mmmLL
thought ql nor lit
A, m*. sfhiqp.gppeaieti
-- praaeitt to-be to o
avopmotbei anil
?.£ [A nor -mind naturally
reverted to Lor ia
-.vtlUyiniiy tale, tie
Wftaoln lifted to l egd
ctr ip those triiUfihfh days : not so
ffet-ttttWdd'- oh* was-no''.-yet seventeen.
jtHnore sw -I'ittierr tilled leg' ilegr dead
-peite-'. i ..id i•;- tin overwhelming
MMW' -if l ' tlfep 'AVldww Uitutphories,
shlei.ji twip gifb- bad ugiti- thrown Kflio
JUK* the■-sligtle •tcoiu -fh< time they en
gMKefl ;tjiC iiogsi .
•tlpjjiottit! lgtio beqjvqlKleteuod (,'inder
use*. to say; "only ! eortainiy
Se*v* no fitUy goU-mother, and no
,\M** -will ever change -the tale -thai
:"v f aslue "he so whop ;I go down the
stiWm-1 .-.. tin in tie dark, Into hot.-'
•if en* o 1 tii. diieqiunipkliiod am forovc
„O0*T"tO' -"for -pies -Into rt carriage; and
eeoaui,. ...itUllliy, e-rtainl.' the yui.i,;
)fi IV. wij. uiiVijr-fal! in love with mo or
o|e if-liiy qftqoq;'
jAMi.tii-.-i. f flic .would give tho atom
-t.v t iastble boqbj, wliieh her stepmother
alUwikr- b* till' c size too ling,* for her, a
vontDi.ie ,i. iuok. which woglfl have'
-wttneii i t .tftr t-olet- liad they been any
•Ailillg iiegsi sensitive -thun leuther and;
qft auelki
' .lje iiev.e-ssalt! all this-lo anyone but
iim-oon, .--rainy, pot-to uin sUqiiuothei.
tfjll . '•"* tli.l' she war* a widow ope
-,nee -;\,i ! liic r- father i.ad not lived
hiiij; tri ill second mairiage—v.
o|i l |)i--e>t*' nusliess of tin- house. Kv
■i-y'-0,,. : i| o-.-oii left to in.-;. apd s.e
dljif! bur own ruui- of jus tie* . She *n .
ighusvii -nor Ul-u..-etl Kftie. but et.
.iietl >* .oi s-yv of eoorciii,- nor thai v..-
re* ,c r-;,i MelUsri and Amanda, he
im girl w(;ii older than Kflle, and oi
Wlis iieft tin mother , jad, gootl us,
ann mi. "jieii a child," and she could
rnji calico die ~mi! serviceald
•boot. -.■ii|k**jftq||s.qr and Amaiida niu -•
.h-viitl a.tiued dress'jfiAVDt' l.iiii'y eoverii
dol tilei- d'e-qf.
:Lli' V,.l en yean, that she co n-:
"Vmj oi i.iiide," vet l-iflje, being a mere
glf' nei.Uvli elqfc.ul-nlght, and must le
;tiiy r -a* 1 *: the yo.UHg ladies sat
ui iiito tin inoqt rise earlier than the,
-iiiil ficit get bt'eaJff.Lt. woman wa
v*ef) to w • >i 1 Itpft cook and scrub, acu
i'-ihi .■ i, a 1 "iris tiiiiig-. tliat a ohi ■
Jkni'ai !■-m tto del" 1' attend to, sae
i - -.u biKthn little lianfLt w ~-i,
Aiwe.,-1 t\y. iud th< litth' feet tireu :
and u, Ojudoiqlla, when there wn
anotJiin-,i)Lw- io do iiad her sistei •
M •- est to v.ork uj-011.
i a piovojling. with nothing for ln-i
*}|f'hm her everyday calicoes and step
iii.il , i." old blown silk, niadosliort-n; .
ito io bundijy's church going, i
v-.u, .-oi* i'ttaly since it had seemed
he" t-e ,'ii -odd'' idl.C' le.siio tic - -
-woo' uu' collie liome-froiii vollege, a
an- . . a.- plainly as .w ing i.-y
--n> sc* -lien lliiiig.-, tiiat he admired h"r
AVei I, t.. uiuiiii silk mid Ab'li -■
i.ts* yija' iiat, which was in si, p
.-i.ii tii, nstimation. "quite gi ,
epo.igt ior p mer*' cliilti."
tji, .- th-ri ,>i. ,ha*l-rilled iieCsClf tin
'■rwjlk" iifteinn'tlian befor*', an . wimn
*s',-fAt t io, dpeodn gave an (*\.
AasfVj, anil not only Mrs. Kelvin .. .
her daughter.- were invited bat .
fflk Kfln Yl-ri vln. in a li't- '. f
ttiaaSell to bersclf, Sh*' falriv :--beia
'iWdtteiiniotlnji ifApresseil i to !•■
ophtiqi, tizal-sh*'.might Lrlc Amaiinna
fUeiios.,. but I hat "Kflio eo.ui, i not g
".V-'Ji ,J,I i should like 111 lino., ,\.:. .
v l\V*- i-i tii' uat.oiii asked .LiUe.
■ *\Yojt i, net, in society .yet, dear," ■-
'III iliaiidi, ; "aini I . ' .
' 'girir-ti go out In the e\e. ..
