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Raising Chickens ArtiacialIy.

The inexperienced undoubtedly would say,
'giye me the old hem" but my experience this
season leads me to believe that chickens can be
raised more successfully, and with less trouble,
by excusng the hen, at ter she has hatched the
chickens, and placing them in an Article
Mother, which any one possessed of q moderate
degree of mechanical skill can arrange.
made a light box, two feet wide by three feet
long; covered the bottom with dry sand made
a mat twelve inches by fifteen, by stitching tufts
of candlewick to a piece of canvas, then fastened
it in one corner of the box, three inches from
the bottom in front, and one and one half inches
at the back end, making several gimlet holes at
the sides and end for ventilation. Over the mat
is tight cover The other end of the box Is
covered with glass. Inside this box the chickens
are safe from rats, cats and the weather, con-
venieDt to feed As often as necessary; and there
are no hens to trample on and pick each others
chickens. When the first brood is Matched, 1
give the hen another sitting of eggs; my hens
do quite as well the second time as the first.
During the early part OF the season, say before
the middle OF April or first of May, some extra
means Of a small kerosene lamp, arranged under
quart can filed with water, from which coil
OF half-inch copper pipe, one end entering the
side of the can near the bottom, and the other
end three inches above, was led through the
T" mother, thus securing a constant circulation
of hot water. directly over the chicks between
the mat and the cover, and a warm snug bed.
With this " mother" raised forty chickens, the
frst batch, losing but four, and some Of them
weighed two and one half pounds by the middle
of May. Some were LeghOrns, which would
mount the fence and crow. b. Smith, in Poul-
trv Bulletin.
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A Young Lady sOmnambuIist Enters
Young Gentleman's Room
and steals His Clothing

singular case OF sOmnambulism occurred in
Steubenville, Ohio, one night last week, the
victim being young lady Of eighteen, of good
family snd progressing appearance. She had
about the house at night after all had retired,
always returning to her room, however, without
disturbing the family. On the evening men,
toned the fair sleep-walkef arose about mid
night, and, with lighted lamp, commenced to
explore the house. In one room was a young
man, friend OF her fathers, who had arrived
that evening, and among the chambers visited
was his apartment. The door leading into the
room being unlocked, the unconscious Young
lady, with lamp in her hand, entered the
room. and while the visitor was in the arms
OF Morpheus, gathered his clothes, coat, pants
vest, and boots, even to his hat, not leav-
ing garment to clothe his frame, and de-
posted them all in the kitchen, turning
the dish-pan over the buds. Her father
pan, discovered the sOmnambulist and wit
messed the singular proceeding, and, without
being detected, followed the sleeping girl back
TO her room, saw her put ont the light, lock the
door and retire. Comprehending the situation
at once, he, without notifying his wife, went to
bed. The young man was called to breakfast
next morning. He answered the summons from
the closed door, but the family waited until the
breakfast got cold, impatient at the length of
time 1t took the young man to make his toilet
Mr. -, enjoying the joke, and seeing the I'M
conscious cause quietly seated in the dining
room, could keep in no longer. Going to the
kitchen he lifted up the dish pan and exhibited
the wardrobe of the tardy guest. 1t is unneces-
sary to add that an explanation had to be M ade
to the clotheless young man up stairs, who had
been searching in vain for the missing garments
There was very little breakfast eaten Friday
morning IN that house, and OF those about the
table the somnambulist was not counted in.
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The Begging Nuisance.

Every day from six to twenty beggars find
their way into our office, each with some ingeni-
Gus device for exciting our sympathy and Sc
curing aims. Some OF their methods remind us
OF the lancet which taps a vein at once, almost
before one knows its intent; others are like for
ceps, which pull and strain and put the whole
system into an agony of resistance; others are of
the corkscrew species, and insinuate themselves
slowly and indirectly into the system without
letting one know exactly what is meant until thew
are fairly planted, and then comes an irresistible
jerk, and tits all over. One half of the beggaIs
are so ill-bred that they insult whom they should
Iropitiate; and not few are too polite by half,
and invite kick by their mock humility.
