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I'll never MB The little secrets bennty know* To five the last enchanting t"t»C liom which she blossoais like M1}% n S;% Buongh that every moment t*Ir And fairer. 'ill indeed Ftheseei A sight the fairies might invoke To haunt our brighiwst, fondest Then all equipped, e'en to the foot That gleams on sat in from the MOOT, She stands and lomireJy survey* ^ Tbr chnrmins figure o'er and O Sr. Ko wonder that she smiles acd node Back to the face she known ia Mr; Ko wonder she her head uplift* With such a prond audacious «!r. Another look-" Ah, yes," she says, " Hp frill, I'm sure, propo e tonight}" Then gathering up her dainty robes. She goes below, end--stewm rigW MY \IGHT LODGER. girL not say that. But from all that I can learn, I was not a qaeer baby. I cried L *> Eveiy person said I wm a queer little I can't remember when they did b from all that I < I queer baby. like any other child, and was quite as troublesome, so the queerness mart hard been acquired. I cannot discover wherein my queer, ness lies; when I ask my friends, they say, "Why--well, you are different from outer folks." A very clear MM! SATISFAC­ tory definition! This having the wotd "queer" at­ tached to my name used to annoy me; my dolls were the only specimens of hu­ manity to whom I confessed this. To them I confided all my secrets and my manifold trials. They were attentive lis­ teners--never interrupted me. There was Rosa, the very large one, she was my prime favorite, and--oh, there were SO many of them I cannot, describe them. When I was eleven years old our folks tried to make me think I was too old to play with dolls. I felt as though life would have no pleasure for me were my dolls taken from me. No one knowing how I loved them. I used to go to my room and, locking the door to keep my fun-loving brothers and sisters from in­ truding, I would play by the hour with my miniature family. Another favorite resort of mine was the garret. It was ull of boxes, barrels and chests, oontain- old papers, books and letters. Many 'he letters were very ancient, written relatives of whom I had scarcely There were letters from parents Iren. from brothers to sisters, and are. The latter interested me the •hough I thought tifcy were \ I suppose I coultl not ap- <e height and depth, am} breadth, of the tender pea- pockets with apples, I Mission of the garret and old chair, minus an there I would sit for had a passion for "ies of robbers and used to frighten the midst of a \ would tumble u the rafters, and leading the robbers he garret, tie of the :-*i W- -^JS •»>»> * '-ious In't •S'%1 • i • nii-h ' WIMrthOT. at the house. Oh, of our yard way a brook, peaceable in pleasant but a very little rata trans­ formed them both into raging torrents. As I stood at the window I saw first one bridge, and then the other, swept off. I knew now that I must stay alone all night; it would be impossible for my toothers and sisters to get home. Travelers, or, as Sarah called them, "trampera," often stopped at our house over night, as there was no public-house near. To my horror, I now saw one of them coming across the field. Should I hide? No, that was not to be thought of. Without stopping to knock, the great tough man walked in. " Can I stay here all night?** , I dared not refuse him, so M firmly M I oould, answered,-- "Yes." He seemed surprised at seeing no one but myself, and questioned me much. I told him my brother was up-stairs writing; that we two were alone. This was the first thing that entered my head to tell him. Such a villianous counte­ nance as that man had ! His hair was cut close to his head, leaving his huge ears in bold relief. Wicked-looking eyes, and a brutal mouth, completed his general wrpwm'^ of ferocity. Bed-time came, and I directed the man to a room up-stairs in the servants* de­ partment; not the "up-stairs" where I had said my brother was. Now that there was real danger, I was calm and reasonable. I fastened the door that led up-stairs with my embroidery scis­ sors, which happened to be in my pocket, so as to guard against surprise, and hur­ riedly collecting our .silverware, carried it to mamma's room and hid it in the bed. No one would have supposed the bed had been disturbed. I was elated at my ingenuity. I then hunted up what few jewels the girls possessed, and placing them, with what money I could find, in a box, I tied them in my pocket. After doing this, I stole down-stairs, and removed my scis­ sors from the door. These scissors were counted among my most valuable treas­ ures. I had had them many years, «-nfl was not disposed to lose them now. I expected the man would only wait till he thought I and my fictitious brother were asleep, and would then search the house for