Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1879 — Page 4

“ SOMEBODY’S MOTHER.” The woman was old. end ragged, and gray, And bent with the chill of the wintera day; The eireeta were white with a noent anow, And the woman'a feet with age were alow. At the crowded crossing the waited long, Jost ed aside by the careless throng Of 1 uman beings who passed her by, Uni eeding the glance of her anxious eye. Down the atrcet. with laughter and shout, O.ad in the freedom of “school let out,” Com< hapgy boys, like a flock of sheep, Bailing ihe snow, piled white and deep, past the woman, so old and gray. Hastened the children on their way. None offered a helping hand to her, Ho weak, so timid, afraid to stir. Leet the carriage wheels or the horses’ feet Should trample her down in the slippery street, At last came ont of the merry troop The gayest boy of all the group; He paused beside her, and whispered low. "I’ll help you across, if you wish to go! ” Her sged band on hie strong, young arm She placed, and bo, without hurt or harm, He guid d the tnmblb g feet along, Proud that its own were firm and strong; Then back again to bis friends he went. His young heart happy and well content. “She’s ‘ Somebody’s Mother.’ boys, you know, For all she is aged, and poor, and slow. And some one. some time, may lend a hand To help mv mother—you understand— If ever she’s poor, and old. and gray, And her own dear boy is far away.” “Somebody’s Mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to that noble boy, Who is Hon, and pride, and joy.” Faint was the voice, and worn and weak, But Heaven lists when its chosen speak; Angels caught the faltering word, And ’■ Sojnebody s Mother’s ” prayer was heard.

ST. MARIE.

I was engaged. I never could tell exactly how it came about. My betrothed was high-bred, beautiful, belonged to aristocratic circles, and declared by those who had become sufficiently acquainted with her intellectual development to be wonderfully intelligent. 1 had never become intimate enough with my lady to make any such discovery. My mother said it was my fault. Perhaps she was right. Marian Cathcart was her name; and although we had been engaged several months, and I had made a point of spending at least two evenings of each week in her society, I had never yet progressed beyond the formal Miss Marian; and she did not seem inclined to invite me to any less conventional platform. I used to wonder if, after we were married, I should simply change the Miss to Mrs., and Mrs. Marian her through our matrimonial pilgrimage. My mother declared I had chosen wisely. I occasionally felt like suggesting that she should take all the credit to herself, for I certainly had had no .choice in the matter; but I argued that women must, of necessity, have more oppor unities for judging of the virtues of their own sex than we masculine bipeds, who half the time are not able to discriminate between false teeth and natural ivory, or sham hair and the original article. So I pinned my faith on my maternal parent’s stout sleeve ol judgment, closed both ey« s, took everything for granted, and “ went it blind.” I occasionally caught myself wondering if there really was such a thing in the world as love. From a boy I had been a great lover of sentiment and s entimental poetry—had formed an ideal of my future partner, as most boys and girls do, I fancy—believed that Love is the striving Of two spirits to be one, Sweetness lingering after sweetness, Want that thlrsteth for completeness, Planets twain decreed to be Each other’s dear necessity, Each from each its light deriving, Till they melt into a sun. I was quite sure that my spirit didn’t strive in her direction. My soul had no want that she could satisfy, and the prospect was that “planets twain ’’ we should remain—hadn’t the slightest intention of rhyming then—to the end of the chapter. It was respectable to marry. Old bachelors were held in almost as much odium by the public as old maids; and none of our family, on either side of the house, had ever been known to set aside the conventional custom of matrimony; and they had all married well, too —that is, in their own set, as far back as we could trace. Love was a “myth,” my mother declared—simply “a something to fascinate school-girls and college youths, but which disappeared when the years of discretion rolled around.” I was possessed of .£50,000; my affianced would have as much more when her father died; and so our financial future was assured. Sometimes, as I looked into the mirror, and surveyed the features which appeared as if there might be a soul behind them, I was tempted to some sort of understanding with myself; but family ties, society’s restrictions, and the absence of real, independent, manly brain, kept me in that narrow, contemptible groove of prejudice in which I had been born and reared. A few weeks before I had proposed, and been accepted, my lady mother engaged a new governess for my two young sisters, Minnie and Anna—the first 12, the second 14 years of age. The reader, judging by the majority of stories, will of course imagine, the moment this new individual is introduced to their notice, that the writer fell immediately in love, as is the general custom in such cases—but the reader is mistaken.

