THE MIDDLKIiUKGII TOST. T. (I. II AUTK It, Kdi.oh au Tko'r. Mllll.t:iirj;ii. m.. ocr '.l.ivit. While the price of run raids and riiti! is yearly increasing, diamonds nnd whiti jx arli ure not getting dearer. The: Sultan of Turkey is frilling lie because ho is grow ing f:it ; und most il lii subjects urc disquieted because tin v can't get food enough to il likewise. If it is true: tli.it gold in ahundaucp hai been discovered in China, the Cincinnati 1'ii'l'iinr considers Ihc t " 1 -.- t i :1 (iovern Hunt in::y n Well iiiiatnlu!! hope o' driving out the American. John Hull i now discovering to hi sorrow that the recent .vt rikcH nre likely td riit I. onion her K.ist I n 1 t.-t n nmlAiis. trnliiu trade. The smaller English pint will j t 'tit ly London's mifi r: tnu'. Ill order to icplui'c tin1 full laborer sho line ( tni.-lati d to Mriro :inl S.r.ith Alinrhu II I I n ; : 1 1 ! V lias been formed ill H.ivri.i to make contract v itli a nil Mil ii r i f w hi kim n in Spain :i n 1 In ing tlii ia to ( '::iia w itli their falniiii s. The lour new States tiling in nn arci limit p.p tl to that of nil .New l.ng lati'l, New York, New .Ti-r-fy, l'i !iii- I v:;ni:i, hi'!.i:i:v, Maryland, Virginia. Wot Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky anil In. liana co:r.lii!i' -.1. I: is an an a tiii' i: 1 1 in' as ,-riat a tl.i" Jlilt i-li NN's. Tin' t'PW ilorkat II.i!if:x, .Nova Scotia, as siihiil icil I'V tin' city of a!ifa, n ii' I tlip ('.ma lian ami l'.: i;i-li CoM rti iiipti!., t.i tin- in. iiy tiiup of 011 l.'Min. It co-t :t niiilioii, ami lirin:,' ti I fn t in li'iii'tli, can ilo. k tin1 lonyr-t ct'-'inisliiji Htloat. It IioMh S,.l)'t,Oill) pillons of wati-r ami can In- ciiipticl in tlim' ami a l.alf hiiiir. Tin' jrn atcr iait of the iii lv was lii.l-ti 1 out of the Mili'l roi k. Tin" til't liiai tiral ultrllilit to li:;l,t I.omliiil v. itli electricity lias ivcrntlv ln i a , ma lr in t'l itcity, which up to this time, i is far licl.iii'l in tlii- rcii:-ct in arlv everv foiiilh-iati' town in tin' I'nitcil Slatc. Thri'i' lti' it companies have ln eii loi ineil, with nil ii:.'L.rn '-atc capital of li-l i.lllM).(M)(, toi'l ( ni'.'.rai ts h ive In i n - uri tl hy tiic'.il for li.Lrht iir many of ihu principal thoroiiiifaips of the yn-at city. The nia'.iiinium chavLfi' for electric lights has hcen fixed at sixteen rent nn hour for twenty lamps of sixteeu-caiiillt' power. 'i;'tails h.r. o still a rule to play in tho jiro.'ivsdvo dominions of the .Mikado, of Japan. A new Shinto temple has ju-t heen cie( te.l al Toki.i, tli" inate.-ials fur which were dr;e.r.:i I to the seeled itc hy f.'pes made of hum. in hail' in-ti I'.d of tlie onveii'.i'in.il lump. The hair :i n f n e. w ill offering from u fewer than oa". 1 of the faithful. Twenty four ropes wrte made of it, their diameter i iiilmiii,' from four to m viei inches and tin ir total length reaehillir l.'t'JS leet. ll is ( ah ulated that nearly llo"vi pounds weight of pigtail' was Used The laws of inot of the older States now pnhioit jiersotis imt nccrcdiled hy minu iiieiirporated medical sciiool from the practice of inedii inc. This, the l)etroit Frit considers, isn safeu'iianl iklthoil'li not always an effective one nejaiiist the injurious work of ijuacks and incompetents. There seems, however, to he no means of pi i venting tho fatal w ork of thr fanatics or iharlaWins, who under the naniP of unc or another ism, prevent people, from receiving proper iiiidieul trealuienl a'ld permit them to die ol pure neglect. Here seems to h.: u chance for wholesome le 'ilatioii. The dreadful cu hme which struck Ih. American, Luulidi nnl Itermaa war ships at Samoa, hy which so many gal lant ollicers and tailors lost their lives, was the means of deuiiinslnniiivf tini'i li'ilile ipiaiilies whiih have made the American seainen famed the world over. John I'reston