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Wonderful old man P. T. Bnmiim is
a living illustration of the bencflcont in
Jlticnccs of inccs5nnt activity and peron
nial pluck. At the age of eighty-one ho
Kps over to London, and in a hundred
days, observes the Commercial Advert iter,
ho will make the Londoners give him
new fortune
Typewriters nre regarded as dangerous
machines by the Russian police. A Ger
man morthant crossing the border the
tlior day lind cno among his baggage.
Tho customs iuspcetor took it and re
fused to return it nCtor its uses had been
explained, nor did an appeal to higher
authorities avail tho merchant anything,
i l
Queen Victoria's weak knee, the Princo
of Wales's vuriroso veins, Princess Alex
andra crippled instep and Prince Al
bert Victor' sprained auklo point, so a
contemporary thinks, to tho gradual ful
tilment of tho prophecy so often made by
British socialist, that, by the end of the
century, royalty in England would not
have a leg left to stand on.
The guns on tho dynamite cruiser Ve
suvius have been thoroughly tested and
have shSwn thcmnclves sufficiently dia
bolical to merit the warm approval of
this huinano government. If tho output
of dynamite guns and missionaries can
only be nmde largo enough, remarks the
Chicago iW, the United- States doubt
less will bring th whole World to a high
itago of civilization in time.
The London Timet snys that in view of
tho amount of English capital invested
in the Sandwich Islands, England could
not si'O them pass into tho hands of any
foreign power with indifference, but that
their acquisition, by tho United States
would be regarded with more equanimity
than tfeeir spoliation by ally European
power,' to which tho British Government
would never submit.
, The training of dogs for military pur
poses is beiug proceeded with actively in
;ho Russiuu army, nud satisfoctory re
mits hiive been obtained by some regi
ment garrisoned in Bosnia. One of these
loldicr dogs tho other day carried a mes
inge over a distance of eight miles in an
hour nud five minutes. According to the
instructions issued by tho War Office in
Vienna, tho best breeds for warlike occu
pations aro pointers, sheep dogs and
poodles.
From the British board of trade returns
it appears that every few days through
out the year a vessel carrying the British
llag leaves port never more to be heard
of. In the year ending June, 1S88, the
number of vessels under the British flag
to which aecideuts happened of various
kinds was 7721, involving tho loss of
233 I lives. This is a melancholy record,
but is less than the average for ten years
of about fifty lives. There wero 90G
total losses, of which nearly one-third are
reported as missiug.
At Canton the Chinese Government
lately established outside the east side
gate two sets of machinery purchased
abroad, one for miuting copper cash and
the other for minting silver coius. The
Viceroy Chaug Chi-Tuug, however, after
maturo deliberation, has, it is said, como
to tho conclusion that both these cuter-,
prises aro impracticable, tho making of
copper money on account of tho expense,
and that of silver money on account of
the small probability there is of such a
new silver coiuago being acceptable to
the Chinese.
The history of Connecticut is remarka
ble for the number of villages that have
flourished for a generation or two only to
nt last fall into decay and finally disap
pear altogether. This -the Now York
Sun regards as "particularly true in thoso
sections of tho Stato whore agriculture is
pursued under discouraging circumstances.
The other day iu Danielsonvillo a home
stead was put up at. auction. - The barn
was sold for forty-five cents, somo sheds
for fifty cents, and another outbuilding
forfl. When tho auctioneer tried to
6ell the house he could find no buyers."
Tho novelists, reporters und others
who writo Indian speeches, beginuiug
with tho words: "I um the last of my
race, the red man iu vanishing before tho
whito man as the leaves,etc," had better
look up tho facts. It now seems that
any statement to tho effect that the num
ber of our Indian population is slowly
decreasing, is not in accord with the
truth! Aceordiug to the Button Adccr
tiaer the Indian is not dying oil and
vtuiiuhing from the earth, any more than
tiie Caucasian is. They have, for the
most part, adopted semi-civilized habits
and live quiet lives. They are increasing
rather than decreasing. Iu tho quiet,
.orderly communities of tho Indiau Ter
ritory, ill the reservations of Dakota and
iu the pintles of New Mexico aud
Arizona, tho Indian is encamped peuee
fu'ly, jtiiA hw children are being edu
cated. He is fuirly prosperous, provided
the ludiau agent uud the contractor do
not try to siurve him, aud he is raising
Jiis faiuiry aud inc reusing iu the laud.
r;
EVERYBODY LOVED HIM."
Far better than the graven stone,
The sculptured urn, the column tall,
These words they said
Above the dead,
'He loved and was beloved by all!"
