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•* • ' H ' /u' • Cattle Herdar. Of New -*Wti' &*>•• f ':<ix >;!ra v ATTHEW ELDER, editor of the Inner Circle, had^gone out half an hoar to synchronic i watch, and his assistant, J. Graham ipnles, reigned temporarily in "his On every occasion when Elder ,VU absent, whether he had gone oat to fel Ins hair cat (at a restaurant op­ posite), or was away on a two-months' feoiiday, or had taken a week off be- «aa*e be felt far from well, J. Grafiam Champnies reigned in his stead, en- 'dowed with plenary powers. He was ambitions, and intelligent, and hard­ working, and trustworthy; Matthew Mdev. brilliant and lazy, had long since Stcognlxed that.1" Elder thought of 4feHsgs to do--Champnies did them. T A clerk had just laid on Champnies' ilesk the form which a visitor had filled V * *. * 9 « .•>" #• NAME. Mim CyntfcU Page.5, #?•* TO SEE. ' The EdH<4l ' & • BUSINESS. Private. . * • DATE. 3.5.99. ' • • • • * * •Well, ril see her" said Champnies. lie bad seen the niime Cynthia P^ge In food magazines, appended to carious and Interesting stories. Ho was not Ill-pleased, when the clerk allowed her In, to And that she iMtd yoath and beauty on pale and mys­ tical lines. H£r long, raised lashes, mad the lingering giance of her gray •yes, seemed to say: ."You do interest ine." J. Graham Ghampnies found him tBelf hoping that Matthew Elder, after synchronizing his watch, would find It necessary to go and see a man about a dog--or. at any rate, would delay his return. In the meanwhile he was anx­ ious to know what he could do for Mi" . r * With anomaly, but James "I am speaking to the editor?" Mid Miss Page, a little doubtfully. "The actual editor, llr. Elder, Is not fi at present, but I have fall powers to met for him." "I tee." She was stall in doubt. "Pray be assured of it. I can make eoaUacts with you, accept stories from JMfc sign checks for yon, so If you hare anything to propose--•* "Oh, Ifs not that! In fact, I came In consequence of a proposition which he fead already made to me." "WeH, I shall be very glad to carry •ft anything that be has began. As a sole be mentions these things to me, fcut this time I am in the dark." She smiled mysteriously. "But you taa't be sure that you would wish to carry on what he has begun.** "As Mr. Elder is the supreme author­ ity here, I should have no choice. But, «ren If I bad, what you suggest Is ex­ tremely unlikely." "Why unlikely? No two men can have aal»d« exactly alike. It's such a funny arrangement yon have here " "ftworks well enough In practice. We both know the character of our pa- »of, ind what otor public wants. I say haw been in.Wbat irttb rate 'ttibusMistns, memory ̂I shall get myqfK into trouble. Listen. I met this girl two or thceo •times a year^argt>; never gave ber-aff- other thought till I came oa a story by her thjit was perfectly magnificent--O, horribly good!--probably the best story that has been written in this centucy. I dashed off a letter to her at once, and so worked up myself about it that I said, to show my sincerity, that if «she liked I'd marry her, and she could call at the office tfcis morning with her an­ swer. She'd have refused me; of course, as they all do, and perhaps I'm better single; but, none the less, it would have been more civil not tohavf forgotten tbe appointment.". "Really," said Champnies, "you must be a little mad." < ,r- "Undoubtedly," • answered Elder, cheerfully. »"It's, tire price one -pays for being so excessively Intelligent." Champnies stared blankly &t the desk, trying to recall the exafct words of his^ conversation with Cynthia Page. "Look here, Bill," said Elder, "write and say you want to see her about a story; then when she comes do the ex­ plaining for me. Say I was called away by telegram.. Say ltwas from motives of delicacy. Say anj&lisg." The foI10wt^:l|l<|£ram.a sub8equent Issue of jiotirnal con­ ducted by jsdies for ladles: "One of the most brilliant oftmr lady writers, Miss Cynthia Page, Is, ft Is whispered, shortly ta.he led to the hy­ meneal t%rtner of