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H. L. THOJUS, PaklUarr.
RD CLOUD, -V - NEBRASKA.
TO-MORROW.
" To-morrow never come I"
Said my little child one day ;
" To-morrow Is so long to wait,
So very Isu- way."
" To-morrow never comes!"
I've thought It o'er and o'er;
To-dny lit all thnt we can claim,
We mum not look tor more.
" To-morrow never come J"
AHIioukIi, before our face.
The tihadow of another day
Is always on our race.
But when wc try to overtake,
Wo tlnd th! shadow flown.
And then it In to-day axain,
.And our to-morrow's gone.
Wc have a little spac
Dealt out, in which we may
Do all our work for God And Heaven,
And that U called to-day.
O! why then should I wait
Kor tlmo which may not he?
To-Iay will come again in turn,
Itut may not come to me.
Iordl make inn btronj; and wise;
And let me not delay
To do the work thou sendest mc,
While it is yet to-dav.
Christian at Work.
A WOMAN'S REASON.
Why should I stake my happy youth,
My daj'M of spring.
Upon a man's untested truth,
And proffered rinjj?
You pntlnQ in; for my golden hair.
My eyes of blue;
Itut chaiiKe oVrtakcsthe fairest fair,
Then what of J on?
"When all you praise has suffered wrong
And I am old,
Will love that did to youth belong
My ago enfold?
Since you but prize my smiling eye
Atid blushing cheek,
Then breathe no morn your tender sighs;
The things you seek
Are but tho shadow of a shade,
Will viiuNIi fast
Mirage, of mints of morning made,
That can not last.
TH ho who seeks a womnn's soul
Who wins her heart;
One reaches not !ve's 1 mil goal
With pIihIIom' art.
-Louise Chaudltr Moulton, in the Jndeptmlent.
IN FAWN.
It was a rainy morning. Customers
were few in the rambling old pawn-shop
in tne llmvcry about which I am going
to tell you, and the strange little man
who kept tho place had more time than
usual to look over his stock and calcu
late his sales.
A woman with a battered face and
bleared eyes had ju.st been in and
pawned :iii infant's chair, which was
probably the lust article of any valuo
she had left in the house. And this was
not worth much, for "old (luttman"
as the pawnbroker was called, would
only give her len cents for tho privi
lege of leaving it among his possessions.
44 Vat you do with the nioni&h, Sal?"
he asked, as the woman, with trembling
hand, picked tho dime from the coun
ter. 44 I'm hungry," she replied, in a
maudlin way, "'I'm hungry."
44 Ve shall see," he answered, as the
woman, without another word, dragged
herself from the place.
Then old Outtman moved round once
more among his jarungo 'wares, mutter
ing a little to herself in his own lan
jjimge. Canary birds sung and hopped
about in gilded eages, ciuite forgetful of
their former homes, and a valuable mal
tose cat, whose owner brought it food
every day, purred about tho pawn
broker's feet, to all appearance :is
happy as a cat could be.
It would be almost impossible to
name an article of wearing apparel, or
an ornament from paste to diamonds of
the first water, from gewgaws to solid
gold, that old Guttman did not have in
his shop. French cloeks and wooden
-'clocks ticked sido by side on a shelf,
while babies' cradles, cribs, wax dolls
i and playthings told a pitiful story of the
destitution that made such sacrifice
necessary-. There were oil paintings,
bronzes, statuary, books, and every con
ceivable article of brie-a-brac. In
short, Guttman 's stock was unusually
extensive and varied, and his pride in
his miscellaneous assortment was corre
spondingly latge.
Among the pictures was a portrait of
' a beautiful woman. It was in a costly
gilt frame, which occupied a prominent
place on an easel in a corner of the
shop. No one could glance at this
portrait without turning to look at it
again. It was evidently the faco of an
Italian lady, and was marVelously
lovely.
The pawnbroker, with his feather
V duster, reached this corner at last, and
sis he dusted the frame, he said, with a
shake of his bald head
44 You haf been much trouble to me,
my lady. More than von year, you bad
creature, you been here, and no monish
paid for you. You will go to do shen
tlman what ask to buy you. You haf
J. break nvy rule with your great eyes, and
the ozzer eyes that comes in here and
cry for you! But old Guttman must
haf a soft heart no more, my lady, no
more!"
At this moment the door with the
three painted balls on the ground glass
pane, swung open, and a girl, perhaps
eight or nine years old, came into the
shop. She was ragged, and wet
- through with the rain. Iler long dark
, M hair was drenched, and hung in great
"r limp masses down her back. She wore
f neither stockings nor shoes, but her
feet were small and shapely, and the
rags, grotesaue in their blending of
shades and colors, could not conceal the
grace of the girlish figure.
yt "Oh! I have hurried so, Guttman,
dear!" she said, looking quickly about
her as she spoke, "but she has kept me
w begging till this minute!" and the child
stepped before the portrait and looked
at it with her whole soul in her eyes.
