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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
MIGHT NOT FLAX GROWINO
PROVE PROFITABLE?
There Is h Demand for I.ltmeeil Meal —
Take Care or Your Implements—
The Mdklnjt Stool and
Household Ulan.
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Flax Growing;.
The cultivation of flax was gradu-
ally abandoned as the cheaper cotton
fibres began to take the place pi linen
for many domestic uses, and the farm-
ers felt that the same amount of labor
expended in growing other crops would
provide thom with money to buy cot-
ton from California or linen from
Europe. It was also considered to be
a crop that was very exhausting to the
soil and it might have been bolter to
devote land and manure to the produc-
tion of corn, that could be eaten, than
to flax. But it is possible that with
the improved labor-saving machinery
of the present day, and the ease of
(obtaining fertilizers, which will restore
to the land the elements taken from
at by the crop, or furnish them in
advance beforo the crop is grown,
that this may once more become an
Important part of agriculture in those
sections where land and labor aro not
too expensive. The demand for the
seed for its ail and for the meal
(linseed meal) for feeding purposes,
will assist to mako thjo crop more
profitable than when grown for fibre
alono, says a writer in the Ohio
Farmer. While in the western states
it is often grown upqn a newly broken
sod, it likes a mellow and rich soil,
and does best on that which has boen
worked one or two years, if there are
not too many weeds. It is sown when
'tho ground gets fairly warm and set-
tled in the spring, or about corn-
planting time, and may be put in
broadcast or in drills, tho latter being
preferable. The drills should be about
nino inches apart. When sown for
seed alono, from a half bushel to three
pecks of seed to tho aero is use 1.
which makes a branching plant, but to
get good fibre it is better to have it
much thicker, and two bushels broad-
cast or a bushel and a half in drills
will bo non ' too much, and it would be
better to increase that amount. Keep
down tho woods until tho crop shades
the ground enough to prevent them
from growing.
When tho seed is nearly ripe, it is
pulled (not cut, if fibre is the princi-
pal object) and tied in bundles, and
,put up in small slacks for drying.
Then it must bo threshed, and for this,
if not done by tho hand flail, a ma-
chine is needed which will only thresh
the heads and leave the straw un-
broken.
The. best process is the "rotting."
This is sometimes done by exposure
upon the grass to dew and rains, but
thp belter way is a resort to the ponds
and brooks. A clear space free from
weeds and foul matter should be
choson. and the bundles laid in butts
downward and lightly touching tho
bottom. There it remains from five to
ten days, or until the coro will come
out of the fibre easily when the stalks
are broken. Now tako out by hand,
or with tho wooden barley fork, and
6tand iij) to drain, for which ono day
and night, of good weather, should bo
sufficient.
Then comes tho "grassing," which
is opening tho bundles and spreading
evenly upon a clean grass field, turn-
ing once or twice a day to improve the
color. It should be ready to take up
again in from three days to a week,
much depending on the weather. Next
follows tho "braking," which is best
'done by a set of fluted rollers in a ma-
chine made for that purpose; then the
' "hatchelling" and the separation of
'fine and coarse fibre, and the spinning
and weaving. Tho flax mill or linen
manufactory should bo prepared to
take it in tho bundles, and perform all
tho subsequent labor by machinery
after it is taken from tho grass. In
fact, they might take the stalks after
threshing and perform tho labor of
"rotting"' and "bleaching"' better than
f tho farmer.
Tho needs to successful growing of
flax aro good, strong soil, well worked
beforo tho sowing of the seed, with
plenty well-rotted old manure, and
then an application of from 400 to <>00
pounds per acre of a mineral fertilizer
largely composed of potash and
phosphoric acid, which would be much
cheaper than ono with a largo, or even
tho usual, percentage of nitrogen.
Then a heavy, bright-looking, plump
clean seed is needed, the imported
seed boing considered rather better
than tho American grown. Like maay
other crops, flax requires to bo attend-
ed to at the proper stages of growth,
and a little neglect may cost heavily.
A good crop is estimated to be about
600 pounds of fibre and ten to fifteen
pounds of seed, or about $70 per aero.
Should fibrelia bo tho desired pro-
duct of the manufactory, tho process
of growing and handling would be
much simplified, as tho seed can be al-
lowed to get fully ripe, giving a larger
yield. It can bo cut by mower or
reaper instead of being pulled, and
thoro need not bo tho care in threshing
or tho labor of rotting and bleaching,
as the fibre can bo used in a short
staple instead of the full length, as was
desirable under the old methods. Flax
does not grow well upon the same soil
several years in succession, and from
five to eight years should elapse before
repeating the crop upon the same field.
A I'ine Subsoiler.
The best subsoiler wo know of is
clover roots. The hardpan may be so
near the surface that clover will not
grow, but in forming sections where
there is sufficient rain-fall to grow
clover there is no subsoiler so cheap
and effective as the roots of clover.
Tho clover root bores down by night
land day, Sabbath includod. Tho silent
force which honeycombs the subfioll
cannot be measured, but its work is
dome the less effective. It m*.ces a
!pln:'o for itself in life and at its death
it makes a place for the air. the most
potent instrument in breaking up the
impervious subsoil. Not only that,
tbut it fertilizes tho air space and thus
tempts downward tho roots of other
plants and grasses. What subsoil plow
runs so easy and is so choup in its con-
struction and otllciont in its operation?
