THE M1DDLEJJURGH TOST.
T. II. HARTER, KntTOB and Tno'iu
HlltLI:lil JU;ll. i'A.. Xor. 15, isss.
More tlinn lml f the population of Paris
apply for gratuitous nicdicul attendance,
and half the burials nro at thu public
expense
Tho corn crop of the present season in
tho lirst iti riincyeirs that in proportion
ate to tho increase of population in thin
country.
An c!Tort will bo made In tho Vermont
Legislature at tho present sc-sion to
adopt a more effectual and satisfactory
COlllllloll-.school svstem.
A Ccrinmi Mii'i-lii'ian figures up tlia
I-.ii j1:itk1 has caused tin; il'iiih of .".', I niii,.
t)0'l people and ha wrought )10,UtO,
ODO.oiio worth of destruction.
Tho l'.t'LjlMi army in kicking about
rations, having disi ove:e 1 Unit tho sol
dirt of every other ur ny in the worbl
draw lon.er if ti .t better rations.
'lie of the jnurmil nt St. Peter-bur"
ill view of the inllux of ( hilie-e into
r-'ibeiii, iiiet that measure lc taken Id
re;;ii:i!r their immigration into tint
eiiii.itry.
It is estimated that -? S,uo ,()i)0 a year
is spent by penp'u iii tho vicinity ( f New
York in railroad fares, admission to
r ue and bet on hor-cs, tho latter being
by far the 1 irgest.
The s,prc-s of tin; irreat World's I'ni
at Me'lii.iirne, Australia, tins incited San
Francisco to iitidettako a "(Jreat I'aeilio
Slope mid International Exposition" in
that city in a year or two.
Servant Kendall, of the HritMi Army,
L'an e-.h'liit. forty u'ght diUVrent wound
received in the line of duty. A bursting
diell indicted twelve of the wound') lit
ano time nii'l one bullet left thrco scars.
Out of lino in'-n discharg. d from Juliet
.III.) Prison mid krp! track of for two
years, over "0 1 haxo been returned to
pri-on a';ain, and not over 120 out of
tho whole lot we o le :ir of suspicion or
surveillunco.
Amrni;' European potentate kissing
appears to go by rank ond not, as usual,
by fBVor. In bidding Francis .loseph,
the King of Saxony and the Kegont of
Ituvnria good bye, Kaiser Wilhclm of
(icrmany kissed tho lirst thieo times und
tho others nut once each.
Tho last summer xvas tho wettest that
England has experieni cd simo Wli und
thu coolest since HiiD. In most parts of
she country the sun did not (thine more
hail an nvcinge of four tu four and a
half hours a day. In Si otlaud the uuily
average was about live hours.
According to the statistics published
by the Minister of the Interior the total
number of cases of holera during the
last epidemic in the Chilian republic
were of wipe i 10,:!. died. The
government expended tho Mini of I'sT,
ili:i.2'. for combating tho di-oaso.
I'ntil thiee years ntro it is said ft at.
Mexico was free from inos uitoes. If
this is true,snys tho Allan ta Cm,si vliun
it is a very interesting f.i -t. Mosquitoes
arc common in much colder countries
than Mexico. W here do they como from,
and what are tho conditions that brood
them?
I'pon September t? there was born in
New Haven. Conn., to Arthur .1. und
May English Tuttlo a son, x ho is seven::,
in descent from his great grcat-gi e it
great grandfather, N. S. English, who is
but seventy-seven years old. Many per
ilous live to see tie- sixth generation, but
this is thought to be the lirst caso ol
the seventh on record in America.
A newly ort-nuied political party in
Japan has for its programme : The reduc
tion of tho land tax, the abolition of
centralization m the administration, thu
introduction of tho volunteer system
into thu army, and thu revision of thu
existing treaties, with tho view of put
ting Japan on equal footing with other
powers in international intercourse.
Porno of tho engineers think that
Augusta, !., will have to build a dyku
to protect herself against future freshets.
Tho t'h i-'HtL-h; however, takes the posi
lion that a dyko is insccuro, and when it
breaks tho consequence nro disastrous.
Thero is a deposition in Augusta to
trust to lin k, in the hope that it will bo
forty years or inoro before another bad
llood comes.
