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palabra benevola para ella y hacen CO
ro para despreciarla." "Su gobierno
esta mirado, en- mas de un pals, con
| un sentimiento de recelo y antipatia
| que no Sc disminuye, y tiene por result
dos los rumores de dobles 8 triples
alianzas."
Contin,ia el artfculo diciendo que Ia
desconfianza procede, en- gran parte,
de que Ia Francia tiene un gobierno
republican,, y que como la diplomacia
es una especie de Trade union, tie
ne sus preocupaciones y tradiciones y
no acepta sino de mala CANA la perma-
nencia de una Repahblica en- el grupo
de las grandes potencias continentales
que espian con satisfaction todas las
taltas de su vecina republicana. Esta
es una verdad notoria.
En- el articulo Sc dijo tambien que
el aislamiento diplomatico no tiene, por
causa linica de la desconfanza, la exis-
tencia del gobierno republicano, pues,
como los individuos, las naciones son
por ST mismas sus peores enemigos y
los mas temibles. 4 Que ha hecho La
politica francesa en- la succession de MI
uistros, que han pasado como sombras
sin que nadie pueda acordarse de con-
tarlos?
Despues de criticar la politica exte-
rior diciendo que las expediciones d
Thnez, Madagascar y Tonquin no fne-
ron motivadas por una politica nacio-
nal, que esta espeeie de energia es-
pasmodica revela ell sentimiento de la
falta de poder de la Francia en- Ell con-
tinente, el articulista llega d esta con-
clusi6n: Por desgracia, La politica IN
terror, 81 tai puede llamarse una suce-
sion de actos qxe iadican el 1'arasimo
de la tasta6aiidad, ha aumentado ann
mas la descopfanza."
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Profits ofPork.

It takes seven pounds of corn on the
average to make pound of pork, as is
no doubt the case, the farmer begins to
see the economy of exporting one
pound of pork, bacon or ham, instead of
seven pounds Of corn. The difference
in cost Of freight makes fine profit of
itself; besides, the pound of meat is us.
ually worth more than seven pounds of
corn in the foreign market The pro-
duction Of pork should be encouraged
IN the further consideration that it car
ries less of the valuable constituent of
the soil than beef. The fat pig contains
only three-fourths as much mineral
matter per cwt. as the fat steer, and only
two-fifths as much nitrogen per cwt. and
therefore the production Of a ton of
pork on the farm will carry off only
little more than half the fertility carried
off by ton of beef Besides, a ton of
beef will require nearly so per cent.
more to produce it. This gives In round
numbers the comparative effect of pro-
ducing pork and Beef. It is thus evi-
dent that the pig should have high
place in our agriculture; should be fos-
tered in every way; his capabilities
studied and pushed; his diseases care
fully noted and prevented, for he is the
most p, o6table meat producing animal
on the farm. The pig is an excellent ad-
junct to the dairy, turning all refuse
milk and even whey into cash. AS he
is king of our meat exports, so let us
treat him with great considerations
Chicago Herald.
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Strict Compliance With a Will.

Strict Compliance With Will.
From the Concord IN. 81. Monitor.
A few years ago Mr.. George M. Marsh
died in Portsmouth, and, after some
legacies, left the residue of his property
for an Episcopal church to be built in q
designated part of that city, where was
mill in which were employed good
many English people, who were too far
away to conveniently attend the services,
In st. Johns church. THE mill has
since been burned down, and many of
the operatives have left the town. At
the time of Mr.. Marsh's death his prop
erty was thought to be about $40, 900, or
rather the portion of it loft for said
church, but owing to an unexpected
rise In mining and other stocks, in lit
tie while it more than doubled, till the
Trustees to whom it was LEI found theu,.s
selves in possession of over $50, 400. NOW
that was large sum to use I'M building
a church in the not large city Of Ports
mouth, particularly as there was one
Episcopal church there already. But
what was to be donef The will express.
ly said all the money. must be put in
said church. Could not portion Of it
be reserved for an endowment for said
church to keep 1t in repair, and to help
to pay the salary of the Rector? No;
men learned in the law decided that it
must all be put in the church building,
and the result is the handsomest and
most costly church in the Diocese Of
New-Hampshire. It iB built of stone,
in the most solid manner, the style be-
Ing early English pointed. : a@
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Hints to the Household.

