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mssnnmmnti it' THE RED nLOTTTi PTTTT-p !theT had wanted to harm him they J jmjmj VJUVUU Uillbr. would have come to me: but I w u!d . f A. C. HOSMER, Publisher. RED CLOUD. - NEBRASKA A QUIET P1CTC11E. The shirtinp shadows lay tloor" ,!,,a,Illne:5S m lh bare white rreepiii In softly through the open door. , . In a s'ill. drowsy wav. -otmiijr through ,a7.es Gf the"iyv-vlnr-s. I hut lull in shapeless masses from the pines. ,..., . Tl"nre-lIislitKayaiidhrlKlit. yith cheery b'.iishi-s for its. ruddy charms Meals trenihiinjr lrom the old hearth's hure blaek anus. When, in their own rich lisrht. J ne piant loirs in snlun Jor fall away .u flowing: shapes auwmr the ashes praj-. .... . . The haby on the lloor, rt ith tiny hand- closed o'er her pear! v toes alches tne tlro-hlase as it comes and jroe.s. -nl wonders more and in.. re n hence comes tne red iigut on the suowy U-et, nd strives ti catch it in her finders sweet. , The happy mother sit- n Itii rold'il hands, her weary work all ilotic, with the last -inshnsrof tlie har-.e-t sun, And h-ts. her eyes lov.-i:t. To the low j.raltle or hrr old-t born. hose cheek is rosy as the ea. I morn. In homespun ;rarl of srrav. The fath-r sittiuu ly the window wide L molds hi papr with an hone-t pride. And. in hi- homelv war. ueaus ot the pomp of state its wealth art and With scarce one envious lonsins in his heart. 1 "nop lor the 1 ne KTanuiime watches lor the i-omin: moon. While murmurs of some hall-ieaicrnbered tune Drop from her fa Jed rips; -he dreams az.iiti of olden days more fair. Nor mark- the -hador- rliuin? o'er her hair. () hiliv. jrladw-ith plav! O mother, knowing not the lie:iri' recoil! 0 lather, wearied otilx- Iy your toil ! O tnin.liiiin' o d an. I way! NVonld that tlie !'"' of vourSav"sd'-elin ilisht hush the ihro.ibinof this' life of mine! .Vivr-j LMier oa!imij!. I)0n'Ui:.HCKII)E. Dr. JEnea- Macbridc was strong in comparative anatoniv, lind dissected j everything that cimo in his way. His lissecting-iiioni was in the,, court-yard of the JLnlazzo I'arminalL Rome. Hut :t was up tairs in his library and alone that "II eoZ' e" carried out his choicest man'piilations. and made the jnore delicate of h s preparation-" of human mu-cles. arteries, veins and nerves, wh'ch. wlieu completed, were disphived iphKt g!a-- shades on a large table in the center of the apartment. It was at this table, having just fin i-hed the dissection f a very small hand -.never mind to what kind of creature the hand, while it was living one, had belonged that he was silt ngone even ing in ! illy. 1.Cm. when it suddenly oc currred to him that he had exhausted his supply of cochineal with which to tinge the melted wax which hepropo-ed to inject on the morrow morning into the venous system of his prepara tion." Dr. JEneas Macbridc proceeded to the well-known druggi.-t's shop kept bv Sigxior l'aneiarotto, at the corner of the Via de Con.'.o'.ti. It was one of the largest and handsonie-t shops in Home. He made his purchase and placed the packet of cochineal in a side pocket. Slay.'" he suddenly exclaimed, pausing on the thre.-hold: "1 had for gotten something. You must make me up. if you plea-e. that admirably elli ca clous sleeping draught with the secret of the formula of which only you and I are cogniant. and which has ghen ea-e to so many -t my patients. Will vou prepare it lor me at once? I must lake it with me."' With plea-ure. illustris-imo ed e cellciitissimo Dottore." said the apothe--carv, as he hu-tled from jar to jar. pouring various ingredients into a glas vial. "'Tis u wonderful sleep ng draught, to be sure. I have tried it on inv wife, who, poor soul, endure ago nies from Hie toothache, and it never fails in producing slumber. To be sure, had you not told me that the po tion was .,'uite harmless I should have Leen afraid to use it; for the sleep which it brinirs about i- so deep and so Ion"- as to be reallv like the sleep of j leaTh." , ! He had soon completed his task, and . 3)r. Macbride. placing the vial in his i s;ide pocket with th cochineal, left the fa mac'.a. He cro ed the l'Uizta. di Spagna. in the direction ol the College o! thei'ropaganda: when, ju-t as he hr.d Teac'ied tlie .-pot where now is the moi iiment h's path was cro cd by a tail man vh-1 wa- wrapped up in a long brown cloak and who wore ids broad flapped hat slouched over his eye-. It's all very well for yo.i to slouch x our hat over your eyes, my friend," said Dr. Macbride to'hiin-elf: "but I know that hat and cloak very well, or I :un previously mistaken. They belong to the nameless man who lodges in one of the garret- at the Pal:.i Carminali. 