Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1879 — Page 3

Thr Rensselaer Union. RENSSELAER, . . • INDIANA.

GOING DOWN TO MAINE; Ok, th Kim Detxkbkd. Two little oousins once there were— Miiry Ann null M> r.t Jane; The tint one lived in Boston town, ‘ • The eeooud down in Maine. (Bit ue the town of Uoetoo stood So verv tar fioin Maine, The cousins yet had never met. Which caused them much pain.) And Jane she wrote a little note; _ " Dear coosin’ —Jfcus wrote she — ‘ Dear Consin Ann, Pve made a plan That you should visit mo; Tor you are the one. the Ann unknown, I’ve always lonued to see. They say that vou have eyes deep blue, . And a face all lily fair. While round your face, with many a graoe, Doth ourl your iiolden hair. Now I. they say, have eyes of gray. And the pll indent little nose, A little round chin with a dimple in, Aud checks an red at a rose. Let me qfll you this, that I'm saving a kiss. And a dear good hugging, too. for the oousin so fair with the golden hAir, And the eyes so brightly blue. •So pray, dear Ann, come if you can, * A And bring your dolly, dear: •Mydolliea.all, (joth crea t and small, Will make her welcome here. And we’U sit up stairs in our httle low chain, And dress them all so gr j • And we'll hunt for bowers in the woods for noun. And 1 know such a pretty play I” Wrote Ann to Jar, e: “ i*d come to Maine • nd fi l, t y Wlth ‘ you. I'ta sure; Twould be ho good, if l only could, But my pe, be s too poor. When his ship gets home, then I may oome, . ,V® “ya, for Unit will bring All it can hold of silver and gold, Ajid clothes, and every thing." The yean flow on; young maidens grown Were Marys Ann and Jane; Still dwelt the first in Boston town, The second down in Maine. (But as the town of Boston stood Bo very far from Maine, The cousins yen had never met, Which caused them much pain.) And now Jane wrote a perfumed note, All in a perfumed cover; And thus it ran: "Do come, dear Ann, Do oome, and bring your lover. I’ve a lover, too, so tender and true— Oh! a gallant youth ia he. On a moonlight night, when the moon shines bright, if How charming it will be To pleasantly walk and pleasantly talk. Or for you two and we Together to r jam vhere the white waves foam, All down by th,e sounding seal" Wrote Ann *,o' lane: “ That visit to Maine Must logger yet delay. My oou'jin dear: for soon draws near My nappy wedding day.” ''afire years had flown; much older grown Were Marys Ann and Jane; Still dwelt the first in BoAon town. The second down in Maine(But as the town of Boh ton stood So very far from Maine, The cousins.yet had never met, Which caused them much pain.) And once again took Jane her pen; " Dear cousin," now wrote she, “Won’t you Oirare down from Boston town, " Aud bring yonr family? . Bring all your girls, with their golden curls. And tbcirev s so heavenly blue; Bring all your boys, with all their noise. And bring that husband, too. a pretty band that around me stand— Six girls-my heart * delight! They're as lovely a set as ever you met. And all remarkably bright. Then's a kiss-dent you know?—that since . long ago I have b*>en keeping warm for yon, dear; Or have you forgot that first little note, I scribbled and sent you from here? Thus Ann did reply: “Alas' bow can I —.— Set forth on my travels, dear Jane ? I’ve too many to take, yet none can forsake. So sadiy at home must remain. If your kiss is warm still, pray keep it until You see me come jaunting that way. I’ve a loving kiss, too, that s been saving for yon This many and many a day.” Time onward ran: now Jane and Ann Were old and feeble grown; Lii« s rapid years, 'mid smiles and tears, Had swiftly o er them flown. Thin looks of gray were strosed away From the Worn and wrinkled brow; Their forms were bent, their years were spent. They were aged women now— Lone, widowed women now. Dne, young folks all did “ Aunt Aim" call, i he other one, " Aunt Jane;" Still dweluthe fiist in Boston town, The second doWh in Maine. (But as the town X>f Boston stood So very fttf irom Maine. The cousins yet had never met,. Which caused them mnoh pain.) Sudden one daf— one winter’s day— Aunt Aan said, " 1 must go To Oousifi Jane, who lives ia Maine, In spite of ice and snow.” ■‘Why, grandmother, near! This time o’ the year it Oh, wait a foolish thing! You are far too old to go ia the oold; a e pray you wait till sprihg, When the skiea are olear, aud flowers appear, Aud birds begin to slug." ** Children," said ebe v . " don’t hinder me. When smiling spring acmes on, . The flowers may blown around my tomb, And I be dead and gone. I’m old, 'tin true; mydaVs are few; There lies a reason plaiu Against delay, ll short my stay, i must away to Maine. And let these eyes, these mortal eyes. Behold my Cousin Jane.” As Aunt Jane sits and quietly knits. Thinking her childhood o er. The latcn is stirred, and next is heard A hipping at the door,. '* Como in," she said, and raised her head To see who might appear. An aged dame, who walked quite lame. Said, “Cousin, 1 am liege! I'm here, dear Jana; I’ve oome to Maine To take that kiss, ytfji know— The Kies, my uear. kept for me hero Bince that long, long agol” In glad surprise, Aunt Jane she cries: “ vv hy, Ann. can this be you? Where and O where is the golden hair? Are these those eyes of Dine?" “ And where,” Ann said, "are your roses fled, Aud year chubby cheeks, I pray? This, 1 suppose, was the little pug noee; But the dimples, where are they? Are the dollies up stain, in the small low ,■. Dressed out so fine and gay ? Shall we gather fiowen in the woodland bow- , era? Shall we play that pretty play? And the lover, too, so tender and true. Who walked by the light of the moon; And the lime band that around thee did standAre they gone, all gone, so soon?” They turned their eyes to the dsrkening skies Afld the desolate s ene below, Where the wintry sun was sinking down Behind the w.iste of snow. As they spoke with tears of their childhood’s ■ years And the hopes of long ago. Thus, sitting there; long talked the pair Of those tney loved tnat day; How some were dead, and some were wed. And others five away; How «ome had proved true, and of erring ones Had sadly gone astray: Of the brides they had dressed with many a jest. Though with many a secret sigh; Of the fair and the brave they bad lam in the grave— Too fair, too brave, to die I Blow fades away the winter’s day. Its last faint gleam is gone; Hhadows deep now o’er them creep, Bnt still the tale goes on; The smiles and tears of buried years Are smiled ahd wept again; And marriage bella and funeral knella Are mingled in one strain. And thus at last, a lifetime passed, The cousins met in Maine. —Harper's Batar.