Iiinnin;, the youny; As sociated l'rcss rep 'ttcr who was ut Apia at the time, is preiiariii'' nn account of the fearful (lisiitcr for Y. Si'-hiUi. Although some d'lu'ot has heen cast on the story, he positively us.sci ts that whe i the Trenton drifted hack on tho Van ilali.l nnd it ecinc.l ns if the ship were doomed, ho distinctly heard ahove tho ra'in of the Rale tho strains of the "Star Spangled lSanuir," which tho Trenton' hand struck up. The fact, too, that the Tl'eutoii'ii men all cheered the llritinh ship Calliope when she huccci's fully hr ens ted tho btorin and steamed out to sea U uniply verified hy the report of tho British Commander, Captain Kane, who dcchircd ho wu. ucvor more idlei'ted in his life than when he heard the manly riiij? of their voire. Tho Js'ew York Sun dechireii thut every actor in thoso stirring geeiie limy well ha prouil of the jmrt ho played in that day V great ttnigglo nuiiibt the elements. 'There' nothing like leather,' not ev. n that iiuitkiloa leather, undo of ps per. Turk. DON'T YOU CARE. What. ri yon crying ahont, little man You have n hnril Imrnn, ymi my Well. thi! limit you enro, Tlint'n no ml affair. Von nrrtxnirnl to bare th-n In your ilny. Up lira vp, little mini, Imnl work Ik your plan. You'll com.? out nil riuhl, don t you rarp. What am you grumliliit;; itlsmt, business limn 'Inula Forturn in frowning, you say? Well, IIhtp! Ilnu't yon i-ir., Jnt, Ki t on tho Miiun, She's save to smile on you some day. H'-plnin, my man. ln very ir plan. You're coin to shiii-iik!, don't j mi nr.1. Wlint nr.? yon sorrowing for, nged innti? Your M 1 1- nj.pi-, Kfli m, yon Well. Hhtp! Don't yo:i rare, Yn.i linve no time lo spare, 1'ivp-jiv fur your journey nwny. H.-ivp p wc.ny man, pm t of (!n:l plan, You hip safe in His limnl, don't you rarp. Frank 11. H'Wo.'i, in Ihlruil. Frtf I'rfM. THE FELON'S RETURN. 'Vi';l yon n.k whether Mr. Griham will m i' a stranger?" Tim clerk Hum upoUin to nod li'il, nrosi., nn I went into nn inner o'!lec. The Ktriuiu'ir ri'inaineil, leaning n'ainsl lln walnut t.iiiin:: of Ihc desk, hi Ininil trilliiiLt "itli thp little door that .lnit. , imtsiil'T from tlie Murium within. lie j ws a tall, fair man, of liiirlv, with rluxe j cmpp' .j h iir a:ul heard. His hiiildi rs weiv hr i iil, his 'c'tlurrn liainlsoine, Imt . there was an old nir aliout him that had I puzzled the i l-rk, nnd would have per- jilexed any one. H was miiurthint; that rouU imt he ill fined, Imt it pei vailcd the j whole m in ; a .suppressed look, iih of one forced in .nun' way lo hide his fecliti','H; i it manner of Ktandin nnd holdiic his hat which iia 1 mi:iir(hiii;r upoloe'.ic in it. ''Mr. ( Jra'ii.itii w ill rt vwi. nir." f-uiil ! the rlcri;, let'irniii nnd opening the little : railed dnur. ' In thero the olliectothe li'd't." I 'I he stranger jinssrd into the mom in j i!icat''.l, and closed (he !oor hehind him ; then Htamlinir with his 1ack ii('ainst it, ; he fumliled with hit hal in Ihc samp ndl j niaiiner in w hi. h he had hauiile.l it in the ' outer otlice, nnd iustend of speak inu', lookeil at tiie 'i ntlernan lielim 1 tlie desk with eyes that had it ineasuiele.ssiippe.il in them. The other did not rise from his chair. nor hold out his hand, nor even speak for .some niomentH; r ieli looked at the one, ut the desk, who hroke the Kpell itt Wt. 