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cS m ii.p. r wagn'qsesg'- rrr" Si" 'd 3t t 3 H K fir" the.journal: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1881. XsUnd at tt rsttslM, CclurtM, Kit., .clui sitter. UMCMl- - MYMIBE0K8 TALE. Vm. looking at myself to-night. -Xpoa my mirror f ace. It 1amUtiU-Wwt.t9. -And ret Lmr find a-race. 55 : .-TtAVmiiamoot M&Xlm IS f(HnU4jthJiMmyjV" , ."--"TOnotalovelffftceiBee? t:t onnnniBirn notypaar: . It shows the lines and traces of .-. - Artiaartfavanvnliili irunff. A Jade" ft'er whieh the storm-cloud past, ltoleaTeHxalmandciear.atUst.7 - " She ney-.Mooaa of early rooth', . " ., ,:. rr.Tbatonoe bad rested there,--- -- J? TUs rone ; a Tew pay threads salne.in :it rnearkBossofmynalr. - This teUs aae I have reached the stage ! Where youth Weeds with maturer as ca -riwoBder.asIrazeatK, " .. hi.-. -Nona each -feature there. - ," How some.'inlovina;.tendernes, , i . c a ' -Have oreaniea to cnu n iair. i 2t"il tot can-Had,aaera aadgrac,? t v haantlfv ttin nlalnoat fn t1 JG cvi s . i x - - T I TmiiM man tho trnthf nil irhua. ,.Sho wine myself so clear 1 J -'Tell me have low'rinjr clouds of doubt "Xeft deathless traces there? I -ICAr iiaesot eoHaaaeyaic pride seen on tne Lace i.stanaDesiaer., t -u 3 hoo- .Have lightning blasts of care and woe BlaxlrorKvl thn hoart. wlthinj And pictured In the dark-gray eyes l.'GIIapses of guilt and stn? - - O, tell me nay r Jor I have tried f ' To cast all wicked thoughts aside. b Much have I suffered; but taose.xiaym, j , I trust,-have purified . --- .- Mysoul : and driven from my heart , f All foolish thoughts of pride J . i Closely Lscan my mirrored face - To find upon it saving grace. ,01-. I care not for the partial lack '.Of beauty .that enthralls. If on my.f ace th clewing light Of truth and culture falls 'is ??tlln myeyesthe spark divtae ! .: f. Of love for all mankind win shin. H ' 3 3 -will not as for radiant orbs. -.-..s-Uffiiumyownlsee". f j.j Ofwifand-repartee, I only wish for eyes that glow. With pity for another's woe. f .. i IU1 pass In calm lnthYerenc ? .O'er crimson flash and hue. If health Tnrt glows upon my cheeks. u If carves of lips an true, ., -And shadow forth soul too pure To speak false words framed to allure. OS ? --s And thus 111 scan my mirrored face . . acn day: ana nope to nna Each day; and hope to find. Upon the tell-tale glass to see Tfi" mAiiV"eni1Mifi(tartnffiiV - "iMIke a yell ofprieelessTaee, ' -- There tails sweet peace upon my face. UUH PIT.IUiircW SBJLXIOI. ,. r , o J w. 'Tjmistftell yjMi, mrdear,hbw much ' io touch of vhen I- waa " yoonp;.' --I? ?l fehjoyed the'spelliBs miatch in: your V.-school one afternoon itcreminded ino-j - "bS touch of vhen I-' wa " voune'.' . Im tfV:tight glad tb.6y have- spelling matches f'again in schools. When. I was a. girl we young folks thpught--great deal(of .the spellings" wc Ha3,-a"nd this one tof '- yours brought back that ' otd country I school-house where I r got the -little Y le'arnin'-1 have, so that Tcould shut ray I eyes and see itras plain -as the day: ( , , s "It was placed on. a little nse ?of 'aground, right at the edge of a. big grove of hickernut and walnut, trees.. - Old SquireHepner gave the ground for .it out of his woodrpastur' lot, .and; Jin b -.summer time the grassgrewthick, and .if ull of flowers down the" slope in front of the house, to the rail fence -that shut oft the -school ground from the' road. We used. to eat our lunches in the fence corners on spring days., , ti ''You can't think-how thick the grass was, nor how cbright and green - the - w ,nioss was we'd find on the ,old rails. ' - And all along the edge' of the grove, and peepin1 up so shy and sweet "and I moHest-like, was the violets and daisies .and bluebells arid valler Kutter-cups for j, Aus.to.place in .our hair and, pile oif the . teacher's table. " . "Then in. winter, we'd.have such, gay tBmes coastin' down the slope, and skatin1 on the pond jest acrost the road. ''"'Tte and my little brothers and sisters " 'walked Iwo miles to go to that log - school-house, and thought Jnothlnof it.' "Ddn't rrefnember well "evry one of those old lpgsj' Ithinkl.dp! It wasn't . jsuchVpo'or excuse for a house as you .might think, either. ' " "Indeed, 'Four-Mile school-house,' as it was called, was about the best one in Greenaway township: for it was of .. hewed logs, mind you, and had. a pine floor and a plastered ceilin and most of the school-houses were of rough logs, with the bark on, and had dirt floors, . or at best, floors of rough boards. ' "Some of the other dcestrickts were jealous of our school-house. The next . that joined ours was one of the jealous - deestrickts, and the folks in it used to say that they didn't care if we did have such a line house, they could spell our j. " school down any time if we'd only give them a chauce. But, of course, we "CNfknew they couldn't. We believed we ' vcould out-spell them, even if we did have the best school-house. "Old Squire Hepner, he always took a great interest in our school. Hejvas a peculiar kind of a man; folks would call him 'cranky' in these days, I sup pose. He was so gruff and sullen that V. Tou - tuink aeJ- snap your head off. nlEddicationT' wasthe old "squire's ' bobby. 