The nrmy of Bolivia costs tho poo pa of that impoverished country 1, . 800,0(10 a yonr. A century ngo tlicro was not ft mila of telegraph or telephone wire iu exis tence, not a foot of railrontl, cor toamshii. - .. L Forty-throo persons have boon run sovcraud killed by trolley cars in Phil adelphia, ond tho trolley system has leon iu opcratiou there only uino mouth. A Scotchman has advancad the theory that the Japanese aro tho lout tt.n tribe becauso they havo a place limed Hiroshima, which is like tho Hebrew umuu for Jerusalem. In Brisbacc, Australia, tho postal nuthcrititH havo placed boxes for tho posting of letters on tho tram cars running to the general postofiict-. This ttystem has proved a great couvouienco to tho public. It is propo-ed that tin various states to which arc given 1,000, OUO acres of laud, each under tho Arid Land Law hall establish model irrigation colon ics to denioiiHtrato what cuu bo douo ou irrigated land. Dr. Roiix has received from Presi dent GYs:nir-l.riertho congratulations of the French Government and tho Cross of Commander of tho Legion of Honor, in recognition of his work sipou the serum treatment of diphthe ria. The foreign demand for American horses is ft ,-adily increasing. Unfor tunately, laments tho New York World, tho ort desired aro tho very kind that nro scarce in this country. It will pay breeders to make an effort to cnuibiuo size, hub-itnuce, purity of trotting notion and bold knee action with speed. Savannah, Ga., seems to havo ob tained a permanent cheap street car fur as the r suit of tho war between tho rival companies. Tho faro has been put d.nvn to ono cent, but it in reported that tho companies have niado money by tho reduction. One -company took in 8 309 tho other day. Tho whole population of Savannah iu only uhotit -io.000, nud for ono com pany to take 30,000 fares in a day is iu tho opinion of the New Oi'leaus Picayune, doing protty well. Tho Atlanta Journnl remarks : "While the farmers of tho South arc disgusted with low prioo cotton, it it--veil to look into tho feasibility ol grow ing nuy thing that will go towards making tho farm sof-sustiwning. A row industry in tho Middle States is improving walnut ond chestnut cul ture. Tho walnut and chestnnt crop lias growu to be nn importaut ono. One of its most raluablo features if that waste laud can bo utilized and made to yield profitable crops. Within tho lt few- years attention has been green to growing chestnuts and wal nuts for market. -Frauk Dvkum, a prominent citizon of Portland, Orogon, who died a few weeks ago, will bo held in sweet ro monibraucj by tho poople of tho city and state because of a work of love, Mr. Dekuui was a native of Germany, ud long before he became the wealthy man ho was at his death, he expended ranch of his moans in trying to people tho parks and fields and woods of hit adopted state with the sweet song birds of his nativo land. He brought vor thrm-hes, skylarks, meadow larks, nightingalos, chaffinches, gold finches aud many other song birds, cared for them until they becuine ao climated aud then set thorn free. The liiids fared well and todiy, not only iu Oregon, but iu tho neighboring states also, the suugs of thesa old-world warblers ave hoard. . Professor Corson of Cornell Uni versity, in a rooeut article in Poet Lore, points out tho great defect iu the teaching of English in American wckooL He says very truly, that thore is overmuch study of grammatical aud philological details and very little at tjutiou paid to the real study of groal works as literature or tho cultivation -of thought and literary style, which vhould be the diroet fruit of the studj of the Euglish language, ' To this, bethinks, i duo the meager stock oi thought and tho laok of skill is expres sion of so many graduates of high schools and colleges. Those, pupils iiave a good knowledge of the inethod.1 of study, but in gaining those they Lave missed all the objects of the rules. Happily, in sou schools literature ii .niado a Jiving thlug, the best moans tit generous culture, but until the pus uon for grammar and the ules oi . rhetoric io conquerod, we may not bopa to see Euglish take its rightful placa la- our common schools and -ooiloges. ..