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Mt:- " ' ' " " * ______ FOP THE FARM AND HOME, . Bleaching Celery. It takes but from eight to ten days to blanch celery in warm weather, and bout four or five weeks in cold weather. Anew plan of blanching in warm weather is now adopted by some of our best growers, and found to work admirably, as it saves much labor and there is less danger of rust and rot. They half hill, as it is termed, with a hoe or with a small one horso plow, if a horse can be *scd, throwing up a small ridge of the soil on each sido of the row, just *p to the plants, but not against them much; lltnn ffllro lnnll hnnr/la f/?r? innlina wlrJ A "'vtiva lay along on each, side of the row, crowding the lower edge close up to the feottom of the plants, then take hold of the outer edges of the boards and bring them up together, placing over them elamps made of No. 9 wire?so made that the boards will bo about two inches apart, or a littlo more, if the celery is large. For the late crop the soil is fouud the best for blanching. In this it is necessary to use judgment about hilling *p. It will not do to commence it while the weather is too hot and wet as there is danger of its rotting. It should never be banked while the stocks are at all wet. St. ' ?? Tounff Colli* When the young colts arrive some pains should be taken to rear them in the best manner. There is considerable mortality among young colts which may be avoided. This mostly occurs among .1 larmers whose mares are at work in the field. The rearing of colts upon farms is just now a very profitable busincsst and is to be encouraged by good advice .',v~ # and wise management. The best way is to havfl thn c.nlt.n run wit.ll morw nr?*1 * ~ ~ to give the mares an occasional rest for the colts to suck. When the colts are hut up and turned to the mare at noon and night only the milk is heated by the hard work of the mare, and the udder is distended, often painfully, and both mare and colt suffer. The milk is also less in quantity, for when a colt sucks six or eight times in a day the supply of milk will easily be double the quantity given when the colt is turned to the mare only twice a day. Besides, when the colt accompanies the mare it becomes used to its surroundings in the field and on the road, and takes its first lessons for its future training.?New Tork Times. Compnetlng Land for Corn. On t e question of the rationale of corn-growing, a correspondent of the National Stockman has the following. "Corn wants dry land even more than wheat or other small grains. This is in part because only as the soil is dry can it be got to ft high temperature early in the season. One of the important advantages from planting corn on sod, or over a mass of coarse manure, is that those 1 under the furrow keep the soil porous, 1 and thus admit the warmer air to the foots. On any heavy soil the plowing for corn should be shallow, and after 3 plowing it should not be rolled or otherwise packed, except as is necessary in 1 cultivating to make a mellow seed bed. ( I have often seen the line where a stone- J boat was drawn across a field for corn ^ after plowing distinctly visible by the 1 smaller plants where the soil was too f much compressed. This was when rains 1 had already sufficiently compacted the soil; but this is the condition of most c common lands containing some clay. In 1 a very dry time, after planting corn, this * result might be reversed, but even then E me improvement would be more due to feetter tilth than to compacting of the ? surface. I think much of the roller for r other crops, but it is not adapted * to corn on land as heavy as most of ^ mine." ^ s The Sbe?p Gad-Fly. ( r The sheep gad-fly appears during the d summer months. It is not unlike the ii small horse fly in appearance, the color c feeing light ash, dotted and lined with black. After mating, the female seeka to t deposit her young about the nose of the a jheep. The animals ^ow their worry tl from these insects by shaking their droop- $ ing heads and stamping their feet, and a *ften, in fact, by flight. The bots are h Ibid to pass up the nose by means of hooks tl and spines, causing an increased flow of b mucus, on which they feed. The mag- tl goto when full grown are about^m inch t] in length. Youatt and Clark deny that a Special harm is wrough by these bots, but this denial does not correspond with c the observations of leading sheep men, 0 who, Prof. Cook declares, are correct in q the opinion that the bots do serious in- p Jury to the animal, and when very nu- n merous, especially if they pass to the frrain, may, and frequently do, cause death. When suffering from this cause 0ie sheep lose their appetite, seem in- ^ clined to butt, and these symptoms arc followed by stupor and great weakness. 