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CITY GIRLS.
The girls of the principal cities in this
country are noted as follows:
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intellectual.
New York, the gayest and most expen-
i sive in dress.
Washington, the most airy and super-
! ficial.
Philadelphia, the most refined and lady
like.
! Chicago, the fastest and most dissipated.
Toledo, the biggest feet.
Cleveland the most reckless.
New Orleans, the most traveled.
| Cincinnati, the greatest flirts.
Louisville, the proudest.
Detroit, the wildest.
St. Louis the most graceful and enter
taining in conversation.
Mobile, the most indifferent.
Richmond, the most anxious to be
loved.
San Francisco, the most liberal enter
tainers.
Hartford the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair.
The girls in the country for making the
best wives.
The Wonders and uses of Steam.
It bows, it sculls, it propels, it screws.
It lilts, it lowers, it warps, it tows,
It drains, it plows, it reaps, it mows.
It pumps, it bores, it irrigates,
It dreees, it digs, it excavates,
It pulls, it pushes, it draws, it drives,
It spits, it planes, it saws, it rives.
It carries, scatters, collects and bringsi
It blows, it puffs, it halts, it springs.
It breaks, condenses, opens and shuts,
It picks, it drills, it hammers, it cuts.
It shovels, it washes, mixes and grinds,
It crushes. It sifts, it bolts, it binds.
It thrashes, winnows, punches and kneads.
It molds, it stamps, it presses, it feeds.
It rakes, it scrapes, it bores, it shaves,
It runs on land, it rides on waves.
It mortices, forges, rolls and rasps,
It polishes, rivits, iUes and clasps,
It brushes, scratches, cards and spins,
It puts out (Ire, and papers pins,
It weaves, it winds, it twists, it throws.
It stands, itlles, it comes, itgoes,
It pumps, it bores, it irrigates.
Itjoints the Charter Oak Advocates,
Millions of women are praising its powers,
As they stand by the Charter Oak baking for
hours.
THE HATES AJAR.
From Cambridge, N. Y., comes the fol
lowing: “ In your August ‘Favors from
Correspondents’ occurs an account of the
rather unique advent 01 a baby in New
Haven. After reading ‘Lucretia’s Para
graph,’ I remembered that I bad seen the
same thing before, only in poetry. As
you may not have seen it, I forward it,
together with a rhyming reply:
THE OATES AJAR.
On the occasion of the birth of his first
child, the poet writes:
One night as old St. Peter slept.
He left the doors of Heaven ajar,
When through a litUe angel crept
And came down on a falling star.
One summer, as the blessed beams
Of morn approached, my blushing brld*
Awakened from some pleasant dreams
And found that angel by her side.
God grant hut this, I ask no more,
That when he leaves this world of sin,
• He’ll wing his way to that bright shore,
And And the door of Heaven again.
Whereupon, Saint Peter, not likinffthls
imputation of carelessness, thus (by a
friend) replies:
ON THE PART OF THE DEFENO*.
For eighteen hundred years and more,
I’ve kept mv door securely tyledj
There has no little angel strayed.
No one been missing all the while.
I did not sleep as you supposed, 1
Nor l'a-’e the gates of heaven ajar.
Nor lips a tittle angel strayed,
Nor gone d iwn with a falling star.
Goasktlia' • ushing bride arid see
If she don’t frankly own and say.
That when she found that angel babe,
She found it iu the good old way.
God grant bui this, I ask no more.
That should your number still enlarge,
Tou will not do as heretofore.
And lay It to old Peter’s charge.
XS TIXIEj
CHEAPEST, EASIEST, QUICKEST AND MOST HEALTHY METHOD
OX 1
COOKING BEEFSTEAK, HAM, CHICKEN OK GAME;
-JA3STX) THIE-
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Is the best Apparatus ever yet Invented for Broiling!
mu SO SIMPLE In lts CONSTRUCTION, and EASILY HANDLED, that a CHILD 10 years el AGE can no* ItSDCCESSSMJ.
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New Remedy for Potato Bugs.
Ducks are said to do good service fn ex
terminating the potato bug. A gentle
man of Piqua, Ohio, r ut ti pair of M;^o-
vy into his potato? patch, which, was
lite. 'Uv swarming vita t.iebugs. The
ducks the bugs with such avidity that
the latter were soon exterminated, and
the patch hi3 not since been troubled
with them. The ducks did not anno:., .*•
! suffer any ill effects from .rain :ii j rmyv.
and were not slow in “taking in- uii mat
they could discover. The duck remedy
is certainly worthy of attention.
BISECTIONS FOB USING THE “EPICUBE BBOILEB," FOB COOKING BEEFSTEAK, tee.
