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An international rxhibilion of postage stamps wilt 1o held in Viennn in 1H90 in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of their introduction. Bmr.il is so vast and yet bo poorly equipped h country that in remote scc tions the people did not. know of Doin Pedro's deposition anil the i" t iblishmcnt of the Republic until some weeks aflcrit hail occurred. A California judge fined himself $."i0 lor jetting drunk, nnd turneiLiver the money to n bailiff, with insfWetions that it. lie recorded in (he usual way. Thin it a rather heavy fine for a drunk, says the Chicago Herald, lint perhaps it was not tlic judge's tirst offense. People who believe that the climate of 1'ie new State of AVashington is only u iiltle less severe than that of Alaska, in Greenland, will find it hard to give cred ence to the stories of ri; e strawberries and raspberries having been plucked from the vines in the middle of November. A typically ignorant juror has been found in lo;va. lie could name only eight States of the I'nion and three Presidents. He was firmly of the opin ion that England is in Africa and that Canada is "out somewhere beyond Cali fornia." Of cour.se he takes no news- Franco mid Germany are bowing and scrnpin g and saying soft things to each other, but since 1S70 France 1ms spent ir'uTa. ODO, (100 and Germany only a little less to get ready for the next conflict. France is live times better prepared than before, and w hen the war comes, prophe cies the Detroit Free Pre, she w ill cither rapture Alsace and Loruinc or lose every thing. Although the buffalo has becomo S irlost extinct in the Vnited States, vast herds of this distinctively American "big game" roam over the boundless plains of northern Australia, and wallow in their shady pools. These animals, which aro magnificent specimens of the Bison Americanos, are the descendants of some buffaloes landed at Port Essington in 1829. They have rapidly multiplied, und now afford excellent sport to the hunter. At the recent ejevlen' of the Turkish troops at Consilinoplo before the F.mperor of Germany and a number of i ual visitors, the greatest surprise was expressed at the appearance and action f the soldiers. It as conceded by a'l present that the Turks would coinparo successfully witht any other troops in Kurope. They were well armed, well officered, performed all the maneuvers villi accuracy, and in all respects chul ii'iigcd admiration. The newly-formed United States of Vntr.il America arc arranging their ante nuptial contract. For the first ten years the union will simply bo an offensive and defensive ulliauee, and the President of i the I'nion w ill have charge only of tho diplomatic and foreign relations of tho live Republics. At the expiration of that period the I'nion will be cemented by the adoption of a constitution which will embrace all political, commercial and other relations between the five Republics ml foreign Powers. Cannibalism is reported to be very prev alent on the wet coast of Africa, near the British settlements and even within limits of British authority. A regular system of kidnaping is carried on around the towns for this purpose, and it is said to be dangerous for any one to venture outside the limits of the settlements lest they be captured and eaten. In one case recently a party of six travelers in a pop ulous section were seized on a thickly traveled road, hurried oil iuto the bush, roasted and devoured. A "coal palace," 150 by HOI) feet and three stories high, is to be erected iu Fast St. Louis, ill. This palace will he a decidedly novel structure. The coal companies will furnish the material for the superstructure black coal of every kind, and wrought out by saw, by mason's hammer, anil into artistic forms by the carver's chisel. The first floor will be polished, coal, and pillars of coal will support the floor coal, coal every where. The purpose of the building will be to coutiuuidly exhibit the agricultural and mineral products of southern 111 inois. The Vnited States may learn from ' Chili's recent experience that it is not all immigration, that pays; that is to say, if our own experience lias not been sulUcient. There is great activity in Chili and many immigrant are going in. The people are dissatisfied with the immigration department because so largo a proportion of tlie arrivals is composed of those who will be a drawback rather than an advan tage to the Republic. Most of the immi grants into the I'liitcd States have been of a better class, but even here, tho Wash ington Ifliir thinks, the number of those y, uo arc a hindrance is not inconsiderable, LIFE'S BETTER INFLUENCES. Better the song and the smile, my dear, Better the song and the smile. Brief is the time we may linger here, Little avails either sigh or