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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1883.
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SLOWING BUBBLES.
are in, aor atry babbles blowing;
ve flee iqhb ngnus nou wt;
side unoeeaine, or unKnowinn,
at pleauwiule tia called to-
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Ba-aaY aaret to-7, and so Time wingeth.
Ana nsorToaiB
ttie-'wmle, and hearts erow
coate
9fcc battle's cone
e'en -with the mirth it
brinxetn,
Jbeerless and-tone, we wake to find as old.
9ac wiaH-bVomi fame we aee men striving;
Tte sSf -hood- s a bubble at the best.
anc&to seit au eise uenying,
itoefttaroi cragne unrest.
WnSe life, the hydra-headed, round ns
Demands oar hearts and brains, to workand
borsliifc questions press, while we lie
dreamtng,
id wrongacry out, which we might help to
nuns.
Oa oaeaand Ease, all earnest labor shirking,
IgaoMe ease, ess noble Beat be won;
Kfpon ttae-otber-to the furrows working
Tamil Ti iiiiiiajili nr it n i;lnrr ml in the end:
Wa doaar
London Argosy.
HIS DEABEST FRIEND.
Norman Van Elst told people
Garnet was his dearest Mead
. agreat deal, for although Van
latORd but few friends, he ctang
to those he had like drowning men
Wtag to whatever can save them from
pjfexiag. He had been more unhappy
daring lis early days than boys usually
ro, for he had lostboth parents when
he was a mere child, and had been
Marad by a childless pair of relatives
mho loved him dearly, but knew no bet
ter ways of showing'their affection than
fcy withholding his pennies, so that he
Bight not squander them at a toy-shop,
ad by delivering to hhn an endless
conaac of lectures. He met Garnet al
most as soon as he reached his majority,
rod came to New York with the small
patrimony to which he was entitled.
Garnet was so cheery that he was a
steady stimulant to Van Elst's sober
wit, while irarnet found in his new ac
quaintance an earnestness so unusual in
yoocg men that, with a New Yorker's
quick appreciation of whatever is worth
having, he returned in hearty measure
the regard bestowed upon him.
After the friendship of the two had
grown for a year, however, Van Elst
Began to feel almost guilty over the fact
that Garnet was not as much in his mind
as he had been. For Van Elst had fallen
in love. During the fortnight's vaca
tion granted him by the firm with whom
he was reading law, he had several
times met Miss Florence Ashmore, a
very pretty damsel from Baltimore, and
as in manners and conversation she was
far superior to anyone he had known in
the country town in which he was
reared, as well as to any j-oung lady he
had met in New York, he did not wait
a moment to analyze his feelings, but
S renounced himself irrevocably in love.
3 he was very bashful, and Miss Ash
more was qaite sprightly and brilliantly
sarcastic on the subject of young men
vho imagined themselves in love, he
did not declare his passion. The lady
was unable, however- to prevent her
merry face sobering a little and her
honest eyes ceasing to laugh whenever
Van Elst quoted poetry or talked of
music, or raphsodized "over beautiful
Bcencry, and although he never made
love to her in the conventional manner,
he talked of the tender passion in a way
that made the young lady not only una
ble to laugh at him, but constrained her
to listen as if she longed to hear more;
and what pleased him more than any
thing else was that Miss Ashmore was
kind enough to hear, without showing
signs of weariness, all of Van Elst's
praises of Garnet. She even was so
goodya lislenerthat she asked questions
about Van Elst's dear friend.
Van Elst returned to the city full of
ope. He had asked nothing; Miss
Ashmore had promised nothing; but
could he be mistaken when he believed
that her face had said far more than she
hadmeant to divulge? Naturally reserved
and secretive, he nevertheless could not
keep his joy to himself; so on his return
to town he hurried to Garnet's room, de
termining to tell all, yet wondering how
he would be able to put his story into
words-. He found Garnet in high spir
its, although, when they had parted two
weeks before, Garnet bemoaned the fate
that compelled him to remain in town
all summer. Garnet's spirits rose still
higher when he saw his fnend looking,
as he declared, far better than ever be
fore. He laughingly demanded an ex
planation of the change, and suggested
that perhaps his friend had fallen in
love, upon which Van Elst blushed like
a girl and then Garnet insisted that he
'should at once hear the whole story.
Van Elst turned his face away, for he
felt that in his happiness he must be
looking extremely silly. He leaned
against the mantel, looking at Garnet's
little collection of curiosities as intently
as if he had never seen them before.
"Go on, old fellow," said Garnet, en
couragingly ; "you couldn't have a more
sympathetic listener, for I'm in the same
condition as yon."
This remark might have enabled Van
Elst to open his mouth, had not his eye
Just then strayed to the end of the man-
tel and fallen upon a small photograph
of Florence Ashmore.
"Speak boldly, I tell you, and don't
delay," continued Garnet, "or I shall
get ahead of you and tell a love story
myself."
