w= “- ————rr MOTHER. Mother, a name so dear on earth, Because in lleaven it had its birth. Mother, a song, a sweet refrain, Each beating heart holds close the name, In Greenland's icy mountain home, AS dear as in the torrid zone. A Savior's love within thy heart, An angel's sirile thine to impart. hy hand love's starry flag unfurls, ‘hy gentle foot hath rocked the worlds, The daughter nestled in love's home, Still, still, she is her mother's own. The sorrowing heart still turns to thee, The prisoner in My arms is free ‘The sailor sees his mother's mien, And heaven is mirrored in his dream. A mother's glance meets soldier's eye, He can but Gravely do or die, A mother's kiss on field of death, Brings back, restores the parting breath. The ills of life we bravely bear, Because a mother's love is there. Thus God's best gift to us is given, A mother's love links earth to heaven, (Food Housekeeping. tie DECORATIVE DRAPERIES. There 1s so much good sense and good taste in an article on this subject by Mrs. M. E. Kenney in Good House- keeping that we quote many paragraphs from it: “There never Wwss an age when greater facilities were offered, and bet- ter opportunities given for home dec- most moderate means can make beauty, if she has but taste, and a wil- hingness to make the best of the means at her command. “For those to whom money is no ob- | ject there are magnificent brocades, inh that are Oriental in their gor- geousness as well as costliness, and | silken curtains of every hue. It merely | amounts to a choice among an embar- | rassment of riches, but it is not for | these that I write. 1t is for those must needs study the possibilities of art and utility in each dollar, and who | eagerly watch for helpful suggestions and hints which will be of use to them | in transforming common materials by | the alchemy of woman's wit into things of beauty. In these days of art needle- work a very inexpensive material can be transformed into an artistic drapery by the work of a deft needle-woman, and will rival in attractiveness the more | pretentious hangings, besides having the added charms of an individuality of their own, gained by the personal touches of the designer. A portiere, which 1s very inexpensive, and requires but Iittle work, yet is effect- ive, and gives a cheery look to a hall or sitting-room, can be made of thesimplest of materials, a heavy Turkey-red twill, which has sufficient body not to be flimsy nor to degenerate into *‘stringi- ness,’ A wide conventional design which will give the best effect for the least work should be selected, and worked in black rope silk, or linen floss, with a long, outline stitch about half a yard from the bottom of the curtain. The design should be fully three-quarters of a yard wide, if possible, and will be far more effective if it has large figures which will not require much work. A band of black silesia or sateen, nine inches in width should be stitched at the bottom of the curtain, and another band just above the embroidery. If it is desired a third band may be put near the top of the curtain. For the small amount of labor and expense involved, ths curtain makes a generous return, and the red and black gives it a Turkish effect that is decidedly artistic. Biue denim deserves the palm as the <aost useful of all inexpensive draperies. A good quality can be purchased for 15 ents a yard, its wearing qualities are nexhanstible, and under the deft fingers of the art needle-woman it can be made into a veritable thing of beauty. A cheap and most luxuriously com- fortable divan can be made at an almost nominal cost. If you are fortunate 2nuugh to have a husband or son who in4 a taste for carpentering, and if you have the springs and mattress of a cot bed, which you may have relegated to the attic, then indeed you can evolve your divan with as little cost as if you ad waved a magic wand. Have a low pine box made and mounted on casters (the size, of course, must be determined by your springs, if you have them on hand, otherwise you can be more capricious in your taste), then put your springs and mattress in this box and upholster it with canton flannel, or heavy, unbleached muslin, | who | of your couch and outhne upon it in white linen floss a straggling conven- | tional design, and then border it with | » flounce of denim, much like an old- {fashioned bed valance, which shall just touch the floor. If you are disposed to sourse, be prettier for sharing the dec- station of the top. Then make four sushions of generous proportions, the | fall width of the denim, and as rotund with a desire to comfort weary heads | hair, but let me whisper a very homely substitute, if