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The Kitchen Sink and Its Adjuncts. The model sink is of iron with pipe so ar- ranged that it may be flushed or plugged and treated to {L bath of soda. water or so- lution of carbolic acid as often as desirable and with a drain pipe of iron 01- tiling to carry the water underground to a good dis» tance from the dwelling house. Instead of this very many housewives have to do their best with a. wooden sink, often unpainted, and a roughly stoned drain which allows the water to seep ofi‘ throu l the soil and perhaps contaminate the drini- ing water in the well, or the water is con- ducted in a. wooden trough under or over- ground, which becoming water soaked gives off sickening odors to find their way into the house through the discharge pipe of the sink. Undoubtedly in such a case reform should be commenced out of doors and a drain of some material wholly impervious to water should be at once laid. If unable to get this done the only way left for the careful housewife is to exclude the foul air as much as possible, and having an intelligent re- gard for the health of her family she will not neglect to do so. F1005 the pipes with hot soda. water at least once a week and whenever the sink is not in actual use have a tightly fitting cork in the vent. Especially see that this is in place during the night that the foul gases may not escape to poison thc air of sleeping rooms and so endanger health and life, diph- theria. and kindred diseases often being di- rectly traceable to such causes. \Vhere the drain pipe ends and the sewage is allowed to flow of? on the surface of the ground it is well to plant some strong-grow- ing annual like the sunflower, apple of Peru, or “ ragged sailor” ; it will take up much of the moisture and also hide unsightliness. When nothing of this kind is done the place should be disinfected occasionally. For this purpose dissolve seven pounds of sulphate of ironâ€"coppei‘as~in three gallons of water and add a pint of fluid carbolic acid. Stir until thoroughly mixed and gradually pour it up- on the ground every hour or two until the whole of the foul surface has been permeated by the fluid and so disinfectedâ€"MARY OLl s LAKIN, in New England Farmer. If the sink is of iron take out the perforat- ed cap and use the cork just the same. If it is of wood have it painted with good hard paint that will withstand the action of water and then dry it thoroughly as often as the work of the family will permit. A water soaked sink is an abomination that should not be tolerated. Some housekeepers with a View to more easily keeping a sink clean throw the dirtiest of kitchen slops, greasy dishwater and the like out of a. rear door. This makes a sight in no way pleasing and is a multiplication of nuisances, two places regniring sanitary measures instead of one. Over fourteen years ago, in] the year 1876, in the Metropolitan Live Cattle Marke , London, a discussion arose as to the fu ure trade with America in live cattle. At that time neither Canadian nor Ameri- can cattle had received much favor, and there were some Norfolk farmers who ex- pressed themselves in very strong language at the action of the British Government per- mitting foreign cattle, especially Ameri- cans, to stand in the open market. A lan- tern-jawed Yankee present said, with great warmth, “ Let the American cattle be Scheduled, appoint landing places in London and Liverpool for isolated slau hter, and in 25 years this great market of onion will be a sheep pasture for America. will com- mand the trade.” The grass is growing in portions of tie three principal live stock markets of England, and to-day the Ameri- can lairs of Deptford-onthe-Thames and Liverpool, on the Bickenhead side, dictate the price and command the bulk of trade. It is simply marvellousâ€"the numbers and the quality that are deharked in these two great ports mentioned ; and we Canadians, although we have free entrance alive to all ‘ markets in Great Britain, have, like the‘ British farmer, to submit to American dictation. \Vhen I arrived in England in May, American first-class, fresh slaughtered animals, equal to any cattle I have ever met with were selling at fourpenee per pound, and when I left Toronto on May the 6th beef hardly so well finished were selling one cent per pound more in St. Lawrence Market. It is true there are mendn the trade in England who will buy their cattle alive, and it is these few in numberâ€"and the number is growing smaller every yearâ€"that enables Canadians to do business at all. For the Canadian exporter is paying $1 per 100 more for Ontario cattle than the American