S—— A Few Good Ones. Homantic gorges: ‘*What do you think of the mountain gorges, Mr. Spi- wer?’ asked Miss Ladybird of her meighbor at the hotel table, *‘*Well,” said the other,thoughtfully, as he looked about him, “I think that old anaconda at the head of the table has gorged him- self about up to his collar button.” A coroner’s jury, impaneled to ascer- tain the cause of the death of a noto- rious drunkard, brought in a verdict of “Death by hanging—about a rum shop.’ In California a coroner’s jury, under similar circumstances, rendered a more courteous verdict : “Accidental death while engaged in unpacking a glass.” A rich father: The late Baron de Rothschild once took a cab to his offices and on alighting tendered the proper ‘fare. The cabman received it, but kept #is band open and looked at the money significantly, which caused the baron to inquire whether it was not right. “Oh, yes;™ replied the cabman, ‘‘its me double.” “They do, do they?’ was the baron’s reply ; * a rich father and can afford it; not,” “The Abbe Moigno has formed a com- pany in Paris and bas raised $150,000 I have “Sea and Bitter lakes in order to recever believes to lie there covered with a sa- line deposit. The research will be pro- tained by the outbreak of cholera at the Red Sea ports. What islove? When a young man kisses a girl and calls it heaven, it shows plainly that he | doesn’t know: any more about heaven On July 1 new rogulations came mn force in the Do- minion of Canada. One of the regula- tions requires that every cigar-maker in the Dominion must register himself in the Government books, so that his movements can be readily traced, To make this supervision binding, any manufacturer who employs a cigar- maker who is not so registered is liable to a heavy fine, inne Public and Private Character. Does public position give public influence, or private character give public influence to a greater degree? Which element is the most powerful in making a man what he is? Washing- ton, it is said, but for the events that called him into public station, would never have been considered a distin- guished man in any respect, but would have lived and died a private citizen in Virginia. Few men in this country possessed his peculiar characteristics, without which none ever rise to public or prominent position. A man’s posi- tion, his social weight, age, and wealth, give force of character and influence. It is not altogether what has been said, but who has said it, that is most import- ‘ant and carries the weight of the ar- | gument on important questions. Na bayonet . the most reliable for the French army?’ The rifle of that army it had the longest range and the widest sweep, and carried a bayonet as well as a ball, So with true men : their pablic char- bright and strong when brought in contact with other men. The battle of Solferino was a fair representation fcr all honest, true and noble men. The Austrians had possession of the heights and commanded every passage with sonatas. Love is like beer, it gets flat | when it is uncorked all theftime. Some | girls can’t tell the difference between | love and taffy. A baby is love mate- | rialized. Whenever love has to play second fi 1dle it is time to break up the | band. Love will make a man spit on | his hands and take another hold | when every other power on earth has | backed out and given it up as a bad job, Love is worth two dollars and a half a | bushel to any man or any woman liv- | ing. Tae Ox He DipN'r TAKE. — “James “Yes, papa.” ‘‘lhere | were seven California pears in that cupboard. Six of them are goue. Do you know anything aboutit ? ‘I never took one of them.’ ‘‘Sure?” *‘Cer- tain, pa. Wish I may die, if—"' **You wicked, bad boy ; how often have I tcid you never to use such an expression ? Here comes ms : 'et us see if she knows ;anything about it.” Mamma says she saw James take at least five of them ‘You little rascal | How dare you tell me you never took one, and here’s only this little one with the grub eaten side eft 7°’ “Oh. pa, don’t hit me. I said I didn’t take one of them-—and-—and— «and that is the one I didn’t take.” Pa relented. Pan Legal Dazisions, Breaking into Shop by Officer with Attachment. An officer sought to attach certain wigars and tobacco which were in a shop detached fromm the dwelling of the «.gpvamer, and being refused admission to the shop for the purpose of making the attachment, he broke into it. An ac- tion of trespass was brought against the officer (Clark va. Wilson), but the 1 plaintifi was defeated, and he carried the case Lo the Supreme Court of Rhode Island where he was again beaten, The «Chief Justice, Durfee, in the opinion, said © ‘“An officer cannot break into a dwelling house to serve a civil process, but this privilege is not extended to a detached shop, barn or outhouse. He nay force his way in there after asking for admittance of anyone present who is authorized to give it." The Commissioner of Interual Rev- «enue recently referred to the First «entroller of the Treasury an applica- «%ion of the Diamond Match Company #0 have redeemed a large