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Year: 1879

KITCHEN EDUCATION. The Popular
Science Monfhlyraises shoutof thanks
giving that education Is at last begin.
ming 70 reach the kitchen. Cooking
schools are springing up in many places
in this country, and the Scotch and
English are taking the lead in organ
izing them as part OF the national and
common school system. We abound
in female seminaries and female col
leges, high schools and normal schools
in which everything under heaven. !.
studied except that practical art which
is daily and vital necessity in all the
households Of the land. Our kitchens
are the fortified entertainments o.
ignorance, prejudice, irrational habits,
the rule Of thumb and mental vacuity
and the result is that Americans suffer
beyond any other people from waste
iul, unpalatablc and monotonous cook
ing. We have long professed TO be
lieve in the potency Of education, and
have not been slow 10 apply It TO oil
other interests and industries excepting
only the fundamental art Of the prepa
ration Of food TO sustain life, which in
wolves more Of economy, enjoyment
health, spirit and power Of ofiectiv'
labor than any subject taught In oui
schools.
Year: 1879

Ii was Nine. de Girardin, we think
who used TO say that she could read a
woman through her dress, and even
tell her character, tastes and thoughts
by single glance at her toilet. "Nor
have | been once deceived, she states


Every article of dress reveals q
thought, and the most trivial detail
has its language, which all who study
woman may understand if they like. y
Another equally celebrated modern
French author says that we may know
women from the hem of their skirts "a
the flower in their hair-in fact, there
is not stitch in their dress that does
not tell its tale. If woman is care.
less of her appearance, be snre she il
unhappy and unloved for she never
neglects her person whilst there are
fond eyes to look upon her. tits only
when these have ceased TO smile fol
her that she grows needless OF her
looks, and too often sinks into dowdy
No woman, however, with any sense
of selfrespect, should allow herself to
sink into dowdy; but whatever be
her trials, vexations and disappoint.
ments, she should strive to dress as
well as her position will allow. Do
not imagine that we are advocatingex-
travagance on the contrary, sim.
plicity is our motto, which, If united "a
good taste, will be found more efiec.
tive in the eyes of husband, father
brother, friend, than the most costly
attire which the miliner's art can in
vent. A simple bow in the hair may
look quito as coquettish and fascina
ting as a diamond aigrette and a cot
ton dress, IL fresh and prettily made
may be as becoming as silk indeed
we have often seen cotton eclipse Q
silk. We mention this to illustrate {
fact that riches are little compared tc
taste, and that every woman may dres,
well il she chooses-that, in fact, it Il
her duty to herself and those around
her to dress as well as her position
will allow. Those who accuse us VIII,
write of the fashions, and you whS
read, of frivolity and trivialiiy, forge
that it is just as easy to dress well al
it is to dress badly, and that to dres
out of the fashion requires ns much ex
penditure Of thought and care as L
dress in Il. To dress we'll and fitly il
is an accomplishment requiring gooc
sense and good taste, with an eye fol
color.-Lddys Journal
Year: 1879

The DrovGs journal truthfully says
that we need to keep more sheep. In
all parts of this great country TO secure
health and comfort its people must
have food and clothing. The sheep
furnishes tho best and most wholesome
animal food, and the most comfortable
clothing yet tested by the masses OF
our people. In malarial districts
especially those where extremes OF
heat and cold are froquent-woolen
clothing and ireer and more common
diet of young mutton would insure
better health and better vigor than
generally characterizes pork eaters and
the wearers of cotton and fine linen.
Let no one indulge single tear OF
over production of either mutton OF
wool. Could our hocks bc trippled OF
quadrupled, they would add not only
10 the comfort and healthfulness Of tho
people, but TO their intelligence and
sobriety, as we'll as to the produtive'
ness Of every field used as a sheep
pasture.
Year: 1879