'So," he said, "it is you, James?" "Vis, it is I," Mid the other. "Haven't ymi a word for me, William;" ' I have . i 'rood many words that vo l miudit not like to hear," Mid William (iraham. "I really rnn'l My I'mladto cc ymi, deli'ited, liouore.l, and all that, von know. "I don't expert any one t: ho "l;nl," said tho other. "I Knuw I've dis-Tiiced the family, Imt I've Imtii punished for it. Ten years, William think, of that! ten years of prison life, nnd prison faro, and prison trie:. ds! I'd hal ijiveu tny soul to undo w hut I did. even he fore it. was f'limd out ; and 1 never meant to keep the mom y."' "We ad know I ho hlory," said the merchant. "Von Mere in :i position of coiitidi in e; yo'i lietr.iyed il. It'.s the old iilT.iir. I've had it happen in my o'.mi otlice. I can't feel any sentimental pity for a fellow like you. What brings you here. .Iii l.i's!'' .Shiftiiijr his hat from hand lo hand, looUiirr from under his eyehr.nv.s in an nhject fashion, jiitiahio lo contemplate, when one saw in what eiitlemauly mould he h id heen cast, James (iridium answered, "I was twenty when 1 went to prison, I'm thirty now. The outside world has heen a blank to inn all thes-i years. I want work. 1 wntit you to e-ivo it to me any honest work, William. I'm a good hook keeper, but I'll be a porter, an errand limn, anything." "O, no; not anything here," wild tho elder. "You've reckoned without your host, James. You are no brother of mine. 1 cast you oft when you became a felon. For the sake of tho poor woman who called you 'son,' I'll (jive yon sumo money, rtmult to live on for u week or two. I will never rdvo you another pen ny don't expect it. 1 will have you turned out if you runic heie aain." The prison taint whs ho stroll:; upon the other man that his pride was not aroused yet ; ho fumbled with his hat, ground himself against tho door, looked Hhji'ctiv from under his eyebrow. av'ain, Vid asked: "How itt sister Jessief-' "Well," fcaid the merchant. "Can you t"ll mo where, she lives?" asked his brother. 'No,'' said tho merchant. "Jessie is married, ami iias tried to forget Vho ter rible rirf you pive her. You are the last pei sou a ivspeetable. brother iu-lnvv would i are lo hie." "I'll :i'k you one move (juestion," said James, in a faltering voire. "Ada Mils jrovr wliat has become of her? Is she livint;; Is she married'" "1 have no information for you," said tho merchant, harshly, "Hero nro ten pounds. If you are careful you will get employment licforo il is (tone. Kenieiii r, you'll imt have another penny from ny hand. Tako it nml go, and dou't ;onio back sixain! lie limit; tho money down upon the table. Hut thero was a fpaik of man hood in his brother's breast even yet; hu could not tako a pifl no profTered. Suildoiily tho abject look upon hia fuco changed to one of wrath and Lute. Tall as he was, lie seemed to grow a hend taller nn ho drew his shoulders buck; and, (daring Ht '''s dirother, threw the sovereigns thut lay before him into Uu brother's face. "linn; you, kep your money!" lie said. "X don't wtiiit it. I don't want Riiythimj: from you or uny one. I came for help, it is true; for help to bo an honest num. I've beeu among tho out cast of tho world so loug thut I've lost I all kinship with yom decent folk; but I thought a brother mtaht liold out s hanu 'to draw me back. To rcfiiMd It. Money ! AVhy, look at thesn hands, these shoiildrrs look at met I can earn money somehow. And. hy heaven 1 If this is all your rccrlthility and Christianity iiim. lints to, I doa't carp if I don't see no more of it. There sre plenty to welcome me, and yon have driven me to them. KiMiiPn'hrr that, son of my mother I'' He thrust his Imt upon his heud, and dashed out of tho room, striding through the outer otlice with no heed of any ono there, nnd dunging the door ns he de parted. One dark night, a frvv wppks latpr, James (irnhain, in full fellowship with a gang of burglars, ww receiving instruc tion from ii companion how to cntprnnd eoi'eral himvdf in house that hud leen marked for robbery.' The les.son was given in front of the doomed house itself; nad after his companion had left him, (Iraham muttered: "Yes, I belong to the fraternity now. I nm hern to rob this house. J have, the mask and tho pistol in my p icket. I have my little dark lantern, too. I'm ii burglar, nnd burg lar were the only men who welcomed me ba-k o it of prison. My brother