Queretnro, Mexico, hns solved the Inancinl problem. Soap is legal ten ier there. Japan hns three native fire insur tnce companies, well conducted, it is laid, the largest of which has 12,000 policies in force. The most accurate available sources >f information disclose that 920,000,- 000 gallons of distilled spirits were consumed in the United States last rear, and that there was paid for in toxicating drinks in this country dur ng the same period $1,600,000,000. A fipsure has been discovered in the bluff four miles south of Poucn, Neb., from which issues a blast of intensely □eated air. In the report in which the discovery is announced it is •dated that "the breath of the blister ng wind" has sufficient force to carry way bits of paper and even twigs. ■ France has the credit of being tho pioneer in co-operative organizations, and in that country there are now 1100 co-operative societies with a membership of 600,000. Great Britain has 1516 associations and 900,000 per sons interested in them. In the Ger man Empire no less than 5950 organ izations have been formed on this principle. The seeming strange suggestion is made and strongly pressed in England thnt the men who man the navy should be taught how to swim. Ordinary sailors are instructed and expected to qualify in swimming, but the mnrines, firemen and engineers are not, and it is a fact, declares the New York Sun, that n large portion of the latter largo body of men who servo on war ships cannot swim. It is said that many more men would have been saved from the Victoria lmt for this fact; also that many sailors who were good swimmers were undoubtedly dragged down by the men who were not. The matter has been taken up in Parlia ment, and it is probable that swim ming will be insisted on as a part of tho training of every man serving 'board ship. The war of tariffs now fairly on be tween Germany and Russia is no doubt due to more than one cause. Tradi tional enmity and jealousy have doubt less had a good deal to do with it on either side. Then there have been some indications that Russia, through negotiations with Austria, has been trying to put Germany in a position of commercial isolation, and this the German rulers have resented. They have had the further political motive of gratifying the members of the Agrarian Party in the border prov inces, and so making sure of needed votes to pass the Army hill. Judging by the figures of Russo-Gerniau trade, the New York Post predicts Russian exports are likely to suffer more than German from the mutual application of maximum tariffs. Russian exports to Germany in 1891 amounted to about 8111,000,000, while Germany exported to Russia in the same year only some $01,000,000. In the Chronicle Fire Tables for the present year will he found some sta tistics of unusual interest. Fire de stroyed in 1800 in the United States, bl 09,000,000 worth of property; in 1891, not less than $144,000,000, and m 1892, the round sum of $152,000,000 went up in smoke. The tire loss in this country passed the $100,000,000 limit in 1883, and it has increased nearly every year. The insurance ' men are shaking their heads ominously nver these figures. They know that will htive to advance rates, but they dread the opposition of the peo ple and the newspapers. "It is a very serious problem—this matter of fire waste," observes the Atlanta Ooustitu- fcion. "In the past seventeen years nearly seventeen hundred million dol lars' worth of property has been re duced to ashes. Georgia's loss for this period foots up over 832,000,000. Sow, what are we going to do about it? At one time it was thought that incendiarism cut a big figure in all these losses, but it is now agreed that the main cause is to be found in the notorious fact that there is a craze for ?heap and hastily constructed build ings, with defective flues and other drawbacks increasing the risk of fire. The way to counteract this evil in cities and towns is to have a rigid sys tem of inspection that will prevent the erection of such dangerous build ings. Out in the country it will be u matter largely under the control of 9ack individual house owner. We Qoed a reform that will give us better buildings, even if we have fewer houses. Between the lire demon and the storm sing the average edifice of lathes, ol aster, paint an| glastf ban feiy ■Miftluiy* uf ipfy The world's coal field will Inst 1 000 'ears. That gives us time