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There is a Mantling jirize, to bo 'awarded by tlm Academy of Sciences, Pari, to whoever shall find an efficacious remedy for Asiatic. cholcYa, or shall dis cover the cause of this terrible scourge. An oXpcricncod barber says' that it is decidedly dangerous for men who aro lieing shaved to rend newspapers; that barbers nro opposed to the- practice, be cause the razor is held Tcry lightly, and the newspaper is apt to strike tho handlo and causo a cut. Mrs. IJeecher seems unable, since her husband's death, to remain long away from Brooklyn. Her white and pathet ically composed face is seen among the Plymouth parishioners every few weeks, though nominally she is spending the season at (Stamford. Acting Secretary Muldrow, of tho in terior department, recently rendered I decisiijp, according to married women the right to enter and purchaso timber And stone lands, under the law governing the sale of such lauds, in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington Territory. ' .'A burglar has been writing some of his 'j-.V.ieriences for tho press. Ho tells how liimsclf and a fellow thief followed Anna . Dickinson at one time and a theatrical company at another, bought tickets and sent them as complimentiiries to leading citizens, and then broko into their house! whilo the families wcro enjoying the complimentary. The medicine chest is as much a neccs iy on trains as on ships. So think the managers of the Maine Central llailroad, who have now provided each one of their conductors with "emergency'' case, if wo may so cull them, containing, besides medicines, lincu and rulibcr bandages, surgical instruments and whatovcr else may be needed by tho conductor or the chance doctor in cases of accident. Tho rnily lilies in tho United States having public batlis nro Huston, with 17; New York, l."; Philadelphia, 6; Brooklyn, 8; Cleveland and Hartford, each 1 ; and Buffalo, the number not given. In New York, 3,4:11,080 persons tallied from Juno to October in 1883; during the same time in Boston, 059,005, and in Brooklyn, 225,885. In eighteen cities where there tire no public baths only about 2;i per cent, of tho residences arc supplied with bath tubs. It is stated that thirty-throe mission- 'y societies now have workers in Africa. Tho dark continent is encompassed on every side, and, like the divisions of nn investing army, these missionaries aro moving toward tho centre, and closing iu upon tho last strongholds of heathen ism and .the slave trade. Hundreds of natives in the seminaries are preparing to lalMr as preachers or teachers, anil thousands of children aro receiving Christian instruction. It is said that the Scriptures have been translated, in whole or in part, into sixty-six of tho dialects of Africa, whilo the whole Bible has iM-cn rendered into eleven languages, spoken by multitudes of natives. A new kind of benefit club has just liecn started at Yeddo by a number of en terprising young Japanese, who arc de termined, if possible, to see the western Jnnd from which comes the fashions and notions that are so completely revolution izing Japan. Tho club is called tho Yoko-Haiska, and the members are all expected to pay a monthly subscription of about a guinea to a special fund, under tho management of the club com mittee. Anil every year this fund is used up In the following way: The names of three members of tiie club are drawn by lot, and the first of these is accorded the privilege of going to pass ten years in Europe at the expense of tho fund, for tho second a trip of live years is arranged and paid for, while the third prize consists of the necessary traveling expenses for one year's visit to Europe According to re cent accounts, the members of tho Yoko Haiska will not remain lung without im itators in the chief cities of Japan. Miss Ella Wheeler Wilcox, tho well known poet, says in the New Haven I'lillaJium: "It is true that we aro to leave our Meriilen homo as soon as I nm strong enough to travel to some seaside resort. Our new location for the fall has not yet been decided upon. We have iw idea of going West, and I do not even, contemplate a visit there this summer. It is true that in my early residence iu tho East I thought tho people cold and un. sympathetic. I missed the warm and demonstrative affection which in tho land of my birth my Western friends had shown for me; but I never had tho egotism to say or think that my literary attainments were not appreciated here. I have, on tho contrary, felt for several years that the public at largo overesti mated mo intellectually a fact I still believe to be painfully true. During the last month of severe illness aud extreme trial, the warm sympathy, tender solici tude and overwhelming kindness which the people of Meriilen have exhibited to me u ml mine make me thoroughly ashamed that I ever thought them cold or iuditiereut. It U a misfortune that