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THS SCHOOLS OF PARIS, AMT TOIIfTS OF EXCELLENCE WH.CH INTEREST PARENTS. **( *>r.rm.r I. This ron.irr Nick.! Medr Thea* with Pr*ni T*ys r.r lh* Llllle was and Bvrrr Vlrl Tawchi ta> Ce* -The Peer reused **] >*! What the r a e>ll arr Tawfjhf. Pari* my b* th* wickedest city in th* World and the mo*t pleasure-loving, but the Pans public school sjslem :* a model one- It ha* many point* of excellence utterly foreign to our system of education and many wise regulations governing th* schol- ar* which will interest parent* a* will a* hoc I reformers. It is not th* f asm on in France to send a well-born child to th* public) school, bat that is hi* loaf, for the system of education Ii the bent of it* kind in tb* world. For tb* last fif tean yean thor* ha* b**n a noialiitio or radical majority in th* muni. i pal council of Pari*. aad ail ths c could be Woo ha* been don* to advance the interests of the people, Tne parent has only to tend his ohild to ichool. Th* motherly Slats la** tb* re*t. With open arms it welcome. th* t*ddl*r two year* of age, and if h* how* special ability in any direction a* fney pursue hi* itudiet for twenty. two aeasaculivs yean and not spend a dollar Education U compulsory. Nothing bat mental debility sxempts th* child. Even tb* In tie hospital patieuta and tiny oripples hav* tneir lesson* and industrial toy*. The small Francai* may go to th* MaUr- alia or mother *chool* between th* ages of two and in yean, bat h* must go to erne school from iix until thirUan years- Ths pica of poverty is not entertained, for the Stato stand* ready te olothe. food and amuse Little What's hia-nam*, and in addition give him a psavon to pay for lodging* in hi* own house. Thi* pension varies from 93 to $5 a month, according to th* condition of th* family. CLOTHE* 10* *BC POO a. is divided into twenty arrondiass- u, or vafd*. *"B*cn has it* *wn mayor and common council. If a parent is so ill- Marred that he oannot clothe hi* child he ha* only to notify tb* mayor of his siren- iissamsnt ; if h* doesn't, some officious no ghbor wilt In doe lime tn* child is ant for by th* proper authority, who not only dresses him decently, but comfortably aad oftoo fashionably. No second-hand good* ar* usod. Every garment distributed is brand new and th* proper fit. Boot* and it ckings, a blouse er apron *f *v*rla*tmg jaani to lav* tn* outfit, caps, hats, wraps, and in th* winter glove* are include.). As might be supposed from ths national lore of uniforms, these free garments ar* neither cut from thesam* loth nor mad* on ths same plan. If the child hat been th* bitt of nature hi* defects ar* made as bearable as possible by (killed madioal advice, accurately fitted glsiset and surgical goods. In ths eyes of th* State svery boy is a Fnnch soM.er and v*ry girl i* th* mother of one, which ha* a gnat dual to do with tb* sxc*ilsnt quality of th* clothing furnishsd, particularly that of tii* underwear and footwear. There u a perfectly appointed kitchen and a capable cook and assistant in svery ohool. A piping-hot meal is served at noon. If the pupil doss not oan to bay It ha oan bring hi* own chop, aggi, fish er pot-pie, and the cuismere will cook it for him. In th* poorer sections brsakfait of hot soup is served at 8.30 o'clock la the rning and a lunch at 4 o'clock, in addi- ' npast. VACATION Th* school houn an from 8. SO TAW." * ' and from 1 until 4 o'clock. Special rltssri ar* in Mauon from 4 until 6. and all day Thursday, for the accommodation of th* hildrao wboo* parents an away from home all day. Tb* school year last* tsn month*, bat during th* vacation tho Slat* continue* to look after the youngsters. Vacation trips, varying from on* to thirty days, an provided, the directon maintaining that the pupil will not profit by th* instruction unless h* ha* had a pleasant vacation. In th* distribution of these fresh air prizes trie preference i* given to tb* beet-behaved, th* poor**t hildnn being selected for the long tripe. Corporal punishment i* not tolerated in th* r"inch schools. No ohild is sver jerked, pushed or shak*n, and very rarely is a child Molded. Kvary olaas from th* cradl* element in th* Maternelle School to th* brightest h** it* roll sf honor and it* nickel medal*, with bright ribbon* and flattering inscriptions, and