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A 4»w drop from above,
A Miibeem tram tbe»k
A 1 ***"*< of hMveoly birth,
A garni of holy Lf*
fn «*«ry spot of earlb
hi human <jUm or atrlfa
» fluw«r in a»«ry b*ari
jU moI tpo«€»n’OU* *’ r< ”
AiOuaeJ by < up*»L» '*•' l
Or faun»J by angel • wutge,
Th* *•**»*•* of a hymn
Kung by a h*aveflly choir.
But no* a ooiwmb'i whim,
Or oaguaUe • rail dmire.
UM* Pamian Bly white—
’l la alway a pure and tru
A bMu*rm in the night,
A ihr in *ki*a of l*!’»*
'Th hope and faith and trust,
Afh* lion, truth, and joy,
Jlot the n*l glare of lust,
Mot pMUon't bane alloy
A bud <4 native gre>*
la every human mind.
In ev*ry maiden'* f® l *
Or rugged or refined.
In ever/ manly breast
It reign* supremely bright,
And gleama upon the crest
Os everv gallant knight
l»ve guides us an we r»ain
O’er all the ways of life,
heels holiest lies of home—
-1 he husband and the wife,
*1 be parent and the child
Where'er he <-aat their lot.
in hamlet or in wild,
Ixjve iul«w the hall and cot.
h Spun luh of rnoru Dr Arma
THE MWNBROKER'S STORY.
He *M a little, old man, dried and
guzzled, with gray hair, thin and scrag
gy. which rush bed Ina beard and suited
Li* tanned complexion and wrinkled
fa<eaaif it had been ordered for that
especial purpoec
•• T hirty year* in one *hop,” he mused
more t • lumwlf than to his vh a vis in a
cosi-y little uptown chop house the other
evening. ’‘Thai's a long time to be a
pnwnbrokei. I Ixigau, he continu'd,
altar a short pause, “in a shoo in Lari*
over forty year* ago errand boy. .*n<l
worked my way up to th«- proprietorship
f*awnl< okrrs’ shops in I rance, as you
probably h ive heard, are not managed
by th* lews exclusively. I was born in
London and went to Paris a bov. It is a
busint-K which develops shrewdness if a
ma* E any of th it quality in his coin
position and if hr liaMi t hr hud In ! tri
retd * r sell out to some mnn who has
Th I urlsitin rogues ire snhu p. uns« ru
pulous and d> i ritful a* those you have
In New A oik and the methods of
swindling are marvels of ingenuity.
Evan the moat experienc'd money
lender is imposed upon nt times. U hen
I wn* young in the businesa a young
mechanic came to me « ne day with a
ch« a| sihei wa ch whic h hr wanted five
train * (or. It wasn't worth over ten,
and I loane I him the money T'h<* next
week he reclaimed the watch, telling me
it wm an heirloom in his family, and
money could not J Luy it lie was an
hone*; ;ouii ’ fellow, and I believed
kirn About a week later he came in
and borrowed five francs again, which
hr i' paid with inlerrs’ at the end ot the
w<< k This soft of thing ran on for live
or mx *<rks, until I begin to look on
him as a stead) customer. Finally one
dnv h< amr into the shop overcome with
emotion.
“'Mon Dieu,’ hr exclaimed, ‘I am
ruined ’
• ’What is the milter/’ I inquired
kirn. . fur I regard'd him a* an old
friend
M\ lat Lei is in prison, and I must
hate m mey pm his line It was not
Jus (anil that h was arrested Hr in
ier'errd to save a man he n< ver saw be
fore from bring killed and was arrested
by the officers, and lined for disturbing
the peace.'
” ’How much money do you want I
askrd
l iny francs,' he anwuTcd, ‘but I
have no security save this i» or. little
watch of mine and it is not wot th a
fraction of that amount
“ ‘Give it tn me. I replied, and I
counti d mil the money
”1 have the watch to this day.”
