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I wtah k> dhow ho w dvownfog miicbt, i «Au«r«Mrdin»rj einmaiatMMMa > lw*TCM«d, •ran in the C«M of pewona otherwiae whoJI.T igsonw t of whet i» mUe d the art Uwinuning. Tb*» BQmoronJi frigbtfni ItiM render every working mi^Keii- ion of imjport*nce, sad. th*t whit i J i offer I Tenture to think « entirely iUblc. iWhe n one of the inferior enim*l« the weter, MU, or ia thrown in, i t uttv hegtns to wklk M i t does when I of the w»t*'. ' Bu t when k num wh o not \swim\ f*U» into th e water he i*. few «pwinodic Urnjglee, throws > hie uint and drowns. Tb e brute, on i other hand, treads water, remain* on •nrfaee, and i s virtually inaubmer- le. In order, then, t o eacape drown- agit ia only ner*-nsary t o d o aa the brate -fa-to tread or watt the MV Th e brute ha s so advantage in U» hia relative weight, i a renpeet [the water, over man, and ye t th* man * * while the brute Uvea. Never, lew , any man, any woman, any child o eau walk on the land may alao walk tbe water jnat aa readily a* tbe *ni- nal doe*, if only he will, and that with- no imagiisable reason why» being under like drrtMu«ta&c#« anld riot il<j a» the dog dm*. PPbe brate indeed walk* in rbo water actively, whereaa the man has l o b« Tbe ignorance of »o sm.ple a ibility - namelr, tb e poanbility of ling water, ntrike* tat- M one of the , ^atngoiar Ihinp* in the history at they fonndthemaalveaabandoited, faced round and awam for milaa after ^be veaaet A man o n th e east eoaat of Lin- oolnabiiw saved qnlte a number of tirm by swimming oat on horseback t o vessels to distree*. Be commonly rode an ol d gray mare, ba t when the mare wat not to hand b e took the first horse that offered. Th e loss of life from shipwreck, bath- ing, akating, fishing and seeidental im- meraion is #o diaastnmaly, great that every feasible proeednre ca^coUted t o avert it onght, to be had recoarae to. People w ill not eunitent to wear life-pre- •Brrerii imit «key only knew that in th«troa » limb«, property used, they poeaoased the moat efficient life-preaer- vers, they would most likely avail them- selves of them. I n every aehool, every hoose, there gught t o b e a abvte tank of anffident depth, with a trickle of water at one end and a syphon at the other, in order to keep the contents rare . A pail or two of hot water wont THK UECORD OF DISASTER, %U» «f iha Prlaetam* &is««e*» at Beeaat YMnnltN a«4 Hirer. The wreck of th e Victoria, which ha s resulted in such m heavy loss of life, will recall similar disasters in recent yeara. Last year was remarkable for the de- struction of steamahips, no less **** v 147 having been lost. Three of these disasters were of' peculiar interest, and excited unusual honor on account of the number of persons who were either drowned or burned—the collision be- tween the Narragansett and Stonington in Lon g Island aound, the burning of tbe Seawanbaka in East river, and the foundering off th e Florida coast of the Oityo f Vera Cru*. Th e Xarragaasett, of th e Providence line, was run into ou the night of Jan e 11, by the Stonington S f i£*S?*i! n * «*Coranel d PoinCsew Tork. Th e Narraganaett caught Are and ^t^nyJ^LOt^^Opasme^ejaj^Were on icteaUj «i«^^oW^f^w«rTo>l. Close on lim<t render th e contents aufficiesUy warm. In saseb a taak every child from the time it conld wal* ough t to be made to tread water daily. Every adult, when the opportunity proseoU itself, should do «o. Th e printed injnuction should !4»«zpasted npooaliixiat-bottaes, one very boat, at every bathing-place and in . ..... . t any prior instruction or drilling every school. \Tread water when yo u J 91 \\ 1 * fi J 8 , b ™ k f fO*-, ^Through the hatever. Throw a dog into the water find yourself out of your depth* is all J* 6 ™*? of Ciptain Snuth, who though ad he ItvmU at walks in»tanUy, and ! that need be said, ttcleas, indeed, we j J**\/ bnriied, remained at the whee l i_»- .