that*, with th* fro* scholarships, free holiday trip*, prize book* and honorable mention, are more than ampls for perfect dsportmett and admirable discipline. In addition to this paternal interest, th* Government *appli*s book* and all th* ther school requisite*. Th* boy* in tb* professional schools where phyiic* and oheimstrv, cabinet work, printing and bookbinding, machamcal industries, prac- tical drawing and ths application of the line arts an taught are not under one sou af *xp*n** ; ednsation in the girls' profes- sional school* U equally free. Prize winnen in the high schools are sent to college and she State pay* the bill for three and often lv* yean' itudy and living xpeusea. FOB VIST I.1TTLC TOTS. There are 141 matvrnelle school* in th* oily of Pari*. Tb* hour* an from 8.30 a. m., until 4 p. m., but th* mother is in residence, with a cook and bonne, and babi*of tho laboring classes an received a* early a* 7 *. m. and kept until 7 p. m . Th* instruction given in these maternelle ohool* is aftor the kindergarten system. The pupils are Mated two at a dark, th* top of which i* marked off in a variety of square* tor bead, straw, papar.and woodwork. It would amply repay the infant-school teacher to go to Pant and make th* round of these schools for babies. To be cur* there are indifferent and inefficient princi- pals and assistants, but the good ones are very, very gocd. The gnat thing is to create, to make something ell* with ths material at hand, and so a child with an advurtiiing bill will b* aided in converting it into a doll for his si* t*> or a lit Us disb fez his mother's pin*, while a boy with a gin- gerbread lion carves oat two or three oab* and is samfied to sat th* crumb* left over. Penholders, hairpins, button-hook* and a holt of other thlngsars made with macsronT, and really clever caricatures an designed with a match, bread and bit* of sugar and dried fruit*. A X*W TOT EACH OAT. A source of never-ending deligh. i* th* cabinet of toys, to which manufacturers and dealer* make frequent contribution*. Th* teacher whose heart is in her work manages to have at least one new wonder m the case every morning. In theee schools maternelle boy* and girl* work and play together. Then are double eat*, and Louis and Laui** lit side by id*. In all th* other schools th* sexes an separated. Paris ha* 298 primary schools for boy* and 354 for girl*. The firb are iaslruetad by women, and in all but *ixt**n of th* mal* schools the t*aoh*n ar* men. After the completion of the primary course six high schools, six school* for manual training and six professional sohools an open to the graduates, besides various lycee*. At tb* high-normal collage th* girl who manage* to pass th* eurrsoos examination get* her board, lodging* and education free of sipense. There an 16.432 boys and girl* in th* communal* or free primary school*. Thi* littl* army 1* *xpectad to be in place and ready for orders at 8 o'clock every morning in the wesk, except Thursday. Gat** ar* cloeed at 8.30 a. m. and th* laggard must pas* to* scowling oonierg* who admit* him, besides th* nproof of the principal and teacher. PLATHIBOUITD AMD OTM1 A.1HM Every school has an open yard and a covered play-ground and nearly all a gym- { naaium Wltn some oalisthsnic appliances. Tb* non hoar i* spent inside the school gal*. Each day, regardless of the weather, th* boyi an drilled, and running, jumping and wrastling match** ar* contested under the direction of th* matter H* hat a whistle in hi* mouth and svsry not* hi instantly heeded. The principal of every school ha* a residence in th* building. Basida* th* concierge and hi* wife, who keep the chooi premise* in order, an i th* oook, t nere i* a can ti mere, who get a salary of fS a month and is reepoon.ule for th* quality af th* meal and th* manner in hich it i* served. The pupil brings bread and wine or anything ela* he wishes to drink. WHAT THIT ARX TACOnT. The children do an aatonuhiof amoant f writing and ciphering, which no doubt diminish** th* apparent necessity for oom- fortabls and hygienic Mat*. very littl* attention is given u the geography ef the world ; it is enough for the ehild to know France, and h* doe* know it railway, waterway*, production*, manufacture* and social as we'i a* physical feature*. Besides knowing his own