By some rare grace that he possessed
From life' beginning to it end,
All heart he won,
Nor looked upon
A ttrangor.but to find a friend.
Ah, well it were to live and die,
Phatever height of fame we miss,
To win from lips
At life's eclipse,
So sweet an epitaph a this.
Far better than the graven stone,
The sculptured urn, or column tall,
To have it said
When we are dead,
"He loved and was beloved by allP
Jotephint Pollard, in the Ledger,
JEAN'S PORTMANTEAU.
BT REBECCA HARDING DAVIS.
My story dates back nearly seventy
years, but it is a true story, and its sig
nificance is as forcible and fresh as if the
incident had occurred but yesterday.
In 1820 there was living in the north
ern part of Alabama an old Frenchman
whom we shall call Jean Paulct. He was
a younger son of a noble family in Avig
non, had come, a mere lad, to fight for
the cause of freedom in this country un
der Lafayette, and nad borne himself well
and bravely until the battle of Brandy
wine, where he lost his right arm, and
was obliged to leave the service.
His father was guillotined during the
Reign of Terror of Paris. Jean escaped,
returned, with the young wife whom ho
had married, to this country, and found
his way to a village in Alabama to which
many French refugees had fled.
When the little money which they had
brought with them was spent, they scat
tered. Many of them made their way
lack to France. Jeu Paulet, with his
oue child, Rose, a girl of twelve, re
mained. His wife was dead. Jean
earned a small sum occasionally by teach
ing French to the children of the neigh
boring planters. II o and Rose were
happy and merry as two children, but
often they wero hungry, and always
shabbily clothed.
One day, as usual, old Judge Pope
called at Paulct's cabin to smoke a pipe
with him. -.
".Moshcer," he Raid, "I have an idea!
Why have you never applied for a pen
sion? The country has owed it you for
many years. The back payments will
amount to a considerable sum."
"Do you mean Eat ze Republique zall
pay mo for ze service I give it!" He
drew himself up stiffly. "No, zare!
Jean Baulet offered his body and his life
to ze help of zo American people. His
body aud his life vas crippled for dem,
but zey will not insult rae by paying for
datl"
"Nonsense!" was the judge's irrover-
cut reply to this outbreak of patriotism
"You owe your strength to your child.
Having spent it for this country in her
need, it is only just that she, in her pros
perity, shall help you in your care of
Rosy here."
The Frenchman's face glowed.
"AhJlat is a different, light on it! It
is a great, noblo country, and it cares for
ze children of its soldiers! I am willing
to receive alms from It, but not pay I
"Anyhow you like, so "you get the
money," said the judge. "Let me see
your papers the proofs that you lost
your arm in tho service. He cxnuuned
them carefully.
"They're all right," ho said. "Now,
mosheer, you must take these to Wash
ington. I will writo to our Congress
man to attend to the affair. Rosy shall
stay with us. You must start to
morrow." Monsieur Paulet changed color, and
hesitated painfully.
"Yes, yes, my dear fellow, I under
stand! li is a long journey, and you
are out of funds just now. You must
draw on me. I am often out of funds
myself and you will be a rich man when
you come back. Then I will draw on
you. It is all settled."
Tho kindly but peremptory old judge
had his way. Rosy was taken out to the
plantation and received with delight by
Mrs. Pope, the children and a swarm
of young negroes with all of whom the
French child was a pet.
Monsieur Paulet, in a new suit of
clothes, money and ticket in a brown
portmanteau, belonging to the judge, was
escorted by almost all tho population of
the villago to the inn from which he was
to begin his journey, and departed, load
ed with prayers and good wishes for
good luck
It is hard for the people of the present
time to understand the traveling of those
days. Jean Paulct started in November
for AYashington on horseback. When he
reached the Ohio River where he expect
ed to take a boat, it was frozen over,
Then began a long and perilous journey
in an open sled along tho bank. It was
late in January when he reached Wheel
iug, W. Va., the terminus of the National
Road.
He was exhausted and feeble, and his
money was nearly spent, but ha was
thankful, sure now that his troubles were
over. -
Stage-coaches ran regularly between
Wheeling and Baltimore. Poor little
monsieur climbed into one of these one
stormy day at noon, and, wrapping him
self in his blauket, deposited his port
manteau in the straw at the bottom of the
coach and curling himself up on the seut,
slept heavily. Ho did not waken until
the coach drew up in a little village in
Pennsylvania, long after nightfall.
The inn door stood open, and a savory
smell of supper poured out. Several
coaches, with their teams of prancing
horses, stood iu tho great inn-yard, and
hostlers, guards aud driver were stamp
ing about, scolding and swearing.
