' THE MIDDLKUURGH TOST.
T. O. HARTER, Editor akd Tko'iu
m iirrj:in r.i., iht. vs, ish.
An international congress of nearly
Hvs hundred physicians lately In session
nL IViris was practical! J unanimous that
ensssumptinn, or tulicrculosis, Is con
tagious and transmissible between man
a J last. There was unanimity also m
ti the pruno necessity of boiling milk
wrxl cooking meat well ns a preventive
nC tnuch of the consumption which now
iT.icts tlio human race. None of theso
cwit-ludons are new, but they derive ad
ditional force from the unanimity with
sh'n h they were declared and accepted
at farts well cs ublishcd.
Dnrnt arrival from tho Hawaiian
Islands declare that the Covernment is
iir-ulient, ami that nothing can prevent
Iiankmptcy in the near future. The re
form (lovcrtiinent, wh eh came into
power en the downfall of tlio tiibson
SJiii-'ry, l.ns simply Used any coin in
Vtrbt to pay current expen-cs with no
thought of fiitun.' settlement. Tliu pub
lic: lrlit (if Hawaii may be put in round
rtrimW-rs at "(O.ooo, f,ir which llio
only -crurity is Crown lands andiiov
crnincnt buildings ut Honolulu, which
tiiMlor foiccil sale would not realize half
h s amount.
"''Five million people upon the globo
tt! now ib pi: ltd cut on the electric cur
vol for their dady brcsd," so said Mr.
tV. II. I'repce, at the recent meeting of
he BritMi Assoeia' ion held at Hath.
"Scarcely a week pas-en,"' he continued,
'without some fresh practical npplicn
t.jon of its principles, and we seem to be
only on the shore of thai sea of ccono'tiy
n.T 1 bciielieoticc which expands witii
i-vcry new di-covcry of the properties of
v'ltictrii'ity, and spreads already be wind
flic nvutal grap of any one single
worker," And what is in store beyond
for man's research and conqiic-t who
hall say.'
When the Mayor of Charleston, W.
V.i., sentence. I a white woman the other
day to work seventeen days on the
streets, the A'tnu'ii Cmi-ti'iitio i declares
that a young firmer nrose and olTcrcd to
t.ikc her plai c, saying that hu would
('.rcr ierniit a wuinan to be workcil as
tl convict on the public streets. The
JM-tyor accepted his o:"er, and tho man
was marched oil to tho chain gang. Ho
declined to irjvc his name, and said that
Jilm Smith'' would do us well a any
thin: ele. lie said that he was a faun
laborer from some place up tho river,
! that lie never saw or heard of tho
woman in his life until he aw her in
the Mayor's court, but that his sense of
manhood and his respect for woman
kind would not permit him to seo one of
this nox scraping tho public streets in
company with tramps and bummers.
Statistics are not always interesting
reeling, observes tho New York Urnjifiir,
yvX can any one fail to find causo for
iv joining when he reads the fact that tho
.my of American school childteu who
hive resumed their studies numbers over
1 1,100,0(10.' The latest data furnished
by ilie (iovcrnmeiit shows that there nre
marly I'l.iiOO.OOti scholats enrolled upon
tfe lists of our schools, and that tho
averago daily attendauco is fully 1 1,
00V)M). Curiously enough tho greatest
progress in this line is evidenced where
one would least expect it. Tlio Territory
of Cakota shows tho most marked in-c-rease
in the number of her schools nnd
scholars, and is followed closely by that
oft ala'.d'-ie 1 State, Indiana. In New
Hampshire, Vermont, chio, Nevada und
SVkiIIi Carolina there has been a marked
(itcre isc in tho number of school children
enrolled. The centrul States of tho
North aro far ahead of all the rest of tho
I'niou, and tho Southern States, while
tn.ftking rapid advance, Ht ill remain far
in tho rear ns to the number of their
children attending schools.
Tlio New York Inilf'iniltiU presents
it annual statistical exhibit of the vari
imi churches in this country, compiled
mostly from otlicial sources. Tho follow
l ip; is a general summary by denomina
tional groups :
C.l. .Via. Com.
