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S1.50 TEH ANNUM. refuel est We pny 1,000,000 a year to the exam ing surgeons in tho pension service. 2 It U claimed that Gcrninny has moro nblo financiers than niiy other country in the world. F Tho oct Whittior has added his Toico to the protest agninst enforcing idleness :t prisons. The trust fever in spreading in Europe, :i'twi;hslnding tho disastrous ending of .ie copper syndicate. Belgium is the only European country . t ha attempted to collect through its censuses tho statistics of industry. Tho Troy (X. V.) Preiu is satisfied that at least fivo billion dollars in gold and sil ver lie nt tho bottom of tho different nceatis, Train wreckers hnvo a rough time in Mexico. Tho Government has them quietly shot, without any newspaper notofrcty. i - . i. Twenty years hence, predicts tho De troit free Pre!, no hunter will be able to discover a wild elephant on any portiou jf this.glol g i Gold and silver discoveries go by nines : Cnlif'orfiia, gold, 1S49; Pike's Peak, thO; Nevada, 1809; Lcndville, 1S79. Where is the bonanza of 18S9? J.X phase of benevolent work, which has ronio into public notice with especial prominence lately, notes the New Orleans i'lVi'-'iar, l :!:t ir -- -7s of town and city hospitals. j- The New York, Methodist t'onference Jpassed a resolution deploring the custom aifruivittir iiIomoi-- for. .lot ml. ., , . 1 .!..!.!,. purposes by fairs.Tiazaars, fi si ivals, sup pers, pleasure parties and similar means of mislcadingir injurious tendency. Ceylon people are intoreRted in a rivalry aw to wno shall fiml the highest palm tree. -An English raihl builder named Can trell nta the first record of 110 feet, but ,irr-nton-t. ray Has just shown n palm 'llAfcet heght and takes thcmcdal. 1, -Trie British naval programine for the luturn.'is colossal. In addition to the thirty-crglrt war .ships of one kind or ftaothrr now in construction, seventy nioro arc' to bo laid down at a cost of 1 10,0(10,000, making 501 war ships by J.K91. I Of all the races of mankind that migrate to this country, the Italians care the least about becoming the owners of land. Few of them strike out for the fertile fields of tho far West to enter upon the work of tilliug the soil, to live, in cabins built by llicir owp hnnds,und to "grow up with the couutry." , The Khalifa of Khartoum has kiudly presented tho Governor of Stiakiu with the lreail of Bas Alula. the great Abyssinian General, for a foot ball, announces tho Chicago JVcim. ' It is by such little court -"V'Sies as these- that the pcoplo of the lBfeiBMit bait' attained a lasting reputation for politrf ess .L-JuOUilon has become recoinied us the great "clearing house for all European thieves who opcrato on a large scale. The proceeds for uny great robbery com mitted -in Europe, which it is intended to restore througLcgotiatious, arc always sent to be delivered in London, and there is as yot no legal way to put a stop to tho irufiic. " Three countries in Eurojic look to their royal nurseries for tho future occupants of their thrones. Alexander of Scrviu is thirfecu, Princess Wilhcliuino Heleue of tho Netherlands is nine, and Alphonso .lui. ft t-l'.uu ouv iiiilu , i tus o, u-;e-. , There, is something almost pathetic, ob serves tho New York I uia; in the interest wjth which," in the turmoil of political strifes at this age of the world, national lives are bouud up in these children. The people of Rutland, Yt., tried tho Australian system of voting at their last village district election, and a local paper it-ports tlmt "over 150 votes had to bo vejected owing to irregularity, while there wip much grumbling before the day was over and some contested offices will . result. This failure was due tono detect t U the ineth, but to ignorance and the eaimiuatiou i the element of secrecy the voters in ing allowed to help and ad vise each other in tho matter of erasures. When tho practice of cremation was introduced here a few years ago, remarks llio New Yolk ui'i, its advocates believed i hat it would soon supersede the custom 'f burial. liit it has not grown in favor 4 they supposed it would grow. The subject Lss just been brought under tie bate in tH A.ings County Medical Society, uud cremation was strongly advocated by bdlno of its members; but it is now evi dent that the popular feeling against tho Tivjlint in of a kind that cannot be over- ""'"Vhis geiieiation. The crematory "nas i jmgun institution, not . ..... i -S., fli !.: i.m iniinuu THE COMMON CHORD. The Hnppahannock's stately tide, aglow with sunset light, Came sweeping down between tho hills that hemmed Its gathering might. From ono sido rose the Stafford slopes, and on the other shore The Ppottsylvnnla monilows lay, with oak groves scattered o'er. Hushed wero tho sounds of busy day; tho brooding air was hushed. Save for tlw rapid-flowing stream that chanted as it rushed. O'er mead and gently sloping hills, on cither side tho stream, The white tents of the soldiers caught tho sun's departing beam On SX)ttylvania's slopes tho I51ue; on tstaf- ford's hills the Oray; Between them, llko an unsheathed sword, tho glittering river lay. Hark I Huddenly a Union band far down tho stream semis forth The strains of "Hail, Columbia," tho p.