Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1890 — Page 5

nr THE DIM CHAMBER. bt abthub k. smith. (b tb» dim chamber whence across the floor A few pale moonbeams stray. I lonely stand; From ont the shadows various shapes at my command Arise, then fade, are seen by me no more I But yesterday, the one whom I adore Massed henoe onto the tomb. Sweet Eleanors, Her portrait on the wall is hanging; now With tearful eyes X gaze upon the brow And at the dark eyes like unto the night, And all my heart is flooded with love's lighfit Again, in fancy, I can se3 her sad sweet face, So full of beauty, spirit, love and grace, Close pressed to mine; and with the old delight I stroke the tresses of her dark-brown hair. And kiss her glowing cheeks like roses fair 1 But stern reality breaks in upon >*y dreams, and tells me she, my love is gone, And I awake to find '.he midnight hour is on. Belches, N. T.

BERENICE ST. CYR.

A Story l of Love, Intrigue, and Grime.

BY DWIGHT BALDWIN.

CHAPTER XII. IN A NEW BOLE.

411 fict. The two who had arrived first on the scene had been passing the house and heard the shot which laid Hyland low. As for the latter, he was found to be alive, but unconscious. His brother officers, who, from the nature of their c 11ing, had had a good opportunity to observe gun-shot wounds and their final results, were of one mind, and that was that his wound would prove fatal. He was at once sent to the hospital in a patrol wagon. In the meantime a sqnad of men, armed to the teeth, had entered the cellar, and the one who had fired upon Cole Winters now returned. ‘"Didn’t you find him?" asked the sergeant in charge, who had been superintending the removal of poor Hayland. “They’ve escaped,” replied the officer. “Then there were two?” “At least.” “How do you know that?” ‘We found this hat in the cellar.” . The officer held up the hat that had been worn by Bloom. “How does that prove there were two?” “The man I shot at was bareheaded, and, besides, this hat is much too large for him.” “How did they escape?” “By wav of a tunnel th< t’s been dug through the ground to the vacant builuing on the comer." “Why didn’t you follow them?” “The rest are on the trail, and will catch’em sure. I came back to report. ” "Hal What is this?” The sergeant had observed the gold watch with its old-fashioned chain and seals, which lay upon the table. “Some of the plunder they were dividing when Hyland came in on them, I suppose.” “What? Here's the name of Paul St. Cyr!”

“And the fellow I shot at was his murderer, Cole Winters! He tallied exactly with the description!” “Good! This will complete the proof of his guilt. Make haste, Gogin. Run to the nearest box and telephone to the Central Station. We’ll have him before morning!” Gog n rushed away, and the sergeant soon followed him. For the moment the place was deserted. The hiding-place of our hero was anything but secure. That he had not been already discovered was due to the fact that everybody had been looking for him below, where he was supposed to have made his escape. Soon, however, the house would swurm with officers, a minute search of the premises would be male, and the hiding place of our hero quickly discovred. None think more rapidly than those exposed to great and unusual periL The door of the house had not closed behind the sergeant, who had gone to see that the place was being properly guarded without, before Cole Winter-i had thought of all this, and determined upon a plan of action.

In an instant he had emerged from the cubby-hole that had servde him so good a turn, and lowered himself to the landing, from which he stepped into the now deterted room. He had l arelv done this when he hea:d a voice in the cellar. “ Some of them are returning through the p<ssage," decided he. Then he closed the door and turned the key in the lock, which was still ini act. Another moment and he was on his knees before the large dressing-case. As he opened one es the unwers an exclamation of satisfaction swept his lips. His expectations had been fulfilled to the utmost. He had expected to find clothing with which to disguise himself. Instead of loose gsrments, which was the most he had hoped for, he saw before him three bundles, neatly tied up in yellow wrapping paper. Upon each was pinned a card. One bore the legend “Tramp;” another," Plas*terer, Dark;” and the thiid, “Young Gent. Blonde." It was evident, at a glance, that they were sets of disguises to be used by Sears, as be required them in the regular course of his nefarious business, or as sudden exigencies might demand. Without a moment’s hesitation, Cole selected the last one described. By this time the man in the cellar was beating npon the door and hallooing lustily. Cole waited only long enough to close the door, then, with the bundle under his arm he .darted from the room. , , As he gained the top of the uncarpeted stairs, be he»rd the front door below open, and some one, the sergent he concluded, entering the hall.

