Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-17

breeds by strong and arbitrary laws
very carefully enforced. No cattle are
allowed to enter the islands Except for
slaughter within a certain number Of
days, with the exception of oxen for
draught. Atlantic Islands.
DOING UP MEMS LINEx.-Some time
ago my husband used to complain that
his linen collars did not set nicely in
front. There was always q fullness
which, in the case Of standing collars,
was particularly trying to man who
felt a good deal of pride in the dressing
of his neck, and it spoiled the effect of
his cravat. and often left gap for the
display of either the collar-band of the
shirt or half inch of bare skin.
While talking to practicalshirt-maker
one day, he mentioned his annoyance,
and inquired If there was any means Of
relieving it. "Yes," answered the man,
"the fault lies with your laundress.
While doing up your collars she
stretches them the wrong way. Damp
linen is very pliab,e, and good pull
will alter fourteen-inch collar in the
twinkling of an eye. She ought to
stretch them crosswise aid not length
wise. Then, in Strengthening out your
shirt-bosOms she makes another mis-
take of the same sort. They, also
ought to be pulled crosswise instead of
lengthwise, particularly in the neigh
borhood of the neck. A lengthwise
pull draws the front, of the neck-band
up somewhat directly under your chin,
where it was never meant to 60, and of
course that spoils the set of your collar.
With the front of your neckband an
inch too high, and your collar an inch
too long, you have a most undesirable
combination" The speaker was right.
AS soon as my husband ordered the
necessary changes to be made in the
methods of our laundry, a wonderful
difference manifested itself in the APP
pearance Of that most important part
Of his clad anatomy, his neck. Let
me commend the shirt-maker's hint to
other distressed men.
BoOKLEss HOMEs.-A dreary place is a
boOkless home, my young friends; see
that in founding a home for yourselves
you Go not neglect the household libra
ry. We rejoice in pretty furniture and
artistic pictures; but we want to see a
new book sandwiched between every
two purchases. and newspapers and
magazines drifting around SO thickly
that the very odor efthe sitting-room is
imperilled. We never knew anything
worse than intelligent sons and daughters
to grow out Of such untidiness. TO 90
to housekeeping without family Bible
and unabridged dictionary ought to be
elected a criminal ofiense. Here lies
the beginning Of wisdom. Then we
should add modern history to ancient,
poetry to science, Scott, Thackeray,
Dickens, Hawthorne and Holmes to
theology. We should know the opin-
ions Of the best minds of to-day, upon
all questions of social life, of philoso-
ply, Of agriculture. We have known
famous business men, keen fanciers, to
grow out of bookless homes, but never
the great-hearted and tender-souled.
So parents, remembering this glance
over your Libraries to see if there be
not some vacancy to fill up with vol
ume which will add to the cheer Of
windy winter nights. Get for the boy
a book Of history or travels; for the
girl copy of Tennyson, or Longfellow,
or BrOwning-some sweet poet who
sings along the quiet wales of life in
notes we all can understand! Win them
to read aloud around the evening lamp
and most unconsciously their young
souls will be drawn out to follow after
those who call-to follow, and sing, and
be glad-for great is the power Of influ-
ence.