-ran of the North. Tho tent aro parted; silent throngs of sol. diers, worn and grim, Stand forth upon the dusky slopes to hear tlio martial hymn. So clear and quiet was tho night that to the farthest bound Of eithor camp was borne the swell of sweet, triumphant sound. And when the last note diivl away, from dis tant post to post A shout, like thunder of the tide, soiled through the Federal host. Then straightway from tlieotiier shore there rose an answering strain. "Bonnie Bltio Flag" enmo floating down tho slope and o'er the plain. And then the Boys in t tray sent back our cheer across the titlo A mighty shout then rent the air nnd echoed far and wide. "Star-spangled Banner,'' wo replied; they answered, "Boys in dray," While rhoer on cheer rolled through the dusk, and faintly died away. Deeply tho gloom hail gathered round, and ail the stars had come, When the Union Imutl began to play the notes of "Home, Sweet Home." Slowly and softly breathed the chords, and utter silence fell Over the valley and tho hills on Bluo ami Gray as w ell. Now swelling and now sinking low, now tremulous, now strong, The leatler's cornet played the air of tho beautiful old song; And, rich and mellow, horn and bass joined in the flowing chords. Bo voiee-liko that they scarcely laeked tho charm of sjiokeu words. Then what a cheer from both the hosts, with faces to the stars! And tears were shed ami prayers w ere said ujion the field of Mars. The Southern band caught up the strain; and we, who could sing, sung. Oh, what a glorious hymn of homo across tho river rani;! We thought of loved ones faraway, of scours we'd left Miind Tho low-roofed ftirm-houso 'neath tho elm that murmured in tho wind; The children standing by the gate, tho dear wife at the door; The dusty sunlight all aslant upon the old bam flixir. Oh! loud and long the che-r we raised, when silence fell again, And died away among tho hills the dear familiar strain. Then to our cots of straw wo stole, and dreamed the livelong night Of far-off hamlets in the hills peaee-walleJ, and still, anil white. James i(t.7ifiii, iii Ao-m r's ll'tv.-. THE MAVERICK SILVER. BY S. A. WLISS. It was a stormy November evening, with a high wind and a pouring rain such an evening as makes people ap preciate the luxury of a pleasant home fireside. The Misses Maverick felt very comfort able as they sat in cushioned ( hairs, otic ou each sido of the glow ing lire, while between them the little tea-table gleamed with polished silver which reflected back the dancing blaze. No plated ware was this, but, as the ladies often boasted, solid sterling silver which had belonged to their grandfather; and having nothing else to show in token of what' the Mavericks bad been in theit day, they prizcel this haltered silver service above all things. As Miss Maverick often observed, she would pre fer to lose the house over their heads, though it had been h it them by an aunt, than part with one of those worn spoons engraven with the Maverh k monogram. "Alice seems very long about the tea,"' observed Miss Maverick, glancing at the clock. "I am almost sorry 1 allowed Nancy to goto her sister's. It is incon venient, und I never feel safo without her, in case of illness or accident. She hasn't been long with us, but 1 think she's to be trusted." "She is certainly sufiicieutly out spoken," said Miss Myia, nodding her little gray curls. "What do you think she said to me to-day f 'Miss Mra,' says she, 'if that young doctor's too poor to support Miss Alice, as 1 hcerd ye say, couldn't ye let 'cm have the rooms across the hall that's no use to anliodv but the mice, and that 'ml save 'cm their rent rsays she." Miss Myra laughed a little, timid iiiujii, while she glanced hall'-w istfully :;l her bister, liul she, still and erect, gazed into the tire. "Nancy must be taught to know her place," she said, sternly. "Ami as to Alice, I ha.e already said that I will never consent to her marrying Dot tor Darrcl. Think of our bringing up that chiitl, educ ating ami clothing her, in the hope that shit would make amati h worthy of a Maverick, ami the lir-t thing thai we know she wants to throv bus, ll away on a poor doctor the