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. y " T ""- '" vS yA- 'V-S5. "-V Cw"" s. V ?S'?$ ,-;; V" tmjT-a-&z jr. K.- ATf-c? -j 2 "ff 1 ( t y ' ': ' m .dH ' if . r i w it vr. HOW GRANDMA DANCED. aallabontU: tom b so 1 eo&Mat donbt it. How ate anoei say ( mmw: Beir abe beld bar Brett vb How bar dainty ekirt abe spread, wv aae raraea ner utue toes ; ( Utua bbbub zoae I to. a'a hair wu farisht and stray. iHsapied ebeek, too an. now lossy i Kaally. qaite a, pretty girt. . Tjoagaga Bleeeberlway, abewearaacap, Graadaia does, sad take a Bap Every slagle day ; and yet Gfaadma daaoed tbe BiiBaet, Loagago, Now abe sKs there rocking, rockfafe Alwaya knitting grandpa's atoekiag (Brary girl waa taaght to knit Iioagago); let bar Bgsre I ao neat, I can alaaoet aee her bow Handfeg to bee partnera bow, LoBgago. sanra oar modern iHBlpinC, raabiag. wbirliag. bumtptac Wosld have abocked tbe gentle folk. IoBgago. Xo tbey snored with stately grace, ETerytbiag ia proper fteee ; Gliding alowly forward, then Slowly eoBrteayiBg back again, lABgagO. Moderawaya are quite alamilBC. Grandma aaya ; bmt boya were cbanBing- Girla and boya I Baeaa, of course Long ago. Bravely modest, grandly any . What if all of os should try Jast to feel like those who met Ib their graceful xalBuet, Iiongago7 With tbe minuet in fashion, Who could fly into a passion ? All would wear tbe calm tbey wor long ago. In time to come. If I vercbance Should tell my grandchild of oar I should really like to aay "We did, dear, in some each way. Long ago." Daughter of America. DID BOTH OVERHEAR? Itwasnearlyserrice timeon Sunday aaorning, and the church bell were tolling their cheery welcome on the frosty air. Pious souls, clad in furs and velvets and other forms of modern purple and fine linen, were hurrying to reach tbe scenes of their devotions. Foster Millard was not a pious soul, and he did not hurry. He was not sure that lie was going to church at all, and he sauntered leisurely along, with his hands in his overcoat pockets and his big collar turned high around his throat. -What a world it was, to be sure, and what a fool but, pshaw! that was all over now, and he was glad of it. At this moment he became aware of a slight figure enveloped in furs coming down the cross street, and they met at tbe corner. She held out her hand with a gesture that bespoke embar rassment and uncertainty, and he took it gravely. "I believe," he said, "it is quite a . year since 1 saw you hut, Edith." "Yes," she said. "Willard turned and joined her in her walk. "And I believe," he continued, "that I am very glad to see you." Miss Arnold was silent on this point. "Yon might, perhaps, aay at. much," suggested Millard. "Are you going to church?" asked Miss Arnold. "Well, I don't know, that is, I will go ' if you will take me with you." Miss Arnold hesitated a moment. "Why, of course, if you like," she Esid. Why shouldn't he like, wondered Millard, a pretty girl, good music and lots of people. What difference did it make that once stuff! He had for gotten all that, and of course she had, "Have you heard the new rector?" inquired Miss Arnold, evidently with an attempt at conversation. "No," said Millard. "I have not been there. I am a heathen. You are a mis sionary. Perhaps I am an angel una wares, though?" Miss Arnold tangoed. "That is a trifle mixed, isn't it?" she said. "Well, perhaps," admitted Millard. Tm not up in that sort of thing." "But you used to go to church?" "Yes, I did when you took me. I have degenerated. If your theology admits of backsliding, I have back elided. I am now distinctly a heathen." Miss Arnold laughed again. "On the contrary, I think you have improved," she said, "Ah!" said Millard, with faint casm, "I really was not looking for compliment. They reached the usher showed them Arnold kneeled on leaned her head on church and tbe to a .seat. Miss the cushion and her little praver- book against the pew in front Millard watched her silently, an he had done so many times before. She made a pretty ' picture, dainty, for wrapped and de vout, and the hand that held the prayer book was very small indeed. One little lock of hair had squirmed away from re straining hairpins and was curling pret tily near her pink ear. He felt a curious desire to put it in place, and then he : became conscious of two voices speak ing behind him in not inaudible whispers. "Isn't that Foster Millard with Edith Arnold in front of us?" asked some body. "Why, sure enough it is" said some body else. "I thought-she jilted him a vyear ago." "Hush, he will hear you!" "They must have made it up. Queer, isn't it?" The choir began to sing again, and the people all rose. Millard heard no ' more. Edith held her prayer book up to him, and they read the responses out of it Lake those flashes of previous existence that the philosophers talk about, it all came back to him in tangible, indefinite and yet familiar, how often he had heard that smooth full voice, reading the same old sweet 'words of the Episcopal service. He seemed to take up the thread of life a year back, as if thfyear just passed had been a dream from which he was now awakening. The Te Deum was over and they sat down again. Presently the two women behind began to whisper again. Edith was intent upon the service. "Pretty bonnet she has," said one. "A trifle too high, I think. They say she threw Howard Gale over, too. I don't see what thee men fiud iu ner. She is a rerfeci flirt." "For that reason, probablv, they like fcer." "I suppose Mr. Millard took it too easily, and she wants to dangle him again." Dangle him?" - ."Yes. You know what I mean keep him around and abuse him." "Hush! Tm afraid he beard you." "No, he didn't. It would be a good warning to him, anyway." Millard moved "uneasily, and the whispers broke off suddenly. He won dered if Edith had heard them. He glanced at her, and she so unconscious that lie concluded she had not, The rector had commenced his ser mon and she was giving close attention. Millard listened awhile, but it did not interest him. He seemed to have heard tbe same sermon a thousand times, and his thoughts wandered away into other chanuels. They went back 'to the old days when he had been wont to read the respontes oat of Edith Arnold's prayer book, and then he thought of 'the two women he had heard discussing his cae. He looked at Edith surreptitiously as abe M there listening so intently to the sermon, and he thought she did not !