The Inner Man. Yon have not changed, my Geraldine; Your voice is just as sweet You are as fairy-like in mien As four-and-twenty months ago. Since Hymen tied the fatal knot I've basked within vour Your be aunty has not You realize a poet and low, glance's beam ; dimmed & job, ® dream. 28 (Ova A poet craves for boundke And beauty of the first degree; 'd do with less than that, my dove I'm much more moderate than he, The gleam from dark-fringed evelids sent, The witohery of tone and k I would forego to some My Geraldine wok exon, if you could cook. The Meeting of the Ships, Two barks met on the deep mi 1-808, There found And voice of Rose min And sweetly floated The mek Four-Leaved Shamrock. And 1 Oh, “If I could but fi pausing song and letting kevs of the pian “What is th mw tha iad WK said Grace, e midst of ds fall from exc dat } SRUAGY her the il to reside rock “Do vou not kne he shamrock is a sup fairy giving its POSSORSO influence fo over all with course.” A ¥1 3 fairy spell will ace hs DAS NO eld APY @ AKI afraid short of a 4 y npiish at, Grace; reason whatsoever upon th iS morn- ing in trying five years of to a fixed sal {We wonld would we no mitymy right if I marry t into partnership with I do not, however ¥ thaw oh in thus re 8 much iy ROG, + Avs 1 3 = 3 niease fit oo LO PNTAST SLA ake 3 once. spe of much use.” “Did he name who Hy any parti 2 he wished vou $s: Miss Blake, seems that he and « h o % ie the no \ SALR INK ner of tha ner Of ie nn understa: > went each side. ther pt Ed dt ples be- old Tom e 18 80 proud of 18 burning to nm and ih next. girl and a wut r all that I 1 1€ arrange- better than has plans of her own. But ) has the notion in his read we shan't beable to make him look Try the four-ieaved shamrock. Grace, are up a little common sense for my uncle. A very little would do. I must go now; will you come as far as the gate with me ?” And the two lovers sauntered ont into the twilight, and reiterated their last words at the garden gate, leaving the preity little drawing-room to its sole other occupant, Grace's cousin Gerald, a slender, fair-haired Jad of about four teen, who was lying listlessly on a low couch in the bow window. Grace and Laurence had been play- fellows for 0 many years that no one but the uncle of the latter felt any prise when they appeared in the charae- ter of lovers. Mr. Latouche, however, was thunderstruck at the announcement of his nephew's attachment to Grace Ne- ville, and declared, in language of which he afterward felt somewhat ashamed, that should Laurence persist in his de- termination to marry the daughter of a beggarly half-pay captain he might bid farewell to his present home and future E—_— uncie sur- Laurence was quite dependent on his uncle, with whom he had lived from childhood ; he had always been treated as a son of the house, and on his return from school had begun to assist his unele in the management of his extensive flax mills. Looked on by every one as the future master, and liberally supplied with pocket money,the was nevertheless without any fixed salary, and sometimes felt tempted to envy the mill bands who received their weekly pittance, unt as a gift, but as a right, He was resoi;od, however, that, come what might, he) would marry Grace, and he had already begun to make inquiries as to the prob- ability of his being able to utilize the experience gained at Glenallan Mills in obtaining a salaried post in some simi- lar concern. His uncle, meantime, ignor- ing, as far as possible, the young man’s | own projects, lost no opportunity of showing him how smooth his path should | be made in the event of his marriage with Miss Blake, whose higher birth was considered by the seniors to bal- ance the accumulated fortunes of three generations of mill owners. - While Grace and Laurence were loit- ering in the garden, Gerald was pon- dering over the only portion of the fore- going conversation intelligible to himself —Grace’s jesting wish for the four-leav- ed shamrock. Poor Gerald was but half-witted ; his brain had been injured by a fall in babyhood, and had never properly developed. He was still a child in mind, with all a child’s belief in the marvelous—a belief which Grace was chary of discouraging, from an in- stinctive feeling that his imaginations were his highest gift, which, once weak- ened or destroyed, would never be re- placed by reasoning powers. She was very fond of him, and devoted mucl time and trouble to the work of train- ing him, and drawing out what little intelleet he possessed ; while he, on his | part, repaid her care with a passionate | devotion, obeying her slightest wish, and following her about like her shadow. He was also fond of Laurence, a ride on whose horse constituted his greatest pleasure ; and, though quite unconscious of the reason, he under- stood, in his own dim way, that Lau- rence's uncle was angry, and that Grace was grieved. Anger was a very terrible thing to poor Gerald, who dreaded VOLUME X1V. ICditor and Proprietor. CENTRE HALL, NTRE OO., PA., sy he wondered ' 3 3} } ORY Ni “Ah, Miss G mace 5 \ ' SHAMIoOCK 1 ‘3 said to § It was to at work ; the i \ and a slender thread of flowed qt force pe awaiti rushing down and ¢ 1 