A—— SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY DAY LIFE, Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven- tures Which Show That Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. Ix the peninsula of Abeheron, formerly belonging to Persia, but now a part of Russia, there is a perpetual, or, rather what the natives call an cternal sacred lire, which is known to have been burn- ing continually for more than 2,000 years, It rises from an irregular orifice uf about 12 feet in depth and 120 feet square. The flames, which are constant, rise to a height of from 6 to 8 feet, un- accompanied with smoke or disagreeable smell, waving back and forth with thé wind like a field of golden grain, A MAN registered at a Madison (Ga.) hotel a short time ago, He engaged a room and retired, and after sleeping for some time had a dream. He dreamed that he was on a railroad train that was going at a good speed, when he dis- covered. that another train was coming toward his on the same track, and a col- lision was inevitable. The conductor called out, ‘“‘Jump!” and at that mo- ment the dream stopped, but the dreamer did not—he jumped out of the second story window. He fortunately escaped injury. A ountovs instance of the recovery of « lost ring in a root of celery occurred some years back in Sweden. A lady, when planting celery in the garden in Spring, aud while dibbling holes for the small plants with her finger, uncon- sciously dropped the ring into one of the holes. A plant was duly inserted in the hole, and Stats through the lost ying, and as the root grew the ring must have become imbedded in its substance The ring had been given up for lost until the following winter, when the mystery was cleared up by the ring making its appearance in the soup at dianer in a portion of the celery. M. Braix, a Paris bootmaker, has an any of the roods exposed for sale out side of his shop. Whenever Le goes to his dining-room for meals he ties the out-of door selection of boots and shoes with an siarm. thief! was caught i annex a pair of * alsrm sounded and Recently } if an nt ‘elastic sides.” The M. Brain before he ment.” lost several pairs of boots il arrange tricd the “electr ic be Tam tiny village of Lamphey, Wales, possesses a unique rallway sta tion. Less than half a dozen trains stop there during the day. There in sufficient work to occupy the time ¢ station master and his assistant, a novel arrangement has been made the station house an being in- is hice where station master Here one sces the monthly time tables set up and printed by the voung man, i times every day, exercises also the func ton porter. The work from little office embraces necessary printing for the Li which Lamphey is situated, who, three or { of all the of rail on the ne high, weighing forty-five reads readily at sight the passages in the hook put before him, is creating aston- ishment at Camden, Ark. His articula tion is perfect, every word coming out clear and distinct. He never saw the inside of a school, and his parents and gandparents are ignorant, full-blooded Africans, He was born in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, November 2, 1887, His powers were first discovered by his father, whom he astounded by picking up a Bible and reading therefrom to su h an extent that the ignorant and super stitious parent fled and has not since been seen. Benjamin Franklin Coleman is the name he bears, pounds, who i most difficult in any other y ible or A youn man in St. Louis was recently married, and among the wedding pres. ents was a nice music box. His house was entered by burglars the other night, the parlor one of them tried to open the music box, thinking, presumably, that it might be a jewelry case, or something of that sort. His efforts started the box to playing, and the owner was aroused from his slumbers by hearing the strains of “Auld Lang Syne” pealing from his parlor. He got his gun, started to investigate the cause of the untimely music, aud entered the parlor just in time to see the burglars beating a hasty retreat. Nothing wae taken from the house, and he thinks that the music box saved him from a considerable loss, A vouxe lady of Wilcox, Penn. had a beautiful gold watch of which she was unduly proud. The timepiece was ex. hibited on various occasions, and a few daysago when some admiring friends were examining it the watch accidentally slip from their fingers, A ery of dismay went up when the party saw the watch disappear with a gulp in the yawning mouth of 'a dog which sat at their feet lovking expectantly upward snd good naturedly wagging its tail. Poor doggie imagined that he had re. ceived a choice morsel, and looked plensed with his feat of catching it on he fly, but it proved to be his death warrant. He was summarily despatched, sod at the post-mortem the watch was trcovered none the worse from the mis. Hap. Tur sensation which Mary's lamb caused when it followed her to school one day was not a circumstance to that caused by the recent visitation of a wild. eat to a school in Hamburg, Conn. The