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 f. â-  y i â-  ' » ' .!tl5 '1 h^ im m rp HEALTH. An Andent Yogetarian- Madame Girafd, a native and resident of he town of Sani^iuft-de-ClMX, France, has attained the remarkable age of more than one hundred and twenty-six yeari, and is probably one of the oldest human beings now living, having been bom in March, 1761. All scientists agree that man, like other animals, should live at least five times as long as is required to attain adult develop- ment. This would place the natural limit of his life at about one hundred years. There have been, however, numerous instances of persons who attained a much greater age than this, the most remarkable of which is the case of " Old Parr," an Englishman who died at the advanced age of over one hun- dred and sixty years. It may be asked. Why do not all human beings attain to this great age This is in- deed a serious question, in view of the fact that the average length of life in civilized countries is scarbely more than forty years. The only answer is that most human beings die violent deaths. By this we do not mean that they are killed by railroad collisions or other accidents, bat that their lives are cut short by other than natural means. Indeed, a careful study of th6 subject compels the admission that most people die as the result of causes within their own control. It LB interesting to note in this connection that the habits of all persons who have at- tained to very remarkable ages have been simple and abstemious. The account of Madame Girard states that her diet is quite simple, consisting chiefly of vegetable foods, with httle or no meat. Old Parr was equally abstemious. The Emperor William of Prussia, one of the most illustrious of royal personages now living, is more vigorous at ninety years than most men at fifty. He eats but once a day, and eschews fle-h food, as well as tobacco, in which he sets an example worthy of the imitation of his countrymen. MISGELLAHEOnS ITEMS. Three month*, impriaonmenfe waa the sen- tence given an Finglnhmw who atcempted, but faUed, to steal a hot plom padding, but found it too hot to carry and dropped it (Ml the floor. It is said that the biggest prioe ever paid for a weanling colt was that paid by Arthur Caton of Chicago to J. V. Striker for Del- THE LIME-XILV OLUB As the Tneeting waa about to open in dne and ancient form Elder ToottTas obeerved redipiog againit the back end of the atove in an a^etionate manner, Tmatee Fallback was paring down an old oom with a raxor, Samuel Shin waa palling a rag throagh one of the holes in a tin dipper, and Harmony Smith was eamestl} seeking a quid of pitch he had stuck on one of the window- casings and said The Coo line Habit. The alacrity with which every newly-dis- covered lethal drug is seized upon by the ever increasing army of persons, whose over- wrought nerves are clamoring for the nega- tive pleasure of obliviousness to pain, is evi- dence of incalculable and increasing mischief growing out of the high-pressure life of the prea nt day. It has been scarcely three years since the drug known as cocaine was introduced to the medical profession in this country.; and yet it has already come to be numbered among the "vice drugs," and it is found to be productive of evils even worse than those of 'any of the narcotic and stimu- lant drugs which have been longer known. Dr. J. B. Mattison, who has had a very ex 'ended experience with this drug, and has made a borough investigation of its eOTects as observed by others, rem irks as follows â€" "I think cocaine for many, especially for the large and increasing number cf opium and alcohol habitues, the most fascinating and seductive, dangerous and d^-structive drug extant and, while admitting its greit value in various disordered conditions, ear- nestly warn all against its careless giving in these cases, and especially insist on the great danger of self-injecting, a course almost cer- tain to entail added ill. " To the man who has gone down under opium, and who thinks of taking to cocaine in hops of being lifted out of the mire, I would say ' Don't,' lest he sink deeper. Liver-Poisoning. The civilized gormand expresses