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Copper, terrecotts, both red and brown, claret mixed with golden-brown, bronze- greon. olive, rush-green. and Roman red are smong the favorite colours of the season. The best shops are filled with millinery in there colors. and gowns and mantles oi the some meat. the eye wherever it. turns. Invisi- ble closkina plaids. showing 3 deft heather mixture of sll these colours, sro exhibited, and um for less conspicuous than scme of the plaids showings mixture of only two bril- liant colours. Fur enters in ely into the stylish cost: of hrondoloth mu 0 by English tailors. A. wit 0! seal-kin or glossy l’ersisn lsmbskin is set. inside the cost, and the cloth “ When did you discover that the culvert had gone i" I asked. “ Just obout half an hour ago." “And your first thought was to stop the train 1" " Yea. nah." “ Well. you are a brave women. We owe our lives to you." “ Does ye? I nebber thought of that." “ But you stopped the train.” “Yea, uh ; but I didn’t want dat bullgine to git ofl' do track and o ploughin' frew my cotton patch un' irowin hot water all ober the place. Dut'a why I atopped the train, uh.”â€" [Detroit Free Press. The Russian blouse is still a great favour- ite, and is worn with house dresses. dinner toilets, and even M; the theatre. These are ahirred at the neck into a band of velvet, overlaid with coatly gold pusementerie. givinga rich Oriental effect to the blouse. The cuffs match this collar, and sometimes there is n deep-pointed girdle similarly de- corated. In this case there is a velvet yoke instend of n collar. Thus mnde'they are up- prietely worn by young mmried women as well as girls. The blouse in any form was, however, never intended for women who are about and short of stature. Bonnets are imported for bridesmaids' wear, made of white velvet, with trimming! of white tulle, tho airy loops held in place by, very huntlsomo pine and other devices in gold. Tm crowns of some of these bonnets are covered with tiny gold stars, and M: the left. side oi the crown are downy white outrich tips, powdered with gold. Other white velvet bonnete are trimmed with white silk thkimn or pure white iox fur. Pearl and dove-grey velvet. honncte l‘ave eilver and cut steel more on the crown with a net. work oi the tame beetle overlaying the crown. lurk-green velvet bonnetn with copper gimp: and ornaments ere also very stylish, and those of dark blue, decontt d with dull silver gimpe and booklet of old silver net with fine French hrilliente. Among the pretty house Jackets are those of dork-green cricot cloth, io which are ad- ded very gay oificeu’ collnrs and cuffs of Romnu red pilot oloth. embroidered with gold. These trimmings can easily be made ct homo, and then added to the plain French house-jsclmm or jerseys oi flexible webbing. Those who adopt this militnry and masculine Ityle of dress ohould (xcrcise considerable care in the noleotion of these two conspicw one colouu, tho lent vivid of the Roman-red Ihadu and the (load-gold braiding being the correct colours. The braided acts also appear on jackets cl terracotta, almond, and admir~ al blue camel‘s hair. We were running down .from Charleston to Ssvsnneh, and the train was humming slung no high speed when the danger sipnel blow and the air-brakes were put on hard. As the train stopped all the passengers piled out to see whst wsa the trouble, and we soon discovered that a culvert around the short curve had been washed out. A negro woman had flagged the train with a white apron, and of course we looked upon her as a heroine. Lamar on in the evening, as I was passing to my room. one of the waitreases, in the costume of Eve, made me a most profound and grave bow, wishing me good night. No Japmese has yet become civiliud enough, with all their wonderful civilization, to be- lieve in possible under any circumstances that he or she is naked. In summer time this condition of things is universal. It is 3 little embarrassing at first to the modest European, but one soon gets used to it, and accepts inns the primitive innocence of it simple and guildcss people. The London Time: nys :â€"At Yokohamu Hr. Coino. M. I’., had an embarusing little adventure. At the back of every J upnneae house, he loya. in a pretty little garden with o lei-go bath-house containing tub: of hot sud cold wntzr. The Jspsneu are as new. pnlonely clean in their persons M in their houses, and often wash all over two or “ice time: a day. The room in which we had our dinner looked out upon the large open win- dow of the bath-house, in which three men end twu