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a... a ~~â€".-n> w-vâ€"aâ€" -â€"v vâ€"-v_ _,V The young one: lie for the first cur in the npwood and inner bark, excavet g (ht, ehellow cavities, shoot the size of n ulver dollar, which are filled with their eewdunt- like continua. Their presence may be detected in yolnerhg treel from the but becoming duk oolo , end oometimee dry end deed enough to crock. On the spprooch of winter, it de~ mud- to the lower port of its burrow, where it remin- inective until spring. The eecond nee-on it continues it: work in the upwood, end in one two or three ere e_t york in _the vuv _vâ€" - tion and Await: its trensformation. The fourth epgrin it comes forth a perfect boot“: and by a “it: :d for mother genentlon. 1‘ The flet- h ple tree borer, is a v active insect, delig to to bank in the ot sunshine; runs up and down the tree with not npidity. but pflies away when HIoldnted. ___31’...‘ _...I,‘ nnnnn Arum Tau Bonus. A writer in en exehenge. aye am there are three kind- a! home which use“ the 3 me. The round-heeded, or two-“rip- epple tree borer. Intent- the netive cubs. them buehee end-June berry. I I I _,,,._\I_ .uvâ€"v "I'“"-’ ' ,, , It spoon: in June and J uly, and does not confine rte work to the base of the tree, h‘nt stuck: the trunk in any art, and some- times the Inger branches. he eggs mde~ posited in cracks or crevices of the bark, and noon hatch. The young lame eats its way through the bark and sapwood, where it bores broad and flat chwnels, sometimes girdling and killing the tree. As it ap- 5; 1---- 3-..-..â€" :..6.. 6|“. It appur- during Juno'uEJ July usuullv waning in concealment durin .tho day, and becoming active n dunk. T e are flopodgod [we 13 J goo tad during Ju y, 0310 ,,,L _t AL- L_-- --Aâ€" ‘6- in 3 pigs, 5:131; iii-{67f the $153, n03} its hue. Within tqo weeks the young wor. fl‘a m high-garnixdvniidnceroohmofio with their aim-p mandibles to gnaw their way thr_o_ugh the outer bark 'to the in‘urior. Aâ€"~L ~.-A_ .â€" lune troo muy ycomfiletelygi girdle It, thus destroying it. The ird you it penetmtcs to the hurl; of the tree, makes In excava- growhea maturity, it bores deeper into the tree, working upwards, then eats out the but, but not quite through the bark, where it changes into a beetle and then cuts through the bark and emerges to propagate its kind. Another borer, the long horned borer, is widely distributed, but is not a common in- -‘AL -_--..-.‘-A ‘A sect. ind does not cause much annoyance to the fruit grower. It appears in August, and deposits Its egg upon the trunks of apple trees. The larva.- soon hatch, eat through the bark, and burrow in the outer surface of the Wood just under the bagk. ‘ As a prdtection against the three kinds of borers it is recommended that soft soap be reduced to the consistency of a thick paint, by the addition 0‘; astrongolntion of Wash- soda in water, and applied to the bark of the tree, especiall about the base or seller, and also extend upwards to the crotches, where the main branches have their origin. It should be applied in the evening of a warm day, so that it may dry and form a coat' not easily dissolved by the rain. It shonl be applied early in J us, before the beetles begin to lay their eggs. and again in July. so as to keep the treewell protected. Don't for mercy sake, use - hsrzh bit, and then ymk and jerk the poor home: until their months are nw tad you can't touch 3 rein without hurting them. Not one-half the injury to horses arises from the efi'ecte of their stables being too cold inwinter, that results from their too eloee confinement in summer, from the fact thnt nature he: provided such animals with 3 thick coating to shield them from the efecte of the cold of the winter, while no menu are‘thue efi‘erded them to evert the demeging 'efl'ecte of inheiling, for hours Lat , ,,_L~__ If you no growin vegetables for exhibi- tion at the county air, thin them out to W room for development, and cultivate gequently. If every former would heve a garden end teke an interest in it, it would add greatly to the comfort and enjoyment of farming, on well us prove very profitable. “mm-'0 -â€"'-" H mwmwu- 3 “me. the poisonous tumoephere by which they are surrounded during their close confinement in summer-m-New Englend To 31;“? nice cim'm tho land should be doe 1y cultlnted, that the roots mu grow ":33!