1 ome "nursed you through a fever, un friend, and gave you money to get your cloak out of pawn. I ilou't think that you would do me any harm, although i'olks do say that you arc a spadaciuo a hired assassin." Scarcely had he thus mentally ex pressed himself, when he heard, in a low voice behind him, the single word, "Ecoolo " -Here iie is!" And imme diately he was seized from behind by strong arm.-, a heavy cloak was thrown over His head and he was lifted from the ground and carried some yards. Then he n;as thrust forward on what t-eemed to be some kind of bench or eat: the arms which had seized him had relaxed their grasp, a door was -lammed and he became aware that he was in a rapidly moving vehicle. Dr. .Eneas Macbride had in verity been kidnaped by two men, forcibly carried bv them to a coach, one of the ,!o rs of which was standing wide, hud dled into the vehicle, and rapidly driv vn awav. The whole proceeding, in deed, had been watched with the liven -t interest bv an individual who was clad hi a long brown cloak and who 1-,.-,. 1.0 ii.it tmiiwii over ins eves :11m who there is now no indiscretion in saving it was the nameless man who J:vedTn one of the garrets of the Palaz to "arminali, and whose profession was ronjectured to be that of an a-sassin "or !mi Ami as he watched the car- rsage rapidly retreating into tiie shad- 3ws the nvneless man was iingiing Mmc roh!en coins in his pocket and rhueklmir merrilv. " Ten ducat-." he reflected' ten iucatJ only for pointing out the Signor Mot! ore to'them. Amf they have sworn ot to do him any harm. Of coarse if not havte stabbed the Signor Dottorc: no, not for a hundred ducats. I-et us go and drink a bottle of Chianti." While the nameless man was thus con gratulating himself on the successful re sult of his exceptionally bloodle--; night's work, iin-een hands hud relic, ed Dr. jEneas Macbride of tin; heay cloak in which he had been nut filed and in which he hud been all but suffocated. He sat tin. to find himself, imbed, i- the interior of what was evidently a car riage belonging to some per-on of ran ,1. i J he b linds were clo-elv drawn itown but a small lamp hanging from the roof) gave MifhVent light tor him to see that j the opposite seat"5 was occupied by two gentlemen very richly dressed, but whose countenances x ere wholly eon-1 cealed by mns.s of black bilk, having deep frlfi -es of the same material. One ' gentlemen hastened to inform him that he mu-t submit to have his eves band-1 aged, a- the person in whose presence tiicv wore about to conduct him was a I ln.lv f rank whose iianie and idaec 01 1 abode 11 was nnperatnHv necessary 1 ......... -.- t to coneea'. A- he nulled the bandage. mil of hi- 5o-Ket and proceeded very Mirouiv 10 ad usi :i to iiie Doctoris eves, his co'iinan on took occis on to remark that he and the other gentlemen wer- ful y armed, and should the Doc tor, at this or at any other stage ot the nroi-e-di'iTs. oiler the slightest resist 1 - in e to n-Ty 1 -dpiest which was prolliTed j to bun, he would be immediately stabbed to death. I'ponthis admonition Dr. .Eneas Macbridc determined, like th" canny Scot he was. to hold his tongue and sec when he was permit ted o use his eyesight again what came of it. It seemed to him that the carriage was continually turning and was being driven through a great variety of -treels, pos-ibly with the view to pre vent his forming any accurate idea as to the part of the citv to which he was being conducted. The coach at length stopped and the door was opened for him. His two companions took him each under one arm. as-isted him to aligM and conducted him up a narrow staTrca-e into a room where, after a moment's pau-e, the bandage was re moved lrom his eves. He found him- ., - 1, i ..- i. . -ell in a smau urawmg-roum "i uuu doir. dimly lighted by wax tapers, and richly furnished, altcough sheets and pieces of tapestry had been thrown over some of the chairs or placed in front of tin; oicture-frames, as though for the ourno-o of nreventinir a stranger from too closelv ident'fying the contents of the room." There" was a flask of wine j on the table and one ot the genitcmen tilled a large bumper of Hohenuau glass I and offered it to Dr. Macbride. ' ! I want no wine," he said, coollv: ' "it mav be poison for aught I know." I The irentleman who had offered him the w i7e. aud who was very tall, and clad in a suit of dark blue paduasoy, richlv laeed with goal, for all reply put ! the goblet to his lips and tossed off the , contents at'a draught. Then his com- lKinion. who was shorter and' stouter