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' Last year Germany granted only 8921
Trntents, while England gmnted 9779,
mid the United States 20,420.
i From the year tha patent office wm
Established np to the present time 3500
patents have been granted to females.
The 'first woman patentee was Mary
Kens, who invented a machino for weav
ing a mixture of silk and thread.
, A squirrel was killed recently on its
way from n grain field in San Joaquin
,County, Cal., and on examination of its
.pontiles they wero found to contain 819
grains of wheat, which goes to show how
much damage a few of these animals
can do.
According to the Nc York Herald,
"colonists who have returned to this coun
try from Africa report that the condition
of the American colored peoplo who
have sought homes there is truly pitiable.
The climate breeds fatal fevers, and the
colonists would nil return if they could,
but few of them will ever bo able to
reach America again."
! The Civil Service examiners have Rome
queer experiences. An applicant for ap
pointment on the polico force of ono of
our cities in filling in tho replies to
questions about his habits, wroto that he
took five cocktails before breakfast.
Another frankly wrote that he took con
siderable liquor, and when asked if a
physician prescribed it said: "No, I pre
scribed it for myself."
' A Daniel has come to judgment in
Montreal, where a man has been con
demned to pay one dollar damages for
having called upon a person in a factory
with the view to collecting debt. The
court held that tho domicile of the debtor
is the proper place at which to demand
money that is owing. It further declared
that to ask on the streets for money that
is duo constitutes an assault.
I American push is beginning to bo not
only appreciated but feared in Europe.
It has been proposed to hold a World's
Electrical Exposition in Frankfort in
June uot, -to be continued for five
months. . Herr Siemens, Germany's fore
most electrician, warns his fellow coun
trymen that Germuny ranuot now com
pete with America in the number of new
electrical inventions, and ail vises that
the exhibition be postponed eighteen
mouths, until the disparity becomes less
startling.
V . i
1 The Shah of Persia's recent visit to
Europe has been very beneficial to his
subjects. Whether ho has grown wise
in his old age oris anxious to appear pro
gressive, the fact rcmnins that he is
doing a great deal for tho improvement
of the suuitary nnd moral condition of
Teheran. Ho is introducing sewcrago
into the city and has broken up what are
nown in this part of tho world as
"dives." It is suid that Hadji Hussein
Ghooly Kahn, ex-minister to tho United
BUtes, has greatly assisted tho Shah in
in these reforms.
J. F. Jameson htu been making a study
of the voting habits of our fathers, and
reports results very interestingly in the
JVew FnglaixU Magazine. He finds that
they were not nearly so faithful in per
forming that duty as their children are.
."When, iu tho spring of 1779," he says,
"and the question of having a constitu
tional convention (in Massachusetts) was to
be voted on, a great proportion cf the sol
diers had probably returned to tho State.
Vet the vote, iu towns enough to make
up nearly two-thirds of tho inhabitants
of Massachusetts proper ami a part of
Maine, amounted to 5.4 per cent, of the
population."
Where would Shopman Barnum be if
all the world had the same opinions of
monstrosities as the Chinese have? en
quires the Loudon Figaro. A woman in
the Fukien province recently gave birth
to a boy with four eyes. The mother
was very much frightened and wished to
have the child killed, but the husband
would not allow it to bo done. It was
finally agreccHo exhibit the child for a few
days to prevent such an unfortunate affair
ever occurring again in the family. The
Chinese believe that such deformities
are caused by evil spirits. After it had
been on view for some time the mother
put an end to the child's existence by
drowning it in a tub of water.
I The mild weather in the early part of
winter dunug the past two seasons, has
led many to supposo that tho Gulf
Stream, whoso influence upon tho weath
er is considerable, U approaching' nearer
to the Atlantic shore. The hydrographic
bureau of the Navy Department is mak
ing ellorts to discover whether or not this
is true, and captains of Atlantic vessels
are being asked to take observations of
the temperature as they cross the ocean.
The influence of the Gulf stream proba
bly docs not extend west of tho Kooky
Mountains, however, aud tho present
winter has been unprecedeutedly warm
as far west aud north as Luko Superior.
Some other influence is piobubly causing
tt;t change.
A NBCESSITY.
Borne there must be who must bear the bur
den and the Ion,
Some there must be who must wear the
thorny crown' and cross.
Borne there must be who must paco thro"
battle and thro' blood.
Borne there must be who must face the over
whelming flood.