to the slumbering mill. lack either of life meadows, however: for the sound of th 2 De hint §! ing a ait their day, bustled about the most of the short time th world to themselves, while t darted in and out i nibbled the young 1 I alert against every d aginary. Gerald was fond and at another time would much amusement in watching ties ; now, however, his mi of his qu moved kneeling or lying on the gro ever h a tuft of sham patiently examining it leaf drew near the stream sang ce 1 v { as ii da eyes and anger, 3 est, and he e BAW f length he h had steep, grassy banks ga’ ! The great bell was rin now, and the workmen were troop ing into the court-yard. He uld abandon his search for tl morning, since he would not risk a with Mr. Latouche. He was turning r antly away, when he perceived a } ularly large tuft steep bank. 810 neeting elnet- artic of shamrocks on the Some sudden impulse de- termined him to it closely, and he stretched himself on the grass to look down upon it. His sight was wonderfully long and clear, so that he could distinguish every leaf it in what to another person have scemed a confused mass of green, At lémgth, to his unspeakable delight, he perceived the object of his search leaf actually ewmposed of four divisi at the end of a long trailing Grasping the herbage firmly with one hand, he stretched the other toward his prize. As he did so, the sudden bark- ing of a dog, accompanied by a loud shout, startled him, and losing his hold, V examine woul stream below. At the same moment the gates of the mill-dam were opened, and the pent-up waters, released from their prison, came seething and foaming form, and bearing him swiftly toward the certain destruction of the pitiless wheel. Laurence’s and the bark that of the lat- ter's Newfoundland dog, Carlo. As the boy disappeared from view Laurence ran forward, urging on his dog with voice and ;gesture, so that when he reached thé bank he found Caslo already struggling’ with the stream. To take off his coat and plunge in was the work of a momyent. The dog’s efforts had mewhat retarded poor Gerald's fat 1st 4s he was being drawn under the wheel, A few long moments of des- perate struggle, and Laurence found himself ‘once more upon the bank beside tlie apparently lifeless form of the lad whom he had saved, and whom he now, for the first time, recognized. 7 A little crowd of men had by this time gathered round him, one of whom, un- /der his directions, carried poor Gerald into the hopse and laid him on a sofa in rthe dining-room. Mr. Latouche and his ‘sister were summoned, and every effort was made to restore the boy to con- A MARRIAGE IN WARTIME, A Counlederate Soldiev's Croom Hastened to the stary--Why the Wedding. 1 remember a very amusing marriage hich 1 once performed I was busy trying to coaremony w read l Wiis in the rear rank" of the » | Virginia regiment a t fellow of the Maryland line hailed with “Isay, Mister, ar you a preacher?’ Not surprised at the doubt implied in ith for my mess private hirteeth srt hy igh i > oung me the question, for ne dress nor my er my occupation : re plic d:*Yes ou antl his State “] . the very man I have been five day “1 am ei ) me at last, What can 1 “I want you tom am.” must have overheard Awrry me, sii ours about a “Right away, sir it there.’ two miles down th Accordingly 1 § my colonel (A, P. that the license started. As we ellow Was twenty-one, look to be over license Call Ht Vittla f ittie 1 sixteen y anything sl and BA sometnn “I mus u 1 + i t d . y law il me that you Aanrence f the voune lady's od Mr ! 16 young lady: “Laurence and Grace id Gerald, Ww Iv ¢ } ge H. Beward, fF 1} 3 Pointer, and one of the Her or it. colonel was Geox West Gerald, ur arm k upon the sofa. wt as 1b 18, Grace,” life as he grew older conl oh & { LA 8 4 " 1 fortably my wife. ' MAITIAEC and now I a I was ver tar: ' 1¢ possession, over Mr. La himself han is the stern Pe wor ( rerald c———— Two New Zealand Cities, Christchurch is “City Plain,” and plain i Is over two miles ¢ ih some of our over t even Laurence BPIreid A Typical New Mexican, Western townsare most often deficient on ay OSSER8O8 a Cit he striking characteristics e matter of atford ; In wmmed after somebody or he old com try. i have sat for the pictures t finest and Joaquin Miller's He came strolling into he other morning, both hands in sweeping a gathered idlers. L : Rati celebrity every one knows him [1 Domain, or public musenms here n and the round, 1 ¥8 | very fine, with maple trees and several 1i8 | barberry bushes from the States, and many flowers, The drainagei on top of the streets ; cement gutters, which have to be clean l every mom question will bring out | ing, as there is not fall enough on many piquant bits of history. | of them for the water to run off. Still interest I looked at tl it's rather a fine city, and in time will be 1d slowly took in the details | a large and Prosperous one. It's 80 Top boots, trousers, quiet now you can hear your heart beat shirt and a loose coat were | anvwhere in the streets, And it reminds h, but his head was sur- e to be thankful you | one to gray sombrero that in never been equaled y chorus singers of the “Pirates.” The hat head until the