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MMB. ADGIE CHATS ABOUT LION NATURR.

,£ Narrow Escape From a Leopard—Danced In a Caere With Seven Lloai at Hamburg.

Mme. Adgie, who is performing at one of the local theaters with her trained lions, tells an interesting story of her experiences. says the Chicago Dally News.

Her dressing room is & menagerie in Itself. There i» a young lion about 2 months old pacing majestically up and down, a little playful pugnacious maltese oat, a courageous fox terrier wfcloh weighs hardly more than throe pounds, and a large hound, To via, •which is the especial pride of Mme. Adgie and her bud)and, Mr. Halle. "Yovi* is a brave old fellow," she said, patting the Great Dane on his sleek gray head, while the dog blinked knowingly out •f his deep brown eyes. "He is 13 years old and you would hardly believe it to watch hto—he is so full of life and vigor. He has been all over the world with Mr. Halle and at every performance ha stands expectantly in the wing* and watches every movement that goea en In the oage. If suoh a thing as an Inadvertent scratoh from the sharp claws of Prince or Victoria should happen to me old Yovfs would be through the door in an instant. And yet," added she, laughingly, stjjd with a distrustful glimmer in her eyes, ''an lnatatit woul4 be tfl® late, perhapa."I have, of course, been all over the •world. My mother was a Pueblo and my father a Mexioan. He was in this business before me and It was while traveling with him in Hamburg that Hagenbeclc met me and I waa engaged by him. For six years I •was with Iiagenbeok before I started out for myself. "My lions—Victoria, Trilby and Prince— fcxe all about years old and I have to watch them closely. Victoria and Trilby are both forest-bred animals and have been broken but about four-fifths of their lives. And they are so treacherous—more so than Prlnoa. Prinoe was bred by Hagenbeck at Hamburg and is a little better, but he is growing so fast that it keeps getting harder all the time to keep him in control." "Are you not afraid sometimes?" was the sympathetic question. "Oh, my, no—what nonsense!" laughed the senoiita. "Afraid? I dare not be, they would know it. Oh. they are so quick, those lions Just one quiver and they know you, and then there would be a sharp click and all would be over. It is so easy for them to snap your head off. But I am careful. I have seen too many going about Hagenbeck's in Hamburg with broken arms, distorted shoulders, amputated legs and faces all scratched up. "The hardest part is where I throw my my whip down and bend backward in my dance. Then Victoria, she is so alert, she knows I cannot watch her and it needs but one lightning-like pass from her paw and If I were not seriously maimed my face would be seared by three or four deep scratches, and what would I look like with my face all scratches and scars?" and she smiled and covered her pretty features with her hands as she spoke. "But Mr. Halle stands near by and she knows it and is afraid. Oh, she would like to snap her long white teeth into my ankles if she dared that is one favorite trick of theirs, to bend down their heads suddenly and with terrific swiftness snap their Jaws about your ankle3 and stiffen them for the rest of your life." "Kave you ever had any narrow escapes?" "Every day—my goodness, every hour. When I go into the cage I Bee some movement from Trilby or Victoria and think to myself: 'Aha, my lady, if I hadn't been watching you that time you would have got me.' "But I have my whip. It is a little, thin rawhide and they are afraid of it. Sometimes I do feel a little nervous when lying down with Prince and pretending to sleep, for it would be so easy for him to bite my neck. And they are so naive in their snapping it is but the natural impulse for them to bite and snap even in their play. Now, this little fellow here"—and she bent down and stroked the little lion at her feet—"when he plays with the little dog he snaps at him just because he knows nothing else to do. They have no animosity but when the opportunity is presented they cannot resist It that is why you cannot trust them, even when they have been in captivity for many years and have been bred from menageriebred animals. They have no real meanness In them and have partly lost their savage Instincts, but they will snap out of pure naturalness and the only thing to do is to beat them soundly, so that when the first prompting comeB next time to t/hem to snap they will remember the terrible thrashing and pause for the Instant long enough for you to catch them. "The whip is the thing that subdues them. When I (hear those tamers that go with circuses talk about 'love' it disgusts me with them there is no such thing. I say 'bah,' it is nonsense, never trust them an instant. If you do you are gone and it is so quick and easy for them, too," and Mme. Adgie slgiftd reminisce'ntly. "That is right," said Mr. Halle, as his charming wife paused to cuff the little baby lion, which was getting up a spat with the little fox terrier, "I allowed myself once to he lulled into a feeling of trustfulness with a tiger I had in Edinburgh an dentered the cage without' my whip. I am sure she had harbored up no intention of biting me, but •eelng me without my whip brought the opportunity to her notice and she probably thought, 'Why, this is excellent,' and the moment my back was turned 'sEap' went her Jaws into my shoulder and I was laid up for two months she did not worry me at all, for with the bite she seemed to be satisfied, which is a remarkable circumstance about it, but as my wife explains she did it, not from a treasured-up animosity, but from pure native impulse." "To old Yovis here I owe a narrow escape In Ceylon," he continued, looking at the intelligent animal which stood on a level with his waist, "I was hunting a leopard, and in shooting at a nasty little beast only wounded it and it charged at me. I stepped aside to escape the leap, tripped and fell and in a second tho leopard had its teeth In my side, and had not the old dog here grabbed him by the neck it would have been all over with both of us as it was I escaped with some deep fang holes in my ribs and the dog only a couple of scratches on his fore quarters to show for the adventure." "I myself have several little tiny scars all over n»," said Mile. Adgie, smiling cheerfully, "but only on my shoulder and ankle. In Hamburg I danced in a cage with seven male lions and had not the trouble that I have with these three. For the male when not performing himself will go and lie down in the corner and doze, but the others, o—o—to, they watch you so sharply out ot their eyes," and with this came a call from the stage and throwing a protecting scarf about her head she disappeared amid the labyrinth of the scenes and theatrical paraphernalia which incumbers the region back of the stage.

