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* V 0 WINNS.BORO a S. U.CEMBER 7..18.ETBIHD14 NIGULT ON THE FAICM. 'is dewfall on the lonely farm, The flocks are gathered in the fold, Tho dusky air Is sort as balm, 0 .The daisies hide their hearts of gold. Slow, drowsy, swinging bells are heard . In pastures dewy, dark aud dim, And in the dooryard trees a bird Trills sleepily his evening hymn, The dark blue deeps are full of stars; One Lone lamp In the hillside gloom, A mile away, as reti as Mars; The night is sweet with faint perfumne. At bedtime In the quiet house, Up through the wide, old1 rooms I go wiltbout a lamp ; and not a mogne . ,tirring. L oudly, to anm 0, ''he old clok ticks; and east rly 'Tho ancient winilows open 1i1:h1: Here the sun's kiss will waken me, Wit bird songs welling up the sky. .iNT TA 131 A. I But we must have new dresses for New Year's Day I" said Audrey Volve ton; as she sat on the hearthrug i l in front of the fire, her shapely arms folded behind her head, hor eyea fixed meditatively on the gleam of the shin- it ing coals. "Of course we must," said Muriel, 10 glancing sleepily up from the pages of ti the book she wtu reading. Mrs. Velveton, a tall hendsome nia tron, who was afranging Japanoso fans d on the wall, looked perturbed as the words reanhed her oars. "Girls," sitd she, "don't talk non "Where are we to get the moley for new dresses, T'd liko to know ? "Besides, there are the lemon-clor ed silks that you oily vwore twice." "Lemon is hideous anywhere except ita ball," said Muriel critically. l'heni there arc your white y.rox r( gre ins," sitd Mrs. Velveton. I "I don't dare to think what the dross- 11 mflaeir's b l, will e for those two dires "Mamnnt , if you waIt 1s to go into fi a conivent., say so," mildly yawiied r( Audrey, a 4.l, ilondo deauty. with T tliiluy yellow hair, liquid blue eyes, and t, a compliexion trtfUlly heightened by h l'osmioticS. But (li't humiliate us by expecting al Us1 to wetr, turnetds over drisos ol Now s( YCear's Dty, when ill the world comes y' ont in its 1e!t atud brigLtest garb." "m'll, enro I don t1 know what to do," said Mrs. VelIveiqln, Iursting ilo teats. " Wliy, vrder two pale blire damoasce, said Muriel serenely; ''and let Madamo Elisette iako theli, and supply the ti trimmwings. "Then you will be sure to have i~l everything commic lfe-nft," t1 "But two hundred and fifty dollars fe would not cover the bill !" cried Mrs. w Volvoton. "People who move in society must P koop up with the timtes," said Audrey. "Do you think I have a gold mino at h imly comnand?" shrieked Mrs. Velvo tol, driven iearly to desperation by the ti placid insistenuc'e of her two dolt-like daughters. li "Write to aunt Tabby," stggestmd Muriel, coI placently viewing the tip of h1 her satin-slippered foot as it hllutiedL it- ft self in the fleecy pile of the whito An gora rug. q "'I've wvritteon untihl T anm ashtamed," said Mis. Velveton hysterically. 0 "Ina the last letter I told heor that I "' had opened a boarding-house, and shet d sent me fifty to bny furnitureC for the v: boarders. hc *,"And how can I have the f'ace to ap ply to her again?-' y "Make tip como lplautsiblc I Ow story," murmuttredi MIuriel, '"What's the use of having an old aunt made of money if you can't squeeze a little out of hoer now and then ? t i "Tell her there's somebody (dead and I' there's got to be a funeral." "That's nonsense, said Mrs. Velve- te ton gloomily, "Aut Tabby isn't the fool you take l& her for I" "Well, by hook or by crook new dresses we mutst have," announced Au- al drey. "'And Soprini must set the table; he does get up the things no stylishly!" fi "Couldn't we mnanagoC ghte refresht. 