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Thcro ii much Inlk iu Europo o( a
'general disarmament."
It il no cssgerntion to any, says the
Chicago Herald, that forty per cent, of
tho cases of insanity arc preventable
Judge says: Pom Frdro is n good
enougli man to lone a kingdom whilo ho
live and reach tho kingdom when ho
dins.
Explorer Stanley nays tho slave trndo
in Africa cannot bo suppressed unless the
European Towers join together and
break up the Ivory trade.
Tho sura of 855,(100 iu gold coin was
sent from Pan Bernnrdiuo, Cal., to Fan
Francisco by mail a fow days ago as
second-class matter at onu cent an ounce.
An insurance company took a risk on tho
coin and the bank saved $150 by lining
tho mail.
Tho London Financial A'etci says that
'existing conditions arc distinctly favor
able to cheap money, unci if wo are not
quite on the cvo of it throe per cent,
standard, wo arc, at nil events, within
measurablo distance of a reduction of at
least one-half per cent, of the present
minimum."
A floating American exposition is tho
scheme proposed by George S. Bowcn,of
New York, for tho edification of South
America. He wants merchants and man
ufacturers to lit out a ship with a varied
collection of American products nnd
send an expedition to South American
porta to display uiul introduce these
goods.
Tho Vrnirit Farmer believes that
farmers arc most all interested in having
the ceusus figures of agriculture as near
tho truth as possible. Speculators and
others make tho most when they can
keep farmers and other in tho dark
about the yield of crops. Tho truth
never yet suffered from tho light ; cvil
d of is always seek darkness."
One good word for the grip is surely
In order, remarks the New York World,
after all tho evil that has been deservedly
. suid about tho hateful thing. The Su
perintendent of the Stato Insane Asylum,
at Westboro, Mass., says that seven of
his lunatic patients have had their in
tellects righted by a severe attack of tho
grip. It was a blessing iu disguiso for
them.
Says' tho Washington .Sdrrv Kentucky
is still progresiing. A railroad is ex
pected to reach Dig Sandy Gap ono of
theso days, nod the Herald of that town
announces that rctcrKidd will give $500
for the privilege of putting a tent over
tho first locomotive and train of cars for
twenty-four hours and chargingthe raw
mountaineers tweuty-tive cents each to
come iu nnd see it.
Says the Macon (Ga.) Trhgrajih: It
will not be long before the horse car will
havo become a thing of tho past, eave in
very sleepy communities. Electricity,
as a motive power for street transit, seems
to bo carrying tho day everywhere. Iu
St. Louis alouo they are now equipping
seven electric street car lilies with niucty
two miles of track at a cost of $3,500,
000. It is believed that by tho end of
tho present year tho last horse car will
havo disappeared from that city.
T. Lowbcr Smith, ex -Commissioner of
Public Works, recently gave some start
ling testimony before tho General Laws
Committee in regard to escaping gas in
New York city. In many places, he
said, tho prevalence of gas was such, that
by simply forcing a crowbar into the
earth, betwoeu tho paving stones, the gas
which escaped was so strong that it
could be lighted with a match. "Some
great disaster is likely to result from this
condition" is tho comment of the New
York Atif.
Iu the good old Bible times tho cutting
off of Samson's hair brought great tribu
lation upou tho dwellers iu Oath and in
the land of Askelon, but down in Ken
tucky it 6eems, states the Philadelphia
J'rcst, tho bloody Howard-Turner feud
originated iu the burning off of the
suaky locks of one of the mountuineer'i
duriug a night of joviality. As a touso
rial accessory fire is not quite tho thing,
and the Kentucky baekwoodsmeu evi
deutly believe the best hair cut is to bt
obtained by using a tin basin and sheer
shears.
The population of tho United States in
the year 18KI) was 50,000,000 and about
one-seventh. It is estimated that tin
population in ISA" will be nearly 64,500
000. The exact figures put down by th
surmiscrs are 01,4-'-',S07. They, how
ever, reckon that three of the divisions ol
the country which they have estimated
are too small ; they put down Oregon al
about 262,000, Washington at 225,001
and Wyoming ut 80,000, and say thai
they are all too small. Tho probabilities
therefore are, rays (!ath in the CiuciuuuL
Enquirer, that the American census,-il
correctly surmised, may be e?uut'thiun
like 61,700,000 people.
IN OOOD TIME.
Oft tlmea, In sunny morning hour,
Tho cheeriest eeaaon over.
Wo any: "Thin day must not ri by
Without Mini, grand endeavor."
And thia we mean from honeet hearU ,
To make, and not to almn it ; ' ,
Hut when the evening mrtaln falls,
Ainu I w. havo not dme it.
