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Many useful articles can be ornament
ed with real ferns, MOSES and flowers.
Cut out in white cardboarda setof toilet
mats, draw a scallop round them, tax
ing half the circumference of a cotton
reel as q gside. Cut the scallops out
With a sharp pair Of scissors, and punch
a hole in the center Of each with a shoe
makers punch, a quarter of an inch
across. The ferns, mosses, small flowers,
ETC., must now be prepared by pressing
them with q hot iron, first covering
them with one or two sheets Of blotting
paper. Now with q small brush cover
all the under side of each leaf or
flower with hot gelatine and water (half
an ounce of gelatine to half o pint of
water will be about the proportion),
and lay it on the mat very carefully in
the position you wish it to be, pressing
firmly with a soft cloth on and off for d
few minutes, till it is firmly fixed.
Brush over both sides and the edges
with hot gelatine. 1t is better to give it
two coats before vanishing. These
mats will wash with q little soap and
water if they have been thoroughly GEL
atined and vanished. The STAN ped
out" deaigns can be used in making this
kind of mats, instead Of ferns, etc,
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publican aproros Of the Fancy Stock

publican aproros of the Fancy Stock
Craze" Especially as, at present, it re-
lates to Jerseys and the otherwise re-
putable journals which foster it for q
consideration the form Of advertis-
ing patronage, or otherwise: aTnere is
an inside to the great combination auc-
ton sales of imported and domestic
stock in cities, that the buyers are not
fully admitted to. Country animals are
sent here to be washed, shampooed,
combed, groomed and pumped byskil-
ful hands, days and weeks before the
sale, and then under the glare of an
electric light in the excitement Of a
crowd, the willy a~uctioneer caps the oil
max with figures Of speech that entrap
the unwary. This is q gambling in
stocks that is literal, as some have found
to their orrow The wonder is that
some of the agricultural papers, that
are usually sensible, should sell them
selves SO cheaply in abetting the swim
ulGs ..a.E MH HHlH III" aba7HH g#t
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thrown it. When Jack returned at
noon she told him of it, and he cut the
cords and unwrapped the thick papers,
she meanwhile not wishing to appear
curious, retired to the Dining room.
Jack worked several moments before
the contents of the package were reach
ed, and then out rolled a glossy, long
haired skin of q grizzly bear, the head,
with its glaring eyes and horrible teeth,
being perfect. 1t was as beautiful a
skin as possible to imagine, and for u
moment he stood lost in admiration.
Then he noticed that an envelope had
dropped from its folds. Picking it up
he read:
SAN Francisco,
DEAR JAcK-Hope you'll like the
Rocky Mountain poodle. Shot him my
self. FRANK Parsons.
That was all but, like q flash, it came
to Jack that poodle may have more
than one meaning. 4
"Winnie" he called, and his voice
had the old, loving ring.
She came, looked at the bear skin,
read the brief note, and in q moment
realized it all.
ooh, Jack!" was all she said, and a
moment afterward he held her in his
strong arms and their kisses were those
of mutual reconciliation.
That night he chopped up the ken
mel for kindling, and were it not for the
bear skin, which they call Frisco"
there would be nothing left to remind
them of Their First Quarrel.
-phi1a Call
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4 Sure and sass Inssotlodds:

The frequent praise of kerosene and,
milk to destroy insects is not lily be-
slowed. Professor A. j. Cook has for
years, as reported in The New York
Tribune, found that kerosene mixed
with soapsuds and sponged on plants is
quick death to plant-lice. Last summer
ne and his students experimental quite
thoroughly with kerosene and milk
using sour milk, as cheaper-and found
that by stirring we'll it remained mixed
for some minutes, giving ample time to
apply it. They tried it on many plants,
and found that applied one of the oil to
five of milk did no harm to any plant.
That this stregth might in some cases
be injurious to some very tender foliage
ispossible, but they found no such case,
but found the mixture a quickly de-
.strustive to all plant-lice; to cabbage
larvae, both the green and striped; to
the old black squash bug, and various
grubs and beetles, like the grape flea
beetle and the grub of the same. This
is not new toyour readers, but mayprove
to be a timely reminder
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Miscellaneous Gossip.