“ and long. With good cult, vation there is no danger of bushy roots. Ftrmer. The attention of the successful cvuhivator cannot be confined to mere routiu of the direct moons of renting and gnthm-mg his crops, but. must olao be directed \- uh not care to the hnbits of those enemim w ich gfidizélâ€"y‘tBEébten their injury and destnm- Ae wmeto vinee be u to branch out, the side runners ehould out ofl‘, not over three mhln vinee be left to eeoh pleat. end efter they begin to beer, cut them back. If. now, theee three ere trained on enpporte to s the Inn And nit, on will be enrprleed. you never new it tr ed, how it hutene the proceu of rlpenlng.â€"Indlene Fermer. The kind of skilled labor most in demand‘ jnut now in the kind thnt eon nuke. garden not out 3 had , repnlrognvel wnlk or build a ten-me. enty of men my be hired to dig but not to dig without a good den! of m which. The man to whom one can any. " gem is the place for the onion or carrot bod. here are the needs end here in the dressing." l:nd tihenilenvo hiato make tfhe r0 r com ilmt on, 3 Apt to en 580d or Swatch or two ahead. In the Wolrlk of the dny loborer as in that of other workers. there is much more room at the top thsn at the bottom.-â€"IA‘wiston Journal. Cur-mu! Guavaâ€"A correspondent of TM .‘It't‘hl'grm Furltr prefers the Red hutch cnrrnnt on account of its hum-dimes. He plants in rows 3 or 10 feet apart. nfl'ord- ,__ I-.. my“! ".10...- "a us I'M-â€" .-. ing plenty on“ V for given the follow n3 Man for Mmsvuulu. 0b to H. in use vlponhw am- an: gnodully hand- u) the hind. um pun. And to look do“ the oak lava through [no the fly no dup. no blue I {hell drown whirr. ls tron: the Chum-H? um. dcoblrd analog on the tree or ‘M bend-.Piwns. "at" 65’“: KW." on to («I u utterly Inc 4| 8|. ficebhd glam; o_n Que tree 0r [“1“]!an it“ into the We“ ‘Iotollow the I lax-unwmt! 00 on I180 010 do dmu. a; blue I. "to sun um shit“. 0: [mumps p)ly_ into 0m We» . 0h lot the not“ bl nat‘uw't power to drain me 50y o! ‘hc "cum I 'u 0!: ts “10:! and claw 1n the Ian ’. .‘h to chop when the (h)- II done I Gnu)“ Nous. STOCK Nous. FARM. ennui-e. He the successful "I culture of the curraut. let on north side of walls. keep the bushes in compact form, trim ofl straggling branches and cut 00‘ und burn any stalks in which the borer it de~ tected. Any soil that will grow potatoes will do for curl-ants. Manure and ashes are the but fertilizers. As to the curmnt worm “oteml vigil-moo" is the moat effectual mode of conquerln him. 1p tho curly “turn. out the p to bush. Cut a... bunch!- into sections MW. 3* EIELéâ€"ionvg‘,â€"viiiéi “33m in mellow 136“, 3 inches 1 t aid ‘2 inches out of the ground. Cover t omrwith_o_nrth_ whon_hetvy front} Joyâ€"ox ted an in o I in; you will havoio tgwm 'T‘J-Cj- POULTRY Nous. By turning up n féw abovelfidl (if our“: hm .nd there, there will be no neon-div for dint boxes st this Dem .“ ' ' Do not piece one roost higher than the other. When no arranged the hen: will ell crowd to the hi heat, leevin the lower due: unoccupied. T e better p on in to place them all on a. level. There in no necessity for having the roost any higher than simply to ellow a space under them for the free air- culation of air. The Poultry Monthly says that when fowls form the habit of feather-eating it is hard to stop them. A corres ondent says he would ive theme buseel elf) festhers and let them eve all they want. But a. better way is not to let them form the habit. Give them exer else; mske them scratch for their