HOME AND FARM.
Turnover! Holl o-it soino puff
psntc and out in oblong-shaped pieces,
put some finely-cut cheese on the pa-tc,
turn over and pinch ilovvn the edges,
and bake. -Vc litlcrrr.
-The suril'or . t''o room, the lightot
should Ij the furniture, mid tho decora
tlon of t'ie Willi. A largo room shoulr.
Iisiyc heavy' fiirniluro. ami tho wa'li
may ! dark'. Cincinnati Timet.
-A b.'d-room should never ho som
Iter, the brighter tho brd'er. Will t
scrim ciirlaiiis with antiiiie hie bord !
and Insertion are like ! for chamber window-
The walls should bo of a light
tint, tho pictures restful and pleasing.
Exchange.
-O'lclnt'i may b improved in np
jmirance by rubbing-It with a mixture
of a half-ounce of bo swnx in a saucer
fill of tiif e itine. S -t this in a want
pl.id until they can bo thoroughly
mixed. Apply with a llanncl cloth, an
then rub With' a dry ilaiinel. Uoslui
Jluilijel.
-Cheese Toa-t: Mnko some slices o!
toast, cut oil' their crust-:, tho n httttei
them: cut some cheese into thin Hakes,
and nut in a sane man with a piece ol
butter, and a little mustard if desired-
the last-named ingredient must bo add
cd cautiously, l'iaco tho pan over tht
lir . and stir unt'l-. tho cheese is wiled,
and the whole is well mixed and m:i toth
then pour tho mixture on the toast Ml
servo hot. O'ooit Housekeeping.
-The rreiieh. who export more peari
than any otliei nat on. cover tho insUh
of the boxes with spongy paper or dn
mo, which absorbs the mo sturo.
Kach pear is then wrapped in t-o't pa
per and placed in layers in the boxes
the largest and least-matured In the bot.
tout, fifl'ng all interstices w III the dr
ums. Thus they will keep a month 01
more. They are so closely packed that,
tlio igh they can not t iiieh oat'li other
a'l motion is pteveiito I, If one deeayi
th others are nor harmed.
SHELTER FOR SHEEP.
Hum n (ioml, Itooinv -ln-il Clin lie Con
-I rncf i-il lit h'1'iIIIIi'K Kxi iii'.
if one n ay judge trom what he see'
in travol'iig over the country, there tin
many owner of s!k op who apparently
think there Hock do not rcipiiru anj
spe.-ial attention in the way of provid
inr them with com'ortablo quarter..
An or.llnaiy open shed i the only pro
tection they have against storms anf
cold weather. Now. while sheep w 1
stand opouro perhaps better than any
other farm stock, such treatment car.
not lie given w thout ca is'.ng io , ami
t will be found that those who neglect
their stock u tills wav are among tin
lir.-t to compla n that there is no profit
in keeping sheep. When sheep ni
w ntured without provid ng them
with comfortable ipiarter there ii
a loss not only in the food, inori
being required I keep up the ho it
of the body, but also in the quality oi
the llt'oco. Thi" effect of neglect on t lie
growth and texture of the wool w II b
quit apparent when spring comes, an
evain'nation sliow ng an unevenno-s in
the jriowlh ami a lack of the lino qiialiU
whii-li i found in the llcero of iIiomj
slieci wh'ch liave lieen prolecled fron
the e.ild .-tonus of w nler. When shel
ter can I c provided at so little eo-t, it if
slruusrn that anv one will think of keep
ing slie.ep In the way many do, for t s
oisily shown that tin Ins.- sustained by
such'a coins will, in a short time, be
mi 111 'lent to more than equal the o
pen- ot liii Id Mir oonit'.nttiblo quarters.
The-o nuo.l not be of an elaborate char
acter, but cun be con-truclcd quitt
cheaply li the uo of stiaw
and po!u. enough of the former
being mod for a roof, so thai
water can not get through it. In th i
way a good, roomy shod can to .-o con.
M fueled that !t w il last for two or three
season, or t in i.y be newly covered
each fall with fre-h straw. Care should
be taki n to secure proper ventilation
where the shed is closed all around.