Marie de Vere (that was her name) was beautiful, talented and accomplished, and exceedingly attractive, on account of a womanly reticence which Was modest and captivating to the last degree. I had always admired shy women. Marian—excuse me, “ Miss Marian ” had no such beauty. She was as selfpossessed as a woman of 40, and as smooth as a frozen lake. It would have been singular had I not looked with feelings of pleasure upon the little woman who glided so gracefully through the house, attending to her duties with a thoughtfulness and patience which seemed to me almost angelic. I found myself calling her St. Marie. Rather a strange name for a woman; but it came as natural to my lips as “Sis ’ and “Dear,” when speaking to my sisters. Not that I ever called her so. By no means. We scarcely ever exchanged a word. Our governess (of French extraction) was my social inferior, and my mother never allowed any approach to intimacy, or conversation even, with such members of her household. The first time I ever had the pleasure of a chat with the dear little creature I shall never forget. It was a bitter cold evening, and my mother and sisters were out. When I entered the library, after dinner, Miss de Vere was sitting at the table, writing. “Do not let me disturb you,” I entreated, as she commenced to gather up her papers, in order to depart. “I can write in my own room as well,” she replied. “Only it is a little warmer here.” Very well, then,” I made answer, “you must remain. If you consider it absolutely essential for one of us to leave, I will depart immediately.” The little lady turned upon me the full light of her beaming eyes, while an expression of fearlessness and determination dimmed the shy look for a moment, and replied, “ One of us must leave! That you know, sir! And the reason for such necessity you also understand. If you prefer your own room, I will remain here. If not, the library is at your service!” The reader will agree with me, I think, that this was decidedly cool. There she stood, her pale face a little

