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The Sewing Circle.

Every lady should supply herself with a
light, low, folding work ia lie, a large
work basket in compartments for hold
ing cut out garments, measures, sharp
scissors, and everything needful.
When the ma erials are on hand for
making up a ''batch" of garments, time
will be saved by cutting out work for Il
day or two. bas,ing when necessary, be.
lore sewing q stitch.
Ibis is a busy season with women who
do their own sewing. To accomplish a
large amount Of sewing with nea,ness
and dispatch systematic work is neces
sary. The repairs and additions to be
made in the family wardrobe and linen
closet should oe fully canvassed and un.
'ierstooi at the outset. 1.-THE whole list
can not be purchased at o1ce ut least
the reiitlve value or necessity OF each
article should be clearly in mind, thar a
laree sum may not thonghtlessly be
spent Tor the less necessary, and only n
small sum be lett for what 10 needed
most. There is something unbaIa ,ced
in the mind Of that woman who will bnv
a handsome picture and a set of jewelry
and 20 without warm underc!othes-anl
yet this is no uncommon. To all ladies'
who never learned how to cut and 1T
dresses by a model, we recommend the
use Of cut paper patterns. The pattern
OF any garment worn can he Obtained
and by a slight change in the length or
i arrangement of draeery can be made
to do duty many times. Always get
your pattern before getting yous materi.
al, however, as the directions posted IN
it will tell you exactly how much Of the
clotl, aud trimmings will be needed.
These patterns are Indispensable to those
inexperienced in the making Of infants
and children's wardrobes.
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The Aut0crat or the Gotham
Turf.

New York. L ,tter in W ,sninyton 8 ar.
johnny Murphy is the autocrat of the
t%rottiny track in New York. Murphy
has phenomenal skill in diving trotters
and bis honesty is absolutely unimpeach-
able. They toll a story about him to the
effect that when his father, a square and
straight horseman, was diving young
Johnny was called 10 his bedside. The
boy was then just enterin, his teens,
bnt he displayed considerable ability in
his knowledge Of horse flesh, and his
father had great confidence in him The
old man took his sons hand in each of
his and said:
Johnny if you ever drive anything
but II straight race III rise ont Of my
grave and haunt you TO the day Of yoar
deathl" Then he slowly died. with his
eyes fixed upon that Of his son. John.
ny Murphy il believed to be us squire q
man as eyer sat behind horse.
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otes for Farmers.

A woman living on q ranch in the
Washoe Valley, New, reports a novel
method Of pres CRYING eggs for winter
use. During the summer she breaks the
eggs, pours the contents into bottles
which are tightly corked and sealed,
when they are placed in the cellar, neck
down. She Gains the contents of the
bottles come out as fresh as when put
in.
When hogs are taken from grass or
other bulky diet, to be fattened, the
change to q more concentrated food
should be gradual, as too sudden a
change is attended with serious res Its.
The animal should at first have light
food. Bran and other mill-stutf, made
into slop and given With'gra!n. is good,
and If lhe refuse from the orchard or
potato field is given, that, too, will be
beneficial, especially if cooked and
mixed with lie lam, &c.
j.. S. Budd, Iowa, calls attention to the
fact that young orchard trees are often
ruined by the mice in winter, and recom-
mends a neat mound round each tree rs
a safe AMI sure remedy for the pests.
Guenon says he has noticed that in
general those COWS which have four
equal teats and those which have six
(lour equal and two smaller ones. which
surely yield no milk belong especially
to the higher order of their class and
that those of inferior orders have usual
ly four teats with n false nipple.
Wright claims that the best food for
fattening fowls is buckwheat meal. If
this cannot be procured, he advised an
equal mixture of Indian and barley meal.
Each bird is to have as much ms it will
cat at one time, but no food lust b.. left
to become sour. A little minced green
food should be given daily to keep the
fowls in order.
New oats should not be fed to horses
1ntil they become thoroughly dry. Us.
ually old oats are some five cents higher
per bushel than new, but still they are
cheaper to feed, as new oats often relax
the bowels of the animals to which thew
are fed, and much of the value of the
grain is lost.
Professor Farlow says the black knot
which so infests our American plum
trees and some kinds of cherries. partic-
ularly the wild choke cherry, is a native
of this country and as yet has not been
introduced into Europe. Cutting and
burning is the only remedy known for
the black knot of this country. The
work should be very thorough, not only
with cultivated trees. but ali wild ones
in the vicinity as we'll.
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How to Mix Paints.