44 How much did they gif you, Nina?"
the pawn-broker asked.
44 Oh, only a very little. It was too
wet for the gentlemen to stop and
" put their hands in their pockets. It is
.N. it-? always bad when it is wet."
44 And sometime ven it ish dry," said
her companion. " Come to de fire."
44 No, I'm not cold," the little one
answered, " and I must go soon. O
Guttman, what should I do if my dear
mamma aid not live nere with you?
- Must she not be a beautiful angel,
(J my friend? I dreamed of her last
night in heaven, and she was the love
liest of all."
The pawn-broker had opened his
mouth to speak several times, but ac
customed as he was to all phases of this
unhappy business, he could not bring
himself just then to say any thing to the
. sorrow-stricken child about the sale of
V the picture.
More than a year before, Nina's father,
.. a man broken down in soul and body by
hard drinking, had pawned the picture
of his dead wife. Shortly after he died,
and nothing had ever been paid on it;
- so, according to the rules of the estab-
lishment, and perhaps of honest dealing,
the pawn-broker owned the picture, and
itwas his to dispose of to any one who
wished to purchase it.
Every day since the picture had been
in old Guttman's care, Nina had visited
the shop to see the face she loved so
well. Some days the little one would
flit in and out half-a-dozen times, and to
this most unusual behavior, the pawn-
broker had never made the slightest ob
jection.
When Nina's father died she was ut
terly alone in the world, -andafter a lit
tle' attention from the more kind-hearted
5t her neighbors, the child had drifted
into the care of a woman who made her
beg from morning until night, her only
reward being a roof to cover her when
she slept and a portion of the poor food
that had been given her through the
day.
Yes, Nina," Guttman remarked at
hut, an the child stood spell-bound be
fore tho portrait, the painting is beau
tiful; every one vill always say that I
but all dc time, Nina, it Is not your
mother, for she, vc vill say, Is in Heav
en; yes!"
O Guttman dear, I know she is in
heaven 1" the girl replied; "but this is
all I have now, and I could not lire
without it, indeed I could not. I eay to
myself, when it is cold, and tne rain
pours down, and my feet freeze with the
snow and the ice, ' Never mind, Nina,
your mamma is over there, and Gutt
man dear will keen her safe;' and then
I think no more of the cross people and
the cold streets."
"So," said the pawnbroker under his
breath, with a glance at the little figure
standing motionless before the portrait.
Old Guttman had anT eye for the ar
tistic, and this child, bareheaded, barc-
I footed, and drewsd In rags, with the
look ot an angel in her sweet infantile
face, was a picture that be knew his
friend Raphael would havo craved to
immortalize.
The pawnbroker loved the roasters,
and always spoke of them as his fronds.
There was a bit of dusting to do in an
opposite corner, and when Guttman
turned round again, Nina was gone.
"Ah, Guttman! you be von old fool!"
he said to himself when he found he was
alone. " And you, my pretty lady, with
de big eyes, haf bewitched me long
enough too long. I sorry for de child.
but 1 may not keep you always because
ot that. W hen do shentleman come
again and vant to boyyou, it vill bo one,
two, tree, and off you go."
Business grew more lively towards
noon, and the pawnbroker forgot all
about the big eyes: but they looked out
wistfully, nevertheless, on tho strange
company in this strange establishment,
and sometimes one visitor more alive to
tho beautiful than the rest would linger
a moment before the easel, and forget
his troubles in the charm of this lovely
face.
The rest of this stormy, disagreeable
day passed as usual in the pawnbroker's
establishment. Men and women, old
and young, crept in with their treas
ures, and after a few low-spoken words
with the proprietor, would creep out
again, his money clenched tightly in
their hands.
In tho evening a younfj man of re
fined appearance came in, hurriedly,
and pawned his watch, a large gold re
peater. He was evidently an old cus
tomer, for he said, with a hard laugh, as
ho put the money in his pocket
44 1 have got ahead of uncle this time,
nuttinan. He thinks I have turned
saint, you see. If he should suspect any
thing, and como poking round, keep
mum, will you?"
44 Bah! I know my business," the
pawnbroker replied.
The younr man lit a cigar, arid with
another hard laugh, walked out of the
shop.
'1 wo hours later.
just as old Guttman
was closing the
shop, another gentle
man entered. The pawnbroker's face
brightened as ho saw liiin, for tho new
comer was a well-kuown artist, a man
whose pictures ho was very fond and
proud of.
" Goodrcvcning, Guttman," the gen
tleman said, pleasantly. " Has Frank
been here?"
44 Yes," said Guttman, holding up
tho watch tho young man had just left.
44 How much did you give him?"
44 Twenty dollar."
44 All right," said the gentleman,
44 here is your money."
The watch and the money changed
hands again, and then the artist turned
to tho portrait.
