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Tho loss of lifo by (lie recent floods in !
the Chinese provinces is plnced nt 100,
000,
' In South America one sees prrat field
thickly covered itli outs, which have
tint been Down, but growing spon
taneously. A professional swindler who was sent
recently to Dluckwcll's Island, New York
city, boasts of having been arrested fifty
tivo times during tho last nineteen years.
Now that Brazil is u republic, pcrhnps
lier coffee will have n liner flavor. llio
conee, nn exchange alleges, inane in
North America is not us good us it might
be. j
' During ISS'J slightly over ft hundred
million dollars' worth of gold has been
lug from the. earth' on tho four con
tinents; the largest quantity came from
Australia, California and South Africa.
' Tho striking bakers in London havo
siuceeeded in reducing their working day
to ten hours and, as a result of this, the
master bakers intend to add a half
)ienny to the prico of the fourpenny
loaf.
i Here nrc n few dates just now of pe
culiar interest :
, irttt The United States of America.
. IK'M Tho United Slates of Mexico.
IKfil Tho United Ktnte.i of Columbia.
I IftU-Tho United States of Venwula.
IMS'J The United States of Jirnzil.
' European powers nrc casting lots for
Africa, and Africa is not allowed a chance
in the game. Civilization preceded by
appropriation may be a gain to the rest
of humanity, but, in the opinion of the
Detroit Free ';, it is a lit t lu tough on
the Africnns.
George Kcnnan, the well-known writer
ou Russia, in a lecture in New. York city,
ns an instance of the severity of the.
climate, told his hearers how he froze
mercury in a bullet mold, and then put-
ting the bullet in n rilie, fired it through
an inch pine board.
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Some Italian observers have been re-,
cently tcstiug the senses of criminals,
and they find these duller than in tho
. averngo of people. Signor Ottolonghi,
in Turin, fouud last yeir n less acute
nense of smell in criminals, anil he now
allirms the same for taste, w hich he tested
by applying bitter and sweet substances
(strychnine and saccharine) in dilute so
lution to tho tongue, lie liuds jlso vthe
taste of the habitual criminal less acute
than that of the casual offender.
, News has reached San Francisco of the
attempted murder of Count Okuma, Min
ister of Foreigu A flairs for Japan. The
Minister had returned from a cabinet
meeting aud was about to enter the gate
of his residence when a political encmv
of his named Kudishma Tsuneki, threw a
bomb at. him. The missile struck the I
top of the carriage and exploded. The. 1
Count was severely wounded in the right '
leg and slightly in the hand aud face.
It wns found necessary to amputate tho
leg. The would-be uss.rssiu killed him
self. I
It U safe to predict, bays Detroit I'nc
Prcst, that more bloxl will be shed in
Africa within the next ten years than
anywhero else iu the civilized world. As
the natives begin to appreciate tho scope
of the plans of England, Germany, Bel
gium aud other powers, the hostility now
shown U certain to increase and the col
lisions to grow more frequent. Of course
the blacks have no chance of ultimate
success, but their great numbers, their
"Inherited disregard for human life and
the remoteness of the invaders for such
they must be called from supplies or
rciuforcements, will serve to make the
contest more nearly equal than nt first
blush seems possible. This later carrying
of the war'into Africa will have a terri
ble issue.
Iu the deliberations of the international
maritime conference at Washington, one
resolution was insisted upon, the require
ment, namely, that iu a fog, mist, or
' falling snow, vessels shall go at a lnuder
ate rate of speed. Positive legal require
ments in this direction, according to the
New York f tWmr, are badly needed;
for the recklessness of steam vessels at
such times is continually on the increase.
The argument of the ocean steamers that
there will always be a possibility of a col
lision iu a fog, and that ou tho w hole tho
slamer running tho fastest will have the
be-'chauco of escape, entirely ignores
tho chances of the second vessel. If it
is a fishing smack Jr coasting ship, such
us are most frequently met in the log
banks, the probability that it will escape
m.u.snesiu proportion . me spec., oi .
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the colliding vessel. Still another point
often overlooked is the fact that when a
small ship is wrecked by tho larger ves
sel, if the second ship is sailing ut full
speed, there is no chance that it can be
stopped iu time 10 rescue the survivors.
A law restraining tho speed of vessels iu
fogs is u law iu the interests of humanity
pud common sense-
WHAT WOULD YE?
What would ynf
Ye who weep through nil the years;
What would ye, saddened heart,
Who see no shining darts
Pierce tho gray gloom, who will not see for
tears?
