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STREETS OF TEHERAN. I Scenes to be Witnessed in a Persian Thoroughfare. Bow the Tradesmen Ply Their Various Occupations in the Open Air. g G. W. Benjamin, recently United States minister at the court of Persia, de scribes his impressions of that country in the Century. He says: “In such a climate as that < f Teheran life is naturally passed chiefly the open air. The chill of win ter. rarely severe, seems to make little difference in the habits of the people. The shops are all open to the streets; the customers stand outside, and even the shop-keeper attends to most of his busi mess from the exterior of the shop. If he is a baker, grocer, or costermonger, in all probability he and the customer both Stand in the street, retreating into the shop only when a string of camels or a dashing cortege forces them to move out of the. way. A carpenter may frequently be seen arranging a piece of joinery on the pavement in front of his shop. The schools often in no-wise differ from the shops; in the midst of a crowded• thor oughfare one may see twenty or thirty lads seated on their heels repeating the lesson together in monotonous tone. “Another common sight in the streets of Teheran is the itinerant barber. The Koran enjoins the masculine Mohamme dan to shave his crown. The Sunnecs shave the entire head excepting a long lock in the center whereby, it is said, the archangel may pluck them out of the grave. But the Sheahs or Persian Mus sulmans shave from the forehead to the nape of the neck, leaving a highly prized lock on each side. It is, therefore, com mon to see a man of the lower classes seated on the pavement, going through the operation of having his head shaved. The remaining hair and the beard arc dyed, and it is rare that one sees gray hairs in Teheran. The first tint applied is henna, an orange-yellow vegetable dye. Many consider this so handsortie as to prefer it without the further application of indigo which most select. The last tint, combined with the henna, imparts- a durable and rather agreeable dark-brown color to the hair. The wom en also have their hair dyed and join the eyebrows with the pencil. All classes make use of the bath at least once a week, the wealthy having steam-baths attached to their dwellings. No Christain is ever permitted admittance to the baths of the Persians. The public baths answer the purpose of clubs and sewing circles; the women go in the morning, take their sewing with them, and, after being thor ougly steamed and scrubbed, devote sev eral hours to smoking the “kalian,” em broidering, and discussing the scandal of the neighborhood, which they assiduously circulate on their return home. “Another street sight of Teheran is the tea-house, equivalent to the coffee-house of Constantinople or the beer-garden of Munich. These establishments are gen erally thronged towards the close of the day. “Both wine-drinking and card-plaving are forbidden to true believers; and there fore, neither is seen in these places of pub lic resort. But both are freely indulged in at home. The card-players of Persia use a set of twenty cards in five suits of four each. “It is an interesting fact that America must relinquish the claim of having in vented the gambler’s favorite game of poker, for it was known in Persia centur ies ago. The game played by the Per sians is in principle poker or brag pure and simple, and betting often runs high with them. “Another characteristic sight in the streets of Teheran is the bread. Persian bread is made in sheets the thickness of sole leather; the best quality is somewhat thinner. It is formed in the shape and size of a side of leather. The baker with bare arms dexterously raises a sheet of this dough from the counter where it is rolled out, tosses and rolls it over his left arm until reduced to the proper tenuity. With a rapid fling of both arms he then spreads it over the hot floor of the oven. In a few moments it is baked and spread out to cool. If there is a convenient ledge in the street near the shop, one may see it covered with layers of bread. This bread is cheap, one cent a sheet, and what is more it is sweet and nourishing, and, with curds, cheese, and fruit, forms a staple article of diet with a large part of the population. Consequently, one constantly meets with people carrying sheets of bread home with them, the women holding them in front like leather aprons. ” Why Ladies are Called Ducks. Because they are not all tame. Because there is a good deal of sport to be got out of the wild ones. Because they may b< captured. Because they may be sold. -cause, as proved by the results of pub ho examinations, they may be plucked. L< cause, as we can see in the illustrated wspap rs, they may be drawn. Be cause they may be beautifully done, a -ooel deal of butter being usually em- •o'<t in the process. Because they are •-t. ,1 wei. basted. Because they arc > -un ssed in some fashion for din- n B- cause they have long bills. Bc *!