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Feeding the Slok,
It le rarely easy, and almost always vory
Ball tonlb, to persuade bhe eiok to take nour-
ishment in aufiieient quantity, and the sue-
+oeeaful nuree must be Hoe In expedients,
flier persuasive power must be great, She
muab be patient, and yet firmly persistent,
=El her whole duty le done. There are
certain general rules for her to observe, A
few of them we will give. All foods for the
sink should bo of the very beet quality, well
cooked, palatably seasoned and attractively
served. A savory dint will always sharpen
the appetite of one In health, end it must
have a abimulating influence upon a delicate
patient, to whom the flat and insipid pre•
?paratione woolly offered are loatbeome and
even nauseating.
Surprise le frequently a useful element in
the thetetio treatment of the sick. Some-
thing unexpected will often he acceptable,
when were the patient consulted end ed -
mimed of what was being prepared for him, it
would take away all appetite for it, Cook-
ing in the eiok room i0, of course, always
forbidden, nor should the emelt of food be
'allowed to reach the patient if it is poraible
to prevent it. Absolute neatnees in the
service of food is a prime consideration.
Where ie moro to the patient in Olean nap.
Irina, spotless china, etc., than many think,
• . slovenly nuree is oub of plane anywhere.
1.1 the doctor direote that certain foode bo
given hot, he means that they should be
hot, and not merely warm, in which eon -
clition some are very insipid.
Ocoaeionelly one seen the nuree tasting
the food in the presence of the patient—a
most unpardonable habit. No moro food
ehonld be at one time taken into the sick.
zoom than is likely to be eaten, and whale
ever is not eaten should be at once removed.
Warne often leave it in eight, in the hope
that the patient may want I0 a little later,
but almost invariably they are disappointed.
Itis quite a common thing for the physician
to find milk in a glass or pitcher standing
near the bedside of bin patient, and often
the appearance of the glass is such thab even
a person with the etrongeet kind of/ a
stomach would not care to drink from it,
Of all foods, milk probably takes up impel. -
hies the easiee0. Hence, to keep it exposed
to the air of a sick -room or any other bad
air is to simply render it unfit for use. A
nuree with anything approaching neatness
would never allow a glass which has held
milk to be treed a eeooud time without care-
fully washing and rinsing. Some consult
their own oonvenienoe altogether too much
in feeding the eiok, Food ought to be given
at regular intervals when possible.
Freta aerood and Medicine,
Of ell the fruits with which we are blessed,
the peach is the mon delicious and digesti-
ble. There is nothing more palatable,,
wholesome and medicinal than good, ripe
peaches. They should be ripe, but,
not over -ripe and half rotten ; and of
this kind they may make a pard of either
meal, or be eaten between meals ; but i0 is
better to make them a part of the regular
meals. It is a mistaken idea than no fruit
should be eaten at breakfast', Ib would be
far better if our people would eat lees bacon
and grease at breakfast, and more fruit, In
the morning there ie an acrid state of the
secretions, and nothing ie so well calculated
to correct this as cooling sub acid fruits,
snot es peaches, applee, etc. Still, most of
ma have been taught that eating fruit before
breakfast le highly dangerous. How the
idea originated I do not know, bub it is
certainly a great error, contrary to boti
reason and facto. The apple is ono of the
beat of fruits. Baked or newel apploa will
generally agree with the mon delloate
'stemmata, and are an excellent medicine in
many cases of aicknees. Green or half -ripe
applee stewed and sweetened are pleasant
to the taste, 000ling, nourishing and laxative,
far superior, in many amen to the abomi-
nable doses of salts and of usually given in
fever and other dimmer, Raw apples
-and dried applee stewed aro betier for eoneti
-.notion than liver pills. Oranges are very
aoeeptable to most stomachs, having all the
advanbagee of the acid alluded to ; bub the
orange juice alone should be taken, rejeot-
lag the pulp. The eatie may be said of
demons, pomogtanates and all that alaee
Lemonade is the best drink in fevers, and
when thickened with anger is better than
syrup of squilla and other nauseants in many
,oases of cough. Tomatoes act on the liver
and bowels, and are muoh more pleasant
and safe than blue mase and " liver regulab
,ore.' The juice should be used alone repot
lag the skins. The email -seeded fruits, such
se blackberries, figs, rasperriee, aurrante
and atrawberriee, may bo cloned among the
beet foods and medicines. The sugar in
them is nutritious, the acid is cooling and
purifying, and the seeds aro laxative. We
would be muoh the gainers if we would
look more to our oroharde and gardens and
lees to our drug stores, To euro fever or
act on the kidneys, no febrifuge or diuretic
f8 superior to watermelon, whioh tnmy with
very few exceptions be taken in aioknens
and health in almost unlimited quantities,
not only without) injury. but with positive
benefit. But in using them, the water, or
juice, should be taken, excluding the pulp ;
,and the melon should be fresh and ripe, but
not overripe and stale.—[Hall e Journal of
health.
