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f ,The war cloud in Europe is darkening
ngnin. i
nig railway companies nro now the
order of tho day.
Mr. Gladstone is confident that tho
Church of . England will bo disestub
Jbdied. Tho Atlanta Constitution declares thai
tho greatest mon this country has pro
duced had tho ndvantago of starting
loor.
Fred Douglass, tho United States
Minister to the Huytinn Republic, says
that the pcoplo of Itayti are black Frenchmen.
England is profiling to tho amount of
$300,000,000 nmiunlly by the decline ia
the price of food products.
Tho people of England nro said to be
very enthusiastic over tho marriage ofthfJ
Prince of Wales's oldest daughter fKb
iLnglisbmim.
I An English Admiral coutends that all
tho biff guns of over thirty tojis are prac
tically useless in action. Twenty rounds
will finish them.
' Tho firms who have been doing busi
ness iu Philadelphia for 100 years and
over have organized an association called
tlip Centenary Finns oPPhiladelphia.
J The duck is China what tho codfish
is to tho rc.-t of tho world. They eat
duuk raw, cooked, boiled, fried, baked
and cery other way, and they worry
over tho duck crop the samo as we do
over wheat.
' A census of liorscs is being takch in
Tnris in order' to give tho authorities
some idea of tho animals availablo for
military purposes should need arise. At
the last census Puris contained 98,0S0
horses and SS mules.
I T""""""P
! Missouri is down on trusts, according
to the New York Voice. A law has been
passed making cvcYjuigreement or under-
ending to fix price, or restrict produc
tion a conspiracy punishable by heavy
Hues and forfeiture of franchises.
; 11. P. McGregor, of Ohio, tho deaf
nude orator who made thenddrcss at the
.unveiling of the Oallaudet statue at
Washington, was accompanied by a
Reader, and tho effect of this simultane
ous delivery was extremely striking.
I Tho senior class, graduated from Har
vard University this year, numbered 217
members. Five men were mado Doctors
of Veterinary Medicine nnd seventeen
;J)ovtors -of Dentistry. These figures
mhow a gre;rgaiii in tho number of grad
uates iu these departments.
! Noiseless powder is said to be fiuding
favor with military authorities abroad.
That will tend to make war much more
generally popular, observes tho Washing
ton Star, . for raw soldiers report that,
next to being killed by a gun, tho most
'disagreeable tiling is to bo frightened to
death by the noise.
j .
John K. Mooro claims half of the city
iof Sau Francisco, or $300,000,000. "No
'matter how just his claim may be," as.
: sorts the Atlanta Constitution, "he will
I never get what ho sues for. Defendants
Jn possession of i-'300,000,000 worth of
property cau keep the ' plaintiff out until
doomsday. Mouey talks."
During tho Arthur and Cleveland ad
ministrations tho room in tho Whita
House where (!ai field spoilt long days of
ugouy before ho was carried to Elberon
was kept closed and unoccupied. Tho
demands of the present nnd enlarged
Presidential household have, however,
brought the apartment into use again.
' Says th'-New Yorlc Commercial Adixr
tiser: "Tho admission of colored men fo
the jury in tho Mellow murder trial at
Charleston, S. ('., is a fact worthy of
note. ls a rule, colored prisoners pre
fer to be tried by white juries, but it is
very Unusual for a white man to allow
blacks to sit as bis judges without a chal
lenge or protest."
SJrange to say, there aro but two pure
ly amateur athletio field sports which
have become popular iu this country.
They are lacrosse and tenuis. The first,
hefwever, is the Canadian national game,
while tho latter, it is thought, would not
be so popular were it not so exclusively
uuiuteur, professionalism having not as
yet entered the ranks.
Very queer advertisements aro at times
seen in the daily papers, nnd a perusal
of the "want" nds. will Bkow some in
teresting opinions on the value of labor,
remarks the New York Sun. For in
stance, a big dry goods firm advertises for
a "thoroughly experienced double entry
.. keeper who must furnish best i f
, ,IWuiie Salary 11 per week."
vfLtly fyjV.iug reads: "Wanted, a
'SalV'ja; gjm-y fb'O per nioiith, with
rd .flfj paging." I
A SONO OF THE ROAD.
C'omo, comrades, since the way Is long
Lot's 'liven It by tune and song,
And greeting give to all we pass;
To white-of-head, to llght-of-head,
To matron gravo and laughing lo3.
Hurrah for lone and by-way,
For distant path and nigh way,
For fripnds we greet, for foes we meet,
Along the world's broad highway I
Tin morning-break; lithe limb are strong;',;
VVIio ilreains of crime and guilt and wrong?