"All right," said Garnet, gayly; "it
may be selfish of me to speak first, but
I've given you the chance and you've
aeglected to avail yourself of it. Well,
old boy, the long and short of it is this :
I'm not only in love, but an accepted
lover, and there's the picture of my
darling right there on the mantel.
Why, I believe you're looking at it
now."
"What is her name?" asked Van
Elst, hardly able to believe what he had
heard.
"Floy Ashmore," said Garnet; "and
he is the dearest, sweetest "
"What did you say her first name
was?" asked Van Elst.
"Floy," replied Garnet; "or, to be
precise, Miss Florence Ashmore. Isn't
she pretty isn't her picture just the
loveliest thing you ever saw in your
life? Confound you, Van, what do you
mean by standing there without saying
a word to me while I'm in the seventh
heaven, 0.1 bliss and with a million rosy
eteodrjataiag over me? Speak just
uap:pia-wou-c your"
, sam van .Elst, turning
displaying a verv white fatw.
jKBfratulate too with my whole
MKt and soul ana strength."
JTat sounds well," said Garnet,
after-a meditative puff or two at his
aeerschaum pipe, "but you might say
it with a little -more spirit. I think.
Hang it man, I didn't say I was going
to die; I said I was the accepted lover
01 the sweetest girl
Van Elst matt:
smiled
hand
fcrightiy,
brmny.
"Mydear-
luckiest
in
picture does
the lady justice,
Ashmore is as
lucky as you."
ThatS better," said-Garnet, hastily,
withdrawing his haad aad, thrusting two
knuckles into his mouth, "bat, my dear
fellow oh, how that inger hurts! you
taeedn't crush my seal ring right through
lo the bone, jvith that terrific grip of
yours. Eh ? looking at her picture
again? I shall be jealous of you in a
v ."YouYea reason to be," ssAi "ffca
k "tort liar hssp ataxia at hex
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rraaattaaBlBMri'a
thawr, at
ffirtS2t&n4I'd"
XoU ve dik aerr ror neaveu
sake, where F ' demanded Garnet,spriag-
irur from his chair.
"AtBloomgrove," replied Van Elst,
quietly; "where I spent my vacation."
The little witch!" exclaimed Gar
net; "and she allowed me all the while
to imagine her at home in Baltimore! 1
suppose she thought if I knew she was
so near New York I would run out there
to see her. Ah, these Baltimore girls
are very particular, Van. And you've
actually been looking at that angel for a
fortnight, and I only thirty miles away
and entirely ignorant of what was going
on! Why, you blessed old rascal, I'd
like to chotae you right here and now.
How did she look what did she say?
Did she ever mention my name?"
"No," said Van Elst; "but I did to
her and I was grateful to her for the at
tentive manner in which she always
listened."
" What did you say about me?" asked
Garnet.
" Everything that was good," replied
Van Elst.
"Certainly you did, you honest old
friend!" exclaimed Garnet, taking both
of his friend's hands ;"and I've no doubt
that's why I got her definite answer
wirhin a few hours. But oh, Van, I'm
only beginning to realize what lies be
fore me. Her family is not very rich,
but they are very proud ; how dare I
make a formal proposal to her while I'm
only a poor clerk?"
"Buy an interest in some business,"
said Van Elst, "have your name known
as that of a member of a reputable
firm."
"Oh, Van, you're too modest," pro
tested Garnet sarcastically; "why don't
you advise me to buy a railroad or a
gold mine? It would be no harder to a
man without a dollar beyond th de
mands of the week."
"I've about $10,000 drawing inter
est," said Van Elst, "you're welcome to
use all of it."
"Van!" exclaimed Garnet, "you're
almost as much of an angel as Floy!
But I'm not going to use your money;
some day you'll find yourself as deep in
love as I am, and then you, too, will
have a business-like father to face. At
that time you'll need the money to make
your own position good."
Van Elst tried to laugh, but he did
not succeed, although he managed to
say:
" Nonsense, I shall never fall in love.'
Why, half an hour ago I was sure
you were as far gone as I. I think I
know the signs."
"You don't know anything; men in
love never do they are utter fools," re
plied Van Elst with such savage em
phasis that Garnet clapped his hands
and shouted :
" Capitally acted! By Jove, old boy,
you ought to go upon the stage. But
say, let me read you her letter she'll
forgive me, I guess, for letting so dear,
a friend know its contents. Here it is :
she says "
"Don't please, Garnet," said Van
Elst; "a woman's heart shouldn't be
opened to more than one man not
even to the man who most dearly loves
her lover."
And the end was that Garnet married
Florence Ashmore, and Van Elst is the
dearest friend of both husband and wife,
and although he fondles his little name
sake as tenderly as if it were his own, no
one has ever suspected what he endured
for the sake of his dearest friend. N.
Y. Hour.
Annoyances of an Author.
It may surprise the uninitiated to
know that authors labor under any dis
advantages whatever, it being popularly
supposed to be all glory and couleur de
rose with the fraternity, that their plots
thicken as readily as their ink, their
treatises spring into existence without a
throe, and their fancies sing themselves
into measure and rhythm as spontane
ously as roses blow or ferns unfold.
