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T7 " We pay fl,000,000 a year to the exam lug surgeons in tho pension service. i It is cliiimcd that Gormnny ha moro bio financier than any other country in tho world. f Tho poet Whittior ha added hie voico to the protest against enforcing idleness in prisons. ; . Tho trust fever in spreading in Europe, notwithstanding the disastrous ending of i lie copper syndicate. ' Belgium is tho only European country that has atteinptod to collect through its censuses tho ttatistics of industry. - - i i Tho Troy (N. Y.) Prm is satisfied that at least fivo billion dollars in gold and sil ver lie tit tho bottom of the different oceans. I Train wreckers havo a rough timo in Mexico. The Government has them quietly shot, without any newspaper noturii'ty. '. Twenty years bonce, predicts the Dc troit. Free Preu, no hunter will be able to discover a wild elephant on any portion of tbis.glolie. i Gold and silver discoveries go by nines : 'California, gold, 1849; Pike's Peak, 1859; Nevada, 1809; Leadvillc, 1879. Where is the bonanza of 18691 ; A phase of bonevolent work, which has como info public notice with especial prominence lately, notes the New Orleans Picr;,nnc, U ;.c i-Tzn of town and city hospitals. The New York Methodist Conference passed a resolution deploring the custom vf raising money for church and charitable purposes by fairs, bazaars, festivals, sup pers, pleasure parties and similar means of misleading or injurious tendency. : Ceylon people are interested in a rivalry ns to who shall find the highest palm tree. An English railroad builder named Can. tii'll made tho first record of 110 feet, but Mr. Paton-Cray has just shown a pulm 117 lent hight and takes the medal. ; 1 The British naval programme for the future is colossal. ' In addition to the thirty-eight war ships of one kind or another now in construction, seventy moro are to be laid dojvn nt a cost of 110,000,000, making 501 war ships by 1891. Of all the races of mankind that migrate to this country, the Italians cure the least about becoming tho owners of laud. Few of them stiiko out for tho fertile fields of tho far West to enter upon tho work of tilliug the soil, to live, iu cabins built by their own hands, and to "grow up with tho country." I Tho Khalifa of Khartoum has kindly presented the Governor of Suakin with the head of Mas Alula, tho great Abyssinian General, for a foot ball, announces tho Chicago Arm. ' It is by such little court esies as these that the people, of the Orient have uttuiucuTfcu lasting reputation for politeness. Xoudon bus become recognized as the grout "clearing houso for all European thieves who operate on a large settle. The proceeds for any great robbery com mitted in Kuroe, which it is intended to restore through negotiations, are always sent to bo delivered in London, and there in as yet no legal way to put a stop to tho trallic. ' Three countries in Europe look to their royal nurseries for the future occupants of their thrones. Alexander of Servia is thirteen, Princess Wilhclmiuo Ileleue of tho Netherlands is nine, and Alphonso XIII. of Spain but three years of age. There is something almost pathetic, ob serves tho New York Voice, ia the interest with which, in the turmoil of political ' strifes at this ago of tho world, national lives are bound up in these children. ' The people of Rutlaud, Vt., tried the Australian system of voting at their Inst village district election, and a local paper reports tltat, "over 150 votes had to bo rejected owing to irregularity, while there was much grumbling before the day was over and some contested offices will result. This failure was duo tono delect iu tho method-, but to ignorance and the diminution of the cletueingyccrtcy llie voters being allowed to help and ad vise each other in the matter of erasures. When tho practice of cremation was introduced here a few years ago, remarks tho Ney York Sun, its advocates believed that it would soon supersede the custom of burial, liut it has not grown iu fuor ft. they supposed it would grow. Tho .' object has just been brought under cie--Its in the Kings County Medical Society, 1 "icinfttiou way strongly advocated by "of its meinlii but it is now evi ;tut that the populur feeling against the -'tut ire, is of a kind that cannot be over ' ' Itia geueiatiou. The crematory "j" f-" l'""" institution, not . i'uccU into Christian