tear; Better the song and the smile, my dear, Better the song and the smile. Better the laugh and the jest, my dear, Better t.lio lninrh lha l...f " J Sunshine of heart and of merry cheer, Chasing the shadows that oft appear; Better the laugh and the jest, my dear, Better the laugh and the jeet. Bet ter the word that Is kind, my dear, Better the word that Is kind. Speech that is cold and perchance severe AVell may be spared as we journey here; Better the word that is kind, my dear, Better tho word that is kind. Life's hut a day at the best, my dear, Life's but a day nt the best. Be your endeavor to brighten each year, Making lex frequent the igh and the tear; Life's but a day at the best, my dear, Life' but a day at the best. Am York Press. A DENTAL TRACEDY, Smallbore made no secret of tho fact that he meant "business" with Angelina Ooodluck. She had a good figure, a pretty face, not too much braius and a cool million in hard rash. There was every indication that Smallbore' suit would be crowned with success. Never before had his smile been so bewitching or his glances so thrilliugly tender. Miss Angelina basked in the sunshine of tho former and revelled in the radiance of the latter. In fact so obvious was it that Smallbore was the favored suitor that all other competitors had retired from the field with the exception of Frank Bluff, and it was the general opinion that he didn't leave it simply because of his con stitutional inability to perceive when he was beaten. The Ooodluck parties, as everybody in tho social swim knows, are delightful and jolly affairs. They are not sufficiently particular, perhaps, concerning tho linc ngo of some persons they invite to suit those who hold strong and un compromising opinions ou tho sub jee of "blue blood," but it has always been conceded that if any one gets bored ut one of tho Goodluek's enter tainments the fault is his own. There is no stillness or restraint about their hos pitality. They possess the happy faculty of making everybody feel at home. The house, with the largo conservatory at tached to it, is delightfully arranged for "spooning" or flirting, or even more serious amatory business. The house is deservedly very popular with mamas with marriageable daughters. One mama who there successfully launched three daugh ters on tho serene and placid sea of matrimony ouco remarked: "It is my candid opinion that if a girl can't get off tho hooks through Goodluek's parties she may as well retire to a nunnery at once." It is not strange, therefore that Small bore should have decided after careful con sideration, to formally "pop" to Miss Angelina nt tho next Ooodluck party. The fateful evening came round in due course as alleveniugsdo, fateful or other wise. Smallbore was a happy man and he believed that somewhere in tho neigh borhood of midnight ho would be itill happier. The most careful and methodical of men is apt to become absent-minded when he thinks that ho is going to "pop" to a young lady within tho next few hours. I do not speak from' cxperieuco but I have been so informed by those whom I have consulted on the subject. Smallbore himself told mo afterward that ho dressed like an automatou that evening, ho was thinking all tho time of "something else." It was a long drive to the Ooodluc k mansion, but the way didn't seem long to Smallbore. The rain fell in a dismal drizzle. Tho contrast between the cheer less streets and tho brilliantly lighted parlors full of fragrance and laughter and well bred men aud handsome womeu was equal to that between the ogre's deu and the fairies' grotto iu the pantomime. So it served to tho poor people gathered outside who occasionally caught frag mentary glimpses of the scene within when a door was opened, uud they wished wistfully that they, too, might bo rich. Hut uo sooner had Smallbore opened his mouth to greet tho first friend that ho met young Jack Seaspray than he made a discovery which caused him to feel that he would gladly change places with the poorest of the poor chaps out side and remain a poor chap for the rest of his days. That he told me himself. Ho had forgotten his false teeth! He turned pale, and clapped his hand kerchief to his mouth while harrowing thoughts swirled through his brain. Great heavens, if ho should smile he was a lost maul He could not sing. He was robbed of his accomplishments and transformed iuto an awkward body. "What's the matter, old fellow?" asked Seaspray, with genuine solicitude. "Nothing, nothing," muttered poor Smallbore behind tho folds of his hand kerchief, the absence of his teeth making him lisp. "I gueth ith only a thill, buth I think I'd betther go home." Wise decision. Why didn't ho stick to it? Because fato had ordained that at that moment he should see, through an open door, Fruuk Blulf paying ardent attention to Miss