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AUaraDanner. A typical Kentucky scene was tIle annu al bird dinner of the Sportsmen's Olub at Eminence, Kentucky, on the 28d of Nov ember. It is only once in a life time that one gets to see ju't Euch an assembly of Kentuckians enjoying themselves after just such a Kentucky fashion. The best element in the State, the ablest politicialus, the best speakers, the cleverest anecdote tellers in this or any other state were all there, and they spent the time after the manner of the olt days. The spot selected for the dinner looked like a picture fron a novel. It was about a mile back of Eimi nence, in a shady little hollow, with groat oak and walnut trees looking away like setinels over the undulating field and meadow, dotted with herds of ine cattle and horses. Beneath one of the sentinel oaks a dozen stmling, chattering blacks had built an Immense fire, and healthy were the odors that came from a certain black cauldron of "burg3o" that boiled and bubbled over this fire. A flue spring of water spaikleil away through the grass and its little stream wound its way around among the trees. From about the fire there came up the sound of laughter and wild negro melody, and as each buggy drove up the occupants were greeted with bashful bowing and scraping by the youn ger darkies and respectful bows by the older onep, The day could not have been fluer, the sun never shone warmer, the air never felt balmier; it was a Miy day In November, with nothing to remind one of winter save the changing leaves and here end tnere a withered patch of blue grass. The crowd was a lp.jge and a remarkably characteris tie one. it Is doubtful if just such a crowd as gathered about under these old trees could -havo been collected in any other State in the Union. Four fifths of those present were six feet and over, and their free and easy manners would para lyze a more fastidious people thanu Kentuc kians. But the most characteristic thing on the ground is that long, broad table with glasses spread along it here or there in the most recklees contusion, and these tall, overshadowing bottlos filled with 20 year old Bourbon-fit urink for a king. Presently you will see these tall, strong fellows clinking these glasses and draniin. without visible eftect a buir per that would send to grass the sturdiest, old Saxon that ever kicked lils heels under Alfred's round table. Do you ace that big, muscular fellow there leaning against this table with tWe crowd aound him, slapping him oin the back and lamillarly callung him "Juni?" Well, that's'no less a personage than James B. Beck; but, he is oil' for a frolic and a good thne In the healthy air, and you will presently see when any fun is started that he enjoys it just as hugely as any one on the ground. And you may notice that dashing looking gentleman with lia broad brihnied lint turned ill) on One side like a Spanish bull fighteri and his iustachios twirled out. to ia most prodigious length. In spite of his fierce air he'is the hero of the hour and no toast is drank that "Joe" 1must not, cone in for his shar. 'This gen ial Joe makes speelies Rometimes that are marvels of eloquence amid inspiration, and then lie is mentioned in the iapers as the 11lo). J. 0. F. Wackburn. J ust how lie is laughing till his face is red and bursting with good humor. And that florid, portly Ken tuckian, with the stuuble gray mous tache and his hlt cocked knowingly over his left eye, which has a comical look, ningled with such shirewdncas as t4lls the poorest readler of character thait he is a born wit. When Jo. Blackburn his slightly recovered hitusell you will hear him allude to this gentleman of the Ilorid face andl stubbly mnoustaiche as "Proek"' but if you are a close observer you wdil not needl to be told that the famouo~s author of the Duluth speech and the Il'ennsylva nia avenue speech st ands before you. i ou had better Lake a good look at l'roetor Knuott this thnie, for lie is generally so lbe slegedl wsith crowvds that, 3011 can't conic within ten yards of huon. That pallefaicedl man looking about himi whm the eve ol a p~hilosophler is the clearest, headed ian in K5etucky-thait's lFayette llewitt, trie Au ttitor. Dick Jones is over there to 0one side,~ as gentlemanly, as urbane, a-s digm.i fled as on11'li e can he, Thant partly iiani wvithi the nose hnt shows lie will fIght if necesairy is Col. J1. Btoddamrd Johnston, and that neat, little fIgure by his side., tri ano erct, is the4 Register of the Landl Office, Ralph Sheldon. W at. I Izrin, thme Attorney Geenra, is standing (IY there with Jimn Morris, types of two difll'reiit kinds of intellcct. You iiust not be siur priset to be initroducetl to these gent lenien by their Chrtistiian names. You won't flnd a man in thii cotunty3 who would call sen ator Beck anything t.t "J n" or' Capt ima Blackburn anything but "'Joe.'' lie doni't care a straw that, Beck is a Senator with a national reputa' ion. lI ia the proud pos aessor of a blue p iass farm which lie ia y be able to show you if' S ou go to theC tolp of the hill, and to which lie wi certainly in.. vite you if you go) (towni to thle table below there and drink wvithi lhim. lie likes " 'Jim"' Ilcck andi lie lhkes "J ue,"' mueed, the sturdhy mien like everybody who dhon't iruin counter to thir pre-jutdices. But doubt less you have hieard eniough of all this and wmat, to go dovner and mminigle with tihe crowid, while thle plertume ol fried birds anud oysters andi coflec, andl the *chant of the negi oes coining tup from the hollow thero beyond. The savoiry smiell that was wim'ted fioma the hollosv wshere the ejauldnm,, hibu~ 1t on~I bubbledl at the foot of the old oak tr-ee grew stroiiger andi stronger ais the' suni api proached nearer tihe mernb an P resenitly