•- ».- : :--\- \- f a4d: \Float when yo u are tired.\ Every one, of whatever age or sex, or however iueutnbered with clothing, niight tread water with at leant as much facility, even in a breaking sea, an a four-footed animal doea. Th e position o f a person who treads water is in other respects very much safer and bettor than is the sprawling attitude which we the heels of this disaster came the burn- n g of th e Beawanhaka, by which about forty Uvea we*© lost Tbe boat ran be- tween New York and summer resorts on the north shore of Long Island. O n tbe afternoon of Jan e 28, while the Sea- wanbaka was abreast of BlackwelFe the boat was beached, where ahe burned to th e water's edge. The recollection of the awful scenes of that afternoon, aa the passengers, with whom th e boat was well filled, endeavored to PaBM , GARDE * 1HD HOUSEHOLD • Oafeas. , A Maine writer In th e XtaerieaR Culti- vator says; \M y ground was broken u p in th e spring and planted to pota- toes. Immediately after digging them in the fall I cleaned u p th e rubbish of every kind, then applied very evenly to the soil a fair coat of dressing, composed of scrapings of tbe barn-yard. Next I cultivated th e ground three or four times quite deeply, th e dressing work- ing in readily. I then harrowed it down smoothly and allowed it to remain ten weeks t o allow the weeds an opportunity to start.» Next, I cultivated for th e pur- pose of killing the weeds, finely harrow- ing th e ground a> smoothly a s possible and let i t rest until spring. As soon i n the spring a s the ground was fit, 1 worked the top with a horse harrow and a sand rake until I secured a seedbed about two inches in depth, fine, soft and completely mixed ready for the seed. After m y onions came~uprXapreaTc« salt and ashes. After th e first weeding I applied another coat of ashes. A lib- eral use of ashes I consider a great bene- fit to this crop. At m y first weeding I brush away the dirt from tbe onions. The second weeding finished, I sowed on a fertilizer composed of plaster, salt, ashes, lime and guano. All the small weeds should b e destroyed as fast as they make their appearance; the large ones will not troubfe th e grower. B y the above described method I raised on one-fourth of an acre of land 200 bushels of the largest and finest onions I ever put in bi s barrel t o com . Then tak e aavoy cabbagea about on e mor* tha n yon think yo u will - want—aome white French turnip*, t o b e boiled with th e beef, cabbage an d potatoes and served hot, iri slices. Select potatoes that will boil dry and tender without falling t o pieces. Beets boiled separately, and served in hot vinegar and batter, com* plete the list. Th e condiments are no t a alight matter—nothing i s about •good dinner. T o some people any colored fluid that ia a trifle sour is vinegar: but the instructed taste know* bettor, an d craves th e genuine article on it s boiled dinner. Th e mustard should bo mixe d fresh, for those wh o like it; a n ancient pot of mustard ia a s bad aa salt that baa -lost its savor. There should be n o des- sert after a boiled dinner, unless it bo tresh trait. Nothing ia more incongru- ous or unnecessary than p&atry and sweetmeats after such a repast. ateas—. .£5?. 1-^^by n^and wa^r! {&?££tS. *T?S WS£ ,Th«tottnd«mg at aea on 1 few scullions. ~ \ -d m ^ta^^w F / r 1 mAe ^ of ^ T 00 ! fa onIi »«7 »»immiDg. And Havana, caused a great deal of excite- ones. Ettelligence. HB W\ in fact, as ignorant j then th e beaatvl of it i* that we can n \ 5D '» * \*? ,*** \f 8 * 1 *^ b / ^?. two n th e tubjpet m i* the riew-lwrn babe, j tread water without anv preliminary \ «»«»«* » which ^preceded it. Thir^r- Perhaps something a to be ascribed to j teaching, whereas \t o swim\ invoke s H 00 * ***** * cnJ **J*L * wo o* 0 ** *«a - h e vague meaning which is attached to {time sn d pain, entails considerable < ?