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There are 8,000 person In the United
States who profess to be able to heal the
sick by the Christian science, or faith,
cure formula.
.
The prize for the effectual destruction
of rabbi ta offered by the New South
Wale Government ia beiog warmly con
tested. Already 8H0.-nventions have
. been sent in to compete for the
12)0,000.
The Church of England is getting so
pressed for money that Cnnon Gregory
proposes to cut down the salary of the
Archbishop of Canterbury from 15,000
to 13,000, and the salary of the
Archbishop of York from 10,000 to
8,000.
It may not bo generally known that
nrxansas una very one apples, and a
greater variety thnn Is grown on the
Pacific coast. Arkansas has now com
peted at all the flrult shows in the United
States, and has at each place wou tho
highest award for apples.
The luturance companies last year col
'ectcd 1 2, 180,000 net money in Chicago,
for premiums, while thoy paid out for
fire losses alittle over $3,000,000. The
showing was nearly as bad as this in New
York, and all around tho year seems to
have been an unprofitable one for the com
panies. The fashionnblo butter makers of
America, such as Mayor Hewitt, of New
York, and William II. Dinsmore, are far
in advance of their English colleagues.
They. get a dollar a pouud for their bet
ter, but the Duchess of Hamilton offers
heirs' for sale for one shilling and seven
ficuce per pound. .
Tho Boston's Young Men's Christian
Association, establishing a library, in
vited George W. Cable to deliver a lec
ture in behalf of the enterprise. No
tickets were sold. Admission was given
to anybody who brought a book for the
library. The scheme made a happy hit;
good many library shelves wore filled.
'Via queen of the Cowling River tribe
of Indians died near Frecport, Wash
ington Territory, a fow d,-s ngo, and
was burried -with a grc.it Indian pow
wow, f he was more than ono hundred
years old aud was ono of tho surviving
members of a tribe that ' was once a
power among the Indians of the North--wert:
Professor Klrcholf, to decide a bet,
recently stated thst Chinese was the
most popular language in the world,
is spoken by 400,000,000 persons; Hin
dostaniby upward of 100,000,000; Eng
lish by more than 100,000,000; Russian
by more than '0,000,000; German by
5H, 000, 000; Spanish by 48,000,000, and
French by only 40,000,000. '
The night school for convicts, lately
started in the New JerseyVtate Prison,
is produ ing good results. One of the
cell. When he hears a new word ho
writus it down on a slip of paper. He
thou asks a deputy keeper what it means.
He writes down the meaning opposite
the word and files the slip on a book in
hit cell. In the evening he studies these
slips for an hour an two. His unique
dictionary now consists of about 800
words.
General Greely now wisely suppll
inenU his monthly "Summary of Inter
jnational Meteorological Observations"
with a series of daily charts coyting
land and sea, most of the way fromthe
equator to the Arctic circle. The changes
taking place in one part of the globe
have such intimate relations with those
at a distance that the highest efficiency'
in forecasting can be obtained only after
careful study of simultaneous phenomena
ia adjacent regions. Those maps con
duce directly to that end.
If thefwita who waited humorous over
the purchase of Alaska twenty-one years
ago could read to ne of their "jokes" to
day, f they would scarcely be pleased at
their exuberance, says Frank Lelic't,
The average annual market value of the
products of that locality in recent years
bas been almost equal to the entire sum
which the United States paid for tho
whole region. With a Territorial Gov
eruiiiaat organized there, to give security
to titles and afford encouragement to emi
gration, the annual gold product alono,
a few years hence, would undoubtedly
exceed the original cost of that entire
section of the country
Though considerably past seventy years
old, Prince Bismarck f till works as hard
at he did when he was twenty years
younger. lie never goes to led until two
in the lnoruTiig, and eats a hearty sup
per thortly before midnight, lie rarely
rises much before noon, as he has always
been a he,avy aleejier and is often dN-
otd during the night bv the
dispatches which require instant atten
tion. 'The Chancellor is becoming a rich
man. Tbe salaries from hU oilicesare by
no means extravagaut, but added to the
revenues of his estates aud the protita of
his saw-tuil!s and distilleiies,- they bring
his income to bctwenu f'00,000 and
$150,000 a year. And, as the Prince is
notoriously economical, a very large pro
portion of this comfortable income is an
nually saved,
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VOL. XX. NO. 49,
MY NEIGHBOR AHb t.
My neighbor's acres held Irk foe
Lie broad, and green, and fair;
6lx slender feet of ground for me,
My mother earth may spare.
To hava and hnlil when I shall be
Heedless of title there I
The turrets of his mansion Has
In state above the trees)
Tbe walls that greet my waking syea
His pride would hardly please;
Unlets some bide ma in the skies.
I have none elss than those I
The dainties of his broken fast
He took with grace unsaid;
I marvel If ths plain repast,
Which my fresh hunger fed,
Upon his pride theohnrm could cast
Of thanks for "daily bread."
