs, and these should be selected as well as the male from a good strain. It has been my observation as well as my expert-, ence that the smaller and more inferior looking birds of all breeds are the greater egg producers. Especially have I noticed it in the larger breeds. And I am firm in the belief that by persisting in the selection of these undersize birds and breeding them from year to year, there would be a marked increase in the egg production of these larger breeds of fowls.—American Agriculturist, SYMPTOMS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN A COW. An animal may be diseased by tuberculosis and show no apparent indications of it in the early stages. But in advanced cases the first indications are thin, blue milk, perhaps given in extra large quantity. A thinness of the frame, with a dry muzzle and very bright eyes, are the next symptoms. These are followed by a cough, at first not marked specially, except that it is deep and hollow and not husky; then a discharge from the nose and roughness of the coat. If the disease is in the bowels there is constant diarrhoea. If it is in the bones there is lameuess and difficulty in getting up, and a moan, as if in pain. If it is in the lungs the cough and discharge from the nose increase, and the emaciation becomes more marked, as do the brightness of the eyes and the rapidity and shortness of the breath. The nasal discharge is also more copious. Still the cow may eat with good appetite and give much milk, but this will be thin. This is more marked if the disease is in the udder, and there will be small clots of cheesy matter or stringy stuff in the milk. THE QUALITY OF EGGS. It is quite commonly assumed that the only difference in the quality of eggs is owing to their being fresh laid or stale. This is by no means tljc fact. Quality is in large degree the result of feeding. Eggs produced by feeding grain are of better flavor than those which are produced later in the "season,“when the more active - fowls get a large part of their living by foraging, eating grass, insects and other material without much discrimination. Some dealers and some people think that the color of the shell indicates the character' of its contents. Darkshplled eggs are usually laid by Brahmas or other Asiatic breeds which depend on the grain fed them for sustenance. The light-colored or white eggs are generally laid by the more active varieties which get much of their living by foraging. Whenever meat Is fed to hens care should be taken to have it fresh. The hen Is not herself particular about this, nor abo*st the cleanliness of the water she drinks.

but her owner, knowing that the hen’s food and drink affect the quality of her egg, should be particular to have these of the best quality. If he does not, he is open to the suspicion of not knowing any more than the hen. —Boston Cultivator. HOW TO THIN APPLES. Do not allow the trees to overbear, advises Hon. N. F. Murray, vice-presi-dent of Missouri State Horticultural Society. Thin out the fruit by hand picking. Commence when the fruit is the size of a marble. Be careful to first pick off all that is scabby, wormy or ill-shaped and boil it in water till cooked thoroughly to kill the larvae of the codlln moth and fungus growth; Thon thin enough more so that the fruit left will have room and strength of tres enough to mature its fruit In its normal size, color and perfections Pick when ripe, but do not leave It on the trees until overripe. Throw out all the wormy and imperfect fruit and use It for vinegar or hog feed. Pack the sound and perfect fruit in new, clean barrels of standard size, and In the best style. If you say that all this won’t pay, I answer, do not deceive yourselves; I know that it will. NEW METHOD OF KILLING FOWLS. A novel method of killing chickens Is being introduced abroad. Instead ot sticking, bleeding, cutting the head off, etc., one takes the fowl in the left hand by the legs, catching the points of the wings to prevent the fowl from flapping. He lifts the fowl up, the head banging downward. With the right hand he takes the head, catching the neck between the first and third fingers, the thumb being on the face. The fingers must not crush the head, but must feel the bone at the back of the head firmly. Death is caused by lifting the left hand and pulling down the right with a quick jerk, thereby dislocating the neck at the very point where it joins the bead. Death, is instantaneous if done properly, which can be told by feeling the neck, which ought to be quite soft and entirely detached from the head, so that there is nothing but flesh and Skin between the thumb and finger. By this method there is no flow of blood, but the blood is allowed to run into the head, which is kept carefully hanging down until after the bird is plucked.