CONCERN I NQ TWINS. fh Mysterious Sympathy That Usually Exist Batwaan Thm. Faw things are more mysterious than ihe undeflnabla sympathy which oltan exists between two beings who came nto the world together. There can be jo doubt that this sympathy is real, and not the effect of the Imagination. as some hare supposed. So far as Ls down it does not always derelop itself. nd when it is present Its cause Is not jT any means understood. A very real affection generally exists between ,wins, aud often seems to show itself a the earliest days of Infancy. It is no uncommon thing for a twin who has ost his or her counterpart to pine waT, dropping gradually into the jlutches of the destroyer, who. in talc lng away the other, has deprired life of ill Us joy. liut inougn intense ionu nesa is no doubt to a great extent the cause of such sad occurrences, the ymjathy which twins have for one an other shows itseir here. ltn many AV.iire races twins aie hurried out of ' he world Immediately after they have mtt reil it: others allow them to live. tint only uniier certain conditions. In Western Africa, a little below the equator, between ten and twelve de- rret ease longuuue, iito uarga uun called the lihogo. They have many neculiar customs, but none more so .han their treatment of twins and of the n.other who is so unfortunate to bear .item. An iiea seems to exist with theiu that no woman oujrnt to produce .lore '.h:in a sinnle child at a time, and they a-ek to rectify the error by givhig ' 'ieir deities every chance of killing one f the children tiefore they have arrived .t the ae at which tliey are considered y.ble to lake care of themselves. This a h ll to be about six years old; once that a$e lias been passed, it is thought by the- itple that a proper balance between life and death has again been truck, and tliey do not deem any surllier precautions necessary. Imme iatelr Hie birth of twins takes place, he hut iu which the event happened is jjarW.i in some manner which will rentier it readily distinguishable from all others iu the village. TIiomj who have read accounts of African travel will probably remember ie unanimous testimony which ex-V-torers of the Ifcurk Continent bear to he extraordinary loquacity of its na tive. Africans talk as they breathe vjceasiiigly, aud yet the unfortunate mther of twins is forbidden to ex . iiange a single word with any but the mmedi.ite memliers of her family. She may go into the forest for lire-wood, and I-rfoiin the household work necessary or the existence of herself and her children, but it must be all done In strict silence, unless she Oni!s herself ear one of her close relatives. The - iiseiuence of this peculiar custom is -uit the Ishojo woman dreads the ad treut of twins more than any thing, ex vpt. iih.ips, beiii childless; and no: I. in irritates a newly-married wo man more than to tell her that she is sure to In-come the mother of two children at a birth. When the six years of prnWition have dragged out .heir weary length, a grand ceremony s held to celebrate the release of the 'hree captives, and their admission to the society of their fellows. At day break all the village is aroused by a proclamation made in the principal , j et, and the mother and a friend take .p their stand on either side of the "oor cf the hut, having previously vhitened their legs and faces. The .est of the inhabitants of the place con gregate round about, and at a given signal the white-legged women march away from the hut, followed by the twins, the mother clapping her hands -ind capering about, the friend beating a lusty tattoo upon a drum and singing a sons appropriate to the occasion. Af--er this procession has gone the round of the village there is a general dance. Then every one sits down to a great feast, and eating, drinking and danc ig are carried on for the rest of the '.ay and all throuch the night. As "jou as the uext day dawns all restric tions upou the mother and her offspring tre held to be removed. This ceremony known as "M'paa." a word which signifies both the twins, and the rite by nrtue of w hich they and their mother 'trt admitted to the companionship of their kind. Cases in which one of a pair of twins has felt some disturbing intluence it work within him when evil was be falling his other self are numerous. As wr.h all matters of the kind, the in stances are apt to border upon the land .f fiction, but there are many which .re perfectly well authenticated. Though twins are usually alike in form ud feature this is not invariably the fase. The writer knows twin brothers who can scarcely le said to bear even a "aiuily l.kriiess to one another, and whose complexions go to the very ex '.reuies of darkness aud fairness. Hut though unlike bodily, they resemble trie another mentally to such an extent that they passed from the bottom to the top of one of our great public schools side by side. She Wanted it Valued. The pretty grl held out her right .land and on one of the lingers glist ened a diamond. 'How much is that worth, please?" she inquired of the clerk, who h id re covered his composure. He looked at the ring for a moment and answereJ, I can hardly say. ( )ue Jeweler would aame one pne and another another price." "Hut what is your estimate?" asked .he young lady in a voice unusually musical. "I can't say." 