The Children.
IV, yon love me, little children ?
Oh, sweet blossom*' thai are curio,l
(J.ite's tender morning-glories)
Hound the easement ol the world'
IV> your hearts slimb up toward me
As my nwn heart bends to you,
In the lieauty ol your dawning
And the brightness ol your dew?
When the Irngmnco ol your laces.
And the rhythm ol your Icet,
Ami the incense ol your voices
Transform Ihe sullen si reel,
t>o you see my soul move sollly
Forever where you move,
With an eye ol benediction
And a guarding hand ol love ?
Oh my darlings' I Bin with you
In your trouble, in your play,
hi your sobbing and your singing,
In your dark nnd in your .lay;
In the chambers where you noatle,
In the hovels where you lie,
Is the sunlight where von blossom,
And the blackness whore you die.
Mot a blessing broods above you
But it lilts me Iroin the ground;
Not a thistle-liuih doth sling you
Hut 1 suffer with the wound;
Ami a chord within ine trembles
To your slightest touch or tone,
And I furnish when you hunger.
And 1 shiver when you moan.
Cairyou tell me, little children,
Why it is I love you so?
Why I'm weary with the burdens
Of my sail and weary woe?
tH> the myrtle and the aloes
.Spring blithely Irom one tree*
Vet I love yon, oh, my darlings'
Have you any itowers lor ine*
I have trodden all the spaces
Ot my solemn years alone.
And have never lelt the cooing
Ola Imbo'e breath near my own;
Bet with more than lather passion.
And more than mother pain,
1 have loved you, little children'
Do vou love me hack ngnin '
THE SOAP WOMAN.
It is doubtful if the judge would have
felt us much surprised to hear bis wife
say she was going to make a voyage to
Kuropc as to hear her sav sb>' was going
to make soap. They had not liecn very
king married then, and the judge was
not yet conversant with the full cata
logue of that thoroughly home-made
woman's accomplishments. She had
been one of the five daughters of n
widow, left while her children were wee
hitgirlsin very straitened circumstances.
The way the mother reared them up to
a true and useful womanhood was a
marvel ol perseverance, industry tnd
economy. She managed to have tlicm
well educated for the times, nnd saw
them all married into tlie bi-st circles
and occupying positions of r< sncctabil
ity and influence. Judge Manotte's
wife was the youngixit of tlie widow's
daughters, and it was thought she had
rnnnc the best match of the five. The
judge's place was the pleasantcst in tlie
thrifty village, which has since assumed
the more ambitious name of city. He
Uad h-en gently born and raised, went
early to college, and from thence to his
profession as a lawyer. Manual toil
was a stranger to him, yet lie was a man
of industry, in no sense given to profuse
new of expenditure. lie approved and
admired Ins wife's general prudence in
housekeeping and spoke with pride to
hi* guests of the excellent food witli
whi.-ii his iard was spread as the work
of her own hands. Mrs, Mnnntte might
have kept servants. I think thejudge
wouid have hem better satisfied if sjo
would have had a girl (all the ladies of
her position had one or more), hut she
declared with decision, pretty early in
their wedded iife, that she would not
be bothered with sTvants as long as she
had health tvdo her own work. Tlie
exercise wo* ffh more than he needed
for her own benefit.
Mrs. Manotte had a will and way of
her own. as this little talc will hour
abundant evidence. The judge made
this discovery pretty early. He could
doubtless make a moving plea in a court
room, but he was aware lie could make
no pica to mov" his wife when she wa*
fully bent upon a certain course.
But yet when Mrs. Manotte, over the
breakfast table of a fair April morning,
announced her intention ,of making a
barrel of soft soap, the judge looked ns
if stricken with a sudden palsy. I doubt
if he would have worn a more rueful
face had his best lawsuit gone against
htm.
"And I hope yon will help mo ail you
• an." added the earnest woman, on
tlioughu of oeonomj, ashes and grease
intent.
" Indeed, I ran render you no assist
ance whatever!" returned the judge, in
sharper tones than his wife had ever
heard liim apeak tffore. Her ealm blue
eyes surveyed him with unnilfled com
posure, hut there was not in look or
hearing one symptom of wav<Ting from
her purpose.
'* Then I must go about the ioKalone,"
•he said quietly.
" I beg you will do nothing ol the
kmd," continued the judpe, something
very like n frown rontracting his brow :
"I am oerfrctly willing to buy all the
soap we need, and what use should we
have for the vile, sloppy stuV!"
" Solt soap was good enough for my
mother, and it -is good enough for iter
daughter." said lira. Manotte, with a
dignity approaching sternness, •• I
shall make no vile, sloppy stuff, hut an
article far more efficacious for cleansing
riot lies and for various household pur
poses. than anything to he bought nt
•tores. Are you aware how inuch
money we paid out far loop last Tear,
Mr Manotte e"
" No," said the judge, "and it doesn't
■ vtter."
" Indeed. I think it does matter," said
til • wifc. " However raurh money peo
ple may have, they are never justified
ta waning it. S# I hope yog will rail
at the grocer's as you go down this
mwning. and see if yon ran procure
three molasses hogsheads "
"Three molasses hogsheads!" eg- I
claimed the judge in a tone of mingled
terror and dismay, "do you then pro
pane to manufacture the srtlcla hy
wholesaler I shall neat he invited to
peddle soft soap by the gallon from door
to door.
