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For REP Tho totnl cnpitul invested In 1887 in the fourteen Southern States is greater by 1107,574,(300 tlinn during 1880. Ala bama dhows tho largest increase, with Tennessee second. A movement lias been started among leading business men of Huffnlo to raise a fund of $100,000 which will bo offered as prize for the best invention fur utiliz ing tho water-power of Niagara River. Competition will bo open to tho world. Tho English co-operatives hnvo a bank whoso transactions nmount to $N0, 000,000 a year. They havo 1,400 stores nnd do a business of $150,000,000 a venr. Ttinir non onn mot,, ....... ,,.i 1 profit of $1.-), 000, 000. Their prolits during tlio past twenty-four years have been fi0,000,000. . . Thero is a growing belief among civil engineers of note, who look nfter tho badges on tho railroads of this- country, that wherever it , is practicable: stono bridges should bo built nnd iron and wooden structures dispensed with, and that a heavy raifshoirld be placed in the track, whorevcr the heavy locomotive is put in service. Tho London. Timet announces that photography in colors is now an accom plished fact f that after threo years of study, experiment and chemical research, a Mr. Mayal, of New Uond street, has pro duced scvoral colorod photographic por traits without Jho aid of hand-work or brush, which possess tho brilliancy and delicacy of highly finished miniatures In oil. Speaking of the changes in the cliinuto or pvuiiii inn iitMriiii'i i-iti :., says; "About 3, 000 head of sheep aro now finding abundant pasturago in tho vicinity of this city, where twenty years ago A whippoorwill could not fly over tho country without carrying a sack ot provision. Gradually tho summer sea son has changed. Wo now have season able showers and grass whero but two decades ago all was drought and har mless. " From 1881 to 1885, inclusive, 148 per sons w ero sentenced to death In Franco. Of this number only seven were women, and seventeen were between tho ngos of sixteen and twenty. That crime is not altogether rampant in nnd confined to tho urban population is shown bj the fact that of these 148 capital criminals seventy were agricultural laborers. Among tho remaining number were forty-eight work men, fifteen commercial employes, eight servants, ono notary and one private gen tlcman, and 113 could read and writo. Alaska is full of wonders, the half of which havo not been brought to light. A great lako has been found at the source of tho Korrak Uivcr, which is so deep that no fathom line has been found long enough to reach tho bottom. Tho na tives aro strong and hardy, about tho size of -white men, with small black eyes, high foreheads, small and flat noses, fine teeth and coarse, black hair. They are of a bright brunctto color. Their dress is- mado from tho skin of tho reindeer and other minimis. They live in huts partially underground. A man near London recently made a bet that he could kill, clean, cook and Cat a spring chicken in fifteen minutes, ii-jiiiiuiui j lu iuu contest, no secureu mo .chick n and provided himself with a pot of boiling ivstcr, a bucket of cold water, a hot skillet a:i-l a hot flat-iron. When timo was called he jerked the chicken's head off, doused it in a pot of boiling water, slipped tho feathers off, cleaned it and then laid tho fry flat in the pan, with the flat-iron on top to cook the upper side. At the closo of eleven and a half minutes ho had the chicken bones beautifully polished, It seems to bo a pretty general impres sion that, in the next war in Europe, dynamite, mclanitc and oilier destructive chemical compounds will play an import ant part in battles and mining and de fensive operations. Hut tho frequent accidents attending the handling of these explosives suggest that they mRy be more destructive to those who uso them than to an enemy. A few days ago a dyna mite cartridge exploded among a party of sappers and miners at a town in Hungary and killed twenty-seven men and wounded forly-cight others. The dangerof such accidents us this will make Soldiers timid ill handling tho new agents and may force them to be aban doned. Tho original of a long-lost letter, wholly written by ticn. Washington, has recently been found while searching for other documents in tho State Paper Department of the Newport (H. I.) City Hall. It was written iu acknowledg ment of an address from tho citizens of Newiiort, where he arrived for the second and last time in 17'J0, a year after his inauguration as President. Tho docu ment is of considerable historic value, and of great local interest, more particu- larly as it has hitherto escaped tne notice of the biographers of Washington. It is written on both sides of two quarto pages of the largo letter paper of tho period, being altogether in the distinct and readable chirogruphy of the President. THH EAGLE'S SHADOW. A giant angle, soaring up on high, With wings eutapread beneath the sun, looks down Where, a mere speck below, a mighty town Lifts towers ami hattli-mc-nta into the sky; Ami, In his