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Daily globe., 1882-09-11
Eggs.

Some figures published N the Pops-
Ter ScSe'ace Monthly respecting egg food
are interesting. 1t is fact that all eggs
OF birds are palatable enough for hun
CRY man, and the eggs of most water
animals are good for food. Terrapins'
and turtles eggs are regarded as lux
ury, and the eggs of all sorts of water
fowl are considered delicacy. In some
sections the eggs of the gull give rise to
considerable trade. A business of this
kind is carried on off the coast of North
umberland, where prodigious quantities
OF eggs are collected. Eggs OF water
fowl also form an important part of the
food of the Farce islanders. The eggs
OF the dusky petrol are sent In immense
quantities from Bass strait to Tasmania
and Australia; incredible numbers of
auks' eggs are collected on the coast of
Labrador; the eggs of the malice bird of
Celebes are esteemed q great dehcacy,
and will each fill an ordinary tin cup,
and form, with bread or rice, very
good meal. The ostrich, too, is begin
ming to rank as valuable egg producing
domestic fowl. Each female bird will
lay from twelve to sixteen eggs; accord
ing to some, from twenty-five to thirty
eggs, in August and September, and, as
several couples unite to hatch together,
1t often happens that as many as sixty
eggs may be found in and around sin
gle nest. Each OF these eggs is consid-
cred equivalent to twenty-four eggs of
the domestic hen; so that, as single do
mesticated birds have been said to Law
elghty-two eggs IN a season, we have the
possible product Of one ostrich repre-
sented by 1924 hens eggs.
The number of eggs consumed in the
most populous countries is immense.
Great Britain imports 7S5, 100000 eggs
from the continent. They represent the
value Of $12, 800, 600, while Ireland fur
nishes 500,000,000 more, and the home
production is nearly equal to the im-
portation from the continent. It is es-
timated that the annual production In
the United States amounts to 9,OOO.-
100000, of which %, 500, 900 are sent to
New York. It is satisfaction to learn
that the limited use Of eggs as a stand
ard article of diet by reason of their
perishable nature is now in measure
obviated by the desiccating and con-
densing process and by canning. They
are nourishing and healthy substitute
for meat, and are generally cheaper In
proportion to their nutritive quality.
The time IS approaching when the busi-
ness of egg production viii take larger
place among the food-producing indus
tries of the country.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
One Human Life.

1t is told of the Roman Emperor
Augustus that he was once at banquet
given by one of his chief mobiles, when a
slave waiting on the table dropped and
broke costly crystal vase. The uncop-
trollable terror of the man and of his
feliow-slaves as well, seemed so much
greater than the occasion required that
the emperor inquired into the cause
And then came out the fact that the
master, prototype of Mrs. Stoves
Legree. had given standing order that
any slave who should commit this offense
even by accident, should be cut topieces
and thrown to the fishes in the pond.
The emperor rose from the table, and
having shivered With staff every vase
in the dining-hall, said to their owner:
'sBe it known to you, monster, that one
human life is worth ten thousand vases. -
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GA Bird i'm Hand"

This saying originated from the fol-
lowing circumstance: Will Somers, the
celebrated jester to Henry VIII, hap
pening to cali at my Lord Surveys,
whom he had often, by well-timed Jest,
saved from the displeasure of his royal
master, and who consequently was al
ways glad to see him, was on this occa-
sion ushered into the avairy, where he
found my Lord amusing himself with his
birds. Somers happened to admire the
plumage of kingfsher.
"By my lady," said Surrey, "my
prince of wits, will give it to you'll
Will skipped about with delight, and
swore by the great Harry he was most
noble gentleman. Away went VIII with
his kingfsher, telling all his acquaint-
ances whom he met that his friend Sur
rey had just presented him with it.
Now it SO happened that my Lord
Northampton, who had seen this bird
the day previous, arrived at my Lord
Surveys just as Will Somers had left.
with the intention of asking it of Surrey
for present to a Lady friend. Great
was his chagrin On finding the bud gone.
Surrey, however, consoled him with say
ing that 9" he knew Somers would re.
store it to him if he Surrey promised
him two another day"
Away went q messenger to the prince
of wits, whom he found in raptures with
his bird, and to whom he delivered his
Lords message. Great was Wills sur
prise, but he was not to be BAN boozled
by. even the monarch himself.
Sirrah, - says he, "tell your master
that am obliged for his Liberal offer ot
two for one, but that I prefer one bird II
hand 10 two in the bush"
Hence originated this oft-repeated
saying. g.-Rar20er's Young People.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

