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THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and ProprttoT.
VOL. XLVI.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUi.Y 27. 1892.
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NEW ENGLAND.
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WherevtT conscience fli;h: wltti wroug.
Wherever iiinnhonl darn to rti.
And wnmanli'MMl is pure and hlnh;
tin mnuntain-iwuk or i!ln or sea
Thfl soul s one cry limit ever be:
Thank UiXI (or old New Kugland.
The warrior's sword and poet's pea
Are Ihtne to wield, hut only when
The cau-.e of riiriit rtVnmn li tli blow,
Wlicn tliou wouldst law proud error low
Then only does thy f.ico , f ,iv
Uruw daik wilh sieinness from above,
O, Riandly ureal .e KiiKianu.
For those enslaved In life, In thought.
Thy blond, by toupue, h;ith freedom bought.
The arm of Justice in Its in'itht.
The thillilni! voice of (null and right,
T he p.iti lot ardor, clow inu warm
Willi coura ce cnlm In hatlle storm.
Are In 111 y name. New Kngland.
Itrldotport Standard,
A BACHELOR'S BROIL.
DEHOIUII PLATTER.
"What in the row, may I ask?"
"Forcible, bnt i usual, not polite
Teddy I leu, yon may ask; further
more, ron tdisll have an answer, and if
jon can throw oil on the troubled
waters "
A loud langh followed, and then tbe
quietest member of the group attempt
ed an oi pin nation, by nipping in the
bnd the speech of his companion, Otis
Morrison, who was noted for, and un
mercifully chaffed on account of, his
powers of rhetoric
"I'll tell yon, Teddy; the fact is we
are oil sick of coops at least of Mrs.
(trim's way of serving them; and in
counsel assembled, we are, or wore,
endeavoring to solve a problem,
namely
"Whether a chop, or steak," broke
in Gor, "must of necessity bo black.
De greasy, Do smoke'l, or be tough!
"Thanks, that will do; what a string
of horrors! Judging from your sur
roundings, you have been reading up
your subject"
"Rather! and, as Jimmy here always
deo'ares wben exams, are at hand, the
more we read the more we are mysti
fied. Oh!'' with a groan, "how the ho
authors hate I mean contradict one
another! bnt come along if yon ae not
in a hurry, and bring your powers of
concentration and practical common
sense to boar on the snbject"
"Thanks," with a low bow, "you are
emulating (ins. It is, of coarse, out
of the question, my dear Chris, that a
trio of such promising medical stud
ents shonld I e poioned in such whole
sale fashion as you all profes to be,
bat what is your plan of action?"
"Why, we are going to make some
practical experiments."
"Here, in this room?"
"Yes; why not? Hut let me fini-h;
we mean to cook a chop, or a ttteak,
aob, and then we will show the old
soul dowrjfit lira how not to do it in her
own fashion."
"She will never be tonpht nthor ago,
boys," answered Teddy, with a mourn
ful shake of the head; "chat is, if you
are 'prsnky here as in class."
"lint wo are not, we nrrrr lark wilh
Mrs. Grim, and she is the best old
creature in the world. lint to busi
ness. Hee: here aro three chops, or,
rather, two chops and a steak; wo would
have had a fourth cut if we had known
jyon wonld turn np, old man. We have
drawn lots for lirst clio-ce; I get this
nico thick one. ana my ticket says
Fry.' J immy has drawn this" point
ing to a thinner specimen "and Gus
will waze war with this beautiful
steak I" "
"Or the steak will wago war with
me," respondel Gus.
Teddy critically examined the meat,
remarking that it wasn't fair to start
with, for anybody could see with half
an eye that the chops wore from very
unequal specimens, while it would be
only common justice for Chris to ex
change with Jimmy, whose scrappy
morsel was labelled "Grill."
"All right; but why? Hut yon can
tell me after. ITere goe," dropping
his chop into a frying-pan with a
morsel of burnt-looking fat. He was
about to place the pan over the fire,
whon it wits rescued by Teddy, who
exclaimed
"I thought ns much! Cold pan, cold
fat, cold chop! Fire's all right, bnt
that's the only thing that is!"
"Why, would you have me make tho
chop hot? What's wrong in having a
cold cLop!"
"Nothing; I put it wrongly; yonr
mistake is iu the pan and the fat; and
what a pan!" holding it up to tho
light "why, it looks as if it had
served for a salamander! Never mind;
we will coax tho fat to the sido whero
it is thickest. May I wipe it out?"
passing his finger round, "for it looks
aa if it wants it," following up his speech
by a vigorous rubbing with a coarse
cloth, without waiting for permi-wion.
"Here," handing tho pan to Chris, "I
know enough of the theory of cooking
to toll me that was necessary; now, if I
may make a suggestion, you will re
place that bit of fat with a piece six
times the size, the wbitost yon can
find in this pot," passing over a
mall jam jar which stood on the table,
Chris plunged his knife into the
contents, which shot np like a cake,
and caused him to blink, as somethirg
of a liqnid nature splashed him in the
face.
"Gravy, I snppose," he hazarded
when he bad recovered from the shock,
"Water, more likely, but thero is
aomo gravy here at th bottom, the
prime part of your little roasts no
doubt, but get on; bore is a beautiful
bit of fat beautiful by comparison,
that is. .Now let it molt and get h-t."
"Can't I bein?" asked Gns. "My
steak is ticketed 'Broil, bnt for the
life of me I don't know the difference
between a broil and a grill. Th re's
no special hnrry, but 1 don't seo the
force of Chris having all the fire to
himself. Give me a hand or a hint,
Ted.lv."
