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A Rival of the Bicycle.

A rather formidable competitor Of
the cycle has made its appearance in
the Midlands in the shape OF pneu-
matte road skate. It has lately been
seen in the streets OF Birmingham, and
judging from the admiration it ex-
cites, is not unlikely to find its way
soon into all parts of the country.
The invention, which was patented
a short time ago by Scotch firm, is
evidently derived from the old roller
skate of skating celebrity, but, where
as the ordinary roller skate has four
wheels, the pneumatic skate has only
two, placed in line at either extremity
of the skate The wheels are larger
than those of the roller skate and IN
stead of solid rubber are covered with
pneumatic tires. The patentees claim
for them that one can skate over
ordinary turnpike roads with them the
same as on ice and at even greater
speed, while at the same time they will
easily ascend and descend hills. Six
or seven miles an hour, however, is
:he maximum speed attempted in the
streets of Birmingham, and that only
on smooth roads. One obvious ad-
vautsgs of the pneumatic skate over
the pneumatic cycle is that punctured
tires may be readily replaced, as the
skate" may carry surplus tires, or
oven reserve wheels ready fitted, in
his overcoat pocket. London Iron
monger.
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Samoan Mats.

The fine mats, which are valued
above everything else, and which are
the cause of more trouble than all else
combined, are woven from the inner
bark of the hibiscus, scraped very
thin. They vary in size from two to
eight or ten feet square, and are soft
and pliable as cloth, the strands in
some being less than the sixteenth Of
an inch wide. They are often trimmed
with bright red feathers, plucked
from the necks and breasts of birds
kept for the purpose. In value they
range from ten dollars to what would,
in olden times, ransom al entire vii
lage. In soma instances one mat has
redeemed an entire district.
It is not always the newest or best
conditioned mat that is most valued.
Association with great events enhances
their value in native eyes. The mat
with history increases in value in di-
rect ratio to its age. Each famous
mat has name, and is known all over
the islands, together with all the hon.
orable incidents which made it great.
A stranger might pass one of these
old, ragged, patched affairs lying in
the road, without even glance. little
aware that it represented hundreds OF
dollars.
One of these mats, owned by Ger.
tain chief, probably could not at one
time have been purchased for all
Samoa. He carried it about with him
in tin case wherever he iourneyed.
It was called 80 lie Ie faama il una, I"
meaning: "The mat before which all
other mats are ashamed to stand. ~
Outing.
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CARING FOR TREES.

