Porto Rico means door to riches.
The Spaniards Lave kept it shut t.nd
locked so long that it may prove a
misnomer.
Tne formation and title of the Ig
norance club of Rochester, N. Y.,
was suggested by a magazine article
which related the experience of a man
who li;i,d a habit of jotting down in
his notebook such topics as he found
ignorant of, the desired in
formation being sought at the earliest
opportunity.
The officers of the Philadelphia
Museum have received a letter from
New Houth Wales, in which it is said ;
"When the federation of the Austral
ian colonies shall have been accom
plished English and American dealers
will commence to build large factories
in and near Sydney. Several large
firms have already arranged for them."
Many an American boy, as he reads
of tl>e delirious feminine effusions on
Hobson kisser, dancer and best
man and the extravagant mascu
line panegyrics on Hobson man
of courage, good habits and brains
—looks at himself in a glass
and wonders if he possesses any
of the attributes of embryonic great
ness, if he ever will have a chance to
sink a Merrimac, if-he will be the
Tdol of all the people. Without such
ideals as Hobson to look up to oar
youth would degenerate into a very
leprosy of effeminacy.
The Baltimore American says:"The
effort to introduce foreign quail into
this country has apparently pro* e i a
complete failure. Several years ago
sportsmen through this country were
deeply interested in the attempt made
in tliis state to propagate quail from
other countries. Many birds were
imported into this city,and then liber
ated throughout the state. These
have apparently all disappeared. The
most conspicuous attempts were trans
porting here of birds from the Scilly
Isands and from China. The money
spent in this direction was a loss.
The last attempt on an elaborate scale
to stock Maryland with exotic birds
was by Frank T. Redwood, the stock
broker and member of the Baltimore
Yacht club, and a hunt for his birds
reveals the fact that none of them are
to be found."
The Berlin (Germany) Reichsanzei
ger has published an official statement
of the finances of the kingdom of
Prussia which is of great interest in
many ways. It shows Prussia to be the
most prosperous industrial state in
the world, and explains how it is able
to meet the heavy charges imposed
by the political and military situation
of Germany. With a popu'ation of
about 32,000,000, the public debt of
Prussia is rather more than SSO per
eapita, or about 81,025,000,000. It
has been increased by $450,000,000 in
the last six years, but of this amount
only about $25,000,000 was expended
on unproductive work. The cost to
the state of the whole debt is only
855,000,000 a year, while the net rev
enue receive ! from the public works
and state properties is over $135,000,-
000. The net revenue of the railways
belonging to the state, which in 1880-
81 was only $23,000,000 during past
years has averaged close on $75,000,-
000, and for 1898-9'J is estimated at
$100,500,000. The state domains and
forests yield an average of $12,500,000.
A new and a widening feature in
library work has been introduced in
the pub ic library of C/evelandand in
the Cambridge (Mass.) public library.
It is that of looking up references
nee le I by members of various literary
societies or clubs, and systematizing
the same by cards. In Cleveland
clubs deposit their programs for the
year's work with the woman in charge
of this department, whose assistants
look up the subject-matter in a Ivauce,
thus greatly facilitating tha prepara
tion of club papers. The board has
also set apart an alcove to be known
as Club Corner for the special conven
ience of club members, men and wom
en. It is filled with cases of books
most called for by clubs—histories,
travels, etc. The same line of work
has been carried on in Cambridge in
connection with the Economy club, a
society of about seventy-five young
men, who meet once a fortnight to
discuss economic and political ques
tions. The club issues a prospectus
at the beginning of each of its two
terms, giving the subject to be con
sidered at each meeting, the subjects
of one or more essays, and the res
olutions npon which there will be a
debate. 'llie librarian and his assist
ants follow this list, aud for the two
weeks preceding each meeting keep
« selected list of books and back num
bers of periodicals designed to fur
nish the information needed on the
subject specially reserved for th<»
members of the club.
Des Moines, lowa, last year had a
Seni Om Sed festival, and many of
the people wish it repeated hereafter
annually. The title looks weird; ex
amination shows that it is the naina
of the city reversed.
A bust of Oliver Cromwell has been
placed in the corridor of the British
house of commons. The house ol
commons has come to think more of
the great Protector than he once did
of the house of commons.
•Professor Koch of anti-tuberculosis
fame has made a new discovery. Ho
has come forward with the startling
announcement that ho knows what
causes malaria, It's mosquitoes. Now
Professor Koch may be a very great
man, but he has simply begged the
question. If mosquitoes cause mala
ria, what causes mosquitoes? That's
what this patient world wishes to
know. Tell us how to get rid of the
mosquitoes, and we shall not worry
about the malaria.