A thousand greet him On the street,
Proud of bis smile, or hand;
He would not mo ma, should we meet,
The lowly and tho grand;
But there's content beneath my feet
. He would not understand I
While to my neighbor and to m
Time move with even .peed,
He's rich, as on may need to be,
And I am poor Indeed;
So poor, that I his splendor see,
Lacking both gold and greed.
Soon Death, who mocks at rank and class,
Will bring us to one goal.
Where each Its narrow gate must pass,
Rtript to th naked soul.
What will be have beyond, alasl
Of earth's unstinted dole!
For him six slender feet of earth,
Six slender feet for me;
W two, divided from our birth,
Twinned in the grave will be:
Enough, if then my mortal dearth
Is merged In heaven's full seal
O. Richards, Tome Magaxin.
"AT THE PATfiO."
There Is a very peculiar custom which
prevails in ti rural districts of I.ouisi
anna, of which the oldest inhabitant can
not tell the origin. In some points it
resembles the old Scottish game of tho
"Wappenshaw," but it has local and
special features of lis own, which only
some dead-and-gone Acadian ancestor
could explain.
A for the singular name, ii Is simply
corruption of "Pape eaie"the ' Pape,"
or "Pop." as it ia called ia English,
besnor a brio-tit littln l.t,l
The Patuo is a wood
wnii snowy riouons, and
mounted on a polo as a mark, or target.
Prizes arc offered, so many dollars for
each wing, to much for the head: hut
the grand pri?e falls to the luckv marks
man v ho brings down tho bird.
A horseman discounting before
fate of one of tho small cotUgeiLii
rairie Manon, in Southwestern Loum
anna, noticed a great excitement in and
about the house. Men were collected in
groups, guns were being cleaned and
fired, and that deafening hubbub pre
vaile I which the soul of the excitable
Acadian delights in.
J he gentleman fastened his horse to a
post, and approached a vencralile-look-ing
old man who it on tho sterw nt lm
house, and who was gesticulating and
shouting with the most obstreperous of
the noisy crowd.
"Can you give me lodging to night,
sirt" he said, taking off his hat with a
courteous inclination of his line head.
lue oia man took his nine frai hi. I
wtnittt. . .nH fo--? ..'fT . I
luiou .tuii;".:,!,, wno
wa a uiugniiiceni young man In the un
dress unilnrin of the I nited States army.
Over six feet in stiitue, he was finely
proportioned, and had a face of tin ular
and marked beauty. There was a game
bag tlung over his shoulder, and he held
a ritlo. .
"Jecomprcnds 'pas', monsieur," the
oiu man answered. "I splk not the
language, 'mcnciim."
".nd I not ouo word of French,"
laughed the stranger. "But look here,
old fellow, I must niake you understand.
Been hunting," pointing to the full
game-bag and srun. "Lost my wav,"
walking a'wut, and turning from right
tq left in a confused manner. "Want
torfle supper," chewing vigorously, "and,
above all, want a bed," laying his heiid
ou his hand and shutting his eyes. "If
the old coon dot understand that
speaking pan tomiin he's an idiot."
The old man certainly undeistood all
that was ridiculous in it, for he laughed
aloud, but courteously repressed his
merriment and answered gravely: "Mv
gr'on, my son, Jean Unptiste, he spiii
ae 'muricain good. ' Jean Bnptisto, viens
icil"
Jean Raptiste came up. A good-looking
lad about eighteen, but with a
gloomy and despondent face. In fact,
jean oapime nau tne air or a person
crushed by some misfortune, for whom
the world hadtno charm. He limed to
the ollicer, and translated his request to
his father, who answered him in an ex
cited Seech.
"My papa he say ze house is full, full.
People come feefty mile to shoot at ze
Patgo to-morrow ; but if monsieur can
sleep iu it) loft,abon! he can stay. Ze first
come, he get ze best bed."
"And as I'm the lust comer, I get the
loft, aud thankful nin I for it," taid the
o rlicer, with a gay lau&h. "it isn't
pleasant to be lost in your prairies at
night. But, my boy, what in the world
it a Patgo?"
".Monsieur does not know ze Patgo':"
in a tone of astonishment, "Mon Dieu,
that is strange ! It is a bird made out ze
wood. You pay twenty-live cents for a
shot. Zeman what brings it down gets
ze big prize. Such a pony, all bla k, uio
white spot, and he run like a deer!"
"I suppose you are going to try for
the wonderful pony?"
"Ab, mon Dieu, but no! I have
broke my gun, and zej will nut lend me
one. And whyt I shoots best, and ley
isjaloux. Zey vants nie not try. Ah,
and zey is glad my gun is broke!