^***~^ < *^?vr »K ^*V^ rC ^ff^ i^e^word s«'im. When a man swinu fatigue and is verv seldom adequately j * waaey loss of We~U» e suikuig of to e mmm on e thing, when a dog awinu »acouired after all. ' } F\«M» •*»»« <»»• Jowph, which mean , another in d quit* a diSferent I Th e Indians of th e Missouri river, ffl « t „ m «Hiwton the «teatner Ontigua, •* Tb e do g is whoUv itwrnpabb. of when-they have occasion to traverse offBojatala, onjioveanber U, 250 per is still fresh, me tounaerin g at aea o n \ few scullions . O n the same area of ol August 38, of th e City of Vera Crux, as ground, by similar methods, I raised she was o n her way from New York t o J ^1 bushels of onions, very fine looking as a do g swiaw, without any pre- J of Madagascar, young persona of both ] \**\\ ?^ t vioua trainioff or inntruction, and that by so doing witboot femi or hesitaner* be twill be jtsM as safe i s the water as the jdog is. Tb« l»rate >a tbe water eontinnes to g o on all fount, and the man who wishes lo save his life and cannot othi-rsi*® swim, isuM d o s o too, striking alter sexes walk the water caVrving fru t and j .° BC « ' ih « N«* ^«d/nl calanufaee veiteWbl« to ships becalmed, or i t mav I °^ I *^? t 2 rw f , , w * s i h * blowing up ;of l>e Nin g to, in the offiag mile* awav\. j **Wlm^ of the Slate ; Island ferrv- 8om«t;roomon whose canoe ai*ot before?^ West field, on Sunday, July 31, BIT eros in tbe SC«W»T on the coast of i 'J!' 1 ' i\**.** ***.*** *i? oa t to le * T O the keeping of their jives, with tho, atmewt r: ; *U V at the foot of Vla^aU'atreXi on f *«1 a*aik» may be deatroyed and * I Ne w York. There were from two huP^T™ 1 *! 1 from S™*™8 ea^ bT • Farts N«ca. Potatoe«, or any other root crops, may be grown in a young orchard. It would not do any injury to grow com , but grain crops should not b e attempted. They take from the soil th e very ele- menta which tbe trees require. CHUBBY Fxtrnm*.—Boil eome thick but tender stalks of celery in salted water; when done dry them ou a cloth, cut them in equal lengths about on e and a-half inches; fry them ia batter t o a golden color, sprinkling fine salt well over, and serve. AatOKDCAKE.—One and one-half cups sugar, half cup butter, four eggs, half cup milk, two cups of flour, two tea- spoonfuls baking powder; bake in sheets. Icing—Whites of three egg s beaten stiff, three tablespoonfuls white sugar, one cup chopped nut meats; fla- vor t o taste and put these between and on top o f layers. POTATO POSTE.—This is a favorite dish in the West India Islands. Wash, peel and grate two pounds o f potatoes; add four ounces each of sugar and butter melted, one teaspoonful each of salt and pepper; mix well together; place in a baking dish and pa t into a quick oven until it is done and becomes nicely browned. CHOCOLATE.—Put into a coffee-pot, set in boiling water, on e quart of new milk °~ (or a pint each of cream and milk ; stir v - / _ into it Ihree heaping tatJespoonfols of If young fruit trees recently trans*- -grated chocolate mixed to a paste with planted blossom, they should not b e cold milk ; le t it boil two or three allowed t o bear fruit, us it will injure minutes and serve at once. If not wanted them. They need all their energies for ; s o rich use half water and half milk. growth of wood and shon.d not be al- lowed to waste them on fruit. Th e Prnirif PAK PtTOOTHos.—This is a Ne w Eng - growui 01 j jjjjj fliuh. and i s nic e where appetites Farmer savs : \Weeds provided with paw or boof the fimTwTu'an oilskin''cap nhingc\into ! «P»onlon. Th e forward half of* the | neo ** 8M \- T - °? e .. a ^? ltion ' ear!v brau, awima with tbe greatest eaae' and j the lioiling mrl, and malt- their war, i boat,jwheremo * of th e passengers w«re ^Z^ , ^?