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Pics for FattenlnU.

In selecting the pig best suited for
converting food into pork there are
several matters to be observed, and
these should be paramount at the out
set, as no %after-care can compensate
for errors Of selection. Fineness of
bone insures having but little
offal, and a pig with fine
bone seldom disappoints his
owner when he is slaughtered. A
broad, dished face, with short snout
and turned up, indicates an aptitude
to fatten, and is one of the surest indi-
cations of a good pig. No hog should
have bristles, as these have been bred
away from all of the best breeds, and
they will not be tolerated ut present on
any respectable farm, for they indicate
coarseness, restlessness and preponder'
ance of offal. Besides these outward
indications, which include squareness
of form, finenoss Of hair and depth and
length of carcass, the %propensities of
the pig should be observed. He should
not be a Squealer, nor should he DE
restless. He should eat quietly and
after his hunger is appeased should pa
tiently lie down, without even travel
ing around his pen. AS a rule, the
disposition of the pig and his propen-
stiles correspond to his form, and but
few errors will be made if the selec-
ton of the pig is made as directed.
No corn should be fed till just pre-
vious to hardening the fat, and all
heating or fat-producing food should
be avoided Us much as possible during
the summer. A pig when in the pen
will do well enough on vegetables,
refuse, etc, if given a little bran or
bran Stops daily, as corn does its duty
later in the season.-Journat Of Agri-
culture,
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Tho Persian CaNital.

Teheran is entered from the Gum
side through Il tawdry blue-tiled gate,
topped by a bold picture of Rustam's
combat with the White Demon,
wrought in colored tiles. In design
this is equal to a schoolboy's drawing
on a slate; as a piece of coloring it is
effective enough. Passing under this
work of art one crosses the space be-
tween the enceinte and the town. The
wall is several sizes too large for Te
heran. 1t is an earthwork of modern
design and sufficient solidity, but ruin
Gus in parts and destitute Of guns. At
length the glories of the High street
burst upon the view. It's even row of
low, whitcwaslled houses, with flat
roofs and narrow fronts, reminds one
of a new. bazaar built by some flourish
ing Indian municipality. But the
coffee-houscs are distinctly Persian.
They open on gardens behind, and
through the doors can be seen small
round tables, samoyars, tcacups and
qalyans, arranged against a back
ground of green leaves and falling
water. Presently one passes a coffee
house of European fashion, with elc-
CANT touches and mirrors and a drink
ing bar. Then there is a tailor's shop,
which might pass for European if it
had glass in the windows; and one or
two inscriptions suggest the invasion
of Western influences. The street
ends in a square surrounded by bar
racks, whence another street leads
through the European quarter. Here
is Il hotel, kept by an Armenian, com
Portable enough, though bestowed in Il
two-Storied Persian house, with small
rooms, steep stairs of brick, and Il deep
courtyard in the middle. One has to
do without Il bathroom and without
bed or bedding; but the food is not
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WISE WORDS.

Faith and hope cure more diseases
than medicine.
Hope is the brightest stal in the
armament of youth.
The pleasure of doing good is the only
one that never wears out.
The reward of doing one duty is the
power to perform another.
1t is upon the smooth ice we slip:
the toughest path is safest.
Next to love, sympathy is the di'
vinest passion of the human heart.
4 noble part of cvcrytrue life is tc
learn to undo what is wrongly done.
The very nature of love is to find its
joy in serving others, not for ones own
benefit but for theirs.
Fear Of punishment and hope of re.
ward moves towards and s%ycophants,
Virtue is independent Of either.
The pleasantcst things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the great
tSG uIl Ill lllt ID W IlNNc do iildlis vi
them as possible.
Behind the snowy loaf is the mill.
wheel, behind the mill the wheat field
on the wheat field falls the sunlight
above the u is God.
Grief knits two hearts in closer
bonds than happiness ever can; and
common sufferings are far stronger
links than common joys.
A good wife is like the ivy which
beauties the building to which it
clings, twining its tendrils low
ingly as time converts the ancient cdi'
flee into a ruin.
Temptation is a fearful word. IT
indicates the beginning of a possible
series of infinite evils. 1t is the ring
ing Of an alarm bell, whose melancholy
sounds may r]everbcratc through etcr'
nity.
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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. 7. WARDLAW.