School-girls fill their day-dreams with
visions of authorship, while to see their
name on the title-page of a novel seems
to them the apotheosis of mortal bliss ;
that any one should be willing to give a
consideration for the privilege of read
ing their thoughts suggests a fate which
should lift one above the petty ills and
vanities of every-day life, and they envy
an author accordingly, and regard him
with as much interest and veneration as
a naturalist would bestow upon some
unclassified fossil of the pre-Adamite
world. But this admiration can be
hardly looked upon as a disadvantage,
except when it assumes the shape of a
chronic request for autographs. Every
one seems to feel that an author is a sort
of public edifice which he or she has
helped to erect, and consequently said
author is deluged with letters begging
not only for photographs and auto
graphs, but for recommendations of
people of whom he never heard before
for positions of which he is equally ig
norant. This one applies to him for in
fluence to get a son into West Point;
that one, for money to set up an honest
man in the grocery line; another, to
know if his grandmother came over in
the Mayflower, if the neroine of his
novel married after her lover's death, if
he borrowed his plot from an old Italian
play, if he was educated at Harvard or
self-made, whether he believes in pro
toplasm or revealed religion.
All this may be amusing to the recipi
ent, and may show what a deep hold
the author has upon the public mind,
bnt it is none the less annoying. He
has neither the time nor the inclination
to answer them all, but he hesitates to
defraud them of the inclosed postage
stamps. It would require quite an out
lay to supply each of his admirers with
a photograph, and there is a great deal
of sameness in writing one's own name
over and over, however distinguished
the name may be, which no flatterv can
disguise, and yet to refuse an autograph
seems churlish some invalid or some
gushing girl may have set her heart up
on it. But perhaps his greatest annoy
ance is the manuscript with which he is
overwhelmed, accompanied with the
polite request that he should read and
inwardly digest it, point out its defects,
suggest measures for improvement, and
generously recommend it to an editor,
which is pretty much the same as if one
merchant should entreat another to
offer his sample's to that other's cus
tomers. As good wine needs no bush,
so an article which is worth publishing
requires no recommendation. Harper's
Bazar.
A Doctor's Substitute.
He was a young man with a wild, dis
ordered look. He rushed into the office
ota prominent city physician yesterday,
Disced a small cup ob the desk, took off
his coat and bared bis right arm and
whispered: "Stick me!"
"Do you want to be bled?"
" I do ! Open a vein and let me catch
the blood in this cup!"
" Too full in the head!"
"Alas! too full in the heart! My
affianced will not believe me when I tell
her that I love her better than my life.
I will write my love. I will write it in
my own blood! Proceed!"
" Is that all yen want?"
"All! Is not that sufficient!"
" Young man, you are a dodo !
on your coat! I keen a red ink
Put
here
for the very purpose you desire, and I
will sell you a whole gill for a quarter!"
And the young man was not stjfek
Bttroit Fret Press.
The pigeon that Mr. ThuriowWted
was so foaa of, and constantly petted
until he became too ill to permit Hs
presence in the sick chamber, grew
ery disconsolate after it's master's
death. Mr. Seward said the birdoooK
hardly be quieted. It atemi ft fee
ware of its loss.
Tisfeer-Kakug Farms.
Some wisdom and very much folly
are displayed in the present excitement
about raising forest trees on farms.
Many persons are advising farmers to
set out and cultivate any kinds of trees
they can procure on almost any portion
of their land. They recommend plant
ing trees along the line of every fence,
about the house and other farm build
ings, and in fields and pastures. They
assure farmers that they can easily and
cheaply raise their own fencing, build
ing material and fuel, and never miss
the ground the trees occupy, J. hey
r stale that the production of hoop-poles,
fence -posts, and railroad ties is very
remunerative, that the cheapest way to
procure fuel is to raise it, and that trees
. sunicientlv large lor timber can De
I raised with suitable care and cultiva
i tiou by the time new buildings are
wanted on the place. Marvelous stories,
rarely accurately located, are told
about the profits realized by certain
farmers in the West, who had the fore
thought and enterprise to set out
groves and single rows of trees at a
somewhat early day. Some declare
that good crops can be raised between
rows of trees till the latter become of
considerable size. They also state that
large crops of grass and clover, can be
raised on the ground that is shaded by
large trees. Some go so far as to state
that the trees are a positive benefit to
the forage crops by keeping oil" the heat
of the sun during very hot weather,
and by preventing the too rapid evapo
ration of the moisture after rains.
Many affirm that the presence of trees
near the house has a wonderful effect
in purifying the air. They refer to the
well-known fact that leaves take up
carbonic acid and other noxious gases
and give out pure oxj-gen.