All it needs is clover seed sown early
nnd covered, and ti mo.
Clover.
If wo had known as much about
,clovor and how to use it so as to make it
pay twenty years ago, as wo do now, wo
might have gotten out of debt uirl had
more of the comforts of life much soon- \
er than we did. Wo were too crazy
after stable manure; but little by little !
the wonders that could be done were
found out. Our rotation is clover one I
year, the first crop cut for hay, usually, |
and the second left on the ground until |
time to plow for potatoes tho noxt
spring; potatoes the second year, fol-
lowed by wheat in the fall, without
plowing tho ground.—Rural World.
Care of Implements.
Tools and implements are damaged
more by rust and exposure to alternate
rain and sunshino than by actual
usage. Rain and dew will rust the
bright journal bearings of farm imple-
ments on one side, perhaps, rendering
that side rough. Then that side of tho
bearing will begin to "cut" or wear
away; and as soon as ono side of a
journal begins to wear it will woar
faster and faster until tho bearing is
damaged boyond repair, requiring tho
substitution of a new journal. Rain
and dew will expand tho wood work of
implements and soften tho grain of tho
surface, after which tho heat of tho
sun will dry and crack tho wood, mak-
ing numerous small fissures for water
to enter. Plow handles and many
other parts of implements that havo
been bent after they havo boon ox-
posed to the influence of rain and sun-
shine lose their desired form and
shapo. Shovol handles, scythe snaths,
cradle fingers and 6ome other bont
portions of hand tools and horse imple-
ments are often ruined by exposure to
storm and sunshine. Let it bo an in-
flexible rule of tho farm that tools and
implements must not bo left outdoors
exposed to tho damaging influences of
wet and dry weather. Lot every
helper understand that he must clean
hoes, shovels and spades, wipe tho
blades dry and put them under sholter
as soon as they are no«, in actual uso.
A man will accomplish just as much
per day if ho is required to clean his
tools and put the.m in a dry place as he
will to throw them down where they
were used last, covered with dirt and
exposed to the weather.—American
Agriculturist.
Pasture flotation.
Divide the pasturage into four fields:i
place the cows in No. 1, horses and'
young stock in No. 2, and the sheep in
No. 8. In a week, or longer, move
the cows to No. 4, tho horses and
young cattle to No. 3, and the sheep to
Xo. 'J, and continue this order through
the season. The cows will thus havo1
fresh, succulent feed all the time, and
reward for it by a fuller flow of milk;
the horses and young stock will con-
sume much of the coarse and tufted
grasses, and those economic gleaners,
the shoep, will follow and eloan up tho
remainder. Together with the weed^
and bushes, if any. Domestic animal^
i will not graze about their own drop-
i pings, but will about the droppings of
other classes. So manage that each
field be grazed close down oneo in the
i season.
This thickens tho sod—on the same
principle that the lawn mower thick-
ens the lawn turf—and makes the;
herbage full and velvety. Close feed-
I ing tends to production of a fine, close*
' even turf, which experience shows pro-
duces the best pasturage and the most
of it, while it prevents any tufts of
grass from growing tall and becoming
i unpalatable; nevertheless, over-stock-
ing should not be of too long continu-
ance, and should occur while yet the
herbage is in vigorous growth. By a
curious provision of nature, persistent
pasturage, especially if closely grazed
at times, drives out tho wild and coarse
grasses and most of the weeds, and
grasses of n bolter quality tako thoir
place.—N. Y. Tribune.
The !>iilklng Sl on!.
Some dairymen mako tho milking
stool with only ono leg. The only
merit this sort of a stool has is that it
is cheap. And when it tips over into
the manure it is both cheap and nasty. ;
The milking stool should have at least
three logs. And tho legs should
"flare out" at tho bottom. A stool
made that way will stand firmly on 1
any uneven floor, nnd should be kopt ;
i in a clean place when not in use. If
a narrow slot be cut in tho seat of the
S stool, you can drop your fingers in tho
slot and pick up a milking stool,
j Havo everything as convenient as
possible in the cow stable—and every-
where else.
But if you keep hens you can find
I no better use for your surplus milk
than to feed it to them. If you don't
keep hens you aro making a mistake,
that is, if you are a butler dairyman.
Skimmed milk and curd will go far
toward making all the eggs you uso,
and eggs are a cheap and wholesome
food when they aro laid by your own
liens. But don't lot the hens roost in
tho cow stable—nor any other stable.
Hints to Ilouiekeepers.
1 To mako tea do not use water which has
stood in tin- teakettle und been boiled re-
peatedly. Fill tin* kettle with fresh water
and use ii just as it comes to the boiling
point.
Hot cakes, pies, eto., need not be re-
uwved from the pans In which they are
haked if precaution is taken to set them
up on stnull supports, so that tho air can
circulate under them. This effectually
^ prevents the moisture from the ■toam iu
the bottom of the pan.
