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Italian D%egeneracy.

The Italian workman in his native
land is a simple, honest person, who
will do his work conscientiouslv and
we'll. If, however, he emigrates to
this country and lives here for any
length of time he becomes democrat
lied. He is unwilling to work except
at the highest attainable wages. and
he loses his habit Of conscientious,
faithful labor.
OF this painful degeneracy the case
evidence. An Italian resident of this
city, desiring to have his son-in-law
stabbed, applied to Mr.. Spade, who
has the reputation of being a skillful
workman, to execute the job. In
Naples no honest man would have the
impudence to ask more than so for
so simple an act as the stabbing of
another man in the same rank of life.
MI. Spade, however, had resided for
some time in this country, and instead
Of charging for any specified job its
fair value he preferred to charge the
highest possible price. He actually
demanded $1,000 for killing a single
son-in-law. and when he was indig-
nantly called an extortioner he cyni-
caily admitted the fact. After much
bargaining, however. he finally low
cred his demand, and consented to
perform the job for $500, his employer
to furnish the tools. There is no pos
sible defense for such conduct. Mr..
Spade knew that he was charging an
eNtortionate price, and that nothing
but the necessities of his employer
could trIraa fl,a 1otta,. To r;ro hi- -
sent. Even at this stage Of the affair
Mr.. Spade showed that he had no con
science. and a little later he showed
that he had no sense of shame.
After taking the $500 and a new
knife. Mr.. Spade was bound by every
sentiment of honor and decency to 90
and kill the man. His employer had
| put full confidence in him. and unless
full confidence can always exist be-
tween employers and braves the trade
of the latter must at no distant day
prove a failure. Instead of justifying
this confidence by stabbing the son-m-
law in q workman-like way, Mr.. Spade
actually went to him and agreed
doubtless for q consideration-not to
stab him. Worse than all, Mr.. Spade
went further and betrayed his en-
ploycr-an act that, had it been COM
mitted in Naples, would have caused
his expulsion from the Camorra and
made him the scorn of every honor
able bravo.
Very likely Mr.. Spade has benefited
his pocket by coming to America, but
in common with many of his fellow
immigrants, he has unquestionably
lowered his moral tone. He is an ex-
tortioner, for he demanded $1,000 for
job that he knew was not intrinsically
worth more than $40; and he is a dis
honest man. for he failed to do his
duty and he betrayed his employer.
Perhaps he is now priding himself on
his superiority as a money maker to
the modest Cammorista of Naples, but
the day will come when this extortioner
and traitor will envy the calm con-
science of the humble and happy Neo-
politan, who is contented with a fee of
80 and who faithfully stabs the man
whom he has been hired to stab.-NeW
| York Times.
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Spiritual and Temporal Power.

Spain has, like some other Catholic
powers, to Ambassadors in Rome-one
accredited TO The Quirinal, the other
to the Vatican: and as they both live
in the same building the Spanish En-
bassy is, fromthe official point of view,
a house divided against itself. The
King was invited the other day to
visit the exhibition of pictures opened
in the Embassy for the benefit Of the
Granada sufferers; and it was at first
arranged that he should pass through
the ante-cbamber of the suite of rooms
occupied by the Ambassador accred-
tied to the Pope. AS soon, however,
as the contemplated proclamation came
to the knowledge of the Vatican, it
provoked such a vehement protest
that the arrangement was abandoned,
and a new door was especially opened
in the building for the King and Queen.
-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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The Duration of Vars

The Pal Mall Gazette, in attacking
G%ladstone's government for d%ilatori-
ness. gives this as the admiralty's pro-
gramme of ship-building. Forty
eight new ships ordered, December ;,
1854; tenders accepted for six new
ships, March 5-ninety-three DAYS.
Not n of these forty-eight new ships
has as yet even been begun, for it
takes longer to draw up a speciica-
ton and accept q tender than it does
to lose an empire As to the chances
OF augmentlng the feet in war time.
there is caution to be learned for Pow
ers neither isolated nor stronger on
land than the expected invader. To
show that modern European wars are
short and sharp, glance at the follow
ing dates: France and Austria war
declared May 3, 1859; decisive battle,
Solterino. June 24-tifty-two DAYS.
D~ano-ierman war declared January
l6, 1864. decisive battle, fall of Dup
pei. April 1S-nlnety-three days. Aus
tro-Prussian war declared June 16,
1869; decisive battle, Sadowa, Jnly s.
seventeen days. Austro-ltalian wal
declared June 20, 1860; decisive battle,
LISA, July 20-thirty days. Franco.
German war declared July Is, 1870;
decisive battle, Sedan. September 9
f%orty-nine days.
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Origin of Carriages.

