THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



II 



Odds and €nds 



A gentleman who Is the owner of seven diiugh- 

 ters, calls his mansion "The House of the Seven 

 Oabbles." 



Professor Sumner says that the whole tlion-y of 

 wages can be thus siniijly expressed :— " W hen 

 two bosses are running after f)ne man, wages are 

 high When two men are running after one boss, 

 wages are low. _^_ 



Sometimes a young man faneies it sounds cos- 

 mopolitan to adopt the style of restaurant wai- 

 ters, and call for ''a stew," " a fry." and tin- like. 

 It you will observe a gentleman, you will see that 

 he takes his home manners with him wherever 

 he goes. ^ 



Table Talk— One Style.—" Sal, when you are 

 done with that plate of meat, hand it here." 

 ■"Jim, soon as you get time, hand up them potii- 

 toes."' "Jake, start that pie this way." "Just 

 give us a chunk of cheese, if you don't want it all 

 yourself." 



Paul Boynton, who once thought of going 

 through the Niagara Rapids in his rubber suit, 

 took tlie precaution lirst to numbersonir raiirond 

 ties, and send them tlirough. When the battcnil, 

 splintered fragments were recovered, be changed 

 his mind. . 



First Attempts.— When Mr. Greely was a 

 printer's be IV, smuic farmer brought into the oflice 

 a monster siiuasli, and the hands were asked to 

 write a description of it. Horace tried his " 'pren- 

 tice hand," but the eflusion wasdn.pped into the 

 waste basket. What would not autograph hun- 

 ters pay for it now ? 



changes it undergoes in the system, for we are 

 sirapfy treating of starch at present, and we 

 trust we have made it clear how it is changed 

 into sugar, and thus made soluble and lit for 

 aborption into juices which keep the body at a 

 uniform temperature and in good repair. 



It is a common, but mistaken notion that sago 

 and tapiocaare very nutritious. On the contrary, 

 they consist wholly of starch, with only about 

 three per cent of gluten, so that, unless cooki-il 

 with milk or eggs, they form a very insutlicient 

 food. The same is the case with Indian corn 

 flour and arrowrf)ot, which have scarcel.v a par- 

 ticle of nutritious matter in them, so that it is a 

 great mistake to feed an invalid or a child on 

 such materials. They are no doubt uselul as 

 easily digested heat producers, but they must be 

 cooked with milk or eggs before they are of much 

 use for actural nutriment, and many a child has 

 been starved to death through its parents' igno- 

 rance of this fact. It is true medical men oiten 

 recommend arrowroot forthose indelicate health 

 and it is of great importance to keep u)> Ihi- nat- 

 ural heat of the body with the least exertion ol 

 the digestive organs, but it cannot be too widely 

 known that arrowroot, pure and simple, is a 

 mere heat producer, and milk, beef tea, soup, 

 or other suitable flesh-forming food, must be 

 given with it if the child or invalid is to be kept 

 alive. — Wentern Rural. 



A poor woman with a baby in her arms, en- 

 tered a crowded car, and had a bard time to keep 

 her balance, as she bad to hold on to Ihi' strap 

 with one hand, and to the child witli the other. 

 A comfortable looking man sitting before her, 



fllanced indignantly up and down the car, and at 

 ast exclaimed, " Why docs not some one get up 

 and give the lady a seat? " Then he settled back 

 with an air which seemed to say, " such a sellish 

 world." 



How sweet to my sight was niy mother's old kitchen, 



As prompted by hunger. I eHlereii therein ; 

 The kettles und sauce-pans, tliev l.mkcd so bewitching, 



And a halo of glory surroundi-d th.- liii. 

 The hat; ot ol<l Java— the cotr(-.--mill hy n, 



Tiie tea urn and caddy on s1ih11|.ii( iih-ive; 

 The jar of nice pickles and all Ihf t^ood xictnals. 



And the juicy mince pies, which so di'iirly I love : 

 Tiiose teader crust jdea, the spicy mince nle-<, 



Theaweet juicy pies which so deuriy I fove. 



THE JOYS OF CAMEL RIDING. 



