- B F. SOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UN I O N AN D THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLVI. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JIL.Y 13. IS92. NO. 30. KATURE'5 SUMMER LOVELINESS. it ;io:A-E katon walker. i.jnjeieJ lv tue cooling stieam. The air, lihldeii sweetness cames rare perfume from huwlM-d Una cry nooks. With tasseled flu" - Th tuf"t K 1 wave 1 every wnere, ind oerh:.iiii!nK tl .werets. debonair. Si""J"!' " w'"1 so't 1'SJht would Ilium- The sroit" I lud sowrtit: fur here no fume, Dr od." to" I ut essences e'en rare. It "' f mire iielieht. 1 sat , on" i i- '.- i - tiU lhe mid-way sun Ptrped iai I '" '" Mv old discarded hat UY .ill '! ' . - I'".'- au WIfUU braided hair, lilt I i u as hoary time went by. II. s. Hli lellovt -banded down i..ti me. Near the (rani ant ...d like son.e Neptune Id a .re I i.riasier with a crown . .1 f'-rfili'-rs. red anil brown, and oihers, in a silver gleam, u:e pa-d In empty pv. 1 deem, ;ii insnine Hihl ind lown. : e n y l.ttie wealth of eai th, i'll uenee ol this and ill it. if their ) y and artless mirth, tel.- .in lavish earth 1 sat, ' !i" old, old ilis untetlt. J v. e as w aveiets came and went . Ihe MJuin.' i A ere w.n tr ai' (That s;'' tire.-Pi A mw ll,r 01 Hue A ml i Vent ' ' A, c,i..cl .: ,i Ai'd y.-t 1 a Mv ft ne .ii' Ha.i I on- - ' Kur evil I felt as v.ii Mule I y ' 111. ,i...u.i uif fl wers were o'er inv head, 1" w iter-, s ok below. The bees, I-. tlie ilywers were round nie. E'en ! . in,-'- !-e i ut v. and the waters shed i: e fie-liiiess. Nut a twig was dea I, f Au-iimn. Half way to my kn-es i; V.fd beauties tlaated with the i ,'in.Mi a new brlile lately wed. oiu.i.i us eii Hi with heaven, th jse .lils me if Sum ner Earth could be v. wnii her liells und noolis, aud AD.) .'I Thehili Ilie hir. 111.- Hi.1 Ml"' A mii'l-s' y. hint ew t hre. Tiil S.i!i. Al.d v. ' I. 1 e'AHie u feu luv-i t n Ho- c i Be lneii s. n t h.i i- i-ther land across the Sea, -r: And yet Thev tell me so. an. they to tell nie ere tnev po? Ciakfkont, Is. tl. But, in ON THE ilAXCH. r.V OI.IVE WISWELL MARCH. Ted sat on the gate post and swnng b:i feet disconsolately. Mamma aud brother Roy were Hitting on the porch, enjoying ttie sunset; but you see Ted did not care for sunsets. He was, as he bad just dec'ared to Minima, "sink aDij tired of this old Colorado ranch, with no boys nor fishing nor baseha.ll nor nothing!" and when, ia btating the utter poverty of ranch life, he came to baxcbal', overwhelmed with memories of the "Fourth nine," of which he had been captain bank in Vermont, he had come off down tj tho gate with s big lump in his thr mt, and low was sitting, with his buck to the house, cross and miserable. Over by the corral he could tee a jack rabbit hopping about getting his upper; and in the distance a coyote wag loping home to her littlo join s; bnt "what's the use of them'" thonglit Ted, "when a boy's only ten a- d his mother won't let him have the gun." It was a lonely place, this Colura lo ranch, in epiteof the wonderful sunsets and the more wonderfnl mirages; in spite of the prai ie bright with cactus and the mocking birds sin ping on the creeks. It seemed tiresome to the others at times, and they had some thing to comfort them. Brother l!oy had that strange feeling of strength, and freedom from tbe distressing congh that had driven him from his Vermont home, and then he had his gnn and priny; Mamma had the happiness of seeing the flush of health where the hectic had len on her big boy's cheeks; and she conld have lived on a doscrt island for that; Dell had her piano and books and lots of letters, while he, Ted, had nothing, it seemed to him just now, save a big lump in his throat. A letter frjm the Pitcher of the "fourth nine" was what made it especially bard this evening. Fonr months before, when every thing was fitrange and the little house they brought from Vermont was po ng np, it had all been very delightful, and he Lad scrawled a glowing letter to this 6ame pitcher, calculated to rouse great envy in every heart belonging to the "Fourth;" but the tardy answer, received to-day, when deciphered by 1!1, had rendered the boyless ranch xistence unbearable. He took the crumbled epistle from his pocket now and, aided by the memory of Dell's trandation, spelled out those last sentences which were rankling in his ore little heart: "to bad you aint here old Boy But this new feller from Broklln that is Captin now Can run a good ele faster and he Bats a 3 1 nger evry time lies gt)t lota f mnsel for a City Chap we Can most beet the 3d on Count of him heCoi.l l be iu that But he Fed bed rather lie Captin of ours wisht you was here old Boy Kespckfnlly yours Joe. p 8 he's rot a ;-afty aud lets us fellers all ride." bitter iad-jed to the quondam 'Captin'' was this praise of his suc cessor; and just as the great tears were rolling down Ted's cheek-, Mamrua, who wiFn't so happy about her big boy u not to sympathize with her home lick bf'ir , .no, came down to the gato ad slipi ,( her arm aronnd him, say ing, without noticing tho tears, of course: "1 oh allonge you to a game of checker, little man, or fish pond or nythin; yon want to plav. I know I cjn p iv yon back for the way you beat me la-t night." "I ihiu't u iit to play r.ny old girl games," sobbed Ted. breaking dawn entirely; ' I want to play baseball and KO a-tishi.ig and have some fuu. I ha'c this i ranch, and I wisht I had toyed wuh tiramlma." "Don't yr,n think yon would have truss?.) Miujirm as much as von do the j5?ys?". ?sk"1 Mnmin.i. tenderly; "and then think how lonesome slie wonld fciiTe hefn oiT c:t here witii no one to play the girl cataes with her." "hats the ma'.trr, Kid?" faid n ,r l:".v owin2 up bohtud them. 