Itfljlft*'' fti'fcisr*"
'lit- a few year, the lioodwoods' par
**tU*-bi ovc siiijl Kflio; • and 1 want ti.
&> lie nio >h. Oil, do Jet me '
vlb *ie-ii''' cried Airs McrvUi, "then
jty inly '. tivc.iitys to gel ready in, anu
ioi 11.i.. ~ parly lire.-.-.
tlO Igil io have,' said Klfie. "It's i.
.Ohaim."
".Wear i Mf" said Alt.*.'Mciyip. "As I!
dn 1 e-.-lliji what you ouglit t,
aavo than you.''
'•fifei* i.iigiit alto* my blue gienudiu'
~-ii liei-.el; sanl Amatnlu.
Aid' i-fji' gave.a start, for the secon :
-■WoghLn o. the sUfpniother in (,'luder
tiko bein, inoiv,good-natured thun her
rSSSIij: - i i.-il. ''tilV, her one of in, oi-i
lIjMP tie l'.ii.ji-.is ball was ,i.
-tmisthri' ■
i- i ttJ i-d Alt Ji- irli, dkl not ry
■-•I' i:-i | did lie- step-mnther or
th- (nil; i<lic, "My *ien:,-tiic king's son
sfflLU there;' sho - thought much the
MMf ' rcmeuibeied Leslie
tiiaat'.i- -riici- a goo*l match for any
on- wire ..- hap|tyl*> catch him; and
flSh" i N-- - rd,iis,> t.ml Klin* was mur-li
.itetthri th in herYlelissa.
•'f- it d.-.-irs; -no," she said, with a
-iilti.-i • a could always vomniand at
M <• ' •' pave her such a lopniu
•tigfi d aumhio woman. "No. cliil
.Ki'vn- ;1 w..at is best for young
-pirmon 1 ivif 1 b<- a woman .-eon
s>Mk(gk. iud hor chiidlsJi day bin I
v 111. oiiich wonl, she fell the
lOou linkhors*t|f;for H sllnppin • us
pedithii iff lav and llowois. and rib
bo.i aie ,infy 'boos, ware needed for
.!**, .girt- . evifp. though ithey ho*l hiied
-to*/n ,ii---.-.a ,moqgh already for the
(ficdi-ve,4 p-ttly
-Is* !■.<- ,v.i uo' td go. bhc was to rc
4MiP • e .it iintlai up for tbeoine:.
■Aud.n -' nttii lav-,was t, long as it wed i
v -i|J -.- a ib'- ioifk hfi seat besi .e the j
ghiU' hi -iu<! p,ut hor feat upon tue i
fioe'j
•fb'iwioreiin! iLimiorclJU! She cried |
ticuii. 'l;' - .or tiioi'e in-, u Ciudereiin
ath-e-'irtl it is [f. I wish—"
>\Wh - d- yo.u wish, my dear.'" said
\v*c r -.'-lir - nor an*i Knie turned hor ■
-in . ihedoowill, a jltt.iiaereuw. ,
}d t- doflfl a-tiny little Old i-nlv, not |
xwr-tli '• red cioak. but coriaini v in a j
it,: i ,d wined neatly covered h-,-r. t
"V- ni' i yo.u wisl: so much. Kfliof
jS-ikefi lh o!*r Woman
"t)i f!-w,i vyilhiug.l co d'l go to the |
.boon-'.!- lit . Mi*l Kihe, bursting I
ito If!'.' iautt.i- "L>o eoM" in. Mi" i
Sor'- '■ i--illy-thought you weic my I
fit" >' ihoi at first LJd you come
Jr t . ' ''JilhpJJtlVY'
' .OSjsod Mrs- i'erey. "J
.liqr • m-- .on, (jijdil- I ferjud Dinah
t. to- -"ioi boor, and ran in that way. j
*ni- Wi d . "-111*1111' it-wits for the (iooil- !
*-.-v.u le ask vo.u to thcfi tmriy. 1
.1.-.ir *• M M-.-ivin u-.fi tn- -tool girl
-wnthor-- |1 saw then, go in'
•,'tii, ! -•■ aykeflme, ' -.-■*• !• be. "'fin
tfttni tw such fitlih- lit'it-i.ute. o
'' wanted log".-I 'lt Ml' ' epiuiij nei sile
|i ifflMlW !>.!*) ftlway '-iJiii.ks uu- ti -
~YWIM- io >tfi ,' iMsemcu. . 1 i,* o.uiy On
fSoiftgi " work.'
ftm*' ■ Oi-tain- . s-i i Ml.- I -r-;}.
•*fe|! wh' ' -Jft yon St" V" , v• Ii I gn.
I I- MI. yi.ijr own mother, lb ■ 'mull
•a III'; -I" ! ! CUT ne'v- Hi I . <1 Jinw
-,'iw at*- -s.-ct fjisvij, orni w* r-- all i -
i-vze' iU', i' I' 'Au - . iu i bat
S> MtUeiUfl' In unit lb*' I.giit ■>,-
rfcu.K-'
" r am deeply grateful to you, Mr. Ar
m ... You have boeu my kind frleud and
teacher for live long Mummers, and I cap
never thank you oo I wish. But you
must have soon that Koburt Strong loves
me, end I have promised to be his wife."
"A common farmer!"
"A good, noble man. worthy of the
deepest devotion ! I owe him everything;
nlnioat my life!"
"But you, with your talent, cannot
live on in farm drudgery all your life! i
urn rich. I can take you abroad. You
will see Italy, study under great artists:
far surpass the little I have taught you.
