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THE NEW IEJMJ. BY OZIAS M IDS UMM ER. Sally had a brand-t ew I eivi With perfume like the roses fair, And everywhere he chanced to go, You'd think the air was posies there. He went with her to seo her pa Delighted as adventurer, When struck a snag into his .jaw. Upsetting his nomenclature. Then Sally pulled his jaws apart. And put. a kiss betwe n them, where It tore a fragment from his heart And dropped him on a sofa-chair. There on its yielding cushioned seat He seemed resigned to heave the ghost. When Sally said, “unshoe Ins feet.,” “’Twill do him good his shins to toast." One shoe released, his walking gear. When “whew,” the richness of perfumes, The rarest posies all were there. The roses and the chrysanthemums, The other shoe set free ils store, When quit the father on the spot. But Sully stuck and hung and bore Until the feet were getting hot. Then mother reached there, turned him out, And drove him down the alley, Where lingered he some time about And waited patiently Sally. What makes the man love Sally so? The eager children shouted then. When mother said, “her love, you know," “He's not much worse than other mon." Chicago, 111. JANET LEE OR In the Shadow of the Gallows. BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST CLEW. The sailor sauntered slowly away from the Globe Inn, like a man who had ample time at his disposal. "So this is Salem,” he said to himself, i *lfs more like Turkey, where a crooked look brings a bastinado, and a word cuts your head off. If this is what the new world comes to in a generation or two. it’s best we find no more. The old is kinder to us.” He was walking directly toward the old meeting house, when a pelt—a pretty piece of fur hanging at a do - —attracted him, when who should pass th t way but Arthur Proctor. He was in i hurry, but ' the moment he saw the sailor he stopped and held out a hand cordially, which w as warmly grasped. ood-morning, Mr. " ones,” said the sailor; ‘‘l need not ask how the morning tinds you, Mr. Proc- j tor. ” “It’s lucky I met you, for I have a wor 1 for you in private. ” "That is the very thought in my mind,” j said Arthur Proctor. “Why, then, we need not be long in i coming to business," said the sailor. “Where can we be alone?” “I live hatd by—a few steps more, i This is mt lodging place. We can be i alone here for awhile." As he spoke Arthur Proctor led the sailor into the house and passed up-stairs into an upper room wh re a bed, » chair and a trunk comprised the sole appointments. Proctor sat down on the ttiiuk and pointed to a chair. "This is going to a great deal of trouble ■ for nothing, maybe,” said the sailor: "but ' I'll make bold to speak to you, now we j are alone.” “Whatever you say will go no farther,” said Proctor. “If I did not feel sure of that I’d not be here.” He pond red, looking at the floor, while I , Proctor waited his pleasure. At last the i sailor looked up. “What was the story about the murder ' , of the innkeeper’s son?" “You mean Daniel Meade’s son?” The sailor nodded. “Why, that was altogether a bad business. The young fellow was fearful of j his father. He had quarreled—it was but a trifling matter at the worst—and not knowing but the authorities might inquire into it, when he came home he was afraid j to be seen save by his parents for a ( time. Then a traveler—a sailor, like , yourself—lodged overnight in the inn, j and, slee ing in the same room with the i ( son, was bent on robbing the inn. There ; , are some think there was n quarrel. The ‘ innkeeper and his wife aver the man was trying to rob them, when the son awoke, and in making his escape the robber shot ‘ ithe son and killed him. ’ "Humph! That might be. too.” 'You seem to doubt it. Have you any reason to question the parents’ state- ’ ment?” "Far from it. If the boy was shot and j the lodger ran away, and all pointed as j 1 you say, why, that ends it.” “That is the story commonly believed.” Arthur Proctor looked nt the sailor in- : quiriugly. The sailor seemingly had dis- 1 missed the subject from his mind. He ' turned abruptly to Proctor. “Think you Martin Lee is hereabouts?” . “That I cannot tell,” said Proctor, cautiously. “It would be strange if he were 1 here and I not hear of it.” "You know the Lees well, then?” Arthur Proctor’s cheeks reddened. The sailor, observing his rising co.or, added j 1 quickly. ■ 1 * “Pardon me. I meant much less than j you have taken out of my question. I have no right tomeadle in others' affairs, i but seeing what I see, if the wind blows • 1 as your looks lead me to think. I'm I pleased I chanced upon you. I would do } । Martin Lee a good turn before I go to Boston.” “I do not understand." “That is what 1 must explain fully. You see, it’s like this: Martin Lee don’t 1 know lam living. He thinks it best to ' keep out of harm’s wav since we fought last. ’Twas all rum at the bottom—all rum. I’ll tell you the whole story.” The sailor crossed his legs, drew a long breath, and moving his head very slowly irom side to side continued: "Martin Lee and me sailed together in the same ship. It happened so by accident. Anyhow we were m the same so - castle. The last time it happened we hadn’t met for years. He was given up for lost—years. And be was, too, but he found himself as I may say. Well—to make my story short, last time we sailed was on the ship Eliza. The ship Eliza took him from a Portuguese ship, where he was helped off a wreck somewhere. So being old mates, we were mighty glad to see each other. He had some rare things—very rare things to show me. I have a specimen in my purse. Mayhap you might guess what it is.” The sailor produced his purse and drew from the bottom of it a piece of fine leather, which he unrolled carefully, exposing to view a curious-looking stone, one side of which sparkled as he passed it to Proctor, wiio turned it over in his palm indifferently and returned it. “I never saw such a thing before.” “Nor I. But I shouldn’t wonder if it would bring a hundred pound or more.” “Is it a diamond?” demanded Proctor eagerly.

