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ffiataittiauedj as has also ttie mail
to tbat offioe
finntt, named Holton, living
southof Webster, and Iris little
Wen seriously bitten, by a
Tb&reis a well defined rumor that
the Northern Pacific elevators are
soenpto (MUM into the control of
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This is a beastly countr^, anyhow,
to growing so fort that it
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Bismarck to endeavoring to' secure
Congressman Wm. M. Springer and
Charles ,S. Baker to orate there on
-the Fourth of July.:.:-
One hundred and twenty Russians
arrived in Dakota during the past
week direct from Europe. They will
locate on lands near Eureka.
A drink crazed prisoner in the
Sioux Falls city jail set the birihfcig
on fire four times in one night «nd
narrowly escaped cremation.
Edward. Cosgrove, confined in jail
at Wahpeton for the murder of Miss
Cody in Sargent county last winter,
committed suicide by hanging.
Frank Downs, formerly of the
lSiouxFalls Argus-Leader ccmpos
lng-rooms, but at present engaged
in detective work in that city, has
v: just fallen heir to $36,000.
The* Baifeys, an aged musical coup
le, are making a tour of the territo
ry. They propose singing for tem
perance in Bvery county before the
October election.
Over fifty Sioux Falls Knights
^Templar have signified their inten
|tion 61 attending the triennial con
clave, which meets in Washington in
"October.
The Plankinton Beacon wants
Huron and Plankinton business men
to interest themselves jointly in se
/curingthe extension of the Manitoba
road from Huron to Wheeler.
Bishop Walker, at Bismarck, on a
recent Sunday, preached to four
governors of Dakota one live gover
nor—Mellette—and three ex-gover
nors—Pierce, Ordway and Church.
The editor ot the Lead City Herald
gleefully announces that he proposes
to eat three meals a day and wash
his fr^it windows now that the type
founders'trust is "busted."
The Hitchcock creamery now uses
the milk of 600 cows and expects to
secure 600 more. The power used in
running the creamery comes from an
artesian well.
All the farmers' alliances hold se
Met meeting this week to consider a
^proposition to obtain binding twine
for 5 cents a pound cheaper than
.any other offer they have had this
sjrear..
The foundry machine shops and
creamery for Rapid City are now se
cured. What comes next? It is not
a good time to stop reaching out tor
desirable institutions, says the
Journal.
John Foley, seventeen years of age,
was killed at Walker's saw mill at
.. Grand Forks. He was struck over
the heartby a flying pieceoflath. He
walked to the door, sat down and
died.
Kimball boasts ot the most modest
young lady of South Dakota she
has had two bookcases constructed
in which to keep her library, so as
to keep the works of male and fe
^nale authors separate.
Sheriff Van Horn arrested Buck
Antelope, a Sioux Indian at Cham
.berlain, for Stealing clothing. This
is oife of the worst Indians on the
reservation-and the authorities have
,' been after him for a time.
X^Iad dogs are getting in their work.
J.G. Hallcr and daughter, who were
bitten at Webster, have been sent to
Rockford, 111., tor treatment. An
other dog went mad and bit a farm
erliving two miles north oi town.
Lake Thompson, about eighteen
miles north of Howard, in Kingsbury
county, in places eight or nine feet
in depth has recently gone dry.
About ten days ago a waterspout
sucked up the contents of the lake
and since then the lake bed has been
perfectly dry.
The members of the constitutional
convention will receive $4 per day
for their services and a mileage of
15 cents for each mile necessarily
traveled ingoing to and returning
from Sioux Falls. The presiding of
ficer and chief cl?rk will receive $6
and other clerks $5 per diem. Twen
ty thousand dollars is appropriated
for the expense of the meeting.
W. H.
.and Henry Meyers, of Rapid
City, have sold to Gen. Boyle and
Judge Pope, ot St. Louis, the Gold
Safe group of mines in Grizzly gulch
for $25,000. The same capitalists
also purchased of Meyers, Cook &
rftogers the Grizzly Bear group, in
the same locality, for $25,000. The
latter property includes a twenty
stamp mill and a valuable site and
water right.
Charles Little, of Fairwater, was
^driving a young team south from the
^jllage, when it ran away, on the hill
just this side of the village. They
|-ran into a telephone pole, smashing
the wagonand stopping them. Lit
ttowas thrown violently into a pile
of stones- His head was badly bruis
ed, ashoulderbladebr4|ttk and he
received severe internal p^nries, re
raiting in frequent iqffiting of blood.
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!EN IN A GREAT CITY.
A. Pen Picture of the Man Who Got
Stewart's Millions—How Borchard
Looks on the Streets.
