THE MlDDLKIiUKOII TOST.
T. H. IIAI.TER, Editc at.d rr.o'n.
MIDhl.KIU lid. IA. JULY i, !.
The public debt of the Australian colo
tii - amount to isT5. 000,000, while the
n:i.-f population white, Muck, Muori
a:. 1 Chinese numbers four millions.
t''tr boasts that unrirtit Homo was
i.cvcr m populous in New York. In t lie
of liur fame she did nt probably
''int.iin a million people. Prooklyn is
Ju-t sir h a city, a to sie, in h was in
In r glorv.
1":'; experiment of profit sharing has
ha i a tliot iuurU tct at the I! nirne mills,
.n Fail Uiver, Mii., during the lust
t i He month, a:iil tin- rcsiilu have hern
m fa tory a to elicit from tip: i'resi
l'"it ofth; romp my tl.t; opinion ;hv it is
the!, ginning of tho ilu!inn t th-! labor
pr .)!.: :i.
If tli'.- rab'e is to be trusted, some
y.rirg I'.irisia'i biiilesare to In; in lin k
ii jc.if. It it said tint a sum of
!:;': v amounting to ;l,.'lrt has b'en In-.
4 1 1 1 ' 1 to thi; City of I'aris by o:io
I '.i- :.i I'.ivale, the interest of which is to
in' u'l annually to furnish dowries to
oung women from the ages of sixteen to
t weniy li-.r, who inu-t lu of goo I icpoit
llli'l n.i'ivos of Paris.
The mo. lent idea is.obsci , -s the A'i
t.'t: ', tha'. it i better to woti n 1 than to
kill, not because it is more humane, b'lt
because h dea l man cm he left lying iit
th" battle-field, while n wounded man
putshorsdo combat his comrades who
ass,!.', him. Therefore, thy Indict that
iisc through lialf-a-do.cii men, wound
ing aeh severely, is preferred to the bul
'e: will' h simply liu 1 its allotted billet
i.iil ouiv one.
U
who
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.uic
tO v
her,
will
and
ileal
is very gratifying to thoo -iti.en
luought tiormati song birds to Ore
a jear ago and release. 1 them in the
i r I s of Portland, rejoices Went fiuir,
i! ho.v they h ive increase 1 in inim
in one sci.sou. In a few years they
have spread over u large territory,
tl.-jir songs will carry joy to the
'.of thousands to whom the nightin
und linlltlnch have been as unknown
g.le
m t!:
c bird of paradise.
fJcnrral O. (). Howard, in a recent
address ia Brooklyn, X. Y., referred to
wotkingmcn who euro 20 per month,
pay S of that for reut and hud only tho
remaining $12 to support families of four
or five persons for thirty days. Tho
Chrtttiuit Inquirer says: '"It is that class
of pinched, impoverished workitignien
that is liable to rise like tho blind Sam
sum and hurl the State to destruction.
It i impossible to make Mich men feel
the iu-iic; of tho ineijuailties in modern
toe-;.M
mm
Th'j JJ.i-to.i ('I'licit-jr fiends out this
wari.ir.i;: "Sundry sharpers, with more
khredii.s th in houesly, lire working n:i
i nt r y new trick upon tin.1 farmer) out
AVe-t. Th.'y ;;o to a far.ner an 1 pretend
to v i'!. 1 1 buy his farm a'- orce. Tho
p:; does not exjetly suit the tr.iui;ers,
but '.':;() m;i!l.l';'! w hile n'"ot iatiolis ill')
i;n.:i',' o'i to install themselves into the
i i i graces of tlm farmer, and proceed
to -put it.' at his licui-e for a many days
ii- ii.ey cm. After t'cv h ive st iy 1 in
Jo!;;; i..s they 1 ire, th-y taVfJ th'tir depir
t'i:ea:id look u; lodin's with a fr.'-h
vii-tlm. If their pm.t! is met they ive
the taiuvr the slip at tic first opportun
ity. A New York iu-urauce paper has jut
r.nupl'ted its figures on life insuraneu
for an I they chow that during lat
year the coaip mie- inereaie 1 tlieir assets
.7i.", tm.l.il hi, mid tle ir surplus, which
now itiri'iUDt -. to C1''.). ITT.T'I", is ijrHMI,.
i too hirirer than it wa. Ian year. The
piemiuiii income increased J'l.oo I.OOi),
wi '.'e thi) total inco ir) urn united to
1 v 1,1 Ij.So.i, an iin iea.-e of ovi-r
II. 1,001). The companies uiibuiscd to
p .li y hoi lei i, si,l'. n.To.i, and tho
lo'.i! premiiiim for the year were l?12l,
1T',"S1. l iie i.ew bu-iues of l.u-t year
iii'-i .-liv.-d ijl' 1,000, 00 ) over the pre
C"U ye.i;-, Mhile iho ius.iniiico in force
.L in' re ised )j J.j'I.Vih'.'J.'il.