enough to liscover or invent n new fuel, com nents the Atlanta Constitution. Lepers nre becoming so numerous n Louisiana, declares the Atlanta Con ititution, that the people of that Stato rant the Federal Government to set ipart an island for them and under take their care. Unless this is done, ho terrible scourgo will spread to >thcr states. The farmer of the future will be n woman, opines the New York Weeorder, if Michigan affords n hnsis for proph ecy. In Wayne County uloue there iro 220 women farmers, and in too whole State 8707, with nil ownership of 670,439 acres. The value of the laud is estimated at $43,500,000, and the earniugs of the women aggregate $4,353,500. It will be new to many readers tlint the mosquito is now firmly established iu Loudon. It is to bo found in cer tain large hotels which nre tho resort of visitors coming from tho continent, and the supply seems to be maintained by constant importations from abroad. Visitors who nre familiar with the noiso nnd bite of the mosquito assert that it is the true pest in its worst form, and there is no reason for doubting their experiences. The statistics furnished by the Sec retary of the Treasury about the im portation of drugs into the United States are somewhat startling to the New York World. It appears that the Nation disposed of 1,392,437 pounds of nns vomica, but whether for tonical purposes or for impaired digestion or to kill dogs, these being among tho various uses to which the drug is put, is a matter of conjecture. The impor tation 0f'2,030,077 ounces of sulphate of quinine indicates that malaria still racks the bones of Americans, and the presence of 587,121 pounds of opium on tho list excites a suspicion about the increase of the morphine habit. Of ipecac— Ipecacuanha which, for lack Of breath to utter, men call ipecac— the importation was small, duties hav ing been paid on only 38,329 pounds of this old-fashioned menlicament. A resident of Fort Scott, Kan., who was a passenger on a train that was recently stopped and pillaged by rob bers, has written a letter to the Mis souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad niaungers suggesting means for put ting a stop to the work of desperadoes on the railroads. After observing tlmt the robbers were not only poorly or ganized, but seemed very apprehen sive of the results of their crime to themselves, those guarding the pas senger cars continually calling out to their companions in the express car to hasten matters, the writer says: "My observation leads mo to the conclu sion that if your company will run a twenty-four-inch strip of boiler iron around the bodies just below the win dows of your ears, put four or live Winchesters in each car just above tho windows in glass covered boxes, just as you do axes and saws, marked,"For emergencies," post up notices in each car offering a reward, iu advance, of say S2OO or S3OO a piece for 'fresh dead train robbers, 1 I think you will see the meekness and apathy of the ordinary to-be-robbed passenger dis appear, and the American public will take care not only of itself, but of nuy stray robbers "caught in the act' along the line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas." Another device to prevent the success of train robbers has been invented by tho Western Passenger Agent of tho Chesapeake and Ohio Road at St. LOITIH. His plan is very simple anil provides for equipping every safe with two locks which inter lock with each other, and a notice pasted on the outside of the safe for the especial benefit of the robber. The locks, for convenience of descrip tion, are called "Lock No. 1" and "Lock No. 2," and the notice reads as follows: "Notice. In case of assault by robbers, throw the combination of lock No. 2. This safe cau tuen be opened only by -the. agent at the ter minal station. The messenger knows the combination of lock No. 1, or has a key to unlock it, but he does not know the combination of lock No. 2, and if he once throws off the combination o p lock No. 2, it is utterly impossible for him to unlock 1 * and open the safe, and the painted notice on the safe door will apprise the train robbers of the fact. At the first iutimation of trou ble tho messenger's orders will require that he at once throw off the combina tion of lock No. 2, when the safe is at once locked, not only against, the rob bers, but against the messenger and every one exoept Iho