"Certainly, bnt why are yon pnz
rlod? A broil goes in front of a fire
a grill goes on the top; everybody
knows that, surelv."
"Oh. I sav. hern a minute, this
looks like burning!" came in an ex
eited voice from Chris.
"Don't bo alarmed, it is just right.
I meant to tell yon to look out for that
blue vapor. In with your chop; 1 hope
you did not salt ill
"Mo; I wonder I did not; thongh I
ought to rememler the effect of selt
on raw meat after the professor's de
monstration lat week. I suppose I
can turn it in ten minutes? One book
rays, 'Give a chop twenty minutes, ond
turn it once'; another says, Ton min
utes foe a chop of moderate sie, and
turn it very often.' How i a fellow to
understand which is right?"
"Be gnided by yonr second author
ity, and tnrn it now, this very second.
Ahl" as Chris was making a prod with
a fork in the lean part, "would yon let
out what drop of gravy there is?"
- seizing tbe chop on the point of a pen
holder, for want of a bettor tool, and
qoioklv turning It over.
What a chap you are. always doing
other people's work; bnt I expect you
know all abont it, and can tell me from
start to finish."
'Well, I didn't camp ont for a m mth
for nothing. should turn that every
minute for eight minutes quite
enough for the specimen," noting
Chris's sceptical look.
"An! ' solemnity is a factor, jouH
dol said Gus, the irrepressible.
Next came the last speaker's "1 roil"
but where was the ntensil? Nothing
in the shape ot a broiler was forth
coming, whereupon the toasting fork
was declared to be the only thing by
Jimmy, but Gns stuck out for some
other medium, as "no fellow could
work without tools."
"But only bad workmen quarrel
with their tools; stick to your colors,"
urged Teddy. "The fork bus four
prongs, and, if you are careful yon
will produce a dish very little inferior
to a grill, bnt were you Count Rum
ford, Soyer, and Francatclli in one, it
would not be ' quite the same; it
couldn't; it's a chemical law, and
there's no gettiug away from it But
an thing's better than friel meat.
Bah I It's poison to mo as a rule, of
course. I mean."
"Why didn't yon say so before?"
came not in tbe pleosantest voice
from Chris, who was holding aloft his
chop, whilo he rated Gns for pokiag
the fire without giving him warning to
move his pan.
"A thousand pardons, but it isn't
spoiled, or it couldn't look like that;
it's as brown rs a berry, and smells delicious."
Then down to the glowing embers
went a low stool, and on the stool a
plate, followed by Gus in a capacious
arm-chair, so near to the fire that he
seemed in danger of broiling himself.
"As 1 was saying," resumed Teddy,
"there are degrees of excellence in the
products of the frying pan, and yours
is ample proof that they need not be
greasy, sodden, and notoriously indi
gestible! But there's nothing like ac
quainting yourself with as many meth
ods aa you can ; yon never know what
yon will want, and there may come a
time in our lives wheu a snack from a
frying-pan would be worth its weight
in gold. But gravy or no gravy is at
present the question, burely some
benefit is derivable, or ought to be,
from the use of this jollied gravy."
"Oh dear I" cried Chris, "I have not
warmed my dish: it ought to be
warm."
"Warm! It ought to be piping hot
burn yonr fingers, in fact. Bad luok
to yon! you've taken fifty per cent, off
the value of yonr chop; but keep it hot,
do. Pop it on the hob, there. Now
for a steady hind, don't give the drip
ping pot the benefit of any of those
little specks of brown at the bottom of
yonr pan; they are the essence of your
meat, you know. '
And not a spot did Chris lose, as he
ponrod off the fat with tbe greatest
care.
'1 hen into the pan went a generous
spoonful of the afore mentioned gravy,
and b.ick over tho tire went the pan,
Chris scraping alt tho time with an old
iron spoon, and in adding the water he
was contioued not to nse too much of
"that precious liqnid, and to mind the
whole toilcd np before he poured it
round his chop." But the latter cau
tion was not needed, for he boiled so
vigorously, and tasted so often, be
tween picohes of salt and drops of
sauce, until the desired flavor shonld
be reached, that theso seemed danger
of there being no gravy left
At length all seemed right but the
color of the gravy; that satisfied no
one, the verdict being given in a word
"drabbish!"
"The faot is, I ov r-estimated the
powers of that dash of gravy, and put
too much water after all," was Chris's
frank confession. "Now I have made
way for yon and yonr grid, Jimmy."
But at the same moment came a voice
from the bars.
It just shows how you've meased
about with yonr gravy: my steak is
done as soon as your chop. It strikes
me we'd better make a preliminary on
slaught on theie and postpone Jimmy's
grill. I may not be a oook, but I am
a stoker, anil my name's not Gus How
ard if that fire is right for grilling!"
"Wisdom by experience," put in
Teddy; "next time yon draw lota re
member the rjritlr.r has first tnrn at the
fire that is,' if it's ready it is his by
right."
Bnt Gns wns putting it right; a hand
ful of salt to subdue tne flaro, and some
cinders to make a glow, and Jimmy
felt reassured.
Then up to the table wont four
chairs, when a quick division of each
niece of meat into four was succeeded
by so hasty a consumption that an on
looker would have prononnoed the
quartette, or. to be correct the trio,
in danger of choking Jimmy was the
exception; he was too intent in watch
ing the fire to give mnoh attention to
other than hij own meat, and, sudden
ly slipping from his seat he was heard
to ejaculate, "Perfection!" talking
aloud being one of his habits.