And you do not love Kobert Strong! You
Jove me. Be true to your own heart!
•i have uever said I loved you," was
the reply, In a calm voice. "Ami I urn
true to iny own heart when I koep faith
with Kobert Strong."
in vain ho pleaded. White as death,
cold in tho hot August air, Lizzie wan
firm in her refusal of all ho ofTorod to
tempt her. Kobert Strong loved her.
With passionate gratitude tilling hor
heart, Lizzie had caught eagerly at the
hope of repaying him, by a wife's devo
tion, for ail he had done for her. When
Unities Arnold, asunimor hoarder on the
next farm, discovered and developed it
decided taste for painting the girl pos
sessed, when ho opened to her tho world
of poetry, art and literature, lent her
books, talked with hor, tho new life
seemed only a return to something sic
had known before and half forgotten.
There was no doubt that, Lizzie had been
tho child of purents of culture and refine
ment. Iter speeoh, hor movements, ah
betrayed it; and alio impressed the young
artist at once, as a laily. As she leu
childhood behind her, his Interest deep
ened into love, but not until he spoke
ami asked her to bo his wife, did Lizzie
know that her heart had beenu traitor to
tier promise, and that she loved Charles
Arnold as she hud never lovod ltohert.
Not for one second did cho waver; and
her lovor left her, convinced at last thli'
lib hope had deceived hlni, while Llzz.e
turned to her home, exhausted by tl <•
constraint she hud put upon herself; hei
heart torn by tho separation, but eon
slant to her betrothed, novir
her ability to make him happy. Sin
knew, and she exulted In the knowledge,
that she was tho sunlight of the farm
house. Mrs. Strong was old, and in frail
heattli, depending greatly upon he,
adopted child, who gave "hor buck ill
fullest measures the loving care be
stowed upon her own forlorn childhood ;
und to ltobert she was the very oentei
of hope, love, happiness—everything
that, ruado life of value.
And never had his love met such quick
recognition, never had Lizzie been so
tender, so careful of Ills comfort and
pleasure, as in tho week that followed
Charles Arnold's departure from the
neighbor's farm- It was a dear, u
previous recollection to the grateful girl,
for there came a day—ah !so soon after—
when Kobert Strong was brought to his
own door dying of injuries received by a
fail in his barn. The trap of tho loft had
given way and thrown him violently to
the Hoor beneath.
A few hours of suffering und then he
said, faintly:
"Mother:—who will care for mother.'
"I will," Lizzie said, quietly, though
i: was only uu iron will that held bar,.
-rd s. "You will trust her to w ,
Robert?"
win, a look answered her. Speech was
v , |.u Lizzie will carry that loo'
warm in her heart until the grave opei
for her. -She knew iliot ltohert did tra -
itor, and over the still, white face, thai
was all her weeping eyes saw an lieu,
later, sho vowed to bo faithful to h i
trust-
bite soon found it was no slight burden
sin hurl assumed. Mrs. Strong broke
down, utterly prostrated by this last soi
low. in a life that had been ono of par;
ine from ail she loved husband and
children—until tills lust prop uud com
fort of her old age was taken. The far
was given up, neither woman having : r -
knowledge or strength to take Kobert
■duee. A tiny cottage was purchase 1
,ud the money still left from tho sale o.
the farm gave tho old lady an income
bniely sufficient for necessary food.
Then there came hack to her the re
ward for the deed of charity that tor.
years before had taken the alnishotis
waif into her home and heart. Wlthou
anv wonderful talent, Ll/.zio had a tut*
for art, and Charles Arnold had given he
valuable instructions.
After many failures In attempts to hp!
her pictures she succeeded in obtninim
steady work for a large fancy good
houe. who sold tho hand-painted ornu
mental work, then llrst coming inti
fashion. Easter banners, pincushion,
bottle-covers, plush tidies, satin und vel
vet in a hundred forms did Lizzie orna
ment with flowers, birds, buttorlli -.
and pretty devices of all kinds. The
price would have scarcely supported ln-r
ii the city, hut in hor modest homo i;
was an addition to the small Income
that gave Mrs. Strong every comfort,
ami enabled both to live well in their
quiet, unpretentious way.
A year after Robert Strong died Charles
Arnold once more tried to win Lizzie for
his wife, and once more failed. It was
a haul struggle between love and grati
tude; but ono sentence tho lover used
wade it easier. He snid :
"There is an ulmshouse provided for
.destitute old women."
And Lizzie answered :
■And for orphaned children. Never
will I send to its cold charity tho tomler,
loving old w oman who rescued mo."
Aa* I a few months afterward, Charles
Arnold luauried. But Lizzie's labor of
love lasted many years. Mrs. Strong
lived to be a very old woman, losing in
the last years of her life all her knowl
edge of what surrounded her, a para
lyzed, Imbecilo weight. But a weight
upon hands that never faltered—a heart
tha l never turned away.
When sin, died, Lizzie inherltodtho cot
tage and what income she left, by a will
made soon alter Robert's death. There
she lives, doing what good •he can. a
useful "old maid," as she terms herself,
though but little past 30. Love may
come into her life again, hut she is happy
without it, regretting nothing of what
tie lias sacrificed to duty anil grati
rde.—N. Y. Ledger.
Anndoltt of Hvflliovoii.