tigtrilt ;it the en ] if Jl'H ntu> THE SWEETEST HOUR, Oh, many a merry yonr has life, And many a month tho year, And many a day Tho month makes gay, j And the day with golden hours Is rife And tho world is full of clioer. But the sweetest hour of the fairest day Of the loveliest month and year, Came that summer ntght, When your eyes so bright Were telling mo nyo while your lips said hay, And your heart became mine, my denr. —Phil Jansen, in New York Hun. BRIXTON'S ENGAGEMENT BY JOHNSON BURT. nre many sO si varieties of matri -JH monial proposals beside those which H Pl ,r,ir novels, and one of them trouble a year or Y two ago for John J Brixton. Brixton ' M aS . ° n<3 * n " ) who also are adap quired a lot of ac quaintances who wero the envy of every one that knew him. Although ho was only a salesman on salary—quite a good salary, it must bo said—for a large firm of iron manufacturers, he was frequently accosted familiarly by bttuk Presidents and other business magnates, and could slup any of these gentlemen on tho shoulder without giving offense. As ho was a bachelor, and old enough to have outgrown the habit of louuging through successive evenings in houses where there were pretty daughters, he was available for dinner parties given by men who know no better way of spending an evening. Everybody among his acquaintances wished him well, nnd wished they could do something for him, but they respected him all the more because ho never tried to borrow money nor asked for any other favors. It seemed one day to old Budder, President of the Forty-seventh Na tional Bank anil a hearty admirer of Brixton, that he was just tho man to throw a fortune in Brixton's way. Tho plan came to Bndder's mind suddenly, lmt sudden inspirations and quick ac tion thereon are part of tho daily life of the most stolid of Presidents of big banks. Brixton had promised to lunch with the bank magnate at midday, and he appeared at the bank just in time to seo the old man bowing out a lady with more courtesy and ceremony than he imagined Budder capable of. As the old man caught sight of Brixton he exclaimed: "One moment, Miss Fewse. Allow me to introduce you to my dear old friend, Mr. John Brixton. Mr. Brix ton, Miss Fewse, daughter of old Bun Fewse, whom every one lias heard of." Brixton bowed, and looked curious ly at tho lady. Ho had seen her father occasionally, before increasing years and doctors had sent Mr. Fowse to his final home, and his eyes searched the daughters's face for indi cations of her father's distinguishing traits. He found them too, although tho interview was short. Miss Fewso was richly yet simply dressed; her figure, iiko her father's, was dumpy, and her face, though not rude, was as broad and heavy, and her forehead was as low as that of old Ben himself. Still, her manner was womanly, and as she finally took her departure Brixton, who had a dear old mother, as well as a sister whom ho regarded 1 as the best young woman alive, sor rowed to himself that a man as rich as old Ben Fewso could not have mar ried some one whose blood could have atoned for tho rudeness of his own. 44 We11, John," said the President, after handing Miss Fewse into her carriage, "you owe me one. Any one of a thousand good fellows in New York would give ten years of his life for such an introduction to Miss Fewse as C gave you just now. Go right ahead, now, and make use of it." 4 "You're always doing the friendly thing, Budder," replied Brixton, sink ing into an easy chair; "but I don't quite understand it this time." 44 Don't, eh?" said the President, hastily relighting a cigar which he had laid on his desk when Miss Fewse was nunounced. 44 We11, (puff) MissFewes is joint heir with (puff) her brother — her only brother, mind you. Old Ben's estate is estimated by his ex ecutors at eight millions; I don't know how close that comes to the truth—l don't take much stock in what 1 can't see with my own eyes-- but this much I know." Then the President clapped two pudgy hands upon Brixton s knees, looked squarely into Brixton's eyes and said, in a low, measured monotone: 4 'Johnßrixton, I know of my own knowledge that Ada Fewse has over one—million- dollars —in good railroad bonds right in my safe here. 