—American Farmer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. The best time to mulch strawberries is while they are covered with snow, and any coarse material will do for mulch. This is better than mulching them after the ground has frozen, and before the snow comes. The manure on the snow keeps it from thawing quickly, and this retards the blossoming so that late frosts will not injure the fruit. If the manure merely covers the plants the snow melts more quickly over it, and the plant comes sooner to the blossoming period. The three-year-old colt should not be should not be put at hard work. He should have enough to do tn exercise bis muscles, but without the danger or straining them. The young colt should be put beside an old and steady horse, and thus used it will not be apt to do too much. If worked without injury during the year they are three years old they will not be likely to be strained by any task in later years, after bone and muscles have hardened. Castor pomace, at $lB to S2O per ton, is an expensive source of nitrogen, compared to cottonseed meal at S2O to $25. In the pomace at that price, nitrogen costs fifteen to eighteen cents per pound, while in the meal at the prices quoted the cost of actual nitrogen is only ten to fourteen cents per pound. Castor pomace is still preferred I by some tobacco growers. The famous Poquouock experiments, however, indicate that cottonseed meal in equivalent quantity yields tobacco of like quality in all respects as castor pomace. If you have vegetables, boil them until they are thoroughly done, so they are easily crushed into a pulp, and then use enough of the ground feed wheat bran to mix to the crumbly nature. Mix. of course, while the cooked vegetables are scalding hot. Feed when the mess has cooled to about blood heat. If a variety of vegetables are at hand alternate feeding, using turnips one day, potatoes or something else another day. When the hens drop soft eggs from the roosts at-night, and when they lay abnormally large ones or doubleyolked eggs, it is quite a sure sign they are fed too liberally. Reduce the feed in such cases at once, and scatter oats among plenty of litter, such as chaff or broken straw, and make the hens scratch and hunt for their food. Do not let these hens have corn for a. long tfnte. It will be well to change the ration for the whole flock, reducing materially the corn meal or corn portions. If the combs of the poultry become frosted anoint them with glycerine or vaseline at once. By-taking out all the roosts in bitter cold weather and giving the flock broken straw or dry chaff on the floor on one side or in one corner of their house will prevent frozen combs and feet. They will huddle together. and even the “cross” hens snuggle down in content, and it is a pleasure to see them apparent I comfort. The trouble will be paid for ! in eggs, though a humane man will not | consider such things anv trouble.—Baltimore Sun.

Whether stalks are to be cut and plowed under, or raked and burned, Is a question every farmer must decide for himself. If the land is “heavy” and compact, and the corn crop was free from insect pests, it will be wise to turn (under the stalks, as the mechanical condition of.the soil will be improved. But on the other hand, If the soil is already light and mellow, and if chinch bugs were abundant the previous spmrner, by all means rake and burn the stalks. The amount of plant food contributed is so small It will not pay to run any great risk to get it ODD AND INTERESTING. Pointers and Facts Gathered From the Congressional Directory. The funniest story told in the ConJgressional Directory comes from Representative Buck, of the Second Louisiana district. He tells bow hard be tried to get into the Confederate service, but failed to connect, because each time he found the Federals had captured the place at which he Intended to join the Confederates, “or other peculiar circumstances intervened” to