Adventists K 100,441
lujrtiFts im a,v:i,(W.-i
CirMiau t'nion... 1,-SOO .100 l.'O.OOU
Owigrcentionall-iU 4,4 H 4,0tK) 4.'j7,.')S-I
Km-ntis too :m tor.HW
irmart Kvaugu'l.. 075 1.00 1 1,000
I-ilhernus 7,!K)'J 4,L'l!i UST.tHJO
.V,nnonitn. .W (!05 ttl.UOJ
AJ.Uih1ikU 4V59 ,:il3 4,Cii0,.V.1l
Moravians tt 10H
?iw Jcnis.i'om.... 101 5,750
IVn-sltytPriiilis. 13,0:7 l),.'0 1,1."W,S5
jwopalians 4.7iM a.KJl 4I0,75
Wforme. 2.0J5 l.MtS K,54i
ltoman Catliolios.. 0.S2J 6,MW 7,U00,(XK)
I'oitarians 375 4H8 UO.000
Universalis T.)Q i(7 37,807
irand to'.al..ls,b 04,4.17 lt,7lf.i,3J
Tlio net gain for tho year was 0431
churches, 4.105 minister! aud 774,081
communicants. By far tho heaviest gain
ws among tho Duplils 1.187 churches
iul olO'.t ministers. Tho Methodists,
ilh thrir lH.OS.I churches, 38,313 niin
itors and 1,000,12!) communicants, stand
at the head of tho denominations, the
ltoman Catholics come next, and then
the Uuptists, rresbyterlans, Lutherans,
t'ongrr-gatioualists and Kpiscopsliaus.
FOREST riRB.
Summer hard a hidden Inrnxt whirring;
Stooped shs to the flowers with a sigh.
"Darling, corns," she said; "we must be
stirring.
tlear the heral'll Autumn draweth nlghr"
Bo, her lifted skirt with flowers heaping,
1'assed she through the fields and wood
land ways.
Tiny croaturm, 'tween the bush ponplng,
Raw her go, with sorrow In their gaze.
Laughing, turned she, ere she went, uphold
ing O'er the land her sun-glass high In air;
Soon was soon a thin sinok.s Tell enfolding
Distant hills ami valleys everywhere.
Then she slipped awey with silent laughter,
Kro the spark had quickened Into flame.
"lluddy Autumn swiftly fo lows after,"
Whispered she, "an 1 he shall bear the
blame."
Koon a stealthy yellow flams was creeping
Hre nnd there along a maplo bough.
Bwift from tree to tro ths lire went leaping.
Lol how all the woods are blazing now!"
Charle I'. Sherman (a Airpfr's Weekly.
A BRIDE FKOMTHE SEA.
TV KIIANds M. I.IVINOSTOV.
l'cm 'trins (Jrcnu was a traveling sales
man. He had the reputation of being
the bct-informcd man and of selling
more o.nls in his lino of business than
any man in New York. The causes for
th;s were few, but amply Mi'licient. The
li ist of these was natural ability ; he had
a keen eye to biiMiie-s, and when he had
anything to do he permitted nothing to
interfere with it until his end was ac
complished, lb; was a man of L'ood ap
pearance and address; mid, lastly, wat a
man of good habits. lie was in no sense
n ladies' man, f'.r he had iick-cr cultivated
the society of the gentler sex, perhaps
from lack of time, perhaps f.'om want of
inclination.
lie had been with his house fouryenn
when he took his li.iU vacation. He had
never asked for one, nnd In; did not ask
for this one. 1 1 is employers freely ollercd
it to him and insisted on his taking three
wrrks. So, in thu month of July ho
ran down to l'atchogue, Long Island,
intending to pais a part of his vacation
with a married siter who w as spending
the summer there. Hit sinter was an at
tractive young woman, fond of society,
bho introduce I him to several nice girls,
and what with boating, bathing ami
strolling on the beach, I'cmctrius louud
that there were other things in life which
he en joyed as much as selling canned
goods.
l'.y far the mot attractive gi 1 among
his sister's friends, I lemetrius thought,
was l.ydia Unit Icy. She was not par
ticularly h autifcil, except that she had
the beauty of youth, health ami inno
cence; but she was modest, sweet tem
pered, aud a thoroughly nice yirl. She
wa from Drooklyu, and had come to
l'atchogue with her aunt for the summer.
More thauMiis I 'cmetrius's sister did not
know, as .he had never met thu Hartleys
before their seashore acquaintance. As
for Demetrius himself lie did not nnk to
know any more. At t.o end of a week
he had settled in his own mind that ho
would bo a happier man if he were mar
ried. He had also do:crmined that
l.ydia Hartley was tlio woniau to make
Jinn hapoy, if ho could gain her consent.