Fruit trees require careful atten-
tion when recently set out. They need
good treatment until they get we'll es-
tablished and for this reason the first
two or three years are the most inn
portant ones in the life of the tree.
If good start to grow is secured the
first season it will be much easier to
grow afterward. A considerable
per cent. of the loss in fruit planting
is due to a lack of proper attention
the first season.
The wind often sways the trees back
and forth during the early part OF the
season, so that the roots do not make
the growth they would. Then the
loosening keeps them from being IN
as close contact with the soil as Is
really necessary to secure the best re-
suits. If the tree is slender or top
heavy it should be we'll staked. In
addition to this it is good plan to go
through the newly planted orchard
and press the soil down closely around
the stem of the trees. If the soil has
been properly prepared before plant
ing the trees, there is no possible ad-
vantage in cultivating deep. Keep
the surface of the soil in good tilth by
frequent stirring or cultivating, es-
pecially during the early part of the
season.
When it can be done, in nearly all
cases one of the best plans of manage
ment with trees is to give thorough
cultivation during the early part of
the season and then mulch well dur
ing the latter part. This plan may
be continued for three or four years
with benefit. When a mulch is to be
applied thorough working should be
given just before, then the soil will
remain loose and mellow under the
mulch the rest of the season. The
mulch should always be applied the
latter part of June or very early in
July, before the weather gets too hot
or dry. Old wheat straw is one of the
very best materials that can be used
for mulching fruit trees. The amount
of the mulch must be largely deter
mined by the size of the tree. As the
mulch is intended to help retain
moisture in the soil for the use OF the
roots and therefore should extend
nearly or quite as far out as the roots,
spread evenly and not pile up against
the stem or trunk of the ree.-Farm.
Field and Stockman.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Great heat often causes melancholy.
The strength of horse is equal on
an average to that of seven and half
persons.
Gold alloyed with twenty per cent.
of aluminium takes on a brilliant
ruby tint.
The water that pours over the Falls
of Niagara is wearing the rock away
at the rate Of five yards in four years.
What is pronounced the largest
steam engine in the world-.200O horse
power-.is now being built at Switzer-
land for Russia.
One species of black spider is
afflicted with sort of constitutional
hydrophobia. When touched with a
drop of water it will so into fit.
Kentucky and Southern Ohio are
full of powders which in the previous
geological epoch had been trans
planted by glaciers from the frozen
regions of Canada.
Taking the earth as the centre of
the universe and the polar star as the
limit of our vision, the visible universe
embraces an aerial space with diam
eter of 42O, 900, O0O,O00 miles and
circumference of 1929, TAP, 900, 900
miles.
The antisceptic properties Of coffee
have been tested by Luderitz, of
Vienna, who finds that strong decoc-
ton is fatal in q few hours to the
germs of cholera, erysipelas and ty-
phoid. The effects, however, are be-
lieved to be due more to the products
of roasting than to the active princl-
Piles of the berry.
On reaching Vienna the water of
the Danube contains about 1000 bac-
terra in cubic centimetre. Below
Vienna the river receives from the
sewage an addition Of over 1000 bac-
terra in cubic centimetre, and SIX
teen miles below the city the river
still contains 4200 germs per cubic
centimetre more than above Vienra.
The progressive railroads of the
country are discarding their old Ok
headlights and substituting the elec-
trio in front of their locomotives, as
it's light penetrates from one-half to
three-quarters of mile instead OF a
few rods by the oil headlight. The
superior penetrating quality OF the
electric ray is peculiarly noticeable il
foos smoka and haze
A Hanoverian botanist named
Wehmer, it is reported, has discov-
cred microbe IN the atmosphere,
pure cultures of which will convert
sugar into an acid identical with that
of the lemon. This discovery is ex-
pected to revolutionize the citric acid
industry and injure the lemon growers.
Eleven parts OF sugar by the new
process, with very little effort, give
six parts of acid.
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GETTING GOOD BY DOING GOOD.

Benevolence Is fundamental law Of our
moral being and the man who labors for his
fellow men secures thereby the qualification:
of his most commanding principles of ac-
ton but he who labors for himself alone,
stirs up against his own peace some of tho:
most operative elements Of nature. The
Deity knew well that a disposition to labor
for selfish ends is destruction OF mans true
interests; and that disposition to labor for
common good, is the only sure way Of secur-
ing good for self, therefore has he devolved;
on US many acts of benefcence which He
might himself have performed as easily as
omitted.
He might speak asingle word to the Hindoo
widow as she ascends the funeral pile OF her
husband and she would go down againin het
right mind; but he chooses to set the spec
tacle before our own eyes, and to let us hear
the shrieks Of the self-immolating woman, 50
that our compassion may be moved and our
energies enlisted in her service. He calls Us
to the banks Of the Gsnges and bids us look
upon the mother, forcing from her breast tho
child that weeps and struggles to remain
with her, throwing 1t into the stream where
the eager alligators are gamobling for their
prey.
He could easily rebuke the frantic mother,
and she would press the loved one closer to
her bosom; but he chooses to touch our pity,
ana appear TO our DeneYOlonce, duu u CoM-
mand us, Send my gospel into all the world,
that 1t may cast out the demons OF superstl-
tion and may let the bond slaves Of heathen-
ism 20 Free He bid US walk in our imagina-
tions over the dolorous way travelled by the
car of Jugernaut, and walled on
either side with the bones Of crushed vic
tins; he sets before our eyes hum
dreds and thousands Of living men hanging
from transverse beams upon hooks
that have perforated their muscles, and
swinging round and round in torture; He
places all these barbarous scenes before our
vision, so that the eye may affect the heart,
be reused to holy purpose, and the purpose
may move US to pray for the conversion OF
the Gentiles, and not only to pray /; for hQwl
shall they vs converted unless they hear the
Gospel, ard how shall one preach except he
be sent and who shall send the missionaryn
we remain supMe?
For US to do the work is left; for our good
it Is that we address ourselves to the work In
earnest for the highest good OF our whole
character. the good Of benevolence encour-
aged, of philanthropy developed, OF spirit
ual temper cherished and strengthened,
good purchased at great expense, even the
miseries Of our fellow-men, they suffering 80
that we may be made more compassionate; a
good, therefore, which for their sakes and for
our sakes. must not be left unaccomplished.
Professor Park.
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Whistling Gn Si,iybOard.

