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r- i, THE COUNTY PAPER. JIT DOllTNB A CO. OREGON. MO ASONOOFT1IE SEASON. CLEMENT 8COTT. Which is the way from the crowded city, To a land of shadow and silent peace, Where women can lovo and men can pity, And tears from sorrowing eyes may ccaso! For the tolllnp town Is harsh and hollow, And hate points eastward, envy west; Though many may fall, yctsMno will fllow , To a home of dreams and tho haven rest, For the lovo of Heaven, stretch forth your hand, And point the way to llohcmla's land. VThcro are the fields an 1 their emerald cover, The wayside flowers and traveling carl, Tho new-found love and tho long-tried lover I They arc better by far thin our feverish art, Wo are elck unto death of Jealousy's fetter, Tho sscrct dacirer, tho ceaseless strife; ties. There's triumph In fame, b it freedom's better; Bo Rive us a tasto of a wandering inc. The scuscs sicken as f ancle's hand Paints endless love la Bohemia's land. Bohemia's ways arc strewn with flowers, Tier children free from tho revel of wincl Her dust Is slaked by tho sweetened showers, 'Neath covering trees they toast ana time. Whsn care creeps close, why away thfcy wander To seek whatever the mini loves best; For hopo endures when the heart sees yonder A putcr life and a surer rest. How many displse, but how few wtthstaud, Tho ceaseless Joys of Bohemia's land. To the fields away I for nature presses On tolling foreheads a ba'tny kiss; There Is nothing so sweet a her wild caresses, No love more full to tho lips than this. Go I grAnt my brothers, when all Is over, And holiday hours cut short by fate, That the sense of flowers and scent of clover May eollcu sorrow and sllcnos hate. Old Time soon measures tho fatal sand, And tho curtain falls on Bohemia's land. mm -' FAHH, GAltDEN AND HOUSE 1IOL1). Wheat Growlnc BIxlmn. Somebody has boen at tho troublo ot condensing a' great doal of information about wheat-growing, as follows, into yory small conirns3, and soniobody clso has sot it atloat without giving credit to tho author: 1. Tho best soil for wheat is rich clay loam. 2. Wheat likc3 a good, deop, soft btd. 3. Clover turned under makos just Euoh a bed. 4. Tho best seed is oily, hoavy, plump and clean. 5. About two inches ij tho best depth for sowing tho seed. C. Tho drill puts in tho sood bettor and cheapor than broadcasting. 7. From tho middlo of Soplomber to tho last of October is tho best timo for sowing. 8. Drilled, ono bushel of seodpor i ftcrn: if sown broadca3l, two bushels per acre. 9. Ono hoavy rolling aftor sowing docs much good. 10. For Hour, cut when tho grain bo . gins to hardon; for seed, not until it has hardonod. How to Keep Kbb" Fresh. A correspondent of tho Lmcastor Farmer writes: "It is somotimos do sirablo to stow away eggs in tho sum mer or fall, when prices aro so low wo cannot afford to soli them; thoy aro ot ton very scarce, and thon will bo koon ly relished, or can ho disposed of at a good prlco. To koop thorn thus, wo bo liovo thero is no moro efficient way than tho ono I havo always practlcod, and which was successfully practlcod by my fathor for tho last thirty or forty yoars This is by taking nono but perfectly fresh and sound oggs and sotting thom Jn lajcrs on tho tip or small ond, In a box or rMSKOt or anyiuing mat wm uum eggs. Wo do not put anythingbotwoon them, nor do wo put them up air tight but always put them away in tho collar. Eggs wo havo put away In this post tlon are as good and frosh six months altor as tho day'they wero laid, and wo havonovor found ono among thorn thnt was spoiled or stalo when thus served Wo feel confident they would koop good and frosh for ono year. Mnrketlnc of Potatoes. Thoro aro two waja of disposing of this crop, both of whioh raako it nrofitkblo ono to raiso. Tho first is to markot them, and tho othor to boil, and food thorn to stook. Small pota toos aro just as good for tho latter pur poso as larger ones, whilo tho largo ones will bring a far bottor prico if tho lit tle onos aro entirely ploked out. Par tus in town, who buy them for homo U30 nr always willing to pay a good prico hedium and oven-Bized clean potatoes, but granblo when small onos aro mixed in. If farmers would look thorn ovor, and uso tho inferior onos to cook for hogs, and markot thoso of good size, thoy would find it greatly to tholr advantage When taking thorn to market, throw a quantity of hay In tho bottom of tho wagon-box, and thon carefully put tho potatoos in and oover thorn with a blankot or hay. Do not bring them In saoks or lu tho box without hay or straw, for in both theso wajB thoy bo como brulsod and look badly. Thero is always a doroand for good fruit and vogrfablos. nnd tho farmor who brings oholcfrvpoT.oos, nlcoly piokod ovor to market, will nover lnok , customers, and will always reooivo tho highest markot prloo. Salt For Poultry, Tho question as to whothor salt