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•AW INDIAN iI'STOMJ
How kjar>:Klinn Indian* An
totally ■'Kilt tl>*» Davil.”
■**«< Tliom»e)ves of the Evil One by
Pr»i>acuou< Shootin;.
MK>* K. WMF. _____
What i I the preacher* of Christ ridom
hue yet lulled to accomplish i» yearly
Bon<- by lb - hidi .in of tie Iteutigouche
«oun'n it h ad, to their own »uti»fiK--
Cton. <> i Kt. An i Diy every year they
"kill th ' 'tevi ," an ti'-liii-vem. nt whi. h I
would be greillv to their credit were it
not tlia'- th • h dveriary «ecm> to eotne to '
life ftgiifi every Iw ’v-- month*. A 1
SL Ann i \ opp >Mtr thi* town. |
writ** a (unpb I '.ton (N. B ) corre
epond<‘iit of the //</ r/Z, there
jpßtbr r«*< I yesterday a rn mt mot ley and
oariotiu cr »w'L The nt earner A inoral
C3MU>! up j).ilhou*ie, br.ngin ' wine
Hunt! rdd of Fr nch and Indi tn« from
«loog the lower Q jebcc coas'. iw fur u-»
<top All the Mx-Maci were in fote,
for Bt. Anii< ‘* Day in one of th< gr< at
of their year.
4)vr*r in < Mil ly road*, pn*t »eor * of
'Calmly wallowing or nursing awinc and
ing«, the pariicolored throng poured !
oa toward the Miuion church. Smoked ■
u k etdr.nthil to the comfortable I
oontcrubiation of the squaws. They wore
■either hat' nor bonnet*, but each dusky |
hrad wux covered with the brightest of 1
■ bin 1111111111. II itidkerchief* of
wary.ng ghudciof r< I glowed everywhere 1
ia the aundiine, giving the ■ fb ■' t of a
poppy bid when rovcral »qunw» met or
•at «>r mpi'ittc I together upon the gra-.,.
Xhirti and jacket* of brilliant hue* put
dUte aobercr costume* of white sisters to I
A «fau*ie. and even the mon rcj'iieid now in
a*>X flwuncl shirt*, again in uhowj itilfi,
•TgMidy jewelry, or h it* dicor.it' I with
Sarfght '. dim n flies.
Presently up swaggered sorn ■ young
ladi •ns, decidedly of the hood linn type, I
Marrying g ins nnd pistols, weapons which
woe Id de ight an antiquarian. T.icy were
Mint k irks mid muskets, which" possibly
Bated fr out Queen Anne. One rusty bar- |
pel was joined to a home-made stock,
which ha I apparently been chopped out
W a spruce log.
All this warlike array meant the as
«uh»g mid utter destruction of the
adversary, or, as the Mic-M ics have it,
"killing Mundou,” Mundou being the
Kv» One. In the olden time a silver
hall was thought neecssnry for the shoot
ing of witches or of animals protected by ,
■viqpc, but the Mie-Mace con-ider the
•ruinuiiitiun of tho shops effective
•gainst his Satanic Mijosty him elf.
Now and then some red-skined youth,
•merging from his cabin, discharged his .
gun into the sir and tho scene was as
•nniing a Fourth of July aspect when a
■smage i iimo from tho priest forbidding
Bring for the present on account of the
•roed, the number of lioises tied along
She road and the consequent risk of nc
•klent, so the devil was reprieved for n
Sarne, but after tho ceremonies in the
«burch were concluded tho Indians cclc-
Aral <■<l in their own fashion.
