Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 January 1880 — Page 3

WEEKLYCOURIER C. MAM, FubHtkar. JASPER, - - 1NPIAXA.

; Same Pad Aheit Tm. Tho district of phina which supply the greater portion of the teas exported to Europe mill America We between the twenty-fifth and thirty-first degree of north lRtitmle, and the liest dirkMs are those between 27 and l degrees (rortunu). Thu plants are raised fnim seed, kept over winter in moist earth ami planted in March three or four fuatapart, ami look like a garden of gooseberry bushes, and they bear from the forth , to thu twelfth year, Iwth inclusive, lhe loaves are plucked by hand, chiefly by .onw.n ? m the seaeon is from the ear liest spring to the end of .June. The first "atlicring l tue ueai, wwrwm mo Teavcrf beooiRe tougher. Thu iiMMle of drying aad roasting the leaves generally and the specific procerus by which the trr.MMi iind black teas are severally pre pared, have been minutely described by Mr. Fortune, and, from his description, hat condensed, we learn: First, tl.at in tlm nrocess of drvimr. the leaves arc roasted, in such a way as necessarily to brinjr about many chemical changes within tne suustance oi mo ichcj innnrodueinir the various flavors, .nl.ir nnd tastes which distinjtuish the different tens. Secondly, thattho mode of handling, by which the leave are converted respectively into green and black is thtfcauft) of the different colors of these two main varieties. Thus for the rrn t-n: 1. The leaves are roasted almost immediately after they are ji4th-i-d. Thev are dried off quickly after the rolling process. The whole operation is speedy ami sinipio. iiack teas; 1 . They are spread out for some time after they arc gathered, in the air. 2. They arc then further tossed about until thev become soft and uaccid. 3. They are now roasted for a few minutes ami rolled ; after which they are exposed to the air tor a lew Hours in wnuu moist site. 4. Lastly, they are dried slowly over charcoal tires. It is by lengthened exjmsure to the air, therefore, in the process of drying, accompanied by, perhaps, a slight heating and fermentation, that the dark color and distinguishing flavor are imparted to black tea of commerce. The produce of different districts varies in qual ity and flavor with thu climate, the sou I and the variety of the plant cultivated, j as well a? with tins period at which the loaves are gathered and with the mode of drving them. It may be fresh information for our readers to be Void that though ten is used only as an illusion, it has been loi g known that the spent leaves contain the elements Of one of the most nutritive of vegetable substances ; and :;re only not used on account of the almost universal toughness of the leaves of the China teas supplied to foreign countries. Hut this toughness does not obtain in the caw of .Japanese teas, w1hsc leaves may be advantageously eaten either with salt or sugar. For imparting a nice, uniform color, or skin, to green teas, the Chinese use a mixture of Prussian blue and plaster of Paris (sulphate of lime), the quantity varvinir slhrhtlv with the amount of color required. This they do to please i ho purchasers, but never use colored tea themselves. How far this small nuantitv mav prejudice health is not quite clear, but there is less doubt about the pernicious qualities of an adulterated tea largely manufactured by the Chinese, under the name of liotea. This con sists of the sweepings and dust of the warehouses, cemented together with rice-water and then rolled into grains. It is made to resemma either black to imitate caper, or grecx to resemble gun powder, and is manufacture! professedly for the purpose of adulterating the lK-tter sorts of tea. The cleverness exhibited in the manufacture of the different kinds of lie-tea is something Teally surprising, ami so close is the imitation in many cases that much practice ami skill are reouired for its detection. Our investisrations hitherto disclose the fact that the better brands of lie-tea consist of the dust of tea onlv, made up into little masses, or of this dust mixed with that of foreign leaves, but the g hulk of the lie-tea met with is compounded of tea-dust, with sometimes the dust of leaves other than tea, ami Um! imantities of mineral matter, of which mIcx and matrnetic oxide of iron form a considerable proportion, the masses of pellets being colored with the substances already mentioned, and some others. rrancixn acws. There are a good manv men who think thev could turn out better newspapers than aru made by others wboc lalior in that direction would result about like that of the tramp who was hired for a week on trial by a newiapcr proprietor. After hanging around three days, doing nothing, he was accused of incompetence. He replied: "1 can edit ycr darned old newspaper if you'll jest tell mo where to get the stuff to put into it ! S'yrrtCH Sttmht; Times. The fumes from the smelting of lead ore are now passed through a very long line f pipes and woolen bags, and condensed iuto lead again as steam is converted into water. The lead thus obtained is a powder of exceeding fineness, which makes an excellent blue patut. An intense heat melts this powder, and bv a similar process of catching the fumes, a white peweke Is obtained, which makes a superior white paint., Tiik original Lady of Lyons- lioness