is In- jurlous to poultry una uuuu uuuu uiuuv od. To got at the truo fnots, I havo boon 1 ooding salt to all my poultry, both young and o'.d, and olosoly watching tho rosult. I havo fod it in cold and hot mush, n bran and ovorythlng olso all tho son on, with tho following rosults: Tho poultry will oat all kinds of saltod ood luproforenooto tho imsaltcd; thoy navo bottor gonoral hoalth; not a louso of any kind on young or old, (tho first voar I havo boon nblo to say so) anil thoy aro all boginning to moult, many of them laying as tnougu not mouu- isggs aro now Clicnp, nnu uiu nous will boroady for fall Hying when oggs aro soarco. This may or may not bo tho rosult of focdlng salt plentifully to thorn, but I am compollod to bollovo It to bo so, as aro somo otner peculiari I havo notlcod ono feature wincii may tint, nn in lavor of salt. J.I10 lions seem to ba moro persistently inclined to sot, it bolng moro uiuicuit to ureas thorn up. All scorn to do voraciousiv ionu 01 an kinds of groon food, aud havo eaten a largo quantity of clovor, grass, young corn, and similar ioou. My observations load mi to tho con clusion that salt Is nocossary for all poultry, and In mo3t points bonollclal. Plgoons aro cxjcsslvoly fond of It, and why should not poultry bo also? l'olltable l'orlt llalilnff, My oxporloneo tho last fow months convinces mo moro than ovor that wo must raiso pork as choap as posslblo If wo aro to son at present, prices at nuy profit. I havo boon In tho habit of locdlng my young pigs soaked corn nrnttv froolv: buthavocomo to tho con clusion that bran and shorts or ryo and oats ground togothor and fed as a thin swliris better. I think It is bottor cookod, and in cold weather fed warm. Fcod no moro onch timo than thoy will cat cloan. T am well plonsod with my oxporlonco with tho Hod Urazllllan Art ichoke as n choap food for swino, and shall this yoar increase my Holds to twenty acres. Last year was a poor vear for them, and yot mlno yioldod .. . I t . . 1 . 1 J 41. - over uiron nuuorcu uusuuis 10 uiu nuru. I am woll satisfied that thoy sometimes viold oight hundrod bushels per acre. Tho hogs scomod to like thorn iw woll as corn, and, whoro thoy havo plenty of thnm, will not only grow, but fatten; iu fact, will luavo their corn to out thorn. I think thorn tho cheapost hog food wo can raiso. Besides, tho top3, of which thoy produco a largo amount can bo used as foddor. Uattlo, mules and horso.i aro very fond of It. Last season I raised fivo hundred bushels of man col wurtzol loots, which I-am now feed ing to my brond sows. They oat thorn eagerly, and I havo no foars of tholr eating their pigs wlion thoy oomo. I trlod to socuro a nlco lot of clovor, (second growth) but tho beat laid plans of mlco nud mon gang a'ft nglco." Twico I cut it and cured it carefully, but lost It with tho storms boforo I could stack It. I think if I had such a stack of clovor now I could mako good uso of it, cut short, damponoil and mtved with ground feed. To fatton with or finish, I admit corn Is king, but myoxpenoaco convinces mo It Is not tho host food for young growing hogs. tliey noon coarser or moro uuuey 10011, anil somo exorci3o to dovoiop largo forms, with plenty of muselo aud hoalthy diostlvo organs. Whon thoy havo reached thU stago thoy aro roady to reooivo tho finishing touches, that tho corn and loisuro can give, and, . ... , 1 1 . I'll ..4311 .1 .. 11 piuceu on u cnuup iuuikui. wm aim uu tho brooder somo good. Good nil'! Had CooUIur. American Agriculturalist. Housokoopors or cooks do a vast amount of njischicf by tho pervorslon of tasto, and tho subsequent dorange- mont of tho stomach. Making sour broad Is ono of tholr most common siu3. Many do not know whon bread is sour, and supply it with 11 distinctly acid fla vor, boliovlngthat It i3 vory "nico," bo oiuso it is so very light. Thoy supposa broad is sour only whon all tho vinous fermontation has changed to tho acotio. Broad is sour as soon a3 it tastes at all sour. This may go on Increasing, but to tho best brcadmakor tno loast aeid flfi vor is n sourco of grief. Koally good broad is positively sweet, and will bo just as light and spongy as tho nlcost sour bread, if good matorlal and tho proper enro nro usod. In families whoro tho tasto 13 porvcrtod by sour broad, othor abominations aro usually tolerated bisoult tasting olthor of ox cess of soda or of bitter buttermilk; vogotables soasonod with bad buttor; pio-orust strongly flavorod with lard or tallow; cako tasting of ranold buttor, oto. Along with this dlot naturally goos a deal of spicing to covor tho bad flavors or much washing down with hot, strongly soasonod coffoo or tea. Sour broad is never good in milk, and chil dren profor to lunch on pio or oako, rather thau on sour broad and milk or buttor. Tho wholo family cat as littlo broad as posslblo; and tho butchor's bill is vorv heavy- aud they call all this "gooi living!" Jnst