Whit would yef
Just for you on all the hills
The sun is golden, and the golden air,
Filled with rare sweetness, yields
Tho perfume of the fields
To you that wait you loved beyond compare.
What would ye?
For your weeping there ! sent
To you, unsatisfied,
A joy to iiuno denied
Tho summer joy. Can ye not find content?
O bounteous earth ! a blessing is let fnll
Upon your children from the tender sky;
A Massing that is peace,
And bids their longing cease.
For theirs is light and love to satisfy.
Helen (I. Smith, in Hrtfai-W Mayazint.
TWO PLUCKY WOMEN.
T. THE CAPTAIN'S WIDOW.
In the month of .Inly, 1857, I ran away
from a British ship which entered the
port of Madras. I was a boy of fourteen,
n runaway to sea, and Captain and mates
had done their Very best to take the ro
mance out of me. They had succeeded
so well that I shipped ashore, determined
to die of starvation before I would re
turn to a life on the deep. No effort
was put, forth to capture me, and two
weeks Inter, when I sat in the shade of a
wall one day, hungry and penniless and
ready to give up, an English woman
halted before me ami began to question inc.
She was a small, slim woman, about forty
years of age, quick of speech and move
ment, and I got the idea at once that she
was a sea Captain's wife. I was not far
out, as she proved to be n sea Captain's
widow, uud was in command of a brig
trading with the cast coast coast of Cey
lon, She happened to be in want of an
other hand, nn 1, alter being told what I
could do, she made a proposition that I
gladly accepted.
I found the brig to be called the
Orient. She was small, but almost new,
and a rapid sailer. The crew consisted
of an English mate, two Norwegians, a
French boy who had run from his ship,
and myself. Mrs. Sweet, the Cnntain.
stood her watch, anil this gave the mate
himself, a man, and a boy in his watch,
while she had a man and a boy only,
though the cook hail to turn out" in her
watch if required. The latter was a
negro, big and powerful, and sailor
( enough to steer or go aloft. Mrs. Sweet,
liS fill llfri-fPil u'd u 1 1. .!..... I.
I " ! "..a.. IlltllUllll miiui 1111,1
n perfect lady, being able to navigate the
brig anywhere, nnd bcincr thorouidilv
posted in every detail of ship work.
I saw on the. brig's deck, almost ns
soon as 1 set foot aboard, a nine-pounder
mounted ou a carriage, and later on 1
ascertained that she carried a supply of
small arms; but I gave tho matter little
tnought and asked no questions. We About three years later than the date
got away next day after I joined, aud we ' given at the opening of this sketch I
had a fine run down the cost to Cupc I shipped aboard of a British ship called
Karikal, from which point we laid our I the Swallow, to make a voyage from
course to the southeast. We had crossed Bombay up the Persian Gulf and back,
the (iulf of Mamiar, which separates the I She was an old craft and a poor sailer,
island of Ceylon from the southern end I and her crew of twelve men was made
of llindoostan, when the wind fell to a ' up of four or five nationalities. I reineni
cului one evening at eight o'clock, and ' ber there were two Kanakus or Sand
all night long we rolled about without i wich Islanders, one Lascar, a negro or
making the least progress. Next morn- two, and the others were American, Eng-
nig there w as a he ivy mist on the water 1
until nfter sunrise, nnd it iraduallv
burned away without bringing the breeze
we hoped for. When the horizon was
clear we saw a bark-rigged craft of three
times our size lying about three miles to
the north of us. She had come down on
the last of tho wind, probably bound
through the straits, and the currents had
set her to the eastward during the night.
Those were suspicious days, but the bark
looked to be an honest Englishman, and
we gave her no attentton until about mid
forcnoon. Then tho French boy, who
was aloft, reported that she hnd lowered
two boats. The glass was sent up to
him, and he soou made out that the boats
were being manned by armed men, and
dark-skinned feilows at that. This
looked us if the bark had fallen into
piratical hands, uud no honest trader
could have any honest purpose iu arming
his bouts.
They took their time about it, and
finally headed iu our directum. Had
there been any wind, they would doubt
less tried to lay us aboard. As soon as
it was seeu that the boats were headed
for us Mrs. Sweet called us all aft and
announced that the stranger was a pirate
who meant our capture and destruction.