Hut wo, perhapa, take lip instead
Home littlo grievance gladly,
And magnify " puny form
And gaze tion it sadly,
When, maylip, thin faint, tiny spark
That w aro hourly fanning
In hut a part of some good work
That (lodfor us ia planning.
"There is a wheel within a wheel,"
Allieit wa little heed them,
And annie machines ncedaharpened Made
And needle point, to fceil them.
And mi it ia, in thia atrango life.
Through which we journey Mindly,
Tint when the needful knife prnliea deep
We do not take It kindly.
The time will come, for thoae who bear
Their Ills as Hod's anointed,
When they shall read earth's mysteries
A time by heaven appointed.
Then let us calmly avatch and wait
With trusting spirit ever.
Still carrying out from day to day
Some good and grand endeavor.
Mr. M. A. Kidder, in the Ledger.
THAT WHITE CAT.
On Monday morning I left Waterloo,
and in a couple of hours was seated iu
Lady Pownceby's dog-cart. My hostess
met me at the door, and insisted on my
going at once to my room, where I found
a luncheon laid.
"Dorothy is out," she said. "She is
busy with her poor women this morning.
She is very useful in the village; indeed,
our vicar, Mr. Haig, calls her his assistant-curate."
"Dorothy is your niece?"
"Yes; my poor sister, Mrs. Brnilh
waite's daughter. She is au orphan.
You will meet her at dinner, and I'm
sure 1 hope you will be great friends."
I hoped so too. 1 never was a lady's
num. Of women friends I had not one,
and of acquaintances but a few. What
would two months bo at Barkiugtou if
Dorothy and I were not friends? I was
anxious to meet her. Her name sounded
prim, I thought; and her aunt's mention
of parochial work had raised a forebod
ing within me. She was a sallow, an
gular, old-young lady, I felt sure, who
spoke always with polish and precision,
and whose conversation savored of the
mother's meeting. I was augry with
myself for coming to this place.
Even then no relief came. As the bell
raug, Lady Pownceby sailed into the
drawing-room. "Dorothy hasn't come
in yet, Mr. Oswald Junes. We will not
wait dinner for her; one never knows
when Bhe will return ; will you givo me
your arm?"
I felt that I was a man with a griev
ance. I, Oswald Jones, of tho Middle
Temple, barristcr-nt-luw, one of the
rising men, tho papers said, had con
demned myself to spend my vacatiou in
an obscure country house, nnd Dorothy
Braithwaito (but a rather pretty namo I
thought), spinster, showed herself so un
impressed as to absent herself from the 1
house the whole day. But with the fish'
came Dorothy.
"I am sorry I am bo late, aunt," she
snid. "Mrs. Wade's Tommy has tho
measles, and I had to mind her other
olive-branches while she fetched the
doctor. This is Mr. Oswald Jones?"
She looked at me with a frank smile as
we shook hands.
She sat down and begau to eat with a
healthy appetite. I watched her. My
foreboding was utterly stultified. Tall
and stately; with a complexion of red
and brown, fair hair, and a pair of eyes
large, bhic, dark-fringed, expressive, I
felt my visit was not iu vain. I would
have gone twice as far to mako tho ac
quaintance of the owner of such ryes.
She was perfectly self-possessed. She
seldom spoke. Occasionally she would
look up at me, aud I was charmed with
her delightful eyes. When tho ladies
left me, I hastened nftcr them. Lady
Pownceby was settling herself for her
postprandial nap; Dorothy was sitting at
the wimlow, leaning back iu her chair
and looking out.
"Come and sit here," she said.
"You must make yourself at home,
Mr. Oswald Jones," said a sleepy voice
from the other end of the room.
"1 am rather surprised to find myself
here," 1 said to Dorothy.
"Are you? Aunt often speaks of you.
She thinks a great deal of you. She read
tho Timet, and whenever she sees your
namo in the Jaw reports, she reads them
with ten-fold interest. 'Here's Mr.
Oswald Jones's name again,' she will say;
'I really must know more of that youug
man.'"
"Why does she always call me by my
full name? Why not Mr. Jones, situ
ply!" "Ob, there are so many Joneses, you
know. Our curate's name is Jones, and
no doubt she calls you Oswald Joucs to
distinguish you from him."
Perhaps Dorothy was to be assistant
curate in a more particular sense. Strange
to say, I felt jealous. But I was pre
vented from asking any questions by a
sudden introduction to another inmate of
the house. Something stirred behind
the curtain at uy side, and out sprauge
a large white cat, w hich dug its claws
into the carpet aud arched its back and
then leaped iu Dorothy's lap. Dorothy
began stroking its head, putting her head
against its, and performing those many
little tricks which ladies aud cats enjoy.
Now I abominate the wdiole feline race.