The Oldest carriages. used by the
ladies of England, were called wh;rli-
cotes. These became unfashiohable
after Ann, the daughter of Charles ".
and queen of Richard II, about the
end OF the fourteenth century, show
ed the ladies how gracefully they
could ride on a side saddle. Coaches
were first known in England in the
year 1880. They were introduced
from Germany by the Earl of Arundel.
They came into general use among
the nobility in the year 1905. The
celebrated Duke of Buckingham was
the first who rode in a coach of sis
horses; to ridlcule this pomp. the Earl
of Northumberland put eight horses
to his carriage. Coaches let to hire
were first established in London in
1925. There were only twenty o.
them kept at the principal inns, Ii
theyear 1887 there were fifty hackne,
coaches; in 1864 there were two hun.
dred; in 1854 they were limited te
sever hundred; and in 1855 to eight
hundred; there are now eleven hun.
dred.
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Cheerfulness,

There are those who firmly believe
that to laugh would be a breach Of
manly or womanly dignity, and they
who entertain such an opinion, move
solemnly and sedately along the path.
way of life, glanclng neither to the
right nor to the left, lest the eye might
behold something tending TO counter
balance the gravity which they be-
lieve to be truly essential to the pro.
per existence Of a rational being.
Every tendency to mirth is suppress
ed. every craving for a relief from the
cares and sorrows of earth is looked
upon as unworthy and selfish, and the
unhappy victim lives on-a hermit in
the abodes of men-crushing the beau
tiful of life because they do not di-
rectly contribute to the sterner realities
Of existence,-never gazing upon the
lovely cloud paintings which the sun
set throws in gorgeous colors upon
the dome of heaven, only looking up
ward when the shades of night have
mantled the face of beauty,-neve
listening to the musical throated w
blers of the forest whose swelling me-
lodious notes are pealing forth their
Plaise auu lnaHkluilesS never . Il
moment drinking in the freshness of
green leaves and newly painted
emerald verdure in woodland and
Notwithstanding the air without
a thought of its purity and sweetness.
not caring to listen to Natures
thousand voices of melody, but NOV
ing automatically upon this earth, the
fairest of Gods creations, striving to
shut out all its brightness, ali its
glory. all its beauty. everything but
its sadness, sorrow and decay.
On the ooher hand, a word of eau
ton.
Life with all its charms has many
cares and trials. 1t has it's storm as
well as its sunshine, its midnight as
well as its MONDAY, its dirge as well
as its epithalamium. And, while we
should not give ourselves entirely
away to grief, neither should we do
so to joy, remembering that the gold
en- means is most conducive to earth.
ly happiness, as well as, for that pre-
p~aration for the future life that awaits
us all. Cultivate sunshine in the
heart, which ever gives a radiant pre-
sence, filling u lives with peace. as
well as the lives of those around u.s.
Frank Il. Fenno in 81. Louis Maya
ziNe.
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THE HOUSE OF ORANGE

