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I 1 ' CLOUD OEELT. Wl. L. THOMAS, Publlshor RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. W THE GARDE X. The hlnl. nnl bee nn 1 butterflies Are vllt njr totbor, Amorijrtho jlnk nml tnlinioicttc, This lilesse:! summer weather. TIio Imsy Iie they nslt no li-nve A imtticr.nv I heir honey. Ami all r I hem nro working hard. As ii;lc work for money. The lnntur.liM il nothing more The biipur llltle tbins Thnn Hy aliotit Uio tlnwcr-hp 1. To sb tve tliclr brilliant wings. The robin nti'l the hiimmluy-blr'l Are happy with i ich other. And niinl uboill the irnnlcn jjo. Asbioficrjr.'tss with lrother. TIio robin has a voice that Ml Our winrv o'il with tnx'. The hiHiitnfn-binl. be clwn his licit In lnimmliifr nil lny lotnr. O Ith jin 1 blr.U nml biittr-rllb'S, In iriuilcii vou'Il l!n 1 hkiiii As loiur : Ill's ureen e.irlh -ti.tll stnilO, Ami loiik'a-i Uohcm Ii:ilI b'o ni. .V. 1'. liithiKnlniU CATlllK'ssTOUY. Cathie Hrown'.s Aunt Cathie, for whom idio was named, used often to ' 1HI her that once, at least, in every- bo.h'.s life, .something happened "just . lik-"-L Kt.iri-" Cathie like to believe this, but one ; lnv si... cjiiil n nil... chonrilv: "Whv. i Auntie, I don't Know; everything has was mounting his wagon and wiping been commonplace so long that itseems the moisture Horn his tired face, with Kood to me, like the o'd faces and his ees on the distant cloud of dusL places." "You keep that money, little girl. "Ah. my dear," said Aunt Cathie, It's small lecornpense," he said, .shak "that contented heart of yours is a ing his head emphatically; and he was blessing; but something will happen to I off and away before she could speak you one of these days." again. Cathie lived on a "lonely country road. Cathie dried her eyes and looked at Her father was a farmer, whom hard the bill in astonishment, foitiinu had followed for many a year.) "Oh. mother!" she cried, stiddenlv. ri.n... H..n ..1.1..I-tl.:iii Oitliie. wuris i " Mav I do just what I want to with buried in the country btirving-ground ..-ww . v.. ........ ..-..- v-..v. ,.. lies onl the lull, I-armcr Ilroivn and bis wife were yetting on in years; anil, ' ulthouifh they had beiriin at last to make head slowly against the current . of adversity that had .set o long against , them, the habits of hard labor and the .strictest economy clung to them still. They owned their farm, and Cathie was their only child; but, beyond sending her to school in summer and winter, , and allowing her the open .space from the front door to the road for a flower garden, the' felt that the' could allbrd her no "privileges. Her dresses were of the cheapest ma terial, her ha r was always braided do ivn her hack in the same simple fashion, her .shoes were coarse and thick, and hhe had no ribbons, no jewo'ry, no Irnkctsof any kind. Rut Cathie did liol care, much for such things. The desire of her heart was to give. Oh. the dreams she used to dream of the blessedness of giving! A mine of mon ey would not have .satisfied her long ings to gie and give. She might not have been in every instanco a wise giver, if her dreams had come true; but she ii-ed to he awake o' nights, and plan by the hour, how, and where, ami to whom site would give, if a for lorn: should fall to her. And nobody hhoul 1 ever know where the good gifts would come from. That would be lialf the iovof it: to htve her bounty de- Mcnd, Mhowcr-likc, upon the poor and needy, as it it came direct from hcav-1 tuny daces. Her father and mother gave to tho m.nister, they visited the sick in the neighborhood, and fed the tramps; but Cathie had never hail a cent of money to give a ay - never in her whole life iioihmg but (lowers and berr.es, and willing little services, and these seemed pitifully Mnall in her eyes. Oh, to give lreely, totally, unreservedly! how liap jy she would be. if she could do that! Aunt Catliarinc was a great comfort to her namesake. She was poor, like all of Cathie's people, but she loved flowers and birds, and all beautiful things, as warmly as did little Cathie herself; and .she brought rare bulbs, and roots, and seeds, and slips, and mil di homely e'leer, to the child. Cathie's ilower garden was sweet tho Miumicr through. Indeed, from March to December, from crocuses to frost llowers, something bright and beautiful beamed up at Cathio from the ground. There was nothing like her llowers for miles around. They were the prido and wonder of the neighborhood. And among them Cathie toiled, when she was not at school or helping her moth er; for, all this be.tuty was the result of much patient work and faithful care. "Now, if I were only a boy," sho haul to Aunt Cathie in one of their talks, " I should coav father to let me raise a piece of wheat, or potatoes, and hell them; and then I should have some money of my own." "What do you want with money, Cathie?" asked her mother, who hap pened to hear her. Cathie blushed, but did not answer immediately. "Don't you have all 3-011 want to eat and to wcat, my daughter?"' "Yes, mother, I don't want a thing for myself." " Nor I, neither, dear. Let us not be getting ambitions and discontented, bo- cause we are poor. M Aunt Cathie thought of some ambi tious, discontented daughters that she knew, and contrasted them with littlo Cathie. About this time, Cathie