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A n ""r TiT ti I -I 1 -" :f» ^iAm- »*â- *> i»««^ f iA '4f' r~ -A •â- â-  â-  •â- â- -. • â- â- â- â-  T' Sl'AMI.B CAIU'I OK IIOUSKH. Among tlic horses in tliis country . tlitru is jirolmljly more KuITcrint? fioiu liiistakoii IviiuliicsK anil luck ol' skill Jiiul judginciil, tliiin from Uuliberutf cruelty or williil neglect. An im- liicnsc mays of empiricism, prejudice and false notions in relation to liorse jiiajuiKi'nient in health and disease lias l.etonie traditional, anrl is hand- ed t.'oHn from one goiicriition to an- other. E\en when tlie hoiso is in apparent health, with no morhiil sym/iloms wliuU'vcr, it is bled, jjurg- C(l and blistered; harsh diuretics and "eoiidilion jKiwdors" of unknown • coni|io.silion are administered, witli : no very dofinito or intelligent aim, but under the vagiej idea that -such treatment will somehow ini|)rovc the condition and n|ipearanco of the hor.se. If wo are to retain the i)ris- tine health and vigor of tlic hor.se under the artitieial eondilioii.s of do- mestic Eervitnde, we must furnish it as far as possible with equally pure air, wholesome food and water it lias while running wild. In the first |daee, the stable mtist 1)C kept perfectly clean nt all times. When allowed to retiuiin in such a condition that if a man slays ten minutes his clothing becomes .satur- ated with pimgeiit aiumoniacal odors, it is not a fit jilace in which to keep a hor.se. The animal cannot retain I'erle;t health in an atmosphere loaded with foul gasses. 'riie stalls and floor must ho cleaned every morning and kept clean. The droji- pings and wet, fotil litter should not be tos.i^^cd through a hole behind the , stall, and le.'t piled ui) there a reek- ing dunghill, with the gnsrs and od- ors of fermentation penetrating the stable. To say nothing of the waste of manure, whicji is often an item of some impi^rtance, such a jiractico is ntte:ly incompatible with pure air in the stable. The manure and litter sliDuld be kept in a .slieltered place and frrcpiently sprinkled witVi some Jdisnrljeiit, as gypsum. Kwani]) nuick, or if iDlhing better is at lian'I, dry coal uKhes or road dust. Huring Warm weather the stalls, guttcts and entire floor should bo washed frc- qtiesitly with plenty of water. Dry land jilasler sprinkled plentifully on the door will absorb amn)(uiiacal emar.ations, but when wot it becomes a sticky, objectionable mass. A polutioa of coi)i]ers, at the rate of one ounce to two gallons of water, sprinkl,-d freely in the stable, is a very elTectivc deoilorizor. When the Btnlde is cleaned uji in the morning the jiartiully soiled bedding which i.q to l.e u.sed again should be rcaioved to. .some other part of tl.e stable to dry, and never thrown under the manger, or near the horse's head, in rtccordance with a ipute too common cu-itom. How would the owner or groom enjoy having such an odorous mass under his own table? SCRTjn ANn PEDIOnEE. The march of iiedigrei^ stock like a mighty avalanche is s\veei)ing over this country from the Atlantic to the I'avilic, hi inging a new firu.sper- ity to the farm with imi)roved stock, enric' iug the soil, and inurketiug the farm cropn at jiedigree prices, di'iving the scrub l)nck with the ox team to obli^ ion. I'roliSHor Iturnett says: "The scrub must give place on higH priced land to the' Angus, the Hereford, tlie Khorthoin, and the other beef breeds, which can be giown and finished for the market in from eighteen to Iwen- t.v-fo\ir months, and be sold at the to;> of the iimrket. ••If infei ior cattle should uuvko e(|ual gains I'or the food consuuu'd they still produce an inferior grade of earcuKS whicJi is worth from 1(1 to 12-5 [ler cent, less than the Well bred and the well grown stier. If the im'erior steer is piodiired with- out loss, the jiremium on t'ue bibler Btet r is profit. There is a veiy great dilTeieiice in the value per pound of a well bred