disgust when he hears about the bird's-nest pud- dings and rat pies of the Chinaman or the redolent knappee of the Burmese but half an hour later you may see him sitting down to a hotel table, and ordering such offal as calves' brains, sheep's kidney's, beef liver, pig's feet, and other viscera too offensive to mention. If we talk to such persons about the im- propriety of consuming as f ood.such disgust- ing articles, we are looked upon as squeam- ish, hypersesthetic, moonshiny, etc. It does no good to tell a person having a taste so perverted, that to. eat certain things is nasty. He must know that they are likely to kill him outrigtit, or he is not the least disturbed. Here is a fact for such a one, if numbered among our readers â€" " A certain family obtained the liver and other meat'from a calf killed that day. The liver was salted, and put in a cool place next day it was cooked, and eaten at the mid-day meal. The nine persons who par- took of it were taken ill very soon afterward. The symptoms, in the main, were those of cholera-nostras. There was also with the profuse diarrhoea a great deal of vertigo, in- jection of the conjunctiva, and reddening of the face and neck. Investigation showed that their liver was yellower than normal, and injected with bUe microscopic examin- ation revealed evidence of an acute hepatit- is, just beginning. Tests made by inoctila- tion and feeding failed to give any results upon other animals. There was no evi- dence of putridity, and other portions of the same animal were eaten with impunity," -^i^:; The Danger in Cold Sleeping-Sooms. The idea that cold sleeping-rooms are con- ducive to health is a popular error, which, unfortunately, has been encouraged by some writers who have undertaken to instruct the public in matters pertaining to health. It is indeed true that sleeping-rooms should not be overheated, and that sleeping in overheated rooms increases the susceptibil- ity to cold but this is only one extreme. Sleeping in rooms which have not been warmed at all, is the other extreme. In the winter -time the unheated rooms of a house become like the condensing chamber of a distillery. The warm vapor coming frem the kitchen, laundry, water-basin of the furnace, and all sources from which moisture evaporates, rising with the warm air of the house, is con- densed upon the walls, famitare, and bedding of cold bedrooms. The 'conse- qnence is, that when a person retires to deep in such a bed, he is compeUed to un- dergo an experience very nmilar to that of a cold wet-sheet pack. The cold, damp dieets and quilts abstract a large amoant at heat from the body, and expose the individ- oal to all the evil oonseqoenoes at sadden chilling, Boch as internal oongestions, odlds, pneamoBlas, pleioisieB, etc. Many a tal fllneas has been eontncftod by Am aavoam inoidsmtto storing iaa ^are bed. Every de^putg-rooa shoold be heated â- affidSB^ to iasve diyasH to the bad- efething, aiid aoohadspm ol waimthaa A. P. Foss saw a live chicken floating and struggling in the canal at Soncook, N, H. and pulled it out Attached to its leg was a pickerel weighing over two pounds, which had grabbed the chicken's leg in such a way that it could not let go. The Jones River discovery is quite out- done by the St. Paid Globt'a discovery of a river runninsr into the Saskatchewan so strongly impregnated with lime that any animal or vegetable matter immersed in it is immedi".tely turned to stone. When a settler in the Northwest Terri- tory wants to go back to Ontario to be mar- ried, the Canadian Pacific Railroad sell him a matrimonial ticket at the usual rates and on presenting the return coupon and a marriage certificate he is entitled to free transportation for his bride. Cuarley Bites of Tremont, Mass., claims to be the champion cranberry picker of Cape Cod. His record was made thb fall, when, in nine and three-quarters hours, he picked 450 quarts, or five barrels. He has pickedone barrel in ninety minutes, ana three barrels in five hours, and six quarts in three min- utes. When William Lawrence was arrested in Chicago the other day for obtaining money under false pretenses he had a long dowing moustache. When he was taken iium his cell