And this cat especially won my destesta
tion. Its fur was spotlessly white, ami
the fact that I could find uo fault with it
made me hate it the more. Dorothy
spoke to it nnd kissed the animal. I
loathed it.
"I lmte cats!" I cried.
"Popsy hates men," Dorothy serenely
replied. "Mr. Arthur Jones, our curate,
you know, is the only mau she will allow
to touch her."
"Perhaps ho is not tho only Jones," I
aid, feeling more jealous still. "Let
me try."
But Popsy did not approve of my pat
ting. Bomewhcro from her ititcrior pro
ceeded a low mmhing, her cars were laid
by, and I judged It wise to relinquish
the experiment.
"We are to be enemies, then," I said ;
and I fear I was scornful of Dorothy's
evident affection for the cat.
Dorothy suggested that we should
walk in tho garden. That walk was the
first of many. Before a fortnight passed
I was madly in lovo with Dorothy. I
was distractedly happy, but I felt some
little uneasiness because of tho Hev. Ar
thur Jones and tho wdiite cat. I had
watched the reverend gcutleman care
fully, lie was a bright, happy-faced
young cleric, and his holiavtor left no
sort of doubt in my miml that he loved
Dorothy. And his hiuhaspirita seemed a
proof to me, either that he hnd won the
lady or fully expected toldu so.
Time aed rapidly. I went with
Dorothy to picnics and garilcu-pnrtics;
I took her for drives, walks and rides;
I boated with her, played tennis with
her, and listened to her sirtiytng. I re
gained my health, and lived; in an Ely
sium. I determined that' my vacation
should not clow without a .question ami
au answer mine the question, Dorothy's
the answer. 1 loved her; did sho lovo
ine?
Although I had mado tip my mind to
ask Dorothy my question, day after day
aliped by, and it was.still unasked. The
Inst day of my visit came. I was to
leave by the Inst train, at ten o'clock. I
passed the day with Dorothy, but said
no word to her of whntewns onmy heart.
Dinner-time cnine, and atill 1 had said
nothing. Lady Pownceby went to sleep
in the drawing-room, whilc Dorothy and
I sat in our favorite - seats by the win
dow. "Are you sorry your holiday is over?"
Dorothy asked.
"Very," I said laconically.
Another silence!
"Will you havo much work when you,
get home?'' she said.
"I hope so."
Silence strain.
"You will forget all about us."
"Never."
A quarter to 0! And thccart was to
come for me at 9:15.
I was in a dreadful state. 1 I was hot
and cold by turns. I couldl not sit still.
Nino o'clock!
Still I hnd not asked my question.
Many times I had openedlmy mouth to
begin; then something seemed to grip
my throat, and I could not utter a word.
Five minutes past '.)!
I was in agony! I looked out of the
window; I took out my wratch; I played
with the chain; I crossed aud uncrossed
my legs; I blurted out:
"Are you sorry I am going?"
"Of course. Y'ou have been very pleas
ant company."
I thought she spoko coldly, and
thought again of the cat and the citrate.
"May I hope that you would be uleused
to see me again !"
"Oh, yes!" ' "
Silence!
Ten minutes past nine I
"Dorothy?"
"Yes?"
"Will you can you nre you engaged
to the curate?"
"Oh, no! How absurd!"
"Can you will you do you would
you like to be married?"
"I don't know," she laughed.
"Would you could you Dorothy I
must tell you "
S s s s sh!! A prolouged hiss
startled us both. I had come close to
Dorothy, and my right hand was ap
proaching hers. I felt n sharp pain iu
my forefinger ; and the white cat flew out
of the wiudow recess, glared and spat
upon me, and sprang into Dorothy's lap!
I stood up and cursed that cat ; Dorothy
uttered a littlo cry; Lady Pownceby
awoke, and mid: "Dear mo! Havo I
been asleep?" and a servant entered and
said: "The dog-curt is waiting for Mr.
Oswald Jones."
I had time ouly to see my boxes car
ried out and to tako a hurried farewell
of my hostess and her niece, aud then I
was driven away to the station. And I
had not asked my questiou.
it.
For tho next two mouths I devoted
myself exclusively to my work. But
for that cat, I might now have been the
happiest iustead of the most miserable
of mortals. I began to see dimly that
I hud mado a fool of myself. I hud hud
months in which to say my nay to
Dorothy; and then what an exhibition
I had made of myself at tho last mo
ment !
On tho morning of Christmas Day, I
found when I came down stairs from
my bedroom a large hamper. What
pictures iu my mind of mince pics and
other Christmas delicacies! What
anticipation of the delight of teeth
meeting teeth in the seasonable turkey!
I ruised the lid but drew back with
almost a scream, for out of tho basket
sprang, not vivified mince pics or a
resuscitated turkey, but my sworn enemy,
tho white cat ?
