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Each forage crop has its peculiarities in the matter of taking up sustenance from the soil, as each breed of fattening cattle has its peculiarities in converting food into flesh and fat. Yet there are individual plants in a given species, as there are individual cows of a breed, that greatly excel, while there are others chat fell materially below the average. To illustrate more fully that the fattening tendency is not confined to any One breed. we cite the fact that by breeding together two animals taken from two differ- ent so-called distinct breeds, neither of which individual animals possesses in a. high degree the fattening tendencies of the breed This is precisely what most men who want cattle at all are in quest of. But it is true of cattle as it is of meadow grass, that by the law of nature we cannot get something from nothing. If any one attempts to keep two cows of any sort ordinarily kept for beef making, upon a surface pasture where only one had been kept before, he must se- lect two animals possessing the qualities which enable them to digest and assimilate as nearly as is possible all the food taken. The easiest keeping cow may be compared, with profit, to the best heating furnace. The mere name given to the furnace may be but aslight index to its capacity for eco- nomical heating, especially if there be dif- ferent grades 0! capacity for feeding up in any named breed of cattle. This system leaves no hay out over night that has been cured, and disptnses with the necessity of puttiu g the hay into cock, which involves great labor, and is not at all neces- sary unless storms threaten. and the hay will be found just as gcod as it is possible to get 112.7 made from the grasses, though not nearly so good as first-class clover hay. â€"Rural New Yorker. Though'the grasses are not as susceptible of injury or utter ruin as the clovers, yet much of their feeding value depends upon the manner in which they are handled. A heavy dew upon hay thoroughly cu: ed, de- tracts mach from its value, and the curing should be so managed that what is cut in the early part of each day should be in the barn or cock, or at least in the windrow, before dew falls at night. \Vhere the labor of turning and stirring has to be done by hand, the mowers should not be stated un- til the dew is all risen and the ground has become dry and hot. Should the hay be heavy, that out before dinner should be stirred out immediately after, and if the weather is good for hay»making, it will be fit to rake by three o’clock. and go into the barn or stack. That mowed afler dinner up to five o’clock, should be neatly turned over, so as to get the cured side next the ground, and the green side up to receive the dew, nd that out after five will not be sufficiently Wilted to take any harm. In the mO'ning following by 10 o'clock, any thick places should be stirred out, and the hay Will be ready to lake and draw by one o'clock, so that no hay is left out over more than one night. and none is left partly cured except the uncured side left up. If one has a ted- der (and one is very useful even in a Timo- thy meadow) the mower may be s'arted at pleasure in the morning. as the dew makes no difference, beaause at 10 o’clock the boy and tedder should be started, an}. every particle of dew is dispelled by the shaking and airing, and the grass is left in the best possible ccndition for curing. If the hay is very heavy, let the tedder go over it the second time immediately after noon, and by one o’clonk it will be fit to rake and draw, and all that is cut before one o clock, can be put into windrows before the dew falls. I I keep my mower going till one o'clock, and then do not start it again till four, aud mow from that time as long as the driver can see. In this way the dew falls only on wilted hay, and does no more harm than if it fell on standing grass. My father was s'firm believer in the the- ory of allowing Timothy to pass from the milk to the dough state before cutting, argu- ing that he got a. greater weight of hay per acre, and, though well satisfied that he was right as to the weight, I always noticed that the cattle preferred the earliest cut, and af- ter I began farming for myself, I began ex- perimenting, and I found the earlier cut, 81- ways the first eaten, and I believed this was because it was the most palatable and nu- tritious, and I preferred to let the stock be the judges, and for that reason I began cut- ting each year a little earlier until I arrived at my present custom of beginning the hay- ing as soon as the grass is well out of bloom, and if there is a. large area of meailow, some ofit will get too ripe before it is cut. The value of the hay crop of this country is immense, being exceeded only by that of corn and wheat, and the increase or diminu- tion of half a dollar in the value of each ton made, would amount to a diflerence of over $18,000,000 for or against the farmers, and this difl'erence is easily made by the dilfer- ence in the time of cutting and the manner of curing. Though I am a firm believer in clover and clover hay, yet I realize that on many soils clover does not thrive, and that in much of the country, permanent meadows are a. necessary part of farming, and that under such conditions the grasses must be