'ion't svc whv vou monrn for In rs, Mother, wiih snch a flourishing little weering w How as Ted on the prcm i6e. Ted's little shoulders heavetl 'w less convulsivelv thau when Mamma M talking "Oh", come now, Ted, ' v!v.yonr v"ilin"- I'ook Bt Ihnt jack rabbit over there and count vour mcr- Lo,s (,f k:ils i the world wor.-e on than you are." At that moment they heard a faint onmi off across the prairie. "hats that?" said Mamma, SB gain a taint bleating sound cauo to thoir ears. ln.sil l"red and listened. Tho "n had diKippeared, but tbe clouds, anri JrJ. a,ul W0!'t' were all aflame; J0"0" toward the west they could see Arr,v .,Fpcck moving towards them, and ? LL"-rJ ihe i-l j; nearer irr .?rtr came tbc "Peck and louder Pf the cry. until ILoy said: to RDollier lonesome kid coming Tht. nr8' 118 snro as you're alive! "w one I, a- , , lor h. .. """letuing xo Dieat V - t even his mothor nnl Vimthor and sister, say nothing of his baseball' Bine." "1 wouldn't, Roy," said Mamma, gently. But Ted was not hearing; he was down from the fence, hopping about in great excitement. "Where's it from? Do you s'pose it'll come here? Where's iu mother? How do you s'pose it got lost? How can we catch it?" Tho little stranger was in plain sight, and, bleating pitiinlly, it was trotting toward the corral, where the cows and calves were calling a welcome to it. "One of the ranger's calves," said iioy; "some of the settlers have taken it in; it would never have strayed away from its mother of itself. 1 don't see why they didn't keep it after they had stolen it." "Can't you catch it?" asked Mamma; "perhaps it s old enough to drink." The little red fellow stood a short distance from them now, and they could see plainly how thinand weak he was. "We can try it," said Roy; "bnt they can run as long as there is anything left of them. I presume he is too wild." Cautiously they crept toward him but at the last minute impetuous Ted made a dash and flung his two arms around the "other kid's neck; and as quick as a flash he was lying in the short buffalo grass while his little guest was off acroAs the prairie, his plaintive bleat coming back on the breeze, Ted listened in chagrin to Roy's comments on his hatte, until Mamma interrupted with: "Just think of that; tbe poor little baby out ou the great prairie all alone this dark night, and think of his poor mother too, I am so sorry," and she put her arm tenderly around Ted's neck as they walked back to the house for the game of checkers. The next morning they heard the greatest commotion out in the corral, the cows mooing and the calves bleat ing. Fearing a stampede of the "rangers" they rushed to the door and saw tbe cause of the uproar. A large, handsome red "ranger" was com ing at full speed toward the corral, her head tossing and her frantio voice ren dering the cows and calves in the i n closnre wil l with sympathy. "It's that little calf's mother," said Mamma, her eyes full of pity. "The poor thing is just crazv with grief; how crnoll If we only could have kept her baliy over night What can we do?" There was nothing to be done. But the distracted mother, who had tracked her baby to the coVral, would not be lieve lie was not there; and all the forenoon she made the air ring with her mournful calls. Finally, despair ing, she ran off toward the creek. All the afternoon Mamma, Ted and Dell kept thinking of her and hoping she had found her baby; bnt at sunset again they heard the same little cry, only fainter than tbe night before, and soon up to the corral fence stag gered the little red calf, thinner and weaker than before, bat still, as Hoy decared, "able to ran like a deer if we scare him." Mamma was half frantio herself cow. "What aM we do? We can't have them coming here this way and just missing r. ch other until he starves; we must catch him. Do you suppose his mother is anyway near?" The cows were uneasily answering the call of little stranger," and an idea came to Dell. "Let's all bleat as loud as wo can, then tbe cows will; and if tbe mother is anywhere near she may hear." Roy laughed; but they all went down near the corral, and on the signal from Dell, there arose from the Dean ranch the strangest uproar ever heard. Roy bellowed with all the newly acquired strength of his lungs, Ted bt ated at the top of his shrill little voico, and Mamma and Dell joined earnestly. The Jerseys in the inclosnre thought that at last some terrible thing, which they had been expecting ever since they left their Vermont home, was really about to happen, and lifted np their voices in fright, until Mamma and Doll were fain to abandon tbe effort and flee to the house; bnt over in the direction of the creek was heard an answering moo. "She's comingl she's heard ns!" shouted Ted; and he was right. On came the red "ranger" wilder than the day before-. When she came in sight of tbe little starving animal by the corral fence she came in great bounds, and when she was sure i-he bad her baby, and the calf knew he found his mother, how great was the rcjoicingl Over and over she lioked him with ht-r great loving tongue, and Le well, as Roy said, it seemed he was "saved from starvation only to die of overeating." ne did not die, how ever. When he could drink no more off they went into the darkness, the proud and happy ranger stopping now and then to caress her recovered treaa nre, he giving, meanwhile, loving little bleats. "There's one kid that knows how to appreciate his mother "said Roy, re flectively, "even if it is on an old Colorado ranch;" but Ted and Mamma were halfwav to the house tallting oi a pamo of "Reverse" and ignored him entirely. That night when Mamma had blown ont the light in her room she heard a voice from the little bed in the corner siy: "Mamml" "Yes aear," said she, going and sitting down on the o lge of Ted's cot "Ain't you awful glad that little