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Show played some monkey trick ea another. "Again there came a change. Tha and then solemn chanting ceased, rushed on the scene a crowd of wan shapes, aimovl naked, with but a few dark rags about them, as If they were shivering with cold. They wrung their hands despairingly and rushed about In a confused way. aa tf lost, starting from each other In terror when they met, sometimes feelhsg about them with their outstretched hands Ilka blind men, and all the while whistling' in long drawn note which rose" and fell like a strong wind on the hills. ' The sudden onrushlng of these wildly whistling abapea occurred at frequent Intervals during the ceremony. The change from one phase of this curious mummery to another waa always startling abrupt. One never knew when some peaceful anthem and state figures would be sudly dance denly Interrupted by tha clashing discord of cyinbala and trumpets and tha whirling UkTabt of shrieking fiends. FABM ern Tb presence In St. Petersburg of a minion of four high official of Thibet, th lint representatives of that practically unknown country to visit Europe, and the announcement that tbo Dalai Llama, ruler of Thibet, haa been persuaded to hlmaelf visit Russia, la looked upon aa tndlcatlnc that the bar rlera which have closed the whlta man put of The Forbidden Land will soon ibe let down to civilization. i 4 A Buria from Transbaigalla, named Akhorambo Atchwan Do ruble ft, wbo baa gained the favor of the Dalai Llama of Thibet, came to Llrsdla last October and waa received by the Emperor. He returned to Thibet and succeeded In persuading the Dalai Llama to send a special mission to 8L Petersburg to open friendly relations with this country. This mission haa arrived under the guidance of Dorshleff, and has been received by Count Lama- dorff. It consists of four persona, one of whom la the Dalai Llama's second eecretary. It brings an autograph let-t- ar from the Regent of Thibet to the Czar. The Russian newspapers attach much Importance to this Journey, and no doubt poperly. It marks another step In the extension of Ruaalan Influence toward the possessions of - France. The Russians regard tha establishment of a chain of communlca-tion- a across tha rear of the Indian Empire and the permanent Isolation of India from the valley ha practically assured. The present la tha first opportunity that Ruaala haa had to make overtures to Thibet for, although It la a country of (51,500 squart miles, with a population estimated at over (.000.000, It 1 an unknown land except to the few Intrepid adventurers wbo have explored it at great personal risk. The country le tn central Asia, bounded on tha north by the Kwenlunj Mountain, on the Indo-Chine- se Yang-tse-Kla- f 15,760 feet." Of the climate the tame explorer aaye: "No amount of wool en clothes will keep put the wind on the Chang, so aklna must be taken. During the period already referred to the enormous stretch of country crossed by Captain Bower's party did not show a single tree, and only two species of shrubs, and theae rarely exceeded six Inches In height They found a Urge number of. flowering plants and grasses, however, while for variety tha landscape, both on tha Chang and elsewhere, la diverting In many places by gigantic masses of rock This is, ( In and tarrifle precipices. fact, what U poetically known In Aala as the "Roof of the World." and at the southwest corner of it at digit, on tha borders of Kashmir, la tha place "Where Three Empires Meet" the title of Mr. Knlghts'Vork. The hldeouanesa or sublimity according to tha view one takes of nature on the Chang, and In other parts of Thibet la not left to Itself. A a In tha Tyrol and other Catholic countries on? sees wayside crosses and picturesque ahrlnes, so in Thibet only far more frequent are the huge rock-cImages which are supposed to represent the Buddha, tha "shortens" or monuments of a religious character, and inscriptions. Urge and small, cut la tha rocks, of prayers and aacrtd sentinels. As ona tramp along a Thibetan road, It la said, any atone against which the weary foot stumbles may be found on examination to hear the Inscription, "Dm man! padmi, Om (01 Thou Jewel In tha Lotus, 0!). a devout aspiration which. In a slightly altered, form, will be familiar to readers of 81r Edwin Arnolds "Light of Asia, Ever since the day of Marco Polo, who entered Thibet In the fifteenth century aa the envoy of Venice, Thibet haa been famed aa the nursery of East ut "At ione period of the ceremony a holy man with an Archbishops miter on his head advanced, to the beautiful chanting of men audboyS, the basset, trebles, and tenors taking successive This parts in solo and chorua. holy man blessed a goblet of water by laying hts hands do It and Intoning soma prayer or dharm. Then he sprinkled the water In all directions, and the defeated demons staid their shrieking, dancing, and Infernal music and gradually crept out of the arena, and no sound waa beard for a time but tha sweet staging of the holy choir." BREAKS rORCE OF THE WAVES. Strung Together te Protect Oceu Bowlul. At many of tha favorite seaside sum- -, mer resorts in this country tha beachea ara from time to time ravaged by wild atoms, and hitherto no adequate method of protecting them against such onslaughts haa