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St, Nicholas for November.

is in full harmony with the Th nks-
giving season. "The Owl that Stared,'
Borrowing Grandmoth, J." and Tin
sizes Conclusion" are three admirable
Thanksgiving stories, and every one of
them is beautifully illustrated. The first
contains an exquisite picture by G. S.
Reinhart. the second a fine illustration by
Sol. Eytinge, and the third, one OF the
very prettiest of all Addie Ledya-ds
pretty drawings.
OF miscellaneous articles, the mum bcr
contains enough to delight the boys and
girls for many an hour. There is The
Kingdom Of the Greedy "a new short
serial, very humorous and entertaining;
an article telling "Ail about Lead
pencil" some delightful verses called
"The Bees that went to the Sky and an
interesting "Reminiscence Of Abraham
Lincoln"
Susan Coolidge contributes an histori-
cal article entitled "A Queen, and not a
Queen" and II. II. has charming
practical talk; while the fresh and stir.
ring "Story of a 'TolerbuP Bad Boy
is by Sarah Winter Kellogg. who has
written aeveral excellent boys stories
"Flowers in WINTER" and "a Centen-
NAL Pen wiper" furnish pleasant tasks
for little hands; and there is no end tc
the pleasant rhymes prepared for littl,
eyes and ears; such as "Benita," by Mary
E. Bradley; Listening" by Mary N
Prescott; "The Sunday Baby" by Alic'
Williams, and the dainty verses by Bes
sic Hill, entitled Far Away"
The number contains many beautiful
pictures by well-known artists, as wei
as few very comical drawings by F
Beard, F. Opper and others. !
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Explosive AgTicHIture-Dynamite vs..
rlOWS

The agents of NJ. Nobel. the well
known inventor Of nitro-glycerin, have
lately found novel use for Dynamite
in grape culture, which suggests further
possibilities. The explosive was not
used for its chemical effect, but in pure
ly mechanical way, literally TO ''shake
up the earth and allow the free percola-
lion of water and The access of air to
the roots of the vines To this end holes
were made in the soil about ten feet in
depth, and at points where no roots of
the vines we're likely to be injured
Then cartridges of dy Mantle were intro
duced and exploded, and the result was
that, for the entire depth noted, the earth
was made loose and friable. The ground,
in short, was not only rendered in better
condition than could have been effected
by pillow and harrow; but every ph. .rllox-
era, SO the writer says, on roots of the
vines were killed. The quantity of dy-
Mantle used is not stated, but it is likely
to have been but small, just enough to
shake the soil without blowing up the
vines.
1t seems to us that the use Of dynsm-
ite in agricultural operations need not
stop here. Instead Of breaking up old
pasture lands with the plow with great
labor, the farmer might bore holes here
and there, drop dynamite cartridges
blow them up, and in second find his
soil loosened and all noxious worms and
insects therein destroyed. Dynamite
however, is a dangerous material, and
hardly one of which to counsel the in
discriminate use; but nevertheless i
might prove profitable venture for en-
gineers and powder and nitro-glycerir
manufacturers, and others who may
safely and lawfully be trusted with thu
explosive, to offer their services il
breaking-up land for farmers [Scien
tific American
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Music in the Harem.
[F-on me New Orleans Picayune.

[F-on me New Orleans Picayune.1
Felicien David, recently deceased.
spent five years in the East While he
was in Cairo Mahomet Ali engaged
him to teach the piano to the women of
his harem. Felicien David went to the
harem. The chief of eunuchs received
him. The chief was attended by fonr
other eunuchs fine specimens Of Nubian
negroes as could be seen. The chief of
the ennuchs said to Felicien David
speaking in his shrillest treble voice:
"Would you be good enough to begin
the lesson at once?" Felicien David an
swered: Willingly. Where are the
ladies?" The chief of eunuchs became
furious. "What, dog of giaour, do
you expect to be introduced into the
presence of the wives of his HighneSs?
You must give the music lesson to us"
ITO you?' "Yes, to US? Teach us as
you would have Taught the ladies, and
We will repeat the lesson to them" 1t
was in vain Felicien David told the
chief of eunuchs that he could not
teach music in that way, and Felicien
David was shown the door.
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Dipniheria and lis Care.

