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The Yale Expositor. J. A. Mexiius, Publisher. YALE, Mien You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Berlin had nearly a million visitors last year, while Vienna had only SS7, 000 and Hamburg 278,900. Love Is the wondrous angel of life that rolls away all the stones of sor row and suffering from the pathway of duty. It takes a lifetime of experience to teach us that we arc our own best friend; that we are our own worst enemy we never learn. Nothing Eimpllfic3 life like obedi ence. We sometimes think we arc be set by problems, that life is a very difficult and complicated affair. It Is not really so. All life is simply doing or bearing the will of God. Thero is never more than one duty for one mo ment. The pressure of trade competition during the last, decade has prompted Great Britain to utilize an extraordi nary method of impressing foreign traders with her superiority. The new scheme Is to scatter broadcast over the commercial world British ex perts in matters of trade to lectin e on British manufactures in every Im portant commercial center of the clobe. A high official In Porto Rico fay? that eighteen months ago there were known to be three thousand cases cf smallpox on the island; In the past eight months not a single death from the disease has bceu reported to the board of health. What has wrought the change? The answer may be read fn the fact that the names of nearly eight hundred thousand persons ar recorded on the vaccination list cf the board. According to reports of ft French geological exploring expedition in western Algeria, that country pos sesses a petroleum bearing basin rich In oil, and resembling in its geological structure the petroleum beds of Galicia and Baku. Our consul at Marseilles, Mr. Skinner, reports that several com panies have already made application to the French government for permis sion to drive wells lu lHiq newly dis covered petroleum district. Not long ago an Arizona rancher posted the following notice on a cot ton wood tree, not far from his niaca of abode. "My wife Sarrah has left my ranch when I didn't Do a thing to htr, and I want it distinkly under stood that any Man as takes her In and Keers for her on my account will get himself Pumped fro Full of Led that some tenderfoot will locate him for a mineral claim. A word to thi wise Is sufficient nod orter work cn fools." The duel hi Italy has been very deadly of lute. It Is estimated that during the past year 2, -100 duels wee fought In the kingdom, which yielded a crop of 4S0 deaths. The Chinese way of "getting even" Is more civilized on the whole. The enraged Inhabitant ol the celestial empire Is as likely as not to commit suicide on his enemy's doorstep, in order to do him as great an Injury a3 possible. And a suicide under those circumstances in China really does throw the foe Into a ter rible flunk, owing to the supposed bad luck such nu incident brings to the householder. According to recent experiments b? Stanlla3 Tetard, a widely knowa French agriculturist, wheat and other cereals can be protected against the ravages of crow.s, which are particu larly fond cf the grain when Its sprouts are just pushing above the ground, by treating the seeds before they are sown with a mixture of coal-tar, pe troleum and phenic acid. This treat ment, which delaj-3 the growth of tho seed for a day or two, but causes no damage, imparts an odor which is in sufferable to the crows, but which dis appears after the sprouts have at tained a larger growth, when they are no longer subject to attack. It Is known that many deep sea ani mals are phosphorescent in a high de gree, and Mr. C. C. Nutting, discussing this phenomenon in the American Nat uralist, maintains that tho quantity of light emitted by such animals Is so great as to supply over definite areas of the sea bottom a sufficient Illumina tion to render visible the colors of the animals themselves. Some cephalo poda are furnished with apparatus which reflects the light from their phosphorescent bodIe3 upon the sea bottom over which they float This reflecting apparatus is spoken of as "an efficient bull's-eye lantern for ose In hunting through the abyssal dark nets." At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences' In Paris, Mr. O. Bonnier presented a note concerning some very interesting experiments In grafting plants, the results of which contradict ed the generally accepted opinion that only plants belonging to the name bo tanical family can be