'Nough said, eh?" "Enough money, I should Ray, for an unmarried woman who doesn't look as if her tastes were expensive. But what have I to do with it? Yonsaid—" "Do with it?" echoed the President. "Why, you donkey, make it your own. Marry the girl. She isn't n beauty, I must admit; but she's re spectable and honest, and she'd accept you in a minute." "Upon rny word, Budder," laughed Brixton, "you've been in business so long tfiut even women seeni property to you. Miss Fewse never saw me un til five minutes ago." "Perhaps not, but she's got. her father's level houd on her shoulders. Sin 's soon dozeus of other men; scarcely a month goes by without some fellow offering hims IT to her-—for the sake of her money, of course, She doe* i object, to marrying, for, being U WuliMitt, hc ji<uj a Iguirt; but he bus enough character to want a husband whom she can respect, and none of the fellows who have offered themselves thus far have been of that kind." "Upon my worth Budder*" said the younger man, "I never would have taken you, good fellow though you are, for a man whom an unmarried woman would have selected as confi dant. It does volt credit, though, that she seems to have opened her heart to you." "Oh, well, Ben and I have been in many speculations together, and she knows he always trusted me. Besides, there's 110 sentimental nonsense about her—eho isn't afraid to unload her ideas upon an old friend of the family, so we've talked very freely about it. By the way, she has such a matter-of fact manner that she looks older than she is—she's really five years younger than you. Your fortune's made, my boy, unless you make a fool of your self in some way. Let me sound her about it; you may count upon mo to do it without lack of proper respect for either of you, and I'll bet the en tiro assets of this bank against a bad penny that you may announce your eugagament within a week. Then you'll be hand-ill-glove with a lot of us fellows in a business way as well as socially, and we want you—we really do." I "Builder," said John Brixton, rising ! from his chair, "you've got a heart as j big as an ox, and I'm heartily obliged jto you for your interest in me. You must give me time to think about it, though." 1 'Time to- " ejaculated the President, I firing his cigar-butt at the cuspidore with such energy that he overshot the mark and elicited a howl of auguish from the bank's cat as she mistook the missile for a mouse when she opened her eyes from a peaceful slumber. "Thcre'ro some things that a fellow can't afford to think about. Do you stop to think when a trout rises to your fly? Come along to lunch —and make up your mind on the way." But John Brixton wasn't able to give a decisivo answer over tho coffoo and cigars. A million dollars in good se curities seemed well worth the taking by a man who had worked industri ' ously for 11 fteen or twenty years only j to reach a salary of live or six thousand ] dollars, and an appreciative wife thrown ! in seemed like so much extra luck, for j John's mother and sister had for yeurs warned him that wives who hold good ! husbands in proper regard are as scarce ! as model husbands. On tho other ! hand, old Ben Fewao's daughter, who looked as much like her father as a ! woman could look like a man, would | be a strange life-companion for a man | who, in spite of much attention to I material things in the way of business, had inherited many fine tastes and j sentiments which he kept in good, ' usable condition. Whoever he might j marry ought to bo fairly companion ' able to bis mother and sister—two ! women whom lie could not imagine ■ enjoying Miss Fewse's society. | But while John Brixton went on 1 thinking and wondering and compro j mising, and rejecting his own compro mises, old Budder took the case in hand as earnestly us if it were a promising j investment for liis own hank. He was too good a business man to exceed his authority, but he and his wife took Miss Fowse out driving the very after j noon that he had made his suggestion to Brixton, and they took her home to j dinner with them, and tho old man made opportunity to sound the praise of John Brixton and to tell what fine j women John's mother and sister were, j | So, before the evening was over, Miss j i Fewes was conscious of a mighty wish j j that some man like John Brixton would 1 : ask her to change her name and share I her life and fortune with her. ! Brixton had been nt bis office only half an hour the next morning when one of the clerks shouted : | "Some one on tho telephone for i you, sir." i "Who is it?" John asked, raising his eyes