PERSONAL GOSSIP. The late John Gilbert, the actor, left an Stato worth $41,000. Lord Salisbury is one of the beet amateur tisnnis players in fashionable London society. It is said that Henry Irving has grown fo stout that ho lias been obliged to resort to boating. Wagner is to have a statue in Munich, built by funds obtained from ladies throughout all Germany. Barnum is counting upon the skeleton and Wde of Jumbo as one of his chief attractions m England. Paolo Tosti, the famous song composer, bfl= lately taken unto himself a wife, Mmo. Bal'li, an opera singer. i-utile Zola is opposed to tho guillotine, be cause when he was a boy he witnessed its operation and it sickened him. A monument has been erected at Gosch toen to tho memory of Louis Favre, who Rimmed the St. Gothard tunnel. Dan Lamont is at the head of a syndicate in Mew York which is gathering in the street railroads with a view of organising a trust. Tho Protestant Episcopal bishop of North pnkota is having a car mado for his official traveling. It will be both chapel and hotel. Professor Euglisch, the famous champion, la'ely played thirty games of chess simulta neously, and all were won within five hours. Mr. Kendal, the famous English actor, carries a typical English bathtub with him i)u his travels. It is rubber, and is strapped ix> his trunk while en route. , Professor Todd, of Amherst, before sailing for Africa to observe the solar eclipse, was thoroughly "coached" on the general subject qf Africa by his accomplished wife. Tho Hon. L C. Lewis, of Meridou, Conn., (las given a line new block of buildings iu that City, vulued at $73,000, to tho local City Mis sion society. Thus lie celebrated his 77th birthday anniversary. Gen. Stewart Van Ylict is tho oldest gen eral on the retired list iu the army. He is 74 years old, mid has been in the service fifty two years. He served iu the Florida and the Mexican wars and during the late reboilion. Sir Julian Pauncefote reads every day ac counts of baseball games. Ho lias not had tin opportunity yot to learn the game by ob- C vation, but ho takes a warm interest in the irt and is anxious to become an expert as a baseball crank. Dr. Aveliug, tho socialist, who visited the tJnitod Stutes not long ago and made lavish Expenditures of cash at florists', livery stables, #tc., to the scandal of some of tho weaker brethren, has lately been brought to book in point by a London type writer, to whom he owed S2O for copying. A. M. Bisbee, who arrived in Washington fecently as a delegato frdtn China to the in ternational maritime congress, is a transplant ed Yankee from Cape Cod. Ho now holds ibe rank of coast inspector iu tho imperial jnaritime customs servico of China. There qre only two officers in tho service who out rank him. Mr. Petrie, the Egyptian explorer, is de scribed us of a good height and rather slender build. His hair and coloring generally are fiark—so durk that ho is mistaken for a for eigner, which impression is aided by his sin gularly eastern cast of features. But he is English and of Scotch descent. The mode of Ufo he is life in a tent with the sand for carpet. AGE OF ANIMALS. A bear rarely exceeds 20 years. A lion has been known to live to the age of TO years. A tortoise has beca known to live to the ago of 107. A dog lives 20 years; a wolf 20; a fox 14 or 16 years. A squirrel or hare lives 7 or 8 years; rab bits 7 years. Camels sometimes live to tho age of 100. Stags are long lived. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of 400 years. A swan has attained tho ago of 200 years, febcans are long lived. Sheep seldom exceed the ago of 10, and cows live about 15 years Cuvier considers it, probable that whales sometimes live 1,000 years. Pigs have been known to live to tho age of SO years; the rhinoceros to 20 A horse has been kn.> a to live to the age of 02, but averages fro, . 20 to 80. Insects, as a general rule, are short lived, tli gh there aro a go i many exceptions to th. rule. —Mail aud Express. HOBBIES OF GREAT MEN. Grover Cleveland yearns for hard work. Henry Villard is an authority on comic Opera. Russell Sage prefers chess to the stock market. Tho historian, Bancroft, is an expert in rose culture. President Harrison collects bric-a-brac and ancient coins. Charles A Dana delights in chrysanthe mum culture. John Wanamaker's Sunday school is the apple of his eye. Joe Jefferson, the artist, encroaches on the time of Jefferson, tho actor. Mr. Gladstone chops down trees, while Bis marck prefers seitzor water. John D. Rockefeller makes a hobby of churches, especially the Baptist. Jay Gould is passionately fond of flowers; While his sou George prefers postage stamp : Collections. George W. Childs is fond of collecting nu- ' thoi's' manuscripts and tho letters of grout men.