flushed, a bundle of paper in one hand, and her great brown eyes fixed inquiringly upon my countenance. I resolved to make one more attempt to detain her. “As you will, Miss de Vere,” I replied. “But I am aka loss to understand why, when, without flattering myself, I trust, I think we shall be mutually pleased with an evening together in the library, we may not enjoy it like sensible folks. lam lonely, and desire —yes, really need entertainment, and of a kind not to be had from books. You are tired with your school-room duties, and should have change and recreation. Please be seated, and let’s converse a whil like Christians.” She evidently did not hear the last of the sentence. Her eyes took on a far-away, wistful look, and tears —I could plainly distinguish the little pearly drops—trembled on the fringed lids. For a moment she stood, silent and wistful, then turned away with a simple “Good night, Mr. Sinclair.” I would have detained her even then, but she closed the door, and, in a moment after, I heard her light step upon the stairs. “An extremely pleasant position fora social man,” I said to myself. “ What sin has this beautiful and intellectual woman committed against society, that she is not entitled to its full privileges?” And when my mother entered the library, dignified and urbane as usual, just a least bit enthusiastic over the brilliant assembly she had just left, I was deep in the question of woman’s rights, and had decided that, whatever the risks, whether socially and politically ostracized, I would direct my energies toward the total demolishing of all conventionalism, which prevented a decent man’s enjoyment. There was nothing selfish, of course, in this view of the case. “What do you imagine, mother, to be the reason,” I asked of this august individual, as she stood warming her feet at the grate, “that I could not persuade Miss de Vere to spend the evening with me in the library ? She ran away like a frightened fawn.” “Do you mean to insinuate, Frank, that you extended an invitation to Miss de Vere to that effect?” inquired my mother, looking straight into my eyes with her keen black ones. “Insinuate! No, mother. But I distinctly declare that I did extend an invitation of thatcharactertoMiss de Vere, which invitation she declined.” “Which distinctly .proved that the governess had a more correct idea of propriety than a gentleman, born and bred, whose education has been conducted with the strictest regard to the demands of society. This only adds another proof of Miss de Vere’s fitness for the position, and furnishes the first testimony ever received es my son’s unfitness for the company of his equals and superiors.” And my mother, without another word, sailed majestically from the room. “Knocked my head against a rock! Might have known it!” was my inward ejaculation as the door closed between us. The next evening I spent with my betrothed. She was as cold, dignified and formal as ever. Some way I began to be dissatisfied with the manner of my reception. Strangely enough, I found myself unable longer to relish two hours on the same sofa with a woman who invariably withdrew her hand from my clasp as soon as it was taken, and insisted that a kiss upon the cheek at coming and going was all the caressing allowable between engaged parties. “Is this the way lovers usually behave, Miss Marian ? ” I ventured to inquire, after several ineffectual attempts to keep my arm around her waist. “I presume so,” was her reply, without the least heightening of color. “All well-bred and refined persons agree in regard to the requirements of propriety, I presume;” and then adroitly changed the conversation; but I was not to be driven from the new platform I had taken my stand upon by any such artifice. “And you are positive that all wellbred and refined persons, as you call them, are able to conjugate the verb amo, ‘to love,’ and thoroughly understand its moods and tenses; and that all engagements between well-bred and refined persons are founded upon love, are you? lam to judge from your behavior that you are deeply in love with the individual now addressing you? ” “I can, I think, refer you to some philosophical treatise on the subject, if you like,” was the reply of my lady. “But,” she continued. “I trust you will see the propriety of leaving the discussion of this extremely-disagreeable topic until some future time—after we are married, if you please. I scarcely think your mother would approve of such a conversation.” “Humph! probably not,” was my most ungallant reply. “But what business is it to her how I make love ?” It seemed to me that night, as I laid my head on the pillow, that my position was anything but an enviable one; and, to save my life, I could not help contrasting the cold and passionless face of Miss Marian, with the soul-full, earnest expression of the little girl I had named St. Marie. Moonlight flooded the apartment; but the rays were cheerless, and served only to remind me of the rigid, ice-cold, society-fettered woman I had just left. Sleep came at last—blessed relief! In dreams, the saint only was visible. Strange, how near she seemed to me I I heard her voice in every conceivable tone—now soft and melodious, now earnest and thrilling, now stern and commandingA dreadful weight pressed down upon my chest. I could hardly breathe. “Frank Sinclair!—Frank Sinclair!” rang out in terror-stricken tones, and with such a wealth of tenderness that I longed to open my arms and infold the saint; but I was powerless to stir hand or foot. 7 felt myself forcibly lifted from the pillow, and held in a sitting position. “Frank Sinclair, the house is on fire! Will you not awaken? For God’s sake, get up quickly! They are all out but you and I! The hall and rooms below are all in a blaze!” For a second I gazed at the rapt countenance, then commenced to realize the situation. The cries of the firemen, the hissing and sputtering of the flames, the earnest pleading of my saint, fell upon my ears with a strange commingling of emotions. Good Heavens! how I loved the little woman that moment, fraught though it was with danger, and perhaps death. “Do you not hear the terrible noise? We are bet if you do not make haste,” came again from the blanched lips. It was but the work of a moment to prepare myself for flight, and then cover the dear child, who for my sake had risked her own precious life, with a thick blanket snatched from the bed; and, more like a madman than the conventional member of society I had always considered myself, I rushed through the dense smoke, through the hissing flames-—down, down, almost suffocated, scorched, on fire, more dead than alive, into the open air with my burden, and then knew no more. I crme to my senses in a neighbor’s house, my mother and sisters weeping round me. Sitting by a table, her fair face resting on her hand, exhausted and grief-stricken, sat my darling. I tried to rise, but could not. "Marie— comi} jne; I want