been discovered. Aa a result the cottagers may awaka any morning and find that tha pleasant strand on wbickihejratroUed during tha previous evening haa, during tha night, been eaten away by tha hungry waves. Now, however, an Ingenious inventor haa devised n method for the protection of such beaches a method which, ha la confident, will prove effective. It constats of a number of mattresses, which are formed of fibrous material and which are held together by means of warps and bars. The mattresses, thus connected, ara laid on the beach, ,tbe warps and bars being placed In auch a manner that tha long, fib- roue covering la kept stiff and Immovable. Aa a further safeguard, however, stronger fastenings are placed . here and there, and by means of these the mattresses Are anchored firmly to the; beach. The mattresses are arraitrl lengthwise In the direction of the Current, and the warps and bars are arranged diagonally. The object la to break the force offthe waves and prevent them from wreaking their hill fury on the beach. Experiments, It la said, prove that a protection of this kind la useful for such a purpose. Mstwm are AND OAEDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST ICULTURISTS. rp-l-P- Blats sl of TWf tbo htrkilitn. Panorama . A boat Bloldo Soil i I I ! T i 7 bNLY PICTURE OF LHASA, "THE FORBIDDEN CITY. (From a (ketch by a native artist) V era Marco 'the south his on Polo tells Is China magic. by Kat byalmost proper, Himalaya book of travels weird storied of magic Impassable Mountains, and on the west by Kash- wrought before his eyes and those of mir. Tha mountain range on tha south his companions at the table of a perwparatea Thibet from British India, sonage whom he calls the Kham, It isad Eastern... Turk w tan. separatee It was Marco Polo, tod, who told of the ladder lrTck" and io ehfned ror'htffi-sel- f from Russia. The Country, which bethe reputation of n splendid liar came subject to China early In the seventeenth century, contains the sources through twenty generations, until, the Indus, and early In tha nineteenth century, the of the Yanf;tse-Klao- A other large rivers, andthe country la same ladder trick waa performed again and again 'In India and waa circumlor tha most part a hlga tablelahd. Tha reasons why Thibet should ba stantially recorded by Dr. Norman Mccalled "The Unknown Ladd" have been Leod. Psychologists of a material bent reinforced and more vividly Impressed explain many of these marvels nowwithin the last adays by hypnotic suggestion, but Upon the Western mind narra- many Western followers of Buddhist the bloodcurdling (wo years by tive of torture which was brought back occultism still associate Thibet with to his government by llavsge Landor tha great Mahatmas. How- far the In 1891. Mr. Lan dor's experiences also sublimely intellectual cult of Gautastricter followers corresponds pert to remind the wqrld at large that, ma with the religion of tha Thibetans may, nnllke any other country, even In Asia. " perhaps, he gathered from Mr. Knights t the present jday, Thibet la un account of the ceremonies which ho what may be said to correspond at some fashion to theJCbrlatlaa Idea of vu fortunate enoughtheocracy a government In which the Himls. One of the most striking feareligious hierarchy also wields despotic tures of the whole days celebration temporal power. Such aa It la, the re- was Its remarkable resemblance here ligion of the country la the prime mo and there to the ancient ceremonial of of all Ita life, whether for good or the Catholic Church, a resemblance . tiv which-ha- a led many pious persons, ievQ."r have lounged through-As- ia - Minor,' lived In almost every country since Marco Polos first account, to trace In theae proceedings the hand! Un Europe, ransacked India from Comorin to the Himalayas, and become work of Satan. It la also curious to lalrly well acquainted with China,1 notice the close parallelism between said a veteran Scotch traveler, "but this and the extant accounts of some of the graver "miracle plays" of meonowhera In the world have 1 teen in dieval Europe. what so up they wrapped people After a long account of the prelimconsidered to be religion aa la Thibet.1 This religion, with the always neces- inaries Mr. Knight proceeds: sary Asiatic exception of certain Mo-- - "Under a canopy borne by attendants hnmmedans In the western parts, la I walked a tall form TfTbeauUftlt Bilk highly idolatrous corruption of Budd robee, wearing a large mark representktsm. But, In order te get a reason- ing a benign and peaceful face. As he Abably lively conception of the peculiari- advanced men and boys, dressed aa Thibetan bots Church of end of the acolytes . of ties and the Intensity Buddhism, some Idea of the country Rome, prostrated themselves before him, and adored him with intoning Itself la necessary. He was fol, The b0k of Thibet lx the Chang, or and pleasing chanting. Great Thibetan Plateau, the highest M lowed by tlx other marks, who were well aa the largest tableland on the treated with similar respect These earth. As to area. It occupies all the seven deified beings drew themselves and received tha central and northern and most of the tn a tine western sections of tha country. An Adoration of several processions' of Jdea of its elevation may best be ob- masked figures, some of