brim ave o© BAYS iDOWS choice clear space tnr ne Asa town 16 uine. one have beat, Dunedin is the best built colony, and has a population of thirty thousand. The residences are upon the hillsides and tops, and have a sple ndid mlders, and the cord and | view from all parts of the city. Princess he Crown, being of solid street 18 over a mile in length, and is gold wire and spangles, brings the value | golidly built. It has street-cars and all of this extravagant headgear up to $150. y America Neither Aimee and Ceorgette, Virot or | but no hotel. There is not one in the the other concocters of French bonnets | colony. There are hundreds by ti ever sent out a spring bonnet that name, but they are nothing but rum- equaled this sombrero in price. He | holes. I did not much of the city, wore a careless knotted necktie and row | for it rained all the time I was there s for shirt-studs, and | Its public buildings are fine, and there yw them swung a watch-chain com- | are many things there to interest the posed of gold coins ranging from the | traveler. largest slugs and $20 pieces down to an insignificant £2.50 coin. The watch at | the end of the chain is heavy enough to | use for a weapon, with its massive cases | cigar, of gold. This walking gold mine car- There's many a slip between the pul- ries off all his magnificence with the | pit and the church door. most indifferent and half-contemptunons A sliver in your hand is worse than air. On occasion he is said to be capa- | two thousand in the hand of your friend. ble of more gorgeousness; and | Never build castles in the heir. They when this show figure of Santa Fe is | are ever liable to be overthrown. mounted on alittle black horse, rattling Put a rich man on mule-back, and the with all the silver and blazing with all | mule will throw him just as quickly as the wrought colors of Mexican trap- he would a beggar. : Least said the sooner the deadlock is ended. city in the covered his Bilf ornaments of t the conveniences of any “ROO ig gold nugget Maxims for the Thoughtful, A burnt mustache dreads the short oven huge silver spurs, an embroidered buck- skin suit, a belt full of silver-mounted Piety is often but knee deep. weapons and a fringed and embroidered | Yon can't make a portmanteau out of blanket strapped to the saddle, Le slat- | 8 two-legged calf. Jangs cover a multitude of wrinkles, Iiike the dog in the manger, the nose is above kissing and is always ready to { as the wild Western heroes do in novels. Jy profession he is a gentleman and | —————— A Little Previous, Wife, just returned from a shopping - tour Telegraph Lines. | you, Eugene.” At the close of the year 1880 there | * Eugene—‘‘Ah, jus! like you, darling ; were in the United States 170,103 miles | always thinking of me!” of telegruph lines, and during that year | He advances as his wife removes the 83,150 991 messages were sent, The | wrapping and exposes some fine draw- miles of wire were about 300,000. This | ings from a neighboring marble yard. does not include the lines used exclu- | Husband starts back and exclaims, ex- sively for railroad business. The other | citedly : countries having the greatest length of | “Gracious, Laura! what did lines are as follows: Russia, 06,170 | bring these things here for?” miles ; Germany, 41,431; France, 86,-| Thoughtful wife—‘ Well, Eugene, I 970 ; Austria-Hungary, 30,403 ; Austra- | lia, 26,842 ; Great Britain, 23,156 ; Brit- | this morning, and I thought you'd like ish India, 18,209 ; Turkey, 17,085 ; and, | to look at some tombstone patterns,” Italy, 15,864. Brooklyn Eagle, by chasing the flying hours and dul care over green tables. EE you FOR THE LADIES Mexican NMoclety. Mex { unfortunats id the nd in ¥ consequence nation of the } we and the said to exist at classes of humanit at least i t, of amalga I dian there 3 # doen st¢ parate different colo charac wi i 4 Rrra FROes, ale or, t the ease, H and Ure Ole 3 nothers and Spa: Indians, I'he intelligence, , or chil in al i fe ature and The $4 CO resemble that of le ul shapely, whi A ———— A AN 'ERMS: 82.00 b iv py ly 1881. in Advance. cnr, NUMBER 26. { pinned down ecornerwise { i m aMarie | Stuart peak in front, An English bride | other day attended by dress bouquets » the altar the bride ed in primrose satin looped up with and trails of sd | and Primroses, and yal thi went t five maids ariel camellias English are jniet” in their tastes, t novelty in fans and in VOry unique in shag wide il trimmings y lates the Orient, OF, They handle $4 silk and satin, and artistic des The Moth was brought from called the Am | ph are and are mu with feather gns painted in colors, er Hubbard g ie girls are momiecsl, for no sash is worn with them and All materials Costumes owns for itt he : ard easily made used for these little . n musing and ginghams ing fashioned in the quaint vile, A style of hair-d y fashion { of cutting the ter they nro 1 ©vte old st from npla to temple il rings all The remaind a Grecia HOCK, Hoop earrings are i variety sh il o 1 i plain, meds ending at the in the head o nby e New J welry OWS 8 Xi HIN -81E CAT little tiger with 1 THE HOME DOCTOR, : ble fora large s0 is rapid food § | swallow bout their work, A $v stions are known and so they Thr ui ogists oe Mi mouth digestion, m. To should xed stion, bowel digesti othe food and nothing else ; ready stomach, and verily k at the of dyspeptics, rh x3 Cota 10 VIiAURIs, nhro Or Or eream color d batiste, bri by wide bayadero stripes in ] r platings imnmtermixed soft flowers, for 8 NALS, Roses of pink or crimson, dark red rot and dark red poppies are worn | with black, or eream colors d Surah dresses, 5 white are chi cked silks, and in ing dresses, ack =ilk ds, plush, the threads of gold or silver. nits of checked linen in black and | almost as pretty the finitely cooler for | ns evel } Mexican | in black | tlined with l grenadines , In Fron: have brocaded nowers leaves peing on Among the stuffs which have recently come into fashion is linen luster, an old fashioned silky material worn in the time of our grandmothers, Olivette the name of a new hat which turns up all around, except just over the right shoulder, where it bends down very sharply. The trimming is feathers, is New designs in jewelry are suggestive of the land of the Nile. Egyptian and Cesnola designs prevail. The asp, the lotus leaf, ind the Nile key are pattern: much worn, Wreaths of delicate roses, ending in fine sprays of rose leaves and moss buds, are worn under the oddly curved brims of the stylish and picturesque Spanish round hats. Mother Hubbard cloaks for little girls are gathered in such a way that a ruflle stands out above the yoke. The effect is quaint and odd but not by any means pretty. Gingham frocks for little girls are plaited from the neck to about half the distance between the belt and then al lowed to fall loose. The trimming is Hamburg edging. Thin silk scarfs bordered with deep chenille fringe and woven in embossed figures are to be worn for wraps with muslin gowns, They are to be found in all the pale tints, The graceful little bags of tinted silk to be suspended from the belt or girdle are called “gipeieres.” The Greek polonaise is worn by half- grown girls, Some dressmakers give it the Marguerite sleeve, and the result is a garment that looks as if it had dropped together by accident. One of Worth’s new polonaises has the front cut away like a waistcoat, and the sides faced and folded back, with cascades of lace down each one and about the lower edge of the waistcoat. A new hat made in Italy and on exhi- bition at Milan is all in one piece, retains its shape perfectly on the head, and can be sat on without sustaining a wrinkle, It would be a good theater hat on a “crush” night. Very pretty is the mode of adorning | flat bonnets with a bunchy torsade of the | bright striped silk, and overlaying the crown by a square of crochet gimp already an 1 eaten bevond what the able , The t to be obtained is a large supply } whatever fails to ae i that essential object, fails to efficacy toward the cure of The formation of proportioned to which juice Is 10 prepare. Yos + yi 1 4t 106 15.9 COmplisg have any juice 18 dire tly i and place efficient he means of supplyi d tear can only ta { The “ voir) wit. doo 108 18 WOrk Ondo in di. is agreeable, inter. 4 i Al i as the result of exercise, 3 work-~beneficial and successful g and profitable, It 1s generally supposed that solids are more favorable to the health than lignids, which may not be wholly true. i erable chewing, that they may be swallowed about of its prey. Process and semi-liqt as the anacond {8DORES uve A Dee 4 . : 1 is chewing, Da § Act 18 RAC | saliva to cans of causing the } ids of the mouth, this tely needed in a perfect division and prepar. ation of the food for assimilation—may perform its work. Insalivation cannot be secared by hasty swallowing, It follows, therefore, that soups and the like must remain for a time in mouth, that their stimulus may a free flow of this solvent, by which only it can be combined with the food, If not so combined, either the digestion must be imperfect or the organs of di gestion must be overtaxed, performing their own labors and that of the mouth. If the smoker and chewer destroy a part of this saliva, may not the result be the same a8 when one swallows soups, ete, rapidly, without insulivation? It is true that there are some liquids like the frit juices, beef tea, crust coffee, eote., demanding no digestion, and yet it is safe to insalivate all pass. ing in the stomach,— Dr. J. H. Hanaford. ¢ ial saliva—a solvent absolu office A Poor Opinion of the English Army, Major-General Synge, of the British army, who is now in New York, in con- versation with a reporter was very em- phatie in the expression of his opinions as to the forlorn condition of the British army. He said that the men were of light weight and undersized, and that the impression seemed to prevail that one man was as good as another for a soldier. There was no unity of feeling between the officers and men, while the whole standard of the troops was much lower than formerly. Ever since the abolishment of the Duke of Welling- war, the English army had deteriorated. At present such a deplorable state of The war with the Boers had been under a flag of truce, and this almost with the connivance of English states men. The condition of Ireland being referred