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shells out Of his pocket to make room for
the letters. s;1 .s,s.. TX. :. s.,.4 -
The young man alung the Ms I: faster
than tramp printer in Z country news
paper shop. and YEARLY said: ..sa$$'': 81 ~
mo SIR '5ss.: u. S.s.,.
s''Then, who in thunder is all them thar
letters and pigeon.holes fur, anyhow, by
gum :! ripped out the indignant old
man; and before the young man had
time to reply, the old granger was shut
fling down the street, swearing that "this,
there pestoffs is a blamed mernoperly
ike erything else these davs!'' =
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RUGS,

For common use are very pretty made
on the fine coffee-sacking, worked in cross
stitch in the same style that Java canvas
tides are made. Any Of the borders in
the little French pattern books are nice.
Work over two or three threads; the
border or center either is larger, accord
ing to the number of threads you work
over. For the center bunch of flowers,
or some animal, is pretty, patterns for
which may be found in many Of the mag.
azines. The edge may be fringed out
couple OF inches, or bound with braid if
preferred. One sack makes two rugs.
Another style is to take the coarse sack
ing, draw border and center piece with
chalk after it is fastened in frame as a
quilt. Take bright, colorcd rags, torn in
strips one-half inch wide, insert a bone
hook from the upper side. draw up loop
thrcc-fourths Of an inch every three or
four threads, until your border is done.
Fill i'll your center same way, and, lastly,
fill in the background with gray, brown,
or black; any kind Of rags will answer.
When done, shear all over with pair Of
shears mot too close), and it will look
like plush, and last lifetime. Are nice
to put beside bed or dressing bureau.
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fore I can decide eyes and notrs9"
said .Nosey.'' ayes, sir! and if you
look SO harshly At me-, I will take only
the noes and let syou Co. . !. 'Nosey : ran
frantically from the house, took, to
strong drink, which increa; ed his! nose to
twiceits accustomed size, and at last fill;;
ed .; drunkard''s grave. This story IS
related for the sole benefit of. "A class of
people afflicted with coyetousness of
left.handed compliments, and who are
constantly looking in the correspondence
of local reports Of . newspaper, Or. in the
sermons delivered by their past for
something intended ,fori, themselves. >ex.
IL
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POETRY.
THE CH1LDREN's BED. TIME.

THE CHILDREN'S BED, TIME.
The clock strikes seven in the hall, - :
The curfeW OF the children's day, 49,,
That calls each little pattering foot
From dance and song and livelong play;
Their day that in their wider light
Floats like silver day-moon, white,
Nor in our darkness sinks to rest,
But sets within golden west.
All. tender hour that sends drift
Ofchildren's kisses through the house,
And cuckoo-notes Of sweet "GoOd-night."
That thoughts 0fheaven and home arouse ;
And soft stir to sense and heart,
AS when the bee and blossom palt,
And little feet that patter slower,
Like the last droppings ofthe shower.
And in the children's rooms aloft
What blossom shapes do gayly slip
Their dainty sheaths and rosy run
From clasping hand and kissing lip,
A naked sweetness to the eye
Blossom and babe and butterfly
In witc,ing one so dear sight!
An ecstacy Of life and light.
And, ali, what loyely witcherless
Bestrew our floor an empty sock
BY vanished dance and song left loose
As dead birds throats; tiny smock
And drank the heaven-sweet rains = shoe
Scarce bigger than an acorn cup:
Frocks that seem flowery meads cut uD.
Then lily dust, in angel-wllite
To mothers knee they trooping come,
The soft palms fold like Kissing shells,
And they and we go singing home
The bright heads bowed and worshlping,
As though some glory ofthe spr ng,
Some dafodil that mvcks the day,
Should fold his golden palms and pray.
The gates Of Paradise swing wide
moments space in soft accord,
And those dread Angels, Life and Death,
A moment vail the flaming sword,
AS DER this weary world forlorn
From Eden's secret heart is borne
That breath of Paradise most fair
Which mothers call the childrenS prayer,
All! deep pathetic mystery!
The Worlds great woe unconscious hung
A rain-drop on blossoms lip;
White innocence that wooes our wrong,
And Love divine that looks again,
Unconscious of the Cross and pain,
From sweet child-eyes, and in that child
Sad earth aud heaven reconciled.
Then kissed, on beds VIC lay them down,
As fragran' white rs clovered sod,
And as the upper floors grow hushed
With children's sleep and dews of God.
And as our stars their beams do hide,
The stars of twilight, opening wide,
Take up the heavenly tale ut even,
And light us on to God and heaven.
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have always existed it would puzzle the
naturalist to say how these fish: got into
the upper lake without some subterranean
river besides, any periodical examina.
tions Of the river would furnish not i'm;
probable solution Of tho mysteries aux
and refux of the lakes r! "a =" fly
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arrives. The covering should consist Of
alternate layers Of straw and earth.
Autumn is the proper season to prepare
CRAFTS and cuttings. OF the latter, cut.
tings ofgrapes, currants. ounces, goose.
berries, poplar and many other plants,
taken of in fall and buried in the ground
all winter, will grow with facility in the
spring. Crafts should always be taken
off in the fall and kept in moist sand or
sawdust till. ready to use. 81.
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Il guest at. one; Of the hotels in this
city found lady's night:gown,, IN his
room recently, and went to the clerk
with it, saying: "Look here, mister:
this is hollow mockery. delusion, and
a snare # you can't fill it Up, | don't
want this thing in my room.'' i e:,!,~Y
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CURING SKINS.