But he hod also the capacity for tak
ing pains; When he failed, which was
seldom, it was from forgetfnlness,
never from earelessne-s. No fear of
a dirty grill from Jimmy! He rubbed
the bars first with paper, then with a
cloth, held the grid to the fire heat,
rnbltod ngain, next went over the barj,
with a bit of dripping, then (his eyes
on his watch) on went his chop, which
he turned in a few seconds, when there
came such a spluttering and frizzling,
snch a flare up and smell of bit, that
the others sprang from their seats in
volnnbirily, bnt were soon re-seated
on seeing t'ie gridiron poised in the
air, while a handful of salt subdued the
flame.
"How did it happen?" was tbe
natural question. "What were you
after? had yon gone to sleep?"
"No, satire, gentlemen! 1 suddenly
remembered that the gridiron shonld
be, slanted so it says in that book;"
nodding in the direction of that table;
" had placed it straight, so I seized
the handle, which was hot, naturally,
and, a et ill more natural seqneuos: I
dropiic.l it! But the look also says
that a chop should bo nearly black out
side that is certainly guaranteed; if it
oidy attains tho proper tint within,
there will be no cause to grumble."
And as Jimmy went on, with his
grid raised to prevent further charring,
watching the hands of tho watou, aud
turning oonscioutiously every minute,
he was heard to murmur, "Right!
Grilled meat does want all your atten
tion beautifully puffy I sure it's
good moat ever so ranch bigger than
wben 1 started wonder if it's done, it's
had a quarter of an hour I'll give it
another minute, though; it's a cold
night, and I shouldn't like it to be blue
in tho middle." Then, pressing it with
his finger, "No, it isn't pongyl feels
firm must not wait a minute now, or
it will be as bard as nails nice and
thick it is! weighed over half a pound
I aboild sav."
"Then, "Are yon ready? A ni !
little snack each; don't touch my plafo,
or you'll be burnt; and here are three
more in the same condition. No aanee
hunger i the best but I've put a
dust of pepper on, and here are butter
and "
"No, Jimmyl it's splendid! any addi
tion would spoil it," the first stroke
of the knife induoing snch a stream of
gravy that it was declared to be noth
ing short of a sin to divide snch adainty
plat into four, but one voltirteered to
"stand out." as Gus pnt it; and if it
he a ape ia characteristic of a wall
grilled Lo that the month of the
eater is iu danger of being burnt,
Jimmy had hit the mark. And very
critically was the chop eaten.
"No need to ".hurry over this, it will
keep hot to Vht finish. We had to bolt
the others bee inse they were half -cold
to start with; but how did you got yonr
plates so hot? there's no oven," in
quired Teddy.
"I had secured a 'medium' that big
pan ot boiling water there and my
plates were taking a bath while my
meat cooked."
"Bravo, Jimmyl You would bo
equal to cooking meat on the point of
a soldier's bayonet, and baking broad
in hot a-hea, but I am strongly of
opinion that the beauty of your grill
is the result of your aooident"
"I am sure of it," said Jimmy, ex
nlttngly. "I saw it recommended by
one writer, but I dared not have tried
in cold blood."
"What! to drop yonr meat into the
fire?"
"No, but the next thins to it; be
says, 'Put a bit of fat in the fire to
make a splutter, and hold your chop
iu it, and, however black, there will be
no nasty taste, assuming your firo to
be all right a different thing to black
ing over smoke.' There's chemistry
in it when yon come to think, and, n.
doubt, it is right
"Yes," said Gus, "just as 1
was wrong to try and toast
my moat without turning; yon
were not watching you were alt intent
on gravy. 1 thought to myself that it
mtiht make no difference to cook tho
one side first, and then the other, but
it did, though."
"True, but there was an excuse for
yon, for one can't take hot meat from
a hot fork and turn it as easily as a
piece of bread. But haven't we proved
that grilling and broiling are two
things? We need not trouble to per
fect our broiling; we'll stick to the grill
in future when the fire permits. To
morrow, Teddy is going to sift out why
the flavor of a grill is so different from
anything else. He has his own theory,
ana ne is not iar wrong, 1 m sure;
something about a current of air round
it, and contact with the fire, isn't it,
Teddy?"
"Not to-night! It it getting late,"
and, springing to his feet, he bade his
friends a hasty good-night, and was out
of hearing before the echoes of their
shout to "come for another match'
had died away.
Ha Thiaks There's aillloas la It.
It Isn't often that A newspaper re
porter is approached by those who
Have a dead sure thing on a fortune
ind given an opportunity to literally
"waller in wealth," but such an open
ing came to a member of The Free
Press city staff a few days ago. It wns
i young man from Corunna who bad
;hc scheme and. regarding tho world
is his oyster, ho was in tont upon open
ing it without unnecessary delay.
"Do you want to make more money
In one day than you are now making
in a month?" he asked tho reporter.
The reporter said, strictly in con
fidence and not for publication, that
be did.
"Well, you can do it Now, hero in
my schema, and I'll let you in. because
rou're just tho sort of a man I want in
this thing. Hero is a stick of Dr.
Windfall's medicated candy six sticks
to the pound warranted to euro
soughs, colds, influenza, bronchitis,
laringltis, tonsilitls and all troubles of
the thorax, borax, and things of that
lort That's your racket nnd you'll
have to study up so you can jingle it
3 IT and never slip a co?. But this
candy is all right as omdy, the medi
cation being extra. It costs us thir
teen cents a pound and we sell it for
thirty, or five cents a stick, with tho
shancesor drawing gold or silver mon
sy. every soventh or eighth pnekugo
containing a $." gold piece or ton silver
limes. Now our plan ia to hire a va
cant store in some town wherever wo
sro, engage a brass band and get a
crowd. You've no Idea how they
crowd around a brass band in acountrv
town."
