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 VALLEY OF JHE JORDAN. A Tlsit to Salpbor Sprinfrs Known to the Romans 2,000 Tears Ago. At the spot where the Jordan iistieB from Lake Tiberias there are twe large moands, a fiagment of sea wall, and a canseway on arches which projects into the nver, divid- ing it fiom the waters cf the lake, and sag- geatiDg that it may possibly, in ancient times, have formed the appioach to a bridge. There is no bridge there now. The rirer swirls round the arches, which »re choked with rains and reeds, and in a broad swift stream winds its way to the Dead Sea. Here, in old time, stood the floman city of Tahcbeea, bnilt en a site of a Phoeaicifcn for- tress ot still older date. Nothing remains but heaps of rabbish covtred with broktn potterVi and fragments of scnlpture; bat it offers probably a rich field for fatare exsava- tion. Ttie modem ntme Kerah signifies in Syriac "Fortress," and its natural pokition was remarkably stroai;, as the Jordan, after leaving the lake, takes a sharp bend to ttie westward and flows almost parallel with it, thus leaving an^ intervening peninsula on which the town was 'tuated. It i^t de- fended on the westward by a broad ditch, traces of wbioh still remain, connectin,; the Jordan with the lake, thus making the pen- insula an island apppiozched only by a causeway, Jotephus meLt^ons Tarichaea as having been a important military po«t in the wars of his time. When I vi»ited it the lake was unusually high, and the Jordan was i.nford- able, 10 we were obliged to ferry over, swim- ming our boreea and mules a distance of 70 or 80 yards across the rapid current. Then we n-ounted and galloped in a eoutheftfterly direction, over a fertile plain, waving at this season of the year with luxuriant ciops. I was so much struck with the fertility and agricultural capacity of this region ihat I made inquiry as to its ownership, and found that it had bee presented by a former Sul- tan to one of the principal Bedouin sheiks of this Eastern conntry, and that he was exempt from all taxation. His lands extend to the foothills, where the Yaimuk issues from the mountains of Gilead and Juaian, which we were now approaching. We had ascended these but a little y when a sc:ne burst upon us which surprised and de- lighted us by ITS WILD AM) i;:^BXPBCTED GBANDEUK. The Yaimuk here enters the plain of the Jordan on its way to join that river with a volume of water fully equal to the lattar, pouring its swollen torrent between two per- fectly perpendicular precipices of basalt, which are about two hundred yards apart and look like some majestic gateway expi eas- ly designed by nature to atford the nver a fitting outlet to the plaii. ait^r its wiU; course through the mountains. On each side of theSe cliffs the country swells back abruptly to a heigct of 1 700 feet above the ttream. At thuir base, Here and there, the limestone or basalt rock, for the twoforunet'onsare curiously intermxed, crops out sharply, forming terrace.) with precipitous sides. The more dihtant turn- mits are frirged with oak forests. Toe gen- eral effect of the landscape as you first burat upoa it after leaving the Jordan valley is in the highest degi-ee impressive. The path, gradually ascending, winds along thu e'ge of cliffs, riling to a sheer height of 300 I'r.^t from the torrent which foams beneath. We are so close to their margin on the ri^ht that it makes us »iddy io look down, while on the left hand, grassy slopes, covercid with wild flowers, rise to the base of other c:.ffi above us. For an hour we wind along these dizzy ledges. In one place I observed a hundred feet of limestone superimposed up- on two hundred of basalt, tne whole form- ing a black and whita precipice very re- markable to look upon. In tact, my fur- ther investigations of this valley of the Yar- muk, some portion of which, I believe, we were the first to explore, have convinced me that it affords finer scenery than is to be found in any other part of Palestine. It is astonishing that it should have remained until now almost entirely unkncwn. Where tae valley opened a little we saw beneath us a small plain, almost encircled by the river, and on it ahout twenty Bedouin t^nta. Oar unexpected and novel appearance on the clifF above evidently caused some httle ttir and airaz-.ment, but they were too far be low us