How to Dieinfeot,
Clothing whioh requires dloinfeoting
should be submitted for about three hours
to a temperature of 230 degrees in a chamber
'charged with sulphuric fumee from a large
quantity of sulphur, The chamber should
be so constructed as to prevent the tomes
from , passing off. No germs can stand
this.
After a room nee been used by a person
.eiok with any contagious disease, it becomes
neeneary to dieinfeot it before it is fit to be
used again, Thio is done by romoving and
burning the paper on the walla, removing
the bedsteads and other furniture, and
exposing them to air and wind, and giving
them a fresh coat of varnish ; by having the
tnattrese made over new and the hair boiled ;
by burning in the room three pounds of
sulphur, and by white -washing, painting
and papering the room anew.
Now that it is generally conceded bhab
aoneutnption le caused by germs whioh
multip y in the lunge, a mobhod of diainfeot-
ing than, which ehall bo harmless, has
bean sought for, bub ao yob without avail,
tChe vapor of creosote, the oil of the
eucalyptus and carbolic acid have been tried,
and, to some extent, they may paralyze
or stun the germs and prevent their rapid
Moron, but as the passages of the lunge
aro delicate, mid the vapor cannot be
lbrougbb very neer to them without injury,
the good effects are slight, Bub there ro
one method which eetnobfail t0lorove bone•
toile, and bhab le the inhalation of large
quantltiee of froth, pure air, iChle le Worth
More bltaniauy disinfectant for the lunge
and can dolma herrn,
A'Fiuilish .newspaper le to be Slatted .at
Iieughton,,Mieh, It should nover oonbain
at,00trenuedenorp •
aseleatheisteum
The free and easy marmot In whioh the
trial of Sullivan wee conducted ab Purvle,
Miss, the uan/etrioted tendenoy of the crowd
to lionise the millet and the unmistakable
trend of local opinion gave litalo aseurenoe
that the affair would be more than farcical;
but to the surprise of alt, the jury found a
verdict of guilty, and now the presiding
judge has vindicated the dignity of hie office
and hie own manhood by eentenoing the
pugilist to one year's imprieoumenb ab hard
labor, the extreme penalty of the law.
Had he Impend lighter punishment
he would have been shamefully derelict in
duty, bub a knowledge of the prevalent
sentiment In Mieeiesippi and of the vagaries
of its justioe did not tend to fortify public
confidence and had Sullivan moaned with a
nominal fine, it would have occasioned little
enrpriee, A petition signed by over one
thousand people inoluding the sheriff and
the jurymen, praying that Sullivan bo re.
lamed with a One was a formidable doom
meat, peoulia$ly eo in that seotion, but
Judge Terrell poeeeeeed the courage of hie
oonviob one in an eminent degree, and uncle.
tarred by the sbrong influenoe brought to
bear, dieoharged hie duty faithfully and
manfully. He knew a8 every ono know,
that a fine would be a travesty, and that
Sullivan's sporting friends would pay it
oneerfully as one of the legitimate expeneee
of the fight. Ab with punishment they
could well afford to smile, but imprieonmenb
at hard labor ie an entirely different mentor
and the consternation of the plug-ugly fre-
ternity le easily imagined. It is poeeible
that legal ingenuity may yeb defeat the oxide
of juebioe, but every right-thinking man
Will devoutly hope that nothing will impede
Sullivan'e progress to the penitentiary or
ehorten his stay in the asylum which should
have received him years ago. The man le
an habitual law breaker and a corse to
society. •de is a fair represenbive of all that
is vicious and depraved, and hie unusual
strength as a pugilist hae enabled him to
exert a moat pernicious influence, far reach.
fug and tenacious. The hulking rowdy,
droukard and wife -beater le a disgrace to
civilization and it ie gratifying to know that
at last he is to be planed with the oonvicted
criminals where he belongs,
Putting Down Drunkenness.
Woadera have been done by bhe Danish
police, it le said, in putting down drnnknness
ab least in the streets. Itis nob your brutal
patrol waggon method. No, it le the out-
come of a refined and civilized age and an
educated policeman. If the Danish ooneba-
ble on his beat comes across a drunken men
he firab gets his address, then hallo a oab,
politely assists the inebriate into it, and
drives off with him to his home, and after
ringing the bell deposits the unhappy in•
dividuel in the arms of hie family. If the
man is too drunk or oannob remember hie
addreoe, he its driven to the police station,
and the following morning a froth oab ie
hired by the constable to drive the victim to
hie home. " But who pays for all these
Dabs?'' the anxious inquirer demands. The
publican who supplied the man with drink
le made reepousibie. We do not advooate
this polite method for Canada, but just
mention it to show whet oonetabulary
courtesy can do. In the abate of Georgia
the antithesis of this treatment is proposed
for the auppreseton of ebreeb drunkenness,
A bill has been introduced into bhe Leglela-
mre making ib a misdemeanor for any person
co geb drunk excepts on hie own premises.
