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The Germans are organizing a conidd- J
arable establishment of falcons to catch (
(he enemy's carrier pigeons.
The shipment of Florida oranges to
Europe, which was attempted for the
ursl time tn iny quantity this winter, baa
resulted most satisfactorily.
Tho major portion of tho world's tin
jiroduct is obtained from the Maly pen
insula and Ma)aca,in Southern Asia. The i
Chinese practically control these mining
interests.
Potatoes ore coming from Scotland to
this country in larger quantities than in
any yeir since ItfHi. The Scotch pola-
....... ... w w. IIIO II llllt IIU1JU1I1 TKIJUl,
and are of extra good quality.
A New Orleans newspaper says that
1he millions of children seen around tho
cotton fields of tho South furnish a com
plete refutation of the theory that the
negro race in America is dying out.
No Itussinn paper dares wo an excla
mation point in an article. If the press
censor finds one he rond mns the whole
Issue as likely to incite the people to riot.
A Fusnian editor can obscrvc,buthcmust
not exclaim.
Th's is the first time since 1777 that
the year required the Fame figure used
hre times. That was 111 years ago,
nd the same thing will not happen
agtinforlll yeais, or in HO'. The
year 2000 will draw on three ciphers.
A Boston woman h is hit upon a novel
scheme to make a living. She posts her
self thoroughly upon the news of the day,
ind read her notes to a cln s of wealthy
womcu who are too lazy to read. Some
other clover woman might emulate her
example, tn connection with literature.
The Detroit Free TV-zm ssys in an edi
torial: "When we consider what a fuss
the railroads made and some of them
are still making about doine nwav with
the deadly car stove, it a humiliating to
learn that in Sweden tho heating of the
cars by steam has been universal since
1871." - .
During the progress of a religious re
viva! which was recently held at West
Point, Ind., a little chi d of seven years,
while under the influence of the excite
ineut of the occasion, mounted the pulpit
na made an exhortation which uiil
to have been remarkable for its power
and eloquence.
A patent for the manufacture of artU
ficial raiple sugar has been issued to
Josiah Daily, of Madison. Iud. It Is
mado by adding to a gallon of ordinary
sugar syrup three tub'espoonfuls of a
decoction made from hickory bark. The
inventor says that this syrup cannot be
distinguished from the genuine maple
syrup.
Prodigies of all kinds are spring'ngnp
Id various parts of the world. Ch cago
has a linguistic wonder in the person of
Corinne Cohu, aged six. who speaks wiih
fluency Kn-.M. V .-..,., v. 1. . ;j
j 'fi-i-wi, KtiifM.iiF, ttwa anu
the new universal language, Volapuk.
the :s now learning l.usiitm and Italian.
Her father is Henry (John, President of j
the National School of Languages, J
Canada has a considerable balance in i
Iter favor in the matter of fugitive em
bezzlers. Canada's losses in this respect
are est mated at $3,000 0 10, while the
"pennl colony" of the United States in
Canada represent some f 20,000,000 in '
rascalities. It is di.ficult, says the Bos
ton Adftrlivr, to see why any hesitancy
should exist on either side of the border
line to putting an end to this effective
evasion of law and justice. (
The largest Chinese tn'ning camp in
the Northwest is at Wanei, Idaho.
Hundreds of Chinese have been at work
there for scvvial years, and each year
from fifty to seventy-live go back to
thina with from $.',0110 to 5,00 , a
fortune for them. Most Chinese miners
WOrk Over ol.l mines anil nro vmrv nviw.rt
at cleauing lip every putc'e of gold;
but at Warren they are on new ground,
and their careful system results in lurga
yields.
Mexico is makin? a high bid for im
migration. It is repoited thut the Gov
ernment has made a concession to a real
estate company whereby 0-009 acres o'
laud iu cln cu different States is to come
Into its possession, to be occupied by
immigrants. Settle s on tlie.se tra ts are
to bo exempt from taxation on the land,
and the Government guarantees them
.protect ou. It is proposed to establish
agencies in the principal titles of America
and Europe to induce immigration to
Jlexico, .
Pak Chung Yang, the Corean Minister
to the Is ui led Stutes.and his secrelariesare
somvwhat dudit-h in their habits. Several
wagons wero required on their arrival
at Washington to move the trunks con
taining their apparel. They change their
co-tumes eral tiu.es a day. They
own a vast variety of very tall hats which
are perforated at the top. 1 hey wear
the r hits at 'the table, tuid have a
dilfcrcnt kind of tile for each meal.
They have heads of a very peculiur
ohiipe. Tho Lack of the head, fur from
beiui; louod, is as tlut as a board.
THE BLOOM OP LONO AGO,
How oft along the vanished pint,
81)11 with the lines of youth aglow,
Spring np the flow'rs that faded fast
The scanted bloom of long ago)
Whore is the heart that would forget
The smile, the look, tiie Warm embrace!
