i
It eosts four times ns much to gov
ern American cities as is spent for the
en mo purpose In European cities,
tt tuny often bo the means of saving
life to remember the dictum, thnt "
tnnn struck by eloctricity should bo
treated as if drowned."
Most women collego graduates teach
or marry, in either of which case, the
AtlnntA Constitution thinks tlioy are
rising to good advantage what they
have learned.
Oscar 8. Strauss, who was United
Slates Minister to Turkoy during Mr.
Cleveland' first administration, thinks
that there is not the slightest dnngor
of the partition of Turkey by the
powers for a long while to come.
President Harper, of the Univer
sity of Chicago, pointed out as the
' radical defeot of the publio schools of
the country .that they dual with chil
dren en masse, and try to make each
Co u form to cast iron onrriculum, in
stead of dealing with each individual
according to bis capacities and weak
nesses. Over $14,000,000 will be at the dis
posal of the Institute of France,
whoso centenary was celebrated, when
the Duo d'Anmnlo dies. Tuo income
of the five academies thnt constitute
the institute is now $140,000 a year,
and tho government besides makes a
yearly grant of another $140,000.
The Duo d'Aumale's gift of the do
main of Cbantilly gives it nearly $9,
000,000 of landed property.
In Vicuna, Austria, all bicycle ri
ders before obtainiug permission to
ride on the publio streets ara required
to pass an examination. They are re
quired to ride between boards laid on
the floor without touching the edges
of them. At the word of command
they must be able to dismount either
right, left or backward ; until the
rider passes this examination satisfac
torily, a license to ride on the public
highway is refused him.
It has been calculated that if the
world keeps oa developing as at pres
ent, horses, cattle aud sheep will be
come extinet and man will be differen
tiated into two distinct animals, an
tipper world of feeble prettiness" and
most repulsive subterranean race
reduced to mere meohanical iudiiNtry.
In the oonrse of a few millions of
years the motion of the earth on ita
axis, whiob is supposed to be growing
lower every year on account of the
friotion of the tides, will have ceased
entirely, and tho earth will present a
constant face to the sun.
There is no keeping up with tho
'lightning change Emperor," as the
Kaiser is facetiously termed in England
An soldier, orator, painter, stage man
ager, onuor and wearer of 109 uni
forms, ho is familiar to all of us. Still
His Ma'esty has "another forthcom
ing attraction," in the language of the
(profession which he affects. The
Kaiser's "vory latest is in the charac
'ter of eeitlietio dress promoter. He
is very unxious, it soems, to have his
court as picturesque lookiug as possible-,
and to this end he has giveu or
ders that a certain number of courtier
hall atteud state ceremonials in cos
tume whiob ah ill be fac-similies of
those worn by Veuotian Senator in
the Middle ages. The Emperor' tal-
...if ft utkr.ii mnnnnrunmnt in ftMsnftinff
itself in privato life, aud if ho doe I
' not tire of this latest whim the Prus
sian court promises to be the most
picturesque in Europe.
A case involving novel law point,
and said to be without a parallel and
without any analogous precedent, "has
tvoently beeu decided by the Supreme
Court of Couneotiotir. In 1890, re
late the New York Post, 8. P. Wil
liams of Waterbury leased for ten
years the greater part of a bloek
owned by George L. Lilley, agreeing,
among other things, to pay the insur
ance. The lease gave Williams an
option to purchuse the entire property
during the the term of the lease. In
1893 the building was partly destroyed
by fire. Lilley collected the insur
noe,$21851.54,nnd reconstructed the
building . at a total expense of $15,
G1.60, leaving $8,783.94 of the iu
urauoo money uuexpeulod. Subse
quently 'William decided to purchase
the Dronerty. and claimed that be
should be credited with the utiex
nended balanoe ot the insuranoe
xnouoy on the purchase. In this
claim be is sustained by the oourt,
whiob treat the money as a substi
tuta for the property, aud bold that
. if William bad elected to take the
property before the reconstruction be
should have received the iusuraue
money, aud the fact that the building
put up for lea than the insuranoe
id not change the plaintiff a equity.