Bathing the noso with water in which
there ha* been put a few drops of cam-
phor is said to whiten it. liut us redness
j of the nose usually reRults from some
stomach trouble, it would be wis* to
search for the cause and get rid of it be
fore you apply external remedies.
Common mlt is said to bo ono of the
best ageuts for cVanhig marble, such as
wahh basins, sink fixtures and tho like. It
requires no preparation, and may brf
rubbed directly upon the tarnished surface
removing uny incrustations or doposits at '
once, leaving tho marble shining and clean.
Any one whose non e force is deficient
and blood impoverished may take, with
benefit, the yolk of an egg, woil beaten up
iu a glass of milk, each morning. The
iron and phosphoric compounds are ia such
a condition as to be readily assimilated by
the system, although small in amount.
A little listerine dropped in water wi | i
be found on extremely pleasant meuM I
wesh. Never use cold water fur youi
ti <•: h . tho shock i too jn*ent and is apt 11 ;
< rack the enamel. Also be uarmxl in tinn j
against the \voodo:i toothpick, l.'se fo ■ j
vour teeth the Hat silk, known us dentists' I
silk. which may be g. tteu at aay • ore
To separate the yolk an 1 white of im
« gg break the shell on the "<lyo of a dish,
lhen pass the yolk several times quicldy
from one half wheli to tho other, letting the 1
white full to the dish; iu this way the volk \
will remain unbroken in the sholL When !
< /lth are to be beateu separately, beat the '
\ ( ik - until creatuN nnd light colon d. an I
the whites until dry, or so that they wil '
not full from tho bowl if it is turned up- >
I bide dowu.
THE LEGEND OF RAHERE.
AN INTERESTING TALE OF NOR
MAN LONDON.
lleinc Penitent, lie Went On n Pllcrlm.
age—How Could a Poor Man
Have Built Much a Fine
Chnrrh un«l Hospital.
Part of tho present church of St.
Bartholomew the Great is that actual-
ly built by Habere, the first founder,
in the beginning of the twelfth century.
The story of llahore is interesting
but incomplete, writes Walter Besant
in Harper's Magazine, and involved in
many difficulties. Ho is variously said
to havo been the king's minstrel, tho
king's jester, and a man of low origin
who haunted great men's tables and
made them laugh—nothing less than
the comic person of the period—en-
tirely givon over to tho pleasures of
the world—in short the customary
prolligute, who saw the erroj* of his
way and was converted. The last
event is quite possible, because, as is
well known, there was at this time a
considerable revival of religion. Tho
story goes on to say that, being poni-
tent, Rahoro went on ti pilgrimage.
Nothing more likely. At this timo
going on pilgrimage offered attractions
Irresistible to many men. It was a
most agreeable way of proving one's
ropor.tanco, showing a contrite hoart,
and procuring absolution. It also en-
abled tho penitent to see tho world and
lo get a boneficial change of air, food,
and friends. Thcro wore dangers on
Iho way—they lent excitement to the
journey: robbers waylaid tho.se of the
pilgrims who had any money; fevers
(truck them low; if they inarched
through the lands of tho iniidol they
ivere ofton attacked uud stripped,
\f not sluin—Asia Minor was white
with the bones of those cut off on thoir
way to tho Holy Laud. But think of
tho joy, to one of an inquiring and
furious mind, who had never before
been beyond sight of tho gray old
London walls, to be traveling in a
Country where everything was now—
tho speech, tho food, tho wine, tho
customs, the dress—with a goodly
company, tho length of tho road bo-
Ifuiled by pleasant talk! Evorybody
oilgrimized who could, even the poor-
est and tho lowest. The pilgrim
wanted no money: he would start upon
r.is tramp with an empty scrip: such a
pne had naught to lose and feared no
robbers: ho received bed and supper
every night at some monastery, and
was despatched in the morning after a
Bolid breakfast When he at length
arrived at the shrine, ho repeated tho
prayers ordered, performed tho neces-
sary crawlings, and hoard the pre-
pcribod masses: he then returned
homo, his soul purified, his 6ins for-
given, his salvation assured, and his
memory charged with good stories for
tho rest of his lifo. Tho English pil-
grim fared sometimes to Walsingbam,
sometimes to Canterbury, sometimes j
farther afield. Ho journod on foot 1
(hrough France and Italy to Rome: he 1
even tramped all across Europe and
Asia Minor, if he could be recoivod iu
Home great company guarded by tho
Knights of St John, to the lioly
Land. The roads in the eleventh
und twelfth centuries wero covered
with pilgrims; tho Mediterranean was
black with ships going from Marseilles,
from Genoa, from Naples, to the port
of St. Jean d'Acre. Even tho rustic,
discovering that he, too, simple and un-
lettered though he was, had a soul to
bo saved, and that it would be better
not to trust altogether to the last offices
of the parish priest, threw down his
spade, deserted his work, his wifo and
his children, and went off on pilgrim-
age. At iast tho bishops interfered
and enjoined that no one should be
considered and received as a pilgrim
v.ho could not produce an episcopal
license. It was no longer enough for
a man to get repentance in order to
have the run of the road and of his
teeth—and, since the episcopal license
was not granted to everybody, the rus-
tics had to fall back on what the parish
church afforded, and have ever since
been conteuted with her advice and
authority.