to communicate with, so we pushed .on to a point where tie p»th suddenly plunged dow n by a series of steps bet Aeen walls of black basalt making averystjep descent for loaded mules, and one not a t:- gether pleafant for mountid men. It; had tte advantage of bringini? us soon to the bott;m, however, but net before my eyes were gladdened by the sight of one of tHe object? for which I had undertaken the trip, At my feet, and separated from the river by a narrow strip of land covered with bushes, was a long pool of bluish-gray water in marked contract with the yellow stream. Above it floated a very light mist, or rtther haze. Following with the eye a little stream of the same colored water which entered it, past a primitive mill, I saw that it de- bouched Irom another pond similar in color, and evidently it» source, and to this our path was conducting us. It was the first of the hot sulphur springs of Amatha, aele brated by Eusebins as being muchfiequent- ed in the time of the Romans, and famous for their healing qaalities. We soon reached its margin, add, dismounting, tether our horses under the shade of a large tr:e, and stretching ourselves for a rest after our ride, prep-iratory to a slight repast and a more minate investigation of the springs and the ruins by which they are sarroanded. Oar nostrils were rettaJed by a ttrong odor of rotten eggs, which left no doubt in our minds as to the quality of the waters by which we were surrounded. We were here at a depression of 550 feet below the snrface of the sea, but the climate, which mukt be ISTftLEtSABLT HOT IN SUMMER, was at this time of year delii;htfal. Ws were soon sufiSoieBtly rested to scramble firt down to the pool, only a few yards be- low us, which was about fi»ty yards long by thirty broad, and apparently five or six feet deep. The temperature was 98 ° and the taste of the water very strongly sulphurons. Thea we ascended a mound behind, covered with ruins, consisting principJly of frag- ments of columns, caivcd stone seati, and drafted blocks which had been used for bailding purposes. Immediately behind this mound was an extensive ruin, consist- ing of three arches in a fair state of prwerva tion. Some of the arches were 15 or 28 feet high, and enolcaed a semioircolar space or hail for batbors. On the other aide wm » vaulted baildioK which partly enolo^ what is at this day ths only frfqncntwi spring. This is a oironUr pooL P»*t of tie old masonry which enclosed it still remains. The pool U about 25 feet wide, with a tem- perature so high that I found it impossible to keep my hand in »t To mv great •ston* ishment, and to theus also when they ^aw me suddenly appear, four or five Ara»« were bathing in it. How their bodies could sup- port the he»t was to nee a mystery. They did not support it long. Tbey were no sooner in than out, their bodies looked as much like lobsters as the complexion ftf their skin would permit. They lauphed and in- vited me to join them. One or two were it'ctohed full length on the identical stone slabs under the building on which doubtless 2,000 years ago the bathers of that date used to repose after having been half boiled alive. This spring must be of immense volume to judge by the size of the torrent which gushed from it, and which was crossed on stepping stones, flowing away in what would be considered a good sized trout stream, to mingle its waters with the Yarmnk after a course of a few hundred yards. We deter- mined when oar tents arrived to pitch them near this spring on the brink of another stream which flowed in from the eastward, and which, though slightly »ulphurous was drinkable. Indeed, we do not object to tak- ing in a moderate amount of this wholesome medicament into our organisms. We found another strong spring, not quite so hot as the one in use, a little above our tents, so that there is no lack of water. Indeed, I doabt whether sulphur springs of so much volume exist anywhere else ia the world. Not far from this, with its back to aaothor mound, were the ruins of an old Eoman theatre, ssme of the rows of seats »tll clearly diEcernible, These springs are situated on a plain about a mile long and a half a mile bioad, semicircular in shape, the chord of the are consisting of a fine basalt precipice, from which it slopes gradually to the nver, which forms the bow. It is watered by a good