4 facts! P THE MIDDLEiJURGlI TOST. T. U. HAIITEK, Kditom axo rno'R. MIIl'l.Hil l!(;H I'A., AV.r. iy,. Advice from abroad aro to the clfeot tint "Scotland yearns for Homo Ittio nlmo-t a earnestly ns Iro'ntid." The Haltimoro Amrrifitn says tint railroad ollicials nro tho most unpopular oll'u i.tis before the American public. Of l?l persons in France claiming to hoover 100 years old, n committee threw out 11 after invest igation, ami the other tlirco were considered doubtful. An Knifli-li vicdicnl journal has nn nrticle in the hist nutnlier favoring tho tie of whales m food. It says that they were once used and parts lrghly eteomed ill Mhglartd. Tin: tongue, iierv mid tail nre particularly recotn tiii.'i'iled. In thirtn-11 year, or itn I "Til, wo hue expo-ted fre.nl t It it i outi'.ry over 1. 'iiiii.O (11,11110 lui-hels of whe.it und '. ', "".' in barrels of llour, the iiogrogi'e cuii' ot tin- two 1 ' i n j f I, V.'i. .';, ; while f ir the prci e ling l.ftytlvc yean m- ep"it d o 1 ", I . I, o - I.u-h it wlie.it nnd 1 1 '. ,'' ," binds ,f llour, the r,"::i'U ite value being fl.l l .'.o )0,oiio. The ' I urn" gentleman will hive to keep a sh r. j lounoiit I "... 1 1 h s t i; le is not t ili 'ii aw ly from him. Hubert Louis S'cvclisun, the writer, declare! that the III i I pel feet gellt i in o ri hu ever saw wm a servant. Iua rut cut article in the -V ' .!;;... u ,'.,, ,r ' cncml Sherman iirfli "r.itet Mr v!eveuiin' httitunu-nt. I'l.e 'boin" gci.t'eu.ui must assert him--e.f. Mr. .'iimcs I'ayn has mentioned tho work of elfdotiial by the soldh rs of the taxation Army to secure funds for mission work. A good deal has been rai-cd, 1 1 ii ; mi self -ilcili.i will evoke II qui' k' i recognition, -ay the ew York .. u than tliat by which one - 'Idler sived "f and sixpence for the fu; i by i;im ii; without is v. hi-n he hid a tooth "Mia ted. He Wlli in CUM 'at. At the r ent London Mi- ion I on feirnce it m said that all ctr.iutiie, are noxv pra t.i a ly e i to mis-lunai ics, wi ii more or !es of liberty to introduce Christianity, except Thi c:. Thi-country, with 111,000,0110 (,f j eoplc, is 1 iiijed HLraiti'-t entance; but the l!i,ti-h and Forci':i Jlibic Society lias translated the Sc.ipt.irci into Thibetan language, and now has a warehouse lillcd with liihlcs printed in thai tongue. .T::st before the revolution in Hawaii, hist yea', Akia, a Chinese merchant gave K inoj Kuluka.ia if 71, bo a a bribe to se cure a Valuable license to import and sell opium of the Sandwich Island. Kahiktiua, after receiving tho m uiev, which w as paid in coin, g.ive the t p um monopoly to another merchant. Akia cxpu-ed ths ilupiicity, and a'dol in overturning the old Minister. Hu has -i::c" die 1. and hi hine-e executor brought srt agtiti-t the trustees of tho hiti.'s estate to re.-oic: th s money. 'I he -u; rttiu: Court of tho Sandwich Is! i ds gr.v n.d .ni'.-.'it for tin; full .in. jui.t ot tic chum with it. ten: it. Aceor dm,' to the Atiin.it Hi'i' , ti:e j r ; t!on :i :.t li proiuis to Le me of t!.e di'.e::o':s o;' );' w!i;ier. It i. even more ei it i,e ''.ati th: se'.lini; i.. it. h :t .d r ,t! ef ta re d-s' ucti.e io the I.: ' i i f c i!:ili..'.a:.ts. A n.'.tih hi .d in u city of It ar:t!i..' w;i takta part in by pro:'" --or-, ' uiert , t- ichers and u-i. i i-'.s. none of wL .i.i were able to ) ronoum e iieTe th.tti three word i.nc tir Tie- luaj'.rity went d u w :ii de i ie I rapid;y. it seemed ti.it t..: simp e-t w..r t- wi re the ino-t di li eu i to pro ounee, an I si.cl. words its , erjij.," "(ib-olete,'' ' -luxury," ".ux ur. u'ls ' i:. l ,-tt lopithy" fu i:.d ready vic'oru. A w. i'.t r in the ;. If,.', M .,',-. J.wh i t.-- to txp! i :i the ca ;ses of longevity. J!e j o.rits out t!.-.t .t ".s vi ry db-irabie to have wii tt ju:t.i.-s is po--iiile d jrintj I;'h rj-w,rk, ,m 1 tl..; i.e essity for j.roj.er etit.l4tiori us a in. an of muin'a nin t.vritt! ti.eroy s well k.'.own. It m!i:lit i'.-si. ti bruin-wi a.- in many o liits if i Ico r c ! 'u'.l;. was Kubbtit .t'.d for f is i! ImiI' , i iood die-tlou is e-i ntiul to toi.tii.'