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,'v. •: •':•!, ' v !•' • ' '• iiiiiliiilltii • * mm m i J. WRTK1. MWUMUMW. stage of i ~8an Francisco theater had not been told that a conflagration was * one ?rf the |f»nes of a new play. When Its'saw the "flaw of the flame he eon- gt daded that the house was on ffte. Seizing an ax, he chopped down a big piece of the scenery before he could be : stopped. EVA TXBWUXIGEB, of Independsnoat , , Ohio, made herself very attractive to several young men of the town, but when BZ-: she had gained their affection she made it a condition of continued acquaintance , that they should steal, under her direc- tions, and bring to her the booty. They '* . did«o for awhile, but became jealous of one has confjepsed. DR. WILD, of Toronto, announces that Adam was seven feet high. His reason for, this conclusion is that the y ̂first man was perfect, and seven is a .. V perfect number. "Three is the Trinity number, and stands for the Creator; • JJ PFTWR STANDS for the world; thus seven f** "4ri<flndies the Creator and the created. V Beven means completion. There are '• seven virtues that make a perfect man --virtue, knowledge, temperance, pa- aa tol^bn a considerable im- eonsidared that quinine is one of the most widely-used and expensive of drugs. The poorest of theee pills {containing Lfilgrains) is sold for tli s jhJgfeefetpS'foffe, ttl.75; and in the other Jcsspfca- bears no just relation t| fbfe teal of qui­ nine present. So large a proportion of the remedies now in common use are put up in tbe-form of pills and granules that it might be well to cany this in­ quiry as to weights and measures far­ ther. It is of some concern to the doctor, and certainly of considerable importance to the patient. tience, godliness^ brotherly kindness, andcharity.* * \ ,«J5 RICH Detroit woman wanteds fat cloak. She could have bought it, but she had another use for the money necessary to the purchase. She "took" it, and her attention was called to the fact. That's kleptomania. That is, she's a thief, was caught stealing and has hushed the matter up by the lavish use of money. It's well for her that she was rich enough to afford a luxury so expensive as kleptomania. Other­ wise she would be stitching pantaloons the work-house. ' w . j f i s ire is a "O ft* f IN an Italian hospital young man who, since he was 12 years old, has been in the habit of swallow­ ing pebbles, nails and glass balls. He went through a three years' train­ ing before he felt himself capable of appearing in a pnblio performance--a lesson to the Langtrys and other curi­ osities--until by degrees he could eat from fifteen to twenty pebbles a day with half a pound of nail sauce and glass balls for dessert. He never seemed to have suffered, and is not now in the hospital on account of indiges­ tion, but to be treated for pleurisy.'1 ' " THE new postal telegraph, soon to be in operation between New York and Chicago, wilt work wonders in com­ parison wit^f our pr« sent "telegraph, as great as'those which the present tola- graph works in comparison with the usual postoffice methods. It will con- Jnect, by cable, with Europe, the Azores, Cuba and South and Central America, and will be speedily placed between all the important points of the United States. By the peculiarly-constructed wire used by this concern, messages which now pass between New York and Chicago, requiring fifteen minutes time, will go in as mayay seconds. It will take twenty messages at once any distance, without repeating, and will transmit 2,500 words a minute in the fac-simile of a man's handwriting. This does n<Jt require a skilled operator; any man can write and insert his message, and by turning a crank of the new instrument the exaot duplicate of the message will slide from the further end of the wire. Under the Morse system it would be quick work to send 2,500 words in an hour, aftd tlieh, With the most skillful operators at work, there might be er­ rors in transmission. But the benefi cent work of the newly-constructed wire does not end here; the present profanity breeding telephone will, when constructed of this wire, lose the splut* ter and fizz and indistinctness of the present wire, and send the speaker's voice clearly and distinctly 1,000 miles if necessary. Thus, at no distant day the Morse instrument and methods will, if this new thing supplants it, be sought for twenty years hence as a cu­ riosity, and the interest that will sur­ round them will be like the interest which now, surrounds the spinning- wheel and its workings, of our grand­ mothers. ' ^ AfiKHmTUKiU •» cih All gooft tatter-makers as soon as souring begins or a little be­ fore, with a growing tendency to the latter practice. Milk whioh is kept till fermentation sets in is evidently on the road to decay--a condition it is not easy to conceive as of any advantage to the keeping of fine flavor of butter. The PwwhWow. "Waldo," in the Ohio Fanner,- ad­ vises farmers: "When you plant your peachblow potatoes you want a pieoe of stiff clay land; a loose sandy or black aoil that exactly suits early potatoes does not produce good peachblows, and I have known a total failure of the crop on such land, when there was a good crop on poor clay that would hardly make twenty-five bushels of corn to the acre. I manure in hill for peach- blows when I plant on poor land. We have no potato that will endure half the drought that the peachblow will, and I have never known a failure from this cause unless it was from neglect to stii the soil after a heavy rain, or from planting on a loose soil not adapted to Al ... t» •"•TM ; < . 