MONEY.
When bwi went forth in black continuous
stream,
And steadily return ante the Mv,
When ill (be air with humminir la alive
From pearly dawn to day's Inst golden
Kleam t
Then It thoovns to work an ! not to dream t
l ! If your honor tiri you w.mt to thrive,
(Km hungry drones with robber bees con
nive,) Thnt you tuny Rather nil tho bloMim-er'vin).
Vit let mo pmis-i a moment on tho I ritik
II"twoi'n yon flower-calyx on 1 Its spoil
What Inlior lntrvennth ! Only think,
What you lj:n pi i.v, to Uvt nn I mo 'tis
toil,
Vt InVor, persplr.itinn, many n sllnir,
Ho I've tbo honey cliccrfiilly I sing!
Tho Academy.
THE YOUNGEST CLERK
Jiv iieu:n roniiKsT rniAvr.s.
s t beggar,
''Jy Jam?" said Mrs.
--in T - 11 a l.
the
ffef . 7p l-' i't)fp c r ii t ii r
eP5&89HS BW,,v! Uivcbir
'v'?V tt ot mil:
WrWMt'Vj hii.I Hl.it f tli,
i ro
uni
a giuss of milk
WtV.'-J Hlltl A liit of tint
"Please, ma am," said Jane, "there
ain't so much Hi it drop of milk loft,
and you ifavo tho last of tho cold beef
to oll ( Sideon i tallup. And besides,
in h nm, I iloii t thiuk it lit a trump nt
all. ltd riuito a respectable young
tn nn, in a browu linen duster, nud a
carpet bag.
I'H : "nut airs, i toon. A new
boarder, th?"
"Well, ma'am, I ain't quite sure,
1 .1 . . . 1
am tinno, uiscrcetiy. " roms in bo
different."
"Jane," rniil Mrs. Troop, mysteri
ously, "I sec it all now. It's tho
youngest clerk."
"Ma'am?" said June, in a bewildered
way.
"Oli, don't be so stupid?" cried Mrs.
Troop, who wiih una of thoso nervous
women who aro perpetually instinct
with electricity, nnd who saw and
comprehended things by IIiihIich. "Cull
Barbara, and riiuUo haste about it 1"
Barbara came into tho green gloom
of tin; littlo pantry, whoso window was
illicitly hini'ii.'.t wiiii morning-glory
vines a tall, slim lassie, with solemn
blue-gray eyes, brown hnir, and a slow
HTuce of ii i n ii 1 1 r which she iutit have
inherited from the, birchen on tho
lnotitititiii Hide itnd tho r Is in the
swamp, for other teacher kIij had
Hone.
"What is it, mother?" mid she. "I
was jiiHt emptying tho feathers out j
the old pillow-ticks."
"Barbara," said Mrs. Troop, "don't
bother about pillow-ticks. It's tho
youngest clerk! He's waiting just
over there on tho porch, with his bag.
Cun wo accommodate him, do you
think?"
"Mother," anid Barbara, "what on
.'. ' " b.y, cried Mrs. Troop, with Ik v
impatient getture, "don't you remein
b.r old Mr. Faushawe, the book
keeper in Rrowue, Brownsou A
I :owno'h, telliim uabou! t iieyotitigest
clerk there -ho liad the weak lilus
and the Htuall .aUry? And h i kui I
h'j'd rcooiu'iiend hi-n here i' r his Vit'.-a-tijn,
nnJ he hoped we'd t.iko him
cheap and do what wo could for him."
"Oh!" enid JSurb,ir.i, arching h-r
pretty eyebrows. "Yes, it heeuu to
mo now that I do remember somethiu
about it. Hut, mother, where can wo
put him? Every room is full even
to the two alopiug-roofed chambers in
tho Kitrret."
"lJut a poor young mnu," ni d Mrs.
Troop, in a distressed voiee, "with
hereditary coimuiuption and almost uo
salary! Durham, wo never cm turu
him away."
"Xo, of courso not," mid Haibiru,
reflecting. "Mother, I can manao it.
Don't fret any more. Tell him he may
CJtne."
"And high time, too," aid Mrs.
Troop, nervously, "with hint waiting
there on tho porch and wondering, no
doubt, what all this delay meam."
