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BETTER Treatment of the Domestic.

II majority of matrons would qualify
themselves and then try to impart to servants
their knowledge of the various trades that are
comprised in housework, the aggregate ad-
vantage would In a short time be great 4
girl with common sense can learn to cook all
plain food In two or three months 1t would
certainly pay to send her to the laundry for
few lessons. Half dozen lessons In second
work, +" followed up by not too oppressive
supervision, will make a complete housemaid
This tutorage will indeed consume a con-
siderable amount of timo, but it does not up
set the family as does the recurring and dread
period of changing girls"
But the fact that some women have SO much
worse luck with girls than others can only be
logically explained by the supposition that
they are worse mistresses. "But what are we
to eat while. Bridget is learningr inquiries a
new little wife, before whom the problem be-.
gins to loom darkly in the domestic horizon.
It is no worse to bear the blunders of one who
is improving the time than to be experimental
upon by dozen strangers, none of whom are
competent And who can doubt that the
father and the boys will prefer to excuse mis-
takes smoothed over by kind and hopeful
words from the mistress than to hear running
fire Of weak complaints, month after month,
from house mother who does nothing to bet
ter affairsA Congregationalist.
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FAMILY DIARY. OF M. DE LEssEps,
The Great Canal-Maker a Remarkable
Man-His Hardy Children.

The Great canal-Maker Remarkable
Man-His Hardy Children.
Let me transcribe passage from daily
journal 1t is imaginary, but truthful to
the letter. 1t is the family diary of M. de
Lessepss The date is 1885, Entry No. /:
November 19-Count Ferdinand de Lesseps
; celebrates the eightieth anniversary of his
birth" Entry No. 9: Dec 5-Mme de
Lesseps presents to her liege lord her and
his twelfth child" OF both these events the
count is wished-and expects-'tmany happy
returns" Entry No 8: Dec 6-Count de
Lesseps goes out for gallop; his horse
stumbles, throws him to the ground, and
falls upon him heavily. Entry No d: Dec. Z
This evening Count de Lvsseps gives grand
dinner, being himself in the best of health
and spirits" And yet our English cousins
boast of their "Grand Old Man!' Indeed,
the great canal-maker is remarkable man.
1t is fine sight to see him in the park
with his family-eleven children. with in no
case more than two years nor less than
fifteen months difference in the age OF two
consecutive scionsl And now appears No
u, "a duodecimo edition of my works., re-
marked the count, joculary, to friend who
congratulated him upon the advent This is
family raising reduced to an exact science.
And when you see the eleven drawn up in
line you notice that their sizes are mathe-
matically graduated. Their father intends
that IL possible, they shall live to as
good and vigorous an old age as he enjoys
He inures them to hardship. In summer
time he makes them run bare-footed, bare
headed, bare-legged, bare-armed, and, in
fact, as nearly naked as the usages of civiliza-
tion allow. And at his country home he
has fenced-in playground for them in
which they spend an hour or two daily in the
original garb Of Adam and Eve
As a result their skins are as tough and
healthy as that of an Indian They never
catch cold. They are never sick. In these
respects they differ much from most French
children, who, as a rule, are what the Eng
lish would call "coddled" too much. They
are kept indoors. When they do go out
they are overdressed. They never ronlp
and play like English and German children.
Taken ont for walk, they are kept in lead
ing-strings, and must keep step and walk in
an exact line. They have no liberties, no
amusements. As a result they are tender
as hot-house plants and as artificial And
when they come of age-ah, well They
make up for lost time, that is all! 1t is
pity the example of the De Lesseps family
Is not initiated throughout France And
this In the number of children as well as in
the way of bringing them up, for
small families or no children at ali is now
the rule in France. In many plrts of the
country and in many cities and towns ths
number of births does not nearly equal that
of deaths, SO that the population is decref.s-
ing..-Paris Letter.
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The Increased Demand for Helm.

