The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

II know they wanted to come live
with me and play with me-" said Pol
ly, when she told her mother all abou,
1t that night on her return to the farm.
Well, they did come to live with he1
at last, but it was not till many years
after, when the dear grandmother had
gone to live among the real angels.
Then the chintz curtains we're takeI
down and folded away. And nov they
belong to Polly, who sometimes take.
them from their box and looks at them
and feels like little girl again.
Trades For American Boys.
St. Nicholas.
The trades in our country, of late
years, have almost been monopolized
by foreigners. The American boy,
however, when he does take trade,
goes straight on to the top of the lad
der. II seems. as if our boys would
rather be fourth rate lawyers or ply
clans than earn their living by work
'rg with their hands. Only the other
da. read N New York newspaper
a o1ng lawyer in a distant city,
W. on knew some years ago when I
$ del n that section of the country,
Who literally starved to death. He
mad, scarcely any money, was too
proud to |. # his want, lived as long
as he u d on CT tckers and water, and
was found one u" in his Office, dead
from lack Ct nour shment. He should
never have tnte ed tae legal profess
sion, for lie hal no alb tv in that d.
rect!on. A, Il far ne r. mechanic
he ight have | se lon useful and
successful l. fe. No b.. Cf course,
should enter a ira e unl s, he feels
himself fitted for t; .ut. IN III. other
hand, he should not. Sc ms tt me,
let the false pride aga n Ill la
Dor, which now pr.va Is o 5 c.. W de
extent in our country revent nj
from endeavor.ng 10 d. better work
with his hands than n hs nmO
thoughts he knows ho c:n d. VIII b ;
head.
Oyster FarmilS.
Harpcr's Young People.
In addition to natural o se,r be l.
there are many "oyster farm - wh*re
these delicious mollusks are re 5ularl'
cultivated. Stakes are driven the
mud in shallow water, and branche, oi
trees, rough boards, or stones a {
placed between them for the baby $.
ters to fasten themselves to. When
the nursery is ready several boat-loa IL
of oysters are dropped near the spot.
They increase and grow rapidly, being
ready for the table in from two to
three years.
Oysters are generally fished with
dredge. AS this instrument is drag
ged over the bed the teeth pull up the
oysters. both large and small, from
ther rest ng place. Those that are
too young for market are thrown back
into the water, and if they fall on
suitable surface they will attach them
selves and continue TO grow. Many
of them, however, s. nix in the mud and
are suftocated.
The process of dredging is also des-
truchve to the oysters which remain
on the bed, as they are roughly torn
from each other and dragged into the
mud. Here they cannot open Their
valves without admitting the mud, and
this is certain death to the oyster.
Oysters are highly esteemed for food
on account of their dclc'o Gus flavor,
and the demand for them is constant.
ly increasing. 1h;s leads to excess
i've fishing Of the oyster beds, and in
many places tho beds yield a much
smaller supply than formerly. Such
is the case with many of the European
oyster beds. The French government
has been obliged to take control of it's
shores and to enforce certain laws witt
regard to fishing them.
The Tell-Tale.
With the aid of pa r Of compasses
or pencil and a bit of string. carefully
draw two concentr:c half-circleS; that
is, from the same center, and one
about half an inch within the other:
The size of the design makes but little
difference, but the result is more easi-
ly seen if the diagram is as large as
convenient DIVIDE this double half
circle into number of compartments,
and in each place letter OF the alpha
cy may d :ctate, the object beng that
there shall be no possible mistak:ng of
one compartment for another. kule
straight Lines from each compartment
to the common center. Now take
small button-a shoe-button is as good
as ahy-and fasten a BIT of fine silk
thread about eight inches long to it,
making knot in each end of the
thread. Now, let one of the party take
the thread by the end and hold it so
fir above the figure that the button
shall hang about an inch and a half
aonc the paper. Let him fix his mind
r firmly upon one of the compart-
ments and then close his eyes. Very
so IN tue luton VIII develop pendu-
luz Ae n: ot;on, and before long, gen.
erall in about three minutes, it will
beg Il to move toward the compart-
ment of VII oh he holder is thinking.
1t rea lr eeirs. the first glance, that
the button sli is influenced by the
unconsc ous xert On of will on the
part of the ex er II enter But close
Investigation W reveal the fact that
the hand o;cs " tt 81 ght tremu-
lou> mot on, " h.ch. b NJ Transmitted
through the the tlr Il moves the
button. Much anu ement can be had
by putting the names of t:.e people in
the compartments . I'll then en- of
which one the expcr mclt;r is tn nl.
ing.