She was a little paler than usual, but
poke iu a low anil even voice, and did
not seem to be a bit frightened. She
said it was a case where we must fight
for our lives. They would cut our throats
if we surrendered, and could do no more
if we fought to the last. She seemed toac
cept it as a matter of course that we would
light, anil she was the first to lend a hand
to clear away the gun. The two boys of
us brought up the muskets and loaded
them, distributed the pikes along the
rail, aud then passed up shot aud shell
and cartridges for the big gun. Every
thing had been made ready for just such
emergency. There wero thirty solid
nine-pound shot and twenty-two loaded
shell iu the magazine, as well us about
thirty cartridges containing the proper
quantity of powder. As I afterward
learned, all had beeu purchased at the
Government arsenal in Madras.
We w ere as ready as we could be be
fore the boats had pulled a mile from the
' bark. The mate loaded tho gun with a
shell, and placed two others und several
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lay broadside to the north, headed to the
cast. The boats must, therefore, pull
bow on to us until close at hand, even if
the plan was to separate and board from
dilfereut points. This gave us a big ad
vantage, us we could all lay aloug the
port rail. The gun whs wheeled over,
the decks chared of every obstruction,
und then we were ready. Mrs. Sweet had
a double-barrelled English fowling piece
i loaded with buck shot. Klin whs nearest t
' the stem. The li st of us had tioyeru-I
Inent muskets. J wns pretty nervous,
knowing what was at stake, and she
noticed this, and kindly eluded me, say
ing that I must take good aim, keep cool,
and that we should surely beat them off.
She called tho French boy over and told
him the same, but there Wns tir) need of
speaking td the others. They wjro us
Cool as if it was an evcry-day matter, and
I heard the mate say to the cook that he
wns afraid the fellows would back mil.
The. boals came on to within half a
mile of us and then stopped. Some sort
of signal had been run up on the bark
probably a notification that wo were
ready for a stout resistance. They could
have seen us preparing by aid of the
glass. There was a consultation of about
live minutes, and then came a cheer ns
the boats moved forward. Mrs. Sweet
looked over at the mate, and ho nodded
his head, sighted his gun, and after n
long moment, applied the port lire. There
might, have been some luck about it,
though he was an old gunner, but liis
shell struck the easternmost boat plumb
on the bows, exploded with a loud re
port, nnd she wns wiped out so complete
ly that we could not even see the frag
ments. I believe that every man in that
boat was killed. This ought to have dis
couraged the other, but it did not. She
was pulled for us ns fast as possible, and
the stand of grape fired at her went too
high. After that, discharge we began to
blaze nway with the muskets, mid I hit
one of the rowers and almost stopped the
boat for a moment. AVhile the mate and
negro worked to load the big gun, the
other live of u banged nway, nnd we hit
somebody nt almost every shot. The
boat came on, however, the wounded
cursing and the unharmed cheering, and
she was within 130 feet of our side when
the nine- pounder roared again. She had
tired a shell plumb into the boat. It had
acted as a solid shot nnd gone right
through her, killing nnd wounding and
smashing, nnd when the? smoke blew
nway only three men were swimming
about on the surface. These we ordered
aboard and made secure at once. The
bark dropped another boat, but nfter
coming half way it returned. . About
noon she got a rilllc of wind which did
not reach us, and made off to the west
for the straits, to be seen no more.
When we came to question tho prison
ers, who were lusty-looking cutthroats,
we found that they belonged to the Mal
dive Islands, around in the Indian Ocean.
They made no bones about admitting
that they meant to capture us, and were
surly uud defiant over their repulse.
They would not give us the name of the
bark, aud even after she was out of .sight
they boasted that she would soon return
to release them. At sundown we got the
breeze nnd stood uwny on our course.
That night, during the mate's watch, the
pirates disappeared. All knew where
they went, but no one asked any ques
tions. The two boats contained fully two
dozens of them, and their loss must have
saddly crippled the bark aud completely
changed her plans.
TU"E captain s wike
lish, and Dutch. We had scarcely left
Bombay when the Captain was taken
sick with fever. Jlis name wrs Aldrich,
aud his wife, who was a woman of thirty,
always sailed with him. She now took
command in a general way, and this to
the satisfaction of the mates, though both
were thorough sailors. I heard one of
them say that she could take an observa
tion or work a dead reckoning, and 1 saw
from the orders she gave that she knew
all about a ship.