Th's may In do e by iroan of w ndovvi
on the side, or bV open ng through
the roof. If the door- are loft open
when the weather is not too stormy ot
(old. the sheen will slay out in the yard
much of the time through the day. A
little cure and forethought in tit's direc
tion w.ll bo found to pay well in tho
improved condition of tho ,-heep when
oprlng comos. Xiilioiitit l,ivc-Stock
Jour ., .
THE CANKER-WORM.
Hon II Wii" I.'vtri iiili'iil. il on tin- l'liriu ol
I ho O I ill. I iii hiH'iil Million.
(In pas-in-j; through several farming
districts during the pa-t season wo saw
repi tiled cMiinp'es of tin entire nog
ltvt of orchard where tho canker
worm had (liken pos-o-'on and com
pletely -tripped tin trees of their fob
tvn. 'This -tr'ppl'ig repelled frequent
lv' would destroy the tree-, as they can
tint live after a c-.intinued loss of leave.
lln'iv was formerly some excuse for ,
mit of .-uccess in "ic-troylng these in
ns, when all the proposed roiuodlo
wen- imperfect at lest. Hut now that
pa IX green ha-b.-en proved so perfect
a )iuedv. the trees are ea-lly and
MUieMv epicure I of lliein. Among the
mnuvftoporis f miito , wo copy thu
lollowW from the last iininml report
ot l lie Oil,, Kxpei'itueut Station: l'lie
N'tM vlnj f tho trees with kero
sene mil M-iap was not effect
ive. Atti waiting thirty hours
we did not;-( much diminution of the
worm. Tin tree- were literally alive
wltli t.liem, toiv lielii-; suircolv'n leaf
tree. 1 then Nnslllv sprayed them with
purls giuen. 4o niv great surprise ami
delight, in tweuv hours there were but
few worm- to heVoen. ami in thirl v-slv
hour- not one w a, found. The neighbor-
say tl wii- the,,,, hl ,,, tiling
thoy ever saw, vv hoti-id .-con the orchard
previously denude, bv the worm."
The spraying was dM w.th an ordi
nary doiibie-iu llng S,iiv pump, which
had a d .sohargo ho-e iv'lv feet hmg,
with a m clone uo..le, a,d fastened to a
stout pole, so as to Ih orated ami al
low the sprav to fall on verv part of
the tree-, '1 he liquid wjs put Into a
barrel and mounted on a vv,0ii. One
man drove ami worked the munp; an
oilier handled the iio.le. ql0 wa-'on
was dr.veu b.-tween vows of ((es, J'ue
half of each row bo'.n spmyctj 0u each
l-:iti":i. The s.v htiudriHl tj,oa were
i-oniplulttly cleared. -Country UcntU.
ii.u i.
EXTRAORDINARY BURIAL.
A Tomliln-f Inrlilnit Which U Ilriiiilirnl
Without Orniiinriitiitliiii.
Among all "the short and .simple an
nals of the poor" ther" isnotliliigniore
toficliiug and pathetic, than the story of
the burial of the body of a working
girl In a country churchyard in Kssex
County, Kngland. as given in a local
newspaper. The name of the dead
girl was Amy Carey Dansey, and she
had leached the age of twenty-one at
the time of her decease. She was born
at Little Horkeley, near Colchester,
where she passed her childhood. Her
father died when she was quite young
ami her mother married ,7oeph IJall.a
cabinet-maker, and moved to London.
Amy lived with Iter grandparents and
went to the parish school till she was
old enough to go out to service. Her
stepfather found her a place in London
and carefully looked after her. Last
fall her health failed, and plivsicians
stated that her disease was consump
tion. She was moved to Hrompton
Hopital, where she was almost daily
visited by her mother ami stepfather.
When she became conscious that death
was rapidly approaching, she expreed
an earnest vvi.-h that she might be
buried in Little llorkcslev churchyard,
and her stepfather i pfoiui-ed thai her
desire should be complied with.
