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Agricultural Machinery.

Agricultural machinery, as an import
ant element, dates from about 1850. Il
was 1855 to 1858 before sewers, reaperS
mowers, harvesters and thrashers became
so distributed as to have any decided ef-
feet, and the result will be most shown in
the great grain and hav-raiSing States.
In the twelve leading States, including
Illinois, Ohio, California, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
In 1850 there were / 1,301, 1853 farmers and
agricultural laborers. The bushels pro-
duced of wheat, rye, oats and barley i'll
the United States, in 1850, aggregated
266,425,9J1; tons of hay, 1888, ,G42:
pounds of hops, 2,497 ,O29; bushels of
hax-seed, 562,312. The quantity of wool
raised is not given for 1850. In 1870
these were enumerated 2,641, $50 farmers
and agricultural laborers in the same
principal reaper-and-mower-using States,
and the total production of wheat, rye,
oats and barley in the country was, in IS
40, GIG, 6,532,SS3 bushels; tons of hay, 81
316,04S; pounds Of hops, %, ,456, ,669; BUSH
els OF fiax-seed, 1,I30,444 pounds of
wool, 100, ,102, 1897, and in 1860 OF this
staple, G0,264, ,913 pounds. These grain
raising and reaper-using States tend TO
show where some Of the labor not absorb
ed by the greatly increased grain and
grass crop has gone. In the meantime
many new agricultural industries have
grown up, including wine making, the
raising of small fruits and the canning of
fruits and vegetables, which employ a
great deal Of labor. With the igtroduc-
ton Of agricultural machinery and the
building of numerous railroads, in all
sections Of the country, the farmer has
found many new markets for lis surplus
products. The more railroads the more
horses required to take people to the
depots. In New Hampshire there was an
old farmer who was very much disturbed
by the Introduction of railroad through
his place. He said there would be no
more market for his oats; but In three
years his oats had doubled in value, be
cause there was a larger demand for then
and facilities for marketing.
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Chinese Wine,

One of the most curious methods o.
making wine-if that term may be ap
pGed-is that in use by the Chinese, who
form powder or cake Of what is termed
the concentrated essence OF the LIQUID
4 small portion Of the substance, about
equivalent TO an ordinary pill, is dissolve0
IN glass of water. and q drink is pro
duced which is consumed IN large guam
titles in the Celestial Empire Il is said
to resemble, more or less, the flavor OF
various sorts of wines or alcohols, accord
ing 10 the mode of preparation. Tie
liquor IS rather spirit than a wine, and
the powder composing it is obtained by
tpc puyerizau0n either CT cats, barley OF
rye, or the three mixed, in varying pro
portions, with or without the addition OF
aromatic or medicinal herbs, after the
grain has been subjected 10 a certain de-
gree of fermentation. The -four thus
obtained is known in China under the
name of kin-tsee, and when properly pre-
pared will keep for some years. Certain
manufacturers in the country have q
great reputation for the quality of the
powder they produce, and many expedi-
cnts are put IN practice TO obtain variety
in the taste of tie resulting liquid Rice.
very carefully cleaned, or even in the car,
is sometimes employed TO produce vari
alton in the taste or aroma, and that sub.
stance has this peculiarly, that, although
q vast quantity of water has 10 Ire used III
its manufacture, the evaporation is com
plcte and the powder is sold IN q state OF
perfect dryness.
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The Russian Sable.

The most fashionable and costly of all
iurs is the Russian sable, the skin Of the
Mustela Zibeiina. which is about three or
four times as large as the common weasel,
to which family it belongs. A choice
skin Of the sea otter or the black fox may
command higher price than one of the
Russian sable. but the cost Of the latter
will be relatively greater on account Of the
smaller size. The fur Of the Russian sable
is brown in summer, with some gray spots
on the head, and may be distinguished
from all other furs by the hairs turning
and lying equally well in any direction
In winter. when the animal is usually
taken, the color Of the fur is a beautiful
black. The darkest skins are the most
valuable. In Its natural condition the fur
has gloomy appearance; but dyed sables
generally lose their gloss, and the hairs
become twisted or crisped. Sometimes
the skins are blackencd by being smoked,
but the deception is exposed by the smell
and the crispcd hairs 4 dyed or smoked
fur may he detected by rubbing it with q
moist linen cloth, which will then become
blackaned. The best skins are obtained
in 1akGtsk, Kamtchatka and Russian
Lapland Only about $4,000 are annually
taken, and these command extraordinary
prices, the average price of a raw skin
being about S25, while q choice Grown"
Russian sable will sell for $500. Butfcw
of these f,urs reach the English and Amer
ican market. The chief demand is in
Russia, where the use of the sable is mo-
nopolized by the imperial family and the
nobility, by whom it is chiefly used for
lining for civic robes, coats, etc, and for
ladies' seis.
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Tommy won't tle anv ,,Ho ,:~va