Though his mind was thoroughly made
up on tiiis point, he resolved to wait
another week before speaking to her.
Caution was a character. stic of the man,
and as he was to be iu 1'atchouu two
weeks longer (for ho had icsolved to
spend his whole vacation hero), there
was no need to act on tho spur of the
moment, aud Demetrius said to himself:
'I shall wait until next Saturday.''
On Motulav there was a boating party.
When llio ladies wcie seated in the boat
Demetrius noticed that l.ydia rose and
gave her feat in the stern to her aunt.
"She is thoughtful aud unscl!lh," lie
said. When they were coming in a
Bipiall sprang tip, the boat pitched a great
deal arid tlieie was more dilliculty in
making a landing. Mtut ol tho ladies
were greatly frightened, many wero in
tears aad some in hysterics. l.ydia
alone, although a little pile, whs per
fectly calm. 'Sho is sensible uud cour
ageous," iaid Demetrius.
They landed without an accident and
Demetrius held an umbrella over l.ydia
ns they ran to the hotel. Miss Hartley
followed wrapped up in his mackintosh.
The ladies wero none the worse for their
wetting, and they had a merry patty at
night in the parlor of tho hotel.
Demetrius sat smoking his pipe for a
long Mno In fore ho went to bed. He
reviewed he events of the day, trying to
recall all that l.ydia said and h'owldie
looked when the said it. Ho thought
ho had never seen eyes of such a beauti
ful blue as heis, or hair of so pretty a
brown. He remembmcd how her hands
looked as they dipped iu and out of the
baskets in preparing their luncheou.huch
delt and competent hands as lliev were,
as well as pi city haads. 0 thought of
how she had a blight smile and a pleas
ant word for everybody in tho parly,
favoring uoue and forgettinir uone. All
this and more hu recalled, then ho laid
down his pipe, slapped his knee and
laid: "She is a splendid girl 1 love her
and I'm going to marry her:" which was
a very enthusiastic outburst for Deme
trius. Nevertheless he added: HI
wait until Saturday.''
Saturday morning dawned bright and
beautiful. Nothiug had occuued to
change Dcmetrius's mind iu tue slightest
deyreo, except that he was more in luvn
than evor. There, win nnthimi . i...
I , - - - ' .. ...... W UI
that day, and Demetrius and J.vdia
If- 3 .1 I II! .. -
iuuuu wiuiuseivis strolling quite uutur
slly on the beach together. They h id
walked almost a mile neither h iving
ipoken for some minutes when Deme
trius proposed that they sit down on thu
land. "1 have something to say to you,
Miss Lydia," ho began.
A fuint blush rose to J.ydia's cheek,
but she made no reply.
'During the two weeks which I have
known you I have grown to feel a doep
regard for you," he went on; 'you ate
the first wouiau I have ever loved, aud if
you can caro for me in return I want to
make you my wife. 1 am, as you know,
I traveling talesman. My salary is $u000
t year, with perquisites amounting to
10i)0 moro. My id-lcr, Mrs. Jackson,
is tho only relative 1 have. If you marry
me you will find that 1 will do every
thing a man in my position can do to
make you happy. 1 have not arrived at
this decision suddenly, and I will not
press you for an answer if you wish to
take time to consider. I shall be here
until next Faturday." This was very
long speech for Demetrius, but he felt
that the circumstances required tome
thing different from soliciting an order
for canned goods.
The blush on Lydia's check had deep
ened as ho went on. When he paused
she was silent a moment, and then, with
downcast eyes, he said :
"This Is sudden, Mr. Grem; I did not
think that is, I was not sure that
you"
"Ah. you did suspect, thenl" said
Demetrius, smiling.
"A little yes."
"And perhaps you have already con
sidered what you would say when I
should speak to you. I hope you haven't
tnado up your miud to send me to the
right nbout."
l.ydia raised her eyes. "No, Mr.
Orecn, I have not," she said. '-I respect
youi offer, I have the highest esteem for
you, nnd I am sure that I shall grew to
to care for you very much."
Demetrius took her hand, and bending
over it kissed it.
They sat thero long talking togothor;
but all they said does not concern us.
