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NEW YORK FASHIONS. 1
Designs For Costumes That Have- Bo
como Popular in tho Metropolis.
Naw York Orr (Special). Slash
ing in picturesque always, and lias a
flavor all its own. It is to be soeu ou
garments iutemlcil (or alt nges of
femininity, embroideries with ready
made alashiug-H through which rib-
TUB SLASH APPLIED TO TUB
MADK BODlfF.
boos are run being indulged iu even
by infants.
An example of slashing suitable for
young matrons is shown iu the ac
companying illustration.
The exaniplo, in pastel rose broad
sloth, appears in a promenade dress
in semi-tailor effect. The under
bodioe is of fulled mousseline in a
paler shade, while the scarf, which in
this case is laced through sloshing
which go round the figure, is of panne
velvet, a shade darker, crimped at the
suds. It is knotted at the left front
in chou fleet
These slashed and laced effects are
ieen on nkirts also, soft lace or con-
tho fabric glovns. This stylo of glovo
hns bean bronght to a great slate of
perfection lately, so tho number of
those who wear it is increasing. The
wcavo is tine and smooth, the fingers
graduated and tapering, the shape per
fection, aud Ihe finish and shades just
the same as a kid glove. Long open
work gauntlets, reaching to tho elbow
front, is tho style of fabric glove in
troduced for wear with elbow sleeves,
but probably it will not be generally
adapted. Where a gown has elbow
sleeves it is dressy onoiifrli to renins
kid gloves iu keeping.
for MNa lllarues..
Tor u dark-skinned tot there's rt
Tory taking little dress in ' yeili.w
pique, and pique, as we well know,
has the qualities which recommend it
to tho rough treatment wl-.irh even
the mildest little girl is likely t givo
it. The skirt is nearly half r'nfllo, tho
joining lino being of inch wide white
Hamburg insertion, run with black
velvet ribbon in the tlirec-quurter-iuch
width. Tins same garniture
forms the remainder of the trimming.
The guimpe is ot white pique. With
shining black boots and nice black
stockings, or white socks and shoes,
little Miss I'.lai-keyes would certainly
bo a treat to tbe eyes if a summer
dsy.
All iraw Trttiiwr1.
A light weight Hammer hat is as
sured by paying regard to the trim
ming. No heavy velvet, silk, ribbons,
plumes or ornaments of metal press
upon tho head. Tho brim-hat has a
crown just high enough to bo inverted
on the top, like a small bowl. Around it
goes the straw cravat, which looks
like a piece of soft taffeta silk. The
euds show seven rows of luae.hiuu
stitching. The hat is all straw
trimmed.
YVhlU) KliU.
The exceedingly popular while kid
glove will be as mtii'.h la mode as ever,
la kid and Swedish kid they will be
well liked, while a new style of
white dooskin will make its initial ap
pearance aud promises to have a very
favorablo reception. These last are
great favorites iu la belle France, aud
while tho skin is quite heavy, yet
they do not give the hand a bulky or
large appearance. They are iu white,
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HA.KDSOME HflUNO
trastiug silk being used on the lighter
materials while cloth, panne or heavy
liberty satin may figure uu the cloth
dresses.
ZZT- ' Tl.e Shirt Wlt l'rolilmn.
In the everlasting matter of shirt
waists there is yet more to be said,
though it does seem that the subject
baa beeu done to death.
Look about you and you'll admit
there's room for more such wretched
taste and judgment as is to be found
ou every side! The stout woman, as
likely as not, is partial to plaids and
checks, and a straight-aoross, acoented
yoke; while the slender sister is
equally in love with up-and-down
linea.
Aa matter of fact, alripea are very
mueh more the thing thau plaids or
cheeks. In faot, plaids and checks,
give one the horrors unless managed
by an artist; you may call them' the
bcala of Dressdomt The number of
laiv cues who come to grief upon their
treacherous squares is simply appull
iag. Pcfee'ly managed, they are
often most effective; but the number
of botches is euough to scare most of
us out. What we're getting at is the
faot that white is tho safest choice.
Those who are ever after color ef
fects, however, are interested in the
varied showings. There are stuuninir
utripes, mostly white and a color, aud
there are plain colors iu the duiuty
pastel shaJes, as well as the more
pronounced hues.
If one doesn't care for the shot,
lately plain oolor (which is modish),
oca may choose a piece with polka
dots, or other unobtrusive figures.
la the double columu cut two hand
some spring waists are shown. The
waist ou the left is of oordud colored
taffeta, with tine Valenciennes inser
lions between hemstitched and slight
ly puffed strips of ailk, and has a
small box plait back au 1 front. That
on the right is of mauve taffeta, with
groups of tiuy tucks, a fancy white
tiblmn being attached by hemstitching
to either side of the tucks.
or chamois color, with double sulchoii
backs iu self-color and huvo threo
lurgo mother-of-pearl buttons.
