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kFFTTRT
J
j r.lrctrlc lighting wires have killed
over 200 persons during (he pnst tw
, years.
). The fires in London Inst year averaged
ubout fivo a tiny a mntorinl decrease
romjiareil witll 1897.
la Taris, France, a big company has a
Monopoly of the funerals. This com
Irauy handles 50,000 bodies yearly.
, J General Boulniiger seems, according to
tho Chicago thrall, to have won the
greatest victory ever recorded in politics.
j r-; Jho United Slates, with over 0),000,-
000 population, has COi 0 students of
theology, v,hilo Germany, with 4,000,
Ims 7000.
j 'Ijie United states Court' at Mont
pomory, Ala., holds that cotton-futuro
ontrncts aro not gambling transactions,
lt valid trades.
Tho mild winter of lRfS-O has not
proved nn unalloyed blessing. I'.ight
. 'slp:gh,iuiiniifactureia in and ubout New
York State have failed.
In some parts of the West they dofine
White Cap as nu iinin'ir.il ami good -I
fornothing mini who takes upon him-
solf the duty of punishing all other ira-
mor.il ami good-for-nothing men.
r .
r- Last yc.ir fiftec. Chinnmon wcro
. marrred in Quec ai d ona to a nativo'
of tho colony, .10 to a Victorian native,''
two to Scotch wonirn, thrco to Irish
women and eight to Knglish women.
" Water, compel it 'on Is felt by F.uropean
" sis Well as Aniericnn laiiway lines. In
Franco it is the canal-cVhieh cut under
tho railroad taiills, and tho French lines
nre urging taxes on tho canal '.o oven up
Ihingi. .
lleccnt statistics show that tho num
ber of colleges and institutions in tho
country is tho sumo as it was ten years
Ago, but the number of students has in-.
.ymreased from 11,1(11 to 112,310 in the.
. VTiiv period.
; Pars tho New Orleans 7m-l) nvrral :
"III tho prefect ctate of our coast de
- ''fences a' foreign forco would find but
'.' littlo dilllcuity in entering any of our;
. roat ports or landing on uny eligible
part of our coast."
'. Tho Corean Kingdom bachelor is not
.'spoken of us a man but a "person." lie
' becomes a man only when ho marries.'
i " r-tudi a rule iu tho United Rates would
jiromoto marringo, declares tho X
York Ontihie, fa lure or uo lailuro.
; Philadelphia .; believes that if
..the plan of instructing pupils in tho af
.fairs of the day with the aid of tho daily
" newspapers were moro generally prac
ticed, we should have fewer juvenile
prdagogues aud moro bright scholars.
' A .correspondent of the Loud n Tim't
says that the word "teetotal" hail its
origin through a stuttering temperance
orator, who urged on h's hearers that
. nothing less than "tc-to-tu total" absti
nence would satisfy temperance reform
ers. Rome one at once adopted "teeto
tnl" as a 'suitabio word, and it sprang
into general use.
A. singular exhibition has just been
held at Meningcn, Germany. It consist
ed of 2.T0 newspapers containing articles
upon tho death of tho Km per or William
: I., representing no fewer than fifty-four
language, among which, of course, all
the Kurfynan, with their dialects, were
fepresented; while Lenguli, Hindi, Guz-
' zuruti, Chinese, .Japanese and Hawaiian
may also bo foucd.
i . . .
old 'fTjltw In a Wisconsin town
who m been running a private bank for
. ouK.smaBwas recently reijuosted to
peTiUewom'e stirt of a statement. Ho
lie postedthe following on the door of
his bank: "NolL e This 'ere bank bus
. got .")(), 000 behind Iter. Hho don't owe
nobody a rod cent. Good paper dis
counted as heretofore, and nobody pro
poses to cut sticks for. Mexic o or Cana
da." There was no run on that bank.
According to the report of Adjutmt
. General Drum the organized militia
force of tho l ulled States consists of
10l),30ti men, of whom Bull? are commis
sioned officers. Hut back of this force
stand f, 101, li-'S available men subject to
orguui'atiou in case of war. This
showing, -tho NowYol'k Wor'd thinks,
ought tocuuee foreign nations to think
twice before knocking, tho chip oil our
broad shoulder.
tl There will bean important congress of
X:the Scotch-Irish race in Columbia, Tenn.,
; on tho Mb of. next Slay. LUtiuuUhed
orators aud scholars of that race will
read papers commemorating the deeds of
. the Scotch-Irish. Columbia was chosen
qTuo pluce of uuctjsig because it iscen
tral in lAxtiou, an was the home of
Iwojsniicjus (Scotch; Irii-hiuen, Andrew
..'ackswaiHl Jynes K. Polk. The date
choten is the' most delightful sea-on of
tho year i4;fiat latitude, and every
effort will nile to'iilsure the comfort
and pronnnr tho pleasure of those who
Uknd. iyliii con'-: ess will bo a reveltt-
40'in.tuy peojjfo, iu that it will show
nunerous aud luilueutial the Scotch-
l this country arp.