HE two officers i did not st once in- * vade the cellar bnt waited for the arrival of reinforcements, which came soon in the form of half a score of excited policemen. From tLeir conversation Cole gathered that the I detective's statement to the vilI liana, that the '.house wa* surrounded by officers, had boen uttered with a view of malting terms for himself, and had no foundation

As noiselessly as possible be pajeei on. groping his way. Then he struck s match to get an idea of his surround ngs. The snapping sound alarmed him, but a moment’s reflection convinced him that there was no danger of its being heard below. He saw before him a small side bedroom which he at once entered. Unlike the other rooms he had noticed, it was furnished to the extent of a small bed and a wash-stand. ‘Here is whera Bloom sleeps,” thought he. The room had but one window, and that was obscuied by closely drawn inside blinds. Our observing hero noted all these things by the last flickerings of the expiring match. Then he closed the door, locked it, and proceeded to light the gas. That done, he tore open the handle. He found it to contain a suit, complete from hat to shoes. Sears was of about his size, and the clothing would fit him nicely. The principal thing, however, was a blonde wig and a false mustache, each of the finest workmanship, well calculated to deceive, unless, indeed, a close scrutiny was made. Cole carried an nnusually sharp pocketknife, and with this he cut oil' his mustache, the operation taking hut a moment. Then he adjusted the blonde substitute. His own glossy hair was quite closely cropped, so that the wig fitted him exceedingly well. When he had lightened his face with the contents of a box of cosmetics, he found from the glass that he had undergone a metamorphosis so complete that his detection seemed impossible. Suddenly a difficulty occnired to him. What would be do with the bond and set of jewelry which still remained in his pocket where the dastardly villain had placed them? If he left them in his clothing, they would furnish damning exidence against him if he was ever msde a prisoner, which was by no means a remote contingency. On the other hund, to take them with him seemed still more hazardous. As he stood irresolute, debating the point in his mind, the problem was solved for him. The noise and trampling of feet below had been increasing for some minutes. In his busy excitement our hero had not noticed this, but now he heard the sound of footsteps ascending the stairs. There was but one thing to do. Cole glided forward an 1 unlocked the door. Then he threw back the bed-clothes, made an incision in the mattress with his knife, and began groping with his hand among the hair wi.h which it was filled. “Hello!” called a voice from the door, which was just then thrown open with considerable violence. “Hello yourself!” responded Cole, as he turned and saw an officer in uniform, and a young man with a note-book in his hind. Then he turned and coolly continued his feigned search. “What are you doin’ here?" gtowled the officer in a tone of suspicion. "I’m working to get the best reports for my paper, ” responded Cole. “Well, I’ll be blowed! You reporters bang the Jews! I thought this one had cheek to beg me to let him come np here, but hang me if you haven t pre-empted the premises without saying by your leave. How did you come here? “I was down this way on an assignment, heard of the row, and walked in. ” “What have you found?” asked the man with the note-hook very eagerly. “Will you trade points?” “Of course." , “Well, one of them must have left here in a hurry. ” “How so?” “There’s some of his clothes. ”

