ot
“The Zoo'siMarket Basket.
———
“What kind of meat that °° asked
a reporter of the Home Newrs of the
keeper it the camivorn house, as the
animals were being ded one day last
week. “Well, that dd horse meat,” an-
+ gwered the keeper, “amd we find it much
. more economical tharibeef, and it suits
them just as well. ‘We buy all the old
horses that ape offered, provided they
are free from disease and kill them
right here. New, “said the keeper, con
tinuing, ‘‘old Pompey eatsiabomt fifteen
pounds every day, as also does his wife
Sallie. The tigers.get about the same,
the leopards:a trifle less. The hyenas
prefer a piece hat has plenty of bone
in it. which they erunch in their ponder-
ous jaws with the greatest ease The
balance of the careass is divided among
the wolves, foxes and dingos, and the
bird man has also to be supplied with
some mioe lean Bits which are chopped
fine and given ‘to+his numerous family,
which require such substitute for their
patural foed.”’
Our reporter then comtinued his in
«quiriee among ‘the other bwildings. |
"ie elephant and rhinoceros each con-|
same about one hundred amd fifty
pounds of hay daily, ssid the keeper, |
beside the latter is givem braneccasion- |
. ally in form of a mash.
The thinoceres prefers a mea of po-
tatoes «of whieh he deveurs abeut half |
a bushel at a time, in addition to his
allowance of hay.
The giraffes are fed princgpally ong
barley, whichdiet they have thriven on |
for the past eight years, and are now
looking sleek and healthy. But
largest consumers of hay are the buf-
faloes.and camels, their daily allowance
being forty pounds to each without the
a
the |
cracked eorn whieh is giwen tham once
- daily.
The various kinds of deer comme mext in
the hay-eating line, and are alse fed a
proportion of cracked cers. The same
bill of fare is served to the llamas wvicu-
nas and huanacos.
Probably the most expensive boarders
in the Garten are the sea liens, wholive
entirely on.fish and who comsume daily
.about fifteen pounds each and are fed
twice during the day.
The bears are kept on vegetable diet
entirely, which is found to agree with
them better The principal food i8
bread. which is occasionally soaked in
milk.
The monkeys chatter for boiled sweet
potatoes which they are very fond of.
In addition they are given apples and
other fruits, and in the morning as
much warnumilk as they ean drink.
Both the bears and monkeys being par-
ticularly attractive to visitors, come in
for a large share of donations in the
way of cakes, crackers, peanuts, etc.
which feeguently dulls the appetite for
their regular rations. :
In addition to the supplies before
mentioned we must not forget the end-
Jess varieties of birds, whose bill of fare
i« as varied as the weather has been
since the Srst of the year. It would
urprise you to see the different prepara-
tions whieh the keeper has to concoce
for his nueesous family, seeds for the
bard-billed kirds, prepared food for the
soft-billed, fish for the pelicans and
other marine specimens ; meal, worms,
nuts and fruits for some of the tropical
inmates, besides other little delicacies
which are necessary to keep them in
health and vigor.
In this eonnection we must not forget
the snakes. They, of all the large family,
are the most dainty. The boas and py-
thons preferring a nice young rabbit or
a tender squab ; however, they do not
eat every day and frequently go three
months without showing any disposition
to feed. The smaller varieties are
given mice, rats and small birds, and
usually are ready to feed at all times, —
Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Home News.
ER mt
EL
Portable Electric Light.
We: eem to be nearing the point if we
have not already reached it, when elec-
tricity becomes “the light of the house.”
An ingenious and useful contrivance
has just been brought out in Boston by
a company of which David Misell is
president, at 22 Water st., in that city.
It occupies but five square inebes, and
weighs but five pounds, costing only
$5.00, requiring no power, no wires, no
connection and can be moved from
plage to place at will.
Chemicals are placed in a glass retort
a earbon and zine apparatus with spiral
platinum attachment, and the light is
made,
By pressing a small knob, an elec-
tric current is produced, the platinum Is
heated to incandescence, and thelight is
Jnstantaneous. The material lasts about
wo months and can be renewed by any
chemist at a cost of about 25 eta,
At a little extra cost it may be made
40 serve as a call bell and as an alarm
or for a medical battery, and altogether
seems to be a necessity of the house
aod office.
