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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-3-5, Page 21110 31:033ERN PULPIT. CIMILITIOT AIM NIL nx lune 'weraaele not= tlereshateriata) ellett everaegaeof rilease his neigh:bur for nic13<xxl to eelncat4ork. ",--Itolteties 15:2 Utz ie a gregarione animal. He resembles the shaep rather than the fox. He loves and smelts tate eanapanienship of bis fellows. Thew le tiai mare fearful punishment tban Whore, eimfinenteut. To take a man from the micle* f bis fellowmen and shut him into 4 lonesome cell, where he will Dever see et human face, nor hear A human voice is oreaelful to contemplate. Poor old Robluson Crowe hoe the pity and sympathy of &IL ' This, :eve of mankindfor the society of neriina is at the foundation of both church stete. It also accounts for the existence d large cities. Men love to flock together. They love conventions, and encampments and reuniotut. The more, the merrier. The people go to see the people: One pee because everybotly goo. It is a grand tieing that "none of us lit. eth to himself." Sometimes, in weary MO meats, We fain would cry out, "0 for 4 ledge in some vest wildernees, some bound- lesseontmguity of shade." Bu e we !would not bethere long before we woula earth tore - turn to the habitat of men, to grasp his hand, and beer his voice ouce more. It iteweil that we are imamea with this gregarioue apirit There are fie many due, end the world la so amen, and we are einn- pelted to live together, therefore iA is 4 great lama* that we love to live together. alan ate himself uo man. Dom Immo, nullus how," A tuella position in society lergely determines his power. Education, trade, 41[14)40, jurisprudence. religion are all developments of society, We are all wonderfully woven together in the social fabric. We are led by liltemottvee, we are effected by like ceuses, our intereete are me, o are all united in the bencla patby. Does a neighbor die, we erat Does a friend receive good 'sem, we mom& We blush for other's errors. Herbert Spencer tells us that a boy once died at 'witnessing pubic executiore The community has nerve fibers as well as the iodividual. W e are ell neighbors. A famine io Ireland will raise econtributioo in New York. ete it is nezessery for us to live together, as we love to live together, as we are all lemma together in the delicate 'cords of sym- pathy, "let every one of Ile pease his neighbor," It becomes a duty. to be agree- able. Did you ever think of it tn that light? Fersoos who would not toueli A penny that Vas not theirs, and.who would not depart a Lair's breadth from the truth willsometirnes think tbt they are keeping the whole law. They deeply wepreciate the duty of truth ininesa,1 111: e prtn1 .o r et the duty oe being agrce,tele, But Paul writes, a let everyone of us please his ueigbbor for hie good to ediacation." It is an observed fact that not alfgood peo- ple are agrees/1'e. Some men have such a a disagreeable way of doing a good deed that it takes a great deal of the sweetness out, ot it. T remember one of Any teachers who would ennounee a vacation with such a sour face as to deprive the announcement of much ot its pleasentness. Good nien are not always agreeable men. The converse of this proposition is also true. That is, that all agreeable persons are not good. Evil delights to mask in pleasing costumes. The rum shops always have the brightest lights. Swizatera aro apt to have slick tongues and fascinating manners. Satan likes to parade in drese suit. Pollok speaks of amen who sttle the livrey of tbe court of beaven to serve the devil in.' So aftett does evil assume pleasant forms that the old Puritan fathers, and the Scotch Covenanters frowned upon all pleasure. They were inclined to look upon pleasure and evil as synonomous. It is said that the Blue Law of New England prohibited the playing of any laminae tnetrument except the drum, the trumpet, and the jew's harp. A Hisbleent elder once went to Edinburgh; on bis return home heves telling his friends ot his little journey into the world, " I was there on a Sabbath," said he, "it was an atvfn' sight! There on the Sabbath day, you would see folks walking along the street, swilling as iftheywere perfectly happy I" to think that Christians should be perfectly happy, and that they should smile on the Sabbath day was entirely contrary to his early'training. Fortunately those days are now memories of the past. We are no longer willing to let evil and wickedness pretend to monopolize all the good times. I say, pretend for it is all a pretense, there is no i real happiness which s not in the way of righteousness. The pleasures of sin are but for a season, and they are very poor plea- sures at that, ofteu followed by a bad head ache next morning. Someone has suggested that a division might be made of all the people into three classes, theagreeable ; the digagreeahle ; and those who are sometimes one and some- times the other. This is a very comprehen- sive division. Each one can ask himself the question, "to which of these classes do I