valuables, and finish by killing me. Only one plan for escape that I originated seemed feasible. I de­ termined to wait till I heard my lodger in the room below, and then wrap my? self in papa's shawl, and jump out of the window. I was not kept in suspense long; the peculiar squeak of the sitting- room door alarmed me that it was time to act. Quietly I raised the window, and just as the steps approached the stairs, I jumped to the ground. Fortu­ nately there was a bed of lilies directly beneath the window, and they softened my fall. That there was danger of breaking my neck I had not thought I was determined to escape from dreadful man. It was dark as Egypt, the rain was pouring down in torrents, but thin was nothing in comparison with the horror within the house. Half a mile back of oar house lived a friend of papa's--Mr, Vincent. I re­ solved to go there. I ran along, stumbl­ ing against fences and falling into ditches, thinking I never knew such a long half mile. Finally I reached the house, and managed to tell my story. Several young men happened to have been delayed there by the storm, and, headed by Henry Vincent, a young man of some twenty-two years, they pre­ pared to capture my visitor. I was too excited to remain at Mr. Vincent's. I declared I would go back home. They all tried to persuade me not to do this except Henry Vincent, who flain A IiMia nnwmnn a1% a*«1 <3 BREKDINO draught horses pays large profits to Western farmers, and they are at present the most profitable stock of any kind that can be raised. THB introduction of white grapes, says a writer in Caiman's Sural World, has Eroven a great blow to grape-loving iids, for I have never yet observed one that was smart enough to discover that a white grape was good for eating. WAB ! war! war upon weeds ! The farmer's success is the reward of con­ stant vigilance. The fertile soil of the West, while yielding immense crops of grain, yields weeds in the same propor­ tion. But, taken in time, on our mellow soil, the weeds are easily destroyed.-- Exchange. , THE New England Farmer has much faith in the future of the sugar industry in this country, but trembles for the lazy and shiftless farmers who have in­ vested in the enterprise with high hopes of success, but without a due apprecia­ tion of the requirements necessary for securing profitable crops of beet roots. THE Farm and Fireside, of Spring­ field, Ohio, has this to say about these : " Take two wooden boxes, one three inches larger in every way than the other. Line the inside box with zinc. Fill the space surrounding it with dry sawdust, or, better, with fine charcoal. Let the cover to the inside box be covered with a piece of woolen blanket Let a small piece of pipe pass from the bottom of the inner box down through the bottom of the lower box, so as to allow the water from the melted ice to flow off. This is just as good as many of the patent ice chests at less than one- fourth the cost. PBOF. AMNOLD says; " The assertion is often made, and many people believe, that water washes out the flavor of the butter; but it only cleanses the butter of the buttermilk, sugar and milk acid which may adhere to it, just as clarify­ ing sugar removes from it the foreign matters which modify its true flavor. The flavor of batter consists of fatty matters, which do not combine with water, therefore cannot be washed away by it The effect of washing upon the keeping quality of butter depends upon the purity of the water with which the washing is done. If the water contains no foreign matter that will affect the butter, it will keep better for washing the buttermilk put than by kneading it out." thefejmiifeois live, the pm hair i belonging to those who work in the oop- j per mines, and blue to those whose oc­ cupation is oobalt mining. Wysfcep, ia indigo also have blue hair. HOUSEHOLD HELPS; A TABtat-spooNFTTL of salt will weigh about one ounce. Cooi, rain-water and soda will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. CUT bread fine for filling for fowls; this is better than to crumble it No _AMI you tired of your engagement? Chew onions. A Firri-DoiiiiAB painted fan raises no nve-o ive-oent palm-leal tightly she pleased." With a hand clasped in Henry's, we started. When we came within sight of our house, we saw a light flitting from room' to room, and a few words of boisterous song floated to us on the breeze. Si­ lently my friends surrounded the house, guarding every avenue of eseape. Henry and I (I would not let him leave me for a moment) entered the house. We found the vagabond searching papa's desk. He had found several hundred dollars that I had not seen, when preparing for flight He started to run when he saw us, but finding men and revolvers on all sides, he as obliged to surrender. - He