7 .JtaecM* with Or»§«k • av. ••• ~-- L ;• We have seen it repeatedly urged lately that much of the ill-success with the grape-vine arises from rich soil. Other writers, who have perhaps nevei owned a vine in their lives, but have merely seen how they grow from ex­ cursion car windows, have taken the and tell us that in the western of Pennsylvania and "the hills • 'SERATOB DAVID DAVIS is fond 6FT®:-- A •trmm Oouraging worthy and aspiring young men, but toward idlers and fortune- hunters he turns the chilliest kind of a cold shoulder. A short time ago a young lawyer asked his permission to pay court to a young lady of wealth, his ward. 'Senator Davis took the case under consideration for a day, and then rendered a decision. "I cannot give my consent," it ran: "not because you are poor and dependent upon your profes­ sion, but because you are in the habit ' of incurring needless debts, without knowing or caring how you are, to pay them." :vir iti A SORROWFUL story comes from Louis­ ville, Ky. The wife of the late Chief Justice Hardin, of Kentucky, was found living on the fourth floor of a tumble-down rookery in absolute want. H«r only companion is her 7-year-old daughter, the rest of her family of five children being scattered, through the world, the whereabouts of two of the children being unknown to the mother- Mrs. Hardin lives in one room, and, wtien found the other day by a reporter, was without fire or food. The poor woman has been struggling for years to keep herself and little child from starv­ ing to death, and has barely succeeded. Now that her condition is known to the public, relief should come speedily. I H - f t Of in !){$ ' I 'Jhx Empress of Austria, even put- 3<*t 1 ting aside the fact that she is a grand* U*)*^ ;; toother, is a most marvelous woman, and has recently been through a more than usual severe course of training for the hunting season, which, by the way, she will probably spend in Hun ~gary. During the time that her Majesty was at her summer residence at Ischl, lb Upper Austria, she generally arose at o'clock in the morning, and devoted * a oouple of hours to gymnastics and fenc- 'fSng; sifter which the morning bath and a plain but hearty breakfast were sup­ plemented by a walk or ride of some hotlrs. Lately the Empress has actu­ ally been running for two hours a day; to encourage her in the exertion, a pack iji of beautiful foot beagles have recently Si- -been sent to Godolo. The walking cos­ tume in wet or cold weather is a long waterproof Newmarket coat, brown straw hat, thick navy boots; in. hot : weather the long coat is changed for a Jaunting slip of thin stuff. At Godolo the Empress has a circus, in which she trains her own horses, and alaBenz.' Wwfrjr ft. •»•»*«>' v •<<»*! tef '*•» t mxi,ha IFSFIK. THE Medical News, of Philadelphia, has discovered a pretty good argument Against buying quinine pills. It finds by expert analysis that only two of our $even prominent manufacturers give an honest weight of sulphate of quinine in 4heir "two-grain" pills. Those made by one firm contain 2.10 grains, and melt to these are pills containing 1.99 grains--the others run down so low as 1.61 grains; and the price varies from _ *2 75, the highest, to $1.70, the lowest, • ~ ~ per hundred. This discovery of what (V5 mqr fce«aceleMnes8, but is more likely 1 Tie the Dog at Eight* \ Niglit in St. Louis. J Seated in the parlor of herjather's magnificent residence, Lurljile Loose- hair allowed her tapered fingers to wan­ der idly over the keys of the piano, and, obedient to her delicate touch, there floated forth upon the air the strain of that l>eautiful miserere, "Since Papa Tore His Punts." And as yet she sat there, absorbed in the sad reflections to which the music gave rise, the door opened softly, and Berwyck Hetliering- io™ entered the room. Lurline, all the senses of her passionate nature ab­ sorbed in the music, continued to play, not knowing that the man she* loved, and to win whose pocket-book in return she would have hustled around with dead earnestness, was standing by her side. But at last Berwyck placed his hand gently on her shoulder, and by that indefinable sense that tel.s of a human presence, although we see it not, Bhe knew that somebody was around. Turning quickly, she saw Mr. Hether- ington. "I di l not know you were here," she said, a blush flooding the face that such a little time ago was pale and calm, "or I should not have played so confi­ dent y." "Can you not favor me with some­ thing more?" he asked. The blush grows deeper and more vivid now, and the drooping eyes are moist with tears. But in an instant she recovers her self-possession and looks at him in the frank, honest way in which Cincinnati girls ask for more pie. "I cannot play any other piece," she says, half sadly, half defiantly. "Are you sure of this, Lurline?" Ber­ wyck asks, bending over her in a loving way. "Think well before you speak," he continues, "for on your answer may depend the future happiness ©I two young lives." "I am quite sure," she says* ; "Then you must be my wife.** And, as he speaks these words, Berwyck Hetherington's face lights up with a rapturous, Schuyler Colfax smile. "Do you love me ?" he asks. For answer she puts her arms around his neck, kisses him coldly be&ind the left ear, and then a great silence falls upon them. Presently Berwyck rises to go. "You will come again to-morrow evening?" she asks. "Yes," he replies, "you may tie the dog at 8." V; "And you will not regret your choice?" "Never,"1" he says, in (Hear, steady tones. "I have spent the best years of my life looking for a girl who could play only one tune on the piano."