count tho empty hottlos labollod "Hitlers," or "Blood Purifier," that Ho around tho houso whoro sour bioad and "good living" (as gonerally understood), cithor or both hold sway!" Tho plainest fojd can bo mado to tasto vory good simply by selecting, rtrnnnr1rii nml trnonrtrln r If hrtan i 'tit unit L v u v 1 CI auuw who cat food solootcd and preparod with chief rcforonco to its nourishing quali ties, oating moderately to gratify a natural nppotlte, instoad of a morbid craving, really onjoy eating moro than tho gourmand or glutton, whoso chief pleasuro Is in oating, nnd who must havo ovorythlng fixod up "good," with condimonts or hot eaucos. and wnshod. down with stlmulonts. Ho bocomes in-1 cnpablo of dotectlng and appreciating dollcato flavors, nnd so wonrs out tho senso of tasto thatit is hard work to find anything that ho can relish; whilo a dish of good broad and good unskim med milk sooms vory tlolioious to peo plo with undepravod appotitos. Ho contly I hoard a littlo girl who does not liko brosd nud milk sny of a piooo of broad and buttor, that "no oako could tasto hotter!" Tho broad was mado of good wholo wheat Hour, stirred "Pjjjif nothing but wator, and bakod S'goin irons. It wa3 sproad with creamy buttor, and I think any ono to bo plllod who would not liko tho taste of suoli goms nnd suoh buttor. Thor ough chowlng adds to tho pleasuro of tho sonso of tasto, this senso rosldos In tho touguo, and In tho soft palato and Its nrohos. Cno common way of abus ing tho sonso ot tasto is, by oating fast with yory slight ohowiug, so that tho food Is not rotalnod In tho mouth long onough to glvo tho norvos of tasto a ohanco to fairly tasto tho quality of tho food oaton. Hut for this rapid eating ond washing down with ngrooably fla vored drinks, much that Is usually oat on would bo rejected as olthor blttor or tasteless. More Orms nnd Leas Corn. Mexico (Mo.) Ledger. Iowa has ovor fivo hundred cream eries, and thoro is no ro vox of any sort that thoy should not bo f ro;ortionutoly numorous In tho bluo-grass countries of Missouri, In tho midst of which Audrlnn issituatod, All that is needed for tholr Introduction Is a little ontorpriso In Mexico and othor sultablo points. Thocronmory Is nn advanco upon tho old stylo of dairying, and tho still moro antiquated methods of butter-making Every farmor, and especially ovory farmer's wifo, understands from cxpor- icneo aid without explanation of nny kind, tho drudgery of keeping pans ami churns In fit condition to produco first class buttor In localities dostituto of springs nnd sprinc-housos. Nelthor do thoso llvinsr in tho neighborhood of successful dairies ucod to bo reminded of how much tholr modo of irftthiTini milk and converting it into butter and ohocso slmnllllod their labors and in creased tholr profits. Hut ovon all thoso donol fullv coniprohond. and. thoreforo mind to bo Informed that oroaiuorks ao farther than dairies in producing dosir- ablo rosults. A oresm-iry senus lorau 1 irathors uo cream in placo of milk. Tho lattor, therefore, Is left with tho farmor .u nn additional source of mon ey-getting to ba utlliJdby being lod to calves or pigs, to whoso iucronsa of bono and Horn to tho greatest posslblo cxtont, it Is of almost Indispuuslblo im portance. Tho partial most intcroatod hi tho 03tablis!iin'iiit of creameries nro tho farmers an l thnlr families. Instead of hooping aud churning tholr milk into grenso to bo exchanged at littlo or uo profit for gooits or groceries, wnoro creameries aro In successful oporatlon, its produot can Vo sold iu cash for as much as can 00 proportionately gotten lor tho Hrst-olasj butter mado out of it. I5y substiiuting pastures and meadows for corn h.nd. danrror r-f iuiiiry from bugs s ?y "" "lu "UiU farm is greatly increased. It has boon calculated that tho avenigo hid of cows lor six niontus among croamorics is c-u, tinil nl. tlin inil nt tlin M'nr thu calf. with tho assistance of skimmed milk is worth about $2. Tho sucooss of tho craamory sys'om, now so thoroughly authenticated by trial, is duo almost wholly to tho inven tion of cans for receiving aud keeping milk nud irnthcrlnir cream. Tho re ceiving can is mado with a cylinder in Its cjutro, furnishing tho means of ttior ouizhlv coolinz mill;, and thus prepar ing it to throw up puro croam. Thoy also havo Hues lor filling umi omptytng Tho gathering cans nro provided with air-tight covf rs that cxcludo dust and other imnurilios in trnnsnottation Thoy pro also so constructed that tho cream in thorn cannot bo chakon up by tho motion of tho wagon. Creaai can, thoroforo, bo hauled In thoni for long distances. Masy creameries transport tholr croam ovor twonty-llvo miles with out injury to Its prodlotiveness Our attention has boon drawn to this subjuot by parties contemplating tho in troduction of croamorios into this coun try. Wo havo boon informed that il our farmers aro willing to