Wo had good weather and made good
progress until after we were above
Muscat, in the Bay of Orinuz. Then,
one lorenoon, wc got a squall, which did
not last ten minutes, but which brought
down our fore and main to'gallant masts
und carried away a sail or two. There
was cnly a light breeze after tho squall
had passed, and we were lying to and
hard at work, when an Arabian dhow of
ubous 20(1 tons burden came stealing
down tho coast. We were within four
miles of the rocky and mountainous
shore, but she was two miles inside of
us. She was no sooner made out than
the first mate became very auxious, nnd
Mrs. Aldrich was sent for to conic on
deck. She took a good look at the
stranger through the glass, and as she
turned away she queried of the mate:
"Can we depend upon the crew to
fight ;"
"I hope so, ma'am,'' he replied.
"Have them come aft."
All moved aft, and I can remember
through all the long years just how she
looked and every word she said. She
had a worried, anxious lo.ik, nnd no
wonder, and there was u trembling in
her voice as she said : J
"Men, you know that our Captain is I
very sick. Yonder comes a pirate if
there ever was one. If he captures us
those who live through the tight will go
iuto the interior as slaves anil worse. If
we are all agreed we can beat him off.
What do you wiy?"
"We'll fight to the last !" shouted one,
und the cry was taken up by all.
"Thank God!" she fervently ex
claimed. "Give him a brave tight, and
no one can be blamed if we are defeated. '
Sooner than fall into his hands 1 w ill
blow the old ship sky high and all of us
with her."
We had no cunuog, but we had liftccu
muskets, u lot of cavalry sabres, and the
Captain had not dodged about those
waters with his eyes shut. He had,
two or three yeurs before, purchased u
dozen hand grenades such us are used by
the Chinese. These were brought up
with the rest and found to be fused aud
in good condition. They weighed about
two pounds i. piece, and each was enclosed
iu a net, so that it ci uld be tossed quite
a distance. We loaded our ninski'ts.
took our stations, and were us ready us .
we could be. Tho Captain's wifo alter
nated between the deck and the cabin.
He wns out of his head, which wns the
better for him, and she had Ins revolver
for use.
The dhow sneaked along until nearly
opposite its. All work h.td been sus
pended nloft, and she must have known
by this that we were ready for her; but
she came on just the same. And no
wonder. One of the men went aloft
with the glass, and he made out two
guns on her deck and a perfect swarm of
men. She was going to do a bold
thing run us aboard in broad daylight.
She would not use her guns, fearing they
would be heard and bring ns assistance;
but if that mob ever gained our decks
wo were gone. We lay with our head
to the northwest, so she would pass our
port quarter first. Here two of the
strongest men were placed with the
grenades, nnd two of us with muskets
were between them. The others wero
placed to fire over the stem.
Down came the dhow, foot by foot,
with never a cheer from the crowd of
cutthroats on her decks. There was a
menace ill their silence, but it had no
effect upon us. We were determined to
fight, and to fight till the last. I got
the first shot, nnd knocked over a man
on her forecastle, and then all began to
blaze nway. She did not fire in return,
but forged up on our quarter, nnd I
could we fifty Arabs, each one nrmed
with a crease, crowding against the rail
to bo, ready to board.
"Now, heave!" yelled one of tho
sailors with the bombs, and both lighted
the fuses and heaved nway.
Before we could tell what damage had
been done the dhow wns alongside. She
threw her grapnels, but they did not
catch, and she rubbed our whole length
and went ahead. As we saw her failure
we blazed away again with the muskets,
and every ball fouud a man. She .sailed
like a witch, and before she could be
checked was a cable's length ahead. She
hail just put her helm over when there
was nn explosion, followed by n great
sheet of flame, and we saw that she was
hard hit. Confusiou reigned from stem
to stern in a moment, nnd we added to it
bypcppiring away nt fair range. All
ablaze within five minutes, she fell oil,
headed for shore, nud w as run on a reef
about a mile away. Wc saw some save
themselves by boards and rafts, being
swept iu to the shore by the tide, but it
was afterward learned that upward of
forty-five meu were killed or drowned,
nud that the loss of the dhow broke up a
bad gang of pirates. Mrs. Aldrich was
on deck through it all, emptying the re
volver into the crowd as the dhow passed
us, and when all was over she went down
to her husbaud with face only a little
whiter nud mouth more firmly set. She
did not betray her womanly weakness
until she came to thank us. Then she
broke down aud cried like a well, just
like a woman. AVio York Situ.
Well Paid fur a Whipping.
John James Mago, a quiet, middle
aged man, has had a career as romantic
ns that of Monte Cristo. Mago is now a
Guatemalan millionaire, who lives nine
months of the year in Paris. Fifteen
years ago he was a poor English collector
of insects, in Guatemala, and also acted
as British Vice-Consul at San Jose.
