"'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK. Once trip was baited With a piece of cheese. Tickled so a I ttle mouse. Almost made lilm sneeze. Old rat said. "Theie's daugeri He earelul where you no." Nonsense r said the other: "I dou't think you know.' fco be walked In boldly. Nobody In nllit : First he took a nibble. Then he took a bile. Close the tra to .el her Snapped as quirk as wink, CatcbiitK mousle fast there 'Cau-e he uidn't think. Once there was a rcbm . Lived outside the door. Who named to come Inside Aud hop upon the floor. "Oh no I" said the mother, . ' Von must stay with rue. Little birds are salest Sitting on a tree." 'I dont care," said robin. And eave his tall a 11 In in "I don't think the old folks Know quite everything." lxwn he (lew. aud kitty seized hlin before he'd time to blink. "Oh I" he cried, "I'm sorry. But I didn't think." And now, my little hearers. You who hear tills sunn, lou't you use what trouble Come with Ihiiiklux wrontT And when you're warned of lulu, pause upou the brink. And dou't ko over headlong, 'Cause ou didn't thtuk. TIIESTAULIxn. FROM TBS KKKNOH, BT A. K. O. It is well known that the delicate Urout , of the btarling yields itself easi - the wont difficult inflections aud lv tu the actrtbts, aud therefore of all the talking gfanee. birds he can speak the most dis'iuctlv. I But after all, when one oomes to He caa," savs.riuiTou, ' learn to soenk thiuk it, why not educate their taste? witue.iiial facility, Freuoh, German, Why should children learn that which Greek and Latin, and to pronounce , tLeJ w;u aiterwards strive to unlearn 7 very long sentences. " I In some houses too many houses James, the cobbler, whose little shop the nursery, the schoolroom, and chil wa in an ancle near the corner of one dren's bedrooms are considered quite of the principal streets of 1'aris, had i beyond the pale of decoration. "Xhey raised one of these birds which was , onlJ Wliut to be clean and sweet," saya Very merry and talkative.notwitiistaud- prosaic MaterfamUas, as she covers ing the fm t that he was confined in an the walls wltU a blood curuling niagen old willow cae. He was the delight I la-and-gray paper, lays a gaudy Brns of his master's heart, and constantly sels carpet ou the floor, with surround ri,HtBIl nil tliKt h liAKr,l "WheM is of frrey-and-wliite oilcloth, hangs the .Ti.iomm'''" fiftpn amWiI nutfniri wlm did not find him at work. "At the wine shop round the comer;" immedi ately replied the starling. "How mi ch do 1 owe you, Father James?" another customer would ask. Twenty sous exactly," the bird would reply. At length, he became so famous in the neighborhood that the business of the cobbler increased to such au extent that he found himself in very comfortuble eirenm slauces. Overlooking the cobbler's shop were two wuuIjws, leading to a ba'cony, the property of a Captain of cavalry, a distinguished man, who hnd a daughter. Flora, twelve years old, who took greut pleasure in listening to the sturling. Hhe spoke of it to her ftillier, aud urged him to buy the bird. The Captain, wearied with his daugh ter's importunity, at length asked James one morning if he wonl I sell tho bird. "Soil mv bird!" cried the cob- !,.. ,, , . ," , i i I, bier; no. aptain, 1 would sooner sell ... i . my lite, lie has brought me ali my customers and the many pleasant pen pie who come to my shop; to him i am iudebted for my music, my wit. my health, in short, all the happiness I en joy. All the gold you possess, my Cap tain, would nut pay for my starling." J)o yon hear, my daughter," said the ollloer ; "this worthy inau cannot part with a bird so dear to htm, aud I quite approve of his refusal." James returned to his shop more joyful than ever, congratulating him self on having kept his dear starling, who seemed to have understood the conversation and desired to rep.iy the affection that his olJ master b.ire him by repeatiug what he so often heard in the street: "James, worthy man, James, worthy man." Soon after this the cobbler was told by the Captain's servant that the child still wanted the bird. It occurred to him that she would be disgusted with the starling if he taught him to repeat words indicative of her character and habits. Jf she found fault with a ser vant one day, on going to the window next day she heard the starling g-iv "Flora is naughty. Flora is naughty." If she deceived her father, abused his kindness and confidence, she heard the Btarling say, "Flora lies, Flora lies Thus each time that she did wrong she was sure to receive from the bird a lesson which was particularly morti fying to her pride, as all in tie house could hear what the bird saiJ. What James had anticipated happened; Flora hated the bird even more than she had loved it. She carried this hate so far as to complain to her father of the audacity of the cobbler.ilemandiug thut he shonl.l be punished for what she termed his insolence. It so happened that at the very time of her complaint the bird re peated several times, "Flora is wicked." "You can hear htm," she cried, ' will you permit your daughter to be so insulted? It is not only I whom this ugly bird maligns, but yon also." "Foralus!" immediately said the bird. These words, that only chance caused the starling to repeat, threw the child into a terrible fit of anger, aud at tho same time op-, ned the eyes of her fa ther, who, concealing his surprise, de termiued to turn to advantage this singular oirciimstiuee. Not long after this the Captain was obliged to leave home, for a few days on a matter of bumuei-s, and when ho returned he learned that during his absence Flora's old nurse hud come to visit her, but Lad been tr.ated with the greutest in civility. The worthy wom-m, deeply wounded, had gone away weeping, and said that she would never come again to see the ungrateful child, whom she sad nourished and cared for so tender ly. -Martini, this was the uurse's uumo. had Concealed her mortification aud tears from the eervauts iu the house, for she d.d not wish to iujure Floras reputation with tho'e by whom she was surrounded, but bu returning to uer uome sue could not relraiu from relating her grievances to her neigh bors. 