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WiUUIUUOU
Pauperism has declined la England I
and Wales, nnd is declining in Ireland. '
' t)l'4'no county (Waslioo) in Nevada
bIiiws nirVronso in population over tho
girct oi tho census ten ycors ago.
' Tho Cincinnati Commercial Gazette has
( e to tho conclusion that hypnotism is
j hing moro or less than tho old mcs-
.ric crnze revived.
Tho Drortrt' Journal figures that tho
daily milengo mado iu cities of tho Uni
ted Slates by cars supplied with electric
motors is now moro than one hundred
thousand miles and is growing rnpidly.
Pcoplo who livo in Sun Francisco con
gratulate themselves that earthquakes aro
not altogether objectionable, sinco they
prevent tho erection of high blocks of
buildings, which keep air and sunlight
out of thu streets.
Professor Simonson snvs thnt there aro
now from 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 stu
dents of Volapuk in tho world, of whom
1,000,000 aro competent to uso it; 1200
business houses where it is employed,
and 1200 Volapuk text and reading
books, as well as thirty well regulated
Volapuk journals.
Tho number of cattlo in Indian Ter
ritory is now found to bo only 500,000
head. This is a great fulling oil from
former years, and shows, argurs tho
Boston Cultivator, that hereafter the con
sumers of beef must depend on stock fed
with cultivated forage and grain, instead
of relyiug on tho product of pastures
costing nothing. It will bo much better
for all branches of farming iu nil parts of
tho country when thu demoralization of
ranouing nas unaily nod Its (lay.
Tho Chicago Herald says that "Florida
and California arc each making a strong
bid for winter visitors by sending out
cars filled with tropical and semi-tropical
fruits attractively displayed. There is a
car of this kind known as 'Florida on
Wheels,' which mado tho tour of tho
Eastern resorts and did good missionary
I ouiwuiiagi'
l0DRry My grief she
A. I I hear your (
iia on Ja And that s
xhibitl "
.work during the summer months,
train of cars known as 'California
Wheels' nnd containing a superb c
of fruits, in now en route for tho East for
tho purpose of booming Southern Cali
fornia as a winter resort, and will un
doubtedly influence many people to cross
tho continent tho coming winter."
One of tho curious facts which work
inguicn and mechanics detailed toundcr
,tako vfcrk different towns notice, re
marks fce CiMago Xeirt, is that the small
coANtry Vlaccs aro frequently ahead of
the uictnolitan cities in the way of sci
entific improvements. Many a rural vil
lage of 5000 or 10,000 inhabitants quick
ly avails itself of tho opportunities which
tho city inventors and scientists havo
been discovering for years. Thus it hap
pens that little towns of a few thousand
population which havo grown up within
the last four or fivo years havo electric
lights, electric railways, cable lines, and
water works moro perfect than the big
cities have.
Several California papers recently con
tained a matrimonial appeal, signed by
'a young end beautiful Hungarian
maiden, an orphan without Means, but
well educated and with domostic tenden
cies, who seeks a companion for life."
Tho auswers were to be directed to Paris,
where the young lady was employed as a
nurse. Incredible ns it may appear a
dozen offers from marriageable young
'Frisconinus camo over tho sea. ,A lively
correspondence ensued, and finally ench
of tho wooers received an txquisito pho
tograph and an ullirmntivo answer from
the beautiful Hungarian maiden, with a
request that the lover should send the
necessary cash for a transatlantic, ticket.
The swindler or tho eyudicato of swind
lers netted 0000 marks in all by the
trick. And now the prospective bride
grooms, among whom are some well
known names, dure not whisper their
misery.
Tho experiments in the cultivation of
plants under the electrical light, recently
mado by the botuuicul department of tho
Cornell University, ut Ithaca, N. Y.,
have given some curious nnd interesting
results, and results which aro in some re
spects confirmatory of somewhat similar
experiments not loug ago reported from
Russia. Tho first uud most noticeable
effect of tho treatment is an enormously
increased rate of growth. Tho plants
which are lighted seem to work day and
night and to "run very much to leaf."
Vegetables shoot up very quickly, and
peas in a few week aro two or three
times as tull as those planted at the same
time in daylight. Iu tho caso of seeds
and fruit of auy kind, however, the re
sults aro eutiiely ditlerent, and the plant
which had grown slowly and by daylight
were uheud. It was observed that In
every- instance the reproductive powei.
cf the plant were strongly affected, being
sacrificed to mere foliage uud rapidity of
Ucrease in general size.
OREST
VOL. XXIII. NO,
to a Little brook.