plodgo tholr co operation tho capital noeessaryfortheir establishment win uu forthcoming. Al ready a number of prominent farruori navo uniiortaicen 10 mrnisii cream iron.' 75 to 100 cows oach. From investiga tlon made, wo aro satisfied that small farniors will do.ive greater proportion ato bonolits from croamorios than largo onos. With nropor co-operation thero ought to bo no dillWilty in making from 1 500 to 2 000 pounds of fir.n-olass buttor hero daily, lor a considerable portion of which a good homo markot exists, wnno tno naianco coum 00 roau Ilv sb imed to olthor St. Louis or Ccl csgo, and evon to Now York and othor oaatorn cities for both consumption nnd export. Wo know of no other enter prises which aro as cortalu of success as that of croamorios. Mexico has suoh railroad connections that cream from tho neighboring counties could bo road- lly brought to it and our town tnoroby mado a3 prosperous a buttor contor ns points In othor states possessing similar aa vantages MOUNTAINS OF ICE. Arilo Kxiinrlenon ot Incumtug lnroiipnn StirmnorB The Incllii' lloir Crinhud l,y 11 llei-K Surnmuiuu uy lee. New York Herald, Juco 1 . Several of the incoming steamers yesterday roported good trips with tho oxceptlouof tho proscnoo of ieoburgs and fogs. Tho Ironch btoacior hi, Laurent, which loft Havre on May 20, sighted eovoral vory largo borgs on tho 57th tit., whllo oil the lowor point ot the batiks. Tlio steamship India, of Carr'a Direct Hamburg line, had an :C' tual contact with ono of tho floating i;o-moii!ituins, and a patch of planking on her star-board bow showed whoro a groa1: holo had boen torn through her Irou shull by tho collision. T"p vessel, under command of Capt, Ltbovland, loft Hamburg May 14, with aoheral cargo of assorted merchandise to Tsougcr Hrothors and i02 stcerago pa'Acngers. 'Jylo voyago was uneventful until tho mending of May 21, whon in lntltude-13 iW. 25aiin., lougitudo -lUlog.52 min, twojrory largo iooborgs wero oncouiv ritrred. They woro about 800 loot squaro liVM roso uu abovo tho surfaco ot tho so! I somo fifty foot. Tho ongino3 woro atnco nlowed up, ospoclaHy ns a fog kit that timo sottlod down. Whon tho ' , ..ll OUtlOOl: ueeauio uuuu mum uiuai, iuh headway was given tho etoamor; but on tho morning of tho 25th tho Iccborg iQQlculty became serious. In tho words nfCant. Hoboiland: "Wo know from tho oxoos3lvo chllllno3S of tho atnios phoro, that wo wero uour. somo of tho Icebergs, und wo wero going on very, slowly, when suddonly ono of tho twd mnn knot on the lookout orlod out that" wo wero 0I030 upon ono of thoin. Wo mil-. ti,i, Aim im'nl astarboard. and wo struolc with a sort of slowing motlou.' T lriror 111 lit. Min hw was woll lor ward 4. auvn vvw w - 1 .1--- of tho first bulkhead; sol tlld not fool nriy uuoaslucs3. Tho paspengora woro on deck just alter breakfast singing aud somo of thorn dancing, and thero was no oxcitomont worth montinnlng, thoy hnd faith in mo and took my word for It whon 1 told thorn thoru was no ground lor npprohouslon. 1 fotnd that a holo nbout two by six foot had boon atovo In nbovo tho water-lino, and as tho So t was cnlni wo at onco plank od it up from tho outsldo, calling tho work woll, nud thon from tho insldo wo placed In a tomporary colling nnd shored it woll, so'that wo did not tako iu moro than about fiftoon bucketfulls In tho twonty-four hours aftor tho blow. Wahlnnn hour and a hill altor tho accident wo scorned to bo in tho midst of a Hold oflcoborgs, nnd at tlui03 wo could not look In any dirocilou without scclne thorn. Wc counted at ono timo In sight no lessthan thlrty-fivo montur onos, say about fifty fcot square. Thcsu latter wo really vory ilaitgoroiH, and thoy aro apt to havo points projecting out from their body under water, and as they aro big enough to stavo a holo In a vossol thoy must not ho touched or an opening below the wn'cr-llni may rosult. Wo did not have so much log on that day, though at tho time wn struck it was Impossible to soo tho lookout from tho bridge. At times whllo wn wero In the Hold It was neces sary to go hard atern In order to so curo a now pa3saji way when scvoral bergs blocked up our wav in Iront. I havo boon at sea UwnMr-'burveiir and havo boon monytlmosnbiut Capo Horn, but I novor saw suun a collection 01 lbatino: Iceborcs beloro. Wo wero keeping well to tho south at tho time, as 1 had passed ovrr tho samo tracl; but a fow weoks bolore and remarked how clear It was. Tho pa.sor.gor? enjoyed tho troo show afforded tlicm very much. A Stranger in a Sunday School. Tho Rev. Dr. William G. SchaulUor rolatos tho following story In tho Now York Observer. It happened In Now York about twont) -fivo years ago: "Ono Sunday, while ono of our groatosl Sab bath schools was assembled and occu pied busily with the lcs'on of the day, a vory tall stranger walked In and cat down. His look.s woro plain, but entire ly c.tlculatod 4o inspire