EJSBSl,!
A BaCuelort Dinner. "
"Aleck," said Mrs. Hastings, with a
troubled look on her face, "do you
think you could get your own dinner to
day 1 Bridget has gone to upend this
day with her sick cousin, while Nellie
and I are obliged to go down to Mrs.
Sommer's, as it is her laat day at Beak
grove, It is a long drive, and we shall
not be home until evening. I don't like
to leave the house entirely alone, or 1
would rather you would dine atthe
restaurant. . -
"Don't worry, mother," he said gaily,
"I prefer getting my dinner, and I fancy
I can do it in such a manner as would
make Bridget blush for her calling. I'll
manage, never fear. Why, it is just the
easiest thing in the world. All you
have to do is to consult with a recipe
book, and Work! by rule."
. With a doubtful smile, Mrs. Hastings
left the room, and it was not long ere
he heard them away.
"Alone, am If,, he soliloquized. "I
suppose I might as well commence,
then. What o'clock,1! , Well, allowing
for my inexperience, I can have it ready
by 12 o'clock, I'm certain."
Rummaging the pantry, he found the
recipe book, and it was at least half an
hour before iie could make up his mind
what to have.
"I'll, have warm biscuit for one thing;
guess m make them first; and, throw-
mg on nis coat, ne pinned a sheet in
front, rolled, up his sleeves, and was
ready to begin. . r -
"Flour," he said, reading from the
book. "There it is. ; Getting rather
low, I guess, he muttered, as his disaiv-
peared in the barrel ' When he emerged
he looked as though twenty years Ltd
been added to his life. ' 1
"Saleratus," he added, scanning the
book. "What is that! It must be
that white stuff in the bottle. I will
put m a aouoie aose ot it so as to maice
them extra light; for- Bridget's biscuits
axe always a trifle too heavy."
Thev were soon rfiailv n.nrl Tinr-oA info
the oven.
"I'll get everything ready first, and
then build such a roaring tire as will
cook it in i short time," priding himself
on his forethought "What next !"
At this moment a little boy appeared
at the kitchen door. "Here's a iish
that was ordered yesterday," said the
grinning urchin.
'Ta Jt. frotil.l" oclrorl A lay A-
"Yes, caught this morning," replied
the boy, running.off. . ' '
"This is ah unexpected addition," he
murmuredV "I'll frv it;" and dashing
a huge lump-of butter, and pnt it on
the stove. "That's ready. Now I sup
pose I must have a pudding of some
kind. Here is one--rice pudding. That
looks easy, and I remember now that I
upset a paper of rice while searching for
the saleratus. Two cups of rice," he
said slowly. "But what is the use in
measuring; there is not much more than
that in the paper; I'll pnt" it right in,"
and suiting the action to the word, he
soon concocted a peculiar looking mix
ture, under ths head of "rice pudding."
"I don't bare for a variety to-day," he
remarked, and proceeded to build a Are.
"Now," he exclaimed, "I'll, arrange the
table for dinner."
He was just instituting a vigorous
search for the tablecloth, when he -was
startled by a ring at the door-bell.
Forgetting Jhis appearance he opened
the door and encountered a young lady
whose blue eyes were sparkling with
mirth. - ' ! j ; : .
Entering unceremoniously, she said,
"I am Mary Carroll, and have come to
make jeme Hastings a visit, anu
thought I would surprise her. Are you
not her brother Aleck J" she asked, and
finding it impossible to control her
miith, she burst into x ringing laugh, in
which Aleck was forced to join, for he
had caught a glimpse of himself in the
looking-glass as he ushered her into the
family sitting room. The sheet, extend
ing from his neck to the tips of his toes,
his venerable-looking head; all was
enough to excite laughter, and, after
having recovered from his sudden sur
den surprise, he soon informed her of
the whole state of affairs,
"I will assist you," she said, still
laughing. ; "I will arrange the room
while you look after the dinner and
make yourself presentable." -
Aleck, after laying aside the sheet,
and brushinar the flour from his hair,
went out to see how his dinner was pro
gressing. An unsavory odor assailed
him as he entered the room. "What
does this meanT' he exclaimed, and
Mav, who had followed him to ascertain
the whereabouts of some needed article,
stood gazing on the scene.
The stove was covered with a curious
mixture, which he at once recognized as
his pudding; the fish was burned to a
crisp.
' Making a dive for the kettle, he suc
ceeded in grasping it, but, dropping it
suddenly, it rolled on tfie floor, while he
executed a war dance around it, occa
sioned by the pain in his hand.
Returning to the sitting-room, May
proceeded to dress the injured hand, and
succeeded in allaying the pain.
"I have some biscuits in the oven,"
he said. "I think they must be done by
this time."
"Lie down on the sofa, and I will
see about them," she said. She soon
returned, bearing on a plate something
that resembled lumps of putty. Break
ing one of them open and tasting it,rshe
made a wry face. "You forgot to put
the saleratus in, didn't you 1"
"No," he said, 'jl put lots in nearly
half the bottle."
"This " she asked, opening the bottle
and tasting it
"Yes."
"It is cream tartar," she replied laugh
ing. "Never mind; perhaps I can find
something we can eat; and disappearing,
hhe soon returned, bringing sundry
dishes oi cold edibles.
. "Is the fish entirely spoiled!" asked
Aleck. . . . , , ' , ...
"I think it is Was it alive when
you put it in the pan I see the scales
. were not moved.