Heiore a farmer having but a limited
amount or land decides to plant any
considerable portion of it to trees he
would do well to carefully consider sev
eral matters. He should first decide, if
he has any great amount of land, to
withdraw from the production of corn,
small grain, potatoes, vegetables and
grass. If he decides that he has not,
the question of extensive tree-planting
may be considered as settled in the neg
ative. He will lind out some time, if he
does not know the fact already, that
forest trees and the ordinary f arm crops
cannot be produced from the same por
tion of land. If he has any doubts on
that score he can satisfy himself by
Elanting potatoes, corn, garden vegeta
les, beans and tobacco, and by sowing
grain, grass, cloer and other small
seeds in a tolerably large grove or for
est and watching the result. A small
experiment will convince .him that few
plants will mature in the shade or make
a very large growth in soil already oc
cupied by the roots of trees. Having
become convinced that ordinary farm
crops and forest trees can not be pro
duced on the same land, he should then
decide whether he is desirous of raising
the latter at the expense of the former.
He should place but little reliance on
the published stories of the fortunes that
have been made in raising hoop-poles,
fence-po-ts, telegraph-poles, railway
ties, dimension timber, ship-masts, saw
logs and cord-wood till he has seen and
conversed with at least one person who
has realized a fortune in producing
crops of this kind. It will be time to
set out single rows of trees designed for
producing building material when he
sees tall, straight and shapely trees of
any kind except Lombardy poplars
glowing by themselves, whether trans
planted or the product of seed that was
deposited by accident
Most if not all persons will admit the
desirability of having soire trees aside
from those that produce fruit on every
farm. Before planting them, however,
the' should consider what they want
them for, what varieties will give the
least trouble, which will be the most
valuable for the purpose for which they
are designed, and where they can be
raised to the best advantage and do
he most good. If wood for fuel is
scarce in the vicinity of the farm the
advisability of planting some trees for
the production of fuel will scarcely bo
questioned. The quick-grow ng varie
ties of trees furnish soft wood which is
very inferior for burning, still if there
is no wood to be obtained it will be well
to plant some willows, poplars, or Cot
tonwood that will supply fuel as quickly
as possible. At the same time it would
be advisable to plant trees that produce
better wood for use in a more distant
future. Beech, birch, maple, ash, oak,
pecan, walnut and hickory, all produce
desirable wood for fuel. The last three
will also produce nuts which will give
them, an additional value. Several of
the above-named trees, as well as the
locust, will make good posts and stakes.
The common bass wood or linden has
much to commend it as it grows rap
idly, produces much honey, and it af
fords a fine shade. The tree is also
beautiful and cleanly. For raising trees
in any considerable number that are de
signed for producing fuel or furnishing
wood to be used for mechanical pur
poses, rough land that cannot be eco
nomically cultivated should be selected
if there is any on the place. Some
trees are desirable for beautifying the
premises, and these should be placed
to give the best effect near the house or
in plain sight of it. Ornamental trees
can be planted on the sides of the road
where they will uot occupy any private
grounds. Chicago Times.
Can't Be Done.
The President stated that he was in
receipt of a communication from a State
Senator-elect ottering the following po
sitions to the members named:
Keener of the Senate Cloak-room
Giveauam Jones.
Keeper of the Representatives' Cloak
room Whalebone Howker.
Two Assistant Firemen Samuel Shin
and Prof. De Hash.
Keeper and Propeller of the State
Wheelbarrow Trustee Pullback.
Keeper of the State Snow-shovel
Pickles Smith.
" I accept," came from the mouth of
every person named as soon as tho Pres
ident had finished, and the gi cat est con
fusion prevailed all over the hall.
"GenVlcn," said Brother Gardner as
he brought his gavel down with a
whack, "it can't be did! Dis club has
taken a sartin stand on de subjick of
pollyticks, an' dat stand will be main
tained. De minit dat dis club accepts
favors from office-holders we kin no
longer condemn what we know to be
bad. De object of gibin' us de offices
named am to keep dis club still fur de
nex' two y'ars. J- hall we sacrifice prin
ciples for" money?"
"Yes! yes!" "was cried from various
corners.
"Does anybody appeal from de de
cislmn of dis Cha'r?"
Yes! yes! yes."
The old man calmly unhitched him
self 'from the desk, walked down to the
center of the hall, and look'ng in six or
seven directions he .quickly remarked:
"Which am de cognomen of de indi
widual who 'peals from de decishun of
de Cha'r?"
Deathly silence.
" If de Chair can't sustain his decish
un he will resign."
Not a foot moved, while thirteen of
the bull's-eye watches carried by mem
bers suddenly stopped dead still.
"De Secretary will make a note of de
fack dat de hydra-headed sarpint of re
bellion has been crushed," safd Brother
Gardner, as he walked to his desk.
Irom Proceedings of'tfie Limtkiln Club,
in Detroit Free Press.
"Is your father a liberal Demo
crat?" asked one little Austin boy of
another. "Can't tell until after
Christmas. He wasn't much of a lib
eral Democrat last year hardly got
anything last Christmas." Austin St ft-ings.
The French System ef Taxatfea.