Cole pointed to the floor where he had thrown his discarded garments, upon which the officer and reporter immediately pounced. “Must have took ’em off to put on a disguise,” (.aid the former. “Ha! what have we here?” He had drawn forth the set of jewelry so racentlv presented to our fair heroine by her now lifeless father. “The St. Gyr necklace and brooch!" almost gasped the repoiter. “But look at this!” “It’s one of the stolen bonds,” cried the officer, as he snatched the object fiom the other’s hand. The pencil of the reporter fairly flew. To his joy, our hero found a small block of paper and a pencil in one of the pockets of his coat, and was soon imitating his example. In the meantime several others had entered, and Cole drew the “knight of the pencil” aside. He asked him a few questions, and made a pretense of writing down ths information obtained. “What are you going to do?" asked the reporter, as t ole thrust the block of paper into his pocket. “I intend to write up and turn in what I’ve got." “But there’ll be lots more.” “Perhaps; but I want to be the first to briflg in copy. It will be a scoop on the other bo>B. See?” Cole Winters had done a little reportorial work for a paper in the town where he had been at college, and was conversant with the terms used by the craft. “What paper are you on?” asked the other. “I’m doing hock writing at present. The paper that pays the best will get my reports. That’s why I’m in a hurry to write it up. It’ll stan 1 two columns, I reckon?" “I should hop* so. I intend to make three of it, at least. ” “You reporters, and everybody not connected with the force must leave the premises," announced the sergeant, in stentorian tones. “I don’t s.-e how you managed to get in, anyway, ”he added, petul >ntly. This was our hero’s opportunity, and a moment later he was in the street, a free man. CHAPTER XIII. REPORTING HIS OWN CASE. For some minutes Cole Winters walked aimlessly along. He knew not where to go, and was incapable of formula; ing a plan of act on. His first idea had been to repair to the St. Cyr residence in Calumet avenue, and learn if Berenice had returned home. But he abandoned this plan before it was fully formed. In all probability it would lead to his detection and arrest, and besides he felt satisfied that she was still in the power of his enemies. “I will effect her rescue,” decided he as he hurried along. Suddenly the ringing of a tell and a loud cry attracted his attention. Cole looked quickly, saw a flaming light bearing down uron him and leaped nimbly forward, just in time to nvoid a cable grip-car in the path of whicn he had heedlessly stepped. “Wan’tto get run down?" snarled the driver, as he brought the train to a stop. Small occurrences oftentimes exert a great influence on onr immediate aotions, and change cad control our entire after