"But how can we afford to give awa
a $5 gold piece every seven or eight
sales and pay rent and pay the band?"
asked the reporter.
"Tin coming to that When the
band has finished its first piece you got
up behind the counter and begin to
warble your little warb, aud sell the
Huff."
"Oh. ye9; I sell the stuff. And you
what do you do!"
"Why, I'm the young farmer that
finds a gold piece In every package ho
buys, see?"
RIGHT nAND AND LEFT.
This enrions little extract, which
reads somewhat like a riddle, comes
from a letter written by Dr. franklin
to the American Museum. Tbe learned
doctor is 8eaking on a snbject abont
which thero is a great diversity of
opinion. He is argning the c use of
the left hand, and contends that she Is
entitled to equal consideration with
the right That she ought to be equal
ly instructed, in order that if anything
should happen to her sister, she might
be as competent for useful employ
ment as tbe right hand wonld lie if de
prived of the asttistanje of tbe left:
' There are two sisters of us, and the
two eyes of man do not resemble nor
are capable of being on better terms
with each other than my sister and
myself, bnt for the partiality of our
Sarents, who make the most injurious
istinctions between us. From my
infancy I have been led to consider
my sister as beincr of more elevated
rank. Nothing was spared in her edu
cation, while X was suffered to grow up
without the least instruction. She had
masters to teach her writing, drawing,
and other accomplishments; bnt if by
chance I touched a pencil, a pen or a
noedle, 1 was bitterly rebuked, and
more than onee I have been beaten for
being awkward and wanting a graceful
manner. It is true my sister associ
ated me with her upon some occasions,
but she always made a point of taking
the lead, calling upon me only from
necessity, or to figure at her side."
But in spite of l)r. Franklin's argu
ment, the left hand has never yet taken
equal place with the right, and, for
many reasons, it seems hardly probable
that she 0Tt win."
COMFORT ON 'x.tlu PIAZZA.
ten season wof.k tub would
OUT-OP-DOORS.
A dreamy hammock that swings and sways
In a dim ilazza In August days.
Dorsn't that srund delightfully cool
and inviting? Doesn't it sngpest de
licious day dreams, a book of Hummer
stories, aud long, lazy afternoons and
evening rpent on the piazza?
The hammock has long held sole
supremacy there. The i ixza, in the
suburban homes, is the Hummer sit
ting room, tbe gathering place of the
family, and there tbe swinging couch
is always seen. But why not have
other resting places than the hammock?
There are many jn-oplo who cannot
even sit in one, because the slightest
motion of it makes them sick For
these people, who, unfortunately for
them, mine a greit pleasure in "the
dreamy hammock," ono of these old
fashioned ounv is cots, with wooden
edges and crosxod legs, makes a com
fort'ible place to recline. The woodenn
be painted dark blue or red, contrast
ing with the white of the canvas, and
the pillows, o! course, will match.
There are wicker couches that come
for use in loors and out These are
especially snitalde for a piazza. Or
one can make a resting place ont of a
l;ng, low box by padding the top and
npholatcring t with denimor cretonne.
The lid can be made to lift, and under
neath are kept outdoor games, and the
chil Iren's piazza toys, if there is an
anxle in tbe porch where a double
conch may be arranged, let it lo pnt
in place, using boxes and letting the
to parts follow the sides of the augle.
Another novelty will be a legless couch
swung from the roof of the piazza, and
so hung that its back will rest against
either the side of the house or the
coaroar in mi hammock.
piazza railing to steady it It is swung
by its arms, which will need to bo very
strong and should be made of stout
chains.
A very primitive bnt inexpensive
and durable imitation of this idea con
sists in swinging a thick plank by
ropes posond under either end. The
board ought to be padded and finished
with a fringe across tho front aud ends.
If space is limited, fusten two leather
loops at tni hack edjre of the board
and have two c rresponding screws in
the wall against whioh it rests. Whon
not in nse the seat can be lifted at the
back and hnng by the looj s, thus
taking np no piazza space. Such a seat
wo ild lie eisier to manag9 than many
3'. airs, which, if the room, is limited,
must be carried iu and out of the house
when wanted.
Next to couches for solid comfort
come steamer chairs. They can be
pnrchascd for nbout two dollars each,
and can be folded np and placed in a
corner wheu not in use.
It is astonishing bow mnny kinds
of furnishings are suitable for a piazza.
Of course no one will have upholstered
chairs or divans outdoors: bnt thero
are many made of wi deer, splint,
wood and rattan that meet the limits of
almost every purse. The quaint bam
boo stools, wit i queer concave seats,
for sale in Oriental stores, are just the
thirg, as are chairs of woven reeds or
trraan fonnd in the same places. If these
are not obtainable, plain wooden stools
with the legs sawed off, so that they are
as low as chairs, can be used. Paint
them some attractive color and tie
bright cushions on top, and they will
serve every purpose. For variety
fasten two togethe-. one being made
higher than tho other. They are mndo
Irm by having strips of wood nailed
along two of the lowest rounds of both.
Other homomado contrivances for
the piazza are bossocks made
out of boxes. The lids are
A RAitonro OOTTCff.
hinged and padded, and the sides cov
ered with cretonne or other wash
gMds. Inside ate kept some of the
piazza pillows, which ongbt to be nu
merous if yon would have yonr piazza
a favorite resort for yonr frieuds.