The Hawaiian government has, in
co-operation with a syndicate of plan
ters and merchants, organized a pi
geon post service between the eight
largest islands of the Sandwich Archi
pelago. Communnication had previ
ously been carried on under difficul
ties and at irregular intervals, vessels
not always being able to reach the
islands. Several hundred birds have
been trained to the service, aud the
attempt to establish a daily bird post
has been attended with success. The
most distant of the outlying posts is
two hundred and fifty miles from
Honolulu, the central station.
Dr. Andrew Wilson of London
writes thus: "I have received several
letters of late reiterating a question
I might well be tired of answering,
'Bo tomatoes cause cancer?' But for
the fact that one takes a pleasure in
stamping one's foot ou a misleading
statement calculated to prejudice peo
ple against a vegetable food which is
entirely healthful and safe, I should
grow weary of asserting that not a jot
or tittle of proof has ever been offered
in support of the outrageous state
ment noted above. One might aa
well allege that cabbage causes can
cer, for there would be no more proof
to be had concerning the tomato myth.
I can only repeat that the tomato is
an excellent vegetable enough, aud
may be partaken of by those with
whom it agrees without any fear ol
its initiating any disease whatever."
It is narrated that when the Well
man Polar expedition, which is pro
ceeding under the American Hag, pul
in at Archangel, a Spanish trading
ship was lying in that port. The Rus
sian authorities were so fearful of a
great sea fight between these twe
mighty warships that they held tha
Spaniard until twenty-four hours after
the American had sailed. This is
probably the funniest thing that hap
pened in the course of the entire war.
If that Spanish merchantman had
gone out lirst and had bottled up the
Welliuan Polar expedition, no doubt
the Royal Geographical Society ol
England would have sent its Baltic
fleet to our aid, and thus the whole
Anglo-Russian imbroglio would have
been forced into open Avar, and the
question of British rights in Chins
would have been settled at once with
out the aid of further speeches by
Mr. Goschen, says the New York
Times. When you come to think ol
it, it is really quite dreadful to con
template what might have happenod
if the Russians had let that Spaniard
loose.
A novel method of ascertaining the
point of escaping gas is practiced in
Ghent, Belgium. The outfit consists ol
a large hand drill or auger, several
hollow tubes or pipes of the required
length, a few corks fitted with quills
through the centre, a bottle of Or-
Palladium, and a few bits of white
paper. Several paving blocks are re
moved over the gas main, holes
aro bored in the soil, aud in each is
planted a piece of the hollow piping*
on the upper exposed end one of the
corks is placed, with the quill in the'
centre running up and down parallel
with the pipe. A small piece of the
white paper is dipped in the Or-Pal
ladiuin aud pushed into the open quill
—twenty or thirty such detectors be
ing putin position at one time—and,
if a leak exists within, say two yarde
of them, the effe-t of the escaping
gas will be evident upon the paper,
reudered sensitive by the reageut, aud
it will at once turn black. The effect
of the action of the gas upon the de
detector first placed in position be
comes evident before the last one ol
a row of twenty is set up. The gas
coinpauy of Ghent causes regnlai
tests to be made in turn in all th(
streets of the city, and the loss by
leakage is ••»<! *»V. w »tray<.l three
uer cent.
THE STORY OF A DRUM.
& regiment In. motion and the rattle of a The ruge end roar of battle and tbe rattle of
Jrum, a drum,
With w rat, tat, tat! and rat, tat, turn! Tbo stirapnnl shot ar« flying with a zip I and
Fear is on tbe face of some, a z.im !
Others stepping with aplomb ; Cruel shells exploding come,
ind steady Is the patter and the clatter of Aud the bullets hiss aud hum.
the arum. But a drum still echoes loudly. Will tbe
thing be never mum?
Sweeping lines, In evolution, fast the wheel
ing columns come, Darkness on the field of battle, where the
Ind a thousand raeu are stepping to the tap- body seekers coma ;
ping of the drum ! The storm of death Is «*nded and displayed
There are countenances glum, the struggle's sum—
There are sensoß dull and numb, A pallid face, a drum ;
But a boy is stepping proudly there, he's There is blood aud both are dumb,
playing on the drum. A story of a drummer and a story of a drum !
—T. E. McUratb, in Sew York Sun.
"f\ 10< I i YTXTN 0 VAN.'' 1
A Regular in C Troop. t
' Y W. I>. rO"T,TFTI.