prevent him from realizing his passionate ambition to be a soldier. Maine’s delegation, both Senate and House, is composed of men born and reared in Maine. This State also holds the record for long continuous service. Senator Hale was a member for five successive Congresses as a Representative. and has been in the Senate almost fifteen years. Senator Frye was elected to six Congresses as a Representative, and has been in the Senate fifteen years. Thomas B. Reed has been a Representative since 1877. Nelson Dingley since 1881, Seth L. Milliken since 1884 and Cap’n Boutelle since 1880. Representative Crow, of Pennsylvania, was elected each Congress from the Thirty-second to the Thirty-seventh, inclusive, and after many years was elected to the Fifty-third and Fiftyfourth Congresses “His plurality when elected to the Fifty-third Congress was 138.294. and when elected to the Fiftyfourth it was 246,462, the latter being the largest plurality ever received by a candidate for any office anywhere In the Union. David, B- Culberson, of Texas, has been a representative In every Congress from 1873 to the present time. Representative Harmer, of Pennsylvania, has been a member since 1871, with a break of two years, not having been a member of the Forty-fourth Congress. Another of the old stagers is Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, who has been In the house continuously since 1879, The patriarch of the Senate is Justin S. Mojtll, of Vermont. He was a Representative in every Congress since from the Thirty-fourth to the Thirtyninth, inclusive, and has been in the Senate since 1867—almost thirty years. Jones, of Nevada, has been a Senator since 1873. The oddest names of Congressmen are: Treloar, Wanger, Shafroth, Snover, Strode, Sorg, Quigg, Kom. Kulp, Overstreet, Otey, Otjen, Woomer and Saurherring. In the Senate and House there are ■ forty-five men of the Christian name of John, thirty-two that of James, and! thirty-eight of William. Miles Crowley, of Texas, is the only New Englander who holds a seat in either house as a representative of the i South. George H. Noonan, of the same [ State, was born in New Jersey. Texasis the only Southern State having two Northern-born representatives. Os the twenty-six Southern Senators, exclusive of border States, nineteen served in the war. * Os fifty-eight Northern Senators, fifteen were in the war. The Senator who has the most to show for his war service is Senator Gordon, of Georgia, who was wounded in battle eight times. California has two Senators and sev- ! en Representatives, and of these none | were born in the State. One of the Idaho Senators and the State’s only Representative, were born ; In Armstrong county. Penn. One of Kentucky’s Senators and nine of her eleven Representatives were born in Kentucky. Connecticut has a Senator who was bom in the South—Senator Hawley. NoSouthern Senator was boru in theNorth. The Vice-President and both Illinois Senators are natives of Kentucky. Os the eighty-nine Senators nowholding seats, sixty-three are lawyers. Os the 356 Representatives. 225 are la wyers. Tennessee’s Senators and ten Representatives are all lawyers. Os Ohio’s two Senators and twentyone Representatives, both of the former and nieteen of the latter are lawyers. Texas has two lawyers in the Senate, nnd ten out of a possible thirteen in the House. New York gets along with one lawyer in the Senate, and fifteen out of thirty-four in the House. Massachusetts has two lawyers in the Senate, and only four in the Hou SO, nine of her Representatives being merchants and manufacturers. Maine has two lawyers to represent - her in the Senate, and three in the I House, Capt. Boutelle being the only : Representative she has who is not a .[ lawyer. Air- Dingier, however, has not : practiced law for many years < — Antong the statesmen in the two houses there are one Teller, one Buter, one Cook, three Bakers, three Coopers, and no end of men who have “bar'ls.” There is a Coffin and a Draper, one Loud aud one Long, one Fish, one aFischer and one Saurherring. There are Black, Blue, White and Brown; a Bull, a Buck.,,a Coekerill and Robbins; a Hart.a Foot.a Wood and two Stones. There is a Mr. Hyde, but no Dr. Jekyll. There is a Tool and a Straight a Hjl) and a Ma rah. Ou the whole the Congressional Directory Is a very entertaining book—- ' more so than the Congressional Record.