countries. THE COMMON CHORD. The Rappahannock's stately tide, aglow with sunset light, -Climo sweeping down between tho hills that hemmed Its gathering might. From one side rose the Stafford slopes, and on the other shore The Spottsylvanla meadows licuwith oak groves scattered o'er. " Hushed wero tho sounds of busy day; the bmndlng air was hushed. Save for the rapid-flowing stream that chanted as it rushed. O'er mead and gently sloping hills, on either side the stream, Tho white tents of the soldiers caught the sun's departing beam On Spottaylvania1 slopes the Blue; on Staf ford's hills the Gray; Between them, llko an unsheathed sword, tho glittering river lay. Hark I Suddenly a Union band far down tho stream sends forth The strains of "Hail, Columbia," the rxran of the North. The tenta are parted; silent throngs of sol. diors, worn and grim, Stand forth upon the dusky sIoikjs to hear the mart ial hymn. So clear and quiet wns tho night that to tho farthest bound Of either camp was borne the swell of sweet, triumphant sound. And when the last note died away, from dis tant post to post A shout, like thunder of the tide, rolled through tle Federal host. Then straightway from the other shore there rose an answering strain. "Bonnie Bluo Flag" came floating down tho slope and o'er tho plain. And then the Boys in Gray sent back our cheer across the tido A mighty about then rent the air and echoed far and wide. "Star-spangled Banner," wo replied; they answered, "Boys iu Grny," While cheer on cheer rolled through the dusk, and faintly died away. Deeply the gloom had gathered round, and all the stars had come. When the Uuiou band began to pluy the notes of "Home. Sweet Home." Slowly and softly breathed the chords, and utter silence fell Over the valley and tho hills on Blue and Gray as well. New swelling and now siuking low, now tremulous, now strong, The leader's cornet played the air of tho beautiful old song; And, rich and mellow, horn and bass joined In the flowing chords, So voiee-liko thut they scarcely lacked tho charm of spoken words. Then what a cheer from both the hosts, with faces to the stars I And tears were shed and prayers were sold upon the field of Mors. The Southern twnd caught up the strain; and wo, who could sing, sang. Oh, what a glorious hymn of home across the river rang I We thought of loved ones faraway, of sconrs we'd left behind The low-roofed farm-house 'neat It tho elm that murmured in tho wind; Tho children standing by the gate, tho dear wife at the door; The dusty sunlight all aslant upon the old barn floor. Oh ! loud and long tho cheer we raised, when silence fell again, And died away auioug the hills tho dear familiar strain. Then to our cots of straw wo stole, and dreamed the livelong night Of fur-off hamlets in the hills, peacc-wollcd, and still, and white. Jitnte linekham, in WurpiVs Weekly. THE MAVERICK SILVER. r BY 8. A. WEISS. It was a stormy November evening, with a high wind aud a pouring rain Buch un evening us makes people ap preciate, tho luxury of a pleasant home fireside. Tho Misses Maverick felt very comfort able as they sat in cushioned chairs, one on each side of the glowing lire, whilo between them the ittlo tea-table gleamed with polished Bilver which reflected back the dancing blaze. No plated ware was this, but, ns tho ladies often boasted, solid sterling silver which had belonged to their grandfather; and having nothing else to show in token of what" the Mavericks had been iu their day, they prized this battered silver service above all things. As Miss Maverick often observed, she would pre fer to lose tho house over their heads, though it had bceu left them by un aunt, than part with oue of thnc worn spoons engraven with the Maverit k monogram. "Alice seems very long about the tea," observed Miss Maverick, glancing at the clock. "I um almost sorry 1 allowed Nancy to goto her sister's. It is incou venieut, and I never feel safo without her, in case of illuess or accident. She hasn't been long with us, but I think she's to be trusted." "Sho is certainly sufiicieutly out spoken," said Miss Myra, nodding her little gray curls. "What do you think sho suid to mo to-day? 