“Some xcar.Y after.” continued the old
man, when Ili id hem in the business
h ng enough to be a judge of character
as well as diamonds, a tall, well-dressed
young w »man came into my shop and
asked to xee me personally. I ought to
have told you tha* the police exercise a
•tricF survelllnn e ove pawnshops in
Paris, for it is (here (hat the clues which
lead to the detection of inauy a criminal
are discovered A- I ir.-m about to
this young woman, who appeared to l>e
long to theuiqier cla.s of b,-use -er. anta,
naked to see me. and when 1 stciqw I in
to thv shop .he implored me to grant her
s private iutorview, so we went into mv
Imek office where we could lie ouite
alone. I didn't at this time think any
thing of thi» so a. cii'tome 1 was Ito
such requesis from women unacquainted
with pawnshops Afier we had seated
ourselves she a-ked me if I took dia
monds in pledge Isa d that I did.
"Then she reached into her dress
pocket aud drew outaulk handkerchief
which was knotted and bum hid This
ahe undid, and in a few minutes spread
out upim her lap the most gorgeous dis
plav ot diamonds my eyes ever beheld.
They were of all sires, a I unset, and in
the sunlight they shone and sparkled
Jatrliugly I was ama-ed. At once a
suspicion flashed across mi mind,
“ 'Where did vou get these ' I asked.
“ 'My father.' sh replied, is ad a
mood merchant, and he received these
atones fronts smugger He ha- been
appreh nded twice by the police, md
does not dare dispo-e of them I'hete
> a i tie no danger though m your taking
ih-ru. for no on can identify them,
a -d 1 will tel, til, ill to y nt at such a low
:g i< that you will i : nj it provable to
buy them.’
“ k'l. i a l.uig argument upon the prici
—>..e wanted ten liousand francs,which
* - mirvei.Hisly cheap for thev were
a.utb tore times that much >ve cam-, to
an under-'auding. 1 took the ewe'.s
-nd gave he: the mo ey in gold She
gavi ins her rim -, which vas Ma->e
lUane, and told me her residence waa fl
Rue Colbnct
"I went to lied that night rather well
I pleased with my bargain, but when I was
confronted with a government detective
the ne»t morning I felt apprehen-ive
i gardmg the outcome of the affair. I he
officer questioned me cloaely concerning
my visitors of the da- before, and what
loans I had made When I t'dd him
that 1 had loaned ten thousand francs
upou a large lot of unset diamonds he
demandeil the i.riv lege of evamining
th»m <>f course. I could not refuse.
Afier looking at them carefully, m iking
copious notes, taking the n ime of the
young woman, a deni ription of her ap
jiearance and such other information as
I could give h ni. he went awav leaving
me in a very unpleasant frame of mind,
1. . tell you. Later in the day he re
turn to the shop with a tall, cleanly
'shaven man wearing a preternaturally
grave expression and carrying under his
heavy black eyebrows a pair of restless
gray eyes, which steadfastly refused to
look vou straight in the face. 1 didn t
like his looks He wa« introduced to
me as .M Paul Dennis, business manage!
of the affairs of Mme. Medil, whose
handsome residence on Hue \ oltaire is
one of the features of that avenue. He
looked at the diamonds which the officer
had asked me to produce and identified
them positively, without question, as be
longing to Mme Modi W lien I told
him who had pawned them he identified
the voung woman as a frequent visitor at
the house of his employer and an inti
mate friend of one of th'- hii’iers named
•Jacques \ oison \t these revelations
you may be certain I was much amazed.
I felt sure some frightful crime had been
committed. I gave up my francs as
hopelessly gone and I would have
felt gratified if I could have been as
sured that I 100 would not be involve 1
in die trouble. After the two men had
finished the examination of the stones 1
begged them to tell me what had oc
curred, when the officer took pity on me
and told me with great secrecy that
Mme Medil had been found murdered
in her bed strangled three nights be
fore and her jewels, together with a
small fortune in money and securities,
hail been stolen. Suspicion was fastened
upon the bus ness mamigcr. who had
been in the house that afternoon, and ho
was promptly arrested. He, however,
protesting his innocence, had induced
the officers to allow him to assist them
in discovering the real culprit and had
visited with an officer ail the pawn
shops in the city with the result above
st ited.
“The officer gave me n receipt for the
diamonds, which he carried away, and I
was placed under bonds to appear w hen
wanted as a witness In the course of a
dm or so the facts of the murder were
given to the newspapers. It was then
discovered Hint 21 Hue Colbert, which
Marie Blanc had given as her address,
was a butcher shop, and she was totally
upknown to the proprietor or the neigh
bors. This puzzled the police greatly.