John Hall and the Great Fortnne He
Has Made Oat of the Min
istry.
John Swinton Returns to Editorial
Work—What Ingersoll His to
Regret.
Nrw YOBK. May 20.—It now aeemaeleu
that the tediotu auit against ex-Judge Hilton
will remit in nothing bat the fruitless ex
penditure of a pot of money. It la the only
thing that does seem clear in this mudhole
of litigation.
If there is any mystery regarding the dis
position of Stewart's millions, mark you,
Hilton is deeper than the mystery.
More unkind things have been soid about
him than about any man in New York, and
yet It would be difficult to know why he is
so heartily disliked. He is no man's enemy
and to those who are familiar with him he
HILTON IN HIS OFFICE.
is a faithful friend and a champion worlb
having. When A. T. Stewart died, and left
what was then a very large fortune,
Judge Hilton got possession of the
sweater part of ic. That much
everybody knows, and that is the only basis
for all the harsh criticism that exists in pri
vate conversation, and ir. public prints.
Judgo Hilton is one of the familiar figures
on Broadway and Fifth nvecue. He looks
enough like one of Boccaccio's friars to have
stepped from the covers of the Decameron.
His shoulders are stooped be has an ampli
tude of girth that betokens an abundance of
fine wine and capons, and queer little dancing
black eyes that sparkle like a cat's watch
ing for a mouse in a closet His face is mass
ive and pudgy. A double chin of fat hangs
loosely over an old fashioned stand-up
collar.
His short iron-gray mustache covers a very
ugly mouth. The hair is well oiled and well
brushed. The black frock coat is buttoned
loosely, aud on his head rests a shiny old
fashioned, broad-brimmed silk hat
This is an exact pen picture of Judge Hil
ton as }ie appeared to me the other day go
ing down the steps of his brown-stone palace
on Fifth avenue, and waddling from his
stoop to his spick and span carriage, where
Bat
erect driver and footmin. The carriage
door closed with a bang, the whip cracked
ana a pair of powerful, high-stepping, well
fed and dock-tailcd horses started on a
run up the avenue and bowled along
Vanity Fair until the park was reached,
where they took their places in line with
the other magnificent equipuees of this city.
A man who much resembles Judge Hilton
in personal appearaneo is walking down
Fifth avenue at the very time that the pranc
ing steeds are taking the successor of tbe
great merchant prince for his rido in the
park. It is the author of "Itum, Romanism
and BebeUlon." Burchard is a name that
four yean ago figured prominently in our
national politics, and was In all the dally
newspapers, and was even spoke of jesMnglv
in song and story, in the theaters, cafes and
bar rooms. He ts neverlieard of now. He
walks along tbe street iu a shining suit of
black clothes, leaning*on a heavy cane and
leading a little child by the hand. He looks
weil fed and prosperous, as indeed he should
be, for he has been a minister of the gospel
these many years, and, perhaps, has done his
share of work. The penalty he paid for his
il l-timed speech at the Blaine reception, when
the 'Bum, Bomamsm aud Rebellion' sen
tence was spoken, and in twenty-four hours
was flashed over the wires into every city,
village and hamlet in this country, was
greater than even his worst enemy could
wi«h for. The story of that terrible experi
ence has never been told The man wss
I snubbed, insulted und ignored. The thou-
BEV. JOHN HALL.
sands of insulting letters be received from
every corner ot the United States wa*
enough to drive most men mad. So bitter
were these attacks, and so persistent were
some of his enemies that Dr. Burchard found
it convenient to remnin most of the time
in his own home. He Is still in receipt
nf letters from, cranks, and he has
been obliged to move or to change his resi
dence two or three times so persistent were
the annoyances about his home. But
through all this he has made no complaint
Occasionally his son or some member of bis
family bos raised his voice and imploringly
asked for peace, but it has hardly come, yet,
for even the children on the street point
their fingers at him add yell as he passes by,
"There goes Burchard." Those who know
tbe kindly old man feel sorry for him. He
was a good pastor,.a true friend, and a man
who delighted in doing good, but bis useful
ness was cut short bv that ill-timed speech.
Yet he has never said that he regretted mak
ing it. Ho believed implicitly that be was
right, and there are enongh men and women
in this world who believe in fair play to
agree with him and to resent further perse
cution.