hair should be tco ewpen- #ive or your purse—exeelsior, of which almost every housekeoper can easily procure all she wants, if she has it not »n band. These cushions should be embroidered to match the top of the divan, and may either be perfectly square, or may lhiave their corners tied up 1a the present style. Two should be put at the back, and one at each end of you: divan, and when this is done you may feel that you have a couch as ample and luxurious if not quite as magr ificent as the divans upon which the Eastern hours dream. It will win the popularity of the whole family and whether at the end of your hall or in a corner of your sitting-room, it will be 8 Meces toward which all weary feet will travel. If you want a more pretentious oov- ering. nothing could prettier than ons of those old curtains which you cza purchase at such bargains because they are single. One of these rich draperies can artistically thrown over your couch so as to conceal the trame-work and under upholstering, and ye! give an air of careless arrange. went to the whole. If such a curtain should be used, the cushions should be made of some richer material that would better correspond with it than Jie blue denim, oi made of denim, either embroidered in outline or painted. One of the most effective curtains I ever saw was one of blue denim hung in a bed-room io eur- tain off a large closet. A large branch of oranges, thrown carelessly across it, with one limb of the branch extending downward, was a very striking and unique decoration. ‘Lhe dull blue of the denim made an effective back- ground upon which the golden balls were painted, and the material was heavy enough to be a pleasant sub- stance upon which to paint. Window and mantel lambrequins were also made of denim, and decorated in the same manner, and the young girl whose skill- ful fingers had evolved all this beauty from such simple materials, assured me it had taken very little artistic know- ledge to do the painting, and that al- most any one who had any ideas con- cerning the use of a brush could suc- coed equally well. The design had beén purchased, a poriotuted mper pattern, apd stamped, and a little in- genuity in diversifying the pattern by stamping different parts of it had given the effect of several original designs. Brown denim ia quite as useful as the blue, and ean be very successfully used as portieres, If the light side is used for the ground, a band of the dark side can be put on witha heavy couched line of silk or wool, to give it a finish. If you are skilled in handling a brush, you can be your own designer, and have an pretty curtain, Taking real autumn leaves, touched with the ter them over the portiere as carelessly them in the natural colors, or they may be cut out of velvet, plush or satin, and in gold long, in leaves, work lines four or five inches thread A band of rich, chestnut-brown upon nis apart, plush is not out of pince may have a design worked with effect. The double-faced Canton flannel in a shade that would contrast well with the denim could also be used for bands, A simple decoration, but one whieh is effective, 1s formed by cutting discs and crescents from ton flannel or plush, and e« down with a rich shade with a thread of ] this case should good adged D:nds In 14 iin, ry 16s TE BAR 14 the Le 3 1 " il RUA COIOT : it materi i, for whieh 4d given, should Amor B 3 fabric fo pensive r drapery, than t At fi 3 hite, bat 1 be obtained in almost any color, and is : many purposes for which it was unde- sirable when 1t could only be obtained in white. It is heavy enough to fall in graceful folds when used as a portiere, and is often used for other decorative purposes, such as table-cloths or lambre- quins, where a material is desired upon which embroidery can be expended with satisfactory results, The heavy linen floss, which comes in every shade, or rope silk, are more effective than filo-floss silk crewel upon Bolting sheeting. Where 1t is de- sired to finish the article with a fringe, avery pretty one can be made by kuot- ting lengths of the floss around the edge of the sheeting, the same colors used in the decoration being preferable.” [Our own word of warning is that in all these things it is important that there should be no unneccessary work undertaken. A broad design 1a more effective than a finer one and in- volves less labor of fine stitches and multitudes of them. The value of Time must not be forgotten.