THE DRUM.
Oh, the drum!
There is soma
Intonation In thy grunt
Monotony of utterance thatstrikos the spirit
dumb,
As we boor
Through tho cloar
And unclouded atmosphere,
Thy palpitating syllables roll in upou the en r!
There's a part
Of the nrt
Of thy music-throbbing heart,
That thrills a something in us that awakens
w ith a start,
And In rhyme
With the chime
Ami exactitude of time,
Goes marching on to glory of the nie'ody
sublime.
And the guest
Hi tho lrr-nt
Thnt thy rolling robs of rest
Is a patriolie spirit as a Continental dressed;
And he looms
From the glooms
Of a century of tombs,
And tho blood he spilled at Islington in liv
ing beauty h'.ooms.
And his eyes
Wear the guise
Of a purpose pure and wise;
As the love of them is lifted to a something
in the skios,
That is bright
Red and white,
With a blur of starry light, '
As it laughs in silken ripp'.es to the breezes
day and night.
There are deep
flushes crjep
O'er the pulses as they leap,
And the . murmur, fainter growing, on the
silento falls asleep,
While the prayer
Hising there
Wills tho sea and earth and air
As a heritage to freedom's sons and daugh
ters everywhere.
Then, with sound
As profound
As tho thundorings resound,
Come thy wil l reverberations in a throe that
shakes the ground,
And a cry
Flung on high,
Like tho flag it flutters by,
Wings rapturously upward till it nestles in
the sky.
Ob, the druml '
There Is some
Intonation in thy grum
Monotony of utterance that strikes the
spirit dumb.
As wo hear
Through the clear
. And unclouded atmosphofe
Thy pa'pitating syllables roll in upon the
ear!
Jama Whilcomb Riley.
CATCH I KG A GORILLA.
I havo seen nearly every one of tho
gorillas on exhibition in the zoological
gardens of tho world, and in only one
instance huvo I found an animal in any
way up to the standard of tho beast as
found in the African jungles. That
fellow I helped to capture while in the
employ of the Hamburg house, and the
Bultan of Turkey paid a fabulous price
for him.
If Du Chaillti exaggerated at all in his
stories of tho gorilla country, it was in
the number oi animals he killed. No
writer can exaggerate the temper and
licrconcss of the dangerous beast. Men
who havo encountered him in his wild
aud savage stato have lived to tell of it
more by good luck or accident than by
nerve and judgment. This is so because
the beast Is never met with except by ac
cident. You can hunt for lions, tigers,
and elephants and find them, but the
gorilla always .finds the hunter.
We were about seventy miles inland
from the coast, on tho I.uligi Hivcr,
where we had a permanent camp, when
I received word that a lull grown speci
men of the gorilla family was wanted,
aud was authorized to spend three
months' time and employ a thousand
natives, if uocessary to secure one. We
hud been in camp ten weeks, capturiug
serpents and a variety of animals, and
ouly once had s:gns of tho presenco of
a gorilla been detected. Two miles to
tho north of us there was a heavy jungle,
and if there were any gorillas in the
neighborhood they were hidden away
there. Ugly as ho is, the beast hasn't
tho nerve to attack a camp or a large
body of men. One had come down with
in half a mile of us, probably at night,
and had stood beside a lone tree and
had broken off branches and then broken
the branches into fragments to show his
temper and courage, but we neither saw
nor heard him.
When I found what was wauted, I
called some of the oldest and wisest na
tives to counsel, but none of them had
ever heard of a full-grown gorilla being
captured alive, aud none could suggest
what steps to take. Therefore, to make
a beginning', I sent out sceral parties to
scout, and on tho second day one of these
located three of tho beasts, father,
mother and a baby g'orilla, in a thicket
about five miles away. It was a piece of
rocKy ground covered with a dense
growth, and from a biding place the men
had seen the corillas enter the thicket
by a path. The cl 'phant and buffalo
una the various species oi deer are al
ways on the move, and have no fixed
place for even a day. Lions, tigers,
serpents, eorillus, leopards, couuars,
panthers und bears wilt make one par
ticular spot at home until the presence of
danger or the absence of water or food
forces them away. The gorillas seen by
the black scouts would not run away
until disturbed, and I gave orders that
no ouc should go in that direction with
out my permission. I could thick of
only one way to effect a capture: by
setting one of our largest traps. We
had them stout enough to hold a lion, or
bear, and one of them had once held a
bunalo all day lone
The strength of a full-arown male
gorilla is something wonderful. One
swipe of his open hand will knock an ox
down. He cun bend a gun barrel double
with his hands alone, lie has as much
cower in his aws as a lion. I was. un
fortunately an eyewituess to some feats
of strength which lost me several valua
ble men. We were in no hurry alter
locating the animals. I sent out other
men to watch, and after three or four
days it was found that the thicket had
scvornl paths by which the gorrillas left
and rctiirnod. Jt cot smut of them my
self, and I found the male to stand
about five feet eight inches high when
erect. Ho was terribly broad and heavy,
bad muscles like whip cords, and I saw
that he had the strength of any four of
us. In about a week wo found that one
path led to a spring where the beasts
quenched their thirst, and another to
several trees loaded with peculiar soit
of pea or beau enr'-fd in pods, of which
the gorillas sc very fond. It
was while thej -e eating this
fruit that I caw , the little fellow
was just learning to alone, and the
mother carried him much of tho time.
