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J NIGHT IX A CITV JAIL WF*r A "BW 0»« M ; O” n . W l« A ATATIOW 10011 >r..«b ru ’k«rj n** Hr <ir « I* MM. A fr«*iy Bight .nJ a b tier wind The a »r look d•( >’<■ »n l void. Awaydown tiu Bowery I <0.1.i «•'• t - great - tm da nl ’hl miiltie. In • t <p n ■ 1 ’> lh " till. « <lk» Kver«>> Jy predict » th.ck .n’orui Iwrfo <in mint' A* ■ 'lined into Fourth aim the wmi whi.tle-l »hn : through lh- t ."graph wire, over hr 4. and rattl'd >H • ■■ windows in the neigi. orbood ‘ omrthing lay arrow tin g... ».Je.« <lk ometh ng tliat n e 1«1 a wa to abut out the e ex of th'* big city It « aiounggiri with long »oft brown ha r tangled about her 'boulder* lit r fare wa- fair and ah • wa» h mely■ At t: I aeeme laa f nh<- »»• 1 oping, but . clowi eaain na'ion ahowi d that h" wu iiteinjrting to ho d hcraelf upon her elb »» It was bar ito imagine a mor" atu. .4 or pitiful rit re.don than that at. h re ted upon her ferturea a ah'- blinked in a vague and aimlew manner at •mail flask lying on the pavement at her f< > t Juat aa Ia > about to aaaiat the g.r. t her (<■<■! aquick li'-avy »'e:>earned Me to ook Broun i, and at my elbow wa a pol:< r-rnaii •‘You needn't disturb yourself, sir," h< Hil l. * die ia drunk It « a great pity tbu so yo .g a girl hit come to such shame already. ’ lb- mil ceinan .hook th* girl roughly aud then ra l -cd he' to her feet I lie ■oft brown hair win blown irroe her face and the pushed it bar k. Then ahe began to r rv. The jiolicemm threw the flank into the middle of the street, where it fell with a crash and waa du integrated into a thouwand fragments. ' That's the curse of the world, he j aaid. • I've seen moie crime anil suffer ing from the bottle than anv other twenty causes. Juat look at that girl and aee what a mere animal she has be bome under the influence of rum. The girl laughed in an idiotic way a. ahe staggerer! in the grasp of the blue coated philosopher. •'luunme go. ' rhe stammered, "'’not e ’f your business." Inside of five minutes we were in the station hoiis- where mother poli eman was telling the aerge.int how he had dragged a drunken man four blocks in order to keep him out of the way of wagons The prisoner lie referred to mum ted out a few words of defiance sol was whiared through a back door in > jiffy Fhe drunken girl was arraigned before the sergeant. Then she told in thick tor.", that she hail never lieen arrested lx h ie, mid that if the good gentleman wou d only let her go she would never get drunk again It was no use. The sergeant shook his head. "!f I let you go non," he said, "you might fare worse even than you have. As vuu are you .g und res|M>ctable looking l'l< give you a bed to sleep in to night You are like u thousand others I have Sven though I fear. You've learned to tasi strong drink at home, si d that's an incur..ble dim a»e Tin- sergeant took me to the lodging ro tn when lie saw Ilia" I wan Interested iu bin couveiMXtlon. “There yon see whit drink will bring women to," he •■nl “Every one nt these poor, ragged, homeless eieaturen you »-e lying on thine bonids owes her Iron Idee and her poverty to tippling.'’ <>n a long, low platform of pine boatda lay eight or ten wom<n. They were dirty, slatternly and m sei able One slovenly hag sat up with Ini yellow, skinny arms clasped about hei knee* She was breathing beav dy, as if aileep. an i yet her eyes were open. Another lav on her side with her arm dr >' n a hiss her far nnd still another was hu tilled up in a heap and was groaning The air of the room was thick and offensive I was surprised to detect tobacco smoke in the place until the *e'g< ant roared out angrily: “Hen-, now no a nuking, i'll lock you up if you ain't can ill.' A withered old woman pulled a black ened cla*uip‘ a from lieneath her shawl and kuocH*<l th- gloving content* of the bowl out against the palm of her hand Then she lay down with a growl ing ao md in her throat. “The chances are that every second woman yon see her. has ; husband and childien alive, said th- sergeant, "but drink lias broken up their homes. If there was no strong drink to I e got in this city fur the next year the authorities could dismiss one hall' the police force at once. Women wi I sit down with a whiskv bottle to drown some slight trouble, little dreaming of the terrible .