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w |Sf . V *! V t #>r •;> ' aid--and be MQv*t«h««eauifcr IPI HOTES. AOMStABM if-- _p1e trees hive bum Inly-six feet or tnnwe. mmi flavor in entile food petite and probably pro- ^'InOtei digestia®. SHOUT flue wool contains the largest pwmurUou of UL Para wool hair eon- 'fy&'M alxmt sixteen par oent. of nitro gen. #t;aR hfi« Wn the nwent damage to |fe« British crops that tht» enrr-nt wheat A* ieiifiv in the United Kingdom is,es- ijptou^ at 125,000,000 bnshela. 4 Tw American wheat acreage is spHead- slag in advance of the rate of iuereaso in p^fetoopulfttkra, hence larger quantities will f "\ |>e available year by year for exj>ort. GHBSB are easily kept; grass and V*> water form their ohief requirements. >*' Theea>w«h» fair supply of com, oata tod boiled potatoes, make up their bill •'k. It ma bean proved by experiments . -* |̂hatif yotrag turkeys be fed on soft food mixed with milk instead of water much toperior end more tender meat will be " f jaoauoed. ' Tfflt digestibility'of fodder plants is tsrg ly determined by their age. All the taustiinent8 Of a young plant are man i ^gestible thsa in the same plant of ;..,&$|pMtar age. IN TH* fattening of wethers to finish «s shearlings, English breeders state lhat the Ootswold and l«eicester grades se made up to 200 pounds, the Ox- Downs, to lft) pounds, Kid the , „ laowa grades to 160 pooads, live "preight. ;fe....... '{< THE poison of a sting from bee, wasp 4* hornet may be almost instantly r>en>| i; - tr&Kzed by the application ot a little® •"* " ^fiqtrid ammonia, and it is said that the poison and sting may be forced oat by • < •resting the barrel of a small key firmly f:.1 jbr ft. minute over the wound. No pain * *%r dwelling will result TUB Dublin Farmer claims that a fall rHfeed of hay to horses, to follow con- 'V.jfentrated food, is wasteful, and crowds , V (. 4m» latter out of the stomach before proper digestion occurs. This authority iriaims that the hay should be fed first avoid the above-mentioned trouble, hearty drink of water upon a full 'ttomacli also operates to push its con* i, . ten-3 into the intestines before there it 4proj>t-r digestion. f :l Vh PROP. AISOID states that the presence the pure oxygen at a moderate tem- terature retards the muring of milk and as a beneficial effect upon the flavor 'fend keeping at butter. In a free current siBf air oxygen consumes what is called _j*f milk odor," but in confinement has a Very deleterious effect. In the manufae- tldmre *f cheese experiments had shown ttiat warm air ripens the cheese more than cold air, and produces a ore intense odor. ALMOST as much care is taken to dry »y in Norway as fisn; for the weather , has its vicissitudes, and the winter is *ll>ng and wearisome to man and beast, fllay is hung up to dry. Stakes are set fbont three feet high, and pins inserted, ;• Spoil which slender poles are kid. The are so arranged that when grass is • placed upon them they shed rain. The ,.itai Man and wind soon do the making, aided : > 'iy stalwart females, employed n tam­ ing and handling the hay. A* IOWA farmer gives his method for potatoes as follows: "Plant ' <fhem in good rich soil, close to the house -OT barnyard where the ckickens run, the ^ ^ fpote ehickens the better; hoe them as "*'• *#0on »s they are out of the ground, then «J|;jplow them at least once a week till they g£ *rein bloom. Tlie chickens will keep the bugs off if the latter are not too uineroos. If thore are more bugs than e chickens can consume knock tliem >ff tlie viuea just before tlie plow and ;|>low tliem under every day ; J1 they dis­ appear. In this way I have raised guenty, while my ueighbo. & crops were :«11 destroyed." J THE value ci a bnlkv food, as hay or tthraw, is far greater when given to a lominant animal thau when consumed W a horse or pig. Concentrated, easily digested foods, as grain and oilcake, have clearly a value above their com­ position when added to a poor and bulky food, as straw chaff, or to a watery food like turnips, because they are the means of raising the diet to a point at which #4he animal will thrive. On the other hand, roots and green fodder, even when i. watery and poor in composition, may have a coiisiderabJe effect when added in ^^fcoderate proportion to dry food. |i; IN PAfeTs of Norway and Sweden, •'if- where during the summer tkere is al- I most continuous daylight, crops of bar- Sley are grown wi^l%aly from six to #:Jtfom sead time imat'zati jn man MWCKB in «BotlMr loggiif, or make A shpvt itm of obswva* i> some IMMB citor, or some tibxivteg-iMnung dfrtiiet ftn4 thereby learn some valuable lessons and experiences - Kimira Free Pre**. TN Fm KITCUR*.