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THE HOUSEHOLD.
To Raise the Pile or Velvet. —Put on
able two picirs cl wtod; place between
them, bottom side up, three very hot flat*
irons over them lay a wet cloth; hold the
velvet over the cloth with the wrong side
down; when thoroughly steamed, brush the
pile with a light whisp, and the velvet will
look as good as new.
To „ Clean „ Paint.— t, , J.ea ip„ leaves TP , may maj be u» i
saved from the table for a few days, and |
when sufficient are collected, steep, not
boil, them for half an hour in a tin pan.
btrain the , water * oil (T through a „ sieve, oieve and anu
use this tea 4 to wash ) all H varmshea vumiuhed Tiaint paint. it :
removes spots, and g.ves a fresher, newer
appearance than when soap and water small are j
used. For white paint, take up a ,
quantity . of , whiting . . ou a damp piece of oi old om 1
white flannel, and rub over toe surface ;
ligbtly, and it will leave the paint remarka -
bright and *
biy new.
n He.nov OV A V ATINO .*. tf n Vno I UH.-1 akc a a large ian?e tin tin Dan pa ,
put a pint ot wheat Hour in it, put the
cloak in it, ruu it thoroughly with t e
hsnds until the flour looks dark, then it
Jhe fur is not white enough, rub it again
witb more clean flour; then rub it with
pulverized chalk. this gives it a pearly
white look. It ,s also good to clean knit
Cement for Stone Ware.— Gelatine is
allowed to swell in cold water, the jelly
warmed, and so much recently slaked nine
added as requisite to render the mass sut
flciently thick lor the purpose, A thin
coaling oi this cement is spread, while
warm, over the gently heated surlaces ol
fractures of the articles, and let dry under !
strong pressure. VVhat oozes out is re
moved directly with a moist rag.
Cold Roast Beef Broiled.—C ut slices
about a quarter ot an inch thick from the
undone part of the meat; strew salt and
pepper over it, and place it over the grid¬
iron and let it heat very quickly; turn it
over lour times in as many minutes, and
serve it up on a hot diBh in melted butter;
it must be put to broil when the dinner belt
rings, and served the moment it is to be
eaten; it will then be lound to be very nice.
Rye Bread. —Take two cups of Indian
meal; make in a thick batter with Hcatiling
water; when cool aid a small cup of white
bread sponge, a little sugar and salt, and a
teaspooulul of soda, dissolved. In this stir
as much rye as is possible with a spoon; let
it rise until it ia very light; work in with
your hand as much rye us you can, but do
not knead it, as tbat will make it hard; put
it in buttered bread tins, and let it rise for
about lilteen minutes ; then bake it for an
hour and a half, cooling the oven gradually
for the last twenty minutes.
Dti-K Croquettes. —Stuff a tender duck
with oyster dressing and roast it, basting it
well. When cold mince the duck and dress¬
ing very litre separately, ami mix them to¬
gether. Season highly with eayeune pepper
and salt. Moisten the mixture with tomato
catsup and stiffen it Blightly with bread or
cracker crumbs. Add a well beaten egg.
Make the croquettes pear slurped, and serve
with a sprig ot parsley in the end of each.
Fried Bread Puddino. —Cut cold bread
pudding in small slices hall an inch thick ;
dip them firBt in powdered crackers or
cracker dust, then in beaten eggs, and again
in cracker dust, and fry them light brown
in sufficient smoking hot fat to float them ;
when they are lried take them out of the
fat with a skimmer; lay 7 them on brown
paper for a moment to free them from the
tat, and serve them hot, dusted with pow¬
dered sugar.
Celery Salad.— Take three bunches of
celery, chop fine in a chopping-bowl, sprink¬
le over it salt and a little pepper, then beat
up one egg in a sauce-pan, add a half tea¬
cup of vinegar, two tablespoonfuis ol sugar,
and four toblespoonf'uls of salad dressing;
stir it altogether and when it comes to a
boil put in the celery and lot it all boil lor
about five minutes, stirriugeonstantly, then
put into a dish and have an eng boiled hard,
which cut in slices and lay over the top;
garnish around the edge with the tops ol
the celery. It is best when cold. 1 make
chicken salad the same way, by taking as
much chicken as celery, and a little more
vinegar salad.
A Nice Way to Bake Enos.—Butter a
pudding-dish and break the eggs carefully,
put in as many as will cover the bottom
nicely, lay a bit of butler on the top of each
egg sprinkle over them salt aud pepper i
lightly and bake in a quick oven; cut them
apart with a knife before lifting. |
Bkii or I eal A La Mode Lousiana j
veal Style.— into Cut small ten pieces, or twelve mince pounds of beef large or j
two i
ouious and put them into a stewpan with
four hot flour ounces the of meat./irop beef drippings. it into the When pot, quite stir- | j
ring with a wooden spoon continually ; in
ten minutes dredge with flour until it begins j
to thicken; then pour in by degrees, stirring !
all the time, one galiou ot hot water. When ■
tt . ... boils, skim , and ... add one dram , of black
pepper. two ditto of alsp.ee. two bay leuw-s.
cover : set .1 bes.de the hre : let U stew
slowly, three hours; pour into a bowl or
tureen and serve hot or cold, as may be pre¬ 1
ferred.