The tax officers in France oolleot the
necessary data for the preparation of
the tax rolls some time in January
About March 1, even' occupant of a
house or apartment receives notice that
.his taxes for the coming year are as
sessed at such a figure, the amount of
his personal lax, and his license, if any,
being separately specified. If he has
any objection to" make, an opportunity
is given him of doing so. Toward the
end of March each one is notified that
he must commence paying his taxes
within eight days from the service of
such notice. The taxes may be paid in
monthly installments if the taxpayer so
desires, and we need hardly say that
the mass of the people are glad to
irotit by this beneficent provision of the
aw.
For the convenience of paymeat the
city is divided -into numerous tax dis
tricts, and the system is so perfeot that
payment may usually be made and ra
ceipt obtained within five minutes after
entering the oiiice; and, of course, if
the taxpayer prefers to do so, he can
pay the whole of his taxes for the yea
at once or in eini-annual or quarterly
payments.
The thoory which underlies the
French system of taxation is that the
reut or rental value o " the premises oc
cupied by the taxpayer as a residence
is proportioned to tho amount of his
property, and this is, generally speak
ing, a reasonable assumption. At all
events, it possesses this great advant
age, namely, that the rent payable by
every citizen may be readily ascertained,
while the amount of his means can not,
if he chooses to conceal it. Under this
system every inhabitant of the city, ex
cept the very poor, is obliged to con
tribute his share toward the expenses
of the Governnipnt nd oon6oquently
such share is proportionately moderate.
ATew figures will serve to show how
heavy is the buiden imposed upon an
honest taxpayer in New York, as com
pared with that which is borne by a man
possessed of the same means in Paris.
Let us assume that the property of suoh
an individual, if out of business,
consists of personal estate, such as rail
way bonds and stocks of the value of
100,000, that the net annual income
there from is .-?5,000. and that the rent
paid by such an individual amounts to
one-fl'th of his income, e ;ual to $1,000,
or that beirg engaged n business, his
average annual profits enable him to
occupy an apartment of the same
rental value. In Paris the party
in q lestion would have to pay
as contribution mobilieres about 400
francs, or. say, $80. or, including
his door and window tax which he pays
through his landlord, say, 90. If en
gaged in business or praoticing & pro
fession he would have to pay a license
tax or paienic, which varies from 100
to 1,000 francs (we are speaking, of
course, of the mass of the people, and
not of merchants or companies occupy
ing very extensive and costly premises,
whose "pntente may run up to several
thousand fran -s, and whose taxes are
payable out of the profits of their bus
iness, and not out of the income de
rived from their investments.) Such
householder thus pays on an average,
say 1,000 francs as the total of his di
sect taxes. Supposing him to pay 1,000
francs directly in the shape of octroi
duties on tho provisions consumed by
himself and family in the course of the
year (and this allowance we consider
a very liberal one), we find tho total
amount of his annual taxes direot and
indi ect to be, say i'.OOO francs, or
$400; while in N'ew York a person sim
iliarly situated would have to pay (if he
made an honest and full declaration
of his property) about 2 (5-10 per cent
on the principal, making, iu the present
case, his tax amount to $2,600. Even
if we assume that the Parisian pays an
additional $200 per year on an average
iu the way of succession and other ex
ceptional taxes, his contributions to
expenses of the Government would be
at the utmost only $500, in place of the
$2,;00 levied upon the unfortunate New
Yorker. N. Y. Post.
Everybody's Day.
You are too poor to have any Christ
mas this year. Sickness, misfortune,
perhaps disaster, have clouded your
year. Whatever you have that is not
necessary for your life you owe to oth
ers. You can give no gifts with a clear
conscience. ou have nothing to
spare for presents; all must go for
necessities.
Very well! make gifts of necessities.
Love maves wood silver, and brass gold;
it converts the necessity into a luxury.
The most expensive Christmas is not the
merriest It is not even now too late.
Come, come! Let in the light and
Drighten the dark year with at least one
joyous day. Decorate your rooms with
evergreens. If you live in the country,
the boys will enjoy a ramble in quest of
winter beauties sprays of fir. spruce,
bittersweet; if in the city, they can
piok up from the cast-off garments of
some church enough to make a wreath,
an anchor, or a motto. Litter and
trouble? What if there are? It will do
you good to break in upon the dull rou
tine of a too prosaic life with the litter
of love and the trouble of merry-making.
No time? The time spent in bring
ing sunshine into darkened lives is nev
er wasted.
Look on this pioture; the reality is in
hundreds of homes all about you: Christ
mas has been looked forward to with
delightful anticipations for weeks. As
the days draw near the children are
busy as : ees making articles for use or
ornament Some are not very useful;
some are not very ornamental; but love
gives value to one and beauty to the
other. See the family dispersed about
the family sitting-room, making great
pretence of soying out each other's
work, and taking great pains not to see
it Christmas comes. Perhaps there is
a tree possibly a little one; possibly a
dwarfed and stunted one. The best
fruits sometimes grow on dwarf trees.
