Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 March 1888 — Page 8

WOMAN AND II03IE.

A MIDDLE AGED WIFE'S PATHETIC, UNEQUAL STRUGGLE. 1

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Keeping U| Appeatance* W*rniB|

Against Face Powder*—Social America In 1850—Kconomy—A Girl's Education. I. The Nijjhtcap—Houebold Ilint*.

Most finely organized women are so susceptible to the quality of tb« moral atmosphere that their very personality alters with their conditions. They are eloquent in one presence and dumb in another, quite irrespective of their likings or disli kings. In the warmth of sympathy, of interest and approval, even in the comfortable medium of a decent civility,

they

flower oat into variety

and a gracious agreeableness. In the chill of indifference or a tolerant silence, their mental powers shrink into torpor they have nothing to say. and if, from a sense of loyalty to the domestic idea, they try to make talk, they are tacitly informed that they succeed in being tiresome.

No unequal struggle is more courageous or more pathetic than the effort of a middle aged wife to conceal from herself that the debonair lover of her prime, her Gratiano, so Cay, so airy, speaking his infinite deal of nothing, is converted into the silent boor of her meridian. The tenderer and more conscientious the woman, the more ready is tble to excuse, but the more she suffers. When Gratiano comes borne at night with heavy step and heavier countenance, bidding lier a scant good evening, sitting silent through dinner, and, by way of post-prandial entertainment, falling asleep in his chair, burying himself in the magazines or spreading out Ids business papers and working at them with a conscious "See bow I am ready to slave myself to death for you!" in every flirt of the pen, she says to herself (and to the world, where be needs defense) that he is worn out with work and anxiety, that he is absorbed in the pious task of providing for tier future and the children's, in case he should fall a martyr to his domestio devotion, and that she must not mind his morosettem, which is simply nervous exhaustion for which be is not responsible.

But she is not deceived. She knows that lie owes her something more and higher than the "heaping up dust from year to year." She knows that the evenings and Sundays and the holidays ought to belong to them together, to be used in the building up of the borne, which is so much more than the house. She knows that no matter how hard he may have worked, and how much he may have worried, ho has met pleasant experiences, seen pleasant faces, bad some variety of feeling in every day's round to relieve its monotony, and leave him fresher than any twilight hour finds her. The difference is that be makes of his weariness a fortress, intrenched behind which he may comfortably and safely defy all conjugal and social claims, while she turns her fatiguu into a means of grace, reproves herself for self indulgence in longing to yield to it, and goes out to do the social duty that cannot be shirked, or sits reading or working in the room with her oppressor, infinitely lonely in either case..

It is right that a man should secure a competence for wife and child, who without him might eat the bitter bread of poverty. But if he cheats their present of all that makes it worth having, for the sake of a future that may never come, ho is guilty of a folly that Is cruelty. They are dependent on him for their daily Joy as much as for their daily bread. To supply the one, he has no ri^tt to pretend to himself that he may stint the other. The police reports of wife beatings and wife tormentings are too horrible to be lead. But that brutality, born of thoughtlessness and selfishness, which deprives the wife of the moral oxygen that is her right, which keeps her in the devitalised air of indifference, is a greater wrong, because the •ictlm is more «msitive and the tyrant more aallghteued.—Harper's Batar. ii »ff'-f 4 .Keeping Op Appearances*

Some hypocrisy there may be in keeping «p appearand**. The last sacrifices maybe made keep up the parlor with a show of well doing, white the kitchen tnay be a pig pen. tasteful, rather expensive, cloak or sown amy hide unclean and tattered clothing beneath. An improvident family man* •gee to maintain a carriage with some show hefor* the cniutnimity, while the debts of the family would more than sat up its posw •Ions if souie way were dot devised to evade the sheriff. Grocers and other merchants •re laid under contribution to help maintain families beyond their actual means. The man who piles up firewood will take pains to place the sticks with the sawed edges oatWard, that the front surface of the pile may •ppear well. And so it goes throughout Ufa

This may all be hypocrisy, in great or small degree but, after all, it means something 'deeper. People do not love to be hypocrites, wnlees we exeept the few Uriah Heeps. There )s no amusement in deceiving anybody but yourself for the sake of deobit alone. Be*

Death all this are more ultimate actuating motive*. Respectability is aimed at, because it Is* good thing well doing is assumed because it is desirable. The handsomest garment to placed in sight because beauty is one of the great additions to modern life. "Assome a virtue if you have it not," said Hamlet. So, in our age, when well doing is not an!versal, when elegance and beauty and luxury are not common to all, their ownership is pretended and they will continue to be assumed until that day when we shall all give up the pursuit of ideals, or be honestly satisfied with our efforts to attain them.— Good Housekeeping.

