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VOL. XXI. NO, ,)
The United Slates was tho first country
to Introduco tho system of numbering its
people every ton yenrs.
' Algeria, which sixty yenrs ago was
nearly all wasto lntul, lias now nino
millions of acres under cultivation.
Floods, earthquakes, epidemics and
Idonta have caused a million deaths
China during the lat six months.
i India tho finest grades of cigars can
bought for half a cent npioco, and
ir.i are considered rather an expensive
ury at that.
Mia total receipt! of tho American
Missionary Socloty from 1802 to
were $U,5Mi,8!)1, .and tho totnl rc-
of the 24 societies wero lOfl.Olii,-
i decorations of tho lato Emperor
lam, which havo been handed over
Emperor Frederick, filled a large case
l ten drawers and thirty-twoscparatc
'!"! largest amount of money any man
-ado by his pen in one year, fncc
' remarks tho New York Urajihic,
ut down to an lllinoisnn named
..... ..'!. He cleared over $100,000.
s pen had a million pigs in it.
It is proposed to raise $100,000 for an
- I'Hcan church building in Berlin. A
mber of $1000 subscriptions havo al
ly been secured, and pews are to bo
red to Ameiicafl colleges and other
tutions at $1000 each for tho free
t.'f their graduate.
ho Russian Nihilists lately arranged
'"no tho author, Tachnrnlschoffsky,
ims bcou in prison in Astrnehan for
ix years on account of writing
"'Is displeasing to tho censor.
itnl and physical condition was
it flight was impossible.
ring last winter somo two dozen
recked crews wero r scued from
. by the ofliccrs and men of tho life
r stations on tho Cane Cod coast.
i singlf man of all these crews has
. - Nearly half a million dollars
,i of property has also been saved.
ho most youthful bnuk president in
i country, if n .t iu tho world, is J.
)'a:ley, Jr., who has recent'y been
i ln President of tho Minnehaha Na
nat Hank, at Sioux Falls, Dakota. He
nii Illinois boy, barely out of his teens,
t lias already shown capab.lity as a
-i was fortunate in tho caso of triplets
n lately in I'ekin, China, that tlioy
e girls. ' Had they been all boys,
ir the laws of the Empire they would
been behended, as there is a tradi
tiial one of three such children will
V and attempt to overthrow the
- rmncnt.
Harvard medical student, asserts
' ' tre Pr , ' declared "up"
s ifcfiesh until he cun cut off a leg
mut drawing a drop of blood. Tho
" who owns tho leg must also wake
as from a sweet slumber, and so far
,et himself as to try and scratch the
sing member.
.News comes from Berlin that sixteen
unjr men of tho university, some of
... in A"ihoricnns, somo English und some
Scotch, have formed themselves into an
international total abstinence society.
An American, J. Warren Forbes, of New
Mexico, is president, Professor Buuge's
pamphlet, "Die Alkohol Frago,"is their
hand-book of tcmperanco doctrine.
The United States Signal Bureau is
making nu effort to render tho services
of carrier pigeonsavailnblo iu perfecting
weather predictions. It has been known
fur a long time that the Service would be
much aided if it could receive daily
weather reports from Cul a aud the
Bahama Islands. Pigeon -cotes have
therefore been established at Key West,
Flu., under the direction of Lieutenant
Thompson.
Inventors disposing of continental
patent rights may now nsk for a few
thousand extra on account of Switzer-
land, tho Electrical Jieriae informs its
readers, for the national council of that
country has at length passed a bill pro
viding for patents for inventions. Most
of our readers will be awaro that there
have hitherto been no patent laws in
Switzerland.
"Few pcoplo havo any idea of the
amount of money taken iu by the auto
matic weighing machines which one sees
in the corridors of the hotels aud other
public places," says tho Philadelphia
Timet. "They aro opened every week,
aud tho coin is found in a canvass bag
' attached to tho machine. The act of
unscrewing this bag to lake it out has
the effoct of automatically closing it, so
that no one but tho proper person can get
at any oi me contents. It is (aid that
theso machines generally average a profit
ol from $0 to $3, a month in this city,
aud the machine at the Broad Street
Station has been known to pay as high
us $100 for the same time. The company
owning the machines pay a certain per
centage fer the privilege of placing them
in prominent places."
' B1GN3 OF THE SEASON.
I broke a spray of willow by tho brook,
When out a jet of sprightly talk it shook:
"Hoi hoi I'll kiss with blossoms silver-sleek
That snn-and- wind browned cheek I"
I fnund an oakling and plucked oflF his cap.
When up he sprung from his old nurse's lap:
"UooJ-morrow and good-morrow, friend, to
you;
I'm for the sky adieu!"
I peered into so many smiling eyes;
They met my own with glanees blithe and
wise:
"You need not look o'orhead wo violets
show
A little heaven below!"
I stood liesido a shallow meadow pool,
I watched the fairy-shrimps a twinkling
school:
"We children of the sun and moistened clod
Come at spring's beck and nod !"