Yon youngling and his violet eyes?
Nay, lightof-mlnd and love-so-blind
Are wisdom-proof and folly wise.
Hurrah for lane and by-way,
For distant ath and nigh way,
For friends we groet, for foes we meet,
Along the world's broad highway I
Tis noontide; let us spend an hour
Urenni drinking ere we lose the power,
And all our pleasure disappears,
3iuce slight-of heart and blight-of-heari
Have sworn the goblet smacks of tears.
Hurrah for lane and by-way,
For distant path and nigh way,
For friends wo greet, for foes we meet,
Along tho world's broad highway I
Tis night nnd low; foul thieves have mobbed
The weak ones here and left them robbed
l)f hoiio, and faith, and love, and rest;
But sure-of-soul and pure-of-eoul
Still fold their treasures to their breast.
Hurrah for lane and by-wny,
For distant path and nigh way,
. For every one w hose journey's done,
Who's gained the distant sky-way !
Julie. M. Lippmann, t'u the Century. .
THE PATRIOT FUGITIVE.
A TALE OF TIIE REVOLUTION.
Comely Mistress Sally Suydam sat on a
low bench beneath the appic-trco in her
back yard, shelling peas. Delicate petals
from the fragrant blossoms overhead
dropped upon her; tho bluebird perched
upon the hollow stump hard by sang to
her a song of spring and sunshine; the
fresh morning breeze that made ripples
all across the golden surface of Flushing
Hay to mark its progress, camo to lift
carelessly tho soft, brown curls on her
temples. Bcforo her, on an upturned
pail, rested a gaunt old man, with white
hair, and long, bony fingers that were
interlocked over his knobby knee.
"Indeed," spoke Mistress Suydam, con
tinuing her conversation, 'it is hard that
Aln.o. .1.i.l.1 1. 1 if
m
I would 1 nn trim Amor-m ,iw i. .
"his wife's apron string when his couutry
uas nceu ot mm. Ana, of a truth, In
stead of repining I should rejoice daily
that he is .still alive nnd at liberty. I
think I would rather hear that he had
fallen on tho field than that he was a
prisoner in the cruel hands of the Brit
ish "
"In that Jersey prison ship. Verily,
it is wondrous that men endure to live in
that hell upon earth if the half that is
j told of it be true."
"Tiio half of its horrors hath not been
j told 1" exclaimed a suppressed but dis
' tinct voice, from the clump of lilac bushes
behind Mistress Suydam. The good dame
gave a little jump and an exclamation of
alarm, while the gaunt niau sprang to his
feet. Peering iu the direction of the
voice, they saw under the bushes, close
to the ground, tho haggard, yellow face
of a mnu with great wild eyes and tangled
hair and beard.
"Who arc you, and what want you
here?" demanded Mistress Suydam,
stoutly.
"ltobcrt Jameson; a fugitive from the
Jersey prison-ship am I, and sore in need
of all that man may need to live."
"Come forth, inau; come forth. You
shall need U3 longer here," responded
the old man earnestly, going toward
him.
"Back back! Keep your distance,
maul There is death in my garments
the poison of the prisou-fever. Stand
aloof ; but I pray you lay some food where
I may get it without coming auigh you."
While ho spoke Mistres Suydam re
fleeted, and when ho had ceased, quickly
took the ordering of affairs iu her hands.
Giving to the old man who was uoue
other than tho patriot-parson Egbert El
lis a suit of her soldier-husband's cloth
ing, she instructed him to sco that tho
fugitive, after casting away his infected
garments, bathed in the creek at the foot
of the garden, and then put on the cleau
raiment, by which time she would haven
good breakfast ready for him.
When Jameson's hunger had been ap
peased, he told his story :
"I was taken prisoner through the
running down of the boat I was in on the
' Hudson, and was put aboard the prison
i ship three .mouths ago. The night be
fore last I sprang overboard, being will
ing rather to die than live longer there;
but coining ashore a little below the tide
mill, I managed to make my way into the
couutry, and since then, hiding when I
could, uud running when I dared, I have
fled thus far, eating nothing until now.
Dow anxiously I listened to your speech,
to learn if ye were friends or foes P
"Is life on the prison-ship indeed so
terrible as meu say?" asked Mistress Suy
dam. "Only the dead have learned all its
horrors, but tho living there know
enough to madden them. Twelve huu
dred men me crowded iu a space that
would not sutlice for tho healthful keep
ing of one-fourth so many. They are
scantily fed upon tainted meat and vermin-infested
bread, so that violent and
fatal disorders aro rife among them.