The old tellow maintained a pretty sharp
watch, though he did not appear to be
particularly suspicious, and now and
then he unbended his dignity and played
with tho little ono in a manner to make
us laugh.
About twenty days from tho timo wo
located the gorillas we set our traps, ono
on each path. The onoon the path lead
ing to tho spring was within thirty feet
of tho water and carefully concealed just
below the surface. The beasts, as near
as our scouts could determine, visited
tho spring only every other day, and it
was on the oil diiy we set that trap.
There were seven of us, I being tho only
white man, and as we returned to camp
wo took a different route from the one
we had come. It was a very hot day,
and when half way back we stopped to
rest. It was in a beautiful grove, pretty
clear from underbrush, and most of the
natives at once fell asleep, as is their
custom when making a halt, even if only
for ten minutes. Only one of them, so
far as I saw, was awake when I rose up
and walked away about a hundred feet
to examine a curious excrescence on the
side of a tree. From where I stood I
thought I could distinguish the figures
ob" standing out on tho tree, but when
I reached it I found only a wart or knot.
This tree was to the right of tho party,
and as I started for it one of the natives
sleepily cautioned me not to go too far
alono. I was stauding bcsido the tree,
looking upward ana around, when 1
heard a shout of alarm, followed almost
instantly by a shriek of pain and terror.
I saw tho men spring up, ea h uttering
a yell, and then camo tho sounds of
blows and screams and the angry and de
fiant roar of a gorilla. It was all over in
a minute, and before I had time to ap
preciate the situation two of the natives
camo running toward me, half dead with
fright, and 1 heard another roar and saw
a dark object moving swiftly away.
As well as could be ascertained a big
gorilla had been passing through tho
grove, and he had stumbled upon the
men just as the one who had spoken to
me rose up. This action was su licicnt
to arouse the ire of the beast, and he had
seized the native and Hung him ten feet
away. The second one received a blow
which knocked him fiat, and tho gorilla
then lot himself out to kill. The other
four men were dead when we approached.
One had his neck broken, a second had
half his face torn off and his breast
crushed In, and the other two had their
skulls crushed as if by blows from tho
hand. JWy rille and the muskets of the
natives had not been meddled with.
The two natives who escaped were lit
tle better than jabbering idiots for the
next hour, and it was only after our re
turn to camp that I learned all the par
ticulars It all happened in fifty or sixty
seconds, and the attack had come so
suddenly that no oue thought of de
fence. The adventure so rattled the
cam;i that I had gieat difficulty next day
in persuading any one to accompany me
to the trap. I got tivo men at last, by
arguments and threats, but when wo
came to examine tho path we iound thnt
the beasts had not traveled it. They
had either decided to skip a day, not be
ing thirsty, or else had suspected some
thing and avoided the path. On tho
next day, however, tho natives having
meantime recovered their pluck to some
extent, a party of ten of us set out, and
when within a mile of the spring we
had reasons to believe that one of them
had put a fool in tho trap. Yells, roars,
and screams reached our cars, and at the
distance of half a mile several small ani
mals passed us in affright.
"We have got the big fellow!" whis
pered my head hunter to me as we pro sed
forward. "We must be careful now, for
the sight of us will make him strong to
break away, and he will want ah our
lives to pay for the insult."
The pow-wow grew louder as wo
neared the spot, and the cries and wails
of the mother and offspring mingled
with the snarls, growls, barks and roars
of the father. When we finally crept
forward to a spot whence we cduUI ob
tain a view, we found the "old man"
fast iu the trap by the right hind leg.
The trap was a toothless one, with tiio
faces of the jaws covered with felt, but
it was strong enough almost to hold an
elephant. We had to bend down the
springs with levers, and it was a good
weight, for two men to carry. The chuiu
attached could not have been broken by
a horse, and wo had securely fastened it
to a treo. It was well we had, and it
was well that the beast had been caught
by a hind leg.
I do nut th nk ho had been in the trap
long when wa first heard him, perhaps
not over five minute. He was, doubt
less surprised and frightened for a time,
but by the time we had reached a poiut
where we could see him his terrible
anger was fully aroused. His mate and
offspring stood by, wailing and growl
ing, and just as we got settled in our
places the female lifted up the trap and
wrenched at it with all her strength.