be- long. We should all desire to belong to thefirst- class. Every one wishes the approbation and good -will of his fellowmen. But everyone is not willing to strive to deserve it. We are so intent on pleasing ourselves that we have no time to please our neighbor. We all know persons who are the incarna- tion of sunshine. Brightness and warmth attend their footsteps. Everybody loves them'because they love everybody. They seeinto be thoughtful of everyone but of self. These are those who belong to the. first class, that of agreeable people. Then there are some who belong to the second class, that of disagreeable people. We might re -divide this class into those who are wilfully disagreeable and those who are thoughtlessly disagreeable. The wilfully disagreeble deserve nosym- pathy at all. They chose their own road, let them walk in it. We will give them a wide berth, and pass by on the other side. tam sufficiently optimistic to believe this class a small one, but still it exists. To this class belong those frigid and crabbed members of society, who use a big " I " and a little " you." who are so wrapped up ill the cloak of their own selfishnes that they are blind to the exist once of fellow mortals. They declare that they are under no obligations to other peo- ple, especially to people who do not belong to their " set." We will cite these wilfully disagreeable people to the case of Dives vs. Lazarus ; also to the case of the Publican and the Sinner also to the case of the good Samaritan. Let them go and learn of these. Besides wilfully disagreeable people there are also thoughtlessly disagreeable people. This is a lerge elass.To this class belong those who are always on the outlook for defects. They weer skeptical spectacles on their car-, rion scenting noses. Yes, your new house is very handsome, but don't you think that another color of paint would have been bet- ter ?" "Did you notice that cracked pane of glass Male attic window ?" "I'm afraid year cellar is going to be damp." And so they go though the world throwing wet blankets on, their neighbors' pleasure. They have sharp ego for blots and scratches, but are blind to beauties. Duty will go home and, say that they " heard a pretty fair sermon foit such a young man, fitte—.," instead of taking the good and leaving the bad alone, they take the bad and leave the gotta abate. To tbe thoughttesely disagreeable belong also those oversensitive perewas who are always imagining themselvea slighted. Poor miserable ones, they deserve our sym- pathy rather then our censure. Life is 4 dismalaffair to them. They seem to have a low **nem of themselves and fear that others will have the same, The trouble really arises out of an abnormal selaconselousnesa The owe for it is to think more about your neighbor and less about yourself. Those who go to the opposite extreme and are over -bold, and over -frank also belong toalais class. Aman may be a fool, • and know that he is a fool, but he demo not want his mighdor to come up and tell him so. Honesty and frankness are admirable qualities, but their possession is not to be offered as an excuse for willfully mangling our neighbor's feelings. A person who alwaya blurts out whet he thinks without regard to the rights or feelings of others is apt to have few friends. ,Heis not obeying Paul's injunction to please hie neighbor. Again, the man who always agrees with you, and has no opinion of his own belongs to thiaelass. He al too amiable to disagree with =yam. He lut$ not the courage of bis coovietieusof be Imo enet convictions. By agreeing with his neighbor in all thinge be becemea disagreeable. Besides the agreeable and the disagreeable there are some persous who are sometimes the OSO itad sometimes tbe other. They are victims to moods and humora. One day they are in the garret, next day they are in the cellar. Thew life ie oue long month of April, a life of alternating sunshine and shower. You never luiew how to approtteh them for you never know what burner they are in. AU these idiodyncraelea make the path of life rougher, and the 'burdens of life harder to bear. They are excrescences which every Christi= alma/ endeavor to lap off. They create oupecessary fried= en the world. Our duty is to be agreeable, to please our neighbor. The eeeret or art of pleasing is Wade/dal. This hi what Paul emphasizes in they ehepters to the Romans, 1," We then that are strong ought to hear the inannitiat of the weak, and not to please oureelvean The trouble here width suggeats Paul's ex- hortation was probalay smiler to that which arose in Corinth concerning meat offered to idols, Part of the meat MO of. feted to beethen idols, mid peat of it was sold in the market -pieces. Some of the Christiane with tender =sciences did not like to buy this meat and eatit, Faal him- self said it was A matter of indifference, yet for the sake of the weak he says the strong should deny themselves. Of bitnsolf he seas. "12 meet =eke my brother to offend I will eat AO meat while the world stanaeth." I is this spirit of aelfalenial that Paul corn - mends. Ho bids us not to please ourselves 44 for even Christ pleased not himself." Whet stronger plot could he present then the example of our Saviour! Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself for as, shall eve not deny ouraelves for our neiglators? "Inasmuch as ye do it untome. " Our duty to our God is bound up in our duty to our fellowanen Christ taught the brotherhood of man as well as thefatherhood of God. Weplease God when we please our brother. Let us not be among those eelfpleasers to whom the Lord shall say, a I was an hungerea and ye gave meno meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink, I was a stranger and ye took mo not n, naked and ye clothed me not, eiek and n prison and ye visited me not." It is our duty to please our mighbor, yet uotice carefully that it is not the mere at of pleasing that deterves credit, but 18 12 the purpose for which we please. We deserve no credit for pleasing out neighbor if our purpose is to curry favor for our own selfish ends. The demagogue tries his utmost to please everybody. He shakes bands with the farmer who has come to town to sell his produce, and greets him as though he were just the man he had been longing to see for the last six months. He asks after the wife and children. Bela "hale fellow well met" with everyone. "What anoble phil- anthropic man, you might say. But what is his purpose? It is to secure votes. It is not because he loves these men, or because he desires their welcome, but simply to get their votes. Such a man deserves to be despised. The shop -keeper who mirks and cringes to sell his goods deserves no credit. The minister of the Gospel who is " aly things to all men" for his own selfish ag- grandizement is prostituting his holy calling., One may smile and smile and be a villian.' Neither does the man deserve credit who pleases his neighbor out of a mere desire to be amiable. Arthur Donnithorne in Adam Bede was such a one. He tried to please his tenants not for their own goed, but simply to gain their approbation. He was amiable because it was pleasanter to be than not to be. Thisnegative sort of good nature is not what Paul exhorts us to. He bids us please our neighbor, not for his votes not for his good -will, but "for his good. to edification." Edification is from the same root as edifice. An edifice is something built up. To edify means to build up spiritually. We are then to please our neighbor that we may build him up spiritually. We are not to despise him for his weak- ness, but we that are strongshould help him bear his infirmities. Our neighbor may have a taste for liquor. Should we then that are strong place wines on our side -hoards? Would we be helping our neighbor to bear his infirmity? Would we be pleasing him for his good to edification? But some one may say, "It is not my fault that. my neifsh- bor is weak." No, 18 18 not your fault, but it is your opportunity. ".But have I not the right ?" Certainly, you have the right, so had Shylock the right to his pound of flesh. The Christian spirit is one of self-de- nial for the good of others. Yet in thee matters we are not to judge one another. It is a question for each man's conscience. "Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing wh'ch he alloweth." Let him that eateth, eat unto the Lord, yet forget not thy brother, forget not Charity, the greatest of the Graces. Gentleness, sweetness, self-denial, it is through these that Christianity conqueks. You remember the fable of how the sun and the north -wind had a trial of strength, see- ing which could first strip the traveller of his cloak. Boreas blew aud blustered, and shrieked, and howled around the traveller, but he only drew his cloak tbe tighter around him. The north -wind had failed. Then the sun came out with his gentle warming rays. It was not long ere the traveller -under the influence of the sun stripped off his cloak. The power of Christianity is like that of the sum rather than like that of the north - wind. It conquers by pleasing. tender the genial, penetrating rays of Infinite love the earthly pilgrim strips off his cloak of sin. Then let everyone of tut please his neighbor for his good to edification, knowing that in aa =oh as we do it IWO our neighbor, we do it Onto car Lord. ",boa ou Adhem (may his tribe increase!) A-woire one night from a sweet dream of peace, And saw. within the moonlight in his room. Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: k-40.,cetling peace had made Ben Adhem bold, Ano.tothe presence in the reombe said, NVIat writest thou I" The vision MIMI it head, And with a TOIC4 made all of sweet accord. Answered "The names of those who love the Lord," Awl is mine one l" said. Alma, "Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abon spoke more Jew. But cheerily OM, and said, "1 pray thee then. Write owes one that /ores his fellow -men," The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again. with a greet wakvning And showed thenames whom love of God had blessed, -- And, lo I Ben Adhein's name led all the reek FOR THE LADIES, The Ristory of the Kiss. According to the chronicle of Winseniss, kissing was unknown, in, England until the Princess Rowena,thedieughter of King gen- gist of Friesland, instructed the ineularVor- tigern in the imported salute. Though the Saxon statistics are not probably exact, it is historical thab in England, not so many years ago, it would have been the impera- tive duty of a visitor t -e have kissed. ail the holies of the household, even without plea vious ammaintemee. Such was the expert. mice of many =prised literary foreiguerat notably Erasmus. The eoutemporary elramie showa the usage to liars lasted into the Georgian ere, and it is to be uotieed that the performance was generally callea a "salute," sometimes "the Wine." The history of the early Christian *burgh affordinstruction en this topic. At grit the kiss was an Adopted alp offellowshia " Greet ail the brethren with ehoiy kite (I; They., v., 26). It early rased into cere. molly, as the kiss of pima moon to 4 aewly baptized conveals and in celebrating the Eu. charist. But, as it woe found to have yule aualitiesuot adapteato religious and apirit- ual We between the sexes, it was ordered that Quiet Men abould kat', Teen and women. cny women. The awkwardness of this practice, or per lupe the experience of proroiseume alums even wheu limited to tbe same sex, at liable to convey contagious diseases, induct ed =other amendment, by width the cere- monial kisti in the Roman aura was only passed between the tablistrente, and a relic or ewes called the osculatorium or pax was passed to the people for their 1117E4 It 111437 perhaps bo suggatted that on reason for the very long delay itt tbe prae- tioo of the mutuel kiss was an the general me by one or both of the sexes of nose.rings or labrete, either of wbich would prevent the approxirtietion requisite. If such Uee be not admitted as a mum sufacieus, it etleant Affords evidence that the kiss was not cute tomary among tins people by whom nose. rings and labreta were worn. Indeed, Piot Dall gives inatances wbere, labrets being common arid the kiss -unknown, the tongues are protruded in affectionate aeleto, The kiss of the baud ie undoubtedly an. Mont, and therefore is not derived from that of the lips, but probably the converse is true. The lieu& kiss is loosely asserted to be developed from servile obeleanees in which the earth, tbe foot and the garments were kissed, the hand and check succeediug in order of time and approach to equality of rank. But it is doubtful if that was the actual order, and it ia certain that at the time when hand -kissing began there were less numerous gradations of rank than at a later stage. Kissing of the hands between men is men- tioned in the OldTestamenn also by Homer, Pliny and Lucian. The Ides was [wiled re- verently to sacred objects, such as statues of tbe gods, as shown by ancient works of art, and also among ancientetyreologista, by that of the Latin word adoro ; and it was also metaphorically applied by the inferior or worsbzpper kissing his own hand and throwing the salute to the superior or statue. In republican Rome the kissing of the hands of superiors was common, but the greeting was more energetic than the em- perors could endure, and soon courtiers of even important station -were compelled to kneel and with the right hand carry the hem of the emperor's robe to their lips. Even this became a too precious, or, through proximity, a too dangerous privi- lege and they were allowed to salute at a distance by kissing their own handsets when they adored the gods. The • sign of Rome's decadence has survived in the local. The mouth kissing the hand, by which Job described a species of idolatry, is a species of adulation practised by every ering- ing servant in Italy. When the actual practice bas ceased it survives in phrases. Austrian men habitually say to one another, " Kuss d'Hand l" A variant form was found among the Algankins and Iroquois, as Chap- man related, in 1622, that "they kissed each his own hand and then placed it in mine." Affection, together with respect, is some- times shown in the Orient when a servant salutes a master, a son a father, or a wife her husband by kissing the other's hand either on baok or palm, or beth, and then carrying it to the kisser's forehead. Among the Malays the visitor approaches the man he wishes to salute 4ith hands joined as if in supplication, while the other touches them lightly with his own on the other side and afterward raises his hands to his lips or forehead. These motions are similar to the ceremon- ies in the feudal acts of homage and fealty.. The Micronesians, notably in the Mew and Caroline islands, took up either the hand or foot of the party respected, and rubbed their own faces with it. Some religious sects—e. g. the Dunkers—also kiss one another's feet after washing them. The original concept expressed by the hand kiss was that of "good." In very early times to possess what had a good taste was of the greatest importance to man and therefore a good taste was the symbol of any good thing or