"What Maizie Knew."

Our decorous young friend and contemporary, the Chap Book, announces that in another week it will begin the publication of ft novelette by Henry James, entitled, if our memory is not at fault, "What Malzie

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in title that excites our warmest expectations and we are confident that there is nobody in the world better qualified than Mr. James to tell us wtoat Maixie knew, unless like Daisy Miller she was too idiotic to know anything. We have a suspicion that the Daisy-Malzia aeries will be seriously and faithfully carried out by Mr. J.ames somewhat after the style of the Comedie Humaine, unless Mr. James kills himself drinking tea as Balzac shortened his life by deep potations of coffee. "What Malzie Knew" will be followed by "What Birdie, Did" and other psychical feminine explorations, and we are authorized to* say that there will be nothing in this series that will give offense to the most prudish feminine reader. "Maizie," as we understand her, is not at all the sort of girl typified by Artie's "Min," but is withal a young woman of high society who first attracted Mr. James' attention at a pinkish purple teaIt has not been our provilege to admire and study the feminine character at a tea of any color whatsoever, and we have cherished the belief that a woman who knows anything at all never goes to teas. This impression Mr. James will remove, and in telling us what Maizie knew we presume he will tell us a great many things we ought to know, not only about Maizie, but the sex in general. We therefore await the first installments with pleasurable curiosity.— Chicago Post. fysg

WINDOW GARDENING.

The Plants to Select, and How They Should Be Treated and Cared For. The agricultural experiment station of Purdue University, through Mr. William Stuart, assistant botanist, has issued the appended bulletin:

Too often the class of plants seleoted for window gardening are not adapted to the conditions of temperature and light to which they are subjected. Generally only two classes of plants are grown those requiring temperature of from 50 degrees to 69 degrees Fahrenheit at night, with arise of 10 degrees to 16 degrees during the day, and those which require a temperature of about 15 degrees less. In the first class are Included geraniums (with the exception of pelargoniums, often called Martha Washington geraniums), roses, fuchsias, ferns, palms, begonias, etc., and in the latter, carnations, hyacinths, cyclamens, cinerarias, geranium (pelargonium) azaleas, primroses, etc.

Plants grown in a dry heated atmosphere do not thrive as well as those grown in a moist one, and are more subject to the attacks of red spider and aphis (lice.) The air may be rendered moister by keeping an open vessel of water in the room. Rgd spider may be kept in check by frequently spraying the plants with water, while the aphis can usually be defterred from attacking the plants by dusting them occasionally with tobacco dust. If they should prove troublesome they may be killed by spraying the plants with a liquid tobacco solution. A tobacco extract is also sold under the name of "Rose Leaf Extract^" which Is a valuable insecticide.

