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Head woman of a. retail millinery depart- ment: A woman may stand before the mir- ror in her own room, where the eyes of the world cannot see, and cover up the tracks of time about her eyes, and she may so array herself in some sort of gown as to be able to throw 08’ the unsuspecting about her age. There are a hundred devices by which oursex can make themselves appear in the prime of womanhood. I don't blame them. I don‘t say that because I am a. woman, but because I know that when a woman reaches that point where she realizes that she 15 no long- er attractive, even if it be ever so little, she looks upon all that transpires after that with little concern. I admire the girl who has sense enough to make a. good match for herself, one that will keep her in the midst of luxuries after the charm has faded from her face. The old man’s darling has the best of it in the long run, especially if the old man has a mansion, and that is the sort of old man I am talking about. The old man's darling, somehow or other, does not get old so fast as the peach-face thing that has gone to the cottage with the man she loves. I speak from a. wide range of observation. The Iatter,itis true, gets a. taste of the sweets of life, but there comes a. time, too, when she tastes all the wormwood and the gall. It is when her husband forgets her and neglects her, and when she gets old, and when the world reminds her of that fact in so many, many ways. Then the old man’s darling is having her inning. I am sorry to say all this, but you asked me what I think, and to talk to you about what I know from my business observation. When a Woman Knows She is Getting You ask me when a. woman knows for the first time that she is getting old. That is, when she emits it to herself. \Vhen she be- gins to realize that she cannot wear the same sort of_ hat or bonnet that she used to wear. I have seen little things in this room which have made me feel like turning my face to the wall and crying, if I had had time to do such athing and it wouldn’t have spoiled the sale of alut. I have seen WO- men come in whom I have been serving for years, and have'watched them take a. hat or a. bonnet when I was not looking, as they thought, and place it on the head and step before the mirror. I have seen the shadow {all as they realize “No more,” as they had at last come to the place in the road where they must make a change. I read somewhere, not long ago, a symposium in which a. number of Women undertook to tell at What period a woman is happiest. I do not recall the conclusion. but the saddest period is where she realizes that she cannot wear the same hat or bonnet she used to wear. She had no money to buy or hire models, so she had to take long walks in the coun- try, working all day in the open air. She loved animals. and it pained her to see them killed, but she must learn to paint their sufferings on canvas, and so she went to the slaughter pens of Paris, and sat on a. bundle of hay with her colors about her, drawing and painting, while the butchers gathered around to look at her pictures. A: homeâ€"Where the family had all moved ‘together againâ€"on the roof of the house Rosa. made a. little flower-garden, and kept a. sheep there for a. model. Very often Rosa’s brother would carry the sheep on his back down six flights of stairs, and after letting it graze on the grams outside, would bring it back to its garden home on the roof. ‘ Orders for work now poured in upon her, more than she could do. Four years later, after long months of study, she painted “Horse Fair.” This was greatly admired, both in England and America. It 11 as sold first to an Englishman for eight thousand dollars and was finally bought by tlu late A. T Stewart, of New Ymk, for his famous collection Her father shared the success of his daughter. He was at once made the direc- tor of the government school of design for girls. One day, after, she had become famous, the empress of France called upon her, and coming: into the studio wivlmut warning, found her at work She arose to receive the empress, who threw her arms about Rosa’s neck and kissed her After a. short call the visitor went away, but not until after she had gone did Rosa discover that, as the empress had given the kiss, she had pinned upon the artist’s blouse, the cross of the Legion of Honor. This was the highest honor that, the empress could bestow. Finally, she Was left to herself for awhile, and she hung about her father’s studio copying whatever she saw him do. Then he suddenly awoke to the fact his little girl had great talent. He began to teach her carefully 1n drawing. AL this she studied and worked with all her mig ht One day she happened to draw the picgture of a goat. She found so much pleasure in the work that she made up her mind to paint animals only. neck and kissed her After a. short call the Stm'CTl and sugar by a chemical process, and visitor went away, but, not until after she even distilled into alcohol. In the last cen- hnd gone did Rosa discover that, as the tury, when the Wood-trade of the Baltic was empress had given the kiss, she had pinned confined to the Russian pores, the now upon the artist’s blouse, the cross of the ( t'n'iving towns in the Gulf