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

OkUm fttt NtU Judge JobnT.Seeit,! Tm Haute, ni ppou44 Suateme Court Jnd, by Govern WiUfaun, Wi til tint raewtejr vwml by tbe 4ea4 oi Jade TotUm. At 1nUmuo1k m im Ti"C m Im 1K of 1&T9, AiU Cnm, a jo, wom wIm H'aAWnfoH, lad., fatally shot benelf in tht j tM Hk a rvolTer. In lr anK-mortem 1 UtniHt tUe tromau mM Wr fathtt't imh ws 0, W. GroftM, WMbiafcliOM, lad., jm1 ttwit hk aJTrUM for hr bitmmt ahMt(Nl bj the Kbemhic of a cruel stepmother. She mM ue de4 u eae4 H$- WreoMc over a l44er friMB Mm, la wMeh be MMbewottM not (IMwbfk hr In at will, but voiiM (iTC kr a tk)lr to t-l ber t belL MkGrove4 wim only iklKMil twenty yr oW, a4 kad beR rewinleit m a rpeUbie jrowite wwm. Urtotbw lt alMMit 11,680 eotorant ff4e bail come, to Indiana from Xorta CafoHna, about 4M) of wkom arc ToMfS or will be tbey bare Hre4 kms eob in tbe Slate. About 3,500 more are expectd. Xk, KmiKiCT 34cGixxis, an aged Imlmaa;ollUi(, km UmnA dead in iner ronm tbe aber momtRff, IntbemidHof Hirrtamliig indtcallR Rreat -overtr. Sbe a oewhat addicted to Intemperance, and k appoed t bare been dead at )eat Uirec da;. TwoTOCXflf men of l-awreiwebur houzbt a bottle of wbWcj, on CbrMm, and went to tbe old bed of tbe Miami Wntr to enjoy tbemwive?, trbcrc also tber fell aIep. Next monilnK tbe ofrt found it lmp(lb!e to aroate bk romtMkiM, ad proceeded hone aknte. It i ov fppotl tbe hiU.Mhz man j froze to death wbere be lay ami that tiic mw- i k-n rl i tbe river swept tbe lwxiv away, tbe tree under wbkk they were Ivlrr w bow tix feet tattler water. 1)i ki:;o last year tbe GoTersor of Indiana l-uttl hlxty-fire partlonf, twcut)-cven remittor.s aad three comHJutatloas of seutcMc Tun other day tbe Indianapolis Township Trustee gave a grocery order and a Kad of coftl to a well recommended man aad wife thin:: In the soutbera part of tbe city. Tbe msnlraded tbe order for wrdffcy, orer the dividing of whieli tlie couple quarreled and eeparated, the lmbatid jrivln? the load of coal to the erpretrraan for baullns; his liouiebold effeete to hl new habitation. Sisn deaths frofn wrarlet fever ocenrred durinsr the week precedinstbe Ul amons; the colored "Exodusieni" t InilinaiHiHf. nf fintllii.i hnnuJ nl til. uil'llt fit the ltLos, V'WW. " A LAiuiE two-Morv frame building in New rii nni bv John Mnwer. was burned' n tiK.tnnrMiu.s'nfih 1st. t:xji. n ' Thk followinc table fbown tbe enumcrat!e Of tbe children in each county of the State, tbe amount of febool revenue ready for apportionment, and the distributive ktre thereof apportioned to the several couuue: j a. m a xt jureno!CMKST, urn Adant.. ....