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' It ia understood Hint Arizona, will
soon pass ft law similar to tlmt in force
in Idaho, disfranchising nil Mormons.
Sam AVtih Keo, n very wealthy nnd in
fluential Chinaman of lioston, lias been
able to nlitaiu from tlio United Slates
Government ft gpeeial suspension of tho
Chlneso restriction in his case, so that lie
may visit his native, land nnd then return
to this country.
Tho Government of Peru has sent n
military expedition of 100 soldiers up the
Javary River to linns' into subjection a
'number of wild Indian tribes who have
hitherto been hostilo to oil whites enter
ing their territory. As the country is al
most, unknown, five, scientific men have
gone with the expedition to explore tho
land.
The exportation from Florida for tho
last six .months of 1889 were valued nt
$18,408,801. Among tho nrticlcs ex
ported were 2,700,000 pounds of sugar,
12,000 iend of cattle, 111,000,000 cigars,
$20,000 worth of alligator hides, $9,111,
740 worth of lumber, $1,987,114 worth
of fruits nnd vegetables, nnd $305,000
worth of sponges.
The Italian (rovcrnment having made
numerous vain attempts to raiso money
in Kuropp, has decided to send Signor
Favia, a well-known statesman and a
friend of the Premier, mi n special mis
sion to tlnfVnitcd States to get together
nil the money ho can under guarantee of
fificen Italian municipalities. The Gov
ernment has nn important financial oper
ation in view.
M. Sautcrcau, one of tho French engi
neers wiio was active in the construction
of the Suez canal, proposes to complete
tho Faunnm canal on a new basis. His
scheme is to make a lako in the interior
of tho Isthmus by storing water from the
Chngrcs River. This lake would be fif
teen miles long and cover about 800
acres, flood out the unhealthy swamps,
and mako valuable'' tho 200,000 ncrcs
of land ownod by the Panama compamy.
It would have strong locks at both ends.
An interesting application of electricity
to tho dairy industry has been made in
Italy. Tim Count of Assata, whoso
buildings tiro fitted up with electric
light, has conducted his dairy plant with
electric motor of twelve horsepower.
This machine drives a Danish separator
and a Danish c'aura of considerable size,
rimming being conducted at the rate of
120 to 100 revolutions per minute, the
butter being brought in from thirty to
thirty-five minute:, in fine grains, which,
it is now recognized, enable the maker to
produce the finest article. A pump is
iibo worked in the dairy, and various
other operations arc carried on by elec
tricity. According to a correspondent of the
Loudon Tim a strike in Russia is prac
tically a revolt against all authority. He
sends nn account of one, which occurred
about a month ugo, to illiisftato tiu stu
pidity of theWQii and the very ciT.Mcious
methods adopted by t'uo authorities.
Owing to a falling o!T in trade, tho pro
prietors of some mills d'isck.ttgo.l a num
ber of hands. Immediately all the work
men surrounded, flu) managers, and de
manded, with, threats of violeuce, that
isfflv should be found Cor (ho usual Hum-be;-
of hands. Tint police were called in,
who removed fifty of tho most clamorous
men. The others wcra confounded by
the disnppenrauca of their leaders and
went back to work qui 'tly. They never
knew what bcc.imo of them, but as a
matter of fact they were taken to tho salt
mines of Cracow, where they wero
scourged Hud ill-treated till they sought
refuge, in death. Tims the number of
lninds was reduced, and fifty men dan
gerous to tho Government wero re
moved. Mary Anne and Ellcu Fiances Dough
erty, two Irish girls in the employ of
Harbour Brothers, thread manufacturers
of Paterson, N. J., have deposited with
that firm $lli,0iK, every penny of which
lias been saved from their earnings. The
girls camu to this country nineteen years
ago and found work in the mill, whero
they liavo been ever since. The con
ditions under which this money has been
accumulated are rem likable, siuco they
shew the hard-hip imposed by labor and
endured by women laborers. Few
American girls cou'.d have stood the
ordeal. Employed in the wet spiuiiing
rooin, where the moisture underfoot ami
the steam heat overhead made it neces
sary, for comfort and convenience, to
dispense with all .superfluous clothing,
they worked without shoes or stockings,
wearing a low necked and sleeveless
dress from ono year's end to the other.
In this unsightly gaib the expense of
clothing was reduced to a minimum, half
of the twenty-four hours being spent in
tho mill, and, as their ifying expenses
were covered by $.'5, the rest of their
earnings remained with the mill-owners,
who, as an ciicoiuagcineiit to thrift and.
industry, puid them six per cent, "in
terest. .