I taw a musk-rat high floods could not drown,
Now smoothly swimming through the water
brown:
'I'll build me summer galleries cool and dank
Beneath the grassy bank!"1
I turni-d tho turf, when out an earthwo-ra
rolled
Uplifting some loose grains of mellowing
mold:
"I must make haste- to stir and break tho
soil,
To help good farmers' toil '."
I saw a spider stretch her gossamor ropes;
She told me of hor secret plans and hopes:
"I catch the midge, an I tangle in my clues
riunbenms aud rainbow hues!"
I heard a honey-bee that, hovering low
Above tho gram, sang songs of long ago:
"Now year, new flowers, new sweets, now
jny ami yet
Tho old I'll not forgot!"
I started wide awake, and looked about;
I heard a Dicker from his watch-tower
shout
And "quick-quick, quick-quick, quick-quick,
quirk-quick quick!"
His rousing notes fell thiek!
Edith M. 7'homaa, in Wide Awake.
ON Till: TRAIN.
A STOItY OK TUB GREAT UI.tZZAHD.
"It's no use, ladies and gentlemen, we
enn go no farther. Wo have done tho
best we know," said tho conductor in
tones that ho meant to bo ordinary nnd
commonplace, but which had an ill-concealed
ring of apprehension in them, do
spite his effort. "Vou can make your
selves as comfortable a you can, and in
two or three houis an engine will be
slatted from tho other end of the road to
help us out," he continued, and passed on
to the cng tio.
This was provoking. Thcro was a
whole train load of people, fully ten miles
from I lemington, on a little branch road
in New Jersey, stopped by tho snow.
At the conductor's announcement, somo
of the men arose from their tea's, and
leisurely walked out aftorthe conductor,
with a look of intense disgust on their
facos. The lady passengers shivered as
they looked out of the wiudows at tho
swiftly Mying snow, and declared it was
too bad. Each expressed his individual
opinion to his neighbor, nnd seemed to
case his mitid in so doing, somo com
plainiiigly, some laughingly, tho great
majority good humorcdly, and trying to
mnko themselves as comfortable as pos
sible, settled down to wait, how long
tl'cy did not know.
'1 ho conductor went ahead to tho en
gine anil climbed up into tho cab:
"Well, Jim, what's the outlook. Can't
you drive old Seventy-three through ill"
ao, tieoiL'C. its no iro
tho hunk
ahead is fully rive feet Jeep and there is
no doubt hut that there Is fullv tiftenn
feet of snow in tho cut, aud we're in for
it and no mistake. To back out is out of
the question, as tho first car would bo
off tho track beforo it had gone a hun
dred feet; the storm is increasing every
momeut, and unless they miss us at the
other end of the road and tend out help,
there is- no knowing when we will bo
out oi tins."
'Vervwoll, Jim. we'll make tho brat I
we can of it; this is not as bad as
smash-up. Blow the whistle every few
iiuiui-tii-, iu it an engine mould be on
the road looking for us they will not run
us down. I'll iro back anions tho nas-
sengers.
'1 be throe coaches of the train proba
bly contained lot) passengers, on their
way from Flemington to Bound
Brook. About thirty-live of the m weri
young ladies on their ivay to school, aud i 8tRrt out- "Whore aro you going?" was
their lively chatter, with their frequent Rsked by several. "I am going to find'
bursts of merry laughter, mowed that i something fot the relief of these sick '
they wero not very sorry that the train ! '""lcn or get froen, I don't know '
was stuck in a great, nasty, cold snow- ! wh'ch." So saying he opened Bhe door
drift. Tho hours wore siowly along and and disappeared iu tho storm without,
tho storm was . increasing in furry in- I ,1C 1'n' schoolmarm uttered a half
stead of abating, and the"wind, terribly 'articulate cry, and stretched forth her
cold, had increased to blow a gale. Tho l'nnd ns if to detain him, but ho did not
hour of noon came aud went, but no 8CJ or l'uar lu-'ri thoso who saw her,
assistance for the mowed in travelers, j thought that it was from a natural dis
Somo ono asked the brakeman to put like to seo anyone expose themselves to
more coal on the fire, as tho car was get- 1 danger. The weary hours of another dav
tingcold. The brakeman shook his head, I began to drag along. Those who had not
and in an aside to the aonger said that forgotten to wind up their watches the
ino coat was nearly nil gone. The cry :
for coal aino front all the curs, and soon
the last bit of co il was gone. The situa
tion began to look desperate, and the
men gathered in tho baggage car to talk
it over away from the woineu so as not to
arouso their fears any more than possible.