A number of New York's foremost
riti.eiis have ora.ii.'.'d thein-elvcs into
the New York iiith Ajucia'ion, witii
I'.i p.iipo.ie of e-taoliihiir.' in t it.it city a
m I., public. ba!ii .;ui:i.ii' to til i' of
an. '. lit Koine. Tin1 plans lor the baths
I.i en M-it'u-I iijj 1:1. Toe huildiir.;
i i.l O'-iaipV lie. Illy a whoh; city blo''k,
mi 1 :o ' .o.iiuio laic a vast mi.n .T of p rr
koii i a', o ii.c. It ill be patterucl ni'ier
tiie Uoriian batiis, with all mode.-ii app'ii
iiM' es and eon.l'urls, und wiil be three
.-.loiies hih. The ou'.'.r wall will ho of
terra co'.t i and brick or stone, and all
the lloors marbled or tiled. Tile upper
floor wiil be converted into libraries and
f.'yii.uftiiiims, and the bathing rooms will
iiavoa lur,' swimuiin' pool, hut baths,
and drcioiu rciiiuj.
THE BONO OP THE SEA.
Tbeir world was world of rnehixntment;
A wonder of luminous light
Cam out with flaring of cnr.nmn,
Krom all the blaek space of nlRht:
The music of morn was a lilithennne
And chncry as music could bi;
I"ut all through the dawn an I the daybreak
I mom-iinl for tho song of tho mm.
They howe I th- ninrrrlous flowers
An I fruits of their sun-bentn lan Is;
They said, "IIire are viiie-tniiKl.-d vnlleys;
Forget ye the barren whito sn Is;
For a weariness unto the npint
The dash of the breakers must b,.;
Ho ilwell yo IkmI Io our blui watein;
Korget the sad sons of tho -a."
And I wrapixvl mnalwut in the sunlight,
U till! tnnrce of n (lllllnlliif trm
And therj !n a tani?lo of lildw,
I wove mo a won Im-ful divnm;
An 1 a weig from my dreamland went float
iii3 Par up whMre th j angels must bj,
Hut il-p in its under vibrations
I heard the sweet win of the set.
U'.th the ,knr in bin I.k-Im nil n glittee,
The I'l ine? f t, l).,y(j, , .y llt j.
l' .a- the silvei-.ivliito lance of th.) twilight
K-iiotoofT th goM crown Ii mi bin head;
An 1 the Princess of Night came to kcj him,
Her lights nil nlxiiit him 1 bung;
And a nightingale s -r ssue I in the taicket
His King to tho shi'iil.w i r sang.
An I the stream from tin. taugl" of lilies
fnme nui'llti; ,t way thron ;h tlm Mfl,;-;
And n mlvery iio ;tiirn i it nppl I
Among the tall fl ign mi iU edge;
lint its babble I film would have given,
For the sleep-wooifi-t voicV lull.
And tiie niglitiug.ile's wing iv.eil I havj bar-ten-l
For the desolate cry of a gull.
Their world was a world oi' en -ha n tin vit;
And they laughed with the laughter of
scorn,
When I turned nie away fro n iti ln-nuty
Iu the light of the liunlnou. morn;
Hut I be.u d a grand nio in tic lin:uC
Insistently calling to me.
And I rose with a jubilant p!r;t
Ami followed the wmg of the sea.
JnlHr Whitmr,,, h, ,V?,-,r Mwjasint.
A Patchwork Quilt.
i:v Maiiv uvi.K iii.i.s.