MY FRIEND,
Not he who presses closely to my sido
When fortune, smlleo on me and joy is
mine.
Not he who brings his laurel sprays to
twine
Among tho flowers with which Fnme docks
his bride.
Not lie who names my name in conscious
pride,
And bows with devotees about my shrine,
Enger in my lovo-rosary to shine;
Not he! No: ono like him shall not abide.
Kut he who holds me fast through grief and
pain,
Though troubles deepen, and disgrace por
tend, Through shame of poverty, through men's
disdain,
Cheering me on, and ready to dufend
My life from peril or my name from stain,
Braving the world for nie ho is my
friend.
Emma C. Powil, in Uelford't Magazine.
HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.
J1Y ANNA SHIELDS.
Well, ma'am, it was quite a story, but
I never felt free to tell it to anybody be
fore; but since you are so anxious to
know about it, I'll tell you how it all
came about. Them fine embroideries
nnd the yards of crimping's off my mind
now, and if you'll take a chair I'll talk
and rest a bit.
You'll hardly believe me, seeing wdiat
a heap Miss Sanderson thinks of me now,
that it is only little over a year sineo I
first knew her, but it is just so. It nil
came about through Jim. Jim's my only
son, ma'am, nnd he's been better'n two
year a tow-boy on the horse-cars.
You don't know what n tow-boy is?
Well, ma'am, it's tho boy that has charge
of an extra horse to pull the cars uphill.
From five in the morning till three in the
afternoon Jim's going up hill with a car
or down hill to meet one. He's a good,
steady boy, nnd his wages nre a great
help, seeing I am not strong enough for
heavy wnsliing, nnd fine aiut always to
be had.
Well, ma'am, about fifteen months
back, Jim, not being well used to the
horse as ho is now, fell off and broke his
arm. He came home, and tho pain
threw him into a fever, and he was very
bad for quite a long spell. It was when
he was lying very sick, that one day I
heard a knock, nnd opeued tho door for
tho prettiest young lady ever my two eyes
saw. She was about eighteen ; as white
as ono of my line linen colors newly
ironed, with the prettiest touch of pink
in her checks. Her eyes were as blue as
the china cup you see on the shelf yon
der, and her hair ns fine and yellow as
corn silk. She was dressed plain, but
everything she wore was of tho finest
quality, and fitted as if it had grown upon
her slender, little figure.
"Are you Mrs. McArdlc" sho asked
me.
"Yes, Miss," I said, hoping it was
line washing sho wanted done.
"I heard to-day," she said, "thatniy
best schoolar in Sunday-school had met
with au accident. You are James Mc
Ardle's mother, are you not?"
"Yes, Miss," I said. "Will you walk
in? nnd thank you kindly for calling."
She came in and I told her all about
poor Jim, and she gave mo a basket sho
had for him, with some fruit nnd flowers
nil fixed in it like a picture. IS'ot as if
it was charity, you see. for we've never
come to that, ma'am, though I'm not say
ing we haven't been pretty hard pushed
sometimes, lint ns I was sayiug, tho
basket was as pretty and delicate as if it
was for a fine lady instead of a little tow
boy, that had got hurt earning his day's
wages.
After that she came often and often,
bringing Jim books and little tempting
things to cat, nnd sitting to talk with him,
and always as merry as a child, though
she was a lady, every inch of her.
Then, when Jim was getting better,
nnd the care of him a little oil my hands,
she asked me to do up her flue things,
and her papa's shirts, as if it was a favor
I was doing her, telling mo how particu
lar she was, and the trouble it was to her
to get suited in tine washing.
Well, ma'am, not to make too long a
stonifter Jim got well, I went to the
houseTfc ice a week to get the washing
and take it back, and I always saw Miss
Emma. It was a grand house, with par
lors like a hotel, and wide staircases, and
great bedrooms splendidly furnished.
And Miss Emma had uo mother, but was
the mistress of it all.
I was all taken aback the first time I
saw her pa, for ho was as rough as sho
was gentle, and looked moie like a labor
ing man than a fine gentleman, for all his
fine clothes. Hut ho was very prompt to
pay, and always had a pleasant word for
me about the beautiful ironing of his
blurts and cuffs. And, though I say it as
shouldn't, you might go a long way to
find prettier linen than I took up every
week to Mr. Sanderson's. But after a
bit, I noticed that Miss Emma was losing
her pretty smile and merry words, aud
was pale and often red-eyed, as if she
had been crying. Jim, who was seeing
her, you mind, every Sunday, he told
me he noticed it too. We, though we
knev our place loo well to say a word,
weio very sorry, for there was a trouble
somewhere, we w ere very sure.
