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The Eaton'-Democrat lb 0. COULD, Publisher. EATON. - t i t OHIO "WAIT FOR ME." Seaward runs the little stream. Where the wagoner cools his team, Where, between the banks of moss. Stand the stepp'ng- stones to cross.' O'er them comes a little maid. Laughing-, not a bit afra'd; Mother, there upon the shore. Crossed them safely just before. This the little lassie's plea i. Walt for me, wait for me I - " ' Ah, so swift the waters run. One false step, 'twere all undone; Uttle heart begins to beat. Fearing for the little feet. goon her fear will all be lost, SL0611 tne teoptng'-stones are crossed: Three more yet on which to stand - Two more one more then on landl . Tis the little lassie's plea t wait for me, wait for me I Ah. for you. my laughing lass, when the years have oome to pass, May one still be near to guide while you cross Life's river wide, when no helping hand Is near, None, if you should call, to hear, Think, however far away. Mother st ll knows all you say; v E'en In Heaven heeds your plea Wait for me, wait for me I T G. Clifton Bingham, in Chamber's Journal. A CHARITY GIRL. Mary Martin, the "Incorrigible," and Her Christmas Eve. ' "She must be a good girl; she must be neat, and quick, and tidy; she must not use bad language; and I like to have them pretty, or reasonably pretty." Such was the, request made by the ex cellent Mrs. ShepaVd, as she sat, weary from walking, in the reception room at the Orphans Home. ; "I have heard you say that before," said Mrs, Metcalf, the good-natured matron, And I have, heard ten thousand other fwople say it So I dare say you have heard my joke, that you had better go to some institution where they keep young angels." Mrs. Shepard laughed m she had laughed at the same joke before, and, when she was a little rested, the, nine girls at that mo ment under the, foof were brought in. But, to sajr the truth, they were not an attractive, "lotfl' as Mrs. Metcalf, alas, would , have classed them. She had done Iter fcfjst The frocks were clean and the h was prettily arranged. Mrs. Metcalf tiad changed all their names. There Was not a Cynthia Ann nor a Bridget nor a Polly among them all. Every chfld was named Hand or Alice 5r Constance, or by some otter name tMt might please a sated fancy. They had Beat -stockings and tidy, even jaunty, little boots. . Their hands were cleats, and a good many of them had a little coquettish air, which intimated that neat clothes were doing them good, and that they, were waking to the knowledge that it is the business of at least one sex to try and please, whatever may be said of the other. But, on the other hand, small-pox had done its worst with some. Bad beer and whisky, las, had had their way, with others. With others there was a certain hang-dog air. w-hichshowed only too well how they had been kicked about by such relatives as they tad, before they appeared in this "Home," which "was so far happy that here nobody pretended to be a relation. One by one the girls came into the parlor and talked with Mrs. Shepard. and one by one they went out, and talked about her. When the last child had gone, Mrs. Shepard said, rather wistfully, to the patient official, who had been displaying these goods as best aheoould: 'They look nicely, poor Uttle things, but BomehoWvI do not fancy any of them. Where is the girl I saw on the fence, as I came in)" . i "On the fence!" This was Mrs. Metcalfs exclamation, and Mrs. Shepard knew that she had made a mistake that to climb the fence was a crime. I ''Well, do not take me up," she said. 'I Bhorold not have said on the fence by the fence, in the garden." Mrs. MetcalTs brow cleared. "That was Mary Martin. She has only been with us two days." - . . t l'wiliyH U her int I liked her face." 'Mrs. Metcalf coughed. She even blushed. "Why really dear Mrs. Shepard she ' she has not been well brought up. She came back from Ashby yesterday, and she bad come back from Bernardston the week J1- Shaft healthy, and good-natured, ud willing; and strong; but but they eU 5? 8110 Uesi nd steals, and swears aometirnea, and and that she uses bad language. L "The truth is, she never remembers her lather and mother She never had any. Bhe was brought up in a poor-house in Rhode Island, and they were so good to her that she wants to go back there. But of course she can't go back, because she is old enough to earn her living." "Does "she swear very badly?" asked poor Mrs. Shepard, who was afraid of compro mising her church membership. I "To tell you the truth, I never heard her uy anything worse than devil, but Mrs. Goes Ure is the Bernardston lady says she swears all the time." " But, as the reader knows, the woman who fceaitateB is lost. Mrs. Shepard had liked -fcne pleasant smile of the girl, who was stride on the wall of the Home as she went f&. She asked to have her sent for, and the result, which is all that the reader need care for, was that in the three p. m. train for Beduigton Crossing Mrs. Shepard and Mary Martin went together. "The trustees are very particular about their gojng to school," said Mrs. Metcalf, as he tied the girl's scarf round her neck and fcade her goodby. t "Never fear," said Mrs. Shepard, "she shall go to school enough whenever it's convenient," she added as a salvo to her conscience, as she went down the steps. . Mrs. Metcalf heard the first part, and if she heard the second she never reported it to the trustees. . 