Sage, prepared like custard and then
baked, with apples or other fresh or
canned fruit, is nice dish for conval-
escent.
To give consistency to pie-plant pie,
allow to one cotfee-cupful of pulp one
heaping tablespoonful of cornstarch,
then mix with the yolks of three eggs,
and use the whites for meringue.
A pretty way to brighten willow
chair is to tie two bows to the back of
the chair, blue one at the top and a
pink or cream colored one below it, at
about the centre of the back, or have
both of them OF scarlet ribbon; tie them
so that loops and ends are about the
same length.
If a straw hat has been wet and the
stiffness has departed, rub little white
of egg mixed with cold water over it;
on with flannel cloth.
Spiced plums are delicious. To eight
pounds of plums allow four pounds of
sugar, tablespoonful each of cinnamon
and cloves, one small cup of vinegar.
Cook until they are thick as jelly.
A dish which may tempt failing ap-
petite or be relished by convalescent
is this: Take two or three sardines from
the box, drain all the oil from them
and broil them, then lay them on slices
Of watered toast.
If you have occasion to use cloths wet
in hot water about an invalid, do
not trv to wiring them: out of the wa
ter. The best way to prepare them is.
to steam them; they can be handled
then with comparative ease.
Bananas sliced and served with ice
cream are very delicate and dainty.
They should be sliced and have a little
powdered sugar scattered over them for
about half an hour before serving. Set
them in the refrigerator tor that length
of time.
A good way to warm over cold pota-
toes is to first chop them, not too fine;
heat some butter in frying pan, and
put the potatoes in. just few minutes
before taking them from the fire stir in
some well-beaten eggs. Serve hot.
A pretty ornament for bracket or
shelf in the dining room is made by gild-
ing, or purchasing already gilded, a little
easel which will hold panel of
plush about ten inches high and five or
seven wide. To this is to be fastened a
small pitcher of china or some fancy
wares. it is fastened by having ribbon
put through the handle and then hav-
ing this tied to the easel itself. A little
white china pitcher with spray of
flowers hand-painted is very effective.
A pretty way to vary orange jelly is,
after making the jelly in the usual way,
to fill the mould half full with the Jelly
and lay slices of orange in and cover
With the rest of the jelly. Pineapple
jelly is also very nice with grated pine
apple put in this way.
A very nice way to make cornstarch
pudding is TO put half peach in the
bottom ola cup and then pour the corn.
starch blanc mango over it. When
ready to serve turn from cup into q
saucer. Slices or quarters of oranges
may be used in place of the peach. A
thin custard for sauce is recommended
to 90 with the pudding.
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trio arcs. He recognizes fully the t..s
that temperature higher than
5000 degrees G. would be
absolutely conclusive against his
theory that the solar heat is due to
the RECONCILIATION or burning of COM
pound gases at the surface of--the sun.
He bases his estimate of the solar tenn
perature upon three foundations: First,
the behavior of a carbon rod and a small
gas fame in the focus of a reflector ,ex-
posed to the sun; second, on compare
son between the spectra of various
lights, for instance, the Argand burner,
an incandescent lamp, the electric arc,
and the sun itself, as observed by Lang
ley on Mt. Whitney; third, upon expe-
riments on the relation between temper.
ature and radiating power, made by
means of a long platinum wire heated
by an electric .current.-New York In
-
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he e9gs 81 our domestic fowls would

the eggs 81 our domestic fowls would
have long since been thoroughly sinves.
tigated,. and everything about them
worth knowing found out. But it ap.
pears that there is still much to be-
learned even about eggs, for it is moot.
ed question as to whe tier In attempting
to ipreserve eggs the y should be treated
g Yi fs osgsnnis%ns requiring cir to
ded by coating the she'll Of immersinp
them in some liquitl. A French sciens.
fist says that in eggs submitted to inou.
baton immediately after a railroad
Journey the embryo very generally
died, but a few days before incubation
obviated this. From this experiment
we would conclude that an egg is not
only living organism, but possesses
constituencies that is readily injured by
any severe shock or i'll usage.
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Wit and HumOr,