from a letter ho was reading. | "Forty-seventh National Bank— , President Budder," the clerk replied. I "Wait a moment," said Brixton, ' dropping the letter, seizing his hat and starting for the door. "I'm out I —you don't know when I'll be in." Oue of the firm who had overheard the conversation asked his partner | whether he supposed Brixton had been | speculating in Wall street and got 1 uiore accommodation from the Forty - 1 seventh National than his collaterals J would warrant, and the partner re plied that it might not be n bad thing 1 to keep Brixton out of temptation by 1 sending him to South America to look after a railway contract which they had been trying to securo through correspondents. I As for Brixton he went straight home and prowled about the house un ' til hi found his sister, j "Ettie," said he, "you and I have always been confidential friends, al though wre brother and sister. I want to ask you an unusual question, 1 and I want you to answer it without joking, or raising of your eyebrows, or any other tensing. Suppose that I should suddenly determiue that I wanted to marry, whom would you | best like for agister?" I The young woman did not start, or I laugh or do anything expressive of as tonishment, but answered promptly: "I've longed for years to see you and Agnes Hammice make a match. You're made for each other." | "Longed for years, eh?" Never j change 1 your mind?" i "Never. Isn't she iny dearest friend? Isn't she as good and sweet and hand some as—as she is poor ?" "What does mother think of her?" "Just what I think, and what every | one must who knows her. The dear girl would have been snapped up long ■ j ago it' she hadn't, been too poor to ap ! pear properly in the society for which she's host fitted. As it is, scarcely auy ' young fiieu know her, except those who • aye not. fit to io her "What do you suppose she thinks of me?" "Well, on general principles, she can't help liking you; for the rest, un- I less she forgets everything I say to her, she must think you're tbo one supremely I perfect man on the face of the earth." "H 111! What wonderful things you must have said of mo—behind my back, j Do you suppose you could arrange for us—she, you and I—to take a drive j this afternoon?" "Yes, but—" "Exactly; then find some excuse, ! after you return from inviting her, to j find something which will unavoidably 1 prevent your going." ! Byway of reply Ettie Brixton sprang 1 from her chair, kissed her brother ef fusively and hurried off to dress for a morning call. Miss Hammiee went driving with John Brixton that afternoon, and al though she was very sorry that dear Ettie wasn't with them, she enjoyed herself greatly, after the manner of busy people whose Hpecial pleasures come infrequently. As the drive pro longed itself she changed her mind about Ettie—she wouldn't have hod j the girl with her for worlds; for, al though there was more happiness in that, carriage than she had ever beforo | imagined the whole world could con tain, there was only enough for two, ' and the mere presence of any one else, I even her dearest friend, would have entirely spoiled it. Instead of taking her directly home after returning from the pleasant country lanes through which he had driven, John Brixton drove to his own home and called his sister down to the little parlor, while he remained outside to watch the horses. It seemed to him that he sat there alone at least twenty-four hours, . although the parlor clock had ticked off only twenty minutes when Agnes tore herself away from Ettie with the remark that she could not be entirely happy until she has reached home and told her mother all about it. President Budder was still at his dinner-table that evening when a let tor was brought in—the servant said a special messenger had brought it, with instructions to deliver at once. "One of the delights of being a financial magnate!" growled the old man, as he tore the end from the en velope. "Can't eat my dinner in peace. Any customer in such a hurry must be---great Scott!" "Has some one failed?" asked Mrs. Budder. "E should say so—failed to make a | fortune. Listen to this: " 'MY DKAR ITUDDEILF I " • Perhaps men grow more bashful ns they grow older. At you than tell you face to face that the reason I hesitate to avail myself of your kind suggestion regarding Miss Fewseisthat I am already engaged to a most estimable young woman. I shall