country, the pupil know* figures. Wherever tnere i* manual or in' dustrial training there is practical book' kesping, and it I* so weil taught that the women an the bookkeepers and oashien of ths enttr* business world. In ths girls' professional scnools, flower, Irsss and corset making, tailormg.m ii nery work, wa*hing and ironing, business meth ods, knitting, needle work and drawing an taught by professional expert*. Every girl, no matter what course she pursues, must patch a ragged pair of pantaloon*, darn a hard oo*d stocking, mak* a *uit of infant's doming and pa** a good (lamina. Uon in th* school kitchen. If lh* i* clever h* oan do th* required cooking m on* week. LBAKHIHQ O OOOK. Eight girls ars ssnt te ths kitchen every Monday morning. They begin by cleaning the place rang*, tables, brick floor, win- dows, pots, dishes, pans and ail. When thi* is done they go to market and buy lor each ths materials required to produce th* printed menu. The outlay i* not limited, but doe* not sicsed $6 even for a fat*. Whan th* goods come home they must go oafik if tne weight is short or th* quantity iovfa^oua. Kish. gam* and pun. try an anatomioailv aad zoologically toneidfred before going on til* fin. ^^^ Th* girl* ranged from thirlMnAo seve-i teen. Th*y were mimto housewives, with tnsir sl**v*e and hair don* up. Th* dis- section of th* nbbit wa* an object losiua in physiology, i'h* teacher had *v*ry vital organ examined aad di*ca**d. Than she cat it ap aad gave *ach girl a piece of bourne-bunting to skin, bone, trim and pnpan for th* it*wpan, reserving for her elf th* uook. It wa* illustrated economy to m* th* patience and p*n*veraBO* bestowed in dstaching the frsgmonte of meat from the sloeely- knitted veitobra*. But that wa* what *b* wa* there for. A* th* work went on th* littl* cooks talked rabbit it* habit*, habitation, cost, food propertiea and gastronomic possihihtiss. Each gfrl had her cook-book, and while the food* were stewing and baking it wa* posted formula, cost, menu and observa- tion*. Then tb* table wa* sat and seven pupil*, with the principal of th* school at th* hs*d and th* booking teacher at th* foot, eat down, and were served by th* eighth. There wa* win* a pint bottl* full and with lh* help of four carafe* of water it went round several time*. Th* tabl* talk included tb* general topic* of th* day an omnibus strike and thepleeaur* trip of th* President of the Republic. Pupils in the dressmaking school work under professional teacnen. Trie price for making a nice dree* i* $3, and tb* patron- age lupport* th* school. Tb* customer comes to school and i* fitted bv an advanc- ed pupil, in private or before the class, as she prefers. M xiels are bought from the grand couturier** and copied in cheap stuff, with often charming eilert. Why We Drink. Food Crank Doctor Brsad ID tha itarT of life? Nonsense. If you eft it when it fresh you will dis of indigestion. if you mt it when it in stale, you will die of diseas* germs that bav* lodged ID it. ID short, there u nothing to fatal to life a* bread. Patieiit Than you advise me to rat aoimahmii slss?" Kood Crank Doctor My ilear follow, science ha* little to oiler you ID the way of sxlvio*. Kver/thing else i a* deleterious a* bread, and, of course, t.u t nothing at all will rsi.l' ID .leath by starvation. Patient Ureat Soott ! I g'ie* the only thing for me to do i* to tak* to dr ni. ANIGHTINIHITECHAPEL SCCIIES Iff TrTB MOST DEPRATED OP LONDON'S SLUM DISTRICTS- ft*l s* Kail as U Was lu Jack (he l*>pr's Tlmr The II. mil. or Thieve*, the Ur elvers ef llrn <...! a** ih .arib Vtmerih* i rrrl .. Last night I rode into hell on the top of an omnibus, writes a correspondent in London. I enured through Aldgal* aud mat a guide an *xSootland Yard detec- 'iv* at the corner of Leman (treet and Wbitechapel road. The bell wa* London'* Whiteohap*! district, which was ooos probably tb* most thoroughly vicious ai in th* world, a* it u ttill probably th* mo*t depraved. Leman street and com- mercial road me*t Whitschapel road to- gether, and th* thro* thoroughfare* makt a junction that is not equaled in London. Thirty thousand wretched women r jam the district, and these corners are its most prominent spot. Jack ths Hipper probably loitered in their whenabouts a* be selected hi* victim* from th* miserable proc***ion that