Lemon Mince Pies.—C hop three large
apples with four ounces of beef suet, squeeze
the juice irem a lemon and boil the lemon
till soft; then masi it fine and add the ap
pies; put in half a pound of currants, four
ounces of white sugar and one ounce ot
candied orange and citron ; line plates with
nice puff paste, fill with meat, cover with
paste aud bake.
Plum p p, PrDDt.xo-One . n pound . of f raisins ..
stoned, one pound of currants, washed and
dried; one pound of rich beef suet, minced;
one pound of staie bread crumbs, one
pound ol flour. Mix the bread crumbs,
««.»< Beat .ia
well, and add to them a pint of sweet milk,
a tablespoonful of soda in the milk. Beat
the eggs and milk wilh the suet and flour
for some time, then stir in the currants
and raisins, mixing well as you proceed.
Mix in also one-fonrth of a pound of can
toed orange and lemon peel, cut in small
one ounce of powdered cinnamon,
ounce of powdered ginger, one
nutmeg and a little salt; either bake
or boil, according to taste. Bake nearly
two hours. If boiled, pour into a cloth,
tie the cloth, allowing a little room to
swell, and boil six hours. It is better boiled.
Serve with vanilla sauce.
Bill Nye’s Recipes.
T Jo remove o.ls, varnishes, , resms, , ar .
jelly and other selec- ,
oyster soup, currant
tions ,• from c the .1 bill of fare, use benzine, , soap
chloroform , . . cautiously ......... with whitewash ,
“ end garden-hose. Then hang on wood
mle to remove the pungent effluvia of the
benzine, i o clean ceilings that have been
smeared by kerosene lamps or the fragrance
from fried salt Ba u pork remove fVic the ceiling • »•
wash thoroughly with borax, turpentine and
tb «" ban « ««* *• clothes-line to
/ After, pulverize ' and spread over the \
P*e p ant bed for sprmg . wear , lo r remove
««ch and roughness from flat-irons, ho d
the ir0n °" a ,ar « e ^-ndstone tor wen y
moments , or ho, then wipe off carefully with
a ra g. r 1 V o make , this .. - effective the grindstone t
8 h ou j d ^e in motion while the iron is ap*
phed- Should the iron still stick to the
g 0od s when in use, spit on it. To soften
watcr f or household purposes, put in an
ounce of quick lime in acertaia <lttanlil y of
water it it i B not sufficient, use less water
or more quicklime . S ho«,.l the immediate
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r rmse r bail sz* t o. t, j g ™ st,".’t™ -
apply the white of an egg. The yolk of the
egg may be eaten or placed on the shirt
bosom, according to the taste of the person,
If the burn should occur on a lady she may
om it the last instruction. To wash black
H i| k stockings, prepare a tub of lather com
pose ,i 0 f tepid rain water and white soap,
with a little ammonia. Then stand in the
tub until dinner is ready. Roll in a cloth
to dry. Do not wring, but press the water
out. This will necessitate the removal of
the stockings. If your hands are badly
chapped, wet them in warm water, rub them
all over with Indian meal, then put on a
coat of glycerine, and keep them in your
pockets lor ten days. If you have no pock¬
ets convenient, insert them in the pocket of
a friend. Woolen goods may bo nicely
washed if you put half an ox gall into two
gallons of tepid water. It might be good to
put the goods in the water also. If the
mixture is not strong enough, put in another
ox gall. Should this fail to do the work,
put in the entire ox, reserving the tail for
soup. The ox gall is comparatively useless
for soup, and should not be preserved as an
article of diet—Laramie Boomerang
American Fables.
tiie man anh the mouse.
A Man, having caught a Mouse in a
Trap, held him at arm's length and ex¬
claimed:
“Ah! you Rogue ! I have caught you at
IaRtl Only the other Night you ato the
Hind Pocket out of my Pants!”
"True, my Friend,” replied the Mouse,
"but 1 did you a good Turn at the same
time. I ate up a Love Letter which your
Wile got up an hour before Daylight to
look for. But lor me you would be a Bald
headed old Coon."
"Shake I" said the Man, ns lie drew
down his Left Eye, and the Mouse shook
hiniseif out of the Trap into his Hole.
THE MISTAKEN TRAM!*.
A Tramp, who lmd not tasted Food for
twenty seven days, and who was Anxious
to reach Buffalo in time to see his Mother
die, knocked at a Door, and asked the Wo
man for Heaven's Sake to give him some
work whereby he might Earn an Honest
Quarter.
"Walk right around to the Back Door,
she Promptly replied, and in about four
Minutes the Tramp was introduced to a
Pile of Hickory Wood and a Buck-sow
Then his Heart gladdened, for he meant
to steal the Saw and Ax, but as he made
for the Alley Fence a 200-pound Dog
played wilh his Coat-Tails and rolled him
over the Ash pile until the Woman came
oul and ( hided him tor his Impulsiveness
and Sll id to the Tramp:
"Now you Climb ! and as you Pursue your
weary way through Life’s Cold Paths, re¬
member that Truth is Mighty and Honesty
as a Big thing on Ice."
