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H WEEKLY EDITION. ^ WINNSBOEO, S. WEDNESDAY, MAECH 8, 1882. ESTABLISHED IN 1844. |j ^.... - i .1 ~? I I i????i?? ? Ramon. fBefugio^Mino. Northern Mexico.] Drunk and seamless in bis place, k. >. Prone aad sprawling oa bis face, Jffore brute^than any man tafr Alive or dead-1^, "By his great pump out of pr Xav the peon engineer, jfe TVaking only just to bear. Overhead, Angry tones that called his name, , Oaths and cries of bitter blame? Vr Woke to hear this, and waking, turned and 9ed: ' " To the man svlio'il bring to me," Cried Intendast Harry Lee? Hany Lee, the English foreman of the mine? ^ "'-Bring the sot alive or dead, f% I will give to him," he said, "Fifteen hundred pesos down, Jusf to get the rascal's crown Underneath this heel of mine; Since but death Deserves the man whose deed, Be it vice or want of heed, Stops t"ie pamps that give us breath, % Stops the pumps that euck the death ISroai the poisoned lower levels t the mine ?' "No one answered, for a cry From the shaft rose up on high; -And shuffling, scrambling from below Came the miners each, the bolder Mounting on the weaker's shoulder Grappling, clinging to the: r hold or Lotting go. A& the breaker gasped aud fell >v. From the ladder to the well? ST To tie poisoned.'pit of hell Down below! ** To the man who seis them free," Cried the foreman, Harry Lee? Harry Lee, the English foreman of the mine? ^ "Brings them oat and sets them free, - I will give that man," said he, yr " Twice that sum, who with'a rope, race to lace witn aeatn snail cope, Let >-im come who dares to hope!" " Hold your peace I" some one replied, Standing by the foreman's side; " Thero has one alread^gone, whoe'er he be !" Then they held t^fcir breath "with awe, Pulling on the rope, and saw Fainting figures reappear, On the black rope swinging clear, listened by some skillful hand from below: "Till a score the levei gained And but one alone remained? " He the hero and the last, He whose skillful hand made fast, The long line that brought them back to hope and cheer! Haggard, gasping, down dropped he At the feet of Harry LeeHarry Lee, the English foreman of the mine; *'1 have come," he gasped, " to claim Both rewards. Senor, my name Is Ramon! I'm the drunken engineer? I'm the coward, Senor?" Here fell over, by that sign f Dead as stone ! ?Bret ffarte. LIL'S FOLLY. Pretty Lilian Lawney, exqtiisifcelj ncfaima^ -from tlio cilfe-An nsfirrrth nlnmfl of her hat to the tip of her dainty boot, L ran lightly down thft high steps of her fe^, ibeautilul new home. Hr She had been married a month, and was very happy as the darling of an old man, who, while fortnnate enoxigh to surround her with luxury, was also more a fortunate to possess the utter faith and love of his youag wife. ; Lawney had never regretted few year3 of tried fidelity and exf perience which made his breast a haven of rest and peace to this otherwise lonely girl. It was Lilian who grieved that her brief twenty summers might separate so far their now united lives. But this brilliant winter day possessed for her no introspection. She 1? 1 XT?L 1 T Oil!} k-uuv, LLuio uer uappj utrmro rseciutu to bo reflected from the dazzling' streets and bright blue sky. Her content seemed to make all the world content about her, until qnickly turning the corner of a square, she came suddenly upon a knot of boys, in tha midst of "which was a dog; a miserable, crouching creature, over whom her heart melted. She stopped. v "What are you doing with that pooi do??" she asked, somewhat severely. The boy3 had paused, at her sudden appearance upon the scene, with the air of detected criminals. , One, revealing that he had a heart in ins breast, finally answered: ' Ned Rollins he's turned a whole bottle of kerosene over him, and they're ; sga going to set it on fire!" i "Is this true?" demanded Lilian of one of the older boys. 'A "He's my dosr, and I've a ricrht to do % what I pleas? with!'' he returned, insolently; and he rose np from his crouching position and gave the poor dog a kick -which actually caused Lilian a feelisg of physical faintness. The other hoys looked somewhat cowed at ihe indignant flash of h -r beautiful eyes, but the bully stood sullen and defiant. "You don't want the dog, I understand?" she said, at length, addressing 1 him. "No; I am going to kill him!" he answered brutally. 4'He said he'd sell him to me, and now he won't," spoke up another of the boys. "Will you sell him tome?" asked Lilian, quickly. '.'How much '11 you give?" demanded the young ruffian. Lilian took out her little azure purse, with its gold rings, and turned the coin into ner nana, umy a lew pennies ana a gold sovereign, which latter she had kept for a pocket-piece for some months. Her husband had- dropped it into her purse one day, playfully proposing that she should make some wise investment of it. She turned the coin in her palm over regretfully. There was no help for "I will give vou this," she said, taking out the sovereign. a? _ t;You may have him." 4" Transferring the coin to the boy's band, Lilian bent over her new purchase, patting him, and taking the ? string which was tied about his neck. The dog was only a puppy yet, apparently of a large breed of animal, was v of good size, with a shaggy, rusty coat; but Lilian obseivod that his head, with V its drooping silky ears, was really pretty, aa f Y\ r\n r\ in 2UIU ihicjlxi^CUV^ OJUUUC xix iuc aupcaiiiL^ brown eyes. Still, the forlorn, halfstarved creature was a ludicrous appendage to the elegant young lady, and as > she rose up ?.o lead him away the boys set tip a shout of derision. Lilian's cheeks burned, but she continued to lead and coax the animal through the quiet square to her own door. With a breath of relief she at length shut it upon him. In the vestibule of the elegant house the miserable dog looked more miserable than ever by contrast, and Lilian looked at him thoughtfully, .a faint smile of humor relieving her excitement and compassion. At that moment she heard her husband's step in the drawine-room. "Major*!" she called, gayly. "Darling! " was the response. " I have invested rav sovereign. Come and see!" Major Lswney, with his handsome, manly face and curling gray hair, appeared in the hall. With a dramatic air of mock triumph, J.Tliap pointed to the dog. " Why, Lilian, where did you get that unfortunate creature?" demanded her husband, in the low tone of utter surprise. ' Found him with some boys who were going to torture bim. I could not save him any other wav> so I bought him, and I had only the sovereign to pay for him with. He isn't very nice, but I pity him so!?and I mav keep him, mayn't I, Guy ? " Major Lawney looked from the lovely face to the unlovely dog, and the next moment his own face broke slowly into a smile. "Yes, yon may keep him, and he shal. be called Lil's Folly," he said, rather dryly. The next instant her arms were around his neck, and they were laughing heartily together. Bnt Lil's Felly, fed and washed, brushed and treated kindly, began to have a respectable appearance. His shaggy coat became black and glossy. Lil observed that he was growing ; and Major Lawner surreptitiously fed him from his plate at dinner, and pronounced him a very good specimen of the Newfoundland. "Not so bad an investment, Lil." he finally remarked; kindly, when in the spring Folly had reached a remarkable Lil laughed. " Thank yon! I can bear considerable of that sort of thing, Guy ; I nave been ashamed of him so long !" Folly was invested with a handsome new collar, and in the summer went to the seashore with them. They "took board at one of the hotels. LU had never been in snch a place before. The great, restless, level sea, the stretch cf silent, shifting sky, the panorama of the gliding sails, were indescribably delightful to her. She was constantly out of doors, running along the shore and climbing the rocks like a child. She watched sunrises and sunsets. She