THE WOES OF A CONDUCTOR. Tim Season When Officials of the Glancing Ilail Stady Bucolic Hnmuiitjr. "Do I look like a reunsylvanu Bail road conductor?" The blue and silvery gentleman lean ed gloomily apainst the fireless stove and viciously kicked over the array of " lanterns which the brakeman had just lighted and set in the forward end of the rear car of the 9:45 accommodation from llaaisburg. "Well, John, you're no dude," said ths traveling man, who tattered ver the arm of the third seat from the door and theffcy contrived frequent occa sions to beg the iwmlon of the pretty girl who had got in at Coatesville as the accommodation jog trot sent him tip ping over on her. 'I should say not," said the conduc tor. "Why, I've been too sick of it to get shaved" for the last two days. "I ain't had my boots blacked since yester day. 1 don't care whether my clothes is dusty or not. A hat's the use.',' The conductor's tone was really des- iierate for a blue and silver gentleman. The traveling man tipped over on the Coatesville girl again, joined in her laughter inspired by the suggestive sound of some vitreous article iu ins pocket as it clanked against the ash ot the seat-arm, and attempted to console his friend. -Ot never mind, John," he said, "it won't be long. 'pose you was runnuv rez'lar out of Atcuison or somewhere else in the cowboy country. "Why, these jays ain't a circumstance to 'em." "Won't have to run out of any Atchi son," replied the conductor, somewhat offended at the idea of his dignity be ing lowered to any point west of Chi cago. The brakeman stuck his head in the door and drawled l'owelton Avenue in the parish clerk manner of the well- conducted brakeman. There was a huddled rush of countrymen for the door. The traveling man picked him self out of the pretty girl slap with genuine occasion to ask her pardon. The conductor planted himself colossus-fashion, across the aisle and began a speech: 'Tassengew will please re main seated until the train comes to a full stop There is no necessity Xo, sir; we are nowhere near Bristol Madam, I can't tell whether your hus band is outside there or not Great Scott!" AVith the last exclamation the con ductor undammed the crowd of coun try people, rushed out on the platform, jumped down, and snatched a drunken rustic from the path of a west-bound freight, and reapjieared in time to throw a little boy's cap, which the little boy's mother had forgotten, after him. Then, as the tram started again, he resumed his place against the stove, with a took of injured innocence triumphant at the traveling man, which seemed to say: "Can the cowboy country beat this?" There was the silence of assent, to the conductor's facial inquiry, and Le went on. "It's fairs not f-a-r-e-s, but f-a-i-r-s county fairs. County fairs. The crowd has been drawn to see prize hogs and pumpkins, patchwork and thrashing machines. It's been so for a week and it'll le so for a month. It's so every year. 1 his gang s mostly Irom the Lancaster fair. We had just such another crowd at Harrisburg, from the Grangers' picnic, but we got rid of most of them by the time we got to Colum bia. Eight car-loads of people and not one-tenth of them ever travel except this once a year. I've run the theatre train out of Jersey City on the Xiw York Division every week-day night for a week, and Saturdays it was pretty tough, but it was-n't a white marker to this. You might have half a dozen drunks, but those drunks were used to traveling and used to being drunk, iiut take a man who ain 't used to traveling and ain't used to bring drunk, and have him traveling and drunk at the same time and it's a great combination. Listen to that, w ill you?" The tipsy howls of the lour young men who had had a bottle filled with llighspire whisky at Lancaster filled the car. There was a slight chain of circumstantial evidence in their warble that the Mikado had got on his travels in the back counties. "Frazer's!' called the brake-man sticking his head in the door again. When the conductor came back the traveling man had managed to somer set 1 imself into the acquaintance of the Coatesville girl, and without an auditor the blue and silver gentleman mused on his grievances to Broad street. How Birds Soar. A wing, as it is well known, is com posed of long feathers fastened to the skin or bone in the front of the wing and at liljerty lehind says a writer in the Pittsburg dispatch. As the bird strikes, the air cannot escaje through the wing, nor in front, as it meets there with the urm resistance of the bone, so the only place it has is at the back of the wing, turning the feathers up a little there and giving a forward impulse to the body very much as the wind does which is blowing in a quartering direc tion upon a kite. The kite must be held in position by the string, and the weight of tLe bird's body takes the place of the string. Then the wings being moved at the projier angle, the laird is able to ascend, descend or move forward. The phenomenon of soaring is done by the same mechanism. That is by a delicate holding of the wings at the precise angle necessary to keep the body moving. It is impossible for a bird to remain stationary in a perfectly still air with out some motion cf the wings. The observation is frequent made, especially of sea birds, that they can stand still, suspended iu the air during the stillest kind of a wind. This occasions sur prise, whereas the fact is that the stronger the wind, the better the bird can soar, as it then has no motion what ever to mnke, but simply to trim its wings to the variations iu the velocity of the wind, but it also follows that iu soaring, the stronger the wind, the slower is the bird's progress, because they must get their forward motion by flapping the w ings, and the momentum thus required is impeded by the gale. Oceanic birds can regain velocity by so altering the angle that they rise in the air, and then sail rapidly down toward the sea. This motion is grace itself, and excites the envy and admiration of all beholders. Prof. Wilson says of it : Traniuil Ha spirit Boomed, and floated clow; Even iu its very motion there was rest." Pickled