When stationary washtubs were unknown,
when every drop of water must be drawn
from well or cistern, when spices must be
pounded, sugar crushed and eggs or cream
whipped by hand, the active housekeeper who,
even with a large family, kept more than one
maid, was phenomenally rare. Now, with
hot and cold water pipes, set tubes, bowls and
sinks. dumb-waiters, carpet-sweepers, and
la.te,t egg -beaters, the demand for help has
Increased. Not only the heavier work of
cooking, washingand ironing must be taken
Ii charge BY the Teutonic or Hibernian inl-
portation, but the more delicate culinary oper-
atiols and the ,aintier parts Of housework,
the care of dining-roo1n, bedrooms and par
lor, are too frequently given over to her care.
Query: How much has been gained by the
change. No woman who can avoid it should
make herself Q mere household drudge. But
is there not asJust medium between her devot-
ing herself so entirely to minor duties that she
has neither time nor inclination for anything
else and her yielding UP these same cares so
completely that she loses much of the delight
OF home-making both for herself and her
family christine Terhune Herrick
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The Advantages Of Manual Training.

Manual training is in itself no mean spe-
cies Of brain culture. Does any one now
grown to manhood remembsf the intense
interest with which, a as boy, he first
learned. how pieces of board may be dove
tailed so as to form neat box without the
use Of single nail! Can he recall the visit
of the peripatetic country tinker who first
revealed to him the mysteries of soi6efa II
SO, he will not deny that, his brain was
never more alive, every faculty. was never
more closely held in the interest OF learning
than when these little wickets Of mechanics
and chemistry opened to his gaze. OF this
stuff is practical education made.
Every advance in education the adoption
of the kindergarten, the use of laboratories,
is an adaptation OF industrial edncative
methods Not only does it naturally COM
hine and mingle with the work OF the recita-
tion room, hut the one is forever incomplete
without the other. Unite the teaching of
those studies which properly form part of
the public school course with a course In the
training school in those departments of
han lwork which fit in with and illustrate
the subject of the text book, and education,
instead OF superficial and ornamental ac-
ecmplishment, becomes rounded and use
full thing. intellectually, practically, NOR
ely, manual training belongs with any
system that pretends to educate; to fit che
youth Of the nation for the work Of the
busy life that lies before them.-St Paul
Pionear-PresS
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JeweIry Of the Present Day.

The foreign manufacturers can not COM
pete with the Americans in good many de-
partments of tie iewelry trade where hand
made work has been replaced here by deftly-
made machinery. In watch chains the
Americans are now ahead of any country;
they get the same effects in watch chain
as in a handmade chain abroad, and the
labor on an old-fashioned watch chain
amounted to a good deal more than the
metal used. Consequently one can now es-
innate the standard value of his chain or
other jewelry of gold better than he could
when he paid three-fifths for the labor and
two-fifths for the metal.
Jewelry in the United States is worn by
the multitude, and abroad only by the few;
consequently we make jewelry of thin beat
ings of gold with full reference to the dis
play aud design, and any one who can
lock back thirty years will readily see
how more versatile and thorough
are the jewelry designs of the present day.
Indeed, jewelry has been made so cheap by
the American manufacturers that there is
but little reliance to be placed on ornaments
as a badge of solvency and distinction. The
designs of the present day are aimed at the
populacs and not much at the select.
The influence of chemistry ON silver ware
is also very noticeable Plate which was
once the possession of princes has become
the familiar friend of the million The poor
mans baby can have a very pretty silver
cup or semi-silver cup. Excessively ex-
pensive jewelry is q great burden to some
people; it has to be stored away in fireproot
places or insured, and does not often look
better than plated ware which gives the
owner no concern about thieves and plumber
ers-George Alfred Townsend
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A Piece Of Sensible Advice.

Never 60 out of the house until you have
eaten some thing, is very sensible advice. It
is constantly reiterated by parents who have
the physical welfare of their children at heart,
whether they live in Inalarial districts or in
salubrious localities. This sage preeept is cred
tied to an ancient Arabian philosopher, who
said "My son, go not out of the house in the
morning till thou hast eaten something; by so
doing thy mind will be more firm; and
shouldst thou be insulted by any person, thou
witt find thyself more disposed to suffer pa
tiently; for hunger dries up and disorders the
hrain.n
Hunger diminishes the bodily strength, thus
irritating and enfeebling the mind. Ii study
has to be done in the dark winter mornings,
have the room warm and some light food pre-
pared for the student Irritability is often
the result of hunger. Some persons, who are
naturally ainiable, viii become disagreeable
snarlers when they are hungry. A dear old
lady once told me that in the course of her
life she had always traced every feeling of ir-
ritability to hunger. The instant she felt the
slightest inclination to be dissatisfied with
nluUters and things she Immediately had
something to cat, and thus averted disagree
able results Sc COurier-J Ournal
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Deaths Incrsase in election Time.

