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THE POPPY IN INDIA.
How 1t II Cultivated and Prepared for the
Market.

How 1t II Cultivated and Prepared for the
Market.
The quantity of land which each Ryot
sets apart for the poppy has been much
exaggerated. In one of the most Inn
portant districts of the Behar agency,
1t has act amounted to half an English
acre or about one native bigah per man.
When the contract has been signed, the
Ryot gets an immediate advance of four
rupees. A second and similar advance
Is made when the land has been sown,
and third when the actual produce
can be roughly estimated. From Octo-
Der to March is the busy agricultural
time. The land once sown must be
carefully weeded and watered. The
seed has been scattered broadcast in
November. The saEfaca Is then
smoothed, not by a harrow, a. ave
might suppose, but by a rough instru-
ment called chauki. 1t is really fat
plank, with a groove on the under side,
on which the agriculturist stands to
give it weight as it is dragged, so as to
break the clogs 1t is often drawn by
pair of bullocks- When the seed has
sunk into the earth and the surface has
been smoothed, the plot is divided into
small compartments of about ten square
feet with raised sides, for the purpose
OF irrigation. If no rain falls in the
cold season, between December and
january, irrigation from wells must be
resorted to frequently. If copious
showers fall before or after Christmas,
two or three waterings may be suffi.
cient The soil must, however, be con.
stantly stirred to prevent calxing. The
young plants must be thinned, and the
whole kept free from weeds The
poppy enjoys no immunity from agri
cultural visitations and pests 1t is liza
bic to injury from exceptional and un
seasonable heat, deficient moisture
frost at night, blight, and armies Of
parasites In February, as rule, the
plant is in full flower, and has attained
the height Of three or four feet. Each
stem has from two to FIVE capsules OF
the size of ducks egg And aoE
comes the important operation of the
collection Of the juice. Previous to the
piercing of the capsules for this object,
tie petals Of the flower which now
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ElREslpE FRAGMENTS.

Wash msrble with ammonia and
water
"A sack of the bsst salt standing
where there is smell OF fish or any
Objectionable odor will absorb the
favor.
Put camphor gum with your new
ailverware and il will never tarnish as
long as the I'm is there, Never wash
silver in scoFsuds as that gives 1T
white appearance.
-Fillet of Reef with Tomatoes: Trim
. piece of fllet OF beef-about four
pounds-lard it and tie it up neatly;
roast it, carefully basting it occasion
ally, allowing twenty minutes for each
pound of meat When cooked, remove
the strings and serve. Ladies Home
Journal.
The heart, tongue and part OF the
Liver of sheep: rather more than half
the weiRhtfn bacon; one French roll;
rind of lemon; two eggs; glass OF
wine; two spehpyies; pepper Rnd sslti
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LOST ON BRIDGE TRAINS.
Passengers Who Travel in Order to Secur
the SalXaRe.