'Miss Myra,' says she, 'if that young doctor's too poor to support Miss Alice, as 1 heerd ye say, couldu't ye let 'cm havo the rooms across the hall that's no use to anliody but the mice, and that 'ud stive 'em their rent' says she." Miss Myra laughed a little, timid laugh, while she. glanced h:tlf-wistfully tit her sister, But she, still and erect, gazed into the fire. "Nancy must be taught to . know her place," she said, sternly. "And us to Alice, 1 have already suid thai 1 will never consent to her marrying Doctor Darrel. Think of our bringing up that child, educating and clothing her, iu the hope that she would make a match worthy of a Maverick, and the first thing thai wo know she wants to throw herself away on a poor doctor the sou of a plain fanner who has nothing to depend tim but his practice, if he ever gels one." "lie may succeed iu time," said Miss Myra, who rarely ventured to differ from her more strong minded sister. ."They say he's clever, and people beeui to like him. I would not be surprised it he and Alice marry nt last." "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, anil leave the silver and everything else to the Home for Decayed Gentlewomen. It will be better there than with common crockery on Farmer Dnrrel's tabic." At this moment Alice entered, boaring the tea trsy, an office which sho had taken upon herself in order that Nancy might have liberty to visit her sister. She was a slight girl, with a fair, sweet face, and a gentle, appealing look, con trasting with Miss Maverick's determined expression. Hhe did not look happy. How could she, when she knew that to give herself to the man she loved would be to estrange from her the only relntives from whom she had found kindness and affection? Alice poured out the tea, and the ladies had jut helped themselves to toast and marmalude, when Miss Sfyra gave a slight scream and pointed to the window opposite which she was seated. Therebetween the curtains appeared a man's face, and as they looked lie nodded and beckoned. "For heaven's sake, Alice," said Miss Mnvcriok, startled, "sec who it is and what he wants!" The girl raised the sash slightly, but be fore sho could speak, the man who wns leaning over from the porch stooped and said, iu a low and hurried voice : "Don't be alarmed. lama policeman, and come to let you know that there are burglars on your premises. Let us in quietly, so as not to alarm." Miss Myra sank pale and trembling on a sofa. Her sister, seizing a lamp in one hand and with tho other firmly clutching Alice's arm, went to tho hall door and quickly unlocked it. Two men stepped in one a dapjier and well-dressed little man, and tho other tall and stalwart, wearing a rough overcoat with a large cape. The moment he passed the threshold, he turned tho key and withrdew it from the lock. "They won't escape by this way," he muttered, and cautiously followed the ladiqs into the room they had just left. Here he opened his overcoat, displaying a policeman's shield and uniform, and ugniu buttoned it. "I am Sergeant Angus," he said, speak ing in the same low and cautious tone. "This gentleman Sir. Martin has just informed me that he saw two men cuter your house awhile ago " 'By tho cellar window in tho side yard," replied Mr. Martin, who looked a little timid and uneasy. Sergeant' Angus nodded and again ad dressed Sliss Maverick : "It is possible the servants may have let them in.', "Oh, dear, no! We have only one our cook anil she was sent for an hour ago to sec a sick relative." The Sergeant smiled a peculiar smile. 'That's un old trick, taking oneself out of the way to avoid suspicion. I will warrant, ma'am, tho servant has a hand in this matter. Probably she knows whero you keep your valuables, and has posted her accomplices. It is just there that we cau best trap them. I havo a mau at the rear and will let him in." Miss Maverick was shocked and alarmed out of her self-possession. "I would never have dreamed it of Nancy. Hut it's tho silver they're after. Part of it is here, as you see, and the rest in the closet of my room, locked in an old leather trunk. I would'ut lose it for the world. Oh" "Pray be quiet, ma'am!" said tho Sergeant, almost authoritatively, "or they will hear you and take the alarm, which is your room?" "The one over this " "Hist!" He held up his hand and listened. "I think I hear a sound overhead. They tiro probably at the 'oset. Now, ladies, whatever happens, keep perfectly quiet. Mr. Martin will stay by you, if you object to being left alone." lie examined a pistol which ho took from beneath his coat, then softly left the room. Mr. Martin looked around. "Hadn't you better put that