A PANTHER'S MORNING CALL.

“I suppose you’re wondering why I keep that 'Ugly old chest,” said Mrs. R , “>aoa I must owh that it’s not very ornamental; but It saved my life oboe, for all that. I see you think I’m ninklrig fun Of you, but I'm not, indeed; and when you hear the story f think you'll agree with me that I have good reason to value it, ugly as it looks. “This was how it happened? When Wo first carne out to India, my husband ■ w&& eent -to aiake-the-aunvey Nerbudda Valley, one of the wildest bits ip all Central India; and we really were, just at first, the only white people'within forty or fifty* miles. And such a time as we bad of it! If my

husband hadn’t been as strong as he is, and a perfect miracle of patience as well, 1 don’t know how he oould have stood what he had to do. It was dreadful work for him, being up sometimes for a whole night together, or having to stand out in the burning sun, when the very ground itself was almost too hot to touch. And as for the native workmen, I never saw snoh a set-al-ways doing everything wrong, and never liking anybody to put thorn right. When the railway was being made they used to carry the earth on their heads in baskets; wad when Mr. R served out wheelbarrows to them, they actually carried them on their heads in the same wav! I couldn't help laughing at it, though it was terribly provoking, too. And that was just tne way they all were; if there was a wrong way of using anything they’d be sure to find it out. Even our butler, or khilmutgar. who was much better than most of them, came one day and begged a pair of old decanterlabels that my husband was going to throw away, and when the man came in next morning be had positively turned them into ear-rings, and went about auite gravely with ‘ Port’ in one ear and • Sherry’ in the other! “ However, if the native men worried me, the native beasts were fifty times worse. It was no joke, I can assure you, to be awakened in the middle of the night by the roar of a tiger close under the window, or by an elephant crashing and trumpeting through the jungle with a noise like a mail-coach going full gallop into a hot-house. Well, as soon as that was over, the jackals would set up a squealing and whimpering like so many frightened children; and then a dreadful native bird, whose name I’ve never found out (1 suppose because nobody could invent one bad enough for it), would break out in a succession of the most horrible cries—just like somebody being murdered—until the noise fairly drove me wild.