-.j7.. When Jlnimlo Comes From Sclioo?, ' Whon Jimmlo comn from school at four, J-e-r-u-s-a-l-o-m! how tilings begin To whirl and bum and bang aud spin, And brighten up from root to floor 1 The dog that all day ton? has lain Upon the bac-k porch wags his tall And tnaps and barks and begs agnla Tho. last scrap In tho dinner-pail, When Jlmmle comes from school. The cupboard latches clinks a tune, And mother from her knitting stirs To tell that hungry boy of hers That supper will bo ready toon, Anil then a slab of pie he take, A cooky and a cpilnco or two And for tho brocxy barnyard break, Where everything cries, "Uowd'y dof" Whon Jimmlo comes from school. The rooster on tho garden tones Htlrs up and dowa and crowi anil crows As If bo knows, or thinks ho know, lb, too, Is of somo consequence The guln"n, Join the chorus, too, And Just boldc tho window's sill The red bin), swinging out of view, On his high perch begins to trill. When Jimmlo comes from school. When Jimmlo comes from s-liool, tnko carol Our heart begin to throb and quake With life and Joy and every aeho Is gono before wo aro aware, The earth take on a richer hue, A softor light falls on tho flowers, And ovi-rlicad a brighter blue Bcems bent nbovo this worl I of ours, When Jiiuiuio comes from school. Jamks Sew rox Matthew. A MYSTERY SOLVED, CV niCItAHD DOWLISO. "Hallo, Bracken!" said I, ono brisk April afternoon, as I saw my friend tho detective leaning against the parapet, liko idlest loafor alive, "who would havo thought of meeting you on Loudon Bridge?" "Como hero, Mr. unll," said ho, catching my arm. and drawing mo to his side. "Do you know that I havo this morning solved tho mystery of that." IIo pointed to tho burnt out shell of a great wharf on tho Middle sex sido of the river not far from tho bridge. "What!" I cried, "solved tho mys tery of tho great Thames street flro! First of all tell mo what the mystery waa, for candidly I do not know; and thon tell mo how you solved it, for by that timo I shall bo dying to hear." "Let us step into tho recess and get out of tho pooplo's way," said ho. "You saw, of course, in tho pa pers," said he, "Schoflcld's w harf had boon burnt down, and that there was no way of accounting for tho fire." "Unfortunately, Brackon," said I, "my newspaper reading for tho past week or ten days has been absolutely nothing ; but I saw on tho placards something about a 'Great Conflagra tion iu Thames street.' " "Thon I supposo I must tell you all about it," snid Bracken, with a sigh of resignation. "Well," ho went on, strotchiug across tho stone sent of the recess and resting his elbows on tho parapet, "last Saturday afternoon Mr. Tomilson, who owns Scholleld's Wharf, locked tho Towor street door at 2 o'clock and from that timo until 4 o'clock on Monday morning, when the plaoo waa found in flames, that door was not opened by him or any body else. There are two doors, to bo sure, bnt the other ono on the wa ter can be opened only from the in side, and when tho firemen pot on the spot the river door showed no signs of having been tampered with, although tho flro seemed to have originated in the rear of the building. At the rear of the building wero a few bales of jute, and at first Mr. Tomilson said he snpposod they had heated, bnt, strange to toll yon, they were found uninjured savo by water, aud wero about tho only thing iu tho building which escaped. "Schoficld's was very heavily in sured, aud on Monday peoplo begun to sny it was a good thing for Mr. Tomilson it had gone up the flue, as his affairs were in a bad way. "By Tuosdoy morning the bad ru mors got stronger, and peoplo whis perod that the cause of the burning ought to bo looked for in Tomilsou's difficulties " "Iu fiiot, that he Lad set fire to the place," said I. "Well, yes," suid Bracken, petu lautly, "but they did not put it in those words exactly j maybe I'd tell my story just as quickly, if I told it my own way. " . "Then by all means go on your own way. I will not interrupt again," said I, sitting upon the parapet, with my feet on the stone seat 'Tuesday evening I was called in. It was plainly put to me that there were strong suspicions in tho case, and I was told that it would be made very well worth my while if I found out all about it. You ,kuow that in surance companies will hardly ever set the law in motion ; here they could hot but do something, the crime was so glaring " "You oould not expect it to be otherwise than glaring," said I "with such a blaze." Bracken shot n glance of scorn at me, but took no further notice of my interruption. "The first thing I did was to find out all I could nbont Tomilson. His home was at Putney. To Putney I went. I discovered he lived quietly in ft dull road, a conplo of hundred yards from tho river. Ho is a childless widower of forty-five. He never saw any company, and his household con sisted of himself, an old housekeeper and ono maid servant On week days he never made more use of his I'ntney houso than to sleep and eat breakfast in it. Even on Saturdays he did not como Loino nntil it was timo for bed. In summer he spent a good deal of his leisure ou tho Thames, but had no boat of his own, nlways hiring one of old Greenfoll, tho boatmau. "Littlo timo as Tomilson devoted to Futnoy, ns a rule, thoy told mo ho spent less than usual thore that week j for tho maid servant had gono homo on Friday to Hertfordshire to sco her mother, who was ill, aud Tomilson hnd given his housekeeper A holiday from Saturday to Monday to visit her innrried daughter, he saying ho would himself spend from Saturday to Mon at Brighton. "Now, many men without families nro in tho habit ot going to Brighton from Saturday to Monday, but ho was not ono of these. Iu fact, his visiting Brighton was a most unusual event j and for years ho had not done any thing of tho kind. This sot mo think ing aud inquiring further and more closely about Tomilsou's manner of accounting for his timo. Ho hnd given out that ho wont to Brighton by tho G. loon Saturday and ca mo back by tho 8.30 on Monday morning. I made sure that ho had not boon seen at Fntncy from Saturday to Monday night, when ho went home after tho fire. "Tomilson told them in Thames street that ho hud stopped at the Boli var in Brighton, so I took a littlo trip for myself down to tho sea, and drop ped into the Bolivar. At tho hotel it is a big one, as you Uuow I found out thnt ho had been thero from Satur day tight to Monday morning accord lug to tho books, for ho had paid for his bod on Sunday night and breakfast next day. I lounged about aud found a chatty chambermaid wuo said that although tho bod was rumpled she did not think my man had slept iu it on Sunday night Then I met a waiter who would, in tho ordinary course, have served Mr. Tomilsou's breakfast ou Monday morning, aud who could not remember having served him or seeing him that day. "Tomilson was not known,' iu Brighton, and I lost all traco of him thero tho moment I put my foot out sido tho hotel However, tho facts I had picked up put an idea iu my head, and I camo buck to Loudon aud went on to Putney ouco more aud dropped in on old Oreenfell. Of course, the boating season has not begun yet for him. I found him doing some var nishing in expectation of tho season, and fell into chat with him. "Ho had not seen Tomilson for weeks months. It was of him the tea merchant always hired boats iu the season, but Tomilson would not be likely to take to the river for a month or six weeks yet. . Greeufoll had noth ing but good to say of Tonilson, and was very indignant at the rumors re specting the fire in Thf.mes Htreet. 'Why,' said Greenfoll, 'the mon was fifty miles away at the time the fire broko out' " 'S'j I have heard.' I said. Green fell had no notion I was a dotuctivc. I had come moroly to see about a boat for next Sunday. " 'They tell mo," tald old Oreenfell, 'that tho fire began at the rivor side. Well, I'll tell you a curious thiug. Sunday night or Monday morning ono of my boats, a pair oar, was taken by some one who did not say "By your leave.or pay a penny. " ' "I wai all atteutioa ujw, you may be sure. "Whoever borrowed tho boat brought it baok all right, and nothing tho worso if it wasu't for a stenoh of paruffiu. Whoever had tho boat must have upset his lamp iu it' " 'Which boat was it?' I asked. " 'That one there' said Oreenfell, pointing. " 'Has anyone used it since?' I said. " 'No. It's not fit for hire. I must wash it well out before I let anyone have it' "I got into the boat aud found even still a smell of purutllu. I lifted up tho stem sheets. , There was a little wuter iu the boat, and in the water I found this." . 