‘ate they a-e inviting. Vo i saw thd voting girl arrested in the street uist now Well, look at lids women " <tut of a dark cell came two wrinkled arm* and claw like hands, and a mania cal visage, with dishevelled giav hair tumbled about It was pressed against th' iron grated tioor “' leiuember her thirty year* ago.' he s< id She was tin u a young woman oft wen :y toe ye us, good ooking, well shaped, c -atly dress d and modest A young lawyei w atugi odto e marred to her Then she Ivegan to drink red wine at hoiui- I don't know who taught her the habit, but it soon grew upon her until abv waa a full tiedged whisky drinker. The voting lawyer broke off his engage mi nt -nd she married a carpenter. lust before her first child bun her bus. baud died i-ue dsy I found her lying m the glftlei dead drunk. I arrested her amt a little girl was born in prison. ■ er since that -he has l-een a confirtnM i uukard. Hei little grandchild gener a v comes after her when she is locked up." \\ ben we reached the office of the at* lion again there was a pale, shy little •,-irl who shivered at the shining red store, Ihe Ct.lid proved to be the grandchild of the drunkard tn the cell. She begged nite .ualy Io lie a lowed to see the pns ii. :, r.ad cried when he. request was used. >he was anil' clad, under**'.-d g with a ragged shawl » n d brotvn s es tshe gnawed her thumb and rub , h< r feet together nervously. f v.m please, sir, she whispered, ; nndmahaa the key to the room « 1 hvvc no place to sleep now. " l.e '«rgvant or letwd the doorman to . t the key from the prisoner, and when ’ w..s produced, the child crept away er empty, dark home Later ou I .be girl who was arrested in Fourth street sitting on the side of a ' l»ed in the cell which had l.ee-1 fitted <P for the accommodation of such a •ise he sat with her hands in her lap in I her fare bent m odily toward the floor When I asked her how she came to ire in such a plight she told me that i her ii o her taught iior to driuk, but a ■ wa v . warned .' er to drink in moderation, i -b- uxed to take beer with her meals nt first Then she tried a little whisky, and found that its effec ts were more ex l.i er.' From th"t time on she had always tv ; t a flask of whisk', under her pillow >he had been drunk a score of I t mei in the house, but ha I never yet been drunk in the public streets until 1 that night. •‘l've heard that same story a hundred t. over,” said the sergeant. "It's »in ike to say that most girls are •aught t dr.nk in bee.' gardens Tbn great ma ority of those who drink in toxicants begin the habit at home, under the eye-of their parents. That girl has probably g>t some wretched old father •iho thinks of nothi'ig but whisky him relf from morning till night. !V lien he hears of his daughter's anest the chances ;irc that he will go snivelling up to the court in th- morning wringing hi- hands and sweat ng by all the g"d- in heaven ] that he always told his child to <lo what | was right. He will wonder how it was possible that hi- girl could aver get drunk, indead of wondering how she could ever w itch the example lie set to her and vet kep sober. \eic iurk • A trice Io "st top shoulder <1 People. A stooping figure is not only a famil iar expression of weakness or old age, but it is, when caused by careless habits a direct cause of contracted cheat and defective breathing. Unless you rid yourself of this crook while at school you will probably go bent to your grave, i There is one good way to cure it. Shoulder braces will not help. One needs, not an artificial substitute, but some means to develop the muscles whose duty is to hold he head and shoulders erect I know of bit one bull’s eye hot. It is to carry a weight on the hea i. A sheepskin or other s rong bag filled with twenty to eighty pounds of rand is good weiglit. When engaged in your morning studies, either before or after breakfas*, put this bag of sand oti your head, hold your head erect, draw your chin close to your neck and walk slowly about the room, coming back, if you please, every minute or two to your book, < or carrying the book as you walk The muscles whose duty it is to hold the head and shoulders erect are hit, not with scattering shot, but with a rifle ball. The bones of the spine and the interver tebral substance will soon accommodate themselves to the new attitude. One year of daily practice with the bag, half an hour morning and evening, wi.lgive you a noble carriage, without interfering a moment with your studies.