Waist, Skirt nnil Haiti.
If you wish to acquire distinction
in dress with your separate waists,
see to it Hint there is some relation iu
in color betweuu the skirt and bodice.
Tho black skirt with bright colored
waists which have no bluek in their
composition is uo longer considered
swell. For example, a blue aud fawn
checked silk blouso is very good stylo
with either n fawn or a blue cloth
skirt, while with bluck it would be
very ordinary.
A Lao-Trimmed limine Jaekct.
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Fabrics Thai Arm yavorwt.
Thread, silk aud cotton aupear iu
Tlii is an iinoor ho'1ic, or, vnlher
jacket, from J.'atis, It isol pink rutin,
with masses or rather heavy cream
lace useil for frills and revers, The
front is of aoeordiou-plaitcd whiti!
ohiffou, having straps of narrow blaok
velvet across the ohiffou, hold by tiny
rhiuestoue Lnokl-m-
TIIK FACULTY OF FLIGHT
A PROBLEM THAT MAY BE SOLVEO
PY THE BIRD-AN ATOM 1ST.
There May He a rrlnrlr'". 0' Vel 4rsel
m. That Will Csplain All the Mystery
of lllrl-l llglil Tim Mlisel.lar l'oivir of
WlnRJ lrt F.nilurnnro of Vulture.
"There Is no faculty or power In crea
tures which enn rightly perform Its func
tluns without the porpotuul nld of the Su
premo liolug." Hooker.
Tho problem of bird-flight lias its
humors and its absurdities. Recently
there has been a revival of the gas
eous theory lo account for the appar
ently impossible, yet every day-visible,
performances of tho hawks and
buzzards, the swifts nud indeed all of
tho bost flyers. It is said that birds
have a pneumatic system, in addition
to the osseous, muscular, vascular,
nervous and other systems common to
nil higher animals; and that by the
functioning of this partionlnr system
they render themselves so buoyant
that thoir alar operations n o compar
atively easy, roqniring far less muscu
lar exertion and nervous expense than
would appear to be necessary.
This theory seems to ino pre
posterous, being basod iu a flat con
tradiction of an axiom of natural
philosophy. A balloon, when collapsod,
will not rise in tho air; but when
expanded with a gas lighter thau our
atmosphere it soars. I lie same prin
ciple causes a hull to lloat ou water
wheu a solid of tho same size would
sink plump to tho bottom. If the
bird has a system of pneumatic cavi
ties, the bird's body is at its lightest
wheu thoso cavities are nbsolutoly
empty; for no gas is lighter than
vacuum. Thou clearly the only
method by which the bird can increase
its buoyancy iu this connection is by
expnndiug its substance, aud at the
same time tilling tho spaces with a
gas extremely light aud yot able to
resist the increased pressure of the
external air. lint does n bird expand
its bones, or even its softer parts, to
any practical extent while flyir.g?
No theorist claims that it does. If
such expansion were possible the
only service a gns could perform
woulu be to resist tbe atmos
pheric pressure; for, as I have said,
the bird would bo lighter without the
gas thau with it. No substance is
lighter than nothing!
It is u perfectly manageable problem
to oalculate just how much a buzzuri'l
would have to expand the "cavities of
its pneumatic system" in'order to in
crease the buoyancy of its body n
given number of ounces. But srcp
posing the bird cau at will expel from
its boue-cavities aud other pneumatic
reservoirs all gaseous contents, thero
would not be au appreciable lessening
of weight 'in the problem of flight.
Iu fact, if a buzzard could ak will dis
card its entire abdominal viscera, the
loss of substance would not be suffi
cient to make any great change in our
problem; for the wild gooso is twioe
as heavy iu tho body as a turkey-
vulture, aud just as good a flyer.with-
out any advantage in wing force The
difference in sailing ability in favor of
the vulture is easily accounted for on
the soore of natural bodily lightness;
but this comparison does not iu any
way assist in settling the mam ques
tion. Of course if two birds have
equal wing forco and greatly unequal
bodily weight, the heavier will have
to work the harder iu flying. Still,
undor the most favorablo co-ordina
tion of weight and wing power iu a
bird, the problem of night is far from
solution.
It is easy to catch a bnzzard, a vul
ture or a goose and accurately meas
ure the muscular force of its wings.