The bill provides thab if a man does get
drunk elsewhere than on his own premises he
shall be fined $10 and imprisoned ten days ;
if ho does ib again the fine must be $21
and twenty days' imprisonment, and the find
thereafter for each offence is cumulative.
Where "Red Tape" Prevails.
A paymaster in the United States navy
gives an trahang° the following account of
the "red tape" that must be gone through
in making pentanes for a man -of -war: -1
Supposing thab 8 pit or of tacks is wanted i
on board a United` States Alp on a foreign i
station, the following in bhe routine actually
required tinder general order No. 48 :—Four
requisitions are made oab, which are signed
as followe Officer making the requisition,
four timet, oapbain eight, paymaster eight,
end admiral four. Bids are Bent out to five
merchants, which are signed by pay officer
five times; merchants bidding, five; soup
bance of bid, paymaster, one. Bide are then
made out in gointuplioato and aro aigned by
the oapbaia five times; paymaster, ben;
senior officer of the board et inspection, five;
and persons receiving tho money, five. A
report is attached by the senior officer of
the Board of Survey in duplioabe, two signa-
tures, and the cffioer who has made the
requisition signs a receipt on the bill five
bimos, when it is complete, with more than
half a hundred signatures.—[Philadelphia
Ledger.
Luoky Man.
Visitor ('ooking through the photograph
album)—"Thio, if I mistake not, 18 a pro -
trait of your deceased husband."
Widow—"Ib in."
Visitor (with a well•meanh effort to nay
something appropriato)—" What a fine•look-
ing man he was 1 And so young 1 Bub he
hae escaped many of the trials and eufferiogs
of thie life. Ah, me 1"
Widow (with a sigh)—"Yee, He died
just sal wee getting ready to oan five dozen
boxes of blaokberriee,"
Ashamed of Hie Wife's Handiwork.
"How do you do, Sam ?" Reid a colored
gentleman to one of hie • oroniet the other
day. " Why you no oome to see a feller?
If 11ib as near you as you do to mo I'd coma
to see you ebery day." "De facie is," repli-
ed Sam, " my wife patch my trouserloone
so all to pieced I'shamed to go nowhere."
11fdn't Want to be Too Precipitate.
Charlie—" Well, Edith, if you are as fond
of me an you say, why don't you promise to
marry me 1"
Edith—" Well, you see, Charlie, I—I—
well, the fact ie, I—haven't been to Newport
yet—nor Saratoga—nor anywhere in fact bub
here at Long Branch, and one never knows
who mighb be—that is—well, I with, Char'
lie, y oa would welt until bhe Lint of Novem-
ber anyway—I'll tell you then."
A Summer Arrangement.
Husband --What a pity that Emma had
to go and throw Mr. Ooldenap overboard,
foe I bought our coal from him last winter.
Now next winter I'll hen to pay the full
plias,
Wife—Calm yourself, husband: Rhe ie
going to renew the engagement in the fall,
You see, the broke lb in order to bottom°
engaged Mr, to Oooler,tho man We buy oar
lee from,
"May heaven's richest blowing rest Upon
that daughter."
No mariner has ever yet treood linea of
latitude Mod longitude on the oonjegal 000,
�Balzao,
To Renew The Attempt to Found a 30oded
881180 Ilappy U,11unl4alir.
1,1 arrived here," writes Mr. P, J, Spencer
(the honorable Secretary of thin movement)
from British Columbia to tho "Pali Mall
Gazette," fifteen months ago, and I have
explored Queen Charlotte, Vamoouver, and
the adjacent islands. I have selected
Malcolm Island for the colony ; ib is aboub
two miles wide by twelve miles long; 16
Wm two good harbors, It ie about 200 miles
north of Victoria. The Lioutenanb Gov•
eraor-General signed the minute in council,
reserving the island for us, on the 6th of
Juno lash. The Government hue agreed to
give eighty stores of land for every house
we ereob value £100, and the ender re to be
free from all taxes for twelve months. We
have already commenced operations ; those
who eau pay their expeneee and keep them -
naives for the flreb twelve menthe aro an
pioneers. To meet the nee of those who
oannot do this a public subscription hoe
boon opened. Wo aro righb in the centre of
the salmon iuduetry. British Columbia
will bo a greab manufacturing oeuntry.
Any amount of coal, and iron, timber, 0.0.
The climate is preferable to Ea land, end
we hope to have the prebtleeb village upon
the faoe of Gou'e earth."
I0 appears from a further communioation
sent us ty her, Spender thab all members of
the oolony will be required to work eight
hours per diem and four hours on Saturday.
The committee, on behalf of the members of
the commonwealth, will take all reoponei-
biliby in providing work, medical attend-
anoe, food, and olobhing for the member and
hie family, and also provide for the ooholas-
tie education of the children, and, in the
event of the member being alak, still pro-
vide as though be were ab work, and if he
dies to keep the widow and orphans, Co.
