anaheim-gazette 1874-10-10

Southern Californian. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. RICHARD MELROSE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy, one year (in advance)... $4 00 One copy, six months... $2 50 Business Cards. L. GUNTHER, PIONEER BOOT AND SHOE MAKER Cor. Third and Los Angeles St., Anaheim. DR. J. S. GARDINER, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Office in Clark & Austin's Building, Anaheim. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physician and Midwife. Particular attention given to diseases peculiar to women and children. Office and residence, corner Lemon and Center Streets, Anaheim. PIONEER DRUG STORE, Center Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. Miscellaneous. R. LUEDKE, WATCH MAKER AND... JEWELER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELRY Carefully repaired and WARRANTYed. A fine assortment of JEWELRY on hand. CLARK & AUSTIN, DEALERS IN Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods, Toys, Violins, Accordions, ALBUMS, GOLD PENS, CANDIES, ETC. ANAHEIM. Agents for Averill's Chemical Paint. Also, for the San Francisco Deilies and Weeklies, Eastern Periodicals, and Hall's Patent Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. Give us a call. J. H. GOOCH, PRACTICAL HOUSE, SIGN, AND CARRIAGE PAINTER. The Children' You remember, Kitty K. You can not forget, I. How we chased the buttle. Half a life ago. Happy children were wee On the Peacham hills Careless of the toils of me Happy children all the time. Think back! We change Through the fields of w O'er the slopes, and out Down the dewy vale s Recking not of faces tan Prettied feet, nor frocke I with ready hat in hand Laughing, leaping, lea Kitty, on the breath of a With shadow-casting, Like a fairy following Here and there and even Now! the beauty seemin Eagerly I pounce upon Nothing but forsaken flair Far away it flutters— Up and after, undismayStill we faster, faster r Till—tits where the map Bars our pathway from Kitty stops. I hear her Anawering my quick k "I at keeping house wit You may follow butter" Ah! I follow, far beguilEyes but for the glitter Till it seems as though h Lake his hope, has ta Comes a whisper lightly "Round that maplest" Other little ones are play Kitty's children are th He who chased the buttle In the playful world of PHYSICIAN AND BURGLEM Office in Clark & Austin's Building, ANAHEIM. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physician and Midwife. Particular attention given to diseases peculiar to women and children. Office and residence, corner Lemon and Center Streets, Anaheim. PIONEER DRUG STORE, Center Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. W. M. HIGGINS. Proprietor, and Dealer in Drugs, Perfumery, and Garden Seeds. A. G. BEEBE, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and Specifications drawn up with neatness and accuracy. Orders left at CLARK'S BOOK STORE will receive prompt attention. P. C. McKINNIE, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. SHOP...ON CENTER STREET Adjoining Pioneer Livery Stable. GEO. C. KNOX, CIVIL ENGINEER and SURVEYOR. Office, at the CALIFORNIAN OFFICE, Los Angeles Street...Anaheim. A. BAILEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OFFICE, ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgments taken. Loans negotiated on Real Estate security. Office at Clark's Building, opposite Planter's Hotel, Center Street. SAMUEL HAMILTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. OFFICE...WITH WM. R. OLDEN, Center Street, Anaheim. JOSEPH BENNERSCHEIDT, Tin and Copper Smith, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. STOVES, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. SAMUEL MEYER, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, OILS Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utensils, Commercial Street, Los Angeles. M FLORA ELDREDGE, MILLINER, ANAHEIM. Agents for Averill's Chemical Paint. Also, for the San Francisco Duilies and Weeklies, Eastern Periodicals, and Hall's Patent Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. Give us a call. J. H. GOOCH, PRACTICAL HOUSE, SIGN, AND CARRIAGE PAINTER. Opposite Poplar Row, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM. All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the VERY BEST STYLE Prices according to style and quality, from $15 upward. NOTICE TO SHIPERS. GREAT REDUCTION IN FREIGHT. ANAHEIM LIGHTER COMPANY. This Company is now prepared to receive and deliver freight at the Lowest Rates. Shippers will please send Bills of Lading by Steamer, and mark freight care "Anaheim Lighter Company." No charge for Storage on Grain. Agent Anaheim Lighter Corp. B. DREYFUS, Anaheim. E. L. GOLDSTEIN, San