4 Short sketch Of an Historic Noble Family.
The house Of Orange, writes w. T.
Hewett in Harper's Magazine for
March, is %inseparably identified with
European history in the past three
hundred years; to it Inc independence
Of the Netherlands is due, and many
of the great influences that have at
fected continental politics. Under
the lead of William the Silent liberty
of conscience vas established against
the tyranny of Spain, and republi.
can government instituted in Europe,
while under William III. the Stuart
dynasty was driven from the English
throne, and the vast designs of Louis
XIV. successfully resisted.
The family derives its name from the
principally OF Orange, in Province,
in southern France. In that country,
full of the remains of Roman glory,
the language of which is still an echo
of the Latin, is the city and castle of
Orange, where the family had its
home one thousand years ago.
The mountains around are gray and
stony, burned by the sun and swept
by the hot, fierce breath of the sirocco.
The hillsides are covered with olive
trees, and the valleys are deep and
green, with shaded water-courses.
Above the present city of Orange
rises the white walls of the Roman
theater, visible for may leagues; and
an ancient triumphal arch of remarka-
bic perfection stands close beside the
palace of the princes of Orange.
Avignon the former home of luxury
and excess in the long days of the
papal exile. is not far away, while
spots sacred to Petrarch and Laura,
that a be traced even now IN the
poets song, lie just beyond the hill.
The rulers of this little independent
sovereignty were knights of Charlie
mango at Roncesvalles and leaders in
the crnsades.
The epics and songs of the French
and Provencal minstrel extol the valor
of William of Orange of the Short
Nose, who captured the city and it's
shining marble tower, Glorietta, from
the Saracens, who fought against the
Moors in Spain, and laid conquered
Kingdoms at his masters feet, and who
died in sanctity as the holy abbot of
st. Gellone. A poor monk, it is true,
-S AssN ~ abS LNlSC do IluCu
meat as the other brethren, and was
boisterous when he did not have wine;
but he gave them all fair warning
when he took the cowl that if they
wished to get along we'll with him they
must let him have his own way. and
not throw him into a passion, lest a
warlike spirit prevail in their peace
full abode.
The rulers of this state grew in
wealth and power, and the family name
was carried by marriage to the house
Of Baux and Chalons, ana thence to it's
German branch in the lords of Nassau
Dillenburg. Henry of Nassau, the
governor OF Charles ", to whom
more than all others he owed the i'm.
perial crown, acquired the vast pos
sessions of the house of Chalons-
Orange; and through his son Rene. his
vast estates and titles were bequathed
to his cousin William of Nassau, a lad
II years of age, who thus became
prince OF Orange. Account in Germany,
he was a prince in France, and heir to
a score of titles, dukedoms, counties,
and baronies in the Netherlands.
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ton OF rats. Common wire rat-trap 5
are useful for disposing Of this mar.
mot where it is not necessary to wager
wholesale war against it. This is a
most beautiful species; the color above
is dark brown banded withlight stripes,
alternating with lines of dots. The
head and body measures six inches,
the tail four inches in length. The
stiped gopher is a western species,
found in prairie districts west of the
Mississippi river, and north of the
state OF Arkansas. \
The gray gopher is much larger
than the preceding species, measuring
quite ten inches from point of the
nose TO roo of tail; the tail is five and
one-half inches long. The general
color is yellowish gray, notified with
brown. This is the common gopher
OF Illinois and the Northwestern states,
and is well known to all the farmers
of that region. Though often a de-
structive nuisance, this marmot has
some good traits; it is fond of grubs
aud weeyils, and destroys large num-
bers OF the pests. Its general food,
breeding HABITS, and mode of burrow-
ing, CLOSELY resembles thOSe OF the
striped gopher, and itmay be disposed
OF in the same II when too nu-
merous But its appetite for grubs
should be remembered, and the little
animal should not be too relentlessly
prosecuted. The cry of this marmot
is a hoarse chatter. quite unlike the
musical seek-seek of the striped species.
During the winter season all the mar
mot squirrels retire to their burrows,
not showing themselves until spring;
they either strictly hibernate, or at
least spend the cold months in a con-
dition Of lethargy, living on the store
OF food they have provided during the
summer. The gophers have many
enemies among the falcons, snakes,
weasels and other carniverous animals.
Their most relentless foe is the Ameri-
can badger( 7a1idea Anericana) which
quickly digs them out of their burrows
by charging their holes to admit his
W body, he beng one of the most
expert miners in the world. The gray
gopher is good eating; when fat: quite
equal to gray squirrel IN flavor. All
the marmots are readily tanned. and
make interesting, clearly and affec.
tionate pets.-American Culttuator.
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A Newspaper Without an Edltor.

A newspaper IN Madrid, called the
Correspondence, is peculiar in its way.
1t has the largest circulation of n
paper in the capital, reaching 200, 600
to 100000 a day. 1t has no editor, but
q dozen wide-awake reporters, who
scour the town for every kind OF in.
formation. They come to the office
and drop their manuscripts in a bag,
and there they stay until the foreman
wants copy. Everything is then
thrown into the forms without regard
to order or ANYTHING else, and the
paper is read from end to end in spite
of the fact.-H. Louis Globe Democrat.
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The Gopher Family.

