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HOW TO KEEP ROOTS.
The Proper Way of storing Turnips ant
Beets Through Winter.

The Proper Way of storing Turnips and
Bects Through Winter.
Succulent roots, as turnips, beets,
carrots and parsnips, require two es-
sentials for keeping ii rough winter-a
cool temperature and sufficiently
moist surrounding to prevent wither-
ing or drying up. Warmth and moist
ure, acting together. produce rot;
warmth and dry al. cause speedy
shriveling. Roots which are not in
jured by freezing, when compactly
surrounded by earth, may be left in
the ground all winter where they grew
such, for instance, as the parsnip,
which is all the better in quality tor
the freezing which it gets. The car
rot will sometimes pass the winter in
the same way, but more frequently
it is rotted. But this treatment
will not answer if the roots are
dug and then buried in earth and
afterward frozen. They must remain
where they grew; and as they have
gradually enlarged in growth, they
have crowded and pressed the earth
outward. and thus left no interstices.
An unbroken face Of earth surrounds
them. Even potatoes may be frozen
without much harm if thus left and
thawed in the soil where the tubers
grew. but any crevices or interstices in
the soil will spoil them.
These facts teach some useful prac-
tees in storing roots for winter. Such
as turnips and parsnips, which shrivel
easily, must be well and compactly
surrounded with porous, moist sub
stance, as fine or pulverized moss,
slightly damp sawdust or peat. Those
which do not require moisture, such
as potatoes, will keep well If only
always cool (not cold). On the
other hand, winter fruit like Baldwin,
Greening and Russet apples, may be
packed in dry bran or dry forest leaves,
which will partly protect them from
cold currents of air, and prevent rot
ting or willing.
The same general principle will APP
ply to roots of nursery trees. Those
which remain in the ground through
NluItf' nave inc IOOt9 anu 'hO Sun IL
which they grew thoroughly frozen,
but no harm happens to them if they
thaw in the ground. But if frozen after
digging, and thawed N contact with
the air. thcy will as certainly perish.
And they will be greatly injured if not
killed if, whea heeled in, large inter-
stices are left in contact with the roots.
Finely pulvervized earth should be
placed in close contact with them. -
Country Gentleman.
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DOINGS OF The DAY.

ForR brothers were married TO four sis
ters by the same minister at Louisville
during the last two years
EIeHT tons Of turkeys were shipped from
Oakland, Douglas County, Ore, to San
Francisco the Saturday preceding Thanks
giving.
GENERAL HARRISON, up to date, has
mountain named for him. two big gas
wells, new variety of apples and forty
four babies.
A CALIFORNIA farmer, believing that cats
will exterminate squirrels and gophers,
purchased large number and set them at
liberty on his land.
In recent elopement at whigham, Ca,
both parties were married and have grand
children. They were respectable people, in
good circumstances.
POPULAR actress, it is said, talks her
part into photograph and then grinds it
out in her ear in order that she may she ar
herself as others hear her"
SEVEN whites and ten negroes were ex-
posed to the lash at the Delaware whipping
post in one day recently. One man got
forty lashes; four, twenty lashes; nine, ten
lashes, and three, five lashes.
HALF a dozen wealthy New York dudes
have, within a few months, married their
parents waiting maids. The girls have, as
a rule. been paid 5000 to $4,000 apiece
afterward by the parents TO submit to di-
vorce.
IT is explained in connection with the
marriage of Dakota couple (tLe groom is
twenty four and the bride seventy-five)
that the bride gave her husband 500 and
promised TO leave him her entire fortune
when she dies.
One of the curious features of social life
in Hannibal, Mo, is craze for pie parties.
Formal invitations are sent out by the host.
When the guests assemble a supply of pies
is produced, and the evening is spent in
eating and conversation.
THE gift Of Mr.. I. V. Williamson, phil
anthropist of Philadelphia, of $5,OO0,0O0, TO
found great mechanical school for boys,
ranks next to the endowment of the Leland
Stanford, Jr., University in the amount in
volved, and is thus next TO the largest gift
ever made TO a single educational Object.