.e 1 W'rk with food listing pj. r. i.ate riiln and lrirr ed bretk f i-t, t .11 in n: hi.rr ed lum i.toti and r :'h l a V. to work, fo lowtd, at the con t .u-.e u 'A the dsy. by a heavy meal when the Vinn .s wearie J, ot'eri ter. 1 to ex hnut!on, as mu h h- the unvoiduolu j rei:re A the biisii.e-. A more ra ti j'.tiA rrfn.ihiiicfjt iif'.er Lenvy 1 riu-work i to j)rtke of li'r.t refrekhnient and the'i r-t La f no hour before d.nnir ; t'ius ti.e jKiMter of dioiiion and .'ul to ojineut a'e re-tori d to the JiMfi. I'r'.b fcbiy the cli'ef - of pic; nr!ri. a uiu to wi'LktaO'i the we r of busirn life it ' y a tarefrd tia iiiu. l oth phyi a! and !intfcl. befor..- be i-LUn i.pon the ttru le n-ol wtar of b'isin.-s. r.c mean t.f .w rmii f the cLau' e. of louy .-v.ty i by tmli.it the ch.ld wliely. Mar y a eiij; ure b-e'.hdow n of health U'J.ie to iLh'. -jt ol pii li'i.'uary it ri.i-e, vih.ch woj .j uot U- tele-ted by tht fc'.hl.U "-hi;Ut i.ia-tr." A CORNER IN WHEAT.' An ol I man tat In a dingy room. And a qumr old man wm he; Ha angle and point from fall elbow Joint To the rap of hi awkward kmm. Ilia lcg wore long and hit for wan long, And a ad nn a fare could Im, But hia eye were bright with a dangorou I trM At he hummed with ghonliih gleo; " Only a pnny a loaf, f'nly a penny a lonf. 'Tl only a p nny a lonf to the poor. Hut 'tis mill. ens of dollar to me!" He bought nil the bread in the town ono day, And Um poor mm etirrtol nmiin: (tut littl.i hn eared how the eator fnretl II was not in a earing tu n. For the gold -n wh -nt tlcit was ma lo t eat To him vn a tiling for piin, So his features then word a glia-My grin A he hiinimi) I this merry strain; ' in y a p'tiny a loaf, Only n penny a lonf, Tis only n pitiny n lo if to the po r, I '.ut t s in ll. out of dollar t mo'" the oer mn-i snt nt bis m 'ajjnr boar I, With Ii s Wife nil I children Hear; Oh, th 'V mw not. I wean, the phantom lean 1 hat ene.l on tlinir feast with a leer; And they never tliLii;h. that a guest un nm.tlit. lh wuntii of nn old mm .piner. SI'bkI sil.-nt n ii. I .run in a cm nur dim, And u)ii-H-re this clmi-'is dre ir: " I in y ri penny u loaf, ii.ly n penny a lonf. 'J'ismiiva penny toyoi. my ilmrt, An I li- in llions i f dollars to in.-:'' --(i. oriy.. Iltirht,), in L'ilcil ,o ll'lthl. JOHN GRANT'S WARD. i l:V I ttANK It. -IA'' iT.II. I eohti tir itit w as in love with his ward. : He leo 'iiilcd his cull lition as n ho;cie one. He had In en led to think so be -cau-e lie was forty while she was but twenty, and because of the ilillcrciict! in their ta-te-, tempera nent nnd pursuits, i He was se.lisli, re-erved. reticent, ' wrapped up in his books. She was con lidme;, cummutiicat ive, vivacious, fond of out door life, rebellion! under r. g'raint i ritid lestless und r melital tL'ciplme. ' He was lull, spare, careworn, misnn th oiiic.his face homely in its 'ed.iteiiess, . his .-'.cp slow, liis gestures tardy, his ut terain heiy. Mm was little, uu'ile. ! "ra' i fu'. bright-faced, i hiir.iiiug in her outi'U'sts i l gii li-hness, seren r in t hu coti-i'iou-iie--. of womanhood, her vo ce low, Mve: t. i tuotioniil. i ll h id I ei ii Keltc:cd lis herguaidian when -he was live yeats old, mid for the reinaiuii'g tifter-u years, save when nt boar iiug school, he h id been almost constant ly uiMicr hii eye. He h id di -reeled her lls,i iatiolls, molded her ojiini. iis.eorn cted her fault, antu ipated herniidt. He ha 1 noted tier develop, incut fioiu a sby, awkwaiil. impulsive child into a hnciy, sell-posses-ed, giaee- 1 tel woniiin. He wa. not over susceptible in tact, lie wits not rsu i fientiy so; jet, thrown so much into tin' society of his waul, mid en joying so much of h;r esteem an 1 coiilidi nee, it was n"t .struiiL'o tint he imbibed an ulTcctiuii f ir her which grew Into a pas;oii --a pn-sion which was con- j Homing li 1 in 1 icaii-o he sn sedulously i coi.cealetl it. , He had never been made mt aware of the extent of his love for her mid the cousi ioii-ness that she could never be his, ns the bright spiing inorning when he sto. il w. itching her from tho library window. She wr.g strolling up and down the w. ile walk, in the cheerful suidmht and under the blos-oni ng trees, listening to YiiKcnt ieli-h. putty speeches, or tn mvi ring theiu wiih saucy, incredulous rttort-. Her rii h dress glanced iri the sun-hilie. mid sett ed ithelt into Iri sh . folds with ctery movement of her lithe, graceful I i 'jure. 