Demetrius had told l.ydia she was the
only woman he had ever loved. She, in
her turn, confessed what everv L'irl
would not, that ho was the very first j
sweetheart sho had ever had. Hut ,
Demetrius loved his tender flower all tho i
more that he had lieen its discoverer.
As they walked back to tho hotel ho
Said: "And now I must speak to your
aunt; do you think she will obect?"
'.Myaiintf Oh, no, my sunt wiil not
obYct. I am sure. ' saul l.vdin.
In tho evening when Domctrus ap
proached .Miss Hartley on tho sub ect
she seemed considerably surprised.
"l.ydia is so young I never thought
that so soon " tho old lady stam
mered, "..f course, Mr. (ircen, you
have my consent, so far as I am con
cerned, but I am not Lydia's natural
guard nn.' '
"I thought she made her homo with
you." sail) Demetrius in some surprise.
"So she docs,-' said .Miss Hartley,
"Who is her guardian then?'
"Her father."
"Does her father live with you?"
o. Me comes to the house about i
every week, w hen we are at homo." I
"WLsie can 1 find him?" j
"I cannot tellyou-Iio not know," i
said the old lady in some confusion. j
"Is it no. esary that I get his consont
to my marrying l.ydia?'
"I think so. oh yes, indeed." )
"Miss Hart'cy said Demetrius, "if
there is anything of a painful naturo
about your brother, I do not ask you to
tell it to mo. I am going to marry your
niece, but I should perfcr to have her
father's consent." j
"There is nothing painful Mr. Orcen.
It is only that I can tell you absolutely
nothing. My brother is a very peculiar
man. Some year ago ho was a sea-cap- i
tain of soma prominence. He lost tho
command of his vessel, or resigned it, I
do not know which, and since then I
havo never learned what busiucss he
went into, (icnernlly ho comes to see
us every week, but sometimes he doesn't
come for a month." '
"Does he never writo to you or your
niece?" i
"No yes, ho did once. lie sent
Lydia a message nbout a year ago, and I :
remember that 'Brooklyn Navy Yard'
wa on the letter paper, but that, may
not have meant anything." j
"I am much obliged to you for tho
information; it probably means a great;
deal to nny ono who wants to find him. i
Is this all you can tell me?" j
"That is all I know."
Another week passed, a week of great
happiness for Demetrius, nnd apparently
for Lydia, too. Demetrius had told her
that he was to go ou tho road again tlio
following Monday. He would bo in !
New York often before tho fall, nnd, of j
course, would always come over to 1
Brooklyn to see her. "In October I shall
bo in the city for three weeks," ho added,
"and then, if it suits you, is when I
should like our marriage to take place." ,
Lydia blushed, then smiled ai;d con
sented. 1
tu Monday Demetrius bndo adieu to
his betrothed, took the eaily train for
New York and reporting to his homo
made up his route. Then he started for
Brooklyn, nnd reached the Navy Yard
shortly after noon, tioing to headquar
ters he inquired for Mr. Hartley.
"David Hartley?" was the response i
"Yes, is he heie?" !
"No, he's out." iioiutingto tho water.
"Can I communicate with him? It is
on a matter of great importance," said
Demetrius, looking at his watch "and
wilt probably take but a short time."
The oilicial hesitated a moment then
rang a bell.
"John, this gentleman wants to talk
to Hartley. Take him over."
Tho mail led tho way to the dock when
the two got into a small boat, tho man
taking the oars and pulling toward a tug
which lay about two hundred feet from
tho dock. Thero were several men on
tho tug.
"Which of these gentlemen is Mr.
Hartley I" asked Demetrius. I
"None," replied ouo of the men, I
laconically.
"I was told that I should find Mr.
Hartley here," he Baid.
"if you can wait a whilo, we'll have
him up." said tho tlrst speaker.
"I p?" ieicated Demetrius.
"Yes, out of tho water; he's in the
wreck."
"Wreck what wreck?"
"The Mury Stevens, right under you,
sir."
Demetrius was appalled. Was Lydia's
father drowned, aud had he come here
only to carry back this dreadful news to
herf Three deep, reverberntiug strokes
came from far beneath him, which
sounded like a death knell. Demetrius
shuddered. Then catching sight of the
amused faces of the men, ho thought it
some hideous joke.