"Do rice puddings always boil over V
he asked, evading an answer.
"They never do if the rice has been
previously cooked," she replied. ' '
Aleck's spirits seemed depressed. His
dinner was an entire failure, but May
soon caused him to forget it, and when
Nellie and her mother returned, they
Were enjoying themselves and chatting
as if they had been acquainted for many
years.- ,
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Nellie and his mother listened to an
exaggerated account of Aleck's expe
rience, and laughed heartily, as May
tried to describe his appearance at the
door. "I thought at first it was a ghost,
but caught a glimpse of his patent
leather boots, and this convinced me of
my error, and I boldly entered." .,
" Years have passed since, then, and
May has been Aieck's happy wife, but
she often laughs at the remembrance of
Aleck's dinner.
1 Fish as Brain Food.
The theory obtains among nany scien
tists that fish as a brain food stands at
the head of the list This is evidently
true, for we know a man, says the Nor
ristown Herald, who eats fish seven
titles a week, and his forehead com
mences to slope off at the eyebrows, nd
h$ always Bigns his name with an "X."
But perhaps he doesn't select the right
kind of fish. . There are men of many
minds, and many fish of many kinds
therefore, there must be a fish adapted
to each particular mind. For instance :
For the schoolmaster we should pre
scribe whale, and for his pupils blubber.
For the critic Carp.
For the soldier Sword-fish and pike.
For the office-seeker Plaice.
For a house painter Graining.
For a shoemaker Sole.
For a carpenter Saw-fish.
For a smoker Ph ie-fish and whiff.
For idiots who cross the ocean in a
small boat Doree. ,
For a blacksmith Bellows-fish.
For a poor artist Da'b.
For lean persons Chub.
, For a sculptor Sculpin', of course.
For a Limburger cheese manufacturer
Smelt. '
For Vanderbilt'8 lawyers Shaik.
For quartz miners Rockcod.
For misers Schrimp.
For the basso singer of a minstrel
troupe Black bass.
For a sea captain Skipper.
For a bricklayer Salmon.
For persons who patronize lotteries
Gudgeons.
For dwarfs Minnows.
For mine superintendent Silver eels.
For old toj)ers Suckers.
For archers Archer-fish.
For drummers Drum-fish.
For pilots Pilot-fish.
For skaters Skate-fish.
For hunters Hound-fith.
The son who attempts to thrash his
male partner should not be permitted to
eatj the "father-lasher." If a diet of
eitlier of the fishes" does not increase
the: quantity of "gray matter," a hole
might be drilled in the skull and a fish
called the "whiting" inserted.
Rales lu Point.
Rules for speaking through the tele
phone :
1. Take a chew of tobacco and spit
between sentences; it varies the conver
sation, and creates startling effects.
2. Throw your head back, add if pos
sible let your throat gurgle.
3. Commence by laughing and saying
how-de-doo it's funny, and proves that
you" are perfectly familiar with the in
strumcnt
4. Smile alt the time you are talking:
it makes it more pleasant for the person
you are. talking to, for, of course, he can
see that your mouth is open.
5. Don't forget to mention, after you
get through with the inistrument, that
it is a wonderful invention, and under
no circumstances allow yourself to for
get to ask "What next 1"
6. If you are talking to a lady make
her believe you do not know it, or else
do not let her know you are gentleman.
These women are very sharp. Then say
strange things to her and smile again.
7. Sw ear all you can.
8. Hum a tune, ,
9. Whistle." ?- ;
10. Chuckle.
The True Girl. The true girl has to
be sought for, says Oliver Wendell
Holmes. She does not parade herself
to show goods. She is not fashionable.
Generally, she is not rich. But, oh !
what a heart she has when you find her
so large and pure and womanly. If you
gain her love your two thousand are mil
lions. She 11 not ask you for a carriage
or a first-class house. She'll wear sim
ple dresses, and turn them when neces
sary, with no vulgar magnificat to frown
upon her economy. Shell keep every
thing neilt and nice in your sky parlor,
and giveivou such a welcome when you
come home that you'll think your parlor
higher tlijan ever. She'll entertain true
friends on a dollar, and astonish you
with the new thought how little happi
ness depends on money. She'll make
you love jhome if you don't you're a
brute--and teach you to pity, while you
scorn a poor, fashionable society that
thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to
think itself happy. Now, do not,
pray youl say any mere "I can t
afford to marry." Go, find the' true
woman, and you can. Throw away that
cigar, burn up that switch cane, be sen
sible yourself, and seek your wife in a
sensible way.
A Splendid Young Indian. At the
meeting of the Indian Commissioners in
Sen Francisco recentlv, and before Sen
ator Saunders, Gov. McCormick of Col
orado, Gov. Hoyt of Idaho (late of Ari
zona), and a large number of Jadies and
gentlemen, "Otto" was intioduced by
Capt. McDonald, who, with his charge,
appeared by invitation. The young In
dian was attired in grand costume, and,
when stripped for action, was conceded
to be by the whole assemblage the finest
specimen of Indian beauty that they
had ever seen, although representatives
from every part of the country had been
before them. The boy is built like a
gladiator, and, although but 12 years of
age, seemed man in proportion. In
going through! his exercises, the physical
endurance displayed was marvelous.
