| AUNT CHILLY. ] ft BY E. C. S. MARSH. My first remembrance of our old lA.unt Chilly was when, as housekeeper my grandmother's, she sailed about shrough the hall and library in a bright dress and snowy apron, with an energetic fling to her brilliant turban, arranging flowers and dusting china; or when she stood in the great kitchen jwith one hand raised to her cheek and "bossed de niggahs." We children bad such wholesome awe of her that if jwe were planning mischief thfe cry, "Aunt Chilly's coming," was a signal for rapid rout. Tho' I feared her twitching mouth jand scornful eyes about as much as I (feared sin and Satan, still there was a •trange fascination about her, and I •would often stand in the kitchen door way for an hour at a timo to see her ecold brown Tilly, and cuff black Ran dolph, and occasionally mutter strange things about my grandmother which it was hard to understand. Sometimes .'t was: "Mrs. Gray got no business to ruin dem debilish chillen wid cakes," or "Pity 'bout Mrs. Gray. She had bet ter mind how she asks folks to break fas' 'dout tellin' me." Only at meal time did she throw off her habitual grimness. Then, seated at the head of a long table surrounded by wooly heaus, some turbaned and j some bristling with pig-tails, she would brandish a chicken-bone and tell of ber adventures in the great world — What she had seen in New York —when Visiting my mother, how she had trav eled in elevated cars, and had been to the hippodrome, and seen a lion and tiger and cooked in a basement kitchen, and ridden in an elevator. Her motions were so dramatic and her language so vivid that I wondered why I had not heard before what a realm of wonders I had lived in, and how iuperior we were to the other grand children who hau not ridden in ele vated cars and diu not have basement kitchens. Sometimes a loud "Haw, haw,' 'would ring around the table, (mil rows of white teeth glisten, and Sometimes strange queries came from the listeners. "Aunt Chilly," said «mall Margaret ..nn, ner eyes glisten ing with eagerness, "is it nicer out der flen what it is in yere?" Aunt Chilly eyed the questioner contemptuously, ind, not wishing to commit herself, bit >t corn muffin in silence. Then the con versation changed to ' Punch and Judy," and still she took the lead. With her head cocked on one side she squeaked "Judy's" song tnl the laugh ter woke the echoes. When sue had her fill of applause, and the chicken bones were picked, she would commence again to sail about, and frown and mutter and whack. On Sunday afternoons, when we chil dren and Aunt Chilly were locked uji in the nursery to be kept quiet, she would condescend to tell us tales of former glory, of our uncles and father c "reed bird suppers." "Marse George was so fussy, wouldn't hab nobodv cook his supper but me." "Do you remember Colonel Rombey, who died in the war?" I once asked. "I 'member Colonel Rombey," said Aunt Chilly wrathfully. "Reckon 1 knows de las' time he was to our bouse. Had muffins and terrapin for tea. Said I cooked 'em better'n Del monico. Mrs. Cornelius Lockton, she said nobody nebbah cooked canvas ducks like me, and she's been to Bos ton." Then followed a long string of compliments which she had treasured, and which were familiar to us all. Sometimes we begged her to " 'spound de scriptures," and she would talk about "bein' clothed wid de sun, and de moon under der feet," and 1:11 bow "Satan coquetted wid Job." But her religious moods did not last long and were generally followed by u gloomy silence, more ominous than threats. Once and only once did I try to con quer Aunt Chilly. I wished a certain receipt, and though I had heard my grandmother say that it would be easier to wriggle a secret from Talley rand than a direct answer from Chilly, in my boundless conceit I determined to wring it from her. Accordingly 1 went boldly into the kitchen, pen and Ink in hand. As I sat breezily down I told Aunt Chilly how delicious Mrs. Jones thought her cold-slaw dressing, and how she had begged me for the receipt. Aunt Chilly sniffed danger from afar. She gave me one wither ing glance, and stirred more violently the batter she was mixing. "Now, Aunt Chilly." I said, as 112 wrote "Cold Slaw Dressing" at the top of the page. "What do you make it of?" "Miss Betty," said Aunt Chilly sol emnly, "I don't know nuffin' 'bout it." This being a usual form of response I answered quite cheerfully, "Oh, yes, Aunt Chilly, we had it yesterday, you know. There is vinegar in it, isn't there?" "I reckon so," was the sullen answer. "'Come, Aunt Chilly," I said, getting a little excited, "I saw you mixing it on the stove. You must know what was in it." Aunt Chilly stirreu in gloomy silence "Vinegar?'