| taught to wind silk from the cocoon and Dewalt : school for boys and although he himself | has to spend many days out in the coun- | try doing pastoral work, the school goes on here daily, although there is no indus- | trial teaching here. As you know, Mohammedanism is about half truth and it has a great hold : upon the people here and it is very hard [to meet their questions since it is so , near the christian teaching. As for the | Hindu; life is absolutely lived on the | most primitive lines and so makes for : the worst laziness you could ever imag- !ine. Can you see them embracing readi- ly a teaching that adds numerous hours of labor, when they have never labored? For instance, there may be twenty or more patients in our hospital, the cook, a woman, has one little mortar-built stove, perhaps a half foot off the ground, in a room six by six. Over this primi- tive fireplace one pot is placed contain- ing meat and vegetables, all chopped in- to a mess; rice cooked in another and these two pots are brought to the back Belletonte, Pa., March 13, 1914. MARCH. March! March! March! They are coming i In troops to the tune of the wind; | Red-headed woodpeckers drumming, i Gold-crested threshes behind; Sparrows in brown jackets hopping Past every gateway and door; Finches with crimson caps stopping Just where they stopped years before. March! March! March! They are slipping Into their places at last: Little white lily-buds dripping Under the showers that fall fast; Buttercups, violets, roses; Snowdrops and bluebell and pink; Throng upon throng of sweet posies, Bending the dewdrop to drink. March! March! March! They will hurry Forth at the wild bugle-sound; Blossoms and birds in a flurry, Fluttering all over the ground, Hang out your flags, birch and willow! Shake out your red tassels, larch! Up, blades of grass, from your pillow! Hear who is calling you—March! —Lucy Larcom. FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. Death of a Servant. Native Schools, Missions and Mohammedanism. JHANSI, JANUARY 30th, 1913. Dear Home Folk: The past week there has surely been “some doin’s; ” two have died with pneu- monia and several others have been very sick, but evidently their time has not come as they are still with us. One who died was, in fact, the only really reliable servant at either the bungalow or the hospital and to see him die in spite of all | that we could do, made us fairly sick. He died January 27th, forty days after the “Maharrum,” and Musselmen say that heaven opens and all good Mussel- men will go straight in, if they die on that day. The widow took this consola- tion to herself and felt a bit comforted. My mornings, nights and days have been spent watching with a very dear woman, who had a serious operation, hop- ing that she may live, and I am glad to say she is improving. The beautiful days still go on and as veranda and placed upon the floor where the various enamel plates are brought, one for each patient, a ladle of rice and a ladle of meat, three ‘“‘chapati” (a form of native hoe-cake) are carried to each patient on this one plate, and the receiv- er having a “lota” of water under her tears the “chapati” into bits and wrap- ping it around a bit of the curry, eats her biggest meal. No knives, forks, or spoons; dish washing is a negative factor. As I have told you, their beds are merely frames, with a woven mattress of rope. The better grade have a woven broad tape, these never have a mattress ‘or a thing on them; when the owner wishes to go to bed he or she, if they possess a blanket or “cupra” (covering) rolls themselves up in it and lies down. Not long ago in a very wealthy home, I saw for the first time a very pretty rug, somewhat like a Persian carpet, laid over the bed and another thrown on the floor, a few mirrors hung around the room and | some pillows covered with velvet lay on ithe bed. This is the only time I have | ever seen that much attempt at furnish- 1 ing; to ofset this luxury, there were ser- | | vants and servants and still the velvet bed, proceeds to eat with her fingers, or: the looked for rains came in the sur- | Was dirty and the beds were of the kind rounding districts—not just here—we You would rather stay clear of. are again having cool, comfortable days» The mission work is carried on in three unless you go out in the mid-day sun, | Ways; our patients come to the dispen- when you find that it is uncomfortably | sary and before they enter a native wom- hot and so carry your sunshade. | an sings a hymn, reads and explains a Oneof the schools is down behind the | Portion of the scripture and has a prayer, dispensary and while I am working in | SOmetimes giving a tract. If they are in the back room I am interested to see | the hospital, the Bible women teach them how it fares. The children are about morning and evening. Miss McC. has ten years of age and they are brought | various schools and in all of them the from their homes to the school by a |readers used are generally some one of woman who is paid, by the teacher, for the