neither had removed his mask anil ; who woie a green doublet and coat laeed with silver, tilled another glass with wine and offered it to the doctor, saving. "You had better drink it. Re member what I to'.d you in the carriage. We allow no tnfiing'in this house: and, besides, you have need to nerve your self for what you have t do!" "1 don't like Dutch courage!" re plied Dr. Macbride, -and am not used to drain-drinking to nerve me for sin work. However, as 1 have not the sli'Mitest wish to have inv throat cut. I and you appear to be prepared to cut it - both gentlemen nodded their ncads significantly "at a moment's nctice, if things do not go as you wish then: to go. f will drink. "And now," he re sumed, after a very moderate potation, "what is it that you'desire me to do?" To perform a surgical operation." "When?" "This instant." s "Whose?" "You shall see." As the taller of tiie two masked men made this reply, he took the donor by the arm and led him forward. The shorter person lifted a heavy velvet veilinir an o'en portal, and the three I pas-ed into a ast bed-chamber. Here I everything in the way of furniture, and 1 even the ceiling and the curtains and I the counterpane of a huge four-post bed ! in the center of the room, had been' j -hrouded in white sheeting. At the foot of the bed there sat. or rather there wis leilf-reebtiilltr ill M hirire ehail COV- cred with crim-on velvet, a voung lady I Maeb.-ide's re piest, driven round to the he could not scarcely becti more than , narrow lane behind the Palazzo Carmi nineteen exeeedin'lv beautiful, and ' n:lh- Tlie" tIie burden wrapped m white with irolden hair that rippled over her , lme" was carried by the Doctor and the shoulder--. He hands were ti"htlv UiUcr oi ti" masked men by the back clasped, and she was deaiiuy pale. She was clad in a iong. loosely flowing undres- ro'ie of some white, silky ma terial: and Dr. Macbride could see that her little feet were bare. " You see this woman -this most guilty and unhappy woman?" said in a harsh voice the taller of the two gentle men. "She has disgraced the noble family to which she belongs, and it is necessary that she should be deprived of life. Here is a case of lancets, and vou will instantly- proceed to bleed her to death." "She is prepared to submit toher fate," added the shorter gentleman in green and silver, "and you will make the greatest possible expedition. I need scarcely say that you will bo am ply recompensed for your pains." I will do no such horrible and un manly thing," cried Dr. iEneas Mac bride! " Do you think that I, a phy sician, whose bounden duty is to do ev erything that he possibly can to save human life be it that of the new-born infant or of the dotard of ninety would consent to put to a cruel death a poor ladv who should be enjoying all I the happiness that earth can giver bo y"r uuicnery norK youiseu; inraiii . " i.i.m " '- " It is precisely.'" replied the latter gentleman, 'because we are desirous that this indispensable work should not be done in a butcherly manner that we have brought you here. You are known to I.e the skil fulest surgeon in j Home, and you will perform the opera- 1 uon at once ny opening tne vein- in ncr 1 ankles: it vou refuse. I swear that I ami mv bro" he cheeked himself before he could wholly pronounce the word " brother" "my companion will fall on vou with our poniards aud hack you to deatJ- " ir biilil ivj; the vun " a:d, ir: a low. lade in the ariu- cha r. Do T hear aright?" raid the doctor. You do ' 'resumed the ladv. "io lliei- bidding, m you will incur a fate as dreadful as my own." Dr. -hneai Maebt-nle "ppeared to hes ittte for a moment: t':eu l.e .--id: "I w 1! do your w II. and :nav H"a.vn fr g:e mi foryi-dd 114 loo.:! Ii:t I must h ive a vessel. :i large v -.-sol of warm water.'" That shall be at once procured," replied the taller of the masked i men. leaving tlie room. 1 ou will ic- will member that Dr. .En -as Macbride was :il - o tall of stature. He bent over the reclining lady and whi-pcred something to her. "1 have told her,'' he said, drawing himself up to his full height, tli.it l 1 will not hurt her much." 1'resently two Jemale attendants, each closely masked, entered the room, carrying between them a large -ilver tub full of warm water. This vc-sol they placed before the young lady. . . . n 110, without a word, lsnmer ed her icbride. feet in the water. Then Dr. M "Doth.; - iint voice .. . .. the side of the foot-bath, lhe water was now deeply discolored. Ere long 1 once more bending over the victim. , lieers ot the Hoard of Health 01 a en smoothmg the hair on her foiehead