The applause was constant, and the
party seemed deeply moved. At the
conclusion, enator Saunders asked
Capt. McDonald if he could train a
regiment as jwell, to which he replied
that he had t)o doubt but that he could
do so, and stated that he was willing to
undertake the task at once. The ladies
of the party
proceedings
mony.
were highly pleased. The
were included in the testi-
Lot's
wife got salted because she
around to notice how a dress
turned
was cut that a woman had on who was
running into Sodeat to eo the fire.
Panfcurr News.
r ' -OLBEX-TIM I6U14S.
"Oh, grandmother, do tell us of the
time when you went to school, and all
-about everything that .used to happen to
you, and everybody else. Did your
teacher keep you in at recess if you
whispered 1 and did she scold you if you
got ink on your fingers ? and wouldn't
Bhe let you do as you wanted to? - My
teacher won't let me do anything I want
to, and I know how I'll pay her off: I'll
just write her name on a piece of brown
paper and put it in the cider barrel, and
she'll see when she comes to our house
what sharp vinegar it makes."
" x es, 1 11 tell you all about those days.
In those good old times girls and boys
learned to work when out of school, and
having only a lew months of school dur
ing the year, with some exceptions the
time was well improved. I distinctly
remember when I used to rise, by know
ing the precise locality of the morning
star, at an early hour, and after complete
mg a certain task, would take my little
brothers and trudge away to school as
eagerly as if some great event were to
happen on reaching there. I can see
now the little hole in the master's coat,
just were a button was gone from the
back, and through which it seemed to
me the master was always looking. We
had no fine school houses, as you have
now, and a blackboard had never been
dreamed of. It would in those days
have been called foolish. The school
houses were often made of hewn logs.
Many were frame buildings and the
sides of the school room" Were covered
with ceiling instead of plastering. Often
there was a stove and fireplace in the
school room, both being required in the
Winter to keep the temperature at the
proper degree for health and comfort.
There was always in Winter a cheerful
blazing tire of birch and maple, with a
few sticks of green beech on the top to
make the wood last well. In the Sum
mer the fireplace was filled with cedar,
pine and fir boughs, which gave a fra
grance and freshness quite pleasant, and
refreshing to those who gathered daily
within its dusty walls. The teacher's
desk was in the center of the room.
Rows of desks, on whose sides the partly
carved figures showed where strug
gling genius had been stifled at its birth
by the rod or feiule, stretched on either
side and extended to the back seat,
which went nearly around the room. To
occupy a desk in front of this seat was
our only ambition those seats were al
ways occupied by the best scholars. In
the Summer a mistress called us together
by rapping on the window with a pen
knife. In the Winter a master called us
together by rapping on the window with
a ferule. We wore no sashes and knew
nothing of crimped hair. Jewelry was
unknown and silver watches only for
nature years ; but, dressed in plain
homemade clothes which served the
first year for special occasions and the
second for school wearwe enjoyed the
sports of childhood without fashionable
restraint. The same style and material
of boots worn by boys were equally as
serviceable for girls; and when clad in
this substantial manner we could steer a
sled in coasting, skate on the pond, wade
through the snow, dodge scarlet fever,
manage to have the whooping cough in
the Spring, measles in the Summer, and
never thought or heard of diphtheria
until two or three generations after
ward. Brimstone and treacle was more
a necessity than when administered at
Dotheboys' Hall, but the constant use of
matches has long a so done away with
that luxury. Every well regulated fam
ily kept a substantial, fine, ivory tooth
comb.
The boys wore home made clothes,
too. Their pants were tied down around
their ankles with a strong cord in Win
ter. Their ears were muffled in com
forters; their hands, covered with mit
tens, knit in fox and geese patterns, cr
striped, gave their whole make up a
very comfortable appearance, with little
attempt at style. The accomplishments
of tkose days were few, the industrial
arts many. I well remember when the
first piano was brought into town. I
met a woman who had been the first to
see it, and eagerly sought a description.
She said it was as high as a table and
as large as a trundle bed.
The school committee ware chosen
every Spring. They always examined
the candidates for teacher, and if they
understood' arithmetic (particularly the
rule of three) grammar, geography,
reading and, spelling, they received a
certificate, and being duly installed, en
tered upon their duties. The committee
usually visited the school the first and
last weeks of the term. They would
listen to the recitations and make a little
speech before leaving, brirofull of good
advice. ' When they left, the scholars
would rise and remain standing till the
committee had bowed themselves out,
Reading and spelling received particular
attention from all the scholars. Gram
mar and arithmetic were assailed at
every point. Pope's Essay on Man and
Milton's Paradise Lost were used as
parsing books by the older scholars, and
for the smaller ones the grammar fur
nished the material. - The different
tenses were represented by the picture
of a man in the act of striking a dog;
but the master often illustrated what
was necessary for present and future
time so forcibly that no reference to a
book was necessary. Discipline was a
great part of the master's duty. "Spare
the rod and spoil the child" was so often
quoted that it seemed to be the thread
that bound together school and family.
School waa in session every day of
tha week except Saturday afternoon and
Sunday. Who that was raised in New
England can ever forget the games of
"I spy" and "tag" in the barn on Satur
day afternoon, jumping from high beams
and falling on the hay, hunting eggs,
etc I And when we were a little wicked
we sometimes did it on Sunday, for
Sunday was the hardest day of all the
week to wear away. We always took a
late breakfast on baked beans, brown
bread and coffee, then hurried off to
Sunday school, and often stayed until
meeting was out When we came home
we read the testament, studied the cate
chism, then took a walk in the grave
yard, read the inscriptions on the tomb-;
stones over and pver again, came back,'
ate our suppers, looked over the
almanac, tried to guess the riddles in it,
and would finish the day with counting
up the time to the next holiday.