What surprise! Whut disappointment!
What disgust! What my still greater
surprise when the cat, instead of spitting
aud swelling at me as was her wont at
Barkiugtou, now raised her inof
fensive tuil and arched her graceful back,
aud rubbed her irreprouchublo white fur
against my legs! The cut had become
friendly toward me.
I came to the conclusion that a deliber
ate insult hud been intended. I grew
exceedingly wruthful. Aud 1 fell scep
tical of the love w heh could corsigu iu
object to the tender mercies of a railway
guard. But second thoughts induced
me to believe that Dorothy must huve
had au object in sending her cut to uie.
Dorothy loved me, aud wanted me, ami
hud sent her favorite to me us a messen
ger of cuce uud good will. Shu had
placed the cut iu my hands; whut could
olio mean but that she preferred me fur
above tlip cat? I could just catch the
10.15 train. I consigned the cut to the
cure of my landlady, and rolled olf iu a
eoh tn Waterloo I hail nnlv time to scrauo.
blo into the first compartment tho guard
opened for me, when the train started.
As soon as I collected myself I looked
to see who my fellow-passenger was.
"Dorothy!" I exclaimed.
It was she. She had fcerself brought
up her Popsy ; she told me that sho ex
pected me to come by tho first possible
train. I was delighted, and when site
begged me not to think her unmaidenly
in the course sho had adopted, I gave
her oscular demonstration how content I
was. What need to set down what wo
said and did? In a month Dorothy and I
were one, nnd we get on Very well with
each other and our mentor, Lady Pown
ceby, and our most familiar friend is tho
white cat. The Argosy.
Rights on Other Men's Lauds.
A paper by Mr. Hyde Clarke, on "Thi
Bights of Property in Trees" on tho land
of another, relates to a curious custom of
primeval times which still survives in
some lands. The author first met it as a
land judge in Asia Minor in 1802, when he
was called upou to graut compensation
for olive-trees belonging to one or more
persons on tlm lands of others, nnd for
honey-trees or hoards of wild honey iu
Stato or communal forests. Papers read
by tho Bev. Dr. Codington gave infor
mation of tho existence of a like system
in Melanesia. It likewise prevails, ac
cording to Mr. Crocker, of tho British
North Borneo Company, in Borneo, in re
spect to the katapang, or honey-tree, nnd
also in tho caso of caves containing edi
blo bird's-ucst. Sir Spencer St. John
also observes that in Borneo tho land
nominally belongs tho State or tribe, but
tho ownership is not a private property
in land in our senso of the word. He had
observed that certain of tho tajiang, on
which the bees construct their nests,
often belonged to special families, and
wero not touched by their neighbors.
Sir Thomas Wade has found a similar
right in China, where, when hill farms or
gardens aro leased, the tenant will pay
the proprietor a yearly rent. All fir-trees
or bamboos on the ground before it is let
belong to the proprietors, and the tenant
is not free to appropriate them. If there
were no such trees on the ground when it
was let, bu1 such trees were subsequent
ly planted by the tenant, they would bo
at his disposal. Separate property in trees
is also traceable in India, particularly in
Chota Nagpore, where Mr. J. F. Hewitt
has frequently found that ftuit-trces
growing on land are owned by persons
other than the owners or cultivators of
tho soil. Tho mhowa-trees, which aro
exceedingly valuable, aro frequently di
vided among the inhabitants of the vil
lages near which they grow. The indi
vidual property in trees is not in Turkey
confined to Asia Minor, but prevails as a
gcccral law in the empire. Miss Paulino
Inby found it in Bosnia, and bought an
interest of tho kind in a certain estate.
It seems ulso to have anciently existed in
the British Islands, and is recognized in
tho Brchon records of Ireland. But there,
and in most European countries, tho
vestiges of the separate right have ceased
to exist. Popular Scunce Monthly.
The Wondrous Power of Song.
Congressman John Allen, of Mississippi,
in addition to being one of the. wits of
the House, is nlso something of a
"plunger" in society. Ho was present
at a musicalo given at the Shorcham by
Mrs. Jeanette Thurber a few evenings
ago, aud talked music with a fluency
that astonished some of those who heard
him. During tho evening Mrs. Thurbei
eugaged the Mississippi Congressman iu
conversation for a few minutes, aud in
cidentally inquired if ho was familiar
with tho study of music.
"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Allen,
promptly. "I am something of musician
myself. In fact I am so fond of music
that I introduce it into my evcry-day life
with very beueficial effect. I control my
wifo aud family aud govern my entire
household by tho power of my music."
"I don't quite comprehend you,"
answered Mrs. Thurber, smiling.