Canaille!" he muttered betwe-n his ret
teeth, as he glared sa.agely at the marks
men. '1 ho stranger looked around, aud
thought to himself that even in this beau
tiful isolated region, so remote from the
ttrugul.ng ambitions of the world, euvy
and hatred llourished. "The Jioy has
actually a murderous look," he thought,
"and tho.se fellows mum be a menu set
of beggars to treat him so."
"Louk here, Jean BuptUtel" be said
TIONESTA.
Isldul "Yb-i shan't be balked of vonr
shot. You shall take my rifle; it't a first
rate one. You'd better try it now, with
the other markBtivn, till you get accus
tomed to its weight."
If ho had rescued .lean Paptiste from
a terrible fate, tho Acadian could not
have been more vehement in his expres
sions of gratitude. Ink queer pitoit of
French attd Engl.sn, mixed With hyster
ical tobs, he jiourbd forth hit thankt.
The stranger sauntered leisurely after
him, and watched with keen cyct the
markmanshipof the Acadians.
".lean Baptists isn't half a bad shot,"
he taid to himself, "but the boy't too
nervous. Dare tay he'd have done bet
ter if he hadn't been tearing his nerves
to fiddle stringt thit evening. Funny
people, these Acadians I Too excitable
and noisy ever to make good marksmen."
That night, in the loft which Jean Hap
tiste shared with him, the boy confided
to him hit reasons for wishing to win
the great prize. He sat on hit mattress,
his great brown eves luminous with ex
citement, and his expressive gestures
piercing out his imperfect speech.
"You see, monsieur, I vas born here,
and ncvaire haf I bean feefty mite from
ze prairie. You see a tall tree far off in
ze nutmitf I haf nevaire been more far.
I climb itj I look far out I say, 'Jean
Baptiste Avran, if you had a pony
for your own, you could run away. You
could gallop, gallop into ze big world,
and, who knows, make a heap of money.
" Ah, grand ., 1 i to tired! " throw
ing out his arms with a tragic gesture.
" I is not a cow; 1 ia not a horte, to be
flad and satisfy because Be grass it fine,
vant to go far off to see people, to learn
to read. Monsieur, when strangers come
here, not good, not kind like you, zey
laugh at us. Zey say : ' You cannot read
or write; you know nothin'; you are no
more zan your beasts.' Non, non," strik
ing nu breast, "Ivill go avayl I vill
not stay here I "
"You would leave your father, your
friends? " the ollicer said gently. "My
poor boy, the world isn't auite heaven."
" It may be bad, yes. It may hurt me,
uui ii iu not oe ze prairie. An. I choke
here!"
"In plain words, you want a change,"
and the ollicer laughed. " Yon want the
pony to gallop off into pitfalls, and
stumble against walls, and to get so
many knocks and tumbles that all the
Kiuirs horses and all the King's men
couldn't piece you into the old Jean
Baptiste again. You don't understand a
word 1 say I I was just talking to my
self you see, and you needn't understand.
Go to sleep, and sleep soundly if you
want to shoo well. Nothing like a good
uigut a io sieauy me nerves."
About ten o'clock next morning sev
eral huudrcd people assembled at the ap
pointed place. In the open prairie, the
Pntgo fastened to a tall pole fluttered its
gay streamers in the breeze, and the at
tention of the Acadians seemed divided
between the bird and the stately young
ollicer who towered above them all, his
keen eyes taking in every detail of the
tcene.
"He looktlike St Michael," whispered
one. "I he picture in the church."
Bah?" answered the other. Rt.
Michael is angry, he is trampling the
dragon. That man looks as cold aa ice,
his face never changes, though he is
handsome. Ye he is beautiful.''
The shooting began, but somehow it
waa unusually bad. After twenty shots
the Patgo's ribbon plumage still waved
detiance. Neither wines nor head had
been brought down.
"Will not monsieur take some chance?"
said one of the judge, in very good Eng
lish, approaching the stranger.
i es, I will take four, but after Jean
liaptisto AvPJS'. I!-:S."l?t:2, 2C'J.;' '
Jean Haptistet first shot was tolerable.
as it struck the wing of the bird, but
milium, uriuging it uowu. in me next,
his nervous excitement had got the bet
ter of him, and his shot flew over the
head of the bird. He had ftnton but
three chances, and his last shot was so
uepioraDiy wiae or me mart:, that a
mocking laush from the competitors
suiuieu it. -
"Aha, Jed Baptiste 1" cried one,
"thou didst not say thy prayers last
night Get out of the way, mon gars',
and let the strange monsieur try hit
luck."
The officer took hit rifle from Jean
Baptiste, and smiled at hit downcast
face. He examined the weapon, loaded
it in his cool,, deliberate manner, uml
taking hit position, carelessly raised it,
and, without apparently looking at the
Patgo, called out :
"This for the right wing of your
bird I"
The shot rang out, and the wing lay
on the ground.
"This for the head I"
Tne ribbons which had adorned that
portion of the Patgo gave a last flutter
as it swooped down.
"And this for the pony I"
Awhe bird fell, a perfect storm of
rage arose in the crowd.