"Twenty minutes for supper!" shouted
the guard in the window at monsieur.
Jeau, who was the only passenger,
crawled out sleepily, and hurried iuto the
warm supper-room.
- "Th?''S Bycujs, to he. agrmvJ SyttfaSL
of ze coach here," ho said to a ncgio
waiter.
"Yes, gah. It is one of the big sta
tions on the road. Old Sam'el Boyco
lives here, ne's superintendent of tho
itage lino. A big owner, too. That is
Mr. Bryce, sah," flourishing his napkin
toward a short, untidy old man, who
stood with his back to tho fire peering
through his spectacles at the passengers.
His bald head rose red and shining above
his little, ferret-like eyes; the snuff
which he took incessantly drabbled his
dirty, ruffled shirt-front.
Monsieur, however, paid no attention
to the old man, but hastily ate his
supper, paid for it, and hurried out to
the coach.
It was gone!
Another, with a different driver and
guard, drove up with a dash and toot of
the horu into its place.
"This coach for Cumberland!" the
guard shouted.
Jean stood stunned and bewildered.
He was not a practical, ready man.
"Ycre is my coach?" he asked. "It
vas red; zis is green. It vas ze Eclipse."
"Get aboard, Frenchy ! Can't you ride
in anything but a red coach?" shouted!
the driver. "In with you!"
"C'est mon portmanteau! It is my
ticket, my money, my papers !" cried
Jean, in an agony of fright, running to
and fro.
"What ails the old man?" demanded
one of the coachmen.
"His luggage was in the Eclipse, it
seems," replied a guard.
"Where is the Eclipse?"
"Gone back to Wheeling, or on to
Cumberland. I don't know which."
Jean heard, and stood dumb and trcmb-
ling, while the men, kindlv but ignorant,
surrounded him, plying him with ques
tions. "Wbabbut ye took ycr port
manty out wid ye?" "Take a horse and
rido out the AVhccling Pike, an' ye'll
overtake it." "No, sir. Ride the other
way. It's to Cumberland it's gone."
There was nine passengers got in.
Small chance but they'll take the port-
manty among them?"
Jean, in all his dismay, had ret some
common sense left. He asked to be taken
to the Superintendent, and told his story
in broken English, with many gestures
and tears.
Now, old Mr. Boyce, though he paid a
high sum for a front pew in church, never
had been known to give a penny in char
ity, nor a kind word to any one in pain
or need. Ho despised all foreigners.
He saw instantly, too, that a mistake had
been made which might cost the stage
company or himself somo money. He
did not know which way the Eclipse had
gone, and to send a messenger in both di
rections would cost a few dollars.
"Why did you not take care of your
carpeUack?" he snarled-, eying poor Jean
angrily.
"O monsieur! I haf always leave him
in ze coach I Ze American peoples are
honest! O monsieur, it is my papers, my
money all !"
"The more reason yon should take care
of them, then. Here, Joe, go out and
see if anybody knows which way the
Eclipse went."
"Oh, I thank you, monsieur!" cried
Jean, clasping his hands. He drew back
and waited. Joe soon returned. It was
late, he reported, there were few men in
the yard, and seven coaches had started
at once. Nobody had noticed at which
gate the Eclipe went out.
"There! You hear?" growled Boyce
to the old man. Ho knew that the com
pany was responsible for the lost bag and
intended to search for it. But the
money which must bo spent he would
have to pay out of his own pocket. He
laughed savagely, as he saw Jeau's mis
cry. "O monsieur! Iszutall? Cannotting
bo done?"
"That is all. You don't expect me to
pay you for the bag?"
"Notting can pay me for it. It is all
I have," Jcun sobbed. He stood a mo
ment longer, but Boyce was talking to
the men on other affairs and had appar
ently wholly forgotten him. He crept
out into the night with a wild gesture of
despair.
The next morning, O'Rourke, one of
the drivers, a kind-hearted Irishman,
ventured to ask Mr. Boyce j "An what
became of the littlo Frenchy last night?"
"How do I know? He went on in one
of the coaches to Cumberland, I suppose.
He'll be writing back for his bag soon
enough. Filled with rags, most likely,
judging from his clothes."
A week passed. One evening, just be
fore sunset, O'Rourke, going iuto the inn
stable to look after his borscs, heard a
cry like that of a choking animal on the
mow. Ho came out, shouting to the
other men, "By the powthcrs of war! I
dunno what it is! It s no human bein ,
nor a horse, nor a dog. It might be a
Banshee!"