'I'l.e young people seemed limlc for each other. He was rich, intelligent,' tittr. ict ,ve in face, handsome in liguie, gen u, in ii. inner, liiultless in nttiie.kiiid in le1 :rt, appree alive in spirit. .him t iaii'. tiirneil away from the window w ..li a s gd, the troubled look upon h s face slowly "ivitig p'.m i: to it look of rcson:itiou. J0 w.,s siioii all soru'iini iiiswrii ng aim res ircin s. i r l e '. ,i- pri paring the second volume of a tet I, .,i.;., t!.u hfl volume of which had been r eel', e I with ureal favor. In a .ittle w liilc he iletei e I n sweet, giil rif o.ior; i:et he heard tic noise ot a tire--; tl.en he knew that his pretty ward was I e-hle h s de-k. " 'ii. for goodness sake htop poring over tlie-e books!" she cried, more ear-ni-sty thui tlijipantly. " They nre sap ping tin- life out. of you. I am begin ning I i hit'e them siuijily becau.se you love them." she leaned over hlg shoulder, her curls totu hin.' Ids cheek, the contact of her dre-s inaKing his pulses beat faster. " 'A-t:ology 1 eeame the stepping nto'0 to a-tronomy, she said, rending uloud i from his manuscript. ' 'Alchemy led ! to chemistry, 'thus the driums of one i century be ntue the m iem.e of the next.' j All tlml sounds very very htilted, mid ' it is a ;ueitiori whether it is true, l'ray, : come down from the gtars, and out of your laboratory and your aiuileng tirenns." He inndi! no reply to her rupid com tnent. He wits accustomed to such in- , ktruciions und such critiuiaui and rather liked them. "Has Mr. Lelislo gone?' he asked,, look ng up, no tr ices of hi.s previous Urug-.'le pin eptible in hi face or tone, j "Ye," fche said. ; " by so soouf" her guardian asked. "Well, I uit of dinmissed him," gho replied, with a little laugh. "He tired me. He is altogether too too - wor j giiipful." "Ah ." ejaculated John 'Jrant, trying to catch her meaning, "I didn't think a lover could be too worsh pful, though I j can understand how hu might yt too iin- i ii.tuou. You are in a ipueer mode t hia ! morning. Valeria " "It is br'-a'.ing away, then," ahn paid, softly laugh ng again. ".Mr. Helisle, too, i barged me wah moodiness. I am icr'nin I oid not yawn, liut I am not moody when J am with you. gurdy. At h a t. I don't want to be. Can't yen h aw: (ion work for a little while' There it nil lime for you to become fumou-. ' i;t t out the poiiiet and drive me over to ill': le-e;t'-d fjirt. 1 want to ga lier some liio-'c, and the i hang.; will do you Kood.' "I Daw Mr. I el ule's teim am in; the! Ue-s.'' rema ke l John Jrm. I "Yc," a en ted ghe. ''Didn't ha nik you to take a drive I" "t;h. ye. Ile i rety thoughtful?" "And you declined!" "Vt'S gardy.n 'Btit-whyr "Out of pure contrarines. maybe, rerhapg I preferrod to po with you. Please don't question me to per istently." The color ramo and went in her face, nnd a girlish pout hung to her red lips for a moment. "All right." John (Jrant a:d as he put asid t his books, "I appreciate the preference." Tho reply would have delighted her had his tone been less even and his air less oerene. The drive was a pleasant one. and tho ramble about the old fort and its en virons more pleasant still. she charmed him with hr smiles, hor gurgling laughter, her sullies of wit, her confessions of ignorance, her thorough abandonment to the enjoyment of the hour. He said to himself, as ho sat alooo inhisroo n that evening: "I live in two atmospheres. One is evolved from my books, musty, ahfriie, circumscribing, yet n'isfactory and rest ful. The other comes from the compan ionship of my waul, is bright, healthful, sympathetic, yet leaves me d ssiitislled, in serable. wretched. Ah it is because the books nr.: mine, while nho is not." A ear went by. Valeria grew more lovely, Mr. Delisle grow more persistent, John (Jrant grew more morose. "nileriii, you nro of nge to day," tho latter said. He had asked for n busincs interview nnd she was e ited opp isite his desk. She abhorred business details, but she knew 'I. a', the occa-ion demanded liar ttttetlti n. The afternoon wns dying nway. The red sunset shone against the windows. Soni" of the rays fell iip.in Valeria, heightening the fheen of her dress, re vealing the transparency of her com plcvion mid ridding u shade of burnt gold to her beautiful hair. " dy stewii'dship is closed." John (Irani continued, a faint regret fulness in his tone. "The court has approved my