FREEL AND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND TIIUBSDAY. 'fHOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUIISCKII'TION' ICATES. One Year ►....5! 50 Six Months 7„ Four Months fiO Two Months .. Sul>Tiliers are requested to observe the date following the nurae on the labels of their papers. By referring to this, they can tell at a ftflance how they Etund on the books In this office. For instance: Grover Cleveland:'JKJunc9!> means that Grover is paid up to June 28,1895. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Keport promptly to this office when your paper is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will be made in the manner provided by law. Almost seventv-five per cent. o." the men manning the British mercantile marine are foreigners. Mark Twain asserts that there nro less than fifty original jokes in exis tence, all the others being simply modifications of these. There arn only seven notes of music, but we get a great variety of harmony out of thom. t/nr t-iauo wita .Japan is tailing ofT. In 1891 38.25 per cent, of the goods exported by that country came to the United States; but in 1893 only 31.4 ) percent. In 1891 10.87 percent, of all the goods bought by -Japan camo from this country; but in 1893 only 6.91 per cent, United States Consul Penfiehl, at Cairo, says that Egypt is aggressively I comparing in a small way with us, not only in Europe, but at home, in sup plying raw cotton, and the consump tion of Egyptain cotton by New Eng land spindlers has grown from noth ing, ten years ago, to more than GO, - 000 bales, and valued at $3,000,009. Within a few months Pekiu will be united by wire with St. Petersburg, and, in consequence, with the tele graph system of the entire civilized world. According to the latest issuo of the Turkestan Gazette, the telegraph line from Pekin has been brought as far west as tho city of Kashgar. The European end of tho line is at Osh, and a small stretch of about 140 miles now alone breaks the direct telegraphic communication from the Atlautio to the Pacific. The Secretary of the Interior has given up tho experiments which the | Government has been making for some ! years past to iadice rain over arid tracts. The railroad companies opera ting in New Mexico and Arizona will, however, continue experiments along this line. Getting blood out of a turnip would not be a difficult opera tion if the plebian vegetable contained blood, and so artificial methods might precipitate moisture in tho form of rain if there were any in the atmos phere, but there are places where the air is as moistnreless as a live fish in a lime basket, aud neither powder nor dynamite can shake out of it what it does not hold. The exhibition epidemic is raging the world over. Not only have all the capitals of Europe some kiud of an in ternational show running this year, but very many of tho smaller cities have an exhibition on their hands. Tho United Exhibitions at Milan \vero opened on May G. They comprise ten exhibitions, of fine arts, oils, wines, and other specialities. An Interna tional Sanitary and Health Exhibition is to be held in Boulogne from July to September next. An International • Exhibition opens in Bucharest on August 20 and closes November 12. And now Tasmania comes forward with an invitation to tho world to partici pate in aii International Exhibition at Hobart on November 13 next. Tho balance sheet of tho Suez Canal just issuoil cannot fail in tho opinion of tho New York Tribune to be most satisfactory to tho English nation, which, thanks to tho foresight of Lord Beaconsfiohl, secured a controlling i voieo in tho management of tho prop erty. The aggogato of nearly 8,000,- 000 tons of shipping that have passe-l through the canal during tho fiscal year that has just closed exceeds even the most sanguine estimates of Ferdi nand de Losseps, and in view of the faet that the vast majority of the ves sels passing through tho canal were of English register, there being nearly 3000 British ships us compare ! with 170 French, the British directors have done the right and graceful thing in moving for and securing a vote mak ing adequate and generous provision for the wife and family of the now moribund and completely ruined orig inator of this magnificent enterprise* Ferdinand de Leaseps-. THE CLOVER. P'omo Vn-- of tin lily .an I daisy nnl ro<n t And ili pans'. *s r.n 1 pinks that tho summer tlmo throws In tho grcoa, grassy lap of tho mcdler that lays. Blinic'n' up at the skies, through the sun shiny days; But v.* it is tho lily and all of the rest Of th/lowers to a man with a heart in his br mst. That has sipped, briramin' full of the lioncy und dew, Of tho sw.