The Eaton Democrat.L. O. GOUTD, Publishe

EATON. : : l OHIO

GOD KNOWS WHERE!

Behold the stretch of sea I view;Blue sky above the waters blue,Whereon the ships in hurried SightAre borne by sails as broad and whitAs angels' wings, which outward bearDeparting souls from here to there;That port of rest, in God knows where.Light winged ships that Skim the blue.Deep sea, for gain, the tale is true .

That after years of toil u ablest,You shall confess that place is bestWhere love keeps ever watchful careFor your return from, God knows where.The sad, sweet faces left behind80 long ago are still defined.And goodly land, or sunny sky.Hold not the wanderers: by and by,The absent vessels homeward bearThe souls which come from, God knows

where.Sail onl O ships; 'tis not deniedTo search and not be satisfied,To love and wander is to learnHow fierce love's glowing embers burnIn hearts whose constant watch and prayerIs for the absent, God knows where.Behold, O friend', the sea I view;Row much is old, how little new.These careless ones who oome and go,Receding fast, returning slow.Each seeks some phantom, here or there,And hopes to find it, God knows where.Tet all shall learn that home is bestWhere love lies waiting in its nest;And sometime from its weary chaseBach heart will seek its resting place;Its port of rest it hopes to shareWith one who waits in, God knows where.

Behold how fast the ship sails on !

The near is far, the far has gone;My soul My ship ! Sail on; the breezeWafts over life's Tempestuous seas,But sometimes, where the waiting are,I, too, shall stand in, God knows where.But it shall be my home, and INo longer search to satisfy,If those I love, who longing wait.Shall meet me at the Golden Gate.How blessed, indeed, shall I be there,At rest, at home, in, God knows wheVe.

Augustus Currey, in Detroit Free Press.

MARGUERITE'S MUSIC BOX.

Story of a Skillful Wood Carverand His Loving Sister.I.High op on a spur of the mountain

chain which lies in the Southern part ofthe Pays de Vand, stood a little chalet,or mountain hut. where lived AntoineBeauvert with his wife and two chil-dren, Francois and Marguerite. TheBeauverts were very poor, but Antoinewas a very industrious msii, and man-aged by skillful cultivation of his littlevineyard to raise, some years, a finecrop of grapes, while in winter hewould sit all day before the cottagewindow which looked down into thevalley, and here, where the daylightshone brightest and lingered longest,he would work busily away, makingmusic-boxe- s.

"It is such a pity for Antoine that hehas a sickly wife," all his neighborslaid to one anothe; "a wife who can donothing at all, but lies in bed all day tobe waited upon."

But Antoine did not think so. Everyflight when he retired he thanked Godfor the blessing of home, wife andchildren. He stfil called them children,though Francois was a tall young manof twenty, and Marguerite had justpassed her eighteenth birthday. "Mygood Jeanne, Antoine was wont tosay to himself, "is the best of wives.Few men have so much cause for con-gratulation. In all the, twelve yearsthat she has been obliged to keep herbed, no one has ever neard her com-plain of her hard lot. As for my chil-dren, there is not their like in the wholecanton, I venture to say. Where, in-deed, is there another daughter likeMarguerite, so dutiful and affectionate?And Francois a little self-will- ed andrebellious, it is true, but known alreadyas the best wood-carv- er for milesaround, and with a talent for musicthat will make him a famous mansome day."

It was true that Francois was themost ingenious of all the wood-carve-rs

Who carried their work to the markettown for sale twice a year, and thoughthere were many older and more expe-rienced carvers among them, he wassure to receive the highest price, not-withstanding the fact that he wa- - com-paratively untrained.

"It is all favoritism," old BaptisteGodin would say, shaking his scantywhite locks reprovingly atnis grandson

the slow, good-nature- d Jacques. "Itstands to reason, I say, that you, whosefather was the most expert carver in thecanton in his day, and whose fatherand grand-fath-er were carvers beforehim, should do better work than thisyoung upstart, whose father spends halfnis time as a vine-dress- er and the restin making music-bo'.te- s. It is his hand-some face and smooth tongue that be- -

fuiles the money from the close-hand- ed

while your better work goes un-sold."

"Better or not," retorted Jacques, "Ican never sell my carvings while his arebeside them. And where is the advan-tage of being descended from a race ofcarvers, if one must use the same oldpatterns that have been in use for gen-erations, while Francois disdains to usea pattern that he has not himself in-vented? He goes to nature for hismodels, and one seems to see the realferns and lichens and eidelweiss hecarves upon his boxes. You should seethe casse-noi- x he makes! No grinning,hideous old men. like those the Godinshave been carving, father and son, fortnree generations, but lizards, griffins.O, there is no lack of invention, I prom-ise you."