It has been done. This force has not
been fouud very remarkable. A boy
twelve years old cau hold both wings
of a twenty-pound goose iu one hand
without great exertion. The wing
muscles are strong, but not uiarvel-
ously strong; about equal to those of
a strong man's thumb. Well, a very
strong man cau lift his own weight
with his two thumbs; wherefore it
should be easy enough for a gooHe to
lift twenty pounds with tho sumo
muscular power. Here, however,
oomes iu the tho immense couuter
leverago of the bird's long wings as a
troublesome element of our calcula
tion. Let a strong man take iu his
baud a van, the full size of a vulture's
wing, aud attempt to sweep it swiftly
through the air; the realization of
what the bird overcomes with such
apparent ease aud with such marvelous
grace will immediately arrive. It may
be said that iu any event the vulture
has but to sustain the weight of its
own body; but remember that this
must be with outstretched wings.
Were the wiugs mere thumbs aud the
extreme leverage only three or four
inches, all would be well; but the air
pressure on the entire wiug is at lust
borne by the muscles whore they pass
the wing-joiut, next to the body, and
the strain is kept up for many hours
without a moment's rest. The strong
est man's arms could uot bear it for
two hours, as experiment would easily
uisoiose.
The flight problem, thereforo, sug
gesta a deeper examination into bird
anatomy than has yet been made. Tho
whole physiological structure must be
restudied with a view to accounting for
the immense nervous resources of the
avian pbysiq.te. Long continued
muscular exertiou uses up nervous
force, with a corresponding exhaus
tion of heart-power, lung-power and
will-power. Are birds not subject to
tbe laws of physical waste and recup
eratiou? Some of them fly for forty
eight hours, or longer, Without rest
or food; and if they sleep it is while
inoessautly continuing their flight. I
have taken them, on their migration,
when a storm had driven them to
earth, aud found not a trace of food
in their stomachs, lint for the storm
.they would have gone hundreds, per
haps thousands, of miles furthor with
out a mouthful of sustenauce. Does
not this point lo some physiological
secret some unknown factor iu the
bird's physio&l economy which may
or may uot be discoverable? Wo do
uot yet kuow what magnetism is; we
are but guessiug at electricity; we
cannot eveu be sure what causes the
diti'erdnoo iu weight betweeu steel aud
platiuuic, or between gold and silver.
Why then shall we turu up our "soi
eutitio" nose when it is suggested that
there may be a principle, not even
guessed at, upon which it would be
easy to base all the conditions of
Might as we aee it in birds? There is
I uot phvsioloiriat liviuar who cau ab
solutely aociitint for tho correlation of
liervo-power and muscular force which
brings about the voluntary crookiup
of one's finger. Yet tho ignoramuf
who does not, and never can, knon
how he winks his eye, protends to sot
bounds to tho secret of bird-flight.
Maurice Thompson, iu the New York
Independent.
CURIOUS fACTS.
The largest insect known to ento
mologists is a Central American moth,
called tho Erobus strix, which ex
pands its wings from eleven inches to
eighteen inches.
Tho "walking fish" of Santa Cat
nliua Channel, 'California, is n meinbei
of tho pedicnlati tribe, nud has con
geners among the gulf weed of the
MexieHii Unit. Its pectoral fins art
shaped so .as to servo for logs, aud
it can rest on them so as to snap its
prey. It builds n nest of seaweed..
Judd Smith, who could rcr.d print
better npsido down thiin he could
wheu it was held right sido up, (lied
in tho Long Islaud Home in Amity
villo several days ago, aged twenty
two years, Smith's homo was in
Freoport, L. I., and he was known
for several mental oddities, said to
have been duo to an injury to hi
head. He had an extraordiunry mem
ory for Biblical quotations.
Tho curious behavior of a falcon
has been noticed by travelers ou a
railway passing through a wheat
growing section of Italy, The bird
always accompanied tho fast train of
the liuo, payiug no attention to other
trains, and kept close to the ears,
constantly dushiug to the ground on
either side. It was found that the nil
eddy set up by the running cars drew
in the smaller birds, which were thus
made easy victims to the cunning
hawk.
Occasionally we see in our gardens
angleworms six inches long, or more,
and wo thiuk they are unusually big
fellows. But Madagascar sports an
angle or earth worm five feet long.
Australia has one which is named
after Professor McCoy, and which is
four feet long and as thick as one's
finger. In Sardinia those worms grow
to a length of two fqet nud a half. The
old saying that never was auy crea
ture created without having a purpose
and an excuse for living is exemplified
by the work tho augloworm does in
improving tho soil. It oats tho earth
and theu deposits it in small mounds
on tho surface. The mounds of the
Madagascar worm are from threo to
five pounds in weight. If left undis
turbed, in half a century those
mounds would form a strata of ferti
lized earth three feet thick.
