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Water power is largely relied upon in
Maine, New York and Wisconsin. .i
The English language is tnuglit in all
Japanese schools by order of tho Govern
ment, i
Br. . Munhnll, tho Kansas revivalist,
lays it is cheaper to convert a man than
to luuig klm.
It is estimated that forty per cent, of
the member of the Inst two Congresses
were college men.
' According to the World, there are 500
men in New York, each of whom could
check $1,000,000 from bank.
Tlio Johnstown sufferers have received
enough clothing in the shape of contribu
tions to .Inst tho people twenty years.
Up to tho present time nearly $500,
000,000 havo been spent in supplying
drinking water to tho pcoplo of the
United Stutes.
This has been a year for horrors.
Whilo not yet half gone, 1889 witnessed
the Samoan tidal wave, the Conemaugh
flood and tho Scattlo fire.
Wyoming is proud of one of its quali
fications for Statehood, says tho New
York Telegram, bt its adult population
only 2 6-10' per tent, arc illiterates.
Millionaire C. P Huntington, of ' New
York, lias been solicited by King Leo
pold, of Belgium, to secure an American
interest in tho Congo (Africa) Railroad.
Judge Prendergnsti of-Chicago, in a
lengthy decision regarding tho Cook
Couuty (III.) insane asylum, recommends,
that the institution bo removed from
political influence. '
The Emperor of China desires to re
organize the police and fire departments
of that country, and he has directed a
representative of his minister at Wash
ington to go to Chioago and get point
ers. A war cloud is rising in Brazil. A
contest is iirruiihent between Bolivia and
Paraguay, and Brazil is so bound up by
treaty-obligatious with Paraguay that she
will almost certainly bo drawn into the
strife.
Idaho and Wyoming' have gone to
work in a way that indicates a belief in
their early admission as States. In both
territories constitutional conventions have
been called, and tho necessary machinery
et in motii to place them in a position
to apply to Congress next winter for ad
mission.
Tho iucorporafion lit" Chicago of the
American Executing Company, organized
to execute criminals who are sentenced to
death, is either a huge joke, thinks the
flctroit Fret Press, or one of tho grim
mest of commentaries upou the capacity
of the American to turu everything to
business advantage.
"American breweries have only whetted
tho British appetite, and tho English in
vestor now wants more. What shall it
.bet queries tho New York Poet." Peun
rlieiuiia steel or Minnesota flour? Both
Wrtrii-l!?fl of fare, and both exceed-
jSeuu in h il, ponders the question,
( J.
A patient English gentleman, who col-
lects statistics, brings out some figures to
help the causo of peace. It seems that
Jm 1S52 to 1S77 war killed 1,94S,000,
ijeoplu, and what is still more wonderful
the killing of each man cost mare than
10,000. The total cost was $12,003,000,
000; so that peace has its good points
from an economical side.
i .
' The review of the no? a and condi
tion oi tho cotutj croJr the year, as
published by tho New York. Financial
Chronicle, shws that an increase of acre
age of cotton in tho wholo South of 2
84-100 per cent., tho increase in Texas
being 7 per cent. The acreage of the
whole South intotton this year is 20,
809,480 acres, being an Increase of 464,
' 050 acres. .
The London Netcs tells this interesting
anecdoti iu a sketch of tho late Laura
Bridgti When Carlylo impertinently
Khked, "wait great or noble thing has
.America ever done?" somebody replied:
'She has produced a girl, deaf, dumb
ami . blind from infancy, who, from her
owu earnings, has sent a barrel of flour
Jt the starving subjects of Great Britain
iu Ireland."
A Belgian murderer named Hoyos will
livo in the annals of crime. Fourteen
years ago ho insured his wife's life for
$20,000. A few weeks afterward she
was killed by a horse's kick, Hoyos said,
but it was proved that ha had just pre
viously bought a horseshoe and fastened
ajie end of a mallet. He was a man
physical strength, and there
ft doubt that he killed the
strange weapon. But
y quitted. in the absence of
4 ...... 1
LOST LIGHT. '
I cannot mak her smile come back - "
That aunshin of her (ace
That used to make this worn earth seem,
At times, so gay a place.
The same doar eye look out-atme;
The features are the same;
But, oh ! tho smile ia outot them,
And I must be to blame.
Sometime I see it still; I went
With hor tho other day,
To meet along-missed friend, and while
We still were On the way,
Here confidence In waiting lore
Brought back, Tor me to see,
That old-time love-light to her eye
That will not shine for me.
