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inrnrn Mien or TUB rmarr •TATEH COIN. fir--kite, mrthoughtful, baling «rwjl n l a l _ DMftod ti>« English-looklaf ooln, tkw oriel* " Oolonlal; » _ iad in tit* thinking in oaten ts, white In old Hartford j>W»iad ttaUN coppereemt, with aublMM •& MB own. •r»- s With bluing torn and DM, and with kywd (JIO," IMi <-oiji appeared--• M riw In the Baat"--rerj qp- mpn»; hiti tod to the people all In language not unkind, pr operity waa wanted, their 6mAmm tMg «mM mitui. On oirvrv aid* the S«m appeared, apparently (m heaven, And Jui-t below a Dial and the date 1787; On wiw side an endteaa chain of thirteen Hnn VH »««n-- , _• The big plain letter*, " WE ABE ONE," wwa *k>«y placed between. To k*ep thin sentiment alive through all the fatal* years. The nation's name around It unmistakably lp* pear*; t From all the rarioos incidents we find the eridenoe That Franklin to his country gave the first ofooppmr rmt* ; How, all true-hearted citlsens, in praise of Franklin join, Bentenibering with gratitude the origin qf our Wm. • A prominent motto on the " Franklin eantr ia " Mind your own business." tThe words, " United States," surrounds the mot- ,1^" We are one."--Our Home. MY SKATIN6 STORY. I was in a quandary, as I think you will admit when I have stated my case, and it was exceedingly provoking to be conscious that I was looked upon by all my acquaintances as the luckiest man in town, while I bore in my bosom the in­ ward conviction that I was the most in­ volved and bothered being in existance. tip to a month back, I suppose I might, with some show of reasonableness, have been called lucky, for Miss Clara Alden, the recognized belle of the season, smiled upon me, and the current impression prevailed that if I would go in, I'd win. Well, I did go in. That's the mischief of it. I went in just far enough t J com­ mit myself to the contest, but, before I had sighted the winning post, something happened to give me pause. We were at the skating rink one night, a large party of us, Miss Alden being one of the number. Her special escort was a young foreigner, who was being a goo 1 deal lionized in society just then, and Clara seemed to take a marked interest in him. It did not concern me in the least to observe this, for since I had fancied myself to be in love with Clara Alden I had had reason to congratulate myself upon the assurance that I was not of a jealous temperament. I intended pretty soon to tender to Miss Alden a good-sized heart and a good-sized hand and a fairly good-sized fortune, and I sincerely hoped she would accept them. Until then and indeed after then, always within the limits of good taste, she was free to receive the attentions of any man or woman whose society gave her pleas­ ure. I think Miss Alden and I under­ stood each other perfectly. We were very old friends and the suitability of an alliance between us had been fre­ quently suggested to each ever since.-we could remember. I was quite contented with this condition of affairs and even supposed myself to be very happy. Well, this night at the rink I had seen Clara skate off with her Englishman, and with an unperturbed spirit I was skimming around the rink alone when, just behind me, I heard a little scream and a little scramble and somebody fell. The next instant, as I turned, I met a pair of imploring and Ijeautit'ui eyes and an imploring and beautiful voice cried . out: " Oh, won't you please pick me up? " I eagerly clasped the little hands and drew the prostrate young lady to her feet. I was just in time, for half a dozen other men had hurried to the spot, among whom she recognized an acquaintance. She made her bow to nut and said her "thank you" very •prettily and then she accepted the proff­ ered hand of her friend and glided away from me. And do you know I did not like it ? I felt distinct1, vexed, for you see she was bewitchingiy lovely and the glimpse I had of her w as merely tan­ talizing. 1 met her after that many times, al­ ways with the same man, whom I was rather provoked to recognize as a stran­ ger. I now found myself always watch­ ing for that one little iigure, and follow­ ing it through all the labyrinthine mazes of the surging crowd upon the rink. I forgot to speak to my acquaintances as they passed, and, although there were half a score of young ladies who had a right to expect me to join them and con­ voy them around the rink, I skated on alone, in utter disregard of ever? social and moral obligation to that effect. Every now and then I chanced upon 1 came cool, calm, determined. I was Miss Alden, but I felt too preoccupied to join, or even to observe her especial­ ly, when suddenly somethiag occurred that invested her with a lively interest. She had been stopping to speak to some friends who sat without the railing look­ ing on, and as she aud her escort were starting out again she suddenly came face to face with my little beauty. There was a gleam of recognition on both faces, and then Miss Alden exclaimed : j " Why, Daisy, where have you 1 dropped from ? Who would have thought | of seeing you, of all people, here?"