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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-9-23, Page 7SEPT, :23, 1H92 T:EE BRUSSELS POST. ..1.111.4ddddvormdldddvddvdd.dol...11.1111dd EOUSEHOT4D, .11t1O0atiOn in the KitOhen. :Primula; of gontiinti 80 '113! impovement, are eangrothlitting. thronsol000 t hot Ito pro - Fria ol education IS beginning LO 14110 offem, in this important dopartment of domostio Cooking oultools havo sproug up in many placco111 1h1s °wintry an,' In lengtitud, but the Englifill are taking the lead in or- ganIzing them au a part ot their national and 00l11111011 oollool system. Of Gm Impov tune° of this plowman 0, 11(030 0(30001, be the ()lightest question. Comidering mu re- souraes and the vaunted education and in. telligence of American WO/11011 there io muck to critic:Lae in tho culinary systoms of too many housewives, They Boom lo have tho right Meta upon this matter in Germany. Gurnion (making and German habits of eating are vory like ours. Molly of their (holies would be ropulsive to ug ; but it ig 11 g.00tl custom among the Gorman girls that all must learn how to (took. In that country there is a tlepartmont of industry, the art cf house- keeping. This is designed especially for women, and constitutes the chief glory in Clint lond of soholars and seioutists, No youog lady Is regarded as having flnisluol ocluciation unless oho has opent at leaat 0110 year in U10110E150 of somo good faintly learn - nig the art, of housekeeping. It requites hardly loss talent and traiiting to bo a good cook than to be a proficient Rotor or artist. Some have a greater fitotilty than others, brit no one can well forego the education and training acquired by tarty experience. Gond professional 000lts cannot alwaya ho had for tummy, and a large number of housekeepors cannot well afford the extra oxpentlitore. Bue as a rule paid oervants who hire nut to do gene al housawork do not undorsiond the bu mess at all. They have 110 skit/ ; hosid they are slothful, wasteful, corelese to ittterly unreliable. Tho young housewif 11 5110 10 ening to have a :mutant or ev two, must herself know how to cook, ho to hay, how to serve, and how to 811 things herself. If you understand thin and have a mothrol yoursolf yoo oan so teach a competent, tractable servant. N W0111011 can Mach what sho does not kilos so every young housekeeper florist perfov loam to teach, 1, e., to keep house. By far too large a numbev of housekeepers know little of tho business till they marry. Few girls Wm kindly to the kitohen ; they prefer to do foncy work, play on the piano, or 011 10 the parlor With their best finery cm, rothor than to ood their clMicate hands ith flour or disliwittor. When they "gat a man" they hurry into the kitcher, take few lessons in making nice cake and cookh; and baking Mos, and graduate full•fiedged cooks. The fact is they have not /earned to cook at all and know nothing of 'loupe - keeping. As a result the that years of their named life aro renderod miserable by this want of knowledge. The satiny perhaps succeed ill it measure in the end ,'some never learn, The eletnenes of housekeeping should be equired bo curly life. To know how to prepare for, and preside' at n table whioh shall unite neatness with comfort, is not only on accomplishment but a virtue, Says Mrs. 01111(10 111 hev "Etna] Hoose• wite :" " A. knowledge of domestic duties is beyond all price to a womon. Every one of oor sex ought; to know how to sow and knit, and mend, anti cook, and superintend a household. In evory situation of life, high or low, this sort of knowledge is of greot advantngo. There io no nuoessity that the gaining el /melt information 01(001E1 intev. fere with intellectual acquirement, or even with elegant aecomplishment. A. well-tegu- Inked mind can find tittle to attend to all. When a girl is nitre or ten years old, she should be accustomed to take some regulav sharo in household dotios, and to feel re- sponsible for the manner in which her put is performed ; such as mending, washing dishes and putting them in piano, Meaning silver, or dusting and arranging the porlor. This should not be clone occasionally and neglooted whenever she finds it convenient; she shonld oonoidev it her dopartment. When older than twelve, (13118 0110111(1 take turns in superintending the household, keoping account of weekly expenses, mak- ing puddings, pies, cokes, bread, and the e oohing of all substantial food. To learn effectually, they should actually do these thiogs themselves, not stand by and see others do them." Training like this would provont much 18 0033110111001l0 not to 8117 unhappiness, in Et household, Every housewife should know how to manage a household. If one does her own work it is imperative that she pos. soss this knowledge ; if she employs ser- vants it is scarcely less neoessory. To be able to instruct domestics 10110 aro ignor- ant ; to know when they have douo well, oncl whorl they have clone enough, when they have reason to bo weary, or to 0001. (11810, it is necessary to have had some per- sonal experionoo of what is required of them. Complaints of tho errors of domestics aro very common, and svith none more so than with those who are leash mollified to direct them, Perhaps too much is expecitod of them ; perhaps there is a lack of making due allowance for their causes of irritation, or of sympathizidg ill the hardships of their lot. To Pat DoWn TOmatOes. r• Ids P. Woolley. 