. a im ro uui bu Dig ns you were men,
I Olltle brook 1
I mean those hazy summers when
W. boys roamed, full of owe-, besldd
Your noisy, foaming, tumbling tide,
And wondered if it could be true
That there were bigger brooks than you.
O mighty brook, O peerless broo'-i
All up and down this reedy place
Where live, the brook,
We angled for the furitlve dace;
The redwing-blackbird did his best
To make us think he'd built his nest
Hard by the stream, when like as not,
He'd hung it In a secret spot
Far from tho brook, the telltale brookl
And often, when the noontime heat
Parboiled the brook,
We'd draw our boot and swing our feet
Upon the waves that, In their play,
Would tag us last and scoot away;
And mother never seemed to know
What burnt our legs and chapped thom so
But father guatscd It was tho brook I
And Fido how he loved to swim
The cooling brook,
Whenever we'd throw sticks for him;
And how we boys did wish that w.
Could only swim as good as he
Why, Daniel Webster never was
Recipient of such great applause
As Fido, battling with the broolr!
But once O most unhappy day
For you, my brook
Come Cousin Bam along that way;
And, having lived a spell out west,
Whero creeks aren't counted mueh at best,
He neither waded, swam, nor leap,
But, with superb Indifference, stept
Across that brook our mighty brook I
Why do you scamper on your way,
You little brook.
When I come back to you to-day?
Is it because you flee the grass
That lunges at you as you pass.
As If, in playful mood, it would .
Ticklo the truant if it could,
You chuckling brook yoi' ijiucy brookl
Or Is it you no longer know
You fickle brook
The honest friend of longagor
The years that kept us twain anart
Have changed my face but not my heart
iuony amijore those years, and yet
I fancle?TyTu could not forgot
That happy time, my playmato brook I
Oh, sing again in artless glee,
My little brook.
Tho song you nsed to sinf for mo
Tho song that's lingered in my ear
do soothingly these many years;
My grief shall be forgotten when
tranquil voice again
sweet song, dear little brookl
gene Field, in Chicago tiewt.
A LAST CHORD.
Madame Langelot, a comely, smiling
woman oi tnirty-six, was bumming mer
rily'as she went to and fro in her dining-
room, and giving the Inst glance, the
careful housewife's glance, to the family
muie. trnaicvcr mo season might bo,
there was always a bunch of flowers to
enliven the board and testify to the deli
cate touch of woman.
Suddenly Madamo Langelot stopped,
as she recognized her husband's step, and
ho had hardly entered tho room whon
sho exclaimed;
. "What is the. matter? You look un
set." 1
"I have reason to be, darling," he re
plied, "when a man hears at tho samo
moment of the failure and tho death of his
only brother "
"You brother, oh, my poor dear!"
cried Madame.
"His marriage, as you know, was an
unfortunate one," continued the husband,
"he was an artist in heart and soul, and
.forgot everything in his love for an
Italian lady, who had a madonna-like
face and wonderful musical talent. Her
dark eyes bewitched him, and in spite of
my entreaties, and our father's opposi
tion, ho married her. He was utterly
Incapable of managing his business, and
was made reckless by tho death of his
adored wife. Yesterday, in despair, he
took his own life, and on mo devolves
tho task of settling his affairs in an hon
orable manner. I must do this dear, for
he was a Langelot."
"Of courso," was tho reply, "it Is
your duty."
"There is something else,, said Mon
sieur Langelot slowly, and his wife,
startled by his hesitation, exclaimed
anxiously:
"What do you meant"
"My brothor has left a son, ho is
twelve years old, but delicato and de
formed, and will never be ablo to provido
for himself."
: "And you think it is our duty to
,dopt himl"
"My dear "
' "You ore perfectly right," cried the
young woman, kissing her husband
fondly, "how good you are, dear! Bring
tho poor boy home, and ho shall be our
Cluiretle's elder brother."
And thus the orphan's fato was settled
by these two simple loving souls.
Monsieur and Madame Langelot, who
had been married twelve years, idolized
their only child. Clairetto was three
years old, a frail, delicate littlo creature,
highly nervous, treated like a queen, and
somewhat despotic, as spoiled children
usually are.
In a few days Lucien Langelot arrived
at his uncle's home. Ho was painfully
deformed, pulo and delicate, and of his
mother's radiant beauty had iuherited
nothing except the large dark eyes, which
illumined his thin face with their bril
liant flashes. Close aguinst his breast he
pressed a violiu, his. dearest treasure.
At sight of this stranger the little
Cluirettu begau to cry and sob convul
sively. Her cousin looked timidly at the
fair-haired and gaily dressed little crea
ture for a minute, then raising his instru
ment, said softly,
"Listen, the violin will sing to you
do not cry."