sat in the yellow sands watching the snowy surf, and lived all the happiness she had ever dreamed. Her husband leisurely accompanied her light footsteps. If his thoughts were graver than hers, they were not less pleasant; ana that bonny, golden, glancing head was the light of his eyes. But one day he had letters to write \J^en Lil wanted to be out of doors. "By as quick as you can, Guy, and I will run about by myself, with Folly, until you are ready, when we will go ! down to the shallows," she said, and was away, the great Newfoundland at her side. Folly was sagacious, docile, and very obedient. Along the shore he was allowed to accompany them; but at the village, where Major Lawney received his mail twice a week, he was found an embarrassment?a certain belligerent mastiff making war upon him; and though Folly, ''being in," bore himself bravely, he was the greatest sufferer in these encounters, by reason of his shaggy coat which gave the mastiff so undetachabie a hold upon him. Lil also had occasional errands to the village. If Folly followed nnperceived and was sent back, he always obeyed, not only turning back at the command. "Home, sir?home!" but returning to the piazza of the hotel, where he lay down and patiently bided his time. But this morning he was free to follow his young mistress. He bounded at her side, his head erect, his great tail moving like a banner, apparently as happy as she was. Lll took a new direction this morning, and, being out' of signt of the hotel, ran out upon a promontory that reaohed far into the restless water. There she sat down to rest, but soon busied herself picking up some beautiful pink seashells. When an hour had passed in this way, she turned to retrace her steps, but paused in amazement. She was upon a small island. The sea had advanced, crossed the neck at its lowest point, and cut her off from the main land. And, to her horror, she saw that it was still advancing, and lessening the little island upon which she and the dog stood. After a moment she climbed upon the highest rock and watched it. Yes, the tide was coming in rapidly, and swiftly and surely surrounding the island. She had reason to believe that it would j T_ _ ?i j xi^n? I suuu ms jjuumergcu. .CVJLIJ, tuu, DCCIAICU. to scent danger He ran back aud forth uneasily sniffing the air. Lil sank down on the rock and tried to think. She was about a mile from the hotel, and out of sight of it. Her hnsband wonld apprehend no tronble, ana. when he should have finished his letters, wonld take a cigar and await her return. No one was on the shore, and ; no boats in sight. If the water shonld submerge the rocks, upon which she sat, there was no prospect bnt that she wonld be drowned. I cannot tell yon how long the poor girl sat there watching the crawling water?trying to be brave?trying not to think how happy she had been?how her hnsband wonld be stricken by hei death?for she never knew herself. Bnt she rose at last, making a despe-1' rate effort for Jife. She determined to | send the dog ashore with a message to j her husband. Tearing a blank page from a letter in her pocket, she wrote a few urgent words upon it with the little gold pencil thfct hung from her watch guard, and then tfied to fasten the note to Folly's collar ; but the paper was too perishable to trust to the water. The salt drops, already dripping from his shaggy coat, instantly soaked it and made it worthless, and she broke into a bitter cry. The next instant she snatched the , pretty straw hat from her hea< and tied it securely by its cardinal ribbons to i Folly's neck. , He looked into her face, wfcried and crouched at her feet. Was he tronbled for her or himself ? "Go home?home, sir!" she said. For the first time Folly did not obey. He alternately crouched before her, and sprung upon her breast, wagging his tail. She caught hold of his collar and led him to the water's edge. "Go home, Folly!?home!?home!" With a desperate howl the dog sprung into the water. He swam away and left Lil alone. The water encircled her within a few yards. She was certain now tbat it , would rise about the rocks upon -which she sat. In spite of herself she was ; crying miserably?whispering her husband's name?trying, poor child, to say her prayers?to say, humbly, "Thy will, not mine, be done." Bnt it was hard, while the cruel, craving, cold waves came up, up, up, and there was no sound but their clashing voices. She was not ill, either. Her heart beat so wildly in her young breast! the red blood burned so hot about her throbbing temples! and the sweet lips that trembled were yet thrilled by kisses. "It will be too late?too late!" Folly might go directly to the hotel and display the drenched hat; and then again, for once, he might hie away to sulk his own pleasure, and the hat be. torn from his neck and never found in time to tell the story. Already the water was creeping around her feet? already she sat on a level with the toss mg waves. ien izuiiai.es more, ana? "Lil! Lii! Lil! A call?her name! She sprung up?tore off her duster of pale linen and waved it alolt to guide the coming boat. She could hear the oars; and at last?at last?she saw the little dory leaping the waves. There Was her husband and another strong oarsman, and Folly stood in the stern. S^e utterly lost control of herself then, and wept wildly, until her hus band's arms took her into the boat; find then, sobbing into calmness on his knees, as they rowed s.way from the dreadful spot, Lil prayed. When he could talk and she could listen, Major Lawney told her how Folly had come ashore. "He came bounding into the chamber with the hat in his mouth, evidently wanting to attract my attention to it. I was still busy writing, and half-absently ordered him out. He would not go? i but sprung around me, whining?until, i glancing at my watch, and seeing how late:: was, with no sounds of yonr arrival, I looked at him more closely, and saw that he was very wet On trying to take the hat from him, I observed that it was attached to his neck, and that it was the one you had worn away. The truth then rushed over me ; but never was there a more miserable man, for I did not know which way to go. I feared that you were drowned. I rushed down to the shore, called to our landlord's son, and pushed off the dory. I begged him to come with me ; Folly, too, jumped in ; and when we began to row he showed every sign of dissatisfaction until we turned the boat Every time I called, he barked?until, dear child, we came in sight of you?and then I could hardly keep him in the boat?so anxious was he to reach you. But for his help, sweetheart, death would have separated us. No money shall ever buy Folly." Tbo Mexican Indian. The Indian population of Mexico is composed of various elements. The American continent has had its migrations of nations a<s well as Asia and Europe. In the middle of the seventeenth century' the Tolkets were followed by all those valiant tribes, who subsequently overran the country of Auahoac and left marks of primitive civilization in the parts through which they wandered. It is more than probable that the Tolkets met with nations who had inhabited Mexico long before their arrival. Many of th6 wandering tribes who had crossed the Rio Bravo left, while directing their course southward, entire families behind, and these families settled down in Mexico, mix-" ing with the Mexican tribes or leading in independent existence without amalgamating with the latter. Considering these facts in the early history of Mexico, we may get a fair explanation of the present existence of so many different tribes in the territory of the republic. TTatttatta* Vi /~\tt7_ XIIULUCIUU'^ LUUOO LiiL/t-Oj XX\J Ji ever different their language, civilization, and physical peculiarities, they do not lack characteristics of one and the same family?that great family that extends from St. Lawrence River down to cape Horn. The Mexican Indian has a coppercolored skin that has