81 The mouth ^nd nasal membranes become inflamed and there is an unusual b discharge from the nose. To render the si tniraals exempt from the attack, sheep ten have nraclised. with rrnnrf nff * ."T ' * ' O V**VVM 01 tarring their nosea. The operation is si Amplified by boring two inch holes into logs, into which salt is placed and the It edges then smeared with tar. In reach- s< iog for the salt the sheep receives the ap- n fhoation.-*-' 0 K- ' . ' V< . if. * '> --?r A ' M r , ? S' , A " * * : ' ' UK- "WWWBf'v pM5?i "V""' - . ' < > > : ' v.: . r *' ' <> * - v. i The Shape of the Plow. Tho shapo of the plow is important. This fact- jhas now como to be so clearly acknowledged that plows are made with especial reference to tho kind of work to be done. There is the prairie breaker, adapted to tough sod; the sward plow, in two principal forms, is for flat and lap furrows,, and stubblc-plows in great variety, from the curve that carries the furrow slice gradually into the position in which it is to be left, to that which carries tho slice shapely up and then thrusts it sideways and over into position. Tho next important mcaus is tho double furrow trencli plow, which is simply one plow before another on the same beam. The first plow takes a rather thin furrow, which, with a sharp turn, throws the trash, or a thin skim of sod, into the bottom of the proceeding furrow. The true or thick furrow slice immediately follows, covering all closely in. Another variety is the trench-plow proper, or deep tiller, designed for special crops when extra deep tillage is necessary in connection with heavy manuring, or for orchard cultivation. Sacli plowing should never be undertaken unless you are sure the depth of soil will fully warrant the depth of plowing, for the turning up of the under soil often produces infertility for years, especially in still clays, unless large amounts of manure are used. It is far better to get depth of tilth by means of the true subsoil plow, which, running in the bottom of a furrow, loosens, raises, and pulverizes the subsoil, but leaves it in the same position it originally had. Thus the soil may be pulverized to any depth the strength of the team will allow. But neither this nor trench-plowing is adinissib'.e on soils that ever become thoroughly water-soaked, since soil saturated wif' water for any considerable length of time inevitable runs together, thus destroying its permeability. It is only within the last forty years that improvements have been originated that have made American plows superior to any other made for the purpose required in turning and disintegrating all soils, from the lighter sandy soils to the toughest clays. Useful Hints on Cheeso-THaklns. In an essay on cheese-making, delivered by J. B. Harris, Antwerp, N. Y., before the Ontario Dairymen's Association, a number of useful hints were given that can hardly fail to prove of assistance to many readers. Some are here presented in brief. For summer and ^all cheese, Mr. Harris uses rennet enough to produce coagulation in fifty minutes, with the milk at a temperature of from 86 to 88 degrees. In the spring, when making fodder cheese, he uses one-third more rennet and less salt. His reasons for this difference is to facilitate the ripening process, in order that the cheese may be ready for market at the earliest day possible. Four ounces of rennet for summer and six ounces for 1 spring, with salt in proportion, is Mr. Harris's own rule. Two messes of milk produced on dif fcrent soil?, although treated the same, svill produce cheese more or less variable is regards moisture. The maker of the ; iheese must regulate the matter by variltions in Cuttinnr SPJildinnr nnrl ofitTinr* OJ ?(3 - " * "*0' j For instance, when it is known that ^ noisture predominates in the milk of any jiven dairy it is advised to cut finer, seald nore and stir longer. 