feed ; hang up cabbage or fresh meat where they can pick at it, and so give them somethintog do. Ducklings grow faster than chicks, and with proper csre are ready for market at the age of from eight to ten weeks. The eggs hetch well, requiring no turning, and are thirty-one days in hatching. They require much the same food as chicks, but re uire more meat, es their netnre__dema_nde resh and regiei'ticrles mostly. They do not re- quire water until they are wel feathered, except for drinking, nor must they even get wet. The Amerioen Inn of throwing up earth again-t stone or rick poul house: in 3 very good one. and the result reason in the more eqnehle toupentnre within. ’ , ; Dempneu is {ensue youn turkeys, end cease! renter loea than uyt In; 0150. The easenti a to success are. nitfo none food, wermth, dryness end frequent “ding. The duet bath to the fowl in what the wuhbowl is to the individual. When ehen is incubating she come: 00' u re ulu'ly to dust hereelf as she does to f , instinct touching her that it ie the best method to free herself oi lice. Sweet ekim~ milk for {owls is of great ed- ventege, ii welded before fed. It is very health-giving to old and moulting fowle. Do not give all the skim mill: and clehher to the hogs, but remember the fowle, if you would have them remember you in egqe.‘ The turkey does not want to be “ manag- ed. " It wants to be let alone. Some of the most successful raisers let their turkeys take care of themselves almost exclusively. The children can occasionally take note of their number and their wanderings, and erheps toss them a handful of corn, and yv en the ilen comes 0!! the nest, a handful of very coarse Indian meal “grits” Web with sour niilk; is occasionally til-own to her, to pre- vent her from wandering too {at in search of food whilg the little tnera are young and susceptible to dampness. Your horses hnve as acute feeling as you hnvoJoumlf, and that a oontlmnl alappin md taking on your part in all wrong an uncanny. Your horses will more than pay for the fly nets if you will provide them or them, in the extra amount of work they can do by being saved the annoyance of the flies. See to the harness, and have it so well fitted the bruises and 113 will not occur; look elpecially to the co 1m and hove them fit the shoulders well, and keep clean. li sheep have free excess to salt they will never overeat of it, but if salted occasional- ly and givenP it freelv they will eat too much, w ich rovokea unnatural thirst end possibly injurious effects. The Renal World says that the great pro- fit: from sheep cannot be made by farmers who do everything in the grand wholenle way. No enimel requires better care and closer Attention than eheep. __ _ a â€"IA'EfpblEck-xfiii_ea with strong vinegar will mark sheep so that it will remsin a year, and will not injure the wool as do tor ant} paint, says the New England Farmer. A confidence man, no doubt thinking that the bulky form of David Davis would make himan eas prey to his wiles, stepped up to him in t e Metropolitan Bank one day. while Mr.’ Davis was depositing a large amount of money in bills. It was an at- tempt at the old trick of droppinga bill,§ drawin the victim’s attention to it in the‘ hope 0 diverting his watchfulness to the bigger pile of notes he was about to deposit, and make oii‘ *h them at the o portnne moment. The scamp drop his on the floor. nudged the Justice the side with his elbow. and whispered, " You have drop- ped something)" " All ri ht," quietly re- marked Mr. avis, who new a thing or two about the gent to which his oflicious friervl belonged: ‘I’ll take care of it." With 'hat he planted his ponderous foot and whole weight on the note while he handed in his deposit. That done, he lei. surely asked the confidence man to pick the note up for him. The latter could not but grant the nest. It was with a twinkle of his eye t at it disappeared in Jud e Davis’s ket, to find its