Borne there must be who must drain the bit
ter, bitter lees,
Borne there must be who in pain must wrestle
on their knees.
Borne there must be who must feel the fierce
onslaught of fate,
Borne there must be who must kneel unheard
outside the gnte.
Borne there must be who must work nor
, goodly guerdon ask,
Some there must be who must slunk the un
rewarded task.
Some there must be who must lay their hopes
the altar on,
Bom there must be who must say "Thy
will, not mine, be done."
Susie M. bent, in Philadelphia Ledger.
THE ENGINEER'S STORY,
BY ARTUUK DOD3R.
Did you ever hear of a railroad Presi
dent running as fireman on an engine?
Well, I know of ono who did, and, if
you've got time to listen to it, I'll tell
you the story now while I smoke this
cigar you were kind enough to give me.
It was along in the summer of '85 that
I was firing on a single track, one-horse
road, that runs up from Junction City
through Georgetown, a matter of a hun
dred and ten miles. Tho road was most
ly owned by a man named Thedford
William B. Thcford who was President
and Superintendent all in one. I hud
been firing on tho road for two years
back; all the time with ono engineer,
Bob Hunter by name, nnd a finer man
never lived. I supposo it would be only
natural for mo to speak well of Bob,
anyway, for I was clean head over ears in
love with his pretty daughter Mjlly; and
was only waiting for a bit of raiso in my
pay to make her Mrs. Jim Martin.
Though I didn't see any chance for that
raise whero I was, I didn't like to leave
and go on another road, for that would
take me away from Molly.
One day Bob says to me :
"Jim, ain't you and Molly never goin'
to get married ?"
"Just as soon as I can get my raiso,"
says I ; "but I don't sco how I'm going to
get it here."
"Why don't you go and ask Billy?"
ays he.
You see Billy was what we always
called Mr. Thedford behind his back,
of course, for I warrant you we were
mighty polite to his face.
"He won't do anything for me," says
It "for you know either one of the clean
ers up to Georgetown would bo glad
enough to jump into my place, and he
ain't a-going to give mo a raise just to
please me."
"Well," says Bob, "it won't do any
hurt to try it."
So next day I washed up nnd went to
tho company's offices and asked for Mr.
Thedford. After n few minutes he sent
word for me that ho would see me, and
in I went. There ho sit a large, heavily
built man, with largo side whiskers anil
a pair of gold rimmed eye glasses on his
nose.
"What is it my man? I'm very busy,"
says he.
So I up and told him what I wanted.
"How much are you getting now ?"
says he.
"Forty-five a month," says I.
Then he pursed up his lips, aud
hemmed and hawed a little, and says:
"I don't see how we can giveyo i any
thing more, my good fellow. Yoirs is
not a very responsible position ; merely
one that requires a little bodily strength.
And we can find plenty of men who
would be only too glad to take your
Jilace at that salary."
" With that he turned to a letter he was
writing, and I knew I had no more busi
ness there.
I tell you I felt sore to be told it
didn't take much to know how to fire an
engine, and I came mighty near throwing
my job up aud trying to get in on au
other road. But Molly persuaded me to
bold pn a little longer.
Now before I come to tho particular
point of this yarn I want to tell you a
little about the road. I have said it was
a singlo track road running from Junc
tion City to Georgetown. The latter
place wus a little town of five or six hun
dred inhabitants; but in summer a great
many Chicago people came up there, aud
so I suppose tho road paid. Anyhow,
Thedford, who had a summer place there,
was rich enough to run the road for him
self alone, if he wanted to.
Bob lived at Georgetown and I boarded
with him. Our trips began at eight in
the morning, and we generally ran the
hundred and ten miles iu five hours. Then
at three in the afternoon we came back,
getting home at eight. As soon as we
reached the round-house ut Georgetown
our day's work was over, for the cleaners
took the eugino then, cleaned aud pol
ished her and laid the fire all ready to
start next morning.
Well, as I suid, I hung on to my job,
hoping that something would turn up
that would give mo a lift, till one day in
August. Tho wholo summer had been
uncommon hot, but that day went ulieud
of anything I ever saw. Of course, while
we were runuiug wo bad a breeze, but
the minute wo slopped it seemed as if we
wero in a furnace ; and naturally, work
ing as we were near a hot fire, didn't
improve things any. On the home trip
Bob was taken sick and had all he could
do to hold out till we got to the hotue
station, when he got homo as soon as
possible. After thtr train was emptied I
ran the engine to the round house, ex
pecting to go straight home aud wash
up.