1 Stirring ought to begin directly after j jutting and continue from ten to fifteen ninutcs before heating and go on for ^ lalf an hour continuously, and say ten nore after the heat is withdrawn. It is advised to heat slowly at first, j gradually increasing as the whey sepaates. The heat must be kept up until he curd is matured and then well aired 1 lefore salting. The usual temperature U a summer is 98 degrees, but as the ? eason advances and the milk becomes icher it is necessary to go as high as 100 L legrees. A great secret in cheese mak ^ ag is to draw the whey at the first indi ation of acidity. ^ After the whey is removed and while he subsequent stirring proceeds, a new cid makes its appearance in the body of ^ he curd, which seems to depend for its levelopment upon the action of the air, " nd the presence of which experience as shown to bo an essential element in ^ he make-up of cheese. This acid should ^ e allowed to develop properly before lie addition of salt, as the presence of bat substance will preclude its appear nce. fi Curd should contain about 35 per f: ent. moisture when pressed, and drv v * ' -J ' ut down to 8D per cent, when cured, e 'o determine and retain this proper 1 roportion of moisture requires judg- n lent and practice. t< si Household Dint** Borax water whitens and softens the ands. , h Linseed oil will remove rust from a ^ tove-pipe. g, To make paper stick to a wall that has 1< een whitewashed, wash in vinegar or ri ileratus water. n When clothes are scorched remove the ti tain by placing the garment where the tl in can shine on it. si Furniture needs cleaning oftentimes, it t may be washed off with warm Castile fi >apsud8, a small place at a tirfie, quickly C lbbed dry and then gone over with u\ a lly cloth. o 'i-.-v - AC?". To rcmovo candle grease from furni-1 turo without injuring the varnish, rub it oil with a littlo warm water and a rag. Roclpes. Broiled Mackerel.?Freshen by soaking in water over night. In the morning dry it and cut oft the head and tin of tail, place it between the bars of a buttered fish gridiron and broil to a light brown; lay it on a hot dish and dress with a little butter and pepper. Toasted Potatoes.?Cut whatever number may be needed of cold, boiled potatoes into slices lengthwise, about a quarter of an inch thick; dip each slice in flour, and lay them between a wire toaster. Have the fire clear, and when both sides are nicely browned, lay the slices on a hot dish, put a piece of butter on each, and season with pepper and salt. To Pickle Plums, Peaches, and other Fruits.?One-half a pound of sugar, to one pound of fruit. Put the fruit in a tin pail or enrtlicru jar with the vinegar and spices. Use stick cinnamon, wholo cloves and allspice, cover with vinegai and put it into boiling water and let it remain till the fruit is soft. Take out the fruit, boil the syrup dowu and poui it over the fruit while hot. Pigtf Feet.?Put four feet in a saucepan with cold water, pepper corns, whole cloves and allspice, adding salt, and boil them until the boues are loose. Remove all the bones and put the meat in a stone jar. Strain one quart of the water in which the feel were boiled, add one pint of vinegar and boil for five min. utes. At the end of this time turn the vinegar and water over the meat from the pigs' feet, completely covering it, and keep in a cool place. The mass will be like jelly, and is cut as needed. II desired, it may be put in uowls and turned out on the dish before serving. A Belle of the Frontier. Truly America developes some strange characters. There came to New York some time ago a woman with a history that reads like a romance. She is thu daughter of Gen. Malcolm Clarke, of the regular army, who was killed by an ' Iudian whom he had befriended some years ago and who left a family of eight , children, the result of his marriage with an Indian squaw. Miss Helen Clarke, the eldest of these children, was educa? ted at a convent in Cincinnati and is possessed of a very brilliant mind and . unusual histrionic talent, .ami came hero to prepare herself for the stage, which she proposes adopting as a profession. Her presence wherever she appeared in the city never failed to attract attention, as her looks proclaim the Indian beyond a doubt. Tall, straight, -sinewy, with j wiry black hair and the unmistakable ' e Indian