accounts. You are in sole possession of this vast estate. Wildenn ir is yours." She watched him covertly, her hands folded in her lap, her face strangely sober. "I tried my best to discharge tlutv faithfully," he added. my "Yes," answered she. with a little gap. "You found mo 'cl'ish nnd will ful." "No, Valeria," promptly protested lie. "H.ue y williul. mid ne.er stilish." A painful silence ensued. Her eyes were bent to the floor in intense, half p liiiliiTthoughtfuliiess. She was review ing the past she was th. liking of the future. "You will leave WildermnrT" sho faintly nsk d. "Why, yes," he snid. passing his hand over his mouth to hide its tw'tching musclet. ".My work here is done. I mu-t seek newtiehls, anew homo. lam not iipprch"!mive." "It seems not," she said, a little dis tractedly. "Neither about yourself nor about me. I!ut I am not competent to manage the estate, nor have I tho incli nation. Tho responsibility is too great. Cure is irksome to me. Mr. rant, why can you not stnyf Whv enn you uot continue to manage? Whatever com pensation" "No, Valeria," he interrupted, almo-t with sterness. "Oh, Rim e it isn't agreeablo to you I will not ins st," tdio said in a strident tone, a look of vexation on her face. "Valeria, that wasn't kind in you," ho reproachfully sa d. "It has been agrecv ble to me. nnd it still would ho Hut, for reu-ons bet known to myself, I must decline to oblige you." "Always remember," she re'eined, her teats very near, "that I h ive been grate ful for nil you ever d d for me." "Why, to be sure, child." ho said. The word "child" brought an angry sparkle to her eyes. He saw it, but failed to divine the cause. "I merely did my duty," John (Irant resnmed. "The court tixed the compen sation jii l I thought it Hiitlcicnt. Mr. Ilelisle will help you to manage the farm, for no doubt you will shortly lie married to liini. You are pretty, intelligent, wealthy " 'Mr. I c lisle hat no designs upon my wealth," she interrupted "Why, of course not," John Urant re plied, thee 'lor mounting to his cheeks. "I believe him to be the soul of honor. J never kii"w you to misinterpret my words with such persistency." "II tve you anything more to say to me, .Mr. ' tiratit:" tdio usked, after a p.iu-e. The voico d'd not sound like hers. He was used to her abrupt ways, and yet he found himself keenly scanning her. He had thought, ut times, tint she lacked womanly d'gnity, but hu did not think so then. In spito of her yonng face and innocent girlish ways I hero was an unmihtakablo utmosphcre of high bri e ling about her, und a certain royalty of look mid attitude. "I believe that I have nothing more to say at .present," lie slowly replied. "To morrow I can explain the accounts, especially those which refer to uncom pleted operations." Shu rose to her feet, and their eyes met. There was a yearning, wistful j look in hers that he had never seen there before. "He cares littlo for Wilderinar, and i less for me,"she thought as she left the I library, her lips quivering, a throb of pain at the heart. Ah, she didn't know! It was hard to John Orant to leave Wihlcrumr, with its cjrensivo grounds, its lordly mansion, and its luxuriantly furnished rooms, and it was harder still to leave tho sweet, bright young girl whom he loved witli a fervor th it had something of idolatry in it. "I offended her in some way," ho thought, his brows knit, the tines around his mouth growing stern. "She does not seem very exuberant, now that sho is in possession of Wildcrmar. The sense of proprietorship does not overwhelm her. I never saw such a dissatisfied look on her face. I don't understand her, and I'm afraid Mr. I (elide doesn't. She tempted me fearfully, but I cannot stay! No, I cannot Btuy! I must go where I can forget !" 