was safely bound, and then ques- xL It appears he was a noted thief had long baffled the police. He 'ten he learned the house was oo- uly by two individuals, he waa 'ed. He did not intend to pro- cts of violence, unless my I troubled him too much, id the house deserted, he d not told him the troth le. Not finding me, he hid, and he would not > lap, Henry Vin- «rvest little woman .he others praised t began to think ?rs than nen. therj, and be- X like a lunatic, oained unoon- aensible, anx- ?r me. Papa, i were at my asked. In a june tomvre- ow!" said I, "• before I re- •v person heroine Tent ">n THE growth of trees and shrubB is made the first half of the season ; after that the time is occupied in maturing the wood. The growth, therefore, should be pushed from the start, and this is done by manuring and cultiva­ tion ; the latter is an aid to the former, and discontinued in time to give chance for maturing. Begin early, and work the ground for a large space, as the roots extend far. To stir or manure the ground only, as is so common, is of little or no benefit. The entire space between raspberries and blackberries should be gone over, and lightly, so as not to disturb the roots, which usually are near the surface. Treat currants, gooseberries, grapevines, young trees, etc., in the same way, using manure if needed, and to the amount required in connection with cultivation, applying it early, so as to get the full benefit. Barn manure is in general preferable, as it also serves to some extent as a mulch. WE SOW our grain too thick, just as we set our trees and shrubs and plant our corn too close. With land made mellow and level, and the seed distrib­ uted evenly and properly covered, half the quantity now used is a great abun­ dance. The drill is a convincing proof this. Here is the all-important condi­ tion of uniform covering present, and as all the seed grows light seeding is neces­ sary if the seed is sound and undam­ aged. More attention to the seed is, therefore, called for, and in securing this greater cleanliness will follow. Our grain will eventually all be drilled in, thus lessening the seed to atamt one- half. Even this will be reduced, t'oi\ we sow too thick with the drill. Where land is well prepared, as it should and the seed is all sound, broadcasting will admit of a reduction of neaa-1 one-haif, and the crop will be better. There will be larger straw, a larger and fuller head, and less disposition to lodge. More labor should be bestowed upon the seed bed, which enriches it, as well as improves it otherwise, and less seed sown, passing it first through the fan- ning-mill with a full wind on, as the light or imperfect seed makes a feeble growth. MANY farmers arc very stingy in the -natter of supplying animals with salt. They seem t > think that the money in­ vested for animals is virtually thrown away, and they study how to avoid this loss as far as possible. Occasionally a farmer will find that some sheep will live six months without eating salt, and he loses no time in making his discovery known to the world. A large proportion of farmers furnish salt to their unirrmla but once a week. On these occasions they eat so much of it that they feel un­ comfortable during the following day. Stock of all kinds should have salt con­ stantly within their reach, whether they are in the yard or pasture. It is very easy to keep a supply of salt in an open bor in a shed where cattle can have free access to it. It requires but little in­ genuity to erect a salt-box in a pasture so that its contents will not be wasted. All that is required is a hanging roof, that can be moved by the heads of cattle and sheep. When cattle"' have a supply of salt always within reach they will never eat so much at any time as to ren­ der them uncomfortable. Salt is not a luxury, but a necessity, and it should be supplied without stint. Animals know better than their owners do how often they require salt. Any stock-owner would object to being allowed to taste It but once a week. Color of the Hair. "vous shocks sometimes cause ™u white in a few hoars. Antoinette is one of ' '•aching on record, rich, dark hair In its nat- 1 in color, ^ other . '-f * 4 i'r' >T?.' feWv Hlft ,1ft: uis , life, jabout jd. hair," * black and -iirsute curiosi- jn and blue hair - by some authori- jrs Owe their produc- .nce of surroundings in sogginess. LARGE holes in a loaf of bread, are proof of a careless cook. The kneading has been slighted. MILK-CAXS or pans not kept clean are liable to impart to the milk a dangerous fermentive poison. To CLEAN kettlos easily, poor a little hot water into them and put a cover on; the steam will soften the dirt so that it may be easily removed. To KEEP seeds from the depredations of mice, mix some pieces of camphor with them. Camphor placed in trunks or drawers will prevent mice from doing them injury. -> PAPERED walls are cleaned by being wiped down with a flannel cloth tied over a broom or brush. Then cut off a thick piece of stale bread with the crust on and rub them down with this. Be­ gin at the top and go straight down. CHOCOLATE COOKIES.