So-So-So, | was SO miserable, Dick,
and slipped away and came home, to
find you lying back here, painting and
struggling; You wouldn't wake when
l shook you. Were you ill.,"
"Oh, no; not at ALL" l said, as I
kissed her again and again, feeling now
for the first time sensible of Il smart
ing pain in one foot.
"You've burnt yourself too, Dick;
look at your foot
1t was quite true; the toe of one
slipper must have been in contact with
the fire; and it was burned com-
plctrly off.
"But, Dick--dcar Dick,' she whis-
pcred. nesting closer to he, care you
very, very angry with your little wife
for being such a girl"
could not answer, only thank God
that my weak fit of folly was past, as
l claspcd her closer and closer yet.
"Mattic," l whispered ut last, in a
very husky voice, "can you forgive me
for being so wrak?"
| could say no more for the hin
drance Of two soft lips placed upon
mine; and while they rested there I
made a VOW hope shall have strength
to keep; for real troubles are SO many
it is folly to invent the false.
At last, when | was free, | took the
rose from where it nestled in her hair
and placed it in my p%ocketbook; while,
in answer to the inquiring eyes that
were bent on mine, l merely said:
"For a memento of a dreadful
dream"
by the way, l never finished that
pomph1nt
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The MaelStrOm,

The most celebrated of whirlpools is
that called the MaelstrOm, which lies
to the southwark of the Loffoder
islands, off the coast of Norway, neal
a large rock in the middle of the strait
dividing the islands of Eacr and Mos
kencs. 1t is produced by the conflict
ing currents of II of the great Nor
wegian iords. There are most extra
ordinary and romantic legends o
corning the MaelStrom, but careful
observations have shown that the
peril has been magnitied. At iloot
or cbb tide in summer it offers nj
danger even to small boats. But IN
winter, and during stormy weather
even large ships and steamers do moi
dare to venture near it. At certain
stages of the wind and tide during
this season the whole stream boils in
mighty whirls, against which thu
largest vessels would contend in vain
These whirling waters would not suck
vessels down in their vortex, however
as formerly believed, but would lnlal
libby dash them or the rocks. or. in
case of small ships. swamp them witt
water. The imagination of Edgar
A. Poe, which painted Il descent int
the Maelstrom. had no hold on
facts whereupon to delineate his mar
velous picture. Stripped, however, OF
its fictitious dangers, the Maclstrom i:
still a gruesome fact, and the Norwe
gian fishcr-boats are careful to give il
a wide berth, except in very smootl
and pleasant weather, when the tide
is Just right. This is rather Il dis
agreeable necessity, as it is said thai
the Maelstrom and its vicinity furnish
a favorite feeding-ground for thu
largest and finest specimens of TIN
fnny tribe,-AW or1dsV Wonders.
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HEALTH HINTS.

Three-fourths of the summer diar'
rheas and dysenteries are attributable
to the use of animal food, together
with the unclean habits of body OF
those who eat it.
TO destroy black-heads, wash the
face thoroughly at night with tepid
water and rub briskly with a Turkish
towel; then apply a mixture of one
ounce of liquor of potassa and two
ounces of cologne.
In Dr.. Foote's Health Monthly we
find the following remedy for hoarse-
ness: Let a lump of borax dissolve
slowly in the mouth; or inhale mild
ammonia vapor; and puta cloth wrung
out with cold water about the throat
when retiring for the night.
Congestion of the brain most fire.
quently results from trouble and
anxiety of mind, producing sleepless-
ness, followed by the engagement of
the small blood vessels Of the brain,
sudden loss of vital power, and almost
instant death. Apoplexy may be an
inherited disease, or it may be induced
by too free living, or its opposite, too
great abstemiousness. Paralysis may
affect only a small portion of the body,
from a finger or toe to an entire limb,
or it may disable half the body, or the
whole body, when death 0 follows.
When half the body is affected by
paralysis we may be certain that the
seat Of the disease is in the opposite
side of the brain, because nerve fibers
cross. Partial paralysis is often
temporary when caused by the
rupture of a small blood vessel,
if the clot is got rid of by absorption
or otherwise. Although this is a dis
ease that all classes of people are liable
to, it's most destructive work is among
the depraved and dissipated.
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Farm and Garden Notes,