She biiHtled out, with kindly houpi
tulity. There, in tho purple twilight,
apparently listening to tho soug ot
tho whip-poor-willH on tho mountain
side, But a blender man, droned iu
cool, brown linen, wit'n a vilise rest
ing on tho floor hchido him. How
was Mrs. Troop to know that ho had
heard every word of tho brief col
loipiy? "Madam," he said, lifting the straw
hut from his curly hea I, "l-"
"Oh, yen, yes !" said Mrs. Troop;
"I know all about it. Your uamu is
Hrowue iih IIiuwiH', liionusou A
Itrowne. .Air. 1-aiisliawe toi l mo till
about you. You are tho
clerk there."
"Madam, I "
"It ihU't Uecesnnry to
kindly interrupted Mr.-
youtlgcht
explain,"
1 roop.
"We'll give you a room nud board for
two dollars a week. I can't promise
you the dainties they have at tho Cho
coma House, but everything hhall bo
clean and wholeMime. Mr. I'aiishawo
told ns that your means were limited.
Mr. FaliNhawo knew 1 would be inter
CKted in you, beeniiho I had lost a ho it
of about your age."
"Indeed, Mrs. Troop, I am very
much obliged to you, but "
"ilero comes my daughter liar
bara," said Mrs. Troop, evidently de
sirous to abbreviate the new-comer's
thanks, "llaibara, this is tho young
est clerk. II is uume, 1 believe, is
Hrowue."
ISurlitira let her soft, blue-gray eyes
rest upon his tired face for a second,
with the most angclio trymputhy.
"Is your cough very bad?" bho
Asked. "Oh, I hope the mountains
will do you good 1 How long a vaca
tion have you two weeks?"
He smiled.
"You are very kind," he said. "Tho
firm will allow me to be goua m lotia
I like."
'And ymir lalary will iro on Inst
the name?"
"And my salary will continue just
the fame."
"That i what I call real jroner
oslty," Mid Barbara. "Oh, I Mionld
like to thank Meser. Browne, Brown
son & Browne! Well, come in. Our
littlo cottago is full of boarders, but
my mother and I will contrive to
mako room for you somewhere."
And the pafo boarder slept that
niht in a rose-scented room, with a
'trip of bright rag-enrpeton tho floor,
lmnd pniuted china vases on the
wooden mantle, and cheap mnslin cur
tains nt tho window, aftr a supper of
blackcaps ard milk, delicious home
made brcu l, fresh honey and johnny
cake.
"Two dollars a week for such fnro
as this, to sny nothing of my cunning
littlo corner room 1" said Mr. Browne
to himself. "I never hoarded ao
cheaply before in all my life."
At tho end of a week he WhS more
than delighted. Mrs. Troop was the
kindest and most motherly of hos
tesses. Barbara was the impersonation
of sweet and gracious refinement.
Tho mountain was full of purple
glens, merry voiced cascades, winding
footpaths nnd breezy heights. Mr.
Browno enjoyed himself intensely. Ho
believed thut ho had come to tho right
place.
"Don't you think," said Barbara to
her mother, "that he's very strong for
a consumptive?"
"It's that herb tea and the diet of
honey and new milk that is building
him up," said Mrs. i'roop,triamphant
I.v. "I never knew it to fail yet iu
lung diseases. But he's very pleasant,
Barby, isn't he?"
"Very !" said Barbara, earnestly.
Mr. Browno had not been a month at
tho littlo cottage on the mountain
when, overtaken by a sudden shower,
ho sought refuge in an old, unused
barn not far away from the house,
where a thicket of blossoming elder
berries concealed tbo rude stono base
ment, and a veteran yellow pine tree
tluug its banner of black green shade
over tho mossy shingles of the roof.
I'miKcd, except to stow sweet hay in
nud in ouo corner a little chamber had
been finished oil long ago with a brick
chimney and a tiny paned lattice.
The door was half open, and Mr.
Brow no could liscern a little cot bed,
draped with white, a dimity covered
toilet fdutid, whose coarse, cheap bowl
and pitcher were enriched with purple
and crimson autumn leaves iu hand
painting, and a littlo needlework rug
which lay at the foot of tho bed.