frequently a dark-brown appearance. Smooth, black, glossy hair, protuberant cheekbones, very keen eyes, broad lips, and ?, flat nose, are his most marked traits. The beard is generally heavier with those who inhabit the temperate zone than with those whose home is to be found in the hot zone, yet the beard is generally very thin, growing only above the lips and on the chin while the cheeks very seldom show any traces of hair. In Senor&, for instance, a person who has anything of a prominent beard is certainly at least from fifty to sixty years of age. The Indian has a softness of skin in common with the negro. The frame of the body is large, stout, muscular, and in good proportions. Cripples are not to be found among the Indians of pure blood. Even those who have led for centuries the lives of peaceful citizens possess great muscular strength. The Indian h an excellent porter and walker "with a heavy load on his back. It is common to see men carry loads of 30C pounds for; six hours, resting perhaps once or twice. Children of twelve years of age carry 100 pounds, and seem not to suffer under the burden. Women in general are not. far behind the men. The way in which a company of Indians go to tr-wn is curicus. They move constantly in a long row. one behind the other. If you address a question to the perccn marching in front, the row will stop at once, j and not begin its movement again before the conversation has ended. Tiie Indian on an errand seldom walks, but is constantly trotting, and in this way he makes long distances in a very short J time without showing the least sign of fatigue. The body of the Indian is less liable to disease than that of the white man. Rheumatism, colds and toothache are things unknown to those of pure blood. It is not very rare to find in an Indian village several persons who have passed their hundreth year. The Indian is frequently reproached for a lazy disposition and a dogged char- , acter. Both accusations seem to origi- ( nate in a very superficial, observation ; i for the Indian furnishes the toilinr hands in the republic. He tills tbe ground and raises cattle, works as a day laborer on farmc, supplies the markets of towns and cities with the produce of his fields. Most of the mining work is done by him, and he follows the trades of mason, carpenter and shoemaker. He is the faithful servant of the house, and is the daring and hardy soldier of the Mexican army. In the school we find the Indian bov an intelligent and inquisitive creature, generally at the bead of his class ; and as the actual government is very liberal in furnishing means for public instruction, the result will soon be known, ana the young Indian may presently have reached the degree of civilization of his white feliow-citizen. With regard to the alleged dogged character, it onght to be known that the Indian is rather shy with his white brother, but whenever decently and respectfully treated he is gentle and police. Once having gained an Indian's confidence. ^ _ < 1. you. may dispose 01 ms xoriune ana ms life. There are Indian families that aocummulated considerable wealth, bnt instead of investing the money obtained in indnstrial, commercial, or agriculfcnral enterprise, they buried the gold. As peace, industry and security, begin to return, the Indiau comes forth with his hidden treasure, and \ve shall soon hear of bis taking an active part in the development of his native country. The imitative faculty is scarcely more striking with the Chinese than with the Mexican Indian. Most of th# schoolboys are able to furnish a true counterfeit of their master, and there are few sketches or pictures which would not be ingeniously imitated by them. The beautiful wax figures representing the Indian, his home ana oany me, encit mucn aamir&non. i Time will show that the Indian is not! the base and animal-like creature he i bas frequently been represented to be. j \7hether he will ever attain the degree of culture and civilization of his white brother of the Aryan race we can not decide, yet the year 19C0 will show us the Indian as an individual who may boldly prefer the same claims to the world's respect as we demand for ourselves. Enew His Han. A young man was ridiculing the j story or JJavict ana (jronatn, asserting I that it was impossible for a small boy to throw a stone with force enough oo break the skull of a giani. He appealed 1;o a Quaker in confirmation of his theory. "Well," said the man of broadbrim prejudices, "it all depends. If the giant's head was as soft as thine appears to be, it oould be done easily. 5'-vC.'. ARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Raw Potatoes. Pigs, says a writer, will not always eat, and Dever can be fattened npon raw potatoes, while, if they are boiled, next to boiled peas, perhaps, will briDg them to the greatest weight they are capable of attaining, and to greater perfection tnan anything else that may be continuously used with safety, admitting that three to four week's feeding upon corn, oats or barley, is necessary to make the pork firm and impart flavor. It is tfce experience of very successful perk raisers that one bushel of corn meal mixed with four bushels of boiled potatoes gives a very satisfactory feed for pigs. Carrots ns Food !"or Cattle. In Europe the carrot is grown to a great extent for feeding to cattle in the winter months. Roots of some kind are fed the winter through to the cows. An Iowa raiser of Jersey cows says he is accustomed to feed carrots, of which he usually raises 600 bushels per acre. Carrots increase the flow of milk and improve the appearance and quality of butter. Beets are preferable to carrots for increasing the flow of milk; the milk, however, which is produced from beets it not as good for butter. The breeder mentioned above has found it difficult to raise his calves on clear Jersey milk, and advises the feeding of fcfiat, wVn<Vh lias heen skimmed. Gaano Water lor Fowls. The Rvral New Yorker says : Guano water is a first-rate manure for greenhouse and window plants, it :is no patent nostrum; we know what it is, and that it is good. But in addition to being a highly esteemed food for the roots of plants, as a wash for the leaves it is also excellent. Be your plant outside or in the house, no matter. You syringe them with clear guano water, and you will soon observe an increased thrift and fatness of foliage and immunity from insects over those syringed with clean water. Bed spiders, thrips, and mealy bugs, hate guano water. Nor does the guano water leave a sediment upon the foliage, as might be expected. Use it in this fashion : Into a bucketful of soft water mix a teacupful of guano ; stir well, and leave for a day or two to settle; then pour eff the water into another vessel, taking care not to stir up the sediment. Add about as much clean water; then use as freely as you please. Clover. N. Griffin, at the Elmira Farmers' Club, said: "There is no substitute for clover, so far as I know?nothing to take its place. It is better in its effect on land than any other forage plant. It is said that a good crop of clover?say snch a crop as will yield two tens of cured hay from an acre?will leave an equal weight of rcots for the soil. That is like a coat of mannre. I am sorry to hear that clover is falling into disrepute, foa its renovating power is greater than that of any other plant. Lately clover does better than in a few years past, so I hope we shall soon have all the old measure of success. Many years ago the farms in Dutchess county used to give large crops of timothy and they were taken away and sold. Those farms are now exhausted?ruined because the crops were taken off. But clover is never all taken off when the roots are left. .Forty-five years ago a great deal of timothy was raised in Tompkins county and the land that produc ed it ran down under its production anl the occupants had to turn their attention to clover. At first it was difficult ta get J.b