fresh wati r sprmg, which rushes irona the base of the cliffs. The hot sulphur stream which issues from the pool we first visited turns a mill and then flows into the lont; ob- long pond I first saw from above. Here, after the exertions of the day, I determined to bathe. I never enjoyed a swim more than the one in this soft sulphur water, with a temperature of 96 The pool was about one hundred yards long and tea wide, and out of my depth nearly throughout its length. The rocks upon which I could sit comfortably up to my neck where the stream entered the pool were covered with a heavy white deposit. Toe sensation afterward was one of delicious langccr; but my full enjoy- ment of the bath was a little maried by the tact that I had to walk a quarter of a mile back to the tents aft'i:«-av I had a_l:ng talk on my ^iy to the hull r, the soliiary rtsident of thisloaely but encbantinc; spot, and 1r ed to induce him to de« rt the mill, of whijh he was the guariian, and act a my guide up tho river on the tollowing day, but he was either too consci^ntioi'S, too l.zy, I r too igaorant â€" I suspec' ihe la t. r, as I found by experience tha' all the lufoi- mition he gave me of a topographical nature was err ,n;ous. I; was, thcrsfcrj. with a pleasing sense of anticipation that we reiir- ed to rest, determined to trast to our own geoara jhical instincts a-one for our propo-ied txploratioa. Ringing the Baby. Tnere is one young couple in Toronto who are r^aiy to op^iu an exchange where they may get rid of some superflaous jewellery they have on hand, or, rdther, • haven't en hand, because the hand is quite too small for the jewellery. Tnere ia a new laby In the iamily and before it was a week old they received a small box from California, aid upcn opening it found a tiny gold ring with '"Welcome^little strangfr," ene;raved on the inside. 'It's much too lar^e for the baby and not quite large enough to fit me," tad the young mother, plaintively; but on the prin- ciple that it would keep she put it away, and dictated a letter of thaaks to the gender. The next day the baby's aunt sent it a lovely little ring set in pearls, with "Our pet" marked on the inner circle. Then its grandmother sent a ring made out of a piece of gold found in dear^rind- pa's pocket after his deatii, and it hai two sets of initials aid a Bible ti xt inscribed on it. Bat the next ring was frjm a school friend, a ad was a wide baud of gold with a quar-tr dollar bangle hung by a liny chain, and the bentiment "Of such is the kingdom of Heaven," was condensed into it, quite disci rnible with a microscope, however. Then the baby's uncle got home from New Ycr.£, and when he had kissed the new arrival he took something out of his vest pocket: 'â- I couldn't see a thing to get the kid ex- cept this," he said, as he opened a tiny box. "I knew nobody would think of giving such a little shaver a ring, so I got one. Hello, sis, wlai's the matterl" The young mother had fainted. Bat they re8tcr«d her in time to see her dear old Aunt Letitia, who had stepped ovtr on her way to the Pacific Coast to see that blessed baby. "Not a ring on her dear, sweet little 1 a!ids," said the old lady, severaly; "Aunty Lishy didn't ferret her tootsey- wooteey," And she slipped a cameo cir jlet on the small rd finger. It had a Greek word en graved OQ it which mans "Hope." "There's the postman's rinc;," said the nti ie one cay as bhe looked out of the wm- dow, "He's br n.iag anothr oS- ring to the baby I ^tew it;" said the pale young mother. ^^ But they carry them to another room now, where they are number dd, sorted oat aid put away lu regular order, shining memen- toes of the awful want of originality, which is usually possessed by the friends of a first baby, » » t Most bells were originally feminine, now the two or three called by Christian names in England are masculine. Toe most cele- brated. Great Tom, at Oxfofd, was originally named Mary. Tresham, the Vice Chancellor of the period, writes: "Oh, beautiful Mary, how musically she sounds." She has done little to belie this reputation since she be- came Tom. Once only, in the year 1880, Tom got into disgrace by a series of incon- tinent strikings which greatly alarmed the undergraduates, who were divided in opin- ion as to "whet'aer there was an earthquake, the Daan was dead, or the college on fire." THE WOBLD