Tlio poor man little kiicw howdiflt
cult it would be lo fulfill his proini-e.
but he kept his word. "lie met with an
accident that prevented him from doing
any work for more than three month.,
dining which time he found if hard to
support ids family. Alnio-t as soon a
lie was able to go to his shop again.
Amy died, ami he .-el about seeing how
he could fulfill hi pronii-e to her. He
found thai it would eo-l about twenty
four dollar to transport the body by
railroad ear ami hcar-c from London
to Little llorkcslev. and this was more
money than ho could procure. He ac
cordingly rc.-olved to take the body
there on a handcart which he often
used for moving furniture, lie made
a nice eollln. engraved an inscription
on a plate, procured a burial permit,
packed up some food to be eaten on
the way, and late that night, when the
streets wore nearly dccrted, with the
little half-brother of the dead girl as
companion ;iml mourner, still ill ami
weak, set out on hi- journey of nearly
sixty miles, which he accomplished in
three davs. On the fourth day the
body was buried with the help of old
friend, and the grave wa decked with
(lowers obtained in the village. The
storv of the journev is thu- told by Mr.
Hall.
I wheeled the body on the hand
cart, and I brought, my seeon 1 little
boy with me aged about ten. lie rode
on the colliu down-hill and on the level
road, but when we had to go up-hill
he helped to push a little, beeau-e 1
was so weak anil ill. The lirst day I
put it y two miles short of Ingagtestone,
at an inn. On the night of the second
day I reached William, and put up at
the Swan. Two men came lo me and
wanted to know what I bad go) in the
eollln. One of them said he wa a de
tective, and he -aid: 'I demand to
look inside.' I aid: 'S-.nw me your
warrant card,' and he could not do so.
We had a bother, and he would have
forced open the eollin. but my Master
i alway .-trongei than the devil, and
lie gave me strength to struggle with
the man and put him out of the house.
1 then sent my lit lie boy for a police
man, ami then the row vvn sever. The
inspector of police afterward eanie and
took my name and addrc.-. and I
showed him the certificate of death,
ami answered all his inquiries satisfac
torily and truthfully. Next morning
I started about half-past eight on my
journey, anil I arrived at Little llor
kcslev jul after six o'clock on Wednes
day night."
The story is beautiful without any
ornamentation, and pcrhap it I well
that it was not written bv a genlii like
Dickon- or Haw thorne, l'lain, hoiie-l,
truthful ,lo-eph ll;ill did Hot care to ap
pear in hi-tory a- a hero. He thought
more of keeping id- word than of being
famous, lie was astoni-hed when he
learned that hi name appeared in
print. He said Mutt he had simply done
id- duty to a good girl w ho w as dear to
him. He Is a liv ing example of how
ilie poor have u quid way of doing
hing that the rich with their pride
ami love of o-teutatioii could not imi
tate if they were to make the attempt.
Citciigo Time.
Curing the Measles. '
One of the n'm-t remarkable patho
logical ea-e- on record ha- occurred at
I'erigueux. A patient in the hospital
-ull'ering from iiiea-le- jumped out of
one of the windows at four o'clock in
the morning, and fell a distance of four
or live nrd- into the garden. He was
at the lime at the period of the strongest
eruption. Awakened by the pain cau-ed
by the fall, he walked about in hi niglit
sfilrt for some time, the thermometer
standing at eight degree below the
freezing point, until lie succeeded in
waking the concierge, when he re
turned to bed. The uc.xt day his com
plaint' hail enllrelv dl-appearcd. Thi
mode of cure, however, i- not gener
ally recommended by the faculty. -(luliijiimiCs
MeMiujer.
Xogroos In Lincoln County, (in.,
who have bought good-and mortgaged
crop to pay for them have got so far
beh'nd that they are said to have or
ganized to re-il t'ie official- charged
with collecting the debt. Of course
they will get worsted in this, but. says
lhe'.U(iiilecii-mw' Ume'te, the lea-oii
will be worth all it eo-t If it touche,
thoso lately enfranchised citizens tl t
no wor-e shivery ever existed in thU
cgitnlry lhr.it that of doUu
SHAM HYSTERIA.