turned his back on me. My brother I w onder what my mother would say if she cotdd ro me now? If she knew" lie stopped himself with an oath seemed, with a motion of his hand, to east away tho thoughts that were upon him ami in a moment more hud mounted to the window indicated by his comrade ; and (hiding that it opened easily, had clamliered in. IIi shoes were finish's. He made no found ns lie moved; and guiding himself by the lantern's light looked for n plane of concealment. It soon presented itself. A long wardrobe, with a door at either end. In this, be hind a very curtain of suspended gar tnenls, he hid himself. He heard, nfter n while, a baby cry, and in n minute more n step ran across the entry, nnd a ray of light glanced through tho keyhole at one end of the wardrobe. "Ada," cried a lady's voice, "come hare. Ihihy is wide u'.vukc and I can't leave him." Then another rutle, another step, and then were two women very near him so that he could almost hear them 'jreathe. "I'm so glad you cami! to-day, Adu," paid thn other, "when I inn all alone. Charles was called away so unexpectedly this morning! I declare tho thought of that accident makes me ill, and lam nerv ous all alone in the house at night, dear. He -.ides being always glad to sco you, I am so thankful to have you to-night!" "And I am never nervous. Jessie," said the other. "I nm ns good ns a man about the house, mamma says. I've hunted imaginary burglars with a poker many u ni'ht. Mamma is always imagin ing burglars, dear soul!" "Don't speak of them,'' said the ma tron, w ho was evident)' ipiicting her child, ns only n mother ran. "This house would be more of a temptation to them to-night than it has ever been before since we lived here. There are two thousand pounds in that safe, Ada. Charlie hadn't time to deposit it in the bank. They telegraphed that Mr. llird might be dying." As she made this confession, the man, concealed so near her, listened with his very heart in his ears; but it was not to the statement so well calculated to re joice a burglar's heart. That was for gotten. Ho heard only tho voices nnd the names these two women called each other by. Ada! That had been tho name of the girl he loved. Jessie! That was his sister's name. After all. what was it to him? Like his brother, tho latter had east him oil, of course, and no doubt Ada only remembered him with horror. Still, how like tho voices were. Could it be? Ho stolo forward, and knelt down w ith an eye to the keyhole, but ho could only see part of a woman's figure sway ing to and fro, ns she rocked her infant on hi r bosom. "Dear little fellow!" said tho voice of the other woman. "How sweet babies are!" She came forwnrd now and knelt down, ami he saw her profile. It was Ada Musgrove for ho hud left her a girl of sixteen, and found her n woman of twenty-six, but handsomer than ever. "You love children so that I wonder you don't marry," said tlie mutrou: and now James Graham knew that it was his sister who spoke. "I know William wants you to have him. IIo always has loved you. And, Ada, he can give you nil that makes lifo happy." James Graham's cheeks flushed in the darkness. Ho hated Iho world more than ever now. He hated his kinsfolk this cruel brother ami sister of his most of all. ' "He cannot give me the one thing necessury for wedded happiness love for him," said Ada. "No, Jessie; I havo said this to you before, but I must say il now. I lovod poor James too well ever to love uny other man while I know he lives." "Ah, Ada," cried Jessie, stooping over, "it is n comfort to me to ktiflw you still love my poor brother. I thought I was tho only living being who still loved him." And then James Gruhum, listening on tho other side of tho door, heard these two women weeping together, and for hi in. "Yes, Ada," said his sister; Bnd though poor Jnmes is so sadly disgraced, still