Beaxs. Take two quarts of butter baans, string, cover with r"5 n"erBni. na ,n e mora- fort of the house and forget to be agree ing drain,boil until tender in weak vin- 1 :"tT egar, drain from that and put In a jar, then cover with one quart of stron vinegar, to which add one teaspoon! a. each ot allspice, cloves, cinnamon, gin ger and black pepper, one teacup of sugar, pour over the beans boiling hot, and cover tight Banana Ice Ckeam. One quar of milk and the same of rich, swee cream, three cups of sugar, alx eggs six large, ripe bananas, peeled and cu small; bit of soda in the milk. lie the milk to scnlding; beat eggs az sugar together and pour the hot milk over laem gradually. time; set over the fire and stir until well get cold, mix In the cream, put it into an Ice-cream churn and when half frozen beat in the minced banana and freeze hard, THE SUCCESSFUL WIFE. Uany Domestic MUUts AccoaateJ For. It is a foregone conclusion that the nhipfend of women is to marry. A -id it is no less true that the question of marriage U one in which the women of the world are more nearly Interested than in any other. This being the case, the wonder grows that there ari so manv ill-assorted marriages and nnhmnv homes. The cause for many misnts i3 readily accounted for, it is true, in the innumerable marriajesde convmance which are contracted every day. but there still remains a vast nuni ber for which no reasonable excuse can be found. Let us peremptorily exclude all such marriages as are made irom policy, or from any motives other than nnre unnualilied affection. presumed that the girl loves the man she marries, or at least thinks she does, wliich at the outset means very much the same thing. And it is presumed that the man loves the girl he marries. The matter of choice being so much on his side he Is far less likely to deceive liimlf on that point than the maiden, who waits for the coming of Sir Gaja- had, and who gcueral.y is so eager tor his coming that she is prone to error in his identity. The knights of old Lurone made a soecial business of protecting women. especially such as had no natural pro tectors, and as a consequence devoted a lanre share of then: time 10 .ove-niaa- ing. Some of the exploits of these amorous cavaliers, as recorded in his tory, seem to us in those latter days to be the extravagance of folly. For in stance, one tells how he never sees his ladv-love's face without crossing him self. Another burns Limps and tapers before the altar of the Virgin tliat his mistress' - heart may be softened. Another performs penance, and says a hundred masses a day to tue same eno. One turns preacher, and in the pulpit recites the praises of his lady, the listen ers mistaking his rhapsody lor a tribute to the Virgin. One turns pilgrim, and walks barefoot and bareheaded through Europe; another curses himself, wishes that he mav fall from his horse and never rise; that his helmet may wear a hole in his head; that his bridle reins mav be too loner and his stirrups too short, and that his horse may trot for ever if his lady is not tnetne most oeau- tiful woman in the world, and soon throueh innumerable extravagances. The days of such chivalrous wooing are no more, but there is no record to snow that the lover wli indulged in such hyperbolical love making was any more devoted or anectionaie as a mis Dana than he of modern tintesw ho sets about winning his wife in a less exaggerated manner, tenner is mere any reason to suppose that the words of knightly courtiers were any more endearing than the simpler phrases now whispered Into maidens' ears. At all events the result is the same. Doubtless one of the greatest errors made by young persons is that blindness which glorifies the ooject ot their arxec- tlons into a supernatural being. Many a girl has had her whole life-happiness destroyed because she oistinateiy chose to form her estimate of the character of lover exclusively by his behavior toward her, and by his professions of devotion rather than by his conduct toward others. It is a pretty safe rule that a man whose whole life is but an exemplification of selfishness will not for any length of time continue gener ous in his bearing toward his wife, Character is rarely revolutionized by marriage. And men suffer as well as women by marrying an ideal. The girl of his fancy may l pretty, bright and entertaining, but if she is not pos sessed of those qualities which fit her to be his companion, confidant and mend his chances of happiness with her as wife are very meager. A littlo common sense in matrimonial affairs, although it may despoil the courting days of something of their romance, is a very good thing, But courting days, no matter how de lightful, cannot last forever. lhe young people are married: alack and alas! that they are not more often mated. They go with the blessing of the parson and the good wishes of friends, and begin, like the birds, to gather twin and construct the home. The woman, being naturally more ro mantic, builds little air-castles for her hero. All the loy ot the new me and the power to do for him eomes with a force which is almost incomprehensible to the masculine mind, absorb! m buying and selling, scheming and plan ning. It is at this time that the woman runs the greatest risk of her life, endan gering what is loveliest in her by being too liberal with it. Man, of all animals, is the most sus ceptible to creature comfort. A loving heart and a caressing hand are very alluring, but they lose some of their enchantment if they forget to season the soup and show an utter dis regard for shirt buttons and sock heels. Love, even when bound by the enduring chains of matrimony, is very much sub ject to external influences, and the ma chinery that governs the domestic economy must be kept in perfect run ning order. A man has an eye for beauty in his wife, lie notices the soft wave of her hair and the fit of her gown with a sort of pleasurable pride, even after time and trials have dimmed the glamour of rst love. I he successful wife must represent to her husband all the virtues; must be sympathetic, and at the same time sensible, bhe must be bright, en