All Americans have been amused with the
stories which have recently appeared in the
newspapers Of the intense state OF excite
msnt to which the English people have
allowed themselves TO be reused by the alec
tions just closed There is Of course, good
reason for the difference In American and
English election manners in the prolonga-
don Of the agony which the protraction Of
the English elections entails
In The Lancet for December 10 appeared
an article on deaths from Election Fever"
The writer takes the ground that she Seebfer
minds Of n community are thoss which take
the most interest in politics "This being
10, it ought to surprise no ona that large
prinkling of the minds subjected to the
strain and excitement attendant on gem
erul election should give way, or that in
certain proportion Of instances brains should
be % affected as to suffer those coarser in
juries which end in speedy death rather
than protracted mental disease. !" l. this to
be accepted as a fair statement Of the facts
in England, and do we experience In the
Unitesl States an increase in the number Of
deaths from brain diseases at times Of great
polit;cal axcitementAScisncea
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OLD LOVE LETTERS.

Now, to ashes I condemn ye
Dearest ties of love to mel
Yet, little white-winged messengers.
That breathed of love so mute.
Not all the ancient sages o:
Thy loss could e'er compute! 10
- ENvoI @
Each snowy leaf curls up il, scorn .
And mocks me, sweet faith had sworn:
And now fling it to the flame,
Each sheet grows rosy red with shame:
Then as these links in loves dear chain
Are parted, net to meet again,
Their pale smoke rises DER my vision
In elfish shapes, wild with derision.
And while view the devastation,
Groom DER them an incarnation,
And try to lure back to their places
TIL uncanny forms, with eerie faces:
But, no-they dances in widest glee.
And leer, and scoff, and laugh at me:
With fiendish mirth they wellnigh choke,
Then, lo they disappear in smoke.
Hester Crawford Dorsey.
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Conversion would Ruin Him.

IL1fe.I
my dear FRIEND" sal a long-hairsa
countryman 10 the bio graphical expoun ler
of dime museum, lis that unfortunate be-
ing really Cannibalf and he indicated a
south sea Islander from Cork who was sit
ting ON divan.
Yes, sir, that great living curiosity was
captured while in the act of roasting a
Presbyterian missionary over slow fire.. =.
Have you been able to convert himf"
aConvert himi" said the bio ,rapher, with
disgust do you s'pose the great American
public would pay ten cents to see
Christian2h
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Joaquin Saillerss Lofty Dem.

New York Correspondence Boston Heraldl
Joaquin Miller used to live in an apart
ment. house down in Thirty third street. He
had four or FIVE rooms up on the top feor,
and they were fixed up after the style which
he delights to affect The floors were
covered with skins, and the bed on
which he used TO stretch his poetic
limbs was also cushioned in hides of
wild beasts. His only servant was q
little boy. and as there was never any sweep
ing, and appar emily seldom any washing, it
was difficult TO see that the youngster suffered
from overwork His principal duty was to
trot around townefors his master, who used
10 speni most of his time loIiing about on
the bed or standing oyer the range clothed
in single brief, and not particularly pic
turesque, garment, cooking his meals
went up TO call on Miller in this lofty
abode one hot summer day. By the time
/ reached the roof of the high buildin,
the atmosphere was hotter than the far
corner of furnace, and the sight of the
furs which were scattered around the place
was not exactly what you might call reas-
surfing. But Miller was lying there bathei
in eccentricity, perspiration and happiness.
sat around for a few minutes, my every
pore doing its duty with the utmost ac-
celeration, and then Miller got up and
invited me 10 have Q glass. OF claret.
There wern't any glasses, and We con
cluded that we could drink out OF the
bottle Then it was developed that there
was no corkscrew, aHd 80 the bottle was duly
beheaded, about one-third Of its contents
finding its final resting place on the floor
anil skins of Mr. MiIier's dwelling. Tks
whole place was rather too much like casI
lite OF the amateur kind to be PARTICULARS
attractive t,ine.
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society jotter would only be half way accurate
much else might be forgiven her Emma
Carleton in Indianapolis Herald. Is az, rs
The women Of Ancient Ervpt.