And beneath his young fingers the ar
tist's bow moved wondrously, the sound
of gay yet tender air burst forth, and
the improvisation like a caress suddenly
20, TIONESTA,
soothed the child's fears, and she was
silent,
"Mdrd, morel Sinrr againi pretty
music!" tried Clairetto when tho player
Stopped, and sho clapped her little hands
in gleo.
bo tho wonderful violin played on.
seeming to speak words of enchantment,
and showing plainly what tho poor
hurrchbnek had received ss his maternal
inheritance From thnt day a tender af
fection united the two children, and tho
years passed on.
Luc'cn has become a man, and is asso
ciated with his uncle in business. lie is
a most valuable assistant, being gifted
with extraordinary intelligence. He has
not neglected his musical talent, and has
had tho best instruction.
"Do you know, my boy," said his
uncle,"that you will some day be a great
composer, onr prido and glory t"
"My only glory," replied Lucien,
softly, "is in knowing that Cluirctte is
pleased with me."
Ho speaks tho truth, poor follow; his
whole happiness in life depends upon his
cousin's smile.
She too, the potted sensitive child, is
now grown up, and has become a lovely
woman. She loves her cousin with frank
sincere affection, and prefers to all other
music the air ho played for her when
first they met, so that in tho family the
melody is always called "Clairette's
Song." It is a composition worthy of a
master-musician, and sinco drying the
child's tears, has becomo tho souvenir of
her earliest joys.
Whot happened next was inevitablo.
One day Lucien acknowledged to him
self that he loved Clairetto, and called
himself a fool for daring to raise his eyes
to the daughter of his benefactor. True,
sha was his cousin, but how could he,
tho poor hunch-back, hope to marry tho
beautiful blooming girl? lie concealed
his grief within his heart, nnd tho violin,
his only confidant, wept and sobbed for
his hopeless love.
Clairo Langclot, a gentle, affectionate
girl, treated Lucien as her dearest friend
and counselor, confiding to him her in
most thoughts. One day she artlessly
told him of her lovo for Haoul Darboz,
and then in a sudden burst of happiness,
exclaimed:
"Hero, Lucien, take your violiu and
play Cluirette's Song for mo!"
Ah, what bitter irony that wast The
instrument was forced to sing her happy
love, under his martyred fingers 1
A littlo later, Haoul and Claire were
married. Lucien plnyel tho wedding
march. It was his. own composition, and
all through the music a mystic strain was
interwoven by the master's skill, nnd
filled the vaulted edifice with its tender
melody.
Tho bride started when she recognized
ncr lavonte air.
"Poor dear cousin," sho thought, "it
is all for mo that ho is playing."
At tho wedding breakfast they awaited
tho musician, impatient to congratulate
him on his new composition, but he did
not appear.
"An artist's caprice," said Uncle
Langclot. "I'll wager that ho is busy
writing out his latest improvisation. "
Clairio was grieved ut Lucicn's ab
sence, but that evening she and her huS'
baud set out for Fontnineblcnu, which
was the first stopping place of their wed
ding tour.
On arriving at the hotel near the grand
old forest, the young bride sat looking
out of tho window to enjoy tho view and
tho scent of tho fir trees.
Night fell, calm nnd quiet, the trees
were rustled by tho caresses of the
breeze, a swret perfume camo from tho
forort, and tho only sound was a soft in
definable murmur that seemed liko the
breathing of nature.
Clairo turned to Kaoul, saying:
"Do you know, I am anxious about
Lucien. lie may bo ill. I did not sco
him, even to sav good-b3e."
Haoul clasped her in his arms ns he re
plied with love s jealousy :
"Forget him and every one, ray wife,
all your thoughts now belong to me,"
and beneath the blue sky where the
golden stars were sparkling, she forgot
all else in the embrace of him to whom
sho had given her heart.
Suddenly there aroso on tho still night
nir a soft strain of music that sounded
like a sigh, a lamentation, and Claire,
roused from her ecstacy ot love ex-
cluimed :
"Hark! That is Clairette's Song.
Dear Lucien I I know that ho has come to
celcbrato my happiness, to play for mo
ou my wcdUuig-uight. iiut, uu, now
sad the music sounds."
"You are dreaming my love," said
Haoul, us ho closed tho window, "I did
not hear any music."
She listened again, but the silence, was
unbroken and onco moro sho forgot
everything but her love.