shipper in Chicago, and notwithstanding this great difference in value, Canada has exported 7,000 head more this year up to this date than last year up to the same period. Be< sides all this, steamers are bringing cattle and sheep alive from South America and Australia, although up to the present America supplies more than half of the for- eign stock inverted. These hard facts should be read by Canadian farmers, with the hope that the privileges we possess â€"om‘ geographical position, our excellent climate, our freedom from disease and the grand St. Lawrence, with its hundreds of miles of smooth waterâ€"may give a zest and an im- petus to our Canadian farmers. One other point I will mention in animal food supply ; America sends millions of pounds of dead meat covered with some kind of white cloth in refrigerators. Sometimes it arrives in good condition; at other times its appear- ance is far from pleasant. Then comes the slaughter in prices. I have seen it sold for one shilling per stone of fourteen pounds. Canada so far has no part in such ventures. Keep a well-painted, wide-mouthed tun- nel in the sink, cupboard or other conveni- ent place, and when about to wash dishes insert it in the mouth of the discharge pipe and turn all dirtv, greasy water through it. Then when cleaning the sink the tunnel may be washed and put out of sight again. Have also a bit of board or tin handy upon which to set pots or kettles while washing them. By observing a few simple precau- tions like these the work of caring for even an unpainted sink need not be arduous. All sponges, cloths and brushes used about it should be kept scrupulously clean and dried as often as‘possible. ‘ Potato Rot Checked by Bordeaux Mixture. The Vermont experiment station sends out an account of the cause of the potato rot and blight, which, as the readers of this paper Well know, is a minute fungus with thread~1ike filaments, which run in every Cattle Trade WithEEngldnd. AGRICULTURAL. G. F. FRANKLAND dirccetion, causing both the rot and the blight. In the case of the latter the filaments of the fungus grow up in the tissues of the young sprout. In the case of the rot they permeate the tuber itself. Spraying with the Bordeaux mixture (which was described 1 in these columns recently) at the experiment station last summer proved very beneficial. i The blight first appeared in one corner of‘ the field and spread in a. diagonal direction across it, following the direction of the wind, ‘ before any steps could be taken to check it. The field was thensprayed with the mixture The work was begun at one side of the field and the spraying continued towards and just beyond the middle. The next time the work was begun at the other side of the field and continued the same way, so that the middle of the field had two applications about one week apart. Nearly all of the potatoes at the ends of the field rotted while about two-thirds of those that were sprayed twice were saved. In a day or two Professor Robertson, Do- minion dairy commissioner, commences a lec- turing tour throughout the Dominion, which will occupy all the summer months. The professor first proceeds to the province of Quebec, and in company with Mr. Chapais, assistant dairy commissioner, will address a series of meetings, thearrangements for which have been completed. The month of July will be spent in the Maritime Provinces, and afterwards Mr. Rebel tson will proceed to Manitoba, the territories and British Col- umbia. The programme which the professor has arranged with the approval of Hon. John ‘ D 4 A A Curlmg IS m kecplng with the suggestlons of the Dominion dairymen’s convention and of several members of Parliament. 'It appears probable that Lord Salisbury will be forced to purchase the Frenfii rights in Newfoundland in a diplomatic bargain similar to the one which he has struck with Germany. The islanders are very much in earnest in demanding full and absolute con- trol of their shores, and they are seemingly bent upon having their rights, with or with- out the consent of Great Britain. A power» ful impulse will be imparted to a popular movement in favor of separate nationality or annexation to the United States, if their material interests are sacrificed to the tradi- tions and necessities of European diplomacy. Lord Salisbury, having clearly recognized in the blundering modus Vivendi the validity of the French claims, will be compelled to offer compensations on a liberal scale in some other quarter of the world. A policy of compens ttions apparently has already been decided upon at the British Foreign Office. From a special dispatch from St. J ohn’s, it appears that the English