IMAGINATION.
Three or four Doctors who had heard a
great deal about the Effects ol Imagination
in cases of Disease put up a Job on a Sail
or - After he had Lodged for the Night in
a certain lied they Conspired to tell him that
bad ' reviously been Occupied by a
Suiall-Pox Patient, Did tho Bold far at
once begin to Shake and Tremble and Pros
trate himself and develop a Genuine Case
p j- Gl6 Disease ? Not for Joseph 1 He at
Quee Shed his Jacket, gave has pants a
hitch , 0 starboard and sailed In and knock-,
t , d tbose Doctors Stifler than Crowbars, and |
Taught them a Lesson in Physics which
they Hemembtred all their Lives—Detroit
p> roe p regs
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The Oldest Soldier. :
There is a soldier in England who has
^ ab]@ (() oWrve near i y all Uu , fighting
- u M ^ nB|i has d silu ,, th ,
oenjury camp in He is Ge „ Geo .
M Donald, still in the service as Colonel of
,b ° B -dfonishire Regiment, and has just
passed his 98th birthday. In the year ot
Trafalgar—1803—he was an ensign, and
1812 saw him at the seige of Tarragona, in |
s ., am Two year later he was in Canada,
but got back to Europe for Waterloo where
be took three wounds. During the peace
timt foIlowed he fiUed clvil 0 fifocs in the
co > ou ; eg aud ,| le recellt campaign he has
k u '.. pf , he vetoran ' ‘ wbo
teli how t ; e!dg ■■
oaa wew won
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The Months.
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It was a belief among the Poles that each
month of the year was under the influence
of a precious stone. Thus: January was
eep* ,,««i b, «««. «< «.
stency and fidelity: February, the ante
ihyst, sincerity; March, bloodstone, courage
and presence of mind; April, diamond, in
nocence; May. emerald, success in love:
June, agate, heal, h and long life; July,
carnelian, contented mind; August, sar
conjugal felicity; September, chry
antidote against madness; October,
opal, hope; November, topaz, fidelity,
December, turquoise.
Gen. Grant’s Son was Mittened by a
California Heiress.
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Cisco. “We all like Mias Flood ” said a
S an Francisco ' lady “she is so sensible “ so
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democratic , . and frank and womanly.
so r 1
tell you, we were all glad when she mitten
^ ^ ^
ri ved in San Francisco from his trip around
the world , he was entertained by Governor
Stanford, y f Charles n Crocker and Mr. Flood, ... .
(jrant ,, took . great fancy Flood. A fine
a to
^ ^ & P f
. intorcslil| object
g an g to L pa I
rent who ^ f t out S ia
splendid , ‘ :
a girl, without , any ^ money. ' But, :
Hg j was ■ Gen> and Gra t liked
^ Buck to try and
^ hef- JIfi WB , the m()S , devoted lover l
oversaw. Ke was at her , side . , every % mo
mfmt w<fc]) ’ hg fina| , Q j ’ Migg ‘
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,. yeg ’ . f f h ” , it -
, , " l ""' , ’ ,l< '' ’? ™ C0 an ' ,
l he ba k “this office ’. the
° " J r in
Vada bank ’ Mr Hood listened to the
y °“ n « ^pec fi.lly-yea, with pleasure,
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a W1 f e w * d }j What are your chances in the
f(jtare? „
Young Grant said he had no business,
b ut was willing to do anything.
“Very well,' said the millionaire. "You
go back to New York, buy the stocks I tell
you to, and deal for six months as I sug¬
gest, and I Ihink we can fix you out.’’
He bought stocks just as Floed told him
to. Kverything Buck Grant bought made
money. Every point Flood gave him the
great millionaire was sure ought to come
right. It was not long before young Grant
had $100,000 ahead. Flood told him to go
in again and double it. Grant kept right
on, Flood arranging it so that he should
make. Soon Grant had $200,000. It be¬
gan to turn his head. Everybody was talk¬
ing about Buck Grant’s success. He didn’t
think it was Flood behind him who was
making the money for him. But it was
Flood, and he was doing it BO the world
couldn’t say "he marries my daughter for
her money." What was the result? After
young Grant had made $200,000, and all
the world was talking about it, the Floods
began to think it time to bring him back to
California to complete the nuptial arrange
merits.
it was then that Buck Grant began to get
dizzy-headed. lie was courted and flattered
by other girls then, for the money which
Ffood had made for him. He started back
for 'Frisco, but tarried in Chicago to attend
club dinners, and to meet young ladies. He
began to forget Miss Flo r d, who is a girl of
spirit. He sauntered along over to Califor¬
nia. At'Frisco he found Miss Flood was
down to Menlo Park, their magnificent
country seat, lie immediately commenced
receiving invitations, and accepting them,
from ollirr young ladies. Miss Flood ex
pocted him to take the first train for Menlo
Park. Mr. Flood was disappointed in the
j’oung man. He called to see him at the
Palace Hotel. Young Grant excus d him¬
self by saying he was sick, but the great
banker saw that he had made a mistake.