All great works are done by serving God
with what we have in hand. Moses was
keeping sheep in INDIAN God sent him to
save Israel, but he shrank from the under
taking. We sympathize with Jethro's herds
man-alone, stranger, owning not a lamb
that he watched. He had nothing but his
shepherds rod. cut out of thicket, the
mere crab-stick with which he guided his
sheep. Any day he might throw it away
and cut a better one. And God said What
is that in thine hand ? With this rod, with
this stick, thou shalt save Israel" And so
it proved. You are a manufacturer or a
merchant, or mechanic, or man of leisure,
or student, or a sewing woman. God
wants each of you to serve him where you
are. You have your business use it for
God. Order it in a godly manner. Do not
allow any wickedness in it. Give godly
wages preach Jesus to your clerks by be-
ing like him-doing good. Use your profits
for God, feeding the hungry, clothing the
naked, visiting the sick, comforting the
wretched, spreading the gospel far and wide
What field you have to glorify God in
Just where you are If you have nothing
use your tools for him; he can glorify him
self with them as easily as he could with q
shepherds stick, an oxgoad, sling, or two
mites. A poor girl who had nothing but q
sewing-machne used it to aid feeble church
All her earnings above her needs were giver
toward building house of worship, ant
in year she paid more than Others hun
dred times richer than she. So you can do
if you will. Think of the widow with tn,
two mites, the woman with the alabaster
box, and Dorcas aud her garments DO a
much, and have as great reward.-Th
| Bibie SLudenL
Year: 1879

Let me illustrate one form of this call by
my own experience. Trained religiously,
reached a young mans years before making
public profession of religion Occasionally,
prior TO my conversion, thoughts OF the min
istry sometimes flashed across my mind but
it was only flash. After my conversion
was earnest for the welfare of others, and
wanted TO promote the Interests of the church
and of humanity. The conviction grew
upon me that | must preach ; yet | tried to
put that away, because feared could never
succeed. saw the greatness of the work,
aud the reproachful poverty connected then
with the itinerant ministry.


There were two special difficulties in my
way. First, had no gift of speech. My
voice was poor, and in school | always
stunned defamation. ! firmly believed /
could never make speakers and so chose
the profession OF medicine which | studied
three years in a professional school, think
should have re,olutely rejected the idea OF
the ministry except that it seemed insepara-
bly, connected with my salvation. tasted,
prayed for divine direction but found
no rest until, in reading the Bible one day,
| found passage which seemed specially
written for me Trust in the Lord with
all thy heart lean n II unto thine own uu-
derstandingi iu all thy ways acknowledge
Year: 1879

1t was little childs question, that was
born amid sobs and tears. The mother had
been absent two days and the tender child.
heart was yearning for her. "Sing some
thing, gran'ma," pleaded the plaintive voice.
"Sing My dear Mother" Softly in the
calm eventide, graudma's precious voice
sung low and tremulous:


cover the mountain and over the moor,


Barefoot and hungry wander forlorn,"
sung until the little heart fell asleep COM
forted.


The child is maiden now, expanded unto
the full stature of lovely womanhood. We
are sitting on the same old hearth stone to-
night where we were wont to sit in the days
that are no more. There are no lamps in
the room; it is frightened by the blazing
wood in the old-fashioned fireplace. There
are no flowers the fragrance is from the
burning Yule log, for the sweetest, most de-
icious odor issues from it.


We would be happy, but there are large
black shadows falling on the wall-there
are large black shadows falling on our
hearts. Our thought goes drifting out to a
hallowed spot in Goods Acre." far away,
where dear one is waiting the resurrec
ton morn. The eloquence, the pathos OF
silence is resting on the little hearthstone
group-the grandfather silver-crowned, the
grandmother who sang the lullaby in the
fer-off eventide. aud the child woman
grown. As look on her trembling lip, int
her large, lustrous eyes, tear-filled, feel the
great wall of her heart son for the touch
Of a vanished hand, and the sound of voic,
that is still" feel she is asking the SAINT
chld-question she asked in the long ago
will mamma come tonight ?" Two years
yet in this one sad moment we are living
again the pain we felt at her going-wheI
she aud the angel that held her hand wen
off toward great light that crept over
dark sea to meet them. After while ",
speak of her beautiful life-her patient
suffering life, the gentle influence that fel
upon all around her, aud as the whole glor,
and beauty of her excellence breaks upol
us, our souls silently turn to the dear Christ
heart who will transfgure our lives, AM
draw us up also into the light of eternity /
we will let him. With this blessed though
a sweet peace comes to each, sitting here il
the freight and we feel she has com
to-night-the child's mamma-our shinin
one in the sweet Christmas-tide.-IV {
| lfIiaa1le
Year: 1879

