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The H0spitable Poles.

The Poles are extraordinarily hospit
able. They entertain without grudge.
At every table in the large houses some
extra places are laid ready for unex-
pected guests-as they say, for the
traveller that comes over the sea-" 1t
is possible in Poland to go unlimited
to visit your friend, taking your chill
dren, yonr servants and horses, and to
stay five or six weeks without receiving
any hint to go. The Poles are fond of
gayety, of amusement and of society.
They love pleasure in all its bright and
charming forms. The country houses
are constantly full of visitors, and in
the winter there is often the Kulig,"
a gathering which increases as it goes
from house to house. 1t is taken from
a peasant custom, and the mobiles, when
they get up "A "Kulig," wear the peas
ant costumes, very beautifully made,
They go over the snow in sledges from
house to house, dancing for two or
three days at one and then going on to
another, taking the people of the house
which they leave with them. AT last,
there are perhaps twenty sledges all
full of people, dressed in bright colors,
and singing the songs of the "Kulig"
At every house they dance the charac-
teristic dances of the occasion-the
Krakomiak, the Mazur and the Oberek.
The first is a very pretty and peculiar
dance, in which the partners continu-
ally turn away from each other and
then come face to face; the Mazur is
something like the quadrille, though it
is by no means the same: the Oberek
resembles waltz danced the reverse
way and with a very pretty and charac-
teristic figure, in which the man kneels
on one knee and kisses his partners
hand. These are all most charming
and pretty, and the Poles dance with
enthusiasm as well as grace. They
have many national customs and cere-
monies which are occasions for dancing
and pleasure. Then, in the autumn
and winter, there is bear-hunting. In
this way, with these varied amuse-
ments, the time passes in the country
houses, and visitors will stay six
weeks or perhaps six months.-Temple
Bar.
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Paint should be vanished, because
it is then more easily cleaned.
A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk
and water will restore old Grape
Tepid water is produced by combin-
ing two-thirds cold and one-third
boiling.
In washing muslins and lawns put a
little pulverized borax in the water,
and use but little soap.
To preserve flowers in water: Mix
little saltpetre or carbonate of soda
with water, and it will preserve them
for two weeks.
Liquid glue: Glue, water, vinegar,
each three parts; dissolve in water
bath; then add alcohol, one part. An
excellent cement.
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Hunting Trumes.

The employment of the pig in search
ing for truflles Ga kind of mushroom Us
probably originated in Italy in the
fifteenth century, and his services are
now highly valued in this connection.
But it is kind of pig quite different
from the obese animal which |. the
pride of breeders. He trots before his
master, and on reaching the place of
search he smells the ground and stops
where truffle has attracted him by its
aroma. A curious scene then ensues.
The pig begins vigorously to dig his
snout into the ground, throwing up the
earth and stones, somo times kneeling
on his short forelegs SO as to obtain a
better purchase. When he has reached
the truffle, however, the gatherer steps
in, and with an iron prong disensages
it from the soil He generally manages
to save it from the hungry jaws of his
agile auxiliary, but sometimes the pig
will seize it and run off, the gatherer
pursuing. After much granting and
resistance, however, the animal is in
Inundated into giving up his prey, and
the grotesque struggle ends. The
gatherer is careful not to beat the pig
in case the latter might refuse his
future services, or become too distrust-
full. The dog is also employed as an
assistant in trufiie gathering. the
barbont or barbet dogs of the Milanese
and Piedmont being regarded as the
best. Their use in this way also
originated in Italy. AT one time, in
the German courts, "truffle hunting"
with dogs was quite fashion. But
where the trulie is largely cultivated
as lucrative product, the pig is gener-
ally preferred on various accounts. He
has greater force of snout, and can dig
up hard ground better, doing three
fourths of the work of excavation.
The dog is sooner fatigued, is less
steady at his work, and often wounds
his paws in scraping out the stony or
compact ground; besides, he leaves his
master more to do. Still, the dog is
found valuable aid to the poacher of
trufiies. These men, living by fraud,
are obliged to extend pretty widely the
field of operations, train the dogs just
to mark with their paws the place
where truflies are to be found
Caterer.
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Masculine Jewelry in Europe.

