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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
The Motto OF the House.

lChicagO Herald.
Merchants complain that everybody is
talking politics, and that it is impossible to
do business. Even the statesmen and women
and cash boys have caught the fever In one
of the State street stores the other day a
number Of clerks left their counters and
assembled about the elevator man who hap
pened TO be a lawyer, theologian and q
politician. He was Grating on the best mot
toes for the Republicans and Democrats, and
some Of the clerks were making sugges-
lions, while customers were vainly striving
TO secure attention. When the discussion
was at its height foor-walker happened
around just in time to hear the end OF one
speech and the beginning of another
He grabbed bolt of cotton cloth, and,
smashing couple Of young lnen on the head
with it, he remarked: The motto of this
house during the campaign is to be, Cit thar,
Eli Now, we sell dry goods from this time
forth, and the next man or woman who
crates on politics will go out of this aisle head
first. Hosiery! Yes, ma'am; next aisle to
the right Colored silks! Last aisle on the
left Forward fhara xO,, .otriotc
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
a Rri:h: Spot in n DIngy Street.
American Agriculturist.l

lAiflcl1t;tn aprlcllLuflst
Business took MS, few days ago, through
one at those streets in New York city that
one never visits unless from necessity. 1t is
a crowded ihoroughfare where more than
one-half of the shops are beer saloons and gin
mills, and the Others devoted to junk dealing
and small trades. The upper part Of the
houses are crowded tenements. One of the
dngiest of the buildings retained as relic of
former prosperity n narrow iron balcony,
running across the whole building, at the
windows Of the second floor This bal
cony was occupied by box for its
whole length. perhaps twelve feet long and
about foot wide and high. The box had
been filed with soil, upon which grass seed
had been sown, and there were three young
trees of the Aiiantus, one in the middle and
one at each end, forming. with the fresh
green of the grass and the tropical foliage Of
the Ailantus, as pretty piece Of "sub-tropi-
cal gardening as can be imagined. This
green spot frightened up the street for long
distance, and afforded the eye refreshing
rest, after gazing upon the displays Of the
second hand clothing stores. Whoever insti-
tuted that window box is a public benefactor.
and we thank him for the refreshing glimpse
of balcony gardening he afforded lis.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06

Frank Bellew in Llpplncotts MagaZine.l
One day, when was calling upon Elmer
son, he drew my attention to an unbound
volume of poems he had just received from
New York. over which he was in raptures.
1t was called Leaves of Grass" by Walt
Whitman Have just written off post-haste
to thank him. he said 1T is really most
wonderful production, and gives promise Of
the greatest things, and if, as he says, it is
his first writing, seems almost incredible. He
must have taken long run to make such a
jump as this.
He read me some passages, raised his eye
brows here and there, remarking that it was
hardly book for the seminary or parlor
table. Shortly after this | went of to the
Wachusett mountain, where l remained two
months. On my return to Concord l again
met Emerson who was still enthusiastic over
Leaves of Grass Il wrote at once" he
said "A letter TO the author, congratalating
him
Eyes" replied, II read it"
"Hcw. When. Have you been to New
York;
No: l read it in the New York Tribune =
I'm the New York Tribune, No, mol i'm
possible. He can not have published it," he
exclaimed. with much surprise. assured
him that had read il few weeks before il,
that paper.
Dear, dearf' he mutterSad. that was very
wrcng. very wrong indeed That was merely
a private letter of congratulation Had l
intended it for publication should have en-
larged the but very much,-enlarged the
but repeating enlarged the but" twice
and biting the but of with his lips, and
for a moment locking thoughtfury out of thu
win.iow
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
Those (stddy Cadets.

tClara Belle III Cincinnati Enquirer.1
One of the New York papers sent cor
respondent to West Point on the same errand
as myself-to probe the mysteries OF female
infatuation with the cadets-and he seems to
have come 20 the conclusion that it is be
cause the young men have such slender waists
The truth is that is but small part Of it
/ went there and found two big hotels full of
young women and girls, besides Ne battalion
Of women and girls who came etEy morn
ing and went away at night. and "a addition
to those who stopped at the offtfs' houses
The first thing did was to study the girls,
because saw in one hour that there was
nothing remarkable in the mere appearance
of the boys They are between Is and -
wears old well formed, but with coats too
short behind for real propriety, with trousers
that did not at them. sind with absurd soldier
caps on their heads They are treated like
children, have no pockets in their clothes.
are not allowed to have q cent Of money, are
ordered around like negroes all the while, and
every time you attempt to have few
minutes conversation with them a drum
beats or q bugie blows, and Oh they al
scamper like . startled convey d duckA
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
a MARKET FOR OLD RUBBER.
The Thriving Trade Of Buyer of
Worn.Out shoes aud Wascrproof~.