But when I had ruu the engine in, the
first thing I saw was my two cleaners laid
out on a heap of ashes, dead drunk.
Here was a pretty mess, for it would cer
tainly tuke uie until miduight to get th
machiitjn proper trim for the next
day's run ; nnd a hot, greasy job it was
in any weather, but on such ft night as
that was it was frightful to think of it?
However, there was no help for it, and I
started in. I had barely made a begin'
nlng when I heard some one coming iii
the- door. Looking up, I saw it was
Billy Thrdford. In a very excited voice
ho asked whero Hunter was.
"Home," I said ; "and so sick he ean't
hold his head up."
"My. God 1" said he; "I shall be
ruined 1"
Then ho went on to say that if he
wasn't tin Chicago the next day, some
deal, I think he called it, would fall
through, and it would cost hira a quarter
of a million. m
"There's a train goesrfrough Junction
City at 11:80 that'll gcT you to Chicago
in time," says I.
"What good'll that do me?" ssys he.
"I've been away for two days, and only
just now got tho telegram. If Hunter
was hero ho might get mo down ; but as
it is, I might na well go home, and let
the money go."
"Mr. Thedford," says I, "Bob is sick,
but I can run this machine to Junction
City in time to connect with the train
you want ; but you will have to fire for
me, as my two cleaners are drunk, as you
see, and thcro isn't another man in this
villago knows tho cngino from the
tender, hardly."
1 hope tho Lord has forgiven mo that
lie, for there were two or three men that
could have fired all right, but it struck
me all of a sudden that here was a fine
chance to get even wi'.h Billy, and let
him see whether it took any know-how
to firo an engine for a hundred and ten
miles. It so happened that wo had
wooded up on tho home trip at a little
station three miles from Georgetown, so
we had plenty of fuel aboard to make
tho run with.
"Can you do it?" says he. "Remem
ber, it is a hundred and ten miles, nnd it
is 8 :30 now, so you have only two hours
nnd a half to maks the run that generally
takes double that time."
"I can do it," says I, "if you will just
jump aboard, pull off your coat, and do
just as I tell you."
No sooner said than done, and in ten
minutes wo had tho old cngino on the
turn table, turned her around, and were
off.
If tho road was rough when we ran at
our usual speed, that night, making
double time, it was just awful. As we
flew around the curves it seemed as if we
should leave tho track at every turn of
the drivers, and the poor old machine
rocked aud swayed so that, used as I was
to it, I could hnrdly keep on my seat by
the lever.
If it was hard on me, what must it
have been to old Billy?
I could hardly keep from laughing in
his face, as I watched him, and heard him
groan as he haudlcd the heavy Bticks we
used for fuel.
The heat of the weather, addod to that
of the furnace and the unusual work,
made him look as if he was in a Turkish
bath. The water ran down his face, his
stiff white collar hung down on his
Bhoulclers like a wet rag, and his beauti
ful smooth shirt-bosom looked as if some
one had thrown a pail of dirty water over
him. His hands were torn and cut, from
handling tho wood, and take it all to
gether, ho was the most unlikely
looking rnilroad President I ever saw.
Onco iu awhile I had to shout at him
to lay the wood more even in the furnace,
and would tell him ho would get the
knack of it in time. Whenever he tried
to rest I told him we were losing steam,
and if ho wanted to catch that train, he
mustn't let up on the work, If I had
thought to hitch a ciJr on when we started,
we could havo run much smoother; but
it was loo Into to think of that now, and
so on we rushed, now through woodland,
now post grain fields, lurching first to
one side and then to the other, uutil I
expected every minute to land wrongside
up iu the ditch. . However, luck was
with us that night, and we pulled up at
Junction City at just eleven. Poor old
Billy could hardly climb down from tho
cab, but ho managed to gasp out:
"Come to my office at two o'clock next
Saturday."
I learned afterward that, finding the
Chicago train was behind time, he hunted
up a clothing store and rigged himself
out so as to look like a civilized man,
which he didn't when he left me.
I managed to find a fireman who was
willing to make the run back with me,
and I finally got home at three o'clock,
and finding the cleauers a little sobered
up, got to bed as soon as possible, for I
wus clean pluyed out. I told Bob about
my trip next day, and thought he would
die laughing to think of old Billy play
ing fireman. But all ho said was:
"I'm afraid that'll settle your hash,
Jim, for he'll find out that you worked
uim more than was needed."