--The farm kitch­ en should be the pivntol part of the house. The farmer desiring a conven- i <nt dwelling should first, plan out the kitchen and then add the rest of the house to it. It should be roomy; the ceiling should be high; the windows long and narrow rather than short and broad, because the high window is the best ventilator and will furnish an es­ cape for the heated air and the o lors from the cooking stove or range, whil" the narrow window admits sufficient light without letting in the glaring sun­ shine too plentifully. Outside, the win­ dows should be shaded with blinds. Ttie kitchen Bhould be on the northeast cor­ ner of tlie house--the coolest part-- which is convenient in the summer and unobjectionable in the winter, becmse it is easv to warm a room so exposed in tlie winter, while it is impossible to make a room cool in summer that is exposed to the noonday sun and has a fire in it. The kitchen, t<*>, should be protected by a summer attachment in which the cook­ ing and washing may be done. The windows of this p'.ice may be taken out i» simiTue" <i"d cdosed only bv blinds, aad in the winter this room will serve as astcrage room for fuel and for protect­ ing the kitchen from the storms and blasts aud drifting snows. The pump may also l>e put in this outer room. The kitchen windows and doors should be protected by screens of mosquito netting to keep out the flies and yet admit the air. A broad porch over the east side oi the kitchen will be a further protection against the sun up to noon, and if the kitchen is recessed or thrown back a few t' et from the rest of the bouse the main :'ii trance may be placed here .leaving t email vestibule in which the front itchen doorwav op?ns. Or this might !>c made the rear door of a broad hall or ftoesage through the house. But at this irne it is not our object to discuss the iirm-honse at further length than in reference to the kitchcn, which at this reason is of more than ordinary int erest t > the farm housewife.--II. Stewart in New Ywk Tinted • « HOUSEHOLD HELPSl >r , , £Mlght weeks interval; ^harvest. After"' , [en flowers increase iu size and deptS color, there is a prevailing tinge of in the plants of the fields, the atwuu ';; of fruite is increased and their color well developed, but they are deficient iu sweetness. The development of essen- tial oils in certain plants is greater thau in the same plants grown in other lati­ tudes. It is an established fact that flight bears the same relation to aroma as heat does to sweetness, i * A PBAcncAL gardener makes the fol­ lowing impor tint st itenajut: " Li^t year as a test of a frequent practise growers ot melons ana sqssues, ied the ends of the long main of the melons, squashes and ca­ rs, and left some to run at their will. One squash plant sent out A stem reaching mure than forty but did not hear any fruit. Au- wfl otkev plant was pinched until it formed k "i a compact mass of intermingling side f . , i,|shooi» raid main branches eight feet f i acraare, and it bore sixteen squashes. The present year a muHk-melon plant thus pinched in covers the space allot­ ted to it, and it has set twenty-three specimens of fruit, the most of which have been pinched off. The pinching mauv lateral branches. whi«h produce the female or fertile % blossoms, while the main vines produce only the male blossoms. The difference in favor of the yield of au acre of melons treated by this pinching process may easily amount to 100 barrels." OVERWORKED FABKEBS. -- We onee heard a good farmer say tha# when he got behind with his work so that it seemed as though he could not catch up again, lie made it a practice to leave everything for a couple of days and a recreation. When he returned he said, work aeemed less per- •!?«. and it progressed seemingly h faster than before. The plan would perhaps seem ridiculous to many, and certain to occasion loss if not entire failure, yet from experience we are in­ clined to credit the plan with favor. What is true of farmers in respect to overwork is also true of persons in other fields of labor. Nearly all of us remem­ ber with what renewed enerjarv and strength we began our work on Monday morning after OOr Sabbath's rest, which proves the value of needed recreation. We would advise farmer*, who can pos­ sibly do so to devote & day or two to cation of some sort before beginning I From the Detroit FHP Prera Honiehold.) CORN BREAD.--One pint of butterm!!!:, two eggs, one pint of Indian meal, two tablespoonfuls melted butter, a little salt and two teaspoonfuls soda. INDIAN LOAF.--One pint corn meal, one pint flour, one pint buttermilk, one tea cup molasses, one teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful salt; bake slowly just two hours. YBAST.--Six or eight good sized pota­ toes, grated or boiled; one-half cup sugar; one-half cup salt; handful of hops steeped; cup of seed yeast, and two quarts of boiling water. GBAHAM CHACKERS. -- One-half cup butter; one-half cup sugar; four eggs ; one cup of fine white flour; one-quarter teaspoonful soda; enough Graham floor to roll out. These are very nice to eat with berries. COKX BREAD, NO. 2.--Two eggs well beaten, one cup sugar, half cup butter, one cup sweet milk, half cup wheat floor, one and a half cops corn meal, two teaspoonfuls of any good biaking powder. » CREAM OF TATCTAB DRINK. -- Two spoonfuls of cream of tartar, the grated rind of a lemon, half a cup of loaf sugar and one pint of boiling water. This is a good summer drink for invalids, and is cleansing to the blood. COFFEE CAKR. -- Bake two sponge cakes and let them coo'. Take two and a half cups of milk, one egg, four table- spoonfuls of sugar, two cups of flour; boil until it thickens ; flavor with very strong coffee ; place between the cakes, and frost the top. EVEBTOS TAFFY.