"That's what Martin gave it omo for —and I never knew him to tell me a lie. He gave it to me as a keepsake to buy my- | self a present with, ho said. You see— j when we got ashore—safe and sound both of us, and the ship at the bottom, mid ninny a brave fellow with her —we were main glad. That was nature. Well, we turned to, and called for the best that was going. That was nature, too Think what ■ we had come through since we had parted. Well, ’twas selfish like for me to go ’ alone at it, so I hid a friend, aud he found a mate, and we mnde a day of it and a night, and another day atop ot that, and another night. And then wc had as much company as ‘ Jack ' ever has till his pocket’s empty. Whether it was planned or accident or the devil put it in : us, the frolic broke up .in a tight. Ibe i an ugly customer with my best friends, they say, when I'm drunk. Martin Lee ami me fought, and somebody - ’twas never Martin—cut me with a knife. I was done for then, aud when 1 came to nobody knew aught of Martin Lee. Now, seeing how ’twas, 'twas clear to me he I would be caught aud hinged if I died. When, as I say and will maintain, 'twas all my fault, an' Martin Lee is in hiding for a thing he need n >t be ashamed of. I have come to set his mind at rest. I’m main sorry it happened with my old mate—the best friend I ever-sailed with. So, if you are intimate with John Lee, and can help mo get his good will, we must tell Martin Lee there’s no longer use for his hiding.” “There is ten times—a thousand times —more reasons he should conceal himself now than there were before. I have u plan,” said Arthur Proctor. He produced a purse and held it toward the sailor. “Was not this in my hand when Daniel Meade was taken with a fit?” “I dare say such ns liked could s>e it.” Arthur Proctor reflected. Tom Jones regarded him with a speculative eye “There is more in this than appears on ! the face of it. The landlord was like ' himself until he fell in a tit.” “That is for you to say—l must say II thought him out of sorts from th • mo- i ment I set eves or. him. 1 saw him look over another's shoulder at thia purse, and then he gave a loud cry. as you heard.' “Aye—wo nil hear I him.” The sailor looked woudeiinglv at the young man, then frowned as he thought of liis ex| erienc • in the night. “Why should Daniel Mead) He upset nt the sight of a purse?” Arthur Proctor! asked himself the question, although he ; uttered it Ho was thinking less of the sailor than of circumstances which were j slowly shaping themselves in a connected ; manner in his mind. “Eh? Damned if I can m ike head or ! tail of it’” said the sailor. "If Martin Lee was really m Globe Inn when the murder was done, why don't the landlord and his wife set to and tnd him 7 If they i have any clues to work on, why don I ’ they make a cry about it?" That is what i am wondering at,” j Proctor answered. “Tell vou whit, mate, 'tis like they are biding their time to Npungcu him. What I think you?" "I was thinking." said Pronto:, like one awaking from a dre an, "how ve cm best get at the bottom of this business " "Mayhap I cun help you. I promised I'd say noihmg. but 1 am not sure I did light m promising. 1 east ways, there * no harm in telling you." Here the sailor related what befell him through the night. Ashe described the approach of the landlord of Globe luu to his bedside, and the thrust with the knife, the sudden appearance of Grizzle, and the returning consciousness of the landlord, Arthur Proctor listened spell- j bound. “This is n strange tale." he said, ns tie sailor concluded. “ lis the hand of i Providence." He was unconsciously ! forming in his mind a theory that was to 1 lead to startling results. “This is a deb- I eate —a very dangerous business for Mar- j tin Lee, for you and me, and the landlord j and Grizzle Meade, his wife, if we make any mistake. This is plainly a hanging ■ matter. ” “Tell me what I can do. You'll find me ready.” Arthur Proctor pondered long in silence, sighed deeply, and san “I have a plan. But List of ill. we must take my uncle into our confidence. I seo no wrong in that ' The day w >s well advanced when the<e three entered Globe Inn. Grizzle Meade looked sharply at th< m a- they seated themselves and called for wine, which they drank slowly, like men who relished it. They talked