0 monts ourselves?" said Mrs. Volvoton wishfully. ''Soprini is so dreadfully ex- Ii tratvagant in his chatrges. "Anid when I was ai girl, we nered to a make the chicken salads, and pickled oysters ourselves, and---." l "Oht, when you were a girl l'' repeat- ti edl Muriel, witht calm ind(oletnco. "'.That was iln the dark ages of the a world, mamma."e "'iluly yout can't expect uts to go 5 back into those times?" Mrs, Ve'lveton sighed1. Shoe lhad lived a life of' shtow, excite- at mont and htollow display. Hhe had brought upi her two hand somne dauughters to care only for society ki *-to aimt only for the goal of rich htus- \ bands. i liut hero they were in their third sea son, andl the Misses VTelvctonl were thme Misses Velvoton still. t. Mrs. Volvoton had far onuti her a slender income; she was hopelessly in debt, 01nd haunted constantly by the e horrible visions of (dun1s, bills itnd. ti sheriff's sales; and now Andrey andi Muriel declared that they must have la new arejses for the coming "New Year's D . -* "Yen must o wth the lmmn-clore i Wes, or the white yros graimy," Lie. "As foz anything now, it's entire ly tit of the question," "Then," said AuIrey, "wo'l! close to houe and direct 8uiMIA to say tat we are not at homo. "I don't appear at. ill if I can't ap car like a lady I" Mrs. Velveton looked dismiutyed. New Year's Day was notoriously a Great Exhibition" day so far as the entlomen wore concerned, There was always a possibility that [uriel and Audrey might make an im ression upon some "gilded youth" on ow Year's Day, whicht might happily rminato in matrimotny. ) Becludiug thomrelves would be social licido, and Ma. Volveton was just pening her mouth to renonastrate, ion Suiff'on, the tall i servant-man hom they kept becauso he was "rso toch more gentoel than at matid, rought in a Jetter. "It's from aunt Tabby," cried Mrs. elveton, and a. made hasto to open Out fell a celack tor fivo hundred dol. ,ra, made payable to the order of Vene a Velvoton, and signied "Tabitha lark." Audrey picked it up with a siriok of Alight and surprise, "The old darling I" she cried, ''It's a resent for us, of courso-a New Yoar's rese-nt I" "Nothita of the sort I" said Mrs. Vel Ai, with a gradiually Olongatirg visa "isten to What sh1e says. girls." My DRu Nunnei Vnywrom. "This is to inform you that I have eeived tiditgs that my gaid-niece yd your cousin, Mabel Wilton, has 'et left. aii orphian at No. -Morton Lrtet, Williamsburg, and that site is in 0eat want. I enclose a check for fivo a1ndred dollars in order that you may ad her out and purchase for her a specttble oulit ald a sewngmatchino. ho residue of the momney, after the >ove investmenits have been mado, is pay her expenses at your boarding >uso for suielh a tima as it maty sailice. ray let me know when the mono is I spont. By this planI1, Y flitLer my If that I cat hel serviceablo to both m anid her. So to in(ord at present aYur autit. "'T.nrruB (.CAiRK." "Craiberry Cottago, December 18-" "Flinty-hearted old miserl" Audrey id. "Our boardimg-house, indeed I" said uiriel, looking satirically around at .0 elegant drawing-room, where Snif n was just lighting the chandelier's ax candles. "Mable Wiltonil" thoughtfully re mted Mrs. Volveton. 'I don't know or care anythoig about r. 9A factory girl, I supposo- -or sonio Ling Of that sort! "I will tell you what, girls, I have idea. "I have a good mind to take this live anired dollars. and buy your dresses ar New Year's, "It really seems to have como to uts luto providentially. a And then, when Now Year's Day is vol., .L coan go to Williamiisburg, or hzerover it is, and( take your cousinI afow allairs, tad give hu r a lit tle good aid ee, anid pearha~ps hire a sowing-machlino ar hier for a monaath or two. "'The notion of b~rinlging ha'r here, IL sce, is siimply preposterouts." "0Ot coutrse," said Audrey. "'To hao suro," chimed in utriel. Thec new dresses were puirchoazed, anad atdaaou Ilisottbe herself "caomnposed tem"l' 1 t the satisfaction1 of evean the [ises Velvueton. Anad Hopriti received carte blanohse > si I the table, and Vauadoir 1had the >wer ordoer, and Mrs. Volvoton con1 ratulated herself that nothinag was an tinag. .Newv Year's day came, cold and clear, id glitteriog, witht sparkling sno0w be >w, and a heaivon of glorious bluo1 above. Ting-a-ling wont the 1)011 before Saif mn hadi buttoned on his now liv'ery aat. "'Our first call," said Audrey, giving er paale-h~luo train a