Observing Americans note a riviva.
of rings, bracelets and lavish colors in
continental society. Young men at
the theatres are conspicuous when they
stand, as is the custom on the conti-
nent, with their opera glasses leveled
at the house, for bracelets on their
wrists, jewels on their hands, with the
slender golden chain which became the
fashion among ladies not long ago. In
the revived frescoes of Pompeii the
same thing may be seen. Young Ro-
mans fastened the sleeves of their togas
with gems, and covered their bare arms
from the wrist to the elbow with fillets
of gold and jewels! The craving am
bition of every man under a monarchy
is for decoration. a meeting of par
Lament is spectacle of such personal
bedizenment as the widest caricature
could not surpass. So great mind as
Disraeli's could not be weaned from
the craving for adornment. AS youth
he was plastered with jewelry in the
house, as an earl he was covered with
the most outra insignia of his order in
the peers. y session of any one of the
great orders of the Bath, the Thistle
the Garter, the Golden Fleece, st.
George, the Black Eagle, or the hun
dred score different companies invented
by sovereigns to stimulate the ardor
and flatter the vanity of the noble and
aspiring, presents more theatric gorge
BUSINESS than an oriental pageant
PhilGdelphid Press.
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have not the facilities for successfully
rearing them. While a good-sized
pond or stream of water, natural one,
is an advantage, it is not an absolute
necessity. for small artificial ponds can
readily be made, which will serve a
good purpose and not be very expens-
i've, especially if the work be done by
the hands on the farm, and at slack
times when other work is not pressing.
These ponds can be made convenient
distance from the barn and supplied
from the pump there, little work
each morning at the pump supplying
all the fresh water that is daily
required, provided the pond be so con-
structed as to hold the water put into
it. In just such pond we have seen
breeders rear from one to three hun
dred young ducks annually, and with
but little loss resulting from snakes,
turtles, etc, which latter lay tribute
along the creeks, runs and natural
ponds.
Ducks must have their liberty unre-
stricted else they will not prove profit
able, and they must have plenty of
grass to roam over. The breeding fiocks
must be supplied with houses and a
small yard, and each one of the flock
must be driven in and kept there until
ten o'clock the next day, by which
time they will have laid their eggs and
be ready for their daily tramp through
the grass and their frolics in the water
If this is not done, many eggs will be
lost, falling a prey to the crows and
dogs, as ducks drop their eggs just
when in the humor and wherever their
fancy takes them.
If the first clutch of eggs is set un-
der an ordinary hen, and the ducks
kept laying, two fairly early broods can
be secured each season, the ducks being
permitted to hatch the second brood
themselves. When the ducks show
signs of wanting to sit too early, pen
them up for a few days with young
and vigorous drake, and he will soon
convince them that broodiness is a bad
business.
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Recipes.