"Ah," said Mr. Browne to that best
of confidants, himself, "I comprehend
it all now ! I have displaced Mad
emoiselle Barbara Ironi tho littlo cor
ner room iu tho cottago. i Upon my
W'jrd, I feel like a usurpet I i Bat how
good they are, this mother and daugh
ter, whoso only iucome is lerived
from this preeirious occupation of
taking boarders! How unselfish, how
utterly sclf-sucriflc;
rifleiiu! 'S' are
jet Tuft a U worr.i,
A L ?. - .
luauii uut ,
ben tv -er ijame, wdh its
yllow lenv s clusters of vivid
idue asters o. lus of tho woods,
Mr. Brown prt .,, to return to the
city. V''u
"You nresuro y,o-:e strong enough
to rcsiimu worki'UlLid Mrs. Troop,
uuxioiisly.
"Mother,",.' darhara, "he isn't
at all like an iVivulid. Eittier old Mr.
1'itiishawe was mistaken, or Mr.
Browno has ma do an almost miracu
lous discovery."
Just nt this instnnt Juno cume to tell
Mrs. Troop that ueighbor Jacksou was
ut the door waiting to burrow a
drawing of tci.
Tho geutlo widow busted out ; Mr.
Browne turned to Barbara.
"Yen," haid he, "I am going to ro
t'liu to New York. But I shall leavo
soiuethiug behind mo."
"We shall bo very happy to take
charge of anything for you," said
Barbarn, who was sorting ovur red
cheeked pears for preserving.
"Shall you? But you don't know
what it is, Barbara," suddenly lapsing
into extreme gravity. "It is my
heart. I am driven to confess that I
have lo-it it and to you!"
"You aro joking!" cried Barbara,
coloring ami half-disposed to bo in
dignant. "I never was more serious in my
life,"usseverated Mr. Browno. "I do
love you, dear Barbara, truly and
ten ierly. Do you think you could
daiM to trust your future to mo? Poor
as I seem, I could yet give vou a
good home."
"Oh, I am not afraid of that!" said
Barbara, with risiu color uu 1 droop
ing eyel i.tln's. "I have l,eun brought
up to bo independent, y,i know, and
I lielievo 1 could earn a littlo money
by art work, if 1 ever hi I the chuuce.
It if you really care for me "
'My own darliug !"
Then --yes, I ! love you!"
So Barb ira was wooed and won.
"Of course, the dear littlo mother
must live w ith us," said Mr. Browno.
"1 couldn't do without her!"
Mrs. Troop, who hud ouce more
joined tho group, looked worried.
"Is it a tint?" said she, wistfully.
"N'o. I oujupy -i whoiu house."
"But, dear mo!" cried tho mother-in-law-elect,
"isu't that extrava
gant V"
"I think uot," aaid Mr. Browne,
seriously,
"But must you reully be married at
once?"
"1 should liko to carry both Bur
bara and you back to tho city with
mo," said tho lover.
"And poor Jane? Though, of course,
it would be out of the ijuestiou for
Barbara to keep a hired girl?" hesi
tated Mrs. Troop.
"Oh, Juno must como, too!" said
Mr. Browno. "Bring her with you, by
all means. We can manage it some
how. To tell you tho truth"
"Well?" said Mrs. Troop, eagerly!
"I am a fraud and a delusion," cob-
fessed Mr. Browne, while Barbara
raised her soft eyes in amazement. "I
am not the youngest clerk in the firm
at all the youngest clerk went out to
Bermuda, at the expense of the firm.
I hope he is doing well in -that cli
mate This man was Ferdinand Brown."
I am Augustus Browne, tho youngest
partner."
"But however enmo you here?"
eaTerlr questioned Mrs. Troop.
"Didn't Mr. Fanshawo recommend
yon?"
"Not nt all. I came to the hotel,
but it was full i and they thought that
perhaps I would bo provided for at
Mrs. Troop's cottage until there was a
vacancy in tho Chocoraa House. But
when the vacancy came I didn't care
to claim it."
"So you are not poor nt all?" said
Barbara, in a low voice.
"Not in your sense of tho word,
perhaps; but I shall bo poor indeed,
sweet Barbara, if I havo forfeited
your favor," he uttered, fervently.
"Nor consumption?"
