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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. ■