Beethovvn, although it uiust bo COD
ceded that he bad evcry right to be vain,
never look tho trouble to hido his feel
ings, and when his ire was aroused—aud
that i with men of genius more easily
dor - than to allay it—he expressed hlm
sel very clearly, Indeed. Thus you muy
sc. at Ileillgenstadt, near Vienna, where
tby arnow forma, a sort of Beethoven
nam-uw like tho Jiozarteum ut. iSaiz
buig, a sketch of a chateau in Nether
Austria, where, a few years boforo his
death Beethoven used to compose.
It, belonged to Beethoven's brother, a
chemist Aho had made some money and
' -a'her fond < i displaying his wealth.
I hi- bi other called upon Boetliovon and
lelt n eat I upon which he had engraved
his a-Mue : "ieun von lieethoven, landed
proprietor." 'l'his innocent vanity soeu
ra-.-ed Beethoven tlint ho returned the
oai' jpon his brother when ho knew he
w< uld not ho at home and left hib card :
"Bout- von Beethoven, brain proprietor.
THE FAITIfTSTS' COIMY.
MHALKMITES OF NEW MEXICO AND
THEIR RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES.
Vfit'se People Have So Hope of Adult
Convert*, flut They Take Ail the
Children They Can Get— I The Member*
of thltCiueer Set Drink No Liquor, Use
No Tobacco and Kl No Meat.
Dr. H. Newborough, tho agent of tho
Bhalemlte oolony in Now Mexico, Is the
author of Oahspe, tho Bible of the Church
oi lac, which the Sbaleinites constitute.
His mission Is to secure infant children
to bring to Shalom. Tho Shalemites
have come lo the conclusion that there
is httlo hope of securing adult converts
to their faith and have, therefore, set
about procuring children. These chil
dren they propose to raise in the faith
and porpetuato their customs and re
ligion.
"The children at tho Shalem colony,"
said the doctor to a "San Francisco •
aminer" reporter, "are healthy as any
children in the world. A9 thoy get no
meat, their blood is clear and their skins
are froe from blemish. You don't see any
pimply, blotched faces among the Shal
eniite babies. No, Indeed; humors o!
the skin are unknown.
"You seo, our object and our hope is
that these babies will grow up strong,
clean-blooded men and women, uud in
their progeny the bad instincts anil dis
orders tliut are tbo natural result of all
these centuries of tlesh eating will bo
bred out and their chlldten will be God s
chosen. For none can know God save
they approach 111 m. The source of all
selush passions and contention is llesh
eating. As our Bible says:
•• 'Flesh diet had made man foul from
the soles of his feut to the crown of his
head.' Nearly all tho people had some
ailments—as weak lungs, buck, throat,
chost; or lheumatism, catarrh, kidney
weakness, prolapsut, decnyod teoth or
deaf ears. Yea, tho people smellod so
of llesh and biood food thut they could
only be compared to a den of wolves or
flesh-eating animals. To hide the smell
they smoked tobacco or annolnted them
selves with various pei fumes. Carnivor
ous diet bod reduced man to bo a little
more than a carnivorous animal and a
lighter in the struggle for life. The
people were of four kinds—First, turbu
lent and quarrelsome; second, silently
selfish; third, hypocritical, smooth
tongued, and, fourth, paupers and de
pendents. The dependents comprised
the vast majority of tho people.
"All of these traits have to be eradi
cated beforo wo can approach Jehovah,
the father of God."
"Yes; but did not you yourself write
this Ulble?" asked th# scribe.
For answer he producod the book. It
is almost as largo as a Webster's dic
tionary. Ho opened it at the lirst page
and pointed to the top of the page, it
read :
"Book of Jehovah's Kingdom on Earth.
Which Containoth Within It the Book of
bhalem. All of Which Is Ante-script.
"Wherein God revealoth his plans lot
the redemption oi the world from .-in
and all manner or unrighteousness and
disbelief; aud showcth man how to take
part in the redemption to change a!! the
peoples of the earth into peace aud Har
mony, for their own good, that they may
glorify the Almighty in his wonderful
creations."
"What does it matter what instrumen
ts choeefl to record the word of tho Al
mighty?" asked tho doHor. "The Shitl
emite colony,' ho continued, "Is r.-nr
Lu.s Cruces, on the lino of tho Atchison
Topeka and Sunta railroad, and a coupe
of hours rldo from El Paso."
"Wo have a settlement thoro on a large
tract of land belonging to Mr. Howland,
who is an enthusiastic member of our
sect. Ho is quito a wealthy man. oi
would bo if the property lie accumulated
belonged to himself alone, tho property of
the Fuiihists belongs to the community.
There arc not many of us at the colony,
aud that Is partly tho roason why I am
now actively engagod In procuring chil
dren to bring up In tho faith. Three
verse# in Uahspe give you the key to the
logic nt our creed :
"7ii. Ye have beholden how farmers
go about gathering up calves aud colls
and Hie young of all sorts; and they take
tiioiu to a good pluce and food them ; and
when they are grown up, they are tho
choice in market.
••77. Now, behold, thero are thousands
ot fatherless and destitute children in
L'z, which, left to themselves, either die
or grow up to be thieves, robbers and
murderers.
"ib. Those arc cheaper than calves
and young eolte. And they may be
raised to be of more profit to themselves
and the state as too times as mnnv tat
tle.
"So we take charge of the chll dren.
"At Shalom there are all the modern
appliances of Warning, though wo have
hardly farmed "successfully. There Is a
Bteuin laundry and a community kitchen.