naval commander has already received his cue. One of the native merchants in the lobster canning trade, having determined to defy the French naval force and to disregard the modns vivendi, has received this significant message : ” British commander urges sub- mission and promises compensation.” This is a distinct intimation that pecuniary losses to the Newfoundlanders involved by the enforcement of the modus vivendi will be made good. The islanders arc to be tem- porarily bribed to keep the peace by promis- es of future compensation for business losses. Meanwhile the French Government is to be importuned to relinquish its ancient treaty rights in return for substantial favors to be bestowed either in\Asia. 01‘ Africa. Lord Salisbury, in converting English diplomacy into a species of amicable brokerage. runs the risk of having to deal with thoze who grossly overvalue their claims. The French, perceiving his anxiety to purchase their rights, will naturally raise the price ; and the Newfoundlanders, when convinced that their rivals are to be ultimately dispossessed, will persist in their demands for exclusive jurisdiction over their shores and will run up a. heavy bill of damages under the modus vivendi. The Foreign Ofiiee as a clearance- house for antiquated maritime priVileges and colonial grievances is likely to prove an expensive establishment. In a, month or two Bermuda will for the first time be prgughp witlgin talking distance, as it were, of Caiihda and the outside world. The ship containing the cable which is to be laid between the “Vexed Bermoothes” and Halifax is on the scene of action and elec- tric congratulations between the beautiful coral island and the North American contin- ent will be flashing under the sea before the summer is over. The laying of the cable between Halifax and Bermuda is a good thing in itself. It will facilitate trade with this country and to Great Britain it is a link in the chain assuring her military and naval intelligence. There is, however, a likelihood that other cables will be laid cen- tering in Bermuda before long. The pro- ject is to connect Bermuda with the British \Vest Indies, and so with all the islands, Cuba and the rest in that region. This would give direct communication by cable with a part of the world that is ridiculously remote considering its location near two continents. From the West Indies it will be natural enough to extend the cables southward to Brazil, and thus bind together North and South America in a way that cannot but promote the best interests of the Empire. \Vhat is one man’s meat is another man’s poison. A shortage in wheat in Europe is America’s opportunity. Such a. shortage appears to exist now, for in the first five months of this your the wheat imports were 19,044,000 cwts., which is 4,200,000 cwts. less than in the corresponding five months of last year. Later in the year this defi- ciency will have to be made up. Conse- quently the prospects for good prices are rather above the average. Nothing can be more gratifying to the mercantile pride of Great Britain than the returns, lately issued, of her traffic through the Suez Canal during the past year. It is found that the total number of vessels using the water-way in 1889 was 3,425â€"of these 2,611 belonging to British owners. Ger- many stands next, longo interrallo, with 194, while France has to her credit 168, Holland 146, and Italy 103. At this point there oc- curs another great gap in the record, for Austria-Hungary follows with 54. Norway had only 48, Spain 33, Russia 23, Turkey 22, Egypt 8, America 5, Denmark and Japan 3 each, and China, Portugal, and Belgium 2 each. England, thus, has more than the lion’s share, and her trade is steadily in- creasing. The Newfoundland Trouble. A Cable to Bermuda. Professor Robertson's Tour. Proposed Special Building at the Ottawa Experimental Farm. Plans are being prepared for the new' dairy building in connection with the Ex- perimental Farm system at Ottawa, and it is expected that everything will be in readi- ness for the commencement of winter dairy- ing when the cold weather sets in. The" preparation of the plans is chiefly in the hands of Prof. J. \V. Robertson, Dominion dairy commissioner, and he also will per- sonally superintend the work of construc- tion. It will not be an elaborate building ; but in its appointments and adaptability for the work of dairying it will be one of the most complete structures on the continent. In one sense it will be a model dairy. That is to say, it will be a building which, in, economy of material, cost and suitability may safely be accepted as a pattern by those who wish to construct