The men ran in, curious and laughing
But in a moment O Rourke came out,
quiet and pale.
"A doctorl" he said. "Mr. Bnvee,
you have killed him the Frenchman 1"
The other men carried out their bur
den gently and laid him on tho grouud
dying, as thsy thought,, and dying of
starvation. The skin clung to the bones
of his cheeks, his eyes glared out of their
sockets in the skull. He could not speak,
but irave short, inaudible cries. It was
the body, not the soul, that fought against
death. While Jean Paulet could think,
he had kept silence.
The news spread through the little
town. The kindly people gathered about
the poor stranger, doctors, and indignant
men and weeping women, all anxious to
help and .nurse him. He was carried to
the minister's house. Old Doctor Mor
ton, with the judge, watched over him
all night, feeding him as they would a
baby, a spoouful at a time. The squire's
wife was there before day with a bowl of
wine-panada, which she had made with
her own hands. She found a crowd of
other women, rich aud poor, gathered
about the door of the parsonage.
"Will he live!"
"Has he spoken again of his little
girl?"
"Oh, if he only lives long enough to
know that we are not ail murderers!"
The village wan full of warm, hospita-
Vi!i' t'!fi2i'J Mdtog, uud the thought
that a stranger had lain among them,
starving to death in his despair, for I
week, had roused them nil.
Lato that morning, when Jean had!
wakened from his deadly lethargy, olfl
Boyco came skulking up to the miuister'l
door. Some of his neighbor's met him
and turned their heads the other way.
They had long known the manner of man
he was; this was only tho culmination o;
his life of sham piety and meanness.
The old doctor met him at tho door.
"Hero is tho portmanteau. I had it
safe three days ago," he muttered ant
turned away.
The doctor carried it in and laid it on
the bed. Jean gave a low cry and
caught it in his bony hands. "I can gc
back to my little girl now!" he whis
pered. The people of that village did not dc
good by halves. They sent Sam Nelson,
a promising young lawyer, to Washing
ton, with jean's papers to substantiate
his claims. While he was gone they
nursed the old man back to health and
strength, handing him about from house
to house, and farm to farm, an honored
guest. A great trunk was prepared and
filled with gifts for little Rose. The wo
men sent pretty dresses, the children
dolls' clothes, acorn tea-sets, glass pitch
ers small enough for the fairies to use.
Sam Nelson returned triumphant, with
money enough to make Jean rich. He
started at length for home in tho very
coach, Eclipse, which had brought him.
It hurt him sorely to part with his
friends. He waved the poor stump of
his arm, wiping away the tears with the
other hand.
"If it were not for my friend, the
Judge, I would bring my Rose and live
among you," he said.
He kissed the children again and again,
bowed profoundly to the poor old
women, embraced the sturdy, bearded
farmers. It seemed as if he could not
tear himself away.
How the boys cheered ! Even the old
men joined in the shout as the red coach
went up tho hill out of sight, Jean, wav
ing his handkerchief out of the window.
Old Boyce watched it grimly through
his dingy office window, and then looked
at the cheering crowd. .
"An old beggar," he muttered, "whom
they never can make a penny off of I I
have brought thousands of dollars into
the town, but not a man in it will give
me a civil word !"
Yet in his secret soul he knew thr-t he
and the poor old cripple had been weighed
in just scales, and had each received his
reward. Youth' t Companion.
Window Attractions.
David Crawford, show window dresser,
says in tho Chicago lnbune: 1 have
been engaged in dressing show windows
for fifteen years. It is a business within
itself. A man to be a success in it ought
to be a good judge of how to blend colors.
I have tossed about in bed many a night
wondering what would make the best at
traction. In my opinion the best at
traction ever put into a window is some
sort, of machinery. Every man and
woman is a sort of natural mechanic.
People will block up a sidewalk to gaze
at S3ine diminutive mechanical operation
in a window where they wouldn't look at
a window of the costliest fabrics and the
most precious stones. Since electricity
has Tiecome so general it is easy to put
some sort of mechanical contrivance into
operation iu a window. There is a bar
ber on Dearborn street who gets up con
trivances with a jackkmfe and a pair of
scissors. He is always tinkering with
something of the kind when he isn't at
work in his chair. If you are around on
Dearborn street any time you will see a
crowd of men, women and children hover
ing about the barber's window, attracted
there by some contrivance that is beiug
worked by that silent motor electricity,
I stood opposite that window thirty min
utes the other day and counted tho num
ber of pcoplo who stopped and looked at
a couple of pasteboard blacksmiths that
were being worked by electricity. I
counted sixty-four. That will give you
some idea of the popularity of machinery.