PUMPKIN PIE.--One cup of stewed
pumpkin, one half-cup of sugar, two
eggs and milk enough to fill the pie
plate. First line the pie plate with a
plain crust, then beat eggs and sugar
together, adding pumpkin and milk.
Season with ginger and nutmeg to suit
the taste. Bake well.
CHICKEN SoUP.-In boiling chickens
for salads, etc, the broth (water in
which they are boiled) may be used for
soup. When the chickens are to be
served whole, stuff and tie in cloth.
To the broth add little rice, or add
one thinly sliced onion and quart of
tomatoes. Boil twenty minutes, season
with salt and pepper and two well
beaten eggs, and serve.
POTATO RIssoLEs.-Boils some pota-
toes, mash finely, and pass through a
sieve; stir in the yolk of two eggs, an
ounce of butter, pepper and salt; mince
finely some ham, beef, or tongue, or a
little mixed parsley; mix well with the
POTATOES, roll in small balls, and cover
them with egg and bread-crumbs fry
in oil or hot lard about ten minutes
let them dry before the fire on hot
paper; serve very hot.
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING.-One
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Five hundred years before the birth
of Christ there was city in Italy
called Sybaris. 1t was magnificent
place, and the wealth and luxury of its
inhabitants was so great that the name
Sybarite exists to this day as pseu-
donym of a devotee of sensual pleasure.
1t was at one time so populous, that it
could send three hundred thousand
men into the field, yet its annals are
lost and its great men unknown. All
the information we learn about it is
the fact of its greatness, and that its
ruins are to-day under the bed of
river in southern Italy. 1t seems there
was a quarrel amongst the rulers of
this mighty city, and the discontinued
Joined with their enemies, the CrotOni-
ates, who succeeded in capturing Sy-
baris, drove out its inhabitants, and,
to make its ruin complete, changed the
course of a river SO that it swept over
the remains of the once mighty NUM-
cipality. To-day the ruins are covered
by bed of slime and earth from six
teen to twenty feet deep, and soon the
work of bringing the remains to light
will be undertaken. 1t is believed that
the memorials of very distant past
will be brought to light equal to, if not
exceeding in interest, those of Pompeii.
We live after all in a verp old world.
Almighty nations flourished, and pros
porous cities gathered wealth to them
selves long before history begun to keep
its records. In these days of the mar
vellous applications of science to our
daily life, it is well to remember the
might of the past, in order that we
should not become too conscious of the
splendor of the age we live in.
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CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Professor Virchow of Berlin owns
nearly 5000 human skulls of all ages
and nationalities.
The weaIthiest man in Mexico is Pa
tricio Milmo, an Irishman, whose es-
tate is valued at Sl0,000,000,
. A mosquito has concealed in its bill
six complete surgical instruments,
each so minute as to be indiscernible
to the nakad eye.
Able Moige, of Les Mondes, believes
that the ancient cubit, which is ascer-
tanned to be the ten-millionth part of
the polar axis of the earth, is prefera-
bic to the metre as a standard of meas
urement.
Continuous baths, as carried out in
Vienna, are reported unoflicially by NJ.
Lenoir as very eflicacious in the treat.
ment of skin diseases, and he warmly
recommends their introduction into the
hospitals of Paris.
Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of Charles
VI, sent collection of dolls, dressed
in the latest French styles, to the
queen of England, thus introducing the
latest French fashions in way which
has been initiated of late years as
novelty
In Russia, on March 9, the day on
which the larks are supposed to arrive,
the rustics make clay images of those
birds, smear them with honey, tip their
heads with tinsel, and then carry them
about, singing songs to spring, or to
Lada, their vernal goddess.
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An Acre of Glover.

In two and half tons of clover hay,
or in an acre of clover sod of correspond
ing quantity, there will be, both for
grain and straw, enough phosphoric
acid for a crop of thirty-four bushels,
OF combined nitrogen for seventy-one
bushels, of potash for 102 bushels, of
magnesia for 100 bushels, and of lime
for 27O bushels. In other words, the
clover hay or sod contains enough
phosphoric acid for more than double
an average crop, enough nitrogen for
more than four average crops, and
potash for more than six average crops
of wheat. With such figures before
you, do you wonder that farmers are
surprised at the large crops they can
raise on clover sod? You see also why
lands in rotation with clover can en-
dure the heavy tax of two crops of
wheat in succession without complete
exhaustion. But when body of clover
is plowed in with sod, we reach results
that round out that figure of Oriental
magnificence "The pastures are
clothed with flocks, the valleys also are
covered over with corn; they shout for
joy, and they also sing."-ProfeSSor
Beal.
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all these strange sounds and appari-
tions suggested to my mind home of
evil spirits, the departure of demons
after Sabbat meeting, or the breaking
up of pagans on dark Walpurgis
night. A thunderstorm now burst
upon us, and added its effect to the
lugubrious scene. The lightning was
vivid in the extreme, and the rain
came down in such torrents that the
thoroughfarcs were soon converted
into muddy water-courses, MD fur
Their exploration was rendered. impossi-
bic. My conductor propose'i that we
should return to the rest-hoVse, but as
it was already long past tsldnight, 1
ordered a trial at the gate. My sug-
gestion proved to be good. A mandarin
on his way to the palace had just
passed through, and the custodian,
caring more for his comfort than for
orders, or thinking perhaps that no one
would be stirring in such terrible
weather, had omitted to close the por-
tails after the official. We got through,
then, without hinderance. The storm
had rendered the morning air very
chilly, and l was not sorry to regain
my hotel and creep into bed.
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pound of raisins after they are stoned,
one pound of currents, one pound of
suet, finely chopped, one pound of
sugar, one pound of flour, one pint of
sweet milk, eight eggs, one-ha1f ounce
of cloves, one-half ounce of cinnamon,
two nutmegs, a lemon and orange peel
grated, little mace; place in a mold
or pudding-bag and boil four or five
hours; when done stick top and side,
with blanched almonds and cuts Of
citron; eat with liquid sauce.
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l find coal ashes to be very valua-
bic article to be used for many pur-
poses (says correspondent. l have
used them for three or four years on
currant bushes for the destruction of
the currant worm, and find no necessity
for the use of hellebore or any other
poison. They are as effective on
cucumber vines to keep off the striped
bug. Last year l used them on cab
bages, filling the heads full, and had no
further trouble with the worms. The
cabbages headed well, receiving no in
jury from the ashes. The ashes are
better if they are sifted through fine
sieve.
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breeding Ducks.