Tho destruction of Mundou is not n
Bstlii-ult matter according to the Mic-
M»ca. They appear to hold that the
Brvil is hovering in the air somewhere
above them. Not knowing exactly
where ho may bo, tiny tak pains to fire
■a every direction, riddling the
ale towaid every point of
she compiss. Thu favorite way
•ts shooting him is for two or more Indi
as*« to cross tho barrels of their guns,
printing upward, an I tire nt the same
Auni'u They reason that if the devil
Badges one discharge he may blunder
••to llie way of auotln r. Tho fact that
devil remains disembodied does not
ga m to nuke him proof against cauhly
powder an 1 shot, and so the Mie Macs
laxul and tire as rapidly as possible in the
tou I able desire of hitting the adversary
»» the wing.
There is something rather fascinating
is* the idea of wing shooting at this kind
•I game, and I earnestly hope that tho
mjwoarioiis burning of ammunition was
■o* wthout a successful result. Thi*
MarhMis custom of “killing devil" is of
•»ur«' not practiced with the implicit
Maith of former years, but the F urth
•f July Uproar continues. One feature
•f the day has fallen comp.et ly into
abeyance, that of feasting upon roasted
Bog. It w:u usual with tho Mie Macs,
ssa with many Indian tr hex, to honor
Chia occasion and oth< r f. stival* by a
Aanq irt of dog, but for many year* the
Bog has been banished from the board.
Tne feast is still held, or rather there
were two, one for the visiting priests,
•Bo;her for the Indians.
I»ry Weathar.
lown man Talkin ; about dry weather,
Why it'swa actual fact that in lowa the
watermelons haven’t a drop in ’em—have
to b .-ibi d before we can market ’em.
Nebrask . man—Shouldn’t be surprised.
W> 'll yo.i > >n 1 have be n with me on a
tide I took during the heated term.
••Hot. cUF’
•■Well, 1 didn't feel it so much, but it
•ras such a pretty sight to see the corn
popping in liie ti Ils.”—Oni’.a Uerld.
Inquiadivv peopl ■ are the funerals of
•on versation ; they do not tak. in any
thing for their own use, but merely to
>••> it to another.
FOK THE FABM AM» HOME.
Ilraltlis llaa*.
nas been pretty definitely proved
that filth, impure water, and general
w .nt of <a <• arc largely conducive to
epidemics of ao-ealled hog cholera, n
miml/er of disease* —going under that
i m ■ when more than usually fatal. In
view of the fact that water-courses and
ponds arc especially low this aonson,
owing to the drouth, those who have
droves of hogs should lx: ■ -picially care
ful that swine do not gel water from
theM sourci ". Such water will be more
than likely to carry the gums of malig
nant disease. The bi tter plan wou <i be
to use only the water of wells, even nt
the expense of considerable ixtrn labor.
In addition to this great care should be
used that nil the wirroundings be kept
jierfectly clean. No less important Is a
dive sily of food. The man who places
his de|>cndcnce on corn as diet for hogs,
old and young, is generally the first to
sufT r when malignant diseases become
epidemic. Hwine are not only gregarious
in their habit-, but they arc dependent
upon a variety of food, and cannot be
kept on one single article even as well
as other farm animals. Tho sagacious
mm will easily understand the necessity
of changing the grain food of swine, ss
well as supplying a daily quantity of
vegetable food. This may consist of any
plants the hogs will eat, including clover.
So far as routs are concerned artichokes
and potatoes will be indicated, and if
swine can be allowed to gather these for
themselves so much the Iretter. At the
, first symptom, of disease the feeder
should look to the surroundings and re
move all the animals to dean pastures,
separating the sick from the well. When
we find drooping cars, low-hanging
head, diirrhrei, vomiting,rapid breath,
and nn aveision to light, tho hog is far
on tho roa<l to death.