What do You want old rubber for was
asked yesterday OF a North Ninth street
dealer, whose advertisement of "Wantesl-
Old rubber of all kinds has been agitating
many households lately. We'll. that's q Sc
,'ret can hardly tell YOU replied the man
If caoutchoac, ''exeep. that it is 10 be made
over, just as scrap iron is made over into
good i,Dn again Ii is rather a new field and
just at present ! would hardly like 10 make
the details known. But you would I've aston
ished If YOU could see the answers we have
received TO that advertisement Why, | snp-
pose we get n ton of old rubbers here a day
and old rubber oyercoats without number"
ladies come here bringing a pair or two
If rubhcrs or ocerslloes and we pay them
,alf cent or little more u pound The
other day, while | was AWAY, a woman came
clear from the lower end Of Twentieth street
with three or four old pairs that were worth
six cents. She couldn't get the noncy then,
81 she actually came back two or three times.
spending quarter OF 50 in street-car fares
before she got her pennies. That's u wonans
idea of bargain. Then, besides old rlbbers,
we get rubber babies, syringcs. whistles,
belts, car springs, and III fact, everything
that can be made of rubber It's al good TO
us, and for lots of il We pay n merely nnnii
nal price. You know people generally throw
away wori-cut things Of rubber. or give
them 70 the rag or junk man. 80 we buy a
good deal frosn those traders
BY mail and express things come to us
from all over the country and even after
paying the postage or freight We can still
make them over al profit The government
sells us all its old rubber and we buy consid.
cradle from the railroad and street car COM
panies. The other day picked up good lot
out at the University Of Pennsylvania am
always ON the lookout for a bargain. One
would hardly suppose that old rubber
could be utilized. but it can, and pays us
well, too. oh, it's great business. and then
you see it opens up a new source of income
for the house-keepess. Now, what would YOU
imagine TO be the crop of old rubber over
shoes in Philadelphia. Why, estimate
that it is not less than l,eo.o0o pairs annu-
ally. II we put the price At 9 cents pair
that makes s24 600 just for this item alone.
Now don't huh the market, and if you have
any old gums to sell me will give You the
highest price for them
!
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
J. MCNEIL TAILOR. M. ID,

~ his professional services to the peo-
~ city and surrounding country. A
q cancer. hemorrhoids, tpiles), nstu-
~ tsver sores, sore legs, etc. In these
ulrs u insured. Residence q Kennedy
- Fourth avenue, south Of Douglas
Oooealtotaon nee. 6i-Ime
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06

IS. RICHMOND 4 DIR. MRS. SEXTON
80 long and very successful experience
Dexical cases, and under their magnetic
ut paxturition 10 mostly without pain.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
DRs. RICHMOND & SEXTON

End together all severe cases. and will
specifically ct their houses ali who de-
Wy suffer or make q, drugstore of your
D. when you can be healed mAgneticaliy |?
at1on free. Charges reasonable. Dir.
Dnd's once at No. 81 South Water street
ukton's ONCE on Market street. three
uoTth Of Jail. d5s-wls-lms
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.


lssaseit physicisn apd surgeon 70 the Louis
49, 0ey Ind Marine hospital, and late health
GDese = Springfield, Illinois, has located at
-. % Main street, opposite the postofiice
oeNl ottention paid 10 gynecology and cleo
0onkpoR, electro-sponga and galyanc baths
$50. di5-tf
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TERRY 4 DUMONI'

Aku1itscts and Superintendent Office in
~ Mock. Wichita, Kansas. 2-tf
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0ARRIs 4 HARRIS q FIREBAUGu,
Ae1pfnsss 1t Law, Commercial block. wich.
~, Ronoas.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06

SIANLEh n " ALL,
Atfovueys at Law, Wichita Kansas. Office
~ faiisens' bank.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06

W. +. WALhER,
Atessssy Mt Law. onseov Kansas Ma
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-06

CORRESPONDENTS
American Exchange Natl Bank, New York
First National Bank, Of Chicago, Illinois
Bank Of Kansas City, Ksnsas City, Missouri
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y. nj. OALHERSI UN,
&1guaxky AT Law, Wichita, Sedgwick county
4omnoa. Office In Centennial Block.
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DqNseS. Eagle building. Douglas avenue.
R11h1oA. Kansas.
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+. b RENTZ,
Z EAyaieian aud Surgeon Office over Fuller 4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
ANUNCIO.
NO MAS lNCENDIOS.