to, the general said : “The late that there would be trouble if the ¢ peace act’ was repealed, but to no avail. The act was repealed; the in- habitants immediately armed selves, and now the British government inhabitants that it has been: the means of arming.” FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD, Ap Old-Fashioned Helled Disaer, For the genuine boiled dinner, such as satisfied the sturdy men who “made and preserved us a nation,” want first a good piece of corned beef—not the lean, brown, bony slabs that are for You commonly set apart that purpose, and eventual a thick, tender cut, with liberal streaks of fat and lean, We confess toa prefer ence for the home pickled meat ; if you ean't have that, and haven't faith in your butcher, select a piece fresh and have it put in his barrel corn, Then take Bavoy eabbages about more than you will want—some white French turnips, to be boiled with the beef, cabbage and potatoes and served hot, in Bealect potatoes that will boil dry and tender without falling to pieces. Beets boiled separately, and served in hot vinegar and butter, com plete the list, The condiments are not a slight matter—nothing is about a good dinner. To some people any colored | that is a trifle sour is vinegar ; but instructed taste knows better, and Craves the genuine article on its boiled dinner. The mustard should be mixed fresh, for those who like it; an ancient pot of mustard is as bad as salt that has lost its savor. There should be no des- sert after a boiled dinner, unless it be fresh fruit. Nothing is more meongru- or unnecessary than pastry and sweetmeats after such a repast, to one xg te: } you think slices, the Ous Onions, A Maine writer in the American Cull t ays: “My ground was broken up in the Bpr and planted to pota- mn ely after digging them n the fall I cleaned up the rubbish of every kind, then applied very evenly to the soil a fair coat of dressing, composed of scrapings of the barn yard. Next I cultivated the ground three or four ! WW quite deeply, the dressing work- iv. 1 then harrowed it down i and allowed it to remain ten weeks to allow the weeds an opportunity Next, I cultivated for the pur. pose of killing the weeds, finely harrow. ing the ground as smoothly as possible and let it rest until spring. As soon iu he spring asthe ground was fit, I worked he top with a horse harrow and a & ake until I secured a seedbed about two inches in depth, fine, soft and completely mixed ready for the seed. After my onions came up I spread on salt and ashes. After the first weeding I applied another coat of sabes. A lib eral nse of ashes I consider a great bene- fit to this crop. At my first weedin | the dirt . Ihe second weeding finished, I sowed or composed of plaster, salt, i All the small weeds should be destroved as fast as they make their appearance; the large s will not trouble the grower, By ribed method I raised on n acre of land 200 bushels and finest onions 1 ever them weighing a pound and with | pallor EB toes i i 1 readi 10 start. 8 i i sand x t1 gl brush away frons the onions on a fertil ashes, li and guano. ti Lie 1 ab We Qese one-fourth of bat fow seullions. On the same area of old id, by similar methods, I raised Al, sahal ian are Ana i y sushels of onions, very fine looking Arier oad h, very Farm Notes, Potatoes, or any other root Crops, may be grown in a young orchard. It would not do any injury to grow corn, but grain crops should not be attempted. 1 ti very ele- u 1 2 : They take from the soil e ments which the trees require. « If young fruit trees recently trans. planted blossom, they should not be allowed to bear fruit, as it will injure them. They need all their energies for {f wood and should not be al- waste them on growth of £1 ywih o lowe d fruit. The Prairie “Weeds on gravel walks may be destroyed and prevented from growing again by a copious dressing of the cheapest salt. This is a better method than hand-pull. ing,; which disturbs the gravel and constant raking and rolling necessary. One application, early in the season, and others as may be needed, while the weeds are small, will keep the walks clean and bright. A Canadian agriculturist last season tried an experiment with potatoes that is worth noting. It was done by scoop- ing out every eye from a potato, amd inserting in the flesh of it a single eye, carefully cut from another po'ato of a different kind, and planting the seed thus prepared, obtaining thereby very curious crosses, which he exhibited at the Toronto induetrial exhibition. The tubers were small as the first year's pro- duet from seed, and appear (o partake of the characteristics of both the orig- inal varieties. Whether they will repro- duce themselves the second year or revert to one or another of the original types 18 vet to be determined. to Farmer BAYS: renders Mutton and Veal. J. L. Hayes, at a convention of sheep breeders and wool growers held at Philadelphia, advised his auditors as follows : “I would say to the farmer, go on and manage your sheep in the way you can get the most money for their carcasses, whether raising mutton or ambs, and let your wool take care of You must regard your sheep as wachines for converting