'Why not, pray," (somewhat sharp--v). "Well, simply because it is against our rules. I am very sorry indeed that ( can't accommodate you. You can Hut the young lady didn't wait to ) ear any more aud before the sentence . is Mulshed she was on the street. "Were you not a little too severe in that case?" asked the tourist. "Xot a hit of it," replied the jeweler. "You lou't know all the circumstances. Of course, you don't. Well, the fact is that charming young woman is en gaged to be married, her expectant be 'Qga young maa who is waiting to as tonish the world with his legal lore, but who isn't growing very wealthy in the meantime. He bought the ring here nd it only co-t Of course, he didn't tell the object of his choice what it cost. Shi might think it had re duced the not too-plethoric purse of her 'over to the extent of a cool hundred ?or all he cue I. But like most women the was curious and wanted to satisfy herself regarding its value. I recog nized the ring in a moment and knew for the trt time ho was to be the fu ture Mrs. Ulank." "Are a! i jewelers as strict as yon?" -sked the tourist. Terbaps not all," was the w-ply, "although this has been one of the uuwritten rules in the craft for years. If it were not generally ob served tt.e ie would be no end to trouble aad lovers' quarrels would be more fre quent than ever." The liei.s-l.t and velocity of clouds may be ilcu-rtniued by means of pho nography. Two cameras are placed 10 feet apart and provided with Instantane ous shutter?, which are released by elec tricity at the same moment. The angle of Inclination or the cameras and the ,oitim of the cloud as photographed r thus ot laiued, and simple trigonom i tribal operations give the height and cist&ooe fiora thofaia A TRICK OF THE TRADE. Marking Down Sizes of Shoes to Gratify Vanity. 'I want a pair of French kid button boots. Let me see the very best you have." "This way, please; here they are; made by Heady. Sale A Co.; the very best in the market. What size did you say." "I wear threes, slim." Ah I here we are; now, then; Fits you like a glove. If 1 had taken your measure I couldn't have done better." They seem to be all right. By the way, are these the same make of shoes that Mrs. Llghtfoot wears?" "Well, to tell the truth, no. She always wears a make that costs a dollar a pair more." "But you said these were the very best." 'For wear and quality so they axe." "Then why should Mrs. Lightfoot pay a dollar extra for hers?" "Why, she won't have any other shoe but Fitem St Co's. because she can wear a size smaller of theirs than she can of any others. Oht but you really don't mean to say that 1 could wear a Xo. 2 shoe of What.--hi-oames's make, do you?" Certainly you could. You see they have got a designer of patterns who is a per fee t genius and who understands ti e human foot the same as a school master does his A 13 I s. He explained his system to me one day, and I find he is thoroughly pos'ed. His idea is. In the Drst place, to abbreviate the longi tudinal pressure forward, and then, by propelling the lateral distension side ways, he of course makes the shoe a size shorter than it would have been had he male it the full length." "Uear me 1 How simple that seems. And you are sure 1 could wear a .No. 2 of this make." "I'ositive. Here is a pair. Try them on and see for yourself." "Why these are just too nice for any thing. They fit perfectly. They ain't a bit tight. Are you sure they are only twos." "You can see for yourself. Size mark st imped iu plain figures on sola and lining. There it Is: size No. 2, width A." "Well, I'll take th s pair, and after this you won't catch me wearing any other make." This sounds like Cctlon, but is Is a literal fact. The conversation took place just as It is written with the ex ception of the names. Although the measur. ments of the woman's foot called for a N'.v. 3, she was fitted per fectly with a No. 2. The explanation is simply this: There are manufactur ers who, when ordering sets of lasts, instruct the sellers to deliver them un stamped. The stamping is done in the shoe ractcry, each last being marked a half size or size smaller than it meas ures. The uppers are numbered to match the lasts and the deception is complete. How to Grate a Lemon. The irratinir of a lemon is a most simple operation, and it may seem that every one must know how to do it, but this is far from being the case. As many cases of curdled custards and sauces are caused by this fact, the right way in this case is very imiortant. The object in using grated rind of lemon is to obtain the fragrance and flavor. which diner very greatly from any ex tracts, however gooL Xow, the whole of the oil which contains this fragrance is at the suiface is, in fact, the yellow portion of the rind; therefore this, and only this, must be removed with the grater. The white part underneath is bitter, and will cause milk or cream to curdle, but it contains no part of lemon flavor, l et when lemon flavor is called for, the lemon is often urate 1 right down to the pulp in parts, while the yellow rind is left on in patches. A lemon should lte grated evenly, begin ning at the end and working around it, using as small a surface of the grater as possible to prevent waste. The habit of turning the lemon as you grate, conies as easily as to turn the apple un der the knife when eeling. Generally twice across the graU-r and back be tween each turn will remove all the essential oil, but w hile guarding again&t grating too deeply, rare must I taken to remove the whole of the yellow sur face. A well grated lemon should le exactly of the same sliape as lfore, have no deep scores into the pith, and have an oily-looking surface. Harper ' Bazar. Fricaxdeli.es of Veal. Put one gill of sweet milk and half a teacup of bread crumbs to boil until thick. Chop a pound of lean veal very fine, and add to the bread crumbs and milk; season with a tablespoon of butter, salt and peper to ta-ite, take from the fire and i-tand aside to cooL When cold form into small bulls, dip in beaten egg and fry In butter until a light brown; take up carefully. Thicken the gravy in the pan with two talles,ooiis of Hour, then adil a pint of soup stock, stir until it boils, l'ut the f ricandelles into a sauce lion, pour over the gravy and let simmer one hour. When ready to serve