1 A nioe time had Mrs. Shepard with Mary Martin through the next week. It was not 'convenient" to send her to school ; for the school was two miles away, and the snow in the road was scarcely broken, and the men-folks were hauling wood. The girl Ess accustoming herself to chop mince eat, to feed, hens, to skim milk, to work a rotary churn, to sprinkle and iron clothes, and to do ten thousand other things in that Woman's work which is "never done" from which duties she did not shrink. ''She is awful spry," said Mrs. Shepard to her husband when he asked for a verdict. But as to the trick of language, the candid hearer had to acknowledge that her refer ences to the enemy of souls were too f re orient. As to veracity, there were occa sions when it seemed as if she had been trained in some school of a very low sophis try, if, indeed, she had not been left with out training in that poor house from which she graduated. Honesty in deed, however, was what Mrs. Shepherd clung to as the center of her life. When one day at din ner she cut through what was meant to be a mince pie, when the crust instantly flat tened beneath the edge of the knife, when it appeared that there was no "mince" there, then it was revealed to Mrs. Shepard what was meant by Mrs. Metcalf and the lady from Bernardston, who had said that Mary Martin stole. Fortunately fqr Mary Martin, she did not lie when charged with this "theft." She grinned and hardly said, even under pressure- that she would try not do it again. As for Mr. Shepard, he only laughed. When consulted as to whether a good whip ping would do Mary any good, he advised against the whipping. Mary was shut np in her own little room for three hours until, indeed, the hens made such a row about her captivity, that, to quiet them, her release was found necessary. Mrs. HheD&rd then eave her what, if she had kept a journal, she would have called a serious talk." If Mary had kept a journal, she would have called it a "good jawing." In fact, neither of them kept any journal. Mary relieved her feelings oy giving uie uuiiB cwice tneir allowance. After tea she was sent to bed at seven o'clock, by way of further punishment. Poor Mrs. Shecard watched with tears. nay, with prayers, all the next day for tokens of contrition. But such tokens were very few, if any. The girl did bring in Lucy's thimble, which Lucy had dropped in the wagon. She could, "just aswelLas not." have kept it, Mrs. Shepard said, and sold it to the first peddler. "But she didn't; she brought it in, just as pleased as any thing." On the other hand, when Silas Pike, the hired man, came in, when Mrs. Shepard questioned him as to the language which Mary used in familiar conversation is the barn, he grinned from ear to ear. He eould not remember much clearly he did ' not wish to "go back" on the child. But he impiMta mat mere was frequent reierenoe to a place of torment, as well as to the enemy of souls, as Mrs. Shepard had heard before, nnd so reticent was Silas, that she ceased in her examination from very fear or ivnni, ii uiignt eucit That evening she went to the Sacrament lecture with her husband or tried to. But when tt.cy were passing Deacon Little's bonrf. Miranda Little ran out to tell them that r.iron Nbyes had a sore throat, and that tlii Urtore would be postponed. So they turned back, and were at home again in an hour from the time of starting. Mrs. Shepard was astonished to sea a light in her vu vniiuvuii She ran nnstalra tn Anil nr.i. prinking before the glass," as Mrs. Shepard" told ier husband, with her mistress's best uuunei, on, me ia.ee soari John Shepard had sent her from Havana thrown lightly round her neck. and. to ba ahm. nci Snepard's eyes descended from point to point every scrap of elegance most dear to that lady was displayed on this huzzy's "Mary Martin, what are you doing!" So still had been Mrs. HhnarH. ofe and so eager Mary's pleasure, that she was wnoiiy unconscious oi the fatal return from meeting. She turned amated, forget all proprieties, and cried: "Good Lord! Is that you!" Theft and profanity conjoined. "Mary Martin, I am ashamed of Vou! Take these things off, and go straight to And Mrs. Shepard spent tho night awake, thinking of a punishment. The girl would have returned to the "Home" before light, but that neither Silos nor Mr. Shepard could give the necessary three hours to take her to the station. So far the stars in tleir courses worked for the poor child, if indeed it was desirable that she should stay where all that she did Was wrong. As for her, she went to sleep without anxiety, slept till morning, and came down stairs "as if for all the world nothing had happened." Poor Mrs. Shepard had still devised no punishment. Imprisonment would be a part, if any she could devise; and, when poor Mary appeared, so unconscious and gunny, it was not in the good woman's heart to begin a new controversy. Thus far, as in a finite World often happens, the punishment did not fall upon the sinner. And Mary went to the chickens as before. But, when dinner time came the storm cloud broke. Mrs. Bangs and George Bangs had arrived at noon, the advance party of the whole Bangs family, who were to spend their Christmas here. Mrs. Shepard superintending. Lucy had set the table with her own hands. The best table cloth Was on and the best napkins, the best glass and the best china. Lucy had even cut her best flowers for the middle of the table, and all was complete excepting the serving of the actual dinner. The pickled walnuts, the celery, the currant and cran bery jelly were all in place. To this table, fifteen minutes after her daughter had left it, Mrs. Shepard bore, with her own h&ndst the goose hot from the oven. One instant was enough to show that some one had broken the beauty of both mounds of jelly indeed consumed part of each, and in her haste for of the sex of the maurauder there was no doubt had dropped on the white table a quivering mass of the plunder. "Mary Martin, what have you done?" And Mrs. Shepard turned, expecting to see at least a tearful face, but there was no Marv Martin. That ladv had left the hot potatoes in the kitchen and had taken ref uge in the hay lorfe Nothing" is more inconvenient than the holding a court-martial in the presence of visitors, or administering even the simplest punishment. But in this case this Was nec essary. No witnesses were heard. The cul prit did not plead. - No counsel were pres ent. The judge bade Silas find Mary, take her to her bed room and lock her in. And Silas did so. No 1 I do not think this nuuishment Was as severe on Mary Martin as'it was on Mrs. onepara. For Mrs. Sheuard. I am well aware that it embittered all the afternoon. She had promised herself the pleasure of once more hanging a stocking from the ledge above the kitchen fire, and of filling it with apples and figs and raisins and certain oandies, which for this very purpose she had ordered from Portsmouth. All this for one girl. No stocking now 1 She pretended she did not think of Marv. She did not once allude to her. Nor did her husband. Nor did Silos. Nor did either of her visitors, George Bangs and Mrs. Bangs. ou bue samB sue uiu cmua oi iattry nun dreds of times, as the afternoon and even ing passed. They passed but slowly, let us confess, as is the way with afternoons . and evenings when