Quite in contrast with Dr. Burchard is an
other minister of the gospel, who is dailv
feen on fifth avenue taking an airing anii
enjoying tbe promenade. It is Dr. John
Hall, a preacher who has made a million out
of the pulc&, and who is in every sense the
fu.chionab! energy man of the day. If you
happen in his church on a Sunday morning,
and know the occupants of the various pews,
and know also their finanoial rating in Wall
street, you could count enongh money kings
to represent an aggregate fortune of four
hundred million dollars. First and foremost
in this congregation is a little old man with a
brownish red beard who is responsible for
Dr. John Hall's coming to America, for be it
known that Hall is an Irishman, and like
many others of that favored land has a co
pious flow of choice words. This little old
man Is Robert Bonner. Bonner heard him
in Dublin one beantifnl 8un4ay morning,
and was so struck by his oratory that he
called on him and invited him to come to
a®mm
Amnio*. This Dr. feUI did in time, and
to-day he the leading pulpit orator or this
hent from
him'
rlan
church $10,000 more is paid him by Xr.
Bonner, or rather his sons, for a weekly con
tribution to their story paper. His wealthy
congregation gives him f10.000 a year more
In gifts, and the wealthy young man,
ana the wealthy papas of the upper
ten in New xork pay him mag
nificently for his servloe* in marrying
their sons and daughters. He baa managed
by Investment to aooumulat* a million dol
lars, yet he gives liberally to the poor, and
supports numerous charities. Then is per
haps no preaoher in the United 8tateswho
is so independent aa he. Like all true Irish
men he loves plenty of out-door exercise, is
a good walker ana believes in the good
things of this life. Wltn Mr. Bonner he fre
quently bowls through Central Park, and ho
knows a good home nearly as well as that
expert He lives In a gorgeous house sur
rounded bv every luxury and a retinue of
servants. His library is a revelation even to
men who love boon, and from the stiff
necked butler who admits yon at the door to
too smallest and most unimportant persons
,i~0U8e
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evidence of solidity and
wealth that is encouraging to young men
who wish to grow np iu the ministry.
There is one man in New York who has
reason, or should have reason, to regret his
mrge circle of friends. It is Bob IngersolL
He is the most persistently lied about man
here. It does seem as though every news
paper writer thinks it necessary to manu
facture lies about the great agnostic. It it
is not one story it's another. So many ridicu
lous tales have been told about himself and
his family tbtt it would require volumes to
reproduce them. The moat senseless of
these perhaps is that which is every now
and then circulated to the effect that Mr.
Io?ersoll always leaves a pocketbook
filled with money where his children can
get at It, help themselves, spend what
tbey like, and never a question asked.
People who repeat this story do not know
what they are talking about Mr. Ingersoll
is liberality, kindness and friendship person,
ifled, but he is not a fool. His children have
an abundance and to spare, but they do not
waste their father's substance in foolishness.
He making more money to-day than he ever
made before. Those who kuow say that
$160,000 a vear is about the figure, and be
is one of the busiest men in this bnsy city.
He is devoting himself assiduously to the
law. When he settled down here it was
thought that he would go in for tbe class of
law business that would require jury-melting
spelches, and he would use his eloquence
and ability to paint word pictures, to Bqueexo
verdicts in favor of his clients, but ne did
nothing of the kind. He knew a trick
worth a dozen of that financially. He is
engaged to a large extent in constitutional
law, and the work of great corporation*,
vast trust companies, and big concerns
where fees are ten, twenty and sometimes
thirty thousand dollars. He has given np
lecturing for a time only. He will be on tbe
platform again when he finds time. He
keeps open house, and on Sunday night ail
his friends are welcome. He found it neces
sary last winter to do what he never did be
fore. He sent out cards of invitation for bis
Sunday night receptions. Previously he
simply said to his friends "My bouHe
is open on Sunday night, come and
see me and bring your friendB." So
many came to see bim that he found it im
possible to entertain those whom he loved,
honored and respected, and so many stran
ireig whom he had never seen before visited
his drawing room, imposed on bis hospital
ity, and expected entertainment and sub
stantial cheer from his wife and daughters,
that he was compelled to station a servant at
the door,and now only those whom he knows
and likes find their way into th great
agnostic's house. There Is always plenty of
music, some good readings, poems, singing
and supper, and best of all a word or two
with a delightful host. But there is no
poker playing in the back parlor as an
imaginative correspondent made it ap
pear last week. There is a time for all things,
even in Ingersoli's house, and it has not yet
been turned into a gambling den. He iB fond
of reporters, and is the most approachable of
men by interviewera He always insists upon
tho questions being written out and handed
him, and no matter how busy be always
finds time to reply to them in bis own bold,
round band.
lNOEBSOLL'S GOOD STOBT.
It will be interesting certainly to every
friend of labor, and to the workingm&n in
this country, to learn that the one respecta
ble socialist in this country has returned to
daily journalism.