add a tables-HJouf ul of Worcestershire sauce. A Chicago jeweler has made a watch whicb it is claimed is proof against injury by electricity. It has a rim of electro-plated iron, as a guard. Two watches one so guarded, and one unguarded were subjected to a test with strong magnets recently. The un guarded watch stopped instantly, but ".he other was not Interfered with. Aeec-rding to the Journal d4 Medicine, of llrussels, if the normal temperature of mankind were 10OO, that of a moderate smoker would be represented by lO 8, and the normal pulse under like circumstances would increase to 11S0. The heart is overworked to just the extent represented by the latter figures. TaluTnUiI results of 2o0 experiments, with forty-two distinct explosive com pounds, were published In March by MM. llert helot and Yielle, of the Academy of tsciences, Paris, bearing on the amount of pressure developed at the moment of explosion, the tempera ture produced, and the specific heats of the gases, especially those of the compound ones, at various temper tures. It is reported that at one of the late coal mine explosions a collier was able to traverse the whole of the working in making an exploration while the pit was yet full of gas, his cap, satu rated with cold tea and held to the mouth and nostrils, rroving an effi cient safeguard. Qcick growth and early maturity can only be secured by having good breeding stock as a foundation, and then giving good feed and care to build upon. And when mating the breeding stock for spring pigs It is important to -see that good stock is selected. Tit for Tat. Husband I am sur prised, Emily, that you should have such bad taste as to wear the hair of another woman on your head. Wife And I am surprised that you should wear the wool of another sheep on your back. Experiment has demonstrated that S a duckling 5 weeks old, of Pekln. Uouen or Aylesbury breeds, can be made to gain as much as one pound a week until matured, but It must be fed FARM NOTES. i Fall i eediso for u)i. iime is to be taken by the forelock, and to prepare early for the fall feeding of cows is carrying out this wise principle. When the season U about to end, feed is usually scarce and -oor, because pre parations are not made for it in good time, and the product of milk falls off at the very time when it should be kept up for winter profit. Once a cow loses milk it is very difficult, and in many cases, impossible to restore it. Iler.ce, fresh, succulent food must be provided for. The best recourse is a field of aftermath, grass or clover or a pasture which has been reserved especially for the purpose. It may be too late now to remedy a failure for the present season, but the warning should be beedtd iu time for another year. Still, something may yet lie done. A planting of early kinds of sweet corn, sown in rows eighteen inches apart and three inches apart in the rows, will very soon afford very acceptable feed. Millet may be sown for pasture; oats sown in August or September will make the best of pas ture for the early autumn, and rye will serve to follow after the early frosts. If no other way can be found, some cf the best hay, with a liberal ration of coin meal, should be civen as soon as the outdoor foraze has become scarce. I -iter, the small po a toes may set ve as succulent food aloi.g with the hay. Mait sprouts steeped iu water and mixed with cut hay have increased the m ilk-vie'. d more tlir.n pasture has done. This food is very pleasant aud p.ilaUiblo to the cews, and exceedingly nutritious ntfcl productive of riih milk. It can be purchased cheaply in summer and fall when it is not much in demand. liran and shorts have great value both as food products and for enriching the manuie, and cotton- ced meal fed with care and judgment is valuable. Apples are worth more to feed to cows than for cider. So Cnor is given more labor during growth than corn, and from the begin ning of harvesting of the crop until it is stored in the barn, the grain and fodder leqmres handling several times. In fact the coi u crop is a double crop, as the fodder is fully as valuable as the grain, if properly saved, aud must he handled with a view of saving labor at all siaees. The early corn requires Plantiiiir. seeding ana irequeni cultiva tion, while the matured corn entails the labor of cutting the stalks, shocking husking and hauling. When two or more of these duties can be done at one operation the cost of harvesting is lessened. "MiST of the dairy authorities," says the Rural Jfew Yorker, "advise the growing of parsnips as a food lor butter cows. Many claim that this root is better tVau the carrot as a but ter-producing fiod. It is frequently said that large quantities of parsnips are grown on the island of Jersey. Have any of our American dairymen ever grown the root on a large scale?" Tue sterility of many soils is due more to their mechanical condition, their texture aud relations to heat and moisture, than to Lick of plant food. Such soils w ant amendment first and manure afterward. Some soils will give good returns for manuring; others, without irrigation or amendment by drainage, tdlage, the use of lime, marl or muck, etc, will nou A flagstone floor with cemented joints is best for the dairy. Wooden doors are apt to rot out, and brick floors absorb the spilled milk, soon becoming very offensive. If bricks are used the floor should be kept painted all the time and even with this extra trouble it is not so good as flagstone and cement. The flagstone underground is always easily kept cool, as a dairy floor should be. SnEEP, according to the Sheep-Breeder and Wool-Gnncer, almost invariably prefer a southern hillside to a northern, because the grass is shorter, tenderer, and sweeter on the former. If they have become accustomed to range freely on both, and a fence