The wlfip laughed gleefully nt her bus
hsad's rueful apprehensions, and asked :
*' IWt yrm know that 1 mast set up a
" A leech, in old pnrlancOj mwm mi
understrapper of u doctor, ' said the
judge, moodily.
"Well, I mean a niash-tuh, returned
Mrs. Mn not to. "Perhaps two hogs
lunula w ill answer, one tor the ashes, the
other to hold the soap."
The judge went out without further
words; his wife did not know whether
he would herd her request or not, hut
rather thought lie would. She was
right in litis supposition. Within nn
liour a dray dumped t wo hogsheads and
a tight barrel in tlie book yard. Mrs.
Manotte at on re attired herself in a
short, stout dress, a long, block poke
bonnet, shut up tlie front of the liouse
and retired to ! tic scene of her proposed
abors. She drew a pair of lie*- hus
band's old leather gloves on to her
hands, adjusted some blocks of wood,
and trundled a hogshead into position.
1 Then she arranged some bricks in the
bottom of it, and covered them with
I straw, that tlie lye from the leached
I ashes might lie clear as it trickled
through. She recollected when a little
j girl of her mother putting her into tlx
old family mash-tub. which served for
! ii score of years, and telling her how to
adjust the bricks and straw in proper
i lash ion.
Next she -jot a great hod and coni
i men cod to fill the hogshead with aahi -
, She worked with such \ igor that a tr
| mendou du.-t was raise .1 in the hack
1 yard. PoopJ* going past In the strc<t
j outside sneezed and eougbed, and won
dered what was going on at .Fudge Ma
nottc's pla< e
Hut Mrs. M. was absorb. d in the work
• of tiie hour to utti r obliviousness of the
| fact that from tlie second story of tlie
i mansion just across the area lroni her
own, curious and pu/./.led eyes were fast
ened on her and her movements. In her
wash-room two kettles set in arciies
were heating the water to drench the dry
ashes. She iiad to climb into a chair to
four each pailful on to tlie leech, t'er
tainiy to unfamiliar cy<<, her work
might seem strange and mysterious.
Tin; Sequin girls, at the chamber
window opposite, with tatting and cro
chet, could at length contain their sur
prise and wonder no longer.
" Do let lis call mother,'" one of tlieni
exclaimed, "and see if she can unriddle
tlie mystery, and tell us tlie meaning ol
th(*npemtions over in Judge Manotte's
hack yard."
"I think the judge has got a woman
to make some sort of compost for his
! pear trees." said tlie otliet.
1 While the two girls ga/.-d, a stiff pole
! was plunged into the fuming hogshead.
1 and the mass vigorously punched and
! shaken by the stout worker.
"She is a Reroute*," they said.
"What muscle those women have. Mrs.
Manotte i a worker herself, and she
wouldn't hire a woman to sit still."
Hut now the woman disappeared for a
j while, and when she next came in view
she had under her arm an auger and axe,
ill nil' baud a smooth bill) t of wood, and
in the other a huge red hot poker. The
two girls gave a little scream at this
sight, but the worker (card it not, lut
head enveloped in the hlai k. poke lion
net. She processed to bore through the
billet of wood by means of tlie (laming
poker, while the smoke as it burned its
Way made a dubious blue cloud about
her head.
" I declare, things nr.- getting desper
ate down there," cried the youngest girl.
" I believe sonic infernal witch-work i
going on ; I will have mother called."
( Mrs. Se.juin was summoned. She was
a city-bred woman, first and last, and
the proceedings in Judge Manotte's hack
yard were as mysterious to her as to her
youtig daughter.
"What tlie woman is doing I don't
know," site said, " but she worgs with a
will. I should like to get her to do our
, spring cleaning.' 1
" It is very likeiy you ran. mother,"
said the elder daughter. "We will get
father to inquire of Judge Manotte alwiiit
the woman—if. indeed, she is canny."
Next there was a hole made by means
of the auger in the lower part of the
hogslcad, and the bored billet of wood
driven soundly in by aid of tlie axe,
vigorously wielded by tlie woman's
lusty arm. and a whittled plug placed in
tip* wooden spigot.
"What a great, tout creature," ex
claimed Mrs. Sequin. " She handles
tools like a man!"
Then more (tailing water was dashed
into the ash-filled hogshead til) it stood
seething and full to the very britn.
And now all was silent and deserted in
•fudge Manotte's backyard. In the af
l ternoon, Mrs. Manotte. richly dressed,
was seen holding up her skirt*, tip-toe
! ing round tlie great hogshead, as if in
specting the work to see if it had been
j properly and thoroughly done.
At a v ry early hour ths next morn
ing tip Sequin girls heard noises in the
hack yard, and sprang from taxi to
see if the witeli was At 10-r work again
Sure enough she was; they beheld a
huge kettle swung on ft stout pole be
tween crotched stakes driven into the
earth, and a pile of blazing fagots bo
i neatli it
"There is Iter cauldron; I told you
j so." said the younger girl. "And look
, at tlie pails of black liquid she is pour
j ing into it,and the foul lumps and bone*
. she is pouring from that greasy cask.
