Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 October 1886 — Page 7

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SCIENCE

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AND PROGRESS.

VIEW OF THE NEW AQUEDUCT 1 UNDER HARLEM RIVER.

Wire Nail*—Street Railway Crtrv&*~Desiccating Oarbttijre—'The Tomato

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aicdicine for the Uver—The Aqueduct a Great Engineering Work.

The aqucduct now being built to increase the water supply of New York city is a great wort. It bad to contend with dfehdncfit management in the beginning, fvhieh marred, the perfect carrying on of tho plan. Lives wero sacrificed to the avarioe of men who apparently would not have hesitated to cement the aqueduct's walls with blood. A horrible talc of grinding tho poor and the helpless to death in connection^ with the progress of building fa told. That, however, has been changed. Harlem river is a small strip of water that passes from tho Hudson acrota to the sound. It is what makes New York an island. It is not properly a river, merely a connection between tho two waterways named.

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AQUEDCCT UNDER 0AIILKM niVER. Tlio water supply of New York comes from Crotou river, north of the city. It must crow the Harlem. Tho present aqueduct gets to the city acrr«s the famous High Bridge, far dovu tlio Harlem. This Is a tremendous piore of engineering. The waterway is immediately under the floor of the bridge and is bo Inr^e that a l-oat can Ik? rowed through it.

Tho new and enlarged supply will pas* in great tunnel under tho river. Tho plan of it is given in the picture. Thus by two aqueducts, one over Ifarkmi river the other under, the vast city will le "fed with water. The supply is now insufficient and the "opening of the new waterway is looked forward to anxiously. *Tho crossing under the liver will l)e inado through solid rock 150 feet below the river level.

The water hoad up at tho Croton hai leen artificially enlarged to fwd tho now waterway. Artificial (jsnw, lakes and a water *h«d have been constructed, so a to bring nil the •adjacent flow together to this one outlet It is tho greatest water works engineering on this eoutinent.

At. present the head procure in New York city is insufficient to carry water above the first floor. Every house that is more than two ntorius has therefore to have a pump in addition to tho ordinary water fixtures. This worked by steam or other motor. Often fry fatiguing arm ami shoulder practice, convey* tho water up to a tank in the roof, thenco it runs into the pipes.

Wire Nail*.

Tho nail business has bwn revolutionized by this invention. Instead of bring cost in the old fashion, nails are now nude of drawn wire, chopped off. sliarpened at the point and flattened into a head. Tho invention enable tho artificer to make ft variety of nails mift'i •bio to every purjtoso.

WIRE XATT.8.

Barbed nails that cannot work out may mode. Specimens of these are seen in tin illustration. Then there are flat, oval, blue, black or bright nails, bridge nails and those for slate roofing and car tlnishing. Tho iron or steel can lie prejxiretl in any way in the soft win* iK'forehnnd. These nails aro greatly superior to the old fashioned kind.

Street Hallway Curtwi,

The lnd effects of tho i»i of circular curves •on city railways is shown in a striking way in Philadelphia, where tho cable rood on .Market •street ham to make eight right angle turns '(four for each track) in (Missing around the public buildings on Broad street. Tho harm is not only in the sudden development of cen trifugal force in passing from tho strai^ld tangent to tho circular are, bat also in the sudden starting and stopping of a moment of rotation—A turntable movement—as tho car runs on and off the curve. In passing around the cyrve, every ear is rotated tlmmgh ninety degrees at a uniform rate much as if an engine on a turntable were suddenly set turning, then moved steadily, until it as suddenly stopped. It manifest that groat strains are cmwed bv such violent change# of motion, not only* on the cars, but on tins cables as well aswl it would bo worth white to go to much trouble and expense in tb* construction of jnamlxltc curves in the beginning, to save wear and tear in the long run. Horse care feel the bad effect* of circular curves lost than the cable cars. tecnttsfe the velocity of the former can be adjusted to tlw occasion bv jgond driving: white the latter move steadily •and rapidly, without any allowance for the •strain on the cars, and the stretch of the cable 4hat the curves produce. It is curious that 40 antiquated a device as the circular curve should survive in a construction involving so much spoclal and ingenious arrangement as a cable road.—Science.