II am an agnostic!" remarkeda young
man in swelling accents. "And an ag.
nostic is what?" inquired an elderly gen.
tleman: can agnostic," replied the fresh
youth, in manner expressive of his pity
for his interlocutor's ignorance, "an ag-
nostic is fellow, you know, who. isn't
sure of anything" II see," replied the
old gentleman; "but how does it happen
that you are sure you are an agnostic?"
II declare John, never saw such a
man! You are always getting some
wrinkle" And the brute calmly replied,
Matilda, you are not, thank fortune. If
you had new wrinkle, you would have
no place to put it, DEAR"
II say, Johnny, can you tell a young,
tender chicken from an old tough one?'
OF course can: well, how?"--"B
the teeth."-"Chickens have no teeth"
"Good morning"
True dignity: In Boston the gnat is
known as Nathaniel.
A sabbath-day's Journey: ':What is
meant by a 'sabbath-day's journey?'"
John:-The distance between any place
and the nearest good fishing-ground.-
Burlington Free Press.
Growth of the great West: eyes,"
said the Chicago man, ''he's dude, but
he counts in the census, don't let him
be killed."
Not watch: "No," said bride, IT
am not willing thet our wedding tour
sho uld include the Yellowstone Park.
Yellow don't agree with my complex.
ion."-Anon.
A cross.counter: Jack Oldstocl-
We're very proud of our ancestry. you
know" Tom Parvenu-"Yes, I know;
but how would your ancestry feel about
you?"-Harvard Lampoon.
Titled: "You say your daughter is to
marry that foreigner I have seen in
your house so often; but what do YOU
know about him? What has he got?"
Got" Why, he has gotta title" "Oh!'
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The Music Of the Locomotive q. u;

me MUSIC OF the Locomotive. &
From, the New Orleans Times Democra
ISL was loating around the streets last
night, !" said Jim Nelson, one of the old.
est locomotive engineers running into
New Orleans, Sand as I had nothing to
do stepped into concert and heard q
slick-looking Frenchman play piano
in q way that made me feel all over in
spots. As soon as he sat down on the
stool knew by the way he handled
himself that he understood the machine
he was running. He tipped the keys
away up one end just as il they were
gauges and he wanted to see If he had
water enough. Then he looked w, as
If he wanted to know how much steam
he was carrying, and the next moment
he pulled open the throttle and sailed
out on the main line as if he was half
an hour late. 4fa ss ii
"You could hear her thunder over
culyerts and bridges, and getting faster
and faster, until the fellow rocked about
in his seat like cradle. Somehow, I
thought 1t was old 49, pullinga passen-
ger train and getting out of the way of a
Special The fellow worked his keys
on the middle division like lightning,
and then he flew along the north end of
the line until the drivers went around
like a buzz-saw,. and I got
excited. About the time was fixing to
tell him to cut her off a little he kicked
the hampers under the machine wide
open, pulled the throttle away back in
the tender, and, Jerusalem jumpers!
how he did run! l couldn't stand it any
longer, and yelled to him that she was
s'ponnding" on tho left side and if he
wasn't careful he'd drop his ashpan,
"But he didn't hear me. No one
heard me. Everything was flying and
whizzing. Telegraph poles on the side
of the track looked like row of corn
stalks, the trees appeared to be a mud
bank, and all the time the exhaust Of
the old machine sounded like the hum
of a bumblebee. tried to yell out, but
my tongue wouldn't move. He went
around the curves like bullet, slipped
an eccentric, blew out his soft plug,
went down grades fifty feet to the mile,
and not COMPOUNDED brake set. She
went by the meeting point at a mile and
half minute and calling for more
steam. My hair stood up Ike a cats
tail, because knew the game was up.
"Sure enough, dead ahead of us was
the headlight of the Especial" In a
daze heard the crash as they struck,
and saw cars shivered into atoms, peo-
pie mashe ], and mangled. and bleeding,
and gasping for water. I heard another
crash as the French professor struck the
deep keys away down on the lower end
of the southern division, and then I
came to my senses. There he was at q
dead standstill, with the door of the fire.
box of the machine open, wiping the
perspiration off his face and bowling at
the people before him. If live to be a
thousand years old I'll never forget the
ride that Frenchmep gave me on a
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FIELD AND FARM.
Notes for Farmers.