"Nature, indeed!" replied old Bap-tiste, wrathfullv. "Is it more naturalthen, that a lizard should crack nutswith his teeth than a man? And inwhat part of the canton does he findlive griffins for models? You are asmad as the rest, Jacaues!"

Jacques was right, however, in at-tributing the number of Francois' cus-tomers to his skill in designing. A certain dainty charm of delicacy and orio--inality distinguished his work amongthe hackneyed subjects of his competi-tors. A tiny box for holding a betrothalring would be covered with delicatelycarved blossoms of the eidelweiss. Alayet box, which was to hold the daintylinen garments of some young mother'sdarling, he would ornament with abackground of lichens and ferns, witha group of cherub faces on the coverin high relief, framed in with a borderof rosebuds and pansics.

But the best piece of carving thatFrancois had yet done was on the caseof a music-bo- x that he and his fatherhad made for Marguerite's birthdaypresent.

"She had so few pleasures," her lov-ing old father had said, "let's make her,Francois, something that will be theerivy of the neighborhood."

"Let me compose the tunc it is toplay," suggested Francois, "and thenthere will not be another like it in thewhole world."

So, for many months they secretlywrought all their spare moments into it,and when her eighteenth birthday came,and Marguerite held the exquisite, daintylittle box in her hands, she was halfwild with delight.

"See, dear mother," she said, withchildish rapture, as she turned it overand over, "here is a goat's head that ispurely that of Bebe, who follows me tothe pasture every day; here are the verygrapes and tendrils that grow in ourvineyard but so tiny that one's eyes canjtaicely make them out, this is the

tower of fne little chapel where we goto worship every Sunday, and here"w.th a sudden blush "is the bird's nestthat was built in the cliff, and thatJacques risked his neck to get for me,because I thoughtlessly expressed a wishfor it It is half-hidd- with lichens andeidelweiss, but I should know that nestanywhere."

"But von have not heard it nlav vet."said her father, and he wound it up andset it going.

Y hat music! Marguerite thought shehad never heard anything half so sweet.She held the little box against her ear,and listened to its tinkling melody withdelight. It was like nothing she hadever heard, and only those who haveheard a certain composition of Schu--man's can have any idea of its ripplingsweetness.

"I can hear the birds," she cried,"singing in the vine-branch- es at earlymorning, the tinkling of the goats' bells,the plash of the water-dro- ps when theydrip down the cliffs and fall into thestill, dark pool below. Now it is thesound of the wind in the pine trees,mingled with the echo of the distanttorrent. And now all these soundsmingle into a musical waltz, and I canalmost see the crowd of merry dancersat the grape-festiv- al. The caves andwater-fall- s fade away, and the fountain,where the sunlight falls upon it inbroken shadows, but there are merrycouples swinging through the dance,their feet beating time to the music. I

T u 1 : 1 1:utm see witu ner cruusuu uuuiueand her black eyes, half-bol- d,

and hear the notes of the dif-ferent instruments."

"Well," said the mother, smiling, "ifFrancois is the artist of the family. Mar-guerite is certainly the poet, for no onebut a poet could hear all that in onesingle tune."

Marguerite blushed with modestpleasure and surprise. It was Francoiswho usually received all the compli-ments.

"No, indeed," she protested. "It isFrancois who is the gifted one, myfather is the skilful artisan who haswrought his inspiration into harmony,and I well I am but a girl, who canonly love you all and work for your

II.It was early evening. Around the

home of the Beauverts and in the valleybelow the twilight shadows were fastgrowing into darkness. Off to the north-ward the sunset splendor gilded the far-o- ff

tops of the Juras. A faint mist roseand curled up from the meadow in thevalley below; now and then a night-bir- d

called drowsily to its mate in thebranches, and the sound of the distantcataract grew louder and then fainter,as the night breeze came in fitful punsdown the mountain. Francois and Mar-guerite sat outside the cottage, on abench together. Marguerite was knit-ting, for though the light had suddenlybecome" too dim for her to see her work,long habit and constant practice en-abled her to knit almost as well in thedark as in the daylight.

"Marguerite," said Francois, sud-denly, "I am going to America."

"To America! To that far-o- ff coun-try? Oh, Francoisl"

"Marguerite, you must see that ourfather is growing older and more feebleevery day. Two years in succession hasthe blight fallen on our grapes, notwith-standing our vineyard lies on the sun-niest slope in all the neighborhood, andwe are growing poorer each year.Something must be done, and who isthere to do it but me? In that countrywhere they make fortunes so quicklyand so easily, I can find plenty of em-ployment, and the people will not onlyappreciate my work, but they also paylike princes, it is said."