there was a bustle a little below where lhei * - cooking was going on, a long table was fixed up, coveredl wIth a d(liniig white cloth, anud in a very short space of time was groamnlg under thme weight or goMd things that were puit, on it. Birds of all and oysters fied and oysters stewed; ten siesam and elicial tylbe; greate rund ofbread-veythm was on that big style which is so esrentiahly Kentuicklan. Col. Barbour's eyes fairly shone as lie saw so many birds and thoutghit, how in days gone by lie hiad trod hili and dlal, gun on shonl der, Iunting them. TIhere was a keen app~etito in the biucoy air, an invItIng look - in the heaps ot snugly cooked browvn birds in the game, ini the bread, in the cleanhi ness, and above all, in the jolly hieartedl crowvd. But all thming.s must haive an (ndl, andl there dId at last come a time when those around the board could ent, no more. - PFrom this tuiie on till three o'clock the fun went on merrily, and ai jollier, happier merrier crowd could iiot be found in the longest walk in tihe longest (lay In the year. Then the crowd slowly dispersed, some going on east bound tin n and some1 o-n wot, bound traums. They all iuitedI, how ever, in saying that, a pleasanter or haippier day they hind never spenlt. Lrs''s uips and dowvns: Uncle Nod lost a dollar the other day and when lhe went home lie called up is eldest son. "Como hieah, boy, and set down. Dis anm a queer worl', any way, boy; jis' w 'en yo' think yo' am layin' on feathers an' walkin' on rosos--slap I an' dar ye' is, flat in de mud, playin' a tattoo wid yo hanols on nex to nufmiut'. A Igauio ttertr Far away in the South Pac,fio oceari stretching from the coast of Asia for thousands of miles to the east, there ex teads a vast serles of archipelagoes and Island groups, partly, without doubt, the remains of a former continent now sub merged beneath the waves. In the far east, forintog. as it werei the outpost of the South Sea group, is a soli. tary volcanic tslapd called Easter island. It is 1,800 miles east of Pitcairn, the next Island in the series, and, with tile ex ception of Sat. a y Gontez, a small rock without inhabitants or vegetation, there is no lana bet wecn it and Solth America, which lies more than 2,000 iils to the east. Easter Island is only eleven miles long by four broad; yet in thi simiall space is crowded perhaps the most won. derful and mysterious collection of ae mains of a pre-historic people -to be found on the earth. At the southwest end are nearly a hutdred houses, built of stone, with walls five feet in thickness. The manide ot the walls is lined with upright slabs of stone, painted in black, white and redi, with figures of animals and birds, and with other designs The houses are roofed an with overlapping slabs of stone. In some of the houses numbers of uilvalve shells have been found. .Near these won derful ruins the rocks are carved into fantastic shapes or faces, most of the sculptures being now almost overgrown with bush and underwood. The present inhabitants know nothing whatever of these houses, which, existing as they do in such large nutbers, seem to point in ovitably to a former race of natives of lita higher civilization. We can understand that a former race may have erected tihe houses Paid carved the sculptures mentioned above. wonde fiul as they are compared with the huts of the existing natives. W hut follows is, however, more difficult or explanatiou. On nearly every promontory are erected huge stone platforms, facing the ci, and presenting a front sometimes of nearly three hundred feet long and from twenty to thirty feet high. The stones composing these plat forms are often six feet long, and are fItted together with ceinent. 'Ihe top of the platform is generally about thirty feet broad ; and the Structures being built on sloping ground, the wall facing the interior of the island Is only about a yard high. Another terraco, one hundred feet broad, is levelled laudwards, and ends also in at wah of stone. On these iimense platforis are great pedestals of stone, on which once stood gigantic statuos, which, honever, are nowe all thrown down and partially mutilated, with the exception of those on the plaitforn near the crater of Otouli, which are still erect. Some of theso ii ages were thirty-seven feet high, but the averago height was about sixteen or seventeen feet, other statues being much smaller. The heads of these sculptured images are flat, and were formerly cap)l)ei by crowis of red tufa, a Stone that is found only at a crater called Terano flau, near which have been foundi a number oi crowns ready for removal to the statues. The faces are square and are said to be of a disdainful expression, the lips thin, and the eye sockets remarkably dee), perhaps to auimit of the insertion of eye-balls of obsidian, whic' is also found on the i3land. Captain Cook, who during his second voyage visited Elaster island, remarks that the Shade of one of these statues was tuflicient to shelter all his party-nearly thirty persons. lie believed them to be burying places for certain tribes or famihaeet Hnt whatever may have been the original initenition or the sculptors, the presti na tves hana have had nothing to dio wvuhl the e!xecutioni of these wvondetrfuil mon1u1 nientas. They possess, however, small wooden cairvedl figures, but totally differ ent ini features from the stone inmaies. We arc forced to the coniclnsin that the houses, pliat forms and statues arc all relics of a remote alge. 