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It is now quite a number of years since two old hunters, Buck Stradling and Tom Snuffle were hunting with me in the western part of Itexaa, just south of the famous El Oano Eatacado. We had gone into the interior more for sport than anything else, oaring very little whether we secured more game than an­ swered for our immediate wants or not. Penetrating still further and further toward the Mexican dominion, we final­ ly struck a barren, parched country, up­ on which we entered with some hesita­ tion. " This looks &£ though we shan't find any water," I remarked, as we reined up our horses and took a survey of the arid plain. "Does look rather skeery," replied Btradling, taking his short, black, pipe from his mouth, " but I guess we'll try it. It'll make a sort Of variety to titas eternal tramping." " But what will we do without water t I asked. " Why, you see, there Is water four or five miles back of us; so we can go ahead for a day, and, if we can't find * anything, why, we can turn round and make back tracks. It'll go rather tough, but it won't hurt us. My idea," contin­ ued the trapper, growing philosophical, "is, that we never know what water is till we've gone two or three days without it, just as the only way to gjet a good, sound, refreshing sleep is to ait up for a couple of nights." So it was concluded that we should venture upon this unknown Sahara; and, giving rein to our homes, we struck off upon an easy gallop. We saw nothing of buffalo or deer, and more than once I questioned the pru­ dence of the step, but, as we were actu­ ated somewhat by curiosity, I said noth­ ing, and we pressed forward. We had an abundance of dried meat, "which, no doubt, would last us all the "time necessary. Now and then we •caught sight of an antelope, but they -were very shy, and kept at a distance which placed them beyond all danger of •Our guns. As we were riding along, and had <ome to the conclusion that it would be impossible to secure any game, I was »ure I discerned a pair of antlers beyond * swell in the prairie, and declared as lanc-h to my companions, but they only laughed at me, and told me to give up the foolish thought. I was certain, how­ ever, that I had really seen the animal^ and, as there was a chance to secure something palatable for supper, I as­ sured them that I would do so. They told .me to go ahead, while they reined their -animals down to a walkn^d pursued their way more leisurely. I may here remark that hunters often separate for an entire day, first agreeing 1 upon the guides by which they shall ! meet again, and I had no hesitation in • doing the same. My horse was fresh, and snuffed the air as though anxious to stretch his limbs; so, without useless hesitation, I waved them a playful good- by, and started away. I aimed directly toward the spot where I had discovered the object; I judged it to be a half-mile distant, but when I reached the place, it proved to be double that distance, an illusion which often .misleads hunters and travelers. A singularly-formed ridge crossed the plain from east to west. A thieket of cactus grew upon its summit, and toward the thicket I directed my course. I dis­ mounted before ascending the hill, and, •cautiously leading my horse among the • csactus bushes, I tied him to one of the limbs. I tied him with slight security for the noble beast did not need any thing more. This done, I stealthily made my way through the bushes to­ ward the point where I was sure I Been the game. What was my surprise and pleasure to see not one antelope, but half-a-dozen, grazing beyond! This was a surprise and pleasure in more than one sense; for, while we had set this section of the country down as a barren waste, here was priin-afacie evidence of our mis­ take. Where there was vegetation, I argued, there must be water. However, the antelopes were 1,000 feet distant, upon a smooth, grassy slope. There was not the slightest cov­ ering to protect an approach,, and I be­ gan to debate with myself upon the best eourse to pursue. Should I imitate the call of one of their number in distress ? There was something so inhuman in that that I revolted at the thought, and took the consolation that no true hunter would descend to such meanness. Should I tie my red handkerchief upon my ram­ rod, and take advantage of their curios­ ity ? They were too shy. Ah ! an idea struck me. My eye sud­ denly rested upon a bluish line running across the prairie, beyond where tlieaui- mais were feeding. It was either a buf­ falo road or the channel of an arroyo; but, whichever it was. it was the very cover I wanted, and I determined to ; immediate advantage of it. '*• Retreating as stealthily from the thicket as I had entered it, I hurried along the side of the slope toward a point where I had observed that the ridge was depressed to the level of the plain. , Beaching this, to my still greater sur­ prise I found myself on the banks of a broad arroyo, whose water slowly me­ andered over a bed of sand and gypsum. The banks were two or three feet above the surface of the stream, except where the ridge came down upon the stream. Here there was quite a high bluff, and, hurrying around its base, I stepped into the channel and commenced wading upward. This was quite a difficult feat, as the bed of the creek was soft and yielding, aad I was obliged to tread very cau­ tiously and slowly, lest I should alarm the game. The antelope is one of the most timid of animals, and lias a wonderfully acute sense of hearing--so much so, that none but the most experienced