unwise words can never be unsaid we t an only regret having uttered them." THE DEAD SUMMER. What lacks the summer! Not roses blowing, Nor toll white lilies with fragrance rife, Nor green things gay with the bliss of grow ing, Nor glad things drunk with the wine of life, Nor flushing of clouds in blue skins shining, Nor soft wind murmurs to rise and fall, Nor birds for singing, nor vines for twining Three little bads I miss, no more, That blossomed last year at my garden door And that is alL What lacks the summer! Not waves a quiver With arrows of light from the hand of dawn, Nor drooping of boughs by the dimpling river, Nor nodding of grass on the windy lawn, Nor tides unawept upon silver beached, Nor rustle of leave on tree tops tall, Nor dabble of shade in the woodland reaches) Life pulses gladly on vale and hill, But three little heart that I love are still And that is all. What lacks the summer! Oh, light and savor, And message of healing tb world above! Crone is tho old-time strength and flavor, (tone is its old-time pear and lovel Gone is the bloom of the shimmering meadows, Music of birds as they sweep and fall All the great world is dim with shadow, Because no longer mine eyes can see The ayes that made summer and life for me And that is all. Boston Traveller. IN THE SURF. BT MLY CURRY TVNEn. The first two weeks of September are certainly the finest of all tho summer for ocean bathing. The water has at length liecomc bearably warm, anil the waves, though running high, run regularly and with a certain evenness that a fair swim mer can comprehend and count upon. At the resorts along the Jersey coast, for instance, this a season of absolute water revelry. The beach is peopled with thousands of figures, happy and picturesque, or grotesque, as the case may le. Child, jouth, adult, all arc here. The strong swimmer calmly cleav ing his way out through tho breakers; the timid novice shrinking at each new burst of salty suds, and the would-lc brave one prancing defiantly knoo-deep in tho mighty brine, yet clinging des-m-ratcly at the sumo time to tho life Hue. It was not long since, at one of these resorts, a heavenly morning, the sky a dazzle of sun ami pale azure; the sea booming grandly on the white sand, and all the merry thousands hastening down to meet it. Two men and a woman left tho fourth of their party, an elderly lady who was not in bathing costume, as were they, sately ensconced with chair and book where the sand was quite dry, and tripped lightly down to the first thin edge of tho water. To be strictly accu rate, but two of them tripped lightly; the woman, who was young and in her own way beautiful, and the smaller and less thoughtful of the two mf. --The third of tho party followed with a "gravity of countenance that was quite absurd in conjunction with his costume. Having entered tho water they naturally sepa rated. The younger man was slender, graceful, willowy, a golden-bearded blonde. He seemed to carry the joyous recollection of some personal triumph. "Come," he cried, reaching out gayly to the girl. But she drew back, for she could not swim. "Nor" he said carelessly, and plunged off, leaving her near the other mau. This other was also fair of complexion, but his close-shaven hair had tho look of brown velvet, and his large violet eyes were fringed with lashes almost black. He had stooiied to put some water on his head, and looking up he saw that the youug latly stood alone, her gaze resting quietly upon him. "Shall I take you out a little farther?" he asked. "You look too sober. You might want to drown me." He took no notice of the petulance. J "You think I shouldn't look sober, then l" I "I'm sure I think nothing whatever, Mr. Baxter. You have relieved me of the necessity." He took a step toward her. His face paled. There, in the edge of the ocean, was an absurd place to show feeling. But be seemed to forget their surroundings and to see only her dark, uncommon beauty and flashing eyes. "Anita," he said, "I have done noth ing to merit ridicule. I have been iincere." "Oh, yes; but too much sincerity bores one at times." He started; his lips moved, then he teemed to remember some resolution aud no souud issued from his tightly set jaws. But Anita continued to speak in the tame studiously insolent tone. "Why re we standing here? At least you might take me over to the line. I cer tainly shall have lessons when we go back to town. It is altsurd for one to feel so dependent. And these good swimmers are always so selfish. " He put out his hand. "Come this way," he said. They made as pretty a picture as any of the couples who had gone down or were going down together. Some lookers-on upon the beach sin gled them out and discussed them. "The young lady in white and scarlet, with Spanish face; Miss Hanking, Anita Hastings. Hush! The mother is there in the chair. Quite rich. The young man. Ned Baxter; sort of four teenth cousin ; used to be