't hat night liu was awakened by the sound of wheeli upon tho drive. Jlu looked out of his bedroom window. It was moonlight, and he saw, much to his astonishment, the family carriage stand ing under the trees. Tho horses were pawing restlessly, the stableman was talking to them now and then in an undertone, while another male servant staggered into sight with a Urge trunk which John Grant recognixed as h I ward's. "Why. what docs this meant" he asked himself, puzzled nnd alarmed, and hurriedly drcssinghimsclf. As he stepped into tho wide hall ho saw the dim outline of a shrinking form, and heard repressed breathing. Is that you, Valeria!" he demanded, in an authoritative tone. "Yes," sho answered in dismay, her voice scarcely louder than a whisper. John (irant struck a match and lit the chandelier. There stood his ward equipped for travel, flurried in her man ner, her face expressing vexaticn and chagrin. "This is a strange proceeding," John (irant said, fixedly regarding her. "Ooodness, you were not going to run away with Mr. Dclisler "No," she simply said, a swift pallor crossing her face. "Nor can you posdbly bo running from him I" "No," sho said, with an appealing gesture, one hand pressed ngninst her heart. ' I am running away from iwi elf, Iain running uwny from,''. John (irant. Th it is tho truth, however much it humiliates mo to say It." Sho shrank closer to the wall. Her lip wcro tightly drawn. Her hands wero clenched in a spasm. Thero was a movement in her throat like tho strugglo of imprisoned words. A gleam of intense yearning shone in her eyes, and then tho lids fell modestly over them. John 'irant was dni-d. lie rubbed h s temples, ns if to n il himself to think with clearness. Tho light that broko ncross his lace was like the play of 1 i lit upon ii dusky cloud. Ho took her hand nnd led her to ono of the easy ( hairs in the hall. "Valeria," ho chokingly said, ns he stood over her. his gaunt frame trembling, "do your words admit of moro tlmu one interpretation (" For reply she bur'od her faco in her hands und burst into tears. "I ton't, tlc.ir," ho gently said. "It distreses me very much. Can it lio possible that I havo been so blind? Va leria, I have loved you for years devot edly, passionately, wildlv. 1 was afraid to tell you afraid even to have you sus pect it. I snpposcd the knowledgo would have ma le you miserable, yon mo so sympathetic in your nature. The dif feicnco in our years, your wca'.h, and nil that, soiled my lips. And now that I know that my love is returned, my joy rob my spec h of its fluency. 1 blurt out just what comes first to my mind. And are you not fond of Mr. pclislef" ".Mr. Delisle,'" she repeated between her sobs, "l-'ond of him . Mr. (irant, I lo'.oyoii a thousand times more than 1 do him t You never would have known it only you you drove mo mto admit ting it." lie could not tell whether she was laughing or crying. Hu smoothed her hair, and impressed it kiss of betrothal on her cheek. "I'll tell Amos to bring in your trunk," ho said "Y'es. please." "And I'll stay to manage Wildermnr." "And in "," added Valeria, her faco suffused with blushes, her eyes radiant. "Y'es," my pre dous," ho said, "or no, if you like that hotter." Detroit Free I'm. After Sednn. Near too gate of tho city, writes (icuoral Sheridan in Snl.ncr, wo cuino nn the (iermaii picket line, mid one of theoiliecrs recognizing our uniforms ho having served in the war of the I ebellion st e lined forward and uddressed mo in good liUL'lish. Wo naturally fell into ' emit creation, and in tho mid-t of it there came out through thegato an open j carriii'je or landau, containing two men, one of whom, in the uniform of a (ien- oral and smoking n cigarette, wu recog- j ni.sd, when the conveyance drew near, us the Km pei or Louis Napoleon. The j landau went on toward lloiichery nt a , leisurely pace, nnd we, inferring that j there was something inoie importilit ut i hand just then than the rccotury of our trip, fol'owel at it respectful distance. Not ijiiite ii mile from I'oiiihery is a cb ster of three or four cottujes, und nt the lift of these the hiud.iu stopped to await, ns wo afterward acertaii ed, Count Bismarck, with whom the diplo matic negotiations wero to be settled. Some minutes elapsed before he ciime, Nupoleon remaining seated in his carriage meantime, still smoking nnd accepting w th nonchalance the staring of a group of (ierimin soldiers near by. who were ga.ing oti their fallen foe with curious mid eager inteiest. I'resently a clattering of hoofs was heard, mid looking toward the sound I perceived tho Chancellor cantering down the road. When ulireast of the carriage hu dismounted, mid walking up to it, saluted the litnpeior in a ipiick, brusque way that seemed to startle him. After it word or two tho party moved perhaps a hundred yards