Tattoo had just sounded, and the
oien were making down their bunUs
for the night when the first sergeant
entered the barrack room and called
for Private Donovan.
"Here!" answered a voice from the
lower end of the room.
"Report to the adjutant, mounted,
for courier duty as soon as you can
possibly get ready," and the sergeant
ilosed the door with a bang.
The young fellow who had answered
(he sergeant's inquiry was not more
ihau 19, but tall aud well-made, with
that trim appearance for which the
imerican soldier is noted. As he was
foiling a blanket and getting together
the articles usually required for such
iuty, the first sergeant again entered
tnd impatiently commanded him to
aiake haste.
"Never mind any extras, Mickey;
ihe adjutant seems to be in a terrible
lurry to get you off; so just take an
txtra hundred rounds of ammunition
»nd enough rations to last you for one
lay, get your horse aud report to him
it his quarters. The sentinel has or
iers to let you in the stable to get the
tnimal out."
"All right, sarge, old boy," said
Mickey, with an utter disregard of the
liffereuce in rank that was common in
ihe days of frontier service.
Twenty minutes later Donovan drew
rein at the adjutant's quarters and
lismounted,but before he could tie up
tiis horse Ihe door opened, aud Lieu
tenant Haley appeared.
"Private Donovan, C troop, reports
{or detached service, sir, "and Mickey's
right hand was raised to his hat with
military promptitude.
"Very well,Donovan,tie your horse
to that post and come inside."
Whe'n h ■ entered tha room the lieu
tenant addressed him iu serious tones:
"I want to tell you, Donovan, that
Ihe duty you are about to tnter upon
Is fraught with great danger to your
lelf, and, iu fact, you stand a good
•hance of never returning; for I want
you to ride to the railroad with a nies
lage to the commanding officer, who
has gone there to meet his daughter,
[ have just received news by a scout
that the whole Cheyenne nation >yill
probably be on the war-path by day
tight tomorrow."
Mickey did not wince, and the
lieutenant went on: "If you succeed
in getting through, the general can
remain thereuntil the mounted troops,
(vliicli will immediately follow you,
irrive to escort liiin to the post. 11
you can get through Dead Man's
L'anon very early in tbe morning you
may be in time to cross the open
country before the Indians are astir."
"If there is such a thing as reaching
the place I will deliver your message
to the general," said Mickey. "Any
written message to be carried, sir?"
"i'es; here is a paper you will de
liver to General Parr, if you manage
to get through, which explains your
journey to him. The train is not due
at Rock Creek until about 10 o'clock
in the morning, so you have time to
ride the distance with a good horse."
Donovan took the orders, placed
them iu the inside pocket of his blan
ket shirt, unhitched his horse and
leaped into the saddle. He crossed
the parade at a sweeping gallop and in
a few minutes was lost to sight in the
darkness. General Parr was an offi
cer who commanded the respect and
good-will of every man iu his regi
ment. His daughter was worshipped
by all the enlisted men because of her
kindly ways aud the interest she man
ifested iu them upon lier anuual visits
to the post! She had discovered on a
previous visit that Mickey was the
pupil of an intelligent man iu one of
the troops, and she at once interested
herself in his studies, assisting him
in many a lesson while he was on duty
as orderly at her father's quarters.
To this young fellow, whose only
memories were of kicks and cuffs,
home ess wanderings aud starvation,
this lovely young girl seemed a being
of auother world. He thought of her
as he rode along through the darkness
and felt a thrill of pride in the fact
that he had beeu selected to warn her
father of the threatened danger and
probably save her from death at the
hands of the Indians.
At the end of three hours Mickey
had reached the first range of hills,
and he knew it must be after midnight.
He did not want to push his horse too
hard at the start, for if he succeeded
in getting through the canon there
was still a stretch of level prairie
over which he must race for 30 miles
to reach the railroad, and if the In
dians were out again it might end in a
race for life.
After allowing his horse to browse
for a few minutes, he tightened the
saddle-girth, mounted and set out for
the next range. It was difficult work
riding down the steep incline into the
valley, but once at the foot he raced
across the bottom lands and did not
draw rein until the tow'ering heights
of the Black Hills loomed up before
him. Here he gave his horse a short
rest,while he himself munched aliard
tack and refreshed himself with coffee
from his canteen.
He decided to take the trail leading
over the summit instead of going
through the canon, for he reasoned
that he would be in a better position
to make a light outside the canon than
in it, if the Indians had already en
tered, and also he stood a greater
chance of escaping observation.