A rrnlrle Lullaby,
ITnsh little baby, lie still and swing,
H car the corn-leavos softly sing i
The gopher Is down In the cool, damp
ground
Under the dome ot his freshlv-msde
mound) '
The birds are all still, the sun says 'tis
noon,
Hush little baby, sleep will come soon,
Hush, hush, hush and swlnp,
Bwlsh, swish, the corn-leaves sing,
Hush-swish swing.
Hush llttlo baby, He still and sleep,
The west winds over the corn-Holds sweep,
The flowers all drowsily hnng their heads,
The cnttle stand still In the marshy beds,
Even the crickets know It Is noon
Hush Utile baby, while the soft winds
croon,
Hush, hush, hush and swing,
Bwlsh, swish, the corn-leaves sing
Hush swish swing.
William K. Dunroy, In the rnthflnder.
MRS. HAZARD'S PURSE,
Sybil Stanton stood at a window,
looking nt the stars and wondering
whether anything lay before her be
sides the dull monotony of life which
seemed wearing her out. Companion
to an old lady well, it did not seem
such a hard life, after all, to othors.
A good, luxurious home, a liberal sal
ary, light duties; yet oh, yes yet it
was so dull! Other girls, not so
pretty, had been wooed aud w jn, and
she had not one lover.
"I suppose I shall dio nn old maid,"
sighed Sybil "There' no romance
ill store for me."
"Miss Stanton, it's nine o'clock,
and Polly' cage isn't covered yet,"
cried Mrs. Hazard, from her inner
room.
Sybil sighed. The parrot wa part
of her prose. There were the parrot,
the canary and the poodle.
"I ought to rcjoioe in the canary,"
she said, bitterly. "If I were like
other girl perhaps I ahould, but I
only long to open its cage and let it
BO."
She overslept herself next morning
and awoke to the consciousness that
it was late. Sybil dressed herself iu
haste and bouuoed into Mrs. Hazard's
dressing room.
In the middle of the room she stood
petrified with astonishment. Mrs.
Hazard was holding audience with a
young gentleman a very handsome
young gentleman.
"No matter, Miss Stanton," said
Mrs. Hazard: "It's only my nephew.
Fred, this is Miss Stanton."
And Sybil escaped to the adjoiuing
room.
"She's pretty," said Fred to bis
aunt.
"She's very good that's better,"
said Mrs. Hazard. "I'll see you at
breakfast, Fred."
And Mrs. Hazard retired to her
room, leaving her newly-arrived
nephew to amuse himself as he chose.
He prudently betook himself to the
garden.
That was the first of it, not the
Inst of it The nephew, a sort of
rolling stone gathering no moss, had
been sent to Aunt Hazard, to be done
something with to be recommonded
somewhere or get iuto something
good.
A puzzled mother, with many other
responsibilities and a very small in
come, had suggebted this iu an inco
herent letter which acoompanied her
eldest son. And there was nothing
for it, a Mrs. Hazard said, but to try
to help that ridiculous Letty, who
never knew her own mind even when
she aooepted Fred' father.
Fred stayed at Mrs. Hazard's, and
she, with a rich woman' influence,
soou plaoed him where if he bad
perseverence and ability there wa a
prospeot of a good career for him.
Now there came a new face into the
household a new step, a new voice.
The dull, quiet evenings were over.
Chat and laughter tilled the little par
lor. Mrs. Hazard woke out of the
lethargy, which, being quite alone
with each other, will fling about the
lives of women aud dealared herself
ten years younger.
She went to the opera with Fred,
taking Sybil along. She gave a little
party. She grew astonndiugly gay,
. . r. , .... a
ana as lor dvuu wen, tue worm was
growing very bright to her, not so
muoh because of the opera-going. A
little poetry bad at last been brought
into her life. Fred Haliburton had
begun to make love to her.
mere are men wuo fuel lueir way
to womena' hearts, slowly, cautiously,
prudently. Fred wa not one of them.
Hi looks, his manner, said from the
first: "I love you, aud I mean to
make yon love me."
This wild Fred, always looking
handsomer than other men, won bis
way very easily and naturally with
Sybil. If he was uot gravely sensible
aud sedately prudent, Sybil liked him
all the better. She bad had enough
of gravity and prudence. I
, It might bavs been bctteryfor her
to bars admired the professor, who
was now writing a dictionary, and who
came to Mrs. Hazard's tea parties, but
she didn't.