Lawn is the best dressing for grass
seed.
IF you would fatten your neighbor's
hen crop spare not tho seed.
Now set your tomato plants. By the
time they come into bearing the fruit
will be cheaper at the market. There.
fore, if yours do not ripen perfectly you
will be as well off as any of your neigh.
bors.
It is time your potatoes were started.
The Colorado beetle is anxiously waiting
the appearance of the vines, and unless
you push things the poor creature will
be short of provisions.
Pinch back your geranium shoots, il
the frost has not already pinched them.
Plant your beets deep; if of the bipe-
dal variety, the deeper the better.
Bean poles are hardy, and no danger
of late frosts need be apprehended.
Plant in rows, and thin out later.
As to beans, you know them. Soak
before planting, mulch with salt pork,
and keep In warm place.
Cabbages do best in hot water. Pick
out good-sized plants, well headed, and
dress with salt and pepper.
When trimming your raspberries do
not throw away the stout canes. You
may find use for them when your ap-
pie trees are full of green fruit and small
boys.
Now is the time to trim hoe handles.
Care must be taken, however, that they
do not get sunburnt. Keep them under
cover when the mercury rises above so
degrees.
If you would have your wheeIbarrows
thrive keep the soil about them con-
stantly stirred, and mulch with lard or
tallow.
Oleomargarine does best ON fat lands,
1t is better adapted than butter for this
climate, as it does not droop SO readily
during the warm days that may soon be
expected.
A good corn crop may be secured by
wearing close-ftting boots. A double
crop may be obtained by judicious par
ing.
No farmer need be without crop of
squash-bugs. Five cents worth of seed
will raise At ,683 to each squash.
By all means keep fowls. Farmers
who own hens invariably find that their
seeds come up quicker than those who
do not.
Farmers do not find the milk well
profitable. A good pump is much bet
ter and surer.
Strawberries, to be profitable, should
be planted in shallow boxes.
If you have any cats on the place
mulch with bootjacks, and a plentiful
dressing of old boots.
Plant your pitchforks under the shade
Of your cherry trees, point up. Should
your neighbours boy fall from the tree
they might prevent him from striking
the ground.
Cover your cucumber beds with con-
crete. It may kill the vines, but that is
the only sure way of destroying the
striped bugs.
.Dados and other wall-fowers must be
trained with care. If they are not regu-
larly watered they soon wither.-Boston
Transcript.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
A Studio Romance.

The story OF pleasant studio romance
comes from Berlin. A fre-looklng man
came to prominent painter to SIT Tor
his portrait, and as he entered, h.s eyes
fell upon the likeness Of y9ung lady,
Just finished. Standing Inotiouless with
admiration before II, he exclaimed,
ssHow lovely-just meets my case-l
viii take her on the spot. The artist
smiled In silent approval of the strangers
taste, and thought: Perhaps he can
be helped little" IL the course OF a
few days the gentiemen's portrait was
finished. ''They would make fine
pair" thought the artist, and to test his
idea be placed the two portraits side by
side, contemplating them admiringly.
Just then, as chance would have it, the
fair original entered to inquire after her
portrait, and, with no slight astonish-
ment, saw in what agreeable company
her effgy found itself. "a handsome
man. indeed, were the words that came
from her lips unintentionally. "1sn't
he? and it was just because he recipro-
Gated the opinion that L" he paused
for fear he had made q blunder. But
when, after some time, the gentleman
came for his portrait, and inquired with
evident soicitude for the charming por-
trait and its original, which IN the mean
time had disappeared from the studio,
the artist betrayed the impression which
his work had made. In few weeks
more he learned the concluding chapter
of the romance, through the artistically
engraved card formally announcing the
bethrothal of his two clients.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
A Double Advance.

In the ante-bellum days New York
State grocer raised the price of Ger
tain grade of tea from ''3 shillings to
As cents; and an old farmer who came
in with barrel OF cider-vinegar to sell
could hardly credit his senses when told
that his favorite brand Of tea had ad-
vanced several cents per pound.
"What on airth is the reason for this
sudden raise?'' he inquired.
Scarcity OF tea-chests," was The brief
answer.
"Well, do you want my vinegar?"
Chow much ?"
eight cents gallon
81 only paid you 7 cents for the last. -
Yes, but cider has riz, you see."
"What has brought cider up?" asked
the astonished grocer.
Scarcity of bung hole Plugs was
the quiet but serious reply.
"They looked at each other without
winking, and then tea dropped back to
3S and cider to cents.- Wal Street
Daily NeaOs.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
The DandeliOn.