used. The hay from them is not quite as easily ruined by the mode of curing; but it is as much dependent {or its highest quality upon the time of cutting. Very much of the Timothy hay made is for sale in the city markets, and I have seen tons sold for the hi best price, 0 ripe that on cutting the bales open the seed rattled out very freely, and the color showed that it had got by far too ripe before cuttingI while by its side was other Timothy selling as second or third quality, which was green and nice and worth for feeding purposes several dollars per ton more than the other, and I wondered that city people knew so little of the real value of hay cut at different times. Though Prof. Sanborn, in what he said in the Rural of May 24, may be right as to the value of hay cut at different stages of maturity, yet I am quite sure that in practice ten times more injury results to hay by too late than by too early cutting, The t'me from the point indicated by the Profssoor (after 10( m) to full ripening is so very shortI and ripe Timothy straw is so very little better than any other straw, that I don’t think it safe to advise farmersto wait for this period to arrive before cutting. In case of Orchard Grass, it is much worse, for though it makes a fair substitute for good hay, if out just as it is passing out of bloom, it becomes only a poor substitute for good straw, if left till nearly or quite ripe. The Easiest Keeping Cattle. AGRICULTU RAL Hay-Making. In East Africa nearly every woman wears the pelele. When she is a little girl a. small hole is pierced through the middle of the upper lip, and into this is placed a small wooden pin to prevent the puncture from closing up. After a. time this is changed for a larger pin, and so on until the hole is large enough to admit a ring. In propor- tion as the peleIe is made gradually lsr er, so the lip enlarges also and come to look ike a snout. An average 3 ecimen measures 11 inches in diameter an almost an inch in length. When she becomes a widow fashion cornpels her to take out her pelele, the lip falls, and the great round hole, called luper- ele, shows the teeth and jaw quite plainly, making her hideous. Another wonder in the progenitive line has turned 11 three miles southeast of Eureka. in Je erson CJunty, her name being Mrs. H. W. Pullman Twelve days ago Mrs. Pullman became the happy mother of fl ur bouncing boys, all of whom are in good condition, and to all appearances liker to mow up together in peace and harmony to in flict a. double Dromio act upon an unsuspect- ing world. The chronicle of Mrs. [111- man’s past career leads up to the present oc- currence very naturally. One year after her marriage she was delivered of a. boy, now living. A year alter another boy came into the world, who died. Her next was still another boy, who still lives, and later on she hereme the mother of three more boys at one time, one of whom died. Her next experience was that of twelve days ago. ape that often end fatally, which a little timely attention might (aawly have avoided, Indeed the successful stack-man must keep constant vigil if best results are to be attain- ed. A trusty little lad will answer very well for visiting and noticing as to how the flocks and herds get on, with an occasional Visit from the ow nar. If the farm is large, the aid of a safe little pony may be profit- ably called in, in which case the daily visits are likely to become a source of pleasure to the lad rather than the reverse. A writer in the Chicago Live‘Stock Jour- nal dwells upon the necessity of caring for cattle during the summer months as Well as at other seasons usually considered more critical. The same remark might well be profitably extended in its application to all kinds of stock, No class of live stock should be left long without careful scrutiny and frequent visits, even though plentifully sup plied with pasturage and water. Where a number run together they are liable to mis- The banquet is ordered at some fashonable confectioner‘s. Nothing is wantingâ€"silve., crystal, flowers and lustres laden with can- les of the purest wax. The young married pair occupy seats about the middle of the table, the parents supporting them on both sides, the rest of the chpany take seats ac- cording to the degree of ielationship or rank. If they want a grand dinner they order a “general’s” dinner, which costs $30 more than an ordinary one. At this dinner. so ordered, the master of ceremonies invites a real old pensioned 06 general. who is received with all the reverence due to his rank and seated in the place of honor. He is the first to drink to the health of the young cou lo, and is always helped before any one e so. He never speakes unless it is absolutely nec- essary. He is there only for show, ahd he does his best, in return for the $2) paid him. He never refuses a ingle dish of all the thirty or more served on such occasions. As the last roast disappears from the table the champagne corks fly, the glasses are fillel to the brim. the music strikes up, and hnzzas resound from all parts. But here comes the brides father with glass in hand, going up to her bowing and making a most woeful face saying that his wine was so bitter that he could not drink it it until she had sweet~ enei it. After a good deal of pressing she rises and gives. her husband a