At dawn the next day, in a pathway
near the hotel there was found ljiug
across his broken violin, tho dead body
of Lucien Laugelot. Iho brief lament
of unspoken hopeless lovo had floated up
for a moment to tho youug bride's ear,
i , -i i T :
out luc laACnoru ironi j.uuieu p viuun
had awakeoSi only tho birds of tho for
est. Tht Epoch.
The lliooin-Coru District.
Coles and Douglas Counties, in Ilii
nois, produce half of tho broom-corn
grown iu tho United States. The soil of
these counties, which is strong, quick,
aud rich, is well adapted for the culture
of tho brush. Fifty years ago tho ter
ritory embraced by tho two counties was
great swamp, full of large ouds and
was called "socaem" land. Just what
"sockera" means in this connection
nobody seems to know. In later years
the swamps aud pouds were drained by
means of large open ditches aud miles of
drain tile. This drainage left an almost
inexhaustible soil. ISroom-coru is sup
posed to exhaust soil more than any
vegetable that grows iu that climate, but
there is a field near Iiushtou, iu Coles
County, owned by I. W. Ssin, that this
season produced its forty-ninth consec
utive crop of broom-coru. - Chicago
REPUBLICAN.
PA., AVEDNESDAY,
Joe, tils Worm Man.
Joe Piercc.tho "only worm merchant,4
died in this city a few days ago. Joo
was well known on tho water front. His
store was a portablo bucket and gunny
sack. His place of business was nearly
always open, for .Too slept but littlo. He
had no partner but a diminutive Scotch
terrier that was constantly at odds with
the whole world, and his only stock in
trade was worms.
Four years since Joe, who had an in
terest in pure politics, determined to
register as a voter. The Hegistrar's
clerks subjected him to a closo cross-firo
of questions becauso his mien was sus
piciously humble and his garb seedy and
worn.
"What is your business?" ho wos
finally asked, and, drawing himself to
gether, Joe answered in all seriousness:
"I am a worm merchant.
no was passed, and tho story of his
tilt with tho commissioners traveled
through tho mazes of the water front,
and honest Joe was thenceforth known
as "the worm merchaut."
It was ten years ago that Joe appeared
on the water front and inaugurated his
enterprise. He took up his stnnd at tho
corner of Clay and East streets, with his
slimy wares concealed in a bucket bear
ing the advertisement in prominent let
ters mado with shoeblack: "Wirms,
Fresh an Gud."
"You've spelled that wrong, Joe,"
remarked a sailor to him one day.
"Never you mind," was Joe's reply.
"Wirms is worms, and pcoplo as wants
'cm knows where to get 'cm."
Late at night, when noisy revelry
reigned high in the brilliantly lighted
saloons along East street, Joe would go
down to the wharf and push out through
the muddy water in a small boat. Next
to on asplmltum cover Joo was the next
best friend to the terodo-stricken piles,
for he searched diligently for the long,
wriggling things until his gunnysack
was almost olivo with them. Next
morning ho would take up his position
on East street and wait for customers.
Nearly every lover of the rod patronized
him, and the superstition spread apace
that Joe was a sort of piscatorial mas
cot, and that his worms were "sure to
fetch." Ho contributed by his thrift to
the support of his mother and sisters.
When tho news came that ho was dead
the whole water front mourned his loss.
&tn Francisco Chronicle.
An Opportune Thirty Cents.
"I hod a most extraordinary piece of
luck Inst Sunday," remarked a young
broker to a 2'ribun! reporter a day or two
ago, "and for it I have been thanking a
kind Providence ever since. I invited a
girl cousin to go down to Long Bench
for the aftornoon, take supper there and
return in the early evening. After wo
started I discovered thnt I had somehow
brought only 2.90 with me. I had one
railroad ticket, but with another required,
two suppers, car fares and ferriage, fig
ure as I wanted, I was just about twenty
cents short. It was one of thoso horri
ble cases of smil'ng nnd jokiug without,
and a sort of whitcd sepulchre within,
wondering wildly how to pull through.
Wo reached the beach, nnd I was re
volving the plnn of throwing myself on
the mercy of tho clerk and offering u
check, when we stopped in our stroll
along shore to examine some shells and
seaweed, when blamed if lying right at
my feet wasn't thirty cents a quintet
and a nickel.
"I stooped down ryid picked them up
in a hurry.
" 'What have you fouud?' asked mj
companion.
" 'A little silver,' I said, carelessly.
" 'Oh, how lovely. How much?'
" 'Only thirty ceuts,' I said, as though
I was disappointed at not finding a bag
of it. I wasn't disappointed. Never
was so happy in my life. It was just
enough to pull me through, nud I reached
home with ten ceuts, but I tell you it
don't do to lean ou your luck liku- that
every day." Xeto York Tribune.