The Ilerlin lumen '. ittni'j vouches for
this statement: "In 1873 tho Crown
I'rinco Frederick William caused twelve
copies to be taken by a copper-plate
process of thu diary which ho kept dur
ing tho I raneo-tieriuan war. Of theso
copies he presented one each to persons
who partirula ly en.inyod his confidence,
the pluto being afterward destroyed.
The recipient were requested to take
peciul care that the diary was not pub
lished until fifty years uftcr the death of
-its author."
A FUNNY WORLD IS THIS.
This world It very funny,
For no matter bow much money
Man it earning he will spend it, and be hard
up all the time;
To hit utmost he It straining
To cntrh up without attaining,
Till be make his life a burden when It should
be bliss sublime.
Ifo who earn a thousand merely,
Thinks two thousand dollars yearly
Would 1m just tho figure to make happiness
complete;
P.ut Ills income when It double.
Only multiplies hit troubles,
For hisnutKO then increasing mako.1 his both
ends worse to moot.
It Is run in debt and borrow,
Fiu-.li today mi l broke to-morrow,
Financiering every which way to postpone
tho day of doom;
Upon lin money ere ha makes It,
Ami tlien Houiierin what tskes It,
Till ho, Ktvin tip tho rid llo, lookt for rest
Wltlllll tlie tomU.
Oh, tliis world Is very funny
To the nvernjr, man whose money
Ioesn't Uit pay for the ilanein tliat ho
does before, ho should;
And be kills himself by trying
Jut a little Li '-her ftviinr
Than is suit.., I for Ins pocket an I liii own
.ternal nooj.
lloo'l'ttl'ti Sun.
KATE'S POOKET-MONEY.
"It's all very lino to be adopted," sdd
Katu Kaswell, niiiniii' her lingers des
perately through her liort, brown curls
"ami a rich uiu le reads delightfully
in a newspaper story, or at thu end of a
novel; but what is a girl to do for a
little pocket -money f
"A-k your undo for it, m's. dear,'
tilggestid Cleo. the old housekeeper.
".Not that he'd give it to you the mas
ter is dn adlul close in hm calcu ations.
liut there's nothing like trying. Now, is
theie;"
Kate lixed her great sea bluoeyes full
on t leo's wrinkle. face, and considered
the piotioa dl-p issinii nely.
"I've heard ol in .rcliing up to the can
non's mouth w il she. "1 wo. ill almost
lather do that than ask 1 nele Isnswed
for a dollar. Hut you are light, Cl o
there's nothing lUc tryinir."
Sheeyed her-elf in the glass a bright,
nudaeious faced little brunette, with a
crop of nhort, blown curls parted eni-
phat cully on one h de, cheeks tluslied
Willi roy heal'h, and n captivating dim
ple in her chin she pulled her sailor
collar Miaiglit, and threw away a cluster
of marigolds which had wilted in her
bi'Mitn.
leu," said she, ".shall I cl ?''
Tho oi l woman looked lovingly nt
her.
"If the Major hadn't a heart of stone,
Miss,-' niid shu, "he couldn't refuse a
thing you asked of him!"
Kate laughed.
"i w ish every one was of tho nimo
mind as you, Cleo," she said.
And then hho man lied out to the
ftonc-'dorcd portico, where her undo,
Hcatod in n huge basket- hair, wus read
ing his morning's letters through a pair
cf steel-hound spectacles.
.Major Kasweb looked up, w ith a smile.
Ho a most always smiled when Kate ap
peared betoro hurt, but it was a cold,
not an encourng ng, smile.
"Well, my ilear.'" miid he.
"ruele, ' htamtnered Kate. "I should
like a little-a litilo pocket-money
"What for.'" mi l the Ma or. still with
the immovable smile widening ids mouth.
Kate hesit itc I.
Sh had wanted a yard of Smyrna
lace, a pint of peanuts, two post igo l
tump; and a bottle of coti-h mixture i
for one f her proteges in tho village ; 1
but all these things seemed ho pitifully I
ins giiilieaiit in the cold light of Major
Kaswcll's frigid blue eyes and stony
sm.le, that she lacked courage to 1
cuumeiatc them.
.. "Oh, various things!" said she, feebly. !
"wirious thiueS, ch;"Haid the Major.
"Yes I dare say ! liut that isn't tho way
I do business, Katharine. Any icasoiiablu
bills that you may contract may be sent
to me, and I w ill pay for thorn by check, i
1 always like to know where i stand, '
'financially."