0, A kind bout 180 fountain of gladness, 1A making everything in its vicinity froshon o, into smilos.—Urving. en AV ye go on v ; ce mrsined through a colonder ; 06111100 11 il 11 01111 141111 peppor, and stir into tho amp one bbspooli InI of annottErell 11/10 01 but - tee well rubbed 10(1011301 1(1(1(1 a half Labia - spoonful of 80(111 11(1(1 n pinch of dodo. Boil ten minutos and servo. Soo:woo Tom,Yroos.— 1. 11 1110011, scald, peel and Mica 1j11((00 a limp of buttor in a hot oklbbelt, (111 (38 the tomatoes, moon with salt and pepper, cook 118 ritpielly 110 stirring well ; 000k cannet1 01108 abont teen nitouteo Servo at once in a deep dish lined with totals A littlo oream added just bofore serving Improve8 them, STBW1111 T031e'vozo,-2. Peel and alive ono dozen tomatoes, put into a sotioepon and cook slowly tali an hour. Crumb tine two glices of light bread, add to the tom. toes, and simmer a few momonte longer. Season with butter and ougor or wite bat - tor, popper and salt. PEARLS 01' TRUTH. Striving to hotter, oft we mar 'hat's woll.—Othakespearo. One can not live to be a hero, bub one can always be a ninal.—(Griethe. If God 10010 8111111 the worst. of us, ‚3118 000 surely endure moll other.—(Walter Scott, Give what you Mayo To some one it may be bettor than you dare to think.— Shakespeare. Many a smiling face bides a mourning heart ; hut griof alone teaches what WO are,—(Schiller. Tho featured arrow of satire limo often been ovet with the heart's blood a its via- tim.—(Disraeli. NO 0 are our own worst and most danger ous oociety when wo aro in trouble.—teelia TOMATO PRESERVES. —Scald and pare ripe tomatoes; Oho yellow peor-ohaped ones ave the best ; prick with rt noodle, add an equal weight, of sugar and let them stand over riights In the morning pour off the juioe and boil down thiok ; add the tom - toes and cook until transparent. Flavor with lemon. TOMATO SALAD, -1, Scald and remove the skins. Chop the tomatoes with celery, pour off the Nice and add a gond salad drossing. TOMATO SALAD.—/ Arrange alternate layers of sliced cucumbers, and (Irmo \vital oream mayonnaise. Tooraoo Ckmoar Sono.—Vvepara ono quart of milk with butter, poppor and salt, as for oyster stow. Put one-half teaspoon. ful of soda into ono can of toinfatom, and stew until thoroughly done ; obtain this in. to the emit of milk arid scrve Off onco with craolterg. Tremor° Soup.—Half a can of tomatows, five or six oold boiled ov baked potatoes', half an 0111011, 0110 otallt of celery or a few celery tops. Boil MI together until the vege- tableoare very oof t, put through a colondor, add pepper and salt and a pinata of sugar. Just before gorging poOr in one oup of hot milk 811110 0. pinch of eoda dissolved in R. Sift over the top a fo NO very dry bread ortunba TootAito Sotto WPM NIDoe.--One quart of tomatocoo three pinto of milk, One table- spoonfill of gnat, ono each of cornotarch, and huttee, and popper and Salt to Mote. Strain tomatoes and put in half an hour be. !Ore gervibg, Let the Milk come to a boll tad thiolcon with cornstarch. TOMATO SOUP 11hTlIOUT MILE—TOUT IMO 11 50110e0P1111 ono pint of soupatook and ond 41118rt ef stOtood tomatoes, Which hOOM been The chains of habit are genorally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.--Uolinson . •Our grand businoss in not 00 500 'Mutt Iles dimly fat a distance, 11111 10 do what lies Maar. ly at hand. ---(Carlyle. Those 811110 (1018 their employes good wages are morn truly philanthropists than those who out wages and give largely to ohapeds for the poov. UnlimiteEl good humor 18 0(10 of the obief requisites of 101 (1001 government, whether of one's Emil, a nursery, or a country.—(Mrs L. OrmIston Chant. Philanthropy, liko 11e113100, wants 11101 01 all tho gift of the heart and soul of those who 010(11(1 (10 good to others. Unless you give yourself you can not help others. . How much trouble lie avoids wild does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to whao he does himself, that it, may bo just and pure 1— [Marcus Aurelius. Luxury is matorialistio and selfish ; it %Moods the mental and spiritual develop- ment of a people and tends to impovevish a notion. Luxury breeds luxury, as sin begets sin.