kiss ; her father still pretenc’s that his wine is bitter, and it remains so till she has given her busy band three kisses ; (och kiss not only sweet- ens his wine, but is accompanied with roars of laughter and bursts of ap lause After the dinner comes the bill an "the general's walk.” They lead him through all the room: once every half hour ; everybody salutes him as he passes along, and he graciously replies by an inclination of the head. At last, at 3 o’clock in the morning, all the young girls and those who dressed the bride take her away to undress her and put her to rest ; the men do the same by the husband. The next morning the house of the newly married couple is a ain filled with the crowds of the evening he ore. The young Wife is seated in adrawing room on a sofa with a splendid tea service before her. One after another approaches her and salutes her. She then offers tea, cofl'ee or chocklaie, according to the taste of the visitor. She is thioned for the first time in all splendor as the mistress of the house. '1 he most inti- mate friends remain to spend the day with the young painâ€"[Brooklyn Eagle. It should riot be lost sight of that there is awide difference in the value of two ani~ male, one being an easy keeper, while at the same time it is a slow grower, and the other a rapid grower, keeping fat while growing. To be an easy keeper because of biiug a small eater, presupposes slow growth, hence a non-paying piece of property. The value of the laboring ox lies in the work of his muscles. The value of the beet-making animal, regardless of breed or family, lies in the working capacity of its digestive and asslm.lative systems, pienipposing. of course, that there is a favorable anatomical structure to build upon. If bxeaders coulrl. figuratively speaking, mould cattle forms with as much uniformity and scuracy as the honey bee moulds her cell honey.re- cepfaole, then supposing they all had flown alike back of their breeding movements, they would have precisely What they like best; but they are quite 3 remove from that consummation yet, and must watch and workâ€"National Live Stock Journal. {rem which it is taken‘ progeny may (one that will teke the highest rank when put up to feed. This is not owing to any eupirla- the tendency in either pannt breed, but rather to a quality which tam us the plain factâ€"that all breeds are made, and that we a! cure any particular tendency through com~ bined forces. Two combustiblee, when com: binud and ignite}, may make a hotter fire than either on poasihly make separate. So the digestive and assimilative power of the progeny from across between two distinct breeds, may be increased much beyond that of either progenitor. A Russian Wedding Feast. There was no {6321 and no instruments on the raft; there was plenty of wine and some water. The raft was the scene of the most indescribable sufl‘ering. A storm arose and many of the unfortunstas were washed away; others committed suicide before they had been a day afloat. The men became de- spondent and mutinied,seizing the wine and drinking themselves into a state of intoxi- cation. They then tried to destroy the raft so that all might be involved in one common ruin. A desperate fight between the pas- Perhaps the" best known case in recent times followed the wreck of the Medusa. in 1816. The Medusa frigate with several other ships set sail June 17, 1816. from Roche- port, France. for Senegal, Africa, and went aground on the Arguin bank on the west coast. A raft was constructed upon which over a. hundred soldiers and some of the p18- sengera of the ship were put. Most of the officers took to the boats and made 03, leaving the others to get to the African coast the best way possihle. Shipwrecks, and the consequent sufl‘ering and starvation have often tinged the pages of history red with the conSequeut records of mhumnn and ghoulish feasts. WERE DEVOUREIJ BY THE OTHERS, to the horror of the Indians, who exclaimed against the sacrilege of eating one's friends. Exploring parties in the Rocky mountains were driven to the same dreadful neesssity ; in one case, that of McCalmont and Hughes, being as recent as 1858. the latter killing and eating his companion. and subsequently going crazy. He was finally found a raving maniac beside the mutilated body of his friend. DEVOUBING A NUMBER OF CHILDREN. ‘In Saxony the celebrated Goldsmith case will be remembered. This wretch had kill- ed a. man, and in order to conceal the body burnt and ate it. He then committed se- veral other murders for the same purpose, being finally executed in 1782. It is assert- ed that the reason that swine and similar flesh “a; declared unclean by the lawgivers of the east was the fact that it tasted much like man, and led to the use of the latter food. Itis related of Rehard Coeur de Lion that after being sick in Palestine he craved a boar's head, a luxury hard to get in a Mohammedan land, and that a Sara- cen's head was dressed, baked. and eaten ravenously by the king, who, according to the ballad, said : Bing Richard shall warrant There is no flesh so nourrissant Unto an English man, Partridge. plover, heron ne swan, Cow no ox, sh up no swine. As the head of a Sarazyne. In the wars that devastated Italy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, canni- balism was common in the prolonged