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"WHAT CARLISLE BROUGHT FORTH.
'Tlio IIoiimo Committee an Finally Ar
ranged by tlio Si pallor.
The following is n full list of tlio most im
portant house committees as announced
by Speaker Carlisle:
Ways and Means Mesrs. Morrison,
Mills, Hewitt. McMillan. Harris, Drecken
ridge (Ai l;.), Mnybcry, Urcckenridje ( lCv.),
Kelly, IiiHcock, Drown, Heed. McKinley.
Appropriations Messrs. Kandnll, For
ney, llolman, Townsheiid, Hums, Caboll,
Lnfevre. Adams (N. Y.), Wilson, Cannon,
Ityan, llntterworth, Long, McComns, Hen
derson (In.)
Coinage, Wcifihts and Measures Messrs.
Wand, l.annhum, Seymour, Hemphill, Nor
wood, Scott, McCreary, Hyruin, James,
Rockwell, Litlie, Felton, Fuller (la.. Toolo
(Mont.)
Rivers and Harbors Messrs. Willis.
Bhiuchurd, Jones, Murphy, Gibson. Stew
art. Carlton, Cutchings, Cilover, Henderson
(III.), Dayne, Stone, lSurleigh, Grosvenor,
Mnrliham.
ForeiRii Affairs Messrs. Uelmont, Clem
ents, Cox, Singleton (MKs.), Worthinston.
Daniel, McCreary. train, Rico, Waite,
Ketclium. Phelps, llitt.
Naval Affairs Messrs. Herbert, Hewitt,
Wise, I.ulleutiuo, MeAdoo, Norwood, Lore,
Payers, Harmcr, Thomas, Goff, Doutelle,
Hack.
Public Lands Messrs. Cobb, Henley, Van
Eaton, Koran, Lnffoon, Stevens, Landie,
McRue, Strait, Anderson, l'nyson, Stepheu
Bon, Jackson, Voorhces (Wash. Tor.)
Territories Messrs. Hill, Springer,
Sprigs, Hums, Sadler, Iloyle, Perry, Daw
son, St ruble. linker, Cooper, Herman.
Syincs Joseph.
Mines and Mininp Messrs. Clnrdy, O'I'er
rail. Hill, Skinner, Jones, New, Gay, llerry,
White, Woodburn, Liudbley, Symes, Mc
Kcnmi (Cain.), IJean (Arz.)
Pacific Hailways Messrs. Throckmor
ton, Crisp, Cabal, Dunn, Hliss, Tillman,
Outhwaile, Ilichardsnn, Hamback, Holmes,
F.verhnrt, Hayden, Weaver.
Flections Messrs. Warner, Lor,v, Rob
ertson. Martin, Petlibone, Hahn, Hopkins
(III.), Dorsey (Neb.), Doyle. Henderson (N.
C), Greene, Cockton Hall (la.), P.iyno,
Fly.
Commerce Messrs. Reagan, Clardy.Crisp,
Caldwell, O'Ferrnll, Tarnsey, Pulitzer, Dy
rum, Irion, O'NVill (Pa.), Davis, Duuliani
(III.), Weaver (Neb.), Johnson, Morrow.
Judiciary Jlcssrs. Tucker, Hammond,
Culberson, CollinB, Seney, Outcs, Fden (111.),
Itogers, Dennett, 15. Taylor. Parker,
Ramsey, Hepburn (la.), Steward, Caswell
(Wis.)
Hanking and Currency Messrs. Curtin,
Miller, Candler, Wilkins, Arndt, Snyder,
Howard, Hutton, Dingley, Rruinm, Adams
(111.), Drndy. Woodbury.
Agriculture Messrs. Hatch, Aiken, Green,
Winnus, iTodenck (la.), Davidson, Stnhl
nocker, Rlorean, Glass, White, i'unston
Price (Wis.), Higcrs, Pierce, Swinburne,
Uillonl UJnk.)
Military Affairs Messrs. Rragg (Wis.),
Wheeler, Wolford, Krtuentrout, Dorgan,
rindluy, Viele, Anderson, bteele, J.nird
(Neb.), McCutclicon, Houk, Negley, Carey.
I'ostolllces and 1'ostroaus JMcssrs,
IJIouiit, Ward, Iliggs (ill.), Taylor, James
Dockery, Warner, Merriinan, Harry, Ding
hum, Wakclield, Durroughs, Guenther
(Wis.), Millanl, Peters, Caine.
Indian Affairs Messrs. Wellborn, Peel,
skinner, Storm, I'ehx, Campbell, Hale, Al
len, (Mass.), Ward (III.). Perkins, Nelson,
l.nlollolt (Wis.), bessious, Allon (Mass.),
iiauey.
Railways and Canals Messrs. Davidson,
Murphy (la.), Irion. I'.llsbiiry, Henderson
(N. C), Stonu (Colo.), Ilidelock, Atkinson,
numb (HI.), Weber, unbcliaick (Wis.),
fierce.