'I hey consist of big ticks of dark wash
g.Mds stuffed with straw, excelsior or
whatever yon can find, aud are used to
sit on the porch floor or gnss, or for
hammocks and conches. A thick,
small rug or two will always be con
venient for the nse of those who prefer
to sit on tbe top step. Small ronnd
mats, madrt of what seems to be plaited
grass, are for salo in Oricubil stores.
Tbey are expressly for this purpose,
and are made so thick that they are
quite soft
So much for Beats and couches. Bnt
a tablo or two will add greatly to the
cozine s of your pia.z, A very tiny
t 1 A 1 l V. 1 3
one, jutt laro ruouKu iu utnu n hiii
with some choice plant or a palm, will
serve for ornament ot.ly. 1 he most
useful table will bo ono on which a tray
of afternoon tea things can be placed.
On the shelf below ia bept the bright
kettle and tea caddy and cracker jar,
' and the top is sprea I with a cloth of
light canvas or linen, ready when the
tea things, which cannot be kept out in
the dust, are brought and placed there
' on. If it is not your custom or is too
' much trouble to serve tea, a table on
whose rover is traced a design cf lemon
blossoms and fruit will indicate where
the tray, with its lemonade; pitaher and
itpll
glasses, will find resting place. An
other table, if there is room fox one,
may hold books, magazines and a
workbaaket, unless you prefer to have
a particular corner for your standard
one. And one ot those little table
made expressly to hold smoking seti
ill lie appropriate for piazca furnish
ins, and is sure to be popular with oor
tain of the loungers. I
It may be necesnary to Bhield your
summer retreat from sun, wind and
the prying gae of passersby. Awnings
will exclude the sun, bnt the best thing
fur wind is stout, dark Holland shades.
They can be had to Oil any space, and '
their fixtures being nnder tho edge ol
tbe piazza roof, will not be observable
wben not in use. A tall screen may be
made to do duty for drafts or to make
a cozy corner for a tete-a-tete, besides
being a real decoration to theriazza.
Japaneze ones aro always beantif ul, bnt
with a plain frame one can manufac
ture her own by the nse of any strong
cotton goods or wallpaper, or some thin
figured Japanese matting, whioh if
only 25 cents a yard.
A very convenient addition to these
contrivances will be a sort of bag made
by tacking a square piece of dark cre
tonne loosely against the house, say
under a window. A bow of ribbon at
each corner will finish it, and yon will
find it jnst the thing to hold all your
palmlenf fans. It ia easily removed
wben the season is over, and will leave
no mark on the house.
Booond-floor piazzas, seen chiefly at
Summer resorts in the country or at
the seashore, seem to be now a feature
of suburban homt s everywhere. They
are much more delightful than first
floor verandas, and, thongh not always
as spacious, may be somewhat simi
larly furnished. They are always railed
all around, giving a place for flower
boxes, and sometimes are partly walled
by very pretty trellises or lattice work,
which the most ambitious vinos that
started in the ground below may reach
and beautify. A young married pair,
living in the second-floor of a subur
ban home, are blessed with one o'
these verandas
The wife laughingly calls it "the
spoonery," and has made it fragrant
with blossoms in narrow boxes that fill
the entire railing, and oozy with a ham
mock, chairs, a table and her work.
Here can be set, if she likes, a tiny tea
table, just big enough for two, its deli
cate cups, its flowered plates, its pretty
salad bowl and its cut-glass dish of
berries shielded from sight by a tall
screen. Fortunate, indeed, is the be
ing who, happening in at tea time, gets
a sight at the pot, doubly fortunate if
invited to partake, even though, be
cause of the extreme limitation of the
table, the plate must be balanced on
the knee and the cup set down on
chair.
If yon can't go away much this
Summer make your piazza, either np
stairs or down, ai atlrao ive rendez
vous for other unfortunates, and they
will thereafter declare that you have
one of the most charming homes in the
world.
AFRICA IN PUTTY, OR HOW TO
LiF.ARN GEOGRAPHY.
"I never can learn this geography
les5on. 1 wish it was in the Red sea, I
do truly." Leon threw down his book
and looked so dolelnl that his sister
Faith laughed outright
"Why, Leon, I did not think you
wonld give np so easily," she said.
"What is the tronblo?"
It's the map of Africa! I can learn
the description part easy enough, bnt
I never can remember those hard, old
names. I bate maps! Miss Bard said
if we didn't have this lesson perfect to
day she would keep ns after school,
and it's splendid skating on the pond."
"Well, well see li we can t make it
so interesting that yon will wish there
was more of it, said rait n. "tio to
tho shop and find a smootTi board, a
foot or more square, and ask father for
the can of pntty."
Leon was back in a few minutes with
the articles, and the look of despair
hod quite cone from his face.
"Now draw an outline of Afrioa on
your board and cover the inclosed
space with a thin coat of putty, spread
on evenly, after yon have worked it in
your hands nntil it is soft This is
very well done. Now put on more
putty and pinch into ridges for th
mountain ranges. With this knitting
needle yon can make the boundaries ol
tbe countries by pricking small holer
in tfce putty."
"O! it's fun!" said Leon. "And the
rivers I can make by marking a line
where they go; but how will I make the
lakes?"
"We will define the lakes by bees
wax, mnking them a trifle lower than
the surrounding country."
"Why, 1 believe I can answer all the
questions, " said Leon, after a few min
utes' study. "Will you ask them,
plesse, Faith? It doesn't seem hard a
bit now. It's a jolly way to study ge
ography. I am going to carry my
putty map to school and tell the others
about it They'll think it fun too."