Amid the yars we treasure jet I
The contour of the flitted face.
Peep in the labyrinth of time,
Mi hUvous shine Mack eyes and blue:
And fairy fingers brat a rhyme
On Cupid's bow for mo and yois
I find a letter hidden long
From summer's sun and winter's snow,
And to It clings a cherished song
That keeps the tune of long ago.
We never quite forget the joys
Recorded on life's primal page;
Tho laughter gay of girls and boys
Palis sweetly on the ears of age.
Across a path still bright and fair,
A child is swinging to and fro;
And memory twines in golden hair,
The lovely bloom of long ago.
The music sought by ns to-day
Id other years was grandly sung;
The face that flits across the way
We often kiased when we were young.
It is the hand we cannot see
That leads us, when the sun Is low,
Back to tho memory haunted lea
Rich with the bloom of long ago,
Confess to me, for it Is true,
I care not what your station be,
That somewhere there's a spell for you
A spell of love and fantasy.
Who has not felt a vanished band
Touch his at twilight's gentle glow,
Or seen emerge from shadowland
A sweetheart of tho long agof
Black eyes r nd bluet Ol what a spell
Tbey weave for all who own their swayl
And where is he whose son; can tell
One-half the cunning they d splay
Tbey are the milestones of the road
We tread to where the waters flow
Between ns and the veiled abode
Beyond the loves of long ago,
T. (J. irarbaugh.
THE DIAMOND CRESCENT. .
The day was bitter cold, and the
crowds hurrying tloog Broadway turned
neither to right nor to left in their haste
to reach home and the comforts of the
fireside.
I was sitting in my ollioe on the
ground door, watching the rostles people
and philosophising as I have habit of
doing upon tho diircrences iu human
coud tion, when my attention was sud
denly arrested by a child wearing upon
ber breast a superb diamond crescent of
Imrest water and bri.liancy. Before I
lad time to formulate any opinion as to
how so magnificent a jewel could have
come into the posxesion of a child, or to
wonder why its parents or guardians
permuted It to wear sucu . valuable
trinket upon the public streets, an officer
had tho little one in his grasp.
Looking at it rat.onally, nothing
would have seemed more probable than
that the child was a thief, for I did not
fail to notice in my first glance that her
garments, a. though scrupulously neat,
were far f ro n expensive, nevertheless an
unaccountable excitement took posses
sion of ine.and 1 rushed to her assistan e
demanding of the officer authoritatively,'
"Upon what charge do you make this
arrest J"
Instinctively recognizing a friend, the
teriilied child besought me not to allow
the oilKtr to take her to .,ail.
"t ook at th;it pin, the little thief 1"
the otlicer said roughly, making a move
ment to drag the child uway.
."S-opJ" 1. commanded, indignantly
now, for I had made up my "minif that
the child should at least have a hearing.
"Who eays she is a thief f"
"1 say so," returned the officer sharply.
"I know 'em, these n ret t gamins, and a
precious lot they are! She's a regular
one, this one is."
"Indeed, sir, I am not a thief I Oh, I
am not, 1 am not I I didn't mean to do
wrong. I wanted to rind my own papa
th:it iliss Adelle says the crescent will
surely rind."
The officer laughed coarsely. "That
is tine, isn't it? Highly drum.itic forone
so young. You me 1 know 'em; they
come in all ages from"
"Officer," l iuteirupted him, for a
crowd was gathering now, despite the
biting cold, and I did not much enjoy
my position as one of the central figures,
step wiih me iuto my o.tice while we
hear the little one's story. I am con
vinced that you have no more right to
arrest this child because she wears a costly
ornament when walking quieily along
the publi ; street than you would have to
arrest tho wife or daughter of a million
aire umlor like ciicunistaiK ej. You
know who I am, and if the facts do not
coiroborate the story this child tells I
piom to deli.er her over to you in the
next lew hours."
"All light," said the officer, "take
her; you'll be wiser in the next twenty
four hours. I'll wager."
And o I was, but not ;'ust as the of
ficer ant cipato I. The ihild told me a
singular storv between her sob, and
facts piovcd it strictly true. Indeed, as
1 hud (lie tittle one in my office before
the tire, warm and comfortable except
for the effects of her fright, I had tune
to see that her features and expression
were tho-e of a young princess of the
blood tleur-cut, exquUi'e aud truthful.
She was as tar removed from the youth
ful unfortunates brought up in vice and
crime as is heaven from earth.
The gist of her s ory was that she was
a great man's daughter, and theouly way
she would ever tiud her papa was by the
crescent, which he would recognize, rhe
lived wiih Miss Adelle, a music tea' her,
and they had very Utile money. Miss
Adelle had cried thut morning because
their coai was uearly gone and she had no
money to buy more.