engaged to her, but it is off now. She is to marry some one else." Meanwhile the couple had' gone out waist deep. Miss Hastings had grown more gracious. "Go and swim, Ned," she commanded, with a laugh. "We won't quarrel any more." "Quarrel?" he related. "You think I would quarrel with you? If, as you have told me, it has been a mistake, our caring for each other, and you really love Griffiths, do you think I wouldn't be a man enough to desire your welfare first of ail? Do you think I would let any memory of one year ngo of last summer however precious, stand be tween ytm and your happiness!" "We never live over agnin our 'last summer,'" she replied with somo con straint. "You are right," he answered. "We never live them over. There is only one thing I want to say to you, Anita. You won't lie angry? it is this: Bo sure you know your own mind." "You think I do not now?" "I cannot toll. I hope you do. Not all men are wont to take disappointment philosophically. Perhaps Griffiths would not." Miss Hastings' chocks turned a shade Calcr. Her dusky complexion had a luish tinge. "Are you getting a chill?" he asked. "Not at all. But I don't see Walter anywhere. It is strange ho should stay out so long." Baxter put up his hand to shade his eye. Tho sun was dazzling. "I don't see hira cither," lie said, and continued to gaze. "He is a perfect swimmer," Anita went on, uneasily. "And surely he would be careful." Baxter started slightly. "Cnn you stay here alone" lift asked, or go in shore by the line? I'll look for him." "" "I'll go ashore." she had begun to say, but he had plunged on through a great wave and no longer heard her. She turned and slowly made her way back, clingingever to the sagging rope. But she had not gone far when something checked her progress and caused her to face quickly seaward. A wild outcry thatforan instant made her heart stand still! A bitter cry and sudden hoarse shouts. Then the beach blackened with men and women by thou sands, other than the bathers. "Mau drowning!" That was the awful cry. Anita Hastings, standing statue-like, with eyes strained to know the worst, could not even feel the water that lapped her ankles. She was incapable of feel ing anything; frozen from head to foot. For now she knew half intuitively, half by circumstances that Walter Griffiths was out beyond tho reach of the boldest and going down to his death. She could not stir. She was numb, frozen. The shouts and outcries constantly in creased until tho hubbub was maddening. And still sho stood there, with only power for one agonized thought. "If I could only swim!" Walter Griffiths, her lately avowed lover, the man for whom she had broken her engagement with Ned Baxter! Wal ter out there, buttling, struggling, de sparing. She fancied sho saw his arms flung up for the last, last time; then hush! Why should they cheer? What was that? Who was that out there? Could she sec a gleam of blue and orange above the breakers? Why should they cheer? Was it because another risked his life to save her lover's? Was it because Ned Baxter had not hesitated, but had gone out to save the man who had supplanted him? i Hush! Another cheer! V as sue dead her self Had her heart ceased to beatf On cither side of her some one had caught her arms, and they were dragging her up tho beach. It seemed to her that she must shriek nloud. Yet she was dumb, and growing -deaf and blind as well. Her mother caught her in her anns. And now another maddening cheer. The life savers going out and strong ropes rapidly uncoiling. Anita, on her knees by her mother's side, prayed dumbly for the two out there. Then she shut her ears with her fingers ; the men were drawing in tho ropes; the rhythmic, awful chant of voices measured the length of pull and told when to cease and let out with the ebb. They were pulling in what? whom? Would the savers bring one rescued man, one drowned, two drowned, or none at all not even a cold form with the soul battered out f She held herfingers in her cars. The chant of tho toiling men would have crazed her. And amid louder shrieks and hoarser clamor tho savers staggered ashore at liisr; and laid two forms upon the rand. Life was in both as yet. But Walter (iriltiths needed much rolling and pound ing to bring him around. Baxter, on the other hand, speedily revived and tried to stand on his feet. "I'm all right he murmured, but his lips were quite blue. Anita Hastings turned tohim Giilfiths had Ix-cn carried to'his hotel. "You saved him!" she cried hysteri cally. The crowd took up her words with a mighty cheer. "Give mo your hand'." cried ouc man and then another. Tho women sobbed aloud. Anita sank dizzily into her mother's embrace, and heard rather than saw Ned Baxter borne home Un men's shoulders a hero! Of the three, perhaps. Miss Hustings felt the shock the longest. For several days she remained almost entirely in her room. Griffiths and Baxter went about as if nothing hail