—Philadelphia Republic. ROYAL FLUSHES. The queeu of Italy has been growing stout er and stouter, much to her annoyance. Emperor William of Germany recently discharged an attendant who had been read ing a French novel. King Humbert of Italy has given fS.OOO to , tho sufferers by the recent storm in the prov ince of Cagliari, Sardinia. Speaking of Queen Victoria's literary tastes £ recent writer sayst "She still finds pleasure m Trollope's novels. Tennyson is her living Mol." The shah of Persia was so delighted with Elo performance of "Excelsior," which ho Witnessed at the Paris Eden theutro, t hat ha determined on having a representation given in his palace at Tehuran. The emperor of Russia has ordered the Mil known Russian artist, Professor llogyn wt, to point a pcture after the style of rtsliH)iano, rcprinen ting the entrance of Em j&itf Will taw Into the harbor <<t Kronstadt. R.wlll ha presented to the Germ]U emperor THE LATEST IN JEWELS. Bilk watch chains are much worn. Watch ohains have appeared from which dangle Eiffel tower seals. A black pearl iu a cup of diamonds ooin i prises a scarf pin much affected. 1 Studs are worn with full dress suits; three small studs represent the correct style. Sapphires and opals ore both fashionable. ' Hungarian opals are especially desirable. Garnets'artistically grouped in scroll de -1 signs form some very desirable brooches. ' Numbered among fauciful designs in scarf pius is a gold crook with chased gold top. Scarf rings are out in a variety of patterns to meet a moderate but growing demand. Scarf pins are worn quite large. A fine pearl represents a vory desirable scarf pin. Gold and platina, skillfully interwoven, compose some exceedingly nice pencil cases. , Sterling silver photo frames, pierced in floral characters, ore a desirable acquisition. , Half hoops of diamonds flud admirers, and the same may be said of tho Marquise set tings. Fanciful designs in scarf pins are rendered [ effective by the employment of fresh water pearls. A rich and tasty bonbon box, and a decided novelty, is fashiouod as a tomato in a colored crystal. Flexible neckinces are fashionable, espe cially those that simulate a chain of field flowers. Single pronged hairpins have flat tops, made up of moonstone faces in burnished gold ! crescents. Lockets aro making their appearance in nugget fiuishod gold, diamond shaped, with out jewels. Decidedly unique are silk purses into which are woven seed pearls. These purses have gold mounts. Pendants are much worn. Double stars of diamonds and clusters of opals or other gems are favorites. Roman gold lovers' knots, fringed with silver in imitation of lace, are brooches hav ing a good sale. An effective necklace is composed of fine garnet hearts outlined with brilliants and linked together. Gems are set high or imbedded, as best ac cords with the fashioning of the ring aud the value of the stone. Among the new comers in watches are the open faced ones set in rough gold, in which gems are imbedded. Bracelets with flexible links afford pleasing effects by the employment of different col ored golds and enamels. Quite new bonnet pins are in circular and pear shapes ami of deep gold, iu close sot sec tions, with crinkled edges. For file patrons of sleeve links a new pat tern lias been provided—little padlocks and keys connected by small chains. One of the prettiest bonbonnieres seen, had set in its cover the miniature copy of a Gains borough beauty iu picturesque costume. The pea-pod ring, as the name suggests, shows an opening on top, through which pro trudes a line of granulated pea shaped stones. Very dainty are the brooches that come in the form of a gold buttercup with diamond sparks tipping the stamens and a pearl in tho center Among the new watch bracelets are those set in curb chain style in hammered gold. This has a peculiar effect, the whole surface being indented. Pearl brooches and pearl necklaces aro leading features in the accessions of a bride's toilet, although pearls are not worn to the exclusion of diamonds. Double heart moonstone bracelets, heart shajxi moonstone brooches, outlined with brilliants, and crescent aud horcshoe pius, are other popular gifts for bridesmaids. A diamond set in gold, without bucking, affords a fashionable scarf pin for day wed dings