£mean
by this that John
Swinton is back on the New York Sun, work
ing side by side with Charles A. Dana.
Fhw men have had so many ups and downs
ns Swinton. A few years ago he was one ot
Mr. Dana's most prized assistauts. The ed
itor of tho Sun would leave him In charge o(
that paper while he went abroad, and, al
though Mr. Swinton has more pronounced
views on every subject of publio interest
thin any other man, he edited the paper as
Mr. Dana wisbed him to and not as lie would
have liked to have done. He was paid a large
alary for this work, and, being economical,
saved a good deal of money. He was one of
the first men to take tip the cause of the
workingmea He was not an idle chatterer
on the street corners, who spoke for the
pleasure of hearing his own voica He had
something to ray. and be knew how to say
it. But championing the cause of labor at a
time when it needed a champion most, with
heart us soft as a woman's, be allowed
every ruscal who was too lazy to work to
borrow money from him.
His money all went into a newspaper ven
ture, and Swinton found when it was too late
that the cause he had championed and the
men he had befriended were far from grate
ful. They did not support his paper, and
tbe little fortune he had saved melied away
liko snow under scorching sun. Then
Henry George and his clan came to the fore,
and with a great hullabaloo became tbe
champions of the laboring classes. Swinton
WAS pushed aside in the scramble. Then
sickness followed, and while tho laboring
man was worshiping at the shrine of George,
and his land theory, Swinton was taken ill,
and for many montns lay near death's door.
His eyes failed him (and what wonderful
eyes tbey used to be),and, with hardly enough
for his few wants, it seemed as though
theendconld not come too soon but he
had a faithful wife who nursed bim patient
ly, and he came back to li.'e again. He is
still a believer in socialism, but nas little to
say about tbe working mat in this country,
and their treatment of hiin. Every day in
the week now he comes down Park row to
the Sun office as he did years ago, and works
at his old task. With his eyes shaded by
blue spectacles, be sits aud leads and pens
solid editorials full of ideas, und in the most
opulent English. He is uncomplaining. He
realizes that he will never again lead in the
fight, but the principles he fought for he
says will live forever, and triumph in the
end. Though his vision is obscure, he can
see a bow of prosperity set in tbe sky, and
theaay is not far distant when the working
men of America will have all the rights and
privileges that belong to them.
Might an Will Have Been.
Harper's Drawer: Two young Africans were
one day fishing from the wharf, when one of
them fell into the water, and was drowned.
Tbe survivor's grief was so uproarious that a
sympathetic by-stander inquired It the drowned
boy was a relation. "No," said be, tbrougn bis
tears, "he warn't no relation, but be mout's well
been—lie bad all de bait."
Dolus Quite Welt.
New York Weekly: Aunt Cleo—Howde, Mis
tab Ebony? Is youah son doln' well now?
Mistah Ebony—He am doin' fine, Madamb
Cleo be am de entry clerk at de Fashion bote!
"Entry clerk
1 Wat's dat
"He tends doah at de front entry."
Quickly Corrected.
Harper's Bazar: Mrs. Cumao (to door miidl—
Has Mr. Cum so returned yet?
Maid—No, ma'am, he hasn't arrlv.
Mrs. Cumso (rebuklnsly)—He hasn't arrlvt
Maid—Bee pardon, ma'am. He hasn't anovt
FOR THE FARMER.
The thermometer and the barom
jtor should be used by all farmers.
After having used them awhile they
will be considered indispensable ad
juncts to the farm.
Wood ashes are excellent on the
flower beds. Roses need an applica
tion of them now. All kinds of flow
ers will be benefited by super
phosphate and ashes at this season.
Weeds make excellent green ma
nure if turned under. A rank growth
of weeds indicate fertile land, but
3uch land can be exhausted by re
moving a regular crop. It will pay,
therefore, to turn the weeds under
and let them rot in the ground.
The white butterfly is
the parent of
the cabbage worm. It a careful
lookout is given when they first ap
pear, and the butterflies destroyed,
which is not as difficult as supposed,
there would be a saving oflabor and
loss of plants.
Land that has grown much clover
seed is not good for a strawberry
patch. It is good for almost any
other farm crop for which clover is
valuable manure. But among
strawberries clover is one of the
.worst of weeds, and for this reason
it is not best to sow gypsum or land
E«t
laster on the strawlterrry patch
it cause too great an intrusion
of clover.