From the ~ urnal of Chemistry
The following table, the source OF
which WI are unable to trace at this
moment, though we can vouch for its
;rus'worthiness, will be found servicea.
BILE, especially for amateurs, as showi g
how simple pigments are to be mixed
for producing compound colors:
Buff.-Mix white; yellow ochre and
red.
Cllestnut.-Red, black and yellow.
Chocolate.-Raw umber, red and
black.
CHARTERED, yellow and black,
Dove.-White, Vermillicn, blue and
yellow.
Drab.-Wh,te, yellow. ochre, red and
black.
Fawn.-White, yellow and red.
Flesh,-Nhite, yellow, ochre and ver-
million.
Freestone.-Red, black, yellow, ocbre
and white.
French Gray.-White, Prussian blue
and lake.
tiray.-White, lead and black.
Gold.-White, stone ochre and red,
Green Bronze-Chrome, green. black
and yellow.
Ls va = ' hhtS WV S'llolSlO EIVCAs
Lemon-Wnite and chrome yellow.
Limestone-White and yellow, ockre,
black and red.
o ive--Yellow. blue, black aud white.
Orange-Yellow and red.
Peach-White and verrnlllisn.
Prarl-,Vhite, black and blue.
Pink-Whlt., vernilliOn and lake.
Purple-Violet, with more red and
white.
R,se-White and madden lake.
Sandstone-White, yellow ochre. black
and red.
snulE-Yellow and vandyke brown.
V,o:st-Red, blue and white.
III the combination Of colors required
to produce q desired tint, the first
named color is always the principal in.
gredient and the red the color OF which
the least is needed. TIE exact pro-
portions of each color must be deter
mined by experiment with u small quan.
tity. 1t is best TO have the principal i'll.
gredient thick anu add to il the other
paints thinner.
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death the farm has been better kept,
and everything ABOUT it is in vastly bet
ter condition lor strangers than it would
have been for john
Strange DOings in u louise.
ShtewsbHry Letter to the London Daily
Telepraph.

Strange DOings in u + farmhouse.
Telegraph.
In the neighborhood of Wen, a town
on the Shire wsbury and Crewe Branch
of the London and Northwestern Rail-
way, some uaaccountable proceedings
are reported. At Woods Farm, four
miles from Ven, occupied by Mr..
Hampson, his wife, and two children,
and two female servants, on Thursday
last, while the family were just about to
sit down at tea, at 4 p. M, when it was
still daylight, a saucepan suddenly
jumped off the fire, and this was fol-
lowed by the tea things being swept off
the table and smashed. Several pieces of
turning coal was then hurled of the fire
and set the clothing ofan infant A months
old in flames, and before the clothes
could be removed the child was severe
ly burned on the hand and arm, its hair
was slinged off its head. A small Amer
lean clock on the mantlepiece was next
danhed violently to the ground, and sev-
ersl other articles, on the mantlepiece
were also thrown down and broken.
Something was thrown against the face
OF a large cased clock, and shivered
the glass and case, and q lampglobe and
of the lamp took fire from a piece
of burning coal falling on it, and a bas-
ket on the parlor table wal also discover
ed in the flames. The neighbors
were fetched in, among
them being MIR. Lea, a neighborins
farmer, Police Constable Bowen, and
others, and although the smashing of
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Percheron Horses.

At the meeting at Chicago Mr.. NJ. w.
Durham of Illinois, the largestimporter.
breeder and dealer of these horses in
the country, read an interesting paper
concerning the introduction ofthis breed
into this country, together with some
suggestions in regard to breeding and
management. Tnere are nov about A.
05O horses of this breed in this country
from those importe l. They are well dis
tributed over the northern states, though
Illinois has nearly halt at present.
Mr.. ID. says: at nay be of interest
to know the opinion OF people in differ
ent parts of the country as demonstrated
by the different characters Of horses
purchased by them. The New England
states, New Fork, New Jersey and Mich
igan, and all southern states demand II
small or medium sized horse, with fine
style and the best action s~obalnable.
Canada and the other states demandthe
heaviest draft types. In MANY localities
the heavier they are the better they like
them, while in other places especial at
tentlon is paid to active, vigorous horses,
and as large as can be had Of that sort.
In the far west and south all kinds are
In demand. | think the people Of no
other state select their, horses with
q greater degree Of uniformity of opin-
Ion, aad with stricter attention to SYM
merry OF form, general quality and &C
ton, than the people of Michigan"
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LonS-ago Dwellers on the Pacific.