- There was rather a warm greeting j between the two before Daisy explained: i "I have come for the winter and have J been wanting to look you up, but I only I arrived yesterday. I am so glad to have ; met you here." After that I heard no more, for the j two friends joined hands and skated ofl i together. I hung about them a little ! way off, pretending to be talking to some men who were lounging about, and when I thought my presence would 4 not prove an unpleasant interruption I skated toward Clara and greeted her cordially, asking her where she had been this long time. She saw through me in a moment, and showed me that she did by disregarding my story en­ tirely and presenting me to her friend, Miss Lyle. I had seen a good many masculine eyes regarding Miss Lyle with interest during the evening, and now I perceived the owner of one pair of these approaching Miss Alden with what I divined to be the same intention that had bronght me hither a moment be­ fore : so while he was stopping to shake every one who went near Daisy. I was i infuriated if she danced and skated with I any one but me, and when I saw some I awkward, clumsy man run against her onoe at the rink I felt like choking him when she smiled at his apology. To tell the truth 1 was positively wretched. If Daisy had never come I could have got : along very well with Clara, I told my- • self. There had been a tacit, if not an expressed, understanding on the score of our relationship among all our friends, and I would have been a very cheerful and attentive spouse to Clara it I had never seen Daisy; and, on the other hand, if I had never seen Clara, I might now perhaps succeed in winning Daisy's hand, and with it everlasting happiness. It was just a case of How liappy could I bo with either, Were t\ th»r dear ctiarnier away. I sometimes wondered whether Clara did not partly see through me. She had such an odd way of looking at me some­ times with such n shrewd smile ; but she treated me better than ever. She was really a splendid creature, and, un­ der imaginable circumstances, I might have learned to love her very much, in a certain way. So things drifted on until Christmas came. On Christmas night there was to be a grand fancy- dress ball at the rink. Daisy was going, and so was Clara, and it goes without saying that I was on hand. My per­ plexities were at their height I was more in love with Daisy than ever, but fullv alive to the matter of my duty in another quarter. It Was beginning to wear on me terribly, and I concluded to call in the advice ofv my friend Porter, a prudent and sagacious fellow, in whose judgment I had unlimited confidence. How fondly I hoped he might decide that I was under no obligation to Miss Alden. And how differentlv he did decide! He was perfectly astounded at my confession. Miss Alden, he said, was one woman picked out of 10,000, much handsomer, much richer, much more distinguished than Miss Lyle; I must be out of my senses. In short, he wound up by say­ ing that I was in honor bound to address Miss Alden, though, for his part, he be­ gan to doubt whether that splendid creature could consent to marry a man who was so preposterously blind as not to see that she was second to no woman in existence. This was on Christmas day. I had been to Porter's room to have a talk with him, knowing he would be at leisure, and the result was that he entirely convinced me of what-1 ought to do. Still it was very hard to make up my mind to it. I had been invited to dine with the Aldens that day--quite en fami lie, as usual. It gave me a sneaky feeling of late whenever I got one of these kind invitations, but I had seen no way out of the matter but to accept, and so had accepted. When I left Porter's room I turned my face in the direction of the Aldens with a very heavy heart. Before dinner I had no opportunity to see Clara alone, if I had wished to, but I had a&ple opportunity for watching her, , and I had to acknowledge that I had | never seen her look better. She played, ' too, and sang more brilliantly than any ! woman I had ever seen. I could have been very proud of such a wife, I re­ flected, if-- The other guests left early, but 1 lingered. I knew perfectly well what I ought to do and I had been slowly making up c y mind to do it if the op­ portunity occurred, and the opportunity did occur. Toward nightfall every one : else had withdrawn and Clara and I ! were left alone. I took a seat very near | her and told her I had something of a confidential nature to say to her. To my ! surprise she rose and walked across the ! room, touched the bell, waited un'il the ' servant came and then ordered lights. This was a little disconcerting; but : when the servant had lighted the room | and departed she came back to the sofa ; and in tbe coolest and most matter-of- fact manner asked me to go on. j " Clara," I began rather timidly, " you I will be perfectly prepared for what I am j going to say. You have so much dis- i cernment that you must have seen that | this moment would come. I have al- j ways had the greatest admiration and regard for you. 1 value your worth most deeply. I feel--" ] Here I paused, confused and miser- i able. "Never mind what you feel," said ! Miss Alden, coolly. " Let's come