York city, that Maracaibo, Kio and otli and feeling her pulse, knelt lancet in , e cheap" coffees, are manipulated and hand by the side of the siher loot-b.ifh. colored in their miroasted state, to make He rose, looked in the victim's face. ( them resemble in appearance and color chose a fre-h lancet, and knelt again by the "Old Government Java," and that it was completely crimson. i sonous nature, anil which one would Hring another bath a tub a j not, even in small quantities, willingly bucket -what you will!" said the doc- take into his system. Among the col tor, "and more warm water!" Then oring matters are some, which, like um he continued, hastily holding his ! ber, Venetian red, lamp black, soap- wrists around the ankles of the patient while the first foot-bath was taken away and another substituted for it: This will finish the work." How she" bleeds!" said the tall man, who. with folded arms, wa.s watching the scene. The young lady had fallen back in her chair, her arms hanging loosely. 'Slie is insensible!" said the shorter of the masked men. "She is dead!" said Dr. Eneas Mae bride, solemnly. "How she bled!" repeated the shorter of the two masked men. 'She will bleed no more," said Dr. Macbridc. "Aud now let me a-k you what you intend to do with the evidence of your, and 1 may almost say my, gu'.lt? How do you intend to J.spose of the corpse?" "i'ut it into a sack full of stones and sink it in the Tiber." muttered the taller gentleman. "At the r.sk of the sack rotting, the weights becoming disengaged from the body, and ot tlie corpse floating, or 01 being washed on shore and the features recognized." "Itury it in the garden," suggested the shorter man. "It is still dangerous," resumed the doctor. "The bodies of buried people that have been murdered have been disinterred over and over again. One was, you know, lust .year in that vine- yard close to the Appian Wav, and the assassin was brought to justice. That is true "When you planned your little scheme, gentlemen," the D'octor went on. almo-t banteringly, "you should have planned the last a"t of "your trage- dy as well as the preceding oues. 1-ct me tell you that a murdered dead body is, in acivili'ed city, one of the most difficult of imaginable things to get rid of. Hut since I have gone with you so far in this abominable business I will go yet further and help you to conceal this corpse. Hnng it back with me Iring it back with me to the Piazza d": bnagna Ij inv sureerv in am accustomed to have Miuh burdens brought to me at the dead of night ar.d I'll dis-ect her. Ry which I mean that in less than twelve hour.- no recog- ! nizable trace will remain of vour de- ! ceased relative if relative she be." j The victim was evidently stone-dead. After a long consultation, the masked men acceded to tiie proposition of tiie , do.-tor. who appeared to have beeoni 1 so completely the:r accompl ce. and who accepted, with many proto-tutions of thanks, a large purse of gold -e piins. Again he submitted to have his eyes bandaged, and again he was conducted to the coach in waiting below: but something else accompanied the party. . and was placed on the seat beside the 1 doctor. That something else was the ; body, rolled up in many thicknesses of j while linen, ot the ladv who hail been ' bled to death! The carriage made a ! route as c.rcuitous as before to the l'i :t'7.i di Spagna; but it was then, at Dr. uui'i in 10 iiiu itisseciiiig room, aim i.uu like a stone on the table. The Doctor noticed that his fellow-lioarer w:is trem bling violently, and ho had evidently had euough of horrors for that night' Three months afterward Dr. .ineas Macbride returned to Edinburgh, bring ing with him his wife, a young s-'id ex tremely hand.-oinc Italian lady of a nolle 1 toman family. Pope I'encdict XIV., the enlightened and humane Lambrctini, had had much to do with bringing about tjie union of the hand some young lady with "II Dottorc Enea Macbride, Scozzese." He had in formed the young lady's brothers, Don Kafaellc and Don Antonio Cordiscoglio, Counts of that ilk. that if they did'not consent to the match and pay over a very largo line to the Apostolic Cham ber they should be orosecuted with the utmo-t rigorof the law for having base ly attempted to murder their sister by caiising her, as they thought, to have the veins of her "ancles opened. Of course they never had been opened. Dr. Eneas Macbridc, while pretending to execute the dreadful behests of Don Kafaelle and Don Antonio Cordiscoglio, had lirst administered to her a potion which sneedilv reduced her locomnlete insensibility, and had next skillfully mingled with the warm water in which the lcet ot the patient were immersed the contents of the n.iokot.of eoeliine.