Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 15, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 February 1885 — Page 8

Learn Something.

old has passed away, in agriculture as things in this country. When our 1 was new the pioneer farmer had only to 3 the earth with a hoe and it laughed a harvest." Slovenliness, bad tillage reckless waste of virgin loam alike failed jutoy yea^s to destroy the fertility of the

that good old day has gone forever, with the great trees and myriads of 1 game in the forest primeval. The agriof our period must practice improved of agriculture if he would not be rded out of his place and go down. Tb«

must keep up with the time. ancestors wore out the rich virgin so£L farmer of to-day must nourish it again I bring back its strength. He must acquaint

with the best manures and fertilizers, [is shown by the records that the sdll of Britain produces better crops than it forty years ago. Intelligent fertilising has rht abou' this good result. It shows, r, indisputably, that exhausted soil be brought up again. no way fam tho agriculturist and stockput money in his pocket more succeasly of recent years than by improving the ••da of domestic •^imnia Even the vast of Texas cattle, the wildest of their ion the continent, have been improved per cent in weighi and quality of beef careful crossing with the best "civilized"

This change has been effected only »the wholesale exportation of beef cattle Europe began, being so short a time as to scarcely believable. Horses, swine, sheep poultry have changed for the better in a 'as marked 4egree within the memory of young farmers. This, too, the agriculfct, who would not be left behind, must himself of. jHu must inform himself constantly on iraiiiage, farm machinery, rotation of crops,

tyst varieties of seeds, fruits and plantB, |Bml homes, barns and outbuildings and the f.od for domestic animals.

All!his is the boldest outline of what the of our time must know if he would a living and prosper. Agriculture is oLl.trt, noblest of occupations, and it will an ill day for the land when farming ceases »y. The time for the tiller of the soil to iLe necessary knowledge for success is -iu winter. When the earth is at rest, mind should be most active. The way to his stock of information is to read carothe farm and garden department of his iper, and books and magazines on the themes. The successful farmer must ivate his soil with brains, and winter is tLne to cultivate his braics.

Take Care of the Plf

POLAND CHIJTA YEARLING SOW. Tlte hog is universal. Wherever civilised goes, he goes, and in some cases at least is as civilized as man. His tender flesh be too rich for poets and dyspeptics, but physical labor, especially in the open r, may bo better sustained on a pork diet ion any other meat The hog is not more prone to disease than

Jmals. Sickness comes to him only his protector, man, does not underhis requirements and delicate constituFtkm. Much of what is called swine cholera, .Car instance, is the result of feeding him nothJjNg but corn diet Corn and hog cholera go ^jtogether. This valuable article of food is fattoning, but it is also heating and constipating.

It will not produce muscle. Every swine eaisor knows that it is disastrous to feed brood WWR on corn alone.

Fa The pig must have variety of food as 1 well as man. Roots, wheat middlings and jj, bran and clover hay are among the best foods to mix with the corn. Nothing can be better fhan turnips boiled and fed with bran or with the clover hay. The hay, too, is boiled previous to feeding by some of the best swine-

The turnips can be grown upon

ground from which early potatoes have been 4ng, and thus the soil twice utilized. Potatoes too small for use by man, the pig will be *1hankful for and tifct gladly, at once making 'juicy pork steaks'for his owner and saving -what would otherwise be a dead loss and waste. Potatoes are a valuable food for ssrtne. A writer in the Agriculturist says *«t he has fed to his hogs in addition to the articles above mentioned about 800 bushels of apples, which he bought mostly for them—for ideraert, as it were. The animals thrived abundantly on the fruit Here, too, is a savfor apples too small and knotty for I marketing may be gathered at slight expense and saved to give variety to the winter's feed «f hogs. It is enough to feed the corn plenty tally when it is wanted to lay on fat at marketing time. Thon, too, the corn should fee shelled and fed from a decent, stationary trough, and not thrown at random into a mack of filth and mud. A hog treated ia arch a nasty way will beoome diseased and dUe, infallibly.