yon!” I exclaimed, agonized at the thought of the poor child’s loneliness apd suffering. * . “What does he mean?” asked my mother, evidently supposing me bereft of my senses. “I mean my friend, my preserver, my saint Will you not come to me, Marie?” She crossed the apartment, and shyly advanced to my side, placed her hand in mine, and said, “Mr. Sinclair, I am so glad you are not dangerously injured. I feared that, in saving my life, you had sacrificed your own”—and the little one burst into tears. “St. Marie, it was you who kept me from destruction. Mother, sisters, servants—all left the house without one word of warning. You stood by me, and I believe would have still stood had I (ailed to awaken, and met death at my side. St. Marie, I believe I have always loved you.” “Let me examine his pulse,” interrupted my mother. “He is certainly raving.” “Not a bit of it, mother,” I replied, gaining strength by the opposition, and rising to my leet. “This may not be just the time and place to declare one’s love, in accordance to your strict ideas of social etiquette; but this night have I turned my back for. ever upon the heartlessness, vanity, and selfishness of your so-called refined society. Marie, I love you!” and, drawing the dear child to my side, defied the whole household. “Tell me you return this affection, and I shall be the happiest man on the face of the earth.” She made no answer, but allowed her head to remain whe: e I had placed it. That was answer enough. The next day, “Miss Marian” was apprized of the change of affairs. My mother has not yet become reconciled, but I have never had reason to regret the conflagration which disclosed to me the boundless love of St. Marie.

CURRENT CURIOSITIES.

A Connecticut curiosity is a robin with a snow-white head. A four-legged goose is one of the curiosities of Madison, Fla. Oregon has a boiling lake, from the bosom of which a black smoke constantly arises. A Woodbridge (Ct.) hen has built her nest in a willow tree, eight or ten feet from the ground. The scarf around a little boy’s neck in Mankato, Minn., caught on a nail when he jumped out of a window, and he was choked to death. The physician told Thomas Smith, of Warrenton, Mo., that he must die within a few hours. “Are you sure of that?” Smith earnestly asked. The medical man said there could be no mistake about it. Then Smith confessed the murder of Greenbury Clark, forty years ago. A couple of Bucksport, Me., were married by a Justice. He afterward discovered that his term had expired at the time of the ceremony, and that it was illegal. The “husband ” proposed a second marriage, but the woman said she believed she did not care to, that she had had enough of married life for the present, and she left town for Boston. The Portland Advertiser relates the story of the mare of a physician in that place being allowed to browse on rose bushes in a yard. A few moments thereafter the animal was heard kicking on the front doorsteps and holding out her tongue, as though she wanted it examined, which was done, and a thorn was found stiding in it. The objectionable matter was removed, and the animal seemed well contented. We don’t know whether to class this as one of the current curiosities or a current fraud. Leastwise we print it exactly as we find it in the Knoxville (Tenn.) Tribune: “ Col. John Hannah died on Sand Mountain, Jackson county, Ala., a few days ago, aged 136 years. He was born Feb. 12, 1743, and died March 20,1879. He served under Gen. Washington in the French war, and obtained the rank of Captain. He knew the great Irish-American orator, Patrick Henry, when he was but a mere boy in Virginia. Capt. Hannah had never been ill until he was a century old, and his eye-sight was perfect at the time of his death.”

