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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-7-10, Page 3I?roeraetinatIon. In the dim conservatory, In the lamplight's sof toned glory There I sought the old, old aLory To confess. But my secret I'd not let her Learn too quickly; I'd not Hotter Importune that I might got her To say yes. For elro might thick me unruly It I hastened on unduly, Though her heart desiring truly To possess. "Had she quite enjoyed the dancing, Found the music most entrancing? Asked T; shyly at me glancing She said yea. Then I spoke about the weather ; Did she like it cold, or whether Cold and warm mixed tip together In a mess? Cold or warm, or calm or breeze, or So it really didn't freeze her?" Any kind," I asked, would please her?" She said yes. "Dia she brink love out of fashion ? Did she doubt the tender passion Thus I gently put the lash on My address. Then a point I sought to carry ; As a maiden should she tarry, ,Or should she at some time marry ? She said yes. Then her eyelids drooped a moment ; I knew what the notion slow maaat; By it she had not a no meant To express. Mad she ever meditated O'er her friends already mated, And the life that her awaited.? She said yds. "Darling," said I, "I adore you! Tell me quickly, I implore you, As I'm kneeling here before you; Will you bless "--- Then a sound made me look up, or I'd have kept right on; 'Twas'Tupper; He said: " Will you go to supper?" She said yes. e. Tho New Clerk and the Up -Town Girl. She was an uptown girl. He was a new 'clerk. " I want something nice," said she, " to give a gentleman." " How would a necktie do ? " he asked timidly, with a furtive glance at the pro- prietor. In a word, he was anxious to please. " 0, George has miles of them," she re• plied firmly. " Handkerchiefs would not be inappro• priate," he ventured. " Bnt every one will give him handker. chiefs." " Would a couple of dozen collars or cuffs do 2 " he asked with undiminished polite- ness. " No, I think not," she answered. " How about some nice dress shirts 2" "Oh, dear me, no !" she replied, with an almost imperceptible blush. " A acarfpin or suspenders 2" he in- quired, with the air of one who is becoming esperate. " No," doubtfully. " Well, there is nothing else I oan sag. .gest but night robes," he muttered, de- spairingly. Sir !ehe answered, and whisked out. And the new salesman lost a customer ,just became he did not know intuitively that she wanted some elegant silk sooks and did not have the courage to ask for them.— Weasel/6 Weekly. FOOD FOB THE FARMER.. •••••••••••••41..r...... How to Get Bid of Parasites and Insects. Don't Work 'With, Poor Tools—The ..anent of Subsoliing*Honchos as Egg.Bro- ducers—Keep the ;Cow Oban—Siiip Your Poultry Dead.—Other Farm ;gates. Killing Insects and Parasites,, As the time hoe arrived for beginning the work of preventing the loss of potatoes, grapes, apples, plums, etc., a few referenoee to work done at tke several experiment stations throughout the United States may prove of valuable aid to thoee inter Bated. The grape rot, blank knot, woody aphis, quince leaf spot, brown rot, cabbage worm, and other enemies must now be looked after. At the Delaware Experiment Farm gratifying results were obtained from spraying the vines with the Borieaux mix- ture, sprayed vines averaging over fifty-four pounds of marketable grapes on a row, while the unsprayed vines yielded only a fraction over seven pounds per row, or about seven times as much from the sprayed rows ae from the others. The fruit upon the sprayed vines also ripened much earlier because the foliage was better. The Bordeaux mixtures adheres to the grapes, but the coating is easily removed by placing the grapes in wire baskets and dipping them in vinegar water, rinsing twice after dipping. At Cornell University sulphide of potasaium and carbonate of Dopper, applied early is the season, in eoln- tion, are recommended for leaf blight in strawberries, and in the fall burning of the leaves to be practiced. At the Oregon station a mixture of six ounces of London purple to 100gallons of water proved better than a stronger solution for the destruction of the codling moth on apples and pears. The mixture should bo kept constantly stirred while being need. Spraying fre- quently, and as late as September, is recommended, but it is ' suggested that there may be danger from poison by late spraying. Woody aphis was destroyed by lye water (one pound of lye to