'Ihe story soou renched the Captain. who. indignant that his daughter should havH proved herself so un worthy, arranged secretly with .lames to give l l(.ri a lesion which she would never forget. k-iuv uay tue i aptain entertained a larg" number of guests, audit being veiy warm they adjourned after dinner to the balcony. The starling, excited by the laughter and conversation that ho heard sbove his cage, began to jab ber with nil his might. One of the guests paid Flora a vt ry pretty com pliment; the bird quickly criad out: "Flora is wicked." "What insolent person dares so in sult Mi33 Flora?" sniJ one. "It is :iiat viilMUons starling that yon see down there," flora vepli-d, led with spite and anger, "he trios to injure me overy day, bnt it is in vain for every one knows what I am worth." "Twenty cents exactly, " mm the ready ausncr. Flora bit her lij s an.) her eyes Mazed with anger "Hear Lim," she suid looking at her father, "tho insolent cobbler, in ord-r thut 1 should not want to buy his bird has taught him to repeat a t. onsand lies." "Martha wopl !" cried tho bird very distinctly. "I" or nur- J" At these words Flora stopped .hort d 1)' nmevcri p;de. I'oor nurse!" o-ied i bird s II louder Martha wept" "flora is wicked." "Tweuty cu.s a'tlyl" "Do yon be'i- that t e s-jkrtlirg repeats lies?" said the C'iu lookiui; ohsrply at hit igh t r. Father," rep'iei the young girl "I a e plainly that this is your plan to pant mo for a fault which hts very ka.T uycR a. j heart, acd that 1 eight to confess, I was rerj nngratefnl, the other day, to my nurse to whom I owe so much. I thought that my ingrati tude would never be known to you. bat I am Terr glad that the occasion has been given me to ask your pardon, and to prove my sincerity I am goirjg to my nnrse this moment and ask her forgiveness. The starling will be dear er to me than ever and the old cobbler shall be rewarded for the severe lesson that 1 have jnst received. The Cap tain sileDtly kissed his little daughter. Flora immediately went to the house of her nurse and asked her pardon and insisted that Martha should go home with her. What was Flora's surprise on reach ing the house to find James installed as head servant, and above all to find in the saloon a magnificent cage in which was the starling who began im mediately to cry "Flora is charming 'Flora is charming. ' THE YOUNG IDEA. B MRS. TALBOT COKB. Listening to the critiivsma just, and seldom too lenient of some of the chil dren of to-day (say girls of fourteen or bfteen) on book illustrations and soou like, and ftoiug back in fancy to the hopelesH little woodcuts which alone ' adorned the the fairy tales of our early 1 youth, we feel that the young idea has been "taught to shoot with a ven- windows ami covers the chair seats with a "terviceable" black-ground cre tonne, and looks proudly round on things and colorings no power on earth would induce even her to admit into the draw ig room. Hut in what sense would the nursery have been less "fresh" had the walls been adorned with a high dado of inexpensive Aua glypta painted a greeny-turquoise (white is charming in a thecretio nur sery, but shows kicks too much for a "workaday'' one;? Above the dado i. e., some lift. ('.in. high lestead of tLe ordiuury dado mil is a five-inch shelf painted to match the room, on which may rest lare toys, Noah's ark, the big box of biicks, etc , while here aud t ere are boxed-in shelves to the ground lone set for each child), con cealed by an easily drawn curtain of washable yellow Acunthe linen, inex pensive, but lovely in design and color. lue wind w curtains are of the same material, unless the room be a very : ii - i ii s com one, utu a ueavy goui-anu-creani , , . . i nrmluil urujalmrr inu , I n n., int.. mi r l.n no ( . ... .V V. I-.. I. . .. uiuui. Uf ...... ,m I MO would lie warmer and almost equally decorative. A large low divan stretches from on" side the fireplace to the corner, its mattres cushion and big frilled pillows again showing the yellow Acanthe, while the floor is covered with a gold "Chrysanthemum" art square, well stretched to meet a two-foot border of plain brown linoleum. I think most of us are now convinced that scrubbed boards, wl-ich retain the damp for many hours, csnnot be con ducive to the health of delicate chil dreu. Of cour-e in ail case parquet is the perfect surround, and iu these days of inexpensive yet good supply thereof should be commoner than it is. Linoleum, however, is easily washed, inoffensive (if not beautiful!), and dries with great rapidity. An imaginative reader can picture to herself the fresh artistic cheeriness of such a room, the coloring of which could be adhered to in an even less ex pensive manuer. Of a schoolroom in days of yore I have a never-fading mind pfcture, though the original was not one in which I was ever aught but a trembling visitor. How charming could we make the room to-day? I should first erect a large platform carpeted like the room with a golden-brown Daisy carpet I know to raise cosy basket chairs, and a pretty table or two for work or paint ing to a convenient level for the win dows, in the deep recets of eah of which should further I e a cosy, low seat with cushion and frill to the ground of gold Victoria cord. The somewhat dark room a stone portico over-shadowed it should be cheered by a yellow paper with a plumy pattern with a faint blue-and-white ceiling, aud the grained paint conceuled by a coat of golden brown panelled with rich lea ther paper. Gold serge curtains over those of a bright gold muslin wtll known to my readers, cheer the ouoe gloomy windows, while the "weediug" of the musty books shall make room for my favorite plan of arching in come of the shelves of the tall bookcase as recc-at s for china. The lesson table shall be covered with an In. linn-red aerge table cloth, each student having a small Japanese tray for her pen, pencil, and one of the inexpensive glass iok stands which one ounuot pssibly upset A frill of red-and-gold figured vel veteen cheers the mantelpiece, over w hich is a development of my over shelf arrangement. Knrely a