tertaining and agreeable at home as well as abroad, and she must know how to preserve silence when it is desirable to hold her tongue, even though she is ready o burst with indignation. If she does not jtossess these qualities let her cultivate them most assiduously. And there is no trait that is such a powerful factor in household harmony as assimilation to become one in thouit and purpose to have kindred wishes. The theory of the affinity of opposites was hopelessly exploded long ago. The picture of a petite blonde Desdtmona clinging to a swarthy uuuuo is very pretty, but u uthello'M mind is out of tune with Desdcmona the affinity cannot exist. A woman s natural impulses lead her to choose a ruler and guide in her has- i band. Very few women desire to rule " vim V 1 UIC I the man to wliom they link their des- tiny. Tle true wife gives to her hus band her heart's best gift; she rejoices in him, is proud of him and wishes the whole world to be in symjathy with her. But let her not err in thinking that her love can hold his. The love which prompts unselfishness, thought fulness and consideration is very ffood. ( so far as it goes; but it must be temp t ered with common sense so that in its ; absorption it does not neglect the com i able and dainty. The women who live j for the sake of home and happiness will ; find in this the secret of success, and , the women who want to rule may thus become rulers in the best acceptation of the term, and with no fear that their iords will be called hen-pecked. Cabbage Salad. One small head or one-halt of a large bead of cabbage chopped fine. Put one teacup of vin egar in a bowl and set in a kettle of not water, stir into this one tablespoon- ful of butter and sugar, two beaten -.. eggs, one teaspoonful ot aalt. and U UU ' 3 i u.i. u-i : ter 4t,, . . I "Yel" m5TnttJ mtnL "Disappoint. menu a& Hotf3fcH0LR Preserves and pickles add much tc the Winter table, and are not so expea sive as housekeepers, who seldom pu' ilie.-n un imasme. Of course they re ouira a little readv money, but tbrer time the amount is saved by their us' In AVinter. The old-fashioned Jams- and nreservs. tftat reauired a pound ol sugar to every pount of fruit, are sel- UOUl put up ill UMc uaa. vsouucu fruit is considered the most healthful and is chearjer. A cheap way to preserve peaches is as follows: Select those ot uniform size. . peel and cut in halves. For every pound or peaches put in a porceuun kettle a half pint of water and a qu? ter of a round of sugar. When the syrup comes to a boil put tn the peach es and boil for twenty minutes, skim ming constantly, rack in glass jars placed in boiling water. Leave the tops uncovered, and when the water coils a half hour remove the jars and seal closely. Sweet pickle peaches are nice, and ire made with three pounds of sugar nd a pint of vinegar to every seven pounds of fruit. Citron is one of the cheapest and easiest fruits to preserve, and one ot the most palatable. Very small cnoumbers are the best for home-made picMes. A bushel of them, a gallon of vineear and a quar ter's worth of spices will make sufficient to supply a family throughout the Win ter. They should be pacnea in a man lars. A small omelette called "the Snow- flake" is especially nice for luncheon iurmz warm weather. Break the whites of three eggs into a shallow dish, and set oa the ice for a few moments while the eears are whipped with a sil ver fork. Add to the yolks a halt pint at milk or cream and a teaspoonful of corn starch or arrowroot. V hip the whites until perfectly stiff. Put the yolks with a little salt and butter into he omelette or frying-pan, and as It begins to cook firm pour the whites on top. Turn over and serve with parsley ar water-cresses. Polar Eggs. Boil one pint of mifc. aaving already the whites of five eggs beaten very liubtly.wlth two tablespoon fuls of powdered lump sugar; bod the egg in the milk in lumps about the size ot an egg. first sweetening the milk and flavoring it with a few drops of vanilla or orange-flower water when the white of egg has become firm strain through a colander, thicken the milk with a dessertspoonful of ground rice, and stir in the yolks the eggs to make a custard; when thick enough place the whites ot the eggs on a glass disa with some slices of sponge-cake soaked in sherry, and spread with red-currant jelly or marmalade; pour the custard over them and serve either hot or cold. This way of washing fancy work is very good, and pieserves the colors: r or washing embroidery in crewels or silk, pour a gallon of boiling water on one pound of bran. Let it stand for twenty-four hours, stirring occasion ally; strain and use. A decoction of soap bark is also excellent for the same purpose. Simmer a handful of soap bark In a qnart of water until the bark is perfectly soft; strain the decoction. dilute with water, and wash the articles in it Tue French have a way of making a tough fowl tender in the roasting which Is worth following. It should be sea soned and tied up securely in two thicknesses of soft white or pale brown paper and put into the oven a half an hour earlier than the time one would choose to assure its being done. It will steam slowly In this way. and if delicately dredged with flour when the paper is taken off at the end of the half-hour in a hot oven, it will come out brown and easily carved. Cookiko Squashes. Cut three summer squashes in quarters and put them in boiling water, slightly salted. enough to cover them; boll gently for forty-five minutes. After putting the squashes In the water add one sprig of parsley, lour pepper corns, two CiOves and a minced onion. When the squash es are cooked pass them through a sieve and put them on the back of the range to keep warm. Mix ene teaspoonful or hour in a little milk, add two cups of boiling milk, mix with the squash and serve with croutons. Beef Roast a iOrleans. a rolled rib roast is beat' for this purpose. jne mgnt betore you mean to cook it put into a bread pan three tablespoon- fuls ot salad oil, four tablespoonfuls ot chopped onions, a dozen whole pep percorns ana the juice of a urge lem on. Lay the roast in this, and at the end of