The Tomato.

Medically considered there can be no doubt that, while we cannot expect Its boaltb-im-parting properties to cure all the ills that flesh is heir to, yet its actum upon the system fa aU Uxl with beneficial 'ts, since analy awl nwuibers of the r.i.-jieal pro* faiston have that the frait fa exceedingly wholesome, and used freely, df raw or cooked, onwl of necessity do a amount of good. Besides all this it it admitted that it doos act in a stimulating manner upon the liver, and if for no other nun than this it becomes invaluable as an article of diet, and especially so in hot seasons when the livrr ts more inclined to become sluggfaV Ano her point while in this line of tlx it wlich should not be overlooked is this, it is «a$jr» wry easy, of digestion, and may therefore bo freely partaken of even by invalids without hindrance or four.

A New Hawtnostatic.

Dr. Spaak, in The Journal de BruxeUes, describes a haemostatic which' be accidentally discovered and whlck he has" used for some months. It consists of 2 parts chloroform and 100 ports water, and presents the following advantages:

It acts with remarkable promptness. 2. It has not the least unpjeasant taste.. 3. It has no es£harotic action. 4. It is always to be had, and costs almost nothing. 5. It has no unpleasantness in its action, and does not disturb the operation.

In all operations in the cavity of the mouth and neck a simple •washing out with, this remedy is sufficient to stop the hemorrhage from the larger vessels in an instant. jwW" "f

A Basting Machine.

A basting machine that is said to be able to do, the work of fifteen girls is being tried in a large clothing house in Boston, and the employes of the house, both girls and men, are considerably excited thereby. The opposition to this labor saving machine is likely to develop into a strike.

Facta of Intererest.

The Himalaya mountains can be seen 234 miles away. Electricity has been used in England to drivo threshing machine.

Wino of superior quality has been made from the native sour orange. The Hussion railway in the direction of central Asia lias been opened beyond Merv.

A high hill at Chimapia, in Mexico, was lately split completely in two by an earthquake. 'J •#.

A hypodermic InjectfoS of nitroglycerine will often revive persons in whom life seems extinct.

A beautifully carved reindeer's horn is the latest relic of prehistoric man found in the caves of France.

Professor Hushes, F. R. 8., is of opinion that a riblton instead of a rod of metal is the best lightning rod.

The pursuit of scientific investigation as an occupation will unfortunately not gain a living for a man in America.

Mr. llenry Crookes, of London, England, has invented a tell-tale paint for showing when a bearing is growing hot

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A landslide that recently occurred in Gunnison county, Colorado, %yas so extensivp t^aat it was mistaken for an earthquaka

Tho famous little Stiletto, the fastest steamer afloat, it is said will be bought by tho government for a torpedo I oat.

Paper shops aro now ruado in England with 3neccfl8. They aro made of papier mache, and answer in all respects the purposes of leather.

And now they say that tho anarchists can Set a few pounds of dynamite, toko it up in a jul'.oon, let it fall and safely destroy whole irmies and citica

The value of the pig iron produced in this jonni ry last year was $7:?,000,000, a sum nearly ns great as tho combined value of the ro)d and silver products,

Tho French "government is experimenting with ft new explosive of tretr.epdops force, superior to gun cotton. It is to l»e Used in, bomtis, ami will not go olf by spontaneous ignition.

In K.-oUand inoculation for pleuro-pneu-moiiia hes lx" performed on cattle with good nucecaa. The operation was performed tho ioTt-er joint of the tail. Why that was •neceEsiry is J'.ot plain, especially as the ani!!ial« thereby lost part of their tails.

