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r. A plaguo of rats in Lincolnshire, Eng
land, is the result' of the indiscriminate
destruction of vermin-killing birds and
weasels and other enemies of tho rat,
which has been going on for several
years past, nnd (ho practice of trapping
cats.
1 Our squadron of evolution in tho Med
iterranean hud n good deal of trouble
with foreign regulation?. Spain forbade
tho landing of crews anywhere on het
shores for lartd practice, and Italy has I
law that moro then three war ships ol
any foreign power shall not be in any one
of her ports at the same time.
Tho Sanitary Commission of Vienna
hits recommended electricity instead ol
hanging as a proper modo of execution.
This is explained by tho fact that an
execution in Austria is a very ghastly
sight. Tho condemned man is not
killed instantaneously by the breaking
of his neck, as iu tho United States, but
is thrown oft a ladder nnd allowed to
strangle to death.
There has long been a tradition iu
Japan that once a treasure of gold bars
worth now $800,000,000 was buried
Jar beneath the earth somewhere in the
inclosure of the castle of Yuki Ilarutomo.
Threo attempts t- dig it out were
' ubandoned on account of accidents to tho
work. Last May excavations were begun
again, nnd the workmen recently camo to
pieces of boxes covered with plate iron
snd other indications of what was be
lieved to be approaching success.
The inventive genius of this country
seems never to sleep. The two latest
ideas apply to the decoration of walls.
One stamps out great sheets of metal,
which can be either polished, hammered
or grained, and which, according to the
customer fancy, may be made to resem
ble copper, bronze, red gold, silver or
brass. It is iiro proof, water proof, in
sect and rat proof. The other makes a
waif covering of burnished and faceted
i steel. The metal is "ono of tho new iron
ulloys, and neither rusts nor discolors.
.Ono form is almost perfect lnccwork,
while another resembles tho Milanese ar
mor of tho sixteenth ccutury. It is hard
to say which of tho two systems pro
duces the most striking results.
"The Emperor of Germany has his
faults, but," the London Figaro declares,
"his resolution to put down the practice
of dueling merits the warmest praise.
Of courso there is really no difference
t between the duelist and tho murderer,
except that the former more frequently
kills in cold blood. But it has taken
people a good many centuries to h'arn
ven this elementary truth, and in Ger
many, which is not tho lpast enlightened
of nations, it has been difficult to drive
the fact home. The dullest man in tho
Fatherland understands, however, what
' cashiering an officer means, and it may
safely be concluded that tho puuishmcut
which tho Emperor proposes to inflict
upon the challenger will have tho effect
of stamping out tho duelists in the Ger
man Army."
. The publio debt that tho French Gov
ernment has been piling up since tho war
would be crushing to most nations, yet
tho people appear to bear up under it
with moro or less resignation. Three
years ago tho public debt of Franco
amounted to twelve hundred and forty
millions of pounds sterling iu our cur
rency six thousand two hundred millions
of dollars. Tho public debt of Russia,
ieh is the next heaviest, was tho same
year but about three thousand six hun
dred millions of dollars, while that of
England was a littlo over three thousand
live hundred millions of dollars. Tho
expenditures o Franco have been in
creasing in tiiu same proportion, while
the revenue receipts have relatively de
clined. In 187(5 the total expenses were
five hundred millions of dollars, but in
1890 the expenses for the year are put at
seven hundred millions of dollars and the
revenue ut six hundred millions of
dollars, leaving a deficit of one hundred
millions. . .
Tho United States Senate has passed a
resolution requesting the President to in
vito any foreign nation with which diplo
matic disputes may arise to scttlo the
eauie by arbitration, instead of war.
. There seems, to the Washington Star,
"to be no paiticulur use for this resolu
tion ut the present time, but it shows the
peaceable disposition of our Gowrumeut
and was doubtless passed with a view
of promoting arbitration iu tho fu
ture. Wheu great ships costing with
their armaments $5,000,000 shall meet
on the ocean nnd iu live minutes sink
each other with all on board, wheu forU
can bo demolished with dyuamito shells,
wheu cities cun be burned from a dis
tance of ten or twelve miles, when armies
in the field cau unuihilatc each other with
long range rifles and smokeless powdet
and the many rapid fire guns uow iu use,
' it is time to stop talking ut war and find
some means of adjusting international
differences that will not bo equally ex
haustive to the victor aud the van
quished." -J. '
BETTER THE VALLEY.
Bpttor the valley with poaee and love
Thau the desolate hoigfits soma souls at
tain. Lonely is life on the hills above
Tho valley lands and tho sunny plain.
What is fame to lover Can it satisfy
Tho longing amt lonely hearts of men?