Go where we will on the street, we are con-
fronted wrh beggars. Some of them are bundle,
OF afectation, acting their part so badly that
their hypocracy is transparent. Many of them
are able to work, and are either lazy, or thrift
less. or intemperete, or all together Not un-
frequently We are shocked by an exhibition of
deformity in the person OF some poor misshapen
dlsfg9red miserable being, who ought to be
whose exposure IN public places ought to be a
punishable offense. Many of the beggars are
mere children, who have been taught their trade,
and contribute to the support Of drunken and
miserable parents A few are women with half
dressed and haf-starved infants borrowed for
the occasion, looking as abject and despairful as
night they ring the household, and keep ser
wants upon the run and ia z fret.
The whole thing Is nuisance, and should be
prohibited by law. In a country like this there
&c nv hcCu VI OckS@y. TOVertv there Is and
must be; but every city and town in the land
have made suitable and abundant provision for
every case of real restitution. Charitable
organizations abound in all our large towns
Enough is given away by these voluntary asso-
Citations in this city every year to make every
pOor person in il comfortable The beppar at
the door OF on the street is either an impOstor or
an extortioner, and to give even a penny is to
put premium on vagrancy. There Is no way
TO deal with this nuisance but to refuse to
patronize 1t, and refer every applicant to the
municipal authorities or some charitable Board
The sooner our people stop giving to any beg
gar, the sooner bcggary Itself will become one
of the lost arts.-Eolden Az
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D0The old folks OF Syracuse are going 20
school again. Between fifteen and twenty grown
persons have signifed their intention OF attend
Ing the evening school 70 be started by the Boar
Of Education. go t-af.F - - n 49,
- Boys In louisville put torpedoes on the
herse-car tracks. and then wait to see all 20 of
togethes-horses. cars, and torpedoes. Passen-
gers don't IKE 1t. The grooved track Is some
times used rs channel FOR sky-rockets, which
will travel with ease and briiliancy for quite
long distances
~ A Missourial, while journeying TO Louis
vile recently. took n sleeping-car Tor conve-
nience. During the night he got mp and went
out on the platform; the door closed and fas-
tened with 4 spring lock. The porter was asleep,
and the cinxen enjoyed . iitty-miIe ride in his
night-clothes on the platform.
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A Compost Heap.

Riding, one day this fall, past the residence
of our old friend and correspondent, Mr.. Nathan
Foster, of Gardiner, we stopped for a moment
to look at his pear trees, heavily loaded with
fruit; and found the veteran nursesyman hard at
work, with hired man, at the rear of the sta
BILE. To question as to his health, he said: " 1t
was never better In my life." He is q man of
seventy, perhaps, yet working hard every day.
Noticing large pile OF loan, &C., we asked
what he had there. 90 COW and four horses, I"
was the reply; but our readers Will readily un-
derstand that they were dead. Their carcasses
were obtained in the city, parties being glad to
haul them to " Uncle Foster" to get rid Of COW
ering themup. These he uses in the compost heap,
and at fhe time Of our visit, bad the humber
spoken OF, well covered with fresh loam.- Add
ton IL made to the heap 1t the south end, and
when thoroughly decomp0eed, the fertilizer is
used off at the north end. Every sort tof refuse
Is applied to the heap, and each season the limbs
Of fruit trees are piled upon Il and burnt OF. In
three years it is ready for use, all the animal
matter thoroughly decomposed, and Mr.. Foster
says It forms the best fertilizer for his nursery
that he has ever used. When the pile Is ell used
up, . new one Is again commencedin like man.
ner. Nothing thst can be made TO add to its
value is wasted, and every week soap suds and
house slops are applied TO the top of the heap to
keep II moist. In this way fifty dollars worth Of
manure Is made each year ut very little expense.
Other farmers and fruit growers should do like
wise.-Aaine Farmer. .-sg -Ta sl.s "A s.n
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A Curious Isle.

Mr. Macgregor. who has been cruising i'm Hol
land with his Rob Roy this autumn, gives the
following account of the unique little island of
Marker: A thousand people live here on a small
area under the sea-level. Their houses are in
seven groups, all built OF wood except three.