Franco's. J. FROWENFIELD, J. J. WEOLIS, New York. B. DREYFUS & CO., GROWERS AND DEALERS IN CALIFORNIA WINES AND CRAPE BRANDIES 117 and 119 Broadway, and 62 and 64 Cedar St. NEW YORK. F. A. KORN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WINES. FINE WINES AND LIQUORS Of the Best Selected Varieties. Call and see Sample Rooms, corner Los Angeles and First North Streets, Anaheim, Cal. ANAHEIM DRUG STORE, MRS. TOM WILKINS I confess I was anguished well begin at the beginning you the whole story. Tom Wilkins, all my life made a fool of myself myself away—with my I should have done it and much more to the To be sure, Tom is a neither rich nor handsome him, and what other need for an act of had one fault that trot—he was a most inventive we were married the girls who visited her terward, he kissed all who came to the house mother, and you must man is a great kisser w mother-in-law. Well silence, if not with morning, coming out should I see but To the stairs actually knit the hired girl. That than human nature, nature, could bear had recovered myself lowed Tom time to room. When at last advanced with his unmeet me, but I drew back "Why, Jessie, what said, looking surprise have a kiss this mornay "As you have already of kissing Sarah will do for one morning fancy the flavor of that." Tom actually blushed that, did you, Jessie the great harm in the to imbibe sweetness "Well, I fancy you great deal from that harm is that it lower head of the family, servants exaggerated own importance." "What nonsense. Sarah Ann will ever any more than I sho taken me to task about "You seem to forg CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. STOVES, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. SAMUEL MEYER, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, OILS Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utensils, Commercial Street, Los Angeles. M FLORA ELDREDGE, MILLINER, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM. Ladies will find Butterick's celebrated Patterns for sale. HATS AND BONNETS MADE TO ORDER. BATH HOUSE and BARBER SHOP CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM. PROF. DEAN, PROPRIETOR. CITY BAKERY, CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM. CHARLES HILLE, PROPRIETOR. Fresh Broad constantly on hand. GEORGE BAUER. BOOTS AND SHOES Made and repaired at the lowest cash price. All orders promptly attended to, and work guaranteed. GEORGE BAUER, Los Angeles St., opposite Enterprise Hall. S. C. FOY, PIONEER SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Saddlery, Leather & Findings No. 17 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. CARPET WAREHOUSE. AARON SMITH, Importer and Dealer in Carpets, Oilcloth, Paper Hangings, and Upholstery Goods. Carpets sewed and put down neatly. No. 75 Downey Block, Los Angeles. WINES. FINE WINES AND LIQUORS Of the Best Selected Varieties. Call and see Sample Rooms, corner Los Angeles and First North Streets, Anaheim, Cal. ANAHEIM DRUG STORE, Center Street, Anaheim, H. BLANKEN, Proprietor and Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, TRUSSESS TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, etc. Wines and Liquors for Medical Use. EP PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY DISPENSED. F. LANGENBERGER. L. HALBERSTADT. HALBERSTADT & CO. ANAHEIM LANDING, DEALERS IN LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of REDWOOD and OREGON PINE LUMBER Rough, Surfaced, Tongued and Grooved. Also, Posts, Shingles, Shakes, Lathes, Doors, Blinds, Plain and Fancy Pickets, Windows, Mouldings, Lime, Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Hardware. All of our Lumber is of the best quality and we are determined to sell at the LOWEST RATES. All kinds of GRAIN AND COUNTRY PRODUCE. Tom actually blush that, did you, Jessica the great harm in the to imbibe sweetness? "Well, I fancy you great deal from that harm is that it lower head of the family servants exaggerated own importance." "What nonsense. Sarah Ann will ever any more than I should taken me to task about" "You seem to forgive sons in her position gent as those in our most wholly by action sure Sarah Ann think with her." "Don't make a mole-hill, my dear." "Well, Tom, how see me kissing old E" "Well, really, if you the least desire to kill think I could find it ject," laughed Tom door and went away. Old Eben had co neighborhood and w work, the ugliest m my eyes on. So I knowledge that thereence between kissi Ann, who was really Well, I felt so bad help sitting down cry. In the midst of coming up the wall and beckoning to assure of a welcome my brother John home for years; we but not so soon were ever and we he questioned me at length