Have you iny where about your house,
amidst your counterpanes and comfort '
iibles which on looke I nt five minutes
before buy in ;. pethaps, ,. f ,;,.
tasliioned Jiat. hwoik piilts liicl" r t.
tiniest pieces, arranged in the most in
tricate patt.rns, over which at least one
pair of eyes were Mi.niiicd for days and
weeks I eforo .piillino lm. came, and all
those puffy little diamonds were marked
ml, amidst chat ami laughter, by half n
lozci, Indies I Did you .ver, in child
hood, sit upon the bed ami hear the his
tory of the various pieces of chintf
That's a pieco of your lirst colored
dress; that I had when I was a jirl;
that was your gru"diiifihcr'a morning
gown; that is a pieco Miss 8 jrave
rue. I havo heard nieli a history many
a time, and little pictures used to pass
before my eyes with the words. I could
sec just how k'nindum looked in the morn-ing-aown.
I could sco myself n babv,
takin-: toldliii( steps in the blue frock. It
neemed so funny to hnvc been a baby
when I was an important person of five
years. It doesn't seem half so funny now,
lor I have begun to doubt whether I shall
ever be imything else, ami to know ju.st
how many bij babies there ure in this
world.
Dear old patchwork ipiilts? We've lost.
Fomethiiie; in losing them, I think, ami
probably Mrs. Momford thought so, too,
for whenever any of her childi u were
found sitting with those idle hands, for
which Dr. Watts declares that Sitaa r.l
xvays finds some mischief, she invariably
remarked: "You'd better ect yuur patch
work." They always obeyed, those three little
ftirls, Lucy, Kuth and !ive, Biid them
were piles of .piills iu the upstair room
where spare bedding was stored ouilt.s
of many colon", ipiiits of only two, piiits
with large, sipiaro blocks, and ipiilts ',
with intricate patterns, like a Chinese
pnzie, ipiilts that had been made by
people in their nineties, mid quilts that i
i. i i i.i... .
nao oeen inline ny people who could mil
yet say; am nine years old."
Piecing n quilt was the first work and
the last of the members of the Mumford
iamily. I think an ttucrttor made nome
patches on board of the Mayflower. At
least, it was said so.
When a young person married, a
dowry of ipiilts hail always been pro
videdalways would bo while Mrs.
Mumford lived. When Olivet was lifte
.she had been told that the white and
Turkey red piilt which her gre it-grand-
inother had made was to be among her
nharc, as the eldest daughter of the
house. She laughed then, mid said:
"I shall always stay at home with you,
tnamiiiu. 1 shall be the old maid daugh
tor." b
A year afterward she did not think
this, whatever she might have said, for
the year hud made her feel thut she was
no longer a child, and she hail met Harry
Martin, who had put Hit engagement ring
on Olive's linger, and, if all went well,
her seventeenth birthday would fiud her
n matron.
Nothing liko fcVnig your children
st illed before von iiro bioken dowii vour-
fell," f::id the mother; mid thereupon
be.'iiu to teach Olivj the higher mys
teries of pastry. Plain cooking every
c,iil of licit family (piile understood.
A lover always take great interest in
his lady's haudiw oik. Harry regarded
all the little piece. of sewing which
p is'T'd through Oiive's h:i:id i with im
mense admiration, mid the homely patch
work wa jiiht as line in his eyea as any
thing c'se; mi l there was often muvh
talk about, the pieces, and, once, or
twice, ho had cut them out, nfter tho
cardboard patterns, loving to meddle
with i.;.ything that hho was busy with,
iu old tree lover's fuihion.
One evening, when ho went in, ho
found the girl looking, as an artist
might look ut a ntru old master, ut u loug
breadth of olJ-fsshloncd, flowered
cbintx.
"Mother has just given ma this,
Harry," she said. "It is like a gown of
oh Aunt Hepsiba's. It shimmers like
silk, and gee how fine it is. Hut
fancy wearing such large patterns. Look!
a butterfly on a bough, nad a rise, ! a
butterfly on a bough again, and ths An
other rose, like wall paper. Thn diffi
culty will be," said Olive, pausing tocon
sider, "how to get tho pattern Into
patch without spoiling it."
"I'll help you," said Harry; and to
work he went, and for a pleasant hour or
two ho kept cutting patches. A bad and
a butterfly on one, n rose on tho other,
bud and buttenly, and rose again.
"Ami he has not spoiled one, mamma,"
said Olive, in a tone of pride. "I'm sure
1 should have cut a dozen butterflies'
heads off, if I had tried."