of the weather, of t ixes, the Indian wars, of everything But witchcraft, until the hmflloi i enter d. Gie callers were few. Om customer rode away from the inn, and a wagon approached, seeing winch tie landlord went out of doors, it did nit escape the eyes of the customers that the moment Daniel Meade 1• ft th di orway Griz zle . Meade re-entered, and stood looking out j after herhnsband. Then Proctor's uncle, Abner Bain, suddenly stooped and holding up a purse, the same that Procter had exposed the night before, said: "Daniel Meade had best look to his purse, or less honest people may find it, Mistress Meade.” At sight of the purse Grizzle Meade turned deadly pale, but she answered quickly: “ 'Tis not my husband’s, nor never was. I never saw it before. ” Abner Bain made no answer, but sipped his wine. The wagon, winch had stopped, rolled on. Grizzle withdrew, and Daniel Meade re-entered. As he entered Abner Bain spoke, holding out the purse “Hast ever seen a purse like this in the hands .of a customer?" Grizzle Meade peered in at the door as her husband looked it the purse. "I found it lying on the floor.” The landlord reached out a hand quickly, then as quickly withdrew it. " ’Tis not mine—found it, say you? On the floor? ’Tis the same as your friend carries. If it. be not Pro tor’s I know not whose it may be.” “And that be so, I may keep it until the owner calls for it." Daniel Meade made no reply, and soon afterward the three took their departure. “Did you see how pale she was?" said the sailor, whose eyes were keen, when they were on the road again. And I remarked how In- held out a hand —until he bethoughht himself,” said Abner Bam. "This purse," said Proctor, shaking it, "will help to hang thee, Daniel Meade.” CHAPTER XV. THE SHADOW OF THE OAUEiOWS. When they were alone Grizzle Meade looked at her husband. Daniel Meade returned her look with one of wonder. "Well, is there anything wrong?” Grizzle still stared at him in silence. Her anger was smoldering, and now her wrath found full tongue. “Do you want to hang us both? What did you do with the purse? Did I not charge you to let nobody see it? But you have had your own way —and it's taking us to the gallows. We may both prepare for the time that's coming, aud the rope. I feel it round my neck even now. This all comes, Daniel Meade, of your folly and wrong-headedness.” The landlord of Globe Inn mustered

up sufficient courage to uemmd an explanation. | “Tell me what I have done, Grizzle,” "Done!" Grizzle shrieked. "Did you not give entertainment just now to the mon who will hang you? Did not one of them show me a nurse and tell mo you dropped it the very purse I warned you to bury to put where morta nor could see it " “Who said 1 dropped it?" “Who? ’Twas one who is too keen for us, bo sure. 'Twas Arthur Proctor s i nelo, Abner Paine, n likely man, and well-to-do.” "And what said he, Grizz’e?" The landlord of Globa Inn rubbed his hands together nervously. Grizzle looked I at him with scorn in her face. I “ Tis little mutter what he said. He held the purse out to catch my eye, and said ’twas yours.” “And what answer did you make?” “I said ’twas never yours.” “What more—what more?” “Be sure I had my wits about mo, I I said twas not like any purse you ever had- 1 said I never looked on its like before." The landlord of Globe Inn clutched at a table near him, and steadied himself. "If we hang -Grizzle—'tis you your —tongue—hangs us?" “How? What mean you''” “I [ » Daniel Mondo gasped, and would have fallen, but Grizzle ran and poured him a glass of liquor, which he gulped down at a draught. “I see—l see it all now'" exclaimed Grizzle, wringing her hands, "oh. man—man! where were thy wits? Surely wo both shall hang for this folly!" “Yes we are done for now. Grizzle. We may as well confess and done with it.” “Confess' Never ' Grizzle Meade I straightened herself. "They may hang I mo make me confess, they never will.' i 'Tib not m their power!" “ 'Tib useless to deny it." “Ave crav u spirit that thou art! I There is nothing gained by fair. Everything is to be hope I Bv k' i ping up « ! stout Ir art, Though yon should confess ' ii thousand tinus lil deny it with mv ; last breath. You know me well. Mark : mv words! Leave this to me, and hereafter hold tin peace, since thou cws t 1 not mom! matters So