expect you and your wife to dance at the wedding, which will be within a month. "'X thousand thanks, my dear hoy, for your kind interest in me. As your own married life has boon very happy, I trust . you'll understand me when I say that I'm I marrying n tremendous fortune-though | every bit of it consists of human nature. '• 'Yours always. "'JOHN BRIXTON.'" ' "A million dollars—yes, three mil lion dollars out!" exclaimed President Budder, dashing the letter to the floor. "Did you ever know such a fool?" "I hope so," said Mrs. Budder. "I>l like to believe you'd have been just such a one yourself, if a rich woman had been thrown at your head when you were paying attention to me. Goodness knows, you got nothing but me when you married." "Right you nro, my dear, as usual," said the bank president, going to the head of the table and giving his wife a kiss which might have been heard a block away bad the windows been open. —Once A Week. New York's Rutler Supply. Commissioner Scliraub, of the State Department of Agriculture, has col lected, compiled and issued in pamphlet form statistics showing the production , of the butter and cheese factories in this State for the seasou of 1802. The [ summary gives in detail the amouut j manufactured in each city, town and village of the State, and is the first in j formation ever collected by a State I department which shows the amount uud locality of these productions. The statistics show that in twelve of the counties of the State—Greene, Hamilton, Kings, New York, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Seneca, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester—there is no butter or cheese manufactured in factories. In the remaining forty eight counties, the whole amount of butter and cheese made in factories during the season of 1892 was as fol lows: Whole number of butter fac tories, 255, making 14,024,019 pounds; whole number of cheese factories, 1155, making 210,448,691 pounds; whole number of factories making both but ter and cheese, 218, making 5,473,388 pounds of butter and 20,542,619 pounds of cheese; whole number of factories in the State, 1623, making 19,497,357 pounds of butter and 130,991,310 pounds of cheese. The ten counties producing the largest amount of cheese in factories follow in the order of amount of production last year : St. Lawrence,l4,73o,27Bpounds; Cattaraugus, 13,202,919 pounds; Oneida, 13,067,442 pounds ; Herkimer, 12,207,012 pounds; Jefferson, 12,031,- 63S pounds; Lewis, 8,694,944 pounds; Allegany, 8,543,800 pounds; Otsego, 7,094,850 pounds; Oswego, 7,034,709 1 pounds; Wyoming, 5,148,340 pounds, i The ten counties producing the largest amouut of butter in factories in the order of amount of production lost year follow: St. Lawrence, 3,705,819 pounds; Franklin, 1,049,291 pounds; Chenango, 1,597,0*21 pounds; Otsego' 1,110,007 pounds; Tioga, 1,028,329 pound*; Clinton, 1,024,932 pounds; Chemung, 974,300 pounds; Madison,' 903"C pounds; Delaware, 909.000 1;v u -New York VTcri-.1, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. JELLIED TONGUE. Boil until done one beef's tongue, saving a pint of tho liquor; remove the skin, allow it to get perfectly cold end slice as for the table. In half a pint of water dissolve thoroughly two ounces of gelatine; carefully take from a teacupful of browned veal gravy all the grease, stir in a small tablespoonful or sugar, one table spoonful of burned sugar to color tlio jelly, and three tablespoonfuls of vine gar, then the liquor in which tlio tongue was boiled; mix in well the dissolved gelatine, then a pint of boil ing; strain through a jelly bag. As soon as it begins to set, pour a little jelly into the bottom of the mold, add a layer of tongue, then more jelly, un til it is full; set in a cold place. When wanted, dip the mold an instant into hot water, an I turn the contents into a dish, which should be garnished with lettuce leaves, nasturtium flowers or sprigs of celery.