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Show MISFORTUNE'S CHILD. ersor uiii i of in-- S rni..ha.unii;r otm to tin. I Till Story Retold by jlj, sorrow David Swill;;, ciay diu-s- i , once my fate take a train at o'eliK-in the niKht to . ouie Pivm. HI or to t la ag(t- HaviiK hud quite 11 satiM.s It firmly 'W; ff rev. 'VI the hotel: t IK'S a in Hir fot ms are .lie row, be- -t vty a;iart ' ay lit to be ElO'lIl'l ltivated. doub e, an itinerant dramatie perhnp - eight persons of all gr.ules oftaient and fame and beauty and suddenly through my heart there passed the layer th.it no one would he comjielled toiome into my place of isolation and dread. Xlie sclfiibnees of soul was respected by the the wandering play rs. but there followed .children ot Thespis a forlorn looking man. of of clothing plain, of bearing visage and looks the most humble and contrite, bewailing. As this living picture of "Para. Jue Lost moved along the aisle passing by jonou-il- be The head i or three k and six twenty ' f head i. an'1 :th the blue crass region, and planted mv twenty acres in both corn and leans, in each bill I of iiniiiiK ,ur lorn aiul lour Uau. Hi )UvTioii liimt to itlanr had tliH :n mry how to j.l.im, ha, I kept im m iiorni of the atrnrultnral truth tuat t he ('in rlmuld have had t h itart of h hjojiT h m t.u-ra.v o- ivliu.nr !ntoho.ail D,ul an inimv ra iu its at ,? or irra tnur ti Ii''aTimn,-- i j rnn. j juftl ala8 sni-of- l khh uuratiout nrn niul I'phusm t. tilth that t iiuit.tDv fo, m UIlt 11 "Jls mv wish That m roru anil H Hh mhl hTiirr nk-anUoth IJII of tie hOil soon ujipt-arpt- l t. uiound a hi m utmut fn tinvs tht Dfan.aD(ie had, nko. Inun to hmn ton,! v upon the Mmuht. Drnvcoorti, :t mi to pul iftMitl arms aro'-i,i kfU-u-h- v QaJ t T bl fr 1 1 1 1 T.'i-- n . abscnt-mhnledues- s s 1 d provide and nioie v '-- S ' flashed into mv imml llrovit had deserted me and 1 was about 'or some a't ofmeannoss of early tolipj As the winded arrow speeds Toor later t; ward it murk, ns dove bn ore ft syrm fly toHard si m i m or rock of refute, onward afivetm tins embodiment of )ihyrUn1 ami hipiiuI Mir; r.w gazint into the face of farmer uui r.iriiiter, matron and iruid, actor and A ounces, an tor ounces night in his but ijuickly turning from not in the face of even the aitie-- s in moved, pad) ns ilionjrh rather henutiful trairedienn was there to he found tin desire of his Jioart, lie puitn'ular made the unromaiitie and. freezing lace of poor me the apparent realization of all his md 110' hing , laid them, ounces, an irler ounces hops. Having reached thp seat I trying hard toocciipvfiy elonffatioa and Cneni! expansion ofmy body anil to defend b.r a dull. n: look of mami'actured m orn. he located himself beside me and modestly said; Am I mistaken in assuming that you is are a what called fondeM Wvis caniedto tk, counted e lieee for bis '.s imssed a w inked and )r vv uu-np- e 1li.it 1 eugs anl them, lie llo ks and unties. ni-- V'V x S minyuvapant peat, it Two The sell. servant of God? feet that he was My reply wan totlieef in error, nnd that all men areearthiv. and tliat God line no servants especially wnitliv of that name, and that lie w.iMUttiti! by a ellow beinjr who had preach-in u distant town, at intervals not prent, long and loudly the commonly held or rented donaa of religion, but had not reach To inny great perception in their practice. this he replied, calling me byname, that he lud long iji sired to have a few minutes conversation with some student ofdivine things, for he bad himself been the chili of so many and sin'll a mazing1 mis'ortunes that he had fed as one doomed not only to the ills 01 this oi Id, hut perhaps to themore terrible troubles of the life to come, and that what he now needed was the warm hand of some & 1 than mine, hey are big-- r them. not he with .ted corners f llowers to make m cheer-an- il friend. To this night, that flowers n the coun-- e considered nd should he gularly and iiled for the ts to provide country, i or he leaves best and best having no , utiful things s these 1 1 ably they s hean-hi- family. ding. s to havedis huds, setting U better than making the aottoni t, and shoving e hark instead This. 1 plan. better shelter 1 the old way. f in chances s entirely need t are i usual cut, . in sufttcU-ntand hark above bud must he e case,e other .