.... . - . - . -fc . - ... ,. - .- J .V. -,.....,... A; IF THEY KNEW. "If only my mother knew How my heart Is hurt within me, tShc W(Hil,l take my face in her ton I'T hands And BtiKMitli my check, a she usnl to do In th days tlmt MMm so long a;o. When rliil lish nrs were quick to (low; tiliu would src.oo'.h my face with lier tender bauds 1slio fell tli.i grief within mo. If only my lover kn w Of t!i ursine, pn-snn-tp sorrow, Ifo wou'd h'iM inu c!ov t hn iturily breast, Aioiv.' ho hi'M liie tli long hours through; Whmi w ; Ini I n it learned to live apiirt, liiil lemi -d for lovij on en. h other's heart; He wouM linl. I me clo t his hcavji breast If lie ni.'i-i my pa-sionnt-? so:rjw. Hut it pierces mn like n knife To tlunk tlmt tliey ln not know It; To think thny can look in my ple-diii;- eyes, Yet never question my liil len life; Can touch my lips in the mime oM place, Yet never look for the noul in my faee. f Hi, thetenrnre bitter tlmt fill my eyes To know that they Jo not know it. .oinoa Atlf n i um. OLD CRUNCHER'S NIECE. Owen Sbtuli y, limM'ciJ hi the corner of a tliir 1 class carriage, was going from Al'lll lie.tcrto Chlltiitirn, whePi a plaCO i:i n l.iwjci 's ollicc ;.i:Ud ii.iu. Tim jirosjH!. t wa l ot tin ei ful, liut it km tiio illy means ncn K-il of inning his bread titic- tliu iiiil'irky l:iisundcrl:ind ing with I m !u l.aymond. Also, if Incle I iivmmiil would i.evir see the rirlit.- tif that mi.-ciable uilair, the work nt Chathuni would be u stepping stone to a bcltci !a c. As hi- w.illii.l aimlessly down the street, after he reached Chut burn, ho reai I the name, run- her, Attorney," beside a diiu-y o.'licc door, with "Clerk Wanttd' cliilUcl i.n.l rueatli. He pre fclited h;mcif Ik: fore .Mr. ( runchcr.aud, after a sh rp cro-s-iicst.oning, wus en paged to CIl the post vacant in tiic oli.cc, Tho following Sunday thu young man liad an opportunity ul sccmi the whole. Owii her household in church. AV ! n the serviic was over, Mr. Cruncher talked grimly f . .rt It. followed by the nilent tiicmhcis of ,;s family, each und all evidently in great awe of'hi.u. "l oiii-e lee, hull Totumv's riirlit hand tLht. Von stupid. v let him trip on the step la -t .-umlayY' kh.I Mrs. mucin r in j.ctulaiit tones, w;th a look to initih, to her niece ns they pusscd Owen. 1 It wa consolat'on to have learned her name. Louise J cc it wat a jirttty iiaiue, iiud .suited her. U'us her life made unhappy by that solemn brute of an old matif Owen lotted for money Hnd powei ui.d inllucnce, und all thu K")d things of this life, to take her away Iroui her present bondage und jjivc her a home fit for a priticcM. Hut liono of these blesxiu came to him, and ho had t-o content himself an bc- lx m''ht with nei-iiiH Louise once a week in church. Oiio inoruiiijj Owen lost his wuy hojie lessly in the Inliyriutlis of thu hymn iKtok. As ho was Mriiliiij,' to recover Ijin'melfa J'tettyliuiid in a Hhabby iluv --Louise's baud held toward hint a Look with the pluco innrked by a bcrap of pajnr. Owen win uncomfortably ronsciouH of blu haii,' m he ucce)ted tho olfered iiility; but it was inoro thau chariniug to lie noticed, even in thu most roininoiiphicv way, by her. The bit of paper between the iinaes was folded in two. Ho idly pressed it apart with his thumb, and to hi- lUtouUh nietit re;id theio words, evidently wiilten iu furtive ha-te: Look, to-morrow, in my uncle's lnt lining when he kuiks to t he olliee." This nppearcd, indeed, like the bo tjinniii!,' oi u mo-t intcrc ht in lj adventure, -ind the ovirt:;re ma le by a girl, whom In! feared ignored his cry eiste:ieu! Jfow he nat U etly thrinioh" the m rnion, and passed thu rc-t of the day and night until old ( run. her appeared at hi- u.-'ial post net iuori.ii:ii (nc;i never knew. H hen In.