—New York Telegram. TESTED RECEIPT FOR LEMON PIE. j A tested receipt for a lemon pie that | is delicious calls for four eggs, a small t tablespoonful of cornstarch, two lem ons and a half teaspoonful of baking powder. Set aside tho whites of two of the eggs for the meringue of the pie, and beat tho whites of the other two to a dry froth. Beat all tho 1 yolks with the sugar, and when light, ' add the dry cornstarch. Mix until perfectly smooth, then add the juico , of tho lemons, nnd tho grated yellow rind of one. Melt tho butter and add ! that; then stir in tho baking powder ! as rapidly as possible, turn into a I pastry shell that has been previously baked. Make tho meringue in tho j usual way. i A lemon filling for pies that is more economical and not as rich, is made in this way: Add a cupful of granulated sugar to tho yolks of tlireo eggs and beat the mixture until light, then add tho juice nnd rind of a large lemon. To two small tablespoon fuls of flour add n little cold water. When free from lumps, add half a cupful of hot water and make a smooth paste. Mix this with tho other part of the filling, and bake in a crust that has been pre viously baked. Such crusts should not bo allowed to brown in tho first baking.—New York Post. TO PREPARE CORN. Of all the vegetables corn is tlio most universally welcomed. Here are a few recipes showing the different ways it may be prepared : Green Corn Fritters—Cut through each row of kernels with a sharp knife. Then with the back of the knife press out the pulp aud leave tho hull on the cob. This is better and easier than to shave or grate off the kernels. To one pint of corn pulp add two well-beaten eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt, half a saUspoouful of pepper and two table spoonfuls of flour, or just enough to keep the corn and egg together. Do not add milk, as then moro flour will be required, and this destroys the flavor of the corn. Fry in small oaken on a buttered griddle and brown well ;>n each side, or add more flour nnd lrop by spoonfuls into deep fat. When highly seasoned with salt aud pepper these fritters have the flavor of oys ters. Boiled Green Corn—Choose young sugar-corn, full grown, but not hard ; test with the nail. When the grain is pierced the milk should escape in a jet and not be thick. Clean by strip ping off the outer leaves, turn back the innermost covering carefully, pick uff every thread of silk and recover the ear with the thin husk that grew uoarest it. Tie at the top with a bit of thread, put into boiling water salted and cook fast from twenty minutes to half an hour, in proportion to size and age. Cut off the stalks close to the cob and send whole to tho table wrapped in a napkin. Corn Soup—Take one large fowl, or four pounds of veal (tho knuckles or neck will do) ; put over the fire in one gallon of cold water, without salt ; cover tightly and simmer slowly until the meat will slip from the boues, not (illowiug it to boil all the strength out as the meat can be made into a nice dish for breakfast by reserving a cup ful of the liquor to put with it in a mince on toast, or a stew. Strain the soup to remove all bones and bits of meat. Grate one dozen ears of green corn, scraping cobs to remove tlio heart of the kernel. Add corn to the soup, with salt, pepper nnd a little parsley, and simmer slowly half an hour. Just before serving add a table spoonful of flour, beaten very thor oughly with a tablespoon fill of butter. Serve very hot. Corn and Tomatoes—Take equal quantities of green corn cut from the cob and tomatoes sliced and peeled. Stew together half an hour, season with pepper, salt and a very little sugar. Stew fifteen minutes longer and stir in a great lump of butter. Five minutes later pour out and serve. Succotash —This may be made by mixing equal quantities of shelled beans and corn cut from the cob, hav ing first cooked them separately. Or cut the raw corn from the cob, by scoring each row and pressing the pulp out with the back of the knife, leaving the hulls on the cob, and when the beans are nearly soft add the corn and cook fifteen minutes. Add cream, butter, salt and sugar to taste.—New York World. An old abandoned mine was discov ered recently iu Buchel County, Texas, by a party of hunters from San An tonio, which shows evidence of having been worked by Spaniards or Indians voars ago. A human skeleton was! found iu one of the tunnels of the' mine. Egyptian temples were usually ap proached by an avenue guarded by a vyw uf sjdiyinvH \n\ t*ach fdde { THE STARS. (Vbat nre their years? The night's unfatU omed deep Kings hack no answer ; gives no glimmer ing key; still unknown and beautiful they keep The silent courses of eternity. What are their memories of creation's days. When startled chaos, from the kingdom hurled, First knew its master, and with glad nmnzo Tliey sang the birth song of our trembling world? What eyes they looked on.sincc with pationt While million years uncounted rolled away! Who claims antiquity of man that dies 13oforo such records of the past as they Can they to man the mystery explain, The why, the whence, of his underlain state? Unlock the riddle that lie roads in vain And clear t he tangled problem of his fate? Can they fashion to the future give Aud toll the whither of man's anxiou3 quest? Make life a less than weariness to live, Or stay the hazard of his wild unrest? 