Manufactures Messrs. Wise, Sowpe, T.iv
fevre, Wilson, Coleridge, Lawler (111.), Pin
dar, Campbell, West, Van Schaick (Wis.),
iiires.
Public ItuildiiiL-s nnd Grounds Messrs,
Dibble. Reese, Snyder, Henley, Wilkins,
W ortnmglon (HI.) Uolo, Johnston, Hull
nen, Drown, Rockwell, Wade, Owen.
Levees and Improvements of Mississippi
iiiver .ilcssrs. Kur.Uin (iis.), Van Katun
Kloyncr, Dowdncy, Mcltea, Glass, Dawson,
Urown, Whiting, Morrill. Jitinncll, Grout.
Fdueation Messrs. Aiken, Chandler, Wil
lis, Cut-tin, Miller, Mayherry, liurns (III.),
Mahoney, Strait, Whiting, Campbell, I II,
Taylor. O'Donnell.
Lnbor Mfssrs. O'Neill (Mo.), Foran,
Lovoring, Weaver, (la.), I.awlcr, (Ills.)
Daniels, Tnrsuey, Craino, Funstoti, James,
Haynes, lliuuid nnd Iluchanaii.
1 iliti; Messrs. Midler, Forney, Forney,
.MeAdoo. lYele, tOllins, iialliMitiue, llrecl;.
eiiridgo, Compton, llopking, (III.) Hayden,
Mellit, (;wen. Wade.
Patents Messrs. Mitchell. Hnlsell. Town
solid (111.) Martin, llarnes, Morgan, Fisher,
Cowles, Atkinson, West, Lehlbuck, Gilfillau,
riu tut) (ill.)
Invalid Pensions Messrs. Matson,
inaiis, hovering, Nuill, Ikes, Swope, Taut
l.ee, Pidcock, Filsbury, Pindar, Merrill,
HayneH, O'llara, Sawyer, Conger (la.),
Loutitt.
Pensions Messrs. Eldridge, Woolford,
Jones, Scott, Cowles, Landes (III.), Ma
honey, Huiten, Strublo (la.), Tavlor,
llrady. White, Thompson, Cairns, Springer
(ill.), aunior, l-atitiiitn, Mmw, Uoimhurty,
Trigg, Neal, Sonden, Mclvounn, Warner,
l'leeger, Ruchannn, (!nllinger.
War (.luinis Messrs. Geddes, Kleiner,
Stone, Cnmpbell, Richardson, Perry, Corn
stock, Reid, l.ibby, Smalls, Ileistond, John
ston. Lyman (la.).
Private Laud Claims Messrs. Halsoll,
Ilarkhdale, St. Martin, Fldrcdgo, Sadler,
Croxton, Hall (la.), lb-id, Osborn, Fly.
Thomas (Wis.), Dorsey (Neb.), Thompson.
District of Columbia Messrs. Harbour,
Hemphill, Campbell, Dowdney, Conipton,
Gny, Foul, Heard, Rowell (III.), Wads
worth, Seranton, Davenport, Grant.
Revision of Laws Messrs. Oates, Turner,
Adams (N. Y.), Outhwait, Ford, Tnffoon,
Doughertv, Hales, Puvuo, Thomas (111.),
Fuller (la.), Giinilnn, White.
Expenditures in tlio State Department
Messrs. Ileiinett, Tillman, Lore, Arnot,
Seranton, Lyman (la.), Loutitt.
Expenditures in tho Tioasury Depart
ment Messrs. Lowory, Illnnd, Drecken
riilge, SIihw, Hnhn, Dennett, Johnson.
Expenditure in tho War Department
Messrs. Itobertson, Wheoler, Viele, Ander
bou, JohiiHon, Warner, FleegT.
Expenditures in tho Navy Department
Messrs. Taylor (Tenn.), Souden, Davidson,
Ci.m ibcll, Rowell (111.) Hrown, Thomas
(VU). "
Expenditures in tho Postofflco Depart
ment MehHin. Recso, Ward, Warner, Da
vidson, S. E. Taylor. H.ymnn, Hound.
Expenditures in tho Department of Jus
tice Messrs. Gilmon, Hammond, Seymour,
Ward (III.), Millikin, HambacU, Sawyer.
.Expenditures in tho Interior Department
Messrs. Weaver (la.), Dargare, Hnrris.
Culberson. Hnunm, Libby, Davonport.
Expenditure on Public Duildinga and
Grounds -M'Hrs. Hench, O'Neill (Mo.).
Seney, Rlggs (III.). Pettibouo. OUInra. Gal
lincer. Accounts Messrs. Sprigg, Dockery, 8t.
.iiaruu, umson. i ngg, .uama tnt.j, r;vans,
Spooner, I H. Taylor.
Joint Committer) on Library Messrs.