-'-i clovor blossoms his boyhood I I never set hoveyon a olover flol-i now. Or fool round a stable or climb in a mow. But my childhood eomos back just as clear and as plain , As tho amdl of the clover I'm snimu' again ; j And I wan 1 r awav, in a barefooted dream, j Where I tangled my locs in tho blossoms that | With the dew of tho dawn of tho morning of love, 1 Ere it wept o'er tho graves tlmt I'm weeping And so I love clover. It seems like a part Of tho sacrndest sorrows nn l joys of my heart; And whenever it blossoms, oh ! there lot mo bow, And thank the goo 1 Lord ns I'm thankin' Him now, And pray to Ilim still for tho strength, when I die, To go out in tho Hover and tell it good-by, And lovingly nestle my face In its bloom, While my soul slips away ou a broatli of 1 erf u me. —.Tamos Whllcomb Jtiley. MONTE 11011. EV GODFREY Qt'ARRES. " ••"V OBERT H A KRIS 01 was his right iimne, J but in honor of his / calling we all onllcci . him "Monte Bob." J I well remember his (a advent among the i b i.\\y\l // Bix citizens of Lone! i\Mlm W Hor ?° a lAw J i Wfts 111 ' just after fV l'.A 7A* ,l U( l bad j 1 M/'? ' ' va\ made the heretofore \ ' |V A isolate I aud lonely! I famous in n V _ v \ v day, and caused the ! V V eager gold-seekers! to pour in from all | quarters. He was ■ nt that time very young. Ilis fresh, j boyish face had apparently never j made the acquaintance of a razor. His blue eyes Were round and laugh- j ing, und his mass of jet black hair, J fine and soft as silk, would have been j an enviable source of beauty to any j woman. His figure was slight and , youthful, and strongly suggestive of j the truant school boy. A single day served to make the ; newcomer a citizen of Lone Horso i Gulch, and soon after his arrival ; "The Kid," as he was called, on ac count of his boyish ways, his soft white hands and apparent inability to work, was known to the whole camp. Every one liked him; but! when one night he won five thousand ! from one of Frisco's most note 1 sport- j ing men, and pocketed the money with I careless indifference, his reputation j was made; pity was changed to nd- j miration; Lone Horse Gulch was en- | thusiastic, and its citizens to a man | vied in doing honor to the new found \ hero. From that day forth he became a leading citizen, and tho faro bank which he soon after set up was well patronized. Like many others, "Monte Bob" was very reticent in rognrd to his past history. Ho was frequently the re cipient of letters bearing au Eastern postmark. Some were directed in tho weak, nervous hand peculiar to wo men of advancing years; the rest in the round, graceful hand of a school girl. But it was a noticeable fact, vouched for ly the postmaster, a gen tleman of unquestionable veracity, that "Monte Bob," though he always read tliem carefully, very seldom re plied to the letters received. But, as the postmaster had been a heavy loser at Bob's faro bank, theso state ments in regard to his neglect of his private correspondence were received with a marked grain of allowance. On the other hand,the agent of tho Wells, Fargo & Company express line, a gen tleman of equal standing in the com- I infinity, asserted that. "Monte Bob" [ often sent large sums of money to a certain Mrs. John Harris in tho East. This statement was made before a crowd of citizens at tho Eureka sa loon, where tlio testimony of the post master in regard to tho domestic af fairs of ",i well-known business man" were undergoing careful examination. The trusted agent of the great express company was a warm admirer of the youthful gambler, and always con cluded this evidence of his hero's re deeming qualities by saying: "And you may bet yer boots, lie sends that thar money to his old mother back in the States; and ton to one he is tho only galoot in this yer camp that docs do it." And a large majority of tho camp acquiesced in this opinion. At an early period ".Monte Bob" showed that lie was a public minded citizen and deeply interested in the welfare of Lone Horso Gulch. When it was determined that, the spiritual welfare of the town was sadly neglect ed and that a place of public worship was one of the prime needs, he was tho first to head tho building subscription with a handsome sum ; and when the young preacher fell sick of fever and after a long sickness died, "Monto Bob" took upon himself tho task of seeing that lie was decently buried and that all the debts incurred by his sickness were paid. Then in a quiet i way ho furnished tho weak, frail i widow means with which she reached her friends in the East. And, again, vrlicn the dread