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About Women.
Edea
lca.se,
jething that will Interest and
amuse.
k only possible secrets between two
people should be those which
[fided to either one of them by
While some people, who call
hives worldly wise, will laugh at
of such perfect confidence as
implies, others still, especially the
Jwly married, who have but small
Worldly experience, will be shocked
[iat I should suggest the keeping of
jy kind of secret by either wife or
sband from the other. I am not
Fepared to say that these hist are not
wiser of the two. Only, in that
when any confidence is proffered
either husband or wife, the recipient
it should make his or her position
flearly understood.
Possibly there is a certain hardness
Ward old friends in requiring them
ither to dispense with the sympathy
re have been wont to give them, or else
submit their weakness and trial to
) cold judgment, the cynical con
sideration of a man or a woman who
has for them no tender toleration born
of loving intimacy. Yet it would be
better to refuse ever to listen to another
confidence while the world stands than
^jto receive a secret to keqp when its cus-
ly would be a wound to one whose
j.ppiness should be our first object,
le wives and some husbands are
Jo-minded enough and free enough
jealously not to be troubled by the
riedge that a confidence has been
Wed in which they cannot share,
Ihen there can be no harm in such
ldence.
it no personal secret can fitly belong
fie only of the two people of whom
Land law have made one flesh. The
of marriage had been realized
judge, who had knelt for so
frs to say a last prayer at night
lis wife, and when at last she
Bft him, his lips were dumb and
Lout her he could not even open his
to God.
requent cause of trouble in mar-
te is a want of openness in busi-
latters. A husband marries a
thoughtless girl, who has been
Lp taking no more thought as to
should be clothed than the lilies
lie begins by not liking to
ler requests. He will not
i he can help it, at care in
3es—he does not like to
if in her mind with dis-
enial. And she,
rilling enough,
to please her
up any whims or
whatever, falls into
extravagance, and
|dien, at last, a re-
IIow much wiser
srfect openness in
just so much money to
ler. Now, shall we ar-
lus or thus ?” was a
^ery young husband
^bride not long ago ;
answered
not a
hitherto
S&s and lain
life.” I am not
Pages that are no mar-
^Yenus has wedded Vul-
Vulcan prospered at his
ft marriages where two true
Lve set out together, for
6, to learn the lessons of life
together till death shall part
Lnd one of the first lessons for
arn is to trust each other en-
tte most frivolous girl of all
jud garden of girls,” if she
Quires something of
rom her love, and is ready
ojBlp make her small sacri-
Lf° l general good. Try her
fou Witt Bee.
f ‘f you fail to toll her just how
\ jjfou have, and just what portion
( V* Ihs j*rof>erly spent, and what
^ould be saved for the nest-egg
riier interest is not less than
>uyou cannot justly blame
, ' e 1 c ttr«ie8S and self-indulgent,
aU< .V°'(W to want to-morrow.
Viands 0 f little courte-
'i®L»id not be lost sight
if course, the best thing is when talk
does not weary—when two people are
so unified in taste that whatever inter
ests the one is of equal interest to the
other, but this cannot always be the
case, even in a happy marriage ; and is
it not better worth while to take the
small trouble of paying courteous at
tention to the one who depends on you
for his daily happiness than even to be
stow this courtesy on the acquintance,
whom it is a transient pleasure to
please ?—Louise Chandler Moulten, in
Our Continent.
Scraps.
A three year old little girl at Roches
ter, N. Y., was taught to close her
evening prayer, during the temporary
absence of her father, with, “and please
watch over my papa.” It sounded very
sweet, but the mother’s amusement
may be imagined when she added,
“And you’d better keep an eye on
mamma too !”
A Boston type-maker, who occasion
ally dumps old type into his melting
kettle, lias several times been scared
half out of his wits by violent explosions
in the molten fluid, and now, after in
vestigation into the cause thereof, he
requests the printers of New England
not to buy any more pistol cartridges
into their old type.
A celebrated vocalist, whose demean
or and acting were as awkward and un
gainly as his voice was beautiful, said
one day to Charles Bannister: “Do
you know what made my voice so mel
odious ?” “No,” replied Bannister.
“Why, then, when I was fifteen, I swal-
low'ed by accident some train oil.”
“I don’t think,” rejoined Bannister,
“it would have done you any harm if,
at the same time you had swallowed a
dancing master.”