Singleton. Mnhlneckor, O'Nell? (Pa.).
Select Comniittoe on Reform in the Civil
Service Messrs. Cox, ClomentB, Storm,
Rlunehnid. I' ndlay, Mitchell, Rtono. Pulit
zr, Dayne, Spooner, Little, Sclilback, Far
cjuhnr. Americnn Shlp Uullding nnd Ship Ownim,
Interests Mrs. Dunn, Holmnn. Mills,
King. Hliss. Rankin (Wis.). McMillan. Com
htock. Dingloy, Wadsworth, Osborne, Feb
ton, Itomciw.
Committee on Election of President and
VicePnidentr-MessrH. Caldwell, Eden
(III.). Enuentrout, Hench. Dibblo, Gibson,
lleanl, Johnnton, Laird (Neb.), Itakor,
Hastnnd. Cooper, MeUltU
Venti'ntion nnd Acctiostlcs Messrs
Green, Stewart, Cnmpbell, Allen, Evans
fcninbitrn, O'Donnell.
Select Comniilteo on Alcoholic Llnnor
l rnlllc -.Messrs. mmpbcu, caritlon, l recl
frirk (la.). Taut bee, Geaver, Morrison
Price (W is.), Lverliart, Lindsley, RomoU.
(iKNERAL XEWS AXI) XOTF.S.
It is expected tlmt the total subscription
to the Irish parliamentary fund in America
will reach $50,000 by the end of this
month.
Geo. . Tyler, of counsel for Sarah
Althca Hill, has been indicted for felony, in
being party 10 a laiso auidavit.
Rev. T. G. Millstead, pastor of tho Vnl
tat ian church of Taunton, Mass., has ac
cepted a call to Unity church, Chicago, of
which Rev. Robert Collyer, now of New
York, was formerly pastor, and will enter
upon his new duties 1-ebruary 1.
Gen. Prendergast, commander of tho
Hritish expedition in Hurinah, has arrived
with his forces at Hhnnio, lfiO mile north
of Mnndaltiy, nnd met with a cordial ro
ccplion from theHurmese and Chine.-o nier
chants. A strong force of British troops
win garrison itnamo.
The steamer M. D. Chipley, which sunk in
the Chnttuboochio river, had a large quaii
tity of miscellaneous freight and !100 bales
of cotton. Many passengers clung to the
cotton nnd pieces of wreck until picked up
by tno steamer iMin, winch camo alon
Boon after tho disnstcr.
The register nnd receiver of public lands
lit Pueblo, Col., reports to tho general land
Dllicothat ho recently hnd a henriu;
twoaty-four enscs of illegal homestead en
tries, which had been investigated by spe
cial agents ol tlio department. rono ol the
claimants appearing, tho entries were can
celled.
A grand banquet was tendered Sir John
Iacdonald. the Canadian premier, at Lon
don on the 1st.
Mr. A. M. Wright, of tho firm of A. M
Wright &, Co., has been elected president ol
tho board of trade of Chicago. Mr. Wrick t
bus on two previous occasions come very
near to being elected. Ho represents the
conservative element of tho bhippcrs ol
Chicago.
The secretary of state has just received
nnd sent to Mr. Erricson, tho distinguished
inventor, the grand cross of the order oi
naval merit, recently conferred on that
ceiitli'inan by the late king of Spain.
At Patcrson, N. J., Geo. Hblford a huck
ster, killed his wife and then committed
suicide. His wife was asleep in her bod
when she shot her.
The management of tho Geveland Rolling
Mill company notified all their employes
that their wages would be advanced 10 per
cent, dating from January 1. Under tho
advance tho lowest wages paid will boSl.10
nnd tlio highest SO. 00, and tho average
about Sll.no pur day.
The president in answer to a resolution
adopted by tho senate December 0, trans
milted copies of documents showing tho nc
tion taken bv him to ascertain tho sent!
nients of tho foreign governments in regnrd
to the establishment of an international
ratio between gold and silver. Tho cor
respondence includes letters from ministers
of tlio United btates to Great lintain,
France and German'.
Merchants of El Paso, Texas, and other
American towns on the Rio Grande river
are circulating petitions, which will bo sent
to Washington, requesting the United
States government to abolish the Irco zono
between this country and Mexico.
At Crestlino, Ohio, a dining-room glr'
employed at a hotel gave birth to an ille
gitimate child, unattended, and throw it
into red-hot stove. The odor of burning
Hush disclosed the horrible dcod.
I. L. Elwood, or DoKalb, III., inventorof
the barbed wire, says tho prices hnvo ad
vanced slty rents per hundred pounds
within the past few months, and predicts a
still furthor advanco in the s.iring.
Tho body of nn old man was found on
tho river bank in Newport, Ky. It was
frozen. Examination showed that tho
man had received a bullet in his head and
from tho absence of powder marks it was
thought to bo a case of inurdor. Tho body
has not been identified and thero is no clue
to tho murderer. Tho murdered man was
7ti or SO years of ago.