"I nfair!" "Cheatery!" "Tho Patgo
should, not have fallen for an hour yet I"
ne iff a torcerert" "He is a devil!"
"Robber!" "Vile American!"
The ollicer did not understand them,
but he taw threatening faces and gestic
ulating arms, as the crowd pressed
closely to him. He coolly loaded his
ritlo, and, standing with his back to a
large tree, waited for an attack, his im
passive face as calm as if he bad been
among friends. Jean Baptiste, his boy
ish face glowing with indignation, and
his eyes fishing detiance, sprang to hit
aide.
"Zey it mad!" he cried. "Zey wants
to fight you I Cowards! Aha, I hat a
gun !" holding it up. "I vill help you."
"Two agaiust two hundred," said the
officer coolly, with a smile. "It't long
odds, my boy, "but I'll try to hold my
Ixist. You must keep out of the mess,
''or the life of me I don't know what
the beggars are howling about, but all
tbe same if they attack me, I'm ready."
But Ahere were some cool heads in that
crowd. They dashed about among the
turbulent crowd, scolding at the very top
of their voices, and giving heavy blows
right and left to some of the furious
youngsters who were ehuking their fists
and howling curses at the cool stranger.
"You must hexcuse ze boys, monsieur, "
said one of the judges courteously, to the
otlicer. "Boys are fools, and you spoiled
zo fun by bringiug down ze Patgo to
soon. It is all lair, aud yoC haf ze prize,
but zey lose their heads when you tell
just where you going to hit. We uevaire
a-k a stranger he name, but if monsieur j
vill tell us.he'sso wouderful a marksman,
I vill be wucU gratify," i
-Re
PA,, WEDNESDAY,
"My name it Scott," taid1 the etrahger,
"Captain Scott, from the Barraokt at
Baton Rouge."
There wae aminute't profound silence,
as tho name of the most celebrated marks
man in the country fell upon their ears.
Not a man there, not a man hardly in
the United States, but what had heard
of the Wonderful feats of marksmanship
Of that gallant young officer;
Then suddenly, at With One voice,
mere arose a deafening cneer.
"Captain Scott I Hurrah
Hurrah for Captain1
8cott!"
Men crowded around to gaze at him,
to shake hands with him. A voice cried
out, in good English, "We are proud.
Captain Scott, to have teen you. We'd
have given two ponlet willingly just to
have a peep ac you. And you're worth
it tod." '
Captain Scott laughed and iyrned to
the Judge, whd, lending up the prize
pony, laid the bridle in hit hand.
"It't a beautiful animal," he taid, ad
miringly, "but of course it't not up to
my weight. I didn't win it for myself.
Here, my boy," to Jean Baptiste, "I
ahot for you. Mount your pony," he
added, with a laugh, "and let us teeyou
gallop into the great world."
Jean Baptiste gasped for breath, then,
before Captain Scott could prevent hirri,
he had thrown hit arms around the as
tonished captain's neck, and kissed him
on both cheeks. The crowd cheered.
Jean Baptiste, with an Indian yell,
sprang on the pony and galloped over
the prairie. But he did not gallop into the
world that day, tor before a year,
when, through the influence of Captain
Scott, he was placed in a good school.
The world was kind to the prairie boy,
and he became a wealthy and influential
man. A fow years ago he died at an ad
vanced age, but his most treasured pos
session was a picture of Captain Scott in
the glory of his beautiful manhood.
The gallant officer died shortly after the
picture was taken, but there are proba
bly many living now who remember the
Incident of the Patgo,-TouM$ Compan-
Lion.
( hartty in China.
On the first day of the tenth moon
(15th of November) the winter charities
are opened in Peking for the dispensing
of food.. When the cold season is fur
ther advanced the distribution of cloth
ing is made and the almshouses become
filled. Two members of the staff of the
Chinese Time recently made a tour of
inspection among the charities in the
south city of Peking. All tho institu
tions visited were supported by imperial
bounty. The first one reached waa a
porridge kitchen, a little east of the
great central city gate Ch'ien Men. The
"granary rice" waa already cooked and
waiting hot in the great wooden tubs
usually found in such nlacet: but al
though it was 0 o'clock none of the poor
peopie naa arrived. The explanation of
this unusual lateness is that at a place
half a mile away they were drawing the
rations of good millet porridge first The
granary rice itattf bad quality, and the
peopie mucn prefer the millet Thetec
ond place visited was one where tound
millet porridge was served, and there
men, women and children to the number
of 1,200 were waiting in great rooms
or barracoont the distribution of
the food. It was toon begun. Two filet
marched out simultaneously, .men on
one tide, women and children on the
other, each person carrying a vessel of
some kind iuto which with great expedi
tion a dipper of hot millet porridge was
ladled. Most of the recipients returned
to their homes to eat, but many homeless
onet found quiet nla".-ia wood-vnr?
and tunny.. Gornert o7 " the streels' to
finish up the millet -while hot, and then
go to. the place where the rice already
mentioned was waiting for them. At
the third place visited the dispensing
was already over, only five hundred ap
plicants having presented themselves
to-day, most of them, at usual, being
women and children.