drew from "So they were saying you made a marrying him, eh don't you make him place?" "Oh, John, you me to—" "Kiss old Eben dryly," "but you can place for a few days" "Oh, John, that was to have gone few days, but his ing to take his pla he was obliged to The Children's Chase. You remember, Kitty Kye— You can not forget, I know— How we chased the butterflies, Half a life ago. Happy children were we then, On the Peacham hills at play; Careless of the toils of men, Happy children all the day. Think back! We chase the colors bright Through the fields of waving corn, O'er the slopes, and out of sight Down the dewy vales between; Recking not of faces tanned, Prettied feet, nor frocks' disgrace. I with ready hat in hand, Laughing, leaping, lead the chase; Kitty, on the breath of spring, With shadow-casting, flying hair, Like a fairy following Here and there and everywhere. Now! the beauty seeming ours, Eagerly I pounce upon— Nothing but forsaken flowers; Far away it flutters—gone! Up and after, undismayed, Still we faster, faster run, Till—tis where the maple shade Bars our pathway from the sun. Kitty stops. I hear her say, Answering my quick surprise: "I at keeping house will play; You may follow butterflies." Ah! I follow, far beguiled— Eyes but for the glittering thing; Till it seems as though the child, Like his hope, has taken wing. Comes a whisper lightly straying: "Round that maple-shaded spot Other little ones are playing" Kitty's children are they not? He who chased the butterflies In the play-lands of his birth "Well, tell bim you have got some one to take his place, and get him off this foremoon; and now, before any one sees me, I'll go back to the hotel where I left my baggage and disguise myself a little." Well, I sent Eben off, and soon John came back changed beyond recognition, with a blue shirt and overalls, and his hair combed back behind his ears, and plastered smoothly down to his head. He looked very funny, but he went about his work in such a stoical indifferent way that one would have thought it the life he had always led. When Tom came home I casually remarked that Eben's nephew, Teddy O'Brien had come to take his place, and he had at last gone home to pay his visit, and I was so pleasant and chatty that Tom thought I had quite forgotten the occurrence of the morning, and he was very amiable and sweet in consequence. In the morning I was up betimes. Tom likes his morning nap, and while apparently solicitous that he should not be disturbed, I at the same time took care to make noise enough to keep him wide awake, though he lay with his eyes closed, pretending to sleep. At last I heard a step in the hall, and opening the door cautiously, called Sarah Ann, but it was Teddy who answered: "The top o' the mornin' to you, Missus; it's as fresh and swate as a rose you are lookin'; and what can I do for you, mum?" "Ah, Teddy, is it you? I'd like some hot water, if you'll tell Sarah Ann to bring it." "I'll bring it myself in a jiffy." said Teddy, disappearing down the stairway. well, it's quare craytures you winmen are, anyway. Now men think it disgraceful to kiss and tell, and here you boast of it." We waited to hear no more, but Tom's face was in a blaze, and he took his hat and left without a word or look. The next morning Teddy and I managed to be in the same place on the stairs where I had seen Tom kiss Sarah Ann, and as he opened the door, Teddy kissed me loud enough to be heard all over the house, then hurried away while I went on to the dining-room. Tom came in presently with an awful frown, which I pretended not to see, and held up my face to be kissed, but he pushed me from him. "Why, Tom, ain't you going to kiss me?" "Do you think I'm blind, Mrs. Wilkins? I saw that Teddy kiss you just now and it's not the first time either. Do you think I'll stand such doings? No, I'll break every bone in the rascal's body, if I hang for it, and you shall go home to your mother till you learn to behave yourself." "Now, my dear Tom, where is the harm in it? I believe in imbibing sweetness wherever I find it; so don't make a mountain out of a mole hill." You should have seen his face when he heard me repeating his own words. "Look here, Jessie," he said at length, "you've got the best of me, though it was a hard way of giving me my lesson." "Not more severe than the case required. Tom. I only made you put yourself in my place." "Well, Jessie, if it filled you with such intense digustor to see me kiss Sarah Ann as it did me to see you kiss that confounded Teddy, I don't wonder you..." Kissing the Servant Girl. MRS. TOM WILKINS' STORY. I confess I was angry. Well, I may as well begin at the beginning and tell you the whole story. When I married Tom