-k like a girl, who would care to "dmn'e" any one. He knew he might be wUkea. for he did not claim to taw ;. Ko man does who has O eMethevghthedidi Bat etemly did aotlooklikeafirl of that sort. Ha knew aha had nmret seesaed ao to ham, even at the last But then who eeuld tall? Perhaps she would like to daagla hiaa,aathey called it He wondered if be would eare, and concluded that he would not; it might even be pleasant Something sug gested to him that be might let her try and he favored the suggestion. They rose to siag the last hymn and then knelt a moment while the rector craved. The organist played alow. solemn recessiocal and the paopla be gan to file out. They passed the choir gallery as thay went and theltenor was helping the alto to put 6a her furs. "Sea," said the alto, "there is Edith Arnold with Mr. Millard in her train again, They must have made up. You're not looking at all." "Oh" said the alto and thaw stopped. Millard turned his collar up again when they reached the door. "Not alongservice,"be said, for waat of anything better to say. "No," said Miss Arnold, absently. "Did you like the sermon?" "Well, I don't know. I didn't bear much of it I forgot to listen." "Oh!" said Miss Arnold, very much as the alto had said it a moment be fore. "I think the soprano would do better if she would leave out some of those trills and quirls," suggested Millard. "Do you," said Miss Arnold. "I don't know, rm afraid I waa not listening." "Oh!" said Millard. "I don't think I meant that exactly," said Edith. "Meant what?" "What you thought wham I said Iwas not listening." "I had no idea you did." They walked along awhile without saving anything. "Edith," said Millard at length, "did you hear what those women behind as were saying during the service?" Edith looked up seriously innocent. "What women?" she asked. "In the pew behind us." "I wss listening to the service,' re plied Miss Arnold with dignity. "Except when the soprano sang," commented Millard. Presently they reached Miss Arnold's home and he opened the little iron gate for her. "You had better come in and sea mamma," she said. "Well, perhaps I had," said Millard. He wondered if he was beginning to be dangled. Mrs. Arnold and the little sister looked a trifle surprised as the two en tered, but each received him cordially in her own way. Little sister slipped her hand into his and gave it a comfort ing squeeze. That was her method. They were all alone when she did it, for Edith went to take off her wraps and Mrs. Arnold went somewhere, after a few words with Millard. The latter re flected that he had come in to sea mamma, but he did not say anything. "Are you and Edith spoons again?" asked little sister. Millard laughed helplessly, and won dered what to say. Little sister relieved the situation. "Because," she continued without waiting for a reply, "because if you are, I am glad. I don't like the others near so well as I do you." -Don't you? I'm so glad." "Are you, really? Say, will you keep still if I tell you something?" "Like the grave," said Millard. "And never tell any one I told you? "Never." "Not even Edith?" ' "Not even Edith," said Millard, solemnly. "Well, then," said little sister. Til tell you. Edith's last beau doesn't come here any more, and I guess she wants another one." "Oh!" said Millard. "Yes, and I thought perhaps if you knew you would come some more. I do wish you would. You don't snub me like the rest!" "What on earth are you two talking about?" asked Edith, coming into the room at this point. "Don't you tell," whispered little sister. "Of course not," said Millard, gravely. We were talking about the weather," he continued to Edith. "Your sister says it is not as cold as it was." Little sister slid out of the room. "That was an awful fib," she said to Millard as she went out A couple of hours later Edith lifted her head from Millard's shoulder and looked at him a trifle uncertainly. "Foster," she said, "did you hear what those odious women behind us were saying during service?" "I did, but you will remember that you were not; you were attending to the service. "Hush! I am in earnest, Foster!" What is it?" What did my sister say to you in here?" "I promised not to tell." "Never mind, then. Did you believe those women?" "No. Edith." "Did you believe what my sister told you?" "Partly. Hot as she meant" "You are a good boy. I should have believed them if I had been in your place." "Why?" "Because," said Edith slowly, "be cause I am not a man." Elmira Tele gram. la Pertagal. Here a man may look around him and almost forget that the world has grown older and sadder. Here he will see the plowman and the carter guiding oxen in size and shape such as the ancient Bomans bred, yoked to sueh primitive plows or carts as we can still see on Greek and Roman coins. Their rules and methods of