One day Commaudante Gonzales or
dered Mago to appear before him. Mago
sent w ord lie would come in a short time.
This incensed the Conimandante, who
was ugly with drink, and he sent a tile
of soldiers after Mago, aud wheu the bug
collector appeared, ordered seveuty-five
lashes laid on his bare back.
This was done thoroughly aud when
finished Gunzales shouted: "Give hiiu
twenty-tive more for luck." When Mago
recovered, which was only after careful
nursing, ns his back was badly cut up,
ho made formal complaint to the British
Government. The result was that Guate
mala was ordered to punish Gonzales
and to pay Mago $500 for every lash he
received, lu default of this English
cruisers would shell San Jojh oud other
coast cities.
Guatemala readily punished Gonzales,
but tried hard to evade paying f 50,000
to Mago. The British, however, were
inexorable, and the poor bug collector
was made a comparatively rich man in
ono day. As he had more coin than any
oue iu the country then, President Bar
rios went into partnership with him.
Mago became one of the largest coffee
planters, aud also secured the exclusive
franchise for building docks in the ports.
No ono can land or leave one of these
docks without paying 3 toll to Mago,
while he also levies a tax ou all freight,
lie also owns valuable mines ind tracts
of timber. His fortune is estimated at
13,000,000, all due to 100 lashes ou his
back.
A Vegetarian Diet.
Dr. I). W. Kicluudsou sounds the
pr iiscs of n vegetarian diet which he as
sumes, in his lecture oil1 "Ideal Foods,"
that what is commonjyicalled bnppiiicss
lightness of heart, rapidity of thought,
and alt else that springs from a happy
life is connected w itlmvhat we lake as
food. That happiness I is best sustained
by those foods w hich .minister quickest
aud with least trouble to the digestion,
aud therefore to the wants of the body.
Sir James llanneu had beeu struck, when
he changed from animal food to u nearly
vegetarian system, by the slate of happi
ness that he experienced, compared with
what he had felt before. The-speaker
had also felt this iu his own life, and
most w hen he was most nearly a vege
tarian. Druu'glstV Colored l.itfhls.
The origin of colored lights in drug
gists' windows is as follows: Originally,
the barber or leech, exposed iu his win
dow the medicines he hud for sale, lu
time, when the business of selling was
separated from that of prescribing drugs,
the physician simply hung up u colored
light, leaving the druggists to expose
the medicines or tho colored water that
took the place of the medicines. Nowa
days only ihe colored bottles remuiu, the
physicians' lamps being few uud fur be-tweeu.
household affairs.
PKKTTY DISH OP KflCO.
Boil twelve eggs hard, takeoff theshclls,
cut four in halves nnd four in quarters;
have ready half a pint of sweet cream nnd
a large spoouful of butter stirred to
gether over the fire till thick nnd smooth ;
grate in n little nutmeg. Lay one whole
ogtr in the middle of n dish, place the
others all around, pour the sauce over and
garnish with the yolks of the other three
cut in two.
MINCKD 11KF.KSTKAK ON TOAST.
A favorite, and without doubt the best,
way to use cold beefsteak is to mince it
finely and to put it to stewing for fifteen
minutes with quite a little water. If tho
beef has not been all dried up by pound
ing and over-cooking the first dny, add
! to the gravy a good sized lump of butter,
j a small onion nnd a teaspoonful of vine
gar or catsup, nnd serve it smoking not
on nicely-browned toast.
TO MAKE OOOIJ POKKIDOE.
Let the water come to the boiling point
before the mc d is put in. Pour the meal
in from the left hand in a continuous
stream, stirring all the time till it comes
to the boil. In this consists the chief art
of porridge making, and on its being well
done depends the smoothness. Allow
it to boil ten minutes and then add tho
salt. Salt has a tendency to harden, nnd
would prevent the meal from swelling.
Boil for ten minutes after the salt has
been added. Dish und take with milk.
GOOD CHEESE.
Enough rennet is ndded to the morn
ing's milk, set in n jar nt n temperature
of seventy degrees, to coagulate in two
or three hours, nnd then left for twenty
to twenty-four hours. Instead of
any special mold, n common hair sieve
may be used. After pouring out the
whey gathered ou top of the curd, cut
it w ith a skimmer in slices nnd lay it ou
a sieve to drain; when this is done,
cream iu quantities to suit (but not more
than that from an equal quantity of milk
as was coagulated) is then udded aud
mixed by mashing with a wooden pestle,
liko a potato masher, until it is n uni
form paste. This is then placed in
wicker molds, as a rule, heart-shaped,
uud is ready for use. It must be kept
in an icebox if wanted to keep several
days.