"There is a pleasant way of doing
almost everything, I believe'" said
Faith, "if we can only find it" Ex
change, Heolna With One Rye.
A person mar see as far with one
perfect eye as with two, but he can
not seo as clearly; for the advantage
that binocular, or double vision pos
sesses over nilnocular or one-eyed
vision Is that the former, by allowing
the observor to catch sight of the oh.
loct from two different points of view.
'gives him at once some Idea of the
proportions of Its different parts.
But though this is true in theory, in
practice the judgement Interferes and
the judgement has been educated and
in some measure rendered indepen
dent of the servicegof binocular vision,
by experience and the use of othei
senses, such as touch. Thus a man
with only one eye is never deceived
as to the nature ot an olcct with
which he Is well acquainted, for the
report of It that he gets from his
vision ls'corrected and supplemented
by his experienced judgment and
transmitted to his centers of con
sciousness In as perfect a form a$,that
which reaches those of -nan with
! two eyes. The advantages of blnocu-
lar vision may be thus further lllus
"trated. In rapidly dipping a pen
into an inkstand or putting a stopper
into a decanter the one-eyed man can
j not judge so accurately as the two-
ej cii man. ur, attain, 11 we snuo one
eye and attempt to plunge the ftnget
rapidly into the open mouth of a bot
tle we are very apt to overreach ol
fall short ot It Brooklyn Eagle.
A great man can disappoint his ene
mies most by dying, and so compelling
them to bold their tongues ont of obedi
ence to the laws of public decency.
Tlr Way.
Wltherby My wife got a dress
here yesterday and It hasn't been de
livered yet
Clerk Yes; I remember the cir.
runistanccs. We didn't deliver It be
cause she went out without paying
for It
Wltherby But sire might have
known you wouldn't send It without
the money.
Clerk That's probably why she
asked you to call New York Herald.
Cause and f.RVct.
A lady was recently teaching a boy
ift spell. Tho boy spelled c-o-l-d,"
but could not pronounce It. In vain
bis teacher asked him to think and
trf. At last she asked him: "What
do you get wben you go out upon the
pavement on a rainy day and wet
your feet?" "I gets a lickiug."
Drake's Magazine.
Sale F.IWtBd!
Lady Customer (timidly) Oh, I
should like to look at some false hair,
please.
Smart Shopman Yes, . madam.
What color does your friend want?
Judy.
Tbat Is Love.
She Do vou think that vou lovt
no well enough to marry iPjj?"'
He Well enougV My 'darling,
svery atom in my being clamors for
words to tell you how 1 love you. Oh,
you do not know. I see but your
face, I hear but the sweet music of
your lips, 1 hang upon your smile and
I only ask that you will be with me
always. How much did you pay tor
that dress?" New I'ork Herald.
House-Clraulng' Did It.
Missionary Was it liquor that
Drought you to this?
Imnrlsoned Btirzlar No. sir: it was
nousc-clca n i n' sprl ng house-clean i n.
sir."
Missionary Eh? House-cleaning?
Burglar Yessir. The woman had
jeen house-clean in' and th' stair-
carpet was up, an' th' folks heard mo.
New lork eckly.
Ridiculous Signs.
Somebody might make an amusing
publication by compiling the queer
signs to be seen in Maine. Rockland
could add ono like this: "BKt,
shoos and clam stews confectionery
and harness repaired here." Bango
Commercial.
In a Small Ita-give.
"Carpenter and builder, 1 s'posc?"
Aid the sarcastic policeman as he
overhauled the burglar's kit.
"I never built a house yet," replied
the captive, "though some times I
make a pretty good haul."
Aa Inimitable Exaraple.
McCuc (showing his wife tne game)
That Is a hard shot. Now, 1'IJ
show you how to make it ruck.
All Right ir It rays.
The clergyman called on Mrs.
Ve-
iOX.
"If your husband," he said "would
only believe It, It really pays to be re
ligious." "Well." replied Mrs. Vclox. "it
you could give him proof of that you
couldn't keep him out of church with
a cannon." Drake's Magazine.
Tunnel Through (albntltar.
The rock of Gibraltar Is to have a
tunnel driven through the center of
it In the hope of finding a supply of
fresh water. In case the attempt is
not successful the tunnel will lie
utilized for carrying the sewage to the
east of the rock. Philadelphia Rec
ord. Cvatlilerate.
Young Mr. Flddleback Is Miss
Rcdbnd at home?
(servant She Is, sir: but the min
ister Is talking to her just at present,
sir.
Fiddleback Oh, all right Don'
wake her up.
I.Ike a IhM-tor,
Trofessor You pronounce youi
Latin like a doctor.
Pupil (pleased ) Of languages?
Profensor No; medicine. New
York Herald.
That's UlR'ereut.
"So you still cling to the old idea
that a woman can't keep a secrot?"
"W!;y, no; not entirely. She can
Keep her own secrets better than a
man."
lie Knew.
Teacher Of what country is tne
much-abused sparrow a native?
Dick Hicks Ireland. New York
Herald.
Better Ho.
Tbe conqnette lanRhs and sorrows not
As slifl her conquests doth rffi-all ;
lis better to nave lot'tnl a lot
, Ttum Devtw to haw lovetl at all.
brake's Magazine.
You know tbe thing we oiitrbl to do.
however reluctantly we do it, la i In-
very thing that brings out our natnip.
Life is thus the perpt tuul getting s
sesslon of ourse ves.