The poor frank boy of a year ago hail be¬
come inflated. Success had turned his
head. He even kept Mr. Flood waiting in
his parlor while he finished a conversation
with some one else.
That night Flood went hack to Menlo a
diappointed man. lie told his daughter
that ho believed they both had made a mis¬
take. Miss Flood’s pride was humiliated.
She had a great fight with herself. She
said: "What would the world say? The
envious girls in San Francisco are even
now talking about me.” So she wrote to
young Grant, but never sent the letter. She
said: " If ho can't come straight to me, I
don’t want him.” |
Finally, when young Grant called on her j
at Menlo Dark, she was in San Francisco, j
and he did not see^ her. In F nsco she ,
learned that young Grant had been flirting
with several young ladies, not particularly
her friends. So she wrote him a plain note
saying she would release him altogether it
it would please him. This made young
Grant mad, and being half in love with
another young lady, he continued his tlirta
tions till the Floods gave out publicly that
the engagement was off.
" Did Miss Flood mind it much ?”
Not personally. There was never very
much love. She is stiff in great demand,
and even since then she has refused a mar
quia and a count, who were searching around
Prince de Bourbon like, for a little wife and
a * ood deal ot mo n< g'
.
Drinking and Idle Insurance.
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The insurance companies . . have always ,
refused to insure the hves of those so ad
dieted to intoxicating liquors as to be called
“drunkards,” but according to an address
recently delivered by President Green, of
the Conneticut Mutual Life Insurance Com
pftny there should be still further discrimH
,
nation. It has been his duty, he says, to
read the records and make careful inquiry
into the last illness and death of many
thousand persons of all classes in all parte
of the country. Every man is born with
an amount ot" vital force that ought, acci
dents apart, to carry him a specific distance
on the scale of years, and each man's in
heritauce of vitality can, on the average
be fairly determined. Among those selec
te-i with due care, the death rate is more
p ro fo und | y affected by the use of intoxieat
; I drinks than bv any other cause apart
from heredity, r di v Tfat it.at is s to to sav say, of o* « a dozen
men equally equipped at birt w.t,i v,a ,
and health, those who use liquor wi. . ic
earlier than those who do not use it; and
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liquor, impair , almost as much as f he
had m* been bora healthy «id strong.
Among the insured there are no many o s
or victims of delirium tremens; there are
» number few wi,h;hoKn..led ot those tpju 1^ but flhe^ler
liquor, have reduce t eir jita i v ____ ><- to
fall victims to disease^ This dis*»*e may
be called malaria or overwork, o
scape-goat names, but, as a matter of fae„
indulgence, even by moderate drinkers, is,
dulgence in beer m injurious to the vitality.
He declared ’ as the result of a series of ob
servations carried on among a selected . ,
group of . persons who , were habitual , ... , drink- , • ,
^ for two or three
years there was nothing remarkable, yet
presently J death began to strike, and then
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the , mortality y became astounding r and , uni
form r in . . its manifestations. . r J here was no
wa , alrn0 at inva
riable; .' robu8 . appare JLing „t health, full muscles
a (ail outsidf , ’ in h weight, florid faces:
then , touch , of cold, ,, sniff of malaria, , •
a a or a
and instantly some acute disease with, al
most invariably, typhoid f symptoms, was in
violent action , an ten days or less ended
'
it. It ft if the had , , been , kept .
was as system t
fair 0Utsi(Je while with * n it wag ^ aten t0 a
. , , ,. , f r ,
was utt( . r collaMe ’ . everv J fibre was poison
. d, .‘' . W< a , D ! 1 ", S ln ' ma ' n ed ures ,
' degree, ' has been ’ lus ? observations
varyingin
beer dr,nk.ng everywhere It is pecu
oarly deceptive at first; it is thoroughly de
m*
ence, tli 3 insurance companies will be
bound to include them in the risks and per
centages of mortality. If they are true,
those who abstain from the use of liquor
j ought so gain the advantages of it in lower
rates of insurance. It is not fair to load
them with burdens assumed by those who
indulge in alcohol; and if the insurance
companies find that this President’s oxpen
ence is a common and trustworthy one,
they ought to discriminate... favor of those
who do not drink and against those who do,
This will be a practical test, and more con
vincing than public addresses-interest
ing and valuable as those may be.
FASHION NOTES.
All dancing dresses are short all round,
Bonnets increase in bight, but not in
width.
Pompon fringes appear among trimming
novelties.
Red is one of the favorite colors lor even
ing dresses.
The favorite corsage flower is the small
yellow asler.
Plaids in dull dark colors are made up
for house dreBses,
Hammered gift heads edge the brims of
many stylish bonnets.
Crape frills around the neck and sleeves
of dresses are a late novelty.
Plain linen cuffs and collars, ornamented
with silver studs, are the latest.
Skirls continue to grow more bouffant in
the back and fuller at the sides.
The Russian circular, withitsbroad bands
; of fur, is the popular long cloak.