Two pear trees are the only forest and dozen
geraniums the only flowers. Standing on the
little cemetery, you see ships sailing all around
you and all above your head Let one breach
be made In that sea wall, and all the land will
melt into the muddy ooze of the Zuydsr Zee
The '.Preester" here is the sole element of in
telligence, with Schiller and Goethe on his book
shelves, cigar , IN his mouth, and ON his table
Dutch, "John Ploughman's Talk" by C. RI.
Sturgeon. All the men and bows are fishers.
They have $50 little stOops in their Liliputian
port: Their trousers are two bags, such as the
Turks wear at Smyrna. Their church has yOtiye
offerings hung from the ceiling, model ships.
hsheTs' nets, and fish skipping about in minia-
the women's heads down to the eyebrows and
black curls come from below the front and turn
upward at the forehead. A long tress of hair
hangs at the ear of each unmarried GIRL and two
Tor those who have husbands. About their
boscms are curiously wrought boddces. The
stuff for these is no longer manufactured, so the
dress Is devised by will, and your niece wears the
mantle of her great-grandmOther. The interior
OF the wooden house Is very peculiar. One large
room hold one or more families, and has peat
hre in the middle, and no opening for smoke, or
light or air. In few richer dwellings there is
an excess of ornament, all of one nick-nack
type-china, brass and carved work. In one of
these houses found an old lady of 81; the walls
OF the houses were entirely covered by about 800
deli plates, pans and saucers, all suspended BY
strings; by black sculptured cabinets, brass
candlesticks, samplers of last century, barOme-
tiers without mercury, clocks that last, told the
time in 1870, pictures of Van Tromp's battles
cats, TIN cans and a heap of odd things, each
with history to it. This old lady must be one
Of the chief collectors Of rertu in Marken Her
house must be the South Kensington of the
place; and the old lady, if an object of envy to
her less fortunate neighb0rs, must also be an
object of pride as q person who had contributed
much TO the limited attractions of the island
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Euxeniess Magic Rims.

A singular circumstance connected with the
recent sale of the Empress Eugene's personal
effects has Just happened, to confirm the super
stItious i'm their belief in the supernatural 1t
will be remembered that on the last gay season
at Fontainebleau much clamor was raised and
many stories tod concerning the loss of a ring 20
which the Empress attached value as having
been received from a certain weird woman when
Her NJ ajesty was in Scotland on her visit a few
years ago. The legend attached to the ring
twhose value, by the way, Is purely nominal
being merely a thin gold wire, ornamented with
a small rust-colored Scotch pebblel was founded
on the assurance made by the weird woman
that so long as Her Majesty wore the ring 50 Ion
should Ill luck and misfortune be kept away
The despair was great, therefore, when, on re-
turning one evening from jovial party in the
woods of Fontainebleau, the ring was missing.
The most minute search was made over every
inch of the ground trodden by the Empress on
that day, and although the search was without
generous rewards were offered, placards were
stuck up all over the town, and the drummer
was sent round to the remotest suburb. All
without ayail-the ring was lost, there could be
no doubt OF that, and many and many a time has
the Empress reverted TO the loss since her mis-
fortunes began. CuriOusly enough, at the sale
which took place recently. the lady srtist
patroniZed by the Empress had attendedin order
20 procure one of the morning costumes worn by
Her Majesty, so that certain portrait, begun
in happier days. and hidden away during the
commune, might be finished and sent to
Madame Montijo, by whom it had been ordered
The FOntainebleau uniform-a sort of ana zone
OF buff colored silk, trimmed with green, which
had been adopted by the Empress and the ladies
Of her suite-was chosen by the artist, just for
the sake of the pleasant memories Ii conjured
up. And 10! in one of the pockets of the NOUS
gnetaire jacket lay the weird woman's ring.
The thin gold wire had broken, and the ring
had evidently slipped from the finger when the
Empress bad drawn forth her handkerchief
Inc kind little artist was overiOyed. She in
stantly telegraphed to the Emperor, and a tele-
gram was dispatched to Her Majesty, now at
her country chateau in Estramadura, and no
doubt by this time the conviction of q restora-
ton TO the Tuileries restored has once more re-
turned to the imperial mind.