On the heights they must hunger and starve
and die;
Come back to the valley of peace again 1
Kben A', liexjord, in Youth's Companion.
THAT GIRL.
"I never in nil my lifo did see the like
of that girl, and I don't believo there's
another of her sort iu all California, I
hopo not, anyway!"
Mrs. Fromer atood in tho doorway of
her rudo little cabin nnd looked with in
terest and disapproval tip the mountain
road. Thcro was nobody but little four-year-old
Jerry for her to talk to, and he
was too busy to pay any attention, but
with the performances of "that girl" for
a subject Mrs. Fromer must talk.
"There? Did anybody ever see any
thing to equal that! Why, she just got
onto that dog's back and mado him
jump over that rock us if ho was a horse.
What in the world is she up to now?
Well, I do declare."
Quito overcome by astonishment nnd
dismay, tho woman hud to stop talking
for a moment, and stood in breathless
silence watching tlitT strango goings on
which had so upset her mind.
And no wonder, for the pranks she
was witnessing were enough to make any
woman with fixed ideas of propriety feel
a little faint aud giddy. It might be sup
posed thnt Mrs. Froman would have be
come used to such pranks by this time,
but sho had not. Nobody did become
used to them, it seemed. Consequently
llilo Mountain, although it was not a vol
cano, was always in a state of disturb
ance, because "that girl" was continually
doing something extraordinary.
Just now, without knowing or caring
that she had a spectator, she was re
hearsing a sort of Wild West show in tho
rocky road a littlo way above tho Fromer
house. Thcro were only two performers
herself and the immense dog she al
ways' had with her but they wero so
active and versatile and made so much
noise that they wero moro than satis
factory. It was amusing to see tho little midget
sho was only thirteen and small for
her age playing Indian and scout aud
stage driver and giving a really good
imitation of each. Aud she went nt her
fun with such spirit nnd enthusiasm thnt
no looker on could help being excited in
sympathy.
Tho dog, a great St. Bernard, was
quite as enthusiastic as his mistress uud
was full of the spirit of the occasion. It
was evident that he saw no impropriety
at ull iu this business. lie gave it all the
assistance iu his power and was wonder
fully intelligent' in his performances.
Suddenly tho girl stood upan the dog's
back nnd balanced herself there with the
skill of a monkey while the creature
scampered up nnd down the road, leaped
over rocks and did many other breakneck
things. Tho girl held a stick in her
hand, which sho pretended was a gun,
aud at short intervals she "made believo"
to fire the weapon, giving at tho same
time an Indian whoop.
It was this feature of tho show that
had caused Mrs. Fromer to exclaim and
to hold her breath. It had also attracted
tho attention of little Jerry Fromer. At
ouiA; the child was filled with admira
tion, and ran out into tho road to join
the fasciuatiug party.
His mother caught and brought him
back, not without loud protests on his
part. The girl heard his outcries and
understood them. Sho came racing to
the house door in tho hopo of securing
auother playfellow.
"Let mo have him just a little while!"
She was panting and flushed aud eager;
her eyes sparkled and her face was
bright and animated. In spite of her
uukempt black hair and her torn clothing
sho looked very pretty and childish theu,
and there was certainly nothing vicious
in tho straight look of her pleading
eyes.
"Let me have him," sho said again.
"I'll take right good caro of him, and
he'll havo loads of fun. Kanter'U be
right glad to have him, too."
This last was meant us the highest
compliment that could bo paid. Any
little boy whom the big dog was willing
to accept as a playmate was honored in
deed. Jerry kicked in his mother's arms and
held out his hands to the girl and begged
to go with her, but his mother held him
close and moved u step further awuy.
It was a movement of dislike. The
girl understood it. She drew back as if
fi )iu a blow, and she stopped coaxing,
while her face lost all its bright anima
tion. Sho was a very sensitive tomboy,
apparently.
"Hilly!"
All turned iu a startled way to see that
l'ete l'elter was standing beside them,
with a look iu his face that seemed half
sad and half angry.
"Why, dad! ye've got back!"
The girl sprung nimbly up and caught
her father round tho ni ck, where Bhe
i lung, kissing his bearded face. The
rough mountaineer kissed her in return,
just us a better dressed father would havo
done, aud stroked her hair very tenderly.
"All right, ain't ye, Rilly.'" ho said.
Banter took good care on ye while I
was away? Got to be oil again, but I'll
be back this eveuin'.
Ho kissed her again uud put her down
ou the ground.
"Now you an' Banter be off to yer fun.
He's the coinp'ny you've got to asaociute
with, an' no other!"