"Hut, uncle, a little ready money in
one's pocket"
"Is the most wasteful system in the
xvoi Id, my dear.''
"No! he olf about jour business, or
I'll have you arrested! (to a swart-laced
Jtal an organ-grinder, who, accompanied
by his tattere I wife and monkey, weru
idling- up the broad carriage drive).
And Kate shtaak liack, almost as
iicrvou-ly ns il the stern relnul' were '
addressed to her own individual self.
Nio, thero was no use to protest.
I'ncle Kaswell was an autocrat in hia
xv. iv. She could only retire as grace- j
fully us possible lioni tlio licld of action
and con I ess to uld Cleo that she hud been
defeated. I
"It makes me feel so helpless."' said
she, clenching her hands. "Oh, Cleo,
isn't there any one in the village that ;
wa .ts a littlu sewing done, or a bit ,
of house cleaning done, or something 1
that represents money value?"
"I think you're going cra.y, miss!" ;
said Cleo, with a gasp. I
'.Money I must have!" assverated
Katu. "J)oi8 I'm lo Kaswell think 1 am
like tho savage tribes of Africa, who
live on bits of colored glass und wax
beads; And money I menu to earn, i
onto way or other. F.Uo I nrght as well
e ii pauper i i nucKS, iiiucou I A CuecK
for a paper of pins, or a pa k ago of
cream chocolates I 1 wonder how L'uclo
Kuwcll would like it himself I"
l or n minuto Kato hositated whether
to laugh or to cry. And in default of
cithor, alio caught up her hut and wont
out into tho garden to hunt butterflies
for her collection.
"Hless and save us, miss!" snid John,
tho knotty-faced man who olliciuted in
tho dotiblo capacity of gardeuer nnd
tableman. "Why, you nearly knocked
me over."
"I'm very sorry, John," said Kate,
picking up her butterfly net. "Hut if
it had not been for you, I should have
caught that lovoly tcria-cotta specimen.
What were you staring at I One would
think you might have gottou out of the
way."
"It's the boat, miss," said John.
'It isn't runuing away, I supposo?"
(aatrastically.)
"No, miss; but it might," John
answered, in rather a nettled fashion,
"if I didn't keep my cyo on it. lt'a
thorn bicrcle men and tourists from the
hotel want to hire it. And they're that
mad because master has given orders to
say no that two of 'em hss tried to sneak
it away on the sly a'ready. Boats is
sc arce hereabouts that kind o' boat, at
least. Hut it's locked tight, and the key
under tho tool-hotiso mat I" concluding
his speech with a chuckle.
"it's too bnd1" said Kate. "No one
ever uses it hers. Koine one ought to
hnvo the pood of it."
"!t' a private bont," asserted John,
stubbornly. "No one hain't no business
With it but ourselves."
"John I"
"Ye. Mia Koto."
"What do people generally charge for
a boat.' peoplo that havo it to hiro,
you know?"
"A inartcr of a dollar an hour, miss,
for rowbonts, without the boatman,"
John answered, ns he resumed his nor
mal occupation of pruning out th
JiicUeminot roses ready for thoir full
blooming.
Ma or Kaswell went to tho city the
next day; John accompanied him.
The e was to bo a great auction rale
of Holland bulbs on Chambers street;
and tho Major was fond of tulips.
John was a good judge of bulbs, and
although the Malor pietcndcd to nay no
attention to his iidrice, still ho mulu an (
excuse to take John nlongalso. i
"If you really wnnt a new stock of
gl i liolas," s lid he, "you may as well
pick out ihn varieties for yours' If."
"Yczei," said John, who knew per-
leeny wen wnai it an inennt.
No sooner had tho pair disappeared
nlotigthe winding natli that formed a
short-cut to the tailway station, than
Katu tied on her bonnet, having pre
vi inslv eclip ed herself in one of Cloo's
most faded gowns.
"tioo lncs mo, miss!'' said tho old
woman, "what are you going to do?"
"I'm going boating," und Kate.
I'uder the shadow of an old willow,
on the edge ol the mar-hy shore, there
was a rude wooden bench.
There Miss Kaswell seated herself, with
her book - a fair young spider, on tho
iii rkn for flies. She had not long to
wait.