—Ep. W, I. W. | ne tit Geil rs Wis or ONE OF NATURE'S REMEDIES. Pine Apple Juice Is Sald to be a 3 Specific for Diphtheria. It is said that nature has her own remedy for every ill to which flesh is heir. Some of her remedies have not vet been discovered and some that have wen found out have not become gen- erally known. Medical science has the scourge of childhood, diphtheria, yet ave for years known and used a cure It is nothing more nor less than the pure juice of the pine apple. “fhe remedy is not mine,” said a gentleman when interviewed, ‘it has down South for years. was in a critical condition. juice. if we had tried pineapple L tried it and the child got we theritic mucus, and if you will fake the juice before it is ripe and give the juice to a person whose throat is well it makes the mucus membrane of the throat sore.” Chicago Tribune, A Plant Without Stalk or Leaf. There is a very big flower with a queer name, Raflesia arnoidi; but the oddest thing about it is that it has neither stalk nor leaf, I don’t mean a dead flower with the stalk and leaves plucked away, but a living and growing flower, e one I heard of measured three feet ac weighed ten pounds, and could hol about two lons of water, It was found in the East Indian island of Sumatra, but I'm told that others of the same family have been seen in Sonth Amerioa. carious flowers grow upon the roots of other plants, seeming to mt on the roots, and spreading up like heads of cabbages, Ir was at the house of a wellknown ot A puityy and, the Nite tod. rl, wi to poor Jl o lighted Rorousne — hd come honestly by a somewhat theory ot predestination. “Take care! heer ch ve Soest wf gs » oa ; ; : tare you in such a hurry Tor Rocky Mountain Alum~Roots, F, W. ANDERSON, MONTANA, The Saxifrage Family (Sazifragacew) inclades several shrubby, as well as herbaceous genera of plants. Of these the Baxifrage proper, the Alum-Roots, Mitellas, Tiarella, and some other low herbaceous perennials, are smong the most teresting of our native plants, ‘The flowers are small and inconspieu- ous, but, like the plants, have delicate grace and beauty which give them great value in the wild garden or rockery. The flora of the Rocky Mountain region is peculiarly rich in members of this family, Two of the Rocky Mountain Alum-Roots are illus- trated herewith. Figure 1 is the small- leaved Alum-Root (Heuchera parvi- folia). This is very plentiful along more or less shady, rocky bluffs and ravines, The average size of the dull- green to purplish leaves reduced one- third is pop in the engraving; but, as a rule, their petioles, or foot-stalks, are quite short, so that when the leaves are numerous they form a dense cush- 1on resting upon the ground. This cushion is hard and solid, owing to the aggregated accumulations of dead scapes and leaves which remain year after year beneath the crown of living leaves, The flower-stalks, or scapes, vary from a few inches to nearly two feet 1n height. The small, greenish, inconspicuous fiowers are arranged in a loose racemose panicle. ‘he scapes die after the seeds have been produced, but the leaves survive the coldest weather, The rootstock 1s rather thick, blackish outside, pink under- neath the bark, and white within. is thoroughly impregnated with an Heuchera eylindrica, figure 2, is covered by glandular hairs, them *‘gummy" to the touch. The flowering rather stout and bears the yellowish SCRDE Lindrical spike or thyrsus. The even more strongly than in Heuchera parvifolia, While the latter is more rarely to be met with elsewhere. These plants have medicinal that highly esteemed by Many astrinzents are with a view ¢ is medicine and safely ar nearly ROY These west not only do thi shironic diarrhea, Alum-1 » 9 voots will ares of ¢ 3 ng, Dave been permanentiy cn r use It appears that when the first found his way to the ntain regions the Indians of parts knew the value of the plants; and to-day, strange as it may scom to Eastern readers, many an ‘old-time’, hunter and prospector ecar- ries a small supply of Alum-Root in his pocket wherever he goes: because he never can tell when he may get into an alkali region in his wanderings, and alkali water acts like “‘a dose of malts.” No particular preparation of the root is necessary for the extraction of the active principle. A small bit, half an inch square-—fresh dug or dried—is put into the mouth, chewed fine and the saliva swallowed. Some boil the root, but the ‘“tea” is ‘horrible staff to take,” and 1s only used in bad cases — Am. Agricultur sof. ook } those Care of Perenniain. All well-reguiated gardens have more or less of those reliable, and beautiful plants, the perennials, may be looked over, and pruned, if need be, or prepared as early as possi- ient or congenial situations. Last year's seedlings must be put out in suitable locations, or if to remain where they were planted, they must be thin- ned