Autliorltatlrr Opinion) n-irltij; Vpnn tho
CurloiM Aflllrllon.
"Simulated hysteria? Sham hyste
ria?" said a prominent physician, re
peating the questions of a reporter. "Is
such a thing poihlc? Why, ye. Hys
teria is half sham, any way. Some
times a hy.-terical subject will have
hysteria aiid she can't help it; but usu
ally half her symptoms she sham. r
at least exaggerates. Anil it is hard to
tell what is sham and what isn't."
The inquiry was suggested by tho
hysterical exploits of the girl who fell
dow n recently in an apparent lit of hys
teria on a Pennsylvania railroad train
and was taken to the Jersey City Hos
pital. It was understood that she was
on her way-to Now York to sec her sick
mother. She lay at the hospital appa
rently unconscious from the effects of
hysteria. Then an undertaker who
knew a Mary McXulty. who shammed
hysteria at Wilmington, Del., about
two years ago. and made $1(5., some
clothing anil live weeks' board out of
the act. called at the Jersey City Hos
pital and said that the invste ions pa
tient, wa none other than Mary Mc
Xulty. The same day she recovered
consciousness enough to say that her
name-was Carrie (Silchrist, which there
was reason to believe was not true. It
was concluded that she was an impo-tor,
who has at various times been having
more or less profitable tits of hysteria
at several places.
Hut could the girl have acted
out a ca.-o of hysteria from
beginning to end, and without betray
ing herelf submitted to the uual
treatment of hysterical subject, w hich
is .sometimes violent and generally
painful? Could she have abided .-vvift
emetics and allowed hcr-clf to be .-lapped,
pinched and pricked without a
wince to betray her?
A physician who i considered au
thority on nervou- di-ea-es, when a-ked
these questions, doubted very much the
ability of any woman to deliberately
deceive even an ambulance surgeon by
feigning hysteria. He knew of no ueh
eases in medical literature, and if the
so-called Carrie (iilchrit had not had
hysteria at all, he should consider it a
new phase in medical experience.
"Il i extremely dillicult," -aid an
other physician, "to tell -onietiine.
where hvsteria i- simulated and where
it i not. There i alw ays more or le-s
.simulation." Flint say that there i- a
tendency to exaggerate symptom- of
di-ca.-e. It proceeds sometimes from
an exaggerated sense of existing v nis
touis and sometime- from a morbid de
sire to excite interest or sympathy. It
is an important part of the knowledge
and tad of the practitioner make due
allowance f r tliis tendency. In some
ease a morbid perversion of the mind
leads patient to undertake to practice
gross fraud n regard- their ailment.-.
Tlun pretend to have extraordinary
diorders. and re-ort. to ingenious ef
forts at deception. Hysterical malin
gering i not iinfrequeiitly mixed with
historical self-deception.
The explanation which most of the
physicians consulted gave of til-: ae -of
C u ric (iilehri! was .something like
this:
There have been several well-authen-thvited
ease, in w hich it was found that
(he patient-could, at their w ill, throw
thcm-clvc- into fits of hysteria. This
could be done in dill'erent ways. One
girl would alway- go into hysteria
when -he thought of a certain -object:
another by eating certain food: an
other -eeined to have the abilitv lo
mesmerize herself, and throw hcr-clf
into a trance, and keep herself in it.
It is probable that Carrie (S.lehri-l is
one of this class of malingerer-. Hv
thinking about some event in her life
pcrluip- she can throw hcr-clf into hys
teria. Once in she is in a state to keep
up the deception, iiule-s frightened out
in some wav.
Not long ago a woman in hysterics
wa brought into a'Hrooklyn hospital.
She wa I ild on a cot, and she immedi
ately Hopped out on to the lloor. Tho
doctor set her up in a chair, ami she.
tumbled out again and again, bumping
her head and whacking her arms on
the lloor as if nothing could hurt her.
One of the doctors stepped up to her
and began slapping her face on either
side as hard as ho could. After two
or three -lap- the girl jumped up and
threatened to report the doctor for his
cruelty, picked up her hat and walked
out with no more hysteria than then i
in a clam. Hysteria i often a strike
for syoipathv. This girl got there
verse. To some extent she must have
been simulating, yet it wa- a genuine
ca-e of hysteria.