--Take the white of six eggs, half a pound of sugar, half a pound of grated chocolate, five ounces of flour ; first stir the whites of the eggs and the sugar together, then add the chocolate, and lastly the tiour; drop by the spoonful on greased tins, and bake in a moderate oven. BRANDY CHERKIES.--Choose fine, firm fruit, wash, pick the stems off, stick the cherries in two or three places with a needle; pour over them a sirup made by boiling a pound of sugar (to every pound of cherries) in a gill of water; add a pint of brandy for every four pounds of sugar; pour the sirup hot over the cherries ; cork and tie up care­ fully when cold. They will be fit to eat in a week, and will keep for an indefin­ ite time. RASPBERRY VINEGAR.--Pick and wash five pounds of raspberries and pour over them a gallon of the best white wine vinegar ; let it stand twenty-four hours, then strain through a flannel jelly-bag and put this liquor over five pounds more of raspberries. Let it stand again a day and night. Strain a second time through a flannel bag, and add ten pounds of lump sugar. Put in a three- gallon stone jar ; set the jar in a pot of hot water and let it simmer for twenty minutes, skimming any froth that may arise. When perfectly cold bottle and cork carefully. Keep in a cool place during the summer. SALT-AND-WATER CUCUMBERS. -- Put fifty freshly-pickled cucumbers in a stone jar, separating each layer with fresh grape leaves, and a sprig of sweet fennel. Pour over them a pickle made by boiling a pint and a half of salt in a gallon of water, and a table-spoonful of cayenne pepper; only let it come to a boil; have it perfectly cold before put­ ting it over the cucumbers ; cover well with grape leaves; put a clean piece of light wood and a brick on top to keep the cucumbers down; they will fer­ ment, be slightly acid, and be ready for use in three weeks. This is a Holland recipe. Disinfectants. Bad smells indicate the presence of de­ composition somewhere «nd in- some form or other, and this is the sure har­ binger of zymotic diseases. Wherever bad smells are found it may be assumed that the generation of bacteria is going on, and these subtle and various forms of the life which proceeds from decay have been proved by modern science to be always more or less associated with the. causation of preventable diseases. Good disinfectants, if used in abundance, will always destroy these becteria, and when this is effected we know that the causes of disease are destroyed with them. Hence, it is important to know what sort of disinfectants are good. With a view to ascertain this, Dr. George M. Stern­ berg, surgeon in the United States army, has been making some valuable experi­ ments, under the auspices of the National Board of Health. Li the latest bulletin issued by that body he reports his ob­ servation in connection with carbolic acid and other disinfectants. The result of his experiments was not favorable to the employment of carbolic acid. The crude acid, such as manufactured and sold in New Orleans expressly for disinfecting purposes, utterly failed to prevent the formation of bacteria. Test tubes, in which the acid was used in connection with bacteria, all failed to prevent the substance from spreading and propagat­ ing itself by inoculation, except when the pure acid, in its crystaline form, was used to the extent of ten grains. This amount, Dr. Sternberg says, is equiva­ lent to seventeen pounds of pure acid for a room twelve feet square and twelve feet high (1,728 cubic feet), "and" he adds, "to fulfill the conditions of the experi­ ment in disinfecting on a large scale, it would be necessary to scatter this amount over the floor of a room having these di­ mensions, and to suspend articles to be disinfected near the floor for at least six hours, care being taken that all aper­ tures were closed so that the fumes of acid might not escape." It would re­ quire sixty-eight pounds of the crude acid to disinfect the same room under the same conditions. Forty-six fluid ounces of the crude acid in a room of this size failed to destroy the potency of vaccine virus, and consequently would fail to de­ stroy the yellow fever germ or the poison of small-pox. In conclusion, Dr. Stern­ berg says of his interesting and valuable experiments that they sljow "that the popular idea, shared, perhaps, by some physicians, that an odor of carbolic acid in the sick room, or in a foul