-- Chicago Tribune.' The Duke and tibe £«D-Keeper. j , When a Scot meets a Scot then comes the tug of war. The late Duke of Buccleucli, on one occasion, prefer­ red riding on horseback and unattend­ ed. He came to a toll-gato. '•The tell, sir, gin you pleare," said the gate-keeper. ' His Grace pulled up, and whilesearch- ing for the needful, he was accosted by the gate-keeper: , "Heard ye ony word o' the Duke coming this way the day, sir?" "Yes," was the reply, "he will bethis way to-day." "Will he be in a poach an' four, or only in a carriage and twa, think ye?" "In all probability on horseback," was the rejoinder. "In that case, do you think that he wad be offended gin I offered him back the change should he gae me a sixpence or a shilling to pay wi' as he passed ?" The Duke stretched forth his hand to receive the balance, and, with an arch and knowing look, replied: "Try him, friend, try him," and pock­ eted his coppers, muttering to himself: "Not to be done in that way." A BETTKK pipe than a meersohaum can now" BETTKK pipe than a: be made of potato. cue, part along the Rhine" the poorest places, where nothing else will grow, are the ones especially devoted to grape cult­ ure. We know nothing of the "hills along the Rhine," but we do know thai real practical men, who have examined into grape culture there, tell us thai manure is continuously and laboriously carried up in baskets on the shoulders of women to these Rhine vines, and that without these continuous enrich­ ments vine culture there would be a failure. As for the hills in the western part of the State, they may be dry and poor-looking, yet everybody knows they are composed of the richest soil in the United States. That vines often fail in rich land evervl>ody knows, and yet not because of the rich land, but on ac­ count of other troubles about which the learned doctors have not finally agreed. Some insist mildew is the sole cause, others contend that it is an insect called phylloxera, which attacks the roots, while others are equally sure it is some­ thing in the climate or its changes. We do not pretend to settle these deli­ cate subjects, but are quite sure that il the vines 'are healthy high feeding is not at all opposed to their tasts. They are genuine bom vivants and rarely know when they have too much of a good thing.--Gehnmitoicn Telegraph. Orchards. Out plan for cultivating a bearing orchard--and we ask for none better, only that we want a better tool than the common plough to stir the soil with is--to plough the ground between the rows one way, not trying to plough very near the stem of the trees, about the 1st of May with a common turning plough, then in ten days harrow thoroughly, then in ten days again, and then about the 10th of June plough the orchard the other way, then harrow three times as before. This plan we adopted after a great deal of study and experiment. W® ™ th'a wnv • if we should plough the orchard both ways, turning all the ground possible, we would destroy so many roots as to give the orchard a severe check, but by ploughing it between the rows only one way at a time we leave at least half the roots undisturbed and the trees are not checked at all. And we care not how many roots we plough up between the trees one way; we know the undisturbed roots would hold the trees in thrift until the broken roots could put forth new feeding roots in the fresh mellow ploughed land. This kind of cult­ ure is adapted to high, dry, rather i>oor land; on richer and more moist soil it would have to be modified to suit, for so long as an orchard of bearing trees is making a growth of from six to fif­ teen inches yearly it has vigor enough. There can be no general plan for the culture of orchards given, for the cult­ ure of each orchard must be according to its soil and requirements. The cul­ tivation necessary on a thin, dry soil would cause an orchard on a richer, moister soil to run all to wood, with none or little fruit. Rich, level or prairie soils should be treated very dif­ ferently from thin, dry, hill soils; when planted in orchard they should gener­ ally be laid down in grass and the thrift of the trees kept up in part by cutting back and thinning out the outer branch­ es and by surface manuring, and event­ ually by ploughing narrow strips be­ tween the rows.--Prairie Farmer. Hie process of drawing milk from the udders of the cows is a very simple one, and yet first-class milkers are not as common as we might be led to suppose. To be a good milker one must be neat, even-tempered, and strong in arm and hand; neat, because milk must be abso­ lutely free from dirt in order to insure a first-class dairy product; even-tem­ pered because a fractious animal is often provoking, and if the milker gives way to his temper such an animal is soon spoiled, and strong in arm and hand because in order to insure the maximum of milk it must be drawn from the eow in the shortest possible time. 