abbots, and tained from tha statement of Captain other beast headed, or having' the Throughout Hamilton Bower, one of the most faces of devils. highly regarded of recent authorities, the day, even during the above solemn ct PL worship, certain Yamaa. masked "from the end of June until the mid die of November the average altitudes as comic devils, performed all manner of our camps was over 16,000 feet, the Of buffoonery, . bursting Into fewest being 14,621, and the highest peals of Insane laughter each time that , -- twl V Bwmi of Coro try. the first of July the Division of Formtry snd three other scientific division of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture were advanced to bureaus. This a as provided for by tb last session f congress, which appropriated for the expenses of the Bureau of Forestry during Its first year 1185,440. The Appropriation for the Division of Forestry during the year Just ended was 888,520. For the year 1818-- w it waa 28,520. These figures show how rapidly tha forest work of tha government has expanded of late, and also how well It haa commended Itself to congress. Thera was a time when tha practical value of the scientific Investigations carried on by the government was not fully understood, and farmers weAs inclined to think that the money spent oa experiment stations 'and chemical laboratories was of little benefit to them. Now the ease la very different approvements in agriculture due te the work of tha department have Increased the value of the farm products Of the country by many million of dollarx annually. Aa this kind of work haa proved Its practical utility, congress haa shown Itself generous toward t. Tha readiness with which congress las increased the appropriations for (ha Division of Forestry la tha best Iridenc that forestry has proved Its knportance from a business standpoint I Tha change from a Division to a Bureau, and the larger appropriation. Will make possible both an Improved efflee organization and more extended d field work. The Bureau will be with a much larger office force and will he organized In three Division But field work, not offle work, la what tha Bureau exists for. This work haa baen going on during tha last yew from Mains to California and from Georgia to Washington. It Includes the study of forest conditions and forest problems all over the country, tha giving of advice to owners of forest lands, and the supervising of conservative operations lumbering which illustrate forest management on business principles. This work can now be greatly extended. Private owners of some three million acres have applied for this advice, which In evert case requires personal examination, and about 177,000 acres have besn put under management This land Is In many tract large and small, and is owned by Individuals, clubs, and Several state governments have also asked the, aid of the Bureau. But the greatest demand Is that of th Department of the Interior of National government which has asked for working plans for all the forest reserves, with the enormous total area of about 47 million acres. Who On de-rter- 'vrJ, Bore Wanna. Tb Tabu Herewith w Illustrate two species of th tobacco horn worm. A report of the Department of Agriculture says of pro-tide- cor-tettio- them: There are two species of large sphinx moths whose larvae or caterpillars. eat the leaves- of tobacco, tomato and allied plants. Including occasionally the Irish potato. These caterpillars, from the fact that each bears upon one of the posterior segments of Its body a rather stout curved horn, have become popularly known aa horn worms Tobacco growers do not distinguish between the two different kinds of horn worms, and for practical purposes It te not In the least necessary that they should distinguish them. As a matter of general interest, however, it may be .stated that the bora on the end of the body of Carolina 1a red, while that of Celeus it blMk. Both are green In color with oblfque white stripes on the side of the body. These moths of the two aperies may be distinguished from the ' maUdg"ftsdrfor wards wTTl talk ed Lavra Decorations. - . ve-hi- d springs and wagon tires. society. rifkUtf the Cblarh Bt. The Ohio Experiment Station te receiving letters indicating an extensive outbreak of chinch bugs in certain parts of the state, and In response It la Sending out small packages of a fungus culturs in the hope that it may he of service la Infecting the bugs with a Not On Honor BoQ, parasitic fungus which, under favorLota of men who Imagine they are able conditions, has been found to be public splrttedclflzens will not hear very destructive to these pests. their name announced when tha mti This fungus, however, requires moist weather and masses of Insects for suo- of honor la called. foUt Yield 'per Act, Tha average yield of potatoes In tha United Statea is about 109 bushel to the acre. Under half-wa- y decent treatment this average could easily be made fOd bushels. CTtoo SnaKt May Grot at On. Occasionally a college professor who la liberated from his books and turned loose In the green fields and byways of nature makes a discovery that is of real permanent value to humanity. While camping on Indian Creek, out in Colorado, Professor Dickson of Yale succeeded In demonstrating after repeated experiments that