- saw hi patron dee ly ub-orbed in a pile of li tter-., uweii, like'a coat and umbrella thief, stole out into the pa-sa'o where hik h u: tides we;e di posited, aiid possessed himself of the old -eatleuiau's M'date loo'.tiujr hat. There, as he epcctcd, ho found i towed away in the lininj; a liny little rote. With trembling linyei the now liopi i ul lover laid Mnooth the couipli fated folds of tho paper and lead: I'leasH ilo not tlunk me lerwaril or tiv jsiuninj; in makiii); the i.UuviiiK r0.inst; I mn in givut troitblu. To-inoi roiv evening ut 7 1 hlmll n.it be m:s,.,l lor hulf un hoiirT H ill yon meet me at the end oi tliu lano I'vi.lin past our hous-wluro tuu wool litems.' The follow inu' evening Owen was nt the place of leudevous fully half an hour too soon. As he was beginning to despair of Louise's coming hhu up" jMjared, breathless and greatly agitated. "What inu-t you think of mo," sin liogun, "milking an uppoiuhneiit with you, uluio-t a Granger, at du.-k, in this theatrical maimer. 1 have a stiong motive in this cae, certainly," 4011" tinned Louise. "I wi-h to ask vour advice ou a matter of thu uturjst import ance to me. 1 have studied vour face- as much as I dared iu church" Owcu'g hoart give a bound (1f delight. Then nho had looked at and thought ubout linn: "and 1 think 1 can trust you, and callyou my 1'rieud. I have no other." Hie looked so lovely with Ihe tears in her eyes as cho mid this that ( iweu longed to tako her iu h s anus und ki.-s her, in toad of declaring himself her duvoted bcrvant m plaiu words. "Let us sit down on this fallen treo and 1 will begiuiny story at the begiu lung. ou ineti of thu law nro itu iat;ent of uunecesfaiy preamble," Louise went on, with a bright smile for n moment dispelling thu melancholy clouding her face. "Last February, now nearly lour mouths ago, I was travelin" alono from hero to 1 'lover Hill on an orrand for my auut. .My coiupauions iu tho coiiipnrtineiit were u very pretty old lady, an ordinary looking geutlemati of about 4-1, aud a younger innu, not at ull ordiuary looking. He hud largo black eyes, with a wild look iu them, and his Uress aud manners wero quito ditluieut from those of tho people I was accustomed to seeing. He sat opposito mo and soou after tho train started be gan staring at mo iu a most ounoyiug "Tho Importineut rascal! How I wish I had been there to jiuuch hit Loadl" "He pcrhap did nothing to merit quite such ercre punishment, but he wm certainly then, and has boon since, indirectly thn cause of a Croat deal of misery to inc. He amused himself for some time with ranting what I suppced were ndmiring gUncrs at me. pressing his hands to his heart and sighing pro foundly. Then suddenly, to my utter anm.cnicnt, he threw himself on his kner before mc, declared in very bad llngliih that he loved 1110 to distraction, and, most startling of all. tore oil his very hind some watch ana chain and flung them into my lap." "The man was mad, of course." "Vrs, wo learned of this for a fact aftrrwaid. I lo iked at ciiir trnvelimf companion the middlo-nped man al ready luentioaed in helpln-a fright, lie started up, nnd, with what I then thought adn.iiablo presence of mind, exclaimed, angrily: "How dire you in sult my wife, sir;'" . . "This stiong language had the desired elTect, and tho man seemed to shrink into himself, anil bcoimo as qulot as a lamb. 1 Mipposo believing mo to be the wife of somebody olse shattered his hopes." llcrc ng iin the rare, sweet smilo lent a new charm to Louise's face. "Try as I mitrht." she continued. "I I could not prevail upon him to take back I his wa'ch, and at the next station the gen : th man whociil'ed me his wife cave mv 1 admirer, with h s watch, into the hands of a policeman as ma I. That was the last : we ever caw of him, but we heard later , that he was a I'oleaiid incurably insane. I The old la ly in the coupe with us looked ; inquiringly at my rescuer, who laughed ami murmured something I did not understand. I thanked him . a I do I scciided at my destination, never dream ing that he was to cross my path again. I Homo weeks ago, one afternoon, my undo called me from mcmlbig Tommy's stockings, and told me a frieud wished to see me in the drawing room. I, who had no friends, was inucli surprised. Nor did this surprise le.sen when I was pre , gentrd to the in ill who had silem cd tho ; cia.y Pole ; hat day in the Pain. Ilisnamo was .tiitchcU, and ho turned out to bo I mi old friend of my uncles. Milch as 1 I'm bus and a bachelor,' my iinclo said to mo, with n knowing wink when our vis itor had