All suggestions wero quickly proven im
practicable, there was no way out. At
last some one said, "well, wo need not
freeze to death, we aro standing in the
woods- get axes and I'll bo ouo to go
out and cut wood, nnd another party un
go in search of some hou-o whore weeau
get food. A search through the train
brought to light two axes, and a party of
live started out iuto tho woods; two
worked ut cutiiugdown, while the others
dragged tho wood to the train. Iu this
way the (ires in tho cars were soon going
again, though it kept the two axos work
ing lively to cut enough wood ; but there
was no lack of hands, as tho .men were
willing nnd anxious to work. The parly
that started out in search of a farm house
was not so successful. After three hours
tramping through tho cold aud snow,
they wero forced to return, unsuccessful,
to tho train, cold, weary aud hungrier
than ever, though there was not a man
among them who would acknowledge
that be was the least bit hungry. "It
was for the sake of the ladies, you know."
And so the night closed innrouud them,
the wind howling, tho drifts getting
deeper every moment.
Among the lady passcnget-s on tho
train was a bright, brisk little school
marm who was on her way to her school.
Sho was just as sweet and pleas int as
though thcro was no Biich tiling as snow
and cold and discomfort in tho world.
Sho went around among the other ladies
cheering them up, telling them that tho
storm was not half as bad as it might be,
and that help was suro to como soon.
She cheered tnom up immensely. There
was a young man who seemed to bo
traveling with her as her ascort He did
not take tho same View of affairs that
oho did; ho just growled and growled,
first at tho trainmen, "they were a lazy
set;" then at tho railroad company, "they
did not care a rap for the comfort of
tho passengers ;" then at tho beastly
storm. When tho men went out to cut
wood ho did not go, "ho was not a
wood-chopper;" and when tho little
woman asked him if lie was going with
tho men in search of somo food he de
clined with thanks in no very gentle
tono of voice, asking her if she "thought
him a fool." Somo of the male mem
bers of tho company kind of clenched
their rials as they heard his harsh answer
to her, and saw tho pained expression
on her sweet face, but they said nothing,
only a muttering of something that
sounded liko "pitch him in a snow
drift," at which his lordship glared
around, but no one flinched.
Thcro was another voung man in the
party who attracted attention, but
not in tho samo way as tho escort of
tho schoolmarm. When anyone sug
gested anything that promised relief, ho
was a volunteer to try it; ho cut wood
for a while and then came baek and
took snow in tho water cooler to
the engine and melted it for drinking
water for those in tho car, and did a
dozen other little things to smooth over
tho discomforts of the time. One thing
was noticeable, ho studiously avoided
tho littlo schoolmarm and her
escort. When the escort noticed him
working away his blonde moustache was
seen to curl, which proved that the lip
that bore it was sneering. Tho little
schoolmarm looked rather strange at
times at the active young man, and
when they chanced to come near each
other, which was seldom, she avoided
his glance.
The hours of tho night wore Blowly
away, the men worked in relays at chop
ping wood; a party with one ax in the
woods chopping, another party with tho
other ax was iu tho baggngo car cutting
the wood into proper length to go into
the stoves.
The active young man had helped pull
up the ear seals and arrange them into
couches for the ladies, ns being more
comfortable and easy than tho seats
proper, nnd he kept bringing in largo
armfuls of wood to put in the stove.
The escort was walking up and down
like a bear in a cage, growling and in
everybody's way; he walked from ono
car to another nnd kept the doors on tho
swing, letting in lots of cold air aud
letting everybody know that ho was
huigry. Somebody suggested to him
that thcro was plenty of snow, and to
help himself. He tried to an n i h i la to
tho offender with a glance.
The escort went into tho baggage car
to watch them chop wood; a box stood
I in his way and in passing ho chanced to
striko his foot ngainst it; this provoked
1 him and he gave it a hard kick for spite.
I Tho kick crushed in the sido of the box
I and out rolled acrackcr! This discovery
I was ha led with ttcl'ght.
"Here sago," exclaimed the escort,
"I don't care who they belong to, I'm
going to help myself. Come, guntlcnicn,
help yourselves and take some iu to the
ladies."
There was no hesitation under tho
circumstance; they considered them
selves justified, and the crackers quickly
vanished out of tho box
1 ho bagage-
master smiled a quiet smilo when he
looked on the box and saw tho name of
the person to whom it was being shipped.
The escort, after his supper of crackers,
took the warmest and bebt seat by tho
stove, and went to sleep.