Two YOUNG Englishmen, who recently
passed through Chicago on their way
around the world informed reporter that
they have been making a collection Of
samples of the water Of the great rivers of
the world The samples are bottled as
soon as collected, aud the bottles, duly
labeled, are sent TO their homes in England
by express
The movement of the Mormons towards
Mexico is assuming definite shape and
large proportions. They have quietly
bought from private persons large tracts of
good agricultural lands in Northern Chi
huahua, principally in the valley Of the
Casas Grande River, and are negotiating
for mere. Several flourishing villages exist
in that neighborhood already, the principal
one being called Porfiro DIaZ
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STRANGE AND STRIKING.

IL one of the caches constructed by Sir
John Franklin's party box was found in
tact and untainted forty years after.
THE latest addition to Withlacoochee,
Fla, fame is a hen which Matched and
raised to the size of cartridges sixteen
chicks from fifteen eggs.
WORD comes from Wheeling, W. Va, that
live bat has been found there Embedded in
solid rock in a crevice just big enough 10
contain it, and utterly shut away from the
outside world.
A BosToN woman received an electric
shock by striking her umbrella against the
Iron frame of an awning. The current was
impaired TO the frame by stream Of water
running over a light wire and down the
outside Of a water conductor to the awning.
PEOPLE near Bickleton, W. T., felt SEN
sation recently which reminded them of an
earthquake \ en- they found out after
ward that a pi, y Of ground near there a
quarter of a mic long and twenty feet
wide had been raised four or five feet they
were more fully convinced than ever that
an earthquake had taken place.
A STEAMBOAT which sank some time ago
in forty feet Of water in the river near
Evansville, Ind, mysteriously rose the
other day to the surface. An investiga-
ton Of the phenomenon is said to have re-
yealed the fact that it had been uplifted by
the gases generated in the bodies of thirty
cattle confined on the lower deck.
A GENTLEMAN Of Medfield, Mass, lately
had on exhibition at his residence a wonder
full freak of nature in the flower kingdom.
It is = flower bearing strong resemblance
TO the; white rose. which he recently plucked
from the stem Of his crab-apple tree, where
he found it growing amoug clump OF
apples. How it came there is a mystery.
The flower is about one inch and half in
diameter, Of the purest white, with yellow
petal.
The medical men of Boston are just now
puzzled over strange case of Justification
or petrifaction that has come 10 their no
tice This freak is a man sixty years OF
age, Jonathan Bass bv name, who, during
the latter half of his life, has gradually
wasted from sound flesh TO bone, until his
body is one rigid mass, with no more fiexi-
bilty than log OF wood. While unable
voluntarily to make the least move, Mr..
Bass intellect is keen ard his digestion IN
impaired. A number of wellknown ply
sicians have made study Of this remark
able case and all admit that 1t surpasses
any thing in their experience.
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WOMAN AND WORK.
Efforts Recently Made to Alleviate the
Condition of Working Women.

Condition of Working Women.
There are more American women
studying art in Vienna and Paris than
ever before. The former city is quite
Overrun with them, and one of the
leading art clubs numbers twenty-five
American lady students.
One of the features of the education
al system of Mexico is the introduction
of schools of mechanical training for
women. Girls are taught carpentry,
weaving and carving just as they are
instructed in drawing, painting and
music. The theory of agriculture is
an optional study.
The Woman's Congress in Detroit
devoted considerable attention to the
absorbing question of woman's wages.
The inferiOrity of the wages which
women receive for doing the same
work that men do has long been a sub
ject Of discussion, and the recent con-
gress is by no means a pioneer in this
matter. The general opinion expressed
was that this inequality of wages was
purely arbitrary and could be success
fully met only by organization.
New York philanthrOpists are turn
ing their attention to the alienation of
the shop-girls' sufferings. There is
also an effort to make the factory girl
more Independent and to this end large
sums of money have been raised with a
view to establishing schools for in-
struction in the different branches of
mechanical labor. 1t is claimed that
il girls and young women are taught a
good trade early in life they can be
placed where they can make an honor
able livelihood Independent of brutal
employers and sordid faetory-owners.
A Philadelphia physician, comment
ing on the prevailing ill-health among
working-women, says that every fac
tory employee can do much to improve
her physical condition in spite OF
baneful influences of factory air and
sanitation if she will but prescribe for
herself a code of exercises and habits.
He recommends that as much as pos
siblc of her spare time be spent out of
doors. When that is not practicable
some light indoor exercise, like club
swinging, fencing, or even boxing
should be INDUCED In. She should al
ways sit in an upright position and in
leisure moments should initiate her
lungs with long, deep breaths. - Chicd-
go Ne0s.