Tommy won't tie any nlmo t.cwaro to
my more dogs tails. Thinking to have
some fun with which to regaIe his COM
panions the other afternoon, he borrowed
his mothers new tea-kettle quite unbe-
known to her. 4 neighbor's Scotoh-te ter
rier furnished the motive power, and for
a while the boys had a good laugh as the
dog ran round and round in a vain
endeavor to keep the object appended to
his narrative at a respectable distance.
1t was comical, to be sure, and the boys
slapped their knees and fairly Rugged
themselves with delight, but when Tom
my's mother and the owner of the dog
appeared on the scene, coming in OPP
posire directions and unexpectedly seized
him, the one by the left ear, the other by
the right, and attempted to lead him off
by different ways, the fun was over-at
least for Tom, and the subsequent pro-
ceedings Of the dog interested him 40
tii6re,
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FyCHitAu Lace.

In England the manufacture Of lace Is
carried on chiefly in the counties Of BIch-
ingham, Devon. and Bedford. The work
is mostly done by women and girls at
home. The best known Of the English
handmade laccs IS the Honiton, so called
from the town of this name in Devon
shire, where it was first made. The high
rank held by IIoaiton lace in recent years
is attributed to the fact that Queen Vic
toria, commiscratine the conditions ol the
lacC-workers of DevCnshire, and wishing
to bring their manufactures into notice,
ordered her wedding dress, which cost
- 900, to be made Of this material. Her
example was followed 10y two Of her
daughters aud the Princess Of Wales, and
uonton lace has continued TO be fashion
able and expensive. In making 1t, the
designs. which often consist Of simple
spri@s, are formed separately, and Their
attached to the ground. The Honiton
guipure has an original character, al
most unique, aud IS said to surpass IL
richness and perfection any lace of the
same kind made in Belgium. British
poiat is IN imitation lace, made near
London.
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Dr.. Ganrfrr. rarlsian pnysI,gan u
some note, has for some months past been
engaged in the self-imposed duty OF dis,
proving the theories Of poisoning by COZ.
per, ana Las sent a striking paper TO the
Academy Of Sciences, through Dr. FEl-
plan, detailing the results of his expert
mcnts, not ig corpor6 rIi. for he seems to
possess the courage of his convictions.
He declares that for fourteen mcnths past
he has prepared for his own use food and
acid liquids. rs vegetables dressed with
vinegar, which he has allowed to stand
for over ;wenty-foUs hours IN vessels Of
+ copper neither timed nor enameled. In
deed, he has allowed a coating of verdi
girls 10 appear upon these dishes, and has
mixed it with the food as one might mix
a sauce. then has eaten the mixture with
out experiencing any unpleasant conse-
ouences. This he has done regularly, and
some of ais friends and students have par
taken of the same food fro.a time to time
with equal impunity. DR.. Vuipian, who
is very high authority, vouches that
neither poisoning nor any trouble what
i ever has epsued, but that all the persons
experimenting remain in perfect health
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A acknowledgement man went into
Hunt & RosHlls large jewelry store in
Bond street, London, selected articles
worth $4,000, and rendered a thousand
pound note il payment. Mr.. Roskell as
certaiped that the note was a forgery.
Just as he was about to summon assist
ance, a cab was drawn rapidly up and
two men in police uniform huTriedlv
entered, saying that the man was an old
offender of whom they were in search.
Directing porter to place the jewelry in
the cab and to come along with them as
witness, the men in uniform said that they
would inform the firm when their attend
ance would be required to press the
charge. Then they drove off with their
prisoner, leaving the jewelers. loud in their
praises of the proficiency of the police
Next day, however, thei~ porter, brutally
beaten, returned with the information that
the two supposed police officers We're
thieves in disguise.
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poaltry Heases.