Perhaps there is not much on it Perhaps
the little are necessaries; apair of warm
mittens for the boy; a hood for the girl;
a muob-neededpair of arctics for father;
a better lamp for mother's none too
good eyes to use in her winter evenings'
sewing; a barrel of potatoes for all con
cerned from the Christ-child for
even potatoes will taste better for
having a Christmas flavor, and it
is wonderful how long that flavor
lasts. Or in lieu of a tree is a
box an old shoe-box, with a frill of
chintz to cover the sides, and evergreen
around the top. Into it are piled pro
miscuously the Christmas paokages,
labeled for distribution. All being
ready, one of the boys, arrayed as Santa
Glaus, bauds out the contents. Such
shouts of laughter and merry jests when
Mary's daintily-covered package, tied
with ribbon, turns out only an almond,
and. Annie's brown paper parcel, with a
score of rough wrappers, displays bnt a
pretty silk handkerchief. Some mes
sagea merry rhyme, a pretty motto, a
loving wish adds value to every article;
and though the gifts have small market
value they represent uncounted wealth
of affectionate remembrance.
Wake up, then, desponding mother!
cast-down father! Ring out the Christ
mas chimes in your own heart; light the
candles in your own life. Let the music
of Christmas sound out and the light of
Christmas shine out; and greet the day
with the joy of hope and lore. It w
late to begin; but it is not too late. It
is never too late to mend. Christian
Union.
Teacher: " Define the word exca
vate." Scholart " It means to hollow
out" Teacher: "Construct a senteaca
In which the word is properly need."
Scholar: "Thehabj exfeaVates whea K
gt u hark"
HOME, FARM A1TD GAEDE5.
. A wind-break properly arranged
near a strawberry bed will cause the
mow to lodge on it This makes the
best protection for the winter that can
be had.
Seasoning sausages: For one hun
dred pounds of meat, finely chopped or
ground, two aud one-fourth pounds of
line salt, eight ounces of black pepper,
and eight ounces of sage, finely pulver
ized and sifted. Exchange.
Raisin Pie: One cup of raisins, one
cup of water, one cup of sugar, one and
one-half tablespoonfuls of corn-starch;
put the water on the raisins and boil for
five minutes, add corn starch dissolved
in a little cold water, add sugar, and
boil the minutes longer. Bake with a
rich upper and under crust Thz Houst
hoi I.
The successful farmer is the read
ing one in nine cases out of ten. It is
only by reading that one can keep up
with the times in which we live. It has
been aptly said tha an agricultural
community w.thout books and papers
relating to farming, is like a ship at sea
j without rudder or compass. American
Farmer.
The use ofsulphurwith live stock of
all kinds has a alue in preventing many
forms o disease, aud especially skin dis
eases: It must be used cautiously, as it
is an active poison. The average hired
hand must not be. trusted in using it
Mix thoroughly and there is no danger
iu giving it.
Salting Beef for Family use: For
one hundred pounds of beei take eight
pounds of salt, lour pounds of brown
sugar, make a brine, boil and skim, add
two ounces of soda, two ounces of salt
peter, one half ounce of cayenne pep
per, let it cool, then pour over the beer,
packed firmly in a barrel. Let the briue
j cover the moat. Exchange.
Most sheep get all their permanent
teeth when between three and four
years old. An authority says: "in the
sheep, as in the ox, all the temporary
incisors are up at a month old, as well
as the first second and third molars.
At one year old the two central incisors
are changed and replaced by permanent
teeth, aud the fourth and fifth molars
are up. Six mouths later the two lat
eral central and the sixth moiar appear.
At two ye irs and six months the lateral
permanent incisors are cut, aud the first
second and third molars are permanent
At three years old the corner incisors
are shed, and shortly afterward all the
permanent teeth are in the mouth.
Sural World.
m
Economy In Feeding Pigs.
Economy in
feeding, as well as all
else, is necessary
if we would lealize
the greatest profit
in making pork.
More nesh and fat can be extracted from
food when put into its most digestible
form, b cooking, than when fed raw;
the assimilation is easy and more per
fect, and there is very much less waste.
Some kinds of food are comparatively
valueless when fed raw, but when
cooked become excellent and decidedly
fattening. Raw potatoes may be very
good as a regulator, but as a food are
poor in fattening qualities. Cooked,
they become digestible, the starch in
them being put nto an assimilable form.
Uncooked or raw, it is otherwise, and
they are among the pooie-t kind-, of
food for fatten ng pur Oacs . mk rig
thorn p-iys. especially when mi td with
ground and cooked grain. The nutri
tive value of grain is ery greatly in
creased by cooking. When fed raw and
dry, a considerable port.on passes
through the stomach without the least
chemical change, and quite a percent
age is lo-.t by not being digested. So
also if meal is fed unbooked and dry, or
merely wet with water.