Peaay Wisdom and Pound Feoltshaeee. Economy only ceases to be admirable wbsa It goes too far and verges on stinginess, and then it is very apt to defeat its own desirsa. The boarding house keeper who doles oat two towels and two napkins a week spends mors than she economises. The linen losos mors by the hard scrubbing tt must unrtatw to be made dean than is saved in brandty work by ths reduction of the number of

Common Is tin measure by which woDomy be conducted. The guarding tf'*•* mi!1« esary wear and tsar, ths mending of tim holes and worn places as toon ss they are |«reeptlble, the stitch in time that nxrm nine, the changing about of rugs that they may wear evenly, the making over of ehi clothes, the skillful disposition of noaants, the watching for such little leaks as the throwing away of soup stock or the negIsct to sift the ashes—all this attention to apparent trivialities only becomes misplaced vbonit withdraws the mind from higher obJscta, and binds it down to a mechanical round that* leaves room for nothing fastt petty detail* Economy must appear In net wasting narre fort* and brain tissue for Inadequate catne as well as in the avoidance of material extravaganca—C3uicth*s Tsrhune Harriett tnHarper*Basar.

trarwia* Against ffcse Pewter*. Use no face powders that an not stsseh or .*!*• powd***. and moond, «m no fees pom •^fcsrs thiafJrtaia lead, tine, bismuth,

Oftbsi

"beauty masks," "complexion balms," "medicated pastes," blooms of youth, beauty or loveliness, "Lola Montez secrets," not one is good in any respect. The very best is without value. From this they range down to the depths of injurious and ghoulish action. The best consist of an oil, fat or glycerine, with some perfume and a trifle of gum benzoin, camphor or other drying sobstances, These are simply nasty. Their action is the same as of lard or butter smeared thickly over the face of the user. The rest are dangerous as well as disgusting. They contain the same ingredients as the face powders denounced and are even more pernicious in their action. I^ad colic, lead paralysis, mercurial ulcers, arsenic sores, boils, carbuncles, abscesses, putrid glands, salivation, sudden baldness and even more serious ills can be traced to their use, and will invariably accompany that use as long as the human body remains ss it Is today.

Of the rouge preparations, those made from cochineal and madder are harmless. All others are bad, very bad, and horrible. The "eon de vinfcigre," "rouge vinaigre," "camphor wine," "red pepper wash," "capsicum elixir" and the like, which depend for their effect upon irritating the nerve corpuscles, are unobjectional to the physician and chemist. The new preparations, which are Bohitirpre of aniline and other ooal tar colors, are poisonous and should be prohibited by law.—American Analyst.

Social America In 18BO.

i*he furniture, of city houses especially, often costly enough, was almost without exception dreadfuL The carpets, of enormous patterns and discordant colors and the furniture of excessively varnished rosewood, or some like material, and always in "sets," were things to shudder at The costumes of the women were in keeping with the houses. Mot only did the ladies wear long trousers of some white material, that came so low that it was Impossible for the wearers to walk without getting them in dust or mire, but the smallest girl child was rigged out in the same preposterous garments, it being thoughtfully immoral for a tot of 6 to expose her ankles.

The ladies' boots, made usually of cloth, were heelless, laced at the side, and came not quite to the ankle bone while the one button gloves left the wrist entirely bare. The nearer the female forehead reached to the back of the head the lovelier, many even shaving the central portion to enhance their "beauty." Any hair that was golden or yellow was thought almost a deformity, and a girl with sunny tresses was looked upon as hideous, was taunted asa "red head," and generally used a lead comb or some wash to-make her golden tresses conform as nearly as possible to the prevailing standard.