The striped gopher is an exceeding.
~ active species of marmot squirrel.
It prefers prairie regious for its home,
and digs deep burrows with many
branches. ITS food consists of seed.
roots, grain, and the like. which it
carries to its abode in its roomy cheek
pouches, When this animal is found
in large numbers e a grain fields and
vegetable gardens, it is not a little de-
%structiye, much p%referring cultivated
vegetables to grass seeds and roots.
The striped gopher produces from
three to ten young at a birth. For
the wholesale destruction of this spe-
cies in localities where it is really a
pest, I know Of no better method than
the use of a staunch ferret and a couple
Of strong rat-killing terriers. The
mode of using both will at once
suggest itself, being precisely the
same as is adopted for the extermina-
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The Mahdi's Military Resources.

The Mahdi's military resources in.
clude 1880 Egyptian regulars. who
were originally taken prisoners or de.
serted to the Mahdl's camp. II is not
known, even at Enolish headnn,rtars
IN the Soudan. how many native war
riors have Joined Mohammed Acbmed
but he possesses armaments for an al.
most unlimited number,
Besides the arms and eo,inn,on+s ~
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A Hint to Young Women.

No wise young woman will marry a
mar who treats his mother or sisters
with disrespect or neglect. Not one
mar in a hundred of that class will
make even a decent husband. Power
ty is not a bar to marriage. but mean
ness, or drunkenness, or laziness, or
the lack of the virtues first mentioned,
is, which neither good looks, money,
nor family connection should be al
lowed to influence. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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In 1884 there were 75s, 137, 900 pounds of
nails manufactured in the United States. The
large amount is accounted for by the fact that
1t was a presidential year and there was an un-
usual demand to nail campaign lies.-Teras
SUtings.
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"NOt the American WaY.n

Probably no unphysical argument
addressed TO genuine %dynamiters
would be likely to have any powerful
effect. But words may not be entirely
misapplied when addressed to certain
American politicians who seem at
times to hesitate in their attitude to-
ward dynamiters themselves, the
aiders and aDettors of dynami.ers, or
the sentimental sympathizers with
such outlaws. The reason for hesita-
ton is generally obvious. 1t is a qucs
ton of political votes-of personal o.
OF party success.
Well, there is one thing to be said
to such doubling and h~esitatlng poll
ticians: Gentlemen, you are making
a mistake. To use an expression
made popular, We believe, by General
Hawley some years ago in regard to a
very different question, ~dynamiting
is no the american Way!!" The
methods of the assassin, of the sneak
ing and cowardly murderer, are not,
and never will be, popular in this
country. 1t is true that two of our
Presidents have met their death at the
hands of the illegal takcr of life, but
there was no popular support to either
mad and murderous act. Llnch-law,
on u borders especially. has had toe
much vogue, but this is decreasing.
and there is a long distance between
l%ynching a villain who it is feared may
escape justice, and the dastardly and
reckless use of explosives. where in
valuable works OF art, and innocent
men, women, and children, together
with the supposed ''oppressor.' are
contounded in a common destruction.
Let the question once be brought to
an issue in u American commune
ties. and the politician who hesitates
to denounce dynamite. and all that
goes with it,-all cowardly and con-
~scienceless attempts to settle either
public or private questions by means
of private and secret violence.-sucil
a man is lost. He will find too late
that his Difference to an un%reasoning,
brutal, and restricted sentiment has
brought him into contact with the
great, SQUAD, uncowardly. law-abiding
sentiment of the people of these
United States.-IHe Century for Ay1il.
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N1IS5ib axI1xK.
- Cadhvators and

