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have no trouble with them when they
want to sit. Do not take the young
turkeys off until twenty-four hours af.
ter Matching. Feed for a day or two op
bread and clabber, with onions and
lettuce cut fine; also red pepper coca.
sionally. l then give grits made up
with clabber or some milk in the morn
ing; bread, Irish potatoes and onions
at dinner, and dry grits at night. al
ways give them clabber or milk to
drink.
Never let them out until 8 o'clock in
the morning until some weeks old. Al.
ways drive and pen at night until six
weeks old. After that turn them out,
and they can take care of themselves. 1
Coops for young chickens should
have plank floors. Move the GOODS
every other day and clean well, as
dampness is the cause of most diseases
IN young chickens and turkeys.
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Things at Nassau.

Nassau, the chief city of the Bahamas,
is, in n respect at least, in a pecu-
liar position. Being under the British
government, with a governor appointed
by the queen, with a parliament and
English institutions throughout, and
with its money always legally reckoned
in pounds, shillings AMI pence, its only
regular and frequent steam communi-
cation is with New York. All her bus
mess, or nearly all, is done with New
York. When her people want to make
a journey they come to New York.
Even fthey are going to Europe they
come to New York first. Thus the peo-
pie, while always thoroughly loyal tc
the queen and her government, are be.
coming every year more and more
American in their ideas and habits.
American currency has made its way to
Nassau and has mixed itself up with the
pounds and s~hillings, till you never
know when a price is reckoned by
the shilling, whether an English shil-
ling or a York shilling is meant. A
~greenback is just as good as a bank OF
England note, and there is no discount
on either. The condition of things is
almost as anomalous here as in some OF
the channel islands, which, while under
the authority of the British government
do all their business with Paris and use
the French language. In the heart Of
the city, the appearance of things SIDE
cidedly foreign. Some of the buildings
there look like Quebec houses, others
like Spanish houses, and others have an
English air. Over it all the white stone
and the white streets and the tropical
plants throw an air decidedly West In
dian.-Letter in New York Times.
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Real Live Yankees Abroad.

Rossfelt Letter in the Baltimore Sun
The Germans here and everywhere I
have yet been are evidently very fond of
Americans. They brighten up when
ever America is mentioned and at the in
terror hotels of Southern Germany they
say at first to us; English ?" ''No,"
we say American" Zach ia: sehr gut,
America sehr schon, " and they trot out
all the walters or servants who can
speak a little English and they want to
hear about America. / suppose we
could load a vessel with all the different
ones who have asked us if we didn't
want some n $50 willing" to work for
us in America. The city of Heidelberg
is so delightful we hated to leave it. We
met an American gentleman there whose
son is a student at the university. He
said he had known eighteen American
girls who had married German barons
OF counts and all were now divorced or
separated but three.
Where we are now, at Rossfelt, the
people have seldom, many of them new
er, seen an American. While we were
Oh the Burgeberg mountain, at the
house OF the jaeger master, some of the
foresters came in and stared at us with
great interest. One ofthem said it was
so strange to see a real born American!
They sang a song for us and drank our
healthst and the health of America; and
n who was quite good looking asked
leave to shake hands-"lt would be such
an honor" The honor was gracefully
accorded. We solemnly shook hands,
and we trust that the friendship between
America and the wild jagers of the
Black Forest is eternally cemented.
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hneIy crimped with a pen-knifa Or
oIIrseiy crimped by laying them in lar
slsn IoIds along the edge and pinchine
T Tnem between the thumb and finger
InDrolderles should be laid right side
Town on two or three layers of wooden
nannel and ironed on the wrong side
inns Will make the embroidery stand
u from the surface. Very narrow
rpifies may be ironed out plain and
then pulled straight over the finger
and crimped. Laces are pulled gently
INTO shape and patted till drv. They
may be pressed in a book Or laid he.
tween the folds of a sheet and pressed
with an iron, but the iron should never
come directly in contact with them. A
pm Is good topick out the furled edge
wlthal.-New York Tribune.
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Lime for Hens.