Garnet plush cloaks, with Scotch caps of
| he name material, are worn by little girls.
j Black ami white wool, known as shep-
1 ard’s plaid, is the popular fabric for braid
ed dresses.
The winter trimming for evening toilets
will consist of masses of creamy lace and
bouquets of flowers.
Buckles of silver, gold, jet, garnet, bronze
and pearl are used to ornament bonnets,
hats, dresses and slippers.
Pink feathers on brown bonnets, green
plumage on red bonnets and silver powder¬
ed black ostrich tips on black bonnets are
the stylish contrasts in millinery.
The latest caprice is to fasten up the
front of flannel suits with straps of leather
passing through buckles of the same.
Handsome redingotes are left open from
the waist all the way 7 down the front and
back. The sleeves of these garments are
perfectly plain, and are tight fitting without
cuffs,
Caghmeref , rowgin favor for simp fo dresses
and . g worQ j n B „ the 8ubd ued colors as
as ; n blftck _ New guit8 of cashmere are
preUi] trimmed with embroidery in silk or
chenil , or wkh bandg of phlsh or velvet,
>
Coquettish and very becoming .urge hats
of sealskin are profusely trimmed with a
bright-plumaged bird or autumn-hued os
trieh plumes in richest coloring, nor are
turbaned caps abandoned, but will be ex
ceedingly popular. There are also hoods,
suggestive of warmth and comfort, made oi
sealskin, black Persian and chinchilla.
There exists very little change in chil
dren's furs. For the babies of a few years,
nil , r- mum -
WK 1 gu JO, w cony, q.um , , ,
dainty capes, sacques and caps are espe
cially . ,, made. j babies , ,- f furs consist ol
rug8 , ada p ted for their carriages, of
most ,, beautilul ... , and , artistie colors and . de
C 77* ' - h ” ear 0,> ^ 7 7.7 7d 7 Ilia h
The Philosophy of “Getting Mad.”
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"I Jon’* believe in boh. afraid of your
temper,’ sard Mrs. Johnson energetically.
Isay fight it out and conquer it >ftlf
Did Harry comes into my family I want to
meet him right off. lhe other night my
boy came home ugly as sin. He was all
tired out, somebody had been sassy to him
and be bad been nursing the devil all day
lou S. preparin’ an overpowerin' reply. 1
weut U P to his room. Now hes never
cross to me, but that night he growled out,
Mother, 1 wish you would go down stairs
aud mind ?‘ our business. 1 sat down and
«*>k hold of his hands, and then I boxeu
his ears a little. I wanted him to realize
ffiy presence before I began wasting my
h th Then I scolded him. I scolded
, bg - iP ’ wben 1
£ through ^ could round mv *
S.f M’ Vo -SS'
, like fcusted 7
JV J' ^ pepper f .
^ ^
« •‘ ' enough If s as disablin’
When I keep mr own
^ ^
m ws as mv neighbors: but as long as I
boarders for a livin’ I hain’t no time
^ ^ tears.'-Springfieid Bepub
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An Old Gentleman s Lecture to ft Sis.
a JOnng pauder lady t0 this TT*. habit, addic and . ted t0 ' will !“
ways t0 you in
time find yourself walking through ? green
meadows , and beside the still ... waters of self
ref pe f Y .. °\ maybe , v f „ k ' . D * a,0ne , , ° J , 8
™re, buttwil have fewer lawn dresses to do
up on Monday morning. I wish to speak
to you J of your mother. It may be that you
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have noticed a careworn look . upon her ... face
, ]a '°\ 0f cou ™ e f ha8 not , ^ e * v br0Ught ^ ,
bere by any a f ° f y0Ur ?’ f* 1 ' U 18 y0 Ur
Juty to cba>R “ a J ay Idont ™. ean f f °.
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you J to run at . it and shake . your skirts and
sho . °' „ a « you would ,, a , hen nor do ,
1 yoa to ^ the other side of the
a " d tbl0W old oyster cans and P iec f
of old barrel staves at it, as you did at the
' ow y^^erday. But T) I r want you to get ^ up
to-morrow morning and get breakfast, and
when your mother comes down and begins
to express her surprise, go right up to her
and kiss her on the mouth. You don’t
. ^ ^ u br! hteu her dear f ace .
, owe her a kiss or two
A back when wore a BttIe gir ,
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“r d jl Tee. TT“e
lh
not as attractive then as you ar e
^ S tbrouga tiies ® Jears 0
C1 1 1S ' su ’'a - ne dn 8 ia( ;ws s e was a
Wa S rea ° jofu dirttv" a
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*i j° ^ ’ chubby hands
tf y f e injar , d Jn those first
skjrmIshes wi h th ; B roagh old world . And
thpn {he midnight kigses wi(h whicb she
hftg routed gQ many bad dr0amSi aR ghe
leaned above your rest Ies 3 pillow, have all
been Qn interest thege l 0Dg , long years. Of
| cQurse ghe ig nQt SQ pretty and kissa bl e as
; yQu but ;f yQu had done your ahare 0
| {he WQrk during thege last ten y eara the
contrast would not be so marked. Her face
has more wrinkles than yours, and yet
you were sick that face would appear to
j you more beautiful than an angel's,
hovered watching .
as it over you, every
portunity to minister to your comfort, and
every one of those wrinkles would seem to
! be br i gbt wavelets of sunshine chasing each
! other over the dear old face. She will leave
: you one ol these days. These burdens,
not lifted from her shoulders, will break
down. Ibose rough, hard hands,
have done so many neccessary things
' for will be crossed upon
you
lifeless breast. Those neglected lips
gave you your first baby kis3 will be
closed, and those sad, tired eyes will have
opened in eternity, and then you will
| prec ; a t e your mother; but it will be too left late.