A bridgo in the form of an aerial
ferry has just been opened at Roueu
ou tho river Seine in France. In or
der to avoid interference with ship
ping, it wa.i determined to place uo
structure iu the stream or near its sur
face Iustead of a bridge in any of
the ordinary forms, a horizontal floor
ing, sustained by stool towers aud sus
pension cables, was stretched across
tho river at au elevation of 107 feet.
On this floor ruu electrically driven
rollers, from which is suspended, by
means of steel ropes, a car which
moves at the levol of tho wharves on
the river banks. The car is thirty
six foot wide aud forty-two feet loug,
and is furnished, liko a ferry-bout,
with accommodations for carriages
and foot passengers. The ropes that
carry the hanging car are interlaced
diagonally iu such a mauuor that tho
support is rigid, nud a swinging mo
tion is avoided.
Trout Flidiluc; Iu Noi-wtty.
Several English sportsmen have
written home from thoir sojourn in
Norway describing tho exciting sport
of "brook" trout lishiug on that sido
of tho peninsula, whore oowflys and
gnats are unknown aud tho fisherman
is not stricken with hay fover. The
absence of the tourist, too, is said to
add much to the pleasure of tho sport
amid the primitive scenes on the snowy
bauUs of the fiorwegian streams, where
are clustered little, hamlots of sheep
borders nud farmers. According to
one writor, "Iu the.lurgor sheets of
water tho tlsh vary considerably, not
only in size, but iu condition, aud a
prize in the shape of a well-fed two
pounder occasionally turns up. When
such a specimen has been secured, it
is well to lay him iu the nearest snow
drift, iustead of cartiug him about for
hours; his goldeu coat contrasts ad
mirably with the pure white surface,
and he eats all tho better afterward.
When the limits of his little excursion
are reached, and tho keeu air and
violent exercise have iuduced thoughts
of dinner, the nuglor, after placing
layer of fern or wild strawberry leaves
over the fifth, may top-dress his basket
with lily of the valley gnthered from
some rocky ledge, and return to his
rustio quarters invigorated alike in
body and mind." This seems indeed
a trout fisherman's paradise, and it is
not strange that the wnry but spry
trout should think any fly iu the book
a luxury, aud grasp it accordingly.
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Automobile Vermis Trolley.
Street railway men have long de
clared that the average American is in
too much of a hurry to take time to
climb to the second story of n double
deck car, but there is every reason to
believe tbuta type of automobile, built
after the fashion of a tallyho or uu
omnibus with seats ou top will ulti
mately find favor with subnrbau nud
long-distance passengers. The possi
bilities in tho matter of speed may ho
realized from tho roceut record of au
English mucliino which made the jour
ney from Coventry to Loudon, u dis
tance of ninety-two miles, id four
hours, au average of tweutythrea
miles per hour.
The cheapening of tho motor vohiele
will naturally prove au important fac
tor iu tho extension of its ubo as a
competitor of the street car. Indeed,
it will reach its fullest development
in this direotiou only after- the price
of an autooar is approximately that of
a street oar fitted with au eleotrio
motor. Onoe started, the eucroaoh
ments of the automobile ou the field
of municipal transportation will be
rapid. The new vehicles muy also be
expected to displace street cars iu
mauy auxiliary services, such as tho
ounveyauoe of the mails and iho trans
portation of farm products iu the rural
districts Tbe Automobile Msarnziua
POPULAR SCIENCE.
What known in geographers as
tho Cordilleras de los Andes is the
longest aud the highest range ol
mountains in the world. It extends
from Tierra del I'uogo t tho lsthmu
of l'aunma, and although some of the
peaks of the Himalayas are highci
they are not os numerous.
Chemical examinations midc in th?
laboratory of the Uuivorsity of Ur
bans, III., have shown that soil in
which for twouty-four years Indian
corn has boon auuually ruisod showed
Ufty per cent, more exhaustion than
soil on which for tho satuo longth of
timo there had boon a rotatiou ot
crops, no manure bnving been used in
either case.
Dr. r. A. Cook, describing the ef
fects of tho long Antarctic night ou
tho human body nud mind, snys that
on the exploring ship Itelgicn, ns the
cold night lengthened, nil became
palo "with a kind of greenish hue."
The heart grew feoble iu its action.
The men wero incapable of concen
trated ntteution, or of prolonged
thought. One sailor was driven to
the verge of insanity, but whon tho
returning sun began to appear above
the horizon ho recovered.