Different classes of plants require soils of different textures and richness, hence it is difficult to give a mixture suitable for all. A pot'ting soil meeting the needs of most window plants is found in a mixture of two parts loam and one part each of loafl mold, manure and sand.

It is often necessary during the winter months to supply some liquid stimulants to the plants, in order, in the case of flowering plants, to increase the numiber and size of the flowers, and in that of foliage plants to give a darker and more luxuriant growth. These artificial stimulants may be applied in the form of manufactured plant foods, or what is infinitely more satisfactory, if not quite as pleapant, in the form of liquid manure made from a mixture of cow and sheep manures, in the proportion of about four to one with a small amount of ashes to furnish an excess of potash. These ingredients should be steeped in a barrel or tub of water for several days before using. Care should be exercised in the use of artificial stimulants of any kind as they will injure the plants if applied too strong, or in too liberal amounts. Liquid manure made according to the method described, should be diluted until it resembles the color of weak tea. Plants should not at first be watered oftener than once a fortnight with it, gradually increasing in frequency until once or twice a week is reached.

THEY BUY l-CENT OYSTERS.

Business Men Go to the Markets for Them. Business men who are not particularly fastidious and who are within easy reach of Washington and Fulton markets get a great deal more out of the oyster season than men who buy oysters in restaurants, says the New York World.

In both of these markets there area dozen or more little stands where oysters are sold on the half-shell at 1 cent apiece, and they are as fresh and good as can be obtained anywhere. The stands all have the same outfits —a large tumbler filled with inverted steel forks with black handles, a bottle of vinegar with a sediment of red peppers, a similar bottle of very coarse black pepper and a plate of fat-looking, substantial oyster crackers.

At the downtown 1-cent oyster stands no beer is in sight, although it has been known that a man has surreptitiously smuggled in a glass for a customer he knew. But at the 1-cent oyster stands uptown, which do business mostly after nightfall, growlers are openly worked at adjoining sjtloons and beer served with the oysters.

These uptown stands are mostly patronized by women who have nobedy to take them out to surper neighbors in flats who want a little novelty and go out with one another for mutual safety. Mashers seldom molest them. In 7th aTenue, between 23d and 30th streets, from 9 o'clock until nearly midnight, one may find almost any number of these impromptu supper parties and the women appekr to be having a merry time of it.

In addition to oysters they may purchase fried eels and flatfish as a more substantial diet. These small stands, seen at the proper time, are one of the odd sights of a great city.

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AGED PEOPLE MARRY.

Groom Ti 87 Years Old and the Bride Verges On the t'entury Mark. Manchester, N. H., Jan. 3.—A remarkable wedding took place yesterday at an old farmhouse on the Bean road to Deerfield, the groom being Jacob Witham, 87 years old, and the bride Mrs. Georginia Rivers, 97 years old. The ceremony was performed by Justice George W. Brown, and the old couple seemed extremely happy, surrounded by several score of relatives. It was the groom's third and the bride's fourth matrimonial venture.

Mr. Witham has been a remarkable man. In early days he followed the sea, later worked on a farm, became a stonecutter, foundry worker, night watchman and town constable. His first wife, Caroline Ferguson, was gifted with great beauty. His second, Mary A. Jordan, weighed 400 pounds. He is noted for his strength, and could lift 1,000 pounds dead weight and walk with it. He had a record of cutting a cord of wood in fifty-seven minutes. Once he* cut fifty cords of hard wood In twelve days, and that summer he mowed an acre of grass on a wager in fifty-seven and a half minutes.

Mrs. Witham is a famous husekeeper and her dexterity in this line led to Mr. Witham marrying her. Neither wears glasses. They work all day about the farmhouse and can do as much as a couple fifty years younger.

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TEHRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5,1697.

THE STORY OF AXTELL

JOHN W. CONLET QITU THE DETAIU SUBBODNDlNe BIS PUROKASB.

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.•» in the current number of Turf, Field and Farm, John W Conley, of Chicago, gives a detailed acgrunt of the purchase of the great stallion Axtell for $105,000 dollars in 1889. In the course of his article, he says: "In 1888 I was in Europe and did not aee Axtell as a 2-year-old and read but little of him. On my return to this country, I had heard him mentioned on all sides as quite a wonderful colt, but I had no great curiosity to see him.