OVER. Idle Steamships-Core for Heart Dis- easeâ€" Baladayaâ€" The Tricjele iB BBghadâ€" IsvOierflrest " Tunnel â€" c.f Ac. In the English northeastern ports 137 ocean steamships are idle. The Prince Imperial of Austria speaks, it is asserted, every dialect known in the Aus- trian dominions, except Turkish. Within two months the House of Lords has had two Roman Catholic aoo^ssionsâ€" the Earl of Abingdon and L -rd North, both concerts. The health record of Cincinnati u repo"^*, ed to have greatly improved spce the flood cleaosed the unwholesome districts. It is thought probable that the late Duke of Baccleuch has made a considerable difis- ion of his vast estates. O-e of $50,000 a year he has given to his second son abso- lutely. Many mouths ago the medical press was crowded with articles to Tshow the action of a so called new remedy in heart diseases- extract of lily of the valley. Bat a book- worm in Roma finds that the remedy was highly esteemed in Germany for the same m»lady prior to the year 1821, A correspondent, writing to Naturen, states that the past winter has been remark- able for the differences in climate observed within short distances in Norway. For in- stance, while at Coristiania the icewasfft)m ten inches to twelve iinohes thick last Janu- ary, at Stovanger the thermometer fell t » freezing point only once durinj5 the whole month. The Rev. D.-. Wright, a distinguished A. M. of Trinity College, Dablin, has created some sensation by an article in which he says that many of tie folio ys of that university do not believe in divine revelation or the ex- istence of a personal God. Several are, at the best, agnostic), if not atheists. Tnere is no way fcr disciplining either a fellow or professor for erroneous views, and so it is a propaganda of skepticism, Tnere is a controversy aa t wh«t'ier an eagle will tit on a limb and let himielf be- come encased in ice. Edward P, Roe relat- ed an inituice of that kind, and his accura- cy was questioned. John H^ldar now tells how, at Bloomington, 111., he had an eagle brought to him covered by ice so complete ly that it could not move legs or wings, fell from the tree on which it had perched, and was captured by a boy. Balaclava, although its name will be ever famous in history as associated with the fa- mous light cavalry charge, has hitherto re- mained an unim porta" t town. It ia, how ey^r, now b(,g!nning to develop resources, and bids fair to become a fashionable resort for invalids. A medical commission visiting it last summer has reported very favorably on its sheltered position and climate. The sale of the Hamilton library realized £12 907, which added to the Beckford total, makes £SG 458 ($432,270) for the Hamilton Palace liDrir.ts. Toe disposal of these li- braries occupied forty-eight days, extended over nearly two years. Is is understood that the German Government paid £100,000 for the Hamdton MSS which were sold by private contract, A young and well-known English noble- man is the owner of thirty-five cabs and seventy horses in London. The hansoms may be reognised by their sniart appeal ance and the letters S. T. under the driver's box. Tnere was a great probability the other day of his lordship appearing as a defendant, owing to one uf his cabs having come into collision with a private owner's vehicle, but the spectacle ot the noble lord in a L}ndon county court lias been obviated by a compro- mise. From a French state paper, bately brought to light, it appears that in 1770 the follow- ing Parliamentary decree was solemnly pass- ed and duly registered under King Louis XV.: "Whosoever, b^ means ot red or white piint, perfumes, essences, artificial teeth, tiilse hair, cotton, wool, iron coraets, hoops, shoes with high heels, or false hipa, shall seek to entice into the bands of mar- riage any malj subject of his Ma j sty, shall be prosecuted for wichcraft, and declired incapable of mat'imo-iy." L- dies' handkerchiefs this season in Paris match the gown, to that if your gown ia m do of a material with a design of rosebuds, or trimmed with rosebud embroidery, you should have a handkerchief with a rosebud border. If your gown is brown tweed your bandktrchief should have a brown border, and if your dress is made of striped material your handkerchief should have a border striped to match. The latest novelties in men's haadkerchiefs