grass, roots and grain in the shortest possible time nutton, with wool as a mere inei- dent. By making your sheep fat in the shortest possible time—which you can do best with the English races—and killing them as soon as they are mature, you make the best and soundest wool. It will not only be young but healthy ; it will have no tender places in it, Aiming for the best mutton, you will be certain to get the best wool, which will always sell, no matter what race it belongs to. This is the system in Eng- land, the greatest mutton producing and combing-wool-producing country in the world. It is really a matter of sur- prise in reading English agricultural jourrals to see how little consideration is apparently given to the qualities of wool, while the size and fattening apti- tudes of the different breeds or wvarie- tios are the subjects of the most weighty attention. Yet it is fully recognized that the characteristic qualities of the English combing wools have been de- veloped upon originally short-wooled animals, by the unconscious develop- ment of their forms, and the secondary qualities of their fleeces, through a con- stant aim to develop their carcasses for the mutton market. Thus the interest of the grower, the consumer of meat, and the manufacturer of wool are iden- tified. into 1 Recipes, Crrery Frrrrers,—Boil some thick but tender stalks of celery in salted water ; when done dry them on a cloth, and a-half inches ; fry them in batter to Armoxp Cake. —One and one-half cups sugar, half cup butter, four eggs, half cup milk, two cups of flour, two tea- baking powder; bake in sheets, JTeing--Whites of three eggs beaten stiff, three tablespoonfuls white sugar, one cup chopped nut meats ; fla- | vor to taste and put these between and | on top of layers. in the West India Islands, Wash, peel | and grate two pounds of potatoes ; add | four ounces each of sugar and butter i melted, one teaspoonful each of salt and | pepper; mix well together ; place in a fe ing dish and put into a quick oven until it is done and becomes nicely i brow ned, | re: & ia: { Poraro Poxe.—This is a favorite dish Cuocovare. —Put into 8 coffee-pot, set in boiling water, one quart of new milk (or & pint each of cream and milk ; stir | into it three Leaping tablespoonfuls of | grated choeolafe mixed to a paste with cold milk; let it boll two or three minutes and serve at once. If not wanted 80 rich use half water and half milk, Pax Propixos.—This is a New Eng- | land dish, and is nice where appetites | are expansive. Take three cups of fine [rye meal, three cups of Indian meal, tone egg and three tablespoonfuls of molasses : add a little salt and allspice, and enough rich sweet milk to Th a batter, and enough to drop froma spoon. Fry to a good brown in hot lard. Fowr axp Rice Cuoguerres.—Put ha pound of rice into one quart of stock and let it boil very gently for hall an hour, then add three ounces of butter, and simmer it till quite dry and soft ; when cold make it into balls, hollow out the inside, and fill with minced fowl made rather thick, cover over with rice, dip the balls into egg, sprinkle them with bread-crumbs, and fry a nice brown ; dish them, and garnish with fried pars- | ley ; ovsters, white sauce, or a Bittle cream may be stirred into the rice be- fore it cools, Mux Sove.—Wash, pare, slice, and parboil one pound of potatoes, pour away the water; skin and scald two onions, chop them ; place the potatoes, onions, one teaspoonful of salt, and half a teaspoonful of pepper in a stew pan, with one quart of cold water, bring to a boil, and boil till quite soft about half an hour) ; crush the potatoes and onions with a spoon till smooth; add one quart of new milk and one ounce of crushed sago ; stir continually till it boils, then boil for ten minutes. This soup may be made richer by adding one ounce of butter or dripping to the quart of cold water ; also by pusting a yelk of an egg, well beaten, into the tureen, and mixing the cooked soup slowly with it, The soup must be off the boil, or the will eurdle. egg ————— A Mail Carrier's Adventure, “Geyser,” writing from Fire Hole Ba- sin, gives the following account of an encounter between Stephen Hall, one of the mail-carriers, and a cougar: “While Hall was on his way from Mam- moth Hot Springs to Gibbon Station he Was D ked near Obsidian Cliff, bya large cougar. He had crossed the cor- duroy between the cliff and the lake when he heard a noise to the left of him, and looking up saw the monstrous animal in the act of springing down upon him, Drawing his knife—the only weapon he had—he dropped upon his knees just as the amimal jumped, and the infuriated animal missed its aim and went clear over him, Hall plunging his knife in its body as it passed. The force of Hall's blow and the animal's spring was so great that both were precipitated over the glassy debris and into the lake. Both struck the water at the same time, and then a terrific combat began. The water was up to Hall's armpits, and the beast had to fight swimming. It made a plunge at its antagonist and succeeded in cateh- ing him by the left arm. Hall used his knife as rapidly as possible, but failing to loosen the animal's hold upon his | arm, dived to the bottom of the lake, and both went down together. The cougar then let go, and coming to the top of the water saw the masilsack which had come off Hall's back in the | struggle. Doubtless imagining the | sack was its prey, the animal seized it | in its mouth and struck for the shore, As soon as he saw what was going on Hall started after the cougar, which he caught by the tail just as it was about to land, and pulling it back into the water plunged his knife into its heart Harry Yoant, the gamekeeper, better known as Rocky Mountain Harry, who went over to see the cougar that Hall It Shall Be Well, If thou shalt te in heart a child, Forgiving, tender, meok and mild, Though with light siaine of casth defiled, Oh, soul, it shall be well, It shall be well with thes, indeed, Whate'er thy race, thy tongue, thy oread, Thon shalt not lose thy fitting meed ; it shall be surely well, Not where, nor how, nor when we know, Nor by what stages thou shalt grow ; Wo may but whisper faint and low, 1¢ shall be surely well, It shall be well with thee, ok, soul, Though the heavens wither like a seroll, Though sun and moon forget to roil— Oh, soul, it shall be well. © Lavin Morris, Sunshine and Shadow. Only a bank of weeds, of simple weeds, Of sweet wild thyme and yellow, scénted broom, Of tangled grass, and slender wind-blown reeds, Of brown notched ferns and tall spiked fox. glove bloom, And yet & world of besuty garners there, Low twittering birds, soft scents and colors fair, Only & narrow mound, » long, low mound, Snow covered, ‘nesth a wintry, leaden sky, Unlit by moon or stars; and all around Through bare, brown trees the night winds moan and sigh. And yet a world of love lies buried there, Passion and pain, bright hopes and dall de- spair, Oh, golden back, where sunbeams glint and lay, Slots ont in frsgrance with s hundred flowers | Oh, narrow mound, keep till the judgment day The mournful secrets of thess hearts of ours ! Then in God's light let joy and sorrow fade, For near His brightness both slike are shade, ~Temple Bar. HUMOROUS. A pair of slippers—tiwo eels, This is an age of dead issues, dead beats and deadlocks,—Knorville Tri- bune, It is true that the crow is a thief, and steals the farmer's corn ; but it is not without caws. Many persons do not knowhow they are until they have the bring out the humor. It does not always follow that & man is a sculptor because he chisels his tailor out of a suit of clothes. When a couple of dogs fight for the possession of a knuckle of ham, they may be said to be engaged in a joint debate. —Somerreille Journal. How doth the little busy bes Improve each shining hour, And cause the meddling fool to flee With stings of four-harse power. — Indianapolis Herald, Teacher—*A quadruped is an animal having four legs. Now who will give me the name of a quadruped 7° And thirteen shrill voices piped out, “A table.” Instressing episode : A lady who had quarreled with her bald-headed lover said, in dismissing him: “What is delightful about you, my friend, is that I have not the trouble of sending you back any locks of hair." Chicago Tvi- bune, A sleeper is one whosleeps; a sleeper ia also a plac: where a sleeper can sleep, and as sleeper is, too, a thing over which runs the sleeper in which the sleeper sleeps ; so that che sleeper in the sleeper sleeps while the sleeper mns on, as well as somebody leaps off the track. Sweet agony: A very sweet agony is for a young lady to decorate a minia- ture broad sword and forward it to her best gentleman friend. This does not signify a direct cut. It is the old story —+No knife can cut our love in twain.” How quite. How awfully quite quite. — New Haven Register. They were approaching an ice cream saloon, and she said, “Oh, Charley I'm going to have my new dress cut biss— Oh—o00. B-p-p-p!—there’san ice cream saloon, Goody I” * Yes, and it is like your new dress, for it will be emt by us ;” and the horrid old wretch led the panting damsel across the street. funny to Curiosities of Earth, At the city of Medina, in Italy, and about four miles around it, wherever the earth is dug, when the workman arrive at a distance of sixty-three feet, they come to a bed of chalk, which they bore with an sugur, five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit before the augur is removed, and upon its ex- traction the water bursts up through the aperture with great violence, and quickly fills the newly-made well, which continues full and is affected neither by rains por drought. But what is the killed, says that he has hunted in the mountains for over twenty Years and | says this is the largest animal of the | kind he ever saw, Mr. Hall's arm was | badly chewed up between the wrist and | elbow, but his injuries, though severe, | were not serious, and he has recovered | sufficiently to be again on duty. He] says, however, he doesn’t want any | more cougar in his.