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KOTB3 AND OO.kf.Ifjr.VrS. Xohody cnuld hvs supposed that Rooaia would remain satisfied with th* eonceanion that ibe induced Franco and Germany to ')> a her in extorting from Japan. Th* mere (hutting out of Japan from a lodge- ment on the Asiatic mainland would benefit Russia only indirectly, by keeping in possession ol th* whole of Manchuria a weak holder," Coma, in plaa* ot a strong holder, Japan, in whoso bends Port Arthur would b* really a stronghold. But P.ussia desired much more than that. She doaired primarily an open port on th* Pacific a* a naval station and a* th* terminal of nor propceed transcontinental railway. It wa* quite immaterial to her at whose expanse she got it, but It wa* evident that her possession of inch a port would b* a con- Maal menace to Japan, to China, to the peace of the Kast, and to tb* iatereota of ail nation* having commercial relation* with tb* Ba*t. It seemed rather odd that nothing wa* aid of thi* primary Rnaaian object in the joint not* to Japan. Th* omission wm most oatura'lyeip Allied by tb* supposition that, while France and Germany were will- lag tea**!- 1 . Rusua to the exltnl of pre- venting Jpin from making permanent acquisitions of Cbiocee territory, there were length* to which they or one of them, would not go in rapport of Russia, and so the terms imposed upon and accepted by Japan did not include the real object of Russian ambition. What that is I* BOW freely Itatad in Russian joarnais, aad it muct b* remember- ed that nothing i* freely stated in Russian joarnais of which the Russian Government disapprove*). Whether the deliverances in question, which appear simultaneously in two Rntaaian journal* and in a Rnaaian dispatch to a German paper, are intended a* "trial balloons" or as the ipreaaion of to* policy of the Russian Government, they woald aot have appeared without official section. On* of the announcement* i* that Riucia will occupy certain port* in Core* by way of security for ths observance of the conditions impoaed upon Japan, which woald be an extraordinary piece of Impudence, considsrmg that Kussi* ha* joit been objecting to a similar occupation of Chmeee port* for the purpose of guaran- teeing that China would carry oat the stipulation* of the treaty. Another an- nouncement i* that a Russian occupation of Core* M nececeary to prevent Japancao merchant* from competing in Corea with Russian merchants, and a third that only a military, etable, and financial power like Russia "has th* right to hold" Corea. All theee proposition* are quite cynically bamele**, and the upahotof all of them ic that Raceia propose* to us* Japan a* a cat's paw. Now it is perfectly certain that Riisna cannot do thi* of her own strength. She has no way of getting at Japan except by sailing around Europe and Alia. Japan can safely defy Hunsia alone. She cannot safely defy Russia, France, and Germany together. It s**ms inoredibl* tb*t Ger- many and France should content to join Russia or support her in so barefaced a project of spo'iatioo. If they ihoald do *o, in defiance of probability and decency, a very serious question will arise for ths nation* which have thus far held aloof, apen the ground that their interests wen not imperiled, though their interests were far greater than thoee of the three power* whieh did not hold aloof. A Russian c oupation of Corea would be cnch menace to tb* commerce of tb* Orient a* would compel Great Britain and tha United State* to take up a decided position. A HEALTHY JOB. Werklac la r*w*)er Wills CsBSlsielv* te Len Lire. Apart from the danger of explocion* which, by the way, are Ice* frequent than is generally iuppo*ed, gnnpowJsr mill* are exceedingly healthful place*. Such a thing as workman dyingof consumption i* unheard of, the explanation being that th* constant breathing in.o the lung* of dust containing charcoal, *ul; hur and *altpeter is beneficia' to them. Even horses employed in (fun- powder mills aie found lobe fatter and l*ek*r than than their fellow* from the am* stable, worked el*e where. A* to th* death rate in powder mills, the popular M*4 are much