esiaunsueu, uuu inni: uj uttio xuuci its influence the lands grew letter. Farmers had to ditch their lands as the first condition, then thay nsed plaster, snd at last got fnll crops of clover and better crops of grain, for their lands improved through clover. Hungarian grass has been tried, but, like timothy, when the crop is taken off nothing is ivftand the soil becomes poor. The best crop is that which leaves most to tne soil, and that is what clover does. I hope it will not lose its place in our farming, for there is no other plant so beneficial in its effect. Planting a Vineyard. The distance at which the vines may be planted varies with the different varieties, the character of the soil and the J- - J* A - "Vf i. HlOQfcS UX traiiiixjg. JLU-UOII vaucuuj j_it??c a tendency to make more wood on light, sandy, gravelly or loamy soils than on clays. Slow-growing varieties, snch as Delaware and Catawba, may be planted nearer together in the rows than strong sorts like the Concord and Herbemont. When the training it! to be npon trellises, in any of the several modes, the distance between the vines should be greater than whsn the training is to be on uiakes in the terpentine or bow sysr?m. Many growers lay ont all the rows si a. i'eet apart, as this is a convenient dh.ance for cultivating and gives space enough for rucn, horse and plough or CT-Viivator. V"ith the rows six feet apart they plant all strong-growing varieties from eight to ten feet distant in the rows, while slow kinds are planted about six feet apart. A rule given by P. Barry is as follows : Set strong-growing sorts in loamy or rich soils, and to be trained for trellis, ten or twelve feet apart; on heavy clay soil reduce the distance in the rows two feet. Plant varieties like Catawba and Iona eight feet apart each way. Delaware and other short-jointed varieties plant at six fant in t.Vin rn?? t.flA 7V>Wft fvicflt fftftt. Select good strong one or two year old plants with plenty of strong, wellripened roots that are smooth and firm and have also well-ripened, short jointed wood. Having prepared the soil for the reception of the plants according to directions previously given, make an excavation for each one eight or ten inches deep in a slanting direction and wide enough to admit the spreading out of the roots. Baise a small mound of well-pulverized earth in the center and then lay in a plant previously prnned with its tops and roots shortened in, resting the lower end on the monnd of earth; spread ont the roots evenly to all 3ides and fill in with well-pnlveiized earth, leaving the upper bud above ground. Tne depth to which the roots are covered should never be less than four inches above the npper or crown line, ana if the position is a southern one, and the soil naturally dry, six or eight inches will be better. All the work should be done when tbe ground is in good condition and dry and mellow enough to be worked in among the roots. The Can of Milk. In discussing this question Mr. C. S. Kelbaum gives some very valuable suggestions to the indifferent and inexperienced dairymen of the grave results that come through their carelessness. He says manufacturers want the full and hearty co-operaticn of every ^(lirrmnn in or> ^ op/mr?n cr tn crp.t, trip possible results from their milk with the least percentage of loss. Good cows, well fed and well watered, will produce good milk. Well watered means plenty of good, healthy water from a running stream or good well. It is a notorious fact f L:it poor water? or water from stagnant pools?is the cause of more taint in the milk in summer time than anything else. Salt, regularly given, adds to the quantity as well as the quality of milk. If it is possible, let the cows have access to plenty of shade during the hot days in summer, for many a can of milk is spoiled by a single pailful drawn from a cow in an over-heated condition. Do not allow your men to beat tbem n*r dogs to worry tbem. Tbey will give more and better rtiilk for the kindness bestowed tipon them. "When your men come to milk insist that they clean the 1 bag and teats with water, if they need * it, and then dry them before milking, 3 and for Heaven's sake don't allow them 1 to drain the dirty mixture into the pail. ' Look to it that every pail, every strainer, every can, is washed in cold 1 wat; r first and then most thoroughly j with hot water, drained and allowed to get tne sun's rays upon them, if pos- 1 sible, for there is no iptirifier like good J pure air and a bright sun. ' Every 1 dairy fariaer should be provided with a 1 good milk house, situated at a good ] distance from the cow stable, so that it may be free from the disagreeable odors ' that milk is always sure to absorb if J left all night in the cow stable. If you : have not running water in the milk house, provide yourself with a good > wind-mUI pump. |As soon as the milk 1 is drawn, carry it ' at once to the milk house. Have the water about the cans changed several times, and the milk '< stirred to prevent sream rising until it is cooled to about degrees for the 5 night's milk, and sizty-.ave for the : morning's. During all this time be sure and leave the can covers off, to \ allow the anizaal, heat to escape. Do } not mix your morning's and night' J milk, but placa them in separate cans : even if you hare only a can altogether. 1 Carry to the fa story as soon after milk- ^ ing as it is ccoledtoa proper tempe- - rature, using, it ;"possiDie, a spring wagon, to present too great churning of the milk ou rough roads. Always . cover yonr cars with a blanket to pro- ! tect the milk from the snn in summer and from the cold in winter.?American Dairyman. Reel pea. Gkou>~d Rice Cake.?Ealf a pound of gronnd rice, four eggs and enongh )oaf sugar to sweeten^ beat the whole together for twenty minutes, bake in a slow oven. \ Gueen Cork Ptpding.?Take twelve ears of corn; splitTthe rows in the center, then scra;-:>e ihe pnlp ont withthe knife; this will leave the hnll on the cob; add four eggs, one pint milk, one spoonful butter, sweeten and flavor to taste; bake one-half hour. Toffee.?Pn': one pound of powdered loaf sngar with a teacnpfnl of water into : a brass pan. When the stigar is dissolved add a qr arter of a pound of but- 1 kaofan +/\ Q .flflVtnnflT +.v? o i 1^1 k/U?b^JU W ? mi i i y MVVy VUV J mixture over a fire until it sets, when a little is poured on to a buttered dish; just before the toffee is done add six drops of essence of lemon. Butter a dish or tin, pour on it the mixture and when cool it will easily separate from the dish. Boiled Apples.?A correspondent writes that about the nicest morsel to tickle the palate is a boiled apple?not , boiled like a potato, nor steamed like a pudding, but as follows: Piaco a layer f of fairskinned Baldwins (or any nice , variety) in the stewpan, with about a quarter of an inch of water. Throw on about one half of sugar to sax goodsized apples, and boil until the apples j" ai6 thoroughly coc ked, and the syrup " nearly thick enorgh for jelly. After one trial no one would, for any consid- J eration, lave fuirs' inned apples peeled, ' The skin contains a large share of the , pictous?.jellyjm^. irg?substances, and . imparts ^gjSftvor ^possible to obta n ofcherwiser Jle that a wise ' housekeeper, Histeacl otthrowing away c the skin3 and cores of sound apples 6 would use then:.