Mr. J. K. Brown, New York Dairy
Commissioner, remarks that dairy
ing has been carried on in a very
wasteful way, and that no manu
facturer could stand the competition
of his rivals if he should allow his
business to run as slack as dairymen
run theirs. "Manufacturers are liter
ally compelled to know all about the
capacity ot the machines tliey use,
but New York State farmers are
keeping herds, onehalf of which never
give milk enough to pay a profit on
their keeping. No other business will
permit such a drain."
When cream is thick and ropy and
will not churn it is because of the
presence of an excess albumen, which
is like the white of an egg. This al
so prevents the escape ot the air,
gathered by churning, as is denoted
by the swelling of the cream, which
becomes frothy. Two low tempera
ture sometimes operates in this way,
while a too high temperature makes
a butter too soft aad porous. It is
well to raise the temperature of the
cream somewhat higher than the
churning point, and let it lower to
it, as fat is a bad conductor and
does not heat as soon as the fluids
in the cream.
Ilorie Dentistry.
More trouble and lack of condition
are caused by ulcerated and irregu
lar teeth than is generally supposed.
Such teeth should be promptly re
moved with forceps. There is no
reason to doubt that a horse with
ulcerated teeth suffers as intensely
from toothache as a human subject.
Irregular growth or fractures ol the
enamel on the outer edges make the
teeth so rough as to injure the inside
of the cheek, sometimes causing
ulcers. In other cases some of the
grinders grow more slowly than oth
ers and fail to meet those in the op
posite jaw, causing what is called
"quidding," or imperfect mastication
of the food. The remedy is to file
the teeth into the proper shape.
Horse dentistry is now recognized
as an important branch of veterin
ary practice.
Whole Wheat for Poultry..
The low prices of wheat for several
years past has been partly compen
sated to farmers by inducing them
to test its value for feeding. It is,
all things taken into account, the
king of grains. It gives the elements
of sustaining life more fully than any
other food. In the albuminoids
wheat is especially rich, and it is
this that adapts it so well to feeding
hens foi egg-production. It is hardly
possible for wheat to become so dear
that farmers cannot afford to ex
change it for eggs, always much
dearer in price. On the farm the
shrunken and imperfect wheat should
be fed to the hens. It does not need
grinding. Fowls have a grinding
apparatus ot their own, and do bet
ter when it is given due exercise
than when grain is crushed into meal
before feeding to them.—American
Cultivator.
Fodder Cora.
The planting of fodder corn for late
feeding is increasing in popularity of
late years, in addition to the crops
grown for ensilaging. It is an import
ant crop to farmers who keep stock
to any extent and should not be
neglected by stockmen. To have a
succession it is a good plan to plant
every week or two after commencing.
Some farmers who make but one
planting or sowing defer it to long.
It will not usually attain sufficient
f'all
DAVID WECHSLEB.
Copyrisbt. 1889, ljy B.iclicllor 5: Co.
rowth to be at its best for either
or Winter feeding when put in
as late as July 10, yet it can be near
ly full growh for Fall feeding, and if
the pastures are scanty, and hay not
too plenty, a field of it will prove a
great addition to the feed for milch
cows, and save many dollars' worth
of hay and much shrinkage of milk.
The corn may be planted drills or
sown broadcast, but drilling is pre
ferred by the majority of good farm
ers.
Why Cattle are lialted.
Why do farmers salt their cattle?
Not every farmer, remarks the Ameri
cau Dairyman, knows why he does it,
unless it is because the stock like it,
and then goes on to say: A moment's
thought will show where the advan
tage lies. As soon os the food enters
the stomach, the natural tendency is
at once for fermentation to begin,
and their arises a contest between
this tendency and the digestive pow
ers. And if these powers are vigorous,
and the process of fermentation is
checked or intercepted, then no bad
results will follow, the food will be
digested, and salt wjU not be needed,
though at any tim^fchis will assist
in the process of digestion. Salt keeps
food from decaying until it can be
digested and assimilated, and pro
longs the time to allow the digestive
organs to complete their work andi
food is taken in excess, as often hap
pens when stock is in pasture, salt
given frequently will be of much ad
vantage. And further, salt is a pre
ventive of worms. When fermenta
tion sets in, the conditions presented
are favorable to the enistenco of
worms in the intestinal canals, and
and may possibly be engendered by
the process. Consenquently it should
be a rule with stockmen to keep salt
before their cattle, or within reach
when they need it, and the cattle will
obey the demands of nature, and sup
ply the want as needed.
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Japanese Superstitions.
The household superstitions of Ja
pan are very numerous, says a writ
er in the Philadelphia Press. They
are harmless, often exciting laughter
yet so intrenched are they in the
household that reliable argument,
even ridicule cannot destroy them.