her future4#^Tan»wrrow8 is J. Gra- lAffl Champnies, a young journalist of great promise. -Otrr heartiest fellclta- tions. Speaking of weddings, have you seen the really 'Seautiful designs In pearlettes--indistinguishabk' from real pearls--now being-sbowH*in the win­ dows of • • •r^B^cki #nd White. ;j«rtMMr:a£a«ft! ^ppnpwij anextTa ^ countorpart •c^pqely _be found anywhere. He possesses land, cattle awl copper properties well worth far above a milliqn any day In ants hbat.bt, tbe week, yet. he lives in a rude board shanty tbatcould be duplicated for $30. Out of his an­ nual income of $100,000 he spends less than $000 of it on himself. He owns thousands of acres of land In the fertile spots of New Mexico, and still he lives no better--not even so WeB--than a good part of the Ignorant Mexicans he employe to help herd his cattle. James Healey went to New Mexico from Tesas. He was born In Sedalia, Mo., in 1838, and with bis parents went to Austin, Texas., In 1850. He has al­ ways lived on the plains and has no knowledge of any other life. He never per on cratftttr aM cbooso or , ***» witt slespuntll the mritett streaks of dajUfht, wben bo will get Up aftd go to work again. to WIhMD' be llkes. on ̂'«anat.4,||̂ w î **of, prti»>4lfy«iJN>id steers that welo worth $1,800, smS be •̂o att tn his employ m- ten or a twenty-d<dlar#o)d piece. He makes.his headquactedjt&d.home in * j^lne shan­ ty on the southern end of his great range, about flirty-five miles north­ west from Cedllos station, on the Santa Fe route. There he sleeps In a rude bank built against the wall and above are two other bunks, where a friend or a trusted vaqueto sleeps occasionally. Vrneat in Hie Expenditure*. Healey cooks his own food, but some­ times he has a cowboy help him at cooking. A lot of burned black kettles, a burned skillet, and a grimy old coffee pot and a few battered pans, chipped dishes, and decrepit knives and forks on a greasy table near the stove all tell what sort of meals this unusual mil­ lionaire partakes of. He has never seen a drama, heard k concert, or anything theatrical or oper­ atic since 1870, and then in B1 Paso. About once a month, when there Is no si PAfll WAS A LITTr,*_DOtTBT»UI.. % that I should be unwilling on whatever Mr. Elder has for this reason and also because rllOMW and admire your work." think it's any goodr *Of course I do." ^ "Speaking frankly T" /"Speaking frankly, it's full enough M faults; some of It seems to have run away with you and got all over the place. But it's horribly interesting all ®ke same. You see, It's original." "Oh, yes!" she assented. "I am orig­ inal. If I were not, I shouldn't be here." IfThat sounds cryptic," he said. "Pos- .ipriy, I shall understand it When I know the nature of Mr. Elder's pro­ posal. He want* some stories from no." ' iji'Then what is it?*' , -t^;"Do you know that I'm afraid I can't 4*11 you." >* 'Very well, then; there's, nothing jpwre to be said. Mr. Elder is out at %- 'ijrespnt. You'd better call again. Suppose you think it would make some •* : '>#fiereQCe whether Mr. Elder went on > Willi bis business, or I did?" • "I'm sure it would--the greatest dif- / lerence." "You think I shouldn't do as well?" H i "Not a» weU- You'd do better-tafln- itely better. Oh, I must go," she blush­ ed, rose, good-byed, and faded out of ike Office. . ; Ten minutes later Matthew Elder Jpttiddle-aged, bald and cheerful, saun- Tltered into the room with hie hands in |lis pockets. lii'^Weli, Bill! Everything all right?" . Elder had not found In the as- ut of names provided for oies by the accident of his birth swork of his christening) i';,' < •'lll^prllfll^jl^lch took his fancy.; ; f "No.% said Champnies shortly, still > Irritated by bis interview with Cynthia fPage. "Quart into a tin pot. Plugged up with ads, and Bowse has just sent rr. *p that he'll want another half-page. * ~ shall have to leave oyer everything f , /that'll waft, and some things that :d „ ' '.won't." ONE OLD SCAMP ' • ' ' f ' .»