- 1.110 fit atiH s Kl.fKl TO 2.5 ! jr, as .! i IM wjl anW !,T5t '! S.flT .T, x e l.ye e. 7 T .m 111: VZX -.-( tc 14 vl v!tic ": Aikn lkirtnoiomew..,. Mvntim ItMckford.... Itoow... ........ llrowm ;s.4T 11S3 Wi 4.6 te ?t7 12.4.-.7 KbC 72 renew 9Ji 2S CmM Ca Cbirke Clay..., Clinton Crawford ........ mvio" lbrljrH ........ li.i t.7 K.7T3 .tat 7.714 IKtitnr. ....... IHKuilt... D'lawnrtf Ihilmi Klkbart Fnyrtte ..- Khjyd F.nintain... l-ninkHn JNilHin,. ...h. GllH.. inin! Grtt-Hf Hamilton..... ... IlnmtxW... ..... IliirrWrn HcHidricluu Hntrj llownrd... IIimtinton .lackMii. ......... I4,ty, M U.I7 34 11 S3; 1 4 34 .7i4 a sjr:i H KiO W,17--l bX74 72 vum W.773) -V2 ft m.ots : 4,SS3 K4f3 42 LVll 34 v.m m fJOC IV 11.16T H iwi :e-aj- :". ;t;ui 4.'h 7i 7,ni . lies m KXam rsn u 7,t tr ni Mt r S,rit K l jm w 3M7 7.4W ije ar: ,irt7 4.7SI x :u.'i .r 4t 2&Z 9f liM ! 4.e$ i-ei Ja'ner iiy Jlfcrx ... Jewiliirs. .. Mri c WL77i? Knox.... .... ....) Ko-ctiil;. j l.rtNH. I lVc ? Idinorto. Ijiwrem-e ... 11.4141 4UV.7 (4 Stl 4J.NC7 !K Xariim Matfhnll MiHlill.... ... .. Xlanii MtHrM Xnntrrmicrj'.... j Mihvmm ; tt.Si 12 ewton..., oltle ., InbK ... .....4,, Oranse wn lWTatO 4.i lVrrj" , ........ ftirter Ioey Fnbukl 1'iilnnm... HnHil(4fb,...., innej , ltlH.... nmt... i'i...ti .. , .A. A.' hjwnoer .... ...... Starke.... WeiilM-n... urn 14 I at st.Jor)b Stilli:n.... i Kwtorland...l TipjKcsioe . .. . .. Tipton t lll!M Vanderttntrh.,.. 4rm4il4m..., .. Vhw ... Watwh Warren . Warrick... WabloKton ..... Warn... WhMe Vfhnjey iNw nsfcocrtl 1 HTM ai arf ak t.44 41' M 4.1 a.: 4JW ! l.nw 3U. ajwi sq is. nvur test V,TI .11 Mil IH 3Jea mw fr. at THK fnHanimc are tbe Indfeawfiofe grain notation: Wheat, No. S Ked, tlMm oiK: Cwmjpc; Oat, aftjnfu. Tb Cincimwli ttH444M are: Wht, IMQ 1.37; 0om,4NHe; CUta, Kye, ShK ffc; Mark-, t)K

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For twewtv-three years the Kepubliit irtv ha mauUs laws for counting . t .tt ...A.tt ...... 1 1

ot mhI Iuhi "eoMtwl ot" untH ftnally the natural MijptKwttioH that neither b It h$ caught in tbe trap it no skillfully , right, awl that m either cae the reoonstntctl for others. A few parUtmai t tnra "w laid. New Sharon was thrown ell the irent action of the owt beeane the return had all the