scourge, smallpox, broke out in the camp and scores of strong men sickened aud died, unmindful of danger, I 'Monte Bob" put to shame those who had fled in fear, by closing his bank and nurs ing those around him as tenderly and carefully as any woman. When the scourge died away and those who had fled camo back, ho returned oncct more to his fascinating calling and was never heard to moutiou the good work ho had done, Like many other mining towns* in two short years Lone Horse Gulch saw its inception, its glory and its decay, One by one the bars petered out. The dissatisfied miners were forced to seek newer and more paying fields of labor, and I lost sight of "Monte Bob." Five years had passed ami t was la boring on one of the well known Sac ramento dailies as city editor. In the hurry and rush of daily journalism the old life at Lone Horse Gulch had long since become a thing of the past, when suddenly several things occurred to bring it back, fresh and vivid, to mind; for going to my duties at an early hour one morning, I chanced to overtake my old friend "Monte Bob." I The flight of time had left its shadow | upon him, aud ho was changed. A 1 heavy moustache coveied the smooth lip. The rakish high hat had been dis carded, the shiny suit of broad cloth had been supplemcmted by a plain business suit, aud the dazzliug dia mond had disappeared, lie was taller, his shoulders broader and his step firmer than when last we met. The dashing, reckless gambler of fiveyoars bofore was gone, and his placo had been taken by a quiet, earnest man. lie knew mo, aud by the hearty, cor dial pressure of his hand, I knew was glad to meet me. He talkod freely of the old life at the Gulch, and of those who had beeu our companions there. We chatted for a few moments and then I left him at the door of a well kuewn business house with an invita tion to come and see me. That very af ternoon I learned from another old citizen of the Gulch that he had long since abandoned the life of a gambler, and was now and had been for two years working as a bookkeeper. And let me say that my informant was ' none other than "Monte Bob's" warm frien l, the old-time express agent at. the Gulch. I also had it from that gentleman, that a larger portion of the youug man's wages was regular | sent to his mother and sister in the ; East. | Contrary to my expectation, Bob availed himself of the invitation I had oxtended to him, and soon after spent an evening with me in my cosy bach elor apartments. I found him an in telligent and pleasant companion. Besides reading much lie had been a shrewd observer of men; and in tho flow of conversation the evening slipped away bofore we wore awaio of it. When lie arose to go it had been arranged that ho should spend an evening of every week with mo. In tho months that followed our acquain tance ripened iuto friendship; from friends wo became confidants, and ere long I knew the history of his past life. His father had died when lie was a mere boy, leaviug him to tho caro of an uncle. Until twenty his life was passed at his uncle's house ami at school. Lacking the kind, watchful care of a father aud deprived by cir cumstances of the loving thoughtful ness of a mother, ho had boon led astray by the influences which sur round the youth of a great city. In the course of time he became heavily indebted to a gambler, and fearing exposure, lie had forged his uuelo's check to tho amount of several hun dred dollars, hoping to replace the mouey ere his uncle should learn what ho had done. This lie failed to do and when his crime became known, lie was forced to Ilea tho country to save himself from a felon's coll. By his mother ho was given money to aid him in his flight, and had corno to California. Made reckless and des perate, ho had first adopted the gam ing tabic as a meaus of support, and with what success I well knew. Tho money given him by his mother and that taken from his uncle had boon promptly retured. Ho had also paid for the education of his young sister and enabled his mother, who has lost most of her property, to live in com fort. Her love had always followed him, and through her entreaties and the promptings of his own better solf lie had given up drink aud abandoned tho gaming table. Ho was working hard; had won tho confidence of his employers ; was re ceiving a fair salary and by frugal liv ing was constantly saving money. Two years had passod since wo had become fast friends, and Bob was now the confidential clerk of his firm, and the prospect of his becoming a part ner was not far distant. There re mained nothing for him to do but to bring his loved ones to California