is then run across the top of the bill, they will linger along it many hours of the day, gazijjg wistfully through toward their favorite, sunny slope. Ax exchange suggests mulching small patches of quack grass or Canada thistle heavily, as a better mode of sup pression than cultivation. II the top already grown is well covered it begins to rot, and the decay rapidly extends to the root, and new growth appearing above the surface should be treated iu the same way. One season of thi treatment, it is asserted, will destroy the weeds and enrich the soil. An Ohio dairyman tells the Dairy H'orfJ how he makes his cows comfort able in hot weather. He keeps them in stables, slightly darkened, through the middle of the day. I luring this tinu they eat, he says, but little. From tec to three o'clock a little fodder corn oi creen food of some kind is kept in theii mangers. His experience is that undei this treatment the flow of milk is mort uniform, and the cows are certainly much more comfortable. Potato vines contain a large amount of potash, and a writer advises foi that reason to compost them with ma nure. But a better way is to leave them evenly on the ground and plow them in. If dug by hand then bury the tops as you dig. This is, cheapei and easier than to draw them in, com post them and draw them out again, all of which adds nothing to theii value, as they quickly dicay when buried. Ensilage has been tested for sheer, and stands approved, especially for the mutton breeds, where early lambs are a desideratum. But it is advisable to give a portion of dry feed with the en silage, as it has a tendency, if given alone, to make the animals soft and sensitive to cold weather; and, besides that, it is quite possible to make the large free milkers of the Cotswold breed give too much milk at the outset. WnEjr storing cabbage for winter place them in a trench, with heads down and stalks up. If the trench can not be made on high ground place the beads on the ground and bank cp well so as to shed the water off. Instead of using the inferior apples for making cider, to be converted into vinegar, only the sound, unblemished fruit should be put in the press, as tb quality of the cider is affected by the condition of the apples. Apples are used as food at the ex- norimftnt etatirtti in maVlnrr tACt. ttnf cannot be profitably shipped to mar ket they may be fed to stock with ad fan tage. Sir J. Freyer inclines to the belief that, notwithstanding the fact ot th toothless upper Jaw, deer do actually consume their shed horns. He picked up recently at the deer forest of Dun robin, Scotland, a horn which appeared to show that it had been in great part eaten away, and this, it seems, was thi belief also of the members of the Zoo logical Society of London, to whom be I recently exhibited the gnawed spec!-1 men. The marks on the horn are such as would be made by the broad Incison ' of the lower jaw, and here scientific ' I observation eems to confirm popo- Ux opinion. I Ma sappoM that their reason ha comm. nrl over their words: still it hirv pans that words la ratarm axercun I HOUSEHOLD. ' . . .. ! Potato Chovtdeb. cut hair a I pound of salt pork into thin strips, and I fry slowly a light brown; add nve large onions sliced thin, and cook slowly un til these also are a light brown, but be very careiui not vo uum ukiu in me least. Have ready two quarts of sliced potatoes; put a layer of these in the bottom of a soup kettle, then a thin layer of the pork and onions, and sea son nicely, dredging also with flour. Continue with successive layers until all the ingredients are used; cover with water, and cook slowly forty-five min utes. Soda Biscuits. Sift into one quart of flour two teaspoonf uls of cream-tarter; balf-teaspoenful of salt; add to it four tables poonfuls of thick cream, or (if you have no cream), one talilespoon f ul of lard and the same of butter; cup and a half of sweet milk; dissolve one teaspoouful of soda in the milk; work veil together; mould into biscuits with the hands. 1K not let them touch when in the baking tin; bake in a quick oven. Stcffkd Tomatoes. Get them as large and firm as possible; cut a round piece in the top; scrape out all the soft parts; mix with stale bread crumbs, onions, parsley, butter, pepper and salt; chop very fine and nil the tomatoes carefully; bake in a moderately hot oven; put a little butter in the pan and Fee that they do not burn or become dry. Sweet Potatoes. Boil in their skins half a dozen potatoes of equal size; scrape them ana cut crosswise in pieces half an Inch thick, dip in well beaten egg, roll iu farina, sift powdered sugar over, put a bit of butter on each, and cook for five minutes in a very hoi oven. Apple Dowdy. Pare and quarter a do7.eu tart apples; put them in a saucepan with a cup of molasses, a piece of butter, aud oue pint of water. Set this on the tire, and while it Is beat ing, make a paste with two large cutis of sifted flour, two even teaspoonf uls of baking powder, one of salt and a cup full of milk; roll this paste large enough to fit into the kettle, and when the apples begin to boil, put the paste in, put on the cover and boil gently twenty minutes. It needs no sauce. Potatoes a La province with the beef col lops will make a delicious din ner. Slice a quart pudding dish three- quarteis full of law potatoes. Cut the slices thin and drop them in cold water until you have enough cut; put them in the dish with bits of butter, minced parsley and repper and salt between each layer. Pour in milk to just cover them. M et a cup of bread crumbs with milk or cream, stir iu a beaten egg. and have the whole just moist enough to spread nicely, pour this over the top, invert a pan over it and bake one hour. I ake otl the pan, bake fif teen minutes longer and serve. It will be very hot, uud as it retains