fellow's got his mother?" "Yes inded," said Mamma, and theu waited. Tretty soon it came; two arms wont round her neck, and some one said, with convulsive hugs between every word: "I'd rather have you than fifty ball nines, or fish ing, or to ride on that safety or or anything. I do preciate yon more n tlt calf does his mother, don't I? And Mamma knew past what to do and Fay. Independent, Compress -d air is to be used fcr run n'nj the street cars in Leavenworth, K in. A refrigeritor has just been made in iew York which will freeze five hun dred tons of ice m twenty-four hours. The machine weighs 175 tons and was built St Louis. Thk first catechism published in thia country, says "The Learner and Teach er " was by John Cotton, the second minister in Boston. It was entitled, "Spiritual Milk for American Babes, Drawn ont of the Breasts of both Test aments, for Their Smls' JNonrish ment " This catechism was used for a hundred years, nd was always printed in the New England Primer. Its gifted author, who had been vicar l a Church in Boston, for twenty years, was distinguished as a scholar in Emannel college in Cam bridge. Cotton Mather says of him that "he was a walking library, a un iversal scholar, an indefatigable stud ent, the Cato of his ..0TTtl but having a glory with it which Ceto hd not." WAITING FOR LEISCRE It is what we are all, or nearly all, inclined to do, and at the first outlook the inclination seams not only natural, which it undoubtedly is, but sensible, which it is not In a book published a gond many years ago, there is a pas sage about the keeping of diaries, and it particularly warns people against the notion that clean pages, nuHurred, ana regularity written up daily, are es sential to a diary. On tbe contrary, the author's advice is to go on with the tame book, taking up the even's at tbe poibt when the diarist is disposed to chronicle them, and not to get a clean, new volume, expecting to keep it blot less, and to make it an unfailing history of the life. Now, this counsel about diary keep ing has a certain relation to tbe wait ing or rather, not waiting for leisure which is the subject of this paper; for the same necessity of h iving everything "cut and dried," the way plain and smooth, and the surroundings propi tious, and the same impossibility of either beginning or continuing any work unless cirsumstances are thns propitious, enter into tbe disposition of the mind in both cases, and lead to identical reeulU. To quote the old book again, the writer says: "If you start fresh with a new diary each time that you have failed to keep up the original one, you will never have a real diary at all." In other words, there w 11 be a series of volumes, all begun and none gone on with, whereas one book, blotted may be, and with erasures and hiatuses, al ternating with pages fully written, will grow in time to a long record, inter esting certainly, and very probably useful to the writer. It is precisely the same with reference to work, only that, instead of the inclination being to destroy the rorjgh draft or the carefully indited MS., the tendency is to leave it in the desk and wait for a "quiet time" to take it up again. "All things come to him who waits" says the I rench proverb; but whether that be true or not as regards other matters, it cer tainly is not tru-) as regards work of any sort. The woman who puts off a general tidying up of cupboards and drawers till she has a "clear day'' to do it in, will find most likely weeks be come months, and still the chaos only getting worse as time goes on. It is simply no use, in these days of pressure when even pleasure is over powering, to say nothing of business to think of resting on the oars of ease while the boat drifts over the sea of leisure. Nothing particular to do! Can such a condition be ever imagined now, when railroad pace, mentally and physically, is the rule of life? No; the lesson we all must learn is that what ever we desire to do has to be done vi tt armex, tbe armour being that of de termination and promptitude. How often has a visit of kindness to an inva lid been pnt off day after day until a sudden change for the worse put that visit off forever. And that is only one instance nut of hundreds which will oc our readily tj everybody's mind. So with the postponement of mental work till it can be done "right off the reel.' Each morning we fancy that tbe next day will do never the present one, be cause of the multitudinous interrup tions w hich wi 1 keep comiug to dis tract onrthonghts and tempers. A nd In truth it is very hard sometimes, just when we have warmed to our work, to have to pay the tax gatherer, or t e collector of subscriptions to the hospital or to be called off by one or other of the thousand trifles, which irritate like gad-flies, and are equally persistent. Still, so it is, and fighting against cir cumstances which are factors in our daily life is only waste of time. Tho only thing is to be as methodical in our arrangements as possible, and to make up our minds (o do a little, at least, of the work we have in view every day. A few stitches in the embroidery or the plain sewing, a few lines adde; I to the MS., or a clear wash laid on the water color sketch, it does not seem much "hardly worth the tronble of getting it all out,! is rather the feeling one has but, nevertheless, it is so much to the good, and not only to the good as re gards the work itself, but also as re gards the strengthening of a hal.it of regular working, which is invaluable. And, as we never know what we can do till we try, it is well worth while try ing this plan rather than continuing in the unsatisfactory and unfruitful state which is understood by the words "waiting for leisure." THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Many of