gentleman passing through Chicago had occa-
sion to write his mother postal card signing his
given name. A rogue by somo means or other got
possession of the card and with rubber entirely
eaced the writing thereon with the exception of the
signature. He then wrote the same in
substance that the gentleman referred to
had lost his money and clothing. but that
gentleman by the name of ]. Rogers had kindly
lent him $40 to proceed on his journey. and re-
quested that that amount be Immediately sent by
money order to that individual. who, it said
was connected with certain railroad there. Act
ing upon this information the mother Immediately
procured an order in favor OF said Rogers. She
wlote her son. and in few days received telegram
from him to the effect that his postal had
been tampered WITH Upon being apprsed of the
fact the lady Immediately informed Postmaster
James Of the case. telegram sent to the Chi.
cago to stop payment of the order and if
possible to get possession of it. Yesterday Mr..
James received letter enclosing the order from the
Chicago post Office. with the remark that the order
presented the 9Th inst, and upon stating to
the party that instructions had been received by
telegram to refuse payment, he left without
mony and did not request the return of the order.
The money order will be repaid TO the lady who
sent it.
Year: 1879

At half-past twelve o'clock Sunday morning fire
occurred in the stables the bluff just behind the
East View Hotel at the Highlands One hundred and
eighty guests were in the house, 200 feet east
of the burning building. The alarm was given by
stableman. who. with six others. sleeping
the second floor of the stables The wind was from
the northwest. blowing the cinders to the veranda
of the East View Hotel and the roof of Thompson's
Hotel The guests of these houses told to dress
and prepare for emergency In the East View House
the ladies took the affair calmly and watched the prog
ress OF the flames from the pazzas. where men were
stationed with buckets of water. Fences were torn
down in all directions where the fire liable to
spread. At Thompson's the guests became alarmed
at the report that the roof was fire. and hurried
their baggage out to the lawn. The members OF the
Jackson Club, sojourning here, turned out and
fought the fire. The damage to the East View Hotel
and stables was 1000.
Year: 1879

WE HAVE received information from reliable sources, that the sole reason why the Plaza is allowed to remain in its present neglected con dition is that several of our promi- nent town officials are pecuniarily interested in the watermelon busi- ness e,o ri91 or en it's northwest cor-
Year: 1879

Few men are so well known

 throughout the Pacific coast as G.

 Ryland, the veteran snowman and

 caterer to public amusement The

 following facts making up brief sketch of one of the first expeditions

 Mir. Ryland made as a travelling snowman were given by him to tie reporter of tine DAILY HERALD, and will serve to illustrate the life of an American snowman.

 FIRST EXPEDITION.

 In 1859 my partner and myself fit ted out vessel in San Francisco har- Dor and with a trouI of proffes- sional artists whoseTequals at that time could not be obtained set sail for the Sandwich Islands The only

 INCIDENT OF INTEREST

 that occurred during the voyage was our meeting an English man. of-war, whose captain seeing the blue and gold uniforms of the band, sent on board a lieutenant, who, after pre- senting his. captains compliments desired to know from the captain what troops he carried. On being informed that it was only an

 AMERICAN CIRCUS TROUPE he appeared to be considerably "a tonished. On his return to his vessel the Britisher dipped flag to the tune of Yankee Doodle. This salute was rsplied to by our dipping flag and playing God Save the Queen.

 ARRIVAL IN HONOLULU.

 On our arrival in Honolulu we were met by the King and court out side the harbor and escorted to ancor- age. The day after our arrival we gave our first performance with the result of pleasing the King so vastly | that he insisted on making me High Lord Chamberlin to his Royal High ness, the King of the Sandwich Is- lands, and Brother of the Sun. The honor was to great, and I was forced to use all my ingenuity to eyade be- ing invested with the office, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that we succeeded in setting ont for Otaheiti.

 PRESENTED WITH 4 WIFE.