successfully grafted upon one another. Mr. Bon nier showed that recently plant of en tirely different families had been grafted with success, for example, the maple upon the lilac, the kldney-foean upon the castor-oil bean, and the cab ta$e upon the tomato. DAIRf AND rOULTJtY. INTERESTINQ CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How SiireetiMful farmer Operate TliW Department of the Fwrm A Few UlnU to the C'aro of LH Stock and Poultry. Dulry School of Ontario. During the winter of 1899-1900 three dairy schools, supported by the On tario government, were conducted in the province at Guelph, Strathroy and Kingston all of them being under the direction of Dr. James Mills, President of the Ontario Agricultural college. The courses of instruction were largely tho same in each case, although the Ceutral school at Guelph had tho ben efit of a series of lectures from mem bers of the college staff, and also the advantage of practically judging and Itaadling dairy cown and studying dairy breeds. The courses pursued were practically as follows: In order to meet the growing de mand for good butter makers to take charge of factories during ths winter month3 and early spring, each dairy school was open from December 4 to 22. A practical and thorough training was given In the running of cream separators of different makes, the pas teurization of whole milk and cream, care and ripening of pasteurized and raw cream, use of the acid test for cream, running cf box chums, tho com bined churn and worker and the Mason worker, the preparation of but ter for local and export markets, and other of a practical character; also in testing the milk with tb', Babcock tester and lactometer, in the use of the oil test churn, In composite sampling, and in the making up of factory ac counts, so that tho student3 might have a thorough knowledge of how to run a creamery properly. There were no examinations and no certificates given In this special course. There were two factory courses, one of three weeks and another of six weeks' duration. Thcso courses pro vide theoretical and practical instruc tion in cheese-making and the curing of cheese, butter-making (both sep arator and cream gathering plans) and preparation of butter for market, milk testing with the Babcock tester and lactometer, and oil-test churn, which Is so much used In cream gath ering creameries; pasteurizing both whole milk and cream. They also in clude fermentation tests, the use of starters, dairy bacteriology, agriculture in relation, to dairying, and factory accounts, tie. Discussions on practical dairy topics, led by one of the Instructors, was held four afternoons in each week. These discussions lasted for one hour and were of much value to both students and Instructors. Experts were brought to the schools from time to time to give lessons In the judging of cheese and butter. t Special instructions were also given on the care and running of boilers and engines by a competent instructor. There was also practice in pipe-fitting, repairing valves, etc. While the fact Is recognized that tho manufacture cf cheese and butter must be confined largely to the co-operative or factory system in order to attain the highest success, it is r.ho a fact that a large quantity of butter and come cheese are made, and will con tinue to be made, in farm dairies. To enable the farmers to produce a finer quality of butter and cheese, and thereby receive a better price, a homo dairy course was carried on In two of tho schools. A competent lady In structor was secured in each case, and the methods followed, and the appara tus and utensils U3ed were Inexpensive, and such as have been found most suit able for use In farm dairies. Student3 for this courso were allowed to enter any time after January 4 and remain as long as they wished. Gup Dlsrano of Yonn r Toutlrr. Prof. II. Garman, Entomologist and Botanist of the Kentucky Experiment Station, in bulletin 70 o! that station, says: Young chickens aro very much troubled In Kentucky with gapes. The disease occurs throughout the state, but Is not uniform In lt3 occurrence, being destructive on one farm, while faims adjoining are free from it. On the Experiment Farm at Lexington tho disease rarely maks its appear ance, while on a place just across a pike the majority of tho chicks hatched are some seasons destroyed by It. At my own place again, a mile away, the trouble Is very annoying. It appears that once It becomes established on land It maintain. Itself there and thus renders It 111 