and other occasions. A thin diamond set glaco, as described, shows to advantage. —Jewelers' Circular. WOMAN'S WEAR. Long cloaks are in great favor for both large and small girls. Dresses made low about tho throat have rendered necklaces popular. Petunia and Java browns are the favorite colors for English street gowns. Women of means now often wear sword belts of gems crossing the bodice. Check velveteens are new and are said to trim woolen gowns very effectively. Mousseline chiffon, a softly falling material, is used a great deal for evening gowns. Natural sealskin, plucked but undyed, is used for vests and other fancy articlesof fur. Buttons are either very small or very large, and in the latter case are used as orna ments. A new feather trimming is known as "shorn ostrich." It is very closo and looks like fur. Tho new laces are mostly arranged in dis tinct points and aro very effective when used as trimmings. Accordion plaited skirts of cream net over colored silks are very pretty, aud much iiked for evening wear. A new galloon is mado of silk cord, united by crochet stitches, tho effect being similar to that of point lace. Cowboy hats for misses aro of gray, ecru, or bright red felt, with wide, unwired brims edged with fur felt. Largo velvet crowns, liko those of studouts' caps, are a feature of hats alike for misses, j little girls and babies. | A novelty in chantiliy iaco, sixty inches deep, lias the pattern wrought iu silks of sub- I dued colors instead of black. Furs wiil lie again used the coming winter to border the skirts aud edge the fronts of tiio bodices of street costumes. Velvet sleeves in mutton-leg shape are added to wool cloaks for tiny girls, giving them a warm aud picturesque appearance. Serviceable school hats are Tarn o' Shunters of plaid cloth, and plain felt caps in the same shupe may be procured in ull colors. Ruches of silk braid of different widths, | intermixed with oblong drops and aiguil- I lettes, are used to trim the new mantles. ! White" dresses for little girls under five years aro considered most tasteful whan trimmed with feather stitching and fine tucks. | Fur lined dolman wraps are less favored than iu previous seasons, but are still oc casionally made to order, to suit the taste of purchasers. I Muffs and boas of both red and blue fox 1 will be worn by young ladies. The red fox is a very beautiful fur, aud especially be coming to a certain type of blondes. A handsome corsage ornament is in the form of a spray of threo rosebuds composed respectively of a black, pink and a white pearl, with the steins aud leaves of diamonds. —boinarvilh* Journal. i BRIC-A-BRAC. Bronzes, both French and real, find ready customers. Quite new are the high lamps on artistical ly wrought iron pedestals. The China cactus and tulips for laying on the tablecloth find purchasers. • Terra ootla statuettes are out iu ew de signs that will be sure to please. Teto-a-tete sets in handsome cases are de cidedly seasonable at the present time. Coalport chin* -receptacles are attractive from their pure whiteness and original forma Marble figures and busts are favorites in house decoration, notably the exquisite Car rara marbles. Real Berlin bronzes are imported in large numbers to supply the increased demand for this class of ornaments. Wedding gifts of choice china and glass are now in order; those iu satin lined plush and velvet cases find ready sale. Some of the 5 o'clock tea kettles are swung from high standards that rest on the floor; others swing over a spirit lamp, and rest on the table. Cut glass tableware now comes in suoh unique shapes aud designs that in many din ing rooms it has become a powerful rival to silverware. There are flower stands in basket work, made on the same plan as the palm leaf table, in three tiers, tho basket large enough to bold a growing flower. Tho Carlsbad ivory waro affords many pleasing designs in vases, urns and mantel pieces, with pierced handles and designs wrought iu raised gold. Vases of Bonn ware, in tapestry ornamen tation, afford pleasing flower receptacles. The same may be said for the jardinieres of Bonn faience with gilt decorations. There is a long range of inexpensive but attractive articles in bamboo, such as the bamboo easels for fireplaces, and the tubas for the corners of rooms and for laying on dinner tables. One of the handsomest piano lamps seen this month rested on a Mexican onyx column. Others were mounted ou Mexican onyx jied estals elaborately curved and furthermore decorated with gilt trimmings. The French porcelain plates decorated with hand painted portraits of celebrated French beauties are almost as popular in their way as are the French miniatures of court beauties that are mounted on brooches and bracelets. A novelty in standing lamps is one having a telescopic standard, by which the light may be raised or lowered at pleasure. One seen' bad a stuffed bird perched on the standard. This bird apparently supported the lamp with its decorative shade of silk and lace.