Angelina. Smallborc's ulfectiou was, under ordi nary circumstances, of a well regulated and discreet character. But even the most temperate of wooers is likely to get his mental balance disturbed when he sees a rival, making love to tho woman whom he has resolved to make his wife. So Smallbore hastily decided that, he would stay to keep an eye ou Bluff, but would make himself as inconspicuous as possible, "Come upstairs aud take a brandy aud soda," said Seaspray, "you will feel bet ter then." "Thaukth, Ithiukth I thwill," replied Smallbore, who felt the need of something to stimulate his courage. It was the worst thing he could tuka under the cir cumstances, What lie wanted was sonic. thing to quicken his judgment. Brandy and soda doesn t do that. "It's my private opinion," subse quently observed Seaspray, in the smoking-room, "that Smallbore is three sheets in tho wind with the fourth flapping." Seaspray was something of a yachtmati and nllccted nautical phrases. "Well, if that's the rase, he had better fight shy of Miss Angelina,"' was the judicious response; "she threw over Will I tightly last year because she found him tight once." Smallbore, despite the brandy and soda, was of the same opinion, but ns he explained to me afterward when making a clean breast of the whole business, he could not resist the temptation to steal down stairs to see what Bluff was up to. Ho selected a place in deep shadow wlu'ro he could seo without much risk of being seen. But iu this world when a fellow gets into a fix the thing that he wishes most to avoid is most likely to happen. The sharp eyes of Miss Kitty Chipper discovered him. She had been out six seasons, and perhaps had her own private reasons for objecting to a long continued tete-a-teto between Miss Angelina and Bluff. "Oil, Mr. Smallbore," she exclaimed, tripping tip to him, "where have you been keeping yourself so long. I'm so glad I've found you. There arc a lot of girls who nre just dying to have you sing u (luot with Miss Angelina. That sweet one, you know, about love will have its way." Miss Kitty tapped him with her fan and added slyly, pointing to where Miss Angelina and Blulf were silting: "Now don't you think that I'm a real good friend of yours? There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, you know." "Confound her!" thought Smallbore. (He really thought something stronger he told me.) Earlier in the evening he had looked forward with a great deal of pleasure to singing with Miss Angelina, but now the bare idea of it made him shudder. "Thu'U have toexcuthe me," mumbled Smallbore, vainly trying to control his lisp. "I'm noth feething thwell." "Indeed I think we had better excuse you," replied Miss Kitty with emphasis, lifting her eyebrows. Smallbore didn't appreciate the signifi cance of that emphasis. Ho was only too glad to get rid of her. Meanwhile a false theory concerning the cause of Smallborc's defective speech had traveled like lightning. Tom Jenk ins, who bore Smallbore a grudge for a richly deserved snub which Smallbore had onco administered to him, found an opportunity to wdiisper the news to Bluff. I got it afterward from a friend of Bluff's that this is what he said: "That snob, Smallbore, is ns full as a tick. He can't even talk straight. If you play your cards well you've got a winning game." 1 don't like BiufF, but I admit he is a pretty smart fellow. He at once perceived the advantages which the situation offered for him. Kittio Chipper had only left Smallbore five minutes when Bluff strolled up to him. "AVhnt's this I hear, old fellow; you're not feeling well? I'm deucedly sorry. I'll take you where you'll get well iu a jiffy. Miss Angelina has been so nnx ious to sec you all tho evening that, by Jove, she has been hitrdly civil to me." "Come right along, old fellow," added Blurt with affected good nature patting Smallbore ou the back, "you'll get well iu no time." There had been nothing in the terms of their acquaintance for tho past six months to justify such familiarity. Iu fact their relations had been decidedly "strained." But poor Smallbore was powerless in Bluff's hands. Ho was hustled along until 1"! found himself plumped down alongside of Miss Ange lina. To add to his consternation ho found that he had dropped his handker chief nnd could no longer hide his em barrassmcut behind its protecting fold. "Why, Mr. Smallbore, I'm just awfully sorry to hear that you nro sick. What can I do for you? Please do tell me. Perhaps if you come with me into tho conservatory and get some fresh air you will feel better." The tones were tender; the look, divinely sympathetic. It was iu that conservatory that Smallbore had fondly imagined he would ask Miss Angelina to be his wife. Here was tho opportunity offered him. But he was just as pow er less to take advantage of it as if he hail