Each and every member will have the same
interest in the oommonwealbh. The land
will be held in braes by the committee for
and on behalf of the members, and °lauaes
will beQineerted preventing the manufacture
and sale of any intoxioabing drinks by any
member of the C.T.0,O. A clause will also
be inserted preventing the trustees from
selling or mortgaging the land or property
of the commonwealth, 'and that there shall
always bo liberty of conscience ; that no
Breed or dogma shall be ineieted upon, the
only " test" will be a willingness to con-
form to "the ten oommandmente and the
sayings of Jesus."
The board of Management will undertake
and arrange with ouch member bhab every
lad will learn some trade, and that each girl
shall be instructed in household duties,
family dressmaking, needlework, nursing,
000kiog, singing, pianoforte, and etique0to.
No girl will be considered a servano, but
will fulfil her appointment as a learner.
Me soon as the ohildreo of the members are
old enough to perform the sacred duties of
marriage, they will first give bhe Municipal
Board three:months' notioeof their intention,
in order to give the Board time to erect and
furnish the house and to make all the nec-
essary arrangements. All marriage will he
contracted as by law established, Young
men having learned their trade will be at
liberty to leave bhe commonwealth and will
be at liberty to return after fulfilling the
conditions. No member will be called upon
to work after the age of 55, bub he may do
it voluntarily,
How Newfoundland Farmers FrommManors,
Ib may interest many to knowhowour
farmers procure manure for their farms. Be-
tween the 13bh and 20011 of June every year,
after the seed is all in and oared for, comes
the famous "manure-herveeb,"—the inmate.
school. Caplin are a small fish tomothicg
like the American white fish. They are
smaller than herring but muoh larger than
sardines. On the pebbly beaoheathab fringe
the magnificenb bays of Newfoundland, they
find natural and oongenielepawniuggrounds',
About the middle of Jane, io obedience to the
great and universal law of Nature,—the in•
oroaee and multiplfootioo of 8p00100, —they
some in immense shoals, --in millions upon
millions,—to deposib their spawn upon the
pebbly sea -shore. Their mode of depositing
sho spawn is such ea bo leave them ab the
mercy of the innumerable hordes of fishes
and fishers that prey upon them. The female
is small and smooth, and the male ie large
and ridged. When spawning they swim in
throe, one female between two males ; the
female fits botween the ridges in the males,
end they swim parallel, almost as one fish.
The males by their preeeure aid the female
to deposit her epawn, and at the same time
they drop their "milb," whioh fruotifieo the
spawn. I6 is during this time, while the
fish are apparently half•dezed, that the fisher-
man and farmer reap their harvest. They
°etch them with seines and eaet•nets. With
a seine, four or five men in a akiff can
easily geb from flfey to ewe hundred bar.
rely of them in a day, The method of sein-
ing them is, when the capita are close to the
beach, one end of the seine le fastened ashore
with a grapnel and the other end is kept
aboard the skiff. The orew row around the
great body of oaplin and fence in bhouaends
of barrels against the beach, They then
dip them out with dip nets and geb many
skiff loads—from thirty to fifty barrels in a
load,—in one haul. They' then land them
on wharves or on the beach and haul them
away to their farms, where they mix them
in the proportion of one load of oaplin to
five loads of peat, bog or olay. Thie makes
a very etrong manure, and as it euppliiee
neary all the elements of plant food, it forma
heavy crops of all kinds. Fishermen also
catch them and use them as bait for oocfish.
They are a delioiono morsel when eaten
fresh, and there Is a fortune for the man
who solves the problem of getting them into
bhe American markets au fresh and ae deli -
clone as we get them here, When sensed or
smoked they make a very good article
of food for winter, and many a poor
family preserves enough for We, and to
feed themselves, their pigs and hogs for a
whole year, till the next oaplfn-eohool arrives.
Of course, ae a manure, they are a godsend
to the farmers, many of whom have scarcely
any other means of procuring fertilizer in
suffioionb gaantibien for their lands. Bub
when looking ab the thousands upon thou-
sands of barrele of froth, delicious fish, 00
used, i6 name almost sinful to deetroy euoh
quantities of wholesome and toothsome
human food, when 8o many inilllone of the
raoe would eat them with a relish if they
had the chance.
W. J. 0., Villa Nova, Newfoundland.
A Joke that Rebounded.
The Mieohelt " Advocate" says :—A oom-
merolal traveller, since the elevation of
Bishop Wateb, of London, to the Aroh-
bishoprle of Toronto, ie reminded of an doe
marrows some yearn ago in a railway oar, in
whioh his present lordship took part, An
irreverent traveller asked Biehop Waleh,
probably nobknowing who he was, if he had
not heard that in Parse as oftoh ae a priest
was hanged a donkey was hanged ab the
mime time, The proposeed victim of the joke
replied in the blandest possible manner,
Woll, then, lot Us both be thankful that we
are not in Poria,"
Pine Steamships, HOUSEHOLD.