foolish pride he dares to cry -"Lot me but hover 'twlxt tho sun's bright crown And yonder hive of men, and lo! a frown Of shadowy darkness on its streets will lie." So often man, In intellectual prido, Will stand between the sun of God's great love And God's oroatod, deeming he can hide From fellow-man the glad rays from abovel Vain, ynin his pigmy efforts to mako night: The sun still shines and fills tho world with light! George Wrtherly, in the Quiver. A SET OF SA1TU1KES. BY OI.I YK in:!.!., "John" pretty Mrs. Cecil Morgan stood beside her husband's chair with a Btrange hesitancy of look and milliner "could you let mo have a little money J" John .Morgan, head book-keeper in the commission-house of Macray A Co., laid down his morning paper with a stilled sigh, He looked up kindly Into the fair, rose-tinted face of his young wife, whose sapph re bluo eyes were bent on his face expectantly, llu did not reply for a moment, but drew her down on his lap, nnd stroked the curly golden hair w ith his slim, white fingers, Hie was A lovely, loving, but thoughtless little woman she was his wife, and ho loved her devotedly but sometimes, not often, her vanities jarred on his liner sensibili ties; for Cecil Morgan was not the woman to meet tho wants of a grave, intellectual man liko her husband, whoso worth, honesty and nobility of thought was Rim ply incomprehensible to her tender, but shallow nature. "So, you want a little money. How much, Cecil t" He smiled as Iho dimples came nnd wont in the smooth pink cheeks. "Oh, ever so much, John." Cecil's spirits rose as she caressed her jeweled lingers, and she laughed iu a childish fashion. "Well, out with it. How much? Tell me" as she hesitated. "I must hurry down town, as we are unusually busy just now," "You are alwnys that when I want any thing," pouted Cecil. "Htisincss is business," he said, rather impatiently. "Tell me what you want, Cecil." "Why, you know that lovely set of sapphires in lfaby ii Co.'s window'' MrB. Morgan paused, nnd her spirits fell a trifle, lor John's face grew suddenly clouded; "they are just in-rfect, and would suit my style 'match my eyes, you know nnd they are only two hundred dollars. I want them to wear with my white moire at Mrs. CnsselV reception." "Indeed!" was John's comment, as he coughed slightly, and delilx-rutely seated his wife on an ottoman at his side. "Cecil" ho roso slowly to his feet "I am sorry to refuse you, but 1 cannot spare tl.ttt amount of money at present." "Hut they are just lovely, John," per sisted Mrs. Morgan, with hightened color, "and so unique! The settings are peculiar in de-igu so chaste and deli cate, and they ure fo cheap. Ouly two hundred fur the complete set I" "Cecil" John Morgan looked as if lie Was about to tell some Very unwholesome truths "what would liiy employer's think of my wife wearing a two hundred dollar set of jewelry? Some of your evening dresses have already excited com ment; but no one knew I had walked to and from the ollico, denied myself cigais, and even the daily papers, to pay for your extravagance." "My extravagance!" cried Mrs. Mor pin, with a subdued wail, ns she put her handkerchief to her eyes nnd burst into childish tears a w eak woman's best de fense. "That's always the cry my ex travagance !" "No, Cecil,'' he said sadly, as ho laid his hand on the golden head, "you can not say that I often reproach you with ex travagance. Hut I urn tired of living on fare only lit for a hermit, and the ever lasting pinching iu everything but dress. You do not need this jewelry, nnd it would riot be advisable to wear it, if you had it; for men with only moderate sal aries, must put tip with moderate luxu ries. I will deny you nothing in reason, but you cannot have those sapphires.' There was a ring of unmistakable de cision in his voice. He slowly drew on his overcoat and gloves, evidently ex pecting somo reply from his wife. Hut she hiade none, and sullenly refused to look up, as he stooped to kiss her. "Don't let us quarrel over such baubles, Cecil," ho said gently, as ho stroked the silken hair. "Life is too short to be wasted in foolish bicker ings." Then the door closed on him, and Mrs. Morgan burst into a passiou of angry tears, for she had set her frivolous heart on the sapphires, And it was not often she did not obtain her heart's desire. She was a blonde, of the most attractive type very lovely, with a flower-like face, and a graceful figure that she loved to array in costly raiment. Her husband's forced economy was oflcu a sore trial to her, and was the cause of many annoy ing differences. Had she possessed ono atom of financial judgment she would havo seen that their present style of living taxed her hus band's salary to the utmost. Hut she had been a spoiled and petted child, educated under fashionable influences, and when, by one of thoso strange freaks of fancy, John Morgan grave, matter-of-fact John proposed, Cecil, after the manner of too many of her sex, married him, with the expectation that her mar ried life would lie one long dream of satisfied wants ; for John