Now is the time to give lime in some
shape to hens. They are rapidly ex.
hausting the egg shell supply in then
systems, and you must stop the drain.
So, give oyster clam shells; the former
are best because the are the softest.
Crack them fine. By roasting them
they will pulverize better. Give lime
in water. Use a low pan with water
and lime in 1t. The water will take up
lime, and the hens, knowing a great
deal about themselves than per-
haps others do, will take what they
want. Bone meal is excellent. If you
do not give the lens lime in some shape
they will eat their eggs.
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A few stray folds of satin and lace
Fell lightly over your knee,
And she sat by your side, q marvel Of grace,
That every one turned to see.
She graciously gave you her hand to hold,
She smiled on you while you spoke.
She listened to all the stories you told,
Andlaughed at your poorest joke.
She danced with you, fattered you every way
IT men were all jealous that night;
You were only a card in my lady's play,
Tn tool of a woman's spitel
Twas I she wanted to vex and tease;
You answered her purpose well:
But for her sake aud mine(and yours, if you
please)
This isn't a story to tell
London Society.
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Crude Petroleum Paint.

We believe no one that has given
crude petroleum, either alone or thick
ened with mineral paint, a fair trial on
farm implements, fences, buildings, etc.
would even be likely to give itup again.
Take an old wagon o. c~ultivator frame
that has been neglected as regards
paint, and showing signs of giving out
and treat it to all the petroleum the wood
will absorb, going over the wheels sew
erel times, oil up the nuts and tighten
them, using wide washers underneath
anywhere where the wood is not sound,
and the affair may afterwards appear al
most as strong as a new one. Fences
and buildings kept properly painted
would last many years longer than if
not, besides adding to appearances great
ly. By thickening the oil with good
shades of material, a handsome paint
may be made, and the cost be not more
than a quarter of that of linseed oil and
lead paint.-New Hampshire Farms.
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Lovely villages and Towns.

Dean Stanley once characterized
Stockbridge, Mass, as "Loveliest of Ru-
raj Villages" a distinction largely due
to the Laurel Hill Association (pioneer
of street improvement ~societies). which
a correspondent of The Springfield Re-
publican says has laid its permanent
impress in the universal neatness and
pleasing adornment of the well-set
shade trees, perfect roads, trim side
walks and shaven lawns. Even the
humble houses, yards and gardens
share the general tidiness and self-re-
speeding care that belongs to what may
be called an aesthetic conscience, no small
factor in the best civilization. The or
ganized effort of which the above con-
dition is the attractive fruit was inspired
a few years ago by woman's love of
home and domestic beauty-forming a
public sentiment.sure to pour it's increas-
ing treasures into the time to come.
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The Largest Potato Yield.

Rural New Yorker.-At the rate Of
thirteen hundred and ninety-one and a.
half Q,3914,) bushels to the acrel They
were dug and weighed, and the yield es.
timated by Sec. E. Williams, of Mont.
clair, New Jersey, and G. l.. jones, Of
Newark, New Jersey, Wednesday, Aug.
ust 27. Particulars will be given in
due time. The second best yield, sur.
passing all other yields in previous sea-
sons, was thirteen hundred and sixty.
one and a quarter Q,361H bushels tc
the acre. They were dug August IS.
How do we produce them? Wide
trenches; a mellow bottom; the see6
pieces covered with two inches of soil
the fertilizer strewn evenly upon this
the trench filled with the soil as loose
~ as possible and heaped up A-shaped,
so that it will settle to a level of the soil
on either side after a rain or so; flat
cultivation. Try it, friends; there is
more in this than may appear, as we
shall one day endeavor to explain.
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ironing SEARCHED Clothes.