features, she presented a remark- j a able appearance, especially when ele- gantly attired. She is well known in ! f the West, where her father's bravery , won for himself and children a name, t and in Montana, where she was born and ? still lives, she holds the position of Com- . missioner of Public Schools, her duties 6 in this capacity necessitating her travel- p ing much alone over that wild mountain j country on horseback, with a revolvei 3 in her belt. On one of these pleasant lit- t tie jaunts, while going through a lonely |( snot known flS Prirlrlr1 "Honr ? .. VUUUU KJLIXZ || nisty November morning, Miss Clarke liscovered the bodies of five road agents & langing from limbs of trees where they j, lad been made to answer to the Vigilan- 0 ;e for their crimes the night previous, a d light that would have rather shaken the n lerves of a New York society woman, g >ut this child of. the howling West was a oo well accustomed to life on the border ^ o bo frightened at anything of that sort n ind rodo calmly on. Her father and one y >f her brothers were shot down before g, ler, and from her infancy she has been h tsed to danger. She is highly connected in her father's side and inherits fortune e: rom him, while her mother still remains I a vith her tribe, the Black Feet Indians, ts Vhile here Miss Clarke was for some \ ime the guest of Gen. and Mrs. Palmer, ti he latter being her cousin. She thought & Tew York life tame and New York wo- p aen rather uninteresting. They lacked p he nerve that constitutes one of the C( hief charms of a "Western belle of whom e] Iiss Clarke is a fair sample.?New Tqrk a Terald. p r City Cows Causing Consumption. The Council of Health has reported in avor of the expulsion of all dairy cows P rom rans, ana only tho toleration of a 11 ery few, the ownors of which can show ^ xcoptional conditions of salubrity. c< 'here are upwards of 5000 of these ani- P mis in the capital, and they are found a be a prolific source # of pulmonary conaraption. The milk of a great number f them was alive with tho bacillus, ^ rhich wastes the tissues of cows and 8\ uman beings attacked with phthisis. ^ l syndicate of dairymen who have taken tables which they uso for byres on long ^ iases cry out in tho name of vested ^ ghts against the hardship of their busi css being broken up and no compcnsa- ^ Ion granted. It has been suggested l*t M. Pasteur might find a means of ^ ibduing phthisis, and thus rendering ; safe to drink the milk which is drawn ^ *om cows kept in confinement. The . Council of Health has, however, turned ,* deaf ear to the suggestion, and v . cmtinue to do so.?London Telegraph* -::,: v>: ' '^v:y '= ,?% y'/ "' * LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Woman the Hois Traveller. "If you want proof that a woman is more cautious than a man," said a drummer, "just keep your eyes open while travelling. A woman never forgets to start for a train so early that see will have forty minutes to wait. Slio never forgets to ask her husband or male escort of her trunks arc checked. She never forgets to pause with one foot on the car step and one hand on the handrail to inquire if she is on the right train. She never forgets to ask the conductor if she has to change cars before reaching her destination, and if she is sure to make a connection, and if the train stops at the place sho wants to get off. She never loses a ticket on a train chcck, never drops her hat out of the window, never permits herself to go to sl2ep within 100 njiles of licr destination for fear that she may ride by, never fails to get a whole seat for herself and another for her luggage, never v-nlks from one car to another unless the train is standing still, and never gets up from a seat to leave a train without turning to look and see if she has forgotten anything. I'll bet on a woman for travelling, ever time.? Chicago Herald. JLadic8 Flnhlnir in tlie Sierras. As 1 neared the stream to secure the ?;..i i ?. xi. i uiuiiuiiiii iui uui uiat iviin.il, 1110 piCUSilli" louud of a woman's voice, followed by rippling laughter, rather astonished me, ind going a fewsteps further somewhat more cautiously, I came upon a very refreshing scene. Two young Indies who kad probably heard of the Indian's mode df fishing by constructing a wicker work dam, and driving the fish into the trap, fad ingeniously