"(jientlomen," he said, "I must see
Mr. Hartley or communicate with him at
once on a matter of the utmost import
ance. You say that ho is under tho
water, yet I nru perfectly sure that he is
not dead. I have to transact my business
and catch a train at o'clock, so I should
he obligod to you if you will explain
this mystery at ouce."
"Certainly, sir," said tne man who hnd
answered him, "Mr. Hartley is down in
the wreck, in the diving-beli; if you
cannot wait until ho comes up, we'll send
down a message for you."
Demetrius breathed more freely, tore a
leaf from his memorandum took aucj
hastily wrote: "Demetrius Orlien with
Msnninff, Moore ft Manning, asks th
hand of your daughter Lydia in mar
riage. He has her consont, and hopes
to have yours."
This he enclosed In an envelope and
addressed, gave it to the man and
watched him curiously as he placed t In
a small metd receptacle attached to
rord, then jerked a rope and lowered the
receiver into the water. After what
seemed a long time, several of the same
strokes which De.neirius had heard
previously resounded again, and the
cord was drawn up, the receptacle opened
and Demetrius rece ved his own note, on
the buck of which was scrawled: '!
don't object. D Hartley."
"Can you send me another meisage?"
asked Demetrius.
"Yes, sir."
He wrote: "The wedding day is fixed
for October 8; I sincerely hope you will
be present."
This was sent as before, and after an
other interval of waiting came back the
answer: "All right; I II be there "
"What'e the charge, gentlemen?" said
Dcmetriu.j. briskly, as he folded up his
correspondence and put it In his pocket
"No charge, sir."
"No charge? Then take this, and
drink to the health nnd happiness of my
bride and myself on the Hh of October,''
and pressing a live-dollar note into tht
hand of tho astonished workman, he
sprang into tho boat and was rapidly
pulled ashore. 2'U ICjvch.
A Woman's lVrullar .Malady.
Thero is living in Cleveland, Ohio,
lady a llictcd with a pcculinr malady
which lias puzzled and ba lled the entire
medical fraternity of this section of the
country. Herself tho si-ter of a well
known physician, sho has been unable
to obtain any relief, nnd has turned in
despair from ono form of treatment to
another without avail. Some years ago,
when n young girl, the house in which
u.o was stopping at the time was struck
by lightning. All of the inmates were
stunned, and more or less seriously in
jured. This young lady su tiered more
severely than tho other victims. The
shock completely paralyzed both her or
gans of speech ami motion, and sho lay
for days in n most precarious condition.
I ccovery, although slow, was appar
cntly complete, however, and in a few
weeks tho elTect of the stroke had cn
thely passed away, says the Pittsburg
D'i'pixlli.
One day sho felt tho dread symptoms
of paralysis stealing over her, and before
assistance could be mtniuoned the un
fortunate woman was again prostrated,
speechless, and unablo to move a musclo
of her body. It was noticed at tho time
that a heavy thunder storm was brewing,
and that tho air was overcharged with
electricity. When the storm was over
the patient rapidly recovered, and the
next day was as well ns ever, save tho
nervous shock attending tho relapse.
Tho next th indcr storm brought with
it the same alarming state of alTairs, nnd
again was tho young woman pnralycd,
recovering only when the atmosphere
was cleared of its overcharge of elec
tricity. The fact that the victim's sys
tem, rondercd sensitive to electrical
changes by the frightful shock it had ro
ceived when tho was struck by light
ning, was now susceptible to the slightest
pretence of the subtle fluid, was row ap
parent, aud medical science was called
into requisition to elfect a cure. All
remodies proved inelTective, and with
every recurring thunder storm the un
fortunnto woman relapses into a state of
partial or complete paralysis, according
to tho severity of the storm. Her health
hss, of course, sulfcrcd from tho con
stant strain put upon her both physically
nnd mentally, but there appears to bo
no relief from tho malady, if it can be
termed such.
The Handsomest Horse in the World.
At tho horse annex of tho Buffalo (X.
Y.) fair, every variety of the equine race
was represented from the huge Clydes
dales weighing over '000 pounds, "with
hams like an elephant's and white fet
locks that sweep the ground, down to
tho daintiest darling of a Shetland pony,
mouse color and white, hardly larger
than a Newfoundland dog, and limbed
like a deer. Very funny was a group of
extra diminutive ponies with their de
mure little mule colts beside them.