women were tubbing with that abso- lute disregard of decency which characteriz- ed our common parents before the fell when they were naked and no: uhamei. ht key, iii: tab-a000, In; jmk-knife and 0 or things in! lug cold weather. Bu by the time they hue become eocutomed to the privilege 3 change of fashion comee, elm ulnar pockets en ewept out of exierenoe. Then women are rocketleu egein. Women heve a right to u Inny pockets on men. Now, they frequenc- ly make up for this deficiency in bags. They ere picsjnge, too, of eilk or egtin. But a 3 bag: inyiay. Whut if ovary man onrry_s bag to Igep l}i5_m_on.e_y. hi! basin h_nd_oo kin. Wuunn hm none or no“ to none. It. In. no van for pocket. Sho hu tow pochn In whawvu gumenc tho any 1.“ um "pronoun a: memo“. Women In yet in. no. oompldnod loudly of this look of pock- 'but they feel thin luck jun the “m0; hey hue a much b carry in pock- oh‘ I! ”'11 or woul‘l_ havo_d-i_d Ehey wou' pockets. They no olton obliged to on their pocketbook: In thcir bonds throng lock of a pocket. Droueo might bomodo hoving pnmnnont pocketbooks Ititohod on tom. 'l'hh would be 3 nfognord ogdn-o pocketbook Innwhing. Both time had money we lost through tho nwkwordneu ud laconvonionoo of opening pockotbooko in ”E10 plnooa. ' Wom'eu hue not 110sz style of dreu which edmiu of pocket conveniences. Oc- casion-ll) on ulster grant: them the luxury 9‘ plttjpg their hand: in elicit-pockets d_nr- Pun Fol: Wells‘s Poona» Something must b. done for women in «dc again they}: 3 dng with poyo Rock“ «dc to gin them u dun with more och» gqnvwig-gc '« Mun om buopochtq lovor Cm'unm A Man: Mural: or Fonx. 30R “I!” ABOUT “(Mil-13'. Wm: SHE WAS A H3301“. FASHION Norm. nowa style of dr_eu In a recent article on spontaneous cem- bustion, La Nature says that the remark- able tendency which is observable in tissues and cottons when moistened with oil to be- come heated when oxidation sets in, de- serves particular attention, and especially so in View 0‘ the sad results that may follow negligence, caused too often by ignorance of the danger or of the necessary precau- tions. Aquantitv of greasy rags, used in cleaning lamps, has been known to burst into flame even when exposed to the air; and an instance is cited of an artist who throw away a wad of cotton with which he had been rubbing a freshly varnished paint» ing, when it immediately took fire in mid- air. Oiled rags should never be left where there will be the least likelihood of their takinv fire spontaneously. It is probable that Europe will now again become the prey of occasional war scares, as it was a year ago, the cause being in part the same as then, the movement of Russian troops on the Austrian and German frontiers. The accumulation of force already effected there is clear enough in comparing the present time With twelve months ago. Yet it does not follow that this redistribution of troops is hostile; it is rather precautionary. Russia has awakened to the enormous advantages that Germany and Austria combined would have over her in their railway lines, enabling them to mobilize their forces and to transfer them with great rapidity to the frontier. The same transportation facilities would bring forward Italy‘s troops should the three great powers of Central Europe remain in their present close union of interests and ac- tion. It would be a long and costly task to undertake to match these with equal facilit- ies on her 0 avn side, and even then they would be useless without the nearer presence of sufficient troops to move if required. It seems to he a fair judgment that the strengthening of Russia's garrisons on the Galieian frontier is thus far a move of prudence rather than of belligereney. " Politloim, ain’t ynu 2" ho inquired, turning to the pneenger immediutoly be- hind him. ” Yep ; how did you know ?" “Broath.” The extraordinarily large purchases of grain, hay, and other army provisions now being made here, as well as in I’odolia and in the district of Kiefl', by a number of mil- itary intendants are attracting the attention ‘of German and Austrian correspondents. it is said this is only a timely provision against the exigencies of a long and severe winter. At the same time, hewever,the fact remains that the Russian army now going into quarters in the front, and near the mil- itary lines of the western frontier is suflici- ently powerful to meet any untoward poli- tical event which might necessitate its in- stant mobilization either during winter or in early spring. Russia has, however, no intention so long as the present political sit~ nation endures of in any degree depleting her western garrison. in this there is no actual cause of alarm, or for the pessimism of the Austrian and Hungarian press. Russia’s present attitude is distinctly a wait- ing attitude, and for some considerable time it will enquestionanly remain the same, un- lrss some unforeseen rupture should occur. Application has been made under the “Ontario Joint Stock Companies Letter Patent Act" for incorporation of the busi. ness a: present owned by Mr. Charles Stark, of 48, 50, and 5‘.’ Church street. cap- ital stock to be $200000 shares 8100 each. M r. Stark's business is well known through- out Canada. It was established some 12 years ago in two rooms in the present building, with one assistant. The principal lines of merchandise were watches, jewellery and fire arms, the outlet for the goods being largelythrough the medium of illustrated catalogues sent direct to the covumer. This enterprise was new to Canada, and Mr. Stark as its pioneer has developed and ex- panded it rapidly, its growth being upon such a well-laid foundation that to-day it holds the first place in the market. and in special lines enjoys a monopo‘y. The ad- visability of converting it into a Joint Stock Company is readily seen by its rapid expansion, having outgrown the limits of a private concern. Mr. Stark has five distinct departments, all connected and linked to- gether, and employs over 60 clerks and me- chanics. In addition to the original busi- ness of wholesale and retail dealers in guns, ammunition, sporting equipments athletic oods, watches, jewellery, etc., two years r. Stark started in connection with his business a live weekly newspaper, called “Forest and Farm," which has developed into an independent and profitable depart- ment. He also manufactures 250 silver‘ watch cases per week, also makes fine gold, silver, and diamond jewellery of every des. cription. And to meet the constant de- mands has annexed to his establishment a dry goods mailing and express department. The converting of this concern into a J oint Stock Company will allow of unlimited ex- ansion, and with the continuance of Mr. tark's personal supervision assures all as- sociating themselves with the new com- pany large and positive dividends. The name of the company is to be “ The Chas. Stark Co.. Limited,” of Toronto, The pro visions! directors are Chas. Stark. C. T. Stark, Frank S. Taggart.â€"The Mail, Nov. 14th. 1888. fronts a! mo Away from s clap M: the neck to show from six so oighl lucke- of the clou- fitting fur vac: beneath. Some of the Iron“ an ball 1d with fur ; other: are finhhed with revere of fur ranching the vent. There is cerfliul] a change for the better in the the e end eize ei winter bennete. Women w 0 thin time leet veer sought s heed-covering for the genline protection it would efl'ord them were in despeir. The old fevonrite shepes dleeppeered like megic, end they were simply informed in the ehops thet they “were not worn." end e bonnet eny wider of crown then two hende put to- gether in the shepe of e shed roof it we: im possible to procure et eny price. The folly of ieehien wee eerried to e still mere ludic- rone en inertistic extreme by the brims, which were out of ell proportion to their ebsurdly high crowne end lace trimmings. This eeeeon ell the exegqer Menu 0 modifi- ed; the bonnete are larger, and hield the heck of the heed almost entirel . which the horse ehoe etyle of [net winter id not. The bonnet is now really e bonnet, end no: the diminutive toy heed gear that it wee. ‘ Spontaneous Combustion Expanding Its Borders. More War Scares. “raid of Russia. Whether the hawk concluded that Sohaefl‘er was there to antagonize it in its effort to get a dinner. and determined to resent interfer- ‘ ence, Schaefi‘er is not able to explain, but he weenot long in discovering that he him- self was the object of the big bird’s attack. It swooped down upon him with terrible fiaroenees, struck at him savagely with both beak and talone, end then alighted on the ground at the roadside. where it put itself in unmiatnlgable fighting_position. It is a peculiarity of the Indian of Ecua- dor that he will sell nothing at wholesale, nor will he trade anywhere but in the marketplace. in the spot where he and his forefathers have sold “uardentruck” for three centuries. Althrmgh travelers on the highways meet armies of lndians hearing heavy burdens of vegetables and other sup- plies upon their backs, they can purchase nothing from them, as the native will not sell his goods until he gets to the place where he is in the habit of selling them. He will carry them ten miles, and dispose of them for than he was offered for them at homo. \Ve met one day an old woman trudging along with a heavy basket of pine-apples and other fruits, and tried to relieve her of part of her lead, oil'oring ten cents for pine apples which could he obtain- ed iora quartillo (two and a half cents) in market. She WAS polite, but firm, and de- clined to sell anything until she got to town, although there was a weary, dusty journey of two leagues ahead of her.