was a rising man, and expected a partnership in the firm. Hut his wife's evident love of dis play weakened his chances of promotion, and Cecil secretly fretted over the self denial and economy hur circumstances forced her to endure. "I never wanted anything so bad in niy life," she murmured, as she dried her eyes and looked around the. cosy break-fast-room, with its warmth and sunlight, tasteful furniture, chaste pictures and blooming plantain the bay window, "and I think John might let me have them. That hateful Sirs. Payn will be sure to be out in something odd in jewels. If I could only eclipse her 1 I must have them, somehow, for they would contrast beautifully with tho snowy whiteness of my dress." She roso up with n languid yawn, nnd in stepping toward the window, trampled on some flat substance. She stooped down nnd picked up John's pocket book I "Hless me," she exclaimed, smiles dimpling her rosy cheeks, "what a lucky find I I wonder what's in it ?'' She smilingly unclasped it, and a roll of bank notes fell out, w hich she counted with swift precision. "Two hundred exactly," she ejacula ted. "And John said he could not sparo the money. Well, what belongs to my husband belongs to me, nnd I will have that set of sapphires!" She laughed gleefully as she waltzed out of the room to dress, for she impul sively determined to secure the sapphires before John would miss the money. De light lent haste to her nimble fingers, and before many minutes she was on the street looking so bright and fresh in her walking suit of (junker drab that many nn admiring eye followed the graceful figure. Poor, heedless Cecil never thought of tho consequences of her foolish net, al though she expected John would rebuke her severely for spending the money; but she trusted to his leniency and her own powers of persuasion to soften his wrath. He hail never, as he said, refused her anything in reason, and if this was an apparently useless purchase, she could easily turn tho jewels into money, if the rainy day John was always predicting ever arrived. On her return from Raby & Co.'s, with the jewel casket safely stowed away in her pocket, she was brought to n sudden standstill by meeting her hus band coming out of tho dining-room with A perturbed ami anxious counte nance. Her face flushed guiltily, for she knew, or imagined she did, the cause of his agitation. "Cecil," he said hurriedly, "I havo lost my pocket-book. Did you find it?" "Lost your pocket-book ?"'cchocd Mrs. Morgan, feigning grcnt surprise and evading his question not that she meant to deny finding it, but the confession re quired more moral courage than she could muster nt present. "Yes, lost my pocket-book," repeated Mr. Morgan in a troubled voice; "and tho money in it belonged to the firm." Mrs. Morgan's heart stood still with consternation, and she grew white to tho lips. "John," she gasped, ns if something was choking her, "tell me how it was!" "It was this way. Macray gave me two hundred dollars ns I was leaving the ollice yesterday evening to pay a bill we owed 1 Icnby & Sons. Hut they were closed when I reached their ollice, and 1 brought the money homo with me, intending to pay it ns I went down town this morn ing; but owing to a dentil in the family the store was still closed, and I never knew I had lost the money until I luid reached our own oilier. Cecil, are you sure it's not in the house?'' "1 1 am sure I don't know," stam mered Cecil, too overwhelmed with fear nnd mortification to think rationally. Not John's money 1 She felt dazed nnd crushed, and totally unable to con fuss her folly. She dropped into a hall chair, looking so weak and ill that John forgot his own trouble in anxiety for Cecil. "You must not be so frightened, wife," he said kindly; "it may turn up in the house. Come, help me to search for it." Cecil rose up mechanically, and fol lowed him from room to room, listening ill mute terror, to his regrets, when the pocket book could not be found. Invol untarily her hand went down into the pocket of her dress, and as she clutched the jewel case iu her cold fingers a deadly faintness almost overcame her, for, try as she would, she could not draw it forth, or force her lips to confess what to her Awakened conscience seemed nothing less than theft. She knew her husband's in dignation would bo deep, although not loudly expressed, for dishonesty of any kind was contemptible in his eyes. Would he excuse it in his wife? Ah, no ! nnd as tho sinful aspect of the affair pre sented itself to her mind, her shame and agitation increased, and she found it still more ditlicult to confess her error. "It's strange," commented Mr. Mor gan, musingly, asafter thoroughly search ing the rooms, they paused in the hall, "1 must have dropped it in the hoose, and it cannot be found. Or, could any one have picked my pocket, Cecil? A startled expression came into his eyes, and he hastily examined the inside pocket of his overcoat. "No," he said, with a light laugh, " no ono could pick that pocket without my knowledge. It must have fallen out." He looked keenly