* I persisted sweetly, I wrote down the"V." "Nebah heard of cold slaw dressin' fridout wlnegah," was the answer given With a contemptuous sniff. I finished the word triumphantly, jmd then In tl.-j most insinuating torn s : laqulred how much. " 'Cordin' as how much you's j irakin'." Aunt Chilly dropped the I baiter cowpincently. "How much did you putin yeste> «»y?" I asked sternly. "I dlsremembah," was the calm reply. Tactics had to be changed. "Isn't it about half a cupful?" I suggested In nocently. Aunt Chilly looked up in scorn. "Laws a massy! Miss Betty; you'e not a makin' sauer kraut!" "What do you measure it in?" " 'Cordin' to what you has by you "* with a toss of the head. "How many teaspoonfuls would you take?" "La, child! Ain't you seed me meas ure it wid a tablespoon?" She turned her back. "Two tablcspoonfuls?" "If it ain't tco sour." Tremblingly I wrote down "two tablespoonfuls" opposite "Vinegar." "Now, Aunt Chilly, tell me the other things. There is salt and pepper and mustard and sugar." "Mustard in cold slaw drcssin*! My glory! Who'd eat it." Aunt Chilly seldom laughed. "How much sugar did you say, Aunt Chilly?" "I didn't say." "Come. Aunt Chilly," I cried, getting wrathy; "I have no time to waste this morning. How much sugar do you generally putin?" "Miss Betty, you jest bother me to deaf," she cried half whimperingly. "I don't know nuffin' 'bout it. It's 'cord ing as how much eggs and butter I puts in." "Eggs and butter," I said, aghast. "Why didn't you tell me before? Do you beat the eggs?" "Sometimes I does, and sometimes I doesn't," with a self-complacent smile "The whites and yolks separately?" "My goody, Miss Betty! You's not makin' cake." "How many eggs do you use, three"" "You'd ruin it wid three eggs,' said Chilly, rolling ginger dough in grim satisfaction. "Two eggs, then?" "Ef it ain't too much." "One egg?" "One egg ain't always enough." "Good gracious, Aunt Chilly!" 1 cried in despair; "is it one egg and a half?" "Nebah heerd tell of half an egg" Aunt Chilly looked out the window. I wrote down "One large egg or two small ones." "Now for the butter. How much butter do you use?" "Miss Betty, don't ax me nuffin' 'bout de buttah. I nebah take no count how much buttah I uses." "Well, it is not as much as a cup ful?" I suggested, coaxingly. "I reckon not." "About a teaspoonful?" "Nebah heerd of measurin' buttaty by de teaspoonful." "About the size of a walnut?" "P'raps so. 'Cordin' as how it looks when it's melted." "Do you melt the butter?" I asked in surprise. "How could you make de dressiii' widout meltin' de buttah?" She waved her bony finger. "You know, of course," I answered meekly; "but do you melt the butter, before you mix the eggs and vinegai; ' "Ef you wants to." She was rolling dough again. "How long do you cook it, Aunt Chilly?" "Tell it gets done." Carefully she cut the finished roll. "And how soon may that, be?" " 'Cordin' as how hot de fire is." "Aunt Chilly!" I said, as I tore ti)> the paper, "I don't believe we shall try this receipt." Chilly did not raise her eyes, \ur when I reached the door sue said 20111- posedly, ''Bettah come back In half an hour. Miss Betty; de ginger cakes will be done." This was our first and last tussle. Never since then, though she had con fided many things to me, have I at tempted to sound her through direct questions. Sometimes she will talk of her child hood, her far-away childhood, so d'tn and unreal to me, each year more vivid and real to her. As she sits in my room, after I have gone to bed, and gazes into the fire, I often suggest thnt she is thinking how she loves me. A i'aint smile brightens her face, and sho shakes her head. '"No, I was studyin' 'bout de times I had when I was little." Then she talks of the funny, dreamy slave days —pathetic in their happiness—and the wrinkles smooth away and she look's young again. Then, when she sits in the window, and the setting sun flares oi) her ban danna turban, and I wonder what she is up to, the answer always comes, "studyin'."