Then both seized the chain and tugged
and pulled and growled and roared, but
it was no use. What I feared was that
the old fellow might gnaw his leg off, as
coons cr muskrats or beavers will do
when trapped, but he showed no inten
tion of the sort. Indeed, it would have
resulted in his death, and he doubtless
so figured. For a long hour he refused
to give in, biting, leaping and tugging,
and another such p cture of ferocity
would be hard to find. He frothed at
the mouth, exhibited his great fangs,
and his eyes glittered like diamonds. I
should have been willing for the mate
and her little one to go, but as they re
fused to leave the spot, and as the
natives said that the mother would not
hetitate to attack us iu her excitemtut,
I pushed forward my rille and gave her a
bullet, which dropped her dead iu her
tracks. The youug oue immediately
tpiang to the father's shoulder, aud was
uttiug there when we advanced.
, The resemblance of the b-g gorilla to
a native wax so striking that I paused to
wonder if a mistake had not been made.
When he saw us ho stood upright, arms
hanging down by his sides, and be
lookedr far moro like a human being
thnn some of iho natives in my camp.
He was so mad that he did cot know
what move to make first, and as he stood
thcro clots cf foam lcll upon his breast
and down to the earth. Ily and by ho
seircd tho young one and Hung it away.
Half a dozen of tho men rushed to seize
it, and as it scrambled back one of tho
natives pursued it too far. The gorilla
uttered a terrible roar, mnde a savage
spring, and the native was caught by
the hair. I was not over twenty feet
away, and I saw all that happened. He
Was flung down, and the gorilla stooped
and gave him a blow on the chest which
crushed it in. He then hit hiin right
and left on the sides of the head, and tho
man was dead. This did not satisfy the
monster. Ho lifted the body up and
literally tore it to pieces, pulling off the
arms as you would pull a stick of kind
ling wood out of a bundle. It then
seized the young one by a hind leg, and
slammed it on tho earth and flung the
body away, and then beat its breast and
roared defiance at us.
By tho advice of the natives I decided
to let tho old fellow alono for a while and
allow hunger and thirst to work on his
temper. We mado a temporary camp
half a mile away, and did not go near
him again for two days. During the
first day he roared at intervals, but on
the afternoon of tho second he was very
quiet. One of the men went to take a
look at him, and reported tho captive as
sitting down on the trap and crying
with pain. Kext forenoon we went out
with nets, ropes, nooses, and chains, and,
after a long, hard fight, tang' led him up
and secured him. When we sprang the
trap off his leg we had his hind feet
shackled together, his fore feet, or arms,
secured with a chaiu, two ropes around
his body, and a muzzle over his jaws.
We then bound him to a litter and car
ried him to the main camp, where a cago
had been made. His leg was badly
swollen and he was pretty well beaten
out, but three days alter we got him in
to the cage he was all right and as mad
as ever. I sent him down tho river and
around to Zanzibar, and after months he
brought up in Constantinople, so fero
cious and dangerous that the utmost
precaution had to be taken by those
who came near him. lie was living
during the llusso-Turkish war, aud ono
who saw him informed me that there
was no hope of sweetening his temper or
subduing his ferocity. See York S.m.
'V 11
Future Land Unities.
Speculating ns to what the future land
battle will be like, Lord Wolseley says:
"Tho battles of the future will be very
different from even those of 1870, and
will bear very little resemblance to those
of Crimean times. Ono remarkable
chnngo will be tho absence of nearly nil
that terrific noiso which the discharge of
five or six hundred field guns and the roar
of musketry have caused in all great
battles. We shall have, practically, no
smoke to mark the position of the
enemy's batteries and troops in action.
Tho sound of cannon will be slight, and
will no longer indicate to distant troops
where their comrades ore engaged and
the poiut upon which they should con
sequently march. Our sentries and ad
vanced posts can no longer alarm the
main body upon tho approach of tho
enemy by tho dichargo of their rifles.
Tho camp or bivouac will no longer bo
disturbed at night by the spluttering flro
of pickets in contact with the enemy.
Different arrangements for giving the
alarm upon the approach of hostile
columns will have to be resorted to. The
main column on the march cannot iu
future be warned by tho shots of Hank
ing parties, of tho enemy's proximity,
and a battle might possibly be raging
within a few miles of it, without that
fact becoming at once apparent."
It can hardiy bo exaggeration to as
sort that the invention of a noiseless and
smokeless powder will change the aspect
of future battlefields and the conditions
of future war, fully as much ns the
original introduct on of tho "villainous
saltpetre" changed the warfare of a past
ngo. Titnca-DtiHucrnt.
Llvins Cheerfully on Two Cents a Dny.