One night, Jim, while he was eating
his supper, heaves a great sigh, aud says
he to me :
"I think I know what ails our Miss
Eniina, mother," says he.
"What makes you think so?" says I.
Jim's a master hand, ma'am, to read,
aud ho gets tho papers often that's left
in tho cars, and reads the stories, or
maybe ho wouldn't a noticed what he
did.
"Why, mother!" says he, "there was
a. gentleman, used to come with Miss
Emma to church. I've seen him often
an' often, but he never comes to the Suii-day-school,
only to church, llo wore
diamond studs, and shiny boots and a
talk hat a regular swell; aud sho used
to rook as pleased as a baby with a toy
when he was with her. Well, he hasn't
keen to church for uiore'n a mouth, and
I'm thinking lie has lost his money, nnd
her pa's sent him off."
I pooh-poohed that and told Jim he
was silly, and didn't know what ho was
talking about. But he says.
"You didn't hear mo out, mother.
To-day there was a new conductor on
.12, nnd it was Miss Emma's beau Mr.
Thatcher!"
Well, I did stare, and was sure Jim
was mistaken, but he said he'd know Mr.
Thatcher anywhere, nnd ho was sure
that was him. We talked about it a long
time, but you seo there was nothing we
could do, and I thought Jim was right,
after all, and maybe Miss Emma's pa had
sent the poor fellow off, when ho lost his
money.
It was, maybe, two weeks after that.or
three, that one day Mr. Sanderson came
to the house, all in a flutter. Miss Emma
was sick with typhoid fever nnd they
wanted a nurse, nnd she wanted that
nurse to bo me. Dear, dear, but I was
flustered ; but I sent Jim to his Aunt
Jane's to board, nnd shut up the rooms,
and went off to the grand house.
Poor Miss Emma ! We nearly lost, her,
though her pa had the best doctors, and
I nursed her faithful. Sho took the
fever visiting one of her other Sunday
school scholars, and she was not very
strong nny time, so sho took it very hard.
One day, when sho was very badj I heard
her ask her father:
"Papa, where is Ilarry?"
"I don't know," ho said.
Then he began to tell her something
in a very low voice, and I went down
stairs to make lemonade, not to hear
what wasn't meant for me. Tho poor
young lady was very sad all that day,
and I mistrusted she cried, when no one
was watching her.
It was none of my business to inter
fere, but I fretted more'n a little about
w hat Jim had told me, and wondering if
Mr. Thatcher was Harry. I couldn't ask
Jim, because I would not let him come
near me for (ear of the fever. Miss Emma
was so weak, too, I didn't dare for her
life say anything to excite her, and so I
held my tongue till tho fever took a turn
and she began to get better.
It was up-hill work then with us, foi
sho wns weak as a bnby, and didn't seem
toearc to get well. She had to be coaxed
to eat or to try her strength, and was
willing to lie quiet all day, which ain't
natural in young folks after long Bick
ness. Most times they arc in too great a
hurry, nnd throw themselves back again.
The doctor said she wanted rousing.
So one day, after she had her bit of toast
and a little bird nicely browned, with
the best cut of chocolate I could make, I
coaxed her to sit up a bit in a great arm
chair. W hen I had her all comfortable,
I said :
"Miss Emma, I've been wanting to tell
you" something for ft loug time, but I was
afraid you'd think I was stepping out of
my place."
"I should never think anything unkind
of my dear, good nurse," says she, and
slipped her little, thin hand in mine so
loving it made the tears come in my eyes.
"Well, Miss," I said, "if ypu won't
think it is impertinence, I'll tell you.
Jim told me that he caw Mr. Thatcher
in tho cars a bit before you was taken
sick, and well, Miss, dou'tfeel too bad
about it he was a conductor."
I was afraid she'd faint, mn'am, and
cry. 1 was never so took aback in my
life ns I was at the way she acted. She
sat right up in her chair and clapped
her two little hands together, and just
laughed like a child. All the merry
light that was goue so long from her
eyes came back.
"Oh, you dear, darling nurse," sho
said to me, "I could just kiss you. and
I will !"
And she did !
"How did he look?" she asked me.
'Jim said he looked very grave, and
as if he had some enro on his mind," I
told her, "and ho had none of his fine
clothes on, but a gray suit and a slouch
hat."
Sho laughed again at this.
"And did ho take the fares, just like
any other conductor, and ring tho bell?"