Thero were many l'crcheron and French
coach hrscs, splendid creatures, most
of them imported, but perhaps the two
most notable animals wero Mambrino
King nnd Al-Monarch. Al-.Mounrch, tho
bold originality of whoso Arabo-drcck
title cannot bo too much admired, is not
so celebrated for his speed, as for the
fact that he is tho father of Kl-Monarch,
a horse of i.:Vi record, tho last quarter
being at n paco which would reduce it
to 'Mi if the whole mile had been at
the same speed. H-Monarch did not
himself appear in tho flesh, but the pub
lic were consoled by a photograph, pre
sumably instantaneous, which represents
him us llying through the air apparently,
all four feet boing all tho ground. I be
lieve the instantaneous process lias es
tablished tho fact that a swift trotting
horse is frequently detached in that
fashion.
As for Mambrino King, he trawls on
his beauty, having tho reputation of be
ing the handsomest horse in the world.
'1 his at leust was the claim boldly made
for him by tho placard in frout of his
box. He certainly has a beautiful head
and eyes of indecribnble muguiliceuce.
As it was impossible to exhibit him in
motion, tho instantaneous photograph
was again brought into requisition, a
wonderfully spirited picture, that re
called Job's warhorso. He looks thero
like an embodied thunderbolt. Timet
Democrat. A Unique French Advertisement,
The latest device for attracting the at
tcntion of possible purchasers which has
been adopted by several l'aris shopkeep
ers is an "immovable boy." Outside a
clothier's, for instance, the "boy" stands
without moving a muscle, and bears on
his carcase the newest fashion in blouses
or coiduroys. l'assers-by are easily at
tracted by the remaikable figure, which
they take to be au effigy iu waxwork
or a tableau ticnn'. The boy has been
well drilled anl lives up to his work.
Ho smiles not, neither does ho wink, nor
does he betray tho slightest sign, tokeu
or movement that he has anything in
common with the ordinary palpitating
aud etTervcscing specimen of humanity,
the "Boulevard boy." The device
draws, for spectators are usually lost in
amazement at the impassive features of
the breathing impersonation of a dummy
figure.
HDtrttOhO JfATTECa.
To Clean Paint Work.
' A steamboat steward says that house
keepers should go to a steamboat for
lessons on cleaning paint work. The
cabin of a steamboat, painted a cleat
white, is kept quite as if the painter had
iust left it, being not only clenr, but
having a beautiful polish. All that is
necessary Is a little water, a sponge, pure
castlle soap, and a smooth cloth for rub
bing after the dirt has been washed ofl
with the sponge. The rubbing restores
the polish. Many people ps.nt every
year, whereas if the paint is washed in
this way it will show clear and with
high polish for four or five years.
lYairu Farmer.
Use Plenty of Apple.
Applet are abundant and cheap this
year, sayt the New York Wilms, and
there it no more useful fruit. Law,
stewed, baked or preserved, they are
wholesome, toothsome and nutritious.
The fall apples are the most Juicy and
delicious, but do not keep, and for that
reason have to be sold cheap. Every
good sired family should buy a barrel of
them at once for immediato use, and
save them from spoiling by eating thero
up A considerable portion of them
might also be mado into jelly by coring
them and boiling skin and all. lied ap
ples are best for this purpose, as ht
color of tho skin gives a tine rich tint to
tho jelly. A liberal allowance of lemon
juice should he added to the apple juice
and an equal weight of sugar, nnd the
whole boiled into a jelly. It is th
cheapest of all jellies, and remarkably
good when well mado. Bought apple
.icily is not nearly so nice, and can seldom
be relied upon. It is frequently made
from the refuse of the evaporating es
tablishments, that is, the cores, and
skins and wormy applvs.
Tickles.
For pickles of all kinds uo tho best
cider vinegar and not an acid, vinegar,
so-called. It cannot be too strong, as it
is weakened when scalded. I'nscnldcd
vinegar does not keep well with pickles.
Never use a metal vessel in pickling; it
should be either granite ware or por
celain. Tickles should be examined fre
quently nnd tho soft ones taken out. If
white specks appear in the vinegar drain
it off and scald; add a half teacup ol
sugar to each gallon and pocr again ovct
the pickles. A few bits of horse radish
or a few cloves added will improve the
flavor.
