LAIIKS' DFI'VRTMKNT,
l'mvliloit Notri.
Coek's-feathor fans painted ly hand
are novt'ltit's.
Camels' hair bonnetts in braided
bands are late I'arisian novelties.
Stylish costumes of cloth or velvet
are trimmed with natural gray lynz.
Black velveteen is a favorite walking
suit of thedrossy New York woman. j
Walking suits of velveteen are
rivalling plush costumes in popular
favor.
It takes an artist to place a bird or
bird's crest effectively on a lady's hat
or bonnet.
Knots of ribbon of several shades
are worn by some in place of (lowers ,
on the corsage.
The newest linen collars are stand
ing clerical bands with a finely em
broidered edge.
The fashion just now is an em
broidery worked in gold threads on the
insteps of tine stockings.
Skirts, when made of velvet or cloth,
plush or velveteen, need not be;
trimmed at the bottom.
Cedar red is the new shade for kid j
gloves, and heavy lines of embroidery
In black decorate the backs.
Young girls should avoid heavy vel
vets ; simple muslins and soft, clinging
materials are much more attractive.
Moyenage necklets of silver or
euamelled gold are replacing the mus
lin cravats that have been so long
worn.
Long "matinee" saeques for mornings
in the houses are of plush, and
worn over a blouse waist of satin
mrah.
Tulle and satin are favorite mate
rials fi'T ball dresses, as aw- satin and (
\aahinere or nun's veiling in delicate
evening shades.
Black dresses of fine camels' hair or
ihnodah cloth have a collar, cuffs, vest,
md panels of black velvet, with a cord
:>f gold on the edge.
Moonlight-blue satin with embroi
lery of silver threads and llounces of
white lace is one of the most elegant
materials for reception dresses.
Russian sable trimmings are made of
the tails of the animals, in perpendicu
lar rows that form stripes of darker
brown than that of the bodies.
A gentleman's cravat of terra-colt a
satin, striped with gold, and a scarf-1
pin to complete it. is worn by ladies
with double-breasted Prime Albert
frock coats of olive green cloth or
velvet.
The chasseur hat of green or brown
felt, with a high, sloping crown and
long rocks' plumes, is a favorite with
blonde young ladies, who wear it
pushed back from the brow, to show all
the front hair.
Serpent green with golden tinges is
one of the colors most fashionable for
velvet or plush suits, and a slight glint
of terra-cotta enhances its Is-auty.
Black Spanish laco with thickly
corded designs is the rich trimming,
and with these two odd shades make
unique coloring.
Mastic gray cloth paletots are fashion
able for children. They are semi-fit
ting, and are long enough to cover the
chilli's dress. They are braided in
rings of large size, and have square
pockets and a wide collar of brown
plush. A mastic beaver hat of the
great cart-wheel shape is worn with
this cloak, trimmed with brown plush
IrajKTy.
Tfcr rillltT r >'nlnr In Itrrn.
Neatness is. however, the great de
sideratum to economy in dress. If the
toilet is carefully made, the dress tidy,
well fitting and neatly put on, and the
collar or frill spotless, the effect can
scarcely fail to lie attractive. To keep
garments fresh and and neat much
pains is necessary. The dress must lie
brushed or at least shaken when taken
off, and Is* carefully hung up, not
tossed down on a chair or tHe lied in a
crumpled heap. Gloves should lie
'• tenderly smoothed out, frills rolled up
and straightened and ribbons smoothed
over the fingers, tightly rolled up and
pinned with a fine needle; a pin is apt
to leave the mark behind it in un
sightly holes.
A C barmlna I'hUs,
There is a custom prevailing among
the inhabitants of the Sandeman Isl
ands, which may throw a light upon
the civilized use of wedding cake.
When a native girl whose exceptional
beauty has brought her many suitors
is knocked down with a club and car
rieil off by her accepted suitor, the
wedded pair, within forty-eight hours
of wedding, the send a cup of poison
distilled from the hulahula tree to each
and every one of the bride's former ad
mirers. If any recipient feels that he
cannot become reconciled to the mar
riage, he drinks the |siison and dies ;
but if he decides that he will survive
the loss of his intended wife, he throws
away the poison, and feels lsmnd in
honor never to show the slightest sign
of disappointment. By this admirable
system the husband is spared the pangs
of jealousy, and be able to live on
i friendly terms with the surviving ad
mirers of his wife.