“And then the ants! but you’ve seen them for yourself, and I needn’t tell you about them. But all this while I’m neglecting my stoir. “One day (it will belong enough before I forget it) my husband was out as usual at bis work, and the nurse had gone down to the other native servants at the end of the ‘ compound,’ as we call this big inclosure; and I was left alone in the house with my little Minnie yonder, who was then just about a year old. By this time I had got over my first fears, and didn’t mind a bit being left by myself; indeed, all the lower windows having bars across them, Ithoughtthat I was safe enough; but 1 little dreamed of what was coming! “1 most have been sitting over my sewing nearly an hour, with the child playing about the floor beside me, when suddenly I heard a dull thump overhead, as if something ’had fallen upon the roof. I didn't think anything of it at the moment, for one soon gets used to all sorts of strange sounds in the Indian jungle; but, presently, I thought I could hear a heavy breathing in the next room but one, and then I began to feel frightened in earnest. I rose as softly as I coulif, and crept to the door-way between the rooms. This door-way was only closed by a curtain, and gently pulling aside the folds, I peeped through—and found myself within a few paces of the largest panther I had ever seen in my life! “For one moment it was just as if 1 had been frozen stiff, and then the thought came to me just as if somebody had spoken it: * The big chest!’ “ I knew that this chest would hold me and my child easily, and that 1 could leave a chink of tne lid open to let us breathe, for the overlapping edge would save my fingers from the panther. Im» second I had it all clear before me;~ but had the brute not stopped short at sight of the curtain, I should never have nad a chance of trying it. Luckily for me, the Indian panther, savage as he is, is a terrible coward, and suspicious as any detective. I’ve seen one go round and round a trap tor more than half an hour, beiore ho made up his mind to spring at the bait. So, while my friend was puzzling himself over the curtain, and wondering whether it was meant for a trap or not, I took up Minnie (who, poor little pet, seemed to know there was something wrong, and never uttered a sound) and into the chest I crept, making as little noise as I oould. “1 was hardly settled there when I heard the ‘ sniff-sniff’ of the panther coming right up to where I lay, and, through the chink that I had left open, the hot, foul breath oame steaming in upon my face, almost making me sick. It seemed to bring my heart into my mouth when I heard his great olaws soraping the edge of the lid, and trying to lift It up; but, happily, the chink was too narrow for his paw to enter. But if the paw oouldn’t, the tongue could; and soon he began to liok my fingers, rasping them so that I hardly knew hew to bear it. Still the touch of little arm around my neck seemed tc give tne courage. “ But there was far worse than this to come; for “the panther suddenly leaped right oh top of the chest, and bis weight pressed down the heavy lid upon my fingers, until the pain was so terrible that, unable to stand it any longer, I screamed jWith all my might. "The scream was answered by a shout, from just outside, in which I recognized my husband’s voice. The panther heard it, too, and it seemed to scare him, for be made a dash for the window, either forgetting or not notioing the iron bars; but jußt as he reached it, there came the oraok of a rifle, and 1 heard the heavy brute fall suddenly upon the floor. Then all the fright seemed ’ to come back upon me at once, and 1 fainted outright. “ I heard afterward that* Mr. R—— had happened to want some instrument which he had'left at the house; and, not wishing to trust it in the hands of any of the natives, he came back for it himself—luckily, just in time, for the bullet from his rifle killed the panther. But, as you see, ray hand is pretty stiff yet.”—Want'd Ker, in St. Nicholas for April.

The returns of French commerce for the year 1878 have just been published. The imports were: Alimentary products, 1,643,808,000 francs; raw materials, 2,251,776,000 francs; manufactures, 447,133,000 franof; sundries, 218,757,000 francs; total, 4,460,974,000 franos, as compared with 3,669,845,000 francs for 1877. Theexports were: Manufactures, 1,867,142,000 franos; raw materials; 1,320,865,000 franc5; sundries, 181,800,000 francs; total for 1878, 3,369,807,000 francs, as compared with 3,486,804,000 francs for 1877. It will be seen from the foregoing figures that the excess of merchandise exported ■over the quantity imported-aggregated 420,009,000 francs. The English revenue for 1878 was £1,808,4850ver that of 1877. Theonly decrease was in stamps. ■ \ ~ r »