quantity of stamps on hand, credited to their ac- vopuet. On July 1st, the Diamond Com- cpemy had a considerable quantity of unebrhes which had been stamped but hed mot been sold or removed .for con- <sumaption. The First Controller has ‘given an opinion that the request can Aegally be granted. On the 30th of May, King Leopold “dl. of Belgium, at the instigation of M. «Charles Graux, Minister of . Finanee, : put his signature to a law decreeing the increase of the import duties upon man afactured and unmanufactured tobacco, Ayo the 14t of this month the import duty on unmanufactured tobacco will ve 100 fre. the 100 kilogrammes, On tobacco, cigars and oi- guceites, 300 frs. the 100 kilogrammes, «On other sorts of manufactured tobacco, sible to force their position. But the Austrian guns were of too short range ; French rifles and canncns carried twice as far, their hollow-shot exploding killed all before them, and the round shot dismounted their guns, The French were a mile out of the range of the Austrian guns, while the Austrians fell like mown grass before the death- long-ranged, French guns, When the moment to advance came, the French charge found the position de the guns loaded and pointed So in public life. Meu of weight and range, will always command success, Men should earnestly aim for reputation and character, and so force success, Truth naturally and always is of long range ; error falls short of the mark, ispot pointed right nor worked with force. Perfect command of one’s tem- per and other faculties will always con.- mand force when not overshadowed by persons of more brass or brains. It is not always the weapon of the longest range that is the most useful and most certain of success where a hand-to-hand fight must decide the victory. A home- thrust of personal merit, a home thought coming from the heart decides the contest and secures the most lasting and durable victory. We may retire out of the range of long guns, but there is no getting out of the way of the clese quarters of personal encounter, Hence, let every man aim to secure that force of character and thought that is sure to win for him a public rep- utation so much desired.—Cryn Mawr (Pa.) Home News. A Tennessee Hog Fights a Rattlesnake. I had just started up the steep hill beyond Tom's Creek, going to Roan’'s Creek, when my attention was attracted to a hog near the road, champing and walking around with bristles erect, with two smaller hogs some few feet away looking on. Reining to a better view, I saw a good-sized rattlesnake, coiled, head erect and his rattles sounding the note of anger, The sow, with head down, Lristies erect, was slowly walking around the snake, champing her teeth together and the foam running from her moutl, Presently the snake struck at her, but missed his aim; the sow springing to one side at the moment the snake struck. Instantly the snake was again coiled and his rattle ringing. The sow renewed her circling, the snake following, with his head always facing the hog. Soon he struck again, and fastened his fangs on her jaw below the ear. She raised her head and the snake was fastened to her. Instantly she caught th: snake's body in her mouth, put her fore feet on his tail and stripped the skin up. Renewing her feothold on the body of the snake she took another pull and tore the snake in two, and then, tearing off a part of the quivering snake, she complacently set in to eating it up. The other two hogs now advanced, but the sow took the the snake and walked off a 30 tm. othe 100 loge. set in to finish the feast | Agricultural. Farm Notes. Dairymen will find the creamers much more convenient than the old- fashioned system of setting milk pans, The agricultural editor of the New York Tribune recommends the thinning of grapes to one bunch on a shoot, Breeders should bear in mind that CAPONS Brow nedrly a third larger than cockerels, hence are profitable, as they command always a better price in mar- ket. A Michigan fruit-grower uses a di- luted solution of ammonia to drive away the codling moth, He applies it with a syringe early in warm evenings in June, Keep a record of the number of quarts each that your cows and heifers give. Weed out all that don’t pay for the feed, with a fair profit over and above the cost of keeping. Soot is one of the best manures for house plants, and if it can be had in quantities large enough it is excellent for out-of-door use. For the latter it is best mixed with one-tenth its bulk of salt, At this season of the year stock suf- fers greatly whore there is no shade. If there are no trees in the pasture shelters made of a few poles with brush thrown over them are better than nothing. The beet was first brought from the shores of the Tagus, and was cultivated in gardens because of its showy leaves and dark red color of its roots, two hun- dred years before it was found to be edible, Skimmed milk has practically all the value of whole milk for growing pigs. The cream taken off makes it less fat- tening, but fat canbe generally sup- plied in coru or oil meal in cheaper form than in cream. One who