eaggerated, the average freight yard being vastly more fatel than they. Statistics show that from th* begin- ning of thi* century, when the dn Pont powder mill* were eetablichsj, up to the present year, there ha been an average of net quit* one death a year from accidents er explosio s. As among the employers, so among th* BMO. Fear is almost unknown, th* black- faced fellow* shoveling tht gunpowder (boat a* if it were ooal, aid walking through it knee-deep, a* they would through co much flour. They are perfectly happy, taeec stolid Irishmen, who go on risking their live* year after yew for about th* same wage( as are paid for lea* danger- Co* employment*; that i*, $40 or (3*) a month. And yet they are nceedingly superstitious, it being not uncommon fora nan to throw up hiijob because he has had a warning or hl( wife has dreamed of a while tmrsp. Trutr* are vsrtous dreams understood by powder man to foretell an widMit or an eplo*lon, and it i* very j t--nfieu impossible to get a man >. had one of the** to go near the FORTUNES H P1TE5TS, SOME INVENTORS OP SMALL ARTI- CLES HAVB BECOME RICH. ! Ilk ).! Tt !! 4lrndr -oo.oeo lr>il.i. Ik. i Arc r >< <lc..l z w/aehlB* ae>l m I lace nir rkal Will <Ui < ic Are O'U. ...Ird. UD you need *Mosy ? If M why aot give yoar attention to the invention f email and mafal article! which my be patented? A little investigation will tatufy anybody that a great amoaot of money has Ven mad* la recent yean fiom small, ami in ooi naeeis, trivial patent*. It u trae that th inventor nas not in ail IMHI **cur*d A BOCro* VTHtl SOLD FO $12,000 A TkAR. macb of th prohl ainuelf.bat itietau tha: with aec gy aa<i ordinary buiines* ability he should be able to do eo. He* triTial the invention may be in shosru by the statement that the " Pig-m- Clover " puzxle brnujht in $l',iX. Ex- peneooe doee not proTe that it n vice for the investor to occupy himMl' with such a thing if he can invent any .ing awful. Patent* which )id not earn a Until ai much is "Pigi-m-C1ov*r " iu the tame period re profitable mil. Ofoour.e it i* given, to few to invent such thing* at telephone* or valaabl* improve m nU on tnem. but many intelli- gent meu mu*t f*el themeelves capable of dsvmog * mucilac* bolti* ttia'. will not cloy, or come thing *l*o ef that h amble order of uaeiulaes*. AH IMC.ST41D TALPID AT HALF A WIIJ.ION. The modern tenleney in business i* to stinggle for a mono|x>ly. Capitalist* are not oontenled wno being rich. They want all the money which the hn.inees in wbiob they ar engaged i* cape.hU of gathering from the people of the wholo country. Th* man without capital appear* to have o chance of getting control et any industry or biumeea. H* ocrtainly cannot control ! the (apply of all the beef or all the echool ! book* in the land, bnt there i* alway* one way by which without capital h* may eb- I tain a little monopoly of hi* own. That la 1 by mean* oi an invention and a pa tea*. pea. It U Mil tr,c 9300,000 ha* been real lied by this. An antotnatt* funnel wa* told far 137,- 000 ; a knitting machine ha* earned million*; a aqnirt bnutonnier* bring* royalties of f I2.IJOO a year. Among the invention* which it i* prom- bed would r*alia> a fertnnear** key-hoard typewriter which oonld be *old fer $> ; a dsvio* to de*.leo the note* mad* by the typewriter ; a way ef makin; kero*en odorleau ; a eaeap envelope winch cannot be op*ne<i without detection ; a timeitamp for (treet letter DOS**, csvuwuig time ef de- pout of letters, . A PIS TBA* PATl $40,000 A TEAK. There U, of course.a great field for inven- tion* OMful in the household. A *boe polishing maehin* would confer much happinea* and improve the general appear- ance ef the community. The great bar to the happiness of the average pipe emoker i* the di;i: ulty of cleaning the instrument. As yet it oan- not be done without much unpleasant labor. A pip* that will not fonl will make a for- tune. A practical flying machine i* mentioned at an invention wanted. Thi* 11 hard.y a (mall .one, and not in the c.an of the other thing* mentioned. At tbi* moment there u great oppor- tunity for all improvement* applicable to bicycle*. There i* not only a itrong