Tho gray dawn began to appear
through tho still driving snow, nnd tlioso
w ho bad been sleeping began to rouse
from their fitful slumbers. All looked
wan and haggard. Several of tho ladies
had been utterly prostrated from the
cold, hunger and worry. Something
must be done. It was suggested to make
another attempt to l.nd a house, but tho
bravest looked out at the bliuding, biting
storm, and shrunk back. The active
Voung man looked out at the storm and do
iilcratcd a few moments; then buttoned
up his coat, pulled his cap down over his
cars, put on his gloves, uud prepared to
' "cioic, uiu n m near uoou,
and the active young mau had not ic
turned. Some thought that he had
fallen in a drift and been frozen, others
guessed that he had found shelter, but
would not venture out again. The littlo
schoolmarm looked sober and anxious,
aud more than onco a suspicious mois
ture might havo been dotce'ed in hi r
bright eyes. She wept and conversed
with her escort in alow tone, but he evi
dently was out of sorts and spoko very
grullly and ' said as he handed
her somo crackers: "If you aro
hungry cat those." IIo had filled
his pockets with the crackers. Mio
gave tho ci ackers to a child and looked
at him with unutterable scorn, as sho
said : "If you are not man enough to go,
1 will." Sho buttoned her jacket up to
her dimpled chin, aud throwing a shawl
arouud her shoulders was about to step
out of the door, when one of the men
near her laid a detaining baud upon her
arm, and asked what sho was ubout to
do.' "I am going out to search for tho
young mau w ho went out somo time ago,
as no one else will." This was too much
for the men. "Vou stay here and I will
go," said one, "and I," "and I," said
others. So mullling up, the rescuing
j arty started, and the little srhoolmarm
kept behind with the others and
watched.
In about half an hour there was a '
shout. Tho rescuing party had returned
and they boro among them tho apparent
ly lifeless form of tho active young man.
They brought him in tho car and laid
him on ono of the improvised couches.
I.ifo was not extinct, but it would havo
been ere long had ho not been found, llo
ha 1 evidently renched some house, and
was on his way back, for clasped in his
arms when they found him in a huge
drift, where he hnd sunk exhausted, werd
five loaves of bread and a Whole ham;
When the little schoolmarm saw that hd
was not dead, sho brightened up won
derfully nnd was as brisk as Over.
They rubbed tho active young man
with snow nnd finally brought
him back to consciousness. In tho
excitement of restoring the active young
man, the provisions, for which ho had
risked his life, were forgotten, until
somo one discovered the escort in ono
corner of tho car cutting great slices off
tho ham with his jack knife, llo was
immediately requested to desist, and
was escorted out on the platform of the
car by two or three strong men. A few
moments after he was seen to crawl out
of a snow-bank.
j Somehow or other the little school
(narm seemed to get near tho active
young man, and those standing arc und
were surprised to see that they knew
each other, and as the little schoolmarm
seemed able to take cftro of him the
; other people gradually gathered at tho
oilier end oi tno car and leit tnem alone,
casting knowing looks in their direction
every onco in a while. A thort time
afterward the little schoolmarm to'd a
lady, whoso acquaintance sho had
formed, that sho and the active young
mau had been lovers, nnd had quarreled,
and that the escort had como between
! them, she thinking that he was a nieo
young man, but now she saw his true
! character, and that nil had bocn made
up between the active young man and
horse f, and everybody voted that this
I was as it should bo.
i Someone chanced to look out of tho
window and discovered that tho storm
was over, and just then in the distance
was heard the shrill, clear whistle of tho
locomotive. Help was coming. Jim
( tried to blow an answering blast on tho
t whistle of old Seventy-three, but steam
! was low and tho whistle frozen fat. In
j a few moments, with much pulling and
whistling, three powerful engines forced
j their way through tho drifts. Then
there was shouting and hurrahing. Fivo
hundred men soon cleared the snow from
' the bound train and the passengers,
with light hearts, were again on their
; journey.
i When tho train drew up nt the sta
tion, the baggage-master tapped the es
cort on tho shoulder, und said: "Hero is
a box that camo from your store," nnd
handed li.m the. broken cracker box.
, The escort looked at the box until tho
truth dawned upon him, and then with
something that sounded very liko a cuss
word, Hung the empty box in a snow
drift nnd walked rapidly away, with tho
laughter of his companions ot the train
ringing in his ears.
! Sometime, soon after the school term
closes, there is to be a wedding in which
' tho little schoolmarm and tho active
young mau will plnv tho prominent
parts and take upon themselves for lifo
tno pledges renewed in banks of snow.
1 aitkce li'jide.
A Wonderful Printing .Machine.
Tho American B iomdt r describes a
machine which takes iu paper at one end
and turns out comp'ctcly bound books
at the other at the rate of 0000 copies an
hour. There nro three great iron cyl
inders, segmental in form and each
having a diameter of six feet, and
woighiug about three tons each. On ono
of these aro tho forms which do tho
printing in quadruple teries, the other
two acting solely as imprcs-ion cylinders.
In combination with the cylinder carry
ing tho printing forms aro ink fountains,
form and distributing rollers, while in
combination with tho impression cylin
ders aro novel appliances for hand.ing
(automatically), revising, assembling,
folding, covering nnd delivering the
complete books. Th:s remarkable con
trivance requires eight tons of paper,
with a corresponding amount of printing
ink, and this it turns into books in a
singlo day, and it requires twelve box
cars, of :i0,000 pounds capacity each, to
transfer the output for a single week.
This machine is built in Philadelphia by
its inventor and patentee, at whoso
establishment tho visitor may sec in daily
and nightly operation no less thau six of
these mammoth machines turning with
surprising rapidity and regularity Jheir
miles of paper into printed matter ready
for tho perusal of tho reader.
