Saddle Horses.
Singular as it may seem, there are
those who predict thali the present
popularity of the bicycle is likely to
result in an increased demand for sad
dle horses, or even soy that its effects
may be seen already in some localities.
The habit of exercise in the open
air, of frequent excursions to points
near by or far away, and the gaining
of confidence in the safety of trusting
to other means of locomotion than the
luxurious buggy or carriage, is already
creating, they suy, a desire to com
pare the ease of riding the horse and
the wheel. They wish to know
whether the pleasure and exhilaration
which they feel upon the iron steed
cannot be found equally well aud with
equal safety upon horseback, with a
relief from the labor of pedaling.
Some of those who can afford it are
trying to aoquire as much skill upon
horseback as they have in bicycling,
and others may follow their example.
It is scarcely half a century since
the buggies were almost unknown,
and the two-wheeled chaise or the
heavier carriage was the resort only of
old people too clumsy to ride as they
did in their youth, or of some
young dandy who desired to go out in
company with a companion of the
other sex. The farmer's son could
well content himself upon the horse,
often without a saddle at all, and
sometimes the daughter was equally
akillfnl. Now it is only the rich man's
son who has been able to take his les
sons at a riding academy who prefers
the horse to the bicycle, but if tbe
horse becomes fashionable, many who
are not rich will find that they must
acquire the art or take their place
among the unfashionable crowd, des
titute of tbe proper accomplishments
of society.
And when that time comes shall we
see tbe young man and maiden using
the saddle and pillion, as did their
grandparents, instead of the tandem
wheel? Who knows? Horse breeders
may take the bint to break their colts
to a good saddle gait, and accustom
them to flowing Bkirts or to bloomer
costumes. Perhaps it was to encour
age this fancy for horseback riding
that the managers of agricultural fairs
in Mainp desired the equestrian exhi
bition by a troop of United States cav
alry.—Boston Cultivator.
Breed, of Slieep.
Some persons are apt to become lost
among the many breeds of sheep and
unable to make a choice on account of
the variety offering. But a good sheep
may be of any kind, just as a good
man may be of any race, or color even,
white or black or yellow, for the pur
pose for which any one may wish to
use him. To some extent a sheep is
valuable for some special location, as,
for instance, the mountain breeds, as
equally so the lowland breeds and tbe
marsh breeds. But it has appeared
that all these breeds when brought to
this great North America have found
homes anywhere, and everywhere,
without any regard to their antece
dents. It is true that some of our
breeds seem to do better in some
places than in others, but yet others
thrive side by side with them. It is
in the man rather than in the place or
the sheep that success in the rearing
exists. And the right man will always
find the right place for any kind of
sheep he may take a fancy to. Indeed,
this word exactly fills the bill; it is
tbe fancy of the man which always
does and always will control tbe choice
of tbe ttook. This may be thought
somewhat questionable, but, as a mat
ter of experience, the writer (of this,
who lias kept sheep in the North aud
South, East and West, during forty
years past, and has kept every leading
breed during that time, must say ad
visedly and truly that as far as choice
of breed is concerned it is immaterial;
all that is wanted is a good sheep and
a good shepherd to manage it. Then
all goes well.
As to the fleece, we may say there is
a demand for every kind of wool grown,
and as for mutton, while it is true that
some naturally surpass other kinds, it
is only for tbe excessively nice mutton
eater that one well-kept and fed
sheep will surpass any other kind. It
is somewhat like the gifts of mind
mentioned by an old writer; men have
them not all alike, but some exceed
others very greatly in the kind of
them. All, however, are useful and
find a place in the world. So it is with
the sheep. We have here many less
kinds than exist in that small country,
England, more properly Great Brit
ain.and Ireland, or the United King
dom, but there each man swears by
his favorite kind, that it is the best,
and so it is for him. Aud so let us
all choose according to our fancy, nrirt
and then make our choice, by skillful
culture, the best for each one of us.
There is no war of breeds anywhere;
every specialist in breeding sheep is
helping to advance tbe race. Tbe
only thing to be done is to get the
ohosen breed of tbe best sheep possi
ble, and then by tbe best management
try to keep it up to the highest stand
ard. But don't let any of us be like
the man whoße mind could not be
made up to a choice, and so made
none. Every one who can should
have a flock, and care for it as well as
he can, by study of the animal and
due attention to every one of its ne
cessities.—An Ancient Shepherd, in
Americas Sheep-Breeder.
