THE FiTTSBUBG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8," 1891 19 rTRAKSiATTD roP. THE DISPATCH. There was a niau who bad three sons, all or whom were such bright, intelligent boys that it wss predicted they would grow into good sml usciul men. But the lather was not wealthy, and as soon as the boys were Old enough they irere taken from school and oMiceJ to earn their own living. The two cMcr brothers found cood masters and worked so steadily and faithfully at their trade as to gain great praise for their in dustry. The youngest boy. Donald, had once been presented with a violin, of which he was very fond, and to which he wished to devote all his time. Donald was known through out the country as the "young musician," and he was sent for from far and wide to play at the village festivals and weddings. Uc could produce on his instrument the sweetest music, and even imitate the songs o the birds. "When his father said to him: "My sou, vou are now old enough to go to wort. "What trade will jou choose?" Donald answered: "Only let me give nil my time to niUi-ic and I shall he content." "If vou should do so." teplied the father. "you would not be able to earn your bread, i y . e 1 11 III an a icw years yuur uiuiiivn via vhh ii own ragged houses and lauds while you, a HAPPT who; vagabond, will wander about the country vithout home or friends." To these words Donald replied: "I would rather wander through the country with my violin than possess the wealth of a king." The father then became very angry, anil said: "I shall no longer have so foolish a child in my house; take your violiu and go, and when you are in want remember your father's words." "With a heavy heart and tearful eyes, .Donald took bis violin from its place on the wall, and bidding a sad farewell to his old home, began his journey into the world. He had no money in his pockets; but that did not discourage him, for as he went from one village to another, he played before the houses, and received in return a few pennies, which bought him what food he needed. At night he would sleep on the soft moss in the lorest, or the hay in the meadows. When lie awoke, his first words were: "Good morning, my dear violin, how have you slept in your leather sack? .Let us rise quickly now; for we must wake the birds with our music." The boy would tune his instrument, strike & few chords, and a moment later, all the birds of the forest had joined their voices with the tones of the violin, and often the grand concert, with only Donald for an audience, would continue without inter ruption until noon, for two years the boy wandered from one country to another. His clothes became worn and ragged; but with his beloved violin for company he was "happy and did not regret having left home. - One moonlight night he'sat under an old elm tree on the shore of a broad lake and played one air alter anotber. The leaves of the trees chatted softly to the summer wind, the rushes whispered to the waves, the fish peeped out of the water and in tbe forest touuded the song of the nightingale. Donald played as never be.'ore, and it was a pity that no one was near to hear him. Sud denly there was a great splashing in the water, and out of the waves rose the form of the powerful giant, Fossgrim, with a broad. kind face, a long, green beard, and wearing on his head a wreath of reeds and other water plants. Donald grew pale with fright and let his violin fall to the ground. The giant looked at the boy for a moment and then said: "Why do you tremble? Play sometliiug more for me." Fearing to disobey, Donald picked up his instrument and tried to play; but his hand shook: so violently that he could scarcely sound a. note. When, however, he s iw that 'the giant was smiling kindly upon him, and did not wish to injure him, he played belter even than before, and Fossgrim, de lighted, said: "You play well, very well; but give me your violin and I shall show jou what music is." Donald handed over the instrument and then the giant began to play in such a man ner that ttie boy sprang up and danced for joy, the branches ot the trees moved in time to the music, and even the stones on the Shore leaped from their places. When Foss Ifrim had ended tbe boy cried: "O teach rue to play like that," The giant replied: "If once a year you will bring me a white lamb, that I" and my daughters may have other meat than fish, I Shall teach you to play as I do." "Alas," replied the boy, "that I cannot do; for I am only a poor musician, without money or friends, but if you will teach me to play, I can then cam enough to buy the lamb." "Come with me under the water," said ostgrim, "and in a few hours yon shall play as I do." "Under the waterl" exclaimed Donald, I Mull drown." The giant laughed, and pushed back the water with his great hands showed a dry "path; and a moment later, Donald found himself on the threshold of a glittering palace, through whose halls came the sound of music and singing. "Those are mv daughters' voices," said he giant, "we shall go to them." And he led the way to a large room, which seemed to be made entirelv of water lilies, and rare shells. Here "sat three maidens plaving on golden harps and sing 'JS yeet songs; but as their father entered they left the room and returned almost im mediately carrying with them bread and Iruit When Fossgrim and Donald had partaken of food the giant said: "How yon must learn to play." After receiving a few instructions from his friend, the boy played as if by magic The giant's daughters clapped their hauds in delight, and Fossgrim nodded approv ingly. Donald now felt that his fortune was made, and, as be bade goodby to the giant and his