Sugar made from beets is only two
thirds as 5sweet as that made from cane.
Wisconsin cheese factories report an
active season. There is general in
crease in the amount ofmilk delivered.
The asparagus bed will also be consid-
erably benefited by an application of
this compost; or, if this is not at hand,
scrapings of rich earth from the barn
yard or from where manure heap has
stood will answer as we'll, if spread on
from three to four inches Cor more) in
depth. En-
Colman's Rural World: Just before
the last blowing or cultivating of corn
scatter rye at the rate of about bushel
and peck to the acre. It will give ad-
mirable fall, winter and early spring
pasturage, and put all kinds of animals
in first-rate condition. We have prac.
tced this method of seeding to rye for
years with the greatest benefit, and re.
commend it. The same land can be put
in corn next season, and the green rye
turned under in spring is great aid in
fertilizing the soil.
To CURE BEEF,-For one hundred
pounds Of beef, nine pounds of salt, two
ounces of saltpeter, two ounces of black
pepper, and one pint of molassess. Pack
your beef in o cask and put all of this
mixture over il, then pour boiling water
on the beef until covered, cover tight,
and you will have corned beef that will
keep a year. ,&TGt 5
We do not know of any practical
method Of Kidding land of cutworms and
wire-worms. Applying insecticides is
too expensive, and catching by hand
rather laborious and tedious work, be-
cause the game sought is not only small
worms will in most cases be extermin-
ated, or at least disappear, after the
land has been cultivated,sa few years;
but the cutworms are more likely to in
crease.
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Newspaper Honor.
From Col. G. A. Pierce's Address at Fort


A short time ago discussion arose in
Chicago as to the relative duties of law
yers and newspapers, and the following
query occurred to me: What would DO
said of any respectable journal that
should take a fee for trying to make
black appear whitehall should under
take the defense ofa notorious m lrder-
or, for instance. Not secretly, and while
pretending to be impartial-that, of
course would be intensely hypocritical
and dishonorable-but openly and noto-
riously? The accused party would say,
for instance: II want defenders. l
will hire Lawyer Such. IA. One and News
paper So.and So" Whatan outcry would
60 up, and yet what is it that makes
such an act highly dishonorable on the
part OF the newspaper and perfectly
permissible and proper on the part Of
the attorney? Is newspaper honor held
too high? or is legal honor held too low?
believe time will; come when law
yer's duties will be confined to seeing
that murderers and highway robbers
have q fair and just trial according to
law, and when no amount Of money will
be- allowed 10 convert them into paid
eulogies of dangerous men.
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Why He Ran.