'He had no Iearnin1- himself, and used to 'tell us how he felt the need of it. He'tboughtpeople could not be . ' educated, unless they could spell clean from b-a ba, to' 'incommunicability1 in the -speller. To know how to spell was . - 'to him. the foundation of all knowledge. iThat was one of his curious notions. , . . "Well, Squire Hepner had heard that the Red Haw deestricktf folks was - t makin' their boasts that they could : -out-spell ours, and it angered him. His -daughter,' Harrier, was the best speller in'our school, and they say her father .offered her the best cow on his place if ".. she'd spell the Bed Haw school down. ' i. 'One Friday afternoon the old squire came stampin' into the school-house when our school was havm' a Bpellin'- match. He was the director of our deestrickt, and the , boldest " scholar - would be route and-meek-enough-wben he appeared. He .had twp fittle-jet black eyes that seemed tosee'right through you.J He could make aljaost 5 any scholar wiggle in his seat by fast- emn' his eyes upon him. " - "The "squire Avas the richest man in j?our jtuie, our ue never gave aay -jnioney away, ana inatmaae it-all the iofesuiprisin-wnea,"5i9t"rJe8wHhe school let out that night, he.got.up aid ih-uis suoix, jerjiy, gnui way saia: ; , "You've spelt pretty well this aft ernoon; scholars,, and' L ni glad of it; for, to my thinkin', -spellin's the most important thins: a bodv can l'arn. In fact, it Stan's to reason that you've - qot "to' 'heT .K;6d spellers , 'fore you' can be goo'direftders, or real " good '.in anj-thin'. It's all'well enough to know how to figger-correctly, and I jeckon grammar's well enough, tho I never tuk much stock in it. Geor- raphvand algcbray and history and all uiai ,i vfv-na cuusgu w eta aimx, uuv, 'cordin' to vvj notion, spellin beats 'em -"'And now.to 'ncourage von in bein good spellers, and to stop the braggin' of some deestrickts not fer from here. Frngoia' to make it atfobjeck fer yon to studd your spellers lilce1 sixty fer V the next six-weeks. " In six weeks from to-night we'll V a oHnltiit'-tMaf An (kialiAitmia JM JllvtJ-a aucuiu -uiawu iu iiusuuuw, aiu fcwaart jtCcirkilateai'roua. slit airy school in this township is free to come " Mft" ikd spell fer the prixe Til 6r, whicltis trenty-tive .dollars in eash to the one that Bpcllsoownev-rybody. " 'Now, tkks Voar spellers hosse to- augbtand do something else with 'ess siesides a-chawinthecefeis off Anel ' with ttet Uie-'Smure iwmM 1e of his ,. - sQCajowalw tne .Itellyou,wen-five dollars was a large am otmoneyan (hose days, and when it was known that the prize had been offered, there was more studyin' ef for pld -blue-backed spellers than there ever had been before. " Wc used to take them home every night, and our fathers and mothers would give us au the hard words, like 'daguerreotype," and 'phthisic' and 'receipt' and those with silent letters in them, "and we would suell them over and over again. I!e'vtferiPg'thatrige''setrthe' whole tpwnsiup.-mr'.aAcommotion, ana nothin'eise was thought pf .or talked .kbent.-;The.ed'Haw and JackOak deestrickts let it be Known tnactnoy would try for the prize,, and. they -h'au-some good .spellers in" those schools, 'speshlyjuitheKedHaw. - Rnt non'eof.them had a better rec- ecd thaniarriet Hepner, and the? say that in those six weeks she studied her speller nigntAna aay.- "Follcs who had passed the Hepner House at miaaieht declared that thmiurh the winders from.'- the road they had seen .Harriet sitting on a stool j m. hand and a tallow dip iu the other. rivin' out words to her and ev'rybody else "was in bed. No wonder the ffirl 'became'thin and peaked. "'"YouTeelhr5uite fairly hated the' Bed Haw dcestrujkt, and about every body init The lied Hawand ours uad formerly been one deestrickt, and he'd opposed, their being divided; because he owned lots of lamf in'both deestrickts and he knew that if they were' divided there would be an extra tax for a now school-house, and a new school fund, anditwent mishtlly against -.thugraiu for him to have-to pay extra taxes for: a school that ho u:d not gel any good or. " i'Bu't'at the towh-iuectin' the Bed .HawfojPkslparried, their pointagainst tne old squire, anu were set on as an independent 'deestrickt. Always after that"the squire seemed to Tiate them. They laughed at him and twitted him about'havin?:extra taxes to pa3 so that he squire reallv had some ause -for feelhr hurt But then, there was no excHseiorhisbitterspiteandnappy ways towards evrybody. iilhe .squire "had a sister livin' in the, Bed'Haw deestrickt, but unnatural and sinful as it was, he had uot spoken to her for years, and would not allow his folks to look at or speak to her or her children. - -;r"The poor woman had. in -the urst place, -married against the squire's wishes. That angered him. Still he spoke to herwhen.be met her,, though theydidjiot visit Tiack and forth an'. Mr. W'aitely, the squire's brother inaw, was the one that firstsuggestcd thedividiiir of the -deeslrlcYt, and did more "to bring it about than any other man; which was natural, for the dees trickt was so big and the school-house so far off that the Waitely children could not go to school in the winter time. - "But that didn't make the least differ ence to Snuire Hepner. He was furi- .ouslyiawrry with Waitely, aud on town- meetm day he and aitesy uud some dreadful hard words. 