'The natives have a tra dation that they foi mnerly inugratett to their preseiit, ab'ode I rm one of the islandls ini the Lowv Archlipe'lago; b~ut this throws litile haght ton the subiject. llow, in any aige, couid a peole(, I uraisehet oiily with a siti nechisel-lor i'olynesians are aI ill ini lim stone opohhauve. earyed. suc at i by huandrds andi~ built such enormious ptlatforms Amid tie dhalculty is im inensely increased by3 the smiall size and cotmlete ischait ion of tihe island. At present Easter Islandi remains tihe greatest aiyst(ery of the Pacill--one of the great mysteries of thle woril. Th'le ruims oif Ponaipe, however, are scarcely imore eaisily' exlained thant those we hiave been describiing. Poinaipe is one of the Caroline .isilandsl, and is about four teen nimles long by twelve in width. On t-ho bana of a creek im the Metalamien harbor standits a massive wall three hunidred feet in length and about thirty-tlve feet high. It is built of basalt, the stonies being in somei causes t wenty-five feet long, On passing through a gateway ini this wall a cou~rt, enielosedi by walls thiirty feet high, is reiachied. Th'ii court is now almost hidtten~i ini parts by ituxurinant vegetation ; buit on inivestigation a terrace eight feet high and twelvo broad is found to run ranna i the ineide of the encelosing wallh. I/Iw walls runing noath and south divide the courit into three paits, in the centre of each of' which is a closedl chambaier roof'ed over withi basaltic colunms. The labor of building there structures mnet, have been enormious, for there are no0 basatic rocks within ten amIes, with an a iantervn ing cout'ry thIck ly woodedl anIl precipitous. Such an exhibit is evidlently teat ii ely out, of the power of the present savaige inhablitanits. TIhc theory that the buildings were the w~o'k of 'ipaniish butcca neer's is also unteniable. Theii past history of the South Seats is veiled in deep ob eurity. Could we but gain an mnaight imto the remote past of this quatrter ot tl'e globbe, perhaps a picture could he rerealedl by) lihe sidec of wich the tales ot Monte zluima and the Incas of Pern wouli sink into lnsigaiihhcaance. ' ikrow in Omn,. Tlheret is a grocer in a certain asmatll towo in this State who hiss always been called tihe stinugiest man in MIchIgan, and~ many utories are afloat about his tbreakag crack ers in t wo and taking out piiches of flour to make exar-t weight. It, seems, however, that lie hias been harshly inudged. A few (lays ago lie a.ad a lot o~f cranberries dis played att the door, andt a ladly pt(icatrian halted andt asked: "Are those fresh C' "hlow much a quart ?" "T'wenty cenits, miadam.'' ''Thuat's tea cemnts -for a pint11, five cenuts for a gull, two and a half fo.' halif a gill, one andi three-"' 'Do you wanmt a quart ?' "'Oh, no. I was reading thait corns couldi be cieed by hinihnmg on a split cran berry. I have two corns and 0ono bery wOuIld answer for both. i'll give you a cent, for a sIgle berry." "Very well--take at along. 110o(d 0111 Let's see--let's see- yes, I cani (10 it. I'll throw In an extra berry, madam, and (10 both1 up in a parcel. I am hound to please my cusomnrs it I dlon't matke a cent." --A mass by the Pope costs $200land sometimes more, A NUMBRi of the leading farmers of Ly. cowing county, Pa,, are lookltug toward the org4nization (f a company having for its ooject the improvement of tarin live stock. Thie is a very wise step, anid we hope to hear of the successful organization of the company. A company of farmers with this Object in view, properly organ zed and wisely directed, cannot fall to prove dirt ctly remunerative, vot only to the siock-holders, but to every live-stock owner In the corAmunity ia which it con ducts its operations. Individual effort Is not equal to the task of making the uug versal Improvement In - our farm stock which the best Interests of the farmers do mand, but theio is scarcely a township, certainly not a county in the country in which there could not be formed a com bination of enterprise and capital, drawn entirely from the farmers, with strengkih to accomplish speedily this much to be dosired end, To be able to chronicle the advent of such an organization In every county in the land, would be to chronilee a long step in the real advancement of agricultural interests. UAnDENINO.-A thoughtful writer re commnduls to every man, especially in the autumn of his life, to take to srardening, if he has not already experienced its pleas ures. Of all oecupations in the world it is the one which best combines repoze ant acavlty. It is not idleness, it Is not stag nation, and yet it Is perfect quietudo. Like all things mortal it has its failures and its disappointments, and there are some things hard to understand, But It is never without its rowards, and perhaps if there were nothing but successful ct.ltivation, the aggregate enjoyment would be less. It is better for the occasional shadows that come ovor the scene. The discipline, too, is most salutary. It trios our patience and it triks our faith. Loss BY SHEEP TiK.-It Is rare to find a flock of sheep that is not annoyed by these pests; and the sheep are constantly nibbling in their lleeces to allay the irrita tion caused by them, Yet, sheep-owners (to not seem to realize their losses. .Lambs have been known to be so pestered with ticks after the sheep have been sheared and the ticks, deprived of shelter,have left them, and gathered upon the lambs, that have have died in consequence. And yet there Is an effective remedy, viz: Dipping the lambs early in the season,or both lambs and sheep later. 