of Bothnia were Legion of Honor. This was the highest-,1poorfishingvillagé‘s, and the bread 0f the honor that the empress could bestow. people was commonly made from the inner bark of the fir~tree. The stable grain was . . oats and r e; but in time of scarcit , bark- Vulfflfii‘] 0f Dmmonds- bread wusyused ; at other times bail: meal A diamono, newed as an aesthetic object “‘35 mixed With 3011‘ meal, 35 a. matter 0‘ shoe. is (“firstly vulgar, says Mr. Great. economy. Ina. simple home in Paris, some fifty years ago, lived Mr. Bonheur and his poor family. He was a man of talent in painting, but; he was obliged to spend his time in gning drewing lessons. His wife gave piano lessons, going from house to house all day long, and sometimes sewing all night. All this was to support the family, for Lhey had four little mouths beside their own to feed. There were August and Isadore, and Juliette and lastly, the one I am going to tell you about, Rosa. So her father Ebought if she did not love school she must learn something useful, and tried to have her taught sewing, but she couldn't learn this, and became so sick at the sewing-school that she had to be taken away. vAt twenty-seven her splendid picture, “ Cantal Oxen,” took the gold medal, and was purchased by the English government which presented her with a. silver vase. Her mother, hired with hard work, died when Rosa. was aboun eight years old. The chlldren were placed in the care of a. good woman, who sent them to school, but Rosa didn’t like to be shut up in a school room, and spent most of the time plowing in the woods, gathering daisies and mm igolds. At nineteen years of age Rosa sent two pictures to the fine art exhibition. The critics spoke kindly of these, and encour‘ aged her to keep on painting. Rosa, Bonheur ; or How a. Girl Succeeded. THE HOME. “ But the diamond,” everybody says, “ is so much purer, so much brighter, so much clearer, so much more luminous ! Its sheen is finer than any imitation, its lucidity deeper, more transparent, more scintillat- mg l ” You think so? \Vell, as matter of fact, that is not true; and every expert will tell you so. The truth is, only such experts can discern by mere inspection the difference between a gem of the first water and a. good paste facsimile. As a. mere :r:sthetic question. the one is worth, to 99 out, of 100 of us, every bit as much as the other : and neither, to a. man of real taste, is Worth a crooked six- pence. The late Marchioness of Waterford was one of the greatest beauties of her day, When she was about to be presented her mother, Lady Stewart de Rothesay, took her to the court painter, Mr. Heyter, who was greatly struck with her refined girlish beauty, her divinely tall figure, and the golden hair rippling on her forehead. On his expressing his admiration Lady Stewart de Rothesay quietly untied the confining bonnet and let her daughter’s magnificent hair stream over her figure. The sun was shining into the studio, and Mr. Hayter used to tell how he was dazzled by the vision of loveliness before him in n vestnre of gold. The hair reached far below her knees. Some years afterward, when the wife of the handsome Marquis of lVaterford, she lay at death‘s door in fever. The doctor condemn- ed her magnificent hair to the shears, and Lord \Vaterford allowed no hand but his own to execute the sentence. Those locks were buried with him, twined around his neck. Allen in the May Contemporary. It belongs to the same category as cut glass, lustre chandeliers, the ormolu drawing room mir- ror, Louis Quinze furniture, tinsel and spanglcs and gaudy gewgaws in general. This is not a. mere matter of opinion; if people will look it straight in the face, they will see at once it is a. matter of fact. No- body would endure diamonds if they Were not so costly. Nobody does endure them when they are paste and pinchbeck, It is the knowledge that they mean so much money expended which renders them fash- ionable and endurable at all. Precisely similar bits of shining glass, with facets just as clear cut and lustre just as brilliant, when made of good honest paste, are universally scouted as in the most atrocious style possi- ble. Eating Wood as Food. It is a. fact that wood is digestible by some animals and even by mankind. As a. proof of the latter assertion, the Norwegians mix powdered pine and birch inner bark with barley meal when making bread, the heat of the baking rendering the Woody fibre nutritious, by Changing it into starch and gum. Sawdust may be changed into starch and sugar by a chemical process, and even distilled into alcohol. In the last cen- turv. when the wood-trade of the Baltic was ”The workman is known by his tools.” The well-arranged basket of an expert need- lewomau shows her quality better than any words. There is her daintily-equipped needlebookâ€"a thing with embroidered vel- vet covers or encased in ivory tablets or even silverâ€"for what good needlewoman does not take pride in her needlebook? There are found long and slender " sharp ”for best- ing and short “ betweeus ” for hemming and fine sewing. There are the leather needles in triangular form for sewing but» tons on shoes or for any work on leather ; there are the worsted needles in all their various sizes, and embroidery needles, and