Why the Daynks Hunt Heads.
Many Dayak tribes of Australia aro
still addicted to head-hunting, a prac
tice which has rmtdo their name notor
ious, and which but lately threatened
the destruction of the whole race It is
essentially a religious practice so much
so that no important act in their lives
seems sanctioned unless accompanied by
the offering of ouo or moro heads. The
child is born under adverse influences
unless the. father has presented a head or
two to the mother before its birth. The
young man can not become a man and
arm himself with the uiandau, or war
club, until he has beheaded at least ono
victim. Tho wooer is rejected by the
maiden of his choice unless ha can pro
duce ono head to adorn their new home.
The ch ef fails to secure recognition un
til he can exhibit to his subjects a head
secured by his own hand. No dying
person can enter tho kingdom beyond
the grave with honor uuless he is accom
panied by ouo or moro headless compan
ions. Every rajal; owes to his rauk tho
tribute of a numerous escort utter death.
popular Science Monthly,
An Electrical Riding School.
It is said that an electrical riding
school is shortly to bo equipped in Paris.
This iutentiou is doubtless attributable
to the success which utteuded the open
ing of the electrical riding school iu Nice
lust ycur. Here, it will be remembered,
wooden borecs wero used, uud propelled
round the ring by the power of electric
motors, There was a series of rings, on
which an equal sturt wus made, but tho
relative speed of the horses depeuded on
the radii of the respective rings, thoso
inside, of smaller circumference, being
patronized by the ttcudy-goiug ami older
individuals, whilo thu delights of rupid
locomotion were secured to the riders ou
the outer circles. At the same time thu
rider could reduce tho speed or stop in
stantly by means of a controliug arrange
ment. This retlnemcut of the primitive
merry-go-round created quite a furore iu
Nici, and it seems not improbable that
before long it will find its way to this
country, I urn-Democrat.
OCT. 22, 1890. $1.50 PEll ANNUM.
SERPENTS Ml THE ZOO,
HOW THEY ARE OBTAINED FOB
CINCINNATI'S MENAOERIEj
A Wonderful Collection of Poisonous
Lizards and Things Thnt Crawl
Kept Hps From Many Climes.
Superintendent Stephnn, of tho Cin
cinnati Zoological Garden, told a Timet-
btar reporter thnt no hod an order plocod
for about three dozen snakes, to get there
by next spring. "You see," said Mr.
Stephan, "we have to order that sort of
thing about six months ahead of the tlmo
wo wnnt them. The usual way they aro
gotten is through the captains of the
steamers plying between the countries
from which wo want them and Hamburg
or New York. Theso captains get them
for a mere song and sell them eithor to
the animal dealers or direct to the shows
and gardens. Yes, these shows uso a
good number of them. They generally
handle them a good deal, and handling is
bad for snakes, cspccinlly just after
they've been fed ; it mnkes them sick.
Snakes have to have plenty of time to
digest. A bIiow considers itself lucky if
it keeps a snake through ono season,
whilo we keep them here ten or eleven
years. Hut come nnd take a look at the
snakes we have." And ho led the way to
a corner of the carnivora building, whore,
in five or six glass coses, their snnkeships
were confined.
"Here are some young tree boas from
Cuba. They aro so called bocause they
usually ore found on trees. These are
little fellows, being only five or six feet
long and about four inches in circumfer
ence. Liko the boa-constrictor, they
kill everything they eat by crushing it.
No, they don't do any charming. The
charming business is a what do you
newspaper men call it 'a fuke.' You
would be surprised at tho wonderful
power these snakes have in their folds.
Why, when we used that large caso for
the snakes we had a tree iu there. Ono
day I wanted to get a python that was
coiled around a tree, so I unwrapped it
a little and then tried to pull It off. I
hung my full weight about 175 pounds
on it, and still I couldn't get it off.
Finally I had to get ouo of tho men to
como and help me, and the two of us suc
ceeded in getting it off.
"Theso boas here aro young fellows,
but they can swallow a cood sized rab
bit without inconvenience. Wo feed
them atirrecular times; whenever they'll
eat. I've known snakes to go five months
without eating. A snake in good con
dition should eat once a week, that is
the hardest thing about rcclimating a
snake. If you get four or five snakes out
of a lot of ten or twelve to cat you nro
pretty lucky. Often they won't feed at
all aud just starve themselves to death.
We feed theso boas on rats, rabbits,
guinea pigs and pigeons. When thoy
get tired of one wo feed them tho other
for awhile.