--Three pounds of best brown sugar, boil with one and one-half pints of water until the candy hardens in cold water. Then add ong- l.alf pound of fresh butter, which soft­ ens the candy; boil candy again until it hardens, flavor with lemon and pour on trays. HONEY CASK.--One quart strained hon­ ey, half piut soda, half pint melted but­ ter. one teaspoonful sugar dissolved in half cup war oi water, half nutmeg and teasi>oo' ful ginger. Mix these ingredi­ ents aud then work in flour to roll. Cut in thin eakes and bake on buttered tinn in a quick oven. WHIPPED CREAM SAUCE.--Mix a plate­ ful of whipped cream (flavored with va- j.i'la,) the beaten whites of two eggs and pulverized sugar to taste, all together ; pile a bank of this mixture in the center of a platter and form a circle of little fruit puddings (steamed in cups) around it, or it is nice for corn starch, blanc manges, etc. LEMON SNOW JELLY.--Dissolve one box of Cox's gelatine in nearly a quart of boiling water, then add the juice of five lemons and enough of sugar to sweeten to taste; strain and set aside until m arly cool. Beat the whites of five eggs and whip into the jelly ; turn into a dish and let it tet until cold. After it liecomes solid decorate with pieces of red jelly. MARBU! CAKE.--One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three and a half cups of flour, three eggs, one cup of milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Dark Part--Take two tablespoonfuls of molasses, one teaspoonful of ground cloves, one of cinnamon and one of nut­ meg. Put this in a teacup of the above mixture, and then pour the white and dark into the pan in alternate layers. SAOO PUDDING. -- One quart rich^, sweet milk, four tablespoonfuls of sago, four eggs, oue cup sugar, aud flavoring ; soa't H'.ITO over night iu water ; then beat yolks of eggs, sugar and sago together; add milk and flavoring; set a basin in the steamer, pour in the mixture and steam one hour ; beat whites with one i tablespoonful of sugar to a stiff froth; j spread over pudding and brown in oven I five minutes; stir while steaming or the »ago will settle to the bottom. Yery dood Except at Home. Concerning a very disagreeable old person who may have done his best to be a Christian, but who does not seem to have made a success of it, the Con- *titutionalist remarks :' "He was cross and fretful at home. He was a ten or to his wife and children ; still he was a deacon and a £ pillar' in the church, let he was by no means wholly bad. On the other hand, he was very good every­ where except at home---home, of all the places in the world the very place which should be a little heaven below. And, worst (A all, he was typical, to a certain extent, of a great many men who, though not so bad as he, nevertheless stand in great need ot reform iu narticular. 1 eavy work of spring, summer and Take a jaunt to some relative's or Or PAPEB mills the United States has nearly 50 per cent, more than any other country in the world, and what is more we consume about a* much paper as the milk make. A MAM may be self-eontained without containing anything remarkable. THE PIOB* was feiventsd tapios. THE ancients taed pfteh to give odor to wine. AMETHYSTS were found in Keirr, Ire­ land, in 1755. CHEKKIES were first planted in Britian 100 years 8. C. " FRANCE adopted the system of postal •tamps in 1849. MOLE traps were ̂ precisely the same in 1357 as now. POPE JOHN XII added the third crown to the Papal tiara, , AN AIR GUN was made tor Henry IV., in Normandy, in 1488. I* 1474, William Saxtan introduced printing in England. THE Scandinavians believed the earth to rest upon nine pillars. THE order of the Garter was insti­ tuted in 1348 by Edward HI. IN THE fourteenth century the sale of nosegays occur as a trade in Toulouse. Iks Sicilians borrowed the term ad­ miral from the Saracens about 1149. THE first tragedy was acted in Athens in 585. The first comedy ia 563 B. C. THE canary bird was introduced into Europe early in the sixteenth century. THE first mills in England for turn­ ing grindstones were set up at Sheffield. AMONG the oldest representations of diving apparatus is a print of the year 1511. THE study of the classics was dis­ couraged by the bishops in the foorth century. IN THE seventeenth oentury, on the continent, boots were never worn with­ out spurs. DURING the reign of Edward VI Tyndale's Bible was printed more than thirty times. THE Eddy stone Light-house was begun in 1766, by John Sweaton.' It was built iu four years. QTJBEN ELIZABETH wore her prayer- book hanging from her girdle by a golden chain. THE first clock in Europe was prob- ablv that sent to Charlemagne by Ab- dalla, King of Persia. IN 1764 the members of the church in Coleiaine, Mass., voted "to color the meeting-honse blue." AMONG tlie Greeks the death punish­ ment of certain criminals was aggravated by the denial of funeral rites. 