culf and a Rcnih. Tho widl breil calf f)ays you u profit on every bushel of corn anil every t(m of nlfnlfu he eat.t. IIo is an end)ryo gold mine us he waits lo b* Kiii:nted down prosiHuity track; the other calf has a hang 'loff look. He would jmich better be hung young. •'The feeder of matine cattle often KCli'Cts inferior grades of steers, of colors on account of their lower cost as feeders, and claims there is grent- er prolit in them. This may he true with the miin who feeds, hut liow about the nmn who raised tho feed- er? If good feeders sometimes sell for more than the.v are worth Ihi.s is a convincing argument in favor of raising them." SURKl- NOTKS. IJy continunll.v changing no one can build up a line I'.ock. Merinos will male good mutton If the sheep are properly handled and l>;nde fat. In purchasing sheep to form a (lojk, l)uy none but lirst-clnss animals. keep In niinil . that the uarllost lamlis in market always bring the best prices. The fl''.sh of fii- nhOT'Xi [artakos of the flavor ol its fomi more than that of nii.V Other animal. • The iiicep that is so'/ for mutton becaiisf! it in not (rorlh kcopiiig hardly helps the sale tl mutton os a meal.. ^ l''or poor lauds oniJ short (lusturaa sheep are tiecidedly better adapted than cattle. • The most unfavorable conditions under which sheep can bo kept is in feeding on low, nuirShy pastures. As.sort and grade tTie (lock of sheep Intended for market accordiiig to size, kind and quality. One gootl sheep will bring in more clear profit than two poor ones; in fact, poor ones arc often kei>t at â- . a loss. Purchasing a good ram and using him with- carefidly selected ewes is the best investment u sheep farmer can make. The fleece and the carca.ss make up tho sheep, and if either is inferior, the sheep is inferior, no matter how good the other may be. It is nmch tho better plan to kco|) sheep in a good eonilition all the time,, much better than to allow them to run down a part of tlie time. A laiiib is, perhaps, the most dif- ficult of all animals to recuiiern'te after it has once started down hill. To improve any kind of farm an- imals and to (i.x tlieir chief charnctor- istics it is necessary to cross only animals of similar types and char- acteristics. f)ne advantage with wool growing is it is a product which does not take fertility from the soil as gi'ain growing. Faltenin.g slieep should not he al- lowed much lange to run over, hut should bo kept in a small lot where they can be kept qxiict. HOV/ SLEEP MAY BE WOOED. Movements of the Feet Will Quiet the Nervous Brain. Most of tho mental devices for wooing sleep have failed because they iiavo nearly always tried lo resort to ''local treatment;" in other words, ti.ey have made a homeopathic at- tempt to stop thinking about some- thing else â€" a process which might al- so be called "elimination by substi- tution." But all thinking, spontan- eous or forced, draws more or less blood to the brain, prevents deep inhalations and bars the gate to tho kingdom of dreams. Any device, on tlie other hand, which will make one take deep, long bienths spontaneous- l.v (the invariable forerunner of sleep) may be counted upon as a genuine remedy for insomnia. Even deep breathing which is forced, is better than any jiurely mental at- tempt to win sleep. But if the deep breathing can be produceil involun- tarily one is sure of a passport to Nodland. After several night.^ of experiment to this end tho i)re.sent writer decided to ajjply the principle adopted by tho masseurs, who begin their ma- nil)ulations "at i)w point farthest from the seat, of difliculty," which, in the case of insonniin, would be tho feet. Lying on the right side, with tl e knees to.gether, and considerably flc.