hunters can approach him. Alter creeping along in this wearisome : manner for several hundred yards I | reached a small clump of wormwood 1 Pushes growing out of the bank. Tliink- . ng this mi^ht be high enough to answer or cover, I concluded to take advantage |jf it. I Blowly raised myself up and the right place, and, sighting at the heart of the buck, I pulled the trigger. The brute sprang up and dropped dead. I was on the point of running forward to claim the prize, when I saw the doe run up to its fallen mate and snuff at it a* ii tx^'fldered at the occurrence. Suddenly she seemed to comprehend the •ad truth, and, throwing back her head, began uttering the most plaintive and piteous cries, while she occasionally ran round the body, as if totally unable to control her grief. At first it was not my intention to kill tlie doe, and, had I dreamed of witness­ ing such a painful scene, I should not -have done so. How often do we hunt­ ers, in the excitement of the chase, com­ mit deeds which, in our calmer mo­ menta, we can see as heartless and cruel! But the deed was done past recall, and wherefore regret ? As I watched the mournful actions of the doe, and heard its piteous cries, saw that it would be a mercy to kill it and end its misery. Actuated by what, perhaps, was a questionable humanity, I took a careful aim, pulled the trigger, and, as the smoke cleared away, I dis­ covered the doe lying dead witli its head resting upon its departed mate. "Both are out of distress," was my comforting reflection, "and I have se­ cured a rare supper, with which I will tickle the palates of my two friends, and convince them that they are not the only ones who have a knowledge of hunting--but what is the meaning of this?" j I attempted to move, and found both I feet fast. My first thought was that 11 comprehended my'%ore strait, and *n- derstood perfectly what was required of him. He knew, too, the treacherous nature of the ground upon which he stood, for while waiting he continued lifting his feet and slightly changing hit f >sition to prevent his sinking. Finally had my arrangements completed, ana I gave the word to the horse to move. The intelligent animal stepped off very slowly, pulling gradually, but with all his tremendous strength. To my inex­ pressible joy, I felt my body raising and in less than a minute I was pullea clean out 'of the sand, upon the hunt, clayey bank. Thank heaven! and my true, tried, noble horse ! I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him, and shouted for joy. And had I not a right to do so ? And did I do more than my duty when I refused* all offers to part with him, and kept him with all "the care and kindness that I would have nursed a feeble parent ? FARM MOTES. DIP your shingles in petroleum before placing them on the roof, and they will last much longer. KENTUCKY blue-grass, clover and tim­ othy are good for uplands. On low lands timothy and red top will do the best. IF a farmer commences with one cow, and every other calf she has is a heifer, in ten years the cow and her offspring will drop forty-one calves. This shows the rapidity with which a 'farm can be stocked. had been stricken with paralvsi^ and" »! „SETH GREEN advocates frog culture, chill ran over me from head to foot ' • f1™ * manX^fanners have fortunes But no; I could feel the blood coursing ! m1£rt^.lK>nd?' and *hat a ^ttle care and to the remotest part of my system and I' , lvatlon ^ induce a crop of frogs tugged like a giant. I tried to step iargf enough for family use. after supply- %-?•. giant. I tried to step twisted to the right and lfcft, wrenched my body, but all in vain--I was fast « Suddenly the truth flashed upon, me*-- I was sinking in a quicksand. With this knowledge came a fierce resolve not to succumb. I would wrench off my feet before I would consent to die in this inglorious and dreadful man­ ner. Summoning all the strength of which I was master, I tugged and pulled and twisted with the fury of madness, and then paused exhausted, and found that the only result was that I had sunk J several inches deeper in the quicksand. I The soft, clinging sand was already at the top of my boots, and had so wedged Y0USGF0LK2*. yiStorlew With MoriO*. , Mamma tokl a. story, . , ̂ -• ijAiid It made mo cry-- • ^ , 4QMIM It hxl a iii' '(•!, ' v -"JlkaA mm «*d and my-- "' •, , ' * ',J lart a little Hist<-r; wa» foarfu! rfck f0auM» hor little brother ' llit her with a stick. rlRipn his mother Bent him ," ;;To the mediciitMrton; • the sister died 'cause ' ,, wHo didn't conn' before. * ' IB? was playin' mnrbles-- i, fy J^IHavin'loteof fan! : f®tmrw he coMdn't pa*» 'enjtv -..."Withiiiit slinoMn'one, V., v;;,#hon the boy* a!! hollered, ' : >{" IHUy, take a nhoot!" ' ? Oimrse he couldn't 'member • j : , r .jbHow he ought to scoot. . • Inpoae U'b cause I didn't «•& WrUiR the med'eine quick my little sister; Bhe ain't very sick, has loto of goodio»-- . ' Oranges and such-- ' Mft yin' with her dolly, . Guess she don't ache much! Hfcink I'll tell a story " . When my ma coinee In, With a good, dry moral-- .. . jHow will I begin ? <we« there was a a iady i , , ,tind a little boy ; wouldn't give him nothin' tThat he could destroy-- ., , ®#st one piece of pie or cake At a time he had, On account of stomach-ache! Wan't that mamma bad ? Iftulo him go to school, too," Every single day, Though he teased her awfully For to let him play. Made him rock the baby, Bun errands to the store-- - Then ehe scolded 'cause he . Didn't come before! Then he died--that boy died! All his toes came off I And he had the measles! And the