d*- nund for them among the rider*, but the buine** of the bicycle maktri depend* l*rg*,y on the addition of attractive im- movemente to their machine*. It IB sugg-sted that there woald be a demand for a bicycle which could be operated by the arm* and hand* alone. FOB $50, (XXX An enterprising New York Arm, realw- ing the attraction whieh the subject of (null patente weald have for many men, make* it a buine** of dealing in them. It* circular* chow what large ram* have al- ready been mad* by email invention*, and indicate a number of other* fer which the public i* now waiting. Among the remarkably profitable email inventions i* an mgeoioun automatic (had- ing pen, for which the inventor I* aald to receive $40,000 a year. Thi* pen i* uead in engroeeing, and make* it poeubl* to o*e four color* at the *am* Urn*. AN IKTISno* THAT HAS KAR*M> A MIL- LION DOLLARS. The glaal lemon eqaeexr, familiar to everybody, i* on* of the *imple*t of them all. 1 1 ha* the mrrite of working well, of being easy to keep olen and never getting out of order. The purchaser paid $.30.000 for it. A novelty in an automatic ink*tan<l i* another example. Thi* keep* an equal! (upply of clear ink alway* ready for in* Carious Defects of Memory. It would afford material for an eatir* paper to *tudy defect* of memory and to ii**crib* com* of the curiosm** of thinking which reealt from tuch defect*. A writer in th* Popular Science Monthly says that h* aaw lately a bu*in*** man of keen mind and good general memory, who wa* not paraly- ,ed in any way, and wa* perfectly able to nndentand and to talk, but who had sud- denly loet a part of hi* power of reading and ol mathematical calculation. The letter i d, .', q, x and jr. though wen perfectly, were no longer recognized, and conveyed no more idea to him than Chinee* character* would to u*. H* had great difficulty in reading had to (pell out all word*, and oouid not nad word* contain- ing three letter*. He could write the letter* wnich he ooald nad, bnt cjui i not write the five letter* men lion*' i. He could reed and writ* 1001* number*, but 6, 7 and 8 had been loet to him ; and when a*ked to write them hi* only reealt, after many attemp-*, wa* to begin to wiite the word* lit. teven or eight, not being able to fin>*h theee, a* the Ont and but contained l*tter* (x and g) which h* did not know. H* could not add 7 and 5 together, or any two number* of which f>, 7 or 8 formed a part, for he could not call tnem to hi* nod. Other number* he knew well He could no longer tell time by the watch. For a week after the on**t of th* due*** h* did not recogn'.ze hi* surroundings. On going out for the nr*t Urn* th* street* of the city no longer eeemed familiar ; on coming back he did not know hi* own boo**. After a few wek, however, all hi* memor- ial had returned excepting too** ol the letter* and figure* named ; bat a* th* lea* of the** put * (top to hi* reading and to all hi* buaineealife, the email defect of memory wa* to him a leriou* thing. Rxperteno* ha* *hown mat tuch a defect i* dae to a email area of <ii**ae* in one part of the brain. Such caeee are not uncom- mon, and ihuitrate the eeparatenee* of our variou* memorie* and tneur dependence pen a eonnd brain. $7.500 for a Set of Teeth. A well-known firm of banker* in London have jut made a profitable investment. Some time ago a man who had defraui ed them of a large turn of money wa* taken into euetody, convicted, and (eatenoed to a long term of penal cervitad*. A* may be imagined, the prieon far* did not agree with a man who bad by mean* ol fraud lived on the fat of the land. The change affected him in many way*, but h* com- pained more particular y of the effe t the tood had upon hi* teetn. They were not numeroun or in good con IIIIOM when he wa* rotenoed, and a* they rapidly became won* he applied to the governor of the prieoo for a new ett. He wa* told that th* Government did not (upplv pruoner* with artificial teeth, and at th* tint opportunity h* wrote to the banking firm in queetion offering, if they would send him a new **t, M give them tome valuable information. Thereupon the banker*, thinking the offer might be a genuine