—[Prof. Ely. Hopo spiritnalizes tho earth. Hope makes it always new ; and even in the earth's best and brightest aspect, hope shows 1880 be only the shadow of en In- finite bliss horeafter. --(Nathaniel How - thorn°. Have the courage to cut the loose agree able acquaintance you have, Whell you are convinced be lacks patois:le ; a friond should bear with a friend's infirmities, but 1(01 1011,11 his vicos. Ho that does a basis thing in zeal for his friend, bunts the golden thread that binds their hearts together, Salome hos dono moch for us, but it is a poor science that would bido from us the great, deep, saarod infinitude of noscienoe, whither wo can 1101101' penetrate, on widolt all scienoe swims as ta mere superficial film. This world,af ter all our science and sciences, is still a miracle ; wonclorful, insorntable, magical mad moro to whosoever will think of it.—(Gavlyle. Seeing And Observing. During a war botwoon Auotrio and Tor- koy, a baker in his cellar kneading broad noticed a slight noise rising and falling at intervals, whioli seemed to come from a dis- tont corner of his cation Ho stopped his work, and tracing the sounds, discovered that thoy were tamed by a few marbles doming up and clown on the hood of a little drum los child hart left there. The majority of persons would have been satisfied to attribute the motion of the mar- bles to the rumbling in the street, or to tho oceasional firing of guns ; but this man was on observer. Surprised at the perfect regularity with which the marbles jumped frouo the drum- head, he put his ear to the ground and noticed a distant tapping, He recalled how as a boy ho had heard from one end of a long log E1 companion secatohing with a piu 31(1011 1110 other end; and he judged 811011 1110 earth ovas just such io cooductor of sound as the log had been. Suddenly il, fleshed upon him ORO what he heard was the souncl of a Mak, and thttt the Turks wero doiug 011101 1051! long been foarod, undermining the oity. The 11011/8 carried to the Austrian genoral, mambo ation made, a countermine propared and ex- ploded, and the Turks pot bo flight, In tho tarty part of this century on English 113011011. (1101103 became famous for the stool svaist. mat buttons which he usod to manta/nature, with lines out upon them for ornament. He gradually put the lines nearer ond roarer together, and observed thot as he Increased the number of lines, the buttons became more and moro iridescent. Ho explained his discovery to n, scientist who began ex- perhnenting upon ruled plates of steel. Tho result was the wonclerfut " diffraction groting " which is now used in the plane of the glass prism,upon obi greet telescope, to brook the ordinary ray of light into its primary ooloro, A bevy of aohoolgirla, about, to separate after graduation, onoe surrounded thoir profoosor, and asked him how thoy were to make 8130111 1(0111 life intorestOug, "Learn to ooe." wao his reply. " You want to ponetrato into things. Thoro Is 110111111(1 015 ettith tvhich when observed is not of ottormous interoot ' Photographing Natural Oolon Another man haO come forward who says Ile think sho has found a way to take phot- ographs in the natural colors. This hag bon tried for a good many yearo, but so far all have fooled, Tho new method is a bard one to undorotanti, Several pictures ore taken on different plotes very carefully prepared, and lho inventor thinks that when theta aro properly workoct up and combined the treog will be green and the sky 'will bo blno, instead of Sao one brown Shade in whioh thoy porno out in our photo. graphs, Ono trouble ie that so far he has boon able to arrange for photo raphing only folir colors ; Mit we need loo,Vs oo doubt Imt Ault gee the day When all tin) color)) of the rainbow will find glob Way theough 6Iko IlttIo holo in gas osanota, maditvORRvot-sdddi.11.tuidaiddivavideicaddusamsd. ABU UP OILS oaAvoU IN 10,COO 1,foat,bloor 011301' anintols, undirellao, walk. rant you 'WM 811, ity Ligtoottog Coining Oenr. The pet seation Imo born ununually f in Lhe number of oat/m.1E40a from ligh to i stroke, scarcely a, week elapsing in wi from one to n, Italf.d000n deaths have bean reported from tido 014880 since middle 01 113(10 loot. Ligidning, as it appears to the eye of observer, in usually elamilled into differ forms, as stint lightning, zig.zag 11(11115 mid ball lightning, People may bo otrt by lightning taboost anywhere—in hone out of doors, under trees, in open fields, a on hoard ship at BOIL (111111311, however, of most frequent °commune out of (too and under trees, Sailors, on board oh ore peouliarly noble to lightning stro Metallio objects carried in the pockets,. about the body, render any one more lie, to be struck, If tho clothing is we, the lightning m pass ovor it, no a good confinceor, loath harming the body, On the other btu persons may bo killed without harm bet done to tho clothing. In rare install bodies 1141'0 beau stripped naked by lig ning. The voveritigs 01 11(0 feet aro liable be seriously injuved, because it is hero th the lightning meets the greatest resistan In leaving the body. Lightning often injures withont dootr ing life. Its alfocto may properly be etas fled into those which are mild, severe a fatal in their elaractor. In inild oasos tho pecson struck may, may not, lose consciousness for a br period 01 (1015, Thom may be a tomporit paralysis of ono or mom of the 'Inaba for , sticios tool metal moments worn ilium , the person. 