—New York Independent. Hlcli Light*. Among the drawbacks of civilization are the people who think they know us so much better than we know them. A philosopher is a man who believes that he receives more spiritual intima tions than he needs for his own use. Even the woman who boasts that she earns her own bread and butter likes to have a man treat her to ice cream. What seems to he the absence of a sense of humor is often merely the presence of a sense of propriety. Nature has her jesting moods; there are rich, red roses which have no odor. Pessimists are permitted to keep op timists from becoming pessimists. Life is often too much like a long procession with only one band .if music—always playing in the distance. —Chicago Record-Herald. Hi* Shr«we made to close at the left shoulder and under-arm seam, or invisibly at the centre as preferred. The bolero with its deep points is peculiarly chic, and makes part of the bodice. The sleeves ure novel and becoming, as the puffs are arranged to fall at the elbow joints. To cut this vaist iii the medium size, four and three-fourth yards twenty one inches wide, four and one-fourth yards twenty-seven inches wide or two and five-eighth yards forty-four inches wide will be required, with three fourth yards of all-over lace eighteen Inches wide and four yards of applique to trim us illustrated. Gauze Saslies for Tnnnc Girls. Surely young girls' sashes have never been more lovely, nor wider, one may say. Diaphanous scarf drapery is the order of the day. Immensely wide, sashes of satin tissue, Liberty silk gauzes or chiffon are worn by young girls. White gauze sashes sometimes show applications of velvet flowers. These appear to be embossed on the shining surface. Trailing vines are embroidered in line silver thread as a running pattern on a gauzy sash. The trellis pattern is also used in narrow ribbon to decorate a wide sasli ot gauze. Ivy Leave*. A pretty ami generally becoming way of decorating the under-brim band of a modern big hat is to cover it with some artificial flower instead of folds of silk or velvet. Of course, flowers are only becoming to a youthful face, but where the face is young and fair the floral decoration is enchanting. As a substitute for flowers foliage is used occasionally. Red and yellow maple leaves are tucked under the brim of a hat worn by a. pale blonde. A pretty | brunette has her under-brim band cov ered with green velvet ivy leaves, a deep but brilliant shade of dark green. DrfIRRJ Rag*. There are any number of variations upon the chatelaine bag. beautiful tilings that one carries on the wTist, with the chain given a turn on the Angers as a safeguard. One in un dressed alligator is of a soft castor color. A gold mounting shows up well 011 antelope. Exquisite ones in beads done in gay figures are designed to hold opera glasses and kindred trifles. A WulrnH Skin Novelty. A handsome chatelaine bag is made of walrus hide. The deep wrinkles and corrugations In this leather are very conspicuous. Set with either silver or French gilt mounts, the walrus bag is extremely handsome. It makes an uncommonly showy piece of leather work, and, it need scarcely be said, is unusually substantial. Irish Luce Popular. The popularity of Irish lace in walk ing costumes is extended now to the hats, many of these being formed of thick, hairy beaver, trimmed with a drapery of lace or applied medallions of lace. Woman's Sliirt Waist. This May Manton. shirt waist, with embroidered fronts, is among the latest novelties of the season, and is shown alike in silk and woolen fabrics. The very pretty model illustrated is cut on the latest lilies, and specially designed, for the embroidered materials, but la nevertheless suited to all waistings, cloths and silks. As shown the ma terial is pale blue French flannel, with the embroidery in Persian colors, but numberless combinations are available. The lining is carefully fitted, but ex tends only to the waist line, while the waist proper is longer in shirt waist style. The back is plain across the shoulders, and drawn down In gathers at the waist line. The fronts are laid in single pleats at the shoulders, which fall to the waist line, and give the effect of a broad vest. The closing is effected in regulation shirt waist style, through a centre bos pleat, and the neck is finished with a deep turn-over collar. The sleeves are in regulation shirt waist style, with narrow, straight cuffs. To cut this waist m the medium size three and one-half yards of material THE LATEST NOV3SCT. twenty-one inches wide, three yards twcnty-sp"""* Inches wide, or two and yards forty-four inches wide will be required. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY One of the richest sulphur deposits in the world has lately been discovered in Transcaspia, Russia. The geologi cal formation is very similar to that in which the Sicilian deposits occur. It is only in recent years that sulphur has been found in Russia. The crow and the blackbird fly much alike, but there is a certain air of la bor in the flight of the crow that dis tinguishes it from the faster and easier winging of tho blackbird. The swallow doe 3 not fly. He sweeps through the air in erratic circular flights, catch ing bugs and flies on the wing, and even nipping twigs from the trees as he passes with which to build his nests. He is never still. The development of the automobile as an engine of war is at present occu pying much attention among military authorities in Europe. The English, the French, the Italians, the Germans and the Russians are all at work upon the problem. Several types of military automobiles are being experimented with. In Italy a special form of ar mored machine has been devised foi the purpose of protecting railways in time of war. Some of the German ma chines are intended for scouting, and are furnished with drawing tables and maps. Others carry Maxim guns and can do a little fighting. Very encouraging reports have been received from Prof. C. C. Georgeson, in charge of the agricul tural experiment stations in Alaska. On a trip into the interior and down the Vukon early in August he found new potatoes, cabbages, cauli flowers and other vegetables ready for the table, and gardens blooming with a variety of annual flowers. At Ram part rye and barley were ripened this year, and there was a fair prospect for oats and wheat. On the lower Yukon extensive tracts were found covered with luxuriant grasses, often six feet in height and apparently well suited to agricultural purposes. Much has been learned within a few years past of what goes on and exists in the air, up to a height of three miles, by means of kites carrying meteoro logical and other scientific instruments. Now Mr. A. Lawrence Roteli of the Blue Hill observatory proposes to ex tend the field of scientific kite flying over tne ocean. Experiment with a towboat in Massachusetts bay last summer showed that a kite can easily be flown from a moving vessel at times when it could not be caused to rise from the land. Mr. Rotch intends to pursue his experiments from Atlantic steamships, whose speed renders it pos ifcle to fly kites even in calm weather. He points out our comparative ig norance of the conditions of the upper air over the oceans, and the impor tance of acquiring knowledge in that direction. He wishes particularly to explore the atmosphere over the eaua toriai reqions of the globe. All readers of the Odyssey, at least, must take a lively interest in the the ory advocated by Dr. Tli. Zeil that tho one-eyed giant whom Ulysses blinded in his cave on the slopes of Mt. Etna was, in reality, a gorilla, and that the original of Homer's story was a rem iniscence of an actual encounter be tween early civilized men and one of their monstrous prehuman ancestors. This is in opposition to the theory of Grimm that the story of Polyphemus is a mythic account of the strife of tho elements. The fact that gorillas -lo not now live near me Mediterranean is not in conflict with Doctor ZHl's argument, because it is well know that in prehistoric times Europe contained many animals that at present are pe culiar to Africa and other distant lands. To Cool tho Atmosphere* It is proposed to try an experiment in the way 01 cooling the air at the St. Louis Fair Grounds, the proposition being to reduce the high temperature during the summer months by drawing down cool currents from an altitude of SOO or 1000 feet above the ground and flooding the grounds with air from 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the sur face temperature. Ihe plan compre hends the construction of an aerial tower or standpipe of the aforesaid height, with its lower termination about 50 feet above the ground, where large fans or blowers are attacned that will draw a current downward at the rate of 20 or 30 miles an hour, equiva lent to a pumping capacity of 500,001 cubic feet of air per minute. This volume of air will cover an acre ten feet deep—in an hour GO acres, and in six hours, 360 acres. It is expected that calefaction through the action of the sun's rays will be counterbalanced and neutralized by the constancy of the current during the daytime. After sundown the temperature, it is claimed, can be held below 80 degrees Fahren heit. iue fans are to be started at 4 o'clock a. m., when the air is coolest. By 10 o'clock the buildings and grounds would be filled with fresh air, and so maintained during the day. A 91000 Pheasant, One of New York's veteran sports men has in his office a stuffed Mon golian pheasant. "That pheasant," he said to a caller, "cost me over SIOOO. 