Govraor a4 Council ' a steal." Itot ( . . ltf we conaMer re a nuner maa;ii"xnir fiec f.lH4ft for a 'MUtherkit" Council t& perform. Whv should not the Kepuhhean party be willing to by the Council? Titer have followed um kw and the

CotHntio m every parttenlar. it s allklavit that the return was not signeu any hhvnt aUaehes to aay one it at- in open town meeting as the Constitutachesto the KepaWieut town oera. tkm nMHnrea. The Greenback towna Xetther htbB the eouating-ont heea con- f of Freeman ami Kingfteld were not lined to Republican townd alone. Eight j counted because the whole number of Greenback aad Democratic towns were tlmkU did not agree with the sum of coot ted oat in Penobscot County alone the vote. Kingftehl gave fifteen oppoand everv one gave a harge Greenback sitkm majority and Freeman gave thirmaioritv." lhoe town were Carmel, ty eppoltion raajority. Prentkw, "SVian, Green nWltl. EoMingtou, ( In llaneock County several opposiXewburr. Corinth and "Medway. The tion towns were not counted by the CVnineil confiaeil themselves strictly to ; Governor and Council. The town of tite face of the return. Thev clearly . Otis was thrown out because the return, bad the right to attack the validity of was made up and signed by one pecan v return's which would have given the son. Gfeeabnclcers several additional mem- Two plantations were thrown out bcbers in the House, and overthrown the , cause not properly signed and attested, result in Auburn and the entire county They were both Democratic. From anof Aalrocoggin. But tbe onlv change other town the returns were signed by a made in Androscoggin is in the Lisbon ' clerk pro tern. Cranberry Isle, a Demdi.triet, where fraud is so plain on the ocratie-Greenback plantation, wag

lCe OI everv return lltai n nitn iwinw . - I sjjjfe 4, eonnt those places int those places. Beside all these, manv anitavit3 were sent in to the Governor ami Conn-

cil proving bevoud doubt that neither tKm the entire county, but there were Lisbon nor Webster had any record of also many defect in opposition towns, the election iroceding3 of any kind. Therefore the Republicans got every This was admitted lief ore the "Council officer except two Representatives, inbv tlte Town Clerk of Webster, ami by , eluding all the county officers. And in mic of the Selectmen of Lisbon, in evi- the face of this noble and patriotic actlence. At the examination cm Amiros- tka on the part of the Council Renubeogin County olficer it further ap- ; lican hirelings not only deny that there pea red that fiftv-iive nameis were added are any such cases, but also denounce to the check list in Lisbon on election i them as thieves. dav, awl all thoe menT or nearlv all of i In Knox County, Vinalhaven was them, were bought to rote the Republi- i thrown out on account of irregularities, enii ticket. Probably there never was f although it gave one hundred and nine a more fraudulent election than the one ; Greenback majority. The return from in Lisbon. Auburn ha? not had a legal Mattnicus was sent in signed and sealed ni..tinr rhkrear. and should be thor- i but not a vote was civen. It conta5ncl

I rj,rr(,Kr;v..aY(rHiwi !um orobiiblv will Mv ., thf mfiM- coiiwa ua before I till mxt. Ij'llatinv. Eagle I-ake, a Democratic plantation in Aroostook, wa? thrown out because no number of votes was stated omosite i fb nimis of one of the candidate, 1 2 .. . . ..... ' The lKfraocratic-ureenoacK piamaiton of Wallairrass was thrown out tecaM. the wltrde namlMr of Iwllots did not

