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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS

Queen Victoria's personal household,
in which there are 1000 persons, costs
nearly $4,000, 900 year.
It was once customary to swear by the
beard. In the reign of Elizabeth OF Eng
land, dyeing the beard was fashionable
custom.
The largest literary work in the world
is Chinese encyclopedia of 5000 vol
umes. a set of which has recently been
added to the British museum library.
The smallest book in the world is IN
the possession of the Earl OF Dutterln,
It is an edition of the sacred book OF the
sikhs, and is said to be only half the size
Of postage stamp.
Arace of hairless Americans is threat
ened. It has been estimated that already
one. half the adult men of American Dlrtn
living in our cities are bald, and badness
is extremely liable to be propogated IN
the male line, and to appear little
earlier in each successive generation.
One of the first appeals of one natioI
to the others, as if they formed one COM
monwealth. was in the twelfth century
and in the thirteenth century we find the
good king, St. Louis of France, chosen
arbitrator between Henry III. of England
and his barons. In 1856 Edward Ill:
made an appeal to call Christendom"
against John of France, as II certain
bond united all European people.
Palmetto cockades, which w>re won
in the Southern States, were made OF
blue silk ribbons, with button in the
centre bearing the image of palmetto
tree. They were also called secession
cockades. Secession bonnets, made oy
a northern milliner in Charleston, were
worn by the ladies' of that city on the
streets Immediately after the passage OF
the ordinance of secession.
The largest circus in Paris accommo'
dates only 1000 people, while one IN
ancient Rome could hold over $50, 600,
where from 100 to 400 lions were let
loose at a time. Augustus filled the
arena once with 5000 wild animals, and
one Probus got up a free fight between
1000 wild boars, 1000 stays, 1000 rams
and 1000 ostriches, and the occupants
of the upper galleries-the gods-had
the right to shoot arrows and Javelins
into the melee.
The "Great Tun," of Heidelberg is one
of the wonders of that romantic town,
and is preserved in the cellars of its half:
ruined castle. 1t is thirty and half
feet high, and twenty-three feet in diam.
eter, and holds 81, $50 gallons. 1t cost
fifty thousand dollars. 1t was last filled
in i769; but in view Of the five hun
dredth anniversary of the university,
which takes place this year, the munici.
pality will fill it with "wine of good
quality, to he sold at remarkable price. I"
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A Cavalry Charge.

Night had closed in on the second
DAVIS fight at Nashville by the time Gen.
eral Edward Hatch had managed to
mount a portion of his fine fighting d.
vision and was feeling his way in the
gloom along the Granny White pike. His
advance encountered breastwork OF
rails, behind which the enemy were en-
deavoring to rally their broken bat
talions. Without a moments hesitation
Hatch ordered mounted charge, and
the horses literally tore the barricade to
kindling wood, and soon Union and Con-
federate troopers were mingled together
in dire confusion. Like Donnybrook
fair, the men struck at head where 1t
could be seen, while the officers were
vainly trying to rally their commands
Union officers mistaking Confederates for
their own men. Confederate officers rally
ing Union troopers, when some one
would ride close up and in laconic but
pungent Saxon inquire, "Who are you,
anyhow" and then would follow a
breast-thrust or pistol-shot and renewed
tumult and confusion.
In the midst of this maddening strug-
gle Union officer, whose name has es-
capped the writer, who otherwise would
gladly add laural to his chaplet of
honor, encountered Confederate General
Rucker, and there at once ensued duel
on horseback, such as perhaps was never
seen before. The two powerful men
closed in deadly conflict, striking, thrust
ing, parrying with the rapidity of light
ming. Urging their horses together,
they grasped each others swords with
the disengag hand, and wrestling from
the other his weapon, they renewed the
conflict, each trying to kill the other with
his own captured blade. 1t is difficult
to say who would have conquered in
this peculiar combat had not Union
trooper shot the gallant Rucker through
the arm, and, disabling him, forced his
surrender. Rucker spent the night at
General J. II. Wilson's quarters, where
he received all possible attention, and
was sent nent morning to a hospital in
Nashville. He was a courteous gentle
man, and won the respect of his captors.
Washington Star.
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Transplanting Trees.

