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brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers.

New York. September 2l.-To-day was
am important day 70 the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, for Grand Cnlei
Engineer p. n. Arthur was IN town, ana
was present and addressed ihS lli 5I1ll9
T-rio- meeting The so-callcd Grand
Union meeting is in the nature
81 National convention or
The whole order. and the Broth
erh0od divisions were all represent Z
al The meeting was secret and held WIN
closed doors. Theattendance was remark,
ablv large. there being 1000 Brotnernoo9l
men present ot the morning session anu
bv actual count $50 az the afternoon ses
sion Chief Arthur was accorded a h,os' =.
enthusiastic reception which amounted 20
IN .v.IL.n.
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Linn OH exchange closed.

Inn, ONO. September 2l.-The Lima
oiI - Fx,bangs was closed last night Tor
,rs,t ~ 80 If business. The Standard would
not "a recognize Exchange prices, hence us
collapse
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,1cAnline the FavorIte.

LONDON, September 9l.-In the betting
on the Slavin- McAuliffe fight, McAuliffe
is the favorite, odds of to being laid on
him.
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TuE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE

l never yet asked God to do anything
brt He did IL. if IL were best, and In all
the cases where my prayer has not oeen
answered. l have found out aitewaru
that il was best not to have been an
swered i'm my way. But none OF Us
have tested the full power OF prayer
1t is a force very like some OF the IorCes
Of nature, that were In existence Ou'
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BEANS FOR THE GARDEN.

E, In raising beans it must be borne in
mind that all varieties not only require
harvesting before frost in the fall, but
that they are so sensitive to cold and wet
that it is useless to plant them before all
danger of frost is past in the spring. 1t
is quite the best plan to defer the plant
ing until the ground has become warm
and dry enough to cause quick growth
of the seed, for in cold, wet soil the
most of the seeds planted will lie and rot.
As beans for the table, the Lima for green
shelled pole beans, and the wax for string
less pods are common favorites of the two
varieties, but any attempt to hasten the
maturity of either by too early planting
will result in disappointment. The
Limas should be planted in hills about
Tour feet apart, with from four to six
Feeds to the hill, of which train about
Three of the best vines to pole. The
poles should be set before the beans are
planted and be about eight feet in height.
The wax beans should be planted in rows
about two and half feet apart, either in
hills or drilled with the seed from two to
three inches apart. In neither case should
they be cultivated, except where the
vines are quite dry, for dirt falling on the
foliage when wet or damp will cause rust
and injurc the quality and yicld.-Neac
York World.
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ROW TO MAKE A SCRUB cow.

How to make scrub COW. Here is
the process: Half feed your COW through
<lAwinter; provide no shelter, and ex-
her to storms and the exhausting
"a. When the calf comes be very
INJURIOUS about the cows feed. Let
Pr pick her living or a bare pasture and
e refuse fodder in the barnyard gath
Erred from the manure heaps. 1t does
not pay, you think, to give the wretchcd
beast few pounds of meal, and perhaps
it will not at the first, for there is much
flesh to put on the bare bones before any
fat can be put into the milk. Wean the
calf when five days old, and give it only
sour milk and the rancid buttermilk, and
when it is half dead with diarrhea give
it some alum to dry it up. Turn it out
into half barren lot to gather the weeds
and the coarse grass, and when it has
worried through the summer, let it run
for the winter in the yards and get the
leavings of all the other stock, while its
back is bumped up with cold and it
bawls for food through the nights while
its owner warns himself under the
blankets. When three years old, under
such treatment, it will bring calf more
wretched than itself, and the bull which
was raised lowered might be more true)
in the same way. Proceed IN this way
and you get a scrub brced.-Ne0 York
Times.
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vou desire of it will soon he done. 1t is
Idle to expect an animal to do your bid
ding, SO long as it cannot understand
what you want done. Two-thirds OF the
horses that are termed balky arc made so
bv their drivers A man must understand
the disposition OF his horse and be
governed accordingly. Another prolific
source of excitement to nervous horse
is the overcheck, in all its varied forms.
Some have small, extra bit on the over
check, and that and the bride blt arc
forced into the horses mouth at the same
time. This quite often frcts the animal,
and when he starts of he is sometimes IN
clined to act bad. and the whip is used
on him to make him act better, which
too often makes matters good deal
worse. Then the horse becomes excited
and often balks, and often gains the re.
putation of being chronic ''stayer.
/ do not believe that any horse is natur-
ally balky, but is i'll every case made so
bv excitabic owners or drivers.
Excitement in the horse takes various
forms. Some are sulicn and morosc,
while others arc nervous and jerky. 1t
is seldom that a cool, quiet man, one
that can govern his own temper, ever has
q fractions or nervous horse to contend
with. Horses have instructive reasoning
faculties, which are in great measure
controlled by their own drivers Vest
eI,n PloUnan.
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GIRL PACK HORSES.