A number of bodies have been recently
stolen from cometerics at Kingston,
Ontario, and sunt to eastern medical
institutions. Owing to tiio smaU-pox
plague it is unsafe to havo anything to
llo with corpses at Montreal. Tho country
consequently is scoured for subjects.
Pero Hyacyntho has written a letter in
advoency of tho abolition of tho French
preHiilenoy, in favor of a consulate. Ho
points to the examplo of tho American
radicals, who, ho says, consider tho presi
Jont the samo as a king.
About thirty persons who attended a
party a fow nights ago at Hutliel, Tex.,
were taken suddenly ill and havo sinco
shown signs of rnVntal disorder. Tho
doctors think a liberal uso of vanilla flavor
is responsible for it.
The earnings of tho Union Parific rail
road for cloven months ending December
ftl). 1SSn. were SftS.SHT.S.'SS, a docreaso of
$8(10,(10'.) from tho earnings of the samo
mouths in 188 I.
The pope granted audionro to Rev.
Father Deary, vico rector of tho Ameri
can collego in Home, who presented Jlis
Holiness with tho Poter's pence contri
buted by tho faithful in thodioceso of Port
land.
F. H. Winston, minister to Persia, was
tendered a farewoll banquet at Chicago
recently. A largo number of prominent
people were present. Tho banquet room
mis decorated in a way that gave it a vory
Oriental appearauro.
Tho North sido Woolen company manu
facturers of ynrn and flannels, Appleton,
is., mado nn assignment.
Squire John Tcrbune, who was born in
17011, who began business in 1812 as a
printer and publisher, nnd who for many
years published tho famous Webster's
?!oinentary spelling book, which was so
universally used a quarter of a century
ngo, died on tho 0th at New Brunswick,
N. J.
Horses and Cattle Afflicted.
A fatal disease has mado its nppearanc
among tho milch cows in many of tho coun
ties of central Illinois, which is attributed
to the eating of moldy and rotten corn
which tho farincgi loft in their fields. The
nnimnls worst attacked are seized with
dizziness and fall down, many of thont dy
ing. A discuso similar to the epizootic haa
broken out among th horses, a number j
llltvltlr. fllfvl frnm i lin t. .1 fuan BA !
Cilllo Drinlii1,' from tlio lianci.
A Springer (N. M.) dispatch Bays: It
is
fennel tlmt vory heavy losses will occur
nnion.' the rattlo on tlio rniiges in this re
gion, ditllomeii.nntl cipating'an open win-t-r,
Imve gnrally retained fewer men than
usual, nnd on nrcotint of the recent storms
many rattlo are already drifting from th
ranges.
CliU-Clint ofXowTorlr.
Among tho "Sorinl Chit-Chat" in
the New York JIail nnd Express wo
find tho following:
And now tho fnsliionnblo divorce
seeking woman nt Newport settles
down to mnko tho winter months
glide by as quickly as possible.
Newspaper reporters are apparent
ly the only ones who takeany interest
in the n fours of something that is
called the"fashion of tho dudes."
"Squandered and mismanaged es
tate," is thoexctiso some shrewd soci
ety women now give for not giving
elaborate entertainments this season.
In a majority of cases tho scandals
in which young men about town aro
so frequently implicated aro directly
attributable to brandy and soda.
It is said to be sarcasm to send to
people in Canada invitations to peo
ple in New York, which, if accepted,
would lead to their arrest.
At very few wedding receptions now
adays Is their any exhibition of
tho wedding presents. Whether
tho presents aro two free, or whether
the custom has been abandoned as os
tentations, society doesn't say.
One of tho newest of society's cus
toms is to withhold all annouccment
of tho matrimonial engagement until
a day or two before tho wedding.
Never before havo tho feuds, jeal
ousies, spites and prejudices been so
marked in fashionablo society as at
present. Tho "mission conies none too
soon.
Thero are people malicious enough
to say that a trip to Europein winter
means in fashionablo society either
trouble, scandal or a necessity for
economy.
Too much portable bric-a-brac in
houses where they givo afternoon re
ceptions is said to bo a temptation
eomo highly fashionablo women havo
been quite unablo to resist.
It is a true story that $5,000 was
the sum paid an actress of small re
pute last month to release a silly Ar
thur Pendennis from a promiso ho
made to marry her and go to Europe.
A "Woman and a Telegram.
Tho other day, says tho Cincinnati
Sun, a young housewife left her homo
in this city to spend a few days with
several lady friends in Hamilton. He
fore going she provided a good supply
of cold edibles for her husband, and
told him that ho could help himself
whenever ho was hungry. Ho took
lunch down-town and went home in tho
evening for dinner.