Marguerite's tears flowed fast. Shecould not imagine what life would bewithout Francois; besides, how couldone bear to leave such a beautiful coun-try as this and go to a barbarous landlike America, where the rulers of thecountry were fierce red men, whothought nothing of scalping their sub-jects for no offense whatever. She hadread all about it in a little book thatJacques had lent her. To be sure, thepeople were not black as Lisette Godindeclared, for she had sometimes seenthem, tourists, who had called at thechalet for a glass of milk, or to engageFrancois to act as guide in their wander-ings about the neighborhood.

From this time Francois grew silent,preoccupied: He thought over theproject of going to America until thedream became an absorbing passion.He no longer sang and whistled overhis wood-carvin- g the impromptusnatches of melody that wove themselves

into measures andcadences in his brain, but sat over hiswork, silent and morose. His mother,who doted upon her son with the unrea-soning fondness of one whose mind wasweakened by long suffering, becamequerulous and exacting through sym-pathy with a trouble she could not

and required more of Mar-guerite's attention than ever nay, sheeven went so far as to upbraid Francoishimself. "Alas! that the good Godshould so afflict one," she would mur-mur. "Poverty, sickness, and now theestrangement of my son, who no longeiloves me. But he must be' in iove yes,that it is without doubt, and who, then,should it be but that black-eye- d Lisette.A girl who has had all the young menin the parish for lovers, and who mustnow charm away from me my Fran-co- L.

During those days of troubleand despair it was Marguerite whocheered and upheld the family. Shesoothed and pacified her mother, wasmost fond and affectionate to her feebleold father, and indulged Francois bylistening to his wild schemes when noone else was by to hear.

''What will become of me?" was thequestion she often asked in utter de-

spair. "If I could only do something ;

but then, there is nothing I can do. IfI were only a genius now, like Fran-cois."

Often she would be awakened at nightby hearing Francois, after his parentswere asleep, steal quietly outdoors tostride madly up and down the mountainside, and listening to the sound of hisfootsteps and the mingled rush and roarof wind and water-fal- l, would fall asleepupon a pillow that was wet with tears.

One day when Francois went to themarket town to sell his wood-carving- s,

he accidentally found an American een- -tleman at the shop where he usuallysold his wares, who bought all the pieceshe had at prices that seemed fabulous tothe unsophisticated boy.

"I want them for a friend of minewho has a fancy for this sort of thing,"the gentleman said, in rather imperfectFrench. "I wish you had as many more.I would like to have you carve a mantelfor my library if you only had some Amer-ican designs to work from."

A sudden impulse overmastered Fran-cois. "I am going to America verysoon," he began, almost without know-ing what he was saying. "We are verypoor at home, monsieur, and I hear thatone can do well in your country." Willyou, then, be kind enough to give mesome orders, monsieur, i? I go beyondthe sea!"

"If you come as far west as Chicago,certainly," the gentleman replied,kindly, "I shall be pleased also torecommend you. Your work is reallyvery fine. Here is my card. I see myfriends are waiting for me."

That night when Jacques Godin re-

turned from the market-tow- n he carrieda soiled and crumpled note from Fran-cois, which ran as follows:

Dear Marguerite. I send this by Jacques,who will give you part o the moneyI have y received. I have kept enoughto take merto Chicago. I wish, also, to keepyour music-bo- x for a tow months, which 1

want to show as a specimen of my work. 1

will soon, very soon, return to you all, a richman. Until then, good-by- Fraitcois.luouu will rou my address In Chiaaaro.

Great was the consternation h thehousehold when Marguerite, tremblingand sobbing, read it aloud. Old An-toine broke down completely, and wept,the first tears Marguerite had ever seenhim shed, while her mother lay withher face turned to the wall and refusedall consolation.

At last Jeanne conceived the idea ofsending her daughter across the oceanto seek out Francois and bring himback. In vain the parish minister andall the neighbors reasoned with her onthe impossibility of sending a younggirl alone to a foreign country. Worstof all, Jacques had lost the address thatFrancois had copied from the gentle-man's card, and they did not knowwhere to write.

"Go, I entreat you, my child," shewould repeat night and day; "in allyour life you have always done whatever yon undertook, though you are notgiftod like Francois is, it is true. It is,perhaps, as well that all are not geniusesm this world since some of us must lookafter the welfare of others; and thoughyou have never planned any greatthings, have been very useful, which isvery well, too, is it not, Antoine? Atall events, you must go."

III."Tell the driver to stop the Carriage

a moment, John, please," and JohnBl an ding's young and pretty wife liftedher little sick boy to look out of the car-riage window. "Here is a cottage wherewe can get some milk for Robbie, Ithink."

"Milk for Robbie," repeated thechild, and when Marguerite, who hadobeyed the lady's request and broughta mug of milk for the little fellow,moved with tender compassion at thesight of the wan baby-fac- e, began tomurmur a few caressing words m herpretty French accent, he threw botharms around her neck, and clung therewith all his baby-strengt- h, repeating:

"Nannette, my Nannette!""He thinks it is Nannette," said Mrs.