"No, nor consumption," he nl
mitted. "You havo been deceiving us all
along?"
"Yes, I have been deceiving you all
along," said Mr. Browne. "But, un
der the circumstances, do you see how
I could help it?"
"It is very strange," said Barbara.
"I ought to bo thoroughly indignant
with you ; but somehow somehow I
love you more desrly than ever."
Mrs. Troop could hardly believe her
own ears. A palace in Fifth avenue;
a double carriage, driven by two fine
gentlemen who wore choicer suits
and glossier hats than the parson him
self; double damask napkins, with
monograms embroidered on them, at
every meal; egg-shell china; all the
luxuries which she had dreamed of,
but had never known! And all these
gifts bestowed by the hand of the poor
young clerk whom she had undertaken
to board at two dollars a week booanse
he was alone and friendless, aud for
whom she had saved tho choicest
slices of honeycomb anil brewed the
most invigorating herb-tea!
"One often reads of theso things in
novels," said she; "hut how seldom
they come true in real life!"
Kind, simple-hearted Mrs. Troop!
If she had been a student of tho great
"uovel" of Human Nature, sho would
have known that we aro all of us liv
ing romances at one time or another.
And why uot? Is not tho world al
ways full of Love and Youth. Satur
day Night.
What the Chinese tat.
A member of tho English IVrlia
mont, Florence O'Driscoll, has n live
ly paper in tho Century describing
life and street scenes in Canton. Mr.
O'Driscoll Hays :
The food purveyors mako a most
striking display ; the fruiterers ex
posed on Hat trays bauan.is, pineap
ples, melons, figs, pears (the latter
eutirsl to tho sifi J'-'J sJ
tasteless), together with many Chinese
fruits whoso shapes and tas;es wcro
familiar to me, but whose names I
know not. Some of theso fruits were
most artistically peeled, pineapple
peeling being quite an art. A great
variety of vegetables was olTerod for
sale. Among them wero tho white
shoots of the bamboo, which seemed
to bo a favorito article of diet. But
to what use, indeed, may not this
wonderful gras- be put? From it
Chinamen make almost everything
conceivable hats, cloaks, sheets, car
pets, roofs, buildings, baskets, chairs,
carryiug-poles, fishing-tools tho list
might bo prolonged a 1 infinitum. And
theu they eat it us well.
Preserving ginger iu many forms
was a noticeable trade. The roots
were washed and left in water, as an
English cook treats potatoes before
boiling them. A number of men and
women holding a two-pronged fork
in each hand sat around a table with
tho tubs of peeled ginger beside them ;
they picked ginger roots out of the
water, and, laying them on the table,
pierced them all over very rapidly
with both forks until quite soft. The
pierced roots were theu put into an
other tub, where they were boiled in
syrup. The ginger went through
various minor processes, until evontu
ully it was packed in the earthern jars
in which it is sold in European shops.
The whole process was certainly a
clean one, and the smell of the aro
matic root in preparation was both
grateful aud pleasant.
In the bakers' shop I saw nothing
corresponding to our Eugliih loaf;
solid-looking yellow patties, slabs of
flabby brown cukes, emblematio of
concentrated dyspepsia; scones, or
un equivalent, apparently of fried
batter, aud great rlakes of milk
white, slippery-looking paste not
above an eighth of an inch thick
to be rolled up and diftly sliced with
a cleaver-shaped tool into long strings
like macarom. Theso foods were to tie
seen everywhere in tho city, but
nothing light un I open. To my eyes
tho breudst nil's seemed sad, solemn,
soddenvd nud bilious.
The Lion of Belgium.
Tho most lionized man in Europe
just now is tho Baron d'ilanis, coin
iiiuuder of tho Belgium troops iu the
C'ouio Free States, who has just ar
rival at Antwerp from a three-years'
bloody and victorious campaign against
the slave traders of that district. Be
lore the steamer reached port shef was
lionrdod by a special messenger from
IheKiugof tne Belgiuus, beuring his
Majesty's congratulations to tho gen
end ou his safe return, and ou the suc
cess of his work. Great crowds of
people gathered at the wharf to greet
tho II, iron, aud ho lunded umid bois
terous demonstrations of welcome. A
series of entertainments iu honor of
the Baron were inaugurated the same
day. He brings with him three con
verted Arab chiefs, with, their wives
and children, New Orleans Pioayune.