Where grain is cheaper than labor
and luel. it may pay best not to cook
the grain. Whether, therefore, corn
should be cooked or fed raw, depends
upon c.rcunibtances r.tther thau upon
any arbitrary rules. The nearer to an
assimilable form any kind of grain is
put lor feeding purposes, the more
economically it is led, so far as gain,
flesh and fat are concerned. For tliis
reason, grinding aud feeding the meal
is better than feeding whole or uu
"round. Pigs and other animals are apt
to feed gieeuily and not properly masti
cate grain, and of course it is not all
digested. Hunger may be appeased,
but fat is not gained. A less quantity
put into a condition to be fully digested,
would add more to the gain of the ani
mal. As farmers usually feed pigs, it
may be set down as an assured "act that
there is a loss of from one-third to one
half of tho food, unless we reckon the
increased value of the manure, which
is au expensive way of adding value
to it
In feeding meal, the miller's toll must
be taken into account; also the expense
of taking to and from the mill, so that
the,va!ue of the food is relative, aud
must be determined by circumstances.
As a substitute, under adverse circum
stances, soaking the grain in hot water
to a condition of softness will save the
miller's toll, and make it profitable.
But in soaking it reference should be
had to weather, cold and clear weather
allowing of the longest soaking; hot
and bad weather favors early fermenta
tion. In the first degree of fermenta
tion an acid is formed which is most
palatable and healthful for the pigs. Be
yond this fermentation it is not health
ful, and when the vinous condition is
reached it is uufit for feeding. Country
Gtnlienian.
m
Construction of Smeke-Heases.
As the time for using them is near at
hand, it may be that some, who have
quite a limited use. may not be able to
build elaborate ones, and to these we
may recommend the hogshead smoker.
Procure a large sugar hogshead, and
nail cleats across the top to secure it in
one piece as the lid or cover. Bore
holes in opposite sides to insert the ends
of stout wooden bars to support the
hams. Cut a hole about a foot across
into the bottom at one side, to allow the
upward passage of the smoke from be
low. Dig a trench in the ground near
ly a foot wide aud deep, and some two
or three feet long, in which to make the
fire. Take off the cover, insert the
cross-bars, and hang the hams upon
them. The easiest and most convenient
way to hang them is to procure a num
ber of small hooks made of small iron
rod in the shape of the letter S. A
blacksmith will make a dozen in a few
minutes. Place the hogshead so that
one-half the short trench shall be direct
ly under the hole cut in the bottom, and
the other half outside Build a small
fire in the outer part of the diteh, of
corn-cobs, maple chips, or other suita
ble fuel, and as soon as it begins to
burn, place a piece of sheet-iron or flat
stone over it which will drive the smoke
inside and up through the hole into the
hogshead. The fire should burn very
slowlv. producing smoke and not flame,
and this may be controlled by closely
covering it outside or leaving a small
opening. If this slow fire is properly
attended to, there will be no danger of
burning the bottom of the hogshead.
The crevices around the edge of the
caver will admit of sufficient ventilation.
A larger and more complete smoke
bouse may be constructed on this same
principle. It may be easily built of wood,
wi.h vertical boarding and battens. On
one or both sides, a brick horizontal
fro-place is made, so that the side of the
building shall rest on the top, with a
sheet-iron door outside. Mid openings in
the brick inside for the passage of the
smoke. There will be no fire or ashes
inside, and the whole may be thus kept
aeat and dean. The floor may be of
planks, of stone and gravel covered with
cement or of hard briak or flagging
stone. A door at the side admits en
trance, and a small register at tbe top
control veatflailoa. Country Gentle
warn,
PEBS0H1L AND LITERARY.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart owns real estate
estimated to be worth $20,000,000.
Lieutenant-Commander John G.
Thompson is writing a book on "Thirty
Years in the United States Navy."
The Rev. Leonard Withingtoa. D.
D., senior pastor of the First Church in
New! ury, is the oldest Congregational
minister in New Englamd. He is ninety-three
years old.
The Georgia friends and admirers
of Colonel W. T. Thompson, the author
. ot "Major Joaes' courtship," are about
; to take steps to erect a monument to
bis memory m that state.
It is said of Mr. Samuel Read, of
Watertown, N. Y., who died recently,
that he had a remarkable record for
health, not having been confined lo hi
uouse for a single day in seventy
years.
Nancy Lee is one hundred and sev
en years 'old, and lives in Lexington.
Ky. She is not the famous "sailor s
wife," but a negress who lived on the
site of Lexington before the town was
ever thought of.
Mr. John B. Gough thought that
his health was good enough to enable
him to lecture this season: buthe caught
a cold at the outset, and now he has
cancelled all his engagements. Mr.
Gough is in hie sixty-sixth year. Bos
ton tost
H. W. 1. Garland, the editor of the
Catholic Telegraph, of Cincinnati, died
in that city recently of pneumonia. He
was considered the brightest, most
cultured and most promising young
man in the profession there. He it was
who on.e interviewed Salvini in Italian
and Bernhardt in French. He was an
Englishman by birth, and was thirty
two years of age. Chicago Tribune.
Apropos of the pronunciation of
Whittier's "Maud Muller," we quote
the i olio wing from a letter to the Bos
ton Journal, which seems to settle the
matter: "Last summer I met Mr.