visitors have coins Who have been long invited, When visitor and visited have put OU their company manners, and when tllAW tl.TTCI nnr jVMa- il.al n n AJ being usually busy people, have, in honor of this visit, nothing to do. Mrs. Shepard was not sorry when, as the clock struck nine, Mrs. Bangs said that they rose very early, and that she was tired. There was a chance for all of them to go to bed. And they went. Yes; I am quite sure that Mary's punish ment once more was more severe noon the punisher than upon the punished. For Mary was a campaigner of far too much experience to be much disturbed by me connnemeni oi a tew nours, more or less. The dinner she missed she was sorry for. But, as the reader knows in part, she had discounted some of its possibilities, and the reader does not know, and need not know, how much farther she had gone in the same direction. She was to spend certain six hours in one place which she would otherwise have spent in another. This was, on the outside, all. Ana ner conscience f Well, there you are too much for me. Conscience she certainly had; and up to a certain point, she was undoubtedly sorry that she had wounded or pained Mrs. Shep ard, whom she really liked, and for whose kimdness she was really grateful. But this sorrow was mixed with a certain regret for the accident by which, as she supposed, she had been betrayed the "gob," as she would have called it, on the table cloth. Mrs. Shepard's pride in the elegance of her jelly mould was wholly beyond Mary's compre hension. As for a sense that she had taken what was not hers, this pained her but little. She looked on food much as a squir. rel looks on nuts, with a vague notion of meum, perhaps, but only a very vague no tion of tuum. No, dear reader of remorse, as you and I try to fancy remorse, as a gnawing fang or tooth which will never be satisfied of that our poor Mary had virtually none. She lay on her bed, comfortably covered with the bed quilt, and, raised by her elbow, she surveyed the passage of the afternoon on the farm. She was grimly pleased when she saw her mistress essay the feeding of the hens, which would naturally have de volved upon her. She was more pleased when she saw Silas fulfilling certain duties of wood-carrying and ash-bearing which would have been her's were she not im prisoned. Darkness came and the child fell asleep. At seven o'clock her door was pushed open and a plate with a slice of oread and a mng of water were left upon the floor. Then with some ceremony the door was bolted. Mary was awake now; she had not undressed herself- she ate the bread, drank the water and looked out npon the night. The moon rose . nearly full. The snow, and the fall at the- sawmill, and the ice of the pond beyond, flashed with the glory. Mary saw Silas go and come with his lantern, as he took his last turn at the barn, and she pondered how he could come back into the night. For her, her one wish, since the ice had made the week before, had been to possess herself of Silas' skates, which were hanging in the harness room, and to try them on the millpond. Of course Silas would now put them on as soon as he had watered tne oxen. But of course Silas did no such thing. He had been at work since before daybreak. He was glad enough to go to bed at eight o'clock. Moonlight or pitch darkness were all one to tired Silas. Then absolute silence came. And Mary Martin, really for the first time felt that her imprisonment was serious. To be hindered from washinz the dishes. from feeding the hens, and from fetching the kindling was hardlv a grievance. But to be hindered from this possible hour oi sKating yonaer ,nat was serious inaeea. But even Mary's invincible courage gave way at last. She found her head dropping for sleep, when, to her surprise, a bang down stairs announced that Mr. Shepard was shutting up for the night This was the slam of the front door, refractory about locking. Could it be possible that they were going w oea so eariy r What luck. And Silas' skates were in the harness room- Yes. She could see the best room win dows from her prison. She could see Mrs. Bangs take off her front hair and put on her queer old-fashioned night-cap. She could not see her mistress' room. But she could see the column- of light from its winaow on tne snow ana tne sycamores. And at last both lights were extinguished. For the other windows, Mttrv was careless. For Silas, she knew the stupid creature had oeen asieep an nour. If he had not been stupid he would be skating on that ice now. It can hardly be said that Mary had had any plans for escape. She had stayed in her room because, on the whole, this seemed advisable. As Mr. Mill would say, it was more useful that she should stay. But now it no longer appeared useful to her. She put on her thick shoes and all her other walking gear, ana opened the window. There were full twelve feet between the floor of her room and the ground. Even Mary did not dare to "bang off." as she had expected to do. A little annoyed, she looked round the room, not so much for a means of descent as for the most convenient, sure that civil ization would supply something. After this hesitation she promptly ran her little iron bedstead to the window, tied to the top rail the corner of a sheet, and in a minute had swung herself down, hand under hand, by grasping the folds, and dropped ligbtlv upon the snow. In another minute she was in the harness house, and in a third minute she was buck ling Silas' rather long skates upon the stout coots wnicn. Mrs. snepara naa pro vided for the winter. "Silas must set me a better pair." said the girl aloud, and then swung off to that delight, almost like that of flying. f ?Ulok push up the pond, directly toward th aoe of he only companion, &e good natured moon. , No Lily no Emma, kindest of the reader! of these lines I Say with distress that no touch, even the slightest, of remorse em bittered the flight It was clear, sheer Aryan delight in the open air shall I say. in the world of God! The confinement oi eight hours had made it perhaps, the more delicious. The poor-house, which to this child was heaven and home, stood by a great pond. Three or four villainous pairs of skates, dr balf pairs, were a part of the equipment known to the youngsters, and concealed with vows and solemnities from year to year. Whatever favors that home bad to give Mary had shared; so she