CIIICKEX PiE.
Cut two chickens iu pieces ns for fric
assee, nnd boil them until tender.
Chickens a year old need to be cooked
for oue and a half hours. Let them cool
iu the water they were boiled in, then
remove the skin and arrange the pieces
iu n dec) dish holding about three
quints, sprinkle each layer with a season
ing of salt aud pepper, using about two
teaspoon fuls of salt iu all. Put four
tablespooufuls of butter iuto a sauce-pan,
and beat it until soft ; add four table
spooufuls of flour, and beat to a cream;
then add a chopped onion, two slices of
carrot, a sprig of parsley, a little mace,
and three pints of water in which the
chicken was boiled. Heat the mixture
slowly to tho boiling point, and strain
the sauce over the meat. Make a light
pie-piste, or pull-paste, roll it out and
cut an opening in the center for tho
steam to escape, aud cover the chicken,
turning the edge of the crust inside the
dish. Bake iu a moderate oveu for ouo
uud a quarter hours.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Docs everybody know that tho best
covering for u poultice or mustard piste
is tissue paper.
Use a silver spoonwh.cn cooking mush
rooms. The silver will be blackened if
uny injurious quality is prcEeut.
Air the house thoroughly every day,
even though the rain comes down iu tor
rents, or the suow beats in in drifts.
Be ashamed to iron a limp shirt bosom!
Men do not so much care for a polished
shirt front as they do for a stiff oue.
That hands may be kept smooth in
cold weather by avoiding the use of warm
water. Wash them with cold water uud
soap.
That the best and most convenient
cover for a jelly tumbler is thiu paper
fastened over tho top of the glass by a
rubber band.
It is a good idea fur a tall weman to
have her kitchen table uud ironing-board
a little higher than the ordinary. It will
save many a backache.
Use great care iu serving tood for tho
table, as the smallest spatter of grease or
gravy changes the appearance and spoils
an otherwise pretty dish.
That the best way to clear out and
straighten the fringe of towels, doilies,
etc., before ironing, is to comb it, while
damp, with an inch length of coarsest
toilet comb.
Glasses and dishes wipe to perfection
w hen washed in vtry hot water. Use a
dish-mop, soap-shaker and iron dish
washer. These also expedite the labor,
as very hot water cuu be used.
A few years ago a fashionable table was
so piled with high dishes that it was im
possible to see one's vis-a-vis without
peeping under the heavily ladcu silver
and glassware. Now a table is con
sidered vulgar wheu not laid in a low,
simple manner.
Tu take iron rust out of white goods:
Pour a teucupful of boiling water;
stretch the goods tightly across the top
of it; tlieu pour ou a little of the solu
tion of oxalic acid dissolved iu water,
and rub it with the edge of a teaspoon
or anything. If it does not come out at
once, dip it down iuto the hot w ater uud
rub it again.
To tie a shoe so it will stay: Tie a
simple knot. Then start to tie a bow
knot, but before drawing dowu light,
take the last part of ihu bow made, put
it over, then under the knot, uud pull
dowu tight, us you would finish u bow
knot. This w ill uutiu us easily us u
regular bow-knot, but of itself will not
come untied.
Over 1000 cattle wero recentlyshipped
to England ou oils bout,
PIMPLES ON THE FACE.
A REGULAR DISEASE REQUIRING
PROPER TREATMENT.
The Skin and the Hair Kuccss of
Oil Hot Water nnd Wholesome
Dior, AVII1 Km:t a Cure.
"It's true enough that the average
young man undergoes a period of afflic
tion from pimples about the time
the. beard is developing," said a
well-known physician, "but to say that
nothing can be done to mitigate the
trouble, or eveu to cure it, is absurd. I
was troubled with it thirty years ago and
I remember very well how it made me
suffer; I used to bo ashamed to go into
the society of ladies', or to appear on the
street, owing to my disfigurement. But
any dermatologist ought to have been
able to tell me how the disease could be
successfully treated."
"So it is a regular disease, then," said
n Washington .Vnr reporter.