three gallone of water), the kero- sene emulsion not being satisfactory. At the Ohio Experiment Station the Bordeaux mixture destroyed the grape rot and checked the quince loaf spot, and was apparently successful with brown rot of plums and cherries. It is feared by grow- ers that the arsenical solutions are too weak, but in all oases the weaker solutions have been more effective. About half a pound of London purple with 100 gallons of water is the proper proportion. The Bordeaux mixture is prepared by adding six pounds of sulphate of Dopper and four pounds of lime with 50 gallons of water at the Ohio Station, instead of 22 gallons of water, as called for in the original formula. The experiments mentioned are conclusive evidences that the grape crop may be saved by beginning early in the season to spray the vines, and repeating three or four times daring the year until the crop ripens. Poor Tools. A Pointer on Waltzing. " I want to give you a tip on dancing," .said a flashily dressed man about town yesterday afternoon, says the North .American. " What is it 2" he was asked. " Simply this : There is hope for poor dancers. As poor dancers are legion this is important." " Well, what is the tip ?" "Nothing more or lees than this : If you are a poor dancer — and of course yon are—get a heavy partner who is a good dancer." " What good will that do 2" " All the good in the world. You are a -light man—I mean as far as physical weight is concerned. The girl is a good dancer. Yon go swinging around with her. Ton are in doabt. Yon waver just a little bit. Does a break coeur? Not at all. The momentum keeps you moving. The 'heavy girl—bless her heart—swinge you right around at the proper time and plane. The result is that spectators imagine you are a tip-top dancer, when it it hadn't been for the heavy girl your waltz would have .ended disastrously." Some Timely Suggestions. A few hints are here thrown out for Canadian women who intend visiting ,Europe. First and foremost make up your mind as early as possible before sailing— plan your wardrobe with reference to yonr trip—make up your mind to travel with the least possible baggage. What you really need reduced to the lowest terms is a loose blanket, a flannel wrapper in whioh you may sleep,, winter .flannels, knickerbockers made of flannel, merino stockings, warm gloves, a pretty bood, a long woolen ulster to Dover the whole of the gown, some pretty silk hand. kerohiofe and a moderately think veil. Let the material for your steamer dress be of serge, with a blouse tnoked waist, avoid hooks and eyes and fancy fastenings, +remember that much of the time your head will be desoribing the aro of a circle and the less toilets you have to make the better. For a Change a blank sura'h with a few fanny fixings of laoe will do for demi toilette rand table d hots. whioh the fungus is propagated are de. etroyed. Is tasilage a Luxury ? It was never intended that ensilage should be used as food. for stook to the ex- clusion of grain or hay. The ensilage is to supply the plane of grass in the win- ter 'season. Sow your corn now, and it will', provide you with an excellent add[. tion to the regular food at the proper time. Shorn Sheep Thrifty. The sheep that has been ehoarcd will now be more thrifty than the one heavily. covered with wool. The heat is very injurious to sheep unless they oan have a cool plane to which to resort, with plenty of fresh water. They, seek their food early, reet daring the day, and graze again late in the afternoon. Ship Dead Poultry. Never ship poultry to market alive in summer, as they suffer severely on the journey. Kill ell kinds of poultry, dry pink them and peck the carcasses in ice. The extra pricy obtained will pay for the labor of dressing, while less lose will result from shipment to market. Other Farm Notes. Keep a sharp lookout for the peach tree borer at this seaeon. A dead limb is an incumbrance to a tree and should be removed. Whenever you see a rat -hole pour a little tar in it. Late potatoes will do well on a piece of land from whioh a crop of clover -hay has bean out. To secure a growth of white plover on a grass plot use plenty of wood ashes as a top dressing. Daring the warm days of sammera fat hog suffers severely. Avoid grain, and feed on grass or auooulent food of any kind. The surest way to remove paint is by the use of turpentine. If used immediately the paint will never fail to be erased. If you have no time to plow the weeds in mow