could skate easily and well. . . And while she should hive been abject ita sin. she was triumphant in freedom. Nor had she any stop-watch to trouble her, Araminta; nor bracelet on her wrist, which should prick her at the hour of ten dr eleven. Nor had she passed her word to any fairy godmother that she would return rit eleven and three quarters. There are disadvantages in not having fairy godmothers. And certainly this poor child had none; nor had she ever heard of a girl that had, But there are certain ad vantages as well. To Mary the advantage was that, as no one had told her that she might go out, no one had told her when she must come home. Like Red-jacket, she had all the tlma there was. And she used it with his free dom. ... She came honie precisely when she was so tired that it was no lodger a pleasure to skat. That is, she chose her time, as a gull chooses his time to rest upon the sea. She took off her skates,, carried them to the carriage house, and walked slowly across to the "ell" of the farm house, where her sheet still .waved in the wind. With that general survey of the premises, to which all savages are trained, the wild creature scanned the whole establishment Her quick eye 'aught a cloud of smoke rising outside ths kitchen chimney from the shingles of the roof; She screamed With all Her niight; "Silas i Silas, Miss Shepard I" And, with out waiting for an answer, she dashed into ftie harness rOoni, threw down her skates, and brought out the short ladder which lay there. It taxed her full strength. But she was not made of very frail timber, and she was equal to the burden. It was not so easy to get it np. But the girl was handy, and after two failures, she saw it well in place, alas, not quite reach ing the eaves. She did not falter an instant; she filled at the cattle trough a tin pail and "a meal bucket, carried one up and set it in the gutter, and then the other. She then swung herself upon the roof, still screaming "Silas!" and "Miss Shepard 1" but with no reglyi She husbanded her water. th9 smoke about stifled her. But there was no flams, She spattered with her hand the contents of each vessel over the shingles, and these were so hot that steam rose instead of smoke. She threw both pail and bucket to the ground, and slid down the ladder. This time she carried Up the tin pail, and returned for Silas' axe. One skillful blow opened a little hole, through which a torrent of flame spurted. But the girl was ready for it, and a torrent of water quenched- it Another Cloud of steam, and she stepped to her ladder to descend for more supplies. Alas ! her weight came strong npon the gutter. Who shall say why the whole of it gave way. The ladder fell Mary fell the gutter fell upon her the ladder fell upon her. She felt no pain. But she screamed, as before : "Silas 1 Silas I Miss Shepard I Miss Shepard. And when she tried to pull herself out from the wreck, she could not t What had happened? He foot was all tangled in the rounds. She could only paw with her arms in the snow. "Silas I Silas! Miss Shepard!" No answer. The brave girl raised herself on her elbow. She made a snowball from the snow her water slops had softened. She fired it skill fully through Miss Shepard's window. "Miss Shepard I" for the last time "Miss Shepard." This time and very quickly Mr. Shep ard appeared. "Who's there!" "I'm here Mary Martin. The house is a-fire, and I can't put it out I've got the ladder round my legs, and I can't stand." Mr. Shepard made scant toilet Mr. Bangs made as little. Silas made none. In sixty seconds poor Mary was relieved. George Bangs ran up the ladder and pro nounced that her work had been thoroughly done. Nothing but steam ascended now. And, as he cleared the wreck, a few hand f uls of snow were enough to extinguish the embers he found in the roof below. As tenderly as if she were a baby, Mr. Shepard carried Mary up to his wife's room. It was only too clear that her leg had been broken in the fall. But she shed never a tear. And when Silas came in with the glad news that there was no danger, she only said : "Mr. Fi lie brown said when the roof was a-fire we must not waste our water." Silas was fitted out in the cutter to bring Dr. Woodward to set the broken leg. As for Mary, she fell asleep, really feeling but little pain. When she awoke there bung over Mrs. Shepard's chimney-piece a long red stock ing, crowded full. The girl lay quietly enough as Dr. Wood ward fastened on his splints. And when he said to her, good-naturedly : "We will not keep you in bed very long," she said, very prettily : "I'm glad I was not shut up be fore the fire came." Doctor, would it hurt her to have her Christmas presents!" "Hurt her? No, indeed, I should say she had earned them." Do vou think it was Santa Claus's pine which set fire to the shingles?" slice of the turkey's heart to send up-stairs to Mary's dinner, "that girl is awful spry." "ue is, inaeea," saia rars. rsang8. -uo you think that perhaps she learned how to use her hands and feet in the same place where she learned to swear!" "May be." said George Bangs. "Well," said Mrs. Shepard, "we can't have everything. I told Mrs. Metcalf I did not exnect an angel." "I don't know as angels know how to handle axes, though they can go up and down ladders." Edward B. Male, in Boston Traveler. FOUR CENTS A DOZEN. What is Paid for Making Pocket Handkerchiefs and Shirts. Among the thousands of toilers In this busy city there is a class of female workers who earn the most miserable pittances, and while organized trades and labor unions are moving for r& form and seeking to better their condition, these poor women have no prospect of increasing their pay. One young woman, in charge of the workroom in an up-town dry goods store, said that four cents a dozen was paid for cutting and hemming pocket handkerchiefs, and two cents per dozen for smoothing and folding them. One good worker can do twelve dozen a day forty-eight cents. .Equally low prices are paid for shirts and ladies' under garments. Most of the labor is done at home by young women who live with poor par ents, but they work long hours . and eke out a rather miserable existence. The competition is carried on in under garments to such an extent that em ployers endeavor to obtain work at the very lowest wages and dictate such terms as they see fit As low as four cents is paid" for the sewing on a