two snakes could be welded together so that the two bodlek will unite and continue to grow as one. He sewed the rear half of an adder to the front halt of a ratthoure lesnake, and after twenty-fou- r his scientific soul was enraptured by the sight of the rattler swishing the tall of the adder about as though It belonged to him. Oi course there was a look of surprise and disappointment In the face oP the rattler when he found that he must drag the tall of the silent adder through life, but it was noted that his sting was Just as deadly as ever and' that there was no abatement of bodily energy. - Th L to one aide, and to read a Tuesday afternoon will be a plum chapter rio the assembled company, session, with th following papers to who always uncovered while the sacred he read: Planting and Cultivation of book waa In tha apartment The fre- Plums, A. D. Barnes, Waupaca. Prunquenters of the Beehive greatly re- ing of Plum Trees, Wm. Toole, Bara-bo- o. spected the did lady for ;ier efforts to Seedling Plums, E. S. Goff, Madigive them moral instruction, and al- son. Preserving and Canning Our though her Occasional comments might Fruits, Mrs. Jos. Trelevan, Omro. not commend themselves to the folThe Tuesday evening session wUl be lowers of what Is called the higher given, up to th ladles, who hav precriticism, they were homely and to the pared an Interesting program. The program for Wednesday as arpoint ' Mrs. Lee also displays lp the taproom a notice Intimating that any ranged by S. IL Marshall and Prof. EL one taslng impolite language or sing- a Go IT Is as follows: Take cars out ing eengs of a risky tendency, would to University Farm ; buildings first be promptly expelled. Altogether, the thing In th morning.' Go over them venerable lady seems to be a model and down to the orchard in time' to see licensed vlctualer. That and" hnve picnic dinner about 11:30 lb grove on banks of the lake. to be fkrnlshed by the uniDinner Searre la Philippine. Im From here walk along lake to versity. wa are is In told, wanted the lro, boat house, back of gymuniversity for the manufacture of Philippines there about 3 oclock. nasium, reaching tool, farming implements, building From here a will he taken around trip hundred and weapons, trimmings, of the lake mid at Mr. Marshalls landing other article The wheelwright are where supper will be served and looking everywhere for Iron with farm, .which to repair and construct vehicles. farm inspected. Boats return in time The mining engineers are paring large for evening trains There will be the usual exhibit of Mini of money for pieces of old Iron and flowers. fruit for use in the various mining enteTh Farmers Review urges Its 'WisGassier says rprise. Magaxine, Owconsin readers to attend the convenners of sugar cane crushing machinery, All will be welcome. Including tion. proprietors of machine shops, and the farmer that grows no fruit general goVt are shipbuilder offering all of It is a mistake to suppose that hortiprices for Iron, steel, and other metals. cultural societies are for large comTat It ts almost an impossibility to mercial fruit growers only they are bny Iron In the Islands. Native ma- for all that are Interested In horticulchine workers produce hundreds of Wisconsin farmers will benefit different kinds of metal Implements ture. themselves by getting Into closer touch and part of machinery from old with their state horticultural beer-ju- gs r MRS. E. A. MCREA. chance of success If she has real ability for the work. Miss Beatrix Jones of New York and Mrs! A. E. McCrea. now of Marquette, Mich., have demonstrated that women can attain a yery high degree of success iffThlk field of i labor. Mrs. McCrea Is now consulting architect of the city of Marquette, and she la doing excellent work In bringing about reforms along the line of city Improvement The board of education of Marquette has recently appropriated $1,000 for the decoration of the school grounds of the city, and the work is being done under the direction of Mrs. McCrea. - ( Bnnd VUitnoler 20-2- f ColU-hiI- m W Uwatla HortlealtarUt. , Tha summer meeting of the WisconFew publicans take aa much Interest sin State Horticultural Society will be tn the welfare of their clients as does held In On the Madison, August Mrs. Mary Lae o I the Beehive, White of August 19 there will be a evening Waltham, near Maidenhead, --England, meeting of th executive committee who la the oldest licensed vlctualer for the purpose of attending to importtn Berks, and who recently celebrated ant business. Ax her Jubilee as a dispenser of ale. Th first public session will be oplong as her strength and eyesight pe- ened at 9:00 Tuesday morning,' August rmitted, It j was her habit every Sun20. The apple outlook will be disday evening to carry her ponderous cussed by prominent fruit growers. faet that Carolina te darker and the family Bible into the taproom, place Small fruits will be discussed by A. I orange spots along the side of the It reverently on the table, the visitors Hatch and Wm. Hanchett F, C, Edbody are more vivid. A 4 Uhe WeeKJv TO AGR- YlUealtur W easeful operation, and It te feared that It may not act with sufficient promptness during the prevailing dry weather. Th following remedy 1s therefor offered as probably better adapted to existing conditions.' this remedy