Some of my friends who had seen the colt were very confidant he was 9 phenomenon, yet I fancied it to be simply temporary overrating and expected something to appear to even the honors and cool their ardor The next season, 1889, he trotted a number of fast miles and flmally came to our meeting at Washington Park. He was entered in a field of aged horses. I sat in the grand stand, between two friends, one of whom was the lamented George Brasfield the other a gentleman Of wealth and a resident of this city. When the great colt appeared I was much pleased with him, and was careful to note his fractions, in his various heats. When he so easily beat Earl McGregor the heat in 2:14, I turned to my ffiends «nd said: "That is the fastest horse in the werld."

My local friend asked. "Whal is he worth?" Thinking for a moment I answered: "A hundred thousand dollars." "A hundred thousand?" returned my friend adding: "Would you give it for him?'" "Yes," I replied. Then he answered: "Go, give one hundred thousand for him for you and me." I thought the time was ripe for & horse like him to sand at a thousand dollars and rasonably sure to earn himself out in three years, if he lived. Turning- to Geo. Brasfleld, I said: "Come go with me, I want you to hear what passes between Mr. Williams and myself. I do not know him, but I will introduce my business." We accordingly went across the lawn and through the gate by the judges' stand to the track where Wiliams stood talking to a gentleman. "Mr. Williams," I said, "what is your price for Axtell?"

He thought a second and answered: "One hundred thousand dollars." I askeh: "Will you take $100,000 for him?"

To this he answered: "I would entertain an offer of that amount, but I am not prepared to commit myself as to accepting it."

Taking my purse from my pocket I drew a card and wrote my address beneath the name (for he had not the remotest idea as to whom I was) and handed it to him with the remark: "Well, when you are ready to sell Axtell at $100,000, I want the first chance to buy him. Wire or write me and I will go and see you."

This he promised to do and Mr. Brasfield and myself returned to our seats. I told my friend what I had said and then we talked over what we thought Axtell could earn if we should get him.

Well, I did not hear from Williams or see Axtell again until the Terre Haute meeting in October. I was there and saw him trot in 2:12 and lower the stallion record.

As I was descending the staircase at the Terre Haute House that evening I saw" Williams in conversation with Andy Welch and John Madden, and remarked, "Well, Williams', I suppose they are trying to buy your horse, but don't forget, I will give you more for him than any other man in the world." "Hew much will you give?" he asked, to which I at once returned, "I will give you $105,000."

He wanted to know if I would give him time to go up stairs and consult his wile about it, and I told him that he had just two minutes to decide, for my 'bus was at the door and I was going on that train, so it was now or never with me. He accepted, I to pay him the amount the following Wednesday at the Phoenix hotel in Lexington. This was satisfactory all around.

I went to the parlor and there met Mr. Moran, Mr. Brush and Mr. Ijams talking over the great races of the dlay. I quickly stated to them that I had purchased Axtell, and on inquiry told them the price was $105,000.

Mr. Ijams asked at once if I would not let him have a quarter interest, and remembering the price was $5,000 more than my Chicago friend had agree to pay and that much time had elapsed since our conversation in Chicago, I replied that I would. Mr. Monan then asked that I let him and Mr. Brush have a half interest as they wanted to be in the syndicate. I answered yes." It was thus the "Axtell syndicate," as it became known was formed.

We met Williams the next week as agreed at Lexington prepared to pay him, but Mr Ijams inquired if he would not take note for a year at 6 percent for $50,000 and the balance in cash. We were all very well known, I fancy, and he willingly consented, said note to bear all our endorsements, and so the sale was completed. At its maturity, the note with Interest was paid, and, all told, Mr. Williams received $108,000 for Axtell.

He proved himself a great money-earner and while I do not own a hair in him today, I have always considered him the greatest horse we ever had. As a sire he has proven himself a leader, and early in his career he has to his credit twenty-one, including Elloree, 2:11%, a mare of sensational promise. He is also at 10 the grandsire of a 2:20 performer. His get trot naturally, and are early trotters which train on. Praytell, 2:12, I consider a great horse (considering the handicaps of sickness and his rapid growth) as we have had at this age, with a prospect some day of reaching sensational figures ^should no accident overtake him.

Almost every colt Axtell ever sired which lived to be 'harness-broken showed speed naturally. Like his grandsire, George Wilkes, he has seemingly founded a family. It is a wheel within a wheel, as it were.

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AFTER THE CYCLONE.