146i The (Mamma ChM any oititen in the oral sr' %sante of lac Mourn io 8 minglo year ,., Mal being killed by lightning, judging from th ng- experienee of the pato 110 yearn 10 this Mate 11011 are about olio in ten thomand. not Men tare lunch 1710110 liable to death 1110 lightning than women, in the ratio of 11t 2, a foot which is probably doe to their out an door mutations. ant i The greatest numbers of deaths from thi fug came moor in July, and the lomat moldy: tok 110 tho winter months. es, / The ago 20 to SO years aloo furniehes th nd greatest number of victims. are I The statistics of 300 deaths from thi rs, cause, pregenteil in tho United States censn Ip, report of 18110, ehow that lightning Wok ko, woe by far tho moat frequent in the regior or of the western Maim) at Gm base of tho bio Rocky mountaius, and oleo in the Iteavils timbered region of Om Northwest, while ay the north Atlantic seacoast region was corn ont paratively exampt, ng The Crops in Ontario. oes lit. 1 The August bullotin of the Ontario Boron to of 1nfluotvies with reepeet to crops, just at issued, is a moot favorable one. Tho yield ce of hay 1111.5 been extraordinary, seldom logo than one and a halt tons per acre, and in oysome caseo it is roported to have gone over si- ' three tons per acre. The moot of it was nd harveoted in good condition. The total prod. iner4 t 1.,Lifi,83S tons, e.4an average of 1 tons to the 2 uct of hay thie year in the province is ry8 On the whole fall wheat will not turn out a nearly as good a crop as that of last yemr, XL AND 19.4P. OW3Bit, . What, was in that 1103? W111011 came thia Miemoon ?" queried Mrs. )3,1M'Ser 1111 Mr. liow!Tr 011/110 homa the othor evening. " 'i'boll box Olra Bowser, tlid you over hoto• a the game of crognot ?" " Yon haven't b000ht a magnet, Bet?" O "'Halton% I'? about half an houo fro' , now 11) lie promo. to you that what yo don't know whom croquet woold make o huge book. alre, Bowater, I've got tired o your bragging about how you used to bat O 43;;10:11:: four counties. hadn't been married but eight days when— " But rimer braggpil, and you know we " When what? We maned in to ploy a s game of croquet, but you worn so boond and detormined to boot, me that, I walked off. Yes, I rernembor all about it, and I want to give you a I i ttle pointer. If you own% play fair don't play at all," Prn so oorry yon brought the set home! ConhIn't you (oke it bauk and exchange le for clothes lines?" " Sorry ! Clothes lines 1 What on earth is the natter with 700 3' It's got to a pretty pass 1vhon two old married people like us can't go out and knook a few painted MOIR mound the yord without cutting each oth. er's throats over it ! You may get marl, but I shan't I simply want to take sonm of the brag out of you." It MS with many misgivings that Mrs. Bowser donned her bat aud waisted to set up the orches. Mr. Bowser on the con- trary, was full of enthusiasm and 0111153(131. 11081. Champion of four countios, eh ? We'll SOO about that I If 1 don't beat you out of sight in this game you 01111 order ten now hats tcomorrow !" " But if 1 beat you, you'll—" "Get mad ? Not o, mad ! Pin not that sort di a man, Ra you aught to know by this time, If you beat me 111 00511 M1E180 your skill. You limy have the first shot. Hold on, now 81111111 aro you going through both amine at once for ?" " Wily, I've a right to. Every player makes both arches if he can." " All right—go ahead. 111 give you every advantage and then beat you by half, What sort of a move 40 7011 thot ?" " a regular move. It's my play to go through the side Mott, ten'o ?" " Not in that skowpowecl fashion, lint go ahead. Here - what are you doing ?" " Pm going through the middle arch of course. There it goes. I call that IL good shot " ^, ^ PITO or INTEREST. The Mayor of Ironton, Ohio, Ellis John M. Conte, hay roeupiod thot 011110 for loventy.two years, The rabbit is do. prolino that the nrogony 0( 13 pair of thorn, in tort Tars, wilfoutabor 70, Ott% 00U n TM) best corks come from Algeria, There nu 07052„,1070.0,000 acres of cork Imams in that yeard, a 11011V0 .were (tarried the other clay 13 111 IVoolon, I f After la toslious courtobip a twen ty.soutz A. Geraum dootor oulerts that topers omit bo cured of the desire for Illtior by eating raw apples al, every meal. Glaos type, reoently Gated in a, Paris nowopaper, Is said to be a suooess, The printing from it, is oleo' and sharp, while the coot is moch lower 1,11tan for leaden type. J'here is in Chitin a seorot moiety oalled the "Triod." It ig a eapital crime to be. long to it, yet it has more than thirty mil- lions of members. Its objeot 15 1110 overthroW of the present dynasty, A relle hunter in Portland, Me., recently . visited the house in which Longfellow wao lorris He desired. 