CirnniiiK Ifurara.
ew farm horses are cleaned and cared
for ns they should be, says the Live-Stock
Journal. Many never feel a curry-comb
or brush, unless it be to remove manure
. adhering to the hipsand sides from lying
i down. Then the merest superficial cur
rying and brushing follow-. If a general
currying is resorted to, it is seldom thor
ough, and the comb is harshly applied to
the belly and legs in away that is very
! disagreeable to the horse. No matter
how hard the horse has been at worK in
the field, he must stand in his sweaty
. and dud filled coat, and sleep in it as
i well. The best thing he get* is a rollon
the ground, which he is almost sure to
take, if he can get a chance. He stands
all winter in a cold stable, his hair gets
long and shaggy, giving him a forlorn
, and neglected look, and as soon as warm
weather comes this hair begins to loosen,
producing intense itching. If the curry
i comb is applied it is only to remove the
I loesened hairs that appear on the surface
and adhere to everything they touch.
Buch treatment is n t humane or com
mendable. It is not even excusable. The
horse is entitled to a thorough cleaning
after working in the sweat and dust or
I being driven through tho mud. Such
cleaning not only ndds to the comfort of
the horse, or rather saves him from dis
comfort, but is vuluiblo ns a piece of
economy, for it will do more good than
an extra feed of oats. Someone may say
that in a state of nature tho horse would
not get a cleaning. We reply that in a
state of nature lie would not get so dirty.
11 • would not bo worked in the field and
covered with sweat and grime, nor cov
ered with mud from being driven on a
muddy road. Neither the horse nor any
of our other animals is in a state of na
ture, and we must take care of them in
accordance with tho conditions that
exist.
Green Feed for Kheep.
Professor Sanborn,of the Missouri Agri
cultural College, says: "It has been shown
that theep are more responsive to green
food than cattle are. Yet sheep do not
irink more than one-half as much water
per pound of dry food eat< n as cattle do.
This has led some careless and doubtless
l.iry obs rvers to believe and teach that
sheep need not be watered; that snow,
and even no water, would answer their
purp. s . This is a wrong view. While
tliey vaporixo less water from the skin
than cattle, still some water is thus need
ed, and also for moistening tho food, es
pecially in winter, for forming the fluids
of the body, Ac. ; or two pounds for
every pound of food eaten, it is said. I
ti .d that 1 ss water is used in this c. un
try tor Stock than is u-ed in Germany.
Water regularly and give none but pure
water. Here we are much nt fault in
those parts of our State where stagnant
surface ;>onds, filled with surface wash
ings and fouled by the willowings of
hogs are the source of water. These
slimy p o.s are the nursery grounds of
s. VI ral sh i p m dadies and must be kept
purified, as may be done, or have substi
tuted for them other and better source*.
Shoe > like hard water.
Hut. n turning to green foods, I would
advi*o the use of roots for breeding ewes
in limited quantities before yeaning, not
only because sheep, by all good authori
ties, are peeu iar y fond of green foods,
but als - because they are valuable tot all
animals before dropping their young, re
laxing the rigidity of the muscular sys
t> m and antagonising the costive condi-
tion that is peculiar to breeding cw<-s.
Death rate of lamb* and fever and debil
ity of th' ewci will be reduced to the
minimum. Our dry hay and straw, the
former late cut and injured, accompanied
by snow or foul water for drink, with
the < arbonaceoua or hcatingconcentratc d
food—corn meal—give a tr-mendou
death rate of both ewoi nnd lambs with
us in -M s«oari. We have only to add t <
th' se, n hi ii wo do in practice, cxjiosur
to col 1 storms, and we have done every
thing necessary in negative policy to re
press the expamion of our sheep inter
est*.
I wish to be understood only a* advo
cating roots for sheep in the limited way
mentioned, unless they arc fed off the
ground in the f ill at u little cost. Roots
arc too costly a food for this section of
the country.
* Arm anti Garden %otcs«
Tar ought not to be used in marking
sheep. It dries into a hard lump, which
must be cut off by hand.
An application of lye will restore to
rough trunks and branches of orchard
tree* their original smoothness.
If you receive trees or plants shipped
from a distance, it is well toplace the
roots in water for from 12 to 24 hours
before planting out.
The over-feeding of any kind of breed
ing stock is calculated to impair fertility
and that species of thriftiness which
prompts to activity and the full working
powers of all the vital organs.