The next Saturday, at two o'clock, I
reported at tho President's oflico, won
dering whether I was going to bo re
warded for my extra work or kicked out
for my impudence.
When 1 entered the office, there sat
the old man spick and spun as ever, and
showing no signs of his hard work.
"Well, young man... say he, "you
helped me out the other night, but I
wouldn't go through the same experience
again for ten thousuud dollars. At the
same time I think you were trying to get
even with me for not doing as you asked
me to about your salary, and I have con
cluded that this road can dispense with
your services."
At this my heart went down into my
boots, for I cau tell you it isn't an easy
thing to get a new job when you can't
bring a recommendation from your last
plate.
Then ho went on to say:
"I have a letter here from the Super
intendent of the Chicago and Western,
asking me if I can recommend to them an
engineer who has a sharp eye and cool
head, to ruu their new fast uiyht ex
press. I have written iu reply that I
cuu recommend such a man, one James
Martin, who will report for service Sep
tember 1st. The pay willbooue hundred
dollars a mouth. I may add to you
privately that I shall Ufver apply to you
for the position of fireman. Oood-dny,
That's all there is to my story. Molly
and I were married, and went to Chicago
to live. I took the new train, and have
brought hef in on time every trip I've
sun ; so you can see I've a pretty good
record with the company. I've never
seen Billy since, and I don't believe he
wants to see me ; for Bob told mo last
time I saw him that they all called the
old man "Martin's Fireman;" that he
knew it, and naturally didn't like
it. There's my mate signaling for me
now, sir, and I must go. New York
Ledger.
European Armies.
It appears that it is practically impos
sible to ascertain the fighting strength of
the Germany army when placed on a war
footing, on account of the complicated
arrangements by which portions of tho
territorial forces are worked into the
strength of the regular corps. The
present peace establishments of Germany,
France and Russia, are as follows; Ger
many, 884 battalions, 405 squadrons, 364
batteries, 1500 mounted guns, 19,457
officers, 468,409 rank and file. France,
26,763 officers, 534,100 rank and file,
480 field batteries, with 2060 mounted
guns. Russia, 848 battalions, or 386,
312 infantry, 328 squadrons of cavalry,
with 57,416 men ; 844 batteries of field
artillery, with 1542 mounted guns and
61,880 men, 33J battalions of engineers
having 18,977 menbesides 31,130 men
of the "train" service, making a total
of 562,500 men. To these should be
added 288 squadrons of Cossacks num
bering 51,944 men; 112,850 local troops
and 72,634 reserve men, which will bring
up the strength of the Russian peace es
tablishment to 799,928 men. The Rus
sian forces when on a war footing are
estimated as follows. 994,460 men of
regular troops, with 4030 pieces of ar
tillery; 280.810 reserve men, with 640
guns; 137,730 Cossacks, with 240 guns
of their own; and 189,500 supplement-'
ary reserve men, with 384 pieces of ar
tillery. This estimate is exclusive of
local troops. The war footing strength
of France is estimated at "about" tho
following: Active army, about 2,000,
000, divided into ten classes, accordiugto
age:; 1,022,000 of tho territorial army,
divided into five classes, according to
age ; and reserve troops, divided into six
classes, numbering 762,000, the total
amounting to 3,784,000 men.
A Delicate Operation on a Lioness.
Yesterday morning Keeper Havens, of
the Gress Zoo, performed a very delicate
operation.
The silver lioness, "Mollie," chewed
up a piece of raw beef, which the butcher
had chopped up with a cleaver, leaving
some fragments of bone in the flesh. It
is not the custom of the keeper to give
the animals flesh that contains any bone
at all. In this instance a sharp sliver of
bone pierced the lioness' gum on the out
side of the jaw, next to the check, just
below the left eye. The place swelled
up and festered, and the animal suffered
a great deal of pain. Her head was
swolcn, and she was unable to eat.
Yesterday morning Keeper Havens
went to the cage, and by coaxing the
lioness, he got her to lie down, and then
he slipped ropes over her fore feet,
stretching them to either side of the
cage and tying them securely. "Mollio"
kicked and struggled until the keeper
fondled her awhile. After she was se
cured he entered the cage all alone, and,
taking her head between his knees, he
cut a small incision in the cheek, took
his lance and drew out the sliver, an inch
in length.
He did the work all alone, and no one
else was present during the performance
of the operation.