shake-out. "WhVlat anftediluvian can it be, to come Sthis time ?" "aI'mi sure I can't imaginie," saidi furie, posing hor face Into the regu on delighated smile. And in walked a little old woman, in snuff-colored( tait1 anad round1( specta en, followed biy a tall, pale0 girl, in mabby black. "Aut Tablitha," cied Mrs. Vulveton, hlo. In a decol/cet ress of black satin Lid a rul'y necklacu, htad jusat swept in > the roaom. "Yes," saud the old womantu, looking eenaly around lhen, ''yes, you ar'e right, 'enetia--aunt Tabi tha and1( Mabel WVilI -'Urow cone I hee? "'Why, Mabel, in 11er 1ontlinens anid :oublle catme out, to Crauberry Faarn nid alpealed to me. . "To my amrazment, she lad novca vCon heard of her co~usins, the Volve. msn. '"'The check was dluly cashed, as my~ antker notified me. "'[ut I said to my self 'Poor Venzettal' "'Boarding-houlse keeping is a grind "I'll go down myself and. ioe what the trouble is. "Upon my word, you live in royal style here-with a man-servant and Turkey carpets, and dresses that I should say cost a hundred dollars apiee I "How many boarders do you keep? "And what do they pay you a week?" Mrs Velvoton burst into tears. "%I see," said the ola darme crisply. "No, Vnetia, don't begin to make excuses. "You have told ,me lies enough al ready. "1. don't want to be deceived any more by you. "You have deliberotoly robbed the orphan and the fatherless to add( to your vulgar ostentation. "You are such a fine lady." with )a low curtsey, "that you are no longer in need of Sour old aunt's hard-earned savings. "I shall adoptMabol Wilton in your stead, young ladies. "And I wish you a Happy New Year, and many of them, for you will never see me again 1" And so the old lady went away, with Mabel Wilton in her train. Muriel and Andrey su iled and sim pered through that weary day; and the next day the doors of the Velveton mansion wore closed. The family had left town. Loft their debts-left their creditors leit all the hollow, false, unreal castle of social position which they had rearod so patiently around them all these struggling, ambitious, unprincipled years. With aunt Tabhy's financial supplies entirely witndrawn, they knew too well that further struggle was unavailing. And Malbel Wilton became the old t lady's heiress aftor all. Selection of a Fa1*rm1. t The size of a farm s11oul I be suited I to the capacity of the pockotbook. a Many jyoung farmers make the mis- o take of buying a larg e farm with little Ii money to pay for it. T here is nothing a that so binds a mnan as a heavy mort- t1 gago. It enuts Wne very heart of the far- o Imor, and hangs like a leaden weightup- 'I on every aspiration of his wife and chil- a' drou. It is bettor to buy a small farm e and have onough capital to work it well. h< As the surplus incrmasos it may bo in- t< vested in more acros, or in a better oul- a ture of those that have already proved ' prolitable. There is a size below which 6 many of the economies of the farm can- I not be practibed to the best advantage, a and on the other hand there is danger 11 of going beyoud the acreage whjre thel most proitable farming may be carried s on. It requires considerable executive ability to manage a large 'farm, and a thereforo many men are excluded 1 from such by a l'ck which they may not wholly appeciate until the trial has been made and the failure recorded. Farming is not like the taking of a citadel and cannot be done successfully with a rush and a noise. It is a thought ful and steady working out from tll laid plans--a conlquest for crops, and the head must be clear that wins wvhere ~ the seat of a campaign for a lifetime covers townuships or oven~ squal1ri miles. The soil is the founidationi of fairnnlug, ~ and it should be iteed to the kinds ofr crops that in the nwiture and capacities of the sand and clay shoul be under- i stod, and a favorable mixture of the t wo obtained if there is an opportunity a for choosing. A rich soil, with proprL maniagemnent, moans good crops at once, c but it may tOe as profitable to investmutch e loss in an equal