bright, cosy, lovable room such as this should Lave been the riihl of the youug thii gs who, save a visit as a visitor too! to the drawing room, had to spend most of their das, aud all their evenings therein. A pretty schoolrc oni is an incentive to a girl to work for, puint for, carve for, or whatever may be-the pastime of her idle hours. It is t! e traiuing school, too, for making her owu home pretty, should she nisrry. Do not therefore I t the schoolroom be the asylum for the old carpet from the druwiug-rooiu. It would fetch more in a sale than would buy a new Brussels, for the smaller room. If it must give a restiug place to the frayed leather sofa aud armchairs from the library, have them nicely re-coverud with a pretty tape&trv. Let your girls be proud to show a visitor their school room, not ashamed even to let her see its gaunt ugliness or its vulgar com monplaceners, and so help the young idea to shoot in the right direction. I shall always hold that the lovo for and the beantitjlDg of our hearths and bome3 is more elevating in the knowl edge of art and boanty interwoven wito it, than tho old world notions of a girl's ' flirtation." The largest sample of cold anartz ever mined in Montana was taken out I of the Mclutyre lode. Its weight ' is i,.. pounus. it came irom near the surface. There are other large samples, which came from tho Sliafer ; haft at the dtpth of 110 feet; one from the Mnssir shaft, 1(H) feet, and another from the working shaft, 200 feet. All are destined lor exhibition at the World's Fair at Chicago. The extent to which civil'z ition lias I een carried Into Africa is ludicated by the fact that Aulu singers are now iu-' terestiug Loadou, having seventy-seven English songs in th?.r repertoire, and are particularly fond of rendering "Hid Ma Discourse' aud "Auule Laurki." - strawberries four Inches In diatieter have been grown in Oitgon, near Ool- KEPT THE SECRET CLOSELY. Hundreds of People la Peril of Their Lives Without Knowing IU At high tide recently the ferry deanier Oakland was brought off the dry-dock in WestOakland. where she had been undergoing extensive re pairs. This event recalls to mind the launching of the steamer Piedmont a few years ago. when the escape from death of nearly 500 passengers on the Incoming steamer Oakland was meas ured by a hair's breath. Ko one ever knew it except the otllcers and em ployes of the two boats. Some of the passengers even clapped their hands as the two boats grazed each other, and imagined that it had all been ar ranged to show off the new steamer. The Piedmont had been tugged to the mole for an inspection of the ma chinery, and the order had been given to haul her out for a trial trip. Full steam was up. and the captain, with Master Shipbuilder Marr and the master me -hanic, stood in the wheel house. They were to give one whis tle, when the time came, as a sienal to the man stationed near the back rudder to pull the rudder-pin, so as to switig the vessel around outside the pier. Everything went swim mingly, but when it was time tor the signal and the captain pulled the rope no whistle came. Horrified, he gave the rope tug after tug, but it was useless. It was evening, and bearing dowu upon tl'.em was the Oakland, crowded with passengers. They were approach ing ierilously near. There was not a second to spare. Shouts to the man at the rudder were of no avail He stood calmly waiting the signal agreed upon, and 500 people were ap proaching to death, utterly uncon scious of the fact. The captain shouted down the tube to the engin eer, and he reversed his engine. Hut the vessel must be turned or destruc tion was Inevitable. The pilot of the Oakland, seeing that there was some thing wrong, swerved from his course, and just then the presence of mind of Archie Marr came to the rescue. Pale, with every nerve under tension, cnowing that each second was precious, he rushed from the wheel house to the steam whistle and pulled it open. No one had thought of that before. The long screeching sound that, followed was the signal, and the man at the rudder pulled the pin. As the vessel swung around she graced the Oakland, but no one knew how near it had come to being a collision. The secret has been carefully kept by the officers to this day, although they were to be commended rather than blamed. San Francisco CalL HOW OLD IS THE WORLD? A study of fossils teaches the steady uniformity with which the work of creation proceeded. Since man be jan to observe there has been no change in the forms of animal and vegetable life. A few species have Jisapp.ared; not one new species h:i tven evolved. Not. only do we find the fauna and flora of ancient Egypt as depicted on monuments which are probably 8,000 or 10,000 years old identical with those which are found in that country to-day, but shells which inhabited our seas before the ice age and grew in an ocean whose bed overlap the Iiockv Mountains arn precisely ie same species that are found in .f he Hay of Monterey and thi waters' the Che-apeake. It Is evi dent t!f.t there has been no essential chang in the condition of life since these animals and vegetable were first created, yet how vast the short est period which we cau assign to the gap that divides us from that remote po-h. Little by little the geologist Is lift .tig the veil which covers the prehis toric record of our planet. The era which preceeded the age of civilized man, with its vast rivers carrying down diluvial floods to the ocean, and i,he bursting forth of the mountain ranges from the contraction of the earth's crust, has been painted to the fife. But no one has exercised his pencil on that preceding age, when the forest made way for clumps of stunted birch and willow, incessant snowfalls covered the plains glaciers crept down from the north, and gradually a vast sheet of ice half a mile thick drove mankind, with the mammoth, and the reindeer, to those fortunate regions which, like California, es caped the agony of the last ice age. Nor have we any distinct perception of that subsequent aie when the ice melted or receded to the pole, or dense tropical jungle grew up in the morasses it had left, swamps steam ing with tropical heat swarmed with uncouth batrachian and reptile life, trees of monstrous growth shed their shade over shiny pools and black ooze, and in the distance long mountain ranges whose fontanelle had not yet closed, poured a never-ceaseing flood of lava down their sides. This Is a page of history which is yet to be written, but the materials are ac cumulating aud the historian will not belong wanting. San Francisco Call. NEW TKEASCKY NOTES. iECCLAR1TIBS THAT MAKE THEM Cft.T TO COUNTERFEIT. Perhaps the principal object of tbt revision of the United States paper money ia to make the backs of the notes more open that is, less covered with engraviog, so that the silk fibres shall be more distinctly visible. 