So tho young things laughed over their
exploits, and then (lipped merrily away
t, havo their lovers' chat where, nobody
could listen.
It was tho last. Tho next day, Harry
Martin was missing, and with him a large
sum of money from his employers' safe.
Tht! news spr. ad through tho country
town lil.o wild -tire. Hurry was an or
ph iu, and the sou of an old friend of the
lead of the firm. It was understood thut
iiiey would be merciful, but his charac
ter was blighted foiever.
No one doubted his guilt but Olive.
Sic stea If tstly declared him innocent.
Weeks p used on, and there was no
news of him at lent, none that reached
the Mumford'se.irs; butono night, when
Mr. Mnmforl went out to the cow-house
to see that Crummio was safe for the
night, some one came out of tho dark
nes. and called to her.
"Who is that f" cried tho In ly, her
heart giving one great throb.
"It's I Harry," said a well-known
voice. "Oh! Mrs. Mumford, let mo see
Olive."
"Harry Martin!" said Mm. Mumford.
''Oh! Harry Martin, you've mado a snl
homo of mine!'' And she'4 broke into
tears.
"And you all believe 1 it nt once?"
,' iid Hurry, sadly. "I didn't think you
would."
"Oh, Harry," said Mrf. Mumford,
'Satan tempts us all. I'm sorry for you,
but you can't see Olive. It's better for
her you shouldn't. Sho wiu very fond of
you, Harry."
"And she has turned ngainst me, too,
then?" sud the young man.
"Yon don't blama her, poor Iamb,"
said Mrs. Mumford. "A girl like that
can't have anything to do with one that
has disgraced himself."
"I.ove is more stedfast," said II irry.
"Kvil reports fouhl not have won uvi
from Olive."
Then, without another word, ho went
away and such a hold have homely
thing upon our memory sometime, that,
as he went, ho saw the pretty household
picture he had last seen beneath the roof
that now refused to welcome him, as
plainly ns we see thing. in dreams; his
love, with her dark curls about her face
and tho ucudlo in her hands, and the
skein of thread about her neck ; a bright
lump burning upon the table, and on tho
other side, himself cutting out pieces for
patchwork from a pasteboard pattern,
ami laying in a little brilliant pile,
squares ami triangles, on which were a
rose and a butterdy tijioti u flowering
branch, a butterfly on a flowering branch,
and a full blown rose alternately.
A Western editor speaks of a wind
that "just sat up on its hind legs ami
how led." Such a wind it must havo
in- ii that was howling through the bleak
Maine country twenty year from the
night on which I l urry Martin turned
from tho MuuforuV door an 1 went his
way ulono.
The inn or tavern or hotel, whichever
it was, which lnuo the tuiiiio of T. Jolli
vcr upon it signboard, was not expect
ing any guests that night, but, neverthe
less, one canu) to it doors came lute,
loo, as the clock were striking ten, and
people generally thinking of bed.
The gu 'st wa a man of forty, with a
sad sort of face a face with a story in it.
Hut ho wa well drced, and evidently
no poor traveler. Ho had supper in the
best parlor, nud, meanwhile, a tire was
made iu the best bedroom, in which,
when ho inado his way thither, ho found
a buxom, youngish woman spreading uu
extra counterpane upon tho bed.
"flood evening, sir," she said, turn
ing toward him with a manner tlwt be
spoko tlm landlady. "I thought I'd
see that you were comfortable myself. I
never leavo everything to chambermaids.
When I married a hotel-keeper, I made
up my mil d to help him, mid there's no
such wuy of making guests feel dis
couraged ns turning them over to help.
Ami 1 ve given you my prettiest quilt,
too," said she, with u laugh. "There's
an honor."
The gentlemm looked toward the bed.
The ipiilt wa patchwork. It had a wide
striped border, but in thu center the
blocks were alt the same bright ( hint,
alternated with white a butterfly on a
branch, a rose, a butterfly on a branch,
ami a rose agaiu.
Tho man took a fold of it up in his
hind, and looked ut it, us men do not
ofteu look ut patch w oik quilts. Tho
woman bubbled on.
"We're great for patchwork In our
family. Such a pile us wo had of these
ipiilts ut home. Sister Kuth had twenty
when she was married, but I hud fifty.
My other sister gave mo her share, sowing
that I married a hotel-keeper, and she
thinks she'll never marry. Oh, dear!