Blanding to her husband. "A Frenchnurse we had for him in Chicago," sheexplained to Marguerite;- - we wereobliged to leave her in Paris, and hehas fretted for her ever since."

"Chicago?" repeated Marguerite."Do you, madame, live in that city?You may, then, have seen Francois, mybrother but no, he can not have reachedthere yet."

And then, encouraged by the lady'squestions and kindly interest, she toldin her simple fashion the story of i ran-coi-s'

departure."A sad case, truly," said kind-heart- ed

Mrs. Blanding, "and I wish we mightdo something to help you. Come tomamma, Robbie," and she held out herarms to her child, who was still withMarguerite.

But Robbie, who, during the twoshort years of his life, had known no lawsave that of his own royal inclination,clung closer to Marguerite, repeating:"Nannette, Robbie's Nannette," andstoutly resisted all bribes and persuasionto return to his mother.

"Better hire the girl, Louise," sug-gested Mr. Blanding. "See here, myfirl," turning to Marguerite, "our

who has been ill at the inn downyonder in the valley, seems to havetaken a fancy to yo-a-

, and, if you like,you can go back with us as nurse girl.Mind, I do not say you can find yourbrother; the chances are that you willnot; but we can send you back nextsummer in the care of friends, and wewill pay you well."

Marguerite's heart sank with suddendespair. Her mother, she knew, wouldinsist on her going, and the thought ofleaving home and friends to encounterall the penis of which she had a vague,unconfessed terror, almost overcameher. But it was for Francois for herdear mother. That gave her strength.

"It shall be as my parents decide,"she said, simply; and then added: "youare very kind, madam,"

But when they came, a few daysafter, to discuss the matter with oldAntonie and his wife, Jeanne's motherheart rebelled at first from parting withher girl.

"How can I live without. Marguer-ite?" she would cry, sobbing aloud."Never was there such a nurse, I prom-ise you, madame, and, indeed, she cando everything, for that matter. Suchlace mending! such knitting! never wasthere such a skillful pair of hands asMarguerite's.' '

"You must be quite a genuis," saidMrs. Blanding, smiling upon Marguer-ite.

"God forbid!" saiT Antoine hastily."No, madame, one genius is enough fora family. Francois is that, to be sure

a son to be proud of, madam, butMarguerite well she is born to makepeople happy, and to be loved with allone s heart."

-

It was summer again, and the roseswere in blossom in the BlandingSounds, and the grayish waters of Lake

seemed to take a bluer tintfrom the June skies above them.

"Marguerite is growing thin," re-

marked Mr. Blanding, as he and hiswife were taking their morning meal to-

gether in the cheerful little breakfasttable that overlooked the lawn.

Outside, among the beds of flowers,were Marguerite and Robbie, walkingabout for the morning exercise that hadbeen prescribed for the health of thatyoung autocrat.

"She is the most extraordinary girl,"and Mrs. Blanding adjusted the jeweledrings that shone on . her pretty whitefingers; "you have no idea, John, whata sense of honor she has. Every serv-ant in the house recognizes it, andseem to regard her as a superior be-

ing, and yet she has not an enemyamong them."

"She seems to have a keen sense ofduty," remarked her husband.

"It is not so much that either," re-plied Mrs. Blanding; "at least, not somuch any special obligation to pleaseus, but rather as if she felt responsibleto herself for the truest and best thingsshe is capable of, like the character inthat story 'Noblesse Oblige,' that youread to me yesterday."

"That may come of her Huguenotblood. You know her ancestry sufferedfor conscience sake, and these inheritedtendencies sometimes grow stronger,instead of weakening, by transmission."

"Well," answered his wife, "I don'tknow much about hereditary and suchthings, but it is a great satisfaction tohave Marguerite around, the satisfactionone feels in the possession of a genuniearticle, and the best of its kind, likeowning china that is real Meissena, orwearing real diamonds, or hand-mad- e

lace. I can't explain it, but I feel itvery strongly indeed. And think of thebenefit to Robbie to be constantly asso-ciated with such a person," she wenton; "why, only the other day I over-heard her reproving him for torturing afly: 'It is low and base to be cruel toanything weaker than we are, MasterRobbie; your father is a gentleman,and the son of a gentleman must notdo things that are low and base.' "

"And what did the prince reply?"asked his fathex.

Mrs. Blandiu smiled."He said: 'Papa may be a gentle-

man, Marguerite, but mamma is not,so I shall do what I like.' "

Mr. Blanding laughed heartily."Trust his small highness for an ar-

gument. We shall have to make alawyer of him, Louise. But is it notstrange that we have never discoveredMarguerite's brother? Wood-carve- rs

are not so plenty in Chicago, or inAmerica, either, for that matter, thatone of his skill should remain undis-covered after all the efforts we havemade to find him."