Mrs. Almira Lincoln Phelps, the au-
thoress, who is living in Baltimore, will
reach her ninety-tirst birthday on the
10th of July.
NJ. Du,.as, speaking of Nine. Adam
q admire her for her talent, I love
her for her beauty, and / adore her for
her goodness"
A Cincinnati clothing house foreman
suddenly lost his speech in that city q
few days ago, and q physician declared
the case to be "acute alcoholic coma"
and incurabla.
New York City is to have a new park
which will be on the picturcsoue heights
beyond High Bridge, and including the
romantic cliff overlooking the Harlem
Valley.
There are 1873, 065 Free Mason lodges
throughout the world, with a total
membership, Of A,160,543.
There are in all some sixty or seventy
of the hot springs at Hot Springs. Ark.
They q superficial area of about
five acres.
The largest school in the world is
said to be the Jews free school at Spit
altields, London. 1t has q daily at
tendance of over $500 pupils.
1t is said that Mrs. John Jacob Aston
gave each servant of her house a gold
watch and 800 as q thank offering for
her recovery.
Jem Ward, the veteran prize-fghter
who recently died in London. held the
champion belt as long ago as 1881.
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Sinful but Patriotic.

Mr., Emory storrs, of Chicago, was
dining recently in London at Minister
Lowell's, and neal him sat the Duke of
Argyll, who during the conversation,
expressed surprise that Chicago should
have treated Oscar Wilde-s'a man
whom wethink nothing of, if we think
of him at alt"-so we'll. TITS all a
mistake, Your grace" replied Mr.. storrs,
I've had nothing to do with Wide in
Chicago But L certainly readin the
New York and Boston papers long ac-
counts OF his reception IN your city
True, your grace" answered the CHI
rago lawyer; "but the recent growth
of Chicago has made it the metropolis
OF the United States, and all the sen
board cities are jealous of her, and say
spiteful things about her" Mr.. Lowell,
of Boston, was about to interject a re-
mark just here, but Mr.. Storrs silenced
him with q significant look. After the
meal, and on the way upstairs, the
American Minister touched Nj. Storrs
arm, and whispered: "You got out Of
that very well, Storrs. Sinful, but pa
triotic.
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Character OF the Horse.

In the section of a horse, strength,
soundness, size, form, health, age, pedi-
gree, color, ETC., are all taken into con-
%sideration, but the good or bad quail
ties, the character, receive little atten-
ton. Still nothing adds to or detracts
more from the animals real value. T
think this indifference arises from q
common notion that the character can
not be determined beforehand. But it
is revealed as plainly as are soundness,i
age and strength. The plan to be nd
opted is this: Select two horses whose
dispositions you are familiar with-one
gentle, n vicious. The points to be
observed are all about the head. Study
the head well. Look first at the y
then the nasal contour. then the ears,
and afterward all the other points about
the head. When you have done this
select other horses whose characters
you know. In surprisingly shorttime
you will have learned wherein the eye,
nose, ears, ETC., of avicious horse differ
from these organs of a gentle horse.
Then select two horses again-one intel
ligent and one dumb. Study the same
points, most particularly the ewes, how
ever, and you will soon be able to dis
tinguish an intelligent from o dumb.
horse.
In this way q persona of ordinary abil-
ity can learn to distinguish the charac-
ter of a horse in a few months of study.
The information thus gained may save
him a runaway, perhaps q limb Of life,
and it is especially valuable to one who
has young horses to train. 1t is appar-
ent that n nervous, excitable horse
shouldnot receive tho same treatment
accorded q heavy, sluggish animal. 1t
May be necessary to use the whip on the
latter when to apply it to the former
would be the worst policy imaginable.
So a horse that is very sensitive, thin
skinned and hot blooded, or one vicious
and ~treaeherous, should be treated en-
tirely different III training from the kind,
docile, family horse. Ignorance Of
these facts very often increase, instead
of diminish. the faults of the horses.
Accorded right treatment the high
strung colt might be reduced TO sub
missiveness but wrongly treated hessis
rendered vicious. And j have found
that wrong treatment of colts in train
ing proceeded far more often from fail
ure to critically distinguish traits Of
character than from any other fault.
-J. nj, StahI.
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Every Person aLnnatic Wow and
Then