\e<l, the victim of insomnia should begin to pedal both his feet slowly up and down, with the movement en- tirely in the ankles. The jiedaling should keep tine with the natural rh.vthm of res|>ii'ation and be eontinu- r<I until it is followed by deep and spontaneous .breathing. J-everal peoole who hav(> trifnl tliis remedy report Hint involuntarily deep breathing invariably begins before they halve pedaled uj) and down a doxen tinus. In obstinnto cases of insomnia, tlie patient may need to keo;) up the fiodaling two or throe minutes, or even moix>, with inter- missions, if necessary. The treat- ment may also be varied b.v nuiving tho fret alternately, instead of sim- ultaneously, though the latter me- thod has j)r<)ve(l tl'.e more speedil.y eflicacious in the cases known to the writer. The explaimlion of the re- sult obtained i.'i probabl.v siuqile. The blood is puiu;'ed from the head and with the reiMoval of brain tensiiui a general relaxation follows, with a se- (|uent deep renjiiiation and its re- sulting !.|eei>. ~ I.OOlv IJKFOKl': YOU I'UOPOSE. There was a dim, religious light in the front f)r,.rh)i' whe.it he went in, but the one he lo\(«l more than life was standing there, and be caught her in his arms anil printed a loving kiss on her lips. ••Dearest," Jie iivurnvned, "I have come to toll you that I love yon with all my heart ami s-oul, and to a^3k you if yoti will marry me ?" •'To be sure 1 will, me hen.rty," came from the ligin-e in his arms; "b>it, tidth now, if I catch ye nuikin' eyes at Mifs Kosa an.v more, sure I'll sue ye for breach of iirou.iic, f.i> 1 will I" Ho staggered back with an awful .sinliing at Ids heart, and, as she turncxi up the light, he rccogiii.'xsd Uiidget. the hoiisenmid ! 1I(> turned and flew, but through the long, sleepless night he heard her voice cr.ying loud Idnts after him as to the bast place lo buy furniture. ••â- pida photograjih doesn't look a bit like me," said Snnrley to the jihotograjiher. ''I know It," snid the j)hotograjihor. "I wan afraid to mnVe H e.xactly like you for fear you wouldn't take it." Mrs. UiKlsOTi (to her husbaiid. who has romo home with a black eye oivd no hat) ; "All, that's what you got by lidiiig a^bicydr." Air. Jlju'doon : ••No dear: it's whol 1 got for not huiiig able to ride one," SWIOLIM AS A FINE ART BRITISH ADVENTUEEES PLAC- ED UNDER ARREST. The Gang and Female Accomplices Known in Scotland Yard. The French police have in custody several mombors of a gang of alleged swojl mobsmen, who have, it is sup- posed, carried on their jjractices all over Kurope â€" in Loudon, I'aris, Gib- raltar, Ostond, llrus.sels, Buden-liad- cn, Naples, Trouville, Monte Carlo, Nice and also in Cairo. They were arrested in Trouvillo and Paris, but only two, named Handeli and Itoss, will be detained in prison, writes a Paris correspondent. All the others, whose jmmes aro Maclaren-lmies, Beaklii, Macdonald, lirown, Uloom- lield, March and Waters, will be re- lea.sed in a few days, when the Min- ister of the Interior has signc-d the decree of exijunsion, banishing them from France. UoKS is detained in custody for having at Trouville attemptod to rob an Knglish gentleman named (ireen of several betting tickets of the value of £20. Kandall was arrested for stealing a pocketbook containing .tCOO from a hor.se dealer residing at Neuilly. Both men will come up for tiial shortly. The gang is known to the Scotland Yard authorities, and M. Ilcnnron, tho head of the French secret police, and two of his smartest officers, MM. Aschwenden and Garrotte, have been watching them all the summer, fol- lowing them from Trouville to Bi- 01)110 and liniall.v to Paris. At bieppe, Bloomfield, March and Waters arrived at the Hotel Boyal on a splendid automobile. About a week later they aro accused of hav- ing d?campo:l without paying their hotel bill. "I'hey abandoned the mo- tor car. The detectives tracked them to Paris, where all three were stay- ing at difVercnt hotels. The.y l;ad in their possession the usual sliarpers' accessoriesâ€" "faked" roidet wheels, marked cards and several ingenious appliances for cheating at baccarat. I was shown