Of all practices connected with trans
planting, says Josiah Hopes, in the New
York Tribune, that of allowing tree roots
to dry when out of the ground is about
the most reprchensible. In bad cases,
when the bark is shriveled, nothing will
renew vitality but burying the entire
tree, root and brahch, in trench, having
thoroughly soaked the soil in advance.
If not the best rule, it is at least safe to
transplant deciduous trees soon after the
ground is reasonably dry in early spring,
and evergreens later but before growth
begins. Magnolias may prove an excep-
tion to the first, owing to their soft sue
culent roots being susceptible of decay
when not growing.
No use digging deep holes for trees
the small feeding roots keep close to the
surface, always waiting for fresh nutri-
ment and moisture. Make the hole wide
if you wish, and fill in with good mellow
soil, but only sufficiently deep
to allow the tree 20 stand pre-
cisely as before removal. Deep
holes are an injury in many cases, as the
fresh soil will sink after heavy rains, TAX
ing the tree with it, and thus bury the
roots several inches lower than is re-
quired. Rich soil at an unnecessary depth
inclines the roots to run deep in search
of nourishment, and thus debars them
from proximity to the air.
1t is not so difficult to transplant oaks
as many persons suppose, provided care
be taken not to mutilate the roots in dig
ging, nor to permit them to dry when out
Of the ground. Exposing roots to the air
for an unnecessary length of time is sure
death to almost any tree. Oaks are real
ly as easily moved as any forest tree, pro-
vided they have been frequently trans
planted, beginning with the seeding, of
say two years growth, and performing
the operation every two or three years.
In place of the iginal solitary taproot
they will form mass of rootlets and
small fbrcs, which insurcs the life of the
tree. Careless digging of any trees is a
fruitful cause of failure.
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Poultry Notes.

The situation for the fowlhousc should
always lie chosen in a dry place; better
still if placed upon elevat d ground. 1t
should face east and south if possible, in
order to catch the rays of the morning sun,
and that the flock may enjoy the sun
warmth in the afternoon in winter.
Stagnant or damp soil beneath the hen
house is bad for poultry. They cannot be
kept healthy in such situation. The best
soil for the hennery to occupy is dry,
sandy or gravelly one. A wet. soggy
foundation to the hennery is fatal to the
well-being of the stock confined in it.
Light, warmth from the sun s rays, thor
ough ventilation, and an interior that can
always be kept dry, are the prime needs
for good healthy fowlhouse.
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Don't Punish the Cow.

Does your COW cringe and curl and ap-
pear nervous and fdgety when you sit
down to milk her? Does she keep STEP
ping, and occasionally raise her foot to
the top of the pail, much to the peril of
its contents, as well as to your own peace
of mind2 If so do not give her 'piece
of your mind in the shape of heavy
blow with your fist or milking-stool, or a
kick with your hard boot, but just look
at your finger nails and see if they are
not getting long and sharp. If they are,
pare them down the first thing you do;
then begin carefully and quietly to draw
the milk. Cows seldom kick unless they
are hurt in some way or expect to be hurt.
Mems fingers are not all shaped alike,
some having short, stubbed ends with
nails that wear off as fast as they grow !;
others have long, slender fingers, with
sharp nails to correspond. Some mixers
keep their nails pared close, while others
pay but little attention to them. Long,
sharp nails cause great many COWS to
rebel against being MIXED. If your hired
men do the milking, see that they are
thoughtful and merciful in the matter of
the care of the finger ends.-New Eng
land Farmer.
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A DISASTROUS. FIRE.
Eighty Houses in Lacrosse, Wis.,,
Succumb to the Flames.
One Thousand Men out Of Work and
400 People Rendered Homeless