Iti experimental' a new description shell, clirtrgrcr J^rolls of gun cotton, is vport&l to have pro iuced such extraordinary leatructivc cttccte that no kind of defensive vorkrs can bo oxyxictetl to resist it. It will go

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discovery hfis been bought up by tho government,1 and the inventor put under bouds never to reveal it.

WHAT SHALL WF, WEAR?

Sbnwl Drosses.

Shawl drosses me among tho novelties sent out by French tailors. These havo a thick friugo and wide bonier of contrasting color t- the main j-art of the shawl, as gi-ay on blue, ivd, or Mack, and this border firms tho trimming. For instance, tho corra^o is mntle with ft curplico drap ry from tho right shoulder (o tho left side of the waist, and the Uirrier fnrt::s this fulness two rows of the border are down the fronts of tho long drapery, with tho fringe drooping lictweeo, and another loixler extends up tho back in tho Bedouin drapery which hooks on tho corsage buck. Velvet collar and deet velvet cuffs complete the dress.

Pattern Konnct*.

A bonnet for evening receptions, dressy theatre uiul concert going, etc., is shown in Fi£. 1.

Fio. 1. Fio.S. It fa a flower bonnet, that is to say, covered with small close flowers all over. These may be panske, violota, daisies, or any of the small, compact Mompthiw. Coronet front of jetted beads tulle gracefully looped on the front and top with a jetted aigrette as finish.

Fig. This cute little capote or chapenu has the crown covcsred with gold and blue brocade the front flnisbed with fokb and loops of it irk bine ve! on top loops rf riblxm, fl. crs and pon n.

Itonnd Hats and Poke Bonnets. There Is (Rich variety In re .r hats iliat many young ladies will use th™. altogetho-, almirioning the more matrouly looking bonnet#. For morning and for general wear with checked cloth suits there are English turbans of felt with the brim rolkd high and nearly covered by a binding of brail or of repped rilibon. while the hn'f high crown has three milliner^ fokls of plr.:a vdvet around it, and in front high loops of bended velvet or of striped pltMh. with wings, hearts, hirds, aigrettes, or pompoas set in the loops. Instead of this felt hat a toque may be made of tb* cloth of the dress lor of the long nfeter with which it is worn] laid in soft fokfa from front to back, being very high in front, that it requires no trimming. Bone velvet fa carelessly twisted around the edge to serve as a brim. Ontr amateur milliners trie the taOor for apiece of cloth leftover from their winter suit or doak, and mak» this toque at borne, buying a net frame with soft crown that may b« crushed to salt the fancy of the

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weai sr, and with a stiff band that fits the head, coming well down upoa it. More dressy toquesare nude in the same way of velvet that may be plain or beaded, Pi* in hair lino stripes of red en blue, or Suede on brown, or pink on green. For plain velvet toques there are Gobelin embroideries of many colors in scarfs that are twisted around the crown and put in loops in front, with an aigrette and pompons. A small flat muff of the velvet and embroidery accompanies such toques. Pheasant feather toques and turbans are clso shown, made quite slender and almo6t oval in shape, with wings put on to form a closely turned-up brim.

Very small pokes,.with the pointed and cnt front, are shown for still more dressy toilets for young ladies. Some of these aro mado entirely of the tip, ends of ostrich feathers, others are Of velvet, or of tho fancy plushes, with ribbon loops tor their trimmings.—Harper's Bazar.

Untrimmetl flat anil Bonnet Shapes. We have here thrco popular winter shapes. Fig. 3, on the left, is an odd bet- prettyslmpeil bonnet. The puffed crown is of beaded stockinet* the turned-up brim faced vritli rough velvet. figured

FIG. 3. FIG. 4 FIG. 5. The small capoto Ixinnet at the top, Fig. 4, is of plaited felt strife in tobacco shades, in imitation of the coarse straws which have been so popular during the past summer. Th« turban on tho right, Fig. 5, with the turned up brim has the crown of black stockinet and the brim fact-d with figured plush.