have a border of littld red or black devils in grotesque attitudes. In England 50 miles have been covered in 3 houis 27 minutes on a tricycle, and the 100 miles between Bith and London have been ridden in 8 hours IS minutes on a bicy- cle. A mile has been ridden in 2 minutis 31 2-5 seconds; 10 miles in 29 minutes 30 2-5 seconds; 20 miles in 59 minutes 58 3-5 sec- onds, and 100 miles in 5 hours 50 minutes 5 3 5 seconds. The other day, a very windy tne, a veteran of 77 role 53mil«s in 5 hours, and a man and his wife rode 117 miles in 12 hours to show what they could do. The new kind of gunpowder lately intro- duced by M, Himly is superior to iJl others now in use, in the ease and rapidity of its ptoiuction and the entire absence of danger in the processes of manufacture. Its freedom from »ny hygroscopic qaalities is also evi- dent from the fact that 100 grams of the ar- ticle, exposed to damp weather for some four days in an open window, showed no gain of weight, with a delicate balance. It ia tvo and ond-half times mora powerful than common powder, and there u but a very slight residue. Another advantage is the slignt amount of smoke given off, and this, as contrasted with that trom nitro-ex- plosivea, is totally innocuous. The preliminary surveys for the great Simpion Tunnel have now been definitely accomplished by a Commission of experts, the result being a report adverse to any operations being undeitiked on the rout* sugge«t'»d, in view of the extreme heat like- ly to be encountered in the intjrior of the vast mountainâ€" tae normal temperature of the same being estimated at nearly ninety- eight degreesâ€" during the process of con- struction. In other respects, however, it is admitted that the geological conditions are quite as favorable as those of St. Gothard, They propose, under these oirounwtanoes, a line sLghtly different from that eriginally contemplated, and which, though aomeiriiat longer than the fim, would rwluoe the tern peiatnre to about eighty-six d^nrees, and would afford better opportnnit'es also Jo the required ventilation. Darwin writes that he created immense fxoitwewtflMe in » monkoy- «•»»« the Lmdon *X) by bringmg a stuffed snake there. Tnree speciee of ceroopitheous were the most alarmed. They darted about their cages and uttered sharp cries of danger, which were understood by the other mon- keys. He then placed it in the ground m one of the larg«r compartments. After a time all the monkeys collected round it in a large circle, and, staring intent'y, presented a most ludicrous sppearance. They became extremely nervous, to that when a wooden ball with which they were familiar »s a play- thing was accidentally moved in the straw under whtch it was hidden th»y all instantly leaped away. Several of the F-ench newspapers pub lish extracts from a paper by M. A. Milne Edwards, the eminent naturalist, on the gorilla in the Jardin des Plantes. Ho has made a lengthened study of this ape, and the description he gave of him was very much the reverse of favorable. The chimp- anzee and orarge outang were, he declared, in comparison with the gorilla, models of sweetness and amiability. He never gave his keeper the least mark of affection; he never permitted himself to be touched with- out manifesting the utmost repugnance to the familiarity, and, in general, a bite was the return he made for a caress. He would not play with the other apes nor tolerate them in his neighbourhood. M. Milne Ed- wards concided by ranking the gorilla in point of intelligence, a long way below any of the other anthropoid apes. The gorilla has recently died â€" killed, one wag says, by M. Milne Edward's article. The national monument at Washington, when finished, will be the loftiest structure in the world, by about thirty feet The tow- ers of the cathedral at Cologne, just finish- ed, have a height of 524 feet and 11 inches; tower of St. Nicholas, Hamburg, 473 feet 1 inch; cupola of St. Peter's, Rome, 469 feet 2 inches; cathedral spire at Strasburg. 465 feet 11 inches; pyramid of Cheops, 449 ffet 5 inches; tower of St. Stephen's, Vienna, 443 feet 19 inches; cathedral spire at Frei- burg, 410 feet 1 inch; cathedral of Antwerp, 404 feet 10 inches; cathedral of Florence, 390 feet 5 inches; St. Paul's, London, 465 feet 1 inch; cathedral tower at Magdeburg, 339 feet 11 inches; tower of the new votive church at Vienna, 314 feet II inches; tower of the Rathhaus at Berlin, 288 feet 8 inches; towers of Notre D«me, Paris. 