saying, Grizzle Meade pointe I to m inner door, and the inn Hord of the Globe I Inn passed through it leaving her to ■ stand between him and the woiid he i dreaded. < n t ri i n \n nvn nKFCHK tuk judgks. of all the strange end striking scenes i witnessed in the Meeting lloiim m Salem I in those perilous diivs n< n ex, ited more j int< iest than th< examination of Janet 1 co. Ihe crowd that eat’.it- I inside and I outside tbi Meetmz House expressed I iima/eoient nt the self-po**- ssion sho displayed. Deputy iKirtrnor Thom is ■ Danforth, with a m miurrte on either i side of him, presided Uh pndimiiiar) remarks were brief. Thev were to the eili ct that tie pi iso' r. i• d her !:; :sds, M woll ns nil present, were fully i tvi»ed of the nature < the oflv -e with which she was charged. H was sufl cient to say she was cnn. god with witch r if’ When Gov, rum Dmfctth concluded, aud the Sheml told h»m't 1.. e to stand up. heads Were twismd and elvvntcd, evervbody stood On tip-toe to look at her. Janet r< turned their looks wi h a composnre that excited m :vou» ■ omim nt , i I here wa-, hows ver, I nt ■-•■nt iim-nt when her father and mother entered. Ai! sympathized with t'm m. Mio n (nnecair H inlorti'. ord>'id the wjti.oto in- , n||ed. p-rtict silence | Eusty to come forward. G tor<- 1 'rwhu t ( time to comply, John Lee ttxso, and tn a , loud, clear voice, asked "Who brings this ebat go i-pMuat my j daughtei'” " 1 hat will bo made ku wn in due a. a--1 son," one of the migi-trates replied, let ' the witness bosworn. ' A murmur aros as Ezra I vsty stepped forward. IB fore the Sheriff could admin oner the oath. Arthur Proctor asked "is it customary to proceed without bringing the accused and the accuser face to face?" Who i- that vonne mr ' Gov. i?n forth looked from one to the other, but no one answered, v hereupon Arthur Pro tor replied: “A friend of the a cased and a lover of justice. My name is Arthur Proctor.” "It w< re well so the a'fused yon held your peace," said Danforib severely. " 1 hose pro-ei dings must im guided by the necessities of the ca^es brought lufoie us. Let the witm-ss be sworn. Ezra, when duly sworn, trembled. His face flushed. The flush deepened whan he spoke m answer to the first question. "Ezra Easty, what do you know concerning this matter?” He looked at the floor as he replied: “I know 1 m l Janet Leeon Will's Hill last night. It was not so dark but I could hear her, and feel her when she struck me, and tore herself away from my grasp." “Did you speak to her?” “1 culled out and taxed her with coming there. Then I took hold of her and all at once I was tossed aside like a feather, and was alone.” "Why did you go to Will's Hill ” "As Ann Bigger can prove, I followed her to make sure whether she carried the bread ami milk sho took from her father’s house. Her mother said Ann and me stole them. 1 followed hor after prayers, as Ann Bigger will bear mo out, after we saw her take the cakes. "Janet Lee,” said Governor Danforth, "you have heard the witness. You have admitted the neckerchief ho took from the person he found on Will's Hill is yours. John Lee, have you anything to ask the witness?” John Lee shook his head. “Whatever I may have to say is. as well unsaid for the present. What would it profit us?” “1 think it would be woll to giie him time to make answer,” said Giles Ellis. "That is impossible,” answered one of the magistrates. “Wo cannot delay these proceeding. If nobody makes answer, we will take the testimony and puss on it after due consideration.” |TO BE CONTINUED. | In the trial of a case recently, in one of the English courts, a witness was asked to repeat a conversation that she had with her husband. Objection was made that the question should not be answered because the conversation was private in its nature. The Judge then asked the witness whether anybody except herself and husband were present. She replied that her mother and the husband’s mother were. Whereupon the Judge remarked : "It ajipears that both mothers-in-law were present; I shall therefore rule that the conversation was public.”-— The Law. There were 21,950,000 pies eaten in the city of New York last year. Now, if someone will tell us how many beans were consumed in Boston during 1889 we shall be ready to tackle the tariff question again.— J.rcola Record.