silver. out of the way," he suggested, "and any valuables that you have within reach?'1 "Certainly. Why didn't I think of:it?" said Miss Maverick, all of a tremble. And whilo Alice attended- Miss Myra with vinegar and water, tho elder sister, with Mr. Martin's assistance, tied upithe silver iu u table-cover and thrust itout of sight under tho valence of thebig, chintz-covered sofa. Then she opened a wrrfiug-dcsk, and too': out a roll of bills, which sho thrust deep down into her pocket adding to them her own and Miss Myra's mourning breastpins ttnd rings. Next, she seized upon the family Bible, and various photograph; which hung above, tho mantle-piece, and with her treasures thus secured, stood rigid and alert, prepared' for the worst. Ten minutes of dead silence ensued. Then they heard a, step, heavy but cau tious, coining down the stairs. It crossed the hall, and entered the room next that! . '-.'jJyv were. A moment ufter there was a sound of a muffled voice. Mr. Martin started up, and hastily motioning to the ladies to follow, iglided out of the room. In her fright, Miss Maverick forgot even the precious silver under tho sofa, and laden with the rest of her treasures, whilo Alice supKrted the limp and trembling form of Sliss Myra, stumbled out into the pitch-dark hall. At the moment, some oue rushed past them. Miss Maverick was pushed rudely against tho wall, and fell, while a rough hand grasped her throat. "I've got you, you villain! Here, An gus, lend us a hand! Why, hang it!" as he seized Miss Maverick's false front hair, which conic oil iu his hand, "it's a wo mau!" Then there was a scuffle, a sound of running feet down the cellar stairs, a confused noise outside, pistol shots and Miss Maverick, in the midst of her books and photographs, fainted dead away in the darkness. When she came to herself she was lying on the chintz sofa, with Alice kneeling besido her, bathing her hands in cam phor, while Doctor Darrel bent over her, stanching a slight wound on her fore head. Close by Nancy wns ministering to Miss Myra, and indignantly discoursing: " 'Twas jist one o' their cunnin' tricks, Miss Myra bad luck so 'cm I To think o' me bein' cheated into goin' off a mile an' more through wind nn' rain, to see my dyin' sister an' she dnncin' nt tho wed din'l" "Where am I?" said Miss Maverick, feebly. "Safe in your own house, my dear madam," answered the doctor, cheer fully. And Aliee looked half-timidly from him to her aunt. "The silver 1" gasped tho latter, with, a sudden remembrance.' "It is safe, also. We were in the alley, on the watch for the 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, nnd her expression instantly changed. No pocket was there, but a great hole whore it had Iwjen cut clean out no doubt when she was knocked down and choked. "It was tho fellow they called Sfartin," explained the doctor. "He and his com panion the pretended policeman wero tho burglars. They both escaped, though Martin dodged a good whilo before he would drop the silver which ho had helped to hide under the sofa. As for the contents of tho pocket, he got off with that. Miss Maverick was too thankful at the recovery of her precious silver to tako 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 tho side lights and called for help, and Doctor Darrel, who was just entering his office, heard me." "She culled him by his name," said Nancy, excitedly, "an' lucky 'twas ho heerd her, for there wasn't a livin' soul on the street but him and me. An' he wns over like a flush ; an' when she told him there were burglars, he run for his pistils, and sent his boy flyin' for the per lice, aud the first thing there was a crowd. An' it's him, mum, you've to thank for savin' your lives, an' tho silver, an' tho houso from bein' burnt over your head, likely." M is-Maverick made no reply; but on the following day sho pondered these things in her mind, and came to a con clusion. "Myra," she said, "that Doctor Darrel is a very nice young man, after nil." "I always said so." ' "And he was certainly the means of saving tho silver, and was very kind to us." " "no certainly was; nnd you wo 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; and it is a good thing to have a doctor iu tho family and tho silver would ba safe." Whereat Nancy, who overheard tho whole from an adjoining room, danced a soft and silent danco of satisfaction and triumph all for Miss Alice's sake. Tho silver