44 I'll take this homo to-night," he
said, " if you'll let me havo it."
44 Yes, all right," said Guttman.
44 One, two, tree, and off she goes! "
A prico was agreed upon, and then
the artist took tho canvas from the
frame, leaving that to be sent to him in
a day or two. Tho beautiful lady with
the " big eyes " that had so long "made
a fool" of old Guttman was carefully
wrapped up, and the artist, with a
pleasant good-night, walked off with his
long-coveted treasure.
44 Bah!" said the pawnbroker, a few
moments afterwards, as he stood before
the empty frame.
44 Bah!" ho exclaimed again, with a
shiver, as he put up the shutters, and
hid the three balls from sight for the
next few hours.
"Bah!" ho repeated later in tho
night, as he woke from a dream about
Nina and her mother.
Old Guttman made his fire earlier
than usual the next morning. Some
times the pawnbroker had made a little
more coffee than he needed for himself,
and saved a roll for Nina. This morn
ing there was a generous cupful left in
the coffee-pot; but breakfast passed, and
no Nina. The forenoon and the after
noon also went by, and the little one
still absented herself. Evening came,
and when old Guttman had lit the lamps,
he opened the door and looked up and
down tho busy street, ostensibly to find
out about the weather, but really to see
if he might not catch a glimpse of Nina.
He was about to close it again, when
tho child appeared on the threshold.
" O Guttman dear," she moaned as
she stepped inside, I was beaten so
badly that I could not get up before,
aud I can never, never, Guttman dear,
go back to that place again."
" You shall stay with me," the pawn
broker replied, standing in front of tho
empty frame. "I save de coffee for
you this morning, and two nice rolls,"
he went on.
" Oh, give them to me now, please,"
the little one replied, " for. I am, oh, so
hungry, Guttman dear."
44 Come with me," said the pawnr
broker, extending his hand without
moving from his position.
"Thank you," she replied With a
plaintive politeness which touched the
pawnbroker's heart, " but move,please,
Guttman dear, and let me see my dear
mamma"
The man's faee flushed. Ho moved
as he was told, obediently, mechanical
ly, without a word. There was nothing
to be seen. The picture had passed out
of his possession and out of Nina's sight
forever, and there was nothing to be
done, as well as nothing to be seen.
For a moment the child stared at the
empty frame, and then with a trustful
smile she said, looking wistfuHy about
her "Where have you put her now,
Guttman, dear? "'
"She is not here anymore, Nina,"
the pawnbroker answered, turning his
face away. " I I haf sold her."
Where has she gone?" the little
one cried, clutching Guttman's arm as
she spoke. Her eyes filled with tears.
"O Guttman dear, where has she
gone? Tell me who has got my mam
ma now."
"A great artist haf her. He vill nan?
de picture ia. his studio for the nice
people to look at. It vill not be like
old Guttman's shop! Ah, no! no! It
vill be de paradise for de big eyes and
de beautiful face."
"Yes, yes, Guttman dear, but who
is he? where does he live?" the child
pleaded.
Up town; I can not tell you where,"
the pawn-broker answered, walking
away troubled and repentant because
he had grieved the child.
"O mamma, mamma, what shall I
do? what shalll do?" the little one went
on, and burst into sobs. ."X have been
thinking of you .all day! O mamma,
dear mamma, and -now you -are gone;
what shall I do?"
Old Guttman walked into the next
room. This scene was too much for him.
If Nina kaJ reproached Mat, he coaJd
havo borne it better; but there was sot
a word of reraoBStrancer A moment
after, the pawnbroker heard the door
open and shut, and thinking a chutomcr
nad entered, be walked back into the
shop; but to his sarprbe no one was
there, not even the poverty-stricken.
sorrow-fitrickeR Utile Nina. She had
gone out again, cold and hungry, into
the great busy, selfish world, and old
Guttman felt as if he had lout a child;
aud as he glanced at the great gilt frame
out of which had gone the speaking
eyes and tender mouth, it seemed to
htm as if he had also a lost friend.
That evening the great artist had a
reception at his studio, and after the
visitors had all gone, he went out with
a friend for a stroll in the cool evening
air. The portrait had been greatly ad
mired by his visitors, and after a minute
examination by a brother artist, it'had
been left standing on the floor at the
side of the room.
When the gentleman entered the
studio on hit return at about 12 o'clock,
a strange sight met his eyed. A little
girl, allin rag, sat on the floor by the
side of the portrait, her head leaning
against the picture, fast asleep. In her
hand was the card she had taken from
the picture-frame, with the artist's ad
dress upon it.
The grcat-souled man understood tho
htory as well as if it had been told him.
His heart was touched. He took the
child in his arms, and placing her in the
care of one who could give her tho sym
pathy and love of a mother, little Nina
awoke in the morning to warmth and
sunshine, to the light of her mother's
picture, and to pretty clothes and ten
der, loving words.-
I can not dwell on Nina's after his
tory. She grew up a true and beautiful
woman, and the great artist's picture of
her, painted abroad, was tho gem of the
Academy, and made for the noble man
a wider reputation than he had ever had
before.