By the time he reached the summit
of the range great bars of golden light
were beginning to shoot through the
eastern heavens. He anxiously scanned
the prairie that stretched away below
him to the horizon, but not a living
thing could he see upon it. Congrat
ulating himself upon this, he pushed
rapidly across the mesa that formed
the divide and was about to take the
trail in descent when his attention
was attracted by a dark, cloud-shaped
object that had suddenly risen upon
the verge of the southern horizon.
There was no need to ask what it
was. "Indians" was Mickey's first
thought. As he watched it the cloud
grew larger and larger until he was
able to distinguish the outlines of the
ponies and riders.
The young trooper knew that it
would be impossible for him to cross
the prairie without being discovered,
but he did not falter. He had no idea
of giving up. He opened the flap of
his saddle pocket that contained the
extra ammunition, loosen* I his revol
ver in its holster and was about to
urge his horse down the trail when he
saw another cloud of dust rising di
rectly east of him and in the direction
he must travel.
Mickey began to think that all the
Indians in Wyoming were out. Sud
denly his heart almost stood still, for
out of the dust emerged :i government
ambulance. There was no mistaking
it. The four mules were .on a "dead
run,"and the driver was lashing them
to their utmost speed.
Mickey divined that the general aud
his daughter were occupants of the ve
hicle, and his first thought was, "What
cau I do to save the young lady?" for
he could see the Indians were in full
cry and endeavoring to reach the
canon ahead of the ambulance.
He noted with joy that it would be
impossible for them to intercept it,
and in the same instant a thought came
to him by which he might save both
father aud daughter. It was a des
perate resolve, which might cost his
life, as he knew, but no thought of
self-preservation eutered his mind.
He led his horse into the thick brush
alongside the trail, took the extra am
munition from the saddle pockot and
rapidly descended to a point about 50
feet above the roadway which com
manded the entrance to the canon and
at tlie same time sheltered him from
attack, except from above.
The canon is so narrow at its open
ing that not more than one vehicle at
a time can enter; on the north side the
wall rises sheer to the summit of the
mountain, but the southern face is
broken up into rough ledges that form
excellent hiding places as well as for
midable barriers.
To gat at him the Indians would
have either to force a passage and
climb the steep side of the cliff or
mount by a trail to the summit and
then cautiously descend from rock to
rock. Settling himself behind his
breastwork and scattering cartridges
around within easy reach of his hand,
he waited for the ambulance to pass.
For one instaut he was tempted to
hail it as it passed and secure the aid
of tlie general and the driver, but he
dismissed the thought, for to stop the
ambulance would be to endanger "the
young lady."
As the team dashed into the canon
Mickey noted that the mules were
running with a lightness which show ed
them to be comparatively fresh and
good for at least 20 miles. He caught
a glimpse of the general with a car
bine firmly grasped in his hand, and
on the back seat he saw a white, fright
ened face, the image of which never
after left him.
When the Indians advanced to
within 50 yards of the opening, utter
ing fiendish yells of triumph in the
expectation of speedily overtaking the
ambulance, which, they knew, conld
not keep up the breakneck pace
through the tortuous windings of the
canon, they were surprised and
stopped by the reports of three shots
which rang out from the ledge of
rocks on the face of the cliff.
Three Indians hung limp upon
their ponies as the whole baud rode
back out of gunshot.
Black Eagle, who commanded the
Indians, was sharp enough to know
that the attacking party were not sol
diers, for otherwise there would have
been a charge. He reasoned that the
party must be a very small one to be
intrenched in such a manner. Seud
ing forward a dozen warriors to draw
the fire of the besieged, he closely
watched the face of the cliff and made
out that but one man was firing.
Moving his band south until they
disappeared from the view of any one
on the rocks, he hurried them swiftly
townrd the opening, intending to
make a dash into the canon and trust
ing to the swiftness of the movement
to disconcert the marksman above. He
planned to send the main body on in
pursuit of the ambulance, while a suf
ficient number remained to dislodge
the man who was preventing them
from following their prey.
Mickey waited for the mpearance
of the Indians with every nerve strung
to its highest tension. He thrilled
with satisfaction at each moment's de
lay, for he knew that the troops fol
lowing him would make good time
and probably meet the ambulance be
fore the Indians could overtake it.