If you goto the exposition you will find
the crowds in Mechanics' Hall. I went
over to St. Joe, Mich., on a boat not long
ago, and I noticed that the crowd hovered
about the engine-room like children.
Wrote His Own Epitaph.
According to the Philadelphia Itecori,
tho will of the lato Andrew J. Geigcr, the
eccentric lumber merchant, whose body
was cremated, has been admitted to pro
bate. The estate is valued at 250,000.
Specific directions are contained in the
will relative to the disposal of his remains.
After providing for the cremation of his
body, he directs that a plot of ground be
purchased at Jersey Shore, Penn., the
home of his boyhood. This is to be in
closed with granite curb. In the centre
there shall be erected a pedestal with
sunken panels, aud on this must rest an
obclkk of Egyptian style, either twelve
or sixteen feet in height. Continuing,
the will leads:
I saw these wonderful monolith obelisks in
Egvpt, sat in their shale and sighed to have
one lor my monument in my far-otf bomeiu
the new world.
The four sides of my obelisk shall face
north, eaiit, south aud west. Th panel on
the )eilettft facing the east shall have in
plain tilaek or Kotuun letters, covered with
Hold loaf, A. J. tieigxr, born December 13,
k!4;died
North panel Traveled 60,000 miles in
America, Kurope. Asia and Africa.
South paurl Young man, stop and think.
See what has been the reward for honesty,
industry aud economy. Iu 140 I worked on
Koburt Martin's farm near Jersey Bhore for
2o cent a day. No fortune left to me.
West panel Lived and died in the faith
of the immutable aud unchangeable and na
ture's liod. !
Believed in the gospel of peace, right auii
justice.
What Love Does.
An odd poem begins:
Love iu my bosom, like a bee,
Uoth suck his sweet;
How with his wings he plays with mo;
Now with his feete.
If the old time bees were anything
like their Florida descendants, that poem
might better read :
Love in my Ixuom, like a boe,
Doth never iuui;
Not with his wuig he stings uot he;
liut with his trul.
ihriJn TiintUnion.
GREAT AMERICAN CITIES.
THEIR LEADING PECULIARITIES
PITHILY DESCRIBED.
rpAtttrcs of Now York, Philadelphia,
Iloslon, Washington, Chicago,
New Orlcann, Baltimore, Klc.
There were some ten or a dozen drum
mers in the car. It was bed-making
time, and while tho porter was engaged
in "fixing" tho berths for the passengers
of retiring habits the drummers crowded
into and around the smoking-room. They
nil knew every corner of the United
States, aud where trade could penetrate
or a customer be found, were acquainted
with tho pccuhanties of every city and
could give pointers on nil the hotels of
the country. The idea occurred to a
converted newspaper man, who was
squeezed into a corner behind the ice
water can, that it would bo a good thing
to get from all these fellows of free opin
ions a collection of their ideas as to what
constituted the prominent characteristics
of the chief cities of the nation. The sub
ject was accordingly introduced and in
dorsed, the plan adopted being to men
tion the name of the city, and then for
each man present to give his verdict.
The result, standing as the consensus of
opinion concerning the salient singulari
ties of New York, Brooklj-n, Philadel
phia, Boston, Washington, Cincinnati,
New Orleans, Chicago, Baltimore, St.
Louis, Louisville, and San Francisco, is
as follows:
New York Its rush nnd elevated
roads. Magnificence of stores. For
meeting every one you ever knew. Head
center of theatricals. Matching for
treats aud loud talking in bar-rooms.
The best iu the world. Dollars, dollars
and dollars. Amusements, races and
clubs. Its police and hotels. More
business per hour than in any other city
in the world.
Philadelphia Long, straight streets.
Brick houses and white marble steps.
Closiug shutters at night time. Few
restaurants. Magnificent public build
ings. Aant of style about tho stores,
Fine art galleries. Thriftiness of the
atrical managers. Cars running but one
way on a street. Home comforts. Dis
tance vou can ride for five cents.
Boston Crooked streets. Mixed
architecture. AVomen with curls. Eng
lish fashion in men's clothes. Flourish
inn condition of art and music stores,
Fine stores generally. Parks and grave
yards. Commonwealth avenue and Dart
mouth street. Geniality of societjyand
stanch friends. Number of country peo
pic on the streets. Drives in neighbor
hood. Pork and beans and east wind
Athens of United States nud self-suffi
ciency of literary men.