"Well," said Mr. Allen, with a merry
twinkle in his eye, "it is just liko this:
When I request my wifo or any member
of my family to do anything, and they
refuse, I threaten to sing. They im
mediately relent and do my bidding
rather than hear me." linllintore Sun.
A Natural Ous Field.
In a narrow rocky gorge only a milo
from NordholT is burniug a steady, in
extinguishable Hume, which would iu
most places be tho cause of much cx
citcmeut in financial circles. Largo
cities nnd immeuso manufacturing en
terprises have been built up on such
resources as ure here wasting themselves
iu nature's wilds. Down the steep rocks
flows a tiny stream, covered with oil
w herever a pool is formed, and its rugged
bed is covered with nsphaltum. A rough
trail lends a half mile up the canyon to a
bui ren ridne, where, amid the calcined
rocks aud crumbling shale the gas oozes
out of inuumernblu devices and burns
with a steudy flow that shows a large sup
ply behind somewhere. It bus now been
burning some two weeks or more and all
efforts to extinuixh it huve been failures.
We aro glud to say that prosta ta ure
good for a dcvclopcment nnd utilization
of this discovery. Tim working of a
valuable gypaimi deposit on the Kherson
ranch U also under consideration, and
other enterprises which, if curried out,
will ti in l; about material progress in the
valley. XrJhff(l '.if ) ! u.
Tortei Shell.
This beautiful material ia the shell or
ouUidu covering of the hu ks-hill tur
tle, aud ii stronger, thicker, aud clearer
than that of any other of the tortoise
tribe. A large turtle ullords ulout eiht
pounds of tortoise shed, which Ilea in
scale, lapping over nu ll other like the
tiles of a roof. The uuimnl u a native
of tho Atiulic aud Ann i Iran ra, aud is
sometime found ill the Mr.litei ruueau.
Tortoise ahull ia acini trun-jxiivnt, vuiiu
gated with various apols id lilih yel
I iw uud reddish brown, aud couk'uiiIcd,
when properly prepared, one of lliu most
tlcL'uut articles for oi noincliUl puipoec.
itrt Ooolt thnuhuU.
SIAM'S FLOATING CAPITAL.
PICTUHKSaiTE BANGKOK, THE
VENICE OF THE ORIENT.
A Populous nnd MaRnillrrnt City
Unlit. I'pon Piling, Above tlie
Water Floating Houses.
A flontinc city of half a million souls
with an environment of Oriental splendor,
with the temples of Buddha and the pal
aces and gardens of tho King must be a
place picturesque beyond description;
but it is the capital of a country where
the brutal system of slavery for debt con
tinues to curse tho poor, aud where the
women aro drudgeB for the men, who are
themselves the property of tho King.
Frank Carpenter, the veteran journal
ist, gives in the L'omnioUtitn the follow
ing description of Bangkok, the floating
city, with a few introductory words
about Siam :
"Siain is the Holland of the Orient.
During a part of the year the best of its
lands lio under water and tho people
move from ono village to another in
boats. The rivers and canals are the
highways of tho kingdom, and the city
of Bangkok, tho royal capital, has more
houses built upon piles than havo the
piled cities of Amsterdam and Botter
dam, and its canal streets surpass in num
ber the liquid avenues through which the
Venetian gondola glides. Bangkok is
even more the daughter of the waters
than is the famed queen city of tho
Adriatic. Venice rises from the sea, and
its foundations reach down into its sand.
Bangkok floats upon the bosom of the
mighty Menam River, nnd its hundred
thousand dwellings rise and fall with the
tide. The Menam is called the mother
of waters and Bangkok, its most beauti
ful daughter, is soothed during the day
and lulled to sleep at night upon Hie
bosom of this mighty mother.
"Bangkok bus few things in common
with its sister city of Italy, and it differs
from Venice as tho savage maiden of the
tropics laden with barbaric gold differs
from tho fashionable girl of our modern
civilization, clad in her latest Parisian
dress. Imnginc a low, fiat country filled
with the mcst luxuriant of tropical vege
tation. The wird sighs through the
palm trees. Birds of the gayest plumage
till the air with their tropical sougs. In
the jungle is heard the chatter of the
monkey, and aUmg the flat streams bask
the alligator. A low, clear blue sky, in
which the sun of the tropics shines its
hottest, hangs over it, and at night the
moon and stars shine with an untold
brightness. Sailing up this river, from
the Gulf of Siam, at about thirty miles
from its mouth, you note in the distance,
the spires of temples and palaces. As
you go on from out the palm trees on
each sido shine littlo one-story houses,
their roofs thatched with palm leaves,
nnd their foundations apparently rising
from the water itself. None of these
houses are large. The average house, is
not more tb.au fifty feet square, and the
roofs sharp ridged and bellying inward,
nre not more than twelve feet from tho
floor. They have neither windows nor
doors, and their fronts open in vcrnudas
directly on the water. Coming nearer
you see that they tloat. and that their
foundation is a raft of bamboo poles,
each about threo inches thick, and piled
ctosswise, one on top of tho other, like
the corn cob house of a country urchin.