It was a month before they were able to
learn where sire had gone. .Jacques
Voison, whom the busness manager had
associated with her in his testimony,hud
also disappeared and nil truces of him
were lost too. At last they found that
Marie Blanc h id sailed for England the
day after selling the jewels, aud
had not been seen since she landed
iu Loudon on the night of the same
day The disappearance of the butler
and the young woman, taken together
with the pawning of the jewels and the
lack of any direct evident e against M.
Denais, induced the police to release
him. although for months afterward he
was kept under strict surveillance. My
diamonds in the meanwhile repo-ed in
the vaults p>f the government waiting
for further developments in this very
mysterious case
"It was. I think,' continued the pawn
broker, "at least six months after the
minder that the police received notifica
tion from Brussels that a lot of diamonds
precisely like those which belonged to
Mme Medil, had been pawned in a shop
in that city for a huge sum of money.
The I’nris police at once sent a detective
to investigate the mutter. Surely enough,
the diamonds were identical with those
I had bought, even to those blemishes
which m irked my purchases. Then,
too, they hud been pawned by a young
woman answering the description of
Marie Blanc. The goo Is were confiscated
at once the pawnbroker was arrested
and the city scoured for the voung
woman Ill's time diligence was re
warded I'he police arrested her just as
she was about to leave the city disguised
as an old market woman As soon as
this news was flashed to Pans the offi
cers hastened to the house of M Denais
to arrest him. and they were none too
soon, as he was about to leave, and
probably would have made ha escape
within a very few minutes
"Now," raid the pawnbroker, "here
is the strange part of this long story.
Marie Bl inc had concealed about her
person three more sets of diamonds,each
ex idly like the one I had. and M. De
nais also hud a set with him. The two
prisoners were taken before the magis
trate without either having an opportu
■ nity to communicate with the other.
Both maintained a brave demeanor until
they were fetched together, then thev
broke down entirely I'he six sets of
di uuonds were produced, and it whs
found that th ■ one which M Denais had
iu his poss ssion was the only genuine
set, the re-t being made of paste, but so
cleverly done that the best expert could
uot have detected the imposture. When
confronted with such indubitable
proofs of their collusion, each
confessed. M. Denain was the murderer.
Marie Blanc was his accomplice. Jac pies
\ oison had left the house a week before
the murder to go upon a sheep ranch in
Australia, and ha I nothing wh itever to
do with the crime. The real diam nds
were neatly counterfeited bv Denais,
who hid learned that trade in his
younger days, and Marie had l*een sent
out to pawn the ewels for two reasons.
One was to rai-e money ami he other
was to divert .suspicion from the real
criminal who would have fled the coun
try directly after the murder had sus
p c.on not liceti directed to him It
oniv sh 'ws that no matter h >w carefully
plknned a c-im - mav be, some loophole
is always left Murder will out."
"Did you ever get pa d for your loani"
asked the listener, after the tale was
ended.
"No." replied the ;■ w 'broker. "Mv
onß iuiv was a t c'.et hieh a Im.tted me
to the execution of th murderer.” V.-, ?
lort tt’repHr.
'AMERICAN PRESS HUMOR*
a batch or rvirr byobibb rovio
IB
Will Talk »■"•« K»ou<b - Asking
AUrr Old Xrlcnda Mlle loucliided
net tn Walt, etc., etc.
•I saw a bride on a railway car the
i other day who sat and had her band held
I for at leas' two hoars vilhout saying a
word. What sort of a future do you
I think her husband will have?”
"I'm afra d lie'll wish after a bit that
ho had never et go of her hand.”
■‘Why sos"
“Because, you can bet she'll talk fast
enough as soon as she finds out that
keeping house ain’t all moonshine after
all."— l'ueaij" L'djer.
Askin* After < ld frleaila*
Smith—“ Robinson is in town from
Chicago He was asking about you this
moi ning.
Brown "Robinson —what Robinson?"
Smith —"Why. you remember Tom
Robinson, who went West ten years ago
and made a fortune.”
Brown—“Oh, yes. ceriainly. I remem
i ber Tom well; fine fellow he was, too.
iSo he was asking about me. What did
Tom say ?"
Smith “He inquired if you drank as
hard as ever.”—Asm Kofi Sun.