privy, is evidence that the place is disinfected is entirely fallacious, and, in fact, that the use of this agent an a volatile disinfect­ ant is impracticable, bccause the ex­ pense of the pure acid and the enormous quantity required to produce the de­ sired result." Sulphurous and nitrous acid gases, however, and chlorine, he found to destroy bacteria at once and ef­ fectively. The general result of his ex­ periments is to show that chloride of Time is a more trustworthy disinfectant ' nn carbolic acid. It is probable that ng solution of copperas (sulphate of v, 'Vrally used, is the best wash for ii:ig the purity of dra'ns and sinks, xt must be used liberally and regu- .iy in order to secure good results. IT now appears that Despritz, the well- known French chemist, has been work­ ing in the same direction as Messrs. Ham- ney and Murs, of Scotland. The Ham- ney diamonds are minute particles, al­ most invisible. Despritz. appears to have made a step further, but after five years of constant labor he made the fraulc ac­ knowledgment that he had not found the diamond proper, although he obtained crystals of pure carbon possessing all the characteristics of the coveted prize. more wind than a THE good man says : All thing, are for the best," and mentally adds, "I am the best" "WHAT I should like to know," said a School Board official, "is how the mouths of rivers can be larger than their heads." A LADY for the first time listening to the "still snyill voice" of a telephone re­ marked: "Good gracious, it sounds just like one's conscience." " EVERY time a man truly repents," says Josh Billings, "he is born again, but there is lots ov people who repent every night regular so as to be ready for active bizziness to-morrow." IT is onlv the female mosquito th«4 bites, but when a man gets a chance to belt one with a towel, he's going to do it without stopping to inquire as to its gender." "I SHALL find another channel for my article," said the author of a rejected contribution. "That's right," was the answer of the courteous magazine editor; "The British Channel would be an excel-' lent place for it." "IT looks like the scene of a great battle," remarked a great traveler, view­ ing the work of a recent cyclone at the West. "Yes," said the native solemnly, and without removing his pipe, "tne place was tuk by storm." THE father of a St. Louis bride pre­ sented his son-in-law with eighty thou­ sand head of cattle. "Papa, dear," ex­ claimed his daughter, when she heard of it, "that was so good of you; Charley's so fond of Ox-tail soup." NEXT to a tailor who promises you a new suit in order that you may get away to the seashore on Sunday, and then dis­ appoints you, comes the fiend in female form who brings home your washing on Monday morning instead of Friday night. As it should be! ["Young persons ought, above all things, to be taught perfect candor."--Manuel of Etiquette.] Visitor--"Is Miss Percival at home? Servant--"No, Miss. Did you wish to see her?" Visitor--"Lor', no! I want her to see me." SOME men are born to bad luck. A New Hampshire man went through three years of the war and wasn't even scratch­ ed or sick a day, while his next neighbor got a wound in the only battle he was in that entitles him to a big pension, while the first poor fellow has to work for a living. ' 'ISH der brisoner guilty or not guilty?" asked a beaming Teutonic justice, the other day. "Not guilty, your honor," promptly responded the person addressed. "Den you youst get ouet and go apout your peesiness, my vrend, and stop your fooling round here mit your blayen off," indignantly responded the outraged arm of the law. " ARE you prepared for death ?" the clergyman asked, with a tremor of emotion in his voice as he took the siok woman's hand in his own. A shade of patient thought crossed the invalid's face, and by-an-by she said "she didn't hardly believe she was; there was the little bed­ room carpet to be taken up yet, and the paint up stairs had hardly been touched, and she did want to put up new curtains in the dining-room; but she thought that if she didn't die until next Monday, she would be about as near ready as a woman with a big family and no girl ever expect­ ed to be." P. S.