daughters, he said: "I shall soon return and bring with me the whi lamb." Tbe next morning, as the young musician continued his journey, the morning creeie paused to listen to the magic music, and the flowers awoke from their slumbers to hear the sweet sounds. At noon Donald came to a large meadow, in which sat a shepherd tending his sheep. The boy approached him and said: "Kind shepherd, if you will give me a white lamb, I shall play for you the most beautiful music." The shepherd laughed scornfully, and said: "My lambs are not to be had tor ask ing, and I would not give a handful of wool for all the music you can make." The boy made no reply; but tating up his violin bezan to play. At the first notes the sheep left off their grazing and stood as if enchanted, while the shepherd could think of nothing but the exquisite sounds to which he was listening. When Donald had finished, the shepherd cried: "Play again and you shall have as many lambs as you desire." ' Donald played .again; but took as a re ward onty oue lamb, with which he has tened back to the lake and paid his first debt to the giant. He then continued his journey and came to a large city, whose king was lying at the point of death and all the people wore mourning. "If you will allow me to play before your monarch he will recover," said Donald. i iiuiuugii uaviug nine jaiiu in his wurus, they led him to the palace.'and took him to his violin. the bedside of the king. The boy clayed so t and low, and at once the king ceased his moaning, and fell into n quiet sleep. For six days, Donald went every day to the palace, and" on the seventh day as he entered the royal garden, he saw the king, fully re stored to health, waiting on the broad avenue. Tbe people' and their sovereign were so grateful to'the young musician, that he was given houses and lands, and a place in the king's court. Donald then returned to his native village to seek his father and brothers, whom he 'found in great want, owing to a lamine in the land. The for giving bny took his relatives to his beauti lul home near the king's palace, where they all lived to a good old age. Donald did not forget his old friend Fossgrim, and not only once a year, but every "month, he carried to him a white lamb that he and his daughters might have the food tney so much desired. Paysie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the Little Folks That Will Keep Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week if They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. R. CHADBODRH, Lewiston, Maine. 1410 PROVERB ILLUSTRATED. 1411 THE -WORLD'S FAIR A CONUN DRUM. Where will the next World'sTalr be heldT Why. In Chicago, all will say. Yes; I'll admit that is tbe place Where that great show will be some day. Bnt there's anotber'klnd of fair; 'Tis this world's fair the cirls so sweet. Now. tell where they are held the most On Sunday nights, when them we meet. Charles L Houston. 1412 CTJBTAILM ent. AH was the act omnipotent. All the divine establishment Of families here below; For without prime, for love and care. Tbe heart would be unfurnished, bare A desert place would show. Fathers and mothers, grandparents, Ulsters and brothers, uncles, aunts Dear to tbe heart sbould be. Blest is the one with many cousins. Who counts bis vrimal by the dozens. For rich in love is be. Bitter Sweet. 1413 numerical. An old lady, who did not like the works of a certain writer (but mostly from prejudice on account or bis life), exclaimed:! cannot see whatever induced 1 23 to 4 5'6 writing 1 2 3 4 5 6. He was no sort of a 1 2 3 4." She wonld lis ten to no remonstrance from her grandchildren on tbe subject, but would silence them with this unanswerable argument: "Children. I knew him when bo was a boy." Ethyl! 1414 ANAGRAM. CAN REMEMBER. , There's a day In memory's care. Wholly beautiful and fair. Wholly blest. Never shall there come again One so Ireo from care and pain. Full of rest. - No days but the past are ours, Happy he whose past holds flowers 1 Blest the place In bis past where lives a page Which no luture to old ago Can efface. ANISE tAKQ 1415 CHARADE. Jennie tripped to school one day, lilzht of heart and total gay. Thought of naught but pleasure. Harry strolls that sclf-ame way. Thinking only bow he may Hpotia first hours of leisure. .Eyes of gray meet eyes ofbrown. Then in modest wise cast down; Xf I Life the same ah. never! Just a glance upon tbe street: From that glance two lives will meet, Ne'er on earth to sever. For that evening at a dance Something should we call it chancer Brought the twain together. Talked of lastt Well, not of much Parties, operas and such, Whist hands, and tbe weather. But when years had passed away. And she named tbe happy day. Then did they remember That they never had forgot. Through these years, the meeting spot That day in December. H. C. LOUQHLIN, 141C THE ERRAND BOX. A negro boy was sent to carry a total to its destination, and it was hoped that be would not be so long in delivering it as the boys who could boast of a whiter skin; bnt the hope was a vain one. A gentleman saw bim half an hour afterward pinning down the loosened cor ner of a two on his jacket, and asked him if ho bad done his errand faithfully. "No. sar. not yit," he replied, "you see. boss, one tow out side mr jacket am of more importance to me dan de one In my pocket," Ethyl. 