Wniiimi tit lii <ll it •
A learned Hindoo lady, Pumlita
Romahai, who has devoted her life to
the promotion of female education in
India, recently aroused great interest
! by a course of lectures in Bombay. She
is a widow and barely twenty-live year?
|of age. Iler lectures have drawn out
large nttmbcrs of Hindoo and I'arsee
ladies, on whom she is already declared
'to have produced "something of an
electric effect." She dwelt at great
length in the lectures on tho benefits
arising from education and the im
portance to women of cultivating and
i embellishing their minds if they wished
to advance with the progress of the
times. After she had finished one of
her lectures the ladies present were
asked to express their thoughts on the
subje t. One of them, after a slight
pause, gathered courage, stood up and
| spoke, and nearly half a dozen others
followed, vicing "eagerly with one
another for the privilege of graeefully
speaking to the audience in praise of
j their able and learned sister." Kven
: the most hopeful of women's advocate's,
a native paper adds, were "hardly pre
pared for this singular hut most de
light I ul spectacle."
Japanese Folk Lire.
To spill the medicine is a sign of re
co very.
To bite the tongue indicates that the
food is liegrtlilgl-d.
Twins of opjiosite sex were often
wedded to preclude the necessity of a
cruel separat ion.
A woman stepping over an edge
j tool, sword, razor or knife, sjxiils the
! edge and temper.
A bean dropped into the well fot
oaeh day a journey is supposed to last
w ill preserve the traveler's feet from
fi mt-sores.
The dead are plaecd with the head
ing to the north ; no one who de
sires to survive until morning should
rest in this posture.
The gridiron used for broiling fish Is
held ali\e the head and thrice turned
as a charm to prevent the fish from ad
hering to the metal.
If a traveler la-fore commencing '
journey writes the character thin ( red )
on the palm of his left hand and In ks
it off he will la- preserved from harm.
The poorest will not wear cast-off
] sandals, "fearing to step into another's
sh's*s." Signs for luck are seen every
where, and when a girl begins to play
on the three-stringed guitar she
touches her wrist with her h{s for
luck.
A piece of paper laaring the im
pression of a black baud is employed
to ward off an attack of small-pox. A
piece of rial paper with three of the
characters for "horse" serves a similar
purpose. A rice spoon is also used.
Garlic is hung up to protect sufferers
from chills anil colds.
I Sum-women are liable, when sound
, asleep and dreaming, to have their head
leave the l*idy, still slumliering, and
roam almut, the head only attached to
the body by an almost imperceptible
film. It is dangerous to arouse them
till Uie head returns to its original
[msition.
Samson's Htremrtb.
i Abundant hair is not a sign of l*lily
; or mental strength, the story of Sam
' son having given rise to the notion
that hairy men are strong physically,
while the fact is that the Chinese, who
are the Hunt enduring of all races, are
mostly bald, and as to the supposition
that long and thick hair is a sign and
token of intellectuality, all antiquity,
all mad-houses and all common obser
vation are against it. The easily
wheedled Ksau was hoary. The mighty
! < Vsar was bald. Long-haired men are
generally weak and fanatical, and tnen
with scant hair are the philosophers
and soldiers and statesmen of the world,
j — London Lowrt.
Nothing Fit to Fat.
in Lounsbury's life of James Feni
more Cooper, a good story is told of the
j novelist while traveling in the wilder
ness bordering upon the Ontario. The
party to which he ln-longed came ujwin
| an inn where they were not expected,
j The landlord was totally unprepared,
and liH-t thetn with a sorrowful coun
tenance. There was, he assured them,
1 nothing in the house that was fit tc.
cat, AVhcn asked what ho hail that
was not fit to eat, he roulil only say in
' reply that he could furnish them with
' venison, pheasant, wild duck, and some
1 fresh fish. To the astonished question
of what fietter he supposed they could
' wish, the landlord meekly replied that
" he thought they might have wanted
• salt pork!
• The thirty-eight savings banks in
i Rhode Island have 112,472 do|oait<>r*
I and $48,320,671 deposits.
, A company at Ft. Louis turns out
i 200 doxen shovels a day.
FOB THE FARM AM) HOME. '
llnitftHinlil lllnl*.
Sixty drops make a spoonful; three
teaspoon fills a tablespoon, one-third of
an ounce.
('opal varnish applied to the soles of
shoes, and repeated as it dries until the
|iores are tilled and the surfaee shines
like polished mahogany, w ill make the
soles waterproof and last as long as the .
uppers.