Wldle sympathy is alway sweet to
the hysterical person, the idea of going
into fits for pecuniary benefit i dccitl
ly now. For such case- the ability to
throw one' -elf into by stories at the
proper time i of great value. -V. T.
in ii.
Marrow of the Modern Novel.
(iiveu an active affinity (male) and a
passive affinity (.female). The active
nihility hits a positive value, but in
pre.Miuee of the passive affinity it loses
all estimation of this value, and be
lieves the value of the passive affinity
to be inestimable. The pas.-tvo affinity
lias no value, and knows it, but it is
able to attract the active allinily by an
ingenious display of vacuity of v Inc.
When he is drawn within the limits of
Iter attraction hi-condition i.- hopeless,
and a fusion (marriage) is inevitable.
Should another pas-ivc atliuity of
greater vacuity be present, the active
atliuity is a lo-t quantity, for if oue
vaeuity doe- not aborb Id- value, an
other one will. Chirk Dudley ll'ur
jj!T, in Harper' Miuanue,
m ii iw
Thrott woman have boeu hanged iu
Liverpool i : the last two peat's.
ROUGHING IT OUT WEST.
Rml Slnrr nt I'nltlirnl Wlf Whit Trld
l.Vn mi Hip J'lulin.
After tolling of a young couple '
brought up to luxury who thought they
would rough-it on the plains, a cot re-
spondent thus continue ms story : i
"To the reader who has been accus-.
tonied to dwelling in populous sections,
no adequate idea of the utter U liness
of a residence in the 1-ar vct can he
formed. The disconsolate wife, uiiablo
to obtain assistance in her hour of need,
now remained faithfully watching by
the bedside of the dying man, who ap
peared to entertain a peculiar dread of
being buried alive. 'Promise me.' lie
said to his wife sonic hours before his
death, 'that you will not see me buried
for at least four days after I have
breathed my last:' to which request the
- tf..ll ....... All'
........ .. ,..111.111 1 .1 Lllll lllil ..II
jmmfi tiuiii.ui i, .lining ,.--,, ... ,
through the day and during the earlier
portion ol tnc nignt me woman sai .
alone with her dead, while without, and I
as though already seen tin their prey, I
a pack of hungry coyotes circled about
tno isoiatcit a none, ever aim anon giv-j
ing vent to their peculiar and niood-i
curdliii": cries. At nine o clock a -niall
partv of miner, including our guides,
Wood and ""Armstrong,-called on the
way to Cheyenne.
"The sail story was soon told and
early on the following morning one of
the party was sent to Hoist! Creek for
the purpose of obtaining the material
for a eollin. During all thi- time the
widow sat by the bedside of her dead
husband, at times scrutinizing the fea
tures of the latter and nionieiitar ly
starting up as if she fancied she de
tected signs of returning animation.
Kit Arm-troug. from whom I received
whatever information is here afforded
concerning this ;id epi-odc, together
with his companion. Wood, remained
during the four dav following the
death of the man a-iiccribed. On the
la-t night of their vigil the woman,
worn out from con-taut watching, con
sented Co take some re-t while toward
morning both of the watcher- alo fell
asleep.
"It is not known at what hour the
supposed corpse became again animated
with life, but it was found upon inves
tigation that the body hail at some
time during the night partially turned
in the eollin in which it had been
placed, although the feature still bore
the same placid expression they had
worn the day previous. The discovery
of thi dreadful circumstance proved
too much for the alllieted wife, who en
tirely lo-t her reason and who thence
forth loamcd about in the v ieinity of
her late home, being gcnerou-ly af
forded shelter by tho-e who had pur-
I chased the ranch, and -uper.-titioii-ly
! avoided by Indians, who regarded her
j with awe. -llonton ('omiiiersiitl llitlletin.
! ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY.
A Cronil ol' I'Kiitl.tlr.lt Mi-n unit Woiiu-il
l-ohl of ICfill liiti-lh-i't.
