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N a mage in Franco.
In France a girl who remains single
up to the ago of twenty-five anomaly; may t>c
■looked upon almost at an even
the least attractive regarding merely their prob¬ es¬
tablishment in life not as a
able eventuality, but as a matter of
course. When scarcely in her teens her
future prospects have been already dis¬
cussed, and her “expectancies” accu¬ but
rately calculated by that mysterious
influential Vohmgericht.the family coun¬
cil; suggestions from its different mom
hers as to the corresponding advantages
aho is entitled to demand have been
carefully listened to and considered, arid
tho names of such of their friends ami
acquaintances as may ultimately duly regis¬ sup¬
ply tho requisite son in-law
tered. When the time for action arrives,
negotiations are opened on all sides, not
only by the mother and other female
relatives, but also by —and whatever they syrnpa- le¬
Thizing “commere” arc
gion—they can contrive to enlist in their
behalf; and thanks to their united ef¬
forts the young lady, whose her consent to
this arbitrary disposal of conclusion, person finds is
regarded in as a foregone incredibly short of
herself an space
timo betrothed to a comparative 3tran
K er.whom she has and perhaps complacently met twice in
* n ter life bofore, ac
ccpting as her legitimate due the tradi¬
tional bouquet which during signature the of weary the
interval botween the
contract and the marriage ceremony it
is his daily privilege to offer her. When
once the knot is tied and tho newly-ma r¬
ried eauple are fairly dispatched on their
wedding tour, the professional match¬
maker’s occupation is for the nonce at
an end, and she calmly washes her
hands as to the result of ihe “arrange¬
ment.” Yet, strango though it may
nee in, such marriages and usually turn in out
remarkably well; even of eases
where a complete accordance both parties taste t
and dispositions is wanting,
are, as a rule, disposed to make the best
of an indifferent bargain, and however
oordially tako ospeoial they may that disagree tho world at knows homo,
cate
nothing about it .—All the Year Hound.
I'Vcding Fattening llogs.
It has taken two weeks of careful ob¬
servation to fiml out just how much to
feed fattening hogs and keep up their
appetites. It may be put down as an
established tart that when a pig lias not
a keen appetite it is not in :t hea t by
condition. Nine ears of com a day the
wore allowed to each old hog at
start mid the number was gradually basketful in¬
creased up to thirty six, or a
for a pen'of eight. This is all that hogs
will eat of corn and keep up a vigorous
it]*] otic 'They ha\e had each day an
«i mful of sweet con stalks which they
ate greedily. A given few' which raw pumpk they rel¬ ns
have also hunt
ished ve*y much. When the corn
stalks an* fed out, sorghum stalks will
be g veil. I consider these earn -talks
to bo ilinost invaluable to ‘cod >n this
connection. Sulphur and charcoal have
been pul in the ; <• :i-. l’igs will rat of
these <*vcry day Clear, cold water i
kopl 111 the troughs all of the time.
Those old hogs are now 1 airly started
for fattening. ’1 lie corn will make tho
fat, nml tin* green <• rn stalks and the
sorghum t lie no v retry coarse material
to fill the bowel,, an ! at tin* same tint -
lighten tlie stomach. By tiffs expres¬
sion we mean, keeping the toma h
from he -om ng 1 1 ke 1 \yjlh solid loud
like corn 111 w , or dear corn eaten by
the pigs. For there reasons it is better
to grind cob a id all, and corn should
always lie <* 1 in tiff-wav to any animal,
something must be taken into the stom¬
ach more than wlitit is digestible, or all
oiThe functions ot th * animal beyond
tho digestive will he inactive. Hoe
long can they remain in a dormant urn
dil on and he healthy? Not long, 'lie
gastric juices can better penetrate food
mixed with some coarse material than
when in a den-c or e impact form. Raw
root-, pumpkins or apples animals are for most, tho
beneficial to fattening
above reasons. They also help to cool
the blood, an I prevent tho animal from
becoming feverish.--(.'or. Hand New
Yorker.