* l-< re are always plenty of them in Took Him For a llnnco Stoerer. George W. Cable, the novelist, came to town the other day, as he often does, from his New England home, says a New YOrk letter o the Cincinnati Enquirer. He wished to meet Mr. Rushton, the Tex as cattle rancher, and went to a Broad way hotel where the man was a guest. Cable had never seen Rushton. “He is about the corridor somewhere,” said the clerk; and so Cable looked about for a somewhat unfashionable and rustic figure, such as he guessed the stranger might be. “Ah,” he said affably to the first indi vidual of that sort who came along, “are you Mr. Rushton?” The accosted man gazed impudently into the enquirer’s face and then shortly' answered “No.” Cable is a polite little fellow, and he was hurt by the lack of that quality in the other; but he passed quietly along until he encountered a sec ond apparent prairie denizen. “This is Mr. Rushton?” he said affably. “No, sir,” and the tone as positively insulting, “this is not Mr. Rushton.” Cable went to a big mirrior and looked at himself to see if any thing in his per sonal appearance had become offensive. The reflection was that of an unobtrusive man clothed soberly, and with nothing in his aspect to rouse antipathy. He saunt ered away, and soon met an ideal Texar ranch-owner. “I am not mistaken this time,” he ex claimed, extending his hand; “you are Mr. Rushton, from Texas. I’ve been-—” “Yes, you are mistaken,” was the brusque response, and there was fire in the eyes of the speaker; “a big mistake if you take me for a greenhorn. I ain’t Rushton, and I shan’t be fool enough to give you my name, neither. O, I’ve read of you rascals. If I was to tell you who I am, it wouldn’t be ten minutes afore your pal’d get at me, pretending to be a son of somebody that lives in my town. I’ve a notion to hand you over to the police.” Cable was dumbfounded, and then amused, for he had merely learned a fact that any curious experimenter can sub stantiate on trial—that the feats of the bunko swindlers have become so widely known that the simple question whether a tourist is somebody whom he isn’t arouses suspicion and resentment. The Pencock Not Vain. “It seems like a pity to shatter a belief that has existed for years,” said a dealer in pug dogs, pigeons and peacocks this morning to a news gatherer, “but the old, old story about the vanity of the peacock is a miserable myth. I cannot understand why people have believed if so long. Why, sir, are you aware that the peacock has less brains than the chicken? Do you know that the pea cock is practically' the idiot of the feath ered tribe, the same as the pug is of the canine race? A peacock, sir, hasn’t sense enough to go in when it rains. No, sir. What I say is literally and actually true. I have seen ’em stand out in a storm and pick up corn, while every sen sible turkey, goose »r duck would be under shelter. It is simply the gaudy plumage of the peacock that has led to the story of its vanity. “It is true that when the peacock hoists his tail and struts around it looks as if he was trying to show off, and all the women folks say: ‘Just look at the vain thing!’ The truth is that the pea cock rarely, if ever, exhibits his magnifi cent tail except when courting. A male pigeon swells out his chest and raises his neck-feathers, while a barnyard rooster seeks for dainty morsels for the hens and clucks complimentary clucks. The pea cock takes a different style, that’s all. “I don’t suppose that a peacock has sense enough to know that his feathers are gaudy or his feet ugly. It’s a dead sure fact that he has a smaller head and less in it than any bird you can mention that is half his size in body. Vanity be blowed I”— Philadelphia News. The Useful Porpoise. “Yes, that’s a porpoise,” said a fish dealer in the Quincy market to a reporter; “yes, it’s a porpoise. Cape Codders call them puffing pigs, and I suppose nothing short of phocaena communis would satisfy you newspaper fellows.” “Are porpoises good for anything?” “Good for anything? Why, bless you yes. Their meat is splendid eating, and makes just as good mincemeat as any bit of beef you ever saw. Then their blub ber dried out makes a fine penetrating oil, which is great for rheumatism. Take some of the oil and put it on your hand and it’ll soak right in to the bones.” “You said porpoises were called ‘puffing pigs.’ Why it that?” “Well, thev root around for their grub, and then when they’re swimming very fast they look around like a fat old hog. Some folks say they can swim a hundred miles an hour, but I’m willing to cut it down to about eighteen and call it square.”— Boston Herald. No Novelty to Her, “Here is a curious case, ma’am,” said the superintendent of the insane asylum. “This man imagines he is the motive power that runs the world. He’s per fectly harmless, though, but he thinks the world wouldn’t move without him. Very queer notion, isn’t it?” “I don’t know about that; my husband has got the same notion in his head.”