"To return to our tree boas. Tney get
to be sixteen or seventeen feet long when
they are full grown. There's on old fel
low in thnt cage ot tho end. He is about
eleven feet long. Tho youug boas are
worth from $45 to $50 ench; for thnt old
fellow we wouldn't take $75. He's ac
climated, and we've had him about eleveu
years, so we've grown to liko him. That
big fellow in black and gray that shares
his cage is a python from Africa. Hos
worth about fclOO. Yes, they seem rather
sleepy, ns you fay. Suakes always lio
torpid that way unless they arc hungry.
Then they uncoil and begin to movo
about. That's tho way wo tell when to
feed them. No, they don't hibernate in,
winter here. You see the temperature
always remains tho samo iu those glass
cases, aud they don't feel tho changes of
the seisons.
"That cage there contaius blucksnakes
nud house snakes. They arc fouud around
houses and barns, nnd are good things to
keep mice away. We feed them on toads,
mice and sparrows. They are about live
or six feet long. They liko to fight, es
pecially when wo put a new snako in.
Sometimes they get so mixed up they aro
just like a tangled lot of string, and wo
have to take them and untwist them. Oh,
yes, wo take them in our hands; there's
no danger when you know how to haudlo
them.
"That yellow and black fellow is a
Western 'rattler.' Those little green
ones with him aro common garter
snukes. No, they're not dangerous. We
put them in with the ruttler becauso ho
won't bother them. Tho blucksnakes
would eat them up. The pink aud black
lizard-like animal is a Gila monster. Ha
is really a poisonous lizard. Ho is found
only iu Arizona, at the bottom of tho
canons there, where the suu seldom gets
ut him. They say that sunlight kills tho
monster. I know we hud ono in u cage
with a lot of green lizards, which needed
sun, and I told a boy to set tho cngo out
in tho sun. When we came to look at
our monster we fouud him dead. I don't
know whether it whs tho sunlight that
did it or not, but he seemed in perfect
health before that. Iu its native element
it lives on insects, and we try to supply
that class of food by the use of raw eggs.
Ho eats about three a week. Wo just
crack tho end of the shell and ho sucks
the egg out. There are but few of them
in captivity, uud iu the European gar
dens they are looked upon us very ruro."
A New Submarine Vessel.
It is expected that a submarine vessel,
invented by a young Italian engineer
namad lialsamillo, will, when perfected,
solve tho problem of submarine naviga
tion. The machinery of the uew craft will pro
pel uud steer her with ease, as well also
as sink her below or rajse her to tho sur
face. bho will be fitted withleusesby which
sho may be steered, uud by which arti
cles may be seen which it is desirable to
bring to the surface. ltotU on the sur
face and under it sho cau bo steered iu a
straight line or turned with thu greatest
ease. Xac York Hun.
It is estimated that betwsen six million
nnd seven million roues are sold yearly iu
New Vork cily.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
ESEltOtSB IX noUSBWOBK.
Housework is healthy, and many physi
cians recommend it to women who need
exercise. alking is not cnougn j it ex
ercises only the legs, whilo dusting and
sweeping bring on entirely different set
oi muscics into piay. .uuny gnw !
more interest in their homes if encour
aged to assist in the core of them.
Household duties, if properly planned,
need tako but littlo time out of a long
day. To be systematic in the discharge
of such duties is tho only way to prop
erly accomplish the right amount of work.
Am York Journal.
DRYING- FHCIT.
Dried fruit is one of tho by-products
of tho farm, nnd although it will not pay
the farmer to hlro labor to dry fruit, it
will pay to make arrangements in advance
for it, so that members of the faurly can
occupy their spare time in this kind of
work. In this wny a very considerable
amount of fruit that otherwise might be
bad can be turned into an articlo not
quickly perishable, and for which a
market can alwny bo fouud, writes on
Ohio farmer. Good npple-parers Bhould
be provided for expediting tho work,
which should bo done in such a manner
that tho fruit whon dried will be clean
and attractive in appearance. Nothing
detracts so much from its valuo in tho
eyes of a purchaser as to find tho pieces
with bits of core sticking to them nnd
poorly pared besides. I do not favor
bleaching any kind of fruit, whether it
is dried in tho ordinary way or evnpor-
ated quickly. If the fruit itself is good
to begin with, I would givo more for it
for my own uso when it has been slowly
and cleonly driod than for that which
has been hurriedly evaporated nud
bleached with sulphur. Nico dried
peaches I consider ns good as thoso that
arc canned. Jeio lork World.
TI1E WINTER WINDOW GARDEN.