'Brsoken handed me a brokon link of a gold watch chain. ' 'l slipped the link into my pocket," he went ou, "without saying onj thing to Oreenfell about it, and in a few minutes was ou my way to Thames street As I went I examined the link. It was a long H loop, flattenod and marked 18 carats. "When I got to Schofiold's Wharf I asked for a private intorviow with Mr. Tomilson. Ho did not kuow who Bracken was, and saw me at once. 1 told him I was a detective put on th job, as it was feared somo of his men had flrod tho placo out of spito. 1 said : " 'Mr. Tomilson, I have a theory as to how this 11 ro arose I think tho man who did tho job borrowed a boat from old Oreenfell, of Futnoy, with out saying anything about it to Green folL I think ho hnd a few gallons of paraffin, and that ho just lot the oil flow In under tho river door and thon et flro to it. Muiejvcr, if I could only put my hand on a man who wore A watch chain with links like thnt i could put my hand ou tho man who lit tho blaze.' "I placed tho broken link on th) desk before Tomilson and looked at him for tho first timo. Ho mndo a clutch nt wliv-ro his watch chain ought to lie, but ho was not wearing ouo. IIo fell back iu his chair and gasped aud turned deadly white. Ho triod to speak, bnt no word came. I picked up tho broken link and left him. That was at noon today. Tomilson is now out of tho couutry. No claim will be mudo upon tho insurance companies, and tomorrow Tomilson will bo known as nu absconding bankrupt." "And," said I, getting down off tho parapot of tho b:ld?o, "will no at tempt bo mndo to bring tho scouudrol to justice?" "I think not," said Bracken. New York Advertiser. Wliorc fork tomes From. "Very few peoplo understand how corks nro made or whero cork trees grow," said a wiuo tout tho other evening in a Broadway cafe. "Of Cottrso I understand all bi-auches of tho business," tho corkclogist wont on. "The cork tree on nu avcrago lives 100 years, and its average height is 23 or 80 feet. It is a nativo of the Mediterranean basin, in Northern Africa, Corsica, Southern France aud tho Siberian Peninsula. It doos not grow iu America except iu spots dry, warm places of . mild temperature. Thcso trees nro very rare aud consid ered great curiosities. "On a rocout visit South I found two rlno cork trees in tho college grounds at Bay St Louis, near Now Orlenus. They aro very largo and beautiful, and are callod 'Tho Twins.' A maker of corks had obtained per mission to strip tho trees of their bark. Tho cork troo is valuod for its bark; the best tima to strip it is iu July or August Tho outer bark of t'.io troo is first stripped when it is about twenty-five yonrs old. This re moval of tho rough bark, or outer skin, as some would call it, causes a growth of finer quality. This requires about eight or uino years, and tho quality improves with each successive stripping. So you will sue that the cork tree, as well as man, changes its skin iu about tho samo number of years, though I believe seveu years is tho timo given to man for a complete change New York World. The Vitality of Men. Thero aro two parts of tho human organism, Dr. Balfour tells us, which if wisely used "largely escapes senile failure." Thcso two are tho brain and tho heart. Persons who have often wondered why brain workers, great statesmen and others, should continue to work with almost unimpaired men tal activity and energy up to a period when most of tha organs and func tions of the body are iu a condition of advanced senilo decay, Thero is a physiologicul roason for this, and Dr. Balfour tells us what it is. Thu nor mal brain, he affirms, "remaius vigor ous to tho last," aud that "bucau-ie its nutrition is specially provided for." Who is there among those who have reached or passod middle ago that will not be rejoiood to find such admirable physiological warrant for the belief that tho brain may continue to work and even to improve almost to the very last hour of life? As iu the case of the brain, thuro seems to be excel lent physiological warrant for tho con clusion that coateris paribus the aged heart sucooeds to, at auy rate, a rela tive increase of strength as time goes on. London Hospital. A Distinction with a Difference, Country Cousin Really, my daugb ter is a thoroughly good girl; she makos all her own dresses. No dress maker has ever received a cent from her. City