Let a woman be decked with all the
. wmbellishmeuts of ait and n.itnn,
1 vet if boldness Is to lie rend in l.ei
face It blots out all the lines of leau-
ty.
t rorterville, Cal, lias an nrrxot Ir r
8 feet 1 Inch in circumference.
FUOM PENURY TO WEALTH.
The Journey was Rapid to the Case
Montana's MilllonmtreA.
Till V 111 1 1 a lh ttin fl lci.Arn.nr
Witlatch-Unlon mine, near Helena. I
led a typical western miner's life)
The mine In question is now owned The Australian dog and the Egyp-
in England, and has produced 920,i tlan shepherd d. g never bark.
000.000 in gold. After Jim Whib -Zimmerman, the American bicyc-
latch sold tho property for 1, 500, 00C list, has made a quarter of a mile In
he went to New York "to make ai I thirty second.
7.0? !!t rool'Ciih 7V I -T"e University of Ferrra,In Italy,
a rare treat to Mall street, which fat, rrCently celebrated the oOOth anniveJ
tened on him, and in one year lei TOry of its foun(lj
him go with ouly the clothes on his
hacir. Tie ret ii mod to Montana h. Green vecetabV s will reUIn their
gan "prospecting" again, and discov.
covered a mine for which he got $250,.
000.
He went to Chicago to rival Pottei
Palmer in wealth, and returned jusl
as he did from New York "fiat
strapped," as he would haveexpressed
it. He made still another fortune,
p.nd went to San Francisco, where be
died a poor man. Another Lewis and
Clark County mine the Drum Lum
nion provides another such story. It
was discovered by an Irish Immigrant
named Thomas Cruse. Although h
owned it, he could not got a sack of
flour on credit He sold it to an En
glish syndicate for $1,500,000. But ho
remains one of the wealthiest men of
Helena.
There Is an cx-Stato Senator in
Beaver Head County who owns a very
rich mine, the ore yielding J700 to (
tho ton net He is a California
"rorty-nincr," who came as a pros
pector to Montana, and since discov
ering his mine has lived upon it In a
peculiar way. Ho has no faith In
banks. He says his money is safest
In the ground. When he has spent
what money he has he takes out a
wagon load of ore, ships It to Omaha,
sells it And lives on the return until
he needs another wagon load.
There Is a queer story concerning
the Spotted Horse Mine in Fergus
County. It was found by P. A. Mc
Adow, who sold It to Gov. Hauser
and A. M. Holder for $500,000 three'
years ago. They paid a large sum
down In cash, and the other pay
ments were to come out of the
ground. The ore was in pockets,
each of which was easily exhausted.
Whatever was taken out went to Mo
Adow, who got about $100,000. Then
the purchasers abandoned it, on tho
advice of experts, and Mr. McAdow
took hold of It. He found the vein,
over which rails had been laid for a
mining car. He has taken out 4500,
000, and It is still a good mine. Ono
of these children of luck came to
Helena with money, picked out a wife,
who was a poor seamstrecs, hired a
hotel, and invited the town to the
wedding. The amount of champagne
that flowed at that wedding was fab
ulous, and it is said that the whole
town reeled to bed that night Har
per's Weekly.
Typhus Fever.
The word typhus literally smoke
refers to the heavy stupor that
characterizes this fever. Formerly
the name was used to Include also
what is now known as typhoid, which
was then regarded as only a milder
form of typhus. The two disises
are wholly distinct, notwithstanding
some resemblance In certain of the
symptoms.
Typhus fever prevailed extensively
during the 16th century In Italy.
France and England. In England
sheriffs, Judges, and Jurymen took the
infection fmm nrlnera hmmrht. be
fore them, and on account of the pre-
valence of the disease in Jails itcamo
to lie known as jail fever. Other
names have been camp fever, spotted
fever, putrid fever, and ship fever.
In England and Ireland it has re.
pcatetlly prevailed with great severity
within the last 200 years.
There have been occasional out
breaks of It In the leading seaports
of the United States. Between Jan.
1, lstil. and Nov. 1, 18G4, 1,428 cases
were admitted to Bcllevue Hospital,
New York, more than 500 of them
during the last six months of that
period Typhus fever, when not fatal,
lasts about three weeks. For tho
first week the symptoms are not
severe; the patient may even keep
about his work. Toward the end of
that time tho characteristic rash ap
pears, the other symptoms are more
pronounced, and the patient takes
his bed. During the second week all
the symptoms, ereat prostration, fre
quency of the pulse and mental con
fusion, are rapidly Intensified. By
the beginning of the third week con
valescence begins and by the end of
the week the fever has terminated.
When the disease proves fatal, death
occurs, as a rule, by about the tenth
day. Relapses arc rare. A person la
seldom attacked more than once.
Typhus Is not nearly so contagions
as some other disease. It originates
In crowded conditions, and its spread
Is mainly confined to such conditions.
It Is almost unknown in rural dis
tricts. It docs not spread from house
to house. A free circulation of the
air arrests the infectious principle, so
that a patient can be safely isolated
In his own house.
When In typhoid fever the Infec
tion Is mainly in the discharges, in
typhus it is mainly in the breath and
tho emanations of the skin. It is
believed that clothing does not con
vey the infection, unless strongly im
pregnated with it: hence the fever is
not likely to le communicated by an
attendant Youth's Companion.
ItlC Ceylon Spider.