The ecliptic is the sun's path, the
great circle of the celestial sphere in
which the sun appears to doscribe his
annual course from west to east, real
ly corresponding to tho path which
the earth describes. The ecliptic hui
been divided into twelve equal parts,
each of which contains thirty degrees,
and which are occupied by tho twelve
celestial signs or constellations.
These are also called tho sigus of the
zodiac, the zodiac being n bolt of the
heavens, extending nine degrees ou
each sido of the ecliptic.
Between the northern point of Long
Island aud Walch Hill lies a row ot
littlo islands, two of which, Blum Isl
aud and Gooso Island, possess a pe
culiar form of mineral wealth. It con
sists in heaps of richly-colored quartz
pebbles, showing rod, yellow, purple
and other hues, which are locally
called agates. They are used iu mail
ing stained-glass windows, and there
is a sufllcient demand for them iu New
York City to kcop the owners of one
or two sloops employed in gathering
them from the beaches, where tho
waves continually roll oud polish
them, bringjng out tho beauty of their
colore.
According to tho recent stndies of
Signor De Sauetis, of Turin, children
begin to dream before their fourth
year, but are unable to recall dreams
before tho ago of four or five. This
age, ho concludes, is that at which n
child first becomes distiuctly con
scious of self. Aged people dream
loss frequently and loss vividly than
the young. Women's dreams are
more froqueut, more vivid and better
remembered than those of men.
Criminals and delinquents drenm
much less frequently and much less
vividly than othor people. Two
thirds of the most depraved criminals
examined by Signor De Sanctis wera
never oonuoious of dreaming. This
is ascribed to lack of mental activity.
Astronomers are bringing forward
numerous theories to explain tho
gonenschein, tho great patch that
sometimes grows mysteriously iu tho
sky at midnight. The light occurs
near the ecliptic, but usually two or
three degrees removed from exact op
position to the sun, aud is quito gen
erally boliovod to have uo conuectiou
with the oarth's atmosphore. A plausi
ble, though not wholly satisfactory,
view ii that it is a reflection from the
ring of fragments to which the known
asteroids belong. Another sugges
tion is that it is a comot-like tuil of
hydrogen aud holium streaming nwny
from tho earth in a direction opposite
to the sun, while many astronomers
ure inclined to oonneot the phenom
enon with the meteoric ring producing
the zodiacal light.
' An Article Wo Import.
"One of tho most important of the
few British products at present largely
used in this country is chalk," said u
wholosalo denier. "It oomes from
the banks of tho Kiver Thames, and
betweeu 175,000 and 180,000 barrels
of the material are consumed iu tho
United States annually. JIn its crude
form remarkable flint fossils are some
times found, nsually tho remains of
llsh. The process of manufacture
from tho natural state to that of a form
wheu it can be utilized for commer
cial purposes is simpie. Whou re
ceived at tho English mill tho chalk is
put into great machines and ground
in water. It is thou floated off into
vats of clear water, whore all th im
puritios nnd foreign substances ore
precipitated, the water being after
ward drawn off by a series of filter
ing operations, and the soft residuum
driod by steam heat nnd exposure to
the nir. The substauoe is theu re
duced to a powder of different de
grees of fineness by grinding iu a
bnrr mill and bolting, when it is
ready to bo packed in barrels uud
shipped for use.
"In America tho largest consumers
of ohalk are tho rubber goods manu
facturers. Rubber in its crude state
being atioky, uumauageablo, and
available only for very simple pur
poses, boooraes vulcanized nud hard
ened by adding lo it chalk while it is
hot, thus reud'jring it suitable for tho
various uses to whioh it is put. A
largo quantity of chalk is ulso em
ployed iu the preparation of paint
aud putty, beiug termed whitiug whe.i
iu this form." Washington Slur,
Olrli Iteuioiiiber Ileal.
In experiments for testing the mem
ory powers of nn equal number of
boys nud girls ot different ages iu
sohool and university classes, they
wore all road a simplo story contain
iug 324 words aud 102 distinct ideas,
after whioh they immediately pro
ceodod to write what they could re
member. The conclusions wero that
the growth of memory is more rapid
in girls thau in boys, Indianapolis
News.
'Irene ure in Teeth.
Ou tho authority of the greatest
manufacturer of doutal supplies iutho
country there nro over 40,003 ounces
of pure gold workod up annually for
dentists' use for material in filling
teeth, in plates and solders, the value
cf this gold approximating SI. 000.000,
HOUStHOLO;rfATTER".
I.ellnne-t.enr Mnlsil Self.