Much attention is being paid to hog breed tag at present, and those who are giving it art fctinf repaid tenfold. The Poland China is «DB of the best general breeds in the country. ]t is represented in our engraving. The improved large .Yorkshire has also been found most desirable, especially when crossed with Jfce Berkshire or Cheshire white. nr* '.4

The Pi* Pen.

Neither is the hog a dirty animal when devoutly treated. It is exposure, slovenly surMmndings, improper food and dirty drink that make herds of swine sicken and die off. 3Me to becoming understood at last

The model pan is built in two parts. One «ad is left of bare earth for the animals to vnot in aft they lika. At the other is a raised floor, elevated eight to ten indies from the ground. Here the bogs have a dry, covered place to sleep in. The floor is made of strips SMikdona quarter of an inch apart, so that moisture may run through. Upon this is straw. Rooting into straw stacks and together under them in piles upor one anoiirv overheats hogs. Then, the next thing, tor? will exposed, unprotected, to the norUsei'.y steaming hot as they are. \n^n t^-'- !-2*o cold and die it is a visitation of Pruvi:«is».

The hog nm«t abo have his drink of clean, pure water. He i* tfven every abomination in his swill, from the soapsuds of tiae week1* •mmb to the content* of soured tomato-cans. IJ^ul water is as hurtful to bogs aa to horses or oows, and the tooner farmers learn this fact the better The hog drinks impure water because IK good-natural, and doesn't refuse anything

sut

it is this very tfaiqg

which introduce* MM true ho^-chokra germ into him. Then whan this disease attarta him, and the herd niea by the hundred, QUO* more it is a Thitatixi of Providence.

In order to facilitate cleanliness In swinakmptng what ailed a "dumping pigtrough" has been lately invented. It is fixed the edge of the pen and made to tip eaftwardly so as to deposit oototte the pm the refuse accumulating.

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A Cheap lee Hons*.

The model farmer in the north always hat an ice house. At least he builds one as soon as he can get around to it For milk, butter, meats and fruits in the hot weather ice is invaluable.

The figure our cut is reproduced from the Orange Judd company's "Barns and Outbuildings." Select sloping ground, so that you will require no drainage. Fix eight posts in the ground, two at each corner of the house, as shown in the illustration. A ninth post put up in the front, near the corner, makes one side of the door. The larger the pile of ice the better it will keep. A house 10 by 9 feet, and 10 feet high on' the inside, will hold 23 tons. The front posts are higher than the back, to make a sloping roof. Nail the bottom planks firmly to the posts. The rest are put on as you fill the ice house. Cover the floor with afoot of sawdust, shavings, or straw. Begin then and pack, leaving afoot of space between the outer wall and the ice. This space is to be filled in with sawdust Nail on the outer boards of the wall and fill in with sawdust as the ice packing is carried up. Sawdust is best for packing, but shavings, chopped straw or hay will answer. Leave about two feet of space between the ice and the roof, and fill it in compactly with sawdust or whatever the packing material is. When done tne door may be simply boarded up with planks. Slight cracks are to be left between the boards for ventilation, but the roof must be water-tight Nail the planks to the inside of the outer posts. Running vines over the walls in summer will add to its coolness and give it beauty.

Here are approved directions on how to pack ice: Ice must be cut with a saw, not an axe, into blocks of regular size, so that these will pack into the ice house solidly and without leaving spaces between. When cut regularly and packed quite solid, ice keeps well though ifemay not be more than three inches in thickness, but a thickness of six inches or more is preferable. It is advised to cut and pack the ice in freezing weather. A common practice is to throw a pailful of water over each layer as it is being packed, to fill th space between the blocks and exclude the air. For a day or .wo before the house is filled it will be well to throw it open that the ground beneath it may freeze, and it may be left open for a few days after it is filled, if the weather continues cold. Be sure and finally close the house during cold,dry weather.