simplified the plan, and tfere just commencing operations. They tiad divested themselves of their foot gear and were standing in the stream ibout twenty feet apart, in water some sen inches deep. As soon as the most muscular one succeeded in getting a arge, flanng tin pan into position under flic water she called to her companion, "Now start them," and bracing herself prepared to scoop up a fine mess of fish, h-hile her friend advanced toward her, beating the water with some brush and "shooing" continually. I watched them nakc two runs, both attended with poor results,so far as the catch of fish was conterned, but tliey had all the enjoyment ihey could mauage, judging by the hearty >eals of lauhter they indulged in; and I ; )asscd on as I came, unobserved, and fhorouglily amused at this harmless mode , >f fishing.? Overland Monthly. . The Modern Lady'* Man. 1 The modern lady's man, says a writer n the Brooklyn Eagle, is radically differnt from the old-timer. Not very long ( go the term lady's man suggested a ;ushing sort of a chap, who dressed fop>islily, displayed a tendency to sport * ky-bluc neckties and affect effeminate aanuers, squeezed his feet into small ^ toots, and went to a vast amount of iains to render himself objectionable to r ther men. He chatted about dancing, ras full of small-talk, loved to carry a * an or a bouquet, bowed perpetually, * laintily, and on the slightest provocaion, and was altogether a very useful \ ort of a fellow to have around luncheon, < cwing, and commerce parties. Occa- t ionally he had a violent rival m a lady'.-t lan of the Maj. Bagstock type, who was c c tI..,!.: -1 -- o uinuniy, anu. auiupi lis mu I ther was the reverse of it all. One sel- E om sees an old beau of the dashing lilitary type now, however, and the s ushers among the male sex are not pop- g lar. Lady's men have changed arnaz- ^ igly?their manners are subdued, digilied, and exclusive, they seldom dance, j lieir brows are heavy, and they only mile after due deliberation and with a C igh regard for effect. The most solemn, earnest, and apparntly abstracted man of my acquaint- 1 nee is a tremendous masher whose sway i acknowledged from one end of New r "ork to the other. He wears loose-fit- s :ng clothes of an inconspicuous pattern nd cut, makes no pretensions, to fop- e cry, and is not particularly handsome, e [e is exceedingly careful of the small g ourtcsies of life, his bill with florists av- J rages $300 a month, he is continually taking inexpensive but interesting y resents, and he is the soul of discretion, o ivcrywhere he goes he is besieged, but b is sallow face never lights up and he ursues the business of subduing the :minine heart with the analytical care, q etermination, and skill of a chemist ^ inducting a series of dangerous and im c ortant experiments. ? Bow New ?ork Women Shop. Probably there is no other place in the j ^ rorld where humanity of both sexes n jam to suffer and bo strong, or rather affer and be weak, as in the New York 0 lops. In Paris and London both, shop- v ing pure and simple as accomplished in ais city is an unknown quantity. Here, s< om tho highest to the lowest, from the j: rife of the merchant prince, who or- tl ere her carriage at 10 a. m. that she r< lay have a long day to shop, to tho si undress or scrub-woman, who so armges that she may don her best, and *n Ibows and crowds her neighbors as well d s tho best of them?all through that as- a anding and descending scale?ti* wo* tl lan can, nay, must and will shop. g '' > " ; . 1 V;.- I I Artcr all ia said and dono, what is th< result? Do tho delivery wagons drive t< one's private residenco bringing the re suit of tlie labor of the day? By n< means. Arc the dressmakers' establish inents crowdcd with goods belonging t< their patrons? Not at all. What, then is the result of all this shopping? Wh; is it tho lower side of Grand, Pour tecnth and Twenty-third streets, am Sixth avenue, between the two Intto streets, arc next to impassable any picas ant and many unpleasant afternoons What is the meaning of this keen, self vvuvviiivia^u ?j.