The Toamure.^

The rumors still reach us from over the sea that the bouffant arrangement of dress now so long in fashion is gradually to diminish until the ample poufo of my lady's gown are to almost totally disappear, and she to stand before the eyes of the world of fashion in a figure and outline grown "beautifully less." In short, the severe undraped clinging style, it is said, is just about to prevail onco again. It seems a pity that fashion knows so few "happy mediums," and that to bo successful. la mode deem it necessary to rush away from the very extremity of one extreme to the remotest verge of tho other for success in her "mission." There is, however, in these latter days one great merit in her wliims. Sho makes it an easy matter for a woman not blessed with an over plethoric purse, but gifted with a natural taste and ingenuity, to robe herself in garments that will successfully pass muster even in tho first ranks of society for when she puts tho stamp of her approval upon gowns of serge, of muslin, veiling, and a host of other beautiful but inexpensive fabrics, she makes it possiblo for tho grand army of women of moderate means to become things of beauty, if not "joys forever."

Fashionable Table X.inen.

Luxury with regard to tablo linen increases from day to day. "When not embroidered or trimmed with lace it is ornamented cither in the middle or tho corner with exquisitely designed initial letters, beautifully worked by hand. Tho placo for this marking is fixed in accordance with the pattern. Table linen with a small pattern should always be marked in tho corner. In some damask sets a medallion is woven for the monogram or crest to bo worked in. Tho newest idea in embroidery for very handsome table linen consists in substituting a small human figure for the monogram. But since largo restaurants and hotels aro vying with each other in tho art of napkin folding, families have rather returned to simplicity. If apiece of brend is to bo placcd in the folds of tho dinner napkin tho latter is folded like a pocket—sometimes lilco a portfolio, with initials uppermost. This only serves for napkins marked in tho center, those marked in tho corner being, in accordance with tho newc3t taste, only quito simply folded two or hreo times and laid straight on tho plate.—Tho Season.

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TERRE HAIJTE SATURDAY EVENTNG MAIL

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Caff Pins.

New advocates for favor in form of cuff pins aro fashioned after the old models, which of late yearfi have figured in stock under name of "baby pins," because usod for tho purpose of keeping in place infants' bibs and little leoples' collars. The chief difference between tho now and old cuff pins fa that tho former is bent a little sons to present a slightly convex surfaco that fits the curve of arm mid sleeve. All gold cuff pins arc hi tho show cases of leading houses this fall some are chased, some are finished in enamel, and others are formed of twisted wire or ro^e pattern. Tho jewelers display them, not only in tho styles described, but set with diamonds and rubies. The fact that tho cuff pin, liko the old bar pin, is a utility affair, serves equally well for lace, bonnot and ribton ornament?, when not required for confining the cuffs in place, is a big argument in its favor.—Jeweler's Circular. "rxr" *'7^.

The New Flowing Sleeve.

The new open sleeves reach just below the elbow, fit easily at the top, havo but one seam (that insHc the arm), and slope open to about thrtXNr/:hths of a yard in width at tho lower end. 'i upper half is gather,-} in to the under udo about the elbow, giving a diagonal effect when stripes aro used. For striped sleeves, as in the dress just describe*], a velvet ruffle about four inches wide is shaped to trim the edge, and is lined with the striped silk. The lining or facing of such sleeves is an important par", as it shows plainly next the arm and fa always made of one of the materials of the drees for instance, a green velvet dinner dress has pointed flowing sleeves without a ruffle, bat fftood deeply with old rose brocaded sttin on whi. are green velvet leaves. Lace rufites appear again in such sfcevos, made of point d'rsprit or of Aieacon or Valcnciennes lace four or five inches deep, and this lace alone covers the upper part of the wrists, where the sleeve is sloped shorter to make a pointed effect below.

& FASHION LETS.

TJiis is to be a woolen secson for gowu& Puffs are again appearing in tbe hairdremers' windows.