A correspondent who ha horn ob
serving society in Washington, sets it
down as "a very conglomerate affair,
with none of the heart of hospitality
in it." The people being literally "here
to-day and gone --morrow." go
through the hollow forms of ealU ami
receptions witli little more than a pro
fession of kindliness, a- a matter of
liu-itie . You will, for in-t-iuce. bo
invited to call upon some peron on lu-f
reception day. She stands in a line
with' those who receive with her, some
of them stupidly .-elf-con-cioii-, or im
pudently indifferent. You s;iy "good
morning" at coming and going, al
though it is well along tow ard evening.
Some of tile ladies have no wai-r worth
mentioning to their dre e-, and no
tact whatever in their manner. You
arc invited to take chocolate, which
yon do lis solemnly a if it were hem
lock tea. You sigli for some bright
spirited man or woman with whom to
exchange an idea, but you sigh in vain.
You see bare necks suggestive of pneu
monia, gorgeous dresses, gigantic false
tcclh and -mile- equally artificial.
There i- the slightest perceptible jolt
in the social wheel-when a man or
woman of high po-itiou dies, hut the
jar is hardly discernible, and the carof
juggernaut moves on. People at the
bottom of the social ladder are strain
ing and agonizing to get to the top.
Thoo at tho top are otteu eying each
other with envy and suspicion. The
pre has held up to ridicule and well
deserved contempt the impudent ami
ill-mannered people who attended the
Chinese ball, uninvited, and who dis
graced thcm-clvc and their country as
much by going as they did by their raid
upon the dining-room. You have seen
animals feed out of a trough? Well
but no matter. Who were these peo
ple? They are por-cci who aspire to
be reckoned of the "upper crust" in
the "society" in the "court circle" of
America. Youth's Conipniiioii.
!
Business is Business.
Two pas-enger.- on the train became
involved in a very heated controversy,
which finally waxed o hot that one of
them called the other a liar.
What'-, that, a liar?" and he wa- on
hi feet.
"Ye-, a liar," wa the emphatic rc-spon-c,
"or my name ain't John Smith,'
of Smitliville,"
What, the hardware merchant?"
"The -ainc."
"Mr. Smith. I'm delighted' to know
you. 1 ivpreont Me r Sharpedge &
Co., of Xew York, and can show you
a Hue of samples that vv ill make your
hair curl." -V. 1'. Sun.
(lideou Thompson, of Hridgeport.
Conn., celebrated hi-ninety-third birth
day rocoutly, and over six hundred of
his follow townsmen called on him.
among them twenty person- over uine-
i ty j can
BOWSER.
UprrtheU lr
MummiIIik- l'irT-rpnr.i4
I.oiiR-Suir-rliiK, I'litlrnt Wlt.
A msi,.miis iid fault with their
,1H,:l, I know this to bo true, because
M ' iLer savs so. I think it noth-
ing -trango when Mr. Hovvser sits down
to his dinner and begins:
"Humph: Same old corned beef!
"Yes. my dear; it's the same corned
beef you ordered as you went down
this morning."
"Oh. it i! I didn't know but it was
sonic I ordered a year ago! What do
you call these things?"
"Potatoc. of coiiivc."
"Potatoes, eh? I'll try and remem
ber that name. And what's this?"
"( SililiMiri, mi- love."
Oil! fdidn't know but it was wood
, ,nv jovi. Va. this bread math'
I ' -
. .
aKiec tlie war
'Ccrtainlv. It is only two days
)( .
Hmiipli! Huving some poor coffee
;Vr:xUi M,,!t i,0'k at that! That stuff
i,..,,, jf t w., dipped out of a mud-
j,,,,,;"
"But you ordered this very rollee
your-elf only night before last."
He growls and eats, and eats and
growls, ami I've got med to it. - His
only now and then that he pro".eeda
to violence. The other day ho express
ed his fondness for pumpkin pie, and I
ordered the cook to make two or three.
We had one brought on at supper, and
a soon as Mr. Bow ser saw it he sternly
inquired:
"What do you call that performance
Ihero? W-heii vvas it barn, and where
i it going to?"