The dreaded fever hath broken out, and
so rages that at times as many as two
hundred die of it iu a night. ' Through
sheer malignity the British officers refuse
wutcr even to those parched with tho
fever, and find sport in seeing their burn
ing thirst drive them mad. Often in the
inky darkness of the lower gun-deck,
where they aro couliued at night, the
startling cry is heard: 'Look to your
selves! One here hath gone mad and he
hath a knife.' And the madman, kuow
Ing not what he does, slashes right and
left with his weapon, until iu self-defense
Oiey must kill him and all that in thv
dark. And that much amuses the British
officers.
"Lord, let death seize upon them, nnd
let them go down quick into hell,"
ejaculntcd the pastor, in fervent quota
tion of the psalmist.
"Amen 1" responded Jameson between
Ids clinched teeth, continuing his narra
tive. "It is a common sport with them
to cast apples among the prisoners
to set them fighting. The wretched men,
whoso minds are weakened by their suf
ferings, seem maddened, at sight of the
tempting fruit, nnd will beat ami tear
each other, with claws and teeth, like
starving, ravenous beasts, to get posses
sion of it whereat tho British officers
laugh heartily and enjoy themselves
mightily."
"Lord, let burning coals fall upon
them; let them be cast into the lire, into
deep pits, that they riso not up again,"
broke forth the parsou.
"Men arc shot down like dogs by the
sentries, who act under orders, excuse
therefor being found in the slightest
breach of discipline."
"Woe unto the wicked! It shall be
ill with him, for the reward of his hands
shall be given him."
"Again and ngain n cartel hath come
for nn exchnngo of prisoners, and those
upon whom Death's hand is already laid
have been sorted out to send away, while
those with more life in them were put
back with the cruel jibe: "You have
not been here long enough ; you" ore too
well to exchange.' "
"Lord, how long shall tho wicked
triumph?"
Mistress Suydam's cheeks were yery
pale, and her eyes blazed with indigna
tion. Each of tho excited parson's
scriptural quotations wero expressive of
her sentiments, but she did not open her
lips until he uttered, as a prayer:
"Lord, root them out of the laud of
of tho living; pity them not, nor
spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them
utterly."
Then she earnestly ejaculated: "Amen!"
All that day Kobert Jameson lay in
hiding among the bushes back of Mi3tress
Suydam's house, resting, sleeping and
rapidly regaining his strength, while she
watched over his safety and fed him.
Parson Ellis went away. Before tak
ing his departure, he told the fugitive:
"I am over here on a mission in which
it may be (iod's will that I shall lay
down my life, and, indeed, the chance
for it is so great that I set small store by
tho boat that is moored in the bay near
tho mouth of this creek. If I come off
alive, I shall easily find another boat.
This one you had better take, and, as
soon as the moon hath set to-night, sail
for New London, whole you will bo safe.
Oo not before, lest you be overhauled on
tho sound and recaptured."
"I will never be taken alive," an
swered Robert, limdy.
"You nro a brnve man, and I do not
doubt your intent, but we nro all in the
hand of God. If yon reach New London
safely, give the boat in charge of Ebene
zer Holden, whom you will easily find.
And now, farewell."
ltobert feared to remain in the home,
lest bo might be surprised by a party of
the British dragoons, who as he was in
formed, were continually scouring the
island. Near nightfall Mistress Suydam
came rushing down to him from tho up
per window where she had long been sit
ting, watching that she might note the
approach of an enemy far off.
"The dragoons are comiug!'' she cried
to him.
A dozen of them were coming down
the road at an easy, swinging trot, with
Captain Tilestou at their head. Of course
the fugitive imagined that they were in
pursuit of him, but they were not. He
was supposed to have been drowned and
eaten by the sharks, numbers of which
savage creatures were attracted to the
vicinity of the prison-ship by the prey
that was either tossed to them or that
voluntarily leaped overboard. Tho dra
goons had quite another object than his
capture in their coming. But he thought
ouly of flight.
He rau swiftly down the brook crouch
ing below the line of rank grass that
margined its banks, until he reached the
bay, where he plunged on and disap
peared. Day was ended by this time, but
the early-rising moon gave so clear a liiht
that he did not dare to attempt reaching
tno parson s boat, though it was only lour
or five rods from where he took to the
water. A couple of the dragoous rode
leisurely down to tho bay, and there sat
upon their horses, chatting. They were
discussing the catching of soies who
were supposed to land there from the
Connecticut or New York shore.
Preseutly Captain Tilesou, with four
more meu, joined them. They had
stopped to search for rebels in Mistress
Suydam's house. The Captain had a
plan.