the heat a long time it is better to take it from the oven fif :eeu iniuuUs before dinner. About Canning c-orn. It is said that the best way to can corn is to cut it from the cob and boil it in the can. If the water is heated gradually the cans will not break. Place the cans filled with ccrn in a washboiler, in the bot tom of which a cloth has been placed, to keep the glass from coming into con tact with the metaL Press the corn tightly in the jars, and cover loosely, so as to allow air to escape. Boil thor oughly, and after the air is entirely ex pelled seal tightly. If corn is boiled outside the cans, more or less air is in troduced into them when filled, and a very little air soon spoils the contents. Canning is much more expensive than drying corn, and if the latter is prepar ed only from young aud tender ears it is nearly as good. Dried corn should be placed in closed sacks in a cool, dark place, where insects will not get at it. One writer says that the greatest dif ficulty in canning corn is in the temper ature of the heat applied. It requires a higher degree tliau vegetables because of its great tendency to fermentation. The corn must be thoroughly cooked. Many boil the corn on the cob and cut off and put into cans; then seal the cans, punching a small hole in the cover. Then they boil three or four hours, close the awl-bole and set away in a cool place. soft Gingerbread Xo. L One and a half cupfuls of molasses, one-half cupful of sugar, one and a half cupfuls of sour cream, one-half cupful of sour milk, oue-half teasjiooiiful of salt, two teaspoonf uls of soda, one teaspoonf ul each of ginger aud cinnamon, flour to make a not very st iff batter. Bake in sheets in a moderate oven. This is a favorite recipe, but the cream might not be readily forthcom ing save on a farm, so I add Soft GiNGEiiisitEAD Xo.2.-One and a half cupfuls each of molasses and sour milk, two-thirds of a cupful of shorten ing, a part lard and a iart butter, melt ed, one and a half teaspoonf uls of soda, one teaspoon' ul of ginger and one of allspice or cloves, flour for the usual soft batter. Bake in sheets. Tomato Omelet for Supper. Take equal parts of sliced-onions and tomatoes, peeled and freed from pips, chop them both coar.-ely. Fry the onions in bu'.ter. When cooked, with out being colored, add the tomatoes, with epM-r and salt, and keep stirring the mixture on the lire till it forms a sort of piuee. Make a plain omelet in the usual way aud insert this in the fold oh dishing it. Crullers. One and one-half cups of sugar, one-half cup of sour cream. one-half cup of buttermilk, two eggs. oue and one half teaspoons of t aking powder, flour to make a stiff dough; roil out, cut in shape, ami try in hot lard; drain and s-prinkle with sugar. An easy way to make Charlotte russe is to take about one-fifth of a package of gelatine and half a cupful of cold milk; place this in a farina boiler if you have one; if not, set a basin con taining it into a pan or pail of boiling water; stir until the gelatine is dissolv ed; pour into a dish, and place where it will cool rapidly; then take a Dint of perfectly sweet cream, beat it with an egg-beater until it is light and thick; flavor the cream with lemon or vanilla and sweeten to your taste; when the gelatine is cold, or at least cool, stir it into the cream, and pour this over the lady-fingers which you have arranged in a glass dish or mold: to vary the appear ance of the dish you can split the lady fingers and cover the cream with them. Answered with a Question He "Do vou believe in man-vino- for money, Miss Antique?" She "I don't know; bow much have you got?" Rather Verdant. A. Younir Schimmeltitz don't seem to have any more sense than he had when he just came to this country. 15. Jo; he's an evergreenhorn. A. recent writer on the emotions of Infants says curiosity shows itself the minute the child begins to take Interest in otter things besides Its food, and when, though it carries everything to its mouth, it does so merely because the tongue is the finest as well as the most exercised organ of touch. At this stage the child handles things, looks at them closely, pulls them to pieces and so in playing instructs itself. THE FLOWER GARDEN. HOW TO BXELETOJUZE LEAVES. Thb leaves chosen must be quite cerfect and not to young, or gathered too late in tue EKr&sfu. best for the soaking process; expose the tub to the Fan and replenish the water as required. Place the leaves in the water, and let them remain until parti ally decayed, until the skin becomes decomposed; but remove them before the fibrous veins of the leaves are at tacked. The time usually needed to carry the process of decomposition to the right point is about a fort-night, after which they should be examined twice a week, or daily if the weather is warm. When thoroughly soft and pul pv remove them to a basin of clean water. They will look like a mass of filth, and the stench will be unbearable. They will be too tender to touch with the hand, and mnst be lifted gently on cards into tne clean water. Have two brushes at hand, an old toothbrush and one of camel's hair, soft, but thick as a pencil. Having lifted a leaf out of the water on a card, brush tenderly with the soft brush until the whole of the skin is removed, then dip in water, and having reversed the leaf under the water, repeat the process on the other side. If the skeleton is not by- this time quite clear of the pulpy matter, tue the tooth-brush; not with a sweep ing motion, but with a few gentle taps. Give the skeleton another washing in clear water in the same way as before; then immerse in the bleaching solution, made by injuring water on chloride of lime, and pouring off the clear water when the sediment has quite settled. Delicate leaves, such as the iVy, will be thoroughly bleached in a