happened. Griffiths, who was the richer of the two, showed the other some extra little attentions, perhaps, but neither alluded iu any way to the late almost tragic occurrence. Anita Hastings, however, could not keep from talking about it. Griffiths must have been ill-natured on some other score when one night he responded im jatiently to a remark of hers concerning Neil Baxter ofhimf' . You make a perfect god Auita gazed straight in his face for a moment. She was silent, but her eyes gleamed ominously. " If he had been lost," she said, with great deliberation, " I should never have forgiven myself." " Possibly," retorted Griffiths, "I am to take thut as an indication of a change in your feelings toward me. Perhaps 1 am to understand you would like to end the engagement." They had been. sitting iu the parlor of her mother's cotluge. She nro-e, at his words, a id ere leaving the room, re plied : "You may take it so if you choose. I adore bravery and 1 loathe ingrati tudef " In this way she freed herself, The next evening Baxter came to her. They talked in the porch. "Are you quite sure," ho asked; "nre you quite sure you have not made a mis take this time?" She drew more closely about her shoulders a little scarlet shawl sho wore. "I suppose you think I don't know my own mind, or rather that. I haven't any mind to know." "It looks very much like it," ho nn swered, coolly. She reflected for a moment. "I have always known my own mind," sho resumed, "except on one occasion." Baxter was silent a little space. Then he moved nearer to her. "Will you tell me what the occasion was, nnd when?" he queried, softly. She looked at him with tears welling up in her dusky eyes. "You know!" Sho answered trcmti ously, and laid her head upon his shoul der, where it had always seemed to him to belong! Nem Turk Mercury. Practice With Kcpcating Rifles. The company I saw had but little prac tice, and were getting reprimands from half a dozen officers standing beside tho drill sergeant for the slowness of theii movements but to a non-military eye nothing could be more machine-like, says a Metz letter to the London 1'nll Mall (JiKttte. The repeating rifle dilTcrs from the ordinary rifle in the fact that tho stock, instead of stopping short where it it is grasped by the left hand, is prolonged to within an inch of the end of the bar rel. This constitutes the reservoir of cartridges. The tiring consists of three movements tho "ready," during which each man gives a sharp turn to the right to a little lever above the lock of his gun, and the familiar "present" and "lire." The company stood four deep, the two front ranks firing while tho two rear ranks recharged their magazines. So rapid were the movements that the mag azine, holding ten or twelve cartridges, I forgot which, was emptied, with a per ceptible allowance each time for rapid aim, in ten seconds. The thought of what would happen to any body of men exposed to half minute of tiring like this made the spectacle most appalling. A stolid looking German by my side, who, as I afterward learned, hud been of the landwehr in the wnr.cxprcsscd his feel ing iu one word "Schauderhaf t !" (terri ble) he exclaimed under his breath. Queer Names of Post Offices. I have been looking over the list of 35, 143 post offices in the United States and find some very funny names. If we wish to create a man out of the names, we will find Blood in Kentucky and Meat nnd Bone in North Carolina. If we pre fer getting portions of tho body com- idete, we have an Eye in North Carolina, louth in Oregon, Foot in Tennessee, Leg, Shinbono and Head in Alabama, Breast' in Missouri, Hand in Dakota, ringer in .Mississippi and Knee in California. To clothe the man, wo will get a Hat in Georgia, Pants in North Carolina, Coat in Ohio, and Moccasin in Illinois. If the man don't want to wear moccasins he will have to go barefooted, as there is no boot or shoe on the list, although there is a Shoemaker in Cali fornia and a Shoeheel in North Carolina. If we had created a women instead of a man she would have been compelled to go almost naked, for the only article of female apparel to be found on the list is a lion net in south Carolina, iorlood, the man can have an Oyster, Bread, Coffee, Sugar, Babbitt, Hash, and, if he is not a teetotaler, can take a Drop in Texas. In fact, he will find anything ho needs on the list, and when h:s wants are ended there is a Coffin waiting for him in Knox couuty, Tennessee. O'lube-Demo-crat. Scenery on a Southern River. Exquisite bits of scenery will repay a sail upon the rivers. One view upon the Sampit seemed especially charming on a certain evening. The stream turns and curves into the land; there is formed an open glade fringed at tho water's edge by sedge, marsh and waving grasses. Buck a little space from the river towers a lofty brick column, covered from base to top by trumpet vines, which hang their crimson flowers out full fifty