Fourth of July was a great occasion.
The night was fall of noise, the day full
of picnics and lemonade. But the jol
liest day of all was 'Muster Day,'
When the nilitia laws were in ferce, all
the boys, on reaching the age oF twenty'
one years, were obliged to be mustered
in, have a uniform with a great deal of
yellow about it, a knapsack mar ked IT
S. on the back, a cartridge box, a gun
with a glistening bayonet; arid it was a
matter of pride among his relatives to
see a young man, armed and equipped
as the law directs, going through the
evolutions and keeping time to the music
of a very warlike fife and drum, which
the same persons had played since the
memory of the oldest townsman.
After the May training there was a
respite until the general muster, when
infantry, artillery and cavalry joined in
a celebration. The day was appointed
several weeks beforehand. The day be
fore the celebration people were putting
up tents and making preparations, and
all through the night people came to
the grounds. At early dawn the farm
ers around ths country came with wag
ons loaded with honey, sweet cider,
'summer sweetings,' pies, cakes, roasted
meats and whatever might serve for a
dinner, and having taken the tailboard
of the wagon and put it across two bar
rels, peddled their stock to the hungry
crowd. All was bustle, hurry and con
fusion. There were bakers offering
their ginger bread in sharp voices, ped
dlers their wares, men and boys who
sold everything, from Brandeth's pills to
an accordion, and fiddlers who had put
up a tent and put down afloor, where
all who could pay could 'trip the light
fantastic toe.' Th parade and ; review
in a distant part of the field being over,
the sham fight closed the day's excite
ment As the evening air grew chill,
many a tired child who liad run "away
from school,' hied him to his home and
bed to escape parental detection; and
when it was known next morning that
the school-master was at the muster, all
the truants were shielded and . muster
day declared a jolly time. -f -;
The next holiday to look forward to
was Thanksgiving. Of course,' the ponds
were frozen, and the smooth ice covered
with lively skaters (boys and girls.) If a
girl could not skate, a boy who was no
relation to her would cut a withe of alder
or birch, and giving her one end twisted
into a handle to hold on by, he wodld
draw her about on the ice until she tired;
then another would take a turn, and so
on.
In this way the day passed until
dinner time came. Then the tables were
spread so large that none of the children
had to wait, and with appetites sharp
ened by active sjort we ate turkey,
mince pie with raisins itt At, pumpkin
pies with a deep crust and lots of pie to
it, doughnuts, apples with rosy cheeks,
nuts that we had gathered after the frost
came, and nice sweet cider to finish off
with. Then came the games with cous
ins, uncles and aunts, and grandparents
who watched us occasionally looking
over their spectacles, and the day closed
as all Thanksgivings do. I had almost
forgotten to say that there was a 'meet
ing' in the forenoon, to which all the
parents of the neighborhood went and
the unmarried women who were too old
. to skate, and the young men (bachelors)
who had outgrown the sports of boyhood
and remained single of sheer neglect, all
found much to be thankful for, and, ac
cording to the New England custom,
thanked God with their whole hearts for
all his mercies.
Although we had enjoyed Thanksgiv
ing, we were no less prepared for Christ
mas festivities. Christmas was the
crowning glory of all our holidays. We
selected a tree the Summer before, when
we went after, raspberries in the pasturt.
It was tall, graceful, full of little needle
tassels that are found on the fir trees of
New England. It was carefully taken
home, decked with popcorn and cran-
oerries, and covered with little tallow
candles made on purpose when the larger
candles were dipped. When it was dec
orated, and placed in the centre of the
'fore room,' all the presents that had
been secretly prepared, were hanged.
There were suspenders, and mittens knit
for the boys; woolen stockings, soft and
warm, for the girls, and sott, white mit
tens to wear to school; caps, stocks,
bright silk handkerchiefs, silver bowed
spectacles, etc., for the 'old folks;' a
whistle and rattle for the baby, and
some nice things for the poor neighbors,
who were invited in because they were
not able to get one of their own to say
nothing of the jack-in-a-box, that was
ojwned by every new comer. Then came
the Christmas dinner chicken pie, plum
pudding, etc., and a saucer pie for each
of the children. Then came a candy
pulling in the evening; and thus went
Christmas, where so many other Christ
mas days have gone into memory's
treasure box,
We always enjoyed the time when
the teacher boarded with us. Parents
gave the board in proportion to the
number of scholars they sent to school
it a woman had made mince pies, or
had packed spare-ribs in snow, or fat
tened a turkey, they were sure to come
on the table while the master or mis
tress boarded with us. The spare room
which usually contained a bed, bu
reau, some wooden chairs, a light stand
over which Mas a looking glass with a
carved frame and gilt eagle just in the
center at the top; a mat before the fire
place and one at the side of the bed, as
witnesses of the industry of the house
hold; a patchwork quilt of bright colors,
jiving a cheerful aspeet to the bed was
the sacred place where all the little
keepsakes were arranged on the mantel
of the bureau, the Bible always forming
the prominent feature in the collection,
between whose lids were noted the time
when little strangers entered the house
hold and when angels bore them away
all these mementoes were dusted and
the room set in order for the teacher.