couple of hours, but others take longer. They will be'spoiled if allowed to remain too long. Then immerse in several clean waters, and leave for half an hour in the last. After this, float thskeleton on a card, in as natural a position as possible, and drain preparatory to the drying, which should follow quickly. An oven not too hot is best. Tho skele tons will now be strong enongh to bear delicate handling. Leaves like the oak, which contain tannin, resist ducom posi tion and are unmanageable. The best leaves for skeletonizing are those of the ivy, holly, laurel, lime, maple, ear, orange, lemon, walnut, willow, chest nut, white hawthorn, and vine. The petals of the hydrangea are excellent for the pnrjxise, the roots of the hem lock, the calyx of winter cherry, the seed-vessels of the thorn-apple, hen bane, canterbury-bell, and colum-bine. W. Koberts. A GARDEN COSTUME. 1 wish more of our mle, nervous wo men wonld interest themselves in plant raising. Take the gardening monthlies, cut out scraps iu newspuers on the subject, but above all spend hours every day outdoors. -'It s so much trouble," said a poor little woman 1 was urging to throw away her pill boxes, stop taking tonics and to go out into the garden; "I'm dressed up in tho afternoon, and I couldn't stoop over in my corsets, and my sleeves are so tight I can hardly take a lutirpin out of my head." That's tho truth; fashion decrees tight dresses aud sleeves that tit close to the skin, and doctors wax fut and wealthy with all their women latients on hand. But vou needn't ook like a fright, even if you spend hours digging up the dirt with your trowel. Have a comfortable sacque made of some washable stuff, slip otT your dress and put it on and a broad- rimmeu hat. As to corsets ; alter work ing in the garden a week you will dis card them forever, and find yourself with better health and a better figure than you have had since you were a child. Don't try to work with a heavy spade. There are light, strong ones that make the digging quite easy and pleasant. Keep your tools handy, and always see they axe in place before you go into the house. A basket for weeds, another for a ball of twide, hammer, trowel, bits of leather to fasten the vines, tacks, scissors you will need all these more or less every day, and its a delight to work if you can lay your hand right on every needed article. Mttallic Clotti. A novel Invention is about to be commercially utilized, it is stated, ou a considerable scale namely, the production of metallic cloth, which, if desired, can be impres sed with a pattern or printed upon. In the manufacture of this curious fabric the metal intended to be used is ren dered into small particles, short or long, according to requirements, and in this form is mixed with a sticky material such as India rubber. The mixture as thus prepared is transferred in goods from cotton, wool, linen, silk or other textile, alter which the fabric is dried and calendered, or dressed in a suitable manner, fo as to produce a smooth, metallic face. The process having thus been carried on to this extent, the cloth can be impressed with any desired pattern by the simple operation of embossing, or the pattern may be printeJ on the t urlace in the usual manner. The liquid charged with the metal does not penetrate to the other side, but leaves it quite clean. The finished material is quite soft to the touch and very pliable. JUitalvtation of Wood. This pro cess, which has lately been Invented In France, consists in soaking the wood in caustic alkali for two or three days at a temperature of from one hundred aud sixty seven to one hundred and ninety-four degrees Fahrenheit. At the expiration of this time, the wood is placed in another bath of bydrosul phate of calcium, to which is added, after twenty-four hours, a concentrated solution of sulphur. In forty-eight hours the wood is immersed in a third bath of acetate of lead, at a tempera ture of from ninety-five to one hundred and twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit, for thirty to fifty hours. "When it is quite dry, it is capable of receiving a wonderful polish, and looks like a metal mirror. Wood treated la this way is practically indestructible, and never decays with damp. Calf and other skins are made to re semble very closely alligator skins by a very Ingenious process. A pliotogrnuh having been made of a genuine alliga tor hide, a copy of it is produced iu bichromated gelatine, which gives in relief all the curious markings, and from this latter relief representation a metal die Is readily executed. The die Is pressed heavily on the cheap leather, with the result of making it look so like the leather manufactured from the skin of the alligator as to deceive experts unless it is handled and exam ined. Any suitable stain can be im parted to the factitious product. A. wuK of one part of nitric acid in ten parts of water will impart a sain resembling mahogany to pine "wood that does not contain much resin. 'When the wood is thoroughly dry shell ac var nish will impart a line polish to the surface. A glaze of carmine or lake will produce a rosewood finish. A tur pentine extract of alkanet root pro duces a beautiful stain which admits of French polishing. Asphaltum thinned with turpentine makes an excellent mahogany color on new wood. Sleet ropes as transmitters of power have a great advantage over shafts be cause the stress on the surface will be uniform, the velocity will be uniform, and may be at least 10 to 15 times as great as with shafts, say 100 feet per second; the rope is carried on pulfcys, which may be at distances of 500 or 600 feet, so that the co-efficient of fric tion will not be more than 0.015 Utatead o0.04 . . Two little girls were out in a row boat on a river in Maine, when, through the fault of one the other was precipi tated into the water. She was saved, with some difficulty, by a gentleman who saw the accident. The other was chided on her return to the shore. 