them down. Treat them in any man- ner you prefer, so you prevent them from seeding. If the land for the turnip crop is not ready there is no time to lose. It should be well worked and made fine. As soon as the new crop of seed comes in is the time to sow. Land plaster will often cense a field of grass to show growth after it is apparently exhaneted from frequent cropping. Plaster and ashes make an excellent combination. Young strawberry beds will quickly be overrun with arab grass at this season, the best preventive being to cultivate the rows after every rain, which will push the straw- berry plants ahead. Good farming is incompatible with the many wastes going on all the time on aver- age farms. One of the greatest of these common wastes is the labor thrown away on the use ot poor tools. It should be known by all that, in this country, service- able machinery and good tools are much cheaper than labor. This is especially true of the smaller and inexpensive tools. A dull, clumsy hoe or a poor axe often consume in a eingle day such an extra amount of labor above what a bright, eharp hoe or axe would require, that the new tools could be paid for by the saving of that one day's excess. Some very intelligent farmers think lightly of a good hand saw, hammer and similar implements, and will let their hired help worry along with a riokety old thing, and on numerous occasions, while repairing tools, or fixing little con- veniences in barn or shop, on rainy days, eto., waste a large amount of time that the keeping of good implements would save. Thus it is with cultivators, and harrows, eto. A good modern cultivator is more easily handled, works 'closer to the rows than the olnmsy, old-fashioned cultivators, and consequently eaves a great deal, if not all, of the nand hoeing that was required in old-style farming. Here aro a large number and variety of wastes whioh good farming cannot allow; in many oases large enough to make the difference between profitable and unprofitable husbandry. " Stop the wastes and let the profits go on" is a good motto. Snbsoiling. Almost Ent His Foot In It. " We ,used to kiss sometimes, didn't we ?" The said to his wife. " No, sir," ehe said with deep indignation ; "you never kissed ,me until after we were engaged ; you tried to, and you fought for the privilege, but yon never enaoeeded." " Is that so ? " the husband remarked. "I've kissed so many " What's that ? What did yon say 2 " the wife asked. " I say," said the husband, ""I have kissed `yon so many times that I can't, remember when I began." She Justified His Action. Schoolmarm (with ominous look in her eye)—What made you - so We, Robert Beed Robert—Been fightin'. Schoolmarm (advancing forionsly)—Yon leave, eh ?, Robert -Yes, ma'am. A boy Bed yer wuz ae ugly as home-made sin, an I jest give it ito him. " Well, Bobby, dear, I'll have to pardon you this time, but oontrol your temper the best yon can." A HARD ItIAN TO VATOH, The counterfeiter who Copies Uncle Sam',e Notes With a Pen. The moat remarkable counterfeiter at present,living, so a Washington Star re- porter was informed, luta been keeping the United States secret service in such a oon- dition of exasperation fora long time past that no trouble or expense weuld be con- sidered exueaelve for the accomplishment of bis oapture. And this, although he proeuees on an average not more than two bogus notes in a year. The remarkable thing about these imitations are that they are executed entirely with a pen. Once in six months, almost as regularly as clockwork, one of them turns up at the treasury here, to the diagnet' of the Gov- ernment detectives, whose utmost efforts cannot discover so muoh as 'a clew no follow. The strangest point about the matter is that the work of producing the bills in this fashion, merely oonsidered ae a question of labor, remunerative or other- wise, cannot possibly pay. They etre always either fifties or twenties, and to make one must require pretty constant toil for quite half a year.' The last one, which was re- ceived a few days ago, was a double X. Fanny enough they come each time from a different city, and the suppoeition is that the forger leaves town for another locality immediately ripen passing one. He gets rid of the note whioh he has just oom- pleted, which may remain in circulation for some time before reaching a bank, and departs long before the police agents have a chance to arrive upon the scene. The meet plausible theory seems to be that he