This was one of the departments or
branches of a large and expansive charity
under the title, "Hundred Goodnesses."
The functionary in charge informed us
that several thousand sometimes were
fed. A few steps further on were the
free schools of thit same charity, and
still further to the west at a short dis
tance the winter's lodgings known aa
"The Warm Quarters." Thit is appro
priated for women and children, fifty or
sixty of whom had already arrived. They
receive porridge of millet and granary,
rice twice a day, on which they subsist
during the winter. The "warm quar
ters," number eight in the south city,
and w ere opened about ten years ago in
addition to the regular official alms
houses. The administration of the
charity leaves little to be desired, many
thousands of poor people being housed,
fed,' aud clothed during the winter ia a
pcnectiy erucient manner.
On Hangman's Day.
A Philadelphia job printer who began
Diisiuess on r riday Has circulated the fol
lowing card bearing a list of interesting
events that have occurred on that day:
Washington born on Friday.
ljucen Victoria married ou Friday.
Napoleon Bonaparte born on Friday.
Battle of Buuker Hill fought on
Friday.
America discovered on Friday.
Joan of Aro burned at the stake on
Friday.
Battle of Waterloo fought on Friday.
Bast lie destroyed on Friday.
Declaration of Indepe'.dence signed on
Friday.
Battle of Marengo fought on Friday.
Julius Ca'sar assassinated on Friday.
Lee surrendered on Friday.
Fort Sumter bombarded on Friday.
Moscow burned on Friday.
Shakspeare born on Friday.
King Charles I. beheaded on Friday.
Richmond evacuated on Friday.
Battle of New Orleans fought on Fri
day. Detroit Fret Pre.
A Novel Lawsnlt.
In the I nited States Circuit Court at
Springfield, 111 , a judgment has been
rendered for the defeudaut iu the eject
ment case of John II. Decker against
Roderick E. Rambour. The defeudaut
has been for twenty years the occupant
of a pice of land of 10U acres known a
Cobb Island, in the Mississippi rivet
near East St. I ouis. It shifted its posi
tion in the changes of the stream and
lodged auaiust the laud of the plantitf
who claimed it as a natural accretiouand
brought this suit for possession, with ths
result siaieq. ,nnuuQ trwm.
PUBLICAN.
APJUL 4, 1888.
MViis fin
HOUSEHOLD AFFAitl
Cement to Mend Iron Pot and Pan.
The following cement it lugprested by
the Mentyie Anurvan to mend irofi pott
and pant: Take two parts of sulphur
and one part by weight, of fine black
lead; put the sulphur in an old iron pan,
holding it over the fire until it begins to
tticlt) thert add the lead; etir well until
all it mixed and melted; then pour out
6n ari iron plate or smooth stone. When
cool, break into small pieces. A suffi
cient quantity of thit compound being
placed upon the crack of- the iron pot to
be mended, can be toldered by a hot Iron
in the tame way a tinsmith solders hit
sheets. If there it a small hole in the
pot. drive a copper rivet in it and then
solder over it with this cement
A Ootid I'nrrilly tesert
Applet and stale1 bread make One of
the best of family desserts, according td
Mist Corson. Peel ten good sized apples
(evaporated apples will do), core and
slice them, and stew them to a pulp with
sugar enough to Bweeten them. Mean
time thickiy butter the sides and bottom
of an earthen baking dish and press all
around the side aud bottom crumbs
from the inside of a loaf of bread, hav
ing them nearly an iach thick. When
the apples are done, mix with them a
tablcspoonful of butter and one egg
beaten; put tho apples into the dish,
without disturbing the crumbs; over the
surface put an inch-thick layer of crumbs
dotted with bit) of butter, and bake the
pudding until the crumbs at the sides
are brown; turn a plate, just large
enough to enclose the dish within its
rim, over the pudding dish, quickly turn
both upside down to that the pudding
will slip out on the plate, dust with
powdered sugar and terve hot
A Clothes-Basket Crib.
The nicest kind of a crib for a new
born baby is a clothes basket. Get the
largest size of wicker clothes basket a
square on with handles at each end.
Have a small hair mattross made to fit
the bottom of it, as hair is much more
wholesome to sleep on than feathers, but
for a sudden emergency any ordinary
pillow will answer the purpose. This
kind of crib has many advantages. It
can bo put in a closet when not in use ; it
can be lifted into another room without
disturbing the baby't sleep, if its mother
should want to receive guests be
fore she is well enough to leave
her room; it is very convenient in mov
ing to the country in tho summer, as it
can be packed with baby't clothes, cov
ered with the bath rubber sheet and tied
carefully across with a rope; and on ar
rival the baby wearied and tired there
teed be no waiting till the porter carries
up the heavy crib, as any one can carry
up the basket; and there is no screwing
togetner, out timpiy take on the rubbei
sheet and there baby has its bed ready,
and nurse can attend to other things.