1iaEGa-lAen Mi1dls and Small Breeds.
notwithstanding the superiority of
a6o1K6aNls tho black breeds Of pigs, and
51ifilltNessof the fact that the color, un
IN beauty, Is not even sskin-deep,'
~ blacklist pigs dressing quite as
Wits e the w66itest, there i, il this
country, Ia the Northern States at
least. y prejudice against black pigs.
SInSthe Southern States, in localities
where the pigs d at large, and tho
Raint-root grows, it is black pigs or
none at all. White pigs, if they feed
upon Paint-root (LdcAnanthes tisc-
tk0fid9, become completely blind, and
their hoofs drop of, while the black
pigs d eat the plant without appar-
0nt injury. This singular fact ac-
counts for the prevalence Of black pigs
In many Southern localities. There
~ counties in England in which there
are prejuices against white animals,
and Others in which only black pigs
are tolerated, While in the Western
States the prejudice against swine that
are black, In whole or in part, is rapid
~ disappearing, it remains quite
strong In many of the older States
where those who keep but few swine,
or whosraise the family pig" almost
invariably prefer white animals. Not
withstnnding that the black pigs pre-
sent some of the most striking illus
trations of skillful breeding, and are
the perfection Of form. and Of swinish
beauty, people / prejudiced against
them BY early associations. Their
tirst knowledge of pigs was gained
from white ones, aud in their minds,
white Is the proper color for pigs.
Ihe number of so-called breeds of
swhitespigs known in England, was at
one time very large; a slight variation,
such A we may expect in a strain,
Mas given a distinctive local name,
and called q breed. English breeders
took q long step in simplifying pig
nomenclature when they grouped pigs
by their colors and sizes, and gave us
large and small breeds Of white pigs.
I'm 1852, . we'll known English breeder
exhibited at one Of the important fairs,
several pigs Of extraordinary merit,
but too large to be JUDGED among the
small white breed, and not large
enough Tor the Large Whites. The
animals were 10 remarkably fine that
they could not be disqualified. The
judges met the difficulty by making a
third class, calling it the Middle White
breed. Since then, while only the
large and small black breeds have
been admitted, the white pigs have
three breeds, the Large, Middle and
Small White.
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A dentist is no chicken. He is always .
puli-it.-Boston Globe.
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Sunflower seeds are excellent to mix
with poultry food. The mammoth
Russian suna1ower is the best to raise
for this purpose.
Every veterinarian in the country
takes strong ground against the use Of
the over check rein. 1t is both bar
barious and useless.
The Germantown 1elegrupM thinks
salt would be a valuable application to
the squash plants to prevent the raw
ages of the maggot which works at
the root and below the surface of the
ground.
Dealers in butter in New York,
whore they have q law squarely pro-
hibiting the sale of oleOmargarine ana
other imitation butter, state that the
honest enforcement Of the law is hav-
Ing the effect OF increasing the demand
Tor genuine dairy butter.
San Jose Times MercHyyIn answer
TO 4 subscriber as to when the Goblin
moth and ~phylloxcra appear. we have.
TO suggest: They appear whenever
they take 3 notion. and are apt to,
come any day IN the year. Horticult-
slrista must be or the lookout all the
mime.
dendy soil Is notlgood for an orch
SNSas though good orchards sometims
1krt0ws on such coils. Clay soil is we'll
sadaptSd To ruit. especiallysto plunls.
0ArDcky soils the apple tree is 1T
home; Baldwins especially succeed on
sasN lAnds.snccessfu fruit caltiva-
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how to Get Early Garden Crops.

There are many ways of getting
early crops, or Of try ing to get them,
such as starting the plants in the house
or hot-bed, and covering them with
glass. etc. after they are set out. But
when these methods are not adopted,
thore Is still q chance to have early
vegetables and agood garden. 1t is
simply to select the warmest and dri.
sest soil, and SOW or plant early. 1t is
1Ct5desirable or wise to sow or plant
sfh0 main crops before the soil is in
good working condition. But for q
few early crops on a small scale, we
can well afford to run a little risk of
losing q seed by to early sowing.
One thing however shouldno be W
looked: Do not depend on this early
sowing, bat SOW OF plant again q lit
tie later when the soil and weather
are favorable. Ii the first SOW
ing succeeds. you are SO much ahead;
It'll fails, you have lost only the seed
and your labor. You can we'll afford
to run this risk. There are'some crops
which can be sown the moment the
frost is ont Of the soil, with little or no
risk, Among these we mention peas,
cabbage, caulitiower, spinach, onions,
lettuce, celery. beet, carrot. parsnip,
etc. Its seldom that these crops are
hurt BY early frost. Last year a frost
m May destroyed many cabbage plants
but this is q very unusual occurrence
Among the crops which we should re-
ssow.swithort waiting to . If the first
sowing viii escape, + beets, radish-
cabbage, caulilower, beans and
sANseaf corn.