The gill Hud the dog ran away together
and the man tinned again to speuk to
Mrs. Fromer.
"I don't want my gal to bo intruditi'
an' I won't 'low her to be intrudiu'," he
said, with a kind of rude dignity.
"She wau't intruding. l!ut I w ill
say this, l'eter Pelter, you ought to stay
home more aud keep her iu some sort of
order. It's too bad, the way sho goes
on. - Why, she's the wors' child ou llilo
Mountain."
"There hain't no man would say that
to me 'bout my gal!' th father said,
roughly. Then ho softened his tone, re
membering it was a woman ho spoke to.
"Yo're wrong 'bout Billy," he con
tinued. -'She ain't the wtist child. She's
the best child, tho lovin'est, generousest,
bravest, best child that's goin'. It's her
way that makes yo think different, nn'
ways depends on p'ints an' view. Billy
ain't so bad, bein' rough, as some is beiu'
smooth. Ef her mother wus liviu'
wall, she showed what she'd 'ave done
when sho gavo her that purty name,
Amarillo. She'd 'ave made her the pur
ticst behaved child on the mountain. But
no other woman don't bother!"
Mr. l'elter mado nn awkwnrd bow and
walked oil toward his cabin, and Mrs.
Fromer went into tho house to think it
over, leaving little Jerry outside. She
was very glad that he had so soon for
gotten Billy's invitation aud his own dis
appointment. No child on the mountain or off the
mountain, for that matter was quito so
good ns little Jerry Fromer. His father
believed it and his mother knew it. He
made no trouble at all, but amused him
self in all sorts of pretty little way, leav
ing his busy mother freo to attend to the
great amount of work which every
housekeeper even in a mountain cabin
in California always finds to do.
Almost always the weather pcrmittod
him to piny out of doors, so that ho was
far happier, as well as far healthier, than
if ho wero shut up in tho house. And as
ho never thought of running nwny, this
was all very satisfactory to tho mother.
Sometimes she did not have to look after
him from noon until supper time.
This afternoon was one of those fortu
nate times. All through the long, pleas
ant time of sunshino the careful house
wife was left undisturbed to work nnd
think. She thought most of her owa
child, of course, but she thought a good
deal nbout Pete Pelter's child also. Per
haps people were a littlo too hard on
Hilly, after all. Perhaps if the neigh
bor women wouhfonly take a little more
friendly interest in her she would not be
such a rudo little ruffian. Bcally sho
never knew of the child doing anything
nctually wicked. But sho was such a
rowdy.
At length she noticed that the sun
shino had crown dim. Evening was
coming and Jerry's father would soon bo
home, and she must bring the little fel
low in aud make him neat, as she always
did for the father's home coming.
She went to tho door, but Jerry was
not whciB sho had left him. Sho looked
quickly about, but her child was no
where in sight. She called; no answer
came. In a panic she ran nil nbout the
house and up and down the road, calling
as sho went ; neither sight nor sound of
her child could she gain. Little Jerry
was lost !
"That girl! Thnt dreadful girl!" Mrs.
Fromer moaned, as sho realized that her
baby wus gone. "But, then I would
have heard her if she had come about."
Desperate and heartbroken she con
tinued her lruitlcss search, growing
I moro unu moro excited with every
minute. When Mr. Fromer came home
ho found his wife so nearly frantic that
ho could hardly learn from her what hud
happened.
It wus a terrible thing when he did
learn nnd realize it. There was no know
ing how long the child had been gone,
but with darkness coming swiftly on he
would havo time beforo ho could bo
found to get hopelessly lost in the forest
that was not so very far away. He might
bo wandering there even now ; and it was
no safe place for a littlo child to wan
der. To say nothing of the dangers ot
starvation or exhaustion, wild beasts were
Dot unknown there. More than onco or
twice mountain lions had been seen or
heard not very fur from the little scat
tered settlement.
Very quickly Mr. Fromer satisfied him
self that his child was indeed gone, and
ho was about starting away to summon
the neighbors to help him in the search,
when Pete Pelter appeared. There was
trouble iu his face and anxiety in his
voice.
"Was Billy here ag'iu after I left ye?"
he asked of Mrs. Fromer.
"No."
"She ain't to hum, an' I ain't been
able fur to find her, an' I'm oueasy 'bout
her, it must be 'lowed."
"Have you lost your child, too?" Mr.
Fromer exclaimed in astonishment. "I
was just coining to ask you to help find
ours. He's gone, God knows where!"
He stopped speakiug with that break
in his voice which it is always so hard to
listen to. Even iu his own grief and
troublo Peter l'elter felt keen sympathy
with this other bereaved man, and was
nbout to say so, but an exclamation from
Mrs. Fromer checked him.