Cb&ntiHy lace, but not Spanish, may be worn in second mmrning. Tbe tailor-nude gown, made of fabrics much used for gentlemen's garments, have -rv.il buttons and plenty of them, tbs color u. cloth.

The new waterproof cloaks ant things of roty. They are very different from tbs i-^y old black garments that did not even have the excuse of asrfnhw* for being, for they did not tarn rain In a heavy sbowtr. But tbe new ones really da They are light as gossamer*, bxv But they an rather expensive as yet.

THE FARM AND GA1!1)E.\

PICTURES OF A FISH POND ANC THE LEATHER CARP.

Lovk Oat For the Deadly Cattle Plague, tbe Imported Pic or©-Pneumonia—Hop Crop—October Notes— Have Fresh Fish

Plenty as Young Chickens.

Something over a year ago tbi- department gave few hints on the subject of carp culture. The interest in the subject is so widespread that it is referred to again. Many of our readers arc building fish ponds on their farms. Let others catch on to the wagon and roll ahead with it till carp on the farm table shall be as common as young chickens.

A distribution of carp from the government ponds at Washington will be made during November. Persons who apply or write for them to Eugene G. Blackford, fish commissioner, Fulton Market. New York city, will receive, each applicant, twenty fish. They are free of charge, except that the receiver pays for the can that contains them, also the express charges. This is a cheap way of laying the foundation of what can certainly bo made a source of profit on the farm.

SglI^EATHEB CARP,

There is a common fish in some of our streams and waters, a bony, worthless creature that is sometimes called a carp. Don't be misled by that, but get only tho German carp, the "genuine yacob." The real carp is of tho gold fish family. There are three species, tho scale, tho mirror and the leather. The latter is that shown in the illustration. It is callei I the "leather" carp, not because it is tough, Jjut because its skin is soft and scaleless.

There is a government publication called "Carp and Carp Ponds," which is also to be had free for the asking. It is written by C. W. Smiley. Write for it to the United States fish ooimniffiioner's office, Washington, D. C.

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CARP POND.

WSsrever there is a small natural body of water, it can be utilized. A pond 100 by 50 feet will be large enough to supply a family, though one of an acre or two will enable the owner to sell fish. Let willows fringe the hanks and pond lilies grow in the waters. It can be made in pretty ornamental shapes, round, oval or Maltese cross pattern. A running stream or swampy ground at the foot of hills can also bo utilized for a fish pond.

The illustration shows a pond of very simplo construction. In making it, a writer in The Southern Cultivator says that he simply built a da:n as high as he wanted it, and saw how far the water would back. Next, he writes: "I then went far enough above and started a ditch to tnko all the water from around the pond, except enough to supply the pond and keep a small stream running off. In the figure. is the dam A is a waterway with a wire gauze across it to keep in the fish is a ditch running above the head of tho pond is the feed pipo which may be opened or closed at will With this arrangement high water never affects the pond.

Fish eat up "wigglers," and ao keep off mosquitoes. Mosquitoes and malaria are said always to exist together, and it is quite possible the carp will also eat the vegetable germs which are believed to produce malaria. The ponds must have an outlet and an inlet. The outlet should hava across the mouth some kind of perforated covering, to prevent tho escape of tho fish. Wire cloth screens ore recommended in "carp ponds." Mr. Smiley uses three of these, of different fineness, placed at intervals. The water must lie drawn off onco or twice a year to get out rubbish, snakes and outsiders destructive to carp.

Ice ponds may bo well utilized for fish. Ponds should be not less than three feet in depth in their deepest part, says the government report, and they should gradually lessen to a depth of one or two incbcs, to provide tbe shoals required for spawning. Small knolls and islands should be removed, as they generally afford harbor for the enemies of carp.