Where Mrs. Hazard's eyes were, or
hor cars or her brains, that she did
not see what wns going on, it is im
possible to guess. That she did not,
seamed certain, when oue morning en
tering the parlor suddenly, she found
Fred with his arm around Sybil.
Mrs. Hazard stood still, glared fe
rociously and inquired with sarcastic
politeness:
"May I ask what this means?"
"It means," said Fred, "that I have
just nskod MIbs Stanton to be my
wife."
"And what has she said?"
"What could I say?" asked Sybil
Mrs, Hazard sat down.
"I suppose I was nobody."
"Oh. no," cried Fred. "We meant
to toll you."
1 "Thank yon, thank yoU'very much.
What if I say I won't have it, eh?"
"I am ot age," he said.
"Your bread and butter depend on
my word, said the old lady. I am rich,
ns yon know. I mean to leave you
well off, Fred, if you obey me, and,
Sybil, your place is worth something
to you, aud I should not forget you in
my will. So havo done with this non
sense. Marry, indeed I A pretty pair
you'd make I
"There's Miss Roberts, Fred
quito an hoiross; and as for you, Sybil,
why the professor is really serious in
bis intentions. I've said enough, I
hope. I'll forgive all this nonsense it
it stops here," and Mrs. Hazard
marched, beckoning Sybil to follow,
but Sybil lingered.
Fred flow to her side
"Darling," he said, "promise me
that you will not let her pirt us."
'You must not give up so much for
me, f red, said Sybil "ltemember,
she is rich ; she"
"A llg for her money. I havo hands,
and eyes and health. I'll make my
own way. I'd rather have you than
all the wealth of the universeif you
will share the life of a fell ow who has
not much to offer you yet, but his
whole heart."
And Sybil gave him her hand, and
her lips, and the compaot was sealed.
Two days after this a' note came to
Sybil, through the hands of the house
maid, and through the same instru
mentality an answer was returned.
That afternoon Sybil took a walk. It
was a long one, leading into the heart
ot the city. There, at the oornor.Fred
met ber, and offered bis arm. Sybil
wore her best dress ; Fred also was
attired with taste. They took their
way to a little parsonage, which stood
in the shelter of a vory huge church,
and Fred rang the bell. Thoy wore
ushered into a parlor. There was
eoraothiug on foot, plainly. The ser
vant guessed what it was, and an
nouucod to her master that "that
young couple had come." And down
stairs walkod the clergyman and bis
wife, with tho benignant mixture of
smile aud gravity which scorned fit
ting for the oocasion.
A few polite words a blush on the
part of the bride a little nervousness
on that of the bridegroom aud they
wore all standing, ready for the
marriage aerviee, when the door-bell
rung furiously, and, as it was
opened, a voice they well knew cried:
"Not at home. Keep me out, if yon
dare I I will go in," and in walked
Mrs. Hazard I
"Ah I I'm iu time, I see," cried Mr'
Hazard. "You're uot. married yet?
Come, Fred, I'll give yououe ohauoe;
give up this folly and come home with
me, and I'll leiva you everything."
You're my auut, madam," cried
Fred, "and an old woman, so I'll try
to be oool ; but, by George, I woudor
what you take me for I I I Sir,
if you please, go on with the cere
mony. "
Stop a minute," aaid Mr. Hazard.
"Sybil, my dear, I've beeu very good
to you. Come home with me; yon
shall have nil I leave. I'll out him off,"
Mrs. Hazard," said Sybil, "you
have beeu kind, and I grieve to offend
you, but all tue world could not bribe
me to leave him now.
"He'll be a beggar."
"Thon I'll help him beg," said
Sybil.
Mrs. Hazard ran close to Sybil and
canght her in her arm.
"My darling," ehe said. "I've
been trying you both trying your
love for eaoh other, aud your honesty
and truth to me. How could I know
it wa not my heir you were willing
to marry, Sybil? How oould I kno
how earnest your love was until it
waa tried? I've put you both to the
teat, aud I must sue your wedding."