I An infernal broth that must lie site is
, concocting."
"And there is another barrel with the
j dark liquid dripping through tlie
J spigot." said tlie older one.
j "So there is," exclaimed tlie younger;
i " when did she fix that? What a vig
orous creature! She would clean our
whole house in • wenty-four hours. I/s
;us call father. He knows most every- 1
i thing. I'll Iwt he can tell us whntall
i this means."
So Mr. Sequin was brought to look,
down 'in tlie sDcetacle in Judge MA
notte's liaekyard.
"It lient the witches in Hecate all
hollow,"said the two girl* in chorus, a*
, their paternal pnrent entered the room.
! After quietly surveying the operations
below a moment, he hurst out laughing. ■
"Why, the woman is making soft!
soap," lie said ; " that is all: I have seen
my old mother do it fifty times when I
was a boy on the home ianu; nnd that
j woman understands her business, too.
I declare I'll have her make up our
ashes. Soft soap is better forn hundred
purposes in a family tlinn all your patent
cleaners found at stores."
" I wish yon would, father," said the '
; younger daughter. " for it is first-mlc
fue to s*c her work; hut wl at is she i
1 throwing old bones info tlie kettle for?"
" That is tlie grease; the lye will eat ,
them all up. She lias got a keg hill of
scraps. Tlie result will Im a barrel of,
good strong soft soap Mrs. Manotte
is a prudent woman. She was country
rais< d; her mother (aught tier to save
meat scraps for soap grease, no doubt.
This is tlie way all (aimers do, and
make theirc.wn soap."
" Hut Mrs Manotte need not have done
this, a* she is rich," said Mrs. 8.
" Ym. and always means to le," 'aid
Mr. Sequin, "Tmi know she does her
housework when she might have a
dozen wait'Ts If hlh- wanted tliem. Now
she has found a hand lo work up In?!
Mho into t<nnp."
"Mr*. Manotte in rather an odd wo
man," remarked Mr. Sequin. " I don't
think the judge is quite pleased with
some of her ways."
Three duy'H alter Airs. Manotte an
nounced her intention of making wmp,
she called her husband to see the result,
which wan a hogshead "f rich brown
liquid, smooth and thick, exhaling a
clean, alkaline odor, us it stood in a
sunny nook o( the hack yard. The
judge ga/.ed nt it solemnly in his wife
: extolled its virtues and spoke exuit
! inglv of the "good luck " which had at
j tended her efforts.
"As we burn the bc*t of wood the
j ashes were string eiiotigh without pot
ash, which makes soap biting and harsh.
I added a strong solution of borax,
which will rentier it softer for the hands,
; and also increase its cleansing proper
ties."
"How much do you eallit worth?"
asked the judge.
" 1 do not purpose to sell it," said the
wife, "so you will not have the pleas
ure of peddling it out ; but it will last
two vrars, nmT save forty or fifty dol
lars. 1 '
"Is it poH-iblc! " exelaimcii the
jutlge,-with a humorous twinkle in the
corner of his eye. "I an lost in admir-
I ation tui'l amazement of this jn lii'-ve
ment. Cou;d I ever have Imagint tl 1
"hoillt! have a -o tp-iiia! ■ r for a wife?"
Mrs. Manotte laughed; she knew the
judge was rather pleased after all.
Though Ids wife dismayed and almost
shocked his propriety sometimes, h<
had a certain qui't t rid' in In r prow -s.
He liever knew h< r to maks an i -ay
which ended in defeat; nothing she at
tempted " fell through. If she <ould
plan, -Ii" could also execute. A few
, days later, as the judge was walking
home to dinner, he was acostcl by Mr.
Squine.
"Judge Manotte, wilt you have the
kindnivis to give ine the name of your
soft-soap woman ? < >ur folks accident
ally saw In r at work in voiir back yard,
( and we want to employ Icr to make up
our a/die*. She is a splendid worker—
such activity and strength, you don't
find many such in them'days. '
The judge was aghast at lir-t, but in
soon rallied, and said " 1 will send In r
to you to-morrow morning, if you would
| like," and Mr. Scouin avent hoiin t<> t< 11
his wife. •' Judge Nl inotte's soap woman
will !• on hand with the morrow."
The judge merely remarked to his
wife at the dinuer table that Mrs S'-.juia
wislud In-r to call at her house next
morning, and Mi*. Manotte thought
nothing strange of this. The la<lic
were acquaintcil. and attended tin -nine
church. Accordingly Mrs. Manotte
made riady at the time si>eeified. Tie
ludge'a wife was a handsome, tylis||
woman when dn s'*l A * she appro.u li
ed the door of In r ro ightsir s!n noticed
the fmnt part "f the h"U.e liad a decid
edly sluit up np|w arnm e. and -he had to
ring iiiier and again for admittnn<
Within the two girls were "pc ping,"
and Is 'held Mr-. Marott', "dnsn-d -<•
j grand " on the front step.
