The now Japanese minister at Wash
ington is ii Yolo limn, but ho In said to
Litre no football record.
Tho official estimato o( the popula
(ion of the United States on July 1,
1H94, was 08,3117,000. The population
tin shown by tho census of 1890 was
Real rslalo business in London enn
I o estimated from the record of a
week's doings at Tokcuhouso Yard.
Of fifty-two auctioneer who con
ducted nale twenty-two had to retire
without nulling a single "lot," ami
only flvo sold all they had on hand.
A French newspaper has put to
gether the deathsdirectly and indirect
Jy caused by President Carnot's assas
sination. An employe of M. Carnot's
stables died of a stroke brought on by
grief and excitement. A boy was acci
dentally stabbed to dunth by a school
master who was demount rating too reali
stically how Cascrio committedthe mur
der. A woman at Perpigtian.who wont
mad on suddenly being told the news,
threw herself out of the window ami
was killed. Indirectly, the event
caused the deaths of the foreman of
the men who arranged tho funeral
hangings at the Elysee, Paris, and of
four persons who were killud in the
crowd.
A British ofllcer, who apparently
knows, says that it "would be as rea
sonable to charge brave men armed
with pitchforks against brave men
armed with rilles as to pit, man for
man, the Chiueso in their present
condition against the Japanese" "Of
all native and colonial troops I have
ccn, and I have seen most of them,"
aays he, "I would, next to Ooorkhas,
prefer a regiment of Japanese. They
are brave, temperate, patient, ener
getic, and at this moment tho Chi
nese, whatever might bo done with
them, aro 200 years behind." There
is a gymnasium in every Japanese
barracks.
The banana is a fruit that possesses
wonderful sustaining properties, re
mnrks the New York Sun. It is now
fully appreciated; yet years ago, In
tho warm countries whore it flourish
es, it was thought of so lightly that it
was allowed to wasto if not eaten by
tho cattlo. It in true tho plant itself
was valued, but simply as a shado for
coffeo trees, between rows of which it
was planted. When in, bloom tho
bans n n plautntioa is a sight of beauty,
tho buds and blossoms being gigantic
affairs. In Cuba tho fruit is reared
with exceptional pride. The Span
iards usod to regard tho banana as a
forbidden fruit, because they believed
tha they detected in its heart the
transverse section of tho cross.
Tho report made by tho captain of
tho United States cruisor Columbia,
which vessel arrived rocontly at Blue
fields, Nicaragua, shows that the ves
sol burnod a little moro tliuu 700 tons
of coal during tho voyage of seven
days and twenty-two hours from Now
York. This amounts iu money to
nearly $3,000 for the fuol aloue, using
only three-eights boiler power for
throo day of the trip, aud one-fourth
power tho rest of tho time. Tho cap
tain of the ship says that a very eco
nomical speed had to be maintained,
in order that the ship might still have
fair amount of ooal on board upon
her arrival at Bluettolds. And yet,
even at this economical speed, if she
could bo run every day in tho year,
tho cost of coal aloue, upon tho basis
of the low prices at New York, accord
ing to the Tribune of that oity, would
bo in tho neighborhood of $150,000.
It is said that the murder of Presi
dent Carnot, and tho plots against the
lifo of the Czar of Russia, which were
discovered in that connection, has led
to his determining that Siberia was
too good place for anarchist eon
victs, and has deoidod that horoaftor
they should be housed on the island
of Saghalien. The Trans-Siberian,
railroad, now buildiug, is thought
likely to make that country too desir
able anyway for a penal settlement.
It is said to be rich in agricultural
resources, aud full of most valnoblo
mines, and ere long it will be crowded
with an honest and industrious popu
lation, among whom the oonvicta
would be sadly out of plaoe. Sagha
lien, however, has no such bright
future possible before it Its climate
Is gloomy, inhospitable and horribly
old, and its soil rocky and sterile. It
is said that a person not acclimated
to the place, caunot expect to live
there longer than one your. There
are a number of Russian conviots
there now, and among them Sophie
Bluhstein, who is said to be the most
resourceful and hardened crimlasl
that Russia ever produoed.