respect, flu scorned delighted with the sinht vt so manv boautiful ohildron nnd devoted toachors, all deeply interested in their work. Tho suparlntondont noticed tho oftbet produced by tho sight upon tho stranger, nnd boforo tho school closed ho stepped up to him and said: 'As you havo manifested so warm an Inter est in thU our solemn work, I should bo obliged to you if you would address a fow words to tho scholars boforo thoy separate. I am suro tho children would long roraomber it.' Tho stranger con sontod, and whon called on roso to his foot, looking liko young King Saul among tho assorablod Israelites. Ho addressed tho school In simple, bland afloctlouato forms, tolling thorn how privilogod thoy wero in tho enjoyment of such advantages of common schools during tho wock, and Sunday schools on 'ho Sabbath, with Biblo studios and rollgloiis instruction so kindly given to thcni. Ho to'd thotu how children usod to grow up in tho woslern part of tho country during his childhood, and how his mother taught him tho A, 15, C, nnd to spoil, and to read, and to study tho Uiblo aud tho catechism, or ho would have grown up liko nn Iik11.ii:, as thotiS' anils of children thon did in thoso parts, otc. Ho tried to i.npros them with tho debt of gratitude thoy owed to God for thoso Inestlmablo blessings, and what tholr oountry had a right to expect from citizens trained up and taupht ns thoy wero. Tho ontiro school listonod to tho words of tho tall speaker with rapt, ovon breathless attention. When ho had llnlshod and was preparing to loavo, tho superintendent roquostod for himsolf and tho school tho privilogo of knowing to whoso volco thoy had boon pormlttod to listen, assuring him tha iho scholars would never forget his words, but carry thom through all tholr future days. Tho stranger replied My namu is Abraham Linroln." and passed out, leaving tho suporlutondont almost ombarrassed with surprise." Tho Opium Habit. I'hiladclphla Kecord It is not a pleasant reflection that th vicious nnd Insidious habit of opium oating, moro depraving nnd ruinous In its effects than liquor drinking, has obtained a strong hold upon our people, and is rapidly Increasing, as statistics provo. At tho reeont yoarly mooting of tho Friends In Provldonco, K. I., a pa porwas lead showing that thoro aro 100,000 oplum-oators In tho umiou atatos, and that' tho importations of tho drug havo incroasod from 90.C00 pouuds In 18G9, to nparly 000,000 pounds iu 18S0, whilo tho Importations of mor phine havo incroasod iu tho samo timo HO por cent. Both forms of tho nar cotic aio used as an Intoxicant, an l, humiliating as tho mot may bo, tho habit is largly confined to women, oblolly thoso of tho well -to do-olass, to whom tho laws of society prohibit alco holic drinks. Statistics sbow that in somo towns in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky thoro aro six-opium-oa- tors to every ono huudroil inhaouanis. InChina thoro aro ovor 200,000 opium smokers, who pay 8125,000 000 u yoar for tho "pleasuro." Tho British got eminent in India d'orives an annual rovonuo of $10,000,000 from opium. It is ostlmatcd that already 0,000 Ameri cans havo lcaruod to smoko thovllo and doathful drug. This doos not justify us 'inf calling our countrymen cplum-oa- tors, ami tho llguros aro not alarming 'oxcopf ' in their futuro significance. Thoy nro sufficient, howover. to warrant not only protest but an notlvo 'comba tlvo movomout against tho insidious habit whioh is so rapidly gaining ground - . among us. Tlio proper way to nunck tho opium ovll is a question, for immo diato consideration. In California a law h proposod making tho uso of tho Irug a raisdomoanor. Tho timo is past for soutlmeutaltsm with diuukards nnd slaves to habit. Stern moasurcs should bo taken at once, ttiat tho threatened danger may bj avorted. A Sltnlng Experience. An exciting Incident, which illus trates tho porlls and discomforts of doop mining In Novada, occurred In tho Alta mlno a fow days ago. Whllo sovon mon woro working in tho ond of a drift, 1,500 foot below tho surfnso, a power ful pump, which was constantly usod to lift tho constantly flowing water from tho drift, broko nnd tho pumping was stopped. Tho rapidly accumulating water ro30 In tho drift and broko through tho bulkhoad erected to pro tect thu working parly, and It was thought tho mon must olthor drown or bo ovcrcomo by tho boat and tho lack of air in their (loop underground prison. It was remembered, howovor, that tho ond of tho drift whon tho party woro imprisonod was higlior than thu gonur ul lovo!, and this might snvo thorn from ilrowning nt least. Tho Urokou pump wns ropairod as quickly as posslblo, and tho pumping of wator from the drift recommenced, and nt tho samo timo air was forced into tho drift through pipos Tho work of rosctto was kept up day by day, sixty hours nftor this ac.