The City of Now York, exoepb that oho i
built with a view to reoord brooking, le vory
muoh like any other 00050 steamship, bat
the Teutonic, its au innovation, She is the
first of several traders ordered to be eon -
tinned, and subsidized by the State, that
in oath of emergency will co•opertte with
the navy, She reoo0tly book part in the
naval review off Spithead and was much
admired by the Emperor William, The
Teutonio to a magnifioenb vessel—longer
than any other ship bhab ploughs the deep,
and as ornate and luxurious as a Hosting
palace. Her saloon of ivory and gold will
Beat 300 guests, gad when Illumined with
the Mende lighb, to fairylike in Ito splendour.
There is similar lavishness in her library,
with its huge oases of well ohoeen books, and
equal taste in her emoke•room, with its rioh
fiebinge, delicate decorations, and its impel -
log paintiogo of old world navies. Her
beautiful lines, her enormous engines, her
brilliant lighting are all without previous
model's, though they indicate very clear-
ly the direction of England's advancement
in the future. Except for size and adorn-
ment, however, bhere is not much to distin-
guish the Teutonic from her ongoing oom-
petitore. In length she be 582 feet, in depth
39 feet 4 inches, and in breadth 67 feet 6
lnohes; while oho can boast a dieplaoomont
of nearly 10,000 tone, Her hurricane deok,
whioh le of great height, is between 80 and
90 yards long, and be unimpeded by the
boats, whioh are all above. At each end of
the voseol are strong batteries of Armstrong
guns—breechloaders with 6 inch bore; and
their efficacy may be gauged by the fact
that they peasant a range of five miles, and
can pierce half a dozen inohes of armour
when at close quarters. With suoh an
equipment sho should bo able to beat off at
least fifteen out of every twenty asseilaoto,
and in the presence of oraf b with heavier
metal ehc can always show "a Olean pair
of heels." In a general way the Teutonic
will rank as an ordinary liner, but it is part
of the compact with the authorities that she
shall be ready to obey the Admiralty sum-
mons whenever called upon. For thin pur-
pose, a portion of her crow are naval reserve
men, and, in nee of danger, they will nob
fail to make her an armed cruiser in feet as
well as in name.
A Vile Plot Frustrated,
A remarkable interposition of Providence
is on record in Paris. In 1766 a young peas-
ant girl went to Paris and was hired as a
domestic servanb by a man whose reputation
was excellent, bub who was a hypocrite and
a libertine, Ile made improper propoeale to
the young girl who refused bo understand hie
moaning or give him any encouragement, This
so enraged him that he had her arrested
for theft, and secured her conviction by hid.
ing some jewelry in her trunk, The prisoner
had no friends to intercede for her and was
hanged. The executioner was a novice,
bungled over the work, and after repeated
attemnb to kill the girl imagined he had
succeeded, and handed the body over to a
dissecting surgeon. The firab out with a
knife showed that the girl lived and she was
quickly restored. When she opened her
eyes she imagined herself in another world,
and it was some time before she could be
convected of her escape. Her description of
what she saw during her apparent death
was listened to with wonder and amazement
by her new found Monate She told of lovely
parterres with beautiful streams flowing
through end round them, of flora end fauna
of dazzling gorgeousness, of perpetual sun-
shine and unmeasurable happiness. The
young girl had'iived a proealolife, was poorly
eduoated, and bad no imagination at all, if
the chronicler is to be credited, and her
revelations are the more remarkable in con-
Beeman°a The eeoundrel who compassed
her ruin was arrested, bub acquitted on
technical grounds, bub the people "loaded
him with well•merited reproaches."
Apple Fxporte.
A nd now it is apples. The exports from
America to Great Britain in the last fiscal
year reached a total of 1,401,382 barrels. Of
this cruelty 481,766 barrels were forwarded
from the port of New York, and 380,176
barrels from the port of Boston, Halifax
sent 95,122 barrels, and Annaeolie only
9,119 berrele—the total less than one.
eighbh the quanty of New York and Boston
shipments. The United States apple grow-
ers, it will be seen, are nob only supplying
their home market, but beating us all
hollow in the British market. And yet
certain Grit papers have the audacity to toil
our farmers and fruit growers that all they
need to make them prosperous be nnreetrict•
ed reolprooity with the States 1 Ib is clam
Haab there is little market in the United
States for our apples, but fortunately there
is an almost unlimited market in Britain.
While we have been grasping after the
shadow, the United States pproduoere have
been reaching out for the substance. If the
Grib preen had been in bhe pay of Canada's
enemies, the most ingenious could scarcely
have devised a policy so well calculated as
the advocacy of unrestricted reciprocity to
stifle enterprise and prevent our people from
adepting themselves to the ohanged 000di-
tione of the world's markets•—[Moncton
Timeo.
Perfumes.