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A school-teacher at Parkbifl, Can., has been summoned to answer several chargee of grots cruelty to pupils. Among the punishmebts inflicted has been to draw a circle on a blackboard, Inside of which the pupil is made to plaoe his noeo. The effect is to strfcin the eves in a painful degree and oause strabismus. —A negro man, named Joseph Armstrong, was found dead at the end of a trace chain, to whioh he had hanged himself, near Cross Plains, Robertson County, Tenn. He is supposed to have committed suicide in oonsequence of his former owner having failed to leave him sotde property whioh he bad expected to be bequeathed to him, and coveted. —When a lady answered a ring of the door-bell in Baltimore, the other day, she was pushed rudely aside by a burly fellow who strode past her into the hall. • The lady’s screams brought her husband to the scene, whereupon the intruder remarked, “ Beg pardon, didn’t know any men were about,” and rushed away before the gentleman recovered from his surprise. —Positive romance, epitomized: Miss Martha Ruggan, a pretty young schoolteacher of Cleburne, Tex., was engaged to be married to Henry Crowley, of Little Rock, Ark. The wedding was set for April—showers and flowers. Recently sue received an invitation to attend tne wedding of Crowley and a Little Rock woman. In a few minutes she died by her own hand. incident occurred in the Pmice Court at Cleveland, Ohio., recently, when a son of Judge Tilden was arraigned for petit larceny. His venerable father, who has been the honored Judge of the county for twen-ty-four years, appeared and asked that he might prosecute the case against his own son as a matter of duty owing to himself and the State. He then conducted the examination, and at-its close said he was satisfied beyond a doubt that his son was guilty, and when he referred to the sad spectaole of a father prosecuting his own son he burst into tears, while his powerful frame shook with the violence of his grief. The Police Judge found the boy guilty ot stealing a coat from a common pleas juryman and then pawning itfor money, but reserved sentence.

—George Bryant, train-master of the High Bridge, N. J„ and Wm. Hiobler, conductor on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, were fishing from the Newark bay bridge three years ago. Bryant lost his sinker and substituted for,it a Central Railroad switch-key. He got a “huge bite,” and in drawing in his line discovered a large eel on his hook; but, before he could land him. the eel broke loose, carrying away the hook and the Eight months after an eel was caught by Capt. Simon Chapman in an old barge at Chapman’s Wharf, on the Thames River, three miles above New London, Conn. When the eel was cut open the lost Central Railroad switch-key was found inside of it. Last evening, on Conductor Hibbler’s train, the son of Captain Chapman introduced himself to Mr. Hibbler, and said his father still had the key in his possession. Arrangements were made to have it returned to Mr. Bryant at High Bridge. —Easton {Pa.) Express. —A new confidence game is being played with considerable success in this part ot the country, the modus operandi of which is as follows: A young, well-dressed man puts up at some town on a railroad where there is an express office, and ingratiates himself into the confidence of a hotelkeeper. He generally claims to be a Mason, engaged in selling charts, or else he is a picture-dealer. After a few days, Us accomplice in the •ity sends him by express, O. 0. D., a quantity of charts or pictures, in reality worth a few dollars, but marked at anywhere from twenty-five to fifty dollars. The young man is short of funds when the package arrives, and borrows twenty or thirty dollars from the hotelkeeper to pay "expressage, saying the charges are much more than he expected. He pays the bill, removes the charts or pictures to the hotel, and almost immediately disappears, going back to the city to share with the shipper of the goods. The notel-keeper finds the articles to be of the commonest description, and is compelled to stand the Joss. The game has recently been played successfully in several towns in the oil region's, and other parts of Western Pennsylvania.—Pittsburgh Special to Chicago Tribune.

A Boy Takes Chloride of Sodium— Terrible Scene in a Lodging-House.