The Discovery of (ounler-Irritation.
quainted But few people now living are ac¬
with the theoretical idea of
com*ter-irritation, which has been so
much admired in the practice of medi¬
cine. It had its origin in tho following
manner : A shoemaker living in Barns¬
ley, in Yorkshire, England, called in
I)r. Fellows for advice. He gave a his¬
tory of his ease, summing it all up in
these words : “In short, doctor, 1 can’t
stand Hitting." “Then,” replied the
doctor, who was somewhat famous a.i a
writ, “you fool, why don’t yon sit stand¬
ing.” This so enraged t he cobbler that
lie left the physician and sent in a bill
for a pair of hoots. The doctor paid
the bill, gave a fresh order for another
pair, and soon gained tho confidence of
nis p.ttient. him, Learning lie determined that the cobbler
bad vilified to make
him Buffer. Ho prepared a machine
which, by means of a ily-whoel, threw
forward and backward a lioard like a
weaver's shuttle. Beneath this board
were placed large pebbles. When the
cobbler applied again for treatment for
the nervous prostration with which lie
w as suffering, he was strapped by the
doctor to tins board and tne machine
put in motion. The poor cobbler
groaned in agony and suffered as if upon
the rack, but the doctor put on till the
• power until the cobbler yelled for help.
The next day the patient had so much
improved that he applied for another
trnd of the machine. It effected a com¬
plete cure, and the doctor became fa¬
mous throughout Yorkshire as a eurer
of nervous debility by Ins “ counter-ir¬
ritation macluue,' which was invented
os a joke.
—A senator of one of the Mexican
fstatos, a successful stock raiser, in the
prime of life, sold his sheep and gam¬
bled away tho proceeds of the sale be¬
fore he returned to his home, anil in
addition gambled himself into a debt to
the anuunt of £. 1 , 000 . Like a dutiful
son he confessed hi< guilt to his old
father, who promptly gave him a sound
thrashing, and and afterward went to the
town paid the obligation.—.V. O.
I*ieavune.
__
The fellow who picked up the hot
■penny originated the remark; “All that
glitters is not coliL"
Appointments in the German Army.
It is only distinguished exceptionally and as in a re¬
ward for non-commissioned bravery ac¬
tion that German of¬
ficers are promoted officers. Appoint¬
ments of this kind are so rare that it may
l*c laid down ;v- a rule that a non com
ni'ssioncd officer cannot hops to receive
a comm ission. He is content with his
position, and is loo' ed up to by the mass
of the people. Such is not the case,
however, with the non-commissioned Porte-Epee-Falinrich. of¬
This c ategory of
ficers is entirely distinct from the cith¬
ers. The Porte-Epee-Fahnrieh and the arc. rank in
fact, all aspirant officers,
that they hold is the first step that all
mud take who dcs'reto enter tho corps
of officers o' the German army. Tiffs
grade is eon "erred, in propo tion to the
number of vacuoles, on young men
who have been six months in active
service, who can produce a eertilic ate of
cxc -llcnce in studies from certain speci¬
fic* I seat.’ of public; instruction, or who
have passed successfully a pres -ribod
exam'nation before a military commis¬
sion sitting at Berlin. In order to be
adm tied to Ill's examination an appli¬
cant must be either a Cadet or must
have enlisted as an avantagenr; that
is, an aspirant to the pos'tion
of an officer, and as a claimant,
by this title, to the enjoyment of
certain ticular condition. privileges attaching These privileges to this par¬
vary
according to tho corps; a certain lati¬
tude is allowed to the Colonels in the
treatment of the urnnt.a/jr.urs, who are
in principle only enlisted men. In
Germany the term Cadet is bools applied to
a student at the mil iary s that
have been established to insure the fill¬
ing of vacancies among Ihe officers of
the army'. These schools are nine in
number, of which seven are in Prussia,
one at Dresden, for tho Saxon armv,
and one at Munich for the Bavarian
army'. Of the seven Prussian schools,
s the x are only primary; their 1 scholars, hoy do not finish
education of who, at
filteen y ears o' age, are all sent to the
principal school established at Liehter
i'ehl. The Cadet schools all receive (ho
pupils the latter at ten years enter of only age and after upward;
can an ex¬
amination whose scope varies with the
age of the applicant. Although these
schools ha. tj, a military organization, counted
the time spent there is not as
effective service: the consequently, required number at the
expiation of
of years of study, the cadets are
distributed among the regiments of
the different arms of the service,
where they commence enlisted by serving under the six
months as men
same conditions as the avantag nrs.
Once that they have been appo'nted ofli
Porte-Epee-Falinrich, whether Cadets tho aspirant
ccrs, or avanhigcur \
must pass through one of the the war
schools Empire (Kriegsschuleii) order be of German offi¬
in to promoted
cers. least It is only with after the five rank mouths' ensign serv¬
ice at of
portc-epce, and, of consequently, alter
eleven months active service, that
they can be sent to the war schools.