1 he distinctive paper now in use no longer has the two threads of silk run ning lougitndiually thongh the note, but in their place are two stripes, each half an iuch or so, of short red and blue silk fibres scattered thickly in the paper in such a manner that they show only on the reverse of the bilk These two fibre stripes practically divide the note into three sections of abont equal size, and this feature of fibre in the paper is held to be an a'most absolute safeguard against suc cessful connterfeiting. Bat that is only oue of several devices employed to insure the inviolability of the enrrenoy. Each note has an entirely separate design, the work of which is so opt n as to show readily any error of an at tempted counterfeit, and no portion of the design is repeated on th"e same note, so that no small part could be engraved by a skilful operutor and then dupli cated by mechanical processes to fill any amount of space, as has been the case with tome of the previous "paper money" of the Government. The geometrical lathe work of the new designs is said to be the most ex quisite and complicated ever executed, and such as to baffle any attempt at its illicit reproduction. Paper World. Coal was first used in England as fuel in 18-j J. Jt is now known that the ancient Babylonians had a tnnnel under the Euphrates almost equal in point of workuiausbip to the famed Thames tnnnel at London. The white honey most valued it Franoe is that made in Langnedoe, and called Narbone honey, which is more delicious than any other, because the bees which gather it more particularly sock the flowers of rosemary, which grow is profusion there. IX THE FLOWER GAUD EX. BTISO AUTClIJf. 'A stir mon? the trees, the wind's ttr. The wan mist, rising, fades away and sighs-. TheriM-n leave drift taroiig-h the enliaii chised air. Etch one that falls reopening g-olden skies, Save where auionir the silence of you lira "ale winter wakisau l Auiuum aluwly dies." Gray hang the mists on the dull horizon, fold'Dg the half-bare branches of the forest trees in their cold embrace; by the roadside, "the withered splendors of the golden rod" still clow with a dim luster; ferns are faded but gaudy in red browns and tawny yellow droop their sad heads to the chilly bree7ea, golden leaves cling ing still to the beechen trees, acai let ones to the maples and dull pnrples to the oak seem loath to fall and join their brethren in their heaped up graves. And so the Antumndies and the stormy November chants its solemn requiem. THIS NATIONAL FLOCK. tron the hill the golden rod. With royal graee in every nod, Salute the sun, at far away He heralds furtb the Joyous day. latdy In form, with perfume sweet. Atbutu. In roniecool retreat, Kxpanria Iter many gnices rare. And bhuns the ri.iy llg-ht'a ruthleta glare. A dainty J-wel nehly set. You flnd the modept violet: Wiiliin mine cool and sha y grove It welcomes tbose who chauoe to rove. Hut on a crisp and frosty morn. Who Hee the griddle-cake with fleoru? Above tbeui all its merits tower. The good, old-fushtoued buckwheat flour Borne facetious poet langhing at the contest in the papers as to which shall be onr national flower seta forth his pre ferences as we have quoted above, bat after all his lines convey more of a suggestion than perhaps he intended, for what ia more beantifnl than field of buoK wheat in blossom? It scents the air for a long distance anil gathers to it innumerable bees and butterflies to sip its honeyed chalice. Its flowers are delicate and pretty and its foliage graceful so that it mixes finely in bou quets where some green and white are needed to set off more brilliant blos soms. Both the popular name, which it from the Herman and the botanical name, Fagopyrum, from the Oreek, de note Beech-wheat, the grain closely re sembling a small beech-nut. Buckwheat is a native of North Asia and there is a dwarf variety with smaller yellowish (lowers. Another pretty plant belonging to the same family, ia Polygonum dunie torum, or climbing fiilso Buckwheat, commonly called Wild liuckwheit. It has halbert-shaped leaves and leafy panicles with very small whitish flow ers and may be seen in shady places or cultivated fields twining about the stalks of weeds and other plants. The Polygonum or Buckwheat fam ily also includes many of onr common plants and vegetables, among which is the Prince's Feather, with tall, cylin drical, nodding spikes, of handsome rose colored flowers. Simrt weed, with its pungent and aedicinul herbage aud Lady's Thumb or Hc-arteease, as it '8 sometimes called, a low weed, much resembling smsrlweed, but without its acrid or pimgeut qualities; Dock and water pepper and knot grass and sheep's sorrell all beloug to this family as aUo the ltheum, Hhubarb, or Pie plant of our gardens, as well as the of ficinal Khubarb of Asia, is another member of the polygouums, thongh their ample rounded leaves, tles'.iy stalk, pleafaot acid juice and large spike of whitish flowers would seem to claim little affinity with the blos soming buckwheat of our summer fields. MlMt LUI FOR HANOINO BASSETS, No window garden is complete, says a writer in The llounckceiter, without a hangiug basket, and even where one does not keep other house plants, oue or two hanging baskets will give un limited p ensure. They need not be expensive. One of the prettiest 1 have seen consisted of an old tin basin, hold ing perhaps a pint of earth, suspended