There, there; don’t cry; she has not you
yet. She is down in the kitchen stringing
bsans for dinner, and if you feel so bad you
might go down and finish them, and let
change her dress and rest an hour
dinner. And after dinner you might do up
the dishes while she takes a little nap.
Then you might take do-vn her hair and do
it up for her. You need not wind it over
your finger and fuss to make little spit, curls
as you used to do with yours, but give it a
good brushing and wind it gently and ten¬
derly, as if you enjoyed doing it for her
The young man down in the parlor can
wait until you have performed these duties.
If he expresses any impatience,you can ex¬
plain to him that you feel under more ob¬
ligations to your mother than you do to
him. If this does not seem to satisfy him,
ask him how many times he has got up
in the middle ol the night to warm pepper¬
mint for you when you were dying with the
colic, or how many hours he has carried
you up and down the room, just because you
would not bo quieted any other way ? Ask
him to repeat Mother Hubbard backwards,
and if he is unable to do it, it will be a proof
positive that he is not the one that, has re¬
peated it and explained it toyou 1,700 times.
Catechize him to find ont if he is the one
who gave you the black silk dress and sat
up to make it while you were off having a
good time. Corner him up and make him
admit that he went without a new bonnet
last winter that you might enjoy . a $12 one
that you admired so much. W ring from
him a confession that he has a stitch m lus
s ^ de> brought there by doing up your finery
week after week. Then show him out of
your front d oor put on a calico apron, and
,
mother pick currants for jelly, and I
„ ua r an t e e you will think more of yourself,
)b@ WQr | d wd j tbuik more of you, and you
happier and betti r for having done
^_Cape Cod Item.
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Fashions in Brass.
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-j be ordmar j observer cannot out wie
nn Bt > .:„ nceJ pd n 01 f i ate bow the luc use of brass-ware
has ^“brass-headed increased in the decoration . of houses.
from tne orass utaucu tacks which attach
thp tne valance vaiautt to the u e mantel to the chandelier,
the rich, if highly polished, luster of brass
is everywhere not,Ce f b!e ’ ma'nu:lcture
°f ornate tummiug, out , ;de
°f. iarnltare ,3 the P
phed, and brass chmrs tables , or tab w j .
^
‘ V“. time-ostracised ', brass door
‘
, b / kl oc kers are an
’
_ h ** takeri up ” bv
aileaato _ *
be no oy.
vividly The prevalence the splendors of of the. tne art timewhen to-cav recalls orass
hammering and repousse wor- w e
glory of even gold worsers, w o n no
disdain to devote t.iemse ves a j- -
cheaper meta.s. In many European coun
tries repousse work and the methods of its
design and composition are inheritances
handed down from father to son ; but that
art has its equivalent here in a manufac
tare uo t of articles made of one piece,
hammered and bent artistically, but of ar
tides composed of severs’ sections, joined W
*, »'«*
carved, dressed or decorated not by hand
mac hine ry .
Of this class of goods we have coal-hods,
firescreens, cornice-tips, portiere-rings
tUr;a : I3 . cha ; lt3 , rire -grate implements, pan
els, door-plates, stair-rods,stair-plates, stair
railings, fire-dogs, candelabra-nails and
mantel-strips.
“Thi« brass, ’ said a Broadway dealer re-,
cently, which is used is read} a coroposi
« plaster of paris. and this passes to the
bolder,’ who casts the metal from it. The
'fin ’ t lmn works it and rids it of its
er n woras unon upon n anu rias it oi us
j impeneeiioDt. m r) er f e ctions or or unevenness unevenness, ana and toe thp niece piece
» then ready for the ‘chaser/ "
.. But m08t of guch articles,” said the
writeri “ are raade of several sections,
ar
t tuey k ev not?” not.