There's a story in a good many ipiilts, if
you did but know it; aud there is a story
in this. It's tho last one Olive ever
made. But I'm lioring you, sir."
"No, go on," said the gentleman. Go
on, pleass.
"She, was ongaeil taid tha landlady,
"and she was but sixt.eu. Oun after
noon, sho and her sweetheart cut out
thes'j block, thu next thiy partod. Ho
wus suspected of a crime of robbery,
sir, if I must say it and she uover saw
him again. Sho know that he was in
usceut. She said tint', nil tho Angels in
heaven couldn't make her doubt it, but
no one else thought with her until a year
! hud gout by, uod tucu aa old conlidou
tint clerk, 'n was trusted in everything,
being caught in another theft, confessed
to that which' my sister's twecthtart bad
been aceused of. Tho story he bail told
to his employers of being knocked down
in the streets of New York, where ho
went that holiday afternoon, and being
thought drunk, and put into a station
house, and being ashamed to give his
na:ns next morning, ami too sick to come
home next day, was no doubt true. His
employers advertised for him, but i:i
vain. And mother owned to sending him
away from tho door when ho came to sen
Olive. It is n sud story. Olive can't
seem to like any one else, nnd tho poor
fellow wus so fond of her. H,t that's thu
story of the quilt."
Tho woman stopped nnd gavo ft little
cry, for the guest had flung himself
upon h knees, und was kissing that
patchwork qnilt us lovers kiss their
sweetheart's lips.
She gavo another little - cry in a mo
ment, and knelt down beside him, and
put her hand upon his shoulder.
"Oh, dear! oh, dear!" she sobbed,
crying hard herself. "Oh, dear! I do
believe it is Hurry Martin."
And it was Harry Martin, who hud
been to tint fur ends of tlm earth an 1 had
omul gld, but not happiness, believing
himself robbed forever of love and of
fair repute, ami who had returned to
find both nwaiting him, through tho
means of that patchwork quilt, with it
butterflie un I flowering bough aud
roej.
"Lucy" said Olive to Iit sifter, a few
months ufterw.ird, "now that we arc go
ing to housekeeping, I want you to give
mi! one thing."
"Anything on earth that I can," snid
Mrs. Jotliver. "I was thinking of a sil
ver service."
"Oh, Lucy, dear," said Olive, begin
ning to cry for very happiness, "it's
only the butterfly quilt thnt I want. The
dear old quilt. Harry says we can't
keep house without it, we both love it
so."
"I've rolled it up for you already,"
said Mrs. Jollivcr. "It seems to belong
to you, Olive."
And so to-day Olive's hist baby sits
upon the brilliant quilt, and tries, with
hi chubby lingers, to pull therefrom tlu
butterflies and roses. The Isthjer.
Thn Mnsic.il Sense In Anlnislsand 3Ifn.
The higher animal can also enjoy
music, us my house-cat shows, when she
comes at tho playing of the pinna to sit
by the player, aud sometime jumps into
her lap or on tho key-board of the in
strument. I know of a dog, too, iu a
family in Berlin, which come. in in like
manner when there is music, often from
distant rooms, opening the door with his
paw. I knew of another dog, usually
thoroughly domestic, which occasionally
played the vagabond for love of music.
Whenever the semi-annual mass was
celebrated in tho city he could not bo
kept at thu house. As soon as the so
called ltergkuappen, which were accus
tomed to piny t thia time in the streets,
appeared, he would run away and follow
them from morning till evening.
Evidently neither cat nor dogs, nor
other animals that listen to human music,
were constituted for the appieciatiou of
it, for it is not of tho slightest use t
them ia the struggle for existence. More
over, they and their organs of hearing
were much older than mini and his music.
Their power of appreciating music it
therefore an uncontemplated side-faculty
of a hearing upwrutus which has become
on otlur ground what we tlnd it to le.
So it is, I believe, with man. He has
not acquired his musical hearing us such,
but ha received a highly devclocd
organ of hearing ly a process of selec
tion, because it was necessary to him irt
the selective process; ami this organ of
hearing happens also to, In? adapted to
listening to muaic. 1'vjinlar Oki
Monthly.
Heroic Deed of a Telegraph Operator.