rifff'* the Farm Repair-Shop. W. H. M., Germantov n, Pa.—"Every farm, no matter how small in extent, ought, in m^ humble opinion, to have a repair shop where tools are kept and wagons and implements can be repaired and house and farm conveniences made. On small farms the wagon-house, with a little planning, can be made to serve the three-fold purpose oi sheltering the wagons and large pieces of farm machinery, with a work or repair shop partitioned off in one corner. In such a work room I have seen a work bench on one side near a window, with shelves and brackets to hold tools and racks for small farm implements, such as hoes, rakes and the like. Here tlje farmer and his boys may, with the assistance of a set of carpenters' and blacksmiths' tools, add largely to the profit side of the farm's balance sheet, not only by the early repairing of tools, machinery and harness, but during the winter months, by the fashioning of numberless conveniences for the dwelling house. The repair house, in sections where fuel is plentiful, ought to be provided with a stove. An inexpensive, small, tight one, with a secure pipe let into a substantial chimney, will render it a comfortable shop for the workmen and afford such fire as may be required in blacksmith work."

Live Stock and Dairy at the New Orleans Exposition. The above Is the unique feature of the great southern fair. The horses range in breed from splendid Clydesdale draught animals to Shetland ponies no larger than an average dog. The finest draught horses are from Illinois, Indiana and Kansas. The best stock of all kinds comes from the west without exception, the cattle chiefly from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky. The favorite breeds in cattle are the Jersey and Galway. Of hogs the best specimens are chiefly the Poland China, Chester White. Yorkshire, Jersey Red and Cheshire.

Seventy thousand square feet of the agricultural section of the exposition are given up to the dairy exhibit. Ten thousand feet of this space are occupied alone by refrigerators for storing dairy products. There was never before such an exposition of cheese, butter and dairy products in this country. The mysteries of making creamery butter are unfolded to the visitor and practically illustrated. The dairy exchange room is handsomely decorated, and it is said spectators are to tie permitted to try for themselves the ta of the butter and cheeBe entered for competition. There will be thousands and thousands of cheeses.

eMum cMtnf lu this Country."'

At a meeting of the Northwestern Society of Beekeepers, the statistician of the society presented several statements of widespread interest, among which occurred the following:

The United States and Canada produce the bulk of honey consumed in the world and our apiarists are the most skilled and successful We have a total of 3,000,000 colonies, which yield annually 120,000,000 pounds of honey. The comparative showing of all Europe is lew than one-tenth of this amount In America honey is plentiful and cheap in Europe it is scarce and costly. There are few localities in Europe where the honeybee prospers. Europe imports honey largely from our eastern states, while California supplies Australia. France depends upon Switzerland for honey supply. At the London agricultural fair was recently displayed American honey in the comb, which was awarded the prise over all tha European exhibits.

February.

The lively Rural New Yorker gives tin following valuable directions in little for the month of February: "Well, you may now prune your trees, grapevines, currants, shrubs, etc., if it has not been done before. Be careful not to prune shrubs which will bear their Sown upon last year's wood—tike the lilac, mock orange, magnolia, Crataegus, boosysuckie,etc. Collect all the manure you possibly can. Make compost heaps. Collect bean poles and brush for peas. Cover the strawberries make a hotbed. A box, sash, manure and soil are needed. Then yon can start your tomatoes, egg lanta, flower*, etc., later."

There is some doubt whether the world wfll be aide to eat all the sugar that is made far it next year. The crop. wiB ha over 4^00,001 throughout the world. Overhalf of this Is beet mgar, tha rest can* Of li made only 9M* torn

An Air Ship.

At last the problem of aerial navigation seems in a fair way to be solved. In JYance, not long since, successful experiments were made in propelling balloons by machinery. Two inventors, working nearly in the same line, the honor of solving this problem of the ages, Capt Renard and M. Tissaudier. The invention of Capt. Renard is considered to be the really successful one, however. His patent has been bought by the French government with a view to its utilization in military movements. Who knows but the prop«n«Wft balloon will become an important factor in determining the issue of battle in the war between France and China}

Capt Renard is a graduate of a French polytechnic school, also of the engineer corp3 of the French army. He has charge of the military ballooning department. He is an inventor, an accomplished musician and composer, and an enthusiast on the subject of air travel. He has testified his faith by his works and although he has suffered a broken rib and arm in his manifold balloon flights, yet he has clung to his idea through thick and thin.

The drawings aUd plan? of Capt Renard^ air ship are in the hands of the French government, and are not allowed to be made public. The illustrations here given are therefore taken from the Tissaudier balloon, which in all important particulars resembles the other invention.

nTFLAtrNft THE BALLOON.