A successful poultry raiser writes to
the American Cultivator that he is now
keeping 500 hens and 500 chickens, the
business proving highly remunerative.
He has adopted the system of keeping the
fowls in separate houses, made to ac-
commodatc fifty head each. There is Il
good range, in which the fowls mix to-
gethor during the day, returning 10 their
rCspeluEa ruOsts at night. The houses
are made of wood, 20x14, eight feet high
at the front, and sloping to the ground at
the back, with open lattice work ut either
end for ventilation. Tho roosts are NOV
able, six foot lo4s, TWO inches wide and
one inch thick; are frequently taken
down, soaked, cleaned and rubbed with
kerosene. These sheds are thoroughly
coated with lime wash, occasionally
mixed with a li,tle carboIic acid. The
feed consists of s6qPss s6qPs4 and SaibifaafhIT bifaafhT wIek8ff Ik8ff
and oats, boiled beef heads, chopped cali
bagcs and corn stalks and boiled potatoes
alternated. Running water pGssos through
TIE sheds anu oops. Eight hundred
hens consume ten pounds of wheat ard
twenty pounds of oats daily. Twenty-six
dozen Of eggs have been gathered in one
day. Tho secret Of success is cleanliness,
a variety of good food and pure water.
With these requisites there need be no
failure.
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The Peruvian railroads over the Andes
climb the mountains by sharp grades and
turns. One road winds up the mountains
III zigzag and oftentimes almost circular
path, and at one point there are two tun-
nels through the side Of the peak, one di-
rectly above other in the same lateral di-
rection. The raretied atmosphere at the
great elevation reached or the summit
presented many new features in railroad
ing, as a locomotive had never before been
worked at these heights. Itwas supposed
by engineers generally that it would be
impossible TO keep up steam above 5000
o. l0,0G0 feet. This problem was solved
in very simple manner. At great olova-
tons it was merely necessary to Introduce
into the furnace greater quantity of air
in a given time than at the sea level, and
the simple operation of opening the damp
ers wider accomplished this result,
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Atlanta negroes are wonderfully excl

Atlanta negroes are wonderfully eXciteC
by religious revival. During an entire
week meetings We're held every hour,
night and day, and the floors of the
churches were strewn with persons uncon-
scious from exhaustion. Many exTava-
gances are indulged in, such as the rela-
ton of visions of heaven. All the usual
features Of Methodist reviyalism are mag
nified, One of the foremost women in
the movement died. Just before she
breathed her last, she cried: GLORY, de
Lord send his ladder for me" and began
to point TO ladder from heaven, which
all the negroes about her bed solemnly
declared they saw. After the woman died,
all the negroes in the house saw angels
and chariots right through the roof. The
story OF these revelations went all over
the CITY and caused the widest excite
ment among the negroes, who flocked to
the house Of visions At one time there
we're five hundred around the house,
shouting and singing. 1t was almost I'M
possible in that part of the city to get a
negro TO do anything. A merchant asked
a drayman to haul load. and he replied,
. No, bless de Lord. de kingdom is too
night. Hallelujahi"
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IS'S,

attention, class! How many kinds of
bees are thege:n
''nniease, sir; don't know"
''Next"
Il thinl; there are two--capital B and
one that amt capital"
"No more2'
"Yes, sir: p'r'aps there mought be.
The old man says be sharp and be ware"
Next boy. What others do you think
or"
"Honey bees, humble bees and - be
switched if can think Of any more
"Next"
"In music, b fiat and b natural; in rid
ing horseback, before and behind; husk-
ing bees and beeswax, but as for NE give
me a bussing bee"
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How Tornado Looks and Acts.