'Xliere have been many cows spoiled by the person having the care of and milk­ ing them whipping and frightening them whenever tliey came in his way, so if when milking a cow hoists her foot (which is generally caused by pain) such a fellow stops milking and com­ mences whipping, or worse, kicking the Cow, and she becomes enraged, holds up her milk, kicks back and is finally ruined. Never whip a cow for kicking; if she does kick the milk pail out of your hands andgpometimes upset and knock you ove^lmt be kind with her and milk her out with as little excite­ ment as possible, and if she gets over her kicking propensity it will be by mild and not by harsh treatment. Never whip a cow because she kicks, because it will do no good, but a great deal of harm. As a general thing, we are able to judge accurately of the treat­ ment dairy stock has received by watch­ ing the milker, when in the yard milk­ ing, as he changes from cow to cow. If the animal continues to ruminate, re­ tains the mild expression of the eye as the milkman approaches her, and main­ tains her position, it is evident she has been well treated; if, on the other hand, as the milker approaches her, she ceases chewing the cud, looks wild and alarmed, and makes an effort to get out of the way, it is quite oertain that she remembers she -mm received ill treMtteut at the han% ef the naOax. When the cows rewveiuiiform, gentle treataMnt they #31 soo* learn to regard the milker as a bcnefrctor, for where their udders are di^Mipfld with rnfllr it is a great relief totheflftto have it drawn out. We like to sea the cows when in the yard or barn {dUl that contented expression so common to them when not alarmed, and, wheii the milker ap­ proaches them, of their own accord, put themselves in the most favorable position to be relieved of their preeiea* burden. DOMESTIC RECIPES. BAB CAKE.--One cup white sugar, half cup sweet cream, whites four eggs, heaping teaspoonful baking powder, one cup flour. MOLASSES COOKIBS.--One cup mol­ asses, one cup sugar, one cup butter, one egg, one tablespoonful ginger, one teaspoonful saleratus, seven cups flour. WELSH RA.RF.BIT.--Welsh rarebit is delicious when made after this fasliion: Half a pound of cheese, three eggs, one small cup of breadcrumbs, two table- spoonfuls of melted butter, mustard and salt to taste. After heating the eggs in an earthen dish, add the other ingredients, then spread on the top of slices of bread, toasted or hot, as you choose, and set in the oven to melt. GYPSY PIE.--Cut shreds of any kind of cold meat, and put them in the bot­ tom of a buttered pudding-dish; cover with finely-chopped onion and a light seasoning of salt aud pepper; above this put a very thick layer of quartered apples, sugar and lemon; then a thin layer of meat and onion; fill up with apple, sugar and lemon; cover with a puff paste, and bAke till brown in a slow oven. Thinly sliced ham or veal is very nice for this pie, but beef may be used, or lamb. It is sometimes called "medley" pie. Very little onion should be used. SQFASH • CAKES.--Boil the squash thoroughly in salted water, and, with a masher, after the squash is strained, make as smooth as possible; half a pint of sifted flour, a pint of milk and two eggs, four table-spoonfuls of white su­ gar juvl i teaspoonful of salt; mix these all t< get er, having first beaten up the eggs; ad I to this last two cupfuls of the squash; if not thick enough, add a lit­ tle more squash, and beat it all up un­ til it is smooth; half a teaspoonful of cream of tartar makes it lighter, but if 'the mixture is well fried in small, thin cakes it is light enough as it is. Eat with powdered sugar. RYE BREAD.--Many cooks fancy that it is a great undertaking to make rye bread, and to have it good. Here are directions for making it, and, if care­ fully followed, the bread will be excel­ lent : Take two cups of Indian meal; make in a thick batter with scalding water; when cool, add a small cup of wllite-bread sponge, a little sugar and salt, and a teaspoonful of soda, dis­ solved. In this stir as much rye as is possible with a' spoon; let it rise until it is very light; then work in with your hand as much rve as you can, but do not knead it, as that will make it hard; put it in buttered bread-tins, and let it rise for about fifteen minutes; then bake for an hour and a half, cooling the oven gradually for the last twenty min­ utes. OYSTERS AND MACARONI.--Break up, finely, one-quarter of a pound of maca­ roni; take one quart of solid oysters, and put a layer of mem into a pudding dish; season withMBi>v>er and salt, or a little ground ma6d, ii it is liked, or celery salt; scatter over the top some bits of macarotii with bits of butter. Add another layer of oysters, and mao- aroni and butter, and continue to do this till the dish is full, giving plenty of salt and pepper, so as to season the the macaroni. Boil the liquor that drained from the oysters; add as much milk as there is oyster juice, and turn it over the top of the macaroni. Place in the oven, and cover the dish with a plate for twenty minutes; remove it, and bake another twenty minutes. The upper laver must be macaroni and butter. It is a good plan to soak the macaroni half an hour before using it. Thi* is an excellent supper or side-di»k. Flat Feet. The chief surgeon of the Swiss fed­ eral army declares that the examining surgeons are compelled to reject every the strength of one for malformation of the foot resulting from wearing badly-fitting shoes. The human foot is in reality a bow so elastic that at every step it ex­ pands and contracts, lengthens and shortens. A line drawn through the center of the great toe should intersect the heel. But, despite all the books which have ever been written on the an­ atomy of the organ in question, those whose business it is to cover it act as if the foot were a solid piece of mechanism. They cabin, crib and confine the big toe, which requires room for lateral ex­ pansion, until it is forced against its neighbors and is tortured by corns, bunions and sometimes painful inflam­ mations of the joints: Flatfootedness is due to many causes connected with improperly made shoes; yet, if people would insist on their foot gear being constructed so as to allow the toes free action and the instep its due play, it would be quite possible to cure the mischief. A pair of perfeot shoes, the Swiss medical colonel contends should, when placed together, touch only at the toes and heels. The soles should follow the1 sinuosities of the feet and to give room for their expansion, should exceed them by one "size." The peculiar, awkward running gait of women and big girls is due to a weak-kneedness characteristic of the sex, owing to the different way the upper supports of their limbs grow as they approach maturity. This con­ dition is well seen in pictures and statues, and forces the woman in run­ ning to move the knees around each other and throw the feet out in a suc­ cession of semi-circles. In men, on the contrary, the knee-cap looks a little outward, instead of straight forward, and their knees are quite free. The re­ sult of the high-lieeled, high-legged boots now in vogue for woman is to render the natural condition a deform­ ity, and, by throwing the weight of the body on the inner ankle, to break down the arch of the foot, and produce the flat foot or complete evenness of one or both feet. ^ ONE reason why they call it the har­ vest moon is because it appears about six weeks after the floods or droughts have reduced the yield of the harvest down to the point where nobody cares whether there is a moon or not. A HALIFAX merchant insists that many mistakes are made in figuring throagn the did plied, dog express pleasure to wag? want they had THE FAMILY D0CT0B. the ant year 800 reeruits- battalion- A LAI MSCOUlgK. fxriam *• Beat Two»)rtotjr WHk m , • • *% , Xtnute Sera*. *fTrom Peck'* Son.] mJL convict in the Indiana penitentiary lilt tlie nail on the head when asked how his downward course began. He said it began in trying to beat 2:40 with a three-minute horse. How many peo­ ple in all branches of business are try­ ing to beat 2:40 with a three-minute business? The man who has a small businoss that is paying him, and goes into debt and try8 spread himself over too many eggs, is trying to beat 2:40 with a tree-minute horse. The girl who is calculated by nature to be tlio wife of a mechanic, and gets above her business and looks with scorn upon a man who earns his living by hard work, will look at an old maid in the glass a few years from now, and realize that she has been trying to beat 2:40 with a three-minute horse. The ordi­ nary, every-day sort of a man, who is elected to a small office, by a big major­ ity, on account of men voting for him for charity, and who thereupon aspires to a big office for which he is unfitted, will be nominated for the big office some day and be beaten higher than a kite, and he will then feel of his aching head, examine his empty pocketbook, look around at the debts he has contracted, and the enemies lie has made, and it will suddenly come to him that he has been trying to beat 2:40 with a tree-minute horse. The man or woman who leaves profession or employment to which they are fitted, and in which they can be prosperous and happy and have* friends, and goes upon the stage to compete with men and womefl who have been brought up to it, and who have made success by a life-timo-6f hard work, will some day realise to their sorrow that they have failed to beat 2:40 with a three-minute horse. The young man who has been left a fortune by a dead father, who has worked a lifetime to ac­ cumulate riches, and who changes from beer, that was good enough for him be­ fore, to champagne, and plenty of it, and who can't find places enough to spend money without sitting up all night, and who finds old sledge and pee- nuckle too tame, and adopts draw-poker and faro, and who forgets that his sis­ ters are splendid company, and gets ac­ quainted with quick girls and buys them diamonds as big as pieces of alum, will in a few years be walking on his up­ pers, and having fur collars pinned on to linen ulsters for winter, and he will wake up some morning with the al- mightiest headache on record and come to the conclusion that trying to beat 2:40 with a three-minute horse is what ails him. The whole-souled, good fel­ low, everybody's friend, gets to drink­ ing too hard, and as he is healthy, he gets an idea he can beat whisky, a game that so many have tried &nd failed. He keeps it up until his nose gets red, his eyes bleared and his voice shakv, and he has a whisky cough, and his friends try to reason with him and get him to let up, but he laughs at them with his good- natured laugh, and tells them that he has a constitution like a horse, and that nothing can hurt him, and he asks them to take a drink. Sorao day he gets the jim- jams, and all his friends say, "I told you so," and they sit up nights with him and drive away snakes, and just before he dies it suddenly occurs to him that him that he has l>een trying to beat two- forty with a tliree-minnte horse. A man who is poor and wants to live on the fat of the land, marries a pretty little rich woman, and begins to squan­ der her money, and when she tries to pern-ode Liiu ic step it, he mtg to treating her like a dog, gets worse and strikes her, and after a while she gets enough of it and obtains a divorce, and marries a man who loves her, and doesn't want her money, and she is happy, and her former husband be­ comes a dead-beat and a drunkard and would fain beg for the refuse that drops from the table of his