has tried wheat chaff for mulching strawberry beds says that the result is very sure to be a mank crop of wheat and weeds, This year he perimenting with planing-mill shavings, and is well pleased, is Xx» It is said that the codling moth was fruit sent to that Stute for exhibition and comparison with California fruits, The pest has increased until its ravages are now very alarming to rists. horticultu- In setting eabbages, cauliflowers, to- and other plants in gardens where there may bé cut-worms, wind a small strip of paper around the stalk of the plant, so that it will be about one inch below the surface and two inches above, matoes Young and quickly-fed animals have more water and fat in their flesh, while older and well-fed animals have flesh of a firmer touch and richer flavor and are richer in nitrogen. The former may be more delicate, the latter will be more nutritious, —N. E. Farmer, N. D. George, of Qakdale, Mass. , says that for ten years he has successfully protecied his currant bushes from worms by the application of hellebore and cold water. He fills a common watering-pot, and then puts in two ablespoonfuls of of hellebore, stirs the mixture a minute or two, and when the bushes are dry sprinkles them, Kill every butterfly or winged insect that can be reached, for by so doing the parent of future hundreds are placed out of the way. A good insect trap is a small box nailed under the eaves of the barn, the box baving a small hole in it one inch in diameter. The little wrens will build in such boxes and re- main to destroy the pests, It is said that wherever the apple will grow the mulberry will flourish, and wherever the latter is found silk culture is possible ; hence, from Maine to Flor- ida, and from the rock-bound coast of one ocean to the Pacific slopes of the other, the United States owns a field inviting this industry, now so rapidly developing. — Silk and Fruit Culturist. Fowls do not like to scratch in their own mannre, Advantage may be taken of this fact to keep them from seratch- ing up seeds sown in the garden. If the droppings of the hen.-roost are scat- tered over freshly-planted beds the fowls will scratch elsewhere, The rain apf cultivation will soon carry the fertility given by the manure where roots can reach it. Any cause that interferes with the condition of the cow after calving may produce milk fever. Exposure, too much exercise or nervous excitement are sufficient to bring on an attack, and a recovery is rare. It is the “ounce of prevention’ in this case, as in 80 many others, thst is worth the pound of cure. Keep the animal quiet for a week before and after calving and nurse her well, It 1% common duskig the simmer for wells in the country to become impure, One who has thus suffered attributes it iy uch in OEY lySeLhet An efficacious rem- edy is said to be found in a trench three of the stone wall and filled with gravel, no soll being ailowed on top. Many gardeners are not so particular in planting Lima beans to place the eye down. On a very interesting pamphlet received from Professor Beal he tells us the results of planting the eye upper- most. Mary of them came up after a fashion, but were a good deal confused, In the garden, nine out of twenty-five— over one-third-——sent the radicle and all the roots out of the ground, when the whole bean perished, It is stated by the Live Stock Journal that boracic acid and glycerine (boro- glycerine) formed into a compound by adding fifty-four parts of wa er to uine- ty-two of glycerine and sixty-two of boracic acid, ed by meats, oysters, substances, To do so the articles to be boro-glycerine, It is said to be harm- less in character, Profitableness of Farming. There are different ways of looking at the standpoint from which it is viewed. If you want about the pressed, come this way and we will show you where to find it. We will pile ; the barnyard a reeking swamp ; the house a leaking, dismal wreck ; its ~gverything devoid of paint or finish, and nothing in its proper place or in | descent condition. If you can your way through the curs around the door to the proprietor, ask him, while he eyes you with strong suspicion, whether farming pays. If he is not you that farming is the world. Then, warily backed out from among his dogs, we'll make another visit, Let bul dings in the when you farm where fences, and and all substantia irst-class ; where paint, windo JW are abundant ; where thrift €ic., gives evidence of and industry. ployment to greet you frankly and heart ily, ask him whether farming pays. His answer is in his surroundings. Such con- rasts are by no means fanciful, and we have seen them quite sharply defined on farms in the neighborhood p s- sessing naturally equal advantages, It is a pleasure to know that squalor is being rapidly and steadily driven { progressive modern agriculture, that pictures of the kind first viewed aré becoming more rare from year The farm is, as a rule, an to the character of the farmer as well as an exponent of his industry methods, Other things being equal, much of the success or failure of agri- culture lies