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CAN ANIMALS COUNT
A Pelican Which Possessed the Faculty
of AssOciatiRg Ideas.

OF ASsoctattnE Ideas.
Houzeau de la Hale tells Of a pelican
living in a fisherman's family at Santc
Domingo that was fed upon the refuse Of
the hsh-cleaning. Looking for its f. cd. II
went TO the shore every day and va iteC
for the boats TO come back The fisher
men rested on Sunday, and the bird &C
quircd so clear a notion of the return o
that day. when il had TO fast that T.
would not stir from the tree on which l.
was accustomed TO spend its time. Il IL
not necessary TO suppose that the pei car
had learned to count the SIX days at the
end of which its masters would not &c
fishing: but. while il really estimated
daily the time wnen il must make its ex
cursion TO the shore. il was informed o.
the return Of Sunday by observation Of
what was going on in the house, as, foi
instance. by the fishermen putting OF
their Sunday clothes; in the same way as
the dog knew when its master was g9ine
TO hunt by seeing him with his qua anS
game bag. In such il stances, animals
show that they have the faculty Of sssocs
sting ideas. Of observing consecutive
facts, and establishing p correlative con
nection between them-Shings which have
been proved By abundance Of other eyi
6ence. and which demonstrate not less in
telliccnce than acquaintance WITH the ter
signs exposing the first ten numbers, Of
the Use Of system Of numsration to ex
press larger numbers. Nine. Clenene
Roger, 80 PUpgisr Science Monthly.
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friend him b. giving him even comely
cOuntcuance He was positively so home
" as to be cOmjCal when his features were
relaxed from the smile he wore while his
patience was being taxed BY the thick
headed urchins OF the village school
He was the principal in a school where
there were no assistant teachers There
Were twenty-five scholars in the school,
but they could be divided into almost as
many classes as individuals. This was
owing 20 Jobs kindness Of heart, for he
believed in advancing his pupils in proper
tiOu 30 their ability To learn. In cOnse-
Gueuce the school hours oftentimes proved
10 be too short 70 hear all the classes.
He was well beloved by his family
rs he termed them. although. without any
feeling Of disre pcct, they were apt 10
mention him behind his back as "Old
Cog Whether this title originated
through his wearing pair Of iron-bowed
glasses such as country folk term ''gog-
giles" or whether some urchiu had heard
s1me elder member Of the family call Job
pedsgogue aud had shortened the word
20 Cog as being an easier word for boy
Of his years 20 handle. no one could tell
Even the town seiectmen Familiarity salut-
cd him with Hello. GOgr' and there
ySere possibly people in the village who
knew him under no other name. For nine
years he had taught school, and he would
PROBABLY have taught u for nine more
without attempting 70 better himself il
fate had not dccreed otherwise
on the afternoon before Christmas he
had dism .ssed his family" early, giving
20 each Of them Il small token Of remem-
branCe
Twenty two rcmCmbrauces made large
reduction in the total sum OF his scant saw
iugs. aud on this particular Christmas Eve
h. was made 10 feel the fact in full force
Not that he regretted his kindness, how
ever: he was too noble for that 20 ever oc-
cur % him
Five minutes after the school had been
dismissed, he had received note from the
chairman OF the town committee request
ing aim 20 call TO see him The chairman
was = Mr.. Flint. a man who was as hard
Is his name in business transactions, and
Nvhe had acquired the position Of chairman
because the villagers for the most part
feared him he was rich, and LUCKY was
The man t. CIderburg whose house and land
was not subject 20 mortgage held by the
s.uayor,m Is be insisted was his right
title.
LOB had hurried home 70 the farm house
where he did chores for his board and
lodging. aud had walked back % the
village center without eat ug his supper,
50 great VS. his fear that he might keep
the magnate waiting a minute
The roadway laid between two hills. and
In the shallow II one Of them was de-
serted farm hoGse that had been partially
destroyed By fire. Its open doorway
loo<ed like a black, yawning abyss, and
Tic wind howled disnally around the
b.iId;5g
Job felt creeping sensation pervade
EiM a &c hurried through the gap. an M
Pleasant 'cetlpg such as he had never be-
fere experienced; something. as be
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ITEMS ABOUT AUTHORS.

Iris stated that Margaret Deland re-wrote
John Ward, Preacher six times before
its publication.