'lio most effectivo dip is an infusion of tobacco and sulphur. A CoNNICOTrouT farmer, having worked his horses for throo years without Ehoes, declares in favor of leaving them off. Ile says they work better, are more sure-loot ed, arnd far less liable to lameness than shed, and ho is well satisfied that for ordi nary work his horses' eet as nature made them are all-suflicient. The roads where he lives are rough hilly and stony, but the solo becoies so hard and callous as to be non-sensitivO to small stones, and the an1t mals Pre thus fur less liable to stumble. To prevent the hoots froi chipping the toas should be kept slightly rounded by a coarse file. THERE is more money to be made by breeding and maturing finely-bred horses for use than in training and racing them. We mean from the farmer's standpoint, lie must be alive to the progress of breed ing, and prFocure the blood that tells, but It Is not. necessary that lie should make it tell. When he inspires :oinfldenice in his stud,and can sell green youngsters at $200 or $500, he is on tie high road to wealth; hst when he unidertakeus to win) races hie goes in the other diretioni. The race trackc is in the hands of sportinig mn ntow iadaiys, and they laugh at comnpetition,even irom blu te-grass farmiers. Kase &rooK OFF THE~ IEig,DB iN WETr WEATnER. - Pasturing ground in wet weather mankes it solid andi cloddy and in poor condition to furniish nutriment to plants and to suistain their life. It takes very little '.ramping or muddy ground to miake clods and mnuch labor to pl~nvvxize these same clods anti get the ground into sitable ordter again Buit the evil in not to be0 measure .1 by exp~endliture of labor alone--the loss of fertility to the soli Shiouli be' taken into account; for it is niot thei amiotunt in air available form. We can make our farmis less 1cr-tile by allowing the stock to tramrp thicm when muddtv. P'OTAss' is a fertilizing element whose restor-ation to the soil Is Iindispensabihle, and1 it is carried off by crops in coinsiderable proportions. The restitution becomes t lie inore imperative when plants of tne legni mninous family, such as clover, disappear, to be replaced by moss. Unwashed wood asbe~e, coiital .mng six to eight per cent. of potash, and three to four phlosphoric acid, often produico marvellous effects; the mnos disappears, and the clover andl similar plauts take its place. .1w you want to iransformi a wildl heifer mnto a wvell b~ehaved and well trained cow, you muist be patient and exhibit no tempher. Never stiike her ; she mnuist', first of all, gct vcquiaintedi with you and learn that yott will nor hurt hecr. Shle mus~t lean not to feai 3 oii. If, in winter, it is best to milk in the stable, make a~ tIn tues anmd as few alarming mioti possibile ;handle her vci-y genily. Giva rich foods like clover, oats, be. ... peas aind liinsecd cake. Tihe stomach qi a horse is small and should be replenished oftetn. llegularity is an important point. ligestioun iil be heclped andl thme general health imiproved by' giving a few cuti swedes diiy. EXPRRIimNuED fenoce-huilders and others who use woodi in the rough for posts, ties, etc., ute in the opinion that timber cut in summer, while the hark wvill yet pe0e1 fircely, is niuch more durable tihan thant relied dutrinig winter. There is less of so bible sal) in the trunk andt liinb~s to absorb ' moisture, ferment, ane induco dlecay. IN raising hogs, no matter what the breed, It is always beat, to keep a record ci thme timne at which each sow is bred, in or dfer that suitable prov-ision may be nmade for her andl the pigs. rh Th priott of gres tation in swine is 112 dlays, with but lit tIe variation. * KA NSAS holds1 its i epuitatin for large ro turns to the toiler, with tite extraordinary average yield of 19.5. Thie counitmy niorth of the Ohio river, mn the great wheat bolt., averages nearly 16 bushels. Ken. tucky andiu Aissouri promnise about 14 butIh e, and Caifiornia 13 bushels. 'fT corn Crop emf TIOXas this year is es timated at 140.000,000 bushels. The valuie of the agricultural productts of that State is $94,071,98. Oixi hiundredi andh fifty to 400 bushels of strawberr!es may be raised from one0 acre of land, COMisoN salt Is a special manure for asparagus beds when used with rIch barn yiar~h compost. Tuta best of the Jerseys are being umnouht to this contr... PLICASANT REiMEDY FOR TOOTHAeHE. Dr. T. 0. Osborn, in the Medical Brief, itates that his cook came to him with %swollen cheek, asking for something to relove the toothache with which she had been suf-eriug ll might. 'He was :U the polit of asl iding her to a dentist when it oecurred to him that there was in the house a vial of compound tiic. Lure of beizoin. "After cleaning the locayed tooth," he says, "I saturated a pledget of cotton lint with the tincture, And packed It well into the cavity, hop ing this would suffloo for the time, and told her to como back in two or three hours if she was not relieved, I was turning away, when she said it might 4 uot be nocessary, perhaps, as tho pain I was already gone. Supposing hoi- faith 1 had a largo share in the relief, I would I aot allow myself to think that the med- I 3ino had anything to do with the ouro I any more than so much hot water would I have had. But when I arrived at my 4 Aflico two other patients were awaiting me with the same affliotion, and I do. I ornined, by way of experiment, to use I tho same remedy. To my agreeable surprise, both patience declared them solves inimetiately relieved, and bogged a vial of the tincture for future use. During the winter a number of similar mases applied, and were instautly re lieved, with the same treatmont, all ex pressing much satisfaction with the remedy. In Decomber I told my drug gist of the discovery, and recomnonded him to sell it to any person applying for 'toothache drops,' This, ho rop'orts, lie has done, and that every one scoms d lighted with the medicine." The reader should remember that benzoin is a re 5inous substance obtained from the Stfyrax bcnzoin, a tree of the Epst In hois, having a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste. It should not be con 'ounded witi bonzolo, benzine or any prcparation from petroleum. - WoOhRN IN WINTEP.