 On our arrival in Otahciii we per iormed before the Queen and the court, and succeeded in pleasing her Majesty so well, that after the per iormancc she called me to her, and aid that in recognition of the pleas Ire the nights exhibition had afforded Ter, she would give me wife, at the anne time selecting for that position me of her ladies of honor. My en- leavors to make her understand that he mere fact of having been able to please such an august parsonage was itself, was in vain; en- reaty and expostulation met with no 'etter success, and it was only trough the stratagem Of having the Town who was regarded by natives Tith a great deal of veneratio on, act S my father and pre-emptorily for idding the marriage. The matter ras finally compromised by my ac- epting the lady as a present, to the vident satisfaction of the Queen. afterwards presented the woman to lc wife of an American sea captain, -ho brought her to Boston, and sue eeded, as I have since learned, in laking a Christian and civilized be- lg out of her. On our way home om Otaheiti, through the careless ess of our captain we were wrecked T the coast of South America, and ere forced to take to the boats, Ut succeeded, after suffering great in reaching. Callao, and om there worked our way back to Ie States, th rough Mexico
Year: 1879

Imitation meerschaum pipes are now
manufactured from potatoes in France.
A peeled potato is placed in sulphuric
acid and water in the proportion of eight
parts Of the former to 100 of the latter
1t remains in this liquid thirty-six hours
to blacken, is dried with blotting paper
and submitted to a certain pressure,
when it becomes material that can be
readily carved. The counterfeit is said
to be excellent. An imitation ivory,
sufficiently hard for billiard balls, can be
made by still greater pressure. A re-
semblance of coral is obtained by treat.
ing carrots in the same manner.
Year: 1879

- T-TTS s3T8ff 38.ftsrs
One denizen of this REGION cannot be
spoken Of without degree of respect
combined with aversion. 1t is the rattle
snake. He flies the haunts of men, and
is gradually disappearing from that vicin-
age; but, like inferior races Of man, which,
before they altogether vanish before an
advancing civilization, cling desperately
to few strongholds, so this reptile yet
retains certain positions around the lake,
which are infested in way that demands
caution on the part of the tourist. 1t is
not uncommon TO see these snakes SWIM
ming in the lake, passing from cove to
cove or isle to isle. Leaning over boat one
calm day, i saw one. swimming under the
stern. He raised his head when he saw
me, and the expression OF his face was
neither amiable nor assuring as he darted
his head spitefully forward. l hit him
with a stick, when he dived and disap-
peared. Tongue Mountain and Shelving
Rock are most infested at present. An
old man and woman, who occupy soli-
tary cabin on the former having long made
a business Of catching rattlesnakes and
supplying the market. The demand is
much larger than one would suppose on
the part OF showmen and naturalists, and
also from the rustics Of the neighborhood,
who have the notion that ratllesnake oil
iSan infallible remedy for the rheumatism.
Doubtless this superstilion-for ii is moth.
ing else-arese in The same way as the
belief in former days in nevis eye, a
baby's finger, silver from the Gng nail
OF mummy, or the baboon's blood
objects remote or difficult to obtain. The
quotation for good, healthy raltesnakes at
Lake George averages one dollar apiece,
caught and delivered. Those who do
not mind the Iifling annoyance of being
bitten by one are allowed the free range
of the rattlesnake preserves, and may
catch them for nothing.-S. G. w. Ben
jamir, in Harper's Magazine for August.


-S
Year: 1879

There are few plants, and those of the
hardest character, that do not need or
at least feel benefited by slight.protec-
ton ofsome kind. Bearing in mind that
we are not trying to keep out the frost,
but merely to break the force of the
strong, cold, drying winds, the nature of
this protection becomes a matter of
some importance. 1t not unfrequently
happens that the very means adopted to
preserve plants becomes the agent that
induces death, so that the sooner we fully
understand why we protect at all, or
in other words, what are we pro-
tecting against, the more likely will
our work prove useful. Coarse, light
material of any kind is suitable Tor COW
ering the surface of the soil around the
plant such as long manure, coarse
grass, leaves, spent tanbark, etc. For
protecting the tops, the more open the
covering, provided the wind break is eff
fected, the better for the plants. The
best results are frequently secured by
simply placing tall, stiff weeds around
the tops,s tying them loosely together.
After all, nothing is better than
twiggy evergreen boughs, as they
permit free passage of air, and yet pre-
vent the high cold winds from drying
the life out of theiplant beneath. Straw
tied tightly around is the worst possible
material that can be used for the pur
pose. as free circulation is thus pre-
vented. and the young shoots, if net the
whole top, is likely to decay. 1t looks
well, to be sure, but appearance in this
case is of very minor consequence. Many
ofour o-called hardy shrubs are liable
to lose their flower buds during win
ter, notwithstanding the shoots are
rarely injured, and this class should
receive a slight covering; for instance,
the rhododendrons and azaleas which
form such buds in the nrevious autumn.
Plants standing on the south side of
buildings in the full sun require slight
protection from its rays during the win
ter months, as the high temperature of
the day often receives a sudden reverse
at night, and thus the plant, even if US
ually hardy, becomes injured The
work must be done before the ground
freezes.-WeeEly Tribune
Year: 1879