Those who have been pestered to
death by the irrepressible dandelion On
their lawns may now take heart. The
pest viii poster them no more. Eastern
markets have begun to utilize them for
green's. SO that gardeners will cultivate
them for sale. The plant having thus
become useful, the bugs viii eat it off
above ground, the grubs will saw its
roots in two, the sun viii parch it to
death, the rains viii drown it out, the
wind will thresh it to strips and boys
will dig it out and steal it. Thus the
dandelion, which has been among the
first Of weeds to coax its way into hu-
man favor in the spring by throwing out
its golden blossom as a sort of flag of
truce and peace offering combined, will
.etire from the field and the lawn. to the
seclusion of the guarded greenhouse.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
Tie Engineer Was Warned.

An engineer while riding On his engine
in front of train down the mountain
sleeps of the Clearfeld branch, Pennsyl-
vania, after testing the quantity of water
in his boiler by using the two upper
gauges, which indicated that ali was
right, heard voice, "Try the lower
gauge" The voice was loud and dis
tinct, and he says WIS the voice of his
father, who has been dead for some
years. After looking around to see him
he opened the lower gauge. and found
no water. The boiler was foaming, and
the engineer says but for his timely
warning all would have been blown up
IN ten minutes IVillian1sport Stsu.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
The Guests for Dinner.

The easiest dinner to arrange pleas
antly, unless it be one given to small
circle OF intimate friends, is when your
chief guest IS a person OF well-known and
decided tastes. It is easy enough to de-
eide what set Of people would be most
interested in and most agreeable to an
eminent author, or artist or scientist. #
it is a young bride, or woman of fash
ion to whom you wish to show a courtesy,
people of similar taste and correspond
ing social standing should be asked.
Every hostess likes to secure wit for
her dinner table, but there is iusta little
danger IN inviting the too-too brilliant
man lest he put all the others in the
shade and give them that sense of being
under an extinguisher which does not
conduce to the enjoyment of even the
feeblest luminary. There is a story
about certain General ii the United
States army who was one of the clever
est takers of his time, and who was well
known to not be averse to do most of the
talking himself. He was marching up
long hill in Mexico, accompanied by his
staff. He began to talk at the foot of
the hill, and grew more and more elo-
quent as he went on and up. He flashed,
he sparkled, he philosophical, he jested,
and at last the top of the hill was
reached. Thereupon he turned to his
officers and bowed with the sweetest Sc
renity. Genf1emen, he said, "the
hill is climbed, and we have had a most
delightful conversation. The staff
smiled as one man, with smile that
was child-like and bland, for they had
purposely refrained, every soul of them,
from speaking single word during the
whole march. This kind Of a good talk
er is not exactly the one whom it is safe
to invite to dinner.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
Tricycling VS.. Smoking.

A correspondent writes to the London
Spectator: 4" was led to give up smok-
ing by reading an article in Knowledge,
by DR.. Muir Brown, on the Effect OF
Smoking One Of the observations
particularly struck me. Replying to the
argument that smoking is good, because
it checks waste of tissue, be observed
that this is precisely the reason why
smoking is bad, and that the only pos.
session which it is mans duty to waste
is his body, new tissue being in every
respect better than old. The tricycle.
made in this direction. Itwasted tissue.
You can get more exercise by an hours
tricycling, and with less fatigue, than
by three hours walking. There is an
exhilaration about it, too, that a pedes.
trian never knows, and which can only
be compared to that enjoyed by riding 8
good horse. As for perspiring, you
perspire enough, especially if the day be
warm, to satisfy DR.. Jaeger's most rigid
requirements, and make your flesh as
hard as the hide of German soldier af
ter two years gymnastics.
"When / gave up my cigars and tool
to tricycling I had no idea of curing my
headaches. But they are cured. Ihavt
hardly had a headache since, and I ea
almost twice as much as I used to eat
sleep well, and my general healtl
could not easily be better. In conclu
sion let me recommend all my literary
brethren who are conscious Of not taking
sufficient exercise, all Of whose muscles
are f1abby, ivers torpid, and nights rest
less, to try tricycling and drop smoking
and any other habit which may tend t(
check waste of tissue and retard thai
rapid renewal of the body which is The
condition of physical soundness."
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
A Warming to Huggers.