A cloud shows itself sharply outlined
against the sky, just above the horizon,
usually when there are no other clouds to
be saei, says the New YorI, Post. As it
rises strong sea-grcen tint mingles with
It's blackness. y few minutes suffice for
its passage from horizon to horizon. amid
the profoundest stiffness of the atmoS-
phere. Then comes little whirling
gusts, striking suddenly and sud-
denly oeasing their fitful disturbance
Then, in the midst of the stiffness.
the storm strikes straight out from
the shoulder. lis onsat resembles moth
ing so much as the sudden, resistess blow
Of a pu@ilist, delivered without warning.
1t hits the earth, and the earth tremblcs
House, trees, fences 90 down before it
not blown over, but knocked down; they
do not sway and totteE, hut fall PROSTATE
! ~ - - :. ,e e,l,uIl Inanrled, shattered by
the first blow. They have been hit sud
denly, as by a sudden bolt, not blown up
on by an increasing wind. They have
been crushed by a hurricane, not topeIed
over bY gale. There is a great darkness,
too, over all the landscape, whatever the
time of day may be, and its blacknGss
adds 20 the terror OF the destruction which
it conceals. One sees nothing and hears
nothing but the shrielling Of the gale.
He Is alone With the giant forces Of pa-
ture, and at their mercy. The hurricane
lasts only few minutes, ending as sud
denly as it began; but when the sun ap-
pears again it is to shine upon land
scape so changed by the malignant forces
that have been playing upon it, that one
may scarcely know whether he is still
living or has passed into the land of shad
oWs.
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A New Haven company has brought
out an air-car, the tubes of which are only
eight inches in diameter. 1t is asserted
that they withstood a pressure of eight
thousand pounds to the square inch. This
has been tested a great many times. On
one trip it ran five miles, and had six
hundred and fifty pounds to the square
inch left, air enough to have s-ne over
the same route again. Freezing is pre-
vented by small air-pump, N-icb. from
time Il tiGie, generates hot air, forces it to
surround the cylinders, and thereby pre-
vents any accumulation Of frost. Thhe
car, it is said, can be managed by 2 boy
and from either platform. 1t makes nc
noise, and as no machinery i seen, it re-
senbies in every way an onsinary street
car
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action OF Baths,

An article of very interesting and III
structive nature, on the physiological ac-
on Of baths, was published in late num-
Der of the London Lancet. summing up,
the writer notes that warm baths produce
al effect upon tie s!liA directly contrary
10 that which is brought about by cold
water. The cutaneous vessels hlatc I'M
mediatey under the influence Of the heat,
aud although the Gilation is followed by
contraction, this contraction IS seldom
exc ssive, and the ultimate result OF a
warm BATH Is to increase the cutaneous
circulation. The pulse and respiration
are both quickcned in the cold baths. The
warm bath increases the temperature OF
the body, and by icsscntng the necessl s
for the internal production of heat, Ii de-
cTeases the call which is made upon Ger
tain of the vital processes. and enables HE
be sustained with a less expenditure OF
force. While a cold bath causes certain
st ifncss of the muscles if continued too
ong, a warm bath relieves stiffness and
fatigue. The final effect OF both hot and
cold baths, if the temperature be mode
rate. is the same, the difference being, TO
use the words OF Braun; that "cold re-
treshes by stimulating the functions, heat
by physically facilitating them, and IN
this lies the important difference between
the cold water system and tie thernss
mode Of treatment"
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Capt. Edwards, Of the fishing smack
Amelia, reports that when off 'Skunnett." :"
on the Rhcde Island shore, he discovered
an object swimming off his bow, which he
finally made oUt 10 be horse. He made
sail, but could not overhaul the animal,
which was making desperate struggles to
reach the mainland three miles away. AT
times he would disappear from sight in
the waves which broke over him,-the sea
was running very high at the time,-but
a moment later would rcappear, and, with
loud snort and toss of the head, would
shake off the water from his ears and
eyes. and then renew his struggle. II
last he made the shore, and, without paus-
ing q moment, dashed up the beach, his
long tail and curing mane floating out
ward on the wind. The splendid animal
was possessed of immense strength. else
he could not have swan that long dis
tauce through such sea. Where lie
came from nobody knows. No vessel was
in sight from which lie could have es-
capped.
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An inquisitive man said to Dumas
You are quadroon2" II believe l am
SIR" said Dumas. "And your fatherl"
"Was mulatto." ''And your grand
fatherl" Negro hastily answered the
dramatist "And may / inquire what
your great-grandfather was2" "An ape,
sir" thundered Dumas, eyes, sir, an ape;
my pedigree commences where yours ter
inmates"
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DR.. Albert Day. in the Quarterly JOrl