shono very brightly on Alice's wedding night, aud the Misses Maverick have never since been troubled by burglars. Sttturilui tiight. Whero Cars Are Rim With Sails. I was looking at some models iu tha National Museum of curious cars used iii the early days of railroading iu this coun try, when Mr. Wntkius, tho curator, pointed out one particular one that had a mast and sail. Experiments with such cars wero made on the 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 Guano rail road on the island of Maiden, in the South Pacific. They are, in fact, used neaivt home than that, (or railroad tneu at Barnc gut Beach, when the wind is favorable, frequently ride over the road on construc tion cars sloop-rigged. "The wind hoi a good deal to do with railroading even to-day," Mr. Wntkius said. If you go to tho bureau of intelligence at tho Broad street station, Philadelphia, and ask whether some train, say from New York, is likely to be on time, you may oo in formed that it is likely to be four or fivo minutes lute, because there is a strong wind from the west. Winds make con siderable diiTerence in the running timo of truius. rhiladdiihin U'tleyraph. The Coaling of Ocean Steamers. Talking the other day with a manager of one of our transatlantic lines ho told a New York Star reporter sonio curious things about the coaling of ocean steamers and the work ami men on board of the big ships. It appeurs that as time goes on the daily consumption of coal increases on all the Atlantic steamers, which must make the voyage now in seven days or under if they would hold their ow n uud attract cus tom. To do this u vessel must bttru from 200 to 300 tons of coal daily, making this item of expense over $1500 every twenty fours, requiring more men to handle it ami taking up additional room iu the hold of the ship. The L'mbria burus twelve tons of coal per horn-, uud ou every vessel of her size the journals and bearings of the machinery require l.'iO gallons of lubricat ing oil per day. Tho Cuitard Lino em ploys 4500 hands, including 1100 of a shore gong, UdO stewards, thirty-four captains and 14b' ollieers. ROYAL PALACE OF SIAM. DESCRIPTION OF THE SIAMESE XINet'S HOME IN BANGKOK. Of Kuropean Architecture, but Adorned 'With Oriental Magnlfl ccncc Ill-Kempt White Klephanta The palace of tho King at Bangkok, Shun, was built only a few years ago, writes Frank G. Carpenter. It looks much like one of the great palaces of Europe. It has several stories, and under tho bright rays of this Siamese sun it seems to be mndo of marble. A closer htfpectiou shows that the marble is stucco, and the golden elephants, each about half life-size, which guard tho entrance change as you come near them from mas sive gold to iron gilded. Wide stairways lead by marble steps through those 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 is a bed and ho lies on his arm or sits Siamese fashion, a la Turk, while he receives his royal Council and dis cusses matters of the kingdom. The Ministers and nobles sit on leather-cushioned benches, and the portraits of Siamese heroes, in oil, by European nrtisU, look down upon them from the walls. Just back of the King there is a portrait of a shaved-hcaded, crooked-mouthed, pale faced, half-naked Buddhist priest. It is the high priest of the kingdem, and thus the proceedings go ou 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 side of tho vestibule is a grand reception-room fully as wide and nearly ns long as the East Boom of the White House at Washington. This is paved with marble mosaic, and its high ceiling, twice as high as that of the East Itoom, is gorgeously decorated with carvings of gold. Brilliant chnndcliers hang down from it, and about the walls arc oil paintings of the royal family, and tho only woman's face among them is that of the present Queen, whose sweet face looks down beside those of tho King's brothers, and has the best light and the place of honor of the whole room. Tho furniture of this room is European, and the treasures of Europe havo been ran sacked to till it. There are rare vases from Dresden, filigree work from Venice and 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 at the back of the room has a medallion portrait of the King painted on porcelain and set in the richest of diamonds. Tho corners of the room contain largo cabinets filled with curious works in gold from card-cases up to betel-boxes, a"d I no