«, '• ' That Colonel Tltns Ba rfc Supported for Many Tear*. They were speaking *6f successful business men and somebody mentioned old Colonel Titiis Bark (which isn't his name, although it ought to be). "There is a man who has made a great deal of money," commented one of the party, "but be has been absolutely no value to the world except as an illus­ tration of the rice of-avarice. I doubt seriously whether he has ever spent one penny on anybody, except the mem­ bers of his immediate family, whom be couldn't avoid supporting." "I think you do Bark ah injustice,*' replied an­ other In the group. "Men of his stamp are often strangely generous In secret and take tbe greatest pains to hide their good deeds from the world. They seem to find a bitter pleasure in being misunderstood/ In this particular ease l could cite you to -an old man in New Orleans whom Colonel Bark has quietly supported for. a" number of years, and I feel pretty certain that he has never mentioned the matter to a living souL It's an old fellow who used to know his father, and what makes bis action all tbe more praise­ worthy is the fact that the recipient of this bounty is anything but an engag­ ing character. He is crabbed, coarse, illiterate, snarling and as ugly as a mud fence. He has a breath like a buzzard and a nose like a tomato, and I'm persuaded be tlpples a good deal In private. The Colonel must be per­ fectly familiar with his shortcomings, but he never chides him and never per­ mits anybody to speak ill of him in his presence. In fact I've known him to tell more than one deliberate lie to shield him from the consequence of his pure cussedness. Everybody hates the old rascal. I doubt whether he has an­ other friend In the whole city." "You astonish me!" exclaimed the first speaker. "How long has this been go­ ing on?" "Pour years. He has no other source of revenue and if It wasn't for the Colonel he'd certainly be dead. I saw him hobbtibg into his office only this morning." "Well, well, that strikes me as being rather pathetic. Who is the old scamp, anyhow?" "Ti­ tus Bark, of course."--New Orleans Times-Democrat. " v g#iwDj; MILLIONAIRE HEALBT*8 SUMMER HOME. 'f ' ; "Ah*, you don't keep a tight enough hand on Bowse." ; "Step in and tackle him yourself. 'Here, this woman called to see you-- wouldn't tell me her business." Matthew Elder took this paper slip and saak down in a chair. '"Bill. this is rather bad. 1 ought to The Sergeant's Tribute. : , A very great military authority said, "There are no bad regiments, but only bad colonels." There is abundant proof that Napoleon's belief is shared by the rank and file of soldiers, but this fact could not be more happily illustrated thcru by the following story, taken from the London Illustrated News, of a quaint compliment paid to the German Crown Prince, afterward Emperor Frederick: After the battles of Welssehburg and Woerth, which he had won, the Crown Prince was sauntering alone one even­ ing past a barn occupied by a party of Wuertemberg troops. Hearing some­ thing like stump oratory going on, the Prluce opened the door and looked in. Kvery one rose. "Oh, git down! I'm sorry to disturb. T dare say-therc^s'room for me to do the same," said the Prince. "Pray, who was making a speech?" All eyes were turned on a sergeant | whose very Intelligent countenance- looked, however, sorely puzzled when the commander-in-chief asked: "And what were you talking about?" Quickly recovering his presence of mind, the sergeant confessed: "Well, of course, we were talking of our victories, and I was Just explain­ ing to these young men how, four years ago, if we had had you to lead us, we would have made short work of those confounded Prussians!" # V" Experiments have been going oil with an ingenious machine which shuts over a man's eyes so that the eyelid as it works opens and closes a chrono­ graph. So far the quickest wink oil record Is about a sixth of a ssbiiiiI went to school but three years and that was on the plains of Texas. But he was born with rare sagacity, a peculiar border shrewdness that reads men at a glance and knows a schemer Instinct­ ively. His chief stock in trade is an iron constitution and a bravado nerve that made him well known on the fron­ tier before he was 20. He became a vaquero in Texas when he was 17 years old. His associates have been Mexican vaqueros, American cowboys, hardened characters on the border and half- breed Indians. 