Farm Leveling Instrument. Here fa a farm leveling instrument which doc^-yot cost much. It is neater and moro conVtr^'^&ban the home made one we gave some til* 4','**ksr is*'/*

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Ditcbra, drains, terraces and twildmjs may be located with it and roads graded. Com plete, it embraces level, rod and target.

The Hep Crop.

Tbe great bulk of bops is grown in New York, tbougta the yards of tbe Pacific coast are rapidly becoming important ra.-ior*. Tbe great interest materially cento* no* in tbs yards of New York, and from fall return* received and reported upon by tbe department at Washington it appears that ia many coontks, as has been predicted, tbe crop fa a total failure, and nowters tn tbe state fa it near an

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average. Thr sanio story comes from all directions—promising condition and good growth tQl tbe middle of June, and from that time forward a series of calamities which have resulted in the most disastrous failure ever known to growers. The first enemy encountered was the Aphis, or plant louse, which made its appearance during June in unprecedented numbers and severity. The usual remedies for this pest wero tried, but with little apparent effect, and the plants attacked made but sickly progress. Following as tho result of this attack of plant lice (Aphides) there has been widespread damage from honey dew. In some yards this substance has been found in quantities sufficient to produce a miniature shower, blackening the ground beneath tho vines. No section of the state has apparently escaped this attack, and in some the enfeebled plants have been visited by mildew and other blights, so that it is estimated that 15 per cent damage has been done the roots of the vines.

According to commercial authorities the crop of tho state last year was from 150.000 to 175,000 bales of ISO pounds each, of cuperior quality, while estimates of the crop of this year range from 5,000 to 15,000 bales of very inferior quality. Since the irreparable damage to the new crop has become apparent prices havo already risen from 5 to 81-3 cents to 25 and 30 cents per pound.

Mr. Emmet Wells, of. New York, an authority on tho subject, says: "Tho crop in this state will be about 10,000 bales, tho quality of which will be simply trash. There are 3,000 brewers in tho United States it is doubted if New York will bo able to give each brewer one bale of decent hops. Tho failure is the most complete on record. The Pacific coast is expected to turn out 45,000 bales of fine hops these with tho old ones on hand will go a good way towards supplying our homo brewers the coming season. Large quantities of English and German hops will find market hero if our prices aro high."

Mr. Joseph W, Forwood, Bouckvillo, N, Y., gives expression to tho following remarks on tho Aphis: "Tho cause of the damage is lice, which live on the sap of tho vine. They come in tbe spring in tho shapo of dormant flies these lay many eggs and in a short tune they become lice, which very soon generate with great rapidity and continue to reproduce until something destroys them, or they do as they have dono this year, starve to death. They suck the sap from tho veins of the leaf and the vine their secretion is the honey dew that shows itself on tho leaf and vines, and seems to stop tho circulation of tho sap from the root to the top of tho vino. This year they came on earlier and much more numerous than ever before, and havo virtually destroyed the crop. Many thought tho fly a new kind this spring, but this is a mistake, as I have noticed them for the last eighteen years. They generally come from tho 20th of May to the 4tli of June, but this year there were some complaints as early as the first of May."—Now York World.

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|learo.pnemnon|ft.

Lookout for it. In several parts of the country it is already raging, notably around Chicago, also in New Jersey, It ia tho most fatal disease affecting cattle that is known. Symptoms: Appetite and rumination become irregular and there is dullness, fever and a short cough. In cows tho flow of milk is lessened.

Plcuro-pneumonia fa lung fovei\ The lungs becomo filled with tho matter from inflammation. Tho symptoms become aggravated as time goes on, and the animal dies in ten to tw.mty days. This plaguo is as contagious as smallpox. Wherever it appears among cattle it is usually good-by herd. Be on your guard. It can be communicated by clothing, by tho wind, by water troughs, or by pastures, ctc. Quarantine against it. As soon as it appjars it fa best to butcher all tho healthy animals of tho herd at once, burning the bodien of those that die.