01), stars ! What midnight message do yott bear To minds grown weary with the year's ill crease? Tho wistful eyos that watch you shining thero Look out of troubled hearts that know not peace. —Chambers s Journal. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The man who had himself shipped to Chicago in a trunk has returned "strapped."—Boston Herald. Appearances arc deceitful. A mild glance has been known to come from a cross eye.—Boston Transcript. Smit-hson—"What time havo you pot?" The Financier (despondently)— "Thirty days at nix per cent."—Chi cago Becord. Minnie—"Did lie kiss you when JO proposed?" May—"Certainly; I wouldn't consider any but sealed pro posals."—Vogue. "I understand Jigson is financially interested in the concern he is with." "Yes, they owe hiui six months'salary." —Westfield Union. It is strange how many millions enn be dropped on the Board of Trade without any coin rolling out of tho corners.—Chicago Journal. Husband (listening) "I think there is a burglar in the house." Wife (ex citedly)— "Mercy me ! Is my night cap on straight?"—Somorvillc Journal. Four French sportsmen fired simul taneously at a rabbit, but it escaped ; then they asked nil together • "I won der who missed that time?"—Tit-Bits. "It is a funny thing that whut is tho sailor's joy is the actor's sorrow," mused Haverly. "What is that?" asked Austen. "A light house."—New York Herald. Beatrice—"l hear that Mr. Sapley is suffering from brain fever." Jones —"I guess not. Ho hasn't the raw material necessary for bruin fever."— Brooklyn Life. Jinks—"Ardup lias a wonderful memory." Blinks— "How do you know?" Jinks—"Ho drew an excel lent picture of a dollar the other day." —Chicago Tribune. She—"What strange weather we arc having this summer." He—"Yes, but if you remember, tlie summer of 'SO was just such another." She—"Sir!" —Pearson's Weekly. "Did your new cook bring good rec ommendations from her last employ er?" "I'm going to find out as soon as she lias an afternoon at home." — Chicago Inter-Ocean. Williamson—"Did the man you bought that initio from say that ho wouldn't kick?" Henderson—"No; but he would have said so if I bad asked him."—Brooklyn Life, f Prisoner—"But I would rather tell my own story. Don't you think it would be believed?" Lawyer— -"Yes, that's tlio trouble. It would carry conviction with it."—Harlem Life. "That play of Bankley's have any kind of a run?" "I should remark ! Company beat the audience to tho town limits by just ten feet the first place they tried it."—Buffalo Courier. Neighbor's Boy—"Maw sent me over to ask if you'd lend her your bottle o* cough medicine." Mrs. ivneer— "You tell your mother wo keep our cough medicine strictly for home consump tion. " —Chicago Tribune. Mr. Trotterly—"Could you marry a very old man with a good deal of money if lie told you frankly how old he was and how much he was worth?" Miss Timely—"How much is ho worth ?" —V ogue. "Did it seem homelik'o at tho hotel where you stopped, and—" "Treated me like one of the family; took my trunk into the proprietor's room first thing." "For a joke, wasn't it?" "No, for a board bill." Chicago Inter- Ooean. Hotel Clerk—"W hat were you pounding on the floor of No. 75 just now for!" Bellboy- "To wake tho man. He wants to go on the (1 o'clock train." Clerk— "Didu't, tell you that the train was five hours late?" Bellboy—"Yes, but how was the raau goiu' to know it unless somebody told him?"— Chicago Hotel World. Novel Mctlio:l of EvuugpUzaiinu. A novel method of bringing sinners to repentance has been inaugurated by an ingenious German town evange list. Every Sunday afternoon, from now until October, open-air religions services will be held in Vernon Park. As each idle stroller wan dors in he will bo presented with a fan, on either eido of which a gospol hymn will bo glinted. ■ -Philwdolidiiu Beooul,
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