out to avoid crowding. for bushy plants is to leave equal to their own width when full TOWN. a excellent backgrounds for more delicate plants of low habit. Many and as this sometimes puts them Many florists claim that plants do not clumps; others insist that they only re- roots thoroughly worked. ground too much, especially closely about the roots. Many plants require absolute coaxing; and sa this is not suf- ficmently well understood by the inex- rienced, it is much the best way to ot well-enough alone, and not disturb signs of decline, when they may have Phlox, columbine, class may remain undisturbed for a number of seasons. Examine the pansy bed carefully, cutjout all weak, puny stalks, and re- move roots where they appear crowded. Pansies will not do well if too munch erowded. If it is desired to keep va- rieties separate, they should have been marked when first in bloom, and re- bedded in autumn. Unless, however, the seeds are to be saved, it is quite as well to allow all colors to remmin mn one bed, as there are few more ati. ful sights than a mass of these flowers. The hardy Japanese iris and the hy- are admirable for massing and for ndaries. The blossoms are delicately shaded, and the plants are wers very ornamental, the n, seeds of novelties in perennials and walt for their development, when they may not prove satisfactory, They oc- enpy space in the garden which is needed for other thinge, and give no ond of vexation when at last they prove to be varieties of plants which were long ago discarded. This is not un- common, considering that very many catalogues give only the botanical or florist's names to the plants, which is oft:n confusing and misleading. — Fam- ily Magazine, -— - Col, Ingersolil's “*Immeasurable Confusions,’ In many things which he [Col, Inger- soll] eays it seems to me that he entire- ly mistakes and misstates the stand- point of Christians, His paper seems to me to be full—if he will pardon the ex- pression——of immeasurable confusions. He speaks with broad Son temps ot be- liefs which are to me, as to thonsands -nuy, to millions—of mankind, dearer than mortal life; yet we reply to him without anger or denunciation, desiring only to indicate why his writings and speeches will leave Christianity exactly where they found it. made their way through the civilized world in spite of frantic opposition of ism with its fifteen hundred years the truths against which a splendid they have been so long, and so passion- all that which history reveals as greatest ter of our race. The faith whose damental doctrines have Zener. | tions of opponents sink into oblivion has nothing to fear from rhetorical as- sault, It throve and conquered not only in spite of thirty legions, but also in spite of all that the flashing wit of { Lucian, or the haughty mysticism of Porphyry, or the battering eloquence and keen criticism of Celsus could do Hobbes, Spinoza, Bayle, | Lord Herbert of Cherbury, the keen sarcasm of Voltaire, the powerful style tof Diderot, the English Deists, the French Encyclopmdists, the corrosive analysis of the school of Tubingen, the microscopic skepticismn of Strauss, the | perfumed dreams of Renan—what have they Count over our great ] nl, Our great writers, our great llers, even our great scientists, and infidels among them can be reckon. on the fingers. Securus judicat or- The argumentative posi- stianity is stronger al this 1 ttever was, All that ( i or can say BEC | against it, 1% effected? statosme rave the hag sal apninst «for HAOTE, before rican Ie eu Educating the Baby, § Poor little red of humanity and helpless as he is, vet should his training begin slmost before we feel sure that we have him. First of we teach Baby to have his food at regular times, In reg- ular quantities and his discharges from the bowels, also with regularity, And never should we allow | get in the habit of suffering patiently the dis- comforts of lying in wet clothes, Physicians and nurses are supposed to teach all this to the young mother and doubtless they think they do so, but in too many cases they either | fail to give the proper directions, or | they give them so vaguely or with so little emphasis that the young mother does not comprehend their importance. Therefore to her we say. Ask questions, get full and explicit directions-—write them down and fol- low them carefully, watching every change. Then if any doubt arises about the proper course fo pursue, ask again. No trouble is too great to train | your Baby into habits of health. Habit | counts for a great deal in every matter | of our lives, and health is very largely dependent upon early habits. All the bodily functions are