Nina never forgot the old pawn
broker, and always called him friend,
and "Guttman dear," just as in the old
days, and his occasional visits to her
home- were among the brightest mo
ments of the old man's life. Eleanor
Kirk, in Youth' Comjnnion.
An Old Bible ami Its Interesting His
tory. It was in 1850 that I met in Mobile,
Ala., the owner of this book Ir. J. K.
Witherspoon, grandson of President
Witherspoon, one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. The
Doctor was an educated gentleman, aud
urged mc if I ever camo in the region
of Greensboro, Ala , to bo sure to call
on him and he would show me his won
derful Bible. I was not slow to accept
his invitation, and rode on horseback
some dozen miles out of my way to see
the greatest wonder of the age of this
kind of boola
I found the venerable doctor living
elegantly on broad acres and with the
slaves about him, for he did not seem to
think there was any thing in his Bible
against slavery, though his grandfather
signed the declaration that " all men
are created equal." The book was
soon brought out from a careful
keeping, and sure enough, though I had
seen for years tho great Van hss libra
ry, with Bibles having a chain attached
thct once held them to a pulpit, and
the Bible of .Philip Melancthon with his
autograph, I had never seen any such
Bible as this.
I took it in my hand with awe, forit
was written in the days of Kinj Alfred,
and by a monk of Cornwall, hngland,
who worked at it forty years almost a
lifetime and was evidently on tho very
finest of parchment, little inferior to
satin. How such a finish could be put
upon the skin of any beast in the days
so long ago, when tho binding of the
book was in oak boards, tied with buck
skin thongs, was a mystery and almost
a contradiction.
But more wonderful yet was the writ
ing within. The pages were all ruled
with great accuracy and written as uni
formly in the lines as print, which was
not then invented, for some five hundred
years lay between tho old monk and
Faust and Guttenberg. The style was
German text-hand, and was an abrevia
tion from the vulgato of Jerome, made
in the fourth century.
The first chrpter of every book was
written with a large capital, of inimita
ble beauty and splendidly illuminated
with red, bluo and black ink, still in
vivid letters, with no two of the capitals
precisely alike. Here was indeed a
Dorc before him of our age. Each
chapter is divided into verses by a dot
of red ink, though I do not remember
when " the venerable Bede " made his
division of Scriptures into chapters and
verses. This dot of the Biblo 1 speak of
may havo been the work of subse
quent age.
As to the size of the book, it was
about that of an old Ainsworth Latin
dictionary the kind that was mistaken
for a Bible once by a family in Alabama,
and brought out at the request of a col
porteur who wished to see their Bible!
This manuscript Bible of Withers noon's
contained all the books of the Old Tes
tament except the Psalms and the Apoc
rypha. Two chapters, the last of Le
viticus and the first of Numbers, con
taining tho most .splendid capital letters
in the book, had been recently won
tonly abstracted or cut out, in the house
of Dr. Witherspoon, by some bibloma
niac who did not dare steal the whole
book. It contains, also, the whole of
the New Testament except the chapter
where the disputed text occurs, about
44 the three who bear record in Heav
en." In regard to tho history of this Bible,
tli-i doctor told me that it was found by
a friend of his father among a lot of old
books bought at auction for a song
some twenty shillings and taken to a
clergyman, Rev. Dr. McCalla, of South
Carolina, as a book that the purchaser
could not make head nor tad of, and
which might be of value to some book
leaned man. The clergyman readily
gave him some half a dozen books for it
from bis library, such as could be easily
" understood by the people," and the
man was happy in the exchange. Dr.
McCalla certainly was, for he had
driven a sharp bargain, and had a book
that was worth, when first written, $2,
500, and would be worth that now to
any old book-worm who dosireth not
new books any more than 'new wine,
"for he saith the old is better."
This heirloom barely escaped getting
out of the family line', for it was once
loaned by Dr. Witherspoon, but he had
the forethought to put the borrower un
der written bonds to Te turn it, and, the
man dying, the book was lent by his
widow to some third person, and finally
found its way, as a rare treasure, into
some college :Harvard,I think whence
it was recovered under a threat of a
suit on the bond.
. I left the sight and handling of this
most wofiderrut Buue of any ut existence,
perhaps, with many a kmgtag, lingering
look, but not till I had written its his
tory very fully at the request and dicta
tion of the venerablo owner. Rochester
Of. r.) Express.
The latest novelty is dress goods is
ecru cotton, thicker than the heaviest
unbleached muslins of last summer,
and with bayadere stripes of bright
shades of blue, scarlet, yellow aad black.
Over these bayadere domestics are some
times draped the cheese cloths of last
summer.