Beautiful salad sets in lettuce !nf
desigu have, some of Ihoni, bytgo
round platters instead of dished in
which to dress the salad; others show
the curled lottuco head for the salad
dish, aud on Hie round platter be
neath a very small head to hold the
mayonnaise. Accompanying the dozen
plates aro two small olive-boats and
tiny individual radish -dishes. Tho
entire sot is iu the delicate green of
the lettuce heart. The radish-dishes
rest ou a small standard which is a hall
radish with its familiar leaves open
ing to hold the oval bowl.
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Imporlnttt Toint In Vmitllatlau.
A significant hiut in behalf of the
use of lamps is found in the fact that
iu florists' greenhouses they are tisod
exclusively, (las is deadly to plant
life, while burning kerosene is not,
Where one is boarding and miistslocr.
in the same room iu which one sit"
during the evening, a lamp should in
variable be used. The same rule hold'
good for tho family sitting-room and
for the rooms iu which children are
studying. Au experiment involuu
tarily tried by a mother recently dem
onstrated the efl'oet of the ordinary
illuminating gns on tho air of au apart
ment. In a hall bedroom a single jet
was left burning unnoticed, for an
hour or more, tho door and window
being shut. When the room was en
tered suddenly tho air, or the want of
it, was so overpoworiug that the por
sou rcooilod nnd could not cross the
room, either to open tho window or
put tho gas out, until the door had
beou lult open for a miuuto or two.
The Cnrr of Canarlrn.
"Ill tho caring for canary birds,"
snys a woman who has made n special
study of birds aud their diseases nnd
is fumous as a bird doctor, "do not
allow them to hang iu a draught, nnd
never haug tho cage out of doors,
either in summer or winter. The
temperature should not be allowed to
fall below sixty-five degrees iu the
room where the bird is kept, nud if
necessary a covering should be put
over the cage, excepting a small por
tiou at night. Lettuco, wnlor cresj
or celery tops should bo fed to them
frequently. When these ore not
ensily procurable au cxcollent substi
tute is found by planting German
black rape seod in a pot. Tho canary
is extremely fo;d of the little' plants
that soon spring up. Oranges, ap
ples nud spilt tigs aro good occasion
ally. Gravel must be supplied ju
abundance. Hempseed is objection
able, as it tends to fatten tho bird
and thus spoil its song. If food on
proper food, kept iu clean cages and
given shelter from draughts, disease
rarely makes its appearance."
Marketing for the Famllr.
Firstly, dou't be tempted by very
tow prices, for ns a rule the joints
thus marked have a great doal of fat
nd bono,Jaud consequently are ex
travagant. When buying mutton,
shoose tho leg. It will cost a good
leal in the first place, but then re
nember how small au amount of bono
;here ia in it. The shoulder nnd
aeck, though both good, are very
jxtravngant ou neoount of the largo
jroportion of bone. The breast is
sheap in price nud can be bought, for
:f boned, stuffed nud rolled it will
iiake a delicious and inexpensive
:lish. .
If you have a family to provide for,
ihoose the top sido of the round of
ioof for Sunday's dinner. There is
10 bone aud little fat, and you will
lud tho oold joint useful for Monday's
linner, wheu much cooking is nndc
lirable in those houses where some of
.he washing is done nt home. For n
diange ribs of beef may bo had.
I'hey should bo boiied nud rolled
jarefully, tho bones being used for
soup.
A dish usofnl for n family is a hoof
doak pio with a baked suot crust.
3ut up the steak nnd prepare it ns for
pic; theu make the crust of threo
muces of chopped suet, half a pound
f flour, oue teaspoouful baking pow
lor, oue egg nnd sufllcient milk to
uake the mixturo just slack euough
-o pour. Put into a quick oven till
,he crust hns well risen aud theu
teep it n moderate boat till oooked.
Pounded spinach loaves give a flue
rreeu color to soup. Parsley or -tbe
;reon loaves of celery put iu soup will
lorvo iustead of spinach. Waiihiug
;ou Star.
llerlpoe.
Sugar Cookies One cupful of sugar,
tour ounces of butter, two-thirds of a
jupful of milk, three tenspoonfuls of
Dakiug-powder thoroughly mixed with
:hroo oupf ills of flour. Add euough
Hour to roll out. Before outting sift
:ho dough lightly with granulated
ugar.
Fruit Puddiug Cook a cup of tapi
ca iu three oups of boiling water tin
:il it is transparent. Put iu salt to
jiste and half a cup of sugar. When
;he mixturo is cold odd two oranges,
me banana and the half of a mediuin
jized pineapple and cut into dice.
Serve with sweetened whipped cream.