Dr. T. It. Allison has been trying the
experiment of living on meal aud water
for a month. His daily allowance was
one pound of wholo meal, made into a
cake with distil ed wator. His account
of his condition after a week is cheering.
In the first few days ho felt hungry, but
about the fourth day this disappeared
and he had no craving for other food.
His brain was clear, his lung capacity
had increased five inches, and both his
sight and heating had improved. He
had lost seven pounds weight, but seems
to regard this as rather an advantage.
Altogether ho feels thoroughly satisfied
with his experiment. It is a very econ
omical one, the wheat for seven days hav
iug cost only sixteen cents. This, he
says, is living on almost two cents a day,
aud enjoying it. I.viiJvh Jlotjritttl.
Au Army in Miniature.
A gentleman by the name of Lawrence,
living at West tulem, 111., has produced
a remarkable piece of mechanism. It
represents an urmy, and consists of 400
pieces. Horses, men. cannon, cavalry,
artillery, infantry, and a band of fifty
two men, each holding an instrument,
are represented in this wonderful mechan
ism. Many of tho figures move auto
matically, tho power beiug obtained
from a miniature windmill, propelled by
the heat of candles. Galileo's cowled
monk was not iroro strange iu structure.
Most of the work, stiango to say, was
done with a pocket kuife, aud although
Mr. I awience exercised his ingenuity for
a year in the construction of the marvel
ous mechanism, yet he disposed of it for
a meie nominal sum. ludiihtivlU Juur-
Utll.
A reiTect Model or African lleauly.
Paradoxical as it may seem, writes the
veracious .loe Howard, tho prettiest
model in New York is a colored yirl who
lives in Yonkers. r-he is a perfect type
of Africa's golden sand, with a low
forehead, jet black eyes, extended nos
trils, thick lips, while teeth, but for all
that, tho most attractive in appearance,
with a figure that is statuesquely superb.
She stands straight as au arrow, is
tweuty years old, weighs l;i" pounds,
aud is as full of life and blood as it is
possible for human nature to be. During
the months of October, November aud
theuee on to May, the readily uiukes
from $ J to $10 a day five days in the
week.
A BOY RULER'S NUPTIALS.
HOW THE EKPEROB OT CHINA'S
EBIDE WAS SELECTED.
The Dowager 1 Impress's Selection
of a Mani-liii Maiden Present
for Unsuccessful Girls.
All Tcking is excited to-day over the
boy Kmperor's marriage, says Frank O.
Carpenter in a recent letter from China
to tho New York Worhl. The bride
was selected a few days ago, and the first
oiticial announcement appeared in the
Peking Ihize'lr. It comes from the
innermost recesses of the imperial circles,
and it was dictated by the Empress
Dowager herself. 1 quote it in the trans
lation which tho Chinese writer of our
American Slinistcr has prepared for tho
State Department at Washington. It
requires only ono page of the Peking
(luzitte to print it, aud this means a
space not longer nor wider than tho
back of a long ollicinl euvelope. It
reads :
Piiecial edict of the Empress ilowagor.
Tne Kniperor having reverently succeeded
to his exalted inheritance and increasing day
by day in maturity, it is becoming that he
should Felei t a virtuous consort to assist m
the administration of the palace, to control
the niernners of his household and to encour
ngt the Kmperor himself in upright coniuct.
Let, therefore, Tet ilo-Na La, a daughter of
lieputy Lieutenant General Kuoi llsiang,
whom we have Relected for her dignified and
virtuous character, become Empress.
Further edict
Let Ta-Ta I.a, aged fifteen years, a daugh
ter of Chang iisii, formerly ice I rosident
of a Board, become tho secondary consort of
the first rank, and Let Ta-Ta-La. aged thir
teen, also (laughter of Chang lisii, lormerly
Vice-Presiilent of a Board, become imperial
concubine ot the second rank.
licsnect this
Thus is settled a question which has
been agitating the Chinese Court for tho
past year anil has cost the families of tho
Manchu nobles months of trouble, hun
dreds of thousands of cash nnd au in
calculable amount of bitter disappoint
ment. China has been ruled for more
than two centuries by Manchuriaus.
Peking has its Chinese city and its Tar
tar city and tho Lmperor is a full
blooded Vanchn. It is prescribed by
tho laws of the court that he shall wed
no one but a Manchu maiden, and during
tho past year the distinguished Manchu
papas, having daughters between the
ages of twelvo aud eightcon, have been
required to scud them to Peking in or
der that they might be inspected by the
Empress Dowager with a icw to the
selection ot such ns teemed good for tho
imperinl harem. The first inspection
was held last spring. The maidens came
by hundreds from Peking aud from other
northern parts of the Kmpire. They
were conveyed in carts from their hemes
to the palace, ana their delicate frames
were jolted like jelly through tho ruts
of the Peking Btreets on the springlcsj,
heavy, box-like vehicles.