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THERE Is A SroRY-perhaps forgotten by
all but men VINO were students at a Scotch col
iege nearly thirty years ag0-of an enthusiastic
proft ssor OF entomology, not celebrated for his
exercise OF hospitality, who was 50 delighted at
the arrival Of an eminent pursuer of insects IN
he invited him to board and bed in his cham
bers. Next morning DIR. -Macfy greeted his
guest; And how did ye sleep the night, Mr..
% Not very well. strange bed, perhaps.
"Ah" quoth the Doctor, eagerly, We were
just bitten by something, Ell ~
: Well, TO tell the truth, Doctor, waso
just think Of that Bitten, was We? Now
can We say Il was anything noteworthy that bit
Fleas, think, Bat such chaps for biting I
never saw IN my life" W.
should think 90, indeed" with great glee).
I" They're Siciiian feas. Iimported A<m myself.
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Milk as Food.

An investigation into the nutritiye nualitv of
mhk, and the reason for its disagreeing with
many adult persons, has been made by DIR. Wig
gin, of Providence, r. l., and reported i'm the
Journal Of Applied Chemistry.
The results will seem novel to those who have
looked on milk as a sloppy diet, not to he COM
pared with the more solid articles we choose in
preference for our food. For example, milk
contains eighty-seven per cent. of water; but
then rump steak of beef contains seyenty-fiye
per cent. OF water, and eggs contain sixty-eight
per cent.
In fact, it turns ont that milk. even at twelve
cents per quart, is the cheapest form of animal
food. DIR. wiggin SAYS that sirloin steak. in
Guiding the bone, at thirty-five cents per pound,
Is as dear as milk at twenty-fOur cents per quart
round steak at twenty cents per pound as dear
as milk at fourteen cents; eggs at thirty cents
per dozen as dear as milk at twenty cents:
corned beef at seventeen cents as dear as milk
at fifteen cents.
A great obstacle to the use of milk as an inn
pOrtant element of food is to be found in the
fact that II cannot be used by all with immunity
often producing headache and biliousness. The
cause of this seems to be that the milk under
goes in the stomach process similar to that
which accompanies the manufacture of cheese:
that Is, IL Is solidified or formed into nearly
solid 'curd," the potash and soda in the milk,
which were needed to render its caseine solubIe
in its water, being taken up by the acid of the
stomach The temperature of the stomach also
fayors the change.
This mass OF curd, which Is probably man
ageable by the healthy digestion OF a child, or
OF person with whom milk has always been
used as an article of diet, is hard nut for an
unsound stomach to crack. The depraved gas
trio juice of an adult sinner finds difficulty in
penetrating its gummy fastness. The con.
tents of the stomach, only half prepared,
pass on into the intestines, making discom-
Tort and trouble as they go. All this may be
avoided by mixing with the milk some farina-
ceous feed, such as bread, or rice, or corn pud-
ding. The farinaceous particles will be so mixed
through the mass of curd as to destroy its cohe-
sion, and to make IL easy for the stomach to
manage it Even with this precaution, milk
should be used sparingly at the outset, and the
digestion should be accustomed to its new work;
for the easy digestion Of milk is q trick we put
aside with our childish things.
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0An Indiana editor says, "we leave to-
morrow for the county hog show, and hope to
take the prize"
n%Chicago enterprise Ii manifested In every
direction to repair the results of the late disas-
ter. Nearly five hundred babies have been born
there since the fire, and with q view to MAIN
fourths Of the new arrivals are girls. =
. nVThe Roman Catholic archbishops and
bishops Of Ireland have published their mans
festo In favor Of denominafional education. They
say that they demand " religious equality
which is their inalienable right, and ID q incom-
plete without educational freedom and equali-
ty." "
4 VSays an exchanged" The fearful mortali-
ty which has ragged for the last fifty or sixty
years among the servants of George washin gton
and Andrew jacobson has ut length attacked the
nurses of our later Moses-Andy johnson. II Is
win not be half dozen Of them left'
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A New Method OF Packing Butter.