All vegetables or fruits for pickling,
except for sweet pickles, should be
sound, but not quite ripe. Do not scald
cucumbers, but souk them in salt nnd
water. Boiled beets can be pickled
whole, first removing tho outer skin, to
be sliced when required. Vegetable!
that require to bo boiled or scalded before
pickling will be whiter if a little lemon
or green grapo juice is added to the
water, .as cabbago, cauliflower, white
beets or (onions. For green vegetable!
put a little soda in tho water to preserve
the color. Cure should be taken not to
scald too much, or they will bo soft and
tasteless.
Always have tho vegetables or fruit
perfectly cold before pouring over the
vinegar, which should be in all cases very
hot.
A good average of spices to, a quart oi
pickles is an even teaspoon each of all
spice and peppercorns, one-half a tea
spoon of mustard seed, a piece of Jamaica
ginger one inch long ana a tablespoon oi
stick cinnamon broken. Detroit Free
Pre.
Household Hints.
Use a warm knife in cutting warm
bread and the like.
A paste of whiting and benziuo will
remove spots fiom marble.
A salt ham should be soaked over night
in plenty of soft water previous to boil-iuK-
After washing a wooden bowd place it
where it will dry equally on all sides,
away from the stove.
Fruit stains on white goods can bo re
moved by pouring boiling water directly
from tho kettlo over tho spots.
Hive sirup is good for croup or inflam
mation of tho lungs. It must bo kept in
a cool placo, for if it sours it is ery
poisonous.
If you want poached eggs to look par
ticularly nice cook each egg in a mu tin
ring placed in the bottom of a saucepan
of boiling water.
A creaking hingo can lie cured by tho
use of a black lead pencil of the softest
number, tho point rubbed into all tho
crevices of tho hingo.
Corks may bo made airond water tight
by keeping them for five minutes under
melted puraliiuo. They must bo kept
dowu with a wire screen.
For cleaning brass uso a thin paste ot
plate powder, two tablespoonfuls of vino
gar, four tablespooufuls of alcohol. Hub
with a piece of flannel; polish with
chamois.
Suet should bo cooked before it is
stale. Boil for two or three hours, then
strain through a linen cloth. One-fourth
of this fat und three-fourths lard is a
good mixture for frying doughnuts.
Be very particular about disinfecting
tho kitchen sink. Washing soda, two
tablespoonfuls to a gallon of boiling
water, makes an excellent wash to pour
hot into the sink at after you have fin
ished using it.
Washiny Away a Continent.'
The average discharge from the Mis
souri into the Mississippi is estimated at
170 cubic feet per second. This would
bo 500,000 cubic yards per day, and
180,000,000 cubic yards per year. At
flood stage the sedimeut has reached
the enormous amount of 4,000,000 cubic
yards iu one day. This w ould make a
bank twenty-three miles long and 100
yards across, and loot) miles of such
levee in a year. When the united rivers
pour into tho gulf, the output of soil
annually is twice the above amount.
The meaning of such figures it is im
possible to measure. One hundred and
fifty cubic milos of the continent
tumbled annually into tho sea by one
watershed I The wear and waste of
cultivable soil is euormous. But the
great problem for man is how to control
tho mud-laden waters so that they shall
not destroy ruthlessly ou tho way to
their discharge. U lobe-Democrat,
George W. Cable calls Maurico Thomp
son the sweetest and mott gifted of
poets of the present day.
"FACTii
Wisconsin hat a chamoloil
.L - a . . .
tne gsme oi arangnis.
No gold or silver coins art
the Chinese Government.
Edith Brlnkham of Tlacln '
her life by falling out of bed.
The lean year privilege is
.11 J T .""H
ix uunureu sou suit years DM
Ben Franklin recognized th. .
time. He Invented three clorv. l
A skipping rope hat been
... . i
hlch sets in motion a small
in ono oi me nanaies.
Mary Goodwin of Atlani. ,
thirty-eight years of age and
oi iwcniy-seven cnnaren.
It it against municipal law In r
dig over 11)0 feet to find well tj
is me uiea mat me ooiiom ,J
mrougn.
Ice was produced in summer J
oi cuemtcai mixtures by Mr. fl-.i
i i ins was tne nrst known J
in mis airection.
The first patent in America I
. - . -.. ... . . -
in limp t ramuci Hopkins, 0 1
deiphia, lor an improvement
manufacture of potash.
iscnr wBKianu, icnn , an eim
struck a fallen tree nnd every u.
rans, vet not a single patt:
citncr Killed or wounded.
n. ti nniiiuiiMi luirnnry pf
i ie..i.:.i... t !.