AA'ashiugton Tho Capitol. All the
poor people growling and half tho women
iu public office. Saturday matinee
parades. Magnificent streets, lettered and
numbered. Their cleanliness. The dis
tances between residences. Number of
green squares. Capitol being turned
wrong way. Gootl singing of colored
boys on the streets. Independence of the;
colored people. Splendid teams and
chance to get acquainted with the looks
of big folks. Innumerable statues aud
hotels.
Cincinnati Amount of brown stone
used in buildings. Good drainage but
dirty streets. Sunday matinees. The
Rhine and never knowing when you
reach it. The inclined hue to Eden.
Donkeys, beer and Germans. Musical
talent. Pork. The city of hacks.
New Orleans Colored people and
French. Stepping stones instead of
cross-walks. foreigners from every
where. Sluices for rain. Rains like the
deuce and dry again in a couple of hours
Splendid barbers. Old buildings and
pretty young women. xrench coffee.
AVater if you dig two feet. A postoffice
built on cotton bales for piles. Awnings
on Caual street and Shell road. Mardi
gras. Levees and Cotton Exchange.
Chicago Bustle and stores. Immor
ality. Sunday matinees, lhe coming
city.- Bad sidewalks aud streets, and
distance between curb and cobble. The
crowd on State street on Christmas Eve,
Number of theaters. Best hotels in the
country. Stockyards and big papers
Hog killing and soft coal. Bridges and
rowdies. Next to New York.
Baltimore Its quiet and good oysters.
Lovely women. Good society. The
splendid complexion of the women
Stoop parties. Good dressing of the
womerl. First-class markets. The
Wednesday Club. A city of brick. The
terrapin and the way it is cooked. Its
bad smells in summer the American
Cologne. Monumeuts and bad sewer
age. St. Louis The variety of the people.
The crowding together of the rough and
the cultured. The extent of the trade on
the river. The make-up of the women
Too much whitewash. AV anted i
promenade. Shaw's Gardens. The
summer heat. Its vanity and envy of
Chicago.
Louisville AVhisky and beautiful
women. Slock raising and good hotels.
Brooklyn lho number aud niaguitl
ceuce of its churches. Prospect Park
and Coney Island. Absence oi business
bustle.
Sail Francisco Its cable cars and hills.
Its pretty women, although they make
up too much. The bounce of its young
girls. Its variety of pavements ou a sin
gle block. Winds, fog aud sewer
smells. Its late hours.. The fascination
of iu climate, tough us it is. Its flower
gardens aud park. The metropolitan
character of its papers. The crowds ou
the streets of an evening. Its detc-rmiua
tion to have aud see the best of every
thing. The absence of poverty aud
plague of peddlers. Its AVesteru inde
pctidence iu manners, customs and cos
tuint-s and judgment. The amount of
whisky drunk aud the thcapue. of its
wines, its romantic past, it prosaic
present and its wonderful future. Hun
h'runeiiscu Chronicle.
It is said that Paris, when full, cap
accommodate nearly four millions of
people.
Iu Paris goats are milked iu the street
for customers.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Poi.tsniNO nAimwooD Pi,oons.
To make a good polishing mixture pul
into a bowl three-quarters of a pound ol
yellow beeswax, two ounces of powdered
rosin nnd a half rint of turpentine.
Stand this bowl in a good-sized basin ol
hot water nnd stir tho mixture over the
fire until thoroughly amalgamated. Re
member that tho ingredients are very in.
flammable, and you must be exceedingly
careful or they will take fire; tho largo
basin of water is to guard against this.
Keep your bowl in the center. Stand
the polish aside to cool, and, if when
cool it is thicker than cosmolinc, add a
little more turpentine until it reaches
that consistency. Now for the applica
tion. See that the floor is perfectly free
from dust and dry, then apply a small
quantity of the polish with a soft piece
of flannel or woolen cloth, rubbing it in
well with the grain of the wood. Aftct
the whole floor has been treated thus,
polish well by hard rubbing with a jiol
ish brush. Then, with a piece of soft
green baize, give a light, final polish. A
floor thus treated will keep in good con
dition for three or four weeks, providing
the polishing brush is used twice a
week.
Softwood stained floors are best sized
and varnished Yankee Blade.
THRIFT IN SMALL TUIN08.
The value of petty savings cannot be
too highly estimated. . The conscientious
habit of saving everything that can be
turned to any account, fitting the object,
however small, into its right place, is a
habit in itself enough to insure thrift.
There are so many things about the
household which are thrown aside which
by careful thought may bo turned to use.