All women plastered their hair in a hard, fiattight to the skull, with bandoline or some other mucilaginous substance, as low down as the ears, and then had it twisted in stiff, wire like spirals, or puffed out like blinders.—Boston Herald. ..

Nightcaps Injurious.

Nightcaps as an article of drees, except In antiquated farces and amateur theatricals, have gone out of fashion. Their universal use by our forefathers and foremothers may, perhaps, be safely attributed to the fact that in the good old times sleeping apartments were uncommonly draughty. Ill fitting window sashes, large chimneys and antediluvian doors let in so much air that there was very good reason for protecting the head from the consequences of too much ventilation. Nowadays the headgear appropriate for night use has become obsoluto, so that it will cause no painful shock when the public are informed by the voice of medical authority that the use of nightcaps is actually injurious. "A man," we are told, "might as well sleep in his boots as In a cap." We are not aware that even if a person did ooxnmit the former enormity any dreadful effects on his health would infallibly follow, whatever might be the results to his bed linen. Still, medical science is pretty safe In runnings tilt against nightcaps, for the simple reason that it is hardly anybody's interest to defend them.— London News. a-

A Girl's Education.

I think a girl's education begins in the cradle. Who can say how early she discerns what she has no speech to utter^-sees, for instanoe, whether the people around her are self controlled, patient and sweet, or the sad reverse) I wonder how many months old a girl must be before she would know whether or not she was treated capriciously—whether she was rfcfusM a thing when mamma was in one humor and granted the same thing when mamma, was in another humor. And do you think your little maid of 8 or 4 fails to' notioe what are your chief interests in life, whether you are most eager about your clothes or your books or your housekeeping? Does she not perceive whether the poor relation who comes to visit you is welcomed as warmly as is Mrs. Croesus, who drives to your door with her well appointed carriage! In short, though the little damsel has no power to reason, she has keen eyes to see, and your own attitude toward life and life's demands will be educating tor, whether you are aware of it or not, even from her cradle. —Louise Chandler Moulton In Chicago JournaJL".: -4 ,j,

WSr From Shoulder to FUHIW. "I wonder," writes a fashionable milliner, "whether the confirmed wearer of the conventional sleeveless ball dress ever reflects on the fact that arms which look white early in the evening get crimson with exercise! From the shoulder to the elbow is a most treacherouspart of a woman's arm. With heat it sometimes turns as crimson a* her cheeks. It is not beautiful then, particularly when she Is dressed In white. This only happens with plump beanties with a slender woman that part of the arm is generally much too thin. I am sure we most be a decaying nee, for except in rare cases dress is now a means of hiding defects rather than of setting off beauijr."-Londou World.

Woaaa as aa Csopleye.

When a woman asserts that she does exactly as much asa man, and does it just as well, that is bar slds of the case. Perhaps the employer, who knows just what the man does, and what the woman does, would be of a different opinkm. The trouble seems to be in this, that a woman will do just what die hi expected to do, in the regular routine of bar employment, and do tt well, but that die not witling to be called on for extra services outside of her regular employment, whereas a man expects to dons he a told, whether it sgrses with his prseemsived notions of what his duties were to be or not —$*o Francisco Chronicle.

Grain Soap Wttlwsi

Bare is a grain soup without meat that is recommended. Fry in darided dripping, or In butter, soma carrots, turnips and onkna. which are cut in snail dfca, taking care not to burn them. To two heaping tablawoonfuhr of the butter Or dripping sad each Mad tf

Hit shim allow a scant qnart of boiling f*ifrr.iri Iwspinf tstihaf nfrnf-il trif ties and bench of sweat barb*. Boil all ths ingredtaats ttgethor Wr aft hour sad a half, then add salt and psppsr to tests, skim off the flu, add toasted brsad oat iadios and ssrra fbfc

THREE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

may bs made with vermicelli Instead of rico, —"InvalidOwn,Bopk.^

Recipe for Snaps.