Yesterday afternoon, after she hod
been released several hours, he visited
tho cage, and she met him with a grati
fied look, holding the wound up to the
bars of the cage as if she were glad that
he had performed the operation that re
lieved her, and she appeared as docile
and kindly as a kitten, although she had
been fierce and resentful before. At
lanta Conttitution.
Biting Its Own Body.
Bill King, of Fairburn, Ga., has a
horse that has hydrophobia from all ap
pearances. The horse at intervals has
spasms or paroxysms. It bites its own
legs and feet and breast. It is terrible
to behold how it fastens its teeth in its
own flesh and tears the skin and flesh
from its bones. King says the horse bit
him on his arm, but he did not think
anything of it until his horse became un
manageable and he tied around his neck
a rope and tied tho rope to a tree in his
lot. The horse would catch his leg in
his mouth and bite and pull it until ho
threw himself on the ground, then he
he would turn and 'wallow on the ground
for some time, then ho would get quiet,
gently get up and stand still awhile. In
a few minutes he would commeuce his
antics again and bite the'tree near him,
then the rope, and then he would bite
his breast and pull the flesh off iu strips,
then he would catch his legs aud pull
aud bite the skiu off in strips, then he
would catch his leg in his mouth and
pull and jerk until he would fall to the
grouud. Every one was afraid to go
near him. Somo suggested bleeding,
but no one was found who would under
take the job. Your correspondent and
others suggested that the horse be shot
and put him out of so much suffering
and pain. The lust seen of Mr. King he
was hunting for some one to shoot 'his
horse. Atlanta Cumtitution.
The Costliest Book Extant.
The Vatican Library, at Rome, cele
brated for its thousands of valuable
books, has a copy of the Hebrew Bible,
for which Pope Julius, in 1512, refused
$125,000. The would-be purchasers
were a syndicate of rich Hebrews. They
did not exactly offer Julius $125,000 for
his biblical treasure, they simply told
him they would give its weight iu gold.
As the book weighs 325 pounds the offer
made is equivalent to the figures given,
tit. Loui MfjiuUic,
f ORIENTAL BED CLOTHING.
HOW JAPS AND CHINAMEN SLEEP
IN THEIR NATIVE LAND.
Chinamen of Wealth tlily Costly
Bcda and Iledding $5000 Not an
Unusual Price to Pay fop a Bed.
In the land of the Orient, says Wong
ChinFoo in the New Yo'k Sun, the
tastes of the people as regards sleeping
accommodations aro as widely different
from the English and Americans as their
daily life. In Japan the only bedding is
made in the shape of a huge gown or
overcoat with sleeves, and each sleeve
accommodates a sleeper, who crawls into
the aperture very much as a kitten would.
Like their cousins, the Chinese, the Japs
use no sheets, unless tho linings of the
"night overcoats" can be looked upon as
sheets.
Their pillows are miniature bureaus,
made out of either rattan or polished
wood, filled with drawers to hold their
jewelery and other valuables while they
themselves are asleep.
There aro no bedsteads in Japan. The
same spotless floor that answers tor table,
chain and dancing stage is utilized for
sleeping purposes.
In China there aro bedsteads, and
with tho bed clothing form the most
ornamental portion of the household
furniture. It is as tho piano nnd pillow
shams of a well-regulated American
house. It is a common thing for
Chinese gentleman to spend $5000 oi
even $10,000 cash for a beautifully
carved and jeweled bedstead and $1000
or more for simple embroideries on the
edges and corners of his favorite quilt.
These latter are very numerous and va
ried among those who are able to enjoy
such luxuries. None of these coverlets
are less than "three-ply" affairs; in-
I deed, such is the superstition among the
almond-eyed aristocracy that not one ol
them could be hired to sleep under a
coverlet that is composed of only ont
or two thicknesses. The former indi
cates (to their mind) extreme poverty,
while two is considered an eveu or un
lucky number. Therefore all the Chinese
bed clothes aro either padded or a thin
sheet of paper is put in the centre. Most
all the quilts or bed clothes of the rich
aro made of silks or satins with highly
colored embroidery work on the exteriot
and lined with strong white silk or tint
linen and are only washed about once a
year. As in Japan, no sheet is used.
The Chinese bed making in the morn
ings consists of folding up every article
of bed clothes in long folds, in such a
manner as to expose all the beautiful
needle work, and then they are carefully
piled one on top of the other upon a neat
shelf built against iho wall inside of the
artistically hung bed curtains. Then the
latter is carefully drawn apart to expose
the rich rugs and opium layout upon the
bed and tho folded bed clothes upon the
shelves.