automatic {other- wise habitual; in their action and in the | beginning can be trained to work healthfully or not, almost at the will of mother or nurse. Most mothers are sufficiently anxious about their babies, what is needed is intelligence and an ap- Innocent 11 Bii 1 hun Wo M. LE. | apparent trifles, - “ -——- ] Lion. There is a dog we are acquainted { with, Lion by name, who gives daily {proof that he knows what is sad to im. A lady called the other day. { During her call Lion eame in, lay down | on the parlor carpet and shut his eyes. | tor said: “What a handsome dog yon have!” Lion opened one eye. “Yes,” said his mistress, “he is a very good dog, and takes good care of the children.” his tail to and fro along the carpet. goes with her, and 1 feel sure then that went on, Lion's tail thumped up and down violently on the carpet. “And he is so gentle to them all, and such a Jiaymate and companion that we would not take a thousand dollars for him." Lion's tail now went up and down, to and fro and round and round with great glee, “Bat, said his mistress, “Lion has one 5" Total quiet of Lion's tail, together with appearance of great concern on his face. “He will come in here with foot and lie down on the car when I n that he bave told him time and mustn't do it.” Lion arose with an air of shame and slunk out of the room, with his tail down. Boston Record. Miss Many Waaxen, of Harrisburg Pe lvania, has been a an commimioned dopely Our Paris Letter, One eannot imagine anything pret- tier than the skirts of the present day. After having worn for so Jo # time skirts of silk trimmed with the same material, some boldly inventive modiste bas come to our aid and given us the beautiful surahs, covered almost to the waist with a deep flounce of accordeon- pleated crepe lisse. At the top of the bem, which is from three to four inches deep, are placed seven, nine or eleven rows of hairy stars of the same shade as the crepe and the surah; for, let ns say it immediately, everything must be of the same color. No common shades, but colors very soft and delicate: Oph- elie, old rose, white, ete. When white is used the little stars are not consider- ed sufficient, and the bottom of the flounce is embroidered with a delicate design of foliage or cut in very deep points. All these luxurious skirts are, of course, for carriage or visiting toilettes, the ball or opera, but not for the promwm- Besides these elegaut and cost. with are lined ed flounce. produce that gentle, rustling sound be- neath the dress, considered just now so styles and of HORSE NOTES, ~ Lancelot has been sent to Hartforal to be trained for his stake eugage- nents, ~ Pilot 8,, by Pilot Medium, resembe~ les Jack, record 2.15, in color and ac tion, —Matthew Riley, of has purchased the br. g. New York for $6000, -— Proctor Knott and Spokane showeo up very poorly in the special race at Latonia, both being very fat, ~The breeding of P, F. Gallagher's b. m, Ella B., which is making a clean sweep in the 2.33 class, is unknown, —The shoes worn by beauti/ul Maud SB. cost $6 a set, and the feet-footed mare has a new outfit every month, — Huntress’ mile and three sixteeuths time, 2.02, on Saturday, June 7th, is the fastest ever wade over the Lalonia track, ~The Dwyer Drothers appear to be holding their horse. in reserve, hey New York, teferenes in Bainfoin, winner of the rich Derby, who had previously been sold for 5 guineas as in the vest, thus doing away with the corsage. The most charming held at the waist by a leather belt. The with floating ends. to these chemisettes a mascnline air by On ns and a r chamois and a little knotted eravat. front, pretty jeweled butts waistcoat of white pique o opened 1n shawl shape. races seats, or traveling, For the morning at country sojourns city or the toilets, truly Parisian, and of marked superiority Among the pretty robes displayed, by a leading modiste is one remarkable for its simplicity and elegance. It po-ed of two shades of peony red threads third The skirt is made very The Corsage is Ow shade. plain. with f the Lhe jong wat in mastic surah ; Iatter open he back to display On the bottom of these tabs, are itifol ornaments of mastic % $ t } ! yoke, surrounds = pleated mustic erape. el at the wrists ilders. The hat to aoe costume, is in bronze straw; the straight brim faced with bronze tulle, For trimming 8 beautiful knot of peony colored velvet and a band of straw colored ribbon, I'he j of mastic faille bordered and trimmed with fine pleats of crepe lisse. Embroideries of all sorts are worn in profusion; applications of leather, velvet, of cloth, ete; all these cut, em- broidered and re-embroidered with silk, with