—Jew elers' Circular. BIG THINGS IN THE WORLD. Tho largest empire in the world is that of Great Britain. The most extensive cavern is the Mam moth cave, in Eduionsou county, Ky. Tho Chinese wall is the largest wall in the world. It was built by the first emperor of the Tain dynasty, about 330 B. c., as a pro tection against Tartars. The largest body of fresh water on the glolie is Lake Superior. It is -100 miles long, 100 miles wide at its greatest breadth, and has an area of 33,000 square miles. The largest inland sea is the Caspian, lying between Europe and Asia. Its greatest length is 700 miles, its greatest breadth 370 miles and its area 150,800 square miles. The largest suspeusiou bridge in the world is the one between Brooklyn aud New York. The leugth of the main span is 1,595 feet, 6 inches. The entire length of the bridge is 5,989 feet. The largest bell in the world is the great bell of Moscow, at the foot of the Kremlin. Its circumference at the bottom is nearly (18 feet and its height is 21 feet. Its weight has been computed to bo 4-13,772 pounds. The largest tunnel iu the world is that of St. Gothurd, on the line of railroad between Lucerne and Milan. The summit of the tun nel is tiOO feet beneath the surface at Auder matt and 0,(100 feet beneath tho peak of Kas telhoru, of the St. Gothard group. The largest library is the Bibliotheque Na tional, in Paris, founded by Louis XIV. It contains 1,400,000 volumes, 300,000 pamphlets, 177),000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps aud charts, and 150,000 coins and medals. The collection of engravings exceeds 1,300,000, contained iu some 10,000 volumes. A cast steel gun weighing 235 tons has just been shipped by Messrs. Krupp from Ham burg for Oronstadt. Tho caliber of the gun is inches, the barrel is 40 feet in length, its greutest diameter being oj-£ feet. The range of tho gun is over eleven tnilos, and it will fire two shots per minute, each shot cost ing between £250 aud £3oo.—Cincinnati Com mercial Gazette. PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTES. A good method for making a quicksilver print without toning is to wash thoroughly after printing, soak in a solution of common salt, and then fix in hyposulphite of sodium, as usual. Capt. de Abney states that, out of 25,000 people who take photographs, scarcely 1 per cent, know or care anything for the "why and wherefore," or investigate it as an ap plied science. From a recent paper on flash light photog raphy' by Mr. F. W. Hart, of Loudon, the following (mints of interest are giveu: "In photographing by magnesium light, the prin cipal object should be to produce breadth of lighting, so as to give as near as possible tho effect of the parallel rays of daylight." A correspondent of The Britisli Journal of Photography, having found by a twenty minutes' exposure in photographing the moon, that tho image traveled nearly the length of his plate during tho exposure, suggests that photography might be made a means of measuring tho movement of the heavenly bodies. SCIENTIFIC SQUIBS. Iron can be coppered by dipping it into melted copper, tho surface of which is pro tected by a melted layer of cryolite ami phosphoric acid, tho articles thus treated being heated to the same temperature as tho melted copper. In experiments made iu France, where plates of celluloid wero used for sheathing ships' bottoms instead of copper, it was found that the plates were intact aud free from marine growth, which was abundant on parts not protected by the celluloid. Watch springs, piano strings aud similar articles have been successfully tempered by electricity. The steel is wound on a spool, placed in an oil bath, and by the electric cur rent kept at the exact degree of redness necessary for the temper required. A large aud very important discovery of uranium is reported in Cornwall. It is a true Assure vein, the ore containing an average of I per cunt, of the pure metal, going up as high in many places as 30-per cent. The market price of uranium is $12,000 a ton. STRAY BITS Qilbert & Sullivan's new opera will have a thumb-twiddling chorus. Egypt is exceedingly anxious to eucourage trade with the United States. A crazy negro in the Milwaukee jail labors under the impression that he is a telephone. It is estimated that bad roads have depre ciated Illinois farms in value over $160,- 000,000. Thirteen cords of wood were sawed from a single tree in Coleraiu township, Lancaster county, Pa. Newtown, Pa., has a Presbyterian church erected iu 1700. It is a quaint, old fashioned stoue edifice. Umbrellas are being imported into India in great numbers. Last year 370,000 arrived in Calcutta alone. San Salvador is the first of the Central American republics to establish telephone service throughout its territory. Lofoten, in Norway, is the principal fish ing district of that country. Last year the fishermen took 20,000,000 cod, worth *1,000,000. Tho Piemonte, an English built vessel for the Italian navy, has made 22.3 knots, which is the highest speed ever attained by a sea going ship. Several stones, forming one ball-like mass, twelve inches iu circumference, were found in tho stomach of a Hallertown horse wiiicb dropped dead. A curious wedding ceremony recently took place in Dublin, when the clergyman, the son of a well known Dublin artist, married liis father to a second wife. Recent statistics from Japau tell us that in 187!) 10,000 cattle were slaughtered there; iu 1885 the number had reached 110,000, and in 1880 it had got up to 200,000. The dictionary of fossils, issued by the state of Pennsylvania, contains thirty-four pages in small print correcting statemeuts found on the other 405 pages. The oldest active printer in Connecticut is William D. Manning of Norwich. He re cently celebrated his seventieth birthday. He is still u skillful workman. The newly selected capital of South Da kota got its name of Pierre from Pierre Chou teau, one of the St. Louis Chouteaus iu the days when all that region traded extensively iu furs with St. Louis. A Washington lady recently purchased in Winchester a mahogany sideboard over 100 years old and shipped it to the wife of ex- Presideut Cleveland as a present. Judge Leeper once owned 100 acres of land adjoining Pierre, the new capital of Dakota, and thought he had struck it rich when he sold out for $3,000. Today, at the ruling prices, his quarter section is worth over $250,- 1)00. A Sioux Indian named Henry Hokixina Lyman, 33 years old, lias entered tho Yule law school, uml intends to practice among his tribe when lie has graduated. He entered on the recommendation of the Indian college, ut Hampton, Va. In the entrance to the dining room of one of the fluest hotel restaurants of Vienna is the photograph of the unfortunate Priuce Rudolph, spleudidly framed, and surrounded by the menus of t he dinners which the prince partook of iu this establishment. Mr. Andrew Quiutin, of Trenton, N. J., is undoubtedly the oldest railway conductor in the United States, beiug 73 years old. When he entered the railway service the cars were entered from the side and planks ran along side the car on which the conductor took the fares. At South Paris, Me., recently, Robert Gray, 87 years old, harnessed his horse Dick, 34 years old, and, accompanied by his (Robert's) wife, 85 years old, drove to North Paris, meeting while tbero Mrs. Edward Andrews, 80 years old, who had just returned from Europe, aud Mr. Pottle, 83 years old. The most valuable cat's-eye in the world comes from Ceylon, which ami Madras are the only two places where these jewels are found. The finder was a laborer, who dis covered it in some earth with which he was j lilting his wagon; it weighed 474 carats, and I he sold it for tiiirty rupees. It changed hands | several times, was recently cut, and weighs jat present 170 carats. It is insured for 30,000 rupees. The stone omits four rays of light, , which unite into one. WISE WORDS ABOUT WOMEN. j Men make laws; women make manners. — | De Segur. Asa husband is, the wife is, if mated with i a clown.—Tennyson. A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the j most worthless offspring.—ilosea Ballou. j But one thing on earth is better than the i wife—that is, tho mother.—Leopold Schefer. j A house is no home unless it contains food S and fire for tho mind as well as the body.— | Margaret Fuller Ossoli. i Can inau or woman choose duties! No j more than they can choose their birthplace, | or their father aud mother.—George Eliot. A house is never perfectly furnished for en joyment unless there is a child in it rising I 3 years old and a kitten rising three weeks.