Its low price and obvious utility come
THE BRIGHT REAPER.
————
I saw the years, like bright] autumnal
leaves,
Fall on the frosty path of ages ‘flown ;
And there an angel bound them up in
sheaves
As one who gasners in the fieldsalone,—
As one who garners quietly and sings
A song thet ali the hush with ‘music
thrills, :
While breezes low wall slumber from their
And Twilight listemson the Jomély hills.
Among the leaves the smiling spirit found
Were somo ss fair as sus and dew could
forma ;
But there were some her gentie fingers
bound, | :
That withered were wind sored with rein
and term.
Then I was sad, becausel I knew that I
Had wasted there full many a preciens
YOR ;
The angel paused in pity
And, knowing all my thinkieg,
cheer:
at mw sigh,
said with
‘Fear not! the Future still shell bring the
leaves,
And if theu keepestthem bet sweet smd
fair,
Then will I «ift the withered from any
sheaves,
And place. instead, the bright and lovely
dere."
In what the angel sail] was cemsoled
I raised any head; her smbe upon mse
beamed.
She passed ; I stodd ae one whe in the odid
Awakes smd misses some sweet thing ko
dreamed
A pS
The Heiress.
Madge Lambert gave a vexed litthe
toss of her head—a gesture intended fo
ibe awfully annihilating to Mr. Rupent
of the piazza of the Sea Spray House.
“Very well! Go, course, Mr
Chessington, if you prefer ; but really l
think it is tee bad of yeu !
bad.”
of
“Of course it is teo
either Chessington mor Miss Lane
could avoid a smile at his expense, as
(Chessington seated in the Nellie, Joe
rowed off for dear life in the other
thoat., ;
“1 dare say he thought it was all
right,” Jessie said, apologetically.
“He had no business to think so,
though. Shall I take you straight
back, Miss Lane, or would you rather
fish a while longer?"
“If you please, [ will go back. Aung
Mattie will be werried ghout me, and if
1 shewld keep dinmer waiting—"’
She leaned contently against the side of
the baat, trailing her hand in the fGash-
ing water, while the two children sat
quiet as churchmice, watching Ches-
singhan, with ase and admiration, as he
pulled long steady strokes that sent
theme spinning along ; while Chessing-
ton-—
“She is the most sensible girl 1 ever
came across, Pretty, modest, dignifie®
pleasant, with no sham reserve about
her any more than too much freedom.
And what a thorough lady she is! ]
know it as well as if J had met her a
thousand times.™’
And Jessie, sitting so eontentedly
opposite him, ker gray.eyes dropped to
the thought—if ever
there was a gentleman, in manner,
speech and actians, it was this hand-
some stranger who was rowing her
shining waves,
shore.
“If wou will tell me opposite which
hotel 1 am to row wou,’ he said, as alter
a most delightful hour's conversation,
he rested on Lis ears and awaited her
command.
she leughed.
“in, at hotel, 1
ing at ene of the fishermen’s collages,
not any am stop-
bout theee miles further down.’
such a few gentlemen,
the trouble is. You're tired of all of
until the mueh talked of heiress arrives.
“1 am afraid I shall have to near an
awful risk contradicting 2 lady,” said
Chessington, geod-aaturedly.
Haughty Madge Lambert flashed kim
frean her black eves.
“ And then, shen she has arrived, 1
dare say Mr. Chessington will suddenly
lose all his wonderful interest in his
solitary boat rides and fishing excur
gions. while we ladies get through the
day as well as we can, for lonesomeness
Mr. Chessington. you're selfish.”
“ Well, yes—rather, if always want-
what you call selfish,” he said, pleas
antly. “But I'll redeem my character
by proving to you that which will
doubtless set your heart at rest. I don’t
believe in vour wonderful coming heir-
And I would commit
hari-kari before I'd marry an heiress.
There! Am I vindieated ¥"°
He bowed and walked off toward the
beach, where his boat and fishiog tac-
kle awaited him
“What a lot of idiots a fellow comes
across in the course of his life, Mary
an heiress. Not if she were as beanti-
ful as Venus, and word she
dropped was transmitted into a Kohi-
noor 1°
And then Mr, Chessington pushed off
in his surf-boat, dashi.g and plunging
through the breakers like a sailor fisher
born and bred.