This is an excellent recipe for ginger snaps, tim "snappishnees" being produced by boding the molasses and then allowing it to codL Snape—Boil one pint of molasses, and when it has cooled to about milk warm beat into it one egg and one teacup of butter and lard, mixed and melted, and two tablespoonfuls of ginger. Work in floor enough to make tt roll easily, with one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a spoonful of warm water. Boll very thin and bake quickly. Remove from pan carefully. When cold they will snap.— Cor. Atlanta Constitution.

Now that the gardening season Is approaching, you will do well to remember that an old can with a small hole punched in the bottom and sunk in the earth beside your pet plant, if filled daily with water and weekly with liquid manure, will help it to a wonderful and delightful growth.

Three Russian women, graduates o£ medicine, have established a hospital for diseases of women at Koschan, Persia. ment has proved completely suoceesl They are reported to have been consulted J/500 patients in the last ten months.

If you would keep your unwrinkled, use tepid water cold water is injurious. Also avoid burying the face in a soft pillow at night, which always produces wrinkles around the eyas.

Basements should never be constructed without an air space between the floor and the earth. If this floor i& laid directly on the ground tt is sura to be damjx Sub-cellars far this reason alone are verydhsbabla,

Type rubbing Is one of the best paying Industries for woman. The work consists of rubbing the type after it is cast and to the pototj poliBhlng, which la dggg by

1Kb Is Urn bttrt

reoommended as the best means of attaining the Irishman's "middle extreme," wherein a woman is neither too fat nor too lean.

A slice of raw onion well rubbed over the roots of the hair upon going to bed Is one of the very best things for any unwholesome condition of it.

Women desiring to enter the London Soci ety of Lady Dressmakers have to furnish testimonials at their "social position" as well as of character.

The air of a sick chamber should always be kept so fresh that there will be no perceptible difference upon coming into it from the outer air.

It rests with our own hearts whether the four walls of a cottage shall not enshrine as much of bliss as the gorgeous preempts of a palace.

Rubbing the scalp for ten minutes every day with the tips of the fingers is both apreventive and remedy of baldness.

Put meat into a hot oven to roasts If the meat and oven get hot together the meat will be tough and the gravy gray.

There is oiie instrument that no 'clever

'wo

man ever learned to play on, and that is a second fiddle.—Uncle Esek.

To remove black grease stains from clothing use cold water and soap. Hot water sets the stain. -r

Some of the women of Paris nave formed a league for the suppression of impure literature. ___________

Don't allow ashes to be put in a wooden box or barrel. Always have an iron ash ca^.

DiVorcfes Ivtwld be unknowid if there iifill as mnca courting after marriage as before.

An old man in love ^s as helpless asabUnd kitten. ...

now

,CJ3

Sift flour just before you wish to use it,

She Saw the Point.

"That lady," said a Woodward avenue merchant, pointing to ft woman Who had traded about $12 wb$hin ten mfamteaagd was going out, "oied to be one of my yrotst callers. Shfe'd e&me'in isIAoifc daflyV Mother four or five clerks for two ht6*|Lahd go out: withoutbuying a "fiow did you cure herf**5 ."Well,! spoke to herinanoff handway ohe day, aadvhe flred up and said that as long as I kept clerics it was my business to be bothered. Next day selected ten of the girl clerks, posted *em as to wtiat to fiay, and they rung fibr do# tell 0 Intervals & ah hour all day and Inquired if BBE wanted a nurse glrL 8he didnt, and told them so pleasantly enough until the tenth one came. Then she said: "'I'd like to know why on earth all you girls come here bothering me when 1 don't want to bireT 'Because, ma'am, so long as yon keep servants it is your business to be bothered 1' was the prompt reply. "1 think she reasoned out the analogy, for She

sits down and buys what she wants

and every clerk likes to wait on her."—Detroit Free Press.

A Pretty Girl's Eyes.