depaited. "it. ok 11 gicat dislike to Mr. Mitchell! in manner nnd appcavHiicn he was most , repii-mint tn me. JJut I thought very . little about him 0110 way or another why :dioiild I inteiest mysell in a matt older than my f.i'hor.' until, a week later, l iule Thomas informed m that Mr. Mit hi 11 wi-hed to marry mo." "I'lepo-terous," exclaimed Owen. 1 "I don't often laugh in the presence of I ncle Thomas, but when ho told mc this I laughed heartily. This made my ""tie very ungry. Why should I mako ' game of thu o;lcr of a 111:111 of whom I might be proud f I, who might be in ; the woi'kli.nise if it wore not for tho 1 charity of mv relations." ! "The brute I" "Hi was S'i silly as not to know on I which side my bru id was buttered it j was often dillicult t tell ho would turn 1 me out of doors, aud that perhaps would bring 1110 to my senses. Hut why need I ' toll you tho particulars of this and many another painful scene? I was silent nnd I un.lucirl.nl for ft svbilo, mn at last lound I courage to toll Mr. Mitchell that I could ; uot marry him. i "He listened with adisagreeablo smilo, land replied: 'My young la ly will not I li'id refusal so eisy as slid thinks.' " j "Owing to the rusty conduct on the I part of your amiable uucle," interpolated I Owen. , "I believe 1 this was his meaning until the next day. Then my mint inlormed mo calmly thatl was already married to .Mr. Mitchell." "Is that good la ly sub cct to such fits I of mental aberration ?" 1 "I stared at her in amazement when ' she proi ceded to explain to me that, ac cording to Scotch law, if a man iu tho linseiicc o;' a witness says a woman is 1 his wife, and she does uot deny it, it be comes a legal marriage. There was a witness in the train that day the old lady I mentioned Mr. Mitchell is Scotch, and was determined to have his rights. 1 "I could not believe aunt was in earn est, l ilt it seems she was, and what is j wor-c, they all beset 1110 e-cry hour in I tho day with speeches to th.j effect that it is of no uso to try and escape my des tiny; Mr. Mitchell has the law on his j side, aud the sooner, for appearanco 1 sake, 1 consented to another marriage ceremony iu church, the better. I 'T have asked you to meet mc hero I this evening, Mr. Stanley, to tell me I truly if there is any ground for their j saying 1 am Mr. Mitchell's wife." I "It is the most preposterous, cowardly j lie I ever heard of!" cxda'incd Owen, ; quite boiling over with indignation. "In some parts of Scotland, long ago, somo such rubbish as they tell you might bo , true; but we arc not in Scotland. To have this rich man's money in tho family, your reprobate of an uncle is trying to iilay upon your innocent ignorance, knowing or believing you had no one to enlighten you. He ought to bu exposed j and pro-ecuted for his villainy." 1 "Oh, I'm so glad and th mkful you as- ' sure me that this dreadful man has no '. power over me!" said Louise, with a pro- ; found sigh of relief. j "You poor little friendless thing!" As if of its own accord Oweu's arm encir cled tho girl's waist, and he tenderly and roveiently kissed her unresisting lips. "And now I must fly back to tho house. Dtarmc! tho half hour is long past." "For heaven's sake, don't let them persuade you to commit any rash folly. Trust in mo," said Owen, taking auother kiss in farewell. Arriving at his lodging, ho found two letters awaiting him; one from Travers, a special chum in the old luxurious days, and the other he could hardly believe his eyes from Undo Raymond. He dashed into the perusal of this last at onto, und discovered that, after aycar und a month, his former friend and bene factor, his father's only brother, was on the track of tho follow who had com mitted a certain forgery a crime of which Morris Raymond, in hot, suddou anger, had accused his nephew. Strong circumstantial o.idonre against Owen was uot wanting, and thus, suffering for the misdeed of another, he was thrust out for a rough strugglo against the world. Now, through the merest chance, the real culprit had been discovered, and 1 tho letter in Oweu's trembling hand contained ample apology for past injus tice, and an earnestly expressed desire that old relations be renewed. "As you are reinstated with the old boy" an extract from Traver s letter "I suppose wo shall soon have you among us affaln. I hope it wilt not break your heart to hear that Nellie Welland has given you the slip. When she heard of your misfortune she trans ferred her affections to Mortimer." 