*„*V% 7 ** buoyancy. Th e human being, if he i trending the water, t c the vessel* ont- ! *f***f ,**» Wo*n t o fragments. On 1 +™*™ *!**** *** «\»\« •will, can do itamesse da M too. witb the farther! aula, througb^ee^^ advsJitewor \»nn g a paddl e { Earopeaa Iwat will not live. At the J f^t^l * * ch ^°*L aMl .. ,oto - the P ro- 1 .^f^^^ •gnenltana t and, «i»tl of lutino >t>i> •« *—.*'\ * «-->«»•- n«-<Ied, will keep .r-.«. .,-•»» -«i » uui iiti*. AI n»e \•\\ \ \\\\\*\*»*. *•» ' «HMJ va c pro - lorm«-4 hand, and of being\ able to \rest! Ca\pc*rtTb^r'Ho}w men n-*d to pro- \ jxHer Metis, of ^«JL*rOTMencc line, and binweli when tired, by fioa£u*&>thjUig f oeed to ve»*wi* i n the offlo^ through the ; *° n * ****'. \^*® *7**, \Jr 1 1UI P**\**^ «f which th«* animal b*« no eoneepiiou. 1 moantsJn billow *, trnuling the water as ; 8*\ \« a crewo f fortv-four men some *•-••-*\ •• -' the utmost seruritT. ! of *J»o« floated aahorea l Watch HJ3 , on the cpp«»r deck of the propeller. ] Fifty-throe persons lost their lives by 1different ttridgttt Money, a poor Irish emigrant, j they went with saved h«r own life and her three child- ren's live*, when tbe steamer convey- ing them took firo on lake Erie, l»y floating l»oo< If ami making them float, which simply.jron^iats in lying' anite stilt, with the nrotfth abut and th e U«M1 thrown wet! tssck in the water. The dog, , thi» horse, th« <*ow, t'ic swine, the deer j and even the cat ail take to the water on occax'oa and nuttaia th<<m«elvpa perfectly ait hots! any prior experience whatever. Nothing .is lww difficult, whether for man or brute, than to tread water, even for the fir*t time. I have , done so often, swing th e feet alone or { train Aotl yet here, an our own shores, and amid wnooth waters, men. wom<<n and children peri*h lik«- fli«« annually, when a little pr»perly-dir<&elcd effort—tread- ing tho water a» 1 have said—would haply ttaftio* to rc«*?a« th)?m even - one.— hemd'in litltum. Suicide* from Hbrh l\bice>i. Thr- first attempt to commit fmicide on the NcwYork cle«a?cd railroad wan nsade a few days ago by • young woman whotbrew herself froig a station, plat- form in front of a s approaching In the large cities of the -world the hands alone, or the whole four j the high places accessible *o the public many time*, with perh*p> one of »y t have come to h& utilized for the pur- children on my hack. Once I recollect I pose of suicide. Many persons bent on being carried a good way out t o aea by I self-destruction haw leaped from the the receding tide at Boulognt% bat re-j parapet of the High Bridge acauednct f lined tbe shore without difficaltv. A rop of water once passed through the rinta of the glottis, and o n another oc- casion * cxpertencc sach s^Me o indis- position that if I had been tinablc to float it most, I think, h/v e gone hard with roe. ) Men »r.d ariimals are able to sustain themsch'c* fo r long distance* in the High Bridge aequeduct ecroats th e Harlem river, and have been killed by the fall of over a hundred feet. Superstitious Uborcrs engaged about th^ ^luoiping-bouse have told stories of phantom shapes flitting along the capstones of the tnasonrv on moon- light night*, or ascending the flights of stairs without stepping !