The balloon, it will be observed, is cigar shaped, or rather distaff shaped, the sharp end being the front The ship is propelled by a screw, like an ocean steamer. The motive power is that force which seems about to work the most tremendous revolution in all kinds of machinery—electricity. The dynamo machine used in the balloon is an intensely concentrated bichromate battery of one and a half horse power. It is made very light, weighing only 121 pounds. The bag is infktxl with pure hydrogen gas, which possesses one-third more ascending power than coal gas.

Illustration No. 2 shows the appcarance of this wonderful flying machine as it rose in the air.

THE ASCENT.

The netting that holds the bag to the car beneath has usually been made of knotted cordage. But this is rough, and offers resistance to the wind. The netting of the balloon in the picture was, therefore, made of satin ibbons, sewed flat together, so that all might be smooth. In the illustration, the windmill-like arms of the propelling screw are plainly seen behind the car. In the Renard balloon, the car itself is in the shape of a screw.

It will be noticed that the shape of the balloon and its attendant apparatus resembles strongly a bird's body. Every method has been resorted to to withdraw unnecessary weight. The car itself is made of bamboo wicker work, held together by fine copper wire coated with gutta percha. The gutta percha coating is to insulate the wire from electricity given off by the battery.

Following is a map showing the course of one of these successful balloon trips.

coram TOLumiu.

There are two Tissaudier brothers, who an devoting themselves to the science of ballooning. One of them, lib Capt Renard, is a martyr to his enthusiasm for atrooyaffrg. Ones, in an aerial flight* he soared into tha traneadoos heights where the air is afcnoal wttboet oxygen. He was asarty suffocated: wfcen he iwchsd tte earth, more ftm

TERRS HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL

H.«TI alive, biood burst from bis noee AND eats, "and ever since he has been deaf as a post" If

air

navigation ever is accomplished,

and it now seems likely to be, the path to success will be strewn with a larger number of "Victims than all the other successful great inventions put together ever cost

By putting on all their battery power the fonnikan aeronauts found that they really oouldanddid ''navigate against the wind." A speed of 15 to 20 miles an hour is confidently looked for when the experimenting shall have been completed. But the experimenting is so costly in respect to money that advances are miuin only slowly. Meantime the fact remains that a balloon propelled by electricity has been able to travel 9 or 10 miles to reach a

given

point for which it set out and return.

That alone is great news.

How Dynamite Is Made.

The most powerful engine of destruction ever discovered is prepared in & manner so marvelously easy that the wonder is mankind have not availed themselves of it long ago. Dynamite, from the Greek word dnnamis, manning power, is simply nitrb-glycerine. The glycerine is a product of animal fat, usually of hog's lard.

Take one pound of nitric acid to two of sulphuric acid and mix thoroughly. The acids must be of full strength and purity. The mixture will cost 3)4 cents a pound. Put seven pounds of it into an earthen jar, and pour upon it, drop by drop, one pound of common crude glycerine, which can be got for l: cents. Stir with a glass rod, and keep the jai in ice or salt and ice, or the thing will go off before you are ready for it The sulphuric acid does not enter as a constituent into the :xplosive, but serves to facilitate the chemcal union of the other ingredients* When the chemical combination is complete, the nitro-glycerine will be found settled to the bottom, while water and oil of -itriol float on top. These are poured off, and the nitro-glycerine thoroughly washed, to free it from any remaining acids. It is hen complete, a yellowish, sticky, oily mass, which will "go off" almost for the looking at it. It must be toned down before it can be used. This is done by n. xing with it a rough powder as an absorbent—either dried sawdust or old tanbark, or pulverized silica. The substance most commonly used for this purpose, however, is a vegetable earth from Germany, which absorbs and holds three times its weight of. the explosive. The dynamite of commerce is not full strength, as it would be too dangerous. Commonly it contains 40 per cent nitro-glycerine to (SO of the earth. In this state, as an explosive, it is four and onehalf times as powerful as gunpowder.

Advanced Surgery.