to court even the policeman h£i""Iy re- cognized him. He had sharpened ona edge of his watch case, and with it shave I off his moustache, hoping thus to escape iddutifica- tion. It is impossible to put electric wires under ground in New Orleans because the water level is but three feet below the surface. So strong towers, 150 feet high, are erect- ed, and on these telegraph and telephone wires are carried above the public streets. These towers are also used to sustain stand pipes, which have nozzles at different eleva- tions where hose can be attached in case of fire. Mrs. A. E. Bennett of Paynesville, thought she heard a dog following her as she walked home the" other evenint;, and, looking around, saw that a slender little animal was trotting along close behind her. It followed quietly until she rccched home, and when she opened the door hesitated a moment and then darted into the house and up stairs. It was a mink, which very soon made itself perfectly at home, and with the Bennett family is as tame as a kitten, but very shy when strangers call. Theship William J. RDtch of New Bed- ford has just made a remarkable voyage. She left Philadelphia for Hiogo, Japin, about eleven months ago, sailed 21,40J miles in 137 days, was unloaded and reladen, and on June 7 started on tne homeward voyage, which she made in 150 days, the distance being 21,137 miles. In the round trip she sailed almost as far as twice around the world in ten months and twenty-five days, which includes the time of lying in port in Japan. In a small Connecticut town there is a twelve-year old girl who is a little oad. She is large for her age, pretty, very active in mind and body, and not at all wayward axcept in one particular. She delights in nothing so much as to take a lantern, and, after dark, walk along the streets, fields, and woods. She goes alone, and is appar- ently quite as happy out in the middle of a lonely pasture as in the lighred streets. She doesn't know what fear is but is particul- arly pleased when she frightens any one in her nocturnal rambles. A professional pall bearer has been dis- covered in Philadelphia. He is an ex-car- penter, who once, when out of a job, was asked tc be pall bearer at a fuqeral of an entire stranger. He accepted, and was paid liberally. He saw a business in it, bought a decent suit of black, reads the obituary notices in Mr. Child's Ledger, and goes to funerals. He finds his services most in demand at the funerals of very old per- sons who have outlived their companions and if the dead person happens to be un- mwried woman past middle life, then he is almost certain of a job. He says he aver- ages two funerals a day, and makes a living out of it. Owing to the enormous increase of pas- senger traflBc between Liverpool and New York the White Star Company intend to add two more new vessels to their fleet next season. It has been arranged that the Government is to pay the company £16,000 annually in order to retain the new boats in case of war. They are to be construoted on specially designed plans so that they can be prepared for naval service in the short space of three days. The armament is to consist of forty-pound muzzle-loading guns. The first-class saloons are to be fitted for the accommodation of 300 persons only, and both are expected to do the distance be- tween Queenstownand New York in five and a half days. A nine-year-old Eagleville, Conn,, boy was belated at Coventry, several miles from his home, the other night, and, being afraid to go home in the da^, put Ids Ysu^ kee wit to work. Pretty soon a doctor of the place was informed by a small boy that a well-known citizen of Eagleville was very ill with typhoid fever, and wanted him to come to him immediately. The Doctor said he'd go after sapper, and asked the lad to jom him at the table. The boy did so, and soon after was snugly tucked by the side of the Doctor m his carriage and rolling home- T 11 "®° ^^^y arrived at the taoase of the aUt^ed sick man the boy scrambled oat. sadtiie Doctor followed and knocked at the door. The citizen himself, in asoal healtii, opened it He hadn't been sick, and hadn t aant for the Doctor. Then they ^ked f or tile boy. They couldn't find hiii He had hu sapper and ride home, and waa wen out of the way. Is a praocas Com Sowing. 