All of the Sholemltes live in ono big
building, and all have u common inter
est in the products of the colony. Cattlo
and fowl arc kept only for tho milk or
eggs they furnish, or to work, and they
are i.ot sold to uy one who will slaugh
toi them for food. Marriage is sacred
among us and no man can have more
than one wife. In addition to abstain
ing from flesh food wo drink no liquor
and --moke no tobacco. Tho breakfast,
purely or vegetable food, of coufte, is
servet at 1 o'clock in the morning. The
other meal of tho day is served at noon,
and they eat no more until tho next
morning. The children, of course, get
food oftencr. As for myself, one meal
day k all 1 lake We seek to make no
adult bou verts, but if they choose to join
us we take them, and If they leave us we
pay their pa-aage from Shalom to what
ever part of the union thoy choose
to go.
"if thoy rob us we do not prosecute
them. In everything we follow tho
Bible. Our clothes arc loose, as it pro
vides; our costumes are white and not
dissimilar in cut from those worn by
your Chinese. We make no distinction
in the color of the babies we take, and
th-ue arc colored ae well as white chil
dren at Shaletn. Sometimes the boys run
away after tho flesh pots, but I think the
iiui'oritv will grow up as they should/
The Bible is a conglomeration of al
most every other known Testament.
The names of other characters from the
Now and Old Testament, tho Koran, the
Veda and Ihe rest appear in slightly
changed form, as Jehovah, Mrinte Budha,
Confucus, Brahma and others.
The Bible, a. stated, is ante-script.
The ovojitx of tho founding and growth
of Shaicm have not transpired yet,, but.
thoy are expected. Tho people are rep
re.-entod as coming from I,'/., a thin di
gui for the I*. S ThoShnlcmltes linva
. toptcd from the Panic language what
ever tlin: may l>e—such words as esk
gus. tehgna, samgna una aorgwa for
fruit-, mi -. vegetables, etc.
One of their principles is that a day's
work is worth but a day's work neither
more nor ices. Thus, if a doctor attend
to a gardener all day, the •gardener eon
•nly repay him by working in the doe
tor e garden one day.
"Now, It Is doubtful if there are two
icoro of people at Sbalem, but thoy are
hoceful and apparently contented.
Dr. Tanner, who fasted forty days,
and who now threatens that he will have
himself burled for forty days, was art one
time a prominent member of the Sbaiem-
Uu colony.
IMS/1 S rrpKlt.S TITIONH.
rhe Hunikrt', and tliu Coacli-a-Bower,
or Death Coach.
The single superstition of which every
one has heard, and which is almost uni
versal in Ireland, is of the banshee,
iean-sldhe Is the Irish namo for this
wondorful croatnro, and it literally
means "the woman of tho fairy man
sions." Her ollkte is to unnounco a com
ing death. For several nights sho ap
pears, somotimes as a radiant maiden,
sometimes as a dorepit old woman, with
long, Mowing hair, and wails hor plakn
tivo lamentations for tho approaching
death. If tbo demise is to ocr by nat
ural ailment the "koonlng of the banshee
Is simply measured and pathetic; but
If accident or unteward calamity are to
be assooiatod with It, then her lamenta
tion.* are loud and clamorous. But she
is easily disturbed and vexed, and if over
frightened away, will nover return dur
ing tho same generation, this would
to a calamity | few while tho Irish
ha nsheo, says L. Wakeman, in tho
Chicago "Inter-OoeWh" favors no par
ticular class, caM, or religion, sho only
comes to fnmUfffi o¥ long mid respecta
ble lino. Sho °9 a friendly spirit
to theso, not as && inimical ono. and to
bo known as a family deserving and
possessing her paKbetio guardiunshlp, is
regarded as an honor of a very tonder
and sacred character.
Many truly bolievo the banshee to be
the spirit of some f armor member of the
family. In Irhnstcir there is a powerful
queen of the banshee. Iler namo is
Cliodhna or Cleeua, and her powerful
spells ate well known to tho peasantry
of tho south.
The Cooch-u-Bower, or "death coach,"
seems to stand in something the same
Delation to tho peasantry as the banshee.
This Is a black hearee with white plumes
of human hair, und it is always drawn by
the skeletoni of dopartod friends. It
passes thu house by night; in some in
stances thrice encircles it. and the creak
ing Pf the wheols may bo plainly heard.
This is It certain to\p>n of Impending
death, and where ft family has not the
hardihood among Its fletgncui,* to claim
superior possession of u banshee, the
"death coach" will pretty generally bo
found as its substitute.
The weird superstitions concerning the
dead are very many. Every twelfth
night the dead walk. They sit. too, upon
every tile of the house, waiting to he
frond from pnrgutory by prayer.
The most poteut charm known to
those given over, body and soul, to su
perstition, is the hand of an unbaptized
babe, taken from th# grave in the name
of the evil one. The hand of a murderer
so taken is also very powerful. The
magic or charm of these are in the uu
canniest directions. A lightod candle or
"splinter" can never be extinguished in
sucli a hand; and wherever it is placed
at night all near it must sleep tho sleep
of the dead until it is taken away. Gar
tncnts and other articles which have
come in contact with the uead are very
etlieaeious in disease. Candle-ends used
at wakes are highly prized lor scalds and
burns.
CoflVe • a ( uiHtlviv.
It is now more than thirty years since
Dr. Landarrabilcoa called attention in
tho medical journals to the great value
of green or unroasted coffee in hepatic
and nephritic disoasos.