va NA1CA GASlllS
All over the Pacific coast are to be
FOUND lndelible traces ola long. forgotten
ano prehistoric race. While the inves-
"eation has been Of 1t comparatively
recent date, still enough has been dis
covered to show that an almost limitless
nesa mas been SO far only dipped into a
le" places most easy Of access to the ex-
P'oleht. AS yet these researches have
neei Cohtlned almost altogether to the
,~nIneulats coast of southern California
ahu TO INC cluster Of islands lying at a
aiiorl Instance therefrom. These islands
MM;oahGa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anaca,a, San
Miguel, and San Nicolas-wl iich are now
Utmost or quite uIinhabited, and are
on,y USED as ranges for sheep and half
wllu cattle and hogs, are known to have
peeh defsely populated in long ages
pa.t' as is shown BY extensive remains
III .ne shape OF burial places and debris
o..oImer hahitations. The exploration
oits,.ese Isolated spots has been confined
";.nost exclusively to the agents Of for
tx. as societies and large quanti-
.ts OF the most interesting
~ tenfs nave been exhumed and shipped
" ,ote.en colleges and museums at diff
n trent umes during the last decade.
a., D. tscSt " ttlcbo lSiulOb, Chu~
"a barbara, is yet comparatively unex-
pioteu, though it is known to abound
Ttah numerous traces ofa former race.
ti;,me scenery Of this island is most beau
tnu'; although learing evidence of hay-
my been inhabited in age pas:;, still it
p,esents many traces Of being much
yoafyern than the neiphborinlg main
ana' having been probably thrust mp
.t'ui tne Sea by some cunyutsion Of
nature long, after the formation Of the
" ana misunderstanding mountain
Gu, cha,n which here approaches close to
.ne shore of the California coast. Anoth-.
ernt these islands, san Nicolas, some
seventy miles off shore, has been rem
Tered famous by having beent tho solitary
y, iione o. woman who, having been ac-
c''entaliy abandoned thereon, exist
"a on such miserable sustenance as was
aaorded by shell fish and wild roots tor
pNards OF eighteen years, and until
lsssaeI 6ys sealing party in the early
| coast, "Aa
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A HAPPY MILLIONAIRE,
The Vast Possessions Of Or. David
Ward, the Richest Man in Michigan

The Vast Possessions of Or. David
Ward, the Richest Man in Michigan
From the Northwestern Lumbermen.
We often see going the rounds of the
press figures showing the wealth of
Americas rich men; but the name Of
DIR. David Ward is never among them.
His modesty, in this age OF the world,
is certainly a curiosity. In early life
Mr.. Ward saw the possibilities of wealth
that were locked up in the Michigan
forests and invested every dollar he
could spare in pine lands. He now owns
2.2p0,n NO, 600 feet of standing pine in
Michigan and Wisconsin, Iully three
fifth OF it being the cork variety and the
balance mostly bull sap. 1t is sal that
all tod he does not own 7.0OO, 900 feet of
Norway. Ask Any Zimmerman who is ac-
quainted with the Michigan pineries who
owns the choice pine otInat State anu he
will answer, DR.. Ward. On the head
waters Of the Manistee he has rich pos
sessions Of cork pine. The axe, to him,
fias been a horror, and although for
many years he has been engaged, di-
rettly or indirectly, more or less in the
manufacture of lumber, we believe he
has never numbered a tract of land ex-
cept when the timber upon it was i'm
perilled by fire from the operations of
his iieiyilbors. For much OF his sap and
bull sap pine he has been offered IS per
thousand and from is 10 SIS per thousand
for his cork. Without douut
his Michigan and Wisconsin pine, is
worth at current prices. $l5,'0a, 900.
THIS, however, Ivy no means measures
the extent of t.is posses ions. He owns
valuable hard wood and mining lands,
which, we hell We. will swell the above
amccnt to $25. On 0lRW.
Not u cent of this colossal FORUM" has
been obtainea il. the whirlpool Of de-
it has been content to wait year after wear
and work Ms steadily a. the mechanic
does who earns his daily bread. 70 day
he is as lun-lovins as a boy and nearly as
lnrN a 4 one --- ----
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The Bran and Heart.