Cloud Telegraphy.
A remarkable experiment in Hgnaling
with electric lights was recently made by
the ollicers of two vessels of the British
navy, tho Orion and Espoir, off tho port
of Singapore.
The Kspoir had failed from that port
for Kong i.ong, leaving tho Orion iu the
harbor of Hngapore. When tho Espoir
was Bixty miles distant the Orion sent
her a message by means of the electric
light. But i an a light bo seen sixty
miles at sea.' Certainly not, in its direct
rays; but Ibo ( rloa threw a brilliant
blue of liuht upon lite clouds, aud the
reflection of this light was distinctly seen
on board the Kspoir.
.More than this, the Orion, having
thrown upon the clouds a regular message
by means of successful flashes, this mes
sage was read nnd undergo d on board
the Espoir. Tho question has been asked
wheth r this means of communication
might rot bo made of practical advan
tage. It would depend, it is true, upon
ihu csndition of the atmosphere, and
upon cloudless nights there would be
nothing to reflect fro n, but it seems en
tirely practi' able to make the light of the
most important lighthouses visible much
farther at sea on cloudy nights by pro
viding them with an apparatus enabling
them to throw a series ot reflection) upon
the clouds. uk;i' Ciintin'oii.
rrcferred the Younger Brother.
A New York bachelor over seventy
years of age recently visited Maine, fell
iu love with a damsel le-s than half his
age, was accepted, and went home to
prepare for the coming of his bride.
When ail things wero in order, iusie.id
of going after the betrothed himself his
gent his brother. The younger mau was
plca-cd with his future sister in-law, to
plca-ed that he persuaded her to marry
him before starting- for New York.
Be'fut (Me.) I'nti.
)
I
ilOtSEIloLl) AFFAIHA
Preserving KjIKti
Any method which will keep the air
from the insido of the shell will prcscrvo
eggs for a certain length of time. Eggs
for packing should not bo more than ono
day laid, and packed in fine weather,
tho best season being from April to
September, One method of pneking i
to immerse them in lime Water and set
away in a cdol cellar, this, though uus
ally successful for some Weeks, often de
stroys the eggs by keeping them in too
long. A better way is to back them in
salt in a stone jar. I'ut a layer of salt
two inches thick in first, aud alternate,
layers of eggs and salt to fill tho jar, tho
eggs standing on the larger end; a thick
layer of salt should be put on last.
Cover with a stono cover and set in 8
Cool, dry place. Detroit Frti r,4.
A Xt"r Coverlet.
Cheese-cloth quilts arc the new cover
lets, and commend themselves, being"
warm and inexpensive. The materials
needed are ton yards of the cheese-cloth
and live one-pound rolls of cotton. Tho
cheese-cloth when cut into lengths of
two nnd a half yards is placed on a
bed or table. Over this is laid a layer
of cotton batting, which has previously
been placed before a hot lire or register,
unrolling it from the bundle over a ciinir
or cloth;:s-horse. This cnuscs the cotton
to expand to twice its first thickness.
A second layer goes crosswise, and soon
until nil tho cotton has been utilized.
Over the last layer is placed the second
cover of cheese-cloth, and tho whole tied
with worsted, in bedquilt fashion. A
feather stitching completes tha edge.
VommcreLil AUierliner.
Teach tho Ulrls to Sow.
Who can say that the inventions of the
nineteenth century do not show us to be
going ahead, pushing onward to perfec
tion! Xot only is this the case in scien
tific matters, but in all branches pertain
Ing to household work. In one paiticu
lar, however, we are losing ground. Our
daughters are not taught the use of tho
needle, as wero our grandmothers in the
good old tunes of "long ago, lor did
thev not fashion dainty, beautiful gar
merits, without the aid of the scwins
machine, with its numerous attachments,
hemmer, rulller, tucker, corder nnd
binder!
In "grandma's day" every rulfe was
hemmed, rolled, whipped and sewed on
by hand. In undergarments every scam
was neatly felled, every yard of "flanuel
was (after boingruu together! nicely nnd
evenly "catstepped," nnd without this
pretty linisn was considered a bungling,
unsightly piece of work.
In many cases too much time and eye
sight were spent in beautifying and
adorning ladies' underwear. l'articu
laily was this the case when days, weeks
nnd even months were spent in clabo
ratcly embroidering the chemise and
nightgown yokes so much iu vogue
twenty nnd thirty years ago. This I
consider a wanton wasto of time, and
now that Hamburg embroidery nnd
woven trimmings arc so cheap and pretty
there is no excuse for it.
Kclthcr do I condemn the use ortlio
sewing machine, but I contend that to
do good machine work it is almost
necessary for ono to understand how to
do plain sewing. I think all mothers
should begin by tho time thoir daugh
ters arc ten years of age to teach them
tho rudiments of this branch of house
hold work. I am fully aware of tho ob
jections urged by most mothers, mainly,
want of time, if not want of time on tho
part of tho mother, want of time on 'ho
part of tho child; many times it is a
want of inclination on tho part of one
oriioth,
l'o not let yoi?rr,liW commence too
goon on fancy and decorative work,bnf-f'
give her a good foundation by a thor
ough drill in plain sowing while yet
young euough to bo guided by your in
struction. With this foundation all
branches of ornamental work will be
comparatively easy. Good Jluusekeepimj.