Aud so, with Mrs. Hazud in high
giee ; the olergyinun bluudly tolerant
of bnrnsn absurdity 2 his wife in suuti
mental tesrs; the bride bluiblug and
the bridegroom eiuiliug, the little.
aaeoe ended blithely io wsddiufc
To Trereut Collisions.
Five miles of the Chicago A Eastern
Illinois Railroad have lately been
equipped with the audible block sig
nal, an invention which it is said will
prevent ninoty-flve per cent of the
railroad disasters. Tho system was
shown in practical operation recently
iu Chicago to a number of export eloo
tilcians, railroad men and others. A
number of prominent Buffalo people
were in the party and took a special
interest in the test of the new device,
it being the invention of a Buffalo
man.
The test was entirely satisfactory,
and it was found to work even bettor
in actual operation than the model
After the trial was finished it was de
cided to incorporate a company.
It has been in use on the five miles
of road for several weeks, and Presi
dent Carpenter of the Eastern III.-
i 'T ? 1
nois, says up to this time it has done
all that is expected of it.
It was shown at the test that the
system will give timely alarm to the
engineer of a moving troin when ap
proaching a standing or moving loco
motive on tho same track, and of an
occupied grade crossing, nn open
switch or drawbridge, or a car pro
jecting from a side track over a main
track.
As the signal given is tho ringing
of the bell iu the cub of the locomo
tive, which will coutiutie to riug until
stopped by the engineer, it is appar
ent that the system is certain to be
as effective in darkness ns iu daylight,
or during fogs or rainstorms, on
curves or heavy grades whore a visible
signal could not be seen in time to
prevont a disaster. Chicago Tribune.
A well on a hill overlooking the
surrounding county known as the
Wheat Hill, is eighty feet deep, twenty
feet siiiid, forty feet solid blue clay,
twenty feet quicksand and ground, has
a good supply of water, not nffeoted
by the dry weather of this season.
Storms are indicated in advance by a
discoloration of the water, it having
the appearance ot milk being dropped
in it, and is quito ogitated in appear
ance when pumped from the well.
This coudition of the water usually
continues but a short time, generally
becoming clenr before tho storm com
mences. With an approaching storm
these conditions of the water are more
or less extrome, ns tho storm will be
more or less sovere.
As to its reliability and accuracy as
a weather forecaster for wastern New
York, a correspondent says: I con-
sidor it correct from observations of
the past summer and fall, while the
weather bureau and ul 1 of our weather
prophets have made mistakes on no
cuuut of unexpected counter winds
and highs and lows. The well has
made no mis takes. For example, on
the 16th of August last the weather
bureau gave no warning of storm.
Mr. Parker stated that no ruin was
iu sight aud could look for continued
dry weather, but tho well gave the
strongest indications of storm of any
tinio this summer. . Ou Saturday, the
17th, iu the afternoon and evening
there was a terriflo eloctrio and rain
storm, which swept Wayne und On
tario counties. Rochester, N. Y.,
Democrat aud Chronicle.
Xohlo sauilvfieli Pcillers.
The new that the gentleman sand
wich man ha become n familiar fea
ture of the streets of Paris will sur
prise uobody who has studied the
problem of the unemployed, and the
trugio coudition of what a French
paper calls "le strug-for-lifeur aristo
oratique." Six gentlemen, says the Figaro,
wearing gray overcoats, and uniformly
clad, pas alowly along the boulevards
two and two. They possess tine voices,
and in tone sometimes a litany, some
times a duet, sometimes a prnau of
triumph singing the song of the new
ohapeau Marice, of the redingote
Rossignol.
Tbey are "gentilhomme" by birth
and education, and the French word
might even imply noblemen. The
noble sandwich man or the sandwiohod
nobleman I And why not? A title is
often in its right place on a board of
directors; why should it not have it
own value between other boards?
New York Herald.
Reckless, Indeed.
Mabel I'm ufraid I shall have to
break off my engagemuut with Fred.
Alice Why V
Mabel Beoanse I fear he is not a
good business tnau.
Alios What make you think
that ?