'oa^^iB*^ by the asenoy of mg u beat conducted WaaaA the aseneTS SSS'iS^ Co.?]^«U«XLy safe and aore-pop eon core. Puteam'a Ex- aowWUfllyiaitetod. Bwaan of " It ar my painful dooty to inform dis club dat Prof. Himyla Thompson, of South Carolina, has bin hangin aroan' Ditroit far de las' three days. " He arrove heah to address as on de sub- jick of ' De Joys of Poverty,' an' lias been makin' my cabin his home. At home he am. known as 'de great Southern orator.' From what I hev seen of him heah I am satbfied .dat he has de biggest appetite of any man I eber saw. He cums recommended as hevin' killed two wild-cats, saved a gal from de jaws of an alligator, paid two out- lawed debts, an' voted fo' times in de same county on one leckshnn day. We will bring him in and listen to his remarks wid flewent attenshun." Professor Thompson soon appeared in the hands of the Reception Committee, and after being escorted to the platform and given a general introdnction he removed his shoes to give his heels fair play, and began •* My frens, what ar poverty Poverty b de 'tackt dat you hain't ^ot nuffin,' never expect to hev, an' nebber will hev. A millyonaire am not poverty stiicken. Why? Kase he's got sunthin. I see befo' me db eavenin' many millyonairs. De sight does me good. I doan' blame you a bit fur bein' rich. [Cheers.] " My frens, dis world has passed 'frew seberal different aiges. Dar was de drift- aige, de water aige, de stone aige, de iron aige an' seberal odder aiges which I hev done forgot. Let us not repine kase we wasn't bo'n in some of de odder aiges. Dis aige am good 'nuff fur us. [Subdued sensa- tion.] "_My frens, Columbus was a remarkable man. He wanted to sot out and diskiber America long befo' he did, but de Sheriff wouldn't let him. Columbus knowed all de time whar' America was, an' how badly she wanted to be diskibired, but he couldn't come. We mus' not lay up any hardness agin him. He got away as soon as possible, an" if he hadn't arrove whar' would we ba now? [Applause, during which Whaleboae Howker swallowed a silver quarter.] " My frens, I reckon you hev all heard about de p]rramids of Egypt. Dey b a great sight, speshually on a moonlight night. It ar too bad dat db kentry ctui't hev pyra- mids, but we mus' git along de bes' we kin. If we didn't hev water meUyons we might hev pyramids, but we can't hev boaf. [More sensation, during which Linchpin Johnson was hit on the head with a potato.] ' My frens, I 'jpose you know db kentry was once occupied 7 de Injuns? You couldn't stir out do 3 widout meetin one. Dey owned all de land, an' dey fit an' fit befo' de white man could git it away from 'em. Right in dis city libed a great chief named Pontiac. He'd fight anybody or anything, an' he allers cum out fust best. [Rounds of applause, during which some plaster fell down.] " My frens, if you could stand on de aige of de great Sahara Desert you would be as- tonbhed. You could look fur miles an' niiles an' see nuffin, but sand â€" de very best kind of bird-sand. If any of you am think- in' of gwine dar' I hope you'll give it up. [Cries of " Hear, hear I'l " My frens, a steambote 'sploshun am a werry solemn affair. You b gwine along all right an' you is about to pass de odder boat an' win de race, when dar am a boom bang an' away you go. Somebody ar' alius killed or hurt, an' dat's why it ar' so solemn. I hev heard men say dey jist as lief be bio wed up as not, but I didn t believe uai. It soils de clothes, scatters grease all around, an' you am quite sartin to git inter New Orleans two days late. [Cat calb and stamping, with Elder Toots hunting for his lost hat.] " My frens, I cum awful nigh bein' in dat Charleston airthquake. I war' down in New Orleans at de time, but I war' arranging to go to Charleston de nex' week. Nebber fule wid an airthquake. Dey will knock you out ebery day in de week. While on db subjeck I would make a few remarks on cyclones, which ar' almoas' as bad as airth- quakes, but time forbids. Hopin' dat I hev conclusively proven to you dat poverty has Its joys as well as sorrows, an' thankin' you tor your abstemious attenshin to