3 'IN 1822 the coast of Chili, one hun­ dred miles in extent, was raised from two to six feet by an earthquake. IK THE early days of printing books the paper was only printed on one side and the blank sides pasted together. BEIXS were first introduced into churches about 400 A. !>., by Paulinos of Nola, and were then called Noise. THE next use of the Mayflower, after her memorable voyage to America, was to carry a cargo oi slaves to the West Indies. **£Y A STATUTE of Henry T>II. a person whose wife wore a silk gown was bound to furnish a horse for the use of the Government. TABBING and feathering is a European invention. It was one of Richard Cceur de Lion's ordinances for seamen in punishment for theft. PYNSON was the first English printer who introduced borders, and vignettes in his books. Vignettes with human fig­ ures are probably of the date 1527. FIBEWOBKS are. little spoken of in English history till the time of Eliza­ beth, and then very slightly, but in the time of Charles they were commonly used at rejoicings. THE earliest magnifying lense of which we have any knowledge was one rudely made of rock crystal, which was found among a number of glass bowls in the palace of Nimrod. BEER was the common drink of the Germans in the time of Tacitus, who wrote his "Treatise on the Manner of the Germans" about the end of the first century. Give the Boy* a Chance. Don't keep the boys in bondage be­ cause they are not twenty-one yeare did. Give them a trial Let them have a chance to struggle with tlie affairs of the world, if nothing more than to send them to town with a small load of wood or wheat. Let them buy and sell in various ways, then when they are twenty-one it will come natural to them to do business. I have known professing Christians to raise children and not one of the children, would care a fig for Christianity. Why? Because we are not all of Israel that are in Israel. Sometimes children grow up without knowing the ten commandments, neither can they repeat the Lord's prayer. I have never yet Been the gamblei who had confidence enough in his pro­ fession to teach it to his children, and so it is with some people, they have not faith enough in their religion to teach ii to their children. Teach them to love good associates. Love commences at home. I never saw a man who would abuse his mother, but would abuse bis wife also, if he were lucky to get one; and so it is with a young woman. I like to see those who respect and obey their parents. 1 believe this u one of the highest commandments, and one of the first to be obeyed.--Corres­ pondence Household. „ . • . v iiii. The English leke. Tlie mission ot the English humorist is; to darken the horizon and shut out the false and treacherous joy of exist­ ence--to shut out the beaoty "of ttys landscape and scatter a $2 gloom over the broad-green earth. Eaglisli humor is like a sore too. It makes you glad when you get over it. It is like having the smallpox, because if vOu live through it yoo are not likely to have it again. When we pass from earth and our plac» is filled by another sad-eyed genius whese pants are too short, and who man­ ifests other signs of greenness, let no storied urn or animated bust be placed above our lovely resting place, but stuff an English conundrum so that it will look as it did in life, and let it stand above our silent dust to shed its damp and bilious influence through the ceme­ tery as a monument of desolation and a fountain of TO shed tears, and the grave- robber will shun, our final resting place as he would the melon patch where lurks the spring gun and the alert and irritably dog,--Laramie lioome- rana. ^ Tranfcs. One of the porters of a New York hotel has been talking about trunks to a re­ porter. He says the secret of handling a trunk safely lies in a knowledge of the fa^t that the corners are always dove­ tailed aud strongly braced with iron. Let a trunk down on the corner and it's all right. Big trunks are not what port­ ers dread. " It looks tremendous," said this practical philosopher, "to see a man take'one of them and trot up to the want to RESMMLILLC .... Wherever a is eoaoenMM, things are bound to light; so imea a woman's trunk--aafl only women have big trunks--comes along, a porter tricks it up easily. With a man, tboogh, it's different. Old trav­ elers rtre apt to carry books, and books are m%hty heavy, while a drummer will pack half the stock <t a dry-goods store in his trunk, Which is usually small, and then make funny remarks when you nearly break your back lifting jjfc.""'