Presently a yo ing mm sauntered
quietly along, lie did not seo her nt
first, so completely was tho screen of
floating wil ow tresses, und with n 'u--live
smile sh watched hint try thu fast
ening of the chain once, twice, three
limes.
"Deuce tako it!" ho said, straighten
ing himself up at last, "lt'a as tight as
a j id."
Kate put tho green boughs aside.
"Did you want anything.'" said sho.
The young man reddened all o er his
handsome face.
"Oh, I l eg your pardon!" snid he
"but I was looking lor a boat. Could a
fellow hiio this ilo you know?"
"Certainly," said Miss Kaswell.
"Your father was rather short about
it, the other day," said thu younir man.
"In the garden, you know cutting tho
cdecs ot tho box-borders. He nearly
set the dog on one of our club. I'm one
of the liicyclo Six."
"lie is a little peculiar," said Knte,
calmly, "if you want tho boat to-day,
you can have it for two dollars, payment
in advanee. Hero is tho key."
".Much oblige. I am sure!" said the
member of the liicyclo Six.
"You will lind the cushions in the
boat-house," added Kato.
"Thanks, awfully!" said tho young
man, thinking how very pretty the
gardener's daughter was, us ho felt in
his pocket for the two dollar bill which
represented payment in advance.
Kato took it, with a curious sensation.
She had never earned anything beforo,
and it seemed like a prodigious sum of
money to her.
The customer reported promptly tho
next day.
This time Miss Kato was gathering
flowers in thu garden, clone to the edgo
of tho liver.
"I should like thu boat again," said
he, dolling his cap, nnd looking very
bright nnd sunburned, as ho stood among
the tall bluo lloweiud rushes.
"ou can only have it until noon to
dav," said Katu. "It's engaged after
that."
f or she had bethought herself that it
would never do to have tho Kivcrljuccn
gone, when I uclu Kaswell nnd John
returned Irom tho sale of Holland bulbs.
"I'hroe dollar in pocket-money!"
she said, exultantly, to herself. "That's
Homething like. Now I can buy a paper
of needles without asking permission of
all tho I ank directors!"
Ma jor Kaswell camo back on the thrco
o'clock tram, in high spirits. Tho bull's
had been line, and had go no for reason
able prices.
"th. by-the-way, Kntc," said ho.aftcr
ho had kissed her, patted the dog'ssilky
head, and looked at his letters, "I've
asked a friend to dinner. I met him at
the Sachem's Head, as J came through
thu village. Hadn't an idea ho was
slopping thero. And ho asked permission
to tiring young Jack Sigourney, who, it
seems, is staying thero, too. Tell Cleo
to havo everything in ship shape.
There's some of thoso black Hamburg
njio in tho grapery, and tho Magnum
ilonum plums uru in lino order for
dessert."
Kate was in the garden picking the
Magnum liouum plums her undo would
trust no one but herself or old John to
gather tho fruit when she heard the
Major enthusiastically welcoming his
guests on the portico.
Peeping, with a remnnnt of Mother
Kve's curiosity, through tho plum
boughs, she saw horror of horrors!
hur customer of the day before, standing
beside a stout, short old gentleman,
under the shadow of tho fluttering
awnings.
Kate had nearly dropped tho baskot
of plums, in her consternation.
What was to become of her? In all
tho possibilities of tho caso, she had
never contemplated this emergeucy.
"I won't como down to dinner," she
said, to herself. "I'll hide!"
Hut Cleo came up stairs, after the gong
had sounded, to summon her, without
delay.
"You must como down, miss," aaid
she, with u troubled face. "Master says
HO
"Is your head Terr bad, mUtV aaid
Cleo, sympathetically. "A little bay
rum "
"Oh, don't talk about bay rum!" cried
Rate, hurriedly adjusting her laces.
"Hive mo my brooch, Cleo, and the little
siher bangles. There! Now for my
doom!"
And with the courage of sheer dos
peration, she marched straight down
stairs, and was formally introduced to
Colonel Courtenay and Mr. Sigourney.
"How do you do, Miss Kaswell?" said
Jack Sigourney. with the impressive
ness of a red Indian.