Cousin (dryly) H'ral My daughter ulways wears the best mate rial made in tlio latest fashion. As to the dressmakers' bills, your daughter and mine are aliko in that Truth. FOIl THE HOI ME WIFE. oood Coffee. Thero aro few articles of diet that are more carelessly treated than coffee. To bo at its best it should bo made with boiling water, aud tho coffee-pot should bo riusod with scalding wnter just bofore tho coffee is put iu, ground very fine, about tho size ot ordinary siftod corn meal. Made in a filter with everything about it boiling hot aud served , with good cream and out sugar, this beverage is in most deli cious ami striking contrast to tho liquid that often pisses under the name of coffee Boston Cultivator. OOOD SOFT OINOEnnnEAD. A good, soft gingerbread may bo made as follows: Two cups of old fashioned, very black molasses, half cup of butter or dripping, ono table spoonful good ginger, ouo toaspouli ful ground cinnamon, samo of allspice, half tho quantity of ground cloves and suit, half tt-aspooli fill of salerntus. Melt thu fat aud bent it into tho mo lasses with tho spices, add enough sifted flour to luako a very stiff batter, and last add the saleratus in a table spoonful of boiling water. Put in a well-greased pan and let it stand for twenty minutes. Buko in n slow oven, and do not cut uutil cold. Now York World. FISH cnoqfErTES. For tho fish croquettes buy sliced fish, fry at breakfast time and then put in the refrigerator until near the hour of dinner. It is not safo to eat fish now that is kept raw until Into in tho day uuless packed iu ice. To make tho croquettes : To every cup of cold cookod fish allow one large tablespoouful of butter, one-half cup of croam or milk, ouo tablespoouful of chopped parsley and tho yolk of ono egg. Season tho fish with one half of a tcaspoonful of salt, a very littlo red pepper and tho parsley. Scald tho milk, rub tho butter nud flour together uut 1 smooth ; add the scalded milk and stir until thick aud smooth. Add tho beaton yolk, mix well aud tako from tho Uro, add the geasouod fish and put assde to cool. Whou cool form iuto croquettes, cover with an ogg nud broad crumbs and fry iu smoking hot fat New York Times. ubs. kohkh's MCE priJDIXO. Thero is, said Mrs. ltorer, but one sort of rics puddiug, to my mind, that can be mado pefeotly, ond if thoso di rections are followed, you will havo e creainy.dolicious pudding as a result Put ono quart of mil.t iuto a pudding pan, add about a quarter tcaspoonful of gratod uutmeg, quortor of a cupful of layer raisins unstouod, two table spoonfuls of rice, and two tablespoon fulsof sugar. Do uot heap the spoons. Stir uutil sugar is dissolved, and then stand tho pan in a moderata oven. At soon as the milk is hot, and a littlo scum forms over the top, stir it down! and stir the rice from the bottom of tho pan. Do this as fast as a crust forms. The crust should be papery, and light in color. Whon the. milk begins to thicken, aud tho rice scorns to como to tho surface, stop stirring and allow a thin brown crust to form. Stund away in a cool place, to quickly ohill. Now, if this is too thick, you have cooked it too slowly and too long, If it is too thin aud milky, you have not cooked it long enough. HINTS FOB THE LAUNDRY Try to uulorstand all thj distills of the laundry from tho washing of deli cate luces to the cleaning of heavy blankets; also the bust muthod of re moving stains, starching, ironing, etc. Try hanging the tablcoloths and linen sheets ono-hulf or two-thirds thoir length over tho line, without uso iug clothes pins, uuless absolutely necessary; us rough clothes pins iu careless bauds will often ruin delicate fabrics. Try to have the damask ironed so that tho pattoru will be clear aud dis tinct, sometimes shines like satin, but more often it tcurcely shows the pat tern at all. It takes a "moderate" iron and an even pressure to do it properly. Too hot or too oold an iron never does good work. Try sprinkling dulioatowash dresses with thisguiu water when it becomes necessary to i ron them in the oourse of wearing, when they have not been washed. For mixing with the starch for the white clothes, use about a tablespoonful of gum water to a pint of the warm, boiled starch. Try soaking table liuou and other fine artioles that have become badly