AS soon as starched clothes are ironed
they should be thoroughly dried neal
the stove, as moisture left in them for
any times makes them look wrinkled
and rough dry. Col..,rs and other small
pieces may be put Ia a pan or on a tray
and set on a kettle al the back of the
stove where they VIII dry quickly. A
puhed and tucked garment should be
Toned as though il were plain. Then
the puffs are folded along the middle
and smoothed straight over the finger.
OF with the iron. and q dull knife is
passed under the edge OF each tuck, if
~ Is desired to have them stand out.
tnS part OF the work ran be de-
ferred till all the ironing is done
and can be done SITTING down as
wen as standing up. Ruties may be
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How She Curled Her Hair.

From the Providence Journal.
She was a very pretty girl, tastefully
dressed, and her brown hair curled and
rolled about her low white forehead in
a way that was enhancing, considering
how hot the weather was, and how many
fair locks that had been curled that
morning were hanging in straight
strings over the fair owners eyes. 1t
was warm in church, too, and fans were
rattling in every seat. There we're lots
of flies about, but people seated in her
immediate vicinity were pleased to notice
that they all assembled and lowered
around the pretty girl, and only the
young man who sat beside her was
troubled occasionally by the little pest
erers that she impatiently brushed from
her face when they became unbearably
annoying. At the conclusion of the
service the pretty girl and her escort
walked out with the rest of the congre-
cation, and the young man was heard
to exclaim, "By George! did you yer
see so many flies Nell?" And Nell re-
piled In smothered and remorseful
tones: "Did you notice them, Fred? I
shall never try that again 1 curled my
hair with sugar and water this morn
ing" And then the flies discovered
their departing victim in the throng,
and with an exciting buzz made for her.
1t doesn't do for even q pretty girl to be
too hy.
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Care of Young Turkeys.

From the Southern Poultry Guide.
Pen your turkeys about the time
they commence laying, and you will
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
AND THE SOLDIERS.
what Was Done ut the Soldiers
Home Yesterday.

Mrs. Rowan, superintendent of temper
ance work among the soldiers, accompanied
by Mrs. DR.. Rogers, Mrs. Pope, Miss Chase
Miss White, Misses Louise and Ella Haul
man and the Arsenal Glee Club took an
early start for Soldiers Home yesterday,
the 22d instant, in order to visit the
hospital and also the friends they have
gained by their good work out there.
They were welcomed by Mr.. Formau,
president of the Temperance Union of the
Home, and Mr.. Alexander, first vice-pres-
dent, and while being refreshed by lunch
prepared for them by their good friends,
they were serenaded by a band which has
recently been formed there, really the out
growth of this grand temperance work.
After call from Sergeant Durkin, who
gave them q very cordial welcome, and
much Misunderstanding Of the veterans, they
visited the hospital going from couch to
couch with a kind word and leaving
A Card With n Scripture Text for
Each Poor Invalid.
The steward of the hospital, Mr.. Young,
was very courteous, and the Arsenal Cleo
Club, with Mrs. Pope as organist, sang for
the invalds. Miss Ella Hausmann also
sang and Miss Louise Hausmann gave them
some very sweet music on the either.
Returning to the Homo about half-past
three, they rested for half hour, when
they were served with bountiful repast,
and half-past six went to the chapel to hold
their usual Friday evening meeting, which
was one of tho most interesting ever held
there, the chapel being filed to Overlooking.
After singing by all of America" prayer
by Mr.. Green and Bible residing by Miss
Chase, President Forman delivered the
opening address. Mrs. Rowan and Mrs.
| Rogers spoke feelingly to the soldiers, and
Mr.. Hudson, from the Arsenal, followed
with a few syell-chosen remarks.
The Arsenal GIee Club
sang several pieces. and were loudly APP
| that great praise is due Mrs. Pope for her
training of the young men composing this
| club. Miss Ella Hausmann sang "Star
| Spangled Banner" and "La Motto Bella"
| which were enthusiastically received. Miss
| White gave recitation, very finely
| rendered, "The Message" Mr.. Alexander
| recited, and was received with the usual
hearty welcome, and Mr. Green, the secre-
| tary Mr.. Carpenter and Mr.. Ward, vice
| presidents, made earnest appeals to their
| comrades to join them. Among those pres
| and family and DIR. Hausmaun. The meet
| ing broke up with
Moro Recruits 10 the Temperance
Army.
| and the ladies with their friends left for
| the city, feeling that they had spent a
most delightful day. one long to be remem.
bered, and feeling too, that in hearing of
the empty guard-house and the scarcity oil
| drunken soldiers out there that their la.
bors were surely not in vain, and with faces
turned homeward, a hearty invitation from
Sergeant Durkin and the soldiers to soor
repeat their visit ringing in their ears
their hearts could but sing praise God from
whom all blessings flow"
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
THE MoDEL FAST LINE AND THE OF nv
mn, LINE BETWEEN