1417 DECAPITATION. Second ttit primal, a golden haze Hangs like a mystic veil: Through it ho moves, with a clouded gaze. And face that with joy is pale. How can his judement show forth at all; How can be reason too, Wben tbe range of his vision Is; thus, so small. And his pathway so strange and new T A. I 1418 TRANSPOSITlftN. He was left a lot of money, A really handsome one. His temper it was sunny. And life was just begun. And so it seemed that pleasure Would e'er attend the boy, And crown his hcapsd-up measure With bliss without alloy. But seeking recreation He soon was counted "fast;" Risked cash in speculation, And lost it in a last. Bitter Sweet. 1419 rhyming answers. An answer is required for each line, and they all rhyme. I'm that for which all people toll, A foreigner from o'er the sea; My purpose ever is to soil. And some from me are never free. 1 furnish man both food and drink. While swiftly rushing on my way; Adreadful, painful thing. I think. My object is to draw awav. Chas. L Houston. ANSWERS. 1401 L, Lyra (lyre). 2. Pisces (piece c's). 3. Gemini (Gem diamond in "l"). 4. Capri enrns fcip-rye-corn-us). 1402 Broil, boIL 1403 Drop, prod. 14W- R HOD H AMES ROMANIC DENIZEN S I 7, Z I, E S CELLULE M E U 111 N E S L IDKR8 ENEMA ERA S H03 Flowery, lowery. 140S Bombastic 1407- C ' FUR MOLES MYRTLES FORTIETHS CULT IVAT ION RELEASEES SETTEES SHIES SOS N 1408-Virulent 1400 Crown-et. COLD AIE HAKES WABMTH. Breathing Exercises Will Drive Away Chills and Do the Longs Good. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "Do you know that it is possible for any one to keep comfortably warm out of doors these cold days by a very simple lung exer cise?" remarked a physician one cold morn ing last week, "It is a fact that when a person is exposed to severe cold a feeling of warmth is readily created by repeatedly filling the lungs to their utmost extent in the following manner: "Throw the shoulders well back and hold the head well up. Inflate the lungs slowly, the air.entering entirely through the nose. When the luugs are completely filled, hold the breath for ten seconds or longer, and then expire it quickly through the mouth. This exercise will produce a feeling of warmth that will be felt over the entire body, and eveu in the feet and hands. The exercise is a very beneficial one to thelnnzs, and if tbe practice becomes universal we will have little' use for Koch's lymph." COACHES MADE OF STEEL. A Railroad Passenger Car That May Dis place the Wooden Structures. Denver Republican.! Yesterday afternoon the Burlington train from Omaha arrived at the Union depot, and to it was attached the private car of Mr. H. D. Perkey, president of the Steel Car Company, of New York. Sir. Perkey was on what might be called a locating trip. That is, the Steel Car Company, which is End of the Ste'l Car. capitalized at $2,500,000, purposed locating three large plants for the manufacturing of the steel cars one in New York, one in Chicago abd one in the western portion of the States, tbe location of which had not yet been decided upon. ' Tbe coach is 62 feet long over all and the width is 10 feet. The extreme heiehth from the rails is 13 feet and 10 inches. The general shape ol the car is elliptically cylindrical, its lines being shaped from the lines of curvature of four distinct arcs con forming to standard measurements in height and widtb. The body of the car is made of rolled steel plates from one-eighth to a quarter of an inch in thickness, and are riveted to 12 ribs of quarter column iron one-quarter of an inch thick. The windows are set in and cannot be raised or lowered, ventilation being secured by a system of pipes from a monitor on the top of the coach, which brings the cold air into the car from the floor, while tbe impure air is exhausted by a set of automatic syphons. In cold wea'her the iresh air is warmed by the heaters in the car. It was learned that tbe ventilation and heating apparatus bad worked to perfection on this trip, and that the car was much cleaner than ordinary coaches. ' The interior was elegantly upholstered in silk and satin plush and leather. The compartments were divided by steel frames and plates. Tbe cost of the coaches is about the same as that of an equal grade Pullman coach, and although constructed of steel, it is claimed that they are very mnch lighter than the ordinary cars. In freight cars it is claimed that the steel cars are not only lighter, but possess a greater capacity, while in both classes tbe resisting force ic case of a wreck is incomparably greater. The reason (or building the coaches in the elliptically cylindrical form is that by so do ing the greatest resisting strength known in construction is thus obtained. B ilt iTf'ffllf I I is 1 1'1 1 TAKING. THE CROSS. What the Christian Musi Give Dp if fie Lives as He Ought. MDS1 BE WILLING TO GIVE UP ALL Bat Dancinj and Card Playing ire Hatters of Conscience. WE tfEKD ALL THE GOOD illOSEMENTS rWEITTEN FOR TUB DISPATCH.! "He that taketh not his cross and lollow eth after Me is not worthy of Me." What ought a Christian to Eive up? A Christian ought to be willing to give up everything. Christ did. He who went ont of the Jerusalem gate, along tbe way of sor rows, bearing His cross what kept He for Himself? He gave His life. And He asks us to give Him our Jives, every day and in stant of them, every achievement and ambi tion and pleasure ol them our whole life He asks, without anything kept back from Him.' That is one of the notable facts about the teaching of Jesus Christ that He taught that His followers must be ready to give up lor His sake everything everything I "He that taketh not his cross and followeth after Me is not worthy of Me." The burden is not an easy one.and the path is not a smooth one. But here is the Master's word. You see what it is that Christ wants. He wants entire allegiance. He wants complete self surrender and consecration. As a matter of fact, however, a great many Christians are like Eedwolrt, King of