This incident an*?hi* fortunate escape from what might have been a serious it not fatal catastrophe decided our hero, and he at once boarded the rear car. Having paid his fare, he took ont the block of paper with the few memotanda he had made. Then, actuated by a sudden impulse, he feegan writing an account of the recent occurrences of the evening. Cole was quick with a pencil, and by the time the train had reached the portion of the city generally called “down town," had his'article well under way. Alighting from the car he hastened to one of the large newspaper buildings, with the location of which he wt. familiar, and was soon toding up the stairs to the editorial rooms. “I’ve got an item of a sensational character,” said he when he had gained aceess to the city editor. “What about?" “The bt. Cyr murder and robberv.” And in a few words Cole gave him an outline of such of the facts as could have been learned by the most diligent inquiry on the part of a reporter. “What do you want?" queried the editor. “To write it up and sell it to you." “All right. I’ll take it, provided I find that it’s not a fake. You'll find a plaoe to write in the next room.” Under this condit on 1 order Cole took a seat and applied himself to his task. Just as he had completed it a reporter bustled in with a meager report of the tragio and sensational events of the night. A moment later our hero was called in and the report he had written quiokly b ut critically read by the editor. “Capital!" cried he. “Haven’t had any better work handed in here in a mouth. There’s an order for ten dollars. You can get it cashed in the morning.” “Thank you.” “Are you working regularly?” “No, sir,” “Want a position?” “Nothing would p ease me better.” “What’s your name?” “Milton Moore.” This combination of the names of two great poets was the first that occurred to our hero, and he announced it without the least sigu of hesitation. “I've not had very much experience,” said he. “Don’t say that or 11l think you laok the confidence—cheek, some people call it—to do good work. You're all right. I’m a judge of thpse things and know. I’ll employ you, and I want you to work exclusively on the St. Cyr case. I’ve had several men on it, but they haven’t done much. It promises to be a celebrated case. I look for lots of developments, and want the first and best reports of everything. ’’ “I’ll do my best." “There’s one of our stars. Pin it on your vest; it will serve as a voucher for you. And here’s a oard that will, under ordinary circumstances, protect you from arrest should you, in the discharge of your duty, fall under the suspicion of the police. Have you money?’’ “Very little. 15 The editor produced a roll of hills and handed his new reporter two ten-dollar notes. “You’ve got the right stuff in you,” said he, encouragingly, “and will get to the bottom es this case quicker thau the deteotives. Don’t spare expense, work hard, and report as you are able. If you get into trouble, remember that the most enterprising paper in the West is back of you. Do your duty, Moore, and I’ll see that you are well rewarded." Cole thanked the editor, and turned from the office. He wondered at his rare stood fortune, and why he, a straeger, had been given employment and an assignment of such great importance. Ho did not then know that the editors of great newspapers, these who control the collection of news of the day, are very astute men, well able to judge of the character and ability of others. He had, both by the account he had handed in and his general demeanor, made a most favorable impression, and was scarcely more elated than was the man who had jnst handed him the badge of his position. “I’m in luck,” murmured he, as be hastily descended the stairs. “I have Vouchers that will permit me to go atmo-t any p’ace I please, and protect me when there. I’ll work faithfully for this paper, and at the same time secure evidence that will clear me of the awful charge now so confidently laid upon me. At present I must look for Berenice. Her peril is now much greater than miue." He had traversed hut two blocks, when a street car, bound for the North Division of the oity, and propelled by a cable, passed him. It was almost empty, but on one of the seats in the open compartment near which the gripman, or driver, stands to control, by levers, the movements of the car, a gentleman was seated smoking a cigar. “I’ll bo on the North Side myself," decided the reporter, as he boar .ied the rear platform of the moving car. He had recognized the smoker as the arch-conspirator in the murderous plot for tbe possession of the St. Cyr fortune, Almon Sears. [TO BE CONTINUED. I

The Original Buffalo Bill.