books of the new testament. The bringing them. This “ayah” comes along | third way of teaching is through the Ze- about eight o'clock and the children | nana workers, women who go into the troopingjafter through the dust. In the homes and read to them and teach the larger places they send “bil” (carts,) to older “purdah” women. I think I am collect the pupils. Each “kiddie” carries | not wrong when I say that the one and a slate and a book. As the cold weather | best way of doing this work is through is still here, my amusement was great | the schools, as the children, like those when I saw the teacher's chair had been | on the east side of New York, must be moved out into the yard with her back | the carriers, since but few of the parents toward the sun and all the pupils squat- | can be reached, or if taught, care to ting in a circle around her, right on the | change their belief, while the child is bare ground, and of course using their | surely more susceptible and more readi- Destroy 60,000 Dogs Each Year. | weave it into cloth. Mr. H.; just across | g ial Telegram to Gazette Times. the way, has already established a big | New York.—Recently there came to light statistics relative to the shelter for | homeless dogs and cats, more familiarly | known as “the Pound,” in Chicago. The : information was to the effect that Chi- | cago destroyed 10,000 unclaimed dogs ! every year. A visit tothe S. P. C. A.’ shelter in New York proves that, in the matter of homeless dogs, Chicago is a , mere piker. intendent, at the office, Madison avenue ' and Twenty-sixth street, “more than 60,- 000 dogs and between 250,000 and 300,- 000 cats in New York every year.” { “These are not by any means all that pass through our hands,” continued Mr. ! Horton. “We hold all dogs for 48 hours, | except those given us by owners with in- structions to destroy them. Good dogs —that might be of service to some one ! —are held longer, and we try to find pose and will take out a license as the law requires, he may have his pick from dogs of all descriptions.” to take a dog out of New York—to Jer- sey, for instance—would not a New York license be rather superfluous?” was asked. “In that event,” answered Mr. Horton, “always provided the person applying for the dog is a proper person and we , feel that he will give the animal a good | home and care, we do not ask that a li- | cense be taken out here. We presume ‘ that such a person would comply with the law in his own State.” At the shelter, avenue A. and Twenty- fourth street, the reporter found a splen- ‘didly equipped institution. sage with large compartments on either side, arranged in the same way and re- sembling the box stalls in a stable. In these are dogs, separated into classes, in separate cages. in together. Some have collars, indicat- ing that some one must have cared enough for them. Others are just dogs, muts or kyoodles, nondescript animals, with nothing to recommend them to any one. their necks. These are mostly pets, grown ciety with explicit instructions that they ters, and whine plaintively at the visitor, as if to ask the meaning of their uncon- genial surroundings and beg for release. cages. Each cat has a separate cage, clean and neatly sawdusted. There are all kinds of cats at the shelter, prize win- ers. ment for sick dogs and cats, each in a separate cage and each receiving treat- ment. A first-class veterinary dispensary is connected with the shelter, where all ness. This establishment is equipped with every modern device to facilitate the veterinarian in his dufficult work of horses, and some seemingly impossible things are accomplished with the aid of especially made operating tables for horses. In a paper read before a meeting of the American Humane Society in San Francisco, Cal.,, Superintendent Horton, in reference to the destruction of useless animals, said: “We destroy,” said W. Horton, super- : homes for them. We never sell them. If a person wants a good dog for any pur- | “Suppose the would-be owner wanted ; Passing | through the office one enters a wide pas- | according to sex, size and disposition. Ugly animals, inclined to fight, are kept The others are put | The saddest class are those distin- | guished by a brass check hanging from : old in faithful service and companion- | ship, which have been given to the so-: be destroyed. They seem to miss the familiar faces and voices of their mas- | In the rear of this room are the cat: ners, plain tabbies, and backyard brows- | In this section is also the depart- kinds of animals are treated during sick- | operating on injured animals, especially | FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN DAILY THOUGHT. This triolet’s for Patrick’s Day, For every on='s a singing, So bright’s the world, so green and gay, This triolet’s for Patrick’s Day; Come you, sing out your round-a-lay And set the echoes ringing, This triolet’s for Patrick’s Day, For every one’s a singing. —Paul Barnes. What better day in the year on which to have a jolly time! So up and be ready; polish your