area of over-cropped r land, and brinig it up) to a high state o~f czultivation by groan manuiring andi other methods of restoration. Th'le farm house is to be the home of the family, 1 and thierfere the locality for the farm i should be healthful. The richest landi for the price may b)0 on the bordor of a malaria-breeding swamp, but the pro fits of the investnment may be more< than balanced by the (ototr's bills and losn of time, not to mention the discomforts of fevers in the household. if is important that there be an abun dant wa.ter supply on all farms, both or tile family anid the livestock. There I are social considerations that no farmer 1 should overlook in making a choice oft a farm, Hie livoes not to himself alone; the ehildroin need the privileges of good schools, etc.; ill short, tihe communityi shlould be0 one in which sympathy, I goodness and inlteiligenee prevail. WVithm I a good farm of proper size, healthfully 1 located, abundantly suiliplied with wva tor, good necigbois, and1( a handy mar kot, a man is so well situated that he ought to make himself anid those around 1him1 happy. Choose wvell, and hohd on to the choice0. Ca~vTarrrrzm>n OnNAMENTs.--Select a crooked twig of wvhito or bhack thlorn; wind somo loose wvool or cotton aronld tile branches, amnd tie it on with worsted. Suspend this in a basmn or stoop jar. Dissolve two pounds of alum in a quart of bodling hot water, an~d pour it over the twig. Allow it to stand twvelve hours. Wire basket may be covered in the same wvay. BrAcHraADs may be remover by washiig the face at night with hot wvn ter, then drying briskly with a crasha towel and app~lying a mixture of one 01unce of liquor of potossa and two 011n ce nof colone. Wonderful Memorie Phenomenal memory is ' owned by Milton Peters, or Blao ete, who was employed at Pate's ke house, bnt .a now keeping door at Dook !ickland's poker room at Eleventh an1d Olive itreets St. Louis. In the fume of cono ats played in St. Lous and ti east Irn cities, 192 cards numbered rom 1 ,o 192 are required. On each o0 these tre fifteen numbers arraigod it, three !ows and combinations of tho nutilbors >otween 1 and 90. No two eards of the 192 or no two rows of e 576 rows are dike. Pete had so trai ied his memory hat he knew each of lese cards. If tsked what combinati s, were on card 17 he could without a oment's hosita ion, give the three d binations and he numbers in the !regular order. 3efoio the invention the check board, which contains the iuniature of each tono card, Pete's metuoi3' was of inval table service. '.te game is decided by he first who coversi any row of cards, he man at the run callink out the num )ers of each ball as it rolls out, and the >layers covering the snie if it appears mi the card. A few years ago a plan vas gotten up by a shalp gambler to 'wolf" the game. Ho carried with him number of thin pieces of paper with rarious numbers onl one side and muci age on the other. They were exactly lie size (if the little figure square on lie keno a rd. When he covered four kumbers he listened for the next, and, electing a paper with the next ball's aimber he passed it over the carm, and aked in the '-pot." He was $1,200 ,head of the game by this stealing op. iration, when lie withdrew for a moment nd turned his card over to a friend. ~ust then Pete turned his attention to lie game, as the man yelled "Kenol" s Was usual, lie called the number of is card and the combination which he iad covered. He called out four numn. ers, but as le called the flith Pete laid Uands on the pot announcing, "There's mistake, sah; I know there ain't no ard with forty and those other four umbters in a line." On examination, t PetO's suggestion, the fraud whichi Lie couple of blacklegs were practicing ii the other players was discovered. 