1 "I think I have found some one who will consolo me for the ficklo Nellie," said Owm tf himself. 'Did ever; a stroke of foitune como at a luckier mo ment f" , Old Cruncher's hat played the role of post box on several occasions after this; thcro were other tcte a tctcs upon the mossy log, and here Owen told Louiso the old, old story told and listened to with tender, sweet delight. I ncle Ray mond's letter emboldened Owen to prompt measures in depriving Mr. Mitchell of his so-rolled bride and Mr. Cruncher of his nioec. - Violent opposition, rage, hitter re proaches of ingratitude, n Imttlo of angry word, waxed fast aud furious, hut love gained the victory. Frank J.elie'i. A Slnash I a nor. A letter from Victoria, British Colum bia, to tho New York Sun, describes the canoes built by tho Siwash Indians of that region: The peculiarity of these boats is that they have tall, erect prows, shaped like tho necks and heads of ani mals, or, rather, always of one shape, which suggests a dog's head ou a very long neck. Like ns tho Siwash, T'lin kets, and all tho other Indians on the Pa cific coast arc to the Chinese, they are not more like them than these boats are like tho boats still in use all along the coa-st of China at a distance from the lurgo cities. These Siwash canoes nre really dug out, made by scooping out the inside of grout t ee trunks. Some are no longer thau is needed tor two persons, but they arc of all sizes, even up to gigantic lengths, pos-iblo of attainment only by searching tho giant giowths in the re markable fore-ts of that coast. These Indians shape the exteriors of these dug out very scientifically and gracefully, and then add the peculiar prows I speak of, aud also the stern pieces tint are akin to the prows in design, though the suggestion of an animals head is not curried out iu tho stern pieces. Tho Indian shipbuilders I found at work were using tho primitive tools. Who can say how primitive they were? Tho knife or ax, with which tho main work was done, was something like our adze, but the blade was strapped to the handle with a leather thong, and was so fixed that tho blade ami haudle came to gether at acute angle, tho edge of the blade being quite close to the knuckles of whoever was using it. The blade was of steel, but it was evident that in tho days when these Indians used sharp, edged flint to cut with, tho Hint might have been, nnd presumably was, fastened to tho handlo in the same way. Tho blade had a cutting edge no widorthan that of a largo chisel, and when ono saw tho size of the cavity in the hugo, hard, log, ana cons.iloroJ that tt hd been dug with this little implement);'! the hsoiU of one man', is Was imjiyv; to avoid admiring the patience of tio sav ago, however ono might decry his lack ef progress and enterprise. These boats ride through extraordinary seas, and are so swift that few white canoeists or cat boat sailors raro to cuter against the In dians in their races. Amphibious Japanese. Like a tcriapiu which the rain kills, although they live in water half of tho time, the Japancso afford contradictions on the water question. They nover drink water, and the men who havo been working in tho lotus ponds at Shibi, grubbing out tho old stalks aud leaves from tho muck iu which tho sacred plant grows, standing meannhile in water up to their waists and shoulders, will not work iu tho pond ou rainy days. In Yokohama harbor on tho nicest days, the Coolies who load and unload cargo lighters and aro iu and out of tho water continually, often refuso to work if rain begins to fall. Tho little boys and girls nnd the unoccupied women, with babios tied on their backs, who are ulways gadding about the streets with tho aimless unconcern of hens, take no ac count of the weather and en'oy tho open air regardless of tho barometer. Jin rickisha Coolies pay no hoed to