As soon as the fire is burning briskly, close all doors or openings which will ad
mit air into the front or bottom of the fire box. Place vour beefsteak inside the
Broiler, between the wire frames, fasten the handles of the Broiler together with
the ring, and always put the tin cover in its place before placing the Broiler on the
fire. Remove the cover or lid of the Stove, and place the Broiler over the open
ing, let it remain there, say, one minute, then torn it, taking the Broiler off the
fire before the tin cover is removed; in one minute torn it again, and oontinoh
turning it for three to five minutes, when it will be sufficiently done.
TO SEASON.
Take the Broiler off the Stove, open it, and season one side of the steak, then
close the Broiler, turn it, and open to opposite side of the steak, and it can be sea
soned without using a fork, and all the juices are retained in the steak. When
properly seasoned, replace the Broiler over the fire, with the tin cover always in
its place, and in three to five minutes—if yoo torn it often—the steak can Ih»
done to taste.
All that is necessary to insure success in using the “EPICURE BROILER, ,r is:
First.—To keep the tin cover in its place while the Broiler is on the fire.
Second.—To turn it often, once a minute at least.
Third.—Do not use a fork.
Wherever they have been tried they give entire satisfaction, and we particular
ly desire they shall be tested and compared with any and all other Broilers, and if
t fhey do not prove CHEAPER and MORE EASILY OPERATED, giving better
satisfaction than any Broiler in use, we will refund their cost, and pay all expenses.
They fit all kinds of openings on either Stoves or Ranges,
ESPECIALLY CHARTER OAK STOVES.
No preparation of fire is necessary, as they operate as perfectly over the flame
from bituminous coal as the brightest hickory wood or charcoal fire.
Follow the above directions and we guarantee satisfaction in every instance,
whether Beefeteak, Ham, Chicken or game is cooked.
SOLD WHOLESALE -A.3STD RETAIL BIT
EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURINC CO.
sti*. iiouis, mo.,
ANB -klVJS STOVB
Some Distance.—The number of Char
ter Oak Stoves made niul sclil last year
by the Excelsior Manufacturing Compa
ny, if placed in a line dose together,
would stretch out for a distance over six
teen miles, anti if all that have been made
could be placed in a line, they would ex
tend 1,400 miles.
How to Cook a Beefsteak.
A beefsteak ought to always be broiled"
and never fried; but the following method
of cooking is recommended by Mrs. Hut
ton.
The frying pan being wiped very ary,
place It upon the stove and let it become
very hot. In the meantime, mangle the
steak—pepper and salt it, then lay it in the
hot, dry pan, which instantly cover as
tight as possible. When the raw flesh
touches the her tod pan, of course- it «eethes
ana auheres to it, but in a few seconds it
/ oomes loosened and juicy. Every naif
minute turn the steak, but be careful to
keep it as much as possible under cover.
When nearly done lay a small piece of
butter on it, and i f vou want much gravy,
add a teaspoonful v! strong coffee. Tr?
three minutes from the time ~c.il- fieri ’
Time goes into the nor. it is rsa^y tor the I
aolo. This nwvhoa of cooking makes the I
most delicately broiled steak, full of juice •
yet retaining the heatliful beefy flavor, j
The same method may be applied to mut- ■
ton chops, only they need a little longer I
cooking to prevent them from being Too!
rare. An excellent gravy may be made 1
by adding a little cream, thickened with
a'pinch of flour, into which, when off the
file and partly cool, stir in a yolk of an
eg" well beaten.
After all, broiling is the only way to
cook a beefsteak, and the Epicure Broiler {
!s the maohine to do it perfectly.
How Good Farmers Save.their Money.
They take good papers and read them.
They keep account of farm operations.
They do not leave their farm imple
ments scattered over the farm, exposed to
the vain, heat and snow.
They repair tools and buildings at the
proper time, and do not suffer subsequent
ly three-fold expenditure of time and
money.
They use their money judiciously and
they do not attend auction sales to pur
chase all kinds of trumpery because it is
uiY*»p. They see that their fences are well
repaired, ana their cattle are not grazing
in the meadows, grain-fields or orchards.
They do not refuse to make correct ex
periments in a small way, of many new
things.
They plav.t their fruit trees well and care
iir them, and ci course get good crops.
They practice economy by giving their
stock good shelter during the winter, also
good feed, taking all that is unsound, half
rotten or mouldy, off.
They do not keep a tribe of cats or snarl
ing dogs abound the premises, -who eat
more in a month than they are worth in
their whole life. Lastly they read the
advertisements and know what i; going
on and frequently save money by it.
Successful farming is made by a .tend
ing to little things. The farmer who
does Lis best, earns his money with host
appreciation and uses it with best results.
Such men are the salt of the earth.