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,