A barrel of flour weighs one hun
dred and ninety-six pounds, a barrel of
pork two hundred, a firkin of butter
fifty-six, wheat, beans and clover seed
sixty pounds to the bushel; corn, rye
and flax seed fifty-six; buckw heat fifty
two; a barrel of rice six hundred; bar
ley forty-eight; oats thirty-two; coarse
salt eighty-five.
To wash lace make a soapsuds of
white eastile soap and soft water, ami
while cold dip the lace in and put on
the stove to boil. Let it remain until
the laeu looks clean. Do not rub.
After boiling sufficiently rinse thor
oughly in clear, cold water and then
dry. When perfectly dry, wet it in
milk and let it dry again; then dampen
and stitch it on a flannel .doth and put
over it apiece of damp flannel. Steam
dry with a hot flat-iron and then pull
out.
Hrrlticu
llakd Ctmikuiihi \i. A cupful of
sugar, a cupful of nice molasses, two
well-beaten eggs, a teas|MMU.ful of soda
sifted in the flour, a little salt and
ginger, tloiir enough just to roll, bake
in sheets in a quick oven. This i-i so
simple that invalids can eat it.
Kick Cihc kin I'd:. Line a pud
ling diah with slices of broiled ham,
cut up a boiled chicken and nearly till
the dish, filling in w it), gravy or melted
butter; add minced onions, if you like,
or a little i urry powder; then pile bill
ed rice to till all interstices, and cover
the top quite thick. Bake it for half
or three-quarti rs of an hour.
Stk.wkd Aiti.i.s. Fare smoothly
half a dozen good sje/isl tart apples;
scoop out the cores; Imdl the apples in
sugar and water until they are soft
enough t<> be pi'Teis! with a broom
splint, but be careful to have them
keep their shape. When Voll cut out
the cores, cut out a little less than one
third of the app'e, separate it from the
core, and, after slewing it, mix it with
some cold billed rice, the Volks of two
eggs, sugar and spire to suit your
taste. When the apples are done, (ill
the centers of the apples with the rice,
etc.; heat the whites of the two egg's to
A -tifT froth, ad i ng the two t able* j* inn -
fuls of powdered sugar as von leat
them; put a sje-mful of this on the top
of each apple and send to the table.
These are delirious, either warm or
cold.
New U a? of Hrrn in® fhM mrnf.
Take a dessert teaspoonful of oat.
meal, place it. in the morning, in a
tumbler and fill up with new milk.
Let it stand all day. and take it for
supper or for a night-cap. The grains
w ill have b>en softened bv their long
soaking in the milk, and it can le eaten
with a spoon. This is said by its advo
cates to b- a pis ifir agninst neuralgia,
and is soundly recommended for sid
entary folks.
(•rnfllni (.rnpr Vlnea.
(ira|e vines ran !• grafted, although
grafting lias not bs-n rnueh practiced
in this country. Various methods of
grafting has ben recommended, but
i the following is, probably. ~imnl
J any "The old vine should oe cut
I clow tne ground early in the spring
and liefore the sap has started and cleft
in the same manner as an apple or pear
stink. The mtting is prepared and
insertcd in the manner usual with
Jthcr grafts. The stock is bound up
and the earth replaced. The cutting
should have one eye left above the
ground.— Empire State Agricultuftet.
Prrarriln# Mnnurr.
Some experiments have recently leen
Conducted in the old country, with a
view to ascertaining the b-st methods
of preserving manure so as to retain
the more valuable ingredients. In one
of these experiments the manure was
allowed to accumulate under the cattle
for a long jieriod three months or
more—in s|erially constructed deep
stalls. It was found that in every
case the manure so formed was, as
compared with that of the ordinnrv
miuiure heaps, in a more workable con
dition, theammoniacal salts were better
preservfsl, ami useful ingrislients were
present in greater proportion.
The disease in founder exists in the
form of inflammation In the urinal or
leaves of the feet. The stiffness and
inability to move are often thought to
lie liest symptoms of trouble in the
,'hest, but it is always in the feet,
llemove the shoes, soak the feet in hot
water one at a time once a day, ami put
linseed poultices on them on coming
out of the water, (live him plenty
of liedding ami encourage him to lie
down to lake the weight off the feet.
Continue this a week or two. then i
blister the coronets all around with lly
blister to promote a new growth of
hoof. Then stand him in aelay puddle
days and take him out nights. Con
tinue this as long as there is any still
ness or soreness. Repeat the blister
of the coronets oner a fortnight for aj
couple of months. ' 'hhngo llnmemtiu.