A Pathetic Incident Revealed in a Search For Children's Clothlnsr.'^J ,j V, Lieutenant "Jim" Johnson of battery A tells the story of a pathetic incident of the cyclone that visited this 'city in May, says the St. Louis Republic. "Wesent out an ambulance from Jefferson barracks the- day after the cyclone," said the lieutenant. "It was placed at the disposal of one of the charitable organizations and for several days was kept busy collecting clothing for children. "One day the ambulance was making the rounds at the west end and made its last stop at a residence which bore every evidence of being newly occupied. The furniture was not yet In place and the hall was piled high with trunks and boxes. A maid answered the bell and went In search of her mistress. A lovely, sad-faced woman in black came to the door. 'We are in search of children's clothing.

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madam,' said the collector. There sstmi to be a dearth of It at the hospital.' "The mistress of the house caught feer breath painfully. 'Yes, wait,' ah* said, and hurried away. The maid came soon, carryjipt a dainty bed On which a child of 3 or 4 might have rested. They carried the pretty lace object to the ambulance and returned to find the sad woman in black bearing in her arms a pile of delicate garments, such as a dalntly nurtured child would wear.The sad-faced woman folded the little dresses ylth tender touch and tears fell slowly upon

whiteness as she smoothed and' patted 'them as she would an infant's head. 'Have you any children, madam,' asked tlje collector. ." 'I had until Wednesday, but our,, only Chiid was killed in the cyclone.' "She rested her head upon the pile of little garments and wept heartbrokenly. '"By degrees she told her story. %he family "had Uved on the south side and their heme had been destroyed by the fearful storm. The baby's tender body hid been crushed by falling stones. The mother was sending baby's, clothes, no longer needed, to the mother whose children had been spared."

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MUTTON BIRD.

The Soety Petrel is Esteemed a Delicacy In Australia. Taste differs in different lattitudes, even among English-speaking people, observes the San Francisco Chronicle. Imagine Caucasians dining on sS.lted petrels and with a relish, too, as though that fish-eating sea bird were a luxury. Of all the fowls that Waunt the barren iriasds oa the California coast none is considered quite so worthless as the sooty petrel. Bavesn the sea gull has his usefulness as a seava&ger on the bys along the coast, but the petrel is truly a despised bird of these waters. Seagulls' eggs bring a price in the market that makes it worth while to gather them at a considerable expense, but no one thinks it worth while to rob the petrels' nests on the rookeries at the-FaraHone islands.

It is different In Australia. It is the cold winds that blow up from the antartic regions or the hot airs that sweep do%-n from the equator? No matter what the cause, the fact is that the appetites of our Ausralian cousins are radically different. The sooty petrel is there an ectible fowl with a decided market value and a number of men and small craft are employod each year aet'mg :kabdwspadingbaraos shrdl bgkq fill in oabohinv, salting, packing and carrying it in great quantities from the rookeries on Trefoil

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on the north, coast of Tasmania to Stanley and Melbourne, tkfj. kts-"7* Mubtoa birds is the general name given the petrel there and the men and ships engaged In the business are known as "mutton birders." JTo Americans, this is quite a* novel industry and the fact that such common sea birds as the petrel are packed and salted down like so much pork is alwjayS a matter of wonderment to strangers who go there. But the test of the pudding is in the exiting of it and those who have dined off mutton bird instead of land, mutton pronounce the one every bit as good as the other.

If you leave San Francisco in August, sailing westward and southward you will pass many great floeks of birds that will be pointed out to you as the sooty petrel— or they will pass you, for they are traveling about three times faster than you are.

PEACOCKS MADE USEFUL.

Said' to Be Better Than Watchdogs to Gnard Premises. Ellicott City, Md., Jan. 2.—"The place of

a. watchdog on a farm or country place," said States Attorney McGuire, the other day, in making some observations about mad dogs, "might be very well taken by peacocks and guinea fowls. I have long since adopted peacocks alone to guard my place, and nothing can be done around the premises day or night without causing an alarm from them. They are more watchful than any dog I ever owned. My experience wi.h guineas has not been so extensive, but I believe they are also sure to give an alarm, or rather a good many alarms, if any stranga man or beast should venture near them by nigi't or day. Perhaps the days of the liratchdog would be numbered if it were genojralljJ known how well peacocks and guinea f|owl8 would take his place. Then certainly virith' fewer dogs there would not be so many oases*'of hydrophobia."