The idea of that tickled her so much
that she had to laugh again. I suppose
I looked as astonished as I was, for
pretty soon she said:
"Now, for your good news, you shall
know all about it. I suppose you
guessed," and sho got rosy-red, "that
Ilarry and I were lovers !"
"Jim suspicioned it!" I said.
"Jim has sharp eyes! Now you must
know first, dear nurse, that my father,
though he is a very rich man now, wns
as poor a boy as Jim is, and he made all
his money by hard work. So he has a
great contempt for young men who do
uothing. IIu thinks every man in this
country, rich or poor, should have some
honest work to do, and do it. .Money is
often lost, you know, nurse, aud if a
man is too fine to work, he may starve."
"Indeed, that's so!" 1 said.
"Harry Mr. Thatcher nurse, had a
large fortune left him by his fat her, when
ho was a boy, and he never ilid a day's
work of any kind in all his life. I did
not know why he stopped coming to see
me, and well, I will tell you I felt
ashamed nnd sorry, for I thought he did
not care for mo as I had tliDiight, while I
did love him. Of course, nurse, nobody
knew that, nnd nobody ever should
kuow it, only that you have told me
such good news to-day. When I was so
very sick 1 asked father where Harry was, i
for I knew he saw him the very last time
he was here. Then he told mo that
Harry came that day to ask if he might
marry me if I loved him. He told papa !
that he was rich, and we know he is an i
honorable, good man. Then paui told !
him tlmt he would never give me to an '
idle man.
"When you can show me three i
months' honestly earned wages, from '
your own work, I will let you court my
child !'
"That was what papa said to him. He '
thought he was angry, for he turned on 1
his heel and went out of the house w ith- :
out any answer. Hut he is earning his 1
wages to show papa!" !
She was as happy as a bird after that, !
getting well so fust that tho doctor won
dered, aud so did her father, for we kept 1
our secret, an! Mr. Sanderson never I
guessed what made MissEmmn so merry.
When Jim could come without any
danger from the fever, Miss Emma scut
for him, and then she made him tell her
how the new conductor looked, and all
about him.
"Is it real hard work, Jim?" sho
asked.
"It is, indeed, Miss; early and late,
and in all weathers. But Mr. Thatcher
stands it first rate, though ho is burnt
some!
Then Miss Emma mnde Jim remember
tho very day Mr. Thatcher went on tho
cars first, and noted down tlio day on a
card. She would not let me go for sev
eral weeks, and paying me big wages all
the time, as if it wn just hard nursing
like the first.
So I wns still there when the three
months were over, and if I hadn't known
I should have guessed there wns some
thing Miss Emma expected that day.
She dressed herself in a new white or
gnndie, as fine ns a hair, with a little
blue sprig all over it, and she put on a
blue ribbon under her lace collar and in
her hair. She couldn't settle down to
read or sew, but just fidgeted about all
tho morning.
"I know Harry will come to-day," sho
whispered to me.
And sure enough, he did come. Miss
Emma was in the large parlors and I was
fussing about there, too, knowing all the
time she was keeping me busy there
just for company. Mr. Sanderson's
private sitting-room is off the parlors,
and we heard somebody go the whole
length of the hall and knock at his door.
Miss Emma took hold of me, all rosy and
trembling, and then wo heard a man's
voico say:
"There, Mr. Sanderson, nro threo
months' wages, honestly earned by hard
work. And here is a letter from my em
ployers recommending me for sobriety,
industry nnd honesty."
"Well done!" we heard Mr. Sander
son say. "Y'ou will find Emma in the
parlor."
I went out nt ono door just ns Harry
Thatcher came in nt another, diamond
studs, shiny boots nnd nil.
Well, ma'am, that is all there is to tell,
except that tho wedding is to-morrow,
nnd I am to go up all day nnd help the
housekeeper. Every bit of the fine linen
nnd embroidery I have done up myself,
nnd it would do your heart good to seo
the piles of it, fluted aud crimped fit for
a queen.
Jim, he's got a holiday too, to go to
the church, and the Sunday-school class
have ordered a beautiful basket of flowers
that Jim is to present to the bride.
And I hope you'll excuse mo now,
ma'am, ns I've told you the wholo story,
and there's culls and collars to do up for
Jim, and a power of odds and ends I
must attend to, so's to have a frco foot
for Miss Emma's wedding-day to-morrow.
The Ledger.
Fortune Played Tlieiu a Trick.