Fowls on the Farm.
Not many more years than can be
counted on the fingers of one hand not
one farmer in ten knew the names of
a half dozen breeds of poultry. But to
day the farmer who cannot tell his
choice of the different breeds, and the
reasons of his preference, is consid
ered behind the times. This is as it
should be, for nowhere else can a small i
flock of fowls be made to yield so much
clear profit as on the farm.
It seems to me best that the farmer
should keep but one variety of chickens,
if he intends raising only for eggs,
broilers, or market stock.
We have settled on Buff Cochins as
the kind that suits us best. They are
extremely gentle, of large size, quick
growth taking only about two months
to reach frying size. They are heavily
feathered, and so stand the cold
weather well, and lay better in winter
than in summer, which suits us, as |
we do not care to sell eggs when they
are down to five or six cents. When i
they reach this price, we think it pays ;
to boil a few occasionally for the little j
chicks, if we have more from the com
mon hens than we need for kitchen 1
use.
Eggs from our best hens sell readily
among the neighbors for a good price,
for setting, if we have more than we j
wish to set ourselves.
We aim to have our early chicks
ready for market as early as possible,
and these are sure to bring good prices ;
in the home market.
Later, when"everybody and all his
folks are taking chickens to market, j
prices take a leap downward, and as
by this time all except the very small
chicks can almost pick up a living, and
as fowls, live or dressed, are in de
mand about Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Year's, and often between
times, we keep our chickens growing
on to be ready for the market at some
of these tiniea.
When setting hens, we set two at
one time, and when they hatch, put
all the chicks with one hen, and if the
other hen seems doing well—if she
seems bright and in good flesh—put
more eggs under her, and set another
hen at the same time. This is late in
the season, when one hen can take care
of|twenty-tive or thirty chicks; earlier
it is not safe to allow more than fifteen
to the hen.
We often hear people say there is no
use in setting eggs to natch in June,
for June chicks will "sleep themselves
to death." This is often true, because,
the weather being pleasant, chicks are
not! cooped, but allowed to wadej
through rank grass and get wet with!
dew.
We have never had but few June
chicks droop and die, and those few
deaths have invariably followed close
ly after a failure to keep them cooped
until the dew dried off in the morn
ing.
Another thing which causes many
among warm-weather chicks is the
practice of feeding almost exclusively
on corn-meal dough or batter.
Corn-meal should not be fed at all,
raw. Bread made of corn-meal is bet
ter. Bread made of a mixture of meal
and wheat bran is best, and to this
should be added a generous allowance
of table scraps; meat, fruit and vege
table trimmings, and what sweet milk
or clabber can be spared for them,
need never be considered wasted.
A flock of poultry on any farm can
be made the source of a neat income;
but, even should the farmer only raise
enough for his own family, selling
never an egg nor a feather, still they
will pay better than almost anything
else requiring no more outlay either
in time or money, than they.—lna
King, in Farm, Field and Fireside.
A New Artificial Fuel.
Favorable notice is given in the col
umns of Machinery, an English jour
nal, of the new artificial fuel known as
eggette or ovoid, in distinction from
the more familiar briquettes for that
purpose. Special regard has charac
terized the efforts put forth in this in
dustry by Europeans to produce a fuel
as cheap as possible, and suited, in the
highest degree, for convenient hand
ling, storage, and transportation. The
systems of preparing the ooal for cook
ing and briquetting by washing and
jigging, originated in Europe, and have
beon there long practiced to such an
extent that, almost throughout the
whole of the continent, coke can be
guaranteed to contain only a certain
percent, of ash.—Age of Steel.
The First ami I.ast BnttlelleliAs.
It is a fact not generally known that
the first and the last stand of the Con
federates ware made on land owned by
the same man. A part of Bull Run
battlefield was owned by Mr. McLean.
After this famous battle he decided to
move to a locality where there would
be less fear from the ravages of war.
By a strange coincidence he took up
his abode at Appomattox, which sub
sequently proved to be the final battle
field of the Civil War.—Detroit Free
Press.
Up Head,
Boy—"I was up head to-day,
mother, all day."
Mother—"There, you see if you
hadn't gone in the rain you wouldn't
have been!" •.
Boy—"No, that's so, for none of the
rest of the scholars was there."
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
When Fingerg Are Stained.
When the fingers are stained in
peeling fruits, preparing green wal
nuts, or in similar ways, dip them in
strong tea, rubbing them well with a
nail brush, and afterward wash them
in warm water and the stains will dis
appear.