He had recognized her Kate knew
that by the spsrklo under his eyelashes
but he made no aign of the recogni
tion, and in her heart alio thanked bira
with an exceeding great tide of grati
tude. And after the first meeting things
were not so bad. Colonel Courtenay
had traveled a good deal and Mr. SIgour
nny had plenty of small talk at hia com
tnand. Tho dinner went off charmingly, and
it was not until tho two elders had
strolled out, after tho black Hamburg
grapes nnd the Magnum Ilonum plums,
to smoke thoir cigars, that Knte ventured
to look her bite customer in the facu.
"How did you like tho boating
this morning?" said she, a little hysteri
cally. "Thon it was you," snid Mr. Sirour-
ney, "and not the pnidenor's eldest
girl, or a water girl in disguise)"
"Yes, it was 1!" owned Knte, redden
ing to tho roots of tho short, brown
' curls.
! "i nm sure I beg your pardon," said
I Mr. Sigourney.
j "You won't betray mc(" faltered she.
I "Ccitainly not! Dut why did you
doitf '
I "(h, for fun!"
I And that was tho only answer eho
i would give him.
I mil six months afterward, when she.
drew a little silk crochet purso out of her I
iio set niKl s i iweil Inm two crumpled
, bills a two and a one.
Mack,'' taid she, "do you remembor
; thatf"
j He shook his head.
"No." said ho.
I "You paid them to nio for tho hiro of
thf bont. oh, Jack, I wanted Homo
jiocket money so much, and I did not
know how else to get it. but it 1 du t
do mo any good alter all, because, uftcr
I had met you, 1 couldn't make up my
mind to spend it, and and ''
"My darling girl!" cried Jnck, enthu
siastically. "Did you really keep thoso
because of me) liut I can assure you of
ono thing you shall never bo short of
pocket money while you nro my wife."
And he kept his promise. Huiulai
HOUSEHOLD MATTEKJl
Rntreentlon for Picture Framera.
A critic, who considers present modes
of framing pictures as In bad taste, sug
gests the following as an. improvement.
The frame should in some sense repeat
the idea of the picture in its docoratire
or other motive, and especially in color.
Whore it ineeta the outer edge of the
canvas or panel on which the picture is
painted it should be of open or scroll
work so that the eve of tho spectator
may not be disturbed by contract nnd
not limited, as pictures now almost in
variably are, by a square, oval or circu
lar flat band or belt of gold. Ktte 1'vrk
rainless Poultry Killing;.
Mr. E. I'aden Ilenger, the Pres'dent
of the llritish Pharmaceutical Confer
ence, adopts and recommends tho fol
lowing plan for the "happy dispatch"
of poultry. A largo wido-inouttcd stop-
pcreu uotiio is kept charged with an
ounce of choloroform. When a t hicken
tins received sentence of death, it is held
(irmly under the left arm and its head
slipped into tho mouth of tho bottle.
A few deep inspirations follow, and tho
bird without a strugglo becomes un
conscious. Then, holding it by the
legs, its neck is dislocated by a quick
i retch. The plan is so simple that it
might be generally adopted.
Cloarlnir .tolly or Houp.
To clear jelly or soup an experienced
rook adv.ses tho following process:
When the soup or jelly Is mude and tho
fat all removed, put it into a ery clean
saucepan, with the whites (lightly
whipped to a froth) and shells of two or
three eggs for an ordinsry Uantity of
soup, jelly, etc. ,two whites and shells
for tho lirst ipinrt and a half and one
for each succeeding quart is a fair aver
age), nnd bring it well to thu boil,
whisking it nil tho time to prevent its
burning; then pour it through a nnpkin
(if for soup) or a jelly bag (for jelly)
Iircvlously wrung out of scalding water,
f not sui'liciently clear, rinso thu napkin
or bag and run thu soup or jelly
through it ngnin. Tho bag should be
absolutely (not relatively, as it often is)
clean, and should bo hot from having
boiling water run through it. or from be
ing wrung out of scnldnig water, and
lat, but not least, neither soup nor jelly
should be handled while being run
through the bag, ns any pressure will
muddy it irretrievably.
Did you toll him that I had a head-
acho, Cleo?"
"Yes, but ho looked at me In that
stony way of hia. 'Tell her to como
down,' says ho, slow-like. And miss, he
means it."
Kato clutched her curia In both hands.
"I'll have to go down," groaned iho.
"There'a no help for it."
I'mps of Mlnerul Water.