- Chronieles. Hear me, oh, ye tillers of the soil; open your ears and hearken onto my voice. Put not your trust in men who show unto you models of strange and wonder­ ful inventions, else ye be bamboozled and deceived. Look not upon the model of the ma­ chine that goeth forth into the fields to reap and gather up the sheaves. Nor upon the pump that require th not human aid to seduce from its sub­ terranean bed the sparkling water tor the refreshment of the lowing kinc. Turn ve away from him who presenteth them ; flee from the sound 61 his'velvet euihroideaed *oiee. Else it bite ye like a serpent and sting ye like the prickings of the conscience aefraudec to cat and turn i vmS foteoiir, the barking er: ... „ , . ... without hurting the new l>ark beneath, it does no injury to the tme; hat is ben­ eficial in removing what mmld event­ ually become au incumbrance * * , s of him who defrauded the publisher aud drop- rn the camps ot our fathers, Shun him, oh ye agitators of the Nod­ ded field, for he will draw over thute ©yes the fleecy substance which is called woolr yea, verily, fee will liornswoggle-ye with words that are pleasant unto tbe ear. He will say onto: "Sign ye thi» covenant, that ye may act in my stead and supply {he toiling masses with my handiwork. "Serve ye as my agent; for will ye not therefore wax rich; will not the- silver and gold flow into thy coffers? "Sign, quickly I beseech ye, that an­ other ttifty not reap the golden harvest in thy stead. " • Audi when ye sign or engrave upon the covenant thy seal, he will go t«u his way, rejoicing, saying unto himself: "Verily,, did I not strike the duffer handsomely; did I not turn the trick in bang-up shape?" When a fortnight posses the machines have come not; the wonderful mechanism failed to materialize. But in their stead there eometh onto ye a person clothed in fine raiment and a look of dignity. And presenteth unto-ye your oovenant, saying: "Payest unto me what thou owest; pungle up the duoatB, ebe I bring ye before the judgo. "I hold here thy note of hand for $722.10." Then will' ye wax sore afraid, and Eour heaft will, be in yotnr bosom as eavy as the biscuit M the amateur cook. And ye will go- down into your gar­ ments for scrip, and will pay the amount, while the stranger will wear an electric smile. * And when the man of fine raiment departeth, ye will say auto your wife : "Yea, verily, am not I condemned fool ?" And she mll softly reply: "You bet." Then will ye seize yoa ledger, and write upon the debit side thereof :* To damfooliahness $923.10 And on thQ credit Bide thereof: By exparieaoe..!. 100,000,000,000,000 --^Detroit Free Press. Kobe Hoflfensteio's Herse. "New Orleans vfll be a great blaoe, Misder Hoffenstein,"* said Herman, " ven de railroads vfll b© running here from the Vest and oder parts uf de goun- try, von't it?" " Herman, dou't dblk to me aboud de railroads," replied Hoffenstein, "it makes me dink uf de vay I liaf been swindled by demt, Vonoe I dinks it vould be nice toliaf a horse to drive mit a buggy, und a mau dells me dot he vill sell ma von, and. ve made a drade. Vat yon dink, Herman, I gif for de horse ?" " I don't know, Misder Hoffenstein," " Veil, den I vill tell you. I got him cheap. I gil dree dollars and a viddle. Afder I got de horse I finds dot he haf de vorms, und don't can do nothing but hang his. under lip down, und sleep all de day. Vile I vas trying to get the horse veil, de railroad cars' come along und kill him. I makes oud my glaim against de railroad people, und I dells dem dot dey haf killed my buggy horse and dot he vas vert a hundred dollars. Von uf de railroad men dell mo dot he vill envesdigate de matter, und to eome back de next veek. Ven I goes back I says: 'I haf come around to get de money for my horse vat you kill mit de ear.' Vot you dink, Herman, de man says? ' Ve don't pay you noding. Ve haf shnst found oud dat de killing uf your horse vas not an accident. He vanted to commit suicide und got on de drack und vaited for de drain to run over him. De law says you don't can get damages from a railroad under deee circumsdances; derefore, my dear sir, your claim vas vort noting.' My gr-spa­ cious, Herman, dink how I vas swindled by de railroad, de infernal monopoly; but I got even mit dem anyvay. I heard a man say dot a railroad drain vould get sgared und stop if dey saw a red light at i night, und I dinks ofer vot he says. Veil, my house vas near vere de rail­ road vas, and a bliud mule vat don't belong to no von vas loafing around. Afder a vile I dinks uf something, und I gets a red lamp von night und ties it mit de mule's neck, und dook him vere de railroad runs. I leaves him dere. My gr-r-acious, Herman, all dot night de drains vos vistling und sdoppiug und putting de brakes on, und de gonductor he swear at eferyding vile he smashes de lamp und maket* de mule go vay. Efeiy night for a gouple uf veeks I ties a red lamp mit de mule's neck, und sends him up de railroad drack. Ven he hears de vistle, und de drain sdops he kuows ho vill get l>eat mit sdicks if he sdays dere, ! und he rnns avay. Dot mule afder avile learned his pisness und he vould go oud und sdop efery drain vat run on de road."--Jfe. q Aby. Cork. Cork is the outer bark of a tree, called cqrk oak, quercus suber* and once in every eight years the crop of cork is gathered from those trees. The cork is the outer bark, which, after the tree is four or five years old, makes a rapid growth and becomes very thick. While this outer bark is increasing a new bark forms on the inner side, and thus the Creator has provided a covering for the tree by the time the old bark shall be­ come cracked and dry, and useless for further protection. It is just before the out r hark has reached this useless con­ dition' and while there is yet life and< pliability left in it, that the workmen go forth and carefully separate it from the trees. This operation is perioraled during the summer months by cutting furrows in the bark, lengthwise, and making cuts crosswise, about forty inches apart; the bark is then beaten, in order to loosen it from the tissues be- Abont Earning Monif.v,.'