8tart of the Healer Fortsn#, « When the Navajoes were moved by tbe government to Southern New Mex­ ico In the latter '60s, Jim Healey and other vaqueros went northward with little bands of cattle and settled on tracts of land close to tbe Arizona ter­ ritorial line. That was tbe beginning of the Healey fortune. In a few years he several hundred head of steers. Then he had several thousand. He spoke the Spanish tongue as well as his own, and no American knew the border and its rude ways so well as Jim Hea­ ley did. With further sales of cattle he bought more land. So he has kept on buying land, trading for cattle and water rights, occasionally dabbling In sheep and wool until he has become more than a millionaire. Up to twenty-five years ago Healey's sole unnecessary expense was gam­ bling. There are still tales in ancient Santa Fe of the times when Jim Healey returning from a cattle drive to Trini­ dad and Fort Dodge, used to sit In a faro game for forty-eight hours at a stretch and lose or win $7,000 or $8,000 at a sitting. One night he saw the faro dealer give a significant wink to a pro­ fessional player alongside Healey and from that moment he quit the tables. He has had his ups and downs In cat­ tle, the same as all other cattlemen. In the great freeze of 1878 he lost the greater paijt of a herd that represented some $125,000. At another time he lost over $60,000 worth of cattle by reason of a lung plague and the Texas cattle fever. The fearful depredation in cattle and ranges, which set In at about 1890 and culminated in 1896, ruined many a cat­ tleman, but Healey not only huug to his herds and sold bis cattle at little or no profit for six or seven successive years, but he added to his range by purchase of land from discouraged men who abandoned the industry. For three years, he has been selling his steers at topnotch prices, and he is the fore­ most cattleman In New Mexico. / Kicb in Copper Property. present marvelous boom In cop­ per has also added to Healey* s riches. Twenty years ago when he was in El Paso, Texas, with a herd of cattle he met an old companion Of his youth on the Texas border. The old friend had turned prospector and bad been among the Dragoon mountains in Southern Ar4aona. Among the mineral proper* ties he had located was a copper claim, the Itaager by name. Healey is seldom touched by the sentimentality of friend­ ship, but this time bis friend told such a tale of distress that Healey gave him outright $800 for two-tliirds of the cop­ per claim. At different times Healey was persuaded to put $200 and $300 more to hold his share of the property legally intact. In 1892 the mine began to pay, and when Healey got $7,000 for one-third the mine, he thought his re­ maining third was worth holding. When copper rose to 12 cents a pound in 1897 Healey got some $1.G00 a month from the Ranger, and since copper has risen to 18 and 19 cents, be has had be­ tween $3,000 "and $34300 a month profit from It. His vaqueros say they believe the millionaire must be made of steel. He has been a physiological steam engine for over thirty-five years. He literally knows no rest Ho usually sleeps less work Jim Healey can busy himself at, and he feels in the mood, then the cat­ tle king will get out a three-gallon jug of claret (which he buys from the half- breed Indians) and produce several yel­ low paper packages of cheap tobacco, and be and several associates will sit and tell stories either about a camp fire or in tbe cabin for a few hours. But that's the end of the cattleman's dissi­ pation. No one can Induce him to have another taste of it in less than three or if^weeka. • King of Stowaway*. >< K The steamship Lackawanna brought Into Philadelphia recently a boy who is probably the most famous