- [Wm E. Cur- tis, in the American Magazine. It Balm Ills Clothes and lakes lllln a Subject tor a Doctor. J amee P. Schsefl'er of Rocklsnd. Pa., had a remarkable experience with a chicken hswk a few days ago. He was driving along the road, and had seen the hawk sailing about: high in the air for some time. Finally he noticed that the bird was rapidly descending. and, supposing that it was dropping down on prey of some kind, stopped_hls team to watch the result of the attack. Schaeffer was greatly surprised at this at- tack, but, supposing that it wouldn’t be much of a trick to whip a chicken hawk, he got out of his wagon. He had scarcely placed his feet on the ground when the hawk rushed at him, half flying and half running. Schaefl'er met the bird with a vigorous kick in the breast, but that only had the efl'eet of adding to its rage. The man quickly made up his mind that he had met an antagonist a little tougher than he had co.:nt‘ed on, and, grabbing a stick from the roadside, went into _the__figl_1t in earnest. He was so badly hurt that he had to return home and get medical attendance. He is still housed up. The hawk measured nearly six feet from tip to tip of its wings, and Schaefl- er layethat he believes it would have got the beetofhlmifho had not beenllucky enough to find the club within his reach. Such a wild attack on a man by a hawk, a bird naturally ehy of the human presence, is undoubtedly without a precedent. Before Schuefl‘er could effectively use his club on the fierce and active hawk it had ripped his clothes with its talonl us if the rents had been made with caharp knife, and laid the flesh open in great gashea on his face, legs and shoulders. At: last a lucky blow with the club stunned the bird, and before it could recover Schaefl'ar de- apgched it. _ ’ Every occupation which exists in Europa also exists in India. I‘he industry of the vast continent never ceases, for India, with all her teeming multitude, with a population in places packed beyond European prece- dent, imports nothing to either eat or drink, and, but for Europeans, would import nothing whatever. fine is sufficient to her- self for everything save silver. Amid these various masses, these 250,000,000 whose mere description would fill volumes, the tide of life flows as vigorously as in Europe. There is as much labor, as much contention, as much ambition, as much crime, as much variety of careers, hopes, fears and hatreds. It is still possible to a moneyless Indian to become Vizier of a dynasty older than history, or finance minister to a new prince whose personal fortune in hard cash is double that of the late Kaiser Wilhelm, or abbotof a monastery richer than Glastonbury every was, owner of an estate that covers u country, head of a firm whose transactions may vie withthe Barings and Bleichroders. One man, Jute Pershad' by name, fed and1 transported the army which conquered the Fun] sub. Everything in on the same bewildering scale. The fighting people of India, whose males are as big as curszes, as bravo as ourselves, andjmore regardless of death than ourselves, number at least 123,000,000, equal to Gibbon’s calculation of the population of the Roman Empire. There are 400,000 trained brown soldiers in native service, of whom we hear perhaps once in ten yea‘s, and at least 2,000,000 men who think their proper profession is arms, who would live by arms if they could, and of whom we in England never hear a word. If the Prussian conscription were applied in India we could, without counting reserves or landwehr, or ny force not summoned in time of peace, ha Ie 2.500000 soldiers actually in barracks, with 700,000 recruits coming up every year â€"a force with which not only Asia, but the world might be subdued. There are tens of millions of prosperous peasants whose hoard- ing makes India the grand absorbent of the precious metals, tens of millions of peasants beside whore poverty fellahs, or bioilians, or Connaught men are rich; millions of arti~ sane, ranging from men who build palaces to ahe men who, nearly naked and almost without tools, do the humblest work of the