A delegate to tho recent Convention
f tho Order of Ituilwuy Telegruphers of
America iu New York city who attracted
much attention wa Charles Adams, of
Y'oungstown, Ohio. At one time when
hi! wa in tho employ of tho Pennsylva
nia Railroad Co., Adam found u freight
train directly in . the way of :t fust ex
press on the main line, and at that very
moment the instrument iu his office
broke down without wurning. Unless,
the freight train was headed olT and got
on a silling a dreadful disaster wus in
evitable. The anxious operator fortu
nately wa equal to the emergency. He
climbed the nearest pole, cut a wire and
brought it down. Theu ho took his
stand on tho steel nils of the track, nud
made a connection through his body.
Calling up the next station, he received
tho response by holding the end of tho
wire to his tongue. Iu this way ho sent
nnd received dispatches and saved the
exnres. The pain was exerutiating.and
hi tongue was badly burned. Such is
the stuff out of which heroes and mar
tyrs ure made. Xeto Orlcuii I'ieayunt.
Frederick's Tall Kegliucnt.
Frederick tho Great, of Prussia, formed
a regiment of the tallest men ho could
procure, and insisted on their murrying
tho fullest women they could find, with a
view of producing a giant rase of guards;
but in this he was unsuccessful. Voltaire
says that thcc men were his greatest tie
light. Those who stood in tho front
rank were none of them less than seven
feet high, and he ransacked Kurope and
Asia to aihl to their number. There is a
somewhat tipocryphul story that Frederick
wa once reviewing his regiment of
giants iu thn presence of tho French.
Spanish and F.uglish Ambassador, and
that ho asked each of these in turn
whether an equal number of their
countrymeu would euro to engage with
such soldiers. Tho French and Spanish
Ambassadors politely replied in the uega
tive; but the Kuglish Ambassador replied
that, while ho did not venture to ussert
that an equal number of his countrymen
would beat tho giants, ha was perfectly
sure that half thu number would try.--All,
Uu Year Ituund.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
tTll.t7.IXO WOODK!- Pf.ATTElt.
TahU Talk tells us how to utilize the
little, thin, wooden plate now used so
extensively in sending out lunches from
restaurants and bakeries. Take two per
fect plates; cut one in heart form, gild
or bronze it insido and out; fasten it to
the other plates by means of small holes
about three-fourths of an inch from the
edges, through which are run silken
cords. Sketch a pretty design on tho
upper plate, and the result is unique.
OrtNAMEXTATtOX OF lIorSEIIOI.D l.tXKX.
The ornnment.ition of household linen
should be of a kind that will not dete
riorate by wear and tear or by frequent
washing. The popular style of open
work now claiming much attention from
housewives who desire tho latest fancy
resembles Kenuissnnec or Richelieu gui
pure. For this the embroidery is done
with colorctl threads. Tho main por
tions of the design touch each other, or
arc dntwn so ns to be connected by small
bnrs. Tho outlines iiro covered with
buttonhole stitches nnd the pattern filled
in wih Various fancy stitches, as may bj
required, lace stitch, French knots, etc.
When the design is embroidered tho
material between tho portion should be
cut uway. Care should lto exercised in
selecting both the design and tho col
ored threads, that the foimer. when fin
ished, may be sutliciently close to provo
durable nnd that tho latter may not fade.
.Xeitli.-k IIW..
TisXtstuxo rt.ttcs.
Flies will not piss through a net miJn
fit thread, lino silk or wire stretched
across an open window, even though tho
lucshes are an inch apart, unless there is
a window or light behind it. This af
fords a ready means of excluding theso
insects from nil our rooms which have
w indows on ono side of the rooms, flies
can only be kept out by using fine guoza
for the purpose. Tho best wuy to de
stroy flies in a room is to expose on a
shallow plate the following mixture:
Cjuussai chips (small), one-quarter ounre;
wuter, one pint; boil ten minutes, strain,
and add of treacle four ounces. Flies
will drink this with avidity, and ure
soon destroyed by it. Cold green tea,
very strong, ami swiftened with sugar,
when set nbout the room in saucers, will
ulso attract flies and destroy them. An
ingenious person has devised the follow
ing plan' Observing that a fly always
walks upward, he made a window screen
divided in half. The upper half lapped
over the lower, with an inch space be
tween. As soon us it fly lighted on tho
screen it proceeded to walk upward, and
thus walked straight out of door. Not
being able to walk down it had no wuy
to return to the room, ily this means a '
room c( n bo quickly cleared of flies,
which ulways seek the light.