stowaway on the Atlantic. The fact tbat the cap­ tain of the; Lackawanna had involun­ tarily carried him thrice across the sea Is a fair test of his ability to secrete himself, as on each occasion the vessel has been thorough searched before leaving Liverpool. Edward Murphy IB only 15 years old. He hails from Birk­ enhead, England, and has never had a home other than the gutters of the world's largest city can afford. He be­ gan the stowaway business some years ago, when less than 10, and has made a great success of It He has visited most of the shipping ports of the At­ lantic, and many South American and African countries besides. During the past year he has traveled from Liver­ pool to New York, to Santos, to Ro- sario, to Argentine Republic, to the Barbadoes, to Southampton, to Liver­ pool, to Philadelphia. He Is known to every skipper who sails from London, and as a rule Is a favorite with officers and men. Captain Wytte, of the Lack­ awanna. thinks so much of him that he has offered to adopt him, but Mur­ phy cannot give up his roving life. If he can escape from the Lackawanna-- on board which ship, in accordance with the law which requires every sea captain to pay a fine for foreigners brought to America without money, he is closely confined--he will probably beat his way across America and "ship" on some Pacific collier, as he has always expressed a desire to go to the Klondike. Corrected in Rhyme* Thackeray was much pestered by the autograph-hunter, says Hodder In his "Recollections." He disliked above all things to write In an autograph album, aud often refused those who asked hiin to do so, and sometimes rather brusque­ ly. On one Occasion the owner of an album, a young lady, waB fortunate. Thackeray took her book to his room in order to look it over. Written on a page he found these lines: Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago; ^ But who they got to put it en J* Nobody seems to know. " --Albert Smith. Under these lines Mr. Thackeray wrote:; - % A Humble Suggestion. I knaw that' Albert wvote -in hulBH). To criticise I scarce presume; T But yet methinks that Lindley Murray, Instead of "who," had written whom. --W. M. Thackeray. Carrier Pigeons Armed. $ iit Chlua carrier pigeons are protect? ed from bli'ds of prey by apparatus con­ sisting of bamboo tubes fastened to the birds' bodies. As the pigeon files the action of the air passing through the tubes produces a shrill whistling sound, which keeps tbe birds of prey at a dis­ tance. of Gold Dait, " III, the money visitors; It Came Down. The rancher £ftpq£ op his sun-parcbetfjfhe "ml&uvfe ids with S frown on his tough, mere ftallotis fields wi th ft frown on his tough, ... .~rsd fsci, ' And wished he could utter -real wicked tsik to properly fit the case, > " And be moped around with despondent air, his Spirit ail dead to pride,- For gone were hits dreams of < the harvest cash rolling in as a golden tide. But the tree toads started prophetic sOpgs, and the peafowl uttered its cries. And tbe goose bone told him Us silent tale, and the clouds bunched ap in the skies, And the rains came down in a soaking flood and bis fields turned green with delight, And now you would think tbat he owns the earth, with every blamed planet in sight!--Denver Post. Dash Chansr*d to Trailc f horn*. There are a large number of butter- makers who will use only thj old-fash­ ioned dash churn, believing that it gives the best results, quality and quantity of batter considered. Tbe FJO. 1. great fault of tbe dasb eburn Is the la­ bor of operating it, so much of the exerted force of the operator being lost on account of no machinery, to utilize is as in tbe crank churn. In F!gg. l and 2, dash churns are converted into crank churns. In the device shown in Fig. 1 an o'd buggy wheel can be used for the fly­ wheel. All the Iron work, such as tbe crank shaft, bear­ ings, pitman, etc., can be made by any blacksmith at a small expense. The framework any farmer will be able to make himself. Tbe two posts used In tbe first device need net be very large or heavy, but Just wide enough to permit the wheel to turn inside of the two supports on which the bearings rest In the second figure an iron fly-wheel such as is found on an old cider press is used. It Is adapted to a small churn.