- , If anybody knows the value of money Jo the individual, it is a woman. A man may look at it iu, a wiser sense and think of the Natioual debt and iuve^tuufots aud mortgages, but in small sums it cannot I after all beof half the importance to him that it s to a woman, who wants yards of ribbon and pounds ef beads, bits of velvet, silk and lace, gBt things, silvered things, combs, bracelets, bangles mid little bogs, which coakl be of. no use to one of the ses whose wear is cloth of various sad colors, and who, having a watch, a soarf-pin, a collar button, and a ring on his little finger, is provided with jewelry for life. And yet who ever heard of a rational ppcr man who did not desire and did not make money whenever it was possible? While horror seize® the soul of many an impecunious young woman at the th ought of earning a cent. Happily, a broader view of the matter is- taken by a great ma'iy young women, from the sweet girl graduate who hopes to be » doctor or a lawyer to the mechanic's daughter who early announces her intention of learn­ ing a trade. But still, in many a home where there is not half eaough to provide for all, women draw theraselves together and, even while they suffer privation, boast that they never earned anything. An old father comes wearily' home, after a long day's toil; a young brother breaks down with cares that are too great for him, and still the superstition that it degrades a woman to wo»k for her own living will prevail amongr half a dozen sisters forced to smull economies aa their sug ir in their tea and butter on their bread, to ahabbiness and. the at­ tacks of inflwriated tradesmen who na­ turally desiB» to be paid their little bilk*. They will anything bat " wook for money." Every day,, as tliey peep from; Dheir windows at the world, they see happy, well dressed' women in the professions and- in many itoades, going to and: 2B» to their work, comfortable with the wages in their pockets. They hear the notes of the piano by which" some woment,. no more accomplished than they, earn a little fbrtuna as. a teacher. Opposite is a flower paintwwho has pupils andisells her pictures) But they sag? to^each other and* to their friends,. " This would be impossi­ ble for. us; we- sever earned a penny." And people aee apt to say: "The MHss Hysons- are so. proud. They come- of such a: good family. They cannot oon- decend to work»" But are tftiey proud? As a rule, th» ladies who scorn to earn money do not scorn to take a« a gift. Their natural protectors gone; tliey will quarter them­ selves on' any relative that will open his house for mem--«. cousin, a cousin's cousin--any small plea of relationship'is sufficient They willi actually go a-begging in> a delicate and dainty way amongst friends •and receive anything any one chooses to give. And it is-weli known to every one that any offer off marriage to one of them which promises »comfortable home wall be acceptedi. This is the best end to be hoped for, but if the gpa&aare not attractive they pass from; one long suffering relative-to another untili tibey are "brought into** Old Ladies' Bosses or placed into gen­ teel institutions, where they still boast kiM: with their latest breath of their gentility and are as proud of never having earned a penny a» they should be ashamed off it. Certainly there are fewer such women in tlie world to-day than there were tweaty years ago,, but there are still enough to shame good. Independent girls out of efforts in which they should be encour­ aged, with the old bugaboo story that "ladiea never work for a livelihood." Ladies do, ladies will, if there is any need of it; forf true lady would rather do anything hoftst than be au object of charity; and in a womanly way cpite consistent* with all feminine charms, rejoices in the possibility of indepen- denefe--Mary Kyle Dallas. Clone to See Papa. If be who* wrote "We are S&ven' were alive and should happen to see this pathetic incident, told in the Xtetro&t Free Press, what a touohing ballad he woold write ! I was walking down one Of Detroit's beautiful avenues on a lovely afternoon. Ia front of an ivy-wreathed doorway sat an old lady knitting. A sunny-haired little girl ran through the hall and down the steps into the street carrying her dolL Her curls had fallen over her eyes, and she atumbled and fell. I had her iu my arms in an instant. The smile that wreathed her pretty dim­ ples and snow-white teeth told me that she was neither hurt nor frightened. " What is your name, little one ?" "Ain't dot any." "Haven't any name? Is that aunty on the porch ?" " No, 'at's dan'ma," " Well, what does grandma call you ?" " S'e tails me Puss, but «'e tails 'e tat puss, too." " But what does mamma call you?" "S'e doesn't tall me nuffin--s'e done 'ay off." " Done away off where?" "To see papa, up dere." And she pointed to the aiky roqy with