Whittier, and in answer to the same
question, which has been asked me
scores of times, Mr. Whittier replied
that the family whose nane suggested
the word to him pronounced their
name Mul-ler. They were Hessians."
Mrs. Dwyer Gray, wife of the
editor of Freeman's Journal, of Dub
lin, Ireland, is a very handsome and in
teresting woman. Her acquaintance
with her husband happened in a
romantic manner, while she was on a
visit at Ballyrock. on the sea-coast near
Dublin, where Mr. Gray's father had a
summer residence. During a storm a
schooner was driven on the rocks op
po ite his home, and, in the presence
of his future wife, Mr. Gray swam with
a rope to the rescue of the crew. For
this heroic deed he won the medal of
the Life-Boat institution and a wife.
HUMOROUS.
A daily paper says that rock salt is
made at the inland springs and not from
sea water. We always had a notion that
salt was rocked in the cradle of the
deep. The Judge.
Fashion item: Pumpkins may be
dres-ed in a shi et after scooping out
the inside cui ting the outlines of ahu
mm tace in the rind, and pu ting a can
dle therein. The effect is very pleasing.
Exchange.
" Look at you!" shrieked Mrs.
Ecomi as the nurse letthebab. fall over
the second lioor baluster. "Two inches
nearer the wall and that child would
have smashed a fifty-dollar statuette
and the hall lamp!" And then they
picked up the baby. Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Yerger is one of the most ex
travagant women in Austin. On the
recent occasion of her husband's birth
day she presented him with an elegant
pocketbook, saying: "Now, my dear,
whenever you take out this pocketbook
think of me." " You bet I will," he
replied, with a ciferous heartiness
that surprised her. Texas Siftings.
"Protoplasm," remarked the pro
fessor, " is composed of carbonic acid,
water and ammonia, in which compound
the water largely predominates. To
what conclusion does this lead?" The
pupil was a boy. and not easily stag
gered. He answered: " It leads to the
conclusion that dad never takes any
protoplasm in his'n." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
A ladies' fashion paper says that
scissors are held with the broad blade
uppermost This information at last
settles a point which has long puzzled
a good many American editors who, at
midnight have frequently lost a good
item by their inability to decide which
blade should take' precedence. What
they now require are instructions for
keeping the mucilage brush out 01 tne
ink-bottle. A. Y. Herahl.
A mild-eyed youth wearing a
dessert-spoon hat and polka dot
soeks went into Middle Park the other
day and claimed to be a mining expert.
The boys inveigled him into driving a
stick of giant powder into a drill hole
at the bottom of the shaft with an old
ax and now they are trying to get him
out of the ground with ammonia and a
tooth-brush. Laramie Boomerang.
An Irishman tried to shoot a little
ckipping-bird with an old Queen Anne
musket He fired. The bird, with a
chirrup or two, flew away unconcerned
in the foreground, and Pat was swiftly
and noiselessly laid on his spine in the
background. Picking himself up and
shaking his fist at the bird, he ex
claimed: "Be jabers, ye wouldn't a
chirruped if ye'd been at this ind of the
gun" angltsh Magazine.
A young husband, desirous of pro
voking a chance to pay a compliment
to his young wife and of receiving an
assurance of affection, says, with an
aspect of surprise: "My dear I heard a
very remarkable thing to-day. Whats-his-name
told me that he had been look
ing into the matter very closely and
discovered that there was onrone mar
ried woman in this street who wasn't a
flirt and rea'ly loved her dear hubby
better than any other man in the
world.1' The wife, after mature reflec
tion: "I wonder, now, who it can be?
I thought I knew everybody on the
street"
Hew a Treaeadear was Tricked.
Some of the most celebrated singers
in Arabia sing only for ladies, and will
notperform unless they are aware that
their efforts are not beingmerely thrown
away on mankind. Of course, Moslem
women can never be present but they
can and do throng adjacent terraces,
courts and windows. An amusing trick
was once played on one of these artists
who was never known to exert himself
for males only. Whenever he was in
vited out all the neighboring posts of
vantage were quickly occupied, and if
he perceived that there were ladies
among his outside hearers he always
surpassed himself. On the day in
question, however, it was raining, and
every one was obliged to stay indoors
instead of spreading the guest carpets
in the court The tenor was obstinately
silent, aad evidently very sulky. At
length one of his friends, who knew his
Vtiosyascrasy, went out of the room,
and, enveloping a broom handle with a
vhite veil aad ixar. placed it in a neigh
boring window. Returning to the sing
r's side be jogged his elbow, and point
ed out to him that a beautiful woman
was watching him aad waiting to hear
his voica fie brighteaed op at once
and sang for hours, with many a side
S'aaceatthe mysterious lady. Whea
e party broke up the inventor of the
trick brought in hi dummy aad pre
sented it to the singer, aaymg. "Beheld,
myuacle, the maidea to whom yea
hare been aiagiag." It maybe im
acmad that hie mortincatkm waa foi
laaa kept alive by the unmerciful meck-
3
ervwheatae stafyfota
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