--J. G. A., In American Agriculturist no. 2. Economy with Fallen Apples. Theirs SpicA waste In tl»e common practice pf turning hogs into orchards to piqk.up fruit .aiKl-fgufrtEe that their exclusive diet The $£• wtb soon learn to eat only the rlpenfed fruit leaving that which is wormy. This fruit can be sold or dried, and^ forced to do it the ho^'^l^at{vormy fruit be­ fore the •fcbrm escapes. But to make this really tMi'ououiical some grain and milk sjiouki tbe g|vepC to hogs in addi­ tion to their fruit die£, This will make the young.pigs'grow and will strength-' en their digestion for the exclusive corn feeding that will oome when they are put Up to'bC f&tteiiedV ' • aSntnrcemewt of Old Pnma. It is quite a common..practice to build low. shed-roofed additions to the sides of barns When it Is desired to secure more robm. Th^s #iyes the desired ad­ dition of ground floor space, but does not secure added storage roof tbat could be secured as well as not and at almost no added cost, were tbe addi- Every one has a right to be a little foolish; It Is the Inheritance of every­ one. But curb *he disposition all you can. ENLARGED BAHN8. tlons made according to the plan sug- gested In the cut. Here the roof is ex­ tended down over the addition without a break, making a better-lodkiUg tarftd- ing and one much more serviceable than by tbe common plan. The space tn the tops of the additions opens into tbe scaffolds, or the second floor space of tbe old barn, and gives so mueh •soro added storage capacity. Weedi Aatoaar Beans. After beana»ba-*ec blossomed it ts.not best to work among them, especially if the- weftther ̂ ioflhsoil^be wet,' and there* should be no cultivation while the leaves are wet with rains or dew. Hence tbe early cultivation of beans should be thorough, so as to allow them to ripen before tbe weeds smother them. It is not best to plant beads on land that is very rich in nitrogenous plant food, because such land is al­ ways very weedy. Soil of moderate fertility with a dressing of phosphate and potash will make a good grain erop, while on the richer land without the mineral fertilizer, there will be only a large growth of haulm and leaves. Cucumber* for Pickles. Pickled cucumbers are sold by count, and the small ones ar^r generally pre­ ferred. Hence close sticking and fre- . If you accomplish anything in this i quent picking, so as to prevent any life, you will have no time to attend! from growing too large, is necessary to -•-a.-/"*-' more gtffotis till -With cold wOter*' iniUrtig'. a'gem ber-colored mixtn&. This tntxture should make Ijtat jcallons of stock soltt- tipn. When tKs to tped^^ of. the Oenevs experiment vises preparing it by CoObt&feg oas gallon of tt*, sfecfc solation with te«fefeUpm of *ator, tins* mflfc of lime and one^qnarter pound ef Parts green. The wiater, resin and astlk of lime are combined, afteribia- Parls green 1# added. In erery c*s» where this mixture is propcfly applle# good results were obtained. is fstrad Waterlnar Plaints. 9 Some plants, to thrive as they should, require much more water than others, and on this account if the best growth Is maintained through the summer, more or less watering will be neces­ sary. But if watering is necessary, if any considerable amount of benefit Is secured. It Is very essential tbat it bo thorough. One or two thorough soak- ings of the soil a week around the roots will be of much more real benefit to the growing,plants than a dally sprinkling on the surface. One of the best plans of watering a larger* proportion of ptKnts is to work the soil Into a good tilth, drawingrthe eaftb away f!pem t&e plant to some extent; sufficient to, thoroughly wet - the sell and throw over this a thin layer of fine soil. This acts as a mulch and lessens evaporation, and a large amount of benefit is derived and the. work needn't be repeated so often. In nearly all cases where watering Is commenced it will have to be kept up until there is a good rain.