1 "Of course, Mrs. Wnitely sided with hef-husband, and from that day tho squire'turnfed from his own kin. He never spoke to them again, and treated them as if theywere the dirt under his feet; andlhat; too, after Mr. Waitely died. "Thepoor man got caught under a fallin' tree and was killed," leavin' his widow with four children, and nothin' but a shabby roof over their heads aud three or four acres of scrubby land. "She had a fearfully hard time in tryin' to support hefelf and her children, but the s.juire never helped lher. And there were times 'when she and her children would have been on the county if it had not been for her kind-hearted neighbors. "Tp make things worse, her oldest child, little Sam, was a cripple hump backed and crippled in one leg so that he had to walk with a crutch. Of course, he wasn't any help to his mother on the place. But she was try in' to educate him, kuowin' that he never could do any physical work. "It kept the poor woman hard at work night and da', tryin' to buy books and clothes for Sam, to keep him in school all the time. ' He was a smart boy and quick to learn, though he was a pale-faced, shy, quiet little soul, with the pitifulest big eyes and the oddest face for a boy I ever saw. "Well, the spellin'-bee excitement became more and more intense as the time drew near; and when the night at last came the old Four-Mile school house was a sight to see. "The night was one of the clearest I ever Temember. The stars shone like bright lamps in the sky. The sleighing was good, and the air sharp enough to stir the blood, and if possible still more to stimulate the boys and girls. A lot of the boj's had borrowed' a pair of sled runners and put a big wagon-box on them. Then plenty of straw was put in the box, and about twenty of us. boys and girls, piled in, with lots of rTlts ana buffalo robes and warm wis. "I had my first beau that night His name was Azraiel "Whitehead, and of all awkward boys he was the awkward est. I think I was the first girl he had ever asked to accompany him to any gatherin". Anyhow, I know he fell flat on his back tryin' to help me out of the sled, and he let me go head-first into a snow-bank. "I remember, that his handkerchief was wet with cinnamon drops, and that he gave me a handful of peppermint aud cloves. I.remeinber. too, how we all of us went up7 and down hills and through long white lanes, singiu' and laughiu' at the top of our voices. We made tho old woods and the valleys ring. Yes, and the sled upset, too, and wo were all thrown out in a ditch. "I remember how the' edge of the wagon-box caught my beau's big feet under it, and I thought I should cry from-mortification when he-lay there and actually bawled and sniHled. I was so put out about it that I wouldu't sit by him after we got into the sled, or 'speak to hint afterwards. ,' ''When we got to the school-house we'foumTit packed so full that wo could but just 'crowd in. Young and old were there, and some of the visitors had come as far away as ten miles. Most everybody had brought a caudle to stick up on the logs. There were four different teachers there, and well known spellers from all over the town ship, ii - " 'Lecta Plumb arid I 'chose up.' I got first choice and took Harriet Hep ner. She was pale as death, and looked nervous and frightened. 'Lecta took Abimelech Abcrs, the leadin' spel ler from the Red Haw school, and I took Cindv Patch, the best speller from Jack Oak. "Then "wc' chose everybody in the room who wonld spell atall. I think we had more than fif ty on a side. We stood in long rows on both sides of the house, against the wall, and much to my disgust, Igot my Tiair full of tallow from a drippin' candle. . ' "We were about ready to commence spellin'. and ev'rybody had become Juiet, when the people who sat near the oor made way for some one who had eoauelate; and iu come little Sam Waitely onphb crutch, with his mother -hehlid'him', in- a -poor, thin. Hatched. eW aad faded calico, dress, and a thin cotton.shaw, with 's faded old red hood on her head. "She hadn't any gloves or-mittens, aad I saw a hole -worn in her shoe as she put her foot up on the stovehearth. L M WM.thea about fifteen years old, but not as tall as some boys of , nine years. He was very thinly dressed, for such a sharp night, and they had" walked fully two miles. T 'il'felt sorry forUhem, they, looked so pitiful in their shaboiness; for every-, body else in the school-house was at least warmly dressed, and agSddmany had smart ribbons and hats and flounced dresses.. '01d Squire Hepner was sit tin''in' a "chair on the teacher's, platformrarfd Tsawa dark "frown on his. face when Mis'JWsitely and Sam. came' in. But I spoke up at once, and tuk Sam on my side. It happened to bo my turn to choose, and I was bound. the poor fellow sue uia not oe sugnieu,. whether he could spell or not. "He had half a mind not to spell, but. I saw his mother reach, out her hand: and-gently push Him; and then he hob- "bled down to the end of the line and stood within a foot of his Uncle Hepner. . .',Thea the spellin' commenced. I bliisb to.teint, but I actually missed; the Very first word given to me, and; that was 'mermaid.1 I spelled iti m-u-r, mcr. .1 knew better, but I was! "so nervous I could not collect myj thoughts. So I had to take my seat, and of course I'had a little cry all to" myself. ' "But I nearly laughed so as to be heard all over the room when Azraiel Whitehead missed 'goose.' He spelled 'it guse,' and he' had told me in confi dence that he half expected to get the prize, and had been studyin' his speller for weeks. "Electa missed 'emanate.' She, spelled it with an 'i' instead of an 'a.'