- hier-bo- 1 shoe-top- 1 sheep-aiiisin- g 1 1 melan-choll- 1 X 1 bass-dru- exordium replied that at odo kintlie morning the tide of human pm generally was at its lowest ebb; That as Hr Dickens said no man was full of chat breakfast, so, the great novelist should feiuendded, is no one much concerned for others tvhn he has been called from a Rood M to go to a train in the dead of night in Meh a chill of an autumn's morning:. The heart alto became in a manner com -- led, and craved silence and seclusion. I 2 1 - 1 g 1 1 1 'True, indeed, w twined to dry ns replied my companion, up an unbidden tear, but tale one of unusual quality, Permit me to submit to you a vpetiuien of the bud luck of our house jn account of thedeuth of m,v affectionate parents. I was an only child and had ken in this world 1 2 years when an an ident botunh al nature deprived me of both natural guardians and lei t mean orphan, die accident was of this complexion? In mecorncr of our garden grew a sycamore ft of immense size, nnd as it threw one of horizontal limbs lurtherund further each Mr over the family onion bod, it was de at a meeting held by my mother, my itmr also being present, that tliat limb tould tic sawed off. Karl.v the next morning Je old gentleman scaled the tree and Di hmb that was to be removed, nPn 'li with a common woodsaw he sawed nnd sawed. 1 saw him saw, and my mother nnd she saw that 1 saw him aw nnfl as the limb began lo bend rav father stepped upon that side of limb whii h was going down instead of that part which wns to remain at the great trunk. My blessed moth rwinjj the old nmn falling with the limb, tishod forth with more affection than wis-tcatch the whole affair in her check Pfon. but as the branch itself weighed seven Jtls and as my father weighed dUU pounds you find my will -- A k. - first-lov- 1 lm-ers- . A time-table- . i d f,;mo. ed ,A s 1 -- e iores VK.d is mails . two iy f,lUt 5 r other ,k, elm loor feet s foul' nrli from ecb 0,1 similar hole aJ l tffS end, Th he other. to th clevis ts ,rse whi-re-t- hid and two otlici' too. he dnins "acresof inm-nupt- b;t co 1 tM inch nearer m clcvis-P'- n alltin" ions 3 call upon tin-in.- of what is the a reasonable enjoyment of nmonnt goot Mnf mixed up fatally 'btU mv s!lrt a,fa the onions; nnd the neck P ated in the general t hus, aaby a lsbK curious inconsistency of in for th I'araierf. IliaU for th lions. W It tiikes three large lemtnons to make two quarts of lemonade with the most econonieal skill. Hath room accessories may be simple or elegant, but plenty of water and soup is within the reach of all. Cold tea is a good remedy for sore eyes. Rathe the eyes frequent ly, especially before retiring, and you will soon find relief. A transparent mucilage of great tenacity may be made by mixing rice Hour with cold water, and letting it simmer gently over the tire. Linseed poultice cup linseed meal, one teaspoonful mutton tallow: mix with hot water to a smooth paste. M hen you buy a new broom, select a dozen ot the smoothest and largest splints, pull them out, and lay them away to use in testing cake when it u 111 with tlieir y w and would 17: : - o: Japanese nip'enient Stf THE HOUSEHOLD. yj- their omi.auuum. !1 wnt utiiil t lie t)n h o. .hint. Tin fannt w.ts I'lmut tin-fInuh. uml wuh Mne h.il m ole ' tups rround 1 t m kjt are aM ( h partHMiiar roniKt alk. Ylift Min had U'eii arminr Hie ground tor inun aiul mv pDw ami hoe h;nl made tin soil porous uh ii sjorue. And nttln here lell m thenithta very heavy and hot eliower. A lav upon rav fti.v lieart lull mis of penV tlv iMhsedness HI1.1 I hliUHl.irtion. arose in tne and read thepom uliont tin paiieim ram upon the roof, lathe f Monona: eo wild wa mv dliht that I detnirthin ,lrs, v Wnn termined not to look, ut mv rndt tields until '" mo,,t hvHM- - at noon, when a lomj Id. IirVTin,r,,,H ruitor e morning of Dill fondly wtiulil liave ma it more Maible the the express purpose of showing pity or low Off rlmne urouht by the shower At 12 could not decline a tusk so full of th ln,'r,'a,p itn k therw Pillion walked 0 ami forth leaned come also nil inrnMM. of to ail was tlmt upon the tender in Ami now. dear fellow mortal, I,nn..H. ami it m you will human