, -The submarine cables now working
traverse a distance of 97,000 miles.
. r
It is a bitter bite when a biter is.buV
1MKX TOPICS
rzxvixa cottox sekd.
Prof. M. W. Phillips, of the Uaircnity
of Mississippi, writes a follows to the
Chicago Lttx Slock Journal : The Pro-
fewor of Greek in thi University called .
my attention, two days since, to hk(
tow. They will make' better beef than j
I can buy in market at ten cent. These i
cows, two in milk and two dry, with
young stock, have been fed on nothing
but cotton need one hundred and fifty
busbeht ; cot fifteen dollar since
It October last. No bay. " Have hid J
a little bran, but very little," were hi j
word. I have been in MULippl fifty
years ; and the rule hat !cen, cattle '
stand to a need penor on a bank of
ced, and eat until content. Alway a J
great cry as to cotton-seed butter being
white and Micky. Some inLt hnt in in J
the butter. I lived on a farm in Hind 1
County, twelve miles east of Vickuburg,
for th'iry-thrcc years, and my milch
cows were fed seed daily for six or
eight months. I hail a regular sugar j
boiler, set in brick. I also had a boiler I
with plank sides and end, uch as you
describe, with sheet-iron bottom set in
furnace and flue. I ued bran from sift
ings of corn-meal, with turnip parings,
cabbage plants and s-talks, and sweet
potato parings from negro cook houM; ;
and I made as good butter as you have
ordinarily. And my wife had her surplus i
butter engaged the year round at twenty
five cents. Solon Robinson, formerly re
siding at Lake C. II., Md., I think was
with me in January, many years ago,
and expressed surprise at my cotton-
seed butter. The bran and scraps were j
a small matter considering the quantity j
of food. I had fifteen to thirty or more
cows. The seed was cooked until a
lauy couiu cruMi it oeiween ner inumu (
anil forefinger; thus tho tough rind'
(hull) was soft enough to be digestible, j
I do not think any one of my neighbors .
cooked his seed. One profc-sor here, a '
native, always cooks his, and says his
cows pick tip enough roughness about
the woods. Snow on the ground all last
week; and his cowj, as I write, are fat
enough for beef cattle. For some twen
ty yeari before the War, I never let a
hoof outside my fence. When General
Grant marched into Hinds County, by
tho back way, I went out in front, and
took out forty-seven head of milch cow?,
two bulls, a dozen brood mares, stal
lion and jack. My steers and wethers I
had killed to feed our soldiers; taking
some seventy-five head of ewes and
rams, all puro blood. This will give
you an idea that one cotton-planter had
stock, as I made my own meat always,
and all I needed, killing often 20,000
pounds. 1 cooked food for fattening
Logs always. I do know that there is
no difficulty in feeding milch cows and
calves with cotton" seed, well cooked. If
fed green, and in quantities, stock are
purged too freely to take on fat or flesh,
or fcccreto milk. I give my name, for I
am anxious that our people should feed
cotton seed and save manure.
SPANISH C1IUKAS.
This plant, known to botanists as the
cypcrus csculetittts, is attracting consid
erable attention as a food crop for
sheep, swino and poultry. It was intro
duced into this country by the agricul
tural department, at Washington, about
a quarter of a century ago. There 13
considerable prejudice existing against
the chufas in some parts of the South,
on account of its resemblence to the
"coco" grass cyiicrus hydra) which Is
ono of the most annoying pests with
which the southern cultivator is trou
bled. But though belonging to the
samo.genus,fcit-idinot-pjsc?th5ac
qualities that render that grass such a
nuisance. We are assured by those who
have raised it for many years, that it Ls
no trouble to get rid of it where it is not
desirable to have it grow longer. If tho
hogs and poultry are given the run of
the grounds, they will completely eradi
cate it. As to the Value of this crop, all
agree that it is hardly surpassed, if
equaled, by any other crop. As a past
ure for sheep, it is claimed by those who
havo raised it to possess great merit.
A man writing from Georgia says: "If
any ono wishes a sheep pasture, fresh,
green and unfailing during the parch
ing drouths of summer, he can have it
by planting the Spanish chufa, or
earth almond." " The grass will grow
from two to four feet high, uninjured by
drouth or heat, affording an abundance
of rich, tender, sweet herbage, until
frost, and an increased yield of roots."
For hog feed, it Ls claimed that a crop of
chufas is among the most profitable that
can be produced. The writer just al
luded to asserts that he raised " over
one hundred bushels " per acre. A wri
ter from Arkansas, says: " I am confi
dent that they will yield ono hundred
bushels per acre, and I am satisfied that
they will fatten as many hogs as the
same amount of com, if not more; while
it takes only half the work to raise
them." A correspondent of the Farm
ers' Vindicator says: "The Spanish
chufa is tho best-and cheapest food for
swine-raising, because one acre will
feed as much as four acres of corn."