- "Cindy Patch missed 'tranquillize.' I think she knew how to spell it but; she was .excited because seven or eight; had .missed it before her. The Jack1 Oak scholars looked very sober when Cindy had to sit down. "But you ought to have seen old; Squire Hepner's eyes twinkle and hi grim face look grimmer when Abime lech Abers, the best Bed Haw scholar, missed 'phytochimy,' and Harriet spelled it without hesitation. 'Bime lech got confused, and thought the last letter was 'e' instead of 'y.' "The Red How people did look mor tified, and the Four Mile folks were, highly pleased, and showed it, too; for all the best spellers were out on both sides, and only Harriet Hepner and five, or six others were left Four of them! missed 'micaceous,' and Harriet was; just going to spell it, when Mis' Waite-, ly, in a scared, timid voice that could just be heard, said: "'If you please, teacher. Sammy, hasn't spelled yet.' 'Sammy stood down at the end of the line and they had overlooked him. But the teacher replied: " 'O indeed! I thought he was down long ago.' "I thought he said it sneeringly, and he gave Sammy the word in a tone that said plainly: 'You can't spell it, any wajv "But what did Sammy do but spell it correctly, without the slightest hesita tion. "Then the others who were standin' missed 'dromedary,' and that left Sammy and Harriet alone. I tell you, you might have heard a pin drop then. Everybody was half-crazy with excite ment 'Old Squire Hepner did not move a muscle, lie had the money, five gold live-dollar pieces, in a fancy purse, and w:is to give them himself to tne winner.. "It seemed to me that that poor crippled boy got help from on high that night I never saw anything like it! At iirst he was so shy "that liis voice almost trembled; but when he and his cousin he had never spoke to, stood up there alone, and his tierce old uncle glared so contemptuously at him, the little fellow raised himself to his full height, and from that moment never flinched. "His large eyes glistened, and he threw back liis head and looked boldly at his uncle and spelled his words in a, loud, clear tone that fairly took people's1 breath awa3. "Kis mother had quietly slipped through the crowd ana had taken a. seat behind him; and them that set near her said she got one of his hands in hers and held it, while the tears streamed down her face. "The two spelled against each other for a full half hour; and all the time poor Harriet was as white as a sheet,' and I could see that she was tremblin' from head to foot "At last the teacher gave the word tyrannously.' Harriet spelled the first syllable, then stopped and stammered, looked imploringly at her father and then tremblingly went on and spelled it with one 'n. " " 'How did you spell it, Harriet? Did you have only ' "Squire Hepner had been looking on a spellin'-book, too. Now he turned sharply round to the master and in his hardest, coldest voice, said: " 'She missed it, sir. Pass it to the next.' "Sam spelled it without hesitating an instant "Yon could have heard a pin drop in that room. It was still as death. Harriet dropped into her seat and buried her face in her hands. Squire Hepner's face never changed. Without a word he ro3e, reached out his long arm, beckoned to Sam to come to him, and then dropped into the lad's out stretched hand the purse. Turning and facing the breathless people, he said: " I want you all to know that I think this has been a fair and square match, and my nephew deserves the prize.' "Without further words he took his hat and marched out'of the house. "Well, the Bed Haw people actually carried Sam home on their shoulders, with Mis' Waitely close behind, cryin' as if her heart would break with joy and nervousness. But she had on a long, warm plaid shawl that 1 saw Mis . Squire Hepner throw over her as she .stepped out of the door. "One of my sisters went home with the Hepnersthat night, and she said that Harriet cried all the way home, and was in mortal terror at the thought of moetin' her father. She stopped on the doorstep a long while, and when she did finally step into the room, tremblin' and fairly moanin', her father, who was sittin' with his head between his hands before the fire, got up aad walked over to her aud actually kissed her, there before them all. Then he went off to bed without a word. "But what followed was better still. The uext day, the squire took his big sled, put in it lots of hay and blankets, and drove off like Nimshi himself to his sister's. No one ever knew what happened there, but it ended in -Mis' Waitely and all the children going home with tile squire. "He declared that it was an honor to know a boy that could spell like Sam. They say he had that boy spell the dic tionary half through that day, and nearly hugged him when he spelled cor rectly the longest word in it "The squire was the strangest man on the subject of spellin1 that ever I heard of. Nothin' but Sam's knowin' how to spell so well ever softened his heart towards 'his sister and her chil dren. And nothin' pleased him more than to have Sam and Harriet spell against each other for hours at a 6tretch."