two hours turn it over, annolnt- mg the sides well with the sauce. In the morning turn it again. When ready to cook it put it in the dripping pan, dash a cupful of boiling water over the top, and as it beats baste with the sauce in which it has lain over night,mlngled with hot water and strained. Cook ten minutes to the pound, and just be fore taking it up baste all over with butter, sift flour on the top, and as soon as this froths and browns transfer the meat to a hot dish. CnocoLATE tarts can be made by the iollawing recipe: Take one coffee- cup ot granulated sugar, mix with three-quarters of a cup of fine grated Wilbur's chocolate, and a heaping tea spoonful of corn starch. Add the well beaten yolk of an egg and a cud ( scant 1 or sweet milk. Boil three minutes, stirring constantly, and then add a tea spoonful ot butter and one of vanilla, and boil four minutes more. Fill your shells with this while it is yet hot. Macaroni and Tomato. If you wish to prepare a quart dish for your table, fill your dish about a third full of macaroni; put It in a saucepan and cov er with plenty of boiling water to allow for swelling, and boll twenty minutes to half an hour; it must be soft but quite whole; drain off all the water: stir In a piece ot butter the size of a small egg and a small cup of grated cheese, and place in your dish; stir over it a quart of well-stewed toma. toes while hot and bake a half hour, i -- wa aavua a or until brown; salt and season toma toes to taste before adding to macaroni. Corn Starch Cake. Two cups sugar.one cup butter rubbed to a cream; one cup milk, two cups flour, three eggs, whites and yolks beaten separate ly; one-half cup of corn starch, two teapoonfuls cream of tartar, sifted well through the flour; one teaspoonful soda, dissolved In water. Sift the corn starch with the flour and add the last thing. They dry In two or three days and become Insipid, but are very mca for twenty-four hours after they are ' laaeu. Water lilies may be raised about one's house by the following method. Sink In the ground the halt of an old cask, and cover the bottom ot it with wamp mud, and then fill with water. rig the hly roots early in the spring, id then place them in the earth at the bottom of the tub. . , , ! r be washed some hours hefnra it. la aerral T. I tatoes suffer even more than other vege- J?u u I?11.'?6 W.a3nm& Process, They should not be put la water uptil 1 Just readv for Uultnjc. ' FARM NOTES,' Excessive Discharge of Saliva It is apparent at once to those who give the matter a thought tliat the exces sive discharge ot saliva, or slobbering, as it is more commonly called, is unnat ural or injurious to horses, it is not only this, but it is also very annoying to those who have to work with the horses, the discharges often saturating the clothes, making it quite uncomfort able. The loss of this fluid, undoubfc. edly intended for the stomach, where it assists to the digestion of the food, has a tendency to weaken a horse ana dis arrange his stomach and bowels, an! frequent attacks of disease may be traced to this source. There Is no doubt but that slobbering is caused by the animal eating some certain kinds of weeds, and the second crop of clover is saia to also produce it. w natever may be the cause, a preventative is more necessary to understand, and when pas ture fields cannot be abandoned, which are known to be the cause it is best to seek some remedy which will overcome the trouble. Dry food, such as bran. ground oats, or corn meal, with plenty of salt will give relict at once: but nothing psobably will produce a per manent cure without first removing the cause. Blinders. An old horseman has this to say about the use of blinds on hoases: Usually the use of blinds caus es the very evil it is Intended to remedy shying. The horse shies because he lees something imperfectly, or cannot see at all an object that makes a noise. the nature ot which he does not under- tand. If he has no blinds to Interfere with his sight he will shy less often. If you could not see on either side, only straight ahead, you would be far more timid, your heart would suddenly begin to beat much faster, much ofteuer than it does now. So with a horse: blinds makes him timid. If you have a horse addicted to shying, remove the blinds and be kind to hinr for a few days, un til he has gained confidence in himself and in you. This wul effect a radical cure. Flikt records an English experiment with sheltered versus unsheltered sheep, Twenty sheep under shelter gained 273 pounds more than the uusheltered, and consumed two to four pounds less tur nips per day, and about forty-six pounds less of linseed cake. To allow our lambs to be dropped and exposed with their mothers to the tender mercies of our changeable climate is thus to make a lottery of our business where certainty should be secured. If intel ligence has any value on the farm it rests hi the regulation of conditions and the subordination ot controllable factors to brains. "Wolf Teeth. Decldlous eryolf's teeth, or, as they are sometimes called. eye-teeth, occurlng In some horses are situated in close approximation with the first molar teeth of the upper jaw, There is no foundation for the belief that their presence has any relation to diseases of the eye. Their presence does no harm or inconvenience to the horse, unless, as they sometimes do. they deviate from their normal straight position and lean to one side, when, if they at the same time happen to be very pointed, they may wound the tongue or the cheek; in wh.ch case they may be easily re moved witn a pair oi small pincers. There have been a great many rem edies suggested for bog cholera, but so lar none nave proved always effect uaL The best remedy that has been tried and which has given better Tesults than any o'her, is to add a teaspoonful of carbolic acid to two gallons of soft watr. The water ruust be used entire ly for mixing the food, and they must have no other to drink. If the animal is very sick it should be drenched with a pint of the water. If they will eat add a pound of powdered fenugreek to eacn ousnei ot leea. The Dairy World says milk varies very