son of a plain farmer - who has nothing to depend upon but hh practice, if lit- ever :;t Is one." "lie may succeed ill lime," said .Miss Myra, w ho rarely ventured to liilb r from her more strong minded sister. "They say he's ( lever, ttnd people seem to like liitn. I would not be surprised if he and Alice marry nt Inst." "In that case they know what they have to expect of us!" returned Miss Maverick, grimly. "I will give the house to bo an orphan asylum, and leave the silver and everything else to the Home for Decayed Gentlewomen. It will be better there than with crampon crockery on Farmer Darrel's table." At this moment Alice entered, bearing the tea tray, nn office wliic.1i she had taken upon herself in order that Nancy might have liberty to visit her sister. Sho was a slight girl, w ith a fair, sweet face, and a gentle, appealing look, con trasting with Miss Maverick's determined expression. She did not look happy. How could she, when she knew that to give herself to the man (the loved would be to ( strange from her the only relatives from whom she had found kindness nnd affect ion ? Alice poured out the tea, und the ladies had just helped themselves to toast and marmalade, when Miss Myra gave a slight scream and pointed to the window opposite which she was seated. There between the curtains appeared a man's fa je, anil as they looked he nodded ami beckoned. "For heaven's sake, Alice," said Miss Maverick. (startled, "sec w ho it is and what he wants!" The girl raised the sash slightly, but be fore she could speak, the man who was leaning over from the porch stooped nnd said, in a low and hurried voice : "Don't be alarmed. lama policeman, and come to let you know that there arc burglars on your premises. Let us in quietly, soasiiot to alarm." Miss Myra sank palo and trembling on a sofa. Her sister, seizing a lamp in one hand and with the other firmly clutching Alice's arm, went to the hall door nnd quickly unlocked it. Tw o men stepped in one a dapper and well-dressed little man, and the other tall ami stalwart, wearinga rough overcoat with a large cape. The moment he passed the threshold, he turned the key and withrdew it from the lock. "They won't escape by this way," he muttered, and cautiously followed the ladies into the room they had just left. Here he opened his overcoat, displaying a policeman's shield and uniform, and again buttoned it. "I am Sergeant Angus," he said, speak ing in the same low und cautious tone, "this gentleman Mr. Martin has just informed me tht he saw two men cuter your house awhile ago " 'By the cellar window in the side yard," replied Mr. Martin, who looked a little timid and uneasy. Sergeant Angus nodded and again ad- . dressed Miss Maverick : I "It is nossible the servants may have let them in.' "Oh, dear, no! We have only one our cook ami she was sent for an hour ago to see a sick relative." The Sergeant smiled a peculiar smile. That's an old trick, taking oneself out of the way to avoid suspicion. I will '. warrant, ma'am, the servant has a hand j in this matter. Probably she knows where you keep your valuables, nnd has ; posted her accomplices. It is just there i that we can best trap them. I have a man at the rear aud will let him in." ! Miss Maverick w as shocked and alarmed out of her self-possession. "I would never have dreamed it of Nam y. But it's the silver they're after. Part of it is here, as you see, and the rest in the closet of my room, locked in nn old leather trunk. I would'ut lose it for the world. Oh " "Pray be quiet, ma'am!" said the Sergeant, almost authoritatively, "or they will hear you and take the ulurm. which is your room?" "The one over this " "Hist!" lie held up his hand and listened. "I think I hear a sound overhead. They arc probably at tho 'oset. Now, ladies, whatever happens, keep perfectly quiet. Mr. Martin will stay by you, if you object to being left alone." He examined a pistol which ho took from beneath his coat, then softly left the room. Mr. Martin looked around. "Hadn't vou better put that silver out of the way," he suggested, "and any valuables that you have within reach?" "Certainly. Why didn't I think of :it?" said Miss Maverick, all of a tremble. And while Alice attended Miss.'Myra with vinegar and water, the elder sister, with Mr. Martin's assistance, tied upithe silver in a table-cover and thrust it out of sight under the valcuce of thet'big, chintz-covered sofa. Then she opened a writing-desk, and too': out a roll of bills, which she thrust j deep down into her pocket adding to j them her own and Miss Myra's mourning 1 breastpins nutl rings. Next, she seized upon the family Bible I and various photograplcs which hung above the mantle-piece, und with her