Wilkins, all my friends said I had made a fool of myself—really thrown myself away—with my advantages, too. I should have done so much better; and much more to the same purpose. To be sure, Tom is a big, stupid fellow, neither rich nor handsome, but I loved him, and what other excuse does a woman need for an act of folly? But Tom had one fault that troubled me greatly—the was a most inveterate kisser. Before we were married he used to kiss all the girls who visited his sisters, and afterward, he kissed all my school friends who came to the house, and even kissed mother, and you must concede that a man is a great kisser who would kiss his mother-in-law. Well, all this I bore in silence, if not with patience, till one morning, coming out of my room, what should I see but Tom at the head of the stairs actually kissing Sarah Ann, the hired girl. That was a little more than human nature, or at least woman nature, could bear. I sat down till I had recovered myself a little, and allowed Tom time to reach the dining-room. When at last I went down, he advanced with his usual smile to kiss me, but I drew back angrily. "Why, Jessie, what's the matter?" he said, looking surprised, "am I not to have a kiss this morning?" "As you have already had the pleasure of kissing Sarah Ann, I think that will do for one morning. I should not fancy the flavor of your kisses after that." Tom actually blushed. "Oh, you saw that, did you, Jessie? Well, where's the great harm in that? It's my motto to imbibe sweetness wherever I find it." "Well, I fancy you did not imbibe a great deal from that source, and the harm is that it lowers your dignity as head of the family, besides giving the servants exaggerated opinions of their own importance." "What nonsense. I don't suppose Sarah Ann will ever think of it again, any more than I should if you had not taken me to task about it." "You seem to forget, Tom, that per care to make noise enough to keep him wide awake, though he lay with his eyes closed, pretending to sleep. At last I heard a step in the hall, and opening the door cautiously, called Sarah Ann, but it was Teddy who answered: "The top o' the mornin' to you, Missus; it's afresh and swate as a rose you are lookin'; and what can I do for you, mum?" "Ah, Teddy, is it you? I'd like some hot water, if you'll tell Sarah Ann to bring it." "I'll bring it myself in a jiffy." said Teddy, disappearing down the stairway. In an incredibly short time he reappeared with it. "Why, Teddy, how quick you are!" "Shure, mum, and who wouldn't be stir himself for so swate a leddy as you?" "Ah, Teddy. like all your country-men, you have kissed the blarney stone." "Niver a stone, mum, but I mind well when we were children together. Many's the time I've kissed your swate lips; and I would I were a boy again." "What for, Teddy?" Shure, and wouldn't I be doing that same again? Ah, mum, this is for the sake of old times," and thereupon he kissed me with a noise a little less than a clap of thunder. "Why, Teddy, have you taken leave of your senses? Do you forget I am a married woman?" "More's the pity, mum; but where's the harm? you'll never miss the sweetness I stole." "Suppose my husband had heard you?" "He—never fear, he's sleepin' like an elephant." "Oh, you naughty Teddy, begone." "Going mum;" and repeating the smack he disappeared down the stairway. just as Tom called to know who was there. "It is I, Tom, dear," I answered sweetly. "And who else?" "Oh, only Teddy brought up the hot water. Will you get up now before it gets cold?" Tom said no more, but I saw he wasfurtively watching me all the time I was dressing. At length he said: "What sort of a fellow is this Teddy?" "Oh, Tom," I exclaimed, "the nicest fellow. I'm sure when you see him you'll agree with me that it will be better to dismiss Eben and keep him instead; you know we were children together." "My dear Jessie, ain't you a little—I-I thought I heard!"— "Ah yes," I interrupted; "that door squeaks terribly. I'm sorry it woke you; but it won't make much difference for it's time to get up anyway. There I'm all dressed before you have begun, so I'll go down and get some flowers." When Tom came down I was in the dining room arranging my flowers. Teddy was standing by me, and as Tom came in, pretended not to see him, remarking: "Weil, to my thinking, there isn't a flower among them half so swate as you;" then perceiving Tom, he pulled his forelock and scraped his feet in regular servant style. "Now, my dear Tom, where is the harm in it? I believe in imbibing sweetness wherever I find it; so don't make a mountain out of a mole hill." You should have seen his face when he heard me repeating his own words. "Look here, Jessie," he said at