A method of curing skins without re.
moving the hair is given by correspon..
dent in the Fancier's Journal: Take
salt water about ten gallons, one half
bushel wheat bran, seven pounds Of salt,
two and half pounds of sulphuric acid.
Dissolve all together and put the skins in
the solution and allow them to remain
twelve hours; take them out and clean
them well, and again immense twelve
hours, or longer, if necessary. The skins
may then be taken out, we'll washed and
dried. They can be beaten soft, if de.
sired.
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CHOICE RECIPES.

CHOICE RECIPES.
Tapioca Pudding Without Milk or
Eggs.-Soak tea-cup of taploca in one
and one-half pints Of water over night.
Pare and punch the cores from six apples,
fill the holes with sugar, flavor with lem
| on or nutmeg, and pour in one tea-cup OF
water. When baked soft, pour over the
tapioca, and bake all one hour. Eat with
sauce made of butter and sugar stirred to
a cream.
Poachcd Eggs with Fried Ham.-Fry
the ham, take clean frying or omelet-
pan, nearly fill it with boiling water, set
it over a gentle fire, break the eggs sing
ly into a cup and slip each into boiling
water, cover the pan for four or five min.
utes-when done take them up with a
skimmmcr on a dish, sprinkle little
pepper and salt over. and small bit of
butter, and serve in dish or over the
ham.
Dreaded Tomatoes.-Cut off the tops Of
twelve ripe tomatoes, scoop out the seeds,
set them in pan with one gill of salad,
and fill them with the following prcpara-
ton: One.half pint of mushrooms, one
handful Of parsley. four shallots, two
ounces Of fat bacon, and two ounces of
lean ham, all chopped fine, and seasoned
with little thyme, pepper, and salt !;
heat this mixture over the fire five min
utes, take it off and stir in the yolks of
four eggs; fill the tomatoes, cover them
we'll with Drowned bread crumbs, cook in
hot oven fifteen minutes, and serve
with or without Italian sauce.
Egg Preserving Pickle Recipe.-An
agent of the Rural Press reports the fol-
lowing: Three quarts lime, tablespoon
full cream tartar, one cupful salt, and
water enough to fill q five.gallon tin can,
after seventeen dozen eggs have been
carefully placed within the can. To the
water add the other ingredients, stir up
we'll and pour it on the eggs, and keep
them in a cool place entirely covered by
the pickle. The lady subscriber who
furnishes the above keeps her eggs per.
fectly sweet with the above treatment,
and by special request, after writing the
above recipe, she boiled me an egg that
had been in pickle four months, and
found it perfectly sweet and free from all
shadow Of faint or any objection of any
kind, and would trust them fully as soon
as the freshest eggs i'll any Of our mark
cts. She usually gets the highest price
of fresh eggs, and does not sell till they
are about fifty cents dozen.
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u H'ss1 i<t.SsE - 81. ~ a w.
FARM AND. HOUSEHOLD.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A screen or blower Of wire gaze, from
thirty.six to forty wires to the inch, plac..
ed in front 81 range or stove fires, will
prevent, it is said, smoke coming into the
room when i tho chimney fails to draw
we'll. !, ~. .s@.<t.- se~ =. Ill.,.
Vegetables should never be washed un-
til Immediately before prepared for the
table. Lettuce is made almost worthless
in flavor by dipping it in water some
hours before it is served. Potatoes suf.
fer moro than other vegetables through
washing process; They should not be
put in water till just ready for boiling.
Meat boiled for table use should be
plunged at once into boiling water, as the
heat contracts the outer surfaces, and
coagulates the albumen, thus preventing
the escape Of the juices. Prepared for
stock or broth it should be placed on the
fire in cold water, as then the unconfined
juices are free to pass into the liquor
surrounding it.