The Brazilian government il making
a special effort TO encourage Chinese
laborers, with view to the culture of
tea and silk, but the project is meeting
with much opposition on the ground
that if Cinnamon come European immi-
grafton would stay away.
Year: 1879

A correspondent writes from London
an account of his visit to the office of
the London Times. He says: There
are large dining-room and restaurant
in the building, where all the men get
their meals who wish, at cost, except q
trife above, which goes into sick fund
for the benefit of the employees. In the
basement is a large emachine-shop where
I saw at least twenty hands at work, and
where a large number of the Waiter
printing machines have been built,
besides those employed in the office.
In the press-room are eight OF these
machines in daily use, each one printing
1880 in an hour, in all 10O,OO IN every
so minutes they are in motion. In the
paper room was a considerable store of
paper in reels, weighing 500 pounds
each, and 40 of those reels are used IN
eyery issue. They 90 to press about
l a. m, and then get off before 3, and
was told by Mr.. Macdonald that within
20 minutes after the last form is locked
up the matter has been stereotyped and
six presses are running. was shown
into room where are wires connecting
with all parts of the continent, and
within arms reach stands a type-setting
machine, managed by two boys, to which
the telegraph slips are passed. They
can set up and correct in an evening as
much as six columns of matter, which
is sent down through pneumatic tube,
by which channel all the matter reached
the stone. In another room are two
sets of wires running to Parliament,
from which full dispatches are received
while the two Houses are in session. In
a room connecting with the machine
shops are two type-making machines,
which are kept constantly at work, and
Mr.. Macdonald told me he had found it
cheaper to make type than to distribute
it. The business room is on the first
floor, and then there is an inquiry room,'
where information is furnished to those
outside who have the right to ask it /;
several rooms that are devoted to the
advertising department, and others for
the editorial staff, which is large. The
establishment is complete in all its parts,
and the employees find beneath the roof
every necessary comfort and convent
nee to be had in good hotel"
Year: 1879

D0VUHo IrlgnIened at the a.


proaeh Of person. Their treatment


should be such as that they will actual


~ learn to entertain an affection for


their keeper, and if they do, they will


naturally be tame and docile a flock


of wild sheep is about the most un-


profitable investment that afarmer can
make. They are continually getting
themselves into some trouble, and Csaus-
ing. great annoyance, if not loss, to
their owner.


We have seen some fockmen iUmp
into flock. and pull and haul the sh eep
by the wool until the animals were not
only half frightened to death, but suf-
fered great injury otherwise. A 81 leep
should never be caught or lifted by the
wool. Some one has said that if ny
one doubts the improperly of liftin E
sheep by the wool, just let him per. nit
himself TO be lifted by the hair, and it
is good suggestion. When sheep are
thus caught or lifted, the skin in so me
instances is actually torn from the
flesh, and if the injury is not to that
extent it cannot but affect the flesh to
some degree.


A sheep should be lifted by placing
the arms around the body and near the
forelegs. This is the easiest way to do.
especially with large sheep. To catch
the animal, the hands should be thrown
about the neck, or else the sheep should
be caught by the hind leg Immediately
above the hook. This latter may bo
done with the hand or the crook, and
when this way is adopted the utmost
gentleness should be observed, and the
sheep gently drawn back until the other
hand can reach the neck. 1t is scarce
ly necessary to remind the keeper that
when the crook is used upon a sheep
which is closely surrounded by other
sheep, that great care must be exer-
cised lest the other sheep Jump against
the one caught or against the crook, in |
which case severe damage may be done
Western Rural.