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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,