person. So, when prima. cable, the hand of the person saluted was carried to the lips to signify that he was good. This act is naturally aceoinpanied by the bowing of the head. The common gesture sign for "good" in all senses is to carry the band to and frorn thealips with a pleasant expression. The spontaneous expression of deaf mutes is much the same, signifying not only greeting, but malefaction, in short —good. Their full sign is described as "touch the lips with palms or ends of the fingers point- ing upwards, then wave the hands outward to the right and downward, turning palm up." This is a complete des:ription of kiss. mg one's own hand, but it has no relation to the kiss by the pairs of lips. Aprons. A handsome dress apron is made of ecru scrim, with it fouranch band of drawn -vi ork -- above a wide bem. Run into this drawl work narrow blue ribbons, in all Shades, from darkest to palest, alternating over and under the threads, Edge the bottem with ecru linen lace. Another is of cierithatiste, quite long, laid in nine boxoeleots. In the center of each pleat /ay a stripe of embroidery, done io col- or; the center one the longest and gradu- atiegin leogth toward the sides. Shir the top and fasten with ribbon or ties of the goods. One very pretty apron is made of due seem, cut long enotigh to reach, slightly below the knee& This is to be henweeil ttod ""7411RIP.sm," AGRICULTURAL. A One-Oow Dairy. Bora! residents other than farmers are as much interested in the dairy as the profes- sional farmer ordairyman. Thermal family without a cow roisse.s one of the ehief ad- vantages cif eciuntry life. Wresla milk, "pure from natnee's fount" sweet, thick mom, withent suspicion of admixture, and butter, fragreut and •tweet to the palate, are indis- pensable to the rural feraily, who may find in these delicacies abundant compensatiou for eome drawbacka from the common edgedall around with wale wet set, eapleasures ana eonvenienCe$ of the city. with outaienh hcsiatencokre,thteurgTtoi" tuekedi To be without a cow in the country is to Middle, and on sack tuck it set awastrirdpthoef cardinal velvet ribbon. The middle of the apron is gathered, the tucked sides left plain ; and it is attached to a cardinal velvet belt. Strips of seersucker and Russian lame, alternating, make very pretty and inexpen. sive aprons. An apron tff Week silk or ateen, with a bright tine embroidered or painted across the bottom, or with a flower i n one eau and One on the pooket, playa oo the opo site shie, is durelle and pretty. Fancy towelsmake neataprons if doubled show boabothubot one-rsfo,upthttehaeitor lfieneatisaorasauetyo cord encl tassels ueed as lien, Inns the greatest of all the charms of a rural nfe, and to keep o eow is one of the easiest and simplest things possible. It is very profitable, too. A pound Of fresh butter, free from all suspimon, and a few quarts of pare milir daily, at a worth to pur ebase easily $5 per week, while the cost of them need not be more titan $1. Astable must cOme before the cow. This may be a very simple matter. A building 8 by. 12 and 10feet high will provide A 10080 stall, with feed manger end rack forhay, and A passage 0 by 8 across the front of the stall for feed- ing mai storing the meal ;the loft above will bold & ton, ot hay if necessary, and & yard, 12 by 16 will provide ample room for the cow to frolic in durtng her leisure time. A Iwo of half an acre in grass will furnish vase, out by the ISMS mower than which Pongee's another nicematerielferaproneel there is no liner feed for the beet tnill AMI t trim. with euxbroidery, lace, Itiblesne, or a butter, Aandgarden of the same aize will eombinatiou of the three. supply waste of sweet corn, pea tiny, gala lane leaves, sea other fodder, which will keep the eow luxuriouely in the se as wben tbetie vegetables Ave in full milady,. A ton of hay, with 1,000 reedit of corea rne41, will carry the ea* through the wiuter, So thet it may very easily be figured op that it fairly geed Jersey caw will return 4 profit of $200 over aod above the cost of feediug, Ali of which profit will amity meet all other expensee, ineltidiug the cost of the tovrai abode. Another large profit will accrue frora the satisfaction which, as re- garded his home-grown istrawherries, the great and good Ifox•ace Greeley once insisted WAS worth $1, per quart for the fruit; and the satisfaction realized from A home supply ot mak, cream and butter is certainly worth an equel 'ague. Then coulee the cow. A pretty Jersey four.yearold, without the enetuobrauce auet totally. A calf is apt to be pettea, and to be petted is to be spoiled. Renee, no tow with a calf need apply. The cwir should be equal to one pound of butter per day, for which the intro of about $50 to 80 would be a fair compensation to the owner. She should be gentle, kind, free from trickle and to broken to lead easily by the halter. Sometimes she may Ite tethered an the lawn or in the lane, and a quiet, demure, cow, not given to fooliebness, ie to be secured. The implements of tbe dairy needed are it Common tin milk pail, with u strainer fixed in it, six milk pans, and a tweasallon stone. were cream jar, with a cover. A mealiest. sized rectangular churn, a butter bowl, butter ladle, and a wooden pail for the buttermilk make up the list of these utenelle. A card and a attir brush for the cow's toilet, es well as A discarded towel. 