1 imported SIOOO worth of the birds and turned them loose on my land. They strayed, and everybody shot them except me. One day a farmer came in and said the birds wore in his corn, and lie didn't like to kill them, but he wished I'd make them get out. I took my gun anil went shooting in his corn field. I got that bird, and it is the only one out of the whole lot I did get. So that pheasant cost me .iust a little over IfiOOO." ANOTHER REMAI Which the Doctor* Fttlle. doratand. A medical man, as a rule, disi. knowledge the value of a proprietary cine. In fact, professional etiquette bars him from doing so. Yet there ar many eminent physicians, those most ad vanced in their professions, who give full credit to the great curative properties of Vogeler's Curative Compound from the fact that it is manufactured by an old and reliable company, proprietors of St. Jacobs Oil, from the formula of a brother physician, who to-day stands in the front ranks of the most eminent medical men in London, and on account of its intrinsic merit it is largely prescribed by the medi cal profession, but in the ease which we are about to relate the attending physi cian called it "rubbish," but as it turned out Mrs. Nettleton tells the doctor that "rubbish or not, it saved her life." Mrs. Nettleton graphically relates the particulars of her own case, which will doubtless be of interest to many of our lady readers: "I had been an intense sufferer for many years from dyspepsia, liver and kidney troubles, ■when a little pamphlet was placed in my hands, and, although at that time I had been bedridden for more than six months, I determined, after reading some of the wonderful testimonials there in of cases similar to mine, which had been completely cured by the timely use of Vogeler's Curative Compound, to try some, especially as my doctors failed to even benefit me, and I had almost given up all hope of ever being well again. It is most interesting and, in fact, marvelous to relate, that the very first dose of fifteen drops relieved me. It was not long before I was able to get up and about; three months from taking the first dose I was enjoying better health than I had been for fourteen years. I continued well until a few months back, when I was taken ill again, my troubles being dyspepsia and constipa tion. I had a doctor attending me for a month, but continued to grow worse, un til I again found myself bedridden, when I bethought myself of my old medicine, Vogeler's Curative Compound, which I immediately sent for and took in place of the doctor's medicine; at that time I had not had a movement of the bowels for five days, but Vogeler's Curative Compound soon put me on my feet again; in fact, completely cured me a second time, but, of course, this attack was not as bad a.s the first, yet I fully believe I should not have been alive to-day had it not been for Vogeler's Curative Compound. If I h-d only thought to have taken it when my lust illness took place I should not only have been saved much suffering, but a $75 doctor's bill." Mrs. Nettleton said; "I have recom mended Vogeler's Curative Compound for indigestion and eczema, and in every case it has proved a cure, beyond doubt. Mr. Swinbank, our chemist, has sent me the names of no end of people who have been cured by Vogeler's Curative Compound. By the way, the proprietors have so much confidence in this great London physi cian's discovery, that they will send a sample free to any person sending name and address, naming this paper." St. Ja cobs Oil Co., 205 Clay St., Baltimore. Md. Mrs. Nettleton is a confectioner in the Brighton Road, where she has been estab lished many years, and is honoured and re spected by all classes. Her statements as regards Vogeler's Curative Compound may, therefore, be regarded as reliable evidence of its great value. A. H. Cope!and, the first train dispatch er in the world, is at present living in Chenca, a village in Illinois. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10th. —A very timely and practical suggestion comes from a physi cian of this city; h" says: "Tako Garfield Tea. the H >•. ti*ispoonful in half i tunibh r or w iter will «n ;> ' «w minutes cure Ornnips, SpHsmv, S >ur St nut i:, N \ omit in*, Hourt tmrn, Nervoiisn»fl , Hl-Mnle*;'.:* na H.o't Headache, Di irrh<»t. C.olu , t i .tulcn y ui.l all interna! pains. Tliore i» n >t s\ i *•:»- lvl ami' »n the world that will cur t«v*r an 1 a,me r.n 1 «11 orb -r mttlariouß, bilious anil othor lovers, ni.io ib K A ONVAV'S M'liA.**, so quickly au it Ai> WAY'* ItEADV Übil.liJ'i S«M by !>r»ijr;i!*t". HE TO i«CT KADWAY'S.