rj EAL TOPICS. INFORMATION FOR THE HUSBANDMAN AND HOUSEWIFE. I Some I'ract lcal SiißgestioiiM for Ilin Farmer, Slock-Breeder, Voulterer, Nurseryman, and llou-Akeepers. THE I I R I. ». l’r< tit able 1 « cd.iiff. If any branch of farming is to yield a i j profit there must be intelligent npplica--1 non of good sound common sense, and in no part of agricultural economy is 1 this more necessarv tunn in feeding I animals. Concentrated food, such as ?oru meal, cotton nnd linseed meal, tine feed, bran and other cereal products, «retoo expensive to be fed in u hap^z.ard way that may or may not I ring c?.e desired result! Ihe greatest source ' j of waste lies m the wide-spread misunderstanding on the part of farmers as to I the composition ot the various foods I 1 and their different effects utter feed- . j i u gflie mini who feeds corn menl to grow- । ing calvisand hiving hens is throwing iwny money, simply ! eenuso he is furI nishing costly food that is not needed, I while the sumo money spent lor oats, . bran.and middlings would have been i wisely expended. In the first place, w e I must find out what we want, whether I growth pure and simph . or growth with ■ lairy products, or simply milk aud but- i 1 ur. Then it i*i sur< b tne part of w indom J I lo find out whnt foods, from their com- , position, will most ecomieatly yield the 1 desired results. Then comes the question, how much of these is it profit able to teed. Speak- : mg with a neighbor recently regarding Hu enormous yields of butter which cer;aiti Jersey cow havegiv.n. I hoardaguin ;he common remark, t’h. yes, but those cows are ted high. Meil, 1 should not e surprised if they Were fed liberally, ■ »nd it strikm tr.< that it would be poor policy to feed i cow. capable of protncmg “t'> pounds of butter in a year, on grass and dry hay i.loce. Wo know die in Una ito be i miehiu for converting raw products into something better. Hid the more of the cheaper raw mutt rial it e»u turn into the finer product the better. ' The dmit only i.« rcuehe » with the inumai s ability to digest aud assimilate the food. The agricultural books ain't papers are well supplied with tables • hewing the percentile >( ill>umuioids, te., possessed lv the various animal fouda. I hone tai |v» are rarely read by ne average farmer, is thev ire unintelligible to him- A more highly npareciatml classiflcation would be into > r ent lu'ea ot ib sh-fonoiug elements l one, muscle, tissue an i fot-formiug Hemeiits. Ii whatever way they are irranged. however, the farmer must Bako himselt familiar with their comosition and ftbi ts if lie would feed ntelligaiitly and profitably, and be must •<•0 v.i ■ . : tuiit ’list eunuch toed to -.up . ort hfe brings no return. It is the Ui a tred beyomi tl < up to tile i oWs <r other antw.is capacity to digest it .1 it brings tin* profit A. > Du>>bcH, >i A eriean ( ti . How Mmh Potato The old discuss.on tn tiie quantity if se- i p.i! .to. >■ i,. I, d t ' plant all ’ »vr« is a s. cminsly iiit- rmnpiide aubjoct. The latest adilition to it is from the In- ! liana exp rimvntnl tsiation, w bicU f<*Und n . ;thel। st re- nit -;j. m plant in ; w hole' 14 it o< '. Ihe x . •t x pI < uted Was the • uiT auk. and onlv m irk- table potato • Ve: Used us s. ad. Ot these It reqlliw i I ; i. ■ nty bushels to plant an acre, while sith one eye in a hili Meven btreheln ' J mtßci d- The pot 4o< * were planted one i j oot apart in drills.tlie rows being three ' .i t apart. Ihe whole potatoes yielded Gl t uehels of market tide tubers and j 17 bush. Is of und» r-BIZe tubers. The ’ nngie eyes yielded I<W buahets of large ' .lotntm s and only twenty-nine ' usbels I iot markt table. After deducting need ’ here was a gain for the whole potatoes i )f 210 bushels over those planted with i jar eye, and of IJO bushels of marketI ible potatoes over those with two eyes I u a hill. It i.s quite evident that where whole ot iioes were planted, the lulls were ! aver-crowded. This is shown by the I arg" quantity of small tub.