by tho police a largo collection of labels which had been removed from the trunks of the al- leged suiiidlors, showing that they had stayed at the be.st hotels at the places they visited. They aro most- ly tall, good-looking men. always faultlessly clothed. They occupy the best rooms in the establishments where the.v sta.y, dine at fashionable resta\u-ants. and generally give one the impression that they are Knglish gentlemen of independent fortune, .spending a holiday abroad. As an indication of the luxurious fashion in which their wardrobes are furnished, it may l,c stated that on being ar- rested a few davs ago, one of the gang asked the police to keep a sharp eve on tlieir trunks as they contained £200 worth of clothes. .SKLKCTINtt THE "PIGEONS." It npiiears that when tho gang has laid its i)luns to work a certain re- sort its members .separate and take rooms in dilTerent hotels. AVhon they ha'.c selected the "pigeons," as they term tlieir victims, they find some excuse tor engujiing theiu in conver- sation, •'And it Is rathtr strange." said a French detective to me, "that although i'higlislimen are very reserv- ed at home, when abri;ad if another l'!nglis!nnan addresses them in their common langua.ge, they never seem to suspect him." The swell mobsman is an expert jud.ge of character. He seems to know instinctively the man who has plenty of money which can be swindl- ed out of him. and when he has once succc-cdfd in breaking the ice by a re((Uest for a light, by a polite "tiood mornin'," or by some eciually imsuspicious manoeuvre, further inti- macy becomes ea.s.v. The new-found aiqiiaintance is invited to accompan,y his charmitig. well-dressed fellow- countryman to the ra.es, where the latter meets several of his accomplic- es. Introductions follow. The chief of the gang mi-ntioiis that he has a sure thing in hand, on which he in- tends to'liut £1200 or £;iOO.. The stranger is strongly advised to do the same, if l-.o denuirs he is usiuil- l.v persuaded to back the certainty with just £1(M). Of course. th<' hors'e conies in nowhere, and the swell moVsmen divide the s|)oils. The disrousolato "pigeon" is after- wards in\ite(l to dinner, and later is ie(|'u-sted lo take a hand at curds in t'^e rooms of one of the gang. U.v means of exceedingly ingenious aids to swindling tlu' process of robbing tho victim is continued, and when ho gets tiled (U" losin.g mone.v or has no i l;ore, another "jiigeon" is caught an jtimilarly plucked. At Trouville menlbers of the gang wore Sicn speaking to some of t'ne most prominent members of the Brit- ish aristocracy, who evidently little guessed the real character of their fault lessly-al tired and charmingly- manni'l-e.-l neighbors. M. Ilennion sa.vs that he has some other nu'inbers of the gang under ob- servation, and that if the.v are not j arrested before tho winter they will probably ho heard of nt Nice and Monte Carlo when the lUviera w-ason opens. FRMAT.K AnCOMPLTCRS. Tho members of the gong are tisual- ly accomiianipd by several good-look- ing women of considerable personal attractions and with n generous sup- ply of Jewelry. These women fre- quent ly play an important part iu Isn't It Worth While ASKING FOR :EYL0N natural green tea when it costs no more than the commonplace Japan and is in- finitely superior, being absolutely pure and as delicious as the famous " Salada " black tea. 8«ld only In ««â- !