much in its quality for butter- making. The creameries make a pound of butter from fourteen quarts of milk out they do not skim it close. A fair, ordinary quality of milk will make a pound of butter to each twelve Quarts, The best result has been a pound of but ter from four quarts of milk, but the cow was an extraordinary one. A good average cow .should make a pound of butter from seven quarts of milk, and dairymen should grade up their cows to that standard. Does the food you give your young norses contain tne necessary material for the development ot bone and mus cle requisite for a horse of stamina and endurance? If not, you cannot expect to raise a very desirable kind of horses, no matter what their breeding. Good blood is essential but not any more so than the material that forms the food for producing the animal when once started in life. - The white-leaved and weeping lind ens are among the most useful lawn trees for our climate. They are hardy, and injurious insects and destructive diseases appear to pass them by; and, while their growth is quite rapid, the foliage of each is singularly beautiful and tenacious. CnARLES A. Green, in New York Tribune, says: "I know of no easier method ot subduing Canada thistles than by sending them to clover and timothy, mowing repeatedly for three or four years." That is certainly bet ter than to dig up the ground and' bake it, as we have seen it attempted. If straw U run through a cutter be fore being used for bedding it more easily absorbs droppings, more quickly decomposes in the manure pile, is more evenly and readily spread upon the soil with the manure when it is actually useo, ana is more easily plowed in than wuen lert in its original lengths. AiATixa horses for Work. Re member that one horse may be able to stand the extreme heat better than the other in your team, and this being the case there is danger of Injuring or kill ing the one whde tte other may not be uoing an li is capable or doing. A well mated team means mated as regards strength and endurance rather than size and color. The object of grooming should not be solely to brush the dirt from the surface of the horse's coat and make a temporary improvement in the appear ance, but to cleanse the skin as well as toe nair oi au dust and dirt that may be adhering to it. Sunflower seed is said to be a good and wholesome food for horses. If this Is true it might be a good thing for a change occasionally which is so desirable in all seasons of the year. Baked Corn. When corn gets old and the grains begin to harden It is de licious baked. Cut the grain through each row of kernels, cutting down to the cob and scraping all the corn from it Put In an earthem baking dish with four spoonfuls of water to every dozen ears. Season with salt and little bits of butter. Sprinkle the top with cracker dust and bake slowly for an hour. Boil the cobs and add to the corn with half a teacup of cream. Sat tne oven twenty minutes. Boiled Frosting. One dered sugar and five large spoonfuls of new milk, bod six minutes, sttoinVaii the time and until cold. Tiw5 ,iemon or u,Tor WItn V" ; Key ot the Bast lie. Tim irnvs of the BastiK if I remrni ber aright were presented to General Washinrton. and lay for years on the hall table at Mount Vernon. Will American correspondent kindly m ma if the Bastile keys are still at Mount fernon?" If Mr. Sala has not yet received an answer to his question, and will accept one from an humbe source, ne is in formed that the key not keys, of the Bastile is still exhibited at Mount Ver non, and still remains one or the most interesting relics exposed to view there where everything is alive, as it were, with historical association. It has been lifted from the table, and hangs In a glass case with brass mountings on the wall of the main hall at the foot of the staircase. . Beneath the glass ease is the following, printed in black letters on cardbord: Ket of the Bastile presented to GENERAL WASIUXGTOS by LAFAYETTE, after the destruction of the tomous French Prison in 1780. The key is of iron, a foot long, very heavy, and similar to those that used to throw the bolts In the calabaoses of the south during the days of slavery. A cross piece at the handle end enables It to be gripped firmly, and it is capable of being made a terrible weapon. With it in his hand a -muscular turn key, making the bloody rounds of the prison In advance of the executioner, might have cheated the guillotine ot its victims, A single well-directed blow a each case would have de spatched them all. There accompanied this relic, the gilt also by Lafayette to General Washington, a model of the Bastile, made out of a stone taken from the forbidding old pile. It is about two feet long and a foot high. The work is roughly done, but the miniature Is said to be perfect. You may even look down and see the cross marks on some of the cell doors, which, it will be remembered, were made with chalk in the prison proper, and served dally to direct the executioner in gath ering up wretches for the sacrifice. The model, also in a glass case rests on a table In what is known as the ban quet room of the mansion, and in a frame beside it is an autograph letter from G W. P. Curtis, " ashing ton's stepson, to Mr. John Varden, express ing pleasure at hearing that the model Is safe again at Mount Vernon, where, he thought it properly belonged. It had for many years been deposited in the museum at Alexandria, Va. The letter is dated in 1300, from the Ar lington bouse. Lafayette brought these two relics over with him when he came as tl.e country's guest, and presented them to General Washington during his mem orable sojourn at Mount Vernon. .Not only Mr. Sala, but everybody will be interested in knowing that the affairs of the patriotic association which owns and controls Mount V ernon, a ere never in so prosperous and satisfactory condition as at present. Everything Is kept In the most perfect order, and the number of visitors this year has been unusually large. The receipts are growing so generous that within the next year It Is believed it will be pos sible to reduce the cost of the trip to an insignificant