by fonr pieces of twine, and not even painted. This basket was filled with what is commonly called the fine-leaved musk plant, the iniitiulu tuochatus of the florists' catalogues. Few that have not seen it groan in this way, would realize the suitableues or its dainty beauty, for this purpose. Do not use a large pot; the plant is delicate and fairylike in appearing, and it would be too much like patting a humming-bird Into the nest of au eagle. Place a few pe'. bles in the bot tom of the pot, or basket, to secure good drainage, and above these a bit of sponge to absorb and store np the superfluous moisture; then fill it with any tood garden soil, mixed with leaf mould and a litte sharp sand. In this place two or three of the musk plants, aud as soon as they beeome firmly es tablished hang it in a sunny window. As the plants begin to grow and branch out, tram some of the shoots towards the cords that suspend the basket, up which they will soou begin to climb, and allow some to droop over the sides. ltmnstbe handled with great care, as the stems are tender aud brittle. Keep the soil moist; these plants need a great deal of moisture. Once or twice each week add a few drops ol wua ammonia to the water which yoa give them. In a few weeks the brauches trailing over the sides of the basket will unite below, biding it as com pletely as the cords above will be hid den. Be sure yoa do not let it get too dry. Screen it from the sun during the hottest glare. The plant exhales a delicate odor of mask which is always perceptible daring damp or rainy leather. A PHETTV VASR. There is nothiug prettier for holding flowers than a vase of clear glass long enough to show a goodly length of stem. The practice ol putting flowers In an opaque vase of any kind is usu ally to be deprecated, as "it eats off the flowers in a very ungraceful manner. The beauty of a rose or lily lies in its leaf, stem and form, as well as in its perfect bloom, and it ia a matter of regret when, for any reason, we can not see as much of its growth as possi ble. The iridescent Cyprus glass, tinged to reproduce the lovely rainbow colors that buried ware acquires after centuries, is no more of a success than is imitation antique bronze covered with the mold of years. Ihey are both shams that pretend to be something whioh they are not. The Bhape of these vases, a tall beaker form, how ever, is very attractive, but it is to be found also in clear American crystal, either plain or decorated with a slight design in raised gold. These vases leave nothing to be desired in the vav "'a flower-holder. The curlons "travelling stones" ol Australia are parallel iu Nevada. They re described as being perfectly round, abont as large as a walnut and of an ivory natnre. When distributed about on the floor, table, or any smooth sur face within two or three feet of each other they immediately commence travelling toward each other and meet at a common centre, and there lie hud dled in a bnnch like eggs in a nest. A single stone removed to a distance of four feet, upon being released, returns to the heap, bat if taken away as much as five feet, remains motion Inaa It ia needless to say that they are largely ' composed of magnetio iron ora. 8IMFLE WAYS TO MAKE SOUP. Why is it that so many people think it a hard matter to have soap for din ner, and why is it that those who have the most available material for this purpose often use it the least? You do not necessarily need meat. Bran makes an excellent ato -k, and ought to be used by housekeepers especially during the summer mouths, as it is inexpensive and contains much of the nutritive property of meat. It is made in the propo-tion of one enp bran, six enps water, one-half tea spoon salt; this should boil tlowly two or three hours. Should then be strained and tet aside to cool, forming a stock ft om which many varieties of onp may be made, such as rice puree, vegetable soup, potato soap, eta. It all depends upon what yon put with it Have in the house always a bottle of celery salt, some bay leaves and whole eloves. Five cents' worth of bay ! avea, to be bought at a druggist's, will last a dozen years. Into perhaps a quart or more of the itock, put one Lour before diuner half an onion sliced and three table spoons of well-washed rice. Let this boil gently. A few minutes before dinner add a salts poo n of celery-salt, pepper and salt to taste. Chop a liUle fresh parsley fine, aud put into the tureen. It will not flavor mueh, but will look pretty. A little here means a teaspoonful when cliopjved. The rice meantime has boiled itself into a thick ish substance, forming what is called a puree. Try it. For a vegetable soup, chop fine oue medium-sized carrot, half a turnip, one large onion; add a small bay leaf and one clove, and boil with as little water as possible for one hour. If yoa have any cooked or uncooked tomatoes, dd a few spoonfuls. Let the bran stock come to a boil, skim and pat in the vegetables. Thicken slightly with two tablespoons of cornstarch or flour, and your soup is done. For a tomato soap, take the quart of the bran stock aud let half an onion tn 1 half a cen of tomatoes, boil for three-quarters of an hour. Strain, add a teaspoon of sugar, salt and pep per, one cup of milk, and if the stock is not very rich, a small bit of butter. Thicken with a'lout two tablespoon ot flour, rubbed to a smooth paste with t little cold water or milk. For potato soup, or puree rather, boil five medium-sized potatoes and one onion together until the potatoes are ready to fall to piece. Drain welt, ipriukle with salt. Have the stock hot, skimmed. Then rub the potatoes through a colander into the hot stock, and to make it smoother stir in one or two tablespoons of flour, blended uioothly in a little e Id water as in the tomato soup. Add peppers aud a tca ooon of chop ed parsley. GARNISHING DISHES. It is well for every one that has a oit ot spa e ground to have a bed sowu to sweet herbs to garnish meats and alads. Some raise parsley ia a bed and remove it to the house when frosts come, and it will grow all winter. Yonng chickens out np aud fried brown in butter, then