He rowed a mile or so out, straight
to another fishing boat containing a
couple of little barefooted boys of seven
and ten, a tall, gawky lad of sixieen or
seventeen, who was not a little dismay-
ed at the momentarily inereasing swell
of the sea and the freshening south
wind, and a young girl with wonderful
ly lovely gray eyes—grave, thoughtful,
yet bright and flashing, as she looked
at Chessington while he rowed nearer
and nearer in response to a hallo from
one of the youngsters,
“You seem to be in a little difficul-
ty,” he said, as he laid down his oar and
touched his hat courteously,
She bowed,
“Joe seems to be a little demoralized,
I think. There is no danger, is there 2°
“If you had a man in charge who
understood his busipess there would be
no shadow of danger. If vou will al-
low me to change places with your pilot
I will row you to shore, 1 am Rupert
Chessington, of Chessington & Van
Lawn, brokers, Wall street, at present
stopping at the Spray House,”
He touched his hat again, and bowed
slightly and smiled—a frank, pleasant
smile, that was received dust as frankly
and pleasantly.
“You are very kind, Mr. Chessing-
tor, and I will thank ally accept your
offer. My name is Jessie Lane.”
She laughed as if the oddness of the
mutual introduction amused her, and
Mr. Rupert Chessington made up his
mind, then and there, that she was the
very nicest girl he had met in many a
day,
“Well then, Joe, spring in here and
row yourself to shove, You won't have
any trouble to take yourself only, will
you ?" 3
ess and beauty,
every
Secretly Chessington was delighted at
prospect of
eiety.
“Yes, I know what
think—The place we call Glen Inlet?”
“Yes. Aad you cam’! how
lewely it is there—old fashioned,
the continuing in her so
you mean, I
imagine
rather
| crowded quarters, to be sure, but with
| not the faintest vestige of anything like
| style
“ A nd vou actually are boarding there,
Miss Lane? Why
one of the hotels ?
or amusement,’
didn’t you come to
for
instance, is a good house, and a pleasant,
The Sea Spray,
company there"
Jessie laughed.
“Not 1! 1
enjoy myself, and get away from fashion
came to the seashore to
and dress and such things.”
“And vou succeed in enjoying your-
self 77°
HAdmirably
weeks X
You are the first devotee of the world
since five Ago,
that I have seen since I eame to Glen
Inlet.”
Her gray eyes sparkled mischievously
“Is that really so 2' he asked, looking
at her,
condemn yourself to such isolation any
May 1
amusement ? 1
“1 hope, though, you will not
longer, at least from me, not
join your solitary
promise to be most obedient.’
A delicious, faint flush crept softly
over ber rare, pale face, as she langhed,
“I am pot sure Ted and Rick will
allow it. They are inseparable.”
And she looked at the little bare
foots,
Chessington gravely produced a hand-
ful of pennies, which he gave them.
“Now, young gentlemen, may I
escort you and Miss Lane on a charm-
tee
ing excursion 1 know of to-morrow |
“I must make it conditional, then,”
sald Jessie gaily. ‘Please promise me
you won't tell anyone there is anybody
down at the Inlet, will you 7 Occasion-
ally fishing parties come to arrange
with Unele Ben—horrible, isn’t it 7
But I always contrive that no one sees
me, for I am determined not to be
drawn into fashionable society this
summer if 1 can possibly help it. 1
don't want to see company.
“But you don’t regard me as com-
pany 7"
He look with admiring, respectful
eyes straight in her own, and that ex-
quisite little flush warmed her fac
again
“No, 1
pany 1"
After that it was all up with Rupert
Chessington, and he went back to the
Sea Spray, acknowledging that he was
in love at last, and with an unknown,
obscure girl, who, for other reasons
than her dislike for society, or for pe-
cuniary reasons, wis summering at
(len Inlet,
He liked her all the better for it, too,
He honored her for her sensibleness,
and he was over head and ears in love
with the dainty, gray-eyed golden-
haired girl,
The next three weeks were the most
biessed ones he had ever spent in his
life. He appalled the souls of Miss
Balleray and Madge Lambert daily, by
his persistent neglect of them ard their
dear dozen friends,
He continued his solitary ¢Xeurs ong...
solitary til he came to Glen Inlet
| where Jessie, was always ready to ac
| company him or entertain him, and be-
don't regard you as com-
mend ft to all.
one wish of his life to have her for his
wife,
And Jessie, with her lovely gray eyes
shadowed with the tenderness of love
and trust unspeakable, looked in his
handsome, eager face, and told him she
had loved him from the moment he had
rowed up beside her that summer day.