The statement of Mr. McGuire as to the watchfulness of peacocks was borne out by numerous Howard county farmers, among the number being County Commissioner |Iess, Dorsey and Smith, and James L. ijlobbs, who superintends the farming operates of Senator Gorman. Mr. Hobbs stated tftat ho long ago discovered what excellent protection peacocks afford about the placej and down at the senator's farm h9 keeps six or eight of them to guard the premises. So it appears that peacocks are useful as well as ornamental.

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CRITICISES CHEWING GUM HABIT

Prof. Norton, of Harvard, Says Yonngr Women Have Not Risen Above Barbarism. Boston, Mass., Jan. 2.—Professor Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard College and John Ward Simpson of New York were the speakers at the annual meeting of the Industrial Art Teachers' Association today. Mr. Simpson discussed vital methods in art education and Professor Norton spoke on the teaching of fine arts. He caused considerable of a sensation when he stated that the people have not risen in the last 2,500 years above the best thought of the Greeks. In explanation of this he said: "Most people have not had the traning which shall enable them not to be vulgar. Neither they nor their ancestors have had an experience of the refinements of life. Chewing gum has such a large sale because young women have not risen far above barbarism." He favored familiarity with poetry and the teaching of drawing as antidotes to vulgarity. i*1

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Ministerial Meeting.

The Ministerial Association held its regular, mating at the Y. M. C. A. rooms yesterday morning. The following officers were eleoted: SSfig president—Rev. E. H. Shuey. yice President—Rev. John Blair.

Secretary and Treasurer—Rev. William Mitchell. A paper on "Modern Jewish Theology" was read by Rabbi Deinard and was received with muoh interest.

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CULTURE OF VIOLETS.

ITS PROFITS AND ITS LOSSES ABE SHOWN CP. v: -«L" v,' The Reason Why Violets are Difficult to

Grow—How to Raise I Them.

The opening of the season for the sale ot violets calls attention to the cultivation of these popular flowers, which is carried on to a considerable extent in the vicinity of New York, says the Post. They are grown in large quantities on Long Island and in the counties of Westchester and Rockland, and also across the borders of Connecticut, for sale in tfils city. Their culture is interesting and absorbing as a pastime as an occupation, when properly conducted, it is more remunerative than any security listed on the stock exchange. It does not astonish violet growers in the least to find when the season closes in the spring that neither gross profits amout to 100 per cent and over while their net profits come to 50 per cent and more but, on the other hand, they, are frequently surprised to discover their entire crop fall of a sudden through accident, neglect, ignorance, or disease. Thereforo, the cultivatioa violets for sale is in one sense little more than a gamble.

While there are a number of people engaged In raising these flowers as their sole means of obtaining a living, th&re are others who, owning a place In the country and depending upon some profession or business for their support, still find it advantageous to add considerably in this manner to their income. And the amateurs are often quite as successful as the professional growers.

A typical case will serve as an illustration. A gentleman practicing his profession in the country erected on his grounds a few years ago a small greenhouse for violets, more as an amusement and recreation than anything else. He carefully studied the nature of the plant, and became thoroughly familiar witl the conditions most favorafile to its growth and flowering. Such blooms as he raised found a ready sale in town. Seeing there was money to be made in the undertaking, he gradually enlarged his greenhouses. They are now extensive enough to cover about 20,000 plants. Some yoars have been more profitable to him than others, as a matter of course but no season has been in any sense a failure, and most of the time the net returns have been very satisfactory. Another man, a neighbor, started a violet house over three years ago. The first year he met with a total failure. The second year he managed to pay expenses. The third year, either because his luck turned or because he understood the business better,-he had a fine crop that amply compensated his efforts.

The feasons why violets are difficult to grow are many. In the first place, the violet is one of the most tender and sensitive of plants. Indeed, it ought to be called the sensitive plant. It requires constant care and attention, and it is liable to be destroyed by a disease of its own, known as the "violet disease," besides being subject to all the ills that plants are heir to. However, the violet disease, which is of fungous origin, may be eradicated when the proper measures are promptly taken to stop it. The spotted leaves must be removed and burned or thrown away at a distance otherwise the fungus germs will be carried by the air to the good plants. While nearly every grower has his own "points' as secrets which may be of more or less value, there are certain fundamental principles which must be followed in violet raising without fail. These relate to ascertaining and maintaining the proper conditions of light, heat and moisture under which the violet flourishes and without which it dies. To keep these matters right during the greater part of the year is in itself no small task, "too much light will fade the blooms too much water will bring on dropsy.