" hen Adelle hud gone out I put the
crescent on, and c ime to tiud papa, for I
knew that it lie saw that he would buy us
some more wood ami coul," the child
coumlcd to me earnestly.
1 haded a cab at the concltiMoa of the
tale and took the child to the street and
number given me. A tall, giuceful
woman of twenty-rive or theieubout wel
comed us with emotion.
" hy, my d. ar K a," she crird. clusp
ing the child to her, "where have you
beeaf I have been aimost crazy with
anxiety about you."
But just at this moment Miss Adelle
caught sight of me, and drawing herself
un wiih dignity she waited for an ex
planation rjf my presence there. Stating
the ease briefly I asked her to tell me
something about the child.
"I Will, sir." she said, motionlne me
to bo seated With grace 1 have rarely seed
equaled. "The sole guardianship Of little
Kva fell to me strangely," the began.
"I am th daughter of a clergyman, and
while teaching music In my native vil
lage in the West it happened that one
winter's night some years since a night
not unlike what this promises to be my
father and I were startled by moans at
our windows. Investigation showed a
woman and child. Both Were nearly
fro.cn, add the woman, nce in the
heated room, swooned. We summoned
a physician, but she recovered conscious
ness only to lose it again until we found
that she was dying. Toward the
last the poor creature muttered wildly
and incoherently, and seemed to be
in mortal terror of punishment for
some great crime. Just at the last, how
ever, she became entirely rational, and
made frantic efforts with her dying
breath to tell us all about the child ; but
the most we could understand wal thnt
Kva belonged to wealthy parents, and
that something would prove her identity.
Sewed up in the rags wrapped about the
baby girl we discovered the diamond
crescent, which is strangely engraved in
ciphers, unintelligible to a stranger, but
no doubt significant enough to the
owners, whom we naturally suppose to
be little Kva's parents, for this was evi
dently what the poor woman meant to
convey.
"My father and I ar-cepted the trust
thrown upon us by that mysterious death
as a commission from heaven," said Eva's
guardian angel, with a soulful smile
Which disclosed a rich, beautiful nature,
"and we set about to find the parents.
For a long time we advertised, but to no
purpose. Many replies came, but to none
of those people did our little Eva belong.
At Inst, after my father's death, which
occurred three years ago, certain thut
Kva's parents were not to be found in
the West, I sold my property there, com
ing to New York iu the hope of obtain
ing pupils here, and at the same time
g ioa legal talent to push the work of
establishing my darling's identity. We
have not been very successful so far.
I felt my elf in a dilemma. Here Was
a beautiful young woman who had evi
dently sacrificed all her worldly goods to
what she believed a divinely appointed
mission, aud for all I knew had at this
moment neither money nor fond, cer
tainly not fuel for the morrow's bitter
weaiuer, for little Eva had innocently
given that fact away, and yet she would
not make a moan which would give mo
the cue tc her necessity, or make it pos
sible for me to oUer pecuniary assistance.
What should 1 do about it all! I
cogitated over and over again, "lietire
at once, now thnt the business for which
you came is ended," said the conven
tionalities. "But you cannot leave these
two penniless and friendless in a big
city," urged the heart within me, and
the latter argument seemed the stronger
of the two, so I broke forth at last, awk
wardly (for I am not a man of tact any
time:, but to the point. "You accepted
the care of little Eva as a commission
from Heaven when a strange fate
brought her to your door, and why may
I not accept the care of both of you as
my commission until something better
can be done;"
The effect of this speech was simply
startling. Miss Adelle flushed and turned
pale by turns, but she said, looking
straight at me, with womanly courage
flashing from her large violet eyes: "Sir,
you have been so kind to my dear little
Eva that I will not believe you intend
less to me."
"Uod knows that I do not,' I replied,
feelingly. "Pardon mo, but your little
charge has give mo some idea of how you
are situated r I would like to befriend
you both while you need a friend." - - -
Miss Adelle searched my face long and
earnestly to disonver if perchance there
lurked some sinister motive there before
she said: "Sir, your offer is a very ex
traordinary one."
"Not more so than your own course in
sacrificing yourself and all that you posses-ed
to th.s child cause."
"But that was the will of Heaven for
m" Miss Adelle said with deep serious
ness, "I could not do less. But," she
added, alter a moment, we do indeed
need a friend."
"Do you suppose that I would tres
pass longer upon your privacy were it
not so f" I asked earnestly, "nay, trust
me and you shall have no caut-e to re
giet it !"
Then Miss Adelle' spoke out like the
large souled woman that she was: "I
will trust you, sir, for my little Eva's
sake."