"There are no cellars in Bangkok, and
each home 1ms a hole in the floor through
which tho Bweepings aro thrown. At two
or more corners of each of these dwellings
a pole has been driven down into the
mud, and the house is anchored to these.
Its owner pays a ground rent to the per
son owning the land on the banks in front
of which the house rests. But in case of
dispute the moorings are cut, aud the
house, family nnd all flout away to
nuother locntion. There are fifteen miles
of these floating houses. They liue both
banks of the river and the canals back
iuto tho junglo. It is not uncommon for
the owner of a floating dwelling to
anchor his house iu the middle of one of
the narrowest of the water avcuues, and
boats passing by must get through as they
can. The native houses of the land are
built high up on piles, so that ono could
almost walk under their floors. Some of
them havo picturesquely pointed ridge
roofs, but like the floating homes, they
nre as a rule small, and their interior ar
rangements are tho same.
"It is estimated that five hundred
thousand out of the seven hundred thou
sand peoplo of Bangkok live thus upon
tho water. There aro thousands of chil
dren hero who havo never had n play
ground bigger than tho flfteeu-feet veran
da in front of their homes, nnd whole
families live through generations in one
of these three-roomed floating houses
without having spent a night upon the
land. Tho people go from one place to
another in boats, nnd the. streets and
highways of this floatiug city are filled
with all sorts of craft, from the ocean
steamer, which carries passengers and
freight to Hong Kong ami Singapore, to
tho little canoe, ten feet long and two
feet wide, w hich ia sculled by a Siamese
urchin. There is the itinerant peddler,
with his goods piled on the boat in front
of him, paddling his way from house to
house and crying out his wares. Hero
are women by the hundreds standing up
and rowing or sitting down sculling boat
loads of merchandise from one part of
the city to the other, aud through them
nil move the steam launches of the Siam- '
ce noblemen, and now uud then the '
great barge of the King, with its white
elephant dug floating iu the bree.e."
'fVo Siamese King, says Mr. Carpen
ter, is immensely wealthy, owning a pri
vate fortune of fifty millions, w ith au an
nual income of ten millions! He has
abolished the custom which required the
Majiicsc to come iuto the King's pres
ence on all fours, aud shakes hands with
Americans iu the American fashion. Be
foru traveling abroad he wus instructed
by au English governess, and has used
his immense fortune to develop the coun
try, bringing telegraphs to the capital,
and putting out surveyors for railroads.
Not Ailli.-lunding this he remains Iu the
Buddhistic faith, nnd there are 10,001)
prieataof Buddha iu Bangkok. Allan!, i
CviutUutwH.
HOlSEHOLn AFFAIRS.
A KITCItKN OILCLOTH.
A cheap oilcloth for the kitchen may
be made of cheap, heavy toweloth or
butlap fitted to the room. Nail it on
the side of an outside building and cover
tho cloth with a thick paste made of rye
flour. When this is dry, paint it a good,
cheap. strong brown. In two weeks' time
paiut again, and in two weeks more give
it another coat. Let it remain till well
seasoned, which will be in two or threo
months, thon vnrtiisb and nail down.
This oilcloth, it is sail), will last for many
years. Aitio York Tribune.
CI.KAKINO SIl.VKIt WOHK.
The Jtirelrrt' Wrdly gives the follow
ing directions for cleaning bright silver
work :
Solution No. 1. Dissolve a piece of
soap three times as largo as an EntrHsh
walnut in ono quart of water; ndd a
wineglassful of ammonia ami use boil
ing hot.
Solution No. 2. Dissolve a piece of
cyanide of potassium twice as large ns
an English walnut iu oue quart of water,
and use warm.
Directions. First wash tho article nnd
brush with solution No. 1, then rinse in
boiling wnter, after which dip the solu
tion No. 2. The article should then
agnin be rinsed in boiling water, and
this should be followed by washing ami
brushing with solution No. J ; then rinso
with boiling water nnd dry the, piece in
hot sawdust or wic it dry. This method
must not be used to clean oxidized work.
The cyanide of -potassium is a deadly
poison, and must be handled carefully.
CANNING ini'IT.
Pare nil fruit with a silver knife, and,
as it darkens by exposure to the air, drop
each piece as pared into cold vfater nnd
prepare ouly tho quantity needed to fill
two cans.