They tell me money waits forme;
They say I might have fame.
like those gewgaws quite as well
As others like those same.
But I care not for what I have,
Nor lust for what I lack
One tithe as much as my heart longs
To call that lost light back.
Comeback! doar banished smile, come back I
And into exile drive
AU thoughts, and aims, and Jealous hopes
That in thy stead would thrive.
Who wants the earth without the sun?
And what has life for me
That' worth a thought, if, as it's price,
It leaves me robbed of theol
Edward S. Martin, in Scribncr.
POUND GUILTY.
The man who its down to deliberately
plan a crime works every point ajid de
tail to one common centre an alibi. Tho
law has common sense enough in this one
particular to presume that a man who is
in Boston, for instance, when a murder
is committed iu Cincinnati could not
hn&'A fired the shot nr struck the hlnw.
1 Therefore, let one accused of crime
prove to tho jury that he was at some
other point at a certain critical hour, and
he must bo declared innocent. This
knowledge makes the alibi a favorite de
fence. If not clearly proved, it always
raises doubts and affords opportunity for
argument. Ou the other hand, however,
when an alibi is fairly beaten by the
prosecution, then circumstantial evidence
becomes tho death-trap of the accused,
and he has no show.
One of tho best laid alibis I ever ran
up against iu my career as a detective,
and one of the easiest to work out after
I got the end of the thread in hand, was
put forward in a case in Iowa about twen
ty years ago. Tho situation was this:
Iu a small village in the western part of
the State lived a Miss Clarinda Moore,
a spinster about forty-five years of age.
She was worth $50,000, and she had
adopted a boy named Byron Fergus. At
the date of which I am writing this boy
was no longer a boy, but a youug man of
twenty-threo. Ho was employed as a
dark in a dry goods house, and boarded
and lodged at home. He was adopted at
the age of twelve, and on tho day ho
reached his majority Miss Moore made a
will leaving him everything. This fact
was known to all in the village. Fergus
was a model youug num. No one could
point out a siuglo bad habit. He was
trusted and respected by all, and had he
been accused of the slightest dishonesty,
no one would have believed tho charge.
In n smaller villago six miles away
Fergus had an aunt who was a widow.
and lived nlouo, with the exception of
Having the company of a servant girl.
He was in the habit of going over there
about once iu two months and remaining
over Sunday. On these trips he drove a
horse and buggy belonging to tho vil
lage cooper. The horse had a peculiar
habit which will be described later on.
One Saturday evening of a July day,
Fergus drove away on one of these trips.
There wero two or three women at the
gate in company with Miss Moore when he
drove away. Tho only thing out of
tne usual run was the remark thut Byron
looked rather pale and seemed a bit nerv
ous, but probably this never would have
been thought of but for what came to
pas3.
At 11 o'clock that night there was a
thunder storm and an insurance agent
w no was on the road between the two vil
lages with horse and buggy, drove into a
fence corner and sheltered himself as well
as possible with the water proofs. In the
midst of the stoim a horse and buggy
came along. Tho driver was so enveloped
by waterproofs that the .agent could not
tell whether lie was old or young, large
or small, white or bluck. At that spot
the road had been lately graded up and
was very soft. Tho stranger was urging
the horse to trot, but the beast found the
mud too deep and could only proceed at
a walk. As the strange horse came op
posite, thcro was a long, vivid flash of
lightning, and tho agent saw that the
animal had his head turned to the right
and his tongue out. This was the peculior
habit of the cooper's horse when ou a
walk. When trotting he held up his head
and kept his tongue back. The agent
identified the horse to his perfect satis
faction and called out to tho driver, ask
ing wno lie was. instead of halting or
replying the man struck the horse shuq
jWy with tho whip and was out of sight in
a moment.
"That's old Shepperd (the cooper), and
he's afraid 1 am a highwayman !" laughed
the agent, and the rain now beginning to
cease, he made ready to resume his jour
ney. MissMooro was an early riser, and
moreover never missed church services
As the day was fine, end she was not seen
at church, two or three of her friends
called at the house ou their way to ascer
tain her excuse. They found the cur
tains down amfethe doors locked. As
they knew of j oug Fergus going to bis
aunt's the evening previous, they reasoned
it out that he must have returned during
the night for Miss Moore, she perhaps be
ing wanted for uu emergency. This
theory satisfied them until about 4 o'clock
iu the afternoon, when one of them re
turned to gather a bouquet of flowers.