FesSengore w no Travel in Order to Secure
the salvage.
A well-dressed woman got into q
Bridge car Yesterday, carrying gold
headed umbrella A moment later a
fairly we'll attired man came in, walk
ing carelessly, and sat down beside her.
Had careful observer noticed him
when he entered he would have seen
him throw quick glance at the UNI
brella before sitting down.
The train rum bled across. The lady
gazed at the river, and, watching a
swiftly moving craft, fell into a dreamy
state ct observation. When the guard
called East St Louis; all outi' the
lady got up with far-away look still
IN her eyes and walked out, leaving the
umbrella The man beside her had rid
den across with his eyes closed as if
fatigued When she had got out his
hand fell quickly on the umbrella and
he was making off with it when the
guard collared him. The fellow looked
surprised &C tinding the um brella in his
hand. muttered something about 'ipiek.
ing it up unconsciously, shook off the
guards hand and plunged into the
crowd
That is tho 9Th time in month /
have caught that fellow taking lost
articles said the con ductor to a re-
porter: 1.-THE bridge cars are para
disc for such as he There is more
miscellaneous collection of lost articles
gathered in these trains than in any
other place in America, I'll warrant"
The number of missing articles be-
came so numerous and so many claims
were made by pretended owners that
several Years ago = sEstem Of checks
was put into use. Now anything found
In the cars is taken to the Office, where
report is made of the article, giving
the time of the car on which it was
found and other details. This is en-
tered on book of blanks having stubs.
Inc trainmap then gets receipt for
what he has turned.in. When the caller
comes for what he has lost he must
thoroughly identify the article before
he can get il. The stub of the train
mans receipt keeps thus a perpetual
record of everything found.
These stub books ore fled eTay and
are never destroyed 4 glance through
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Degln TO tail on are carefully collected.
They are formed into circular cakes of
about ten to fourteen inches in diam
eter and put into shallow earthen YES
sells, which are heated over a slow fire.
These cakes are eventually used as
shells or coverings for the drug itself
They are divided into three classes.
The best sort is that which is free from
brown spots or marks of grabs; the
second and third are more or less
patchy and dark. but they form excel
lent envelopes for the drug itself
The collection of the juice to form
the drug is very delicate and difficult
piece of work. On it may depend the
success or failure of the whole season.
BY the end of January in some districts
and at latest by the middle of February,
the Ryot finds that the capsules have
reached their highest development In
the afternoon he visits his poppy-feld.
and scarifies each capsule from top to
base with a curious instrument which
is called a nushtur, and in some dis
tricts a naharni Properly nushtur is
lancet but it is something quite diff
ferent from the surgeons instrument
1t consists of four narrow bars of iron,
each of six inches in length, and about
the thickness of penknife. Each bar
is notched at one end The whole four
are kept together by strong cotton
thread, and they present the appear
ance of four pairs of curved pointed,
diverging blades, bearing a sort of re-
semblance to the blades of cuppers
scariicator. Armed with this formida.
bic weapon, the agriculturist proceeds
to make divers scarifcations of the
capsule from top tc bottom using
one blade at time; and this is followed
up in some instances by horizontal
cutting. The juice at once begins to ex-
ude; milky white at first, but after
wards assuming pinkish tinge. The
emulation continues during the night.
If there is no wind and abundance of
dew, the return is favorable A west
erly wind and a cloudy atmosphere di-
minish the yield. At an early hour the
next morning the Ryot again repairs to
his field and collects the tbickened
juice from the capsules by means of an
other instrument called situha. 1t is
sort of scraper made of sheet iron,
and resembles concave troweL The
inspissated juice collected with these
indigenous tools is now emptied into an
earthenware pot. and the Ryot is ex-
pected to expose the same every day to
the air, but not to the sun; to turn over
the mass daily so as to insure it's being
thoroughly dried; to keep it free from
impurities or adulteration; and to bring
it up to the highest standard of consist
ence and strength When he has perse-
vered with this process for the space of
three weeks or month, he delivers the
raw opium at the factory Saturday
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pour around them the gravy as pre-
pared. This dish must be served as hot
as possible. Y Times.
Rice Griddle Cakes: Beat one egg
and add one pint of sweet milk; stir in
two cups of soft boiled rice; SIT two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder in cup
fuf of -four; stir into the batter, and
enough more -four to thicken, about one
teaspoonful of salt; bake same as other
cakes on hot griddle. -.Housekeeper
Many of the newest sofa cushions
are made of beautiful brocades, with
the patterns embroidered in silk, che
nile and gold thread. Some exquisite
designs are worked in tent or tapestry
stitch on a watered gold or silver
ground The stitches are worked on
canvas laid on the watered material,
which is afterwards drawn away. Very
large cushions are in favor.-N. Y.
World.
White Oyster Sauce: Boil half
dozen medium-sized oysters for five
minutes; strain the liquor, which save;
cut up the oysters; then put an ounce of
butter in stew-pan, with half an ounce
OF flour, cayenne pepper and salt
Knead these well, and moisten with
oyster LIQUOR and cream or milk. Keep
the sauce boiling, and stir for ten min
utes, when strain and add the oysters.
Boston Budget
"A cement which is easy to make
and which will be found very useful in
isolated country places where it is diff
cult to procure plumber to mend the
joints of iron pipes, etc, is the follow
ing: Coarse powdered iron boring,
five pounds; powdered sal-amoniac two
ounces; sulphur, one ounce; and water
sufficient to moisten it. The compost
ton hardens rapidly, and so must be
used as soon as mixed and rammed
tightly into the joints N. Y. Tribune.
Saint of Partridge: Cut into joints
a cold partridge or two left from pre-
vious dinner; remove the skin and put
into a stewpan; put the bones and any
trimmings minced small, q small onion
cut into four bunch of thyme and
parsley and bay leaf into a separate
stewpan; pour in pint and half of
water and a large cupful of broth, add
a spoonful of browning and boil all to-
gether until reduced to half the quanti-
ty; skim it clean and strain it over the
cartridges in the other pan; warm the
whole over the fire, and when hot
place the pieces of bird in dish and
pour the gravy over them Boston
Herald
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DESTRUCTIVE CARP.
They XIII on Valuable Fish and Starve
Out the Ducks.