It is said that water lilies may be rails
cd about ones house by the following
method: Sink in the ground the half Of
an oak cask, and cover the bottom with
peat and swamp mud, and then fill with
water. Dig the lily roots early in the
spring, and place them in the earth at
the bottom Of the tub. A gentleman who
has tried the experiment has a number Of
lilies in bloom.
Before washing almost any colored fab.
RIGS. soak them in water, to each gallon of
which spoonful Of oxgall has been add
ed. A tea-cupful of lye in pail of water
is said to improve the color Of French
linens. Vinegar in the rinsing water, for
pink and green, will brighten those COL
ors, and soda answers the same end for
both blue and purple.
Heat is a perfect antidote to faint in
milk in all its phases. Passing milk
through charcoal will remove faint from
warm milk. and give it most delicious
flavor. Cold will silence the activity of
the yeast, but will not kill it, and acid.
ty will neutralize the oil for a time, but
1t will assert it's sway upon the first favor.
| able opportunity. In the treatment of
milk, airing is more efficient antidot>.
Until the kitchen becomes thoroughly
and systematically organized, and is re.
garded as one Of the most If not the
most-lmportant OF household depart
ments. there can be no such thing as habit.
ual health in the family. Bad cooking
poisons more persons than all the nau:
seous drugs ever administered to poor
humanity. and it affords the remote cause
for the employment of two. thirds of all
the divorce lawyers in cxistance.
| Without doubt. the old senseless fash.
ion of dressing babies in garments with
low necks and short sleeves is now quite
passed away. Pretty as the bare, plump
necks and arms were, common sense told
us they were fruitful source of cramps
and colds and other complaints of the
little ones, swelling to fearful proportions
the list of infant mortality. It may well
be source of rejoicing That the absurd
and really wicked custom is abjurcd, ant
the entire limbs and bodies OF our pre-
cious little ones incased in comfortable
clothing.
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The Easton Free Press says that
Joshua was the first man who ever
stopped a newspaper. He stopped the
daily sum-. We suppose he did so be-
cause the war news did not suit him.
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STARCHLNG. LINEN.

The following is recommended by a
German journal: Make liquid paste
with good fine wheat starch and cold
water, and then stir in boiling water until
stiff paste is formed, and Immediately
add white wax, or stcarin, say. about one
ounce of wax to one pound Of starch 1.-THE
exact proportions, however, in any case
can only be determined by cxpericnce).
If it is desirable that the linen should be
very stiff, powdered gum arabic may be
added to the cold water with which the
starch is mixed. The strained starch
should be thoroughly rubbed into the ar.
ticles after they have been we'll rung out,
after which they should be placed be-
tween dry cloths and passed through the
mangle, and then rubbed on an ironing
board in one direction with soft rag, to
distribute any Jumps Of starch. Collars,
etc, should be ironed dry with hot iron
and considerable pressure. The sticking
Of the iron may be prevented by drawing
it while hot over wax, and wiping it with
a rag dipped in salt.
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WANTED--'Ds;:..;f,ss.:ss..:a.i:S =,

the NEW EDEband Life Insurance Co.
Of Boston, N1aGs.,'' the eldest charter
ed Company in the country. Under
the operations Of the Massiachusetss
Jaw against lorleitures this Com pnnY
gives TWO years Insurance for each
premium paid. Agents can do better
with IL than any other Com paMy.- Adj
dress !. HI MCDONALD, Manager, St.
Paul, MINI. T.: Oet.l3.s
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J. Brooks" c. A. Morton. A. Wharton
j. j. BROOKS. & Co.