A correspondent of the Southern Farmer
declares that one aero in chufas is equal,
for fattening hogs, to forty acres in
corn. Tho New Orleans Farm Jour
nal, commenting on thus, says:
" We think the statement referred to a
little enthusiastic, but do not consider it
very far out of the way, because our ex
perience for a good many years, in tho
main, corroborates his estimate of the
value of this too much neglected chick
en and hog feed. Similar statements
to the above are so frequently met with
among those who have tried this crop,
that there seems little doubt that this
plant is a valuable crop for the purpose
of feeding hogs. As to the fattening
qualities of chufas, all agree that ani
mals fatten easily and quickly when
fed on this tuber. The analysis of the
chufa shows that it contains elements of
nutrition in such quantity and propor
tions as to constitute a very excellent
article of food. The following are the
constituents of the chufa according to
Dr. Jackson's avalysis: Water, 15.50;
fibrous matter, 12.45; starch, 27.00;
sugar, 12.26; wax, .40; fat oil, 16.65;
mucilage, or gum and albumen, 6.65.
The usual method of planting these tu
bers is to drop one or two
tubers in a place every 20 inches
or two feet, in rows two and
a half to three feet apart. The
seed should be kept in moist sand or
oil for some time before planting.
They will soon appear above ground if
the weather be favorable. They should
be planted as early as the soil will do to
work after the frost leaves it. They re
quire light culture, sufficient to keep the
ground clean and free from weeds.
The plant spreads by sending creeping
stems out in every direction, until the
soil is completely occupied by them.
At every jomt or node a tuber will be
formed, and a shoot will spring up.
The tubers begin to ripen at the center
of the hill, in July, but are not all ready
to harvest until frost. Harvesting vs
Tery tedious, but the pigs and hens will
harvest them if permitted to do so. I
believe this k worthy of extensive trial
in oar State (Kaasas). L. J. Templm,
in Kansas Farmer.
Mr. H.DKOOGMAX,a young gentleman
who is bow traveling through the South
ern States, is a graduate of the Superior
Institute of Commerce, at Antwerp,
Belgium, where he took the highest
honors of thatisstitatkm. The reward
of that achievement entitles him to
travel for two years at the expease of
the Government, being required to
notice and. report upon, commercial,
manufacturing, farming, and mineral
resources, of die countries in which he
travels. He has been in the United
States one year, .and in that time has
t mastered the language perfectly.
MISTS F THI MCH1MLI.
lXHt Cake i Ue c of bUar,
two csip of while sogar, three cnp f
gour, two fcpoofals of cream of lx
tar,o tepool f wda, th whit
of tight egg; th btiUer ami rw to
gether to a cream; lata ocj of wet
milk pt two-third cap of iumrf iC
thi with batter aad wgar, th add
oda, sift flour aad cream of tartar to
gether, add to aboTe, and Urtly th egg
beaten to a utiff broth, aad bake moder
ately till dose.
Corn Bread: Two eggs, two cap
of sweet milk, one and om-hali cups of
nrn mBl. nnrt inn ORP-liau -ai v
whfAi flour, butter half the ue of aa
m. ino f-irKin'ul of cream of tartar.
one-half tvaspoonful of oda. oac-half j
tcapoonfu! of alt, one-half cup of mi-
gar; beat gg. ugar, salt anu m w j
gcthcr, then add flour, meal, and cream ,
oi utnar. anr ueing ui
oughly mixed together, and bake three
fourths of an hour.
Lemon He: Grate the rind off a
fine lemon, and exprcM the juice. Beat
tho yelks of four egg, add to them one
cuoful of sugar, one cupful of cream or
rich milk, one tablespootiful of flour,
aud the letnaji. Heat tho mixture well,
tmt litlri. n n rmt. While it I bakiOlT .
beat the whites stiff with four table- J you av
spoonfuls of sifted white sugar. When 4 jf yOU xdi a child to do something,
the pie is bab-d, spread the whites on sj.ow, nmi how to do It, and see that it w
smoothly, and mjI in the oven to brown jone.
slightly. This quantity will make two j 5 Always punish your child for will
small pies. j fullr dUolwying you, but never pualh
Good Coffee: The editor of Truth , m anger,
says thero U nothing easier than making , 6. Never let them perceive that they
imx1 ffM and inv the following . vou. or make vou loe yourelf-
M" " - v m- - - "'
simple recipe : " Tut the ground coffee I
in a 8aucefan two gpooniubi for each
cup put the saucepan on tne nre; ju
before tho water bolls throw in a few
drop of cold water and take the pot
off; strain the concoction through a
piece of muslin, and you will have better
coffee than is produced by the most
complicated and costly patent ma
chine." Omelet: Allow two tablespoonfuLs
of milk to each egg; beat tho yelks and
whites separately; add a littlo .alt;
pour into a hot skillet, in which a piece
of butter tho size of a walnut has been
melted. Tho skillet should bo as hot
as it can Iks without scorching the but
ter. As tho omelet bubble and rises,
run a thin-bladcd knife under every
now and then, that it may not burn;
cook two or three minutes, or until the
eggs set; fold over, shake tho skillet,
turn on to a hot platter and servo at
once.