In going across the ocean it is invalua
ble as, retting on its broad baso on the
floor, no pitching nor rolling of tho ship
will be able to upset it When baby gets
too old to usu it it can retire to its
natural home the laundry and there
be made useful for the rest of its days.
I make mine not only useful but quite
ornamental by covering it inside and out
with either blue or pink paper muslin,
over which I draw in folds some thin
dotted Swi-s, tewing it carefully and
tightly through the bottom where the
coarse stitches will be hidden by the
mattress; now from the outside edge of
the top I hang a rultle of cheap cotton
lace, coveriug the stitches made by sew
ing it on" by i-TVS.S.1 quilled satin rib
bon in color to match the' Sr-OT.10-
and I have a very pretty and cheap crio. '
ine mattress can be kept tilt needed
again. Babyliiol.
Household Hint.
Clean piano keys with a soft rag dipped
in niconoi.
Egg stains on silver can be taken off
with table salt and a wet rag.
Applet that are not properlv looked
after will decay in the barrels very fast
Leather chair seats mav be revived bv
rubbing them with well-beaten white of
egg-
Sweet potatoes require nearlv twice
the time that Irish potatoes do either to
Dane or boil.
To polish nickel-plated goof's after be
coming black and not worn, use rouge or
whiting on a rag with a little oil.
If ribbons need renewing wash them in
cool suds, made of soap, and iron when
damp. Cover with a clean cloth and iron
over it.
Tea or coffee staint will come out at
once if they are taken immediately and
held over a pail while boiling water ia
poured upon mum.
When using stale bread for puddings
always soak it in a cold liquid. Bread
that has been soaked in cold milk or
water is light and crumbly, whereas that
soaked in hot liquids it heavy.
Vegetables with a strong flavor, such
as ouious aud turnips, will be much im
proved by putting them to boil iu cold
water, renewing this from a kettle of
boiling water as toon aa it comes to a
scald.
Oil cloths should never be washed in
hot soap-suds; they should first be
washed clean with cold water, then
rubbed dry with a cloth wet in milk.
The same treatment applies to a stone or
slate hearth.
To make silk which has been " tum
bled " aud wrinkled appear nearly like
new, sponge it on the surface with a weak
solution of gum arabic on white gloves,
and iron it on the wrong side. blrou x
black tea, cold, is a good thing to clean
black silk.
China's Solomon.
Another Solomon has arisen at Shang
hai, China. A man was accused of hav
ing stolen a table. He professed to be
so weak and sick that he could not have
carrii d away the table. Tho judge lis
trued sympathetically aud then said:
"I thiak you are right. I pity you.
'lake that bag with if 10,00(1 anil spend
it in getting thoroughly cured." The
accused bowed and took up tho bai on
his shoulders and walked out. 'Bring
that man back!" ordered the judge, and
on the culprit's reappearance the w.su
judge told b in he had noticed him as he
had walked through the room with that
heavy loud of money on his bark, and
he cousidered him quite eipial to the
task of carrying away a table. S.i he
pronounced tiie accused guilty of the
theft (Jhlctiijii lieraUi.
Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
A MAGNETS GREAT POWER
SCIENTIFIC SMrtOTMEIfT OF
TWO DISMANTLED OANMONS-
Interesting firlmcnte With the
World's Largest Magnet A
Waf ch Stopped Three Feet Away.
Willctt't Point, on Long Island Sound,
is Used as a post graduate tchool for
Weit Poifltets. It is designed especially
for the instruction of those enlisted in
the engineer corps. At present there are
about 400 men there. Major W. H.
King,- who it in command, it a large man,
of massive' physlqne, with bushy black
hair and beard. He is very courteous in
hit manner, dresses neglige, and does not
look much like a soldier. He it an en
thusiast on the eubject of physical sci
ence, and he has entered into all his
original researches with such a ttronn
determination to make them tuccetsfui
that the men under him regard him in
the light of a genius.
Last December Major King happened
td see two large 13-inch Dahlgren gun -lying
unused tide by side on the dock.
He immediately conceived the idea that
a magnet of enormous power could br
constructed by means of these cannon1'
with submarine cable wound about them
The experiment proved very euccetsful.
The magnet, which stands about ten fee
from the ground, is eighteen feet long,
and h is eight miles of cable wound aboui
the upper part of the guns. It it the
largest and most powerful magnet in the
world. Some faint idea of its power
may be conceived from the fact that it
takes a force of 25,000 poundt to pull ofl
the armature
The experiments made the other day
were the last of the season, as the men
are about going into winter quarters
Heretofore the experiments have been
largely in tho direction of fish torpedoes.
