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rHE RURAL jNJ tiW-YORKER. 
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not discouraged by one or two unfavorable 
seasons. The outlook for money in sheep 
this year is rather misty. They are worth 
a cent a pound more in Buffalo now than 
they have been for the last two or three 
years at this time, and the prospects for 
higher prices next spring are not in the 
least encouraging. The present high price 
is not owing to the “ Harrison Administra¬ 
tion Protection Idea ” so much as to the 
fact that Western sheep-breeders have de¬ 
cided to turn their immense corn crop to 
better use than formerly by feeding it out 
to sheep on the farm. 
To illustrate this, the Chicago Drovers’ 
Journal mentions, in a late edition, that 
“about .'10,000 sheep are being fed within a 
radius of five or six miles from Gibbon, Ne¬ 
braska, and 5,000 around Raymond. This 
is unusual for those localities but a similar 
item could be written about hundreds of 
Western towns that formerly were in the 
habit of shipping stockers east in the fall. 
Most of these Western-fed sheep will have 
to be sold early in the spring, so that their 
owners can get some ready money, and the 
indications are that the spring market will 
be a good one for buyers only. In face of 
this discouraging future we are going to 
try to feed our usual number, and father 
is in Buffalo today to buy those we vet 
need. We will feed them in the best man¬ 
ner. make them weigh as heavily as pos¬ 
sible by the middle of March and then, 
like Micawber, wait for something to 
“ turn up ” which we hope will be a lively 
demand with good prices. Our success in 
sheep feeding may be summed up by saying 
that we get, on the average, good, fair 
prices for all that is fed out and have the 
manure left on the farm. Is not this better 
than impoverishing the soil by selling off 
all that grows on it ? 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN. 
CHAT BY THE WAY. 
N EW YEAR’S DAY brings New Year’s 
resolutions—we decide on the faults 
we shall discard, and the virtues we may 
adopt. How many of them will survive Janu¬ 
ary ? Alas, we are usually as apt at break¬ 
ing our resolutions as at making them. But 
we don’t, believe that any of us are a bit the 
worse for making new resolves, though 
such determinations should come oftener 
than once a year. 
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As a holiday, New Year’s Day seems less 
observed now than in former years—the 
old custom; the custom of holding open- 
house for the reception of all one’s friends 
is gradually dying out, especially in cities. 
It seems a nice idea to begin the year by 
welcoming all one’s friends; but there is 
no doubt that the custom was greatly 
abuSted. and this largely accounts for its 
decadence. 
In France the 1st of January is the great 
day of gifts rather than Christmas; it is 
kept as a high festival, calling for all sorts 
of gaieties. All the newest and prettiest 
ideas of the shop-keepers are for this day, 
and the children hold high carnival. In 
England the children’s special day during 
this holiday season is Twelfth Day—Jan¬ 
uary 6th; very elaborate Twelfth cakes are 
made for it, and it is the great day for chil¬ 
dren’s parties, and pantomimes at the 
theaters. 
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A nov el and attractive way to cover per¬ 
fume bottles is described in the Art Inter¬ 
change ; instead of the silk or satin we are 
so familiar with the covering used is 
chamois skin, now very popular in fancy 
work. Any glass-stoppered toilet bottle 
maybe used, but the prettiest is a rather 
flat bottle with a long neck. Measure the 
circumference of the bottle, and cut three 
pieces of skin one-third of its size, less 
three-fourths of an inch. The hight must 
be from about one inch under the bottle to 
half way up the neck, and the piece of 
chamois is narrowed to fit. The edges of 
the three pieces may be pinked or cut in 
points, and these touched with gold. Per¬ 
forate holes along the edge, and lace with 
small cords from bottom to top ; this will 
bring into shape with the bottle. Run a 
strong thread through the lower edge and 
draw under the bottom of the bottle. A 
little design may be painted on each piece. 
A toilet cushion to match may be covered 
with satin, with a painted square of 
chamois laid ou the top. 
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Among inexpensive gifts described by 
the same authority are bureau sachets, 
made just the size to fit in the bottom of a 
bureau drawer. An inexpensive one is 
made with a good quality of cheese-cloth, 
inclosing one thickness of cotton, and 
tacked together with colored crewel. Be¬ 
fore closing, violet and heliotrope powder 
is sifted in. A handsomer one is made 
with Florence silk, tufted with baby rib¬ 
bons. Small sachets made the same way 
answer for putting among one’s clothes. 
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A pretty lamp-shade is made of white 
lace flouncing about 12 inches deep. The 
leaves and flowers are tinted either in nat¬ 
ural or conventional colors, and the edges 
run with five threads of filo floss the color 
of the tinting. At the upper edge narrow 
lace is run on, the join hidden by lace bead¬ 
ing through which is run No. 11 ribbon, 
drawing it up to the size of the shade. On 
the lower edge, a three-inch fringe of 
twisted wash silk matching the embroidery 
is tied in. 
GOLDEN GRAINS. 
Experimental religion is like a secret in 
arithmetic—infinitely hard until it be 
found out by a right operation, and then it 
is so plain we are amazed we did not un¬ 
derstand it sooner. 
Nature is frank, and will allow no man 
to abuse himself without giving him a hint 
of it. 
Dr. Johnson says piety practiced in soli¬ 
tude, like the flower that blooms in the 
desert, may give its fragrance to the winds 
of heaven and delight the unbodied spirits 
that survey the works of God and the 
actions of men : but it bestows no assist¬ 
ance upon earthly beings, and, however 
free from taints of impurity, yet wants the 
sacred splendors of beneficency. 
Madrian says that plain, straightfor¬ 
ward morality and every-day righteousness 
are better than all emotion,and dogmatism 
and all churchism, says the world, and 
Christianity says much the same; but 
plain, straightforward righteousness and 
every-day morality come most surely when 
a man is keeping close to Christ. 
Tfie Rev. T. L. Cuyler, says: The very- 
core of health and happy discipleship is the 
willingness to deny self, and let the Master 
have His way. This principle runsthrough 
all the deepest, richest experience of the 
blood-bought and consecrated believer. 
MULLER says faith, though weak, is still 
faith; a glimmering taper, if not agiowing 
torch; but the taper may give light as 
truly as the torch, though not so brightly. 
Scroll Sawing. —Catalogue from A. H. 
Pomeroy, 216-220 Asylum Street, Hartford, 
Connecticut. To the boy who owns a 
scroll saw these designs will be invaluable, 
while for the boy who has no scroll saw we 
cannot suggest a better Christmas present 
than one. 
Pi.sccUancou.s ^ Avt rtljsin 9 . 
When You Know 
That scores of people 
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Boils, Carbuncles, and 
Scrofulous Sores by the 
use of 
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why not try it your¬ 
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f ood advice: Take 
y e r’ s Sarsaparilla, 
and no other. 
I had numbers of 
carbuncles on my neck 
and back, with swellings in my armpits 
and was tormented with pain almost beyond 
endurance. All means of relief to which I 
resorted failed until I began to use Ayer's 
Sarsaparilla. One bottle of this remedy re¬ 
stored me to health.”—S. Carter, hiashville, 
Tennessee. 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, 
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Price SI; six, 85. AVorth 8f> a bottle. 
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For Bilious and Nervous Disorders. 
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