B0l.-Q.VET UAKtXO.
The most graceful bouquets havo the
least method in their arrangement ; a few
prays of bloom put in carelessly often
ro tho most artistic in effect. A bunch
of misty gypsophilla with a half dozen or
more coreopsis blossoms, placed in a dark
brown vase ami set before a mirror was
a combination which demonstrated this.
Few largo flowers me capable of more
arrangement tliau the cony. The old
time, rich, red variety forms a gorgeous
bunch by itself, or is equally beautiful
lightened with sprays of white; with
its wu bron.v-greeu foliage, it is mcst
effective. The lovely und fragrant Chi
nese varieties, with their delicate shad
ings and exquisite tints, when massed on
a platter ami bordered with ferns are al
most as handsome us roses and make a
pretty and lasting table decoration.
Them is an curly single peony, between
magenta aud rose iu color, and with a
deep golden heart. It is contemporary
with the first sturdy growth of the rib
bon grnsts and combines with it admira
bly, although, by tradition, lemon lilies
ami ribUm grass are nihilities. An old
ginger jar of just the right shade of blue,
tilled with a large bunch of these richly
odorous lilies, their exquisite yellow re-
lievtil by the creamy white and delicate
green of the grass, may quite content the
artistic country maiden w ho has no royal
Worcester ami orchids ut her touimaud.
J'Vi' Mttij-iiine.
IlECirKS.
Quick Biscuit Two ciqs flour, ono
tblesoouful mixed lard and butter, one
cup milk, one heaping tcuspsionful bak
ing iKiwdcr, pinch salt. Handle little,
roli out nnd cut quickly, und bake in u
steady oveu.
Chocolate IcingAllow ono pound of
icing sugur to every two ounce of choco
late; gruto tho latter into a muccpuu,
aud mix with it eight tablespoon fills of
water; stir well, und let, it cook gently
for ten minutes, then add thu sugar, and
use while warm.
l'otuto Soup Three pints of rich milk,
ono pint of mushed potato, two table
spoonfuls of butter, salt ami pepper to
taste. Doll the milk, add the potato ami
boil again, stirring frequently, that tho
potato may become thoroughly dissolved,
and season just before serving. Servo
very hot.
Puree of Celery Hoil two. heads of
celery iu plenty of suited water with nn
onion, a blade of mace und some whole
pepper. When done drain them ami puss
them through a hair sieve. Melt a piece
of butter in u saucepan, mix u littlu flour
with it, then tho celery pulp and work it
well on tho lire, lidding u little cream of
milk und some of tho gravy of the
ducks.
Horseradish Sauce. Mix two or three
heaping tublcspoonfuls of fresh grated
horseradish with twice as much cream.
Suit it lightly aud stir iu an equal num
ber of dessertspoonfuls of vinegar with a
tcacpoonful of sugar. Add a little pep.
pcrsuiico or cayenne if very hot sauces
are liked. This sauce is good cither hot
or cold. If preferred hut, it must bo
warmed in a double boiler, taking caro
that it does not boil, or it will curdle.
It is especially good with roast beef,
cither hot or cold.
rorcLAn science.
New York's brokers reduce ohttu.
kipping the rope.
Bread made with aea-water it
bs a good remedy for scrofuU.
Tho French have tried smni.,i.
dor with the biggost guns sueces,fu
A man requires about elebv...J
pounds weight of food in the courwl
- j-"t
Stanley says he frcquentl ..
mercury murk 133 degrees in the U
a li tin
There are thirty-five ar;tti
granito in Maine, each of ),;.
caily recognized distinctive chtrjc
iiii a
A house in Southfairfield. r;i.
et on fire by the rays of thCiun
out to dry.
American wheat contains tirirlyt,
ns muen gluten ami nitreg,.
mist ii--mtiKiug tiuuicni - as that
iu Australia.
Electric launches proved nr, ,Wf,
fill nt the recent Edinburgh Kxhibiti"
nuuisillg mill, nicy coum trawl li (n
an hour carrrying a heavy cargo, that
ruKeu io sure an (It,
ocean ship. ,
A new electric lantern hm K,
signed in Vienna for the m.. f i ",J
i - it., .i . i . -..i.i
nun iiieuic.il cuisscv y n coir,l(ia,t
of lenses tho magnified im-i.f,.
ject is projected on a white st-r.-co j
uaiiirai color.