Itcclpes.
Hick Enthee. Stew a cup of rice un
til well done, add a small cup of milk,
two well beaten eggs, pepper nntl salt
to taste, pour iuto a shallow pan, sprinkle
grated cheese thickly ever the top and
bake until the top is nicely browned.
Potato Ti'Hnovkhs. Mix about a
pint of hot mashed potato with ono egg,
season to taste, and roll it in four.
Make it into balls nnd press or roll it out
thin, tint a tablcspoonful of mett,
minced nnd icasoucd, on ono half, fold
over and press the edges together and
brown on each sido in drippings.
Bkk.f Smqtiikiiki) is Tomato. Cut
an onion lino and fry it slowly in one
tablcspoonful of butter in a stew pan
Adil one pint of tomatoes cooked and
strained, one tcaspoonful of salt, a littlo
pepper and ouo pound of beef cooked or
uncooked, cut in small pieces. Simmer
very slowly until the meat is tender.
OitA.NtiKD Si'it.wm:i(nn:s. I'lace a
layer of strawberries in a deep dish, cover
thickly with pulverized sugar; I hen a
layer of berries, and so on, until all are
used. Pour over them orange juice, in
the proportion of three oranges to a quart
of berries; let stand for an hour and just
befor e serving spr inkle with pounded ire.
I!ll K AND AsPAIlAOI'N S II I'. Wash
well half a pound of rice aud parboil it
in water, cool iu cold water, drain, nnd
then cook it with a quart of beef broth
for twenty minutes; then pour in two
quarts more of beef broth. Put in at the
last moment a pint of small cooked green
asparagus tops, troll a minute uud pour
into the soup tureen and servo.
IlscAi.l.orKD Tomato. Ono quart to
matoes, add ono tcaspoonful salt, ono
tallspoonful pepper, a few drops of
onion juice and one tablcspoonful sugar;
butter a dish and sprinkle w ith crumbs,
pour in tho tomatoes; cover with one
cup cracker crumbs moistened with
butter. Bako until brown. Fresh or
canned tomatoes may be used fur the
above. Use plain crumbs.
Cun v Soi l'. Tho materiuls needed
for this soup are one quart of rich brown
stock, one pint of carrot, ono tcaspoon
ful of sugar, one tcaspoonful of salt,
a littlo pepper ami one small onion
sliced. Wash and scrape the carrot.
Shave oil in thin slices a pint of the
outer part, l'o not use the yellow
centre. Cook the carrot with the onion
in boiling salted water until tender.
Hub the carrot through a colander, mi l
tho slock and heat again. Ad I the
Agar, salt aud pepper, and when hot
:rve immediately with croutons.
WOMEN OF TWO NATIONS.
GIRLS WHO ARE CLOSELY OTJARD
BD BY THEIR RELATIVES.
The French Oirl of Rnniciy 1 lie
Young Girl In Italian So'cledy
Maidenly Freedom Itcst rioted.
In French homes, writes C.racc Green
Wood in the Chicago lltothl, I have rc
fnnrked a certain qtiiot, orderly pro
cession of affairs, great apparent har
mony, watchful father than doting pa
rental affection, and a filial piety almost
out of fashion in our free nnd progres
sive country. French children are
usually unobtrusive and quaintly grave,
nntural and simple' in their habits and
tastes, but hardly so in their manners,
which Bhow marks of tutoring, and nro
a littlo too ceremonious. .Nearly nil
girls of Catholic parents, not taught at
home by govern Bscs and master.', are
educated in convents, ns pensionaires. or
as day scholars. In Mich institutions
they nrc severely tlrillfl 1 in the catechism
and" in polite manners: in history, sac cd
nnd pro'a'ie; aro taught a little of the
natural sciences and less of geography,
which, by the way, is the weak point
With most French" people, for whom all
lands beyond their rentier.-", especially
across alien seas, nro lesolvcd into hazy,
undetermined regions, inhabited princi
pally by races more or less inferior and
barbaric. French girls are also good
arithmeticians, and are well instructed in
music, drawing and dancing.
Very young French girls nro only
charming in a demure, shy way. They
all seem ingenious, and somo ard really
so. They aro all lisht-heartcd, and
many light-headed. They passionately
love amusements, nnd are easily amused
a littlo pleasuring going a great way
with them. The wholesomest tiling I
know about theni is their intense love
of the country nnd its simple avocations
and pastimes.