There are nine of these schools; the
course of studies i- from nine to ten
months. On leaving, the students go
to Berlin to undergo before the Military
( on mission sitting in that city anew
examination that decides their fitness
for the grade of Second Lieutenant.
But before promotion they they be accepted must stand by
another tost; must
the corps of officers they desire to join.
In each regiment thetiflicors assembled,
with the Colonel of presiding, the candidate decide upon
ihe .suitableness as re¬
gards character, honor, social standing,
etc. Finally, for tho special officers branches,
artillery or engineers, school of application must
pass through the duration of tho
ut Berlin, where the
course is t wo rears The I nited Si rriep.
Weeds Live Where Psefiil Plants Would
Die.
In tlie ted driest weather long, our gardener kni
was d rei to use a narrow <*
in cutting id!'the roots o! the dandelion
plants at a i oint four or live inches
from the surface, with the view of de¬
stroying them.
without a d op of ra n, and th
'.v’thotit tn.i's uro the plants sprouted
fro i! ti e root-stump and came up vig
orouslv. and covered the spot as before.
The cutting of the plants again, and
covering the fresh incision with a tew
greens of salt, d-d not arrest growth;
but a d op of strong sulphuric
acid applied d rootle to the wound
apparently destroyed vitality It is
not certain, however, that in the
spring thev will not aga'n appear in
unusual freshness a id vigor. What has
been stated teguuliug the dandelion
audits (enact, of life applies to most
ia \dus woods, and ;!h* que-tOn comes
up: \\ hv is it that plants that we do
nut want, that are au injury to th;
field-. ha*>e capabilities of growth,
when lahi.-.blo plants around them are
killed ii sce-cs ;o be a law in nature
that whatever s detested and e iorfs *
me ni: d ■ tu di stroy possesses powers
of endu: aneo :;::d resistance which en¬
dow it wqth r markable vitality . We
can see t o good -. 0 . 1-011 why worthless
\v offs -ho a d exist at all: apparently
they - erve no could good purpose them in from the
u or hi. If we rent, ve
ot,.- ! e.- s r s readd* ; nd as effectively
as we can the wheat or the mai/e
plants, would it would not be long It before is prob¬ they
cease to annoy us
able that everything that grows exists
for a purpose and whatever needs is regarded
us an enemy, and protection, is
endowed with a tenacity of life corre¬
sponding with its needs .—Boston .■'• nr
uu! of' (. Vn inistru.
A Gigantic llock Story.
A gigantic rock fell inti* the narrow
canon l*otwoen Rock Creek and Cham¬
berlain Flats, Klickitat County, W. T.,
recently, from a ledge one thousand
seven hundred feet high. It struck a
band of seventy-five sheep, killing nearly
all of them; then botmded and struck
the mountain on the opposite sale,
breaking the in twain, one part flying into of
sight, swamp and imbedding itself out
while the other ground itself in
pieces against a ledge of rock, making
au unbearable sulphurous smell and
great heat. — Idaho Statesman.
A u n wmun nl a Texas doctor, thusly •
Ooa ir.Atb* doctor w« <*hk« «Uor»,
Just ou the brink of tUngrr, no» before;
The danger passed, both are aiika requited,
flusl is forgotten, and the doctor ahghtod.
Chasing Reindeer.
On our way north, we had telegraphed
to Hammerfest to send down from tlie
hills a given number of Lapps and rein¬
deer, as per order, lor the lienefit of such
of our passengers as had not yet seen
either, the money for the show being in¬
trusted to the Captain. Unluckily, getting the
steamer arrived late; the Lapps,
tired of waiting, went off info tlie mount¬
ains again, and the deer, finding noboflv
to attend them, wandered, a wav toward
the upland pastures. Thus, when we
landed, our “view of a Lapp encamp¬
ment” was like the Irishman’s picture of
“ Israel crossing the Red Sea,” in which
nothing was visible but the sea itself, the
Egyptians being all drowned and the Is¬
raelites gone by. So, ns the reindeer
would not come to us, we had to go to
*’ reindeer, and ascertain, by personal
experience, not how many laps go t< * one
mile, but how many miles go to one
Lapp. Away we trudge, as best we may,
over a country suggestive of a continent
of sponge-cake crumbled iuto an ocean
of molasses, alter an hour of which en¬
livening exercise we suddenly been perceive grazing
that the herd—which has
below us in a deep hollow—is showing
signs of making for the mount¬
ains again. There is not a mouen
to lose. While the rest of the party amt
lmsli behind a rock, tlie Captain and I
strip to our shirts and trousers and start
off at full speed round the elbow of the
ridge, to head the deer back. Down, up,
down again, splashing through black
quagmires, stumbling over moss-grown
rooks, sprawling upon beds of wet
heather, with our breath coming in gasps
and our hearts thumping like a hammer.