THE MODEI, FAST LINE ANN Tur N, ~
LINE BETWEEN nA oi'Lh
THE EAST AND TIE WEST
DOUBLE TRACK JANNEY COUPLER
STEEL RAIISi LIZ"
Schedule to take effect SUNDAY. NovEMprp
Is. 1883. EN-
rsrsn,, ,,nn,,a uom slation corner OF New
or 7bb Meriaian ,,Ee street oy eastern Standard
VI t i0' ch Nc ' ~ n LILLE
deiiy ~ IN NJ ~ Il IounsViile ana ~ Louis
throuoh coachea and p "a, ~ ~ III r. NJ, with
hn vusm ,Uvncmfy anu Raiace sleeping Cars to
ep}cceopp 80, Snanse iVio A. NJ daily to
Sf Ior p, ,ttsNps j[stnt " N.Y. ar -
uniy o,v e NJ. 70 flttsDurEn, cleveland and De.
'r2 2n VIII rd,n SSieeping Cars 70 Pittsburgh.
M depI nna s neeroit via rmonroeyille, l0l5
M, and n wih i ieqper ior Toiedo via Wheel
NJ f, nn b IN b III i ~ ~, ,.
ir ~ iur lniiauespnlh anu rev YORK at $40
Pm dav VIII par, ops nna avo NJ and 1000
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
The Virginia Midland Railway.
THE TRUNK LINE TO THE SOUTB
SOUTHWEST AND WEST

Schedule in effect NOVEMBER IS. 1888.
s:35 A. M.-NEw ORLEANS MAIL daily. max
ing close connections 70 all points South anc
Southwest Daily except Sunday with O. q o
Railway. Pullman Sleeping Buffet cars from
New York and Washington TO Atlanta. Pull
man Sleeping Cars from Washington and At
lanta tc New Orleans
$40 p. M.-LoUISVILLE FAST LINE. Daily
via Charlottesville to Cincinnati, Loulsville
and all Western points, PULLMAN Sleeping Oars
from washington to Louisville.
1910 p. M.-S0UTHERNM MAIL AND EXPRESS,
Daily to all points South and Southwest via
DanvilIe and Charlotte. DAILY except sunday
with z: d o: Railway. Pullman Sleeping Cars
from washington via Danville, Charlotte and
Atlanta to New Orleans, also, from Washing
ton via Charlotte and Columbia to Augusta
Manassas Division train leaves Washington at
S:35 q. m. daily except Sunday.
Warrenton trains leave Washington at s35 q. m.
and $40 p. m. daily.
For tickets and Information inquire ut Com.
pany's Otiice, Col Penna. ave. or at Union Depot
NJ. SLAUGHTER, N. MACDANIEL,
Gen. Pass. Agent. Agent.
SOL HASS Traffic Manaper,
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
Railroads..
PENNSYLVANIA RnnrE