shirt, and these garments are sold unlann dried at the low figure of eighty oent each, while the actual cost, inoludin labor, material and cutting, is twenty five cents. Such garments are sold in dry goods stores at much lower price.1 than in the fashionable furnishing goods houses, where the prioes ar. doubled, but as long as work is oarrieit to the homss of the sewers there is nr prospect that better prices will be paid The same trouble has been experi enced in the cloakniaking and dress making trade, where garments are car ried home after shop hours, and the the workingmfin and women sew into the morning hours to earn a few cents additional to the wages earned by thf man in the down-town shop. N. Y. Telegram. According ' to the United Sereiet Gazette, a new use has been discovei id for the musical instrument of tortu -e called th bagpipes. Last year, seem-;, a !"ipunian soldier was brought to the ni'litarv hospital at Havaua in state of catalepey, and for fifteen months he showed 'no signs of improv ing health. At last the doctors ordered the bagpipes to be played near his bed, whereupon the man promptly recovered consciousness, and is now able to artio ulatt), FARM AND FIRESIDE. A vessel to which ths odor of kero sene clings may be effectually deodor Ized by a little ohloride of lime dis solved in warm water. Toledo Blade. Feed the morning meal to toot fowls warm. Scald the meal, boil and mash the potatoes or turnips and mash these for the early day's feed N, F. Exaniiner. .-. . If ydur horses are spiritless and life1 less; something is wrong in their treafr inent; It is not natural for any horse to be ddll or stupid Unless it is out of Order in some way Christian fit TFbrfc . A very pretty lambrequin for a shelf is made of dark felt, with squares Of plush or of velvet piit on at regular intervals. On the edgej which is straight; brass crescents are placed With small tassels tied into them. This Shelf can be still further ornamented by placing on it three Japanese mats with half of tne round mat on the shell and half Put one mat on each in the center. Toledo hanging over. end and one Bide. Fried Cabbage: Take a small cab bage and chop it up fine Then put it into a frying pan with water enough td cover and cook slowly for One nour) stirring it occasionally. Add salt while boiling; when nearly done; let the water gradually boil of it: Then add two tablespoons of pork fat to the cab bage and brown it a little. This is a Dutch dish and is very nice. Farm and Home. Two things are very much needed to put the sheep business on the most prosperous basisi vit. i A better class of stock on . the average with & better grade of wool; second, a higher appro ciation of the importance and respects bility of the business, along with A sense of What it deserves in the way of recognition from kindred interests; and what its importance demands in the way of protection. Christian at Work. -rScotch Oat-meal Cake: Fat one pound of oatmeal in a basin, take one pint of boiling water, with a dessert spoonful of salt butter melted in it. Four this, boiling, over the meal, stir- ring as quickly as possible into a dough and then turning it out on the board, roll it as thin as it will come and hold together. Stamp it into round cakes or cut in squares. Place these first on a hot gridle to make them firm, after wards toast before the fire, alternately on each side until they are dry and crisp. The Household. Marmalade i Sour aDDies should be selected for apple marmalade. Peel, core and cook slowly in a little water until it is a thick pulp. Measure the pulp and return to the same kettle. To each pint of pulp take one pound of sugar. Melt the sugar into a thick syrup: pour into the apple oulo: stir and cook until thick. Take up in small bowls. Marmalade made in this way will, in a week or two, be firm enough to cut with a knife. Crab-apple, quince and peach marmalade can be made after the same formula. Boston Olobe. Some fruit stains allowed to remain too long on table linen and white clothing refuse to yield to the usual treatment of pouring boiling water through them. These may be removed by dipping the goods in water to which has been added chloride of lime in the proportion of one tablespoonful of the chloride to each quart of water. If the stains are very deep, let the article re main in the water fifteen or twenty minutes, then hang in the sun without wringing. Exchange. ORIGIN OF FASHIONS. Noted Women Who Are Responsible for Popular Follies. Mmo. de Pompadour once had an ugly pimple on her chin. She was vexed, and at last pasted a piece of black plaster over the offending spot Result: All the ladies in the court ap peared the following week with pieces of plaster on their faces. A fashion was established and it was kept up for a long time. The same lady, as I sup pose you all know, was exceedingly diminutive in stature. To remedy this defect she invented high-heeled boots. They were unknown before her time. Result: The ladies of the court took to high-heeled boots and another fashion had 'its birth. Marie Antoinette had enormous quantities of hair. She didn't know what to do with -it. She was waiting for a barber one day, with the intention of being shorn, and had piled up her hair in a careless manner when she suddenly found that this style of head-dress set off her small features to advantage. Result: Monstrously nigh coillures came into fashion and were worn for a long time. Anne of Austria had exquisitely formed arms. Result: Short sleeves cama into fash ion. The Princess of Wales is the un fortunate possessor of a limp. . No, sir; not a little amble, but an ugly, un prepossessing limpi" would you be lieve it? Some time ago a large num ber of ladies had one heel of their shoes made lower than the other. Re sult: The ..."Alexandrian . limp" be came the height of the fashion. The "Grecian bend" was another result of this unfortunate defect. Well this same noble ladv has some slight deformity of the neck which prevents her wearing dresses cut low. Result: The fashion. which still rages among tnglish ladies, for bodices reaching almost to the ears, a fashion which is much ridiculed among the Parisians. Boston Journal of Commerce. BUTTERMILK. BUTTERMILK. Its Value as a Remedial Agent and a Liquor-Antidote. J. he value oi DuttermilK is not as much appreciated, as it deserves to be, As a beverage it is so much