«) l«ad packata. ISO, and 4Cc, per lb. By ail Qroctrs. snaring the "pigeons." One of tho most successful of these female accom- plices is the beautiful Mrs. D , formerly well-known as a barmaid at a leading hotel in London. She it was who comfiletely captivated a Yorksliire gentleman at Marseilles last winter, and on his wa.y back to Nice in tho same compartment with her she performed the narcotic trick on him while hor male confederates looked after the "jiigeon's" pocket- book. Mrs. D and her husband while at Nice paid £24 jkt week for hotel expenses. None of those wo- men have been arrested. PRAYER. WHEELS OF THIBET. A Description of Them and the Uses to Vi^hich They Are Put. One of the moSt peculiar objects connected with the cult of lama Bud- dhism as generally practised through- out Thibet is the prayer-wheel, writes a traveler. One sees the na- tives contsantly twisting these in- struments while bartering together, while herding their cattle or journey- ing on the highway; in fact, on all occasions salve what time is consum- ed in eating and sleeping. The pray- er-wheel is nothing more than a small metal c.vlinder four inches in length and two or three inches in diameter, Tliis is fitted on an axle, ono end of which protrudes for half a foot or so and serves as a needle. Into the cylindei's aro placed strips of pajier covered with ma.gic prayers â€"manufactured by the lamas and sold to the credufcous natives at a goo<l profit â€" and it is the belief ot the natives that by revolving tlie THEIR SEATS_AT TABLE SACRED EIGHTS OF THE AM- BASSADOR'S WIFE.' Questions of Privilege That Constantly Making Trouble. Are Questions of precedence have been agitating the diplomatic body at Washington and stirring diplomatic dignity at the Court oi St. James. It isn't any easy mattei' to keex) dip- lomatic representatives at any court in a state of smiling content, but those who hjive to wrestle with tho ' problem say that they would agree to handle the Ambassadors and Min- isters if those dignitaries were not blessed with wives. It is usually tho wives who contend for sacred rights and stir up international ructions over the order of court presentation or the seating of a dinner table. As a matter of fact, the wife of an Ambassador has more social import- ance than is generally recognized. She shares many of her husband's privi- leges, and has often heljied to make history by stan<ling firmly upon her rights. All social l?ome remembers the ex- citing evening wh.en the wives ot the Knglish, I^rench and Austrian Am- bassadors defied all court etiquette and left Princess Pallavicini's ball while the King and Queen were still present. The three women consider- ed themselves insulted because they had not been seated at the royal supper table and withdrew in high dudgeon. Their resiiectivo Gove'nments in- cvlinder containing theso prayers around the axle by a rotary motion dorsed their action. There was an of th.e hatid a certain number of I interchange of ofikial letters and an times during life the joys of the fu- imposing liisplay of red tape, and, ture state are assured to the fortu- finally, the Italian Government offcr- nate devotee who has performed the led profound apologies to the injured oneration. A vet more curious form ; ladies and tho Governmoats slighted of the j>rayer-wlieel is tho praying water-wheel, doubtless the inspira- tion of some aboriginal Edison. This is nothing more than a large cylin- der lilted upon an axle and suspend- through them. BROUGHT TO BlUNK OF WAll. It is not so very long since an- other episode of the same kind oc- curred at the Russian court and a cd at a spot in a swiftly-flowing ije^uliful Ambassadress came near stream, wiierc the rush of the waters may turn it at a rapid pace. PRAYFJl-SLIPS," similar lo those used in tho hand in- strument aro inserted, and it stands to reason that revolving unceasingly niglit and day one of theso large prayinjj-whcels must accomplish the worU of many smaller ones. In this upsetting the equilibrium of all Europe, while at another time Franco was on the brink of war because ot a slight accidentally ollered to the wile of a French Ambassador. Tho wives of Ambassadors are per- mitted to seat themselves during an audience with the Pope. They are kissed by tiie (.iueeur when received at , i tho Spanish court, and are seated, at manner the busy man, or one whoso \ j^^,. , j i^^ hTiii time for devotional exercises is lim- ) At every European court thev re- ited in comparison with his "oiKh- l^^j^.