i* ovsr passing them. That hi* sxamp s mad* it* impress on the neighborhood in a way oth*r than frightening the women i* shown by th* fact that two women have been killed in somewhat similar ways not far from his old haunt* lino* I hav* been in London. Thi* was told to me by reliable persons, and I visited th* scene of one of th* mnrden on Butler street before the crime was twenty-four hours old. Yst not a word ha* appeared in the London papen about the murder*. The polic* here an fond of keeping their own oounsel. W* went fint to a Whitechapel lodging house, within a block or two of th* Men* ef the first Ripper murder. It i* one o the few of the old style left. Sine* Jack flaahing knit* attracted th* attention of the world to thi* district and it* condition*, most of th* lodging houset which formerly accommodated man and women indiscrimi- nately bav* bean forced to *oh3n* their business to on* sex. Bat in a half dozen or so of th* place* th* old oo*toni i* (till permitted, on the ground that the homeless ar* a* liksly to be husband and wif* a* to b* single and that th*y musi hav* piscea to sleep. The polios watch the** lodging houses with even closer attention than tliey devote to the others, howsver, and see te> it that their patron* an not young. Th* re*ult i* inch a collection of tottering wreck* of manhood and toothless, crooning hags i* Pants might hav* drawn idea* for hi* "Inferno" from. A WHIT tea Ar XL LODULHO HO roc. rtcton a long, low room, halt filled with benches and narrow table*. At on* side a gnat glow *f ooais in a mammoth brazier, ovsr which, such ot th* human outcast* as oan find nf'ise food to eat are cooking it. Probably a hundred poopl* are in the place, which t* clouded by the output of many tobacco pipe*, and fouled by the smell and smok* which comae from bon* which some clumsy fingera have dropped irre- claunably into the bed of coal*. Combined with th* reeking odor of burning tte*h and bon* u th* reeking odor of tb* hundred squalid human being*. A hundred human being*, and among them not on* hint of youth or b*aaty ; not on* person who i* clean ; not one person whose clothes an other than in th* last stagee of dilapidation and decay ; not an* face onmarked by the vicious line* of de- praved age, or the vacuous imbecility with which kind Time sometime* Wipe* away th* txaoes of a beotial life. No collection of young criminals could b* half so horribl* a* 1* this gathering of the time tossed scum. Sum up the age* of th* crowd and yon will reach anaveiageot half a century. Five hundred yean of horror lurk in th* mud- dled memories in this room and look oat from blear syss at th* inquicitiv* visitor*. Nothing good, nothing pun. nothing in- nocent, nothing that i* not utterly and irredeemably vile i* here. It is not a pise- ant place to viait. BLOODT KiroBVATIOH. For many years this district had been allowed to act a* a sink hoi*, into which th* wont of London'* moral s*wags drain- ed, then to f**t*r in it* own decay, unheed- ed by the other sections of the city, practi- cally unknown to any bat th* police, and only disturb**! by them when torn* particularly flagrant oilente forced them to momentarily probe the depths. London officialdom had gone on the theory that a certain p*ro*ntag* of humanity must neesssanly link to thi* degraded level, and wa* rather proud that tb* refuse wa* con- centrated in one locality. Bat the Kipper murders frightful climax of this nsgleot--wen so ghastly in tbsir nature and persistent in their re- currence, that the attention not only of all London, but of all the world was fooused on th* neighborhood, and th* authorities were forced to such action ai 1 have d*ooribod in previous lett*rs. Th* number of poll e was quadrupled down there, and with such speed a* wa* possible th* destruction of the old slumsnv iron men' wa* begun. Nearly every one of th* old narrow street* on which th* murders were committed has been torn out and widened, with both sides built up in substantial and sanitary "artisans' dwellings," to take the place of th* old-time rookeries and the lodging houses, minerto permitted to con- duct their busins** a* they pleawd, hav* been placed under strict regulation*, rigid- ly anfora d. Thie ha* resulted in a one- sided reform. The actual criminal classes th* thugs, highway robbers, room