-! -. But it s equally cu rtain that of the eyes on fie whole pot to not mort' than half »rew, those moFt forward taking the niik of the substance oi the potato before the others -tarted. Wby not adopt j :he obvious logic of this . xperimeut by diluting w hole potatoes with all save wo or three of the .strongest buds dug •ut? In case the potatoes had sprouted j isidlv, as they are apt to do late m the . reason, the best bud or eye to grow must l aaturally be one that badnotyet started. : Bv digging out the others and turning i ill the potatoes to the development of hese lute eyes, they will be forced into nore vigorous growth,and make a larger nop than is possible from eyes whose ,’itality has been weakened by growing prematurely. The same result might bo attained with half the seed by cuttingthe potato in two pieces, digging out all save three )f the best eyes of each. Three eyes or even two will furnish plenty of Diulm for the potato crop. Smut times inder favorable conditions one eye will lend out. three or more stalks. Ln such eases, two or three eyes will give too nuch vine and too many unmarketable libers. It is not easy tor those unfaniliar with potato growing to judge what eyes are sure to produce strong ihoots". Varieties differ much, some laving the eyes very prominent, and ithers nearly as problic having the eyes lunken. Only practice m the field and nireiul observation can make potato planting a success. THE ,NT<H K HAM IS. Live Stock Notes. Feed the ewes if you want atrong healthy lambs. 1E you want your colts to hove good solid bone, sound joints and hoofs, give .hem oats and bran mixed every day while the mare is out at work; and a liberal bran mush given to the m.ire at noon will help her and the colt too. । Sawdust makes the cleanest litter for » horse, and it is ropellant of insects. . Flies will not abound so much in aclean stable bedded with fresh sawdust and if the sawdust is from pine it will repel fleas, which are often very troublesome to horses. A cotton sheet wrapped around the cow and tied under the fore-legs will be a secure protection against files dur- । mg the milking. A dark, clean stable, ; with a door of wire gauze is the best ■ place to milk in, and also to keep the cows during the middle of a hot day. Mixed feed is most useful for all ani--1 mals. We may judge how it is by our , own tastes and appetites. No single I food alone except milk contains all the I elements of nutrition. The successful ■ feeder must then possess a knowledge of the character of foods and good judgei

ment to select t!U x-hcupest and best ot ' them. Nothing is more refreshing to a tired । horse coming in from work than a bath. It cools and cleans the skin, and the reaction is in every way healthful. If a brook is to bo crossed the horse may be led into it and sponged all over quickly, ! and on reaching the stable rubbed dry and well brushed. 'This done in the evening will give the animal a brisk appetitefor food and a comfortable night’s rest, if he is put into a clean stall with a good bed of sawdust. A variety oi foods is necessary for complete digestion. A noted physician has stated as the result of his experience i that a dyspeptic person never regained vigorous health under a strictly regulated diet, and no healthy person who lived upon a strictly dietetic system ever escaped suffering from indigestion. Standard rations, there!ore, may become, in jurious, and n variety of foods is ind ispensable m feeding animals; all j kinds of whom are subject to the same I physiological laws. Bn. horses, big cows, or big pigs are not always profitable. Tiiese big ani- : mals on small farms, are like a little man in a lug suit of clothes: the two do not fit. and what is unfit is unprofitable. Iwo WH) pound cows may give 50 per cent, more milk nnd butter from the same quantitv of food than one 1,200 pound cow; simply because the big cow uses more food m carrying her weight around. It is the same with horses; and small pigs are quickly fattened while the big ones are making the bone upon ; which to put flesh and fat. Illi 110 l st. HO l.l>. To Mate n Homo out ot » Homioiiolil. Perhaps one of the most important i qualities m the home life is a just appreciation of what the artists call v ilut s. the power to discern the important from the unimportant, aud set the key of desire accordingly. It is the quality that leads one to avoid an unnue emphasis of trifles. Little things that go wroug there will always be. and it is sometimes Imrderfor a woman to be mistress of herself, though china fall,” than it is to be ir with fortitude and he- ! role patience th ’rest dis and calamities of life. Tin is a certain irritating and aggravating power m the mishaps that seem pure carelessness that does not invariably attend the : craver trials of life. It is always good to ren ember tho words which the au- । ci '’t king had engraven ns a motto inaid' his ring; "Even this shall pass ;i«av. I'in, accidents and incidents of i xteruai lite need leave no little trace, unless the loss of some possession leuils to tiie more serious llossof temper. Here, indeed, is a loss that reacts on the person and the iamily, m more or lean mor 4 deterioration. The child who heedb'.slv Pre iks a favorite vase, for n.