— Hall'e Journal of Health, The Nose. Many great men have large noses, as for example Washington, Cromwell. Na- poleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Welling ton, Cicero. Cue .r. John Hull, Brother Jonathan and Mr Punch! The popular fancy, as well us a so called science, still associate* certain types with mental traits. Thus a convex nose is held to be indicative of courage, nnd a concave nose of cowardice. Flexibility of the nose is put down as a mark of docility, while inflexibility warns one to expect stubbornness. This assertion certainly proves itself when applied to the ele ph nt and the rhinoceros'. The nose serves various important olli ces in connection with the different emo tions. To rub it violently suggests the person's perplexity or annoyance. To la. the linger on it signifies contempla tion and intense self-questioning. Tc blow it very hard, whi'e listening to affecting passages in books, or hearing a recital of wrong or distress, indicate* emotion and sympathy, because every one knows that the handkerchiefs em uloycd upon the nos - will also be fur lively used to wipe away the unmanly tear I'he nose is one of the most digntfiel organs wo possess; to pull or tweak it it always considered a grave insult, second only to the insult accounted so deadly by eastern nations: that of pulling the la-ard I’-ut/r’.* Co:n/MHiion, Polite >e*s Pays. ‘•Wont you leave your coat down herr before you go up to dinner? Let mt take it," suavely besought the clerk of a country bote of a visitor who hud just come in. “I will bang it up," he con tinned politely. The guest thanked him for his profuse display of courtesy, ai d went upstairs highly pleased with the trouble that had been taken over him. “We always do that,” said the clerk winking at a bystander. “I have only been in the hotel business twirmonths, but that was the first trick i learned I wanted that man's coat as security for the payment of his dinner bill. It is the rule in many country hotels to get the unknown transient to deposit his coat, hat or gum boots in the o lice. If it is done pro|M-rly, the vis tor think* it is nothing but native politeness ” —PAi'/j. dt.'.diia Ouxh I The plough bov whistle i tw mid the pl m;h. For his lungs were sound and he had n< ■ ou;h -. H ■ iiided bis team with a pliant h nigh. And waters lit well at a wav a I tr ni-b. 11. Tin* c it was liar I. for :.. I .» I wa-nmgh— It lav on tn.- shore* of .. . I ri-sh lough But hi* ».•!' fed Inm w .< -tout and to.igh, And he plied Ids . ■ t > flank and hough. 111. He toile I a day and ha low an I chough FL-warou dhw . d th-ugh beoft'eried shoiigh. But bls pio-igh at «.-stru. k a hidden a u h With a fores that -ent the share ,da», ttnsmgli IV. Fbfrightened team ran off with the plough With the a;s*wdof the wind from the n on -b boy. though 1 s He shouted. Whoa And into a sfougii It plungwl whore the mu 1 was s ft a . dough V. The plough boy went, for the wreck was thor .High lie tied that night from the farm to the U*r ough —Boston Courier. 'THE SOLDIERS OK BURMAH. PASSXtra IM BB7IBW ■«ro*> XIMG TMMBAV nrleuial '■ rwopv Who Were fitted entnst the Hrlllolt tlueer J b!ean« of ' Irlory ill. Afinard i amtueil describes as fol lows a review by King 'lhebaw at Man dalay of some six thousand of he troops constituting the flower of his . army: "All the time the troop- were a-sem bling the air was filled with the sound • of gongs und bells, most sweet toned, 1 some with a high, clear note, others booming out a deep bass. In front of each regiment was carried by two men a large gong, gilt all over, about three or four feet wide, and they had also ten or twelve small gongs, not more than six or seven inches wide, to each regiment, carried at intervals, ab ng the line. These they kept continually striking, I fancy, with some idea of marking the time. The cost'.mesof the different regi ments were very varied. Their coats were very like the British tunic in shape, line regiment was in red, with black tr Hisers, having a yellow-tripe, and hel mi ts of red paper mache. They all carried muskets, and if they were no better than some 1 examined of the pal ace guard, old rusty muzzle-loaders,they could not be of much use. I understood, how ver. that they had a good store of "ni lei- Two flags preceded each regi ment >ii n came some twenty or thirty i men with tall pikes, decora'ed with silk 'streamers, and then the regulars four deep. l ied to the muzzle of each man’s mu-ket ".ere s -me green leaves, the em bl mos vic ory. The chief officer (colo nel; of each regiment rode on an ele phant at the rear of his men. He was most gorgeously attired in a green or red velvet coat, covered with