-il which he had purchased at the larmaeia rancarotto. lhe poor girl's only of frnse had been that she had imprudent ly, and in mere girlish folly, encouraged for a short time the addresses a young man much h-r inferior in rank: but "by her hau-'htv ami vindictive brothers this transient l'irta ion was c teemed a crime which her death alone could expiate. How fortunate it was that Dr. .Eneas Macbride was so much addL-led to making anatomical -prep 1- tots,1 rcee hating the use of cochi neal for the r perfection! I fancy, how ever, that afrer his mait'iazc he cea-ed t di e. t small dead hamls, and con- iil I: lU'Clf with covering small live on s w.t.i ki--. i.iujrjc Atnjustut .""a.., 111 iiuw lid s. 1 r.vid at t:M Breakfast Table. To t'le average American, coffee is as essential to a good break'.ast. as is te'j to the Englishman. Tiie frauds prac ticed by the makers of ground cotlee. are many and well known. These may be readily avo'ded by the purchase o: cotlee that is not ground. It has been suppo-cd that one who purchased the raw Lean, and roasted and ground it and jirouni 11 e cotlee. lulc 1; set ot adui- himself, would have pure tins course avoids one torations. those which are only possible with "round coffee, it may be but : change of evils. While raw cotlee h fre from adulteration in the proper sense of the term -the adding of a cheaper article to reduce its cost to the seller the purchaser may fall upon what" is st. 11 worse poisoned "raw coffee. It has recently lieen discovered by the of .. . .. ......'.. m the process there are used various coloring materials which are of a poi- stone, etc., are no more harmful than the same ipiantity of any other kind oJ dirt. On the other hand, there are em ployed compounds of arsenic and lead, which one would not ca-e to take with his coffee in even minute quantities, be sides the prussiate of potash and other chemicals not usually regard ed as essential to a good break fast. The cheap coffees are green, and the surfa-e has a dull ap pearance, while Java has a yellow color, and the surface of the bean is smooth and polished. The articles we have mentioned are used to change the gresn of cheap colfees to yellow. Sprinkling the coilee with gum-water, addi.og powdered soapstone, an I various cole r ing materials, and placing it in Hot revolving iron cylinders, the beans rut against one another until they ac .i':ra the desired color and polish. The cotf.-e brokers assert that more than half the retail grocers sell cheap coffee that has been colored to imitate Java. There ara large establishments for coloring coffee near Xew York, but tliey claim thai their proces-es are harmless. They, however, do admit that there are some wicked men in the same business in Holland, and it may have been their col'ees that were examined by the Hoard of Health. Kirst-ela-s retail grocers can procure their, stock from importers, and they are in no danger of being sen ed with the co'ored sturf: but it is difiercnt with the average dealer all over the country. Soaking the siispecte I coffee grains in water, frequently stirring or shaking them in a bottle," then carefully drying them and comparing them with a sam ple not so treated, will show by a dif ference in eolo- if they have been ta-i'pered with. Nearly all the coloring materials are insoluble in water, and il the water in which the sample off co'fee has been soaked is allowed te stand ir a wine gla-s. the coloring matter wiL settle, as a line powu-r : it tue bottom. jmencan Ajriaillunt, , Only One or His 'inc J.i7?r. "T had a roo-ter onct as lickt a cat." The hero of this remarkable state merit -tood in the middle of a groip ol admiring hearers under the ktmp-po-t at Eighth and Chestnut yesterday af ternoon and his twinkling eyes flashed dohanee of contradict on. "Don't believe it, do yer? It's a fact, t ough. I us" t' live over hare in Darby Township. 