"It is useless," he said, "for us to at
tempt the capture, upon the water, of
those Yankee spies, who have eyes like
hawks by day and o Is by night, and
could see us long before wo could see
them. We must let them laud. As I
have sharper sight than any of you at
night, I will conceal myself in tho boat
aud watch for them. You will hide in
yonder clump of woods. When they
land I will signal to you, by imitating
the plover's cry, which way to dash to
fall upon them once for this way, twice
for that aud at the same moment will
seize their boat to cut olf their retreat."
So it was arranged. One of the dra
goons waded out to the parson's little
sail-boat and drew her iu so that the
Captain could step aboard dry-shod,
after which he moored her out again.
Then the dragoous went away into the
woods, and the t'aptajn lay down iu the
boat to watch and wait for events.
Events wero rapidly approaching him
that he had no conception of.
A big, flouting bunch of sedge grass
drifted out from near tho shore toward
the boat, slow ly approaching it closer and
closer. At length it seemed to lodge
against the boat. Tho Captain did not
notice it. He was looking iu tho oppo
site direction. Noiselessly a head rose
out of the water behind him the head
of ltobert Jameson close by the bunch
of floating grass. Thu next moment a
loujj arm reached over the Iqw side of the
boat, and ft powerful hand gripped thi
Captain's throat gripped it with such
ferocious energy that it cut off his breath,
mado the world turn blHck before him,
and seemed to paralyze hiin. Before h!
could make a movement of self defense,
or a sound, a man rolled into the boat
upon him, and seizing ono of his big
holster pistols that he had laid besido
him, dealt such a blow upon his temple
that he was stunned and lay as still as if
dead.
When the Captain recovered hh senses
he found himself bound hand and foot with
the anchor rope. His captor had stepped
the mast. The litle sail was bellying full
with a favoring southeast breeze, and the
shore was far behind. The next morning
he was turned over to the military author
ities at New London as a prisoner; and
undesirable as that fortuno of war may
be deemed, he at least had the consola
tion of knowing that in tho hands of
Americans he would suffer from no such
fiendish inhumanity as was practiced
under the English flag aboard the Jer
sey prison-ship
ltobert Jameson was regarded as quite
a hero in New London, where he prompt
ly re-entered the service, and fought
brnvely until the end of the war
Frank Letlic'i.
WholcsRlo Desertion.
Iu the United States Army there aro
about 23,000 enlisted men, but since 1873
there havo been over 40,000 desertions.
Iu point of numbers the entire army de
serts in about eight years. This startling
fact makes it self-evident that there is
something radically wrong with the ser
vice. As to what it is there is not much
room for doubt.
To illustrate, a Captain of cavalry re
cently wrote to a Western paper advo
cating the branding of all army men with
a hot-iron so as to make less difficult to ar
rest the delinquents. The man advocat
ing this barbarous practice commands a
post. What kind of treatment would the
soldiers get who are at the mercy of this
brute? And he is a fair specimen of a
good many of the commanding officers.
Let any person go to West Point and
take observations on the graduating class
there and tell how many of them are fit
to be entrusted with the control of en
listed men. But these young Lieutenants
are put in positions which enable them to
tyrannize over the privates.
Drunkenness among army officers on
frontier posts is n common thing, as th
records of the service show. Privates ar
apt to have a hard time under such men,
aud it is nt these posts that desertions nr
so common. Privates ore obliged to
polish shoe3, do chores about officers',
houses, wait on their families und do nil
kinds of disagreeable work. That is
where the trouble arises. An army board
recognized this fact some years ago and
recommended that privates be paid extra
for work done outside of their regulai
duties. To some extent this recom
mendation was carried out, and just to
that extent was desertion lessened.
There is need of further reform in that
direction and also greater need of reform
ing the officers. They should be taught
to understand that they aro mortals and
not a privileged class with whom privatel
are not worthy to- speak. JVete Torh
Setts.
How Cotton Is Picked Iu tho South.
A prominent Georgia cotton planter,
was seen the other evening airing him
self in the corridor of one of the up
town hotels.
"When does cotton picking begin?"
'ot till the latter part of July, but
it is just the time that tho crop is ma
turing that we need tho best weather.
After the cotton begins to ripen the
picking goes forward without intermis
sion till the Christmas holidays, nnd
sometimes later."
"How is the picking done?"
"Each hand is supplied with a bis
basket uud a bag. The basket is left al
the end of tho cotton row, and the bag
is suspended from the neck of the picket
by a strap, and is used to hold tho cot
ton as it is taken from the boll. When
the bag is full it is emptied into the
basket, and the operation is repeated all
day long."