esteemed, that it has now a " recognized place in the materia medica and is largely used by physicians in chest and lung ail ments. A proper and constant use oi it will greatly reduce, and sometimes cure the craving for alcoholic liquors, with which many persons are afflicted; so that it may be well for the apostles of total abstinence to make use of this beverage to assist those who have been addicted to the use of liquor. Have it near at hand, and when the craving is felt for liquor, drink half a tumber of buttermilk. The craving will be satis fied, and tie system Denefited and strengthened instead of weakened. There are many good effects from the free use of buttermilk. It alone will often remedy any acidity of the stomach. The lactic acid, needed by many persons is supplied by it, much more than by any other known drink or food. One very important effect of buttermilk is said to be the alleviation of the oppression around the heart that so many old persons suffer from, aud it should always be constantly drank by them. On farms it is often fed to the hogs, as most persons are not aware of its value as food. This is a waste, as it is too valuable a materia) The Household. a Joseph Korosi, of Buda-Pesth, in a paper read before the Association ol Hygiene, in Berlin, last 'year, presents some figures regarding the effect of the pecuniary status on longevity. Ex cluding deaths in infancy, he finds, taking his observations from a period of eight years, that the rich class had longevity of fifty-two years, the middle cla.-s of forty-ix years 1.1 month, the poor class of forty-one years and seven months. A Chinaman at Sacramento has established a factory for manufacturing idols and devils for use in Chinese pro ee?ions and temples. A WONDERFUL GROWTH. Some Carefully-Complied Statistics of General Interest Relative to the Rapid Increase in Population and Wealth of More Northern Portions of the Great Northwest. The late reports from the Executive officials of the great States and Terri tories of the Northwest show a sur prising growth in population and wealth; This important region com prises the rich agricultural and grazing States and Territories of Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregott; MINNESOTA. ' The returns from the Minnesota cen sus taken in May, 1885, show a popu lation in the State of 1,117,798. In 1880 it was 780,773. The assessed valu ation of property in Minnesota is $101, 028,587; in 1880 it was $258,055,513; in crease, $142,973,011. The cities of St. Paul and Minneapo lis, the largest and most important business metropolis of the State, and in fact of the entire Northwest, show an unprecedented growth. They are sit uated so nenr'each other that their cor porate limits now join, and form a great commercial center. They are about equal iu size, and their combined population by the census of May, 1885, was 210,597; in 1880 it was 88,000, in crease, 152,537. The capacity of the flouring mills is 30.000 barrels of flour a day. Wheat received last year, 32, 438,222 bushels; elevator capacity, 8,500,000 bushels; cut of lumber, 300, 721,379 feet; new buildings erected, 4,848; real estate sales, $29,435,880. .Dululh and Superior, at the head of Lake Superior, separated only by the Bay of St. Louis, form an important commercial metropolis. Their popula tion is upwards of 20,000, and next to Chicago they are the greatest shipping points for wheat in the West.having an elevator capacity of 8,000,000 bushels. DAKOTA. " Dakota shows a remarkable growth in population, and by the development of oulv a small portion oi its great agri cultural resources shows a large in crease in the nunibar of farms, products of the soil and live stock. The returns of the. Territorial census taken in June, 1885, and the report of Governor Pierce .. . r . I Ti ' ' , US! to inc secretary oi me interior iur ioon, compared with the census of 1880, show the growtn oi tne lerntory: 1880. Population 135,180 Wheat, bushels S.m,2Dt Corn. " 2(iKMS4 Oats. " X.2iT.I3a Barley, " ........ 7,4 1883. 11.-..6U Sf.ltnlW 22,-'7d.0!i8 2. nu.a'.B . 3.HM,SbO 2 W.'!,7 S 1.6-J7.U78 8,(02.:8S - 82,017 tir;i,77,aig 13,8H7,M7 Potatoes, 064.UW Flax. Hay, tons Acreage of the cereals. FMrinDL No. of S09,0: 17.4:5 " valuation fS.401,f4 Farm implement, vai.. x.shu,imi Live stock, valuation.. Farm prod nets, val Horses and mules. No. Cattle, No Sheep. No Hogs, No Wool, pounds 40,o:;.h1 3tf.H0K.lHl 44,S78 U4.139 814,647 52.184 882.88 iiuner, l.OOO.KS 10,8O4,JO The census returns of Dakota show a larger per cent.- of growth in the number of inhabitants, farms and manufactures in the northern half of the Territory than in the southern half, viz.: NORTH DAKOTA. Percent, . 1860. fSS5. : Inhabitants, No. .. .87.443 153,149 Farms, No 1.021 32,911 Manufactures, No. 45 611. Inneait. 718 1200 SOUTH DAKOTA. Inhabitants, No.... S7,73 ,M3 Farms. No 13.414 4S.V5S Manufactures. No.. 206 442 16S 270 114 MONTANA. The report of Hon. S. T. Hauser, report of Hon. Governor of Montana, to the Secretary of the Interior, October, 1885, estimates the present population of the Territory at 110,000; the population in 1880 was 39,157; increase, 70,843. The report estimates the value of the silver, gold. copper and lead exports at $20,250,000 beef cattle, 75,000 head, valued at $4,500,000: and of wool. 6,000,000 pounds, valued at $1,400,000. The number of cattle now in the Territory is placed at 900,000 head; sbeep, 1.2UU, 000 head,' and horses, 120,000 head. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Washington Territory has experi enced a rapid growth, since the con struction of the Northern Pacific Rail- rrtA1 lina maita nnpftHaihlA ita rinh a rrti. cultural districts. The population nas increased from 75,120 in 1880 to 175,- 000 in 1885. The Territory is free from debt with 947.9U1.81 in the treasury, ana the assessed valuation of property ir 10o4 was $51,008,484. GOVERNMENT LANDS. The reports from the United States General Land Office for 1883, 1884 and 1885 give the aggregate amount of uovernment lands entered in tne entire United States for that period at 54,- 076,432 acres, of which 29,330,351 acres, or 55 per cent, of the acreage, was taken up by settlers in the six North west States and Territories, viz: In Minnesota... 8,826,802 seres. " UBKOta 17,M40,Z - Montana 2,180,757 "Idaho. 787,033 "Washington. 