TUE BIBLE'S HOME.
WOXDEUFl'h WORK Of THE
AMKHICAN nillLK SOCIETY.
Seven Thousand IllMes Issued Pally
They Are Sent to Kvery fjand
and Are Printed In Hun
flrelsof f language.
NOT far from the bnsy whirl of
Broadwav and with the Third
Avenue Elevated trains run
(, ning close behind it stands,
at tho corner of Fourth avenue and
Astor place, one of the most famous
buildings in this country, if not in the
world. Nothing in its architectural
appearance, its h istory or its cost con
tribute to its fame, for it is modestly
constructed of red brick, has been the
scene of no great event, and, as build
ings are considered now, was built
very cheap. Nevertheless, its name is
known in every land beneath the sun
ami spoken in nearly a hundred dia
lects and languages. It may be said
to be the American home of the Bible.
From it issue each working day in the
year 7000 Bibles and Testaments, more
than 2,000,000 a year, that go into the
four comers of the earth through the
distributive agency of the American
Biblo Society. For nearly eighty
years this famous organization has
carried on the work of spreading the
word of Ood among men. The Ameri
can Bible Society was founded ou the
8th of May, 1810. at a convention held
in this city for tbo purpose, and at
tended by delegates from thirty-five
local societies, with tho same object,
in various parts of the con u try. lion.
Elins Bondinot, ot New Jersey, a son
of a signer of tho Declaration
of Independence, was the first
President. He was succeeded in that
office by tho lion. John Jay, and in
tho eighty years of the society's life
there have been a succession of men of
National reputation nt the bead of the
organization. Tho President now is
the Hon. E. L. Fan eh or, who has held
the oQlce nearly thirty years. The
society is a benevolent institution,
Those who founded it, and their sno
censors, have even aimed by all wise
methods to placo tho Holy Scriptures
within tho reach of nil. I be publics
tions of tho society arc iu no case sold
nt a profit. Thoso who aro able to
purchase them cm do so nt tho mere
cost of their manufacture, while thoso
w hoso circumstances cull for such con
sideration are supplied without price.
Tho society is also strictly unseo
terinn. Its Board of Managers repre
sents seven different denominations of
Christians, It labors to circnluto tho
Scriptures among nil classes impartial
ly, nnd its affairs nre managed with
out denominational bias or control.
1 ho government of the society is
intrusted to a Board of Managers, con
gisting of thirty-six laymen, one-fourth
of whom go out of office each year.
but are re-eligible. The number of
cleiaJ a.AuuTtfn'W OTgaril'za-'
tion of the society i t 'hundred aud
twenty-oight.
Since the society's organization,
about six thousand persons have
sustained toward it tho relation of life
directors or life members. Many of
theso havo already passed away to
their heavenly roward. There nre
still living, however, bo far ns the
olllccrs can ascertain, moro than 10,001)
of this honored company.
Tho society has had ou its register
for a considerable time about 2000
auxiliaries, nud theso have moro thai:
5000 branch organizations; so that
it is probablj there aro not less than
7000 Bible societies in this country
which, directly or indirectly, center
in this institution.
Tho workiug forco in tho Biblo
House is divided into two branches
the executive and manufacturing. Tho
former comprises tho departments of
the corresponding secretaries, tho
treasurer au.l tho general agent. The
I ttter includes the printing, electro
typing, proof-reading and binding de
partment!', and thoso of tho depositary
aud engineer. In tho printing de
partment and tho biudery many of
tho employes aro women.
The aggregate number of persons
engaged iu tho service of tbo society
in tho Biblo House docs not vary
much from '2o0.
II The society owns 133 sets of storo
typo nud electrotype plates of the
Bible, or portions of it, comprising
S.'.OOO words.
Since tho society was organize! its
receipts havo been over $20,000,000,
including legacies nuiouiitiug to 81,-
ooo.ooo.
Tho total number of volumes issued
by the society, from ita organization,
is .r,i5,!)2ii,771.