Kent, who was willing, you remember, to adorn his roval chanel with arrenLsul'endid and conspicuous altar to the name of Christ;' but who kept also, away in an obscure corner, a little glimmer of fire ablaze npon a dingy little altar to "the devil. They are like the nun in the French monastery, in tbe days of a monastic reformation, who was willing to surrender all the worldly things she had her handsome garments, her jewels, the pleasant furnishings of her room, tbe delightful companionship of her books everything, except a little silver key, which unlocked tbe gate of a little garden wherein she was wont to walk. Entire Allegiance Necessary. A good many Christians, I say, are such as this. I am and you are. Is it not so? Whether anybody else needs to be reminded of the duty of entire allegiance or not we do. Who can plead innocent? Christ asks everything. We must be willing for His sake, He said, to leave houses and lauds, wealth and pleasure; whosoever loves father or mother, wile or child, more than Him is not worthy of Him. That is a hard saying. Christians must put Christ em phaticaliy first. He asks us, for His sake, lo be willing to give up anything and every thing. And so when one comes and S3vs. "I would like to join the church; I would like 10 give my ueart to (jurist but must 1 give up dancing if I do? because if I must give up dancing I won't do it," the answer is, "Dear child, the Lord wants you to be will ing for His sake to give up the very dearest pleasure that yon have. Perhaps He wains you to give up dancing, and perhaps He doesn't; we can decide that afterward. But to-day He wants your will, your heart, your life the whole of it. He wants ic without conditions. It you cannot come willing to give up whatever can be shown to be against His will, you are not ready to come yet." But let us understand distinctly, just here, that Christ does not ask the.Christian to give up anything just for the sake of giv ing it np. The line between the church and the world is not an imaginary line, is not an arbitrary line drawn by priestsv'and theologians. It is a line botb natural and necessary. Whatever stands on one side of that line is Christian; whatever standVon the other side is un-Ubristian. The line is drawn between the good and the not-good. Christ does not ask any Christian to give up anything without a clear and reasonable reason for it The Virtue of Self-DenlaL It used to be thought, a good while ago, that there was virtue in mere sell-denial. Men used to think there was something ex ceedingly meritorious in itself in the act of him who gave' up -the pleasures of society and sought the solitude of some uncomfort able, damp cave. To wear an iron collar, to beat one's back with a stout whip of knotted cords those things, men thought, were of themselves plets ing to God. The more misery a man bad, tbe more satisfaction God had in the man. But we know now that all that is the fruit of an ancient and per nicious heresy. Christianity is, above all else, a reasonable religion. Pain for tbe sake of pain, giving up for the sake of giving np, has no place in it. Christ asks no Christian to give up anything without a plain and adequate reason for it. I may seem, at first, to contradict this statement, when I say that Christ asks Christians to give up "some good things. Christ asks Christians to give np some things which are distinctly cood. Houses and lands are good, yet He asked the sacri fice ot them, when there was need. The joys of home are good, the love of wife and child are good unspeakably; yet a time may come when Christ should ask, as He said, the sacrifice even of these. Sometimes a man's country asks that sacrifice. And, though these sterner sacrifices may come seldom, or come .not at all, Christ asks every day from every Christian a sacrifice of some things that are good. Christ asks Christians to give up good things when? When the good things stand In the way of better things. Everybody who bas a profession, or an ambition, or any earnest purpose in lie, is bound to give up some good things. Nobody in this world can do everything. He must make a choice. We cannot read everything, nor know everything. That is one of the hard lessons which every eacer student has to learn that lesson of limitation. We must be content to let some books go unread, and some truths go unknown. Sacrifice for Prizes. Every earnest citizen of this planet bas t make a choice among things which are good. A great genera, who had won high rank and fame by deeds of bravery, sid to a friend who ventured to envy him: "Stand off 40 paces here and let me fire at you 20 times with this revolver. I have endure I tnat ami worse than that and more times than that. I have had to sacrifice safety to win my prize." Nothinggood can be had without paying for it. You must give up something. oeiore you can get u. .no man ever attained anything good witboat giving up something good. Whatever good thing interferes with the high purpose of tbe ideal Christian life, a Christian must give up. Pleasure is a good thing. But sometimes Christ may demand tbe sacrifice of pleasure. If mere pleasure takes time which we should he using in more Christian ways, if the engage ments of society interfere with the engage ments of religion, then the Christian must, so for, give pleasure up. This is the solution of the problem of amusements. When it is suggested that a Christian should fcive something up, many people think at once of the relation between religion and amusements. We set down, as a plain principle, that amusement is' f. good thing. It is a need of human nature. We have too little of it iu our crowded lives. We add to this prin