to the point. The upshot of it all is-- j what ? " ' " That I want to ask you to marry me. I will do my best to make you happy, if I I can. I know I don't deserve you; but : will you marry me ?" " Most certainlv not." The answer startled, and murmured confusedly : " What do you mean ?" " I mean that you might have saved yourself some trouble if you had asked me this question a good deal sooner," she said ; "and I am not conscious of feeling particularly flattered at the offer of a hand so distinctly and widely sepa­ rated from the heart. However, the point is that I have refused you; so yon may make the most of that. You needn't wait now. I know you are impatient, as it is time to prepare for the rink. I have declined to marry you. but I feel enough interest in you to wish you suc­ cess. Perhaps to-night I shall lie able to offer my congratulations." She offered her hand, and 1 took it in a sort of daze, which lasted all the while I was walking home and dressing, and until I reached the rink. When I entered the room was full. What a beautiful scene it was ! All those gayly- clad men and girls, floating along the polished surface to the sound of entranc­ ing mnsic, made the place look like fairy land. It was the merriest and prettiest Christmas scene I had ever witnessed. There were evergreen gar- lauds hanging around, with holly bushes i bout here and there, and many of the characters had been gotten up in dresses appropriate to the season. There were four great cedars in the corners stuck lull of candles which were now being i 'ighted, and the band was playing such inspiring Christmas music. Ifeltintox- ! !' ut< d with the beauty and brilliancy of the scene, and, putting on my skates, I was skimming around in an aimless sort >f way, when I came face to face with corted by her Englishman. They stopped in front of us, Miss AJden say­ ing as they did so : " Have you beeqt to tbe little sitting rooms curtained off at that end ? No one seems to have disoovered them yet, though they are one of the features of the evening. I think it is such a good idea, and they are beautifully decorated; but when we looked in now both of them were empty. However, as soon as some* body leads they will be full enough. Bupoose you two lead." She Bkated off with her companion, and Daisy and I went to obey her b> hest. But into that little curtained apartment you are forbidden to enter. Suffice it for you that, when presently Daisy and I emerged we encountered Miss Alden at onoe, and when she leaned toward me and whispered : "Am I to congratulate you ? " I bowed my head in nappy assent. FARM NOTES, THE FAMILY DOCTOR. THE tub of cold water is an excellent tonic, at any season of the year. DAMP beds give cold from the loss of heat they occasidn to the occupant. PoitfONrsa may result from imperfect­ ly-cleaned copper cooking utensils. TOBACCO has a depressing action in the intellectual development. Its in­ fluence clogs all the intellectual faculties, and especially the memory. How many times I have heard this said: "I could get along nicely with my work if my feet did not feel so un­ comfortable and even painful." With­ out any doubt the woman who makes this remark goes about the house in thin, loose slippers. . I used to d4.it my­ self. I thought I had to because others did, but a few experiments convinced me that the only way to do work com­ fortably is to wear thick-soled shoes. One very soon Incomes accustomed to them, and will find great relief. There is always more or less running out doors .to be done, and there is great danger of taking cold if the feet are not well pro-' tected.--E. W. JB., in New York Post, i DIPHTHERIA--WATCH THE THBOAT.-- If people would watch and examine the | throats of those complaining of sore tlii oat or of difficulty of swallowing (or if they do not complain of either but are feeling ill), they will often find suf­ ficient cause to seek medical aid. This is important, particularly and specially so in children. Watch their throats. It is not difficult to do. Take a smooth- handled table-spoon and gently depress the tongue before a strong light, aud you will be enabled to examine the throat withoirt much trouble. For a number of years, and in muiy cases of diphtheria, I have used the following prescription with entire satisfaction and it has the favorable countenance of the profession, at least, those who have em­ ployed it, in the treatment of diphthe­ ria, as one of the best: Chlorate of }>o- tassium, two drams ; hydrochloric acid, twenty drops; simple sirup, one fluid ounce; distilled water, sufficient quanti­ ty to make eight fluid ounce*. Dose : From one teaspoonful one table- spoonful (according to the age bi the patient), with or without a smalL addi­ tion of water, every two or three nours. It can also be used as a gargle where patients are old enough intelligently to do so. It should be swallowed slowly, so that when it cannot be used as a gargle it may come in contact with every part of the throat and not be taken down at a gulp. This mixture must l>e properly combined, or it is of little value. The potassium must be powdered and put in a perfectly dry bottle, then the acid is to be