Seeking1.
Ovor tho wnlnrs whlo.
Horns by thn stormy tbln,
Come t to then)
Whom tho hrtitht foam lonps high,
Hplts at thn frowning sky,
Far out at sea.
Courtlim a wat'ry irrnvn,
llniastlnit tho octnn wavs,
Thro' roiinh or smiling sen,
Coma I, my lovo.to thoo.
Owr tho boiinillnm seas,
Wnfl by tho nfmiliig bmosn,
Far to thn West i
Where thn brli(ht sun still glnsml
WrappM In Its goblen Imams,
Crflfllnil to rest I
Whore tho nyo strain to son
flrlirht Rates ot liberty,
Over thn ilistant sna
(,'omo I, my love, to then.
O? or tho mlilnltfht do p,
Onward my course I'll keep,
Hwklnir for thoot
l.ofo will my path direct,
l.ovo will my bark protoet,
From dangers fren.
Then when tho morning lliMt
Htenl o'er tho shailows of nlglit
With hope ami constancy
Htlll will I seek for then.
Toss'il tiy tho wnvnii of strife
Ofor the -a of life,
Itenth a tho goal i
When fenrs my breast unman,
Only your prenn rati -
Lighten my soul s
Htlll your sweet voleo t hour
Calling thn wnml'rnr near,
Htlll will I soek for then,
Love thro' nternlty.
Detroit Fmo presi.
THE LOOKED STORE.
BV CLARA . DENTON.
Will llarnliam sat in the silent
storo and yawned. How dull it was I
Ho liml not had a customer for nearly
an hour, and tho loneliness aud inac
tion woro becoming unbearable Ho
looked at his watch and counted the
hours since his father had gone away
leaving him in chnrgo of his business.
Immediately on his return, which hu
hoped would bo soon, ho meant to
board ono of tho electric cars that
whirled invitingly by tho door, for, of
course it was too hot to think to walk
ing home. Then ho fell to wondering
how his father could euduro hour after
hour, and day after day, this beggarly
lack of business. Yet ho was always
hopeful, always saying to inipiirers:
"Oh, things will brisk up after a
while."
"Will rose, and walking to the door
looked up tho street at a store iu the
next block, where tho peoplo wcro
busily coming and going.
"Just as I thought," ho mutterod,
"Zilinski nnd his clorks aro so busy as
beavers, whero hero I sit idle. I told
Father a storo in this part of the town
among tho Poles would have no chance
while Ziliuski was so near. He ought
to have known what a people they are
for hanging togothor, aud, ot course,
they'll all patronize thoir own country
man. Hut Father only laughed and
said, 'boys didn't kuow it all' Ho
thought they'd buy of him becauso he
koeps bettor goods than Zilinski and
sells some things a few cents cheaper.
But not a rap do they care for that.
Ho here wo aro losing money every
day, while Ziliuski is gettiug rich. I'll
talk to Father this very night and see
if I cau't persuade him to move to
some better stand as soon as this
month is up. If he doesn't, I may as
well give up going to college this fall.
I'll liavo to go to work instead, to get
my board and clothes."
With a frown on his face ho turned
away from tho door aud wulked to tho
other end of tho storo. Here his eye
fell upon a book that ho had not read,
and, takiug it up, ho was soon abovo
aud beyond all his annoyances.
Ho had been reading thus uninter
rupted for moro than an hour when
ho heard quick footsteps on the board
sidewalk iu front of tho store. Ho
looked up.
"How can any ono run like that on
this hot day?" he thought
In a moment a bareheaded Polish
woman dashed' into the store. Her
face was white, hor eyes wild with
fright.
"Oh, gudu boy," she began in
broken English, "ring dor tel'phone
on and up der doctor get, mine lectio
schild vot to tuiuo neighbor polongs
ish drownded dade in der sishtorn
a'ready."
Will sprang to his feet, his fuoe as
white as tho woman's
"What doctor?" he asked.
"Oat make no doforeuoo a'ready."