former wife, and when .he buttons his summer coat around him on a winter's night and walks around a block for a wind-pud­ ding, and looks into the window and sees the light of the fire from the grate of his former wife's Bittuig-room, it oc­ curs to him that if he liH^not attempt­ ed to beat two-forty witlBRhreo-minute horse, he could have been in there toasting his slippers and drinking cider, and looking into a pair of eyes that would have always looked their love for him, if he had been contented with a three-minute gait, but which eyes will never look upon him again except in pity. O, there are thousands of people whq make a mistake in trying to beat two-forty with a tliree-minute horse. Cattle on the Plains. From 1866 until 1871 the winters were mild and the cattle increased on the hills until they number quite nearly half a million. Prior to 1871 there was scarcelv any sale for l>eef in the coun­ try. I'lie railroads had not reached Colorado, and 600 miles was too far to drive, when beef was worth but 2{ cents in the market at Kansas City. In 1871 there came a change. The raihoads came, and the price of beef went up in the Eastand in Europe. In the West it went from two cents to three, then to four and a half, and the end is not yet. From 1871 to 1880 the increase had been so rapid that the country then con­ tained 1,500,000 of neat cattle. Then came the third bad w inter, the most dis­ astrous of them all; probably, because there were more cattle than there were in 1862. When the spring of 1881 came, the 1,500,000 cattle that had en­ tered the winter were reduced to less than 900,000, and our people became importers instead of exporters of beef. With all these losses, stock-growing in the past twenty-two years has been prosperous in the extreme. The losses during that time will not exceed three per cent, per annum. The men who own the cattle of Colorado to-day-- unless it be the Prairie Cattle Company --were poor men fifteen years ago, and yet they represent now $35,000,000 of wealth in their own right. There are at the present time, in the State, about 2,250,000 cattle; 1,000,000 of these are in the South, along the Arkansas and Purgatoire rivers, and the other 1,250,- 000 are north of the divide, and along the waters of the Republican, the Platte and in the North, South, and Middle Parks.--L. W. Cutler. using short pencils, which cramp fingers. A Little Girl's Discovery. A lady in Chicago tells a very good story about three little puppies her husband's fine spaniel brought into the world. Her little girl, aged 6 Years, was not allowed to see them until they were several weeks old for fear they would be pulled around too much for their health. When she was shown the trio of puppies she exclaimed: "I don't want those dogs, mamma. They haven't got any tails." Sure enough, two out of the three had been born tailless. No one had noticed the strange freak of nature before. She was asked why she "JfeWiE is much said and iiUMfcHh regard to the indoor life of wbman, HMd much good advice given about spend­ ing more time in the open sir, *nd pur­ ifying their lungs with oxygen* but if those whose household cares require that they get out but little wonJd learn to keep the kitchen door closed when washing is being done, or when any­ thing is cooking, and open an outside door or window for ten or fifteen min­ utes every two or three hours, thus changing the air of the house and gain­ ing a fresh supply of life giving oxygen, they would be surprised *at the increase of comfort and physical enjoyment, by the lessening of that full feeling in the head, or headaches, which so often are caused solely by the breathing of im­ pure air.--Chicago Standard. TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.--In view of the general lack of information with regard to the proper treatmen of diph­ theria patients the following resolutions adopted by the Philadelphia Board of Health are interesting and valuable: Recent investigations have proved that the poison of diphtheria is porta­ ble, communicable by infection, and capabie of reproducing itself outside of the human body, diphtheria must now be ranked as both a contageous and in­ fectious disease. The following rules are, therefore, more imparative than ever before: 1. When a child or young person has a sore throat, a bad odor of its breath, and especially if it has a fever, it should immediately be separated and kept se­ cluded from all other persons except necessary attendants, until it be ascer­ tained whether or not it has diphtheria, or some other communicable disease. 2. Every person known to be sick with diphtheria should be promptly and effectually isolated from the pub­ lic. Only those persons who are actu­ ally necessary should have charge of or visit the patients, and these vititors should be restricted in their intercourse with other individuals. Children re­ siding in a house where there is a case of diphtheria should not be permitted to attend school. 3. When a case of diphtheria is fully developed, the same precaution in re­ gard to free ventilation, disposal and disinfection of discharges, bed and body linen, etc., isolated during convales­ cence (or management of the corpse should death unfortunately occur), etc., etc., ought to be enforced which have already been recommended in regard to small-pox. 4. It is particularly important that persons whose throats are tender or sore from any cause should avoid pos­ sible exposure from the contagion of diphtheria. Children under ten years of age are in much grejater danger of taking the disease, and after they do take it of dying from it, than grown persons. But adults are not exempt, and mild oases in them may cause whole series of fatal attacks among children. 