ticed a fine portrait of Frederick, the late Emperor of Germany, among the many oil paintings on the wall. Tho audience chamber, or rather the throne room of the King, is a grand hall with a ceiling mndo of many colored pieces of glass and producing the samo effect as tho glass wall which Tiffany built between the vestibule aud the long corridor of our White Houso. The light shining through this makes it look as though it was made of jewels aud the room is lighted from the top. This ceil ing is, I judge, fifty feet from the floor. It is vaulted aud the walls below are fres coed in gold. Three immense glass chan deliers like those of the East Room of tho White House, hang down from this ceiling-, and these were made for the palace of the Emperor of Austria, but were bought by the King of Siam. Tho floor is of marble mosaic and the King sits on a great chair or rostrum at the back. Fivo steps led to it, and beside him aro the kingly umbrellas nnd over him a nine story pagodu-liko crown of white and gold. Around the room there are gold trees and gold bashes, and tho leaves of these ure of pure gold, while their trunks urc heavily plated. There were, perhaps, a dozen of these on each side of the room, and they ranged from the size of a Christ mas tree down to that of a small currant bush. These are the offerings of the rulers of tho various provinces under tho King. They make these presents of gold trees every year, aud some of them nro worth fortunes. Not a few were of sil ver, aud the silver trees wero placed ou one side of the room, while those of gold were placed on tho other. Siam is known as the laud of the white elephant. The elephant is the imperial animal of tho country, and you see his picture upon all of the flags. The old coins of the realm have nn 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, and the people formerly worshipped him, and they do so to some extent now. Be fore going to see tho palace I had read a glowing description of the white ele phant of Siain. I expected to see his tusks bound with gold, to find golden chains about his neck uud u superb velvet coat of purple, fringed with scarlet nnd gold, over his snow-whito body. What I did find was four wild-eyed, scraggy-looking elephants with long tusks and with skins not much whiter than those you see in the Aniericau circus. The only white part about them was their long flapping cars, which seemed to bo afflicted with tho leprosy. The remainder of their skins had the whiteness only of disease, and I was told, as a rule, the white ele phants of Siam are mad elephants. These beasts were iu dirty stables and they were chained by tho feet to great woodcu posls. They had dirty keepers and there was no sign of royalty ubout them. Their keepers fed them some grass while we were present and they performed some ordinary circus tricks for us. The glory of the white eleplnuit has, in all probability, departed, tinil the elephants of the interior of Slum are made to work quite as hard us their brothers ull over the world. One of the punishments of Siam is making convicts cut the grass for these royul elephants. Oue of them killed his keeper the other day, and this same, holy beast made u stiup ut mo with his trunk whet) Jt entered his stable, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. WnOLESOMEfOCfS OF COI.D FOOD. Cold food, says the Boston Journal of Health, is much more easily kept on a sen sitive stomach than hot; so, in cases where it is rejected in the ordinary warm or hotform, it had better be tried as near ly frozen as may be taken. In mnny fev ers this would bo a decided advantage. Milk may be administered in a frozen state, ofton with a positive advantage. The Sanitary Era adds, from frequent in stances, that ice-cream suits admirably some conditions where hardly any other food is acceptable. CLEANING FINK LACKS. 