school visitor, an elderly gentleman named Hayden Gray, had just finished the duties which devolved upon him in a wildest of puss in the corner with everybody in the corner but the puss and the plucky Miss Griswold, who seized a Leavy iron poker and dispatched the intruder. A rrcULIAR case of ear-piercing was accomplished at Geneva, Ohio, the other day at the winter quarters of Walter Main's circus. A large lioness called Nellie has been suffering from what animal trainers term *‘eye-shutters,” the optics of the beast becoming closed from. a scaly substance appearing just over the eyelids, As the lioness is a young and valuable one the circus owner has employed every means to prevent Nellie's loss of sight, but without avail. Asa last experiment, the brute was securely chained and a local jeweler, after cutting a }-inch hole in each of the beast’s ears, inserted two gold rings about the size of a silver dollar, which it is expected will exterminate the ‘‘shutters.” During the brief operation the lioness roared loudly and taxed the strength of the chains that held her. The jeweler, who re- ceived $100 for his rings and services, was as nervous as a dentist's patient, AssisTANT Postmaster Muller tells a story about one of his friends on Price Hill, says the Cincinnati Commercial (Gazette. The man was very nervous, and especially about crossing Mill Creek bottoms, and one night, while walking there, met a stranger, who in the dark- ness apparently did not see him, and the two collided. The Price Hill man had zone but a few steps after this w hen he missed his gold watch, and, drawing his revolver, he rushed after the retreating form of the man who had collided with him. ‘Here,” he exclaimed, ‘‘vou've got my watch, Give it to me.” The stranger protested his innocence, but in vain. The Price Hill man held up his | gun, and the watch was handed over, After admiristering a caution to the stranger, and threatening to call the | police, the Price Hill man continued his way, and got home safely. There he told his wife the incident, and she re plied that he had left his watch at home that morning. The man jumped up and saw a face that he had never seen before and returned the watch with a satisfac- tory explanation. the finest bulls ever suid J. B. Esk- prosperous farmer living near Versailles, Ky. ‘He was the most beautiful animal that I ever saw, was as gentle as a lamb and as tame as a pet About three months ago | walked in the cornfield where he graz zg, As SAW Came y i unning inning “] owxeED one of dog out was ¥ it soon as he me he towards his head bellow ing his lungs, | and tried to os Hd all the that he madd but he caught me before I eo the gate, The he struck me [ got down jis horns sldn’t he ’ gtre wns cape, between them, Co began to cut me with his ‘ho witl animal | An hour later the bull was found He had gone y a creck that ran the field 1 held his i head under the water us was strangled AWAY. dead, hing geise, Tue smallest mi vessel onary She eet wide and 6 —1asted schooner, was built at San Fran isco, and her na Hiram Biog She was pai however, by Joard of Foreign Missio red in that cit ymmands | as a missionary, i ! t¢ the iS RE the Americ in i of Boston, and 1 Rev. J. Walkup, her, is a capt sin, as well ns, $e who ! life ars of his [siandas il cabin of Internally as the crew is & 8 1 vessel is 8 composed entirely the missionaries | islands, the vessel is designed for a sort of tender to the big missionary brig, Morn. ing Star. It is built, therefore, to run | the channels and large vessel cannot go, and an odd feature about itis a ten power gasoline engine and at tached screw, so the vessel can navigate where the horse Ar the head of the extensive wide John's River, in Volusia | Florida. that is kuown as | islands, One of these has a few acres of ground that stand high enough out of the water to encourage orange trees and other remunerative growths and also to | afford room for a cabin. The cabin is, occupied and the trees are cultivated by a queer old fsllow who has built a long ramshackle bridge from dry land to a | to the main channel Here the steamer stops on his signal to take oranges and | letters or to deliver flour and groceries. He is a hermit ventures to the mainland. on the river steamers occasionally see him busied about the little shed on his wharf, an extraordinary figure in a home- spun suit of brown, with a patch of startling white on the seat of his trousers and an indescribable hat that may have once been “plug,” but that has been chopped and banged and battered and unroofed until it resembles the wreck of a Napoleonic chapeau more than anything else. He is indifferent to criticism, however, for he lives apart from men. His nearest neighbor is a lighthouse.keeper, who would have to hunt for him with a telescope. Some affect to believe that in his younger days he was a pirate, A novaw heart on the auction block is the strange and gruesome = le which will rouse even blase Paris into unfeigned interest in a few days. It is said to be the heart of the unhappiest of all