tho rain, and, although they draw the hoods and tie their passengers in snug nnd dry with oil paper or rubber aprons, they trot along themselves in their two scanty cotton garments that aro more abbre viated than ever. Their substitute for an umbrella is a huge flat straw pinto of a hat, and instead of putting on goloshes they tako off even their straw sandala and run barefooted. They show somo consideration for tho big too by tying that honorablo member up with a bit of rag or wisp of straw, but this amounts to nothing more than a decoration. Those pedestrians who wish to bo stately aud dry shod thrust their bare feet into a half slipper arrangement of wood and oil paper that is perched ou two wooden rests three inches high. This adds so much to their statuo that one often thiuks that ho has been fa vored by passing an unusual number of stately and digniliod-loo'king men,' and concludes that tho Japanese are not such a race of pigmies after all. Globc-Dcmch-crat. Illuestsne us n Disinfectant. I have como in tho course of somo ex periments, says a writer to tho New York Iribuue, to regard sulphate of copper other wiso knowu us bluostono as a more effectual disinfectant and germicide than sulphate of iron by more than ten to ono. It seems to mo that for disinfecting sinks, drains, etc., one ounce of bluo stono will do as nfuch as a pound of cop peras, while tho stuins of tho latter are almost entirely wanting in tho former. In fact, bluestono seems to approach in power as a gentle germicide and disin fectant that dangerous and corrosive poi son, the bichloride of mercury, otherwiso corrosive sublimate, whilo possessing no more poisonus properties than copperas. The popular four of the salts of copper, as seen in the green of copper and brass utensils, has little or no good reason to be; a truth demonstrated by a commis sion appointed by the Freuch Govern which reported pickles aud other pre served vegetables might be "coppered" within certain limits without making them unwholesome POPULAR SCIENCE. A Spanish astronomer is now able to announce with certainty that thore is rain and snow in the moon, same as on earth. A German photographer has succeeded in preparing photographic plate so sen sitive that an exposure of 1-3000 of a second is sufficient. A pleasure launch known as of the "Zephyr type" is now built in Eng land, the motive power of which is ob tained from a highly volatile hydrocar bon, one of the early products in the distillation of petroleum selling in this country for about ten cents a gallon. A new telephone line, nearly S00 milci long from Marseille to 1'aris is now in course of construction, and will soon lie linisbsl. At tirst it was feared that the! human voire could not be transmitted such a distance; but experiments have shown that, with a thick bronic wire, the sound can bo sent S00 miles as easily ts 10. The remarkable tendency which Is ob servable in t:s ucs and cottons when moistened with oil to become heated when oxidation sets in, deserves particu lar attention, and especially so in view of the sad results that may follow negli gence, cause I too often by ignorance of tho danger or of tho necessary precau tions. Wax is a substance secreted by the bees, and is analogous to the fat of higher animals. To produce a single pound of wax bees must consume from fifteen to twenty pounds of honey. This expen sive substance is ued by the thrifty lit tlo insects with the greatest economy. Tho thickness of the cell walls in a new comb is said to be only 1-lSOth of an Inch. A neat bit of doubtless unintentional sarca-m has been perpetrated by an American inventor, who has patented an "improved passenger railway car' with detachable and buoyant side pan els, so that in tho event of a bridge brcakingand precipitating the coaches into a river tho passengers can readily detach the panels and use them as lite rafts. In the Algerian Sahara there are num erous subterranean lakes iu which a number of small fish and uu Husks live aud multiply. Moreover, tho artcsinn wells of tho Sahara often throw out fish that are sometimes two inches in length. Tho Oovernor of tho oa-cs of Thebes and Torbes, in