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 bottle, and on this the lace is pinned. The bottle is then placed in a bnth of soapy, warm water; after soaking for twenty minutes it is boiled for some timo and allowed to cool. It is dipped in sev eral baths of clear water until all tie soap seems to bo removed. The lace is then taken off the bottle, and, after the water is gently pressed out, it is hung up to dry. When still slightly damp it is pluccd on a hair cushion covered with flannel nnd fastened with lacepins. This demands skill 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 arubic, which gives a new ap pearance when dry. Brooklyn Citizen. TO rCT A GLOBS ON WOODWORK. For gloss or enamel finish on smoothly dressed woodwork, now in favor, as good authority as Decorator and Furnisher gives the following directions: It is done by first putting on a good ground of white lead paint flatted and finely nibbed 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 coats, but left on thicker or in greater body, evenly brushed out, so ns not to be thicker in one place than nnotlicr. Zinc white of the best quality, broken up thiok with turpentine and strained very fine, should be used for the last two coals. Enamel finish, to retain its pure white,1 should be made with zinc ground in var nish for tho 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 Vf. 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, and rinsed with strong brine. In washing closets and privies, very hot water should boused, and after drying thoroughly, they should be sprinkled with benzino to de stroy vcrmiu and moths. Carpets should be freed from dust before putting down. If spots ot grcese or dirt still remain, they can be removed with hot water aud pearline. When bed chambers are in order, tho parlor aud dining-room should bo cleaned iu tho same way, and then the kitchens, whero special care should be taken. All tho baking pans, tin ware and crockery utensils should bo put iu boil ing water, and then scoured. Tho walls should bo white-washed nnd floors scrubbed; sinks and dishes should be cleaned with carbolic acid and hot water. After the houso has been cleaned from attic to cellar, tho yard and out-buildings should undergo the same process, all rubbish and dirt being hauled from tho premises, nnd lime and carbolic acid freely used to cleanse nnd purify. SALADS. Many delicacies and healthful salads may be made from vegetables, says Mrs. E. It. Parker in tho Courier-Journal, which are particularly appetizing and acceptable nt this timo of tho year, when the uppetite requires tempting. Asparagus Salad Boil two large bunches of asparagus in hot water, drain, cut off tho tops, throw in cold water, anil Stand half an hour. Then dry carefully, put iu a salad dish and pour over a dress ing iuado of a tablespootiful of vinegar then a tublespoonful of olive oil, a little pepper and salt. Set on ice. - Lettuce Salad Wash crisp center leaves of lettuce, and dry. Break or teal the leaves to pieces with a silver fork. Muke dressing of half a pint of milk, tublespoonful of butter, yolks of three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of com starch, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, with pepper and salt. Pour over the lettuce aud serve immediately. Celery Salad Cut the stalks of white celery into pieces half au inch long. To every pint allow half a pint of mayon naise, dressing. Dust the celery lightly with salt and peper, mix with the dress ing and heap ou u cold dish; garnish with celery liones. Kale Salid Strip from tho stalks the inside leaves of tender kale, lay ou u dish ; sprinkle with peer uud salt and pom over a dressing of ruw egg, three table spoonsful of thick sweet cream, two of lemon juice and a teaspoonful of mustard ; beat ull together. Onion Salad Cut up a dozen young spring onions, sexson w ith salt and pepper. Take a tublespoonful of vinegar and threi of salad oil, mix and pour over the onions, theu place a layer of hard boiled eggs ou tho edge of the dish. Spiuach Salad Take two dozen heath of spinach, put on a salad dish, scasoe with salt and pepper. Set on ice. Tukt tho yolks of three hard boiled eggs, inasl fine, mid mustard, stilt, pepia-r, with u tublespoonful of melted butler, mix then! thoroughly and then with viuegur pom ovi tho spinach. Garnish with hard boiled eggs sliced. Dandelion, cresses, turnip tops and uustard ull make excellent suluds pre pared as lettuce sttlutl. HOW THEY RIDE. Pace, pace, pace fbatf the way the ladies tide, Foot hung down the pony's side i Pace, pace, pace, Pacing gently into town To buy a bonnet and a gown; Pacing up the narrow street, Smiling at the folks they meet That's the way the ladies ride, Foot hung down the pony's aula Pane, pace, pace. Trot, trot, trot That's the way the gentlemen ride, O'er the horse's back astride Trot, trot, trot. Riding after fox and hound. Leaping o'er the meadow's bound, Trotting through the woods in