Mineral waters, ns to their sources, nro
of two classes, tho imported and tho
domestic. As to their nature, they ure
artificial or natural. Not all of tho best
waters will bear exportation, or even long
keeping iu stock. Many of them throw
down their mineral constituents and
decompose when exported in wood; and
even iu glass not a few of them becomo
inert by keeping. The waters that are
tho most strong. y mineralized, especially
those that are Uie most fully charged
with carbonic acid gas, boar exportation
tho best. Thoso of weaker constitution,
like some delicate individuals and somo
delicate wines, do not stand a sea voyage.
"Old books to read, old wood to burn,
old wino to drink, old friends to talk
to;" but no old mineral waters for a cure.
Some physicians hold, indeed, that all
minerul waters begin to lose their virtues
us soon ns they leavo tho spring. 'This is
an extreme view; it is quite un proven of
somo of tho best waters, yet most of them
uro effective iu proportion to their fresh
ness. The bo-t importing houses aim,
very properly, to keep little stock on
hand, iu order that it may bo fresh. We
have a full list of excellent mineral
waters to chooso from, whether native or
imported, whether natural or manu
factured, whether medicinal waters or
table waters. I can not say too much for
a good table water, meaning by this a
drinking water that is (1) but slightly
mineiuli.ed, that is rj) charged more or
less freely witii carbonic acid gas, and
(:i) that is absolutely pure, hygiecically
speaking. Such waters are the Apolli
naris, tho ( lysinic, tho Oiessluibcl, the
Poland Silica, tho I'nderwood Spring
Water, nnd many others. Tho ichv,
Selt.er, und Saratoga waters, though
more strongly medicinal, uro used as
table waters by many. The appetiiug
and digestive qualities of all the wutcra
just named uru well known, and their
plea-ant flavor und sparkle; iu many
cases of impaired digestion 1 have found
nothing more useful than they, ami I
regard them as useful in chronic diseases
when impaired nutrition is a main
feature, pure sodawater fmoro properly
called carbonated water), whether natural
or manufactured, is a powerful aid to
digestion by stimulating the stomach,
and also, probably, by uiding to dis
soivo thu mineral ingredients of tho
food. It is very npneti.ing ; it corrects
acidity in the stomach, checks thu dis
position to nausea, and cools thu system
in febrilu complaints; it lessens thodesiie
for spirituous liquors, und is indeed thu
ideal boverngo for tho water-drinker,
provided always that pure wuter is used
in its preparation. Tho consumption of
table waters in this country increases
probably about 10 per cent, per year;
that of medicinal wutur has nearly
doubled since IHHO. Tablo waters
prepared from distilled waters, as they
should be, have tho great advantago that
they can not carry thu germs of discaso.
Or. Titui Jlumun Uoan, in Jiarjer.
A Tape and Yardstick Genius.
An ingenious New York dry goods
man in the upper part of Thiid avenue
has at last solved a problem that has per
plexed business men for years. Timo
was whon no house of any reputation
thought of displaying goods with the
price marked on them, but the great
competition of recent years has changed
even tho most conservative of business
men. But displaying the mero price
was not sutlicient to attract customers.
There are so many people looking around
them for bargains that it was found nec
essary to state that tho gooda had been
reduced in price. In time even this be
camo rather a chestnut, aud nothing but
somo brand new wrinkle would attract
the bargain hunters. This Third avenue
man hits tho nail on the head by marking
tho old price on his goods and drawing
his brush through it, while underneath
he display! tho new figure. Aiw York
fun.
I.lftlo Trick of Ilr nsckceplnjr.
'I have great troublo with my furni
ture, und especially bric-a-brac." said a
young matron, relating her experiences
in housekeeping. "(t course servants
uru ut thu bottom of tho trouble. They
nro always more or less careless, and
when things get a little out of order. I
am often ui u loss to know what to do.
Y'et I suppose if ono knew how, it is
generally easy to put them right. For
instance, Aunt .lulia, how would you
fasten embossed leather on wood when it
gets loose?"
"I would make a. littlo cement of
melted India rubber mixed with shellac
vmuisli," said Aunt Julia, who is cred
ited with knowing more about the odds
and ends of housuKccping than anybody
else in her circle.
"And how would you keen varnished
wood looking fresh und bright?''
"1 would rub it thoroughly with oil
from time to timo. Only a little oil must
bo used, and that should be carefully
rubbed in till it seems to be all rubbed
olf. Otherwise it will catch dust, aud
the last state of the wood will be worse
than tho first."