my over- flowin' address, I will now leave you to your own guilty reflexshuns. I shall make de cabin of your beloved President my home for de next two weeks, an' sich of you as de- siah to consult me on removin' warts an' moles widout pain, an' fur de triflin" sum of fifteen cents each, will know whar' to find me." A whirlwind of applause followed the Pro- fessor as he left the lodge-room and when the door had closed behind him CoL Persim- mons Whyte arose and asked " Misser President, was dat an address " "I s'pect it war, sab," repUed Brother Gardner. PmfeMW waa obstiiiata, Committea oiy* bima }» is de world. Professor ar still ruimliig. Rubs bafetar daa he tallca. Deaand. On motiim of Jndga Traaady Walker the report waa accepted and iiapted, and Brother Gardner aroae and aaid « I should like to say right now an' heah dat de next celebrated lecktarer who im- poses on db club will meet wid a reoepshnn to make hu heart ache. No leckturer will be allowed in dis hall until he has appealed befo' de Committee on Lfehthouses aa^Fuh- eriea an' satisfiedi'em dat be ar' familiar wid hu subjick. He must furder show op suffi- cient cash to pay his board for two or three days an' his way out of town. De celebrat- ed individual who has jut left ns has on my Sunday nankeen vest an' one of my caliker shirts, an' I ar' out at least $2 on hu bo'd. Let us sorrowfully go home," With eight sledges aoyenty miles north of d2^'»N* *!.- ..-*v_ shore, ^J'tSf^i? the aouthem Kit the soUtery kJS^^ umb, whkh, as seen fc!?"»1Wi pictured in iZrSot'J^t The hMivy .traveUfaJ^S/H SOIES OF REGENT TBAVEL. JToveltles flrem AlMea and Crecnlsnd. It b just thirty years since Livingstone first told English readers of the famous rebel chief, Bonga, who for over four decades has defied the Portuguese in hb stronghold on the ZambesL The story that Livingstone began and others continued has been brought down to the present time by Mr. Darand, who, during hb recent travels on the Zambesi, vbited the home of thb re- doubtable African. On any .good map of Africa the name of Bonga b found, indicating hb chief settle- ment on the Zimbesi. There for over forty years he has held hb ground within twenty- five miles of Tete, the chief settlement of the Portuguese in the interior of East Africa. When Livingstone journeyed down the Zam- besi he looked up at the heights crowned by Bonga's big village, and it seemed to him that it was enclosed by a palbade of grow- ing timber. He was doubtless mistaken in this idea, but he was correct in his opinion that the place was too strong to be conquered by the cannon with which the Portuguese tried to take it. Bonga's father was a half breed of East-In- dian-African parentage, who in 1840 held a petty office under the Portuguese. One day he was arrested on the charge of stealing cartridges and taken to Mozambique, where he died. This incident was the cause of the long feud that has made Bonga a thorn in the flesh to the Portuguese. He fled up the Zambesi, rallied to his support a body of malcontents and escaped slaves, and has ever since maintained his independence in a large dbtrict claimed by his white enemies. Portugal has sent three expeditions against him, and in the last attack Bonga's village was bombarded for three days and nights without breaking down the strong wall of timbers that surrounded the big town. By that time the Portuguese had found an ex- cellent reason for abandoning the siege, for, while they were all intent upon capturing the stronghold of their enemy, he secretly sent a considerable force up the river, took Tete by surprise, entirely destroyed the settlement, and the Portuguese had work enough to do in re-establbhing themselves on the ruins of their town. The Portuguese have not since attempted to subjugate Bonga, whose power, hojvever, Mr. Durand says, is waning, some of his im- portant villages far south of the Zambesi having recently fallen into the hands of the Portuguese. The traveller was permitted to enter Bonga's stronghold. He says the village is sui rounded by large timbers plant- ed three deep, securely bound together, making a wide wall from twenty-four to thirty feet high. The entrance is still adorn- ed with the heads of the unfortunate Portu- guese who were killed in the last assault upon the plac-. Within are the chief's large buildings, hundreds of native huts, and many storehouses and ammunition maga- zines. â-  peventedthem from u now quite certain thir viUe Bay wiU never L"""'*! winter season. The nJ^i.