creameries in the Dominion. It will be a frame structure of L shape, with hollow walls, made by the liberal use of odorless building paper. The object in using this material, as well as of the hollow walls, is to be able to regulate the temperature inside during both warm and cold weather. The dimensions of the building will be 60 feet by 52 and 30. That is, the main portion of the structure will be 60 feet long by 30 deep, while the extension, representing the arm of the L. will give a | room 24 feet by 20. The main working room will be 30x18, and in this will be tested the different styles, and makes of centrifugal cream separators, as well as different styles and makes of churns and other work appertaining to practical butter dairying. A series of re frigeator rooms will be provided, for de- monstrating the best treatment for preserv- ing butter in cold storage. The same rooms will be used for discovering the conditions of atmosphere and temperature under which the setting of milk will yield the best quality and largest quantity of butter, leave the skimmed milk in the best condition for feed- ing stock, and reduce the expense and labor involved in the separation. An ice house will be attached. The dairy will be equipped with butter-making machinery, to illustrate the most economical and ser- viceable way of putting up a creamery according to inpdern methods of improved butter making. There will be a cheese- curing room 20x20. The intention is to have quantities of cheese made at one or more of the gdinary factories in difl‘erent places, and not to make it on the premises. The cheese, after being made at these factor- ies, will be shipped to the curing room at the experimental farm, in order to determine the effect of different methods of making and treatment during the curing process. The reason for having the cheese made at other factories is to ensure similar conditions of milk, temperature, etc., to those with which the ordinary cheese-maker has to do in his business. In that way it is expected the conclusions will be more useful and accept- able, for the benefit of the average cheese- maker, than any which could be obtained in a purely experimental dairy building with a limited supply of milk. It may be said that Prof. Robertson intends issuing a bulletin, giving plans and specifications for the con- struction of creameries and cheese factories, together with a statement of the utensils and general equipment, for the guidance of those intending to establish co-operative fac- tories in sections where that system has not yet been introduced. -n 1 1 j A series of i"useful experiments will also be carried on w on live stock. . In connection with the feeding of inilch cows it has be- come necessary to examine into the quality and quantity of milk yield from different rations and treatment. Probably from twenty to twentyâ€"five milking cows will be kept on the farm for the purpose of these investigations. Among these animals pro- vision will be made for the French-Canadian cow, which has rendered such admirable ser- vice to the farmers in the province of Quebec in nearly all the districts where dairying has been followed. Grade cows of other breeds will also be compared with thoroughbred animals. The cheapest and best way of rais- ing calves on skimmed milk with some sup- plementary food will be examined, as it is believed to be possible to replace the cream removed from the milk by some feeding sub. stance worth less than one fifth in the mar- ket of the value of the butter fat that has been removed. In connection with these feeding experiments, the comparative value of ensilage and fodder cured in the ordinary way will be examined and reported upon, as well as their influences on the quality of the milk and butter that may be obtained. It is not proposed to conduct the dairy in such a way as to ascertain how the greatest amount of profit may be secured. That would be a hindrance to genuine experimen- tal work. The product, however, will be used in such a way as to do the most good to the commercial interests of the dairy busi- ness in Canada. In View of the growing demand in China and Japan for dairy pro- ducts which are at present supplied by European ship ers, an effort will be made to introduce anadian butter, packed in suitable tins, into those foreign markets. One advantage which Canadawould have in relation to this trade is the cooler route of the C. P. R. as against the heat met with on other routes passing for a considerable distance through equatorial regions. IThe surplus left from these commercial exâ€" periments will be sold in such a. way as to foster 1he market demand