> tor Concluded to %%»lt
“Do I have to go in there with all
those cattle?” asked a stylishly dressed
woman, with a dog in her arms, as she
looked into a crowded passenger couch
on a day train without a sleeper.
“No, ma’am, you don’t have to,”
replied the conductor
"Well, what can I do? - don't see
any other car?”
“Why. ma'am, you can wait at the
station hern till that train ou the siding
j goes, and then you can have a whole
J stock car to yourself."
She went in and sat down. — Merchant
i Trailer.
One Eye on It.
An eminent citizen of Detroit called
upon an eminent citizen the other day
to consult him about his eyes.
“They seemed all right up to three or
four days ago," said the eminent
citizen, "but then I noticed that the left
one was failing.”
"Do you wear glasses?” asked the
physician.
“Oh, yes. ”
“Le» me see them?"
They were passed over, and after a
i brief inspection the physician burst into
a hearty laugh.
“The trouble is with the left eye, eh?"
he inquired.
"Yes, sir."
“No wonder Look at your glasses.”
The left hand glass had been lost out.
/<’/■«! freex.
The Prive of n Blunk "hot.
"We bid,” said one of the crowd,
“one of the funniest duels I ever saw at
college. It was a put-up job, of course.
The pistols were uot loaded with ball
but the duelists did not know that.
They stood up like men, apparently, but
one of them got so nervous he fired be
fore the word was given. That plated
him at the mercy of hi- opponent, who
was a poor devil and rather shrewd
As soon as the pistol went oil the indi
vidual who fired it got utterly scared.
The other stood calm and determined
aud proceeded to lake a leisurely aim.
“Don't shoot!” yelled the victim.
Don’t shoot!"
“I believe it is my turn, isn't it?” he
asked and turned to tlie seconds
“Os course it is; go ahead.” And he
again leisurely covered his man .
“Hold on! Hold on! I’ll give you
foOO if you won't shoot.”
"Tain’t enough.”
"For heaven’s sake? “I’ll give you
»750.”
The num with the pistol sneered aud
covered him once more
“How much will you take?”
“A thousand dollars.”
"I will give it." Put that cursed
thing down "
And he paid his little SI,OOO. — San
t'raiiei'<ca Chron'iele.
An t ««ny on Pie.
Somewhere down iu my internal econ
omy, says Scott Way in the Detroit Free,
}*reia, there is a spot that has a constant
and tender longing for pie, and as a love
of pie has been long thought to be a
ihining mark of genius, I have been
rather proud of it. I think I inherited
my appetite for pie from a poor but hon
est ancestor who had nothing else to
leave me. Some men would not be
grateful for a little thing like that; but I
am. My great thirst for pie was noticed
at an early age. It was not noticed by
myself so much as by my parents. It
often attracted their attention, and they
saw with deep concern sometimes that !
left a painfully large void in a pie after
I had communed with it tor anv length
of time. They reminded me often that I
was too young to hold more than an un
divided half interest in a full-grown pie,
and that an inordinate thirst for pie,
even of home manufacture, was liable to
lead a person to woe and dyspepsia.
Thev advised me to shun pie, but advice
did not agree with me then as well as
pie, so I took the pie and gave the ad
vice to the poor, aud from my boyhood I
have con'inued to stand by pie as long
as a piece remained
There is one brand of pie, however,
that I have been weaned away from I
can sit calmly by and sec others eat it
without feeling any pangs of envv I
refer to the huckleberry pie. the huckle
berry pie that is manufactured for the
trade only Previous to last summer I
had been eating huckleberry pie with
perfect composure, but there was then a
change. While I was engaged with a
quarter section of the brand of pic re
ferred to, in a railroad pie factory and
sundwiih emporium, and was wearing
the grand am le I usually wear when 1
eat pie. I i-it with startling suddenness
into a new variety of long black bug.
which probably had been put in to add
eclat to the pic. I bit into it in a rather
otl-han 1 way The bug was of course
unconscious of thejevent, but I was
not I was at first stai tied, and then I
became painfully embarrassed. My
taste had not been cultivated for that
sort of bug. and acting <>n the impulse
of the moment I got up and went hur
riedly >.w ly. so-getting to stop at the
■ cashier’s desk and pay for the pie.