added, gently agitating the mixture, until free chlorine is given off; then gradually add the water and sirup. When it is thus properly made, it is of yellowish appearance, with a de­ cided smell of chlorine. It should be well corked and kept in a dark place, that it may not be changed by the sun's rays or the light. In this preparation we have a positive disinlectant ; to some degree a solvent of the deposit, and also a slight tonic. Physicians who have used this prescription will continue to do so, and those who hive not are ad­ vised to do so. The tincture of the muriate of iron, in doses of five to ten, or twenty drops, is also another remedy of undoubted value. Good alimentation and stimulants all have their place aud use in the treatment of diphtheria. The above prescription is not a panacea, but it is safe and trustworthy, and I am of the opinion, if it is used early in diph­ theria, we will not have so many of these bad cases. It is not to be depended upon alone, but is one of the best. Every case of diphtheria requires the best medical skill and the most careful discrimination in the selection of reme­ dial agents, with strict hygienic and san­ itary regulations.--Medicus, in Albany Argus. Carrying His Skeleton Outside. The tortoise has not accomplished the feat of taking off its flesh and sitting in its bones, but it has done the next thing to it. It is the first example of a skele­ ton brought to the surface ; the back is incapable of movement, and the scales with which a less ambitious reptile is content have developed into the horny shield which covers it, while the bones of the breast have developed into a box ,. - ... capable of containing the creature, head j . b J 'J"1 , and legs and all. In fact, if we belonged I st>1 (1 ^<^1 to a past generation when inane plays upon words were taken for wit, we should i ,, ,, , - . liave most probably said that the chest of j ft1**; fe»ow imPftrts !*> the tortoise is a box to hold its trunk. | }l,*h of V^nre n eating it, m, , . . , , and winch increases its value manifold. The horay integument of the .VA M- | necessary, when it smells krolc shield-toad, £ our teutonic ^ ̂ b]mer it Thc i en so grap y .. A,an ! smooth, unctuous feeling in rubbing a lit- j scarcely less rich in associations ^ tie between the finger and thumb expres,- family name, suggesting, among, j ea at(MlfWts rW) * ality ; the nuttv smell crowd of other memories, the high tor- . ftml rj(.h }iroma ; fiimilar~ tftHte . toiHe-snell combs, short waists, whist and j aiK| v>rip;ht golden glistening cream- pump-room manners of the beauties of | ef)iore<| tmrface shows its high state of TMF roots of apple trees hate been found to extend twenty-six feet or more. AN agreeable flavor in cattle food stim­ ulates appetite and probably promotes digestion. A CISTERN four feet in diameter will hold ninety-four gallons of water to every foot in depth. OKKENBURO, Ind., can boast of several trees growing on her court-house tower, 120 feet above the ground. PiiiN* tells us that Dcedalus invented the saw. The earliest saw-mill of which we have mention was built at Madeira in 1120. PKOFKHSOR RI&ET says that kerosene oil is sure death to insects in all stages, and the only substance with which we may hope to destroy their eggs. THKRE are 13,000,000 cows in the United States. This is more than are kept by any nation of Europe, Germany having the highest, or 8,965,221. THE digestibility of fodder plants is largely determined by their age. All the constituents of young plants are more digestible than in the same plant . of greater age. GEESE are easily kept; grass and water form their chief requirements. These, with a fair supply of corn, oats and boiled potatoes, make up their bill of fare. IT HAS been proved by experiments that if young turkeys be fed on soft food mixed with milk, instead of water, much superior and more tender meat will be produced. A FARMER has rtcently died in Pen­ obscot County, Maine, whose property exceeded $100,000, every dollar of which was made in farming, and without specu­ lating in real estate. NEWLY painted rooms are very un­ pleasant for several days, but if a hand­ ful of hay is strewn on the floor upon which is sprinkled a little chloride of lime, after a couple of hours the offen­ sive smell wiirhave entirely disappeared. FATTENING ANIMALS--Sheep fatten most rapidly at two to three years of age. By feeding rich fodder, one year old sheep will increase in weight more rapidly than when older, for the period of growth is not yet passed. Whilst they will fatten also at this cge, the flesh is not esteemed as when older, as it is more watery. Lambs taken very young and fed high are fattened and made palatable.* But when fattened for profit as well as palatable flesh, sheep, as of other animals, should be matured in growth first. It is also true that after animals have become too old, neither profitable fat­ tening nor the most palatable flesh can be secured with the best of food. Whether for economy in feeding, or choice meat, the best, is attainable when the animal is well matured ; neither before, nor much after that period.