And as he took her in his arms, and
imprinted a lover's ardent kiss on her
warm scarlet mouth, and wrapped his
arm about her supple waist, his heart
gave great throbs of blissful thanksgiv-
ing for this blessing on him,
* w » - - * *
The rude piazza of the Sea Spray
House wae a bewildering, bright scene,
with a half-dozen or so gaily-dressed
girls standing in earnest conversation,
chattering like magpies, as Mr. Ches-
sington came leisurely to the house,
Madge Lambert tossed
dark head saucily.
“There! Didnt I say Mr. Chessing-
torn would mot fail to be on hand to
greet the heiress ¢ You men can’t with-
stand such a golden temptation. Mr,
Chessington, she has arrived.”
Who #"!
Madge laughed sarcastically,
her pretty
Hxhe !
“There isn't the least yse of you pre-
tending not know who 1
Your indifference is charming, but not
iO Tea.
the genuine article, You know I mean
the heiress we have been expecting so
long.”
smiled—a sort of
eoming over him as he remembered how
the
fortunate enough with
Chessington pity
much happier he was than man
who should be
this new comer.
“Yes, I
rived, has she 77°
had really forgotten. Ar-
Miss Balleray went up to him in her
gushing way.
“I prophesy you will
first to wild over her.
like,
eyes, and the goldenest hair,
RO Lo
big gray
And
never
what vou will (rreat,
SY
romantic : 1 wonder you CANIM
across her in your solitary rambles, She
actually has been staying all summer
down at old Bettz, the fisherman's oot-
But then Jessie Lane always has
At
pow and I am dy-
Lage,
her own curious tastes and ideas,
all events she is here
ing to introduce vou to her, Mr. Ches-
sington.”’
He stood
he tried to realize it,
confounded a minute while
is darling, the heiress ;
Jessie, b
he had declared, before them
wot ld SOGNEr commit sulci
i : i AREER i
Jessie his grav-eved, thought-
her cheap blue flannel
her
gloves or veil oh
«he the great Food vee
i th great heiress,
whose comings and goings, whose doings
and savings were chronicled in the
daily papers whose dresses were copied
We DIrese nce
by less favored mortals, whose |
was as welcome as the sunshine.
“And Madge
Lambert said, a little venomously,
her
she 1s pretty, 100,
as if
it were quite a shame “1 saw as
she went to her room.”
Chessington looked
up at the army of faces,
“I am glad think
pretty. I think she is the loveliest girl
living. So vou did not know I was en-
gaged to her 77°
And then followed a sudden lull in
the merry chatter, that eloquently ex-
pressed the dumbfounded astonishment
( ‘hessington’s announcement had made,
So Cupid had his own way at the sea-
side just as surely as though there had
been no such thing as Fate to overcome,
self-possessedly
vou Jessie is
-—h.
Th Story of a Waif.
Just above the first toll-gate on the
West Chester road one day recently, on
infant, warmly clothed but abandoned
by its natural protector to the mercies
of the weather, was found by a passing
lady, who was on her way to the city,
and who picked up the little waif and
carried it with her, It was sound asleep
when found, and when it woke it
opened its eyes upon what is to be its
future home, the comfortable house of
its self-appointed guardian, who is a
married Jady Lut childless, and who
will give the foundling the careful
training she would have given one of
her own had fortune conferred such a
boon upon her, Was it not a singular
circumstance that the child should have
fallen into such hands? Who can doubt
but that some supernatural influence di-
rects manyof the affairs of this life? A
little boy chased a grasshopper about an
English field trying tocateh it, The chase
led him to a spot where lay a sweet
babe, whose parents had left it there to
die. He carried the baby home, It
grew to manhood, The man became a
great merchant, who erected the first
Royal Exchange in London. Should
you visit London you will see the figure
of a huge grasshopper upon the Exchange
buildings. — Bryn Mawr (Po) Home
News,
A Milwaukee man made three une
successful attempts to blow his brains
out, and then his wife told him :
“Don’t try it again, John, you haven't
got any." He goes about saying he
Quai, Quail are very nice to steam
until mearly done, then roast in the
oven to a nice brown, basting frequent-
ly with melted butter in water, Serve
then on soft buttered toast,
Cor Puppine,—A favorite cup pud-
ding is made of six eggs, beaten very
light, seven tablespoonfuls of flour and
one pint of sweet milk, Stir these all
together briskly and bake in cups.
