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Ponllrj Hna-i and Vermin. lduccscold. Hence in arranging perck-
el space cuonh to allow a poo I cir-
An elaborate and expensive liouse is tI1ation of fresh air should bo left bo
not a necessity, but a disadv antage in twVen them.
jKjultr) keeping' The twogreat obsta- , (jur ill0.Iel pouUry bouse, tben, will
clcsin tho wav of success in this busi- stanilon the -urfaco of the cartli, ami
ness am vcrniin anil coids. 1 lie costly not ,B an incipient mine; it will not be
home aflords no protection against arKei aj not be expected to house
either. Of the three kinds c( insects more than twenty or thirty fouls. Ex
whicli infest the common fowl, thcniito perienco is clearly against largo f!o ks.
is the worst and hardest to get rid of. wc de-ire to keep more wo should in
Tlie louse, body or feather, is rolled oft" crea.,e tj,0 number instead of the size of
in the dun bath, and may be killed or . our UOuses. fcix feet high and si': feet
driven awav by apply ingl'crsWn im.cct uy eight feet on the ground will be
ponder to the fowl; and besides, they , ar;,e enough, leave the south side cn
neldom breed in Mien numbers as to tirely open in ummcrnnd partially clo-o
completely overrun a fowl. Hut the it in winter; put in one sash and that of
niitu breeds in the house and not on tho ' moderate size: class allows the heat to
fowl; d"esn t even appear to need tlio pa,5 through it so rapidly, that if the
iircsenco of n fowl to continue in life i
and propjgato. It is analogous to the
bed bug n"1' Partakes of its habits in
attacking its victims while at roost and
leaving them when tbcv are out again
in the morning. This is the insect
which is so destructive to sittiii" hens;
they have no chance to bo free from it
in tho da;, time. A thorough dusting
wall Persian insect powder onco or
twice a week, is a great help to the hen,
but it does not destroy the mvriads
which dwell in every rr.ick in a board,
or joint between, or the crevices of a
whole front were of trlass the fowl
would gel about as cold in the long
nights as thej would were the front en
tirely open. Sucli j house tan be read
ily moved to a clean pi ice. wheh is
much less work than proprlv e'eanin
a permanent lloor and besides, o lers
minj advantages in (.ett'iig rid o: ver
min. Cur. A'. 1'. "Jrilvnc
Tanker.
It is a vcrv ancient citv, the oldest
citvbutonein the world. 'J he Moors
Moue u all u hldi frequently forms the f Spain. m tho time of Aboo-Abdallab,
foundation of the house. I he first time ma J(J ...Wrimages to jt on account of its
the hen leaves her nest she shakes the anti(mitr. lu0 cIotIl merchants, and
insenioiue irora ncr icauieis. a.... " tjie bart,v money-changers, and tho
the insect, n-new their depredation. ,,,,.; wateJ.carrjers. ucre plving their
The sitting period, a? even poultry- traiIe an(, all t!ie indolent. feverish life
mo irequciiuj icars W(J ,VIlncSs to-lav w as seething, in th
; she conies out of it a ,larrow strcets whcn Christ was a lil
the large lugli-co ored dl;a in XaZareth.
iese
little
man knows, quite freipiently tears
lien all to pieces; sr
meie bkeh-ton. the
omb winch s.o earned w lien sue ocgan , Voumlcd m some unknown period, bv
her task is sickly ami shriveled, and tlie , Carthaginiaus, it is supiioscd. Tan
l.rfght color failed out. Her feathers , iertue Xingis of the lioniaus-has
are in about the same condition, inis ai,va,s i,eeua bone of bloody contcn
do itnietiou of the lieu is not necessary, f ,.(m -amoll;: tIie Nations. In tho reign
as many a hen will prove that has sat ( of CIalldilIj it became t10 capital of the
her three weeks in somo out-of-the-way !irovice Mauritania Tingitana. and was
place at a distance from the poultry ' important city. Wrested from the
house, Sshe has lost weight, her tomb VomanN it ,ia,sed successively under
and feathers are omew hat dull ami 10 nlIe of t1,e Vandals. Creek's. Sara
wnu.lgy.butavveekortwovvilIpiitl:er ccns anJ Arabs fn 1471 Tangier fell
in condition again, rew chicks arc imotllu ,)0sses-ion of the Portuguese,
hatched .11 infested nests, thohenscan t ,, m 1C6, cclK.j u to England as a
sit closely enough to keep up tho rcqui-1 ,M,rtion of tl0 dower f tie Infanta
mltf temperature- The constant tw 1st- c llllcrinc I)f i!raKanza, (ueen of Charles
mg abTOt of the head o pick the bitten ,, .,,, KusXufc imdingth.it the occu
spot lets a little cold air to tho eggs, tion was 11,otortiltl,ooot, abando-i-nnd
tho piahryo dies in consequence. Ule Iace j lgtiI after demolishing
And when an ep gets rotten (its rot- tho m(jl(. Here aquaint and incongru
tenncss being due in nine iws out of ous , 0 a a ioT :m instant oa t)ic
cu to tho death cf the thick from this sccmtlie ligurc of Jlr. Samuel l'epys.