5. Numerous instances are recorded where the contagion has retained its virulence for weeks or months, in cess­ pools, heaps of decaying vegetable mat­ ter, damp wells, etc., and been carried for long distances in clothing, in sewers, in waste-pipes from stationary wash- stands, and in other conduits. Hence all sewer connections and other carriers of filth should be well ventilated and disinfected, and children particularly should ii illov- cd ts bresth th? of any water closet, cesspool' or sewer into which discharges from patients sick with diphtheria have entered, nor to drink water or milk which has been exposed to such air. 6. Beware Qf any person who has a sore throat; do not kiss such a per­ son or take his or her breath; do not drink from the same cup, blow the same whistle, nor put his pencil or pen in you mouth. 7. Do not wear nor handle clothing which has been worn by a person dur­ ing sickness or convalescent from diphtheria. t - Using Wet Fuel. Lazy people have sought to convince themselves and others that there is economy in usilig gieett WuOu that is full of sap. Science and observation alike condemn the notion. All the moist­ ure in wood must be evaporated before it will burn. By splitting it and ex­ posing it to the heat of the sun in a cur­ rent of air the moisture will be expelled without the expenditure of heat created by burning fuel. If. however, the green wood is placed in a stove or fireplace a considerable amount of fuel, previously dried by artificial heat, must be consumed in evaporating the moist­ ure it contains. Heated steam is not consumed, as some people appear to suppose. It passes up the chimney and gives off but very little heat. The amount of heat required to dry wood so it will burn is very considerable. Green wood is very inconvenient as well as ex­ pensive. It makes an unreliable fire that can not be depended on for either heating or cooking purposes. It is pro­ ductive of much smoke and of little satisfaction or comfort. Green wood is very heavy to handle and some varieties will weign fully twice as mu cli when full of sap as when thoroughly dried in the sun. Unless wood is to be drawn on runners over the snow there is a great saving in having it dried before it is taken from the forest to the house. When it is once dry it should l>e put under cover so that it will not absorb rain or become covered with snow. The loss in burning damp coal ic not as heavy as in burning wet wood/but after all it is very considerable. pvUorcling to experiments made in Getmaim*even tons of damp coal will only produce as much heat as six tons that are ek^. The price of one ton of coal will buy lumlior enough to build a protection for six tons and it will last many jean.--'Chi­ cago Times. Knew What He Wanted. An old colored man witli patched ©oat and faded overalls stepped into one of the lali-de-dah-est book stores on Woodward avenue and asked: "Hez yer enny antelopes?" "This is not the market," said the ex­ quisite youth who presided at the sta­ tionery counter. "If you wish to pur­ chase game you will find it there." "Look-a-heah, young man," retorted the sable customer, "yew is jist a leetle tew fresh; and yer needn't tri ter make game oh me! I knows wat I wants an" --here he pulled out a folded sheet of letter paper, soiled and crumpled--"yew jist tote out a antelope to fit that ar noat." He got it immediately.--Detroit POtL ON the bill of fare in a restaurant of Rio Janeiro is a dish oalted "Aristu." It is intended for Irish stew. • madeti n vKfti ' Mr. ' ' '",0001 . ___Wllwasi log, and the House adic dar at 10 a m. Senator Archer introduced a resolution «*f| the 0th fast, to labmif an amend-? ment to tlfe eonatltufcion migjintjiil £&.'• rhe Governor, to-wit: To allow tbe of any portion of aa namnti , bill; referred. Senator Ad mRtairoatHMda . > resolution requiring- the Secretary of tto ' .. Senate to preserve for bind in-; copies of all 1,1 ' | Nil]* and resolutions. Adopted. Senator Hamilton, of Sangamon, introduced a lution to the effect that State were not eligible to the United States Senator. It was moved toil- refer to the Committee on Judteiaiy, andtil Mr. Hamilton proceeded to address the Sen­ ate upon the question. Senator Miner 1 the point of order that discussion in order under a motion to refer. The Pre*- dent said it was an open question, bat h«- wonld overrule the point of order, and Sen-j,: ator Hamilton proceeded. The resolu­ tion was referred by a vote of to 7. Inii X ' the House, qnite a number of bills wem-r'-Q offered. Beven were introduced for tbQ purpose of amending the existing statute laws relating to fraud in the collection taxes, reports of banks and other corpora­ tions. and to revise the law in relation ta criminal jurisprudence; The BepnbUcaa Senators held a caucus at the Leland in tlM t̂l?' evening to consider the appointment, flip committees. A committee of seven was ap4;ft̂ pointed to make up the Senate commitUtuS and formulate rules for that body. | The following bills were introduced in «Myg Senate on the 10th inst. and referred to apfifT propriate committees: By Mr Archer, billi# regard to proof of deeds. By Mr Morris, t^jt V regulate the traffic in deadly weapons t«R $ minors. By Mr. Secrist, two bills to amend the Criminal Jurisprudence act. By Mr*" - Shaw, to provide for the election of Railroait and Warehouse Commissioners by the