Habere, therefore, among the rest,
pilgrimized to Homo. Now it hap- j
pened that on tho way, either going or :
returning, ho fell grievously sick and i
like to die. As medical science in '
those days commanded but small con- I
fidence, men naturally turned to the
6aints, and besieged them with pcti- I
tions for renewed health. Rahere bo- I
took himself to St Bartholomew, to
whoir he promised a hospital for poor
men hould ho recover. Most fortun- i
ately for London, St Bartholomew
graciously accepted tho proposal, and
cured the pilgrim. Rahoro therefore
returned. He ehoso the site and was
about to build the hospital when the |
saint appeared to him and ordered him i
to found, as well a church. Rahere
promised. lie even went beyond his
promise: ho founded his Hospital of
St Bartholomew, which still exists—a
perennial fountain of life utid health—
and, besides, a Priory for Canons
Regular, and a church for the priory.
The church still stnuds, one of the
noblest monuments in London. One 1
Alfune, who had founded the Church
of St. Giles, Cripplegate; became the
first Hospitaller, going every day to
the shambles to beg for meat for the
sick poor. Rahere bccame tho first
Prior of his own foundation, and now
lies buried in his church, within a
splendid tomb called after his name,
but of fifteenth-century work.
The mysterious part of the story is
how Rahere, a simple gentleman, if
not a jester, was able to raise this
splendid structure and to found so
noble a hospital. For, oven suppos-
ing the hospital and priory to have
been at. first small and insignificant the
church itself remains—a monument of
lavish and pious beneficence. The
story, in order to account for the
building of so great a church, goes off
into a drivelling account of how
Rahere feigned to be a Biniple idiot
Our Colleges.
Seven of our colleges nave furnished
Presidents of tho United States, 11
Vice Presidents of tho United States,
■ C'.'.binet officers, «>4 United States
Ministers, United States Senators,
(570 delegates and mombeisof Con-
l!iv-;?, I Chief Justice:', I s a -Delate
Justices. 11 United Slates Circuit
Judges, :>0G Judges of highest State
Courts and 10• Governors of States.
What It Com-.
Char.1 s and fees paid by the late
Dr. Mageo to pass from the episcopate
of Peterborough to the archepiseopate
of York uwyuntcd to
ABO : PARIS.
The French City l« well •. • verne I l>y !'*
t .UBcil.
In slimming Up. he m • .mmond tho
simplicity of tU organization of
French municipal government Tho
people elect a council, varying in num-
bers according to population uoon a
scale fixed by general law. In all but
the large places the council is elected
upon a general ticket The important
cities are usually divided into sections,
or largo wards, to each of which sev-
eral councilors aro assigned, and tho
ward chooses its councilors upon a gon-
eral ticket Tho councilors hold of-
fico for four years, and all retire to-
gether—being, of course, eligible for
re-election. The English and Ameri-
can system of partial renewal annually
or biennially is contrary to French
habits and idea*. Tho council names
the mayor, and nbo his executive as-
sistants, from its own membership.
The mayor is the presiding officer of
the council, as well as tho executive
head of the municipality. His adjuncts,
or executive assistants, are designated
by their fellow councilors. In large
places these number ten or twelve,
and they have no exocutive
duties except such as are specif-
ically assigned to them by tho
mayor. The council holds four
ordinary sessions^overy year, each of
which may last fv fifteen days, while
the ono In which the annual budget is
discussed may last for six weeks.
But the mayor may call extra sossions
at any time, and he Is obliged to con-
vene tho body upon request of a ma-
jority of tho councilors. The council
appoints consultative committees
which moot id libitum between ses-
sions, witb the mayor as nominal
chairman of each, while ono of his
adjuncts is more usually the actual
chairman. The mayor has tho ap-
pointing power, and names the minor
officials of the commune, subject in
some cases, however, to tho approval
of tho prefect of tho department.
With tho advice of tho council, and
under the surveillance of the depart-
mental authorities, the mayor executes
tho business of tho commune. The
council has a largo authority in the
levying of taxes, authorization of
public works, provision for education,
etc., but in most of these things its
decisions must be approved by the*
higher authorities.
SHANGHAIED A CORPSE.
But Was It a< Bad an if lie Had Hern
Alive?
•'Bunco" Koily, who has put more
unwilling men aooard vessels than anj
man on tho coast was arrested a few
days ago at Astoria, says the Astorian.
••Bunco" Kelly had been a familiar
figure in water-front circles in this
city and Portland for a number of
years, and has a record which, like a
deceased mackerel, will shine and
stink, and stink and shine. An illus-
tration of the leading trait of his char-
acter is found in the story of his life,
which he related to tho writer several
years ago in Portland.
Kelly had hij^ 4 |iguo limbered up
by an overdose of Couch Precinct
whisky and was teliing about the var-
ious classes of men ho had shipped.
* 'Tho worst I ever done." said Kelly.