Whistling-aaA let us honor this
sweet tradition is very much against
the proprietjos of sea life, writes Lieu
tenant J. u. Jer-old Kelley, in an
article on "Superstitlons Of the Sea, !"
in The Century. You may, in a calm,
if not landsman, WOO with soothing
whistle San Antonio or St. Nicholas,
aud tagging wind may be spurred in
consequence by patron saints of the
mariner; bat once tho ship is going
never, wise and wary passenger,
whistle, if you fear ;ieel-hauling, Tor
like the Padroae in the Golden Legend
you may tnd
Only @ little while ago
was wal..sng 10 Saint Au:onio
For = ca2ful OF wind to all our sail.
And Instead OF brseze he has sent gale.
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Goose Eggs.

If 'Iike cures like" and the reverse
is also true, then most people are
goose eggs, tor there isn't one man in
ten who can eat goose egg without
becoming violently ill. The TASTE is
q very decided one, and there is moth
ing you can compare it to. On tast-
ing it one has an immediate suspicion
that the bird which laid it was no
chicken. Not that the meat is really
suggestive of decades dead, but tho
flavor is not exactly redolent Of fresh
ness. But what's the use of trying to
describe what is indescribable? Buy
a goose of the right sort and try the
experiment. New York Mail and EA.
press.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
HOW TO MAKE THINGS EASY.

There are a multitude of prescriptions,
new and old, and plenty Of people to take
any nostrum anybody may set af1oat, to ges
things to be easy. But we fell In with one the
other day, widely differing from most Of the
counsels OF our day on this point. Butitpleased
us much. The most worthy and excellent di-
vine, John Newton, some sixty years ago, wrote
thus :-"When L can find my heart In frame
and liberty for prayer, everything else Is
comparatively easy" Some people, who
have glanced at the heading Of this article
may not thank us much for fishing up out OF
antiquity such an old fashioned way Of living
comfortably. They had had heard of this q
thousand times likely, and they wanted to
hear something new.
Had heard OF it But had they tried it?-
Newton had, and found it a capital remedy
for trouble. And people farther back than
he had tried it. instead Of scof1ng at it. And
came out with precisely his conclusion. SIS
any afflicted let him pray, Is a prescription
given to the werld without q fee, near upon
twenty centuries ago. And more people than
we have time to tell of have used it, and It
has done its work without single failure.
DeVout prayer makes the heart and con-
science easy. These are the principal wheels.
Get these right and keep them so, and the
whole machinery will run smoothly and
pleasantly. The wheels grow dreadfully rusty
without prayer-it Is very hard to start themt
and when they 90 at all they are in danger
of breaking or are sure to 60 creaking and
painfully on their way.
Much prayer put US at ease with God. II
Is obediente to his will. It is the way Of ac4
cess to him. We then get under the shadow
Of his wings. We come over to his side, and
get harmony Of soul with him. And then
there is such peace, joy in the heart, that IT,
takes very stiff breeze Of worldly adversely
to trouble US much and when there Is such o
breeze, we have only to enter still farther in
to the secret place Of the Most High to the
assurance OF finding that consolation which
the severest hurricanes Of life can never
sweep away.
And it should once more be said, that pray-
er makes one easy in circumstances most
liable Of all others to produce uneasiness.
There Is nothing that so effectually stirs the
depths ofthe soul and rouses hateful passions,
and makes the blood hot as the unprovoked
ill-treatment of others. It Is hard for man
to be easy when scoffed at, ridiculed, or act
tually injured for those about you. But We
have an arrow for this mark. "Pray for
them that dispitefully use you and persecute
you."
Prayer is the oil cast upon the troubled wa
ters. They cannot rage and foam with this,
kind OF pressure upon them. Prayer will
bring one so nigh the infinitely benevolent
God that 1t will make one ashamed to be seem
having any such vile drapery about him as
any Of the malignant passions. Nearness to
so kind being as God, will cause such pas
sions to appear so hateful that the soul will
turn them out OF doors in the greatest haste
possible.
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PLANTING CORN.