In order to understand how continuous is the work of growing violets, take for example a greenhouse holding 10,000 plants. It is 400 feet long, with a center bed and two side beds. The plants, grown from last yew's runners, are renewed every summer. As soon as they are in the houses they must be constantly watered, and shaded by screens when the sun is powerful. Every plant is carefully examined and the runners, side-shoots and bad leaves are cut off. When the entire 10,000 have passed through this examination, it is time to begin all over again. If green flies or red spiders make their appearance the plants must be sprayed. As cooler weather approaches the sashes must be lowered and raised to suit the temperature. Violets like best a temperature of from 45 to 55 degrees.

Toward the end of September or the beginning of October the blooms begin to appear. At first they are small, later on they grow the size of a sliver half-dollar. They are fit to send to market In October the sdhson lasts until May, and is best at Christmas and Easter. The blooms are put up in bunches of fifty each. During the season the wholesale prices vary from 50 cents to $3 for 100 flowers. A good plant should yield over 100 blooms, but as all plants are not equally good, the average yield will not be more than half that number. One grower in Connecticut, who has contracts to deliver a given quantity of violets dally to certain wealthy New York families, receives payment, it is said, at the families of $4 per 100 flowers all the season through.

The greenhouses are heated by steam or hot water, and In winter it becomes necessary to have a man stay In the houses all night to look after the fires and watch the thermometer at least every two hours.

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TWO HORSES COMMIT SUICIDE.

Veterinary Sargeou bays They Killed Themselves Whiln Insane. Athens, O., Jan. 4.—Two mine horses employed in the Crescent coal mine here committed suicide while insane. Such is the statement of a veterinary surgeon who says he has given particular attention to the subject of insanity among animals and is of opinion that they are the victims of brain disorders the sam* as human beings.

The two horses in question were fine animals, whloh had not been emplbyed in the mine for a very long time. It is probable that they did not like the underground service and that they worried about it, just as a man might do. This, at least, is the veterinarian's view of the case.

Not long after being put to work In the slopes, dragging heavily laden /coal cars, they showed great stubbornness and were subjected to considerable beating. One of them finally refused to move with a train of cars, and no coaxing or punishment could alter Its determination. The animal displayed a very erratic tendency and would not take food. It was allowed to rest for a few days, but when returned to the mine was as stubborn as formerly. It finally threw Itself against the side of the mine and beat its head against the rock until it fell insensible and died in a few hours. Two days ago the other animal ran away In the mine and dashed Itself so terribly against an abutment that it was necessary to kill it.

It is said that such cases of insane behavior by horses employed in mines are not infrequent. The veterinarian says that balkiness in horses is very often the resu't of brain affection as well as unusual development of viciousness. Such aberrations

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Boston Conncilor Refuses a European Trip nnd 820,000 Boston, Jan. 4.—Isaac B. Allen, the negro, will sit with Governor Wdlcott's counselors this year. Every attempt to oust him having failed, the Republicans have sought ineffectually to buy him off. Allen says, however, that he is not selling out. He proposes to sit on the right hand of Governor Wolcott and will furnish as much advice as Governor Crane. He has spurned repeated offers of European tours and has refused to consider' for a moment an offer of $20,000 to resign his seat or keep out of the state for the whole year.

His sense of honor and patriotism was first shocked a few days after election by an offer of $5,000 to resign or quit the state. He says the offer was made by a prominent Republican and that when he tried to entrap hiin into repeating It in the presence of a third party he failed. "A f®w days afterward," said "Ike," "two well known Republicans called at my house. One of them drew a check for $10,000 out of his pocket, and, on showing It to me, said: 'That is yours, Mr. Allen, provided you do as we ask.' "'What is it?'I asked. 'It would be a good time to go to Europe for a year for your health, and

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Burned liy Powder. Fremont, O., Jan. 4.—At Millersvllie, this county, yesterday a son of Alex Dolwick got hold of several pounds of blasting powder and went to the cellar, accompanied by his three sisters, to kill rats. The stuff exploded and one girl, 8 years old, was burned to death. The clothing of the other children caught fire and they were terribly burned, as were Mr. and Mrs. Dolwick, in trying to extinguish tho flames.

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