without nny suspicion of the truth, however at the lovely, downcast face of his wife. "Cheer up, little wife," ho said, with affected gayety. "I must go back to the ollice; but you keep a sharp lookout for the money. It may have got knocked in to some dark corner." "Docs does " stammered Cecil, hot with feverish anxiety; "does tho firm know it (' "Macra v docs. I told him before I left the ollice." And John Morgan shut the door with a bang, an unusual roughness for him, leaving his wife standing in the dim light, as if stricken dumb. . The large, roomy office in the com mission house of .Macray fc Co. was a blaze of golden spring sunshine, as John Morgan, flushed with his walk through the crisp morning air. entered it, after his fruitless search. His face wore a troubled expression as he went up to Mr. Macray, a white-haired, benevolent man. "I have searched the house effectually for that pockctbook, and " "You did not find it, John?" quickly interrupted Mr. Macray, with a curious smile. "No, sir. I did not; and I cannot ac count for its loss." "John" Mr. Macray laid his morning paper across his knees, removed his gold eye-glasses and looked up into the face of his faithful book-keeper "I would never for one moment doubt your word. Hut did you a-k your wife about it(" "I did." "And she denied all knowledge of it?" "She did not find it" John Morgan looked more troubled than ever "and we w ent over the house together." "Ah!" Mr. Macray's tine old face flushed slightly, and he lowered his voice, as if fearful of being overheard by the I clerks in the outer otlice. "Liiiten to me a moment, John. To-day is my daughter Sibyl's twentieth birthday, and I went down to Haby fc Co.'s to buy her a set of sapphires that have been on exhibition for a few days. They wero just what I wanted for a birthday gift, nnd the price wns two hundred dollars. Tho clerk regretfully informed mo they had been sold to Mrs. Morgan, the wife of my book-keeper, but a few moments before." "Cecil !" John Morgan grasped the rail of the desk for support "my wife! Where diil sho get tho money?" "That is just the question I want you to answer where did she get it?" said Mr. Macray, keenly watching the trem bling face of tho younger man. "I asked tho ch-rk if they were paid for. Yes, ho replied, in full; and ho opened the snfe, and showed me a roll of bank notes; and John, much as I regret to say it, it was the identical roll I gave you last evening to pay thnt bill at I Icnby Js Sons. Now did your wife find tho pocket-book ; or, was it ever lost, John 1" Jehn Morgan dropped to the floor like one stricken a heavy blow; and a slight Stream of blood issued from his pallid lips. Mr. Macray hastily telephoned for a physician, nnd Mrs. Morgan. "Don't bo alarmed," John snid, faintly. "I have not been strong lately, nnd tho shock was too much for me. Oh, Cecil, Cecil 1" Half nn hour later Mrs. Morgan en tered the ollice with n white, scared face. Her eyes were blinded by tears, and Mr. Macray, and the physician were un noticed as she hurried to her husband's side. "John," she cried, in great distress, don't let the loss of thnt money kill you. For I found it, nnd spent it I didn't know it belonged to tho firm for that set of sapphires." She threw the casket into his lap, and John laid his head against the carved back of his chair, his face slowly redden ing with shame. "S)cak tome, John," she sobbed hys terically, "I'll never be so wicked again, never spend a dollar without your con sent." Mr. Macray stepped forward, and laid his hand on her arm. "Don't agitate your husband, Mrs. Morgan ; he is faint yet. Settle this mat ter in tho future." Hut Cecil, in deep humility, went down on her knees, nntl laid her face on her husband's breast, breathing words of con trition, that softened and revived tho grieved heart. Mr. Macray, with a gentleness she could not repel, explained tho sin of overreaching her husband's salary, nnd the folly of useless display; ending the matter by taking the set of sapphires, nnd promising to keep the whole tran saction n secret. And John Morgan in tho peaceful years that followed, often blessed tho day he lost his employer's money ; for it transformed Cecil into a marvel of pru dence. Auil Cecil well Cecil never saw a sapphire, without a sudden sensa tion of horror. Bringing Up Children nationally. It is as natural to a child to be happy, as it is to a fish to swim. Hut for this they need a certain amount of "letting alone." It is a great mistake for parents to hamper their children with foolish re strictions. We pity the little H's, our next-door neighbor's children, from the bottom of our heart. There is a picket fence in front of the house and they are scarcely allowed to go near it, lest they should climb and hurt themselves. They cannot climb a tree for the same reason. They may not skate or swim, or havo a gun. Tho consequence of this training is that their parents have made cowards of them all, with the exception of little Bessie, who is tho most daring little mis chief that ever woie a sun bonnet, and she has