spring; Where the little wild birds sing That's the way the gentlemen ride, O'er the horse's back astride Trot, trot, trot. Rock, rock, rock That' they way the sailors ride, Rock and reel from side to sido Rock, rock, rock. Jack Tar thinks he's on tho seas. Tossing iu a northern breeze; Thinks that he must veer and tack, When he mounts a horse's back; Rocking east and rocking west, Jock Tar rides, dressed in his best Rock, rock, rock. Sleep, sleep, sleep That's the way boy Ned will ride, Floating on the slumber tide Sleep, sleep, sleep. Out upon the drowsy sea. Where the sweet dream-blossoms be, Far away to Sleepy Isles Sails boy Ned. "Good-night,'1 he smiles; Sinking down in pillows deep, Little Ned is fast asleep Sleep, sleep, sleep. Anne if. Lilly. Hl'MOU OF THE DAY. .Apparent ingenuousness is frequently genuine iugeuiousncss. "So you are a jail-bird, eh? What did did they put you in fo?" "Robin." It is when tho Young Idea first begins to shoot that a little learning is a danger ous thing. Although baseball is termed the noble game, a third of tho men engaged in each nine are basemen. Graphic. It is a wise child that goes out of tho room to laugh when the old man mashes his thumb. 1'erre Haute Fipress. Customer "Say, waiter, this shad tastes very fishy." Waiter "Yes, sah; shads is fish, sah." Philadelphia Record. I cannot sing the old songs, As I have been requested; When last I tried to warble them The Mayor had me arrested. Nebraska State Journal. "I wasn't exactly mad about it," said Slithersby, discussing his ejection from a theatre, "but I was somewhat put out." Ilarptr't Bazar. "Why do they call them spar buoys?" she asked the purser. "O," said he, "I suppose because they aro always fighting the waves." Ocean. "Alack," he said, "here is a bill, But Where's the cash with which to pay it? "Alack," he said again, forsooth. It was a lack that made htm say it. AfercAant Traveler. Fond Mother "You must remember, Emcline, that flue feathers don't muke a fine bird." Daughter "True, mummu, but tiiey do make awfully pretty bats." Time. Scene: A lonely spot on a dark night. "Would the gentleman be so kind as to assist a poor man ? Beside this revolver, I have nothing iu tliis wide world." BosUmi (Jauttc. Rose (at tho cafe) "Let's sec. We've 1 ordered Irish potatoes, haven't we! What cun we huve to mutch them?". Emily "Ah, yesl Waiter, a put of butter, please." Amateur Hubert "Me hid, fivo moons wero seen to-night, four fixed and tho other did whirl." Muffled voice from tho audience " Did jever hie try bro mide?" PittJmrg Dinjxiteh. A gallant young man, under festal circumstances, referred to one member of the sex he eulogized as "a delectable dear, so sweet that honey would blush in her presence, and treacle stand appalled." You'll find it true if you'll observe, Although the finding out may pain ye, 'Tis sometime nam to draw tne line 'Twixt larceny aud kleptomania. Merchant IVaveter. "My dear, was that a hymn you were singing to Lord Fitzdo Grey last night?" asked the fond father on Monday morn ing. "Oh, yes, papa; it was 'When I Can Read My Title Clear. " AVto York Hun. Mr. Jess Wuddu (to his bridej "Pleaso pass mo the sugar, sweetness!" (Looks up iu some confusion as tho waitress hands him the sugar bowl with unusual alacrity. Suppressed laughter from the other boanlcrsi. Judye. A Western collego has a school for journalism in it. "John, kill that editorial on 'The Whatness of tho Where,' and cut dowu 'A Lunar Myth,' so that we can give half a column to 'the Esthetics of Caniuo Contests.'" Merchant Traveler. Papa (that is to be) "You make u draft of your plans after marriage, George, and submit it tome." George "I thought I'd leave that to your generosity, sir. About fifty thousand will do, though. I'll draw when we get to Paris." Chicago Journal. A man fell overboard near llavauu, uud . lawyer jumped into the water to rescue him just us u shark started to seizo tho poor fellow. The shark reached the mau first uud swallowed him, but the lawyer wus the quicker, for he succeileiled in getting the man's boots and pockcthook before he disappeared from sight. N. V. Mercury, The Cuban soldiers and bandits vie with each otiier iu deeds of utrocity. At Guautiuiauio, while looking for kidnap pers, thu authorities butchered nine per toiis. South Carolina devotes a wtwk annual ly to tree-pltuitiug. i ,
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