3"n:e with the several numWr of bal- tion was thrown out. It was an oppolTt for iHirvms voteil toe. Thh, planta- tuition plantation, and by throwing it out tion, with serend others m Dickey' i the opjKsitkn lost two county onlcers. lit riM tbt -,r( .otnmvlv Democratic- i The Ketreentative return from New

r:t-v..Hlj.i-t- ran mi noM-'ilefeMtin? him that UU MftMritv of several hundred l-.-r f.r w&k rut ilow-m to seven vote .1.; i....- Mfnul Pitkimut vra- ut.l intul fit Aabn Ittinihaun beeau a list of votes was t Sent m with tlte re- . ...... .-.!. .1 . tur-HA frnui the suventl idantation. j which iss especially reiired by the i Constitution. The same was true in another case, that of John H. Rrown. who secttrwl the largest number of votes from places where tin.' returns were legd. Tlie retMras front Littleton, a strong Fusion town, tiki not give the whole umler of votes, aad it had to be thrown out under the strict provisions of the Constitution. Portage linkp rdantattou wa thrown out Willi c SlglRII u VH.1IV. ttw. fT. n.. iiTi rnt. tb town of In CumberkaJ ICoart) tli towa of Ilnrrisou, winch cast a large opposition majority, was thrown oat because the whole number ot votes was not in con- . .. , rm t .1 I 1. - .".r,rAiM uiwiiMni k r- ii . a. n i u a, h imnn a The Constitatiou declares that the Se lectmen "Ml make a hst of tbe number of persons votel for, with the number of votes for each person against his name; M! make a fair record thereof in open town meeting, etc., and skaU transmit a copv of the list to the Secretary's office, etc, aad the Council, from the ht of returns. determine who is electctL,', In rwtlaml they dkl - .i .j. r!w.;i mwU ,-.r r-wu.. :ir"7. VE. , .u ."y.-j -V""ri.TtVr" action jh me io men m roronao, iwier .. ,uJr rr mn "v"""rT' v ..7..:lT -u w t na&a wwanii - iu irtaaai . CtmcMnnvc inuv "

juii m not uciHJTe i rftM h nw vubsuhiij j tional, for they met In extra session

1 ami correci ineir revwr at yrmi. v illfr'gJS STfti' 'KLA- V:1.bt,L..,A!.!:

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witb inMruetions mat ne nae aninorIh UotiiKU eouw .w nouiHig oi to " IU IAX T M U NHfBMMI 1B1IWMB1 MM I Ml 4 fin . I v -. h ieojde of the State The Council, returns tor-erte'.excepi m urn case w cmt d -i. -1. V,tt,,tL-i rJ Tr,! Si S If the Major awl Ahlerincn of oaers Tnri1nr1 iwrw-t tKir ncconl and

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,iar.T-.1"Y ' . I : ImmI it Charles A.

m kki7s " . i . "iwere obiireu to

I um i correct tne iace oc me. re.ra uj l l,

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evive eviiM'nce o Mion

j , then antcad the returns of the Septem-r-w o ber election by that corrected record, f ri thev can elect Representatives or ni!:i( change the resnU of electkms at will.

' Had the Council allowed .this correc-

zimil iioit. they would have estabiisneu a , pu'ccdeui which might be the seuree of untold irregularities. The itoprry .jwtwt . WHiv to ileal with the

eipmW f the. ease is the LegkiatHre, uot I he Council. In the cne of Farwiingteu the whole number of ballots dkl net agree in any way with the votes euM for the several eanditlates. The Cowneil, in throwing tt thi retnnt, enlv fellewed the kw and did what the" XtnuUtaan have