“Certainlv certainly, pxppnt except suca snrh as as sKir stair elates plates or or
rods; after these sections are joined and
soldered together the whole is forwarded
again to the ‘filer’ and thence to the ‘pol
isher • . » aaa i colorer *k brusher. v, » Lormce
or nr rnc or
tips or door knobs are made in this way ;
the metal in sheet form ia laid over a block
or ‘chuck,’ on a lathe, and as the lathe re
voives _ n i vp , fh tae workmen wnr j, mpn witn a steei presses
upon lhe metal and mo i ds it around the
. k and : nto the fo-m reouired ”
„ Do JQa think tbat a revi , al of rep ousse
. • r rnb „ b | p ? >
,
,,y„ undou btedlv ”
I „£*’ “ b ould brass be cleaned” vlrv
! td b/the Son ue d can easily be
clea o a piece of cham
i *“ be rubbed »7 witn some sort ot “ powder z:
up
eyery day t0 keep it lu8trous _ But nearly
every class of brass work nowadays is lac
q uered , and requires nothing but an oc
i cas ' ona ' v ig° rous rubbing.”
i Art in brass working is now in its _in
! fa ^y 1 or it may said to be now living
a uew hfe ' lears hjndred3 and thou3 '
ands of years ago—brass workers were ar¬
tists and their executions were marvels of
chiseling.
Is This a Christian Picture,
The Rev. Dr. John Hall of the Fifth Av¬
enue Presbyterian church—the richest con¬
gregation in America—spoke of the recent
Egyptian war in his sermon on Sunday:
“British regiments had just gone back to
England after a successful dealing with the
troops in Egypt. They had been received
with immense popularity and applause.
They had been complimented in the most
emphatic form, and substantial rewards
awaited their leaders. If the officers and
their men were consulted upon their likes or
dislikes, it would be found that they would
express no regret at having been sent there.
They had gained some experience; they
had seen some actual warfare No longer
could they be called carpet knights, and
they would be glad all their lives of what
had been gathered through that expe
rience.”
“A successful dealing with the troop3 in
Egypt” is rather a neat expression for what
might just as well be called, in the language
of the prayer book, "battle, murder and
sudden death.”
We call attention to this mention of the
British expedition, not because there is the
slightest objection to it in a mere worldly
view, but because laudation of war has al¬
ways seemed to us to be essentially incon
sistentwith the spirit of Christianity.
Here the minister implies an admiration
for men who make it their busines to slay
other men. They are no longer mere car¬
pet knights. Human blood has stained
their swords, The bullets from their rifles
have crashed through human brains. Wives
and little children have waited at home in
vain expectation of the return of the hus¬
bands and fathers they have slain. Anil
yet they have come back to England to “be
glad all their lives of what has been gather
ed through that experience” in Egypt.
War, the greatest curse of mankind, will
never cease so long as women and clergy
men continue to approve and encouiag-i it.
—New York Sun.
An Antique Sideboard.
At Howard s there is on exhibition a cu- j
rious set of furniture taken from an old .
English castle. It consists of a sideboard, !
a clock, table, twelve chairs, a settee and :
a chest, all of oak, black with age and tnag- :
nificently carved. The side-board is the
most interesting piece of the set. It is j
enormous in size, and is in eight pieces, it |
being impossible to move it in one piece, j
and it is so difficult to transport \ork that New- the j
cost of bringing it from New to
Dort was $120. On the high back of this ;
sidebaard is carved the battlefield of Wor- [
cester, the figure being wonderful Underneath in ex- j j
pression and spirited action.
“ is “ Bat [’ e of Wortester ' 1661 ’
( ^ ht for G ° d ' “ y k, “« and myco “ nt ry ’ I
Forget the end. On of the side .
not one
pane 1 [ s are tbeRe word s cut: "The stars are 1
damp; the Diety light and strength. 1
my J *, *7 my
tbe ° tbe r pane '’ G / 1P ...... la8t
““ *
large 6 panel, , on which the battle . scene is
carved, , smaller ,, panels , divided -, , , by ,
are two a
^ ^ in tlie solid wood, with King
Cbar!es ’ hlad look,nK out lrcra ,he brancb '
0 u the foot of the side board the ad-:
vice, "Rub me well if you want me to look
well » is a!socut in raised letters like the
rest.
The carved figures of the side panels,
curious drawer3 ' and the q!:aint bgur, ' s on j
^ 3 ° ]d P lece ot ^rmture make it extreme
l y interesting. Numbers visit it daily. The
chairs are very large, with backs six feet
b igh, having small closets with two doors.
0n one of these chairs was carved “Ra
leigh Manor, on another “John and Mary,
1516 77
The price asked for the entire set is $10,- ^
^ but we doubt if tbere are many dining
roomg ;q Newport large entngh to give
P to the sideboard alone—Newport
c orresponde F ., t Troy Times.
Example is the light of day, every man
*** «• every man s life proves what his
«•*"*'<* 1. *0.
->h know ,t. Every honest man does as he
agrees and pays h.s debts. A dishonest
man does neither. L a man s word is good
^ ”« b “* wba * imd .° a man 13 he
Every man that deals wuh , him ,s sure to
have trouoie.
^ ^
It is the sunshine itself which makes
every shadow.
The Victims of the Volcano.
On the whole, there appears good reason
for putting the total number of human be
h tb
three dogs seven horses, eleven hens two
tortoises, fifteen pigs, ten oxen, and the
bones of fifteen other animals, The re
of ot dogs found .
mams one tuese were in
the porch ... of the .... House of . Orpheus „ , „ and
the cast which Signor t lore 11. has taken
brings before us with a paintul vmdness
one of the minor tragedies of that awful
day. J 1 he poor * , beast wa3 chained . . , at . his .