sum. It is already a mere trifle to those to whom the pil grimage appeals to any force whatever, Some improvements are forward, such as do not cut into the sacred lines of theplaae. A little frame observatory on the Bluff In front of the mansion almost completed and will command a magnlucent view of the Potomac in either direction. And keeping pace with this march are the stories of the guide, which grow In marvelous inter est all the time. They have long been famous lor their suluclent and con nected charm, but of late they have grown eloquent. Even those who are "stumped" yet retire in a measure de lighted. The project of building railroad from Alexandria to Mount ernon, at one time much discussed seems to have been abandoned. Public sentiment did not support it. Important. WHen rm run or eare Nw Tor Ctrr. ra turroceexpmragvan-l (3 ramascfilre, adma tuie Ctraou t nloa Hutel, ojp-j9ilo rad Ceo. MO elegant toorn. fitted up at rnatat oni Milton dollirv 11 and upward ner eT. European Plan. Elerator. Kcataaraiu mpnlleO wiiit lira be. lion ears, alarm an 1 e eratea railroad to a.! depots, ramllea can are better ror iea money at tbe Grand I ntoa Ooul uuuuu outer am-oiaaa note, la ue cut; There is a constaut controversy go ing on as to the economy, digestibility ana necessity of soup at the commence ment of a dinner; some maintaining that a dinner without It cannot liter ally be called a dinner; others prejudiced against "slops," discarding it from their tables altogether; while a few who would gladly, perhaps, take advantage of an opportunity to reduce the meat bills, have only the will, being ignorant of the way. lhe average middle class wife and mother may have sighed over the Items of ribs and sirloins of be-f. ana legs and shoulders of mutton, and said to herself, "Ah, we must take to having a little soup." With praise worthy promptitude and zeal, she has perchance opened her coo ben-book, of the old extravagant style, and closed il sorrowfully, a sadder, If not a wiser woman, the brains all dizzy from the strings oi ingredients, and the long line of knuckles of veal, shins of beer, "old fowls" and slices of bam, which she is commanded to "throw into the stock pot' if the would insure success. No doubt, in many famHles, the prejudice against soup nas risen from the fact tha It is usually prepared and served to larre quantltleshlnstead of, as at the tables of the ncn, in small portions, though many or ine auvs snou'd rurnlsh iu . . . . . luemseives a suosiantiai meal lor a growing child. At any rate, the ad vantages of commencing dinner with soup are manifest in the saving of the meat bills, and the comfortable sensa tion experienced after a little has been taken; for let any person, who feels, as the saying goes, "too hungry to eat," swauow a lew spoonfuls of soup, and the feeling of exhaustion w.ll quickly pass away. Indeed, a well known authority has said that nothing tends more to restore the tone of the stomach, and make easier of digestion that which is to follow, than a little soup. MlXCE OF CniCKEN AND EOOI Chop cold boiled or roasted fowl; mix up with a cupful of drawn butter, sea son with pepper, salt, a pinch of nut meg, and pour into a bake dish. Set in the oven until a skin forms on the top and the surface shakes with the ebullit ion of the heated heart. Lay as many poached eggs on top as will lie easily in the dish and serve. 'It's aboyl" young Happlday gleeful ly shouted.as he rushed in and planked a ten-dollar note down on the bank coun ter; "the daisiest little fellow you ever saw. Here, just put this on deposit in his name, will you? I'm going to add to it every year and call it the fresh heir fund." FITS: An Fits stopped rree. Treatise in1 1-2 trial oouieof in. aiine surest .ere Kostorer, free t Incases, bttulloDr.hUine.Ml Arcn SC, ruUa.,Fa Faith that asks no questions kills the soul and stifles the intellect. Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners arj- plied to those new boots and they will rarer run over. As the body purified Is by water so h the soul purified by truth. The best cough medicine is Piso's Cur for Consumption. Sold everywhere, 2j& The desire to win a dollar or two as strong in the belle whose allowance of pin money is a hundred a month as to one to whom the loss or gain or a trifle Is of consequence. A tough old clubman, notably a stickler for exa;tl tude m his play, was brought the other night into direct antagonism with a be witchingly beautiful maiden. He held three kings; she bad carda, which, ac cording to Uoyle, couldn't have won the pot or anywhere near it, and yet be pushed the chips over to her after a moment's hesitation. "What under heaven did you do that for?" a friend who saw both hands af terwards askec. "Her two pair beat my three of a kind," he replied. "But she didn't have two pairs." 'Oh, yes she did a pair of aces m her hand and a pair of eyes In her head blue ones with tears in them. They'd beat a royal flush if I held it." Joalah Davla'a Trouble. JosiaU Davis, North Mlddietowto, Ky writes : "I am now using a box of your HENRY'S CARBOLIC SALVE upon an ulcer, which, for tho past ten day has given mo great pain. Thia salve Is tue only remedy I have found that has given me any ease. My nicer was caused by va ricose reina, and was pronounced incura ble by my meaical doctors. I find, how ever, that HENRY'S CARBOLIC SALVE Is affecting a care." Beware of Imitations. The pig-pen is always the best place to dispose of imperfect and small fruit and potatoes. In Samlreils or cases. Hood's SarsapsrUla. by portrjlnc and eorlohlng U blood, has proven potent remadr for rbennuttsm. Hensa, u you offer tne pains an-1 acaes ot tola ulseau, U is fair to assume taat Uood's SaaparlUa will care Too. CiveltstrUl. The perfectly contented man is also perfectly uselesi Mothers if vou want the little ones to have a fine head ot hair, fre from dan druff and other scalp affections, use the only natural hair renewer, Carboline, made from pure unrefined petroleum and guaranteed the prince ot all hair renewera. The ideal saint of the young moral ist is cut from sappy timber. Frazer axle areas. Tbera la no need of belnz 1 in rosed on If yoa will Insist on having the Frazer Brand of Axle Grease. One ureaslng will last two weeks. Impatience dries tho blood sooner than age or sorrow. If yoa save s Coi-i, Coaira. (dry-Hacking) Croup, Cantercd-tbroat, Catarrh Propping cansm coogh Dr. Kilmer's Indian Couga Core (ton rumptum 010 will relieve lnstujtly beals and cures. IMce 25c, soc an J ILOO. The vigorous idea keeps warm, though wrapped in a few words. roovmrrni. TNoioa-moa. dBveir of tair- IU and general ileoiiuv ta ueir various farm.