arranged on a platter, make an inviting dish by gar nishing the onter e Ige of the platter with i-niall sprays of curled parsley. It is also nice to garnish veal and mat ton, and a platter of sliced tongue is more inviting if parsley sprigs are ar ranged ou the outer edge and a few leaves scattered over it, Sliced lemon is also appropriate for garnishing tongue. Salads shonld be garnished with diced boiled eggs, parsley, or other green. Boil the eggs five or ten min utes, and throw them into cold water until cold, before peeling. The fluwera and leaves of the nasturtium are very handsome to garnish fish with. The 'graceful feathery leaves of the carrot are much liked for gurnishin fresh "ork. Drngge I Ike Rner. Mrs. A. "That co-jkU mixture I bonirht y--terdav for batiy'i cuM mad b?r vomit, and then made her so stupid 1 feared she had bruin frvrr." Mrs. B. "Mv younir friend. !r. Hossi-' Certflin Omin f'nr is lli on? and only ivtajft r7ei(y for WiiMri-n. Your ilrutrk;i-.t ran get it Z any wholesale medicine hou-?. r.Uc.'' HE WAS TAUGHT TO EAT IT. 'Speaking about corn and cholera," said V. H. Carr, formerly chief clerk at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, '-I re member an amusing incident that came under my observation. A titled foreigner, who evidently had never studied agriculture, was a guest of the house. One day I happened to jit at the same table with him. It was about this season of the year. The waiter served a lot of side dishes, lucludiiig com. - The titled guest In spected an car and then laid It back jri the plate. Taking his knife and fork he began to dissect It, cutting it into slices and strips. He jabbed his fork into the center of the cob aud left it there. The other guests at the table tried to conceal their emotions with napkins. A gentleman sitting uear me ordered some extra ears to show the foreigner how to get away with corn. There was a profound silence all around the table, especially near the would-be corn eater. The following day the titled visitor or 3ered a double portion of this suc culent vegetable." New York World. A so:u that is soft Is full of teat-r. bailor two tulrd-4 its weight probably, thus vou pay seven or elKlit cents per 'uil1 tor water. Dubbins' Klectric Soup is all 4oap him! uo adulteration, 'hereloie the chrui-.t.t and best, 'try Uvbbins . The elevatiloi: of Denver, Col., be iig 2370 feet over oue uiilt above sea level, makes the at nioioh' re rare, dry aud clear, there being cu an average less than six days days each year with out suushice. Evikt Testimonial hi beb:tlf of Hood') Sarsaparllht will bear theclosest Investigation. No matter a here It may be from, it Is reliable ud worthy your confidence as if it came hum our most respected neighbor. Hood' Fills cure sick Headache. A fisherman caught an immense trout in tbe Auction province of I-trla a short time ago. The fish U said to have been over a yard in 1. ngth ai.d balf a yard in circumference. 'August Flower" ' I have been aSicted with bilious ness and constipation for fifteen years and first one and then another prep aration was suggested to me and tried, but to no purpose. A friend recommended August Flower and words cannot describe the admira tion in which I hold it. It has given me a new lease of life, which before was a burden. Its good qualities and wonderful merits should be made known to everyone suffering with dyspepsia and biliousness." Jesse Barker, Printer, Humboldt. Kas.a WORLD S FAIR WORKWOMEN AT HO UK. H Ml PAY. Address, wits suunu, . I.. KILMER V CO.. B.alli Mead, lad. I initC lf you wUh to make SI ONE V h- I A UICO your own homes, address Including-stamp kin., UOH ti. HUVT. Bee3, lX blMOlwIV Washington, 1.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. t...sndnftl Examiner u B. rsnaloa Bureau. King Of Medicines Is wha: I consider Hood's Sar .ipartUa. Kor yer I a confined to my bed lth white welling- and acrof ul sore. To uiy Itrent Juy. when I began w.th HOOITS HARiAPA 11 ILL A I tie sores soou decreased. 1 kept tak ing it for a year, whea I was so well that I went to work, and since then have not lost one day on account of sickness. I am always welt and have tod appetite." W. A. Lehr, No. 9 Kailroad St., Keudallville. Ind. HOOD'S PILLS are the best after-dinner nils, assist digestion, cure heads be. 43 SOT SELECTED RECIPES. BANANA SHORTCAKE. Banana shoricake can be made, at least, a first cousin to strawberry shortcake, "too good for anything." One pint of floor, one large teaspoon royal baking powder, one-third enp shortening, made moist with milk. Slice bananas in the proportion of three to oae orange. grate the best of the yellow orange rind, and mix with one cap of sugar. Split the freshly baked cake, butter, and fill with the prepared fruit. Fonr spoons of sweet cream beaten stiff is a great addition. The white of au egg can be beaten with it, and sweetening aud flavor added. GINOER BREAD. Of coarse you have a good recipe for u incur bread. Then for a change ' try this variation: Substitute for your inil, on mixing, the same quantity of strong coffee, prepared as for the table; ! no eggs; spiee caa be used instead of I ginger, aud the cake is better if yoa add raisins or currants. CHOCOLATE COOKIE. One capful of butter, two capsful of sugar, two eggs, one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk, one cup ful of grated chocolate. Flavor with vanilla. After baking drop a little white ioing on the centre of each cookie. GRAHAM VrOUIN'O. One and one-half cups of graham flour, one-half enp molasses, one-fourth cup of butter, one half cap of soar milk. One cup chopped raisius, one teaspoon soda, allspice, oinnAmou, nut meg and salt. Spies can be omitted if desired. Steam three hours. SAICK FOR PUDDING. One cupful of sugar (pulverized). one egg, bntter twice the size of an egg, s.ir to a cream. Heat one-third (oi a cap of milk and pour into the sauoe, BiirnuK it rapituy uum u loams. Season with nutmeg. the imi-ossihi.ic. Two old wrecks met each other. "I was happy uud tried to be rich," said one; "now look at rue."' "Aud 1,' said the other, "was rich aud tried to be happy; now look at me." Neither