-SO far an it is possiblo it is a good plan to discard all woolen table spreads, and lanibrequins !rom the sleeping rooms, particularly t In winter; they catch the dust, and re tami it and cause a great deal of useless labor besidos being decidedly unwhole iome. With the many boautiful fabrics ow to be obtained, in linen and cotton$ Lhero is no need of a room having a ,hilly and choorless look, if this sugges ion of using cotton or linen for woolen is carried out. Very pretty table covers iro mado of drab linen or cream colored; Dhey may be ornamiented by etchings in Wo corners, or may have a border all bhe way round, or protty designs are worked in scarlot, in outlino stitch, which will brighton the cover sufilciently. lho mantel lambrequins should match, mid the small amount of care required to keop them froo from dust will be appreciated by the occupant of the room, particularly if she does her own work. A Bm which iS not ai constant use should never be kept "madoe up." When a guest is expected the roon should be thoroughly aircd and warmed, mnd the bed made up with freshly aired Jight cotton or woolen bedding and an 3xtra blanket left within easy reach. 'ho bed shoutd be placed so that the ornng light will not shino directly into one's face upon awakening, or if bhat in impossible, the wiaidow opposite bhe bed should be closely curtained. Everything necessary for a careful toilet should be provided, especially a bath Lub and plenty of coarse towels. A soft fur or wool rug upon which tot standi while diressing, and one or two easy chairs arc comforts wich will be appreciatedt A NEw Dvin.--Tho younfg growth of the poplar tree yields a dye which may be extracted tas follows: 'The young1 Lwigs andl branches arc bruised andh boiled f or twenty minutes witd a solu1 Lion of alum, 10 pounds of wood requir- I tug 1 poundt of aliin, in 3 gallons of wvater. The solution is Itered hot and allowett to cool, and. after standing some Lnne, is again illtoied from a resinous leposit. On exposure to air and light ~t develops a rich good color, and may Lie used directly for dlyoemg oianige amal yellow shados upon all classies of goods. LEMON PRsRYB.-Put into a sauoc- I vanu one pound of sugar, quarter pound l f butter, six eggs, leaving out the I whites of two, and the juice nun grated( cmnda of three lomons. Lot theso boil until they beomo as thick as hoiiov, r stirring all the while. Pour the muif- 1 ~uro into small jars and tie paper wet in ho white of an egg over thein, and keep ni a dry, cool piace. SATIN can be reovated in tho sarne vay that velvet often is--that is, by la akiig a het iron, placimg a hot iron >Yer it, and holdmng the satin in the toam, the wrong side nearer the heat.v )f ceotuse, when the satin is worn oil a his does no good, bnt when it is cruish-- 1 ad or wrinkled the effect i.- surprisingly c soud. A sWoS dish, which will bo no0w to C any cooks, in made by slicing very 'in some onions and green tomatoes, bout equal proportions, and frying ~ 'n together julst as you fry onions 5 ...i. Salt themi well, and if there Is mny daniger of their being greasy, drain >efore servymg. FCnNou1 CAiUE.-Four eggs, two cup- g uils sugar, a half cupful bultter, a cup- IJ uul milk, threeC large cupfuls 11lour in a vhich is sifted two tOalspoonfulls of a ream tart.ar and a teaspoonful of soda; p Add lemon. l Uoims.- Two cupfuls sugar, a cup. ul butter or nice drippings, two eggs,t Scupful sour milk, a teaspoonful soda-; lavor with cinnamon, nutmeg and a ow caraway seeds, ilour to roll; bake ~ a a quick oven, but do not scorohL hem,. ARNE JhrE,-lloat two yolks of ji ggs in half a pinlt of milk, ont one and half slices of stale bread, pour'over si he slices the mixture, and let them n tep one hour; fry in butter a light tl >rown. Eat with jolly or lemon froth ti ance. s, CATJIDNmA CJEAM. --Two ounes of asphlorry jam., two onnces of red our ant jam, sifted lear sugar, the whitos C .f two eggs. P'ut all into a bowi, and ~ >eat with a spoo2 for three quarters of ~ 4n hour'. 'This is a mixture that is ' av'eh used in Scotland as a delicacy. r I A Tnrrrnn saleratus rubbed on with * lie finger or' a bit of lineni, will remnovo a .taiis from (cups) and other' articles of j abhowar'o. It will also remove spots y rem miarbleize1 oilolothus, and many taims from tinware,t TEA CAKE-Ono egg; one cupful I aoh of sugar and sour milk, a ha'lf cup- I ul shortening, a teaspoonfuil 8oda11u il wo cupfuls flour. Use dark spico anad ' ad a half-cupful raisins.:f A wxIaT of mustart 50eed puit in a bar-5 cl of cider will preserve it sweet for t over'al months. I The Double Iesele. A dreadful night-0, a dreadfti night I" iuuriured the young wife with -a shudder, is screening the paue with her band from be bright firehght she attempted, but in rain, to penetrate the storm and darkness without.' "God grant he may dear," and with this heartfelt petition she turned from he window, seated herself and took up ier knitting. Cheerful, homelike was the aspect of hat humble apartment. Near the fire, Nhose brisk blaze filled the room. with a 'uddy glow, sang the waiting tea-kettle; vhile a aeatly spread supper table oc ipled the centre of the floor, Slowly and distinctly the tall clock at he back part of the room told the- hour )f e&igt. The young woman put aside ,er task, and once more went to the vmdow. The tempest had not in the east abated, but raged with the fury of a housand uncaged lions, and seemeu still nereasing, Fearfull indeed was that eve ilug's elemental waafare over that bleak dananilan plain I 'Yet he comes not-my husband.Merci ul heaven befriend me I" Tears gathered a the eyes of the gentle, devoted wife. 