I Since that memorable event iu mv < “
reer a coolnesa has sprung up betwee.i
me and tire huck.eberrf pie, and in “s
presence I am more sail than I am w-ui
to be. lam strikingly thoughtful win-i
i I see a hucklclierry pie My friends
have noticed this pecul ar.ty of mine
and they do not now press huckleberry
pie upon me They know that I am
u.ore joyous and debonair without P
( aiiipaigniiig on the Potomac
Captain Edward Swinton, of St. Paul,
1 recently delivered an address in one
of the city churches, containing his re
; collections ot the war, as it seemed to a
( private soldier. Among other things he
i said: With many others, I entered
I Washington in 1862 There the signs of
I war could be seen on every side. We
I soon left the city and entered the Army
iof the Potomac. Our brigade formed a
portion of a column which was ordered
to march through Maryland. At first
the novelty of the march was pleasant,
but this soon wore away, and then for
the first time did we realize the suffer
ing of a forced march. We proceeded at
the rate of twenty miles a day, and
loaded down as we were with our blank
1 ets, haversacks, ammunition, guns, etc.,
no one can for a moment imagine our
1 terrible experience.
Those who have read accounts of the
■ war correspondents, and seen the illus
| trations of column after column of men
in line, without a break, wonder how
men can lie converted into such ma
chines. These exist only in the minds
of the writers and artists. The march
is often broken. There is no attempt to
keep in step. They only wish to get
I along rapidly and keep together. All
J else is disregarded. The veterans always
'remark, “Well, this is about the tough- I
est march I ever had.” At night when
we pitched camp we were obliged to get
water to make our coffee, to drink with
our simple meal of hardtack. With a
blanket for a mattress, a blanket for a
covering, and our muskets and ammuni
tion for a piiiow, we lay ourselves down
to sleep.
One of the most terrible experiences
was during the sickness which prevailed
when we were iu camp on the Potomac.
Lead was a much iess eruel butcher than
disease, and there could not be a good
excuse for lhe delay. Os all the frauds
perpetuated upon the government there
I were none greater than a certain class of
surgeons, >ho knew nothing at all about I
medicine or surgery. One of these fel
lows would enter a tent when a man was ‘
I sick, and say: “What’s the matter?’'
“I’ve got a bad cold, sir,” was the i
reply.
“Let me see -.our tongue. Take one
pill every two hours.” To a second
patient he would say: “What's the
matter?”
"Got rheumatism, sir,” wa* the an
swer.”
“Let me see your tongue. lake one
pill every two haura.” giving him the
same remedy as he did to the preceding
patient. And so he would go on among
the hundreds of men. The distributing
of rations was very interesting to us. It’s
amusing to think how many extraordi
nary dishes were made from hard tack.
When it was broken into small pieces,
soaked in cold water, fried in pork, fat
and served hot it was known as "Mc
' Clellan’s stew.” When pounded fine,
mixed with water, and then baked in
cakes, it was called “Burnside’s pies.”
When burned to a crisp, boiled in water,
and eaten with a spoon, it was “Poto- |
mac chowder.” Receiving the mail was a
most interesting occasion. lhe call of
“Fall in for ma 1!” always brought out
the men in double-quick time.
Making Bronze Statues.
Since the Washington monument was
unveiled, the question “How do they
make bronze statues?” has been fre- ;
quently asked. Many intelligent people
belieye that the bronze is hammered into
shape on an anvil and that a sculptor’s
studio is -imilarin appearance to a b ack
smith’s shop. R. H. Park, the designer
and creator of the Washington monu
ment, explained the real process to a
reporter for the Milwaukee Wi'scozrei/i.
"The first thing to do after the plans
are made,” he said, “is to make the
study, which is a miniature statue simi- j
| iar in every respect except size and ma
terial to the bronze statue. The mate
rial generally used is cement. The
armatore, or framework of the statue, is
then built, after which the plaster cast
of the figure is made. The latter work
is the most important part of the opera
tion, and its creation occupies as long a
! time as all the other stages of the statue’s
! genesis. When the sculptor has com
i pleted his model in plaster it is taken to
the foundry. There is then taken from
it a piece mold, that is, a mold that can 1
\be taken in pieces. In this mold wax is
cast, of the thickness which it is pro
posed to have the bronze. Then the [
mold is filled up with sand packed '
in solid. The sand is called the core. ■
Then the piece mold is taken off and the
wax again is molded or finished up.