onr young people who read the daily papers cannot fail to have noticed frequent references to the "triple alliance" in the Enropean ca blegrams, and may possibly have been troubled to know what it meant This country is so exceptionally for tunate, alike in its geographical posi tion and national policy, that we have no necessity nor desire to form alli ances with any other power, and they are unknown here except in a limited trade sense. Bat in Earope, whore the nations are separated by slight barriers and where their interests are continually clashing, to form effective alliances is tbe chief duty of the leading diplo mats. That they are not lasting is a matter of little apparent conseqnence; a new one is immediately formed upon the rnins of the old, and former enemies become friends, at least for the time being. Within the past hundred years Eng land has been in alliance with all the Continental powers at different times. I In the early part of the centnry she I was in league with Russia against '.. . - , 1.1 : x ranee unaer rsaiKneon, nun uunog the Crimean War she was leagued with France against Russia, and numerous parallel cases might be presented. The triple alliance which Italy now finds it difficult to maintain dates from 1883. For centuries Italy was a part of the Roman Empire, although her ! great cities were republics and practi ' callv independent When Napoleon conquered the conn try he divided Italy between France and Austria, and when he was defeated at Waterloo the unfortunate land was parceled out among the native rulers and Austria. A struggle for national unity then began under Garibaldi and other lead ers with little prospect of success until 1859, and, when Austria and Prussia went to war in 18GG, the chief obstacles in the way of unification were Aus tria's possession of Venetia and the occupation of Rome by French troops. By a secret treaty, Italy pledged her support to Prussia against Austria, nd, when Prussia became United Ger many, she insisted upon Austria's withdrawal from Italy. There then only remained the French troops in Rome, and there they (stayed until the war between FriiBsi aud France in 1S70 necessitated their departure, and the unification of Italy was completed. After the defeat of France, the Ger man diplomats determined to cripple her political power as long as possible, and to tuut end worked incessantly to reconcile Austria and Italy, and in the end succeeded in forming with these two nations the triple alliance of which we hear so much and which has caused the late Italian crisis. Italy has a natural affinity for France, bnt dare not make a treaty with her for fear of Germany and Austria, and yet she is afraid to openly offend the French. J Meanwhile the people are protesting against the burden of the army and navy, which it ia necessary to maintain as part of the treaty of alliance. The only way to reduce either is tc withdraw from the alliance and risk being "partitioned" again in case of a general European war, which is not at all nulikely. The situation is very perplexing, and will require the utmost skill of Italian tt ttesmen to bring to a fortunate con clusion. We are not interested, but, as look ers on, we cannot help bnt pity the poor people who are the tools of kings and prime ministers, and have to eventuallv bear all the burdens. THE IDEAL KITCHEN CABINET. CLIFTON W. WADV, 1 have recently met with a nniqnt piece of furniture, tbe posaesaion ot which would te heartily appreciated l y every housewife in the land. It is t be invention of Mr. H. C. Forbes, of Boston, who has the only complete sample in existence. I have been per mitted to photograph this in two views, cnts from which are presented, show ing the cabinet both closed and open "for business." "Tbe Forbe's Ideal Kitchen Cabinet," is not for sale, and is not patented and its inventor, by this publication, waives all rights there 'in luini.a tlifl taaIph of thaAAlinARia at libertv to build, or have built, an article after this model. The one re ferred to above was constructed by a carpenter, and though more crudely pnt together than mill work, it is never- itbclessjust as serviceable as if more ' expensive and elaborate. In dimen sions tbe cabinet is eeven feet in height; four feet wide and two feet deep. Clear pine, stained or finished in nat ural wood, answers well. If built of ' hard wood and highly finished, the ap- and with ont increasing the cost very materially. The keeper of the country house, in general, will acknowledge the lamenta ble need of more pantry room and ac commodation, and will hail with de light the possibilities afforded by the interior arrangement of this article. As flour, in such cases, is mostly pur chased by the barrel, space has been rsc l. or-ET or ?v. reserved to receive a whole barrel at the right, of the case of drawers, and a dust-tight cover renders the same ao cessible. A moulding board is showa projecting over the top drawer in ig. 1, where it is pushed in out of the way until wanted, when it is removed and one eml inserted beneath tbe cleat place within for the purpose. A thumb screw might be fastened beneath to be used in keeping the board firmly in place. The four drawers with metal pulls offer ntorage room for quite an amount of tablelinen, towels, spare cloths, etc. It is suggested that the top drawer be left for tbe bread knife, egg beater, meat chopper and similar ai tides, and it will be found none too large for those thousand and one little things which else are left about to be in the way when not wanted, and en tirely ont of the way when most needed. no. St. CABrvr-r r-Lnsro Any number of shelves may be put in, depending, of cour-e, on the height of the space required between. They should be movable, however, and this end may be accomplished by