Kach girl was dressed in all tho ex
travagance of Chinese costume. Her
hair, rich, b'aek and lustrous, was
combed out over a bar a foot long at
the back of her head, so that it stood
out for six inches on ea h side. Her
face, originally of a deli ato ream, v erg
ing upon tho bloom of the largo yellow
peach, was overluid with rougo and
paste, aud her eyes, coal bla k, wore
heightened in color by artificial means.
The Manchu girls are the most beautiful
in China.audau unadorned maiden with
her soulful eyes looking out of their nar
row, almond shaped slits is enough to
stir the blood of the coldest Cnucas'au.
She is plump, and has not the disgust
ing compression of foot which is always
associated with her ( hinese sister.
There are no mutilated feet about the
palace of the Kmperor of China, and the
Kmpress will probably wear a No. 'I
shoo.
Those hundreds of mandarins' daugh
ters were Manchus, ami they wero the
prettiest Alan bus in China. Their carts
were led through wall after wall through
tho great city of Peking, and they ar
rived nt the palace at v! o'clock iu tho
morning. .Vu h of tho work of the
Chinese Court is done iu the night, and
it was dark when they were carried
across the little lako inside the alace
grounds, and they ato their breakfast at
a . v., when the rest of Poking was
Btill sleeping. After this they were
given a little time for primping and
powdering, nnd they were then ushered
luto tho presence of the Frupress
Dowager iu gioups of four and five,
l ach girl carried a tablet hearing her
camo aud nge, and these were handed
to the Kir.prcss, who put questions to tho
young ladies and passed upon their
beauty. The only men present were the
court eunuchs, of whom I will speak
further on, and tho unsuccessful candi
dates were passed over to these with
orders that each should be given a piece
of silver in tho shape of a shoo, which
weighed exactly one ouuee, and be sent
awuy. The great ma ority ol tho maidens
were discarded at this first inspection.
The remainder were asked to come again.
At the second inspection a closer ex
amination was made, and there was a
further weeding out of tho least beauti
ful of the maidens. At this time the un
successful andidtttes were each given a
roll of tilk, and at the third inspection,
which took place in the latter part of
last month, the hundreds had been re
din ed to fifteen, and it was Irom these
fifteen that the above tin co were finally
chosen.
The marriago preparations have been
going on for months. The Hoard of
Kites and Ceremonies have decided thut
it shall bo as economical as possible, but
they agree that it must cost at least
H, 000,ouu taels, which is considerably
over $10,00i',ouo.
A tjueer Old Piano.
In a New Haven (Conn ) auction room
an old piano mauufacturcd by liroad
head A. to, iu Loudon, about tho year
1 1;!!', has just been ;old. The piauo is
ouly four and a half octaves, aud the
ca-e is correspondingly shorter than the
modern square ami consideiably shal
lower. The case is of mahogany inlaid
with maple, and must have been a very
handsome piece of cabinet work w heu
riist built. Theieareno legs, the Ki
strumeut having been intended to be
placed upou a stand like a music box.
Neither are theib pedals, two registers
like organ stops taking their plaies.
One legister transmits a heavy volume
of sound, while the other gives a baujo
like melody, which is very pleusing.
f-ir Charles Blight is credited with
much of the success of the first transat
lantic cable.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Delicious Mode of rtoastlnif.
lloasting is a very delicious mode of
cooking meats, but it is almost unknown
in thoso days, unle-s an open fire-place
is convenient; for such the following
rules may be given: Keep the meat at a
moderate distance from the fire, tee
that it is kept continually turned and
well basted with butter or meat drip
pings, ns much of the richness of flavor
depends upon this matter. When
nearly done, put the roaBt close to the
fire to rend'-r the outside brown and
crisp; and add salt and pepper to the
grnvy. Iluuseirit.
Thrco Slmplo Desserts.
Following are some nice simple des
serts: .lain ifoll three eggs, one cup
ful of sugar, one cupful of tlower, three
tenspoonfuls of baking powder, and one
tablespoonful of milk. Bake in shallow,
oblont; tins; while hot spread with jam
and roll up. Orango Pan Cnkc ine
pint of warm milk, ndd ono tablespoon
ful of melted butter, one pint of ilour,
two eggs beaten stiff, two tablcspoonfuls
of sugar nnd juice of one orange. Hake
on griddle. lluiter nnd sweeten.
Hickory Nut Cake Two cupfuls of
chopped meats, two cupfuls of powdered
sugar, and the unbeaten whites of three
pggs, two tablespoonfuls of flour, threo
fourths of a teaspoonful of baking pow
der. Bake in patty pans.