ciple this further proposition, that we need all tbe good amusements we can have. And we say that certain amusements, such as dancing, theater-going, and card-playing, may under certain circumstances be per fectly good. When they are perfectly bad, as they may be, there Is no question about them at all. It is not necessary to teach people in sermons that it is wrong to do wrong. But these good amusements, Christ may call upon a Christian to give up. It depends upon tbe Christian and tbe Chris tian's circumstances. No Stumbling Blocks. If the good standi iu the war of" tbe bet ter, it must be given np. If any amuse ment sets a hindrance in tbe path of duty, if it weakens influence, lowers our ideal, keeps us from making tbe most of our lives, then we are bonnd, as followers of Christ, to give that amusement up. Isn't that entire ly reasonable ? You know there is a difference between self-denial and self-sacrifice. Self-denial means to give up, saying "no" to give up somethine bad because it is bad. But self sacrifice means to give up, saying "yes" to give up something good for the sake of something better. There is some inspira tion about that! Christ never asks us to deny ourselves anything that is good, but He always asks us to give up the good as a sacrifice in the service of the better. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His right eousness." Self-sacrifice is a very good test of the genuineness of one's Christianity. If we are really interested or in earnest about a purpose, we will set that first, naturally. Others will have time for this occupation, and for that vacation, and for various kinds of recreation, but we will be intent upon our purpose. In thatdirectiou we will bend our reading, leaving whole libraries of pleasant books unread. Toward that end we will direct our energies, usintr our time for the advancement of our purpose, making plans and achieving them, all that wav; keeping that supreme inteution of our lives in mind constantly. This -is the behavior of everybody who is very seriously in earnest. His whole life is a continual sacrifice of the good for the sake of the better. There is not much regret mingled 'with the sacrifice. He is quite satisfied with the bargain. Isn't it a good one? To pay the good, and with it buy tbe batter is not that a trade which any sensible person will make with abund ant cheerfulness? And that is what the man of earnest purpose is forever doing. A Test of Purpose. But the earnest purpose of every Christian ought to be to follow Christ. We want to be disciples whom the Lard will not pro nounce unworthy. The supreme attainment ot our life is to deserve Christ's approbation. And we can tell, every one for himself, whether we are trying very, very hard alter that. And other people can tell, too, after a fashion, by watching our behavior. If the making of money ever gets to be first and the obedience of Christ, second, in a man's life that shows where the man's heart is; that shows that his heart is down here where his treasure is. If the pleasures of society ever get to be first in a woman's life, and the doing of the will of Christ, second that shows where the woman's heart is. Will you give up a chance to make $100 in order to deserve Christ's approbation? Will yon forego a luxury, that you may minister to the neces sity of some of your needy brothers and sis ters, who are Christ's representatives and impersonations, He says will you do that? In speech, in dress, in tbe drawing of social lines, in trade, in the employment of time, in tbe spending of money will you set plain before you the blessed Master, going on along the road, asking vou to follow Him? That is a test of the 'reality of re ligion. Church attendance is a small part of it; accurate theological believing is a small part of it; position among the parish workers is a small part of it. These are of value. But allegiance to Christ at home is the essential of religion. Allegi ance to Christ behind the counter, and in the office, is the test of religion. To be a Christian on Monday, and in the company of people who are not Christians there and then to remember that Christ's approbation th." liiete are manT women who are econo ? -th ennromo nrf. than .nil kr. t. mists in every sense of the word, and skill- in mind the purpose of your life, and to be ready to sacrifice your comfort, your con venience, and the pleasant opinion of your associates, to the winning of that benedic tion; there and then, though you stand alone, to take up your cross and follow Him that is Christianity. A Matter of Influence. Everybody ought to take up his cross and follow Christ but most of all, a Christian. Everybody ought to sacri fice the good for the sate of the better, but a Christian most of all. Because a Christian represents Christ. All people have influence and are responsible for it. Bnt people who are in high positlonsave the most inflneuc and the most responsibil ity. There is only one way by which the world can be effectually upliited, saved, re generated, and that is by the following of . -. B , . .....