* for jelly, A tumbler ? ful of the richest sort can thus be ob- F tained from a dozen of apples. Boil the L skin a few minrtes, and strain. Add a 0 little sugar to the liquid, and boil until ? right to turn into the tumbler. ^ Hoc sebold Hints. ? Enamelled c'.oth makes a neat and useful covering for the wide lower c shelf in the pantry where bread and t cake aie cut. It is useful also, and r looks well on the kitchen table, and a can be ke pt absolutely clean Tiith little E trouble. ? Avery agreeable dentifrice for good _ teeth is made from an ounce of myrrh in fine powder and a little powdered * green sage, mixed with two spoonful , of white honey. A. druggist will make up the compound, and teeth should be * washed with ii; every night and norniug. ^ Pretty bands to be used in looping jj back lace curtains are made of the un- s bleached tissue of which macremelace v is made; crochet in some loose and 0 open-work pattern the width and c length you wish, finish with a shell c edge, and driw through the open t meshes ribbons of any color, p Oxalic acid will sometimes remove a stains from brtiss which nothing else a seems to effect. Great care must be e taken in not allowing it to remain on Apply it with a flannel cloth and then ii polish with a chmois skin. \ Lentil Soup.?Mis a tablespoonfal of c lentil flour and a teaspoonfnl of corn 0 flonr with a little milk till as thick as y cream. Boil three-quarters of a pint of * milk sweetened a little and flavored to I taste; ponr this slowly on the flonr and E milk, stirring meanwhile. Boil alto- ^ gether for ten minntes, still stirring, Add a whipped egg. This is a most ? nourishing albuminous food and a good * substitute for beef tea. c ? f The Robin at His Best. t "When the Duke of Argyll, who is a ^ i * ii.. ?z J j*i, r lover ui wuo uiruo auu a guuu uxuxnuologist, was in the oountry, he got the * impression that otir song-birds were ^ inferior to the British, and he refers ^ to others of his countrymen as of like & opinion. No wonder he thought our robin inferior in power to the missal * thrush, in variety to the mavis, and in ^ melody to the bladkbird. Robin did 8 not and could not sing to his ears the * song he sings to ours. Then it is very 1 likely true that his Grace did not hear a the robin in the most opportune mo- * ment and season, or when the contast y of his. song with the general silence and J desolation of nature is the most striking f and impressive. The nightingale needs 1 to be heard at might, the lark at dawn, r ? ? i- ^1. 3 L.'- Z? r nsinjj 10 meet tue biui ; ana ruum, ii t you would know the magic of Ms voice, * should be heard ic early spring, when, ^ as the sun is setting, he carols steadily 0 for ten or fifteen minutes, from the top of some tree. There is perhaps no other sound in nature; patches of snow lir ger here and there; the trees are f naked and the earth is cold and dead, ^ and ohis contented, hopeful, re-resur- j ing, find withal musical strain, poured r out so freely and deliberately, fills the void with the very breath and presence of the spring, It is a simple strain, j well suited to the early season; there c are no intricacies in it, but its honest ^ cheer and directness, with its slight ^ plaintive tingo, like that of the sun gliding me w:es-i/upo, gu aurtugiiu tu tuc heart. The ccmpass and variety of the \ robin's powers are not to be despised either. * A Geiman who has :had great t skill in the musical education of birds ? told me what J. was surprised to hear, j namely, that our robin surpasses the ? European blackbird m capabilities of ^ voice.?Century. The colored people of Topeka, Kan., maintain fifteen distinct church organ- j izations, embracing six various denominations?two Methodist, Episcopal, two African Methodist Episcopal, one Congregational, one Cumberland Pres- < byterian, four Primitive, and five Mis- i sionary Baptist. ^ < iHH RELIGIOUS KEiDIN'G. Conversions. It is startling fact, and one thatcannot be too much emphasized, that the ;en years of life between five and fifteen are the most important, being ;he formative period of character, on which depends the entire future, rhe great majority of conversions are cinder twenty years of age. The recent testimony of a clergyman is that out of 235 hopeful conversions, 138 were under twenty years of age, and only [our had passed fifty. Another clergyman testifies that out of 1,000 conversions onlv twelve were over fifty. And now comes the testimony of Rev. J. W. M. Williams, D. D., who closed a few Jays since his thirty-first year as pastor Df the First Baptist Church, Baltimore, fn the conrse of his anniversary sermon he said: "I find that out of 1,016 persons baptized by me in this city, 552 trere between 9 and 20 years; 355 between 20 and 30; 99 between 30 and ?0; 8 between 40 and 50; 2 between 50 jud 60. I say between 9 and 20 because T have baptised several on their profession of faith at nine years of age. I have gone over this list so often that L am perfectly familiar in the history Df each case; and let me say those who ioined the chnrch when children have been the most consistent and usefnl, and given the pastor and the church the least trouble. Comparatively few of them have been disciplined. ?Christian at Work. Religions News and Noten. Bishop Andrews is making early in January, an official visit to the Methodist "Rmaconal Church in Mexico. X- X By vote of tlie faculty of Chicago Theological Seminary the Revised New Testament will hereafter be tised in the religions exercises of that school. The receipts of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Chnrch, it the present date, are in advance of ;he receipts of last year i_ore than 518,000, bnt the chief increase is in legacies. The Year Book of the Unitarian* ihurches for 1882 gives, as the whole lumber of churches, 344, seven more than for 1881. The whole number of ministers is 404. Of the list for 1881, fourteen died the past year. The names of the four women are among the ist of ministers. The Domestic Mission of the Epis copai umircn received iast year irum ill sources more than $220,000. There are thirteen missionary bishops in the field, receiving each $3,000, and having tinder them nearly 400 missionaries, of whom 300 labor among white people, 41 among negroes, and 52 among Indians. What is Man ? "While the gastric jcice has a mild, )land, sweetish taste, it possesses the jower of dissolving the hardest food hat can be swallowed. It has no in!nence whatever on the soft and delisate fibers of the living stomach, nor ipon the living hand, bnt at the monent of death it begins to eat away with he power of the s rongest acids. There is dust on the sea, on land, a the valley and on the mountain; here is dust always and everywhere; he atmosphere is full of it; it penerates the noisome dungeon, and visits he deepest, darkest caves of the earth; to palace door can shut it out, do I rawer so secret as to escape its pres(Eice; every breath of wind dashes it ipon the open ere, yet that eye is not ilinded, because under the eyelid there 3 incessantly emptying itself a fountain if the blandest fluid in nature, which preads itself over the eye at every linking, and washes every atom of [nst away. But this liquid, so mild nd so well adapted to the eye, itself ias some acidity, which, under certain ircumstances, becomes so decided as o be scalding to the skin, and would ot away the eyelids, were it not that long the edges of them are little oil aanufactories, which spread over their urface a coating as impervious to the iqaid necessary for keeping the eyelids rasLed clean as the best varnish is imervioue to water. The breath which leaves the lung has een so perfectly divested of its life ;iving properties, that to rebreathe it .umixed with other air, the moment it scapes from the month, would cause mmediate death from suffocation; while E it hovered about us, more or less detractive influence over health and life rould be occasioned. Bat it is made f a nature so much lighter than the ommon air, that the instant that it esapes the lips and nostrils it ascends to he higher regions above the breathing K)int, there to be rectified, renovated nd sent back again, replete with purity nd life. Hew rapidly it ascends is fully xhibited on a frosty morning. But, foul and deadly as the expired air s, nature, wisely economical in all her Forks and ways, turns it to good acount in its onward passage through the rgans^of the voice, making of it the rhispers of love, the soft words of afection, the bender- tones of human eym>athy, the