is a monomaniac of means, who gratifies a morbid taste in this astonishing way. His imitation bills aro so perfectly done that no one short of a professional expert would hesi- tate to take them for good money. From the vignettes to the signatures the work is performed with an accuracy that bears scrutiny with a powerful magnifying glass. Iu all likelihood the reason why the notes are not made of larger denomi- nations is that they would be proportion- ately more diffioult to pave. One can im- agine that this eccentric counterfeiter in- dulges iu the employment simply for the gratification of his vanity. It is not im- probable that he himself has been shown the frame at the treasury building in whioh two specimens of his handiwork are shown by polite attendants to visitors as the most extraordinary samples of for- geries in the government collection. Any- way he goes on turning out the bills at reg. tiler intervals of six months, thus oocaeion- ing periodical spasms of exasperation in the secret•service bureau. As the roots of red clover equal two- thirds the weight of the stalks the plowing in of a clover sod leaves in the soil a large amount of valuable nitrogenous matter whioh cannot be so cheaply prodnced in any other manner. ' There are 1,000 farmers working like slaves and competing with each other to make low-priced butter where there is one who has become intelligent on this ghee. tion, so that he oan make a better article and get better pay for his time and labor. Take no heed to those who tell you that fruit trees, plante and vines will bear as well without cultivation ae with, but re- member that cultivation should be given early, and that ill-timed, injudicious culti- vation is worse than none. Professor E. F. Ladd said, at the last meeting of the New York State Dairymen's Association, that, taking the results o-fITe Dairy Conference of last year, he finds that in some oases less than thirteen pounds of of milk were required to produce a pound of butter ; at other conferences se high as thirty-two or thirty-three pounds were required. H. P. Hopkins, of New York, avers that every time he ohnrne unripe cream he loses. He save : " When cream is a trifle acid it is eufficienlly ripened. 1: prefer a concussion churn to the friction churn. White specks in batter come from eoagule- tion of the milk, which settles to• the bottom of the cane. They should be washed ont'properly." Tearing up the subsoil with the subsoil plough, and thus giving the water some sort of channels underneath the topsoil and the reservoir greater depth, is often of great help in undrained lands ; but it will not do much good where each fields are now and then turned into swamps, with water standing on the surface. There shonld be at least some effective surface drainage, and an outlet sufficiently deep to carry off the surplus water both from the surface and from the lacerated portion of the subsoil. If this is properly attended to there is no reason why the land should not bear good orops, and respond freely to manure application. When to Cut Clover. The baseballist's business is picking alp, the football player's ie rushing, the advertising' agent's is booming, the aero- naut's ie in the air, the dry goods seller'e is Tip -tearing, the haokman's is driving, the washerwoman manages to scrub along, and the bunko man Ands plenty to " do." Still, As business administration, this is not to ed of. bragged be b t that this general complaint There is 6 P year's fiiee have More glue on their noele ripen those of lost season. Clover should be out just before the heads. begin to turn brown. To ant it sooner is to lose a portion of the nutritious matter, while to cut it after the blossoms turn brown is to permit it to become more woody and less succulent. An Egg Producer. As egg producers the Hondans claim their plane among the first ; they are non sitters, and if not equaling in the number of eggs the Leghorns and Homburgs, they out -strip them all in weight, as two of their large, white eggs will turn the scale with three Leghorn or Hamburg eggs. The eggs of Hondans are nuttily very fruitful. The chickens are very healthy and fast growers, and not subject to most of the diseases which attack young chickens ; both chickens and old fowls are very meaty, tender and fine in flavor, and valusbls as table fowls. Keep the Cow Clean. The importance of washing or onrrying the cow for the purpose of preventing disease maybe shown by the foot that