'hen -iWpe repeated her whisperings, and n imagination the wife behold the sturdy orm of her beloved nobly breasting the storm, and step by step nearing his home n safety. Already she seeimed pouring or him the fragrant, steaming beverage, vid listened to his expressions of thankful ies9 for surrounding blessings. About ion1 of that (lay he had left home on foot utending to transact business lin a village Ive miles distant and return at nightfall. At that time no signs of an immediate i!orm were apparent, but as the day drew iear its close the clouds began to gather hick and heavy, and the snow to fall In 1)uge, feathery flakes. Faster and faster t descended, till all the air seemed filled )y one mighty avalanche. Three hours iad passed, and the storm-god in all his errible fury was yet abroad. A' length calmness could be maintalued 5y the waiting wife no longer. ilope and rust had tied within her bosom. Vainly did she endeavor to persuade herself into the belief thtt the fierceness of he storm had prevented her husband from caving the village- she would not be do - >eivod. He would never- voluntarily ibandon her thus to loneliness and awful incertainty. 1No, the assurance was all too undoubted, that the cold and the tempest tad overpowered hhu on his way, and he kad sunk amid the drifting snows to pei sh. Suddenly she paused, while every fea uro speaks desperate resolve. See, sho mrriedly envelopes herself in cloak and iood, and now with firm steps moves to va.d the door. Upon what Is she deter nined? 6urely she will not expose that rail form to the strife that rages without I But yes; she lifts the latch, a'id uncloses he door. On the instant a furious blast irove a portion of the snow, which had ceumulated against the panels, to the op >osite side of the room, Unable to com iete with its rape,the agonized wife shrank ack, and applying her whole strength to he door forced it again to its place, be ween herself and the rough element with ilt. She waited but a mo.ent, however, the iext she had rushed forth, closed the door ehintd her,and was piiinging wildly down he siow-fil led path ' he storm was over, the clonda were leginning to break, and let down the rays f tue inoon, whose broad disk had just ien above the huorizo~n. But while the now had ceased to fall, the cold had rown more intense, and the wrath of the vmnd was noluhing spent.. Onward toiled the solhtary female tirough the blinding, suffocating snow, rhichm was constantly Deing hurled against ier; and ever and anion a blast, fiercer han thme others, compelled her to halt for ,moment aud bury her lace in the folds f her cloak. It was a dreary waste over which she Lad to pass; no cottage window sent forth cheering gleam; only a snow-covered lain andi barren trees in the distance oukt be seen. And now, when iicarly a milu lay bc woutn 'cI unu nome, tne wife felt herself xhaustcd and benuimbed by cold to a de ree that she could proceed no further. Lhe sharip winds piercedt her garments as f they hiad beeni but a role of mnuushn, and mut to the torture every fibre of her frame. Ier limbs refusedi longer to obey her wi, icr breath was gone, her very heart's >hood seemed turned to ice She tottered nd fell, and the same blast that bore her own wrapped her in a shroud of snow. Bpt exerling herself to thme utmost, she 080 to he r feet again, for her last glance ad rested on a dark object a short dlistanice n advance, and the possibility of it being im she thought nerved her to make one nore effect. Fixing her eyes upon the ob ect whlichi had attracted her attentioni,shec truggledi for ward, amid reached 11. just as ier remlnanit of strength was expended. it was rndeed her husband 1 H~e had 3intended wiih the elenuents,untml chilled, wearued, and1( almost breathless, he had uunk downi ini the path in order to recover iimselt for a further effort. li'o thought f perishming ha~d passe d the strong man's aindi; but nou sooner (did mauscular action ease than the lethargy wvhich, but for !miely breaking, wouldi have ended in ot,th, was upon him. All sense of suffer g fled, gay colors floated before his sight., nud the soundl of the engry blast seemed wveetest inusic. llow long lie hiad remained thus he new not, wheii suddeinly the voice of his life exclaimed, ''Thank God, we (lie to ether I " sounded faintly in his ears; and ito same instani lhe felt her proistrate form ud encircling( arms. Thlese quickly roused thlem to a sense warmedt the cor. ealing life currnt, and sent it, lighuininni ke through its chaniiels. 'rho knowledge of the danger--the cr uin death-to which his idolized con anion was exposed, and from which lbe lone could save her, at once rahedi himself bove the power of fatigue and cold. tarting to huis feet, he folded her insensi. Ie form to Is bosom and bore at towar d ier home, as if she had been tihe inerest aiat. TIhie blast to him was but a Zephyr. the xowdrifts but unresistuing air, le pamed'( ot until the cottage was reached, whe're to wife was presently restored to anima on, and~ bothm to hafppiness. Each had( uved the other fromi a feariul death. T'he celebri tid Gobelin Factory was rigmnally intended fir dyeing, and Giles udi John GJobehn, the most noted dyera of mat time, were its founders. These two sen appear to have become famous by :ason of their having introduced into 'arus a ecoebrated scarlet. 