4 small qpantirv os either -ulphate
OF iron, tsnnin. or ct.iorate of potash,
pat dry upon the tongue, and allowed TO
dis-olv,. there, once in every hour, have
all been found to be most efficient RENE
dies in The early stages of diphtheria.-
This terrible disease appears under three
varieties or forms: lst, there is fever,
severe pains IN the back, bones and
limbs, and very great prostration. There
may be no soreness ofthe throat, hut, On
examining it, small white speeks will be
noticed on the tonsils, bat few or none
on the rest of the throat These cases
will recover under any and every varie
~ of treatment in four or six days. The
great, but false, reputation OF many
remedies and physicians is based upon
the necessarily favorable results of these
cases. %, large patches of false mem
brane will be observed, both on the ton
sils and back of the throat; but the
glands of the neck do not become swoll
en-. The majority os these cases will
also recover under very simple treat
ment, unless the disease extends down to
the windpipe, which it rarely does. Sd i,
true maligant diphtheria, with swelling
of the glands of the neck and under jaw;
profuse and often offensive exudations in
the mouth and throat; more or less dis
charge from the nost-ils. Chlorate of
potash is disinfectant as well as a cur
ative remedy, and if given pure and dry
upon the tongue, every hour, night and
day, will rarely disappoint the prac:i-
toner. A small dose, every night, may
act as preventive remedy. Sometimes
t.nnin may be given more readily than
the ehlorate of potash. The sulphate OF
iron is rather more irritant, and must be
given in smaller quantities. The main
point in the use of these remedies is to
give them dry upon the tongue, and fire
qnently and regularly. both by day and
| night
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"DOing" o Rich American.

A rich American comes 10 Paris and
goes to one of the great restaurants on
the Boulevard for break fast. The bill is
fourteen and half francs.
Next morning he goes to the same
restaurant, orders precisely the same
breakfast, and is charged sixteen and q
half francs.
He says nothing, but thinks a great
deal, and returning on the third day to
the restaurant, gives exactly the same
order, and calls for the bill. This time
IL Is eighteen and half francs.
This time he can not avoid calling
the attention OF the proprietor TO thi,
singular occurrance. The proprietor
with gracious smile, looks at the bill
and answers blandly:
"That is easily explained, sir. Th'
first two bills we're vrosg. This one ii
right. bat We sever make our customer
psy for any nistakss We have made. -
lfPsds Pspss. 7ei -
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Scribner for November.

Scribner for November begins the
thirteenth volume of that magazine and
opens with finely illustrated article on
Hartford, by Mr.. Charles ii. Clark, al
the "HHrtford Courant," under the title
of The Charter Oak Citv." Hare are
depicted Col. Colts beautiful estate at
Armsmear; the residences Of Mark Twain
and Charles Dudley Warner; the famous
Charter Oak itself; Dr. Bushnell, Yung
Wing and General Hawl.y; the lnsnr
ance Buildings; and many other subjects
Charles Barnard's articles on Co-opera
tion in Great Britain are beCun-with
paper on "A Scottish Loaf Factory
Mrs. Heriick's very carefully illustrated
microscopic papers are also here begun,
the first being entitled THE Beginnings
of Life" Mr.. Clarence Cook continues
his talks about furniture; the illnstra-
tions are of fire places, settees, chairs,
etc. Mr.. c. F. Thwing gives us the re-
suit Oh MS lnNeStiSatlonS III TeShlu to
the expense of an education at the prin-
cipal colleges,-including cost of board,
etc. Donald e. Mitchell TX MarvelD
writes about some of the features of the
great Exhibition. There is an iliustra-
ted paper on Rome; short story by
James T. Mckay, a writer well known
to the readers of this magazine; short
story by Mrs. Burnett, whose serial
THAT Lass o. Lowrie's" is continued.
Mr. Hale's story draws toward its close.
There are poems by Thomas Bailey AL
drich, George Parsons Lathrop, and 9th
ers. In the departments at the end of
the magazine, such various subjects are
discussed as Country Homes, American
Art, Politics, the Jews, the proper treat
ment of infants, Daniel Deronda," a
new Photographic process, etc. "Bric-a.
Brac" contains among other things, the
ballad of the Fair lsolinda, by Hugh
Howard; and The Old Hostler's Expel
fence, by IRWIN Russell.
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Floating Gardens.