— Materiel. FOR THE FARSy AND HOME. ? Culture of Cabbage,. > The culture of ciiAbage is one that pay* a large profit whenever it is well done. An instance of a profitable crop of this vegetable growth ni Michigan, a State which is taking a leading position in re gard to vegetable culture, is given as fol lows: It was Mr. Wilson, of Tecumseh, who planted 10 acres, for which the Len" awee County Agricultural Society award ed a special prize. The method of Mr. Wilson was as follows: He manured the 10 acres of stony, sandy, loamy, three year-old sod with 150 loads of barn-yard manure, 2,000 pounds of superphosphate, and 3,000 pounds of salt. The land was thoroughly plowed and harrowed and planted July 1 and 2 with 50,000 flat Dutch plants, trimmed to a single leaf, and puddled with mud. The land was cultivated six times and kept mellow and clean. No pests or diseases troubled the plants, which bid fair to head well when the examiners visited the field about the Ist of October. Perhaps some reason for this success may lie in the fact that Len awee County boasts one of the livest Farmers’ Clubs in that State or in the United States.— New York Times. Berries on the Farm. Many of those who own farms or gar dens and might, by a little care, and at small expense, have a continuous supply of berries of different kinds on their tables, during the summer and fall, and thus add much to the comfort and health of their families, too often have none, except the meagre supply which are found growing wild. In fact, many such do not fare as well in this respect as the fam ilies of many laboring men in our towns and villages. A family supply of straw berries, especially, may be grown on so ( small a plot of ground, that any land- i owner, certainly. cannot have any excuse i for not being supplied with them in their ! season, for want of room. Planted in i the spring, in rows three feet apart, with I plants one foot in the row, and then left i to form a matted row fifteen to eighteen j inches in width, and given clean culture, , a good crop may reasonably be expected the following year. .'twr/7'O fforn/ Home. Sew sona ble Unties of larnuTit. Those who have families of children should interest themselves in the district school, and see that it is well taught and sustained. No farmer who is a parent can afford to neglect his duty in this mat ter, and should manifest a lively interest in the school where his own and neigh bors’ children receive their rudimentary, if not principal, education. Able school trustees and commissioners, with capable and efficient teachers, are important requisites, and it is the incumbent duty of every parent to aid in securing these desirable auxiliaries to public and home educaiion. To this end, attend the school meeting, vote for the best men for school trustees, and aid in making lib eral provision for a first-class school in your district. And do not fail to visit the same occasionally, and encourage the teacher. In this and other ways you can do much to improve the school, and every judicious effort in that direction will redound to the benefit of all inter ested—parents, pupils and teachers. Good officers and teachers can best be se cured through the personal attention and influence of parents who manifest lively interest in their selection and manage ment. Furthermore, provide your family with pure and useful books and periodi cals. Money invested in reading matter j of the right quality pays large dividends. ! The rule should be to “get the best," only such publications as are instructive, useful and elevating. Avoid all trashy . story papers, and other reading of a senseless and sensational character—of the nickel novel and love-and-murder genera. They are demoralizing, and worse than poison for young people. In stead of such useless trash, secure stand ard works pertaining to rural ami domes tic affairs, as well as history, science and literature. — Agriculturist. Farm anti <«ardei> A fair supply of meat for the hens will add to the yield of eggs and will prevent feather eating. No breed of hens is “everlasting layers.” A hen that will lay 180 to 200 eggs a year is first-class. In sowing timothy with wheat and other grains the best results are obtained by having the ground dragged and rolled i first. Don’t forget that all fowls are without teeth and must be supplied with sand and gravel in order to carry on the work of grinding the food. A putrid carcass polluting the air of a pasture will spoil not only the milk of the cows running there, but also the en tire contents of the vat into which the tainted milk is poured at the factory. True potato seed is raised by planting the seed from the balls or fruit. Each ; plant will produce a dozen or more tiny potatoes, which may be selected from | and the specimens be developed by ! culture. A South Carolinian last summer bag ged 20,000 bunches of grapes in paper covers. The fruit was perfectly pro tected from rot, and ripened perfectly, but it was