After having coutlnuod to use tho
remedy for upward of a third of a cen
tury In many hundreds of cases, he again
appeals to tho profession, (trough tho
"Moniteur de Therapeutiqu#," to give it
a trial lu those cases of live# snd kidney
troubles which hnv# resisted ail other
treatment.
Ills habit Is to jtlaee 25 grammes, or
about 3 drachms, of tho gresri berries (he
prefers a mixture of 2 part# Mocha with
1 part each of Martinique and Isle do
Bourbon coffee) In a tumuier of cold
wator, and let tfiem Infuse over night.
The infusion, after straining or filter
ing, is to bo taken on an empty stomach
the first thing after getting up iu the
morning.
lie citos many casos of renal and he
patio colio diabetes, migraine, etc.,
which, although rebellious to ail other
treatments for years, soon yielded to the
green coffee Infusion. —H. Y. Morning
Journal.
A Succeaitfiil Rdllnr.
One of the lirst of women editors was
Cornelia Wells Walter (Richards), who
took charge of the Bostou "Transcript"
immediately after the death of her
brother, founder and first editor of the
paper, in 1843.
Miss Walter was tlia avowed and re
sponsible editor, tuiymg tho position at
request of tho y-opiletors and publishers
of the papor. They gained both In elrcs
iullun and reputation, especially for the
truthfulness of its notices, under her
management, which continued until he*
marriage.
Mrs. Kichards —or Miss Walter, as she
was then—performed successfully thtp
work of the reporter, tho "sub-editor"
and the critic, #s well as that of the chief.
She wus a thorough "all-round nows
paper worker," and yet she never left her
homo to go to the public office of the
paper. Since her retirement from tho
editor's chair Mrs. Richards has done
much literary work.—Kxehango.
Tragedy in Italy.
V tragedy of an extraordinary nature
recently occurred in the province of
Naples. Tho Seventh regiment of Bcr
sugllbrl was on tho march from Bono
veuto to Arienzo, and had arrived at
Tufaru, where a halt was made. There
a soldier named Borelli loft his comrades,
and, concealing himself behind some
trees, opened fire upon the troops. A
corporal, u soldier and two peasants who
were standing near fell to tho ground
wounded, and then Major Varlno ran to
ward Borelli to disarm him.
As the officer rushed forward Bore ill
fired again, and tho major fell dead on
tho spot Capt. Prestinari, who nd
vunced with Major Varino to assist him
In seizing the assassin, was also
wounded, but ho was able to draw his
revolver, and tiring at Borelli, killed
Mm.
."I.Hiiufai turtng Unbreakable Oi&e.
.in unbreakable substitute for glass I
n.aue by L. C. A. Murguerie of Paris, bv
nicer-.big wire gauze in a heated stat
in n'.Sin paste formed of soluble glass,
gelatine and glycerine, or glucose, in
proportion-; varying according to *'ieto
for which the material is designed.
When nearly dry tho sheets arc dipp-'d
In a concentrated solution of chrome
alum or bichromate of potash. Auv de
sl'ed coloring matter may ho incorpo
rated with tho golatlne, and copai or
other protective varnish may be applied
to tho "vUieo-mntftllio" panes. *
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
PCjr PJO2T7BO OF RNQLAWirR NRXI
RULER..
How Ho aud IHh Family LooUod to a
Newspaper Correspondent at Buffalo
Bill'* Show In Parts—llln Son Knovs u
an "Prince of Collar und Cuffr'*—l!i*
Wife Well Preierved.
A Paris correspondent of the Wash
ington "Star" says: "I bad the next box
and tho nearest place in it to the Priuee
of Wales and family at buffalo Bill's
show, upon the nulls of Paris. 'I know
a man who would pay 2,000f. for it," said
Mr. Heron C. Crawford, as ho gave It to
me; but prefer to give It to you for noth
ing."
Lamenting that I could not charge the
man with name unknown half as much
more for my company aud take him into
the box, 1 reported at the show with my
daughter, aud was put in the corner
chair, noxt to the prince's box, who had
no box on tho further sido of him, there
being tho gangway and general exit.
The prluco's box was draped with Brit
ish Hags, und, like all tho boxes, was
merely a low, enclosed area in front o{
the audience.
Here was tho great-grandson of that
Ooorgo 111 who objected to American
independence sitting with all his family
among tho Americans in Pari.-—un
guarded, open, obliging; the chivalry of
all good fooling men was awakened foi
him and tho pains ho took to see u show
lie had often seen before In expression it
his feeling for an American calamity.
The leading personages of tho show,
such us Cody, Buck Taylor and John
Burke, were spoken lo by the prince in
a democratic way. All the Americans
ro.-o when be entered aud stood till to
wns seated. It was not snobbery but
civilization that made thorn do so, ani.
in conformity with tho usuages of othei
people that same conformity which
some would require in religion and wor
ship. aud yet sneer at their countrymen
for the simple conformity of politeness.
The l'riuee of Wales had with him his
sou and natural successor, Prince Albert
Victor: three daughters aud his wife
Ale tundra. Two ladies, names unknown,
came with thoßo.
Wales eat by his son, who will probably
also be king of England, for Wales is
above -13 years old, and Albort Victor is
past 25. Tho Prince of Wales is a man
of above medium hoight, stoutish, thick
oil sted, bearded dark brown, with
abundant lialr except on tlw
where he is nearly bald, lie has a large
suoutlike nose, a rather sybarite face,
with large cheeks and lips, tho upper lip
especially coarse. I thought, though, h •
ho had it covered with hair.