2,606,653 "Oregon 1,82,812 Total 1 29,330,351 acres, This large quantity of Government lands entered in addition to the lands sold by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company indicates - large movement of settlers to tl .1 of country. Public lands . ming undisposed of m these Mates and lemtories: In Minnesota. ;.. 20,638,79 acres. iiakoia &i,cu,uz ' Montana 83,763,741 Idaho 50,109,909 " Washington ..83,121,696 " Oregon , 45,079,934 Total 284,322,961 aores. One of the chief factors contributing more largely than wv other to the rapid settlement in this region was the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad through these important States and Territories. Its construc tion was made possible by the liberal grant of lands made for that purpose by the general Government. The line was opened for through traffic about two years ago, and' considering the progress already made in develop ing the rich agricultural, grazing, timber,-mineral and other native re sources of the broad belt of country which it traverses, it is safe to predict that at no distant day this region of the West will count its inhabitants by millions, and the amount of wealth its people will realize can scarcely be estimated. On, the wisdom of the innocent babs! When his mother begins to sing, he goes to sleep as soon as posuble. Chiiago Tribmu- To ask a young lady in Montreal, Can to take your arm, is a positive sign that on have not been vaccinated. Towtri etatmman A correspondent wishes to know what is the proper width of a frieze. Generally sneaking this matter is governed bv the sue of a man's ears. Buruxgttm Frm frmt. " Wuas are yon goingl" asked a ooal dealer of his driver. "Only acres the weigh," he replied, as he drove over the scales. Tid-BiU. "In times of peace prepare for war," aid the young man about to be married. and he immediately went and had his hair cropped doee to the tkuXLJ'haadelpMa CkronicU-Rerald. Bboausx a man is ridden on a rail by his fellow-citizens it does not fol)ow that he is a popular rail-rode man. exQ OltUtn. Greek is said to be the beet language for poetry- Ita especial fitness probably con sists & the fact that so few people can read it. LoveU CitiMtn. A boy who was "kept In" after school be cause he didn't know bis lesson, excused himself to bis parents by saying that be was tpefl-boand. Qolden Days. Ceramics. How Fashionable Chicago Girls Spend Their Leisure Hours. 80 popular have ceramics become in Chicago that a pottery has been estab lished here which turns out a great deal of very creditable ware. Underglazed faience ware and decorations in paste are done at this pottery, "although a good deal of Limoges brought from Ohio is used in the work. It arrives, of course, in a crude state, and it takes some time to reduce it to proper form. It is first "washed" in a plunger until it Is dissolved Then it is run through a fibe silk lawn. Which catches all the im purities, in the shape of pebbles and grit, and leaves tne pure ciay. xaia is allowed to settle in a vat unui tne water rises to the top. This is then skimmed Oflj leaving the clay about the consist ency of putty. A nre is kindled under it. Which evaporates alir remaining moisture, and the clay is ready lor nse. The potter then "bate oat" the clay, which-he uses like a sheet Of pie-crust, and by means 01 a plaster ol pans moid forms into any desired shape. The plaster absorbs the moisture in the clay, - . . ... , . , . . , and tne lorm is tnerepy simpiy -snrunK out" of the mold. The shape is yet soft, and in this condition it passes into the hands of the decorator. It mav be decorated in several ways. tt may be painted with a mineral color, which is mixed with soft clay, or "slip,'.' to irive it a bodv which will neutralize with the clay while burning, or flowers may be modeled in relief upon it, or it may be carved, mere are tnree Kinus of carving relief, intaglio, and what is caned "tracing, on a picxea Dac& ground. Alter passing tnrougn me aecorauve process the form is carefully dipped into a vat of glaze a chemical composition the combination of which is a secret. This gives the finish or surface. ine piece must men De aiiowea to dry thoroughly, for, should it contain any moisture when put into tne Klin, steam would be generated and the form broken. When dry, the form is sub- ected to a fierce heat for eighteen lours in a bricked-up kiln, and when it comes out 01 tne lurnace it is under- glazed faience. A great many young ladies Dusytnem- selves at this pretty work. They de sign original figures for tiles, and they also make many nseiui little articles, such as creamers, side dishes, urns, vases, water-bottles and chocolate pots. Pupils receive instructions at the pot tery, and when able to paint are pro vided with the moist forms, which they decorate at pleasure. A slight fee is charged to cover the expense of burn ing, and when the shape comes out of the furnace it belongs to the decora tor. Chicago News. - A Knowing Chicago Boy. Pa f who has been explaining cer tain facts about stoves) Now, Jim my, do you know what a base-burner lsr Jimmy -Ton bet yer life. Pa Have we one in the house? Jimmy Yessir; ma's slipper. Chica go Hamoler. . The local news is getting to be of a most distressing cnaructer m uus city, and it is hardlv safe to read a newspaper. nowadays in the early morning, on a je june stomach. For instance, to be faced with the frightful announcement thatSol- omon Biffenderker was thrown out of his busrsrv and sprained his left thumb. leaves the reader with appetitive inclina tion paralyzed, and all unnerved and powerless to grapple with his un tasted breakfast. As the local news collector is strong, so he should be merciful. nan x ranexsco Jsews-L,etter. The weather bureau does good and valuable service, but it might do still better. The announcement of a cold wave, as now made, is quite indefinite. When the wave is to be of sufficient frigidity, let the observer add: "This one will be a pipe freezer." Think of the millions that would be saved in single winter were the United States Government to thus head off the Ameri can plumber. Louisville Courier-Jourr nal. ' An Indianapolis inventor has pat ented a wood stove that, he claims, de votes twelve hours to converting the wood into charcoal, and twelve nours more in consuming the charcoal, as well as its own ashes. Further, that when the stove is hot the pipe at the cnimney is quite cola. news. Five million pounds of dynamite are used annual lor blasting purpose in the territory west of the Missouri River. Three Quotations. When a man is hanging, cut him down, then go through his pockets. Texas Past. When a man is coughing give him Red Star Cough Core. Baltimore New. When yon want to conquer pain, use St. Jacobs Oil. Philadelphia Newt, Brigham Y ootco acquired the title of Gen eral from having been called "Briggy dear," so orten oy nis numerous wires.