way on the to - lowinf ay into the treasury of some chari- table nstitution. The clover field is the place to mine the is: until time to pen them up for com feed- A clergyman in North Coraline not only refused to marry an eloping con le, but er- reeted the bride end telegra h her father that he held her subject to h e orders. The great Mexican volcano, Popooutepeti, hes just been remeasured end found to be 17.800 feet above the see. The crater, vhiuh is completely obscured within b udphurous vapor. is about two and one-he i miles in circuit and l.000 feet deep. The entire center of the of the mountain seems tube solid sulphur which is deposited at the rate of a ton a ay. A Confidence Man Taken In. Smcx Nous. 1px fog Alwill I icel will bO' rn ed and irrog ‘veniy out ulicu, not too thick or too thin, as more tnmptlng. ' 3, In putting a. pie thnt ia_to grace the able \betore wrung. it ismoll to bring oomotri- onl fitness tn bear. The eye, nn a little mined ctrnfuineu will general] do it. A chicken pie .9 out that some :1 aces In a th rd In?" than dthm in n'ot‘illnltrativo of th cure Illness. In the cutting of plea! n_s l1 53:? listing-1h“ yo; knilov In Innglgr CL‘mxo up Amusmsu Fouu.‘ A writer In Good llmsel'eeping says it ptys to be nice about it. Never use my but the breed knife to slice breed, and if possi- ble out no more than actually needed. It is u good plan to follow the modern fashion of “olioo u waned," though this may mvor of “highs:- to out country mothers. A lot at band to dty Is not economical. It does nolodd '0 the ttcncuveneu of the table, special! if a lot, of crumbs are allowed to row. _en9qwe_uy, cut imp. enou h. ._ -Jr-.. Perhaps ell housekee rs are not on care- ful to have 3 cake kn e’ee one for bread, h t I consider it quite essential. Only yes- terday I tits I piece of cake I am sure was cut with a. knife used in peeling onione just before, and it did not add to the flavor of the cake. And again, out cake into regular blocks; celeulete a little helore be 'nning, yeti will have a nicer looking dish or your We have not Quits become accustomed to “ out as on go’ in cake, but I am not sure bug the a_y is_ fang; apprpachi‘gg. The butter late also receives less atten- tion in many Eomes than it should. Glass is, I think preferable, and should have a good cover. Two covered .butmr dishes are within the means of almost every family. They should never be used for anything but butter, and alternate often. A tidy butter dish will sometimes redeem a poorly set table and really there seems little reason why we should ever have a poorly set table, yet such is the positive fact, notwithstand~ mg many costly luxuries are upon it. hble. but the day is fast approaching; Sauces for tea in a glue: (11 with glass reel-vs pletea beside, odds to the tea table. t we be less conventional but surely has a cheer ul look, especially if the berry spoon rents near. 7 _ RHUBARB -How To PREPARE 1r.â€"Cut the stems into pieces an inch in len th, after scraping offany of the outer skin 1; at is the least tough. Allow a half uud of white sugar to a pound of the rhu arb, and, add- ing a half pint of water, put them all together over the fire, in a. small, porcelain- lined kettle, and let them stew until tender. A flMjoring of lemon {ind and juice, ‘is a .11 other things it in a. flood plan to do it well. A pie thus; in oomfn neatly trimm- ed around the odg e in ms {113%. looks nicer upon the table or gploto sud 1pc upon the khife better. great improvement to rhubarb, and renders it almost equal to green gooseberries stewed. In order to preserve the teen color, keep the lid of the kettle on during skewing. A New York City contemporary tells of the lam aristocrabedniry show in that city, so to_Jerseys, as follows _: . on n- no 1 ,‘ on â€"â€" '7 --__-JV, “ Every cow had her tail fi'ufl'ed out with a. comb and her bang crimped. They look- ed a. calm and salt-possessed welcome with their big eyesl at the visitors, or else serene- ly lounged on the straw and wiped the per- spiration off their noses. They would have done themselves proud in {drawing r‘oom. . vs. V. Qâ€"vâ€"‘r “ The were white canvas helmets, white Whats, 'ght blue shirts, and black trousers. hen they whisked s fly off a cow’s back theyjid it with s‘whit'e-gl‘ove‘d hand. , ._ I__L\__j 2.. “ The attendants were the most obsequi- on! g! lwkeya. i ,I_._-‘_ _I_Sa.