lack of heat), its contents begin to cv- j t,liuk u ,xa conce.,tion of highliu
ud.) through the pores of the shell, and mor on tll(J rt of CIl'irlcj ,L , seuil
tho mile, hasten to tho feast. Seasons I Mr ,,- s a'mo tIie Moors for k wa3
mwhidi eggs fail to hatch well (the , tl(J ic;'srdertlntheaccomiMnied
lultry jouruaN inform us that there , ,onI ,, itMU it, ,ho tleet dis
aro such) are probably seasons favor- , . atcllcll to destrov. lho sc--all. This
a.lo to tho propigitton of the mite , irtfCaut;on arJ-,,ie'ce of engineering left
Ijovr the larger and more complicated ( he lm. c, Ta ' ier in such ,nl,,ilt as ,
tho poultrj' liouse. the more cracks and rcn(lcr:xiie towS ims,ible of approach
tin ill hiding- places for the ml cs to., , ,eS;c t Jn t1 rarest
bioed in, and the more dillicult to ap- Jtalll0V. Tlle nlin!1 of the ,)W nolo aro
i.!y any insecticide cfl.-ctively. fane 1 I bli xLj;,lle. at low tide, ragged, boney-hou-cs
require mora attent on and vrork cmiwdblocksof masonry .lTmking.w hen
than one man In a hundred will ever ., ,. i. ,, , .:.,,, ..i.i
,..., 1 .1 .1 I fc uuuucil ttu uau-iuiciit v,iuv,iait
devote to them, and more than the ,lf ,,, iT,i,,rr..0- i-n ip.i, nf
r 1-'- " ... .Huv... ....v ft-
profits from the poultry would j).iy for,
Hit were done. If no wisli to raise
licaHlu. quick-growing chicks, tliev
should ncitr bo allowed to approach
such a Btnitture.
'lhe liability of a fowl or chick to
tako cold is the other great drawback
in this business. Vcars ago it was
much more common to seo fow Is roost
ing on trees in winter than it is now,
and, 'if the evidence of old people is ta
bo taken, roup and cholera were un
known diseases. Hut to keep a lot of
silver.
The water in the harbor is so shal
low that, until the present Emperor pro
jected a landing for small boats, tho
visitor arming there by sea was forced
to go ashore on the back of a native.
Tins has been the Emperor's sole con
cession to the spirit of modern progress.
During thu lost hundred years Hut
my strong interest in the "historic part
of Tangier ends with Mr. l'epys.
l'rom any point of view-the hoary
I little town is vastly interesting; the re-
fowls.iud allow-them to roost in the motcness and obscurity of i"s origin,
the sieges, pestilences and massacres it
trees in winter, oven admitting that by
kj doing they would never 'contract
roup and cholera, is too outrageous to
bo tolerated. Wild birds live out of
doors all winter; wn can't help it and
are not responsible font; but when wo
come to the common fowl, wo are deal
irig with animals either educated or
.susceptible of education; and if they
be decently educated, there will be no
difficulty in inducing them to sleep iu
sloors. "Wo should provide a roosting
house for them which which will retain
the healthy renditions of the tree, and
at the same time protect them from
w inds ami storms. A very largo amount
of fresh air is absolutely necessary; and
a close house will not admit it. If we
build artially underground to secure
warmth. It will be more or less damp.
and a damp roosting place is a fruitful
source of roup and cholera. Fowls are
disposed to huddle together as closely
as possible on the perches; by so doing
they become overheated, nnd when
they go out in the morning the sudden
ness ot the change of temperature in-
has undergone and the tenacity with
which it clings to primitirc customs
and beliefs are so many charms, 'lo
walk its streets is to breathe tho air of
Scriptural times. There to-day fisher
men costumed like Peter are dragging
their nets ou the sandy shingle outside
the gates; at the fountain stands lte
bckah with her water-jar oised ou her
h"ad and a hand's-ureal li of brown
bosom lvingbaro between tho sreen
j and j ellow folds of her robe. To-day,
as eiguteen Hundred, j cars ago, a pal
lid, hook-nosed man shuttles Dy count
ing some coins in his palm tho vcri
taolo thirty pieces of silver, perhaps.