101110 moment1 of the', poet, ittal watching his opportunity, took the biggest lie could flud. Iie stole fa whole. month:piece. " Policeman's gout," id a 11009' malady, whioli seems to be sot ensliog in London. _It is a swelling 01 113,1 Mud, limbs, and body, caused by the poliveman's readiness to lin., bibs hoer mid spirits 01 0110 00(103180 01 keeps ers of public homes, few home. Vomiting and nausea soi thnes occur. lu severe cartes the victim may bo 11000 ed,down with violence, or may be thros severol feet, and lose aonsoiousneso. Ext nal injuries may be found, small as burns a bruisea. There may be fraceuves of bon or blooding from 5301 11080, ears, or moot There may be a loss of memory for a tim and Eases of intonity hove been known fo low. Dednoss is a common syinpto and is (150 31) rupture of the ear drum, In fatal eases BEATH 18 USUALLY INSTANTAN3110118, ego owing to muall of oho grain being shrunken. The average is only placed at at 221 buoliols lc. per nore. vn 1 The geueret condition of spring wheat is cr. reported not to be so good as that of fall od wheat ; tho sttaw is n good crop, the grain es, h. e, to io 11 good quality, lint lighter than usual ; ovhile rust, the midge and the Hessian ily havo each occasioned damage. The excessive rain of June caused a rapid m, and rank growth of straw, 110 8108(118 lodged O good 11081, 03131 as a consequence the lorger portion of the burley is this year discolored. It ripened too rapidly under the hoot of July and Augnst and the grain is not per. 130 fectly filled. The quantity of barley avail- able and eatable friv export for malting Nvill probably be very limited, much less than in former years, The tarty rains drowned out a consider. able partici» of the oat crops in low -I in and poorly dmined lancl. T ie oats that sur- d vived those rains have come on in fine con- rci clition and aro to -day very promising. A few 10 reports of rust and of poor yield 1111100(111 blown down aro to hand, but on the whole the crop is one of the most promising of those on ouv list. The pea crop is very voriable. In Essex, Kent, Lambton and ?Iiddlesex the crop may be termed a failure owing to the early rains and the bugs. As wo go east and north the condition is 11(11011 improved, Along Lake Ontario tho crop is fair ; in the mot some sections report splendid crops, others close by complOte failures. On the whole the crop is moth ondo, the average. The bean crop promisee well, but it is as yet a little early to be very accurate in mak- ing an estimate. 'rho crop is a littlo late this 7001'.On the whole the corn crop is fair, but the quantity is nob so large as mita/ Any deficiency of oorn ensilage or fodder corm, however, will be more thou made up by the excess of hay this year. Tho potato crop to a very uneven crop, (1 failure on /ow and heavy land and grand crops on light well -drained soils being re- ported from the same districts. The anulition of roots in all parts of the province is very promising. In many eases tho roots aro late and the rush of other crops has not allowed time for cleaning, but the general prospect 10 very good indeed. While a, few complain of the loss of hoes since spring, the general report is that col- onios aro in a fair condition. In faat very little special 31101111011m is adM e any disease During the summer the supply of noctar was good, some correspondents reporting linden as being abundant In nearly every section of the province them was more or less scarcity, of form laborers (especially those of the right sort) during haying and harvesting. Wages dur- ing harvesting raoged from 51 to $2 per day, according to locality and the scarcity of help, blab most of the retitros point to 51.25 ‚31111,11 board as the standard for the 00000(1. The monthly rate ran from 515 to 532, but the bulk of correspondence report a range of from $20 to $25 with board. Tlug is on the whole 0(1003? year for fvuit Barrios have been generally an abundant crop of fair cmality. °homes eon be Eat down as nothing other than a total htiluro. Peaches hi both the Niagarn, and gouthwest. ern districts are vory scare°, almost a fail- ure. Pitting in most cases aro a snail mop below the average, Pears are generally re- ported as an abundant crop of good con- dition in MI parts of Ontario, Grapevines in most sections are heavily larlon and pros. peels are vory good, though mildew 1111111rot aro folioed by molly. Apples aro some- what limited 01 quantity and inferior in quality. This appears to have been a year peculiarly unfortunate in the destruction of blossom and in the production of all sorts of fruit pestg foul parasites. but it has been known to occur after t lapse or several days, fromsecondary causes. It may be mused by apoplexy, or by rtaptin of the heart, or large blood vessels. Burning is a most common result of light- ning stroke. The parts °Melly and first of - Meted in this manner are the upper portfolio of the body—the head, forehead, Mee an nook. Out of 05 cases noted, Dr. Bono 10,204 that 44 were injured obout td head. If the person struck be