sieges and determined resistance of the besieged. At the siege of the castle of Borretino in 1340, the soldiers who formed the ward of the castle ate their horsss, dogs, and other such domestic animals as they could find. and then devoured the servants, women, and children in the fortress. \Vhen the ass. tle fell the constable was burned and the soldiers still living executed at once. When Cortez was besieging the citi of Mexico the inhabitants were driven to t 9 last extreme of famine, and slaughtered and ate their prisoners, making the m0st desperate sallies in quest of human food. ltis noted, how- ever, that in spite of their most desperate hunger the Mexicans would not eat their companions or their dead friends, reaarding that as sacrilege. Durin the conquest of Peru instances of canniba ism are numerous, both on the part of the Spaniards and Peru- vians, the former learning the habit from the latter. When the Spaniard De Narvaes was making his explorations in Florida, aftzr a. complete failure of provisions, those of his ‘ troops who died of the famine Among white men cannibalism has always been regarded with the deepest loathing and horror, anl it has only been under the dir- est streis of famine that food so unnatural has been resorted to. There has always been an idea, amounting almost to a super- stition, that once a man partakas of the ghoulish repeat the foul appetite grows upon him. and that no fear of punishment or de- tection can keep him from seeking new vic- tims. This is said to be a. mania, and a name has been given tolt, “anthrophagla,” of which many well authenticated cases are to be found in the books. A Milanese wamn named Elizabeth, was burned in the middle of the thirteenth cen- tury for murdering and Something About Men Who Have Eaten Then- Fellow-Men. The publication of the alleged cannibalism of the survivors of the Lady Franklin bay expedition turns public attention strongly to the subject of anthropophagy. The fact that men under stress of hunger will eat men is as old as the stone age of Europa. Remains of human banquets are 10 be round in the lately-opened caves of France and the pre- historic remains of Denmark. Savage tribes the world over have esten their enemies, a fact which induced the philosopher Compte to declare that the greatest step forward in civilization made by men was t'ie invention at slavery, which substituted service for food. When the early explorers came first to America, they found the West Indian islanders all man-eaters. whence the name cannibal comes, “Carnbal” being the word used by the Spanish discuverers These In- dians were exceedingly partial to human flesh. eating, however, only that of t neir enemies. In Marco Polo’s travels in the east, he described markets in which human flesh was ofl'ered for sale in Tartary, and later travellers have confirmed this fact. The same open sale is sail to be the custom among the wild tribes near the Congo in Africa, and in other parts of the interior of the dark continent. In New Zealand and the South Sen islands generally, especially at Fee-jee, cannibalism was the rule rather than the execption. It was associated ovith the religious beliefs of the people, and the most horrible excesses were continued down into times within the memory of men now living. In the South seas the chief epicures in anthropopha y were to be found. the New Zaalanders, an , indeed, all of those with educated palates, esteeming the aim of the human hand as the choicest ti -bit in all gsstmnomy. Singulerly e: ough, the Aus- tralian csnnibsls, after a number of ex eri- menls, declared 'at civiliZad man h so saturated himself with salt and tobacco that hls flesh was ruined for cookery. and the white man among the oannibals of the South seas is looked upon much as we regard a fish- esting duck. Instances are on record where- in crews of wrecked vessels were preserved for the sole reason that they were unfit to eat. CANNIBALISM. Precept at variance with practice is worse than useless, inasmuch as it only serves to teach that most cowardly of vicesâ€"bypro- crisy. Even children are judges of hypo- crisy, and the lessons of the parent who says one thing and does the opposite are quickly seen through. The teaching of the irier was not worth much who preached the virtue of honesty with a stolen goose in his sleeve. There is a little Shoshone papoose out West, only four years of age, and not much larger than a. pickle jar. who evinoes won- derful aptitude for moulding images out of mud and clay. Hie mother was engaged at a wmshtub outside of e- houee the other day, and from the mud canned by the sloppings the little savage moulded a deer and a. horse. which were almost perfect in contour and form. He displayed but little pains in his work, to whic he appeared to adapt himself as naturally as an ordinary white child would to the making of mud pies. With proper cultivation there is evidently the development of a. wonderful sculptor in this infant redskln. In the course of the excavations at San (Zosn-Tanis) there have been disclosed sev- eral portions of a red granite colossal statue of Rameses IL, which, when whole, must have been the lsrge=t statue known. It ap- pears to have beena standing figure of the usual type, crowned with the crown of Up- per Egypt, and supported up the back by