As ho tolls tho story ho found cold
chicken, cold butter, cold pio, cold
milk, cold salt, cold mustard, and sev
eral other cold dishes, but with all
that he was not entirely satisfied, and
hunted high and low for something
else. At first he did not know what it
was, but finally concluded that ho
wanted bread. He knew there
was some in the house, but he
could not find it. Finally ho conclud
ed to telegraph his wife, for ho could
not livo without bread. Accordincly
a telesram asking "Where is tho
bread?" was dispatched.
Tho wife received it in tho midst of
of a number of ladies, and it frighten
ed her nearly to death. With the cry,
"I know it is bad news; I know Mr.
I! is killed!" she fell in a faint.
pathy, and a most lugubrious scene
presented itself when the man of the
-.in .dint..' in 101-11 u 11 nil iiuui rni
house happened in. "What's the mat
ter here?" ho asked. "Mrs. 13. 's hus
band has been killed nnd sho has faint
ed," was the replv. "How do vou
know?" he asked. "Oh, she cot a
telei!ram." ''Where is it?" "Wo
havn t opened it yet."
"imagine tlio sceno when tho sym
pathetic creatures read tho message,
In pbout an hour the reply was sent-
back to him: "You mean thing. It'i
in tho bread-box, under tho
where I hid it from the cook.
piano,
The Canadian Pacific Railway.
The line, coinnioncingsay at Montre
al, and running westward to Port
Arthur, Winnipeg, llegina, Calgary and
through tho mountains to Port Moody
on tho Pacific is, as nearly as can now
bo ascertained, owing to somo uncom
pleted sections in tho Rockies, 2,!)Si
miles long. Ut this distanco tho first
;i00 miles west of Montreal pass
through a fairly good territory, much
of which is now productive of excellent
timber, and will, with somo ditlieulty
bo ultimately orouclit under successful
cultivation. ThenextToOmilesaro lo
catetd through an absolutely wort hless
wilderness, where thero is no soil, and
only here and thero clumps of poor
timber, ana nothmi: from which any
sortof local trafiiccan bodorived. Tho
prairie section is about 1 ,000 miles
long, and skirts on its southern bor
der, that vast fertile region lying on
tho north side of tho water shed, which
comprises over aou.ouo snuaio miles
of excellent bread-and-meat producing
lands. Tho remainim; 000 miles in
clude tho mountain sestion, and ox
tend to tho Pacific. Of the latter dis
tanco 500 miles run through a barren
region, and tho remaining 400 aro pro
ductive only of timber with occasion
al stretches of agricultural lands.
Tlio Famous Louisiana Purchase.
By tho treaty of April HO, 1803,
Franco ceded to tho United States for
the Bum of Slo.OOO.OOO an area of
territory 1, 171,0111 square miles in
extent. This wnu known as tho
Louisiana purchase, nnd included, as
claimed by tho Tinted fitates, the area
of tho present States of Alabama and
Mississippi below tho thirty-first
parallel, all of Louisiana, Arkansas,
Missouri and Iowa: that part of
Minnesota west of tho Mississippi
rivor, and a lino drawn from its source
to the Hritish Cannnian boundary
line; all of Dakota, Nebraska and the
Indian country; all ofexcept a sinull
southwestern portion bounded north
by tho Arkansas river, east by tho
100th meridian, south by tho 37th
parallel, and west by tho 102d meri
dian; all of Wyoming east of tholOOth
meridian and north of the 4 2d paral
lel, and all of Montana, IdaJio, Wash
ington and Oregon.
r.ivm and Household
Fnrminjr Scraps
Farmers at Madison, Conn., harvest-
cu nearly turn bushels ot corn tor a
neighbor disabled by fcickness.
Tlio finest Early Koso patatoos
raised this year by a KuralWorld cor
respondent were not planted till tho
middle of June, and dug October X.
a -Michigan mnn hns invented a
machine with which he can fill 1 5,000
tomato cans in a day.
It is not possible to keep cattle
through tho winter upon hay and
straw alono wit h profit. 1 lay will per
haps keep them alive nnd in steady
condition without los of tlesh if they
are well housed and cared for, but
straw will not, and they will lose flesh
and perhaps die before the winter is
over. If the cattle are fed from four
to eight pounds of corn, linseed meal,
or cottonseed meal with the hay and
straw t hey may gain llesh and make
a profit.
Tho best permanent whitewash for
outside use, and one that will not rub
oil from inside walls is mado as follows:
Slack -10 pounds of lime in half a bar
rel of boiling water; keep it covered;
then strain it and add a peck of salt,
dissolved in hot wn'er; three pounds
of ground rice boiled to a thin paste,
half a pound of Spanish white, and a
pound of clean glue dissolved in hot
water. Stir all thoroughly togother,
leave it for a week, and then uso it hot.