nature. The villuge sewing society empj a rpei ml smi;p of IIruvpn tliat on n piivtne; oif lull fel for Mur brother was ben h as cm nicht lii'ii at 10 ok ami tneuiler had 1hmh assembled, I l, k n.v w8ln ,l, njl,lhI tell you iheentire tiebi was covered w it h rijii(Ktcd a rapturoii talk tutl. to bring to the church blankets own Marcnn-- t t lie dead and the d ins;. The corn nnd beam and garments, reil or w lute, blu ot pink, it as I.UIIIIH01IMI to a ont loti on lay rostrate, a dead yellow mass. climbed was not qmt t lire oclu k in the tuorping ''how limb had l.ccnmmliattemlhyalorotnotit,-. the ow'i huvitiu when the srmnatheric to M.ii-pate, if. forgotten work began. One as my licurt loii.,l to reitmin in the and in a lew open moments I learned the muse of goose was brought in from whoe parlor vvttli tlipol.jwi of os stjpieme luuly the t he calamity. J lie corn, under the imnulse village tailor cut the nut tern of a tdain jack")n. It lova.1 also such an external show ot otthe hot shower ami the lmt mui. had et. It contained lioh's nr the feet to anil elt certain that pas dutv move, upward so rapidly that it lmd It w as to be la e.l along t he bm k through. it the one hoar noul.l make ttieftr.ne more blessej every beam out of the ftionud. nnd Thenpulled of the the From creature. this thouthe courtship of the next. attein a Next to ben ns, drying up in the hot sun. had choked sand sacks were and lor twelve bonis n summons Horn fliurcli a vountf all the corn todeath. Not n enurie stafa of there came tort h cut, out of that church a conrates very hielily summons ro'i, the inaize hiul romped this affectionate but fatal stant stream of well d geese, and ul! parlor o, Ins pmspwtive mctlier-i- l.ov, embrace. All was desolation except the part Were clothed enough in the day to admit of sweet m herear.is the sound ot lu. no that was a I dress before dark. beat the tive business. I ran to the scene of parade distress drum gladly, nnd with a smile of tri"ittia mind eiiiovuiK the double benihler-ment umph in Iiih great white eyes ray negro boy of siiei'essin love and sucres in ni.v This is truly wonderful. I remark eVnnd plaied bis inspiring hie. As the garments I rpiitkly threw tile nu!)ercr into a does indeed j;o toward establi-luuwere ol all t lie bnght colors, ami as the girls the idea deep etheie.d sleep nnd amputated his limb that me an of had Ilea you ob.ect ten's a bow of many speein) lust below the knee. When the opetation hud d spleasure. 1 Jell compelled to risk him if he ribbon to the tail of tin garment, the scene levu and the man completed had or Ins father or grandfather had been was one of surpassing beauty. jruilt v leturDod toerffet conseumsness. he com- ot any trreat crime whoe mult was to be vn. plained that lie could not move his left limh. for ntoted the third by or fourth Ill- - riuht loot lav in the peneration? I now srrew nngr.v at the climate, howbasket. It was then lie here admitted that his very remote I that discovered that in m.v haste and in been common seamen in the ever, and resolved to transfer tny experithe that comes from Armada of Phillip lb, and having ment from the Northwest to the Lower Missattachment to the Riil ol ones ji'reat deep been drowned in the water or burnt up by issippi, where the geese could be picked nil choice 1 had removed the well foot of the Lorn Howard's fire ships, he imagined they thejear around. Secretly I bought some nohle sufferer. I instantly nnd resolved to lead my army applied the hud "u y atoned for their own sin. I differed sponge of ether, and before the man could here w ith the stranger, and cited the twenty miles to t he Mississippi ami there example rebuke my blunder had the it for the warmer dune. feared the pair of feet well of Adam, whose conduct in regard to a cercovered up in the basket. of t ho neighborhood lor my labtain 'ruit tree was still tormenting the human opposition d bile had become ors was afterward assuring the gennot a the local of only part and was imperlimr the lives of even tleman that my charges would be for the lamiiy but also a source of fashionable infants nnd makmgthem cry with colic in the commerce, li e nnd hence of courtship and ainputnt ion ot only one foot, he made some depths of night. He said he had always