a. pilaster. Judging from the dimensions of various parts,such as the ear and the instep; and comparing the proportionate size of the cartouenes (which are three feet wide) with those engraved upon other statues, this colossus must have been ninetyeight feet high from the foot to the crown. Together with its pedestal, which we can scarcely doubt was in one piece with it. it would al- together be about 115 feet high. The great toe measures 18 inches across. That it was a monolith is almost certain,from the fact that all the largest statues are without any joint; nor does this seem incredible, since there are obelisks nearly as long. But this may claim to have born the tallest and heaviest statue that we know of, as the figure aJone would weigh 700 tons, to which the accessories would probably add as much again. A total weight of 1200 tons is must likely under rather than over the actual sum. The statue has been cut into building blocks by Sheshank III., and used in the constrution of the great Pylon; hence only small pieCcs of a few tenq each are now to be seen. “My children amuse themselves for hours in that room, With only excursions now and then to the kitchen for something to play 'tea-party' with. and I flatter myself that they learn considerable from the pictures, as well as neatness and order with their play- things.” "Then," continued this nice little mother. “I have five boxes in the room, all of dif- ferent sizes. These boxes have covers that fasten down. and are padded on the top, with a. flouncearonnd the edge,so that when the box is closed they have the appearance of little Ottomans. Each child keeps his playthings in the box. and it is his partic- ular property. A nursery rug, with all kinds oi animals cut out of cloth, with the name embroidered underneath, is among the fur- nishings of the room. “What is it? Well. I collected all the pictures I could out of magazines, illustrat. ed papers, etc.. and pasted them on the wall from the floor almost as high a; the mantel. picturesol birds and animals, And those of child-life, are, of course. the greatest num- ber. I put the colored prints down near the surface, so that the smaller children could enjoy them, and they are pasted on so nice- ly that tearing them is impossible. “The room is the large one on the top floor. It was all I had to s are, and as I could not afford a good carpet painted the floor and left it bare. A poor carpet would be worn out in six months. In the winter the room is heated by a. little circular stove, and over this I put a wire screen, so there is no danger of the children burning themselves. The walls are painted a delicate grey. with a. pale pink border, and I have a. wainseot- ing that is one of the chief charms of the room, "A very easy matter, my dear," replied her friend, "Children must be amused or they will become cross and naughty; so would you or I. Suppose we were doomed to stay all day, or half a day, in one room, were not allowed to read, write. or sew. could only sit on certain chairs and handle certain articles. and there was no one to talk to or nothing but a game of solitaire for us to play. Why we'd be almost crazy. Any one, man, woman, or child, in good health, must have something to do during their waking hours. Yet how few mothers try to give this something to the busy hands and active brains of the little ones. You notice children out in the street or garden. Are they ever still or quiet? No, It is true they find amusement in the most trival things. Now, I have thought about all this, and I have fixed up one room in the house, the play-room exclusiver for the child- ren. . "I wish there was some way to keep those children quiet on a rainy day, or when it is too warm for them to be out in the sun playing,” said a. weary mother theother day to her frind and neighbor. "I always notice what little troble you have with your child- ren, althou h you have three more than I have, and thought perhaps you could tell me how to manage it.” sengers and the officers on the one side and the drunken mutineere ou the ozher fullo.v- ed. in which mmy were uiain, the ref; bainq simply stewn with dead bodies. T118 mu- tineere, wild with hunger, am entirely de- lirious, Ngnn feasting on the bodes of t‘ita dead. They tore the flash frrm their dead comrades, and. strengthined hv their ho‘- rihle me thagain attacked the cfli )era,agaiust whom they wede to be antimated'bv a blinnl fury. For thirteen days these terrible scenes were repeated delly until the end. At last but twenty-seven remained a‘ive, and of these twelva Were so Week from wounds and exposure that the rest threw them into the sea infiorder to save their rationsj This expedient saved the lives of the rest. who were rescued by the Argus brig thirteen days after parting company with the Men- use. There were 150 on the raft when it started;fifteen of these were picked up by the Argus, and five of them died immedi atoly after their rescueâ€"St. Louis Post‘ Diepatch. A Colossus of Colossi. The Handy Housewife. The thimble is a Dutch invention that was first brought to England in 1695 by one John Imiting, who began its manufacture at Islington, near London, gammg thereby both honor and profit. Its name was deriv- ed from the words thumb and bell, being for a long time called thumble, and only lately thimble. Old records say