"That girl!" Jerry's mother cried out.
And it was easy to know from her tone
what the was thinking of.
Her husband laid his h.md on her
shoulder und stopped her from saying
more. Mr. Pelter heard the words ami
noted the movement, but ho ouly said:
'Til help ye to hunt fur yer child. I
kin hunt fur mino later. Or mebbe wa'll
find 'cm together. I reckon, that's most
likelv."
All uight long these two men, with
tho help of all the other men iu tho set
tlement, searched the forest with torches
for their lost children and found no
trace of either of them. One little bit
of information was given by a man who
came to join the searching purty.
In tho atteruoon, while ou a shoulder
of the mountain near the settlement, he
hud stopped to look down ut the houses
undtheroad. Ho saw a little child go
ing uloug the road toward the forest.'
Ho thought that was not safe, so he
started down tho slope to capture the
littlo rover. He was a good while get
ting to tho road, Hnd when he got there
ho saw oHly Billy l'elter and her dog.
He asked her about the child he had
seen, but she ouly looked at him und
Started off toward her father's house.
Thiukiug he had been frightened with
out reason, the man had gone his way
without giving any ularm.
"What tiuie might that hu' been?"
asked Peter l'elter.
" 'Bout three o'clock, I reckon,"
"I war home uiore that; Left
right afterwards.'1
All tho next day tho search was kept
up, nnd without success. At nighli the
men wero exhausted and had to rest.
But the second day the search was re
newed with more vigor than ever.
Tho two fathers kept together through
ft kind of sympathetic understanding.
They wero widely separated from tho
other searchers when they catno upoh tho
tracks mado by little feet.
A moment later they found larger foot
prints nnd those of a dog close to them.
The men looked at each other with tears
of joy running down their faces and
neither was ashamed of his weakness.
They dashed forward over the soft, moist
ground of the little hollow they were in,
not losing sight of a single track. Sud
denly Pcitcr stopped, with a smothered
cry of alarm.
"Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord! Look at that!"
ho groaned, pointjng to tho ground,
where the tracks of another animal
mingled with those of tho dog. "Do ye
know what them is? Them's the foot
prints of a mountain lion!"
It was true. Thero was no mistaking
the nature of thoso later tracks.
"You and mo know what them marks
mean for both ov tis," said Peter, putting
his hnnd on Mr. Fromer's shoulder.
"Ther hain't no hurry now, fur we're
too late. So afore we go on to look fur
our children's bones I want you to npol
ergiso to my Billy. Right here ! Bight
now I Yer thought in yer heartr ns she'd
led yer littlo feller off. I knew sho
didn't. She'd give her life tryin' to save
him fur yo. How do I knpw? 'Causo
that's natural to Ttilly, fur one thing.
'Nothcr thing, them little tracks was
made afore the bigger ones 'nd the dog's.
'Nothcr thing, the baby was alone when
Bill Brown feen him, 'nd Billy was'alone
when he seen her 'nd told her 'bout it.
I An' morc'n nil .that, while I was out p'
tne caoin alter ism tirown S2en ner sho
was thcro 'nd carried off grub enough to
hist her 'nd the baby if she found him
alive till she could git hrtn hum. An'
now, Juke Fromer, if you don't npoler
gise fur that insult ye thought I'll kill
ye!"
Without speaking Mr. Fromer looked
into the other man's eyes and held out
his hand. Tho look nnd the gesture
meant more than tho words ho could not
control himself to speak, and tho apology
was made and accepted. The two clasped
hunds, und then went forward iu four
and trembling.
Presently they stopped, having almost
stumbled over the dead body of a mount
ain lion. At the same moment a faint,
weak whine of recognition sounded close
By, and then there was a happy but very
lecblo cry of welcome, and tho two
fathers knelt beside their living children.
"I knowed ye'd find us, dad!" said
Billy. "My leg's broke, 'nd we fyid to
wait. He broke it," pointing to the
dead beast, "but me 'nd Ranter kep' him
off tho kid, 'nd Router killedjiim. Tho
baby's all right. Didn't find him till lost
night. And wasn't he hungry!"
With great rejoicing the lost children
and poor, torn Ranter as well ycre
carried to the Fromer cabin. As Mrs.
Fromer was lavishing her tenderness and
gratitude upon Hilly, Pete Pelter camo
and stood beside her with a triumph in
his face that was good to see.
"I knowed we'd find them two kids
together," he said. "An' I knowed ye'd
change yer p'int of view 'bout my gal."
l'hiladeljihia Timet.
Talking by Taps.