Some of these superstitions have a
moral or educational purpose, incul
cating lessons of benevolence, neat
ness and habits of cleanliness. A
room is never swept immediately
after the departure of the inmate for
fear of sweeping out the luck. At a
marriage ceremony neither the bride
nor the groom wears any clothing of
a purple color lest their mrrriage be
soon dissolved, purple being a color
most liable to fade. If the cup of
medicine is upset by accident during
the illness of a person it is a sure sign
of his recovery. This looks us if the
Japanese had faith in our proverb,
"Throw physic to the dogs." There
are some curious ideas in regard to
the finger nails. They must nof be
cut before starting on a journey lest
disgrace fall upon the person at his
destination. Neither should thov be
cut at night, lest cat's claws should
grow out. Children who throw the
parings of the nails into the fire are
in danger of some great calamity. If
a piece should fly into the fire while
cutting the person will soon die.
The howling of a dog portends
death. If a woman steps over an
egg shell she will go mad if over a
razor it will become dull if over a
whetstone it will break. If a man
should set his hair on fire he will go
mad. Children are told if they tell a
lie an oni (imp) will pull out their
tongues. The wholesome terror of
the oni, ready to run away with his
tongue, has caused many a Japanese
youth to speak the truth.
The Japanese have a horror of the
darkness they always keep a light
burning to ward off ghosts. The
junkmen believe in a ghost who
conies to them and politely
asks to borrow a dipper. The an
swer decides the fate of the junkman.
If a dipper with a bottom is be
'stowed upon the ghost he uses it to
bail water enough to swamp the
junk, but if the bottom can be knock
ed out and thrown at him he disap
pears. In this last case the act
must be accompanied by an incanta
tion, or the ghost turns into a sea
cappa—a many-clawed monster—
who will drag the junk to the bot
tom.
The Japanese area gentle, sensi
tive race, very much under the influ
ence of their emotions. Love with
them is a serious matter, often one
of life or death. Disappointment in
love or desertion frequently ends in
suicide. Sometime the girl becomes
an avenger and implores the gods to
curse or visit with death the destroy
er of her peace. The passions which
thrill and torment the human soul
are as intense in far-way heathen Ja
pan ns those lands which boast a
higher civilization.
House Furnishing
There are many gloomy rooms
which throw a chill over a person up
on entering them that might, be
made pleasant and homelike with
taste and ingenuity, says the Farm
ers Voice. Kooms that are naturally
dark can be lightened by having the
woodwork and paper in light tints,
and the decorations in warm, rich
colors. Light brussels carpets show
soil less and require less sweeping,
consequently they last longer than
dark ones. Good ingrain carpets are
more satisfactory and look better
when old than three-ply or other
wool carpets. Pretty book shelves
of antique oak, curled maple, or
cherry, with curtains of pongee'or
China silk of some bright color add
much to a living-room, and as use
ful as ornamental. For a library or
sitting-room it is well to have a
good-sized table, double if possible,
and use the lower shelf for newspapers
and books. Rattan furniture is light,
pretty, and comfortable, besides be
ing inexpensive. Draw in bright
ribbons and fasten on a "head rest"
or roll, which can be made of China
silk or plush.
Here and there over a picture or
easel should be a fancy scarf or
"throw," as they are now called.
They are easily made of bolting cloth
or silk, and can be hemstitched, em
broidered, or left plain, with only
fancy ornaments on the ends. Pic
ture frames for the library should be
of antique oak or some other
equally
prett.v wood, while those for the par
lor should be varied, gilt, bronze,
etc.
A
pretty water-color flower
piece has a lovely frame of pure white,
which sets ofl the rich coloring of the
flowers perfectly.
A
brass plaque,
which has a pretty moonlight stene
on it, is framed in rich, red plush
with a narrow bronze molding,
around the outside. In window
draperies for the parlors soft silken
curtains are the prettiest, orthose of
lac* or fine lawns.
An eminent divine says "A pretty
well-ordered home preaches its own
sermon, and wields a more powerful
influence than eitlie/ sword or pen."
dtflU
HOUSEHOLD.
Hats for tht Horn.
Tepid water acts promptly as an
emetic.
Horse-radish, as a poultice, is rec
ommended for rheumatism.
Never allow fresh meat to remain
in paper it absorbs the juices.
When sponge-cake becomes dry it
is nice to cut it in thin* slices and
toast.
Fresh boiled milk with cut sugar
will soothe a cough when other
things fail.
Cold tea is the best thing with which
to clean grained wood. Never use
ammonia tor this work.