learned to be deceitful and plays all her mad pranks well out of sight of her parents' eyes. We caught her tho other day walking the railing of a bridge that crossed the track of a railroad a hun dred feet below. Tho railing was not a foot wide, and she triumphantly told us that she had walked it while tho train was passing under. It was enough to in ike one shudder. Don't fancy your boy is made of glass. Grant a reasonable request, und let him feel that when you refuse it is for his own good. Hctween the Jellybys and the Gradgrinds of life children have a hard time of it. The youngest child needs some sort of ngreeablo occupation, nnd a certain amount of physical free dom. There is nothing more painful to young people than to feel that life is one dull routine, anil that "nothing ever happens," as we once heard a disconso late lad remark. American Agricultural. To (jueneli Thirst. A North Side physician states that ice water does not quench thirst but in creases it. "I remember a little story," said he, "which, 1 think, might do much good if published during this hot weather, that I heard from an old sailor. He said that ho and six shipwrecked companions lived four days oil three pints of water, and wero not a bit thirsty. When I asked him to explain, he said that instead of gulping the water down, they each took a teaspoonful and gurgled it well in their mouths. If any one will try the experiment, no matter how thirsty ho is, by thoroughly rinsing his mouth with not over a tablespoon of water, he will find that it will queuch his thirst as ef fectually as a quart of water hastily swallowed, and w ill not hurt him any. I believe that fully one-third of the deaths during the heated seasou are, if the truth wero known, directly or indirectly duo to heavy drinking of ice water." IHtts bury Chronicle 2'clnjrajih. How to Stop Coughing. In a lecture once delivered by tho cele brated Dr. Hrown-Sequard he gave the fol lowing directions w hich may prove ser viceable to persons troubled w it ha nervous, cough: "Coughing can be stopped by pressing on the nerves of tho lips iu the neighborhood of the nose. A pressure there may prevent a cough when it is beginning. Sneezing may be stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing also in the neighborhood of tho ear may stop coughing. Pressing very hard on tho top of the mouth inside is also a means of stopping coughing. And I may say the will has immense power, too. There was a French surgcou w ho used to say, whenever he entered the wards of the hospital; 'The first patient who coughs will be deprived of food to-day.' It was exceedingly rare that a patient coughed then." A MILE IN ONE MINUTE. THE FEARFT TL RIDE OF A MINEB DOWN A LOO CHUTE. lie Sticks to Hist Horse and Shoots Like IilgblninK Down the Moun tain Side for Two Miles. "I have mnde a mile a minute on horse back in the saddle." As a grizzled stranger with a quartzite pin made this remark a silence fell upon the little group of turfmen who sat in the corridor of the Windsor Hotel, at Denver, the other evening, says the Chi cago Jcrnlil. The group drew closet, and the stranger began : "I was riding a tough little bronco on my way to Lcadvillc from a claim I owned on the other side of tho divide, on the slope of what is called Gold Mountain. I pushed rapidly ahead to ward the pass. The road beyond the pass led down a long, straight incline for about a quarter of a mile. This took it to the fringes of pino timber, and then it mado a detour of nearly two miles to get around a spur of the range. Sud denly my horse staggered, stumbled, plunged a little, nnd then came down with a crash, first on his foro legs, nnd then flat on his Icily, his head down hill. I can't readily describe it, but ho fell in such a wny that my right leg, without being crushed or even niuch bruised, was twisted in the stirrup strap nnd got fast. "Wight here let me stop to explain a little circumstance that will enable you to understand the situation. Down in the valley, at the base of Gold Mountain, was a saw-mill, and extending up from its yard almost to timber line was what is called a log chute. This is simply a V shaped trough, large enough to hold a good-sized pine trunk; and built solidly against the face of the mountain. Of course, it has to be straight, or nearly so, to permit the logs to slide down without obstruction, ami use soon makes the in side as smooth as glass. Such a contrivance saves n great deal of hauling, for as tho trees are cut they are dragged over and dumped into the trough, and go down to the yard like a streak of lightning. It had not been used for about a year, and pine needles, boughs, nnd other rubbish had in places almost hidden it from sight. I was well enough acquainted with the mountains to know, the instant my bronco fell, that he had walked into the old log chute. "It takes a moment for the coolest head to clear ilsclf in times of unlooked for peril, nnd long before that moment had elapsed the bronco and I were on our wny to the valley, going faster at every breath, nothing to stop