too tender to be shipped long distances. A Connecticut farmer has several bush els of apples picked last fall in as sound and good condition as if just plucked. The fruit had been carefully rolled in paper. For choice varieties the hint may be worthy of attention. When pigs are allowed to sleep in damp places the result will often be stiff ness of the joints, rheumatism and dis eases of the spine, due to taking cold. Dryness ami warmth are essential to the thrift of young pigs, especially on the approach of'cold w eather. The only truly economical manner of feeding stock, and from which the very best and most profitable returns an 1 to be expected, is to convert the grains into meal and feed only in such quantities (at regular intervals) as each animal has ca pacity to consume and digest. Butter is largely an oil, which is so well fixed that it is hardly susceptible to chemical change; therefore, the principal parts not being subject to decomposition, w e must look to the watery fluids which are contained in the milk, which, when not completely extracted, spoil the butter and render it worthless, or to be branded only as grease. To young stock, growing fast, feed good, strengthening food, which will produce muscle and help in forming a large, strong frame. While the chicks are still growing they should be fed often and with a variety of food. They are often fed on fattening food to keep them in good order, but this is not what they want, and such treatment will often pro duce ill-fonued, weak-limbed fowls. Os the several remedies for the cabbage maggots tried at the New York experi ment station, the kerosene emulsion, pre pared as follows, has been found most effective: One pound of common soap is boiled in four quarts of warm water; when all is dissolved and while the suds arc boiling they are removed from the fire. One quart of kerosene oil is then added and thoroughly mixed by stirring vigorously until the mixture is cold. One pint of this emulsion is dissolved in ten gallons of hot water and applied to the roots of the plants. Iloliaebold Hints. Mats, tablespoons, salt cellars and pep per cruets may be arranged to suit one’s taste. Let the table when no one is present but the home circle, be the model of what it should be when surrounded by guests. To take mildew out of linen, rub the linen with line soap; then scrape some flue chalk, and rub it also on the linen. Lay it on the grass as it dries, wet it a little, and it will come out in twice doing. Uncooked meats should not be placed directly on ice, as the juices arc with drawn in this way. Neither should they be kept in wrapping paper, but put, un covered, in a dish or pan and then placed on the ice. Recipes. Southern Batter-bread.— Two cups of white corn meal, one cup cold boiled rice, three eggs well beaten, one table spoonful of melted butter, two and one half cups of milk or enough for a soft batter, one teaspoonful of soda. Beat well for three minutes and bake quickly in sludlow pans. Very nice for break fast. Egg Sauce. — One cup of chicken broth, heated and thickened, with tablespoon ful of butter rolled thickly in flour; poured over two beaten eggs; boiled one minute, with tablespoonful parsley stirred in; then seasoned and poured upon pounded yolkes of two boiled eggs placed in bottom of bowl. Stir up and it is ready. Baked Custards.—One quart of milk, four eggs, five tablespoonfuls of sugar beaten with the, eggs, nutmeg and two tablespoonfuls flavoring extract. Scald the milk, pour upon the other ingre dients, stir together well, flavor and pour into stone-china cups. Set these in a pan of hot water, grate nutmeg upon each and bake until firm. Eat cold from the cups. Potato Bath. One pint hot, mashed potatoes, highly seasoned with salt, pep per, celery salt, chopped parsley and butter. Moisten, if needed, with a little hot milk or cream. Beat one egg light and add part of it to the potatoes. Shape into round, smooth balls. Brush over with the remainder of the egg and bake on a buttered tin until brown. Be careful not to get them too moist.— 7'Ad Home. Wasted Eloquence. A paragrapher remarks that conversa tion is “the idle man’s business and the business man’s recreation.” This reminds us of the commercial traveler who “talks to live and lives to talk.” He said the greatest disappointment he ever met with was when he entered a grocery store and talked ten minutes incessantly to the proprietor, expatiating upon the merits of a new brand of goods; the grocer at last took from his pocket a slate upon which he wrote the cabalistic words— “l’m deaf.” The c. t. says he retreated in dismay from the store, not waiting to “punch the heads” of the giggling clerks who shouted after him—“ Call again and bring an ear trumpet with you.”— Neu England Grocer. WOT The Most Perfect Instrument & World. Used Exclusively at the “Grand Conservatory of music,” OF NEW YORK. Endorsed by all Eminent Artists, io IF PRICKS! 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