stilted to the raising of chickens. The Immediate cause of the trouble Is of course the presence of the well-known gape worm (Syngamus tracheali3) In the trachea or windpipe. These worms obstruct the passage of air to and from the lungs and thus oc casion the characteristic gasping move ments of the suffering chicks. The symptoms and general nature of tho trouble are so well known that further reference to them may be dispensed with. Common Remedies. The commonly recommended praotlco of introducing Into the trachea a partly stripped feather, or a bluegrass top, and by a twisting motion dls-lodglng and remov , lng the worms docs not seem to me after considerable experience with the diseased fowls to be practicable for very young chicks. The trachea I eo small and so easily Injured that It la Impossible to .dislodge and remove all of the worms by such means. With tXe greatest care I have never been able to give affected chicks more than temporary relief In this way. It hag been my experience, however, that chicks generally recover without treatment when they are attacked after . they are half grown, and hence fowls that might from their size bo treated, successfully with a feather do not re quire treatment of any sort. It Is the very youifg chicks that suffer most, and the only remedial treatment la their case that seems to me to bo suc cessful 13 rubbing the neck from tirao to time with lard or vaseline thor oughly mixed with a little turpentine (3 parts of tho lard or vaseline to 1 part of turpentine). This treatment should begin before tho disease make its appearance. It will not help a chick In the last stages of tho disease. Pure turpentine will very quickly kill a chick when rubbed on tho neck over the trachea, a fact which I have sev eral times demonstrated on badly af- j fected individuals. Since my observations cn the dis ease wero mado I have read a valuable article on gapes and gape worms, writ ten by the French naturalist Megnin. He asserts that tho use of pounded gar lic with the ifcnial food has been mado to completely eradicate the disease among pheasants In Europe. Ho recommends the use cf one garlic bulb to ten pheasants each day, and tho same proportion would in all proba bility bo sufficient in the case of tho common chicken. He supplements this treatment with Epecial care in the mat ter of drinking water, u.slng only pure water and changing it several times a day. Poultry Iirlefn. Without doubt food flavors eggs, but the general market hag never found it cut. With the market a fresh egg is a fresh egg and its freshness i3 its only standard of relative value. Yet the egg frsm good wholesome food is far superior to the egg made of all kinds of swill. When the public awakes to this fact thero will bo an Improvement In the quality of egg?, and not before that time. The enthusiastic poultryman ha3 it In his power to produce a strain of egg-producers la almost any breed. Seme of the breeds that have the best reputation for egg production, such as the Leghorns, Hamburgs and Mi norcas, have never besn as popular with the great mass of farmers as have the Plymouth ltocks, Wyandotte.! and Brahmas. In these latter breeds are now found strains of egg producers that are almost the equals of some of the distinctively egg-producing breeds. But this has been brought about only by experimentators, and with poultry the development of strains Is slow and rather difficult, owing to tho fact that It Is small business recording the work cf each individual hen for a year cr WQ mi A practical poultry keeper says ol the Toulouse geese that they need llt l!e water except for drinking. As for agers they are excellent and make a gocd living in the wheat stubble. Some object to them in the pastures In early spring, as they feed very clcse end pull up many of the ftalk3 cf grass by the roots. This of courso Is detrimental to the pasture that cannot spire any stalks cf grass. There is a dilTercnce cf opinion as to whether or not cattle will graze In pastures th?t have been fed ever by gcecc. The opinion pre vails to same extent but some poultry men nsseit there 13 nothing In it, 3 they have grazed g:c?J and cattle to gether for a dozen of years. Thero arc few farmers that keep enough geesa to injure a pasture L: thi3 way even if tho cattle dc raise an objec tion. Toulouse geese will make use of swampy and waste laud that is of uc value for anything clso. New York Hotter-.llaUlnr. A communication from the Geneva Experiment Station eays: Butter making Is again coming into