232 fert 11 inches. Of American structures, the Wash- ington monument, Baltimore, is 210 feet; Bunker Hill monument, 225 feet; Trinity Church, Naw York, 284 feet; St. Patrio's Cathedral, New York, to be 360 feet. Saggestions to Independent Voters. In an article on "The Use and Abuse of Parties," in the June Century, the Rev. D.-. Washington Gladden in conc'usion says of pirties: "What, then, is the duty of intel- lig»nt and patriot'c men respecting thom.^ To this question various answers are given. "1. Keep out of political life. It is hope- lessly corrupt. Yoa can do nothing o pu- rify it. L-t it alone. "This is the arguTient of despair, lightly urged by many frivulons and faitbloss souls, but not to bo entertained by aoy pitriot. ' 2. Vote always, but belong to no party. Join the unorganized mob of Indepenients; t»ke your place on what Mr. Charles Fran cis Adams, Jr., calls "ti; centre of the tlt- ing-boara,' and put your vot« in every election where they will do the most good â€" voting always for the best men, or, at any rate, against the worst rascals. "This is a comfortable way of doing polit ical duty; the practical difficulty is in de- termining which rascil is the worst. Both are sometimes so bad tUat it ia hirl to choose. ' 2 Maintain a loo e reUtioa to one par- ty or the o'.her, but take no part in tie pri- mary meetings, andboitwhen they offer you bad candidates or bad metsares. The the- ory ia that in t'lis semi atcached condition you will influeacs somswhat the nomi na- tions; that thepwty managers w 11 be think- ing of joi when they make up the ticket. "This, too, is apt to leave the voter sim- ply a choice of two evils. Tiie gentlemen lift by you in charge of the primary meet- ings are not sure to think of 301, and if they do, they console themselves with the refl c ion that the o'.her fellows will p oba- bly nominate a worse man than theirs. ' 4. Join one party o- the other. Go into the caucuses, if you cm get in. Tak-j your pluck and your independence along with you. Tell the gentlemen in ch«rge t-iatyou are interested in the sue jess of the party, and that you want to help keep it in a shape in which it will deserve to succeed. Give them distinctly to understand that while you ask nothing for jourself, you intend to take a hand in shaping the party po'icy and in making the nominations; and that you will be guided in all this by a supreme re- gard for natiora' interests rather than per- sonal interests. If, in spite of your proiests, they make bad nominations, bolt the nomi- nations, and return to the charge the next time, taking with you as manyaa yoa can of your well-mtentioned neighbors. If you preserve your temper, and use rea»o 1, and keep standing up tor m n and things that are honest and of good report, peradventure they will listen to you at length, aad you may sue jeed in lifting up the standards and in purifying party manage m^nt. "This last method appeari to me by far the wisest one." The Chinese Farmhouse. The Chinesa fernhouse is a curious-lock- ing abode. Usually it is sheltered with proves of leathery bamboo and thick-sprr a 1- ing banyans. The wall* »r« of o^ay cr wood and the inkericr of the house con»i»t8 of oae main room extending from the fl x r to the tiled r.»of, with closet looking apartments in thootrnersfor tl*epmg rooms. Thfrs is a sUdmg window on the roof, male ot cut oyster shells ar a aged in rows, while the side windows »r. mere wooden shutteri The floor is the tare carih where atnightfaU there oitsn gather4 together a miscelhtneous family of dir«y ch Idrtn, fowls, ducks, pige- ons aad a Utter of pigs, all living together in happy harmony. Jn »oine dUtricts in- fested by marwd ng bands, houses are strongly fcriified with high waUs, containine apertures fcr fire.rms and pr )tected by a moat crossed by a rude dr»wtridge. With grain, swine and a well .nder his roof, the farmer and hu men might hold out ajainat a year's Bi«ge. The coral insMt ia a great reef-former. SCIENTlPio, Becz DC or naphtha win from paint without remorin' ' niedqniokly and carefali^* "^1 A new Fi-oce« in shot mit; with the till (owe--*. A Tt °^ "il air is foi eel oa the tead as it"?!' water. ' '"" i I/e»tber chair-seiti* may v rubbing them with wtllheaten* ^v\ Leither bindings ot booki °"" cleansed by thi» method \???» bindings shoald be washed with " nel saturated with soDaads, "'a Atol a t-3rithas lem^ooej so hardeoel or tempered thu '" want to come to the fire again u!n" wora down that it r.qmres refn "' saves the t me lost iu a secoad^k"' and it avoids the damage al» " the cntt ng power by reharJeain!