'How could you be so careless with your little cousin? What would have done if Mr. Briggs hadn'C saved her?" Oh, replied the little six-year-old, demurely, "we'd have got her when the tide went out.'. He Had Learned Something. One day Patrick O'Connell, a little Irish boy, took his dinner to school, and it was eaten by cats while school was in session. The next morning ne ate long after the others were through, and, be ing asked why he was eating so long, as be seemed to have no appetite, said: "Whv. the cats took my dinner yester day, so I'm going to put it where it will be safe." "I date one little girl under my care,, remarked a teacher, "wnose dress I have pinned up every day this week. There isn't a button on the garment." Pins and patience alike be came exhausted. " 'Why doesn't your mother sew buttons on your dress, Mary?' I asked her. 'She hasn't lime the child replied. 'Couldn't she do it last night?' '.No, ma'am; she had to go to prayer meeting.' " A popular physician of Brooklyn lias a little girl who expounded the scriptures to him in the following re markable manner while reciting her Sunday school lesson on Friday night; "The Lord is my shepherd and I shall not want. He maketh me to lie (hesi tatingly), He maketh me to lie and do lots of other things." "I AM sorry." said the hungry.look- ing boarder, as he set the pitcher down, that 1 have said so many unkind things about the milk-'. "Why?" inquired the landlady, su spiciously. "Because I fear that it has soured on me." Two Paris loafers are reading a no tice: "Lost, a black poodle. One hun dred francs reward." One of them says to the other. "You must take the oue you stole yesterday." ''But it is white," "Xou must say that it lias turned white through grief." Mrs. Aleet If you should make a thousand dollars unexpectedly, Tom, would you give me that diamond pend ant I've been looking at so long? 2dr. Aleet Why, yes, dear. Mrs. Aleet Very well; I'll order it to-morrow. I stopped wanting that ivory-finished piano to-day, and a thou sand was just the price of it. "What have you for me this room ing?" said Blinkina, as the letter car rier approached." "Something import ant. I suppose." "Xo, sir; only a couple of postal cards. One of them is an invitation to the meeting of the Tawk-Tawk Club aud the other is from your wife, asking you to meet her at the train." A "Woman's Revenge. Mrs. Hin ton (recently married) "Did you know my husband was very ill?" Miss Carrington "I supposed he must be, my dear. Before he married you be told me I had broken his heart." Xearlt a Stranger. Mr. Club man "My private secretary, young A ice fellow, says he is an acquaintance of vours." Miss Citybelle "What impudencel I never meet him except at the sea side, and last summer I even refused to become engaged to him again." Lecturer All statistics prove that the blond women are more difficult t j get along with than the brunettes. Astoni-bed Man in the Audience (starting up) Are you certain of that? Professor It is a fact. Astonished Man Then I believe my wife's black hair is dyed. A Xatubai. Mistake. Little Brother (bedtime) "Why don't you take your stockings off?" Little Sister (whose mother buys the cheap Mack kind) "I's dot all of 'em off' at will come off." Scuool Teacher Xow. Johnny Jones, your father has red hair and so have you. That is a mark of heredity. Johnny Jones Yes, ma'am. School Teacher Now, who .in the class can tell me what heredity is?. Wil lie Dykins, you may answer. Willie Dykins Johnny Jone's red hair. To-Nlsbt and To-Morrow Tilstit, And each day and night during tho weeV you can get at all druggists' Kemp's Bal aam for the Throat aud Lungs, acknowl lged to be the most successful rem y ever sold for the cure of Coughs, Crou Bronchitis, 'WhoopiDg Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. Get a bottle to-day and keep it always in the house, so you can check your cold at once. Price 50c aud f 1. Sample bottles free. There iz no substitute for wisdum, but silence iz the best that haz been dis covered yet. Warm weather often causes extreme tired feeling and debility, and in the weakened con dition of the system, diseases arising from Im pure blood are liable to appear. To gam strength, toovercomo disease, and to purify, vitalize, and enrich, the blood, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. tjOfll tar Ctlitlil'l Va Dnnqal sn i rrti, 1 paper roofs at least once a year if they to remain close ana tignc Cann'g Kidney Cure for Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright'e, Heart.Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Phllad'a. $1 a bottle, 6 for SSs or druggist. 1000 certificates of cure. Try It. A good pig should average about eight or ten pounds gain daily from birth to slaughter until 12 months old. Itupt lire cure guaranteed by Dr. J. H. Mayer, 831 Arch St., Phil'a, Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou sands of cures after others fall, advice free, send for circ alar. T f 1 1 ! Tl lil Trior. lira i a . i 4Va Strawberries, wrmlr anrl nffsn In hotter than heavy doses of very strong. Any article that has outlived 24 yeart of com petition and Imitation, and sells more and more each year, must have merit. Dobbins' Electric 8oap first made In lsS is yut that article. Ask your grocer for It, He has it. or will get It. A Matamora (Mk.li.) breeder re cently sheared a ram, that clipped 38i pounds. T razor Axis Otum. One greasing with Prazer Axle Crease will l&Mt twn wk, s.11 nrhuM . V. days. Try it. It received first premium . 