Egypt, in 1JX, asscrtod that he took from uu artesian well 410 feet deep, near his residence, fish in sullicient quauty to supply his tublo. Fire under water can be produced by placing a small niece of phosphorus in a conically shaped glass filled with water, and some crystals of thlorato of potash covering the phosphorus, and then pour ing through a long tube funnel, ora glass tube, a few drops oi sulphuric add down on tho mixture at tho bottom of the glas. Tongues of flame can be seen Hashing up through tho water. The in tense chemical action produces sulliciout heat to lntbimo the phoxphorus under the water. Where there is sulliciout heat and oxygen, fire will burn, whether in air or water. Austrian engineer has. it is said, do-igned a truck to run before every rail way train, being maintained always at a fixed (but adiustablo) distance in front by tho force of an electric current trans mitted along the metals from a dynamo ou tho engiuo. Tho curront is conducted in glass tubci on the pilot-truck. If, therefore, the trucks come into collision the tubss aro broken aud tho contact oeccarily destroyed. The interruption of tho current instantly and automati cally applies tho brakes on the following train. It is claimed by the inventor that two expresses, fitted with this system, might with impunity be allowed to run full tilt nt each other. Tho collision of both pilot-trucks would arrest tho progress of both trains before they could meet. The Nutritious Canary Islands (Joflo. The modern elixirs of lifo seem to lie, not in a wondrous distilment, but in the ordinary grains of whii li is made our daily bread. A writer in tho J'fjiular Menet M ntldy says that ono of tho first things to attract his not ice iu the Canary Islands was th" healthful appearance and tine development of tho common people. Thcro is no doubt that they are by birth a superior race, but it is ulso true that they uso n food which, bciug highly nutritious, must contribute to their physical development. There is nothing mysterious about this article, which is kuown as golio. It is simply the flour made from any of the cereals, by parch ing or roasting before grinding. Ono cau scarcely pass through any village of tho Cauari.s without witnessing some step in tho preparation of this food. Tho grain is first picked over, tbrn roasted above a charcoal tire, and after ward ground at tho windmills which abound everywhere. Wheu it is to be eaten, milk, soup or any other fluid is mixed with it, without further cooking. Nothing can bo more "handy" than such an articlo of food. The Canarian laborer, if he goes forth to his work alone, takes with him some gotio in a bag made of the stomach of a kid; if thcro are several persons, tho skin of a kid is used. When meal-timo has arrived, a. littlo water is poured into the bag with tho gotio, the mixture is well shaken, and the meal is prepared without further ado. The Ca narian Archipelago consists of seven in habited islands, with a population of two hundred and eighty thousand per sons. At least two hundred thousand of them live economically on go do, as their fathers did beloro them, from time immemorial. The food is said to be not only delicious and wholesome for those who are not accustomed to it, but to possess also a tendency to counteract cer tain digestive ills to which the civilized stomach is heir, thus restoring man, in a measure, to tho physical condition of the happy savage. A Mammoth Dunchof Asparagus. A monster bunch of asparagus has been on exhibition at New York. It was grown by Robert Nichols near Phil adelphia. The bunch was nearly two feet in height and thirty-six inches in circumference. It weighed forty pounds, or nearly a pound to each spike, all of which waa edible. There was some doubt about the variety, but it was be lieved to be the new Southern sort known as the "Palmetto." Veteran gardeners admit there has never any thing like it been seen around New York in the "garden sass" line. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. A Good Cleansing Fluid. V. For removing spots from furniture, carcts and woolen goods generally, prepare a cleansing fluid as follows: Cut line two ounces of white castile soap and dissolve it in a pint of hot water over the Are, then add two quarts more of water, and, when nearly cold, two ounce of ammonia and one ounce each of alcohol and glycerine. Put all in a gallon jug, shake well and it is ready for use. Keen it closely corked when not in use. To wash woolen or cashmere dress goods, place a teacup ful in a pail of warm water, rub the ma terial quickly with the hands, rinse when clean, and iron while it is damp, on the wrong side. Eor cleaning car- fiets, wet a cloth in the fluid with a ittle water and rub the spots until they disappear. l'rairii Farmer. Prlncessi Mnfflns We had a guest over night, a physician and specialist in dietary matters. The princo-s made the breakfast mulllos, which the doctor pronounced "the best thing he ever saw in food." Ho would like the recipe, provided it wero neither very expensive nor very elaborate. The princess smiled and said "not very," and she gave it then and there: "Into cold water 1 stirred graham meal to make a medium thick batter, and dropped it into mu Mm rings that were ready hot, then put the pan into an oven that was at a quick, full heat. In a tritlo over fifteen minutes the muffins came out as you see them." The hygoist stared: 'You havo omitted the yeast, or baking powder which I" "iioth. Not any in mino. You surely ought to know how the heat doos their work." The whole secret is the temperature of tho oven; a peasant can make as good mullins ns the princess, if she will attend to this one point. Sturdy Vak. . The t'ae of OH lit Cooking.' It is said by Eleanor Dates, in Jhiuyh' Urtof AmcrvH, that a lady onco attend ed a concert, at which she fell into a dis cussion with a friend concerning divers modes of cookery; tho theino of the con versation proved more enchanting than the music, which came to a sudden pause just as her unruly tongue, iu spite of hcr-elf, proclaimed in healing of the whole audience to their undisguised de light: "We fry ours in butter:" Relovcd si-ters, fry no more in butter, it is expensive, burns easily aud needs constant watching. Not many of you turn to lard, that modern American pro duct which has been scornfully thrust from foreign maikcts. The housewife who raises her own pigs on the bar.ks of a running stream und feeds them plenti fully on sweet corn meal and buttennilk she and none other may use lard with out fear and without reproach, but tho lard of the market is fearfully aud won derfully made. Produced from uuclean, sometimes diseased animals, and ns proved by recent revelations, more often adulterated thau not, it is au unwhole some article of food. Let us forthwith inaugurate a crusade against it. What then shall we use for frying? Clean beef drippings nre delightful in lair way. but somo of tho objections al ways made to animal fata are in place here, 'lliere is an article, however, against w hich nono of theso cau be urged. It is cotton-sccd oil. You don't like the taste of oil? Do you like tho delicato flavor of fresh, sweet chicken fat? The tastes are almost identical. Tho cost is less than that of lard. A kcttleful m ly be used auain and again. It will cook without burning nt a much higher tcmperuturo than cither butter or lard. It being purely vegetable, can carry no trichiuie, no form of scrofula into the human system. It "takes up" in cooking less than lard. Its merits have long been known to for eign chefs, and aro proclaimed aloud in cooking schools, though sometimes dis guised under the name of olivo oil. They who have used it tho longest, are its warmest friends uud firmest ad herents. Household Hint. Vegetables aro best stored in a roots by themselves. Sweet, light, fine-grained bicad, twenty-four hours old makes tho best laud w idles. Never send to tho table tho same food for threo meals in succession, unless varied 111 some way. A cool cellar aired on a warm day will gather moisture. To avoid this open the windows in tho evenings. Half a teaspoonful of common table salt, dissolved in a little cold water and drank, will instantly relieve heartburn. One pound and a half of copperas (lis tolvcd in a gallon of water makes an excellent