And now we have the opening fish story of the season. It comes from Prince George’s county, Va. Dr. Rowland, while walking near the banks of a gurgling brook, discovered, in tolerably shallow water, a school of fish of large size. Being unable to resist the invitation to the sport called up by the sight, he determined to fire upon the fish with an ordinary pocket revolver, the only weapon at hand. The result of his shot was remarkable, three largesize pike and a freckle rising to the top of the water and remaining motionless. Upon being taken from the water three of the pike showed plainly the marks of the single pistol-ball, but the freckle was untouched, and was no doubt killed by the concussion. The Paris National publishes the details of a wonderful gastronomical feat performed by two Hayti negroes. They betted S2OO that they would eat without stopping for six hours, and won easily, sitting down to table at noon and not rising before half-past 6. In the long interval they succeeded in consuming eight soles an gratin, twelve lamb cutlets, a joint of roast veal weighing eight pounds, three kilogrammes of asparagus, and an omelet of twelve eggs, besides a Dutch cheese, twelve pounds of bread, and fifteen bottles of wine. At the conclusion of the performance the two negroes left the house with a very satisfied expression of countenance, dividing between them the 50 louis which they had thus pleasurably earned. The first snake story of the season reaches us through the medium of a Georgia exchange, and it isn’t bad for a beginner. B. J. Rutherford, of Berrien county, in that State, shouldered his trusty rifle and sauntered into the woods f«r a shot or so at squirrels. He had gone a little way when his dog started a rabbit. The rabbit bobbed into a briar patch near by and began fooling the dog out of the little sense he had by dodging here and there until Rutherford concluded to put a stop to the thing. Going up to the briar patch he was surprised to see the rabbit lying dead at the edge of it. The dog bounded bravely up to the dead rabbit, but dropped his tail between his legs and slunk away. Rutherford stood trying to account for the death of the rabbit, when he heard a rattle. As he sprung back the wiry length of a rattlesnake shot past. The gunner quickly drew a bead on the snake’s head, which, unhurt, quickly made a second spring, alike unsuccessful. Rutherford, not having time to reload, threw away his gun and seized a stout club from the thicket. He drove the snake, which retreated tail foremost until the briars we_re reached. Then the reptile made another dash. Rutherford’s club fended the blow, hurling the snake like a whip lash broken from the stock, ten or fifteen feet. Again the combatants approached each other, but Rutherford’s second blow was given so fairly that the snake ran back tail foremost and head up, and so into a gopher hole, evidently his abiding place. Rutherford went to the house, got a shovel, and soon killed his enemy, which measured fjvg feet from tongue so rattle.

FARM NOTES.