Fruit that cannot be sold may be dried,
evaporated, made into cider for vinegar
or jelly. In this manufactured foim it
can be kept as long as necessary and sold
when a fai price can be secured.
To protect young fruit trees in unfenced
lota or along the roadsides, drive three
stakes around the tree and wind barbed
wire around them, close enough to keep
an animal’s teeth away from the tree.
The Rural New Yorker notes that where
the ground is cover 'd to a depth sufficient
to keep out frost, with some rich manure,
nspura . us can be cut earlier than when it
has to wait for tho frost to thaw out of
the ground.
In buying pigs for breeding stock the
best is the cheapest, though it cost a
little more money. The reason why
breeders justify themselves in saving
lunts is because some men are thought
less enough to buy them at a low price.
Use the scales on the farm in order to
more accurately keep an account of all
sales and purchases, as well as the amount
of food allowed. Every meal should be
weighed, and tho gain or loss of flesh
carefully observed.
A contemporary says: “Dip soft wood
posts, such as widow and poplar, into
coal tar, and the wood is made to last in
the ground equal to the best seasoned
oak.” Any person can satisfy himself o(
he fallacy of this by trying the experi
ment.
Straw may be rendered more valuable
by being cut in short lengths anil mixed
with chopped hay and grain. It will
greatly assist in increasing the amount of
coarse material, if so fed, and the prac
tice is much more economical than that
of using it for bedding entirely.
In order to guard against flies the
stable should be thoroughly cleaned
often. A sprinkling of the floors with a
mixture of a teaspoonful of carbolic acid
and two gallons of water will disinfect
the stall, while the manure heap may
also receive an application with advan
tage.
The United Statee Dairyman advises
those who are bound to bo mere meat
raisers to hie themselves to cheap lands,
and use them for all they are worth tiJ
civilization encroaches upon their ranches
—but those who have good, high-priced
hind in our middle west should know
that on such land making milk is more
profitable than making meat.
One kind of clover plant is as nearly
worthless as any wee 1 that grows. This
is the common sweet clover, which
grows thriftily by the roadside on the
poorest land. It is a great pity, for it
starts early and grows luxuriantly. Even
when young and tender, cows will not
cat it, nor will any other stock that we
know of. It is fair bee pasture, but not
better than white clover or many other
plants good for other purposes.
Among the new and less known points
on insecticides are the following: Mix
pyrethrum with four or five parts of flour
Gas lime water for the cabbage worm is
made by rubbing the inside of a cask
with a spoonful of gas lime and filling
the cask with water. Burning straw over
tho strawberry plants for tho tarnish
plant bug has proved quite successful.
Thu effectiveness of pyrethrum is in
creased by the addition of alcohol.
Never u<e coarse litter, as it pavs to
cut it with a cutter, aud the animals will
enjoy it better, while its fine quality will
render it more capable of absorbing the
liquids. All bedding should be used as
much for its absorbent qualities as for
bedding purposes, and the labor of pass
ing it through the cutter will more than
be repaid when it comes to the time that
the manure is to be hauled, as it w ill
thin l>e fine and easier to handle.
Apple trees are often starved in other
ways than by neglect to manure. The
apple Imrer lead* to starvation oftener
than poor soil. The supply of food is
cut off by every move the oorer inak< *.
Get the borr-r out somehow, even if by i
wire and jack-knife. If not soon done ,
they will quickly get themselves out,and
after they have left be euro to keep them
ou*. Paper put on in May and then ,
tarred with tar gas or printer’s ink will
.•■ep tin in out. O.ie paper will last three
X>i*«ehold Hint*.
,’aint ii. _ ou removed from window
glaa* with hot, sharp vinegar.
It is a great miitexe to paint the wood
work in a house; nothing should touch
it that will mar or obscure the grain aud
color of the woo l.