tillage are the same simple and often foolish ones an the ancients followed; the old heathen superstitions still mingle with the new religion; the people's language isliker to the old one that came from Borne than any still extant; and plowman and wagoner and reaper, the shepherd in his goatskin coat, and the maiden with her distaff, might all take their places in some such rural procession as were on a fioman bas-relief of the Augustan age. The very aspects of nature, the genial air, the vines and olive trees, the rocks, valleys, running streams, the songs of birds and the murmuring of bees on thymy hills are all such as the sweetest of all pastoral poets used as accompaniments to his idyllic song of a happy rural life." Exchange. fa Hard Lack. A man at Woodland, Pa., lost $400 by a recent bank failure. The mind of his wife became somewhat affected, and. having $3,000 in government bonds in the house which he feared she might destroy, he took-them out to the corn crib and secreted them in what he sup posed was a safe "nook." The other 1 day he went out to take a look at the J bonds and found that the rats had 1 totally demolished them. . j 8ee Basalt BUla. A book on. social etiquette, as applied j to New York City, says that a faskr i ionable man must have at least-ght j overcoats. As to whether be cksssges eight times in eight , days or wears'tbe eight all at once is a question not ( touched upon. You'll have to see small 1.211- .!. I Hill WI MUM Why do men always speak -.eftVlhsir wives an their better halves? Simply because they half to. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. ta AgrleaitBral aTi Haaety Cee.tr Akoat taw ka Care aTsrOi The Faraeer Feedetai AIL My lord rides through Us palace gate, My lady sweeps along la atate, The sage thinks long oa many athlafc And the maiden ameea oa Biarrylaft The minstrel harpeth soerrily. The sailor plough the foaming sea. The huntsman kills the good ted deer. And the soldier wars without a faar, Bnt fall to each wbate'er befall. The farmer he mast lead them all Smith hammereth cheerily the sword, Priest preacheth pare aad bolr word. Dame Alice worketh broidery well. Clerk Bichard tales of love can tell. The tap-wife sells her foaming beer, Dan Fisher flsbeth la the mare. And courtiers raffle, atrat aad ahtee, While pagea bring the Gascon wise; Bat fall to each, wbate'er befall. The farmer be moat feed them aO. Man builds his castles fair sad high. Whatever river runneth by. Great cities riae in every land, Great churches show the bander's hand, , Fair palaces aad pleasing bowera. Great work ia done be't here aad there, And well man worketh everywhere : But work or rest, whatever befall. The fanner he mast feed them all. THE FARM. The Apiealtaral Fair. Attendance upon the agricultural fairs Is one of the important, and to a great extent unappreciated, means by which farmers can easily obtain both pleasure and profit. It is true, as is often as serted, that too many of our lairs have made horse-trots and side shows of vari ous kinds altogether too prominent. But even where the legitimate purpose of an agricultural fair seems to have been al most wholly forgotten, and the adver tising "attractions" are foreign to the proper spirit of tbe occasion, the intelli gent and thoughtful farmer can find much that will bo pleasant and useful. Then, too, by his presence and influence, and by his contributions as an exhibitor, he can do much to improve the character of the fair and to bring about a better state of things for the future. Even at a fair which, from an agricul tural point of view, is far from first class, the farmer will find many things that he docs not have at home, and will be able to obtain a good deal of informa tion. He will find different breeds of the various classes of live stock and can judge much better of their relative mer its, and of their adaptation to his cir cumstances and conditions, by looking them over than he can by merely read ing about them. Different varieties of corn and other grain will be exhibited, and he can form a pretty correct opinion as to whether any of the sorts are supe rior to the ones which he has under cul tivation. Ho will also find specimens of the new varieties of potatoes, andean decide whether it will be best to give any of them a trial, the next season. The same is true of the numerous kinds of garden vegetables. In regard to fruits a great deal of in formation can bo obtained. Nearly every farmer will find specimens of varieties which he docs not grow, but about which ho has read. He can noto their special characteristics and compare their qualities with those of the sorts which he produces. Farm implements and machines will also be on exhibition, and, by looking them over, the visitor may get many excellent ideas about labor-saving implements. Even if ho does not find anything that he needs to purchase, he will get much useful infor mation in comparing the machines of different makers. Not the least of the benefits which the farmer will receive from attending the fair will be gained by meeting friends and acquaintances who are in the same line of business, and in talking with them about the various methods of doing farm work and the relative value of dif ferent crops and varieties. Then, too, aside from all direct business interests, the change from the everyday work of the farm, and the meetiug and convers ing with other people, will bo of great and lasting benefit both to body and mind. Not only should the farmer go to the fair but he should take his family with him. Even more than himself the boys and girls need the change from ordinary