great prominence as an industry in tho dairy sections of New York. Improved methods and Increased cleanliness in I milk handling, creara ripening and I churning aro making tho product ol some cf cur creameries of high quality and great uniformity; but we still fail to reach the standard set by Denmark. Occasional butter faults will crop out even In high grade butter factories and the product of tho state 33 a whole 13 far from uniform. One reason for th!3 difference be tween New York and Dcnmark lies in the fact that tho Danes make great use of the pasteurizer in their butter mak tnc. New York very little use. This l.i pcrhap;i duo to the fact that early trials of the continuous pasleurizin-j machines In America were not favor able to their use. Experiments made at Geneva In 1899, however, seem to indicate that tho fault did not lie In the machines, but in the low temperature used in mani pulating them; for at Geneva, using temperatures of 17G degrees F. an l 153 degrees F., the germ-destroying power of tho machine wa3 most excel lent. The numbers of bacteria present were reduced from hundreds of thou sands or even millions to two or three hundreds at most, usually to much smaller numbers. Butter made from milk heated momentarily to these high temperatures had very little cookel flavor; and If handled rightly, none at all. Further experiments In making butter from pasteurized milk are to bi made. Silver Wyandottes arc the product of a number of crosses, the most Im portant cross having been tho BufI Cochin with ihe Silver Spangled Hamburgs. They were little known previous to 1870, and were at first called Sebright Cochins. Another cross was subsequently made of the Silver-Spangled Hamburgs with the Dark Brahma, and the results of 'the two were amalgamated, having been also modified slightly by the addition cf pome Breda blood. It was jiot til 1883 that the Silver Wyandotte wer officially recognized aa a breed. TALMAGE'S SERMON. ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER OF THE SAVIOUR. C'lirl .(Ian Vrgd lo 1'iiiiilnte tlio Qu:ll tlt WliU-li Wero t'oiipli-iimi In tli F.MrtMy I.lfe ami JUlnUtrulloiM of Jemia. (Cci yiljiht, 1'JOfl, by Louis Klopsch.) In mis sermon, which Dr. Talmage sends from Paris, he analyzes the character of the Savior and urges all Christians to exercise the qualities which were conspicuous In Christ's earthly life. The text is Romans viii, 9, "Now, if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he Is none of hi3." There 13 nothing more desirable than a pleasant disposition. Without it wo cannot be hippy. When we havj lost our temper or be.:onio impatient under r.ome light cros?, we suddenly awaken to a new appreciation of prop er equipoise of nature. We wish we had Leea born with so:f balance. We envy those people who bear them selves through life without any per turbation, and we flatter ouivelve3 that however little self control we may now have, the time will come, under the process of years, when we will be mellowed and softened and the wrong things which are in us now will then be all right, forgetful of the fact that an evil habit in our nature wi 1 grow Into larger proportions and that an iniquity not corrected will become the grandfather of a whole genera tion of iniquities. So that people with out ths grace of God la the struggle and amid the annoyances and exas perations of life are apt to become worse Instead of better. Now, tne trouble is that we have a theory abroad in the world that a man's exposition cannot be charged. A man says, "I am irascible In tem per, find I can't help it." Another man says, '( am revengeful naturally, and I can't help It." A man says, "I am Impulsive, and I can't help it." And he tells the truth. No man can correct his disposition. I never knew a man by forcce cf resolution to charge hl'5 temperament, but by his grace God I can take away that which Is wrong I and put In that which la right, and I know and you know people who since their conversion are Just the opposite of what they used to be. In other words, we may by the spirit cf God have the disposition of Jesus Christ Implanted in our disposition, and we must have It done or we will never see heaven. "If any man has not the disposition of Jesus Christ, he is none of his." A pl It of Gontlene. In the first place the spirit of Christ was a spirit of gentleness. Sometimes he made wrathful utterances against Pharisees and hypocrites, but the most cf hi;j words were kind and gentle and loving and Inoffensive and at tractive. When