— | Southey. I A mother's first ministration for her infant | is to enter, as it were, the valley of the j shadow of death, and win its life at the peril jof her own! How different must an uffection j thus founded bo from all others.—Mrs. Si- I gournoy. It is curious to see how a self willed, | haughty girl, who sets her father aud mother j and all at defiance, and caunot be managed \ by anybody, at ouco finds her master in a I baby. Her sister's child will strike the rock aud set all her affections flowing.—Charles Buxton.—Chicago Herald. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. ! A C'uliforuiau who carried a horned toad to England and sold it for (50, lias sent iiome for 500 toads, and says that he proposes i to remain iu England uutil he lias supplied . very family with one of these delightful i pets. Squirrels have u passion for founding a iioaie of their own, aud after they have been provided with the warmest possible nest cage continue to steal rags and scraps of paper, as if their lives depended on their efforts to | forestall tho rigor of the coming winter. One of the most wonderful of fishes is the one bearing the liuiue of chinsmodou niger, I or the great swallower. The body is elonga ted, of nearly uniform thickness most of the I length of the fish. The jaws are very long i and fitted with sharp teeth, some of which seem to he reversible. The maimer of feed | ing is to grasp a fish by the tail and proceed to climb over it with its jaws. During a summer tour in the Austrian , Alps an American gentleman bought a young ; shepherd dug aud brought him to a suburb | of Cincinnati, where sheep ure seen only iu the form of mutton; but every little while tho young herder would try to earn his board by collecting a troop of stray geese, and, in spite of their hissing protest, drive them | along th? street like a flock of restless sheep. DAUGHTERS OF EVE. Mine. Martin, editor of La Citoyenne, Paris, is an Englishwoman by birth. Rosa Boubeur, the aged artist, says that she has painted ber best pictures since she was 50. Miss Amye Reade, a niece of the late Charles ReadC, is about to make her debut as a nov elist. Mi-s. Humphrey Ward's "Robert Elsmere" was read not once but twice by the queen of England. The only make up Mrs. Kendal resorts to is a bit of paint for her ear- -ml Egyptian black for ber lashes Sir Julian Pauncofote's four daughters have blooraingly brilliant complexions anil dress iti the ex f i rmest of English manner. Miss Hammcrsley steers a ladies "eight," manned entirely by tier sisters and cousins, who have been rowing a great ileal this year on the Thames. Main. Modjeska Is said to entertain more than any other woman ou the stage. Her favorite form of entertainment is to give a quiet dinner to a half dozen particular friends. Ellen Terry has just shocked all England by observing that, li' girls liken cigarette and it does not harm them, (hero is no reason why they should not enjoy "their quiet little puff." Annie Peru, an actress of Ijostou, bus be come a champion swimmer, and is now giving exhibitions there. One of her performances is a correct imitation of a dead body under the water Miss Addie Hamilton, just appointed a notary public in Washington by tho presi dent, it is said, is the second of her sex ever appointed to a similar position in Washing ton, the other lady being Miss Emma Gil letty. Mrs. Augusta Evans-Wilson, the southern novelist, is short and stout, with a good na tural, intelligent face, having mi expression of happy contentment, showing that she is on good terms with her husband and the rest of the world. Christine Xilsson is the real name of a young Norwegian singer who is attracting some attention. The new and young Mile. Christine Xilsson has a soprano voice shaded with a timbre similar to Lucca's, and sang with great success at Copenhagen lately. Mix Cleveland is anxious to engage in somo line of endeavor which will raise her above the average society woman. She has thought of literature, but has decided to keep out of the Held of letters so long as another of her uumo remains therein. It is probable that Mrs. Cleveland will devote a good deal of study to oil painting. Mrs. Harrison is the lirst mistress of the White House since Mrs. Hayes' time who really supervises the entire domestic machin ery. She lias the whole of it iu hand, from the cellars to the attic. She goes over the most of it every day. Both the president and Mix Harrison are early risers, and