whoopiii-cough! AAd the fever-'n'-ager 1 And the small-pox, too' / n*t 's what I'll tell mamma-- . Then won't she boo-hoo? "t V *> ;$}< ^ tA ing the market. THE Brazilian recommend it as a prominent plant fo<($ the interest of the swine, and in no case should the hog raiser violate the necessi­ ty of growing a few acres for their par­ ticular special benefit. AT the next fat-stock show in Chicago, animals 4 years old and over will be excluded. Steers should be finished at most at 3 years old, and the time is near at hand when a 3-year-old will rarely be seen, except in the hands of men who do not progress, or on the plains of the far West THE National Live Stock Journal them around my ankles that it was mi- publishes a statement by Prof. Weber possible to pull them off. All the tune «f the Illinois University, that Dr. Hass' I could feel myself sinking slowly and hog-cholera specific is compounded as some monster, deep! follows: Cayenne pepper, common salt, in the bowels of the earth, had grasped j calcium carbonate, magnesium, carbon- me by the feet and was gradually draw- | ate and water. That probably any mg me under. A| amount could be made at 15 cents per Almost beside myself with terror, If* pound. shouted for help, and then I laughed j * „ . , _ wildly at the idea of my voice reaching WMTEB m the Fanciers Journal, in anv one. I was miles aw»v from onv I speaking of _ ducks, pronounces any one, person, ue. I was miles" away from anvi^TT^ ™ P™01""568. . The only living creature within I ^le!bury ^.Pekin }h* Jest varieties, hearing was my horse, and he answered i ;̂.former ^ .̂grno,̂ ior t Iar?e me with a neigh, as if sympathizing with ! eggs and delicately-flavored flesh, me in my despair j and the latter for the richness of its And now I toed to think coolly upon I ?gg8' ^ c£n8titution an<l rapid fatten- my position. Was there really ho possi- j . e, . 18 Pr°nounced only ble way ef extricating myself? Stay ' | 8^ohtly infenor in flavor and in quality _ pose I should lay my rifle horizontally • >,ggr^ e' matures earher» and across the sand, would it not prevent my ' 18 sinking ? Perhaps so; at least I could ! LARGE quantities of sugar beets will try it. j be grown this year in Canada, Maine, 1 looked around for my gun, but noth-' Massachusetts, Delaware and California, ing of it was to be seen. That, too, ! Between the beet, sorghum and corn the alas! had sunk beneath the surface. I problem of manufacturing sugar in this Could I dig my way out ? No; the • country seems likely to be solved. Per- sand streamed into the hollow as often j h&P8 the planters of sugarcane in Louis­ as I tore it with my frenzied fingers. ' iaua will cultivate the beet, as they could Could I not lie flat on my back, and ; doubtless raise two crops yearly, like thp thus stay my downward progress ? The j Creole planters of. tobacco on the banks thought was dismissed the moment it j of ^ie Mississippi came to me. Tlie water was eighteen J IN some parts of Germany, instead of inches deep, and I should drown at once. 1 smoking meat to preserve it, it is hung Oh, heavens! dying by this slow, tor-! up in a dry, well-ventilated room, and turrng process. The thought drove me i painted over with wood vinegar (pyro- mad for the time. ligneous acid), an acid distilled over After a while I became cool again. If ; when wood is burned in air-tight stoves, I must die, I must; and I aroused my- ; or any other place where there is not self to meet it manfully. I stood eTect, . free access of atmospheric air. The and found that my head had sunk to the | painting three or four times with this prairie level, and I could just see ; vinegar answers every purpose of smok- the victims of my heartlessness. My ! ing. It protects the'meat from insects heart reproached me at the sight. Was j fungi, and putrefaction. ' not this a just retribution for the misery . . I had inflicted ? What right had I to' a,A 8PECIAI' committee, appointed for shoot those poor, innocent creatures who 1 ^ ? puriK)se, of testing an Ayrshire oow had never harmed me? Was it not the ^ ^ %e , d of Wolcott & final adjustment of justice that I should • Campbell, New York mills, Utica, state, be made to feel and suffer the same ' °^th'.nthat 8h,e gave eighty-five pangs that I had inflicted upon them ? i Pr. day several days in Such, and similar, were the thoughts ! ^cces81on- This, in all probability, is that coursed through mv seething brain i g product recorded of the Ayr- I raised my eyes to heaven, and almost I ^ ̂ am;?untme ^ a^. thirty- expected to see a frown or divine anger 1 quarts. On account of this large for the part I had taken. But no; the i record Jet »o one hghtly esteem their sun was shining as bright and the sky 1 OOW w gives twenty quarts per day. was as cerulean and mild as ever. No; j THE best soil for sweet potatoes is a whatever transgressions I had commit- | sandy loam. If sand largely predomi- Madatn ( alibra. In a country far from here there once vlived a little lady who was named artichoke has mueh^to^ Madam Calibra. She was very, very small, and oh, so pretty ! She had beau­ tiful plumes of feathers, and she always wore the tidiest little dresses--blue, green, red, yellow and all the colors blended. In size she was no larger than a coffee- pot, and all the furniture in her house was so very small. She had a soup-dish made out of a walnut shell, and a tea- set and wasli-dish made out of egg shells. Madam Calibra had prepared every­ thing beautifully, but economically. Once slip bought a very fine pocket- handkerchief, and then she said: " As I have not such a