fastening two "scalloped" nprights at either end to support a fitting cross-piece. A double row of small boxes or drawers is provided for spices properly labeled, and larger ones for tea and coffee. The f helvos offer rest for many jars, cracker boxes, tinware, etc. It may be well to add that where the flour is not put in by the barrel, it is designed that a di viding shelf be plnced in the right hand enpboard, upon which a bag of flour may rest; tbe balance of space below being utilized for large eeke box, iron kettle or something of the kind. The neat appearance of the cabinet when closed is illustrated in Fig. 2. Ameri can Agriculturist. The earliest known Jena Is one ot rock crystal unearthed by Layard at Nineveh. This lens, the age of which is measured by thousands of years now lies In the British Miseum, as bright and as clear as it was the day it left tbe makei's hands. Much of civilized history could bt written in lace. More than a'.mrst any other luxury it has been the burden of statecraft, the concerns of kings. The Moors brought ir. into pain along with other arts. It is Colbert's glory to have planted it securely in France, whence the Huguenots took It to Eng land, Belgium and Flanders. pilfer ZlZ J: : 1 : UawaCr' rMr -f efw LI let ,1,-" JU Ll ' HUSBANDS AND HOUSE-KEEPING. BY BETTT BABTOX. Yoa see it was this war. When 1 married Adolpbus, I thought every thing was going to be just lovely, and there couldn't possibly be any trouble in keeping house for us two. Hadn't he said, over and over again, that any- thing would suit, and he should not care what he had for dinner, if only he could see his dear Betty's face smiling at him across the table," and all that sort of nonsense. Don't take any stock in it, girls. Love and dyspepsia can't occupy the same house; and if you cannot give a man a cheerful home and a good bill of fare, why, live I an old maid, and let him keep on din ing at the club. It will be much bet ter for both of you. But here I am, moralizing away, in stead of telling you my experience, which will probably have more effect on von than a dozen lectures. Well, we had the dearest little bouse, a reg ular "love-in-a-cottage"and tbe bright est spot in it was the sunny little kitch en. How that new-painted floor did shiuel and the tin-pans on the shelves reflected the sunbeams like so many new silver dollars. I arranged everything just to suit me, and what vows I made that a place for every thing, and everything in its place," should always be the rule of that do main. I could not look forward in imagination to those days of ajvosta-y when the egg-beater should repose in the knife-box, tin basins hobnob with the best china, and pewter spoons be mingled with their silver cousins in promiscuous confusion. A merciful Providence spared me a vision of my future degeneracy, and I cherished the fond delusion that I wonld always be a model housekeeper. For a few weeks all went as merry as a marriage bell. To be sure, tbe kitchen fire went out several times for want of wood, and I had a terrible time with my fine new iron kettles until some good old aunty told me to boil hay in them. I have since learned something better than that, which is, not to have any iron kettles at ail. Save yonr strength by using the liht granite ware, or something of a similar nature, and above all, never use an iron tea-kettle; ttey are the champion woman-killers. Then my iron sink persisted in rusting, until I learned not to wash it with soap, but instead, to use greasy dishwater, and once a week give it a good rubbing with ker osene. A little lye poured down the pipe occasionally kept that clean and sweet and if there was tbe faintest sus picion of an odor, I gave it a dose of copperas. 1 wasted a great deal of blacking on my stove during the first year of my house-keeping. Every day that ugly black Moloch must be polished, at the expense of aching back, dingy fingers and scorched face aud what was it after all this labor, but a big hideous mass of iron. Now that stove gets a washing in the dishwater every day, and semi-occasionally tho doors and hearth get a bit of a rnb. Don't be shocked, my friend the model house keeper. Y'ou may keep on polishing if you will, but life is too short for me to spend in that way, and I think too mnnh of my hands. A mop for dish washing, and another for the stove, is a wonderful saving for those overworked members. But the cooking was the worst Adolpbus bore up bravely for a while, and swallowed all kinds of messes without a wry face. Tbe swill-bucket in those days was a feast of fat things for my neighbor's pigs, garnished as it was with loaves of bread, pans of bis cuit, leathery cake, and burnt gems. Finally my patient husband rebelled, and announced that he should take his meals down town if there was not a reform in tbe domestie regime. Of conrse I called him a brute, and shed floods of tears; bnt after he had gone to the office, I decided that he was right, as I am very apt to do. Putting my pride in my pocket, I ran across tbe garden to one of my neighbors, a kind, motherly soul, and laid my diffi culties before her. How they disap peared before her sensible suggestions! i will not encroach upon Cousin Ceres' provinces by attempting to give many of them; but I do want to tell you how to avoid that frequent disaster of your cake sticking to the pan. Do not bother with greased paper, but just grease the pan well, then dredge it thick with flour, and turning it bottom upward, give it a smart rap. All the superfluous flour will fall off, and just enough will be left. I found, too, that I must not , tramp about the kitchen or rattle the stove covers when my cake was baking, for the least jar might cause it to fall. For the piea that would run out in the oven, I learned to bind