At last I came out upon tlie higher end
of the gullv, with my bare feet bleeding
at every step; but between me and the
deer lies a broad sheet of hard snow,
and before I can cross it the wary herd
have tnk**n the alarm. Right past me
they scurry, the long procession thrown
out in bold relief against tlie antlered background
of snow, and tossing their heads
disdainfully as they dart away toward
their sanctuary in the misty heights far
above. There is nothing for it but to
hobble back as fast as my frozen toes
will let me, and strive to thrust away
the haunting presence of a conundrum
which suddenly recurs to me as if in bit¬
ter mockery; ‘‘What is the difference
between a hundred head of deer and a
deer with a hundred heads?” “The one
is a herd of deer, and the other an un¬
heard-of deer. ”—Norwegin n Corre
spondence of New York Times.
Tlie Story of n Sprain.
The foot of a danseuse is as impor¬
tant to the lovers of the ballet as the
chest si of a tenor is to the lovers of
music. The habitues of the opera have
now an all-absorbing topic Mauri, for conversa¬ which
tion in the foot of Milo.
that estimable ballerino sprained she some is
time ago. The treatment that
undergoing for this sprain deserves
mention as well as the history of the
manner in which she came to adopt it.
An old habitue of the opera, who re¬
membered that a similar accident once
ha ipene 1 to Fannie Elssler, communi¬
cated to Milo. Mauri the treatment that
had cured her predecessor. This treat¬
ment was to go to ihe abattoir every
morning and insert the bare foot into
the warm entrails of a freshly despair killed
sheep or calf. Mile. Mauri, in
at the slowness of her recovery, de¬
termined to try tlie efficacy of this
remedy. But liosita Mauri ami if a grand
artist is a’so a woman, on the oe
, asion of her first visit to the
abattoir at La Vi'elte, when thd
butcher appeared. armed W’itll
iff- long knife and followed by
a young calf, bleating as though
conscious of tii • fate that was i i store
for it. she shut her eves and declared:
“No’ m>. 1 can never see such a sight.
Let-the poor animal live, I wiH not
have it d'O for me”' The Superintendent
of the a’ atto'r c plained th the to calf the tender¬
hearted d m r .'i e t was not
going to die for her; it was going to die
to satisfy th the * lunger o the of the Parisians-
of some of a bonnes Open *,
perhaps. Who her she used its body as
a remedy for her foot or not the fate of
the calf wrs sea''.*! all the -ame. The
Superintendent, hone cr, sent for an¬
other calf, whore e cent ion took
phi r ball'ml a cur.a n. thr nigh
which Mile. Mauri passed her foot to re¬
ceive tin* treatment prescribed. Tag
lioni, the famous d:\nseus ■ of another
generation, use l to have sprains that
were the fre ,uent torment ot her ad¬
mirers. These sprains were the inven¬
tions of her father, a very ordinary
manufacture of ballets, but an incom¬
parable guuid'an oflrsdaugi tor's fame,
fortune and honor. If he was in a ba 1
humor, or if he wanted an inert*? ; 3 in
her salary the sprain At once ma te its
appearance.--i W/vs Cor. Sin Fraw.sc
Chronicle.
Fashion Nates.
Fanev feathers o' every description
are the rage for millinery It S(*. and royal
Telegraph, hussar, electric
are four very popular shades of blue.
Royal cardinal jackets arc very iosli
ionablv worn over blatk skirts of s:tk,
satin or cashmere.
Amazonc cloths embroidered, or
adorned with ara’ esques of Satouche,
compose the favorite trimmings of au¬
tumn promenade goods of costumes- all k tub in brown,
Shaggy 'color, dark dark l lue,
fawn green, or
in plaids of heather-mixtures arc tjjo
most fashionable of all utility fabrics.