was cherish ing one of her dreams too sweet ever to be realized, she felt, but which did hor good to keep it in her heart Oscar Grav, a lame boy who lived near, her faithful friend, and a scholar of real promise, was hungering for books and struggling manfully to earn them. He was so proud that nobody dared oiler him aid, and so poor, that, at times, his utmost efforts seemed hopeless to those who did not realizo the unconquerable energy that was in him. He had fallen into a way of con fiding his pet hopes and dreams to his little neighbor, partly because he knew that she was as poor as himself, and by no possibility could help him, and part ly because he knew that a secret with her was safe. Then, too, sho was such an intelligent, war.n hearted little soul, that it comforted him much to talk with her. He was now pursuing a certain line of study in natural history, and had come to "a dead-lock," as he express ed it to Cathie, for want of ten dollars' worth of books. Now, if she could only bestow those books upon Oscar, in such a way that he would never guess who gave'them, how happy she would be! She could not help planning, and brood ing over it, although in her sober "com-mon-sene moments," as she called them, she had no hope of ever bring ing it about. " If 1 were only a boy!" she would think to herself, as sho weeded and spaded and fluttered about among hor lovely llowers. " Now, I have worked as hard for you, dear flowers, as a boy works in his wheat-patch, but you are only sweet and beautiful; you do not pa' " And then she would smile at her mercenary thoughts- As the sum mer deepened, the garden grew in beauty hour by hour, until it seemed as if every twig and stalk bore all tho bloom and sweetness it could hold, and the bees and humming-birds held high carnival there every day. One da just after the noon meal, Cathie was washing dishes in the back kitchen, faithRaBtiaMMalEhen, all at once,, to fill the heavy, run house; hoar and the b: thunderi as she drove of at least a htinilrcd cattle tear ing alon? ilo'.vn the rottl. She ran iir I her father, but he had irono to the field. Her !!ovcr-iot sloped from the iloor to I the road, tinfenced. Nearly every week large droves of cattle went past from up-country down to the distant market, and the drovers always stationed boys and,do3 ahead at "the unprotected prices, while the hcrm rmrchea oy. hut a nanic had seized upon this drove. and, before help could arrive, the fran tic animals hat! stirrounuca the liotiso, trampled even green thing into the dust, and rushed on and away like an avalanche. Cathio stood anions the ruins with a face of despair; and her mother was standing behind her speechless with dismay, when the owner, of the drove came, rattling up in his wagon. Tho cattle' were at that moment careering over a distant hill, the drovers still far behind them; but he leaped from his cart and came up to Cathie. "Why, little'girl, if this isn't a pity!" he exclaimed, in a voice of such com- Eassion and sympathy that Cathie hid er face in the dish-towel and sobbed aloud. 'Now, don't cry, dear!" he begjred. " I saw, when 1 went up the other "lay, what a pretty stent your posies were; J and here I've been the means of spoilin' 'cm. Money cant replace em tins year, but there's ten dollars, and I in mighty sorry, besides." And he placed a mil m ner nanu. "Oh. no. no!' sobbed C.ithic You couldn't heln it; nobody was Ut blame. And she held out the money. Hut h i he - this?" Why, yes, dear,1 said her mother: " why .-houldn't you ? And don't feel badly about the llowers; they'll grow again. i Hut, mother, are you sure that vou are willing for me to to give this away? "Give it away? Well, it's your own money, Cathie. I am sure your father will be willing for you to do what you choose with the first money you ever 1 had. And you have worked hard lor voiir flowers, Cathie: we all know that" "And, mother'' - Cathio kept on, cagerlv- " I snail want you ami father 1 to pronrsc that v 011 will never tell any body that 1 got this money." Her cheeks were bright, her eyes glowing. She had forgotten her llowers. t "We wilfdo whatever you wish, my iiaugiiier, aooui 1111s money. it is right that we should. Hut, sometime, you'll tell mother about it?" "I will tell you this very minute, mother!" And she did. So much toward the realization of her dream! And now new difficulties arose. Sho dared not buy the books, for Oscar knew that she alone was aware of his need. She could think of no way of sending the money to him that would not cans; him to think she had begged for him. or made his wants known. He might burn it in pride and .shame if he could not litid the giver. She thought of catching one of his Lime doves and tying the money under its wing; but ho would know then that it was sent as a gift to him. C ithie was pu..lcd. but she kepi 011 planning, and at last she decided that there was but one way. She must manage so that he would seem to find the money. There were difficulties connected with this method, a'so, which she did not foresee; but she laid her plans care fully and carried them out. Ono day, when she saw him coming up the road, and knew that ho was go ing to the library in the village beyond, she ran swiftly out at the opposite side of the house, through tho orchard, and down into tho hollow, a quarter