A remarkable surgical operation has beer performed at Bellevue hospital, New York. A woman who was not a great ornament tc society had been shot in the face and jaw, and greatly lacerated. In spite of most careful dressing, repeated hemorrhages from the wound took place, until the woman waf almost lifeies*. Death seemed certain. But at this point, the artery at the wrist wa opened and an infusion of warm salt and water injected into the arm. It started thi circulation again, and the woman lived ana recovered.

The experiment has been tried formerly, but never before with success. Transfusion of blood has frequently been resorted to, bul

the knowledge that transfusion of warm salt water will answer instead is a great gain.

Evening Drpss.

The month of January and that of February ttp to the beginning of Lent is the gayest season of all the year in New York. It then that the most magnificent costumes ai displayed at ball and opera #nd dinner party and reception. This winter is no exception to thf rule. In spite of the most disastrous iinancial year that America has known in a long period, the sheen and glitter of more splendid costumes never dazzled the eyes of society than is the case this winter

It is the carnival of diamonds the pt%6&nt season. Men of the strictest fashion, those with standing collars three inches broad, stiff as enameled sheet iron, rather affect to reject diamonds and to wear plain gold or white stone shirt studs for evening dress. But, therefore, all the more resplendently shine the female sex in the blaze of the king of gems. Ladies wear diamonds, diamonds everywhere. Diamond bees clasp the narrow strap that separates bare arm from bare shoulder in an evening costume. Blazing crescents, stars, insects, and long, narrow laoe-pins gleam and burn in my lady's hair bars with rows of diamonds almost as large as one's thumb-nail rise and fall in the lace upon her bosom, and solitaires as large gleam in her ears, pretty or otherwise, as the case may be. Splendid diamond bracelets circle her arms fair or otherwise. In brief, a lady in fuL dress this winter looks somewhat as if she was lighted up by electricity.

There may be broke., banks and broken credits and broken hearts in abundance elsewhere. The dressing of New York society ladies gives no hint of it, certainly. Society does not willingly take cognizance of disagi-ee-able things, which is praiseworthy in some respects.

This, too, is the season of low-necked and bare-armed dressing. That fashion has touched its The decollete style reigns supreme at dinner parties, at balls and opera. In the boxes at u.e opera, perhaps, its most georgeous flowei .^g out is to be observed. And a pretty woman does look like a ,ower herself, with a beautiful neck and snoulders rising out of a stem of silk and lace, i'he hair far evening is now worn high upon tue head, with the front locks 'short and curled in loose waves and rings. A bunch of pale pink, blue, salmon, cream-color or white ostrich tips is often placed high on one side of the back hair, so as to fall over the front The diamond ornament to fastened in this bunch of ostrich tipa

The evening dress is cut very low in the neck in front, and somewhat V-ehaped, to show the form of the bust At the back the costumes this winter are not cut down in the shoulders so much as tbey were, but are somewhat higher, though still inclining toward a point A silken band two or three inches wide goes usually across the shoulder, as a sort of survival of the sleeve yet at times even that is omitted by some of our bestknown society ladies. Shoulder knots of ribbon, velvet flowers or diamond stars, bees, butterflies, els., give finish and picturesque effect

With such an evening costume, long gloves reaching half way to the shoulder above the elbow are worn. Those at undremed kid are most fashionable, and tha prevailing colors are the light shades of bronze, tan, buff and drab. A dust-colored glove largely worn, and is handsome enough with almost any costume except white. The latest authority now to, however, that the shades of all hues just boron white are coming in fashion again for evening wear. They are appeal fag in the ibop windows, bat have not yet come into general tan. Far demi-evening toilet Mack gloves of undressad kid have been much worn the present seaaon. It to hard to my why, for tbey osrtainly an not pretty. A long black dove makes a lady% stomforhaadaaa wrtot look like AM psw cf blade cat

HI general, since the memory of the present grown-up generation, gloves were never so cheap or so handsome as they are now. The finer and best fitting grades, of course, cost #2,50 to $3 the pair. But a very good glove, quite good enough for ordinary people, may be got for $1 or $1.25, or even lower. It would not be half a bad plan for those who have ready money to lay in a supply of gloves now, for they certainly will not be so cheap when times are good again. They will come handy always. Afresh glove is like charity— it covers a multitude of in a woman's dress. Speaking of gloves again, it may be mentioned that the latest "kink" is for a bride to go to the altar with her left hand uncovered. This is for convenience in putting on the wedding ring. The glove is carried in her right hand, along with her bouquet