Tho poorer class of the Chinese have
only one "pe," or psdded quiit, thick
enough to keep them warm the coldest
nights of winter, while in summer, like
the rich, they use nothing save their own
undergarments. In other words, it 1!
either a feast or a famine ns far as sleep
ing comforts are concerned. Unlike the
rich, the poorer classes of Chinamen take
off the linings of their "pes" about twice
a yeor for cleansing purposes.
If a bed in a first-class American hotel
were given to a Chinese gentleman he
would probably sit up all night waiting
for a place to lie down.
Maori Oratory.
The native orators of New Zealand
agree with Demosthenes that "action" is
the first, tho second and the third char
acteristic of eloquence. A short time
after Bishop Sehvyn settled in New Zea
lund it becarao accessary to remove the
Episcopal residence aud collego from
Wuimate to Auckland. The native
Christians of the former place opposed
the removal, and one market-day there
was a great deal of speech-making on
the subject in front of the Bishop'f
house.
A powerful Maori orator opened the
debate, his audience being seated on
either side of the, path leading to the
residence. Dressed in a handsome native
mat, and holding a spear in his hand, the
orator began by trotting slowly up and
down the path. He began each seutence
with a run through a given space, aud
ended it just as he finished his run back.
Growing warmer and warmer, he
rushed backward and forward, leaped
from tho grouud, slapped his body,
shouted and waved his spear. A
stranger, ignorant of the language, would
have thought that the orator was breath
ing out death and destruction; but he
was simply urging the Bishop to stay at
Waimute.
Two missionaries who had been long
in the land replied to tho Maori orator.
One, a stout, old-fashioned English
clergyman, with a broad-brimmed hat
aud spectacles, adopted the Maori action
so far as to march up and down the path
with a spear in his hand. His "action"
elicited shouts of applause.
His brother, taking a spear, marked
out a large space on the gravel walk,
divided it iuto three parts, aud then
asked whether it was not fair that the
Bishop should live in tho middle of the
diocese instead of at the eud. Con
vinced by the marked-out space, the
peoplo exclaimed: "It is just."
All fu a Hurry.
A druggist tho other day drew a long
breath as ho wrapped up a prescription.
"I presume," said ho, "there's never any
one who comes iuto a drug store who is
not in a hurry. They all rush iu as
though death wero impending in the
family, and demand to be wuited on ut
once. If they wuut only a cuke of soup
or a tooth brush it must bo had without
delay. This is particularly the case with
women, but there are plenty of men who
are just as bud. A woman who will spend
an hour in a dry goods store to buy a two
cent package of hair pins, wi'd come iuto
a drug store for teu cents worth of jcr
turnery and insist thut all work on pre
scriptions stop at once uutil she guts it."
Jitu lorn i vmmercuU AUoertitr
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
SALMON SALAD.
T,it In a bnwl thn vnlk of a raw eira
and a tcospoonful of sugar, a . pinch of
satt ana cayenne pepper ; ruu an logeuicr.
Toko fresh or canned salmon ; if the lat
ter, pour off the liquor, add it gradually
to tho mixture, thicken with the pow
dered yolks of four hard-boiled eggs un
til a smooth froth is formed, thin with a
tablcspoonful of vinegar. Pick the sal
mon in pieces, and lay on a flat dish.
Break some tender lcttuco leaves, and
mix in with the fish, and stir half tho
dressing in, then beat the white of an
egg and add it to the remaining dressing;
pour over tho salad, and garnish with
nasturtium, Yankee Blade,
SWEET WAFERS.
Beat a half cup of butter until creamy,
then add gradually one cup of powdered
sugar. Beat six eggs without separating
until light, add them to tho butter and
sugar, add the juice of a lemon, and
sufficient flour to make a stiff batter.
Heat the wafter tongs over a clear fire,
grease with a piece of suet tied in muslin,
and put in two tablespoonfuls of the
batter, close the tongs, turn frequently
and when a light brown carefully lift
out the wafer, dust it with powdered
sugar and quickly roll it about a smooth,
round stick. Remove it when cold.
We usually use our ladylock sticks for
this purpose. If you do not possess a
wafer iron batter a sheet of foolscap
paper, drop the batter by tablespoon
fuls -drop it out thin and bake in a
slow oven. Roll the same as directed
above. Wathington Star.
MINCED VEAL.