further on, where they stopped oppositu the weaver's cottage so famous from that day. The Ink Hunt. There is a plant which grows in New (iranuda, which if it could bo only grown in sutlicient ipiantities, would not only bo of incalculable value in a mone tary sense, but an aid toward lightening tho labors of the iuk manufacturer. It is commonly known as tho ink plant, and the juice is used without any prepa ration. According to tho traditions of tho country, its properties seem to have been discovered during thu Spanish ad ministration. A number of writtun docu ments destined for the mother country were embarked in a vessel and trans milted around tho cape. Tho voyage proved to bo an unusually tempestuous ouu, und as a consequence, tho docu ments became saturated with salt water. Those written with thu ink of tho chem istry became nearly illegible, while those written with "chuncl," as the name of thojuicoof tho plant was known, re mained unaltered. As a result of this discovery, a docrco was issued that nil Government commu nications should, In the future bo writ ten with the vegetable juice. The. ink is of a reddish color when freshly writ ten, becoming perfectly black after a few hours, and It has tho recommenda tion of not corroding steel pens us readily as ordinary iuk. The Argoutino Kepublic received 71. 1)71 immigrants during tho first six months of the current your. HOUSEHOLD-MATTERS. Sweet Apple for Dak Ins;. Most kinds of sweet apples do not easily bake soft the best cooking sour varieties do. They have, besides, too little acid to fit them for pies though whe no other fruit can be had than swe apples the demand for pie may be met by mixing them with vinegar. But they need no addition for baking by themselves. The sweet applo thus pre pared is excellent and healthful and be ing free from crust with its mixture of flour and lnrd they aro easily digested by oven the most delicate stomach. There ought to be a much larger demand for weet apples than there is. There will be when people learn how good they are. American UuUicator. Perfeft Chocolate. A notion exists in the minds of somo culinary writers that a perfect cup of chocolate is a dillicult thing to prepare. Somo of them therefore recommend pre paring it tho n ght before; others advise hours of constant boiling; both are rsdi cnlly wrong. Chocolate so prepared produces flatulency in tho consumer. The chocolate so prepared looks liko a dark brown muddy pasto, and is any thing but inviting. When well mudo it is a delightful brenkfa-t boverngo. llrcak three ounces of sweet chocoiato into small pieces, put it into a copper, tin lined utensil, with a gill ol milk. Place this over a brisk tire, stir tho in gredients rapidly, and when dissolved mid haif a pint more of milk. Coutinui stirring, bod not over three minutes, and serve. This will make two teacupsful. The secret is in tho stirring constantly w hile it is being prepared. AVic Yurk (inn. Hoiiiestlo tc oT Iilmc- Water. Thero nro few grown people to say ' nothing or babies who cun drink milk with comfort unless it has a mixture of lime-water. Those who commonly say milk "does not agree with them" can UMiu'ly make it agree bv ndd tig one or two tiihlcspooiitiils of l.me witier to tho goblet or full half-pint of milk. It is well worth trying by those who complain of indigestion or biliiousness," in drink ing it by the physician's prescription. Lime-water by tho gallon may be made with a few cents worth of lime and pure water. Tho water will uot take up any more than it can hold in suspension, so you can pour otf all til clear liiiid from one bottle nnd ndd moro water to your remaining Line in your quart bottles. In ISoston they aro quoting a dentist who advises his clients to rinso tho mouth and teeth several times a day Ireely with lime-water, to "harden tho enamel and arrest decay." I crimps some Philadel phia dentist will cxpiain if this Is really of service, ns tho teeth aiosuppo-et to be nourished by tho blood, and not from tho outside. Howexer, one of the tl is tiueuishod fraternity hero has recom mended exercise, that is, the deliberate chewing of hard substances, such nl 1 cruets of bread, to strengthen the teeth, j So the lime-water bathing ol them nnd j correcting add deposits, may not be u much outside