The coming of the “Jersey Lily”
lias largely increased the sale in Amer¬
ica of the Jersey bodice, whose popu¬
larity she long ago inaugurated in Lon¬
don. .-—
l ale pink and silver, and white and
gold pekins. with alternating stripes of
satin and moire, arc very pretty, and
vorv fashionable combinations for young
latlies’ evening dresses. These lalrks
are made up without the admixture ot
any other material: they have short
skirts, pleated paniers over the hips,
and are very boufiaut in the back—a
Watteau effect being aimed ai in the en¬
tire e ’s'.lime, t bine silks are also shown
for voung girls’ wear, in scattered pat¬
terns of single flowers on white, pale
blue, or cream-colored grounds, caught
up with loops of black velvet ribbon
over a short under-dress of black velvet
or plain tinted satin; a oorsagqand styletvbovc-men- over
dress in the Louts XV.
tioned of these new silks axe extremely
nteturesqueand pretty,—N. I. E '• ’tusg
Profit in Poultry.
The failure of many persons to reader
poultry-keeping profitable will astonish
no one who considers the methods they
practice. They give no such attention
to their fowls as they do to their cattle,
horses, sheep, and swine. As a rule, nc
one in particular has the general care
and supervision of them. They are fed
bountifully, sparingly, or not at all, ac¬
cording to the amount of leisure the
members of the family happen to have
and the amount and kind of food at their
disposal. During some seasons of t he
year they are allowed so much food that
they waste a considerable portion of it.
At othor times they are obliged “to pick
up a living” as be3t they can. Unfor¬
tunately, the;e times occur when there
is very male l.> be providing picked up. each 0'fat kind at¬ of
tention animal is paid with to kinds of food most
farm the
suitable to it, bat little attention, how¬
ever, is given to the matter of supplying best
fowls with the sorts of food that are
for them. Net one person in a .thou¬
sand who keeps fowls ever thinks of
raising crops for the specific purpose of
supplying food for them. Poultry gen¬
erally get what they have abundant. to eat from If
the supply that is most all for
oats are scarce they are reserved
the horses. If there is but little corn
that is fed to the hogs. The fowls get
no wheat, rye, or barley unless some of
it happens to be damaged. fowls, No vegeta¬ b if
bles or fruit-s are raised for it
they happen to ba abundant they arc
allowed to eat them, in they would oth
erwi-e he wasted. They require in or¬
der to do their best some meat or fish,
but they rarely get either of them unless
some is left from the table.
Little attention is paid to providing drink.
fowls with water suitable to
While animals have water pumped for
them or are driven to springs, fowls
generally are obliged to obtain the water
they drink from pools or gutters. In
times of drought fowls often suffer very
much for want of water. In winter they
are often obliged to eat snow, as no
water is provided for them. Birds of all
kinds require a very large amount of
water, according to their size. Eggs
are chiefly composed of water, fowls and lay one
cause of the failure of to in
winter may be found in the insufficiency
of the water supply. fowls Water in is general¬ shallow
ly furnished to very
vessels, from which it weather, quickly and evapo¬
rates during warm in
which it easily freezes when the weather
is cold. Fowls require water much
oftener than animals do, as they use but
little at a time. The water for fowls
should be pure, cool, ami fresh, If it
stands for a considerable time in a broad,
open vessel it will absorb noxious gases
from the air and various impurities will
collect in it. Fowls food require a much kind
greater variety of than need most only
of animals do. They not
materials for flesh and fat, but for feath¬
ers and eggs. For the formation of the
shells of eggs they require lime and some
form of found phosphorous. grain", These but are larger spar¬
ingly in a
amount than these afford should be fur¬
nished in the form of pulverized bones
or shells. Fresh bones broken into
pieces not larger than grains of wheat
are the best material the trouble for forming the
shells of eggs. If of prepar¬
ing them is found to be too great the
bones may be first burned, when they
may bone be readily pulverized. fresh Commercial
meal when pure and will an¬
swer the purpose very well. If it is old
it smell will be likely to have injurious. a disagreeable
and is liable to be
By giving suitable attention to the
matter a great abundance and variety of
food foi fowls may be produced at small
cost. Buckwheat can be raised, cut,
put in bundles, and fed out on the stalks
The fowls will pick and off the^grnins be as
they want Sunflowers them, none be raised will
wasted. can in
fence-corners plow, and and on spots the heads of ground stored too
small to
away in the barn or other suitable place.
The birds will pick out the seeds and
derive much benefit from them. They
are rich in oil, and are excellent for food
during cold feathers, weather. and They impart relished a
fine gloss to are
by all kinds of fowls. It is a good plan
to sow rye quite late in the fall t t afford
fresh food during winter and early
spring. Cabbages, beets, carrots, and
turnips should be raised for winter food
for fowls. Cellerv, onions, and peppers
are highly useful as condiments. Fowls
delight in all kinds of highly-seasoned
food. In the West the food will be likely
to consist largely of corn, but it should
never constitute their sole article of diet.