Fosforos de Eerdadera seguridad ,
iegiumos de Ia marca Espada, Sc han
rec.bido en- el dnico dep6sitO de esta
Capital "El Telegrafo.--San Justo II.
IS. MELON &Co. 06
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
FUNDICION.
TALLER de MAQuxNAR1A
Y CARRETERIA
dc lOSSrGS. QlGrGjGta HnS. { c.

En- este establecitniento ell mas anti.
quo y acreditado de Ia isla, Sc constrn.
yen toda Ease de pleas de maquinaria
para ingenios de azticar; como coronas
cllindros, mazos curenas y ruedas de
engranale, tahonas, descascaradoras Y
todos los accessories necesarios para hs.
ciendas de cafe Y ruedas hidraulicas ps-
ra dar movimiento d las tahonas. asi
como para bueyes 8 caballos.
Tambien tIenP constantemepte cons.
truidas y Ell construction rnedas para
rarretaS de las mejores bien sazona.
das maderas cuya solidez Sc garantiza
a los precios siguientes, tonando de
dos pares en- adelante a saber:
Ruedas de 5 pies con Zorro de | pul.
gada $50 ell par.
Id de id con Zorro de 4 i'd $40 ell i'd
Id de id con Zorro de : id S42 ell id.
Id de id con Zorro de ] id $3S ell id.
Ademas esta siempre provisto de los
arliculos slguentes; ejes de hierro, pa
tentes para carreta, arados para el cul-
two de la cana, americanos desde Id.
nero | a 4, ingleses de hierro, france.
Ses y del pai~, subsuelos 8 cuchillas,
cadenas para arados fuertes, fondos de
'arron con pico sin pico y valvulas
para los mismos, tuberias de hero pa
ra vapor de / d 4 pnlgadas, tees, codos
fianJes para uniones, reducidoras y
tnercas, tubes para calderas. lIaves de
bronco con ruedas y de ualy1las para
cilindros de a 81 pulgada, estopa pa
tehte' estopa de canamo torcido, torni.
Hos con tuercaS de todas dimensiones,
lingotes 8 parrillas para hornilla ue Il
a D pies, remaches de hero de todas
classes desde / d una pulgada. Acero
en- gran surtido de todas dimensiones
gonna elastica para empate, aceiteros
para clllndros de varios tamaflos. lla.
yes prneba de aguas para calderas: pi.
tos para vapor; liza en- hero, para ma
qulnas, pintura blanca fna para empa-
ties, cobre en- barras, mimic ca polvo,
polvo de hero, bocas de incendio con
sqs llaves, correa inglesa desde 2 has
Ia pu gadas, gonna para empatesy
otros ,l1os lvarlos artfcnlos. 3I4
Is
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06

<fTA Las voar expressa Ell prec
vencionaea.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
VA LLEGARON.

En- el TELEGRAPH San Justo l2
Sc han recibido los siguientes artfculos.
Jabon azul Ingles superior marca
Medley.
Arroz Hamburgues superior.
Veias de composition completas &
incompletas.
Cerveza superior marca Globo en-
barriles.
ldem Idem. marca h. Paoli en- ca
jas.
Gas "Luz Diamante" legitimo.
Hlerro galvanizado, liso ' acanalado.
Cumbreras y hornillos de hierro gall
vanizado.
Maquinas de coser de cadeneta, y
doble pespunte.
Camas de hierro de varias classes.
Todo d aprecios m6dicos.
90 S. MsSn 4 Co
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NOYl de los precios eorrientss qus tsne esta5lseda

aEarrliios gruesos en- la clsse de papel
me Sc quieran, de S. en- adelante a
10 caietillas por HI.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
AMIGOS DE TODOS
PILDORAS HOLLOWAY

Millones de personas, en- todas las parties de
mundo, recomiendan dichas Pildoras como el
mejor rcstaurativo de la salud que sc conoce,
Elias curan todas las afecciones del coraz6n
del higado, del est6mago, de los rihones de
los intestinos, y remueven la acrimonia, la
natulencia y la cardialgia, expusando de Ia
sangre toda impueza, fortaleciendo compile
tamente ell sistema nervioso dando un tono
4ludable la organization general.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
LlPERLA ANTI -GlSTRiLGICA
DEL DOCTOR DELG ADO
CsTa los padscimisnto' del cstO+aagO.