of a mile boyond. Hero was a little ever green tiiicket. with a brush fence on the edgo of the road. She placed the bill in the hard, beaten track in full view, scrambled back over the fonce, and awaited his coming with an anxious heart. What if somebody else should co-iie along and discover the money be fore him? When, at last, ho came limping into tl.o hollow on his crutch, her heart was beating so hard that she felt as if it could be heard. Ho saw the money few things es caped his sight stopped and nicked it up, and stood looking at it for some time, with his back to Cathie. Then he put it in his pocket and started back toward home. This was a surprise to her, and she knew that he would call at the house to tell her what lie had found. What could she do? Sho could not follow immediately without being seen. The only way was to wait until he had gone into tho house, and then run baclc the way he had come as fast as sho could. She entered as demurely as was pos sible under the circumstances. Her hair was roughened, her dress torn, and her eyes were shining with suppressed excitement, to be sure; but she bore herself with remarkable calm ness, as her mother afterward assured her. Oscar came forward eagerly from talkiug with her mother. "See, Cathie," he said, "I have found ten dollars!" "Oh. I am so glad!" she cried, clasp ing her hands. "Hut I must find the owner. Cathie," he answered gravely, looking at her al most reproachfully, she thought. " Oh, yon never will, I know, Oscar. It is yours yours to keep and and buy books with, or whatever you wish." Mrs. Hrown was trembling at Cathie's eagerness, but sho dared not say an encouraging word to Oscar for conscience' sake. Sho saw more clear ly than charity-blind Cathie how Oscar was looking at tho matter. The boy grew graver and graver as he looked" ai his little friend. Ho could not understand the change in her. "I shall find the ownar. Cathio." was all he said, as he went away. "Oh, mother, he w'll keep" it per haps until he dies, if he doesn't find the owner. What sha'l we do?" cried Cathie. An I the mother could not think of anything to do that seemed likcbj to setniatter straight. A whole long month had passed away it had seemed a ear to Cathio and still Oscar was pudiing his efforts to find the owner ot the lost money. Ho had be o:nc convinced that no ono in the village, nor in the neighborhood where he lived, had lost it. At last, he said ono day to Cathie: ' It might have been that cattle buyer, Cathie; who knows? He handles a pile of money-in a year. I shall ask him when he goes up again." Cathie's cheek blanched, and she caught her breath to keep from speak ing wrong; for sho saw by this time how it would havo seemed to her to find ten dollars, and use it without searching for the loser. The tears came into her eyes, and her courage sank. "If he did not lose it, shall you keep it until you die, and never use'it?" sho asked, her voice trembling. "Oh, Cathie!" said Ossar, almost breaking down. "Don't care so much You are so anxious lor JWl-MiifgeG it 3 OTVD-'D ...Wn(f Irovcr was ac- - tht ley. siit No, my boy," said the kindly, talk ative drover, "none excepting what I paid for damages. I paid the little girl tip yonder ten dol'ari for spoilin her pretty Ilower garden. That was a hard one fbr the jtoor child. 1 wonder how she feels about it?" "She has tried to mend it up some." said Oscar, in A daze. " I I found a bill. I thought, pcrhapa, vou dropped it," "So, Fvc Io3t none," said the man, driving away. " . Oscar s mind waj swift and -keen. The first thought that had flashed through it was, "How strange that Cathie did not tell mo about the mon ey!" For he knew the sum would have seemed a little fortune to her. The next instant, he saw it all. Her eager ness to have him tue this money, ci Hushed appearance the day he found it, the look on her face when he mention cd the drover as the one who might have loit it, anil her grief when he had reproved her for her geuerous earnest ness. He bowed his head, ami the hot tears fell from his cyci as it all ratne over him. He put himself in her place, and saw that he must not spoil the deli cate sacrifice she had striven to hard tc olfer unb'enii-hed. " It was not the drover who lost it. Cathie," lie said, quite calmly, the next day. "I have given up trying any further. I shall get my books, and when I am a man" his voice shook a little -" who knows but I may find tlm lo.scr and let him know how much good the money did me?" Cathie's eyes shone like stars. She clasped her hands as sho had done when ho found the money. "Oh, Oscar! how glad I am!" wa-all she said. He bought the precious books and reverenced them tcn'old, for Cathie's sake. The lame scholar had lecoinc an emi nent naturalist, and Cathie had been his wife a year, before he told her the secret he ha.l kept sacred so long. And Cathie tells her own little daugh ter to-day that once, at least, in every body's life something happens "just like" a story." St. Xiclwla. Upper KouniK as Ovens. In the construction of perhaps 'nine out of ten of f mine houses, and often times of brick, no adequate provision, if any, is made for ventilating the space between the tipper ceiling and the roof. How frequently at night the remark is made: "The lower rooms are getting quite comfortable, but the upper rooms