the day's work gets started by 8 o'clock. Tho late Mrs. Polly Bruce, of Leavenworth Kan., was born a slave in 1801, at Charlotte, Va., and enjoyed perfect health until two years ago, when she was stricken with pa ralysis, from which she never recovered. She had ten children, of whom nine uro yet living. The best kuown of them is the Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, formerly United States senator. ABOUT OYSTERS. Oysters will quickly freeze iu cold weather. You cannot feed oysters by any urtilleial means. What people call the eye of the oyster is scientifically known as the abductor muscle. George Washington was very fond of the little red oyster crab, so numerous in south era oysters. The eggs of the female oyster, one author ity says, number 138,000,000, but Professor Rice said that 50,000,000 was as many as he cared to estimate. In analyzing the contents of the stomnch of an oyster nothing but vegetable matter has ever been found. Tho food of an oyster consists of such micro scopic organisms aud organic particles as float freely in the water. There are thirty oyster buds iu Tangier sound, whose united area is 17,07l!squarenau tical miles, with twice as much additional bottom where oysters are occasionally caught. A gloss of light Chablis hock or Sauterne, Chambertin or white Bordeaux (dry), Bur gundy, lthiue, Hungarian or Moselle, chilled colored glasses, are ull first rate to drink with the luscious oyster.—St. Louis Republic. Oysters should be piled up or stacked in a heap, with the bottom shell or left valve at the bottom, as the deep shell holds the liquid on which the auiuial lives. Good stock, if packed nicely this way, will keep for a long time. Wherever the water is fresh enough to grow oysters aud wherever the marsh lauds also exist, the construction of ponds for oyster culture is feasible on just as grand a scale as is now practiced on some parts of the coast of France. To cool shell oysters nicely for immediate use, or to serve parties at restaurant or at home, cut u square hole (about six inches) from the bottom end stave of a flour barrel, fill the barrel half full of oysters, place apiece of old carpet or cloth over the oysters, and set a large lump of ice on tho cloth. Then cover the top of the barrel securely with any other cloth or woolen covering, and after a little while every oyster taken out from the bottom of the - barrel will be us cold as you want it. HOMELY PHILOSOPHY. The ring of coin is often the knell of friend ship. Insincerity is often mistaken for a luck of houesty. Adversity undermines many a structure of prosperity. They never need fear a fall who never scale the heights. He who wisely uses his wealth need not leave it for his tombstone. True genius lurketh under cover, while ar rogance stalks abroad in the full light of day. The sight of a man's money is ofteutinies the antidote for the odor of a very bad char acter. Prosperity awaits all men, and even pur sues some, but it is never found in the haunts of vice. If you would avoid the suspicion of your neighbors, never carry your molasses in a demijohn. The wisest flsh long escapes the most dan gerous hooks, and is finally caught with a bent-up pin. The ambition of youth looks forward to the triumphs of age, vyhile sated age turns buck a wistful oye along the rosy path of .youth. It is well the book of life is opened to us page by page. Were all the bard lines bared at once' the task would be too hard to master. Not only should careless statements regard ing our neighbors bo ignored, but facts them selves should often be subdued in tire iuterest of right thinking and fairness to our fallows. —Frank B. Welch in Arkansaw Traveler. A<lr|>U lit St<!ullii|[. The native races along the southern coast of South America nre described as professional wreckers nnd thieves. Their practices are told by the author of "The Cruise of the Falcon," not for commend ation, of course, but to warn sailors who may bo cast away on those shores. One sailor is sitting half asleep on his sea chest. A gaucho comos up and taps him on the back. "Bueno. Johnny; bueno, Johnny." "If you are not oiT I will send a bullet into you," says Jack. "Bueno. Johnny: buono; til! to-mor row;" and off skulks the gaucho to his horse, which he mounts. With a sar donic smile lie iakcs off his l :.l to Jack, bids him farewell, and dipgit. : bis spurs into the itauksof his wiry lilt!.' horse, leans over bis nerd; and i s off :.t full gal lop over the short grass of the sandy plains. A; the first stride of the home, to jack's intense surprise, ids taut is wrenched violently front under htm. lie juiups up, rulm his eves and Isinrc he can recover his senses lie sees lit ' prop erty rolling and bumping away over the sand hills at the heels of tile ". urlie's steed: for this clever 'gentleman had managed to make one end of his lasso fast to the handle of Jack's box while engaged in eon vernation with him.