The French girl can hardly be taid to
"come out" in society. Sho i9 brought
out and is never seen without her mot tier
or somo other icsper tnble and watchful
chaperon. Everything, to the Inst luin
utireof dress, is planned aad managed
for her. Sho is not supposed to have a
will or judgment of her own; least of all
in tho matter of marriage. I am speak
ing, of course, of tho avcrago French
girl of society. I have known some ex
ceptions outside of Mine, tircville's
novels some remarkably intelligent, in
dependent girls, whose hearts chose for
them, nnd w hose htjnds were allowed to
go with their hearts. But the average
mademoiselle, modest and docile, usually
nccepts tho choice of her parents, with
out much ado sometimes with alacrity.
In Italy the young girl of society can
hardly be said to be in society nt all, so
hampercil and fettered is she by the most
watchful, lealous, suspicious care ana
survcillnnco. To walk alono, however
Quietly and circumspectly, on a city
street were an act of startling rashness
and eccentricity, laying her open to the
chargo of having been contaminated by
English or American ideas aud customs
For her to walk, drive, ride or sail with
a familiar friend, of whatever ago or
condition, but of tho dangerous sex,
without a chaperon, would bo to fatally
compromise herself. It is not even con
sidered the proper thing for her to attend
any place of nmusi ment under the escort
solely of a "big brother,'' as all tho world
might not know him for a brother. Her
education has been very liko that of
her French sisters perfunctory as to
history and the sciences, thorough as to
religious tenets, legends nnd observances,
and as to polite accomplishments. Fioin
the hour of her betrothal to that of her
marriage the guard over her morals
and manners is redoubled, and such a
.tiling 1,8 an unwitnessed tele a tetu I e-
V . V,
iweeu uer ami iier amaui-co jiusi.itnti id
not to bo thought of. This i. the harder,
as tho Italian maiden, being more ingen
uous, romantic, aud susceptible thau tho
French demoiselle, is often really in love
with her fiance, and being less absorbed
in her trou-seau, broods and frets more
under such unnatural restrictions.
As for the beauty of Italian women
well, it seems to me that, liko tho cli
mate, it must bo taken a good deal on
faith; that cither the poets and painters
have always exaggerated it, or the gods
have lately " gone back " on it. In the
north more chilliness is found among the
country women, especially iu complexion
and symmetry of form, than among tho
aristocracy of cities. Hot " first night"
at the Scala, when the aristocracy is out
in force, you can count tho really hand
some women on tho lingers of ouo band,
while yon would havo to use all your
digits and borrow your neighbor's to
reckon up the rarely ugly.
A Oncer .Savings Hunk.
There is n certain young student at the
Boston School of Technology whose
method of regulating his personal ex
penditures is so strikingly original as to
tie worthy of description, tavs tho
Chicago 'J'ri'.utf, l.iko many another
youth of salad age, he finds it iiupussi
blo to refrain from squandering his
money. It simply bums u hole in h's
pocket. Mo matter how much he is sup.
plied with, it is till expended in frivo
lousncss as soon as ho gets it. This
weakness of his has given much pain to
the young gcntlejicn s relatives, und to
himself has been a source of no little em
barrassment. So, to get over tho dilli
culty, ho has hit upon the follow ing
plan :
I'pon receiving the check for a fort
night's allowance, intended to cover his
living expenses, he first liquidates any
indebtedness that may be outstanding
to his lodging house keeper and washer
woman and converts the whole of the
balance into AO-cent silver pieces. Then
going to his room aud closing I li-j door,
he takes the coins by handful.s aud s. ut
ters them bioadcast about th tl or. A
few of those which rcmaiu in plain sight
ho puis into his pockets. When they are
spent he picks up n few more, and soon,
as necessity requires. After a week or
so has passcil he is compelled to h nit
around pretty sharply for the cab, and
tho last days of tho fortnight tiud him
grubbing under the washstaiid aud the
b ireau, poking beneath the bed and
squinting down the register iu tho hope
of discover iug a stray half-dollar th it h is
eluded picvious search. But, though
occasionally ;inpoveri-hed, he is seldom
reduced to al solute pciiniiessuess. '1 he
landlady looks out for his m nicy, lest a
dishonest chaail ermaid absoi b lire cur
rent two weeks' allowauie, and lhas bis
pecuniary affairs administer thnnselves
on a thoroughly systematic basis.
"QUIT YOUh FOOLINV
itir's is quefr! I uso' to think '
Emmy didn't rare for mo,
For whenever I would try
Any lovln' art', to see .rl
How she'd take 'em sweet or sflur
Always, saury-like, says she.;
"Quit your foolin'!''
Once, agoin' home fom clinrrh.
Jest to find if it would work.
Round her waist 1 slippej my arm
My I you'd ought 'o seen her jerk.
Spunky I well, sho acted so
And she snapped mo up as perk
"CJ uit your foolin' !'' '
Every time 'twas jest the samo, N
Till one night I says, says I 4
Chokin'some I must admit,
Tremblin' some I don't stony
' Emmy, seein' 's I don't suit,
Guess I bott rr say 'goodhy,'
An' quit foolin'."