His complexion is not very clear, hut
not muddy; his eyes are blue aud of a
kind, considerate expression, bu: the
general expression of his countenance is
neutral, or 1 might say foreign, like a
stranger who does not pretend to under
stand things around him and is merely
being entertained, lie looks no more
thau h's age, aud looks more respectable
by unhung than by Inheritance; ho up
uoars a better mau tliau his earthly fea
tures would require. I remarked to Jlr.
Crawford, who concurred in tho remark,
that tho Prince of Wales looked like a
rich Gorman banker of Jewish blood in
the midst of his congenial family.
Tho Semitic expression is pretty dis
tinct. Tho eyes of tho prince are those
of a man accustomed to reflect upon
largo iinancial transactions. His curios
ity is not marked. 11' ho looked at any
one it was at sotno lady. He was well
bred, felt his situation, and was natural
and modest. 1 should think lie would
weigh 200 pounds. He was dressed in a
dark-gray suit und spring overcoat, with
suede, hal'-tanned gloves of gray, and
carried the remains of a cigar, which ho
lighted us soon as ho sat down, at 11
o'clock. In his coat lapel was a hit of
colored ribbon or army mark, like tho
Loyal Legion ribbon iu America. Curing
the performance ho acted tho parental
and family part mainly, being tho sole
order-giver and prcscriber of tue family's
movements. He was brought in by a
representative American committee, con
sisting of a dentist, an actor aud a news
paper letter writer.
I did uot see the prince address any re
mark to his wife, hut she was ail'abio'and
apparently happy and very well pre
served, still tall, fairly lleshy for a tall
woman, with a clear, rosy skin, good
teeth, and red, healthy gums. She
seemed more English than her husband,
und wore a whitish-gray jacket, a polka
dotted dress of black or dark, and bud a
large, long foot, Incased in a sort of
gaiter hair cloth. Her children were
shorter thau she; all wore white jaekets
and had long, bowed Jewish noses. The
son, who goes by the name of Prince
Collars aud Gulfs, wore those articles
rather conspicuously and had a iiosotliat
was both high bowed aud homely—a nose
really round from the bridge to the nos
trils ; bis skin was pale* and clear, and
be looked liko his mother.
Q,ucr Kcntiu-k}' Ceuietvi-it d.
A correspondent of tho Washington
"Capital" says:
"The queerest thing I've seen any
where is a Letcher county graveyard.
As we drove along the road one day it
carried us uround to the toy of a hill and
there we ran up against what 1 at lirst
thought was an acre lot full of chicken
coops. There were twenty-live or thirty
of them of various sizes scattered about,
each with a pointed roof and either
straight or lattice-worked at the side and
ends. Each ono was from four to six loot
long and three wide and all unpaiuted.
"I climbed tho fence to make an in
spection and the lirst coop settled tho
ease; it was a cemetery and not a hen
nery. Some were quite new and some
were in a bad state of repair, evidently
over the graves of tho husbands and
wives of various Letcher county widows
and widowers,"out on second,"us it wore.
Some of tho graves had tomlistonos
of plain sandstone, without Inscriptions,
uud some wore only unadorned mounds
benculh these odd-looking little coops.
"Further aloug I froqueutly saw near
farm houses one or more ot these pecu
liar grave coverings and thoy were al
ways painted white, with occasionally a
bit'of blue at tho corners, and often with
tho uatno of the deeeasod painted on tho
strip, just behind tho eaves.
"I was told these coops wero built to
protect the grass, but why au ordinarv
fence would not unswer every purpose I
cannot understand."
.tlillton* Riiivvr ( tnlmrfft.
According to an English u*wpai>ei
tho :isu hunks in the 1 lulled Kingdom re
port, £1)01),000,000 as the sum of the
deposits liable to call, it is estimated
that at least a fifth of this amount wil
never be claimed by the owners or tliei
representatives. Many persons there, as
in this country, deposit money without
intimation of tho fuct to others, arid then
disappear from the scene. The English
banks earn a large revenue from uotei
burned, lost at sea or otherwise do-
Btroyod.
HOME AMI) HOUSEWIFE,
FOlSTints ABOUT COOKISO VKOSTA
BLE* folt TUB TABLE.
Tha Water fled 1., an Important C.Ym
vlderatlon unci it aiiouiU '• Soft or
Niidi- so - Hotv toTolt W hen Vegetables
are Fresh and in Their Host Condition.
Borne Useful Her i pes.
HAT v ego tables
form u most agree
(viimk-Sv\ a ' ) ' l " olll ' useful P art
V <mr lO ol ', "11
'■ wrS'x! will grant aud they
%X\: |p MS should be made
/ ,r (v"'Ci*S > 0 Ki' ea ter study than
(Ts' , -\ tUuy usually are.
\~j They should be
jßjflff-dressed with taste as
/E v-..yS (m well as care. The
fresherall green
vegetables are the
Tf A mo i o whole some.
Wh. they are so
li !• the j bleak or snap ,
crisply, but should
they bona without breaking or have a
wijjod appeuram o thoy ai< stale.
Soft water Is muoh iho best to use for
cooking vegetable, if pure and clean, but
if hard water is used have it freshly
drawn, und put iu a little soda to soften.
Nearly al! vegetables should lie thor
oughly conked, .'.id ar.- ..polled if either
ovej or under lion - Hit, e young ..ad
. "niter ie pi in i •.< tune limn nose more
matured.