uniler of vots doe not wrrejHnd

i WIIH rc: vwf ivt ih ccim j caniiMaies, incn wmi can hjh whkjm w right, r wneinereiiner is ngwir u w Sh-ctHHm's aanww gmd in one hand, , , i e t... .. : , cwanr wwwmjj Hmm mo w4 x" forgery, llie eourU have rcJ neatvdlv decided that in a caiie like ; ! thw no person can delegate authority (to another to sign hi name. I In the Jav caee the clerk sent In an intunn vmi u hwvmhv vi uintiimiiirsn. r 1 . 1 . . 1. ...... ,1 nai me ofipostiion towns oeeii hi ngnu there were fatal defect enouglt m the Republican towTO to give the opposiibo nsmH of the candidates only, but f no number of votes. We presume if this happened to chanze the restilt in i the Representative district the. Kepublkans will all 1 mail as March hares. and call the Council 4 conspirators. i Manv instances of similar character h .. . i 1.... . i :i . ( nave ocenrreu, bmi me hwik-h ic uw, i to onime. J In Lincoln County, Manltegan pknta . Castle read E. K. Hall and all other town in the class sent in returns bear inr the name of Edward K. Hall. The . Piwiupil L: not rnonsible. Thev could t not count the votes of E. K. Uall for ' TV, 1 V- TT.ll J ! . Edward K. Hall accordmsr to the de eiio of the court.". The Council had no desire to override the courts, hence the Republicans lost a Representative. m uxioru wHiaiy ma aoic ui was inrown out ueewtec in icimn u not contain the whole number ot votes : cast. Canton, although it gave a Greenback 'majority of twenty-six votes was thrown out on account of "irregularities in the returns. The vote of Stoacham . was thrown out because the Selectmen . irt ! seat ih to tne uovernor ami rancu x affidavit, saving they signed the return ' K)- k w wRt H con. - - -:iwi sLa in on town-mectinjr. as the Constitu....1,1 ,l r liimi lciiinit-s. 1HC v.vttHt;it v;viin u -olkiKtat disre-anl the return altof j. gether. There was nothing lawful about In Penobscot Couatv, the return from Xewburg came in with no mark upon it to show where it came from. It could onlv lie ascertained from the envclotM!. As "the envelope is no part of the return it had to be rejected. The opposition had a majority of thirty-live. Carmel was refected because there were more ballots than votes. It was Greenback by sixtj-six majonn. it Prentiss ve no whole nttmber of ballots cast. It had Ifortr oppos tkm maforitv, but was l throVB old. Winn was thrown out be v., iM1iira.a than vnt , cause it hs1 more ballots tnan yotes. There was an opposition majority m . Kddins- . ... ;.t r...i .. n ton. Greenhehl and Metlwav, all save lomMsttion majorities and were all . . .... .i . At. ; : : t. counteu out wunotifc uiscjininiiiiiiv" uj IaVamgton County seve Portant errors were foimd in tarn. The CherrVlieW return was . . . , - rr-i... ttfu.nl of ras Therefore t,icr ninbl ( . . , , From the town of I . . - Danforth. the returns were for Chas. while other towns in the class Rolfe. lire Council stand bvthe returns feeling of Mr. Rolfe tu Rfittu:vhinn rmrtv. or tbe attHlHfn. to nfttCM in) the reCorl. In mimtcan, lopaicn up me reconi. ah ' Kcnneimi Coiiivty the town of Albion J because the Town . Clerk dhlnot strn the return, and the Mronklc is of the opinion that Augusta ami several other places in the same countv oueht to have srono tlte same road. la York Countv the Town Clerk did not sign the return from the town of Lelnumn, ami the whole number was not given hi this town. In Somerset County the Clerk in the town of FairSeld sent in two sets oi returns, each return contradicting tho other. This fault made a change in tho Representative dhtriet, and it is impossible for us to see what blame attaches to the Couneil on this aeoount. The oase of Skowkegaa has been fully dk-

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tn Keuubltan party wan tonuvka mtth.