In many parts of the Union thecattjpof infected herds ore seized by official inspectors and slaughtered, the state paying the owner. Tho plaguo was brought to this country from Europe.

Tho cow doctors generally begin with their hollow horn and wolf in the tail tomfoolery when called to pleuro-pneumonia. The average cow doctor fa an ignoramus. Don't let him tortura your cattle. The "hollow horn" business exists in his own hollow head. It has little in it but superstition.

Old Time Way of Keeping Apple#. At a recent meeting of the Kentucky State Horticultural society an old member told how forty years ago the farmers used to keep apples fresh and crisp until Juno. Their mode was to put the fruit up in banks, just as many now save sweet potatoes in the south. At timo of harvest a spot of high, well drained land was selected upon which to bank the apples. Here was scooped out a sort of saucer shaped bottom, upon which, after covering with an inch or eo of straw, was piled tho apples, covering the same with some six or eigbi inches of straw, and then with enough earth to keep out tho front not unfrequently, however, covering the whole with a layer of sods to protect tho same from washing. A hole was opened on the south side of tho bank during the winter when apples were required, as much fruit taken out as was needed and the hole closed up secure as before. f!V For October.

Sotjk spinach for next spring'stlBO and weed that already up. Sweet potatoes should tie dug as soon as frost touches the leaves handle carefully that they may not be bruised or cut when dry, placo in barrels and store in a warm place. Sow gra&3 on winter grain and brush in. Timothy is almost universally sown. Try orchard and rye grass, each by itself, sowing clover in tho spring. Rye ordinarily fa sown later t'n&n wheat. It does not matter much, but its season is longer and the plant fa stronger. It will make a crop on poorer land. It should, hontover, be in before tbe end of tho month.—American Agriculturist.

Things to Do and to Know. II-ivc plenty of dried lima beans to make delicious succotash with tho dried and canned sweet corn this winter.

Tbe New England Farmer says that farmers should sow moro red top along with the timothy in tbeir meadows.

It has been fonnd that Kentucky bine grass grows well upon tbe soil of the western plains. This fa worth knowing.

Iowa has this year, contrary to all ordinary experience, raised a good crop without either water or whisky.—Iowa Rogfeter.

An Alabama lady says a pint of soft soap '.:rred into meal and made thin like batter with buttermilk and given to swine will cure bog cholera sure.

A portion of tbe tomato vines, if protected by sheets, or even paper, from

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YOUNG FOLKS' COLON'.

THE MELANCHOLY STORY OF Ki GREAT EMPEROR'S SON.

Two little Victims of a Bald-Headed Han's Joke—The Pretty Boy who

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Be, bnt Never Was, Emperor Kapo-» leon It.

Napoleon the "great thought if he had only a son to rule after him that he would found a mighty empire that would bo ruled over by the Bonaparte family for ages: There would be a Napoleon I, Napoleon II, Napoleon III, Napoleon IV. and so on until perhaps there would be as many as there had been Khig Louises in Franc* at, many as sixteen and more.

At length in the year 1S11. a son was born to tho Empress Maria Louisa, Napoleon's

wife. Then the soldier emperor thought he was very linppy. But suddenly wars broko out again, liis empire had been built by war and by war it fell to pieces. It melted away liko fairy frost figures. Tho littlo prince was called, for a title, tho king of Rome, When ho was a year old his father sot out with a great army to fight Russia. Then the empress had tho little boy's portrait painted. Ho was a very beautiful child, as you see by tho picture here. It was made by a famous French painter named Gerard.

The beautiful portrait had painted upon it the decorations, ribbons and stars that indicated the titles the great emperor meant for bis son. It. looked odd to seo such things upon a baby a year eld. Tho likeness was sent to Napoleon, and he got it just ticfore a battle. Ho tenderly loved tho child, who, indeed, seems to bo the only creature ho over did care much for.