She then noticed bloody linger marks ou
the back door, and, trying tho door,
found it unlocked. She dared not euter
the house, but two or three men were
summoned to make an investigation, fad ,
in a few minutes it was discovered that a
murder had been committed. The dead
body of Miss Moore was found in the sit
ting room, at the door of lier bedroom.
She had been struck three terrible blows
with a club or other blunt weapon, each
one breaking the skull.
I was visiting the Sheriff at this time,
and we were driving through the village
when the first alarm was sounded. I was,
therefore, at the house among the first,
and being placed in chnrge by the Sheriff,
I kept .the people out until I could make
an investigation. The murderer had not
obtained forcible entry to the house.
Not a single article of value had been re
moved, nor had any ransacking been
done. The woman had been struck
down where the body lay, but her hands
wero clenched as if she had grasped the
weapon of death and it had been pulled
away from her. The palm of one hand
was torn and bleeding. I did not know
either the dead woman or Fergus, but I
wanted authority to arrest the latter.
When this fact became known I was re
garded as an idiot or a lunatic. A gen
end cry went up that Fergus could no
moro be suspected than an angel in
heaven, but while tho Sheriff was left to
secure the necessary papers, I drove out
to interview the young man and break
tho news to him. If Fergus was guilty,
his defence would be an alibi, and ho had
carefully arrauged the details. Ho would
be expecting tho news, and he would be
braced up to play a part.
I found him making ready to hitch up
to drive back. He had never seon me
before, and ho did not know my profes
sion. As I entered the barn he looked
startled and turned pale, but recovered
himself after a minute, and asked the
nature of my business.
"You know, of course, that Miss
-Moqro is dead?" I carelessly replied.
"How how should 1 know it!" he
exclaimed, turning very white.
"Well, she is dead, poor thing."
"And do thev charge me with it?"
"With what?"
"Hcrmurdor?"
"I hadn't said she was murdered. I
told you simply that she was dead. How
did you know she had been murdered?"
no saw i ne trap ne naa iauen into, una
he gasped and stammered and did his
best to smooth it over. I pretended not
to lay it up as a point against him, and
speedily arranged that he should return in
my vehicle and leave, the cooper's rig
where it was. After the first shock he
braced up wonderfully, and his demeanor
on the way homo was entirely that of an
innocent man. He expressed great will
ingness to give us all possible informa
tion, but at the same time advanced and
clung to the theory that no one but a
tramp could have been guilty of the
crime. Upon reaching home he displayed
considerable grief and emotion. In fact,
ho rather overdid it. It was more like
acting out a part. The people were in
dignant that he should be suspected, and
he was not put under restraint. Indeed,
no warrant had been issued for him.
Early the next morning, satisfied in my
own mind that Fergus was the murderer,
I drove out to his aunt's. I found that
he arrived there t 7 o'clock Saturday
night. Half an hour later he complained
of headache and went to bed, saying ho
would be down again by 9 o'clock. As
he did not keep his promise, the hired
girl knocked ou his door at that hour,
but rccoiving no reply, was told not to
disturb him. He was not seen by the in
mates of tho house until 7 o'clock Sun
day morning. The girl was up at 5, and
as she crossed the yard she saw that his
window was up, and some of his clothing
was hanging in the sun. At tho barn I
found the cooper's buggy washed clean.
Fergus.had done this Sunday forenoon.
He had not. made a good job on the
horse, however, and I found plenty of
mud on his fetlocks. As it was dusty
Saturday night when he was driven over,
this mud must have been picked up after
the storm. .1 found the harness stiff and
damp from being wet, and the (iloth
cushion of the buggy Was still damp.
Hunting further, I found the fresh tracks
of horse and buggy turning into tho
barnyard after the ruin. The window of
tVe room occupied by Fergus opened on
the roof of the shed. At the lower edge
of the roof stood a leach. On the edges
of this leach and on the roof I found
mud. On tho carpet in Fergus's room I
found more of it. He had scraped and
cleaned his boots and flung the dirt into
a stove, whence I got half a pound.
All this I got without the aunt suspect
ing that I was after proofs. I then re
turned to the scene of the murder, and
after nu hour's search discovered the
place whero a horse had been hitched for
some time. It was in the rear of the
house, on nu opon space, and under a
tree, and tho horse had pawed up the
ground and gnawed the bark of the tree.