In shingling use but a single nail, and put that one near the edge. Seven cords of dry, hard wood have a heating power equal to eight cords of green wood. Bund staggers in hogs is caused by the exposure to storms and changeable weathey*, sometimes by sudden change to rich and abundant food. The treatment, says the Louisville CourierJournal, is to give at once to a me-dium-sized hog a teaspoonful of calomel. Cut a slit in the forehead to the skull and fill it with salt and pepper for counter-irritant. Dash cold water over the body. Injections are used, too, with good result. Wastes on the Farm-x-H speaks well for us that no sensible person engaged in productive industry is proud of his wastefulness. Young persons who may have never earned a dollar, but spent their thousands, think it a small matter to talk about wastes and savings, but their parents doubtless thought and talked much about such matters. Whether the remark often made by business men, that farmers, as a class, are shamefully wasteful, is true or not, we shall not discuss. We would rather suggest that since farmers and their methods are open to the observation of every passer-by, farm management becomes a matter of general interest, at least of general criticism. Every man, woman and child passing through the country feels competent to criticise the methods of the farmer. His work is done in an open field, before the public, and its merits or defects are looked upon in open day. It is not strange, then, that among the farming ’ millions there should be seen waste and want of care. Perhaps, however, if all other branches of trade and business could be exposed to the same wide inspection and criticism, fully as large a per cent, of waste and untidiness and want of care would be seen. Since, however, our good name and our pockets are interested in this matter of wastes, we may as well begin in the fields and see if the condition and shape of them can not be improved, so as to require less labor and yield better crops. That seems to be the bottom principle, by which all our operations must be tested. We ought also to look at the appearance of the farm. That is an important factor in adding values. Then, to properly lay off our fields, we must look at the profits and appearance of the farm— profits first, however. It would be foolish m a farmer to spend all his energies and proceeds of his farm on its embellishments, as it would be in .the manufacturer, to spend more than his profits on the ornamentation of his factory. Each should regard good taste, so as not to offend the public eye, or ear, or nose. If he can afford to go further, and please these public organs, he may become a public benefactor as well as money-maker. We want a public sentiment among farmers, and manufacturers, too, to lift them up, so they may desire to be more than mere money-makers, and even to aspire to becoming public benefactors by helping to elevate and correct public taste. We have observed that when a farm is well laid off and managed, so as to make each field and pasture-lot most productive at the least cost of labor, that farm is a pleasing sight. We may notice, too, that the majority of our farms do not come up to that. We may, this spring, do much toward correcting losses and. improving the farm. We have just added an acre of excellent land to one of our fields by a very small outlay of fencing and labor. The produce of that acre in one year will pay for the outlay. This is at a bend in a creek which former owners kept moving back from, changing the old rail fence, which is easily washed away, for an up-and-down board and wire fence, which the water may cover and not wash away if the fence runs parallel with the stream. We have straightened our fence row, improved the shape of our field, and added more than an acre of valuable ground. One-fourth of this may occasionally overflow, but the fence will stand, and the other three-fourths has been redeemed from weeds and underbrush, and the other fourth will soon fill up so as to not overflow. A few years since we took in three acres by a similar change of fencing. The result is, we have about four acres of land under cultivation in the same field, and yet the shape of the field is so improved that the labor of cultivating the entire field is not increased. The fence-rows are straightened, they are easily kept clean, and the amount of fencing is diminished. In addition to these gains, we have increased the yield of produce, and improved the appearance of the farm. This is merely suggestive. There are not many farms in the timbered States that have not some ungainly, unprofitable nook or corner, that a very small outlay of time and labor will greatly improve. It is wasteful to allow valuable land to lie idle. The taxes and interest on invested capital are constant forces that tell against us. Many thin points of land, washy and rough, yearly growing less valuable, may be brought into timber land. Where now only barren, seared hilltops are, may soon be seen sightly slopes, covered with profitable trees and green grass. Our earliest pastures may be made in such lands. Grass starts much sooner among young groves than on bleak hillsides. The fertility of the soil may be increased in this way. In corners, on hillsides where we never expect to plow, locusts are perhaps most profitable. Care should be exercised in locating a locust grove, since where the plow strikes a locust root a sprout is sure to start, and they are hard to exterminate. By a careful study, too, of the character of our soils we may arrange fences so as to throw land suitable for a special crop into one field, and such as is profitable only for pasture in another field. One piece may need more frequent changes in rotation than the other, and if fences are arranged with this in view another point in economy is gained. Good judgment must be used in this, that the cost of fences does not exceed the gains in cultivation.— Farmer 8., in Cincinnati Commercial.

Gen. Grant and the Chinese,

A correspondent of the New York Herald gives a description of the reception given to Gen. Grant by the English and Chinese merchants of Penang, on the confines of the Chinese empire. In an -address by the Chinese merchants they express regret at the treatment their countrymen are receiving in the United States and the opposition to their admission into the country. They invoked the influence of their guest m favor of a more liberal policy. In reply the General said he knew nothing of the bill which had been passed by Congress beyond what he had learned in English newspapers. He said that the opposition to Chinamen in the United States, so far as it is illiberal, is the work of demagogues. Demagogues ha*d at various times attempted to arouse public prejudice against immigrants of other nationalities, but the good sense and generous feeling of the great body of the American people had always frustrated such attempts. There was a legitimate opposition in his country to receiving Chinese as coolies, carried thither on conditions which made them a species of bondsmen, subject to the will of their importers, The Unit-

ed States, having abolished slavery, could not 'tolerate a species of semislavery thrust 'upon their soil from abroad; but he believed the American people would receive and protect Chinamen coming of their own free will, and remaining at liberty to dispose of their labor as they please after their arrival. He added that his deep interest in the subject would lead him to make careful inquiries into the nature and conditions of the emigration from China during his visit to that country.