Nine of us out of ten, says E. G. Ben
nett in Rural Life, plant before we are
ready, that is, before the ground is
fined and pulverized as it should be.
The kernel, except the "chit," is food
for the young plant until it can feed
and the finer the soil the better it can
get food from it. If half the kernel
be eaten away by mice, the corn will
sprout just as well, but there is only
half the food supply for the young
plant, and it may suffer before the
roots find nourishment in plenty.
With the best of seed, the best posi-
BILE condition of the ground is still
needed to give the young plant a
proper growth. More work before a
planting means less work after plant
ing and better results. Nothing but
being very late in the season and the
weather unreliable, can justify rush
ing the seed into the ground before it
is in the best kind of condition.
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A Mason'S Heart.

A strange incident in the history OF Free
masonry unprecedented in this country TOOK
place at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland,
CAL. a few days ago. 1t was the burial, WIN
Masonic rites, OF the heart Of Yeuicco Her
reca Caro- one OF tho early Governors OF
Msxico, and Mason, whom the memosrso OF
the order call martyr TO their cause. Inc
heart has bsen for a year deposited Id
cusket In the Masonic Temple OF Oakland. It
having been brought from Mexico TO Gethse-
name Chapter No. Of thu Rose Cro'S. AT
the burial place in Mountain View Cemetery
the foundation stone Of a monument was lalo
by the Grand Lodge OF Masons OF the state:
fhe casket inclosinS the heart was wrapped
IN two silken flags, one American and the
o,her Mexican, ami deposited under the
foundation stone Masons from all over the
20 ,st were in attendance. Several Mexican
societies were also present.
Shortly after the declaration OF SPANS in.
dependence Caro- became identified with tho
Masonic fraternity. and was made Governor
OF tn. State of Jalisco. Mexico. While in
this position he was informed OF plot
against the Government by the Carmrlites.
He ordered the potters thrown into prison,
and they were punished. For this action on
his part. it is said. he became 4 marked man.
In the course OF TINS Caro- WAS retired from
the Governorship, ami want TO I've on farm
to pass IL quiet life. Soon afterwards he was
shot to death by Manu- Il Pielayo. Caro- said
he knew that his Masonic faith had hasLene3
him to his doom. B,fors he die1 he asSel
four Of his brother Mlsons to take his heart
after his death, au give it to some chaptet
of the Rose Cro1 for burial. The heart has
been sine very carefully guarded.
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EIEcTRoCUITURE.


In it's fourth annual report the Utah
station gives an account of an exneri-
ment in electroculture after the plan
of M. Paulin, the Frenchman.
As it was rather late in the season
only brief experiments could De under
taken at the Utah station. A geomag-
netifer was, however, erected, and
mangel wurzels, turnips, oats, beans,
buckwhest and potatoes were selected
to demonstrate the effect of electricity
on plant growth.
The results went far to prove the
correctness of NJ. Paulin's theory. In
the experiments with mangel wurzels
and turnips the wired plat made ex-
cellent returns except in two out of
the three trials with turnips. The
mangel wurzels showed favorably in
all instances, as did the oats, beans
and buckwheat, which made respec-
tive gains of si1ty-nine, forty-one and
81. 13 per cent. The gain in beans
from wiring is the more surprising, as
they possess high nitrogen-gather-
ing power. Wired potatoes produced
3s2. bushels of large and 52.1 II bush
els of small potatoes to the acre,
against 266 bushels of large and S4.4
Of small potatoes from the unwired
plot.
The geomagnetifer is still in the ex-
perimental stage, but if the success
ascribed to the wire is still further
verified new field of agriculture will
-.be opened up to the farmer, and the
possible crops of those engaged in
gardening, small fruit culture and ex-
tensive farming can hardly be pre-
dicted.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
SHEEP KILLING DOGS INoURABLE.