--Indiana Farmer. PROGRESS OP HORTICULTURE--Among TOoaf. gratifying svidsncss of „propcss are the numerous acquisitions of new and valuable varieties, by which the sea­ son of our fruits is greatly prolonged with the accession of early and late varie­ ties. By the better knowledge in the keeping and packing of fruits, and the facilities of transportation, our markets are now supplied with fruits throughout the whole year. Instead of the straw­ berry for three or four weeks, as for­ merly, we now have it for tour or five months, the peach from four to six months, the grape from six to eight months, the pear from eight to ten months, the orange, and apple the year round, and the smaller fruits in theii season ; so he who has the means may replenish his table daily with such variety as no other nation can produce. * * * The process of hybridization is simple, whether by the air, insects, or the hand of man, and we have only to have due regard to the characteristics of the parents from which we breed. Thus, as it were, "line upon line and precept upon precept," I have endeavored to im­ press on you the importance of this branch of our science, and as it was my first, so it shall be my continual and last advice: "Plant the most mature and perfect seeds of the most hardy, vigorous, and valuable varieties ; and as a shorter process, insuring more certain and happy results, cross or hybridize your best fruits.'--From the Annual Address oj President Wilder of the American Pomological Society. How TO TELL GOOD BUTTER.--The Legislature of Ohio recently passed a bill providing for the inspection of but­ ter aud cheese, "and all substances hav­ ing the resemblance of butter and checse," and of dairies and other places where milk is sold or butter or cheese manufactured ; to be, done by inspectors appointed by the State Board of Health. The Superintendent of inspectors of but- ' ter and cheese, Mr. Robert Orr, has is­ sued a circular of instructions to his sub­ ordinates, giving information which may be of value to butter-makers generally. He says: "When butter is properly churned, both as to the time and tem­ perature, it becomes firm with very little working, and it is tenacious; but the most desirable state is that of waxv, when it is easily molded into any shape, and may be drawn out a considerable breaking. It is then It is only in this state that butter possesses that rich nutty fla­ vor and smell, and shows up a rich, soft mucky soil, such as prairie sloughs, the depth of tour feet will sometimes fail to reach a solid bottom. In that event, if the' outlet will not permit the ditch to be sunk to solid ground, gravel, if it can be obtained, and if not, sand or clay, should be rammed in the bottom till it is firm. It is customary, in this case, to lay the tile on a wooden foundation, but this is, at best, but temporary, and if but a rod of a ditch fails in ten years, the whole ditch is worthless till this is rt paired. Wood should never be put into a tile drain on any pretext.--Indi­ ana Farmer. FARM TOOLS AND MACHINERY.--In no other field of mechanics has human in­ genuity more nearly exhausted its re­ sources than in the numerous contriv­ ances for performing the various com­ plex operations of the farm. And these ingenious contrivances, and this deli­ cate machinery is not made to op­ erate in well protected factories,- but to endure the rough, heavy work of tfie field. Every year brings the impression that the possibilities of further improvements are exhausted, yet each year produces its novelties. Are the resources of inventive genius inex­ haustible ? This machinery is not only the work of great intellectual strength and ac­ tivity, but those who use it are not ig­ norant slaves or thoughtless boors, and the readiness with which it is sold is a high compliment to the intelligence of a farming community. Farmers not only understand an improve­ ment in a farm tool, but they pretty accurately measure its importance, and soon beoome expert in the use of it. if a farmer gets a new imple­ ment with which a hand can do double the amount of work in a day that he could with the old one, the proprie­ tor can afford to divide the profits with the laborer, .and both be benefited. It is a misnomer to call our improved implements "labor-saving machines." They render labor more productive ; but labor is as much in demand as before. Indeed, it is tiie rule that where farm tools are clumsy and poor and labor is un­ productive, there it is but poorly paid and but little in demand. As implements improve, labor becomes more productive, and being worth more, higher wages are paid. This rational solution of the labor and wages problem is wholly misunder­ stood in Europe where the implements are resisted by the laboring classes. Where a man will reap all day for twenty cents, a self-binding reaper is not neces- siry^ but the proprietor can better afford to pay the man who operates the binder $2 a day than the man with the sickle, twenty cents. Separate^ shoulder from the carcass on one side, and then do the same thing with the leg. Divide the ribs, which are frequently considered the most choice part, into two or three helpings, presenting an ear or jaw as far as they will go, and plenty