\ and it ia told o f one of the men tbat though his work- water, and would do so much oftcner tng hours ceased at 2 o'clock in the were they not incapacitated, in regard morning, he would never cross the of the former, at least, by sheer terror, bridge to his homo till after daylight. as well a*, complete ignorance of. their Since a drunken man leaped from above real powcts. Webb's wonderful endur- the keystone of the central arch, and enee will never lie forgotten. But there lived to nwume? his occupation of fish- are other instances only less remarkable. »ig from tbc N ncighlwring wharf, which Home years since, the second mate of a exploit has Wen followed by descents ihip fell overboard while in the act of in safety by two or three venturous per- iling a sail. It was blowing fresh ; «m*. tbe place bas been abandoned for the time was night, and the place some purpose* of suicide, as offering, perhaps —•''— ---t 1 --- \ \* ' to o many chaacen of failure. After the the accident. In September, 1S7S, an excursion ateamer (r thc Princess Alice, w,ut run down in the Thames, and al>out .000 .lives were los t In November of tbt same year the Hamburg-American steamer Pommcrania camo into collision with a bark and went down off Folke- stone, Sixty-five lives were Jo.4, On May 31, 1878, the German iron-clad Grosser Kurfurai, while steaming in the Bnti»h Channel, came into collision with tbe Eoni g Wilhelm, of the same sqnadrou. and went down almost'imme- diately. Over 300 livels were lost in this disaster. On e of the str-\agest acci- dents of modern times occurred off the Isle of Wight on March 24, 187£. I n the afternoon th e .British training ship Eurydice, an old wooden sailing vessel, was seen by the people on shore mov- ing along under full sail. Soon a driv mile* on in tb e stormy German ocean. The hardy fellow neveftbeieas managed to gain the English coast. Brock, with a dossen other pilot*, was \plying for fares by Yarmouth : and aa tbe main sheet was l>eiayed a sudden puff of winft upset the boat, wheti presently all per- ished except Brock himself, who, from four in the afternoon, of an October evening to on e tbe next morning, swam thirteen miles before he was able to hail a vessel at anchor in tb e offing. Animals themselves are capable of swimming kninen*c distances, although unable t o rest by the way, A do g re- cently swam thirty miles in America in order to rejoin his master. A mule and a do g washed overboard iu The Bay of Biscay hsvo been known to maWtthci r way to shore. A do g swam ashore]with .Good pope . Th e crew of the ship to Brooklyn bridge shall have been com pleted, it will, ^unless closely watched by guards, offer facilities for suicide which cannot fail to attract thoae who may be tired ot life. Plants Wilhoat Earth. Mr. Alfred Damesnil, a fton-in-law of Jnle* M.ioin-let, claims to have ma4e an int^rasjihg and useful discovery—how 4o^rcfW>r«> plants in a perfectly vigor- ous state without anv earth. With the shelter of a glass, hellebores taken up at the end of November and the middle of Decern Wor have remained from two and a half , to three months in blossom. Other plants—prim rosea, dabiieiy vio- lets, atirirnlaR, etc.—have not only'bees in bloom llirwe months, but have thrown wbirh the do g belonged all jwrished. | winch they need not have done had they I only rcnttired to tread water m the ^Sop, J did. An a certain ship was laboring heavily in the trough of the sea, it was found anedful, in order to lighten the vessel, to throw some troop horses over- hoard\\Which bad l>e*xi' taken Oorona. Th e poor things, m y mmt, m sss>ff sunteon. told a* clouds cleared away the Eurydice was not in sight. Sh e had been capsized, and of the 311 persons on board only two were sa/ed . Nearly .100 lives were lost b y thewrock of die steamer Metrop- olis on Currituck Beach, N. G, in Jan- uary, 187$. Th e United States -ship Huron ran ashore near Oregon inlet, N. C, on November 24, 1877, i n a storm, and was completely wrecked. Ninety- six officers and men were lost. Within tbe last forty years the disas- ters and mysteries of the sea have been many. Among these are t o be remem- bered the great loss of life on th e Ville dn Havre, tb e wreck of the Northfloet with 325 persons on board, th e loss of the Arctic with 300 passengers, th e mys- tery of th e City of Boston by which 480 persons perished, the burning of the Austria with 