duties and tbe information that Is to be obtained at the fair. They will there find much to interest them in, and make them contented with, farm life. And far more than any other member of tbe family the wife needs the change which attendance at the fair will givo to tho routine of daily life. She will see num berless things in which she will be inter ested, meet many old friends, get num erous helpful hints, and be greatly en couraged for faithful work in tbe future. By all mean's go to the fair. If possi ble enter something for exhibition and thus gain a personal Interest in its suc cess. Take the family along and "make a day of it" If wisely improved it will be a day of many benefits and will be long and pleasantly remembered by all. Practical Farmer. A Bandy Ceatrivaace. This is a handy block for resting a team on tho hills. It is made from a piece of scantling 4x4 inches; 5x5 will an swer better u the hills are very steep, and 12 inches long. A hole was bored through it near one end, in which a han dle was secured, long enough to place the block behind tbe wagon when stand- ng by the front of the team. This al lows the driver to place and remove the block with one band, while holding the lines with the other. The handle can bo fitted in the socket of tho brake lever when not in use. J. H. A., in Farm and Home. ABOUT THE HORSE. Stabla Ventilation. Nothing in tbe ordinary surroundings of a horse can be so Injurious as the ab sence of good ventilation. Any number of horses are kept in places where no ventilators exist, and iu many places where ventilators were put in by a well meaning hand, one finds them stuffed up with straw and bay. Now. when it is remembered, says a practical writer, that a horse breathes much stronger than a man, that the exhalations from his skin and elsewhere are greater than from any human being, it only stands to reason that ill-ventilated stables cannot possibly be preservative of a horse's health any more than a foul-smelling room would be of a human being's health. If a stable owner wants to know the atmosphere that his horses breath, let him be tbe first man in the stable of a morning, when, unless his power of scent is all but gone, he will often have occasion to be horrified at the air his animals have to breathe. Free ventilation may have a tendency to cause colts to stare but that is not half as bad as to undermine a horse's health by mak ing hint breathe foul air. Good light is likewise of great importance in the stable. Vegetation will die in the half darkened niom- it wants the sun's rays to keep up its vitality; tbe trees in the forest gio'w straight so as to obtain their share of the lisht, and their lower hbrndcbcs die off because tho light does 34penrtr.tto to them Is it reasonable to suppo-e that animal life can be de prived of the vitalizing influences of light with impunity? len fo Trala a Horse. Twenty ear.- ago the averago trainer boiicv.'i! "that j lie time to break a colt was at r:i.'!;i 3 to 5 years of age. The peiforiu:t:ii:ia was a stand up fight be- iwcH tn-i trainer and the colt, and per- lav JUUIIftVl ftvno up -in .iivr knows absolute TrWisfe-ani ! .aiVt-A Wa tinnaw fAftla ituuin, MtU a liVlUIUsU UO IOWM IOVIO subjection. Before he is stroagaaoagh Ha Teases Ceav to make stubborn resistance ho has for gotten there is anything to resist. To go "as he Is guided aad do as directed has become his natural habit. His whole early life Is an inductkmal course of education. Mr. Jos. Hannan, of Bartholomew County, Ind., sends to the Aural New Yorker this drawing of his device for holding down a hone that is Inclined to rear and prance: It Is made complete with four snaps, one ring undone buckle, as shown In the cut To put on the contrivance snap the ends marked B to the rings In the breeching straps, bring the ends A Inside the girth, pass up through loop In the breast strap, and snap to the rings in the bits. m . THE DAIRY. TfewCewaaa Cows have frequently been comparea to machines in years past, but just now a number of dairy writers are protesting against this comparison. This Illus trates very forcibly the soundness of which we said a few weeks since about the trouble that Is often caused by a half truth. The cow is a machine; that is, there are many points of similarity be tween these specimens of animate aad in animate creation. The cow, like the machine, takes certain raw materials aud transforms them Into a finished product; which in both cases, is dependent largely upon the amount and quality of the raw material. Other points of similarity could be noted and it Is therefore correct to say, speaking metaphorically, that the cow is a machine. But the simi larity will not hold when carried to all the characteristics of each. For In stance, the machine has not the nervous temperament of the living organism, which must be kept In mind In caring for the cow. But how utterly ridiculous and foolish it is, unless one is writing to fill space, to occupy a column In the at tempt, therefore, to prove that the cow Is not a machine. Both sides are right so far as they go; each side resting on a partial truth. One writer, who recently tried to ar gue that the cow is not a machine, was doubly foolish and nonsensical because he rested his arguments on the statement that, "A machine may be pounded with a hammer, kept out in a storm and cold, and be neglected," but said ho, "let any of these evils come upon a cow and a de creased flow of milk follows." Tho idea that a machine can thus be mal treated and exposed is too absurd to need refutation. Many delicate ma chines if subjected to neglect, the oxidiz