-W. L. Harbour, in Youth's Companion. Middlebury, Vt, talks of putting up a marble slab in its new Town .Hall with a record of the town's inventions. It claims the circular, saw, the wool picking machine, power looms, sawing marble by sand, water and soft iron, welding cast steel, and making door and window sash by weter-potrar. Muttand Seruid. Baral Education. There is no working man whose con veniences and facilities for self-education an better than those of the farmer. By using the term education we do not have any reference to the curriculum of the schools. Acquaintance with the dead lanffiiaffcs and with the literature of Greece and Rome arc not worth as much on a farm as expertness in handling wheat corn, hogs and horses. To know how to calculate an eclipse of the sun is an accomplishment, but it is not worth as much to a farmer as know how to make good hay. It is not to the learning of tho schools wc refer, but to that more substantial and i serviceable training which fits a man I for successful agriculture. This in cludes some knowledge of soils and- : manures, of -grams, -animals and the art of feeding, of climate, and its ef fects .on animal and vegetable life. Then he needs to have knowledge of political affairs, of history, of econom ic questions which auect public inter-J ests. And all these things we say the farmer has better opportunities for learning than any other class of workingmen, and among working men we include all workers, without regard to their particular avocation. Mechanics, mer chants, clerks, have little time for rest, because they work so many -hours of the day, and when relief comes, temp tations lie on ever' side to lure them in to idle pleasures or dissipation. The farmer works hard and long in the growing season, and in harvest time; ut all along through the winter months he has many spare hours after the sun has set These he may improve as he will. The theatre, the dramshop, the bowling alley is not next door to him, within whose influence he gees every time he steps outside his door. The pure air of heaven surrounds his dwell ing'; he lives in an atmosphere of health and sobriety, where children grow strong in sood qualities of head and heart, and where families are trained in. all the virtues. When the shadows grow long and night comes, the noise, din and bustle of the town are not near to disturb the quiet of his home. His' surrounding are all favorable for study and repose. Under such encouraging conditions the farmer has a good time to study. If he does not improve his opportunities, he alone is to blame. We have often wondered why so many young men in the country have come to believe they have no time to stud-. During five months of the year, even here in Kan sad, two and a lialf to three hours may be had every day after sunset Take .out two evenings of every week for bus iness or pleasure, and there still remain twelve to fifteen hours for study. In these twelve to fifteen hours three hun dred pages of an ordinary sized book may be read. In one hour a good lecture may be heard; in two and a half hours the programme of a good lyceum may be completed. In the five working nights of one week, an earnest student may learn a great deal that will be use ful to him. There are so many ways in which rural education may prosper that it seems strange our farmers are not generally better informed than they are. Our leaders know that this paper advocates education of the masses, and we have taught self education to the people. We doir t believe in sending every boy to college. Nine out of every ten would be no better off for the training a uni versity could give them. We believe in schools and in students attending-them, but these great educational endowments are not intended for alL All men can not grow up in the school-room, and there is no good in such a thing if it were possible. What we urge is self education, whether you go to school or not We hold that any smart boy may climb to heights occupied by others that have gone up before him. The living teacher is a great help, a sustaining pow er, but he is not absolutely necessary to the acquisition of knowledge. When one can read understandingly the world of knowledge is open to him the same as to any other person. The dead have left their thoughts to us. Achievement of mind in former years and ages are the property of all who read. The world's knowledge is the common inheritance of man. No child is excluded from the feasts to be had from these exhaustless stores. Let the young man's ambition urge him on to achievements where oth ers no better than he succeeded. Every boy and girl on the farm ought to cultivate a habit of reading and study, reading something useful, and by that we mean instructive. There is moro useful information in Dick's four vol umes than there is in Dickens' fifteen. Let every leisure hour be made profita ble in the crop of learning it yields. A reading habit once acquired never needs renewing. It has staying qualities of wonderful tenacity. Parents ought to cneourage their children in habits of study. It is most profitable employ ment These long, cheerful evenings may be made the most profitable of the year in everything that relates to our .intellectual growth. Farmers must educate themselves and their children largely by methods of their own, and within the influences of home life. The district school is a good assistant Some day it may be better than it is now