while a cow may discharge 20 pounds of water through the kidneys she may drink 100 pounds, the 80 pounds passing off through the skin, carrying 'with it matter that should be eliminated from the body. Un- less the water posses off freely the milk will be more or less contaminated. Wash the cow, curry or brash her, and remove the dried matter and scurf on the skin in order to promote free perspiration. Smut on Oats. Smut on Data is now easily destroyed in a very simple manner. The Department of Agriculture, in its " Joarnal of Mycology," states that if the seed be treated with scalding water, whioh is poured over the Beed, and the send irhmerted in the hot , water for A few minutes,i no njury will be done the seed,, while the epozes from One Way of Finding Out. Clara (meditatively)—How oan I be quite certain that Augustus loves me for my wealth alone? He 1 a sudden thought. strikes me. Augustus! Augustus (tenderly)—My own! Clara—Between two who love there should be perfect frankness, should there not 2 Augustus—My angel, a thoneand times, yes. (Aside) What the deuce does she want to know? Clara (slowly)—Then listen. My hair grew upon other heads, and my teeth are the best money could buy. My eyebrows aro false, my lips are painted, my cheeks are rouged, and my dressmaker makes me as well as my dresses. Say, Augustus, can you love me after these disclosures 2 Augustus (faintly)—I—I can 1 Clare (sotto voce)—Ye gods; bow deeply in debt must this young men be!—Judy. A 8IiRDION Ofil 01 a1RIAGP.. Dr. Holmes (i}ivess girls some Good Advice on the Subject, This question of marriage is at the basis. of true noppinesa and good 'moiety. The reoiplemet attraction al a man and a wonieii, singling out .each other from the milli .u, was one of God's methods for our haw ness. ,Lo.eard a happy marriagean engagement on right principles was a requisite. Why did so many engagements run so long ? One excuse was in the words, I want to be my own master a while longer, and another reason was, they said, they couldn't afford a prompt wedding. In France woman's freedom began when she married ; here it seemed to end. The American maiden could run around as much as she pleased, while the wife was a sort of recluse, almost haltered to the hoose. There was no need of so great a change as often occurred, though, of coarse, the wedded pair had to .make mutual surrenders, the woman giving up her flirtations and gadding and the husband his bachelor boorishnees and nomadic lite, his club -room absorption and roving fannies. Single life was arithmetic and married life algebra. The responeibility of eating three meals was different from cooking three and the hymeneal altar was a place of aaorieoe, the surrender of time, liberty and preference. Dr. Holmes thought both parties should go to the same church. The girl that couldn't get her beau converted before marriage would probably wait a long time afterward. No girl in her unties would marry a drinking man. Better marry a man who talked in his Bleep or snored. Cherie s could afford to marry the right girl, because it would be as cheap or cheaper than single life. Tasteful, not expensive, attire, made a woman attractive. The woman was to blame for extravagance, if indeed economy was neglected, and, as a matter of foot, a man didn't know the difference between a e3 shawl and one of Qaeen Victoria's cashmeres. Every woman knew that she was as ador- able to her husband if in a plain ten-oent calico ae in a el silk; whereas, in some fashionable circles, it cost more to dress a daughter for one party than to send two sone to college for a year. Don't let the married board, but keep house, ever so simply, the speaker having been as happy in two rooms on the Kash- waukee River, in this State, as in yonder nice new parsonage, whioh was a credit to them all. The woman who didn't keep house lacked the opportunity for the cul- tivation of all true home affections and grapes. In selecting a companion marry health, marry appetite, don't marry on the sly. Make the wedding day the happiest of all your life, a day of song, kindly greeting, warm band -shakes and congratulations. Ask God's guidance in every step, making marriage a veritable sacrament, as do the Catholics. Excep,, physically, the wedded should be alike as ie culture and toils.