! Again the wax is covered with a prepar
ation of plaster and cement, after which
the work is placed in a heated oven anv
stood on end. The heat melts the wax I
which runs out at the bottom of the cast, I
leaving vacant the space it occupied. |
\\ hen the wax has entirely left the form :
or mold, the molten bronze is run in
i through a ho e in the top and takes the
place of the w ix. When the metal
cools, the outside plaster is broken off,
the core taken from the inside and the
statue completed.”
Not Yet.
She.
Yes, the violin I played
Long before you ca me to woo,
But I ceased w-*hen we were wed.
Forth - practice, mother said,
You'd taboo.
She was wrong, my own, my best!
N’oti have bought a violin
For your wi e—sue is blest,
Now. I pray you. get a rest
For my chin.
He.
Ask not that. love, I entreat,
For I live i and rejoi e
M uen you speak—'tis joy complete.
For like music low and sweet
Is your voice,
When Love's sun is in the west.
And to quarrel we begin;
When your tougus becomes a pest,
Then I'll try to und a rest
For your ehin.
—Boston Courier.
FARM, CARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Rotation ot Crops.
By practicing a proper rotation of
crops and returning to the soil ah
the manure made from feeding
the fodder and the littering with the
straw a farm mav be be kept increasing
in fertility. The soil is really inexausti
ble of its mineral matter, and as long as
there is decaving organic matter in it
some considerable nitrogen is gained
from the atmo-pherc. The longer the
rotation the better and more effective in
this way it is. An excellent rotation,
which furnishes feeding and sell ng
crops in abundance, is first clover zr-d
grass for hav and then pasture: corn ou
the turned sod; beans to follow the
corn; wheat to fol ow the beans, and
clover sown with the wheat: one year
clover; oats on the clover sod; roots on
the oat stubble; then potatoes, and
wheat following the potatoes, with
clover and grass following and fintshing
the rotation. This requires ten fields
and gives plenty of straw, hay and roots
for feeding cattle.
Plant Food.
No animal manure contains any value
except what goes into the.animal as food.
The manurial value of a ton of clover
J hay is placed at about $9; of roots, eighty
! cents: cotton seed meal and linseed
meai, about S3O. But as roots can often
be bought very low, at $6 or $7 per ton,
and cows may eat a bushel or more per
day, the manure made in a day may be
of nearly equal value whichever food is
given.
As wood ashes, un'eached. are a com
plete plant food, they are often under
valued, yet, compared to other potash
compounds, they are worth, for their
' potash, only fourteen or fifteen cents per
I bushel.
Neither p'aster, salt nor lime can be
called manure, as they contain neither
of the three elements we need buy. They
may help develop a plant that is already
in the soil. If they were plant food
continued application would enrich the
lawn, which every one knows they do
not. Humus is not plant food, but it
helps the land to hold plant food. Stable
manure is valuable for tiie small amount
of plant food contained in it, but the
microscope can hardly detect it. the pro
portion is so small compared to the
inert portions.
I sc fur Old Fruit Cam.
Probably no other waste articles have
given so much trouble in disposing of
them, as fruit cans. They are known
to be valuable, but to what good use to
turn them, has been a pro lem which
has disturbed many minds. They are
hard to get rid of, and hard to use, and
so there have been many devices thought
of for the purpose of utilizing them. We
have seen them used as a substitute for
shingles, by having been unsoldered in
the fire and flattened out, aud they have
certainly made an excellent roof for out
houses, pig-pens and other small build
ings. A coat of mineral paint makes
them last for many years. A leader of
the American Agriculturist suggests an
other plan for a few of them, which is to
open them on one side and make a flap
of the loose tin by which the cans may
be huug upon nails in the barn or work
shop, for holding small things, as nails,
•crews, etc., etc. To this we would add
that a few of them thus prepared might
be hung around the chicken yards for
feed and water troughs, and would be
excellent for this purpose, because the
fowls could not put their feet in the
food, or foul the water. This device is
really one of the most promising of ail
that have hitherto been proposed to util
ize these tantalizing things. No doubt
they could be turned to account in
several ways in the house, and if neatly
covered with gold or silver paper, would
be ornamental as well as useful. Smooth
the edges of the tin, in order to avoid
cutting the hands.— Agriculturist.
salt lor stock.