Michigan dairyman has lately published his
method Of packing butter. He has oaken tubs.
with heads at each end. They are IA inches in
diameter at the top, nine inches at the bottom,
and 16 inches high. In pscking, cambria bag
is made to fit the tub. The butter is packed in
the tub as 1t stands on the small end-the sack
the tnb-and is pressed down firmly until within
an inch and half of the top, when circular
cloth Ia laid over it, the edges Of the sack turned
over that, and LAYER OF fine salt placed on it.
up, and the butter in the sack, OF course, falling
down to the bottom, leaves Q space all round It,
which Is filed with brine poured through hole
in the small end, When full, the hole Is corked
mp tight. The butter floats in the brine and IS
effectually preserved from the air, and viii keen
for an almost indefinite period. - as.- ~ =
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CONSTRUCTORS ICx-Housxs--It Is indiffer-
ent If an ice house Is above ground or under. In
Europe, they sre most always subtkrranean;
here, in Am Ameriea, most always above the
water formed by the melting ice may run OF
freely, In order to prevent the lowest layers Of
ice touching the water, and 70 keep fhe Ice
in constructing subterranean ice-houses, those
above ground are therefore preferred In many
localities. Otherwise, subterranesn iee-house
is preferable, being better protected; and the
percentage of loss Is less than In an Zee house
above ground, provided it IL also iudiciously
furnished with non-conducting material al
round.
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The child leans on its parents breast,
Leaves here IL cars, and il at rsst.
The bird sits singing BY his nest,
And tells aloud
HIS trust in God, and ~ j. blest
Meath every cloud.
He has no store; he sows no seed:
- sings aloud anr doth not heed.
by noNing stream OF grassy mead
be SINGS to shame
men VINO forget, IN fear Of need,
A Fathers name
1he heart that trusts forever sings.
And teels a. light a il had wings:
"A wei OF peace within il springs:
Come good or i'll,
" nate er TO day, u morrow brings,
1t is His will.-l Williams
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), N B-Ths auctioneers can the particular sttep-
ton Of the public to the above sale, Mess. Full
TON 4 CO., not having had sale for the Last too
years, have large and we'll sslsctsd lot Of GOODS
which thsy have DETERMINED 10 sell withsss reserve
RI CO. have several wsfchss sad other valu-
able articles which they have held u months,
and the depositors have thsm on payment Of the
PRINCIPAL and Dan interest. rs-C
We advance money Ct lsa than one half the usual
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PoINrs OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN DrPFER-
ENT SEAsoNs--When you could stand on the
north pole Of our earth the sun would, during
the summer time, never set, and ON the longest
day of the year move round and round, always
22H degrees above your horizon. When on that
day you were ON degrees from the pole-thus
at latitude "a degrees-(the polar circle)-you
would see the sun at midnight just touch the
horizon, and your day would be still twenty-four
hours long, without night. This takes place at
Tornea, In Sweden, and people from more
southern regions 60 there that dAyo ON excursions
to see the phenomenon OF the sun not setting at
all. II you 20 more south the length of the
night increaSes; % that 1t 80 degrees latitude
about eight hours, and at 30 degrees
eleven hours. Between the tropics the sun rises
and sets at 9 the whole year round, That we in
our latitude zee the sun longer than twelve hours
in summer, and shorter than twelve hours in
winter, above the horizon, 10, that In summer its
apparent motion is in circle nearer to the north
pole, and in winter in, circle nearer to the
south pole. The sun moves in great circle 1.-THE
equator) only ON March 2lst and September 2lst;
at all other seasons in smaller circles nearer to
the north pole, and higher up for Us in summer;
and as these smaller circles. which all have the
north pole for their center, are visible I'm our
latitude for more than half their circumference
we see the sun for more than half the circum-
ference Of the horizon.-AaaEf aeturer and
Bladder
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ga young convert down IN Maine demon
strated the force Of habit by remarking In n
conference meeting that some of the proceed
ines were not according to Hoyle"
So How to put money in your psrrSe. Omen
your pocket book, take a greenback between
your thumb and finger. and lay II right in. This
Is the way 10 do H. but We don't practice AZ
much.
~ The King OF Dahomey attended a grand
feast lately. wearing a quantity of druggists
labels as decorations. This nearly EQUALS n
south Sea monarch. whose entire costume con-
sisted OF postage stamp on bis forehead.