of sauce. Some per­ sons prefer the leg, because not so rich or lucious as the ribs. The neck end, between the shoulders is also sometimes preferred. The joints may be divided into two each, or pieces may be cut from them. In carving beef, mutton, lamb and veal, thin, smooth and neat slices are de­ sirable ; cut across the grain, taking oare to pass the knife through to the bones of the meat. A ham may be carved in several ways. First, by cutting long delicate slices, through the thick fat, in the center, down to the bone; or by running the point of the knife in the circle of the middle and cutting thin, circular slices, thus keeping the ham moist, and last, and most economically, by beginning at the knuckle and slicing upward. A tongue should be carved as thin as a wafer, its delicacy depending a great deal on this, and a well-cut tongue will tempt the most fastidious. A beef's heart should also be cut in the same way. ALLOWANCE OP SUPPLIES FOR AN ENTER­ TAINMENT. Allow one quart of oysters to every three persons present. Five chickens, (or what is better, a ten pound turkey boiled and minced) and fifteen heads of celery, are enough for chicken salad for fifty guests; one gallon of ice cream to every twenty guests; one hundred and thirty sandwiches for one hundred guests, and six to ten quarts of jellies for each one hundred guests. For a company of twenty, allow three chickens for salad ; one hundred pickled oysters ; two molds of charlotte russe; one"gallon of cream and four dozen biscuits. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. CARVING OR PREPARING MEATS. A caterer in New York City furnishes the following interesting article to the Household on the carving or preparing of meats for the table: In preparing meat for the table, and. in laying out the table, refer­ ence ought to be had to the carving department, a very onerous one to all and to some a very disagreeable one. The first requisite is a sharp knife, and if to be used by a lady, light and handy; dexterity and address in the manner of using it being more acquired than strength, either in the knife or the carver. First a napkin should be spread under the platter so that the edges are hardly discernable, and yet large enough to pro­ tect the cloth, so that it may be clean when the platter is removed. The seat should be sufficiently high for the carver to have a complete command over the joints, and the dish sh6uld be sufficiently deep and capacious so as not to endan­ ger the splashing of the gravy. It should also be ^placed as near to the carver as possible, leaving room for his or her plate. A knife with a long blade is re­ quired for a long fleshy joint; for ham or bacon, a middling sized, sharp-pointed one is preferable, and for poultry or game a short knife and sharp-pointed is the best. Some like this knife a little curved. As fish is the first thing to be carved or served, it has first place. In helping fish, take care not to break the flakes, which in cod and fine fresh salmon and some other sorts are large. A fish trowel is necessary, not to say indispensable in serving many kinds of tish, particularly the larger sort. In carving salmon cut slices along the backbone and also along the flank. The flank or thin part is the best and riches and preferred by all gourmands. T1 back is the most solid and thick. T tail of salmon is not so fine as otli parts. The head is seldom used. T liver, milt or roe, are generally serv but seldom eaten. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. THERE are oceanic crabs which swim in the open bed for days without rest­ ing. THE body of the young octopus blush­ es now with one color and now with the other. THE feather-like star-fish is turned upside down, and walks around on its back, which is provided with claws. THE Hottentots swim standing up. The head and neck are kept out of the wat<?r, aiid, with eyes cast downward, they move forward rapidly as if walking quickly. AT the beginning of the eighteeentli century the English language was spoken by less than 8,000,000 of people; at the beginning of the nineteenth by only 20,000,000, and now, with one-fifth of the century yet before it in which to spread, it is the mother tongue of 90,- 000,000. A BROKEN pane of glass in a cathedrs library, in England, admitted the ten­ dril of an ivy branch, which grew and grew until it attached itself to a row oi books worth hundreds of pounds. Then, in rainy weather, it conducted water as though it was a pipe along to the tops of the books and soaked them through and through. The rain coming in over a skylight in one library of rare books rotted some Caxtons and other early English books, one of which, in spite of its rotten condition, sold for $1,000. THE devout Hindoo regards the cow as a deity. It is the incarnation of the wife of Vishnu, the pure and holy ideal of woman who rose out of the sea. < It is also the visible representation of the fe­ male element in nature--the universal mother who supplies milk for the hel p- less jroung. To see a cow on starting on a journey or commencing any enter­ prise is an auspicious omen. The Hin­ doo when in danger of starvation will eat the meat of a human