l75 and 1T West Third-st., st. Paul,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in
all kinds of Country Produce. Northwestern
Agents for jackson tMichigan) Wagons
Consignments from Merchants and Farmers So
liclted. Refer by permission to Horace Thomp-
son, President First National Bank Merchants
National Bank; Farmers and Mechanics Bank;
Culver and Harrington: Liberal advances upon
consignments. -
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Prof. Z. J. Stockton.

Successfully treats all diseases Of the
HAIR, SCALP AND FACE.
Beautify your complexion. Preserve your
Hair. Freckles, Tan, Moth Patches, Black
Worms, and other eruptions of the Face cured
Send for circular. Office Merchants Hotel, St.
Paul.
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A little Idaho three.ycar. fell into
we'll recently, where the water was only
six inches deep, and remained there six
hours before he was discovered. When
he was finally rescued his pent.up wrath
knew no bounds. Here is q sample !:
"Ytu fink I kin tay in well wifout nut.
fin t eat like fog? Fly wasn't no bet
ter fadder'n mudder'n 'ou, I'D do wifout
children - <.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-08-06
Incidents OF the French Floods.

One of the waits was a showman's van,
which was surprised by the Garonne al a
village fete and carried down 70 Toulouse,
scarcely injured. The company inhabit-
ing il had not time 10 escape from their
itinerant dwelling. An unfortunate watch
dog chained to the axle was battered al
most to a pulp. All the "lraps" were
slowed away in baskets, covered with tar
paulin. which served as beds to the
drowned players. and came out fresh and
gaudy in the midst of the wrecked objects
heaped about for transportation TO the
mayorAliy. A little girl. supposed to have
been a dancer, had not washed her face on
going 10 bed. and the vermillion was
bright. as ii baked in fast colors upon her
CHASTITY cheek. The female giant. with a
pair OF artificial legs. 10 which her feet
were strapped. was in her tinsel crown
and dress of crimson cotton velvet. She
and her husband had probably sat up late,
and were only thinking Of divesting them
selves OF their finery when wave swept
over the plain, and in its recoil drew thu IN
into the central current A frail raft,
probably constructed on some house-top
with the sticks and boards at hand. was
thrown upon land near the hospital. IL
bore a live poodle and a seadwosan, both
of which were fastened 10 il. The soldiers
made much Of the poor brute and carried
him joyously to their barracks. A parrot
which came unhurt out of a ruin has also
been adopted by the troops which saved it.
Its talk attracted the attention of some
linesmen. who labored hard 10 dig IL out,
thinkin. they had come upon somebody
driven mad with fright. There j. man
in the hospital whose instep was crushed
BY beam dashing against it as he was
saving a woman and her two daughters.
lie was fastened TO the boat in which be
drified senseless into church window.
where be stuck. lie preserved, at great
peril, the lives OF GO persons. The BROTH
ers Saussac. who kept a ferry-boat, saved
200 persons when the flood was at its
HIGHEST
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A Sloan (Iowa) correspondent of the
Sioux City Journal writes, July l6: While
the thunderstorm of yesterday afternoon
was raging at distance of apparently a
couple Of miles from this place, a singular
freak OF nature took place In the striking
by lightning OF the depot and the striking
and killing, subsequently, Of III. Boyer,
the Postmaster and blacksmith of this
place. AT about o'clock In the after
noon. AZ which time not a cloud obscured
the sky overhead or stood between the
sun and the town. a terrible flash of light
ming, followed by deal, ming peal ofthun-
der, struck the wires OF the telegraph Of
flee and set II on fire. The damage done
10 the telegraphic apparatus was most
complete. the wires being torn 20 pieces
and the different instruments being. az
most without exception, distorted and
broken and completely wrecked. lmme.
diatcly after the stroke, John III. Boyer,
who was az his shop nc the time, ran out
into the street towards the depot. where
some boys had been playing. He APP
preached them rapidly and said, "Why,
boys, ! thought some OF you were struck.
| was quite heightened on account OF
YOU" He evidently had il in his mind
that the terrible shock might have fright
=
home Immediately. When within about
fiftv yards OF the house. from the front
window of which his wife was anxiOu~ly
watching his approach. another vivid
flash of lightning dazZed the Eyes of all.
and ere the thunder had ceased rolling.
the naked body Of the unfortunate man
was seen 10 be lying prone upon the
ground. A number Of people, among
them his wife, rushed 10 the spot, and so
horrible was the situati n that il was not
until he had been carried To his house that
a full appreciation was had of the terrible
death which nature had inflicted upon
him. An examination of the body, from
which every vestige OF clothing, including
even pair of cOwhide boots. had been
instantly torn, showed that the subtle and
terribly fatal fluid had first struck him on
the top of his head. whence. though the
skull was left apparently intact, the hair
had been burned of for space the size OF
a silver dollar. Thence the fluid had run
dewn the side OF the face. as was shown
by cleaIly-cut track, To the shoulder,
and thence 10 the heart, where it appar-
entity had SPREAD all over the body. The
terrible power of the fluid was shown by
the presence in the ground, on the spot
where the unfortunate mans body had
been picked up. of a hole eight feet deep
4 by actual measurement. The clothing OF
the deceased was found 10 have been
shredded. and when first discovered was
on fire, while the silver watch he carried
had been driven into the ground, and,
when lifted up. it was found that the works
had been melted into lump of shapelesS
metal. The scene at the house OF de-
ceased, vino leaves wife and three chill
dren to mourn his loss. was painful be-
yond power ofworls to describe. and those
who had been led 10 the spot through
curiosity could not remain.
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CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