horrid large nose as other people, I do not need such a large one." Then she took a little pair of scissors and cut out of it twelve tiny pocket-handkerchiefs for herself, and these were large enough. She had a friend who was also very little, who was called Zantonia, and another friend who was somewhat larger than the two ladies, whose name was Sir Brown. Both of these often visited her. Sir Brown lived in the country, where he had everything very beautiful, and as often as he came to the city he spoke of his fine carriage and beautiful brown horses. Once he said to Madam Cali­ bra: "I will come to-morrow, dear friend, and take you out riding, and then you shall see my span." On the following day Sir Brown stopped at little Madam Calibra's door, and the good little lady put on her little hat, wrapped her little mantle around her, and then tripped very joyfully out to the carriage. But what was her sur­ prise when she looked at the horses ! What shomld be there instead of horses but four large dogs ! "Now, ,dear little friend," said Sir Brown, "what do you think of my horses ? Oh, but that is a span ! But I must drive them inyselj, and you go with us." " Oh, my, my," thought little Calibra, " how can my Mend keep on talking of his horses when they are nothing but dogs ?" But she said nothing aloud. 1 Sir Brown cracked his big whip, and the animals sped away. After a little while Sir Brown asked : " Now, dear madam, how do you enjoy this ride ?" "Very well," she answered, "and I have secretly made up my mind to get j horses and a carriage of my own. I j know of two small, white, reliable horses ' which I shall buy." Sir Brown showed in his countenance that he could not bear to see others hav Madam Calibra had not seen them yet, but one day when she was out riding she met her friend coming in her car­ riage, drawn by six large rats. . "Indeed," said Madam Calibra, peev- lshly, " to think of one riding behind rate! I would rather Btay at home. "Jacob," she called out to the coach­ man, "attend to the horses; go on, I say! It is strange, but the fact is that my horses cannot bear the sight of rats." The horses became at once very restive, and, instead of driving on Vim way, Jacob drovo directly up to the gray horses, and now commenced a ter­ rible difficulty. The ladies began to cry; Jacob grinned with merriment; the gray horses began to squeal, and the white horses clawed and bit them to death. Madam Calibra was very sorry ; she chastised her horses and Jacob, and bade her weeping little friend get into her carriage, for Lady Zantonia's carriage was broken into a thousand pieces. " My poor gray horses !" said Lady Zantonia, crying bitterly. Thought Madam Calibra : " They were nothing but ugly gray rats. I can easily catch more." On a beautiful clear day, the lady put on her fine clothes and her hat, from which dropped red, yellow, blue and green feathers. She got into her car­ riage and drove into the nearest wood. When she arrived there she saw Sir Brown coming toward her in his car­ riage, She had met him before, so she sat up very straight and ordered Jacob to crack his whip, so that the animala might become somewhat brisk. Then she met her friend very gracious­ ly; but scarcely had they met before the white horses set up a terrible howl, jumped and kicked in the traces, and started off in a foaming gallop. \ Sir Brown's horses snorted, barked and bellowed, and wer* heedless of the lashes of their master's whip, but gal­ loped off and pounced on the white horses, and tore tlie poor animals to pieces. Now poor Madam Calibia Bhed the most bitter tears; her little featl ery hat fell off into the mud; her carriage was broken and her little horses were welter­ ing in blood. Jacob hid posted himself on a tree, making faces and breaking off twigs, which he threw down on Sir Brown's head, who stood threatening him with his whip. Sir Brown' was also sorry, and said : " Dear friend, it makes my heart bleed, but I am wholly innocent. And pray consider before you buy white cats again." Now the little lady became angry. " What do you say about white cats ? I was riding after white horses, but you, after dogs! And your dogs are the cause of my misfortune." Sir Brown was quite beside himself, and exclaimed, " What! with dogs ! No one ever said that to me before. I had made up my mind to drive you home, but now I'll not do it!" So say­ ing, he drove off, muttering, "This is what comes of folks trying to ape their betters. Horses and coachman, indeed! Apes and cats." The poor little lady went home very disheartened with Jacob. Now the two little ladies had no car­ riages or horses, and Sir Brown soon learned to go on foot; for one day he was attacked fey wolves, who tore his beautiful brown horses to pieces, while he saved himself with great difficulty. Since then no one has ever been drawn by either rats, cats or dogs. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. ing as good things as he owned, and so he replied : " I would not advise you to do so; they would cost too much money, and, besides, where could you get a coachman to drive them, for you surely could not drive them yourself?" "Oh, as to that," said Madam Cali- WhBute^°tMsatimd fT CertaikiLeftth'- k ^ S°d Pract|icefito sow buckwheathon°^ j and^ffi^seZd4hiLTout^tSitS in^s^o^y ^t^Melyj^Mid^hi^mcm^t ^wt°p()tato^ for^swond! ̂ ^ ™ could not be distant when I should be i abundant crop is the general result. In I "A young man!" said Sir Brown- swallowed up and disappear from view a heavy loam the vines grow luxuriantly, " then I have never - • ' entirely, ana those who should come to ; but the tubers are generally small, rootv an/i iT _ 1 _ _ and of inferior quality. In clayey soil sweet potatoes will not thrive. THE New York Tribune says: "It is folly to keep old sheep. They should be turned off to the butcher while they are in their prime. It does not take half so much to fatten them then. When seen him. " That is very likely," replied Madam search for me could only surmise my 1 fate. I had taken my last fond look upon the green, fair earth. I could only see the blue, clayey wall which held the stream, and the water which ran un­ heeding by me. Again I looked up at the blue sweet sky, and then endeavored to resign myself to my fate. But I could > f-- i i ,, - not; the memories of the fair earth and the?n ? contbtl<m to daughter, the whole put red harness on them, and called - ' --4 1 1 -- 1 them white horses. And the young man | Calibra, "but he is there, nevertheless. ) " Ha, ha!" laughed Sir Brown, " he ! will upset your coach for you in fine ! style." So saying, he turned round { to the right, and drove Madam Calibra I home. Now I must tell the truth, that Mad- they get old and thin, in order to put I am Calibra bought four large white cats superstructure must be rebuilt. Four . sets of lambs are all a ewe can bear • ' w^° was to be her coachman was a mon- this will bring her to five years, and thia j key with whom she has played frequent- IS an age when, with a little extra care, she will round up to a fine carcass. Ex­ ceptions may l>e made when the breed is scarce, and the blood is more valuable than anything else." IF TAKKV ir.tmally with their food, j ly, and who was not tired of playing tricks the livelong day. This worthy I now must needs be taught to drive. Hfe ! wore a small green coat, and a hat with gold cord around it, and thus equipped he drove around the yard with his horses. When everything was ready, Madam my past pleasures and friends came so vividly over me that I found myself con­ tinually bursting into struggling spasms to escape, but all equally fruitless as were the first feeble attempts to walk. In the midst of this racking suspense I Was startled by the shrill neighing of my horse. At first this gave me in­ describable distress, as I could not avoid iSaSSt S 1 ^ I (STSkSSS flawed over me C,oMld^n^ mv^ ' of,a'£ree fn,m lic?- We equipage. He smiled knowingly, but rescue me '* °rtie i J? ^ m ? a l/j'uctice for years' past of J when he went into the yard and saw the He was tied to » frail r k i^vlfg.a ^'"l'l^g table-BpcKiiifiil once a , horses and the coachman, he broke out which h^ p i,m£' Wef of. our oows, into roars of laughter. ohose Without lSi i f f ,the Hamo fln»»My to about every 1 " Ha, ha, ha ! dear little friend," said ohose. Without losing time tune * - our flock, and they have he, " why, those are nothing but cats ; and that is the young man, is it? ha, ha, ha ! If one has horses that can live on milk, and a coachman that can be fed on nuts and apples, one may well afford to keep a coach and four." At this Madame Calibra became very peevish. "I know why it is," said she " that people call my beautiful white quired in the food of it is useless for me to attempt to depict poultry, pigs and sheep. Sulphur is a nize d his well-known tw tramp, and knew j system, something like salt, though, of that he was approaching. Then he ' course, not of that nature suddenly appeared on the bank, and,! ' „ „ „ , looking down at me, uttered a joyful! ^wall, Holland, the municipal gov- neigh of recognition. % I ernment have solved the oleomargarine Peculiar attachment exists betweeii: difficulty by settihg apart a place in the the hunter and his horse, and it was a Pu',1.ic market for the sale of this com- STIHGS AND BITES.--Carbonate of soda, wet and applied externally to the bite of a spider, or any venomous creature, will neutralize the poisonous effect almost in­ stantly. It acts like a charm in the case of snake-bite. CURS FOR COLDS.--TO make a candied lemon or peppermint for colds, boil one and a half pounds of sugar im a half pint of water till it begins to candy around the sides; put in eight drops of essence; put it upon buttered paper and cut with a knife. SIRUP or GUM ARABIC.--Melt two ounces of gum arabic in two ounces of water, then add a pint of water, half a pound of sugar, and boil for a short time ; withdraw the mixture and strain, then add a table-spoonful *of orange- flower water. CROUP PREVENTIVE.--First get apiece of chamois skin, make it like a little bib, cut the neck and sew on tapes to tie it on ; then melt together some tallow and pine tar; rub some of this in the cha­ mois, and let the child wear it all the time. Renew with the tar occasion­ ally. BICE CROQUETTES.--Soak some rice, then boil it in milk. When done add sugar, the grated rind of a lemon, three yelks of eggs ; form into croquettes and fry in lard. The lard must be boiling, and sufficient to cover the croquettes. When done sprinkle over with some pow­ dered sugar. To ROAST A CALF'S LIVER.--Wash thoroughly and wipe dry; cut a long, deep, hole in the side; stuff with crumbs, baoon and onions chopped; salt and pep­ per to taste ; bit of butter and one egg ; sew or tie together the liver ; lard it over, bake in th© oven, basting frequently; serve with gravy and currant jelly. POTATO SALAD.