ing of tho elements, or rough, heavy blows would suffer almost as much as tho nervous temperament of the cow. Stop this profitless old argument about tbe material of different sides of the shield. The age has plenty of useful and vital life issues. .Mew England Farmer. THE APIARY. Kanaka aa Bee-Bater. Skunks not only make raids upon the poultry, but they find it very profitable to attack the bees' stores of honey, says American Cultivator. They are unable to get Into tbe hives, not having the gnawing powers of some of the other ro dents, but they succeed very well in kill ing the bees. Their mode of procedure Is to scratch on the outsido of the hive until the attention of the bees is attracted, and they come outside to ascertain the cause. Then they catch the bees as they emerge from the narrow doorway and proceed to eat them. They prefer those bees with honey in their sacs, and tho dead drones in front of the hives are not touched. Tbe skunks would be a greater nuisance if they could get In at the honey, for they would then be in their glory. However, one or two of these creatures can rapidly depopulate a hive by tbe method mentioned. Traps are about the only thing that will stop this, and as skunks are not at all pleas ant things to handle, unless dead, this method of catching them Is not always satisfactory. Steel traps only wound them and do not kill unless it catches them in some vital part Cabas Hoaey Fields. From tho news which comes to us from Cobs, it is a wonderful honey coun try. The flow begins in December and lasts until May, and does not entirely cease at any season of the year. The honey pro duced is mainly extracted, of good quality, for southern honey, and sells at 50 to 70 cents per gallon in New York city. The yields reported are some of them yery large, as much as 150 to 200 pounds per colony, from apiaries ranging from 460 to 500 colonies. Burnt Hornet., THE POULTRY-YARD. Do Haas Pay? The question is often asked: "Do hens pay?" My experience enables ma to answer: "Yes." I have twenty-one Leghorn hens that from Feb. 5 to April 30 have produced fifty-eight dozen eggs, which at 18 cents per dozen amounts to $10.44. It cost me for feed In that time S3. 55, leaving me a net profit of $7. 8a I bad a number of. white Leghorn pullets that laid when they were four months and ten days old. I think for an all round hen, summer and winter, cold and warm weather, the white Leghorn stands in tho front rank. I will also state that, Independent of the profit in eggs, the poultry droppings since last October mixed with good loam once a week formed a bulk of twenty bushels, which I believe will prove worth 50 cents per bushel In my kitchen garden. I judgo from my last year's experience, when from two quarts of string beans sown I sold seven bushels of beans at 80 cents per bushel, or at a profit of $5.60; that did not include what was used on the home table. Jfrs.H. K., Midlothian, VL in New York World. Bow to Keep ? The egg begins to grow stale almost as soon as it is laid, and the cause of many failures to preserve eggs perfectly fresh,says the Farmer Monthly, is found in tbe fact that decay set In beforo the preserving began, and of course It con tinued in spite of efforts to arrest it In preserving eggs, therefore, take none but those fresh from the nest This is the first rule to observe. The next Is, no matter what process you use, keep the preserved eggs in the coolest dry place possible; dampness will mould them, heat will rapidly evaporate their natural moisture, and any process which will keep them absolutely air tight will keep them fresh for an indefinite length of time. Among the countless methods recommended is this one: Take five 'quarts of rock salt five pounds of unslacked lime and a quarter of a pound of cream of tartar; dissolve in four pails of. water, which makes suf ficient pickle for a barrel of eggs. Eggs are always to be kept under pickle. THE HOUSEHOLD. Beaaebeld Hints. A kitchen grindstone that sits on tbe table is not expensive and lasts a genera tion. Afteb washing a wooden bowl place it where it will dry equally on all sides, ! away from the stove. Salt extracts the juice from meat in cooking. Steaks ought not therefore to be salted until tbey have been broiled. Always remove the contents of tin ' cans the moment they are opened. 'It is positively dangerous to leave cannea goods in the open air. One can grate horse-radish without very badly affecting the eyes, by grating ! it in front of tbe fire. Open the front stove doors. Onion can be peeled in the same way. Save all your broken and crooked car pet tacks, and keep them in a box in the kitchen for cleaning bottles Tbey are better than shot for tbe sharp edges scrape off all the stains. Suet should be cooked before it is stale. Boil for two or three hours, then strain 1 through linen . cloth. One- j fourth of this fat and three-fourths lard Is a good aaizture f or frying doughouts, tTjrfr3rrrs NOTES FOR HOME CON SUM P TION. Saaae F-iartleal Aetata aa Haw Hot ta atev m Cansfartabla Heme. There is no department of a paper that should appeal mora strongly to the lover of atomeatie comfort than that col umn of useful information which gen erally bears some sueh head as Home or Household Notes, says the Detroit Free Press. They are, as a rule, read able, and even when they are not scin tillating with such grace and beauty as wa look for in the kind of writing that comes under tbe head of literature, yet they are so full of useful information that they are not only well worth read ing, but of sufficient value to warrant one in cutting it out to be pasted in the