being in preference to that of a cow. Instances are frequent of their starving on shipboard because there was nothing but salt beef to eat. A Hindoo who eats beef becomes an out­ cast forever. Beef is not regarded as unclean, as pork is by the Jews. It is simply the product of a sacred thing--a part of the deity. FOUR barrels of water of the Great Salt lake will leave, after evaporation, nearly a barrel of salt. The lake was discovered in the year 1820, and no out­ let from it has yet been ascertained. Four or five large streams empty them­ selves into it, aud the fact of its still re- •arfios Lansiua's IfticHef, In carving mackerel the trowel shoij be carried under the meat, horizontal over the back-bone, so as to raise side of the meat from the bone. Remt the bone and serve the other side of t fish. When fresh, well cleaned ai well done, the upper end is consider the best. The roes are much liked. ' In carving fowls, as the legs are always bent inwards and tucked into the belly before it is put on the table, the skewers by whi(?h they are secured ought to be removed. The fowl should be laid on the carver's plate, and the joints, as they are cut off, placed on the dish. In taking off the wing, the joint only must be divided with the kuife, for, by lifting up the pinion of the wing with tiie fork, and then drawing it towards the legs, the muscles will separate in a much better form than you can effect by cutting with a knife. Next place the knife between the leg and body and cut to the bone ; | written by the New York lawyei tum the le$ back with the fork and the , journalist, William A. Bartlett, who joint will give way if the fowl be young - - -- yeafTf;'l?eeeueu rouu .iet --a most unusual occurrence--owing to the exceptionally warm weather. There are no fish in ihe lake, but myriads of small flies cover its surface. The buoy­ ancy of the water is so great that \t is not at all an easy matter to drown in it. The entire length of the Salt lake is eighty-five miles, and its breadth forty- five miles. Compared with the Dead sea the Great Salt lake is longer by for­ ty-three miles and broader by thirty-five miles. the Regency. The arrangement for wearing the skeleton outside, and pack­ ing the whole body away in the case formed by it, is convenient, but not an a'.holnte protection against foes. The hands with Clara I offered my hands to Q,e U VM?6 - ^ Miss Lyle and we glided off together A i . bonmeKt little vision that mortal few adroit questions on my part elicited - We?e ever- Permitted to see. It was the fact that Miss Lyle and Miss Alden had been schoolmates, who had not met for some years, and I furthermore dis­ covered that Miss Lyle was stopping in town with relatives who happened to be old acquaintances of mine. So after we parted that night, Miss Lyle'and I met often, and we were together so much at the rink that people had begun to remark it. And this brings me to the period of the quandary with which I started out Here was I, supposed by everybody to be the favored adorer of one lovely girl while in reality I was head over heels in love with another. For I had no doubt •bout my feeling in this matter; it was unmistakable. I smiled grimly now when I remembered the days in which I had boasted of not possessing a jealous temperament. Why, I was jealous of cleanliness. It may be necessary at times to use the trier, or even use it until you become an expert in testing by taste, smell and rubbing." lithe and wily panther, for instance, has i DRAIMNG. - A correspondent „ asks us to give some rules for laying tiles in different kinds of soil and under habit of inserting his paw into the opening left for the protrusion of the head, and thus extracting the auimal. The turtle, moreover, is at a disadvaut age when turned over on its back, which is a favorite method of securing those which come ashore to lay their eggs, different circumstances. This we can do only in general terms. Drains should never be less than three feet deep, and iir a black mucky soil the ditch may be four feet. In a very compact clay, the Daisy, dressed as Christmas, in a dress hich looked as if it were made of snow nd trimmed with icicles. I don't know how the very cleverest imitative art could have devised such a thing. She had a wreath of holly leaves and berries on her hair, and bunches of the same 'bout her dress. She was skating with a young man dressed as Santa Clans, who, however, gave way when I glided up, and we skimmed away together. I was too happy to speak; the glorious • -ossibility of what might be awaiting me burst upon me with vividness. But pres­ ently I became conscious that she wis ]>eaking to me. She was praising me it the time, winch opened up to me an pportnnity which you may be sure I nade the most of. She blushed with •ieasure at my praise, and so, both of us n a conscious flutter, we came upon" •vlara Alden, joyously dressed and es- Against onlina^ danj^'rs the thick slueld ! the ^ • . v.,,* tiii im. i year or two; but it will improve each is a very useful safeguard ; but the im- , yeaJ. for U;n yearf} or mor(V The atJmi8 possibility of receiving any im|>ression 1 :_.A_ n •• , improve jic.