marriage. rude remaik to the effect that 1 was a fool Meetings were held in the same church where that colic ram? from candy or been the of the least desirable order. Were yon not thought had kindly supplied, ami garments fruit but lie felt the truth ofmy arguand mothers a member of the tlergvman's Brotherhood daugliteis who and wished me to pray nhva.xs that be the ment, I should tell you to wlmt wept air the poor birds family oi fools he might be delivered from t lie sin ol the that night other astheysaw the comTinier the inassigned me full membership. Armada. He resumed the story now wept lor each fluence of my Prior oi fi et timl legs nnd this Spanish roiiapse of socini Ire uml t lie end of many whiih had been suspended fora time to ing domestic schemes. My deternrnat ion was direct and strung language, my heart iclt make room for much talk upon ub&ii'uso to ironhke, and bidding a tear ul good-bbut this was theological questions. grief I all my mends bended my column and in us a pleasure compared with the VI. due tune had the pleasure orbtci;ig thm all im jirr e, tein si use ol felt I when I still had mv twenty acre I was at with my I '(mud t! nit the feet in of ground. upon the transpose my basket would not venlamenting the loss of my crop ol corn barges, forewn my It se, med While beans oliny esteemed fu a mrtman came along with a ture ho ur nwn.v Irnm the apron of ins Afribest lor me to absent mvselt lor a tune from ami not only my medical oflire, but from the old load of leathers in bags ol ail sizes and color. can mother. I hud t he barges nil lushed todrill ions pallor ot courtship. That absence We bud a long conversfitjonupoti Hit4 raising gether, ami having cut the ropes that held of greese as a source oi emolument, lie said us to the North we began to dri.t down the I uiternurus made perpetual." shall not detain .von with feathers were of high and rising value, that l mighty current. could pick gee-- e on e in two months, could particulars. The barges were obi. and by "Such deprecating lemarks id the daily make more money from twenty acres of the tune we bad drifted fifty miles they at midpress publish and wilh such storms of ridi- gi se than from a hundred acres of corn and became filled with water, and water to the that cule did they receive my public suggestion bean, that the eggs would supply food for night began told me t hat our that a muu s limbs should be of one length, the table, nnd when friends should cull tf nckle in at my felt creeping over me and that this p, insular man was too tail to roast g lose with applesauce could Deserved. Maps were sinking. to look well, t hat conelu-ie.to utmndon There was music in the mans voire, a cini! of despair. The fleet went down and1 w us saved. I The nil drowned; in a lew and only alter seemed days my prolession: ami as bad I had was an expert swimmer nnd without difficulaway, passed profitable and plea ant bought ten beau of be shore. And now, thou dealer in merinos and set up ns a humble shepherd. borrowed money, using my farm as security, ty inndo tiie offer to a religion, w hat cheer eanst thou In less than a week the wolves had cat the and was buying geese in a most surprising man so doomed hud been of to misfortune? AVImt book the labor manner. week a It to throats of five of these innocent creatures, To w hat philanthropy shall I learn how many beUvl of getse an a ere of shall read and was thrown into a pro'ound This sadness came Irom two causes, ground could support comfortably: also how appeal for consolation. vni. tile loss of property ami hope, hut much long a goose was m the habit of living a li c ILa stories bed rendered me dumb, and for more from a spiritual disappointment that o. iig'Miiness. at w hat age it censed to be in first use table the 1 and tender families, lor manv minutes wan ut silence, while my coma wise Creator should cause fine wool to grow at what other period in life, if anv such ex- panion wiped the salt water from his eyes upon an animal which had no power of fowl became loo old for even the and cheeks the I offered him a large roll of isted, w bile was thin hair and only coarse . The supply also money to aid him in some new enterprise, ordered for a mule, which could take common boarding-houvmuch and