In some-forms of headache a towel
or a napkin wrung out of hot water
—as hot as can be borne—and wound
around the head affords relief.
Cultivate tlioughtfulness. To say
we forgot is no excuse. It is our'
business to1remember and not to for*
get.
To extract ink from wood, scour
with sand wet with water and am
monia, then rinse with strong saler
atus water.
To clean chamois, wash in ammonia
water, or tepid water
and castile soap,
rinse in clean water, squeeze, and
stretch to dry in the shadb.
To exterminate moths from trunks
and chests, wash well with borax
water, and after drying use benzine.
Air and sun well before using.
The- safest and Most pleasant
remedy for gastric hemorrhage is
said to be water, drank as hot as
can be borne, in quantities of a half
tumblerful to a tumblerful.
COCOAXOT DROPS.—One grated co
coanut, one-half its weight in pow
dered sugar, the white of one egg
beaten stiflf. Drop on buttered pa
per. Bake in a slow oven.
The latest variation of the Irish
peasant cloak is the accordion cloak,
which is merely a velvet collar, into
which is sewn five straight breadths
of double or ten of single-width
goods, aecordion plaited, and long
enough to reach the foot of the
skirt.
Among the new shades aro rouge
cupidon bright red rose cupidon,
bright pink cythere, a moss green
gris vapeur, light steam gray bleu
savon, dull grayish blue ecurenil, a
brick-dust red, the tint of the red
squirrel's coat and rouge marocain,
bright crimson.
An. effective heading for a Spanish
flounce on the front of a not skirt is
a puff of net with ribbon drawn
through, and coming out to make
three large bows. The puff is merely
a tuck two inches wide, which is
turned upward after being drawn on
the ribbon, and rests erect against
the skirt.
Powdered resin is a good dressing
for a cut. Pound it until fine, and
put. it in an empty clean pepper-box
with perforated top then you can
easily sift it out on the cut, and put
a soft cloth around the injured
member, and wet it with cold water
once in a while. It will prevent in
flammation and soreness.
Sulphur in sciatica is of marked
benefit. Use it locally. Apply the
medicament liberally to the limb,and
keep it in place with a bandage. Sev
eral cases of rebellious sciatica cured
in this simple way aro reported.
Keep the patient in bed during the
treatment, which ordinarily does not
extend more than a few hours, as the
patient becomes freo of pain in six
or ten hours.
Conditions in Town..
Boys who entered upon city life
will find in town severe strain, con
flict, uncertainty. It will yield the
excitement of a battle. The lads
who realizo all this and go to the
city as knights in old days entered
upon a crusade—hoping lor a king
dom and prepared to find a grave—
will not be disappointed. The merely
sordid who really seek money, may
very likely find more of it in the
fields at home Tho idle boy who
dislikes work will bo most sorely dis
appointed. Industry is the law of
the city. The idler will soon be a
beggar. The severity of city labor
partly explains city pauperism.
There is no compromise between
work and beggary in the city there
is a good deal of room for com
promise in the country.. If a man is
content to satisfy primary wants,
he may do a great deal of resting in
the country. In. the city, even these
wants may dornand ten hours ot
every working day in the year.—
Central Christian Advocate.
liaise'the Kitchen Store.
We have made a discovery lately,
which, it seems now we ought to have
made sooner, that the top. of the
average kitchen, stove is tao little
elevated above the floor, and that
there is in consequence a good deal
of backache and other discomfort in
flicted uponthe- «ook becaijse so much
of her work has to be dor^in a stoop
ing posture. Rather we should say,
perhaps,, that we have discovered a
remedy for the trouble which we have
borne for many years, and vhich we
hasten to make knovin to others in
the hope of lessening their troubles.
Our remedy is simply lifting thesto.ve
upon a. platform, which will raise it
to such a height that will bring tbe
cooking utonsils, when on the
stove, within easy reach to one
standing in an erect or nearly erect
posture. In our case, this required a
platform about nine inches in depth,
and to save the trouble and expense
of procuring a curpenter to build it
we secure an empty packing box of
the requisite size from the grocer, at
a cost of only ten cents. Bushed aver
with some staining material correa-
onr
though aa),
room. IWauJ/rffld
involved was-tMUt*f
stove-pipe ae#'
The top of
thesto*.7
aa the kitchen table, or tt li
er, and the cook and
has occasion to use tbe stoyfe are de-"
lighted with the change,- and the
reatly lightened- labor.—MaiK and'
Ixpress.
Tio Vimilr Washing*
This seems to be the bugbear ofaltV"
housekeeping, and in fact there'is'
nothing that seems to upset the*,
whole household machinery aB wash*-'
day. It always seemed to me thafr
Monday,, of all days, was the worst'
possible day to select for this.