Ilecipo for Corned Deer
Directions for making corned beef:
First cover tho meat for twenty-four
hours with brine just strong enough to
float an egg. TnUe it out aud wash it in
cold water so as to tako out all the
blood; throw the bloody brine awny,
and for 100 pounds of beef, or in the
same proportions for other quantities,
ma'. e a new pic'le by thoroughly dis
solving six pounds of fait, two pounds
of brown sugar nnd two ounces of salt
petre in water sufficient to cover the
meat: sim it well before pouring it on,
and if scum rises on it afterward before
tho meat is used up, scald it, i .im it
and pour it back when cokl. ixecp me
meat alwavs covered with the brine and
in a cool aud well ventilated place. For
summer keeping or for tho Southern
States a little more salt snouia oe usea
1ft 10 York 11'cWcf.
Blanojuctto of Veal.
Cut three pounds of tho breast of veal
in pieces two inches square, put inem in
enough cold water to cover thein, with
one sultspoouful of whito pepper, ono
teaspoonful of Bnlt, a bunch of sweet
herbs, half a carrot scraped, a turnip
peeled, and an onion stuct with three
cloves: brine tlowlv to aboil, s'.im care
fully till no more tcuni rises, and cook
gently for thirty or forty minutes until
the veal is tender; then drain it, return ¬
ing the broth to tho lire. Meantime ma' c
a whito sauce bv stirrins together over
the fire ono ounce of butter and ono
ounce of Ilour until they are smooth, then
addiuL' H pints of the broth gradually;
sciLsnn with a littlo more salt and pepper
aud a quarter of a saltspoonful of gruted
nutmeg; when the same has boiled up
well stir into it wnh auesg; whip tho
yelks of two raw eggs, put in the meat
and coo: lor ni luiuuics, oumug vv.
casionally. rnnn ami btrcude.
Lime-Water.
An exnerienced housekeeper cave me
a valuable piece of information a short
time ngo. Miesald: i-niic-waxer,wucu
one understands how to use it, is vory
useful in housekeeping. Prepare it for
use by putting a stone of fresh lime
about tho size of a half-peck measure
into a largo stone jar, and pour over it
slowly a tea-kettleful of hot water, nnd
stir it thorougnly. Let it settle, then
stir again thoroughly, repeating this
thrco or four times during the day.
llottle carefully all of it that can be
poured off in a clear state." it is useful
in cleansing bottles or miik vessels. A
cupful mixed in the sponge of bread or
cakes over night will prevent souring.
A little put into milk or cream, after a
hot night, will prevent its turning when
put into tea or coffee. A little put into
milk, that might curdle when heated,
will prevent curdling, and the milk can
bo used for puddings or pics. Prairie
Farmer.
Household Hints.
T'suo or printing paper is tho best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
The best of tea makes but an in
different concoctiou unless the water is
fresh.
Puint made with turpentine is abetter
protector for iron work than when mixed
with linseed oil.
I gg shells crushed and shaken iu a
glass bottle hall filled with water will
cleau it quickly.
Kerosene is unexcelled in starch to
give polish; also to polish glass; it will
make your windows shine like silver.
When ivory handled knives become
yellow they cun be cleansed by rubbing
them briskly wi'h emery or Baud paper.
To clean ornaments of alabaster dis
solve borax in boiling water and apply
with a cloth or soft brush ; rinse carefully
and dry iu the sun.
A small piece jf salt pork boiled wilh
fricasseed chicken w ill impart a richness
to the gravy and the flavor will be bet
ter than if nothing but butter is used.
Horseradish cut in thin strips length
wise aud a dozen or more of these snips
placed on Iho top of each keg of pickles
will keep them from becoming stale or
moldy.
Pneumonia, says Dr. Seibort, is a
house diBiase, originating, wilh diph
theria and inflammatory rheumatism, iu
damp, airty, or unveulilatcd rooms and
( cllars.
P geous arc good when the breasts are
plump and red lookiug. The tleh of an
old ono is dark, aud the bicat is not so
plump. Squabs are plump, soft skinned,
with utmost pink hV-h.
Now that it is customary to have
fruits, flowers, tho vinegar cruets, or salt
and pepper bottles, placed in tho centre
of the table in lieu of a large castor,
pretty devices are made of linen to lay
upon tho cloth. Some of these are
elaborately embroidered.
Here is a use for old paper which may
be new to some of the ladies. Fold old,
6oft newspape s iu several thicknesses,
place iu a pan of water until thoroughly
wet, then wriug out, tear in small bits,
pick up tine uua throw over your turpt-t
instead of wet tea leaves, and see if you
do not like it better.
OMNIA VANITA3.
" What I write shall live forever," said the
poet in his pride,
And ho wrote w ith the blood of his bosom
a song that straightway died.
' I will make my name immortal," said the
artist w ith a sob.
With his soul for a brush he painted what
tho critics called a daub.
" My words shall startle nations" (the state-
man's blood was stirred),
Then he from the rostrum thundered a
speech that no one heard.
" The world shall wake with wonder at th
conquests I shall make,"
And the soldier led his army to a fatal,
black mistake.