LowsrER Parries.—Cut a pint of
Jobster meat into dice and stir it into
Ralf a pint of cream sauce, Season
with cayenne pepper, a little grated
mutmeg and lemon peel to taste. Stir
it over the fire until it is well heated
then fill pate-shells with the hot mix-
ture,
VENISON Parries—Cut cold roast
venison into dice, and heat
int of it in half a pint of thickened
gravy. Or season it anv way
choose and moisten it, then stir it over
the fire until scalding hot. Fill pate-
shells, and serve as hot as possible,
PrerpariNG Currants. —To swell
the currants for cakes, after they are
about a
You
picked and cleaned, pour boiling water
over them and let them stand covered
with a plate for two
drain away the water, throw currants
over minutes ;
an a cloth to dry them, and do not use
until they are cook
BroiLep Sweet PorAToes,—Thin-
ly pare large fine sweet potatoes, Cut
thick slices and
hot fire. When
then lengthwise into
broil them over a clear
i
erisg and brown put
platier, sprinkle pepper
{ then and add
butter
E30
pi Serve fresh
and
Peel
thoroughly
SHRIMP DALAD,
shrimps, and when
(those bought in cans are 3
a tablespoontul
3
added to the dressing
>
Pie
KLED TONGUE
rue requires to boil
t
hours, It is a good plan to soa
¥ ight in old walter, I'o
1 in cold
Some
k}
nis
it put
come 10 a
(OK 1
4
walter and let i
boil. cooks change the water
when it is half done ; if
+h
taken, be sure that the fresh water is
tongue is placed in it.
boiling before the
Rice
ety at the breakfast table. Take one
pint of well-cooked rice, half a pint of
flour. the volks of four eggs. two table-
spoonfuls of butter melted, o
milk and balf a teacupful of salt : beat
add
which
th
these all together | then, lastly
whites of the
4
roti
have beaten to a stiff Bake in
shallow pans or in gem Uns Serve
WAN
-l ow
A Droll Trial of Memory.
Memory was a favorite subject
Macklin
tem he could learn anything by rote at
once hearing it.
He asserted that by his sys
This was enough for
Foote, who, at the close of the lecture
Macklin was lecturing at the Great
Piazza Room, now the Tavistock Hotel),
handed up the following sentences to
Macklin, desiring that he would be good
enough to read them and afterward re-
peat them from memory. Here is the
wondrous nonsense :
“8 she went into the garden to cut a
cabbage-leaf to make an apple pie, and,
at the sane time, a great she bear com-
ing up the street pops its head into the
shop. ‘What! no soap?’ So he ied
and she very imprudeutly married the
barber : and there were present the Pic-
take our cue from France, and stimu-
late an enlarged system of internal im-
provements, A canal from Lake Michi-
gan to the Mississippi would be in
order. Railroads should form a net work
of our varied geographical interests.
The governinent should liberally endow
with a fund all our water courses, thus
"affording constant employment for tens
of thousands in repairing and remodel
ing the same, A navy and standing arm
should be of such proportions that they
would also attract portions of the sur
plus stock of humanity. The country
must be vast workhouse, inter
spersed with amusements, or else we
may spring un issue with some foreign
State, and thus embroiled furnish em-
ployment for hundreds of thousands,
Pro'onged peace puts a people in a
sorry plight. The fact is, it is a sort
of a robbing Peter to pay Paul business,
really a Kilkenny cat affair, eating one
another up, Whereas, to be heaitiry
from a national standpoint, we must
feed as a people off some foreign sub-
stances. Collet de Herbois aid, and he
ninnies and the Joblilires and the Garyts
lies and the Grand Panjandruom himself,
with the little round button at top ; and
they all fell to playing the game of
catch-as-catch-can, till the gunpowder
ran out of the heels of their boots."