standing, there is usually a deep hole in the foot, where the lightning leaves tho body. Wounds made as if out with a, knife (015 also occasionally found. A curious and not uncommon effect of lightning ia tho formation of certain orb°. resoont, or treelike, marks upon the body. By early observers they were believed to be duo to the presence of neighbor» ob- jects, which were photographed upon the skin. Various explanations 11713013 offered by different nuthorities, Richordson has shown by experiment that the blood is the best eleotricttl couductor of all human tis- sues, and that these marks aro merely the impressions of Hat blood vessels on the skin, clue to the &Mimi of the lightning on the blood in the vessels, Casper relates a, ortse in ,vhich a young 01114101115 struck mid kill. His hair was burnt off and his nose bled. The surgeon who exatninecl him saw on the skit, of his chest a perfect improssion ot an inverted tree, as if tattooed. His cap \vas torn to pieces. 110(101(1 of injury to the brain. In 1871 a ooachman was killed while driv- ing, ancl tlio footmon sittin o by his side was not injured. The lightning stoned: tho coachman's head, destroyed his cop and tore his clothes, passed through his body, and tore o hole through the cushion on which he was sitting. No dainage 10(18 done to the carriage except breakuig the glass, and the occupants were not injured. The loss of consciousness which scam - times follows a, lighening strolco is not al- ways immediate. One observor relates a story of 011100 who was able to tun to the door of his room and call his dog after being otrualt and before ha lost consciousness. Lightning plays UNACCOUNTABLE 1100at:8. The last season has witnesso(1 many suolo A tow days 8)1100 e1,8 Medford a bort was torn in pieces by the lightning, while the per- sons who lay upon it were unharmed. In tho same week two houses wore struck by one bolt at Monument Beach, and one per- SOn 1MS killed in each house. Tho writer recalls an 11100111100 1011)011 00. 00 1T0(1 in a suburban town several years ago, wham 13 farmer and his wifo wave sit- ting opposite each other at a kitchen table, 10 (0 storm. A eat 11 118 Wog beside them on the floor near the stove. The lightning struck the chimney 0000 the kitchen, oame clown, and whirled the tablo about without injuring either the man or his wife. It struck the stove, passitig 0(1 137 one of its logs, Whi011 W118 melted, killod the oat, and finolly went off into tho well, by softy of it 0011 111 tho floor, In a severe thonder Mono in June, 11188, two old ladies were killed by lightning in a small town, 811011(1 of 10 months was also killed' in the same storm, and, etrange to velars neither of them showed Roy external marks of injury. The possibilities of lighthing otroke are achnirably mammal up by Dr. J. L. von of Malcion in a, ppm before the Med- ico -Loma Sooioty in these words: "Light. Ming nay heal as well Ets harm ; 18 may abolish sight, hooting and the power of voluntary motion, or it may restore the boob senses, and mire paralysis, II: may - strip the body naltal, and oonsnme the olothisig,while the wearer osoapeg unhurt or it may commie the individual and leave Isis gnoments untoualmel. Ono pram who is fatally struck nuty be hurled violently to di8t141100, while another is left in the pve. eise attitudo mid spot in which death sur- prised him, One case may present 0010(1' 51110 onatonlicol changes, suoli as laminae, tIon of limbo, 0113)8(130 01 tho heaot fracture of the boneg, while in another oaso no jury will bo (totem:D(1, 0110 80180(103' will r0. voal softening of bouy otrueturog, oollaprie of the lungs, eto., while another ma will present preeisely oppooite conditions. Ono thunder-otrioken eorpoo may ondergo rapid " Let Be I" BY 0O1'151100? PATMORE, Alt ves t 1011 1110 good nucleoli troos By fruits: but how toll these who /loos net 10101V That good and 111 Arc dono in sestet still, And that which 0)30800 is verily but ahow How high of heart Is ono, and ono 13001 sweet of. mood ; Dub tuit all hoight is hot Moss, Nor every swootness good: And grow) somotinies lurk whoa who could 3311000 Critic of his kind, Dealing to each hie sharo, With oasy humor hard to bear, luny not impossibly hay° him 61111115(18,Ai, in a 506501001Moho or thickly paddod pod., Remo small seed doar to God. Moly you wretch, so famono for Itio Got thorn boneath the Devil-dofondod walls 01 00(110 high Virtue ho 113(01 \'001104 to win ; And 1,1011 which you and I (loll bosotting sin io but the fmno of his peculiar fire Of inmost contrary desire, And mertnS Wild AV for her to dio, Dashed with doopondeoco oe her favor sweet.; Ho fiercer fighting, in his worst dofeat, TI I That, only dourtoons groot utrefactiOn, while another 80(11 116358(0 [01' N'irhore ho flocs hotly woo Lys unehonged. There may be middentold over fight, Moor host victory. Another mistook burning of the body, or it May be 01:Mourn- ed slowly, 08 01 by, von taneouoombustim, rT4litobieigitothibootlreittEd 