The footprints of a man could be faintly
traced across tho garden, and I had no
doubt that Fergus came and went this
way. On the fourth day after the funeral
I learned from the insurance man what ho
had seen during the storm, and then a
warrant was issued and Fergus was taken
into custody. By this time the towns
people had begun to think it a queer case.
Fergus had gone over the houso and de
clared that nothing had been taken. No
suspicious characters had been noticed
in the neighborhood. Jewelry and money
had been left lying on the bureau, show
ing that the object could not have been
plunder. Did tho woman have any
enemy? No, not one, as far as we could
learn. Who could profit by her death?
No one but Fergus, and yet this was one
of the strong points he brought forward.
It was known to a score of people that
she had made her will in his favor.
Would not everything be his at her death?
To clinch our case and make circum
stantial evidence good we must show a
motive. This seemed hopeless, but I
went at the task, hoping evidence might
aid me if Fergus was guilty. I ex
amined his personal effects over and over
and over again iu search of a hint, but
for two weeks after he had been sent to
jail I discovered nothing. Then I got the
clue where I ought to have secured it be
fore. In a drawer in his desk I found
6everal advertisements pl&injy in the in
terest of swindlers. One of them read:
"A steady jourx mad with IUL000 cask .
capital can double it In one year in a legiti
mate enterprise. For particular address
Box 891," etc.
Another read t
If you have nerve and ISOOO in cash we
will make you a millionaire tn one year. We
permit the fullest investigation before invest
ment. Write for particular.
A third just hit his case :
Are you a young and ambitious man, feel
ing that you could eft ahead if properly
backed and encouraged? Have ynu any money?
Can you get from one thousand to three thou
sand r If o, we will positively guarantee you
$100 in return for every dollar, and inside of
a year.
I felt sure ho had written some of these
parties, but as I could not find any let
ters from them I set out to hunt them up
in person. They were bold-fuced swind
lers, and they bothered me some, but in
the end I got five letters written by
Fergus. In one of them he stated that
he would soon have money to invest,
and expressed his satisfaction at the par
ticulars of the speculation as far as given
him. The greed of gain, then was his
incentive. The woman, who had been
mother and sister to him camo of a long
lived race, and was in good health, and a
month before her death was told by a
doctor in tho hearing of Fergus that she
was likely to live to be ninety or one
hundred years old. Until her death the
young man could hope for little or noth
ing, as she was obliged to make the in
terest of her capital support her.
Murderer or not, the boy was the legal
heir, and he employed the best legal
talent in tho West to defend him. The
lawyers might take every dollar if they
could but dear him. It was a veritable
fight for life with all the money and most
of tho talent on ono side, but that web
of circumstantial evidence kept drawing
closer and closer, and it could neither be
broken nor explained away. Had Fergus
been innocent a frank reply to each ques
tion would have explained it. Being
guilty, his evasions only made mat
ters worse. The jury were out fourteen
hours before finding a verdict of guilty,
but within an hour ho had made a full
confession. He told me that he had
been planning for two months, and that
he believed he had arranged details until
his case could withstand tho most minute
investigation of the highest detective
talent. Jiew York Sun.
' The Girl and the Dade.
If men get fighting mad with one
another over women they sometimes be
come more furious still when women in
cite tho cholor7 because in such cases,
says a New York letter to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, there is nobody to be whipped
unless the highly illogical act of a cer
tain Fifth avenue chappie be emulated.
The first part of the occurrenco was in
my presence. A pretty and rich girl en
tered a restaurant and took one of the
least prominent tables in tho room. I
had often seen her there with her parents,
and I know they are excellent people.
No sooner had she become seated than a
young dandy came in and gazed about to
see where he should most enjoy his
luncheon. Seeing the young lady by her
self, ho sat down at the very next table,
so that he could look right into her face.
He then proceeded to watch her and to
try to attract her regard. Finally she
was forced to look at him; but she oaly
did so in order that he should see how
annoyed she was and how his attentions
disgusted her. Nothing daunted, the
dandy kept on staring. Soon tho girl
asked her waiter for paper, pencil wid en
velope. She began what I thought was
a note, raising her eyes'to the young man
every now and then. I was a good deal
surprised at this, but when she called the
waiter and directed him to hand tho note
to the young man, I lost my faith in
woman entirely. Tho young man was
smiling in a very conceited and happy
way as he tore open the envelope. When
he spread out the paper withiu, I saw his
countenance change like a flash. I looked
over his shoulder, and whut I saw nearly
made me burst out laughing. On the
paper was a drawing of the young man,
looking as like him as photograph, but
the head was put on the body of a don
key, and the great flap ears hung down
over his cheeks, making him very
foolish, even for a donkey.