sweetest strains of ravishing ausic, and the persuasive eloquence of he finished orator. If a well-made man be extended on ground, his arm at right angles with he body, a circle maKmg tne navei its :entr=r will just take in the head, the inger-ends and the feet. The distance rom top to toe is precisely the same as hat between the tips of the fingers ?hen the anna are extended. The length >f the body is just six times that of the oot, while the distance from edge of he hair on the foreheid to the edge of he chin is one-tenth of the length of he whole stature. Of the sixty-two primary elements mown in natnre, only eighteen are mown to the human body, and of these even are metallic. Iron is found in he blood, phosphorus in the brain, imestone in the bile, lime in the bones ,nd dust and ashes in all. Not only hese eighteen human elements, but the rhole sixty-two of which the universe s made, have their essential basis in the our substances of oxygen, hydrogen, titrogen and carbon, representing the ore familiar names of fire, water, salt, >eter and charcoal. And such is man he lord of earth!?a spark of fire, a irop ot water, a gram 01 power, auaiom >f charcoal. Single ys. Married Soldiers. It has long been a mooted point chether single or married men make the >est soldiers. Some maintain that the ack of wife and family tends to make a nan more reckless of his life?therefore k good soldier. Others say that the aarried man is almost a veteran when le enters the ranks, being inored to jombat?therefore a good soldier. In he recent Tunisian campaign a colonel vas questioned upon this point. "Both are right," said he. "Look j ronder?do you see that battalion of lappy, devil-may-care fellows? They ire all single men, and they would take ,heir lives in their hands, But look igain?do you see those taciturn, somber, gloomy-looking men there? They ire all married, and in a hand-to-hand ight they are terrors." ?? * ' * - ^ 1 1 _ -Li _ 1 - "What is tne name ox me Daiiauun.' isked the inquirer. "They are called," said the colonel gravely, "the 'Children of Despair.'" The Indian pythoness sits upon her ;ggs as carefully as do birds. The eggs, ibout twenty in number, are completely ;oyered by her coils. UNDER THE PALISADES. Borinsr Under the Eockr EmbankmentTon the Hndaoo. The work of constructing the*New York, Ontario and Western railroad tannel through the Palisades, from Weehawken to Durham, is being vigorously pushed forward. There are now employed in all its branches nearly 900 men, and another month will see the number increased to at least 1,500. This force is divided into two gangs, one for the davand the other for the night, and the work of mining away the hard trap rock is continually carried on by the light of electric lamps. There are five shafts, and all i ? T_ i.1. nave Deeix suns sue requireu ueyioio. In all of them the "headings" have been turned. Shaft No. 1 is 150 feet deep, shaft No. 2 is 165 feet deep, shaft No. 3 is is ]J}& feet deep, shaft No. 4 is 140 feet dq$?^ shaft No. 5 is but eightyfive feet deep, but its headings are 125 feet long. The height of the tunnel is twenty-seven feet, and it is being made wide enough to permit the laying of two tracks. Forty miners are employed at each shaft, and these are divided into two gangs of twenty each. The cage that lowers the miners to their work and hoists them out again runs as easily and noiselessly as any elevator in this city. The drills are worked by means of compressed air. Over the surface Ul. LUC ? ajLi.cauco CkXJ. has been constructed. Three locomotives are used in drawing the trains of stone car?. These cars are small and are lowered down into the tunnel, where they are loaded. When loaded an electric bell notifies the engineer ! above, and he proceeds to hoist the car to the surface. When a train of ten or a dozen cars has been made up the locomotive draws them to the edge of the Palisades, where they are dumped and their contents go thundering down the steep precipice to the meadows below, a distance of 200 and odd feet. Below the hill, on the Hudson 'river side, is located the massive steam machinery for forcing the compressed air with which the drills are worked to ( the bill top above. Tfcere are four double air compresscrs, and the air is driven through eight-inch iron pipes laid over the ground and connecting with each ?haft. In blasting the rock. a dozen or more two and a half inch holes are drilled four or five feet in depth, and into each is placed a cartridge o! dynamite and giant powder. The holes are then tamped and the ends of the cartridges connected by wire with each other. A wire connecting with an electric battery located on the surface of the hill is then hooked on to the cartridge wire, and the workmen are hoisted up to the surface. An operator touches a brass button, and in a twinkling follows a dull rumbling report, and thonsands of tons of rock are loosened. The electric fluid that discharges the blast, and which illumi nates the deep cavern belcw is generated in a little wooden ehanty down by the river's edge. The entire length ef the tunnel is through solid rock. There has been but one fatal accident since the work began last spring, and that was the result of the man's own carelessness. A year's time will yet be required to complete the work. "When it is completed five ferries will run from it to as many points in this city. An immense grain elevator, the largest in the world, it is said, will be erected near the eastern terminus. Exactly over its j eastern approach is the historic' spot r where the famous duel between Aleian-1 der Hamilton and Aaron Burr was fonght in 1804. On the same spot were also abont the same time fought duels between Aaron Burr and John B. 1 Church; between DeWitt Clinton and John Swart wont; between Commodore Perry and Captain Heath; between : George J. Eacker and Philip Hamilton ; ! between Benjamin Price and Major Green; between William L Graham, an editor of the Courier and Enquirer of : this city, and a Mr. Barton, of Jrhiladelphia, and others of lesser note. The Hon. James J. Casey has drafted a bill J which he will present to the New Jersey legislature asking for an appropria- 1 tion for the erection of a monument to mark this historic spot.?Neva York Commercial. 1 The Two-Headed Girl's Hotel Bill. 1 A recent issne of the Philadelphia Record says : Millie Christine, the two headed girl, who some years ago attracted considerable attention from Dr. Pancoast and other prominent members of the medical fraternity, is at present a guest of the Great Western hotel, on Market street, above Thirteenth. On Saturday, when her agent presented himself at the cashiers desk to settle the week's account, he was surprised 1 to find that the bill read : " The 1 Misses Christine," and that board was : charged for two persons. 1 "How do yon make this out ?" asked J the agent, as he looked at the bill and J then at the cashier. " The lady has two heads, has she ' not?" said the cashier. The agent admitted that such was the < case. "And she has two mouths?" con- i tinned the hotel man. i Again another affirmative mood. i " And she eats with both of them ?" : persisted Mr. Cashier. "Yes," broke in the agent, "but she . only takes half a meal to each mouth." " That's all very fine," responded the ! cashier, " but you can't come that racket on us. She's got two heads and two mouths, and she gets two meals served in her room. Now if that doesn't constitute her two persons then Td better go out of the business." The head waiter was called and corroborated the statement concerning the double feed. Then the agent hied him to an upper apartment and demanded an explanation from the double-headed lass, which developed the fact that while the two mea]s were actually served one of them was devoured by a voracious cnriositv that occupied an adjoining room. Somewhat of a similar affair occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad a few weeks ago, when a conductor, who had not a spark of humor in his system, gravely demanded two fares for the monstrosity. It was only with considerable difficulty that her agent managed to convince him that although there were two heads, four arms, four legs and .two minds, it was only one woman. After some demur the conductor agreed to accept the single ticket, but up to the time that the train reached the depot he had failed to solve the conandrum as to how one and one could be simply cne. A Missing Bridegroom. Many guests met at the Threekeld mansion, in Kansas city, to witness the marriage of Theodore Medsker to Miss Dora Threekeld. At the hour appointedthe bridegroom was missing. Search was made hi.