"Do you know how many more ways
telegraphers havo of communicating
among themselves than ordinary mortals
have?" a young female operator asked.
"No? Well, I'll tell you. Not long
ago, in a crowded house, I saw an asso
ciate to whom I very mirth wished to say
a few words. She was within easy hear
ing distance of mo, but I could not get
close enough to her to whisper what I
wished to say, and I could not even
catch her eye. Suddenly I thought of
something. I noticed that the frame of
the chair in which I was sitting was
iron. I took my latchkey out of my
pocket and striking tho frame of the
chair, tapped out her full name. Her
practised ear caught the sounds at once.
Sho turned and saw me. Then I tapped
out my full message on tho rim of my
chair. She took her latchkey from her
pocket and sent an answer in the sumo
way. Not a word was spoken, and only
two or three persons noticed the click
ing, ami these did not understand what
it meant.
"Theu there are other ways in which
conversation may bo carried ou between
telegraphers without a word. In fact, if
I am sitting next to nn associate in an
audience room I never speak, I simply
tap out my message on the bund of my
friend. I once sat in church directly be
hind a friend, to whom I told a long
and important story by tapping on the
back of her shoulder.
"It's great fun to have so great an ad
vantage over tho curious world, und one
cau tell the most profound secrets in that
way without any risk of beiug over
heard." Neio York Sun.
What a Poor Child Thought.
A few days ago a young girl, beautiful
iu form, feature and dress, snt in u Madison
avenue car. Directly opposite sat a poor
child of about the sumo age, shabbily
clothed, with a shambling body, slightly
deformed as to the shoulders, and un ex
ceedingly plain face which bore the lines
of suffering and want. Her eager eyes
were fixed on the face tind figure oppo
sito her with a devouring, pathetic look
that showed how keenly ujive she was to
the exceeding beauty of a beautiful body.
Tho object of the gazo hi'gau to grow
uneasy under its inteutucss nnd fixity,
aud finally, looking) tho girl coldly in the
face, sho leaned partly ucross the aislo
and suid: "Well, Miss Impertinence, if
you have looked at me long enough, will
you be kind enough to look somewhere
else? I'm tired of it."
The poor child grew first red and then
white. A look of keen pain cume into
her eyes, und then tears, as she turned
away and said softly: "1 was only think
ing how beautiful you are." A'eui York
Sun.
THE. FUR SEAL ROOKERIES.
An Annual resort foil mill.
IONS OF VALUABLE SEALS.
Ilow the Government of the t'littcil
States Has Protected tho Seals
From Extermination.
The Pribyloff Islands lie north of tho
long Aleiltion chain tit latitude fifty
seven degrees and longitude ltO de
grees. They are hundreds of mile west
of the coast of Alaska and very desolate.
These islands are drenched with fogs
througlmut the summer nnd therefore
are particularly pleasing to the fur seals,
which probably were driven thither from
the Southern ocean, where they had
been pursued relentlessly by the butchers
of the eighteenth century. Tho year of
the discovery of the great rookeries on
the two small island! of St. Paul and St.
George, composing the Pribyloff group,
more than 500,000 seals were killed by
Russian sailors and by the' Aleuts whom
they had imported.
Before that date the islands were unin
habited, nnd were utterly unknown to
tho natives of AhiBka. Within a short
time tho dead bodies of many thousands
of seals had poisoned sea und lnnd, nnd
tho living remnants of tho herds were
nearly driven away from their place of
last resort. In 1709 the Russian
American Company secured from the
Czar of Russia tho right for twenty years
to hunt and fish over the whole of Alaska,
fits ngents continued the slaughter of sculs
begun by Pribyloff, but, luckily, inJeOa
Count Bezanof, Chamberlain of the Czar,
visited the island's and stopped the de
struction for a period of five years. At
the end of that time (ho herds had in
creased greatly, and tho Bussian-Amcri-can
Company had learned that it was best
to protect the seals. That was done
very effectively thenceforth.
After the United Stales camo into
possession of their islands tho animals
were ngaiu in dauger of being extermi
nated. Iu 18"0, however, St. Paul and
St. George were declared a Treasury
reservation, nnd the right to tako seals
there was sold for twenty years to cer
tain citizens of San Francisco nnd Con
necticut composing tho Alaska Commer
cial Company.
In 1880 Henry W. Elliot, of tfle Smith
sonian Institution, who had spent-several
seasons nt the Pribyloff Islands, reported
that the great herds of fur seals were
gradually increasing in size that more
than 3,000,000 of them occupied tho
rookeries in the breeding season, and that
the Government limitation of 100,000
seals given over to slaughter yearly might
be doubled safely if deemed desirable,
lie also reported that the condition of
the S'.IO inhabitants of the islands, nearly
all of whom were Aleuts brought from
the mainland and colonized there, was
excellent, having been greatly improved
Bincc the days of Russian control. The
houses were comfortable and in good sani
tary condition, the food was plentiful,
and the treatment of the natives kind.