having been suggested tn 1895 by ProL 8. A. Forbes, State Entomologist of Illinois: "Dissolve one-ha- lf Woman at a Gardner. pound .hard or soft soap In on gallon of water, and A new field of usefulness has of late heat to tee boiling point Remove from been entered by two or three women stove and add two gallons of coal olL who have found It to be so profitable, churning the mixture with a good force eo healthful and so pleasant that other same pump for fifteen minutes. When the women Will be likely to enter th architecture emulsion is formed, it will look Jiks field ere long. Landscape buttermilk. or gardening Is something that any "To each quart of this emulsion add woman of taste, Intelligence and fifteen quarts of water, and apply to cation can engage tn with a good th com In a apray preferably before 10 a. m. or after 8 p. m. Th bugs should be washed off so that they will float in the emulsion at th base of the plant A teacupful to n hill te generally sufficient hut the quantity must vary with the number of bugs infest- -' lng the com." The progress of these bugs through a field may beaobstructed by making a trench with the corshallow, ner of a hoe and filling It with coal tar, the tar to be renewed In two or three days. They may also be destroyed by plowing them under and harrowing and rolling These two methods weflf successfully employed bvtbe Ohio 8&pon In 1888. Chaa. E. Thorne, Director Ohio Experiment Station. Trtttdentt yacht. ' ' Both ' specieV occur- - from Canada .to Florida, and as the region of the tobacco culture falls in the north, both feed upon the tomato. Generally these worms are not too numerous to be kept down by .Farmet..yacH Mayfowe&jowned by Preparing th Whut Field. are . At this time of year farmers plowing for fall wheat or preparing to do so. The ground te perhaps a little hard at this time for the plow, to do good work, but the rains that have now fallen should go far to preparing the land for the operation. It make a vast deal of difference about the condition of the land as to the, ease of plowing, and It will pay very fanner to take advantage of the conditions when they are right. The saving to the hones te no small factor. When the ground te In right condition for the best work to be done the moisture in It te sufficient to make It easy to cut but not enough to make It stick to th The Fall River manufacturers' of, common print cloths who have given notice of a cut in wages do not take kindly to the suggesting that they cut down their production Instead and thus give the market a chance to b surplus stocks and open the way for a stiffening of prices. These manufacturers say with some truth that It they were to reduce production while their competitors' did not the Rewould be the galaers. duced production to be really effective must be general. There are eo many cotton mills and they are eo widely distributed that unanimity of action Is impossible. At the same time the TexJournal has its tile Manufacturers doubts whether the cut In wages, tf made, will add materially to the profits of the Fall River mills. If says that a price: redqftlon may come as a consequence of the wage reduction. Manufacturers seldom retain from special advantages. The buyer is usually the beneficiary. The tact of the matter is that there is so much ' competition tyi the" manufacture of common cottons that whlle milla which have ntw and improved machinery and are well managed are able to make money mills with inferior machinery cannot do so unless they can beat down their workmens wages. The employes at Fall Rifer are not ready to submit to the proposed cut. snd It It Is Insisted on there will be m ugly labor war in that city. hand-pickin- plow." g. That the seed bed 'should be well prepared 1s the consensus of opinion among all cultivators. Pulverization is necessary if the soil 1s to be mad capable of giving the best returns. Poor plowing and poor preparation generally If responsible for much of the shortage In the wheat crops. It 1s evident that If th land be left In clods th soil In the clod will not be reached by the air, and the elaboration of plant food will not go on so rapidly as will be the case where the whole Is broken to pieces. Even If the roots of th wheat plant succeed In penetrating th clods the amount of food found therein will be lees than in other and better prepared solL j. When the wheat field 1s to be manured before' being plowed, it 1s better to put on the manure, spread and plow it under at once. This will Incorporate u with the soil. If permitted to lie on top of the ground for a conoid erable time It will dry la lumps, which .cannot be readily incorporated with the soil, or If incorporated will not.mlx " evenly with It. Indolence la to the mind what rust te . to Iron. J. Ogden Goelet, now In the American"" navy, 1s to be used as the presidents private boat Fall T4.it tr Cotton Mill. ab-sor- ne any-'lene- fit Incorporation for Xniont. It is stated In a dispatch from Pitts- burg that certain officers of the United States Steel Corporation have announced a new policy toward the Amalgamated r Association. Henceforth there will be bo dealings, negotiations or conferences with that body, whether lot a settlement ol the present trouble other purpose, until it obtains a legal status by Incorporation. vJ v 1 |