A writer in the Poultry Monthly
says; Duck breeding when properly
conducted, is eminently remunerative,
much more so than ordinary poultry,
and there are but few farmers who
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A new book is called GLOW to Keep
Store 1t is work of several
hundred pages, and life is too short to
read it. The best way to keep store
is to advertise judiciously, and thus
prevent it falling into the hands of the
sheriff.
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FUTURES.

no f;uIVREs advanced in New York to-day 3
t rbv,,. Vi, put no one anticipates rise soon
,; ROB WI ~ make the heaviest speculator as
n nSm a ~ oipsus was said to be. 1t seems
a avS mat on alternate days there is a rise
'u Sy Will be oira few points.
Oncago Produce and Provisions.
Stoan market iluctuated somewhat to.dav.
S6, nm. Wheat closed at Sl.O5I, the same
NJ sS ~ rs as last evening. For MAY it opened
tbSYn i,Ios, advanced on noon cali to Sl.1l4,
n daoi Iieheted and closed at $1.l0a to 81 .l0i'
l os, sLe since yesterday of cent The
inc . N SS,ss OF March corn were at 5lP, fall
OH cIs gu on; May brought 56i to 6J. n de.
TOD. tod y, since last evening. The receipts
oa,a 90 we're we're, wheat, 26,S32; corn, l75 ,365;
nnn So-'oS. The shipments were. wheat
H T~e, corn, l2447; oats, 5i,67S bushels,
norI pIouueis arc little lower March
Nav Gsl,'5nsSlhg $3.50, a decline of u cents.
inr !, sio,S3, falling of Of ~ cents. Lard
~ ~ I'll 80, y decline of u cents.
and nd o @t, Louis wheat and corn were lower
sa ,C oats higher; March wheats, 81 .OSi. n
f" JIY;,ne OF cent; May, Sl.l2f TO SiIot' a
lowos OH OF cent. March corn was ii
yancnSg ~ oil to 5ls oats for March adj,
VAN vn,eeH !. bringing i2i bid and for Nav thew
WY "'gher, closing at 433 bid.
NEW ynRW
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AuMt's Arnlrln.
The Prophet Honorcd In His Own Coun-
try, even in His Own House.

The Prophet Honorcd In His Own Couu-
try, even in His Own House.
THIS honest, simple narrative of Mrs. S. j.
WHIP, who resides at No. III Williams ST.,
Providence, Il. 1t
"During the past six or seven years have
been severely afflicted with Kidney disease caus-
ing intense backaches, dizziness, and other So
we're pains through my body and limbs, rendering
me so weak and PROSTATE that at times 1t was
impossible for me TO do any part of my house.
work. have had also tutteriug Of the heart,
and was terribly distressed for breath. | was
very miserable, and completely worn out and dis
couraged; had no ambition to undertake TO DO
anything, and barely sufficient strength TO render
existence desirable, having failed TO find any rc-
lief from the doctors prescriptions. At this
trying crisis friend persuaded me to obtain 4
bottle of Hunts Remedy, aud now rejoice that
followed this friendly advice, for the Remedy
acted like charm In my case. After had
taken few doses, my health began TO improve;
felt better every way The futtering of the
heart, the intense backachcs, and terrible short.
ness of the breath speedily disappeared my
strength and ambition soon returned and before
had taken two bottles of the Remedy was en-
tirely well, and able TO wash and iron and do my
housework. Once in while | am troubled with
the headache, and as soon ~ am taken resort
To Hunts Remedy, and few doses fix me all
right. shall never DO without II In the future.
have frequently recommended the Hunts Rem.
ely to my friends, and they have experienced
relief from the first dose ! heartily recommend
It to all who are afflicted with Kidney disease or
diseases OF the Liver, Bladder or Urinary organs.
| think no family should be without II.
MRs. $. !. WHIP,
No. III Williams ST., Providence, X. l."
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CURE YOURSELF