-t i:i’-e. liut sees his motiier kindly and pstienlly explain to him his misvhn t, and show him how a little j thoughtful care would have avoided it. reeix.H । moral lesson winch may stand liimm need in manv a far more itu* portant crisis of after-life. A seed of ii.•!■<" intluenrv dropped into character n ipt to germinate and soring up in Gue principles of ii.ible deeds in atterliti nnd the effect on one s self of not > yiftdiiig to hupatience or irritation, but oxer omiuq thise impulses is SO bene- : ini, tor let uh always hold in mind । tiiat while tiie architect, the decorator, the i u sher nnd the family can make । boi.sehold, only love, and faitii, and pstlem e. an I sweetness of spirit can j m ike the home. Hint* t<» In a- ■- .;iz u r> -G xou to change your i position frequentiy T'<>l '.it beef is made tender by lying a j few minutes in vinegar water. It a child chokes in ti vvg to swallow a liuttou. u penny, or any article of the "uin l, turn him head downwards, holding him l\v the neek nnd heels. If the , ottending nrticlt! doe* not roll out of In-, mouth, administer a done of castor j oil to aid its passage through the atomacb and mtestiues. The simplest method of loosening wall piper into start a large kettle of j water boiliag in tiie room. The darnpuess will soon loosen the paper, and it j may Im readily stripped off. If the boilj mg w.iter is not a possibility, mop the . paper ail over with wet cloths, and leave tin- water to soak in, repeating the 1 process many tiuns until loosened. "Au. is not gold that glitters,” nor is everything brass that discolors. A person wearing a fourteen-carat ring on one finger aud a ten-carat ring on an- : other, may have noticed that tne finger ' with the higher > urat will De discolored ; and the ether one not. The reason is ‘ that the ring of the lower carat tits I snugly and the other is rather loose, j thus causing friction. THE KIT< HEN. Salads. One rule,often disregarded by secondrate salad makers, is that, a plain French j aulad should consist of one kind of ! vegetable only, lettuce, endive or : Batavian, as vou will, but never two ot these mixed together, else their delicate and subtle flavors are impaired, if not destroyed. The English olla podrida of lettuce, watercress, mustard and cress, beetroot, and radishes is a different thing altogether, although, when craftily compounded, very appetizing. Broiled Steak with Mushrooms. Broil your steak over a clear fire. Before you put it on, open a can of mushrooms, take out half of them, and cut each mushroom in two. Saute them in a frying-pan with a little butter, unless you have a cup of bouillon or clear beef soup or gravy nt band. Let them simmer m this for ten minutes, and wb.en you dish your steak pour gravy and mushrooms over it. Leave it covered in the oven five minutes before sending to table. A IJolieiouH Whit« < ake One cup of granulated sugar, onshulf cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, one and one-half cups of cornstarch, two teaspoons of baking powder, whites of six eggs. Cream butter and sugar and add the milk. Mix flour, corn-starch nnd baking powder, and stir into butter and sugar. Have the whites beaten very stiff beforehand and add. Any flavoring cun bo used; almond is • especially delicate. Thin cake can be । used also as a layer cake. > Meats ami Their Aminipaniments. sVith roast beef, grated horseradish, > roast pork, apple sauce; roust veal, tol mato or mushroom sauce; roast mutton, currant jelly; boiled mutton, caper , sauce; boiled chicken, bread sauce; - roast lamb, mint sauce; roast turkey, > cranberry sauce; boiled turkey, oyster sauce; venison of wild duck, black cur- . rant jelly or red; broiled fresh mackr erel, gooseberry sauce; boiled bluefish, j white or cream sauce; broiled shad, j boiled rice and salad; compote of 1 pigeons, mushroom sauce; fresh salmon, j green peas and cream sauce; roast ■ goose, apple sauce.