There is probably no better known rame throughout the entire length and breadth of this country than that, of Buffalo Bill, and at this time there are but few who do not know that William F. Cody is the bearer of the title. Mr. Cody, however, is not the original Buffalo Bill. There is nothing underhand or illegitimate in his bearing it. He is fully entitled to it, but for all that he comes by it secondhanded. The original Buffalo Bill is now living, an aged, wealthy, prominent and highly respected citizen, and the president of a savings bank at Wichita, Kan. His name is William Mattewson. 1 ears ago Mr. Mattheweon was a bold frontiersman on the plains, engaged in hunting and trapping for a living. He supplied the forts in Kansas and Nebraska with buffalo, and his success in this work was so great that he was given the title of Buffalo Bill. During this time he engaged a bov to work for him, and the lad was so "diligent and faithful that he remained in Matthewson’s employ until the latter quit the business to settle down to a more quiet life. As a reward the employer turned over the hunting contracts to,the employe, who then followed in his late master’s footsteps. That he was successful, that he earned honor, fame and wealth for himself cannot be denied when it is told that his name is William F. Cody. With tile business rights he was given the title his former employer had borne. The world knows he has kept it bright, and lhat neither stain nor tarnish has touched it. —Chicago Herald. Catch the bear before you sell hi* eta'w.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICULTURAL TOPICS DISCUSSED. ABudptof Useful Information Relating to the Farm, Orchard, Stable, Parlor and Kitchen. THE FARM. Preparation lor Corn Crops. It is not altogether the culture that corn and potato crops get while growing which determines their profitableness. Quite as much depends upon having the soil thoroughly and deeply pulverized before the crop Is planted. Sometlmos It is thought that a mellow seed bed is sufficient. If the soil is full of vegetable matter that may decompose them sur-. face preparation will be enough. If there are lumps and clods at the bottom of the furrow they need to be brought up pulverized and mixed with the surface soil. The effect of poor preparation is worse in drought; but whatever the season it always pays to fit the soil thoroughly and deeply for any hoed crop. It is as necessary for corn as for potatoes. Thefactthat.com roots ordinarily run near the surface does not do away with the need for a reservoir of moisture deeper down, to be drawn upward wheriA the roots can reach it by capillary attraction. How to Grow B«an*. Most people consider that as easy as to “know beans;” but the Germantown Telegraph gives these directions: Choose a good piece of land, in the summer, manure thirty loads to the acre, plowed in in August; sow, to rye on September 1, crop it by feeding as soon as it is high enough before frost, and at spells through the winter. Keep feeding up to the middle or last of may, then plow It under out of sight, l’lant beans In drills (Brush variety) June 1; cultivate the weeds out of when their Is no dew or rain on the leaves; very soon tho crop will cover the ground and stop tho weeds. If any get too largo hand pull them. When the crop is ripe, pull and lay in rows till well dried. Next build a platform of rails large enough to hold tho crop in a pile five feet high, platform high enough to keep the beans off tho ground. Cap the stack well to keep out wet. Thresh tho beans on a dry, clear day. Winnow and sift them, hand pick If necessary', sack them nicely, and you will get the top price. Use tho same ground again and again, sow rye every fall, pasture it till May, and proceed as above. Here are two crops a year—pasture and beans. Both pay well, — Farm, Field, and Svockman. Hogs and Hog Food. The country Is just now suffering from an unusual season of drought, which appears to be Universal, both East and West, as well as in tho South, In some localities. The consequence will be a shortage of feed for stock of all kinds. The cry of overproduction has ceased and a shortage will be tho cry now by elevator men and grain speculators. While such Is tho facts to a great extent there will bo a scarcity of feed. I advise farmers to be oaroful about disposing of their breeding stock, especially in the way of brood sows. It docs not require a great deal of hard grain to winter sows that are intended and bred for spring farrowing. A piece of early sown rye makes most excellent winter pasture for old sows, if they are of the right sort, bred up to perfection; if not they had probably better be marketed and replaced with some of tho improved early maturing breed, even at a sacrifice In numbers, fori always contend that there Is greater profit In a few good hogs, well kept, than in a largo herd of Inferior ones, poorly kept. Turnips can yet bo given if there is moisture enough in the soil to sprout them. While they will not mature, they will help materially to mix In with other feed, if steamed and mixed with other grain feed. There is nothing better for slop if fed warm In winter. Late sown millet can be cured lightly and fed to stock hogs, once a day. I find they relish it for a change, and cut flue In the cutter box and steamed with the other rations, it Is preferable to the whole grain rations, the usual hog ration when corn is cheap. Good care and proper housing, with an eye to comfort, will not only save feed,, but improve your stock as well as Increase tho number of pigs from each sow. At present the stock yards are overcrowded with all sorts and sizes of pigs. Some, of course, are selling from necessity, while others look upon the hog as being cheaper than grain and as not paying for their feed. Should our next grain crop bo more abundant, it will probably be just the opposite, with cheap grain and a paying hog crop.— A. D. Johnson, in Practical Farmer,