Will gave the tolophoue a frautio
ring as the woman darted away,
"Hero," he called, "come back and
tell mo the nam and number whore
tho child is."
The woman stopped, gave the re
quired information and then dashed
away again.
But another quarter of an hour fled
before Will could catch a doctor in
his office, and even he was just about
to set out to visit 19m very oritioal
casns, and could only promise "to got
thero as soon as possible."
Will rang off the tclephotio, and
thrusting his hands deep in his pock
ets, stood lost In thought.
"Thcro may not be any customers
for sumo time, what if 1 should lock
tip tho store? That doctor will not
seo tho child for an hour, at loast, and
by that timo" A cold chill ran over
him as ho thought of the probabili
ties. "It Is only tho possibility of losing
a little money, anyway," ho thought,
and then with one hand he snatched
tho door-key from its nail, with tho
other picked up his hat, and in an
other moment tho door was locked,
and he, who had but just declared
himself unequal to the slight exertion
of walking homo, was racing tip the
street like a runaway horse.
When ho had gone a block or two,
he saw that there would bo no trouble
in finding thn house. He had but to
follow the crowd of women J the men
were, of course, all away at thoir
work.
When ho reached tho door the
throng, with tho inborn deference of
foreign women for the "lords of cre
ation," Immediately gave him tho
"right of way," and he passed swiftly
through the porspiring crowd to tho
narrow room whore they had laid tho
child.
The mother, grandmother aud three
aunts surrounded the bed loudly be
wailing tho loss of the little oue, for
it was to all appearance dead.
"Oivo me room here," said Will,
peremptorily, as ho toro off his coat,
vest and linen cuff;" it may be that
I can do something for her."
For the next hour he worked rapidly
nnd incessantly.
The room was tinventilated and un
tidy, but Will, whose fastidiousness
was a by-word among his friends, tor
got these minor trials in his despcr
ato fight for a life.
At hist tho li(tle breast heaved
slightly, then again nnd again, the
eyelids flutterod faintly and soon the
breathing becamo firm and regular.
"There," said ho, rising from his task
and wiping tho perspiration from his
brow, "your littlo girl is all right,
now, Mrs. Poplinskl.
At this junction there was a move
ment iu tho outer room, aud a mo
ment later tho doctor cajne bustling
in ; he glancod nt tho child thon at tho
coatloss and perspiriug boy.
"Well, young follow, is that your
work?" ho asked. "I expected to find
the poor littlo thing beyond help ; but
I couldn't get hero any sooner, aud I
must say I couldn't havo dono a better
job if I had. You have simply savod
tho poor littlo creature's life."
Whilo tho doctor was feeling the
child's pulso aud giving orders for
its futuro caro, Will gathored up his
belongings and hurried out, breaking
away from tho throng of happy women
who were determined to load him with
thoir brokon thanks and praises. But
he darod not lot thorn detain him an
other momont, for be had looked at
his watch when tho doctor came and
was dismayod at the flight of time.
"What if Fat hor has rcturnod while
I have boon away?" ho asked himself
with a Biuking heart, for the key to
tho store was in his pocket.
He weut back quite as rapidly as bo
had gono away, and when bo reached
tho door, flushed and perspiring, his
father was nowhere visible, but two
women stood thoro waiting for admis
sion. "Of courso tho only customers of
tho afternoon would bo sure to come
whilo I was away," ho thought, as ho
let them in and waited upon them.
When he was onco mora alone he
sat down to rest, thinking all the
while of his father's possible displcas
uro when ho leurnod of the locked
store.
"Surely ho will exouse mo under
tho circumstances," ho said to himself
again and again.
Yet, despite this self acquittal, he
dreadod tho ooufossion that ho must
make when his father returned. But
whan it was timo to c'losa the store for
the day Mr. Barnham had not yet ap
peared, aud Will weut home with an
anxious hoart. At the door of their
home, however, he found hia father
waitiug with outstretched hands. .
"I have hoard all about it," he said,
before Will could utter a word. "I
camo through the Polish settlement on
my way home, aud they are doing
nothiug over there but talking of tho
way Will Barnhuiu aved the Pop
linskl baby."