them with a strip of wet cloth, pressing it down se curely. A little study of tbe drafts of my stove enabled me to have less burnt food, and the simple expedient of plac ing a dipper of cold water in an over heated oven saved many disasters. As I said before, Adolphns bore up patiently under these varied trials, and 1 really began to think that I had a model husband. But never be too sure of a man until you try him through house-cleaning. That is the time that tries men's souls, and women's aotci, too, bnt the sterner sex are apt to think themselves the most abused. It was a fine April day when I re solved to commence tbe ceremony. Laboring under the delusion that "the hotter the war, the sooner the peace," I began operations by taking np every carpet in the house, and turning all the rooms into a state of chaos. When Adolpbus came home to dinner, the only repast which greeted him, hungry and tired, was a bite of bread and cold meat on a dusty corner of the dining table, with the piano stool for a seat, and the cheering prospects of the backs of all tbe parlor pictures piled up in close proximity. With a look of de spair he exclaimed, "Betty, "what on earth have you been doing. Do you call this a dinner?" with a contemptu ous wave of his hand toward the table. "It's all tbe dinner you'll get to day," I replied, a little piqued at his tone I "I have had no time to cook anything." "What's the use of making such an infernal mess?" inquired my patient husband with emphasis. "You women do love to tear up things. Can't you make me a cup of coffee, at least?" "No," was my equally emphatio answer; the kitchen fire is all out, for the man is coming to move the stove If you " bnt with a remark that sounded very much like two dashes and an exclamation point, Adolphns seized his hat. and was half way down town before I could recover my breath. Life waa too short to waste in regrets, so I ate some of the despised lunch my self, watered with a few indignant tears, and betook myself to work. Oh, tbe trials of that afternoon! How 1 got tbe carpets out on tbe lLi?, arjc the man who promised to beat then not appearing, they bleached all th afternoon in the hot sunshine, and tinaliy a sudden April shower turned 'heir dusty coating into a mnddr slimei How the man did not come to move that day no, nor the next, and w lived on scanty rations cooked over tbe kerosene lamp. How the minister's wife called, and the president of the Shakspeare Club, and I, in my smutty apron and collarless gown, bad to en tertain them on the front stairs, as the only habitable spot in the house. And the next morniug, behold, a pouring rain-storm, which lasted a week. The carpets lay in the shed, the chairs waved their legs in the air, the pic tures smiled at (he wall, te bric-a-brac gathered dust, we both cught cold from the bare floors and firelcac house, and our friends and relations had a mania for dropping iu to dinner. Adolphus fretted, and scolded, and swore (Revised Version) and finally settled into a state of ostentatious resignation which was maddenina. But 1 could not blame him so much after all could you? Now, in conclusion, let me give you a little list of dont's from my own ex perience, apropos of our subject 1. Don't imagine you must marry ac angel. Thin bow lonesome be wonlJ be with you. Try just a plain man, and 2. Don't expect a man to behave like an angel. He isn't built that way; and 3. Don't believea man when he tells yon that you are an Angel, nine chanc es ont of ten he doesn't think so; and if he does, he will soon get over it Don't try to do everything "the way mother did." If be liked his mother's housekeeping so well, he should have! stayed at home with her a wuile longer. Don't expect to keep your husband's love, unless yon give him good din ners. Men's hearts and stomachs art very apt to compare notes. Don't forget that a man has some rights in his own house, and try to givo him a place fur the sole of his foot, even in house cleaning time. It will be e.isy to do this by not lay ing out too much house-cleaning in a lump. Take one part one day and get through with it before starting in on more clutter. Think over and lay ont your work systematically and you will be surprised to find how much cleaning you can accomplish without turning the house all upside down. And lastly, remember that "We can live without love what is passion bu pining? But where ia the man that can live witbou dining." WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. In response to the thousp.ids of in vitations to distinguished persons to attend the Exposition dedicatory cere monies next October, the acceptance thus far has been almost unsuiiruons. Among those who will be present are tbe President and bis entire Cabinet, the members of the Supreme Court, nearly every foreign minister at Wash ington, the governors of tbe different states, members of Congress and spe cial representatives of foreign nations. In order to show the fine quality of silk produced in tho titate, and the skill attained there in the silk indus try, the women of the Southern Cal ifornia Silk Association will make an artistic banner especially for exhibition at the World's Fair. The banner will be home-made in every respect, and also hand-made, even to manufacturing tho fabric. It will show des gns of California flowers, fruit and scenery, and in artistic design and finish, it is believed, will attract much attention. Many expect that the silk industry is destined to become one of tbe leading ones of Southern California. Among the int resting exhibits at the Chicago Expiosit on will be tho or iginal manuscript of "RcbertEIsmere," which Mrs, Humphry Ward has Iteen invited bv the lady managers to place on exhibition in the Woman's Building. An effort is also being made to secure from the heirs of Helen Jackso i the manuscript of "Kamona," to be shown in connection with the exhibit of the Ramoni. Indian school of New Mex ico. 