feet in the air. In the background two giant oaks form an arch, within whose clear space are visible the distant waters of Winyah Bay, and there, as in a framed picture, a ship appcurcd with all its snowy sails full set. Around aud over all was shed the tender glow of the evening radiance, for the sun ws sunk low in the west; the breast of the river mirrored the shades of the sky purple, opal and told, crimson. I "range and blue, with feathery flakes of Ky just tinged with pink, seeming like ashes blown from countless thousands of roses, incinerated by Oriental situs. American Mmjitziue. , Car Horses. The usefulness of a car horse extends over a jH-riod of about five years. Horses are adaptable to this line of work at the age of four, and at nine or ten, when in I their prime, they are cast oil as worthless. Such animals are expensive, some costing as mucti as f sou ami f ami. lien t lie day of their usefulness is past they are sold to farmers, hucksters anil others at prices ranging from (5 to M. ft is said that a horse which has done five or six years' service before a car is better adapted to ploughing than those beasts which have been trained to that line of work. Cer- I tainly, unless too much broken down, workers. JJn'l hn they make good Jingle. The Largest Wheat V eld. One of the largest wheat fields in the world is that of ex-Congressman C. F. lteed, of Stanislaus couuty, California. ' It consists of 10,(100 acies in one unbroken alien ji niuii me uauiv hi me cull .jouipiin river, and much of the laud is protected by levees, as the stnuui is higher time the shore. The g;ain this year is as high us the back of a horse, and it UcMiin.di d the yield will be forty bushel tolheacie. This" will give 40l,6id bushels, which will load ten large vessels. A Baseball Tragedy. He left his home bv the lili day, With a Imse ll Hint- lie h id I to play. And In-dom ed his suit i f line lie knew lie would will. Il felt o ;;.'. All thoughts of ill lin k I.k would tin .til- lb- emu" Uu'k home at th-d.-ali-t uii.t. Ho was all "i.unii" up, m a ti ivi;ij pi-n'at. His hrokc'.i liiir- Wit v u te il l ui s: iit. And lie piti li -1 Ills vo.ee w Hi ail hi.i le.i : lit l '.i ! v. b i ' : li t-ilt a! I-. o . ! o'l .-'-11. " i. THE ALLIGATOR MARKET. ' I BTRANOE SIGHTS IN A SOUTHERN SAURIAN MERCHANT 8 STORE. How the Illilcona Hcptllca Are Caught and Cared For A 150-Vcr-ll Alligator. "How do you sell the best, madame?" asked the inquisitive reporter of a quiet looking woman who was the one peace ful object in the screaming, noisy world about her. "Well, I hardly know how to answer that question," sho responded, her voice pitched high enough to jxmctratc the chirping Squeaking, cawing and crowing of the congregation of feathered folk fluttering about. "You sec, they come at most any price, and when I tell you they come all the way from fifty cents to $200 apiece, you can understand how prices vary." As is well known, sugar, oranccs and alligators form three staples in Louisiana exports and internal revenue, and it was to discover the exact condition of the crocodile market aud whether tho season's catch had been good that a visit was paid by a reporter to the big tanks on Chart res st reet. Alligators are brought into town in every stage, from an embryo state in the egg to great, angry monsters a dozen feet long, tipping the scales hundreds of pounds. Men hunt their hideous game after dark, stalking the swamps, drag ging lagoons ana wading through low, oozy marshes, where vast numbers of al ligators abide. Several methods of capt uring them nre resorted to. Those caught with hooks nre only fit for im mediate killing.as they sicken nnd die in short order. The big ones are lassoed and smaller fry snared in a heavy seine made for this purpose. The hunter realizes he is after dangerous game with lots of vicious habits, and so, besides blinding their stupid eyes by a lamp worn in his cap, he is prepared to send a sooth ing bullet whenever necessary. After bringing in his find of eggs, the crocodile farmer heaps them in boxes nnd simply depends on time to do its perfect work. In the course of weeks the in fant gnaws and claws nt the hard shell until ho finally squirms his way into tho world. Passing through tho big bird store the alligator region is reached. It is a pretty, garden-like place, with tcnder,lacy vines trained in delicate festoons up the lattice against the dark brick wall. Great red pots lio!d rich foliage plants that lend a tropical air to the spot, fitting the in habitants of the long cemented tanks. These troughs are built six in n row, the occupants being carefully graded accord ing to size. Twice a week the water must be changed for the salubrity of the atmosphere. Twice a week refreshments are handed round, beef lights as a rule, a delicacy for which alligators havea very pronounced penchant. The half-grown variety eat from five to six at a meal, dis tending their