wisdom demanded great labor, but he declined to accept it. He then offered up its position in a field nnd could in a lew m expense. money for giving him such n kind minutes kick a piu-- of wolves over into (lie attended with dishad been 1 all the last declined this 'At preliminaries but audience, general boneynrd It so happened that a cussed nnd I was the happy on he ground t hat all human ears should prepared ami discharged annv mule had been standing or owner of 1,00b combined a g 3es. study stand open day ond night and without pay, and grazing along the country road for days pursuit of the when such a sorrow was telling its iad tale. weeks together, nnd it occurred to me that of the beautiful with the throe nnd to geroo taught with my knowledge of the surgical art and profitable )X. in per ert step in a two-tilcolumn to, of the use ol nnietheiiis could transfer fhe march Our train was now passing rapidly along a o. a Atlast small the beating one of the lie five fl he east was sheep to body pelts of the my drum with a fi e toward the borders of theciiy. mule, thus carrying into the nniinaRiugdom negro boy accompanied of day bteak. My a service for which a goose egg a dnv was showing the w into linesbudr well known in so of that grading ipal ine a most paths Thus with oil the companion arose and tiie horticultural circles, dreamed not only an ample compensation. tic towurd and the piused of music my flock marched twice a of a local success, lmt of a valuable patent pomp Ho arranged neatly his Hundreds anti front of the cor. which might revolutionize the wool growing day tolongtroughHOfwater. face with health His toilet. suddenlygowed from abroad to came of thousands persons eee the wonders of the Goose Farm.' and and good humor. As lie passed the conduche and chatted plensnntl.v about paused children weie cheered along the path ofduty tor the beauty of coming day and oi the general by being promised a visit some Saturday to of the autumnal world. Later, the Goose Farm. Happiness came back to splendor when I out tiie same bland conductor my soul: for when was beating a drum at remarkedpassed to me that lmd been entertained the bend of this whiterolnmn was as happy for a hundred miles by one of the most brile days of inspirit as had been those hallucinations. liant liars of the continent, lie gave the and its many faded from memory. the of The township name, but it soon girls David Swisu. volunteered each second full moon to help pick the down from the thousand bosoms; and ns the young men would call at sunset ami the Republic. to accompany these girls to tlieir rural or once a cenvillage homes my farm became at but Hern Id. From the Chicago life fashionable ol tre unique lofty iiirirnli p kind of Saratoga or Newport. Each youth will not uphold his digIf a reporter of the country wore a quill in his hat, while lie had missed a puking season can that the expect that anygirl hardly nity of in the chagrin nnd of wide theory, found at the farm was nn objectwork outsympathy. he liob Ingersoll would wolves the ot. last a one else will do so. however will, Avarice additional liapp ness. My project was car- ruin or on injury. In ray own case nature once uttered in a way a rebuke quiet of hack naked the out. ried literally Cpon has always sent ruin rather than injury eek to a reporter tliat should have provthe male I fitted the richest parts of tlieskins Last autumn was wonder idly warm. of the five sheep, mid having wrapped the after week passed by, bringing only clear hitter. The reportanimal all over with ropes ami twine I per- skies, and it seemed to me that Winterwould en a lesson to the er was sent to interview .Mr. IngerI advermitted hint to assume las common attitude.I for once forget his old Inten days mv gra ting was a success. more gooe picking to be soll, and found him busy writing at whose tised one be'ore the National Thankspossessed the novelty of a mule upon the on held a table. As the newspaper man day immense of the counhigh and well protected sides an handed the orator his card he said in giving. The fashionable youthIW the with responded night quantity of excellent wool was hanging gladness. try snowy whiteness. birds had been rodured to the thin apologetically: "I have tlip misfortthousand Hut the humor having gone abroad that nttire of July. The youth had eaten, had une to he a reporter. Indeed, sir, I had stolen an army beast of transportadarnvd a lew measures, and had gone to the and which paper has the misfortune tion I was placed under b rest . 