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE.
TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK, SPLENDID SCENERY
STEEL RAILS, N aNIEIcENT EQUIPMENT.
TRAINS TIE LEAVE ~ lsss
~. corner Of Sixth and b streets, as follows;
Fq Epress pSot see W Chicago Limited
an M, daily fast line, oloA. NJ. daily, with
S%S esaPSs Sa5a C% G p r. 20
Cars to PlttshurEh; also connects daily for chi.
with Sleeping Gar from Plttsbureh 10 chieaaro,.
Mail Express, 10 p. M. daily for Pit; 1ureh md
the West, with Palace Sleeping Car ON Wash.
BALTIMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie Cauandaigua Rochester, Buffalo, Mag
nrH, at 1000 ?; m. daily except saturday, with
Washington TO Buffalo. Train leaving wash.
ington on Saturday night will not run beyond
For, WiiiinmsEort, Lock Heyen and ElmIra. at
For New :" York Ss and sdt tie Fast, si5 A.
M Nh l ,d "a AGO. 1922 and liS r ~ On Sunday,
pullman Parior Cars $40 a. n daily sP except t
For Boston, without change, .I4o p. NJ. every
week day. ON sunday. Y. M.
For Brooklyqn,, n; x al through trains connect
SSais hfSp si4set A AVOID
Fa dpg aqnble ierriage across New York city
1000 and Ills p NJ; on Sunday. at 100 20 And
LID = s ~ Limited Express, $40 A. M daily
For Baltimore, go, sis, 80 1000. 1850 A. NJ, and
Lao 400 425, 40 $50, 740, 1000 and Ills p. M;
and li.15 i. NJ. WI '' ""' '''V'
For s pope,s Creek LIne, $50 A. M. and 40 p. NJ.
cept Sunday. '' va
ALIJEX = PR e EREDERIoKsBUne RAIL-
ION RAILROAD.
For Alexandria, ss5. 72o, o.25, Hos and II. q, A.
day a. Gus, BE, HOS A. NJ, sos p. NJ.
For Richmond and tho South, 0. IS and Ii.O5 A. M
daily and p M. daily, except Sunday " "''
Trains leave AleXandria for Washington, Cos
sos. 1910 and 10 20 A. NJ, 305, 322 $40 7O5 and
1910 p NJ and H. 10 midnight On Sunday at 81 o5
and 1910 A. NJ, TO5 and 1910 p. M.
Tlckets and information at the Office. northeast
corner OF Thirteenth street and Pennsyl yana ave
nue. and at the station where orders can be left for
lhe checking OF baggage to destination from hotels
and residences.
]. II. WOOD,
z., =. - General Passenger Agent,
CHAS. IL. PUGH, General Man9rer
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
In memory OF wendell PhiIIips.

IN menuOIy VI
The Wendell Phillips memorial services Mt
congregational Church last night were at
tended by an audience which represented tho
beet element Of the colored race IN the Dis
trict. After an organ voluntary by Professor
Thierbach. Rev. Walter Brooks opened the
who presided, then introduced Rev. William
Waring who read appropriate resolutions
laudatory OF the life and labors OF Wendell
Phillips. Musical selections were rendered
monte Association, after which Mr.. Frederick
Douglass delivered au address, which con-
tanned many incidents illustrating the noble
qualities Of tho dead phlanthropist.
lowed with feeling and eloquent address, de.
plotting Philips as the goad stick which prIcked
the Flooding OK OF public sentiment, and the
lightning dart and thunderbolt which purified
the political and National atmosphere.
Commissioner LoriDg was then introduced
and said that he wanted to take advantage Of
the occasion to say that the report which had
obtained currency that Secretary Lincoln had
refused to sit at the banquet OF the Harvard
Alumni given recently at Wormleys because
college, was not invited ia without founda-
tlon. Secretary Lincoln had addressed a note
TO him saying he could not be present on &C.
count Of duties he had to perform, ana Profes-
sor Greener, with others, had failed to receive
an invitation because their names were over
looked.
Miss Agnes Smallwood sang, 81 Know that
My Redeemer Liveth," and the orpheus Club,
dresses were then delivered by Professor r. II.
Greener and Rev. j. A. Rankin, who then de-
liyered the doxology.
Commissioner Loriug, Rev. Walker Brooks,
Colonel Harlan, John Il. Cooke, Hon. John d.
Long, ]. W. Cromwell, esq, DR.. Rankin, Fred
erick Douglass, Rev. william Warning. 4snry
| johnson, VIM II. Smith and Profasq6SR T.
Greenet were seated on the plateozm.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23