" How strange she should eai; at -U' ti
an unseasonalvle hour, tiny -aid, "1
never knew Icr t' do thus Ie fore, and
wl.en we are all in our worst riot has,
with the parlors shut up. expecting tin
sap woman. It is too !ta<!; how can
we let her in?"
Hut the hell rang again rather ir
emntorlly, Mr-. Manotte saying to her
self, "As they sent for me and I have
t>een at some trouble to call at this hour,
why do they k" p me waiting for eti
tranee in thi* unseemly style?"
" I must let Imr in." said Mr. S<- itiin,
"or *he may take "fr- ne". and Mrs. Ma
notte is too good a friend to lose, thougli
it i strange sin- should call at such an
untimely hour. Something particular
may bring her."
So a blind was hastily opened in the
parlor and Mr* Manotte admitted,
while Mrs. Sequin excused delay by
saving tlicy bad soiue unusual work
claiming their attention that morning,
and told the girls aside if the soap
woman came to show her the ashes and
st raps in the area and set her to work at
onee. Then she teturn'si to the pnrUr
with Mrs. M:iS"tt< . w ho was unaccount
ably silent and rather stiff at length, ss
she ask'-d :
"Was there anything particular you
wished, Airs. Sequin?" and that iaoy
answered, "Oh, no. Airs. Manotte,"as
she bowed her visitor out.
Airs. M. walkc! homewaid feeling
, rather vexed.
"I thought you said Mr*. Sequir
wished to see me," she remarked to tin
judge in the evening.
"So Mr. Sequin informed me," wai
the response. " then shetiid not see fit tc
employ you?"
"Kmploytnc?" echoed Mr*. Manott®
!>ut tlie judge was inscrutable.
The very next day Mr. Sequin sough
| out the judge nnd said: "Your soap
woman did not ronie yesterday; jus',
tell me her whereabouts, if you please,
that I may seek her out."
"The soap-woman lias informed me
that she went to your house yesterday
morning, but your wife did not *y any
thing about wishing her services; I bo-
Jcve virtually declined them."
"It Is not so," said Mr.Sequin, " i fear
the woman is not to be relied on."
" I never knew her to break tier word;
she is rather a wiiful woman, but by nr
means an untruthful one," the judge
said, with that *iy twinkle in his eye
which his neighlior hm! learned carried
a meaning of its own,
Mr. Sequin went home and asked his
wife if she had had any callers yester
day ?
"Only Mrs. Manotte," was the an
swer. " and she eatne before nine o'clock
In the morning; I never knew her to
call at such an unseasonable hour lie
fore. I thought something special had
brough! her. hut she did no errand."
Mr. Sequin roared.
"Why, she was the snap-woman,
wife,"he said.
Then ne related what .fudge Manotf
luwl lust boon cnying to him arnl it seem
"d plain. The judge Innl played a prac
tical joke on hia wife. Im wna fond of
j sueh, but they wore never InstigatHi
by a malioiou* or vindictive spirit. She
j proved herself a match/or htm in this
instance. One day at an hour when tbe
streets were fiille*t of people, fhe asked
I Iter husband if he would "take some
thing to Mr*. Koguin for Iter?" and lie
signified hi* readiness to do no.
" What is it?" he asked.
"Yon will find it on the area *tep*,"
she answered, quietly.
It wa* two hueket* of soap! Ilia word
was given, and he kept It. a* n man of
honnrandn "judge" should do. So he
<wme within one of being a soft soap
peddler.
?ueen Vietoria tends the great papers
omton every day before noon.
FOR TilK FAIR MUX.
Fnnhloiia of llr fiction.
BONNKTH. -The bonnet- now being
i innde arc taken from nearly all periods,
j and include all Shanes, from the baby
i bonnet to the broad, flaring brimmed
hat. From this it will he seen that
I there is no particular fashion for hats.
Kvery lady can wear what best suits
| her taste, or her purse, and is most be
! coming. Nearly all I tonne is have broad
I ribbon lie strings; some are brocaded,
| mixed witii gold or silv r; others plain
and llowired stripes; and slili otlurs. of
satin, striped with Fcrxian figured silk,
birds and feathers up uwd in enormou
' uiiantitie*. Owe', parro' , pi'""n- and
j even tlie little sparrows are not dis
carded. The bitt'i die easily and make
j a very pretty trimming. Small feathers
of tin* ni'i-t cominon kind of fow! are
, purchased in great quantities dyed
i lirown, hlm'k or in bright 'xilom, are
sewed separately on large piece of thin
cloth, and ma te into elegant feather
bonnets. A black cottiige lionnet i
-1 made entirely of small Ida' k feathers
'studded with ft I nek b nls. trimmed
with a cluster of hluek tips and black
laceeiiibrjidered with j' t. ; broad sti ipeil
tie strings of plain and brocaded satin.