Well, the way that dandy got out
was a caution. He looked as though ho
would havo liked to insult the girl at first
for revenge, but he thought better of it,
and walked out as stiff and indifferent as
he could. Tlutt ended the scene. But
the next day the dandy, an athletic sort
of fellow sought out the brother of the
girl and give him a vicarious thrashing,
lie couldn't whip the offender, but he
bestowed a whipping on the male portion
of the family and doubtless felt better for
it.
Ico Water Shortens Life.
Water for drinking purposes, says Dr.
William A. Hammond, should never be
below fifty degrees. We can almost al
ways get it even in the hottest weather
as cool as this by letting it ruu a minute
or two from any household faucet, or
drawing it from any country well. If
not, there is no objection to cool in if it to
the point mentioned. The East India
"monkey," which can now be had almost
anywhere iu this country, and by means
of which the contained water is cooled
by its own evaporation, answers tho pur
pose admirably. I am quite sure that, if
ice water should be generally discarded
as a drink, the average duration of life
would be lengthened and existence ren
dered more tolerable.
Tuxedo Park. x
Tho entire property of Tuxedo Park,
the fashionable country resort for wealthy
New Yorkers, had been deeded in trust
to Mr. Lorilliird's grandchildren, and if
it keeps on increasing iu value and popu
larity for twenty-five years as it has dur
ing the past two years, it will be a ver
itable kingdom in itself. There are now
more than fifty cottage owners and nearly
four hundred club members, giving a
net income of more than $40,000 per
annum. The village at the station is also
increasing in due ratio, and as the club is
bow self-supporting, Mr. Lorillard's guar
antee against loss for five years is being
entirely devoted to improvement, which
are visible in every dtiectloa.-AVw Yvrb
Commercial Afctrtutr,
A WONDERFUL EXPLOSIVE.
IT SEEMS NOTHING BTJT WATER,
BUT IS VEBY POWERFUL.
A Few Drops of the M j slerlou Staff
Make the Earth Shake Like an
Earthquake.
At about 3 o'clock an a recent after
noon peoplo in tho streets of Norwich,
Conn., felt the earth shudder slightly
and heard a far-away detonation that
seemed to come from below, and was
like a phantom sound heard in a dream.
Some thought the sound was produced
by a half-grown earthquake, but nobody
knew just what made it. The delicate
little seismic shudder and detonation were
caused, says the New York Sun, by Mr.
William T. Chamberlain, the inventor of
Norwich, who had just touched off in
the rural depths of I'rtstou, four miles
from that city, part of an ounce of his
new explosive, for which he has not yet
thought up an appropriate name. It is
made out of water, and Mr. Chamberlain
believes that in producing it he has pene
tiated tho secret of Keeley s motor.
Mr. Chamberlain has spent tho past ten
or fifteen years in inventing powerful ex
plosives, projectiles and gtms. He has
been to England twice, and his inven
tions were investigated by the British
Government, but in each case they had
been partly forestalled by the products
of English inventors. In one instance in
which ho showed tho British experts a
safe method for manufacturing and hand
ling chlorine-nitrogen, which is the most
potent explosive known, he was nearly
successful in his negotiations. His most
ingenious invention was a gun which held
balls loaded with compressed air, which
fired themselves from the weapon as soon
as the gunner pulled a lever that sudeienly
released the air.
Alter the little shock the other after
noon a resident, suspecting its cause,
called on Mr. Chamberlain, who had come
in from the country, and who said to this
visitor: "Yes, I did it. It was a great
success, too." Tho inventor continued,
tersely: "I was four miles from the city
down, in a low valley, when I lit it off,
and I guess tho shock was unlike any
thing you ever experienced before. Here
is a pint bottle. You see it is full of
water. I will pour some of it into a glass
for you to examine. You may drink soma
of it. It won't hurt you. If you did
drink it, it would act mildly as a ca
thartic. I havo placed some of it on an
anvil and hit it with a sledge hammer.
Nothing happened. Have tried it in all
sorts of ways. No trouble with it. De
tonators and concussions failed to explode
it. It's nothing but water, you sea. Yet
it's not water. You just let me drop a
piece of potassium in it, or apply fire
to it in any way, and you wouldn't
think it was water well, you wouldn't
have time to think that it was anything
not here, for both of us and this house
with us would be sponged off the earth
in a fraction of time. Here are some
minute fragments of a 4-inch, wrought
iron, hollow ball, which I burst with it.