Tho work of the society in distribu
tion is really marvelous. IU ogeuts
are iu every part of tho United States
nud iu every heathen land. Among
tho soldiers during the war, aud be
fore and since, nearly 3,000,000 Bibles
weredistributod. Iu 1SU0, to celebrate
tho first half century of tho society's
history, an organized attempt was
mado to placo tho Bible iu every house
not possessing one. This is tho third
time such a task hud been attempted,
and tho reports of 1SS2 showed that
nearly 9,000,000 familiei were visited,
and of these over 1,000,000 had no
Biblo aud were supplied. In 18SJ the
mauagers began a fourth supply which
was fiuished in lH'JO, und showed thut
Bibles were keeping puce with the
growth of population.
it u worthy to note that the eutire
distribution of Scriptures iu this coun
try, during tho eight years embraced
iu the fourth rosupply, was 8,110,808
copies, in tweaty-soveii ditlertnt lan
guages. Some of these are as follows :
In Welsh, 2'.),'287; Lierman, 473,9-20;
Dutch, 11, H07 ; Norwegian aud Dan
ish, 153,707 ; Swedish, 220,777; Ital
ian, 57,883; Finnish, 23U; Polish,
2317; Hungarian, 2513; Bohemian,
V921 ; Chinese, 7213.
The American Bilie Sooioty has
aided In the translation, printing, or
distribution of the Scriptures in tho
following languages and dialects
ninety-five in all: Hebrew, Greek,
English, Oae.lie, Irish, Welsh, French,
Spanish, Hebrew-Spanish, Portuguese,
Italian, German, Hebrew-German,
Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish,
Polish, Bohemian, Hungarian, Latin,
Modern Greek, Albanian, Roumanian,
Servian, Bulcarian, Slavonic, Bussian,
and Beval-Esthonian, Turkish, Os-manli-Torkish,
Oracco-Turkish, Ar
meno-Tnrkisb, Ancient Armenian,
Modern Armenian, Koordish, Azer
bijan, Arabic, Ancient Syriac, Modern
Syriac, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Pun
jabi, Teiigu, Canarese, Tamil, Mar
athi, Pahari, Knmaoni, GurmnVhi,
Siameso, Laos, Mongolian, Burm se,
Chinese (classical), Easy Wcnli, Chi
nese (Mandarin), the Foochow, Swa
tow, Shanghai, Soochow, Canton,
Ningpo, and Amoy Colloquisls, Japan
ese, Japanese (Kunten), and Korean,
Hawaiian, Ebon (Marshall Islands),
Gilbert Islands, Knsaien, Ponape,
Mortlock, and Buk, Dakota, Mosko
kee (Creek), Choctaw, Cherokee, Mo
hawk, Seneca, Ojibwa, Delaware, an!
Nc Pcrces, Zulu, Bengn, Grebo,
Mpongwe, Dikele, Tonga, Umbundu,
and Sheets wa, Creolese, Arrawac'rf,
and Aymara. The entire Bible has
not yet beon translated into even 100
languages, and more than sixty of the
850 languages and dialects in which
the Holy Scriptures have been printed
have received only a ninglo book of
the Bible. It is clear that tho work
which is yet to be accomplish!
will demand the patient efforts of tho
devout and benevolent for many com
ing years. New York Advertiser.
Tattooed on a Snake.
Very few readers ever dream that
there is any single piece of rending
matter in the world which livop,
breathes and circnlates on its own in
dividual account.
But any one who will take tho
trouble to walk into a certain shop in
Piccadilly, not far from tho Egyptian
Hall, will bo rewarded by seeing a
species of snake, known as the lemou
boa, with the whole of tho third chap
ter of Genesis tattooed on its body.
Tho reptile is only lent for exhibition,
bnt the gentleman who purchased it
states that on board the South Ameri
can sailing vessel, the sceuo of this re
markable tattooing, it is a common di
version among tho sailors t3 capture
live snakes, extract their fangs nnd
cover the body with nny number of
inscriptions, legends nnd devices, ami
then dispose of the reptiles at tho first
port.