in the directing mind, If this be vigorous, thoughtful, studious, earnest, tesuits may be depended on to take care of themselves, The bulk of the American people are living by farm- ing, and the growth of the country’s wealth is sufficient proof that it pays. same rom and 0 year, index and his The Santa Fe Tertio-Millennial. The effect of the Santa Fe Exposition as an agent of social revolution cannot be doubted. The Indians will carry back to their tribes new and civilized ideas, and the Mexicans must learn that the price of living, even in their own country, must soon be unflagging in- dustry, to which perhaps the younger generation may be spurred by witnessing the fruits of such industry. The Mex. jeans are drifting out of the dark tangle into moving channels, The black dress that the women wear will not be made over or looped up for the children. The sun will not beat or the rain pour many years longer on heads never hooded, except by shawls, for the dark-skinned girls are learning to like colors, and their mothers are seeing that soft eyes look prettier shaded by straw and feathers than under the sun’s glare, and that the grace of youthfulness is more fawn-like anda attractive encased in white in summer than as though in fu- neral weeds, This from Figaro shows that French children are not altogether unlike American : Little Jack ison his fathe r’ knee, and kissing him affectionately. In a tender voice the author of his being exclaims : “You love me dearly do you not, my child ¥"* “Oh, yes! I love you ; because you are such a very obedient papa.” cos A iti “My dear, I found these stockings lying across the parlor chair.” She: “You goosey ! those are my new thread gloves... _. A boy without hands has been ar aul Sud elas 10 Yave ‘‘put his | About Women, i w——— : There are thirty divorced women in one shoe factory at Lynn, Mass, The First National bank of Marion, Iowa, has elected Louise Stephens, the widow of R, D, Stephens, as its presi- dent. Did you ever notice how suddenly a timid woman who is humming an ope- atic air, will switch off on a religious hymn when a storm comes up and she " hears the first clap of thunder ? That thers should be no negligence ' possible as to her obsequies being all she wishéd, a Chicago widow had all ready before her death, The coffin, with silk velvet, cost $1400; the gold plate on it, $300, Here is a body- , snatcher’s prize, Tne MANAGING Woman ix PoLi- | rics. —The latest report from the ! changing political prospect in Indiana ‘is that the fortunes of Messrs, Hen- dricks and McDonald are bound up | with their wives’ ambitious, and as | they are at swords’ points, their lords | must perforce follow, Mrs, Hendricks | is one of the most engaging of women and at the same time one of the most ambitious, Her husband’s success has | been notable in his circle, and she has seen him achieve it all, Of late years has been most anxious that he | should be president, and her influence over him has grown more and more commanding. In France, her salon would be crowded with the wits of Paris, and the charm of her life and manners would be powerful in her hus- | band’s behalf. With Mrs. McDonald ambition is a plant of late growth, | since she has been married less than | three years. She is a woman of queen- {ly presence and beaity of the Marie | Antoinette order, with an influence | whose witchery scarcely ex- plained. If she, has indulged in | the hope of political preferment, surely new compli she can be Loo, been added to ications have Indiana politics, A Fair CoMpPLEXION.—A lady who free from ever the features, can scarcely fail regarded as good-looking, if not 10 | be Some use oatmeal in wash- as a means of improving but it would be far more and physiological to take it in- ternally as food, The use of flesh in the extreme, certainly tends to the complexion, fats skin ; impair The use of pork and in general produce a course skin —pimply. shining, rough —with a greasy look. They deepen the color, and when a liver difficulty is added, the skin has a dingy, dark look, resembling that of a mulatto. To be as fair as a Jewess is to live like one, eating no pork, no pastry made with lard, nothing to disfigure the countenance, to say nothing of her improved health, as the Jews are seidom if ever victims of pulmonary consumption, scrofula, blotches, or humors, while they are free from most of the diseases with which we are scourged. Most of the natives of Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Norway, of the peas- antry, living very simply at home, mostly on grains, have good health, sound teeth and fair complexion, as the result of goed habits, WHAT A GIRL WANTS TO KNOW, — Among the young women who ask im- portant and sometimes perplexing ques- tions is one who wants to know what kind of a man she should marry. Her particular anxiety is to know whether it would be safe for a girl without money to marry a man without a trade, It is rather unusual for a girl in love to look 80 far ahead as this or to take such a pratical view of life. Few of them ever think beyond how they will look