are like an oven." "The roof gets so heated up during tho day." Seldom is the real cause of the oppressive heat that provails till late in the night, or till well on toward morning, either understood or thought of. It is true the roof gets hot during the day, but it usually consists of but a layer of strips and shingles, and would soon cool if it had a chance. The trouble is tiiere is a body of confined air under the root that gets very hot, and as there is no outlet for its escape and replacement it must remain hot until cooled by the slow process of ra diation through 1 he surrounding walls. Now, the roof being usua'ly of wood is not so good a conductor as the plas tered walls of the ceiling, hence tho heat must pass out principally from be low through the rooms of the house. That accounts for the fact that when on goes to an upper room in the even ing there comes such a .sense of stilling, aiid the sweat starts from the forehead. It is an oven you are in; all that is lack ing to make it complete is the hot air chamber below as well as above. The builder who con-tntcts a house with suHi nicely adjusted conditions f.r the radiat:on of stored up heat, might most properly be called Macbeth, for he has certainly "murdered sleep." When the writer was a boy it was his good lortuue to sleep in the chamber of a house unfinished above. Thero was nothing but the roof over him anil the room became cool not long after tho cooling of the 011ts.de ar. It was a good place to sleep winter or summer. Only those who have slept just under the sh'ngles can realize what it is to "listen to the patter of the rain upon the roof." Very ofteu in steep-roofed and low-eaved houses a part of the room along by the eaves above is walled out, leaving a space for confined air on two sides as well as above. The sides, too, are connected with the spaces be tween weather boarding and walls, reaching to the sills. It will readily appear, therefore, what an advantage would bo gained both in preventing and reducing excessive heat by having a free circulation of air through these spaces. The provisions sometimes made for this ventilation are instill! c'cnl. A few open slats under the rool in the gable are better than nothing, but there is no good reason why there should not bo at least two good largo openings. An arrangement could easi ly bo made so that shutters should be under control from below by means ot a cord or wire, remaining open day and night during hot weather, except when storms might threaten. They might be made to assist greatly in cooling and ventilating the whole house. Dr. New kirk, in X. 1'. Tribune. A Ilcvoliilion in Conking and Healing. Will wonders never cease? Mankind has used boiling water for cooking pur poses since long before the invention ol letters, yet during these countless ages the raco never knew the possibilities ol hot water. An inventor named Frail has found out that, by superheating water, that is, by raising it to a temper ature of four hundred degrees to four hundred and twenty-live degrees Fah renheit, that it can bo used for cooking and heating with greater advantage than any other kindof heat. Hv the new system dinners can be cooked in a room whero there is no perceptible heat from the apparatus. In several res taurants of New York meats ami poul try aro roasted, broiled, stewed and boiled from heat given out by the super heated water on tho Frail system, and this with a perfection and economy un known to any other species of cooking. The Common Council of Now York have granted a permit to allow the company who own tho patent to intro duce this superheated water into houses. Next fall a square mile will be taken up, and the water will be sup plied from a central building to tho private houses that need it. Hut noto tho changes it will brimj about. No tires will 'be needed, for the house will bo warmed by hot water. Thero will bo a range, but the heat will be supplied through a coil of pipes. Chimneys will not be used; there will bo no soot, and no danger from catching fire. The house of the future, with electric lights at night, will not need insurance, for thero will bo no way in which it can catch tiro except from outside. This Frail system of heating and cooking is not an experiment. It has been tested, and fulfills all tho requirements. It will be particularly valuable to hotels and large apartment houses; but it will be an economv and a comfort as well in the tenement house, for there will be no need of coal-bins or the dragging up of scuttles of coal to the upper stories. The business of the ash-cart man will bo gone. How surprisingly stupid mankind has been not to discover the possibilities of hot water before the year 1881! DemoresCs Monthly. iri-D3ylight 'exhibitions of Japanese fireworks are a very attractive feature of Manhattan Beach. These day fire works appear in all sorts of colors, just as those intended for evening illumina tion do. They range from pure white through gray, vellovr. pink and blue to black.