Mr.. W. p. Phillips, of New York, male an
argument before the subcommittee OF tho
Senate Committee on postofiices and Postroads
yesterday In advocacy OF Interference by Gov
eminent in the matter OF rates charged by the
Western Union Telegraph Company to press
associations. He said that the New York AS
upon distance, and that having large mum
Dor OF papers 10 serve, the rates to individual
papers were brought down to about GU cents
fewer in number, were obliged to pay higher
rates, although they could collectively obtain
from the Western Union Company the same
He advocated tho adoption OF a system like
that which he claimed had grown up In Eng
land, under which any paper might purchase
the news OF any association at a rate as low as
was charged TO any other paper In the same
city, a
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
Josephine Yorke and Mapieson.

Josephine Jones Yorke, the opera singer, 10
at strife with her manager, Colonel Mapieson.
Disliking the fanciful biography put In print
published a card stating that her father was a
wealthy soap and candle maker there's that
she is thirty-one years OF age; that she has
and that she Will keep her opinion OF the Colo
4 n In haraaIF
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
THE EVENING CRITIC.
EsTABfIsHED AUGUST 1905.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Tho special bulletin Issued from the Signal
ONCE to-day says;
Slightly COLDER fair weather is indicated Tor
New England, tho Middle Atlantic and South
Atlantic States on Sunday. Slightly warmer,
fair weather is Indicated for the Mississippi
and Ohio YnlleYa on Sunday.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
Y. M. q. A. lecture Course.

Professor j. J.. Darlington, OF the Bar Also
citation, will lecture on "O0ntracts," at the Y.
NJ. O. A. rooms, 400 New York avenue, Mon
day evening, at z ;45 o'clock. II VIII DO prdc-
tcal talk 10 young mon on subject OF unl-
versnl importance, aud as Mr.. Darlington Is
well-known as an interesting speaker and no
charge made for admission, the attendance
will no doubt be large. Whilo the lecture Is
not prepared specially for them, law students
Will IND II profitable to attend.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
The DimpIe ON Her Cheek.

Within nest OF roses,
Half hidden from sight
Until smile discloses
Its loneliness Alright,
Behold tho work of cupid,
Who wrought IL in q freak,
The witchlng little dimple-
The dlmple on her cheek
The Sirens lays and glances
To lure the sailor NIGH
The perilous romances
or tabled LOrelie,
And all the spells OF Circo
Are reft OF charm and weak,
Beside the dainty dimple--
The dlmple on her cheek
We're these tho golden ages
OF knights and troubadour5,
Who brighten olden pages
With Journeys and amours,
What lances would be broken
What silver lutes would speak,
In honor OF the dimple--
Tho dimplo on her cheek
samuel MlntHTn Peek, IN ne Manhattan J0F
March.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-23
T1pafImOnial.

RIGGS HOUSE, Febs7R 1851
Prof. A. j. Dertef-DEAR sI8<H have suf-
fered with imnammatory &86umatism for
thirty years. HEARTH Of 26r skull, deter.
mined e try After Al soS the rst
foundry, not havii I'D any rest for a week.
At present am Il my arm freely, which
was powerless Nsope time. suffer no
pain. II giveaDhe Great pleasure to add my
name TO w. many you have cured. My
general htdlth IS greatly improved.
MuXJeMN q. 0hnLIsLE, Speakers MIrel