The crowns of many <>f tie bnunets ar<
' embroidered ill variegated leads, jet,
and sill,, in "many farciful sir.pes and
figures. I'nllem* for tlcm embroidered
ei'iwiiH and fronts can I" obtained, and
I Indie- can easily inak' tln ir own ii"H
riels. The newest -'vh- i- to hai'-th-'
strings at the lop of th< '-town and fa--
t' tied at tic sid- with some such orna
ni< nt such as a bird's head i>r an arrow
of jet or steel. Fae. trimming is not
used, all brim- being -imply iiie d with
;pi tin or shirr?d satin or velvet. Many
I of them are edge! with gold braid.
< 'un CHIN'S <1 * KMI NT- tJnrm'-IIT-for
children are becoming more and more
simple. A paletot of -tone-colored
cashmere with a plaiting of silk in the
back, the same shade, w . i • rv< both as
a dre.ss, ami with the addition of a can
ton flannel und< rwaist :u> ,n outside
wrap; it is made long, loose and com
fortahle. i itli'-r- "f dark plaid mat' rial,
gahrielle shape, with two narrow plait
ing- at the bottom In.-uh-d with narrow
rildion velvet. A pretty outside gar
ment for a <hi d i- mad'-of light hue
e.tshlU'-r' . tie f:'"llt .i—' and "f sqUnT'
-hap . oi'-r which si' -liort cutaway
front-. The back i- a v ry long plain
waist, to which tlir -kirt is atta> ii'-d in
kilt plaits, finished with a broad bite
Hash of light blue -ilk. rive!' lout at t) •
ends. Tli'' fronts an trimmed with a
mixed galloon, <T' un and gilt. Tic
garncnt i- doube-br nt.-d ai d fat> n
ed with large pearl-white buttons.
Stui.ii l)ui -i .-Street dre- - ar<
the same as they wer> last st-tison; a r '
made short Home are mad' M itlmut a
vestige of trimming <>n tin underskirt,
and the ovr-kirl* ar simp . rtitelcd
around tic l*itt"in. fhe plain poirU<!
basqti'- .oe -ijii-ii. and b.iv f.wr
a-ani- in tie liiw k than tin y formerly
■ had. Ovr-kitts are Buxdl All) acTOM
tic hip- Tie at' -' ■oj < iic! in fmnt.
Mixed f.tbri'- of-i .k a' v . flow r '
ioui plain -irip and paiin-i'-af c "tli.
will I* much uwl tlii- -'asun lor dro
trimming. Tic rvleeable Idtw k siik is
bright'red and m id'- more die-sy by tie
addition of \i-t. 'uft- and r> \-rs of
iToavlcl si'k- in eojers of old gold, tdU'
oka dot, crimson and t<rqu<>i*< bin*
In ( "mbina'ior with 'cii • "lorn n old
black -ilk can In- made to !ok fresh and
i new.
Funis Very simple nd plainly
trimmed ilmwi may be made qiiit
-ty.isli for evening by simply adding a
fichu. I host nr. made in various
shape- and of different material. For
elderly ladies there is tic black n<i, em
lipoid'r. .| with <olon d si.k, vest shape,
n itl rultles of killed Sjianisji lace in tie
inside, forming a - piar shaped neck.
.Many handsome ones me of th< -ani'
siiajM-, with white li.-sc and p,.ailing* of
Breton iace. one inside, tic other re.
lieyed with I'iKtps of tailor ed satin. More
simple on< s are made of India mull, ■ ut
. i the shape of half a square, the ends
■ xfending to tic Icll, trimmed with two
row* of Valenciennes.
Si's KINCS.- Stocking att pmfuseiv
(inhroidercd Many ladi's tribroid. r
their own, buying sto, kings of a soiid
color and embroidering tlcm in differ
ent alors to mateli the dress. Afueft
snare tine can be very pleasantly cm
ntoji'd in this way. In fact, if young
ladles will simply undertake to consult
tlcir own ta-t..* and gratify Uent with
their own handiwork tliey will be sttr
, prised at the increnvng pleasure this
| will afford and tlie economy it will
stimulate. —AY tc )Y/rt / mhtnu l.rtler.
linns* Clrsiilnx.
i Beds should l>e cleaned,
sunn'd and l-d clothing aim). Win
ter clothing and blankets wld h 'iave
1 rcer. peek d awnv for tic lUD.'Jtn.
should be taken out, examined and well
! aired. Wlcre carp? ts have la-en on the
floor all summer, thorough sweeping i*
| all that is required to clean them. For
litis a carpet brush is letter than a
broom nnd a patent carpet sweeper
' than cither. Tic carpet sweeper, how
ev r. will not go into the corners of the
; rootn nnd these inust he clean'*) w th
, brush and dustpan. This troiiblsome
corner brushing 1* obviated j>y tic
' modem fashion of leaving a strin of
stained floor around the edge ol the
'carpet. Where tlie floors are covered
with matting it is generally agreed to
Ite wisest to leave the malting down
and put tlie i-arpel over it. The matting '
keeps better on the floor than if taken 1
up and stored away, and at the same
time helps to preserve the carpet. Two
tlilckneescs of naper should be laid be
tween them. Newspapers will answer
for this purpose, but common brown
wrapping paper, such ns grocers use, is
still belter, on account of it absorlx-nt
qualities. When it is used the mat
ting will usually lie found ntueh cleaner
the next spring aft'T the carpet is taken
un than when It was laid down. For
cleaning matting, damp corn meal or
wlcnt bran sprinkled over it and then
swept off is rx'cllent. Soap should I
never be used on matting, it yellows it j
badly. When the matting Is so dirty as
'o require washing, salt water will lie
imnd much better for the purpose.