Medication eficaz contra las afecciones de
est6n ago, sea doler, acedia viuagres, v6Uli-
tos despues de la conida: inapenteciss debi
lidad estomacpl, saburas, disenteria, en- ge
neral para todas aquellas molestias que reyele'
malas digestionee. sean no douIosas.
Para mayores datos dirigirse al
DgP6sITo-S Fl autor, FarIuacia Clio
DO: Tetuan, 90.
IN Puerto Rico. Sres. .Ledeauaa Hnc. 10
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TABAC0S ELABORADOS.
ExctpcionaIes en- cajas de lujo de a rs

Exctpcicnaes en- cajas de lujo de rs
tabacos. millar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
lem sin lujo de idem m...............100
Imperiales en- GAIA de 50................. S5
Regalias antillanas en- cajas de 25....... IS
Ideu idem en- idem de 50................. IS
ldem de preferencia en- idem de % 80. 80
aeina Victoria en- idem de 50.......,.. 20
Brevas inperiales en- idem de 50...... e5
Gzadores imperiales en- idem de 30. -. 80
Br:~as en- hoias en- iden dc 50.......... 90
idem cilindradas Ell idem de l00........ 10
dem corrientet en- idem de 100.......... 80
ldem en- paquetos de 10 .-........... d. %
}egalia britannica en ceias lie so. ........ 80
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
Unguento Holloway.

Este maravilloso balsamo anainfalibemeI
te las heridas aRtiguas, las lagas, - iaal,
de piernas de pecho. Por medic dc 81 infne'
cha las tiIccras virulentas toman muy prontC
IN aspecto convaleciente y desaparecen. is
mas deja, este unguento ferrigerante, de pro
ducir una cura peTfecta de les afecciones de ia
MEL, los constipados. las toses ell reumatis
mo, aun cuaado se ba apelado en- vano tt
1s sts.lt& .,ne tiOS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06
du BoIettn Mer

\ I,A1uainisration du BOIenn Aer
nRku a Phonneur de prier Messieurs
- Annoaeiers franeais de vouloir bien
satre leurs ordres de Publieite a
IN. GALLIEN g. PRINCE qui
eszs les Agents uniQues ct exclusifs
GO tsmnAl pOur Ia PSbIiciE FrsDpSt"
q Aglais.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-06

The proprietors Of the " Ds1A
MercantL" have the honour @ -
questing English advertisers % Aaza
their orders to Mess. 0ALLI@l
& PRINCE who are tbs mwm
Agents for al EHgIih r ESA
AdpytiStnH.
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vDANDE q co.
ToRTALEzA 80.

Tandem una partida de Brandy en- cajas dc
u botelIas marcs f. DEssAaDEEk u CO. 1 ~
csias
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-18
A Thrilling Scene.

A few years ago | was in company
with a gentleman who Just returned
from the city of L., in New En-
gland. He said he put up at the hotel,
and for time took his seat in the bar
room.
The door opened suddenly, and a
woman stepped in. She was the very
picture Of agony; her hair disheveled,
her dress negligent, her eyes unsteady,
and her movements eccentric. She
seemed to hesitate at first but at length
gathering courage, she moved up to the
bar and said
Landlord, don't sell my husband
any more rum. You have already
ruined us You know chat before he
came to your bar he was sober man.
He was as kind a husband as any
. woman ever had. We had a good
home, good farm and every comfort.
But you sold him liquors until he had
no money to pay. Unknown to me
you got mortgage on his farm; you
sold it, and turned me and my helpless
children out of doors! My husband lost
his health, his character, his reputation.
He became cross and abusive to me,
whom he once tenderly loved. lie
turned me out of our .wretched hoyel
into the cold and storm! He comes
home from your tavern Infatuated like
a demon. My once kind and amiable
husband and the tender father, is a
mailman when in liquor. He beats me
and my children cruelty, and threatens
to murder us! Oh! don't give him any
more liquor" and the tears gushed
from her eyes, while the landlord stood
speeches..
In the midst of these entreaties, which
should have broken heart of adamant,
man stepped into the bar room, and
with the vacant stare of an inebriate,
moved toward the bar.
Instantly the pleading wife threw
herself between the man and the bar,
and with one hand against his breast,
and the other stretched out imploringly
to the landlord. and said:
"Oh don't, my dear! don't drink!
You'll break my hearth and bursting
with agony, she turned to the landlord,
said
"Oh, don't let him have it! don'tn'
And while this enc was passing,
heart-rending and awful beyond descriP.
ton, the landlord walked deliberately
out from behind tue counter, and tax,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-18