^' forging. 6 A writer in a C0i.t !mpor.»j ;„ 1 "I disoofered many yer s ago k^' could b^ made to la^t oa^erthanir i groand, but thought the process," that it was not well to make a stir Po^ta of any wood can be prepredl thaa two cents apiece. This ia th TaSe ho li liuseedoil andsiir iajjij coal to the cojsisteocy of piint. P of this over the timber, and there Ij mao that will live to see it rot. ' It appews from a recent a'alene by one of t'.ie mosk extensive iijai in England, tiat. o.ving to ths meats Utely made in the manula-i; coke, the yield of the latter, pertono* has been increased frjm aboat cent, to seventy-five aad seyeatysjvjl cent. At the sime time t .at the 1 coke has be^n fius increased, the 1 ducers have been utilized to the eitj seven gallons of tar aad thirty gallojjj moniacal liquors per ton of coal, vancein the utilizat ono: byproiurtjj in a word, a raductioa ia tiecostolt^ duction of iren, Gi aiulatei ccrk is an exoellentm-j ductjr of heat, aid is oa this icoomtil desirable material in the coistractojji f rigerator cars. It is also use 1 in the j, of passenger carj as a '•deidener'ji noise of the running ge.r. It ia miiil running the scraps ia a cork factory 1 a mill which reduces theai to a coamj. der. The maaufactarers, Aijistrongjl ers Co., of Pittsburg, make 8e7er.I1 of it per day, for which there is a reiij mana fioaa car builders aad refiiciJ maiu'a:!tarers, aad also for the filling j;| ho-'ses. Paper bottles ar.1 noiv mide oi a scale in Germany and Aubtr a. Tlie 1 muet be well s'zad. The foloffLnisj to be a good receipt for the paper: par is o^ rags, forty of strav, fifty ot I wool p'jlp. The piper is impregna;;: coit^d on boti sides wit'i siity pa-tij fibrinatid fresh blood, tiirt/-five par lime powder, five p;irts sulphit;of shii Aftsr drying, ten or twelve rulled lav coat id ajain, place! over eaca o.htr theapla;od in heat 3d moul Is Tne aba in the blood forms a conbinatioa 0; sure with the I'me whica is perfect!/ 1 against spritrs, etc. The kettles are) in tivo p.eces, which are joined afk:i! A Hard Glove Fight Between Tivo j|^ rows. Bin a'.h a sign, over the doer of onec;] busiest establishments in Liwiston, a in the wall ha« ^formed one of thesui ritreat for a bird cr beast imaginabk winter s'ormc beat down the recess ill wall has been secure in its protection. r^ins trouble not ils qaiet, and the eu: 1 look in in springtime. A sar; more of nests have Ueea buili there, Ap geny of E iglish sparrows h.i :, after naco:^ ed struggles with the original dwell r:, the lands by right of conquest, andnoil habit its domains. O.'er the sigi opai ' windows of aa office. '-ie s.ts oy ttieoi windows anl sees all thj do'tigs of the .4 ilycfbrls. Their bittle of conqiesif rectn'dy fought. Hastings tlodyiiiid' partially r. -unacted. It was abDutlOo'ciJ A sparrow cr two wtr; loitiag arouE' house, when ad02.11 or mere iatriders? el down on tha iron rods of the.irang' sigis, a: d began to make irjuole. i1 Wore ruuiing thin.:;3 whea re enf." of the homa brJs began to iir.ve, grots ve, thicli-headed K igii^li *P" plumed his feathtrj, and al. tiie siCte details of war f llowed. Tae uproar cw the specta orj to the window, T^ist b r s fiiught cfif the in'raders, Taey down in increaaed nuoib.rj, aad the K ers flad. Two birds in the thickest 0: « fight flew up and down, and up aw"' again. A gentleman on the walk held out his hands, aad the Dirds sett- his out-stretched palms aid foi^S^'f Aft«r the intrude ri had been rjated iw were expressions of jjy in the nest. Kagliah epirrow is njthicg if In; a noti fig-" Brides for FreHch Confict' A cargo of human freight uft F«'"=^' other day. E*ch year one of the gen«»1 spect o •« of priso is visits the six centra tent Varies where wo nen gervauM ares their time to a^k for vo'tiut^ier' i" New Ca edo .la a wives lor caiviots«r o it seucenoes la t-a; pecivl 'O ony. w o nen wl.o a s Jvered this app- a **' j ped the ot ler da? fio n Bo dn^ " "' ' the; a-nveiu New Caledonia tney dividod between the two reli({'^^^ ' meiits, oie a- Koamta a id the ot ler a ' ra 1 Ine coavicts ot the fi"'^^*"JJ^I| tLoie wbo have dUtinguished i**^""*, ^ooi coaanct aad who a-e """'"'f^L re»a-ded b/ laid grants -a -e inlorj^ of the women. Tcoie jf" o: who are widowers ano to Ret aa-ried, go to Noamea or »o where they are a lowed *o ma""'^^ auoag the women. 