Every habit has its basis in physical
change. Tho more we use a muscle or
nerve, the greater will be the flow of
blood to it-unless We over use or ex-
haust it; and exhaustion always tends in
the direction OF death.
Thus the fuller fed muscle or nerve is
enlarged and strengthened, and is sup.
piled with a larger amount of force and
a freer flow. This causes frequently re-
peated and long continued acts to be-
come habitual. 1t can be seen from this
natural law that when one unduly in
dnlges his appetite, ~propensities and
passions, physical changes are effected
which generally control the man az ,inst
his Judgment and his conscience. IT is
the same with moral acts. The brain of
the man who yields to envy, jealousy.
hate, or avarice becomes so changed
that be is at length fairly enslaved ana
emhruted by these feelings.
So, too, the man who is constantly re-
peating acts OF kindness, not only finds
it easy to perform them, even at the ex-
pensc of ease and self denial, but de-
rives his highest happiness from doing
so.
Oftwo men, not greatly alike at first,
n may accumulate his millions only to
sloat over them; the other to expend
them in worldwide benevolence. In
The case Of the miser, the nervous energy
Is absorbed in mere gain, while the 9TH
er powers shrivel and the whole soul
becomes fearfu ly endwarfed. In the
case Of the philanthropist, on the con-
trary. all the powers are enlarged by
their mutual reaction, and as with
George Peabody, his scheme Of benevo-
lence become al grand and varied as his
business enterprises.
The same is true in all other cases.
All e%nslaving passions degrade by a
physical law as true and as inevitable as
that of gravitation; and all noble impuIs-
es, generous affections and right doing
enlarge and Tx the character in good
meas as truly and as inevitably.
Wonderful and mysterious as this
connection between the mind and the
brain may be, it certainly exists. The
two touch at every point, and every
volition. every emotion, and every act
of the first stamps itself indelibly on the
second, with q constant tendency to q
fixedness of character at one pole or at
the Other.-Youth's Companion.
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10 Ea;, Fools who Use Arsenic TO
,,,Ea the Complexio Clear.

wake the Complexion Clear.
r,.,,, mo Nav York evening Post.
II ;s stated in the columns OF a medical
journal Of recent publication that the
,,sa Of a rsenic as a cosmetic is attaining
DANGEROUS popularity in fashionable
circles both here and ABROAD. mere
IRA many women who considers good
aomn,exion one of the chief desidera-
.1,as life can offer, and one to be OBJ
.n;nad at almost any cost. 1t is no secret
~ tha no,son, when taken in specific
dnses or quantities, has the effect of
uIaar;no the skin and rendering 1t soft
end exouis,tely transparent, but the at
t hu conseouences of its prolonged use
onoht to be seriously considered, Tor
thsva are sufficiently weighty and alarm
mo TO deter even the greatest asplrant
after loneliness from tampering with 80
daddy a beautifer. 1t is presumed that
M woman would be rash enough to
Deliberately swallow arsenic except un-
der Confessional supervision, and 1t is
said that some medical advisers IN this
and other cities, at the request OF their
fair but foolish patients, give arsenic I'M
scrupulously in the form representations,
which tie transporting chemist makes
nm unconscious of the object for which
thed dangerous mineral in administered.
This is a very lamentable declaration,
vet if it is true, as an ~outspoken but very
sensible physician of experience lately
remarked. aThese fair tools will mo- on
" pu,ify their compilations, but they
will eventually purify the world by get
ting ont of it. They will SOON lie for
eve at rest from all the yanities of this
world, will, countenances as white as the
most fastiuious could possibly DESIRE"
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The Cheshire, Hog.