been bound hand and foot. Ho hail never before in his life, he told me, felt so abjectly and completely miserable. "Ith nothing; ith nothing; I atthurc thu Mith Anthclina," he said pitiously, "I'm a lithlo thick, thath all; I'll get over ith." .Miss Augeliua looked nt him earnestly There was uo trace ou his face of that bewitching, imitablo smile with which he was wont to meet her gaze. Alas, poor Smallbore did not dare to attempt a smile. That would expose a cavity where four pearl-white teeth had becu accustomed to glisten. His lips tightly drawn. He presented a were most woeful aspect. Miss Angelina's sympathies were touched. Smallbore might have extrica ted himself from his awkward position and pushed his suit to a successful issue ou some other occasion, when better equipped for it, but for one little awkward circumstance. Women are quick to put this and that together and jump at conclusions. Miss Angelina had delicate olfactory organs. She detected the odor of brandy. It was the result of that confounded brandy und soda that Smallbore had taken nt Seaspray' suggestion. Her manner be came frigid immediately. "Mr. Smallbore, I think you had better go home at once," she exclaimed tartly. Then turning to Blulf, who had re niuiued close ut hand to sec how his little game worked, she said sweetly: "Will you be kind euough to take ine to the supper room?" "Don't bo too hard on him, Miss An gelina," Smallbore heard Blulf say as they moved off, "I don't think that he often gets in that couditiou." When Smallbore reached his rooms the first thiug that awakened in his mind a realizing sense of what that rvening had cost him was the sight of those precious false teeth glistening at the bottom of a tumbler filled with water, lie knew that hi could never so far sacrifice Iiis prido as to tell Miss Angelina the true cause of his seemingly strange conduct. He had lost her. 1 he I'.jioch. WISE WORDS. Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. The readiest and surest way to got rid of censure is to correct ourselves. Tho morning of life is like tho dawn of day, full of purity, of imagery and harmony. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul ; and tho heart of man knowcth none more fragrant. Men don't go around nowadays trying to break girls' hearts. But very good men can be thoughtless nnd selfish. Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves. There is nothing so elastic as the hu man mind. Like imprisoned steam, the more it is pressed the more it rises to re sist tho pressure. Tho moro we nre obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish. Purity of heart is more by far than power of brain, more than deftness of hand. Human welfare is all built up on moral purity. Our acts nre the outcome of thought, and the character of the thought depends on the moral Btate. Every one must see daily instances of people who complain from a mere habit of complaining; and make their friends uneasy and strangers merry by murmur ing at evils that do not exist nnd repining at grievauces which they do not really feel. Tho fountain of content must spring up in the mind; und he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing nnything but his own disposition, will waste his lifo in fruitless efforts aud multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove. At War With the Bubl. The Bubi tribe, who inhabit tho littlo island of Fernando Po in the Gulf of Guinea, recently made a raid upon the town of Santa Isabel, and had it not been for the timely iirrival of a Spanish gunboat they would probably have re duced the town to nshes. Their King nud n number of his followers were cap tured and are still iu custody. They have once been severely flogged in the open air, nnd the news was sent to their friends. The Bubi are among the most peculiar people ever discovered. Though their iilnnd homo contains only about 800 square miles, and the whites, Portuguese, British and Spanish, have been iu pos session for four centuries, the natives were almost us little known as though they lived in Central Africa until a few years ago. They live far up among the mount ains that occupy the interior of the island. For generations nt a time they did not molest the white residents of tho coast unless they ventured iuto the interior. Tliey kept a breed of ferocious dogs, which were a greater source of terror to the whites than tho Bubi themselves, though the latter were well armed with arrows and spears. At one time when they were at war with tho whites they were accused of stealing into the settle ments iu the night time and poisoning wells. They have never yet been sub jugated, though a while ago a white traveler, by exercising great patience and perseverance mnuaged to win their con fidence, lived nmongthem for some time, and two years ago lie published