Wise providers buy only goods of genu
ine value which may be used to the last
shred. This is true of market-buying,
of shopping of everything that may be
purchased. Thero is a good brand of
flour and a make-shut brand ; a cloth
firm and well made of wool,
and n cloth to take its place, cheap
and flimsy, of cotton wool. In all these
cases the genuine cloth is the cheapest in
the end; the good brand flour will give
the best and most nourishing bread.
The wcll-mado cloth may bo washed or
cleansed again and again, and bo mado
over until nothing is left of it. A great
deal may bo saved even in buttons,
thread and pins and ne?dles, little min
utiae of which we seldom think. It is
in the sedulous enre that every article
shall be used, that every bit of cloth
shall be turned and made over till it has
passed usefulness, that consists tho
chance of the average family for an order
ly well-fed well-clothed home. Lavish
ness is . the worst of providers. It is
the systematic, steady hand, careful of
minutiae, that provides a home and table
where genuine comfort and gooi cheer
prevail. Simple spending of money can
not accomplish the same result that care
can. The children of poor men, brought
up to hnbita of thrift, usually enjoy
more actual luxury than the children of a
spendthrift, who varies from feast to
famine, from rags to velvet with tho reg
ularity of a clock pendulum. Extrava
gance should be looked upon as a sin, a
trust to use honestly the goods God has
given us, not considered iu the light,
trivial way it is, as something the indi
vidual alone would suffer from. Neie
York Tribune.
RECIPES.
Lemon Pie Juice and grated rind oi
four lemons, four beaten eggs, one table
spoonful of butter, one-half cup of sugar;
bake with an under crust only.
Wheat Gems One pint of flour, one
pint of milk, three eggs, one .teaspoou of
baking powder, twelve teaspoons of salt;
bake in gem pans in a hot oven.
Quince Marmalade Pare and cut in
little squares; take equal weight of sugar
and quinces, add two pints of water to
each pound of fruit. Boil one half hour.
Light Cake Half-cup of butter, half-
cup of sugar, three eggs beateu separately,
ono cup of sweet milk, three cups of
flour, three teaspoon fills of bakiug powder
sifted through the flour.
Fried Hare Dress, lay lengthwise on
meat board and cut in inch pieces ; let
stand in slightly salted water over night ;
rinse well in cold water, roll in corn
meal, and fry slowly till well done.
Boiled Cauliflower Remove the greon
leaves, open tho flower a little in places
and let stand, head down, iu salt water
for two hours, put into boiling water and
boil twenty minutes; take up, drain, put
in a dish, season and pour over drawn
butter.
Lamb Scallop Oue cup of cold lamb
chopped fine, ono cup of stewed toma
toes, one cup of tine bread crumbs;
arrange all in layers in a buttered dish,
having the crumbs at the top; season with
salt aud pepper, put bits of butter on top
and bake.
Applo Batter Pudding Fare and coro
six ripe apples, place iu a dish ; make a
batter of oue pint of sweet milk, two
eggs, four tablespoonfuU of flour, a little
salt, pour over the apples; bake half au
hour. To bo eutea with sauce or sweet
ened cream.
Ginger Snaps One cup of brown
sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half
cup of lard, oue cup of molasses, oue
tablcspoonful each of ciuuamon, ginger,
cloves and bakiug powder, one-half cup
of water; flour enough to make a stiff
dough; roll them out iu round cakes and
bake quickly.
Apple Charlotte Two pounds of ap
ples, pared aud cored ; slice them iuto a
pan, add one pound of sugar, tho juice
of three lemons, and the rind of oue
grated ; boil all together until it becomes
thick, which it will do in about two
hours, turn it into a mould ; serve cold,
with either a rich custard or cream.
Cucumber Pickles Three dozen good
sized cucumbers, pared aud sliced very
thin, Oue dozen onions, chopped, tine.
Mix and add half pint salt. LetMhcui
stand over night, then squeeze out the
brine and add oue quarter of a pound
of whito mustard seed, and clovi -, aud
ciuuamon, if liked. Oue ounce black
pepper and cover with cold vinegar.
THE NEVER ENDINO HARVEST.
I remember when a child that I
Would sometime stand and stare
At aed persons passing by,
With snowy, silvered hair.
An inner vole my reason told,
They had not long to stay; .
I sighed to think that soon the old V
Would all be lain away.
The snows of sixty winters rest i
Upon my furrowed brow.
The sun, low sinking in the west,
Is almost setting now;
But yet the sore and yellow leaves
Are 'bout me everywhere, ,
And death's still garnering his sheaves
Of ripened, silver hair.
Chicago Herald.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
AVlien real estate gets a boom a sail is
naturally suggested.