This is a white freed that is claimed
to possess merit similar to the Berk-
SHIRE. 1t is described as having a long
body with a broad back and heavy
hams and shoulders. The bone is very
fine but they never break down. hsw-
ever heavy they may be fattened. Their
flesh is of the best, The grain being fine,
not coarse or labby. For makiny
and profitable pork they are among the
best. Pigs of this breed have been
made to weigh 400 pounds at nine
months old, and tho average weight
when grown and well tattened 600
pounds. Taey are prolific and good
mothers.
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FARM N HOUSE.
Household Miscellany.

Pretty lambrequins for bedroom WIN.
dows are made of muslin with the edge
trimmed with antique lace, or wide tor
chon is very pretty.
Pretty splashers to put behind the
| washstands, in common rooms may be
made of parts of old..curtains; wash and
starch them, line them with bright coll
| ored cambria and tack them up. If you
have old torchon or suitable lace trim
the edges with that,
BRAINwoRK BAD For TEETu.-The
French medical journals have recently
been discussing the relation of the teeth
to the brain, and their conclusions are OF
considerable Importance to all brain
workers. 1tseems to have been clearly
established that excessive and prolonged
mental labor causes the teeth to decay
by consuming the p%hosphates which
would otherwise nourish the dental
structures.
A handsome square spread for a table
is made precisely as it it were one block
Of crazy quilt. To make it and have
the parts all join in together and har'
monte as they should, take the lining
u! COttOA aLlu GuI IL Ile cNdCt o'AO VI eiS
spread, and begin to put the work on at
one corner. This is tastefulIy finished by
putting a band ofvelvet around the edge
and trimming that with lace or fringe,
or of tassels put on at an equal distance
from each other.-N. Y. Post.
CLEANLINESS OF SISKs.-One of the
most prolific causes of defilement and
Offer siye odors in kitchen sinks and
their outlets is the presence Of deeaying
greese. This comes from the enlptying
OF kettles in which meat has been cooked
in the dishwater and in the soap. The
grease lodges in every crevice and
catches at every obstruction
A remedy may be found in
the use of the common alkaline instead
of soap, AQUA ammonia in washing
clothes, and borax i'll washing lawns and
laces, and wastiing.soda in cleaning
dishes. These alkalies prevents a solid
soap from forming in the sink and lts
pipes and neutralize all effects of decom'
posing fat.
Open fire. places are efficient, gener.
ally in promoting the comfort of the
family ever if no fires are lighted in
them. Air cannot be induced to enter
a tight room unless some means is given
it, and the Fireplace furnish that. The
course of the air entering the room
from the heating apparatus is to rise to
the ceiling and spread out there. II
then descends along the sides of the
room exposed to the open air, and is
Withdrawn by the fireplace it there is
nv, which thus serves to facilitate the
distribution of the helt in the lower
part oil the room. If the opening in the
chimney is near the ceiling, the warm
air will go out there wi hont descending
to the f1oor.-Saturday Engineer.
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Every Farmer May Keep sheep.

Ever Farmer May Keep sheep.
Every farmer, however few the acres,
may probably keep a certain number
of sheep, for not only in summer, but
also in winter will sheep consume fodder
otherwise wasted. Many persons sup
nose that it is not feasible to keep sheep
with other stock in the same pasture or
feeding yard. 1t is not safe to keep
sheep in the same pasture with young
horses. Both animals feed IN short
grasses and also weeds, and playful
young horses sometimes injure eheep by
racing them. With cattle the horns are
the only danger, and sheep soon learn
to keep out of the way Of them. While
it is better that sheep should be kept by
themselves, especially in winter and in
the case of large locks decidedly so, yet
when few sheep are kept they may be
allowed to safely run with cattle in the
pastures, and also in the feeding yards
in the winter. Indeed, sheep soon
learn to follow the cattle rather closely.
especially in regions where predatory
dogs are common, and instinctlvely so
for protection. 1t is a fact that dogs
seldom attack sheep kept with cattle,
unless in the case OF some old rogue,
and then only when the sheep are
found at a considerable distance, for the
instinct of the cattle is to attack animals
found chasing or worrying other stock
near them.-Breeder's Gazette, Chicago.
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so ugly that I almost hoped she might
turn ont to be the stockman's '.long lost
child" and that he would give me proof
that } had read his thoughts Alright
EN-. Wilde. in Cnirayo News.
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Two carloads of blooded stock are on
their way to Joe Jeferson's Louisiana
plantation.