a book giving the first detailed information about the native inhabitants. This is probably the only instance on record of an island, twenty miles wide, being in possession of the whites for four centuries, during which time they were not able to explore the interior. A"isi York Sun. Talking to Oneself. Everyone has, doubtless, at some timo or another caught himself talkiugto him self nnd smiling us he walked along the street, and has felt his ears get hot as he wondered how many people had ob served him aud put him down as an escaped lunatic. If he wants to sec just exactly how ridiculous and idiotic tho action is he can observe other people similarly absorbed iu their own conversa tion. It is not everybody who, caught iu the act, can get out of it as wittily as diil the Irishman who, when rallied upon talking to himself, said he had good rea son to do ho as "He liked to talk to a sensible mau and liked to hear a sensible man talk." The shame people feel at be ing surprised in this talk to themselves is due, if the truth were known, to the fact that the talk is generally of a supremely egotistic character, the talker generally being iu imagination in some important position where his words carry weight, lie is not seldom complimenting himscjf, as in his mind's car he hears somebody else complimenting him. St. lmiis Star Siyiii'jt. An Alligator's Nest. Alligators, as a rule, have a regular place of retreat ou the bank of a stream or tarn. This is excavated with their foro paws, and, according to some crack ers, the dirt is carried away in the mouth of the engineer, who backs into deep water and disgorges its load, then re turns to renew the operation until it has made itself a capacious homo underwater. This will readily account for the sizu of the mouth, for it must not only pro cure food, but also act as a mud-scow. The female adopts the same method for building her nest, und not only fills her mouth, but also takes a load betweeu her forelegs when she is iu a hurry. Sho can, by this means, accomplish much work iu a day, for she never seems to tire. It is quite amusing to watch u young mother build her first nursery, she being not only fussy and vigilant, but so sus picious that a few fluttering leaves stur tlo her out of her wits Outinq. RUSSIA'S HOLIEST CITY KIEV AND THE FAMOUS PETSCHER BKY MONASTERY. Kemnrkablo Kslnblisbmcnt Kn IohIiik Sixteen Churches and a Vast Area or Cntni oiubs, Kiev, which was once designate'! by the late Czar in an official ukase u.i the Jerusalem of Russia, is the cradle of the Muscovite orthodox faith. According to one of its most cherished traditions, the holy Apostle Andrew preached the Gos pel there iu the first century of the Chris tian era, but it was not until 90(1 years later that St. Vladimir, reigning Duke of Kiev, put an end to the human sacrifices, overthrow the heathen gods, and com manded all his people to allow themselves to be baptized, putting to the sword about B000 of his subjects who declined to obey his orders iu the matter. Al though St. Vladimir would allow no hesitation on the part of his people, yet it had been a considerable time before he had been able himself to make up his own mind on the question. If Kiev is the Mecca of Russian ortho doxy, the famous Petschersky Monastery is its Kaaba. Founded, nccording to tradition, in the ninth century by St. Anthony, it is regarded as being without exception the most sacred spot in all the Empire. This remarkable establishment is. indeed, almost a citv in itself, since within its precincts arc enclosed no less I than sixteen churches and innumerable other buildings. Below the ground are the catacombs, where the bodies of hun dreds of Russian saints repose in open cofiins. Every year thousands, nay, tens of thousands, of pilgrims wend their weary way from all parts of the Empire toward this sanctuary to offer up prayers beside tho holy remains of the above mentioned saints. In June nnd July es pecially the faithful flock to Kiev, and at such times the great monastery re Beuibles nothing so much as a big bee hive. At one end of the enclosure is n building containing the most gigantic samovar of the whole world, where tiio pilgrims, who always carry their own tea with them, are provided with hot water and glasses. Tho most interesting portion of the agglomeration of buildings contained within the walls of "Petschersky" arc the catacombs, the entrance to which is well nigh impossible to obtaiu in consequent1 of the crowd of picturesque beggars, cripples, blind men, and vendors of more or less spurious relics who incumber tho spot. The catacombs extend over a vast area, nnd contain no less than three little un derground churches and a great ninny small chapels. Ou all sides, lighted by the dim aud melaucholy glimmer of oil lumps, are niches and cells in