'he rest of Poto's education has been lianefully noglected. Ho oxporiences Dnsiderablo dilliculty in outlning a )w hieroglyphics which aro , supposed be a script-Lnk.3 name. Nfhlie,n asked bout his phenomonal mem'1 ry lie said: Well, I swear I don't l4iow how T Ime by such a good, recolloetion, bit ve got it. I never forget a number, nd I can tell you the number of some ouses I went to years and years ago." '"ain you recollect everything you De?" "Oh, no! for some things 1 ai'tworth cent, but some other things I don't ave no difficulty in recollecting." "How did you come to learn the keno ardsi?" "Oh, that was my work. When no aio was going on I used to take the ards an. look over many of them. In bat way I got to know them all, and ow i'm pretty well .fixod on these bings, anid nobody cani fool me on a set f keno cards after I look over them a ittle." Johna and Charles Barker, two b- oth r9, whot dealit ini a Sixth street faro aumk, could keep) track of the fifty two 'aids ini the box, aind, withiout connulit. ag a card or anythinag elne, could tan ouuce just what cards were in the box, fter a certain number wvee dealt. In lio deal, when it camne to the privilege f ''call the turn,'' neither of the broth rs, who were equally endowed in this espect, ever troubled those keepiug rack of~ thie gaimo, but announced the ammber anid denomination of the cards oft im the boex, In playing against the ibank they displayed the same con fidence a their memories, and lauighoe~ at the lea of keeping cout of the cards. A ocoal celebrity knowf)y the sonbriquet i Overcoat Johnny, bestowed upon him ni account of his f dness for appro ariating great coate his own use, has much botter repu ti en as a casino >layer thaan as a eitiz 1. He can safely ~ivo his opp~onent one-hmalf of the game sefore the first card is dlealt and then >eat him with cuaso. From frequent ))ayinlg lie ha soit.tainied his memory hat in a rapidly pif'ed game lie can aeutrally kcep accouit of every card >layed with the descri~ tion of the trick aken by it, and at la~ t cards inyatria >ly anmnocs the card in thme hands of aia oppooia. If givem an opportunity 1o cilan 5stok a deck arid call off' every tard in its oirder, dea~ug with the backs owaird lhim. The0 remnarkablo mom4'y of .: gambler mown) a' the New Yoiu Jew, w's so aui'irkms that it was w~th difficulty ho sould( persuade a fare d'alor to allow aim to buck against ihao bank, lie iover discommoded hineli kee'pmzu '. tally on thme cardIs withapenceil, but alt he end of the (teal or a~ any stage of he game lie conht annodj tee the antion f any card called for amn tell every bet ma the amount of the unme made by m half a dozen players ab nt the hoard. A week after a play he s'ould tell to a ertainity how many timoes a certain card wona or lest, anad after th aight's play would stun up, without tie assistance of the cards, the winningaj and losses of ay card for the p)revo i four hours' play. Those facets cause< athe superaiti tious dealers to refuse to tallow hima to p~ut money on the board.4 Home Queer Mashe. What marvelous variety of tastes, of likes an I dislikes with regard to specia forms of food, from cannibalism to fruit cake, we find among people physically constituted alike in every respect. This person eats his meat burned to a cinder that will touch only what is rawly In derdono. George III. preferred his when it was semi-putrid ; his successor's weakness was hot plum-bread crumbled up in a lot of cream. Lord Bacon is said to have lived whole weeks at inter vals on nothing but oranges ; while the a \Elder Pitt could not endur the sight o1 fruit, and never suffered any to be brought into thO apartment where he was. In Brazil the goose is considered r coarse and unfit for food, and the natives of Malacca will not eat fish of any kind. v Antipathies grounded on religious scru ples, such as the proverbial detestation of pork which Jews are supposed to entertain, and the fastidiousness of certain castes of Hndoos, hardly come under this category ; but it may be ob- i served that the Jewish diototic system as laid down in the book of Leviticus' ti has been demonstrated by the physiolo gists to be the most perfect sanitary P code that could be devised. P 1' Amongst mammals and birds, it is 0 difficult to say what species are not eaten in the countries