potter. For eighty years nt lean, writer! have endeavored to bring home to Engliehmen the vutneu of India, but, no for an een be perceived they have failed. ' The Briton reeds whet the lay, learns up their figurel, and under-ten e their description, but fails. for all his labor, to realize what Indie I»â€" e continent In large a Europe weet of the Vinnie, end with 30,000,060 more people. luller of ancient netione. of great cities, of verietiee of civillz man, of armies. nohi‘i'iea, prieethoode, or aniznione for every conceiv- eble purpose. rare the Ipleulln of a greet religion dow‘n to ayetemetiu mnr or. The re are twice a mnnv Bengaleee as there are Frenchmen; the andoeteneee, properly .0- called, outnum'ber the whites in the United Satee; the Mabrettae would fillSpein ; the people of the Puejanb with Soinde are double the populstion 0! Turkey, and I have named but four of the divinione. Peculiar Business Methods. A HAWK'ATTACKS A MAN. The Vastuess 0! Indian In hulldingla fence around our young or- chards, zeverai years ago, we tried many plans for preserving the poets. Having occa- sion to remove the fence this winter, we noted the condition of the posts as follows: Those not with no preparation were decayed an inch or more in thickness, those coated with a thick wash of lime were better re~ served, but were quite seriously attack by worms; these posts coated with hot tar were perfectly sound as when put in the round : those painted with petroleum and fierosene were equally as sound and good for setting. Let the posts get thoroughly dry. and then, with a pan of cheap kerosene and whitewash brush, give the lower third of e post, the part to no in the around, two 0 three ap licaticns of the oil, letting it soak in wel each time. Posts so treated will not he troubled by worms or insects of any kind, but will resist to a remarkable iegree. this we find to ho the‘simplest. The following mode of storing grapes is that formerly practised and recommended by tho late E. P. Roe, and is a remarkably successful one as the writer can testify, having eaten grapes so preserved and inV excellent condition, as late as February in‘ the following spring. The fruit should be gathered during clear dry weather and of course must be fully ripened. Procure large earthen or stone jars or crooks such as butter is packed In, with close-fitting lid,‘ and wipe them thoroughly clean and dry. Cover the bottom with a sheet of dry paper and put in a layer of clusters of the fruit| after first removing with a scizzors all imperfect and unripe berries from the bunch. -' Upon the first layer again place a sheet of paper and so fill up the jar, separating each layer of fruit with a sheet of paper] from the next. Put on the stone lid ands takin a sufficiently large piece of stout un- i bleached muslin. paste it entirely over the top of the jar. Select a high gravelly knoll ‘ or other dry suitable location where the; water will run freely away, and bury the: jar sufficiently deep as to be beneath; the action of frost, marking the exact spot of burial with a stake as a guide in digging. All fruit that is too thick on the trees to attain roper development shouli be thin- ned. Ii‘here is no work the horticulturist can do that will pay better. Persons who never have done any thinning think it a far greater job than it really is; the fact is“ is less trouble to thin than not to do so. If the fruit isthinned it iss imply broken off from the twigs and allowed to fall on the ground, while if allowed to ripen it must be picked, put into a basket, taken to the pack- ing shed, sorted over, and that which is too inferior, rejected. If the thinning is proper- ly done, the fruit left on the tree will pro- duce as great a bulk as the whole would have done. Besides being profitable there is a satisfaction in having good even-sized fruit, and knowing that way down in the bottom of the package out of sight of the purchaser is not a lot of stuff you would be ashamed to see the purchaser take out, and hear his commems on the man who grows and picks such. I have thinned peach,‘ peair and apples and always found it to pay' we I. A correspondent of the Chigago Tribune has paid a visit to the mushroom farm under the earth near La Salle, Ill . in the Utica Uement Company's abandoned tunnel. Ac- cording to his account, they are marketing about 800 pounds of mushrooms a week, and expect shortly to increase this to one thous- and pounds a day. The price obtained in summer is 50 cents per pound : in winter. . $2. They are shipped first to Chicago, and thence to New York and all the