I placed six drops of the water inside it,
applied potassium, and most of the ball
was ground to powder, all cxecept these
pieces, no bigger than raisins, which you
see. In my opinion this now force is
more powerful than chlorine-nitrogen,
and in its explosion the farce is in all di
rections. It can be made only from fresh
water, and not from salt or condensed
water, so that if it were to be used on
sh'D at sea, a supply of fresh -water
would have to bo carried. I have no
name to give to it yet. I call it simply
explosive water. No doubt it is another
application of the same force that has
been applied to the Kecley motor. No,
I shall not place the discovery before the
United States Government ; there would
be no use of it. I shall make the dis
covery known to various European
powers, and if I cannot do anything
with them, shall let it go."
Mr. Chamberlain says that his explosion
of a teospoonful or two of the explosive
water made fun in Preston. The shock
made his teeth chatter, although he was
a long way from the scene; it Hung him
on the earth and nearly unjointed his
backbone; the ground reded, leaves fell
in showers from the trees, and fanners'
families ran out of their dwellings and
gazed at the ground, evidently thinking
that an earthquake rolled in subterranean
i caverns. i locks of frightened birds.
crows, and partridges, rose out of the
woods and flew chattering as fast as wings
could beur them, pigs grunted and ran,
cows and oxen whisked their tails nnd
cavorted in distant pastures, and soven
hens and a rooster fell off tho edge of a
iA house one hundred rods away,
picked themselves up, twisted their heads
skyward, and cackled in vague wonder.
Mr. Chamberlain stole into the woods
and hastened home. Ho will try another
town the next time ho feels like blowing
the under pinning out of New London
County.
Malarial Mysteries.
Oddly enough, it is only withiu the
last teu or fifteen years that scientific men
have known thut malaria was the result
of living organisms in the blood, and it is
only withiu the last two or three yeurs
that investigators have obtained any
knowledge of what these organisms are
like. It is true that as long ago as B. C.
50 Lucretius ventured to suggest that
malaria was "due to having organisms in
tho blood." But the Romans probably
thought his suggestion even less imiKrt
aut than the same poet's theory of fall
ing atoms. The Human's wero a practi
cal people; they cared little about the
cause, but strove to get rid of the results.
Accordingly they built those great drains
which are such marvels of engineering
skill. The art of making these drains is
said to have belonged by heredity to cer
tain families, a few descendants of whom
are still living iu the Abruzzi. As a rc
lult of these works came a thriving popu
lation, abundant harvests, and luxurious
villas. With tho decay of Uoman civili
zation malaria returned. AVi York
Time.
Of potatoes Europe grows more than
he needs, while the United States sup
plies ber deficiency from Canada and
Uermsny,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
VIBTTJB IN ONIOSS AND BKEP.
What is the most strengthening food
for a convalescent? Well, you know,
the beef-tea theory has been exploded.
Tho most life-giving and digestible food
that can be given to one just recovering
from an illuess, is chopped beef. Just
take a pound of the finest round of raw
beef, cut off all the fat, slice two onions,
ind pepper and salt. Then chop tho
onions and meat together, turning them
sver and over until both are reduced al
most to a pulp. Then spread on slices
jf rye bread and ent as sandwiches. Peo
ple talk about celery being a nervine, but
let mo tell you that there is nothing
which quiets the nerves without bad re
mits like onions. Tho use of them in
Suces sleep, and much strength is ob
tained from them. That is the ideal food
for convalescing or for any one who is in
i weak state of health. Grocer' and
Canncrt' Gazette. ,
OLD TROUSERS MAKE A TRRTTT MAT.
A prcsty mat may be made from two
pairs of old trousers. Blue and light
Arab are a pretty combination. Cut out
pieces the size and shape of a brick, in
equal number of each color. In putting
them together, take first a blue then a
gray, until there are seven on the strip.
They should be stitched together on a
machine. Begin the second strip with
gray, the third with blue, nnd so until
you have seven or nino strips. Then
press the seams all open. Seam the strips
all together and press the long seams
open.
Cut Japanese shaped fans from differ
ent colored cloth an flannel to go on the
outside row of blocks and button-hole
ititch with various colors of worsted. It
is an improvement to work the fans with
many kinds of odd figures. Turn the
edge of the mat under about a quarter of
an inch, bosto in place and press down.
Take heavy black cloth and cut out scal
lops enough to reach around the mat, lap
ping them about a quarter of an inch.