Mutters proved quite as bad as I
feared. They were at the end of their
money, aud uo immediate prospect lor
getting more opeued before tlitm. Mis
Ad-:llu, who.e musical gi ts had been
recognized as pre em neut in her native
village, had thought it would be easy
enough to socure pupils in a gr -ut c.iy
like fvevv Y'oik. but p las I fioni bitter ex
perience she had learned thut this cum
menial Aiecea towards which so many
young aspiiants for success turn their
footsteps held but disappointment for
her.
The end of a long discussion of the
prossnd torn involved, resulted in Miss
Adelle's accepting assistance front me as
a loan, and I, in turn. I romised her
pupils from among my friends, taking
upon my shoulders llie doubtful ta-k of
coeuing a'l the fathers and mothers of
my acquaintance into giving their chil
dren over to hertraining, beginning with
my own married sister. And it was
fortunate Out I made my beginuin;;
there, el-e it is probable that 1 shou d
have miserably failed in my undertak
ing, for my sister Mrs. Merwin in
formed me scornfully when I laid my plau
before her: "Icannot be thankful enough,
Tom, that I am the first one to whom
you unfold your liuixotic scheme, for
nothing could be nioie ruinous to a
girl's prospects, situated as Miss Adelle
is, than to have a bachelor like yourself
going around advocating her cause,
lust take me to see the girl, and if she
is not a mere adventuress you may count
upon my doing whul I cau for her."
Thut my sister was wholly satisfied
wiih Miss Adelle will go without the
saying when I tell you that she took her
home within the week us musical gover
ness to her own childreu, aid personally
solicited patronage tor her uinong the
"de-ir '(i: frieods,"
In less than three months from the dny 1
that 1 first discovered Eva, Miss Adclld
found herself with mdre work upon het
hands than she cotild easily attend to;
ind I found myself but no, I will tell
yoil about that later, for now comes the
most remarkable part of this narrntive
(arid thcrdls ndthing So very remarkable
in the story of a free man who is often
thrown into the society of a good and
beautiful woman fulling in lovo with
her) and that which emphasizes the tact
that trnth is stranger than fiction.
One day there drew up before my
sister's door the well-known e piipngc of
one of the city's most successful bankers,
and from it alighted a gentleman who
eagerly requested to see Miss Adelle
The result of that visit wni nothing short
of the restoration of little Eva to her par
ents and home, for she was proven
to be the long-lost and sadly mourned
daughter of tho banker, stolen by a
former servant, the only object that
could be disco', crcd to extort money for
her return. In order probably to render
the scheme successful the child had been
taken far away, where it wou d be diffi
cult to trace her. The mysterious death
of tho woman had intcrfcricd with the
original plan and left no clue by which
the agonized parents could possi ly dis
cover their child, and long since she had
been given up for dead.
In the course of its progress from per
son to person, the story of the yoiuvr
music teacher and her little charge had
reached the banker and his wife, who
hastened to convince themselves that
Eva was their lonar-lost darling; the
diamond crescent which ha 1 been stolen
for that very purpose no doubt furnish
ing evidence, if mere had becu needed
than the child's great resembh.nce to
net mother.
It is needless to say that the frrnteful
parents insisted upon adopting Adelle
into their hearts and homes as a uaugh
ter no less than their legitimate off-pring
and for me they declared eternal friend
shin.
With this I should have been quite
satisfied under ordinary circumstances,
but
"Nonsense," roguishly says Adelle,
who is looking over my shoulder as I
write, "what a common-place ending
you will have there, love and marriage,
and all that sort of thing."
"But will it not be -true to the life?'
I demand. And a beautiful light warms
up her dear face. "End the story as
you please, lorn," she says. lork
Irrest.
Calamities of Prominent Men.
Jnmes J. Wilson, of New Jersey, was
successively Clerk of the I cxitluture, edi
tor, Mate Adjutant Uenerul aud t nited
States Senator. His mind becunu un
balanced, and one night he jumped out
or the window and was badly injured.
He died two years later July, 12-1.
Congressman 1'obert Potter, of North
Carolina, was the husband of a beautiful
woman, of wnotn he was intensely jeal
ous. His jealousy developed into insan
ity, and he nearly murdered two of his
wife's cousins, who hud culled to pay a
friendly visit, on Augusta-, ltwi. llo
was sent to prison and find $l,"-0ft. He
afterward wont to Texas, where he was
killed in a brawl.
William 8. Hamsey, of Carlisle, Penn.,
Was e'ected to Congress when ouly tvven-tv-eirrht
vears old. The dnvsfter his re-
f 5 f
election he received a letter, tliecontents
of which he never revealed. He became
a changed man, and ended his br edit ca
reer with a bullet in a hotel in Baltimore
in October, 1840. He was only thirty
years old.