When dog begins to kill sheep he
never quits. A reformed dog has never
been heard of. If he gets too old to
catch or handle sheep, he has been
known to be the leader of younger
dogs which he has trained to the busi-
ness. A dog with a good record in
in his own neighborhocd has often
been the unknown terror of farmers
five or six miles away. 1t has been
observed shat sheep killing dogs show
greater cunning in these midnight
raids upon focks than at any other
time of their lives. They seem to
think it is better to go from home and
keep up good reputation. American
Farmer.
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WHEAT FOR CHICKENS.

Every farmer has noticed that about
the time of wheat harvest, if the
fowls are allowed the run of the fields
and barnyards, there is material in
crease in the egg supply. I think the
second fact is the natural result of the
first. I have fed corn, oats, barley,
buckwheat, fax and sunfower seeds,
and have found nothing equal to whole
wheat as food for fowls. For young
chicks it seems especially adapted.
After two or three days of feeding on
soft food the young chickens will pick
up the wheat quite greedily, and will
thrive on it as on nothing else. Grow
ing chickens have large demand for
lime, and especially bone material,
and this is more nearly supplied in
whole wheat than in any other grain.
# wheat were So per bushel, it would
still be the cheapest feed for young
chicks. Farmers can, however, econo-
mize by feeding wheat screenings and
damaged wheat, which, though unsal-
able, is nearly as good for chicken
feed. In feeding screenings, if there
are many weed seeds, due allowance
should be made, as they are not 80 nu-
tritious as the wheat. Some kinds of
weed seeds are hurtful to chickens /;
but these they will reject, if ted
whole. Grinding weed seeds is of lit
tie benefit, except to get rid of them,
and this might better be done by fire,
as they are of so little worth.
|. Last winter we had several bushels
of wheat so badlyy damaged by rain in
harvest that it was condemned as
worthless, except for stock feed. 1t
was given quite literally to the hens,
alternating with corn, and, though
the winter was very unfayorable for
egg production, the hens commenced
laying early, and have produced a
much larger quantity than ever be-
fore. I attribute this to the damaged
wheat, and shall see that wheat in
some shape is supplied to the fowls
hereafter.-American Poultryard.
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THE MOTHERS GIFT.

''Place this in your trunk, my son." said
pious mother to her boy, handing him Bible,
az he was about leaving home for college;
.'place this in your trunk, and when away
from the parental roof. read it, and deem it
precious; it is the book; your mother has
tried it, and what she has found good 10 her
own soul, she would have her Francis also
know, in his own blessed experience"
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A Curious Accident.

It is reported from Cumberland. Md. that
q young man named Clement f. Moreland
was fatally injured the other day by a
strange accident. He was bathing IN the
canal with some companions. and took a
dive from the top Of Il wall Just at the mo-
ment one of the others. VINO was swimming
under water. was coming TO the surface, ana
Morelapds head struck the others shoulder
with great iorce. Moseland's neck was
hrnLnn h, the Sin -.
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Costs Ohio S15O,OOO.

The State D ,.icpnrv Bolrl OF Ohio au-
tru-yal tn= issue OF c.rtii :atHs o. ln ieose l.
Il - ~ cover the eNo ,nSs5 OF the mltltla III
Gu fling tne distur oan24s growing out OF the
r4c,nt miners srrik-. The amount is ast,::
marsd by the Adjutant- Gsneral at $l5J, 90
II will probably excsed this amount.
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Cotton From EgypC.

Reports to the State Department show
that New England manufacturers use SS,
OOO. 900 worth o.cotton from Egvpt annually.