- “v u-.. -- .._ «'Tho mtuéiid’fiiabfiny been bathed in Florida water and rubbed down with Turk- ish towels. “ Had the‘ swell ' not left so early' m the day he would not have left until very late, for he missed the most charming sight. in the whole show. w“He did not see the mascot. If he had he would have said there was something there beside; cows.” 7 The mascot was eloquently described in the iangu e of the stage as understood by commeroia reporters But the mascot was haughty. Yet to the cows she was sweet. It is described that Bettina, or whatever her name might have been, patted the cattle and wiped their faces with a silk handkerchief, and as she leaned over, wrap- ped her bare arms around the cow’s neck, all the while keeping her eyes demurely lowered. The crowd that was ten deep all around just craned their necks forward and wished they were the cows, but not a dude got a smile from her ruby lips. There is a story about two Bowery gentle- men in New York that’s not too dried. One of them was moving in what the other considered swell society. and he was puz- zled how he managed to keep up the style. -“ How do you do it 2” he asked. “Veil, you see, I buys me a dress coat mit tails an an auction, en’ when 1 gets on dot cost 1 gets blenty of invitations, an’ I oud " ' " But were does you get the moniah Y" “ The monish ! You see venever I oea I takes any mil; me a silver spoon or a nife or nomefingn, en' I gets 82 or $3 for them. Ite 9ng en. pie. - Vyéon’! you try it 1“ ,.,IJ_DL .l- _ ._I. "Vii; 1‘12:- hdlfoaai i Bildi’t do “oh pieces.“ I ,AA _ ‘-.___--J-j 1.. kn" - n‘uA-n yllfimver he was persuaded to buy a cheep 1 dress suit and go into sooie under the‘ guidance of his ingenious frien . The first ”"17“? attended the old bird said :â€" " y on’t yon make away mit some- things? It'll never be known. We's pis- ness men." “No I couldn’t. Vat! accept of their hospitality an' denâ€" noâ€"no. I couldn’t do ‘tflm “Look here. This is de vay." And he Rolled up his trousers and showed two nivee and spoon sticking in his boot. The other was too honest to follow his example. When the supper was in progress the honest one got up and said :â€" “Ladies and gentlemen, I vas much 0in i for your hospitalit . I vus not gem at speech making. but was able to do some sleight-obhcmd tricks. You see, I takes dem two Almhfes nnd one spoon, so. n u ‘Ivu- v" {:05 see. I [wand-1;; ‘ififimy fiooket, 50. Now I now Dream uuoeck! You looks in due You see. 1 pm: (mm In my puunuu, nu. A‘vw I say recto quoeckl You looks in dot mun u nnd you find dem knives and upoon." Then he said good night and went home. An Honest Society Man. .v‘j‘uoncqwo nay, crut Knopf engmgtl. . or no” or movnla'r r imlgwlll '11‘.‘ gagged and immstga The Cow of Poetry. fl0l’SBIIOLD. At a bush ees meeting held in New ank a. few days ago, by the projectors of a. new club house lor 'wpmen, the estimate [Jr a billiard room wee submitted. A brisk ar- gument followed, one of the membere. a well-known and: moat philanthro lc luly proposizng that some pool tables phould be added. an it pool ween! ueh: fine:- and more ‘ egemethen builds. The remarks Were ght‘ and eminently to the point, but. when the speaker took her wet a sort of mental purely g o t o r the u-y gem - W l $ethlÂ¥3~ ”mat,“ d «‘1 3...; '3’; f- . _?W A Washington letter says: It may not be many years befqre a woman gill be a. rare sight. in a do rtmonh :Sléwly, but sure] , they ate [:3 got rid of under ,the 'ci 1- service system. ' ‘ ‘ UNIV-Hm fi' x» 1...? '1 I ‘v , 3-, Aim: a moment of silence, one of the most oonoervatlvo of the numlpor [009, and, with great sweetness, uuggeabéd that the bar-room uhould be! ww‘eniontly placed, and thou 'h It wu man featly a 1mm premature to ta 1: shout an (guilty of the llquou which wore to make ' club): o-‘Qf‘the most brilliant inflamm“ .