Then the long nights, when ths Lord,
had been thanked for his mercies, the
house do was on his mat by the doer,
the cat curled up in the corner, the far
mer had foddered his cattle; all was
quiet and the household separated for
the night. Early in the morning the
smoke Would be seen curling up from a
hundred f homes scattered ojrer the
country. You would hear the: farmer's
boots creaking at every step, tie groan
ing sleds drawn by patient dxen over
the complaining snow, as they went into
the woods td "get fuel for thi farmer's
own use, or hauled it to the distant vil
lage to exchange it for tea, poffee, to
bacco and rice. Thus Winters passed
away; Occasionally there was a spell
ing school to vary the monotony, and
always ' a singing school, doting the
Winter. There was a great deal of
good singing, and a great deal if bad; a
great deal of talking during recess, and
a great deal of going home with the
girls, and a great deal of wishing that
Binging school was every night of the
week instead of only two. And these,
my little dear, are some of the pictures
that hang on memory's wall to-night." '
"Oh, grandma; you must hang up
your stocking to-night, and I will tell
Santa Clans to fill it with the nicest
presents he has."
Oh, no, darling, that cannot be,
Hi mora Christmu present! tor me;
Orioe I loved them u well as you .
- Then 1 had brother!, and listen too.
There was John and Jacob, Henry and Ben,
AU of them lived to be aged men;
? But they now with my sisters three, - ;
An over the river, waiting for me.
My soul is happy, for iu eyes can see
Them gathered around a Christinas tree;
No more sickness, no more pain
Thev all look like children again. .
No more sorrow, no more strife
For the Christmas tree's the tree of life;
To-night I expect the Angel to eoins
To take me to them iu their Heavenly home.
Weaning Colts.
Halter the colt in a stall adjoining the
dam, with the partition so open that
they are in plain view of each other.
Reduce the food of the mare to a very
small ration of dry oats and hay.. When
her udder becomes so full as to cause
h r uneasiness, draw off a part of the
milk, but be careful not to milk her
clean. This first milking may be done
by the colt itself, but afterward it should
be done by hand, as the milk in the dry
ing off process soon becomes unfit for
the colt, and besides, the drying off will
thus be more sjeedily accomplished than
when the colt i8 permitted to suck occa
sionally. After the milk has entirely
dried up, the mare and her foal may lie
separated, and she may safely be turned
out to grass.
In the meantime great care must be
taken with the food'of the colt If it
has been projierly treated it has already
learned to "eat heartily, and the food
should be of such a character as to sup
ply the place of the milk of its dam.
If the foal is young, or in thin flesh, it
may be easily taught to drink cow's
milk, and nothing can be found that
will so completely supply the place of
the milk from its own dam, of which it
is now deprived. Indeed, it will be
well in all cases where, from lack of
quantity or quality in the milk of the
dom, or from lack of good pasture, the
foal in low flesh, to early supply the de
ficiency with a good allowance of cdw's
milk, in addition to what it gets from
the dam. New milk should be used at
first, until the, foal is accustomed to
drinking it, but very soon skimmed
milk, which will answer very nearly as
well, may be substituted. The effect
which sueh a ration will have upon the
growth and condition of the foal is won
derful A quart of milk morning and
evening will be quite sufficient, and if
it be sweetened a little at first the colt
will take to it all the more readily, as
the milk of the dam is much sweeter
than cow's milk.
Oats, ground or unground, constitute
the best grain food for a colt. We pre
fer to have them ground, and, as cold
weather approaches, about one-fourth in
weight of cc-rnmeal may profitably be
added, as it helps to lay on fat and
keeps up the animal heat A little oil
meal, say a pint a day, may also be
profitably given with tne oats for some
time after weaning. Don't be afraid of
feeding too liberally. More colts are
injured the first six months after wean
ing by too scanty a supply of food than
from any other cause.
As soon as the mare and foal can be
separated, the foal should have, if possi
ble, the run of a good pasture, as there
is no food better than grass, no medicine
so good as exercise, and no exercise so
profitable to young animals as when
taken just when they feel like it. A
good warm should always be accessible,
so that they may, be protected from
storms. The idea that "roughing it
the first Winter makes a colt more
"hardy" is -all nonsense. The true
theory is plenty of food, abundant exer
cise and protected from storms and ex
treme cold in well ventilated, well lighted
stables. National Live Stock Journal.
A Tery Decided Uncle.
The nephew was the typical nephew
or the comedies snd novels; the uncle,
the typical uncle. The former got him
self into debt; the latter had to help
mm out or nis debt.
But the most long-suffering of men at
last lose patience, and one fine day the
uncle writes to his dear nephew that all
is over between them. Not another
penny.
The nephew flies down to his uncle's
country seat and falls at his venerable
relatives gouty feet
'Uncle Peter, dear Uncle Peter, just
tnis once. Aia me to strauml
this snarl in my finances and I will
never, never, come to you again."
"Oh, Roland, I know you too welL
My sister's son my only sister's son'
says the old man, wiping away a fur
tive tear. i
'Ah, your heart is touched; you will
assist me onoe more r says the youn;
man. , .
"Listen,' says the aged relative ;
"nave you a rule r
"A which 1"
"A rule a foot-rule."
"Why should I have one ?
I ain't a
carpenter."
"Go and find one immediatelv
The young man, puzzled, but hopeful,
goes, and at the end of half an hour re
turns and says :
"Uncle, dear uncle, here is tht foot-
rule. -
"Very well; measure this room
length, breadth and height, so as to as
certain its cubic dimensions."