Early this morning a tremendous commotion was created in a lodginghouse on H street by an inveterate wag who ought to be taken care of at once. The man was lodging in the house, and about eight o'clock came down from his room and told the landlady that her little boy had found a box of chloride of sodium on his washstand, and had taken some. “ If yon can get astomach pump into him inside of an hour, he’ll live. Now, don't get excited. Keep cool. Put a mustard plaster on his stomach at once, and send for all the doctors in reach. You’ll be sure to find one at home.” By this time the frantic mother had the hoy stretched out on the bed, and was getting a square yard of mustard plaster ready. At the same time she dispatched three boys and a little girl for medical aid. “Here,” said the wag, ooolly, “I’ll leave you the name of the chemical on a piece of paper, chloride of sodium. Make no mistake, any doctor will know what to do the minute he sees the name. It’s all right; now, don’t cry. It won't hate the slightest effect under an hour. Keep cool. Don’t frighten tho child. I’ll go down and send up some doctors myself,” and here the man started at a brisk pace down town and had several dootors routed out of their offices. Meanwhile the boy, who was about nine years old, was bawling at the top of his voice, and some of the ladies from neighboring houses came in to help hold him on the bed while the mustard plaster was spread over his 'Stomach. Every woman who came in was shown thejiame of the poison written on the paper, and they ejaculated: "Mercy on us!” “Gracious me!” “Oh, my!” and “Meroiful heavens!" in concert. Presently the dootors began to arrive. Dr. Harris came a-tearing up the alley with a stomach pump, followed by Webber, Anderson, Conn, Prichard, Grant, Heath, Bergstein, and, indeed, almost the entire medical 'frWlW rt oity. with instruments and stomach pumps. At sight of so formidable an array the patient (on whom "the plaster Was drawing like a ten-mule team) set up a howl of despair.

“What has he token, madameP” asked Dr. Harris, hurriedly. “ Here’s the paper,” cried the mother, sobbing. “That’s the stuff he took.” The doctor read the inscription, passed it to the next man with a laugh, and it went round the group. Presently some one remarked: “ Salt, by thunder!” They explained to the weeping mother that she had been made the victim, as well as themselves, of a cruel hoax. There was a big laugh, but when that wag gets home to his lodgings to-night salt won’t save him.— Virginia ( Nev.) Chronicle.

The Bushman After the Lion.

Capt. Ayljvard tells a droll story ot a renconter between a bushman and a lion. The narrator was acquainted with the man, and has no doubt of the truth of the story. The bushm-n, while a long way from his home, was met by a lion. The animal, assured that he had his victim completely in his power, began to sport and dally with him with a feline jocosity which theupoor little bushman tailed to appreciate. ' The lion would appear at a point in the road and leap again into the juDgle, to reappear a little further on. But the bushman did not lose his presence of mind, and presently hit upon a device by which he might possibly outwit his foe. This plan was suggested by the lion’s own conduct. Aware that the brute was ahead of him, be dodged to the right, and feeling pretty sure of the lion’s whereabouisv resotted to the course of ouiet ly watching his movements.,. When the lion discovered that the man had suddenly disappeared from the path, he was a good deal perplexed. He roared with mortifioation, when he espied the bushman peeping at him over jibe grass. The bushman at once changed his position, while the lion stooa irresolute in the path, following with his eye the shifting black man. In another moment the little man rustled the reeds, vanished, and showed again at another point. The great brute was first confused, and then alarmed. It evidently began to dawn upon him that he had mistaken the position of matters, and that he was the hunted party. The bushman, who clearly recognized what was passing in his enemy's mind, did not pause to let the lion recover his startled wits. He began to steal gradually toward the foe, who, now in a complete state of doubt and fear, fairly turned tail and decamped, leaving the plucky and ingenious little bushman master of the situation.— ChanMers' Journal.

A Level-Headed Dead Man.

The following is an extract from the will of a gentleman who was a citizen of and who died recently in Baltimore Coanty, and which he directed should be read at his fnneral. The leading traits of his character throughout his life were honesty and truthfulness, and the extract shows how he, as a dying man, viewed the popular and fashionable funeral pageantry of the day: “In view of the uncertainty of life, 1 hereby commit to writing my last wishes with regard to the manner and means used for the disposal of my mortal remains. First, I wish my body to be clothed in plain shroud. I wish no flowers, nor mock display. I object to my body being carried to the church. I wish it to be removed from my earthly home, to its last resting place, there to rest, unmarked, unless at some future time some child or children are moved so to do. Most earnestly I request that nothing called mourning shall be worn by my family, as I am persuaded this has become a solemn mockery. If the heart is not the fountain from whence these emotions flow, they can never emanate from this source. Above all, I wish no undeserved eulogies pronounced over niy remains. If there was one trait in my character worthy of imitation, then imitate it; and with the last look bury all of my imperfections and infirmities with my remains. Without reflecting upon my friends, I may allude to one infirmity ot our natures; that is, in vying with each other to show our consideration and respect for them that are beyond this influence. There was time, but the opportunity is lost. If I may select the ground for a few remarks, it is from these words: ‘Unprofitabletenant.’ Lastly, in order to satisfy the curious, and avoid reflections upon my family, I request or the minister officiating to read this publicly at my funeral.” —Baltimore American.