A Ifew days ago I had my first ride on a camel, 

 and I thought it would be my last. It was to go 

 to our camp, that I gid cross-legged upon an Arab 

 saddle, in.securelv fastened by strings, upon the 

 back of a great, lumbering, liuinp-l)a<-k brute. 

 I no sooner attempted to take my place on the 

 saddle, than the camel, which was lying prone, 

 into whii'h position he was forced, began grunts 

 Ing like an old village pump violently worked. 

 At the same time he turned his prehensile lips 

 asidi-, grinning like a bull dog, and showing a 

 grinning row of teeth, which he sought to close 

 upon me. I got aboard without accident, and 

 had not long to wait for a rise. 



The first moTcment, as he lifted his fore legs, 

 nearly sent me over backwards; the next, as he 

 straightened his hind legs, still more nearly tip- 



ped me over his head. I had been warned to 

 Iiold tight, but it was only the clutch of despera- 

 tion tiiat saved mo. After several lunges, tho 

 brute got fairly on his legs. 



The reins consisted of a rope round his ncc^k for 

 steering, and a string fastened to a ring thrust 

 through his nostrils, to pull up his head, and 

 stop him when going too fast. My camel began 

 to move forward, and thereupon I oscillated and 

 scii-sawed as if siezed with se:i-sickness or cramp 

 in the stomach. Involuntary as the movement 

 was, an hour of it, would, I am sure, have made 

 as abject a victim of me as the worst sufl'ercr on 

 a channel passage. 



A heartless friend was in frontof me on another 

 camel, which beset trotting. Instantly I liecame 

 helpless as a child, for my camel disregarded the 

 strain upon his no.strils, and my fervent ejacular 

 tions. Mv profane Arabic vocabulary wsis too 

 limited to have the slightest ettcct. I swayed to 

 and fro and was bumped up and down, until I was 

 almost shaken to peices. It would have been 

 a positive relief could I have found myself at 

 rest on the ground, but the motion was so incess- 

 ant I had no time to make up my mind what 

 course to adopt. It ended, as even the experL 

 encesof the worst kind must do, and I Ibund my- 

 self still on the camel's back. 



Not so my humorous friend, who, to my great 

 comfort, performed a double somersault, and did 

 not succeed In landing ciuite on bis feet. I was 

 told that I would become accustomed to camel- 

 riding, and might even get to like it. But my 

 faith is not great enough for that.— Z/on(ton Tela- 

 (jraph* 



The Italic type was the Inventions of Aldus 

 Manutius, who employed It, not as wc do. In 

 quotations, but in the execution of a series of 

 small classical works intended for general i>e- 

 rusal. It is said that in this charataer Aldusat- 

 tempted an imitation of the hand-writing of the 

 celebrated poet Petrarch. 



Candy should be tested by putting a small 

 piece into a glass of water.. Whatever settles to 

 the bottom is not sugar, but an aulteratlon. 



A Novel Shepjierd.- A farmer riding along a 

 country road, cano.' upon a number of dogs which 

 were barking turiously at a flock of sheep hud- 

 dled together ill a fence corner. The poor lambs 

 and thin mothers w.re quaking with fear. But I 

 a brave watchman stood guard and kept thedogs ! 

 at bay. A sharp little two-year-old colt pranced ; 

 up and down, and struck at the dogs with Ills 

 fore feet if they came too near; and experience 

 must have taught them to keep at a respectful 

 distance. 



Silence. — .Speech is the usual mode of expi-ess- 

 ing our thoughts, but silence is oftentimes more 

 powerful. A contemptous silence can cut deeper 

 than sharp words. An observing silence may be 

 more Inquisitive than questions; Ciich glance 

 being an interrogation |)oiiit. In argument, a 

 studied silence can Imply "Your remark is so 

 impertinent, or clilldisli, I need not answer il. 

 Its absurdity relutcs itself." One may express 

 profound admiration silently. A grave silence, 

 too, Is often the most keenly felt reproof. 



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StrawberrieB j;rown by an entire nrw proceHH, 

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 euttins and rewettine olteaer than once in eiclit 

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Hid in the Smoke.— We may, perhaps, put too 

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 of an old goose for a horse it followed all about 

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 an eye to the insects the horse disturtied in graz- 

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