Hens In Place Of Dogs

- There is liardly a family tbat doesnot throw awsy enough table scraps to feed at ïfiast halt a dozen hens ; and many that keep a nuisanco in the shape oí a dog, that does do good, ïmt costa more than a dozen hens, complain that they cannnt afford to keep hens. One dog ín a neigtaerhood is generally a groater trouble to the n ■: bbors then a rlock of hens would be ; forif hens are well fed at homo thoy will rarely go away. But who ever saw a dog that was not a pest, running cross the newly made gaTdén and sticking bis nose into everything? Kill off the curs and give tho food to tho hens, and you will find pleasure as well as profit in so doing. Those that are of valué as wateh-dogs could bo retained, whilo the host ui' snarling, dirty curs would givo place to some more usefnl pet. - l'uultry Standard. A New Orleans confidenco game con sists in disguising one's-self as a ccinmon laborer, and taking a seat in a car, or a position somewhere in a crowd, and after groping around on the gi'Ound to exclaira : " I have í'onnd a gold ring ! " Of courso the bystanders are anxious to see if it is genuino, and a party, capper, of course, who pretenda to be a judge, at once pronounces it genuine, and worth $15." Tho íinder, "being a poor man, wil!, however, sell it for $5." And some innocent, thinking ho is making a bargain, at once buys, and is sold, ho finding upon presentation at the jeweler'a that the ring is first class imitation, with eighteen carats stamped olererly insido, and in currency valued at twenty cents.