An interest, an individuality belongs to
the parsons who attach themselves to some
fine old scents, once fashionable but nearly
forgotten, and who 0ome to be known by
the boquot de. Caroline, or the honey wtaer
whioh faintly perfumes their handkerchiefs
and gloves. Such fannies belong to the per.
sons not quite young, who yet never grow
old, bub aro a betrayal of ardent sensibilities
transformed into tastes and keen remem-
brances. The dulling of tine dooa not take
place with enoh people, it only refines them.
Or the delioato old perfume may be parried
by one of thole young persona, eerioue
and mature beyond the yeare,who are con•
dented romanced. One can tell a character,
or at leant its development, by a perfume
read ily. One thing its oedoud, but perfectly
nataral, that perfumers by trade never care
to tree perfumes, they breathe so muoh of
them.
His Peonliar Way of Bapreseing It.
A Russian gentlemen who hoe an Ameri-
can wife met some friends of the latter who
were travelling in Europe reoontly, and
among other things wbieh he told them eon.
corning her was the fact that she had been
bitten by one of hie bloodhounds, that had
darted out and run amuck, 8o to nay, ono
day upon hie estate, Tho Amerioane were
filled with horror and were eager in their
ingairioe in regard to what) was done and 1
there worn any evil multi from the wound,
The Bunten, who fact high rank, hastened
to reaeeure them,
"Thera were no bad ooneequenoed at all,"
he assured them, "1 took a hot iron and
burned out the wound, It smelled a libido
like mutton ohops cooking, but 1 didn't mind
that,"
Old Fomes Are Boot -
If ono runs over the flab of the persona
known to him he finds very low of moro
Shan forty years old living in the houses In
whioh they were born. Of the twenty
houses built more than fifby yore ago
neareeb my own, only one ie lived in by the
family by whioh lb was originally occupied,
white most of the others have had numerous
euooeeaivo owners or temente Of my even
friends near my own age there are but two
or three anywhere who live In the honsee
whioh their fabhore occupied before them.
This look of horditary homes—homes of one
family for more than one generation—le a
novel and eignlfioant feature of new•world
solely. In ft,, effect on tbo quality of our
oivlliseOion 10 has not received the attention
Ib deserves.
The oonditions whioh have bronghb about
this state of things are obvious, The spirit
of equality, and the praotiooe, eapeotally in
regard to the dietrlhubion of property, that
have reeultod from it; the general ohmage
in the standards of living arising from the
enormous development of the natural re.
sources of the uountry, and the oonecquenb
unexampled diffusion of wealth and material
comfort; the rapid settlement of our im-
manse territory, and the aetonishing growth
of our old as well ae of our new oltiea, have
boon unfavorable to the existence of the
hereditary home,
There ire namely a town in the long settled
parts of the northern states from whioh a
considerable portion of its people has nob
gone out in the course of the pest fifty year's
to seek residence elsewhere, Attaohment 00
the native Boil, affection for the home of one',
youth, the claims of kindred, the bonds of
eooial duty, have nob proved strong enough
to resist the allurement of hope, tho fair
promise of bettering fortune, and the love of
eavonbure. .Che increasing ease and the
vest extension of moans of communication
between distant perbe of the country have
promoted the movement of the population.
-[Scribaer's.
Work on Huokabaok.
A beautiful bursa uoover or buffet scarf is
made of a suitable lengbh of fine white
huokabaok treated as follows: Fringe each
end a quarter of a yard in depth ; above this
draw a row of full•faoea conventional
daisies connected with an undulating atom,
and outline the pattern in regular outline
:stitch with rose colored linen floss. Then,
with long needleeful of floes, proceed to
darn the huokabaok from bhe fringe up to a
few inofree above the outline pattern, going
up on one line and down on the next nab
an unbroken thread, leaving the ends long
e.iough to tie In with bhe white fringe. The
material la easily darned with a blunt poiub•
ed needle that will readily pick up the arose
threads without peiroing the goods. When
all la done, the flowers whioh have only been
outlined stand up on the pink background
in heavy relief,
A stand cover of white linen embroidered In
white or oolorediinen floes commends itself
to houeekeepere who like things bhab will
wash. One of the prettiest new styles has a
border all round of life-sized grape leaves
overlapping, embroidered in open atitohee.
Any one wioh a clever pencil oould make her
own design from nature, or one lees gifted
could nee a real leaf for a guide and draw the
pencil round it, After the design ie ready,
buttonhole each leaf all round. The veins
of the leaves are done in outline stitch and
shaded in honeycomb Btitob.
White and unbleached linen demaek is
muoh used fur all purposes for whioh linen
covers are appropriate. A showy but Simple
pattern is ohoeon and thls is worked up in all
the pretty stitches ab whioh feminine hagere
are so deft, beginniug by outlining the design
in the stitch genet ally employed for that pur-
pose.