In the beautiful valley of Cashmere,
among the Himalayan Mountains, lies
lovely lake called Dal. Floating bout
on its surface, sometimes carried by the
winds from one end of the lake to the
other, are numerous small islands, on
which grow the fairest cucumbers and
the most luscious melons known. The
way in which these floating gardens are
made Is very curious. All about the
main shores of the lake grow quantities
of reeds, sedges and water-lilles. When
these grow very thickly together, peo
pie cut them from the roots which hold
them near the shore. The leaves of the
plants are then spread out over the
stems, making sort of trestle-work TO
support the soil with which it is next
to be covered. After this has been done.
the seeds are planted and the floating
garden is left to care for itself until the
fruits are ready for picking.-["Jack-in-
the Pulpit" St. Nicholas for Nov.
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A New Food for Horses and Sheep.

A favorite and rather new kind of
mash for horses is coming into use, COM
posed of two parts Of oats, one of bran
and half pint of fax seed. The oats
are first placed IN a stable bucket over
which is placed the linseed; add boiling
water, then the bran, covering the MKT
ure with nm old rug, and allowing it to
rest for FIVE hours, then stir the mash
we'll up. The bran absorbs while retain
ing the vapor, and the linseed binds the
oats and bran together; greater quan,i-
ty of flax seed would make the prepars-
tion too oily to be relished. One feed
per day is sufficient. 1t is easily digest
ed, and is especially adapted to young
animals, adding TO their volume rather
than their -heiRht-giving substance "a
the frams,--[ California Farmer. -a 8
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Men and Women Cooks Compared.

There seems to be more natural disli-
Guilty for the woman to learn than the
through her rex which affects Der taste
and reBderr her less irusiw orthy. She
j. less exact, at least IN the pursuit of
this vocation. and does not reason AS the
man does. If he fails, he thinks and
tries TO find ont the cause Of the failure.
which she ia less apt TO do. lie gives
pounds and ounces as toquantity where
she gives approximative handfuls. The
man is more particular about the food
which he consumes bimself which makes
him more careful about what he prepares
for others. Many women are content
provided they have ice cream and sweet
cake, or something equivalent thereto
Count de Ma iac, man Of some authori-
ty concerning the table in Paris, AYERS
that the interest and traditions of the
kitchen can only be con6ded with eafety
to men, and that if the women guests at
table were not under the eye of the
stern sex. they would begin dinner with
the desert. As may be convinced, this
is a painful statement for a gallant
Frenchmau to make, but sense of duty
doubtless rises above all other consider
atoms.
That high priest of the kitchen as we'll
as ack knowledged classic in French liter
ature, Brillat, Savarin, appears to some
extent to have shared the opinion of NJ
de Najac, as indicated in his book OF
physiology Of. Taste" On the other
hand, there are instances in France
where women have achieved a reputa'
ton in this field, and notably in the case
of one Sophie, who was the cook of the
late DIR. Veron, author of the "MemoIr'
of a Bourgeois" and manager of the
French opera, was noted for the excel
lence Of his dinners. She was, ant
presumably is still, considered womar
Vatal. Notwithstanding, even if mel
be superior to women in this calling, i
any wide spread improvement is to conn
about, the movement must cnme from
them, for the kitchen is virtually in thei
hands. 1t is the mans business to pro
vide the food, but it is not his to prepar
it, hut the woman's. 1t is a division 0
labor which exists through all races an'
grades Of civilization.
; In France the training of the wome
is more thorough in this respect tha
in any other country, and that is one G
the chief reasons why French cook in
is so much esteemed The number {
: men engaged in this ind of work is to
small to bring about. any consioerabl
> result; the women only can do that
Alber. Rhodes, in Galaxy for Noven
ber
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A Friendly Kick i'm Broadway.
New York Commercial Advertiser