A very pretty bedroom screen is made ,
of fine Canton matting an 1 painted with '
a branch of pomegranates in a broad and
effective style ;the fram: is light bamboo.
Linseed oil rubbed on briskly with a
piece of felt will usually remove tho
white water mark or ring on the wood of
table tops or sideboards, that is made
where goblets or pitchers are left to
stand that are not perfectly dry under
neath.
Neat window curtains are made of un
bleached domestic, bound with strips of
cretonne, four inches wide. Cut lambre
quin of cretonne, bind with common
dress binding braid, color to match cre
tonne. Add tassels made of many colors
of double crewel.
Recipes.
Cod’s Head Soup.—Boil in two quarts
of water with two onions, a little sage or
marjoram, rind of half a lemon; condi
ments to taste. Strain, return to the
kettle, add a gill of cream thickened with
a little cornstarch, and bring to a boil.
Sago Soup.—Take good, clear soup
tock, remove the fat from the top and
strain. Bring to a boil, and stir in half a
cup of pearl sago which has been washed
and soaked for half an hour in tepid
water or three hours in cold; season;
simmer half an hour and pour out. Serve
with grated cheese.
Salad Dressing.—Put in a basin a
saltspooaful of pepper and two or three
of salt; mix well and add a table-poonful
of good vinegar; stir it with a fork and
then drop in gradually, stirring all tho
time with the fork, three tablespoonfuls
of the best salad oil. Just before serv
ing add to it the salad, mixing the dress
ing well in with fork and spoon.
Cucumber Salad.—Parc fresh cucum
bers and then slice as thiu as possible;
one or two large onions are sliced iu the
same manner and mixed with the sliced
cucumbers, and the whole put into salted
ice water for an hour. Drain them and
putin a shallow dish; pepper and half
cover with sharp cider vinegar. This
salad is appetizing frozen and served wi h
boiled fish.
Nat arc’s Secret.
Where the diamond comes from no
body knows. You can no more predict
the existence of diamonds than you can
the existence of genius, though, to be
sure, all diamond fields, to a certain
extent, resemble each other; and all,
borrowing as they do their light from
the sun, are found only in warm clim
ates, says a writer in the Cornhill for
August. Nor can you tell where the
diamond goes to on cotpbustion. Burn
it, and it leaves no ash; the flame is
exterior, like that of a cork, and when
it has blazed itself out there remains
not even so much as would dust the
antenna of a butterfly. If man has his
mysteries, his strange conversions,his go
ing in a sinner, his coming out a saint, so
too, has nature. The philosopher’s stone is
formed of the vilest materials, and the
chimney sweep is covered with that
which, under happier auspices, would bo
jewels. This mysterious process of crys
talization places between two bodies of
the same nature a greater difference
than between bodies differently com
posed. And yet not so great a mystery
either, tor every year a process is dis
covered for making diamonds—only,
somehow, the diamonds are never made,
or, at the best, so microscopic and at
such an enormous expense, that they
are absolutely useless, except to gum on
cards at the British museum. In
France they say a solution of phosphor
us in sulphuret of dhrbon yields min
ute diamonds; but that these things are
better managed there thjn here has been
long allowed.
He Was Still Dmid.
A good story is told of one of our local
politicians who was canvassing for the
nomination for a county office. One
afternoon he attended a gathering in an
out township, and meeting an intelligent
looking young man who he thought
might have some influence, walked up
to him and shook him warmly by the
hand, inquiring: “How is your father?”
The young man answered: “My father
has been dead three years.” “Indeed?’’
replied the candidate, “I bad not heard
of it; I knew him intimately; he was
one of my best friends, and I regret to
hear it; he was one of the best and
purest min lever knew; you have my
svmpathy,” etc. The same evening he
met the same person in a villag? near by,
and having forgotten h s face accosted
him the second time with the interroga
tory: “How is your father?” The young
man looked at him for a moment and
said: “He is still dead,” *nd wa'ked off.
—yfinneapolu Timet.