iis, death ahead, nnd the devil's own railroad underneath. I was sitting almost erect in the saddle. The leather flaps had twisted around nnd kept my legs from rubbing against the side of the trough, but held mo like bands of iron. Even had they not, jump ing oil would hnvo been out of the ques tion. I have never been on n toboggan, but I think that people who have will understand why I bent ull my energies to holding on. I did not faint and did not get dizzy; there was a hideous roar ing in my cars, furious wind seemed to all of a sudden tear up tho mountain nnd suck the breath out of my mouth, but everything was deadly clear and distinct. "I could see black specks grow sud denly into big pines and then shoot past me. I could even sco the snow caught In the needles as they camo whizzing up. Every instant, through somo clear ing, I could see the valley, in a flash, and over it all was a sickening feeling, as though tho mountain was sinking away from me nnd I was plunging out into immeasurable space. So strong was this that even now, standing on the solid marble floor, I can recall the qualm and nausea as ull support seemed to givo away, the earth tip up and let me fall, fall, fall it felt as if forever. A muss of rock as l uge as this hotel was beneath me. As I looked it seemed to lenp into the nir like a bslloou. Thero was a black line of forest below. I shot through it as through a tunnel, and out into the light again. I tried to shut my eye. It was impossible. I tried to scream. The air had turned to stone. "The trees and ro.-ks were indis tinguishable, when nil of n sudden a black mass flew- up into my face. 1 felt that I was being beaten, bruised and hurled over, and then every thing was still again. When tho moon wns well up I camo to myself. I was lying in a snowdrift, rub bing nt my head and moaning. After a long time I crawled a little way and then fell down and cried for my very helpless ness. I must have been a little flightly, nnd heaven knows how I found my way to Lucy's mill, aquarterof a mile beyond, but I did some how, and they carried me in and sent for help. You see, tho old timber chute had fallen into decay, and some distance above the yard was a broken place and that saved my life. When we reached it tho dead bronco jumped the trough and the two of us went sailing and turning and cavorting over a field of fresh snow until we stuck into a drift about five hundred yards away. " Tho bronco had the worst of it even there, for he kept on going until he struck solid earth. 1 broke three ribs and this arm in so many different places that the dot tor wanted to cut it off ami be done with it. What puzzled the mill men most was that my legs escaped, but the saddle flaps were worn to fringe nnd that explains it. From the point where I started to the break was over two miles, and tho old hands there said logs used to make it in less than two minutes. I had no stop-watch, but I'll back myself against any log that ever made the trip." Hull-Frogs Fond of Turkey. Lewis P. Hathaway, while fishing at Clear trick some time since, captured six or seven largo bull-frogs, which he brought home und placed in a pond. .Mr. Hathaway bus a turkey with a dozen young ones. Some of the latter, it ap pears, have been disappearing mysteri ously. The oilier morning Sir. Hath away was watering his horses at the creek convenient to the frog pond, when he heard the mother turkey making a racket at something in the creek. On investigation Mr. Hathaway saw a mon ster bullfrog in the wa'er with a young turkey in its mouth, endeavoring to swallow- the young fowl, which had at tained the age of three weeks. r. Lou it CU-be- Democrat, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Spinach. The New YorkiW tells how they cook spinach in France: After being washed in several waters and carefully looked over, put a quarter of a sicvo to a gallon of water and three ounces of salt; boil for ten minutes till tender, drain on sieve, press a little with the hands to extract part of the water; chop it fine, put it in a stewpan with a quarter of a pound of butter, a teaspoonful of salt, half a tea spoonful of pepper; place over the fire for a few minutes, adding a few drops of hot broth with gravy; proceed as nbove with the addition of a tnblespoonful of flour and half a pint of strong gravy; again proceed as above, and adding half a pint of crenm instead of gravy, also a tnblespoonful of sugar; lay three or four slices of bread on the dish, sift the sugar over, put it in the oven, salamander it over, cut in various shapes, and serve under nnd over the spinach; a little vari ety can be made by surrounding the veg etable with small diamonds of bread fried in butter. Drinks for tlio Sick. Oraxoe Witf.y Tho juice of one orango to one pint of sweet milk. Heat slowly until curds from strain, and cool. Eoo Lemonaok AVhito of ono egg, one tablespoon pulverized sugar, juice of ono lemon, ono goblet water. Beat together. Saoo Milk Three tablespoons sago sonked in a cup of cold water one hour; add three cups boiling milk; sweeten