Perhaps he never came to Chicago atall, John. Do, pray, so out and take

Robbie away from those flower beds- - keseems bent on destroying them."

When Robbie was brought back tothe breakfast room, riding triumphantlyon his father's shoulder. Marguerite fol-

lowed, her white apron lilletf with fra- -thinblossoms Robbie's mischievousgrant had picked.

"Really,' said Mrs. Blanding, "whatcan we do with these flowers? Thevases are already filled. Here, Mar-guerite, take them up to the hospital inthe next block. No, Robbie, you cannot go" the child was clinging to Mar-guerite's apron "there might be danger ofof infection." a

"Nonsense!" said Mr. Blanding. "Go andto the accident ward. Marguerite. I assuupose a broken leg is scarcely eonns. I onlv wish the houses wherepeople live were half as well disinfectedand as thoroughly ventilated. Let Rob-bie go, we may want to make a surgeon theof him yet."

Robbie, who, in his fond father s im-

agination, had already been investedwith a bishop's robe, sat on the judicialbench, and filled a professor's chair in amedical college, trotted along with Mar-guerite,

theand, when the hospital was by

reached gazed delighted down the longhall in the convalescents' ward, with itsrows of clean white beds on each side.He walked down the room between thematron and his nurse, who carried thefreshly-cu- t fragrant flowers. The mat-ron paused before a bed, whose occu-pant

tolay with his face to the wall,

asleep. "Here," she said, "is a poorfellow who was hurt the day he reachedthe city. He has been here for months,and amuses himself when the pain isnot too bad by carving on bits of woodthat the surgeons bring him. Lay afew flowers on his pillow and pass on."'

But Robbie's keen eyes had spied alittle carved box half under the pillow,and, with his usual boldness, seizedhold of it. As he did so the clearest, ofsweetest melody was heard, a preludelike the first faint twitter of forest birdsat dawn, and Marguerite, her face ir-

radiated, belistened a moment, then fellon her knees beside the bed and elapsedthe unconscious sleeper in her arms.

"I see the valley once more," shesobbed, "and the vineyard with clusterspurple in the autumn sun; the fountain,flecked with shifting shadows; and thedancers at the grape festival. It is, O,God be thanked! it is Francois at last!O, Francois, my heart is breaking forthe mountains, the dear ones at home,and for Jacques! Let us go back tothem soon, my Francois!"

And they did. Francois convalescedrapidly, and, with orders enough tokeep hhn employed for a year, they re-turned to Valid, and rejoiced the heartsof their parents, to say nothing ofJacques, whose good, faithful heart hadbeen heavy since Marguerite s departure, or Lisette, whose bold, sorrowfuleyes had often been dimmed with tearsfor the absent Francois.

All this happened some years since.Old Antoine and his wife Jeanne sleepin the parish church-yar- d, but in thelittle chalet on the mountain liveJacques Godin and Marguerite, hiswife, and sometimes, when Francoisand Lisette come with their children tovisit them, Jacques relates to the littlefroup the story of Marguerite's

"And is it not well then to have atalent?" cries sturdy little FrancoisBeauvert, turning upon his UncleJacques his bold, black eyes, so likethose of Lisette, his mother, "and to bea great genius and admired by every-body."

"I dare not say that it is not," answers Jacques, in the old, slow fashion,looking admiringly, at Francois, theelder, who has still the reputation ofbeing the most skillful wood-carv- er in thecanton; "that i do not Know, out this 1am sure of, that God sometimes leaveshis best work to be done by those who

Julia MillsDunn, in Frank Leslie's IllustratedNewspaper.

Farmers' Accounts.

Every farmer should understandenough of business to know the cost of isall his productions; should be able totell the cost of an acre of grain, so thatwhen he sells it will be possible for himto determine the profit or loss, as wellas be a workman. Everybody is complaining of the hard times, and nonemore so than the farmers, for prices arelow, and, unfortunately for Californi- -

ans, we have not learned to bring ourexpenses down to correspond, and toraise our productions up to payingprofits over expenses, the greatest ex- -pense we have is interest on borrowedmoney and there is hardly a farmer today who is not in debt for his capital,and which must be paid, whether or no.That takes one-thi- rd of the grass crop.The next is the waste in family andbarn; this leak can be easily remedied iftaken hold of in time, the last whichis never considered is the loss of fer- -

tility with every crop. Times will be-

come still harder unless these especialexpenses are curtailed. Many farmerswill say that the land will wear outnaturally, and we cannot maKe it payall the time. The Uld World teachesus that the yield can be increased byby feeeding the land and by proper culti-vation so that we can double the

N. Y. Evening Post.

It Would Not Work.