One of the most disastrous conhagratlons
that ever visited Wisconsin broke out the
other morning in John Paul's mill at La-
crosse and swept southwark, destroying the
mill and several million feet of lumber be-
longing to Mr.. Paul Thence it swept to the
yards and mill of c. L. Colman, destroying
everything to the river and for
two blocks to the southwark The
flames leaped rapidly from one pile to
another despite the exertions of the entire
fire department. All the steamers were
brought into service and all the power that
could be obtained from the mill pumps, the
city water works and the local hydrants.
The scene about the conhagration became
thrilling. Thousands of people thronged
housetops to witness the confa-
grafton. The fire originated from
spark from the mill stacks or from
the furnaces. In fifteen minutes the mill was
doomed. and in thirty minutes it fell in ruins
with all its splendid machinery. There was
no staying the progress of the flames which
jumped to the great pile Of lumber and
in an hour made a seething sea of
flames against the heat of which no
fireman could stand. 1le WIND was blowing
fresh from the north and the flames moved
steadily southwest. All efforts to stop them at
Colman's mill proved futile. The immense
structure was soon a mass of fire. The plan
ing mill adjoining was also caught The
workmen and the fire department then turned
their attention toward Cass street, where
force of men were set to work to tear down
the lumber piles, that the flames might be
stopped there. All hope of saving the i'm
mediate property was abandoned. A train
of eight cars belonging t. the Milwaukee and
st. Paul road was consumed.
At 9 o'clock it was evident that the large
factory of Segelke, Kohlurs & Co. was
doomed. The blaze broke out in the store
house of the sash factory in Second street,
causing fame of fire one block in length.
The four-story house and sheds burned with
lightning rapidity, anl people east of Second
street began moving ont
The fire was completely under control he
fore o'clock. The departments from Wi
mona, Mimi, and Sparta, rendered excellent
aid A careful estimate of the loss places it
at 81 ,00o, 600. of which, as individual heavy
losers, Z. L. Colman is greatest, his loss
being S400,000. with no insurance. John
Paul's loss, mill and 5000, 900 feet of lumber,
is estimated at s1500OO. insured for 100000.
The fire laid waste ten blocks, which included
two of the largest lumber-yards in Wiscon-
sin and some eighty small houses. Fully
1000 men are thrown out of employment and
400 persons rendered homeless
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FARM AND HOUSE.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE
FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE
Pumpkins as a Crop.

Pumpkins may be made most valu-
able crop for feeding COWS and are in
valuable for swine, a. they are healthful
and fattcning and provide considerable
nitrogcnous elements in their seed which
offsets the want of these in the corn. The
diuretic effect of the seed is also useful
as assisting to carry off impure matter
from the blood. This effect of the seed,
popularly supposed to be injurious to
cows, is only so when the seed is eaten
in excessive quantity. as when it is
thrown out from pumpkins prepared for
drying. An acre of pumpkins planted
without any other crop may be expected
to yield twenty to forty tons, according
to the fertility of the soil and the cult
vation given. Six and seven feet apart
is good distance for the hills. This
gives 1000 to the acre, and five sixteen
pound pumpkins to the hill is not an un-
common crop under favorable circum-
stances. The common field pumpkin is
the best kind, being soft and easily
broken, and having no hard indigestible
rind, as the cheese pumpkin has.-Ne1o
York. Times.
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Household Hints.

A notable housekeeper says that stock
ings that have served their purpose and
are not serviceable for poor persons, are
useful for iron-holdcrs. They should be
cut down the seam and smoothly folded,
with the foot inside. The edges should
be firmly overcast with strong linen
thread. Slip covers for iron-holders are
admirable. They may be made of stout
gray linen in bag shape. They are
Slipped over the iron-holder and tackled
at the open end.
To remove glass stopper, drop some
glyccrine in the surrounding cre7ice and
after an hour or two it will loosen.
Nellie H. says: "When wash dishes,
having on a clean dress, I draw over the
sleeves pair of old clean stocking tops,
hemmed at the bottom. These are easily
drawn on and off, and since fashion re-
ouires that sleeves be worn too tight to
roll up, I can thus avoid changing my
DRESS"
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THE GREAT STRIKE.
Statements Of the knights of Labor
and Jay Gould.