A Girl's Toilet Articles,
A senaible girl will not keep a lot of ooe-
motion and drugs on her toileb sable, but
there are a few articles she should always
have in te oonvenienbplace. Sheeeould have
an array of glass stopped bottles oontainbeg
alcohol, alum, camphor, borax, ammonia
and glycerine or vaeelioe. A little camphor
or water may be need as a wash for the
mouth and throat if bhe breath is not sweet,
Powdered alum applied to a fever Bora will
prevent ib from becoming very unsightly
and uotiooablo. Insect stings or eruptions
on the akin aro removed by aloohol, A few
grains of alum in tepid water will relieve
people wbome hands perspire very freely,
rendering them unpleasantly moist. A few
drops of sulphuric acid in the water are also
desirable for those whose feet perspire freely.
We should always recommend Dare in the use
of scented soap ; fn many oases the perfume
is simply a disguise ler poor quality. A good
glycerine or honey soap ie always preferable.
Of °puree, one may rely on scented soap from
a high•olaes manufacturer, but it costa more
than ib is worth. In addition to the soap for
bathing, white Castile ahould be kept for
washing the hair. Oooaeionally a little
borax or ammonia may bo utwei fon this pur-
pose, but it le usually too heath in its ef-
feats,
When Women Should Marro.
Probably the beet time for the average
woman to marry would be any age bebween
24 end 36. Ib ie nob 'aid that no woman
should marryy earlier or later bhan either of
these ages : but youth end health and vigor
are ordinarily at their highest peefeetion be-
tween then two periods. Early marriage'
are seldom desirable for girls, and that for
many reason'. The brain is immature, the
reason io feeble, and the ohmmeter is unform'
ed. The consideration whioh would prompt
a girl to marry at 17 would, in many oases,
have little weight with her ab 24. A6 17 she
is a ohild, at 24 a woman.
Whero a girl has intelligent parent', the
seven yoare between seventeen and twenty
four are the period when mind and body are
most amenable bo wise discipline, and best
repay the thought and toil devoted to their
development. Before seventeen few girls
have learned to understand whab life le,
whet disolpline ie, whin data le. They cannot
value what i8 best either in the lather's wit.
dom or in the mother's tondornees. When
married at bhab ohildieh period they are like
young reoruite taken freeh Pram the farm
and the work -shop and hurried off to a long
campaign with out any period of preliminary
drill and training, or like a sohool boy 00'
moved from school to a curacy withoubbeing
sent to a thoologioal hall.
Who oen help grieving over a child wife,
eepeaiolly if oho have children and a hue•
band who is an inexperienced and possibly
exacting boy.man ? Who ardor of hie lova soon
aoole : the visionary bilge of her poetical
imagination vanishes like the summer :
there ie nothing left bub di'appoiaiment and
I
wonder that what promised to be so beauti-
ful and long a day should be clouded almost
before 000x100,
Hints About Bandaging,
I questlon if, even with diagrams, onycho
oan Leath 00 bandage properly, Biqa a writer,
Without being actually shown how to do it
or seeing it done, There le a greats deal of
knack in bandaging well, and only praotioe
m.lkeo 6hie, au it deet most tbinge, ported.
Bandages aro used for Applying any pros -
sure that may be needed, for fixing dross.
Ings and splints, to aoouro rest to any
injured part, eto,
d.`hey are usually made of unbleached
calico, flannel, linen, muslin, etc. Celtoo or
linen should be waelnel before use, to take
out all the glaze and etiffnese.
The length of a finger bandage should be
e yard, and its width tbree•quarters of an
inoh.
An arm bandage °hoeld be ewe and a half
mhos wide, and three to six yards in
length.
A leg bandage should be throe inoses
wide, and eight, to twelve yarde in longtb.
A head bandage ohou'd be two and a half
inches wide, and four to nix yards long.
To roll a bandage you should fold the end
tightly two or three than, and by so doing
make it into a little roll, Hold this by the
fingers of both your hands, placing both
your thumbs on the top of 16. Revolve the
roll on Ile own axis made by the movement
of the thumbs, and fasten the end with a pin
or a etitoh to keep it tightly rolled,
1. Alwaye bandage from within outwards.
2, Begin bandaging from below, and work
your bandage upwards,
3 Lob the bandage be evenly and firmly
applied,
4. Have no wrinkles,
5. When reversing do so on the fleshy
part, and never on the sharp edge of a
bone.
lb is dangerous to bandage too tightly, as
that causes oonstriotion, and prevents the
oiroulation of the blood. Oh the other band,
a bandage thab is too loose is almost useless,
eo that an even pressure ie a great thing to
aim ab.
Ohoioe Recipes.
BLACKBERRY SIIORT0AKK,—Make a shorn
cake and roll in two sheets, one thinker than
the other. Lay the thinner .cruet on a well
greased baking pan, cover thickly with
berries well sugared ; lay on the bop crust
end bake about twenty minutes. Cut into
squares.