He entered the restaurant and calledfor a beef stew and cup of coffee,Having eaten about two-thir- of thestew and consumed the coffee, he suddenly started back aghast.

"Waiter! waiter!" he loudly calledand when that individual appeared hedemanded that the proprietor be immediately summoned.

"What is it, sir?" asked the latter."What is it? look there, sir! look there!

I shall never recover!" and he pointedto a large exposed roach that cosilynestled in the stew. "Look at that ani-mal in your stew, sir." Fresh air! Freshair or I perish!"' and he started for thedoor.

But the landlord simply said to thewaiter: "Take away his meal ticket,John," and the waiter, seizing him bythe neck, drew out six other similar deadroaches from his vest pocket and kickedhim out of the door.

"It won't work," murmured the land-- 'lord. "It won't work. Ours are all

PittsburghChronicle Telegraph.

Origin of Carriages.The oldest carriages, used by the

ladies of England, were called whirli-cote- s.

These became unfashionableafter Ann, the daughter of Charles IV.and Queen of Richard II., about theend of the fourteenth century, showedthe ladies how gracefully they could rideon a side-saddl- e. Coaches were firstknown in England in the year 1530.They were introduced from Germany bythe Earl Arundel. They came into gen-eral use among the nobility in the year1605. The celebrated Duke of Bucking-ham was the first who rode in a coachand six horses: to ridicule this pomp,the Earl of Northumberland put eighthorses to his carriage. Coaches let tchire were first established in London in1625. There were onlv twenty of themkept at the principal inns. In the year1637 there were two hundred: in 169 1

they were limited to seven hundred; andin 1755 to

Farmers' Gazette.

-- Dr. Ru.-4- i Brown, of Addison, N.Y., was given one- hundred acres ofland, worth 55,000, for saving the lifeof the daughter oi Farmer Edminster.

FARM AND FIRESIDE.

In hanging pictures the brightestcolors should be placed in the darkestcorners of the room.

Pretty baby blankets are made ofwhite silk stuffed with pink cotton a

wool and tufted with white satin bows.Nearly all diseases to which live

stock are subject are the result ofof the simplest sanitary rules, and

may be prevented by the exercise of alittle common sense. Chicago Times.

The advantages of soiling consista saving of land, a saving of fences,

saving of food, a saving of manure,better care given the stock, as well

increased production from the land.How to take out mildew from

white muslin: Spread "the goods on anearthen dish, rub salt on the stain,squeeze lemon juice on it, and put it in

sun. Keep the salt moist with thejuice till the stain is gone. It will alsoremove iron rust. Albany Journal.

The Husbandman insists that thebest way to thrash buckwheat is with

flail, in the way, sincethis way the grain is left free and

whole. When thrashed by machine thegrain is cracked; with horses, more orless filth is mixed with it.

If one wishes to improve a certainflower, fruit or vegetable he must firstdecide what kind of a product he wishes

produce. He must have his idealalways in his mind. He must thenselect seeds from those specimens whichcome nearest to his ideal. Of the off-

spring he must select in the same way,and so continue until perfection is at-tained.

It is generally supposed that no ani-mal will eat bean fodder exceptingsheep. For those farmers who growbeans and have no sheep, it may be im-

portant to know that, after a little usethem, cows become very fond of

bean-stalk- s, and will eat them in preference to good hay. Refuse beans may

boiled and fed to fattening hogs,mixing at first with other grains untilthe animals become used to the newdiet. Prairie Farmer.

Hominy fritters help make varietythe breakfast table. Boil thethe day before, then take two tea-

cups of it, and stir a small cup of sweetmilk and a little salt with it, and oneegg, four tablespoonfuls of flour, withhalf a teaspoonful of baking powder.Have your frying-pa- n ready with thefat hot in it; drop this batter in byspoonfuls and fry a delicate brown. Theflavor is better if half butter and halflard is used rather than all lard. TheHousehold.

A novelty in the shape of a pin-cushion is made in the form of a work-ba- g.

It is nearly square. It is facedwith pink silk, the covering being ofolive plush. On the upper side is aspray of flowers in arasene embroidery

just a rose and buds, or some similardesign. The bag is shirred, and a pinkbow put on over the shirring. This mayhang beside the toilet-tabl- e or lie uponthe dressing-cas- e. It is a pretty orna-ment, and it may be used an advan-tage over many ornamental cushions.N. T. Post.

A farmer, writing to the New YorkWorld, says: Farmers who are thinking

painting outbuildings will find thatthe application of a coat of crudepetroleum lessens the amount of paintrequired and will cause the wood to lastlonger. A wash which I have foundvery satisfactory for outside work ismade by slacking clean, fresh lime,mixing it with water and adding to eachpeck of lime half a pound af salt and apound of sulphate of zinc. This washmay be colored to many desirableshades. For a cream color I add yel-low ochre; and for gray, lampblack dis-solved in vinegar.