Although nonsens* may be common In ultra fashionable circles, it is nevertheless often unique. At a recent reception one fair maideu remained persistently se*ed while the other girls walked about a greBdeal and struck pretty posse while in cxversation with tim gentlemen. Somebody^ked why this attractive creature chair. "Because she doesn't feel like was the reply. "Oh. then she to lame." "No, no. Sbe has upward eye*1 "And what arc they I" "Why, she has discovered am exceedingly handsome when and looked down into, but when tHa observer is on a isvei with them they are not half so charming. It seems to be a peculiarity of her orbs. So she sits down all tim white when on exhibition, so that the fellows as they stand before her in eocversatio**

her eyes

gass down into ber face, and in so doing encounter her eyes at their best."—New York

The Ottfeetlea Easily Obviated. A gentleman, of fastidious habits was lunching at his restaurant the other day, when a strangsr came in and sat down at the aametabt*

While eating the slim meal he ordered, the stranger looked across at his mU dresssrt rlsa vis and remarked: "I sse you have bad celery wffl you oblige me with ten oeute to pay for soms ceiecy, sirl" «*I dont know why I should payf or ushny fte you, sir," answend thegentlsman haughtily *yo« art a perfect stranger to ma* "AUow meto Introduce myself," LhswfeBy napoidsd the ethatw prassafting tara "Wow, sir, shall I ocdsr the oslery, or «fll

got it—Deferott

Wrm Press.

WEAT SHAIL WE WEAR?

ENGLISH FASHIONS WHICH SUGGEST NOVELTIES FOR WEDDINGS.

Engagement and Wedding Rings An Illustrated Description of the New Basket Plaits of Hair That Have Appeared in

One of the Low Coiffures. In the accompanying illustration is shown the new basket plaits wound in a low coil at the back of the bead and falling quite below the nape of the neck. This is a new fashion which is being affected more or less by young Englishwomen and Parisians. It is only one of the several styles indulged in by ladies who incline to dress the hair low. Another TSngiigh style, which, by the way, is gaining patronage with American women, is the one in which the hair is all drawn together low at the nape of the neck, and there coiled into a knot, which is pulled out loose and flat.

JIXW BASKKT PLAITS.

The increased favor shown to low coiffures, does not, in the least, argue that high coiffures are out of fashion both are considered correct, It being only a matter of taste which is selected. A very attractive style of dressing the hair consists in the wearing of three fancy combs, bent and small, placed either singly in the hair, or

cloee

diadem.

togethef like a

Suggestions for Easter Weddings.. In these days when both men and women follow closely so many English styles, it may not come amiss to tell our readers of some of the fashions that prevail et English weddings, and which suggest pleasing changes from old time customs.

The dresses of the pages, when there are any at weddings, are usually in the same color as those of the bridemaids. In our cut is. represented a George III costume of golden brown plush with white figured satin waistcoat. Jabot of old lace fastened with a pearl pin, white ring aad pigtail, gold kneebuckles, brown silk stockings, and shoes with buckles, as worn at a recent English wedding in high life. ,00 At a fashionable

the two

pAgas carried silver

?Jtt(B*frtedsd gticks (presented by the

vbrideVwith

flowers

to them by rib

bons. At another

'0 nfWf dji gjold StfMaded walking

GBOBOKra.' sticks were pre-

Welj^West ^Bfegs/or fcricfemaftlr&re the floral dippers, which hang from the left arm by ribbon loops,, and J""®

fiUed witb r6al

flowBES, put into moss and fixed by wire. There are two or three sixes, according to the age of the recipients, and the color corresponds with the oostum* Sometimes the monogram of bride and bridegroom, or a nameis worked in gold or silver across the toe, but usually the dipper is merely an ordinary high heeled satin one. A spray of fern or some delicate climber falls over each side, a tin is fitted inside. They can be

When the bridegroom baa a floral name, such as ROM, Heath, etc., the bride's posy hAs that flower in it and a quaint idea of late been to mount a very tiny white satin slipper (for good luck, as dippers are thrown after the departing couple for that purpose) on wire, and place it in the center. At the wedding of a Mr. Rice recently there were three little slippers put in among the flowers, each one being filled with rice.

The wide ribbon bouquets which now adorn brides and bridemaids are often drawn together at the ends and finished off with tassels of pearls or silver tlnseL

Engagement and Wedding Blags. The engagement ring is no longer confined to a solitaire diamond, but may be any colored gem preferred by the bride-elect, associated with diamonds somewhat smaller in size.