" was to ship a man who died before
wo got him aboard: but men wore high
in those days and scarce, too, so every-
thing wont We took him out to the
ship in a boat and hauled him aboard
with a line and I worked his hands up
and down and grunted like a drunken
man and another fellow carried his
legs and kept saying as how it was a
shame for a man to get so beastly1
drunk, and we told the mate that thej
fellow was a rattling good seaman and,
would bo all right when he sobered up
in tho morning, and aftor we got him
in his bunk I wont forward and get a
receipt for him. nnd before they f' aod
out about his being dcud, we h?.d the
money, and of course tlioy couldn't
prove but that he had died after ho got
aboard."
At tho timo Kelly told tho story lit
said tho affair occurred on Puget
Sound six years ago, and his career
since then would indicate that ho was
telling the truth.
Wu* £loM|>itub]e.
A man was speaking in a country
hotel about tho hospitality of people
whom ho hnd met and told of a fam-
ily in Virginia that had kept him and
his horse two days and would not
charge a cent.
• That wjis very kind," said a follow
who had been listoning. "but I struck
a man in Alabama some time ago that
was s|rikingly hospitable. I stopped
at his house and ho camo forward and-
said that everything I saw was mine."
"Well," said some one after a few
moments'silence, "what did you do?"
"I simply took his word and suffered
for it."
"IIow so?"
• I took a horse during the night,
and ho had me arrested and sent to tho
penitentiary."—Arkansaw Traveler
What They Could Do.
It is claimed that John Rockfoller
could give every man, woman and
child in the United States $2 and still
have the modest sum of $1,000,000
with which to start a peanut stand.
William Waldorf Astor could do the
same thing, while our own dear Jay
Gould could give $1.60 each and have
left $H, 0U0,000 with which to sink a
well for more water. It is also stated
that Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown, who
work ten hours each a day, can ouly
give their wives $4.60 once a year, and
Mr. Smith, who works from 6. a. m,
to 6. p. iii. upon a section on the rail-
road at $1.10 per day, and supports a
wife and five small children, says he
would be a financial wreck if ha
squandered a cent—Buffalo Tenth.
Kelt ton'* Tlsigiiel.
A ro ignet carried by Newton in a
finger t.ng is said to have boon capa-
ble of raising 74G grains, or about 260
times its own weight of threo grains,
and to havo been much admired in
consequence. A magnet formerly be-
longing to Sir John Leslie, and now in
the physical collection at Edinburgh,
has still greater power, however,
weighing three and one-half grains
and bei.ign'' ) to support 1,660 grains.
"in Electrically Controlled Draw,
A six horse power electric motor will
operate the draw of tho new Harvard
bridge at Boston. This . ^ said to bo
the first application of t eotricity to
work of this kind.
OVER T1IE PRECIPICE.
HUNTINO THE IBEX IS A
bANGEHOUS SPORT.
I Ono Who Wu Saved from Heath By a
ltope Itelatei the Ctory—Suip.-u.l-
ed Amid the CraOi an I
lto.ir of uti Avalauehe,
Of all tho goat family tho ibex of
tho Pyrenees is the most wary and
hardest to stalk. It Is even more alert
; and agile than tho chamois, for it
I lives in a wilder country—a perfect
wilderness of rock and snow with no
: house or hut within leagues. If dis-
turbed it will travel for hours, making
prodigious leaps with the most perfect
j precision, descending groat heights
head foremost—tho great curved horns
striking the ground at the same time
as the forefe't thus serving to les>en
tho shock. Feeding by night in the
forests of the lower slopes and valleys,
it goes up into the snow-fields by day.
to lie on some rocky ledge iu the full
glare of the sun. From this point of
vantage its keen eyes and nose enable
it to d-jtect tho hunter long before he
can get within gunshot. Ho may note
its position through his glti'ses. but
the nature of the grouud will necessi-
tate a long detour and when he reaches
its lair he will not find it. The spot
may h!ill be warm and his nose will
toll him the ibex was lately there.
But then those big. knobbed hornu,
fully three feet long, aro a prize to bo
coveted. They are well worth the
dangers nnd hardships of the chase.
Tho flesh of the ibex is not lo bo de-
spise.!. It ttistep something like mut-
ton. and us no other game is to 1> ■
found in those wilds, it often proves a
very desirable addition to the scant}
i stock of provisions.
! One August mornin r. as tho rising
sun was slowly dispelling the gray
, clouds of drifting misN Heating over
| the rounded peaks of the Pyrenees,
| writes Zu Befehl in tho Detroit Froe
| Press, my guide Andre and I wero ly-
J ing on the hard frozen snow, behind
j some big boulders high up tho sloping
j sides of Ml Maladotta. Though there
I was little wind it was bitterly cold on
| those snow slopes. Every few min-
utes we scanned the vc-llo through
our glasses, but we lay there some
hours without detecting a sign of ibex.
At last we were rewarded. Andro
was the first to spy some dim brown
shapes coming slowly up from tho
dark fir forests. But they were not
heading for our hiding place and we
had to shift our ground. Dodging be-
hind boulders and hummocks of ice,
now creeping on hands and knees,
now lying fiat on our faces, hardly
daring to breathe, we made a careful
stalk of about half a mile before ven-
turing to tako another look. Then I
took tho glass and peered down again.