- There-are birds, snakes, drag ons and lizards, and all manner of other Ihinjp. Line as a Mabbit. Mr. 11. Gordon, of Gordonsbire. Aberdeenshire, Scotland, writes on this topic as follows, in the Xorlh Itnlvh Agriculturist. Lime is one of the most important natural manures we posess. and tho value of its application tothcuilhas bren known from very early periods. The act on of lime as a manure is en tirely regulated bv the form and man ner in which it- is applied to the soil. Quick lime should be uod for heavy and tenacious soils, as we'd as those containing a fair q'-ant'tv of vegetable matter. On the other hand, if the soil be light and friable, with little vegeta ble matter in it, caustic lime would m such r. ca.e do more harm '.hail good. Mild lime ought to be used, treated with a mixture of earth, and exposure 1 to the atmospheric air, from which it j takes carbonic a 'id, which takes away a great deal of its caustic pro(iertiv. The different circumtances and condi tions of soil will not allow a uniform practice to be adopted; but judgment and c;if.erience ought to regulate the application of all manure''. I-Aery farmer should study Irs own soil, and thereby he would be able to avoid tho misapplication of good manure. Heforo the Introdiiet'.on of art.ticial manures, lime was more universally ued than now, which helps to account for the poor crop of clover, and the dillbulty of raising good turnips. It is essen tially neces-ary that a supply of lime should exist in the soil to meet the re quirements of tho various cm,), Kv.-ry cii'tivated plant nee Is a supply of lime tor the proper building up ofhs ,s:ru,--turc, and. 111 combination with phos phoric acid, lime forms a large portion of tho skeletons of the animals who feed upon the crops A soil may con tain largo supplies of ever ingredient which a crop requires, and still be un able to yield them to the plant, they being in an inactive state, and it is only that "portion, of the soil which is soluble in water which i- availab e as plant food. Any analysis of a soil which only tells its composition is of little value unless it can' show the active matter ready to be taken up by the crop. Limo acts upon the dormant matter in tho soil, and perforins the important func tion of rendering then active. .ay soils generally contain within them selves potash and soda, and we know by experiment that lime liberate these inorganic elements. Accord. ng to l'mf. Way, litno helps to form a valuable claSs of salts known us double silicates or alumina, wlueh havothe power of ab sorbing ammonia from the atmosphere. Inne neutrtlizes 'the ac ds in the soil and sweetens the herbage, besides sup plying food for the perfect growth of the crop. It is thought bv some to bo a wasteful piactue to allow lime to come in immediate contact with farm yard manure, th. nking it would cause a loss of ammonia; but they overlo k tho controlling influence consequent upon the action taking place in the soil. The action of caustic lime upon a mixture of farmyard manure and decayed or ganic matter produces a most valuable fertilizer, vi.., nitrate of potash. Lime, besides being a plant food and bringing into useful eond.tion thesoveral organic and inorganic matters in the -oil. a'so improves its physical character, render ing sti.V anil tenacious clays more fri able and easy t work. However, tho use of lime rentiers a supply of other manure neces-ary. and under a good system of husbandry the incrca o of crops will increase life quantity of ma nure. Taking into account the various functions it perforins, it is one of our best natural manures. However, it cannot be expected to produce it ,u effects immediately after being applied. SiiiiiiniT Drinks. In extremely warm weather, refresh ing beverages are very des'rable, espy chilly in the hay field, where one is ex posed to the scorching heat of the sun, and the whole system is perspiring with the heat and exercise. It is very im prudent to swallow great quantities of ice-cold drink when one is excessively warm; a few swallows taken slowly wdl quench the thirst far better than a whole goblelftil swallowed without .stopping. The very best of all drinks is new milk with ice su'licicnt to cool it. It is not only cooling, bul aUo nourishing. It is a most grateful beverage, not only in the field, but in the kitchen, and nurse ry as well as sick room, where it should always have a place. In fevers, it is the most delightful cordial that can bo administered. A very nice beverage is made by taking two quarts of water, a tablespoonful of pulverized ginger, half a teacupful of strong vinegar and half a teactipful of niolass.es or maple sugar. Stir well, add a lump of ice the si7o of a quart bowl to keep it coo!; put. into a tin pail with a tight cover, and it is a verv good field driuk, and will keep cool half a day. Another drink is made by taking a lemon or two. roll or squeeze till soft, slice very thin and put into a largo howl and turn a p. nt of boiling water over the slices. Let it stand till cool; then allow a quartof cold water to each lemon and half a cupful of sugar; stir well anil aiM a lump of ice to make it very cold. The acid of the lemon is very grateful to the mouth and stomach on a hot day. All iced drinks should be sipped slowly, as they quench the thirst bettor and "do not give a chill, as if taken in large swallows and great quantities. Still another drink is'pre pared by taking two eggs, beat thor oughly till frothy, and half a teactipful of sugar, a teaspoonftil of extract of vanilla and a quart of milk; cool well with ice. It is very delicious and strengthening on a hot day. Another one is made