thieves and like persons havs been to a great extent driven oat or compelled to mend their ways. Womanhood is without the safeguard* at ither law or custom. A woman anywhere in Kiifc'land get* little enough consideration . in Whitechapel shs gets none. She drinks ^uite as frerly as does tha men, and attends the public house a* often and a* regularly. It is by no means uncommon to find women predominating in the bar room crowds down then, and the hard-working matron i* quit* as numerously is evidence as 'a the woman of the streets. Indeed, they rub shoulden constantly, and this rubbing has * far worn away th* moral class distinction that tii* mother of daughters who drops Into the "pub,* for a sooial glaat of bitter War, u. kin >{ her whole brood with her, in oo way resents the pressnos sf the frail sisterhood, our uujouu to bar daughter*' observation of the miserable spectacle CRIMIf AU OF WHirrcilAPXI There is no street in Wbit*>chap*l through which a itranger who know* m.w to mind hi* own business may no* pass by night er day, with reasonable saiety, because of the overpowering constabulary, which is now everywhere in evidence. But there is scarcely a street ia White- chapel from whose crowds an old detective can not single oat many persons whose criminal rscords are known to the police, and my gaids, whoa* forte has bewn the recovery of itolen goods, pointed out to ms more th..n a dozen places which he designated as me resorts of these " receiv- er 1 * bop*. 1 ' It wa* nearly midnight, and there were half a dozen men and boyi. beside* one woman, in th* place, in addi- tion to ihs agsd Jew who kept it. The deteotive was wsll known there, and hi* arrival created a great commotion, ths proprietor running forward, rubbing hi* hand*, to explain that he bad done nothing wrong. " Ho, no," ill 1 the detective aasuringl}. ' I know you ain't. Wha'ever mad* yon think I thought yon had. I am just a- bowing thi* gent eman around a bit. What you got in that box under then, Levir L*vi pulled out the box. It wa* filled with silk handkerchief*, washed and ironed and neatly folded now, but probably the outcome of some pickpockst " mobb'i * night's work. Th* detective questioned him elosely, but the eld man had a plansi* bis answer for svery query, and th* box went back into it* plao*. Thon the detect- ive made the aged rascal overhaul his enure stock for my benefit, an i men a heterogeneous maas of everything under th* sun was never gathered under one roof before. From "id shoes to *il ver cake basket* ; from books to a esak of smoked herring ; from ladle*' hat* te a nickel-plated American revolver, the strange mixtnn ranged. " Now, Levi, you know that svery bloody thing in the whole place is stolen goods, don't you T" finally queried ths detective. Oh. no, Mr. Dick, No, mdoed. Not a single hartioal I" " Well, all I've got to say i* that you ought to have been raided long ago. Now, don't ever let me rind such a bloody curi- osity shop hsn again, or I'll make you take ths whole blooming graft up to be) identi- fied," responded Mr. Dick. Hut after we had left, he said to me : ** The old scoundrel knows a* well a* I do that we can't do anything with him. He'* careful to buy only of men he knows, and is reasonably certain to take in only ilaff that has been stolen outside) of Loo- ' don. This part ef the town is a great head- quarters for thieves who operate in the suburbs and ths provinces. Burglars work oat beyond ths metropolitan police limits a good bit and bring their booty in to Lon- don to s*ll it. " They an very clever about it all. and the danger of their being caught through the identification of th* stolen goods in tan hand* of some receiver has hewn greatly decreased by th* appearance in '.te bun- nee* of alters.' Stolen good* an ranly recovered, you know, unless they an found in the fint ho* and cry that follows th* robbery. "Well, th* 'alter' pro /eats that, and he i* a dreadful bother to tbt police. He ha* only come into sxister.ee dur ng the last few yean, since the r -ilioe havo been astir down here. He aci* a* a aaJe dtposit vault for tb* thief, as it were. Tbi tmef put* op hi* elurl with him, oertam t.ist it ill be salted away' in lome crll.vr or ijarret until svsn the man who was roboed, let alone the police, give the thing up ,'ir lost and