ScoTT turned out his wonderful rumances
until he earned for himself the names of
THE Great Magician and Wizard of the
North"
TRoI1oFE published forty-fve three-vol-
unle novels in all, and he received in hard
cash for them the sum Of g50,0OO, something
like $4,000.
RICHARD BRISsLEY SHERIDAN was a very
slow composer, and his note book, publish ed
by Moore, shows how he polished end
worked over some Of his most famous Cpl.
grams.
BYRON wrote the bride Of Abydos" in
four days and the ''COrsair'' in ten, though
as a general thing he was not a very rapid
writer, often rewriting and making many
erasures.
GOLDSMITH labored over his poetry excess
lively, though his prose flowed forth with
ease and without erasures. Ten lines OF
the Deserted Village" he considered a
good days work.
GRAY wrote with very great labor and
difficulty. and when he was once asked why
he had written so little poetry his reply
was: Because Of the great exertion in the
labor Of compos ton
JAMES PAYNE. the present well-known
novelist, it Is said, has turned out as the
product of his pen in thirty years over one
hundred volumes, mainly fiction, but EN-
bracing some other topics
For immensely Of performance Alexander
| Dumas heads the list. His literary career
lasted about forty years, and he boosted
that during that time 1900 volumes were
published under his name.
WILLIAM SHAkEsPEARE turned out those
marvellous plays Of his with astonishing
/ rapidity. Two and three and sometimes
| four in yeari Thirty-six in all in about
twelve years, managing one or more theat-
ers also and acting 1t times.
| ROBERT LoUIs STEVENSON thinks that
| George Meredith's "Rhoda Fleming" is the
strongest thing in English letters since
| Shakespeare died; and that "if Shake
/ speare could have read II he would have
! jumped and cT1edi Here's o fellouF"
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ried, her father had no further control
They constituted the largest portion of her
fathers alleged wealth, and, coupled with
the loss Of his daughters respect, left
him poverty stricken in mind and pocket
alike.
IL Job had opened the little parcel he
had thrust in his pocket without examin-
ing he would have found a nice muller
and pair of warm mitteas, and pinned to
the scarf was Christmas card with two
hearts pierced with an arrow printed or
its face The letter given him in the roao
by the farmer was an offer of a professors
eat in neighboring college, but Dot ir.
sisted that he should still continue TO be
the "Old Cog Of the village, and any
summer you take a notion 10 visit Cider
burg you are liable to find a painfully
homely man teaching his scholars outside
the school house beneath the shade trees
A handsome young woman, whom he calls
a Christmas present, is his assistant, and
l doubt If there IS pedagogue in the world
whose scholars entertain a deeper anc
truer affection for him than do the pupils
of the homeiy schoolmaster with the iron
bound spectacles-" Old Cog"
Rf-RT ARNOLD
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Tho baby leaned against his knee;
one little clinging hand
Was thrust within his own; his eyes
Like deep blue walls Of paradise
or patch q SUMMED sea,
Searched vel O.d Byrnam face; no fear.
10 shrinking back Who brought you here's
] can not understand
Your eyes are like my EtheTs were,''-
woman young and fair
Swift glidcs across the fire-llt space;
Close by the baby takes her place;
Old Byruam feels blur
Before his eyes. a mist % tears;
" An me- he si-hs. the lonely years.
e Father, the garden stair
II found as IN the DAYS OF old:
Oh say some avenue
L open still, that may come
BACK 20 your heart, back TO my home;
! want not lands nor gold;
! crave but this dear silver hair
10 take within ms loving care
Close, close Old Byrnam drew
The kuecIing mother and her child
&c pray thee. daughter, cease-'
The homeward singers stood 20 gaze
on Byrram's windows. all ablaze,
And lips and eyes that smiled;
They rightly named the faces fair.
And standing ir the yellow glare.
They S. ne a song OF peace.
Margaret HOLMES
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LOVE AND RuTA6AGAS.
Parted at the Threshold; or, The Pros
poctive Mother-In-Law at Work.

Parted at the Threshold; or, The Pros
poctive Mother-ln-Law at Work.
"How can / bear to leave thee?"
whispered Reginald, as he stood in the
semi-darkness of the hallway, while
Mabel's nut-brown curls nestled close
against his chest protector.
Twas a critical moment. The night
stick of the policeman fell with dull
and sickening thud on the sidewalk
half block away, and the love plant
of sad-eyed cat ON the back fence
broke the dreamy quiet of the night.