'Their work hops) were estaiblishedl on the banks oif a malt stream called thu3 LBievre, near to 'aris. Like miany enterprises regardled b~y bie people of that time as eccentric, thcse rorkshops received a nickname, and under lie appellation of the "Globelin Folly" hey continued till 1667, whoa the whole 'roperty and~ plant were purchased by the ting at the suggestion of Colbert, The rorks were then converted into a royal actory for ail kinds of artistic articles of amnimg, such as sculpture. designing and spestry weaving. The era of the Gobehn upostries then besan, and they rapidly ac uired deserved celebrhty The.imnble. Wed of te Fralres. A staetling story is told by the vera cious Western inan of a party of Eng. L.sh tourists who were out on the plains on a shooting excursion). They had been out the greator part of the day without meeting withi any game, and were repeating for the hundredth time that their luck was "beastly," when one of them noticed a large animal some distance away, which was approaching them in a leisurely but apparently in. quisitive manner, for it paused ocans ionally as if to study them. The Eng lishman pointeot the animal out to his companions, and they agreed among themselves that it must be a bison, though its movements were difforent from thoft of any four-legged creature they had over seen before. However, the'y did not make much of that faot, as a breeze that had sprung up had raist d considerable dust and mado it imp)ssi ble t,) see very clearly. It was so evident that the bison-if such it were-was attracted by curiosity, that one of the hunters determined to beguilo it by a device he had heard spoken of as very successful 'with the antelope. Accordigly he lay upon his back and hIiolted bin heels in the air, whije the crack shot of the party pre par(d to shot when the proper time came. The creature was so far away and approached so slowly that the do coy grew tired and haid to be relieved. It was so evident that they were draw ing the creature toward them, however, that each in turn cheerfully and oven onthusiastically kicked himself tired. The breeze ha'd grown momentarily stronger, and thiough it was fortunately blowing toward thorn, it created so auch dust that it was not easy to got good aim. However, the animal had in Crensed its pace and with an occasional bound into the air was rapidly approach ing thorn. It was impossible to mal;o out which was his he-ad and which his side, so the apl)ointed huntor, with as Dareful aim as the strange character of the game rendered possible, fired. The animal had beeni h1it, for they *ould see the fur fly, but it paid no at tention to the shot, unless it was to bound into the air and increase its speed to munch that in a fow momente it was ioar enough to be easily distinguished. It Was an uncouth monster of iuge pro ?ortions, and progressed not in the sIual way, but by a series of prodigiona caps. rho hunters were greatly Itartled by the appearance of this un nown animal, but they realized that ,hoy mast lose no tili in shooting it iey hoped to keep it from them. They ill fired at onee ; but whotier wounded )r not, the monster only 'ped the swift - r. They paused in amazement for a nomont, but were roused into sudden rctivity when one of their numiber shouted that a w hole herd of the monm tore M as upjoni them. True enough all >ver the plain thbey camne with frightful 'apitty, mu~mkinmg such tremendous leaps hat there seemed as many in the air as mn the ground. TVhe hunters lingered 10 longer, but with the haste of terror brow everything fro~n them, and ran o r-uch purpos.e that they distanced heir puvaueri and fouuid shelter late in he afternoon in1 the town from wvhich hey started. TJhieir story created a1 7reat sensation, but not of preiseCly the :imd they hi id expected. The next Lorning it waIs found that the touIrist4. and leit for San Francisco. Tihe story, if not truo, at least servos cell to illustrate the peculiar habit of he great tumbl weed. This strluig rowth, which thd.ongs te the pig woO d imily, is vi ry atbund-unt in the great, Lrkarts valley, and varies ini size iom th largest specimeni showvn o one foot or less in diameter. It rowa upon01 a diproport ioniately. sinali tern, which, however, is of suflicient toutness to sustaiin the inass until it as r~.~ipad and dried, whent a slight :ust of wind will suiflice to blew it over ud snap the brittdo standard1. It now rolls ov'er mind over at evure 'ref of wind, and being both ligh t and lastic wdll perform) a series of bounda ser any 'rmped ing~ bowlders or bushes, nia high wind the fantastic spectaclo reduced l-y a number of these balls of 'arying szes can easily be0 imaginied, Lnd as the Engilih tourist with his toro of wvondier adjectives and odd ex.. letive. is the stock bu tof the Westewn ian, it is not stranige thalt lie should bet ~rouight into service ;to illustrate thle ost striking featnre of the tumble 'ced. A'.ide from its spectaculair phaso, this abit of the tumble weed may be viewed ri an even more interesting light, Mau ec everytbing from the standpoiu~t or tility to himself, and hie may not con~ reend the nlecessity for the existenceo .the tumble weed at all ; but in cvcel ineited thing there seems to be inhier i a contimual ell'ort, to propogato its ind. Exani>ies of the working of this pirit cam11t, be0 nccssary, for oven in io cities, the troes-the aihlnthus, for xamplo, with its wingedl coeds--give videnee of it. Th t an tastic and seen - ugly sensoless wiling, rolling, .andI Onnding. of the tumn ble weed, when un ersod, thll thle story of a unique plan >r distributing seed. The breakfast we take hii wmtier ih etermin ef liciency for work -in the ay, and will so lulhuence our whole being )r that, period 0f time that, no altermeal in correct it. The breakfast mn winter u1181 cintain iloere nitrot.eeousfodg n I summer, it in absolutely needled. You Iust storo h a'. to furnieh material for ab irptton and for maintainig vitality; addt thi D$8itiogenella food sOmuething tha !Ill disentgago heat from tile blood and (Oep Up temperature, (and( yout may dlefy ie colest day, Your facQ mnay feel Ii, rur hands may foel it, but yur body whu l mpervious8 to it, and go on dlisengaghtig ust inward heat which can alone stanti ~amst the lowecred temperature without. this first meal has been properly atte,. tdok we ma~y presume that vital nctiorn in be malIitained in