- The a sion of air into the soil breaks its adhe- through the skin of the body must have , sivenes8 and ren(lers it more poroU8 its disadvantages, too. How, for instance, I every year, and consequently its drain- dws a tortoise manage in those cases t ^ ̂ improved. The deeper drains are which a cow provides against by a rub- 8unk, the wider the surface which they Kilim ; i J j :i i i v i -bing post? Supposing it to be possible for him to snffer from any such inconve­ nience, he would be even worse off than a mediaeval Knight armed cap-a-pie, beneath whose steel panoply a specimen of the domestic pulex had secreted it self.--Saturday Review. A SEA captain was brought before e drain, and it is cheaper to dig deep j ditches than to buy more tile. If the I ditch is short, we may risk a fall of half | an inch to the rod, but if it is forty rods • long we should have an inch fall to each | rod. Straight ditches will operate with i less fall than crooked ones, and large | tile, than small. But on no account . . . . . . - - : s h o u l d t h e b o t t o m o f t h e d i t c h r i s e i f i t i Jnerci es^'-Jt attacked by the I be but half an inch, and that only for a c i " i single rod. If a ditch is long and has a opponent's lawyer. When at length hr was suffered to speak, he said : " Youa Honor, I ask a day of one week in the proceedings, so that I can find a big enough liar to answer that man." His request was granted. good fall in its upper course, it may lie permitted to run level for a few rods in its lower part, if the necessity of the outlet demand3 it; but it is better to continue an uniform descent. In verv and well done; the neck bones are taken j off by putting in the knife and pressing ' it under the long, hard part of the bone; ! then lift the neck-bone up and break it j off from the part that sticks to the breast, j The breast itself has now to be divided i from the body by cutting through the tender ribs close to the breast quite 1 down to the tail ; then lay the back up- | wards, put the knife into the bone hall i way from the neck to the rump, and on j raising it the lower end will readily separate. The first thing to be done is to turn the rump from you and neatly to take off the two sides. Each part j should be neatly arranged on the Ash, or served out as desired by the guests. A turkey should not be "divided until the breast is disposed of. Begin cutting close to the breast bone, scooping round so as to leave the mere pinions. Each ; slice should carry with it a portion of the j stuffing or force meat, with wbich the j craw is stuffed. I Partridges are carved like fowls, but I the breast and wings are not often ' divided, the bird being small. Pigeons may be cut in two, either from one end to the other of the bird or across. A goose or duck should be cut with as many slices from the breast as possible, and served with a portion of the dressing | to each plate. When the meat is all i carved, and not till then, cut off the j joints; but, observe the joints of water I fowls are wide spread and go further | back than those of land fowls. A roast pig is generally slit down the Prayer. The following brief essay on prayer erand died a few days later. The article was read at his funeral by Bishop Clark as evi­ dence of the religious feeling of the deceased : "There is just at present a particular­ ly animated discussion going on as to the province and efficacy of prayer. " I t i s ve ry ea sy fo r unbe l i eve r s t o ridicule prayer. They say : ' Does it rain when you pray for rain ?' • Does it stop rainiug when you pray for sun­ shine ?' "Then they laugh at the idea that a universe which is manifestly governed by general laws should be influenced by special prayers. " In reply to all this it may be stated that all spiritual and religious affairs are enveloped in mystery. We see ; lem at through a glass darkly. " But what seems to us a very power­ ful argument in favor of prayer, and, indeed, unanswerable, is the universal instinct to fall down before a higher power and petition for help and relief under afflictions for which there is no human remedy. ' "By tlio death-bed of our beloved who would not pray ? " Then it will not do to make light of prayer--to attempt to ridicule the whole world on its knees ; for alike saint and sinner--the revered pastor and the pirate in a storm--supplicate the same God for forgiveness and preservation. A BROTHER arose in a weekly prayei meeting in New Jersey and said : . . .... , "Brethren, when I consider the short- middle in the kitchen, and the cook gar- j ness of life, I feel as if I might be taken lushes the dish with the jaws and ears, away suddenly, like a thief in the night,' (Thia encnTinc raprManta tb* hue* In a healthy atatej 1 STAHDABD REMEDY IN MANY HOMES. rorConoha, Colda. Croap, Bronchitis and al •ther affections of the Throat and l,l!\(u;u itaiub •arlvalad and nttarly beyond all cuiapetitloST III CONSUMPTIVE CASES It approaches «o near a specific that " Iflnetr-flre" mm cent, are permanently cored, where th* directions ua atrictiy oomplied with. There ia no ohsnioal or othsa lugrealants to harm the young or old. 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