Cut tho veal into very small pieces,
but do not chop it. Some bits of cold
ham or bacon, cut up and added to tho
veal, are very nice. Sprinkle the meat
with pepper aud salt, shake flour over it
and let it stand while you tuako a little
white gravy. Take a piece of butter tho
size of a walnut, Tolled iu flour, and stir
it smooth in a saucepan over tho fire ; let
it bubble for a minute, stirring all th-i
time, to cook the flour, then add a cup
of warm milk or cream and some grate, 1
ljmon-pcel ; let boil till of the consistency
of cream. Add the veal to the sauce,
and let it get quite hot, but set it back
where it will not boil, as that will make
the meat hard. Before it is taken up.
squeeze in some lemon juice, and serve
it on a dish over some bits of toast. It
is also very nice with a white sauce made
with button mushrooms. The Uouk
wife. CHICKEN SALAD A LA PRINCE.
Cut the whito of cold fowl into neat
fillets, using a sharp knife. Mark each
piece with a mixture made of one table-
spoonful or minced capers, two of minced
boiled ham, three hard-boiled eggs, an
anchovcy boned and mashed, and twg
sardines freed from skin. All these
must be pounded, then rubbed through
a sieve; add a tcospoonful of mayonnaise
and cne aspic. When each fillet has
been well coated with tho mixture, and
has set, line a border mould with aspic
jelly, ornament the fillets of chicken with
little strips of beet root nnd cucumber.
Placo them carefully round the mould on
the layer of jelly, then pour in a little
more jelly, until the border mould is full,
and set it on ice. When ready to serve,
cover a dish with a layer of lettuce leaves.
Turn tho mould out on it. Fill the
centre with a salad composed of cucum
bers cut iu dice, peas and string beaus
(canned ones). Pour over the centre
salad some thick mayonnaise. Yanke
Blade.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Ham should be broiled very quickly,
and just enough to cook through.
Tin cleaned with paper will shine bet
ter than when cleaned with flannel
Save the juices that drain out of ro
and steaks to add to stock for soups
meat sauces.
Treat tired or innamed eyes with a
bath of warm water five parts and witch
hazel one part, three times a day.
If the eggs you havo to use for frost
ing are not quite as fresh as you could
desire a pinch of suit will make them
beat stiffer.
Remove the unpleasant odor of perspi
ration by using a teaspoouf ul of ammonia
or powdered borax iu a basin of water
when washing.
Flowers cau be kept freso1 for some
time if a pinch of soda or saltpetre is
added to the water. Wilted roses will
regain their freshness if dipped a minuto
or two in hot water.
A tonic for the hair is composed of
one-quarter of an ounce of glycine, six
ounces of cologne, twenty drops of tinc
ture of capsicum, one and one-half drams
tincture of Spanish flies.
The practice of rubbing the face with
yaseline or other cosmetic sometimes
makes the hair grow where it is not be
coming. Camphor applications, like
other irritants or stiuiuluathe skin,
will cause superfluous hair. '
All freshly baked bread should rest on
a wooden table, with a cloth thrown
lightly over it uutil it is cool euougli to
put away, when you should wrap it up iu
auotber crash towel, one that is perfectly
dry. By this means you will keep all
mustincss out of a new box.
Rub chalk all along the edge of tho
door that "sticks," then close it as near
ly as you cau. Tho chalk will only
come off on thut portion of the door op
posite the part that needs plaining to
ease tho dour. So you need not waste
your wood aud time in planing away any
other part.
Cheese which will instantly and in
tensely redden blue litmus paper should
not be eaten. This is a teat easy of ap
plication, aud every merchant ou cutting
a fresh cheese should make it. If the
cheese is dry, a bit of it should be moist
ened with water aud the litmus paper
then applied.
If a young woman's disposition is gun
powder, the sparks should be kept away
from her. The Ledger. ?
HE, SHE OR ITT
met a mother with a babe that was her
t said, to win her favor, what a charming
baby boy.
I saw her flashing glances and her lip In
anger curl.
In crushing words she told me that the in
fant was a girl.
I met another mamma with a bright aud
charming child
And murmured what a lovely girl tha
mother never smiled.
I knew I'd made the blunder which mothers
sadly vex.
She said in tones quite frigid: "You're mis
taken in the sex."
And so it didn't matter how kind the words
I said,
They'd always tumble censure on my inoffen
sive head.
But now thoso blunderings of speech I never
never more commit.
To me a baby never has another sex but "it."
Chicago Herald.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Misers ought to be large buyers of chest
protectors.