Enough sunllowcr seed to feed I'LL
the fowls ordinarily kept on Il farm
can be raised along the sides of the
road and in fence corners where the
ground is of no value for general cul-
tivation.
Give one day to a thorough cleaning
of your cellar. Throw away all dirt,
rotten wood and dccayed vegetables, il
N.Y.. Brush down the walls with an
old broom and apply a good, thick coat
Of whitewasl.
When a COW stops chewing her cuul
she is sick. DO not listen to any talk
! about II lost cuL. When the animal
is better she will rccommrnce chewing
her cud. Give Il pound Of Epson salts
with two ounces each of sweet inter
and gentim.
The use of binders and tight check
rcins is going out of fashion in Eng
land. For Il working horse especially
the check rein is IN abomination, COM
pelling the horse to work in as awk-
ward Il position as Il man would be
with both hands tied ut his sides.
Well-dricd fish guano contains fifteen
times as much nitrogen us ordinary
stable manurc. The use Of fish as
manure dates from the earliest history
of the country. and its discovery is at
tributpd to the Indians, who used tn
plant a menhaden with every hill of
corn.
The straw that has been spread
around fruit trees with advantage
during the summer as Il mulch, will
now become Il damage by harboring
mice. 1t should be removed and Il
bank of earth be compactcd around
the tree. to the height of Il foot or
more.
Root pruning frait trees to make
them bear is often neL "Ssary. Its Oh
iect is to diminish the vig"r of thctrcr,
which induces fruitfulness, probably
bv the instructive endeavOr OF any
plant when threatened with destruction
to hasten the secd-forming process by
which its kind is perpetuated. .,
Potash as a manure for potato crops
should be applied before planting and
thoroughly mixed with the soil, be-
cause, according to V. II. Magerstein,
the tubers require potassium most in
the early stage of their growth, and a
later application of the potash manures
has but little influence on the increase
of reserve matter.
A writer in the London Garden
says that SCOT is q powerful manure
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Courtship Among tho ChoctaWs.

There are still 1000 Choctaws living
in their ancestral homes in Mississippi,
and, on the authority Of Mr.. II. 5. Hal
bert, they retain in all their pristine
vigor most Of the usagcs of their an
ceStors. Among these the methods
employed in conducting a courtship
! and performing marriage are curious
When Il young CEoctaw of kcmper or
Ncshoba county sees Il maiden who
plcases his fancy he watches his oppor-
tunity until he finds her alone. He
then advances within q short distance
and gently lets fall a pebble ut herfeet.
He may have to do this two or three
times before he attracts the malden's
attention, when, if this pebble
throwing is agreeable. she soon
makes it manifest. If otherwise,
Il scornful look and Il deciled
"ckwah" Indicate that his suit Is IN
vain. Sometimes, instead Of throwing
pebbles, the sutton enters the maldcn's
cabin and lays his hat upon her bed. II
the mans suit be acceptable the hat is
permitted to remain, but if she be I'M
willing to be his bride it is instantly
! removed. Whichever method be eln-
ployrd, the rejected sutton knows that
it is useless to press his suit, and beats
as graceful Il retreat rs possible. When
a marriage is agreed upon, the time
and place are fixed for the ceremony.
The relatives and friends Of the bride
and bridegroom meet at their respec-
tive homes, and from thence march to
the marriage ground, hating a short
distance from one another. The BROTH
ers of the bride 60 across to the oppo-
site party and bring forward the bride
groom, who is then seated upon o
blanket spread upon the ground. The
sisters of the bridegroom then do like
wise by going over and bringing for
ward the bride. She is expected to
. break loose and run, but of course is
! pursued, captured, and brought back to
be seated by the side of the bridegroom.
All the parties now cluster around the
couple the woman's relatives bring
forward a bag of brrad-a lingering
symbol of the time when the women
had to raise the corn ; the mans rela-
tivcS Il bag of meat, in memory of the
DAYS when the MAJ should have pro-
vidrd the household with game. Next,
presents of various sorts are Sllowrrrd
on the couple, who all this time SIT
still, not even speaking word. With
the last present they arise. now man
and wife, and, Just as in civilized HE,
provisions are spread and the rcrc-
mony is rounded off with Il feast.
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Whittier and Maud Muller.