--Farmer's VoIc£ ; T 81cau Gulls. : *• " *"' The natives of Foula, one of the Shet­ land Islands, make a business of rear­ ing sktrti gulls in order to rid the Island of the eagles that commit so many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone cliffs that skirt the north­ western coast became a favorite haunt of the eagles, and In this Inaccessible spot they Increased so rapidly that they became a terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwell on this Iso­ lated spot. The skau gulls are also strong and fierce, and the Inveterate foe of the eagle. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so the inhabitants of Foula hit upon the novel plan of feeding and caring^ for skau gulls, which, though formidable to their feathered enemies, are very peaceable and docile when brought fh contact with man. F horthorn Com 111 • 1 1 11 Property of W. S. Lister, Middle- church, Man. Winner of first prise In aged cow class at the Winnipeg Indus­ trial Exhibition. Virtciat^ Mfams and Bacon. R. W. Jones, of Surry County, Va., In a long article on the above subject recapitulates the essential points as follows: 1. To hasre really good bacon, we must start with the pig, and feed for flesh and muscle, and not alone for fat (2) Spring pigs killed In Decem­ ber or January make the cheapest pork. 0) Very large hogs are not the best for first-class bacon. (4) Salt the meat with dry salt and not in brine. (5) From four to six weeks is long enough for meat to lief in salt. (6) To prevent skippers, apply borax to the meat when It Is washed to be hung up. (7) Smoke to a bright ginger-bread col­ or, with oak or hickory wood. (8) The smokehouse is the best and proper place for keeping bacon during sum­ mer. (9) The smokehouse should be cool and dark, and kept clean. (10) Be­ ware of Imitation bacon. . When to Set Out Htrawberrlss. When the conditions will admit Au­ gust is one of the best uiOuiho in which to set out strawberry plants. If a good, vigorous growth can be secured at this time a fair crop of fruit may be se­ cured next siprlng. As with all crops, the soil should bo prepared in good tilth and care taken in setting out the plants in order that a good growth may be secured. On this account it rarely pays to attempt to grow the plants if tfife' soil is very dry, as there Is not a Efficient supply of moiature. Then i£ tte soil Is dry, morwwerfcrfiB necessary to seeure a fine tilth. But with the soft :tn a good Hlth and suffi­ cient moisture In the soil to induce a good growth, setting la August will give good results. riearin^'Keace Corners. « After haying and harvest hsvs bipn finished, it is well so go around the fields and cut down weeds next to the fence that the mower and reaper could not reach. Slttce flinners kave got out of the habit of swinging the scythe, fence corners grow. up with shrubs and weeds that no good farmers would allow, and which soon grow away from the fence and take the fertility from crops for some distance into the field. Enough weeds are allowed to g^ to seed in some fence corners to se^dt̂ s entire farm. • #n Bavaria. •Ntion of 831$,- F.OOO a year On beer. a certain tbe year, ^^'eoliiiia' at tlto iibHk' nnrirf' turn gut a wyfato attpftat sf coln. • JP - wWT CUDoMf»; W HI Hi ' ' 'j,* SgJOB wPir to?* of witifriitadrtsi**- «Md8 of dolW» of bidden gt& OUci, made anln^IuTWdtefaUlleV^TS : i" the 1 the mint does not ltl^e ̂ tT^^ in mhleb employes have t&eir hands onto It has percolate* through a blanket These pieces of?