Prospect of Hogs.

It is well known to our readers that we have insisted that the best results have followed a persistent and careful pursuit of one course of business. For fifteen years continuously hogs have been among the most profitable investments for the farmer. But the past nine months have necessarily disgusted and demoralized all our hog raisers. They have neglected to raise or take care of their pigs until now there is evidently an extremely short crop on hand. Stock hogs of all ages are scarce. It is evident that the spring, summer and next fall crops of fat hogs will be short. Owing to hard times, cheap corn, and the poor prospect of the future to tbe short-sighted, all the hogs which could by any possibility be f repared for market have been sold. ackers who are able are now holding on to their pork on hand for better prices, with good prospects of realizing. Shrewd men are now buying all the C\ stock hogs they can get. Even -pressed farmers, who will need large sumsto pay taxes and interest on mortgages, are selling for a trifle just the best things they have to realize on next fall. The true plan is, if a farmer has a mixed system of stock raising, let him stick to it, and not break up his arrangements for the reason that some branch of it looks bad for a season. Hog breeding and raising, pursued carefully and wisely, for the past forty years has been one of the safest and best industries: Those who have been gambling and speculating jn hogs havs frequently been swamped; jbut the man who raises his corn, raises land fattens his hogs,- generally pays his debts and has good credit There have been seasons when a man might feel like kicking a hog; but don'tao it. Feed, carefully oare for, and continuously raise hogs, and nine years out of ten you will win. This can be said of few things.— lowa Stale Register. Potatoes are best cooked in their skins, for the waste is then only 3 per cent, or half an ounce in a poujnd; whereas, if they are peeled first, it is not less than 14 per cent, or from two to.three waoes in the pound, ' -4a gushv Washington correspondent describes Gail Hamilton as “an unassuming, rosy, girlish, witty, wise, gentle, and friendly lady.” „

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

'—A oure for hicootigh: Take three or four swallows of sweetened vinegar. —ls plenty of salt is given to mlloh oows butter will be obtained more easily than if salt is only fed occasionally. —Milk Soup.—Two new potatoes, one quart of cold water, one ounce dripping of clarified fat, butter or lard; one amla half ounces fine sago or tapioca, one pint of milk; pepper and salt Boil together in the water and fat, potatoes, pepper and salt When the potatoes get soft make them smooth with a wooden spoon; then add milk and tapioca or sago. Let the whole simmer for ten minutes. —The teeth known popularly as wolf teeth in horses are those supernumerary ones which appear directly in front of the upper, and sometimes the lower, grinders. They are useless and harmless, and may be extracted without intury; but if broken out, as is often done >y ignorant persons, the remaining roots may irritate the gums and do mischief. The popular idea that they cause weakness of the eyes is unfounded. —Soup of Turkey Bones.—Bieak the bones, place in a kettle and add two quarts of cold water. Cover closely and set on the back of the stove to simmer for an hour. Season with pepper and salt, and add one large spoonful of rice. Let the soup boil until the rice is done; then pour into an earthen dish and put away in a cold place until the next day. When wanted for dinner, remove the layer of fat, and heat the soup. Serve very hot with crackers and pickles.

—When a man works by the month he cannot recover pay for lost time on holidays; a month is from the first to the last, both includod in any month, leaving out Sundays, but a man who has charge of horses or cattle must feed and clean them on Sundays and holidays without extra pay, that being included in his work. If he leaves before his month is up, he can recover for the time he has worked, unless there is a written agreement to the contrary. It is best to have written agreements with hired men.— N. Y. Times. —Turkish Spup. -One pint of stock; one-half leacupful of rice; yelks of two eggs; a tablespoonful of cream; a little pepper and salt; wash the rice before using; then put stock and rice in a saucepan, with a little pepper and salt and let them boil for twenty minutes; then take, them out, pour the stock through a sieve and rub the rice through; return both to the saucepan; place the yelks of eggs in a basin, adding a tablespoonful of cream; mix them well together, but don’t beat up; then add a spoonful of stock and rice to thicken it, and afterwhrd pour in all the stock and rioe; stir it over the fire for two minutes.