If it be not Judas Iscariot himself, then
it is a descendant, and a striking family
likeness. In brief, Tangier is a colossal
piece of bric-a-brac which one would
like to own. T. B. Mdnch, in Harjicr's
Hichanl IL Dana, who wrote "Two
Years Before the Mat" fifty years ago,
is in Paris in poor health.
Cinplns Out.
A few practical suggestions in refer
ence to camping out may not como
amiss. I!uy a horse, if you can, and
borrow a wagon, or pay a intie for its
use. Now-, having your horse and
wagon, pack carefully. Many taVe only
a coQee-pot and a frying pan for the
cooking department. Your coflee-pot
had better hare both bail and handle
and a lip, not a lid, as handles and
spouts aro apt to burn off. Each cook
ing utensil should have its own jug. so
as not to blacken other things. The
rest of the cooking utensils aro water
pail, hatchet, largo knife, and knife,
fork, spoon, plate and cup for each
person. The wooden picnic plates
w hicb you can wa-h a few times and
then kindle tho lire with, arc much bet
ter than china ones. Inquire before
hand if vou can buy meat and vegeta
bles along the roi.te, andthen provide
an ordingly. A light rubber blanket is
needed lor each tamper; those with a
hole in the middle for the head aro the
best, as they do for both day and night.
If ou have room, carry an empty tick,
which j ou can fill with straw- and licm
locl:. A comfbrtable bed is then at
vour service. Tiio ladies, of course,
should have a separate tent. Ho Mire
to provide j oiirself w ith books for rainy
weather, a number of glees if you are
musical, and some fewsimpleremedics.
Each member of the party should ba
provided vvitli his or her own haver
sack, with brushes, scssors, thread and
needles, etc. Plenty of rope, twine and
copper wire should not bo forgotten,
with a hatchet, hammer, nails, etc.
Thus accouteied, jou are ready for the
campaign.
He Tumble J.
As twilight began the other evening
a woman halted a boy on Lafayette
street and asked him if he had seen
lho polico arrest a drunken man in
that neighborhood within an hour or
two.
"Don't think I have." ho replied, as
he scratched his head and made an ef
fort to remember. "Was lie pretty
drunk? '
" I guess lie was," she answered, as
sho turned away her head.
" Had a plug hat ou the back of his
head, and wore sandy whiskers, eh?"
Yes, that's the man."
"Had a black eoat and linen pants?"
" Yes, lie's the one."
"Is he any relashun o' yours uncle,
brother, husband, or so on?"
"I should like to find hint," was the
evasive reply.
" Well, that's easy enough; but you
can't get him' home."
"1 don't want to."
" Ah! Urn! I tumble!" chuckled the
boy. as ho shifted three toy pistols from
one bind pocket to the other. "Come
along and I'll show jou where lie fell
down in a vacant vard and went to
sleep. 1 on can go through him for his
wealth, cive him a rap on the no-e for
his mother, and he'll'como homo think
ing he was robbed "by some purfesh.
It I had a Inisbaud who viould go on a
blizzard, and try to step over fonies,
I'd go through him even 'to a three
cent piece with a hole in it." Detroit
Free frtsn.
m m 1 1
A .Miser's Hoard.
Ezekiel Chapin, of Pittsfield, Otsego
County, died recently, leaving,
it was supposed, 'no property. Soon
after his death, howov er, the sum of
15.000 was found in an old iron bos
under his bed, and he w a3 discovered
to bo tho jiossessor of bonds, securities
and available as-ols in addition to the
amount of mure lhan SJO.000. His
habits of life indicated that instead of
being tho possessor of so much vv ealth
he was extremely jioor. His avarice
and economy had led iiim to eschew
wearing boots or shoes except in the
coldest weather, w hile his clothing was
little better than that of the most un
fortunate tramp. His who'e object in
life seemed to have been to save. Ho
bore a very fair reputation in the com
munity in which he lived. Others vv ill
now- spend his money who will doubt
less bless his memory and his econ
omy, t'ltmra (N. J-.) ,Gazitlc
- m
A Norwich couple who had a pet
cat which had grown helpless from ago
and extremely litty put it out of its
misery by the agency of chloroform.