- ,. unrist. .mat is me solution ot ail tbe problems. Make men Christians, and there will be an end to all injustice, to all oppres sion, to all anarchy. The industrial condi tions will be adjusted. The gulf between wealth and starvation will be bridged. There will be no more exile in Russia and no more slavery in Alrica. There will be no more need of temperance societies. There will he a great blaze of light in the blackest part of "Darkest England." Christianity will save men. No other in fluence, or agency, or power under the whole heaven can. But a Christian who is not fol lowing Christ is hindering and weak ening the work of Christianity more than a whole regiment of hostile un believers, more than a whole mob of repro bates. The only reason why the church falters and tarries and fails in her task of reformation Is because she is discouraged and discredited and betrayed by unworthy Christians. Two-thirds of the labors and anxieties of every Christian pastor are spent upon the indifferent and ill-behaving church members. Two-thirds of all the men and women who in Christian countries stand outside tbe church are kept out by Christians who are throwing down their crosses and marching on after the devil. What their responsibility will be who have kept back sonls from knowing Christ, I dare not think. "Them that were entering in ye hind ered." That would be a bad thing" to write on a man's tombstone. ' George Hodges. IN LEU OF 8ILVEE. A Metal That Can Be Made Sll Per Pound Cheaper Thau the Genuine. New York Press. George Ii. Solomon, of this city, is a metallurgist, who for 25 years has endeav ored to invent a new metal which might take the place of silver for cer tain purposes. He claims now to have succeeded, and shows as the result of his work a heavy white metal which resembles silver. He claims in behalf of his discovery that the compound will not tar nish, is not affected by acids, is of nearly tbe same weight as silver and can be easily worked into knives, forks, spoons and watch cases. The metal can be made, Mr. Solomon says, at a wholesale cost of $1 per pound, or Sll cheaper than silver, and states that he in tends to build a refinery iu or near Ford ham during the year, in order to make and put tbe metal oii the market. The inventor de clines to give any idea as to how the metal is made and says he has not patented the compound. .TEE JAPANESE FBINTERS. They Have 5,000 Characters to Look After Instead of Twenty-Six. I am editor and proprietor of the ITochi Shlnbum, says M. Kito, of Tokio, iq the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, It is a daily news paper. It has a circnlation of 75,000 copies. No other paper in Japan has so large a cir culation. It has eight pages. The pages are nearly as l.irge as those of the ordinary new-style American newspapers. - I employ 20 reporters and 75 printers. Your printers' cases have hut 20 letters. My printers' cases have 5,000 diflereut'char acters. Renting, in London Detroit Free l'res?. There is one particular tenement house in London which has been owned by one family for 120 years. Durini: that time not one penny's worth of repairs has come out of the owners. In one window tbree panes of glass were broken and remained so for 31 years belore a tenant restored them at his own ex pense. The catch on a door remained out of repsirlor over 20 years. ECONOMY IN COOKING. A Man's Food Can Be Obtained at a Cost of Twelve Cents a Day. SUMPTUOUS LIVING AT 45 CENTS. The Art of SaTin;: Every Scrap. Ctiliz'ng It Is Unknown. and SOKE OF ELLlCti SKREXA'S BECIFES rWRITTKS FOB THE DISPATCH.! It is quite apparent that the subject of domestic economy, in one or the other of its departments, has been for some time en gaging the attention not only of scientists of the highest order, but also of men of the more practical sort. We are convinced of the correctness of this observation by the evidences which appear ou all sides, and from sources the most variant. In a late issue of the Chur'Uman some extracts are given from a lay sermou pertaining to this subject delivered by Prot. Ansten, of Rut gers College, Among other things he says: "It has been proved that tbe amount of food necessary to support a man and enable him to do his daily work can he obtained at a cost of 12 cents a day. For 43 cents a man can live sumptuously. When meals are provided for a number at once, the cost is ridiculously small!" The editor adds: "All that is needed is that proper knowledge shall be given to working people iu order to prevent enormous waste and to ensure far better nourishment than they now have." Anotber gentleman who has taken un usual interest in the cooking question is Mr. Henry Lomb, a wealthy citizen of Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Lomb, through the American Public Health Association, lately offered two prizes for the best essays on the subject of "Practical Sanitary and Econ omic Cooking, Adapted to Persons of Mod erate and Small Means." A Prize Winner. Tbe first prize of (500 was awarded to Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel. Her brochure teems with practical lessons in economy, and is unexcelled. Dr. Irving A. Watson, secretary of the above named association, says: "The American public is to be con gratulated upon this useful and valuable contribution to the needs of its great army of working people, made to-sible through the humanitarian benevolence of a private citizen. This was the fi!th prize offered by the same citizen, throngh the same channel, for the noble purpose of ameliorating, in some degree, the hardships which befall mankind in the tireless struggle for exist ence." Mrs. Abel tells us candidly and perti nently that tbe art of how to save every scrap of food and to use it again in some form is unknown to us. Another writer, who has manifested con siderable interest iu this much-discsssed question, says in an article on "Cheap Din ners" that "all poor would be well fed were all waste food well distributed, and did all poor women know how to put material to its aiot profitable use." This, ot course, does not ignore tbe tact . . . ful ones at that. But it still remains true that those who are under every obligation to sav- are too often the most wasteful. These see no conuection