"Mr. Bow-ei-. you said you wanted
some pumpkin pie."
"Yes."
"Well, here it is. aad a good a one
a von ever ate: 1 made it myself, after
mother's favorite recipe."
Mr-. Bow ser. do you call that a
pumpkin pic."
"I do. si,-."
"Then I want tube branded a fool!
What do you take tnc for. any way?
Don't you suppose I was eating pump
kin pie- before you were born?"
Why isn't it a pumpkin pie?"
"Wh'v isn't a boot-leg a boot? Whore
is your other cm-i :
"But pumpkin pic never have any
; upper cru-l."
j "Don't they? Mr. Bower. you can
! deceive the cook, for she i a confiding
i foreigner, and you can .-tuff most any
yarn down our poor little baby, but
don't try to bamboozle me. It won't
work. I'm gad for your -ake that my
mo her i-n't here to laugh at you."
In two day- Iliad a letter from hi
mother, atliriuing that there wa- no
upper cru-t to a pumpkin pi?, and I
i brought my own mother over in the
! Ile.-h as a further while-, but what did
' Mr. Bow -or do but lou i ly exclaim:
j "Bo-h! You old women have forgot
! ten half you knew! You arc thinking
i about pudding and milk, you are. Of
I cour-e there is no upper erut to pud
i ilinsr and milk, and I never said there
was."
He cost me a good girl lat week by
I ouv of his whim-. I happened to won
! tier aloud during the evening if -he had
i put her bread to rie. when he promptly
i inquired:
"Mr-. Bowser, do you know why
I hi cad rises?"
' "Because of the yeast."
"But why doe.- the yeast expand the
1 dough?"
, "Because it doe."
"F.xadly. You al live because you
do, and that's all .you know about it!
I You ought to lie ashamed of your igno
rance of natural philosophy. I'll .-co
' if the girl know any better."
He went out and inquired:
"Jane, have vou put the bread to
.rise?"
"Yes. sir."
"Do you expect it to ri-e?"
"Of course."
"Why don't you expect it to fall?"
"Are you running this kitchen?" she
sharply demanded.
"Yirtually, ye. My object is to see
how well you are posted on natural
philnophy. Why does the bread rise
instead of fall?"
"Because it' a fool, and I'm an
other for -laying in a place where a
man i- allowed to hen-huzzy about
the kitchen! I'll leave iu the morn
ing!" And leave -he did. and all the con
solation 1 got from Mr. Bowser a- he
j came up to dinner wa:
"It s a good thing she left. She
might have mixed something together'
which would havceaued our death-.
Come, now. hurry up the dinner!"
Mr. Bowcr has improved some iu
the direction, of taking care of the
baby. I can now leave them together
a- long as fifteen minute.- without fear
that one will kill the other by trying
some experiment. They had been
alone about -even minute- the other
day while I wa- up tair-, and when 1
came down Mr. Bow-er seemed quite
agitated and whispered to me:
"I've suspected it all along!"
"What?"
"That our child is somewhat of a
monstrosity ! Look at that!"
And lie pointed to the soft spot on
the child's head where a throb could be
detected.
"F.very child ha- the same," I re
plied iu a letis-uring voice.
"Oil! they have, eh! What infant's
a-vlum have you been mat inn of? Per
haps 1 nuirrio t the mother in-lead of
the daughter! 1 Jell you that'- a freak
of nature, that i, ami I shan't ho sur-
pri-cd to come homo any day and find
a horn beginning to sprout!" Detroit
Free l'.e.
The Infant King of Spain is able to
vv alk puui-h now with the as-i-tance of
the Minister uf the Nmsurv. X. Y,
Her ili.
MR. AND MRS.
WHOLESOME WATER.
Tho Morn Imnnrtuiit Ailvnntncr) of Prop
rrtv Con-tnif-tiMl Drive Well.
When there is no rocky stratum near
the surface, the drive well is an excel
lent means of securing a plentiful sup
ply of the host water. A good drive
well with two-inch pipe can be driven
forty feet, and furnished with good iron
pump, for about twenty dollar-.