by taking a teacupful of raspberry jam, stir into it three pints of water, strain it through a fine colander and set in the ice chest till very cold; it is a very pleasant beverage. For hay pitchers nothing excels good hot cotlce, as it stimulates a little and seems to raise sufficient internal heat so that perspiration flows freely, and keeps up the strength. Refreshing drinks aro a very great comfort during tho summer heat, and give much nourishment k tho system, as one is not very apt to feel hungrv in tho long summer days when the "ther mometer ranges from ninety to one hundred degrees in the shade. The mote a person drinks the more ho per spires; yet one cannot help craving some palatable beverage to cool tho parched lips and mouth in the heat of summer. Il is much better to tke lit tle at a time, and to drink more fre quently, than to quaff a great quantity at a time. Frequent bathmg of the face and head is a great preventive of thirst. Men aro not half so Fable to get over heated if the' occasionally wipe oil their faces with a'wet towel or sponge. People do not take half tho pains to protect themselves from the heat of dog days that thev do to guanl aga nst the inclemency of cold, and there is do tble the danger arising from overheating, that there is from ireczing. "farmer's llijf, ' m Country Ucnllcmati. An Italian farmers' hired man hav ing bought seven donkeys at the fair, mounted one and drove all the rest home. Hefore dismounting he counted them and could find only six. He im mediately retraced his steps and drove about everywhere asking every one if they had seen a stray donkey, until ho tired his animal out so badly'tbatit re fused to budge and he had "to get off. As he- did so he noticed the donkey and exclaimed, "What a fool I am; I've been- riding that lost donkov all this while." " . . During the hot sun and drying j plants and trees than watering. 1I01F, FARM AM (iJUCDKX. Hice water, barley water, oat meal water, vith lem-n and ugar. should be re idy in evcrv ho:tc whtre children are. " TJioo ifr.nks are surely better than cold tea. which is orten given, or doabtful m'lk. Ho?rer. milk is bet ter than anything, when il swi-et and pure. Cold Slaw Drradng. Scald fire tabVspoon fills of m.lk. and. while hot, st.r 111 ono wcll-baten eg;: add a piece of butter thereof a small e-jrzx "tlr it constantly till it .hteien: mid vincgat j and sa't to our tate, and pour thecabbige or salad. Let it get cohl i befor eating. Chickon-amMIam Koll. Take half the crumb from the hearts ul French or Itirhl homc-mido roll, but ter the-cav'ty and idl with a mixture ol mini-el ehie'-ceti and him. Stop the hole in the side with a wad of truuib or bit of crut. 'Ihuaeatu very nice. Chicken Saudwichc. -Cut the flesh from the bones of eld rn.iv. fowls, and dUpo-e in clo-o neat strips between ba'lterel she of bread, or halve of bisUiL S'.rink'e with pepper and a!t. If vou like.' you tuty chop the fowl I tie. .iin Mirnad a mo,t i.tlf-au-incli thick on me uuuerca nrua.i. -Soap for Removing Grease Spots. Dissolve in a half p nt of water hair a iKiiind of washing soda, nut in two rounds of gxJ hard soap, cul in 1 c.s. and bjd until a ma-s ii formed. Thou add a half ounce etch of alcohol, cam phor ether and liqti d ammonia, and mold into cako?. ' Do not put clothes into the blueing water until troy havj been vll .shaken: if tos,ed in whlo foldid a-i the come tlir ugh the wr tiger they aro almost rerta'n to be streaked with blueing. and. although after ropeatu 1 washings j thojoatreaks will cone out. every one knows how aggravat'ng it is to use napkins or handkerolfefs that show traces of careless washing. Flaked Fish. Mike a sauee by dredging soino flour into two ounces of hot water in a stewpan; add hall a pouu I of cohl l.h, nicclv flaked, one ounce of cold bu'ter, a ilMsert-spoon- fnl k:mA of Mtifhfivt .!lt!iM :ind mixed mtt.t-ir.l im tMiiMttifni of iTi'-i'ii. vomn pepper, silt, and a few bread crumbs. Make hot and serve as it is. or ou may pour it into a buttered dish, with tho addition of a few broad crumbs, and brown the lop in the oven. Mixed Chow-chow. Take radi-h pods, green peppers, long and round, given grapes, uastiirtiuuii, pea'-hes. cherries, string beans, cauliflower, button onions pour over them a hot brine that will bear an viS'Z, and let them s:and four day. Then make a pickle ery warm with spices, and after it has been boi'ed. and tho in gredients well dried irom the brine, pour it over Ilium boiling hot; mustard seed may be added, and then it muit be covered clo-e from the air. This will keep, if well prepared, two ycats.. Mn. L. U. AMI. Sassafras Mead. - Two quarts of boiling water; three and a half pounds of sugar; pint and a half of molasses, ono-fo'irth pound of tartaric acid; quar ter of ounce essence of sassa'ras. Stir these all gradually togotner; In sure to have the water b.iiliiig; when c.l strain into a large jug or pan. and add the essence of sassafras. I'm it in bottle-, cork tightly and keep in a cool place. To pro:aiv. a glas. :'i,v drinking our a 1 tile of the mead in a glas. till three quarters full of cold wat'-r. then sti.' in a Iltt'o carbonate of soda, and it will foam to fill the glass. A pleasant drink for warm weather. The cheapest, best, easiest put up and strongest lightning conductor is copper wire, says" a writer