“Why, Franky, I never knew’ you
before to ask for preserves a second
time.” Franky didn’t say much, but
his little brother Tommy, who was in
nocent of the ways of bad boys, spoke
up, with a guileless smile on his pure,
little face, and said : “That’s because
Franky lost the key he made to open
the pantry. That’s why he never used
to want much preserves at the supper
table. He used to get all he wanted
before supper, but now he can’t open
the pantry.” After Franky’s father
had administered the proper corrective,
and the stricken youth was left alone in
the shed to repent of his crime, Tommy
remarked to himself, as he sat down to
study his Sunday school lesson : “I
expect poor Franky is sorry he didn’t
give me some of them preserves when I
asked him for them. He will know
better the next time. ”
Convicts at Dartmoor Prison, in
England, make skeleton keys out of the
bones of their meat. Nothing could be
more appropriate. Their escape by this
means reminds us of one of those skele
ton leaves.
To get up a dinner of great variety,
cooks should be allowed a wide range.
Men who have money to loan take
the greatest possible interest in their
business.
A gentleman had his picture taken
recently ; cost him $‘200, and still he is
not happy. A fellow’ took it out of the
hall when the latch was up.
The reason that aesthetics so admire
the story is that he can stand for hours
on one leg and look as though he didn’t
know anything and didn’t want to.
It is an undeniable fact that nearly
all centenarians are poor and have been
poor all their lives. If you wish to live
to a good old age, young men, never
advertise.
of marriage. The
jal success is to
The same
mar-
riio
Pious Reflections.
“Bear ye one another’s burden?,” was
the solemn admonition of Him who sub
limely bore the burdens of the entire
world.
Preserve your conscience always soft
and sensitive. If but one sin force
its way into that tender part of the
soul and dwell easy there, the road is
paved for a thousand iniquities.
Our lives should be like the days,
more beautiful in the evening, or like
the spring, aglow* with promise, and
like autumn, rich with golden sheaves
when good words and deed shave
ripened on the field.
“Let love be without dissimulation.”
Let your profession of it be sincere and
not hypocritical. Do not wear a mask,
pretending to be one thing, while you
lire af other. “Lover not iiu. worj
Men may not appreciate your labors,
nor reward you for your toil, but you
may rest assured that labor faithfully
performed, with an eye to .the divine
glory, shall not fail of its reward. If
it is not rewarded here, it w ill be here
after. Then l>e patient; labor on ; do
your duty, and leave the result with
God.
There are two sides to a question,
but, where our feelings are concerned,
we are apt to look at but one, and that
the one that justifies us. We forget
that others have also a right to their
opinions, and they view the matter in
an entirely different light. It is well to
consider both sides before deciding
what is right.
They say that I am growing old, be
cause my hair Ls silvered, and there are
crows’ feet on my forehead, and my
step is not so firm and elastic as before.
But they are mistaken. That is not
me. The brow is wrinkled, but the
brow is not me. This is the house I
live in. But I am young, younger than
I ever was before.
The Labor of Love.—A century
ago, in the north of Europe, stood an
old cathedral, upon one of the arches of
which was a sculptured face of won
drous beauty. It was long hidden un
til one day the sun’s light striking
through a slated window revealed its
matchless features. And ever after,
year by year, upon the days when for
a brief hour it was thus illumined,
crowds came and waited eagerly to
catch but a glimpse of that face. It
had a strange history. When the ca
thedral was being built, an old man,
broken with the weight of years and
care, came and besought the architect
to let him work upon it. Out of pity
for his age, but fearful lest his failing
sight and trembling touch might mar
some fair design, the master set him
to work in the shadow’s of the vaulted
roof. One day they found the old man
asleep in death, the tools of his craft
laid in order beside him, the cunning of
his right hand gone, his face upturned
to this marvelous face which he had
wrought—the face of one whom he had
loved and lost in early manhood. And
when the artists and sculptors and
workmen from all parts of the cathe
dral came and looked upon that face
they said : “This is the grandest work
of all 1 love wrought this !” In the
great cathedral of the ages—the temple
being builded for an habitation of God
we shall learn some time that love’s
work is the grandest of all.
How to Spoil a Husband.
In a Russian Prison.
Henpeck him. •
Snarl at him.
Find fault with him.
Keep an untidy house.
Humor him half to death.
Boss him out of his boots.
Always have the bust word.