And once more speaking of gloves, it is not a little curious to observe how ladies manage or mismanage their gloves at a dinner or supper party. Sometimes those who ought to know better wear gloves while eating, which is abominable others, again, remove their gloves till the eating ceremony is ended, and then seem in doubt whether to leave them off or put them on. At a formal dinner or banquet it is considered proper to take off the gloves just before the first course, and leave them off till the eating process has gone on to the end. Then »t the close put them on again and wear them the remainder of the evening. At a public dinner, when the presiding officer raps for silence, in order that the toasts and speaking may begin, this is the proper moment for lady guests to put their "gloves.

Ladies who do not care to wear the Hare-shouldered and open-throated costumes -scribed, have their high evening corsages ut square or V-shaped in the neck, and wear sleeves just covering the elbow. These are ery stylish and tasteful. Around the throat is worn rather abroad band of velvet, with a diamond or other ornament in it, or several strands of pearl, amber, or other beads, or a diamond necklace with pendant This to known as the

udog

collar" fashion. Unless

the throat is a very pretty and white one, however, the band of black velvet is not to be recommended. Contrary to the ordinary belief, black, unrelieved bv a fringe of white, is very trying to the complexion.

Yet another style of evening toilet is the one represented in our illustration.

EVENING BASQUE AND FICHU DltAPERT. It is drawn and engraved from an imported costume. The basque and fichu drapery are of blue crcpo. The edges are scalloped and trimmed with a silk-looped gitnp. The clasps which hold the fronts together are of old sil ver. This basque and fichu may be worn over a silk skirt and drapery of tho same shade, or a little darker, with fine effect

s, Dress Materials.

We confine our space this week chiefly to a description' of eveniiig costumes, since those are really the most important just at present. Trains are worn somewhat, but not universally. For balls and dancing parties it has been very properly voted that they will not do. The costumes are very elaborately trimmed with flounces and lace. The most striking and beautiful are of white lace, worn over silk of rose color, or of black lace, worn over bright red or a vivid orange satin. This last makes a striking and brilliant toilet An attempt is made to revive the old-fashioned plain long waist, slightly inclined to a point in front, with tiie ancient full-gathered skirt It is to be hoped this will not succeed. The most graceful dresses still show the short, pointed basque, with skirt and overskirt draping, high at the sides.

Here is the description of a very pretty ball dress: Silver tulle over rose-colored surah or silk, the paniers at the sides made very full. A wreath of pale primroses, mounted on silver stems, runs down from the shoulder to the waist, and from the waist to the foot of the skirt, back and front the low fan-pleaded bodice is finished with a wide sash belt of pale pink velvet, fastened with a diamond clasp the neck is encircled with a pale pinlt velvet dog collar, studded with diamonds. The Ariadne coiffure, with hair waved over the temples, and falling on the shoulders in loose tresses and a few curls, is adorned with a riviere of diamonds, passing in and out, and a tuft of pale pink feathers on one side. The long Suede gloves are covered with many bracelets of silver, set with din* monds.

The "dog collar" Lor the neck, it nay be remarked, should match the color of the poof ot feathers in tha hair.

POLISH CAT AlTD OOIXAK FOR BOY. Our flhzstration shows a stytMh and pretty cap and collar for a little boy. The PoHrii cap to ot navy blue doth, the crown cut in four pieces and sewn into the stiff band. Pointed strips are cut out of the cloth upon tha band, through which red ribbon is nm. The collar to of dark red cashmere, embrofal* end in 4beH patterns of navy Mne wool, dhaia stitch ambroidery. Tha eaOar to mounted upon foundation WMffaaadliMd withsQk.

Birdie and Wariilt—A Good Story.

CAT AND RATTLESNAKE.