in the New York Tribune. (let at a metil store a oil of the length required, and as largo as, or larger than, common telegraph wire. Fastest one end over your chimney-top. run along tho ridge and down the end of yo tr houso. fasten ing with common blind-staples driven inio tho wood. He suru to have tho lower end terminate in permanently moist earth or in a well, not a cemented cistern. Use no glass insulators, patent tips or other humbug nonsense, and you will have the cheapest and nio-t per:ect lightning conductor that cau be made. Iuterfcrin Ovcr-Keaelilug, hi I nc, Kir. Stum These unaccountable and objectiona ble imperfections seem not well under stood by authors or horsemen. Great efforts have been made to remedy these evils by shooing, etc. Much ditl'ercnco of opinion still exists a$ to the proper method of shoeing, in consequence of nono being ellectual. If these ticnat ural movements aro a serious damage to tho horse, we should, b, this time, be ablo to know to what extent they are or cau be remedied. We should in quire for tne cause, whether it be a hab it, carelessness or deformity. Through a long series of observations and uni form conclusions, I would submit the following: The cause of most of these unnn'nral movements may bo account ed for in the anatomical structure or proportions of tho horse affected. Tho horse that is the most perfect, natural and easy mover, has the most perfect anatomical structure. When extraor dinary, sudden, fast or slow movements are manifest, it depends partly on ana tomical proportions. Where the spinal column is too short for the length of his logs, the horse over-reaches in propor tion. If too long, tho hind feet fall proportionally short of tho others. If the metatarsal bone be too short for the tibia, he is a high stepper: if the reverse, he drags, the toe trips the ground, or stumbles behind. If the femur be too concave on the iuside.-he carries his legs close, or interferes; if straight he straddle?, or travels wide; if too long, he stands with his hind feet too much under tho body; if too short, the reverse. If all the bones of the hind legs are proper, some of those proportions may be lost or wanting for ward. If the humerus be short, he cannot reach forward; if long, ho throws too much forward. If the radius be too short for the metacarpal, he trips and stumbles: if too long, he steps high and throws. If the pastern bo too short, the foot has but little play: is too long, hi3 foot is said to flop. If the radius con cave, he interferes; if convex, he throws the foot outward. If the pubis and fe mur arc short, and the humerus is long, it makes the horse look gaont, long on the belly, and looks taller and lighter than he is. When the reverse is apparent, youseo a long back, with the low and heavy appearance. Whcru the shafts of the dorsal vertebra: pro ject long or high.he shows a short back and sunken cervical vertebne, conse quently low neck and head. Where the haunches hang straight, it raises the caudril vertebne, and he is said to carry a high tail, but if too slanting, a low tail is the result. If the scapula is too long, the sternum loolu sunken; if too short, he looks fnll breasted. If the nasal bones be long, the nostrils aro small; if snort, large. If the frontal bone is concave, he appears narrow be tween the eyes; if convex, wide. No machinery works well, nnless attach ments are perfect; if too loose, it jars; back-lash causes friction, and conflicts with steady and easy motion; if too taut, it. runs hard and strains on all tarts. This is equally true of the horse, f his anatomical attachments are too tant Jie labors hard in traveling, dracsf trips, steps shortstsnblfjMMuaayia-, tertere;.it tooKe; fcejtrs, trett tags andJMrctirjjBSJM foot, throws oat wari. reaches loag. the foot falls loose sukI heavy; it is raised with a drag, and tremulous while suspended, and often over-reaches and interferes. IF. FUrce, V. &t in Mkkiamm Farmmr. A correspondent of a FhilsdcIpluA netrjpapcrln Honradale. Fa., wrius of lh curwju bio Atd adveaturw di a wo man named Imcx Ann LoWolI,bowa married at jreatren, defied a vear later, aad became knoa a the i "Female Hunter of laaz Kddr." She aumed a man garment, shouldered her gun. and uv! to tramp throuch the wtkxU from the Hudfin to the nque. hinni. mnkinr tlvini? tlmI U ber moth. cr wilu nvtj al iVanjr Kddr. N. Y.. and to wi,om ,he had cuanded'the care of ;,uje cmJd. he had at leart a down habitation, most of them eave, and her life wa filled utth hazardous ad- venture. Finally her health broke down Kr.d he returned to civilization, found her war to the poorhoue, left it and married another female Inmate of the institution by a practical hoax, lived j ,,,ij, u,0 woman tor a long time, but ; ,ra., arrested and put in jail a a vagrant ; while tramninr about the country j When released .she deserted her wife." and finally found her way intoaniaan J ! asylum. Mie wa. a crack hot, a per- i feet woodtman. and had tho courage-, and Mreugth of a man, and the talc Mir told at the insane aj.jlum are wld to I have been full cf the wildest ?pirit ol j rvmance ami auveniure , ham Vcsk L, lhl, y in Wlv. r,, ,,;. t na another name, Hol j jj Id!, and another distinction on account jf the miracles ?aid to be wrought there in answer t" prater The cure claimed j are marvelous muecu, ranguig irom mc si.