Fruit looks and is better when whole,
the juices arc clearer and the flavor is
more fully retained, it is difficult to
cook a large quantity evenly without in
juring the shape. lor this reason it is
better to cook only enough to fill n few
jars at a time. In canning a crate of
berries it is well to select the finest look
ing quarts aud can expressly for simple
desserts nt table. Such particular can
ning will not bo necessary for cooking
purposes.
Cook fruit in a porcelain-lined or
granite kettle. If tiu is used it should
be new.
Cook evenly for fifteen minutes after it
begins to boil.
There is no necessity for using sugar in
canning fruit, but one tablespoonful to a
quart of fruit is sometimes added.
When ready to can, have all articles
needed close nt hand. Set tho can on
two thicknesses of warm, wet flannel.
Dip out the boiling fruit with a long
hnndled ladle, and till the jar to over
flowing. Kun a knitting-necdlo threo
times down to the bottom of tho filled
can, nnd liberate the uir bubbles.
Then, with a quick movement, break the
bubbles lying on top, and seal without
the loss of a second. Iu ten minutes
tightcu the tops uguin with your wrench,
nud when tho cans arc cool wrap in
paper, nnd keep iu a cool, dry, dark
place. Bo sure there uro no seeds or
sediment on tho rubber ring before scal
ing. A funnel comes, which is a great
convenience in filling the jars. Do not
store your cans of fruit on a swing-shelf,
unless you are eertaiu it will bear the
weight. Iu canuiug berries, dip out
most of tho surplus juice, and seal,
when boiling hot, in pint caus for the
children. Eastern Argus.
FIS1I SALAD'.
Oab Salad Prepare a pint of crab
meat; put it in a salad bowl, arraugo
about in spiced oysters, nnd udd a littlo
chopped celery; pour over rimoulade
sauce.
Herring Salad Put into a salad bowl
the crisp leaves of a head of lettuce ; re
move tho skin and bono from two
smoked herrings; shred them fine and
add to the lettuce; pour over the sulud u
plain dressing and garnish with hard
boiled eggs.
Shrimp Salad Take one cuu ol
shrimps, open, uud put iu cold water,
drain aud dry. Put four or five tomatoes
iu boiling water, uud skin, slice and
drain; arrange them on a dish, lay the
shrimps on top, ami pour over all may
onnaise dressing. Garnish with lettuce.
Crayfish Salad Wash two dq.eu cray
fish, und boil them iu salt water for fif
teen minutes; pick them out of their
bhclls; remove the eutrail iu tho centre
of tho tail. Put two heads of lettuce iu
a salad bowl, add the crayfish, pour over
mayonuaise dressing. Garnish with ban!
boiled eggs.
Salmon Salad Tako a pound of fresh
salad (or canned) nud boil ; break in
flukes; put iu a salad bowl, with salt,
pepper uud vinegur, and a very little oil;
let stand one hour; put crisp lettuce in a
large bowl, and the salmon, pour over
iuavonuui.su dressing ; garnish with hard
boiled eggs nnd celery.
Codfish Salad Cut a quarter of a
pound of salt codfish in pieces, three
inches square; split them, aud put to
soak over night; next dry them, broil
and baste with butter. Take up, let
cool, tear the pieces apart, lay on a dish,
over crisp lettuce leaves, and pour over
plain salad dressing. Garnish with hard
boiled eggs aud sliced lemon.
Lobster Salad--Plungo two lobsters iu
boiling water and let cook half au hour;
tako the centre of six heads of lettuce
and three hard boiled eggs; break off the
shells of the lobsters, take out the flesh
and cut in small pieces; put salad iu a
bowl and season with salt, pepper, oil
und vinegar; wash tho lettuce, tear in
pieces, mix Willi the lobster and cover
with mayonnaise dressing.
Fresh Fish Salad Tako two pounds
of cold boiled or baked iMi, take olf the
sis in, pick out the bones and miuce;
slice six potatoes, cut tiue a pint of cab
oa;;e, udd the potutoes, then the fish;
',.! oue small ouiou and two small
umber pickles; mix all together uud
ir over uiuyounuiso dressing.
trier-Journal.
I VF.X ME NOT WITH BROODING
ON THE YEARS." r- v
I vex me not with brooding on the yenrs S
That were ero I drew breath : why should I
then
Distrust the darkness that may full again I
When life is done? Perchance in other
spheres
Dead planets I once tasted mortal tears,
And walked as now among a throng of
men, ,
pondering things that lay beyond my ken,
Questioning death, and solacing my fears. i
Who knows Ofttlines strnngo sense havo I'
of this.
Vague memories that hold mo with a spell,
Touehea of unseen lips upon my brow, i
breathing some Ineomnuinleablo bliss!
In years foregone, Osoul, wns all not well
Still lovelier life awaits thee. Fear not
t lion !