— Madison { Montana) Madisonian, The Decoration of a Room, Crude white is in favor with house- wives for ceilings—*it looks so clean.” That is just its fault. It looks so clean, even when it is not, that it makes all | else look dirty, even though it may be! clean. To paint the flat ceiling of a| moderate-sized room by hand is simply a waste of labor. It is only at great personal inconvenience that one can look long at it, while, as a matter of fact, no ones cares to do so. You see it occasionally, by accident, and for a moment, and that casual glimpse should not be a shock to the eye, as it is as well to tint it in accordance with the room, or even cover it with a dia- pered paper, which will to some extent withdraw the attention from the cracks that frequently disfigure the ceilings of modern houses. What hand-paint- ing we can afford may best be reserved for the panels or doors, window-shut- ters, and the like, where it can be seen these doors and the other woodwork being painted in two or three shades of colors, flat or varnished, according as we prefer softness of tone or durability of surface. Perhaps it will be best in this instance that the woodwork should fall in with the tone of the dado; but this is not a point on which any rule san be laid down. The decoration of the panels should be in keeping with the wall paper patterns, It may much more pronounced than they, but still it must not assert itself. One great point of consideration in the deco- ration of a room is the relation of the various patterns one to another. It may often be well to sacrifice an other | wise admirable design simply because you can find nothing else to go with it. A single pattern, once chosen, will of- ten control the whole scheme of deco- ration, — Magazine of Art. Plants Without Earth, | Mr. Alfred Dumesnil, a son-in-law of Jules Michelet, claims to have made an interesting and useful discovery—how to preserve plants in a perfectly vigor- ous state without any earth. With the shelter of a glass, hellebores taken up at the end of November and the middle of December have remained from two and a half to three months in blossom. Other plants—primroses, daisies, vio- lets, auriculas,.ete.—have not only been in bloom three months, but have thrown out new buds Bulbous roots, small ghrubs, exotic plants—such as azaleas and cyclamens—take equally well to the process. M. Dumesnil exhibited some specimens of plants blooming without earth in Rouen, last December ; and at his home, about fotrteen miles from that city, any one may sce the rosults he has most remarkable in this operation is the layer of earth as we descend. At the depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins of an ancient city, paved streets, houses, floors, and different pieces of mason work. Under this is founda soft, cozy earth, made up of vegetables, and at twenty-six feet large trees, with the walnuts still sticking to the stem, snd the leaves and beanies ina perient state of preservation. At twenty-ei feet deep a soft chalk is found, mixed with a vast quantity of shells, and the bed istwo feet thick. Under this vege. tables are found again. C—O A Bridegroom’s Superstition, Among the Mari savages of India, if a young man wants to marry, his father takes with him some friends, and they set out toward the house indicated by the youth. If they hear a bird chirpi by the way they return dismayed; it is a bad omen. If they meet a hare ora squirrel, a wild boar or a mouatain cat, it is likewise an evil omen. Bat if they meet a stag or a bullock, a buffalo or a young maiden, it is a good omen, Zand they go on their way rejoicing. e chirping of the bird, the innodentcat or hare, wild boar or squirrel, may make two fond hearts disconsolate; for, on abandoned, a search in that directi again for a wife would be profanity. Seo full are their lives of superstitious fears, so great is the amount of misery caused all over the world by those woes which we fancy only, but which may never hap- ven! The wealthier abodes of London and Paris are nearly as full of this su- perstitions reverence for fashionable caprice as the lowly families of the Maris for the rude traditions of the jungle. Incredible Inhumanity. A short time ago:acyoung Italian named Montinari tried ~to cress the Adriatic in a skiff. A storm came up and for nearly forfy-eight hours he struggled agamst ‘winds and waves and contrived to keep his tiny craft afloat, although he lost an oar early in his involuntary oruise and sustained severe hurts upon his head, right foot, chest and hands. Toward sunset of the second day, when he had given up all hope of human aid, he espied afar off the smoke arising from a steamer’s fun- nel. By almost superhuman effort he succeeded in approaching the steamer within hailing distance and piteously implored the captain to take bim on board. The latter, addressing him in French, asked him “how much he would give to be saved,” to which barbarous question Montinari replied: “A thousand francs.” { “That is too little,” rejoined his in- human interlocutor, and the steamer proceeded on her way. Eleven hours later he was resened by the Russian bark ‘Jenny.” There is now building inthe Baldwin Works, Philadelphia, a locomotive de- signed to be thie fastest in the world and intended to do eighty miles an hour without #aking in water) It will be taken to Enrope sud tested on the rail- obtained. roads of England and the Continent,
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