450 victims, the stranding of the Panama with 400 deaths, tbe.de- *(ruction of the Ruyal Charter and 440 lives, the loss of the President with 109 persona on board, the burning of the Independence when 140 persons were lost and the wreck of the Atlantic, which resulted in the death of 431 per- sons. agriculturis t last reason tried an experiment w|t h potatoes tha t is worth \noting. It was done b y scoop-. ing out every eye from a potato, and inserting in the flesh of it a single eye, carefully cut from another potato of a kind, and planting the seed thus prepared, obtaining thereby very curious crosses, which he exhibited at the Toronto indurtrial exhibition. Th e tnlwrs were small as th e first year's pro- duet from seed, and appear to partake of the characteristics of both the orig- inal varieties. Whether they will repro- duce themselves the second year or tcvertto one or another of the bri^iaal types is yet t o be determined. Afait M ud Vrat . lambs, and let your wool take care of , itself. You must regard yoru hheep as ing -BOOK storm set, in, and whctt_thcJ ffiacniaeg-for-COByerttEg gfassr reota ,T. L. Hayes, at a convention of sheep breeders and wool growers held at Philadelphia, advised his auditors as follows 1 \ I would say t o the fartuer, g o on and manage your sheep in the way ^ „ — --. yoa can get the most money for their t of cold water; also by*putting a yelk of carcasses, whether raising mutton or an egg , well beaten, into thetureen, and IIWIIIML »n ^ t«i-rr,r,^ «-~vi i»t- . - * mixing the cooked soup slowly with it. >The soup must b e off the boil, or the egg wil^cttrdl&. — are expansive. Take three cups of fine rye meal, three cups of Indian mea l one eg g and three tablespoonfnls of molasses; add a little salt and allspice, and enough rich sweet milk to make a batter, and enough to drop from a spoon. Fry to a good brown in hot lard. Fowti AM) BICE CaoyrirrrEs.—Put half pound of rice into one quart of stock, and let it boil very gently for half an hour, then add three ounces of butter, and simmer it till quite dry and soft ; when cold make it into balls, hollow ont tb e inside, and fill -with minced fowl made rather thick, cover over with rice, dip the balls into egg,» sprinkle them with bread-croial>s, &ad fry »nice brown ; dk h them, and garnish with fried pars- ley ; oysters, white sauce, or a little cream may l>e stirred into the rice be - fore it cools. MILK Sorp.—Wash, pare, slice, and parboil one pound of potatoes, pour away the water; skin and scald tw o onions, chop them ; place the potatoes, onions, one teaspooaf al of salt, and hall a teaspoonful of pepper in a stew pan, with on e quart of cold water, bring t o a boil, and boil till quite soft (about half an hour); crush the potatoes and onions with a ppoon till smooth ; add on e quart of new milk and on e ounce of crushed sago ; stir continually till it boils, then boil for ten minute?. This aonp-niay be made richer by adding on e ounce of butter or dripping.to the quart and grain in the shortest possible time into mutton, with wool as a mere inci- dent. B y making your sheep fat in the . shortest possible time—which yo u can i do best with th e English Business Before I'ieasnrr. There is a sagacious Newfoundland - \ u \\J? i do g i n Norwich. H e will take the bas- Fir \'\iT\\** \!L.\rTr u J ? iy *\ !md (ket, i n which is a note, and go to nar- falliog them asaoon as they aYe mature, j ket t m ^ ^^ £ mhlttevet you mak e th e best and soundest wool. I. , ,0 - -^ - ° - , A-Little Previous. Wife, just returned from a shopping ^oar—\Come and see what I've go t for you, \Eugene:\\ Eugene—\Ah jusi like you, darling; always thinking of me ?