Art in Ute Household
The very latest of fashionable fancies .
in furniture aud decoration, says an
authoritv, i* what is called the Colonial |
craze. 'lt necessarily embraces some of
the features of the Renaissance, but it
derives its suggestions primarily from the
domestic fashions of the George's reigns.
It lacks the color and luxuriance and
elaboration of the French styles, discards
the gorgeousness and freedom of the ,
Oriental, and gives special prominence
to the two ideas of lightness and grace.
In it the draperies are generally of lighter
texture; what little upholstery there is is
lighter in color, with a touch of pretti
ness aud a Dolly Varden tendency, and ■
the chairs, tables and other articles of i
furniture are lightly made, with lots of I
spokes and open-work. White and gilt i
are greatly used, though mahogany and
cheiry and the darker woods are used in ■
preference to ash and the similar light
woods that have l*en so long in vogue.
It involves the use of most enpensive |
materials in small quantities in upholster
ing, and reminds one of the Chicago lady ;
who, finding that her social rival had
outdone her in a new dress of an expen- l
give pattern, invited the rival and all her
set to a reception where all the furniture
had been upholstered in exactly the same
material. It is a very queer and curious >
thing that just as plush has gone out of
fashion for upholstery, ladies are going |
to wear plush dresses, and that the ma- :
terials in most popular favor for covering I
chairs and for portieres arc the painted I
and brocaded silks and velours, which ,
were high style for evening dress a year
or two ago. This season, then, the
most fashionable women will wear what
they have been upholstering their chairs
with, and cover their chairs with mater
ial similar to their old ball room dresses.
In all the furniture shops, especially
those patronized by the fashionable ele
ment, the chairs and the tables and near
ly everything else will be seen either
carefully copied or modified after the
Washingtonian era in this country—some
what straight-laced, but substantia], neat
and witli a certain pr< ttiness peculiarly
their own. What the French call cuyvre,
which is something between a rose and a
shrimp, is the popular tint in draperies.
It is warm, but light; “neat but not
gaudy.’’
Witty Dudes.
“What summer resorts do you prefer,
Blobbs ?”
“Mint juleps and sherry cobblers.”
“Ha! ha! very good. I Like lowa
towns best.”
“What! cyclones and all?”
“Yes. Didn’t fear cyclones where I
was.”
“Why not?”
“We just sand papered the shingles,
and the wind couldn’t get a hold. Great
place out there.”
“I guess I’ll go, too, next, season.
Plenty of room?”
“Oh, yes, always plenty of room for
cne mower in the hay-field.”
A Knock-Down Argument.
“Did you know Battershea ?”
“The street car conductor ?”
“The same.”
“Disappeared mysteriously, didn’t
he?”
“Yes, went West, and came back with
the story that he killed over a hundred
Indians there.”
“That’s probably exaggerated.”
“Said he had the proof of it. Took
his fore-ringer with him; everytime he
killed an Indian he rang up the register.”
“Then the register ought to show.”
“Well, it didn’t. Got so used to
knocking down fares that he only regis
tered fifty-seven of them.’’
The Lion and the Lambs.
Bobby Bancroft got too sharp the other
day. He called his new stepmother
“Stranger” when he addressed her at the
table, informed the company present that
his father liked good cooking, and mar
ried again for that reason, but was kick
ing on too much devlied tongue; but
subsided when his father asked him
about the Sunday school lesson.
“I think it was about the lion and the
lamb, sir,” he said, humbly.
“You do, eh? Well, my son, I hap
pened to see you fishing at the brook,
and was at Sunday school myself to-day.
You just come into the wood-shed and
I’ll give you a practical demonstration of
the lying and the lam!”
Scandinavian Names.
“Funny thing about my ancestry,”
said Ole Williamson, a son of Scandina
via, the other day. “Away back, my
original ancestor was Ali Oleson, his son
was Ole Alison, and he named his boy
Andrew Oleson. His son was John
Anderson ; his son Andrew Johnson. My
grandfather was Jacob Bergstrom, his
brother William Stromberg. My father
was called Henry Jacobson, and they
named me Ole Williamson.”