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But. thtf warrior's star went down. When the king of Rome was 4 years old it sunk to rise no more, Naiwleon became an exile at St. Helena. The empress went ImicIc to her father, the emperor of Austria, taking her son with her, and his father never saw him any more. In Austria tho boy who was to inherit a great crown, and be tho emperor Napoleon II, was not even allowed to keep his own name. Ho had been culled after his father, but tho Austrian ruler hated tho namo of Napoleon Bonaparte so much that ho never allowed it to bo mentioned. To t.iio boy was given tho name of Franz von Roiehstadt.

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-,t .."•••l NAFOMCON'fl SOX. So the child who was to havo been such great things never had any titlo or empire or fortune or anything else. Ho was a kind of hanger on at the court of his grandfather, and., nobody cared much for him or showed him any particular respect. Ho who had been so beautiful a child becamo a pale, serioua youth, with not very good health. Hewas melancholy, rather, lie could not forget bo was tho great Napoleon's^ son, and that he was quite helpless to do anything worthy of tho name. He did not know what to do with himself, and that, perhaps, was the reason be did not lives long. Ho said, of himself oiwse: "My birth and my death— that is my whole history." One would think, with all tho work there is to do in (he world, that he mi jht havo found some way to to of use, but he did not. Ho died at, 8 bonbrunn, one of the Austrian royal p?.la:'CH, near Vienna, when ho was 31. Nobo iy seemed to care. ,.

TWO LITTLE SIMPLETONS.

Two little sisters wero Bessie and Slay, Tho sweetest of sweet little cirls. Their faces perhaps no great beauty could boast*.

But toth liad tho loveliest curls. Ono day an old gentleman called on mamma— An intimate friend, who bed brought For hfa two little pcta, two beautiful dolls,

Which he in the city had bought. "Oh! Oh!" exclaimed Bessie, "how lovely they ere I Oh! dear Mr. Spring, you're go good! 1 wish that wo two could give nor.tetiiinpt to you."

And said May, "now I wbh that wo could!"

And old Mr. Spring, who was fond of a joke, Said slyly, "Look here, little girls, Just see my poor head It's as bakl as your hands

Come, wiiy can't you give mo your curls?"

And after he'd laughed at their look of dismay. He turned to mamma, and foigot What he'd said to tho two littlo darlings in play

But the two little dorlicpi did not.

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first frosts,

will exjnturae to yield for mm? time later.— American Agriculturist. "Handle" winter celery this month. Bring tbe stalks together with yotxr fingers, hold them there, and draw some soO up around them. This fa not banking up—that comes a little later

Grow a garden, a small fruit orchard, keep a good fio± of poultry, a few bead of swine, some good milk cows, a small flock of sheep and be economical, and yon will steadily become better off.—Iowa Begistar.

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"Why. children what under the sunf They crept to tbe nursery—tho nurse was away* But a great pair of sci wan there They c!i.-nt*-d on two ch*in» which they pushed t» tbeffLuw,

And gazed on their beautiful hair.

Th»*n clip went the scissors and off went the eofcf Then, who ever saw such a sight* With hair all cut jagged. In some places bald.

Each child was a terrible fright,

While the floor was all strewn with tbe beautiful hair. Mixed together, tbe gold and the brown. Then, each little girl having chosen her own,

To the parlor they both hurried down.

Mamma gave a scream when she saw thtra e^ pear. "Why, children! What under tbe snnr And old Mr. Spring looked aghast when he ssw

The mischief his joidn had done. —Our Little Men and Women.

f*€ pi. Three si a tuabuflle trlpfa. ringbatbe wno lis weflora chinsers no cth drescutJe steer, Dsn, morf a breaks Iu0 fo cresthi qrde, Qourpta wen rylog no etb mutnau dowos. Kad frathbfc) nl rswm ghlit eth lard pile ttscokT. -St. Kicbotsa,

A litUe girl was sitting at a table opposite a gentleman with a waxad mustache. After paring at him for several momenta, she bb» claimed: "My kJtMg $£• got cmeUera, tool*

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