length, "you've got the best of me, though it was a hard way of giving me my lesson" "Not more severe than the case required. Tom. I only made you put yourself in my place." "Well, Jessie, if it filled you with such intense disgust to see me kiss Sarah Ann as it did me to see you kiss that confounded Teddy, I don't wonder you were angry." Well we talked the matter over at length, and agreed to dismiss both Teddy and Sarah Ann, giving them a month's wages instead of warning. I heard Sarah Ann mutter to Teddy, "Shure and I behave the missus suspicts the master is swate on me." "Niver你 fool yourself that way," said Teddy, "it's himself as is sending us away." Well, at length they were off, and the next day Eben came back and I had a new girl; but in all this time Tom had not kissed me, and treated me almost with aversion; as though my sins were too great for forgiveness. While we were at dinner, brother John arrived. I was a little curious to see if Tom would recognize him. He looked at him with a puzzled expression, but said nothing; but presently he became immoderately gay, and indeed, almost brilliant. Later, when we were alone, he took me in his arms and kissed me,and whispered: "Well, Jessie; I see you have got Teddy back after all. Oh, if you knew the relief it gave me to see that you had not degraded yourself." "Oh，你 foolish Tom，do you think I could ever have dared to descend to that，to give you a much needed lesson? But see how inconsistent you men are; you have no forgiveness for the least false step a woman makes，even when she is only following your example to the very letter." Bibles—Three-Card Monte. Measure for Measure,a newspaper published at Battle Mountain,the contains the following: In Toano,a few days since,two crusaders came along to where Jack Roach was sitting at a table waiting for somebody to turn up the "little boy." It was early in the day,and but few people around.So Jack and Wills.conceived the wicked idea of having some fun with the missionaries,for the amusement of themselves and several of the boys there present.Jack commenced talking about the sale of his mine.His was very drunk,and had gold and currency scattered all about him loose.And he told how a sleek-looking fellow had fooled him out of $400 by getting him to guess on three cards that he threw around."One of the priestesses exclaimed,"Oh，那是Jack Roach，wasn't it?" "Yes," said Jack,"that was the name—that's his name;I remember it,and this is the way he did it;"and he proceeded to toss the cards about on the table，offering to bet that no one could turn on the "little boy".card Tom actually blushed. "Oh, you saw that, did you, Jessie? Well, where's the great harm in that? It's my motto to imbibe sweetness wherever I find it." "Well, I fancy you did not imbibe a great deal from that source, and the harm is that it lowers your dignity as head of the family, besides giving the servants exaggerated opinions of their own importance." "What nonsense. I don't suppose Sarah Ann will ever think of it again, any more than I should if you had not taken me to task about it." "You seem to forget, Tom, that persons in her position are not so intelligent as those in ours. They judge almost wholly by actions, and I am quite sure Sarah Ann thinks you are in love with her." "Don't make a mountain out of a mole-hill, my dear." "Well, Tom, how would you like to see me kissing old Eben?" "Well, really, if you should ever have the least desire to kiss old Eben, I don't think I could find it in my heart to object," laughed Tom, as he closed the door and went away. Old Eben had come from my own neighborhood and was our man of all work, the ugliest mortal that ever I set my eyes on. So I could not but acknowledge that there might be a difference between kissing him and Sarah Ann, who was really good looking. Well, I felt so badly that I could not help sitting down and having a good cry. In the midst of it I saw some one coming up the walk, who was smiling and beckoning to me, as though well assured of a welcome. It proved to be my brother John, who had been from home for years; we were expecting him, but not so soon. After the greetings were over and we were a little quieted, he questioned me about my tears, and at length drew from me the whole story. "So they were not so far wrong in saying you made a fool of yourself by marrying him, eh, Jessie? Well, why don't you make him put himself in your place?" "Oh, John, you don't really mean for me to—" "Kiss old Eben?—hardly," said John dryly. "but you can put me in Eben's place for a few days." "Oh, John, that's just the thing. He was to have gone home last week for a few days, but his nephew who was coming to take his place was taken ill, and he was obliged to give up going." HOUSEHOLD. Economy of Strength.