Bvery one knows how iron castors on
furniture stain straw matting. There is
nothing which wiil remove these stains
without injury, hut they may lie pre
vented by placing tiny round mats ol
straw coarse rrochcl cotton under carh
roller. When depressions occur in tlie
matting an extra thickness of paper must
be put, in order to prevent the earpet
from wearing off in that spot. The new
pntent tacka fbr matting, mode in the
form of small staples, are mu< h letter
than the old style. When a breadth of
matting is to be pierced turn both pieces
under for three or four inches and over- i
scam together on the wrong side. If
j nently done the join wi,l tx* scarcely ap
i |arent.
i Carpets which have been laid away
I (luring the summer should he closely ex
amined for moths and well *vv< pt before
putting down. Ingrain carpets may be
neatly mended |>y slipping a patch
under, taking car- tiiat the figures
match, and pasting carpet and putt h to
tfether with . till' Hour paste
Clothes which are to lie laid away lor
the winter should he washed ami rougli
drlcd, lint not starched, since the stareh
hasrt tendency not only to yellow while
f cloth, iut to rot it as well. To pre- ( rve
the color they should he slightly biueil.
Mice are apt to cut white < lollies ami
calicoes when laid away in a closet to
which tiiey have a< Ct ss, ' |pt*t it |y i
' any -tari-hi* left in them. Crenaditi' s,
huntings and sumtnei woo'en* which
will not la- needed in ct I weather,
should In- packed ill trunk; with earn
-1 plior til preserve tluui It' tu moths,
whi' h, in a warm house, :• i. frequently
1 as in tit • in winter as in * imtiicr. Tin
Knglish custom of laying sprigs ol
. lavender, or dried rose leaves among
I , Hin-n is an exceedingly line mv .—l'hila
1 '/W/'/'j'l l\im ~ '
A liiidlcrous Mistake,
Mi 'l'homas Ifancoek, coming hack
, from hi- eastern tour to his Kansas
1 home, at Crape Creek, Was pea-cd to
! fill'l a larg* erowil of his old friends and
1 neighbors awaiting liim at tie station.
As the train pulled un. tie- village hand
bur*t into "the weildine mar h " and
dill itnfioUl damage. Tint hm dmfri
nier thumped it badly for a half minutes
and to--ed it to the sax-horn, who blew
t it perpendicularly into tin air, whence,
i on its return, it was caught by tie- trom
bone, which, after rolling it over and
over iii a rough-and-tumble tight, threw
it straight at the head of the man with
the French horn, who twisted it
I wretched tusk and sent it " bum,"
" bum," against the hide-h'-atcr. who
, originally started it. Thi w.is a solace
and ad< iiglit to tin soul of Vr. lluncM k,
and his lai-e Ix-aui'sl with a smile as
warm and filial it- the October sun.
As he reached the plat form of the car,
| three ebeers were given for "Ilainoi k
and ladv." whereat Hancock looked
queer, especially when lh< v ■ rowted on
him. shaking hands and asking " Where
is she?" '■ Why don't v bring her
out " Ain't asliain< <i of In r. are you 1'
He hliisli'd and begun prol< ting, when
| suddenly a Inautifui woman s< i/-d hi*
arui. and citing with her pretty gloved
hand so sweetly to him that he would
hav ten in nridisc if tin re hadn'
Is en s,, ii, in eking on. "Hurling."
-In wbisxHred, I thought J had lost
you," and Han<-o< k. utterly nonplussed,
ilnne t wished sin hail. In the m< an
tinn tin ernW'd began looking qUecj,
alid "topped ■ lei ring and guftuwd a
' little, al. of which made it vry embar
rassing for Mr. Thomas Hancock. j| <
; was too gabant a man In cxpr< s hi*
growing dilikeof tin- situation. In fact
it i- haidlv trutlifui to .tv In did not
| di-iiki !. At the same time lie eon
fes-i dto hims' if that ha wavs had a
; pr< jlldi ■. in rv.l fieri i h>U.d ts ma I -
iii <l. in favor <if Ising at least a party to
it. and of la ing invited to the w< Iding.
Both of .i,ese un liniinaries bring w ant
ing. Mr. Ilancek not unreav nahty
doubted tin right of tin pretty woman
fueling to his arm. a- she was doing.