§ done of £119 city‘ she ho d to be xcuued ”R nut of her M‘Qn prbfsgfimf m‘snt and evb 11 hi he! isx. t’thios point somebody saw the fake, and the house came down. There wil be nsltber bar-roqm_, pool nogrbllliud room in the n w club house here erel \Oex t billler play.“ who belong to this c1u.bnt the wit ind quiet eetcaem of e oongle of bright women hove convinced them I: at home 8ll the best place to ploy the game. ' ' Vassar girls are said to be so modest that. they will not work 015 improper fractions. A Topeka. woman mode 81400 recently without leaving her kitchen. She invented an egg-beater, god sold thé idea for “3“ amount. i ‘v: \ amoiit. The wuherwoman finds her occupation almost gone through the introduction of machinery. The lar est part of the city of Troy is devoted to t e manufacture of en- gines, whizzere, etarchers, and other mn- chines for the steam laundry. The most in- teresting machine is the whimr, which dries clothes in 1000 revolutions a. minute. 3136351“: .~‘~ \ ., A professor of Harvard oolle 6 said with- in the year, that women now two advan- tages which no man in the country had twelve yous ago. Mrs. Logan says : “ It has happened that in cases of illness or disability of men clerks, the wives performed the duties of their hus- bands, drawing in their name the salary as if they had performed the work. In 0 no case, the wife kept up her husband's desk for three years, receiving the 81800, and thereby snfiportin the family; but from the day of is dent , though she continued the same work, her salary was nine hun- dred.” A young lady visited a jeweller and told him that her father was going to buy her a pair 0f diamond earrings, and that she would like to look at some. The jeweller, know- ing her father by reputation, spread out a number of cost y gems before her. She looked them over critically, and, havin selected the most handsome pair, asked ' she might take them home and examine them more at her leisure. The permission was promptly accorded, and the next.day the young lady brought back the earrings, and said that she was not quite satisfied with them, and she thought that after all it might be some time before her fatheLwonld in ulge her taste for diamonds. “ Tim’- 3 great pity,” replied the smaller; “ I was at. â€"â€" reception last mg 1:, and I thought themvery becoming to you.” A Russian oflicer, familiar with the sub- ject, draws in Life, a London journal, a lurid icture oi the inner life of the Russian court. espite the unceasing vigilance of the lice, to which the Czarcértaiuly oWed his I ‘ e the other day, no such thing as ordinary tran- j quilitfi or_comfort is known in the Im erial \ house old. No oneis trusted, for the ihil- ists have their adherents everywhere, even in the royal kitchen ; no food can be eaten that is not (previousl tested 3 no room can be occupie , even or an hour at a time, without special precaution being taken against attack by explosives or otherwise. It is never known in w at bedroom the Czar will sleep. Frequently, after being an hour in one bedroom he changes to another, and he generally sleeps in a part of the palace, an attic, or even a cellar, where he is east like- ly to be looked for. It mightbe thought that the Emperor’s driving in the o :1 street was a proof of his oourage, but t is is not so. The danger there is no greater than it is in his study, guarded thou h he be indoors as well as out of doors y triple rows of bayonets. Nihilism is, in fact, a s ctre that haunts the Emperor night and ay. That life should be Worth living at such a price is hardly conceivable