NW1at fslEH-rSE
Prof David Swing says: The fact
that a druggist Of this city has ended a
human life by putting up the wrong
medicine awakens much indignation.
he says many customers were in the
store; he was in a hurry; he put up
morphine instead ofsome similar drug
The inquiryarises whether the clerk is
able to fill an order only when he has
no customers in the shop? How empty
must be the shop in order to secure
safety? Must the street in front Of the
drug store also be empty? What if q
fire engine goes by? What il q dog
fight occurs while thedruggist ia reach
ing for quinine? Is he justified in tax
ing down strychnia? What if hismoth-
er-in-law has come to visit him2
Such questions come up and proper
~ !; but there is another side to the fact
OF erring druggists, and that is, that
most persons are crazy part Of the time.
The exceptions are rare. Each n is
now and then a fool of the most COM
plete order Of species All the law and
penalties in the world will not avail to
make a druggist or anybody else have
his full senses through all his life.
Crazy moments or seconds will come.
A wise man will step backwards off a
porch or into q mud puddle, q great
philosopher will hunt for the specs that
are in his hand or on his forehead, a
hunter will sometimes shoot himself or
his dog, a barber will some
times forget his job and slice off q piece
Of chin or an ear or the nose. IA girl at
work OF Marshal Fields had been feed
a great clothing knife fors41O years.
Last week she watched the knife come
down slowly upon her hand. Too late
she woke out Of her stupor with one
hand-gone. For q few seconds her
mind hadfailed and she sat by her ma
chine q temporary lunatic and had
watched the knife approach her own
hand.
The man recently murdered on North
Clark street, Of Chicago, saw the enemy
come up with murder on his face, saw
him draw q revolver, and, instead Of
making a lightning spring at the man,
he stood bewildered and thus fellsdead.
His reason left him in the second Of
his greatest need
One Of the most distinguished profess
sors in one Of our colleges was teaching
neal a canal. Walking along one even-
ing in summer he walked as deliberate
ly into the canal US he had been walk
ing along the patch q second before.
He was brought to his senses by the
water and mud and the absurdity Of the
situation. He had on . new suit OF
clothes and q new silk hat, but though
the damage was thus great he still laughs
over his adventure.
Our mail collectors find in the iron
boxes along the streets all sorts of papers
and articles which have been put ID b..
some hand from whose motions the
mind has become dstachedsfo aseeond.
"A g1ove, a pairaof spectacles, . deed, q
mortgage, . theater ticket goes in and
on goes the person holding on to the
regular letter which should have been.
deposited. This is called absent-mind-
edness, but this is . brief lunacy. a
lunatic is a person whose mind is habit
uaily out Of balance.
". rafHH -
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American Wives of Titled Britons.

London Letter:-And now, Just a
few words as to the marriages Of Ameri-
can women among the English aristo-
crazy. l hate taken the trouble to look
into the thing. and I find that some
American girls have made some 'sgrand
alliances in England. Beginning with
the present century, it appears that in
1890 Baron Ashburton married Miss
Anne Bingham, Of Philadelphia. In
the same year Baron Erskine married
a daughter of General Cadwalader, of
the same city. In 1928 the Duke of
Leeds married Miss Cation, of Balti-
more. In1S62 Lord Abinger married
a daughter of Commodore Magruder,
of the United States Navy. In1S72the
Hon. Henry Wodehouse (the Earl of
himberley's brother) married Miss
King. of Georgia, the lady after
ward, in 1880, marrying the Marquis Of
Anglesey. In 1875 Viscount Vaudeville
married Miss Yznaga. of New York; and
about the same lime Lord Randolph
Churchill married Miss Jerome, of the
same place. l think this is a pretty
good showing. You can't go Il high
er than dukes and marquises in this
country, for princes can only marry
royalties" And then, aside from his
title, Lord Randolph Churchill is one
OF the rising statesmen of his time, and
is on the high road to the premiership
at no very distant day. Ihnve not in
cluded the baronets, as they are very
small potatoes" with us. It may,
however, be of interest to know that
Sirs Robert Burnett, Thomas Hesieth,
John Lister Kaye, Robert Graham, John
Rose, Sidney Waterlow, and Charles
Wolseley have all married American
wives.
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Various Short Things,