Fortune is a slippery jade. A New
York Jiii and, Exprem writer heard the
j other day of a shabby trick she played
several gentlemen, among whom were no
less noted personages than two cx-Gov-ernors
of Massachusetts, Butler and Jtice.
i A chemist named Fell, residing in Xew
York, had made a most remarkable dis
covery, which was apparently destined to
revolutionize the leather industry. In
experimenting with tungstato of soda, ho
had applied it to blotting paper, and tho
result was a substance, like leather pos
sessing the same hard, yet clastic consis
tency and practically indestructible.
A company was organized, and for
tunes seemed to be within easy reach of
all concerned. Presently the experiments
ceased. The chemist's supply of tung
state had all run out. A new consign
ment from Mr. Quettier, tho dealer, did
not produce tho same effect. Repented
trials failed to revive the success of the
first. The tungstate was analyzed and
found to be pure. Then a small portion
of the old supply was scraped from the
box in which it had been kept, and that
was sent exclusively to Profs. Doremus,
Feuchtwanger and Eniiis to bo analyzed.
They found in it foreigu substances aud
a residuum of alum.
The first specimen had been imported
from Germany; the second was domestic.
Then $10,000 was offered to the dealer if
ho could secure a fresh supply of the
same quality as the first. This he under
took to do, but somehow failed. A Mr.
Murphy was sent abroad to visit the
German firm of manufacturers from whom
the impure tungstate had beeu received.
While he was on tho Atlantic, tho fac
tories of the German houuj were burned
to the ground. They were never rebuilt.
Aud so, for the want of accurate
kuowledge of the nature of a singlo
Ingredient, and that, loo, an impurity,
a big discovery and a magnificent for
tune in prospective have gone glimmer
ing. Europe has been searched in vain
for a trace of the chemical mixture, nnd
all that is left of the golden dream for
the stockholders to gaze upon are a few
pieces of paper-leather.
Musical J hits.
The silvadors or musical jugs fouud
among the burial places of Peru, are most
ingenious specimens of handiwork. Tim
William S. Vaux collection in Philadel
phia contains a remarkable example of
this rude aud ancient art. It is com
posed of two vessels joined together with
a clay stem or pipe, after the fashion of
the Siamese twins. The stem is hollow;
one jug is entirely closed up, except t
small opening provided with a clay tube,
leading to the body of the whistle. When
a liquid is -poured into the ope u-inouthcd
jug, the air is compressed iulo the other
through the opening in the connecting
stem, from whence it is forced into the.
whistle, tho vibrations producing the
lovely songs of various forest birds pecu
liar to Peru and South American countries.
The Clay collection, in the same city, also
coutaius some wonderful examples of an
cient Peruvian art, among which are tho
robin vases ami the llama jugs, the for
lucY imitating the song of the robin, and
the latter, being fashioned in the form of
tho llama, imitates the ejection of saliva,
well remembered as being ono of thut
animal's ditgutiug habit Picayune.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BPtSACIf FlUTTKnff.
Boil some spinach, and when thor
oughly done, drain it well, mince it, nnd
then add some grated bread, a little nut
meg, ginger and cinnamon, nil pounded
finely. Then add as much cream or
yelks of eggs as will make the prepara
tion of the consistence of batter. Drop
the batter into a frying-pan containing
some boiling lard, fry on a quick fire,
drain and serve with slices of lemon.
steamed ri:FF-rrcDijo.
Butter coffee-cups and place them in
your steamer; drop first a spoonful of
batter, then one of berries, steamed
apples, or any fruit or snuce you happen
to have; then put in batter to fill the cup
nnd steam twenty-five minutes. To
make the batter, stir in one pint of flour,
two tcaspoonfuls of baking-powder and
a little salt, then add milk enough to
mako it quite soft. Serve the pudding
with n sauce made of two eggs, one-half
cup of butter, and a cup of sugar, beaten
well with a cup of boiling milk and one
of tho fruits used for tho pudding.
Prairie Farmer.
A DAKED ITAM.
Scrub the ham thoroughly with a toy
scrubbing brush, and scrape the lower
part. Soak in water that will moro
than cover it, all night. Boil it until
tho skin will slip off easily. Then lay it
in the dripping-pan with a pint of vine
gar. Baste every fifteen minutes. Bake
four hours. Half an hour before it is
done take it out nnd cover thickly with
powdered white sugar and a layer of
ground cinnamon, mixed with a little
nutmeg and red pepper. Return it to
the oven to brown, aud glnze with the
sugar. To skin it ns directed before
baking, hold the bone in ono hand while
hot, nnd with a damp cloth in tho other
hand loosen the skin from tho bone, turn
it back and draw it off in one piece.