we hope so; but it does not do much toward fitting a man or r woman for the active duties of real life. "What we all need in this matter is energy in the direction of learning. Every 'farmer's dwelling ought to be a school house where every membe?of the fam ily is a constant student. Rural educa tion would thus become so common ana so easy that the schools would be shad owed in comparison. Kansas Farmer. Fashion Items. Cherry rsd and ochre yellow are the leading colors in millinery just now. Ball or hoop earrings set with gems of various kinds are very fashionable. Belts and chatelaine bags, made of finely embossed leather, of entirely new designs, are again in high vogue. Long pelisses, made of finely checked tweeds or cheviots, and trimmed with five-inch bands of fur, will be worn upon the promenade this winter. Silver clover leaves covered with tiny diamond chippings, made to resemble drops of dew, are among the new designs in fancy jewelry, tho set consisting of lace-pin, earrings, hair ornament, slide, and bangle bracelets. Lillian Russell poke bonnets are quite the rage. These have wide, protruding brims and little or no trimming at the back, but a vast quantity of soft wavy feather tips falling over tho edge of the brims. The ends of these feathers are held by long, slender buckles studded with glittering stones. This stylish head covering is adopted by those) who wear the hair arranged a la Langtry. Ladies' cloth of darkest cardinal, made with the skirts laid in wide panels with kilts intersecting, the panels covered .with Russian embroidery in colors of cardinal, green, and gold, compose one of the most stylish ana elegant walking costumes ti the season. The long apron overskirt is caught up with colored silk cords, and the cardinal velvet shoulder cape is lined with plaided surah in colors matching the shades of the embroidery. Many plush capes are worn just now, and, with a good deal of wadding, they are nearly as warm as fur. The collars are high, and the half sleeves set in the fashionable way. In colbr they are expected to match the costume worn with them-, or, otherwise, to correspond to that of the dress trimmings. A new hade of plush, very thick and heavy, exactly matching the color of natural beaver, is much used' for pelerines ai shoulder capes. These come with jeekef (gaps sad xaoJb to match lork-l'ack?B. Tho traIe ia fresh pork meats has greatly increased within the past few years "and this gives to farmers in tho vicinity of busine ?s centers a ready market for all those parts of thcauimal which are not salted or ptlwrwisa cured. Tenderloins, ribs, chines and hocks are sold fresh, as a rule, although ribs, and chines may be cured in the same man ner as hams, and sometimes the hocks are corned. The se:ison for curing meats for family use is now at hand and a -few suggestions oa the subject .may be -welcome to readeri who are inexp"cri;nced.. Do not slaughter hogs in -mild, damp weather or'rduring extremely "cold weather. A dry, frosty day is best for this work. After the hogs are .killed, and dressed have the carcasses where they will cool through previous to-being cut upland packed., Remember that the animal heat must be dissipated or the meat will spoil. Iu the endeavor to cool and dry carcasses, avoid exposing them to an atmosphere so cold as to cause the outside to become frozen be fore the animal heat has all escaped. Freezing the outer surface of the dressed meat surrounds' the interior of the flesh with a wall through which .the .animal heat still remaining in and around the bones cannot "escape, and the result will be souring and speedy decay at the centre of the bams, shoulders and the like, which outwardly appear in good condition. For pickled pork the usual plan among farmers who enre meat for home use is to cut the middles crosswise into pieces about five inches wide, taking out the backbone and ribs, which leaves the meat in convenient condition to cut in suitable pieces when required foruse. New barrels or tubs are preferable, but old ones may be employed repeatedly if clean and sweet Avoid usiug, how ever, old pork barrels tor beef and the lieef tub for packing pork. Salting with and without lime are both satisfactory methods when' prop erly accomplished, but the preference is generally given to the latter.Jas the brine or pickle insures immunity from insects during the picketing process. When the pickle is ready for packing sprinkle the bottom, of the barrel liber ally, with coarse salt of good, quality. Pack the pieces on their edges, forming, a ring around the inside of the barrel, with the skin outward; fill the ring in the same, way until a complete layer is gained, then press or pound it down gently if necessary. Next apply a gen erous layer of salt, follow thi3 with a layer of meat placed according to direc tions given for the first one, and so on until the barrel is filled, taking care that the last layer of meat is well covered with salt. If the weather is cool the meat may stand several days in this condition, but, as a rule, it ia safer to at once add the brine, which should be made strong enough to float an egg. Let the stum rise to the top and skim it off before applying the brine. Cover the meat entirely, and if in open package weight it down to keep it from rising above the pickle. Sup ply enough salt so there will bo some not