had succeeded. A young mau named M. W. Smith arr ved at the mining town of Cripple Creek, Col., with $33 in his pocket. He began peddling peanuta and popcorn, and iu sixty days cleared 13000. For Indigestion, nonsilpation, giek head ache, weak sioiMiich. disordered liver lake betli.oii'f Pilia, For ale by all druugWts. According to a-caleulatlou published in Justice, a London paper, the entire population or the world could stand ou a field tiu miles square. Train Loaded Willi Stove Polish. I-ast week Messrs. Morse Bros., proprietors of I lie well known Kising bun Stove r. Ilsh filled orders fiom two customers In the West tor tweuiy-thiee car loads of etove poll-u As each ear contained too gross, weighing 15 tons, tlie shipment to these two houses was yj-jo pross. or tv ..ons. The immense business done by tins 11 1 ii is a iiioiiuuie.it to the Industry a id niuii grade i.f goods lor which they have eaiued a reput&itou at home aud abroad. The overflow or the Nile begins Iu Juue every year and lasts till August. During that time the river Is a tuibu lent sUtaui twelve milts wide. HIS ONLY CUANOE. "A rrj&n can't help bis personal ap pearance," paid Kowue de Bout. "He cau't Felect Lis eyes or bis hair." "No," replied Upson Downes. thoughtfully; "he is lucky if he can pick his teeth.' Iu China the cobbler goes from house to house, announcing Iilfiaiu.rnarh with a rattle and taking up his abode with the family while he does the necessary making and mending. Opossums are the only animals that make a more elaborate toilet ttan cats. Rupture cure guaranteed by Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St. Phll'a, Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou lands of cures after others fall, advice Iree, send for circular. A blood beet measuring fifteen Inches In leuuth, fourteen inches in circum ference and weighing four pounds Is a curoslty at St. Tammany, La. A I1M1 SENTENCE. So many walls need pretty cover ings ttiat 1 he Fldelltv Wall Panar r?r of 12 N. lltn tt., Phlia., have sen- 'c"Vru i u iiunn mis ran, soma 50,000 pieces of Wall Paper. Send trSUr tWn , Ci .1 r etonsr.o 1 of embossed papers for lO and 12 cents. An Oil DaiDtiuo- rtnnitat.tlu K.,r, . n a dark I. laces loses aomn nf in ci.u ness and therefore depreciates In yal- Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, Ac. Cure guaranteed. 831 arcn street, i nuaj a. si a bottle, for IB, or druggist. 1000 certiUoatea of '! 1 . ;utm. III II A new edition of Shakespeare in words cf one syllable is under mn. templatlcn for use in orimarv schools. I r i i cj ; ouriii ig)pwi rree ry rrr. Kline Great Nerve Restorer. .No Fits after tdav' bottle Iree to Fit cases. i 5ftJ" Otil Arch St. Plillaetnhii ' ! No British sovereign has vetced a Parliamentary bill during the past 1S5 years. Have Vou AjthmaT Dr. R Schmmann. St Paul. Minn., win rna-i a trial package ol Sehittinaun s Athm i Jrtt to any suit rer. Gives Insiant rehet m auu mill um uiueis iaii Name this paper ana seud address. The biggest cf freshwater fish, tbe "arapainii" of the Amazms in Soma Amea ca, grows to six feet in length. AI.BKKT Bt'RCH, WestTolsdo, Ohio aavs "Hall's Catanh Cure sated my life." ' Wrae hiui tor particulars. Sold by Druggits, iSc. An adult laboring man uses up five ounces of his mu.-cle In the ennru r.t . day. ifaflllcted wltbsoreeyea use Dr.faaaoTborap tcu'a Eye- w eter. Druggists sell at 3o. per bottle. In ten years tbe descendants of two rabbits will numb r 70.000. The national debt ot tbe United I States on Jan. 1, 1791, amounted to 178,483,478.52. w in. A. Lelir. iiVi-T''-h'0'rf?iinaMaiiajiassSltsstssssaBSl tSumaa Kadaraaeso The Rev. Dr. Fourthly Th ca pacity of the human organism to stand a prolonged strain is wonderful. I preached a sermon once three hours and a half long, and was as fresh at the close as when I began. I have always looked upon It as a most re markable instance of human endur- "nee" ! The Rev. Dr. Goodman It was. in deed. But a congreeation that is under good control will sometimes en dure a great deal. "Great Scott, Torn! what doe this mean?" "It means the family next door keeps a poodle, and my folks are bound to be up with the fashion." Life. Fathers mart Sons, Old Groggs (President of D. & G. railway, pounding the table) lf you ever want to amount to anything take that butterdish out of your eye and drop that club you are carrying ipside down! Young Groggs (to himself)--Ohi ttwacious! That I should evaw en hetwit a fawtune twom such a fawther as this. General Manager. ail Things Come to Him Whs Walts. Wishlcis Do you remember Wash lets? Bishlets That fellow who was al ways waiting for something to turn up? Wishlets Exactly; he has got there. Bishlets Why, has something turned up? Wishlets Yes, his toes. Mot to Be Thought Of, Inventor This device of mine pro vides for the instant stoppage of an elevator when the rope or mechanism breaks. Capitalist Why dou't vou devise a rope and mechanism so strong that they can't be broken? Inventor It would never sell, sir. The idea Is un-American. Natural History. Professor Can any boy name an animal of tbe order edeuta that is, a front-toothless animal? Columbus College Student (with reat glee) My grandfather. Texas Siftings. Tbe bnd Justifying the Means. Dr. Piecrust What! Do 1 see a jiolice-otllcer in a state of Intoxi cation? Policeman Tha'z all right, Doctor. I got evidence 'gainst fifteen s'loons aready. Truth. A Case of Necessity. Vo:i Bloomer I understood that you have bought a cottage at the sea- j shore for this summer. j l)e TootvUle 1 bought two, side oy suie. Von Bloomer What do you wau two for, with your small family? De Tootvllle One is for my wife's trunks. Cloak Review. Had Tried One. Mrs. Wayback (at a dime museum) Land sakes! And was that man really skinned alive? Dear me? How did the savage io it? Mr. Wayback I s'pose they covered him with porous plasters, Manda, an' then pulled 'em off. Sew York weekly. Plotting Times In I'hlladxlphla. "Johnny," said a Philadelphia mother, "I wish you wouldn't play with those Smith children. Play with Mrs. Jones' little boys. I see that their mother has a new wringer and I will probably