French princes, the dauphin son of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, and it has been preserved for ninety-seven years in a jar of spirits, where it was placed by the famous su Pelletan, who nade the autopsy in the temple, The history of the relic is authentic. The only question is whether the boy who died in the temple in 1705 was the real dauphin or a child who had been substituted for the prince. the relic in a vessel of brandy until Louis XVIII. became king in 1817. Then he offered to give the heart to the king for royal burial. Louis neither refused nor accepted Pelletan’s offer. Pelletan then sent the relic to the sacristy of the arch- bishopric of Paris. In 1830 the people of Paris sacked the archbishops palace and Dr. Jules Pelletan, son of the sur- geon, saved the royal relic at the risk of his life. He has recently died. The heart in its reliquary is to come to the hammer, RELIABLE RECIPES, Gum arabic and gum tragacanth in equal purts dissolved in hot water make thie best and most convenient mucilage you can keep in the house. Ten or coffee stains of long standing may be removed by rubbing the cloth with glycerine, after washing once. A second washing leaves the linen as clean as before. Kerosene is good for cleaning brass as well as for woodwork. Moisten a cloth with it, and rub the brass thoroughly; then polish with dry flannel dipped in whiting. Kerosene is also excellent for the rubber rollers of the clothes wringer; rub them with it occasionally, and you will .not be troubled with them sticking together, Roast Turkey. —An ordinary turkey, weighing eight or ten pounds, requires at least two hours for proper and thorough cooking, for which Poultry Yard gives the following explicit directions: if you are likely to have little time in the morning, prepare your {fowl night by singeing and removing pin feathers, washing inside and out, and rubbing both with a clean cloth until Mix alittle pepper aod salt and The yey putting in the stuffing, or dressing, as it This should be made about three cup- to which is added a small teaspoon- of pepper, same amount of pow dered sage or sweet marjoram, salt, and a little salt fat pork, chopped very fine, or a piece of butter the size of an ogg, if the Iatter is preferred. Use warm water to mix the whole to the con- beat up an egg last, and proceed to the dressing. Sew up opening with a coarse thread and needle, tying the skin over the end of the neck If you have skewers of wood or iron pin the wings to the sides of the fowl cls , and pin the back have no the ful into it at and stir the 8 sely I down wings, dressing is left into vent, forcing the ight. neck onto the you Lic ' et Pat whatever the ywn and them a dripoing and once a baste the very t with a pint of iz pan f teen ’ tyr r teontt mi or twenty min turkey with the gravy I'he frequent basting is of great import ance, as it Keeps it ii Juices ! withou ny meat Tan he whol $ the last bastin flour and but ves the « isp, frosty lod thorough cooki burning or drying the ' t f afte alinws to hinv - For of each side, dredge wit It gi lesirable and the th Lie «n enough brown when done in il in a saucepan and 1 done chop or mash the fine and put y, wash orning, and set to liver gizzard. liver very into the gravy and let it up once into the tureen Dish the turkey in breast up, ready f i OT a large, warm platter, the carving Kuife, Catarrh and Its Care, Most of our population have some ideas of catarrhal affections of the nose and throat, but very few ex ept those who have lost hearing from it have any conception of its intimate causal relation deafness. The popular idea of s general less constant discharge of offensive This is so only ir § wr the disease, and fortunately is rare. Properly speaking, catarrhal affections of larged, swollen and thickened condition of the lining membrane of the nostrils This thick in the nose panied by an of mucus backward is usually increased which into the accom often throat, drops and ing cough to dislodge it and clear the throat, with complete closure of the nasal pas. sages, head are so severe is because a very slight swelling of the inside of the nostrils, which is always the condition in this acute disease, occurring in a nose already much narrowed by a chronic permanent enlargement of its lining membrane, to- tally obstructs the nasal canals, water through the nostrils, thoughtlessly recommended by family physicians, If the habit is prolonged, lution to use in the nose, and also ns a 5 chlorate of ay diam, is com- mon baking , & teaspoonful in a cup of warm water. What ever solution is used in tho nose, it is a great mistake to forcibly snuff it into the nostrils {rom the palm of the hand as is too commonly done. too forcibly, it is forced into the upper Jort ol the ual eavi , whore it is very tating, often ca ig headache and irritation of the eyes. best and sim- FOIL THE LADIES, CATR AND GOWNS FOR GIRL Th: long-talked-of whether or not the students of Woman's College of Baltimore wear caps and gowns has been decided and the caps and gowns