gold lace. Be hind hnn came the officers of the regi ment, all mounted on pon'es, and tnen ' twenty or thirty men with bare legs and putzo (the native dre»s, a long skirt) i girded up, each carrying a musket in a red c'oth cover. I was told these were the officers’ weapons. Two small brass I cannon, about three feet long and three inch bore, mounted on wl eels and dragged by three or four men. brought up the rear. These men were dressed in red coats, trou-ers nnd helmets. Beside the two cannon accompanying each regiment there was a detachment of about sixty cannon, all dragged by hand and simiiiirin pittern to the above. I should have said that each regiment was accompanied by its own commissa riat, consisting of about sixty mtn. fol lowing behind the regulars. Each of these men carried a stick over his shoul ler, from the end of which hung a round basket. There were two regiments of marines for arming the war barges: they wore red coa's nnd bright blue trousers; •.heir officers were also mounted on po nies and the colonel on an elephant; but what becomes of these animals when afloat Ido not know. The horse marine j in Burmah is thus a veritable warrior! j There was one detachment qt military , messengers or runners, about eighty in j number, with bare legs and girded putzo. The marching was very poor. ' Now and then a column would get into step and go prancing along in dancing master style, lifting up their knees with most lofty action. When they arrived before the king in the inner column each man fell on his knees and touched the ground three times with his forehead, shouting some laudatory word* in a loud voice. A regiment seemed to be about four to five hundred strong. There were two regiments of Chinese, only about one hundred strong each, in green, loose stuff jackets of the orthodox Chinese share, wide pink trousers and peaked bamboo hats. These warriors. I was told, were great favoiites of King i Thebaw. Following the Chinese came two troops of cavalry mounted on ponies. There were about two hundred of them. The ponies were well shaped, hardy looking an-mals, and kept admirable order. A Burmese saddle is covered with embroidered cloth, red. blue or purple, rising very high in front, two long tassels dangle on either side in front of the saddle. The stirrups are very small, the Burmese inserting only the big toe. The bridle seemed a com plicated arrangement of buckles and tassels. Three shields of tin oi zinc are fastened on th-- saddle to protect the knees of the rider. Each man carried a large sword buckled around his waist, and riding with very short stirrups, his knees were tucked up almost level with his pony’s back. The organizing and drilling of the Burmese army was n the hands of two Italian officers. They were present in the pa'ace yard and started each regiment on its march before the king. The rear of the column was brought up by about one hundred and fifty ele phants in single tile. Some of them were magnificent animals, with immense tusks, but the last twenty or thirty were quite young and very small. Each elephant was guided by a mahout astride on its neck, and the larger animals carried a small cannon mounted in the howdah on its back, in which also rode two men. The army, after passing the king, marched on right round the city walls. I met some of them two hour* later out side the city walls. They seemed com p'etely exhausted after the six or seven mile march and came along with very listless giit. There were then about fif teen thousand soldiers in Mandalay, and the Burmese could probably muster an army of thirty thousand men. Many of these, however, I was assured would be useless, being merely an undrilled rab- I ble. f, >»<?*>/< Tinto*. The Street Crier Gone. I’he ancient colored man who. on the darker winter mornings, was wont to make his rounds carrying a tray on his head ami melodiously singing, is no 1 oger a familiar feature of Philadelphia street life This was his song, chanted with peculiar gurgle, half warble, as •catchy" ns anything a mock Tyrolean •ver warbled on the stage: I >•- hominy man Am on h-e e-s way, Wnl de good hominy! The oyster peddlers put their'extended : hand to their mouths, as a <ortof a voice detiector, and yell at the tip top of ths ' scale: Oysters, oh- Yere de gw. Forty xeats a hundred! Teros Si/tings. Such a rickety structure is the capitol of Neva la that it has to lx> held up bv l-r-ifis. A/rO.VD FHE OATS. Two dimpled hands the bar* of iron grasped. Two blue and wondering eyes th© space looked through. This nia-eivs gate a boundary had been set. Nor was she ever known to be but true. Strauge were the sights she saw across the way— A little child bad died some day’s bifore— And as she wat bed,amid the silence hushed, Some carried flowers, some a casket bore. The little watcher at the garden gate Grew fearful, hers such thoughts and won d -rings were, Till said the nurse: “Come here, dear child. Weep not. We all must go. 