—Household details are so numerous and complicated that the mother of a family is often obliged to attend to many of them at once, and she ought to learn to mingle the lesser tasks with the greater, so that one set of muscles is resting while another is called into action. In this way some intervals of comparative rest can be secured, and the work move along more to the purpose than if there were no partial breaks in the endless chain from morning till night. For instance, if pies or apple sauce are to be made, when the breakfast dishes are washed, sit down to prepare the apples and it will not infringe our code of domestic by-laws if you should happen to mix the pie-crust also while sitting, for rolling it out and finishing the pies will be more easily done after this brief rest. When the coffee is to be browned, it is well to give that process close attention, though sometimes mending stockings or reading will not interfere very much with the roasting, if one eye is kept on the oven. In many houses the washing machine has short Monday morning of half of its discomforts, but genius has not resued us from the thralldom of ironing day; so here necessity becomes the "mother of invention." We find a board like those used for ironing dresses and skirts furnished with four legs just long enough to come over the lap is very convenient. On this one can iron all small articles, and, if necessary, even shirts and large garments, though not quite so rapidly as at the table, and the change of posture, for a short time, is a relief when there is a large ironing to do. Cutting garments on a table is tire- Ballooning. We read of perils on land and sea, but the greatest peril is to be left in mid-air without wings or other means of support. A man usually gets good pay for risking his neck to amuse other people. Now and then one gets killed or maimed for life, and two more are ready to take his place. Prof. Donaldson, accompanied by two reporters, recently made an ascent from Boston. The balloon took a notion to go to see, which did not suit the professor. Accordingly he threw out the drag rope about three hundred feet in length, and shouted to the man on the ground to seize it. The wind was blowing fiercely, and in their attempts to pull the balloon down caused it to burst, and as might be expected it came down with a rush. Donaldson jumped out when the balloon was within twelve feet of the ground, which lightened it so that the reporters landed without injury. At the Pioneers' celebration, in San Francisco, on the 9th of September, fifteen thousand people were crowded together at Woodward's Gardens to witness another of those grand ascensions. They saw more than was advertised. They not only saw the ascension, but almost immediately saw the dazzlement. The balloon was large, but when five men and several hundred pounds of sand were placed in the basket, the steed, instead of carrying the burden gracefully through the air, became balky, and didn't make as good a show before the vast assemblage as the driver expected, but behaved very much like an overloaded mule by attempting to dump the burden. The first intimation In many houses the washing machine has shorn Monday morning of half of its discomforts, but genius has not rescued us from the thralldom of ironing day; so here necessity becomes the "mother of invention." We find a board like those used for ironing dresses and skirts furnished with four legs just long enough to come over the lap is very convenient. On this one can iron all small articles, and, if necessary, even shirts and large garments, though not quite so rapidly as at the table, and the change of posture, for a short time, is a relief when there is a large ironing to do. Cutting garments on a table is tiresome work, and the ironing bench can be used for this purpose, but a lapboard is better. It should be about three feet in length by two feet in width, with a half circle cut out on one side to fit the form. After a few hours of hard work in the kitchen, the weary housewife will appreciate the advantage of being able to prepare garments for the sewing machine without extra exertion. Perhaps a healthy, energetic woman might despise these simple expedients for lifting heavy burdens; but in time even she may have ample need for some strength held in reserve; while there are thousands of feeble women who gratefully accept any suggestions that will, in the least, lessen their labors. If they do the best they can, there will be many wide gaps in the course of the year which they cannot fill; and without wishing to be misunderstood, or to appear as an advocate for sloth and "inglorious ease," I believe that the ambitious wife and mother who does the most of her own work is more apt to do too much than too little. She can well afford to economize strength and preserve health, thereby securing more time for her own mental culture and retaining the ability to wisely superintend the moral and physical education of her children.