for fancy butter of high quality. Great Britain may reasonably begin to regard the cattle and beef business of the United States from the point of View of an owner or of a large investor, and this interest may exert some influence to affect the atti- tude of the British Government with respect to the importation of cattle from that coun- try. A few months ago the largest exporting house in the cattle trade on this side of the Atlantic was transformed into an English limited liability company, and the new securities were placed in London. A large part of the investment is now English capi‘ tal. Within a few weeks the great slaughter- ing and dressed-beef establishment of Ham- mond & Co.. in or near Chicagoâ€"one of the “ Big Four” packing house firms~â€"â€"has been sold to English buyers, and it is now con- trolled and owned by an English Company. At the present time negotiations are going on for the purchase of the great Union Stock Yards in Chicago by English capitalists, and nothing delays the sale except the protests of a few minority stockholders. Do you know what Duty is ? It is what we exact from others. BUTTER DAIRYING. More English Gold. The quality of some of the despatches sent to the American press by its European cor- respondents is not strained. Often they are evidently the work of tired men, who, hav- ing nothing to send that is really new or trustworthy, twist the most commonplace occurrences to a startling significance. Thus, just at present we are assured that England and France must be on the verge of hostili- ties, because Lord \Volseley, at a meeting of a military club in London, asked the traffic managers of some great English lines who had been invited to be pres- ent, just how long it would take them to move certain numbers of troops from given points to coast stations, assuming an invasion to be under way. This sort of thing is done every year. It means simply that strategists take the leisure of peace to study out the lines of operations to be follow- ed in the event of war. They make hypo- theical campaigns. It is the same in all the armies. The wiseacres who tell us that a great European war is brewing say that it ‘ is whispered that Germany will undertake ‘ some naval manoeuvres 0n the Baltic this ‘ summer that will mean much more than can be told now. Germany may have ulterior purposes, but if she has taken an odd way to conceal them. That Germany would undertake a series of naval manoeuvres was announced months ago officially from Berlin, and foreign officers will be permitted to at- tend them. There is no secrecy about their scope, which will involve attacks on sup- posed fortified ports, conflicts between fleets, and all the rest of war-play. If there is any unusual tension on the foreign situation now, there is nothing in military or naval move- ments to indicate it. On the contrary they seem, with the exception of the German naval manoeuvres, rather uninteresting. One might as well infer from the activity with which the Government is building up the navy that the United States is preparing for war ; whereas the United States is preparing for peace. That great armies, anxious for em- ployment, tired of doing nothing but drill day after day, always are incentives to trou- ble may be true, but armies are nevertheless under the command of statesmen, who do not make war as gaily as newspapers. He is rather a clumsy statesman to-day who can- not gain his point without fighting. The Babies of The World. It has been computed that between thirty- six and thirty-seven million babies are born in the world each year. The rate of produc- tion is, therefore, about seventy per minute, or rather more than one for every beat of the clock. With the one-arminute calculation every newspaper reader is familiar, but it is not every one who stops to calculate what this means when it comes to ayear’s supply. It will, therefore, probably startle a good many persons to find on the authority of a. well-known hospital writer that, could the infants of a year be ranged in line in cradles, the cradles would be overflowing and at the same time extend around the globe. We have the ingenious conclusion that, supposâ€" ing the little ones grow up, and the sexes be equally divided, we would have an army 100 times larger than that of Great Britain and a. wife for each soldier besides. The same writer looks at the matter in a still more picturesque light. He imagines the babies being carried past a. given point in their mother’s arms, one by one, and the procession being kept up night and day un- til the last comer in the twelfth month had passed by. A sufficiently liberal rate is