Poaohod Eggs a la Chartres Make
Frenoh toasi of five slices of bread,
then drop the same number of poaohod
oggs on. Have ready a sauoe made
of two hard-boiled egg yolks rubbed
to a powder; stir iu two tablospoon
fuls of melted butter, n snlrHiinoiifiil nf
salt, a speck of cayeune, and, lastly,
mo juice oi uatt a lemon. (Spread
this over the eggs, theu surround
them with a stiff tomato sauce. Serve.
Forcemeat For Fish. One-half pint
crumbs, two ounces beef suet finely
chopped, two tablespooufuls parsley,
also finely chopped; half-teaspuonful
salt, dash of cayenne and grate of uut
mog. Moisten with o beateu egg.
Take up the fish aud make sauoe by
putting oue cup of milk and half-cup
of water in pan; add one saltspoonful
of salt, a dash of pepper; thicken with
one tablespoouful of flour. Garnish
fish with sliced lemon and cress.
Figs With Bnked Milk Wash the
figs carefully; cover with warm watei
and stand over night. Place them on
the fire in the samo wator aud stew
until tender; theu lift them out and
boil the liquor to a .sirup. Tht
amount of sugar used will depend
upou the taste of the oook; oue-hali
pound ot sugar to eaoh pound of figs
will make them rather sweet. Figs
or prunes will be fouud rioher it
soaked for several hours aud stowed
in the same water.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON CoJ
-' "rniL is,
im-leet: The l.K,
Mnrk v., ''"'
Mark ... .lO-Meu.o,,:'- '
ou.l-enl.rj, the "
SJ. "One of th. ' '"
rimrnwer.. '
giving,,,, Kr(lt h,01',! ;
. it m
'Tnd
must hsvo been well ii.-.,,,!?")''' I
ft whs with the ocm I '.H"'I.
"lid Invi.
im ruinr IUKJWIH llH. lr
in the synaRoguo. .l r ,, 1
now; 1. The ease w, " " In
1. Ha Ln. that h . l"ir
no on-, else. ,ulr hi
Is well for us to he thj i J"
uch experience hr . ..." 1 ln 4
uoh experience hrliia n. 2. t
-leop humility. "1 0 "'h
only .luKhtirlw;ly,l , ';,,,,'f'
the point of .death.- v, . '. 'I
KolUK to Christ? .,u-tl ,.J 'l"
littiMi. I.. I ' "Bf wll'j or
... ,..-,h ,ru c,,.
hut ordinarily He tea -!M I ,
healed. Till, I, siui h.fc'
ment. Ia any .i.-.k ,,,
Shall live." Jnir,,. i.'.. . ."!". I
ninplo provision mtnl..
"".'I h"bo,l"vedln Mli.Hl.imv ,71
'24. ".1.4.11. mini . ' ii
ways ready to no to the a m
Who are aiilTerliitf ...... ;""ln V
opposition ,nd In.Hv Im-TS
t.aperniium by tie. eMle-a,ti .. I
lies. i.nu the pee, ,, -
sen whut He would do. Th,.,,,..
cx-itement. " "
.1A Whila tl. ..... ...
lm.l started to go Willi tl, riilr 2
who for twelve ylirs had bWT
in, .-nine in inn crowd MiH li
touched His Riirinent. .).,-, ,!
spoke to her nnd li.ml.vl ,r T
yet spake to tins wonmn Mm 4
mine from the ruler lmn ..TT
ter Is dead." Tim tuirrnnt I
unw nun no men orckrht'
raise from the dmtd. if ciiti.i
as other phyl!lun It woU,
been too late. Hut u in t)B
rus, so now Je,,, did not npr,,,,
ten. Uod alone undentsmK Hi. ,
pons.
-to. - iteara the word." Th 4
tir.1 rtn..U.I tn ........ .11 , .
.... . ........ w .,, oiri-"ilv, liut
It. "lie not iilrsid." rWnoul.
Ills faith. This Is a (l,Vl.ra tc,,
human standpoint the cui l
..mm niiKui iiuve Imon In l
asklnit Jesus to bo further
Hove." Clod sometimes deprkti
uiunr Ruorxcs oi inup, nnd tliun
to Himself. Fnltli hml to lie ...
tried, purllled, un.l so ptfw:tijl
ini.iK nuuKlll whs, II It mil 111 V Swi
attainable, and the nieiiiis einilojr
'"K'.t powv-rirss, nun y.'t ttiw re.i
obtnlned through the iiower nfi 'i
by the peculhir dinelnliuo to i
win nuojoi'iea.