-idont oc curred, tho water in tho drift was low oroil sufficiently to allow a small, light canvas boat, with three mon in it, to bo lot down. Two ol tho mon died of tho stilling hot air, and tho third barely ol fectod lib cscano. Notwithstanding hi", a f out th man deseondod and nt tempted to wado to tho end of tho drift, but ho was forced to roturn in a dolin ous condition, without accomplishing uuvthing more than seeing a light at tho ond of tho drift and finding tho boat. Two others followed, but woro unablo to reacli thu dosirod pol it on ac count of tho boat and gas. Still auoth r, having I1I3 head pro'.eotou with an Ico-helmot, used by minors in tho doop levels, doscondod and wadod throng h tho hot water to tho ond of tho drift, where, to his groat surpriso aud do- light, ho found tho seven prisoners alivo, noarly starved to death, patient ly waiting for thu roscuo thoy hoped would como, but ro'igncd to their fate If tho worst should como. lnoy wero speedily brought out Tho only lives lost wero thosu of tho two bravo miners who perished in tho boat in tho nttompt to reach tholr comrades. Education for thu Kitchen. Tho next great step mint bo in aid of tlio art of cookory; and tho friends of genuine social Improvement may con gratulate thomsolves that tho progress of odujatiou is beginning to tako effect upon this most important department of domestic life. Cjoklng-schools nro bn ing organized in many plncos in this country and in Kagland, nnd tho Kng- llsh aro taking tho load in making thorn a part of tholr national and common school systom. Of tho importance, tho imperative no ccssity of this movomont, thoro can not bo tho slightest question. Our kitchons, as is perfoo.ly notorious, nro tho fortifi ed ir.trjuchmcnts of Ignorance, preju dice, irrational I abits, rulc-of-thunib, andmonlal vacuity, andthoconscquonco Is that tho Americans aro Hablo to tho reproach of suffering boyoud any other people, from wasteful, unpalatablo, un henlthfttl and monotonous cookory. Considering our rcsourcos, and tho vaunted oluoatlonnnd intolligcnco of American women, this roproach is just. Our kitchens nro, in fact, almost aban doned to tho control of stupid creatures that pour in upon us from all parts of tho globo. Aud, what is worso, thoro is a gonoral acquiescence) iu this state of things, aslf It woro somothiag fated, nnd rolief from It hopoloss and impossible. Wo profoss to bollovo in tho potonoy of oducalion, and nro applying It to all othor intorosts and industries oxcopting only tho fundamental preparation nnd uso of food to sultnin life, whioh in volves moro of economy, onjoymont, hoalth, spirits and tho poworot efi'ootivo labor, than any othor subjoot that is formally studied In tho schools. Wo abound infomalo somlnarlos. uud in fo malo colleges, and high schools, sup ported by burdensomo taxos, In whioh ovorythlng mder hoavou is studiod ox copt that practical art which is a daily and vital necosslty in all thohousoholds of tho laud. Hi im Very Ancient English. Dcmorest's Monthly for May. Ethuologlstt- say that tho pcoplo whoso earliest traces aro found in England woro liko tho modern Australians. They woro black mon with low brows, and woro vory inferior specimons of human ity. Theso wero all dostroyod during tho glacial period, when Groat Britain was oovorod with Icoborgs. Aftor tho icongo, and whon Britain boonnio hab itable again, a new raco mado its ap pearance, somo of tho descendants of whioh aro n part of tho English nation. What thoy woro originally wo oulyknow from tombs or barrows, in which nro found thoir skeletons, wonpons, domes tic utensil j nnd ornamonts. Thoy woro a dark, short and thick-set raco. Tholr skulls woro vory long und narrow. Thoy wero unacquainted with motals, and used Mono implomonts In war aud agri culture. Thoy soomod to live In littlo communities after a socialistic fashion, nnd it is cortaln that thoy had somo do raostlo animals, among others pigs. Theso stone-ago mon, as thoy woro call ed, would cut a sorry figure besldo tho Englishman of to-day, for tho latter is tho product of mixed und vory much superior races. To havo stored moral capital enough to most tho drafts of death nt sight must bo an unmatched tonic LITTLE FOLKS. Tommy seated on his mother's lap nnd reading nbout Evo and the sorpont, "Sho wasn't liko you, ninnima, for you'ro afraid of a mouso." Natural History. "LIston, nuntlo; what's thatP" "It's tho cuckoo, dar ling. Don't you know tho cuckcoP" 'Oh, j-osl Tho cuckoo is Hint horrid bird that doosn't lay It's own oggs." "Gumbo soup!" cxolalmod tho little boy tho other da), as ho road it lrom tho bill of faro. "I say, mn, thoy havo named a soup after Haruum's now olo- pliant, havon't thoy?" A gontlomnu giving a locturo to somo boS wns explaining how no ono could llvo without air. Ho then said, "You havo all heard of n man drowning; how does It liapponP" Tho ready nnswer wns, " 'Causo ho can't swim." i little follow enmo