\jnuasiuii cunt ail, CXCOJ) the very young or very old women, hav? on tlicse occasions? Docs it menu grea outlays arc to bo made?important ouc fits decided upon?matters of momcn settled? Occasionally it does, more oftei it docs not. The root of the matter is summed u] in a few words. The New York public, especially the women, are the hardest ii the world to suit; that is universally conceded. They scour the city to match i ribbon to a hair's width to get the exac shade, tint, quality, quantity, and tin result is the American woman is the bes dressed on the globe to-day, and tin New York shop keepers in their hearts i noton their knees ought to thank Mothe; Eve for setting the first fashions. An their clerks as grateful? Oh, no. Do tlicj enjoy handing down goods, gathering them up iuto lustrous folds, talking glib ljr, pcrsuapively of their various merit, to put them all away again, without making a sale without so much as r "Thank you." They are paid for it, oi course, but it is discouraging all th( same. Every one can tell an out of towr. resident?they arc laden with packages, bundles and all the paraphernalia thai goes to make up an express wagon, while the town resident will have a paper of pins sent home after rummaging for hours in half a dozen stores.?Nea York llcrald. Fnahlon IVotes. Hoop ear-rings arc again seen. White cashmere is fashionable. Rough straw hats continue in fashion. Lace fans arc among the season's craze. "Wraps are, for the most part, tightfitting. Soft vests of crinkled crape arc stylish with silk costumes. White embroidered dresses made with yoke waists arc in high favor. The straw-lace bonnets for summer show the hair and its arrangement. New buttons arc like rounds cut from i rough walking stick, bark and all. Tweeds and cheviots find favor with ,vomcn who inclinc to the English style )f dress. ' Zephyr cloths and batistes have shot jrounds with tiny embroidered dsigns in le of the colors. Imported sunshades are seen of cmjossed leather, with a leather fringe iround the top. Shot siks are made up with velvet or >rocade stripes upon a ground of shot silk o correspond with the plain. Silver jewelry continues to be much vorn on the street and with mourning Iresses. It will also be popular witb ravellers. White, pink and blue crepe is used xtensivcly for summer underwear, and is rimmed with Valenciennes lace and very larrow ribbons. It is the correct thing to wear commonnnan almno fAi* ~-? ? ? ouvuo xwi if tllUU^Il IllilTUW olcsand high French hcel3 are retained or house wear. The modern extreme fashion in furnishing is to have the corners of a room ut off by curtains, screens, low couches, , table or the like. White costumes of flannel, nun's veilng, wool crepe and Frcnch bunting are ?eing made up for general use at the nountain, seaside and other summer reorts. Old-fashioned veils with shell-scallop dges are among the newest seen. The dge just comes to the upper lip. In hum vena lurgu t>puts urc uiKJug tne ilaco of dots. Velvet berthas, collars and cuffs are porn with both street and house toilets f wool or wash goods. Violet over white lack over gray and dark blue over scar, et are very popular. Golden hair ha* gone out of fashion, ^he dye rubs off during warm weather. l few ladies are trying to revive the fany for drab hair, but raven tresses are at resent the most beautiful. Loosely woven woolen fabrics, with breads of many tints, are made up with material with stripes of ono of the coirs. A handsome way of trimming these ostumes is with appliques of gimp or rith silk cord. The little sailor hats so popular last jason are worn again. They are too mnty and becoming to be given up by Sic young ladies. Tho trimming is armged directly in front this season intead of at the side. A pretty idea is to cover the entire hat nd face with butterfly gauze of some e'.icate tint, palo blue, shell-pink or pple green. The ends are tied under lie chin in a large bow. Pour yards of auze are required for the proper effect. 7 ' ; ' ' -rC-/\ y;' % '* ' " ' * v! ' % **' "' ;v * * ? ' "* ; /. ? ???? j | CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS. The cost of running a locomotivo is said to bo a littlo more than twenty cents a mile. j It is thought that a dozen shots from l the new German bomb, charged with j dynamite shells, would destroy tho , strongest fortifications in the world. 1 The Chinaman is very fond of dress, i j and, though sometimes dirty in his hab ?j its, is scrupulously clean in his person. 