between fragments and miracles. We have it npon unquestionable authority that the frugal wife of a colored cook, em ployed at a fashionable boarding house in Allegheny, serves good meals to her boarders made up from the scraps her husband brings home. I should he reluctant, however, to apprise her customers of this fact; X have not the most remote intention of doing so, but the zeal which she manifests in making the most of her opportunities is commend able. How to Manage Scraps. A woman who prides herself on her ability to manage scraps tells with pleasure how she made a palatable soup and a choice des- jsert, when surprised one wash day by two visitors just at noon time, out ol the rem nants from Sunday s dinner. The sono pronounced excellent by the guests was made in ten minutes by adding the "left over" vegetables to some good soup stock on hand as there always should be. Tbe des sert was concocted from a baked apple and about two tablespoon fuls of tapioca pud ding. This was smothered in rich cream as it deserved to be to make it go round. The woman of limited means who has never taken up the study of frugality will find, if she begin it, nntold satisfaction in making good even dainty dishes out of .fragments, and perhaps very insignificant fragments. It should not be forgotten that Mr. Del monico adds his testimonv to the long list of economists. He believes in gathering up the fragments that nothing be lost and to this end he never loses an opportunity to express his opinion. In his talk on entrees he says: "Americans ought to copy the French method of utilizing small bits of raw meats and fowls, and of re-cooking all kinds of cold joints and pieces of cooked meat which remain, day bv day, from every dinner in almost every lamily." Answer to an Inquirer. 'A. D." of Wilkinsbure, "a constant reader of The Sunday Dispatch," wants a recipe for good home-made yeast. As the writer does not specify tbe kind of yeast I give a choice of two recipes one for liquid the other for dry yeast. How ever, unless "A. D." has a preference for home-made yeast I would advise the use of the compressed article, now so generally used. If this yeast is fresh and if the directions are carried out, it never fails to produce light, sweet nut-flavored bread. Many excellent authorities, among whom are Miss Parloa, the late Catherine Owen (author of "Perfect Bread") and Mrs. Abel, have highly recommended this yeast. The Inst named lady in her excellent cook book gives no recipe for yeast regarding the compressed as superior to that made by the housewife. I may here be permitted to say that many persons are possessed ot an erroneous notion as to what really good bread is. There are some who think tnat bread mustabsolulely be light in texture and appearance, and this without regard to any other consideration. It is true that bread should be light, but it should likewise be firm. It ought not to crumble when broken. If it is too light it loses that peculiar bread-like taste, which is difficult to describe, nut wtucn. one will in variably recosnizi. One may more fre quently he.ir the woman apologize for the appearance of her bread tbau for the quality of it. The yeast recipes here given may be relied upon: HOP YEAST. Take a handtol of hops, tie in hag and put to boil witu tbree pared potatoes (ordinary size) ant! two quarts of water. When the potatoes are tender take tbem on, press through a colander, add two tablespoon lul of Hoar, three tablespoon turt or salt, tbree tablespnoniulsol brown sugar and the boiling bot Water. lieakwell and set aside until lukewarm. Tlieii add a cake t compressed yeasr. dis solved in a little milk-warm water, beat again aii'i set aside rr 24 hours. Pnt in a sweet, clean jng, cork tight and keep in a cohI. drv place. One cupful of tbls yeast is equal to a yeast cake. YEAST CAKES. JJoll a handful of bops iu two quarts of water for 20 minutes. Put a quart of floor into a crock, strain in the boiling hot water, and wben mllii warm stir in three-fourths of a cupful of yeast (or a cake of dissolved compressed yeast). JjWbon tbii is risen add one tables poonful of ground ginger, one tablespoonf nl of sugar, and a teanpoontui of grated burseradiib. Let rise again and thicken witb cornmeal enough to roll out. Shape into small cakes, arrange on a board and set In a shady place in clear, windy weather. Tie up In a paper bag wben quite dry, and suspend In a cool, dry place. Tbls veast can be- kept lor six months. 1 offer the following recipes' fir frugal dishes, hoping they will make an agreeable change for tbe table DRIED BEKF IS MILK. From scraps of dried beef shave tbe quantity dolred. Put into a stewpan wlih three cups of milk and a lump or butter. Let come to tbe boll, stir In a tablespoonf nl of flour, blended with a little wa ter, let come to tbe boll again, and then remore from the stove. TO COOK COLD MEATS. Take fragments ot cold meats or cold fish of anv kind. Season well and add a minced onion if meat is used. Arrange In a baking diab. spread over it sea soned m?sbed potatoes, sirew with bread crumbs, tuft with butter and bake lor 20 minutes. BREAD CAKES. Soak scraps or sweet, clean, stale bread In sufficient milk to cover tbem. When quite soft, niasb tine, stir in two well teaten egg, a teaspoonful of baking powder, anlateaspuniifnluf salt. , sift iu enough flour t bind tbem for frying. Drop by spoonfuls into bot butter or drip ping. IIAJt RELISH. Mince fine cold boiled ham, add an egg for each person, uredge with flour, sbaps into balls and fry in hot butter. BREAKFAST DISH. Cut off. in tbin shavings, tbe meat left on a ham bone. Add to it the beaten yelk ot an egg and a lit tle cream. Spread