In a fit of mental abenation John
White, of Kentucky, killed himself at
Richmond, Ky., in September, Ho
was Congressman for ten years and
Speaker of the Twenty-seventh Con
gress. Congressman Felix G. McConnell rep
resented Alabama from December 4,
184:1, to September'?, Hilt, when ho
cuthisthro.it in a Washington hotel. The
death of a devoted friend hud driven him
to drink and icsauity, with the result
noted.
Jesse B. Thomas, of Illinois, was a
Western pioneer, a Congretsman and a
United States Senator for ten years. The
secret persecutions of a politi.-al enemy
unsettled his reason and he cut his
throat at Mount Vernon, 0.,on February
a, i.o.
United States Senator Thomas J. Busk,
of Texas, committed suicide- at Nnca
doches, Texas, in July, 13"i(l. He had
been a successful lawyer, a brave soldier,
hud fought for. Texan independence,
served as Chief Justice of the State and
was a United States Senator forten years.
Mental in'irmity drove him to the deed
which ended his eventful career.
Edward Curtis was a noted politician
in his time. He leprcsente I New York
City in Congress from l-il to 141, when
President Harrison appointed him Col
lector of the Port. The treachery of some
political friends turred hi bruin, and he
died in New York, after a lingering ill
ness, in August, lb-Jtl. Grayiic.
Jim Flsk's Dodge.
Years ago when the New Y'ork Central
and Erie railroads were engaged in a
de-perate aud dcMiuctive buttle of cut
rutus, Jim Fisk played a shrewd dodje
on Commodore Yttuderbilt. The freight
rates from Chicago to New York ciiy
weie so low that there was no profit in
transportation. Fit-k seized the golden
opportunity to buy catte; shipped tho
cattle o er the Commodore's road, and
so blotked the Commodore's transput ta
tii.n facilities that the Central was
obliged to ref se all other freight Fii-k
theu put up the priece of freight on the
I'.rie, and was not only able to do a lu
crative business- while the Central was
canying cows at a loss, but he was also
able to get his cows to the market, via
the Commodore's line, at such low terms
that he made a profit on every head.
Argonaut.
MautifiU'tnriiig a Poem.
It is usual at Cambridge University to
annually give a handsome sum for the
best poem. Some years ago a wut'Ki h
undergraduate, fur a mere jest, inude a
poem by piecing together irugmcuts of
nil those which had for many yens been
the winners. He expected that the com
mittee would laugh at it and ' throw it
aside. What was his horror at learuin
that lie had been adjudged tho prie,
and thut his name had been published all
over Lugluud us thut of the victor.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Clenointf t.rtmps.
F.vcr now and then the liimn needs
thorough Cleansing. The oil should be
carefully emptied awny so as ndt to leave
any dregs in the bottom. This cau be
put into a bottle and be kept lor clean
ing. When the lamp has been well
washed, the other oil tan be poured back
sgain, and added to till tho reservoir is
almost full. Before putting on the br.vs
part that holds tho globe ami chimney,
this too must be thoroughly cleaned. The
network that crosses it must be freed
from all impuritics,aud all pieces of char
eonl Wick turned out from the edge. It
will then be found thnt the lamp will
burn clearly, giving out a bright white
light.
Ironing
Few of tho household duties are as
exhaustive and worrisome to tlte house
wife as the family Ironing. Cuming, as
it generally does, imme i Intel v after the
fa iuue of washing, it appears to be
double as hard work as the former.
Many women wash and iron the same
day, which is a very unwise thing for
them to do, hnlcss their washing is very
small, indeed. In cold weather, more
particularly, clothes need to l e out in
tho air a long time ere they ore rendy to
be brought into the house, and very sel
dom are any of the heuvy clothes, such
as flannels, re dy for ironing the same
day. ery often tine, small articles,
such as napkins, handkerchiefs, towels,
etc., are sufficiently dry to iron the sa ue
day, owing to these ironing better when
slightly dump than when perfectly dry.
Dish towels are very hard to press sinoo h
if allowed to get thoroughly dry before
taking ln( ami will havo to be dampened
a great deal before the creases can be
made smooth. It is best, therefore, if it
can be conveniently done, to bring in
from the line such sm .11 pieces as iron
b. st when damp. No large piece should
ever bo taken in until perie tly dry, un
less it Is the table cloth, which will look
much better if pressed while slightly
damp. These articles should be ironed
as dry ns possible, and be thoroughly
aired befoie being put away. To sir
na, kins, handkerchiefs, etc., they should
be hung on the hoivc iho length of the
fo d, and not. as veiy often done, thrown
simply over tho bar just in the fold in
whili they are placed awny. They w 11
not nir or dry properly if hung iu this
way, nnd if put away from an airing of
this kind, w.ll muss so easily that in a
short while they will have no appear
ance whatever of having been ironed.
Useful Hints.
To brighten fuded carpet, sponge with
a mixture of one part ox-gall to two
parts water.
Apple snuce is much improved by the
addition of n tabltspoonful of butter and
requires 1c s sugar.