"How much cotton can a single hand
pick in n day ?"
"Tho average picker can mako from
250 to 300 pounds of seed cotton a day,
but there are some colored people who
have become so expert that they can go
away beyond this amount. As they are
only paid for what they pick there ii
some incentive to work us quickly as pos
sible. "But it's not it; the nature of a colored
man to exert himself, eveu with a pros
pect of making higher wages, and tin
majority of them lire fond of 'sojering.'
It is no use trying to drive them, so tin
overseers let them do about as thej
please. So long as we get tho crop
gathered in time it doesn't make much
difference." AVio York WvrUI.
A Remarkable C'yelono Helic.
E. S. Wilson, u blacksmith of Ozark,
Mo., has a relic of the Maishlield cyclone,
which occurred ou Sunday, April 18,
lSSO, that is a very remarkable curiosity.
The witness of one of tho freaks of th
great storm is a black quart bottle, beul
by some mysterious force into an ellipse
without a crack or break in tho glass
that the closest scrutiny can discover.
The neck of the bottle actually touchei
the edge of the bottom, aud the fact that
the glass was not broken in any way by
the strange force of the storm is shown
by the test of its holding water or unj
other fluid. By gradually turning tin
bottle as the water is poured iu, it can be
nearly filled to its full capacity, so as tc
show the perfect soundness of tho mate
rial. This bottle was found by Mr. Wil
son the day after thu Murshflcld disastei
and examined by Prof. Tiro, who soon
came to tho scene of destruction to study
the phenomena of tho cyclone from
scientific standpoint. The famous mete
orologist attributed the bending of the
boitle to thu force of electricity. The
bottlo was found iu the wreck of one of tin
Marshiiold drug-stores. Mr, Wilson htu
been offered extravagant prices for tin
curiosity, but declines to port with tin
relic, St.Luul Utobe-Vcnmrut,
MARVELS OF MECHANISM.
THE MECHANIC'S ART DISPLAYED
IN INFINITESIMALS.
Some of the Wonders of the World
Which Boom Almost Impossible
Marvels of Human Ingenuity.
The Nurcmbergcrs have always been
famous for their many ingenious mechan
ical contrivances, but perhaps the most
wonderful is t cherry-stone story. At
the time of the French Crystal Palace
Exposition a Nuremberg toymakcr ex
hibited n cherry-stone, within the hol
low of which he had built a perfect plan
of the city of Sevastopal, showing plain
ly 'a railway station and tho famous
"Messiah" of Klopstock. A powerful
microscope was used by the exhibitor of
this wonder, nnd it was estimated by the
exhibition authorities that not less than
500,000 people took a peep nt the results
of the toymnker's toil, each of whom de
posited a franc in tho handsof the ingen
ious mechanic, making him a snug liltle
fortune.
Machines for weight and measures
have also been brought up almost to per
fection. Sir W. Armstrong, the great
gunmaker, had on exhibition in 1878 a
machine for taking measurements that
did its work so nicely that the millionth
part of an inch could bo ascertained
with ns much precision as an inch or a
foot.
At the same .exhibition one A. M.
Ob.erlong showed a balance so nicely ad
just -d ns to weigh accurately the one
thousandth part of n grain. Talk about
little wonders not being wonderful.
Oswaldus Northingeuus, an artist, who
lived during the reiga of Pope Paul V.,
about 1610, is said to have mado COO
plates or dishes of pewter, which were of
such diminutive proportions as to admit
of the whole lot being hidden upon the
i f .1 . .
msiue oi uie stone oi a common peacli.
Mark Scarlost, a blacksmith who lived
under the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
made a chain of forty-five links, to which
he attached a padlock made of steel and
brass, consisting of eleven pieces besides
tho key. The chain was so small as to
freely admit of being fastened about the
nock of a common cvery-day flea, nnd
the apparatus, flea, chain, padlock, key
nnd nil weighed but a grain nnd a half
when exhibited befoie the wondering
royalty on n plate of'polished silver.
Tho reader will, no doubt, think these
stories worthy to bo taken with the pro
verbial grain of salt, noting, ns lie will,
that they nearly all bear the date nnd
stamp of "ye oldeu times;" but wbat
will he say when informed that within
tho last five years a San Francisco pro
fessor has equaled Mark Scarlost's in
genuity in every particular. This Golden
Gate grasper after the inlinitessimal ex
hibited a perfectly trained team of fleas,
drawing a miniature tally-ho coach, mado
of gold, with all four wheels perfect,
each turning on its axle. All the elite
of San Francisco witnessed the professor's
wonderful exhibition of his control over
theso frisky little pets, nnd all were un
sparing in their praises of the queer little
team, the professor and the golden coach.