131,041000 to his look! and only gradually be reduoed to ashes. Why ohouldj olear tnyoolf, whY Mellow thou Lastly, the immediato diooppearrance of the stricken person may 000ur Without leaving a traoe of his body or any of its partg, thus summarily relieving the medical Mraminor of further responsibility," The places mut 01:0 11008 WIII08 SHOULD 1310 Avotnith in a storm aro trout notes, high poleg, lofty buildings, opiros 0.114 steeple, water, ritoiol. pipos, boll wireg, gaspipoO and oleottio Wiros, iron falcon), otOwdo Of p00910, drove.t That. (than of glorifier Ahab Missod only the 01(1111 1)108. I 000 1110 8110.1110 Thor cannot sea °Gs very Mot thoy blow) The thing that's not. We reap what W6 sow, but Nottre hos loge over and Obogo that justioe, and givol 00 Shadow 11,11(1 bloegoin and fruits thot Opting from 10 planting of otlog,,—tGeOrge Eliot. 30) " All right ; it's your last melt ! It's simply a run 01 1(1011 and no skill about it. There—stop right there 1 You can't play no 00011 game on me as that 1" "What game? I simply went through the arches and hit the stake, aucl io -was a beautiful shot, too." " But it was a dead swindle I" shoutod Mr. Bowser, as he waved his mallet in the air. " It's the ('1110 0.0 laid down, Mr. Rouser, and now Pre got you just half white -wash- ed." " Yon have, eh ? Moro of your brag I It's your last shot, Mrs. Borger, and don't you inove 1110.1 1)811 the billionth part of an inch, either I There—you've missed 1 I told you it was only a rim of luck. Stand aside 11011', and I'll show yon how to play oroquet. There 1" It was 11 very poor " there " for Mr. Bowser. His boll struck the first aroh and rolled fifteen feet awny, and Mrs. Bow sor clapped hor 113011(10 00(1 gleefully exclaim- ed : "Von missed ! you missed I Now 1011(011 ourely whitewash you!" '‘ That's it ! Jump up and down and yell 1304 00115801 like a girl 10 years ohl 1 Tho mallet slipped just as I strook and 311 try it over again." " You can't do it 1 If the boll mover) at all you eon% 1,11110 11, over !" " Can't I'd like to know wly 1 I've put up ovith a full dozen of your tricksince this game, opened, Mrs, Bowser, but 3 cau't stand too !noels There I Now, you wtatch my smoke. 1'11 show you 5111118 triok you never saw before." This time the ball went to the left of the first arch and did not stop tinder thirty feet, and Mrs. Bowser had to clop her bands again and rejoice. "Poor foolish woman ! Can't you see I'm only toying with you to make your defeat all the more bitter ?" growled Mr. Bowser. "I told you I'd give you ovary advantage, Rod I have. Go ahead now." Mrs. Bowser did some splendid playing 11e11e3? missing an arch as sho returned, and as her ball finally hit the stake she dropped her mallet and cried out: " Yon aro whitewashed Mr. Bowser— whitewashed I It's the worst beat I over saw 1" "Mrs. Bowsor," he whispered in reply, with hit) jaw set and his faco very pale, " we have a child in the house," " Yes, dear." "Don't yos, dens', mo 1 He is a young and innocont child." tc " He has not yet learned how to pre. varicate and SWit1(110 141111 then brog over it, and 3 Oon't want to tamp him to do so, therefore--" "Why, what aveyou doing, Mr, 130011000 1" " Romoviug 0 tomptation 1" he replied as he went about pulling up the arches and gathering up mallets and balls. "There they go—over inlo the alloy, Mrs. Bowser, mid we'll never hove another set Rs long as we livo together 1 Soppose that innocorit' child had boon a softness to yoor actions l' " My actions I Why, what; did I clo ?" "Never mind,Mrs. Bowser—never mind! 1 know and you know, but I will keep it fvom him, poor child 1 You oan run into the house row. This may encoorage you to rob and murder me in my sleep, land I ought to look over my papero and get things ready so that our ohild will have a trust7 guardian appointor' ond be istkao cate of after I am gone and you, are hung. Itun in, him 13owser. Nothing yon con say will met blind mil to .facts again I" 111. QUAD, In No awry, The boy ,\sfas sitting lazily in the stevn of the boat nangling his feet in tho looter, when 14 111011 11001 the 'clock nailed sharp. ly to him : " What are you doing there 7" he said. " Nothin'," responded the boy, " Do yon get any,poy for it ?" "Nope," and ho drew one foot out of the water toady to run if need wore. " Why don't yon go to work?" " Will you gtvo mo a job 2" " " Steady 7" El "P137 anything 2" it Well, no," hooitatod the mon, " not tho first weok," "How about the s000nd Thou 301111." "All right ) 001110 100111311 6b0 /1000/1a weak, This is good enough for me tioWr" and the boy stuok the foot back in the Witter and winked 01 13110 1111011 013 the &dr, A watch lo usually composed of 08 piecog tool its manufacture einbracos over 2,000' distinct operations. Some 01 110 screws are so small as to be imperceptible to the un- aided eye; ond the slit In the heasie of these sorows is 2.1000ths of an inch in wit,111.,orivay the horses always have 0. bucket of water ploced hesitle