silver and rub up your glass- ware until it fairly glistens. Let your color scheme be green and white, using a white damask paper table- cloth and white paper napkins, the latter ornamented with the well known green : harp. Invest in pressed glass Colonial sticks for your candles and green linen foundations or linings. These linings are ten cents each and come finished with a very pretty fringe. You can get for ten cents each open-work shades made of a paper composition and fashioned to look like brass. If you do not care for these, buy some , green ribbon, the color of your founda- , tion, about three-quarters of an inch wide, allowing about one and a quarter yards for each shade. Gather this on the machine, using the gatherer and stitching through the centre. The idea is to get a ruche effect. Now ‘sew this (through the centre) to the top of your . lining and at the bottom. Pull it out so as to resemble rose quilling. Fasten each shade to a mica, price 10 cents each, by touching the inside of the shade here and there with glue. Do not use mucilage. Buy holders by all means. Pig and Pipe. For your centerpiece use tiny pots of shamrock, which you can buy for 5 or 10 cents each. If you are going to use any number of these arrange in the shape of a harp and in the centre . place a nice pinky imitation pig. If you are not going to have very many arrange in an oval ring around the pig. If you cannot invest in one large enough to ! stand up over the top of your shamrock, ' get a small-sized one and mount on a box or bowl. Fold your napkin in oblong shape and place on the top a penny clay pipe. A fork and two spoons should be ' placed to the right of the napkin. ! Potato Croquettes and Green Peas. —Serve potato croquettes, allowing one to each person. Place at theside of each one a tablespoonful of green peas. Gar- nish the top of the croquette with a few sprigs of watercress and a small green | silk flag stuck in the centre. Two cups of mashed potatoes will make twelve croquettes. If you do not care for croquettes serve potato salad—not the kind you buy at the delicatessen, which is inclined to be soggy and tart from too much vinegar. Boil your potatoes, peel and slice while warm. Mix a French salad dressing, ! using two-thirds oil to one-third vinegar. | Use pepper and salt to taste. Add vine- i gar to oil slowly, mixing well until the two form an emulsion. Pour over pota- toes, into which a few finely-chopped onions have been mixed, and put aside to cool. Pouring the dressing over them while warm, you will find, makes them . much more delicious than if done so when the potatoes are cold. Serve each person with a heaping tablespoonful, placing it on a couple of crisp salad leaves. Garnish the top with parsley, | chopped fine, and finish with a small green silk flag. | | Serve either bread sticks or a small | soft roll that has been opened and but- | tered some time before, also c ffee. | For dessert, have lemon or pineapple ice, lady fingers and small iced cakes, Paddy hats and harps will be served along with cakes of similar shapes, the | (icings being tinted green. The coffee { will remain black though a shamrock . leaf will be on each saucer. A leaf, too, | will float in each finger-bowl. Of course ‘ a mass of shamrock could serve as a cen- | tre piece, with a tiny pot of it at each cover by way of a souvenir. bons there may be lime drops in the form of shamrocks. | Feast of Reason.—After the inner man | has been refreshed, to say nothing of | femininity, the party will adjourn to the | drawing-room where all the men will | have a chance to guess who all the wom- i en are. The one making the best total booby. | moval of the masks and dominoes, and until the wee smail hours there’ll be Irish songs and alittle reading from Irish literature. Had the hostess thought of it in time they would have had an Irish play. Little home made make a delightful confection for St. Patrick’s day celebration on the 17th. These may be made by heating a half cup of cream or rich milk, stirring in powdered sugar until thick as condensed milk and boiling three of four minutes. Take off the fire and beat until cool and ! quite thick. Then dip your hands in cornstarch and work the whole mass till creamy. It is then ready to shape into “potatoes,” which are rolled in plenty of | cinnamon. They form a novel center-, piece for the children’s party when piled high on a little wooden wheelbarrow which has been decorated with tiny green flags. At the end of the feast the barrow is wheeled around the table, each little guest helping himself to a potato, and wheeling the barrow to the next. For! place cards shamrocks cut out of green ! cardboard—the name written in gold— | For bon- | : will receive a suitable prize—so will the | This will be followed by a re- | “Irish potatoes” | FARM NOTES. —Squashes should be stored in a dry i place at a temperature of about 50 de- | grees. Do not lay more than one deep . on shelves. | —Be sure that your horses and colts are free from worms. A horse afflicted ' with