--This is Berlin fash­ ion : Take your potatoes, not too large ones, and boil them ; potatoes that are mealy are not good; when cold, cut in slices and pour the oil on them, and let them stand a little while ; slice a third of an onion as fine as possible, and one ap­ ple, and mix with the potatoes; add vinegar to taste ; salt and pepper. The addition of a Dutch herring makes a her­ ring salad. A DELICIOUS AND EASILY-MADE "STEW --Which may be left in a slow oven sev­ eral hours, or even all day. Take two pounds of gravy beef, cut off the skin and fat, divide it into pieces about an inch square, wash it, then place it in a large bowl or small crock, cover it with .water, or rather add as much as desired for gravy or beef-tea ; let it stand an _ hour, then cover it with a plate, and }>lace it in a slow oven, adding previous-y a little salt, and, if liked, an onion, cut ' up fine. It should cook four or five names of wretchedness, who should be doomed to adjust by reason, every morn- ing, all the minute detail of the domestic day." But the application should be much more general than he made it There is no time for such reasonings, nothing that is worth them. And when we recollect how two lawyers or two pol­ iticians can go «n contending, and that there is no end of one-sided reasoning on any subject, we shall not lie sure font such contention is the best mode of ar­ riving at truth. But certainlv it is not the way to arrive at good temper. Food for the Sick, The following advice as to adminis­ tering food to tiie sick deserves the'at­ tention of nurses and of all who are called upon to look after nervous pa­ tients: It is a great mistake to have large quantities of fruit, biscuits, etc., lying about a sick-room. A very few grapes, an orange peeled and divided, and two or three rmlk or water biscuits are quite enough to have displayed at one time. ! The same may be said of food, I have often been pained, when visit­ ing some of my sick pensioners, to see their friends, with well-meant but mis­ taken kindness, bring large basinfuls of horrible compounds, which they dignify with the name of gruel, or sago, or tap­ ioca, as the case may be. The mere sight of the food seemed to set them against it. Whereas, if a little care had been bestowed upon its prep­ aration, and a small cupful provided in­ stead of the large quantity I name, they probably would have partaken of it with pleasure. Another error, committed with the best of intentions, is to keep asking the patients what they would like, if they could take this thing or the other. The sickened, wearied expression I have often seen flit over the faces of people who are recovering from a lingering illness, when their officious relatives come teas­ ing them as to their requirements ! During the lingering illness of a dear relative, I verily believe we made her often eat, just by providing dainty mor­ sels of food, displaying them temptingly arranged, and taking them to her bed­ side quite unexpectedly. If she had been asked could she eat anything, I feel confident the answer would have inevitably been: "No; thanks. I don't feel at all inclined to eat." A very simple and expeditious way of cooking a little bit of chicken or fish is to butter a paper thickly, place the food to be cooked within the paper, and place it on the gridiron over a clear fire. A very short time suffices to cook it thor­ oughly, and I have often found that to be eaten when all other modes of invalid cookery have been tried in vain. !1 w ?!%• habit of his, whenever I called to him 1 m°dity» Wlth to gallop up to me and press his nose 1 agams!; exposing against my cheek. Reaching out my i ?"8e' amusement seems to have hands toward him, in my usual caress-' ,11 derived from seeing sellers who, ing manner, I repeated the call. The , y a short tim<n>efore, had been loud- next moment he bounded down into thrf ' 7 Protfsting against the imputation that channel, and I caught him by the bri-! article they sold was anything but " m' ' Simon-pure milk-butter, compelled to shift their quartet's and place them- horses cats, around the house, but on the j hours, and then there will be enough street they go by their true name. Did -- A I say his horses were dogs ? He is very impolite.*' The little lady put o& her nice clothes every day and went out riding with her die. Time was becoming fearfully precious. I was already down to my waist in the water. I seized the lariat, and, pressing it under the saddle-girths' secured it in a firm knot. I then made a loop and passed it around my body. Heaven bless the noble horse ! The tears well to my eyes when I reflect upon the grand creature to whom a few years 2K£MtaS«iS*s: positive prohibition i eXf-7 u 7 A I T a » 7 F - it for sale anvwhere 1 ^hjte horses. And Lady Zantonia said it would not be long before she, too, would parchase a carriage and horses. " Oh," said Madam Calibra, very thoughtfully, "they would cost too much money!" "Certainly," said Lady Zantonia, "on­ ly the carriage would; for I have six gray horses in my stable, and I understand driving very well." " Six horses ! " cried Madame Calibra, quite astonished. "Yes, indeed," said Lady Zantonia "for I am a very large woman, and four horse* would not be enough to draw _ *9 me. Very soon Lady Zantonia was equipped and ready to show her narees- gravy for delicious and most nutritious beef-tea, as well as an excellent riiah of wholesome meat. selves and their wares under the artificial- butter sign. They appear, however, to have borne the change with remarkable equanimity. ABOUT 10 cent*' worth of damage was done to a fence by a boy with a knife, at Oalesburg, 111. The owner maimed the boy for life by kicking him. and httd to pay f12,000. Livtng in Quiet. A rule for living happily with others is to avoid having stock subjects for dis­ putation. It mostly happens, when