'ihe French government has con sented that plaster casts be made for the World's Fair of the numerous art treasures in the Trocadero, Paris. The exposition authorities will bear the expense, which will be something above S'25,000. The collection will be a very fine one, and will occupy a con spicuous place in the Fine Arts build ing. After the fair tbe collection will be placed in the projected Chicago mu seum, where it is believed, it will prove of great benefit to American artists anc of much interest to visitors. A monster panorama, 415 feet long and fifty-one feet high, representing the Bernese Alps, with the Jungfran in the background, has been painted for exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair. A private exhibition of the work was recently given to the press in Berlin. An historical collection of railroad tickets is to be one of the enrions ex hibits at the Columbian Exposition. The Pope has consented to allow the first map which ever included America, and which is in tho Vatican collection, to be exhibited at the Columbian Ex position. It was made at some time between 1101 and 1329. i GLEANINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD. A marble tablet has recently been placed on the house in which Coleridge l lived while a student at Gottingen, in the Se-rmner of IT'.'.). This is said to , be the first compliment of the ki ; that has been paid to an English a ind paid to an English au- tnor in Germany. I Tht: Universitv of Pari, was founded , by King Philip II. about 1200. I MiviATrRE painting is said to be al most a lost art in this conntry. For many years the only artist ?n Philadel- I phia, who devoted himself exclusively I to this branch of his profession was J. I Henry Brown, who died about a yeai ago. The largest telephone switchboard in tbe world is that in the Exchange at Berlin, Germany, where 7,0 O-wires are connected with the maiu office. Thb first common schools esta"r'yhed by legislation in America, were irr Mas sachusetts. 1615; but se first town school was opened at Hartford, Ct, i prior to lbi'i. Two car-losds of onyx are now being ' shipped weekly from Phoenix, Arizona, I where the supply is practically inex haustible. j All true lovers of Alpine plantwwill rejoice to hear that the Diet of the Tyrol has passed a bill imposing a I heavy fine for the sale of any sample of ' edelweiss whi :h has been pulled up by the roots. HUMOROUS SELECTIONS. GATHERED BY OUR PATENTED REAPER. footer. if PrcartaAr., Lawyers, Doctors, and Editor. some of Them Very Dry and Other. Somewhat Jalcy Thej Will Aid T)lKe.tton If Perused Attar Meal. Do Not Bead Them Vpon an Empt Stomach. I No Horry. Mrs. O'F. (wife of brakeruanon the S. F. Ry.) Can I have my husband put in jail for slapping roe in the mouthy Magistrate Certainly; that Is as sault and battery. "Wi ll, I'll come around in about a month and make the charge." 'Why not hare him arrested at om eV" Well, you see, when he slapped me I hit him on the head with a rollin' pin and he's now in the hospital and the doctors say he won't be able to et out for a month yet." General Manager. Trials or High Lire. First uuest Awful bore, isn't It? Second Guest Dull as a funeral. I knew it would be. First Guest You know it? Then why did you onie? Second Guest nad to. My wife heird that the formula for writing regrets had changed and she couldn't find out what the new style was, so she sent an acceptance. Puck. The Difference. Mr. Dadkins (impatiently) It's cry, cry, cry; all day and all night. Colic? Not much! No human be ing, no matter how young, would make such a fuss over a little attack of colic If sheer temper, I rll you! Mr. Dadkins (in the agony o cramps) It must have ouch! weel ouch! been those confounded cu pumb:Ts. Never mind sending for the doctor; go for the miuisterl -Truth. Only a Brief Stay. He was one of those dry old vis itors and as he settled his portly frame into a Murray rotunda rocker after bis after-dinner smoke a dash 5ng, fashionably dressed young man rushed up, held out. his band and ex claimed: "WcU, I declare, judge, when did you got in?r' "Oh, t'other day. When did you conic?"' returned the judge. 'Lnst night over the Burlington.'' "How long are you going so stay?" 'As long as my money holds out," chuckled the young man. 'Sorry you're going to leave so soon," observed the judge without cracking a smile. Texas Siftings. ftomlnded. Ethel Knox Do you know you re mind me of that piano lamp, Mr. Stalate? Stalate Because I shine in the drawing-room? Ethel Knox No. No matter how you are 'turned down' you don't go out. New York Herald. Fethrr to tho Man. Georgie Gazzam (aged 5) Let me tel. you the latest smart thing my father said. Benny Bloom hum per (aged 4J) Thanks, no; I'm tired. I have a 6mart father myself. Jury. Their Vereteb'es. Ga.zani I suppose that the favor ite vegetable of a duck is a mandrake. Maddox And that of the hen is chickenweed. of course. Gazzam It might be egg-plant. Detroit Free Press. The Proper Thing- Tom What would you do if, while calling on a girl, she should exclaim: "Light out!" .Tack lut it out, of course. Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly. A La e Repentance. Spiritual Adviser Y'ou say you have a dreadful load on your con science my poor friend, I trust you have not committed crime. Sick Man Not exactly; but for years I have been writing the "Hints on Home Decoration" for the house hold departments of the Sunday saners. Puck- Thb corner stone of the White House in Washington, D. C, was laid in 1792. The building was first occupied by President Adams in lbOO. Tbe White House was burned by tbe British in 1814, and its restoration was completed in 1813. Plstincm has been discovered in tbe Southern Hills, twenty-five miles southwest of Ripld City, South Dakota. NEWS IN BRIEF". S berii sigu.fies "thirsty." A tou of gold is worth $600,000. The Japanese are fond of bathing. Few criminals of any kind Iivj tc re old men. ' Plants grow faster between 4 and 6 a. M. that any other time during the day. A Philadelphia Chinaman glorlea in a p'gtall five feet eleven inches in 'eugth. So minute are tbe pores of the skin that a grain of fine Band will cover 800 ot them. Live fish have been sent In safety in the malls from India to the Br.t.sh Museum. A "Poor Richard Almanac" of 175& sold for f 35 at an auction In Philadel phia recently. The mole can swim excellently and It often sinks well for the pur pose of obtaining water to drink. The Ohio River, which is very nearly 1000 miles long, has a mean de scent of only inches to the mile. Cawker City, bTan., has adopted an ordinance requiring every owner of chickens to keep them on his premises. Unless an Austrian gains the con sent of his wife he cannot get a pass port to journey beyond the frontier of his own country. Leon Joseph, a son of the laU Chief Joseph, of the Cherokees, ia em ployed in the Government building at Kansas City, Mo. A merchant of Yazoo Olty, Miss., has a young turtle with two distinct beads and necks. It is covered by one shell ard has only one set of legs. The pea antry of the Tyrol and ot parts ot Germany and Switzerland generally carry a case lu their pockets containing a knife, fork arid spoon. One of the largest of Boston's re tail dry-goods stores now has a gym basium ou the top floor for the use of the saleswoman aud other female em ployes. i San Francisco has an earthquake proof hotel. It Is constructed of Iron, t and in the form of two hollow equar s. one within the other, arranged so as to I X- . 1. - L I The arrivals in this country fron. Sweden, Norway and Denmark are next in impoitance to those of Great Britain and Ger nanny, aud exceed one-fourth those from It eland. In L'urmah it Is rather a suspicious thing to give money for a charitable ob ject. It is supposed to meau that the louor has been very wicked, and Is de sirous to make amends. The original minuscript of the, "Book of Mormon," is now In one of the barks at Richmond, Ray County Mo., in custody of J. D. Whitner, a straight aud non-polygamous Mor mon. A curious superstition prevails ii Norway. When people are in quest of a drowned body, they row to and fro with a rooster in the boat, fully expect iug that the bird will crow when tbe noat reaches tbe fpot where the corpse lies. It ij said t! at spectacles, or at least, magnifying lenses were known longbe- fore the time of Ch:i.-t, aud it is known j that Nero watched the games in the) arena through a cocvex emerald. L ay ' ard unearthed a lense of rock crystal i from Js'lneveh. I George J. Defoy and Mrs. Mary El- I leu Simpson, of Tacoma, Washington, had just ten minutes in which to bi married aud catch the Victoria boat. .Justice Sharp was to obliging that he married them in the back while it was rattling toward the wharf. Mrs. Sanders and live daughters ,ot Henderson County, Tennessee, have feet which are marvels for slz. Mrs. ..... i. . . . i c r. i. r-iiimeia wrma iiiiiuuri i.iMTnii hiiurj sun I the youngest daughter number twelve. 'I he average sized foot of this wondei ful six is number fourteen. j Prefessor Lor?, the Greek riflt hot, is attracting much attention ty the feat of shooting a glass ball irotn bis own head. Tbe trick is performed by shooting at tbe trigger of a rifle htld in a frai.e, with the muzzle sighted at a glass bail dandling by a string direct 'y over the marksman's bead. A costly wardrobe Is owned by one ot the Chinese Ministers, whiee mag nificent and vailed toilettes have diiven the society belles wild with envy. The celestial dignitary never appears at pub lic entertainments twice Iu the same costume, and his silk and satin gar ments are valued at f 15U.0O0. The origin of the Round Tower, at Newport, It. I , is unknown. There Is no authentic evidence of Its construct ion by the Norsemen, who discovered V'ineland about 1000 A. D., though claims to that efJect have been made. It Is most probable it was built by the Indians. Exactly when and why nr iue can tell. Many readers will be much sur prised to learu hat at tne battle ot Leipslc the Russians brought into the field uumters of Ba"kir Tartais who were armed only with bows and arrows. So we read in General Marbol's mem olis. written by h'm-eif and lately pub lished. The General wan himself wounded by an arrow in the battle. Cuban barbers lather their patrons, with their hands, from a bowl made to fit under tbe chin. No brush If used. The Roumanian has, in everj walk in lire, a fierce and savage pride which causes him to abhor the Idea ol medicine and surgery, and to consider the lo-s of a iimb as terrible as tba of life itself. He lias become accustomed to the idea that only beggars ate so Hisflgured, and believes that no necef lly should const r.iiu lilni to su-:h a oss. The Golden Rose, tbe highest Papal honor conferred upon women, goes this year to tbe Queen of Portugal. This coveted mark of favor is not an j insignia or decoration to be worn a part of the toilet, but is, instead, a shrub with leuves. branches, aud buds of solid gold set in a jar of silver gilt, ind stands three feet high. The British Consul ot Mozambique mentio s that there exists on the east soant, south of the Zamlesi River, a reef of pearl oysters. The greatest portion of the reef is within "iiclosed waters, and, as it has never been reg ularly worked, the pearls which con 14 be found there muBt be of considerable) ii mansion.
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