we consider the fact that ho was omnipotent and could have torn lo pieces his assailants, the wonder is greater. We often bear the persecution and abuse cf the world because we cannct help it. Christ en dured it when he could have helped It. Little children who always shy eff at a rough man rushed into hi3 presence and clambered on him until the peo ple begged the mothers to take them away. Invalids Eore with wounds that they could not bear to have any one ccme near them begged Christ Just io put his hand upon the wound end soothe it. The mother with the tidi est child was willing to put the little one in Christ's arms. Self righteous people rushed into his presence with a woman cf debased character and said, "Now, annihilate her, blast her, kill her." Jesus looked at her and saw she was sorry and repentant, and h? looked at them, and he saw they were proud and arrogant and malignant, and he said, "Let him that is without sin cast the first ttone at her." A blind man snt by tho wayside mr.k'ng a great to dc about hi3 lack of vision. They told him to hush up and not bother the Master. Christ stooped to him and said, "What wilt thou tint I do unto thee?" Gentleness of voice, gentleness of manner, gentleness of life. The Hand of mputlir. My sister had her arm out of joint and wc were In the country, and tho neighbors came in, and they were all sympathetic, and they laid hold of ths arm and pulled and pulled mightily until the anguish wa3 intolerable; but the arm did not go to its place. Then the old country doctor was sent for, and he came in and with one tcuh It was all right. He knew Just where to put his finger and Just how to touch the tone. We go out to Christian work with too rough a hand and too unsym pathetic a manner, and we fall In cur work, while some Christian, in the gentleness of Christ, cornea along, puts his hand of sympathy on the sore epot the torn ligaments arc healed and the disturbed bones arc rejoined. Oh, for this gentleness of Christ. The dew of one summer night. will accomplish more good than fifty Caribbean whirlwinds. How import ant It Is that In going forth to serve Christ we have something of hit gen tleness! Is that the way we bear our selves when we are assaulted? The rule Is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, retort for retort, sarcasm for sarcasm. Give him as much as he Fends! After awhile you look up Into the face of Christ, und you see his gen tleness, and you say, "Well, now, I must do differently." Then your proud heart says: "Now, you have your fn? my In a corner. You will never get him In a corner again. Chastise him. and then let him go." So we postpone the gentleness of Christ. Did you rcr know any difficulty to be healed by acerbity or hypererltlelsm? About forty-five years ago the Presbyterian church was split into the new school and tiio old school. The chasm got wider and wider. The most outrage ous personalities were Indulged In. Good men on one side anathematized good men on the other side. Wider and wider the chasm got, until after a while tome good people tried another tack, and they began to explain away the difficulties, and scon all the differ ences were healed, and at Pittsburg they shook hands and ure now to be one forever. How to I.ove tlio Kutlipr. Did you ever know a drunkard re claimed by mimicry of his staggering steps, h's thick tongue or his hic cough? No. You only madden his bryin. But you go to him and let hi ni know you appreciate what an aw ful struggle he has with the evil habit, and you let him know that yon have been acquainted with people who were down In the same depths who by the grace of God have beni rescued. He hears your voice, he responds to that sympathy, und he is sav'd. You can not scold the world into anything bet ter. You may attract it into some thing better. The stormiest wind cornea out from its hiding p!ace and says, "I will arouse this tea." And it blows upon the sea. Half of the sea is aroused or a fourth of the sea is aroused, yet not the e-ntire Atlantic, But after awhile the moon tomes out cpim and pia'id. It shines upon the rea, and the ocean begins to lift. It embraces all tho highlands; the beach is all eoverr-d. The heart throb of one world beating against the heart throb of another world. The storm could r.ct rouse the whole Atlantic, the moon lifted It. "And !," said Christ, "if 1 be lifted up will draw all men unto me." "it Siln:? (Mir Nh!('(Iiic f. What is self-sacrifice? It is my walking a long journey to ;ave you from fatigue. It Is my lifting a great number of pounds to save you from the awf-.'