Be extra cross on wash-day !
Quarrel with him over trifles.
Never have meals ready in time.
Run bills without his knowledge.
Yow vengeance on all his relations. •
Let him sew the buttons on his
shirts.
Pay no attention to household ex
penses.
Give as much as he can earn in a
month for a new bonnet.
Tell him as plainly as possible that
you married him for a living.
Raise a row if he dares to bow pleas
antly to an old lady friend.
Provide any soi’t of pick-up meals for
him when you don’t expect strangers.
Get everything the woman next door
gets whether you can afford it or not.
Tell him the children inherit all their
mean traits of character from his side
of the family.
Let it out sometimes when you are
vexed that you wished you had married
some other fellow that you used to go
with.
Give him to understand as soon as
possible after the honeymoon that kiss
ing is well enough for spooney lovers,
but that for married folks it is very
silly.—Christian Advocate.
In the cells of the upper and middle
tiers are put the least compromised
criminals. All the cells are of the same
size—ten feet long, seven feet broad and
twelve feet high. The doors have each
two openings—one large enough for the
daily food and drink to be put in through
it and the other of smaller size, to serve
as spy hole for the jailors. The doors
are also each fastened with two pad-
locks—the key of one being in the
jailer’s custody, while that of the other
remains in charge of the commandant
of the fortress. The dish from which
the prisoner eats is pushed through
grooves cut in a plate of iron which
projects from the interior of the door,
at the height of about four feet from
the lioor. The dish cannot, therefore,
be removed by the prisoner, who must
take his food standing against the door
—and this with a spoon which is at
tached to the plate. The drinking
water is put into a sort of jug hinged to
the door. When the prisoner wishes a
drink he must get down upon his knees
and turn the vessel upon its hinges or
pivots. Food is supplied at eleven
o’clock in the morning and six in the
evening, and ordinarily consists of
oatmeal gruel and a quarter of a kilo
gram of meat; besides this there is a
daily allowance of a kilogram of rye
bread.
The prisoner’s bed consists of a plank,
six by three, with a straw mattress,
a sheet so strong and coarse that
it is impossible to tear it, and a
covering of felt—all of which articles
are taken away during the day. The
dress consists of a gray woolen jacket
quite short and tight-fitting ; short pant
aloons of the same color, and long felt
boots. For women the jacket is sup
plied, and a gray shirt added. The
prisoners must get up at six o’clock and
go to bed again at eight. It has been
ascertained, by means of the secret
observations which are constantly taken
through the peepholes, that, as a gene
ral rule, the prisoners, spend their long
hours from their rising until their
breakfast in pacing to and fro in their
colls ; after this they are wont to re
main quiet for an hour or so, only to
give way next to an excess of desolate
despair which their pitiable situation
may well inspire.
A Medical Opinion of the Electric
Light.
A good old Quaker lady, after listen-
ng to the extravagant yarn of a person
as long as her patience would allow,
said to him : “Friend, what a pity it’s
a sin to lie, when it seems so necessary
to thy happiness I” •
Before the electric light becomes, as
it must soon become, the common illu
minating agent of the period, says the
Lancet, a determined effort should be
made to devise some mode of *mitiga-
ting its peculiarly unpleasant intensity.
The vibratile impulse of the electric
force is obviously stronger than the
delicate terminal elements of the optic
nerve in the retina can bear without
injury. We are wont to apply the ad
jectives “hard” and “soft” to light,
and their significance makes them pecu
liarly appropriate. The electric light is
too hard ; it needs to be softened. The
waves of motion are too short, and the
outstroko—so to say—joins the instroke
at too acute an angle. This might
doubtless be obviated by employing
suitable material for globes, and shades,
but perhaps the best plan would be to
break up and scatter the rays of light
by reflection. If a small convex re
flector were placed immediately below
the light in the protecting globe, and
one of larger dimensions above it,
so as to secure a double Mlection with
ultimate divergence downward and out
ward, the effect would be. to cause the
“rays” of light to fall obliquely on all
objects within the immediate area of
illumination. This would, perhaps,
obviate the need of colored gliisses,
which the promoters of the electric
light seem to dislike. Certainly there
is a considerable sacrifice of power in
the use of the opaline globe—so much
indeed, that some of the districts light
ed by electricity displayed through this
medium do not present any obvious
BUj>eriority over gas. Something must
be done, for, as it is, the electric light
is “trying to the eyes,” which means
that it is in danger of injuring them,
and, already, there is reason to believe,
mischief has been wrought by its use.