The wedding ring, as a rule, is a band, plain and Inconspicuous, of pure gold. It is quite the fashion now for the lady to present her fiance with a betrothal ring. The ring just now in favor for this purpose is a gold one, with a single stone set flush.

... Fa*hira Note*. English walking hats are more elaborately trimmed were those worn during the winter.

Large plaids have appeared in both wool and wash dress goods for little girls. Braided gowns and jackets continue in fashion. leather fans are much carried with evening toiletSL.

Widows wear Byron collars and outside of white muslin, with hem stitched borders.

The tournure is decreasing tn sin as the Mason advances.

What Dyaaaptte Is Liks. may be a matter of news to some of our readers that the much talked aboutdynamite explosive, is in appearance much like moist farowu sugar. Nltro-gjyoerine, which is formed by the action of nitric add upon glycerine, at a low temperature, explains Golden Days, is the active agent in dynamite, but is mixed with some alsnrhent sabtfance to render it safer to handle than the liquid glycerine. The absorbent material thus used S, a stocks earth-e fine white powder composed of the remains of infusoria, and re--Kw-ff powdsrsd chalk. TWs takes up two or thrse times it weight of the nitroglycerine without beoomii^p«^^and-the

SS^SSe^oons being used to avotd dangeroos friction. When fire is spplisd to fM»me^itburnswttha strong flame, with* Mt «ay but when ignited by a ma by a—"

TP CANARY BIRD.

THE GRAY, THE YELLOW, THE WHITE, BLACKISH AND CHESTNUT.

How to Choose

Sweet Singer

of the

Fortunate Isles-—Home Breeding aad Feeding of the Blrdlings—Raising the Young by Hand*

Among the different tribes of song birds the canary has long been established as the favorite, its melodious song, beautiful plumage and domestio habits having won for it a place in every household, and gained for it the name of the "universal parlor bird." The Canary Islands are the most frequented haunts of the species. According to the observations of Adamson, L&billardie and others, the prevailing color of the bird in its wild state is gray or brown, mingled with other colors, but never reaching the brilliancy of plumage exhibited by the bird in captivity. The Introduction of the canary into Europe Is stated by some to have taken place in the Fourteenth century, but Bechstein sets it down as the beginning of the Sixteenth.

The principal varieties are the gray, the yellow, the white, the blackish and the chestnut, and It is from their combination that we derive the numerous varieties known to breeders. Those canaries that have the upper part of the body of dusky green or linnet browpaad the under part the yellowish green of the green bird, with dark brown eyes, are the strongest, and most nearly resemble the primitive bird. The yellow and white often have red eyee, and are the most tender. The chestnuts are the most common, and hold a middle rank for strength and length of between the two extremes. As the plumage of the intermediate varieties is a mixture of the principal colors enumerated, their value depends on the pretty and regular manner in which they are marked. It seems to be admitted by competent authorities that the caqary most admired among fanciers Is the one with the body white or yellow the head —particularly if crested—wings and tail yellowish dun. The second in degree is of a golden yellow, with the head, wings and tail black, or at least dusky gray. Next follow the gray or blackish, with a yellow head and collar,..and ihe yellow, with a blackish or green tuft, which is very much valued. Those that are irregularly spotted, speckled or variegated are much less sought after th*n theothera, and are used to pair with those of one color, such as whits, yellow gray or gray brown.

The canary breeds freely with allied species of birds, and many, hybrids are recognized by breeders, among them being the following: Mules bred from the hen canary and a goldfinch, male siskin, greenbird or citrilfinch, ss well as those bred from a hen canary and a linnet or bullfinch. Besides those chaffinches, yellow hammers and other birds have been tried, but have not proved successful. In all recorded instances where mules have been bred the canary has always been the mother, the reason being that a femkle of the other species oould not be induced to lay her eggs in an artificial nest as the canary does. In order to obtain bright and good plumage, thosev birds whose colors are clear and whose spots are well defined should be placed together. A brownish gray or greenish bird paired with one of a lively yeUow color of ten produces young of a dim white and other admired colors.