The tests to demonstrate the enormous
power of the magnet were made in tin
presence of a number of the officers o'
the United States Engineer Corps, and
were highly tuccessful. A crowbar
which was applied to the magnet re
quired the combined force of four strong
men to tear it away. A handful of pin
thrown in the opposite direction immedia
tely flew back and attached themselves
to the magnet. A seemingly impossible
experiment was performed with some
fifteen-inch cannon balls. The balls
were solid and as much as a strong man
could lift, yet the magnet held several
of them suspended in the air, one under
the other.
The most interesting experiment and
the one that was regarded with the
greatest attention was the test made ol
an American non-magnetic watch. Ever
since the great railroads of the country
have compelled their employes to pro
vide themselves with timepieces that
would not be affected by the magnetism
generated by the car trucks, there has
been much speculation nt to whether
tuch a watch could be made, and asharp
rivalry has been going on between the
American and Swiss manufacturers. The
test was highly satisfactory, and once
more proved that whenever a new in
vention was imperatively demanded
American genius could fully hold its
own against tho whole world. Major
King's magnet wat to powerful that an
ordinary watch waa stopped stock still
as soon as it came within three feet of
it. Before the test was made there wat
quite a diversity of opinion among the
experts present as to how far it would
prove successful.
Those who behoved that while a watch
might be constructed that would resist
magnetic influence under ordinary cir
iMjstances were also of the opinion that
when it was buJNSHi'" lo l"" u,"sl l'"w:
erful magnet in the" wCTli" t'2-11
pinions would bear so on the working
parts that the watch must necessarily
stop. For ten minutes the watch was
held in front of the magnet. It did not
vary the hundredth part of a second.
The man who held it taid that he him
self was conscious of the influence of
the magnet. He could feel at he held
the watch by the chain that tome other
power than hit was keeping it suspended.
The most amusing experiment was
made with a sledgehammer. When one
tried to wield it in a direction opposite
to the magnet he felt as if he were trying
to hit a blow with a long feather in a gale
of wind. There it nothing in the world
that could take the conceit out of a
strong man to much as this simple ex
periment. Another amazing test was
made with a number of carpenter's
spikes. A spike was put lengthwise
on the end of the magnet, then another
spike was attached to tho first and so ou
until a line of them stood straight out
from the magnet nt least four feet iu
length. Aside from their interest to
science the experiments were so novel
and startling that they were entertaining
even to tuobe wh were not interested in
the wonderful developments of elec
tricity. Next York H'in.
Wages For Life From a Railroad,
A locomotive engineer on a train en
tering the city of Constantinople,
Turkey, December lit, 18M:, on reaching
the depot was frightened to see a num
ber ol freight cars on the track, ilew
in agony of terror, but succeedc
ttopping the locomotive iu time to pre
vent a mishap. In consequence of tho
terrible excitement he suffered he fell ill
and became unable to continue his occu
pation. The company discharged him.
lie brought a suit of damages agaiust
the company for payment of his full
wages of a mouth during his life
time, to be secured by a capital of 1'-',-fiuo,
which was to be deposited with
the court The suit was carried through
all the three stages, namely, the Aus
trian Consulate at Constantinople, the
Superior Court of Trieste and the Su
preme Court of Vienna, Austria. Tho
engineer was awarded $16 a month by
ail the courts, because his loss of health
was caused by a mishap beyond his power
to control, aud lor which, therefore, the
coiupauy must be held responsible.--Chiatyo
lltnild.
A Bull light ill Her Honor.
A young lady in the city of Mexico,
Seuorita .Matild.i Moutaga, having beeu
the til t of her sex to devote her-elf to
medical studies, the young meu of the
city w ru struck with such admiration of
her courage that they got up a bull tiht
iu her honor lately. It was a real iiht,
lonlie fact that two of the toreadors were
beiiously hurt proved. The iceeiptswero
devoted to the purchase of books and
ijuiLrumeuU f r the outM " the lady.
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BALLAD OF THE FAPD FIKL.IX
Broad bant of ttmmt slanted fold
Are laid along the field, and her
The sllanc tings, aa if some old
Refrain, that one rang long aud clear,
Came tof tiy stealing to the ear
Without Cta srid of sound. Th rill
It voiceless, and tb ras Is tar;
But beauty's soul abide! still.
Tranca-lik th mellow air doJh hold
Th sorrow of the pasning year;
Th heart of Nature growet h cold,
Tb time of falling snow is near ;
On phantom feet which non may bear.
Creeps- with the shadow of th hS
The semblance ot departing cbcarr
But beauty's soul abideth still
The dead, gray clustered weeds enfold
The well known summer path, an) drear
The dusking bills, like billows rolled
Against ths distant sky, appear.
From lonely haunt, where night and feai
Keep ghostly tryst when miefa ar chill,
The dark pine lift a jagged spear
But beauty's soul abideth still.
KSVOI.