^ ^^â- ^^^ honors, and, like their bor, is enabled by this original m- ; husi,^,,^^, thev can. if so inclined, dc- vention to enjoy equal advaniages m | j^. anportunate creditors. Neither the ('evotional scale. i^^^ Ambassador nor his wife can be By means of these praying-wheolS|.,^,^j, ,.„,. ,5^,,,^. ^,,^,_ ^y i,,i<, p.-ivilege, hangs man.v a thrilling tale, though the stories have usually been prompt- a unique method of revenge is carrii>d ! on. If one be at enmity with a man it is only iio^essary that the firaycr- whei^l of the latter be secretly se- cured and twisted for a few limes in a cevtain direction op|)osite to the custoimiry one, when all the jirevi- ous good elTects it has scL-ured in advan-ing its owner toward future! bliss will be null tied. An enemy | may also bo injured in the following ^^,;,.^, j,^ ,,_,; ^,^.^^^.^ moulded of stud manner â€" at least, no one could con- ; vince the Thibetan otherwise ns to ! ly hushed. The Ambassador, even if extrava- gantly inclined, is ordinarily too keenly alive to the responsibility ol his oft'ice and the unjileasant conse- quences of a fall from grace, to risk his standing with the home Govern- ment by courting scandal; but his the etficncy of this i>ractice: In tho first place, a small dough image is made to impersonate the one whose injury is sought. It is then neces^- sary to procure some object .belong- ing to the person of iliat individual â€"a hair, nail-iuiring. or, most pe- so stein, and there are. on record, a number of livel.v little scandals woven round the love of an Ainbas---ador's wii'e for jewels and lace and French gowns. lUPLOMATIC ETIQUETTK. Tho famous I'nrisian dressmakers and milliners could, if they would, tent of all. a torch. If the dough ;Sli<>w heavy losses r. suiting from too imnftx> is pricked with these it is 1 rash conlldenco in tho income and in- suflicient to cause the enemy himself i tegrily of an And>assadors wife: but tho most horrible pains, and if his ' as a rule, such lo.s.scs are swallowe<l death is sought it is only necessary with the best grace possible atid that some vital organ s' ould bo scandal is avoided, 'pierced. ^'" o"*^' occasion tho goods of a Spanish Aniba.ssaflor's wife were seiz- ed by creditors in Ital.v; but the Court of" Madrid, though disapi>rov- A man i)arlicularly a i-ingle man, jng of the ladv's indiscietion. look always finds it ditVicult to know what , i,ijrj, j,,-ounds in regard to the bieach to say when a baby is otVered for ' „( tii,,\,„„ut:c etiquette ami the Ituli- inspection. I „„ Oovernmenl confoun(k?d itsoU in Jew aie inspired wiH' the happy ^ official aiologies. thought of the bachelor quoted bo- 1 ,„ Washington as well os at l-:uro. A GO-AITF.AB BABY. 1 roan courts, occa;=ional distension ha». arisen over the privileg>'S of fcmiiw low Father (showing olT his babv bov to bad-eU.r friend) : "Well, what ^y .^^ relatives of bachelor or widower yon think o. bin. ? lino boy. l-i' t , ^,„,,„^,^,,,„.^ .,.,,^, ^j^,^,,. „.^^, „, Vchelor FrieiKl : "Yes. ver v fmo ' f ",' f.^ daughter of an Amlmssu.lor, boy. But hes bald. S.i 1, „( j ^ol'i'ntT tlu' I'lm'" ol mistress ol hi. ,^\i,...i,,."_gl„„cing at tho father's, h"'"'''- ''"^ ""-'"Sht the privileges 01 bald head-'^childivn are not ,;,uiv. 1 Ambassadoi-s, but the wives of Ih. fle<I nowadavs unless they ca.n begin ""'P'' Ambassadors have invnriablj where their fatheis left olT !' A POSSIBLB: EXCEPTION. XVife : ••Isn't it a fact, dear, that handsoine men are proverbially dis- agreeable ? " Husliand : "Well, I don't know. I aUvays try lo be j>lcasant." laised a mighty protest and have carried their point. IJueen Victoria settled the nioote< question once and for all by consult- ing with the other F.nr<ipean court' and bringing about a imitual ngreo nient that no woman save the »il ot an Ambassador could enjoy tlv privileges of Ambassadrosa. . i