My heart gave a bound, for about a
quarter of a milo below us was a big.
black-bearded ibex, leading a troupe
of live females. They wero heading
right for us; we had only to wait till
they came within gunshot. I dropped
down behind a rock, motioning Andro
to do tho same, and lay there gloating
over the prospect of obtaining as fine
a pair of horns as I had over seen.
When 1 looked again the ib v had lain
down and after all we should havo to
get nearer. A direct descent was not
to be risked: a piece of looso rock or
ice might clatter down and alarm
them. We looked around for a better
| way of approach. To the left a sharp
I ridge of ice sloped away toward the
valley. There was a precipice on the
right of unknown dopth, but Andre
' thought we could manage it. We
j slipped stealthily along nnd reached it,
; and now tho game was out of sight be-
I cause of intervening boulders. It was
impossible to hide behind that ridge,
for there was no footing on the preci-
pice side.
"Wo shall have to keep on top,"
i said Andre. "You go first and as
soon as you see tho ibex you'll havo to
fire, or they will be off. Wo hud bet-
ter join our ropes in case of a slip."
I agreed and we secured ourselves
and getting astraddle of tho ice we be-
gan tho descent. It was hard and
slow work but in a few minutes I saw
the game. To stop and aim my rifle
took out a moment, but the ibex were
on thoir feet whistling an alarm. I
pulled the trigger and gave a shout,
for the old buck fell on his knees. I
i saw th«' others bound away- 1 saw the
wounded animal jump and stumble
forwards—then came a deafening roar
! a fearful crash! The mountain
trembled my gun fell from my bands
uul went over the precipice, and los-
ing my hold. I went headforomo-t after
| It.
! (1 rasping in vain at tho slippery ie<
1 fell about twenty feet, to be ddei
1 stopped by a violent jerk at my waist
The rope saved ino. Dashed against
' Ihe icy wall by the force
of my arrested fall. I hung
' dangling by that rope over the fearful
abyss—half stunned and gasping for
breath, unable to understand what had
happened or where I was. Tho air
was full of powdered snow; ley blasts
rushed up and whirled me round and
round. Then I heard the dull rumble
of acres upon acres of snow rushing
with irresistible force into the valley,
and know that an avalanche had fallen.
Like the rattle and roar of artillery
rose a horriblo shrieking crash and
crunch. Ice broko ice, rock powdered
rock, trees were splintered and torn up
by tho roots.
"Halloh! Senor!"
I looked up. There was Andre look-
ing down at mo from the top of the
ridge.
"Don't move! You will fray the
rope! Wait! I will lower another to
you."
The seconds seemed hours.
"Put your foot in tho loop, senor,"
cried Andro again, "and uso both
ropes to pull yourself up." and he
sent down a knotted rope with a loop
at the end. I firmly believe 1 hhonld
never have got up unaided, but with
Andre's help I was in safety in a few
seconds.
On reaching the top of the rid"e I
reeled forward and lay face-downward
on the snow, every limb quivering.
Somo time elapsed before I could
open my eyes. Whoro the ib< x had
been was now a vast expanso of glit
toring snow—the landscape was en-
tirely changed. Andro was sitting
propped against a boulder. His pale
face and twitching muscles showed
ho was as little composed as myself.
An earthquake and an avalanche will
Hiibdue tho boldest spirit. Faco to face
with the iauuilostau^n of wu; >i wild.
colossal forces man feels utterly in-
significant and powerless.
Presently I said: "How was I
saved?"
••When 1 saw you fall over, senor. 1
threw myself to the other sido. But
you fell so far that 1 wtis jerked to tho
top of the ridge, and I feared wo were
both lost. Somehow 1 hold on to tho
top. I never heard of a luckier es-
cape."
It tool: us hours to get down to tho
vadej. Every little chasm soomod a
yawning grave overv little height
made us dizzy. With frenzied anxiety
we dug fingers and to js into the hard
frozen snow of tho gentlest slopes—
inch by inch we worked our painful
ful way over places where at another
timo we should have stepped boldly
forward without care. When at last
we reached our camp Andre had tho
courage to say wh-.it was in my mind:
"No more ibex vet awhile, senor—
not again yet awhile. My tied, what
an escape.''
PERVERTED VISION.
A Ten-Yoar-Old <ilrl Who Head* Prhilo l
Matter 1'Mldo Down Only.
A very peculiar case of pjrverted
vision ha4 baon presents 1 to an .ex-
pert oculist of this city, writes a
York «• ^respondent of the Pidla.lel-
phla Press. A little girl of tea years,
tho daughter of one of this city's most
respected eitUens, was discover • 1 by
her school teacher to bo unable to
read her reading exercise unless tho
book Wiis hold upside down. The
teachcr. Miss Bu&scr, immediately
communicated the fact to her parents,
and they became very much worried.
The oculist was called in and an ex-
amination mad • of tho child's eyes.
Thoy were found to be entiroly nor-
mal. The only e Miclu e >n arrived at
was that the s:range freak of vision
was the result of a habit of trying to
read with the book pages in an unnat-
ural position, a habit contracted somo
years ago when the child was first sent
to school. At this timo the child in
writing numbers upon a sln'e always
made them nside down, and as it was
never obs 1 or corrected sho grad-
ually drift uto tho habit of reading
tho samo way.