“Then your son ?’’
“Will be William Ilenryson.”
Blue His Favorite.
Mr. Flippins ain't so jocular as he used
to be. The ether day he told a friend
that when the barber cut his hair lie used
to save the locks, tie them with blue
ribbons, and sell them to admiring lady
friends for ten cents each.
Mrs. Flippins heard of it. Blue is
still a favorite color with Flippins, for
a neighbor says he hasn’t been out of the
house for a week, and has his head
bandaged up in a blue-checked apron,
where his wife hit him with the rolling
pin.
An Obstacle to Physical Well-Bein*.
Physician* rightfully characterize constipa
tion us a i obst nate impediment io the welt..re
of the body. Tue periormance of ti.o more
im:or:ant functions, such as digestion, bilia v
w. retion and an active circulati n of the
blood, are interrupted by it to a greater or less
degree, as t e development ■ f the complaint
i» ncipient or matu e. Notatonce. of course,
but with reasonable , roniptitu 1 ■•. Hustct er’s
stomach Bi levs will re eve every sympt-.m
I" w ... h it gives ri-e. as we lihe niino- ma'a
dles that spring from it. among hem ; diges
tion and chronic bi.iousnes-. I ron drenching
cathartics it is vain to h. p- tor i-er-nanent
be ci t. and there ~re few p r_at ves fliai are
n t violent and profuse in tnefroperation.
Blue pdl and ca omel are''esig e toac upon
the liver only, and taken fr qtw-nfly are ter
nicious te health. Tie Bitters roducs re
laxation of the bowe sw- thou pail . nd a re
newal of the.r regularity. It as. onr;uers
fever and acue. rheu attsui. neu: a 4 :a and in
activity of the kidneys.
Ihe l ae of Tapestry.
One of the most exquisite example*
possible of the entirely new idea ( or
rather resurrected idea) of covering the
entire walls of rooms with silk and simi
iar material has the four walls and ceil-1
ingof the room in question covered with
rich Louis Seize tapestry, very light aud
delicate, almost salmon pink and fluted
and gathered so as to make friezes and
cornices of the same material. The doors
and windows are curtained with the
same material and the furniture is Ul ,_
bolstered with it. All the furniture is
dainty and of white wood. Another
room is similiarly done in pink and
amber brocaded satin. A young man
who has lately married, having obtained
a dispensation to keep up some of his
bachelor tastes, has made a new and
original departure in domestic arrange
ments, by making the smoking-room the
most prominent and striking apartment
in his new house. The first room upon
entering is the dining hall, which has
curious Arabian hangings. Back of it
is the smoking-room, which is thorough
ly Oriental, with curiously marked cur
tains from Afghanistan, with knotted
‘ edges, a genuine Persian embroidered
divan, walls in guilt relief, and even a
meshreebeah or latice window, such as
they have in the harems. Back of the
smoking-room is the parlor, which has
three sets of rose velour curtains, all
I alike, and a sort of gold and ivory traus
! parent stuff draping the windows’
Great artistic taste must be exercised
in the arrangement of so much richly
colored stuff. The same rules governin''
i needle-work may obtain.
A general effect may be made by throw
ing down the silks upon the ground,
| witeu a trained eye will quickly discern
I the proper tints and the proportionate
qualities to use. An absolute rule is that
no harsh transactions must be made; but
| if it be necessary to pass from one color
■ to another which conflicts when placed
i side by side it can be done by some re-
I lating tint, as has been described. In
needlework it is easy to do this because
' of the enormous variety of shades in
silks and worsteds. The Japanese method
is laid down as a good one. They work
the silks in one color, or lay them on
the surface, an<l then with related hues
work them up to a harmonious whole.