people live much together, they have coine to have oertain set topics, around which, from frequent dispute, there is such a growth of angry words, mortified vanity, and the like, that the original subject of difference becomes a standing subject for quarrel, and there is a tend­ ency in all minor disputes to drift down to it. Again, if .people wish to live well together, they must not hold too much to logic, and suppose that everything is to be settled by sufficient reason. Dr. Johnson saw this clearly with regard to married people when he said Why Bass Never Take an Upper Fly, the Lower One Being Taken. In a recent letter, Setli Green, who is authority in all matters piscatorial, dis­ courses briefly on the best modes of angling for bass. Among other state­ ments he makes the following, which will be interesting to many " simple wise men," who have the good sense and leis­ ure to go a-fishing : If the fish is on the lower fly, you will not take any more, but if he is on one of the upper files, you will be sure to take more if there are any in sight. We learned this fact and published it years ago as a curious habit of the bass family. But we knew the fact long be­ fore we discovered the reason of it. Nothing in our angling experience ever caused us more perplexity or so greatly excited our curiosity. It took us a week of patient observation on what used to be the best trolling ground on the St. Lawrence--in the neighborhood of Gau- anoqua--to*clear up the mystery. But we finally succeeded to our entire satisfac­ tion, and here is the simple solution : The bass is a social fish. He likes company. Where there is one there is more. They move in schools. When one strikes the troll there are alwavs others in the neighborhood. When tlie lookers-on see the struck fish " cutting up " they "go for him " under the im­ pression that he has found a "good thing," of which they are unwilling he should have the monopoly. As the ang­ ler, on feeling the strike, at once " reels up," the ravenous rascals follow in pur­ suit, but never pass their leaping and floundering companion, because they fancy he is trying to seize and gorge the " tid-bit" they wish to share with him. This purpose keeps them either even or behind him, but they never pass him. Hence none ever take the fly above the one upon which the captive is hooked, but are pretty sure to be beguiled by any fly below him.--George Dawson, in Albany Journal. AND MACHAKI* f ^ {From jMefcetu' "Hard Timet.") " V W LTBU F. HINMAV. dltMti that live to near, and jrat ®o far apart. That thrill hi rain, v Anrt throb, and beat, and nigh, and CM rVith love'a delk',ioun, hopelens paifc, ... OBp» that simple wordw expr*1***, * sjuid yet with tendernetui o'«rflow That never meet In love'n carera, . But, mulling, sigh that it la so. • Vond eyes that mark each cheek tear W»*BL - _®ut darR not glance where lovtvlight hideieS ¥ Bfc'oiid th« niH«k, !r«t phowM mourn ™ In pain the path where <J»ty L"- : ;-,: And hands that toil, and only clasp , , , * _ln sympathy and tenderness; j . j • *eenm sw«ieter for the ! -i *• -Of that dear calm and Hilent O weary onea, who, 'mid life's throng*. . . Mimt walk alone, and restless beat ', Tat; lonely path, while each one lonn For echoe» of the other's feet; : Alar, anear, beyond regret; With hopeless, painless hearts of v " ! iniwniles and grieving tears, and yel' * H • aajS?6'k,10ws why 'tla ( ' » PITH AND POINT. „ -A. DANOBBOUB man- One who takee life cheerfully. ^ AMONG the recognized small •idea M, Vice Presidents. p.' , NOTHING is wholly bad. Even a dturk lantern has its bright side. "SMILES may end in tears," says » solemn-looking person. Of course, anl tears may end in smiles. NEVER jump at a conclusion. It's m bad as jumping out of bed and landing on the little end of a tack. " THE hired girl who was called up fit 4 o'clock in the morning, thinks arose two hours later would sound sweet. quite ANOTHER composer has produced «aV " waltz (for one finger)," which, to say the least, must be a very sick sort of waltzing. ' A MICHIGAN Congressman told a friend that he was filled with amazement; and his friend went- down to the bar and Called for amazement. WHEN his cousin, Charlotte Dunne, was married, Jones said, " It was Dunne before it was begun, Dunne while it was being done, and not Dunne when it was done." A NEW JERSEY colored man, whose wife had left him, said : "She would come back, if I frowed her some sugar; but I ain't frowin' no sugar, do vou heah ?" 6 J A Race for a Bride. A correspondent at Pollock ville, N. C., says: A novel wedding occurred here to-day. It seems that Messrs. John Miller and Alexander Bibb, two well-to-do young farmers, were in love with the same lady, L:«oora Loyd, a beautiful girl of this plac9. She was not able to decide as to which she liked best. On Sunday morning Bibb walked home from church with her, and left under the impression that she said she would marry him. Last night, lover No. 2, Miller, went to see her, and understood her to say she would marry him. Each one armed himself with the necessary documents, and each left with a license to marry Miss Loyd. After some they agreed that the first man who reached the lady's house should marry her. The residence of Col. Loyd, the lady's father, is one mile distant, and both men started on the race for the bride. Bibb soon left the main road and darted into the woods, expecting to make a short cut and reaeh»*the house before his rival, but Miller kept the road and got in on the homestretch eight minutes belore his rival. Both men were in sight of each other