WATERING PLANTS.

The Most Important Matter to bein Growing House-Plant- s.

Probably the most important matterto be observed in growing house-plan- ts

that of watering them. The culti-vator should know just when to water,and to give it where it will do the mostgood. Amateur florists often exhibitmuch poor judgment in watering. It isthe habit of some to keep the soil abouttheir plants constantly soaked withwater, and they wonder that they arenot thrifty or healthy. These cultivatorsdo not stop to consider that such treat-ment is unnatural, and will have an ef-

fect contrary to what is desired. Thereare those who resort to the opposite ex-treme, and keep their plants all thetime in a perishing condition of dry-ness, which is even worse than if theywere watered to death. If we will ob-

serve how judiciously Nature distributesthe sunshine and shadow, the periodicalrains and the refreshing dews, we willlearn an important . lesson. Animalnature is very much like the vegetablein this respect. A pot, or other recep-tacle in which plants are grown, shouldbe porous; glazed, or painted pots,ought never to be used where plain,

pots can be obtained; all non-poro-

pots of tin and similar material,should be discarded. Plants growingin them can never compare in healthwith those that have the advantage ofplain porous pots. There should be ahole of sufficient size in the bottom ofeach pot, to allow the water to drainoff, and to pass away as soon as pos-sible. Placing a few pieces of brokencrocks, or charcoal, in the bottom of thepots will facilitate a rapid drainage, asgood drainage is essential to the growthof strong and healthy plants. Whenplants require water, it will be indicatedby a light, dry appearance of the top ofthe soil, and if watered when in thiscondition, it will do the most good.Give water only when in this condition,and then copiously, giving them all theywill soak up at the time, then withholdwater until the same indication of theirwant of it again appears, and apply itfreely. Unless plants are in a very dryatmosphere, as in a warm parlor inwinter, they will seldom require water-ing. In summer they should be closelywatched, and if exposed to wind andsun, they will require daily watering, tokeep them in a flourishing state. Whenplants are suffering from drouth, theleaves will droop, frequently turn yellow,and drop off prematurely; this can beavoided by timely attention to the grow-ing plants each day.

In summer, watering in the cool ofthe evening will be followed by the bestresults, for it will give the plants timeto take up and assimilate the moisturenecessary to their life, and being com-pletely charged with water, they will be

AmericanAgriculturist.

Homeopathic Farming.

It is told of the son of an Ohio farmer,who had been reading with the view ofbecoming a homeopathic physician, thathe was seen tying .a number of sackscontaining about a teaspoonful of some-

thing to the fence stakes on the wind-ward side of the wheat-fiel- d.

"What are you doing, Tom?" said aneighbor who happened along.

5 am homeopathically fertilizing thiswheat-fiel-d. These little sacks each con-tain one drachm of fertilizer, the vitalelement of which will be broadly dis-seminated over the fields by the summerwinds, which is much better than scat-tering the stinking stuff with a shovel."

"Well, you may be right, but if Iain't much mistaken you'll eat homeo

biscuits this winter, observed thePittsburgh Dispatch.

Antiquity of the Spoon.

The use of the spoon is widespread,and dates from remote antiquity. Theform which we use at the present day

small oval bowl, provided with a shankand flattened handle is not that whichhas been universally adopted. If welook into the manners and customs ofsome of the people less civilized thanwe the Eabyles, for example we shallfind that they use a round wooden spoon.Romans also used a round spoon, whichwas made of copper. We might-b- e ledfrom the latter fact, to infer that theprimitive form of this utensil was round,and that the oval shape is a compara-tively modern invention. But such isnot the case, for M. Chantree, in makingsome excavations on the borders of LakePaladan, the waters of which had beenpartially drawn off, found, in a goodstate of preservation, wooden spoonswhich in shape were nearly like thosein use at the present day, the onlydifference being in the form of thehandle, which was no wider than theshank. The Neolithic Deoule used oval

LondonNews.

Not Good at Conundrums.

His heart was full of a burning desire to say something not only complimentary but brilliantly suggestive, soafter revolving the matter in his mindduring a te burst of silence hesaid, gazing into the crackling hre:

"Ah. Miss Eunice, why is the andiron so like myself?"

And Miss Eunice, looking so solemnlydemur that the ciock stopped, said thatshe didn't know, unless it was becauseit had a brass head.

He was groping blindly for the frontdoor before she could catch her breath,and it didn't appear to relieve him abit when she followed him down thehall to tell him that she wasn't eood atconundrums, anyhow. He only wentout into the starlight and held histhrobbing temples by the bits, andwished that he had died when he was a

BurlingtonHawkeye.