Cold sliced potatoes fry and taste bet
ter by sprinkling a teaspoonful of flour
over them while fryiug.
Infants under three months of age
should not be given arrowroot or other
Btnrchy foods, for they cannot digest
them.
To seed raisins easily, pour hot water
over them, let it remain a moment, then
drain otf. The hot water loosens the
seeds and they com j out clean.
Charcoal is recommended as an ab
sorber of gases in the milk room where
foul gases are present. It should bo
freshly powdered nnd kept there con
tinually. The best thing for a burn is to wet the
burn with (old water, th'.n cover the
burn with whe .t Hour so thick it will
keep out tho air; keep it on, it will pre
vent blistering.
A decided improvement in the eating
bib for children is made of a towel. It
is better to have the towel white. Hollow
out tho neck before binding, and bind
wiih white tape.
TuWe linens should always bo hemmed
by hand. Not olily do they look more
dainty, but there is never a -streak of
dirt under theedgeafter being laundered,
as with machine sewing.
Turpentine and black varnish, put with
any good stove polish, is the blacking
used by harJwure dealers for polishing
heating stoves. If properly put on it
will lust throughout a season.-
Fog is an excellent cosmetic. To it is
due liiu h of the beuuty of English com
plexions, and those who live iu hot nod
dryclimr.tes must be doubly careful to
guard against their dedicating effect if
tin y would escape the apjieurance of
mummies.
In putting away wash dresses, every
vestige of starch should be removed, and
th y bhoul I be left unironed. White
dres-os of any fabric are improved by
placing sheets of blue tissue paper be
tween tho folds, nnd then wrapping the
whole dress iu the Mime paper.
Never put kid ulo-es upon little
children. It is simply barbarous. In
wirTti r woolen mitts are good and sens
ible, with l.islo tine id for moderate
weather; but in summer it is positively
sinful to hide the dimples and fetter the
motion of cunning bauy lingers.
To clean a browned porcelain kettle,
boil wood ashes in the kettle a few min
lite-, then scour it with the ushes unl
rinse well. If fruit bin us in it, set the
kettluolf the tiie quieily and let the con
tents tool before di-tributing. It will
not hurt tlu fruit, and will save the
kcltle much, l our off the fruit care
fu'ly, if uny cf it is cood, wash what
will leave the kettle without scrupinif,
ami if not all loose, boil a-hes iu it us
above. Sudden heutiug or cooling teuds
to make it c ruck.
A goose roasted after the German style
may be admitted to the table as a varia
tion. Hub the goose the previous uiuht
with salt, pepper, s.i'-e, thyme.aud sweet
marjoram inside and out; in the morn
iug prepare the dressing: A large bund
ful of stoned raisins and unto cm r tuts
to bread cruuilts or crumbled crui kirs;
two sour apples chopped tine, aud one
mealy potuto mixed in with butter and
all well rolled together without spices.
For tlte gravy, boil the giblets in a
little water and muh the liver iu a
spoonful of Hour, ( hop the i;i,:aids, stir
these in tha li.piid they weie boiled in,
add it to iho f;ruvy in the dt ipping-pun.
soiiuklu in a little t'lvme. sii'U, and
sweet mar oriim, and it is done. Serve
i tlte i'ri,vy sepuiately. When the ktoose
j is served, g.nui.sh it with sliced !e u:)ii
; mid some prigs cf puisluy
THE FIRE WORSHIPERS.
TSB ANCfBNT THTBB OF OUEBRE3,
J0LL0WEK3 OF ZOROASTER
A Peculiar Sect in Persia) With a
giittef-etillotis iteverpnee for Fire
An Honest and Ileltnble People
The religion of the Guebrcs Is several
Centuries older than t hristianity. They
are follower of Zoroaster, who regarded
the sun, moon and stars as ob.ccts of
worship, and tire as a sacred element to
be treded with reverence and awe.
Wherever they are sulicicntly numerous
and wealthy, they keep alight in their
temples Sacred fires, which a;e never al
lowed to become extinct from year to
year and from generation to generation.
Priests are employed to keep these ever
burning tires aflame by constant attend
ance and feeding them with fuel. In
Bombay and other Indian cities, where
the Guebrcs tin India they nffl known as
Parsces) are still numerous and wealthy,
the sacred Unmesare maintained at great
expense, The lires nre fed with sandal
wood and other fragrant and costly sub
stances, nnd largo quantities of spices
are cast into the mimes to be consumed.