I treasures thus secured, stood rigid and i alert, prepared for the woist. Ten minutes of dead silence; ensued. Then they heard a step, heavy , but cau tious, coming dowu the stairs. It crossed the hall, and entered the room next that in which they were. A moment after there was u sound of a inutllcd voice. Mr. Martin started up, and lhastily motioning to the ladies to follow, (glided out of the room. In her fright, Miss Maverick forgot even the precious silver under the sofa, and laden with the rest of her treasures, while Alice suported the limp and trembling form of Miss Myra, stumbled out into the pilch-dark hull. At the moment, someone rushed past thcui. Miss Maverick was pushed rudely ag.iin-t the wall, mi l fell, while a rough hand grasjed her throat. "I've got you, you villain! Here, Au-g,.-, lend us a hand! Why, haug it!" us lie sei.ed Miss Maverick's fuly front hair, which .one ml in his hand, "it's a wo man '." Then there was a scuffle, a sound of running feet down the cellar stairs, a confused uoise outside, pistol shots und Miss Maverick, in the midst of her books and photographs, fainted dead away in the darkness. When she came to herself she was lvinir on the chintz sofa, with Alice kneeling beside her, bathing her hands in cam phor, while Doctor Darrel bent over her, stanching a slight wound on her fore head. Close by Nancy was ministering to Miss Myra, and indignantly discoursing: " 1 was jist one o their cunnin tricks, Miss Myra bad luck so 'em 1 To think o' me bein' cheated into goin' off n mile an' more through wind an' rain, to see my dvin' sister an' she dancin' nt tho wed din'!" "AYhcro am I?" said Miss Maverick, feebly. "Safe in your own house, my dear madam," answered the doctor, cheer fully. And Alioo looked half-timidly from him to her aunt. "The silver!" gasped the latter, with a sudden remembruuee. "It is safe, nlso. We were in the alley, on the watch for tho rogues, and they were compelled to drop the silver in or der to escape." Miss Maverick rolled her eyes upward in a silent, but fervent, thanksgiving. Then she put her hand to her pocket, and her expression instantly changed. No pocket was there, but a great hole where it had been cut clean out no doubt when she was knocked down and choked. "It was the fellow they called Martin," explained the doctor. "lie aud his com panion the pretended policeman were tho burglars. They both escaped, though Martin dodged a good while before he would drop the silver which he had helped to hide under the sofa. As for the contents of the pocket, he got off with that. Miss Maverick was too thankful at the recovery of her precious silver to take much to heart the loss of the money and other things. "Who gave tho alarm?" she inquired, feebly. "I did, Aunty," Alice said, with a blush. "The hall door was locked, but I broke one of the side lights and called for help, nnd Doctor Darrel, who was just entering his office, heard me." "She called him by his name," said Nancy, excitedly, "an' lucky 'twas he heerd her, for there wasn't a livin' soul on the street but him and me. An' he was over like a flash; an' when she told him there were burglars, he run for his pistils, nnd sent his boy tlyin' for the per licc, and tho first thing there wns a crowd. An' it's him, mum, you've to thank for savin' your lives, nn' the silver, an' tho house from bein' burnt over your head, likely." Mis-Maverick made no reply; but on tho following day sho pondered these things in her mind, aud came to a con clusion. "Myra," she said, "that Doctor Darrcl is a very nice young man, after all." "I always said so." "And he was certainly the means of saving the silver, aud was very kind to us." "ne certainly wns; and you we had not been very polite to him." "Burglars may make nnother attempt. I think we need a protector." "Undoubtedly we do." "If he should marry Alice "said Miss Maverick, thoughtfully. "They say he is a rising man, and his family very re spectable, though only farmers " "Yes," said Miss Myra, eagerly. "The house is largo enough for us all; nnd it is a good thing to have a doctor in the family nnd the silver would ba safe." Whereat Nancy, who overheard the whole from nn ndjoining room, danced a soft and silent dance of satisfaction and triumph all for Miss Alice's sake. The silver shone very brightly on Alice's wedding night, aud the Misses Maverick have never since been troubled by burglars. Sit'inlay t'ijht. Where Cars Are Run With Sails. I was looking nt some models in tha National Museum of curious cars used ill the early days of railroading in this coun try, when Mr. Watkins, the curator, pointed out one particular one that had a mast and sail. Experiments with such cars wero made ou