The only means of euro possible is
to teach tho child everything over
again, as though sho never know any-
thing before. This will bo carefully
done, and a cure of this really pheno-
menal case is anxiously looked for in
tho near future.
A Novel Project.
The Talladega (( la.) Reporter makes
the novel suggestion that "when a jail
is assailed by a mob intent upon tho
lifo of an inmate, and when it is ap-
parent that the mob will reach its vic-
tim. tho culprit be armed for self-de-
fense. (Jive him a Winchester, ready
for action, and a brace of good six-
shooters like the boys outside havo,
and though they ore ten to ono against
him it will in a measure trivo him a
chance. It is easy enough for men to
be brave when they are a hundred
armed and free to ono empty handed
and confined. 1-ot it bo known that
tho man inside is ready to meet them
on even one chance to a hundred, and
the bravery of the midnight law
breaker will soon cool off."
PaMtliig A u ny.
Time thins down tho number. The
returns of the pensioned veterans who
fought under the great Napoleon, who
now receive V")0 a year, put thoir
number at 112, instead of 180, as in
1888.
FIBS AND CON FIBS.
Judge- How came you to enter file
house/'' "L'.ut just think, your honor!
Two o'clock at uiight; no policeman within
;i half a milo: an open window on the first
story! Why y<>u would have cliaibod in
\ourself!" Flicgeudo Blaetter.
Husbund 'What was that you wero
plsi in ■. in deai' u tfi - i>i<i yon 11
it !" - ft was exquisite!" "It is the very
thing I plaved ln.st evening und you said it
was horrid." 'Well. the «tcak was
burned last evening." New York Weekly.
"Thomas—"I don't like to boast, don't
cberknow, but I'd hav > you t< know that
I am always present at all tho society
events. What d'yer think o' that)"
Henry- "I think you must l>e a waiter.
Can't account for it in any other way."
—boston Transcript.
The preacher had been talking alwuit. the
necessity for a "new heart." Little Bess'
father took her on his knee and gravely
asked if she understood what a new heart
was. "O vis, indeed." she answered,
brightly, "It's a kind of heavenly stom-
n rh!" -Philadelphia Uncord.
What do you conceive to be tho chief
end of man, doctor)" asked tho freshman.
■•Well," returned the profe or. thought
fully, ' it all depends. If you are going
in for scholarships, 1 should nay tho head;
if for foot liall honor-;, tho foot is tho end
|to be cultivated. ' Harper's Bazar.
DIVERS DISCOVERIES.
To obviate tho waste of steam in steam
hammers an improvement has beeu intro-
duced in lilting the hammers with twe,
pistons of different diameters, compound-
ing them in fact.
A French inventor has employed the
alternating current for the purpose of de-
stroying tin- microbes of fermentation in
wines. The experiment showed that the
process was practical.
An ingenious Frenchman has discovered
u process of recovering the tin contained
in the wash water of silk In Lyons alono.
the application of the discover} will effect
an annual economy of $IU>.000.
Tho materials used in tho manufaeture
of tho different substances used on ceilings
and walls for decorative purposes consist
of tho residuum of candle distilling, wood,
flour and common paraflhio oil.
For stopping tho freezing of exhaust
pipes of engines or pumps a pump boy in
Michigan suggested the introduction of a
small jet of cold water to play upon the
exhaust. The plan was acted upon and is
said to work admirably.
An electric light company at Concord,
N. if., instead of throwing away tho ro-
niduum sticks of carbon from arc lamps,
pieces them together and forms new car-
bons about eight Inchon long, thereby ef-
fecting a decided saving.
A new electric lamp globe is inado of
eight pieces of plate glass bolted to a brass
collar, the advantages claimed being that
it is easily ( loaned and trimmed, while, iu
case of accident lo it. a single plate is less
expensive to replace than a whole globe.
A new centrifugal machine re ently in-
vented is called the heiuatokrit. and it is
employed for detei mining tho volume of
corpuscles present in blood. Its usefulness
li,.,^iu tho ability which the doctors will
now have of comparing the blood of differ-
ent individuals.
It has hoeu shown that tho incandescent
electric 11.-ht does not ' smoke" the ceil-
ing, as his boen claimed, but that the
smoky effect lias been duo to dust. The
heated lamp causes a current of heated air
to rise, aud tho consequence is, there is
more dust deposited alcove tho lamp thau
anv\y.UuwfJ*e
"HE NO SQUAW."1
3?
An lndl tn Trutler C nnv ne«« FUvage lletl-
Hkliu or 11 in < oarage.
At the beginning1 of thi- century tho
fur trade wa- a lucrative btwinese, t>ayg
the Youth's Companion, but the
trader led a life of privation and often
of dan iiicl hardship. Many of,
them were rude of manner, with a
lvekle - courage which served to keep
the Indians respectful. Hut occasion-
ally a gentleman ehoso tho position,
either with tho hope of bettering his,
fortune, or with a Quixotic notion of
benefitting the Indian. With some
such idea as this lust mentioned. Jotfo
I)o Vine moved his family to an isolated
station in northern Minnesota in 1804,
and opened a store to trade with tho
Indians.