1 he original widely scattered homes. I)aik clouds sud? skinof the ereature having been destroyed, denly formed in the northwest. Winds whis-tle- to have you cm its pay-rollthe National (iovernment bud difficultyoi in the trees. Some specks of snow filled the identity 'establishing ice had begun tojform. in Grant wns the air. At midnight An Aged Woman Preacher. their animal as alleged, fien. Cabinet were Ins then President, and he nnd Newark Advertiser. the From if posl arMe-t to identity, brought to the to be Government property. Tiie afternoon nnetin at Oeean sible, n lint at tlieaniniul fora full hour Alter which Grove recently was- addressed by without saying a word, a 1 tinder Grant resident Mrs. the mule seemed restless. Lydia Sexton of Kansas, an was one tinallv affirmed that, Hie animal an to harnessed old seen him.vdl lady in her Gist year, who has w Inch he had tlmt, ambulance in the siege ol icksburg. a preacher in the church ol the been counlen-auca persona! liken man. n mule lmd of the hue United brethren for a score of years-Shand tlmt there was uponuni id expression is very spriirhllv and talked ami tins particular mule nn nuliv upon t ie ns the with great earnestness. just us markedmember expression M.v gesticulated las oi anv ace of She wore a satin and brown cash-mer- e beast thus , everted to the .rom my dress, with a white handkerl ui.ed stales and was taken away in trout of the waist. J1 cr figchief 8 diil'e ail their details relatirg inei lents illtb.s is ns ure nn ortnna'e straight as a young giiTs. and final failure, ofh las tv es nnd Shespoke without notes and without man w mod not a ew tears from to divert me once evident fatigue. had not Ins lipt opened at evemful hfe wi h more snuies iram las m.v own po.k t lor sought have s 01,10,,.. Dim fa ft .mil i 7,, it A series of experiments has conHe kindly of"motion vinced Irof. Robertson that when us advancing ol both by t lie maids of cows aredenied salt for a period of I mad land, will yield from consulted learned men until i to fi.'tv even ore week they good Hook- and t 1 oVlork the wirnl ltnd minil that in 14M to 171,' per cent less milk, and rcufhe.1 itaJ Hip became "" m.miry V(rn Snd Was land would mti.'san hour.anJ 1 :i0 ttip ssnnp mptcury m:ti Kl tsii that of an inferior quality. Such .pro deirrec Mow. My hear! sank.t lie Hnriiprtliun milk will on an average turn sour in sad it minor arosp tin roannn of l r hours less time than 1 lihtpd up twenty-fouof a thousand fit ff'Ttutierppsp the same or similar from the drawn to nulk twenn rinsr nnd tlip villac1 church, Wan to cows receiving salt, nil other condirlmrrh is 11. oon men ami Komen was what mary to know the honest tions of treatment being equal. pour into the sum d.sturbance thnnm;,oqueneeaanhd g,vetonetomank,nd; oi such of New England nnd the cause of advice the 1 combined 1 FOR THE FARMER. Vj,A V vr gilen-.-e- jiened for to'.er.ih'y ' ale faille handle lining this i 1111 ith good cure there is no danger a rout'd ami of loss on a thrifty, well fed pig less diimli should UHnlilv make Wutdeti uckcIs ar man nine months old. trpoor b.rJa, It was urged tnat a so, icty The man that hastlm poorest stall, ioil generally does the most blowing him. National Stockman. about iv,'c1J ptv'-In driving horses on the road let them drink at every opportunity; ' a h' "j dozen times a day in summer is not too often. V Small fruits have prod need I A n r'A y.A j dnmiy throughout the Itlaek -u h this year, and the quality has I . ing pie word, lathe. present awaited udv.i-,,ot wns of relief wtre Ujgroted. but the HUue ofoue mother in to sem.i contain the im ll was that tuesewing por.cilumoi society or v.ll.tue l ri at. In a tew Village. laid Use jioo.l nuKhi'i and hem.Ntre-a- t ot u,v flock and Mid mucs. A o dre-se- These t at the worn-ou- r one to ilrl.n'',1!i'u,' r"llan resolved not to troupe of lajianese lmi't 1 thesnme ur came rJei.iug. 1 -- :i ar.v further doling by help of u i sbvimg car, but to takeniy pla.