to school brimful of talk about a brand now baby in his block. "Hoa' old Is it?" asked sonic body. "I don't know how old it la," ho nnsworod naively, "thoy only found It last night." An Indianapolis llvo-yoar-old wasro- proved by hij mothur for hangirgon to tho street cars, when he oxcinimod: "Well, you won't lot mo join tho church, nnd that's why 1 do It. How can I bo good unless 1 join tho church?" A littlo Boston girl who has soon an en graved copy of Mlllals' "Tlio l'riucos iu tho Tower," in a pieturo siiop win dow, wont iu tlio othor '.lay nnd said to tho "diopkcoper: "I camo to ask you if you would please tako that pieturo out of your window. Every timo I pass I lo3k iu, nud tho pieturo is so sad It makes mo vory unhappy. Won't you please tako it away?" From a Mississippi subscriber "Lit tlo Arthur goes to school, and when callod up to rocito goos with his book bottom sldo upward. His toachor, cx validating, say: "Why, Arthur, you havo gotten your book bottom side up. Didn't you know you could not go down your A, H, C's with it that way?" Yes. ma'am," says Arthur, "but I thought l could go up thom." A littlo girl, threo years old, was charged with breaking a lloworfrom its stem. Sho said: "No, I didd't heal: It." Her mother, howovor, arguo i that sho must havo done it, for no ono clso had boon iu tho room; but sho said: " 'Deed, 'deed I didn't!" Thinking to mako hor confess, M10 mothor said: "Now, Ada, I sco a story in yourovoi" "Woll, that's ono told thoothcrday, for I didn't boak tho fowoi." And it was found that sho had not. Tho Hov. Dr. Charles H. Hall, pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, has always taught his youngest child to say graco at tho tablo as soon as ho could spcaK. uu young hopeful is now a small boy, whoso prorogativo is to ask tho divino blossing upon tlio food ns soon as tho family is seated. A fow days ago tho proachor, being in n hurry to got through tho evening meal to go to a wedding, entered tho dining room swiftly, nnd ns soon as ho took his soat, promptly said grace himsolf. His son looked at him In surprise, and, as thu father finished, the boy, slinking out his napkin, said: "Well.you'vo got cheok." A Lady Lawyer's Retoit. San .loso Mercury. .ludgo Tyler, of San Francisco, is woll known to tlio bar of that city as a most foimidablo opponont, both foronsioally and physically, as many a "loamod counsel" upon tho othor sldo has found out. Tho Judgo, who is so usod to domina ting his brethren of tho bar, recontly mot his match in tho lady lawyer of tfau Francisco, Clara S Foltz, who clipped his wind in a manner that well nigh suffocated him. Tho story is too good to bo lost. Tho caso of Tyler vs. tho Hibornla Stvlngs Bank was ponding beforo ono of tho city court3, involving tho right to a cortaln doposit of funds in said bank. It seoms that Tyler, by a littlo bit of shnrn praotioo, was trying to ring in a "cold deck" in tho shape of a default that had beon erroneously dated, tho admission of which by the judgo upon tho bench would havo scut tho defend ant out of court. Mn. Foltz showed up tlio mattor satisfactorily to tho court and tho dofault was promptly sot aside. This nottlod Judgo Tylor considerably, and turning to tno lauy counsel no said sharply, in a manner intendod to bo In tensely iniprossivo, that "counsol hnd bettor bo engaged in other business," thnt "a woman's placo wns at homo raising hor children. " The words woro scarcely uttorod bo foro Mrs. Foltz roso iu ho quoonly way, and Hashing hor bluo oyos straight Into tho Judge's llorid face, sho quietly re marked; "A woman had bottor bo en gaged in almost any business than In raising such mon nsyou nro, sir." Tho court commandod order, but In a touo that seomod to anprecintod tho justice of tho retort, whilo a numbor of la A'yors in court, somo of whoso heads Judgo Tyler has held In "chancory" on formoi occasions, camo near exploding with silout laughter. Tho counsol turnod whlto with angor and gtoanod In spirit, but concluded that it was bottor to drop tho subject thou aud thero. Pat and Peto wishing to introduco a now gnmo suggostod thoy play Hog and Lion. "All right," says Pat, "you got iu that mud puddlo and roll ami grunt, and I will go out hero and roar." Tills being done, Poto wants to chango and asks Pat to bo pig and ho will bo lion. "Oh no," says Pat, "I don't mako a good pig, and you can do your roaring whon your inothorsoos yourolothos." Tho Rochester Democrat thinks that ono of tho saddost sights In tho world is to soon young man try lug to treat his swoothoart's small and depraved brotii or as though ho was his doarest frlond. When pcoplo undertake to restrain thombolvos without knowing how, thoy aro olton wor3o eff than had thoy loft thomsolvos nlouo. WIT AND HUAlOIt. "A follow must sowhlsjwlld oats, you know," oxcinimod tho ndoloscont John. "Yos," replied Annie, "bit: shouldn't begin