worms is never thrifty, and feed is , only wasted. | —Clean quarters and wholesome food | are worth more to keep poultry healthy than all the fancy condition powders you can give them. | _—The poultry products of the United | States are worth half a billion dollars an- ' nually, and a billion dozen eggs are im- ported every year. —Any feathers or down on the shanks or toes of clean legged varieties of poul- try disqualifies the specimen and the bird should be marketed. ; —In 100 parts of the white of an egg | about 80 per cent. is water, 123 per cent albumen, one per cent mineral matter and 23 per cent. sugar. —The agitation for laws protecting sheep dogs is getting broadly scattered. From coast to coast the one drawback to sheep raising is the dog. | —It is the fellow who burns the lan- tern that saves the early lambs. Being right on the spot on the dot will prevent great loss during lambing. —About all the chamois skins on sale nowadays are oil tanned sheep skins. But they are just as good. The sheep need not be ashamed of it. —The better the sire you have at the head of your herd, the better the off- spring will be and that means the great- er milk checks you will have in later years. —Do not plant more apple trees unless are pretty. A Saint Who is a Hero. | you are taking good care of what you { have. A few well cared for give better | returns than many given over to insects ! and disease. —The majority of the bad habits in Such a jumble of myths and legends as d surrounds the renowned saint whose day | we are observing. The facts and the tangible tales are fewer than the fancies, | but the legends are full of interest and ! the Irish people love them all. One of the things we do know, how- ever, is that, curiousy enough, Saint: Patrick was not born in Ireland at all. | Dumbarton, a Scotch town, claims credit | as his birthplace, and his ancestors were | all religious men. His grandfather, | Potitus, was a priest, and his father, Cal- | purnius, was a deacon. With such an | ancestry it was but natural that Patrick | should, and did, stick to the church. Pirates captured him when he was but | 16 years old, and carried him away as a slave. Taking him to the north of Ire- | airy cows can be traced directly to handling, or to abuses in handling, that have been exercised in bringing up the calf or developing the heifer. —The people of western cities are pay- ing $1 each for hens for eating, 30 cents and above for fresh eggs not always fresh; and still they eat more eggs and chickens than some farmer’s families. —It is generally conceded that the tendency to large egg production is trans- mitted by the males, rather than the females. If you are breeding for “bred- | to-lay” strain, carefully keep this in mind. Buy no males except sons of large producers. —We don’t think much of any kind of land they sold him, and there his career | ashes on the floor of the hen house. The knees as a table. small black-board but anything else re- sembling a school-room is certainly mi- nus. Although not at this school, but at others I have visited, many of the newest methods of kindergarten teaching is seen and the flag drills and other pretty calisthenics, so that if other lessons are as well taught they really do know some- thing, even if all the necessary accesso- ries, as we know them, are lacking. In many places the girls and boys are kept separate, but I was told this summer, by a teacher who has been here eight years, that their school, numbering over two hundred, was run on the American plan, " boys and girls up to ten and twelve years being taught side by side, and they had found it perfectly satisfactory. This much I do know; all the books used here can be procured at a few “pice” each. They are paper-backed, but good print and paper, and no child need lack for a primer or first-lesson book. You ask what missions are doing in India. Of course this part of India is recognized as being but newly under mission influence and so one don’t find many christian families here, and to me it seems as though many of those who have become christians are only so on account of the help the mission gives. It must sometimes be discouraging to the missionary with the very meagre returns one finds here. The Padre of the Church _of England tells me that in Southern In- .dia, where the missionary work is much older, so that there will be two or three generations found in a community, the ‘general aspect is much more encourag- ing and those that are christians are de- cent, honest folk, not the questionable characters we see here. Dr. W., a Canadian Presbyterian, work- ing under an independent board of Cana- dian people, has his plans thus: He buys up large tracts of land and thereon establishes a colony of christian people, who are to be taught some form of in- dustrial work so that they will become a little helpful community from which good may emanate. The Salvation Army have established large schools in many parts of India and I am told at all of them some useful trade is taught. They have many