The laugh tamed strong against old
Macklin | and the langh has been echoed
from the Great Piazea Room by thou-
sands during the century that has
| ciripeed since Foote's drollery put out
| Macklin's monstrous memory with thew
#
one
straws of ridicule. i
Honesty the Best Policy.
The Duke of Buccleuch, in one of his
walks, purchased a cow in the neighhor-
hood of Dalkieth, which was to be sent
to his place on the following morning.
The next day the Duke in his morn-
ing dress, espied a boy ineflfoctually at-
tempting to drive the animal forward to
its destination. The boy, not knowing
the Duke, bawled out to him.
“Hie, mun, come here and gie's a
han’ wi’ this beast, Come here, mun,
and help us, an’ as sure as anything I'l
give you half 1 get.”
The Duke went, and lent the helping
hand,
“And now.’ said the Duke, as they
trudged along, “how much you
think ye’ll get for the job 7”
“1 dinna ken,’’ said the boy,
I'm sure o'somethin’, for the folks at
the big house are good to a’ bodies.’
As they approached the the
Duke disappeared from the boy, and
entered by adifferent way.
butler, he put a soverel ni
that to the
’
do
“Hut
house
Calling the
hand.
boy who
In
saying, ‘Give
brought the cow.’
The Duke, having returned to (he
avenue, was soon rejoined by the boy
“Well, how much did you get 7°
“A shilling.”’ sald the
‘boy, ‘an
“But vou surely got more than a shil-
ling.” said the Duke,
“No. M
said the boy, * as sure as death
and d’ve no think it's
i ry a $4 sal | y
1 do not, said the Duke: ‘a a
am acquainted with the master of the
return with me I think
YOu
They went back ; the Duke rang tle
and ordered all the servants to be
“Now.” said the Duke to the boy,
th hilling ’
the sllliling.
The boy replied, “It was that chap
The fell on his
attempted an apology ; but
orde; ed
butler confessed,
i
ana
Duke indignantly him to
service instantly.
“You Duke,
“your character and your situation by
hencefort}
have jost,”’ said the
covetousness ; learn
The boy had by this time recognized
the person of the Duke ;
that he ordered him te be sent to schoo
.
line,
A Curious Tree.
Lieutenant Houghton, who has re-
groups of in
of
It appears to be a species of ficus,
Pa
a prehensile
islands the fie,
eXisience
allied to the well-known banvan-iree,
which throws out from its branches ai
roots, that eventually reach the ground,
and take root there, and in their tun
become new stems, which perform the
same function ; so that a single tree will
eventually extend so far asto form a
complete forest, in which the stems are
united by the branches to each other.
The prehensile tree in question similarly
throws out from its branches long, tlex-
ible tendrils, which, touching the ground,
do not take root there, but twine around
any article that may lie within their
reach. After a time these guast branches
contract, so that they fail to reach the
ground ; but the finger-like processes
continue to closely gripe the article
round which they have twined them
selves, and which are consequently sus
pended in mid-air, It this way articles
of considerable weight may be literally
picked up from the grouud and held in
susp msion
ie ——
Fox Hunting.
That healthful, harmless and most
exhilarating of open air sports, fox-hunte
ing, has many veteran admiver in Peon
sylvania who for the past month
have given sly reynand little rest by
day, hounding him over the frozen
fields with that vim known only apon
such occasions. Horses enjoy the chase
hugely, there riders scarcely able to re
strain their eager impetuosity at times,
and their delight is no more intense
than that of both hound and fox. To
the uninitiated it may sound strange to
say that the fox loves to be hunted, but
all fox-hunters know this to be a fact,
very particularly true with old foxes,
Exhilarating? Well, the word but
feebly expresses the sensation experien-
ced by one in a fox chase. The exult-
ant baying of the pursuing hounds and
the mad gallop of the horsemen isa
sight sufficient to thrill every fibre of
the body, and must produce a sensation
that will be remembered in long after
years,
A South End woman ke ps only one
servant to do her work, instesd of two,
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