dissolved in the barrel when the meat shall have been used up. The brine extracts blood and other juices from the nnat which rise to the surface, and in b.me meats it some times decomposes these aud contami nates the contents of the cask. To avoid annoyance in this direction, farm ers, especially at the South, where it is more liable to occur, are advised to oc casionally draw off the brine, boil it'and skim off the impurities. Then, after the brine is quite cold, pour it over the meat again. When barrels containing pickleclpork are headed up it is best to lay them on their sides and turn them" over occasionally. Bacon, as it is commonly termed, is the .same portion of the hog that is used for pickled pork, though differently treated. For the pork barrel there is no danger of too much salt but as the best bacon is that presenting alternate strips of lean aud fat too much salt makes the lean part stringy and tough. Dry salting is often reported to in making side bacon. In dry salting, whether in barrels, boxes or piles, with out the addttton of water to form a brine, it is of tiie utmost importance that no chauce be afforded for flies to deposit eggs or maggots or to come in contact with the meat If flies have had access to the pork it cannot be used until at once put into brine. A simple way in which to dry-salt any portion of the hog's carcass is to spread a layer of half an inch or more of salt on a plat form floor or the bottom of a large box or cask, then a layer of meat, on this a liberal application of salt, and so on until all is packed and the top well covered with salt The smoked breakfast bacon, so fa vorably known in the Eastern States, is a choice article made from thin 'bris ket pieces and mildly cured. N. Y. World. mum A Preacher's Troubles. A man bearing a very large bunch of suspenders, the loose ends of which dangled about as he walked along, was going up Washington in the neighbor hood of School Street. On the same thoroughfare, coming the other way. was a gentleman who was recognized to be one of our noted divines a man who not only fills his pulpit ably on Sunday, but is well-known for Ins good deeds and uprightness. As he mean dered about among the passers, he talked earnestly to himself and emphasized his sentiments by an occasional gesture with his right hand. Whether lie was iu the midst of the sixthly of his next Sunday's sermon or was only laying down the law to the wicked politicians is not known; but it is known that when he got opposite the man with the suspeuders, iu the course of an elabo rate gesture he thrust one of his lingers through a buckle of one of the dangling suspenders, and nearly succeeded in getting away with the article. That suspemler, however, chanced to be fastened to a ring in the man's hand, and tiie result was both lie and the clergyman came to a sudden standstill about the same moment "O, no you don't not this time," said the man with the suspenders. v "I beg your pardon," cried the clergyman, coming in. "It was an accident" 'O, of course, of course," said the man with the suspenders. "Every thing is always an accident when you get caught You're a uice looking man to be going around lifting suspen ders, ain't you? It's jest such well dressed old reprobates as you that do all the inisohief. But you can't soft soap me with your 'beg pardons,' now, I can tell vou; for I've seen you be fore," "Seen me before!" gasped the minis ter, looking around upon the gaping crowd with apprehensive annoyance. "Yes, sir, I've seen vou before, and I know you of old; and if your face ain't stuck up in every rogue's gallery, I ain't a talking. But you struck a snag when vou struck me, now, by thun der!" " "But my dear sir " "O, go 'long," said the man with the suspenders, sternly. "You ain't going to; give me any of your tasty, now, don't you forget it You jest go right along and keep your mouth shut and you fellers keep your eyes on your pocket-books while he's around. If I weren't in such a hurry I'd run him in, dashed if I wouldn't!" And the man with tiie suspenders, giviag tner minister a last wittering loojb passed on, swelling with the triwapi of a jjgnteous victoiHoyer wiei ww vwim . SCHOOL ASP CHUBIH. Church communicants in this oowi ;ry, the New York Independent reports, sftercarelul inquiry, number 17,067, B63. of whom 6,&?,'.).4 are Catholics. Just because the widow's mite was so highly praised there are lots of people who pride themselves with never put ting more than a penny into the contribution-box. Chkayo-Tribunc. : A.Manchcster boy has played tru ant uninterruptedly from October,, 1882, until tiie present time. His parents thought he .was attending school and hid teacher believed him to be at work.. Doilon Potf. The suit brought by Rev. Edward Jones against the Rev. Miss Anna Oliver in firookly for $800. he gave the church, now claiming' that it was a -loan, while she insists that it was a. gift, has been decided in her favor. Brook lyn (N.'Y.) Eagle. -A recent return of the Financial Board of ' Cambridge University puts the incomes, of colleges at $1,156vQ00. Trinity has the largest, over $231,000; Magdalen the smallest, $23,500. The colleges contribute $26,000 to the com mon university fund two and a quarter per cent, about At Bacup, in England, recently, a girl aged seven died from inflammation I of-the brain, brought on by overwork