One day a poor, half-frozen kitten came to Birdie Granger's house. Birdie had no brothers or sisters to play with, so she took the starved little gray cat in and made it welcome. She warmed it and fed and gave it a good bed to sleep in. Under such kind care the stranger grew fat and sleek. By the time it was grown it became the most wonderful cat that ever was. Birdie named her pet Warble, because it purred so loud.

Warble and Birdie were inseparable friends. If you don't know what "inseparable" means, Iodic tor it in the dictionary. Looking up every word you dont know the moaning of to a very good exercise for both young people and old.

The cat followed Birdie everywhere. It was very large and strong, as big as a small dog. For a cat, it was astonishing how intelligent Warble was. It had many cunning ways, and Birdie's papa taught it to perform tricks like a dog. Papa would clasp his hands and put his arms out in front of the cat as it stood upon the rug. Then he would say: "Jump, Warble!"

And Warble would jump through his arms and out over his hands as if it understood iust what was meant which to be sure it did.

Warble was watching for a mouse at a hole and anybody came near it was accustomed to raise its paw as a sign to the person to keep back and not make a noise. Warble did so many cute things that Birdie called him her circus cat

But one day Warble did Birdie a service which she will never forget as long as sha lives. It is not easy to see how a cat could save a little girl's life, but that was what Warble did. Listen, and you shall know how.'.v «5

One summer' morning Birdie look puss's dish of milk out beside the garden wall aa usual. She called Warble, and heard a low mew just beside a crevice in the stones. Warble was watching for something—a mouse, Birdio thought Ho lifted his paw to warn his little mistress to keep back. But she went on and said: "Como, Warble, this rich new milk is better than a mouse. Come and lap it"

Suddenly Warble's eyes gleamed like two balls of fire. Ho waved Ids tail back and forth in fury. He looked like a tiger about to spring. He raised his paw again to warn Birdie off. But she was determined to see what was disturbing her. cat so, and took several stpps forward. »She heard a rattling in the grass. Warble leaped into the air at the same moment, and came down upon the spot where she heard the rattling. There waa more rattling, and a tremendous hissing and lashing and noise. The girl was frightened and screamed aloud.

Her mother and grandmother ran to her in an instant. Thoy saw with horror tho cat dragging a great rattlesnake out of the gnaa. The child had been almost upon it. Warble had set his strong, sharp teeth into the back of the reptile's neck and broken its spina, The pretty, innocent little girl did not know how near to death she had been. But her mother did, and caught her up in her anna and almost cried over her.

Is not that a good cat-and-snake story?

How to Pnt an Kpo? in a Bottle. A writer in the Rural New Yorker tells the young folk how they may perform the magic feat of putting an egg into a bottle. T.ika many other things, it to easy enough when you know how. This is the way it to done: Soak afresh egg for several days in strong vinegar. The at of the vinegar will eat the lime of the shell, so that while the egg looks the same it will bt soft and capable of compression. Select a bottle with the neck a third smaller than the egg. With a little care you will have no trouble in pressing the latter into the bottle. Fill the. bottle half full of lime water, and in a few days you will have a hard-shelled egg in a bottle with a neck a third smaller than the egg. Of course you pour off the lime iter as soon as tha shell hardens. How egg got into the bottle will be a conundrum that few can an-

A Seasonable Kebns. llite.j

CAIN SLATING ABEL.

Coet of Drinking*

Some years ago, says Pomeroy's Democrat, we had in our employ a man who several Mtwa a day ran out of the office to buy a drink of whisky. Every time he went out the cashier was instructed to drop ten cento

into a drawefr to our credit At the cod of 17 months the man who had gone out aa often had drank hfanaclr' ..v of a good rituar tion and the drawer, when opened, waa found to contain 1490, which we loaned to a young man at seven per cent interest Ha used it to purchase a set of tinner's took. On the 10th of February, 1876, he returned it to us with interest, saying in his letter that he bad a wife, two children and property worth $500. The other fellow to a bummer, (ranting for foodL

Bnlgma.

Upon a spacious meadow vafct Are sheep in thousands, white as snow. As we heboid them there to-day

Our fathers aaw them long ago. •, They ne'er grow old fresh life tbey draw From streams that never cease to flow. A lovely shepherdess to theirs,

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