DR.. Albert Day, in the Quarterly jour
nal of Inebriety, says: 'Inebriety is dis
ease, developing diseased emotions, weak
ening the will-power, depressing the NOR
al elements of nature, and developing the
lower animal propensities. 1t is habit
that feeds upon itself, and if the habit is
entailed by a family, 1t will become ex-
tinct in the third or fourth generation. 1t
depresses the vital forces and makes men
jndolent and improvident. : With
proper treatment the disease or habit may
be cured like other diseases of the nervous
system"
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4 good story is told of Vermont ex-
judge and eX-member of Congress. The
latter held court in Essex County, when
long-standing case in which an especially
sharp lawyer had been engaged was
heard. The judge ruled the law points
against the lawyer in question, and he
lost the case. After tea the counselor,
who was staying at the same inn in
Guildhall with the judge, approached the
latter, and invited him 10 take a drive,
and the judge accepted. A few minutes
behind good trotter took them over the
line into New Hampshire, when the
attorney turned to his companion and
s2id: Judge, presume, now we are in
New hampshire, we are peersp The
court assented. "Well," rejoined the
lawyer, 'you-old fool, how came you
to decide that case against mel" and ex-
pending a part OF his temper upon the
innocent animal that drew the carriage
he sped away from the line Of Vermont
Increasing has sitnperation with the dis
tance from the judges jurisdiction. Fl
nally, exhausted, he turned his horse and
drove back to Guildhall. As the horses
hoofs sounded on the bridge which
brought the riders again III the Green
Mountain State, the now serene lawyer
raised his hat and said: Judge, we
have had very nleasant ride together.
| arl greatly obliged for your company.
and hope at some future occasion to have
the houor Of a drive with you again"
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Che English courts render some nor

fhe English courts render some NOR
astonishing verdicts. A carman, who was
recently convicted of mixing opium and
vitriol In coffee with intent 10 poison bis
wife, was recommended to mercy by the
astute jury, ''for the sake of his wife, "
who apparently was the last person in the
world who wished to see him at large.
The judge, however, sentenced him to ten
years penal servituda.
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Chinese HGney.

The Chinese probably illustrate in tht
most extreme manner the length to which
loose views concerning currency can be
carried, says the Popular Science Monthly.
The history OF their currency presents
that mingling Of the grotes3ue with the
fragic which most Of their actions have
when viewed through Western eyes.
Coined money was known among them as
early as the eleventh century before
Christ, but their inability to comprehend
the principles upon which a currency
should be hasel has led them into all
sorts of cxtgavaganees which have been
attended by disorder, famine, and blood
shed. Coins came at last TO be made so
thin that 1000 of them piled together
were only three inches high; then gold
and silver were abandoned; and copper,
tin, shells, skins stones, and paper, were
given a fixed value, and used until, by
abuse. all the advantages to be derived
from the Use of money were lost, and
there was nothing lett for tho people 20
do but to go back TO barter, and this they
did more than once. They cannot be
said now to have coinage; 2,9GQ years
ago thcy made round coins with "a square
hole in the middle, and they have made
no advance beyond that since. The we'll
known cash is cast-brasS coin of that
description. and, although ii is valued at
about one mill and a halt of our money,
and has TO be strung in lots Of 1,000 to lie
computed with any ease, it is the sole
measure OF value and legal tender OF the
country Spanish, Mexican, and our new
trade-dollars, are employed in China
they pass because they are necessary for
larger operations, aad BECAUSE faith in
their standard value has become estab-
lished; but they are current simply as
stamped ingots, with their weight and
tinencss indicated.
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4 miser engaged Hogarth to paint
for his staircase representation OF the
destruction Of Pharaoh's host In the Red
Sea. He agreed TO do so at half price.
lie painted the canvass all over red.
POUNDS, said the purchaser, where are
the Israelitas2" 'They ere all gone over"
Where sc the Egyptiansl" They are
all drowl. ID, replied the painter.
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l. Esl< r&@FGfEG@& Pr ,g ,slEa5ya gaNS ryliS Saa, ~
- E..n u,glt furnished thF',raI"Hi l.
.-l#gtflt ttg ask pT haEe ~ TIE pat ne pa'r""Hse
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

1" g. EEEIS. PROPRIETOR COEEE /,
II Ei-afh ana Franklin -ireets. Ianitoaoe-
TEi- haara aa- recently brau ENLARGED and raiir-
stf.bt l. offers very iUau. meEJ - The travel
suE pus.its