where they abound. o Probably the big dogs and cats would be v exceptions, though one hears ncw and g then of mighty hunters broiling a stoak V from the lion which has just fallen a b victim to their powder and shot; but o in China and other parts of the East si the smaller domestic varieties are re- p cognized luxuries of the table, and are w exposed for sale as such in the markets; b in a country so over-populated as China, 04 every morsel of any substance that is u, edible is eagerly sought out and devour- a, ed, so that not ouly cats and dogs, but c rats, mice, slugs, and almost every thing tj i earth, air, or water, go to feed the ol half-starved masses. Rats are split ti open, dried, pressed and powdered with s a finely-ground white bark, which gives se them the appearance of haddocks as P they hang in long strings over the ven- c< dor's stall. The birds' nests convertible 01 into soul), so often quoted, must not be co nfounded with the industrial products of our own birds, which might be boiled a long time without yielding much niour ishment, unless the bird happens to bo V inside ; edible nesta really consiat if a u kind of isinglass, and are constructed d by a small sea-bird out of the gelatinous 8 bones of dead and docaying fish,. Most 8' of 'them are brought from some caverns on the sea shore north of Shanghai; but they are nct very plentiful, andi there tI is no great demand for them, The soup p is thick, slimy and glutitious, and neither P so nasty as might be expocted, nor as a nice as could be desird. (1 d On the Isthmus of Panama the tapir ft and sloth arc eaten by the Indians, who S also.considor the agouti and other small i rodents great delicacies. In Parngua, i the capybara, tho great amphibious ti guinea-pig, as big as an ordinary porker, i a standard dish ; and throughout the b whole South America roast armadillo is a n highly esteemed, and may be seen in all the cafes and restaurants of the cities, turned oni their scaly backs, and the ini- sa terior tilled with a rich sauce composed a of lemon and spics--much too greasy b for mnost palates--thoughi the flavor of e the aniimal itself is dlelicious. Monkeys d anid parrots are eaten in Mexico ; they f~ are both very dry aind insipid, but it is h stated that the bord is not to be despi- ~ sed if properly dressed. That mest I malodorous marsupial, the opossum, is recongnized as an article of food in Rio b Gr'ando (10 Sul and other provinces b~ which it inhabits, whoe however, they C bury it in the earth uiitil the flesh is ~ free from its characteristio ofl'nsiveg smell before cooking it. Its Cousin the das3'uro, is treated the same way in u Australia, where it shares the honors of 0 the tablle with kangaroo. If lie were a bold mnan who first an~ allowed an oyster, ' that was a bolder who first investigated ,g the aliniontary proporties of a crab. e. Surely lie must have been in the last am extremity of hunger when ha broke S open the hideous spidery crustacean and ~ "went for" its uncanny internal arrange- ( ments. Land crabs, the most dlestruc- t, tive pest of tropical countries, are far c more delicate in flavor then their sea- li faring brethron, but are much smaller, and arc prepared for the table in a diflfer eut w ay. When besfarge, the great French swindler, escaped by night from , the convict prison in Cayenne, he sank u up to his waist in a quagmire, and being n unab~le to extricate himself, was eaten e aliveo by these crabs. ' caiforsma Wino., The extenit of wine maikmig in Californiad PAstonislhes visitors froenm the East. At the 1 vineyards of San Gabriel, thne largest in the 8;ate. 500,000 gallonms of wino and 109,000 of brandy will bie made froim this year's crop of grapes. Th -'unskilled labor ~ employed is~bsually Chinese, but the cx- 1: perts are mnestly froia the wine dlistricts of i France and Germany, though Aumerlcanis learn the procsses readily. The grapes arcestemmed and mqueezed by miacninery. 