No sooner are the Swiss girls large
enough to possess the requisite physical
strength than they are set to the most
servile work the land affords, says trav.
cler. The child has panier basket fit
ted to her shoulders at the earliest pos
siblc moment, and she drops it only when
old age, premature but merciful, lobs her
of power to carry it longer.
have seen sweet little girls of twelve
to fourteen staggering down mountain
side or along rough path"ay under the
weight of bundles of faggots as large as
their bodies, which they no sooner
dropped that they hurried back for
others. 1 have seen girls of fifteen years,
bare footed and bare headed, in the
blistering rays of an August sun, break
ing up the ground by swinging mattocks
heavy enough to tax the strength of an
able bodied man.
have known young miss no older
than these to be employed as porter for
carrying the baggage of travellers up and
down the steepest mountain path in all
the region round about. She admitted
that it was sometimes very hard to take
another step, but she must do it.
And she carried such an amount OF
baggage! A stout limbed guide is pro-
tected by the law, so that he cannot be
compelled to carry above twenty-five
pounds, but the limit to the burden Of
ten put upon girls is their inability to
stand up under anything more.
But the burden increases with the age
and strength of the burden bearers, till,
by the time the girls have come to
womauhood there is no sort of menial
toll in which they do not bear hand,
and quite commonly the chief hand
NeW York Journal.
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Restoring the Canary's Voice.

Canaries lose their voices as we'll as
italian divas. Increase of salary does
not, however, bring back their voices.
Regular treatment must be carried out.
This is one of the best: Leave off seeds
entirely. Make a paste of sweet milk
and bread crumbs, throwing the crumbs
into the milk while boiling, and stir until
quite smooth; add a pinch of cayenne
pepper, varied occasionally by some finely
mixed Glove of garlic; dissolve in the
drinking water little black currant
jelly, Or bit of fig or balf potash loz-
cngc. 1t may take long time to cure
the bird, and if the trouble arises from
hardness of the tongue it must be painted
daily with strong borax water. II he
sneezcs, a little olive oil must be put
gently up the nostrils. Paste must be
fresh daily.-NeO York Journal.
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Traffic in Dried Human Heads.

There is all article of Ecuador's COM
mcrcc, which, though not reckoncd in
any market reports, is worthy of especial
notice, viz, human heads, dried and
pressed to about the size of your fist,
each wearing the most lifc-like cx-
preston upon the perfectly preserved
features. Most of the faces are clabor-
ately tattoocd, and all have long hair, the
lips sewn together with fibres twisted
into coarse twinc hanging down over the
chin in heavy fringe like that in q mac
rams lambrcquin. Centuries ago tribe
Of Indians living near the northern bor-
der of Ecuador used to preserve the
craniums of the dead in this manner.
Nobody now living knows how it was
done, but it is supposed that the bones
were all drawn out bit by bit through the
neck and then the head was buried in
the hot, dry sand until 1t shrank away to
onc-fourth its former size and became
perfectly preserved. AS household adorn-
ments the grucsome recuordes of dead
folk are certainly not handsome, but they
arc very Cullou SSPSSioiiy Sihoo IiiS "a y
Of preparing them has long been lost and
the sewed-up lips tell no secrets. They
used to bring about SIG apiece, but now
command all the way from 500 to $500,
and are very scarce at that. Years ago
the Ecuadorian Government put stop
to this sale, as it was learned that some
modern Indians, instead of dealing ex-
clusively in the brain pans of their de-
funct ancestors, actually made a business
of preparing fresh ones for the market.
Since long-haircd ones sold for the
hight price, they took especial care Of
the capillary adornmcnts Of their wives
and daughters with a view to cutting
their heads off, one by one. There is no
doubt this traffic in dried heads cost many
lives, for the price paid by museums and
curio hunters was enough to set an Ecua-
dor Indian up in affiuence all the rest Of
his days, could he manage to judiciously
market his superAuous children and rela-
tives.- Washington Star.
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Tanning by Electricity.