Iloston Baked Beans: Soak a quart
of common white beans in water over
night; then cut up a pound of salt pork
flitch is best; put beans and pork in
alternate layers into an earthen crock
and put in enough water to cover all ;
cover with a plate, and bake in a mod
erate oven from six to twelve hours. If
put in after tho bread is baked, toward
noon, -will uMially bo done by supper
time. Thev can'be warmed over, if not
used at the'first meal, and are just a?
good as when first baked. The pork
supplies enough salt.
Crackers : Hub a quarter of a pound
of butter into a quart of sifted flour,
add half a tcaspoonful of salt and mix
into a stiff dough with sweet milk. Lay
this on a floured board and beat it with
tho rolling pin as long as time and
muscle will permit. Tho longer tho
bettor, but it should not bo less than
half an hour, and tho dough must bo
frequently turned. Roll it out very thin
and cut round into whatever size you
VM r-i
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(felrVnI-ACfc-atae
the surface with milk and bake
wash
hard in an oven moderate enough to
give only a light color.
MUccllaneoM.
Parsley eaten with vinegar will re
movo tho unpleasant effects of eating
onions.
The earthly mold should never be
washed from potatoes, carrots or other
root3, until immediately before they are
to be cooked.
Cold boiled potatoes used as soap
will clean the hands and keep tho skin
soft and healthy. Those not over boiled
arc the best.
Charcoal powder is good for polish
ing knives without destroying the blades.
It is also a good tooth powder when
finely pulverized.
Straw matting mav bo cleaned with
a large coarse cloth, dipped in salt and
water, and than wiped dry. The salt
prevents tho straw from turning yellow.
Potato water in which potatoes have
been scraped, the water being allowed
to settle, and afterwards strained, is
good for sponging dirt out of silk.
Tea leaves, used for keeping down
the du.st when sweeping carpets, are apt
to stain light colors; salt is the best in
the winter and new mown hay in the
summer.
Buttermilk is excellent for cleaning
sponges. Steep the sponge in the milk
for some hours, then squeeze it out, and
wash it in cold water. Lemon juice is
also good.
For the earache, toast an onion
thoroughly, take the heart out, put it
into a piece of flannel and insert it into
the ear, having previously put a few
drops of hot water into the ear.
For soft corns dip a piece of linen
cloth in turpentine and wrap it round
the toe on which the corn "is situated,
night and morning. The relief will be
immediate, and, after a few days, the
corn will disappear.
The white of an egg, into which a
Eiecc of alum about the size of a walnut
as been stewed until it forms a jelly, is
a capital remedy for sprains. It should
be laid over the sprain upon a piece of
lint and be changed as often as it be
comes dry.
A lump of fresh quicklime the size
of a walnut dropped into a pint of water
and allowed to stand aUnight, the water
being then poured off from the sediment
and mixed with a quarter of ar pint of
the best vinegar, forms the best wash
for scurf in the head. It is to be applied
to the roots of the hair.
He Coalia't Xiss the Chaace.
The other night, when a certain De
troit club had gathered in its hall, a
member announced the serious illness of
one of the officials. A second member
at once moved to the platform and said :
" Gentlemen, no one can regret this
sad news more than I do. It seems to
me that the occasion calls for a few re
marks expressive of sympathy and con
dolence. L do not wish to occupy your
valuable time, but I feel it a duty to say
of the ailing brother
Here a member came up stairs and
announced that the person was dead
He had just heard the sews oa the
street.
Vttfrr 11 tluui It MWK.J 1
speaker, "remarks eulogistic of his
maay virtaea, are certaiah-ui order after
thai aaaoaaceaMat, aad I caa go ahead
wkhoatfearof MwtTHwinr aooa the
time of the clab. We all kaew the de
ceased. We were all familiar with his
many aoble traits of character. A
brother has died and a Bag has fallea.'
It will be loag ere we "
Here aaother dilatory member pat is
aaappearaace aad anaoaaced that the
person referred to was aot dead or evea.
in, hut was ia perfect health. Without
the least chaage of eoaateaaace the
speaker coatiaaed :
" That beiag the case, I deem k my
duty tojadalge ia a few reamrks oa the
happiness we all must feel at kaow
thatourdear brother still lives. Life
is bat a spaa, aad jaaa cometh' ap like
a lower aad is cat do wa. The familiar
t sees b4e to-dr maymrt J th
Sm to-marnmv Ltauh www m rf
T4wJfJyih "
Here the mnom UmH tri Urn
Kill. kArW W ikuktr ferttHM hi
tonal tim by aome ooemc oa th
Hrrct. The shaker dldat ta th
taut pat oat, hat waved hi kd
aroaad the lull aad Jd;
i rerUialy am aot trtwj4af: ajo
the vakable 'titea of the dab whf I
ay that we all rejoice towe oar hreUier
here. I am sow tore than rrrr coa
viaced that I thoald Isdalga !m a few
remark. I will go back to lh
aiag aad M
Bat th? dab to an a. one maa and
choked him off. aad themectlBgopeaed
; . .. . . - t . . .
w up . --
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''rte Prtts.