the question us it appears. A' w York Witut. , Poultices) and Their A pill lent Inn. Tho uso of poultices is to piomoto warmth ami moisture, hence those which keep warm and moist tho longest ure tho best. In making them thu attendant should have them smooth, light and ns hot as they can be mudo without burn ing in their application. Cold light wheat bread soaked in sweet milk makes good ones. A beet fresh from the garden and pounded lino makes un ex cellent poultice. Linseed .Meal: In preparing this th basin should be scalded in which it is made; pour in boiling xvater, nccc-rdini to si c of poultice require 1 ; udd gradu ally sullicient linseed meal to form a thick paste, stirring it ono way until nl the proper consistency nnd smoothness: then spread it on linen or muslin and upply. Charcoal: Tuko txvo ounces of bread crumbs; soak for ten minutet in boiling xvater, say t u ounces; mix and ndd giuluully half un ounce of pulverized charcoal and half un ounce of linseed meal well stiued together; mix at above. Chlorinated Soda consists of txvo parts of linseed meal to one of chlori nated soda, mixed with boiling xvater. Yeast: This poultice is made by mix ing a poumlof llour or linseed meal with half a pint of yeist; heat it mid stir carefully. All poultice! are made with boiling wuter, except yeast, und with this the temperature should not be over lt'U degrees. Mustard: Tuko a sullicicnt quantity of powdered mustard to initku u thin pasto of the required si.e. It should bo mixed with boiling water, with u little vinegar added if a very strong poultice is required ; spread it on brown paper or linen, with a piece of thin miisliu over it. It should bo kept on from ten to twenty minutes. If tho skill is very irritable afterward a littlo Hour slnuld bo sprinkled over it. lly mixing tho mustard with tho white of au egg it will not cuuso a bli-ter. Mustard und Linseed: These poultices aro of tc ii mixed with linseed meal when a milder form is required than of mustard alone. After the uso of any kind of mustard poultice thu skin should bo wiped with something very soft, so that no mustard be left behind. UtlrAt I'ret l'rt. Dead Cows liaise a Sunken Ship. A somewhat remarkable thing lately took place in the river just below llvuus ville, lnd. A few days since tho steamer Hubert li. Carson sunk in forty fuet of water, together with thirty head of cat tle coniined in tho lower deck. For two or three days a number of bauds did ull in their power to raise tho sunken bout, but without uvail, aud tho project was abandoned. Karly ono morning, however, to tho surprise of one of tho harbor bouts, tho pilot house and hurri cane deck of tho Carson suddenly ap peared above thu watur. When a crew was scot down tho steamer was flouting along sustained and upheld by some mysterious agency. This was subse quently traced to the cuttlo themselves, wheh had become inflated by gases generated in the carcasses, and the com bined buoyancy of these dead bodies hud actually lifted the steamer to the surface. Tho boat siinkiigiiiu when they were cut loose. Old steumbout men declare it thu strangest occurrence iu all their ex ptrienco. An York Hun. CURIOUS FACTS. James I., of England, Heel of nu perance. An inventor has patented a cow-tj log machine. Indian summer never comes until . tho first snowflskes. There are twenty-two different IWm, T-.i.i I ! Ttia trnni-li IfeapitiA 4ft tti.n.i! . ......... -- .-v. lQ, . x.:iii.i. . ii i ..... "?l uiuisiui iu ucuriuuv i;vviuiit, an grt I about 1571. l Fr,j firearm wcro rcr? rudctf 1 lighted match. ' William, the Conqucror.diod fromtr mous lai, irom arniK, ana from violence ol nis passions. f 1 f s . ......... .1 I. voiiciih wimift, Blitriuu un Q around tno world May 13, 1877. le,l Knu two years iiuu seven monilis. There is a dog at Seymour, lnd., .. wid look at a clock and then puti',1 paw on um exact uour ns marKcu otJ csru, uui mat s an no s gooa tor. Kentucky has raised a tomnto thli . J n on ii jsi, ma iiiiu a luur-quari nievurd winio Missouri produces a i unu,i l.;i. ....... 1. 1.. .... i i..1 . t'H 'tjiini nuuiuu t miu n Wlisillljl), Tho Her. A. C. Dixson, of n,iltjm,, makes tlie curious calculation t' Heaven contains o,i-n.'..j(i.(iin. rooms, each nineteen by sixteen feet.' Noah Flynn. nn eccentrio clnp Chicago, will not permit anyone totr.l n s uoor until tiiey linvo remove. 