disiufectaut for the kitchen sink. Scraps are a regular savings bank for the good cook. The greatest possible variety of good things can be ruudo out of them. Fruit that has been canned or pre served can bo dried by skimming it out of the liquid and treating tho same as tomato tigs. After cleaning lamps and wiping them dry, turn tho wick down below the top of the burner. This prevents oil on the outside of tho burner. A good cook throws away nothing. Every piece of bread.every inch of meat, every particle of vegetable can bo turned into something palatable. Flour should be bought by tho barrel, but Indian meal is so apt to become in fested with weevils that it should not remain much over a week on hand. When you boil a cabbage tie a bit of dry bread in a bag and put it in the ket tle. French cooks say that the unpleas ant odor will bo absorbed by the bread. Mayonnaise dressing, mado with the yolks of two raw eggs, stirred with tho best olive oil added drop by drop, is the foundation of the best salad dress ing. A good way to distinguish mushrooms is to sprinkle salt on the spongy or under side. If it turns yellow the speci men is poisonous : if black, it is whole some. Two handsomely dressed young ladies, who were passengers on a train from St. Louis recently, occupied a seat on a trunk in the baggage car, having refused to be separated from a pet dog which the rules of the road prevented them from taking into passenger car, , Lines te a Basted Rtatne of the Star Eyed Goddess ef Refurm. t tts ItMl tmttt SVSSSS ' IHttv SMMMI N. tmmmmm IIMWHttlUIIII ststMtMtmmmi HuuttiiiimuiHil BY BILL KTB. With AssUofla U MbT Pn-ts, Sculptors mat Job Prlnttra. Mm rm-.1 O Atar-eyed OoAAmn with the Pnych knot. Which I endearored In my poor, wnak way To fMtn on th- oomrr of your still, cold brow, IIow ad yon look and what a settled melan choly Booms to of aster la your sorambled hair I 'TIS seldom In my whole eara-r, I wot. That I hay saw a Uht patb-tlokor, Or ever hay m yia. I worn, Been Von look rockier than thou. Too strlk m Ilk a p-raon who baa soncM To Inlrodao your Justly celebrated reformat ilons la tula town, and wb.ll engaf ed In that caps city Oot Injured on tb face and eyes, If an, do not dospalr, but strnisl ont Immerse your swollen feature In a oold, wet elatn. ind If at any Mm yon wish to be Identified, Just call on m. An Object of Tlly. 4 My friends say that I have consump tion, and advise mo to partake of fresh blood. Where, oh where is there tome) Judje. The Soldier's Excnse. A soldior who had just enlisted, was placed on guard over a cannon. It was not long before he abandoned his post nnd went to a tavern not far off, whore he indulged in the flowing bowl. 'Fellow, why did you abandon your post:" exclaimed the captain who hap pened to put in an appearance. "Captain," was the reply of the in cipient son of'Mars, "I've tried to lift that cannon, snd I am satisfied that no one man can tarry it away, and if mora' than one of tho enemy comes after it, I can't stand them oil." A Wider Experience. Dumley (who has given Featherly a cigar from his private box) "I've smoked worso cigars than these, FeathV erly." Feathorly "Te-es, Dumley, I s'po you have; but you must remember that you aro an older man than I am." Lij The Result of Having a Lnrj.o Ilea- About a year ago a syndicate of Yorkers set out 1,000 acres of land i in Florida ns an experiment in growing tobacco. Two kiuds of Havana, Suma tra, 1'ennsylvanla, Wisconsin and Cod nectiout and the old Florida broad -leal tobaccos were planted, all of which bar grown luxuriantly, and it is expecte will average from GOO to 1,500 pouodi per acre. There are now only about 3,000 acres in Florida under cultivstion for tobacco, but if success shall crown the present experiment a great incrcsst in acreage may be expected in a years. Mark Twain , in acknowledging the degree of M. A. conferred upon him jjj Yale whose grave and reverend plsud its evidently know a good thing whoa they see it assures the university thoritles that he is quite as much gnu' fled over the honor as if ha deserved im iiuiuumiwiiiuiii lf m m m
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