The poem "Maud Muller" by Whit
tier, was first printed in the National
Era, when that paper was publishedin
Washington, D. c., by Buell. & Blan-
chard. The manuscript copy was pre-
served by the late Martin Buell.. who
presented tito p. L. Buell., who has it
now. On the last page is found the
following note:
"My dear friend: Will thee be sure
to look well to the proof of this little
poem, in which l have tried to make
something Of the simple pastoral con-
ditions of New England life somewhat
after the manner of the German
poets? am not quite sure that 1
have succeeded. The term chimney
lug which occurs in the poem. refers
to the old custom in New England OF
hanging a pole with hooks attached to
it down the chimney, to hang pots and
kettles on. 1t was called a lug pole
l mentioned this for fear the word
would not be understood, and taken by
the printers for something else. Thine
ever, j. U. W.
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THE. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hot Water for Insects on Plants.

The Gardeners MOnthly states that
it has been found that water heated to
l3O degrees is fatal to all insects that
infest plants, even though exposed to
it for an instant, while the immersion
of a plant for an instant in water of
that temperature does not injure the
plant in the least, unless the leaves are
very tender from having been grown
in the shade. But even then they do
not suffer at 120 degrees, while the in
sects seem to be destroyed at 100 to
ITO degrees; so in gardening practice
tile rule is to recommend the water to
be heated to 120 degrees. The prac-
tice generally is to turn the plants up
side down and dip the plant, but not
the pot, for an instant only, in hot
water. In use tile water has to be
carefully tested by a thermometer.
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Hints.

To take the brown discolorations off
of cups in which custards are baked,
rub with damp flannel dipped in the
best whiting.
Soaking calico just previous to the
first washing in a strong solution OF
either salt or alum is excellent to pre-
serve the color.
An English lady, writing about
cookery, and giving advice in regard
to wholesomeness, says: Avoid all
cooking media that are sour, and thus
cheat the doctor.
Mildew may be removed from linen
by rubbing the spot with soap; then
scrape chalk over it and rub well
again lay it in the sun, on the grass,
and while drying wet it slightly. Two
applications will suffice.
\ lady tells how torenew gilt frames
that are furnished. She bids her readers
to take sufficient flour Of sulphur to
give a golden tinge to one and one
half pints of water, and boil in five
onions strain and when cool apply
to the parts which require restoring
with q soft brush. She says it will
come out as good as new when dry.
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for garden crops, more especially
onions. \ good dressing of the soil
with SCOT before the seed is sown is
fatal to maggots. 1t has been found
that land dressed with SCOT yielded
crops nearly equal to that heavily
dressed with good stable manure.
But few operations on the farm pay
better than the Improvement of pasture
lands that have been fed a score or
more of years by cattle. Pastures fed
so long, with nothing done to them,
not only become messy but the better
varieties of grasses are superseded by
the poorer and less nutritious varieties,
so the feed is not only less in quantity
but poorer in quality.
Unless hay and grain or oilcake, says
an exchange, be given to sheep as an
extra feed, the mere feeding of sheep
on a pasture cannot add to its fertiliz-
ing matter; but when these animals
have even a small amount of oilcake,
for instance, the advantage to the
pasture is at once observable. AS the
supposed enrichment Of a pasture by
sheep is all the dressing that some
fields have had for years, there is no
wonder that pastures become worn
out.
1t is not best to renew the orchard
by planting young apple trees in the
places made vacant by the decay and
destruction of the old ones. TO Il GER
tain extent the material needed for the
growth of the apple wood has been ex-
tracted from the soil, and many of the
enemies with which the apple has to
contend have found a location there.
1t is better to supply the vacancy with
a tree of some other fruit, or perhaps
leave it vacant and plant a new or
chard in some other locality.
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Habits of the Goldfish.