going up the lane to the house, and Bibb's efforts to overtake his rival were almost superhu­ man. When they reached the house, Bibb, from sheer exhaustion, fainted on the porch, almost at the feet of his lady love. When the matter was stated co her she said she had come to the con­ clusion that she liked Mr. Bibb the be&t, and therefore she would mary him. Her A IIADY tells something that ought to have remained a secret with her sex. It,is that a woman, in choosing her lover, considers a good deal more how the will be regarded by other women thai* whether she loves liim herself. •. WHEN old Mr. Higginsworth was asked if he took a newspaper he replied that " since our member of Congress stopped- sending me the Congressional Record I don't take any; but I guess I kin git along without it. It never gives much news, anyhow." THE members of a young ladies' de­ bating society in Troy have decided in favor of long courtship. Level-headed girls. Observation has taught them that there is wonderful falling-off of confec­ tions, balls, carriage-rides and opera when courtship ends and the stern reali- ities of married life begin. TENDER wife--" Say, look hero! I've got to have a new velvet skirt right oif£ Got to have it. This old thing is all worn out--actually threadbare down the front." Brute of husband--"Just tlie thing, my dear. All the rage. Fashion item says velvet skirts will be very much worn this season. Sandpaper the back of your dress, and you're setting the style." A WRITER in the Boston Transcript • thus relates a tale of woe : " The young lady came and tried to sell me a manu­ script story. * My teacher likes it,' she' said, when I repeated our usual formula, of no space, no money, no time and no anything to her. 4 Teacher an editor ?" I inquired finally. 'No, indeed,' was the answer; ' she's a person of refine­ ment and education."' •• OH, I can't shoot, can't I? " he said, when twitted about his archery. "Give me that bow," he added,[snatching it out of Julia's hand. "Now," he added, striking an attitude, " show me some­ thing you want popped, what is it?" "Yes," said Julia's friend, "that's the question." >." You hateful thing," said Julia, with an Italian-sunset face, "it ain't neither. I'll never speak to you again." But doubtless the innocent blunder of Julia's friend will have its ef­ fect. " WELL, Father Brown, how did you like my sermon yesterday?" asked a young preacher. " Ye see, parson," was the reply, "I haven't a fair chance at them sermons of yours.I'm an old man now, and have to set pretty well back by the stove; and there's old Miss Smithe, Widder Taff, 'n Mrs. Bylan's darters, 'n Nabby Birt, 'n all the rest, setting in front of me with their mouths wide open, a swallerin' down all the best of the ser­ mon; 'n what gets down to me is putty poor stuff, parson, putty poor stuff." EMMIE was sent to the grocer's for a pound of mild cheese. In a few min­ utes she returned, crying as if her heart would break. " What is the matter, my dear ?" asked her mother, somewhat alarmed. "I don't care--they are real mean," she answered. "Who?" " Why, all of them; they all langhed at .me -- the clerks aJttd every- i ii! body." "Laughed at you, my child; why, what did you ask for?" "I asked for a pound of calm cheese," she said, between her sobs. The fact was that Emmie had learned that day at school that "mild" meant "calm," and the first chance she got she used the new word. Bound Shoulders. Mothers are often perplexed as to what to do with a round-shouldered daughter. Shoulder-braces are not effective in cur­ ing the deformity. Neither is the ad­ vice, so generally given, "to sit up erect," "to walk with the shoulders thrown back," satisfactory. It is followed only for a while, for the effort it requires is fatiguing. A correspondent of the Ne^v- Xovk^l'ribune suggests the follow­ ing remedy : "Suspend two ropes with ring-han- sympathies were won over by seeing j dies attached from a doorway or tree- him faint. She stated that she believed ! limb, and compel the child to swing by that both loved her, but .that he who j the arms ten minutes each day, three faints at the danger of losing a bride i minutes at a time. She will straighten must love her morfe than he who is cool ! up in three months. This is often dem­ and unconcerned in the midst of it all. i onstrated in the convents. The clastic The affair causes intense excitement in j exercising-tubes are better still hung in this small place. To-night Kev. Aaron the house, and they are a delightful pas- Jasper, the well-known Baptist minister, " married Bibb and Miss Loyd. So ended one of the most startling romances in real life ever known in the history of North Carolina. WASHINGTON, Yt., has twelve men whose united ages are 1,056 years, viz.: S. P. Bailey, 100 years ; Charles French, 95 ; Charles Wright, 93 ; Leonard Brad­ ford, 89 ; Jabez Fisher, 88; Amasa Fair- Caleb Carr, time. No Fooling. Albany girls stand no fooling. One of them was to have been married a day or two since, and the girl was all ready, the minister on hand, and the feast spread but still no bridegroom. " I'll wait for him just ten minutes," said the girl " and then I'm < Ften to proposals." Ten minutes flew by like the wiiid,anda little red-haired fell :w, with a paper collar. Harden, 82; Joel Severenoe, " Wretched would Be the pair, above all i Amos BUB sell, 88. banks, 88; Caleb Carr, 88; Harvev Spaulding, 84; Ziba Crane, 84 ; William i aad his trousers all frilled at tne*bottom' 90' •Trvftl 82, and j stepped up, proposed, was accepted^ married and scooped in tlie banquet.