the sunset's glow. "When did mamma got" " 'E snow was on 'e dround, and a'e went in a sleigh wivout any bells on 'e horses, an* danma c'ied." I am not ashamed to own that tears filled my eyes as I kissed the child and turned away, for I, too, had my graves in childhood. The Considerate Tenant. Uncle I?ace owns severs! shanties on Austin avenue that are rented out to col­ ored tenants, among them Sam Jolinsing. %light before last Sam knocked at Uncle Nace's door, and woke him out of a sound *1 onnfilsot «Sfi*jrc "TtotvfcMverafcaa wJktrM tU*. IIBRFKRSTLWIML'IADI, " IsooaaJoanwgr.nrMt, tMay; Owr ibe rmrtlM toataua " H« cannot tarry, ha told me so, There is never a M at Mr an I But many a month a»d many a year I wwt I Oter the rl*er. and MMn than! Oh, pallid boatman! nil my naidel ' ine the region to wondrous fate- PITH A!fJ> rODft. li IwmuB--TheliosSte hoy. *" A ooAi. dealer calls lis dog Bituawn. LOHS BRANCH will shorten a man's poise. 'TM a poor oorn plater that loft worth shocks. THE man who fills " »long-felt void" ---•The dentist THE fly that walks on oleomargarine is- net the bistter fly. TH® man at the telephone office has always a '^holler back. WHAT the baggage master really says is, "Have your trftok chucked?" THB largest brass band in the world-- The 10,000 eommerciai drummers in the United States " SMITH, " add Brown, "there's a fort­ une in that? mine." " I know," Smith, " I've put my fortune a» it." THE Philadelphia News says jewel cases are now made in imitation of Bi­ bles, so that no- one will open tliem. "AH, Bill, good day. Been away?' "Yes, but didn'k stay. Some futwe day, when I get more- way, then I may stay. Day-day." 1 WHEN your po/Meuee is worn dowm as!* short, as tho stub-of a reporter's pencil £ an allusion to Mr.. Job will, be a.j>t to make you boili. " THERE is a man>ihi8t. Louis wi&w has a wonderful memory. It is thought the city will eventually employ him to re­ member the sabbafcLu--LouisviWa ier-JournaL . " You don't-knowhow it' pains-ma to punish you," said the teacher. **I guess there's the most pain at my end, of the stick," replied, the boy, feeling­ ly. "'T any rate,, ITii be willing; to swap." Ax exchange sa^» "Bernhardt fishes with enthusiasm," The majority of fishermen and fislierwomen work in. tta enthusiasm alter they get home and be­ gin to tell what> they oaaghk--JMkmi Free Press. " DOOTOB," said"Mrs, Pepper to her pastor, "do you tliii/k a little temper is wrong in a woman ?" " Certainly not, " replied the gallant clergyman. " Oibtihe contrary, it is a good thing; n-nd. she- should be careful never, to loee it." A LVAVENWORTH woman gave A man an old, battered nickel-for rescuing; her from drowning. The man. says the next time she falls into the water the old nickel get her before he moistens his. clothes in another, attempt to snatch her right from the briiik^tliesabse^auaily. --Free Press. THE belles of ai California town make weekly raids upon the saloons, and talk in pica capitals to the young blood* thes e assembled. The girls are said to be of the best families. They toil not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was not. a raid like one of these* --free Press. '••'.v % OIJD-SCHQOII FUKIBFFBCENT. Old Master Brown brntight bis l'crule And Ilia fao® looked angry anSl rwclj " Oo, aeat you there, now, Anthony Hair* Along with the girls,!' lie aaid.. Then Anthony Blair,.with a mortiikeAaUv With his head down oa hla fareaat, Took hi» penitent Meat, by tliu mai4*»eweet That lie loved of all the bast. ANFL Anthony lliuir (seemed whisjteriBg But the rogue only made believe, For he peeped at the girta with, the keauttfa) And ogied them over his xliievo. A LITTLE 6-year-oki from the city, who did not know much of country life, was visiting an aunt in the rural district. It was near Easter, aud he busied himself in gathering in. the eggs from every hid­ den nest in the old barn. He found one evidently of last year's origin; and, acci­ dentally breaking; a specimen, he trav­ eled to the house in breathless haste, with the announcement, "Oh, Aunt Yoma, I found a nest under the barn, and the hen was so old she laid rotten eggs."--Chicago-Inter Ocean. A T«AVV background, two noble trees, i. lummock swinging beneath, and she oti wh.nn your heart is fixed is lazily swinging in. the same, is a very pretty picture, young man, very pretty, and we don't blame you for being attracted by a magnet of such wondrous power ; but consider if your means will allow you to keep that picture all your days, or whether in the coming time it will not be supplemented by a chromo of a worn-out, jaded woman frying dough- huts over a hot fire iu the middle of a hot summer day. The two pictures are intimately connected. --New Haven Reg­ ister. A BASE AT TAC3, Alack! alack! You naughty taok. To aland upon your bmfl, With point in air - The foot to tear Of Joneti, who lies in ML Full well you know That you will go Hla pcdiwtal right through. And make lilnv xwesr And turn the air Abont the room all bine. *' - Ah, there he goea, Fulls oil tlie cloUm! Hi* t<uat approach the ioat Ok, hear Uia row! * The iron now Haa entered Jonea'a aole. -MmfrmMHU. mM - A