Engineering reports an interesting trial
of electricity for the conversion of hides
into leather, which took place in Ber-
mondsey, England. recently. The tan
ming was accomplished in revolving
drum twelve feet in diameter and eight
Feet long, rotating at eight revolutions
a minute. Turpentinc and tannic acid
were used to saturate the hides, and a
strong current of electricity was caused
to flow from a metal band which runs
around the interior of one end of the
drum to a corresponding band on the
other end. The drum, after revolving
five days, was opened, and the leather
appeared to be of excellent quality. This
system shortens the process of tanning
from months to days, and seems to be a
successful revival of an experiment made
at BudaPesth ten years ago. =.
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TO CALM EXCITED HORSES.

The best and only thing to do when
your horse Is excited is to calm him. In
a high state of excitement the horse does
not comprehend what is wanted of him.
Every one has seen team where one
horse would go backward and the other
one forward, Or, III other words. "saw."
All the whipping :,ad "hollering" that
dozen men Ian do will not start such
team once in hundred times. The team
is excited, and it shows that by every
action, and lashing and loud talk only
make matters worse. Try to calm the
'horse by gentle words and actions. Time
will be saved if a half hour is taken to
soothe the refractory horse. An excited
horse is just like an excited child. We
have seen child scolded and jawed at
I until it could not comprehend what was
wanted of it to save its life. Stop scold-
ing and calm the child, and the work
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AN EXTRAYAGANT QUEEN. q.

The only Queen of to-day who can
match the Empress Eugenie's extrava-
gancc of former days is the Queen of
Portugal, who spends money in the same
reckless manner and buys by the whole
sale. She does not wait to examine and
make her selection before purchasing.
She buys all the styles of the day direct
from Paris, giving orders for the leading
houses to send anything that is new and
beautiful, wears what pleases her and
casts aside the rest. She has good taste,
and when one of these collections Of
dresses, mantles, hats, gloves. boots,
laccs, etc., arrives from Paris. she makes
a long study of each article, trying on
many things, studying the combina-
tion with the lines of her figure, the
color OF her hair, until she gets har-
mony perfect in all in its details.
She is generous and loves to make
costly and eccentric gifts, but in that
way no one has surpassed the charming
idea of the Queen of Holland. On her
husbands recent birthday she presented
him with an enormous bouquet of flow.
ers, of the kind used on benefit nights at
opera in Italy, so heavy that it required
several serving men to carry it. AS it
was brought close to the throne the old
King stopped forward to examine it,
when amidst the flowers the head of his
little infant daughter popped out, to the
surprise of the monarch and the amuse-
ment OF the whole court.-Rooklyn CH-
isen. u. ~: -
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SUMNER HAT DESIGNS.