There is q ''case" on the practice-book
OF we'll known physician of West Oak
LAND which ought to constitute a warm
ing, and Is, beside, an interesting sur
g1cai example OF " the discohesive Weld
ing OF the fiexions in old age as the
doctor has it. Some months ago a
young man arrived in Oakland from
Montana. He proceeded at once to the
home of his parents. The door was
opened by the young mans grandmoth-
er, then nearly 70 years OF age, and for
whom he entertained most commend
able affection. The young man was
great favorite with the old lady when he
was mere child she had made much of
MN, had sympathized in his bovish
troubles, and had furnished him the sin
ews OF war for many youthful frolic.
He had been a good and grateful grand
son, and naturally, as they had been
parted Tor several years, the greeting
was an elusive one. But the old lady
tailed to realize that her favorite was no
longer budding STRIPPING. The full
grown, bearded man before her. with
Drawn on his shapaly limbs and toll
toughened muscle on his sinewy arms
was thirty pounds heavier and more than
little stronger than the boy whom she
had kissed and sent to bed for the last
time eight years before. And on his
part the young man did not realize that
"gran'ma was no longer the vigorous
Lady whom he had played with romping-
~ as a merry schoolboy in their far.off
Eastern home.
To his glad, grateful, grand, flial
breast he caught her aged form and
hugged her tight with the warm iupuI-
slveness of tempestuous youth. Had
she been the usual sweetheart. there
might have been no worse result than a
fractured section of the whalebone stays
or; momentary cessation of not too nee
essary inspiration. As it was. the old
lady said, simply, "Oh, my !" and sank
back upon his shoulder in a s.dead
faint. When she recovered from that
she complained of grievous pain in her
night side. A physician was sent for,
and his examination showed that three
rlbs had been dislocated by the grand
fillal hug" and that the situation was a
critical one, owing to the old ladys ex-
IRENE age, and to the fact that she was
rather portly, and bandaging would.
therefore, be deprived of much of its ef-
fectlveness. The old lady has been un-
der medical treatment ever since. and is
not at present suffering much pain. Her
disconsoia5e and unreasonably seIf-re-
preaching grandson is her most devoted
attendant. San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

SAID Brown toFogg, who had been in
dulging IN some of his vagaries '.Ex-
cuse my mentioning it, but, now that we
are alone, let me remind you that there
are always fool and critic In every
company" 1.-TWO is small company"
replied Fogg, "but why do you call me
a critic ?'
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
EXTRACTS FROM EMERSON.

NATURE is upheld by antagor.ism.
Passions, resistance, danger, are educa-
tors. We acquire the strength we have
overcome. K Considerations By the Way.
EVERY genuine work of art has as
much reason for being as the earth and
the sun. The gayest charm Of beauty
has root IN the constitution Of things.
-Art.
IT only needs that just man should
walk in our streets to make 1T appear
how pitiful and inartifcial contrivance
is our legislation. The man whose part
is taken, and who does not wait for So
ciety in anything, has power which
society cannot choose but feel.-NeaO
England Retornaers.
TEE restraining grace of common
sense is the mark of all the valid minds
of Asop, Aristotle, Alfred, Luther,
Shakespeare, Cervantes, Franklin. a X
The common sense which does not med
die with the absoluts, but takes things
at their word-things as they appear
Poetry and Imagination.
HIS tongue was framed TO music,
Aud his hand was armed with skill;
His face was the mold Of beauty,
And his heart was the throne OF VII.
-Poaoey.
THE hand that rounded Peters dome,
And groined the aisies Of Christian Rome,
Wrought in O sad sincerity;
Himself from God he could not free;
He builded better than he knew.
The conscious stone to beauty grew.
The Pyo6iem
THERE is always O best way of doing
everything, if it be to boil an egg. Man
ners are the happy ways of doing things;
each one stroke of genius or of love
now repeated and hardened into usage.
They form at last rich varnish, with
which the routine of life is washed and
its details adorned. II they are super
fetal, SO are the dew-drops which give
such depth to the morning meadows. =
Be}5avior.
IN spirit-worlds ne trod alone,
But walked the earth unmarked, unknown.
The near bystander caught sound;
Yet they who listened far alcof
Heard rendings of the skyey roof,
And felt, beneath, tho quaking ground;
And mis- air-sown, unheeded words,
In the next age are flaming swords.
ISOLATION.
We have debt to every great heart,
to every fine genius; to those who have
put life and fortitude on the cast of JUS
UAOO W UAOoO Wt1O lIebfO ISl1uSu I11O ny
elegant pursuits. It's the fine souls
who serve us. and not what is called fine
society. Fine society IS only self-pro-
lection against the vulgarities of the
street and tavern. Considerations bq
the Way.
IwRorE the past in characters
Of rock and fire the scroll
The building in the coral sea,
The planting of the coal
And thefts from satellites and rings
And broken stars drew,
And out of spent and aged things
formed the world anew.
Song Of Mature
I THINK Hans AnderseD's story of the
cobweb cloth woven so fine that it was
invisible-woven for the Kings garment
must mean manners, which do really
clothe princely nature. Such one
can well go in blanket, If he would. In
the gymnasium Or on the sea beach his
superiority does not leave him. But he
who has not this fine garment Of behav-
ior is studious Of dress, and then not less
of house, and furniture, and pictures.
and gardens, in ali which he hopes to
lie perdu, and not be exposed. Social
aims.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