when he returns I will be glad to see l.iin, nnd this shall bo his home if he will, and my husband will help him to win bark the place uniting good men that he lost so long ago. William is cruel to him, but then wo women are softer. When ho js free again I trust he will come straight to us. I fear William would hurt him by some reproachful speech. IIo will bo freo very soon, Ada." Tho man who had stolen into the house to rob it the man of whom they spoke could bear no more ; his heart was softened as it h'd not been since he was a little child. It was as if the angels had spokeu to him. Then ho remembered why he was there ; nnd kneeling and kissing the door that lay between him and those dear wotneu who had saved him from desperation, he crept away, nnd finding his way to the window which he had entered he departed as he had come, rowing to lead an honest life, and sometime perhaps when he was dying to sec those two dear creatures once strain. At least, always the mem ory of their looks and words would keep his heart tender and lifo pure, lonely ts might, be his lot. With thene thoughts in his mind he stood on the ground, and remcmljcred with n pang who would arrive soon and what their errand would lie; ami that, while he scorned to lictray them, he must stand between them on their purpose, and save his sister's home, perhaps her life, from their hands. He felt in his bosom for his pistol. ITc would not use it until the lust, but he must stand lictwecn those women and all harm. He knew wpll enough the unfortiving ferocity of thoso with whom he had to deal, and ho muttered a little prayer for nid the first he had breathed for many n year as ho heard soft footsteps ap proaching. "He is opening his ryes," said n voice. James Graham heard it nnd wondered what hud hapN'iied nnd why he could not turn himself and who sjwike. Then came the remembrance of a quarrel, a conflict, and the report of a pistol. He knew nil now. His fellow burglar had shot him and left him for drul. IJut where was he now? "Ada. dear," said the voice, "I think he is opening hi ryes." Theu they did open, and James Gra ham saw two women bending over him. "James," said one, "do you know sister Jessie?" Tlie other only burst into tears. "Yes, I know you both." said hi faintly. "How did I come here? Iam so full of wonder. How did you know me.'" "We found you wounded dead, we thought at our gate," said Jessie. "It was Ada knew you first." "Dear Jessie,'" he said; "dear Ada!" "We don't know how it happened," she said. "When you uro better, you must tell us. Only we have you bark, ami you shall never go again; never!'' He knew he never should. Ho knew it did not matter whether he told them how he hud come to sre them now. He knew that in n lit tin w hile he should neither see their faces nor know their voices; but he was very happy. A fore taste of heaven was given to him. "They havo been terrible years," he said; "terrible years! All that while I have never heard from you, hut I have you now. Come closer; I can't see you very well. There's a mist before my eyes. I wunt Jessie to kiss me." Tho sister threw her arms about his neck, nnd kissea him over again. Then ho turned to Ada Musgrove. "If I were going to live, I should not nsk it," he said ; "but you used to kiss me long ago, Ada. Will you kiss me Sow , my dear, just once more?" She took him in her arms. "God is very merciful," he said; "more merciful than man. Perhaps we shall meet again, durling." Theso were the lust words ho ever said. Good Konds and Public I'rnnoniy. The experienced traveler who finds himself ut tho beginning of n newly mended road will betake himself to tho nearest house ami leuru how fur the im provement extends; if for the distance of ten miles, ho will then impure by what circuit, not exceeding fifteen miles in length, he can escapo from the danger of