list for ready reference. As a rale these note? are in the inter est not only of economy, but in the in terest of the art of circumventing vari ous pests and of overcoming obstacles that serve to mar the harmony o! the spirit of tbe house beautiful. We therefore feel that in printing a few notes on the same noble subject that we are helping to fill a long-felt want, and to lead many a brother groping in the dark into the light of our own private lamp of knowledge, which has jnst been filled and trimmed for tho occasion and is warranted not to burst To get rid of Groton bugs, take an or dinary paper bag, such as flour comes in, aud bait it with almost anything, from cold hominy to potato skins. Lay the bag on its side, and in a few min utes the bugs will begin to flock into it in great numbers. When you tbink it is about half full approach the bag noiselessly, as though drawing upon a flock of canvas-backs, quickly tip the bag into a standing position, draw the top together and thrust the bag into the kitchen range. To make tho washing easy for tbe girl provide her with a rowing.-machiue and have her pull about forty stroke a minute for an hour before retiring at night. With a lively imagination she will soon fancy she b drifting over Lake Placid, after tbe manner of her mis tress, who is so represented by a pho tograph in the library. She will also get the small of her back into such an elastic condition that she will bob gracefully up and down the washboard, and from" the association of the water feel that she is indulging in a twilight row, while tears of joy fill her liquid blue eyes, and the first lily star shines more softly in the mountain dusk. To save the money that is required for the purchase of bath brick to put the desired enamel on the knife-blades, have the girl go ont and puncture the earth with them. This will give them a fine Birmingham (England) polish, even if they were manufactured in Birmingham, Conn. If the ground happens to be frozen the knife may be driven in to the hilt by the process of hammering. But this does not hold good with razors, which should never be used for prying covers off boxes, tacks from the floor, or sharpening slate pencils, any more than the can-opener should be used as a substitute for the embroidery scissors that were ruined in cutting through various strips of oil cloth. To keep the dog from barking in the middle of the night, take a strap about two inches wide, put the same around his neck and draw his buckle back to the last hole and fasten so tight that while the dog can breathe comfortably, an attempt to bark will make him the unhappy possessor of an ulcerated sore throat that will distress him from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail to such an extent that if a burguiar ap pears he, tbe dog, will depend on the baby to give the alarm. c If you would have the milk sweet, .even during a thunderstorm, be sure to patronize nothing but the condensed article. It would also be a departure embodying a big element (of gilt edged wisdom to keep only canned chicken in the establishment if you live in a neigh borhood that includes three or four specimens of the African race. If you would get ahead in life and economize on provisions, always weigh your meat and groceries in the presence of the re presentative, of those worthies when they deliver thhm, and be sure to be supplied with a pair of scales that will make the things appear lighter than they are. To preserve your shoes against the teeth of time that delight in biting holes in them, make it a point to wear rub bers in all kinds of weather. It is no worse, or rather no more inconsistent, to 'wear rubbers on a dry day than it is to carry an umbrella on a day of softest sunshine. To keep rats at a decent distance from the house throw bits of Limburger cheese around in the kitchen and pantry. The rats will then fly for their lives, knowing that in a day you will have to cast the cheese out, and allow them to return in triumph. If you would keep your Dresden china intact, keep it for ornament only, and use some cheap imitation ware on your table. To keep the canary from singing, put a moist shawl over the cage to keep out the sunshine and gave him tonsilitis chilblains. To prevent the small boy from falling down the well, have only a pump on the premises. To prevent the ashes from blowing in your face during the process of sifting, always turn your back to the wind. Although this 'may seem the obvious thing to do, very few people ever think of doing it To escape the mortification of having your clothes line robbed, always dry your things on a clothes horse in the kitchen. Matloaal Nickname. Most of the nations of Europe have nicknames, which willingly or unwil lingly they have accepted.- The ap propriateness of some of them is evident, but to explain the origin of some would be difficult. A writer in LippincotCa Magazine has collected some interest ing facts ou this point. Englishmen have submitted to the name of John Bull, as suited to the na tional character. A Scotchman ,is Sandy; the Irisman derives his name, Paddy, from his national patron saint; while an ancient nursery rhyme records tbe fact that Taffy was a Welchman. English sailors call the Frenchman, in contempt, John Crapaud; bnt in France he is Jacqnes Bonhomme, or at a bourgeois, Monsieur Prudliomme. Cousin Micbel is the name by which the German is known to the Continental nations. Mynheer Closb, an abbrevia tion of Nicholas sums up the Holland ers, who are oiteti known simply as the Mynheers; while- the Switzer re joices in the name of Colin Tampon. Don Whiskerandos