P°st, « the genera panic . and confu
«o» ™ one remembered to let him loose.
^am lay by he remains when they
were found, and it was evident that the
creatuto had strained his tether to he ut
most m the effort to keep himself above
the masses ot ash and pumice-stone that
rapidly r v accumulated around and over him.
cast is to be seen in the little museum
at Pompeii. The dog lies half on his side,
Halt on his back, his slender head and open
gasping tor a little air, buried be
tween the hind legs, which have been con
vulsiveiy brought forward in the last ago
^ death. But the process that has
been so successful in reproducing the very
rr-i —“rrsrrsr i' k rr - ■‘j
victims of the catastropue. , qu lhe • idea l ot «?
pouring plaster of Paris in a liquid state
into the moulds left by the bodies iu the
soft ash did not occur till it suddenly
flashed across Fioreili about twenty years
ago. Of the remains of the 180 human
beings discovered in Pompeii in the first
hundred years of the excavations, there is
consequently only a written record.
It is only from the Journal of Excava¬
tions for the year 1831 that we know of the
touching and famous sight which greeted
the eyes of the first discoverers of the
"House of the Faun.” On the floor of the
banqueting hall lay the body of a woman,
probably the mistress of the house, with her
jewels scattered where she had thrown them
in despair of escape. The roof had been
crushed in by the weight of falling ash and
pumice-stone and the hands of the dying
woman were upstretched in a vain effort to
keep off the impending weight. Parts of
the body and clothing could still be made
out and a drawing could be made of one
charming foot, But such records are life¬
less and tame indeed beside the extraordi¬
nary portrait statutes which are now to be
seen in the little museum at Pompeii. There
are nine of these, or were a short time ago,
and to see them is like seeing the men and
women themselves of eighteen centuries
ago. i iorelli’s method is simple as possi
ble, A small opening is made, the plaster
is delicately poured in, and when it has had
time to harden the surface crust of ashes is
peeled off, and the man or woman comes
back to life again. The details of clothing
and feature have al) left their mark in the
soft ash and are faithfully preserved in the
plaster cast. The results achieved by
Fioreili are striking and comeplete. Take
the cast of the elderly slave, for instance,
probably a man of some sixty years old,
who appears to have been taking "lus siesta
when the eruption began, and to have been
painlessly ashphyxiated in his sleep. He
lies or. his right side, the knees a little bent,
the leti leg drawn up and the cheek resting
on the right hand. The course, strongly
marked features and peaceful expression
of the sleeper have all been perfectly pre¬
served. A hardly less easy death must
have been the lot of the four persons found
lying on their backs in the street. Three
of these were men, one of them a negro of
the most pronounced type. The fourth was
a woman of unusual statue, whose time for
becoming a mother was evidently not far
off. The three persons found lying on their
faces do not appear to have found so easy
a death. Two oi them are women. One
of these, an elderly woman with a thin
figure, lies by herself, her face buried in her
arms, as if to protect herself from the fatal
fain. The other lies side by side by a man
in ’•Lose company she appears to have
taken flight. She has covered her face
W1 tb a f°l d ber dress and th e hands are
tightly clenched in the last death agony
Pa 1 ' Mall Gazette,
Hardly a day passes by, but we see
ev ; den ce of the tolly of our young men scat
t ered bere and there. They are in quest o
o 0 methir)g t 0 d 0 . They are willing to work
f or abo ut half the pay they should be re
ceiving. If y 7 ou ask them what is their
trade, they will reply they have none, and
^ these days when skilled labor is in de
“ and - J* 18 a sbarae and ontra « e for 80
ma ny promising young men to be loitering
their time awav, either lookieg for work, or,
, have . . . . where , their -
if they , it, in a position
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^ suc h who expect t to climb up the ladder of
lame , and , fortune , without . , working for , it.
They are looking around for pins to pick
»P. aad *^n be folded to the embrace of
s0me wealthy bank president or philan
t h rop ic merchant, made a partner, and fin
a n y marry into the family. Such cases are
not to be found every day in the present
tlme . We read Munchausen tales of years
one by, that had an ending like this. But
t0 .day the merchant who wants a young man
wants one of character and ability. Learn
a trade, young man; first become proficient
; n S0IEe i r ,du.-try, so when you go forth to
pastures new you know within yourself that
you have something to fall back on for a
living. If the young men of to-day would
ai k some of our old and successful mer
cbants for the secret of their success in life,
lhey wou ld well he astonished at the stories
0 f early hardships, trials and privations
t kev endured. Fathers, ’ mothers; is there
r ‘° a , 0 a fmm ibis’ Is it
DOt /a^o'-e'ke°-heir , living"7 ■ d _
ucated to make them hvmgro that that when when
tor . \v .Ihamsport ^ bSTtS
Tis no matter what the worl says o ns.
a « sensible that he has always
«ed for the good of flis country, he may
lay down his ea wip^^^^
piiiow an tma u t egrea action
.
enjoy ana have always enjoyed, amidst
that has been said against me.