Coarse meat and fish are very desirable
during the portions of the year when
fowls can not obtain insects. When
they can not be obtained at cheap rates
an excellent substitute may be found in
milk. There is more economy in feed¬
ing milk to fowls than to pigs. When
practicable fowls should be furnished
with both milk and water. Tnev should
also have a liberal supply of fresh curds.
Skim miik can be coagulated by the
natural process of souring, or by tne
employment of rennet or dilute hydro¬
chloric acid. Fresh curds are excellent
for young fowls and for hens that are
producing eggs. When f nvls are raised
for the m trket every effort should be
made to mature them at as early age times as
is possible. They should at all
* will and
have as much as they eat. a
choice between different kinds of food
should be afforded.
The plan of keeping fowls in small
flocks on different parts of the farm is
recommended, Shelters that will ac
commodate fifty or more chickens can
be supplied with runners or wheels and
moved over the grass land with very
little difficulty. The shelters can be
made of cheap materials and can tie
put together by any one who can handle
a saw and hammer. The roof should
be tight so that it will shed rain, and
ample provision should be made for
ventilation. By moving these chicken
houses from place to place every few
days the fowls will get a large portion
of their living from grass and insects
during the summer and fall, Their
droppings will not accumulate to such
an extent as to injure the grass for
stock, and they will help keep up the
fertility of the soil. The quarters of
fowls should be kept at all times scrup¬
ulously clean. The floors should be
covered with sand, dry earth, or saw¬
dust, and the walls frequently white¬
washed. Kerosene should be applied to
the roosts for the purpose of keeping sul¬
away insects. A little pulverized for
phur should be placed box'or in the other nests
the same purpose. A ves¬
sel filled with dry ashes or fine dust
should be kept in every building or shel¬
ter frequented-by fowls. It- will be
found of great advantage in keeping the
birds free from vermin. During the
summer these boxes are not necessary,
as fowls can take a dust bath almost any¬
where the ground is bare, During all
seasons of the year fowls require the protec. winter
tion against the wet; during
ttiey want protection against cold, and
during the summer they do better if
they have protection against the hot sun.
They should be allowed the shade af¬
forded by trees, shrubbery, or sheds.
Whatever adds to their comfort tends to
promote their growth .—Chicago Times.
How Men are Tortured.
A correspondent who is traveling in
Germany gives a description of the dif¬
ferent uniforms and suits of clothes
owned by the Emperor of Germany, and
winds up with the remark: “Numerous
a« the contents of his wardrobe are and
have been, it has never held a dressing- would
gown.” We do not- know as it
be proper to congratulate an Emperor, that
but wo cannot help remarking
Kaiser Wilhelm is sound in never own¬
ing a dressing-gown, There is no one
thing in the line of clothing that is so
uncomfortable as a dressing gown, and
vet thev are all made for comfort, and
In nine eases in ten they are a present
from loving friends who think they have
done a noble act. They have worked
l'owers or figures in it, anil have made
it abeauti ul ornament to animal hang on that a
chair, but not knowing the
is to wear it, they have got it about as
fom ortable as possible, and the martyr
who wears one because it was given h m
by a loved trend, wears it, and groans
and sneezes and tares cold, and wishes
to Heaven the friend had given him a
dog, a flannel undershirt, or anytlrng There
on earth but a dressing-gown. the United
are only seventeen persons in
States who habitually wear dressing- offend¬
gowns, and they do it for fear of
ing the donor if they fail to wear it.