They buried it in lho garden and plant
ed a rosebush over its remains. The
next morning it appeared at the door
to be let in and had the rosebush under
its arm. DanOuri Sews.
The Mysfery or Diffidence.
Morbid self-consciousness is the
secret of excessive difliduKcc. To be
always thinking a'lout vour manners,
said Archbishop Whattly, is not the
w ay to make them good, because the
very perfection of manners is not to
think about vourself. Though many
self-cor.3"ious people are very agree
able, he claimed for unconscious man
ners an inherent charm vvhuh endears
a person even when there is nothing
else very remarkable in him. The es
sence ot social intercourse being the in
terchange of ideas as they ari-e actual
ly in the minds of the speakers, tho ex
cellence of it, he argued, must consist
in complete unconsciousness; the far
ther vou recede from that ami there
aro infinite degrees how ever clever
your conversation, the less you have of
the nature of a companion nnd tho
more of n book; so that consciousness
is the specific poison of tint wh'ehis
tho very essence of conversation. "All
disregard of self, too. is so amiable that
tinconscioiisiic-s seems to be almost a
virtue." Ihackeray shrewdly main
tained that it is only a few men who at
tain simplicity iu early life; if this man
lias his conceded self-importance to bo
cured ot, that other has his conceited
bashfulncss to be taken out of h.m.
You have a disquiet which you try to
hide, and you put on a haughty, guard
ed manner; you are suspicious of tho
good-will of the company round about
1 ou. or of tho estimation in vv hich they
hold yon, and v 011 therefore sit mum at
tho table it is'not jour place to "put
yourself forward." You aro thinking
of yourself ; that is, you! are suspicious
about that personage and every body
else; "that is, vou arc not frank"; that
is, jou arc not "well bred; that is. you
are not agreeable." This is the whole
matter in a nutshell.
Trratin;
Of all American customs, that 01
"treating to drinks" is about the most
ridiculous. Ten men meet in a bar
room. Of these three may be old ac
quaintances and the other seven stran
gers to the three and each other. The
lirt Americanism is the 'introduction''
of everybody to everybody else. Thus,
Mr. A let me introduce j ou to Mr. It,
Mr. H this is Mr. C, Mr. O this is Mr.
A, Mr. A this is Mr. I), and so on all
through tho chvnges, at the end of
which Mr. A is utterly lost as to the
identity of Mr. C, as is Mr. C to that of
Mr. A, and as Mr. 15 to that of Mr.. V,
and as also is Mr. E to Mr. A. Being
now much mixed and strangers as be
fore, the next ceremony is opened by,
"Well, gentlemen, what'will j on have?"
Should there be ten drinks to bo pre
pared, embracing "mixed" and "long
drinks," it involves the patient waiting
of tho one treator and nine treated for a
period of live ami sometimes ten min
utes, which in manj- cases are passed iu
stupidly watching tho acKr'dy of the
barkeeper, who is really themo-t inter
ested and profited person present. ' At
last, vv hen all is prepared, ten drinks
am raised and silently slip iownf ten
throats. Then some one else feels it
his duty to "treat." Meantime; one
third of the previous treated may -slip
away on one pretext or another for
fear of being called upon by a bar-nooni
s rt of conscientiousness to " keep (heir
end up." And so this foolish, dreary
custom goes on, w hile the ' bar kecer
has most of tho pleasure and all of the
profit. A'. J". G'rn'Aic. t
Portable Lemonade. TViss your
hand on the lemon and.rcll it back and
forth briskly on the table to mate it
squeeze mere ea-ily, then prcs the
juice into a bowl or tumbler never uso
tin strain out all the seeds aslthey
give a bad taste, llemove all the? pulp
from the peels and boil in water, ,i pint
for a dozen pulps, to remove the ,'acid.
A few minutes' boiling is enough ;i then
strain the water with the juice of the
lemons; put a pound of wliite .sugar to a
pint of the juice; boif fca'uiinutcs; bot
tle it, and jour lemonade in.'alj. Put
in a teaspoouful orlwoof thjs aini'pinto
a glass ot water and ypu have a cooling
and healthful drink. . .'
Colonel .1. A. Sumner, of 'Akron,
O., witnessed the launching of the first
steamboat west of the Alleiihenics at
Pittsburgh in 181G. He rode on the
first steamer. " Walk-in-the-Water."
that navigated the lakes, ire is noted
locally for his long white beard, which
is three feet in lengtlu
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