silk raisers (silk-worm breeders) and have plenty of young children that are being I think she has a| ly takes to change. (Continued next week.) Where Soap Was Invented. When Cazsar, the great Roman Em- peror, returned with his conquering ar- my from his famous invasion of ancient Gaul, he brought home—as one of the greatest treasures captured during the campaign—a formula for making soap Rome had palatial baths, but knew noth- |ing of soap. The Gauls were “barbar- ians,” but they were extremely cleanly and possessed the secret of soap making. Large quantities of the precious stuff were taken by the soldiers to Czesar, who quickly saw its immense value to man- kind, and straightway forced the soap- makers to reveal their secret, rewarding them generously. CHIcAGO.—Hidden from the gaze of the public because city officials could not fix a site, it became known today that the heroic size statue of Abraham Lincoln, sculptured by St. Gaudens, has been relegated to basement storerooms for more than five years. St. Gaudens fin- ished the statue in 1907 after 12 years’ work, and before he died in 1908 said he considered it the greatest work of his life, The commission to make the statue was given under a bequest by the late John Creerar, of Chicago, who left a fund of $100,000 for the purpose. ——There is a beautiful and an ugly way in which to say almost everything, and happiness depends upon which we may take. You can upset a person for the whole day by the harsh way in which you may call him in the morning, or you may give him a beautiful start by the cheeriness of your greeting. So not only in words, but in all the little common courtesies and duties of life, think of the beautiful way of doing each.—D. L. Por- ter. How We Came to Have Lace. The story goes that a poor girl of Bru- ges, sad at having no marriage portion, was wandering by the countryside, when she saw that the dew-spangled cobwebs of the hedges had made a pretty pattern on her apron. She followed the design of the threads with a needleful of flax, Juikea the web together and so invented ace. : Fulton’s Power of Thought. Robert Fulton possessed to a remark- able degree the power of concentrated thought. He studied French, Italian and German and acquired a proficiency in the three languages. i matics, physics, chemistry and perspec- tive also demanded his attention as he progressed in scientific research. “It must be clear that in every com- | munity of any considerable size, there is always to be found a floating popula- ! tion of homeless dogs and cats, suffering | Art for the Occasion. — Have your from starvation and exposure, the vic-| guests draw a pig blindfolded, one at a tims of mange and other parasitical dis- | time, and in this way settle the future eases, which they constantly propagate | ownership of the pig, awarding it to the by contact with one another. These ani- | best artist. This is really quite funny, mals constitute a public menace which | and will add greatly to the fun ot the must be provided against, and it follows | evening. Have salted almonds and green- that a well organized society which has | colored paste cubes, or just plain cream the object set forth in its corporate title | mints arranged in a couple of pretty —the prevention of cruelty to animals— china or glass dishes. as the sole reason for its existence, is| If you have a hanging dome in your better qualified for the task than any | dining room and do not care to buy branch of municipal government. | candle sticks and shades, run little silk “Homeless animals multiply with as- | flags on gold tinsel cord. Have four tonishing rapidity; they lead wretched | strings, running from the centre of your lives when left to. themselves, suffering | light (from under the shade rather) to preferably those tinted light green. started. And such a career as he must have had! How he drove the snakes out of the land, Christianized and civilized the little island, rose to the rank of a bishop and died at a ripe old age—all this is told with many, many variations and elabora- tions. The snake story is one of the most noted, and a popular song tells of it in verse: : “There’s not a mile in Emerald’s Isle, where the dirty vermin musters. Where’er he puts his dear forefoot he murdered them in clusters. The toads went hop, the frogs went flop, slap- dash into the water. And the beasts committed suicide to save them- selves from slaughter.” In order to gain more hearing on his drum, or atleast had a drummer who did. There is a story about the famous sermon that banished the serpents that is rather interesting. Before going up the } hill to deliver his famous oration the | drum was beaten with so much gusto that it burst. His sermon, with its ob- preaching tours he always carried a | hens are so apt to get their feet wet and ! then walk in them. You know what | comes next—or is apt to—sore feet. We | would far rather have good earth or , dust. |" —Ordinarily, with all ages of swine, a | bushel of shelled corn will produce an {average of ten pounds