4 PHu.ADEnPHIAN advised his son to
aim high in life, and the lad went out
and shot COW. Beef was about the
highest thing ke could find to aim at
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

1t is much easier to settle point than
TO act Oh it.-Ceca.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

QUEEN VICTORIA is the sole survivor of
her first Privy Council.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11

WE are no longer happy so soon as
we wish to be happier.
Daily globe., 1882-09-11
The Cisterns Of Old Carthage.

Stumbling over broken blocks of ma
sonry, among which the lizards, sole in
habitants Of the city, were running free
~, walked q short distance past the,
site of Dido's palace, and came thus to
the place where the only extensive re-
mains Of the greatness of Carthage are
to be found. These are the ci6terns
which once furnished portion of the
water supply OF tho city. just as Prof.
Owen can reconstruct an extinct animal
II only single bone Of It's skeleton has
been preserved, SO it is an easy matter
for those who have seen these wonderful
cisterns to form an approximate idea Of
the grandeur of the city to which they
belonged. They are vast subterranean
structures, with heavy vaulted roofs, in
tended to shut ont from the cool water
IN the mighty tanks the heat of the
African sun. But time has made many
breach In these great arches, and the
light OF day In consequence streams in
upon corridors and chambers which
1900 years ago were jealously shrouded
In midnight gloom. Some Of the cisterns
are circular in shape, and look like moth
ing SO much as enormous wells the ma
jority, however, are of oblong form. In
every case the masonry is of the most
substantial description. showing how
well the Ph@nicians did their work.
Even more remarkable, however, than
the quality of the masonry is that of the
lining of cement upon the walls of the
eisterns. It is as perfect to-day as on
the day, probably more than 1000 years
HIc4o11f xuHay, II
walls. The very marks of the trowels
used in spreading it are quite distinct,
and here and there may be seen the
coarse imprint of some workman s
thumb-a sight to ponder over at ones
leisure. ] had a strange "eerie +" feel
ing upon me as I trod the long covered
corridor that runs the length of the
whole series of cisterns, and thought OF
the time when above where ] now walked
the tumultuous life Of great city had
rolled In its majestic fullness of power.
Most of the cisterns were half-filed with
rubbish that had fallen when the arches
of the roof gave way but presently
came to some which seemed to be COM
paratively little injured, and at last to
one that-so far as could tell-was as
perfect as on the day when the Phoni-
clan workmen left 1t, and the cool wa
ters were first allowed to flow into it. Ii
was a beautiful, dimly lighted chamber,
with walls, and roof, and floor white and
clean and it contained pure crystal wa,
ter to the depth of five or sig feet. Sc
bright and refreshing was that water, SC
great the contrast which this cool, shady
apartment presented to the burning neal
and glare outside, that looked about tc
see if there were any means by which
could descend and battle in this vast
tank. None, however, were visible, and
after while had to leave the arched
corridor, and return to the blaze of the
sunshine.-I w. Reid's /" Life Of th.
Bey."
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W1r is merchandise that is sold, but
never can be bought.