Tho housewife who loves flowers must
now begin preparations for tho stock
which shall bloom iu tho winter garden
during winter. Tais is dono by making
cuttings of such plants ns may bo de
sired. Geraniums of all kinds nnd other
soft-wooded plants may bo started from
cutlinirs mado in tho summer. Indeed,
the flower garden mny bo duplicated in
tho windows indoors through tho winter
if tho right preparations aro mado now,
and tho garden may bo restocked in tho
samo way. Fuchsias, heliotropes, salvias,
coleus, verbenas, bouvardias, and chrys
anthemums (and no other flower than
the last mentioned will offer so much
pleasure) may all bo propagated iu this
way. Hosos mny nlso be added to tho
list. It is not that such plants may not
be purchased from the florists easily nnd
cheaply, but tho pleasure of growing
them nnd rearing them to pleasing and
successful maturity is fur greater and
moro satisfying than the uiero possession
of plunts bought from tho florists. JJe
sides, home-grown plants aro generally
moro robust nud enduring than thoso
forced under class. Elsewhere will bo
found full instructions for growing plants
from cuttings aud for their management
up to the time for taking them indoors,
Potted plants set out of doors will seud
their roots through tho drainage opening
of tho pots, and when they aro taken up
tho severance of these feodiug roots wi
givo a serious, if not fatal, check to tho
plants. Xeu York Timet.
HECIPES.
Apple Cream Custard Bake fivo ap
ples and then remove cores ami skins;
beat whites of threo eggs to a froth, add
apple and beat. Servo with boiled cus
tard mado of ouo quart of milk, yolks of
three eggs, small cup of sugar, quarter
of a cup of flour, little salt.
Cream Pio Lino a plate with crust,
tir too cream one-hulf cup of sugar and
ouo tablespoonful of butter, add two
well-beaten eggs, two tublespoonfuls of
flour uud two cups of milk; mix nil to
gether well; flavor to suit tho taste, pour
into tho lined plate and bake liku a cus
tard piu.
To Make Haspberry Salad To a
quart of ripe raspberries you need half a
pint of red currant jelly and a gill of
clear syrup, mado by dissolving a gill of
sugar in a saucepan with a tablespoon
ful of hot water; when incited ndd the
currant juice; when cold pour this all
over the raspberries, and set ou ico till
morning.
Flannel Cakes One quart of flour,
one gill of cormnc.il, four eggs, one ta
blespoonful of butter melted in a pint of
fresh milk, salt to taste, and two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, or half a
pint of sour cream and ono level tea
spoonful of soda. Tho eggs must bo
beaten separately, very light. Hake
quickly, as you would buckwheat cakes.
Applu Shortkake Mako a crust as for
bakiug powder biscuit; butter a pic tin,
take a piece of the dough sufficient to
press out with thu hands to half au inch
in thickness and thu si.i of the tin;
place iu thu tiu, and spread the top with
butter; mold out another similar piece
and luy on tho top of this, ami bake.
Prepare tart apples, us for sauce, adding
a piece of butter thu sizu of a hickory
nut. When tho crust is done, carefully
divido tho layers, spread with butter,
and put thu hot applu sauce between.
Servu with mij;ur uml cream, or other
Bailee us preferred.
Veal Cutlets Steam tho cutlets for 0
few minutes, so us to p.iriy cook them,
theu wipe them dry. Have ready a dish
with iincly-powdcied cracker-dust. Iu
another dish havu four egg yolks, beateu
light ami mixed with two tablespoou
fuls of rich, sweet cream. Season cut
lets and egg mixture with salt uud pep
per. Have ready u frying-pan half full
of boiliug lard. Dip thu cutlets, first
one sidu uud then the other, in thu eggs,
uud then iu the cracker dust, utter
which put thorn in thu boiling bird ; do
not disturb them until tho under sidu is
browu, theu carefully turn, uud when tho
other sido is browu, rcmovo to a hot
dish and servo at once whilo crisp. Dm
pot attempt to serve gravy with cutlets.
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Jo work eaah .a delivery.
"KNEE DEEP! KNEE DEEP!"
"Knee deep! knee deep!" I am a child
again 1 $
I hear the cowbells tinkling down the lane,
The plaintive whlppoorwills, the distant
call
Of quails beyond the hill whore night
hawks fall
From lambent skies to Molds ot golden grain.
I hear the milkmaid's song, tho clanking
chain
Of plowman homeward bound, tho lumber
ing wain,
And, down the darkling vale 'mid rushes
tall,
'Knee deep! knee deep!"