July returns TO the Department Of Agricul-
ture show that the acreage OF tobacco Is
greater than that Of last year, the increase
being in the great tobseco-producng States.
MARYLAND has increased her area per
cent; Virginia. 80; North Carolina, SS'
South Carolins, Z; Florida, %; Mississip-
pi, I6; Arkansas, 10; Tennessee, POS;
Kentucky. a23. Ohio. a5; Indiana, a.;
Illinois. So; Missouri, 90. New York, Penn
sylvania and Texas report the same area as
last year; New Hampshire has reduced her
small acreage 30 per cent. Massachusetts -,
Connecticut ,. Georgia 80, Alabama 10, Louis
lana :. Wisconsin II, Kansas IL. The condi-
ton OF the crop is most satisfactory in the
largest tobacco states. and 20 per cent. above
the average. Kentucky is 81 per cent. above
the average.
The President has selected Senator Morrill,
Of Maine, Senator Howe Of Wisconsin, and
Hon. WAYNE McVeigh of Pennsylvania. as
additional Commissioners to investigate the
alleged Indian frauds.
The Postmaster General has concluded ar
rangements with the railway companies for
fast msil train from New York TO Chicago,
10 commence running on Oct. l. The route
selected is by the lake shore lines. Ii will
make the distance from New York TO Chi
csgo in not more than 20 hours, snd it is
hoped to reduce the time TO pa gain OF
II hours over the present mail and express
trains.
Avery, chief clerk in the Treasury Depart
men:, who was indicted by the Grand jury
at st. Louis for completely in the whisky
frauds, has rendered his resignation and il has
been accepted.
Judge Fisher, United States District AttOr-
ney for the District OF Columbia, has finally
resigned, and will retire upon the qualities-
ton ofex-Gov. Wells, Of Virginia, who hss
accepted the Office
Attorney-General Pierrepont has decided
that the Government Is under no obligation
and has no right to pay the Chorpenning
claim for half a million dollars. He is Of the
opinion that the allowance of the claim by
Postmaster General Creswell does not affect
its status; that il is an unjust claim for which
the Government is not liable, and should moi
be paid.
James Gillian, an old employee in the
Treasury Department, has been appointed the
successor Of Chief Clerk Avery.
W. q. Avery, late Chief Clerk Of the Treas
ury Department ~ Washington. has been ar.
rested and bound over in the sum Of 5000
for his appearance at st. Louis to stand trial
on the indictment found against him by the
United States Grand Jury for participation
in the whisky frauds.