tho Baltimore and Ohio aud on the South Carolina road. It was then a serious question whether tho motive power on railroads would be sail, horse or steam. The steam locomotive was still looked upon as an experiment. Sail cars are used to-day on a diauo rail road on the island of Maiden, in the South Pacific. They are, in fact, used nearer home than that, for railroad men at Barne gat Beach, when the wind is favorable, .frequently ride over the road on construc tion cars sloop-rigged. "The wind has a good deal to do with railroading even to-day," Mr. Watkins said. If you go to the bureau of intelligence at tho Broad street station, Philadelphia, and usk w hether some traiu, say frum New York, is likely to be on time, you may be in formed that it is likely to be four or fivo minutes late, because there is a strong wind from the west. Winds make con siderable difference in the running timu of trains. I'hilmhtphht 'J'clnjnij'i. The Coaling of Oceuu Steamers. Talking the other day with a uianagei of one ol our transatlantic lines he told a New York St'ir reporter some curious things about the coaling of ocean steamers anil the work und men on board of the big ' ships. It appears that as time goes on the ! daily consumption of coal increases on all ! the Atlantic steamers, which must make j the voyage now in seven days or nailer if they would hold their own unci at tract ens. toiu. 1 o do tins u vessel must iiurn Irom 200 to ;iiMI tons of coal daily, making this item of expense over flollO every twenty fours, requiring more men to handle it und taking up additional room in the hold of the ship. The Uniliria burns twelve tons ofcoul per hour, aud on every vessel of lier size the journals ami bearings of tho machinery require l.'iO gallons of lubricat ing oil per day. The Cunattl I.ino em ploys 45U0 hands, including , 1 100 of a shore gang, foil stewards, thirty-four captains aud 140 oll'u era. ROYAL PALACE OF SIAM. DESCRIPTION OF THE SIAMESE KINO'S HOME IN BANGKOK. Of Kuropcan Architecture, but Adorned With Oriental Magnifi cence Ill-Kempt White Klephants The palace of tho King at Bangkok, Siam, wns built only a few years ago, writes Frank G. Cnrpenter. It looks much like one of the great palaces of Furope. It has several stories, and under the bright rays of this Siamese sun it seems to be made of marble. A closer inspection shows that the marble is stucco, and the golden elephants, each about half life-size, which guard the entrance change as you come near them from mas sive gold to iron gilded. Wide stairways lead by marble steps through these into a great vestibule, the ceiling of which is about forty feet high nnd tho walls of which are hung with old Siamese armor. At the right of this is the King's audience hall. His throne ib a bed nnd he lies on his arm or sits Siamese fashion, a la Turk, w hile he receives his royal Council and dis cusses matters of the kingdom. The Ministers nnd nobles sit on leather-cushioned benches, and the portraits of Siamese heroes, in oil, by European nrtists, look djwri upon them from the walls. Just back of the King there is a portrait of a shuved-hended, crooked-mouthed, pale faced, half-naked Buddhist priest. It is the high priest of the kingdom, and thus the proceedings go on under the very shadow of Buddha himself. The priests, by the way, claim that the royal family are lineal descendants of Buddha. On the other sido of tho vestibule is a grantl reception-room fully as wide and nearly as long as the East Boom of the White House at Washington. This is paved with marble mosaic, aud its high ceiling, twice as high as that of the East Boom, is gorgeously decorated with carvings of gold. Brilliant chandeliers hang down from it, nnd about the walls are oil paintings of the royal family, nnd the only woman's face among them is thnt of the present Queen, whose sweet face looks down beside those of tha King's brothers, and has the best light and tho place of honor of the whole room. The furniture of this room is Eurojiean, and the treasures of Europe have been ran sacked to fill it. There are rare vases from Dresden, filigree work from Venice nnd richly-carved gold from Siam. Through this room and on into a third grand reception-room we went with the Siamese noble. This room is full of beautiful things. Two of the lurgest elephant's tusks, wonderfully carved, stand beside the mantel, and nn album on a little stand nt the hack of the room has a medallion portrait of the King painted on porcelain and set in the richest of diamonds. The corners of the room contain large cabinets filled with curious works in gold from card-cases up to betel-boxes, and I no ticed a tine portrait of Frederick, the late Emperor of