-); u , a preveutive aaat fvr aai aa-i uta-x ntermiuent fevara, las arro-raMaori:. Elixir ot Ca.laav"auadc kv (.'-!, Hii-rd a Un, New York, aaU auid aU Dxug.ai, w luj tt look; and for paUeaia reoovwia lrj.a fever jt otoer auJinew. B aaa B4 qaau Jinks "Get a week off and run down to the seashore with me." Minks"I cau't afford it." "Oh, pshaw! Your income Is bigger than mine, and you have no children." "True; but it takes all I can make to keep things going. My wife's relations all insist on boarding with me about half the time." "Xow, see here. Minks, I told you long ago just how it would be;7et you refused to listen, but kept saying that you were not going to marry the whole family." "WeO. I didn't, either; but the whole family seems to have married me." DeBlaxk "Yes, sir. Nothing will excuse cannibalism. It Is the most " DePlank "But see here. Just look at the matter. Suppose yon were starv ing, and it was a choice between can nibalism and death?" "I would starve, sir, a million or times, if necessary, before I would touch the body of a friend." "Well, let it be so, then. Now, sup pose after your death, some friend, a survivor, shonld keep himself alive by cannibalism?" You certainly would not feel it," "Well, I don't know. I think I should feel very much cut up about It." "ntTiPiir' he said as the April rain drops struck his hat and brought him to a standstill on the corner. "What is it?" "Lert my umbrella." "Where?" "In the poitoffice." "Well, why don't you go after it?" "Xo use. I bought it this morning, and for fear I'd lose it I had the man cut the initials of my name into the handle so that I could Identify it." "Well, cant you?" "No. I've forgotten what the Init ials were!" Gustavcs ITall, who is somewhat known as an opera singer, is consider able ot a talker also, and his conversa tion usually leads to his own deeds, his own voice or something about hlnislf. One day he remarked very portentously to a man who bad been listening to him an nour or so: "Why, sir! I have some tones In my voice mat no other baritone possesses Iu equal aegree and quality " l ueneve you have," relo ned the taiKeu to man, "and I can name them right here. They are G-A-B!" ' Jsk't that lust awful, maw?" m claimed a pretty Chicago belle. "What is it dear?" asked her mother. "Wh? they've taken Maud S.'s shoes off and are going to make her go barefooted. mo papers say. u s just Horrible. I'll warrant any one who would mak m go barefooted would know it!" and her bright eyes snapped Indignantly, while ner genua mother sighed heavily and tojeu wiui a Dottie ot new-mown hay. "I sat. Gawge. I thou2ht vou naid wose lavenuaw trousers were too light. They lit you supawb." So they do. Oecab. mal dean twiah. You see, yestawday, I submitted my nethew extwemitles to a Wn.uian Dawtn, and that clevaw device reduced the copwoeity of my pewambulators, don't chew know." Mamma." exclaimed uau-year-oid Walter earnestly, as he came running In at the back door,"now I know what the sky is; it's the roof to all over." "What is luxury?" change. A luxury is something you don't want until you see somebody else ffUU lb. ST. BERNARD VEGETABLE PILLS. -4 Ti'- 4pliaU. (toui-raxMa. H1hT Blood ranter and Lirar RonUtoT. fbould bo without a box of thosu gr"rd Vacotable Pill, m tho hoo rrico a cnu at Drtmt.u. or b. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. THE GEEAT ENGLISH BEMEDY c. .vcrTttto "NoVY?. lent. rlu WANTED A WOMAN Hugged by a Bear. A roan who wrs aroi.uJ the ferry dock the other day looked so lopsidel and walked with such an odd gait tli-t he was asked if he had been run ovtr by a saw log. "It was wuss nor that," he replied; "I was bugged by a bear about a year ago and I haven't got my shape back et." "How did it happen?" ''Well, I was in a lumber camp on Georgian Bay. I was a teamster, and I went out one morning about 4 o'clock to feed the oxen. It was pretty dark, but as I knew the way to the shed l didn't take a lantern. I wan within twenty feet of the stable when some body rises up before me. I took him for one of the men about the camp, and says I: "Well, partner, what is it?" He stood there blocking the way and made no answer, and I calls out: "Come, now, no tooling!" "The fellow sort o sniffed in reply, as if mailing fun of me, and I jumped for him, calculating to fling him into the dirt. I wasnt two seconds discov ering that I had tackled a bear. I wintt-d to forfeit thegate money, but he wouldn't let me. lie put his paws aroun-J me and settled back rjr a hug,never uiakingau effort to use a s taeUi. It was like being squeezed in a carpenter's vlse.only more so. I hadn't time to yell before my breath was gone.and I felt myself being flattened until, ail of a sudden, my senses left me. When I came to half an hoar later, I was in the snow and the bear had gone. lie never bit me at alL" "And your present shape is the result of that squetzsl'' "It is, but you ought to have seen me right away aftei ! Why, sir, I had no more shape to me than a w hip lash, and my appetite was taken away for three months. Itun over by a saw log! I'd lay down and let three of 'em run over me sooner than take another hug." A CTPST marriage consists of the bride and groom stepping over a broom stick. In Christian marriages the broomstick usnally cornea into play af ter marriage. Col. Henke, of the Atlanta nine, who slides into the bases on his tt in ach, is to have a pair of roller skates fitted to his manly bosom, Macon may be surprised at this, but it will be quite useless to kick. 11 rs. De FAsniox -"Uorrore! Effi. don't go uear my poodle, please don't." Etna "Is the dog sick, mamma, or has be been