'Tis God ba- sent for her. ’ “If He should send for me"—thus spoke the child— “l’ll have t > tell the angel, ‘Do not wait. Though God has sent forme, I cannot come; I never go beyond the garden gate.’ ” —Katharine McD. Rire, in Harper. HUMOR OF THE DAY. People we must put up with —Pawn brokers. A fine art— Presiding over a police court.— Hatchet. A detective story —“We’ve caught the culprit.” — Judge. There is only one bill more powerful than the plumber's —the mosquitos. Whitehall Time*. The smart business man like the woodman makes good use of his *'a :s. ’ Germanloun InJepr.n ieat. The clerk who works for the mere ant who will not advertise, knows the tor tures of solitary confinement. — 11 aler.vo Obuerrer. The cigar that, is called imported is about as appropriately named as the hired girl we call domestic. — Yorkers Stateauan. “A genuine patriot,” said an orator recently, “must at all times be ready to die for his country,even lhough it should cost him his life!” (Thundering ap plause.) “Petroleum has declined twenty-one cents,” says an exchange. But before vou praise petroleum toi its honesty, wait until it is offered one dollar,and see whether it declines that. — Puck. “Beans Regarded as Food,” is the heading in an exchange. That is the way beans should be regarded. Any oue who would regard beans as a beverage would be away off.— Neic York Gr<i;Ja -. An ancient old maiden in Cologne. Wished to give her pot pool.e a bogne; The condition of her cupboard Equaled that of Mme. Hubbard, Consequently the poor dog had nogne. —Palmer Joarnal. “You dear thing.” she said gushingly, “how handsome your bonnet does look. Ptu sure it looks as well as it did last winter.” Only a woman could say things tike this and say them so easy.— Rockbtiui(Me.) Courier. Gogglesop—“Very stupid girl, that Miss Wilpin.” Hamworth—“How so?” “Why, you see, we were guessing con undrums the other evening, und I asked her what was the difference between my self and a donkey.” “Well.” “Well? Why,by .lo<'e,she said she didn't know.” Philadelphia Times. SHE SHOULD HAVE DABSED'EM. The beautiful maiden is shopping to-day. Quite busy, and to her surprise. While through the thronged street she is tak- ' ing her way. Her beau in the street shv espies. Good gracious I 'tis awiul! II <’s coming, no doubt. i And swift to her heart strikes a pain; The eyes ot' affection will -ingle her out, He'll see her an 1 speak, that is plain. •She halts, blushes redly, then crosses the s‘r et, Avoiding the youth that she ioves; The maid it would mortify much should they meet— There are holes in the tips ot her gloves! : —liirilon Courier. Mistakes About Hydrophobia. A New York veterinary surgeon said to a representative. "The most widespread error about hydrophobia is that it is most prevalent in the hot months. A surprising num ber of people hold it as an article of faith that the ’dog days’ are so called because that season is particularly dan gerous todogs. At all events, tlie belief is almost universal that July ami August are the months iu which to look out for mad dogs. As a matter of fact, statis tics show that there is less hydrophobia in those two months than in any iu the year, and that cases of hydrophobia in winter, early in the winter and late in the winter, that is, in November and December and in February and .March, are rather more than twice as frequent as they are in July. You have only to read the papers every year to verify this. The numerous reports of cases with which the papers are at this moment filled verify it. A distinguishe 1 veteri nary surgeon in England kept a record of hydrophobia cases for a series of years, and the result was that he discov ered that, in England at least, February was the most dangerous month. A record kept in France during a period of ten years showed au average of twenty cases in January. 