"Decidedly so. It is simply 'acne,'
and the easiest way to explain it is by
telling you something about the structure
of the skiu. You have never seen a
piece of human skin tanned and made
into leather, I suppose? Well, it is as
thick ns pigskin and us tough so like
pigskin, indeed, that n tanner can hardly
tell the difference. I dare say that you
have always imagined your skin to be
very thiu because it peeled off so, but
what peels off is only the 'scurf skin,'
which serves as nn outer rovering for the
thick, true skin beneath. Now the hairs,
which are termed the 'appendages' to the
skin, grow from little sacs, each hair hav
ing a sac of its own to sprout from with
a root of its own like any other vegeta
ble in the shape of a microscopic bulb.
The hair is a tube, so that the sap that
nourishes it may run through it; if the
tube is round the hair is straight and
without wave; if the tube is flattened the
hair is curly iu proportion to the flat
ness. Furthermore, the hair, growing
from the little sac the latter from one
sixteenth to one-eighth of an inch iu
depth is kept oiled, since otherwise it
would dry up and fall out, by n small
oil gland opening into its sac. Each
hair has un oil gland for itself attached
to its own sac engaged iu the secretion of
oil for its special use. Thus it grows
and under ordinary circumstances the
operation is carried ou so satisfactory
that the incidental processes excite no at
tention. In the case of a young man who has
arrived at an age when the beard is be
ginning to develop, there is always a
stimulated action of the oil glauds, and
the flow of oil into the hair sacs is in
creased. Then, particularly iu the in
stance of a person who is not iu first-rate
condition physically, nature finds diffi
culty in disposing of the extra supply of
oil, and the latter forms a little clot in
the hair sac. That such a clot has
formed you may often discover from a
small elevation at a point ou the surface
of the skiu, with sometimes a black point
iu the middle. The black point is merely
a particle of dirt gathered upon the clot
at the opening of the hair sac; you could
see it was so if you could bring a micio
scope to bear. When you observe such
ti thing, take a needle, insert the point
where the black dot is, or iu the center
of the small elevation, and permit the
needle to enter the sac. Thrust it
gently down to the bottom of the sac
it may be an eighth of au inch deep and
move it around a little, taking care not
to wound the skin or the inside of the
sac. The performance is painless and
readily done with a little practice. Next
remove the needle aud pinch the skin
between the thumb and forefinger at the
poiut treated, lu nine cases out of ten
the clot w ill be squeezed out aud the
trouble in that spot w ill be done with.
If the clot is permitted to remain, inas
much as it is u foreign body, nature will
try to get rid of it by exciting an inflam
mation. Iu this way is created what
you cull a pimple, which is very upt to
appear without giving such perceptible
warning to advance us that I have been
talking about."
"But girls who have no beards have
pimples sometimes, too."
".Most certainly. The whole body of
every human being, male or female, is
covered with hairs, though downy and
almost invisible to tho nuked eye, und iu
the sac from which uny oue of these hairs
grows a pimple-producing oil clot may
be formed. When a pimple comes on
the edge of the eyelid it is called u 'sty.'
Young women at u certain age, from
causes other than those which affect the
male, are apt to be troubled with pimples,
lu most cases thu annoyance can be
readily cured by proper means. It is a
pity that this fact should not be realized
uud that the necessary treatment, so
easily employed, should not be applied.
The same treatment will be found not
less efficacious iu your own case and iu
those of other young men where the
ulllictiou is not constitutional."
"Pray, tell me, doctor, what the treat
ment is;"
"It is simple enough. The first thing
is hot water. Apply it with sopped
cloths to the face as hot us it call be
borne three or four times a duy the
oftener the better. This has tt tendency
to soften the skin and carry olf the
superfluous oil. Take, internally, a
tablcspoonful of cod liver oil three times
a day, before meals. Cod liver oil is not
only a heath-giving medicine; it has also
a specific action upon the skill of thu
most bcuelicial character. Finally, be
most careful of your diet; cat boiled
chops and steaks, but no pork, and for
swear everything fried, as well as pastry
and puddings. In a word, maku your
fare as plain and digestible as you call.
Take plenty of exercise, so that your
general health may be as good as pos
sible, drink nothing but water, and
you will soon find Jour pimples going
away and leaving your complexion clear.
A young man iu Boston went ton mer
chant's ollicn to usk for the hand of his
daughter. While waiting for thu old
man to appear he tore up und nibbled uj
an old blotting p el, anil although he got
the girl he has had to lose half ijf ii
tongue to save the reuuiiuder.
A SMALL
"Art thou crazy
Little daisy,
dooming out so late?"
I 'ost thou know
That the snow
Boon will Real thy (hU'V1
"I am not crazy," '
Said the daisy,
''Blooming out so lato.