uncomely, shapeless stomachs until the receptacles refuse to hold nnother particle. They feed only nt intervals, but have voracious appetites then. They are very ugly creatures, with wretched dispositions.as the reporter had a fair opportunity of discovering. Hang ing over the side of the tank in playful, almost intimate relations with the beast, his sheltering umbrella gave a tip too far and touched the extreme point of the thing's snout. It was enough; with a terntying bellow and blowing off of team tho infuriated being rose two inches out of water nnd sent his ob server exactly three feet in the air. It wus a severe shock and has generated re spect, if not admiration, for tho alliga tor's sensitiveness. Lying in tho sun shine.every grizzly feature is accentuated. 1 heir great shovel heads float on tho wa ter with stupid, evil eves that blink liko yellow cxeres.-euccs ou a mud-colored una c. A tiny, minute slit in the snout admits enough air to enable them to make a sound frightful enough to' senre the stoutest-hearted. The keeiRT of tho tanks said hundreds were sold yeaily to traveling showmen, numbers being sent to Europe as curiosi ties, besides many that were bought by Northern visitors. Saloon owners buy them constantly to keep on their coun ters as nn attraction to possess, Chicago and St. Louis being noticeable among the number. An artist hero in town set them up with all sorts of comical de vices. He stuffs them with cotton, and fashions preachers, lawyers, gam blers, organ-grinders, cotton handlers and duellists out of the ridiculous little figures. The saurian merchant has a perfect treas ure that he keeps in close quarters and guards as the fairest jewel of his entire collection of beauties. It is a huge, evil smelling, sluggish reptile, measuring twelve feet, whose age is calculated at one hundred nnd fifty years. Ho lies sprawled out on the floor of his trough, iu a state of torpid stupidity. The crea ture looks bored to death and with enough mulignitv in his depraved yellow eyes to devour every visitor who studies his handsome pnqiortious. .Yew Orleum Timei-JJ iiioerut. Hit Lions on the Nose. It has been said that the hurts suffered in pugilism are particularly severe, and that few pains equal the pain resulting from a blow of the list squarely aud forcibly delivered upon the nose. An incident which goes to support this alle gation, is reported from Paris. A lion turner, iu one of the Boulevard shows, was set upon by a powerful and irritaldo old lion, whose cage he had entered, ac cording to hubit, in the course of an en tertainment. The beast made his attack without warning or particular cause, nnd iu an instant the man was upon his back, between the lions paws. The spectators screamed, thinking it was the end of thu lion tamer, but, like a flash, he w as upon his feet, and striking out with his right, in accurate pugilistic style, lauded his fist upon the lion's noe, with a spat that was heard all over the place. The liou w heczed and sneezed and backed aw ay, shaking his head and shutting his eyes as if dazed, while the man stepjied quickly, but with dignity, out of the cage. " The blow was a good one, and if it had fallen upon a man would, undoubt edly huve "knocked him out." Evi dently, it made the liou tingle from the spot where it was delivered to the tip of bis drooping and spiritless tail. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. How to Clean Lace. Fill a bottle with cold water; draw a stocking tightly over it, securing both ends firmly. Place the lace smoothly over the stocking nnd tack closely. Put tho bottle in a kettle of cold water con taining a few shavings of soap, and place over the fire to boil. Kinsc in several waters and then drain and dry. When dry remove and place smoothly in a large book and press w ith weights. Very nice lace can be made to look new by this pro cess. Pcaa in the Pod. The shelling of peas generally falls to the young girl members of the household. It is rather tiresome everyone knows, especially if the family is a large one. It may make this little domestic trial leai irksome to combine with it some times a little harmless romance which is traditional among the Germans, who, when shelling pens, watch for the pod that holds nine perfect peas, but it is a number seldom found. They run six, seven and eight, but nine is the exception, so the girl who is so lucky as to find nino peas in one pod lays it under the doorstep or gate. Tho first man who passes over it will be her husband before peas come again. This is one of the many little conctl.s that give a little spice to every day life. The Germans hold that peas have an alleged virtue in cases of love, very much the s ime as the English look upon the mistletoe. In one part of Bo hemia the young maidens make a garland of five, seven or nine kinds of pea blos soms upon which they sleep. The num ber alwuys is odd for luck. The dreams are