each aninarii ollowance of litty. After each mouthful of bay they tette a slp of oaten It is said that this mode of feefrng is beneficial ; rand to it the 10(11 18 tattributed that a brokeu- wholed horse is rarely soon hi Norway. P01.10110 who employ steam-engines will be interested in tho invention oto Glasgow engineer, who has perfected a device- by which all steam is returned to the boiler after it 113(0 (10115 its wolit in the cylioder 13y this contrivanco, in one case, it, is said, single ton of coal was mash) to do as immix work as ton theretofore. Some ingenious roottes in Colentto, and Bombay pan:Mono favorite brands of liquors in the original packages. They remove the good liquor without touching the cork or the =petite, and substituto vile etuff. How do they do it ! 13y drilling a hole in tho bottom of the bottle, and Oiling the hole with wax when the poioonous liquid has been introduced. Lightning played strange freaks in Dan- bury, Conn, In some 011000 11 followed the (nurse of the wateronains, burstiog the pipes 11,11(1 teoring up the pavements. It' entered oite house through a window, and removed the gilding from several mama frames. Thos. Williams was in bed in his home at New Canaan, and the lighting play. ad around his foot, and drew all the nails from hisshoes. John Johnson, a newly rich mon, \visiting to la considered of o. liter:toy turn, bought books right and left to found a library. .Among 110 puvolut.es was an old dictionary. This he sent to be rebound, When it won returned it had printed on its back the words, " Johnson's Dictionary." This familiarity ho could not endure, and he in- dignautly a.skod the binder why he did not put on his full nairie—" /oho Jot:noon's Dictionary," Makes Pay Better. With all pursuits knowlog how is an ino portant, item. In many cases a thorough' knowledge of the business will enable one , to make a suoeess, while another, lacking this, will make a Otiltuor. On tlee farm with fruit growing, 8.11 well as in the work shop or professional life education helps to make 1i success, because it affords a better' opportunity of knowing how. This fact WAS :108 recognized 311(111 10310)7, but now ib is recognized that education its as necessary on the farm as with any other pursuit, and. suroly if on the farm 11 10 im- portant with the fruit grower. A good education not only helps to grow better fruit, to grow it more economically, but to sell it to the best advantage. With' this, as with a barge number of other prod- ucts both of tho farm and favtory, compe- tition has become so sharp that every ad- vantage must be taken if the best profit is totalized, ond it is the educated one that usually comes out ahead. The saying that any one may farm may be true, but farming anti fruit growing is ono thing mut being successful 111 it as an. other. Education Mips to rook° 13 sneeess. Education dignifies Wow. It is no die. grata to work, and knowing how helps ono to do better work, and do what is (10110 to the best advantage. One may bo oble to grow plenty of fruit and yet fail to moire a surmoss from want of knowledge of what varieties axe best to gow, how to harvest and send to market. o ono can expect to know all about (('18138growing os a branch of farming. While much has been learnod, yet there is much room for study and resoarah. Ecluoation enables one to take the advantage 0( 1110 ex- perience of others, and inuch moy be saved an this way, Under present conditions ono 51051 1101 only know how to gvow fruit well, but Ise muot, know hosv to market well, to consider the cost and the profit, and hem the business education comes inas an aid. 411. good business education will enable one to ROO pOill18 in tho management both in the growing and selling, where o saving can bo macto and the profits be inoremod, and in this way be made to pay a good interest on the investment, 12W1 0' young man, in deciding whether or not 10 (108 an educaticah it should be looked upon 8,0 an investment, If properly inataged it can be mule profit- able, \virile on the other hand if a preference 10 01083 macle nf it, the ittoestatent will bo more or less a loss. Do not conclude Gat becalm you aro be. tending to be a farmer yo1l do not, need ao 6&mum and a business 000 008 ; so 11 7000 50oure an eduoation do oot fail to use it prop,. erly os a help in your business, Many young mon froni tho farm that Only not bo \tele to secure 0 oollegiato education may secure at least a thorough Wiliness education that will help the financial part of farming, ab lenot, while tho training re- coivod in getting it will be of lagting bone. A t4oldon rule with regard to dross con. sista in carofully avoiding tho purohoso of what ie not really wanted, sod lizaitiag taxa nunrkbor of dresses in Wear at one time to the aboOluto nocomity. This id ovally ap, plioablo to thoso who dosirot bo always attiod in tho latest fashion, 006 Well as to those who aro 'Noxious 110 bo well dossed MI 1011 tibial., yot With 000ilomy awl %do.