When firmly basted in place, stitch around
the edge of tho mat with tho machine.
Lino the mnt and it is finished. Detroit
Free Press.
TAIXTINft FLOORS.
A French writer observes that paint
ing floors with-eaiy color containing white
lead is injurious, as it renders tho wood
soft and less capable of wear. Other
paints without white lead, such as umber
or sienna, are not injurious, and can be
used with advantage. Varnish made of
drying lead salts is also said to be destruc
tive, and it is recommended that the bo
rate of magnesia should be used to dispose
the varnish to dry. A recipe for a good
floor varnish is given as follows: Take
two pounds of pure white borate of man
ganese, finely powdered, and add it little
by little to a sauce pan containing ten
pounds of linseed oil which is to be well
stirred and raised to a temperature of 360
degrees Fahrenheit. Heat 100 pounds
of linseed oil in a boiler until ebullition
takes place, then add to it the first liquid,
increase the heat and allow it to boil for
twenty minutes. Then remove from the
fire and filter the solution .through cotton
cloth. ,The varnish is then ready for use,
two coats of which may be used with a
final coat of shellac, if a fine polish is
required, Scientific American.
8UMMEII DESSERTS.
A great many peoplo imagine ices are
costly and trouble, and the farmer's
family only have them on rare occasions
for company, whereas, they might be
served as desserts several time a week,
being really cheaper and healthier than
pieJ, doughnuts and other heating dain
ties, '"-i.-..
Of course, there oro creams nnd ices
which tire composed ol expensive in
gredients, but of such we are not speak
ing. Good ice cream may be mat'.2 oi.
rich, new milk, and in the farm-house
whero ice is put, is as economical, if not
more so, than any other dessert. The
most delicious ices nre madS of fruits,
which, of course, all fanners do or'
should have in abundance. The follow
ing recipes are good and cheap :
Raspberry Ice Sweeten half a gallon
of red raspberries, set aside ono hour,
thcu strain ; turn in a freezer nnd freeze.
Currants, strawberries and cherries may
be used instead of raspberries.
Economical Lemon Ice Take two
cents' worth of citric acid, dissolve iu a
quart of water, add two teaspoonfuls of
lemon extract, sweeten to taste, and
freeze.
Grapo Ice Pour a quart of boiling
water on a pound of sugar nnd let boil
five minutes. Pulp the grapes sufficient
to make a pint of juice, add the skins
and pulps to the sirup, press through a
sieve. Let cool and freeze.
Frozen Fruits Pare a dozen large,
soft peaches and chop tiuc. Scald a piut
of sour plums, remove tho skins and
stones. Mash tho plums and mix with
the peaches; add a pound of sugar and
let stand ono hour; then pour over
quart of water and stir uutil the sugui
dissolves; pour in the freezer and freeze.
Frozen Coffee Take four largo table
spoonfuls of ground coffee nnd put in b
boiler; add a quart of boiliug water and
let steam for fifteen minutes; strain and
add half a pound of sugar; add the white
of an egg und freeze. Frozen tea may b
mado iu tho same way. Both should be.
served iu goblets.
Ice Cream Beat the yolks of six eggi
until creamy; add half a pound of sugui
and beat again. Whisk the whites to a
stiff froth; stir them into tho yolks und
sugar. Put a quart of new milk on tc
boil; mix in tho eggs and sugar; stir until
boiling. Take from the tic, strain ami
flavor; staud aside to cool. Freeze, covei
and set aside to harden.
Farmer's lee Cream Take a quart ol
milk, in which mix tho beaten whites ol
ix eggs, lluvor with leinou, sweeten to
taste and freeze. Set aside one hour to
harden. Farm ami FiretiJe.
Tho oth'iyTay au osprey or fishing
eagle, uojyu.'Comiug a very rare bird,
made its appearance on an estate near
Mussolburii, England. .... .
THE WATCH DOO THAT WAS
DROWNED. I
Bongs will be sung of the living,
And songs will be sung of th dead, r
By the singers of the thousands (
That will o'er the valley spread,
Songs will be sung of the missing.
And songs will be ung of the found.
While none will think of singing,
Of the watchdog that was drowned.
How many things called human
That torrent swept from sight;
How many viler beings I
It dashed Into their night; I
Yet for all alike is weeping,
For each is grief profound.
While no one has a murmur
For the watchdog that was drowned.
Let others sing of mortals.