Scorched Linen.
To restore scorched linen, take two
onions, peel and slice them and ex
tract the juice by squeezing Dr pound
ing. Then cut up half a*, ounce of
white soap and add tw<* winces of
Fuller's earth; mix witk them the
onion juice and half a pint of vinegar.
Boil this composition well, and spread
it, when cool, over the scorched part
of the linen, leaving it to dry thereon.
Afterwards wash out the linen.
Hay Quilts.
The inveterate sewing woman's last,
worst gift to the world is the hay
quilt. It is made of flannelette, cre
tonne or wool and a few armfuls of
hay. The good are sewed across the
top and bottom from side to side at
distances of about fourteen inches;
then the hay is put in lightly aud the
remaining side sewed down. "When
tho hay becomes limp the quilt may
be hung before the fire, and it will soon
become crisp again. The warmth of
these quilts cannot be realized except
by those who have tried them.—New
York Journal.
To Clean Carpets.
For cleaning tho spots on the carpet
ox gall or ammonia aud water are ex
cellent. The proportion is one table
spoonful of household ammonia to four
parts of water, or uso oue tabiespoon
ful of ox gall to one quart of water.
Apply with a sponge or flannel not too
wet and rub until nearly dry. Lime
spots may be removed with vinegar.
This must be used quickly aud washed
off immediately. For soot, cover with
salt or cornmeal and sweep up. To
remove iuk spots pour on milk, and as
it becomes colored absorb with a blot
ting or other soft absorbent paper;
coarse butcher's paper is good. As
soon as the ink is removed wash with
warm water and castile soap—nothing
stronger—to remove the grease of the
milk.
Sliver's Tarnish.
To removo stains from silver, especi
ally such as are caused by medicine or
by neglect, use sulpburio acid, rubbing
it on with a little flannel pad, then
rinsing the articles most carefully at
once. For less ingrained stains, the
pulp of a lemon, whose juice has been
used for lemon squash, may be recom
mended, as both efficient and barm
less. Indian silver and brass is al
ways cloaued by natives with lemon or
limes. It may be as well to waru house
keepers in these days, when j pretty
serving is such a consideration, that,
where one had to reheat food in a sil
ver dish from whioli it is impossible to
shift tho eatable, a baking tin should
be half filled with hot water, a doubled
sheet of paper should be placed in this
and the silver dish stood upon it, after
which it will take no harm from the
effects of the oven heat. Again, as
eggs and vinegar are alike apt to dis
color plated or silver dishes, always
run a little weak aspic 'jelly over the
silver dish before dishing the mayon
naise, eto., to be served in it, and if
this coating is allowed to set before
putting in the other materials the dish
will suffer no damage that hot soap and
water will not easily remove.
llecipes.
Pears With Whipped Cream—Peel
five medinrn-Bized pears, which must
be perfectly ripe. Cut the fruit into
eighths the long way of the pears, re
moving the cores. In serving add a
tablespoonful of powdered sugar to
each dish of the pears and on top
place two teaspooufuls of whipped
cream.
Cheese Fingers—One cupful of
flour, oue tablespoonful of butter, one
quarter of a cupful of grated cheese,
one-quarter of a teaspoouful of salt, a
dash of cayenne, one-lialf of a tea
spoonful of baking powder; mix with
water aa for biscuit. Roll out thiu;
cut in finger lengths and bake pale
brown in a moderate oveu.
Eels cn Matelote au Grntin—Cut
two pounds of eels into inch lengths
and rub inside with a little salt. Fry
an onion, cut small, in a little butter;
add the eel, a pint of broth, half a bay
leaf, six pepper cones and three
cloves. Simmer three-quarters of an
hour and pour into a shallow baking
pan; cover with bread crumbs; dot
witli butter aud bako a light brown.
Broiled Tomatoes—-Three or four
tomatoes of good size properly sliced
are quite sufficient. After peeling and
chilling them to keep them firm slice
them. Season with two saltspoonfuls
of salt and a sprinkling of pepper;
dip them in melted butter aud then in
sifted bread crumbs. Cover with a
tin pan to keep in the beat and broil
for eight minutes, turning them when
they brown. If they "run" dredge
a little flour over them. Serve on a
hot dish, with a little butter on each
slice.