ordered, The | authorities have selected the regular un- { dergraduate gown with the regulation { Oxford cap. STUDENTS, i tho matter ns authorities desire the { them to any snd all college exercises, while others prefer them to be i only on special occasions, ~{ New York { Independent. EX-EMPHRISS EUGEBNIE. The beautiful Spaniard; the low-born { who would Emperor's lcve the Empress who cried, ‘“This is my war! “This is my war!” when the troops were marching for Berlin, iz de. scribed by a man who saw her recently as faded and utterly brokeu, carrying a nad stumbling as she walks, She sometimes neceept an cane cannot remain long in the Queen Victoria is still her Ocherwise she seems quite alone. York World. Paris, but she French city, friend. i Now MASAT WOME The ing Masai were very interest They fairly loaded down with coils of brass and iron wire, which formed ollars, aad women were earrings, leglots, and cannot fifty, who forty, even sixty, pounds, Thon afford to wear the heavy coils, wear as many of the lighter bracelets procure The higher rank of the JAR, nore of this sort of jewelry het he fact that in Africa. Masai women are t gaunt, and bony, but not weil developed, probably owing to their wearing so much while growing They are very fleet and stron», and are the purveyors of the tribe: allowed to pass unmolested every i ‘oe | Demo as they can the the which Kens t slaves has her even ne Heavy jew elrv where, oven in times of war rest’s Magazine TER GOWNS her banker 5, has { ins ihatling (31 COR VERE QOWn he ch was of dark wer to the WAN 13% 1s season Pins, both in €yery « oriaaments wer nor Ia Irish diam framed in gold, i r iridescent met heads of moths, grec katydids, eyed ‘‘darning needles.” June bugs and the like Some of the delicate floral are exceedingly beautiful, being mounted fine gold and enamel and set with eve greater ely. Varn nds, tiny pearls and jet, steel patterns birds, bees, goid ribs mn movement of the wearer, dinmondse set in pins, dagger hills and slender fillets for the hair are worn by every wealthy woman, but these shed no more brilliant rainbow rays under the gas or clectric light than the popular “brilliants.” every wiht being of great moment, as in the case of genuine jewels, Philadelphia Times. A LOST ACCOMPLISHMENT. The reasons of the growing infidelity to needlework ax an amusement are not far to seek. The nervous restiessness of the modern temperament is one of them, Our grandmothers knew nothing of nerves and were content in the accomplishment of one square of wool work in the span of a labor day. Hour after hour sat the mother of all, living at her spinuniog wheel or at her tapestry frame, slum- placid of face, while the world without revolved in bliss or despair, recking naught of her whose soul iny in the evolution of an embroidered blossom or the turn of a stocking heel. To-day far other issues claim the energies and the longer closed to the press of life nor to its pain, for which kaitting is no sedative nor crochet an anodyne, Another reason for the disearding of what is commonly ealled ‘fancy work™ the utilitarian spirit so characteristic of these latter days. Life is less ornamen- useful ns a whole. Butterflies may be numerous enough, but there are more bees. What is the use of embellishing autimacassars! is a question which cer- tainly never oceu to our fair ances. tresses, but it rises naturally the heart and also to the li disturb their lethargy. Now these nc. tivities are the rule instead of the excep hours in which to take part in them, the Modern life has no longer thine for useless stitches, and few enough minutes for necessary {Clucinnati Enquirer, OOK, om WEARING WORK OF A TEACHER, is one of the most wearing occupations Fveu the hard typewriter, journalist or seams- tress, with longer hours and more drudge- like employment, keeps her health and continuous service than does the average teacher, The girl with erect carriage and rosy cheeks will have lost both. Much of this is attri. the regular routine of governing often an ing the required studies. that teaching hard entering icto the But allowing work, without reasons. i% physic al comfort to honor, filled many women who strive by times by earnest enthusiasm in their example to make It would seem to be it is their right which can ba properly heated tilated, and absurd to declare occupy only rooms and known to to Ven. yet a girl attack of pneumonias to the ture of her re Hore or low tempera suffered Be FOL, 5 hile th “Is less fr there yuddit the teachers themselves b Calise are « control, be all the more care fully they should attended to wh y (lo For vyounyz women the fashionable silks for evening wear are extremely woolen dress skirts, Golden brown und light reddish violet shades form one of the striking com binations of the season, Ituthier elaborate braidwork in soutache upon the revers, cuffs and collar is noticed upon many nisters, Among the fashionable colors {or veils for the COMBE SCARON Are white, black navy, gray, tau and brown, simple cashineres trimmed with dotted bands