Asparagus is mdispensablo to tho
family garden. As it must bo planted
either in tho fall or tho spring, tho
question which is tho better season is
one of interest. A New-Jersey market
gardener who has been growing it for
20 years says tho fall is tho best time
to plant, and a western fanner who
thinks highly of this necessary vegeta
ble for domestic use says, "Plant m
the fall by all means."
Prof. Sanborn is a strong advocate
of the uso of salt for cows in a liberal
and regular ration. Ho says it may
he given ad libitum, or, m plain Eng
lish, as much as tho cows will con
sume every day; and ho especially
states that this 'supply is indispensa
ble in the dairy when lino butter is de
sired. A well known dairyman also
observes in this connection that tho
want ot a sufficient supply of salt is
undoubtedly tho reason why so niiiah
difficulty is found in churning in the
winter season, when the cows havo no
opportunity of getting their natural
supply from the soil, which they tako
up in various ways.
IJusinoss For Tlio Itnyii,
Farmers are urged by Tho Western
Ilural to give the boys a pleasant bias
toward agriculturo by affording a
chance to mnko some money and to
learn business methods. "Not, how
ever, by raising a pig to behis father's
hog." The gift, or purchase by labor,
of a heifer calf makes a good basis tor
beginning: "Perhaps thero is nothing
on the farm he can handle so well and
so profitably, and which will give such
a good opportunity to deal with him
with such exact justice. Of course ho
should pay for tlio keen of tho cow, so
far as tlmt is practicable. Ho should
always bo charged for tho keep of any
animal given to him. Hut it is not
practicable to do this with such ius-
tico witli any other animal. He can
buy his grain outright and feed his
cow separately. Thefather can adotd
to give him the grass in Hummer and
perhaps the hayin winter, oran agree
ment can bo mado for tho payment for
them. Now the boy isstarted in busi
ness. Ho should havo thocutiro ban
dling of his cow and of her milk, dolus
own milkingaudchiirniugnnd market
ing, or sell his own cream if tho cream
is sold. Jjet him Keep aecurato ac
counts; nnd as his profits warrant en
courage him to purchase the best dairy
implements that ho can make uso of.
Wo do not heltevo that thero is ono
boy in ten who cannot ho won to tho
farm by such me:hods."
On ltoli.'ilf of tho IIok
From a woll-considercdarticloin tho
N. E. Farmer wu glean the appended
paragraphs: "Lelt wholly to hinisolf
tho hog is a very cleanly disposed crea
ture, llo likes grass, fresh fruits and
sweet grain very much better than ho
likes these things after they aro half
spoiled oy decay. In tho open field ho
keeps his feeding placo and sleeping
placo free from his own filth. lie takes
cold, and gets fevers untbr precisely
tho same conditions that would bring
a cold or fever into tho family of its
owner, and ho is subject to contagious
disoases that allect him very much as
other contagious diseases atfect man.
"Wo havo seen many pens tho past
riummer, nnd they can bo seen every
day in tho year by those who will look
for them, where tho soft mud and
stinking filth a foot deep extonded
over tho wholo area, so thero
was not so much as a singlodry straw
to sleep on. Tho hogs musC sleep in
water, and eat in soft mud, made not
only filthy, but poisonous, by their
own excrements. In such pens farm
ers often throw ears of corn to bo
eaten in tho mud, and when tho animals
become sick from exposure to cold or
wot, or poisoned by their filty food
the owners wonder what made them
dick.
"Confined in a small pen hogs should
have at all times clean, dry places to
eat and to rileen. No animal is ever
gaining profitably to its keeper when
....f t . I .. .II
biiub animal isuuiiuy or mt'iiiaiiy un
comfortable. A little muddy water
to wallow in will not borionsly injuro
a hog, if it can havo a dry placo to
lie in. Muddy water is better than
none, especially in hot weather. It is
believed by many that tho phi's legs
should often be wot to keep tho tis
sues open and active. At any rate,
water is agreeable to
he is fed lurgely upon
tho hog, and if
dry food, pure
water is indispensablo to cootl
health."
"Farmers who would grow a special
ly lino article of pork could obtain
prices soniewhnt above tho average
market, especially if they would pa
tiently build up n reputation for choice
goods. Select a good breed, give good,
clean, wholesome quarters, feed upon
healthful food only, keep them growing
thrifty from birth, and kill while they
are still growing, say from seven to
ten months old; let the public know
what kind of pork you offer, nnd thero
will bo little ditlieulty in tindin buy
ers that will pay enough above tho
prices for which ordinary pork sells to
make the business burly profitable.
Kenplng OnloiM.
unions aro kept m good order in
tho following manner: Tliev aro first
thoroughly dried, and then spreai
about one foot deep on a dry lloorand
lett until tbevareiuitefro7.enthrough
They aro then covered deeply with
straw and left until tho spring, when
they thaw out slowly and will befresh
and as good as at hrst. unions aro
not injured by ono freezing; it is ro
peated freezing nnd thawing which
hurts them. If they aro kept in a eel
lar they should not be heaped in largo
piles, out kept m barrels and well von
tilated by means ofholesinthestaves
An excellent way to keen them is to
tie them in longstringson straw ropes
and hang these to tho ceiling of tho
cellar or root house.