Well I know
That, the snow
Boon will seal my fate.
"But I care not,
And I fear not,
For I've tried to do
All my duty
Well and truly
With my end in view
"lie who gave nio
Youth and beauty
Would not have mo lie
All inactive.
Unattractive,
Fearing lest I die.''
"Then I'll praise thee,
Little daisy.
But I've learneii of you
A good lesson;
Ktill to press on.
Whatever may ensue."
77ic LitHe Giant
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Very showy P. T. Barnuni.
Ou the fence The circus poster.
"Hands off" is ft poor sign for costly
watches.
Every fish woman should have her
scale of prices.
"Time flies." lie should get a bicycle,
and ba iu style.
Nothing will so soon make a person
hot as cold treatment.
The statesman iu his eagle flights of
oratory simply spreads his opiuions.
As a general thing the best mnthema
! tician of the class is selected for its figure
head .
First Old Shoe "I am completely
worn out." Second Old Shoe "You
do look run down."
Collar "How do you feel nfter tho
i n: )'t fcii.:-, ..Ti...nn
I uautiiiiig jim ic mm . uuiiv jj.uuy
none up. j init .
You don't have to speak very loud to a
corn crib, for it's all cars at this time of
year. Merchant Trardtr.
Two editors of Mexico recently threat
ened to light a duel; but ns nothing came
of it the pen is still mightier than the
sword. J'nl'je.
"What! You have moved again
You find it cheaper to move than to pay
rent." "I don't know, I'm sure. I
ucver pay any rent." Jwhje.
Annie "Oh, Charley, I found out
something to-day that I promised never,
never to tell." Charley (settling back)
"Well, I'm ready." Lift.
Lightning ucver strikes twice in the
same place, principally because the place
isn't there the second time the lightning
comes around. Frank Leatie't.
When the boarder wakes from slumber now
a smile his visage wears.
For th smell of steak anil onions from below
ascends the stairs.
Boston Courier.
"Isn't it sad, Angle? Poor Mr. Little
wit has gone out of his mind." "I won
der he's stood it as long as he has. Aw
fully cramped quarters, you know."
Tiiw.
The little girl who wrote on her exam
ination paper: "The interior of Africa
is principally used for purposes of explo
ration," was w iser thau she thought.
lJiiltinuire A mtriatit.
"What is the best time to travel,"
asks a morning paper. When you hear
her father's footsteps on the stairs, young
man. Dou't wait until he gets into thu
parlor. Sue York AVirs.
"I wish 1 had a million dollars," said
a little girl to a little boy she greatly
admired; "I would give it all to you."
"Then why don't you give me that ap
ple you've got;" Alrhiton Glt-lm.
Beacon Street "Yuas.my tailor wants
to get me up a small check, y' kuow."
Towne Hall "Aud mine wants me to
get him up a large check. That just
shows the difference iu people!" Button
'J'imtH.
There's a mutter that's troubled us greatly,
And It's never beeu settled as yet.
We should like to tiuvt some one inform us
Whether Kve w as a Monde or brunette?
AVie York Ami.
When you can climb through a barbed
wire fence ill good shape with your
overcoat on, you may then hope to run
for office without being held up before
the world us a scouudrel. JJitincille
Oi ?.
A Man of Mark.
Prince nT.'.iletunka, of the Friendly
Islauds, iu the Pacific Ocean, is, by all
accounts, the most elaborately decorated
potentate in the world. His body is
tattooed from top to toe, and bears over
l.'t.OOO different signs and emblems ou
its surfat e.
Although hitherto unknown to fame,
either as a warrior or diplomat, the
hereditary ruler of the Friendly groiqi
must be admitted to be a man of murk.
His only rival, as far us history records
it, is the Hon. I'hincas T. Illinium's
once widely renowned star attraction,
the Tattooed Greek. And the Tattooed
Greek was only u pirate, not a priuce.
A Family of Governors,
The late Governor John L. .Maiming
sprang from families whoso sous were
prominent iu the executive history of
South Carolina. His father, ltichard 1..
Manning; his grand uncle, James B.
liii hardson ; his uncle, John Peti t
ltii hardson, and he himself all occupied
the Gubernatorial chair of the Commou
wealth. The present chief executive,
John Peter liichurdson, was his first
cousin. Besides these a relative by mar
riage nlso tilled this houored position.
That is General Wudo Hampton, a
nephew of his first wife. L'iurUaton
C.) AVir.
SMALL TALK WITH
FLOWER.