MR M0 MMI BEHIDV FN \ V Maaitlia, Crops, GMn, BY ALL DBBCMHSIH. DiminlMhed Vigor Ia reimburMd in great meaaure,.to tttoee trembled wttfci weak kidneys, by a jwilctoui DWO( Haatetter*a Htnmanh > Bitten, which invigorates atkhattMlates Without as- - eltiog the urinary organs^ In confoww Hen with its Influ­ ence upon taem, it corrects achii^r. Improves appetite, and is in every way eonducive to health and nerve re­ pose. Another marked qaslity is- its control over (ever and ague, and its power of preventing it, IT" FocialetvillOteRliti'tniDeslmi What's de matter?" Bald the old man, sticking bis head out ol the win­ dow. "I jess come ter tell yer dat I canV Set a wink ob deep. I has ter pay yer e rent ob de house next Saturday." "Dar's no need ob yer staying awake at nights and worrying on dat account. Dars nc hurry about de rent." " Yes, dar is. I jess com© ter tell yer dat I ain't got no money to pay de rent, and I has done moved my tricks out, so you is bound to lose de rent. Now, you kin stay awake and do de worryin', I'll go home and do de sleepin' now. I has got dat offen my mind."--Teeeas Sifting*. THB first written charter la said to have been that of Withred, King of Kent, about the year700. "For four Brother's Sake." A good story is told by the Providence Journal of & gentleman's mistake while on the way to the inauguration at Wash­ ington, in March, 1881. Between New York and Philadelphia he took a seat beside a portly gentleman, and conver­ sation began. Politics were mentioned, and the Rhode Islander said he was a Republi­ can, and thought last fall that it would not be well for the country to have a change, but that he had a brother who was a Democrat, Soon the train stopped at a station, and the Rhode Islander stepped to the platform and met an acquaintance, who, after a little space, remarked: " Gen. Hancock is on this train, and, aa I am acquainted with him, jperhapa you would like an introduction.' Of course he would; BO they entered the car, and approached the portly gen­ tleman just left; the Rhode Islander waa introduced to the GenwaL With a twinkle of the eye, Gen. Hancock said; " I will bhake hands with you for your brother's sake." NIAOABA FAIJ* is m brilliantly illumi­ nated by the electric light every evening Alt after payfiig the haokman you can Awfiyaea whether there is anythingleft in your oooketbook, New York Tribune. HOLMftlfS PAD CURES Without fi V Jk by MEDICINE' The Only True Malarfal Intftfofe. Da. HOI,MAN'S PAIHB no gnaw work remedy-- no feeble it-titatlv*. experiment--no purioine4 kod|e podge' 4 sora« nther lanreator'siilea; it ia the orlgrlnitl aiad:«mly gmaiae car* stive Pad,, the only remadry that baa an bon- catly-acquired right to use tha-tttle-wprd "Pad" hi connection with a treatment lor chronicdiaaajas • f t h e Stomach, D i t w r a a d MfXtm. By a recently perfected improvement Da. flto* MAN haa greatly increaaed the aeope of the Pad'a aaefulneas, and appreciably augmented itaacthva curative power. This great improvement gives Houun'i TAB (with ita Adjuvants) such complete and unfailing control over the most persistent and unyielding forms of Cbr«mft« Dlacaae of tba Stotnacb and IJaer, aa well aa Hala> rial Blood'PolMnlag, aa to amply justify tba eminent JXtemb' high en­ comium: "ITIS N1AHSR A I7II1VIMU. PAKACU THAN ANYTHING LLF MJUICIM I" The success of HDUMVI PASS haa inspired ira- ttaiors who offer Pad* similar in fiHTta and Odor to the fMMtae HOUUM PAD. Beware oftfcm Bogna and Imi­ tation Pada, gotten up-to aell on tlie reputation of tfco OEMVIN8 •OUUM PAD, Eacb Qenmdae Balauut Paul beam the Private Revenue Stamp oi taa HOLMAN PAD COMPANY with tha afca«* Trade Mark ynsMts green. F0I SALE BV ALL DRU66I8TS, »twt by mail,yaalynl --wciytof ja^OO. HOLMAN PAD CO*. (P. a Bom ailX] 744 OUBdUBy, K. T. K I D N E Y W O THE GREAT CURE T VOK iHEOMATISM laUbteall diaaaaea or the KIONIVI, LIVM AND BOWKLS. Xt alaaaaea the eystem of the aarld yoieoa Bhak eauaee the dreadful aoflMag wW*h only the TioUnia of BhwimsMsm aaa isallas THOUSkHDS OF USES of the woast forma of thla terrible disease have been quiekly relieved. In aebas't tima PERFECTLY OUKEP. ' < i 0 N E V W O D T haa had w--derfhl aamis, and aa taaMOW aale in ererjr partof the Countzj. Ia »» dredaofoasns it haa eured where all alee M auied. It is mtUk bat eiBeleat. CltKTAlH I* 1T8 ACTIOS, botharmlesBlaaUaaaaa. trltdessw».BTRH>iksis»«»MM»sr jjfe to all tha important orgaiiaaf Mteaotty. Tba natural acHoaof UieKidoeyaler*am»J. The 14ree la olssaaad of all diasaast aa* y Bowels aow freely and baalthftilly. In thla way the worst IIIMSSIS ara sta*las*i(l Boa Aslttoebeea peered hy »i aeeaa i*» that k i d n e y v v o p t 152% eww'hwwSw** ^RIMO^MEDICINE Uwaara eurse BUODnm, OOHI DO*. nXJB and all PSKAUilHeeaMa. . JspataplaVry TaietaUePerm.lnttaeaa% [easpaekaceofwbieh make* s^narta medietas. I Alee taUaald Perm. Tery C«Maa«ratad(er I )hs una i saleai-s of those whocaaaotrsadBypce- I pare a. Saetswtthetaai Klcteaefiastifcsijbr*. ar irorroca DROQOIBT. WCMMI WILLS. IICUIMOX A c«.. Pn^s, I <wm eend tha dry peel pald.> BtvuMVOLTT. k i d n e y • w o k 16 War. Cyclopedia REWARO f . - I , , • • • i '«I