For summer, young girls will wear i'm
mense black hats, fiat as plate, and
loaded down with flowers. The indi-
viduality of each will consist in the pc
culiar convolutions of the brim, which is
bent and folded, contorted in all varie-
ties of a cooked hat or picturesque Gains
borough effects for some faces, and
turned down all around like a lamp
shade on others. Married women still
cling to smallest possible headgear, a
band of jet or tulle, with a veil gathered
over the front curls, or tuft of cowslips
set in tullc over wavy trcsses. A striking
bonnet worn at the Paris horse show,
where one sees more dressy toilets than
are worn in New York at a reception on
the avenue, consisted of single red
poppy, fattened on the head. The first
row of petals fell softly on the hair in a
circle about as large as plate; the Sec
ond row was smaller, and in the centre
was the heart of the foMer with its
black stamens. The costume accompany
ing the hat consisted of red silk skirts,
back and front, with black velvet sides,
a black velvet bodice without seams fast
ened on the shoulder and under the arm
and silk sleeves, and rcd ruchc about
the throat.-Neao York iSun.,
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MANAGEMENT OF AN INCUBATOR.

The chief points in the working OF an
incubator are the temperature and the
occasional variations of it, the moisture
needed and the turning CT the eggs.
The temperature should not go above
104 degrees nor below so degrees. An
occasional reduction of temperature to
so degrees, or even 70 degrees, for a
short time will not injure the eggs and
is undoubtedly beneficial, as it causes a
circulation of air in the egg. Except
during an hour or two each day, when
the temperature may be permitted to fall
as mentioned, it should be kept steady at
from 102 degrees to 1o4 degrees. This
steady heat is important to be observed.
The needed moisture may be supplied by
spraying the eggs once day, when they
are turned, with water warmed to lO0
degrees. The eggs may be turned all at
once by having the floor of the nest
movable and sliding it toward and back
ward, by which the eggs are partly
turned. This should be done once every
day when the incubator is opened for
examiuatior.- York Times.
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GOATS FOR ROCKY LAND.

There is popular prejudice against
goats On account of vicious or offensive
peculiarities, but, without doubt, more
could be made OF them IN many places
than from sheep, or even from cattle.
They are even more easily kept than
sheep, provided they are tethered to a
stake and changed once a day. In
Europe the goat is the poor mans COW,
furnishing more milk than its small size
would lead any one to suppose possible.
Perhaps if more care were taken in
breeding, then the milking capacities OF
the goat could be materially increased;
They are especially adapted to rough and
rocky land, climbing and browsing where
other animals would starve.-Bost0n
Calttrator.
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PROPOSED TO QUEEN VICTORIA.

Queen Victoria, of England, although
over seventy years of age, has found
favor in the eyes of Alfred Carter, q
young man who has been studying for
the Wesleyan ministry. Carter, who is
Lancashire lad, went to Windsor, and,
failing to obtain an interview with the
object of his affections, wrote her several
loving letters proposing marriage. Sad
to tell, the letters were handed to an un-
romantic and flint hearted police inspec-
tor of the appropriate name of Savage,
who found Carter wandering about the
Windsor fields signing the name of Vic
toria and hauled him away to prison on
the charge of being lunatic.-Chicajo
Herald.
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A Curious Submarine Vessel.

A curious French submarine vessel the
Gymnote, much interested President
Carnot during his recent visit to Toulon.
The little boat looks merely like a sub
merged rock causing slight ripple in
the water, only It's lookout apparatus
rising above the surface. 1t appeared
suddenly by the side of the Presidents
steamer, then struck the water sharply
with its screw, and plunged down to a
depth of from five to fifteen metres, re-
appearing in few moments at consider
able distance. The Gymnote is manned
by one officer, Lieutenant Darriens, and
six men.-.NeD Yo1k Ielfqram.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ok out for the moth-worms.