one, cent the governor of the prison a cheque for 5, and a*ked him to provide the convict with a **t of artificial teeth. In due court* the convict kept hie promue, and eent the banker* certai i information by mean* of which they were enabled to recover no lee* than 1,300 of which they had been defrauded. They naturally regarded thi* a* the beet investment they bad ever made, but it proved even better than anticipated, for they have ju*t received troni the \,ruon authorities a remittance of 1, th* teeth naving ooat only 4. Pagan London. Archbichop banning, in a recent die- oonree, aald of London : "London i* a deeolai lion beyond that of any oity in th* Chriit an world. For million* of human being*, of whom 2.COO.UIIO have never Mt their foot in aay place of Chn*tian wonhip ; and among theee 2,l>00,000 God only know* how few hav* been baptned, how few have been born again of water and the Holy Gheat. London i* a wilderneea. It u like Rome of old a pool into which all the nation* of th* world (treamed together and all th* (it* of the nation* of the v. orld were jon- uuually Sowing. Soon i* London at thi* day." THE FARM. *****'^***- ff **^S**+*~******i*+i*^rv+*r+^*^+***+^+**^+i^'^+i**i*' Handling Millet Hay. A* a dairy cow food, properly cured mil- let bay i* not by any mean* over-estimated in thie country, but w* see ce little really good millet hay ttored away in barn* that it i* no wonder many are not particularly attracted to it* virtue*. Everything de- pends upon the time of cutting and curing. Thi* grae* makes the beet hay in the market, exceeded by very few, if any. I t must be cut, however, when fairly headed cat, and the raring mu*t b* dne loientifi. Jly. The grass produce* an abundant crop, too, and if (owed during the Utter part of May on the previous year 1 * cod, fal- lowing corn, very good results will be obtain- ed in nearly every caec. The millet hay U exoftllent for feeding winter stock, and also for filling the silo. If eat before the coed ripe the hay ha* no cdeet upon the urinary organs of the cow*. The cutting ar.d curing of the hay in our uncertain bay weather have been perplex- ng questions te many who nav* other wiee thought much of tht* *ra*a for dairy cow*. If the hay gel* a soaking during the curing procee* th* stalks are apt to become vary woody. Even a little (pi-inkling of rain will -.njnre them in this way. Occasionally one may hav* a season when the bay oan be out and lined without a shower, bnt the chance* are ae* nst on*. only proper way i* to Consequently th* take no risk* at all. Sun curing is too lone a procee* to be certain, and besides it tend* u> bleach out tb* gn**,bnt curing in the rock i* sure and iUafactory. * Just a* coon a* the machine ha* cut a few sw i of the millet down, the horse-rake sho !..! be started behind it. Rake the new-cut millet a* cleanly a* poa- uble in straight windrow*, and then turn the rake the other way, and brag the hay up into cocks as muca a* fossil e. A man should follow behind with a pitch-fork to make the rude jock* more even and com- pact, The rake can in thi* way keep aloe* up to th* machine, and the machine and th* cocker cloee behind the rake. If the *ky U threatening, work need not (top nntii the shower i* close to yon, Thar* is vary little millet cut and expoeed. If the man cooks properly the millet will have very little harm done to it by a snower. The mowing machine mould never get more than one or two swath* ahead of the rake, nalenc th* day i* very bright and dear. The** oocki can be made large and secure enough tor pstmaaent fixi urea. In ordinary weather they should remain in th* field for ten day* to care the hay properly. About foar to five hundred pound* should be in sach cock. If th* weather is rainy during th* curing process ta* cocks should be turned over a lit: le so that the bottom layer oan dry before being carted to th* barn. After being cared the hay oan be carted to too barn, or be (tacked in the field or near th* barn a* one desires. Millet cured in cock* will never become tough a* whau Men fried in the sun, nir will it loo* its color. In oiling millet hay the Ion* of color frequently tell* heavily