They treat the ever-burning fire with the
same superstitious reverence that the
Hindoos bestow upon their idols, rich
Guebrcs spending their money freely to
present it with Iracrant woods and
spices. The ptiests, w hose function it is
to replenish the lires with fuel and see
that they aie never permitted to go out,
rceard the flame ns a very sacred thing,
So much so, thut they ai e said to wear a
gng over thoir mouth and nostrils when
they approach tho sacred flame, lest they
should detile it by contact with human
breath
( ne curious result which I doubt not
many people will regard as a good one
of the Guebrcs' rcveience for tire, is that
none of them indulge in the habit of
smoking tobacco. They may use tobacco
ns suitfl, or even chew it if so inclined.
but the Guclirc who should bo found
with a lighted pipe or cigar in h:s mouth
wo .Id nt once become au ob.ect of ab
horence to his co-ieligiouists. They
would regard him w th much rcpuif'
nance, ns a person who had wantonly
denied his own god by putting bis rep
rescntative, fire, to an unholy use. Cen
turies ago, when Mohammedanism, the
religion ol the sword, swept over Tcrsiu,
offering to the old lire-worshiping popu-
luiiou me auernaiive oi conversion to ine
new religion or death by the sword, all
the Guebrcs that preferred to cling to
their own belief and could get away
fled to India, In tho City of Bombay
aione there are now about one hundred
thousand fire-worshiper, or near one-
seventh of the whole population. They
are the most enterprising people in India,
controlling a large Khare of the commerce
of the entire country. 1 heir business en
terprise and ability has made them very
wealthy, so much so that ttte present
Mug ot l'eisi.t, "jNasr-ud-Dcen, Miah-in-Sliah,
Asvlum of the Universe," etc..
has latch- turned his august mind
in their direction. Not long ago he sent
a memoilul to the wealthy Guebres of
Ifombay, stating how much he lovea
them, and inviting them to gather up
their riches and come back to their an
cient home. Tho Guebres, however, are
not to be caught in any such oriental trap
as tins, litev are now enjoying rianpt
Bess and prosperity under tho British
rule in India, and are too wise and wary
in these days to place themselves and
their property withm reach of an oneu
tnl despot, even though he be so nrainhlo
a specimen ns the "Asylum of the I m
verse." A curious thing about the few remain
ing Guebres in Persia is, that while tho
rest of the population about them, both
Persian ami Armenian, are notoriously
dishonest aud hardly know what i,is to
tell the truth, they are an honest and re
liable people. As a consequence of this
recognized valuable trait of character in
the liro worshiping families, they are
almost always to bo found occupying
positions ot trust. 1 heir chief occupa
tion is that of guardians o er the private
property of wealthy Persians. Thus it
would almost seem that the last functions
of the ancient lire worshipers in l erda
wns to point a moral, to teach ns ttiat
honesty is recognized and appreciated in
every part of the world. CommtrcitU
The Formation of Soils.
Our soils, as is well known, depend
upon a variety of actions whxh serve to
break up the rocky mutter of tho earth,
and to commingle thut mutter with or
gauic materials more rapidly than the
erosive agents cau remove the ihtri'ut
from the point nt or neiir which it de
cays. For tho formation of the soil two
actions, at leasf, are essential. First. the
bed-rock must bu broken into fragments
sufficiently separated from each other to
permit the pas ue of roots between
them: second, '.lie rock fragments must
be still further comminuted and com
mingled w ith organic waste to make the
comoinatioii of organic and inoigniiic
mutter on which tho utility of the soil
absolutely depends. Although the earth
worms are undoubtedly very im ortaut
agents in overturning and break! ig up
of soil, it appears to ine that they are
most effective in the tilled felds or in
the natural ar.d a 'lilii iu! grass-lands. So
far as I havo been able to observe, thesj
creatures ureru elv found in our ordioniy
forests where a thick layer of leaf-mould,
commingled with I ranches, he upon
the earth. The character of this
deposit is such that thu creatures are not
coinpeicut to make tln-ir way through it,
and they therefore iu the main avoid such
situations. Moreover, wherever the sod
is of a very sandy nature, earth-worms
aro scantily found if they ure present at
all. These worms are practically limited
to the soils of a somewhat rluyey chaiac
ter, which have tio'coutiug of decaye I
vegetution upon them.
As the great or portion of tho existing
soil bus been produced iu forest regions,
I shall lirst exumiue the action of various
auiinuls upon the soils of wooded coun
tries. The in tmnials are, of u I our verte
brates, the must effec tive in their action
upon the soil of forests. Twenty species
or more of itir American mammals n
bunowcrs in the foret-bed. They eitiici
inuko their habitations beneath the
ground, or resort to it in tho pursuit ol
food, of these, our burrowing roebnts
are perh.tps the most effo tive, but a lurgc
number of other small mammals resort to
the earth and make considerable excava
tioiis. l'tular ,ii ,.( ...
MATERNAL INSTINCT.
I wonder what my papa means
By calling me Miss Fidgetl
5
A silly goose
That has no use
A troublesome little midget.
He says I always "ought to langa;
' Good little (tlrls are jolly."