And expect a mortal' cheer ;
But the song mng for the singing )
Is to the world more dear. -
So to me befalls more honor
Than to half the mon archs crowned
To pay a tunple tribute
To the watchdog that was drowned.
Adown the Conemaugh Valley
Will monuments arise,
To land some common mortals
Into God's purest skies;
Bear up these mighty pillars.
Thick a they may abound;
But mother Earth, rest lightly
On the watchdog that was drowned.
D. B. McGregor,in New York Graphic.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A thrifty animal is the snake. He can
always make both ends meet.
A soft ant, sir, turneth away a pick
nicker from the custard pie. Siftingt.
"You advertised for a nurse, madam?"
"I d-d. What experience have you
had with dogs?"
A country doctor who owned a smoke
house hung out a sign "Consumption
and hams cured."
A corner in waterproof footwear is an
Insult to the understanding. Portland
Ms.) Adtertiter.
Tho only way to get a hen out of the
garden is to go slow but shoo'er.
Merchant Traveler.
People who are fond of eggs take more
interest in the hens than in the poet's lay.
New York Herald.
"Buy your leave, sir," as the landlord
remarked when he paid nn undesirable
tenant to vacate. Sifting.
She "All extremely bright men are
swfully conceited, anyway." He "Oh,
don't know; I'm not." Harvard Lam
poon." Wife "I wish you would push this
baby carriage a little way." Husband
"Well, I will, if you will carry the baby."
Boston Herald.
A London journal facetiously remarks
that "Mr. Conybcare dined with his ad
mirers on the Queen's birthday. Covers
were laid for one."
"Howton has some very strange ideas
about dress." "You surprise me. Judg
ing from his dress, I imagined he had no
ideas at all." Bazar.
Ho "What a lovely er complexion
Miss Slimlymmo has! Her arms remind
one of ivory." She "Or bone."
Terrt Haute Express.
Horrified nusbnnd "A dollar for
those two quills in your hat I Why, it
would have been cheaper to buy tho
whole goose." Batar.
William Kinns has a fine pair of veal
calves hung up iu his market to tickle the
palates of his customers, that weigh 150
pounds each. Saratoga Union.
Hired Girl (to tramp, tattered and
travel stained) "Well, you're a dandy 1"
Tramp (surveying himself sorrowfully)
"Yes, I'm a dandy ; but I'm no dude!"
"Yes," he acknowledged sadly, as he
rose from his knees, "I am an amateur
puOtographer, but I do not like to take a
negative nil the same." Hew York Her
aid. ' -
Fond Father "You want my daugh
ter, eh? Have you any "prospectst"
Suitor "No, sir." Fond Father "Nor
has sho. Take her and be happy."
Harper's Batar.
Matron "If I give you your breakfast
will you do some work in return?" Tramp
"Yes, madam; I promise to exert my
self sufficiently to eat the breakfast you
give me." Yaulee Blade.
Boy "Oh, mamma, our cat has caught
a rat." Mamma "Take it away from
puss and give it to tho Chinese laundry
man when ho calls. He'll allow a deduc
tion on the wash." Kjtoch.
"Go out and despatch that snake," or
dered the Bostouiau, and her green gar
dener horrified the female telegraph opera
tor by attempting to send the snake by
telegraph. AVio York Herald.
When a distinguished citizen enters
your home, you do not ask him to "take
a Beat on the floor," but if he should visit
Congress or the Legislature, it is consid
ered just the thing to do. Boston Pott.
Freddie "Why, old chappie, I heard
thut the sheriff sold you out yesterday ;
and yet here you lire with your stick and
eyeglass same as ever." Tcddit "O,
me boy, the law won't take away the
tools of one's trade, don'tcherkuow."
Time.
Ella "How do you like Mr. Mash? I
hear he culled tho other niglpt."- Ethel
"I think he's fearfully horrid. He
asketl mo if I could play on the piano,
uud I told him that I couldn't play much."
"And what thcu?" "That was all."
A'io York Sun.
There was a death in the house. A
neighboring undertaker calling to offer
his services was told that another had al
ready been engaged. "Pardon," said
the disappointed mun, bowing himself
nut, "I hope I shall bo happier another
time." Sitings.
"You needn't look at yourself iu tho
glass so much, Mary," said a huslmnd,
sarcastically ; "you are not so very hand
some." "Everybody doesn't think as
you do," she said as sho gave au extra
twirl to a ringlet and added a more rakish
set to her hat. And the husband ftll
into deep meditation. Boston, Courier, '
t