Lysander Dickefson, who is delivering
course of lectures in Boston ON the Egyptians,
devoted portion of his last lecture to the
condition of women among them. He said
that though there was no trace left of mar
riage ceremony, there were laws and con-
: tracts in force that made the women equal,
and even superior to the men j n property and
social rights. He read several marriage con-
tracts to show the gradual progress in freedom
and influence of married women. In 1s1 B.
c., the decree of Philopater' that no wife
should dispose Of her property without the
consent of, her husband, actually killed
women's rights, and from that time it would
seem that the -dethronement of women was
ssare and sudden. Marriage between brothers
and sisters was lawful, the marriage Of Isis
and Osiris among the gods forming the basis
for this MOnogaIny was the rule
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Fair Flowers for Fair Maids.

:. -
.au Naeurai MOWERS arg y pe "orl IN sne mar.
slssoes ~. u a.nla siolets OF paie
- 80 W. = s us5u -. .. 'ns pnfpose. Mauss
anu pinr ~ ven na.l aieariy ah kinus u
ua4oen.as nsu - 1ls mower LOT .ne Dodlce
~ Iarls. lney ~ n,aoe up IN .nlcS sprays
..la. leasn alol,i ny sloulasr 70 ene Dust 50
ma oless not'a ~ uecoIa1on y expected 70 De
.' .a1hsI eos'ay. Inc gIsasess noVei1y Tor even
nv - = y "sa,. ho1ers rcsllio tne waist.
Ins piossis .os ,,lls purpose are garuemas
49,, ma anu !. l laIIha Vloie1s For pan
uressss IS sralls 2. nowefs ~ rour yards " length
out OF the folds Of the dresses, and terminate
IN q large spreading fan OF foliage ut the edge
OF Ine Tram.
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DEER LODGE MONTANA !. FEBRUARY p. 1885

cans are 50 fond when welcoming friend 1t
hasIAeeived fashionable prestige In New
York aud markedly SO at Mr.. Winthrop's
bal, where his daughter and her chaperone
Islasle deep and graceful curtseys to each of
their guests as they entered. There was some
talk ~ w Washington three winters ago of re.
yiying this bit OF stateliness, but, as a rule it
did n0t'seem to exactly coincide with our ma
donal expression of hospitality and friendly
feeling, and, again, as Miss Tilhe Freling-
halJ'ses said, There are yery few who can do
It graeefullyn 7
Mrs MacAllister Laughton can make the
most stately and sweeping curtsey, the very
sembodiment OF the charming manners for
which she is noted, and her curtseys are at
once tbe envy ami admiration of all. Wash
higtollians, perhaps because Of their attend-s
aace as presidential receptions think a shake
hansas she only proper preston of civility or
fornlality, and this idea is SO well grounded
that If a lady receiving in the line with the
president or the ladies would omit to shake
hands with each one introduced, she would
Immediately be pronounced as lacking in the
qualities of a friendly spirit which is expected
to prevail there. AS the notion now rules, a
lady is expected to shake hands with each
conner, when assisting she president. but in
her own house she can revive the curtsey,
with perfect freedom and knowledge that
there her intent will not be misunderstood. -.
Chicago Tribune
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Pills of Dough, Probably.
New York Timesl

New YORK TfmtB
Young physician Ito patient)-Did you fol-
low my directions in taking the little pills
one every three hourss
ent-Well-er-you see, doc
Young physician-G Great heavensi You
didn't take them oftener than thati
Patient didn't take any. My little boy
got hold of the Iottle in the night and ate
them all up.
Young physician hastily Where is the
boy!
Patien.-The last heard of him he was
out in the back yard ssoning cats.
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A Hint to Anxions Parents.