-IAoiikm Ii. Ahlrirh, in The Centvvy.
lUMOIt 01' THE DAY.
Always on hand Palmistry.
A pound of flesh Pugilism.
The plnne dealer The carpenter.
The end of women's prayer Men.
Open to conviction The prisoner at
the bar. Judge.
The burglar's method for getting into
a safe is au open secret.
A title often sells n book ns easily as
it buys an heiress. Purl:
Now eonies to mm- morn's slumber sweet i
Tho frii'ksome tly with fuzzy feet. i
Washington Post.
It is the man who is losing ground
bv inches who becomes dissatisfied with
his lot.
Astronomers predict numerous sun
spots this vear among tho freckled.
ll,td World.
The work of the sewing woman is in
some respects a gory business. Bing
humton Hi jiuhliran.
"There was not n dissenting vote."
"Yes, I heard it was carried anonymous
ly.'' ovkt's linar.
Inquisitive Patient "What is the sci-
cntilie name for spring fever?" Doctor '
"Laziness." Chirago Tiuui.
A Western humorist writes in his shirt
sleeves. AVcll, that's nil right. That,
where his "funny bone" is located.
Ktutesmtin.
Tho idiom, "His name is mud," was
first applied to Henry Clay when ho got
into the soup for the Presidency Har
vard lampoon.
It is best always to chooso a tall man
for Stato Treasurer, so that he may not
be found short when he goes out of
office. Picayune.
"I seem very popular with your fa
ther's dog," said Herbert to Mabel. "In-i
deed?" "Yes, the last time I tried to
take my leave, ho did his best to detain,
me."
Nurse (showing new bnby to proud
father) "How like his pa, Herr Baron!
Your very image!" Baron "You thinlc
so?" Nurse "No hair, no teeth just
the picture of you." Herman Joke. ,
Artist "Oh! so you think the back
ground's 'beastly,' do you? Perhaps tho
cattle aro 'beastly,' too, though I flatter
myself " Friendly Critic "Oh, no,,
my deur fellow; that's just what they aro
not." The Jester.
Woman (to tramp) "Want sorno
thing to eat, eh? Well, here's somo
cold hash." Tramp "But I haveu't
got anything to cat with it." Woman
"Just keep on a littlo further and you'll
find n fork in the road."
Small Boy "Papa, which way docs
the Chicago Kiver run?" Papa (who is
always glad to slake the youthful thirsi,
for knowledge) "It doesn't run at all.'
my child. It is so thick it can hardly
wulk.' Washington titar.
"Your sou is traveling at a pretty,
rapid puce," suid one Senator to another.
"Yes; I'm afraid he's going 'most too
lively." "Does he play poker?" "No;
he doesn't play. He just sits down ami
loses bis money." Washington Post.
"What is it, little girl?" said a Dear
boru street grocer to u tive-year-old
miss, as he leaned over the counter.
Littlo Girl "Mamma sent me for a
lamp-chimney, and she says sho hopes it
will bo as strong as that lust butter you
sent us." Chicago Lyre.
"This dust nuisance must diimago
you u great deal," he said to the grocer,
ns ho dodged into the door to let a great
cloud roll by. "Oh, uo, sir. Anything
added to maple sugar, prunes, evaporated
upples, etc., is paid for by tho public at
so much per pound. I am not doing
uuy kicking." jMroit Free Pret.
The two sons of an Eastern merchant
started for India. Some months after
ward the father received this telegram :
"Jim's dead." In reply he cabled, "Ship
corpse." Induetimea large box arrived,'
which wus found to contain the body of
an enormous Bengal tiger. Tho parent
again cabled: ".Mistake made; tiger in
box." To which his surviving sou re
plied: "All right. Jim inside tiger."
Jiithi:
A Coal Oil Magnate's Millions.
Johu ltoi kefeller was once a newspaper
reporter, and less than two decades nuo
was a business mau of ouly moderate;
means in Cleveland, Ohio. His attention
w its attracted to the opportunities for mak
ing money iu the handlini; und refining of
the product of the Pennsylvania oil fields.
He started a comparatively small refinery,
and from that grew the most power! ul
monopoly ou earth tho Standard Oil
Trust. How rapidly tho Standard has
growu is showu by the fact that iu 1SSO
its capital was only H, 000,000, whereas
it is now 190.000,000. The pur value of
the stockist 100 per share, but it is
quoted at If 170. It pnys dividend
amounting to ten per cent, per annum,
ltoi kefeller owns more than a majority
of the stock, so that something like if 100,
000,000 of his fortune is rcpitsculed in
the trust. He nlso has extensive uatuitt!
gas interests iu Ohio, and iu addition i-l
a large owner of Government bonds und
the securities of railroads uud other eor
porat ious. Ch Uaoo lit raid.