OFF FOR THE NORTH POLL. The New ExpiMlitlon to Be Undertaken by Explorer Nan Men. The Arctic regions have an irresistible fascination for explorers. Again and again the mysterious power of the north pole draws men across the bleakest of all oceans only to crown their efforts with failure. The lamentable end of the Jeannette expedition, made in 1879, under Lieut. Long, is familiar to every ce. I' ;'ri ; o: eI by ice, on tiie Gth of September, 1819, in the northwest part of Behring Straits, near Herald Island, the ship was carried forward w ith the solid wall of ice surrounding her, bv a strong undercurrent, until she arrived in the neighborhood of New Siberia. Here on the 13th of June, 1881, she foundered. The crew at the end of its resources, reached terra firma terribly lessened in numbers. Still such an example as this does not deter science from offering fresh martyrs to the great object, nor does it abate the co irage of the martyrs themselves. The continental journals contain long accounts of another expedition that is being arranged, this time at the expense of the Norwegian Government and under the command of Mr. Nansen the intrepid traveler who has already won fame by a perilous journey across tiie vast ice fields of interior Greenland. That which distinguishes the now’ expedition is the originality, above all the hardihood and temerity, of Mr. Nansen’s plan. Heretofore the chief idea of Arctic explorers has been to head for the pole straight across the Atlantic, but the immense, implacable fortress of ice barring the way has resisted all their assaults. A single expedition has been based upon a different plan of camj>aign, that nf the ill-fated Jeannette. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, who organized this vovage, proposed that the polar region be traversed and the exploring party come irom the I acitie to the Atlantic. Mr. Nansen has beeu somewhat attracted bv this scheme, and thinks, moreover, that nature herself may furnish him an ally in the shape of a certain strong current which recent discoveries justify him m supposing to exist. Ou the 18th of June, 1884, three years after the destruclion by the ice of Lieut. Long’s vessel, there were found upon a floating muss of iee, near Julianshaab, in Greenland, a number of articles w hich were recognized as having belonged to the crew of the Jeannette, and which they had abandoned upon the occasion of the wreck. What road had this ice block traveled with its sad burden? It was easy to suppose that an undeicurreut, starling from the archipelago of New Siberia, had carried it to the Greenland colony. The Meteorological Bureau of Christiana sought the causes of this phenomenon ami e included that the articles found at Juiiamsbaub must have been I” rue bv an undercurrent directly across the interior regions of the Arctic Sea. Mr. Nam-en leiies upon this current to carry him toward the pole. llh' brave explorer has hud constructed a wooden vessel of dome 170 tons burden. It is very strong with sule^ built at a peculiar incline that will ,mable the ship to slip through the ice with the minimum of risk as to being crushed. There will be a steam engine for emergencies, and enough coal and provisions ' ill be put on board to keep a crew of twelve men in such comfort as the region will permit for five years. The expedition will leave Norway in February, 1891, and in June of the same year will enter Behling Straits. The route will then be toward the Archipelago of New Siberia, where a propitious moment xvill be awaited for a plunge onxvard, on the open sea, toward the north. This move will probably be made in September, so as to find, at the beginiiii.g of the winter, some point where the ice is fonnmg. The ice will take possession of the ship, bearing it into the unknown. As w El be readily seen, the project is not without audacity. Air. Nansen thinks the voyage w ill last, two years. All preca Tiens will be taken to combat tiie cold and the scurvy, the two worst foes to be met with in the Arctic circle, and the explorer is bill of hope. The motto he has chosen is a courageous one. ' Forward' forward! To victory or death!”— New York Commercial Advertiser. Towels lor the Kitchen. A large cork is the best thing to scour knives with, and an iron dishcloth made of rings should hang in every kitchen to wash the bottoms of kettles that may bo sooty from being used next to the lire. Some servants will insist on plunging towels into the dish-water and in Using line glass towels for drying eoaipe dishes, but such careless wavs will usually be abandoned if a little judicious oversight is kept on the kitchen. Where the housekeeper does her own work it is as necessary to have neat, strong towels in plentiful supply in the kitchen as where a servant is kept. Large towels of heavy crash for handling articles about the stove are very convenient and can be more- easily washed than a holder. They are, moreover, more convenient than a holder in lifting large baking pans and many other dishes, and pots and pans. — New lork Tribune. He Wasn't Thai Kind of a Lover. " Mabel, I love you.” Mabel listened as if the remark was brand new. "Do you feel, Mabel, that in your life vou need some one—some one like me?” Mabel answered softly—very softly; probably she will never realize how soft her answer was. "Harold, dear, I have'often felt that I need the love of a manly heart like yours; need to be cherished; I need protection.” “ Alas,” he moaned, “then we can never be happy.” "Why?” "Because — ” "Speak on.” “Because I am a free trader.”—Washington Tost. In the society of ladies want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners. — Lava ter.