Puree of Green Peas—Take two cups
of tender young green peas, a small
slice of salt pork, one onion, a carrot,
three sprigs of parsley, a branch of
soup celery, a bay lenf, one clove, a
tenspoonful of pepper, half a cupful of
rich cream and one tablespoonful of
rich butter. Put the salt pork in a
kettle over tlie fire, and when it has
fried a light brown add the onion and
carrot sliced fine, the parsley minced,
the bay leaf, celery and clove. Fry
the vegetables a delicate brown; add
one quart of hot water and the peas.
Let it cook slowly for an hour. Then re
move and strain through a puree sieve.
Add the cream and butter. Serve
with croutons.
With favorable weather for the next
two or three weeks, the farmers of On
tario will gather the best crops they
have had for twenty yea's.
Things Worth Learning.
Remember that it is a mark of good
breeding to thank a person for a gift
the day it arrives.
Acknowledge an invitation for din
ner or luncheon the day it arrives.
Thank your hostess for your visit the
day you return home.
Either leave your card or write a
note to a friend as soon as you hear
that friend is ill.
Keep sufficient pnper and envelopes
on hand, so your notes can be written
at onpe, and remember that a dainty
no'a is the hall-mark of good breeding.
An Indian Actress.
An Indian girl is playing Puck In
Marie Walnwright's production of "A
Midsummer Night's Dream." Her name
Is OUle Heath, and she was born and
raised among the Cheroko tribe. Sua
sequently she attended a seminary and
there gained her first knowledge ol
Stage art.
A Light Lunch.
Benny Bloobumper—"Oh, papa, the
goat has swallowed a Roman candle!"
Mr. Bloobumiter—"That's all right.
He merely wanted a light lunch."—
Life.
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Helping Tired Mothers and Oiving Rosy
Cheeks to Children.
Thousands of tired, nervous, worried
Women have found strength, health and
happinoss in Hood's SarsnpariUa, which
puriiles their blood, strengthens their
nerves and gives them good appetites.
Palo and puny children are given rosy
eheeko and vigorous appotltes by the groat
blood onrichlng qualities of Hood's Sar
sapariUa. It is indeed the mother's friend
and it may well have a place in thousands
of families. Be sure to get Hood's.
Hood's Pills with Hood's
Permanent Paste.
Bonk an ounce of refined gelatine In
cold water for an hour, then drain off
and squeeze out the water as much as
possible. Put the gelatine In a Jelly
pot and place the pot In a pan of hot
water over the fire. When the gelatine
has melted stir In slowly two and one
half ounces of pure alcohol. Put In a
wide-mouthed bottle and cork tightly.
This glue or paste will keep Indefinite
ly, and can be melted for use In a few
minutes by setting the bottle In a basin
of hot water. As It contains a very
small percentage of water, It affects
the gloss of the prints but little and
dries almost Immediately.—Harper's
Round Table.
Tough on the Doctor.
Doctor—l'm surprised to see you oil'
so soon.
Patient—Yes; the dog upset the medl
cine you left for me.
There may be lots of nice men In thi
world, but the bill collectors don't mee l
them.
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REWARD.
A friend of mine had the misfortune to lose sev
eral of his Pigeons and asked me to advertise for
their return. Each bitrl had a metal baud on
leg marked as follows: L 6078 81743, 88771, C 17631,
017633, C 17638, 034844 C 34868, 01340, F1176, F6287,
F6298, F6BW, FW4B, FBSB3B, K4862 Pigeon fanciers,
kindly look through your lofts for above birds A
liberal reward for each bird returned. J.FItKL'ND,
OA Morten Street, New York.
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W Patent Agencies advertising prizes, medals, "No
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references. Write us. WATSON K. COLEMAN,
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Buried with His Money on Him.
Not long ago a miserly person, who
had been teased almost to death by
his heirs, endeavored to cheat them out
of his money. Before he died he left
positive Instructions that he should b
buried in a certain suit of clothes. His
wish was carried out, but after the
funeral his surviving relatives could
find no will and no money. Finally
one of them suspected that the old
man had served them a shabby trick,
and suggested that the body be ex
humed and the clothing examined.
This was done, and the coat, waist
coat and trousers were found to be
lined with Bank of notes*—
Chicago Record.
Courting* after marriage-- Applying
for a divorce.
How to Laundry Faney Linen.
To wash embroidered linens so as not te
fade the colors, fill a tub half full of warm
water, to which add a little Ivory Soap.
Wash each piece through the suds care
fully, rinse in blue water, to which a little
thin starch is added. Hang in the shade
to dry. Iron on the wrong side, press
ing down heavily to bring out the stitches,
thus restoring their original beauty.