"But I had to close tho store to do
it. That's the first time I ever, ran
away from the work that you left for
me to do," he added, proudly."
VYou did just right just right,"
said Mr. Barnham warmly. "Of course
Casbianoa-iko fidelity is all right un
der oertain oircuinstanoes; but I al
ways said I'd be ashamed ot a boy who
didn't have sense enough to distin
guish between the lesser and the
greator duty. So I think your good
judgment is as Inueh to bo commend
ed as your kindness of heart"
In the eager discussion of tho affair
by tho whole family that followed,
Will forgot that he had meant to ad
vance arguments iu regard to moving.
But his logio and fluency wore spared,
for, beginning with the following
morning, a great change came over
Mr. Barn ham's business.
The Polish patronage turned to his
door, entirely deserting Ziliuski, thus
giving both dealers a genuine sur
prise. Mr. Barnham was obliged to hire
two clerks, whilo Zilinski was soon
glad to move away to a moro fallow
Held. Independent.
Fares and Culling.
It appears probnblo that the tailor's
distinctive typo of face may have been
partially created by his habit of work
ing his jaws concomitantly with his
shears. Let any one watch a person
cutting a tough material with scissors,
and he will see that tho lower part of
the face wags in rhythmic and sponta
neous nuison with tho blades. Shep
herds and farm laborers who join
shoe p-sheering gangs certainly acquire
a different expression while engaged
in this kind of work.
The cast of couutoiianco by which
ono so easily recognizes a groom is
partially explicable from the fact that
the muscles which close the jaw and
compress the lips are always called
into play whnu wo aro asserting our
will over that of a horse. Nearly all
jockeys and other horsy men have a
peculiar set of the month and chin,
but I have been uuablo to distinguish
any special characteristic about the eye
or upper part of tho face.
It is Instructive to compare the vis
age of tho ruler of horses with that ot
tho ruler of men. The horseman's face
shows command in the mouth, the drill
sergeant's iu the mouth and the eye.
Tho last is undoubtedly tho most effec
tive instrument in exacting obedience
from our owu specie. Hero we get a
hint of tho cause of that want of dig
nity, that element of coarseness which
is discernible in the countenances of
some men and women who have much
to do with horses. The higher aud
nobler method of expressing authori
ty is outweighed by the lower and
more animal oue.
Ilismiirrk as a Duelist,
Bismarck was a student at Gottin
gen in 1882 aud 18ilo, where his skill
in fcuco won for him tho suruamo
"Achilles tho invulncrablo." In three
terms he sought twenty duels and re
ceived only a single wound, of which
tho scar on his lower jaw near the lip
is still perceptible ; but as this was
caused by his adversary's blade flying
from tho hilt, it was contrary to the
code, so that his reputation for invul
nerability remninod technically unim
paired. Indued, the university au
thorities forbade him to fight certain
projected duels, on pain of expulsion,
aud a mouth later he was sentenced to
throo days' incarceration for a like
offense. His first duel was with an
Englishman, who had spoken in de
rision of the many petty States of
Germany. With au American student
he mado a bet that Germany would be
politically united in twenty years.
The wager was twenty-five bottles of
champagne, to be drunk in the conn
try of tho winner. After the lapse of
this score of ycurs, in 1853, Bismarck
was prepared to cross tho sea in ordor
to pay tho bet, when ho learned that
the Amorican had died, and adds :
"The name he boro did not presage a
long life Coffin." Argonaut
Wood Stronger Than Steel.
Cast iron weighs 444 pounds to the
cubio foot, and a one-inch square bar
will sustain a weight of 10,500 pounds;
bronzo, weight 525 pounds, tcuaoity
80,000; wrought iron, weight 480,
tenacity 50,000; hard "struck" steel,
woight 490, tenacity 78,000; alumi
num, weight 1C8, tenacity 28,000.