We're all oi home John, Wesley, littlo
Jane-
Dead long ago 1 and the boy-soldiers twain
That sleep by purling stroam or old stone
wall
In some far-off and unknown gravo we're
aU
At homo with mother! heartache gone and
pain I
"Knee deep! kneo deep P'
UenryJ. Stockard, in iie Cosmopolitan.
HUMOR OF TnE DAY.
Goes into tea without being asked
Milk.
Society leaders nro in tht swim every
where but at the seaside. Puck.
Arbitration gives two parties tho
halves of a pretty stale and bitter loaf.
I'vck.
Ladies' change that found in tho
pockets of husbands at night. Boston
Courier.
It may be said of a man who invests
in a quarry thut his lot is a hard ono.
Yonkere Gazette.
Sorao men stand on principles, others
trample on them. Tho latter, naturally,
mako the most noise.
Silver is sold in Franco by the "kilo."
In this country it comes iu quartz.
Commercial Arfcertitcr.
A man must necessarily havo a sharp
eyo in order to cast a piercing glance.
Binghamton Uepubhcan.
"A good lathering is tho first requisite
of a good shave." "It is also tho best
thing for a bad shaver." Xcu York
Herald.
"Do you dictate to your typewriter?"
"I used to do so, but I lumried her and
now sho dictates to me.'' Boston
Courier.
There is reason iu all thiiigs. Few
never call their wives "old hens" until
they becamo broilers. Commercial Ad
tertitcr. Dudhed "Say, doctor, what kind of
medicine will cure my cold?'' Doctor
Smart "Tho kind I prescribe." Yan
kee Blade.
An uptown 'man recently left hi
family aud has not sinco been fouud, al
though his noso turned up. Philadel
phia Timet.
If money could be borrowed as easily
as trouble, tho world would bo full of
round-shouldered people. Indianapolit
Jlam't Horn.
Wuggiu' Their Tongues. "Did you
ever know that a wagou spoke?" "Yes,
I heard one complain about being tired."
The Boston it in.
"Will you lovo mo when I'm old!"
sang a maiden of uncertain age. "Will
Ii" murmured a crusty old bachelor.
"Do I, you mean?" Wathingiou Star.
"You'll be a President, perhaps,
If well you ruu life's race."
"I'd rather be," the boy replied,
"The man who plays 'first base."
Washington Imt.
"The new assessor is a very honest
mnn." "You don't say so! What has
he been doing?" "Why, ho told me he
often tuxed his own memory." West
Hhore.
"Judge," said tho prisoner, who had
robbed uu art store, in a pleading tone,
"thero ain't any law to prevent a man's
taking photographs, is there?" Chicago
Tribune.
Groom "A ring around tho moon is
the sign of ruin." Hrido (sweetly)
"And a ring around a woman's finger is
Iho sigu of " Groom (sadly)
"Hcign." Jeicelert' Weetly.
Miss Amy "Now I'll sing you 'Only
a Lock of Her Hair.' " Youug Dolley
(after she has mado several false starts)
"You don't seem to have tho right key
for that lock." Zippincott't.
Susan (reciting) "Half a league, hall
a league, half u league onward " Fa
ther "There, Susau, thut'U do. Wo
don't want uuy of that baseball uouseusa
in this house." BoaUn Trantrript.
It progress, now so fresh and floor,
Keeps on, it's Just as liko lis not
We'll tke our baths, un I shave, un l oat
Ily putting uicklos in thu slot.
Washington ltst.
First Citizen (at a street row) "Is
that man lying in tho ambulance ono of
tho fighters?" Sccoud C'itieu "No,
he was passing ut thu time and tried to
Stop the fight. There go thu fighter
walking off now." Jlottoit Herald.
"No," said Professor Feelem, tho
eminent phrenologist," my profession
does not yield a life full of sunshine, as
many suppose, I tell you;" and ho
wiped away a tear. "I'vu felt some
pretty hard bumps iu my Ufo." Light.
"Aro you a student or a practicing
physician?" asked thu young woman of
thu youug mau who had been kuowu as
"Doctor" since bust Jim". "Neither,"
ho said, with a depth of disappointment
which she could uot fathom. Waahinj
ton Vrr.
Mr. Chugwatcr (explaining matters to
visitors) "My wife ii generally well,
but she is suffering to-day from rheuma
tism, influenza, toothache, a score thumb
ami uu iiillainud eye. Iu her ca- j it never
rains but it pours. Mrs. Chu'.vHter (ex
plaining matters ulso) "I don't make
any fuss about it, though. I um uot like
my husband. Ho never pains, but ho
roars. " t h icao Tribune.
Prime, Minister Crisp!, of Italy, is a
millionaire, though poorest among
Italiau revolutionary enlus thirty years