sowing so soon nftor cradling. Tho most sonsiblo pcoplo of tho coun ry livo nt Lansing, MIoh. A butchor shop in that placo boars tho sign, "closod till moat gots cheaper." Gorman frlond "Do bicturo you hat balntod Is most putlful; doro is only von vord in do English lanckgulgo vloh de scribes it and 1 haf vorgotton it." Monopoly dolincd: Class in defini tion? "What Is monopoly?" "That rival establishment over tho way." When is a monopoly not n monopoly?" "Wheu it Is In your own hands." An lown woman struck at a tramp with an nx nnd cut u lock of hair from his head. If sho had boen pplilting wood sho couldn't have hit within throo foot of tho stick. Threo Cairo Aldormon, each with a black eye, attended tho samo mooting of tlio council tho othor night, nnd all told tho samo story of a slick of wood Hying up. It is that goad old lady, Mrs. Parting ton, who says vory wisely thnt thoro is not much dllVerenco between a pool, nnd a millet, except in tho spelling, for both spend most of their timo in chuntiug their lays. Household Scene--Joyous" Ilmbanil "Here, my dear, my portrait has just como homo ironi thu artist's you shall see how faithful it is." Wifo (dryly) "Thou it dons not ro3omblo tho original." When a man comos out in a crowd nnd says ho will not run for otlico ho reminds ono very much of that othor man who plnnodatomporancobadgo on his coat so that somo ono would ask him to tako a drink undor tho niistakou impression that ho would rofuso. A nowspapor always has a chanco to adyortiso charity ontorLainmcnts for nothing, and then has a chanco to thank itsolf by publishing for nothing tho res olutions of thanks passed by a fow tin important porsons who novor fail to bo up serenely on such occasions. Sorvant (who has callod to soo about a place) "Well, yo. 'm, my oyos nro not ns good as thoy woro, '111. Not that thero Is anything wrong with thom, but whonovor I clean the pots and tins, '111, I shino thom so bright that thoy dazzlo my oyes. It's my only defock, 'm. Cook "Madarao, may I ask you for my testimonials?" Mistress "What do you expect mo to write, you worthless cronturo? Surely I cannot say that I am satisfied with you." Cook "It isn't necossary. Only writo that I ro malnod with you tiiroo months. That will bo my best recommendation." "She's a dear, good girl," sa'd a St. Louis young man, in roforonco to a Chi cago fair ono. "I assure you, fathor, sho is nil soul." "Yos," replied his storn parent, tho old prejudice ngninst tho Gardon City embittering his words: 'I saw hor footprint in tho sand by tlio lake sldo. You nro right; sho is all solo." An Austin editor was writing nt homo, when his niuiorous children dlsturbod him, whoreupon ho howled to his wife: I'm busy writing nn editorial denounc ing tho infliction of corporeal punish. mont on children in tho public schools of Toxns, and if thoso brats intorrupt mo onco moro I'll got up and woar my cano out on thom." A growlor's luck: "This is just my luck," naid tho gloomy man at tho thoatro. "Hero's a performance going that's so bad its ngonlzing to witness, and it tho first timo iu six months that I havon't had a woman with abath tub hat In front of mo when l'vo boon to tho thoatro. A Now England man wnntod a horso to rido at tho annual parado. "Do you want a spirited animal?" askod tho liveryman. "No not vory." "Do you want a quiot ono?" "No not vory." 'What do you want thouP" "I want n horso that looks a good doal moro splritod then ho really Is." Tho latest joko about King Kalakaua of tho Sandwich Islands is thnt ho can not holp being a good man. Tho rea son nssigued is that his ancestors ato so much missionary iu thoir timo that it worked into thoir system and was trans mitted to thoir descendants. Mission aries who aro oaton nro, nftor all, not wasted, it would appear. In tho stono floor of a Court Houso vostibulo in a largo Eastorn town is tho word "Justice" in largo lottors. An old resident who had just lost a suit was walking sadly out of tho building. Seeing tho lottors iu tho floor ho haltod, uncovered his hoad, nud said: "Jus tice, I know you woro doad, but I didn't know whoro you woro buriod." A man was onco askod how ho and his wifo got along with bo Jlttlo friction in tho family machlnory. "Woll," said ho, "whon wo woro first marriod wo both wantod our own way. I want ed to sloop on llnon shoots, my wifo preferred cotton, aud wocouldu'tngroc Finally, wo talked tho mattor ovor, and camo to tho conoluslon that It was uu chrlstian to llvo In constant blokorlng; so wo compromised on linen, nnd havo got along nil right ovor siuco." It turns out that Longfellow wroto tlio following woll-knowu rhynios. They woro written when his daughter Edith, was a "littlo girl." There was a littlo girl, WhohadallttUtcirl, That hiiua right down on her fordteid. And when sho was gooJ, Sho was very, veiygood, And when sue was bad she was horrid. I'M . J i ! -J ;v 1 1 1