Dear love the days that one were dear
May come no more: Life may fulfill
Her fleeting dreams, with many a tear
Bat beauty's soul abideth stilL
Robert Burnt Wilson, in th Critic
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Beats awl shoe machinery.
A gang of desperadoes is a preying
band.
Dispensers of charity are permitted to
carry alms.
That would be a weak enterprise which
could not stand a loan.
The tpook of the "Haunted Tavern"
must have bee an inn specter.
It was the lady you thought she was
going to swoon who had a faint sus
picion. A Parit paper sayt "the people of St
Louis, D. T.,are dying of a disease called
the blizzards."
While some ladies desire only the
latest novelties in ribbons, there are
others who prefer those of a moir
antique pattern.
The Tranter itt speaks of the turtle aa
taking a leading part at dinners." Wa
thought he genorally appeared as a tupe.
2ioton Bulletin.
"Ah, yes," said a cabinet-maker to a
crockery dealer, to whom he wae intro
duced "ah, yes, you tell tea sets, and
I sell settees." Ornphie.
A. labor writer asks : "What luxurj
can the common ditch-digger claim as
his own!" Dear man, he can take hia
pick. Bingltampton Jiepublican.
English traveler (out West) "What'
ia the population of Pistolvillef" Native
"Oh, about four hundred in the morn
ing, on an average, and twenty to
twenty-five at night." Graphic.
Fair Critic "I think that little spo
there! (Pointing.) Artist (alarmed)
"Pardon nie, but you must not touch
the picture 1" Fair Critic "Oh, it
doesn't matter; I have got my glovea
on I"
A serious accident occurred in an up
town house the other night by a mis
placed switch. The owner's husband
stepped upon it and ran a hairpin into
his foot to the depth of an inch. Jfoi ri
town Herald.
As the act-drop fell Mrs. Galatina
fixed her eyes on it and studied it curi
ously. "You seem to be enjoying the
drop," remarked her husband. "lam."
"Well, I think I'll enjoy one myself."
And he stole softly out. Tid IliU
Mistress "Anna I Whatever has be
come of all your pretty curls j" Maid
''You see, maa.u,'1e.reSi1m8ba lef
our town, aud so I havtTnad to glviff""?!
lock of my hair to several of mv ac- ,
acquaintances." Fltegeiule BlaetUr. 0m'
Stranger (to boy) "Boy, can you di
rect me to the nearest bank?" Boy
"I kin fer twenty -ti' cents." Stranger
"Twenty-five cental Isn't that hi'h payf
Boy "Yes, sir, but it't bank directors
whttt gits high pay." Neu York Hun,
The prairie vast we used to deem best
W thought t would be bliss to live out in
th West.
But when storms knocked us endways, with ,
a whir aud a whiz,
W really behaved there was mora blizzard
than bliss.
A Kansas City woman taw Booth and
Barrett play " Othello " in that city and
was asked which actor pleased her most
"Well, I hardly know," she said, after
due deliberation; "1 liked one 'bout as
well as the other. They were both just
at cunnin' as they could be." Graphic.
Waiter (to customer) "Ain't de soup
all right, sah?" Customer dubiously)
"Ye-es, it tastes all right; but' I am a
barber, and I wish you would ask the
chef if be doesn't want a bottle of my
Egyptian Tonsoriul Elixir; it prevent
the hair from falling out" PhiUuUluhia
Call.
It is interesting to trace the evolution
of words and expressions. Cultured
people tay "how do you do?" Those
wna are less precise say "howdv do?"
e backwoods of lennessee thevsar
howdy?" The noble red man of the
West sayt "howf" While the cat on the
fence tayt "owl"
Tiie careless use of the editorial "we"
frequently gets newspapers iuto trouble,
aud the use of the word " we " to repre
sent the people of the whole country is
sometimes as fatal at least this is prob
ably the opinion of thu editor of the
Springfield l'i.in, who recently said:
" We ate H, 100,000 bags of peauuts last
yt!HT."Ji"i,3ier iVt-&V-r.
Heturoed .Missionary "All natives of
rauk havj coins susended from their
nosesand ears." " But with the crude in
struments you say they have I don't see
bow they can punch holes through the
coins." ' The holes are already punched.
You see, tnn-t of the coins come from
America, where they are collected in
church contribution boxct." Xtbivrfa
Mat Journal.
"For teu yean past," said the new
boarder, "my habits have been as regu
lar as clock u oik. I rose on the stroke
of six; half au h ui' later I sat down to
breakfast; at seven I was nt work; diued
at twelve: ute stioot-r at six and wna in
bed by uiue thirty ; ate only heaity food
and hadn't a sick day iu a t that time."
" 1 'ear me, " said the diMcou, iu sympa- t
thetic toui-s, "aud what were you iu
for.'" Aud in the awful silence that fol-
lowed you could hear the hash grate ita
teeth. Burdette. '
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