to the ordinary mind. That the Czar should, in such circumstances, be able to take an intelligent view of either foreign org‘domestio politics is out of the question. Whit is the existence of men’s life, But open war or slumbercd strife? When sickness to his sense presents The combat of the elements, And never feels e perfect pence Till Deeth's ooid head signs his release. It is "tomâ€"where hot the blood Ontvies in age the boilin flood: And each loud penion of he mind Is like 3 lurious of wind. Which beets the rk with meny e weve Till be cute Anchor in the glue. it is e flowerâ€"which buds, sud grows, And withers u the leaves disclose ; Whose Spring end Fall isint salons keep, Like an of workinfibefore sleep. Then shrink into t late] mould Where its first being was enrolled. it is e dreamâ€"whose seemin truth is morniised in ego and you ; Where ell the coyilogte l_re cen shere fittmmb} id Ma’hnclos no, Still In t mm o! duh dechy The dunno: unlah quite lle. It Is ndl-kwhlch points out The sunset to I: Inmel wont : And shudows out In line» : l night The mbtle our" 0! Tnmo'n flight. mm m obscunug earth huh 1..“ His body In perpetual ohdo. It I. a wary Interludeâ€"- Which doth short 10,1. long won Include ; The worzd. the ”ago. the pro! e “In; The noun. nin hopes md var! lean ; The scene shut- " vim lo- ol hreuh, And luv" no cpl oguo bu: Deuh. ABol‘T “TIMES. The Unhappy Czar. Dr. Henry KIM, 1599-1669 Life. During our wandering» in the city our ears were mailed with the Cathy synonym of the Ex 'ptiuu bukreesh cry. till the cavem- of our raiu resouuded and echoed with it. “Uuuuhaw ! culnshaw !" yelled immature pouosaora of pigtails, und mature pom. sore «3th the ‘cound wherever we we went. When the youngsters‘ request- “oro not complied with. they utter a little invorinbl chnngod their cry to “ Pnnqutil fonquai 1 (foreign devil, foreign devil). We marched into the nmgiaterial ynmun to the accompaniment of the cumshaw tune. Here we were shown the instrument: where- :by bamboo chow chow is given to-the nudnl colloaitiea of the wicked, nlno nuns and short bludqeonu for uloppin the hoe-o of untruthful witnesaou, thum act-ow: and rookl for’o'xooting confessions (no criminnl can be executed according to the low: of China until he hu conieued hll crime), con. quil, 5 species of collar which {or ingenu- pnd ‘uncomiortobleneu even outstrip the munera', and which are rectangular planes of wood with neck and hand hold... -"1‘ho of wood with neck md hand 'Iholu. The gloomy, gmsll depository room of thgoo‘tor- zure ifn'plementn €ve thofight to be a fair re- presentation of what a European mediwval ohggpber of “ juatioq" ha} been. We were next taken in our sedan cheire through an overcrowded buy part. of the city to the execution ground, using on our way the new Roman (lathe ic Cubedrel, whose gigantic spiree pier_ce the clquds. The oxzclltlon ground we found to be u small lnolosed rectangular a co, about at. man yard: by fifty, entered y a. gute. 0n the right an «Interim: ran a row of small whose rough. unbeked work lay allafiout on the groan , drying in the sun, but we were informed thst it was cleared awe whenever an execution was about to “he piece. m. ing the potters’ houses was a high walnut whose base and leaning sgainst it were some large cracks, all of which had their mouths eel-died oyer except one. ‘ Here ou_r snide men, whom we noticed gambling at a {an tan table near the ate on our arrival. One a big. hrntish-lookmg fellow with a villain- ous cast in one of his eyes, was the head ex- ecutioner, and the other two, who were smallish men, were his assistants. Through our guide we told the head executioner that we wished to see the instruments of his call~ ing, and thereon he produced a short, very heavy two-handed sworded and a long knife. The following conversation was car- ried on between us and this " boss" through the medium of our guide : “ How do you use this sword? Where