tho repairs. After a time nature inemls the damage done by the process of recon struction, and the joiirneyrr may find once again a way tolerable, save where tho hill-sides are steep or the ground, wet. In tho winter season such roads, ut least in the counties w here the soil is of a clayey nature, aro often practically impassable. In such regions, utter it distressing expe rience of some decades, tho people lind themselves willing to turn over to n cor poration the precious privilege of con troling their highways. A littto knowl edge ns to tho art of road-making, an ex penditure of not nioro labor than is normally given to the annual repair of the roads, would in most cases have se cured to tho community about us good roads as they obtain by the construction of turnpikes. In other words, our svs tern of ignorant mismanagement in tho construction and maintenance of rural ways leads to a vast and purposeless ex penditure. If we take tho misapplied exjienses of our country ways, if we count at the same time tho mere social advan tages which they bring to the people, it is probable, that tho sum of tho rond-tnx in this country is greater than that of our ordinary taxation. From some data which I havo gathered iu my personal experience with roads, I am inclined to think that even iu New F.nglund the cost to tho public arising from ineffective, roadways, as well as from tho waste ol money expended on them, amounts to not less than an uverago of 10 a year on each household. Iu this reckoning I havo in cluded tho loss of time and of transport ing power of vehicles, the wear uud teat of wagons, carriages, nnd tho bcasti which draw them. It is probable thai tho expenditure in this direction is greater than that which is incurred foi schools or any other single element ol public interest. I urn inclined, indeed, to think that it comes near the sum ol all our State and Federal taxation to gcthor. Scrilner. Lost the Cord. There is a tailor in Loudon who doei not entertain the highest opinion ol American perspicueity. A week or twe ago tho Mayor of a Southern city called upon Consul-General New with a lettei of introduction from tho State Depart ment and asked him for the address of I good tailor. New recommended the art ist whom he had himself employed, and wrote the Southern gentleman's nume on the consulur card. The Southerner pro. cecded to lose tho card, and another mar found it. This person saw its value and personated tho Southern Miyor, obtain ing clothes to the value of $1200, whicl the tailor would like New to pay for. Aiei YtrkJSun. llOUSEUOlD MATTERS. or.stJiMie oeohoIA mscctTS. The Southern biscuit is rather thin rnke baked like Xew England .soda bis luit, but much thinner, and made W.'nlv ly of buttermilk and soda, rather thiAn sweet milk. This gives a crisp, flakW cake. Mix through a quart of flour, oil even half tcsspoonful of soda, sift id through several times, add a tenspoonful of butter and one of lard, rubbing them through the flour repeatedly. IStir a scant pint of buttermilk through the flour and best the mass together very rapidly. Goll it out on a floured board and dredge, then roll out half nn inch thick and cut with a small cutter. IJako in a very piiek oven fifteen or twenty minutes. This is a biscuit that appears on the tabic of many Georgia families day ufterdnyns a regular breakfast dish. It is especially delirious made by practised hainU. StiO lork Irtbune. SniOKSTIONS AllotT on, lamps. The oil reservoir should be of metal, rathrr than of china or glass. Wicks should lc soft, not too ti'htlY plaited. Wicks should be dried nt the lire before being put into the lamps, and should bo only just long enough lo reach tho bot tom of the oil reservoir. Thev should bo so w ide that they quite fill tho wi k-hold-er without having to be squeezed into it, and should be soaked w ith oil