Mom Eaaratia.
'following rule arw worthy of
w prjatwJ ft, jjf, 0f uJ, d J
pUcrd 1 a conpicao place i every
fj00e8Ojj; r
1 iroBS jour children's carlfct la-
f 4,Cy iaculcate tha. necehy of hutast
obedience.
2 LVito grmne with gcntleae.
, voar CHJl,!rcn alwavji aaderrtaad
tnat voU mcJia wnat vou ay. .
3 "Never promUc them any thiag un-
I-... -.... ititt. t.nr rti ( r wbsl '
. --- w
(N4e.sion.
7. if they gi
vo wav to petulance or
ill-tern per, wait till they are calm, aad
then gently reason with them on the
impropriety of their conduct.
8. Remember that a little present pun
ishment, when tho oceasiou arise, b
much more effectual that the threatening
of a greater punishment should the fault
bo renewed.
9. Never give your children any thing
because they cry" for it.
10. On no account allow them to do
at one time what you havo forbidden,
under tho same circumstances, at an
other. 11. Teach them that tho only sure
and easy way to appear good is to be
good.
12. Accmtom them to make their lit
tle recitals with erfect truth.
13. Never allow ulo-boaring.
11. Teach them self denial, not uelf
indulgonec of an angry and resentful
spirit.
Ceaaanatlea Car4
Ax old r'j3V,cn' retired from practice.
Laving had jilacol In tiU hand by au EaJt
India tnlflMonarr the formula of a imjIo reg
el&b'e remedy for the peedy and permanent
cure for CoiiMimtitlon, DrunchltU. Catarrh,
Asthma, and all Throat and Lunj; Affectlona,
also a positive and radical euro for Nervous
Debility aud all Ncrroua Complaint, after
baring tested 1U nondcrful curative lower
la thouands of cac, haa felt It hi uutj to
make it known to his oufTcring fellow. Ac
tuated by thia motive aud a desire to relic o
human mlTerln, I will tend free of-eI2ve to
all who deMre It, thi recipe, In ('ctmai.,
French, or Km,'!Ih, with full directions for
preparing and unlng. Sent by mall by ad
drcsinwlth Mamp, namlmrtlifa paper, W.
V. Sueiuu, U'J J'uvtr Mtotk, JtuIuUr,y. Y.
(Jr.Nr.rut- Dzkilitt. In thu complaint the
prxxl etTecta of the recline are realized
debilltv denotes deficiency of the Woodbind
Vrgetfne &cU dlrcctlv upon the Wjjei; 1 tier
1 no remedy that will retorcjYfe health from
debility like the VeKethi,-i u nourUhinjr
and Mreustbeulnjr, pujftcs,tbe Mood, reRU-
meuiareu aiier cuiiiuiriicnii; u ir iiia
I " "-unitiofi me ecrcuon, ami annnc
toacUon. Itiui u.rerTalW
j'fu this complaint.
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laies mc f'-c-rjuicu me nervou nyiicm,
Tele of (he People.
1I1X.MALC Mich.
B. V. Fikiick. M. T.:
I hadarer!ousdIeaenf the lime, anl wa
for a time confl?cd to my bed and under the
care of a physician, ifla prescription did
not help mc. I prcw wor. coughlm; very
ieverely. I commenced taking your M-dlcl
Plocovery, which helped- mo greatly. I havo
taken reveral bottles, and am n-ttorcd to
cood health. -Youm rcnxTtftillv,
JUDITH IIIMI.NKTT.
Coed Kvldrueo.
When eurh men a the Kcv. Dr. Rankin, ltcv.
Dr. Harvev, Father Fit fierald. Tnf t'reen,
Dr llartln'e. Col. John K. .McC lirtner, K. W.
NelT. and a hoitlof other equally trustworthy,
certify over their own signature to the mar
vetou efficacy of Warner' Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, In the disease for which It U
recommended, it i time to dismiss doubts oji
the subject.
There arc menageries, but no worn
cn-agcrics
It I said that four million packages of Fra
zer's Axle Grease were sold in lSJ'J; aud wa
believe it-
For sore throat, gargle with Plso's Cure,
mixed with a little water. Relief Is iosUuit.
ItcDDixo'8 ItcsiiA B4LVE has genuine mer
it, as all who me it will tesUfy. Price 25c
C. Gilbert' Pat. Gloss Starch for fine fabrics
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