An African traveller says that though
he has had many experiences with
snakes, he was never frightened by
them but once, and then he made his
best "record" in running. He thus re-
lates how fear gave him an impetus:
Zone Sunday afternoon" he says, II
took stroll IN some cofee.felds, and
from thence scrambled through the
bush along the bank of small stream.
The day was intensely hot, and the
bush was most agreeable, as leisurely
worked away amid the creepers of
many kinds.
Coming to semi-clear space, Twas
enabled to stand up straight and look
around. Some few yards of / saw the
dark coils of huge snake snuglyl en-
scopced amid the roots Of an old tree,
with his head turned away out of sight.
Having only little stick in my
hand, dared not attack him, but, with
ont thinking, picked up some stones and
began dropping them into his coils.
Suddenly he awoke, instinctively d.
recting his cold CLASSY. eye upon the
offending mortal. I'll!
"Another irritating stone, and his
eyes were bright with passion, his
forked tongue darling in and out, to the
accompaniment Of an occasional hiss.
bad sufficient c0mmon.sense left to
step back few PAGES ere again insult.
ing his snakeship; and well it was I
did so, as, like the lash of a whip when
vigorously used, the fellow uncoiled and
threw himself at me. ataG 4.s4 a
"Ataglance I saw that thei ola man.
ba had been raised. o-,l .5ts !.
mime feet of live snake-fesh tearing
after one relieves the mind of all hes
itancy. turned, bent my head, and
with arms advanced to protect the face,
charged the bush.
"a hasty glance back spurred me on;
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A Speech by John Bright.

The postscript to the great Grafton OF
John Bright before the Glasgow Univer-
sity pleased the students greatly. After
speaking for peace and justice, with
eloquence approaching the sublime,
Lord Rector Bright took his seat amid
universal and enthusiastic cheering.
When quiet was restored he rose again.
and said: .I ar
II am about to tell you very small
anecdote. It bears upon little business
which requires to be done. About sixty
years ago, / suppose was the youngest
and the smallest boy in q very nice
school, in the town in which I lived;
and most venerable and admirable old
lady, the mother OF the master, some-
times was specially friendly to me,
suppose on account of my youth; and I
was commissioned by the boys on more
than one occasion to make my way into
the parlor where the good lady sat, and
to ask her If she would be kind enough
to grant the boys holiday for the after
noon.
"Well, ! see that one touch of nature
makes the whole world kin, and the
school-boy of sixty years ago and the
student of to-day have perhaps an equal
anticipation and pleasure from the ces-
sation of their labor even for day or
for an afternoon.
Perhaps our respected principal
Of the university will allow me to ask
him, or to suggest, if it be not out of or
der, that he will be as kind to you, as
my dear old friend was to me sixty years
ago" Qoud cheers), "and grant you holt
day, which now venture humblv to ask
of him." loud cheers).
Principal Card replied, 81 have an Of.
3clal claim to represent the senate. I
do not know whether I have any claim
to represent the old lady mentioned BY
our Lord Rector; but whether or no. il
not in the name Of the latter, certainly
OF the former, I gladly concede the re-
quest which our rector has done us the
honor TO- make" (Cheers.) "To-mor-
row will therefore be kept az a holiday"
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The SUMS Heat,

In recent lecture on Solar Physics,
at the Royal Institution, Sir William
siemens gives his reasons for setting the
temperature of the philosophers OF the
sun at about $500 degrees, where c., in
stead of about 10000 degrees, where
kosetti and other late investigators put
it. He agrees. in this lower estimate,
with Wolfe, St. Clair, Deville (?), and
Sir William Thompson, and thinks the
solar temperature cannot much, if at all,
exceed that of the most powerful cleo.
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The Shaker Doctrines.

The Shaker doctrines, as now formu-
lated. present the following points: Be-
lief in God who is over all. That in
the Godhead are the male and the fe.
male principles, Father and Mother.
That created by Him, and sent forth by
Him, are many spirits who will guide
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General Toombs' health has improved
and he will not abandon the practice of
law, as had been previously announced.
Forty-four towns of the German EN-
pire have introduced the system Of
street.car railways, and many more are
about to do go, =
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Giving the Eggs Rest.
One might very naturally suppose that
an article 90 common an d abundant az