ELIZA R. PARKEB.
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diseased portions of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
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Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
mation can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal hearing will be de
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We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
I use Piso's Cure for Consumption both In
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A new wrinkle may be learned Trom
an English soldier who was noted for
keeping his boots la fcotter condition
and muking them last longer than any
of his brother officers. When asked
what he did to them to prevent the
leather from cracking and keeping it
soft and smooth his reply was "Mut
ton bone." When an explanation was
demanded he said: "It is nothing, I as
sure you. My man asks the cook for a
knuckle bone, which he cleans and then
bakes. After rubbing the leather with
cream, he then frotes them as hard as
he can with the bone. Usually my boots
last me three years.—New Orleans
Picayune.
Ly People.
The lailest people on earth live on the
Sandwich Islands. None of the native*
do any work to speak of. Nature give*
them enough to eat without any con
siderable labor, and they seem content
ed with what they thus receive.
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A NECKLACE OF PEARLS yjpjjM
Is a beautiful possession. If a woman owns mr '* r
one, and if a single pearl drops off the string, V
she makes haste to find and restore it. JB
Good health is a more valuable possession v\~ vC 111 / T
than a necklace of the most beautiful pearls, '% -. I
yet one by one the jewels of health slip away, V I
and women seem indifferent until it is almost \ I
too late, and they cannot be restored. BjEu. I A
To die before you are really old is to suffer
premature death, and that is a sin. It is a sin 1
because it fls the result of repeated violations v
Pain, lassitude and weariness, inability to W^^^B
sleep, dreadful dreams, starting violently from VfjnflV
sleep, are all symptoms of nerve trouble. a WBUW
You cannot have nerve trouble and keep I
your health. In ninety-nine cases out of a I vyy*
hundred the womb, the ovaries and the bladder 7 I
are affected. They are not vital organs, hence / I W.-
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- • \
pound, by building up the nerves and restoring woman**
organism to its natural state, relieves all these trouble
some uterine symptoms. In confirmation of this we, by
permission, refer to the following women, all of
whom speak from experience: Miss CELIA VAN
* HORN, 1912 Sharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss
BR" VB GRACE COLLORD, 1434 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O.;
MRS. NEWELL, 50 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; MRS.
J oy ' MRS. A. H. COLE, New Roehelle, N. Y., and many
others
' For special symptoms Mrs. Pinkham has prepared m
BB Sanative Wash, which, will cure local troubles. Give thes©
medicines a trial.
I Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., if you are not quite
/ satisfied; you can address private questions to a woman
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It Was Before the Day of
SAPOLIO
They Used to Say "Woman's Work is Never Done."
Jim and John*
Jim and John were townsmen and chuixm,
and wont out to see baseball. It was a red
hot afternoon, and the bleachers were ilk*
frying-pans at breakfast time. Jim had
bald head and John had a crick In th
back. They sat for nn uuderdone roast
and laughed at everything. Jim's bald spot
was a shining mark, like a brass door-plate.
A stray ball, fierce and sharp, from a false
bat, struok the spot and ploughed a furrow.
It dazed him. Jim's eyes and face looked
like a sick owl's, and John laughed. Ha
laughed an hour straight along. The gam*
ran late into twilight. Meanwhile Jobs
had shed his coat, and a cool, damp draft
got in its work on his back. The time came
to leave, bat John couldn't. He couldn't
bend or get up. Lumbugo had set in in its
worst form. He laughs best who laughs
last, and Jim had revenge. But they got
down town to Jim's room, when he said,
"Here's something all those athletes use
for hurts and ailments, and it's the best
known cure for lamebaok." He rubbed ft
on John's back and some on his own bead.
They were both fcoling cured and com
fortable from the uso of St. Jacobs Oil,
which Jim always kept in a handy plaoe.
He was a sport himself and knew what was
best. They went to bed. John laughed In
bis sleep. Both roso in the morning fresk
as daisies; then Jim laughed at John.
Tliere 1* a Class oT People
Who are injured by the use of coffee. Ror
cently there has been placed in all the grocery
stores a new preparation called Graiu-O.mad*
of pure grains, that takes the place of c-offeo.
The most delicate stomach receives It without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffeee
It docs not cost over one-quarter as much.
Children may drink it with great beneiit. )fl
cts. and 26 cts. per package. Try it. Ank fas
Ur&in-O.