^h and low. The guest who seemed ro enjoy the trouble was Charles E. Smiley, who thoroughly earned his beaming name upon that occasion. It furthermore appears that the bride was not at all fretted by Medsker's absence, for the reason that the match was of her mother's making and against her own desire. In the ori/3 ro. lUlbCi vuv vu?>. MW>* .?-W turn of those who had gone to find the groom Smiley got in his argument and his work. The drawback was the license, but that difficulty was surmounted by the legal blotting out of Medsker's and the insertion of Smiley's name. So it happened that Miss Threekeld became Sirs. Smiley and that, after all, the company took the cake. AX05G THE OPIUM DENS. A JfeT* York Journalist's Visit to the Place Where Opinm Smokinz is Indulged In. A New York reporter describes a visit which he paid, accompanied by a gnide, in search of the resorts frequented by opinm smokers. He says : Oar second visit was to an opium cellar, or "joint," in Mott street. It is one of the few which are favored by American smokers, and they frequent it for tiie reason ttiat its tidiness is measurable, that its pipes are good, and that the opium supplied is li yun, or of the No. 1 grade. The cellarway leading to it is like most of the others in Mott street. A citizen who did not know what was on the other side of the door would hesitate about descending into it. It was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when we went in. As the door closed behind us all the dismal suggestion of the fog and the rain was shut out. I had a half sense that I had got into some small heathen temple by mistake. It was warm and dingy, and a peculiar aromatic fragrance filled the air. A Chinaman with round silver spectacles fairly glowed in an illumin a tea cuoDy-noie. n? vena uuam engaged in the manipulation of soem mystij trinkets. A husky voice from somewhere called, "Wing, gimme a quarter's worth," when he instantly bobbed out of sight. Through another illuminated cubby-hole I saw a table, upon which glittered a pile of polished metallic wedges, curiously inscribed, and I was told afterward that this was gambling paraphernalia. Between the two cubby-holea lay a dark passage, which we passed through, fetching up against what I suspect was either a shrine or a Chinese toilet table. It was laden with pots and brushes and saucers, and lots of other matters with unknown outlines and inconceivable uses. A buncn ot ptms-coiorea joss sucks on pink standards smoldered upon it somewhere, and off to one side, flanking it like a bastion, towered a gray and massive jar of tea. In a room behind all this we came upon the smokers. There were eight, all men. Only one was a Chinaman; he was tightly rolled up in a horseblanket and fast asleep. Two only were smoking opiim. The others were smoking tobacco and conversing. At the suggestion of my companion, I removed both my coats and my hat, which I hung up on a peg, and also divested myself of my boots and my shirt collar. When I had done this I reposed upon a low platform built about three sides of the room, with my head towaid the wall and my feet toward the center. My companion did the same. We lay upon our sides, facing each other." Our heads were supported on little cricket?, stuffed and covered with carpeting. When we had disposed ourselves my companion uttered that -r^.TTAvf<n1 VI lo TpVilVh T Vl dTA ftl TPftfl V once recorded: " Wing, gimme a quarter's 'worth." Instantly, like a genie of Persian fable, the Chinaman with the round silver spectacles stood before us. He bore in his hands a rectangular metallic tray of moderate dimensions, which he deftly shoved in between my companion and me. ; The tray contained five objects?a ; pipe, a lamp, a slender steel imple- ' ment of the size of a knitting needle ; at one end and tapering to a point ] at the other, a slightly moistened < sponge and a diminutive saucer, con- : taining as much prepared opium (it looked precisely like. , melted tar) -as > could be accommodated perhaps upon the surface of a nickel five-cent piece, t Upon the point of the slender steel my companion gathered up a small "pill" nf fchfl nninm. which he held fust above the flame of the lamp. It is a hot flame, almost like that of alcohol, and j is supplied by peanut oil. Under its j effect the opium pill puffed up like the' 3 bladder that the small boy invests with c wind to make a football of, and assumed ? a violet hue. The workman &ept it * turning, kneading it at short intervals 1 upon his thumb nail or the bowl of the ? pipe until it was properly done, when * he manipulated it into the suitable i shape and established it upon the bowl 3 tor smoking. 1 This bowl of the opium pipe is called 1 so only by courtesy. It is the size and f nPArlv the fihane of a door knob, made J of metal or clay, and solid save for a hole that would be filled by a knitting needle, and that leads down through its center into the bamboo stem. The opium pill, when it is cooked, is set upon the bowl like a small washer, the opening left in by the steel needle coming just opposite that in the bowl itself. All being ready, the smoker places his lips to the ivory mouthpiece at the end of the stem, turns the opium pill to the fiame, and, as it burns with i bubbling sound, draws the smoke into his lungs. It takes about twenty seconds'to consume a pill, and a smoker :an finish his pipe with a single inhalation. From twelve to fifteen pills can be made from twenty-five cents' woith of No. 1 opium. The matted boards and the stuffed cricket were not as hard as I had supposed, and I did not find the position uncomfortable, my companion worsea , away like a skilled tinker, twirling the z slender needle and deftly cooking and molding the plastic pills. His face and hands glowed in the clear, mellow lamplight, the rest of his person merg- j ing xindefinably into the shadows. 5 He chatted as he worked, and when the pipe was ready he swung the monthpiece around to me, and prepared to bring the pill against the flame. I had my donbts about drawing a quantity of opium smoke into my lungs, and I 1 shrewdly determined to do the work as < I would with a pipe of tobacco. He i asked me if I was ready and I replied 3 that I was. He tilted the opium pill < against the flame, and I performed i rapidly with my lips the operation ' that I have always found to succeed so admirably in smoking a tobacco 1 pipe. I think it was about the most 1 futile effort that I ever made. It 1 seemed as if I were sucking at all out- ; doors, and in a moment the pill took to ; flaming and spluttering in a most alarming way, and my companion adjured me to "hold on." JtLe proceeded to inform me that it was impossible to circumvent an opium pipe in that infantile manner, and, overcome with chagrin at my failure, I permitted myself to be betrayed from the shrewd standpoint which I had taken, and promised him that I would positively "fetch the thing at the next trial." I did succeed with it in three trials. I felt a smooth and oily warmth sliding, as i. seemed to me, into the veiy recesses of my being, and when the pill had quite disappeared I lay and enjoyed the pride consequent upon having mastered the technique of a vice that is so odd. We lay for two hours. I