The bodies of the spiders of Coy-
Ion are very handsomely decorated,
licing brlirht gold or scarlet under-
ncath, while the upper part Is covered
with the most delicate slate-colored
fur. So strong are the webs that
birds the size of larks are frequently
caught therein, and even the small
but powerful scaly lizard falls its vic
tim. A writer says that he has often
sat and watched the yellow monster
measuring, when waiting for hbj
prey, with his logs stretched out,fully
six Inches striding across the mid
dle of the net, and noted the rapid
manner in which he winds his stout
threads around the unfortunate cap
tive. IT is estimated that over six thousand
women in the United States act as post
mistresses. Tbe largest number for
any one State 463 are in Pennsylva
nia and 400 in Virginia,
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Critic Is from the Greek kdtes.
fudge.
Silk worms are sold
la China.
by the poun-1
color. It is said, if cooked in an uncov
ered vessel.
A curious Industry In Paris is that
of selling toads to gardners, to be used
as Insect destroyers.
I Paupers who die In Berlin while
being taken care of at public expensr
are hereafter to be cremated.
Forks were not Introduced Into
Eng'and nntil the reign of James I., Ir
the Seventeenth Century.
Audiences in Russian theatres are
forbidden by la to manifest their dis
pleasuse at actors by hissing.
The moit beautifully lighted street
In Paris, ana probably In tbe world. Is
the Rue de la Pix. It la lighted with
gas.
The Pennsylvania Railroad foi
nineteen miles weat of Philajla nhia Is
now almost entirely free from grade
crossings.
Edward McDonald, of A lien town,
Penn., owls or did own a dog which
weighed but four ounces when it was
five months old.
A man who enlists in the United
States army nw may wear a cravat if
he chooses; a privilege which has been
denied Hm heretofore.
Licusts are used as food by tbe
natives of South Africa, being prepared
by pounding them into a flue meal and
then cooking.
The Spaniards found mirrors oi
polished black stone, both convex and
concave, among the natives of South
America.
Ducks fly at an average rate of
ninety miles per hour. Wilh a fair
wind it Is believed that they can make
150 miles In tbe same time.
The wild potato vine sometimes
nas a root that attains the size and
occasionally tbe form of a boy's bo ly,
ma weighs thirty-five pounds.
All the chickens In the western
part of French Guinea are perfectly
white. It Is Impossible to find onr
with a colored feather.
In olden times, when every part of
the body had its pi Ice, tbe beard was
valued at $5 a large sum for the time
while the loss of a le, was only esti
mated at f3.
The Massachusetts State Biard of
Health has found that of 1014 samples
of wall paper collected in twenty cities
and towns, 39 contained arsenic in ap
preciable quantities.
The house of Jacques Flandreau,
built in New Rochelle, N Y in the
year 1700, Is standing and is supposed
to be one of the oldest Huguenot houses
Iu this country.
Within a few years past over 100,
000,000 of those little wire corkscrews,
used in ink and medicine bottles, have
been sold. Machines turn them out at
the rate of 30,000 per day.
Mark Kenniston. of Phillips. Me .
had the smallest bear probably ever seen
by man, and be has been mounted art-
! jstically.
It is six inches from tip to
tip and is three Inches in height
A citizen of Newcastle, Tenn
has six trained toads. The reptiles
have been taught to march or hot) In
squads,to catch roaches. One has been
trained to climb a ladder while another
turns the crai.k of a small churn.
The corner-stone of the White
House in Washington, D. C, was laid
lu 17"ti The building was first occu
pied by President Adams iu 1803. The
White House was burned by the British
in 1814, and its restoration was com
pleted in 1818.
The famous OrlofI ditmond of
Russia was once tbe right eye of the
great idol Serringham in the Tom pie of
Brahma. This precious gem was stolen
somewhere about the beginning of the
Eighteenth Century by a French scl
lier. The streets of London are cleaned
between eight In the evening and nine
in the morning. Many of the carriage
ways are washed daily by means ot a
bos i aud the couits and alleys Inhabited
by tbe poorer classes are cleai.el once a
day.
The Chinese make what is called
"chl-wa-hl," or grass cloth, from the
fiber of tbe common nettle. It is said
to make a splendid cloth for tents, awn
lugs, etc. When made Into belting for
machinery It Is said to Lave twice the
strenuth of loath. r.
Blind Tcm, the musician, has a
rister who loses self-control when she
hears music. It is said that she has
tried to ruin several pianos, and that
she smashes every violin aud flute that
she can lay hands on.
Tho Gnadaloupe, West Indies, bees
lay their honey In bladders of wax
about as Urge as a pigeon's egg, aud
not In coin lis. The boos have no snugs,
are small aud of a black color. The
honey Is of the oily consistency, aud
never hardens.
It is related that a gentleman In
Ireland recently, on culling open a po
tato at dinner, found in the center a
ha'f sovereign, around which the vece
table had grown. Though discolored.
it was in a cood state of reservation.
amj g ow R VTOlty orDam(nt to
' watch chain.
I a Belgian paper declares that the
Government of the Congo Free S:ate,
, Africa. In violation of the Anil-Slavery
Conference decision, has ordered 20 0C0
! repeating rifles which wdl be bartered
with the natives for Ivoiy.
TnK Harvard "Annex" for the ac
commodation of women students now
has 241 names on its books. Thirteen
years ago the numlierof students there
was only twenty-five.
James H. Fish, for many years offi
cial stenographer of the New York
Supreme Court, says it is easier to find
a tirst-rlnss etenographie clerk among
yonng women than among yonng men.
Mrss CaTnERisB Astna Hoppfn, of
Olierlin, Ohio, was the one woman in
tbe graduation class of tweDty at tbe
last commencement of the Obcrbn
Theological Seminary.
Thb broader the way, the more peo-
pie you will find traveling in it . J