forget to look for it. A year or two after a t ing has been stolen there is vsry littl* danger that it will be) identified hen U i* offered . The 'alter rarely ssll* at retail, however. Th* thief get* so much extra comfort oat of putting hi* stuff into inch safe hand* that he disposes of it to him at a vnry low figure so low that th* alter' can, after he ha* bidden it for a certain length of time, afford to turn it ever to a receiver, and still make money, rROTKTBD IT FROTOQKArH*. " This practice has become so general," continued this expert in thief lore, that many of th* rich people are preparing to let it by having photograph* made of all their valuable pose ess ions which could be stolen. One firm of photographers make* a specialty of thi*. They take photographs of each separate ptoce of plate) ana each valuable bit of bric-a-brac, making up a book of ths views and preserving the negatives Then, if ons of the valuables isstolen, My Lord *o an.l-.So limply notice* them of th* number of the, mis* ing article* in the book of view*. They then make a large number of cheap duplicates of the photographs, which an sent to the police m tho various localities where the stolen article is likely to be offered for sale, anil it i* a part of the photographer's contnct to semi out new sets svery quarter for three yean. Thn* th* polio* an kept reminded of the theft, and hav* before thsm constantly photographs of the things which u is their business to recover. It is a plan which ha* worked very well in four or five instance*, and the business is likely to grow. " After we left the cellar we strolled into another lodging house this time ons in which men only were permitted to sleep. The ex-detective was greeted on all side* by sully little nod* and the touching of cap*. Thi* wa* one of the place* frequented almo*t eiciusively by the criminal clans. We finally seated ourselves on one of the long benches, ao>i the detective called urn* of the loungers to him. " How long have yon been out, P*iey ?" he inquired of one. "only ten day*, Ur. Dick," responded th* villainous-looking youth " What wer* you in for ?" " Touching a gaffer, Mr. Dick. " How much did you touch him for ?" " Ow, 'e wa* a disy, ' wan. 'E only 'ad six bob ($1. .",()), an' you d a' thought Vd been touched for a ' undnd. 'K goive me MX months, 'e di, directly." \\ i thin an hour we had talked to more than a dozen professions) thieves. I'hiy made no bones of their business or their records with my guide. He knew them too well. As ws walked out of the district about 2 in ths morning all the shop* wen closed ; all business except that for which Whit>-- ohapel has achieved a world- wide reputation the street traffic had ceased. That aloce wai still in full sad uninterrupted swing. ^jWCULTURAL Creameries are Beneficial to Farmers. There an some tarmsn anil writers for farm papers who hav* declared it wa* a miatak* for farmers to allow the manufaa- tore of milk into butter and cheee* to laavo th* farm. It may hav* been so in some parti onlar oases which they had in their mind'* ye, but according to my sxperience, creameries, when established in localities where oowi an kept in sufficient number*, within naching distance t* k**p th* cream ry running to it* fall capacity th* year around, are a benefit to their patron*, and reasonably profitable to their owners. If it were* mistake to permit tne manufacture of butter and ch**a* to leave the farm, than why wa* is it not a nintak* to permit th* manufacture of wool and flax into cloth to leave th* farm ? There ar* (till peopl* living who can rsmsmber th* time when th* card hand* for carding th* wool, (ho big wuesl for spinning tb* rolls, or " bats," th* reel for roaling toe yarn from th* spindl*. the quill- whsei for putting th* yarn on quills for '-tie shuttle, the loom for weav- ing the cloth and th* dye-tub for coloring it, ouu.d b* found in nearly every House. It wa* th* earn* with flax, which was rotten, uroken, swingled, hatcneled, spun and wovon oo th* farm. The argument against th* utility of creamsriss is equal. y -factual against ill manufacturing sst.,i.