Tho man who resolves to quit drinking
must be in sober earnest. l'icayune.
Carpets are bought by the yard and
soled by the foot. Richmond Recorder.
The grub makes the butter fly; tho
blacksmith makes tho fire fly. Yor.kert
Qazttte.
The profession of rat-catching has not
yet been invaded by women. Vurlinqton
trie Prett.
AVould the capture of sealers in tho
Bchring Sea involve tho United States iu
a furrin' war? Grijwtck.
A man who is henpecked is well off in
one respect; his wife will not allow any
other woman to peck him.
The real, true national plant, the solo
one that no native American will deny, is
the mint. Baltimore American.
"Love levels all things." Perhaps so;
but it has been noticed that its tendency
is not to make the head level. BoiUm
Courier.
The Toronto GhiU tells of a man who
has cooked his own beefsteak for fifteen
years, lie must like it very well done.
Detroit Free lres.
I do detest a man that's close,
And furthermore, a day;
But if a pretty girl is close
I feel the other way. Grip.
Ignorant Maiden "Mr. Marshare
must be a model husband." "Why, so?"
"He is so attentive to other women, you
know, he must bo a perfect slave to his
wife." Iinton Trantcrijit.
"I must beg thevongrcgation to forego
the usual donation party this year," an
nounced tho minister. "I have nothing
to give. Tho last crowd cleaned mo out
of eatables for six months." Bazar.
It is not" generally the girl with the
most beaux who gets married first. It is
the little, grave, demure girl who sits in
the corner with one young man and
hangs on to him. Somcrcille Journal.
AVe oft hear mentioned, as we pass through
life,
The model hushand and the model wife;
But, sad to say, wo very seldom see
The two residing in one family.
Hunt on Courier.
"Is that an oil paintTug!" asked the
visitor, looking nt a picture on the wall.
"An oil painting!" echoed Mrs. New
money, in an iujured tone. "No, in
deed. That's a genuine chromo.
There's not a drop of oil iu it." Tht
ledger.
"I would advise you to buy a better
watch; I canuot guarantee this one."
"Oh, it is plenty good euough. I am
buying it for my nephew to remember me
by, aud the worse it goes the more he
will have to think of me." i'Veyendt
Blaetter.
Jobkins and his wife are pouting after
t domestic "scene," when their son Bob
ruffles the treacherous calm. "Mamma,
which is tho king of the beasts!" The
poor abused wife casts a withering glance
at her spouse and replies: "Man, my
dear." Judije.
Clarissa (on tho ferryboat) "O,
Chnrles has fallen overboard !" Maud
"He can swim, aud the landiseloSe by."
Clarissa "Yes, but think! Ho has a
piece of wedding cake which he brought
from the reception in his pocket." Lam
Tenet American.
Three burglars worked all night ou a
safe in an office, aud when they finally
got it open they found six post curds aud
five postage stamps to reward tbeiu.
The only revenge they could take was to
stick the stamps on the wall aud write ou
one of the cards: "A feller who keeps a
big safe without anything in it is a
fraud."
"My hands are awfully cold," said tha
pretty girl, suggestively, ou the last quar
ter of a starlit sleigh-ride. "AVhy didu't
you bring a muff with you?" asked the
practical young man prosaically. "I
did!" she snapped, but she wouldn't ex
plain where tho muff had gone to, aud he
has been wondering -ever siuce ju:t whu
he meant. Sotntrtillt Journal.
0,ulek Firing Guns.
The long account which the Standard
(London) gives of the new quick firing
Elswick guns fitted to the Italian cruisci.
Piemouto is rather uncomfortable read
ing. It suggests plainly euough what
we kuow to be tho opinion of many naval
experts that another revolution lit naval
architecture and naval arm.imeuts is in
progress. Just as we have brought thu
art of mounting monster guns in huge
floating batteries to within some distance
of perfection, we discover that moustei
guns may after all have to bo supersede!,
instead of throwing oue huge shot aud
shell every twomiuutos or so, the warship
of the futuro may strive to overwhelm iu
opponent by concentrating upon it a tre
mendously rapid tire from weapoua ol
comparatively small calibre ; and to at
taiu this result it may be necessary to dis
card turrets aud barbette, aud evej al
armor of abnormal thickness, We uiu
have, after all, a reversion to the old typi
of ironclad frigates, which had at anj
rate this advantta, that they were com
fortable ship to live.iu aud were not Lul
. . ... t-.
under water iu a ea way. o.
Uatette.
London pays ovet $12,00(l,0"0 auuu
ally for Cheddar thee wade yu tujjll
farms.