1 had a farm-lot up thar potato patch, barn, chickens an" all th lixins". One o tee chicken- I lied wui : corker he wuz an" he an' th" cat win alwuz a-lightiif. but alwuz at a di-tence. V tho' th' wu. afeared o' each oth-r. One day I wuz a sittin under a tree, never thinkin' o' uothin", when all of a Middiut I hears an' outlandish holler in' like as tho' it warn'tnothin' human, an' tvhen 1 ups an' goes int' th' barn yard, what d'yer 'spose I sees? Why. that tarnal cat a-rollin' over an' over, an the rooster a-rollin' an' a-rollin'. ami both a-rollin' over t'other, an' all th' time a-howliu' an a-screechin , an" th" fur an' the feathers a-llyin" only th' rooster wuz nearly alwuz on top as.' the cat underneath like. "An" thar th' kept it up fur nigh a'nour me not a-interferin', ,but jist a watchin' t' sec th' fun out. All of a suddint th' cat goes to shiverin', an' th' rooster catches "im i th' eye, an Mr. Cat falls back dead as as as a screw-driver." The interest of the crowd as the old man proceeded was intense. "An' the roo-ter why he an' crows like mad and j umps up rutlles hfs feathers that is, what wuz left on 'cm, 'an' walks away, proud as all-tired cre ation. After "the rooster goes away the cat opens one eye kinder sly like ami looks around, as much as to say " "I thought you said the cat was dead." remonstrated a doubter, whose incredulous looks betrayed his want of confidence in the narrative. The o.d man grinned. "So he wai," he chuckled; "but he only lost one o' his lives, and when the rooster' d dis'pearcd he ups an' walks awav with t'other eight as lively as a half-drownded kittcu." Philadelphia Times. , Most bells were originally feminine, ! now the two or three that are calledT.y Christian names in England are mascu line. 'lhe most celebrated. ("rcatTom. at Oxford, was originally named Mary. Tresham, the Vice Chancellor of the period, write.-: " Oh. beautiful Mary, ho .v musically she sounds." She has done little tobelie this reputation since siie became Tom. Once only, in the year 1W. Tom "ot into disgrace bv a ' Series of incontinent strikings which ' greatly alarmed the undergraduates. who were divided in opinion as 10 " whether there was ! earthquake, the Dean was dead or the college on lire. Traveling Drcsscf. The most fasliionable modistes ar using heavy mohairs and alpacas for traveling dresses. These come in gi ay. cru ami tan brown shades, and are made up in the severe tailor styles that ire in favor with ladies who like En Iflish fashions. Such dresses are mere ly stitched on the edges, or arc bordered with many rows of mohair braid; but or those "who prefer more dressy cos tumes velvet, borders are placed around the skirt, and there are wide bauds of velvet up each side, that are disclosed by the open sides of the deep apron drapery; there is also a vest, collar and cutis of the velvet. Clear gray mohair with black velvet bands is a most stysh . qt a . suit for tniv. e, waikingand for any u.-e that the t:iJlor su-s h.ivi, lUncrlo bcen j)Ut to. Ecru and tan mohair dresses have dark golden brown or maroon velvet trim ming. Sometimes silver braid is placed in rows on the black velvet vest and border of gray alpaca dresses, and gilt braid is used in the same way on the brown costumoA, or else the skirt is lad in side plaits, each of which is edged with a row of the braid that merely peeps from beneath the side of the lengthwise plait. These mohair fabrics arc cool lor summer journeys, and moreover they have a smooth surfaeo that docs notretain the dust ami .-oil of travel. Louisine silks in pepper-and-salt patterns, in undefined checks, and in narrow stripes arc also plea-ant to the touch, durable and cool, ami in the quiet combinations of blue with dull red, ecru with brown, ami other chevi ot colorings, are both useful and pretty for traveling suits. The entire dress is made of the same piece of goods, and its tasteful trimming is the velvet collar and cuffs that are used this season in two-thirds of the dresses made. For longer journeys through varied temperatures a wool dress is the best choice, ant! should be of pure wool, un mixed with silk or linen,- that it may not cockle if accidentally dampened; the rough-finished bison cloths and the cheviots of light weight are most used for general wear, while French cash mere is worn by brides or by those who object to the rough goods. In cheviots there is again a fancy for dark navy blue that is almost black for the great er part of tho dress, with ecru wool for the collar, vest and cuffs, or else, the bright poppy red cashmere neatly cov ered with blue braid lightens up young ladies' blue dresses, while those who are older use dark blue or black mo hair braid. A very long polonaise is made of she cheviot", with the front of the waist curving around to the let hip. and the part below the waist line is shaped to form a square long apron that is open up each side, and has only a few wrinkles across from hip to hip. The space showing between these open ings on one side shows only the plaits ofthe skirt beneath, while the "other Mile of the skirt, as far as it is visible, is covered with rows of braid that are put lengthwise if the wearer is short, and across the space if for a tall