A crown of oak was considered bythe Romans worthy of the highest emu-lation of statesmen and warriors. Toher who had saved the life of a Romansoldier was given a crown of oak leaves.one indeed which was accounted morehonorable than any other. In Corio-lanu- s,

Yolumnia says: "He comes thethird time home with the oaken garland." And again: "To a cruel war Isent nun; from whence he returned, hisbrows bound with oak.

A couple of confidence men wereneatly taken in by a Boston broker theother day. Ihey induced him to goaround to a house of their selection toplay cards, and in their anxiety to bagtheir game they loaned him 557 5 to begin playing with. The broker was takenwith violent cramps after he had bet$10, and succeeded in getting outside and away with the other $65 in his

Boston Herald.

Gingham was first manufactured inthe united htates by J.rastus tsigelowat Clinton (a town founded by him), inMassachusetts, about 1846. It was thefirst attempt to manufacture ginghamby machinery, and enable the Americanmanufacturers to compete successfully

Boston Budget.

London is the great fur market ofthe world, and the great bulk 01 allskins are shipped there. There are twolarge sales of furs, one in October andone in March, at each of which-th-

skins are bought by agents for Amerlean account.

Db. Bobt. Newton, late President of theEclectic College of the City of New York,used Dr. Wk. Hall's Balsam very exten-sively in his practice. He always said thatso'good a remedy ought not to be consideredmerely as a patent medicine, but that itought to be prescribed freel y by every phy-sician as a sovereign remedy in all cases ofLiung diseases.

"I trip the light fantastic," said thebad man, sti kmg out nis loot analetting a anae tail overu. mercnani j.raoeler.

"Rouirh on Hats." Clears out rats. mice, flies.roaches, 15c

Texas laments the cattle fever, and manyTexas steers are aroppea in consequence.

"Rough on Toothache." Ask for it. Instantrelier, quick cure. 13c. Druggists.

A woman seldom writes her will. ThereIs so mush 01 it that she can't.

If Success be the true test of merit, it 1;

a settled fact that " Brotrn's BronchialTroches" have no eaual for the nromnt relief of Conghs, Colds, and Throat troubles.Hold only in Ooxes. frice, '', cents.

A local exchange says: "The guests01 tne uttawa House emDrace an unusually

Y.dependent.

Skinny Men. "Wens' Health Renewer"restores

Latest from the Conundrum Club: Q."When is a window like an over-ballast-

balloon?" A. "When it won't go up."N. Journal.

"Buchu-Paiba.- " Qiiick, complete cure, allannoying Kidney and u nnary Diseases. i

Benjamin Franklin was married at theage 01 twenty-on- e. He discovered lightmng shortly atterwara.

Catarrhal Throat afToctions.hackingr.irritatingCoughs, Colds cured by "Hough on Coughs" 25o

The cash system is a no-bi- ll art. Mt- -thaut Traveler.

THE MARKETS.

CINCINNATI, November 17, 1884.LIVE STOCK Cattle-Commo- 60 2 60

Choice Butchers 4 llu 4 60HOGS Common 3 50 4 10

Good packers 4 30 & 4 60SHEEP Good to choice 3 25 8 75FLODB Family. 3 40 O 3 50GRAIN Wheat-Longber- red 79 & 80

No. 2 red '.... 78 & -- 9

Corn No. 2 mixed 44Oats-rN- o. 2 mixedRve No. 2 BM9 04

HAY Timothy No. 1 ...10 50 11 00

HEMP Double dressed 9 00 n 26

PROVISIONS Pork Mess ft?i:t on

Lard Prime steam 7 074BUTTER Fancy Dairy & 20

Prime Creamery & 32FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Potatoes, per barrel 1 25 1 6025 1

NEW YORK.FLOUR State and

Good to Choice 3 60 5 60GRAIN Wheat No. 2 Chicago 81

No. 2 red 79tfCorn No. 2 mixed 47 & 63Oats mixed 32 36

PORK Mess I6 00Western steam & 7 60

CHICAGO.FLOUR State and Western... .3 75 4 50GRAIN Wheat No. 2 red 73 784

No. 2 Chicago Spring 72 O 72VCorn No. 2 42

Oats No. 2 a 2650 '4

PORK Mess 12 75 13 00

BALTIMORE.

GRAIN Wheat No. 2 79H 79

Corn mixed 52

Oats mixed 32 H3

PROVISIONS Pork Mess .... loRefined

INDIANAPOLIS.WheatNo- - 2 red $ 74

Corn mixed 89 KOats mixed 26

LOUISVILLE.A No. 1

GRAIN Wheat No. 2 red 75Corn mixed & 46Oats mixed & 29

PORK moss 15 50LARD steam 9

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