Many ladies have stepped out and
down from the old custom some
have selected Saturday and others:
Tusday.
The advantage'of Saturday is that
it is next after sweeping day, when
the bed-linen is changed, and then,
too, it is a day that so many house
keepers take to scrub their kitchen
if the washing is done the same day
one scrubbing day is entirely done
away with. Then, too, Sunday fol
lowing it gives one day of rest be
tween the washing and ironing. It
the washing is done on Monday, no
matter how much is provided on
Saturday in the way of baking and
cooking, it is all- gone by Monday,
and finds you on that day with only
"pickups" for dinner.
The advantage of Tuesday is that
you have all day Monday to prepare
for your washing.. To repair any
serious rents, which are much better
done before the starch is in any
patching, which, after it is ironed, is
scarcely noticeable.
In: many families too much prepara
tion for Monday is done upon the
Sabbath evening, a time I never like
anything to encroach upon.
To -all young housekeepers I would
say—order your own household to
suit yourself and do not act entirely
to please your neighbors.
I'or a family of six prut on the
boiler rwo-thirds full erf soft water,
two tablespoonfuls of coal oil, two
thirds of a bar of soap, let it come
to aboil.
Wet your clothes in clear water,
wring out, putting the cleanest
clothes in first, let boil for thirty
minutes, put your wringer on the
boiler and wring out, and so on, un
til all the white clothes are boiled,
putting in more oil and soap each
time. Be sure and have the water
boiling hot before putting in the
clothes.
llinse thoroughly, blue, starch,
and hang out. Should there be any
very soiled places, rub on a little
soap and put upon the board.
A'. Use for "Trashy Novels."
"People may say- what they like
about trashy novels,"
said a nervous
little bright eyed woman the other
day, "but I must say they are better
than medicine for me at times. I am,
as plenty of other women are, a nat
ural worrier that is, am given to
borrowing trouble and lookingahead
with apprehension of disaster to.
come.. I should have been born a
man, I sometimes think, and tusseled
with the world myself but sitting at
home as I do, tho mother of a family,.
and having to wait and watch my
husband try to lay up something for
our old age in his own way, I easily
fall into the habit of useless worrying
about the future, which tends to
stimulate regret lor the past, and of
ten, Lam sure, makes the present un
necessarily unpleasant for those
around me. When 1 used to fall into
such a mood a, spirit of restless en
ergy would take possession of me and
I would work away at my household
duties far beyond what my strength
warranted. My weary body would
then react on my worried Jirain, and
the result would beatota collapse
from wliich it took time aid nursing
to recover. But I found .••emedy at
last in silly novels. Wh^U feel a
worrying mood coming inon me
now, I fall into reading them* They
keep me from thinking, they soothe
me into unexpected naps, they re
quire no mental effort for their com
prehension, they stir no strong emo
tion within me in fact, a
f-"
short course
of them induces a sweet torpor of the
brain, which, while no doubt not to
be desired.in the young or in anyone
as a permanent feature, has often.
proved of incalculable benefit to me,
and ai great comfort to my family."-*.
New York. Tribune.
That: Broncho Cow.
When I was young and used' to
roam around over the country, gath
ering watermelons in the dark of the
moon, I. used to think I could milk
anybody's cow but I do not think
so now. do not milk a cow now
unless thesirn is right, and it hasn't.
been right for a good1 many years.
The last cow 1 tried to milk was a
common cow, born in obscurity, a.
kiad of a self-made cow. I remember
her brow, was low, *aut she wore her
tail high and she v/as haughty, oh,,
so. haughty. I reside a common
place rainark to bsrr, one i/hat is used
the very best at society, one that
need nat give o'&nse jay where. I
said '-So"—and she "seed." Then I.
told Iser to "hisae"—and she histed.
But I thought she overdid it* She
put too much expression in it. Jusfc
thea I heard s'methicigcrash through
the window of the barn and fall with,
a dull Bickering tlrjd on the outside*
The neighbors came to see what it
was that caused the noise. They
found thai: I hud done it in getting
through iilie window. I asked the
neighbors if the barn was still stand*
ing. Tiey said it was. Then 1
asked
if tbe cow was injured much. They
said she seemed to be quite- robust.
Then I requested them to go in and
aalra the cow a little and see
if they
could get my plug hat off her horns.
1 am buying all my milk now of a
milk man. I select a gentle mOk
man who will not kick, and 1 feel as
though I could trust him. Then if
he feels as though he could treat me.
it is all right.—Bill Nye,
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