there is the old-fashioned tape needle. There, too, is the bodkin, a utm. sil olderthan the needle itself, tracing itself from the tiny dagger worn by my lord, and which my lady sometimes borrowed, perchance, to pierce her cloth. Needles it must be remembered, even in the days of Henry VIII, were so rare that an old play records the fact theta whole village turned out to hunt for a. lost one “ by the light of a. cat’s eye. ” Shakespeare’s influence over the public is shown by the extent to which his phrases have become incoporated into our language. Among these are “ bag and baggage,” "dead as a door nail,” ”hit or miss,” “love is blind,” “ selling for a song,” “ wide World,” “ fast and loose,” “ unconsidered trifles,” “ westward ho,” “ familiarity breeds con- tempt,” “patching up excuses,” “ misery makes strange bed-fellows,” “ to boot ” (in a trade), "short and long of it,” “ comb your head with a three-legged stool,” “ dancing attendance,” ” getting even ” (revenge) “ birds of a feather,” “ that’s flat,” “ Greek to me ” (unintelligible), “ packing a jury,” “ mother wit,” “ killed with kindness,” “ mum ” (for silence), “ ill wind that blows no good," “ wild goose chase,” “ scarecrow," luggage,” “ row of pins,” (as a mark of value), “ viva voce,” “give and take,” “ sold ” (in the way of a joke), “ your cake is dough." The girl who playfully calls some youth a “milksop ” is also unconsciously quoting Shakespeare, and even “ loggerhead ” is of the same origin. “ Extempore ” is first found in Shakespeare and so are “almanacs.” Shakespeare is the first author that speaks of “ the man in the moon,” or mentions the potato, or uses the term ” eyesore ” for annoyance. In the kitchen use the finest and most delicate butterâ€"especially for pasury. In cooking dry vegetables put them into cold water and bring them slowly to the boiling point. Fresh and green \egetables are plunged into salted, boiling water Beef fat is preferred by some of the best cooks to all other frying mediums. It is sufficiently heated when the smoke arises from the center. It Should not boil. Sa-uces spoil by standing. They should be prepared last and served hot. In making omelets break the eggs separa- tely and beat until the last moment before putting into the pan. A Beauty's Wonderful Hair. An Expert Needlewoman. [mart-an Pin-us s. Hints For the Home. Pride‘. ................ 2 May 19 H 8 so; This makes an 3.1 erzwe of 36 bushels per ame on twelve acresâ€"a. very satisfactory yield \Vhile not an accuiaie comparison it will help us to realize this by remember- iing that tle average yield of corn in the :Uuited States is about 24 bushels of 50 i pounds each and of oats about 27 bushels of i 32 poumls each, while there are 60 pounds of peas in a. bushel Not only in Canad'i i are the peas used successfully, ybut the’ ast i few months several :11 titles have appeared in Hoard’s Daiiyman showing that many iof the intelligent dairymen in “‘isconsin tare growing them f01 feeding to dairy i herds. At a meeting of the Agriculture and Colonization Committee last week, at which Mr. Sproule, chairman, presided, the ex- amination of Prof. Robertson, the superin- tendent of dairying work in connection with the experimental farms, was continued. He spoke of the recent appropriation in England of twelve thousand pounds for the establish ment of dairy stations, and cited the ex- ample of Holland, Belgium, and Germany, which have also established Government dairy stations, which he said should urge the Canadian Government to further progress in this direction. It had been originally in- tended that dairy departments should be established in connection with each experi. mental farm, but it was found that in the larger provinces likc Ontario and Quebec the diffusion of knowledge by this method would be slow, and its benefits confined to small areas surrounding experimental stations. It was therefore decided to employ instructors to more about from point to point thh apparatus, farm- ers and their wives being request- ed to attend meetings in the evening for instruction. One great object was to inâ€" struct farmers and dairymen to carry on cheesemnking in summer, when alone it can be prosecuted with profit, and butternnaking in the winter, when theprice of butta‘ ishigh. As an example of the value of practical in- structioniudairyinghecitedthe\VestofScot- land, where the gross value of dairy products had increased twenty-five per cent. owing to the teachings of Canadian instructors who had gone there. Speaking of market values and the quality of dairy products, Prof. Robertson said that in retail shops in Eng- land he found Canadian cheese selling at the highest price as Cheddar cheese of quite as goods. quality, but sold under its true name, brought half price, the so-called Ched- dar cheese being made of the weight and shape of English Cheddar cheeses by arrange- ment between the English dealers and Canadian dairymen. He also stated that the recent trial shipment of butter to the West Indies had most satisfactory results, and that Canadian creamery butter readily brought 50 cents per pound in Hong Kong. Belgian butter was now passing over this continent in large quantities en route to China. The Pennsylvania agricultural experiment station has