and flavor to taste. Simmer slowly a half hour. Ent warm. Hakkij Mii.k Put a half gallon of milk in a jar, and tie it down with writing paper. Let it stand in a moder ate oven eight or ten hours. It will be like cream, and is very nutritious. Punch without Liquor Take tho juice of six oranges and six lemons, add ing sugar to suit the taste. Put to this a quantity of pounded ice and some sliced pine apple, pouring over it two quarts of water. This is an agreeable summer beverage for anybody, sick or well. Useful Hints. Do not put salt into soup until you have done skimming it, as salt will stop the rising of the scum. New milk, boiling hot, will take out most fruit stains. Dip the articles five or six times in hot milk. Ammonia and whiting will clean nickel plating nicely. Mako into a paste and apply; then rub until bright with another cloth. Htitter should not bo added to soups nnd sauces until after they are taken from the fire, as boiling makes it taste strong and oily. Much of the ordinary bother of wash ing lamp chimneys on the insido cnu be saved by using a stick with a sponge tied to the end. After having your hands in soapy water, wet them in vinegar and spirits of camphor; it kills the alkali and keeps your hands soft. Saturate tho edges of carpets with a strong solution of alum water to destroy moths: if nn unpaiuted floor, wash tho floor with it before putting down tho carpet. Do the same to shelves where black ants appear. Oil stains on carpets, if action is taken at once upon the oil being spilled, may be removed by scattering corn meal upon them. Also the application of a hot iron through a heavy sheet of blotting paper will have a liko effect. Grass stains nro troublesome to re move, but soft soap and soda is usually effectual. After having wet the stained parts, rub in the soap and ns much bak ing soda as will adhere ; let this stand half an hour and wash in the usual man ner. Whiting is also used with soft soap for the same purpose. To keep hinges in order, big or little, nnd prevent the disagreeable creaking, don't oil them. The oil is apt to soil the hands, the garments and the carpet, and the remedy is sometimes "worse than the disease." Hub the hinge that creaks oi the latch that will not slide with a soft lend pencil. The application works like magic. Sparrows For Food. Sparrows Are being properly appre ciated. Hundreds of them arc now caught by enterprising people for sale to certain restaurants where reed birds are in de mand. A German woman on Third avenue has three traps set every day, and she catches probably seventy-five a w eek. They arc cooked and served to her boarders tho same as reed birds and are declared quite as great a delicacy. This German woman bastes them, leaving tin little wooden skewer iu the bird when served. They are cooked with n bit of bacon. She tempts them with oats, and after the c.itch they ure fed A while with boiled oaten meal. She sprinkles oaten meal in the back yard also, ami thereby fattens the free birds. The females art the choice meat. The males can be told by the circle of white feathers at the neck. The females are as plain as (Juak cresses. So soon us it becomes generally know n that the sparrow is a table bird their number will rapidly grow less. People don't like to experiment, but when it is discovered that the sparrow has been declared good by those upon whom they have been tried no boarding house nn ul w ill lie deemed in good form unless a dish of fat sparrows adorns it. Sparrow pie is a delicacy fit to set before a King. A'.-m) York Time. Crow Conventions. In tho northern paits of Scotland and in the Faroe Islands, extraordinary meet ings of crows are occasionally know n to occur. They collect in great nutnlx-rs.as if they had been all summoned for the occasion; a few of tho fiock sit with drooping heads, and others seem as grave as judges, while others again aie exceed ingly uctive and noisy; iu tho eour-e of about an hour they disperse, and it is not uncommon, ufter they have flow n away, to find one or two left dead on tho spot. These meetings will sometimes continue for a day or two before the object, what ever it may be, is completed. Crows con tinue to arrive from ull quarters during the session. As goon us they have all ar rived a very general noise, ensues, aud shortly ufter the w hole full upon ono or two individuals and put theiu to death; when this execution has been performed they quietly disperse. NEVER ALONE. Never alone. The power that life creates Ever supports. With hand supreme it guides, Weaves all the pleasure that through future waits, All the tumult that through life's passion glides. Through pearly gates an unbounded vision Ever watches the many steps we take; Bees, and guides, to the fickls Elysian, Where the veil is raised, where new scenes awake. Full oft I dream, in wonder and In dread, Of links that bind us to the source of life, The many labyrinthine ways we tread Amid the toilings of our daily strife. There is a link ah, yesl the chains that hold The first great cause, to the present given With