And yet every home in this country
but six have from one to four dressing
gowns hung up in closets, furnishing
sustenance to moths. The reason that
dressing gowns are unpopular with the
males arc several. In the always first place
novelists and simpering playwriters la-de-daii, liair- get
the idiot'e,
parted-in-the-middle Alex into a dress¬
ing-gown, and he looks so soft that you
feel as though you could run a cat’s tail
into him anywhere, and that makes him
unpopular. Then when a woman sets
out to provide picks a dressing-gown for a
dear friend, she out some pattern
of colored goods with a figure as big as
a palm-leaf fan, anil when it is made up
it makes a man look as though he had
blown off a bill-board with a wet circus
poster. They cause it to be made up so
that it is in :i man's way more than an
ulster overcoat would b.?. It is pad¬ and
ded where tiie man is too warm,
where ho is liable to take cold there is
nothing to protect him. The iappels
are thrown back so that he presents an
open shirt front from bis collar to tho
waistbands of his pants. It is true the
lappel3 of the gown are of velvet, and
may be they are embroidered, but if they
back over his shoulders cannot
keep his chest warm, as it should be
kept, when the martyr lias taken
off h's vest and shirt-collar, to have a
quiet evening at home. The dressing- the
gown dark, which a man bo might wear in
he would not seen wearing out
to the front step after a paper for ten
dollars, because he would look like the
remnant of a masquerade inches ball, The
tail is invariably padded, eighteen when he sits down too
long, and so
he feels as though he was sitting on a
nest of kittens. * The sleeves are invari¬
ably too long, so he has to roll them
up," handcuffed. and then The he feels collar as though he to was the
comes up
back of his head and files his ears, the
shoulder, gets around under the arm,
and after wearing the “comfortable”
garment for an evening, and getting so
nervous that he almost flies, and lying
a few times when asked lwriv he likes
his dressing-gown, he lays it away and
wears a business* sack coat forever alt¬
er, and is comfortable. We do not won¬
der that ministers, who are more sub¬
ject to have dressing-gowns thrust at
them than any other class of people, their
turn out bad, at times, and have
lives worried out of them. \\ e can think
of no fate that is worse than to be a
bachelor clergyman, and have half a
dozen dress'ng-gowns to wear. For an
a t that is supposed arid intended to
convey to the recipient good wishes and
a happy, contented life, the presenting
of a dressing-gown to a man is tul of
dangers. Men may rally from the first
dressing-gown, an 1 by impression con-tantiv
lying to convey the
that they are wr'l ] rovided with
such comforts, stand off any attempt on
the part of a well-meaning friend to
present them with auoti.er, 1 ut tilers'
are so many nieu who are not brave
enough to asse t their ’ndepen.’ten -e,
and say right out that they have enough
dressing-gowns, that we have cease 1 to
wonder at the prevalence of crime. It
lias got so in sofnc Hates that men
club together a few w eeks before Christ¬
mas and each assist the other in spre til¬
ing the information that all are sup¬
plied misguided with dressing-gowns, so that dress¬ no
person may cause two
ing-gowns to bloom where should only one
bloomed before. Societies be
formed for the amelioration of the sad
condition of men who are compelled to
habitually They wear already dressing-gowns have the heart¬ when
at home.
felt s ympathy of all wiio have emanci¬
pated themselves from the slavery of the
gown, but they need s inc hing bes'de
sympathy. We would close this article
by a solemn warning a-blre-red to young
women. Whatever you do in the wuy
of presents to the man you love, never
li re anybody to eree: a dressing-gown conceal¬
for him, because it will eau-e
ment. like a wi.rm in the bud, to feed
on b in. and it will fit himtooult'mately,
an 1 some day you will find he has used
it to swab his shot-gun.— Beck's Sun.
—A new sect has arisen in Lapland, head of
which elevates women to the
the family and -the ministerial office,
and the husband, delightful with position weekly of confessor rehearsal
to her a
of sins of omission and commission.—
Baptist Weekly.
HOME AND FARM. '
--Farmers in the Southern States are
devoting more time and money to the
draining of land than at any time before
in tkcir history.
—Somebody has discovered that
small, round eggs contain female chick
ens in embryo and that long, slender
eggs contain the roosters. There is no
patent on the discovery.— Chicago
Herald.
—The tender, luscious mutton of the
English is not attributable to their cool¬
er climate alone, but to the turnip, and,
we may add, other succulent roots on
which the sheep are fed and fattened for
the butcher .—Detroit Post.
—The Minneapolis Tribune says that
goats are the best land cleaners known.
It mentions that a herd of 1,000 entirely,
cleaned a piece of brush land, consisting
of 500 acres, work in three that years. not vestige So.com- of
ple!e wa 3 the a
undergrowth was left.
-Ten-minute cake: One-fourth of a
pound of butter, a little less than a
pound of flour, the same of sugar, six
eggs beaten separately; flavor with
mace or other flavoring to taste, and
bake in muffin rings .—Baptist Weekly.