embroidered in black silk are worn by little children The For simple dresses, chief trimming used on the first of little children is real Valen lace or soft, hem-stitched ruffles, velvet with contrast tumes, and plaid velvet sleeves ciennes 1 Shaded sleeves ing cos A corselet of the square Russian shape shows four rows of jeweled gimp, and but all kinds with hand The Eton jacket prevails, will be worn, The zouave jacket, Square are exquisitely braided. Robin cloth fronts red is 8 new eolor in tailor and is pre‘ty when combined with for which they themselves are re and that is the gpidday luncheon, is very apt to be a eaten as rapidly bile, whic basket ns order i school She go on with senchier as sand, LOOK while correcting papers which ha the hour's The f BERBION " s} When possible, a breath ol walk will afternoon rest at noon fresh air and make we ¥ Yona’ 3 minutes tht HOME-MADE BEAD TRIMMINGS «se dave of passementer amd taste naitheads, and with mora miume a smart Frills he bottom of dress skirts and flounces new © ices may be edeasd with parrow i a, on which are sown square 3 beads; effect is charming. A beautiful bodice may be made of pinkish mauve velvet, sewn all over with jet and amethyst beads The zouave ckets now so much in vogue lend easily the art of the embroiderer Lovely effects are made with gold and silver cords and tiny gilt sequins. White pale.-vellow and pale-green jot themselves to wr it wet, FASHION NOTEHR, There are still many smock dresses, Every shade of gray is fashionable, Pointed cape collars and capes are stylish. rounding Winter ulsters appear in a variety of attractive guises, Dark green and bright red mixtures are much fancied. A sash of soft nainsook or ribbon is worn at the waist, Flowers have superseded feathers as a trimming for bonnets, Flowered and striped flounces, make handsome house wrappers, Brocaded India silk is much used to make indoor blouse waists, Bonnets remain small, with close sides and tiny old Dutch crowns, There is less hemstitching and drawn work used than last season. The Empire puff is still seen on sleeves that are otherwise close-fitting. There is little change this season in the first dresses worn by children. Satin slips are preferred for the trans. parent gowns now so fashionable. Box cloth, is becoming a fashionable material for ladies’ jackets and cloaks. The bell skirt, with a graceful Sraptty in front, is very becoming to stout Ruchings for the neck are very popu- lar. but are rather smaller and narrower. Pretty and inexpensive ovening dresses for young girls are ered nuns vailing. Hats are muoh more worn than bonnets, and may be large or small, to suit the wearer. vho like flannel bodices in the is the ar cotion ones, vers f fi: of flannel Host Poplin forms a pretty, ¢ saan and at present able, material for a house gown, y sudden fancy having developed itseil {favorite color for ie of chiffon or which is laid C8 nn 1B, {for wear st are made to match the the ames, or in black, kaden black plumes are favored continue the order joths and off with a Capes ana peicrines the day, and many raing nts are finished ne black ruffle als wi with deed iace, They t £ sitable for rainy days, shed the having a single w 4 pes CADOS show a small one a to mated Eyeless Fish in Bolling Water. arkable discover. ur species of nt was that in 1876. Norcross 1 10 what level lake This acc: mines to a depth of After this water had all been t that which had gath in the inaccessible rks, and when the 128 de 2 many queer king little blood-red fish were taken out. In appearance they somewhat re- sembled They seemed and eportive enough when they were in their pative element-—boiling water-—notwithstandiog the fact that they did not even have rudimentary eyes. dP SRVALY &« Known s When at that depth ¢ f boiling walter was t spped 0 » 1 1} 1 ent flooed DOLE {ert Frye iy rattan il had — NEATLY scalding ol ier st CTOeS hot the gold fish, uvels water and put ioto buckets of cold water, for the purpose of being trans- ported to the surface, they died as plunged into a kettle of water that was if it had been as Eyeless fish are common enough in ail ing found in boiling water.-—{5t. Louis Physical Execcise. Dr. Sargent estimates that the pursuit of outdoor sports is limited to probably jess than one per cent. of ,our vigorous young men. Even among the members of a hletic organizations only ten per cent, are really alive. Dr. Sargent at. tributes the increasing lack of interest in athletics to the growing tendency among Americans, as a people, to pursue s : to an end. In making excellence in the achievement the primary object of ath. lotic exercises they are robbed of half their value in various ways; for instance, by increasing the expenses of training: by the devoting of too much time te ractice; by reducing the number of act. ve competitors; by relying u natural rsa rather than ae iy by depriving the non-athletic individual of incentive to physical exertions: by de- priving the ox of their as a means of health, Dr.
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