The young man, more puzzled than
ever, sets about his task and at last
makes his report.
"Uncle,- the room contains 3,040
cubic feet"
"You are sure of that V i
' "Absolutely."
"Very well"" says the old trentleman.
rising to his feet and speaking in a tone
of thunder, "and now, sir, if this room
which contains 3,040 cubic feet were
filled with double eagles packed so tight
ly that you couldn't ram, jam, or cram
a three-cent piece into it, I would not
give you a penny. , liit !"
An Ohio Touxu? ladv committed suicide
on Sunday because her father would not
wuovuk iv aicr uuvnage WJ.U1 1X19 mreu
Now an Orpp-nn o-irl trrmld aim.
ply hare left a note, saying, "Deer
a .... . rrei j
Mtuuvi, ww uet ucw,tvriYB yvux Jkuua.
Front, First and Ash Streets, Portland, Oregon,
IMPOBTEB8 AMD DEALERS IN
FARiyi liyiPLERlENTS AND FARM MACHINERY.
Sole Agents for the Following Specialties, which are Acknowledged the Best in use;
The Bain Farm M ason, the only wagou that hss stood the test for last fifteen years In Oregon. ' ,
Champion Holiue Plow. - ' :
(iarden City Plow. "
OH ver Chilled Plow, the only chilled plow that has proved of any value. Beware of spurious imitations.
Superior Urttlu DlillS and Hnperlor Broswt Csutt ftevtiers, latest Improved and nnequaled.
Skoal tor Broad Caat Seeders, latest improved.
Oardeu City Snlky Plow, too well known to need comment.
Evans' Bulky Plow, which has taken first premium at Oregon State Fair for tut four yean.
Baylla Wneeled Harrow, the only ueceful hecl harrow yet introduced.
Pacific Fan Mill, the only mill in market that win clean wheat perfectly and take out all the wild oaU, cockle, etc., etc.,
Cider Mills, Feed Cutters, CultiYators, and Harrows and Iron and Steel Harrow Teeth.
a. . n' i?2di"ff V11?. Slonr.0.r.aw Milto win """u" their own interest hy gttttine; our prices before purchasins; elsewhere as we carry a full stock of. ENGINES,
W ATKE WHEELS, MILL STONES. BMUTTEKS, BOLTING CLOTH, PORTABLE SAY? MILLS, CIRCULAR SAWS, RUBBER and LEATUER BELTINO and evervthiuff perl
Umirm to mill furnishing gooda first cliuis, and pnees always the lowest.
COIiXllCtBPOlNDSNCX:
SEWS JOTES.
It is estimated by the Bureau of Sta
tistics that there are now extant not less
than 6,000,000 old letters, each contain
ing the postscript "burn them?"
The Archbishop of Canterbury has
issued instructions that in the future no
licenses for the marriages of divorced
persons are to be issued from the Pro
vincial Court. Two applied recently,
one being s divorced person, to the
Rochester Diocesan Court, and were re
fused. English midnight conversation "Aw
ful jolly party ! Rather a baw, I think.
Deuced tine woman talking to Brown !
Immense t grooms her head well. Nice
little filly next her. Yaas ! good form.
Awful hass, that Tompkins ! Dreadful !
Spoons on the filly; any tin t Not a
pony. That's the old mare in the cor
ner. Frightful !" And so on to "Aw
fully ta ta 2"
Boston policemen ere compelled to
wear leather collars, the intention being
to make them hold up ' their heads in a
soldierly manner, but the leather rubs
their chins, and the constraint glows ex
ceedingly tiresome after a few hours.
The johcemen complain loudly, but the
coftimissioners say that something is
necessary as a check on the tendency to
slovenliness.
, The practice of buying cheap orna
ments originated with the French, who
wear pretty jewelry, though it is not
made of 10-carat gold, choosing it as
they do their well-cut, inexpensive
dresses, wearing both while they are
fashionable, and when no longer so
throwing them aside. Consequently
French women are always tastefully
and fashionably attired.
Brazilian Indian Mothers. The
work among the Indians is done almost
entirely by the women, who start out
early in the morning with their babes
astride their hips, baskets balanced on
their heads, and puffing like a diminu
tive steam engine, from small clay pipes.
The walk is often three or four miles,
and the work hard; yet a long life of
this drudgery seems to render it easy,
and they make no improvements. Their
implements and methods are crude, and,
like true Indians in a natural state, they
are but repetitions of their progenitors.
The custom above mentioned of carry
ing babes on their hip is as peculiar as
it is ungraceful. ,The body i3 thrown
much to one side, as in the act of carry
ing a heavy weight in the right hand.
For instance, the child sits astride the
left hip, one leg dangling in front, the
other behind, and supported by the en-
Neircling lett arm. A more uncomforta
ble looking method could not le devised,
and yet the journey to and from the
mandioca plantation is always made in
this way, a baby being the proverbial
accompaniment of the household.
Messrs. Suindler & Chadbourne invite
the attention of dealers, and housekeep
ers to their immense stock of Parlor,
Bedroom, Dining room and Library
Furniture, Mattresses, Carpets, Oil
Cloths, shades and everything wanted
for a first-class outfit. Send for cata
logue and price list or, what is still bet
ter, call in person when in town and
look through their elegant warerooms,
located on First street near Morrison,and
running through the entire block.