—Potato balls are very nice for break¬ \
fast. Boil them, and while still warm
mash them until there are no lumps
left; then mix butter, pepper, salt, a
little chopped parsley, and one or more
raw eggs; beat these together thor¬ 1
oughly, then mold in balls, dip in boat
CR eggs and then in flour, and fry in
butter.— N. T. Post.
pint of half —To oil a of of gill alcohol make lemon, of water. cologne and thirty put If musk of water: in bergamot thirty or lavender Take drops and a mmm
is desired, add the same quantity of
each. The oils should be put in the
alcohol and shaken well before the water
is added. Bottle it for use. — Bt. Louis
Globe.
—Cake or Fruit Sandwiches: Cake V
of fruit sandwiches are made thus: Four
eggs, their weight in flour, sugar and
butter, warm the butter and beat it to a
cream, then stir the flour and sugar
into it gradually, beat up the eggs and
stir them in. Beat the cake well for
half an hour and bake in a rather quick cake
oven. If for sandwiches slice the
in half and put the preserves between.
— Exchange.
—Fried Herbs: Clean and dry a large good
quantity of parsley, spinach and leaves, handful two of i[
handfuls of a J
green onions, and sprinkle them among
the spinach. Set them all on to stew,
with some salt and a bit of butter, the
size of a walnut; shake the pan when it
begins to grow warm, and let it be
closely covered over a close stove till
done enough.— Household.
—Very careful experiments made in
New York this season show that the flat
culture of potatoes produces the finest
tubers and the largest yields. The best
results followed the Dutch method of
planting, which consists of keeping the
surface of the ground level, covering planting it six a f
single eye in and a place, allowing but single
inches deep, bill, which a foot
stalk to grow in a are a
apart each way.
What Imagination Effected.
The following story is told by an old ■
physician I called of Worcester into neighboring county, Mass.: town ■ j|
was a
to visit a patient. day, the It old being gentleman about the »,■ W
middle of the of
the house (over GO years old) invited me II
to stop and dine. While at dinner, he Jq
says: know like din- )
“I don’t as you my
ilf'V#”
“Why yes,” said I; “Ido; I like it
very well; it is very good,”
‘ ‘ I guess that you don’t know what U
you “ Why, are eating ? I ” do,” said I, “it is I j
yes some
new corned beef. ” 1
“Ah,” beef.” said the old gentleman, “ it is ]
horse
“ I don’t believe it,” I replied. ;
“ It is,” said he. “ I declare it is some
of my old mare.”
I was not much acquainted with him 'j
at that time ; I looked at him, suppos¬
ing him to be joking, but could not dis¬
cover a muscle of the face to alter or
change. I had just taken another piece I
on my plate and a mouthful of the sec- ;
i nd slice in my mouth, and in fact it was I
mrse meat sure enough—I could taste it ;
as plainly as my olfactory nerves would j
discover the scent of an old horse. The
more I chewed it, the more disagreeable J
it ing tasted. little I continued which picking I could and swallow, tast- | j
a sauce
but the meat, as the negro said, would j
not go. I at last gave a swallow, as I do j <
with a dose of physic. I thought that j
I would have thrown the contents of my
stomach tasted little up at the but table. took I afterward not to j j
a sauce, care
put any more meat jn my month, and 3
when kept time dinner with the family. It Glad being was cool I j I
was over.
weather, the old gentleman went to I
smoking and telling stories. At last he '
says: dark about
‘ ‘ I won’t leave you in the
your dinner. I t>id you wo had horse
meat for umner, and so it was. I told
you it w.-.s some of my old mare, and so
It was; for I swapped her away forasteer,
and that was some of the beef.”
I have ever since been glad that the
old gentleman put the joke on me, for I
never should otherwise have known how
far imagination hevo no tried me.
The Milling Interest.
Thirty years ago the center of the
flour-milling interest of the country was
in the northern parts of this State, es¬
pecially in Rochester and Oswego. Since
then, however, the railroad system 1 is
been constantly ^ tending westward,
while the “wheat belt” has been steadily
shifting in the same direction, so that
the milling business has been largely
transferred to tlie West and Northwest,
where about two-thirds of the flour man¬
ufactured in the Uiiion is now produced.
During the last decade the Northwestern
States have doubled the numlier of their
flour mills and tripled their run of stones,
and new milling facilities of the latest
and most approved patterns are con¬
stantly either adding taking their the place of the old
ones or to productive ca¬
pacity. — Rural ,Vw Vr.rlr r
At a recent railroad festival the fol¬
lowing striking sentiment was given :
“ Our mothers—the misplace only faithful tenders
who never a switch, ”