want to borrow it next week. Texas Siftings. Another Versloa. Teacher (of history class) What Is said to have been the origin of the great Chicago Are? Bi isrht Pupil It was started by a lady who was out In a baro milking a cow with a kerosene lamp. Ma Time for Superfluities. Minister Sow, give the bride your right hand, and Groom Can't spare it, 'Square. Her two brothers was onlv about half a mile behind us, an' they may git here any minute! Puck When "atm e Needs assistance it mnv w4 . -- r ren der it promptly, but one shonld re member to ns9 even the most perfect remedies only when neede I. The best and most simple and gentle remedy i3 the Syrnp of Figs, manufacture 1 by the California Fig Syrup Co. KIKPISO FI.OTVER3 FRESH. When you receive ftoers from a florist and do not wish to use them at once, if they appear fresh, and their petals brittle," leave them in a box aud put in a cool place, as in the ioe chest, a cool spot in the cellar, or out of doors, advises H. H. Battle, in an interesting article on "Flowers iu Onr Homes, in the Ladies' Jlonw. Journal Do not make the mistake, however, of putting them out of doors unprotected from the wind and frost; either will shorten the.r lives. Should they get touched by frost, immerse them in cold water for several minutes. If they have not been too severely affected they will revive under this treatment Sometimes perfectly fresh flowers will droop their heads wnen placed ,n . 'ruiroot?- Thi- " oftenPeansed by the stems being too long. By oattini gostsd above thejr will toon win. ft 5w 33k i-t 01 K3T BE DECEIVTn SUN -.tM-. r.'MiliulS. ar! Ha, i Uli- liaii'i. ill jurr 111 1101 . j is. iniireth 1101 .' ,n h"'' iUcs Using Sun .Sn.vo r.v. d . Kr,,",.., rall.aiMl ti.a roii.liril(.r i". i 'cr psrLai; vtilUi-ser pur. ' Kill, Tli Kisl.itr him Smvn p.. less, uiirani or tela1 1'1' DR.KI L M ER'S , . -a. r triupsAT KIDNEY, LIVER - o Excessive quaut:t nr. 1 !i.c!,-.,wre4ufl)1( Cures the bad alt. r t-.t . t- ! tv, trying ea. deauraod restort s ! l v.f.r uli wuiuy lmp.21 c ISlood, Eciema, scrofula, nmi. y.u.y. blutctj-s. iciica"il Wen !t no Constitution all run i..,s 0r MitmjJ and a disinclination a.l .-. , m of wrk. Ciirnle Le co--.-rrs On-; I..HV u efltd. I'l ucffist. w Iu rt.:-.-. l u-. . j ' -S. 1 wruss'V -"'. -1.0(1 SUt tUTallds Guuie to II.:w;l : UK. K.1LMEK CO L..M, ".-.B trs i y-.v.:.-. .V x. Unlike ilia Dutch Process Other Clu'HuVab fit W. HA K Kit A. ( iJ.'S ftin ;i'.M;iijuiuuoiuuLua : ' i vi.i.i, i, .,(..,, t t V U vre u ml t.,lbt. ; j ' """--'': ..! i ... ,,.u,:lej JL 1 11 Star.-h, Ai: .nr.,tor utr, ar.a I -r in .r., .... ... nomical. cttnj f.j ti.ua ... ;. fl; a Jl is uclli-ious, nouri-hli.,:. tiilti nufcn-Eo. Sold hf lir;r-rs -..-r-. W. It IK Kit A .. i.ii, !i y,M DYSPEPSIA. Nu other form ir :inl . -; -"! --i . m , rd. queutly with adu.ts, ,s w.n is . :: , cri-Urvo, ad dyspepsia twcaki. of t:..--: . 0t?r mail :f eats Itselt by s 111.111; .! :-r.-ni mr toms, and ts c.incf nu -ur y i:'.:v:t.-ii f-n gome nther cli on. r. N i.xt b.u moe serious results If i- r-,1. ar.j no other is more eav.!y cur.-i '111:1 s-cal!ei Indigestion. It oce:;s with !u:- aul terri lug children and with hp-v-m ( i- : tunn-ii-larly In consfqiu-iu .' of i M u h- sitaii (cat a rib) canned 1 y w.-t f-t, ti 1 :-i-..--r dirt ur ntemperance in cut;nu or 1 ! ? k .1; TI.e u of icy beverages ts i-ait.- .u . this respect. It riantf- -' - ;t:f of appetite, aversion t r-M : :ii v desirr to vomit, ciutf .1 to -i--. a ni sharp p.tlns J it a'.- .in : y .. II the truutt e eo it :r;--t of time, the p.i:i'-iiti l'i r'i ' ' and in eons'. (U -io e I in- 1- rose. It the dx a-'- -n t ; 1 It Is usually :ic.'-niii':is:i' 'i 1 It extends into :,- t.i - C;se i tl r hi. -it t !!. d ... I.' 1 : extltrlne! Wfiikflii::;: It i ' i ' ed in the bejrtfiniii D ! . 1 -ciaH-s to urh an r-xt'Mst ii 1 that the -yini'toni--1 ti.i.: t Hon of the bnwe-s or r,f tii - ' i . violent att cks of iv', - ! r -: , patiy a wenk shrv;oii. -,y, 1 cause of the d is: v-e i s-!: than tn the tniucii. v. h. i, h., 1 ous in roiiSv-qetiet t ir-' .r ii: Ai:d yt all forms of d; t reached wttn th- ai l o! . table I"lis, wlr-eh arn .! f. of th Swiss Alp. I lif 1 Of t tl tltTi, Wlilfll .1. t , a me time Leal n a-d -tr tl!i th- it ot d : Mi- 1. news the power of ti! " ' conseqtiv-nf ly t li ;i 1 m t ;.i : ner. i he .t . I'.ei nar.i V obtained of at: v ti t : cl.i .! . druLiiists havt'n t fitom. t - 1 : 11 st l.y '0. .i'i.iHrfm-i, 1 L'ti ti-.l ;ttn -n th t any fjiit 1 t t.iii, a nt -Ii .ril in "I s'-'IlU'll .: !!,-. Ill .ft. If - i'--i trie - m wlnh ft i - 1- L-tiltfCt- it,.- t-, m ; .ft '1 rTml f 'liiUium t . Mt.r- t Ifsl 1 v t x H.'L'.ttO. -i :-nt ly tti AllflO ' I' MiC IflKfl. 1 ir ; r'prr d'-'t, ti. lie vA-f -. li.i:.l Xr 1 in Hit- hjib , p. t-xrr-'l .f..t th It ret ..lid .- - :. ',.t' h and r'u! m -.a- i' :';s pun ft jj'-t U )i'it t t "m ber nard." liox 2)16. New d y u will rtK-eive name po"U'&iJ t ; f-u; iuh. . r r-?-s is ft!;;!.; l'.-: a .tl li u 1M Al l lSI.K CI! 1.1 i Ii f I'rlCHt Ci lut.;' . r tv miiL h. Il.t , -g. AdJifiil "Al. uHi" bot itii h io.kCitjf. WATEHPRO rc- A. J. TOV.'lV. p- . '.AiS. toDDmtltvri ,: ! n" i who have neftK iiniR" or j ma, phoui.l us Pieo-0'rv it rt Ihouianrl. ft hn- n- t ;t eJ one tt 19 tint r i'. i-i Sild evttfwfie'i'. ."-. WORN NIGHT AN I IASTIC If " ' ' . , ;r'"ty PEKN tY.UTUAL LIFE a-i.- ciimm'i .-i;tti l'tiila.irl'.-ii'i I Age. RHEUMATISM MRS. VIMSLOU' 3 SOOTHING SYRUP: has tieen ntX .v M-.1!inn. of M--.ti-r 5 for li.Wr -uiM!;u u .. Fiftr Year, it h, i . (rums, alt a. a nil ;'i.i:i.-iu. U tbe beat r-riii'-l" it-r Ji..rri Twfnty-fle Outx a lUt;---'- - Dr. KL1NP Si'IAj tfor mil Ba.is s s Fri i.i-.-- -T ISLIS1.8 If tAkQ s. .wr.--..i u ril tiiiCa. t,.. patiar 'I "" h-' -' 1 , J rs.-rt.wl. s..i,l n.n.-s. P. O I t . . SOtku to Da. KI.1SE. Oil Arrk Si . I J :,.J hlXEtti at fiKii Vi ll'liS "'2 pnpo 11. JlJSJ titit Trs.V ,'.t .,- 1 ' .t OF COAT itU ! 1..- -. X HIIS5 jf'l' vg)Va,9lP ' ' " 1 'AZXXT ALkOb ..l. 'Jill ' I - BOUSEMfq CO. ,;nniu.ii', S s I MIe linturanc n. 1 I'-l'' I '!" "IIO W A M V.i I'. 1 'j I tLe 31d
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