that thimbles were first worn on the thumbs ; but we can scarcely conceive how they would be of much use there. Formerly they were made of brass and iron only, but of late years, steel, silver, gold, horn, ivory and even pearl and glass have all been used for making thimbles. A thimble owned by a Queen-consort of Siam is shaped like a lotus bud, that being the royal flower of the country, and almost everything about the court bearing, in a greater or less degree. some impress of the lotus. This thimbie is of gold thickly stud- ded with diamonds that are so arrang- ed as to form the lady’s name and the date of her marriage. It was a. bridal gift from the King. who, having seen the English and American ladies at his court using thimbles, took this method of introducing them among his own people. Since the dawn of history the East has always been the favorite breeding-ground of proverLs. Proverbs are the natural language of a contemplative race, and the people of the East are and have been always contemplative to a marked degree. To the East, thereforeI the student of this kind of literature must look for the best specimens with the certainty of finding there a wealth, the abundance of which must be seen to be appreciated. But not alone In the East is there found a pro- verbial philosophy, for every nation to some extent grows its own proverbs as it raises the most necessary articles of daily use. Few na- tions impart what they can raise at home, so few nations incorporate into the language of daily life forms of speech from foreign sources The literature of a country may perish, but proverbs never die, because they have in themselves a germ of life that ren- ders them practically immortal. It is with the proverbs of a nation as with the proper names and the native flowers. Every kind of social. moral and p;l tica' revolution may| sweep over the land, the native language may disappear and the native people vanish before the sword of the destroyer, but the native names and the native fl Jwers never perish. and the proverbs have an almost equal tenacity of life. Lurd Coleraine was noted for impel-turb- able presence of mind. Going up to his room in an Irish inn one night he found his bed Occupied by a. stranger, who started up, ex- claiming furiously : “How dare you come into my b1druom sir I My name is Johnson ; 1 shall demand satisfaction in the morning.” Just then a. mun-faced little woman popped her head from under the clothes. Lord Coleraine pointed at her and Holly observed: " Mrs. Johnson, I presume.” “But, oh, papa, Georgia and I do love each other so devotedly.” “I don't care. I say you shall not marry him. How can be support the daughter of a. wealthy merchant when his salary is only five thousand dollars a. year ? “But, papa. you forget he is your confidential clerk, your trusted employefl “ What of that 2” "Why he probably owns more of that store than you do all ready.” It is reported that King Thebaw has mur- dered four hundred and seventy-five of his relatives since he ascended the throne. He may have had pmvocation enough. N o doubt they were city relatives, and the King, who has a. country seat, anticipated a» visit from them during the summer. Don’t judge the King too hushly,until all the fact! are known. Entomological 2 A Pulman palace car porter refused to admit alady’s pet rabbit to a car and was shown a. small turtle car- ried by another pusanger, with the query why the rabbit was excluded and a. turtle ad- mitted. "Cats is dogs and rabbits is dogs,” was his emphatic answer, "but a turtle is an insect." Verbatim : At a German court-martialâ€" Captain (presiding): Then Im to under- stand that the accused offered you a cigar when you were doing sentry duty 1" “Yes, your honor‘” "And you declined 2" “Yes, to command, your honor." “And what re- ply did he make "' "You are an ass, your honor I" The Growth and Vitality of Proverbs. Mrs. Bascom's pun : “Here is an article about ‘ Tne Lmd of the Midnight Sun,’ "‘ said Mrs. Bucom. “ It can't mean this counmy, because this is the land of the mid- night husband." A quip by sweet sixteen : “What do you do down here at the shore when it is so aw- fully damp all the time ?" was the inquiry of a. young waiting miss. "D3? Why, weJuat mildew." "Oh, ma. l" exclaimed a little girl. running breathlessly into the house from the garden, “you know mybeans “lat I plantei, don’t you ? ’ Yes, dear." Well, there’s peas on A Lou g Island man kicked a. professional dude who visited his daughter, and broke his own leg. He was not familiar with the terrible rebound from kicking at no- thing. To enable ladies to view the dresses of others of their sex as they come into church aWestern man has invented a seat which is set on a pivot. This saves much neck stunning. A Jersey City m m tans leather w eggs, 3111 in viaw cf the number WLuded editors who are now taking this waste of useful material should couraged. The 1011:, and abort o‘ it waiting for James a. minute when he is with me an hon minute." The most ver inn: you iod was the t he who at! with a b:C/( l 3. The Queen of Siam’s Thimble. LAUGHLE'I‘S. ant young man of {Re par- wbo aczemfi :d to cut grass Iort o‘ ifi: " \V:1en I’m 3 a. minute seems an hour ; me an hour seem: but a. ,n tans leather with shale f the nurnhu- of long- are noyv ‘cafixingg‘n ball at be dis-