Gamin Pro.—Ono large aup of flour, in
which pub one teaspoonful of oroam of -tartar,
and a smell pinch cf salt. Break intothis
three eggs, add one cap white eager and
stir ail together. Lastly, add three table-
apoonfala of thick, sweet cream, in whioh
you have dissolved one-half teaepoonfal of
soda. This makes two pies or oaken,
BLAOKEERRY PIR,—Lias a pia plebe with
a good crust; sprinkle o little :leer over the
bottom, fill with berries, sprinkle over more
flour and a aup of auger. Peer over all a
onp of sweet oroam and bake quickly.
MoLessxss PMTS.—One half onp of auger,
one-half aup of butter, one onp of molaonoo,
one egg, ono tableepoonfnl of ginger, one
teaspoonful of Bode, ono cup of hot water,
four Dupe of flour, and a pinch of aalb, Bake
in gem pans,
Rrotr JuMEtps.—One onp of butter, two
oups of sugar, two eggs, the juice and grated
rind of one lemon, one-half teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in a teaspoonful of hot water,
a pinch of salt and flour to roll one Roll
very thin and cut in rings with a hole in the
centre. Bake in a quick oven, watching
them oarefully.
TOMATO Sour.—Oae quarb of tomatoes,
peeled and out up, two heapiug tablespoon.
Pule of Hour, one of butter, one teaspoonful
of salt, one of sugar, a pint of hot water.
Boil the;tomatoes in the water until soft.
Rub Hour, butter, and a tablespoonful of
tomato together. Stir into the boiling mix-
ture, add seasoning, boil all togebher fifteen
minutes, rub through a colander, and serve
with toasted bread, This bread should first
be oub in thin aline ; should be buttered, ant
into little aqusres, planed in a pan, buttered
aide up, and browned in a ulolr oven.
CORN OYSTERS.—One oupful of floor, half
a cupful of melted butter, three tablespoon-
fuls of milk, two teaopoonfulo of nib, one
fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper, one pint
of seated corn. Pour the corn on the floor,
and beat well; then add the other ingredi.
nuts, and boat rapidly for three minutes.
Have fat in the frying•pan to the depth of
about two inches. When smoking hot, pub
in the batter by the spoonful. Hold the
spoon close to the fat and the ahape of
the oyster will bo good. Fry aboub five
minutes,
She Wears Man's Olotllinr;,
There ie ono woman in Missouri who holde
a written permit from the Governor of that
State to wear a man's dress "anywhere in
A'fieeouri outside of oltiea of 10,000 inhabi-
tants," Her name is Emily Paxton, and the
was brought up on a farm by a lady named
Conkling, to whom the was given by her
father when one month old, on her mother's
death. At 15 yews old ebe was taken to
Poke county, Mineomri, by Moe. Conkling'o
brother, and began to work on hie farm.
By his direobion she pub on male attire, and
for 23 years aha hat continued to wear it ex-
cept when visiting a city. She dote all "kinds
of farm work except °hopping," bub her
favourite occupation is breaking horses to
harness. Of thetas she herself owns three,
and hae charge of 13. For three years, in
par tnerehipwith a man, she owned and work•
ed a reaper, until ib became no far worn oub
that the repairs made Ito further use unpro-
fitable, Sha out an an average 10 waren of
grain a day, At another time the hauled
logo to a sawmill, At present she lives with
a family named Willis, at Farmer, Pike
county, Mo„ an old brig ecuple and the hue -
bend an invalid. She is treated like their
own daughter. She bao entire charge of
their farm of several hundred aorea. Al-
though Virginians, and oho ie a very light
quadroon, they show great ooneidoretion
and regard. Almon era:ybody known her
in Pike, Andreae, and the adjoining coun-
tries, and troan her with respect, though
the le known to be a woman in Male attire. •
She wears male dross "boaause its nibs her
work," and she prelate outdoor work because
ehc dislikes confinement in the nee, and
can earn bettor wages. She owne'Ewo traote
of land in Greeley °aunty, Nan„ one a hotue•
dead claim whioh oho took and made good
by actual residence and improvomente, the
other a "tree renin," on whioh she hao deb
out ten mares of trees. She disliked the
lonolinona sed isoletion of her Kansas life,
and nye aha oan do better by carrying on a
farm for others than by working on her
own,—[Philadelphia Ledger,
The total quantity of Boal now annually
handled within the limibn of the metropolis
io upwards of 12,000,000 tone per annum -
Within the lest 30 yoare tbo ooal•oonounrp,
tion of London has more than doubled.
" What kind of a Pen of ice do you call
that?" demanded the irato housekooper, ae
sho gazed upon bhe infinitesimal lump whioh
the man had brought, "Why, that won't
last long enough to pay putting it Into the
refrigerator," 'r You'd find it more eoonomi-
cal, " replied the io0tnan, "if you would bake
foe by the magma ; but, you know, you Raid
yougot t6 ea you wantsib.. " Y'ee, re,
pudodthe honeekeoper, with some aoerbl ,
but I won't want 16 AS I got it."