of pork. In an ' experiment at the South Dakota station, on an average for the two years of feed- | ing period of sixty-two days each, a bush- | el of shelled corn yielded 11.9 pounds of pork. But when an average 163 ; pounds of milk was fed with a bushel of ‘shelled corn, an average yield of 17.7 ' pounds of pork was produced. This was a difference of 5.8 pounds in favor of the milk lots; or in other words, | the milk was equal to 5.8 pounds of pork. ! However, it must not be understood that this quantity of milk fed to a pig without the corn would yield this amount of gain, but when fed in combination, as above sited, similar results are to be expect- ed. —The style of animal which best meets the bacon curer’s ideal has often been spoken about, but the desired standard ject, had been widely advertised to the . is not always reached, and this in many people and they gathered in great num- cases is due to faulty breeding. bers to hear and see the miracle. There To consider briefly one or two of the was an idea abroad that the charm lay : indications as to what is really a good largely in the drum and many were dis- A bacon pig, we might start first from the appointed at the bursting of it. During head. : the midst of the sermon an ugly reptile! Here length of snout, which partly in- was seen upon the very hill (its mouth | cludes length of jowl and the absence of open and laughing) and doubts began to | loose flabbiness so frequently seen there, manifest themselves. But an angel ap- indicates as a rule a lengthy animal. peared, repaired the drum, the ‘sermon | The idea has been to reduce the cheap went on without interruption and the | parts of the animal and to increase those Higher mathe- | the tortures of hunger, thirst, and dis- ease; and it seems evident that if they can be destroyed without pain it is best for the animals themselves, as well as for humanity at large. To put these for- saken and suffering creatures into a sleep from which they do not awake is not cruelty to them, since it causes them no pain. It would be cruelty to allow their suffering to continue, and every diseased animal which is removed from the streets diminishes the chances of in- fection to healthy animals.” Supt. Horton went on to relate how, after magy experiments and much study of the subject, illuminating gas was de- cided on as the most humane method of destroying these animals. Many people express surprise after having tried many doctors and medicines to find quick relief in Dr. Pierce’s Gold- en Medical Discovery. but it is a surprise which is taking place every day. Mr. Edward Jacobs, of Marengo, Craw- ford Co., Indiana, writes: “After three vears of suffering with liver trouble and malaria I gave up all hopes of ever get- ting stout again, and the last chance was to try your medicine. I had tried all the home doctors and received but little relief. After taking three bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and one vial of his ‘Pleasant Pellets’ I am stout and hearty. It is due entirely to your wonderful medicines.” —*“Father,” said little Rollo, “what is a great man?” “A great man, my son, is one who manages to gather about him a whole lot of assistants who will take the blame for his mistakes while he gets the credit for their good ideas!” ——0Old Lady (to seedy looking library boy)—Have you got “Epictetus?” Boy —No, thank you, mum; it’s only a bad cold and sore froat. Go Without Saying. Among those things that go without saying may be included the language of deaf mutes.—Puck. When you don’t need any help it is wonderful how many people are eager to come to your assistance.—Philadel- phia Record. It is surprising, | | the four corners of your table. | four dozen should be sufficient. | BR | One woman who happens to be the | possessor of an emerald green crepe de | chine dress bethought her of a St. Pat- | rick’s day party. Then she recalled the fact that not one of her feminine guests was so well equipped sartorially. Upon which she purchased 36 yards of sham- : rock green cambric and with the aid of a seamstress she cut and stitched the material up into green dominoes with head pieces. Not a bit of the wearer would be visible, the merest openings being designed to see and eat through. The feminine guests are to be hurried immediately to the dressing room and there disguised in green. When they come down the men are to be given their choice, with instructions not to choose their own wives Ten to one that’s just what each one will do, even though try- ing his best to obey instructions. The mystery is to be kept up through- out the dinner and the women are to be as mystifying as possible. It is to be feared some of the fair ones will learn secrets to which they have no right, and, alas! others to which they have all the right in the world. The Green Lights.