21 in March, and 25 in April, while in July there were only 12. From this series of observations the in ference was drawn that the disease was much more prevalent in the rainy than iu the dry months. This hot weather error, like the error about aversion to water being a symptom of the disease, is also a source of danger. People lock up. muzzle, nnd drown dogs during the months when it is safest to let them run at large, and let them run at large just when they are most liable to the disease and most dangerous. “But hydrophobia is after all so rare a disease that there is no necessity of half the fuss that is made over it. During the five years from 1866 to 1871 there were in New York city only twenty-two cases, or an average of three and’two thirds per annum among the million and a quarter of people here. This is a greater number of cases than was shown by a long record kept in Paris, where during a series of forty years only nine ty-four cases occurred, or an average of two and. one-third per year.” At Russian railway stations passengers now find a •■grievance book,” in which complaints are entered. The record of wrongs reaches the central office once a month, when the complaints sre investi gated. ' FAB*. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. How (• Keep Apples. Some orchardists may be benefited by learning that apples may be kept as fol low* Fill, nearly to the top, barrels with apples, and pour in fine, dry sand, and shake down gently till all the crev ices are tilled with sand. It is claimed that apples cared for in this way will keep indefinitely. We have seen apples keep nicety which were pitted n dry, sandy, or gravelly soil, as potaloes and turnips are kept. To pit apples, select some dry s: ot where there is no danger of water filling the pit. excavate two or three fset in depth, and any size in cir cumfe.ence you may wish: place dry, clean straw in the bottom, and aso i cover the apples with straw', then a later of dry eartli deep enough to escape free - ing. ' Apples kept in this way will come out nice aud crisp in the spr:ug. Farmer*’ Accounts. Farmers, as a general thing, are poor book-keepers. Their accounts appear to be, as a general thing, of the most prim itive kind, or noneat all. So careless are they often about mak ing a straightforward and dear record of biisinoss transactions, that one would infer their feeling amounted almost to repugnance to such a task. This shows a lack of method as well ns of business training and habit. The want of method explains the lack of success on the part of many farmers, for without method, uo business in the wo: Id can be success ful. When the farmer sells his wheat to the miller, in eight, cases out of ten, he has but a very indefinite idea what it has cost him a bushel to grow it But the miller must know what it cods him, and that clear through ail the processes, un til it is packed away in flour barrels and sold. Why is this? Is it more neces sary for the miller to reason and ca cu late, to be successful, than it is for the farmer? Not at nil. Only the miller is the better business man, and manages his affairs in a more business like way. Many farmers are so careless in, entirely d. stitute of accounts, as to place them at a great disadvantage when dealing with men of other occupations, and not unfrequently to make them the victims of designing sharpers. When the farmer settles with the doctor and the lawyer for their services, he pays them what they ask. When he works he takes what he can get. When he goes to town to buy he asks, “What will you take?” When lie goes there to sell it is “what will you give.” Somebody else always sets the price bolh ways. This will alwa s le the w; y until American farmers lake agri cultural papers, study market reports, calculate their losses and gi’ns, and be come mure business like in their meth ods. Let nil farmers begin no.v to bal ance their accounts of the season, and see where they stand financially at the of the year. And let those not in the habit of doing so beg n the new year nnd maintain to its cl> sea system of accounts elnbo:ate enough to at least give a clear and correct statement of all transactions during the corning year. For rest assured that in nine cases out of ten good book-keeping and good management go hand in hand. — .\merc can A'jriea l ! nri»t. Farm and Garden Neto*. The new remedy of u.