1 Thle juice runs into vate, where it forments t sullIclentLy, and Is pumiped into great hbitts . in the collari'. There it stands until it Is clsrnfled by whites of eggs, Islnitlass, or gehinae, after which It is filtered through charcoal, and drawn of? Into casks for shIpment. Bank-Note Paper. The fibered bank-note paper on which Lmoricau legal tender, national bank tote currency and government bonds re printed is made at Dalton, Mass., a an old mill, whose existence dates Oack to colonial times. If you should top at the old'paper mill,with proper.ore lentials, you may perhaps be allowed o handle a sheet of the crisp paper, (here, as the wet, grayish pulp is ressed between heavy iron cylinders, Us of blue and red silk are scattered ver its face and silken ribs laid on its urface. You may go beyond, into th ounting room, where each shoot, as it omos from the drying room, is care illy examined and counted and then aturned to the paporcutter to be di ided into smaller shoots. If you trace iis paper still further, you will find mat from the cutter's hands it passes gain into the counting room, and is 3parated into little packages contain ig 1,000 shoots each, the atnount rc arded in a register, and then packed L bundles and stored in fire and burg Lr-proof vaults to wait shipment to ic United States treasury. From the alp-room to the vault the precious pa er is watched and guarded as cariful as though each shoe6 were an ounce gold. Its manufacture is one of the reat',st secrets connected with the gov mmenont's money making. From the milts of the paper mill at Dalton to the uarded storerooms of the treasury at tashington ts a journey of several andred miles% In thecapacious vaults the treasury building, among gold, Iver, copper and nickel coins, bullion, wper currency and official records, you ill find thousands of packages of the ink-noto paper mate at Dalton. It nnes in little iron safes, such as are ied by tie Adams Express Company id each package and every shoot is Lrefully counted bafore the manfac tror and express company are relioved further responsibility. The paper at arrives to-day m'y he in the trea try storeroom for years, or it may be nt to the Btwaean of Engraving and rinting to-morrow, to return, in the mrse of a month's time, a logal-tender : bank note. Mtadaame i*atua. The Ii abits of Mldaue Patti are ery simple, and one day is an exact )production of another. 9ho raison sually at midday, and takes a Fench rjcuner a la fourchet/c at 1 o'clook. he usually eats a bird and a little dad, drinks diluted claret and a tiny 1p of black coffee. At 2 her carriage brought up to the door, and she and igilor Nicolini take a drive through to Park or on the Boulevard, returning anetually at half-past three. She then tactices a little, and at five takes a short nap, sometimes going out to din 3r at seven; but, as a rule, on those iys when sho does not sing, she pro rs dining in her own rooms alone with ignor Nicolini. She is fond of dom Loes and checkers, and thus tile oven Ig whiles away until eleven, when, at r a light supper, she goes to bed. Onl ie days when she sings she rises as 3ual at twolve, and cats a heavier reakfast than usual at one. She drinks whole bottle of Ohatean Lafito. She over, under any circumstances, touchos aampagne. Then comes the drive, ad at four o'clock she goes to bed,; coping until seven. People are posted )out the rooms to prevcint any noise. Ding made, so that when she is wakon I she feels quite refreshed. She then! resses for the first act of wvhatever p~art io appears in, and practices her voice >r half an hour while walking round er room. During the toiletto Signor icolini goes to the piano and warms imself uip by practicing a pleine 'ix, Before starting for the tueatro [adamoe Patti drinks a large glass of randy and soda. first pouring tihe soda ito tue glass and allowing the gas to vaporate. This is the' reason she do.es ot drink champ~agne. Sh16 beliaves the as hurts her voice. During a perfor anc Mad!amo Patti takes nothing 'hatever, and when it is over feels al ays greatly exhaustod, ior sheo has ten inothing since 01ne o'clock. The tippers after her pe(rformancs