— Chicago Inter -Ocean. *seen Victoria's Horses. The eight horses which are attached to the royal coach used upon state occasions are ot the famous Hanoverian breed—big, stalwart creams with ghastly wall eyes ; myet folk pronounce them splendid speci- mens of equine beauty. These horses are still bred in Hanover and the severest pains are taken to keep the stook pure. If at birth the colt is not a pure cream, or if subsequently it develops some defeat, it is killed. In this way none but sound and bistinot-colored horses are to be met with in this peculiar brand. In Hanover, how- ever, all the horses are not firet- eines; about 50 per Dent. of the horses you see in the streets are slight sad ill•ehapen and bony creatures The Dutch horses seem to average better than those of any other nation ; they are of noble size, of distinct oolor, and are strong• hardy and intelligent. Nearly all wee horses you see in Holland are sleek, glossy and handsome. The Dutchman takes the best care of hie horse. If the weather be inclement he leaves the horse et home in the warm stable and hitohes up hie wife and the family dog to the plow or to the farm waggon. In Germany the larger dogs are made to do service as draw- ers of small Darts ; a stout dog, properly broken, will outwork the average pony. Then, too, while the master is away the dog guards the property to whioh he is attaohed,—London Star. 011 on Troubled Water. Almost all of no have heard the above quotation and know that oil poured on troubled or angry waters will reduce the violence of their motion, but not many of tie are familiar with the origin of the phrase. For their benefit the following is given. The venerable Bede says " A priest called Utta was sent into Kent to fetch Lanplede, King Edwine'a daughter, who was to be married to King Oawin, A.D. 617. Before his departure Utta visited Bishop Sides and besought his prayers for a prosperous. journey. The bishop blessed him and gave him a pot of oil, saying : Remember that you oast into theeiea this oyle that I will give yon, and the wynde laid comfortable, fayre weather shall ensue on•the sea: " A Heavenly Visitant. Wife (delighted)—What 1 home through the summer shower 2 But where did you get that lovely piece of ice ? Husband (exultingly)—It is a hailstone which just fell in our front yard, and we can pay off oar mortgage with it. Some Other Evening. Clara—Well, to tell the truth, dear Charley--. Frank—Charley ? Clara—I mean Frank. I declare, how absent-minded I am. I thought it was Thursday evening instead of Wednesday.— Texas Siftings. Rural Methods. " Whenever we have a fire in the country we first ring for the firemen, and an hour later for the police." " What for?" " The firemen to put the fire out, and the police to put the firemen out." What the King Said. His excellency Clarence W. Ashford, Attorney -General of Hawaii, as most of our readers are aware, is a native of Port Hope, and his brother Volney is com- mander of the forces of the kingdom. His excellency has sent us a dopy of the King's speech at the opening of the Legislature, on the 21st ult. From it we make the fol• lowing extract, which will be read with interest. The King no doubt is right : 0 ka poo i waiha is aku al is taken ka =lama dna i ke ole o ke Lanni, no makaala no taken, o as holopona no ka Mon Kana ma ka home dna e hoomi mai i km mai nuc e .aha nel [weenie o kakon."— Port Elope Guide. Stanley says a director of a Dutch house recently told him that hie firm has thirty steamers on the Upper Congo, and that their hoose bad bought $1,500,000 of ivory in the last two years. The official count for the tato Provincial election for the District of Parry Sound was made yesterday: Mr. Sharpe's majority was declared to be 110. Mrs: Henry Leach is ening the Grand Trunk Railway for $10,000 damages' for the death of her hatband, who was killed at a crossing in Toronto. EL LTX1NG J.UIILWAY OAS. A railway smaeh-rip is bad epough at any time, but when the fire in the ear stove Adds risk of cremation the passengers" chances are poor indeed. In the neighbor- ing country gratifying progress hos been made in doing away with the car stove. There are 156,000 miles of railroad in the United States, and eighty -sig companies operating 91,443 miles have made some use of steam for warming passenger care. On 8,465 miles of road all oars are heated by steam from the locomotive ; on 10,912' milds of road more than half the ears ere equipped for eteam beat ; on 17,516 miles from one-tenth to one-half the cars are equipped, and on 54,530 mike experiments are being made. A good share of the mileage where steam heat is used is in New York