Mabel Well, yon see, in hi last
letter be aeut me two hundred kisses,
aud he never took the preoautiou to
register the , letter Philadelphia
American. .
fOR THE HOt'SEVTIIE.
FOUWDATION8 FOB SOUP.
To make ordinary stuck, put in a
pot soup meat, the shank aud other
bones, the carcnsi of roast turkey or
chicken or the trimmings of roasts or
steaks. Cover with cold wator, a
handful of salt, and boll goutly for
several hours. Add no vegetables or
spices. Skim from time to time and
add water as tho stock boils away.
Strain, put in stone jar and set in a
cold place
Vegetable Soup Boil for three and
a half hours two quarts of water con
taining two ounces of haricot beans,
two ounces of split peas, one onion,
one carrot, half stick of celery, pars
ley, herbs pepper, salt, five cloves
and a blade of mace. New York
World. ! -v. t ....
ItVOIENIO BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
Oue pint buckwheat flour, one
fourth piut corn meal, graham or
whole wheat flour, as preferred: One
pint warm water, one-fourth pint
liquid yeast or one-half ounce oom
pressed or other solid yenst, dissolved
in two tablespoousful warm water; one
tcaspooiiful salt. Mix these ingredi
ents thoroughly at noon the day be
fore the cakes are wanted, using an
earthen vessel never a metal oue
unless granite or porcelain lined.
Cleau tho smears of batter from the
sides of the vessel, cover and set away
iu a moderately warm place. Next
morning when ready to bake the
cakes stir the batter down gently and
take from it a generous quarter of
a plut to bo used iu place of
othor yenst to start cakes nest day.
' - & 1 .
Cover and put in a cool place, where
it will not freeze. To the rest of the
batter add 1 tublespoonful New Or
leans molasses and 1-2 teaspoon fill soda
dissolved in a little water. As some
like these cakes thinner than do
others, water may be stirred in with
soda and molasses, remembering that
a little wetting thins a good deal, and
that the quality of tho cakes is injured
if flour has to be added at this stage.
All tho batter should be used ; it is
the loft-overs that ferment too much
and commonly cause the indigestibil
ity of these cakes. The measures
given are enough for a family of four
or five, aud one can soou loam to
gauge the quantity to tho family so
that thore will be no waste.
A few points about baking. Whon
filling the griddle, dip tho batter
from the side of the vesiel farthest
from the griddle, othorwise thore
will bo a trail of the batter ovor the
side of the vessel outo the stove and
griddle. A greaser should bo usod,
instead of putting the fat on the grid
dle in bits with a knife. This may
be a piece ot bacon or salt pork on a
fork, or a swab of muslin tied to a
small stick or fork. Handy greasers
may be had vory cheaply at the homo
furnishilig shop. Only enough greaso
should be used to mako the cakes turn
nicely. Tho griddle should be wiped
freo from spatters of batter and grease
after each baking. This may be done
neatly with a piece of uianilln, not
newspaper, which should be burued
whou the cakes for the meal aro all
baked. If thoso directions are fol
lowed the disagreeable and nuhealth
ful smoke aud flavor from buruud
grease may be avoided. These cakes
may be continued from day to day in
definitely, without the addition of new
yeast, provided the fonrth of a pint ol
batter is kept over in good coudition
for euoh day' mixing. New England
Houicstoad.
HOUSEHOLD HINT
Mioe are very fond of pnmpkin
seeds. Try using them to bait your
traps.
A toblespoonful of flour to a table-
spoonful of butter is a cooking rule
for all sauce.
Boil tho cream or milk for tho cot-
fee. It does not then chill the coffee
and adds to- ita richness.
The best time for the baby' balh
is just before hi nup, whether that
be in the forenoon or the ufwrnoou.
A good furniture polish is made by
using oue part ot vinegar to three
parts of raw linseed oil Rub ou with
a flannel cloth.
When ironing a tublo-clotb nevei
iron in a cross fold. Fold the cloth
lengthwise and then once moro ouly,
also lengthwise.