The desertions in the British army in
1883 were 3,717 altogether. Desertion
is prevalent almost exclusively among
the very young soldiers. OF the 4,3l7
cases reportedlas year only 617, or just
o~ne-siSth, were those of men having
" 3 three years service.
Lieutenant A~bercrombie will next
month leave Portland, Ore, with an
expedition to investigate the resources
OF Alaska. He expects to travel about
five thousands milesby November, maxi
ing a collection of furs and minerals,
and taking photographs OF the country.
Taxas forty years ago was practically
a desert and the handful Of settlers
lived entirely on game. To-day there
are more than 10, 900 900 cattle, sheep
horses, mules, and swine in the state,
and she cotton crop last year was worth
more than the cotton crop of the entire
United States IN 1SB.
The Rev. DR.. Wright, a distinguished
a.. NJ. Of Trinity College, Dublin, has
created some sensation by an article IN
which he says that many Of the Fellows
OF that University do not believe in de-
vine revelation or the existence of
a personal God. Several are,
at the best, agnostics, il not atheists.
There is no way for discipIning ID Fell
low or Professor for erroneous views,
and SO it is q propaganda Of skepticiism.
Major Burke, Manager Of the New
Orleans exhibition, has chartered the
Great Eastern, to- be used asEa hotel
1T Will leave Liverpool in September.
loaded with exhibits. After they have
been landed the vessel sill Gb~estlh3rough-
~ cleaned and Will be used ii hotel,
under the charge Of skillful caterer.
Ii has $50 s~ttate-ropnls, audit will be
located ALMOST within the exposition
grounds.
According to the new codeinMexico
divorce is made possible. It beng q
Roman Catholic country, and divorce II
not sanctioned by the church, but as
tie church has been completely sepa.
rated from the state, and only civil
marriage is recognized, it ~ only log
ical consequence that divorce should,
have placein the statutes. The di-
sorce law defines that adivoEce alaalI
not absolutely annul the marriage tie,
but shall suspend somesof its features
it provides for separation, aallimony and
care of children.
A strange case, which puzzled the IN
habitanta Of Pawtucket, !, 81 vas the
finding Of large quantity az little: cells.
in o street puddle, mode BY heavy
shower the others day. There were
near1ya hundred of them, sqnirmiing
lively, and from an inch to thres inches
in length. The prevailing theoryS
that they came down with the IAin
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p to 20 years from planting, and the

u to 90 years from planting, and the
crop will bring from $500 to 81, 900 per
acre. The second crop will be ready
for market in two or three years less
time than the first, as the roots are
stored with sap, and push q wonderful
growth. One need not wait twelve or
fifteen years for a return, however, for
after the plantation is four years old it
may be seeded to grass, and will pro-
duce enough pasture to pay q fair in
terest on the Investment. After four
years growth the Trimmings of the plan
tation will yield a regular income for
several years, and this is particularly
true of the second growth, which is dense
and rapid.
n. Newgas, n of the principal ex-
tensive horse dealers of Chicago, says
as follows of the grade Percheron-Nor
mans: "Oi draft horses I handle more
Normans than of any other breed.
They are more enduring, have better
feet, are finer built, more attractive and
are true to work. They are broken be-
fore they IRE ever harnessed. They
will sell in New York;, conditions being
equal, for from $50 to $75 more than a
Clydesdale. / advise farmers to breed
their mares to Percheron-Norman
horses in preference to any other breed
Chicago Tribune.
A farmers wife thus suggests, through
the Orange County Farmer, the idea Of
canning milk, which may in some cases
be desirable, as, for instance, to bridge
over a dairy drouth: Visiting a farm
a few years ago, some excellent coffee
upon the table disclosed the presence
Of cream. This surprised me, for ]
knew the cows were dry, and there
were no very near neighbcrs. 1 asked,
and the answer was, o, that is canned
milk Since then, 1 have done the
same way two seasons, and intend to do
so again soon. When the milk is
brought in and strained, put it on to
boil in a steamer, OF pail set into o ket-
tie of boiling water. As soon as it
reaches the boiling point and begins to
bubble, pour into glass jars already
prepared and heated, and screw up inn
mediately. Keep it where it will not
freeze, and when needed it is ready for
| use."
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Sunday in Vermont.