Stock should ahvays receive a regular
allowance of salt, although the horses,
cattle and sheep kept near the seaboard
do not need so much as those kept in
the interior, as the ocean breezes are im
pregnated with it. Salt operates upon
stock to their healthfulness, by loosen
ing the order of digestion at times when
their food is not of that nature, by help
ing to effect tlie purification of their
blood, thus, perhaps, alleviating some
internal or external disease, by strength
ening and invigorating the whole nerv
ous and general system. When given to
milch cows it adds to the properties of
their milk, either for butter or cheese.
Sheep are greatly benefited after a
cold storm or a drenching shower by giv
ing them some salt, which revives their
' dropping spirits and gives them energy,
by adding strength to their nervous and
| general system. Sometimes on very cold
i mornings, young lambs are found so
j chilled and benumbed with the cold that
they cannot stand, aud apparently are
quite lifeless, when by putting n spoon
ful of salt in their mouths and leaving
them, they would, in the course of one
hour, find tl»ni so revived that often
times they could not catch them. Those
who raise sheep can try this e.xretimeut
and they will see the good effects of salt.
! Sheep should have one gill of salt per
head a week, in fair weatner, and shou d
always lie salted after a storm or drench
ing showers. If our woo growers would
•alt often and freely after shearing, their
Sheep would bear the change with a
better degree of health and strength
particularly if very cold weather
lowed.— Cultiea tor.
The Horne'**
Aphtha-, or thrush, a disease of the
mouth, is very common amonj youn"
horses. It consists of small red patches
and vesicles on the side of the cheeks
also on the tongue. The mouth is hot
and feverish, and the animal will fre
quently allow the food to fall out of it
from inability to masticate. The prin
cipal means to be employed are a paste
made from equal parts of homy and
po ' dered bayberry bark, or borax the
parts to be annointed every night.’ To
promote healthy action ana purify the
b:ood. give one ounce of flour of sul
phur. two ounces of powdered golden
seil, and one ounce of powdered’’sassa
fras. mix and divided into lour parts
mixing one part in scalded shorts every
niqht. This treatment applies to all
Classes of stock.
There is no doubt that a colt some
times suffers considerable paia in teeth-
ing, in consequence of the
which the teeth encounter from unyi ej 'j
ing gums. The pain does not ur.se, ]
some suppose, from the poini, of the j
pressing upward against the gum, j
I from the downward pressure—the re
of the tooth compressing the d.. c ,
nerve—consisting in local irrita:jj t
which, if not relieved, deranges ap :l u‘
the whole of the nervous system, k
remedy is a sharp gum lancet. Maket,
incision right down to the point of
tusk or tooth, and the animal geueru 1(
experiences relief. If he labor undj
sympathetic fever, appear irritable
nervous, give him a drachm of asaf
ida, in thin gruel; keep the bowels so
ble, and let the diet be light.
Owing to the unequal wear of 80 a,
horses’ teeth, their edges project lb
become >harp: they are then apt to i n ’
tate and wound the mucous membra I
on the inside of the cheek. Insiiql
cases an increased flow of saliva, I
feet mastication and loss of flesh wifi . 'I
noticed. The remedy is a mouth mil
Bishoping consists in making artin^.-s
marks in ho:ses’ teeth to give them ts'
appearance of youth. It is a species t "
imposition so reprehensible that ail he; I
est horse-dealers have set their f^,,
against it. “It is called “Bishopinj ■
from the name of the scoundrel whoijß
vented it. The horse of eight or ni; J
years old is cast, and, with an engrave
tool, a hole is dug in the now iilni lr l
smooth surface of the corner teeth, a t I
in shape and depth resembling the ma-jM
in a seven-year-old horse. The hoe aS
then burnt with a heated iron. and;B
permanent black stain is left; tlie nt H
pair of nippers are sometimes touche.B
to imitate the brown color of the naturj|
mark. However dexterously the npmß
tion may be performed, the fraud is ea-.l
ly discovered by tho-e who are in:;B
habit of examining teeth. If the ho:
is aged, it may be known by the generiß
appearance, such as gray hairs, sunk-a;
eyes, deep hollows above them. 1.8
b'.nes are prominent, lips flabby, and
nippers of the lower jaw, instead of S ;H
pearing angular, approach as the anim.M
advances in years, to the horizontal ?!