Germany, among the many oil paintings on the w all. Tho audience chamber, or rnthcr the throne room of the King, is a grand hull with a ceiling made of many colored pieces of glass nnd producing the same effect us the glass wall which Tiffany built between the vestibule and the long corridor of our White House. The light shining through this makes it look ns though it was made of jewels and tho room is lighted from the top. This ceil ing is, I judge, fifty feet from the floor. It is vaulted and the walls below are fres coed in gold. Three immense glass chan deliers like those of the East Boom of the White House, hang down from this ceil ing, and these were made for the palace of the Emperor of Austria, but were bought by the King of Siam. The floor is of marble mosaic and the King sits on a great chair or rostrum nt the back. Five steps led to it, und beside him are the kingly umbrellas aud over him a nine story pagodu-likc crown of white and gold. Around the room there aro gold trees and gold bushes, and the leaves of these tire of pure gold, w hile their trunks are heavily plated. There were, perhaps, a dozen of these on each side of the room, and they ranged from the sizeof a Christ mas tree down to that of a small currant biish. These are the offerings of the rulers of the various provinces under tho King. They muke these presents of gold trees every year, ami some of them are worth fortunes. Not a few were of sil ver, and the silver trees were placed ou one side of tho room, while those of gold were placed ou the other. Siam is known as the land of the white eh pliant. The elephant is the imperial animal of the couutry, and you see his picture upou all of the flags. Tho old coins of the realm have an elephant upon one side of them, and the white elephant is here sacred, lie is supposed to be the embodied spirit of some king or hero, ami the people formerly worshipped him, and they do so to some extent now. Be fore going to see the palace I hail rend a glowing description of the white ele phant of Siam. 1 expected to see his tusks bound with gold, to find golden chains about his neck ami a sutcrb velvet coat of purple, fringed with scarlet and gold, over his snow-white body. What I did find was four wild-eyed, scraggy-looking elephants with long tuks and with skins not much whiter than those you see in the American circus. The only white part about them was their long flapping cars, which seemed to be atMictcd with the leprosy. The remainder of their skins had the whiteness only of disease, and I was told, as u rule, the white ele phants of Siam are mud elephants. These beasts were in dirty stables und they were chained by the feet to gnat wooden posls. Tiny had dirty keepers ami there was no sign of royalty about them. Their keepers tetl them some grass while we w ere present ami they performed some ordinary circus tricks for us. The glory of the white elephant has, ill all probability, departed, und the elephants of the interior of Siam are made to work quite as haul as their brothers all over the world. One of tiie punishments of Siam is making convicts cut the grass for these royal elephants. One of tin ui killed his keeper the other day, und this suimi holy beast made a snap ut me with his tiunk w hen 1 cutered his stable, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. WnOLESOJlEKT.PS OF COI.D FOOD. Cold food, says the Boston Juurnal of Jlmllh, is much more easily kept on a sen sitive stomach thnn hot; so, in cases whore it is rejected in the ordinary warm or hot form, it hnd better be tried as near ly frozen as may be tuken. In tunny fev ers this would be a decided advantage. Milk may lie administered in a frozen state, often with a positive advantage. The Sanitary Era adds, from frequent in stances, that ice-cream suits admirably some conditions whero hardly any other food is acceptable. CXEAStNGh PINT? I.ACF.3. To rub fine laces while washing them is ruinous. The following is the best method of doing them up: A thick blanket of soft rags is sewed around a bottlo, nnd on this tho lace is pinned. The bottle is then placed in a bath of soapy, warm water; after soaking for twenty minutes it is boiled for some time and allowed to cool. It is dipped in sev eral baths of clear water until ull the soap seems to be removed. Tho lace is then taken off the bottle, nnd, after tho water is gently pressed out, it is hung up to dry. When still slightly damp it is placed on a hair cushion covered with flannel and fastened with lacepins. This demands (kill and patience. A pin is placed through each loop and a twist is given be fore the pin is fastened. When quite dry the lace is sponged with a weak solution of gum arabic, which gives