--That woman got well. Burlington Hawkeye. A WELL-DRESSED negro applied to the Judge of Probate of Mobile for a marriage license. He was asked how old his in­ tended was, and answered with great animation : " Just 16, Judge--sweet 16, and de handsomest girl in town." The Judge said he could not do it, as the law forbade him to issue license to any one under 18. " Well, hold on, Judge," ex­ claimed the man, "I knowdat demgirls am deceitful and lie about deir age. She is 19 if a day." "Will you swear to it ?" asked the Judge. "Ies, sah," he replied, and did. " And how old are yoti ? said the Judge. The chap, looking suspicious, replied cautiously: "35," and added, "if dat won't do, Judge, I've got more back." "Singing Joseph." It is a well-known fact that a stam­ merer can sing without difficulty, though he can't speak six words without stutter­ ing. The fact explains this incident: When the supper was on the table, I suggested that we wait for his father and mother to come before we should eat supper. The poor fellow immediately piped up in a plaintive strain: " They'll not c 'me when the rain is falling, Falling, lullinn, falling, falling: They're at Deacon Potter's calling, Calling, calling, calling, calling " While still singing he seated himm»1f at the table, and motioned me to draw up opposite him. After pouring the tea as handily as a woman, he turned to me and sang in a still different tune: " Will you please, sir, ask a blessing, On the bread aud meat, and pudding, On the bread and meat and pudding, Will you pleaae, sir, ask a blessing?" Much surprised, and ashamed that T had not anticipated the request, I said grace, and, much reassured by the little incident, made a hearty supper. After my strange companion had done up the chores, and made everything snug for the night, he sat down in the corner of the fireplace and looked at me steadily. His fixed regard made me nervious again, and I said something impatiently. " Why are you so obstinate as to ans- swer me in this saucy, sing-song way whenever I speak to you?" The tears rushed quickly to the youth's eyes; he essayed to speak, but, although he made the most frantic effort, he could not utter a word. Soon he recovered himself, to my great relief, for I thought he was going into a fit, and to my astonishment, sang more musically than ever: " Don't you see, sir, how I stutter? I can neither talk nor stutter; fr'o (rod lets me sing my say, j And I thank Him every day." I never felt so chagrined in my life as when I found out the truth in regard to the poor fellow. It was a good lesson to me. I have never formed a hasty judg­ ment since. " Singing Joseph," he was called, and I conversed with him until a late hour. I found him very intelligent, although his ideas, always without a moment's hesitation on las part, set themselves to music, some of" the strains the sweetest and most pleasant I ever heard.--Ex­ change. Heal Rocks. The seal rocks off San Francisco are well worth seeing. There is a weird fas­ cination in them--something so hide­ ously uncanny in the swarm of sprawl­ ing, squirming things that rear them­ selves about among the jagged fissures, and so utterly unlike any other known voice of animate or inanimate nature is the hoarse, deep cry that goes up inces­ santly from all the million throats, and predominates over the thunders of the ocean itself. Every rock, from the base to^ the peak, is {dive with shapeless things in perpetual motion, tumbling over each other, twn-tiii^, spiling, fight- V Itlg in clumsy fashion with their uncouth flippers, or plunging with marvelously smooth, graceful carves into the boiling foam .that breaks all around their rocky fortresses. Some are tawny brown or yellow, and these have hat! their coats dried by the sun after a few hours' bask­ ing on the rocks ; but those who have just wiggled up out of the surf arc a dull, slaty black, and look like animated bags of wet gutta-percha. All ages and sizes are represented, from the monarch of the crlony, " Ben Butler,'* a grav old giant who might weigh some *3,000 pounds, down to the babies who are just learning to wiggle and squirm and leap after the fashion of their mammas, and add their infant notes to the general chorus, Hie sight is wonderfully inter­ esting to the initiated. Printing Paper. The principal ingredients of this paper are straw, rags and wood. A mill of this kind affords a ready market for all the straw produced in the country for miles around. The straw is piled up in great stacks near the mill ready for use. The rags come from all parts of this country and Europe. The wood is brought in the pulp from firms who make a business of reducing wood to a fine pulp. Regard­ ing the processes which these materials undergo while converted into paper: In the first place the straw is cut up fine and passed through a fanning mill, which separates it from all the grain and Earticles of dust. It is then put into uge rotary boilers running under eighty pounds of steam pressure, where it is boiled and cleansed in a strong solution of caustic alkali, after which it is emptied into vats and thrown up into washing en­ gines filled with water; there the alkali is extracted, and chlorine is added for the purpose of whitening it After re­ maining here until the pulp is thoroughly washed, it is emptied