Schools had been established and wero
fairly well attended. The sealing season
lasted ouly thirty to forty days every year,
beginning early in July and ending iu
August. The rest of the year was abso
lutely without employment for the occu
pants of the islands save that religious
ceremonials claimed their attention dur
ing a large portion of the time. They
were paid forty cents for every skin pre
pared by them. While most Aleuts wero
improvident, some of them had saved
several thousand dollars out of their earn
iegs. The fur seal of Alaska leaves the water
annually nnd rests on the sandy shores of
the Pribyloff Islauds for tho purpose of
breeding. From the time of its depar
ture from the islands in tho autumn of
every year up to the time of its return in
the following year it land3 nowhere else.
It reaches the island en masse in June or
July and leaves tlieiu in October and No
vember. Tho old male seals arrive first
on tho breeding ground and fight fiercely
among themselves for several weeks for
choice locations before tho arrival of tho
females. As the seals go and como
through the narrow passes of the
Aleutian Islands to tho south the poach
ers pursue them relentlessly. In tho
spring the females arc the easiest marks
of the poachers. With guns, with har
poons, aud with gill-nets they kill tho
defenceless creatures. A few seasons of
such relentless butchery would utterly
destroy tho magnificent herds of fur
seals. The story of the Antarctic seas,
from which they were driven years ago,
would be repeated und tho seulskiu of
commerce would become a thing of the
past. The United States Government
should protect the seals with its whole
power. It is a struggle of enlightened
commercial foresight uud hunianit
against cruelty and barbaric greed.
The sealskin of commerce is tho skin
rf the young male, varying in age from
threo to five years. .Males of thut ago
are "bachelors,-' aud havo no place on
tho bleeding grounds, for the simple
real.1)!! that they ure not strong enough
to tight with the ferocious old males.
They dwell by themselves und are easily
collected and driven in herds of several
thousand to the killing grounds, where
they are knocked on the heads with blud
geons. That there is enormous profit in the
seal-killing monopoly is evident. The
100,000 skins sold in London each yeai
bring about ff'li) each, or '.100,000.
If this the Government receives 100. 000,
aud the Aleuts who do the killing receive
10,000. Chicago Arte:
A Powerful Electric Light.
What is said to bo tho most powerful
electric light in existence has recently
been put into operation iu a lighthouse
at Housthoim, ou the dangerous coast ol
Jutland. It is of two-millon caudli
power, mounted ou a tower about twe
hundred feet high, and can be seen at u
distance of thirty-five miles even iu rainy
weather. Besides the light there ui
two great sirens, one about 65(1 yurili
and the other ubout three miles from the
tower, which are sounded iu foggj
weather bjr electrical connection will
the mime curieuts that supply the light
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
DTEtNO OP fJABMENTS.
Puro colors upon garments can bo ob
tained only wheu the material is first per
fectly cleansed. For .this purpose brush
the stains with a lukewarm, strong solu
tion of soils, then work lot half nn hour
in a solution of medium concentration,
rinse well und lay down for several hours,
preferably over night, in warm water.
For bright colors, such red, bordeaux,
etc., boil the goods in water, in order to
remove any trace of alkali from them,
which is necessary for a good dye. To
neutralize any remaining lye by acids is
nn erroneous notion, becnuse it dulls the
colors aud shows the fades after dyeing.
The less acid is ued in dyeing, the bet
ter nre the lades covered. Courier-Journal.
CIII.MNEYS AKD SOOT IS GEKEHAI,.
There is nothing more vexatious than
a stove which docs not perform its
duties, yet there is jio more certain test
of an incapable servant or housekeeper
than continual complaint of tho stove.
There nre very few poor stoves. All
first-class iron moulders make good
kitchen stoves, which only require to bo
set right, kept clean and treated intelli
gently to cook well. , It is not at all on
unco. union thing to find the principnl
dampers of a stove in regular use sealed
up with soot and ashes, and, the flues of
the oven overflowing; and yet the mis
tress of the house is wondering why tho
stove smokes or why tho oven does not
bako ou the bottom. Even when every
damper iu the stove is in order aud tho
oven flues are clean, the flue of the chim
ney may be so choked with soot that tho
stove cannot get a breath of fresh nir. A
chimney in steady use in the kitchen
ought to be cleaned at least once every
two or three years to insure draft. Somo
chimneys may draw well for yeirs with
out cleaning, but they are exceptional. If
the kitchen fire does not come up clear in
half or three-quarters of nn hour nftcr it
is started there is something radically
wrong about tho drafts. As often as
once a mouth all the oven flues should be
cleansed. This is not a pleasant task,
but it is necessary.