The first watch was made in Nurem
berg in the cherry stone about the year
1477. Soon after its invention curious
gold and silver smiths began to experi
ment on what they could do in the way
of diminutive time-pieces. One of these,
now over 200 years old, is kept as a won
der in one of the Swiss museums. It is
only three-sixteenths of nn inch in diam
eter, but, small us it is, it not only indi
cates hours and minutes, but seconds and
tenths of seconds, days of the week, days
of the month nnd the number of the
year.
Auother of the old Nuremberg wonders
was in the form of nn ncorn, five-sixteenths
of nn inch iu diameter, and half
an inch long. It was perfect in every
particular, kept good time, and was used
us a charm on n lady's necklace.
One of exactly the same pattern, but
provided with a tiny pistol, which was
used us an alarm, is now to be seen in
the South Kensington Museum, London.
King George HI., of England, had a
watch not larger than an old-fashioned
silver five-cent piece, which had 120 dif
ferent parts, the whole not weighing as
much as a silver dime.
Tho cnginemakers, like the watch
makers, have also tried to attain distinc
tion in the matter of the diminutive. In
170 John Penn, tho eminent maker of
great steam engines, who resided nt
Greenwich, England, came in possession
of what was then tho smallest steam en
gine in the world. It stood on a three
penny piece. It really covered less space,
for its base plate measured only three
eighths of an inch by about thrre-teuths.
From tho extreme smallne.-s of the model
some of the details were omitted, but not
enough to interfere in any way with its
going. The screws were only onc-t-ightirth
of an inch in dimeter, and
these were duly furnished with hexagonal
nuts, which ouly could be loosened by aid
ot a tiny wrench made for that purpose.
The weight of the whole model, without
the Ihree-peuny base, was less than the
weight of the coin itself.
Six years later, time of our Centeuuiul
Exhibition, Penn would have felt ashamed
of 9s "three-penny piece engine" had he
had it on exhibition at Philadelphia.
During flic progress of that great exposi
tion, Levi Taylor, of fndianola, la.,
placed ou exhibition, "side by side" with
the great Corliss engine, an engine per
fect iu all its parts, built on u twenty-five-cent
gold piece, und with some of its
parts so small as to only be seen by aid of
u powerful microscope. The entire en
gine weighed but three grains. Iu other
words, it would hai-e taken HO such en
gines to balance uu ounce avoirdupois.
Three of tho Penu engines would have
weighed more than 14tJ like that made by
Taylor. .Sf. IoiU ltepuMie.
Tho court of Pope Leo is said to com
prise 1100 persons, nearly five huudred
of whom bear the title of Chamberlain.
Ho has twenty private secretaries iu bis
employ.
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest of the
President. His height was six feet four
inches.
norsEnoLi) affairs.
WTIITlOTNa lyOHY-HAXm.KD KSiyF.9.
To restore the whiteness to ivory-handled
knives, wash with soaped flannel
and lukewarm water; then wipe very dry.
fioak them occasionally in alum water
that has been boiled and allowed to cool.
Let the handles Ho for an hour in this,'
and then remove them and brush well
say with a nail brush. After this, take
clean linen towel, dip it in coid water,
squeeze it out, and while wet wrap it
around the handles, leaving them in it to
dry gradually, ns, if dried too rapidly
out of tho alum water they will be in
jured. If properly managed. this process
will whiten them. New York l)ipat(h.
TO CLEAN TIIE TOTS.
The natural color of iron is gray, nnd a
little care will keep iron vessels this col
or. If they are black it is because they
arc dirty. It is a good plan, occasional
ly, if you must use ironware instead of
lighter vessels, to pluuge such articles as
baking-pans, spiders, griddles, etc., in
water, with one tablespoonful of soda to
each gallon of water, cover close, aud
cook them for two hours. Then remove
one at a time and wash each piece beforo
it dries. You will be amazed at the
changed condition of your wares the first
time you do it, unless you are one nmong
10,000 of our housekeepers. Washing
ton Star.
CAP.FETS AND RCGS.
The hygienic disadvantages of carpet
dust have been considerably overrated.