-hinenu, and if carried to it* full extent, would tnrow aside all labor-saving invention* jud slowly lead u* back to tb* rod* implement* *f banwrism. Why did tn* 'armors permit the carding machines, ths spinning jack* and th* power loom*, t* drive them out of the busmsas of making cloth ? It was because machinery, driven by stsam or water power, sonld do th* work so much fastsr and cheaper than it wa* possible to do it on th* farm. It to* aam* with the manufacture of milk into batter and cheese. As a rule it can be done cheaper and bettor at the (acton**. Thsre i* no question that peopl* who ar* constantly doing bat one thing become very ex pert in doing it. Some farmers and thair wive* can make as good butter a* th* creamery men, bat that all do not is proved by a higher price me creamery uutter bring* in all the market*. Nobody will dispute tbst business oan be done on a large le cheaper than on a small on*. The man who onurno, works and packs 1,000 pounds of butter in one lay, at an expen- diture af bat a fsw shilling*, for <x>al, can do 1 1 cheaper per pound than the one who turns the crank or who hr.s th* dasher to churn but tsn pounds, al-hougb he may do some other work besides. When machinery and tha foroo* of nature an employed to lessen human labor, it inevitably chaapeo* tb* product and is a benefit to Doth pro- ducer and consumer. Then why iscnamery butter dearer than store butter * Beouse it ii better and tb* demand greater. Manufacturing **tabli*hmsnt* as a ruls, cheapen the prioe of toe product without lessening ths coot ot materials or lowering the price of labor. Cor. of National Stock- man. Pastures. A nader a fow yaan ago broke up a acre of land which waj taxed for $'*< bat wa* almost valueless as pasture land. H* got it broken up at odd job* witnont it* costing much, and in th* early fail put on the** bushels of ry*. April '25th in* folio ving spring th* ry* wa* up !.'< o 18 ,nchaa and h* let in 13 cow* for in minutes. Every da> 'or 20 dayi h* let them in during the noon hour, *ft*r thath* towed Hungar- ian on th* same S*1<1. Th* last of A'igust th* land was again sown to bar lev and ry*, the barley wa* fed off in the fall and th* ry* in th* following spring. Only a small amount of any of last* crop* wa* waited, but whatever was i*ft wa* plowed under for th* next crop. With soms kind of a movable fence be will rais* oth*r crop* in the saras manner. After tne cattle hav* fed on them, he intend* to turn in iwme, and in this way will not loo* anything. Our pastures an necessarily mails up of ome good land, but the moet part is too rough, too poor, too wet, or too dry to admit of profitabls cultivation. Cultivate the easiest and best land in the paiiare. Ths fint few y*an it will probably be rough, but it matters not, as the cows oan (*ed u down, and by breaking up thi* pasture land, we savs all our best land for hay and gram. Cultivating a part of th* best and moet level land and letting -he **< feed there perhaps an hour a day an < tneu turning th*m into the pastun to drlak and to stay during the nmamdei of the time, will grea'.ly improve the pasiur-, *s the location of the nsting places of the cattle w.ll produce good feed continually. Shade tree* largely control the places when cattle stay. If a row of shads trees could be planted on a ridge aiid those near the brooks and wet places out down all the droppings of ths cattle could be saved. Some of ue may have good pastures that yield an abundance of sweet graasss, where he cow* oan get .! thy want to eat without too much ex-riion. but it is a rare thing in thi* section. W 'oerer ha* on*, no doubt, hai taken (rood care of it, for th* continual use f pasture* :or the dairy muat exhaust them 01 tncir moat valuable elements unless som- means to pnvsnt this are derived from outside source*. A pasture that has an abundance of f**d and waiar, with goo 1 lences and plenty of had*, is worth as much per acre a* any land on the farm. The Same Russia. Despite th* flatteries that have been heaped on the new Czar, hi* Government dos not s**m to b* dilfenot from that o' hi* predecessor, at all event* m th* way of improvement. Its latest act, w* read i* to forbid Jews to resort, for health, to any of th* healing mineral springs for which ths empire is famou*. Tht* i*, perhaps, th* most inhuman ediot that any 'iovemment has issued since the Middle Age*, unlsas, iml**d, it i* a gigantic puff ot the watering places, in which case it i* worthy of a country far mon advanced in civilisation. 1