0: coarse, they ^^ loroed to make a choice, co: are t ^| loiced to marry if the men wbo sei .^^ d o B ot pi. aw them. The aut o.-' ^.^^^ ,; the a -rival unmarried, The aut o." duce the men and wonen to â-ºii-' alio V them to ait ai they please. .^ Daring the last century a ffo e r mo:e carious system wai in '" "t.en, the wonen arrived t'ley, with t"^,' ' dravn up in lines facing «a:h °' i.jet(i»] name of a man was called a""^!"*, bee"'*! o! a woman, and when the list h»a ^^^ ,;| ed over, the couples thus F? 'â- " once married. LGBIG13LTURAI Voelker, the agrioulturi Aitricttltural Societ; ,. in relatfoa to poultry n ' 1 to the application o I least expensive and b. to mix it with dry ea like into a compcs.t M Hce tbe quantity of dr; .f this kino, it vrill mon b i fairly dry and powdery It may be readily sown brc drill, and found very every kini of garden v crops. s«ch as turnips ftc it sbould be m-xed Oft powdery state, with .making it into oomposty dgment, quicklime shoul ith it, for iU effect would ammonia, the most of wl ad be lost. On the other h jy no harm, but a pceiti rmiing it with soot. In t the next best thing is to r to which a small c [Mphate U addedâ€" the Ir jl^ effectually prevent thi Bnonia. A mixture of two Kad one part superphosphi readiness to mix with dung for the purpose of I of moisture, and thus U luced to a dry and frial iits of fresh chicken mam the preceding mixture fand superphosphates, if 1 L a few days and turn during the time, and th 1 a screen or sieve, will bi â-  efficscions when applied faix to eight hundred p;u llGBlCULTLEAL ITEJ at autopsy upon a valual port, Ct., rtvealed tuat 1 caused by pieces of zim Ted from the lining of i allowed. respondent of the Wester Fgays a teaspoonful of sa! ft gallon of water and t [to the grape vines, will I of the rose bug. This rei Ith trying. ItioQ is made in foreign â-  where each horse gets a .ermilk daily throughou (stem has been continued a and '-found to atswt fctory manner." respondent of the Prai at in cutting up some d apple trees he dislodge which had found lo.ign (and roots, and is cow ci'D es ought not to be left in las breeding places for i I be immediately consignee inglish Gevernment is se _; th3 cultivation of forests twitz of Copenhagen, one horities en the subject, and studied its adsi Cultivation, and prononnc' Dst favorable countries i I growth of timber. lessor E. M. Shelton, Fai Kansas Agricnltural t three or four distinc: I and studied them caref rears. When asked whit [that he would be " sorel; Sich has steilicg poict: i Dg weaknesses, fancier, who beli' bl ensilage for fowls I'urirs lit does not pay to constr Ve it in. He uses old but [bairels, or molasses hog eh cont^jnf s at the prop sinks them under groun crt clover, rye, and tend "i from a lawn, make the ^la. fy papers have reccmmei land field seeds by placi yers of damp cotton, I » sunny place in a roi severe test. Seed* [in vitality would gern ^vorablb circumstances. at, however, if they wi P where they are ordina Impossible that they w( Wants that would stand if they did. I Goodman, Secretary of I Horticultural Society, |hee8 ipjured by cold we y acting on the rule tl I is iojupd the more it ' iUb shoald te done befoi ' pring. His argumen Me of treatment is, thai ife enough left at the roo f we tree will recover, pr [wort distance to send th wood. On the o |. to flow to the tops Mi circulate so slowly t '" drying np. okes have been gro\ 'y«« at the Michiga The method of mai "»ve a small patch "^t to the swine-pens "g "OWs were turned to harvest the r( ^^^ crop is thus gro^ '« »u»oe it requires 11 I remaining ia the groi "•^es succulent tooc « is most needed, a ohWn from other s ithe fann superintend "th the result of this "â-  «UM-King the arti L^wiatoi has an Aid. y^^^'^Aa. end of eommitties is the plwe tor u^ *k« Care of Sk» "^^ hosbandry n -** judicious feed: •^^ â„¢ every part o '.i««, so far froB our higher i;^ other ai Bd, it has beei Jto 1500 per *?5w«tikUy ke^t •*« •teok. Dai ^f Off mnch moi