*^'»«dil justifies the criticbm thSt l"*»i« of a Washington oflSciJ ^^^ *« ' gested sending a sledge 'J,^ P»'« very route in winter, after J t"***! Garlington's failure tolScJ'^jj^kJ IS IT DEATH OB A TennK Woman's tantni a,, week Beea.se eittej,^, A peculiar case of what ig mn. I suspended animation has d«^^"'«J Mankato, Minn. A wTt ^I^* Pfebter, 17 years old, whohTi:}*^ for the past fifteen m-.nthsTith^!!* family two mUes north of the rit! " for the mght in her usual good £,«• buoyant spirits. The neirmm • responding » repeated calls.-ghe' apparently lifsless in her bed «i"' still warm and her face exactly ij that of a sleeping person. The 2! summoned, and after iavestigatin ° 1 cumstances of the supposed deS ?*" that no official inquiry wm uel* There was no suspicion of foulnu7!,„ family with which the young ladv i«ijJ highly respected, though Mwg PfeS*" property " Was it about de joys of poverty i " Dat's what he said." "An' am he gwine to put in two moah weeks heah " " Not if db cha'r knows hisself I It ar' evidMit to me dat de Professor ar' a travelin' humbug. I war' lookin' aU frew hb speech fur dose joys, but not one of 'em showed up Ite Committee on de Scientific Dbposbhim of Humbues, wid Giveadam Jones at deir head, bad better hold a brief interview wid de gem'lan from South Carolina." The three lusty memberB referred to ab- sented themselves from the room, and in a few minutes shouts of "marder I" " fire I" and "police 1" seemed to come ftom several toectaons at once. There were tiiree du- tanct tiiuds on tile alley stairs, a sound from the alloy as if a pumpkm had been fluns fnwa the roof of a horse bam into a muit puddle, and thoa all was stillâ€" all except a few sounds indicating that a five-foot man was faying to W hu way timmgh a seven- footfenoe andLdidnt care how many boards he knocked ofE, When t^ com m i t tee retamed the diair- maaanlnBittod tba following toraa report- W«toutfiiranlntaryi0«? ^^' Had Said h* wanted to ba hOiaaa. .Showrffchi daala'ka an' advlaad Ua to The large party of Belgians who are exam- ining the cataract region of the Ipwer Congo to find the best route for a railroad are send- ing home some novel information about this ill-reputed dbtrict One of them says thb region does not deserve the abuse travellers have heaped apon it, and it retains its repu- tation for extreme unhealthfulness and arid- ity simply because all vbitors follow the un- inviting caravan route up the river. On the uplands away from the river these engineers find a country which they describe as in- viting, and which b particularly adapted to tob«cco culture. They account for the lack of population by the fact that for near- ly three centuries slaves were the only com- modity required by the civUized nations from bhe Congo. They say that legitimate trade b increas- ing on the lower Congo because the intro- duction of objects of modern commerce has created ne w needs among the natives. Flan- nel jackets, cotton trousers, cheap shawls, and other articles of clothing are comine mto general use. The whites are abo intro- ducing among these lower Congo natives the use of leather sandaU, and they are be- coming a popular article of trade. It b thus demonstrated that the savages of Africa are learning to appreciate some of the comforts of civilized life, and the Afri- can b showing also that he is willing to work for them. When Stanley began hb Congo enterprbe it was with great difficulty tiiat he obtained the services of fifty natives. The Belgian engmeers have now 500 men hanhng the trucks on which they are trans- porting theirsteamboat around the cataracts and one of these Europeans writes that three towns in the cataract regions can fur- nish 3,000 porters, who are glad to work in order to obtain manufactured articles. At some of the stations on the Congo they have recently discovered anew method of eainins the assent of unwilling chiefs to the demands of the white men. All they have to do b to threaten with a very serious air J» ***' **2' *!»