MALIGNANT AND SUPTLE INDEED IS THE
poison of Scrofula, and terrible are ita ravages In the
system, They way, however, be permanently stayed
and the destructive virus expelled from the circulation
with Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup, a potent veg
table determent which eradicates all rkin diseases, leav
ing no vetaige of them behind. White swelling, salt
rheum, tetter, liver complaint, and eruption of every
description are invariably conquered by 't. Druggist
sell it. Hod ire, Davis t Co., amenta. ,
Hansen, of Portland, sends out the
mo)t reliable seed and the best trees.
Address II. Hansen, Portland, Oregon,
for catalogue and price list
For Dyspepsia use Pfunder's Oregon
Blood Purifier. A certain and speedy
cure. ... i
For diseases of the Liver and Kidneys
try the Oregon Blood Purifier.
r In raakinjr any pnrensMe or in
writing in mtponnm to any advertise
ment In Ibia paper you will please inen
tion Ue name ol the paper.
DRYi GOODS.
LADIES AT A DISTANCE FROM rtlKTLAND CAN
deal with us as aatiirfactnrily as at our counters,
We keep the Largest and Finest Stock of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Cloaks,
And everything reauuiite to a strictly FIRST-CLASS
ESTABLISHMENT, in Oregon.
It will cost very little to send to us for samples and
prices, and it will enable even-body to take advautaire
of the recent decline in the price of DRY GOODS.
me also Keep a ruu une ot
CENTS FURNISHINO COODS.
Clarke & Henderson,
Corner First and Washington MtreeU.
- PORTLAND, OREGON.
- -. SOLE AGKSTS FOR THE UNRIVALLED
STANDARD ASD ESTET OBCAXS,
p. W. PRENTICE . CO..
Music Dealer, Portland, Oregon
ABE LI,
No. i6j and i6q First. Street
jroniasa, uregos. : '
Din
f s sl v ' n
INVITED.
HOLIDAY GOODS!
ALISKY & HEGELE.
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
H
A VINO GREATLY ENLARGED OUR FACTORY WE ARE NOW PREPARED BETTER THAN EVER TO
supply Dealer wilh a superior Article of all Kinds of French aitd American
Also offer them a large stock of Christmas Goods, such as Sugn Tots, Glued Toys, Fancy Gilt Hearts, Tree Or
nament, Fancy Papur boxes, Cliritnus Tree Candles, Glass Balls'; Corauoopuvs, Imitations ul Animals, etc.. tct
selection, bend for our catalcues and price list for lS7o-7t.
ALISKY & HEGELE.
So. IIS First Htreet Factory 28 Alder Street. Adjoining Odd Fellowa Temple.
-P.O. BOX 61. ' . , PORTLAND, OREGON.
New Publishers.
New Editors.
THE WEEKLY BEE.
The Beat Agricultural and Live Stock
Journal PubllKbed In the Northwest.
THE , MOXOPOIW BIIOKEX.
The latest telegraphic news from all partd of the count
try reported specially for the
Daily and Weekly Bee.
The best agricultural and live stock writer in Oregon
has been engaged to write exclusively for the WEEKLY
BEE. The best literary talent money can procure is
employed In all its departments, and the WEEKLY
BEE is now the most complete and reliable farmers
paper published on the Pacific Coast, as well as the
cheapest.
Subscription price- 82 per annum, invariably to ad
van.. All new yearly subscriptions from this date will be
sent till January 1, 18U Address
O. H. STEARNS t CO..
PORTLAND, OREGON.
OlQA DAY PROFIT REPORTS ONE AGENT,
ti?JO another $15. New article. Fortune for you.
Local and traveling saleamen wanted. Particulars free.
Eureka manufacturing Company 44 Second Street, Kan
Francisco.
SCROLL SAWS !
HOLLY & WALNUT. SAW AND PATTERNS
4aT Write for Price List.
1HYTOX & HALF.. Portland, Or.
J. A.. iSTKOWHKIUOE,
Direct Importer and Dealer la
LEATHER AND SHOE FINDINGS,
No. 141 Front SU. Portland, Or.
Morning Star Restaurant,
Corner Second and Washington Streets, Portland, Ogn.
O. C. RIDER, Proprietor.
Board, per month, from.. .....S20 00 to $30 00
Board, per week, from . . 6 00 to , 8 00
Board, per day, from "5 to 1 SO
Board, per ineal, from 25 to 60
rnvate Rooms for Ladies and Families.
EXCUJSIVE
Carriage and Wagon Hardware
Axles, Springs, Forged and Malleable Irona, Buggy and
uunage lop lruumings. au Haruware
required to complete a Job.
CARRIAGE & WAGON WOODWORK
Hubs, Spokes, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Oak, Ash,
WW'tT HKI IT lUICWUriH liUIQDW, "
: And the Justly Celebrated
SARVEN PATENT WHEELS.
We eal) the attention of the public and all old custo
mers to the above ad rertiscment, and as we are th. only
establishment engaged exclusively in the line in Ore
gon, we intend ta pay dose attention to tho want of
tne mantel ana our customers.
Our stock is large, new, and selected expressly lor us.
ana n oeing mcreasea oy every steamer.
E. J. NORTHRUP CO..
Corner of First and Main Street,
PORTbAND, OREGON.
Oregon Standard Soap Works,
IRVIJfG WEBB, Proprietor.
PORTLAND, OREGOX.
The only steam factory north of San Francisco. Sand
lor circular ana price list.