CA1IXTSHINO OF FlStl.
Tlicro arc no dishes that come on our
table more . capable of improvement by
garnish than a dish of fish. Without
garnish it is bare and unappetizing. A
boiled fish should always bo lifted up
with nn open skimmer or on n grating,
or, if boiled in a nnpkin, should be laid
in a colander a moment to drain. It
must then be turned instantly on a hot
platter on which a folded napkin has
been laid. A decoration of lemon quar
ters, or of slices of lemons and parsley,
is very suitable for almost any boiled
fish. Groups of fried oysters and pieces of
lemon are also suitable decoration to sal
mon or halibut. English epicures usual
ly serve a oish of cucumbers with sal
mon, and sometimes green peas. Usual
ly potato croquettes or mashed potatoes
aro tho only vegetable served with
boiled fish. Baked fish arc often im
proved in appearance by fried bread
crumbs strewn over them. Baked fish
are usually served with a sauce around
them, while a boiled fish is accompanied
by the sauce in a boat. A fried or
boiled fish is best served with garnish of
fried potatoes, or of lemon and parsley,
lightly used. Maitre d'hotel butter or
tartar sauce is generally served with fried
or boiled fish. AVi York Tribune.
HOCSIiUOI.D HINTS.
Tea should be kept in a close canister.
Corn starch is a good substitute for
eggs in cocking.
Salt fish are best freshened by soaking
over night in sour milk.
To keep lemons, cover with cold
water, changing every week.
To stop hiccough, take a lump of
sugar saturated with vinegar.
It is well to keep pieces of charcoal in
damp corners and in dark places.
Salt should never be added to new
milk when cooking, as it will cause it to
curdle.
To make tough meat or fowls tender,
add vinegar to the water iu which they
are cooked.
To cure earache, take a piece of cotton
batting. put in it a pinch of black pepper,
dip in sweet oil and put in the ear.
Cheese should be kept in a close box,
in a cool place. That which feels soft
between the lingers is richest and best.
Wood ashes put in water and poured
in vessels retaining odors of onions, cab
bages or fish will entirely destroy them.
Boiling water should not bo poured
over tea tray, japanned goods, etc., ns it
will make the varnish crack and peel
off.
To prevent cake adhering to the pau
when baked, scatter a little flour over
the greased surface before pouring iu the
dough.
It is said that if the hands are rubbed
on a stick of celery after peeling onions
tho disagreeable smell will be entirely
removed.
Strong muriatic acid applied with a
cloth, and the spot washed thoroughly
with water, is recommended to remove
ink stains from boards.
The French method of administering
castor oil to children is to pour the oil
into a pau over a moderate tire, break an
egg into it ami stir up; when it is done
flavor with a little salt or sugar or cur
rant jelly.
Almonds arc blanched by pouring
water over them after they are shelled ;
when they have remained for a few mo
ments in tho water they can be rubbed
in a soil, dry towel, and the skin will
slip off the kernels, leaving them white
and entire.
Dipping fish in scalding water will
cause the scales to come off very easily,
but if the fish are to be tailed ilowu they
must on no account be scalded. You
may pour over them vinegar with the
same result. Salt fish will soak fresh
much quicker iu sour milk thnn in water.
Au easy method of removing bits of
foreigu bodies from the eye is to place a
grain of flaxseed under the lower lid, and
close the lids. The seed becaines sur
rounded by a thick, adhering mucilage,
which entraps the foreigu body, and soon
carries it out from the auglo of thg eye.
A POWDER MANUFACTORY.
THE WORKS WHERE MILLIONS OF
FOUNDS ARE MADE.
Extraordinary Precaution Token to
Prevent Kxploslonn Homo of I ho
Processes of Making Powder.
Tho manufacture of powder in this
country is almost, controled by tho
Duponts, who arc credited with owning
twenty-seven of the thirty-three plants in
the United States. Their works at Wil
mington, Del., however, nro tho largest
they own, and it is there that the greater
part of the gunpowder used in this coun
try by sportsmen nnd for blasting is manu
factured.. These mills arc on the Dupont estate,
comprising about 3000 acres of valuable
land, just outside of the city of Wil
mington. Here on this domain they
have established what may be termed a
small principality. The old manor house
on the banks of the Brandy-wine is still the
Dupont homestead, but there nre also a
number of other magnificent homes On
either side occupied by tho various
branches of the family. They live there
among themselves.
While there are public roads running
through the Dupont estate, from
which a view of the magnigcent dwell
ings can be had, it is utterly impossible
to get within the powder works without
the permission of some ono in nuthority.