In the homes of wealthy Turks, whero
lung diseases are almost unknown, every
sitting-room and bed-room is often fur
nished with the heaviest woolen carpets,
which are rarely removed ofteuer than
onco in three years. Dust, under those
circumstances, can hardly bo avoided,
but of such impurities our respiratory
organs seem able to rid themselves by a
mere sifting process, and the true lung
bane is, indeed, not dust, but the subtlo
poison of vitiated gases. The sauitary
statistics of European cities prove that
teamster work, and even street-sweeping,
are by no means incompatible with long
evity. Still, iu rooms where dust is apt
to accumulate, movable rugs are, on the
whole, preferable to large carpets, which,
indeed, they have begun to supercede iu
the model parlors of many sanibiry estab
lishments. Felti L. Osicald, M. D.
FnuiTS ni.irRED iiy bi.eaciiixo.
Bleaching dried fruits has become
quite common, but no good reason can be
given for the practice. Tin y look whiter
if bleached so does the farmers' hay
but the quality or natural fruit-flavor is
always injured by the process. It ia
done chiefly in evaporators, by adding
sulphur or brimstone when the fruit is
partly dried. The history of its origin
is uncertain. Some one began it , and ua
it pleased those commission dealers and
toks who prefer whiteness to quality,
bleached fruit had a boom in price, and
other evaporator owners felt obliged to
follow. In some places there is already
a reaction. The quality of the green fruit
can be told pretty well if it is of the natu
ral color, but not if it is bleached. Eva
porated fruit is preferable to most sun oi
slow dried, as it is cleaner and, in damp
weather, much less likely to injury in
drying. In future, intelligent and ob
serving consumers will patronize evapora
tor owners who do not bleach their fruit.
Joel W. Smith, If. D., in Kao York
Tribune.
t'KEAMg.
Creams are a delicious dessert
summer, being light and refreshiua.
Soi
and
nnd have the merit of being very easily
prepared. Creams should lie ice cold
when served. They may be flavored
with anything desired fruits, chocolate,
coffee or tea. Cakes should always bo
served with creams.
Neapolitan Cream Make custard of a
pint of rich milk, the yolks of seven eggs
and un ounce of sugar. Let cool. Cut
up a quarter of a pound of preserved
ginger; cook it in a little of the syrup;
let- cool; put two ounces of dried
cherries around the sidea of a mold;
cover with a littlo melted jelly; cut thin
slices of gelatine jelly in strips and luy
round, between nnd sides. Whip half a
pint of cream, into which stir oitu ounce
of gelatine (melted) ; add with the giu
ger to tho custard. Pour iu the molds,
set on ice ; when cold and firm tuyi out
nnd serve.
Coffco Cream Make a pint of rich
custard; dissolve one ounce of gelatine
aud three ounces of sugar in a small cup
of very strong coffee; add tho custard
aud strain. Whip half a pint of cream;
stir with the custard; let cool and pour
in a mold and set on ice to harden.
, Strawberry Cream Take a pint of
ripe straw perries, put them on a sieve
and cover with sugar; dissolve two
ounces of gelatine; put three ounces of
sugar and the juice of a lemon, and set
ou tire to heat. Strain the strawberries;
add the gelatine; let cool; stir ill half a
pint of whipped cream; pour iu a mold
and set ou ice to form. Jtaspberries,
currant or other small fruit may be used
iu place of thu strawberries.
Pistaiho Cicam Dissolve half nn
ounce of gelatine with three ounces of
sugar in half a pint of water; add tho
juice of one lemon and two oranges;
whip half a pint of cream. When tho
gelatine begins to thicken stir it. in. w ith
three ounces of pistachiu nuts, blanched
and chopjied tine; set on ice and stir
lightly until it begins to thicken.
Almond Cream Melt half an ounce of
gelatine iu a small teacup of boiling
water, with half a teacup of sugar; grate
four ounces of almond pastu into it, and
stir over a kettle of boiling water uutil
dissolved; let cool; whip a pint of cream
und stir lightly ; flavor the grlutiuu strong
ly with lemon; set on ice. Courier
Journal. According to the latest figures, more
gold is produced iu Montana alone than
in all thu South African gold fields. Thu
present output of Montana is at the rats
of $7,000,000 annually; $4,750,000 un
the turures for South Africa,
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"HULLO."
1,
Wen you see a man In woe.
Walk right up and say "hullo !
Say "hullo," an' "how d'ye dot
How's the world a-usln' you?"
Slap the fellow on his back,
Bring yor han' down with a whack;
Walt right up, an' don't go slow,
Grin' an' shake an' say "hullo 1"
Is he clothed in rags? O sho!
Walk right up an' say ''hullo!''
Rags Is but a cotton roll
Jest for wroppin' up a soul;
An' a soul Is worth a true,
Hale and hearty "how d'ye do!"
Don't wait for the crowd to go.
Walk right up and say "hallo!"