large cities. These tunnels are said to be 40 acres in ex~ tent. 1,000 from the face of the cliff, and 200 or 300 feet from the top. The tempera- ture does not vary over half a dc zen degrees alllthe year round, standing about 60 deg} in summer and 54 deg. in winter. About 3 car loads of manure a week are used. It is not every locality that afl'ords such a spot for such a purpose, and probably the only other similar place is in the catacombs of Paris. With a constant supply such as the tunnel affords, a market will be forced, and by and by mushrooms will be asked for asI regularly as any other vegetables. | dent, cheapest and best method of pres-end tomâ€"P. E. Upon farms where the house may be seen from all parts of it. fligs of different colors or placed in various positions may be used as signals. In is desirable to condense the code asmuoh as possible. Thus the signal come to the house or barn when repeated quickly may mean there is something wrong and haste is required. This will answer for all emergencies. Experience teaches that some such method of communication is very useful. and saves time in the work of the farm, and as time is money. it is found a means of economy, and therefore worthy of more general adoption. Have short, Ihnrp whistlesâ€"blow quickly â€"long, Ilow drawn out blasts; acertain num- ber of tools to mom one thing. and another number to mean aomething else. In this way quite a vocabulary may be gotten up. Let each man employed be given a signal and ptovided with a whistle, if he cannot use his fingers in the usual way, that each may answer when called. There are those who use a large bell for signalling upon the farmâ€"a certain number of “tap: ’ to call certain men. or for certain purposes. The advantage of the whistle over the bell is that the calls may be made mole varied in lengthening the sound. II mm: that '3 Iyaum of whisdu aignoll or lsuguige bu been in use for some time in Ill blond of the Canary group. The inhab hum of the hind (Gamers. which comin- uouiy oi precipitous rocks und doep ruine- tbrough which river: flow). make use of I code of whistle Iigmll to communicate with cool: other oorou the rough count: which 0 u only be truvenod by long, 0 rcuitouo r‘gfioa, on ”coup: _to the _degr: ruvinep. ' This useful addition to the [malty of speech may be mdeavailublein many ways by Mopt» ing s similar code or key of launch: to that which is puod in_ telegrgphy. Donb‘lou many have used the whistle u I mum of culling the annexation of thou: n ho were “way from them, who never though of angling a ltnguage, so to upgnk,_of_it. .- UNDER-GROUND Mvsuaoou FARM. l’nzsmvmu Frzxc: Pas-rs. AGRICULTURAL. Kmmxc GRAPES. Tnmxxxa Faun. FA“ Swim. . The Chinaman is not, and, without an entire change of his nature, cannot, become a colonist. He is an acute and careful mer- | chant, a patient, faithful and dilllgent laborer, but. above everything else, his home , ties are strong. While he wanders all over ' the earth and submits to all sorts of priva- tions, abuses and hardships, he is only a - wanderer whose deepest desire is for home, I a quiet old age with his family, and, above 9everything else, burial in the tombs of his 'fathers.â€"â€"Chester W. Holcombe in Youth’s Companion. l 'The szr spends very little time in his study, as he is mere afraid of his stontness than of political plots, and is consequently i in the habit of receiving his ministers in the .' grounds, walking up and down an avenue .while listening to their reports; he fre- quently adds his initial “A ” to an important document by holding it against a. tree, and ‘ hence it is rather indistinct at times. The Czsr is by no means quick in signing deeds, and in many cases number of those neatly written specimens of Russian celigrsphy returned without signature, and then the ‘ u Dani-Lnnlinrnnlnnn. " ml... Ann}. I- sLJ- ‘ The ties of locality are very strong among the Chinese, and hence new families, as they are formed, settle dowu in life in the im- ‘ mediate vicinity of that from which they ‘. sprung. Thus one commonly sees groups, or nests, of families gathered about the 3 parent stock. Whole villages may be found scimposed almost dxclusively of persons of the same name, and containing four and even five generations of one family. V “ Rmithvilln I) (I .Innn-nnl ” A- on 4......