When they had reached the point of
vantage sought, Black Eagle's signal
was given, and they dashed into the
opening. Crack! crack! crack! went
Mickey's carbine. Then as rapidly as
he could fire he discharged the six
shots from his revolver. He noted a
confused jumble of ponies aud Indians
in the centre of the road way, but others
jumped over them, and he saw them
streaming away far up the canon.
Again the carbine cracked. Six,
seven, eight are down; nine, no, he
had miss.-d that fellow. "Strange,"
he thought, "that I cannot hit that red
pate; the fellow must bear a charmed
life." Again the hideously painted
face came within range, and us Mickey
rired he was filled with exultation to
see the savage roll down the rocks.
Now tufted heads were beginning
to appear from behind every boulder,
and shots were spattering on the rocks
around him Ah—-had a hot iron beeu
thrust though his left shoulder? A
moment later his right foot also was
seared by an Indian bullet.
He hardly felt the pain of his
wounds. He was thinking of the fair
young girl, whose image was indelibly
imprinted upon his heart as she was
whirled past him a short time before.
Suddenly a rock rolled dowu from
above. He turned to look up. There
was a blinding flash before liis eyes
and then darkness.
When the general returned at the
head of the cavalry troop to the scene
of Mickey's adventure he found the
lad lying where he had fallen. He
was dead, but the body had not been
mutilated, for the Indians had been
driven off by the approach of the
troops.
In the regimental descriptive book
of the Fifteen cavalry the following re
mark is entered opposite the name of
Michael Donovan, C troop, in the
handwriting of General Parr:
"Born in obscurity, reared in pov
erty and ignorance, yet possessed of
the divine attributes of a hero! The
voluntary sacrifice of life that others
might live is greater than the duty of
a soldier; it is true heroism."—Youth's
Companion.
UUAINT AND CURIOUS.
There are 400,000,000 Chinese.
Cameron, Mo., has a four-legged
chicken.
Switzerland has a deaf and dumb
Salvation Army corps.
There is a well in West Virginia
which discharges natural gas with a
roar that can be heard six miles away.
A Jananese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parents as some slight
recompense for their trouble in rear
ing her.
As to the length of life of fish, it is
said that the ordinary carp, if uot in
terfered with, would live about five
hundred years.
Seymour lveyser, postmaster at
Manheim, X. I'., lias an apple tree
which was brought from Holland in
the seventeenth century. It still
bears fruit
The time necessary for the conver
sion of a forest tree, or a part of it,
into a printed paper in a recent test
made in Germany was two hours and
thirty-five minutes.
A queer exhibition was recently
held in Berlin, Germany, that of the
Vegetarian society, in which sixty
children were shown who have never
touched other nutriment than vegeta
rian.
In Berlin the firemen wear water
jackets with a double skin, which they
are able to fill with water from the
hose. If the space between the two
layers becomes overfilled the water
escapes through a valve at the top of
the helmet.
The Sandwich Islanders estimate
women by their weight. The Chinese
require them to have deformed feet
and black teeth. A girl must be tat
tooed skyblue and wear a nose-ring to
satisfy a South Sea Islander. African
princes require their brides t-j have
their teeth filed like those of a saw.
The Age of Miti'vel*.
We have witnessed the accomplish
ment of many apparent "miracles" in
recent years, such as the freezing of
mercury into a solid bar when poured
into a white hot crucible, by means of
liquid air;tlie making of light without
heat by means of electric vibrations in
vacuum tubes; looking through solid
bodies by means of the Roeutgen rays;
studying the beating heart of a living
person, and seeing his skeleton through
the fleshy tissue and even through the
garments; telegraphing without wires;
transmitting autographs and likenesses
by telegraph; diving beueaththe waves
in a submarine boat; analyzing the
sun and stars by the spectroscope:
measuring the heat of the moon and
stars by the bolometer; operating rail
way trains and street cars with the
electric force; moving carriages and
horses by the storage battery; imitat
ing the flight of birds by means of
the aeroplane,and many other equally
marvelous achievements.
Some of these discoveries and in
ventions, says the Philadelphia Record,
are still in an experimental stage;
some are interesting mainly to the
student of original research in pure
science while others have aa iinme
iliuta uractical value.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
A French scientist has succeeded in
obtaining metallic calcium free from
impurities.
Dr. Sharpbil says : The elephant
does not smell with his trunk. His
olfactory nerves are contained in a
single nostril, which is in the roof of
the mouth, near the front.
Foreign authorities assert that tuber
culosis is prevalent in all countries,
irrespective of climate and other con
ditions. In Europe, Professor Ley
den states that it is responsible for at
least 1,000,000 deaths annually.