12000 lor ail tue delicacies of i
to bo fed to his dog, while his r. i
sm n a lini tn I . I 1
vvna iiinuv nun iv 1U9 UlCO 1 1
only.
F.iuhty-four children bclnrgl
mntiicrs oi .ilC' i in, I'enn. Jin
Field has 2S. Mrs. Jose, h ( I
Mrs. .lames Barrett 10, and Mn i
Wright 13.
A .Missouri horse fell over sr
a .ti t i
ii to icci uiii nnd escape l
scratch on his leg. Next dir
picco of corn cob in his tin
choked to death.
rr-c . i. .,
mo i.cnmMins iuko ineir iH
their discoverer, John Herinn i
visited them in I't'i'i. Tlio ti .
was 8ir George hummers, win ,
awny on them in 100.1.
While Charles Cogswell
a pretty young woman of lin-l
Conn., tho other day, he dm;
uj ncr iuu. ruu luinieo irnm ':
and was for a time likely to d
m' .i . i i,
umoiny carter is Dencve.i :l
oldest stcreotypcr. Ho Intro- J
trado in Boston. School Im. .
of him in 1817. Hu is still ,
man, lives at Newton, and
years of age.
At Tcxarkana tho other di;
horned steer undertook to kiwi
elephant of a traveling cicu.
on his native heath was no iiu
big foreigner, and was laid ou j
stark in just half a round.
At Kearney, N. J., a factonj
is being erected, which wi
isueo, ie mo iauct in t lie cn ;
thu fourth highest in the woii.
be 3-15 feet high. There arc:'
chimneys in Scotland and on-
land.
A hotel waiter in Cincinnati J
iroin a guest, ma tlio m:
"turn-dowu" collar. Hewvj
of the theft, and, whilo being J
to the stationhouse, the oilier
greenback protr.uding fro1
aiding piaco.
A beetle as largo asasparrol
received by tne Mate r.ntcl
New York. It camo fro:
America, Ho has another cut I
resembles two green leaves i::
twig, it is called a camel c:
was produced In Texas.
A Massachusetts cat. which I
tho age of twenty years und :
is buried under a granite ow.
to resemble Bunker Hill mom I
deeply chiselled with the ni"
erly," the which hitih soiini: .
tion belonged in life to the a I
There was a ruce lately in U
tweou a obra aud an or
tliouah tho bird camo in a Ik
ahead, the beast wou the w
done in this wise: I he M
claimed that ho had been p-
fowl, which nobody with a I
tbography could deny, and i
was awarded where it did no:
sailors believe roliyiou-i; I
frigate bird can start at d.iyl
tho trado winds from thecoa-:
aud roost tho same nhlit
American shore. Whether oil
a fact has not yet been com!
termiued, but it is certain t;
is thu swiftest of winged crevi
is ably to fly, under favonug :
L'OO miles an hour.
Tho etymology of the wordij
is tbus given by a ituua
Among the northern niitioc-l
there was ancient practice of :
riod couples to drink met lit;'
a kind of wine mado from 11
droinel) for thirty days nftet
Henco the term honcymonth '
moon. Attila, tho Hun, dn:
mead at his wedding feast tbi
Vegetables of National 1st
The importance of vcgcH-
Lnited States, savs a writer u
len ient, has been partially d'
in late years by tne regular a
by Congress of the "Section
l'atholoiry," since, while in
tends to the diseases of vi1
trees, it also investigates toe
tables. A small upprop:
granted to the Department
ture for tho support of till'"
iuopo iu cnargu Ol it in" -ered
a good dual of infomut
po'.ato rot iu the United f
Botanical Division has slf
15,000 copies of the "Circa
on "Treatment of the potato
for the bliurht and rot."
DIIow strange all such Co"'
sistance would have seemeu
lieh 300 vcars aero, when,
us. cardenlnsr. "thoueh k!
by the monks, had become
art in England."
In 15U3 we are told that
to twenty shillings wus ( ";
six cabbages and a fow earn
writer of 1650 tells of an '
remembered "the first gl1
came into Surrey to ulaut."
cauliflowers, aud to sow tu"J
and parsnips and early T
which at that timo were
we having few or none in
what oame from Holland or
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