4 lane sponge, and it water pail will be needed. A small closet in it dry, airy cellar, with it portiere of some plain Jelin° to ex- ohtao dust, will suffice for the dairy. The feeding will eansist in the winter of five pounds of good hay and a dessert of two quarts of tornmeal for morning and the same for evening, with a lamb of hay alone at noon. A pail of pure, fresh water direct from the well must be given twice it day. In tbe Rummer the eutting of the grass, fresh made twice a day, with half the quantity of meal above mentioned, will be sufficient, A bushel baiket of lawn mowings will make it full meal. The par- ings of the potatoes, the corn husks, pea ac., will afford a pleasant variety of food. A box of salt should 'be kept in the passage and it small handful given with tbe noon feeding. Sometimes pasture, near by, an be procured on a farm, but if the lawn A Good Story. is fertilizea occasionally with half a bushel of plaster and twenty -ave pounds of nitrate I was told a rather gooa story the other of soda, always before ram and two days be. taiain inSt.h°1eleR otkaietesuronao opnaratsipo oloratrir ygheoxtp de diy- iram n so as to cleanse the grass, there will be fore the grass Is used, and as long after a were sitting on the hotel porch, last fall plenty of feed from the half acre, if the mowing when they descried, or thought they des- is done judieiouslytso as to keep a cried, an immense elk standing composedly reserve while the cut grass is growingagein. In the fall there will be apples, which will be gratefully received and liberally acknow- ledged by. the cow, but the apples should be chopped m a box with a sharp spade into slices and aprinaled with meal. All this Is simple; the intricate part of the business is the care of the cream and the churning. With a small churn butter may be made twice a week. The milk is skim- med when it has stood thirty-six hours. Then the cream -will make an adherent skin upon the milk, and by resting this MET= on the edge of the cream jar, the cream is easily floated off from the ,milk into the jar by directing it with a spoon. The point of the spoon should be carried around the pan to loosen the edge of the cream, and then this will slide easily into the jar. About as much milk as cream should go into the jar. The evening skimming should be done in the same way, but the cream should be gently stirred to mix both creams together. One may skim once daily just as well as twice, but it makes more pans necessary. The third day comes the churning, and in cold weather the cream jar should be brought into a warm room for twelve hours and stirred—always gently—several times, un- til it le as warm as 62 0 or 65° if in cold weather. The churn. is scalded out and then rinsed with fresh cold water, when it is ready for the cream. Seated on a chair by. the chant the operator turns the churn at eighty revoultions to the minute, a little faster than a second to each turn. At first gas will be evolved from the cream and this will need to be let out two or three times by opening the vent hole, during ten minutes, when it will cease. We should have said that the cream should be pleasantly sour to the taste and smell, eut no more to be ripe for the churning. Soon the cream will thicken, when a few quicker turns should te made now and then to break it down. When it begins to make a splashy noise the butter is coining. Then a view should be taken to see that the but- ter is not overchurned. When it 18 18 grains as large as wheat grains and pens the churn- ing is done. The buttermilk should be drawn off through the opening at the bot- tom an cold water poured into the churn which should be moved back and forth a few times to wash off the milk. When all the milk is washed out and the water runs off clear the butter is taken out by the ladle, first dipped in cold water, and is transferred to the bowl, which has been scalded, and then left to soak in cold water. The butter is flattened out and gashed and sprinkled with fine table salt, one ounce to the pound of butter. It is then lightly mixed ill by turning the batter into a roll., and, covered with a clean towel, is set away until the next morning, when it is worked up until salted evenly all through, drained from eilk tissue called " lutee 12 beautiful as freettwork, and makes exquisite aprons wit= embroidered with washailke. Though of so flue a. texture it washes nicely. One pretty =4 oda apron is of Soo web or piece lee% the right/ado hanging etraight apd plain, while one other aide le closely pleated mid trimmed with numerous loops of whitepicot-edge ribbons which depend from the The Homely GIrL "low did that homely woman eontrive to get married!" in not infrequently remark - ea of some goo a doinestio creature