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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.
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Prlnttra.
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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.
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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
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