-- by a u Jo and ''t.joy the gloomy mvne without and the grand deep ramble o( a night The car was not crowded, the night was a lenuti r.l one in October, the tiaai ,a large ntid digmlied. 1 and the roud As sat down alone aaio'illi and straight. to lie t'eore me four hours of there whii-loften comes from solithe kapl niet-Night in its most satude and meditation. cral hours was to be my comnanion. and the Voice of the wheels was to lull me not into the stupor of sleep hut into a revery 0Ver earth and its problems of man and annual--- , hods, fish, time and eternity. Into o n.a ; "ot U tv f U ni v i'": r ..- -t take up u pohun. lr0r. ' fl tllg ' tb- - very tine. Don't lairn the straw if you have One-hal- f any stork to eat it. or tramp it into condition for tiie wheat or gr;iss hauls. Cream makes hotter hut ter to rise in cold air titan to rise in cold w titer, hut it w ill rise sooner in cold water and the milk keep sweet longer. Peter Hoffman, of Miner county, is baked. has raised over 100 bushels of tomaTo set color in black or dark toes, 4,000 heads of cabbage, mul n hosiery, calicoes, cambrics, etc., put variety ol other vegetables on three a large tablespoonful of black pepper acres this year. into a pail of water, and let the arThe wheat crop in tiie lower conn ties ticles lie in soak fora couple of hours. of South Dakota was one of the Dki.icioi s Wakki.es. Half a pint heaviest ever harvested, while corn, of cold boiled farina, half n pint o millet, tlax and potatoes are in ex- rice (lour, two tnUespooniuls of cellent condition. wheat flour, one 'pint, of milk, one It you have not already protected teaspoonful of butter, two eggs well your grain, hay and buildings by ef. beaten. Mildewed linen may be restored by feetive do not sleep until you have done so. Do not wait lor soaping the spots while wet, covering frosts do it them with line chalk scraped to powIt is useless to tiV to save pure der, nnd rubbing it well in. Or soak seed of many varieties of plants and in buttermilk und spread on the d g to-da- in the sun. vegetables, h grown near other grass silk serge over a kilt, plants with which the flowers may mix. ed skirt of leseda fa ille shot with gold M. W. Cook says that Iowa is nl formed a rich and elegant 5 oclock ways associated in the mind of near. recently worn. Gold and Iy every one with rearing the best shaded tints in violet, reseda nnd showed delicately in the domestic animals nnd producing the bands on the empire largest field crops. It is the land of embroidered vest and petticoat. corn and swine. Ribbon is used this season with To make the and Many lovely butter the cream gnat prodigality. must undergo a ripening process by evening dresses composed of tinted silk net have the emtio front formed exposure to the oxygen of the nir while it is rising. run so The ripening is of lengthwise rows of very tardy when the temperature is closely tc get her tliat one would low. scarcely suspect the means by which tlm pretty cllect is produced. The depth of setting should vary Dark purplish red shades, sm li ns with the teineranire; the lower it is dahlia and rosewood, are largely the deeper milk may be set, the higher, the shallower it should he. M ilk i,npord in rich silks and ribbons, should never he set shallow in a low and in velvets for dresses and bonnets. New n sines are given some of temperature, or deep in a high one. these colors, but the shades are Setting deep in cold water economiand are quite different from zes time, labor nnd space. reddish inuhogony tints. thelight in Onions keep best barn There is a great rage for flower ofts where they freeze, Freez- and bonnets toques abroad. Some nnd injures nre mode of ing thawing alone; for examfoliage them. Joseph Harris once threw ple," rose leaves pale yellow-greeunder his evergreens, overlapping cm h other. On evening a load protected only with snowbanks. They bonnets, sent from iaris, soft, beauwere sold at high price the next tiful rose petals nrelikewisearniiiged over an uiry foundation ol pink tulle. spring. Green's Fruit Grower. There is perhaps no county in the There is nothing bettor for n eut Dakotas where so many farmers own than powdered resin. Round it until fine und put it in nn empty, clean sheep as in Spink county, and a