- A physician was called up the other night by telephone to visit Mick child with cramp. It was raining hord, and he doalikod to take a drive of two miles. so he directed the child to be held up to the telephona ant} kept thoro until it coughed. no diagnosed the once, prescribed for the child. an! turned in for an undisturbed sleep for the remainder oi the ni ht. The next morning he called arounv and ionnd ths pnient doing nicelyâ€" under the one of nnother doctor. " Court-caligrapher:” fifidvoigdb in thgi; art the monks of old, have to do their work over again. Here is another waxy to got rid of Canada thistles. A Wisconsin farmer says: Three years ago I spread my hen manure on my garden pretty heavy. The consequences gwere I raised nothing in my garden that season. I thought I would try it on a gsmell patch of Canada thistles I had on a piece of meadow. That was one year ago 1 last spring and I have seen no thistles there ; since. I did not cut them, but spread the l manure on about three inches thick, and in gsix weeks time they were all brown. If 'enyone wishes to try it they will find it o !euccees. The class of " globe trowel-e," as they are calledâ€"persona of wealth who travel around the globe sightseeingâ€"form a never solved puzzle to the mind of the Chinese. A Chino- man never leaves his home except from necessity. While absent, whether in foreign lande or in some opher part of his own coun- try, he always looks upon himself as an exile, is always more or less homesick, and, no matter how dirty and squalid his native village may be, he looks forward to his re- turn to the wretched place as the chief joy of his life. “Smithfille,” “Jonesvill,” or, to trans- late more exactly. “The village of the Chang family."'“The town of the Wang famfly," "The Li Family Crossroads"â€" theae and similar names of hamlets, villa on and citiea are so frequent throughout Ch that they give a lame fraction of all the names t9 plac_ea_in_the empire. __ . The Chinaman‘s- Love of Home] An experienced poultry man maintains that fowle live, thrive and pay about as well in confinement (when properly managed and cared for) as when running at large. But they will never bear crowding. The attempt to cross the buffalo with the cow appears to be practically out of thoques- tion. "01. C. C. Slaughter, of Texas, has been experimenting with 40 to 50 cows and a buffalo bull for several years and the re- sult is s single cross-breed calf which he is disposed to regard as a freak of nstnre. It grunts like the buffalo, and blests like a calf ; but it is utterly wild at six months of age, end won't allow itself to be tied. We find this in'an excnenge and will try it. Son do so too, and we will find out how much there is in it: "It is not known to many persons that the common elder bush of our country is a great safeguard against the devastations of insects. If any one will notice. it will be found that worms and in- sects never touch the elder. Last year we scattered the leaves of the elder over the csbbeges, cucumbers, tquashes an! other nlsnts in the kitchen garden that were sub- ject to the ravages of insects, and it worked . (factually. One of the neighbor wo nen told me that she tried putting branches of the elder through the plum trees, and that they had' on sbnndent crop of fruitflf _ The fluwar farms of the country aronud Nico yield as an average yearly crop 2,000 Iona of orange 11 )wcre, 1,000 [one 0! rows, 1.30 tons of rid-ate, as umny of jessamine flowers, and ltSlEl‘ quantities of other bIOI- some The larger portion of the oil or otter of rose comes from the rose farms of Ron; melia, in Turkey, and from Gasipur, in India. {a is reckoned that $0,000 rose blosnoms are required to produce an amount of the utter «quail in weight to a silver rupee â€"ebouc fifty cents of our moneyâ€"and worth fifty dollars on ounce. Large quantities of the oil of orange peel and the all of orange (1 more. known as nsrolie, are made in Sle- ily. Much of the oils of peppermint. thyme, rnasmsry and evender eomesfrom Surrey, England, while in North Carolina Inge quantities of oil of small-es are distilled, the business rising to the porportions of n considerable industry. ' Winter pure, says th» N. Y. “Tub“... noul-i he: [eh nu Ilw tree as In)“ In K! Itlnllxual, i. L! lluu pmml on 3 Iraq 111 ' (mu 0 l er at l covert: - with u uluthol‘ 0th... wimp-u keel the air an” about chum. Song. zoru, uuoc uupromis ug when takuu in, (1;. wlop lino mlur and delicious «pull: it pan. “my Iota was protected to the sow pro. «and clungo, which bring on final matur- ity. Tue proper collur wmpnnturu [a a few dogrou a'uve tm z'ng, but u soon as the peas .huw uulur lhey uhouid be taken to s wum mom m (““3va ‘ull flu'or. still wrap- od or covorul to prevent ahrivelling. flow the Czar Works. It Worked Badly. FLOWER FARMERS 1’. I II I‘ N 1 N 1': A w! I