Mr. lb* Vine was small of stature
and quiet in his ways, and treated his
red customers with honesty and fair-
ness. The previous trader had been a
man of a different stamp, and the In*
dlans naturally failed at tlr. t to under-
stand the new-comer. \
Mr. Ih Vine bad boen at the station
but a few months when the Indians
began to bo impudent and disagroe-
able, and to demand more than their
due. Thus does a man often suffer
from the mistakes of others.
'The Indians wore well aware that
the old trader had cheated them when-
ever ho could, and they supposed that
Mr. I.)o Vine would do the samo if ho
dared. They deemed him a coward
nnd acted accordingly. "Me squaw,",
they said.
As tho weeks passed tho Indians be-
came more troublosome. Ono young
brave In particular had two or three
times audaciously helped himself to
something that lie wanted, and laughed
when the trader objected.
••Ob. yes, mo pay, mo pay!" ho said
insolently.
One day he went to the eountor and
took a plug of tobacco. Mr. Do N ine
ordered him to pay for it and leave the
store. Instead of obeying, the young
redskin coolly went up and took a
second plug of tobacco.
Mr. De Vine lost bis temper at thip,
and seizing a knife which lay near, he
brought it down forcibly upon the In-
dian's fingers. As a rosult tho tips
of two lingers were left on the counter.
The redskin put the bleeding stun)P3
in his mouth and walked out of the
store without a word. Tho trader had
not meant to strike so hard a blow, ani
regretted his rash act. The brave was
a chief's son, and Mr. Do Vine expected
that trouble would result He felt
vaguely uneasy during tho rest of the
day.
The next forenoon, as Mr. De Vine
stood before tho stove, a half score of
Indians filed Into the storo. Ono of
them bolted the dooflP They were in
war paint, fully armed, and evidently
had come for mischief.
"Wo come kill you!" spoke out the
foremost Indian.
Quick as thought the trader seized
a burning brand and leaped to tho sido*
of a barrel of gunpowder.
"Como ono step nearer," ho said
resolutely, "and I drop this brand into
the powder and we'll all blow up to-
gether! I'm not afraid." and he hold
the brand almost over tho open pow-
der barrel.
"No blow up powder!" the Indian
leader ex'claimed; "no blow up pow-
der!" and then, turning to his follow-
ers, ho said: "lie no squaw; he brave
man!"
"Put down your guns," commanded
Mr. Do Vino.
I he Indians hesit it ?d a moment nnd
t ho trader advanced the burning brand
an inch nearer the powder. At that
every Indian laid down his gun. It
was evident that tho trader was in
earnest
"Now, leave the store," commanded
Mr. I)e Vino, "and don't one of you
dare to show your faco hero for a
month. I won't stand any more non-
sense."
I he door was unbolted and tho red-
skins solemnly filed out, leaving tho
trader master of the situation. Thaf\
was the nnd of tho trouble for that
year. Mr. I)e Vino had proved his
V
__ i)
TOO SMALL. 1)
The Captain ll.i'l No Wl.li T!i it Ills Foa
iln Belittled.
There is such a thing as poisoning
all the pleasunt occurrences of life by
drops of depreciation. "Yes, your ex-
amination papers aro always marked
high." said one schoolgirl to another
It must be because your writing is so
plain."
When the Alabama was destroyed
by the K ears urge in 1804 there was, of
course, great rejoicing in the northern
states, and complimentary tributes
were abundantly showered on Capt
Winslow for his achievement A largo
oil-painting of the battle was pr 3 sen tod
to Secretary Seward. It represented
the Kcarsarge, with flying colors, ia
the foreground; the Alabama, half-sub-
merged. in tho middle distance.
One day when ('apt. Winslow went
to call upon the see clary his attention
was drawn to the picture, and he was
questioned concerning its fidelity in
matters of detail. He replied that it
e rectly delineated the state of tho
hI . and sea on that day, and that tho
port' lit of the Kearsarge was avery
good one. Horo he paused, aud somo
one asked:
•H it what elso, captain? Is thoro
anything wrong?"
e, •' said the veteran sailor, with
emphasis. "I wish these artists would
not always represent the Alabama as
smaller than tho Kearsarge. She waj
as large as my vessel: she had as many
guns and more men."
Precious Wine.
1 he most precious wine in the world
is that contained in a cask named tho
Hose' in the Uremon Town Hall cel-
lars. It is lludeshcim Rhine wlno
from the year lt>58, and the cask is
replenished by degrees, whenever wine
i- drawn, with carefully washed and
dried grav >1. The wine h.-is at pres-
ent the color of dark beer auil a very
hard taste, but an indescribable aroma,
li is never sold, but destined exclusive-
ly for the id; of Bremen, who receive
a very small quantity on the produc-
' on of a doctor's certificate. In tb *
* • '11' 1'' ■ ' a stuck had the value of 300
gold dollars (a gold dollar equals D8
marks). At piv-cnt tho supposed
value of this unique wine has so in-
creased that a bottle (containing®
glasses) would cost 1*." 0,000 ma ..
a g'.a ,ful 2,0 0, and a drop J, Jlli
>ight
rks.
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