t at school. The medical officer in.re : porting the case strongly condemned I the practice of making voung children ! do home lessons at night He said it - worried them and made them restless l in their sleep. Chicago Herald. The Superintendent of the Akron f (O.)' schools, says: "Education is a difficult and delicate art; 'it requires' an intimate acquaintance with the nature of the human mind, and the best way of operating upon it; it requires a knowl edge of how mind3 are influenced by ! moral motives, as well as how both moral and intellectual operations are t acted upon by outside influences." It is reported that in the town oi ' Noyou, where John Calvin, the great : Genevese reformer, was born, the very i name of Protestantism has been almost ?rK9ttea ftpd that the name.of Calvin t was unknown. M. Cadot, the Baptist ' pastor of Channy, has succeeded in Opening a small room for the preach ing of the Gospel in that place. M. Cadot says he found a hearty .welcome, 1 'and that "his meetings were attended by 1 gome of the leading-families. The re sult of his visit will oe the founding of a i new cnurch. I At a recent meeting of the Science j Association' of John Hopkins Univer- pity Prof. Sylvester bade farewell to the association, saying, that he should leave , for Europe before its next meeting. ; He hoped that steps would be taken to make the valuable and interesting meet ings of the association accessible to the general public, and to print-reports of mem in some . scienunc journal, ne thought it desirable also that verbal aud impromptu reports be more often made, in addition to the papers read, and "the well-known American bash fulness" thus overcome. m m PUXHENT PARAGRAPHS. If conscience is what makes cow ards of us all. there ought to be a great many brave men these days. Philadelphia Call. Counterfeit silver dollars are float ing about the city. Hartford Times. Those that float are not good, of course. Pliiladelpkia Record. "The idea of my.beinj jealous pf Miss Smith!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, indignantly; "the idea of my being jealous of her, when I think so much of her!" ' 'Yes; but what do you think?" asked Brown. Boston Post. "Yes, sir," said Jinkins, "Smither is a man who keeps his word; but then he has to." "How is that?" asked Jones. "Because no one will take it." Oil Citij Derrick. A lady was reproaching Mr. Will iam Warren at a recent reception for going into society so little. "You ought to let us lionize you a little," she said. "I never heard of but one man," re plied the veteran actor, "who was not spoiled by being lionized." "And who was he?" "Daniel." Chicago Tribune. A social calamity: Mr. Jones "You seem to be in great distress, my friend." Tramp"!, am sir, in dis tressin great distress. I have just been married, and I am on my wed ding tour, but from lack of funds 1 have been compelled to leave my wife behind." A spirit of chivalry prompted a donation, of course N. Y. Mail. A country clergyman who recently preached in an Austin church is an ad mirer of the writings .of Charles Dickens, aud quotes from his novels almost as often as he does from the Bible. He surprised his congregation by winding up a gorgeous peroration with: "It is thus you see, my brethren, as the Scriptures say, 'Barkis is williu,1 but the flesh is weak." 1'extts Siflings. A precocious Child, while Engaged at his thanksgiving Repast, remarked to his Indulgent Mother that he Be lieved he was not as Thankful as he Ought to be. "This shocking Condition of affairs," added he, "may, however, be somewhat Remedied, by another Piece of Mince pie and a large Slice of Cheese." Chicago News. Evening Amusements. Roll up a piece of paper so that it shall malce a tube as large around as a two cent piece and as long as your hand; take this between your thumb and two fingers of your right hand; hold it to your right eye; place the other end between the thumb and first finger of your left hand, holding the back of the hand toward you; keep both eyes open, and look at some ob ject about three feet from you, and there will appear a hole right through your left hand. The effect is very curious. When you get the tube started around the room (for, of course, every one will want to try it), get your box of matches and place fifteen of them on the table, making this figure: Then say to the company, "There you see five perfect squares, take away three matches only, and leave three perfect squares." And now is a good time to study characters, some will see it at a glance, others look a little while, don't see it, and lose interest in it; others don't see it, and insist on being told the solution; others again don't see it for some time, but stick to it till they do find it out If you want any work t'one give it to the latter; they are the kind you can depend upon. Of course you see which matches to remove, the two lower ones on the lower left hand corner, and the center one on the top row, leaving a figuro like this. having three perfect squares. Cincin nati Enquirer. ' S. R. Whking, son of Congressman Whiting, of Massachusetts, has been fined fifty-seven dollars for an assault oa Harry B. Osborne; a. fellow-student at.Williston. Seminary, Northampton, Mass. Osborne was a" new stadeat and Whiting insisted oa bis treating all heads. 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