However it may be with themselves, parents
want their children to. be better than they
Were last year. Why not take turn, then,
at trying to enlarge the bump of yeneration
on their craniunls? The difference between
crude, raw tlrnip and rare ripe peach is not
so great as the difference between flippant,
conceited shallow-souled boy, and one hal
lowed by the first flushing sense of deed or
q character high enough to command hisre
ereiace, Trying to teach others always car
ries one advantage with it to a man or woman
with ray of conscience inside It makes
them feel they must manage themselves to
keep at least one lesson ahead of the pupil.
Boston Herald
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a Mems Way.
ICllfcaeo Ledger ]

A man falls in love the same as mule
goes down with sinking bridges simply be-
cause he can't help it; but it seldom does
him any permanent injury The shape of q
nose. the sweep of an eye or the wave Of a
curl trips him up and settles his hash with
ont an Instant of warning, and there he is,
the bluest kind of a captive, until marriage
ar some new fascination breaks the charm
that binds him He is pretty sure to love
like burning brush heap while he is about
il, but the trouble is, his fame j. too ardent
to be durable, He viii swear to blue-eyed
sprite that he loves her for al eternity, and
within three months be viii slide up TO some
other houri, in total forgetfnlness thai he
s-er lost q wink Of sleep by being in loys be-
fore.
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Humor rels the World over.
French Paper.l

The French vagabond has fixed idea
that the soft side of a judge is a joke. That
is the reason that such critical responses are
given TO his questions The other day the
judge asked man who was on trial If he
had cen condemned before. The reply was:
Not that recollect. Certainly not
during these last five years.
sWhy not for Ave yearsp asked the
Judge, puzzled.
Because have been in prison ali that
a
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Saved from the Ice Man.

Long and vearily had his anxious wifs
waited. hen at last the husband entered,
and, with his fran iconvulsed with anguish.
threw himself into chair, and. buryfpg' his
face in his hands. groaned: I'VE are ruined;
to-morrow's sun will see the proud name of
jenkins among the list of bankrupts. z
Then ou spoke the noble wife: Say not
so. nv de sr Peter; all is not lost We have
gone without ice for the last three months.
AMI bore is the money you gave me for the
ice man, = and shs placed $4,000 on the
table.
The worn. very face of the husband
ii Ii ed up aith j,T as he exclaimed; Maria,
you are q dai. y il We had gone without gas
Tor the same time | would haye retired
from business
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86. !. r WHOLE NO. 1856.
THE BALTIMORE Ard OHIO ROAD.
fart OF the Cat at Grayss Ferry ID,
Philadelphia. @.sa
special coErespon

5- ts 5a s PMl4a0siphaa. IL - 2
ispecial Correspondence.l
EHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2I-The subject stLi
asttasing railroad circles is the entrance q:
the Ba ti,nore and Ohio railroad into New
York CT vi, Stat Island Th only way
OF app, oach Sc. med heretofore to be through
Jersey City. Bet it will seem strange feet
to many OF our readers that every foot OF
the Jersey City water front is already owned
by railroad companies, " h:ch are, of course
hostile TO the en- rance of the baltimore aud
Ohio ,s-.4.
There are many who will welcome the Bal
timore and Ohio to New York TO get there
1t was nece sary for this popular road TO
build a new line from Phiadelphia to New
York The picture shows the work at
Gray's Ferry road Philadelphia At the
point named the new line crosses the Schuyi-
kill. Here is long cut, tunneling under
Gray's Ferry road The cut at It's deepest is
thirty feet 1he Baltimore and Ohio line
passes under the Pennsylvania Railroad
bridge and through the grounds of the
arsenal and naval asylum. 1t also cuts the
grounds. Of the old Harmar mansion, where
Thomas Jefferson lived when he was secre-
tary of state. In Philadelphia proper another
tunnel leads the road under Twenty-flfth
street to Pennsylvania avenue
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Tie Baltimore and Ohio company had the
greatest difficulty in getting the right Of
way through Philadelphia !. Money and in.
fuence sought to stop them, and was, TO,
some time successful, The road at lengtl
has become too big a thing TO stoa, however,
and now it goes through the Quaker City.
In connection with the Staten Island end
Of the line, our readers will have noticed the
name OF Mr.. Erastus Wiman s'bobbing up
serenely' in tire newspapers with consider
able regularity of lac. The greatest effort
of his life was his argument before the COM
mittees OF the two houses of congress in
favor OF bridging Arthur Kill This is the