« station, pull up stakes, and leave. The mere prospect of losing the transport trade and all opportunities of procnriM articles they want scares them mto making idmost any concession. ^Ferbuarylaat, lieutBloch and Lieut KydM of the Danish navy made an interest- i^ louraey alon« tiie west coast of Green- ISmT T^ "nlitjous purpose was, if pos- St V *~^«1 »»rth imtil tlwy leached the Oapsjork nataye^ the moat norUiem in- «-S!^^*w**' '^^ H tiiayhadauc- ^wd, their jonmey would haye been Mgtiie moatnotnrartfay of Aietioun- Jrta^ga, «« tt^ywoBld haya bean able to teoatiM oQoatUna of tin gnat Metyflle Bay. whieii b almoat wholly%nkiiowm aatS ptrfnbi an orphan, and had some to her. The funeral was to have occurred 1 Saturday^and every preparation was J font. When the time came, howenii was found that the remains had not I to decompose, thous;h they were 1 heat3d room and were not packediai The face had a wonderfully lifelike m ance also. After observing these niii ilar things it was decided to pospoiietJ funeral until something developed, it^ sent the body lies in an unchanged condiSI The undertaker has mide thorou»h taj and finds that no decomposition has tM place either externally or internally, tM pronounces it the strangest casethatieli ever met with in his long exparience ima, matters. He thinks that the young Isdyl dead, and the health officer concurs ijii opinion. On the other hand, decompoatti almost invariably begins within forty-* hours after death at the utmost, evem the body b kept in a cold room. Thiib has remained in a heated room for a and has not changed in the least c time. The face resembles that of aslwpL person, and looks perfectly lifelike, ei!|ii| that it is quite pale. The house wheretlsl remains lie is crowded every day byciiri«l spectators. The family of which thevM^I lady was a member is agitated by the i P'jiinful uncertainty, not knowing whetkl she b dead or alive. If it should prow al be a case of suspended animation, the yoBijI lady would have very narrowly escipdil horrible death either by the knife of MJ post-mortem examiaer or by being buWl alive. Abstemiousness- There is no abstemiousness in the toiU,! and no thrift, like the thrift and ab8tenii| jusness of the average native of Iodii| Almost alone among the working meitil the world, he has raised himself neulfl above wants, has stripped himself ofalltiil imp(.dimenta of luxury. "Millions of me«ii| India, especially on the richer the river deltas, live, marry, andrearifl parently healthy children upon an ia«»l which, even when the wife works, is r»nl!l above 23. a week and frequently sinki tl 18d. The Indian is enabled to do thii*! so much by the cheapness offood-fjl though it is cheap, a European who ate tsl same food would want five times the moi?! merely to feed himselfâ€" as by a habit«l living? which makes him independent o! a!| ordinary cares of mankind. He goes na without clothes, gives his children nWl and dresses his wife' in a long piece ofwl most wretched muslin. Neither he Bor»| wire pays tailor or milliner one shillin?" ing their entire lives, nor do ^^^'3ff\-.\ chase needles or thread, which, indeed, I b contrary to a semi-religious e'iq°^""LI to use. The poorer peasant bhabits »^l containing a single covered w"" ,1 smallest size, with an earthern platfotn I twe outside it and as he constructs ana^l pairs hb own dwelling he virtually W, I rent, texcept for the eulturable l*?" J never touches alcohol or any ^ul""" J it There b an idea in England tM' I eats opium or hemp but he, m â-  swallows neitherâ€" firstly, because be r moral antipathy ""I »t the dining JB^^th caat-iron « p^-5^flirta»ionwiUi,tb it^fffTrt her side. " F ia**"*Ll^on "probably 8 W JSL^ we mothers siUj .w»»*'**^ smUe complao *».**,^yetSew of a br j^-^hTwoaldcaU.* cor j^l ,^ rf aentiment has b ^ffiSr's influence. Let 'fly at^t eq-^Uy »^°^*^ '^•JSiv«ofbrotiiers,s*acl ?%!fMiiBen8e about tiiem. "Jtic^Sfto say what thej -^g a matter of ^c t- KniMt can carry quite m n fSKofitaa the conjplirD r^ «^8tobis sister. Your â- ^te your charms, and a Kci may merely wuh to fSeeable,butawordof con i WOT brother means what h tSiTy means a great deal m. Cj brother b chary of prau t^er-statemen J when expres tonoltosbter. So when yc sTOU that your performance .