BEST PLOW IN THE ViQRLO
IS KADI or
' Oliver's Chilled KeUL
It will run If rater, turn and do better
Work of all klada, than any other plow
made. Bewstro of Imitation. Be that
. th. Dam. " Outoi " and this trade mark are .a
tha beam of the Plow. .
The genalne Oum Cauiuro Flow can be had
ouy irom as, or our auuwriaou agent. -
KNAPP, BURRELL & CO.
Camera! Areata,
' Tor Oregon and Washington Territory,
- POBTLaJTD. ORECrtlK '
Commercial Union Insurance Co.,
orLoadoncapftat i2,soe,ooe.
IUYIXG dfc WE . General Agents for Oreou
Xo. 1 Sort Front ML Portland. -
FIXE FARM FOR SALE.
QOOAor. ot.
0s
NE OP THE BEST FARMS IN OREGON. IN A
flna state of cultivation, fully fenVed. exealumt
Bwihtinrs, steam power and all late fmproreBMBta is
agricultural machinery. Kwythinf to be sold at a
bargain, it produced 10,000 bushels at wheat in 1S7T
and ,aoo buahaM ha 187. Is food for an avarar. of
Fnc par acre, terms to suit the
D. H. 8TEARJSS A CO..
. Xaal Estate Ajrsuia Peruana, Oregon
KNAPP. BURRELU S CO.,
Portland. Oregon.
BUBTON HOUSE,
Corner Third and F Streets, '
Near the Steamship Landing! and Railroad Depots,
PORTLAND. OREGON
Lewiston & Fretland, Proprietors
' (Late of Hinn sota House.)
Will spare no pains nor expenae to maks this house
TUB BEAT HOTEL IX PORT UkJN O.
W00DBURN NURSERIES.
Fruit, fibade, Ornamental and Kut
Treen, Tinea and Mhrubberw.
Choice Trees, 25 cent each, flS par hundred. Bend
for Catalogue and Price List.
J. H. SETTLEMIER,
W'oodbnrn, Oregon.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
j smoN & co.,
Dealers In '
Doors, Windows, Blinds and Glass
WEIGHTS, CORDS AND PCIXKTS,
I2S Front St befc Washington at Alder.
s
jet lm PORTLAND. OREGON. .
WINDOW GLASS.
Xonble Thick,
Crystal Sfceet. O oz
(Colored. -
. Enameled,
Ground, .
mate,
For sale by
HODGE, DAVIS & CO.,
"Wholesale Prugglnta.
The Northwest Coast
A closely printed 58 cage pamphlet on the resources of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho and their relation to
the North Pacific Railroad, by
Rev. Geo. H. Atkinson, D. D.
- -h.
: Illustrated by two complete maps of the territory
It should be in the bands of every inquirer about this
country, and is sold at tha extremely low price of 25
cents per copy.
A discount of 25 per cent, to dealers. Cash must ac
company all orders. Address, , ... ; ":
H. stearna t On.,
Newspaper Publishers, Portland, Oregon.
148 Bushels to the Acre.
AFTER 18 TEARS OF EXPERIMENTS I HATE
produced a new rarietr of
Wiilto 3BllxLt Corn,
That ripens thoroughly and yields large crops in tha
climate of Oregon. To enable farmers to iwcur. a change
of crop and produce another more profitable than wheat
I will sell this seed at the following prkMs for this sea
son: (2 60 per bushel delivered at the depot in Oregon
City, or in one pound packages, portage paid, twenty.
five cent each, P. il. Rl.NKAl-SO.V,
' " ' " . Oregon City, OregJB.
, USE NONE BUT THE
COLUMBIA COAL OIL,
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
JI. AC'KEBMAN V CO.,
Sole Agent for the North Pad 3c Coast,
e and i North Front Street, Portland, Oira.
TOE CHIEF OF UL1LING L'OISFOI XDS.
HENRY'S
Carbolic Salvo.
The Most Powerful Healing
Agent E?er DiscoTertd.
Physicians give it the highest recommendations.
' P0IXTS TO BE BOBJfE 15 111X0.
Carbolic Salve nositivdv nn )k. .
Carbolic Sal v. instantly allays Uut pain of bumf.
... iTT " " ""otous ermxiotia. ,
Carbolic halve removes pimples and blotchea. :
Carbolic Halrm will cur. cuu aud bruuwa.
HENRY'S CARBOLIC SALVE
SH ja. other
; ..,-..v., u iu, acnievea a greater renuta.
VIRLTENT SOIJES AND ULCERS
HarVt bet fllrurt frith urAsa,,.u - i a. .
pniUt " wi couuirv in their
llflin TTPectable sources, med-
This Great External Rimed v,
and that the cures which tt effect are as prum-X as theT
are complete, The two MUningwTi mwIIw.
dcem it necessary to insert: "Ts ar ail we
v0T5 ""i?' nxen o the Board of Health,
art J:'r .i V rbolio i" eiceilent
STt. L, "5 !' Th s another evido.
I? jnZ?W!' lhf diTr of carbolic acid.-
the paw bad I so much subsided as to give a fair night's
id uwiamatioa left tha anger ia a day.
Henry's Carbolic SalTe
i!1 f" Bospitate, and found to be not
. wY7Vr -T- "IT"' uia; meeoy ever Known.
Sold oy ail IMjggijte. (rrk)I1ta' .
JOHN t. HENRT CTRJUX CO.,
' Coiisr Pkaa, New York.
Salrs aod and no etbrr. ttw woou.
BOMXlUTaftCa. Aitata