Hrril I urn.
F. I). Curtis w rites as follows to the
I'muitr/ th nth man oni eriiing seed
corn: A friend undertook a few years
ago to improve his corn crop by plant
ing all kinds mixed together. lie con
fessed thut this plan was a failure, as
he got no improved variety, but a
mixed up lot, just w hat the offspring
would be from a mongrel sire, illustrat
ing still further the similarity in the
nature (breeding) of corn and animals. !
A great many farmers comfort them
selves with the notion that if they
change seed with some other farmer
they are doing a big thing. This is a
mistaken idea. Seed should be un
proved and taken from the farm w here
it is growu, and to whuh it lias adapted
itself. At home is the place for im
provement. The idea that the little
germ of a seed can carry the good qual*
it iesof a good farm w it h it i- ridiculous,
but it ran carry with it peculiarities in
its nature (growth and maturity) ac
quired in one place, which will be un
suited to another; hence, reader, im
prove the seed on your own land.
Thr Pl#.
No other domestic animal gives as
full, quick and easy a return br grain
feed as the pig. When rationed for
the shambles, the experienced eve of
the feeder ran almost measure the ra
tioofgain per day. The healthy porker
is so well-regulated a machine for the
conversion of corn into fii-sh that the
farmer who fcisN by a regular system
car. generally till about how mm h
|iorh a given quantity of grain will
produce. It is comparatively easy,
therefore,as compared w ;th other stock,
to tell just when and to what degree
jiork production is profitable. These
things, nrrupicd with the fact that a
crop of hogs ian be bred, ra-sed and
marketed alnc-t while the feeder is
laying his plans for growingand ripen
ing cattle and sheep, have rendered
hogs more popular as a market product
than any other class of domestic ani
mals, and there an- vastly more pro
ducers of hogs m this country to-day
than of cattle and sheep combined,
while it is perhaps true that three
foiirths of the meat producers prefer
liief to jiork as an article of fo.nl.
/'itUt/nrjti tun n.
Hovr n I ow <hnul<t hr l>d,
The feeding of acow during the win
ter must neci s anlv Is- • hietly upon dry
foodor, as hav. corn stalks, etc. Well
cured corn fodder is but little inferior
to the best hav, whii his clover. Tim
othy hay i- not so gix! for milk as g >d
corn fishier. Blue grass and red top
hay is b-ttcr than timothy, abmt as
g.xwl as g.xM) corn fodder that has Iks n
cut liefore it lias Ik-couic dry or frosted.
Mixed mc.ujow hay. with ab>ut one
half clover, is b-ttcr still, and orchard
grass and clover in equal parts is yet
b-tter, while well made hay from clover
cut when in blossom is the. very best
fishier for a row. The stalks of the
small early kinds of sweet corn, cut
when the corn is in the state in which
it is used in cooking or canning, is
quite espial 111 value to the l>est clover
hay. Hut a cow requires some good
food to give quality and richness tothe
milk. And this usually consists of
corn. oats, rye and bran, or middlings.
A mixture of these is t>cttrr ttian any
one, lieoausc with ttie mixture one can
get precisely what is needed, when any
one of these will furnish only a part,
t'otton-seed meal is now much used for
feeding rows, and it is most valuable
and should l>e addisl to whatever mix
ture is made. The result of years of
experience with dairymen has estab
lished eorntneal as the principal feeding
substance, aYid coarse wheat middlings,
or rye bran, or bith as the best addition
to it. A portion of cottonseed meal is
then added to complete it. The mix
ture is b-st made by grinding it togeth
er with the corn as follows: DM)
pounds of corn. 100 pounds of rye bran,
1(H) pounds of wheat middlings and I<w
pounds of cottonseed ineaL By grind
ing these together the corn is much
finer and the whole are 1 letter mixed.
This makes an excellent and rich feed,
of which six quart s or ten pounds daily
w ill lie high feeding for a COW. There
will le then two and a half poumln of
each of the materials in the daily al
lowance, and more than thisof the rot
ton-seed meal might not be advisable,
so it is very rich. To feed this five
pounds of hay or corn fodder ot in a
fishier rutter into chaff is wetted in a
b>x, and tw o quarts of the mixed meal
added, and the whole stirred and given
for one meal. At noon two quarts of
the meal ran l>e given dry with a small
quantity of dry hay or fishier not cut,
I At night a similar feed to that of the
i morning is given. The day's feeding
will then lw ton poinxU of meal and
about twelve pounds of bay. If less
meal 1m given, twice as much hay
should be siibstitijcd as the meal is les
sened. Some other equivalent ratioim,
which may l>e found more convenient
ami will tie nearly or cjuite an good:
1(H) pounds of corn, .V) pounds of
oatw, HH) pounds of rye, JOf) pounds cif
com, I<H) pounds of rye, fifty pounds of
wheat bran; 1(H) pounds of hominy
waste, I<HI pounds of wheat middlings,
(ifty pounds cottonseed meal; I 'Hi
pounds of corn, 2(H) pounds of bran or
sharps, UK) pounds of cotton-seed meal.