Look out for the moth-worms.
Keep the safety o. the queen in view.
Keep the raspberry bushes pinched
back.
A golden rule in Bookkeeping is to keep
your colonies strong.
Until experience has dissipated fear
of bee stings wear a veil and gloves.
When the heifer is about two years
old she is at the best aye for breeding
for the first time.
The grindstone will help wonderfully
in the garden work if you let the hoe
keep it company occasionally. Try it.
Wesley Dibble recommends the queen
excluding honey board in preference to
the queen excluder on the entrance to the
hives.
Pork may be produced during the cold
weather, with corn at twenty-cight cents
per bushel, for less than three cents per
pound.
Indian corn is the most economical
pork producing material during the win
ter months in regions where extensively
grown.
Have a mulch of some kind to keep
the strawberries out of the dirt. Grass
cut and put on while green will make
good one.
Grit is an important factor in success
full poultry-keepiug. The keeper requires
it in his character, and the fowls must
have it in their crops.
Be careful of the young colts A little
care in selecting proper food for them
will pay good dividends. Ensilage or
roots do colts great good.
Breeding-ducks may become too fat to
do well. Beware of feeding too large a
proportion of corn. They need bulky
vegetable food as we'll as grain.
The farmers horse is the horse that
will do the work required of horse on
the farm with perfect ease, one that is
good walker and at least fair road
ster.
Many localities produce honey dark in
color the entire season. In this case,
advises Il. D. Cutting, Michigan apiar-
ian, it is best to work entirely for ex-
tracted honey.
Never change suddenly from one kind
of feed to another that is radically differ
ent. For instance, in changing from dry
to green, or from green to dry feeding,
make the change gradually.
1t is always desirable to secure a good
yield of fruit, but at the same time it is
positive injury to tree to have 1t over
bear. In a majority of cases the quality
of such fruit will not be up to the
standard.
Ploughing by steam has been intro
duced in Walla Wal!a Valley, Washing
ton, and is pronounced a success. Here.
tofore it has cost So per acre to plow,
while under the new system it can be
done for forty cents.
When net too badly damaged plaster
of COW manure will save trees that have
been girdled. 1t is best, of course, to
prevent, but sometimes accidents of this
kind will happen, and remedy should
be applied as soon as possible.
Only those who strive to acquire a
thorough knowledge of the business, such
knowledge as comes from observation
and from actual experience, and whose
hearts are in the work, can hope to
achieve the greatest success in horse
breeding.
The estimated cost of hauling 100
bushels of grain in wagon over ordinary
country roads is sixty cents mile. This
fact illustrates the necessity and money
value of good roads. The difference in
cost Of hauling is immensely in favor Of
the good road.
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A Beef Dressing Contest.

In a beef dressing contest at Central
Park, San Francisco, CAL, between NJ.
F. Mullins, Chicago, and Charles West
phal, San Francisco, champion of the
Pacific Coast, for purse of $1,000 and
the worlds championship, Mullins was
declared the winner. Westphal killed
and dressed his "critter" in six minutes
and forty-tive seconds. Mullins in seven
minutes and seven seconds; but the Chi
cago mans work was by far the neater,
and by the judges system of counting
Mullins was credited with ninety-six per
cent. to Westphal's eighty.
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A Great Swimming Feat.

The American swimmer, Davis Dalton,
recently swan on his back from Putney
to London Bridge. He performed the
feat with all his clothes on, wearing a
high silk hat, and with his hands clasped
behind him and using neither his legs nor
arms. He lost ground several times
through inability to steer himself and
once remained stationary for several
minutes; nevertheless he did the distance
in eight hours. Washington Star. IA
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The Size of ROyal Heads.

The Prince of Wales wears bell-shaped
silk hats. He pays twenty-five shillings
each for them. He has a remarkably
even-shaped head, the hatters say, and
his size is seven and one-eighth. Prince
Albert Victor only takes six and three
quarters. The brim of his hats are enor-
mously arched, to take off the effect of
his long face. His brother, Prince
George, takes six and fve-eighths. The
Emperor of Germany, who has very I'M
even head, takes a six and seven-eighths.
So does the Duke Of Teck.-PaN Mall
Gazette.
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A FinancIer's P0lygIOt Autobiography

Mr.. Henry Willard, the eminent fnan-
cier, is writing his autobiography for the
use OF his children alone. He was born
in Germany, and the story of his early
years is written in German, while, having
been educated in France, his school days
are described in French, and his business
and social life in America will be record
ed in English. As his children speak
French, German and English with equal
elegance and fuency, this polyglot
method of book-making will doubtless
commend itself to them Washington
Star.