Murlu'tliiK Poultry.
In fattening for markets remember
that you will not only get pay foi
every pound your poultry gains, but
by improving tho quality you gain
from one-fourth to one-half in price
on tho whole. This improved quality
is more likely to be gained by feeding
corn than otherwi.se. Cuvo them all
they will eat, and your poultry will
bo more yellow and better than that
fatted en any other grain.
Keep stock from food for 24 hours
before killing; because food in thoerop
injures tho appearance, is liable to
sour and consumers object to paying
for this worse than useless weight. All
poultry, but more especially turkeys,
should be killed by bleeding from tho
neck, and picked inimcdiately.whilotho
body is warm. iSo strangled .scalded or
wet-picked poultry will sell lor inoro
than half price. Always strip tho
blood out of tho neck as soon as tho
head is taken oil. Tho skin should
then be peeled back a littlo and tho
neck bone removed in tho usual way
Just before packing draw tho skin
over tho end of tho bono remaining
and tie and trim neatly. Tho wing
and tail feathers must bo pulled out
clean, and tho intestines drawn
through ns small an incision as possi
ble.
llo stiro that poultry rotains none of
the animal heat when it is packed
It hhould becold, but not frozen. Sorb
very carefully and have No. 1 stock of
unitorm quality. Each quality should
be in a separate box, containing not
more than 200 pounds, ns greater
bulk is moro inconvenient to handle
and moro liablo to got damaged
Never wrap poultry in paper or pack
in straw. Lino the boxes with clean
paper, pack closely, pack upwards
and legs out straight. Ueforo tho
cover is nailed down see that there it
no possibility of tho contents shifting
about. In shinning, marl; kind and
gross weight on tho cover. Tho namo
or shipping mark of tho shipper should
appear thereon, as well as tho address
of tho firm to which package is sent.
An invoice and full advices mailed as
soon as tho shipment is made will of
ten snvo time and annoyance to ship
per and dealer. IJoston Produce Ex
change.
More About Slorpleftiuens.
The euro of sleeplessness depends
upon the cause; how various the caus
es aro wo havo seen. I will not enu
morate the dovicos for procuring sleep
in tho ordinarily healthy; they aro
very numerous, but noileof them havo
any general application-. One counsel
may bo given, for it is not hackneyed,
it is this: Learn to sleep in tho'day
tnno. This art is ono which everybody
has not acquired. People there are
and I know such people who arowiso
enough to eat when thoy aro hungry,
but havo never attained that higher
reach of wisdom to sleep when they
aresleepy. Hub occasions como to all
of us whon wo need to he able to sleep
in tho day timo at will. Havo you
failed to get your no-ided sleep, wheth
er because of work or watching, or
pleasure? Then repose, in tho
daytimo is tho restorativo needed.
Thero is great virtue in naps ovon in
short ones and tho art of napping in
tho daytime, if you havo not learned
it already, is one to bo learned with
out delay. It may require, a littlo
practice, but naturo is on the side of
tho learner.
And, lnstly, hero is a bit of philoso
phy written by a wiso man and physi
cian, Dr. Frank Hamilton. Let us
hopo that at least ono of my readers,
if only ono, will bo wiso enough to prof
it by his wisdom: "Gloomy thoughts
prevent sleep. Tho poor and unfort
tinato magnify and increase their mis
fortune by too much thinking.
"Ulessed bo ho who invented sleep.but
thrico blessed bo tho man who shall
invent a euro for thinking." Titus
Munson Coan, in Harper's Weekly.
Ono Woinim Solvm the Problem.
From tho Christian Union.
Tho Spectator heard tho other day
of ono instance, which affords a prac
tical answer to tho question often
asked by women who aro left unex
pectedly without means. What shall
I do for a living? The lady who lias
aflorded this answor was reared in a
luxurious home, surrounded by ample
wealth, and endowed with all the re
finement and culture which wealth and
tho best society can afford. Nature
had happily aUo endowed hor with
that winch wealth cannot aflord,
namely, common sense; and she
availed herself of hor advantage to go
to a cooking school and become a
mistress in the culinary art. Misfort
tmo befalling the family, has thrown
tier upon her own l'osources, with ono
or more dependent upon her. Instead
of tallinginto tho long line of appli
cants for school teachers' positions,
or burdening the mails with chil
dren's stories and poems to
bo rejected by cold-hearted edit
ors, she has called hereooking skill in
to requisition. She has quietly lot it
be known ninong her old-timo friends,
that sho will serve them in their kitch
ens on occasions. When any onoof tho
circle in whoso parlor sho oncowas,
and still might be a social ornament
desires to give a specially nico dinner
or tea they send for her. She brings
her cooking wrapper in it littlo hand
bag, takes charge o'f tho kitchonas tho
pilot does of a steamship on entering
port, relieves the mistress of all care,
anxiety and concern, and sends up a,
charming meal, such as a less cultivat
ed cook could not provide. She is in
such great demand that her prices
have already doubled.