into large vats, where it is left to bleach twenty-four hours. The pulp in this stage is as white as snow, and is one mass of fine, silky fiber. The rags are first carefully assorted, and everything not composed of cotton or linen is discarded. They are then cut jip and dusted by machinery, after which they are boiled and cleansed with a solu­ tion of lime in other rotary boilers. Afterward they pass through the same process as the straw until they, too, are reduced to a beautiful, white fibrous pulp. Equal quantities of rag and straw pulp are mixed together with a lesser quantity of wood pulp. To this is added a small portion of alklin, or white clay, which is used to fill up the pores of tlie- paper, and give it a smoother surface. The whole is then put into a beating en­ gine, where it remains until the different ingredients are thoroughly united. This operation usually takes about three hours. Here also the blue coloring is added-- a blue white being considered the best shade for the paper. From the beating engine the pulp is pumped up into an­ other engine, where it passes through the last stage of refining, and is dropped in a liquid form into an immense tub. It is now ready to be put into form. There are two kinds of machines for this work, the Fourdriner and the cylinder. The Fourdriner, the lastest invention, is the most perfect machine now in use. The fibrous liquid is then poured from the tub through a strainer into the ma­ chine, where it is caught on an endless- sieve of very fine wire, which filters out the water and retains the fibre. This sieve continually vibrates as it moves along thus thoroughly uniting the fibre, and when it reaches the section box, all the water is drawn from the pulp. This sheet is carried over numerous drying cylinders, heated by steam; then over the cylinder rolls, where it receives its final gloss and finish; and is finally wound on spools, weighed, wrapped, marked and stored, ready for shipment Class Distinctions. Caste distinctions are carried sometimes to an absurd extent in Eugland--gen­ erally by those of new-born gentility. It has been told of an English lady, whose married name is of most "base and mechanical" origin, that, having had one interview with a governess whom she thought of engaging, and having been much pleased with lier, she on the second interview informed her that she was sorry she could not engage her, as she had discovered that she had lived in a family the head of .which was "in trade." The governess was no loser, however, as she shortly afterward served in a duke's family. Domestic servants are great sticklers for rank and precedence. In one instance the titled lady of a house saw a very nice-looking young woman who offered herself for service, and being much pleased with her appearance, ex­ pressed a wish to the housekeeper that she should be engaged. But after a quasi-competitive examination of the candidate, the housekeeper reported and said, 4' That girl is a nice girl, but she would not suit me at all, my lady. She has only lived at rich merchants' houses in town, and at their little trumpery villas; and she knows nothing of the ways of a great house." The lady wag obliged to yield the point, as all such matters are left to the housekeeper. Dainty Eaters. A menagerie elephant eats about one hundred pounds of the best timothy hay every twenty-four hours. Giraffes, camels, zebras and deer are also hay-eating ani­ mals, but are not so particular in reference to its quality as the elephant. Sea-lions have to be fed on fish, usually fresh and salt mackerel, each animal taking twelve to fifteen each meal twice a day, and con­ suming altogether one hundred pounds of fish daily. Next in point of delicate eaters come the polar bears, whose regular diet is bread soaked in milk, with fish now and then for a change. The black bears are also given bread, one hundred pounds being used daily. Vegetables of almost every sort are fed liberally to the different animals -- cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onions and turnips. The elephants are great cabbage eaters, in addition to their standard diet, hay. The giraffes, singular­ ly enough, are great onion eaters, while the deer and goats, and animals of the cow species, eat carrots and turnips and potatoes. Bran and oats and corn are also liberally distributed--mostly once or twice a week--among the hay eating animals. But the orang-outang is the most dainty feeder of all, living on bread and honey, beef and potatoes--a diet alarmingly like that of humanity. Perfectly Safe. While an Abolition meeting was being held, years ago, in a log church in Michigan on Sunday, a thunder-storm of the most violent type gathered. 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