Fow of tho purchasers, however,
care to havo charge of live snakes bo
they ever so harmless so it is cus
tomary to cither stuff these latter with
fine straw nnd putty, or elso immerse
them in alcohol, although this procsss
commonly has the effect of taking nil
the brilliancy out of tho pigments em
rltyed . . "
. V . .1 nse oi - -.v. t
1 1-..
uu and
fine
inscriptions alcohoL
shows up aud preserves thl t
advantage. A sailor'f? six months
in tattooing one of t.'n, "Sketches by
Boz," oontuining IjUO words, upon
the skin of a rattlesnake, which ho af
terward sold to a gentleman for eight
guineus. London Answers.
A High Honor.
Charles Shartow, of Omaln, Neb.,
has had a great honor conferred upou
him by Kaiser Wilheliu. The Kaiser
has sent him an otlicial letter inviting
him to visit Germany at tho imperial
expeuse. The letter recalls to Schar
tow's memory a day, August 1C, 1870,
when the Prussian army was battling
with the French at Mars la Tour, aud
a mitrailleuse stationed . on a hill was
decimating the German ranks. Near
ly 150 men had fallen under its dead
ly fire, and it was necessary that the
gun should be captured, or the Ger
mans could not hold their position.
To charge the battery meant almost
certain death, aud voluuteers were
called for. Fifteen men went up the
hill. The gun was captured aud
silenced, but only three men came
back from the deadly assault, and one
of them was Schartow. New Orleans
Picayune.
To Extract the Essence From Flowers.
Procure a quantity of the petals of
any flowers that smell sweet aud fra
graut. Take thin pieces of muslin or
tine linen, and after having dipped
them in good Lucca oil or Florence
oil place them as layers between the
petals. Sprinkle a small quantity of
tine salt on tho llowers, und put u
layer of 1 iuon nud a layer of llowers al
ternately until nn earthen vessel or
A-ide mouthed glass bottle is full. Tie
the top over with oilsilk, or parch
ment, thou lay the vessel iu a south
aspect iu the heat ot the suu, and in
fifteen days, wheu uncovered, a fra
grant oil may be squee.od away from
the whole mass. New York Dispatch.
Exorcising the Frost.
In some ot the wine districts ot
France frost bulls are tolled wuou
there is likely to be a severe frost, and
immediately ou hearing tho warning
the inhabitants hurry out ot their
houses and place quantities of tar be
tween the rows of viues, Then a sig
nal is given to light tho tar, and iu a
fow minutes a dense cloud ot smoke
arises, and thus the vines are said to
be completely protected from the
severity of the weather. New Yori
Dispatch.
i (,'oiilJii't Sell Tliein.
Troperly licensed for the experi
ment, a Boslou reporter uupeared m
street, ottering to sell silver dollara
for a quarter each. . Ha displayed his
dollars iu a tray, and had a large sign
on them anuoiiuoing his offer, lie
also addressed pasaeia-by. He alloved
uo one to handle the dollars. Ue sold,
bat one. Detroit Free Press.
HOUSEHOLD MA1TEKS.
BAVB THIS TABLE.
Four tenspoonfnls of liquid eqn.
one tablespoon fill. One pint of liqnu
equals one pound. Two gills of linM
equal one cup or one-half a pint. f,
round tablespoonfnls of flour cqn
one ounce. Four cups of bread flom
equal one quart, or one pound. ()n,
cup of bntter equals one-half poitinl.
One pint of butter equals one poun
One tablespoonfnl of butter equal,
one ounce. Butter size of an ?L
equals two ounces. Ten eggs eqnM
one pound. Two cups of granulated
sugar equal oue pound. Two ami
half cups of powdered sugar equal om
pound.-New York Journal.
SYSTEM IX THB STOItK-noOM.
Some housekeepers keep a supply
board on which is a list of the gro.
ccries which aro usually kept in store;
opposite to each is a small hole withi
long wooden peg to fit it. Tho gir
who takes charge of the store-ronm
puts a peg in the hole opposite to Ml
groceries that are nearly gone, so the
housekeeper, who does tho marketing,
can easily see what is needed.
A memorandum book should lmn
In tho store-room and the quantity
ami eiaio ot nuying suouid no kept.
W .1 .
t uiio meru is no siore-rooid
want-book or slate should hang in tin
kitchen and the cook be instructs I t
write down every morning tho naiuvi
of groceries that aro needed.
A store-room should be light anl
cool and well aire J. Atuericau Ari-
culturist.