is the block 2" “ We don’t use a block. What we do is to make the prisoners kneel down in two rows facing one another, and bending their heads down. Then I take the sword, and chop, chop, one on each side, and the heads fall off ; so on, till they're all done, as you'd switch the tops off green weeds with_ your walking stick.” "What is the knife for I" “ For the ling che, or death by many cuts. \‘Ve tie the culprit who is condemned to this death to that cross there (pointing to two rough un- barked sticks roughly crossed), and we begin by cutting off the e elids, we, nose and so on, ending by Itic ing the knife into the heart. The cuts vary in number from eight to a hundred and twenty, accordiug to the heingqgmesepf the culpfit'p crimes. ’ “B'ut you (1011’? always chop a. head off with one blow 2” " Alwa a.” "1171...; :. a... 1...“- 6...... ’ u 5‘-.. 6|... H-.. " What class of crilfiinals are condemned to the ling ehe 2" “ Pmicides, metricides and women who have killed and mutilated thelr_hna_ba.nds fonn the majgrity.”_ _ “Do the execution: intef'fero' with your apggtitg and nleep_ 3" u ‘ . a ' The three execfitlonen grinned sex-denim!- lygfihis question, so we added : ' “ How mm persons have you executed in a day 2" “ I eve chopmd twenty heads off myself in two minutes. See that duh-look- ing place on the ground over thereâ€"that's eaused by the blood of the lat batch we friends take the bodies away, but we kee the heads in the crooks over by the w there, and when we have n huge number which are no longer recognize!) e we bury phen}. __Would you like to see some of the heads 2” We declined, and one of my companion: began to grow pale and complain of not feel- ing well, so we ordered the guide to lead us “v.92: “Gentlemen, “give twenty cents each, cumshaw, to the executioners,” said the guide, which we gladly did to escape fnom the staring of the “ boss" butcher’s swivel e e ; and so ended our interview with these igh Executioner: of the Great Chinese Empire.-â€"[Pall Mali Gazette. The small town of Werds, India, is cele- brated for its Temple of Ser nts, 3 ion building in which t e priests eep npwer of 1,000 serpents. These serpents, msny of them of enormous size, my be seen hnngin from the besms across the ceiling, wit their bends downward, end in sil sorts of strange oontortions. It often hsppens tint some of these serpents nuke their wsy out of the temple into the town, and the priests have the greatest difficult in coexin them back. To kills serpent ntentionsify is s crime punished with death; And if s forei - er were to kill one, the authority of e kin himself would scarcely suffice to ssve hisgife. The most dreaded insect invader is the white ant. In Africe, their houses are domeâ€"she mounds often eighteen feet high. T are insects erect pyramids one thousand times higher than themselves! The nuts on their travels so conceal their epproech thst their presence is not suspected until the do e is done. They usuelly tunnel into my 0 jeot which the attack, often reducing it to e mere she I. In this We they have been known to ascend within t e leg of e teble, devour the contents of s box upon it, end descend through s tunnel bored in another leg. all in one night. An officer of the Eng- lish srmy while ceiling upon some ladies in Ge Ian was startled y s rumbling sound. The sdies started with nffright. and the next instant they stood with only the sky uh we them 3 the roof had flallan in and lay aboll'. leavin them mireculomlv unharm- ul. 'l‘he ants ed made their uav 1m through 1 ch» ho-ams, hollowing them out until a greet Wart of the frame work War! ready to {all It \ the slightest shock. Lo ri M on entering ran a. row or small ‘uali hoqaea, _thp pubiqutions _9f_pottern The most ordinary sombrero h the City of Mexico costs about 815, while the moat ex- pensive onoa range in price from 850 to 8600. ‘ What is done with the bodies 1'” “The “ 0“ With Ills “cud.” Snakes.