ur bohnnnnns VEGETABLE turati,e' IA varrrnts,, :.
MHien,W cure all forms Of sprrmaitorrhsa az n :
Mestne.s General Debility, lupottnty, etc, aI, 81
Lost Power" and bring. back the ayouthsni y,r
ose who have destroyed II Ivy sexual excuses or wi
iets. intfvmt two to seven weeks time This Teinetls
hasios9n mei BY De nhannan IN his private NAL
over Thirty years, was never known 10 nil in i1,in
the WOhSl ClsiS /, gives Vitality and in,na,,s n
WIN wonderful e,lest 70 those midde.Aged men wso
hfn felt Ut once Young men iuiorinr iror1 * Z
eleners q that dadaly dra fueiiye habit OK 500
.an use thls medicine vih te nssurnnrc al stsSiv
fbHrAhTNT cure. The patient Pains NfsnctssS
nSiy o. spni a. once us acts d,,ciy on the paS3 "
~ u, soothing and healing tonic and anodyke M HI
asu seminal vcsicles mud irritaied dnets innarfns
snu '9ne hnd restoring them TO their naunl state DC
ng'dle's are simple productions Of na,ure-6sris. >,
h,,ps ~, ana are Specific for the abo.e diseases
oJi!lec, hive Dollars, sent With All tllreciiona ..
siy address. Tor snc only u DIR. c, a. BohsnSanse
20 VI Ncrth titli street, between Washington ayepn.
Green street, v. LOUIS, -,v. Established In is1.
nd-pI u "Irssil'n on speeiai DIsnsts,' which q,
rn S a ni VIZ haiu, snlte. symptoms ,a
ttu.L 10 any address upon receipt OF one st.nn'
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srs. winslows's Soothing syrup


Rev. Svlvanus Cobb thus writes in the
Boston Christian Freeman-We would by
no means recommend any kind of medicine
which We did not know To be good--partie-
ularly for infants. But of Mrs. Winslow' S
Soothing Syrup we eau speak from knowl-
edge; in our own family IL has proved u
blessing indeed, by giving an infant
troubled with collie pains, quiet sleep, and
the parents unbroken rest AT night. Most
parents can appreciate these blessings,
Here is an article which works To perfection,
am which In harmless; for the sleep which
II affords the infant is perfectly natural,
aud the little cherub awakes as Upright as
button" And during the process of
teething, its value is incalculable. We have
frequently heard mothers say that they
would not be without II from the birth Of
the child Till 1t had finished with the teeth.
ing siege, oil any consideration whatever.
sold BY all druggists. 25 cents bottle.
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Acts Like n Charm.

al HAVE used Hunts Remedy for Kidney
troubles. and recommended 1t to others, and
always found II to act like charm"
JOHN CHAMBERS,
723 Carson Street, Pttsburg, Penn.
Gratitude Is the memory Of the heart" How
many heart memories cluster around Hunts
Remedy in grateful households whero It has
wrought lie magic curei
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srDR, EuGENs pgvAUx, OF FRANCE.
mas made us his agents for the state OF Texas 20
sell his never-fsiling fernSdy,, Nature ! Comm.
bal Restorative or NitslieeEN Az sfsS,edvIfI
nervous debility. loss OF manhood ane al KIM.
dred diseases should AZ orce procure M scircu,sf
.roin which 10 learn the cause Of the d.se&xe9
above mentioned. then a, once TO pro- are nom
us or through us by your drugg.stort yexpfsss.
the rfsihng remedy =
CRowpus, BALDWIN 4 WILLIAMS
Wholesale Druggists, Dallas Texss
BY retail NJ Howell Bro aud Zach Tolllysr.
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SONWSOMS ANCDYME knMSMEEMT iIsr hivnal

An EnglshNcter'nary Surgeon and Chemist,
NV travelling n tais country, saws that riast
OF tac llorsv and cattle Powders sold here
are worthless trash. lie SAYS that Sheridans
Condition Powders q. absolutely pure and
immensely Naluaplo. Vhinr on earth will m
MI ~ pant .Jod. Sod 8, gyNASTe, OF sent i,
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follows: o from Arlington, for T r
Mitchell; 10 for ]. c. Moreman, from Jobns'
ton; 5 for J. NJ. Gross, nom Mesquite. ami
Tor Nj. Miller, from Johnston. The
shipments were 100 bales for T. b. Mitchell
by the Texas & Pacific, and SO for Nor6s,
can X Co. by the Gulf, Colorado & SAINTS Re.
Prices were unchanged. but the markets
were easy and quiet. No change in this
city.