-tantancou.s mending of broken legs to the recovery of consumptive. whom physicians had given up to die. The praying is done by Methodist?. Thrr la:m to have saved Mr. Garfield. William Hern', of Cincinnati, was engaged to marry the widow Newkltk, and the day npiKimted for lUcweddiiig was close at hand. Mrs. Newkitk' daughter, Clara, caino home from a con vent hchool to witness the ceremony. Clara had all of her mother' character istics and the additional charm of j outh. Kerry transferred his love to the daugh ter, and eloped with her. YVorvl and Their Vf. Richard Grant White bai written Riod deal concendnirthnrlta and rriuti mean ing of tevrrat old Knj;IUh word anil phr5CJ, and many of hi rcmaak are rrry Initnictive and IntcrenthiR. 1'rlmarUy, word i wrre designed to exprr ldea, and not, . Talljranil itiJ, to eincca! them. If a Kenuine autograph of sliAcnix-arr, Milton, uift or l'oio con I it be found, bow tt nutiM ! prized and appreciated bv the fortuuate tlniler! The old Chartrr 0k at Hartford 1 Jtntly rared for, and Its hUtory U prizrd beyond anything else in Connecticut; and the public throughout the Fniteil Mate have a vague Idea that It mint have nome Intrlmle. metit, became the words "Charter Oak" ha e bren used as a trade-mark by tlio larct tova factory in the world. For our own part, wo like to arc. atubitlou manufacturers lami their good o that buyer will know thetn on sight. The en vRrkn Oak Siovk rather add) to the claims for veneration of the old Charter OaV at Hartford, and will be likely to perpetuate- It Ion,; after the original tree, la entirely forgotten. Thla 1 the way of the world. t 23) m - It was a wc old Frenchwoman who once wrote: " Tho world can rh e a woman beauty, costume, wraith, iiiiny charm, many allurement; but raco alone can Rive a woman three thlnj; the hand, tho lance, the voice. '' rniMllf ratlrnt. The miwt wonderful and iiiatvelotis uc ee In car whero pcron aro Mck r t. Iiir awav from a coudlllou of iiilrrblcnr, that no one know what all them, (rtrotita blo p.itlfiit for doc' or.) I obtained by the Ji.i .f Hop Hitter. 'I her betlnto cure frMn the llrnt done- and k-e it Up unt'1 perfect hi'althand utrenRlli I restored. Whoever I a filleted In tin wav neul not Miffer, wh-n they can get Hop "Hitter. Cinennnli Afcir. Inu bound to come. The cUtm U now made that a Hoton pararapher vva born with a bullet in hi liver. An Olil Ilorlnr'a Art tire. It wa till: "Trust In Cod and keep vour bowoln oprn." For till p:irj0e lake Kldney-Wort-for no other remedy o effectually overcome th! condition, and that without the dltre and criplmj which other medicine caue. Try a box or bottle. TtUy raJi. IIrnr fnrholte lr. The BreT iAt.VE for Cutis HruUcs.Sorc, Fl eer is Suit Khcum, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblain, Corn and all kinds ( bWIn Knip Hon, Freckles and I'unple. Huy Hemit 3 Cariiolic Salve, alt others are cotmUrftiU. Ur. Orfrn'i Oxjrcrnatd Hitter I the bct remedy for Dyipepnia. Ulllouanets. Malaria, IndU'eatlon. dlonlersanddieaieof the Stomach, Iilood. Ki lncys, Ltvcr, fckln, etc. Dcuso's Cat.vkiui Ssvrr cure all affec tion ot the mucou membraue of the head. Do. Morr's Livru I'ills arc the bet Veg etable Cathartic Ketjulators. "Kongfe on Zlsta." Ask Drn?srft for It. It clear out raU. mice, roaches, bed-bugt, flica, vermin, Invecta, 15c. Ttin ale of Frazer Axle (Jrcass last were enormous. Stick a pin here. rear LVERcdilIncRn.la Salve in thehou, and use Hedding's ltus.la Salve In the stable. National Ye V3T never fall. UssfL A few years ago pome young Cana ttdian brothers came to Michigan to make their fortune and a name, and, not lik ing their Iri.-h one, they Anglicized it to their content, but the father's discon tent. They now wish they hadn't, for a few dav? ago the wealthy" old Irishman died, fcaving his vast fortune to his daughter.', who had not changed their names (they were old maids), leaving the sons the traditional shilling. Detroit Free I'rets. " Tapa," paid an inuL'itivc boy, "this morning the Dominie prayed for more rain, and this afternoon Deacon Hixby prayed for dry weather to get his hay in. Now, if the Lord love the Dea con and tho Dominic just the same, what do you suppose He'll do about it?" "My son" answered the old gentleman, "whenever yon want to aak foolish ques tions go to your mother; don't come to me." A traveler in Utah says that he counted fourteen infantile heads in one door of a cabin on tho Jordan Hirer . If this is true, it was indeed a one-door-full jight. A dozen readings of this paragraph will reward the reader. Detroit Free Vresj. A constable volunteered to watch a store which wa to bo robbed, at New Sharon, Iowa. He slept at his post, and the burglars took away his money, pis tol and clothes," leaving him covered with molasses. A Mexican hornet baa a stinger about the length of a common pin, and when he makes np his mind to take pos session of a hammock the other fellow alwavs vacates. Sitting-Bnll talks French fluently, but not very cood English. Xkllf,r4t, mm tftU.cX.rtm,dmirmH,Hi KIDGgarOODreff t&andnrn ttmftfhj. flaefIlKbeouteari4eTVB. facssacmcnia. L'JJMJ L71 Ktmt lh tzaa?a at V9.Mt tl BJMeMMMM m woxAjra rnivnrmt m lima l nut iFimim. rsaoevzua cr LYDIA E. PINKHAM'8 V23Z7A3L2 COMPOUND. 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