We are aooustomed to think ot metals
as being stronger than wood, and so
they are, generally speaking, if only
pieces of the aame size be tested. But
when equal weights ot the two mate
rials are compared, it is then found
that several varieties ot wood are
stronger than ordinary steel. A bar
of pine just as heavy as a bar of stool
an iuch square will hold up 125,000
pounds; tho bost ash 174,000 pounds,
and some hemlock 200,000 pounds.
Wood is bulky. It occupies ten or
twelve times tho space of steel The
best steel oastinga made for the United
States Navy have a tenacity ot 65,000
to 75,000 pounds to the square inch.
By solidifying suoh castings nndor
great pressure, a tensile strength of
80,000 to 150,000 pounds may b
obtained. Railway Review,
PEA KM OF TIIOK.Hr.
Industry is sure to bo rewarded.
Overconfldeneo invites betrayal.
Anger manages everything badly.
It is impious in a good man to be
sad.
Tho borrower runs into his own
debt.
Methods aro tho masters of masters.
One good idea should suggest an
other. At ovonlng homo is tho bost place
for mau.
People do not lack strength ; they
only lack will.
For tho sake of a pleasure nevci
put off a duty.
Love lessens woman's delicacy and
increases man's.
To havo too much help is as bad af
to have no help.
Tho people who talk the most too
often say tho least
Correcting does ranch, but encour
agement does more.
Some very good looking people are
doformed on tho inside.
Protty women who are stupid are
roses without fragrance.
The two o dices of memory are col
lection and distribution.
The way of the world is, to make
laws, but follow customs.
In prosperity prepare for a change,
in adversity hope for one.
The man who has something that
others want never luck flatterers.
Tho richest man is tho one who can
give away the most without regretting
it.
It is never hard to do the right
thing after tho mind has been made
up.
Tho man who fears the light is al
ways ready to run from his onn
shadow.
Ono of the Longest of Walks.
Herr Schneidercit, an Austrian
printer, boasts that ho has just com
pleted ono ot the longest walks ever
mado by man. He has marched on
foot the whole way from Calcutta to
his nativo town, Kuthenow. In the
year 1892 he was informed that a kins
man, who had lately died in Australia,
had bequeathed bim a considerable
fortune, and so he sot out with hif
wifo and children to take possession
of his inheritance iu the English col
ony. When he arrived he found the
fortuuo to be little more than a fable,
and ho set his face again toward home.
Tho ship was burned on the voyage;
Herr Schneidercit lost his wifo and
his two children, but was himself mar
velously rescued and carried on board
an English ship to Calcutta.
There he quickly spent the small
remnant of his property, and found
himself utterly without means of live
lihood. So tho venturous man resolv
ed that ho would walk home to Aust
ria. Ho travelled on foot across India,
Afghanistan, Persia, Turkey, the
south of Russia, Bulgaria, Rouraania,
aud Hungary, into his Austrian father
land. The journey on foot occupied
him nearly the'Wholo of two years.
We aro iuclined to think that he may
fairly claim to have beaten the record
in pedestriauism. If this wonderful
walker were an author as well as a
printer, ho might make a capital book
out of his experiences as a pilgrim
from tho East to tho West. London
News.
Auctions in France,
The French mode of conducting
auctions is rather curions. In sales
of importance, such as of land, houses,
etc., tho affair is placed in the hands
of a notary, who, for the time being,
becomes an auctioneer. Tho property,
whatever bo its nature, is first exam
ined by competent judges, who fix
npon it a price, considerably less than
its value, but always sufficient to pre
vent any ruinous loss by a precon
certed plan or combination of bidders.
The property is then offered with the
fixed valuation stated. Tho auction
eer is provided with a number of small
wax tupers, each capable of burning
about five minutes. As soon as a bid
is made one ot these tapers is placed
in full view of all interested parties
and lighted. If, before it expires, an
other bid is offered, it is immediately
extinguished and a fresh taper placed
in its stead, and ao on until one
flickers aud dies out of itself, when
the last bid becomes irrevocable. This
simple plan prevents all contention
among rival bidders and affords a
reasonable time for reflection before
making a higher offer than the one
preceding. By this moans, too, the
auctioneer is prevented from exercis
ing nudue influence upon the bidders
or hastily accepting the hid of a favor
it
JTOH THE HOUSEWIFE.
t,r STOr-KINO N THE WASff.