THE STOCK. RANCH. Stock and Dairy Note*. To keep a dairy warm enough in the winter is far easier and cheaper than to keep one cool in the summer. Fuel is cheaper than ice. The hog cholera crop will soon be mature. As wc sow we reap tills crop. The seed consists of poor food, bad water, a low condition and then profuse corn feeding, which the weak stomach cannot digest, and hence intestinal fever (hychderia) will be the result. A small flock of sheep may be kept on every farm with profit, if only for the domestic supply of mutton during the summer. A carcass of mutton is easily disposed of among three or four neighbors who can take turns in slaughtering. Meat clubs have been formed in many localities with good results. Feeding flavors all animal products, more especially the fatty parts of them. This is due to the fact that the fats and oils of food are not digested, but are absorbed in their natural condition without decomposition or change. Hence the great importance of using foods devoid of HI flavors or'of Impurities of any kind. The udder of a cow is the concentrated outlet of the drainage system of the animal. Diseases, impure products due to ill health, impurities of food, water and air; even medicines used with illjudgment, all escape through the miik. The cow Is saved from many dangers in this way, but the milk becomes a means of distribution of them. We are only beginning to learn the nature of milk in this respect. For profitable fattening, young pigs should be pnt in a clover Weld for two months before the final finish. Then bran and cornmeal in equal quantities, with skimmed milk or water added twelve hours before feeding, so as to be slightly acid, will make sound, sweet* meaty writ, h clover fed pirn never Am the

cholent or ftie common paralysis which makes the hind limbs useless. Bloating is a dangerous form of indigestion in cattle. The enlargement of the stomach by the pressure of gas in it interferes with the action of the lungs and prevents suffocation. An English remedy is to dash cold water over the animal’s back. This reduces tho temperature of the stomach and condenses the gas and favors its escape by eructation or through the bowels. The only really safe preservative against premature souring of milk is perfect cleanliness. These two words have a very broad meaning, and they relate to the health of the cow, her feed, 'lodging, condition of skin, the water she driuks, tho habits of the milker, the condition of the stable, the milk pails, strainers, pans and the atmosphere and condition of the dairy house. Any fault In any one of these is a breach of perfect cleanliness. Truly, cleanliness is next to godliness, and few there be that practice it as they should.

THE DAIRY, Helfnr Calves. As our State (Wisconsin) is fast becoming a dairy State, the training of heifer calves with a view to make them grow into good milkers is an important matter. Several very good articles on the subject have from timo to timo appeared in your paper, so I will only note a few things not treated very distinctly In those articles. First, havo a calf paddock as near tho house as possible, allowing an acre to each three or four calves. As soon as tho calf has learned to take skim milk, put it into tho paddock. My own practice Is, lot the calf suck four or five days, then gradually tone it down to skim milk. When two weeks old it will generally be ready to go into tho paddock. Offqr your calves water every day about noon, as plenty of water is as Important for a calf as it Is for a boy or man. Tho main point is so to food that tho calf Is kept in good thriving order without getting fat. To this end lam careful not to produce “scours” by giving the calf too much skim milk at a feed, as an attack of scours puts them back at least a week. The skim milk is slightly warmed. When a month old I put a fistful each of bran and middlings into its milk. As soon as tho warm weather curdles the milk, give cold curdled milk. Continue tho skim milk as long as you havo It, say eight months, and the bran and middlings Increase in quantity until grass tho following spring. But tho most important article of food for them is potatoes. Commence with potatoes when two months old, and continuo It until tho calf Is a year old. I cut them Into suitable pieces and give about a half a pailful once a day. See that they drink heartily of water at all times, especially In tho winter. If they won’t drink cold water, warm It. See them drink with your own eyes. Never trust to your son or to your hired man about watering calves. They do not see tho point.—Correspondent Farm, Field arid Stockmun. Dairy Notes. Cows are usually at their best at six to nine years. Sat. soda is bettor than soap for washing dairy vessels. Did you ever notico that the petted cow is almost always a good one. Treat all cows kindly. The dairy Is no place for the common “dorg;” experience has prpved that over and over again. Ip one man can keep five cows on five acres, to give back 300 pounds of butter each, why can’t othor men get ten cows on ten acres to do the same? If they can do It on ten why noton fifty? Our rule for salting Is an ounce to the pound, as that suits most of our customers. Our own taste is an ounce and a half. But we make butter to sell as well as to eat, so salt as tho majority like, and go with tho majority.

THE POULTRY-YARD.