allowed, but even in going past at the rate of twenty a minute the reviewer at his post would only have seen the sixth part of this infantile hostafter they had been passing him at the rate of 1,200 an hour during the entire year ! In other words, the babe that had to be carried when the tramp began would be able to walk when but a. mere fraction of its comrades had reached the reviewer’s post, and when the year’s supply of babies was drawing to a close there )vould be a. rear guard) not of infants, but of romping six. year-old boys and girls. James was distinctly a “ sporting ” man. The fact is not alluded to in the Dedication of the divines, but we have it referred to in the issue of a writ or order to the Exchequer for the sum of £16 13s. 4d. to William Gat- acre for “ breeding, feeding, and dieting of cocks of the game for his Highness’s recrea- tion.” This charge occurs repeatedly in the records of the Exchequer, and with a frank- ness of detail which proves that nobody concerned saw anything to be ashamed of in the transaction. Will the day ever come when any items appearing in the estimates of the present timeâ€"â€"those, for instance, which relate to the pursuit of the stag and the foxâ€"will be contemplated with wonder by our descendants? Then, the King, it ap- pears, had a favorite hound, which the Queen one day, by some misadventure, shot at and killed. Her Majesty was deeply dis- tressed. Now we prove our King to 'be something vastly different from the mere “ royal pedant.” He bought a diamond at a cost of £2,000-the Exchequer record is our witnessâ€"and sent it to his sorrowing spouse “ as a. legacy from his (lead dog.” Could Might be more knightly, kingly, courteous? Stand down, King Arthur ! Thy Guinevere never had from thee a. princelier gift. John Thomas Heslop, of Birmingham, England, is alad whose powers of vision are marvelous. He is known as "the living microscope,” on account of being able to see the most minute objects clearly defined. In ‘ 1878 or 1879 he was attacked with some ‘ baffling eye trouble and came very near losing his sight forever. After the disease had reached its worst there was an instant and startling change for the‘ better, which re- sulted in a complete cure of all inflammation in an incredibly short time. Itwas not a cure, however, that brought back the old eyesight, like that possessed by the average genus homo. When it returned it was with ex- traordinary increased powers of vision. To John Thomas the most minute plant louse was as large as a rabbit, and the mosquito’s bill as large as an ax handle. He could see and describe distant minute objects with startling clearness and precision. He was amazingly shocked, upon repairing to the well to get a cooling draught, to see the im- mense number of hideous creatures that were floating, fighting and wriggling about in the water. From that day to this water has never passed the lips of John Thomas Helsop. His drink consists of coffee, tea and milk, thoroughly boiled. The doctors say that the entire organization of the eye has undergone a structural change and that the cornea has ‘ become abnormally enlarged. James A Human Microscope. Nothing In It. I. :1 Sporting Man. Nowadays, there are plenty of octogenari- ans, numemus nonagenmians and occasional centenmizms; but few survive their 100th birthday by more than a, year or two: and should a. man live to be 12 0 it would be ne- cessary to coin a. word by which to call him. Yet, them axe lmmyappzu ently authentic 1n- stances of persons living to an age much moxe advanced than than. In the time of Vespasian, Pliny, the his- torian, says there were found in the roll at one of the taxations 54 persons of 100 years of age, 27 of 110, two of 1‘25, lour of 130, as many more of 135, and, last of all, three men of 140. Galeria Capolia, an actress, whose age at her debut is notexaetly known, appeared upon the stage 99 years after at the dedication of a theatre by Pompey the Great; and this was not all, for she was shown a third time at the solemnities for the life and health of Augustus. Galeria, was probably a ballet girl. The great physicianCalen, who flourished about the time of Marcus Aurelius, is said by his contemporaries to have lived 140 years. So careful was he of his health that from the time he was 28 he was seized with a. sickness of only a day’s duration. The rules he observed were : N 01; to eat or drink his fill, not to eat anything uncooked, and always to carry some perfume abouf: hiin. Jaines Sands of Horborne, 1n Stafford- shire, Eng, whom Fuller describes in his book called “Ancient \Vorthies,” lived 140 “eearS and his wife 120. He outlived five