"And suppose your white marble slabs
and mantels get discolored, whut would
you do)''
"i would take very strong soap-lees
and mix it in quicklime till it is about
like milk, and spread tho mixture on tho
murb.c; clean if olf with soap and water
uftcr twenty-four hours' time, and rub
tno marble with fine putty powder aud
olive oil."
"How do you polish oilcloth?"
"I use a mixture of cquul quantities
of linseed oil, besswax nnd turpentine,
aud have tho girl rub it iu well. Xtuil
little dressing made hymhh,
nnd aalad oil. Put a IsyerT
chopped celery and slices of Col, .
cover witn another slice of U
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A Defter tat Ion on fold
ff - m I , , ,
juo Kimin lor coiut is here, d
nuiii'iiutci iuo JJfiiron. ,
colds have any special e-nsonn.
a1 Icted in this way endure
intrs anil treat them ll.ri.t-
"lt'sonly a cold." and takinik
cum earn ui lucmseives. l o)
nccesfary evils, and that they t
even thoso who take them u,.
full will admit. Tliev '
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evila than most people iealize. l
iiueuoH ueiwceu cuius ana niort
attacks of disease ia not clone eg
be recognized bv tha c ..,!..
svstcm weakened bv tii......
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ii ov as saio irom many aiseasis ,.
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mat mis never occn suu.net too-,
An enfeebled body, on tlicoih.
is more liable to colds, nnd .....
caution Is needful to escape fr,.
ri- 'H
iuo strong enn rarciy res st the
tion to wonder nt least, if tU
openly protest, nt tho care the,,
to wrapping nnd bundling j (
proiccc inetnscivcs. lint t!,
learned by bitter experience p,
of carelessness. I leanl ness of
regular exercise, rood fooil n,i .
a moderate temperature, me ait
aoic to coins, liut dress has it,,
influence, nnd receives less !io..
it ought from many. Warm u
nel, either cottou-llannel r .
irives moic protection than .
weight in skirts, because it toi
lioily and limbs closely nnd i
With thee and one short t!atmc
one loiiL'er felt or ouilte l
dress, woolen stockings, or fl'p
cotton ones, and thick-soled h
indoor dress will bo warm ,
Colds will now be courted hv i
out in the frosty air bare li ;.
without wrap, or into tho snn
overshoe .
A short jacket of some nnori
able for common wear, a nrf
mittens and overshoes niorl.t i..
so handy that there enn l.e
lor running out without i hi nt,
with sleeves is much better than i
for it will not drop oil or Ica.c:.
unprotected by slipping about,,
docs. If un old shawl is the lit
it can bo cut into a short i
lined if necessary.
Whatover tends to dimini-h h
a serious ill. and timo used in p
to avoid sneli ills i nrlai.R- .... .
do not come without somu caue
it is ono or another of thecj..
lend to them, thev ure niiemini .
to'erated or entertained, b it to In
and driven out, then kept out.
The tirowlli of tho ('until'
Tho Philadelphia sa.s
Census of Isim., preparations !
' ure already being made, prom:!-,
j in the I nitcd States a pnpui'
more than ,"0,0:ni,UiK). The 1 1;
j iu IS"!), according to the ccnua
! year, wns .K), 1 ),', ;: per ms o'
4;), l r.,8IO were nntive nml i,
foreign born. Tho natives hud it
10,484,fi!iN fiom the figures of
32,U'.iI,t4a or :tl..- per cent. 1
cign clement had gainod inure,
however, bringing tho pericuij.
the entire population down to
cent. The same rate of increase',
to tho Census of ltWJ will t
incieaso of 15,01(1,(1:1!) peroin".
tho ten years ending in IM.mi.
"Tho immigration between 1;
1880 was comparatively li;'ht,
1,112,714 persons having come
country during that decade. 1
past few years, however, it hii
unprecedented. The imnvgriiti-:
the lust ceusus has been us luliuw.
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Dishes for Tea,.
Dried Heef Kelish. Tako tho small
hard ends of dried beef, grute, and to
every cup ut allow four tnblespoonfuls
of cream, four eggs well beaten and a
littlu pepper. Put the incut und cream
iu a stew pan; when hut add thu eggs;
stir until tho mixture becomes thick.
Ilsh up, and servo on squares of but
tered toast.