.l strain. It is a subtraction from my comfort and prosperity so that there may bo an addition to your comfort and prosperity. How much cf that have we? M'cht not I rather say, "How little have we?" Two chil dren brother and sister were pass ing down the road. They were both very destitute. The lad had hardly any garments at all. His sister had a coat that she had outgrown. It wa3 a very cold day. She said. "Johnny, ccmc under this coat." "Oh, no," he said; "the coat Isn't large enough!" "Oh," she ;ald, "it will stretch." He comes under the coat, but the coat would not stretch. So she took off the coat and put it on him. Self-sacrifice pure and simple. Christ taking off his robe to clothe our nakedness. Self sacrifire. I have not any of It, nor have you compared with that. The sacrifice of the Son of God. Christ walked to Emmaus. Christ walked from Capernaum to Bethany, Christ walked from Jerusalem to Gol gotha. How far have yon and I walk ed for Christ? His head achen, his heart ached, his back ached. How much have we ached for Christ? TUn U of llanil lM'. How much of that humiTiy have we? If wc get a few more dollars than oiher people or gain a littlo high er position, oh, how wo strut! We go around wanting everybody to know their place, and say, "Is not this great Babylon that I have built for tho hon or of my kingdom and by the might o! my strength?" Who has anything cf tho humility of Chri-t? The disposition of Christ was also tho spirit of prayer. Prayer em the mountains, prayer cn the sea, prayer among the sick, prayer everywhere. Prayer for little children: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast hidden these thing.i from the wise and pru dent and revealed them unto babes." Prayer for his friends: "Father, I will that they be with me where I am." Prayer for hi.-s enemies: "Fath er, I forgive them; they know not what they do." Prayer for ail na tions: "Thy kingdom come." How little of that spirit you and I have. How soon our knees get tired. Where I3 the vial full of odors which are the prayers of all tho saints? Which of us can keep our mind ten minutes on a prayer without wandering? Not yen, 110C I. Oh, that we might have the spirit of prayer which wa3 tho spirit of Clnitt. We want more prayer hi the family, more prayer in tho church, more prayer In the legislative hall, more prayer among the sick, more prayer among the aged, more prayer among the young. The great advance ment of the church h; to be in that direction yet. Tlio Spirit of Hani Work. The spirit cf Christ, I remark last ly, was a spirit of bard work. Not one lazy moment in all It's life. Whether he was talking to the fisher men cn the beach or preaching to the sailors on the dock or administering to the rustica amid the mountains or spending an evening In Bethany, al ways busy for others. With hands, heart, head busy for others. Hewlnj; In the Nazareth carpenter shop, teach ing the lame how to walk without crutches, curing the child's fits, pro viding rations for tho hungry hest. Busy, busy, busy! The hardy men who pulled the net out cf the sea filled with flotiudering treasures, the shepherds who hr.ntfd up grassy plots for their flocks to nibble at, the ship wrights pounding away In the dry docks, the winemakers of Engedl dip ping the juices from the vat and pour ing them Into the goatskins, were not more busy than Christ. Bu.'y, bu?y for others. From the moment he went out of the caravansary of Beth lehem to tho moment when the cross plunged Into the rocket on the bloody mount, btir.y for others. Does that re mind yr:i of yourr.elf? I3rs that te- mlud you of myself? If we lift a burden, It must be light. If we do work, it must be popular. If we alt In the pew. It must be soft. If we move In a sphere of usefulness.lt must bo brilliant. If we have to take hold of a load, give us tho light end of the log. In this way to heaven fan us, rock us, sing us to sleep. Lift us up toward heaven on the tips of your fin gers under a silken sunshade. Stand out of the way, all you martyrs who. breasted tho fire! Stand out of the way and let this colony of tender foot ed modern Christians come up and get their crowns! What has your Lord done to you, O Christian, that you should betray him? Who gave you so much riches that you can afford to despise the award3 of tho faithful? At this mo ment, when all the nrmlecs or heaven and earth and hell are plunging Into the conflict, how can you desert the standard? Oh, backslidden