Philadelphia liecord.
Household Hints and Hecipei,
It matting,counterpanes,or bedspreili J
have oil spots upon them, wet withai l
cobol, rub with hard soap, and the; j
tinse with clear, cold water.
It is said that canned berries retail
their flavor, and keep better when abit«
tered cloth is laid over the top of th
jar before screwing down the cover.
A small barrel is a capital receptaci
for soiled linen instead of a hamper
Have it well cleaned and lined wia;!
chintz, the outside should be eithe;
painted or covered with Turkey red ea<
broidered with sprays; the lid mustlw
covered or painted to correspond.
To make steamed pudding, take biz
eggs, one cup of sour milk, half a tag
spoon of soda, a little salt and one cim
of fruit. Beat the eggs and the sugi
together, dissolve the soda in the mill: 1
stir in the flour rather thicker than few
cake, bteam an hour and a half.
To make eggs froth quickly vhifi
beatiug them, add a small pinch of
and it will freshen them, too. To c: j
warm bread or cake have your kfe: |
quite hot. Mix your stove black::: :
with soapsuds; the polish comes quick!A
and the dust of the blacking is avoide;,
Beef fritters are nice for breakfast!
Chop pieces of steak or cold roast bera|
very fine; make a batter of flour, miliS
and an egg and mix the meat with H,
put a lump of butter into a saucepan
let it melt, then drop the butter into
from a large spoon; fry until brow,
season with pepper and salt and a litti:
parsley.
A young goose, not more than foe;’
months old, is nice cooked in this war J
After dressing and singeing it carefully,#
sprinkle pepper and salt and a little sage,|
in the inside; put a lump of butter i: |
also, to moisten it; then put in a pail
and then in the oven; baste it frequently 1
with water in which you have put somiß
butter and pepper and salt. Serve wit: j
nice brown gravy and with gooseberry J
jam or apple butter; cover the battaK
with thin slices of buttered toast mobM
ened with the drippings in the pan, then*
lay the goose upon it. Goose is usually®
better to be parboiled or steamed befonß
baking, and this process extracts the oil a
The usual poultry dressing and saucij
may be served with it.
To clean black silk, it must be tho: jl
oughly brushed and wiped with a clothß
then laid flat on a board or table ani
well sponged with hot coffee, thoroughly
freed from sedimflnt by being strains:
through muslin. The silk is spongei
on the side intended to shoxv, it is al
lowed to become partially dry, and thei
ironed on the wrong side. The cofft<
removes every particle of grease and re
stores the brilliancy of silk without
imparting to it either the shia’
appearance or cracky and papery still
ness obtained by beer, or indeed, any
other liquid. The silk really appea ß
thickened by the process, and this goo
effect is permanent. Our readers "In
will experimentalize on an apron «
cravat will never again try any oths
method.— Farmer and Manufacturer.
A Champion Corn Husker.
Dennett Bell, of Cass county, claim 1
to be the champion corn husker of th:
State. In challenging the world h
says he has put in the crib five loads
corn, each load containing
bushels, and one load of fifteen bushw
—making 140 bushels. He did tto .
between breakfast and supper. Tin
corn was measured in the wagon I>J
getting the contents in cubic feet M- .fc
taking four-tenths of it for the busbe |
One hundred and twenty-four ears «-■
the corn weighed seventy-five ponndi I
or one bushel, and the total number ’■ I
ears husked was estimated at 17,000.—M
Omaha Bee.
Cause of Her Unhappiness.
She has sunny, golden hair,
She is exquisitely fair, .3
And ber eyes of blue are gorgeous la t®“ -J
lustre;
While her lips are ruby bright,
And her teeth are ( early white;
And. in fact, she, as a'beauty, is a bostzr 1
But. despite her ch irms so rare,
And her fascinating air, , S
And the knowledge that of them all or-■
are talking,
She in life no pleasure finds.
For the frosty winter winds
Tint her lovely nose with red, when she g OS ,
walking. gl
—Boston Courier. ■