-inz ice- water for killing the eabb ige worm is easily tried, by placing blocks of ice in a watering pot of water, and showering the plants ear y in the summer. Major Brooks says “farmers' wives and daughters hunt raspberries along fence corners, and become scratched and fa tigued. Planted in gardens, they are more easily obtained in abundance.” Squashes should be kept in a warm, dry p ace, and should not freeze. It is not best to keep vegetables too warm, but care should be exercised to prevent the freezing of those that are easily af fected by cold. A writer in the Indiana Earner think* that he kept his hen-house iree ot u e j by having two sets of perche-, which he changes, exposing to the wen her the set not in use. How much easier to kerosene the perches occasionally! To prevent the spread of chicken chol era Dr. Salmon recommends a mixture of two ounces of sulphuric acid to two gal lons of water. This will dertroy every germ of cholera that it touches tn a few mmirtcs, being one of the best disinfect ants known. The Aew England Farmer says that , farmers there have settled down to the conviction that the silo is a valuable aux iliary to the stock farmer, enabling him to become a little more independent than formerly of unfavorable weather for curing and preserving the crops grown. The .Massachusetts farmer who cultivates forty-five acres has fodder enough on hand to winter fifty head of cattle, and will sell his best hay at S2O a ton. The care of milk is not understood as well as it should be by many farmers’ families. Milk cannot be exposed to de leterious influences, such; s the bad odors of the stable, moldy and impure milk room, and many other things which could be mentioned, without being contami nated. The milk room must be properly cooled, and its temperature kept regular, either by natural or artifiuial means. In fact the milk is as a rule handled too carelessly fur making the highest qualitv of butter. ’ Fred for Milch Cows in Winter. The first requisite for a large yield of milk in winter is a warm stable and pienty of dry bedding. It has been proved by repeated experiments that warmiugthe water given cows to drink causes a perceptible increase in the quan tity of milk. It is better, if possible, to have a variety of fodder than to confine them to an exclusive diet, even of the best clover hay, which, when cut at the right season and properly cured, is un doubtedly as good a steady diet as can be found, excepting, perhaps, well cured rowen An occasional feed of bright well cured corn fodder is also excellent for a change, and a ration of oat or bar ley straw once or twice a week will pro ■ably be relished and sharpen the an pe ;te for hay Oats, cut when in the miU and well cured, are highly relished and produce a good yield of milk. In addition to all the above she will eat clean, if an ordinary-sized cow, give her d ily, dividing into two feeds, a°peck of mangolds, four pounds of new praeess oatmeal, four pounds of corn meal and four pounds of bran. If the cow is a Holstein or an unusually large nnimal. the ration can be increased, but if she jj a small Jersey probably a less quantity will suffice. ' If mangolds cannot be at tained give sugar beets, or even turnips in case neither mangolds or beds are convenient, only use care to slice th ei;l aud feed directly after milking. sn as to avoid an unpleasant flav. or in the milk and butter, which is sure to occur when turnips are fed a short time b Tore milking. Some feed decorticated cotton-seed cake meal instead of oil-meal, but others think the quantity of the butter made from it u not equal to that of corn meal alone. It requires good judgment and experience to prone ly feed and care for a herd of cattle or horses so as to keep them in thrifty condition and avoid waste of fodder. Hue of the chief requisites for success n this direction is regularity i n feeding and watering. Another is to learn just the amount each animal <an digest and assimilate. It is better to keep them a little short, so that their appetites mav be keen, than to overfeed so as to cloy them. No more should be given at once than will be immediately eaten up clean. When the hay is of good quality three fodderings a day probably answers as well as more, but when coarse, unpalatable fodder is given, l etter results can generally be obt ined by feeding neat stock five times daily. It is much better to alternate a feed of poorer quality with the good everyday than to coniine anima's exclusively to a diet of poor hay for any length of time. .Most farmers understand that it is not good economy to feed all their poorest fodder when stock first ccmes to the barn, as when this is done the change from green to dry fodder is so great as to cheek growth in young animals and cause a loss of flesh in older ones.