supposed to eome true. Any one can verify the truth of this little assertion. I'scful Hint. Use a warm knife in cutting bread and the like. Iron rust is removed by salt mixed with lemon juice. Egg shells crushed nnd shaken in glass bottles half filled with water will clean them easily. The luster of morocco may be restored by varnishing it with the white of an egg. Apply with a sponge. Sonp is often wasted on paint. A lit tle ammonia in tho cleaning water, or whiting on a damp cloth will clean wood much easier, and leave no yellow stain to tell of its abuse. Salerntus is excellent for removing grease from woodwork which has not been painted. Spread thickly over tho grease spots, moisten, and after it hus remnined a half hour wash off with tepid soap suds. itccipes. Bi.ACKnEHRV Pi'Diiiso. A pint of flour, a pint of warm water, a pinch of suit; mix flour, water and salt thorough ly ; add one (juurt of blackberries the last thing. Put in pudding bag well floured and boil one hour. IIice Pudding. A teacupful of rice, the yolks of four eggs, tho whites of three beaten separately, two ounces pounded sugar, two ounces raisins, one quarter pound suet, chopped very fine; flavoring of ratafia or vanilla; put these ingredients into a mold and boil li hours. Serve with sweet sauce. Vegetable Sorr. Four onious, three turnips, four carrots, one small head of cabbage, one pint of butter beans and a bunch of sweet herbs. Boil unfiT done, add a quart of soup stock; take two tablespoonfuls butter nnd one of flour, beat to a cream; pepper and salt to taste; add a spoonful cf sugar. Serve with fried bread chips. Good Apple Savce. After washing tho pieces of apple in a colander, let them stew ,vith only water enough to cover thei. Continue stewing until they can bo easily mashed through. Sweeten the sauce while the apple are warm; Season with rose-water, lemon juice, and nutmeg. Some very thin slips of fresh lemon peel, stewed with the ap ples, add greatly to the delicate savor. Too sweet apples do not cook well. Not Honored at Homo. As water seeks its level, so does the village instinctively tend to maintain a certain moral and intellectual uniformity. The man of exceptional ability is sooner or later expelled by the body politic. He is mistrusted, disliked and finally ostra cized. Nor is he himself slow to take the hint to depart. He perceives that then is nothing for him to do at home, lb forges restlessly about for awhile, trying this and that and iffectingonlv mischief: everybody surmises an evil destiny for him; he puts on his hat and depot-, iu despair and linger; and presently tin world recognizes and celebrates his genius. But his native village never swells the chorus of prai-o. They have known Jiiin from a baby; he cannot hum bug thton! Did he not steal apples from Farmer Hoyt's orchard? Was he not the slowest hand at a spelling match in sc hool? Did he not jilt Mary .lane after everybody had ugreed he would marry her? Goto, then! Can such a fellow as that invent a navigable air ship or write a classic book, or create a suc cessful rail road? He is only Jack Smith, after all is said and done, aud among tlio-e who know him, will always have a Jack Smith rcpututiou. .1 meriraii Mii'jmine. Hogs Can Swim. There is an old tradition that hogs can't swim, and ou this is founded tin twice-told tale of thu devil entering in to hogs iu the country of the Gadareiies, causing them to run violently down u steep bunk into the sea, where they weie choked. The idea is that the sharp cloven hoof of the hog comes up against his throat in his effort to paddle aud cuts it. All this is bosh. Hogs, if given half a chiMce, become expert swimmers. 1 knew of an old sow eight or ten years old that has been kept for breeding purpo-es up among tne .Miugii tuck hills of Connecticut that can rival Bovton as an expert in the water. Her pen is on the bank of Mud river and runs dow n to the water, ner oniy way oi firetting out of it is by water. Once a day din ing thu summer she takes a swiu to a little island located iu the centre of tho river, and there she wallows till it is time to take her nightly rations, when at the call of her ow uer she sw ims bac k to her pen,- ( incinni(i Tim? .Sr.ir, BEFORE THE RAIN. The blaekeaps pipe among ths reeds, And there '11 be rata to follow; There is a murmur as of wind In every coign and hollow; The wrens do chatter of their fears While swinging on the barley-ears. Come, hurry, while there yet is time, Pull up thy scarlet bonnet Now, sweetheart, as my lor is thine. There is a drop upon it So trip it ere the storm-hag weirrl Doth pluck the barley by the beard. Lo! not a whit too soon we're housed; The storm with yells above us; The branches rapping on the panes Keem not in truth to love us. And look where through the clover bush The nimble footed rain doth rush I .4mria Ilirt, in Ifarper't. JICVOR OF TIIE DAT. - A hero of tho pen The prize pig. Thcro nre