Vor Ilinlmnd anil Wlfo.
From The Halt Moon.
"ft is not infrequent thnt a wife
mourns over tho alienated affections
of her husband when sho has mado no
effort herself to strenghenand increaso
his attachment. Sho thinks because
ho once loved her he ought always to
lovo her, and she neglects thoso at
tentions which engaged his heart.
Many a wife is thus the causo of her
own neglect and sorrow. Tho woman
deserves not a husband's lovo who
will not greet him with smiles
when he returns from tho labors of
tho day, who will not try to chain
him to his homo by thosweetenchant
ment of a cheerful heart. Thero is
not one in a thousand so unfeeling
as to withstand such an inlluenco
and break away from such a
homo." This is tho man's story.
"A woman's advice is generally
worth having, so if you aro in trottblo
tell your mother, or your wife, oryour
sister all about it. He assured that
light will (lash upon darkness. Women
are commonly judged inexperienced in
all but pure woinnnish affairs. No
poilosophieal students of tho sex thus
judge them. Their intuitions or in
sight aro the most subtle, and if they
cannot seo a cat in tho meal thero is
no cat there. A man should keep nono
of his nffairs from his wife. Many a
homo has been saved and many a for
tune retrieved by a man's full confi
dence in his wife. Woman is far moro
a seer and a prophet than man if sho
bo given a fair chance. As a general
thing wives contido tho minutest of
their affairs and thoughts to their hus
bands. Tho men who succeed aro
those who make confidantes of their
wives. This is the wife's story.
Comfort at Home.
Soldier nnd Servant.
Put self last. IJo prompt at every
meal. Tako littlo annoyances out of
tho way. When good conies to any
one, rejoice. When any ono suffers,
speak a word of sympathy. Tell nei
ther of your own" faults nor those of
others. Havo a placo for everything
and everything m its place. Hide
your own troubles, but watch and
help others out of theirs. Tako hold
of the knob and shut, without slam
ming tho door. If the door squeaks,
apply the drop of oil at onco. Never
interrupt any conversation, but watch
patiently your turn to speak. Look
lor beauty in everything, and tako a,
cheerful view of every event. Careful
ly clean tho mud from your feet on
entering tho houso. Always speak
politely and kindly to sorvants. When
inclined to givo nn angry answer, press
your lips together and say tho alpha
bet. When pained by nn untdnd
word or deed, ask yoursolf "Have I
never done an ill an need forgiveness."
Idcns of a Futuro State ami
Ghosts.
With tho progress of timo men's
ideas about somo futuro stato began
lo grow moro delinito and moro con
sistent. Instead of the corpso wo get
the ghost, instead of tho material un
derground world wo got tho idealized
and sublimated conception of a
shadowy hades, a world of shades, a
realm of incorporeal disembodied
spirits. With tho growth of tho idea
in this ghostly nether world thero
arises naturally the habit of burning
tho dead in order fully to freo tho lib
erated spirit from the earthly chains
that clog and bind it. It is, indeed, a
vory noticeabio fact that wherever
this belief in a world of shades is im-
filicitly accepted, thero cremation fol
ows its a matter of course; whilo,
whorevcr (among savago or barbario
races) burial is practiced, thoroainore
matorialistie creed of bodily survival
necessarily accompanies it. To carry
out this theory to its full extont, not
only must thobodyttsolf bo burned, but
also all its belongings with it. Ghosts
aro clothed in ghostly clothing, nnd
tho question hns often been asked of
modern spiritualists by materialistic
scoffers, "Where- do tho ghosts got
their coats and dresses?" Tho true
believer in cremation nnd thoshadowy
world has no difficulty nt all in an
swering that crucial innuirv: ho would
say at onco, "They aro tlio ghosts of
tho clothes that wore burned with tho
body." Tho gossiping Btory of Peri
ander, ns voraciously retailed for us
by that dear old grandmotherly scan
dalmonger Herodotus, tho shade of
Melissa refuses to coinniunicato with
her late husband, by medium or oth
erwise, on the ground that sho found
herself naked and shivering with coin,
because tho garments buried with her
had not been burned, and thorcforo
wore of no uso to her in tho world of
shades. So Periandor, to put a stop
to this Bad stato of spiritual destitu
tion, requisitioned all the best dross
es of tho Corinthian ludies, burned
them bodily in n great trench, and re
ceived nn inimediato answer from the
gratified shade, who was thenceforth
enabled to walk about on tho principal
Sromcnndes of hades among the beet
resscd ghosts of that popular resort,
Cornhill Magazine.