started to test the adaptibility of the culture of field pens to the dairy farms of the state. Prof. .Hunt wrote to Prof. James W. Robertson, the distinguished dairy commissioner of the Dominion of Canada, for information in regard to the met-110d of cultivation and harvesting in Canada. By permission, Prof. Robertson’s reply to the questions asked, is given to the readers of Our Grange Homes, together with a. short abstract by Prof. Hunt. of some of the experiments referred to. The questions asked will be sufficiently disclosed by the nature of the reply. Prof. Robertson says : There is a. statement before us of the num- ber of eggs that hens of difierent breeds ought to lay in a year under good conditions. Houdans and Black Spanish are rated at 155, Plymouth Rocks and Humburgs at, 150. Leghorns at 160, Creve Coenrs at 145, Games 140, Dominiques and La. Fleche at 135, Brahmas andPetridgeCochinsat 130. 01 these the Light Brahmas, Cochins and La Fleche lay eggs weighing a pound to each seven, the Dark Brahmas, Plymmith Rooks, Hou- dans, Creve Coeurs, Spanish, Louhorns and Dominiques a. pound to eight and the Ham- burgs and Games a pouwi to nine, If this statement is correct the Leghorn is the best layer, giving its owner twenty pounds of eggs each year, the Houdans and Black 2" JJcarSir: Ihave your letter of the 20th inst. By this mail I send you a. copy of the; report ofutfle qqurimental farm. On Black-eyed marrowfat Daniel O‘Rourke ..... Golden Vine ...... Multiplier ...... Pride ......... page 33 you will find a few notes on our ex- periment-s with peas last year. Black~eyed marrowfats, Golden Vine and Multiplier have all prover. to be good varieties. Pre‘ vious experiments have led me to the con- clusion that on a loamy, fairly rich soil three bushels to the acre will give the best re- sults. 'From thé repo}t of the experiments refer- red to Prof. Hunt constructed the following table : \Ve sow peas soon after the soil is in con- dition for the grain crops as it is practicable to get the work done. A common pr Lctice for harvesting in this country is by the use of a, Bulky rake, one end of the rake only being used in order that the horse may not be compelled to walk upon the peas whereby a. quantity of them would be shelled. Some farmers pull the pens with a scythe in the old-fashioned way. \Ve use a pen. harvester attachment which may be adjusted to the cutting plate of any ordinary mower or reaper. I have found pen meal to be an extra. nutritious feed in the form of grain. ,In the making of butter it is excellent to the extent of one- third part of the grain ration of milking cows. In the making of pork I have found it to increase the fineness of the lm d and also to give a. larger percentage of lean meat than is ob- tained by feeding corn. “’6 do not. use the pea. meal of commerce for cattle feed at all ; we have ground fine byua. steel_ plate gringlep.” We prefer sowing by one of the force feed seed drills. AGRICULTURAL. What the Hen Good For? Canadian Field Peas. Om‘ Dairy Interests. Apr.?8 products, Prof. ail shops in Eng- :ese selling at the cheese of quite 15‘ Jul y “25 {mg- ‘94 rang!) 36} 39} Now to the non-fancier it would seem that there is something wrong here. The best hen named here gives her owner only three eggs :1. week on the average, spending four days out of seven in idleness. Is this the best the hen can do, or is it true that the attention of the fanciers has been occu- pied with feathers and combs and not enough with actual value in the hens? Is the word “ fancier ” really descriptive of the man that raises hens? If so, Wouldn’t it be well to get a. new name to apply to men who have less “ fancy about them and more ap- pr€ciation of actual value? We can under- stand why a. Jersy cow that will make thirty pounds of butter a week or Holstein that will give big yields of milk is valuable, but we confess to an inability to see, why a particular size and color of comb or felthers is valuable unless there is egg-laying or meat producing capacity with them. There was once a craze for black points in Jerseys. Since butter yields have become the tests of Jerseys, we have heard very little or noth- ing about the “black points.” How would it do for the fanciers to breed a. hen that will lay from ‘200 to 250 eggs in a year? “’ouldn’t such alien be better than one that would score a. hundred under the present system ?â€"[The Western Ploughman. It pays to bestow labor in those directions where a. saving can be effected or a waste prevented. How many piles of rubbish may be found that should not exist will only be known when the elTort is made to get lid of them. The simple matter of obliterating all traces of the rubbish (or any kind of waste or filth), not only adds something to the at- tractiveness of the farm, but they may be converted into something useful and bene- ficial. When it is considered that nearly everything produced on the the farm is from materials that are often the pest houses of disease, as well as of the vilest filth, convert- etl through the agency of plants, assisted by warmth, air and sunshine into substances that give health and subsistence to man and animals it is no loss to apply labor to the removal of all kinds of Wastes for the pur- pose of utilizing them as