Poultry Notes. When a chick frequently picks Itself It Is lousy. Buy some Persian Insect powder. Use earth as an absorbent In your poultry house, use freely, and keep a constant supply on hand. Never ship an egg that Is dirty or In any manner soiled. The appearance of an article is a prime factor In Its sale. Crop-bound fowls can trace their trouble to the lack of gravel or sharp, gritty grinding material, as well as to fibrous substances; such as potato and apple parings or grass-blades. “Do duck eggs need sprinkling?” Why of course they do. If not, why does the duck when setting Invariably take a dally bath and sprinkle her own eggs? Follow nature’s laws and you will not be very far misled. A little bone meal In the feed will help chicks to form bone, and they will push along much faster. Use meal prepared for chicks from selected bones. Common phosphate meal won’t do—too many inferior bones go Into Its composition. For the large chicks give granulated bone.— Poultry News. The eggs of ordinary poultry require, as a rule, twenty-one days to hatch, but this Is by no means a universal rule. Cold weather or a prevailing east wind, will lengthen the time a day or more, while warm weather and an attentive setter will materially shorten it. Some housewives throw egg-shells into the fire, to prevent the hens from eating them, claiming that thus the bad habit of egg-eating is learned. If the shells are thoroughly crushed into small pieces before feeding, there will He no danger. Laying hens have an extraordinary appetite for the bits of shells, while the male will scarcely notice them—not out of politeness, however, for, when other food is given, he is generally as full of get-up-and-get as any of them. Poultry rairing, like any other business, is a trade to learn, and If one is Is adapted to It, or has a liking for It, he will succeed. All beginners are advised to start with a few birds, increasing the number as they learn how to handle them. What every one wants is to produce eggs when they bring the highest prices, and also poultry for market when it is not plenty. A place near a qity is naturally the best, as one can readily secure customers that pay good prices for fresh eggs and nicely "dressed chickens.

THE HOUSEHOLD.

Rale* to Keep * Child Hea’thy. Twice, or even three times’a day, in very hot weather, the whole surface of the body should be sponged with water at a teinperatute of 80 degrees F., and after dried with gentle rubbing. The Amount «&»**** <•umeatif