For laon-woven stockings, in white
and delicalo tints, to wash in benzine
or naphtha is an excellent substitute
for tho ordinary washing wator. Turn
them wrong side out, shaking out all
tho dust; then lay them flat in a dish,
and cover with naphtha. Stir vlolontly
for a minute or two, thon turn and
wash the othersido iu clean naphtha.
Hang out in thn air until all odor of
the cleansing fluid has disappeared.
St. Louis Star-Sayings.
BAVB TOU CVBR TRfRD
Cleaning tinware with soda?
To purify the air, a box of lime in
tho pantry?
For washing silk, using salt water,
and ironing wot?
Soaking a greasy frying-pan in am
monia and water?
For cooking fruit or vegetable
only granito-ware?
After eating onions, drinking coffee,
to remove the odor? New York
World.
repairing usr.s.
I'lie matter of repairing is so brosd
a one that it can never bo taught by
precept alone. Unless the person np
on whom the task devolves has a na
tural tact for keeping things in order,
and a love for the work as well as for
the neatness which it brings, page up
on page of good housekeeping exhor
tation will all be in vain. In the first
place, prevention, here as elsewhere
is the part of wisdom. When there
is any reason to suppose that a given
articln may be getting thin in texture
it should be carefully scrutinized
whenever laundered, and if any spots
show signs ot giving way tboy should
bo re-enforced by neat aud careful
darning.
It is reraarkablo how much this may
be practised by carefully selecting
embroidery cottons or floss to match
the material of the linen, and using a
deft hand with the needle. Some
times it is necessary to stitch a bit of
foreign fabric on the back side of the
article to be repaired, to serve as a
base for the mending operations; or
to hold the parts in place, a piece of
stiff paper may be basted on the back
side, over which the work ot rebuild
ing the fabric with proper material,
carrying the anchoring stitches an
iuch or more into the firm cloth, may
be performed When the hole is
mended the paper is removed and if
care has been exercised it will require
close scrutiny to detect the spot.
Sheets which have worn thin in the
centre may, if taken in time, be cut
through the middle, lengthwise, and
the outer edges being brought togeth
er, to form a new centre much addi
tional wear will be secured. Table
linen which has become too much
worn for further satisfactory service
will generally be found to have con
siderable sections of firm fabric.which
should not be wasted. This will very
likely furnish still soft and pleasant
towels.and even when quite thorough
ly worn will provido exceptionally
pleasing dish towels and cloths for
similar use. Good Housekeeping.
RECIPES.
Rice Muffins Beat two eggs, add a
cup of boiled rice, three tablespoon
fills of flour, butter the size of an egg
and a pinch of salt, and bake in muf
fin rings.
Creamed Eggs. Boil some eggs
hard, cut them in slices, and season
each slice with a littlo pepper, salt and
grated nutmeg, Lay the slices on a
dish, cover with a hot drawn butter
sauce, sprinkle with chopped parsley
and serve.
Peach Tapioca Boil one coffee cup
of tapioca until clear, nsing a double
boiler and beginning with three cups
of wator ; pour over the contents of a
can of peaches drained from the juice
and laid in a baking dish. Set in the
oven for half aa hour and serve with
cream sauoe or cream and sugar.
Strawberry Tapioca Wash A cap
of tapioca in several waters and soak
over night In tho morning put over
the fire with one pint of boiling water
and simmer in a double boiler until
perfectly clear ; add a little salt and
sweeten to taste ; stir in a quart of
berries and sot away to harden ; serve
with sngar and cream.
Smoked Salmon Cut the fish into
small, neat slices, and put it for about
eight or ten minutes before cooking
iutoa minture composed of two table
spoonfuls of oil, half the quantity ot
lemon juicv, and a dust of cayenne.
Remove the slices of salmon and place
them in the oven between buttered
paper for six or seven minutes, so that
they may get quite hot without being
dry and aarva oa pieces ot fried
bread. t