New York Commercial Advertiser.
An old citizen relates that MANY years
ago when the late emperor of France
visited this city, he made many valuable
acquaintances, among whom most prom
inent were the Beekman and Custer
boys, who in those days we're rich and
fast. Many an amusing scene was en-
acted by this friendly association. One
Of the most striking occurred as follows:
They were at the Washington hotel,
which stood where Stewards wholesale
store now is. Early in the month OF
April, a stranger was passing on the op-
posite side Of the hotel, dressed in a
midsummer suit, white hat and panta
looms, claret-colored coat and buff vest
The prince remarked that "he ought to
be kicked" Young Beekman offered a
bet of FIVE dollars that he would do it,
Done" said Napoleon, and the money
was placed in "Wash" Clusters hands
Beekman ram across the street. over took
the stranger, and salute3 him in very
uncivil manner with the toe of his boo,
The strange gentleman was much offend.
ed. and wheeled around TO resent the in.
suit, when Beekman caught him fami
liarly by the hand and said, How dc
you do Jones?" MY name is not Jones,
was the reply. "Ah! my dear sir" saic
Beekman, IL ask thousand pardons
and assure you that thought you wer'
my dear old friend from Arkansas. v
That may very naturally be SO" salt
the stranger, "and l forgive you, witt
the advice that you be more careful win
you kick next time" The quick con
ception and prompt execution of thi
little farce pleased Napoleon very mucl
and it was the occasion of game suppe
that same night.
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VOLUME 4.

life. At any rate, when the savage rush
ed at him and dealt him fearful blow,
il only stunned and feiled him to the
hoor. That was the last he knew.
some hours after, when the alarm
spread and the people came to the
school honse, they found little Archie
alive, although scalped. He was moan
ing and crawling biindly about among
his dead mates, running his fingers over
their faces as if to distinguish one from
another. Poor lad the FIST he knew
consciously was many weeks after, when
natu-e and nursing had commeced his
restoration. But through long life ne
never forgot. His mind was never quite
right again. Hardly night ever pass
ed that his dreams were not shaped III
part By this event, and his old age re-
vived both his memory and his horror
of the suene.
Three days after the massacre, the
whole country gathered to the funeral
obsequies. They were held in the grove
adjacent 10 the log school house. Ten
mothers and one wife were first mourn
ers; seven or eight fathers were next;
and nearly fifty brothers and sisters
gathered around the little cofins. At
the beginning Of the funeral all went
orderly enough; but the clergyman had
proceeded only few minutes ere the
grief became uncomfortable, and for two
pitifui hours kindred and neighbors fill
ed the summer air with the SQUADS OF
their sorrow. Sentinelling the scene at
a safe distance was a ring of armed men
to prevent possible surprise from the
cruel savages, who would relish an op.
portunity to turn funeral into another
slaughter. When the bleeding hearts oi
the multitude would permit, the bearers
came forward and one by one bore the
dead TO their graves, which by remoV'
ing The floor Of the school-house, had
been made on the very spot OF theil
death. When all were decentlY laid
away and their mounds lovingly round
ed the door was closed and the beloved
master left with his innocent and darling
school. Never again was that log cabir
used save as the mausoleum of ihes'
slain.
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Centennial memories were on tap in
San Francisco on October 8. One hun
dred years ago pious Catholic missiona-
ries of the Order Of St. Francis laid the
foundations of the Mission Dolores,
not far from the center of the present
city. The mission became the nucleus
for small white settlement on the
peninsula; the Indians in the neighbor-
hood were taught to work for living:
but the city did not have its real birth
unit! seventy-two years after the Fran
ciscan fathers planted their colony.
Among the features of the Centennial
celebration were high mass at the Mis-
sion Dolores, a military and civic pro-
cession, orations in Spanish and Eng
lish, and the LAYING of the corner stone
of new church The old mission
church will be preserved as long as il
will hold together.
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How to Destroy Cabbage Worms.