- jx. i. inaepenaau. Ths) Proper Study of Mankind is Man, says the illustrious Pope. If he had in cluded woman in the list, he would have been nearer the truth, if not so poetical. Dr. R. V. Fierce has made them both a life Btudy, especially woman, and the peculiar aerftDKemeuui w wuit'U uer ueuuiie bvbutui is liable. Manv women in the land who are acauainted with Dr. Pierce only through his ''Favorite Prescription," bless nim with all their hearts, for hebas broucbt them the panacea for all those chronic ailments pe culiar to their sex; such as leucorrhoea, prolapsus and other displacements, ulcera tion, " internal fever," bloating, tendency to internal cancer, ana outer aliments. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. Don't growl when the doctor orders bark. AalKMioC Weekly. THE MARKETS. CINCINNATI, December 21, 1885. UVB STOCK Out 1 Ctiuiinonfl a I Choice Butcboi s 11 HOGS Common. a Wi C00U Packers 0 8HKKP Hood to choice S! 80 IrLOIJK-Kamily. J GRAIN Whcat-Longbcrry red 'M V 2 riMi & 3 50 Ml 2) (to 8 Si ffO 3 90 fl 3 60 44 4 86 O 115 Corn No-8. mixed S( ( liits No. 2 mixed 37 31M Kyc No S HAY-Timothy No. 1.. 12 50 TOBACCO Common Lups 9 5(1 Good Mediums...... 10 f PROVISIONS Pork Mess.. ..10 2a Lard Prime (-loam BUTTER Fancy Dairy "5 Ohio Creamery APPLES-Prime........ 1 per barrel 1 ) &tt 110 Kt v so .H 50 (10 50 a 8 a is 33 S 1 T5 1 65 NEW YORK. FLOTTK State and Western... to 00 GRAIN Wheat No. !S Chicago S 50 & 82W & 923 No. z rou - Corn No. 2 mixed... Ouls mixed POKK Mess 10 TO 64 31!V ST 9 HmilO 87K LAKD Western steam M3 B 4U CHICAGO. FLOOR State and Western. ..M 50 a son GRAIN wucai no ;reu No. SChicairo Spring Corn No. 2 Oats No 2 Rve POUK-M-s Mi-nm 87U 27 id 6u . 9 CM f4 9 MO a 00 BALTIMORE. FLOUR Family .Si so (2 s on GRAIN Wheat No. S Corn Mixed Outs mixed PROVISIONS Pork Mess Lard Kenned CATTLE First quality , HOGS .. ST & 87X . r,?,o is .; 3C 3T C.0 2S & 1 ..ton aft:!, .. S 00 5 63 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat No. 2 rod ( Corn mixed ..... B mixed.... O SO 34 LOUISVILLE Flour A No. I $4 00 Q GRAIN Wheat No. tred.... Corn mixed u Outs mixed 31MC1 4 50 S3 87 POHK mess O 10 00 LARD steam .T Is Every Body Drunk? Among the many stonos Lincoln used to relate was the following Trudging along a lonely road one' morning on my way to 1 the county Best, vuugo vtuuiuk iuo with his wagon and invited trie1 to a seat, We had not gone far before the wagon began to wobble. Said I: "Judge. IthlDsi your coachman has taken a drop too much. : Patting his head out of the window, the Judge shouted: ." Why, you Infernal scoun- inniiDK ivuua wiui biww & --J coachman said: "Be dad I but that's the ft rs' rightful s'cision your Honor's giv'n 'n twel'montl" , If people knew the facts they would be surprised to learn how many people reel in the streets who never "drink a drop." They are tho victims of sleeplessness, of drowsy days, of apoplectic tendencies, whose blood la set on nre uy unc aciu, ouun iujr uj will reel no more they will drop dead, just because tbey haven't the moral courage to defy uselessprofessional attendance, and by nse Jl tne wonaerxui warnws muo neutralize the uric acid in the system and thus get rid of the "drunkenness in the blood?' The American Unral Home. ABOUT SHUTTERS. How to Gain a Victory Over These Contrary Appliances. When yon want to have a good hour's reading, and sit down in your room for that purpose, it seems strange that the wind will persist, in blowing the blinds shut and darkening the room. You open them again, and they are slammed back in your face. Once more you open tnem, and tney nap DacE on your lin gers with all the vigorous snap of a hay cutter, and you conclude that if Fate is against you, yon win cave in ana ac cept the dark room. If the room is too dark for you to read in, it is not too dark to sleep in. So yon lie down on the lounge, and compose yourself for a sweet refreshing nap. No sooner do you close your eyes than the wind changes, and bang go tne blinds open agaist tne Bouse, like the wings of a spread eagle. .The room is as light as day. You want to sleep now, so you arise and count what fin gers you have left, to see if you have a sufficient number to close the blinds with. Yon think von are nroDeriv fixed to make the attempt, so you close both shutters. Before yon get the window down, bang they go open. Then you get cne securely closed, and just as you are about to fasten the other to the catch on the window-sill, the first one shoots out and lands against the house with sufficient violence to knock down pictures -and loosen the wall-paper. Then you get both shutters in your hands, and draw them in together. When they are almost closed, and you feel that you are full of victory, they snoot out of your bands like two oiros, and almost jerk you off your feet and over the sill. After this you lie on the lounge with your book. When tne shutters persist in remaining cioseu you eieep, nuu nireu they stay wide open yoti read. Then you can feel that you have gained a over r ate and tne contrariety Puck. Blowing Up Hell Oats has been a laborious and costly work, but t.hn And routines the effort. Obstruction in any important channel means disaster. Ob structions in bue oixans 01 toe oiuuaa uuujr brine inevitable disease. They must be 1aaiW1 away, or rjhvsical wreck will follow, Keep the liver in order, and the pore blood courses through the body, conveying health, strength and life; let it become dis ordered and the channels are clogged with lmnnritifw. which result in disease ana death. Do other medicine equals Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" for acting upon the liver ana purifying tne oiooa. "Why, it's the most strengthening food Son can eat" "Precisely, but I don't want be tied to the steak all the time." Bot ton Budget. Young Men, Read This. 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