Christian, is It not time for you to start anew for God and anew for heaven? SAVING THE LOESTER. Good Work of the Newfound an J. Ie partmrnt 0r 1 Uhei Tho Newfoundland department of marine and fisheiics Is now operated very much on the same lines as the Canadian, though, of course, on a much smaller scale. It wa3 fiist organised as a "Jldicries commission" In 1S90, previous to which dale there was no public department specially charged with the supervision of tho fisheries. The last annual report of the .depart ment contains some information which may interest your readers. Regard ing the r.rtificlal propagation of lob sters tho repoit states that in the past from 300,000,000 to 400,000,000 lob sters were annually hatched and planted in tho waters, at a yearly cost cf $1,100. If only a small percentage of these survive to re?.ch maturity the results cannot fail to prove beneficial in sustaining the stock of lobsters In the waters, and thus counteracting the effects of such heavy drafts as are now mado, year after year. I may explain that this propagation Is car ried on by means of floating Incuba tors, the Invention of Mr. Nielson. Two hundred and fifty of these incu bators are occupied by fifty men around the shores of the great bay3. There is no other country where the, artlflcl.il propagation of this valuable crustacean Is carried on upon such cn extensive scale not excepting the United States or Norway. It Is well, known that In nearly every lobster-, producing country this favorite crus-, tacean is threatened with extermina tion. The quantity secured each year is lessening and tho price advancing. Newfoundland, I regret to say, is no exception to the decllno In the lobster fi-hcry. The export each year 13 les ponlng, though the number of handi employed In taking It ha3 doubled. The size, tco, 13 diminishing In most districts. The report states the ex port for l98-'0 as SC. ICG case3; value, ?3C3.000. In the previous year tho ex pert wd 3 Gl ,031 cases; value, $619,510. The department Is using the most vigorous measures to arrest the de cline; but tho due enforcement cf the Hiles in regard to tin size cf lobsters taken and the spac3s between the laths in the traps is very difficult. The department has recently prohibited fill fishing a wise measure which rlready seems to be attended with good results and m:et3 general ap proval both among fishermen and packers. Tho report stato3 that there is "a marked Improvement in the mode of packing and a much better article than formerly is produced, though thero Is still great room for Improvement." Montreal Gazette. C APE NOME'S NEWSPAPER. (Mil I Ittlo Muct WMch Clironlrlii Tom n' llnriprn'nc. One of the most Interesting curiosl ti?3 that has conic down from the new gold field3 is a ropy of the Nome Dally News. This publication, which con sists of four pages, with four short columns cn each page, sells for 23 cents a copy. The Sunday Herald, if sold column for column at the sam rate, would cost about $3.23 a copy, instead cf 5 cents. The Nome news paper has arrangements for regular S'ibscilbcrs. and it U furnished to them at the rate of $33 a year. Ac cording to this odd publication, the new gold mining town of Alaska is busying itself with tho small matters which usually engross young commu nities. The additions or alterations being made In local bulldints are chronicled, and announcement iz mado that all of the watches. chroaon:eters, and clocks about tho town, wMh have been running by "sun time" taken last December, have been fo'ind to be an hour slow and have Lcru brought up to date. All lines cf industry are rep resented In the advertising columns of the Nome paper, but no class of. business men describe their ware more prominently or attractively than the saloonkeepers. The Last Chance saloon, the Grotto, the Horseshoe, tho Gold Belt, the Pioneer and the Eldo rado, all use the News' advertising col umns to solicit patronage. Physicians, lawyers and surveyors also make their pre..nce known through the advertis ing columns of this odd little daily newspaper. New York Herald. To Amalgamate Coporr. Copper may bo amalgamated; that Is, coated with mercury, by placing it when perfectly clean In metallic mer cury or In a salt of the metal. Cleanse the copper by rinsing In soda lye, rinse In running water and dip In di lute hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, and then plunga into a vessel contain ing mercury or a solution of chloride of mercury, when the copper will be coated with the quicksilver.