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

Mushboom Catsup.—Throw salt on them, and set them by a slow fire; then strain the liquor; add garlic, shalots, pepper, mace, ginger, and cloves to taste; boil slowly,skim well; bottle and cork tightly; in two months boil again, adding a little spice and stick of horse radish. White Spbuce Beer.—Dissolve ten pounds of loaf sugar in ten gallons of boiling water; add four ounces essence of spruce, and, when almost cold, add one-half pint of good yeast. Keep in a warm place, and the next day strain through a flannel; put into bottles and wire the corks. Cinnamon Jumbles.—Make one, two, three, four, or cup-cake, a little thicker than usual; mix together equal parts of cinnamon and granulated sugar; drop a large spoonful of the dough into the cinnamon; when all have been well covered put into a quick oven; should be done in ten minutes. Ginger Beeb.—Ten pounds of sugar, nine ounces lemon juice, one-half pound of honey, eleven ounces of bruised ginger root, nine gallons of water, and three pints of yeast. Boil the ginger half an hour in one gallon of water, and then add the rest of the water and the ingredients and strain. Add the beaten white of an egg, one-half ounce essence of lemon, and let stand four days, when it may be bottled. Gingb Pop.—Boil two ounces of best white Jamaica ginger root in six quarts of water for twenty minutes, strain, add one ounce of cream-of-tartar and one pound of white sugar. Put over the fire and stir until all of the sugar is dissolved, and then put into an earthen jar. Now put in one-fourth ounce of tartaric acid and the rind of one lemon. Let it stand until one can bear his finger in it with comfort, and then add two table-spoonfuls of yeast. Stir well, bottle and tie down the corks. Make a few days before wanted for use. Choice Pickles.—Put cucumbers, peppers, etc., in vinegar; a lump of alum, size of an egg, to three gallons; thus leave them two or three weeks, if necessary; then pour off vinegar, and let it come to a boil. Have your pickles placed in stone jars—not glazed—or firkins, with layers of green Savoy cabbage leaves between; leave a week; then repeat, pouring off the vinegar, and agam another week repeat the boiling. Tie up in thin muslin bags, green ginger, horse radish, English mustard seed, whole pepper, cloves and allspice, and a little garlic; add cassia buds. Uniboned Gowns.— Solid-colored lawns and muslin gowns need not be ironed unless the owner pleases, and she will be very silly if she do please, for her robes will be far more becoming if she try the following process: Wring the gown out of the water, not through the wringer, but by hand, so as to make a long, fine rope, and then twist it tight around a clothes-line, and let it stay until it is thoroughly dry. Then shake out, and a crape gown will appear instead of the humble muslin. White gowns should be wrung out of very weak coffee. If it should be necessary to pack one of these dresses, do not untwist it; stow it away in any corner of a trunk, and the more it is crushed the better.

why He Was Insane.

Our local poet came into the sanctum yesterday with a wild look in his eye, and asked our opinion concerning the easiest method of committing suicide. We questioned him, and he finally divulged: the cause of his sorrow. “ I sent a poem to a literary paper,” said he. “ Here is one of the verses,” and he handed us a slip of paper which read: Twas all my life to sweetly gaza Into those liquid eyes, And oft I turntxl away my head To heave internal sighs. “ Very pretty,” said we, in a consoling manner. “There’s nothing in that to cause one to feel bad.” “No o-o,” he blubbered, but this is the way it was printed,” and he passed over a printed slip from some newspaper, which ran as follows: ’Twas all my life to sweetly gaze Into those liquid eyes, And oft I turned away, and had Heaves of infernal size. “ That’s what’s killing n. e,” said he, in a frenzy. “That’s what’s sucking my life away like a child at an orange. ‘ Heaves of infernal size I ’ Oh I I’m going crazy! ” and the poor fellow only stopped to ask for a cigar ere he bolted out the door.— Oil City Derrick.