which tho corpses of the saints and holy men rcposo in their open biers. The bodies are swathed iu bands ot linen wound round and r.iund them, somewhat in ;hc style of the Egyptian mummy. The hands are clasped on the breast, und tho face is un covered. At every Btepone stumbles over pilgrims prostrate on me grou .u ut- fore the cothns. or bendinir over them to the ground be reverently kiss tho shriveled nnd black ened faces und hand of the dead. Some timo ugo a pilgrim who had a sick wifo nt home was caught in the net of biting off the finger of one of the saints, nicauing to carry away this strange relic, which he considered would suffice to restore the patient to health. Here aad there are to be seen traces of little windows which have been bricked up. Heaven alone can tell of the poignant scenes that must have been enacted with in, for it is there that repose the dis torted remains of those whose excess of fanaticism drove them to cause them selves to bo bricked up alive in narrow cells, hoping thereby to win pardon for their sins. In other cells hewn in the gray rock, measuring six feet long by six feet high and only three feet iu width, the entrances of which have been built up, leaving ouly a little square opening about six inches square, are miserable meu whom remorse for some terrible crime nnd religious mania have iuduced to consign themselves for the remainder of their days to these living tombs. Three times a week bread aud water are passed to the unfortunate creatures by the small aperture through which they breathe the heavy foul air of the vault. At the further end of the catacombs nre preserved the most i.easiired relies of the monastery, in the shape of tho "thirty holy-oil-tlowiiig heads," which arc stated to yield iu a miraculous maimer the sacred oil which is used at baptisms and with the viaticum. These so-called heads are in reality the skuils of some of the patron saints of Russia, and the sale of the fluid in question iu small bottles constitutes great source of revenue to the monastery. Not thut the latter is depeudeut on any such income, for it is known as the wealthiest religious institution of the whole world. Its riches are simply in. calculable, and the foreign guests who visit Petschersky obtain only a faint idea of their extent from the extraordinary display of precious stones aud precious metals which aro lavished ou the vest ments of the clergy in their annual grand processions from the Cathedral of St. Sophia to the spot on the banks of the Dnieper where St. Vladimir was baptized, and where the mighty river is every year blessed afresh.- Sue York Timet. A d'reat (Juesser. Frank Gibbons, who died recently at Hiberuia, N. Y., was the greatest gucsscr of the age. His faculty was first de veloped in a homely way, and did not at tract a great deal of attention. It be came a recognized characteristic when the boy would stand at the cud of a row of potatoes and guess with singularly close approaches tu accuracy how many of tho vegetables-would be fouud it: each hill. He could guess the number of egg in a basket, the quantity of milk iu a paii, tho iiuihImt of sticks of wood iu a load, how many jmslu lsof corn would bo husked from a patch, uud iu a hundred instances he guessed witbiu one or two how many grains, of corn there were on wn ear HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TUB DEADLY COLD J1KD. If trustworthy statistics could be had of the number of persons who die every year or become permanently diseased from sleeping in damp or cold beds, they would probably be astonishing and ap palling. It is a peril that constantly besets traveling men, and if they are wise they will Invariably insist on having their beds aired and dried, even ut the risk of causing much trouble to their landlords. But the peril resides in the home and the cold "spare-room" hits slain its thousands of hapless guests and will go on with its slaughter till people learn wisdom. Not only the guests but the family often suf fer the penalty of sleeping in cold rooms and chilling th"ir bodies at a time when they need all their bodily heat, by getting between cold sheet. Even iu warm weather a cold, damp bed w ill get in its deadly work. It is a needless peril, nnd the neglect to provide dry rooms and beds has iu it the clement of murder and suicide. Good llotrlf piny. A rilKTTV FlliKI'I.ACB. An unused fireplace is un ugly and un nttractive object. We do not mean the old-fashioned fireplace, with brass fire dogs and great logs, that even when not lighted can be made pretty with ever greens and autumn leaves, but the lire place with an ugly black grate, or, worse still, a hole for u stove-pipe. In n dear old country-house, where we nre a wel come guest, we recently saw a fireplace so ingeniously hidden that the .nook be came a thing of beauty. A