^^ that you look fair ton S;ou?dUwUldo,ortha, !?ou know how to behave y, uv be tolerably certain ^^ these points you a _,jch. Also It must 1 hd a mark of high appreciatioi Itell hb taU sister that he hat Loan, or hb short one that h( r walk beside a girafl^e, or his tl I, a pity some fat girl of thei Ice is as shapeless as a bag ol tone that it's a comfort to i who doesn't look as thouj Imys hungry and cold. For n y^ of the compliment to i ableness conveyed in the o of ttot member of tto is said to be wedded " Oh, don't bring out youi iht; thb b the first long tall Cday." I A brotherless girl may hav V.a simpering expression and jjDg long words where sb » t on Emw, but any one who can bi t) to dght brothers is sure to 1 J affectations well weeded om Aose brother b one of her best ^t make eyes nor drawl, nor gi igraph to an acquaintance ol jir answer advertisements wh Imntnal improvement." She land that there are some sorts bonding slang that ought nevei pd she will remember that the )h to retain the reverence of ids how little slang they J along with and not use a qui ihe will learn that men, good ai eat a silly woman civilly to h wnonnce her an awful goose K^ that nobody has a prol Tiwfnl geese except the men ^em, and that even they â€" nt go farther into the subject ')» thOT find out a great deal -vtherless girl knows nothing A great deal is written aboj Jepraved boys who are ruined fl pjndidoas fondling received! ntheiB and sisters, and it mai "oth of naturally evil ^iden -A. adulation are almost as ba^ md scolding, but even a be trong sense of justice, a lov id a willingness to stand up **nd up for him. Any girl i Mts herself in her ten or ti n-year-old brother, who a[ f with hb ideas, further hiJ »t she takes a genuine pll ity, will find not only thai -! him b daily increasing, I Jwholesome, practical audi Hooking at things b a decif becx*! ahon ioe at them with as much English gentleman, and secondly, he could not by any po^s"'"'*? ^J Bkl articles which in India, as everywlie«J^I are exceedingly expensive. He «* lutely no meat, nor any animal "'A|irt| expensive grain like good wheat A onmiUet or small rice. » U"l« ""^L-d J the butter from the milk, M»vlie ' I bles he grows. Even of these he eatsjJ^J spiringly than the poorest Tuscan- J quarter, perhaps, he will eat enough, ^1 some festival, but as a rule he tno*° ai,| rately what wUl sustain bi""'"?. forii*! enraged with the wife who copw' ^1 if she prepared more. Hft b assiswo ^^i economy by a religious rule â-  i,ijiif never seen a Hindo break, and wn ^. doubtedly, Uke the rule agains^^ ^j^J oxen, a survival from a military tom of the most remote anti*iaity- Trouble Enough., ^^| Gentleman (to Uncle Rastus, ^oM A at whitewashing)â€" "You don 1 10" I well. Uncle Rastus," ..*«««. ^\ Uncle Rastus-" 'Deed I "" .pl^" tarSmif. Dbamer ha'dworl on»r- darky like me.' Gfutieman â€" Pnt down tl»»* minute and I'll eive you a drop » to warm you up." „ ,,t1)»i* Uncle Rastus (gratefully)- sah, thank ye." ^*- «" Gentiemanâ€" "Have a it*" Uncle Rastus-" No, sab, n»» Fae got trouble enough.' dropof^l Utile**** Practical Becipel Crbam Sauce for the Cif ^^^lespoonfuls of butter,] i?'**""' of flour, pour P tot white stock and one "J* salt, pepper and w stock just made from "â- km b used skim off all tl -â- f' •*' pieces of soft brown TO the fat Uke a blotting pJ ij°°*U«PED Oystees.â€" oJ B^rt^ '" drained, onethl I aT?',*®? "*? cracker cruml l?*«dted butter. Butter al loS: ?J^«fâ„¢m2j toSoJ loTsTtKir® oysters are wasi Imov.T^'i?' ^^ cup of Wcti ISw'l^*"°^8*»ell,andt Ifti-? '®™ b to be use^ jtkjoKJ*" layer " IcottS* Q^^CKS.â€" Wash] Ud ^S5I?"**^ F"l the cd W^i**» *^« «iiab, coJ I S^^nT^® *»ld, with sJ pt,S^8*»tch tiie quiJ ^V^^ another cupl l«nVte?^^" the first SS? looked in tiuswai »^A^j» cooked in a ll ,^^»^wceprep{ TwS pieces r^ H^tandpepH ?4»^!*,*wh cream i la^S? to BO into I for ,li-i»^ Yaatquantitias of more *^«*l wliiake^and gin-wash •"'ffij"l y«»intoFiw!oatobemaiUFnl»'»' i oaUad '.* â- â-  Si1«Vf -^ -•; '-^ -f'"' ' L .â- *^J**?^