fall force for five mrs at least tefre it nedsrel... ~ g Mionael A8glo and J)ul s II. Immediately after this interval of painting occurred that encounter of two of the most notable men of their time which gives a striking and humorous page to the history of arlp, Julius II, probably some years after his accession to the Papacy, took the great sculptor whose temper and character were not un like his own, Into his employment, in order that he might glorify himself with a tomb worthy his own estimate of his greatness-a mopt wise precaution for all who share the impulse of posthu mous vanity. The Pope and the artist were a lit pair to meet in that great old Rome, so full of memories; and the warlike narrative of their friendship and quarrels. hot on both sides, yet on neither without a mixture of genuine regard and liking, is full of interest and character. Its beginning, however, wts not of an agreeable iind. Excited by hopes of a splendid work, not less honorable to himself than to Pope Julius, Michael Angelo had 'ilrsb to betake himself for eight dreary proba tionary months to tholmarblo country of Carrara to chooso the blocks for his statues, and to get them painfully con voyed to the sea, to be sent off to Rome. In this exile, during which it is easy to imagine the eager anticipation of the great 'sculptor, hieki, as it were, in the leash, and unable to got to work, though with such wealth of virgin material round I im, lie had hard ado, Vasari tolls us, to keep himself from striking out, with those fiery vehement strokes of his, some hugo aboaro in the white rocks of a cave, as a memorial of hi m self and his weary vigil. What pil grimages we should all have mado to that powdery waste had he left some such vast mysterious image as the un completed "Day" of San Lorenzo to keep the world in mind of the long days hi passed there among the rough marble of those precious caverns. The blocks which ho sent to Rome half filled the piazza of 'i. Pietro; and as soon as the artist was released from the labor of collecting then, lie rushed at his more congenial work con grandc an ho. Stuch was the eagornoss of'both artist and patron that a commuication, "a bridge," as Vasari calls it, was made between the Vatican and t!hi , It shied in the piazza which h i :) j e rected over the sculptor au I th. marble whieh he attacked in a sacred fury of creation. It is not diflicult to uiderstand how the perpetual intrusion at any moment, however critical, of such a visitor as the - fiery c Id Pope, with the license of age added to that of absolute power, inquiring, criticising, praising and blaming with more zeal than knowl edge, must have gone far to drivo the equally fiery young sculptor half fran tic by times, when ho had to suspend his chisel, and subdue lisa furia, and listen to all his Holiness might choose to say. Perhaps an impatient word burstmng from him at some especially unpropitious visit, which nettled Julius; but at all events, when a new arrival of marble, from Cairrara madeo it necessary for the sculptor to get money from the Pope, his Roliness was busy and could not see him. This was repeated two or three times, at first to his surprise, and afterward to the furious indligna tion of Michael Angelo, who feir, him self as great and independent as eitherI Prince or Pope. ''You dont know wh'io it is to whom you refuse admittance' a wondering by-stander said at last in his hearing to the lackey who shut him out. "I know him very well, but I am here to obey my ordera," said the lma. Michael Angelo turned away, breathing fire and flame, and bidding the lackey tell the Pope that if he wanted him he must send for him, went off to his house, where lie gave his servants ordors to sell eveuything to the Jews, and left ime inslautly, riding all through the night in het haste, and nevo: drawing bridle t=1l ho reachzed Tuscan soil. As it p~roved, lie had taken the only wi~so course; for he had scarcely reached Poeggib~onsi, on the Florentine frontier, when no less thani ilve couriers arrived one after the other, with letters from Julius reecalung him. But the sculp~tor was no less proud than the Pope; all the messenlgers could1 get from him was a brief note of rji,6 ,l'reutlg iii. formiing his Holiness that it was im possible for him who had been "cac- -I ('iq/f ri!e coe ni trs, to go back I agaim; after which he madte his way to Florence, settling down in his old quar ters, it would seem with all the haughty ' sadness of an injured mani. No Exetueo. "When I was a young man," said an i old lawyer, "I1 spent several years in the south, residing for a timo at Port Gibson on the Mississippi river. A c great deal of litigation wvas going oni e there about that time, and it was not li always an easy matter to obtain a jury. s One day i was t-umrm no I to act injthat t capacity, and repnuited to court to got e exeznaca. Onu my name being callod, e I informed his honor the judge that I i was not a f'reeholdor, and'tnerefore not I qualified to serve." "You boird at the (I hotel, I pre'suie," said the judge. "1I f take my meals there, but have rooms at another Part of the town, where I lodge." "'8o you keep baichelor's hall? "Yes, sir." "i-ow long have you lived in that mnnier?"1' "'Ahou~t nix month's. " "'I think you1 Ore <iaaihited,"' gravey y remarked the judge, "'for I have never 1' kniowna a n.au to keep bacheloi's hall~ the length of time yonu name who had not dirt enough mins~ room to makeo him a frecholder., 'i'he court does not k excuse yen." It is reporteid diat Mr. Werderman has b succeeded in dIspensing with the vacnuum oI in incandescent clictric lamps 'by usmng a crystalline silieon in placeoc o .urbon. TLne i siliCon can be fused into bars which ma d be heated to whitenes s in the air without e undergoing any hne