is almost'a na tional nickname for the Spaniard", dat ing from Elizabethan times Italians are known as Lazzaroni, and Danes as Danskers. The Hotelier' Mock. The butcher's block has undergone a remarkable evolution. Not only are large and perfect tree stumps of hard wood more and more difficult to obtain, bnt even the beat of them crack and split most unaccountably. The modern first-class chopping block ha3 hereto fore become a square mas made up of cube of carefully selected word bolted and then crosh-bolted together, after be ing so arranged that the chopping upon them will be done on too instead of with or against the grain. These blocks are very costly, but they last a long whiles Sometimes when a man is put on his mettle the material is brass. A sood deal of the romaBea which used to attach to Sunny iMf and Its inhabitants has faded jM sines we have come to know thtTTfctter. Still it Is diMcult to credit sine of the facts reported by recent waiters regarding that country. For inssaee,lt Is said that In Italy 330 village communities have no graveyards --'-The dead In them are put away In primitive church vaults. Two hundred thousand Italians live In 37,000 dangerously unhealthy cellars; 9,000 In little cells hewn out of the rocks. In 1,700 communities bread Is a luxury tasted only on holidays; 5,000 communities are so poor that they con sume no meat at all; 600 are without physicians; 104 are constantly afflicted with epidemic fevers; 110,000 persons have chronic skin diseases; 63 in every hundred can neither read aor write. The Oar Oa Xvr.Prtatael-Caa Taw the Wars? Sack week a different tbree-mek display is published la tats paper. There are ao two words alike In either ad., except Oaa word. This word will be fouad la the ad. for Dr. Harter's Iron Toalc, Little Liver Pills and Wild. Cherry Bitters. Look for "Crescent" trade-mark. Read the ad. carefully, and when voa lad the word seed it to them and they will return yoa a book, beautiful lithographs and sample free. The statistics of the average size of families in the varions countries of Europe, which are of considerable in terest for the status of public morals, are the following: France, 3.03 mem bers; Denmark, 3.61; Hungary, 3.70; Switzerland, 3.94; Austria and Belgium, 4.05; England, 4.08; Germany, 4.10; Sweden, 4.12; Holland, 4.22; Scotland, 4.46; Italy, 4.56; Spain, 4.65; Bussia, 4.83; Ireland, 5.20. COMMENDABLE. All claims not consistent with the high character of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. It acts gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the system effectually, but It is not a cure-all and makes bo pre tensions that every bottle will not substan tiate. Lightning does some queer things, but nothing like the following, perhaps, has ever before been attributed to it: "A streak of Grand Bapids, Mich., lightning followed an electric light wire into the children's department' of St Mark's hospital, coolly turned on 'the gas, lighted it, and left for parts un known." Iaformatioa for Ladles. Ladies, if you desire Information that will be of untold value to you and prevent a vast amount of anxiety of mind and bod ily suffering, send for a six months' supply of Ozona to the Michigan Medical Institute, Albion, Mich., lock box 70. Rev. A. W. Manx, the pioneer deaf mute preacher, writes: "The ratio of deaf mutes to the hearing is as 1 to 1,600, so there are over 40,000 in the United States and about 1,000,000 in the world." When Baby was afck, we gave her Caaacria, When ahewaa a Child, abe cried for Caatoria, When abe beeaaee Maw, she daae to Caatoria, ftBeaabeaadCauldrea, abe ptvetbeai Caatoria. IIk "Yes, darling, and it shall be the purpose of my life to surround you with every comfort and to anticipate and gratify your every wish." She "How good of you, Harry! And all on 12 a week, too!" CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMIS, Detroit, Mich., says: "The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure is wonderful." Write him about it. Sold by Druggists, 75c "Did your husband take my temper ance sermon to heart?" asked the Kev. Binks. "O, yes. He got rid of all his whisky." "Good. Where is he now?" "Sleeping it off." m TTSj-aiI Tl m atoppea ft er Dr.Kllne'a Great Jierra Restorer. No Fits sfter Srst tT's nse. Mat Tellouii cures. Treatise aud S2J0S trial bottle free to rucasas. SandtoDr.KUne.anareliSt.FtaUa.ra FlS The Best Reaaealy m Bi this world, says J. Hofherr of Syracuse, H. T., fa Pastor Koenig'a Nerve Tonic, because my aon who was partially paralyzed three years ago aad attacked by fits, has not had any symptoms of them since be took one bottle of the remedy. I most heartily thank for it. The Best Ever ITseel. WnrrxwATZB, Wis., October, 18W. Whon 17 years old my aon waa first attacked by epileptic flu, at Intervals of one year, thea four months, three months, two months, one month, then eTery three weeks, every nine days and later even twice a day. We used many remedies for Ms, but all without benefit. Pas tor Koenig'a Nerro Tonic ia the very best we ever naed and be is again strong, his mind has again Improved and Is clearer. O.H.BCHABPr. FREE! r.t.MA Knlr m Ttt Diseases aent free to aay address. ana poor psuenw oa auv uuuu this metUclae free eaT chars. aaava kaan wMMer1 tnpfrlA RjtVMvVrful Pastor KoeaUr. of Fort Wayne. Ind. alnce 183S. aad janowprepareu under his direction bytne KOCMIC MED. CO.. Chicago, III. 8e4d by Draaglataataipesr Bottle. l lVarsw Sixes ai.75. a Bottle for 99. rSSi DONALD KENNEDY Of Boxbiiry9 Mts stys Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep Seated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root