How to Make a Water Bouquet.

Lately, when on a visit to a country house where the dinner table decoration is much thought of, I saw some varieties of what is called “ a water bouquet,” which, I think, some ladies who do not already know it may be glad to hear about, especially at this time of year when flowers are scarce and ingenuity is taxed to the uttermost for novelty and variety. The articles required are a glass dish (circular) and a low glass shade to fit inside the dish. You then make a bouquet according to the size of your shade, as there must be a margin of an inch or so between the glass and the flowers. The few flowers—and very few will suffice if the shade is small—should be lightly put together, with fern or moss arranged as much as possible to hide the stalks, wilich must be tied firmly together and cut close. To look well for the center of a dinner table, the shade should not be smaller round than a pudding plate. A larger size would look even totter; but the difficulty in making it is the quantity of water required, as you must place the dish in the bottom of a bath with sufficient water to go over the top of the shade. Then weight the bouquet, which has already been made (this can be done by attaching the glass stopper of a decanter to the short’stalks of the flowers), to make it stand upright and prevent the bouquet from floating; a smaller stopper on each side would perhaps keep it more upright. Place the bouquet in the center of the dish which is at the bottom of the bath and take the shade, holding it sideways underneath the water, and place it carefully over the flowers, resting it on the dish. Care must to taken to keep the shade well under water, as, when the bouquet is completed, the shade must

be quite full of water, to the exclusion of all air. Lift the whole thing out of the water, slowly and with care; dry the dish and place it on the table. It is unnecessary to say that it will be very heavy. The effect is beautiful, as the flowers appear magnified, through thuwater,- and a sparkling silvery eflect is given to the leaves. This bouquet will last for two or three days as it is, and by changing the water for much longer. 1 must not omit to mention that in removing the shade it must be placed underneath the water, and care must be taken to do this gradually or the glass may crack and break. Even if the flowers have a withered look when seen without the water they appear fresh again when the water is re-, newed. A bouquet in this way renovated has been known to last a month. Lycopodium looks very well with the flowers, so do any scraps of fern. If other flowers are not forthcoming, holly and laurustinus, with the leaves stripped off, are most effective. Adding a wreath of real fresh flowers or moss around the edge of the dish outside enhances the beauty and makes a tasteful centerpiece. This can be done with a real wreath or by filling the small glasstroughs fprmiing wcufcle. Very small water bouquets can be made with finger glasses, and pink ones have a pretty effect These ornaments are cheerful looking on a breakfast table. Table decorations can bo arranged with various kinds of leaves, a few flowers and pieces of soft cotton wool put in, with a preparation called •• frost” sprinkled thickly on. The cotton wool should only peep out from among the leaves as a sort of snow foundation. Gum must first be applied4o the leaves, etc., or the “frost” will notremain. This, it,tastefully arranged, looks well for lighted supper or dinner tables when flowerS are scared. Autumn leaves, with their rich tints, especially the beech and chestnut, look particularly pleasing. Well matched ones should hide the edge of the glass and fall on to the table.— London Queen.

Factory Facts.

Clone conflnemont, careful attention to Ml factory work, gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetite, languid, nil** table feeling*, poor blood, iuaciive liver, kldneva and urinary trouble*, ahd the phjr*t«teet«‘asi4. modiolus. In the wprgl cannot help tn* tu unless they get out door* or Hop Bitter*, mkdS of the parent and beat of remedies, and especially tor inch case#, having abundance of health, sunshine and rosy cheeks In them. None need suffer If they will uaothem freely. They ooat but a trifle. Bea another column.

‘ 'i— Honeysuckle* may to tot out in the spring in tods of good soil, and a trellis should be provided for them to to trained to. Climbing rosea should to trained to a pole, pillar or a trellis, and should to out back or pruned each spring so as to throw out a good growth of new wood from the bottom upward upon which tho flowers will to borne.

Important to Farmers.

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Not Deserving of Pity.

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