37. "have Peter, and Jam, nnf
a eonipeienr mini her to hn val
tbe mirnele, hut not o ninny Hint
mi; tnein might look like vaimrli
brother of Jumos.- Jolm Intlnis
because when Murk wrotn tin.
soon after our Lord's ascmnloii. t)
ory oi James, lately heuwi.M.wa
mat ins name wile morn known
of John himself.
3H. "Sooth the tumult." The
ready making preparation for
iniieriu. nnil wept and wll"
lloth real and hired inourner-
women nud luttviphius. ft Is arm
prevnlllus In tlie F.ust to hire w.iil
en. I' ill ess tba body was eraljj
tmrlal would take lnc nlm
eiuceiy. in Jerusalem to-ilavlin
generally delayed more tlmu'tlin
hours.
39. "Why make ye lliin ado, nj
Chrlstlnulty moderates our jrl
allows us a Father's huixl lioldloJ
This must have been very ilinrj
Jesus, i nn nposlle tens us to f ;
as those which have no hope.
4:13. Pompous funeral cererno
rldieulotiH iu themselves anil em
posed to the spirit and simplicity
flion of Christ. "Not ileail, bul.i
.She Is not dead so as to eonllnur i
power of death, hut shall borals-i
us a person from natural slwp. J
two views taken of this ease. Til
view U, The ehlld Is ileinl: tlieiln
le, The child Is asleep, riloeji li I
ot death.
40. "Laughed him lo 8Mrn." 1
those around Jalrus slinmJ not I
but all tho greater was tli" fuitu I
"Had put them allout." XIiom"
the Lord nnd His beuoilts weroni
worthy to witness lllsminielef. ' I
uud the mother." It was entlrf
that the parents of the clilld
present, anil then II" desired t
them and sire nut lieu their la
teretll In where the damsel wm
Jesua could have raised Imr
present, but If we iisslst in liriiw
(lead 111 fin to life n win ua.ni
they are. Francis Murphy suld i
later of a certain lare city. "T.
why you gentlemen fail lo reach
because you do not go wlvrn th
Is not enough, when you south'
in the dlten, to draw ymif 1
around vou and snv 'noor fellow.
take off your eont and Kt "&
where ha Is ana 1 1 ' 1 1 "" -f
have to touch people 1" "ll'r
thnm " I
41. "Talitlm-cunii." Pamsl,l
wusn common term r.f eudearui'
l.vl., mnlhitra to W.lkO their
uiirHu ...urn to tell uk that In
waklnsr, on theresurroetlonmorii
will be nothing martiing, -"thu
old familiar love wnlch hai
liAra will i.r.tef IIS there.
42. "With a groat untuiibliinwf
Irnow It was minerliatliral. 'l"rrl
lug to show, however, that It"1
of causing saving fulili to "I"1
heurt. If people will uot l M
life through God's word a""'"''
of gospel truth, neither woul-l t
auadeil "though oue rose fro" "
43. "That no inun shouU Mow
reasons for this were, 1. Jn
. ... ..nnrso of P'l
1.1 f.,r.h..rnniee HlHCrlU"r
Bees. 8. Christ's inlnicles were !'
..i i ,.,1.. f.iltb. 4- "I
to make disciples, ami ,l,lr60",1!'
. ....... K I. .nlr. it XC'Ht'
,., leaem. g. ,"-" -." 1,
nil aim aaiimii ji'v. - k
His miracles but Hlnisnlf !"'" !
"Ulvea. her to eat." Hn '!
only to life but to health- "
by divine power yet III" " '..
talnod bv the ordinary "lw"1n'.J
lug Ood to resort to I""'S
When tbe ordinary menus n iM
m , a ItMlri)
. -.-J l. Com
Humble ourselves tailor
arnest. 4. Ak In
A Pnrtlnml urcinilin W8g
Chocolates with her youne
lost. One evening when m j
the way to a whist party.
ed the candy. During .
young man thought haitllfl
chocolates arounu
thlrjg to do, hut the yoiiM
earnestly protested when "
her escort contemplated. toi
chocolates were intended w
j -oloned BOt 1"
uuu even Ulli'-" , ,1,
any wore If he gave any ' j
He concluded to. run
lo-Hn display
heat girl, and .invited th !
help themselves. Tbe conf I
ed too tempting to res at, 1
acceptance was gene""- bH
remarks hie scene ensued,
give a man from the " 'TJ
slon that a new social 1
beon introduced In the
r.i r , thB wm
to a premature end.
. .i a-ni-irnttCII
I mi have not vei i"' ,. ..
. .. :... .nan '
en, wniie me yuuua - ..j
whether it would be ' J
happiness to ask tne y
i... h,. ttonnv home ir
vllle. Me., Mall.