Do not open the ovon for twenty
minutes after putting iu oakej theu
close the door gently or the jar will
cause the cake to fall
To clean gins. bottles whiob bavs
held oil, put a few ashes in eaoh
bottle aud aland them in cold water,
which bring gradually to a boil ; let
them boil for oue hour, aud than
stand in the wator "until oold. Wush
the bottle with soapsuds, and riu
with clear water. (
qUAlTT ASI) CURIOUS.
Antiquarians say that glass was la
use 2,000 years B. C.
One Maiuo hunter hns shot more
than 70 coous already this season.
The region in the immediate vicin
ity of the Dead Sea ia the hottest on
earth.
Tho jasper vase which the Czar of
Russia has presented to Paris welf
t.... .
A rattlesnake with thirty-two rat
tles was killed near Phoenix, Arizona,
a few days ago.
In Japan, paper coats, oiled, and
thus made waterproof, have been in
use at lenst ten centuries.
Marcus Autonius possessed a dwarf,
Sispphns, not quite two feet tall, and
yet the possessor of a remarkable wit.
Ainricm gold pens have the repu
tation in our own aud foreign mar
kets, of being tbo best pens in the
world
Oreen Lake, Col, is 10,250 feet
above sea level, and is said to be the
most elevated body of water in the
world.
William Cullcn Bryant wrote pootry
when uine year. At eighteen his
masterpiece "Thanatopis" was pub
lished. Taking the whole land surface of
the globe iuto consideration there are
22 1-2 acres for each inhabitant on
this planet. -i v
There are two or three well-to-do
old ladies in Paris who make it their
business to feed the stray cats of the
oity. Oue feeds more than 100 daily.
A, Pennsylvania man begau hunting
pboasants eleven days beforo the sea
son opened. He killed 82 during the
11 days, and they have cost biiu $10
apiece.
Ciintou, Me., got up a competitive
skunk hunt the other day, and the
place will smell sweeter for some time
to come. The game brought in was
130 skunks.
In Paris, at the foot of all steep
Inclines, are found member of the
"Wheelpushor' Guild," who for a
small consideration push the rider's
machine to the summit.
Tramps iu Holland are pnt in a
cistern which has a pump in the bot
tom. Water is turnod on in snflloient
volume to keep from drowning. One
dose is generally sufficient.
James M. Munn, an official of
Evanston, III., was relieved the other
day by a surgical operation of a piece
of borabsholl, which he has been
carrying iu bis nose for the past
years.
Mrs. Mary Rochester, colored, died
in the New Castle, Delaware county
almshouse a few days ago at the re
puted age of 104 years. She had
lived in that vioiuity duriug most of
her life.
Sandwich ia one of the fow English
towns in which the curfew is not rung.
The custom was vary nearly ended re
cently, as the peoplo objected to the
ringer's ringing the bell at 5 o'clock in
c
the morning, too.
Treasure Hunters of a New Kim
Treasure hunters of a new kind are
at work at the bottom of tub- sea at
Port Discovery, Wash. Two divers,
employed by speculative citizens, are
huuting through tho wreok of the ship
Warbawk which was sunk there four
teen years ago, for a considerable .
quautity of whiskey which weut down
with her.. The Warhawk took fire in
the harbor soon after her arrival from,
San Fraueisco, and, to save other
shipping, she was- scuttled, and went
dowu in deep water. Nothing was
recovered from the Wreck. The divers
who started work a few day ago,
brought up a lot of canned goods,
glassware, and four barrelb vf whiskey.
The canned good were tpoiled, but
the whiskey was all right. They are
now trying to recover the rest of the
spirits. New York Sun.
Thrve Strange and Remarkable Men
As Dumas, the grandfather, prided
himself mure npon his wonderful
strength and akill in athletics than hits
generalship; s Dumas, the second.
prided himself more upon his knowl
tdge of cookery than the authorship,
of "The Three Musketoors," o Du
mas, the third, prided himself mora
upon bis knowledgo of art than upon
the writing of "La Dame aux Corne
lias." They were three strange and
remarkable men. Rochester N. Y).,
Pout Express.
A Question, of Antiquity.
Miss Wiuthrop-Bludblue, bunghtily
Your people are rather rather re
cent are tbey not ? Now I am a
Daughter of the Revolution..
Mis Nobody of Nowhere Morey I
How well you oarry your yoar. Ken
York World.
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