1 iJ suocs aim repeated tne i.ortl s rrnycr. .11. tiricniiiL'cr. oi rnris. a w,,:.. banker, has just died. Ho was a fane, I worshiper of grand opera, and iitt,nf iu Ins life, something over six th'uu performances. The nnme of tho White Homo is .1,..;,. I from tin; fact of the Virginia foci of which it is built, being painted ... I .1 : I .!.... . n luuii-iii iiiu iitncuioiuuuu CaiWti smoke ut.it weather. I'luys wero represented by I.ivim ; , (iron cus, who, abandoning satire, r plays with a regular and connei ted t und who gavu singing and dariin;. uiiicrctK riormers, about V!pi II. t. K ll. I.L I. . . ix .mi tumuli iiiiiu wiiu was ir.ive.,r" isconsiii bet that twenly out o nexi twenty. iiino ftwede he iin t, be named tdu .lnhii-on, and he xv.ni got twenty threu out of thu Uc: nine. .Mr. Cinno nshington, a col woman livinir near Charleston. has given birth to live children il the hist year. Last January sin; (( .i. .i ... , , i iiiu iiioiuer oi triplets unu a sieirt t j Ugo ol twins. Anchors ore said to have been in.c by the Tuscans. Tho second tn : tlukc is said to liat'e been icMr. I Anarcharsis tho Scythian. .V.i.' ;. Anchors are said to have been f nr o Jlngliind A. 1). 57. I luring a sermon in ono of tho elf in Ch ii leston, N. C , several yer ii yo ' mail thoughtlessly hv. initio, .ur ng '.voiship, winch d iiiu worshippers, lliis uct co-t young man more than $oOJ before hi. through with it. .'nines Cumin, of llrooklyn, N, made a big catch of eels while tlh::. tho foot of 1 curl street, l ite h i eel weighed seven pounds;, and wast: leet six inches in length. .Mr. has the skin of this monster ou il tion nt his residence Whilo a circus train was stan.li-:! tho track at Chcstertnxvn, M l., motive mined opposito tho car int. tho elephants xvero confined. Siioli elephants thereupon thrust their tr. I Into the water tank on tho locum': tender, und iu it few minutes bad d:...l it dry. Itrlef Snake Stories. Trice Uywood of tiinithvillc, found a vicious littlo rattler in si. cabbage he was cutting. At (ireenwood, di., Coko Talici a train hand, kilied a rattlesnake feet long with ten rattles. .xli.sB ue lilakely, of Warren co. I'enn., killed two ruttlcsniikej m wedding day just for luck, ti:il friend, .Mrs. Wcslcv Cameron, cf ion county, killed last summer v teen lattlesiuikcs. five copperhealt throe black snakes. .loo Thompson, of Orlando, 1'i.i. of a coach whip snake that d.itut i und forth before him to get u g "i turn in xvhicli to strike, but ulin.. shot und killed before it had the cl.i He says it measured thiiteeii fct inches in length, und win four i: across tho head. A smart farmer of Annsviilo. X jumped from his wagon, picked rattler and threw it into the wa.' ti then struck it with a whip t in ik( still. Hu was full of xvhi-ky, bite didn't kill him, but he is di out of danger. The snake hail ntn ties. A $2500 hoi-so belonging to E Blake, of lllount county, Ala.. ' dasturing, was bitten in the nK rattler. Thu animal jumped, thtt' the sniiko. and instead of niiiiiii'K ' nttacked tho reptile. Ilefore it cr. tho head it was bitten live tin)''' snake was nine feet long, nnd bad teen rattles. It was the largest e iu that region. Tho horse died. Superstition Gave II I in a brand1 Tho .Tanan Mail savs that w calm and wholly undisturbed vie Into volcanic eruption of lliindul-' tamed by u human bolng xas u fox. Iho Jaiiuneso buliute bewitch good folks and cause ' see all sorts of appalling unrt This was quite understood by s re of tho neighborhood w ho liiipii'urv asceiiutug a hill onposlto ISanm" tho moment of tho eruption. It . to him a much more nrobable soil ral event thut be should bo 1' by a fox than thut a hitherto !' mountain should belch forth m lire. Accordingly, whou the lir-t' siou took place, ho instantly rec that be hail seen a fox a little ti" viouslv. and concluded thut nil ti- motion was a hatlunciiitiou prep1" his annoyance by Keynaru. l''"; not to bo overcome by such an r' u-Aiitnn mischief 1m nuiutlV "I and xvntched tho wholo outl)""'- vinced that what he taw ws nablo. intitnciblu ideturo. It t when ho descended from his I'1 tho valley that ho found what b" kappcuod. 1 - .... . i ---
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