An eminent authority, in speaking of the choice of a bird, says "Sacrifice color to accomplishments you will never repent it. Nature seldom gives us rare beauty and great accomplishments united." Canaries seldom show a sulkiness of disposition, and experience goes to show that this amiability of disposition is quite characteristic of this, bird of the Fortunate Isles, whose nature appears to boat sunny and genial as the dime, from whicii it originally" came. Although' the canary, as a domesticated bird, is thei easiest of all others to take care of and his treatment the most simple, there are many persons whose ideas on this subject are very limited.

As to their food, the more simple and natural has been always found to be the most productive of good health and cheerfulness while, on the other hand, mixtures, introduced by many, such as hemp, oatmeal, oats, sugar, sweet cake, biscuit and such like, so far from being wholesome are injurious.. The main point is to obtain pure and fresh seed for them. Rape seed, When old or kept too long in a damp place, becomes musty, gets a bitter taste and wont agree at all with birda. The canary seed must be clean and of a glossy hue, feel heavy, to be free from musty smell and have a sweet taste.

Persons keeping canaries for their singing should keep them in cages of about afoot in diameter, either round or square, as in a large osge they will not sing so well, having too much room to fly about and amuse themselves, which, In a great degree, takes away their attention from singing. It is not necessary to keep theee birds In a very warm room in the winter season, as they ean endure a great deal of cold without injury, but they should be kept in as equal a temperature as possible.

A short time before the birds are put to breed they should be fed with higher food, such as hard boiled egg, chopped up fine, white and yolk together, exclusive of their general seed.

Good birds, when put together, will generally mate within a week, which Is easily known by their attention to each other. After mating they commence building the nest, and in about a week the hen begins to lay from two to six egg*, one each day in succession, on which she will sit thirteen days, when ths young ones will come out, ons after the other. It Is wrong to take the egg* from under her while she Is laying, for the porpoee of batching them at one time It is best to let naturs have Its way in this casei

As soon as the little ones are hatched they may be fed, beside their general sssd, with egg boiled hard, chopped up fine and an equal quantity of grated cracker, mixed together with the egg and boiled milk into a paste. This food must be given to them fresh three or four times a day, for the old birds will be

inclined to feed the young when fresh food Is handed than. An extra cop should be hunHftd them containing soaked raps seed.

It is sometimes necessary to bring up young cansriee by hand, and then a paste should be

made

of stale bread or biscuit, pounded very fri*, rape seed wall bruised, a little of the boiled yolk of sn egg and some water. They should be fed with a quill cut into the shape of a spoon, and should not hove lees than tea er twelve meals a day, foer beakfuls oonstla meaL "On the thirteenth day," says Bechstein, A great German authority, "they will begin to feed themselves, and in four weeks they may be removed to other cagsa. Care should be however, to supply them for noma time with the paste Jlsocribed, together with fha food of full grown birds, as a suddeo in the supply «f the former bat frequently known to occasion death, if the nestling is deprived of tt molting.—New Tee* Hews,

It cellarhaaadamp awsll and rnnnwt ba thoroughly ventilated, a few trays of ooal set around on the fltor, shelves 4*4 MffHwffiaaal»fl»afej^aa4ffs*.^

This is the way a

l*+

When Spring Comes,

bono and a poor blanket

look at the end of winter Why is it that of two horse p"? blankets which look and feel equally well one won't wear at all, and the other wears well?

This Trade- Mark^ shows why.

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Horse Blankets whlch&re strong4 and have4a reputation are always'#imitated in poor qualities which. look like them, but having fewer?-5'' warp threads are not as strong. 5

Some dealers buy these poor imitations for a few cents less andjM by saying they are "just as good/* sell them at the same price as the5 strong blankets to parties who do not know the difference.s

You cannot tell whether horse*' blankets are strong by the look or feel, as the warp threads do» not show on the face. How then* are you to know?

Inorderthat youcantellastrong* blanket from a weak one,the man"-|^ facturer of 5^ Horse Blankets sews the above 54 Trade Mark* inside of each blanket. This is ftr guarantee that it is the strongest blanket made for the money andi will wear well.

Many poor imitations have beeni sold as 54 blankets. Remember^, none are genuine unless the?-^ 54 Trade Mark is sewed inside.

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