are al ays herlheaviosttuwals,and very natural 7, roast chickeu or partridge, with haif bottle of Lafite, generally, composing 1o mciai. -She objects to made dishes nid rich soups, It is almost unneces iry to say that Signor Nicolig' habits ndi tastes are precisely tli amoe as 1ose of Madame Patti, al' that his . licato attentions to her wants andt rates imsure as much as anythinig the Dintinuhanice of the romance of thleir vos.", inegtunamg a ?iarat,,. If one pro~poses to begin gardeninig rhother to raise yeotableit for hoins se or for sale, commeucemout should ot be p~ut off until spring. The wvork ould have been started a mionth or two arlier, but much can yet be done in 11 but very cold loalities. It is of ttle use to try to make a garden on et land. Unless the~ soil hias a natural rainage, tile or plank drains should lie iid the first thing. If sod land be elected, apply a good dressing of man re, break it up, and let it lie until pring, when another manuring and lowing, with thorough harrowing, wil11 e necded. The success in the garden eonds largely upon the amount of anure applied to it. Stable manure o the extent of 50) to 80 loads to the cre is needed, or if so much can not >e obtained, the lack should be suppli d by tile use0 of ground-bone, fil h iano, superp~hosptiate, or other goo)d omnroial fari~~&r. 1876. 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, rroprietor of the MORNINGSTAR SALOON I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup plying everything a my line, of superior quality. Starting business In Wians boro in 1876, I have in all this timo given the closet attention to my busi ness and endeavored to make my estab lishment FIRST-CLASS in every par ticular. I shall in the future, as in the. past. hold myself ready to serve my customers with the best artioles that can be procured in any market. I shall stand ready, also, to guarantee every article I sell. Tinvite an inspection of my stock of Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. F. W. HABENICHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). A. Bin Laubort and Marat Cognac Brandy. Jamaica Rum. Rotterdam Fish Gin. Rtoss's Royal Ginger Ale, Jules Mumm & Co.'s Chambagne. Cantrel & Cochran's Ginger Ale. Apollinaris Mineral Water. Angustora Bitters. Old Sherry Wine. Old Port Wine. DOMESTIC. Ginger Ale. Soda Water. Sarsaparilla. Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey. Old Schuylkill Rye Whiskey. The Honorable Rye Whiskey. Old Golden Grain Iye'Whiskey. Renowned btandard Rye Whiskey. Jesse Moore Vollner Rye' Whiskey. Old N. 0. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey. Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Western Corn Whiskey. Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy. New England (French's) Rum. North Carolina Apple Brandy. Pure Blackberry Brandy. Pure Cherry Brandy. Pure Ginger Brandy. Boston Swan Gin. SUNDRIES. Rock and Rye. Oscoola Bitters. Hostetter's Bitters. Bergner & Engel's Lager Boer, in patent stopper bottles and on draught, New Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider. Tolui, Rock & Rye, Lawrence & Martin. Stoughton Bitters. Rock and Corn. Cigars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents. The Huntress Cigar, 2j cents. Madeline Uigar-All Havana--10,cants. Don Carlos (Nub)-all Havana--10 cents liinerva Cigar--Havana filler--5 centa. Cheek Cigar-Havana filler-5 cents. Our Bonat Cigar-- Havana filler-5 cents - Lucky Hit Cigar--Havana filler--S cents. I'ho Unionm Self-Lighting Clgarett, (Amber mouth-piece to every' ten packages.) The Pickwick Club Cigarette, (Shuck mouth-pioces.) t a iehmnnd Gem Cigaret te, Til Oly Billial' alla Pool Par' 1l1' in YaORl ICE! ICE! ICE! A n abundanco always on hand for the uno of my customors. I wil also keep a supply of FISH, OYSTERS, &C., for my Restaurant, which is always open from the first of September to the first of April. I shall endeavor to please all who give me a call. Very respectfully, F. W. H ABENICHT. 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