State, where a statute compels the companies to heat their oars by steam. A. feature o/ this infor- mation, whioh has been gathered by one of the most reputable engineering journals, relates to the use of steam from the locomotive. Forty-one railroad companies replied that there was no increase in the amount of fuel used in locomotives because of supplying steam to warm the train, and all the other com- panies said the increase was " imperceptie ble" or " slight." It will be remembered that when compulsory steam heating was first proposed in the legislature of New York State it was vehemently opposed by the railroad companies in united front, with every objection that could be thought of. Among the first and strongest was,. the contention that there was no surplus steam and that drawing on the boiler for steam to heat the passenger oars would se cripple the locomotive that it coned not haul a heavy train and make time. To the credit of the N.Y. Central bo it said that as soon as the bill became a law it set to work cheerfully and in good spirits to select a system and. apply it—a system whioh now has been in use two winters. Most of the difficulties whioh the companies prophesied vanished in practice. A few were realized, and others have been encountered. The only difficulties now enumerated are in regu- lating temperature, leaky couplings, frozen traps, and rearming oars at terminals. The last named difficulty cannot apply to lines like the Central, and common sense teaches that the temperature of oars can be regulated ; it is for the companies to insist that it shall be done. It is only through neglect of trainmen that it is neglected. Invention will have to supply the perfect coupling and a trap that will not freeze. Taken altogether the car stove is departing with all the rapidity that could be expected. Taking Sig Chances. In the stables of a famous sportsman in New York there is an inclosnre where a ball -dog is kept a prisoner. The dog has won thirty or forty battles, and is so fierce that everybody except the man who handles him in his fights keeps at a distance from the brute. Very often lovers of dogs make a visit to the stable to have a look at the canine pngiliet, but they are exceedingly shy in approaching him. Recently the owner of the dog wont to the stable, and as the coachman had gone with the horses to the blacksmith's, he let himself in with a pass -key and went over to have a look at his prize dog. When be arrived at the pan he was astounded and startled to see the 4 - year -old daughter of the ooaohmansittingon the dog's side and cheerfully pounding that animal in the face with an iron bolt. The dog lay therewith his enormous jaws open, his tongue hanging oat end his face trans- fixed by a look of dog -like faith and devo- tion to the infant. The little girl pulled hie ears, pounded his head, stnok her fingers in his mouth, and alter she had got through playing with him went off to another part of the stable, while the ball -doe whined a plaintive appeal to her to come back and see him again. It turned out that this went on every day, and that, too, with the knowledge of the child's father. " I never knew a dog to hurt a little kid like that," the coachman remarked sententiously. They ain't built that way."—New York Sun. Miss Dolores Marbonrg, the author of erne of last year's popular novels, has gone to Europe for a prolonged residence and iterary work. She has just finished a new novel written in collaboration with George Cary Eggleston. A SONO or nor IEATHEIL " I'll stick to you whate'er betide Though all the world may scoff,' . Thus spoke the heavy flannel shirt But the man said: Aw, come off I" Cedrion' mother was a New Yorker, but Cedric was born in Boston. " Cedric, you are a naughty boy ; you want a licking," said she. " Nay. meter," returned the child, bravely, " I may need chastisement, but I do not went it."