against it.' Bnt all hay or millet eared in the old-fash- ioned way in the can must b* tough and bleached in color. build op their tissues. On th* waole oen ssuilag* stauJi at th* head of t*e> lie*. Many depend more aped root* for fevdiag in th* fall and winter, and raiat very large crop*. The** are certainly esotlUnt food for mo*t animal*, bnt they are mack more expensive to raise than good ensilage. Re- cent experiment* hav* shown conclusively that they hav* no advantage over good ensilage cither, (o that it i* false economy to depend upon them and neglect filling toe lie. If a silo i* properly filled it w a great feeding vat for the animal*, and a storage house fa.- the farmer. The content* will keep for any length of time, and the ant- mai* sen oe led all through th* winter with aimoet the ideal food. Goad (Ullage will keep act only through the winter, bat through two winter*. Th* trouble often i* that it spoil* through lack of proper under - Handing of it* nature. The queotioa ef grain feeding in nest a very intricate one, dependent largely upon Ihe location of the farmer, and tha nature of the crop* that tucoeed the btafc. Cotton- Mail meal i* a cheap and very good food thi* year. Oau, bran, and jornmeal all differ m price*, and in th* cost of railing in '-ha variou* Statea, bnt any one i* excel- lent ; even in grain feeding variety la neeee* ary for perfect health, and combination* of th* nveral grain* give the bee* ream a. In making up a grain ratica th* oae*p*l ef the half-dos>n best grain* can be given in the largest proportion, and th* other* ae- our 1 ng to their relative lost ef production. In tins way each farmer or dairyman can makeup hi* own ration at laact xpsmn*. If thi* I* sup piemen Led with good clover hay, and plenty of rich, well-preserved ensilage, thers i* no reason why th* animal* should suffer, and there i* no time better than the spring of th* year to plan out theea v crop* for th* year'* feeding. Reclaiming: a Brigand. The last, survivor of a wealthy Greek family, Mkilini by overseeing the er-- mausoleum to '.'-; recently i i ...a dutanc* from tba v ^ nee* separated th* bu In this one evening a drange *dn^__ related afterward to Mr. RudaJlk^" who print* it in hi* " Reminii Summer Care of Cows. The temptation i* to turn out in the spring too soon ; that i*, before there ic enough grass to satiety her want*, write* a correspondent. The remit it her appetite ic spoiled by dry food, and her flow of milk i* leeeened i and another thing, if you put them on th* pasture too early they eat it down *o closely on th* start that they keep it down all summer. I think a far better way i* to wait until there i* a good growth and the cow* can gat all they want. I usually k*p from seventeen to twenty head on two acre* of pa-lure wits) no other food during th* early part of the summer. Thie I could aot do if I turned them in on it early in the spring. There M no ether food eo good a* graas, and after the cow* have been fed grain all winter they should have a net leeding them on graas alone. Should the pasture become dry and fail to provide sufficient food, something must be gron 'o supplement it. Plant com* early sweet corn the Ever- Veen. There i* nothing better to supole- ment pasture* during the fall. I aim that my cow (ball hav* all *he can eat of the beet food that the ssaean will produce, and if thi* i* neglected the cow i* very apt u dry up, and no amount of food or oar* afterwards will bring her back to a full flow of milk. Alway* provide plenty of (alt and pure water. Do not allow her to drink from atagnaot pond*. Have a (bade in the pasture. l'a* the same care of your calve* and yearling* as you do of your cows. I have never been able to get good cows from poorly kept calve*. They do not seem to have the capacity for food when they get older. The lucceeaful dairyman must look a long way ahead, and must plan in th* pring to have hi* farm produce the whole year'* feed. Grow everything yon pouibly can, and preeerve it m the beet poeeiblc shape. The Food Question for Cows. Every spring the queetion of preparing the right kind of foods for the cow* during th* lummer