THE ODOIl OP FOOD.
There have been many inventions by
means of which tho odors of cooking nre
disposed of in the kitchen, so that they
do not permeate the rest of the house.
One of tho most perfect solutions of this
problem is a kitchen so arranged that
there may be a window in the ceiling
which will carry off odorsud superfluous
heat, but this is not always possible. A
hood over tho stovo with a pipe leading
into a fluo of tho chimney, but not into
into tho one in use, in connection with
tho stove, is said to be excellent. It
would seem to be a self-evident fact that
the samo flue of a chimney should not be
used twice, that a second opening would
seriously interfere, with tho draught, yet
a common source of a poor draught is
such an opening for another fire. Another
contrivance, under special patent, for
disposing of kitchen odors, is a pot-cover
connected by a pipe to a stovo lid.
Through this pipe the steam nnd odor of
the cooking passes oil through tho stovo
lid to the flues of tho stove into tho
chimney. Tho last contrivance is awk
ward aud apt to be in tho way. Thero
are many kitchens built in such a way
that it is almost impossible to keep the
odor pf cooking from getttng upstairs or
into the living-rooms of the house, where
it clings to upholstery nnd leaves a stulfy,
disagreeable atmosphere. Tho locatiou
of the kitchen for this reason should bo
a matter of serious consideration in
building a house. Kern York Tribune.
KECU'ES.
Macaroni Break the macaroni in
pieces an inch long. Boil ono-half hour
and draiu; add ono pint cream, ono
well-beaten egg, season ' U butter, salt
and a littlo pepper. Stu- over a cleur
fire until it thickens, and serve hot.
Dried Apple Dumplings One pint of
dried apples, cut, oue-half pint of sweet
milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
anil one tublespoonful of butter or lurd.
Use flour sufficient to uukc into small
biscuits, and drop into boiling water and
boil quickly till the apples are done.
Cut the apples into small bits with scis
sors, und souk in warm water before
making. Eat with cream sauce fluvored
with nutmeg.
Chicken Pie Singe and parboil a pair
of chickens, cut them up and cook till
quite tender. Uncover when nearly
done and let the water boil away till re
duced ono-half. Lino a large, deep pan
with biscuit dough made very short aud
rolled ubout an inch thick, and put in
the chicken cut into finer pieces, with
butter, salt, pepper, a dredging of flour,
and their own gravy. Cover aud bako
till tho upper crust is brown. Servo
with mashed potato anil cranberry sauce.
Green Pen Soup Shell threo pounds
of young, freshly gathered peas uud cook
iu a large sauypau. At the same time
have the well washed pods boiling iu a
quart of water iu another saucepan. At
the end of half uu hour strain the water
otf the pods into the vessel containing
tho peas. Add a pint of sweet milk and
a cup of rich cream und one or two pilot
crackers hroken into bits. When the
soup conies to a boil season with suit,
pepper uud a small lump of butter.
Mutton Stew To inako a palatable
dish out of the neck piece, of mutton,
cut the meat into pieces about two inches
square; put a tublespoonful of fat into a
kettly; when hot put in the meat, a level
teaspoonful of salt atyl a little pepper,
cover closely, btir often so it will not
burn. Iu twenty minutes it should be
nicely browned. Pour over the meat u
quart of boiling water, put ou a tight
cover und place tho kettle where the
water yll just simmer, not boil, for two
hours. Thicken the gravy aud serve hot.
In Peteriiino, Oulario, two men watch
ing a corpse were terribly surprised by
the appeurun e of a ghostly figure at tho
window. U proved to beiu woman w ho
was walking iu her sleep. Shu was half
dead from IhiHuhl. .
MAMMA'S GOOD-TflGHT.
Mamma loosens the bnhy's frock.
And takes off each little shoe and sock;
She softly brushes the golden hair,
And pats the shoulders, dimpled and bare; ',
She putson the night-gown, white and fong,
Humming the while an eoning song:
" Daytime is over;
Tiaytine is closing;
Even the clover
Is nodding and dozing.
Baby's bel shall lie soft and white, .
Dear little baby, good-night? good-night !"
Mamma kisses tho littlo pink feet,
And tho tiny hands o dimpled and sw.-et, .