plant foods. Spanish being next with only ten ounces less, the Plymouth Rocks third with twelve ounces, while the Games with only fifteen and one~ha.1f pounds are the lowest. a Every weed left on the ground, and all portions of aplnnt exposed on the surface, undergo decomposition as surely as if buried or plowed under. During the progress of decomposition certain plants eliminate odors and gases that are as disagreeable and injurious as some animal substances. Disinfectants do not always destroy the substances, but disguise the odor. The proper mode is toutilize the waste matter by clearing it away and placing in the manure heap, where its composition will be changed and some service procured from it as fertilizer for some crop. A dead animal in a compost heap is of value, and does not readily pollute the atmosphere, but a dead animal in the fields is a disgusting sight and a feast for carrion birds. in the field it is being wasted, but properly composted, or made into fertilizer in some preferred manner, it assists in adding to the profits. The drains from the family pump may be the very sources of disease, as decomposition is hastened by moisture, and acovered cess- pool or receptacle for house refuse may be menaces to the family, though no outward signs are detected. The convertion of all waste matter intomanure induces cleanliness and this rule is one that should not be put into practice occasionally but constantly. The profits of the farm are in the manure, and the annual loss to farmers by not utiliz- ing the waste product of the farms is enormous. There is a. profit in cleanliness while the health of the family and the thrift of the animals is promoted. On many a farm may stillbe found women who spend hours churning, when moments would suffice, because the temperature of the cream is not right. Yet with the price of one pound of buuer a. cream thermometer could be purchased. Is it right to waste time and strenth doing needless work ‘3â€" Belle 1’. Drury. On a. fine morning and a. fine road, What is more invigorating than a. spin on a. cycle. W hen it comes to a. race, the suggestion of Mr. George Phillips, Sec’y. Leinster Cycling Club, Dublin, Ireland, has force: “ 1 have found St. Jacobs Oil an invaluable remedy for strains and bruises, and so have several members of our club.” This ought, to be borne in mind. Six years of experimental experience leads me to the conclusion that we have got to look to breed for much of the changes we would produce. You can not feed an Ayr- shire cow, or at least I have never been able to, in such a. way as to get her butter the color of Jersey hutter. In these six years' experience with the most thorough and careful experiments we are unable to say we have changed the composition of butter by any change in the character of the food.â€" Major Alrord. Homes “I know I don’t please people at once, but after a. while I am regularly adored.” “ That’s like oysters, isn’t it '2” was the response friendé 01mg woman said to one o Changing: Waste to Profit Have a, Thermometer. Roots and Ensilage. Fresh and Vigorous. Unkind, at Least. Butter and Feed. farm muy stillbe found women urs churning, when moments , because the temperature of lot right. Yet with the price and a. fine road, what than a. spin on a. cycle. race, the suggestion of , Sec’y. Leinster Cycling giving to those 1‘. Now What 3 us, and what her " It is astomshing,” remarked Sam Cooly at the breakfast, table, “ how extremes meet in this World.” “ To what extremes do you refer, Mr. Cooly. 9" asked the landlady, who was pout- iug o_ut; the coffee 7‘ Well, you, for instance, are very stout, and the coffee' 15 so very thin,” and be stirred up the mixture and smiled in a. sickly _sort of a. way. “ it’s not. as thsn as your excuse for not paying your board bill regularly." Sam has not, said cofi'ee since. She-Would you believe it? That. vicious little Mrs. \Veston has taught her baby to call its father “ grandpa.” Heâ€"\Vhab did she do that for ? Sheâ€"So that Weston shan’t forget that; he is old enough to be her father. A certain young gentleman is courting a. young lady. He called on her a few even- ings agn. 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I received such quick and permanent help from it that Whenever we have had Throat or Bronchial troubles since in our family, Boschee’s Ger- man Syrup has been our favorite remedy and always with favorable results. I have never hesitated to report my experience of its use to others when I have found them troubled in like manner.’ REV W. H. HAGiARNTY, of the Newar , ew Jersey, M.E. Confer- A Safe ence, April 25, ’90. Remedy. J Describes a feeling pvculinr to r m of fly; IH‘IIIiC tenth-hey. or caused .Imuge of climate. sezmvu 01' life. The sco ch is out of order, the head aches or does not feel 1"th seem strained to their utmost, the mind is, confused and irritable. This condition finds an excellent corrective in Hood’s Sarsapa; rilla, which, by its regulating and touiug‘; powers. soon x @ut @f $ to the system. and gives that strength of min-fl, nerves, and body, which makes one feel well. G. G. GREEN, Sole Man’fr,Woodbury,N3. Sold by all druggists. 31; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. 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