Last Sunday one of the pastors Of the
little village of Pownal was walking to
church, when he saw a man with his
coat of, digging in his garden. The
good man beheld With grief and aston
ishment, and, coming up to the fence,
began to recite in a solemn voice: Re-
member the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Six days thou shit labor and do all thy
work"
aSee here" said the man in the gar
den, looking up. "be you talking to
me?"
Yes, my poor man, I am"
oval, you needn't worry about me,
then. I amt a-gcin' to do any work /;
I'm only diggm' worms to go a-fshin'
with"
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Mostbells were originally feminine.
Nov the two or three called by Chris
tiang names IN England ~ mascnline.
The most celebrated, Greet Tom q
Oxford. was originally named Mary.
Tresham. the Yice ChanceloF b ~
period. writes: beautiful Mary
how musically abe sounds AhS#Sh ae
done little 10 belle this reputsssdnsin ce
shesbaca1ne Tom. Once only th0SS
year 1900 Tom gnt INTO dis6kaesy :
series 81 ncontinentS sttikingDNhich
greatly Alarmed u1,dssti66rAdnaeee
who dividedgin opiia1nnG sWlReehs9
there was M e1xthQuAkeathn OeenWe1l
,dsad. 81 ths ronsgs onsavss
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sAoRILzaH

They walked in the clo~ver-haunted fields
a weary wording and dainty child;
She fresh as the dew on the upland Wild.
he stole the blush from the sweet wild rose.
And proved that the mornings grew less fair
mat q faint of poison lurked in the bloom,
And hung on the breath of the summer air:
mat "a, lie ls not as good as it seems;
Ihat faith and virtue rarer grow;
That the worm is hidden with greedy month
At the heart of ali that we love or know.
And a shade fell over tho hummer fields.
AND the sun in it's brightness seemed to wane.
heT hearts song fsltered-alas! for her.
his doubt crept into the perfect strain. r.
Kate L. Brown in May Harper,
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The wicked weight of wal.ang suit..

It will not be long. sllrewd observers
say, before the English girl, once such
a picture of beautiful bloom, will sue
cumb to the s'~inyaladism" of the last
quarter century in this country. She is
not only lacednear to extinction around
the waist, but the slender style of gown
and coat compel an equal fairness and
compression all over the chest and di-
gestive organs. Apparently these girls
are chameleons, supposed to feed on air,
for there seems to be no allowance and
no room for food in their economy.
The English of the past also
wore very tight stays, but her frame
was allowed some expansion for breath
ing and comfort above and below the
waist. At present the ideal figure is
fiat-cllested, and fiat, and almost ION
cave, from throat to Toe. This horrible
imprisonment ofthe vital functions, with
the hearty appetites and frequent feed
ing Of the English habit, must
In time play havoc with
health and complexion. One saving
chance for such a girl is her absorbing
oot oGlOu W tSuJiiS Wleu, lUE PuEpOSBS
of the game she must get into d loose
fitting suit and wear comfortable, firm
tread shoes. Her walking costume is
cruelty, heavily and criminally wrong.
When will the doctors generally take
the field against these enormities in
dress? There is IL physician already
in Philadelphia who refuses to prescibe
for any such patient until she has
changed her style Of dress, and especi-
ally her heels. IF all the fashionable
doctors would have the courage to do
likewise, simply denying Their counte-
nance to nervous and other sufferers,
until these last are willing to dress less
dangerously there would soon be a visi-
bic lessening of the aYerageof suffering.
Il is not that thesedistorted beings die;
on the contrary they live extensively
useless and tortured liyes.-Phila. Led
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