before be ing lit. The resrrvair should lie quite filled with oil every time before using the lamp. The lamp should be Ihoroughlv rlean, nil oil should be carefully wiped off, and all charred wick and dirt re moved before lighting. When tho Inmp is lit the wick should be nt first turned down, and then slowly raised. Lamp which havo no extinguishing apparatus should be put out as follows: Thn wick should be turned dow n until there is only A small flickering flame, and a sharp pulf of breath should then be sent across tho top of the chimney, but not dow n it. IHOXIXll IIOAUI) AND KAI'KtX HOI.Pt:!! Is vnur Ironin. bo-r.1 fl,l . if pleasure to iron on, nnd no trouble to keep clean? Tho following is a good plan: Take a long, wide board (a narrow one is a nuisance), bipering nt the left hand end; cover it within a foot of each end, thickly and smoothly on both sides, with a woolen blanket; do not make a seam on tho flat side, but with carpet lacks fasten the blanket on the narrow edge. Next cover tightly with a sheet doubled, keeping both sides of your board perfectly smooth. Now vou un ready for tho outside. Tako stout muslin, and make a cover the sumo as you would for n bolster case, open nt Doth end, make it to slip on tight. Tin is easily removed and laiindried, and yom board is always mat and clean. Iron calicoes on one side.white clothe-. , . J X ;",,"au!'i u on tho other side. You will lini this ,tKCS tlU8 method of inforillinct great improvement on tlio olil plan orCCClVtU ft ironing all on one side, and having th colored lint coining oil on tho blarchcisj- T .1 r rv rP 014- white clothes. w j-iine oi otoves, the sinall articles that nro so useful on tlitoc "kept A, table, but vet renliire so ninv lnm I. ' ' I ggug walnut staining, line with red silesia lurKey ren calico, tie notion hows at tL sides of the handle and it is complete, All tho salts, napkins, dovlies, etc., p in this, can bo removed at once, loid i" ready tho next time they urc wanted, a the dainty touches nro a delight instc t0 of a weariness to tho lie1 Culticutor. IIOI-SKMOI.il HINTS. If ribbons need renewing, wusa tl; in cool soap suds, cover with a ell cloth and iron when damp. A disk or wafer of sealincr wax ulu' in the bottom of a glass bowl will l crushed ice a pretty, delusive glow. C Tho bread of the hour is culled c Ladies' Clotll, SatillCN. seny. It sell nt fifty cents a pound, : ' served with the soup and ch)f A smnll piece of paper or linen m ened with turpentine, and nut into wardrobe or drawers for a single da!OCS, two or threo tunes a year, is a prcvei .gainst moths . ,t handkerchiefs, soak them ten mil . previous to washing in u pail of wi water, in which a dessertspoonful of tur pentine has been well stirred. Hard -boiled eggs served in a hot gravy or vinegar is a recent gastronomic introduction of some of the fashionable clubs in Loudon. Tho didi is said to have hud its origin iu India. Tho yellow room has had it day, tho bluo room is passe and tho crimson uml gold apartment too emphatic to bo u'sthrtic. Now it is white for brides, debutantes und young mothers. An excellent way of cooking eggs is to break them in boiling milk without beating; cook? slowly, stirring now and then. When dono soft pour into a dish aud add a littlo pepper, salt and butter. When you boil a cabbage tio a bit of dry bread in a bug uud put it in tho ket tle. French cooks say thut all the un pleasant odor which makes a house smell like an old druiu will bo absorbed by the bread. Do not scrapo the inside of frying paus, as after this operation uny prepara tion fried ia liuhle to catch or burn to the pan. If the pan is black inside, rub it with a hard crust of bread and wash in hot water mixed with a little soda. Unsightly fire places may be converted into spicy, woody, sylvian nooks by a rustic arrangement of balsam, palm, bitter-sweet aud mistletoe branches. The greens are piled up on the hearthstone unless they can bo interlaced about th fender and apron. Many people iron towels and put them away before they are dry. This is an error, aud sometimes leads to results not expected. Iu this damp condition there is a mold which forms on them called oidium, one variety of which causes nu merous skin diseases. It is quite essential to have your tabls tann !ttiimlrtfl with th maniifMapt, finish, otherwise known ns the damsstr. Sntol. nl .1.. 