Wicked sinners aro a direct tax on the
truly good. Picayune.
Kind words are like bald heads, they
can never dye. lifting:
The sick man wants a constitutional
amendment. Merchant Traveler.
If you should happen to want your ears
pierced, just pinch te baby. Texat
Siftingt.
The family stovepipe was never meant
for a pipe of peace. Binqhamtun lie
publican. Married life ig not all thorns. You
strike a nettle once in a whilo. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Evergreen trees are the dudes of tho
forest. They make the spruccst boughs.
Home Sentinel.
"What is a laundry, mother?" "It is
a place, my child, where your father
sends his shirts to be torn into ribbons."
Bonton Gatetle.
"Is it a crimo to be a woman?" said
tho pretty ngitutor. "If it is, it's a very
capital crime," rejoined a gallant audi
tor. Muntey't Weekly.
Jimpson "Did ycu ever have suit
brought against you?" Jampson "No;
but I've had many a bill for a suit brought
against mo." Laierence American.
Incorrigible. "What did you and
Smith tolk about?" "About fifteen
minutes." "I mean, what did you talk
over?" "Tho telephone." Uarper't
Bazar.
A lecturer is out with tho 6ubjoc;
"Tho Coming Man and What Wo Owo
Him." Tho coming man is the collector,
and he is after what people owo him.
Picayune.
A. "How is your grandfather com
ing out?" B. "My grandfather? Ho
has been dead over a year and a half."
A. "Ah, that explains why I see him
so seldom of late." Texat Siflingt.
In the summer, it Is pleasant
'Neath the moonlight pale, to stroll;
I Now it strikes me 1 would rather
btay in doors, uud kisses gather,
A hile we burn her father's coal.
Kearney Enterprise. '
Young Mrs. Newbrido never told but
one of her feminine acquaintances that
sho returned the skimmer indignantly to
the store from which it was ordered be
cause when it came she found thut it was
full of holes. SotnenMe Journal.
Gcorgo "The ring doesn't seem to
fit very well, Clnra. Hadn't I better
take it back and have it made smaller?"
Clara "No, George; an engagement
ring is on engagement ring, even if I
hnvo to wear it around my neck."
Judge.
i "Lizzie," remarked Sir Walter Raleigh
to the Queen, "wherein do a man's sins
rcscmblo a bill collector?" "In good
truth I know not," replied her Majesty.
"n herein do thcyr' "Iu their pro
pensity for finding him out," quoth Sir
Walter. Muntey t Weekly.
"Master Charlie, you are to go home at
once. If you stay out a moment longer
you will bo puuished." "Was it mora
or pop who said I should be punished?"
"Your mamma." "I'll be home in an
hour or so. A fellow can take care of
himself, I guess, when he's ten," Pliila
deljhia Socuty.
Gentleman (to young lady from Rich
mond, on the curs) "Beg pardon, but
I am a physician. Your companion is
very pale. Is she seriously allectcd?"
Young Lady "Painfully so, I assure
you." "Anatieurism, perhaps?" "No;
I thiuk his name is Arthur Jones. u
Richmond Recorder.
A correspondent writes to ask a
conundrum. He says: "What is tho
difference between a pair of suspenders
aud a bread knife?" Wo give up tho
conundrum and recommend that, if tho
correspondent really wishes to learn the
difference, he essay to cut bread with a
pair of suspenders and try to keep his
trousers up with a bread knife. Anutrica.
Electric Light and Plants.
In the course of a recent lecture before
tho Royal Society, England, Dr. Siemens
placed a pot of budding tulips in the full
brightness or the electric light in the
meetiiif?- r.-vni, and in about forty miu
uteY"""'"P expaudod into full
bloirri)i. Mcmcus's experiineuta have
been made with quick-giowiug semis aud
plants, like mustard, carrots, swedes,
beans, cucumbers and melous. The pots,
the lecturer stated, were divided iuto
four groups, ouo of which wus kept en
tirely in the dark, one was exposed to tho
influence of the electric ligiit only, one
to the iuflueuce of daylight onlyVmd ono
to daylight and electric light in succes
sion. The electric light was applied for
six hours each evening from 5 to 11
and the plants were then left iu darkness
during the remainder of the night. The
general result wus that the plants kept
entirely iu the dark soon died ; those ex
posed to the electric light ouly or to day
light only throve about equally, aud
thoso exposed to both day uud vlecUle
light throve fur better than cither,