If it is convenient to do more than
grind the corn, it should be made as fine
as possible. Indian Farmer.
TIIK FAMILY DOCTOR.
The best way to cure corns is not to
have them, llave your Icootsand shoes
aside to lit your feet, instead of trying
to shape your feet to the boots and
shoes. If von are so unfortunate as to
have corns, soak them in warm water
oi I'asjonally, cut off the softened sur
face, and in due time they will be seen
no more forever.
1 >r. I'. A. Willuto thinks lie has ob
served as e\ il results of coffee-drink
ing gout, cong< stion of the liver, indi
gestion, nervous debility and irritabil
ity, mental depression, etc. His atten
tion was tirst directed to coffee as a
cause of such affections by observing a
disappearance of them in Southern
women whose supply of coffee w as for
a long time iut off during the war. -
In. Foott'v Hxitth il'ihtlily.
Children should have warm night
gowns fastened around the ankles, as
they are sure to kick off the < lot lies in
the night. It is btt< r to sleep in a
moderately cord r''in. though dressing
m siteh an atmosphere is not conve
nient in the morning. <n this ac
count a servant or some inoiubT of
the family should be entrusted to go
around the iir-t thing in the morning
while the family is in bed, and < losi
windows and door- and open registers,
so as to make the rooms comfortable
for dressing.
Take plenty of even ise, and you <ari
use your brain as much as you please.
Lawyer- and < lergyuien, who use their
brains much, are the longest-lived men
hi the country, showing plainly that
regular brain work i- g'x*l for the gi
ro r.d health as well as for the eft.i e m y
of the nervous sv-tciu in particular.
The muscular sy-temmust b* treated
!ri a similar manner ,f you d<> not wis!
it to liecome subject to fatly degenera
tion. An unu-isl muscle shrinks and
Im-cuihcs -""ft and tlabbv, presenting an
apjiearance of marked contrast to the
brawny arm of the 1 l.e 1,-mith. In
stances of the feebb liess of tissues thus
jirescrvfsl frequently present them
selves to the until i of the surgeon. A
muscle i called upon to perforin a vi
gorous contraction, but it snaps in the
effort. The heart Itself is fuimetfcucs
torn asunder in attempting to send an
extra supply of blood to some needy
limb. No man can afford to low er his
general vitality for the sake of mere
idle gratification. He never knows
when he may require all the energy
which rati be storisl uji in his tissues
\ railway accident, a runaway horse,
a run to catch a train, a fall on the ire,
or even a fit of roughing, may bring a
life of misery or an early death to one
who would have passed unscathed
through them all hail he allowed his
nerves find muscles to w ear aw ay in
v igorous a< ti\ ity.
Having fen Ihonsand Dollars.
The feast was set, the guests were
met, w hen a young man entered in.
"Sir;" said he to the master of the
house, "I have romo to you on a very
important mission. Were it otherwise,
I should m>t have ventured to call uj>on
you upon this auspicious day, when, as
1 perceive you arc abuit to celebrate
the betrothal of your fair daughter,
still, as it may save you slo,(*ki hut
if you are engagixl I will retire."
"By no means, my dear sir. by no
means,"said the father of the bride ex
pectant, warmly; we are just ab>ut
sitting down to dinner, join us, and
after dinner we can discuss matters."
The young man allow s himself to lie
induced to join the jovial company,
where he cats for two and drinks for
three.
At the conclusion of the feast the
father escorts hint to a private depart
ment and begs him to reveal his busi
ness.
"1 think sir," he says tothe stranger,
offering him a rigar of prime quality,
"that you observed that you could show
me how to save $10,000."
"Precisely," says the stranger, light
ing the rigar. "Now, you intend mar-
I rying your daughter to that amiable
but somewhat weak-minded youth
down stairs, and giving her a marriage
portion of $20,000. (Jive her to me.
sir, and I'll take her with half the
money. That'll leave you SIO,OOO
1 ahcaill"— Chicago Tribune.