Tho cimumfcrenopi of a tn'i n
nnd tho calf of the leg ure tt ,t.
The firriltnfnriinun ft 1... ... .
tu-ii.. tl. ,.!. t .... ""l
v i.u l tt IliUM ICMCI? IJI fy,
Three times the circumference' of
r;J
nead equals ttio lengtli of the Wj,
k tl. ..!!.. . ... i . .
ii. jii-iiiu ij-skiur!tui uiiii eft e u rfti,'J
in summer and heated in winter I; t;J
tricity, nnd the flood of light fron t J
electric lumps is tinted a deling pjt 3
" " "'-""ill; III me co-
plexious of the lody visitor that J
piuco is tnrongeef .
lrsm tlin I n ... I ft
l-oster ana lie r reytag,slting or pickl:
seems to have very little destrart
power on many of liie commoner foul
or bacilli, w tilth may be found in!ii.
meat. The bacilli of typhoid, crr.il
tubercle and infectious porcine di
were round alive after huviug
picKie two montns.
The experiment of treating tjpb
fever by prolonged immersion of i
patients in water 1ms been trie! ir,
Liverpool hospital with gntifvin;
cess, r our cases were recently report
ono ol wmcn involvca six tlays
mcrsion; two others eleven iluji t
and the fourth sixteen days. Thej
all severe cases, uuu every ono of
patients recovered.
1 he scoring of tho bore, of mod'
cannon by the new powder in u
claimed to be duo to tho fact that u;
ignition all of the powder in not tarJ
to gas, some of it remaining mil
state. It is this latter which doa
scoring by being thrown with suehiM
agninst the metal of the gun that the
suiting action is very similar to that of
suod blust for cutting glass.
Thero are two periods of life in v'u
the powers of resistance to advene
flue noes aro excessively weak. Ia
fancy, from birth to tiro yearn of ii
but especially in the first year of cintt
tho jKiwer of life is very ferule, mil
is the reason that so many iafnii'J
tuddetily in convulsion. Aia,
the age of sixty. five is pasd, tlx t,
tenacity is lowered, the snlxtaace
the heart and of the musi Ir in grt
becomes fattv. and there is linmiDf
liabilfty to sudden failure of the hit-1
action.
Auothcr electrical dcvii b 1
brought out to afford cninmunieitioD
tween trains in motion ami to pf;
accidents. Butteries and the nwM
connections are placed on each eogi
central conductor being nil tan
with tho rails. Should twotniini
proiiiji within n certain distwiceoN
other, uu alarm is souii'ld lit eacc
with an electric gongiin I it sie.ua M
is set blowinir. Tho cnuine ilritefll
atop tho train and communicate by
phono. This communication i
effected when the engine un! v,
runninc or still. An automatic
ulso given if a switch is miilii c
briil !o burned or washed 4
ditioual butteries are plan"!
stutions along the mud, aid these
tho alarm should those placeu w
CDgiuea bscoine broken.
Statistics About the
Somdvne has recently ligurcJ oj:
exact distance thut a person mij'
moved from a reflecting surfme m
hear the echo of his own voice. '
syllables a second is said to he tk':
both of distinct nronuueiation " 1
tiuct hearing. Thi give one-nfts
second for each syllable. u" w
mosphcric temperature is sixty-00
grees sound travels 1 120 fret s
In ouc-tifth thut timo it will
tance of 224 feet . Hence, if
surfueo is 112 feet distant the
sound of an uttered syllable w
turned to tho ear just us the '"
cfrnftu ti if j iiiitrnstv III till
first fifth of the second is couiiwH
utterance of n syllable aud the '
of tho second iu hearing it eoli
syllables would be crime I fr vn
Jug surface 221 feet distant, throe;
bles from 03(1 feet, and so on
limit of uudibleues. -V
Parliament Houses fnim'""1
Tho British Parliament 1
crumbling to pieces so fast titat
coust.tnt danger of soma parti
building toppling down P'
members. Part of the fr"
,Stephou's has hud to bu entirely
because of the wearing away
aitone. Only a week or two ,
liileen nt m utnne lllTllIllic llllil1,1W'
fell closo to the entrance to
'Hull, in Old Palace Varo, ,,
Jtritnco to the house which W'
orcd. yew York Tlt'jrm-