pearls and with metal Many of the polonaises have crossed fronts which fall straight yn the left side. These crossed tabs are trimmed sometimes with a flonnce of crepe lisse or of Creponne, of surah or of benga- line, sometimes with a little border of ostrich plumes very glossy and very fine, Among the other garments, other than the jackets of which we have previously spoken, we have seen one quite new, It is of beautiful embroidery, a sort of fancy passementerie, in shape of a band. A band of this embroidery forms the short back, which is extended in points slong the arms, this forming a sort of sleeve, Two other bands, arranged in a dif- ferent manner, form the fronts which fall quite straight. It is a very simple garment but quite charming, and very 3 sho mypany this in arasol is of ¥ are broidery lined with colored silk. Frrice Leste, — i instruction by graph. Language Phono Edison's phonograph has scarcely as curiosity,” but many practical appli- been actually carried out. There is one application, however, that we have so eign languages. It isimpossible to learn to speak a foreign modern language by self instruction, since the true pronun- ciation ean only be acquired by personal the and pronunciation by causing the pho- nograph to repeat the word or sentence until it has been perfectly imitated by himself. Perhaps this suggestion may be thought to be foreign to the Rurpose of a pharmaceutioal journal. But our profession is so situated in many parts of the country thata knowledge of more than one Iengungs is almost a necessity. And while actual instruction by a com- petent teacher is certainly the best method, the substitution of the phono- graphic method appears to us to be the next best in choice. We can only throw out the here, and must leave the yu execution to those who oontrol the phonograph. — American Druggist. Tose who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but at the S406 Sime, know how ~ David Bonner, of New York, has 6 year old gelding, by Kentucky Prince, for $3000 from ~Jack Phillips Ying come by the in the 2.33 B. in recovered and Ella but —At Bridgeton, N, J. recently, Wil. Samuel Richman, Phelia Powers, in 2.45, 2.4 jah and 4. —Dwyer’s two year olds, notwith- standing the big fancy prices they paid for thew as yearlings, have been decided —Dessle Wingate, record 2.28, by m, dam of Irma, record 2.184, will be bred to Jord ~The Kentucky Live Stock Record says that the pacing Brown Hal paced a quarter in 23s last week. That is at the rate of a mile in 1.52 Tai sialon —~Jockey Tom O'Hara, ruled off at Latonio last fall for the slleged pulling of Irish Dan, has been reinstated by 113} the Executive Committee of the club. —The brood-mare Mayflower, owned by Colonel Morris, which has been at Riverside Driving Park, Bridgeton, N. J., all winter, was ship;ed to Atlantic { ity recently. —Iwing to the heavy rains it will Ix possible to complete the track bradford, Pa., in time for the meet] on June 24 to The therefore, been declared —Mr. Scroggan’s filly English won the Latonia Oaks in 2 0853, will carry seven pounds less in the Sub- urban handicap, and will be a danger- ous factor in the race. fey 135 27. Taces off x -— Miller & Sibley, 0 Franklin, are to be congratulated. Their large training stable was burned June 4, but all of their horses, comprising twenty bead, and valued at $250,000, were saved, —The get of Captain Wedgewood, owned by T. PP. Richardson, of Nor- way, Me, are showing up well this spring and he bids fair to be a success- ful sire. He was got by Wedgewood, 2.19; dam Capitola, 2.224. He can speed in 2.25 himself, Pa., on —Edgar C, Long, St. Paul, Mion, has purchased from J. W. Conley, Chicago, 1li., the famous pacing geld- ing Johnston, bay, record 2,064, by Joo Jassett (sou of Billy Dashaw), dam Roulette (dam of Brother Dan, 2.23}, by Ned Forrest, — Lewis J. Powers, Treasurer of the National Trotting Association, reports that the receipts of his office from No- vember 1, 1880, to May 1, 1800, were $4,168.55. The disbursements during the same time were $0336.22. The total sum in the hands of Treasurer Powers, May 1, was §19,231.75. —Jay-eye-see has fine length for a play. He is very wide-gaited behind gets his amazing stride at the trot, His front fest are not in the way of the going outside. — Longshore, the 2-year-old colt, by Longshore was one of most promising of the Dwyer Brothers’ young horses, They thought s0 highly of the colt that they gave — Elmer H. Smith, of Salem, N, J,, Mambrino Patchen, dam Sally Fox, uy dam of Biily Ackerson, record 2.33}, trial 2.23, and Keeler, trial 2.35. Rich-
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