At Last.
I/ik<-tonstorm toufdbint llit,tiredof flight,
K<-cks longingly it" not,
Ko J, world-weary, find itl thy dear sight
My truest rest.
I will not oak what coining year* may hold;
If thou art near,
llioagh pain and sorrow time for me unfold,
1 shall not fear.
f have safe garnered m mjr '|Uiet heart
A love so deep
'Hint hide me liva a charmed life apart,
And safely keep
All tender thoughts, unutterod, nonprossed,
< >r yet to lie,
lake ojx-ning httds. within this loving hreaat.
To bloom tor thee.
l'htUi/lrlphut />C'/rtX.
I'AKAMI Al'llS.
A mere nothing O.
I'at en t medicine* are now made that
will eure everything except hams.
A Jiieee r>f ht'-ol is a good ileal like a
man when you get it red-hot it looses
its temper.
Why in a railroad ho patriotic?
Ileeause it is lioiiiid to the country with
the strongest ties.
An exi hange wants to know, "What
are our young men coming to?"
t ojnifig to see our girls, of course.
"Ma, don't you remember that ona
day, a few years ago, you swooned?"
"Y*H, my dear, I have a faint recollec
tion of it."
A coat-tail flirtation is the latest. A
wrinkled roat-tail Is-aring the dusty
toe marks means "1 have spoken to
your father."
The average life of a farmer in tifty
six years, hut it depends a great deal
on how old he is when he purchases a
mowing machine.
A young man who was presented
with eleven penwipers last Christmas
hv his lady friends, continues to wipe
his jK-n on his coat tail.
"What shall 1 do," asked a miserly
millionaire of his physician, for a tight
ness in my chest ?" '"Mart a home for
Incurables," said the doctor.
Clothing is nei more apart of the
man than is the toothpick a {tart of the
dinner, hut given the man and the
dinner, clothing and toothpicks are
Useful.
Over ]}n.m*i plants are known to
lmtanists, and vet out of the lot tha
chemists can't make a mixture that will
undo in ten minutes the work a hornet
has done in two seconds.
The f ierman pajnr rcp-rts the case
of a woman who had a muscle of a
dog successfully grafted on her foot.
Whenever she sees a cat <he ehases it
to the top of a fence and stands below
and harks.
"Did I understand you to call me a
puppy, sir?' "Yi . sir. I called you a
puppy." "Lucky for you, sir. The
insult is t<*> si nail to notice; hut hal
you calhsl me a dog an old dog—l
would have knocked you down."
A man at a hotel fell the whole
length of a flight <>f stairs. Servants
rushed to pick hnn up. They asked
him if he was hurt. "No," he replied;
"not at all, I'm used to coming down
that way. I'm a life insurance agent.
She went into a shop to huy some
toilet soap, and while there the shop
man was expatiating on its merit*,
and she alniut made up her mind to
purchase, hut when he said it. would
keep off chaps she said she didn't want
that kind.
"Why do women so often wander
aimlessly in the murky solitudes of the
dead past, brooding over days forever
gone?" asked a young lady of a mar
rying widower. "They don't 1 think,"
he said. "Rather they wander in the
dry goods stores of the present, often
pricing articles which they have not
the remotest intention of buying."
In a rural church where it is the
custom to publish the banns of marri
age a queer incident recently occurred.
The minister, after the service, pub
lished the banns between a loving and
interesting couple. At that portion of
the form where the words, "If you
know any just cause," etc., came in,
the minister, whether from any previ
ous knowledge or not. looked straight
at the young gentleman directly attho
foot of the pulpit. Thinking that ho
was personally alluded to. he immedi
ately rose up. amid the laughter of Iht
congregation, and exclaimed, "Oh, no,
not the slightest objection, sir."
OS TO* KAMI! fOOTISO.
How much s man in like old shoee!
For instance, both a sole may lose,
IV ah hare been tanned, both are made tight
By cobblers: both get left and right.
Both need a mate to be complete,
And troth are made to go on fewt.
They both need healing: oft are sold.
And both in time all tarn to mold.
With shoes, the test is first; with men.
The first shall be the last; and when
The shoes wear oat, they're mended new;
When men wear oot, they're men dead, too.
They both are trod upon, and both
Will tread on others, nothing loth.
Both have their ties, and both incline.
When polished, in the world to shine;
And both |xg oat. Ami would you choose
To be a man, or be his shoos?