Irulian t hceso. Wash a pound nnd a
half of beef liver, cover with boiling
water and let stand for live minutes;
take from thu water aud wipe dry; chop
with a pound of veal and a pound und a
half of ham; season with two table
spoonfuls of chopped parsley, a small
onion grated, half a teaspoonlul of pow
dered augu, half a teaspoon ful of black
pepper, a littlo cayenne pepper and a
teuspoonful of salt: mix all together;
grease a mold with butter, press tho
incut into it, cover tightly and steam two
or three hours. When done, the mold
will be a third filled with thu juice of
tho meat, w hich druin olf and put over
the firu iu asauccpun; udd to it a fourth
of a box of gelatine, dissolved in cold
water: season with salt and pepper; pour
over tho cheese and stand in a cold place ;
when cold turn out of tho mold, slice
thin aud garnish with sliced lemon,
Chaud r roid of Chicken. Take a cold
roast chicken, strip the tkin carefully
from it and cut the meat into pieces an
inch long and wide. Put a tablespoon
ful of butter into a frying pun to molt,
thicken with a tablespooutul of flour,
mix until smooth, add half a pint of
cream with salt and pepper, and let boil.
Into lb s sauce dip each piece of chicken
and luy on a dith. Stand away until
very cold. When cold, arrango the pieces
on tho dith, sprinkle them with a little
chopped parsley, garnish them with aspic
jelly und parsley and serve.
Mushrooms on Toast. Remove the
skins from fresh mushrooms, boil over
live coals; sprinkle with salt; lay a lump
of butter on each mushroom. Have
large slices of nicely tousted broad, on
which lay the mushrooms.
Cold Meat for Tea. Take the remains
of cold mutton, beef or lamb, chop tine,
with hard boiled eggs, a head of lettuce,
a bit of onion, and a sprig of thyrce,
acason with pepper and salt, mix well,
aud squeeze over it lemon juice to
moisten.
Chicken Bandwich. Spread some
thin slices of bread with butter, and
Estimated for 2 years anil 4 months 1
Total for 10 years.
"Adding this total to the imi
: the native. born population at '
winch prevailed Irom lS.o to 1"
it will bo found that the -increase
in population during
ent deendu, after making due ail'
for births and deaths, will liavc
4i,'.M,(i:t'.', und the total p. .pun'
1:I0, native and foreign born,;
4 TO, divided us follows:
IS70. ISsii.
Native ff.VKH.l4-J 4:t, 4",l'i ''
Foreign born. Vii7,!JJ.i lijo.'.'.'l' H'
Total :is,.v.s,:i7i .muv,,;s:; :
"It is very evident that the I
clement will forma much larger p
tion of tho population in lM.mtlri
uelorc. in lMiiil this propurti
about 13 per cent. : in 170. 1 1'
nnd in 1S '. about 15 per cent, t
it will be not far from IH per cent
Yellow Fever und Rcd-lieuiloJ
"Kod-hcadcd girls are evemp:'
yellow fever," remarked a pn"-'
Jacksonville, (Flu.) doctor to i
ork Sun reporter, ns tho luttf
around tho Medical Bureau clnuic;'
items.
"Vcs," continued tho fever t
"I heard this claim advanced ins'
ago, belore tho white liorso tutor;
sprung on tho public, nnd wheal
hero I determined to fully inf-:
the matter. I have done so, and
my patients, 40(1 in number, nut '
them had a 'carroty wig,' ns wu!l
call red hair iu college. I hi"' 1
my brother physicians if they
red-headed patients, nnd couM "c
one doctor who said ho had b1'
rura avis. On further questional:
I learned it was an albino. Wei.
by; 1 have an appointment m u:
utes."
miss Liberty Killing the Ui
The migratory birda are begins
dash themselves against thu De
light, aays tho New Vork Huh.
ly Mr. Wallace, the taxidermist, n-
217 beautiful warblers tbut were
at night Inferring to tM
destruction of the birds Mr. '
said: "When we atop to think tt
ol ttiern are insect eutiug
alauchtcr ia terrible." Amongtb-
mens were Maryland yellow Ui'01'
black throated blue warbler,
warblor, black throated greeu w
chestnut sided warblor, oraug'
wnrhler. rnvrtla warbler. llCl
warbler, and several varieties ol A
sparrows.