— Youth's C Companion For Adoption. A gentleman living near Allegan, Mich., relates an intere-ting story of feline sagacity Some person owning a cat with three kittens, and desiring to lie rid of them, took them in a hag to a wood near the gentleman's house, and dropped them. lii a short tiiuc the mother cat was seen to approach too house with a kitten in her mouth. Reaching the door, she dropped the kitten and retreated to the woods, from whence she soon returned witli another kitten, but instead of leav ing it where the first was left, she took it to n neighboring nouse, then return ing to the woods brought out the third and last kitten, and left it at still an other neighbor's The old cat then disappeared, and was not seen again until it was time for the kittens to lie fed. when she visited each house, nursed the kittens, and then dis appeared again. This course of procedure she followed until the kittens were weaned, when she disappeared, and has not been seen since. Was it reason or instinct that caused the mother cat to distribute the kittens to different homes, so that all might be adopted and the lives of all spared?— Youth's Companion. Itiieitli on n Haiti Head. Dr. Sayiuonne claims to have isolated a bacillus, called by him "bacillus crini vorax," which is t lie cause of alopecia. It is. he says, found only on the scalp of man, other hirsute parts of the body, and also tlm fur of animals, beftig free from it. The bacilli invade the hair follicles and make the hair very brittle, so t hat they break off to the skin. Then the roots themselves are attacked. If the microbes can be destroyed early in the disease the vitality of the hairs may be preserved, hut after the follicles are invaded and all their structures injured the baldness is incurable. The follow ing is Dr. Saymonne's remedy to pre vent baldness: Ten parts crude cod liver oil, ten parts of the expressed juice of onions and five parts of mucilage or the yolk of an egg are thoroughly shaken together and the mixture applied to the scalp and well rubbed in once a week. This, he asserts, will certainly bring hack the hair if*ho roots are not already destroyed, hut the application of the remedy must lie very distressing to the patient's friends and neighbors.—Medi cal Record. A Sweot Proposal* . "The sweetest proposal ever dreamed of," said Eli Perkins, "1 think is from. $ Austin Dobson." "Mar 1 call you Paula?" ho asked modestly. "Yes." she said faintly. "Dear Paula—may I call you that?" "I suppose so." "Do you know 1 love you?" "Yes." "And shall I love you always?" "If you wish to." "And will you love me?" Paula did not reply. "Will you. Paula?" he repeated. "You may love mo," she said again. , "But don't you love mo iu return?" "1 lovo you to love me." "Won't you say anything more ex plicit?" "I would rather not." They were married and happy within three months. —Exchange. kariu His Tax. West Gardiner l/oasts of a dog that earns enough to pay his poll tax. He is a big mastiff and does a big churning every week, the churn being fitted up with a sort of threshing machine treadle on which the dog walks. The most re- ' markable part of the transaction is that the dog enjoys the business so well or has * such a sense of responsibility that no in ducement can entice him from the work during business hours.—Fairfield (Me.) Journal. Wuiitrd It Good. "Are you fond of music?" asked Mrs. Symphony of an elderly relative from the country. "Well, yes, I am," was the careful re ply; "that is, when it's good music, Lutiry. Now you take a good accordeum an' a fiddle an' a pairo' bones an' a flute,! an' let 'em all play 'Old Nicodemus' all' at the same time, and I tell you it's sweet!"— Harper's Bazar. American Preference in Travel. Somebody has said that if a cannon were devised which would fire a load of passengers from New York to Chicago in ten minutes and land four loads out of five successfully, the fact of the fifth load being pretty regularly smashed would not deter the bulk of the traffic! freui going that way, if the price were' uot too high.—Railway Age.
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