tigure". The postilion basques used with long over-skirts and plaited skirts of wool Jresses are made" single-breasted, with a rolling notched collar that leaves a slight open point at the throat, and with this is worn a "dickey." or small chemisette, of tucked or "embroidered lin n. with a standing collar and a narrow cravat ribbon, or else a flat folded scarf like those worn by men. Theie is also an attempt to revive double-breasted fronts forsueh basques, and these are made by reallv doubling part of the front, sewing "a narrow piece to the straight edge of the right side of the front, lapping it over on the left, and shaping to follow tho out lines of the figure, tapering in toward the waist line', and broadening it above and below. Harper's Unzar. Don't Watch the Toys. The latest nuisance that has been sprung upon an inoffensive public, is tlie 1 oy nith a watch. A l)y 1 natur ally mi infliction in himself, hutmuch is lot-gives to him. simply because he is a boy. Hut when ho possesses a watch he ceases to be a boy. and nc' comes a little man. Such a'b-'ing rode down on a Cass avenue car the other day. In-Head of sprawling over the cud of "the car outside, making fa-.es at big boys, and bullying the little ones, he walked in with tlie air of a man about town, paid hi fare, and .-at down be side an elderly gentleman, to whom he seemed to occupy the relation of father. Then he looked at his watch, started, put it to his ear, felt reassured, and ve marked that the town clock was wron. Next, he turned his e bows out, spread his hands on his knees, and took no note of time for a minute and a half, when his elderly companion asked hui rmdly, with a wicked twinkle in his eve "(leorge, is your watch going?" " Going where?'' Then he recallei himself wi'h a distracted gesture, drew forth that wretched time piece, aud said with awful severity: JIalf-past-quaricr-after-four. Hadn't you better set vour watch by mine, father?" It stands to reason that a boy can not. have a watch and retain that sweet boyishness which is the dfl'ght of his parents, and the terror of the neighbor hood. How can he tear through" hack alleys, and over vacant lots in "ni spy" witii a watch in Irs pocket, or crawl uuder sidewalks and circus tents with case and propriety if timed down by an hour hand? How can he stand on his head, or make a wheelbarrow of him sejf. or do cartwheels, or "wrassel"' for the championship of the crowd? What excuse can he give for being late at school, and early at a tire? No; don't watch the innocent youth. Don't let him ioegin in his eaf".v vears to go on in - - o tick. "Put p.wnr'h'! little tle'cr That our durliiiv fo'idiy wore. Is It broken I ho:i d -nicker Gone into our undo s -tore. Twii- a nleel-p'ate. -tem-wiader"' Whir- whir- win r-s hir-i-r-r-r. (Machine bu-ted.) . Detroit Free Press. C1o'""je Rolls: Work into a quart 01 bread dough a rounded table-spoonful or flutter and half a cup of while sugar: add some dried currants, sift some il'irraud suga- over them, and work into the other ingredients; make into small rolls, dip into melted butter, place in tins, let rise a short time and bai. Boston Globe. HOME, FAILI AND GARDES. A heavy crop of clover kills olf tha meadow da.sies. H ckwheat furnishes honey of a more pronounced flavor than clover does. --Place corn cobs, dipped in coal tar, among the cucumber vines to drive away "the striped bug. Al 1'. Herald. Many a man does his milk and but ter a great in ustiee by over-estimating the cooling power of his spring or well water. In five of the southern counties oi Alabama there are large forests of pine suitable for lumber, but it is inaccessi ble, because there r.re no railroads or navigable rivers in that part of the country. Sows from one to three years old bring the b -st pigi and are the most profitable breeders. When older they get heavy and la.y, so that with every care it "is hard to prevent them from killing their pigs. Oincinnnti Times. - When well broken up and exposed to the rains in heaps, corn cobs make a valuable manure. They are very -rich in potash and are. therefore, especially helpful on sandy noils. Unless well rotted, however." tLcy do more harm than good. Exchnwie. The American i'ullivalor says that it is well after planting potatoes to drop a few cut pieces on the surface of the ground. This will attrac' the potato Ceetles. which may then be distroyed. The beetle rarely eat3 rhe potato. It is attracted to it to deposit eggs. If your old stand or small table needs upholstering t make it look re snectable. trv this wav of doing it: Cover the top with dark, doublcd-faced Canton