But these sounds fell upon unheeding
ears. These two ardent souls were
aware that the parting hour was at
hand. Soon, oh, cruel fate, Mabel
knew that the front door must ope and
close, and for brief space the echo OF
footsteps would linger on the air and
then-Oh, misery he would be gone
and nothing remain but the memory OF
his loving words and the scent of his
cigarette-laden breath. And so she
clasped him close with her frail
| hands and twined the end OF
/ his long, newly-waxed mustache
around the index finger of her right
hand. Then, with the heroism of des-
peratiOn, she tore herself from his
manly and well-developed arms, and,
while her egg-like chin quivered and
the glorious light of her hazel eyes
was drowned in tears. she stammered:
why must you leave me, darling?
It's only 1880 Mamma has gone to
bed, and listen, love, papa's breathing
can be distinctly heardr'
Reg listened with his hard over his
heart to stay its wild beating. and a
peculiar sound like the grating OF
horseradish or the filing Of saw fell
upon his ardent ear. Twas true. His
prospective father-in-law had invaded
the delectable land of Nod at least a
mile, and the hope of another half
hour on tete-a-tete awakened a burn
ing ardor in his love-stricken heart.
but then, oh baleful fate! he remem-
bered that Farmer Jones was to deliver
forty barrels of rutabaga turnips at
the grocery at five o'clock in the
morning. and that he would have TO
be there to stow them safe away in the
cellar of the grocery.
While this hideOus rutabaga specter
confronted him Reg was feeling in his
vest pocket to see if he had lucifer
match with which to ignite the half
burned cigar which he had left snugly
stored away in corner of the brown
stone steps when he came in. While love
and delight called him one way. and
duty and rutabagas the other, there
was rustic of trailing garments at
the head of the stairway, and a, femi-
nine voice, in strident whisper, said:
"MabelI'
Yes, ma"
''Has Mrs. Westinghouse little boy
gone home YETI"
The front door opened and closed
with a bang. In his rage and mortifi-
cation Reg forgot his cigar. As he
disappeared arouLd the corner he
Kissed between his clenched teeth:
by thunder, the old lady has got
me dead to rights"
The rutabagas were safely housed. -
N i. ECening Sun.
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MINCED SANDWICH. - Chop and pound
thoroughly some well-rOasted or boiled nut
ton; season to taste, add four ounces Of
butter 70 each pound of meat and beat
till quite smooth. Make pastry as for pic
crust, roll out thin and cover One-half with
a thick layer of the minced meat; fold over
the other half, pinch tbs edges together and
mark with a knife where the sandwiches
are to be divided when cold Bake in {
hrislr nuar
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"MY friends laughed at the idea Of $500
bone mill, but since got one of Wilson's,
advertised in his paper, the laugh is all on
my side Every one that sees i has to ac-
knowledge it is a perfect success. / can
crack enough shells for $50 fowls inE3 min
utes; and the same amount will go i've
times farther than if cracked with a ham
mer. There is no waste, and child can
crack them Bones take little more
strength. 1t also cracks corn easily and
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Where nature beams her brightest-in the
extreme south, ON our sister Continent and
in the tropics of the Caribbean Sea-are too
often the home of malaria, the vertical sun,
copiOus decaying vegetation and bad water,
also cooperating to breed virulent disor-
ders of the stomach, liver and bowels. II
is in such regions that Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters gets in some of its most benehcent
work
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On Dec 31st, 1855, and Jan. LIST, 1889, the
Monou Route will sell excursion tickets be
tween all stations including Louisville, In
dianapolis and Cincinnati, at one and one
third fare for the round trip, good returning
until Jan. 8, 1889. Pullman Buffet Sleepers on
night trains Parlor Chair Cars on day trains.
For rates, tickets and full information, adj
dress any A gent of the MOnon Route, or call
at City Ticket Office, 73 Clark St, Chicago
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A GOOD way TO use up bits Of cold boil ed
ham: Chop the meat nicely, put into fry
Ing-pan, teaspoonful Of butter rolled ii
brown -four, a tcaspoonful Of vinegar, {
little pepper, quarter Of teaspoonful o
mustard, let it boil and put in the minces
ham, stir until very hot, turn into pie
dish. set il IN the oven and break on thu
surface five or six eggs. shut up in the over
and bake five minutes. or Just long enough
to set the eggs and serve in the pie-dish