One of the most numerous of the.
great classes of civilizen society is the
d. 0. o. D., which may be otherwise
expressed as the Dependent Order of
Drunkards. 1t comprehends persons of
all grades and classes OF society. 10
draws its membership from bar and
pulpit, from forum and senate; but,
differ as they may in position, in educa-
ton, in social surroundings, ability or
culture, they are brought into one fell
lowship and reduced to one common
level. We lay before the readers the
five principal degrees of the d. d..
First, we see the young man, intelli-
gent, courteous and polite, accepting
the cup at the hand of some young
lady, and drinking her health in liquor
that ruins his own. Well-dressed with
fair promises and bright prospects be-
fore him, we see nothing that should
hinder him from rising to the highest
stations and occupying the most intlu-
entail positions were it not for that cup
which contains within itself the promise
and power of all sorrow, degradation,
shame and death.
The scene shifts and another degree.
| is taken, and he who learned his first
lesson in the parlor of the gay and re-
fined, has taken another in the gilded
saloon, where jovial visitors accompany,
and vulgar jokes and nameless vices
wait to drag the unwary victim of in
, temperance down to the tomb. A little
later we see him again; third
degree is taken; he drinks deeply, and
his battered hat, buttOnless vest, patched
+ IlDl- o.
ness tell us the effect of the maddening
poison upon him.
A short journey brings him to anoth-
er degree The relics of his old gentil-.
/ ity are gone; coatless and ragged, his
shaking hand and gross and Redeemed
/ tountenanCe show that he has drank up.
everything that made life joyous or this
world a place of peace and blessing
One more degree shows us what
! strong drink will do tor the strongest.
man, No man was ever mighty enough
to wrestle with the bottle. lie is al
ways thrown at last. His body mass
/ Of bloatcd disease, his heart Il den of
/ foul and beastly passions, his counte-
nance married and sensuafzcd beyond
/ all power OF description, in rags and tat
tiers, homeless and fricndless, be travels
his short journey to the darkness of the
tomb. Some day the tidings come that
he is found dead-dead by the wayside,
with the bottle in his pocket; dead in
the snowdrilt, coming home from a
drunken debauch dead in his wretched
howell, with no one to smooth his dying
pillow or minister to him in his closing
hours. The end has come; the warn
ings of God and man have been in vain;
J he has passed through the varying de-
grees of evil habit; he has been initiated
into the mysteries OF Saan's lodge, and
at last his existence is wrecked, his life
is lost, and he awaits the sentence of
the mighty Judge who has taught us,
that no drunkard shall inherit the
Kingdom of Heaven. --ReC. Z. De WIT
! TatnlQqe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-18

Years ago my husband and I went to
visit cousin living some twenty miles
away. We did not reach her home
until past her usual dinner hc.~. She
seemed much pleased to see is, and
soon said she supposed we had not
'dined, and then, excusing herself, dis
appeared. Time passed on. We were
shut in the cool, close, seldom used
parlor, and amused ourselves, as peo-
pie generally do under such circum.
stances, in looking over albums. No
sound reached MS from the distant
kitchen. After long, long time, we
were ushered out to dinner, and such
a dinner!-as elaborate as we should
have expected at any country hotel,
while our hostess, tired and warm, did
the honors of the table us gracefully
as she could under the circumstances.
How much happier we should have
felt, and how much more we should
have enjoyed ourselves. had we been
treated to bread and milk, or bread
and butter, and cup of tea!
Again, not many years ago, my hus-
bands mother and [ went out to spend
the afternoon, and our hostess soon
after our arrival got dish of apples,
and after pairing and cutting them,
proceeded to make them into pies for
supper-not because she had nothing
else, but because what she had did not
suit her. Now in case of sudden sick
ness a woman may get out of food, but
there is no other excuse for such an
emptiness of the larder as to necessitate
cooking when visitors come in, how
eyer unexpectedly. As | have said be-
fore, never allow the bread jar or cake
box to become empty; and where one
has dining room, with table set all
the time, it is a good plan to keep one
or two places ready for the unexpected
friend.
Peope in cities have the advantage
OF US country people in one thing; they
can sent out and get bread, meats, cake
and piesof all sorts at moments no.
tice all cooked and often warm. We
can not db it, and are more liable to
company Vt mealtime than are they;
therefore, It becomes us to be on our
guard, andy all means let us set be-
fore our frimds what we have on hand
rather than spend the chief part of the
time they ar with us cooking. Good
bread and butter, baked apples, cheese,
or bit of salt fish or a few crisp
pickles anda Easket of cake, cookies,
or even good new gingerbread, with a
pleasant hostess, are all that is needed
to make an enjoyable time. Less elabo-
rate meals and more conversation, less
cooking and heat and more comfort,
should become the fashions. B. SaO-
ger, IN Country Gentleman.