They XIII on Valuable Fish and starvo
Out the Ducks.
That evil may result from fish propa-
CATION as well as good is shown by the
importation and Matching OF carp eggs
In California. Twenty years ago there
were no carp in the streams on this
coast. A German named Poppe i'm
ported lot of the eggs of this fish from
his native land about that time and
soon had a large number of carp in a
pond in Sonoma county. he had ex-
pected to make a fortune by the sale of
the fish, but as no one seemed to like
them particularly well he had trouble
in disposing of them and the fortune
has vet to be made. From this one inn
portation, it is said, have come all the
millions of carp that infest our streams
and lakes. Eggs were secured from
Poppe for Matching carp in private
ponds in different parts OF the state,
and the fish gradually worked into tho
streams. until now the Sacramento
river, the San Joaquin and many of the
creeks flowing into them are teeming
with the ugly Ash.
Carp now grow very large, weighing
IA much as twelve pounds, and some
times even more. The greatest damage
which they do. as rule, is in the de-
struetion of the eggs of fish that are
really at for food and also in the de-
atruction of the source of food supply
of aquatic birds Ramon K. Wilson,
secretary of the fish commission, says
that on the Suisun marshes which were
formerly the best duck hunting grounds
in existence, the fowl are now very
scarce, and will be much scarcer, owing
TO the absence of the duck weeds and
wild celery which used to grow there
In abundance. and which have been
greatly thinned out by the carp, those
hsh devouring the natural food of the
ducks in incredible quantities San
Francisco Chronicle
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THE BRIEFS TRoUSSEAu
Something Which Is bought About Long
and DaanIv

something which Is bought About Long
and Deeply.
When the first furry of delightful an.
ticipated surprise is somewhat Gained.
and the bride-elect, with pretty diff.
dence, reveals her sweet secret and
kneels for the parental consent and
blessing, a sudden descent from the rosy
clouds OF romance on to very firm, prac-
tical earth must be made.
The father, listening to the daugh.
ter's story, is mentally taking the pro-
posed son-in-law's financial measure,
while the mother, though usually more
tenderly sympathetic and full of wisely.
gentle advice, is apt to cut short the
sentiment with the not wholly irrele-
want question::
And now, dear, have you thought at
all of the trousseau?"
'Unwomanly would be the woman
who could truthfully answer in the
negative, and thereby deny the posses
sion of the most natural, wholesome
and interesting ambition and impulse of
her sex. Truly she has thought deeply
and seriously over the matter of her
trousseau; far more earnest meditation
has been devoted to the subject than
she, perhaps can or will ever expend in
consideration of her matrimonial fu-
ture.
Just here it is that the mothers in
quiry and anxiety concerning this mat
ter of prime Importance appeal as more
sweetly sympathetic to her than all the
good wishes and congratulations offered
by friends. for her heart yearns toward
the shops and dressmakers toward del
icate lace, trimmed linen, ribbons, fine
silken hosiery and gowns, perhaps, I'M
limited in number.
It there is no mother or sister with
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are solicited, and, whether It's ten thou
sand dollars or ten dollars to be devoted
to the bridal wardrobe, the matter of
its compilation is just as serious, the
pleasure just as keen.-Illustrated
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BILL SMITHS LAW.
An Authority Manufactured for Special
Occasion.

An Authority Manufactured for q Special
Occasion.
An ''old settler" from Kane county
dropped into the Iroquois club the other
day and was drawn into talking of the
early democratic warehouses; of that dis
triot.
''B. F. Fridley-Fred Fridley every
body calls him-is about the only one of
the old, original, first-crop democratic
leaders now left" said he. Hes the
quaintest character these prairies ever
produced. I've heard dozens of stories
told about him, but none that better
illustrates his keen understanding of
human nature and his ready resource
when in tight place, than this one,
concerning a certain case which he tried
before justice of the peace. Smiths
Leading Cases was frequently cited
authority in those days. On this occa-
sion the attorney opposing Mr.. Fridley
read from this authority section which
quite demolished the latter's case. In
concluding his argument Mr.. Fridley
said:
Now, bout the law in this here
case. The attorney on t'other side has
READ sOmeUnln from ISmltn S Leading
Cases that he calls law Now, yer
honor, who knows anything about this
man Smith? l useter know a Bill
Smith who jockeyed around with
HOSES, but didn't know he'd set up
fur lawyer Let's see what this Law
yer Smiths name is said Fridley,
casually opening to the title-page of the
book.
There you have itr' he exclaimed
in apparent surprise William Smith,
that same Bill Smith, the horse
jockey Now, yer honor, eff you want
to take any of Bill Smiths laws you
can do it,
THE justice didn't take any stock in
Bill Smiths law and Fridley won his
case. Forrest Crissey, in Chicago Mail.