Price f.5o. Sold by every Druggist in the U. S. and Canada. ii EWS' 98 i LYE I Powdered aad Pes fumed. m ;' irimm.) The strongest and purat Lye made. Will make tbe test per fumed Bard Soapia sOmlBBtes without boiling. Xt last SilxeB 33oaaTt for softening water, cleansing wasta-pipea. dtsiafeeU tag sinks, closets, washing bot tles, paints, treea. etc. PERM. SALT MT6 CO. Gen. Agta.. Phuau Pa. Tuft's Pills itaatavalM. glTtaetelaatleityei'Batad.bnayaaryerbedy. GOOD DIGESTION, PILES ANAltXSISgivMiBsta&t relief, and la sa ntFALLJ BLB CURB for PILES. Price. Si: at dranists or br wall. Samplea frse. addre-e "ANAKESIS." Sox MIS. Haw loax Crrr. Choice iABds Cheap. Near R. RVatered Long Credit, haw lot. Iu Cora belt Beet ch mi; re. rat. Stnd for maps lists. J.A.Bent.8ibuCitr.Ia tuw'lMnsi,.D.u. rATEriT SOUGITMS FREE Njiu or dencnbe your disease and twin sen Frc I'rtttri pttim. Thoaasnds cure I ik. f.XuuK Ckowixt. Tim Haate. ind I. C. N. U. BwjEav-e TmTictur 'Woe tots iBfes. Te-day maay of peaee, oar reat aad aaayaapetttewieetedfrom aa bythatamdar of theetBManh, ajeueuala. Boecorwe aae for tnama haadred eouxeea. TaatBoraryreUaf wa seaartlBMaobtalB. Bat a haattj naeal, the stay alaatlBdiaeretloBln diet, aad thaProteaafaxa wttaredoabledTigorto tormeatoa. a as of the great aatt-dyspeptia aad retakUmgtfwie, Hoetettar'a Stomach Bitters, Is beet calealated to drive into permanent banish. Beat every form of indigestion, temporary or oturoaas. No teas efficacious ia it for malaria, bil loacaeas, eonatipetios, rheumatism, kidney and bladder aOmeata. Thia remedy of specific atll- ity aad many asea overcomea them all. Tis a eaSagBard, too, against tha effects of tempera. tars apt to revive an attack of La Grippe." Death hss made havoc among ths general officers of all grades that served in the confederate armies. Qf the total number 198 only 184 are now living. 6. P. T. Beauregard is the only general surviving, and KIrby Smith tho only general with temporary rank. There are eight lieutenant generals and thirty three major generals still living, the other survivors are brigadier generals. Ths best coagh medicine Is PIso's Ours or OoBsnmptlOB. Sold everywhere. 25c. "Dot boy of mine ish going to make a goot bnsiness man," said Mr. Ueckstcin. "Yesterday I told him I was going to leave all my brobcrty to him ven I died, und vat yon s'pose he say to me?' "I don't know, Mr. Beckstoin." "Veil, he say he vill throw off 5 per cent, fcr spot cash." Can You Eat Heartily, with relish, aad without distress after ward? If not. we recommend to job Hood's Sar" f sparine, weicu creates a good appetite and at tbe aaase time ao invigorates the stomach and bowe'a that the food is properly digested and all its atteasSi assimilated. 1 have beea taking two bottle of Hood's EanaparUla for weaxaees and ao appetite. With great plcanre I will ear that I tbiuk it has doce see ataeh good, becaate I aa now ab e to eat like a man." J. C. 8. CauacBtu. Bichardsoa Bod. Hoaaioata.in. N.B. When 70a ask for Hood's Sarsapariila Seat be induced to buy any o'her. Insist upon Hood's Sszsapanlla 1M Doses One Dollar. The Soap that Cleans Most is Lenox. I LIKE MY WIFE TO USE pozzomrs MEDICATED COPLEXBOn POWD! I Because It Improves Her Looks tj and la as Fra gram as Violet3. gj yjLd-r juvj. WE SHIP THRESHERS Throughout tho Northwest. COAaVRUN COAL CO., Strcator, La Salle Co,, 111. Pssithrat, Care with Vef stahla Reaedic. Mava eared Biaaytaoasanil esses. Cnr patients Brononnced hopeless br the best phrslcisos. 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It seemed to be wo in the wet, cold weather of Wintei7 and Spring; and whenever the speHa came on, my feet and hands wool turn cold, and I could get no sleep at all. I tried everywhere, and got no relief before usinr August Flower Then the change came. It has dona me a wonderful deal of good during the time I have taken it and is wora ing a complete cure." - G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,WoedBwry,HJ. CHICAGO VESICAL ui SURGICU. HSTH1IE. &&& fci'. JWJJ! . ..iu".S1.?V7r-".!.f at elttM'"?f csyfR v-arVjTrTZ C-lf;T-t!i '?iif - .i?el f.-ss-x:- ss S. E. Car. Wabash-ate. and Van Surea-tt. FOK TOE TnEATZUSST Or AVU GhronfG and Surgloa! Diseasis.1 SURGICAL BRACES, APPUAKCES FCR DtfURSITlsS AID TIMSO. teat Facllltfe. Aeamlut at.-l Crardlea 1W rcful TrmJu.-:it at etc rr !rri rrlllmwf. yUr!Bs;MEMCAI.crbVUu!CAI.TKKATaBBjra 2so rtooras fcr patients. Hoard and AltevJeaee. Stzt AcecmoiLitton is Vast, nnd l!rnrr, 'lru'.e-. CIm! l'ert. 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Our German Eye and Knr Bpsclallst Baa Cre4 many cues when pronounced incurable. Our treatment for Vpllrps'j.raTalvsUan&KcncmM Troubles has met witi wonderful success. Delicate Diseases of Men or Women hare Bat special provision made for their treatment. Strictest privacy maintained and all cuniBlnnlsa) Uona confidential. CONSULTATION FREE. It afflicted with any dlscaso address la any ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 103 State Street "Will pnrtry r.LOOD, rernlatw- KIDNEYS,, remove UTIK Ulwriicr, bmiu t re nstli. renew appiine. restore ueaiui aaa Tiorc.Touin. Dyspepsia aniucKiion. luawrea lee. mx.VHujuteiy eradicated. iiiuii Drinteaa, Dram jHiTrer increased. bone?, nerves. Base. clcs. rccclvs new force. , aaflerln; from complaints e I ctillartothclrser, DsiBrlt.Bad . a safe. vcc-It cure. Returns rose bloom 0:1 chccLs, beautifies Complexion. SoM everywhere. AH jrenaine poetis bear "Crescent." Scndos? cent stamp for 32-paaa pamphlet. BI. HARTER MEMCINE CO.. St Leate. 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