1.- I. 1 1 ... i 1 iiiir.ii. wnij i nt: inn ii luiiiKiresis uncier stands tho trick. From her hand old nspery is given such a beautiful finish that you can't tell it from the new loom. . .When your table-cloths aro worn out' K'yond mendinif, cut sqn.vre pieces from te Ix-st parts of them and hem neatly. 'I hey will make nice napkin for holding tl tie children's lunches, or for th UuW cne to use at tho table, for it they sro stained or lost your set will not be broken. To remove mildew and iron rust - preail the garment stained on the gross in the hottest sun and squeeze over tho spots lemon juice, sprinkling it thickly with salt. This will draw out the heavy iron-rust stains if the sun is hot enough. Itrncw the process if it is not successful the first time. j Every mother knows how difiieult it Is to clean the baby's finger-nails. Hy folding some tissue paper into a sharp jMiiut, and when using it calling the at- itpntioti of the .K.y to something else. thissiriila lnnm fifnf.Vr" . liday goods of every firm positively not bo un- ,fist favors, j would re . a continuance of pa- m. rs for Stoves ! 1 A "U"Jlt The Heaver. XcwSnnsliinr of 'S!. Crown Cine htor HowVentila tor i:R(HAID) mei'lv llSftil liv IV T lf1,..n,l.. j.j Specialty. j q cillCl 0111X1111 6F. 1889 ol...... ,. .... 8,,WW 3 0,1 SU MimehSe Vai.etV' ol li I lie Clollii It 3BTJRGH, PA. mt tm m ftsoniable innnnn i linnnninn II III I II V I'l IIUI'IUII ft III MIMA i.l III. 1. 1 II, A A lUllUllUiUl UUUllUUilA ail elegant IlllO of CoilllliliatH WaSh DrGSS GO0(lf - . UClUliry LdOtll, AVllitO DreSsGOfii Line of Cassimeres, Ind. .Embroideries. ....... . ... . t , lievo it when we read in the LYyUm titer that the pi ice, has fallen from Ofi!l pound to 12, und occasionally of itsr i 1.... 'i'l.:- .1: :.. ,i ; ,.i I It w. i ins iiiiinu- in iun.st.-ii, lb Oct . the export of "chips," which usedy: J tv rLr tn lift tn tltn nml,!tii i f ! 11 ti n'j I oil. A comlii nation was formed si yeurs ugo, what we cull a syndicate trust nowadays, to restrict tho exportii tun of ''chips," but it failed. Auoth is concerted, which, as is hoped, will more succeesful. This syndicate, at leu will havo tho good wishes of every traveler. Envelopes Not Transparent. "Why are theso envelopes blue on t inside? was tho nuerry put to a s tinner tho other day by a Pittsburg 2l imtch reporter: "For a very simplo reason, was t reply. "Ono of the great results to obtained iu making envelopes is to pi vent transparency. Many white papt ttre so transparent that by careful scr tiny tho contents of such envelopes ni bo determined, r or instance, let us t a sheet of paper with writing on it id tig envelope. Let us also insert a lu check. We will now seal it and hold to tho light thus. There, you cam only see the bank check, but you r also read many of tho words on the she of pajier. This can be prevented eitlJ by gettiug a very thick and higb-pnc envelope which is not transparent, u scarcely translucent, or by taking cheaper grade of paper which is bluo one side. Now we sell quite a numb of blue envelopes that is, envelopi whimi are blue on the outside; but mo: people do not like them for their color Ho. to cot over the difficulty and stil not make a high-priced article, we up paper which is blue on one side and wtuU nn tlia nuinr.
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