—Earper's Bazar. A Few Signs of Good Breeding. A well-bred woman [always thanks the man who gives her a seat in the street -oar and does it in a quiet and not in an enffeive. w She does not declare that she never rides in street.oars. She does not talk loud in public places. She does not shove or push to get the beet seat, and she doesn't wonder why in the world people carry children in the oars and why they permit them to cry. She doesn't want to be a man and elle doesn't try to imitate him by adopting mas- anline manners. She doesn't say she hates women, and, she has some good, true friends among them. She doesn't wear boots without their but tons or e. frock that needs mending. She does not wear on the street a dress only fitted to the house or carriage. She does not wear a torn glove, when a needle and thread and a few stitches world make it all right. The Nails of the Fabhtonable. The nails of the fashionable woman are often, to put it strongly, a positive abomi- nation. They are vulgar, just as anything that is overdone and pronounced is vulgar. And they are altogether " agin natnr," quite as much so as if they were stained with henna, like those of her East Indian sister. To conform to nature the nail should be trimmed round, to follow the line of the fingertip, instead of being slanted up in a long, sharp point, whioh is supposed to add a tapering look to the finger, but which really suggests the claws of a bird. And then they are polished too highly. To the fastidious mind the overwrought glistening of the nail ie as offensive, be- cause unnatural, as the painted cheek or the darkened eyes. Artifice in the finger-tips is no less vulgar than artifice in the face. And it is not beautiful. Nature is an ar- tist who does not make mistakes. If the beauty of the nail were really enhanoed by laying a hard, glistening polish upon it ehe wonld have known how to do so.—Evening Sun. A vessel sailed into the port of (Meese the other day manned by monks. Captain, mate, second mate, boatswain, nook and sailors all wore the dress of the monastery of Mount Athos. The name of the ebip is the Prophete•Elie. Tomdik—The marriage of young Rooney and Miss Blesser was quite' a surprise to me. I never saw them together. Mrs. Tomdik--O, they have played tennis a great deal with each other. Tomdik—It was a tennis court, then, was it ? A man came into my study last week who told me of a new method of finding a boarding place. He went, he said, into a good meat shop, and asked the butcher to tell him of the boarding houses where he sold the beet meat. The butcher gave him two places, and he at once went and engaged board.—The Advance. " Blondes shouldn't wear magenta colors," said an artistic milliner yesterday. " It makes their eking a sickly gray. They have plenty of colors that rightly belong to thein without venturing into the brunette field," The trustees of the proposed Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses have decided to erect a building in Ottawa at a cost of $10,000. A novel enterprise has been started in A Buffalo, N. Y. company has been formed which will press, clean and repair men's clothing, calling for and deliveting the same. The charge is $1.50 a Month. Tux Bey of Tunis has at last issued e decree absolutely prohibiting slavery in his dominions. The new decree requires every employer of negro domestios to give them a• legalized certificate that they are free. There will otherwise be a fine of from 200 francs to 2,000 francs. Persons selling,. baying or keeping a slave are to be liable to from three months' to three years' imprisonment. Cardinal Lavigerie states that a few old families in Tunis may from tradition have kept their slaves, but the number is constantly diminishing, and there will soon be none left. Etiquette does not demand that calls by telephone shonld be returned. The fail edition of Marshal MeoMahon'a memoirs, six copies, have been distributed among his nearest relatives, with the in- junction of secrecy. She wanted a cottage. He wanted an apartment. " Suites to the sweet," he said, with a tender glance. '" Flats to the flat," ehe retorted with a scornful smile.. (They took a cottage.) The Chinese poll tax at Vancouver yielded e7,421 in May, as compared with. e5,075 for the corresponding month last year. The Congregational Chnrch at Ashford, Conn., was struck by lightning yesterday morning and destroyed. It was the oldest edifice in the State. The rumored death of Mr. Masene, M. P. for Riohelien, turns out to bo without foundation. He is, however, in a very dangerous oondition. The prettiest models for light -weight silks, such as China, India, Alpine and Bengaline, aro made up with full bodices, full sleeves and slightly draped skirts.. Velvet forms a part of most summer hats and bonnets, or it trims them, mingled with flowers. The principal trimmings for India and light -weight silke are Chantilly laoe, insole tions, embroideries ; or velvet, satin or gros-grain ribbon. D. C. N. L. 28. 80. 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