leases of 21 years, each made to him after he was married. That fact is a. matter of pulflig: i‘eporfl. . _ Raleigh, in his “ History of the World,” says: “ I myself knew the 01d Countess of Desmond of Inchequin, Munster, who lived in the year 1589 and for many years after- ward, who was married in Edward IV.’S time, and held her jointure from all the earls of Desmond since then. Lord Bacon tests up her age to be 140 at least, adding withal, ‘ Ter pervices dentisse ;’ that is, she had a, third set of teeth.” Thomas Parr, son of John Parr, was born at Alberbury, in the parish of VVinnington, in Shropshire, England, in 1483. At the age of 80 he married his first wife, Jane, and in the space of 32 years had but two children by her. Both of these were short- lived, one living but a month, the other but a few years, Being aged 120, he fell in love with a. woman of 40 by whom he had his last child. He lived to be about 152 years old. In September of 1635 the Earl of Arun- del caused him to be brought to his castle at \Vestminster. Here, as for years pre- ceding, he slept away most of his time, never seeming to be entirely awake. The change of air and diet, neither of which agfgreed with him, added to the excitement o seeing so many strangers, doubtless hastened his death, which occurred on Nov. 15, of the same year, and he was buried in \Vestminster Abbey, among men who had lived shorter but more eventful lives. There is a. curious story told of one Henry Jenkins of Bolton, Eng. , who was once produced as a witness at the assizes there to prove a right of way over a. man’s ground. He swore to nearly 150 year’s memory, for at that time he said he well remembered a way over that ground. And being cautioned by the judge to beware what he swore, because there were two men in court each above 80 years of age who re- membered no such way, he replied 2 “ Those men are boys to me.” Upon which the judge asked those men how old they took Jenkins to be. They said they did not», know, but that he was a very old man when they were boys. Dr. Tancred Robinson adds concerning him that he could remem- ber Henry VIII. and the fight at Flodden Field, at which time he was 12 years old. He died Dec. 8, 1670, at Ellerton-upon- Swale, aged 169 years. As is the case in many other instances, we owe the _invention of visiting cards to the Chinese. So long ago as the period of the Tong dynasty (618 907) visiting cards. were known to be in use in China, and that is also the date of the introduction of the “red silken cords” which figure so con- spicuously on the engagement cards of that country, says the Toronto Times. From ancient times to the present day the Chinese have observed the strictest ceremony with regard to the paying of Visits. The cards- which they use for this purpose are large and of a bright red color. \Vhen a China- man desires to marry, his parents intimate that fact to a professional “ match-maker,” who thereupon runs through a list of her visiting acquaintances, and selects one whom she considers a fitting bride for the young man, and then she calls upon the young woman’s parents, armed with the bride- groom’s card, 011 which are inscribed his ancestral name and the eight symbols which denote the (lay of his birth. If the answer is an acceptance of his suit, the bride’s card is sent in return, and should the oracles prophesy good concerning the union, the particulars of the engagement are written on two large cards, tied together with the red cords. “Pepper on your strawberries?” said a. dusky waiter at Dooner’s Hotel, Philadelâ€" phia. ‘What 2” exclaimed the astonished guest, trying to think what day it was, lest there might be some reason for playing a, joke on him. “ No, thank you. “711th do you mean by that ‘3” “VVcil, boss,” said the waiter, “all gentle- men now takes pepper on strawberries. Just try one.” The guest did as directed, and to his sur- prise found it delightful, and soon sprink- led the whole saucer with the condiment. “Do I nowcall for salt, mustard, and vin- egar ‘2”sz‘uid the guest, “I want to be up to the times.” “No, sah, take ’emjist that away, you’ll 10mg ’em elegajnt. ” A The guest investigated, and soon found that a gentleman from the Orange Free State in South Africa was stopping at the hotel recently and insisted on treating his berries with pepper. rl‘his set the fashion, which is rapidly coming into favor. Most men resolve to enjoy life, but no man ever yet enjoyed life who had so re- solved. We honestly wish we had a pocketbook made of clouds, then it would alwxys have a. silver lining. Put Pepper on Strawberries Nowdays. These Were Indeed 01d. Origin of Visiting Cards.