flannel, then sew or tack a deep fringe around the edge. This can be bought in all colors and widths, and the wider or deeper it Is the prettier. Albany Journal. When you are tired of plain boiled or fried eggs try this way of serving them focfireakfast; butter a pie-pla'c and cover the bottom with tine bread crumbs, then break enough eggs for your family, and drop them on the plate, and cover with a layer of bread crumbs: sprinkle pepper aud salt over this, and put some little lumps of but ter over it. Hake in a quick oven for five miDUtes. :V. Y. Posl. If there is anything neglected about the average farm, it is sure to be the garden. The head of the farm doesn't like the idea of putting men at work there when the weather is suit able for the more extensive operations of the farm. Part of a rainy day may be devoted to the planting of a few hills of sweet corn or a variety of com mon vegetables. The cultivation of even these is commonly left to the " women folks," who may possibly be able, occasionally, to get a day's work out of the boys." It will pay" for the farmer himself to work in the garden occasionally and to see that it is well taken care of throughout the season. Cleveland Leader. Value or Milch Cows. Mv experience in both buying and sell ing cows convinces me that many farm ers of New England do not understand the true value'of a milch cow, or the relative value even of those they have raised on their own farms. We call on a tanner with half a dozen cows ol common or native stock. If he wishes to sell one. unless he has a special fancy or liking for some particular cow," ho will give the buyer his choice at a -light advance, on the price he would ask for tiie poorest of the "lot. The usual changes render it very probabk that the poorest one is worth nothing for a milch cow, while the best one may be worth much more than the price he .-ets on her. Many farmers "Jseem tc class cows that are "similar in age, si7. ami condition of flesh, at about the same value, without suflicicnt regard tc the important point, how much milk 01 butter they yield during the year. True, they" will make the slight differ ence of from live to ten dollars where there is quite a large difference in the amount and quality of milk; while tht fact is that the ten dollars difference in the correct values of the two cows would require so slight a difference in the daily yield that it would be scarcely noticeable. In estimating the valu-' of a cow for dairy purposes, it is well tc consider lirst whether she is worth any thing at all: that is, whet her the' income from her will more thau pay for hoi keeping. I am well satislied that there are many cows kept for their milk up to a good old age which are really- worth nothing. Lotus see if fig ures "will not throw some light on the subject. To keep a cow during tho year will cost not less than forty dollars for hay, grain and pasturage. Suppose she gives seven quarts a day in early summer, and then gives less and less until dry in the spring, making about one thousand quarts during the year. This at four cents per quart would be worth just enough to pay for her keep ing. Let the manure pay for the trou ble and care of her, and such a cow is practically- worth nothing as a milch cow, and "her owner loses the interest on the money invested, and carries the risk of loss through accident or sickness for nothing. Take another cow, thai irives onlv one quart a day more than the first, "during three hundred days ol the year. This will give an increase ol twelve dollars per year, or sixty dol lars during the five years that she would probably be milked. This would be sufficient to pay interest on the extra cost of the cow," aud make her value as a milker at least thirty dollars more thau that of the first. And each extra 3 quart'per day of equally as rich milk adds an extra thirty dollars toher value. This estimate shows that it is necessary that there should be a difference of only one-sixth of a pint of equally rich milK at each milk'ng, in order to make a dif ference of ten dollars in the relative value of the two cows. I do not give these figures as correct, for all section of 'the 'country. Even in different parts ? New England, the cost of keeping : cow, as .veil as the price of milk, varies a great deal. But the principles whicl I Rave tried to make clear, through the ti-e of these figures, is of.ually true it nil narts of the country. Each farmei can take the price of milk and the coal cf keeping a cow, as they exist in hii own locality, and figure out the prob lem for himself. Cor. Country Gt.tU.lm man. t it V ;t ? L