a new ap pearance when dry. Urooklyn Citizen. to rtrr A GT.OSS ox WOODWORK. For gloss or cuamel finish on smoothly dressed woodwork, now in favor, as good authority as Decorator nnd furnuhernive the following directions: It is done by first putting on a good ground of white lead paint flatted and finely rubbed down with sandpaper. Then put into the paint some white copal varnish, sufficient to leave an eggshell gloss when dry, being very careful that it is smoothly applied and laid off finely, leaving no runs or strong brush marks. Then apply varnish alone, with just enough paint to cover it. This last coat must be flowed on the work, not rubbed out or brushed like tho pre vious coat, but left on thicker or in greater body, evenly brushed out, so ns not to be thicker in one place than auother. Zinc white of the best quality, broken up thick with turpentine und strained very fine, should be used for the last two coals. Enamel finish, to retain its pure white,' should be made with zinc ground in var nish for the purpose, the first coat thinned with turpentine, the last with good copal varnish. HOUSE CLEANING SUGGESTIONS. In cleaning bed chambers all furniture should be moved, pictures and ornaments taken from the walls and carpets taken iq. Bare walls, if hard finished, should be wiped down and papered over, cleaned off with a dry cloth. Paints should be washed; windows washed and polished, floors wiped off with hot water, aud rinseil with strong briue. In washing closets and privies, very hot water should housed, and after drying thoroughly, they should be sprinkled with benzine to de stroy vermin nnd moths. Carpets should be freed from dust before putting down. If spots of greeso or dirt still reiuaiu, they can be removed with hot wnter and pearline. When bed chambers are in order, tho parlor and dining-room should be cleaned iu the same way, aud then the kitchens, whero special care should be taken. All the baking pans, tin ware and crockery utensils should bo put iu boil ing water, nnd then scoured. The walls should be white-washed and floors scrubbed; sinks nnd dishes should be cleaned with carbolic acid and hot water. After tho house has been cleaned from attic to cellar, tho yard and out-buildings should undergo the same process, nil rubbish and dirt being hauled from the premises, and lime aud carbolic ncid freely used to cleanse and purify. SALADS. Many delicacies nnd healthful salads may be made from vegetables, says Mrs. E. H. Purker in the Cut ru' r-Junriutl , which are particularly appetizing and acceptable at this time of the year, when the appetite requires tempting. Asparagus Salad Boil two large bunches of asparagus in hot water, drain, cut off the tops, throw iu cold w ater, and staud half un hour. Then dry carefully, put iu a salad dish and pour ov er a dress ing made of a tablespoonful of vinegar! then a tablespoonful of olive oil, a lit t It pepper and salt. Set. on ice. liettuce , Salatl wan crisp ceiui i leaves of 1. ttuce, and dry. Break or teal the leaves to pieces with a silver fork. Make dressing of half a pint of milk, tablespoonful of butter, yolks of three C"$, two tablespoonfuls of com starch, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, with peppei und salt. Pour over the lettuce ami serve immediately. Celery Salad Cut the stalks of white celery into pieces half an inch long. To every pint allow half a pint of mayon naise dressing. Dust the cehrv lightly with salt and pep r, mix with the dress ing ami heap on a cold dish; garnish with celery liones. Kale Salid Strip from the stalks tin inside leaves of tender kale, lay ou a dish : sprinkle with pcpH-rund salt and pom over a dressing ot raw egg, three table spoonsful of thick sweet cream, two of lemon juice ami a leaspooiifol of mustard . beat all together. Onion Salad -Cut up a doen young spring onions, season w it It sail ami pepper. Take a tablespoonful of vinegar ami threi of salad oil, mix ami pour over lhe unions, then place a layer of ban I boiled c-gs on the edge of the dish. Spinach Salad Take two do.eii hcadt of spinach, put on a salad dish, m-us.u with salt ami peppt r. Set on ice. Tak the yolks of three halt! boiled eugs. nusl tine, adtl mustard, salt, pt pper, with a tablespoonful ol melted hiitlcr, mix lint thoroughly ami then with vinegar pom ov. the. spinach. Garnish with ban) boiled eggs sliced. Dandelion, cress,-,, turnip tops ami juustard all make excellent salads pit, pared as lettuce salad. HOW THEY RIDE. Pace, pace, pace fbafr's the way the ladies ride. Foot hung down the pony's side Face, pace, pace, Facing gently into town To buy a bonnet and a gown; Facing up the narrow street, Smilinp nt tho folks they meet That's the way