The rosy cheeks, nnd the forehead white, '
And the lips that prattle from morn till night;
With a last fond kiss for the golden crown
Gently and softly she lays him down
And in the hush that the twilight brings
She stands by her de.ring'o bed and sings:
" Over the billow
Pott winds are sighing;
Bound baby's pillow
Bright ilroams are flying.
Here comes a pretty one, sure to alight
pear little one, goo 1-night ! good-night:"
Kv.dora (i. lUimstcttrl
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Many a man has made a goose of him
self with a siuglo quill.
Tho man who married a church choir
singer says they met by chants.
Lawyers nro men who work with a
will. Doctors often put th'cm in the way
of it.
The ship of state in Russia gets consid
erable knocking nbout by the serf. Vos-
ton Uerahl.
Where a man is under n cloud the Sil
ver lining is generally on the other side.
Troy l'rtt.
If some poets "learn in suffering what
they tench iu Bong," how they must havo
suffered ! Time.
First Politician "Wero you ever on
the stump?" Second Politician "No,
but I've been on tho fence several times."
Muniey's Weekly.
Shoe Dealer "How did those shogs I
sold you for your boy f,urn out?" Cus
tomer "They didn't turn out at all; my
boy is bow-legged. Time.
In America every man has a right to
his own opinion, but nobody who has an
opinion seems to recutjnizo that right ex
cept as to himself. Merchant Traveler.
Oh, dig a gravo and bury deep
Those jokes that onco were good,
With all the worn-out slangy words
We never understood.
Yankee Blade.
Mrs. Younger " can't understand
how .women marry tho second time."
Miss Arabella Winters "I can't under
stand how they marry the first time."
Epoch.
Lady (horses ruuniug nwuy) "Dear,
dear, dear what will become of me?"
New Coachman (grimly) ".Madam, it
depends on your past life. I'm all right."
Ledger.
MrsMeCrackle Wllow can Mr. Jim
son be suffering from sunstroke this
time of tho year?" McCrackle "Ho
was hit by his uufilial boy, Dick."
Mnmey't M'cikly.
Hitherto Patient Boarder "Mrs. Star
vein, I can stand having hash every day
iu the week, but when on Sunday you
put raisins in it and call it mince pie "
draw the line." IlircarJ Immjiooii.
How many men eni'h day you'll sco
ot such there is no dearth
Whose only mission seems to be
To tuke up room on earth.
IVashinijlon J'nst.
Minnie "I heard that you are going
to enter the lecture field." Mamie
"The idea! I am engaged to bo mar
ried." Minnie "Weil, I knew t was
something of tho sort." Terre Haute
Exprei.
"Mamma, there was the funniest look
ing urtist at the kitchen door just now
asking Becky for cold victuals." "How
do you know ho was an artist, Willie?"
"Ifo didn't have his hair combed."
Chicago Tribune.
Mm. Wickwirc "Of course I have my
faults and failings, but you should be tho
bust man to find them out." Mr. Wick
wirc "Well, I suppose I am; but it is
too lato for the kuowledge to be of Ouy
use to me." Terre Haute Exprtr.
Homely Old Maid (with a desire to
throw oil tho fetters of tradition)
"Well, I'm going to give up dress-making
und embrace the legal profession."
Young Attorney (reaching for his hat)
"I beg your pardon, but I must bo
going." Washington Mar.
"I found, the other day, a drummer
who had been on the road three years uud
had made only one sale," he suid, as he
leaned over the cigar case. Njbjody be
lieved him. "What did he sell?" asked
the whisky drummer? "Suspension
bridges." Atlanta ( 'oust it u tirni.
A tramp halted at the house of a lady
In the suburbs of a Texas city, aud said
to tho lady of the house : "Please give
a poor nuu, who is traveling and who is
sway from home, a trifle to pay his ex
penses?" "If you haven't got any money
to pay your expenses, why do you travel?
Why don't you stay home us I do?" re
plied tho astonislied female. Texas
tiij'tingt.
The Mayflower.
A vessel uaincd the Mayflower was ri -cently
luuuched at the Pembroke dock
jaid, in England, which is to bo used as
a training ship for boys destined for the
navy. This event has caused the Lon
don (ira)ihic to recall some facts con
nected with the historic Mayflower of
Pilgrim fiyne which are not well know n.
It appears that before making her mem
orublu voyage the Mayflower had been
employed as a war vessel, and was tho
principal ship contributed by the city of
London to defend the country against
tho Spanish armada. In the battle with
thut fleet the Mayflower gave a good ac
count of herself, ami played a proiuineiU
part iu the defeat of the invaders. The
tiliul fate of the vessel is said to be un
certain, though thero is good jeason to
believe that in her old age she was em
ployed iu the slave trade betweeu Africa
and America. j