\ ont new trads Ktin>oas rooTR,^mall J MeadvancesTksTIiswife removes the shrubs, exotic plant*—such as azaleas wrapping and exposes some fine draw- and cyclamens—tAke equally well to the t in?s from a neighboring marble yard. pn»ccss. M, Dumesnii exhibited some Husband starts back and exclaims, ex- speeinvB* of plants blooming without cited y: I earth in Rouen, last December ; and at \Gracious Laura! what did you ~ —1 « -— bis lioree, about fourteen md<>* from that bring these things here for 7\ found jnwdfuLjn order to lighten the'; city, any one may sec the results be haw Thoughtful wife—•'Well, Eugene, I ._ \ ~ \ obtained. * , beard yon complain of feeling unwel', Si ** l ••- this morning, and I thought you'd like infor- Character would be impossible wiser* to look a t some tombstone patterns.*— surgeon, told me, when ! there is no temptation. | iiraoktyn Bagit. It will not only be young but healtL, , it will have no tender places in it. Aiming for the best mutton, you will be certain to ge t the beet wool, which will always sell, n o matter what race it belongs to. This is the system in Eng- land, the greatest mutton producing and combing-wool-producing country in the world. It i s really a matter of sur- prisein reading English agricultural journals* to se e how little consideration is apparently given t o the qualities of wool, while the size and fattening apti- tudes of th e different breeds or varie- ties are the subjects of the most weighty attention. Yet it is fully recognized that the characteristic qualities of the English combing wools have been de- veloped ^upon originally short-wooled animals, by the unconscious develop- ment of their forms, and the secondary qualities of their fleeces, through a con- Btant aim t o develop their carcasses for the mutton market. Thus the interest of the grower, th e consumer of meat, ftnd the manufacturer of wool are iden- tified. An Old-FMhioord Bailed Dinner.- JrW the genuine boiled dinner, such as satisfied the sturdy men who ''made and preserved u s a nation,\ you want first a good piece of corned beef—not the lean, brown, bony slabs that are commonly set apart for that purpose, and eventually g o t o tbe bash-bowl, but a thick, tender cut, with liberal streaks of fat and lean. W e confess to a prefer- ence for the home pickled meat ; if yo u can't have that, and haven't faith in your butcher, select a piece freah and have i t the note calls for, an d carry it safely home. But he ha s a daily task assigned him which he performp, rain o r shine, aid that is t o carry his mistress her din- ner. Sh e keeps a millinery establish- ment and does not g o home t o her noon- day meal. Regularly as the day comes around the dog may be seen trotting along Main street at about 11:30 with a basket in his mouth looking neither t o the right nor left, but goings&ajght to the store, where he sets i£3ow n and watches it until bis mistress comes for it. And he is no well known, too, among the Norwich dogs tbat he i s never molested. Bnt on Monday a stranger dog undertook Jk> -have a,little racket with him while h e was loaded down * with his commiNsaiT stora*. He htmg to the basket, bu? (.topped long enough to ge t a good look M. the cowardly cur that hod interfered with him, and then started off on a run to the store, where h e dropped the basket and immediately returned to the street and began t o search for hia assailant. • H e found him on Prankliu art rnie and proceeded to chastise Tiim in trn^caaine~itylfc about half a minute he eat down and watched •*>«•• \'\•f\» \»t\> by*t j»*\p\ for the Liil-topsfoi Voluutnwn, giving a ki-hi at every IVSM.-—Uariford {Cunn,} Covrant. They w< re approaching an ice cream saloon, and she raid, \Ub Charley Pn» going to have my new dress cu t bia«— Qh—oo!_S=4ffcp-p '—there's an ice cream JTalobn, Goody P \\Yes, sn d it i s like your new dress, for it will b e ea t by us;\ aid the horrid old * retch led th e panting damsel serosa the street. » „w Jjjk liiMIBl