For true comfort there is nothing like
th< light given by the old-fashioned
pure wax candle.
The Real Profit Overlooked.
“And I’ll want to lay out af
000 in improvements, I presuj
“Yes, fully that.”
“And l can invest another
blooded stock ?”
“I think you can.”
“And $5000 more in grading,
up, creating fish ponds, and so for
“Well, you may get through
that sum.”
“That’s $40,000 ; and now let’s I
the income.”
“Oh, you don’t need pencil'
paper,” said the victim, as a si
of sorrow darkened his face.
income will be about $5 for turr
$2 for potatoes, $5 or $fi for
and a bull calf or two at $3 a head,
save time, call it $25. I’ll see
again in a day or two. Maybe I’ve
gotten something which will add a
lar more. Good morning to you.”
Home Economies.
Fruit Pudding.—Three pil
milk, eight Boston crackers spl|
buttered, six eggs beaten light
cups of sugar, one teaspoonful oi
quarter of a nutmeg grated, half
spoonful of cinnamon, one poj
stoned raisins, quarter of a
currants. Boil the milk, andl
sugar, eggs and flavoring,
deep pudding dish, put in a 1^
crackers and moisten with a
the custard. Then add a layer
and do this till all is in tU
Pour over the rest of the cua
bake in a slow oven. Brov
last, and eat hot with or withe
Tripe Curry.—Boil two
tripe and cut it into strips^
large onions and cut thy;
pieces, and put the onic
pan with three tablespoonful of
Lit it stew till brown, stirring
mixing a tablespoonful of cur
der. Now add one pint of 1
the cut-up tripe. Let all ste\
hour, skimming it well. Serv?
deep dish with boiled rice also
with it. An East India curry powcl
is made thus: Pound very fine in
mortar six ounces of coriander see
three-fourths of an ounce of cayenj
one and one-half ounces of foenug|
seed, one ounce cummium seed and t"
ounces of tumeric. These articles
be brought at a druggist’s. Pound tin?
sift through fine muslin ; spread on j
dish and dry before the fire for till
hours, stirring frequently. Keep thl
in a bottle with a glass stopper.
Florida Grape Fruit. — T!
fruit is refreshing and wholesome,
pecially for a bilious temperament. H
flavor is sub-acid, but its juicy pulpj
inclosed in a tough white membrane
intensely bitter tiiste ; when this
brane is removed the fruit is delici?
It has become the fashion to use it as'
salad. The fruit is placed on the tal
whole (one is enough for a party of foil]
or six), cut in quarters and fUrve au noj
ural. When not used as a salad,
the skin in sections and peel it off;
arate the sections as you would thoij
an orange, and, holding each 04
the ends, break it open from the <
disclosing the pulp ; tear this out
bitter white membrane which-
the sections, carefully removing
part of it; keep the pulp as unbr]
as possible and put it into a de
with a plentiful sprinkling
sugar. lA>t ito*hm*||0lW5FTour hour
or over niglu^m^hen use the ft
“Do not put
riiich have held
iys a domestic
pat
A Baltimore man who bought him a
farm two or three years ago was re
cently approached by a friend who had
some money to Invest, and who ashed :
“Can 1 buiLa preU^fair fai^^pr
Our Recipe for Making
Kraut.—The best we ever at
made ourselves for many years, ad
a considerable time with our own 1
and always from Savoy cabbag
was manufactured in this wise ;
first place let your “stand,” hoT
from a half barrel to a barrel,
oughly scalded out; the cutter,
and the stamper also well scalded. 1
off all the outer leaves of the c?
halve them, remove the heart aij
ceed with the cutting. Lay som?
leaves at the bottom of the st
sprinkle with a handful of salt*
half a bushel of cut cabbage,
gently until the juice just makes it
l>carance, then add another handi
salt, and so on until the stand is
Cover over with cabbage leaves,
on top a clean board fitting the space
pretty well, and on top of that a stone
weighing twelve or fifteen pounds.
Stand away in a cool place, and when
hard freezing comes on remove to the
cellar. It will lie ready for use in from
four to six weeks. The cabbage should
be cut tolerably coarse. The Savoy
variety makes the best article, aut it is.
only^^^Hiroductive as the dm^4