love infinite, and refined, as gold, Connecting the surrounding life we live in. Boundless its power, in life's every throe Perfect connection, though unseen the tie, The grosser ek-mnts, that around us flow. Veil the infinite from the finite eye; Yet the chain is perfect, that tho makei holds. Tenderly it clasps the sentient mind, Softly as wreaths of flowers it enfolds, Yet firmly its links our beings bind. A. Sandert Piatt in Current. JIl'MOR OF THE DAY. It's great fun to see a young woman piny the piano and fight flies at the same time. Burlington b'ree Piett. An advertisement reads: "Wanted A nurse to mind children." It was probably inserted by tho children. Wdterbury American. "Have you heard 'Sing to Mo Only Once Again?' " she asked sweetly. "No, but I shall be delighted," ho said, with unnecessary fervor. Detroit Free Press. The horscshocrs nro now said to bo contemplating a strike. It has been un derstood for some time that they had something on foot. Philadelphia Xorth American. In Washington Territory thero is a ranch where they shear 2,380 sheep iu one day. This threatens to rival the business done in Wall street. Ittxhetter Po't-ErjircM. Now that a Chinaman has been arrested 09 a tramp, there is no possililo surprise for the public except to hear that au Apache Indian has started a laundry.- Philadelphia Press. Pueblo Harber (pausing a moment iu his reckless pursuit) Wero you going to say something, sir? 'Customer (faintly) Y-y-yes; I w-wnut to ask you w-where you b-bury your dead. Venter Xexct. There wiw a little girl Anil she had a little curl Which liuiig in the middle of her forehead; When tlio weather was cool It crimped according to rule, When the weather was hot it looked horrid. Sonus of the Season. Compassionnte Clara Isn't it sadt Poor Mr. Littlewit has gono out of his mind. Satirical Sullio I wonder ho btayed there ns long as ho has. Awfully cramped quarters, you know. Chicagt 1'ribune. No man knows how much he really loves a woman until sho has presented him with the worked canvas for tho side! of a natty traveling bag, 1"? n pnid r-48 for ljaviuyr m,.,ln r Lowell CitUen. " Old Tubal Cain was a man of might in the days when the earth was new,' but the man of mito now-a-days is the fellow who puts a three-cent piece in the contribution box and tries to mako it out to bo a dime. 4(. Louit Magazine. A fellow who's bred is the hay May never be a bread baker; A man who makes his teas jay May never be a eaceinaker. A Shaker who works making- dies, Muy never be a dice shaker; A Ouaker who, on the eartli, lies May never be an earthquaker. Uoodatl's Sun. Beacons and Fire Signals. Tho method of communicating intel ligence to distant places by means of fires kindled on watch-towers and far-seen mountain heights has been in use from very eurly times. Most countries appear to havo adopted this mode of conveying information. It is said that in ancient Persia tho arrangements for tire signaling were so complete that within tho space of a single day the king could receive no tice of clanger or disturbance in any part -of his dominions. In the Old Testament Scriptures Jeremiah, vi,, 1 the proph et, addressing himself to the children ol Henjamin, says: "Set up a sign of fire in Hcth-haeccrcm, for evil apcareth out oi tho north aud great destruction." Notict giving tires arc mentioned in the writings of Pliny and Thucydides. Although tho use of beacons is of great antiquity, iu England, until the reign of Edward HI. they were but stacks of wood set up on promontories aud high places, nnd tired when tht coming of enemies was descried; but in his reign pitch began to be used in stead of wood. Hy using this combusti ble it was easier to control the flame sa as to give forth a full blaze nt night, and by covering tlio pitch boxes cause them to emit dense masses of smoke through out the whole of the day. These beacons had watches regularly kept at them, and horsemen stationed to give notice when tho tire could not be seen during tin day. They were kept up by a rate levied on the counties by the Sheriff. Tin; money due or payable for the main tenance of t lie beacons was called Ho- -conagium. When the Armada was ex pected they wero carefully organized and made scviccable. Siuco that time they have not been needed, science having given us a swifter and more effective message bearer iu tho electric telegraph. In lM.'i.i the Worcestershire beacon on Malvern Mill was set ablaze in commemo ration of the close of the Crimean Wur. jeds (Kittflaiul) Mercury. A Setting Hen. The following is from a poultry publi cation: "Ever hear about our little red hcu; Well, sir, she was on tho set for keeps. Couldn't keep her oil. Old door knobs, soda bottles, lamp chimneys, match safes, anything was good enough for her. Finally I put her on three mud turtles, and 1 hope to die if she didu't hatch out alligators! One of 'em eat her up, and when W3 opened him, there was the hen set tin' on his back teeth, and they'd swetted up so they'd choked him to th-Hili."
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