1 have often noticed the water from
the shallow surface well, located in
and about stockyards, in this vicinity.
I need hardly say that the water has a
yellowish tinge and an offensive smell.
It can hardly bo otherwise, when it
has soaked-down-through the manure
all about the well. Animals will drink
such water when choked right to it
but no more - than they arc actually
obliged to. The line instinct of the ani
mal rebels agaius: such wat 'r. but the
superior reason and judgment of man
triumphs over mere brute instinct.
The water from such a surface well
is at about the freezing point iu win
ter. The deep well ha a lnneh more
natural and uniform temperature al
ways considerably' above freezing.
The surface well can. of course. Is
sunk at considerably les expense to tho
farmer, as ho can do all the work him
self. He can sink a board or plank
curb, or if stone are handy, stone is
put, up without much outlay. Tlv
principal investment is for a cheap
wooden pump. This fact probably ac
counts for the prevalence of these sur
face wells. It is the old story of ill
directed economy.
All aniinal will do nuich'bottcr with
plenty of good, wholesome water, of a
temperature considerably above freez
ing. Stock fattencr fully appreciate
this fact. "Your cattle will fat if they
have good clover hay and plenty of
good water," said a butcher to me.
lately, and if good water and plenty of
it is neccary to fatten cattle, it icr
tainly i- to all animals carried over
winter.
Now I know that there are many sec
tion of country similar iu the water
supply to my own. and I do not doubt
that the management run- pretty much
the same that it doe- bere. The fanner
in anv such country, who can obtain.
an abundant supply of the best, water
for his stock by going down to the
depth of thirty or forty feet with a drive
well, will certainly find it a stroke ot
economy lo do so. I am satisfied that
the few dollars, necessary investment
needed to work this improvement will
soon conic back to him in the shape of
increased gain in condition of stock."
11". I). Do-,ni.on, in Western Plowman.
rsrv .;eveiai months past C. E. Mr-
Derniott and his father, of .refferson
villo, Kv., have been courting, un
known to each other, the handsome
daughter of a wealthy Scott County
farmer. The father, it was thought,
had proved the successful suitor, and
St. Valentine's day had been chosen
for the nuptials. The son, however,
knew nothing of tho arrangement un
til hi father took him into his cunti
denee Wednesday iat. He sought an
interview with the girl and discovered
that he had been her choice, and that
she would have married him had ho
propo-cd. lie did so then and there,
and they eloped and were married
Thursday. The young man is only
nineteen years old and the girl is but
seventeen.
. . .-..
Rotating crop and turning under
vegetable matter i manuring iu it-elf.
and S the best manuring we can do; it
is permanent if regularly kept up. We
see land that ha-been annually heavily
and expensively fertilized with com
mercial fertilizers that is getting more
exhausted every year. I account for it
in thi way. that tho land lack humu
(decayed vegetation), and without
huniiis, manure- do but littb good.
Georgia Cor. Dixie Former.
Hilary Jennings and Mrs. Julia
Jolly were married a lew days ago at
Shelby, N. C, and at the same time
and place the bridegroom's .son was
united with Mrs. Jolly's daughter -making
altogether the Jollie-t matri
monial event ever celebrated iu that
section.
How's
Your Liver?
Is the Oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy Liver. When tho
Liver is torpid the Bow
els are sluggish and con
stipated, the food lie3
in the stomach undi
gested, poisoning tho
blood ; frequent headache
ensues ; a feeling of lassi
tude, despondency and
nervousness indicate how
the whole system is de
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator ha3 been tho
means of restoring moro
people to health and
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraor
dinary power and eflicacy.
NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED.
A u Koneral family remedy for Dyspepsia
Torpid I.tvur, Constipation, etc.. I liurrilj
ever ii anytlitiiir eW. ami have nevei
l-een tilKauiMilimHl In tlie vtt'ect produced
It Mt'in to Ik almost il iwrfwl rtirn fur nil
dloue of the Stiiiuaeli ami I towels.
. . W. J. McKi.kov, Muc-ii, Oa.