folding screen covered with red and gold wall paper was placed in front of it, and at the foot of the screen was a long box filled with ferns and other plants which thrive without sunshine. This room was heated from nn adjoining room, so that the decoration could remain summer and winter; but, when it is necessary to light a fire in winter, the screen and box are easily moved to any part of the room. In phce of the screen one might use a largo mirror, framing it with pasteboard nnd some suitable wall-paper or gilt paper. American A'jriruUuritt. nOW TO I.At SDUV rol.OllF.D COTTONS. I find it more difficult to wash some cottons, particularly calicoes, than ging hams, without causing them to fade, says a writer in the Detroit Frt I'm. I never want cleau water for washing them iu first, ns clean water, with fresh soap in it, is quite apt to fade the dark shades of prints, nnd will sometimes spot the goods, should the soap not be dissolved. After washing my white clothes, I put my dark cotton goods through the same water without. adding any more soap to it. As I always put my white clothes through two waters before scalding, I serve my colored cottons iu the same w ay. I use scalding water, adding cold water, to put them iu for the last time before rinsing. Don't let them remain in this, only rinse them up and down to get the dirty suds out before rinsing them for the last time. Should they need any rubbing, do it in this water, and if you need any 8oi,,.(1 K)t use som0 s,)(Kl , ', , .... . .., ' , , hard kind. I alwavs want good boiling water for the last. A handful of line salt added to the water is good, especially for black-and-white goods. If the colors are inclined to run, keep changing the posi tion of the garments ou the line, hanging them differently every time. It is best to March them by turning them wrong side out. As to the ironing, most of the dark prints, blue and red in particular, will look better and more like new goods if ironed ou the wrong side. They will iron better aud eusier if sprinkled and let stand over night. Do not have the irons too hot, as that will sometimes change the color. KKcirES. Beefsteak Pie Take tender steak that has been cooked, cut in small bits with seasoning, a little water or gravy, aud bake iu a raised crust one hour. Stuffing for Turkey One pint of soaked broad, two tablespoonfuls each of sage, and summer savory, two teaspoons each of salt and pepper, butter size of an ('.nr. Palatable Plain Hash Put one quart of cold Cooked meat into a slewing pan, udd one onion, grated, and a halt pint of hot water. Stew five minutes, add two hard boiled eggs, chopped line, a table spoonful of butter, and a palatable sea soning of salt and pepper. Serve immedi ately very hot. Clams on Toast Chop up two dozen small clams; simmer for thirty minutes iu water enough to cover them. Beat up the yolks of two eggs, add a little cayenne pepper and a gill of warmed milk, with half u teaspoonful of flour stirred into a little cold milk. Simmer all together and pour over buttered toast. Boiled Bluefish Make u rich dressing of rolled crackers well seasoned with pepper, salt, butter and sage. Stuff tho fish and wrap it iu a well-floured cloth, tic loosely or sew it up. Salt the water it is to boil in, put in the fish and place it where it will cook gently, allowing eight or nine minutes per pound. Sweet Potato PulT--Boil and mash four sweet potatoes, add to them two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two ounces of butler, salt and pepper to taste; beat un til light. Fill the cups two-thirds full; brush over tho top with u beaten egg: bake in a quick oven until a golden brown. Serve hot as a vegetable. Raised Pork Pie Make a raised crust as for ch'n ken pie ; take the bones fiom a loin of pork, chop tine, season with pepper, salt and powdered save und fill your pic crust; put on the top crust, fasten the edges well and rub tin top over with the beaten yolk of egg; bake it two hours with a paper over it to keep from burning. Southern Rice Waiiles Mix one tea cupful of hot boiled rice and u quarter id u pound of butter. Let this cool and udd six beaten egg, one quart of milk, one and a hall qii arts ot flour and a heaping teaspoonful of silt. Jleat all together and bake in walllu irons, Very hot, but not too much greased, or the waffles will be It's delicate. Tiie signs is bad when men commence A-flndin' fault with Providence, And balkin' 'cause the earth dou't shake At ev'ry prnnein' step they take. No man is great till he can see How less than little he would lie t Kf stripped to self, and stark and bare, lie hmig his sign out anywhere. My ibetern is to lay nsi'le Contentions and be satisfied; Jest do otir best, and praise or blame That toilers that counts jest the same. I've alius noticed great success Is mixt with troubles