" I'll overwhelm the scholars when I show
how N'ature acts,"
And the scientific doctor rehashed up an
cient facts.
In time each strong desire shall strike upou
some reef,
In time each high ambition shall surely
come to grief.
Susie M, li st.
II I'M OK OF THE DAT.
Handy things Gloves.
A disagreeable vice Advice.
Whooping 'em up Tho coopers.
Down in tho mouth The palate.
Keeps his spiiit level Tho carpenter.
A strong attachment The constables.
Death's door is locked with a skeleton
key.
A ghost of a show The living skele
ton. Don't get "short" if you want to get
tlong.
Paying tho piper Settling tho plum
ber's bill.
Beyond the pale of civilization The
barbaric bucket.
Since life is but a span why should a
man want a four-in-hand.'
A criminal may not court death, but
in New Vork State he Bparks it.
Don't bo on amateur physician. Don't
even doctor your aecouus. jVito York
Sun.
Tho fellow who beats tho weighing
machine, like tho Arab, silently steals u
weigh.
",'apn, why do they call a beaver hat
ahighhat?" "Because, my son, it costs
iS."- Jkr.ar.
There's nothing like leather, except
ing, of courso, tho upper crust of tho
young wife's first pie.
If the Beer Trust keeps on growing it
will soon bo at lagerheads with the
public. Xetio York Acitj.
We are told of a chiropodist so expert
that he claims to have extracted corns
from a mistletoe. Bazar.
.ludgingfrom the almost daily defal
cations announced iu tho papers, this is
tho shortage. Huston Time.
The man who discovers a granite
quarry on his vacant building site has
reason to rejoice that his lot is a hard
one. Tim.:
Tho Bowery tramp remarked, at the
Tombs recently, that ho never felt so
mu h put out as when ho was taken in.
-Yew ork JVeic.
"Bo sunny, girls, be sunny," says Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Wo don't see how
they can, but still they daughter be.
Lot AitytLt Triliun.
Soarimdtlop (grandiloquently) "Yes;
it navs to do riht. Honesty is the best
policy after all." I'arjJTV:Ul
don't you havo it renewed." Tr-JV
At tho water-color exhibition. "Who
is that fellow over there looking so in
tently at Hack Hankiuson's picturei"
"That's Hankinson."- --Vei York Sun.
Lady "I dou't think these pictures
do mo justice." Artist ,','Well, madam,
if you insist upon thoir being absolutely
correct, I can put back the wrinkles."
The ice that we've tasted
May sometime return;
But thi coal when once wasted
Suy, how cati it buiut
UoodaWn .Van.
.. r .
"Vtlliii is a uiau -oi - war. sum a
teacher to his class. "A cruiser," was
the prompt reply. "What makes it
go.'" "Its s row, sir." "Who go with
it:" "Its crew, sir." Omih.
Shu was a modest aud timid girl,
Ittitiring, weak aud shy;
But sho knew now to talk till your hair
would curl.
On the wheiiceness of tho why.
Mrrehant Traveler.
"Gracious uie!" said uu old lady,
"they're dis overing new explosives ull
tho lime. 1 see in tho paper that au of -ticer
was killed yesterday while dis
charging his duty." ,Slioe and leather
lit jioi te .
A Nihilistic speech. "I wish it
would stop raiuiug," remarked a St.
Petersburg geuileinuu tho other day, uf
ter a weeks storm, und a detective
promptly arrested him for referring to
tho C ar as "it." JUirjier'i J!a:ar.
A gentleman was met by a stiaugei
who politely a.-ked : "Would you be so
kind a-, to lend mo $2(1:" "My dear sir,
1 have not the honor of knowing you."
"1 hat is why I request you to give mo
an opportunity to extend my reputatiou
for honesty.1' - Cd aao Ulole.
Test for the Purity f Water.
A s'mplu and convenient test foi
water is as follows: Fill a perfectly
clean quart bottle half full of water;
cork and shake it, leuiove the cork and
see if any odor can bo detected at the
mouth of tiie bottle. Cork the bottle
and place it in a waim place for a few
hours or set into a pan of hot water
for au hour. Miakc, uncork and uguu
test by Miiell. If uu uuplca-uut or faint
or musty o liT is perceptible, the water
requires more minute iuve-tigatiou. The
second simple tc-,t is to ctapuiatc a
quart of water to dryness in a new tin
pau or cup, aud uote the ch trader ol the
residue aud what happens when it i
strongly heated iu a metal spoon. If tin
sedimiut lelt afyer evaporation U small
and on being burnt iu a metal spoon
gives rise only to such odor as come
fiom burning vegetable matter, tho
water is not greatly contaminated with
eewage. But if the sediment is iu con
siderable quantity aud burns, giving off
tho peculiar odor of burning hair or
other uuiuial tuattor, then the water is
foul. Lither of these tests you can easily
apply, iSrovk!yn Kaa't.
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