1 j Ilis religion enjoins vegetarianism and I cleanliness. I In the National Museum at Washing! ton there is a pipe that belonged to John t Brown and the rifle taken from Jefferson - Davis when he was captured. They aro t labelled ''the beginning and the end of i the war." Cultivation has so affected the tomato 1 that the seeds are fast disappearing and ' bid fair to pass out of existence entirely, 1 as in the case of the banana, leaving the propagation of the plant dependent on 1 cuttings. A dweller on the banks of the Codorua j j in Pennsylvania ties short lines with baited fishhooks to the legs of his geese ^ and drives them into the water. The fish bite and jerk the lines, and then the frightened geese hurry to shore, drag^ ging the fish after them. A moonlight mirage was lately witnessed in Illinois. The moon w;is shining brightly, but a dense-fog hung over |. the flat lands near St. Joseph, and the t passengers in a railroad train saw a phanf torn train suspended in the air undor tlm , fog bank. The apparition was visible ( for several minutes. Fifty years ago the boys had a very ; hard time of it. There were no furnaces in the house and few stoves, bedrooms as i cold and colder than barns nowadays; - warming pans for bed at night in coni stant use, as the bed clothes were like two cakes of ice. Washing was done by first breaking through the ice found in the pitchers over night. All cooking was done by wood fires, and the wood had to cut by the boys. Fats and Frauds. i Some persons have assumed that because butter-substitutes have been prepared so skilfully that persons could not tell the real from the false butter when placed side by side, therefore the false ia as wholesome as the true. The real point is the question of relative digestability of the animal fats, tallow and lard, as compared with milk-fats or but lvji. xnc uigusuuimy is co oc consitlered not from the standpoint of robust and vigorous men like miners and lumbermen, but from the standpoint of those who consume but little fat except butter, namely, women and children. A Russian may make a light supper of half-a-dozen tallow candles, and an Esquimaux may swallow pound after pound of train blubber, but these facts would give little assistance in arranging a dietary for the refined and delicate. Milk-fats are the most easily digested of all known fatly bodies, with the possible exception of fresh olive oil. If tallow and lard separately are difficult of digestion by delicfctc persons, will a mixture of these, to constitute 60 *. , to 75 per cent, of a compound, no matter how thoroughly disguised, acquire such an increase ot digestibility as to place them on a par with tlio milk-fats? If not, then their sale as butter is a fraud, nnd a damage to the public health. The question does not lie between clean animal fats and rotten butter. No one advocates the use of the latter; the point is between good butter and good butterine. If the latter is as good as Mr?, butter, why is it palmed off on an unsus- JT\ pccting public as "choice creameryt" At present prices, and selling undei m fraud, the bogus butter butchers can afford to use clean tallow and lard for this manufacture. But when competition has brought down these substitutes, how are the public to know how much cholera-hog and diseased-steer may enter into this "choice creamery" process! ?Dr. It. C. Kelzie. $? A DiflTerenco of Opinion. She went into a furniture store with her husband, a faint hearted little man who carried a second fiddle under hia arm. She dragged the salesman all over, the ground floor, ar.d leavingher husband downstairs, she took the clerk to the .. -).v second floor to look at somo willow chairs. The poor clerk, tired and weary, finally made some answer that kindled her wrath. "Do you know who I am?" she asked. "No, madam, I do not, he replied politely. "Woll, sir, I'd have you know I am M, Mrs. Blank of Prairie avenue, and that is my husband down stairs?" . "Oh, I beg your pardon, I thought possibly that you might be Mr. Blank of ['ruirie avenue, and that was your wife down stairs."? Merchant 'Traveler.. A Great Composer. "No, doctor," said* the musical critic, A;, who had been discussing tho develop- ' ment of tho divine art in America, "we have no great composcra in this country.n v 4;/ ' * f V?nnr navrlftn T -1-1 ^ I- on, uuv J. UUUCYO WO have ono great composer." v? "The name, please?" 4 'Chloroform."?Sifting*. . :>l v-i ., ; Mm