Wen big vessels meet, they say,
They soloot an' sail away.
J est the same are you an' mo,
Lonesome ships upon a sea;
Each ono sailing his own jog
For a port beyond the fog.
Let yer speakin' trumpet blow,
Lift yer horn an' cry "hullo:"
Say "hullo," an' "how d'ye do!"
Other folks are good as you.
Wen yer leave yer house of clay-
Wandorin' in tho Far-Away,
Wen you travel through the strange
Country t'other sido the range,
Then the souls you've cheered will knov
Who ye lie, an' say "hullo 1"
S. IF. Foes, in Yankee Blade.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Jokes on the sun nro too far-fetched.
How to remove weeds Marry tho
widow.
Colleges try to honor men by degrees.
Mail and F.rjiress.
Tho cucumber does its best fighting
after it is down. Sitings.
Tho photographer is nothing of an
enigma, but he is a good deal of a poser.
Bazar.
Wealth nnd iinpecuniosity is a mcro
matter of cents and nou cents. Mer
chant Traveler.
The tree that George Washington cut
was once a cheery. Now it is a chestnut.
New York Neus.
The section hand may not be much at
repartee, but he is great at raillery.
Merchant I'ratclcr.
Some reporters become proficient in tho
giving as well as the taking of notes.
Merchant TrarcUr.
In Russian society the question "who
is who," is never asked. It is always
"vitch is vitch." Bazar.
The Siamese Twins regretted all their
days that they could never engage in a
siugle skull race. Siftinys.
"now is it your Tommy is so small for
his age, Mrs. Briggs?" "Oh, tho littlo
dear always was a shrinking child," ex
claimed its mother. New Yori Svn.
A Texas horseman, convicted of a capi
tal crime, asked tho Judge if he couldn't
be hung in his own house, since ho was
always good on the home-stretch. Sift
ingt. Teacher "Sammie, how many bonc3
are there in tho human body ; your fath
er's, for instance?" Sainmie "One; he's
tho ossified man at the museum.'
Bzar.
Mother "Ella, you cannot marry him.
Ho has no money." Ella "Why,
mother, I saw him give $5 to a beggar!"
Mother "Probably an accomplice."
Boston lit raid.
"Did you get that box of cigars I sent
you?" inquired the fiancee. "Yes, dear."
"And how did you liko them?" "Tha
box was very nice indeed," hesaid, softly.
Times-Democrat.
House Owner "Have you any pla
cards, 'This house to rent V " Printer
"Yes, sir. Here are some patent-fibre,
woven signs, warranted to wear for two
years." Omaha World.
Bride "George, dear, when we reach
town let us try to avoid leaving the im
pression that we aro newly married."
"AH right, Maud; you cau lug this
valise." New York Sun.
Cause and Effect. Mamma "Why,
Bobby, you are all over ink. Go and
look at your face iu the glass." Bobby
(proudly) "Course I am. Wy'vo bad u
writin' Jessou again this nioriutfg." iVc.i
Me Ijj.
A Philadelphia fivak oilers to bet
$1000 that ho can eat fifty eggs includ
ing shells iu fifty seconds. The Norrit
toien. Herald bets him i?2000 that ho
can't, if he permits it to choose the eggs.
New York AVirs.
Well Advised. "My wife is bound to
set up housekeeping and has started mo
out househunting. I don't know whether
to buy or rent either is bad enough."
"Well, of the two evils ono should
always choose the leased." llartr's
Jiixar.
Judge (to primmer) "So you wero
drunk and disorderly ? What "have you
to say ?" Prisoner "I've u good deal
to say, your honor, if you'll only givo
me time to say it." Judge "Certainly,
with pleasure. Sixty days will be enough,
won't it? Our object is to please."
Wathinyton Critic.
Miss Hightono (seeing Hollo, the new
Scotch terrier, for the first time) "Why,
Sarah, what havo you dono with Duke,
that lovely littlo pugf" Mrs. Llewyn
(lately a widow) "Oh, I've given him
away. I liko Itollo much better; he re
miuds me so much of poor dear Alfred,
who had such lovely blonde whiskers."
Drake's Maya rin e.
llosecruns's Peculiar Expression.
General W. S. Konucruus, KegUtcr of
the United States Treasury, h;w a pecu
liar one-sided expression of face which
has a history to it. Few people know
that General Kosceraus was the first man
who refined petroleum. Ho experi
mented with it forty yeais ago. l'eo-
'ple suid he was a fool, but he went on
with his experiments. Presently as
though to prove what they said, his
petroleum blew up aud burned his face
In a serious way. Ho has suffered from
that injury ver siuco.
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