1. . :i ii. . - v . wo vwicuuuu auu. i ins .exposition A rlustpr nf sma.ll rii9nuu1.l1 in , an uimj o 0O Dhire trlanirla is a. rich anrl ortictt. rinn setting. k FITS : AO Flta stopped free ny or. Kllne'rtJrefet Mervs Hestorer. No Kits after Dm day's osa. Maiv vrioos cores. Treatise and rL.vo triaToouie Uee to Ttt rssea. beadioScaUinelL Area IK. PalA.r'a. Long narrow coral beads, held by taiy links, form a misses' bracelet of recent date. America's anest TansUl'a Punch' Cigar. TTQ t,tMi r- .l .. yyM w w ariian m I SMTh . His Pbatzk. A small boy began Ins regular prayer In his regular way: "Xow I lay me" and then he stuck fast. "Down," said his mother, prompting. Whereupon Johnny started again with great alacrity and fluency: "Down came a blackbird and nipped oa her nose." A Distinction. Gus writes a good deal of poetry, does he not?" "Oh, no." "Why! I thought he did. ne told me so himself." "lie doesn't just the same; but he writes anv auantitv of verses that rhyme." It has alwaps been observed in public bodies that married men are invariably the best debaters. They may not have a chance to talk, much at home, but they have unexampled opportunities to observe and learn. "Jonx," 3a;d Mrs. Bunibleton to her son, "your grammar is very bad." "In what respect."' "You said 'copyrighted' just now, in talking about an article you saw in the paper." "So I did." "I should think any one with as much schooling as you've had would know tliat you ought to say 'copy writ ten.' H or Far was Her Fortune. She was as pretty as a picture and so animat ed aud lively that it did one kmk1 to look at lier. rne wnx atl lilts out sue is not now. rior soul, the ross 1iiii:t no more in her clirt-ks, the former luster of her eyes is kciii-. She is a wiie-lN-gone looking picre of humanity now. hhe ha-soneof those troubles so common to wo men and needs Ir. I'ierre's Favorite ITescrip tion. It reeuperates the wasted tttrenirlh. puts the whole system right, restores tde roses and the luster and makes the woman w iiat stie once was, liright, well and happy. "Favorite 1're sei iiitiou"' is the only medi-iiie for women, sold by druggists, ?m7 r'a jiositir' guarantee, from the manufaeturers. that it will give satisfaction In every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has le-n printed on the boltle-wrap-ier, aud faithfully carried out for m:tny years. For all derangements f l,ie liver, stotuach anil bowels, take lr. Tierce's 1'ellets. One a dose. A Little Ginis Idea. "No," said a well-known school teacher who superintends one of the kindergarten schools in the suburbs; "I'do not teach my scholars the "art' of painting beauti ful pictures, or niakiii? statutary. 1 think itof a great deal niorevalue to teach them to know how to make a shirt. 1 have one little girl 6 years of age who makes a splendid garment." The con versation was overheard by a little girl, who, looking up into her mother's face, said: "Say, ma, I didn't know they made shirts, I thought they bought them. Cousin Etta and little Margaret (age four) playing lawn-tennis in the parlor. Time, 8 P. M. IJall hits little Margaret in the eye. Cousin Etta "Xow, Margaret, it didn't hurt you, you know; so be brave and don't cry." Little Margaret, (sobblngly) "Xo-o, Tousin Etta, I dess it didn't hurt; b-but when the ball struck my eye the sun came out." Physician "How did the sedative jKiwder affect vour wife last night, Mr. Smith?" Mr. "smith "Disastrously !" Physician Disastrously? Wasn't she able to sleep?" Mr. Smith "Sleep! Why, the baby cried from midnight un til morning, aud she slept through it all." A Gentle Hint. Wife are you going out gunning, John? Husband Yes, dear. W. Whot do you expect to shoot? H. Partridges. W. If I could handle a gun I know what I wouldshoot. II. What? W. I'd shoot this summer hat of mine and get a new one for this fall. THE BEST REMEDY Catarrh CIIILDREXD SITFERISO FROM fa? 3 ? 5 COLD in HEAD SNUFFLES CATAKRir HAY-FEVER A TJartlrl in arrMrv1 into arh n-rtrM nrl 1a able, price fiioenttt Drtitfei-t'i ;Wr mail, rrfmtpre-l, tvetM. KLY UltoTHKlW . - Warren -t.. New Vrw-k. PADIVAY'S KU READY RELIEF. THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN, Applied externally, Instmitly relieve nnl quit'kly cure riaitiM. limine, IV-i-kht l'ltin! 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CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS a to cnosa diamond brand. aafc uruiiM fur Inmvm-d FranA far ua rnr. l .attic. rr4, nrut.u boar. mkIM :ib b!y Mt-t-m. Tk m nlbfr. Aiipt.i le paMctkiiavrd bui. plr.k rapper tr aaiaraai wBtrT-ltaW wrni v UlleT fr Ldlw, Uumr, bj rrtem ait I r.. rrtM: ultra. wtinfit.ii" "" II. am ftprr. JONES 1 1 1 ; PAYS THE FREIGHT. Ji Tmm V ( rcaJa. lrx.n Lmfm MW tar1aj Brta" larai ltoani aiul fraata ( soo. twralnKrUa, of fr m jrtioti this pijT aol m-i-mmmm JONES OF BIMGHAHTOI, BIMOII AMTO.N. . T. . 111 tinilR mad. fc aar Afanta. AH flUUn THE DR. PKHK1S" MEDlVAtiiPi Rlchqaaa, . and WkUk.y I f . mrmA at hum. wlla on pain. Bt of titular. Kent FHaB. n m wttrw l.KT u ra Ca. uaoo a Walwtiall B Fine Blootied Cattle, Sheep. Hoi", PoultrT. .SiKrt1riif !. f'ir ..I.. 'nrai-v with 150eng' frrr.. N P.liyer & c'O-.CtU'tll.l'a P ENSIONSW HUGHES' TOKIC. Mvr, .Siramp hrvrr: Mr ffTt-tl- than qutnin. Try it. imiswf ftrttw if. Insist on having this tulc. 1)ALMS 111 . HHA.l.i.t.. nitl.i'it'i;tii. I's. Scholarship mid iusilimt .o. Write itT circular. BASEBALLS H ! K k- M l- a in. 7 pac.- amln&lrd arrr. qcIUT' rDrC"" acjth'-alioii t-nrl.iiiti; n5 itll I rnCC (2r.) liy aili-'sintf THLODOKKHOI.LA.sD, I'. . Box 1. I'hila.. Pa. umnrrfo nao-ru ro it Hc.5cua.'IU";, MUUCH O rHO I ILLCO.i.m.,l. smiic CATARRH. Best. Ka.si!st is Immediate. A cure is It has no equal. a lag a small particle is applied Sold by dnicsrlrts or s'ut Uazkltine, warren, I'a. SB 1 TtcBssl Waterproof U II n m Coat. - Tr ::zzxlZ"AzZ r ind f M Jmmrmio4 ta" CJ ral7yttW nlftwsebtsJca.Os. X X OaolaaaxLjsl nmmJ laJ S25 r -if m . .