more oi1 less. And it's the man who does tho best That gits more kicks than all the rest. Jnmc.t Whilcomb Uilcy, Hl .HOR OF TIIE DAT. Making lots of money The mints. It is the scissors grinder w ho likes to see things dull. The Republic of Brazil deposes and money disposes. A clothes call "Say, you hrnthc" Chinee, isn't my washing (lone yet?" Some of these amateur singing so cieties ought to conic under the head of bawl clulm. Union Bulletin. Some people look to posterity for vin dication, thinking that posterity will not have n chance to find thein out. Judge. Deaf mutes talk with their fingers; but the most expressive of silent lan guages is heard when "money talks." J'ud: Dignity is becoming; but beware of sticking your stomach out in the effort to keep square shoulders, lest you become au object of derision. Wiggins "Has Higgins settled down any?" Jiggins "Yes, I think he has by this time; he's been buried about three weeks." r'jioch. When a man is young he thinks to re form the world, but when ho gets older he is quite satisfied if he is able to reform h i nisei f. .1 (C.'i ison Ulobe. Burglar "You're getting fat. Don't look as if business worried you much." Pickpocket "Oil. no. I take things easy. " I'h ihitli Ijili iti Inquirer. "My face, ns well as yours, is my for tune," said tho two-nosed freak at tho dime museum as he turned up one of his olfactory organs at the Circassian bennty. Angry Father "Another tailor's bill, I suppose. Well, what's to be donu about it?" Son (meekly) "That's for tou to settle." Clothier ami Furnisher. The urchin who sees tho legend ,1Paint" Can never pass it by AV it limit putting out his fingers To see it the paint is dry. Httstoti Courier. There is one point in favor of the man that laughs at his own jokes. You uru never in doubt ns to whether he in tended to be funuy. Tcrre Jluvte Ex press. Hungry Guest "Do you think I can satisfy my appetite with such a dinner as this?" Waiter "Of course not. AVhat citru dishes shall I bring you?" Testis fyTl'till'JS. Irate Father "Yon young rascal, you ; didn't I catch you making faces be hind my back?" Young Hopeful "Well, how was I to know you'd see me?" Jury. "Yes," said the dentist us he yanked away ut the tooth regardless of his patient's yells, "a man is bound to succeed at his work, provided it is douc with sufficient pains." Minnie "They say that Mr. Peck does all of his own mending. Isn't that nice for her?" Mamie "I don't know. It seems to me that I would rather have a real man." Tirre JLiute hjrire. The snobs who declare they are the cream of the land The superlative few, tho select of the race Hhoulil remember the process that nature has planned Vut the cream and the scum in the very same place. t'hienjn lleriuil. Little Louise was told that her grand mother had died and gone to heaven, aud was asked if she didn't want to be iu heaven with her. "Well," replied the little one, "I would like to live with grandma, but 1 don't want to go so early." Hotton lit raid. "I don't see how Mrs. McGay can uf ford to wear so many tips ou her hat. There is a row of them alt the way round the brim." "Afford it? I woni cr t't she hasn't the whole hit made of tips. Her husband is a hotel-waiter, you know." JuJje. "Some boarders," said the landlady in an offended tone, "aro hard to please. I heard young Crape complaining of a lack of variety of food at the table this morn ing, and I have hash five times a week. That ought to be 'variety' enough for any man." AVir York Seirt. "Mamma, where is my hat?" yelled Tommy. "Just where you left it." re plied his mother. Tommy rubbed the cud of his nose for a moment, and theu said: ".Mamma, if you won't tell mo w here it is, won't you please tell me where I left iti" llariert You nt People. All Ancient Butcher Shop. The Museum of Antiquities at Dresden huscoine into po.'sessiou of an interest ing marble relief from Rome, which rep resents un ancient butcher's shop, of ob long shape, aud divided by a pillar into two unequal parts. Ill the greater stands the butcher, with a high chopping block, resting on three substantial legs, before him, while behind him hangs the steel yard and a cleaver, ho himself being oc cupied in dividing a rib of meat with another cleaver. Ou the wall above linn, just as w ith us, is a row of hooks near to each other, on which hang pieces of meat already drcsM-d; a rib and u leg of meat, a pork joint aud udders a tid bit of tho Romans; also lungs and liver, aud last of all, the favorite boar's head. Ou tho left, in the smaller division of the shop, the wife of the butcher sits ii. all easy chair, with an aei omit book on hu knees, engaged in assisting the business of her husband by acting bookkeeper headdress points to the time i touiuc. Her f An- JUST DO YOUR BEST.
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