—Ruth Lee in Moore's Rural. RIPENING FRUIT.—Acting upon the principle that renewal of the earth immediately surrounding the roots increases their activity and accelerates the maturing of all parts of the plant, including the fruit, Mr. Stall removed the earth about an early pear tree eight weeks before the normal period of ripening, for a space of thirteen to fifteen feet in diameter, and to such an extent as to leave a depth of earth over the roots of only about two to four inches, which could be thoroughly warmed by the sun. He was surprised not only by the ripening of the fruit in the middle of July, but also by its superior juiciness and flavor. In another experiment the removal of the earth from the north side of a tree alone caused the fruit on that side to ripen several days earlier than that on the south side. Frequent watering was of course necessary in the above experiments.—Vineyard Gazette. TEA BISCUIT.—Two quarts of flour, one pint of sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter or shortening, two tablespoonfuls of white sugar, a little salt if lard is used, one-third of a cup of good hop yeast. Let the milk cool after boiling it, make a hole in the flour and put in the ingredients, stir them a little mixing in a little of the flour, let it rise over night; in the morning mix and knead well; let them rise cutting down The late Rev. Mr. Herrich, of Worthington, Mass., collected his own salary, for which every voter in the town was assessed, and calling on Mr. D., the blacksmith one day, he said: "I have a small bill against you." "And what for?" "For preaching." "For preaching?" said Mr. D. "I have heard none of your preaching." "The fault is your own," said Mr. H. "The doors have been open, and you might have come ten thousand people were crowded together at Woodward's Gardens to witness another of those grand ascensions. They saw more than was advertised. They not only saw the ascension, but almost immediately saw the descent. The balloon was large, but when five men and several hundred pounds of sand were placed in the basket, the staeed, instead of carrying the burden gracefully through the air, became balky, and didn't make as good a show before the vast assemblage as the driver expected, but behaved very much like an overloaded mule by attempting to dump the burden. The first intimation the unfortunate riders had of coming events was a solid bump on top of a building near by; then up they went, and across the street, till the balloon came in contact with a chimney, which should not have been built right in the road, and a rent was made sufficiently large to permit the gas to escape immediately. Down came the men, tumbling one over the other; but, strange to say, only one was seriously injured. Probably all will recover and try their luck again at some future day. What do these and hundreds of other mishaps prove? Why, that ballooning is not a science to be learned, but depends more upon chance than anything else, and whoever goes up must take his chances of ever coming down in safety. This being the case, it would seem to be an act of common prudence to have the basket attached to an immense parachute, so that a man could have a little time to reflect while coming down, and in most cases he would be likely to escape without injury. The next best thing for any one who values his existence is, when he is safe on the ground to stay there, as the Illinois farmer told his son who was lost for several days on the prairie: "Stay in the house, then you will not get lost!" For nearly six years Cuba has been the scene of blood-shed, misery and ruin. There can hardly be more than one opinion concerning those who are doing the fighting on the patriot side, and that is that they are about as plucky and indominable a little band as ever struggled on year after year against almost overwhelming discouragements. Several fights have recently taken place between the opposing forces, and though like all which thus far have been chronicleled, they were little more than skimishes, the moral and actual victory remained with the insurgents. The result has been to stimulate still more the revolutionary spirit, even in some portions of the island hitherto unaffected by it, and the prospects of re-establishment of Spain's supremacy seem further distant at present than they were when the Cubans first declared their independence.