Statements Of the knights of Labor
and Jay Gould.
There was resumption of the railroad
strike in the Southwest on the 5th, the fol-
lowing being the text of statement issued
by the general executive board Of the
Knights of Labor
"At the conference held in New York be-
tween Gould and associates and the general
executive board the following was mutually
agreed upon:
H.That the officials were willing to meet q
committee of employees without discrimina-
ton, who are actually in the employ of the
road at the time such committee is appointed,
to adjust with them any grievance they may
have
1.-THE executive board. upon arriving in
st. Louis, having been informed that Mr..
Hoxie had refused to comply with the agree
ment as all parties to the conference under
stood it, waited upon him to ascertain his in
tentions of carrying out the same, and
received the following reply: That only fifty
per cent of the former force would be en-
ployed; that he would consider personal ap-
plications only and use his own pleasure in
acting on them, without the dictation of any
society
"This being in direct violation of the agree
ment the general board believes that the re-
fusal was for the purpose of stock jobbing,
using the organization as a veil to further
their ends. We, therefore, recall the order
given to the men to return to work. the road
having made it impossible to fulfil the same.
The matter now stands as it did before the
order to resume work was lssued-in the
hands of those interested, and the general
board will render all aSSistanc, to carry out
the demand of the men for Justice"
Mr.. Jay Gould was interviewed in New
York regarding the charge made by Secre-
tary Turner, Of the Knights of Labor, that
Mr.. Hoxie was not acting in conformity with
the terms of the agreement entered into at
the New York conference. Mr. Gould said !:
"The stenographer's notes of the New
York conference show that there was no
agreement, direct or implie |, that the COM
pany would take all men back, with some
Comparatively few exceptions On the con-
tee expected the company to take back
any men not needed on any who had
had anything to do with dam
age to the property of the company or OBJ
struction to the running of it's trains. Pow
derly said if the company would supply him
with the names of the law breakers they
would be expelled from the order. The whole
committee was very positive that its orders
to return to work would be generally obeyed,
and asserted most positively that those
who refused to obey its orders would
be put cut of the order and, to use the
exact words of one Of the committee,
kept out of it It forever A message from
Mr. Hoxie was read to the committee, in
which he said that only a portion of the men
formerly employed would lie required by the
company on account of reduction in busi-
ness caused the strike, and because large
number of men had been employed to take
the places of the strikers, who would not be
discharged"
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The Feet Of Horses.

A writer in the Chicago Journal alleges
that the shoe is the direct cause of con-
tracted heels, corns, navicular trouble,
bog SPAWN, splint, string halt, laminitis,
weak heels, ETC., in horses, and says:
Still owners of horses insist on having
their horses shod in the old way with
heel-and-toe shoe, with calks big enough
for jack-screws. How to prevent all the
above that our poor horses have to suf-
fer: Do not allow the smith to use q
knife on the foot of your horse at all;
simply rasp the foot off just enough to
get an even bearing, then apply tip. or
a thin fiat shoe; should you use the tip
never rasp the heel down at all; should
you have your horses feet shod with
plain fiat shoes, keep the heels down low
enough to get a frog pressure; three nails
on each side are enough to hold it in
place on any driving horse until the shoe
is worn out. Never allow the smith to
rasp the outside of the foot at all. If
you will follow these instructions you
will save many horse from going lame.
If you let the smith cut the sole and frog
10 sulC his VIII anu pleasure, Inen Ill IL
with nails, rasp it off until it is as thin as
paper, you must expect lame horses, and
you will have them. Only think of the
horse in his natural state. He will travel
over any road day in and day out, bare
foot; still as soon as he is brought to the
city he is sent to the smith, then trouble
commences. Any horse that is shod with
a big, heavy shoe never should be allowed
to 60 out for a walk. A driving horse
for road pleasure has no more use for a
calk than the writer has for thirteen toes.
Any man who tells you that foot which
is strong and healthy requires a shoe to
protect the frog and heels tells you what
is not so, and he cannot prove it by show
ing results.
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A Thrilling Incident.