Die situation wrvs greatly rotiiplleat'-d
at this ni'iifi' nt by another gentleman
j who rushed ■x< ii<-diy up, tore away the
lady, and asked what ah' no-ant by such
conduct—only fifteen minutes aft'r st.c
wa married ton. She looked up. gave
a little scream, and clung to the nrw
• otniT as tightly as she liaise lung to Mr.
lian'VH k. The latter sniilrd, the crowd
roare 1 and cheered, tic two gintiem'n
sli'Hik hands, and the train went on with
Ml. Kichard Hardin and his wile. And
th'-n Mr. Han' < k, after duly testifying
to tic gratitude lie feit for the ' stecin of
hi" f-llow -i iti/.en*. demanded an i Xpcin
alion. After a severe and patient ex
amination lie dimiwd that the re
port-r "ft lie local [ ijs-r "had mix'd
those babies up. ' lie had announces]
tlm rumors of Sir. Hancts kV matrlaire
' during his Kaat/rn tour, and. Icing a
popular man of (Jrape Cwk, his re igh
j nor* had turned out to welcome liiin
and hi* bride. Mr. Richard Hardin,
just married, was alcut taking the train,
and hud left his new wile in order to
look aft'T the luggage In the natural
confusion of so important an event, the
| bride had mistaken Mr. Hancock for iier
spouse.
Two Remarkable Inventions,
The following new invention* hv
, P-sidrnta ol Nevada have Im—h caveat'd
at tic Washington Patent Office ;
A Barter's Muazlcr.—This is a very
| serviceable contrivam e, which can te
; fastened over a barber's mouth to pre
vent his talking while shaving < u-tom
ers. It is made of iron, padded in
side, and can le fastened securely so as
to cover the whole mouth. It is fur
nish'*! with clamps and screws which
are fixed at the !ia< kof the head. I'riee,
i Itl.SO. Those furnished with a lev er at- j
taehmmt for the purpose of breaking
the bar Ivor's jaw come at s.l. Tlie plate*
which fit on the cheek are of the best
chilled steel.
The Bonnet 'irapple.—This iittle ma
chine is destined to be of great acrvire
to theater-goers. It is an ordinary
grappling-hook with a rope attached.
The grapple is thrown over any lady's
bonnet which may happen tootetnnt
the view, and the crowd behind can j
always Ivc depended upon to pull the ,
; rope. It sometimes distigur<-s the lady's '
j face permanently, in which ease sne
never returns to again ohstruet the j
view. Virginia (,Ver.) ChrontcU
~ ~
A Shocking Spectacle.
A handcart propelled by two men t
drove upto the New York Medical I'nl
versitv, in Rust Twenty-Sixth street.
New York, and while the men were en
deavoring to lift it over the curbstone
to the sidewalk it tilted, and three nude
bodies were dumped into the gutter.
Tin'men took hold of the bodies and ;
*ep< rately dragged them across the side
: walk inside a close iron gate leading to
1 a yard of the University building. The i
bodies had lioen procured at the morgue 1
1 for the purpose of dissection and were J
i being transferred to the dissecting room t
of the Medical University, when .owing
to the carelessness of the attendants
they were thrown on the street,
I lie next day several people who
reside in the neighborhood took prac
tical steps to put a stop to the recur
rence of such an inhuman exhibition
by sending a complaint to the faculty.
The faculty at once dismissed the cm- ! i
plovers who were responsible fivr the
accident
The .fapanosc are about to take meas
ures to stop the exportation of silk
worm eggs. I
I
III* Wauled to Kettle "tear nn Indian
Wound.
A Strang' r who h.ui la-en el.intr at
property Ini nl in t *ll rsiini>; -v Sl,< with
j u vxw to buying a home for himself,
finally stud to Ili- r-it! estate agent, who
hud been showing him the various at
traction* "I I hat charming suburb of
Cincinnati," Now tak* ire to *•■#• your
: mounds."
"Mound ?" said the real < Maloagmt.
" what mounds?"
"Why, th- mound* left by the
mound-builder*, to he sure. Those
wonderful unl niy*t<TioUa monuments
of tioiti' pre-hitoiif race, who lived tsu
back of the Indiana- -relic* in which
the Ohio I aaid to he opulent."
" Never hcttril of any mound* around
, . her. -aid tlx UX'-nt.
Indian mounds, I *uppo*r you
u .11 el call them,'continued the stranger,
" though it is probable they were erected
by |M-o|>ie of i. tnor< remote are."
" N 1 vi-r heard of any in tlii* ward,"
I Mid the agent for land.
"They nr u-ually found to contain
arrow-head*. MK-.-iiiieti of pottery, and
Irerjuenl > the *ku)lM aixl *ke . tout- of tha
singular ran who built them."
1 h< agent slxx.k hi* head
"Ho you in- -iri to stand th< i> and teil
ne. cried tin stranger. excitedly,
• "that there isn't a fingie coiitarv Indian
; tuound in ('uinrtiin vi, , when tlx <>hio
1 valley is full of'em?"
■ "I hat cc m - to liic state of affair!
; it tie pr'H'tit writing." sold the agent,
ritij r doli fully," though we will under -
1 il.e ui htiild ■> nioutid for yi.u if you
' bay OM of our lota. Hut it urlUoost a
hep ot money, and skeleton* ain't very
• I-UKV to get, '|ther. I/iit* of fxittery
i ki' i- ing ahout, though, for • very woman
in < iie innati ha- gone to making it "
'I lie stranger gazed upon tlx* rem
' etati agent with a look of pity and
• di'gU't. "J to you suppose you could
lake awl. i .harrow and make a mound
' thou-amU of year! old in a couple of
day*? N*o. -ir: what I want i a g< nuine
• Indian mound, with tlx- skeleton*. war
' liki implement* anil otle r material! in -
t.-xt. Nothing hoguH. If it i*ii't on my
I want it on some lot in tlx vicinity
j MI 1 can go and fit on it occasionally.
reflecting on the pant. ! live in New
1 ,ler*cy. wlx-ie they have no such me.
tnoris v. hut I ri:x! that thi*- are (en
thousand in Ohio alone, and why a hig
jilnii like ('utnminnrillo can't have at
1 • at on*, i* past my com prehension.