A French army surgeon claims sev
eral advantages for a bullet of com
pressed paper covered with polished
aluminum, the chief being that the
wounds are surgically clean, hea'.ing
with little risk of blood poisoning.
Ooroninm, a chemical element
hitherto found only by spectroscopic
examination in the sun's corona, has
been found by Professor Nasini in the
gases given off by Mount Vesuvius.
It is supposed to be much lighter than
hydrogen.
.From 11215 answers to questions pub
lished two or three years ago, Messrs.
V.and C. Henri find that a person's
first memory may be of an event oc
curring as early as the age of six
months or as lute as eight years—two
to four years being the usual age.
A boring has just been made at
Rybintz, in Silesia, in which the earth's
crust has been penetrated to the depth
ever attuned so far. The boring was
made for scientific purposes. No
unusual features, however, presented
themselves, except that the thermom
eter indicated at that depth the pretty
high temperature of 150 degrees Fah
renheit.
ICelic* of tli«» S|»tui*h Armaria.
One of the most fatal spots for Ar
mada ships had been Sligo bay, Ire
land. When Geoffrey Fenton went
to view the scene of disaster, he found
Spanish guns sunk half a horseman's
staff in the shifting sand, and "num
bered in one strand of less than fivei
miles in length above 1100 dead
corpses of men which the sea had
driven upon the shore;" and the
country people told him "the like was
in other places, though not of like
number." Somewhat later, the lord
deputy, on his way, as he expressed
it, to despatch "those rags" of the
Spaniards which still infected the
country, saw with amazement the
masses of wreckage scattered along
a beach on the same coast—timber
enough to build "live of the greatest
ships that evtr I saw, besides mighty
great boats, cables and other cordage,
and some such masts for bigness and
length as I never saw any two could
make the like." A copy of the sail
ing directions given by Medina Si
donia, found perhaps in some cap
tain's sea-chest among the wreckage,
fell into the lord deputy's hands. A
grim smile must have flitted over his
face as he read the words: "Take great
lieed lest you fall upon the Islaud of
Ireland for fear of the harm that may
happen unto you upon that coast."
An Armada relic still more touching
than these instructions is part of a
letter written off Dingle, Kerry, by a
Spanish captain, begging the presi
dent of Minister for friendly treat
ment. Into a bundle of state papers
which tell, in the language of the vic
tors, the awful story of shipwreck and
bloodshed on the Irish coast, this
fragment, rusty and stained as if by
salt water, has strayed like a wail
from the vanquished.—Century Maga
zine.
An Historic Cnri-luirp.
An historic carriage owned by the
late Dr. Evans has been offered for
sale at the Paris Tattersall establish
ment, but it was decided at the last
moment to retain the vehicle as an
item of the estate. In it the doctor
left Paris with tlie Empress Eugene
on Sept. J, 1870, when he was assist
ing her to reach England. It is in
tended by the heirs of the noted den
tist to transfer the carriage to the
Evans Museum, which is to be
founded in America under the clauses
of the doctor's will.
The vehicle will be temporarily
handed over to the care of the old
coachman who drove the empress, her
attendants and the doctor to the coast
in 1870, when she was about to em
bark for England in Sir John Bur
govne's yacht. The vehicle is a lan
dau with accommodations for four
persons, and was built in 18(57 for the
Exhibition. About ten years since
Dr. Evans had it recleaned and reem
belisued, in order to make a journey
to Greeuvillc over the same ground
as that traversed by liiin with the
Empress in 1870. Daring that long
drive he stopped at the same places
en route as those selected on the
memorable journey.—London Daily
Telegraph.
Fruit Oremlnj* for Shows.
The best dressing for black leather
is orange juice. Take a slice or quar
ter of an orange and rub it thoroughly
all over the shoe or boot and allow it
to dry. Then brush briskly with soft
brush until it shines like a looking
glass. A most convenient dressing
for tan shoes is the inside of a banana
skin. This is rubbed well and evenly
all over the shoe, and removing all
spots and dirt as well a* giving a
fine polish, which last is brought out
by using a flannel cloth for wiping dry
and another clean flannel for polish
ing. A slice of lemon is also used as
a tan leather dressing. Patent leather
must never be blacked or polished
with anythiug but an oil. They
the hardest kind of shoes to keep in
good order. It is necessary to take
a clean sponge and clean them from
all dirt before applying the oil. It
may then be rubbed dry at once with
a flannel or other soft cloth which will
not scratch the patent —Com
mercial Tribune.