Increased by the addlthm es rock salt «£ concentrated sea-water. Care should betaken to wet the child’s head first, and to see that it is not In a current of air. The following rules being a portion of those recommended by the Obsterical Society of Philadelphia, and published by the Board of Health of that city, aro concise and worthy of quotation: Rule 1. Bathe the child once a day In lukewarm water. If it be feeble, sponge it all over twice a day with lukewarm water and vinegar. Rule 2. Avoid all tight bandaging. Have light flannel as the inner garment, aud the rest of the clothing light and cool, and so loose that the child may have free play for its limbs. At night undress it, sponge it, and put on slip. In the morning remove the slip, bathe the child and dress it In clean clothes. If this cannot be afforded, thoroughly air the day clothing by hanging It up during the night. Use clean diapers, and change them often. Never dry a«soiled one in tho room in which the child is, and never use one for the second time without first washing it. Rulo 3. The child should sleep by Itself In a cot or. cradle. It should be put to bed at regular nours, and be taught to bo to sleep without be nursed in the arms. Without the advice of a physician never givo it any spirits, cordials, carminative soothing syrups, or sleeping drops. Thousands of children die every year from the use of these poisons. If the child frets and does not sleep, It Is either hunger or else 111, It needs a physician. Never quiet it by candy or by cake; they aro common causes of diarrhoea. Rule 4. Give the child plenty of fresh air. In the cool of tho morning and early evening have It out of doors for a little; take It to the shady side of broad streets, to the public squares, to tho park, or make frequent excursions on the river. Whonevor It Booms to suffer from tho heat, let It drink freely of water which has been boiled and cooled by Ice. Keep it out of tho room In which washing or cooking is going on. It is excessive heat that destroys tho lives of young Infants. Rules. Keep your house "sweet and clean, cool ami well aired. In very hot weather let tho windows be open day and night. Do your cooking In tho yard In a shod, In tho garret, or In an upperroom. Whitewash tho walls every spring, and seo that tho collar Is clear of all rubbish. Lot no slops colloct to poison the air. Correct all foul smells by pouring chlorido of lime into the sinks and privies. Make every offort yourself, and urge your neighbors to keep tho gutters of your street or of your court clean. Should an Infant bo attacked with, summer diarrluea tho prompt attention of a physician Is Imperative, and slnco these articles aro Intended to point out the methods of preventing the ills of the “second summer" rather than of curing them, I shall avoid entirely the therapeutical aspect of tho subject.—Ladies* - Home Journal. Hints so Housekeeper*. Use all the scented soap you like at tho bath, but spare your face. To make waterproof writing ink which will not blur if tho writing is exposed to rain: Dissolve two ounces shellac In one pint alcohol (95 per cent.),, filter through chalk, and mix with best lampblack. An original use of glass has boon devised. Various colored pieces In odd sizes aro pierced by throo or four holes on the edge, and caught together by wire until they form a mesh or fretwork large enough for a panel in a transom. Grease may be removed from white marble by applying a mixture of two parts washing soda, one part ground pumlcc-stono and one part chalk, all first finely powdered and mode Into a paste with water; rub well over tho marble, and finally wash off with soap and waterA hint for a pin cushion that is a. sachet as well may bo new to some. It is made square, with each corner of tho Inner covering cut off about throe Inches from the point. Tho outer covering is left square, tho corners tightly tied, and each made into a tiny sachet. Tho powder selected for tho filliug must be that preferred by tho owner.

THE KITCHEN.

Potato Haiti. To two cupfuls cold mashed potato add an egg, a teaspoonful of butter and salt and pepper to taste. Form with, fioured hands Into small round balls, and. fry In deep fat. Potato** Ha*ho<l with Cream. Chop cold boiled potatoes line, and stir them into a cup of hot milk In which has been melted> two tablospooufuls of butter. Pepper aud salt to taste. If you have cream, use this and half as much butter. Dropped FUh Cake*. One cup of salt cod picked very fine, half-cup milk, one tablespoonful butter, two teaspoonfuls flour, .one egg, pepper to taste. Make a white sauce of tho flour, butter and milk, stif the fish Jntc this, add tho egg beaten light, seasoa and drop by the spoonful Into boiling lard, as is done with fritters. Vilcken Mince. . From the boneaof a cold roast, boiled; or fricasseed chicken cut all the meat, and mince it fine with a sharp knife, chopping with it two hard-boiled eggs. Stir this Into a cup of gravy, or, if you have none, use instead a cup of white sauce. Season to taste, fill a pudding dish or scallop shells with tho mixture, and server very hot. Lyoonaluo Potatoes. cold boiled potatoes Into neat rounds* medium-sized onion into thin slices, and put It with a good tablespoonful of butter or bacon dripping Into the frying-pan; when the onion is colored, add the potatoes, about two cupfuls, afid stir them about until they are a light brown. Strew with chopped parsley, and serve. Hasty MulHn*. Two cups flour, two eggs, one tablespoonful mixed butter and lard, two teaspoonfuls white sugar, one teaspoonfuk baking powder, salt-spoonful salt, onecup milk. Into the eggs, beaten very light, stir the melted shortening, thosugar, the milk and the flour, well mixed! with the salt and the baking powderStir well, and bake in thoroughly greased tins. Parisian Potato**. From peeled and washed white potatoes scoop otit little balls with the cutter that comes for this purpose. Boil them for five minutes, then »put them in the frying-pan with two tablespoonfujs of melted butter. Stir them about until every ball is well coated with the butter, pour into a colander and set them in the oven until brown. Sprinkle with salt and a little minced parai*f before ww-