^ $ ? blanket are changed regularly and are faithfully preserved. When cleaning time Comes and they burned with the'ttst of the dii^ lliOp tiny, invisible specks of gold that cante::«nin off tbe employes' hands"^' amount to a tidy sum. ; Tbe daHy sweepings* of the mint go in*© what is known as. the "sweep cel­ lar." On this occasion every nook aiull cranny of the mint is swept with equal diligence and care. Even the r^of •swept ' ings that a specially provided funnel catches the sweepings and diops them Into a clay-bottomed well. The clay ls| dug up, dried, and removed to the; sweep cellar for utilization In connec­ tion with the other dirt s Into this golden dirt pile £o any oddi pieces of rubbish that may have accu­ mulated during the year. The Terjr shoes the workmen have worn and the leather gloves with which they han­ dled pigs of metal become so grained ? ; with precious dust that they are well^ worth being ground up with the rest M; of the odds and ends. All the dirt ls K finally assayed, and, with the rating Its assay, is sold to the highest bidders, who are usually smelters. Thesa„..,: sweepings have netted Uncle Sam a» I much as $10,000. The responsibility for bullion worked H up in the mint is divided between the«fig official who fills the post of melter and'^ refiner and him who has charge of the coining. The melter and refiner gets the bullion first; from him It goes to^ the coiner. Each of these consi^-pfi ments Is weighed in" a separate bal­ ance by the government, and each has to watch the waste closely, o? come; out of the little end of the horn. One ; would think the government had tied them down pretty well when it fixed the following "legal" limit of wastoil® allowed: Melter and Refiner--Wsate In gold, , .€01; waste in silver, .0016. Coiner--Waste in gold, .005; waste In silver, .Olb. ..'/.X But the government has got doWn to the bona fide waste* and here Is tfca way the officials must, manage ' waste if they want to keep within tbe: limits of decent economy: . Allowance to melter and v gold passing through his hands, .73 ounce In 760 ounces, 10 ounces in 10,- 000 ounces, 500 ounees in 500,000; ounces; on silver passing through his hands, 1,125 ounces in 700 ounces, i$| ounces in 10,000 ounces, 700 ounces tb§ 500,000 ounces. : v Allowance to coiner on gold passliaglS through his hands, .375 ounce in 750 ounces, 5 ounces in 10,000 ounces, 250'v ounces in 500^)00 ounces; on silver*:;/ passing through his bands, .75 ounce :. in 750 ounces, 10 ounces in 10,000 ounces, 500 ounces In 500,000 ounces.! Yet so nice is the science of house- cleaning at the mint that this limit is; scarcely ever toucbedv-PUlftdelpbI&|il Telegraph. v" Kingly Wooing* ' |" ' • The manner in which the latest great! ' English courtship has been carried suggest in some details that employed-- by Heitry VIII. when In search of k j bride. He sent Franceys Marsyn, . James Bray broke and John Stile to|fi "see whether she has a mustache," and || to make other personal observations. * In regard to this first particular tbe In­ vestigating commission made answer:?1 "Vi'c uuuCcu liO liii.ii, Dave |fOsi>1Uiy little down on her lips* and there skin is|r very clean." But the work did not stop there. Tbey were to "approach the young Princess between meals and engage her in con- cersatlon, so as to get decently as near her mouth as possible, and observe her vt breath, whether It is sweet or not ' whether it'SneUs- of some spice, rose- . water or musk*" Whereto hew la tbe grave reply: % «c<atfejrtftag%that>wbieh< ndmtea, to. the * breath of tbe said young Princess, we ' ^ couki noM««p(»ob ' neai:^enoa»i) her * lips to be esrtain of this article; how­ ever, without seeming to do anything, and as much a*.modesty would allow, we communicated with the said young Prtncess, and we must say that we „ have detected no odor of spice or rose- water, and to judge from the redness \f of her lips, the lily whiteness of her complexion and the freshness of her mouth, we are led to believe that It ts -'*p'J the hcalthfulness and the Joy of life-- , j \i at least apparently so." Will Be Surveyed. The Egyptian government has ag&fed to undertake a survey of the Nile, with the object of enumerating the species of fish inhabiting its waters. ; liocomothres in Uae. One hundred and nine tbo«sa&d |00ff motives are at present runalog in vaii* ous countries. 1 secure large croi»s. So ' aver, a stray cucumber Will ,.4 i committee meetings. w$m '"mm* 4._, * • mmmtt m V- S* -