this mixture on buttered toast, break on top each piece a f rcsu egg and set in the oven for five minutes. BICE DISH. - Cut cold-boiled rice Into neat slices, glaza with ueaien eeganoiry Drown in drlpplnjs. "When ready to serve, sift with sugar and dust with cinnamon. EDO GEMS. Mince fine cold meat of any kind and to a pint of it add tbe same quantity of bread crumbs. Season with salt and pepper, put in a little butter and a gill ot milk. Grease gem pans, fill with tbe mixture, break an egg on the top ot each, season, dredge with crumbs and bake five minutes. DEL3IOKICO SAUCE. Take an ounce of bam or bacon, cut it np In small pieces, and fry in hot fat. Add an onion and carrot cut np, thicken with flour, then add a plat or quart nf broth as may be desired. Season with salt and pepper ana any herbs that are relished. Let simmer for an hour, skim carefully, and strain. Cold meats may be cut into small squares, fried brown in butter, and then gently stewed in the sauce above described. MINCED VEAL. Cut, but pieces. do not chop, cold veal in small Rub some flour and butter to a cream about a tablespounful each and stir into boiling milk, witb the grated rind of a lemon. Wben tbese bave boiled to tho consistency of cream add tbe meat seasoned and slightly floured. Let the mixture become thoroughly heated without boiling, add a little lemon juice, and serve on small squares of toasted bread. FISH CROQUETTES. Take fragments of any kind of flsb, free from bones; mince, season, add one egg beaten with a teaspoonful of flour and one of milk. Shape the mixture into balls, glaze with beaten egg. roll in crumbs and fry brown. CELERY A LA ASPARAGUS. From three or four heads of sweet, ensp celery select the last blades. Cut Into even lengths, tie in bunches and boll in salted water until tender. Drain well, place on buttered toast, untie, and serve with sauce made after these direc tions: Pot a tablespoonful of butter into a stew pan, and wben it basins to bubble stir in the same quantity of flour, and add gradually a cupful of boiling milk. Season to taste and pour over the celery. POTATO BALLS. To a pint or boc'masbed potatoes add salt, pepper and celery salt to taste. Stir In a small loop nf butter, a little minced parsley, a tablespoonful of cream and part of one egg beaten lizht, the other part to be re served for glazing after the potatoes are shaded into balls. Place on a buttered tin and bake until brown. SPONGE BOLL. Sift together one capful of flour and a heap ing teaspoonful of baking powder. Beat to a still f rotb tbree eggs, add a cupful or sugar, a cupful of sweet milk, a pinch of salt and a little lemon essence. Stir all briskly together, and bake in tbin cakes or layers. As soon as taken from the oven spread thickly with jolly and roll np at once, wrapping In brown paper to prevent breaking. CHEESE RELISH. Take a quarter of a pound of good fresh cbeesc. cut in tbin slices and pnt In a stew pan. Pour over It a cupfnl of sweet milk, add a quarter of a teaspoonful of dry mnstard, season with salt, pepper and bntter tbe size of an e"g. Stir constantly, and sprinkle in gradually three Boston crackers, powdered tine. Serve at once on a warm disb. ORANGE FLOAT. To a quart of water add tbe pulp and juice of two lemons and a larse cup of sugar. Let come to tbe boil, and stir in four level tablespoonfals of corn starch, blended with a little water. Stir without ceasing for 15 minutes, and set away to cooL Feel and cut In tbin slices four oranges, cover with tbe custard, and spread over all the beaten whites of three eggs, sweetened and flavored. BOSTON CAKE. Cream together a half cupful of bntter and one enpful of sugar. Add two well beaten "ggs, one-balf cupful of milk, two cupfuls of floor, one-bait teaspoon ful of soda, and one.of cream tartar. PRESSED BEEF. Cover a shank ot beef with boiling water and cook until quite tender. wnen coin cut in pieces not too small and rednce the stock to auout a quart and a half. To tbree qnarts of meat add tbree table spoonfuls of salt and tbe same quantity of coarsely ground pepper. Pack in a deep disb, pour in tbe boiling stock and set to cool. Serve in tbin slices. LEU.ON- JELLY". To one box of gelatine add a cupful of cold water. Soak for two hours, stir In a quart of boiling water, two cnpfuls of sugar, and one of lemon juice. Strain through flannel, mold and set to cool. LEMON HONEY. Take the grated pulp and rind of one lemon, a enpful and a balf of sngar, one-balf cupful bntter. one cupful of water, two tablespoonf uls corn starcb. Cook until thick and stir while cooking. Use as pudding sauce or for layer cake. SNOW CAKE. Beat a balf pound of fresh butter to a cream. Add by degrees Quarter of a pound of pulver ized sugar and a pound of Bermuda arrow ruqt. Add tbe whites nf six eg3 beaten stiff and stir without ceasing fur 3) minutes. Flavor to taste and tost witb a straw atter it has baked an bour and a quarter in a moderate oven. APPLE CKEAM. Pare, core and quarter six or eight large tart apples. Boil until tender, press through a sieve and sweeten to taste. Beat the wbites or two eegs to a stiff froth, add to tbe apples and whip until white and stiff. Serve witb cream. OUANGE CREAM PIE. To one enp of sifted sugar add tbe beaten ye'ksot two eggs. Dissolve a level tablespoonf nl of flour and one of cornstarch In a little milk. Add to tbe mixture of sngar and eggs, and pour Into a pint of boilinc milk. Cook three minutes, flavur witb orange ex tract and tnrn into baked pnstr.r shells. Beat tbe wbites to a stiff froth, sweeten, flarnr and spread on top. Set in an open oven until tbe meringue Is set. 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