j have tried great many given reme-
dies for destroying these worms. such as
bran, lime. saltpeter, &c, but these have
done little or no good. have been try
ing other things to save my cabhapes
from these des,royer-. ] heat water 10
nearly boiling heat, and put it on with
II common watering pot, with the sprink
Ter removed. If il ia very hot it will
color some of the leaves, but it does moi
seem to hurt the cabbage in the least
This will kill the young worms. an'i
nearly all the old ones. There will
sometimes he few that do not gei
touched with the water, these can he
picked oil with small pair of pincers
II there are not great maav. the lat
remedy will 10. j. ID SHERMAN.
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A DANGEROUS HABIT.
The Troubles Which Eefell a Man
who NinaS.

he3EuS T. nSt1tu non
Sanders is great winker. He can't
talk To vou two minutes without enforc-
ing his point with drop of one OF his
upper eyelids; ne never takes letter
out Of office without winking at one of
the clerks; he,winks when he duns you,
and gives you a sly one when he pays
bill. When he meets and greets you on
the street it is always with significant
closing Of the left eye, and when he has
stunning piece Of news to tell yon his
wink is one of the greatest import. The
world moved along smoothly enough
with Sanders until last Friday. Up to
that time he had went winking ard
blinking along peacefully enough. and
no clouds had obseured his happiness,
but pail is hanging over Sanders. now
and life has no charms for him. It's all
his wife's fault, he says. She had no
business sending him to millinery
store. She wanted bow to match one
on her hat, and she started Sanders off
to procure it. He entered the store
whistling. and when one of the shop
girls approached and said, Good morn
ing" he winked and replied, GOOD
morning."
The girl bluahed and looked nervous,
Sanders DISPLAYED the bow and said:
"Got anything to match that?" and
winked again. The girl vanished to the
back room with flaming cheeks, leaving
Sanders to stare after her in open-mouth.
ed wonder. In a minute or two the boss
milliner, who had been informed of his
actions, Appeared. She was highly in
dignant, and as she slammed the dool
behind her she said, Sir"
"Good morning, madame" said San
ders. Fine day." amt it now," and {
wink was unconsciously slung at the la
dy. She brindled up instantly.
"Sir, the condnct-"
"Of that girl?" interrupted, :, Sanders
ooh, that's all right; never mind her
little hashful, eh?'
Another tremendous wink.
II cannot permit such conduct, sir.
is shameful and insulting"
Not at all, not at ALL" says Sanders
still off the track. "Don't say anothe
word, we understand each other" An
other portentous wink
The milliner vani<hes, slamminQ tn
back door behind her and Sanders sink
into seat circulating, "WeIl, I'll h
dog gonedr'
Bnt he bounced up quick when gen
tleman entered and, calling hinr IAN oil
hippopotamus," proceed to divest hin
self of his coat, and squaring off at Sar
ders, cried ont, Now. then, come on.
"Why, why, bless me, what does til
mean?" said Sanders.
"Oh, yes, you're nice one, you al
what kind of a place do yon take tn
for, coming around and insulting win
min and girls with your wink. Con
. on" and danced around Sanders. He g
one in on Sanders over the eve, his lie
duke felt of Sanders ribs, while h
right ratified around all over Sander
: mug. and when he got through wi
Sanders, that individual vas as bad
demoralized as a pig in whirlwin
: and he never found out what it was a
about until the miliner's husband, wi
had ascertained his habit, called on Su
. day and apologized. Sanders shoe
hands, said it was all right. ,.and was ju
about to wink again, when he check
himself and said:
"Blame it, I'll swear off from tn
habit" and then he turned and wink
at the wall to enforce his oath.
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In recent interview at the White
House, the President expressed his graf
iication at learning that the rife clubs
and other armed organizations in South
Carolina had concluded to heed the
warning Of his proclamation, and to
stop their interference with public meet
ings. He states most emphatically that
his sole purpose is to protect the rights
of the citizens of South Carolina with
out respect to party; that they would all
be treated alike; that the troops would
not be moved out of their garrisons il
the people were peaceable and were sat
is6ed that there should be fair election
that, however, troops in number suffi.
cIent for any emergency would be sent
to the State, and that they would protect
Democrats and Republicans, whites a,
we'll as blacks, in the exercise of theil
rights as American citizens.