tho ladies ride, ' Foot hung down tho pony's lida Fat, pace, pace. Trot, trot, trot That's the way the gentlemen rido, O'er the horse's back astride Trot, trot, trot. Biding after fox and hound, Leaping o'er the meadow's bound, Trotting through the woods tn spring. Where the little wild birds sing That's the way tho gentlemen ride, O'er the horse's back astrido Trot, trot, trot. Rock, rock, rock That's they way the sailors ride, Rock and reel from sido to sido Rock, rock, rock. Jack Tar thinks he's on the seas, Tossing in a northern breeze; Thinks thnt he must veer und tack. When he mounts a horse's back; Rocking east anil rocking west. Jack Tar rides, dressed in his best Rock, rock, rock. Sleep, sleep, sleep That's the way boy Ned will ride, Floating on the slumber tldo Sleep, sleep, sleep. Out upon the drowsy sea. Where tho sweet dream-blossoms be. For away to Sleepy Isles Sails boy Ned. "Good-night," he smiles; Sinking down In pillows deep, Little Neil is fast asleep Sleep, sleep, sleep. -4nne Jf. Lilly. HUMOR- OF THE DAY. .rtpparcut ingeuuousuess is frequently genuine iugeniousness. "So you are a jail-bird, eh? What did did they put you in fiy?" "Robin." It is when the Young Idea first begins to shoot that a little learning is a danger ous thing. Although baseball is termed tho noble game, a third of the men engaged in each nine ure basemen. Graihic. It is a wise child that goes out of the room to laugh when the old man mashes his thumb. Terrc Haute Krprent. Customer "Say, waiter, this shad tastes very fishy." Waiter "Yes, sah; shads is fish, sah." Philadelphia Meeord. I cannot sing tho old songs. As 1 have been requested; When last I tried to warble them The Mayor had me arrested. Xclraska State Journal. "I wasn't exactly mad nbout it," said Slithersby, discussing his ejection from a theatre "but I was somew hat put out." lliirjxr's Huar. "Why do they call them spar buoys?" she usked the purser. "O," said he, "I suppose because they arc always fighting the waves." Ocean. "Alack," he said, "hero is a bill. Hut where's tho cash with which to pay it? "Alack," he snidagniu, forsooth. It was a luck that made lihn say it. Jercnnnt Tra refer. Fond Mother "You must remember. Emcliue, that fine feathers don't make a tine bird." Daughter "True, mamma, but tiiey do make awfully pretty hats." Time. Scene: A lonely spot on a dark night. 'Would the gentleman be so kind ns to assist a poor man i Beside this revolver, I have nothing in tlu's wide world." Boatutt Uazith: Rose (at the cafe) "Let's sec. We've ordered Irish potatoes, haven't we? What can we have to match them?-'. Emily "Ah, yes! Waiter, a pat of butter, please." Amateur Hubert "Melud, five moons were seen to-night, four fixed and tho other did whirl." Muffled voice from tho audience "Did jevcr hie try bro mide f" rittfhiirg Vixjiatch. A gallant young man, under festal circumstances, referred to one member of the sex he eulogized ns "a delectable dear, so sweet that honey would blush in her presence, and treacle stand appalled." You'll liud it true if you'll observe. Aitliuiigu tne muling out may uaiu yo, 'Tis sometimes hurd to draw the lino 'Twist larceny aud kleptomunia. Merchant Traveler. "Mv dear, was that a hymn you wero singing to Lord Fit, de Grey last night?" asked the loud father on Monday morn ing, "lib, yes, papa; it was 'When I Can Read My Title Clear.' " A'ea Yvrk ;'(. Mr. .less Wadde (to his bride) "Plcaso pass me the sugar, sweetness!" (Looks up iu some confusion as the waitress hands him the sugar bowl with unusual alacrity. Suppressed laughter from the other hoarders i . Jud'jc. A Western college has a si hool for journalism in it. "John. kill that editorial ou 'The Whatness of the Where,' and cut down 'A Lunar Jryth,' so that we can give half a column to 'the Esthetics of Canine t'onlt sis.' '" .1t reliant Trartler. Papa (that is to be) "You make a draft of your plans after marriage, George, and submit it Ionic." George "1 thought IM have that to your generosity, sir. About fifty thousand will do, though. I ll draw when we get to Paris." riie.Kja J"tt rind. A man ft II overboard near Havana, and a lawyer jumped into the water to rescue liiiu just as a shark started to seize tho poor' fellow. The shark reached the mall first and swallowed him, but the lawyer was the quicker, for he sui culcdetl ill getting the man's boots and pockcthook before he disKpjicart.il from sight. A'. Y. .Mi re mi. The Cuban soldiers und bandits vie with each other iu deeds of atrocity. At Guantanamo, while looking for kiduap-jui-s, the authorities biltchere I uine jh.t bOUS. South Carolina devotes a w(-rk annual ly to trce-phiutiug I V
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