The baseball season had begun,
With all its wees and all its fun,
And William Riley took each day
A couple of hours for practice play.
He lifted the bat with Joy intense,
And spun the ball to the outer fence.
Toward the first base he crept along
His steps We're quick and his strides were
strong.
The centre-felder threw the shere
Toward the first base; it just grazed his
ear,
And quicker than word of tongue or pen
It landed in Williams abdomen.
Poor Williams face was pale and wan;
His feelings were hurt, but he kept right
on;
He slid along on the front of his clothes,
And touched the base with the tip OF his
nose!
lid Bits.
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NEARLY ALL THAT WE KNOW we accept
or the testimony of somebody else. If
those who have never tried DIR. WALK
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Mrs. Ann Lacour, Of New Orleans, La, writes: II
have son who has been sick for two years he has
been attended by our leading physicians. but all to
no purpose. This morning he had his usual spell OF
coughing, and was so greatly Frustrated in conse-
ouence that death seemed imminent We had In the
house bottle Of DIR. WIN. HALLS BALsAA FOR THE
LUNGS, purchased by my husband who noticed your
advertisement Yesterday We administered it and
he was Instantly relieved"
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Recipes.

BRAN BREAD.--Scald one pint of
brown -four, make it thick as stiff mush,
then put in half cup of yeast, and let
this sponge stay over night; in the morn.
ing mix It up with white flour, and
sweeten to taste. This quantity makes
two small loaves. 1t requires longer to
bake than white bread.
PAN DowDY.-Pare and quarter ap-
piles, put in pan and half cover
with water. There wants to be enough
water to keep the apples from burning.
Make crust as above, but leave out short
ening; roll size of pan, cut two or three
Sits in top, put over the apples, which
have been on the stove long enough to
commence to cook, cover tight with
another pan, cook fifteen minutes. Sance,
sugar, butter, flour, nutmeg and hot
water, boil. l have made it without but
ter.
BAKED HAsH.-Usc a cupful of any
kind of cold meat chopped rather coarse,
a cupful of cold cooked rice, a generous
cupful of milk, an egg, two tablespoon
fuls OF butter, one teaspoonful OF salt
and one-cighth of teaspoonful of pep
per. Put the milk on the fire in q fry
ing pan, and when it has become hot
add all the other ingredients except the
egg. Stir for one minute; then remove
from the fire and add the egg, well
beaten. Turn into an escallop dish and
bake in moderate oven for twenty min
utes. Serve in the same dish.
A NEW WAY TO Cook RIcE.-Put one
ounce of butter into an iron kettle; when
it is hot put in a small piece of onion
after the onion is lightly Drowned take
it out, its only use is in favoring. Put
four tablespoonfuls of raw rice into the
hot butter, and stir it until it is a pale
straw color, then add three cups of clear
soup stock, chicken or veal stock is best.
Cook very slowly till the rice is tender
and the soup nearly or quite absorbed.
Serve hot with grated cheese. This is a
favorite dish at French and Italian res
taurants in the large cities.
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Sought for the last hundred years..A rem
Head found at last in Ely's Cream Balm. Safe
and pleasant to use, and easily applied with
the finger 1t gives relief at once and n thqr p
druggists. go cents by mail. Ely Bros, Owego,
Ny.
have been afflicted with catarrh for 20
years. It had become chronic, and there was
a constant dropping Of mucous matter from
the roof Of my, mouth. 1t extended 70 ny
in speaking, indeed for years was not able to
speak more tnan thirty minutes, and often this
With great difficulty. also, to q great extent,
lost the sense of hearing in the LETT ear, and OF
received more relief than from all other RENE
dies besides. All dropping Of mucous has
ceased, and my voice and hearing are greatly
improyed.-Jas, w; Davidson, Attorney at
Law, Monmouth, Warren Co., III.
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A citizen of Truckee, CAL, has dog
whom he has taught to shut the door
after him when entering the house. The
other day several dogs set upon, the
learned canine, when he turned tail and
ran for his masters store. He passed in
and closed the door, then leaped upon
the window sill and looked out in tri-
umph upon his outgeneraled enemies.
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