—One thing, they’ll be thankful for their masks, since the dining-room lights will all be draped in green, and every woman knows the corpse like look which those throw over the countenance. In addition to the green crepe paper shades, with their engirdling snakes, all manner of timely decorations will be in evidence. An exquisite farley- ence fern will make a fern fairyland in the centre of the table. At each cover there’ll be a buttonhole or a corsage bou- quet, each and all composed of migno- nette and farleyence fern. The best din- ner service of the house happens to boast a green border. About Eatable Greenery.—There'il be some- thing to eat, too. Raw oysters on a bed of the greenest cress and green turtle soup. The fish will be covered with a sauce dyed green, while the roast will be decked with green pepper and smothered in chopped parsley. The potatoes will be likewise enveloped; the spinach will need no masquerade. Neither will the cucumber and lettuce salad. Pistachio ice cream in the form of shamrocks, AE snakes like magic were banished. It 1s not known definitely whether the 17th is the date of his birth or of his death. This occurred at Saul, a spot not far from Downpatrick. It is there that he is buried in the abbey. He was quite old at his death, but this, too, is shrouded in mystery. It is not known whether he was 88, 100 or 212 years of age--all three are chronicled. They credit him with originating leap year, too. It was he who granted to woman the right to propose every four years—he suggested seven. Bridget, the lady who made the request, thought that was too long a time be- tween proposals and she hinted at four. St. Patrick, nothing loth, agreed. They even say St. Bridget herself proposed to St. Patrick, but, being sworn to single bliss, the gentleman could not accept. Why is the shamrock connected with St. Patrick? Because he used it in con- nection with his preaching, explaining the doctrine of the Holy Trinity by its three leaves upon one stem. In Ireland it is universally worn in honor of the day, and in many house- holds platefuls of the herb are placed upon the breakfast table. Trapped. His Wife.—I met our maid Anna just now on the street, and she pretended not to see me. ! Her Husband.—You ought to point out v Anna the impropriety of such con- uct. His Wife.—But how can I? You see, she had another girl with her, and it was quite evident she didn’t want her friend to know she was working for a woman who wore a two dollar and a-half hat. . A Divided Village. In the readjustment of boundaries after the Franco-Prussian war the little village of La Schlucht was divided be- tween the two nations. France and Germany meet in the middle of the main street, and as the boundary line follows a slanting course it is possible for a French and a German soldier to pose for a joint photograph, each remaining with- in his own territory. —For high class Job Work come to | the WATCHMAN Office. But St. | i which are dearer. On that account a : light forehead is necessary, but it must ‘not be at the expense of width of back i or depth in the pig. | As a rule a pig narrow at the poll (be- { tween the ears) is not the widest on his i top, nor is he the thriftiest of feeders. | There may be exceptions to this rule, {but it can be applied generally. The | advantages of a prominent eye and a smooth unwrinkled jaw or cheek, as well as width between the eyes, are that they invariably indicate a smooth, lean- fleshed animal. A short heavy head is invariably as- sociated with a very round body and a wide and very fat back, altogether a very wasteful carcass. The neck should not be too long, otherwise it indicates weak- ness and a short neck generally goes witha short side, which from the bacon point of view of course is not desirable. It is im- portant to note the character of the mid- dle piece. The ribs should spring from the back, but they should not be entirely round. They should rather spring well and allow the animal to be turned out slightly flat from the sides. There will then be less wastefulness on the top without decreas- ing the depth of the pig. What is wanted is a pig that contains a maximum of lean meat and an under- cut with as much streaky lean as possible. The loin should of course be covered and muscular, because so much depends on good development there? The rump should not be too straight, otherwise the hams will invariably be short. There should be no flabbiness about the hams and a well-carried tail puts finish to a pig, which helps it greatly at the time of sale to the butcher. The quantity of bone should also be accompanied by strength of bone, be- cause it is not possible to carry a heavy weight of meat of very fine quality with- out substance. Round bone should be avoided as it indicates lack of breeding and is invariably associated with a fat carcass. The pasterns should not be weak and the pig should be straight on its legs. This is likewise of great importance for exercise is necessary in the production of the best class of carcass. These may seem small points yet they all indicate particular functions which the bacon pig is supposed to fulfill. —~——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
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