There is no demand pepper box with perforated top; writes; for good sheep here. Those who have then you ran easily silt it out on the sheep want to increase their flocks, cut, nnd put a soft doth around the and no one cares to sell, lor no ei op, injured member ni.il wet with cold or kind of stock pays so well us water once in a while. It will prevent intlumiimtiori and soreness. sheep. Some ingenious chap has invented For a cold in the head the followa milking stool. It is a ing is perhaps one of the most efficaconcern two or three feet cious remedies; Solution of of cocaine. MO drops; glylong, is provided with a seat (or the (JO To which add cerine, shelf drops. for the a a stow, bucket, milkpr, enough very hot water to fill half a and for overalls tool a milking away handball unatornizer. Rassing box. This will never become poputube will sufficiently the through lar. "With a clumsy tiling ol this modify the beat and render the apkind, bow would the farmer he able plication of this preparation to the w to punish t lie cow hen shekicksnnd irritated mucous surfaces a most runs away? One leg is a enough lor soothing, and grateful expedient. any milking stool. Iowa State RegMlien about to sweep n large room ister. where the carpet is rather dusty, A good cleaning powder for winhave a pail of warm water handy dows and mirrors is prepared by and dip vmir broom in the water, moistening calcined magnesia with shaking off all Ihe drops; sweep a pure benzine, so that a mass will be third of the room, then moisten the formed sulficiently moist to let c. broom again, always shaking it ns e drop lorm when pressed. The dry ns possible, and you will find the dust will all be in the water and not in bothe has to preserved glass tles with ground stoppers, in order flying through the air, trying to find to retain the easily volatile benzine. its way to tin lungs; besides it makes A little of the mixture is placed oil a the carpet look bright nnd fresh. wad of cotton and applied to the Mothers will find that a band cl glass plate. Do not use near a lire flannel worn around thestomach nnd or light, as the benzine vapor is very hips of children who are trouhhd iniiamniable and explosive. with bowel during tie It is often found that cows prefer summer, and complaints whose vitality is low to drink stagnant water, even almost at all times, will greatly benefit them. filthy, from pools, rather than to It may be gored to tin and lioolad take that fresh drawn troin the well. in the back. Three oi these bandages should be k t It is not the cleanness of the well wa- of graded thickness on hand, and if (hanged with o ter that the cows object to, but its weather they will lessen thodangrr coldness. Leave the well water in ol cold, neuralgia and inllamnmt.ou til! is or (roughs exposed to the nir n of (lie bowels. few hours in summer. The cows will Tea, coffee and cocoa ore three addrink more Ireely, give more milkand do better every way for it. Fiiiby missible drinks, but none in excess. water they should not lie allowed to For the voice, cocoa is the most Ik i at least while giving nnlk. elicial. It should never be made t o When cream is colder than the surstrong, and hose cocoas are the (ft rounding air it lakes up moisture tliat have been deprived of tlieir oil. and impurities from the nir. When A cup of thin cocoa, just warm, is to tic air is colder than the cream it be recommended bet ween t lie exernot le takes up moisture and whatever es- tions of singing. Tea must taken too strong, nor w hen it has In from the the cream. former capes draw n too long, for ten t hen beeonn s case the cream purifies the surroundncrid and lias a bad influence lUfii ing air, in the hitter case the nir the mucous membrane that lines tl e helps topurify the cream. The selec- throat. There is always a dry sation of a creamer should hinge on nation after having a cup of tea tin t, what is most desired, highest quality has been allowed to dm w too long. or greatest convenience and economy A vocalist had better do without suin time, space and labor. gar ii tcu and only take milk with it. Violet-tinte- d tea-gow- n pale-brow- n finest-flavore- longest-keepin- g i n flock-mast- new-fangle- four-legge- er d hydro-chlora- d te mix-tar- 1 -- , 1 1 |