whoznher husband: regards as the apple of his eye, and in whose plain face he seo something better than beauty. Pretty girls who are vain of their Charms are rather prone to make obaervations of this kind, and COnaoloUsuess of the fact that dowers of loveliness are 'Attu left to pine on the atem, while weeds of homelinesa go oft readily, is no doubt in many cases at tbe bottom of the eueering question. The truth is that mast menprefer hernia nettle and amiability to beauty and cepriee. ITAMISOMO Women Ara sometirnez very bard to please. They are apt to overvalue them. selves, and, in waiting for an immense bid, are ocetteionally "left on the market." The plain sisters, on the contrary, aware of their personal deficiencies, generally lay them, selvea out to produce en agreeable impres- sion, and in Test instances succeed. They don't aspire to capture paragons with prince- ly fortunes, bue aro willing to tithe anything respectable and loveworthy that Providence may throw m their way. , The rock ahead of your haughty Junes and coquettisb Robes iu fastidiousness. They reject and reject until nobody cares to woo them, Mon don't liko to bo snubbed, or to be trifled with—a lesson that thonsanda of pretty women learn too late. Mrs. Hannah More, a very excellent and pious person, who knew whereof oho wrote. ream:mends every unmarried. sister to close with the offer of the first good, sensible, Christian lover who falls in good, way. But the ladies whose mirrors, aided by the glamour of vanity, assure them they were born for ease - quest, pay no heed to this sort of advice. .Lt is 4 noteworthy fact that homely girls ronerally geabettexthusbands than fall to the lot of their fairer sisters. Men who aro caught merely by a pretty face and figure do not, as a rule, amount to much. The practical, useful, thoughtful portion, of mankind is wisely content with unpretend- ing exCelionce. on the high trail, about 2,000 feet above their beacls. Bucks were scarce enough, but elk! Instautl eight enthusiastic sportsmen seized their Greeners and began the ascent. Up tbe terrible grade tbey climbed, -with the thermometer at somewltere near 90°, un- til they, reached the top. As the foremost crept breathlessly into tbe trail he -met a man placidly cheering the stem of an un- lighted pipe. Did—did you see—see the way that elk went?" panted the climber. The man pointed to where a group of campers out were unstrapping a pair of old buek antlers from the head of a mule. "You see," said the man with the pipe, blandly, "we discovered just now that we hadn't a single match left in camp, so as it was a leetle hot to go clear down below we thought that perhaps if we could decoy some of you fellows up here, as it were, you might have enoi.gh in your pockets to see us through—don't you see ?" And if the sportsmen hadn't been too tired to breathe they would have slaughter- ed him on the spot. • "She's In the Asylum. Now." Hatenziox, March 5. —Sheriff Prendergast of Saginaw, Mich., arrived in the city the other morning with a young colored woman named Eliza J. Hartwell, whom he took up to the asylum, left ber in the hall despite the protest of Dr, Reynolds and slid out. He had brought her from Saginaw, where she was taken by her relatives in October last. Dr. Reynolds telephoned the police, and detectives detained the smart sheriff as he was about to depart on the 9 o'clock train.Prendergast refused to take the woman back, and has consulted the United States consul. A Hint to Landlords. Stranger—How is it that you charge me three dollars a day instead of one, the usual price? Landlord—My dear sir, when you came here you took the only vacant room hi the house, so I had to turn away two men who subsequently applied for board and lodgings. You don't expect me to lose what they might bate paid if you hadn't come, do you? No Longer 'Protected. He—" You don't seem to skate so often this winter as you used to, Miss Turner." She—" No. The fact is, since bustles went out.I have been rather afraid of going on the ice. "---[Life. Whin is ill bloom on the roadside between Forfar and Letiattm, water, and is free from, all atmakiness. 1 should never be plastered with the ladle— only gashed and premed. To firifeh, the but., ter is premed into four-ounee melds, whop 181a ready for use. The churn, ewe are tben scalded, wasbed, and dried and set away. giato for the Household. Rooms that are not occupied eheula bi open to the light and 8114. Tiler0 10 nit wholesome odour itt 4 room that is °lately eintaiued and kept dark. Do not dust, but wipe ! The duster, that peaceful =UM of domestic labour, uadar certain cirealestaiteee, becomes * dangerona weapon to handle. To coat tin dishes to withstand the action of chemicele esea ie developing end loubig photos, use a (pack drying asphalt vaistish, such as is need for becycles. Do not rula fleortele ou a board. The main thing is qui* drying, and that they be washed and rinsed m water of tbe same temperature very quickly, and not allow to cool between. In cooking lamb's liver ma n slices liali an inch thiok ; beat the yo of WO eggs, dip the slices of liver in tbe e theta- itt crunthe seseoneel with pepper an'i mate and fry in bob drippings. loanakieg brown bread try two and one. half cups of Indian mad, two and one -hal cute of rye meal, one tempoodul of eal mot eup of moirasee, one-half a Yeast eak Rae level teaspoonful of soda, and 4 lit more than a plat of warm water. Mi together and let it rise over night, four hours. For tapioca pudding take one quart water, 000 eup o !Avoca, a, littie soak over itigisa Itt tbe morning pare team the cores from six Or Wan sour app having the fruit whole, fill the =tree w sager, place 4 heating Mob, sprinkle wi etR11413)0A Alla pent the teesiove over the Bake one hour. The very sweetest orange is the blACIt may coated fruit. Pick out the dingt oranges in the box and you willget the test. ,A not her way to choose oranges is by weight. Tiae heavieat are the beet, because they hey° the thinnest akin. and more weight of Thick-skinned orangeis are apt to be dry.. They either weigh less because belong so much akin, or because at poverty of the juice in these peeuller ap mem It. is usual to stiffer' work -baskets made =creme cord with etout cardboard, the cardboard to the Otto* of your work ba.sket, ito that the fornaer will fit tightl into the letter. Cover the tardboard bath eidetr with Weep, or any other ertiel more auited to your teste. Of COnrA0 y0 Will require to aew tbe workabeeket cardboera together. Hair Dyes. 80 numerous are the preparations for *ring the hair, or reetoring to it its 1 hue, aud so specious Are the ativertiseme descriptive of they various compoundr, th we deem it, important to frequently Attention to thew real charecter. We h reliable authority for laying that, eat one these multititainons preparations is wh claims to be. The so.eatied hair tigers restoratives, Yid to rodent to the Ind lost vitolity, possess no such properti the least degree. Every one of the as contain rank poisons. Lead ' constant ingredient ; and it is cane to n. et with and eases of lead tet from this source, The so-ealleae dyes are arrant frauds, containi . but minerals, and being equally 1 with the rest. But the attempt to change the color of the hair by artificial mane i eases an outrage against natnre, indei VI of the injury to health -which u The operations of nature ,ar nal =Mous ;Tula it is sliort-sighte vine. individual whose locks have growl with age to endeavor to conceal the I time by dyeing. his gray hairs, for t tempt is a torten failure, The featn 1 etre,y him, and every observing per% quickly detect the fraud, for sueh 181s. hairs are an ornament to an individu , has not attained them prematurely by pation, or as the result of disease. soften the countenance, and give to dignity which demands respect. There are some cases, however, in tbe use of some kind of a dye is very able, as in those in which a portion hair -has lost its pigment by disease or dent, -while therenuancler retains its n color or in cases ofpremature whitening hair. For use in such cases we would r mend the permanganate of potash. Pi a strong solution of the salt by dies ten or fifteem grains in an mice of ei Apply to the hair with a brush, being ful to avoid staining the skin. This puted to be an excellent dye, far snperi any of the pretended mixtures. It gh the hair a rich color of luetre, and does injure its texture. .. Oh, this Tingling in the ears! Oh, this humnimg in the head! Hawking, blowing, mining, gasping, 1 Watering eyes and throat a:rasping, 1 Health impaired and comfort fled, 1 Till I would that I were dead 1 What folly to suffer so with catarrh troubles, when the worst lases of ebrot catarrh in the head are relieved and c by the mild, cleansing and healing prope of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It put the foul breath, byreineving the cause fence, heals the sore and inflamed pas and perfects a lasting cure. , Ocean Cables. The longest ocean cable in the that of the Eastern Telegraph CI) whose system extends from England and measures 21,000 miles. Africa \ completely encircled by mike a which make up altogether a len miles. There are eleven cable North Atlantic, though not—alio resent in use. Five companies lines of telegraphic communica this country and Eirope. Words. frivolous word, a shar3 retort. A flash from a passing c oud, • Two hearts are scathed to their ininest coi Are ashes and dust forevermore; Two faces tut-.:, to the crowd, Marked by pride, with a live -long lie, To hide the scars 02 that•agony. A frivolous word, a sharp retort, An arrow at random sped; It was cut in twain the mystic tie That had bound two souls in harmony, Sweet love lies bleeding or dead, A poisoned shaft with scarce an 'aim Has done a mischief sad as shame. "Op 4 The "self-made man" is very like feel that he has a complete cerner o chefdaeuvre business. • A dinner -gown made of Bengaline, ceded with a velvet pattern, is han and stylish. The typoerite is only on Ms goo haviour when he thinio*18 Vatehect People who are not to be 4v,titeeoltt I are not to be trusted onywhete.