What would h do
If he, boo hool
Had tored his little Dolly?
He says my Dolly's nothing bat
A lot of rips and creases
That all combined
Could never find
One half the missing pieces.
And mamma told me if it was
Made out of iron and leather
It wouldn't stay
More than a day
Securely hel 1 together.
I know its nose and ears are gone.
It has one leg left only;
A great big crack
Is in its back
And one eye looks so lonely.
Its face gets blacker every day,
It's never tidy, never;
And if I rub
And scour and scrub,
It makes it worse than ever.
They want to know what makes me keep
The "nasty thing" alwut m.
Why, don't you see
It's fond of me,
And couldn't do without me.
Now, does it matter much to them
How sick and cross I may bet
I'm not afraid
Mamma would trade
Me for another baby.
C M. Snyder, in CouritrJowmal.
HUMOR OF THE DAY. !
Geogranhical What is the capital of
Jay Gould?
Th's is the year when the girls leap
and the men fly.
Why is it that the rising generation,
rises late? AWe lluncn Neits.
The wedding ring is woman's sphere
and also uinu's fear. Epoch.
They raise vegetable tullow in Aus
tralia, There's the place to laugh and
grow fat. SiXingi.
Solomon, when he gave the famous
judgment, was the first man who ever
proposed to split the difference.
For the past two years everything has
been at si.ves and sevens. But this year
we hope to strUcn matters out. Exeh.
More than 10,000,000 eggs are carried
into New Yoik each week. One might
be tempted to think this an ova supply.
liostua Tr.tntLTipt. .
....., -i III. I..1. f
the house-in?" Gentleman (calling to
his wife; "Mary, is the cook In!"
llurliiujton Fret 1'rcst.
Next to a bull in a china shop, a strike
in a gloss factory would seem to be one
of the most smashing things in .the
world. Boston Trawicript.
When blizzards bliz,
An' coal is ns,
An' tempests temp their boldest,
We shivering shiv,
And scarce can live
For street-car stoves are coldest.
Detroit free iVsss.
New York Man (smilingly shaking
hands; Excuse my glove. Boston Ac
quaintance (frigidly) Ah, 'certainly.
Excuse my spectucles. Chicaija 2'ri
hunt. It is said that J. Gould enjoyed the
novel sensation of a short balloon trip
in Paris. He's got the earth, and he
probably went up to take a look at the
sky. Tid-Vitt, tL3jiMi
Several diamonds werfflfna in a
meteorite which fell in tho town of
Krasnoslobodsk, Kussia. They will be
given to the individuals who are able to
pronounce the name of the town.
A nr.it. vnnii i-utninn
The big jack rose
lty tliu sad sea blows
And the cactus buds on the prairie;
But the orange blossom blooms
W here the port trade booms
go hustle to the luiteside, Mary t
Oh I hustle to the lakeside, Lucy an June
An' hurry up, 'l ibby an' Carrie I
Bring along y'otir trousseau
You il be happy if "you da so, ......
For there's heaps of tellers here as wants to
marry 1
Chicago New.
Chinese Table Etiquette.
As 800 n as the guests are seated on the
mats, two, and sometimes three, small,
low tables are brought to each. On the
one immediately iu front of him the
guest finds seven little covered bowls.
On the second tulle will bo live other
bow is. The third, a very smull table,
should hold three bowls. Take up the
chop-sticks with tho right hand, re
move the cover of the rice bowl with
ths same hand, transfer it to the left,
and place it to thu left of the table.
Th'-u lemove the cover of the bean soup
nnd place it ou the rice cover. Next
take up the lice bowl with tho right
hand, pass it to the left, mid eat two
luoiphfuls with the chop-sticks, and
then drink once from the soup I owl.
Aud so on with the other dishes
never omitting to eat some rice between
each mouthful of meat, tish uud vege
tables, unless you forget which is your
mouth and which is your right bund, or
have become so giddy thut you can not
tell your left bund from a chop-stick or
your rice bowl from your third table.
iVuVojtf Tribune.
A Youthful Weather Prophet
The six-year-old son of a Kentucky
man is acquiring notoriety as a weather
prophet. The child is smull for his age,
uml cannot jet talk plainly, but has de
veloped barometrical powers to a won
derful degree. Sinc e ho was four years
old his pureuts, who aie respectable ami
reliable people, declare thut he h i fore
told every rain,huil storm or snowstorm,
and evtu tho light showers aud sprinkles
so plentiful in tlte spring of tiie vear.
One day recently, while thu sun was blaz
ing down with intense heat, the child
came into the house from the yard, where
he hud beeu intently gazing at the
heavens, and predicted a heavy ruin
storm, to be followed hy a promise fall of
hull. In the afternoon his prophecy was
veriiied by a heavy storm Chicuoo
l 7'iiiis. .