playing with children what has the diptheria or something?" "No, dear, but you have." A coatume fur a Tittle girl of 9 years is of etamiue, striped with gold color and dark blue. The sk.'rt is kilt plaited, and the long coat bodice, trim med with gold buttons, opens over a long, full plastron of cream-colored surah. A broad sash of etamiae is tied at the back, the long loop and ends reaching nearly to the bottom of the skirt. A dress for a little girl less than 10 years of age is made cf pale blue batiste, striped with red and old pink. It is made in polonaise fashion, with a wUe scarf of the batiste about the hips. The skirt Is trimmed with a broad lljunce of white, embroidered with blue and red. Narrower em broidery forms a shoulder cape and is carried diagenal'.y down the front on one side and straight on the other, an-1 Is finished by a knot and ends of red ribbon. I not a li. a-t 1 Trill not stain or injure the akin. lia.'a H iir K-nwer. Dumb a;ne cn hs sp-edtly cured by tak ing A yer'a Ague Cure. Try It. Whortleeekries axd Corn Starcii. Add one pint of water to a quart of bernes; simmer until the ber iies are nearly cooSed.and then sweeten them to taste. Mix with thejulce three tablespoonfuls of corn starch; set the pan back on the stove and boil until thick. Turn Into moulds wet with cold water. Serve cold with cream. 1'umpkix I reserve. After care fully dreaslnc raw pumpkin cut it into Inch squares; boll in two quarts of wa ter with a cupful of vinegar until it Is tender, and allow a pound of sugar to a pound of the prepared pumpkin; cook It well together and add a little ginger and lemon sliced in after It is cooked; convenient when fruit ra scarce. A recite for lemon pie vaguely ads: "Then sit on a stove and stir constant ly," Jut as if anybody could sit on a stove without stirring constantly! But we can't understand how it would bene fit the pie. "Wasn't It a bit suggestive to print in a policeman's obituary notice: "He sleeps his last ep''? BROWN'S lI BUT ToBiblBlar ISO with Pt'BK VBG1T1BLI TOMCS. alralT aid roaalotrtr CLEaJHE a E5KICHKS THE BLOOD. Otlraraa ta artlsa af the Llror aa Klaaera. Clean ths roatplrxloa. aiaira tap thia niooth. It dot net tajar Ue tetta. raaae keadarke. or radara roa tipatloa ALL OTHEB IROM XEDIIT5ES DO. PjKciua a&d Droaalna mirijm bora recommend ft. Mm Etna HAnf4. Allratown. Pa., mjm: " Mr blond wm Tory tllra aod wmurry ond 1 bonus wait and Un"d- Aftdr noine fuur bttlo of Bomto' Iroo atrtor 1 am rnuroly If .1.1 to hoolUi and tronatft. and eheorfnilr iwiwiiinni'liil ic. Maa. M W iUu. Hi S Pino Si.. Kichaaood. Va.. aara: "Mr llttio bur ,u audnnua- rnto, a rwrr annua attack of blood nut bnAtiutatf turn im tb It, I tnd lin-wo'i In. Bit tor. Two UtrU uml him, vltbmll him Muud wm IB s twnitiU rlmlt It is cmnximy tv grmml tuaio aovl pondajr mud 1 hMartU rwtasimocul it, D4XIEX, McUbuikt. lt It. mo Sc.. Tmit"fl, IV J , tkmra: I utaJ Brown' Irua Bitlor fur tb bloa-li With th bM rrWuit. 1 f "P"t T--Ttt"A A low lajtfulr mm blow! ponilar. Genuine ban abort Trftde Mir' sad T"vwJ red Unas wrapper. TaUe ec olhrr. 3Ualonlj by SHOWN CHEMICAL i-tf BALTIMORE, XOk 39 4 12 S5 f " dT. Saiiptoa worth a-..jo fTtra Llnoa nnt ua-lor rh horar'a foot, addrooa Bnwrm'i 5 .ra-rr Rax. Uui.r.an. Holly kl-n. PATENT3-J; BIN4HAX. Pft :it tA-VT-. Mill MU1 tk 11)1 If nremr-.tied br Or.J.M. Kiyfr. .H4 ax oue- bo KS1 iivtiL.Hiila, n )ur :nnu A.M. to 4 P. ii at Jil U uutiuit . .oaj. a u . . atnu J .rt va. . wax, bkw r. -M.. vuuiar uiuruuiar at oil a. U anl 1rptalai nit tmral in l l3tiU. i(r3r to 1 wJ l til!. cur I in all .xir j. La. U.Aat4M.maiacf .UlolL AFFLICTED and UNFORTUNATE COULT DR. LOBB. Si9 S. Will St, below Caliowhill, Pmia!r!phla. rroroot Toutb a snPciallT. Moil for Book. SO y-ar' Experleau. AUrloe free and atnciir coa-D-irntlal. Treatment br Mall, llourj: 11 A. w. till i P. M. and T to 10 e rentals. ta. br wail. r. , iai.au. ifoWtLL a cvx XV m mm n h am im H 1 h F7?r TRIP it V.are ta "rum yu Ask fee lAe-frV ret well of d-geatira orina T. Ann..,,. " "trsi . re.ar.N - rPtlt..lrrem."trr!?i. and sal. i. ... 'U ara. a In tk. .... in,: Iiritablllt. ..7: !"ffl, rrktaal .a.- T Vw . soidbraa a;5apariiia Al.lv ). n 11 , STl fr-.. i CO t. 100 Doses One i UK. KILMER'S MiTTT- "''WorXnU? ELY S r - Cream BalmSJMRR Clean-tes the HeaiL A1U,S Inflaiiimai on. Iloals the Son-s. Itestores the f-M-rix-s r Taste, Smell, llcariu. A quick Itelii f fJk & IMMiti ilive Cure. HiYjfy?5 rue la ap-. M A ot.t. i t... - , " " -r--u.r KI V Bu..;- (fl.Ls OHKfi. S. V. -ru-raui. -an hi. br.n -a xr . x i Z Ii..mv.-ninv.. an 1 i,,. 'lmtj t aniai or Bmanr la l!.T.tfcLiH,,r.r.7 ur.entu iream, or Kir:ii a, ... " II trr. l a. so. or . . ; . a Alv ,.f t: ... - -Gourand'a Craisi' aa -ii jut ?J v . rravaraoona," Uzx bcti, w.; . " - -"- -osa UeTvr Uf. ao rjjir-s aaat ...2.- tuiuur ar.moui ht;t to tl.aca. 1 ERl. r. Ujrru. Slanat- , . fiwid in . I City at IL a. aictv- 5,k- R!'!i-T . and othr 1 i ..-v lM-.'' i; oi baw lniitaenta !.' UawartiaarM,,, Of aur ulo aeilj siii tua rue w. i, ROUCLAS B-t irtfr!a;. p: - r i'1 i in- nrf Oa.., ytaa-W W. L. Dor: . 3 boe. Wtaitec? cS5 Batioa an t Lc. ;0yt a.L. !; nrf L.m nu-j2 for toe w. i aUousU' noe. Mmnt yv .Tt the ftO from fl-al- ft era.terid a.!ira on tr F' i ear.i to W. L. ivu 0?"0 A i abi-OCa-'.OIl. MM. yAj ."V T777- l'..,a.rar- a. i ; ROOK AGEVTS WAVTOlor PLATFORM ECHOES orLiVLNCTUCTUSrOU UEA kS KLlXt, By John Ii. Gough. Hit 'of aa4 crowbar Tift rrk. bra fal of tWtSa it bumor and p:.vj. B'.rt par. tu h i tat bumor and pC.vj. iv.rr1tr ar.-l tr- " it m: A Tl .: Cat f :.it ar ! ril cf !- r..uC BOX F. I0 Anfj -"!. In a Bioo:! ira-:. Z j- n v KrtT 7 a. J ryw f" Cft. IT 01 l A- I. WOUrUilIO afc to. lGRE.SE raraarai lit BEST I THE WORLD Get the Oenmiiria. SnldMeThca JONES PAYStht FREIGHT . Tod Uaoa ci I-m i"-m. . Mr.fv km Tart Brui -4 sw-i t-t 'i S60. nies sr Hini'u DIM.!! t.NTOVS.& F y to at? for a time mrA U-ea haw ttrai nnxra Kjr Trtul -ar-. I Lyp cm.!- tte -- f offe'i ha' e fail-tl in iai-in for nor a. Tr- eur at ntv fur n'witi ""il 1' ' . i . a 1 w-il rut" spre m-.-l it CO-; 4 tom n--i!i:i. t " , T -a. 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