Another law is that when two portions
of the same or nearly related r.bes ate
placed at a distance from each other
with neutral tints between, both become
intensified and appear brighter than they
did before. Thus in working out a de
sign in harmony there must be no de
tached single bits of color. They must
be led up to by broken tints, or there
must be other patches of the same color
near enough to be taken in by the eye at
the same time. This will enrich both.
Graduated tones of the same color are
always pleasing. This is properly called
the analogy of color. A good mtample
of this is given in the treatment of
orange-brown with broken tones of gold
or broken yellow, even up to butter
color. In Chinese embroideries we often
see daring effects produced by working
on a ground of imperial yellow. It is
necessary in using such a ground, how
ever, to work through yellows in broken
tints only to the most delicate of bhtes,
reds and greens. The ground is thus
treated as the Chinese treat it, and the
colors worked down from that to broken
tints containing but a small proportion
of yellow.
Pretty Girls.
It has been either broadly suggested
that pretty girls cause most of the trou
ble in the world. Os course the greatest
of all evils on this mundane sphere is
money, but pretty girls stand seconc
best.
It seems odd how much of these great
evils an ordinary man imagines he car
take care of. Like champagne, he will
never acknowledge he has too much for
his own good.
Young men in society are warned by a
careful sister that such and such pretty
girl is to be avoided, as likely to prove
dangerous to his peace of mind. De
they ever heed? Never. That very
pretty girl's favor they most assiduously
seek. Then when she breaks his suscep
tible heart, she is loudly denounced.
She alone is to blame. Os course she is.
The sister warned him, he could not re
sist her fascination, consequently she is
to blame for being charming.
It cannot be denied that pretty girls
have been involved in nearly every trag
edy and scandal of history. That won
derful wooden-horse would never have
been built, had not Helen of Troy been
beautiful. Juliet Capulet was wondrous
handsome or her neighbor’s boy. Romeo,
would not have climbed the garden wall.
Cleopatra must have been “perfectly
lovely,” for the photographs of her are
so, and most of them were taken when
she was not feeling well, having been bit
ten by that poisonous asp.
Homely women are fortunately not
called upon to participate in these unfor
tunate affairs. It is peculiar, however,
that men prefer to fall in love, tight and
die for pretty girls, and it is just as
much a fact as it is peculiar that girls
prefer to be pretty und run the risk of
these fatalities.
Mr. L. D. Vinson, Cashier D. dt I. R- R- has
tried and endorses I tod Star Cough Cure.
Lightning struck a house in N- -w J y snd
smashed six empty whisky hott!i s. Thr-'e fil l
bottles were not touched. The tbui J
w:.s evidently familiar with the e ' j
Jersey whisky, and knew it won d g--i wi r-o-d
in a collision with the able-bodied stulf.
Mr. Arthur Shurtleff, Parker, Dakota.write!
that he suffered for two years with a am*
knee, wh ch was entire'y cured by the use of
St. Jacobs OIL Ho considers it a most won
derful remedy. It conquers pain.
The «on of a prominent pre ate was ushered
into Rufus Choate’s offic- one day. Choate,
who was writing, mere.y said. “Take a cha.r.
and continuid to write.*The visitor, becoming
impatient, sa-d. “I’m Bishop ’a eon.
Choate replied, “Take two chairs.’’
Expresses his Gratitude.—Albert A. Lar
son, of Kirkman. la., writes to the propriet -
of Alien's Lung Balsam: “1 firmly believe rn'
wife would have died of consumption, if:
for the timely use of your Balsam.’’ Price
50c. and 81 per bottle,’at Druggists.
Go slow in deciding against your own good
ju .gment.
Yoc will get more comfort for Sets, m
Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners than in any other arti
cle you buy.
If afflicted with sore eyes uee Dr. Isaac Thomp
son’s Eye- water. Druggists sell at 25c per bott.e
If a cough disturbs your sleep, take Ptso »
Cure for Consumption and rest well.