Green . • getnbles, wit.U some oxcep
lions, should be ic. in plenty of
sailed ualer, pu; Aug ih.-m in at its Ural
boil. I'll • <|uuntlly of .a!L lo be used is
n large tnbic-pooii ><> one gallon of water.
Ail \eg -tutees ai e done astkmu as tender,
and should be urn o>li.ii.ely taken up and
• Uuiiicu in a v.dauber.
Unions should lie soaked lu salted warm
water previous to hooking lo partly re
move uny strong odor they may possess.
Peas, string bonus and green corn should
not be prepared for cooking until about
ready to be used.
Turnips, aarrots and onions should no*,
be split, but sliced in rings across, as
they cook thus sooner.
A very small bit of red pepper put 111
thu Water in winch either meat or vege
tables are boiled will, lo some extent,
deodorize the steam and save the dis
agreeable odor aiisiug from cabbage,
•ti ions, etc.
Potatoes should be peeled as thinly a.-
poasiuiv, ttS 'he bel ler pui t lies nearest
y .e sUiii.
01l KFKI) AND IS.\ Uto 10M.fl/'i--
from the blossom end of a dozen toma
uii'h —smooth, ripe and solid—cut u thin
slice, and with t sum II spoon scoop out
'iie pulp without breaking the rind sur
lounding it. < hop n small head of cab
..ge and u good-siz-d onion lluely, aud
mix with them line bread crumbs aud
the pulp. Sea wii . per add sail
and add a cdpof sw> t. ■ < am. When all
is well mixed, till the totualo shells and
place the tomatoes in u li utered baking
dish, cut ends op and put in the pans
just enough water to keep thorn from
burning. Drop a small lump, of butter
in each tomato und bake until wel' done.
Serve iu the same dish.
CREAMED ONIONS. ijlsin them and
soak in cold water an hour or mote.
Then put in a siu'eepnn and cover with
boiling water woll Baited and boil until
tender, Then et:t lite onions in sutail
pieces and season with pepper and salt
Serve With n clotitu s-in:i;o as follows:
Boil half a pint of milk, take one table
spoonful butter and half t.tblespoonful of
flour. Hub mixture into a cream uml
stir into the boiling Milk ; stir until
smooth and poor • v. i onions.
LETTUCE SAT. .0. . lettuce, washed
well ami cltopped tot and make a
dressing as tonov, - , iix one sult
spoonful of It mi.! iv .If saltspoon
ful of pepper iu a euj Add one lable
spoonful of oil When thoroughly
mixed add one labiespoo aul of vinegar
and two ntot't tab.. -p . ul'uls of oil.
Pour overlett a utel serve
COFFE': JELI —Tak" two tablespoon*
tuls of gelatiic i r i< one pint
of good .'OLIVE Ween di.-olved t-train
and sot away ill the i ■< cool and
thicken. Eervi with sweetened .ream
tlavored with vanilla.
MIXTS TV HOI'SI'KKEPKItS.
CLEANING POT-, K■: . * AND TINS.—
801 l a doulib hunuf'.'o! ay or ..rue- >ti
a new Iron ] .■: b uptingioi ....
with it; scrub out 'i soap and i-atel;
tben till it with veld v i:\ r; ami let it boll
Half an hour. After this ycu may use it
without fear. As soon as you empty a
pot or frying pan of Cat which has beeo
cooked in ii, lili .t with hot or cold water
(hot is best) and s it back upon tho flro
to scald thoroughly.
New tin vans should and near the
firo with boiling wat 'hem, iu wliicii
lias been dissolved a poonful of soda,
for an hour; afterward i o scoured inside
with soft boap, lift. . ward rinsed with
hot water. Koop them mby rubbing
with sifted wood t - ho > or whitening.
Copper utensil- should bo eleuned
with brlckdust and flannel.
Never sot u vessel in the pot closet
without cleaning ut i wiping it thor
oughly. If gren.-.e b ft in it, it will
grow raneid. If set aside wet, it is apt
to rust.
KNIVES.— CIean with a soft flannel
and Bath biick. If rusty, use wood
aslies, rubbed on itu a uowly out bit of
Irish potato. This will remove spots
when nothing else will. Keep your best
set wrapped in soft while paper, then in
linen, In a drawer out of dump and dust.
Never dip tho ivory bandies of knives in
hot water.
SILVER. —Wash, after each meal, li
that is soiled, in very it soft water,with
soap. M tpe nurd and quickiy on a
clean towel; then poll- h with dry "unnel.
If discolored with oca nuslard, spinach,
or beans, or by any o! imr conns, rub out
tho stain with a -lie t ..otlit rusii and sil
ver eoap.
After rubbing ith a stiff lather made
with this, wash off with hot water, wipe
and polisii while hot. There is no neel
for the weekly silver cleaning to be an
event or u bugbear, If a littie . are uud
watchfulness be ob erved after each
weal. Silver shoulu never be allowed to
become dingy, if Bridget or Chine will
not attend proper!. t ids matter, take
it In hand yourself. Have your own
soap cups-two of them— -one with com
mon so;.p the other witb a cake of silver
Soap In the b i tdni Have for one a
mop, for tho other ;; v brush— a tooth
brush Is bSs! "seyour of:est trnvels
for silver.
Besides being clean nd easy of appli
cation, tho silver soap will not went
away the metal a* will whiting or chalk
or plate powder, however tinely pttlver
bed.