soiled, over night with a little amnion la added to the water. This will sof ten the dirt as well as the wator, and in the morning with a very little rub bing thorough rinsing aiid careful bluing, they wjl be ready to haug out, A Daiigrroo MeMinc rpkosbj. lis. "l is but s little thing I ask i A tnd , nothing more, I swear i 'lis not a heavy, gruesome task Tut rrlnk'es brow or slivsis half t 'Tis nmeililug, dear, that II you glvo, You cannot fairly deem amiss i 'TIs nothing morn than, as I live, A little, simple, slngls kl-s. Hue. This littlo thing you boldly nk, This trifle, light, to you as air, Perhaps, to mo, d itb fears utiiuastc Thnt well niny causo mo to beware For this samo simple, single kiss Might soon develop Into klsejt And f, from having been a Miss, Ili-nomn, Iu consnpience, a M rs. Jusei-atMs Dixon, In Home and Country. Hl.MOltOlS. Tho first real ostuto rumor The nebular hypothesis. A popular occupation with young women Making parlor matches. "No, pa," rcjdled the incorrigible, "you toach mo which is switch." A woman never marries the mnu bIic pitits, uor pities tlio mnu she marries. If you'll notice the hatchet-fuced mnu seldom splits his sides with laugh ter. Somo folks lovo equality so well that tho success of others mako them mis erable. Hor Mother Don't you find Juok rather rough. Priscilhi Yes mam ma. Aud yet he says he shaves every day. Operator Now, how do you wish to be takon madam bust or full length. Miss I'rimloy No sir, I'll stand up. Ho-I seo that China is suing for peace. Sho How ridiculous I Hasn't she lost euotigh by war without going into the law courts? A certain ssgo snid he novor knew- a rogue who was uot unhappy. Of course not ; it is tho rogues who are not known who aro tho happy oucs. Assistaut I've tho greatest freak in tho world horo. Museum Munnger Whnt is it? Assistant A farmer who spiuks tho dialect wo get iu magazine short stories. "Now, you young scamp," snid Blinks senior, as ho led his youngster out into the woodshed, and prepared to give him a dressing, "I'll teach you what is whut " "I didn't sco yonr portrait at the exhibition, Miss Holmeleigh." "No. they wouldn't take it. Thoy said it was a good portrait, but that my face was out of drawiug." "I propose," began tho deliberate old lawyer who called around to see a young widow on business, when his vivacious client exclaimed, "I accept." Tliey arc now partners. Professor (returning homo at night, hears noise) Is some ono there? Burglar nndor tho bed) No! Pro fessor That's strnlige! I was posi tive somo ono was under my bed. First College Student Tho weather is too fine for study Wish I could get off for a few weeks. Secoud College Student That's oay. Kill a fresh man, and tho faculty will order you home for a month.' A little girl was overhsnrd talking to her doll whoso arm had como off, exposing tho sawdust stuffing. "You dear, good, obedient dolly, I knew I had told you to chew your food fine, but I didu't think you would chivr it so fine as that After the Honeymoon Time, June. Tho Eurl (proudly) I am carrying on some interesting researches iuto tho early history of my family. Tho American Countess (late of tho Metro politan notiveau riche, snappishly Aro you afraid that ttie facts huve not been effectually suppressed ? ."Here's another oue of thoso mil lionniro plumber jokes iu the paper, said Criticus. "Did you ever see a rich plumber, Hicks?" "Never," said Hicks. All tho plumbers I've ever seen have been very very poor plumb ers. Still, a fellow may be a poor plumber aud yet be a rich mau. ' Ho was a pretty little youngster, with fat legs that stuck out beneath clean, stiff starched clothes. "What are you going to do when you grow to be a mau?" asked a visitor. The little fellow's face assumed au expres sion of earnest gravity as he respond ed, with a voice which was evidently shaken by sad memories of the past, Whip papa, " Belief for the Eyes. In contlu-iod use of the eyes, in such work as sowing, typesetting, bookkeopiug, reading and Btudyiug, the saving point is looking up from, the work at short intervals and look ing around the room, This may be praotioed every ten oriifteeu minutes, This relieves the niusonlor tension, rests the eyes and makes the blood supply muoh better,
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