and following wiu'sr become* more complex. We want the food that will give the beet results at th* least ooct of labor or money. We want to raise th* right food either for milk, bnttcr.or for beef. The same food doe* not eiwajr* apply to all throe, cay* an Easlorn exchange. In railing hay for milch cows, timothy hay, in proper combination with other foods, give* excellent result*, bnt mo*t dairymen are satisfied that clover hay wu' serve their purpose beat. Timothy make* a greater drain upon the toil, ami hardly give* a* good results whan fed to milch cow* a* good clover hay. The latter im- prove* th* coll, a* i* well known, and in th* end i* cheaper by all odds, Raising and preparing ensilage for win- ter feeding should be carefully planned out. Sorghum ensilage, while very good in many part* of the eouni ry, doc* aot contain th* amount of protein that fully matured corn doee.and the young and growing animal* re- OUT* considerable protein in their food te gkilizxi wa* en hi* way te I when h* wa* accosted by a not cd brigand who infested tb* neighbor**^ and had baffled all attempt* to - him. Your pun* or your lif* '." oal brigand, at th* same time levelling hia Skiiim, inatead of being frighteneo.ani ed quietly : " Put down '.hat gun, and let n* hav* s> talk." Th* man obeyed. " I oan giv* yon my pone," Skilmi con- tinued, " and should not feel th* loon of it; but would yon gain much by it* content* T They anil not go far, and yon will than have to continue a brigand until yon are caught and beheaded." "ijaite true,'' said th* man ; "but then I have a wife and children. I cannot lot them starve." "Suppoee one promised to take ear* of them, would you give up thie infamous life ! " "K I were snre of it,-' said tne man, Maggercd, "I would give it ap to-mor- row?' "I give yon," said SkUisai, a gentleman word of honor that I will take care of your wife and children. Will you come with me, give yourself up, work out your sentence, which will be infinitely more lenient than if you wen captured, and begin an honact life afterward 7" After com* moment* of hesitation, th* man accepted the offer. They entered the carriage together and drove to the ncarect police station, where the man gavo himself op, to the authorities. Through the anspeakabt* surprteo of tb* grating which now eep -rated the two the brigand shook hands with hi* captor, and said, "God niece you 1 " In a Tljrer s Jaws. Lord Hastings, wi'.h hi* staff of officer*, wa* on a tiger-hunt, A splendid animal had been (hot. Every one supposed it to be dead, and with the rashness born of in- experience and excitement. Major S. rush- d np so it. At that moment the tiger recovered himself, and with a roar ol mingled rage and pain, turned upon Major S. The young man duchargcd hi* |>i*tol a* the brute's head, but with no effect. Tho weapon wa* knocked from hi* hand, and cut flying a doxan yard* away. Th* tiger bore the man down,**iHl him by the right shoulder, and lifting him bodily from th* ground, started toward the junglo. Th* other men were powerlcsa. No on* dared to (boot for fear of hitting the man. The brnte.ceeking probably to get a better hold of hi* victim, gave him a shake and an upward fling, a* a cat might ton* a mouse, and caught him by th* thigh. Thi* liberated the major's right arm, which, protected by the paddent cloth of hi* coat, had not been injured. He reach- od to hie hip pocket, drew ferth his second pistol, and, rai*mg hi* arm, placed the weapon against th* tig*r'i ear and fired. "I never fell calmer in my life," he aaid afterward. The animal dropped dead ; but in dying hi* jaw* cloeed convulsively, crushing th* muscles and tendon* of tb* major'* thigh, Lord Hastings an. I hi* brother officers hor- ned forward to congratulate th* major on hi* coolnee* and lucky escape. Save for the injury of his thigh, which reeulted in a alight lameness, Major S. wac none the wore* for hi* agly adventur*. Differentiation. A woman is sweat And co i* a roe* ; Arose talk* not. Bat goodness know* T C h In o Japan Treaty. The Jape have cornered China And cqneeccd the ( hints* Sat 1111 they've ratified the treaty, With th* aooent. en tha "%'