He Had Been to “Pinafore.”

He came swaying up from below, singing: For I’m Little Buttercup, Dear little Gutter Pup—when the Justice gently asked him if he would stop his noise. “ Can’t do it, Squire—l’ll lose it—l’ll lose it —I’m little—” “Lose what—what have you got to lose ? ” “ Lose the tune, man. Went t’ the opera last night—see little Gutter—” “And where did you go after the opera was over ? ” asked the court. “ Went straight to the hotel—straight. P’leeceman showed me the way. What’s my bill? Where’s the feller t’ keeps this hotel—l’m a little gutter pup—” “ Yes, you are evidently a little gutter pup,” said the Justice, sadly. “ Your hotel bill will be $5, with the understanding that you follow the company out of town, and play the character of gutter pup somewhere else.”— Syracuse Sunday Times.

A Lively Owl.

A thief broke into a shop in Providence recently, and looked about to see what he could steal. Suddenly an owl. which is caged by day but is set at lib erty at sunset, pounced upon the intruder and frightened him out of his senses. So savage was the attack that he retreated in extreme disorder, leaving his hat and jimmy behind him. When the storekeeper opened the shop the next morning he found blood stains on the floor and desk. The owl’s feathers were ruffled and its claws were red with blood.

Pet’s Eyes.

Elder sister (to little one, who appears to take great interest in Mr. Skibbens) —“ Come, little pet, it’s time your eyes were shut in sleep.” Little pet—“l think not. Mother told me to keep my eyes open when you and Mr. Skibbens were together.”

Complexional Indications.

The complexion of persons whose digestion is out of order, who are bilious, or who lack vigor, always exhibits an unhealthy tint It is by regulating the bodily organs and promoting digestion ana assimilation, that the parchment hue indicative of ill health is banished from the cheeks. To rectify the fault of a sallow complexion, use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, an invigorant and alterative which removes those obstacles to renewed strength, physical comfort and personal attractiveness—an imSerfect digestion and secretion, and a disorered condition of the bowels. Persistence in the use of this inestimable corrective and tonic will assuredly result in renewed physical regularity and vigor, will tend to increase bodily substance, ana cause the glow and clear color of health to return to the sallow, wasted cheek.

“Practical Science.”

Under the above heading, the St. Croix Courier, of St Stephen, N. 8., in referring to the analysis of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, recently made by Prof. Chandler, of New York, and others, says: “ Nothing was diecovered which we think objectionable, and the published analysis should increase, rather than retard, their Mie. To us, it seems a little unjust to call a man a quack, simply because he seeks to reap as much pecuniary reward as other classes of inventors” The English Press is conservative, yet, after a careful examination of all the evidence, it not only indorsee but recommends the Family Medicines manufactured by Dr. Pierce. No remedies ever offered the afflicted give such perfect satisfaction as Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Wk have long wanted a safe and reliable remedy for the cure of Chills and Fever. Quinine will cure it, but it disturbs the head and the fever returns. Now, we see that Messrs. Wheelock, Finlay & Co. publish the composition of their Dr. F.J Wilhoit's AntiPeriodic or Fever and Ague Tonic, which is guaranteed a specific for the cure of Chills and Fever. Dumb Chills and all other diseases produced oy malaria. Try it It can be found in every drug store. Published testimony establishes the fact that Bcovnx’s Blood and Liveb Bybup is a sterling remedy for scrofulous and other disorders of a formidable type. Also that it cures white swelling, carbuncles, eruptive maladies of all kinds, gout and rheumatism. It moreover promotes a secretion and flow of healthy bile and directs it into the proper channels. The deplorable ailments produced by mercury are also remedied by it Druggists sell it. A London policeman told a man and his wife to “move on,” and afterward, without provocation, struck each of them hard with his trunchon. The magistrate sent him to prison for twenty-one days with hard labor, saying: “ Constables have no right to touch any one in the street but for the purpose of taking them into custody.”

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