— AmcriMn Cultirator. Clioiec nclicacies.for rnvnlld*. S.vio Pcddinc. —Add one cup of sago to three pints of warm water, sweeten with one cup of sugar: cook slowly, and. when done, flavor with vanilla, and turn into cups or molds. Serve cold, with cream. Snowball Custard. —Add the whites of three eggs, well beaten, to one pint of boiling milk, dipping them into the milk in tablespoonfule. As they rise turn them, and, when done, put them into a p iddiug dish; then put the beaten yolks, sweetened to taste, into the m Ik, stir until it thickens, remove from the fire, and flavor with lemon. Turn this custard into a glass dish, and lay the whites cn the top. It is delicious. Rice (.'beam.—l et one quarter of a cup of rice soak in one and a half cups of warm water until it swells; then cook until soft. Take one pint of rich, creamy milk, heat it to boiling point, then add the yolks of three eggs, well beaten. with four tablespoonfuls of sugar; stir until it thickens; turn into a dish, and frost with the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, sweetened and ra. ored. Brown in the oven. Arp Snow. —Peel, core, and quarter or slice some tart, juicy apples, and stew them in a little water until soft. Sweeteu to taste, and turn them into a deep glass dish. Make a soft custard, with one quart of milk and six eggs; reserving the wh tes of these; sweeten to taste, and flavor with lemon extract. When this is cold pour it over the apple, whip up the white of the eggs to a stiff froth, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and heap lightly on the top of the custard. Dropped Eggs on Toast.—Have readv a dish of hot water, well salted; break the eggs into a saucer, and slide into the water, one at a time. Dip the hot water with a spoon over the top of the egg. M lien done, take it up with a skimmer, and lay on buttered toast, dust a little salt and pepper over it, and butter as desired. Soft boiled eggs for invalids shou d be put in a dish of boiling water, a.id set on the back part of the stove, where the water will only simmer. They will cook ev.-nlv and be soft and jelly like. B>ef Jelly.—Cut a pound of beef tn small pieces, and put into a porcelain kettle with a pint of cold water; let it stand half an hour, and then put it over the tire, where it will heat gradually. .Alter it gets boiling hot, skim and put it where it will simmer slowly tor half an hour. While it is cooking, put a third of a box of gelatine into a bowl with two tablespoonfuls of cold water and let it dissolve. Salt the broth to taste, and strain it while boiling hot over the dissolved gelatine; stir until clear; then strain into cups or molds, and put away to coo]; keep on ice. Mut ton or chicken broth mv tie prepared in this way. Do not be afraid you have used too little gelatine, for it seldom hardens in less than six' or eight hours, and even longer. This is very nice and nutritious for an invalid. ; A Tree-Climbing Fish. Os all land frequenting tish. bv far the , most famous is the so-called climbing . perch of In iia, which nut only walks I bodily out of the water, but. even climbs trees by means of special spines, near the head and tail, so arranged as to stick into the bark and enable it to wriggle its way up awkwardly, something after the same fashion as the "looping - ’ of eater pillars. The tree-climber is a small, scaly fish, seldom more thau seven inches long; but it has developed a special breathing apparatus to enable it to keep up the stock of oxygen on its terrestial excursions, which may be regarded as to some extent the exact converse of the means employed by divers to supply themselves with air under water. Just above the gills, which form of course in natural hereditary breathing apparatus, the climbing-perch has invented a new and wholly original water-chamber, con taining with n|it a frilled bony organ, which enables it to extract oxygen from the stored-up water during the course of its aerial peregrinations. While on shore it picks up small insects, worms and grubs; but it also has vegetarian tastes of its own, and does not despise fruits and berries. The Indian jugglers tame the climbing-perches and carry them about with them as part of their stock in trade; their ability to live for a long time out of water makes them use ful confederates in many small trick which seem very wonderful to people ac customed to believe that fish die almost at once when taken out of their native clement.— Papular Science Monthly.