at the wedding or whether it would be better to have the services at home, in church, or whether, as a matter of romance, she ought net to run away. The trouble with the young woman in the present case is that she is engaged to a nice young man who never learned a trade. He thought it was much nicer to take a clerkship, where he gets sixteen dollars a week and where the work doesn’t soil his clothes. The young woman has been studying this question with rather more philosophy and good judgment than the sex is usually cred- ited with, She fears that clerkships as a general thing do not pay well, do not afford opportunity for advancement and are of less certain tenure than almost anything else. She finds the young men who learn trades-—good, honest, useful trades—scem to have more ambition, are sturdier and better directed. The young woman has clearly reached a sensible conclusion. The subject about whieh she inquires is not altogeth- er new. It has been discussed in these columns before, It is always interest i —— lini — that the skilled workman is out of em- ploy, and unusual skill and ability find ready recognition in every departinent of labor, - It is the misfortune of too many of the girls of this time that they prefer young men whose work is such that they can always wear good clothes, Tollet Talk. Wash in rain water, if possible. It softens the skin, and needs but little BOAP. Bathe the face and hands every evening with milk, and rub with lemon. This prevents sunburn. Do not pinch the hand up in hot mosquetaire kid gloves, The silk ones or lace will look as well, and are as fashionable and twice as comfortable, Do not lace unless you wish to suffer untold misery, or wear tight slippers or shoes. Wear slippers whenever you can, as they are always the coolest, Wash the front hair in soap and water every evening before retiring. This operation keeps it dry and gives it a crisp look, which effect is 80 much sought after, and if the hair comes un- curled it will not hang limp on the fore- head. Wear shields under the sleeves of every dress, and if you perspire much between the shoulders, place a square of light next to the skin, This absorbs the perspiration and also keeps the body from the danger of sud- den drafts, Do not use paint or powder if the weather is warm, for it is almost sure to be observed. A light application of rice powder several times a day will keep the face from becoming glossy, and will also cool the skin. Powder the hands and neck also, flannel ——————— i —— Notes. —&otatoes abundant cheap. are and very ~Look after vour cellar drains, and house ~The Pennsylvania shops at Altoona Pa., employ 4700 hands, ~The deaths from cholera in Egypt continue very large. — Peaches become more abundant and f better quality every day. — New York is numerically the great- est Catholic city of the world. — Thorough foundation of all drainage lies at th good road making. &@ bricks sell $31 per thous ha ~— Philadelphia front New York at and. —Miss Catherine Mrs, Sprague, summer. *2i to Chase, formerly has gone abroad for the --Tramps continue take trade dollars and everything else they get their hands on. to ~The sales of small fruit, strawber- ries, &c., in Philadelphia this spring, amounted to over $500,000, ~The latest tramp stratagem is to offer to chop wood for his dinner and then run away with the axe, ~The crop of peaches now coming in will reach 4.500.000 baskets from the Delaware and Maryland peninsula, —Joel Cook, of the Philadelphia Led- ger, lost $4000 by the buming of his bam and out buildings at Unionville, N. J. ~-(rscar Wilde describes the American girl to English audiences as ‘a pretty oasis of unreasonableness in a desert of common sense,’ ~Jt is reported that the Pennsylvania railroad new hranch to Germantown and Chestnut, Hill will be running by the 1st of December next. — An earthquake occurred on Satur- day on the Island of Ischia, fifteen miles from Naples, destroying the town, and killing over 1000 persens, beside injuring many hundred more. — The portraits on the new postage stamps that come in use October 1 are : 1-cent, Franklin ; 2 cent, Jackson; 3- cent, Washington ; 5-cent, Gartield ; 6- cent, Lincoln; 7-cent, Stanton; 10- cent, Jefferson; 12«cent, Clay; 15- cent, Scott; 30-cent, Hamilton; %0- cent, Perry. —A tank filled with pink water lilies from Cape Cod attracted much atten- tion in Philadeiphia last week. They were displayed in a florists store by the side of some night blooming lilies from Africa, and some genuine lotus flowers from Egypt. In public appreciation the Cape Cod beauties far outshine their ex- otic neighbors, ~ Hog manures should not be used ox: land intended for cabbages, for at least a year before the crop is grown. Its premature use is a mistake com- monly made by farmers who draw manure for the garden from the hog- pen. Hog manure breeds worms that work at the roots of cabbage plants and render them worthless, se AI tS “You're the plague of my life I" ex- angry husband. “I wish BW What soup uid cumulus preter
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