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. The late Rev. Mr. Herrich, of Worthington, Mass., collected his own salary, for which every voter in the town was assessed, and calling on Mr. D., the blacksmith one day, he said: "I have a small bill against you." "And what for?" "For preaching." "For preaching?" said Mr. D. "I have heard none of your preaching." "The fault is your own," said Mr. H. "The doors have been open, and you might have come side of a tree alone caused the fruit on that side to ripen several days earlier than that on the south side. Frequent watering was of course necessary in the above experiments.—Vineyard Gazette. TEA BISCUIT.—Two quarts of flour, one pint of sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter or shortening, two tablespoonfuls of white sugar, a little salt if lard is used, one-third of a cup of good hop yeast. Let the milk cool after boiling it, make a hole in the flour and put in the ingredients, stir them a little mixing in a little of the flour, let it rise over night; in the morning mix and knead well, let them rise, cutting down two or three times during the day, cut out in cakes, making two layers, put them in a pan to rise an hour or so before baking. SILVER CAKE.—The whites of eight eggs, two cups of sugar, one-half of a cup of milk, three cups of flour, the Sea Foam baking powder in proportion to two heaping teaspoonfuls to one quart of flour, flavor. ELEGANT CAKE.—Five eggs, one cup of milk, three-fourths of a cup of butter, four cups of flour, baking powder in same proportion, and three cups of sugar. LINCOLN CAKE.—Two eggs, one-half of a cup of milk, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, and flavor, baking powder in the same proportion. Bayard Taylor closes his account of the Icelandic journey as follows: "Having been obliged to ship as British seamen at Aberdeen, we must, of necessity, be formally mustered out of the service before the captain could be released from his obligations on our behalf. So we were summoned from Edinburgh to the marine office at Leith where a certificate of discharge was gravely delivered to each of us; we wrote our name in a portentous folio volume, and then received each one shilling of her Majesty's currency as bounty. On examining my discharge I was highly gratified to find that opposite to the record, "Character for ability in whatever capacity engaged," stood the written report, "very good," and against "character for conduct," also 'very good." What is known to one is known to all in heaven. There are no mutual friends there holding secrets for others.—N. O. Republican. The late Rev. Mr. Harrich, of Worthington, Mass., collected his own salary, for which every voter in the town was assessed, and calling on Mr. D., the blacksmith one day, he said: "I have a small bill against you." "And what for?" "For preaching." "For preaching?" said Mr. D. "I have heard none of your preaching." "The fault is your own," said Mr. H. "The doors have been open, and you might have come in." Not long after as Mr. H. was one day passing the blacksmith shop, Mr. D. hailing him. said: "I have a small bill against you." "And what for?" said Mr. H. "For shoeing your horse." said Mr. D. "For shoeing my horse? I have had no horse shod here," said Mr. H. "The fault is your own," replied Mr. D. "The doors have been open, and you might have come in." Mr. H. paid the bill. A conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad relates that at an eastern station he received on board a fine specimen of an old-country gentleman. When he passed through the cars the old gentleman handed up his ticket, which was duly punched and returned to him. After passing the next call station, the conductor again called for the old gentleman's ticket. He looked up in surprise and very honestly informed the puncher of tickets that he had thrown it out of the window. "Why did you do that?" asked the conductor. The old man replied, "Why, I thought if you didn't want it, I didn't." The face of the old man was so honest, and his knowledge of railroad traveling evidently so limited, that the conductor accepted his word, and carried him to his destination. Cairo. Ill., was scared on Aug. 15th by the bursting of a meteor, described to be as large and bright as the sun, which appeared in the northern heavens and moved with great rapidity, with a tremendous stream of fire following it toward the horizon. Before reaching the horizon; however, it burst with a terrible noise into several fragments, some of them bursting in their turn. For nearly a half minute the streets were light enough to read. It was the grandest phenomenon ever witnessed in the region.