' ( J.KXI day, sir. II I can't nettle near a
| mound lam foing MS- kto New Jersey."
That agent say* ( 'ummin*viiie -kail
hai • an Indian mound Row, if he has U
build one hiu.-i If.—(Hi'Vt'M.'i Si/nrd/j*
1 Si'jht.
The Malarial Poises.
i 101 l mutter,t fiver. mai*li f'vir. ma
.ilia. lev. r. fr ver md agu., "chilis"—
tlx are it l< wof the name* hy which
i tlx-die tor* and tlx people know more
ir I- of one of the most widi-spr.-ad
•md familiar of tlx i .* that flesh is lair
to—a maids that MVHI to ocettr at one
i time or another in ail oountrie* where
'lx i• at', to In found water, sunshine
i and a soil reasonably rich in decayed
n't' tabx ili nn nt In countries where
tlx-*oil la less rich in vegetable element*,
the f vif is restrh ted 1/1 tlx rx ighUir
i hood of inundated iand- or mar-lies, or
f onds of variable level, bccaiuc in these
I situations tlx abundance of decaying
i triysUblt nbthUooi is very gnat. In
• -u. h i-our.Uies tlx opinion i* general, and
i is p. rliat.s accural!. that the poison is of
ma >hv origin : hut in countries where tjie
. whole soil is rich enough to bo in tlii*
particular .ik- these maishy land!, it
lias I** n long n igignized that the poison
I had no tieoi --.try motion to marshy
i j situations, hut was in tact telluric, and
i j tlint a short rain, which only slightly
| ( moistened tlx surface of the eartii and
. af. w succeeding liours of sunshine sup
f plied all the conditions nis-oosary for the
' i lalmration of the poison that produced
tlii feviT. Hut w hat was that poison*
Within a f. w year* ingenious endeavors
I to solvi this problem have multiplied,
i In tlx pris<nt year some experiment*
havi tioen made at Home which appear
, to 1* more fruitful than anv hitherto
r.. orricd: or. in the words of the report
i read to tlx Academy of lU>me, " Ue in
vestigation was rewarded with com
pli-te uea s. " The*' < xperinientS were
I conducted hy Signor Tommasi, of Home,
.and Professor Klehs, of I'rague. •Tin y
■ together sf* nt some weeks in the
Argo Koniano, and made repeated
examinations of the lower strata of the
atmosphere, of the soil arxt of
*t urnant watiTs. and sutx-c>dod in
isolating a microscopic fungus. *t*v!-
' mens of which, being placed under the
• skin of healthy doga, caused distinct and
regular paroxvsms of intcnnitUmt fever
and produced In the spleens of Uxw ani
mals that p-euliar condition which is a
recognised part of the pathology of this
disease. In the medical world this
achievement mu*t lx> regarded as an im
portant one. . To people at large it may
not seem a great affair to have ascer
tained precisely what oart of the element.*
of a poisonous soil it i* to which its
I poisonous nature is due; hut it must
not be too hatily jndgod thai this
knowledge will not invoive an imoort
ant advance in the <-npacity to deal with
! this noxious protluct ol the earth.—Ktw
I fork llfraltl.
Afghan Joslire.
J Tlx- method of dispensing jnstice and
i arrying the law into execution in t'ahui
seems to he somewhat primitive, judg
! ing from the following incident, which
i is supplied by a correspondent of the
I/tihore paprr: In a quarrel by t wo'ar
i tillerynien, and hy a sort of accident ot
n kind which sometimes happens on
purpose, the bayonet of one man became
implanted in the stomach of the other,
j inflicting a wound that resulted fatally.
1 The friends and relatives of the deceased
declared that tiicy would only be satis
fieo by the lifo of tle delinquent Wing
| left in ti.eir hands, and according to the
usual custom in Mich cases the prisoner
was made over to them to do whnt they
liked with him. It was immediately
agreed that hanging was most appropri
ate. and all the necessary preparations
for the ceremony were completed, when
one of the relatives, more bloodthirsty
than the rest, demanded the privilege of
cutting the unfortunate man's thmat.
At this interesting period of the tragedy
the colonel of the prisoner's hnttery ar
rived on the scene with a hag of money,
which obtained an instant rrnrievc tor
the condemned artilleryman.
After a long and unraoeossful search
through his clothea the editor of tin-
New York /\vi/ moumftillv remarked;
"Tinre is chance in everything hut an
editor's pocket- The old lady who
manipulates the flat-iron said site would
wait another week, and the re
oioed accordingly.
The home stretch is taken in the even
ing on tliesofa.—O'wewtMnft f\wH*erv#/.