BOMB MIMERVIXd STATISTIC.
A preserving and canning authority
Mrs. Bedford, says in the Philadel
phia Ledger: "For pineapples, blm
plums and gages J use tbreo-quarU
of a pound of sugar to ono of fruit,
and water in the same proportion
for the others, except in tho ninean,
pies. They require no water to make
a syrup, as they havo sufficient juice
without it. Pineapples should stand
in sugar at least twenty minutes le-
foro heating, to start the flow of juice.
and should steam forty-five minutM
or until they look clear. They should
bo shredded with nsilver fork, as the
largo slices of pineapples that look
tempting in cans are awkward wh
served at tho table, itbeinnlm
! :ii.a LAI . I .1
iinpossiDie io cut mom wicu inespou:
without soiling tho tablecloth. IV
son plums require five pounds of fruit
to threo of sugar. Qainces should
first bo steamed beforo putting thea
in a svrup. I nut suouid be measure
by the scales ; us sugar does not v.tr
it may be measured in a pint or half-
pint measure, rruit juice that
mains after filliug tne cans iiuv
canned and used to flavor sauces
ices.
BOMB SAV0IIV SALAD?.
Lobster Salad Allow Due pound-
meat to every six persons; cut lutil
. A.lil on nm, ' Kull? it t.,i.
V l tuco, broken, not cut, and servo witii
' a dressing of cooked eggs.
uhioketi Salad Use, only plump,
r.enuer cniCKens. htomn, but do notl
boil them till quite tender. Win
cold removo nil skin nnd bones, nul
cut, but do not chop tho meat. Allui
one pound to six persons. Add celerv,
cut in bits, or lettuce broken : the lnt
ter, although less often used, is inur
easily digested, ami has tho merit
heing obtainable wheu celery is hot.
Mix in equal bulk and servo wit
dressing of cocked eggs.
Oyster Salad Allow six pliru;
oysters to each person. Parboil tu
slightly iu their owu liquor.then dr ii
immediately und let stand till oi.il
Cut each oyster into bits, mix with :
equal bulk of crisp eggs. Stir a pur
tion of tho dressing through U
oysters thoroughly, then arrange ou
bed of lettuce leaves and spread tho ri
maiuder over tho top. Garnish wit.
slices of hard boiled oggs nud pittc
olives.
Stuffed Eggs Boil ten oggs tweut
minutes. Peel oil the shells and c
each egg in linlt so as to form t
cups, from the end of each cun ruf
a small slice so that they wiil stun
firm. Remove from each egg tho vol
and put all together iu a bowl. .M
together in nn earthen stew pan U
eggs well beuten in a tcaspoontul
dry mustard, three tablespoonfnls
sweet cream, one teuspoouful of bhI'
one tonspoonful of pepper, two tii
spoonfuls of olive oil aud two
vinegar. Boil till it is as thick us
custard, theu remove from tho tire an
add to the cooked yolks. Fill tH
cups with tho mixture und set on
till cold. Servo ou a bod of lot til
leaves with mayonnaise dressing.
Nasturtium Sulad Peel nud cut
thin slices equal quantities of c,
boiled potatoes uud good ripe
matoes. Chop small, white ouii
mto very tine bits in about the pr
portion of one to u quart of tomatu
and potatoes. Then select uasturtiii
blossoms and leaves with long, pert'
stems nud arruneo them around t
edge ot tho dish, so as to form a I"1
der with the stems all running do
ine centre. Liay tho potatoes hi
tomatoes in the dish in alternate lavd
and sprinkle each with a littlo of tl
chopped onion. Pour a French dr
iug over the whole and let stand
ice for two hours before serving. V
will Hud that tho nusturtiuuis not en
make an exquisite garnish, but 1 11
their flavor is delicious. Beforo stir
iug toss nil tho ingredients toetli
Slid eat flower, leaves and all. Throir
tho long stems these latter will )"
absorbed the dressing and will '4
peculiarly piquaut in flavor. S(
York Herald.
A Peculiar Thelt.
Thomas Keegan, the proprietor '
marble yard in Brooklyn, report! 1
the polioo the other day that seii-1
thief bad during the night stolon 1
white marble tombstone and cM
trow the yard. New York Post.