This precaution is taken owing to the
dangerous nature of the contents. So
careful are the members of tho firm thnt
they will not carry or allow any person
to carry a match anywhere within the
inclosure of tho mills. It is even said
that no Dupont was ever seen with a
match box in his possession.
Apropos it is related that a short time
ago a number of matches were discov
ered in one of the mills. Xo one knew
how they got there, and it was thought
at tho timo that some person had malic
iously placed them iu the mill. Tho
matter was reported to the office, and
one of the Duponts went to tho mill aud
assisted in picking up the matches.
This is characteristic of the family.
They will never ask a workman to do
anything they will not do themselves.
Frequently the Duponts have exposed
themselves in places that were considered
dangerous iu order to reassure the work
men. Two members of the family have
lost their lives by taking these risks.
They were Alixis Dupont, who wns killed
iu a big explosion iu 1857 at the Wilming
ton works, and Lamott Dupont, who wus
killed by the explosion of nitro-glycerine
nt the Repanno Works iu 1SS4. But
these fatalities have never deterred the
other members of tho family from plac
ing their life in jeopardy.
There nre thirty-one separate buildings
in the Wilmington works, and a pleasing
feature about them is that they are not
grouped in one spot, but aro distributed
over an extended stretch of country.
Tho grinding mills are located along the
various water courses, while tho maga
zines nre to be found almost hidden uwuy
iu the woods. These mills make gun
powder for the whole world. They have
been severely taxed during times of war,
but have always managed to turn out
enough powder to keep the armies tup
plied. In making blasting powder all kinds of
wood, nro used. Willow is considered
the best, poplar comes next, and then
oak and chestnut. The average man
who goes off for a guuuing trip has a
very poor conception of tho manner in
which the powder iu his flask was made.
That is the most expensive of the vur
ious kinds of powder, manufactured, and
only willow stems that would go through
a linger ring are used for this purpose.
Iu preparing it the branches are trimmed
of the bark and of all knots. They aro
then placed in an air-tight resort with a
tire underneath, when the wood under
goes the process of transformation into
charcoal. Then it goes through the
various mills, grinding,, composition,
rolling, pressing and glazing, until it
reaches the drying room aud then the
can, when it is ready for the sportsman
to kill his game.
The mills are located along the banks
of the Urandywine, about several hun
ched feet from one another. They are
run Iry water power. The grinding
mills are two stories high, and the walls
aro of tho stoutest masonry. The roofs
are of iron, aud so placed that when au
explosion occurs they fly off, aud th
force of tho explosion is spent before it
can do much damage to the side walls.
It is then only necessary to pick up the
roots and put them on the buildings
again.
Many of the mills along the river work
almost automically aud there is never
any one iu a rolling mill when it is in
uperntiou. All the workmen wear shoes
with heavy rubber soles to prevent any
possibility of an explosion. When u
rolling mill is iu operation he is off at a
safe distance; us there is always danger
of the powder becoming dry under the
revolving w heel and exploding.
In what are known a- the composition
mills the sulphur, saltpetre and charcoal
are mixed, iu the press mills the com
position is pressed into cakes four inches
square and a half inch deep. This is
done by water pressure. It is in these
press rooms where the most sudden aud
terrific explosions take place. They are
more fatal to human lite on account vl
the necessity of a more regular attend
ance of the workmen. Iu the grinding
mills tiie powder is ground and sepa
rated by sieves into the various grades.
It then goes through the dust mill, where
it is freed from particles of foreign mat
ter. Then it is ready for the glazing
mill, where that bhiuiug appearance is
imparled to it by running it throng li re
volving barrels fitted Willi metal bullets.
Throughout all the various proteose
the powder is ki pi in a dampened condi
tion. Iu the gla.iug mill a workman U
always in attendance with u watering-pot
aud sprinkling the powder. In the dry
iug room tiie powder is spread upon
liiige li auies covered with canvas and the
I room is heated by hot. air. This is the
litiul process, and from, the dry-hou.-,e the
powder goes to the packing department
and from there it is sent out for use.,
i'titajti'l''tu m. A
BEDROCK PHILOSOPHlr, ,
When worries and troubles surround you, !
Ilon't fret,
f lo to work ! '
You will always have trouble around you,
Y'ou bet?
If ynu shirk.
The man who is busy his worry forgets,
His mind isn't harrassed by thoughts of his
debts.
And tho harder he works, the moro happy
he gets.
Till he's gay as a Turk.
If Fortune won't smile, let her frown, if
Sho will.