people!. By Mr. Gillham. regarding church ani| cemetery corporations, providing fo* : the reflation thereof. Bv Mr. Evans^" . in regard to butter and cheese coi»te J operative companies, providing that < bond of #5,01)0 shall l>c given to protect per­ sons who patronize such companies bf • x furnishing prod acta By Mr. Bell, a bill t^ . ? consolidate the management of the State, charitable institutions. By Mr. Hamilton, % resolution providing for the con4 solidation of the management of the v two penitentiaries and the Keform SchooL the entire business to be in the hands of three Commissioners. By Mr. Bell, a resolu­ tion to amend the constitution byalx>ltoiin£ the cumulative system of voting for mem- . bers of the Legislature, providing, howeveii for minority representation He woul<t simply abolish the •'plumping" business. the House, Mr. Littler, of Sangamon, sented the first hicli-license bill of the ses­ sion. It disqualifies municipalities from li­ censing liquor saloons at a less rate than $500 per annum. A provision is also tnada requiring those procuring licenses t» pay in addition to the $500 a still further sum amounting to 10 per cent per annum of the gross receipts arising from the sale of liquors. Provisions are also mada giving municipalities the power to collet* the 10 per cent referred to. Mr. Quinn pre­ sented a resolution to consider the propriety of establishing industrial asylums for bota sexes. Mr. Herrington offered his resolution declaring the Governor's ineligibthtsyto elec­ tion to the United States Senate. Mr. Her* rington said his Democratic friends had set down upon, his resolution, but he now pre- sented it on his own responsibility, and he d<fc sired to place the Democrats on record beforti the people. After considerable discussion, the resolution was made the special order for Monday, the llth. There were three Re­ publican caucuses in the evening, by the re­ spective followers of Oglesby, Cullom and Baum, at which each recapitulated the strength of its candidate and mapped out a plan of action. Tbe Democrats also held • caucus and talked about the ineligibility ret- olution, but no action was agreed upon. The following bills were Introduced in tli* Senate on the llth instant: By Mr. Bay, to defray the running expenses of the Illinois and Michigan eanaL By Mr. Torrance, to amend an act concerning fees and salaries; and to classify the several counties of the Stat i with reference thereto. By Mr. Hogan, to amend law in relation to fences. By lib Needles, providing that it shall lie unlawful for any person to kill, trap, net or insnare prairie chickens or quails, except far home consumption, for five yeajji following the passage of the bill By Mr. Archer, in regard to evidence and depositions in civil cases. By Mr. Duncan, to provide for a change of venue in criminal cases to County Court. By Mr. Kay, to amend the law in regard to the cultivation of fish. By Mr. Fifer, to revise the law in. relation to change ef venue By MR Fifer, to regulate the grantiug of" con­ tinuances in criminal i ases. The House devoted its entire session to the discus­ sion of Mr. Herrington's ineligibility reso­ lution, which was adopted by a vote of 89 yeas to (Ci navs. The Republicans who voted for the reuorttfon were Stessj* Toner, Hiattv Lawrence, Messeck, Jiforrlsoii, f(UZish. Pear­ son of McDonough, Rock, Wooa orcoofc] and Rogers--10. Quinn wa« the only Democrat who opposed it by his vote. Tnose absent and not voting were Messrs. Foster, Great- house. Henry, Lodge, O'Mara, Owen, Thomp­ son, of Cass, and Rankin. The Republicans of both houses met in caucus in the after­ noon to wrestle with the Senatorial ques­ tion. Speaker Collins was unanimously chosen to preside. All the Republicans, members of both houses, answered to the roll-call except Representative Rankin, de­ tained at home by sickness. It was voted to restrict the nominatinK speeches to five minutes. Senator Huns nominated Ex-Go v. Oglesby; Senator Clark named Gov. Cullom: Senator Norris put In nomination Green B. Raum, and Senator Ainsworth placed Gen. Henderson in nom­ ination. Gov. Cullom was nominated on the fifth ballot The votes were as follows: Cnllom Oglesby a< m Henderson....... • innker i P..yson Total Necessary to choico. 1st. •2d. 3d. 10T| It'7 5t> 54 4th. ionr 54 •tth. ts •as u 7 1SS M Scraps of WMNU punishment and hop© of to­ ward moves cowards and sycophants. Virtue is independent of either. The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art in life is to have as many of them as possible. Jleliind the snowy loaf is the mill- wheel, behind the mill the wheat field, on the wheat fields falls the sunlight, above the sun is God. iirief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiuess over can; and common sitflcriugs are far stronger links than comtuou jovs. Temptation is a fearfnl word. It in­ dicates the beginning of a possible se­ ries of infiuite evils. It is the ringing of an alarm bell, whose ringing sounds may reverberate through eternity. Faith and hope cure more disease* than medicine. -- Hope is the brightest star in the firm­ ament of youth. The pleasure of doing good is ^ths only one that never wears out. It is upon the smooth ice we slip. The roughest path is the safest. Next to love, sympathy is the divines! passion of the human heart. A noble part of every true life is undo what is wrongly donew IF there was any way of deciding it, «ay» Clara Belle, I would be willing to bet that 20 per cent, of all the matri­ monial questions in New York ais " • i Sff,. : " tral Park.