H VOWS Uttt IV OOttm Ulfftt)MIHl. from all outers, lor the iMtruo of eoniirotlingthe rote (H urn operatives in the several manufactories ami work shop in that place, who, it was known, would vote in opposition to the RejHihlleans if they had an opportunity. Thu vote was printed in double columns, with large blnek-faced type, so it could be distinguished by any observer half way acrohs the lulling place. Mr. Philbriek pntested aeainst counting: this vote, and thu Chairman of the Hoard of Selectmen thought it ought not to be received into the ballot-box. The return of thi vote, when sent to the Council chamber, had attaclied to it the protest of Mr. Philbriek, aud the Council, accord ing to their oaths of office, had to take notice of it. Dead River plantation, a strongGreenback place, was thrown out be cause the rctum did not contain the whole number of votes gl'en, Searsport. sealed up as the Constitution requires. Jackson was thrown out because it did not contain the whole number of votes given. Freedom and Islesboro, both opposition towns, and eivinjr large majorities, were thrown out because the whole number of votes was not given. More opposition towru have been thrown out than Republican, a fact winch was not Known 10 tne Council, as they made no discrimination, until they were compelled to look the matter up, on account oi me terriflie assaults made upon them by tho press of the Republican party. The fact, however, that in casting o t this long list of towns, the result affected the Republicans more than tno opposition is something accountable only to Di vine Providence, for we arc sincere in the belief that this method was taken by the Ruler of all destiny to punish the Republican party for its protligacy to dutv, and the miserable methods it took to secure votes. The result is a setback to bribery. The party that keeps in Kwer nv starving men, aim men bnving their votes, tne ueavens wm overthrow. Augnsia (.wc) Chronicle Greenback. .) The Lnck that Fellewed an Old Herseshee. I saw a funny sight in the street just now' said Air. 1'atterson to liis friend, Mr. .lohnson. in tne nun Avenue Hotel barber-sliop, last Monday afternoon. "I met an elegantly dressed lady carrying in her hand an old horseshoe covcredwith mud. I presume she had just found it, and was carrying it liome for good luck." " uooa hick, repiteu hit. uuiirmjii. "Don't talk to me about old horseshoee and good luck, About a month ago my wile and l were returning irom caurcu one Sunda', when, just in front of the new uoman uainonc aineurai, m Fiftieth Street, a horse, which was bea li vpIv imit. threw a shoe anti jt went riiiiriuK alongthe tmveraent. '(.;0 ret that shoe,' sant mywiie, 'anti we w, i Keon it ior wow l nicK." l mcKeu it up, utterly ruining one of my gloves in doing soas it was covered with mud. This I was going to wipe off on the curb, but my wife cried out, 'Oh, don't do that, for'if you do you will wipe off all vourluck.' So Hugged the old thing all the wav liome, and over the door we hung it, nind ami all. The next morn ing I went down to the store wondering what my first streak of good luck would be. Before night I had a misunderstanding with my employer, with whom f have been for several years; we both got hot, and the result was that he gave me notice that after the 1st of next January he would dispense with niv services, a lew unys auerwaru my wife went out to do a little snoppm f and lost her pocket-book, eontainmsr a the monev we had been saving for a longtime'to spend for Itolhlay presents and amusements. In fact for about two weeks everv thing seemed to go against me, and I was in hot water all the time. I inallv, I said to my wife or.s day mat 1 believed that it was that confounded old borse-slioe that was to blame for it all, and that I was bound to take it down and put it hack in tho street, just where I found it, ami so I did. The very next morning my employer sent for nic to come and see him in his private office. He said he had been mistaken in tlie matter about which we had differed, apologized for what he had said, hoped there would lie no hard feelings about it, and wound up by engaging me for another year at an increased salary. 1 went home that night feelinir better natureu tnan I nau ior weeks. I told my wife of my good luck, ami then she took from her pocket a leiier yvmich siks hru mnv uj from her father, notifying her that he was going to send her a check for f 500 fo- a Christinas present. In fact, I have had onlv good hick since I threw away that ohl horse-shoe. They may bnmr luck to some folks, but my wife and I don't want any more 1 torse-shoe in ours, you bet." A. i . bun. To Wash Flannels: Make a suds with hot water (just strong enough to remove tne uirt; ; ruo wiui your awui and when clean wring dry and shake; make another suds quite not, wasa through this and shake as before; soakl with water just off the boil; let them remain until the water is quite cold ha fore hanging out in cold weatner. a , For mornittK dress there is nothing so pleaeant to wear as the woolen pekins in cameleon stripes, in which greens, blues, ami dark reds are so blended Umt the result is a very dark style of coloring indeed dark, but rich and warm, and very pleaeant to in eye, while not apt to stwa or f4e.