FOR THE YOUNG FOLK* WILLY WINKTUM. Little boy, with eyes of blue. Like the gentians wet with dew. Why is it so fur you roam, What strange country is your bom*? When 1 hear that gleeful shout Telling me that you’re about, boon 1 bear your mother’s cry,— “Willy Wiuktum, winktum wl!" In a solemn gilded book. At which I have had.a look, “William Allen Curtiss Brown," Is the name for you put down. That is English; but I hear In your mother’s accents clear, t “Goo gall, poo bah, day de di, Willy Winktum, winktum wit" Willy Winktum, bonuy bird, Places where such speech is he rd Must be far in Babydom, In the land from whence you come, From yo ir mother’s happy tone, This is language she lias known,— / “Teety. weety, teety ti, Willy Winktum, winktum wil” TEDDY’S LESSON. I Wee Teddie stood on a chair with his hand on the match box.' Those matches were a great temptation, they made such a funny noise when scratched. Teddie selected one and rubbed it softly on the rough paper, a tiny smoke went up, but no flame. Then he scratched it»> harder. Ob, what a beautiful flame it made! He almost dropped it, but remembered just in time, and' stood watching it burn down, when mamma camo ' past the door. L She was a wise mamma, who usually thought twice before she acted once, even about a fire; so, after the first start, she waited, and yet when the match burned the naughty little fingers that held it I think it hurt mamma quite as much as Teddie. When it dropped she sprang and t put it out I HOW WE STAND UPWe are so accustomed to standing upright as a natural attitude that few of us think what a special complex mechanism , is required for this purpose. A moment’s consideration will show that the ordinary explanation of the erect position (the center of gravity to be directly above the feet) is sufficient. When a man is suddenly shot, whether from the front or behind, he drops on his face, for the truth is that there is much more weight in the front of the spinal column than behind it. I The fact is that when we are standing a large number of powerful muscles (both : front and back) are simultaneously at ; work, the effects of their action being to , neutralize each other. Thus, the legs - could fall forward were it not that they are kept vertical on the teet by the strong tendon (the “Achilles") at the back of the i heel. At the same time the muscles of i the thigh are tightened so as to prevent us taking a sitting position, and the muscles ‘ of the back are pulled tense so that the trunk does not stoop forward. The bead j is prevented from dropping on the chest j by the ligaments in the nape of the neck. ’? ! That the upright is not its normal posij tion is easily shown by the fact th it a I man nods as he is falling asleep, for as I soon as the controlling nervous force is deadened the bead drops forward by its i own weight, only to be pulled back into position again with a jerk when the brain i becomes suddenly aware of an unusual ' attitude. J HOW BRAHMA MET DEFEAT. ; The white Brahma c’ock received the greatest surprise of his life that morning. The dew was still clinging to the grass spears when this haughty chanticleer went out for his usual morning promenade. He was feeling well satisfied with himself, and he had breakfasted well. iThe other denizens of the barnyard were beard whispering his praises as he strutted to and fro, his green tail feathers waving haughtily in the cool morning ■ breeze. j The Brahma cock was indeed the Nai poleon of the hennery. All the fowlr, ’ agreed on that point. \\ hat a shock to the nerves of the barnyard king! , 5 Heavens, here was a stranger just outside the big gateway, and how indifferent this other rooster seemed to the kingly Brahma bird. i ■-> Oil, well, the stranger must be taught I his place, and must learn respect for lift j majesty, the Brahma cock. The fine gold f spots on the stranger’s breast did not es- i ) cape the notice of the king bird. “Ha," cried the Brahma cock, his voice choking with rage, “I’ll teach thia i fellow a less"6n... I’ll curl his impudent j I feathers. Now watch me.” All the barnyard folk had gathered round their lord and master, and they did : watch him, and closely. The Napoleon of tiie roost flew at the.intruding stranger, . but the latter uttered never a sound. Indeed, lie quite ignored tiie wrathful Brahma bird. Only once, when the barnyard king jumped on his adversary, did the latter notice the aggressor. He gave a short but -triumphant cry. a victorious cock-a-doodle-doo that made the white Brahma cock to turn tail and flee for his life. You see. it was this way. » The haughty Brahma rooster had come suddenly upon a toy bird with springs for legs and a box like an accordion for feet, which being pushed downward made a great squeak—a noise just like the cry of a conquering cock. The toy rooster was t brilliant with many colored paints. aYid the counterfeit bird had been left near the gate of the had stood in one i spot all night, and was quite ready for an adventure. Tommy had forgotten his toy pet, and that explains the story. You may believe that the bumptious sJ3rahma cock did not strut about the bajp- | yard very much that day. The hens and little chicks laughed at him slyly under their wings and called him papa coward, i it was a healthy lesson for old Brabjpa don’t you think? —5-, , Smelling Parties. “Smelling parties” are announced an ; a London social novelty. The requin. Ites are a number of bottles “containing odorous or malodorous substances, and," the Court Journal adds, "upoa the recognition of these substances d©. pends the charm of the game.” Or, if might be added, its horrors. I