some men so mean that to call them a hog is a libel on pork. l'hil mlclphii 1'nll. "I wis rapped in slumber," said the tramp as tho policeman hit him with a club. Yihiiujtm Critie. Omaha restnurants fill an 'order for mock turtle sounwith abowl of Missouri Hiver water unliltcrcd. Botton Globe. Notwithstanding the astonishing fact that the sovereigns of tho earth continue to reign, the weather is unusually dry. Mtjile U'if. A Burlington milkman has discovered somo gold-bearing quarts. They eon tain about n piut and a half each. Bur lington Free l'reim. A Burlington policeman declares that ho has to handle about as many pieces of male matter as they do at the postotfice. liiirlintjton Free Pre-t. Prepare to heave the deep-drawn sigh, And wrestle with distressing grief, And actuate pains of nightmare brief, And all because of that muiee pie. Chiratn Xatinnal. A French farmer writes to his landlord : "I have a great deal of stock on hand. If you want an ox, an ass or a pig, please remember your obedient servaut." Par it Ifouloi. A photographer has succeeded in tak ing an instantaneous picture of the flight of a curved ball thrown by a $10,000 pitcher. It is said to resemble a pro cession of inebriated corkscrews. JVorris toirn Jlcml'l. A waste of good material. Ha wns from Missouri and he stood looking at the high telegraph poles in admiration. "Fine poles," snid a policeman who was passing. "Yes, but what a wasto of good material," said the visitor. "I'll bet you we can wait here all day without seeing a single lynching." Julje. Mr. Do Sickly has cnlled upon Bobby'i sister, and is waiting for that young lady to make her appearance. Bobby enters in the meantime. Do Sickly (with v grin) "How do do, Bobby? Don't you know me? Come and tell mo whnt's my name." Bobby "Well, sir, if it ain't just as Sis said! you haven't sense enough to know what your name is. If you'll wait a minute. Til tint! out for you. I heard Pi4y he had you Lojk4rVrr? list, (,!'" guess lie musrrk u!W jour namo. lexm Among tho Little Ones. Little girl at breakfast table: "Mum ma, this is very old butter. I have found a gray hair in it." "Mamma, what is colorblind!" asked little Nell. "Inability to tell one color from another, my dear." "Then I guess the man that made mv geography iswlor l.liiwl l.ii-niiBn hnla trif drunlunil il nn' n painted yellow." "James, do you love your sister?" "Yes, sir." "Well, show mo how you lovelier." Tho boy stood still, not know ing what to do. "James, how do I ex press my love for your inothcri" "Oh, you give her some uauK notes, put i ain i got any. Alice, three years old, has seen her brother's velocipede oiled because it squeaked. A few days ago she was sur prised at tho noiso her teeth macio ami said to her auntie: "I dess my teef will have to be dreased, 'cause they squeak 1" B il!noo(. I have a niece, a bight, logical little maiden, aged four, brown-eyed, golden haired, with a complexion like a flower, nd a most lovable mouth, full of varying .... .. V .,.-1 1. expressions. -;i. arne, i bskcu uer, "where dnl you get such a tug inoutni l'he flexible curves dresv closo as she thought a moment. "Well," sho au- swered. "mv mourn is piece oi me, ami I'm big, so my mouth is big." Safer ..'. Spirits of the Mines. It is u very old fancy says the Philadel phia i'ull that mines uro inhabited by spirits, who are jealous of their treasures and of a very resentful character. In early days these spirits assumed the forms of serpents, especially in Egyptian le gends, and to such un etcut that they were regarded as the gods of metals, tho most famous being Hoa, the serpent god of Chaldea," muster of all wisdom and guardian of the treasures of tho mines. The belief that evil spirits guard tho treasures of the emerald mines is as com mon among thu Peruvians as it wus among the Scythians iu tho time of Pliny. In Sardinia the ancient silver mines are rarely entered from dread of a venomous spider called the tnlil'injn, so named from uvoiding the sun. Their bite w as considered fatal. Tho traditions aro unworthy of belief, but no doubt such a spider was found ill tho silver mines, for Agricola mentions the fact and gave them tho name of luei'ein. Death on a Sweet Tooth. A medical plant is found in India which destroys tho power of tasting sugar. This plant, the gymnemn sylves tre, grows in the Deccun and iu tho Assam aud on the Coromotidcl coast. By chew ing two or three leaves of it a person may extinguish his susceptibility to sweet savors. Morbid cravings for sweetmeats that injure indigestion may thus be cor rected. As the gymnema is said, also to diminish tho power of enjoying a cigar, greut benefit may probably be derived from it by iintemperuto smokers. Candy unit cigarettes being the bane of the small boy, pruden-l parents may be ex- I pecteil to siock iiieinsens proiiipny mn, I g ninema svfvesj vesjre. i 1 S.it'i
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