smoked fonr pills and my companion smoked fifty cents' worth. I do not know that the opium prodnced in me any other effectthan a somewhat surprising, but certainly very willing, acquiescence in my surroundings. I felt well pleased. Tray after tray was bome in by Wing, until nearly everybody was smoking. The smoke lay in thick .strata. Its odor, though heavy, was sweet and pleasing. Under it, as nnder the moonlight, objects seemed shorn of their ungainly features, and appeared soft and charming. The Chinaman, rolled in his blanket, was touched with magic, ^ Art St M A C a Liu twoencu. muiociA oo a wung, ui aib. I liked the company.. They were intelligent and animated, and their conversation was mnch more interesting than that of persons whom one is accustomed to meet casually. At one time they were talking about a confiscated " boodle," and at another about the style of Charles Dickens. They were jnst a trifle boastfal, and evinced a disposition to narrate instances of personal prowess, in which they themselves figured as heroes who put to shame and confusion everybody with whom they came in contact. ~Mv companion pointed out one of them to me as a thief, another as a bunco steerer, another as a dealer in a faro bank, and another as a telegraph operator. One man who came in while we were there and stayed for an .hour, smoking constantly and sajing nothing, was an actor in one of the leading theaters. It is a mistake to suppose that opium smoking immediately stupefies those who practice it and unfits them for action; on the contrary, it exhilarates them, as would the moderate use of liquor. When we arose to go out my companion assured me that he would find great pleasure in taking s brisk walk as far as Central pafrk, and that, although ho had not slept for two nights, he could remain awake all that night without experiencing any great disposition to slumber. Apples as Jbooa. From the earliest ages apples have been in use for the table as a dessert The historian Pliny tells us that the Romans cultivated twenty-two varieties of the apple. In these Litter days we probably possess over two thousand. As an article of iood, they rank with the potato, and, on account of the variety of ways in which they may be served, they are far preferable to the taste of ' many persons; and, if families would only substitute ripe, lascious apples for pies, cakes, candies and preserved fwjfa fViora TPnnM Via Tr?TH?h Ipss fnc\ ness among the children, and the saving in this one item alone would purchase many barrels of apples. They have an excellent effect upon the whole physical system, feeding the brain, as well as adding to the flesh, and keeping the blood pure; also preventing constipation and correcting a tendency to acidity, which produces rheumatism * and neuralgia. They will cdo! off the feverish condition of the system; in fact, they are far better for these purposes than the many nostrums which are so highly praised in the advertisements and so constantly purchased by sufferers. A ripe, raw apple is entirely digested in an hour and a-half, while a boiled potato takes twice that time. Now that apples can be purchased at such cheap rates, every family shonld keep a dish of them in the dining-room, where the children can have access to eat all they pleas3 of them. They will rarely receive any injury from them, if they are thoroughly masticated. Baked apples should be as constant a dish . npon the table as potatoes. Every breakfast and every tea-table should have a plate of them. Baked sweet apples are a very pleasing addition to a f --i ?jj:? saucer 01 oatmeai puuuuig, ouu n uw served with sweet cream they are very appetizing. They are not as commonly used as they should be, as they will supply as much muscular a ad nervous support as dishes of meat and vegetables. Thousands of bushels of sour ap . les are used lor pies and paddings in hundreds cf families, where wellbaked sweet apples would prove more nourishing food and much more economical. They are also good food for old people and are usually greatly relished by them. In my own family they are always, when in-seaso&fa part of the<ci?ds.Qf^he daya^dlare as.cjjpir.. tnonly used as a slice of bread.'?&kw- ^ 'ry Gentleman. A Sad Story. Yes, there was no doubt about it; : he minister was in the habit of beating lis wife. Their next door neighbor, a ady of inquiring mind, at ten o'clock me night heard a shriek?a woman's shriek?from a chamber in tne parsonige. She looked across, and through ;he curtain she could see that a man ind woman were running about the oom in great excitement. He was lourishinga stick, and striking with t. The blows could be plainly heard. Lnd as he struck, she screamed. The lexfc day the town rang with the dis graceful news. The officers oi the shurch. discussed the matter with heavy learts. After dae deliberation they jailed a meeting of the session, and summoned the minister and his wife. % 3e to answer to a charge of unminis;erial conduct, and she to testify in the ;ase. They came, greatly puzzled and surprised. The case was gravely stated dv the senior elder, when the culprit tnd witness burst into a laugh. Chockng themselves, when they saw how . ? seiious and sad the session looked, they explained, 'ice ministers wiie, mouga m excellent woman who loved everyx>dy, and especially her husband, did lot love rats. But the house having jeen vacant for some time, the rats had ;aken possession. When they went to ;heir chamber, a huge rodent ran under ;he bed. The wife screamed. The husband caught- up a stick and tried to kill ;he intruder. Every time he struck at ind missed the rat the lady screamed, tgain. The scene must have been an imusing one to their watchful next door leighbor; and they laughed again at the recollection of it. The worthy church officers were mortified and disgusted ; md the next day the whole town was Laughing over the way in which one mischievous gossip fooled the grave ;lders of church. Dickens' Dream. Apropos of dreams, is it not a strange thing if writers of fiction never dream jf their own creations, recollecting, I ;nDDOse. even in their dreams, that they have no real existence? I never Ireamed of any of my own characters, and I feel it so impossible that I would wager Scott never did of his, real as they are. I had a good piece of absurdity in my head a night or two ago., I dreamed that somebody was dead, I don't know who, but it's not to the purpose. It was a private gentleman and a particular friend, and I was greatly overcome when the news was broken to me, very deliberately, by a gentleman in a cocked hat, top "boots, and a sheet. Nothing else. "He is dead, sir, rejoined the gentleman, "as a door-nail. But we must all die, Mr. Dickens, sooner or lateT." "Ah," I said. "Yes, to be sure. But what did he die of?" The gentleman burst into tears, and said, in a voice broken with emotion,? "He christened his youngest child, sir. with a toasting-fork." I never in my life was so affected as at his have fallen a victim to this complaint Jt carried a conviction to my mind that he could never have recovered. .it.-J. -J. ii.. 1. I saew mat it was me musb iiiLci.e3M.ug and fatal malady in the world, aad I ^rung the gentleman's hand in a con- > vnlsion of respectful admiration, for / "^iP3 1 felt that the explanation did equal' honor to his head and heart. ' The Bachelor. , j Surround a bachelor with very~pos-?, -J$ sible comfort; give him the roomiest of % bedchambers, the most refreshing of couches, the largest of sponging-baths; 4-a1\1a fV?a txtV?i UUVvI ILLS UiCaMOOt"U?UAC " i"n ' ir A*. of table-cloths; make Ms tea with the hottest of boiling water; envelop his body in the most comfortable of dressing-gowns, and his feet in the easiest of slippers; feed him amid the luxuries and comforts of the snuggest of clubs ; do all these things and more for him, and he will, nevertheless, be unhappy. He mopes, and ponders, and dreams about love and marriage. .9j