Girls is queer! She only lausthed
Cheeks all dimplin'; "John." says she,
"Foolin' men, that nover gitsi
Real in earnest, ain't for me"
Wan t that cute? I took the hint,
An' a chair, an' staid, an' wo
Quit our foolin'.
Judg
HUM OK OF THE DAT.
"Great Scott'." Sir Walter.
A couple o' castaways Old shoes.
Tho greyhound is a headlong animal.
A cereal story A lio about tho grain
crop.
Chestnut a new name far an old
thing.
When the tailor gets rich it is by shear
industry.
A blind teacher would naturally have
bad pupils.
If ono were his own dentist ho might
have teeth extracted without pay in'.
The- undertaker may not boast of his
athletics, but he's something of a boxer.
The Cincinnati Commercial speaks of a
pctrliled girl. Sho was probably rocked
too much In hor infancy.
Most of tho unwashed Mew York An
archists nro Russians'. There is very
little serf bathing in Kussin.
"1 cannot sinp the old songs
I sang lone years airo" ;
Whereat a en orlul friend remarked:
"Thank Heaven that is so."
Sho (happily) "Aren't tho oystc
delicious, George?" Ho (apprehensively)
"Y'es; nnd so aro tho crackers. Best
I ever ate!" Tid-liiU.
As the man in tho moon gets full ha
shines larger nnd brighter. The man on
earth who gets full simply gets red in
tho face, aud foolish.
Beer is not generally considered an
oxpensivo drink, but a littlo porter on a
drawing-room car will often cost you
half a dollar. JYito York Neict.
French as She is Spoke. Patron (to
restaurant waiter): "Got any Brio
cheese';" Waiter (astonished) "Only
tho pair I've got on. lintel Mail.
"Can anything softie tho servant girl
question:" asks it weary housekeeper.
To which we rcspccfully reply: "Yes,
the kcroscno call." ye to York JA rcury.
Papa (of Calvanistic faith, has just
heard that Mollio was at the theatre last
evening) "Good morning, daughter of
Satan " Mollio "Good morning, fath
er.' Life.
There aro 1010 medicines in tho
pharmncop i a of the I lilted Slates, and
in most communities there is one innn
who lias tried every one of them beforo
discovering that there never was any
thing the matter with him.
Father (to would-bo son-in-law)
"Y'oungmau, will you bo able to take
caro of my daughter iu tho stylo in
which sho has always been accustomed?"
Y'oung Jinn "I'll guarantee it, sir, or
return tho giil." yca York Sun.
"None of your biiuco to me, miss,"
said the mau who must have his littlo
joke, with an assumption of brusquo
u ess, ns tho waiter , girl was about to
place a dish, of marmalade beside, his
plate at supper. Detroit Free i'r :.
"Auothcr big wash out on our line!"
exclaimed the railroad employe's in
dustrious he'paieet. pointing tothe string
of whitened clothes which stretched
from their baek window to a house
across the way. Dt troit Free l'revi.
"Would the ladies be in favor of a
uniform marriage law, do you think i"
asked u member of Congress of ouo of
his fair constituents; aud the rolled:
"Very likely, if tho uniform wero a
pretty one aud had a handsome man iu
it."
"Ha, ha! How do you feel now?"
asked one fly of another, which had
been caught on a piece of exterminator
paper, and was iu vain trying to wado
through the general stickiness, "uluo
me," was the brief reply. Plitt'ury
t'li ron iele.
"This is very strange," reniirked
Billy Bliven, thoughtfully, after he had
tasted the contents of his butter-dish;
"very strnnu'O indeed." "What is
strangei" "That sink delicate, palo
butter shou'd turn out to be so robust."
Mi rehitnt Tintihr.
"I mil f-urpriscd, Bobby," said his
father, rcpro ingly, "that you should
strike your brother. Don't you know
that it is cowardly to bit one smaller
thau yourself." "Then why do you hit
ins1, paf" in ;iiired the boy with ail air
of having the better of it. Ehm-Ii.
"Whoso pii turc is that i" asked tire
new owner if a Nebraska opera-house of
an artist who had hem told to decorate
the biiildinir an ordb.g to bis own tas c.
"Shakcspea e's," replied the artist,
".-hikespeaie! Who's that; Never
heard cf him. Paint it out uud put my
picture their." (.';yiAt.
At Cannes, in front of a small boot
maker's .hop, Jhe English tourist may
find the fol owing inscription iu his own
languugo. " oiiairs hung with stago
coach." Al ter long and anxious thought
ho may urri e at tho cobbler's meaning,
w ho only i-!irs to inform Ills numerous
patrons (hat "repairs are executed with
diligcuco."
There is an antiquated custom in
Vienna by h ch bouse ow ners, instead
of paying th ir porters properly, allow
them to levy a toil of fourieuts on every
tenant irtui.iiug alter ten o'clock at
niht. 'lie c jiisC'Ucuco is that tho
streets aro i o npaiatively deserted after
that hour.