Nover mind!
Don't sulk, and look wholly cast down, If
Sho still
Seems unkind.
If you smile at her, soon she will smile back
at you.
You are certain to win her, if you will
pursue
Her with cheerful persistence, and hope over
new,
And then solace you'll find.
The world doesn't care for your woes.
Oh, nol
Not a bit!
Tho man who is wise never shows 1
His foe
That he's hit.
Every ono of your neighbors has griefs of
his own.
Ho greatly prefers to let your griefs alone,
And ho doesn't at all enjoy hearing you
groan,
Ho take warning and quit!
Somn-riUe Journal.
HUMOR OF TIIE HAT.
Brothers-in-law The judges.
Light-headed A locomotive nt night.
Vtinvile Rrertt.
Spare the rod and let the fish story do
the work. Pinyhamton l.eiiikr.
Lawyers are like ivy, the greater the
ruin, tho mote they cling. .St. xmi
Magazine.
A doctor practices on his own patients.
But a musician practices on the patience
of others. Statetman.
Y'ou needn't look for nny great drop
in coal until the hind nxle of the delivery
wagon breaks. Itanttille Untie.
Nature has wisely arranged mntlcrs so
that a man can neither pat his own back
nor kick himself. Lmrrcnee American.
lie "I never laugh nt nn inferior."
She "It would be impossible for you to
do such a thing." lioston Traiutript.
"Poets must suffer before they can
write," says a philosopher. After that it
is other people who suffer. Burlington
Free Pram.
Wo are not so much worried about
where wo will spend tho summer as
where wo will get tho money to spend it
w i th . Merchant 7'rarehr.
You'd think a bird's digestion would
Turn out a total WTeek;
For every timo it gets its food
It has to take a "peck.''
Lippineolt.
Teacher "Xow, my children, we will
parse the sentence, 'John refused the
pie.' Tommy Jones, what is John?"
Tommy "A big fool." Binghamton
Leatlcr.
Tailor (measuring customer) "You
are rather short, sir." Customer "Well,
yes, rather; but how could you havo
guessed ns to the low state of my finances ?"
Yankee Blade.
"There is no law regulating tobacco
consumption," said a traveling man to
the young women who dislikes the weed.
"Yes," she replied, "anybody can use it
if he choose." Merchant Traveler.
When siunl servico prophets tell
Of sunshine as their news.
It's time to get your olii.umbrHH
And ilon your overshoes.
H'asriiafoii Post.
The man who dries dynamite on the
stovo ih iuld marry tho hired girl who
kindles the kitchen fire with kerosene.
As a matrimonial team, they would be sure
to "bring down the house." Xorriatoitn
Herald.
A Scranton five-year-old, whose mother
had used ten cents from his savings fuud,
last eveniug stumped his father with the
remark: "Pa, you owe mo ten cents;
your wife took that much from me."
iicranton Truth.
"I aw quite forgot myself foh a
moment, this moruing," began Willie
Washington, who was trying to bo con
versational. "For which," interrupted
Miss Belle Pepperton, "you ought to bo
very thankful." W'anhimjUm Pott.
Tramp (with tears iu his eyes) "I do
not ask for money, sir, but what would
you think, if 1 should tell you I havo
had nothing to eat for forty-eight hours,
and my poor wife and children aro now
starving in the street (" Practical Citi
zen "I'd think you were a liar. Good
i morning. II attangton star.
j An article going the rounds of tho
jiress rqieims oi siqieisillioua uuoub
babies." This is wiong; there are no
superstitions about babies. Of nil tho
hard, practical, unsentimental, mechani
cal, matter-of-fact, artificial creatures in
this world commend us to a baby. It
only believes in itself. Philiidilhia
Timi.
"No, Hiram," said the young girl,
sadly, "1 cannot be your wife. We re
loo compatible." "Compatible!" he ex
claimed; "isn't that the very reason
why" "Not iu your case. I should
probably insi-t from motives of economy
on dispensing with aservant and induing
my own housework, mi l you would
probably let me do it, Hiram." Chicago
Tr ion iu-.
Medicinal Virtues of the Apple.
The medicinal virti.es of the apple are
being sounded on all sides iu Europe. It
is said to neutralize tho evil effects of
eating too much meat uud German
chemists state that it is richer tl a:i any
other fruit or vegetable iu phosphorus,
au element w hich U of use in I he re
newal of the esseutial nervous matter of
the brain and tho, spinal cord. tWi
iiurciat AJetrlittr.
To make the bridge across tho English
, Channel will coV iW,400,l0l. J