A correspondent of the New York
Post says that the Goldfish frequents
the table lands Of the sea-" The cod
fish no doubt does this to secure as
nearly as possible a dry, bracing at
mosphere. This pure air of the sub
marine table lands gives to the Goldfish
that breadth of chest and depth OF
lungs which we have always noticed.
The glad, free smile of the Goldfish is
largely attributed to the eXhilarat!on
of this. oceanic altitoodleum.
The correspondent further says that
the cod subsists largely on the sea
cherry. Those who have not bad the
pleasure of seeing the goldfish climb the
seasehAsHtree> in search of food, or
clubbing the fruit from the heavily
laden branches with chunks of coral,
have missed a very fine sight.
The goldfish, wien at home rambling
through the submarine forests, does
not wear his vest unbuttoned, as he
does while loafing around the grocery
stores of the United States.-BoomeT-
mn
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Pigeons rs United States Carriers.

The employment of carrier pigeons
as couricrs between military stations
in Arizona and other sections Of the
Indian country, where the telegraph
lines are being constantly interfered
with by the hOstilcS, and where the
topography is not advantageous for
heliographing and other ordinary meth
ods of signaling, is receiving the seri-
Gus attention Of the war office. In a
letter from Port Townsend, Wyoming,
General Nelson A. Miles says they can
be made very useful in this direction,
as he has demonstrated to his entire
satisfaction, and General Iazen, the
chief signal officer, who is testing every
plan and suggestion looking to the
greater efficiency of his bureau and in
creased benefit to the general public,
has taken the subject actively in hand,
desiring to make this agency a valu-
able allyof the army in it's conflicts
in behalf of civilization against
barbarism on Il Western
plains. For two hundred miles
these pigeons will travel as fast as
the railroad rapid mail, and, through a
hostile country, will reach their desti-
nation more surely than most men.
Flying by sight, they are especially
valuable in regions where there are
prominent mountain peaks. Between
two such posts as Forts Thomas and
\ oachc and Thomas and San Carlos,
Arizona-entirely a hostile country,
broken and difficult, and in which
travel is slow and almost impossible
when the intervening streets are
flooded-thcy would be of vast value
compared with the insignificant cost of
maintaining and training them. Troops
on detached service. with no other
means of communication, can employ
them to convey important information
with great expedition. Country ply
sicians in England use them to great
advantage with distant families. The
middle feather of the tail is shaved
within an inch of the end, and the
message dashed thereto firmly with
waxed silk. They should be written
in lead pencil, us ink runs Placed
there they do not annoy the bird,
but tied on the leg they interfere
with his flying, and he is liable topeck
and mutilate the message, rendering it
unintelligible in his efforts to remove
it. The clear air of Arizona and the
Occident is just the cement for these
birds, and they are just the agency to
supplement the telegraph and ordinary
courier system employed by our troops
in their operations against the red
buccaneers Of the West. Having set
in motion a plan to protect our cotton,
sugar and fruit industries, and having
enlarged the sphere of life-Saving and
coast line operations as Il supplement
to the military telegraph lines of the
frontier, General IIazen deserves and
will receive for his carrier pigeon en-
terprise the heartfelt thanks of every
soul exposed to the onsets Of the
marauding red devils Of the plains, be
they Sioux, Apaches, kiowas, Chey-
ennes, or what not -Vashington Re
1)vIJrUD
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At the Kings Gate.
A beggar sat at the kings gate,
And sang of summer in the rain

A beggar sat at the kings gate,
And sang of summer in the rain
A song with sounds reverberate
Of wood and hill and plain,
That rising bore a tender weight
Of sweetness, strong and passionate;
A song with sigh of mountain pass,
Ripple and rustic of deep grass,
The whispering of wind-smote sheaves,
Low tapping of long lily leaves,
Red morns and purple-mooned ewes.
The king was weary of his part,
The king was tired of his crown;
He looked across the rainy land,
Across the barren stretch of sand,
Out to the rainy sea;
He heard the wind beat loud and free
The gilded easement, sullenly
Falling away with mist and rain.
"But oh! it is a weary thing
To weara crown and be a king,
Unending war with care and pain;
Oh, for one golden hour and sweet,
To serve the king with willing feet"
But he would sleep, and from his heart
The jeweled silken girdle loose,
And give it room to turn and choose
An easier Measure for its beat.
Into the gilded chamber crept
A breath of summer, blown with rain
And wild wet leaves against the pane.
The royal sleeper smiled and slept.
Thought that all things sweet were dead
They heard him say, who came to wed
The crown again to the kings head.
Juliet C. Marsh, in Harper.