and there make thorn a home. This lie determined to do, and when his sister wrote him that his mother's health was failing and that she had but a few years to live, ho redoubled his exer tions, hoping that tho pure air and sunny skies of California would win back the health of the invalid. His salary had been increased and he was self-sacrificing in his efforts to save; lmt, notwithstanding these facts, mouths, perhaps a year, would have to pass before ho could have his dear I ones with him. j But in tho meantime fickle fortune was preparing to do in a few days what | tho liard work of yoars could not have accomplished. I My friend and I both held stock in | tho "Tuolumne Mining Company," whose veins of ore hal long since | played out and boon abandoned as i worthless. The stock was not even I worth the paper cm which it was j printed, and "the world had forgotten I that such a comoanv had ever existed. But the original proprietor of tlio com pany was one of ft class of men to whom many a wealthy man of to-day owes his sudden rise to riches and affluence. He had energy and perse verance and unbounded faith in the possibilities of his claim, and kept working away long after his fellow stockholders, having wasted their money, had given up in disgust. At last the labor of years had been rewarded, and he had struck a vein of ore so rich in quality and capacity that the stock which had long been valueless leaped at once to par and began steadly climbing. The papers were tilled with accounts of the rich find, and the Stock Exchange was crowded with eager, excited men, anxious to buy the long-neglected ,stocks. Daily we eagerly scanned the reports and noted the rapid rise of Tuolumne Mining Company's stock. At last when it paused and stood still at seventy live above par we sold and found ourselves each seventy-five thousand dollars richer than we had been one month before. Bob seemed but little elated by his suddon rise to wealth and only thought of tlio happi ness it would bring to those whom ho loved. The modest little cottago which he had rented was givon up and a handsome .mansion purchased and fitted up with tlio utmost care. Then he wrote for his mother and sister to join him. A month later thoy came, aud no happier group could have been found in all tlio West than tlio four who sat down together on tlio night of their arrival. Many years havo flown smco the "Tuolumne Mining Company" mado its president aud stockholders rich in a single day. Loving care and most skillful medical aid could not win back the health of the good old moth er and she long since passed to her home above. Bobert Harris is a man well known in tho business cirelosof Sacramento. Ilis hair is now gray, and pretty, bright-cyod children climb upon his km.o and call hiui "papa." Tlio frieudsliip began in Lone Jlorso Gulch so many years ago has not diminished, but has grown stronger with the flight of years; for the lady who sits opposite to mo while I write and whom I call wife, is "Munta Bob's" sister. Jlirila nt the Pole. Tn tho countries bordering oil the Polar seas, where the chaugingsoasous bring alternately the two extremes of dearth and plenty, birds are moro numerous in the short summer than anywhere else all tho world over, aud in winter absent altogether. All are emigrauts t ore by force of circum stances. In like manner the birds of temperate climates are affected by tho seasonal changes, though in a less de gree, through tho inlluonco of cold and boat upon their food supplies rather than by effect of cold upon their well-protected bodies. A coat of mail is not to bo compared to a , coat of feathers for safety, so far as a bird's life is concerned. Layer upon layer of feathers can withstand any amount of water or any degree of cold; in proof of this see how tho delicate tarn, after wintering in com paratively mild weather, go hack to the ieo floes of tho Polar Sea and lay their eggs 011 tho ice. For two or three weeks tho tender breast of tho sea swallow is pressed against n cold block of ice. Again, as another ex ample of the in(luonce of food rather than climate iu governing bird action, take the colony of beooafioos. Tho bccoafloo is a Mediterranean bird common 011 the southern shores of Spain and Italy, in the Grecian Islands, Sicily and Malta, and on tho northern shores of Africa. Formerly it was quite unknown iu tho British Isles, but soino years ago a large orchard of lig trees was planted near Brighton, and tlio bcccatieos have dis covered tho fact aud come over to share the spoil. Doubtless the nightingales told thorn the story of English tigs and showed them the way over. Bo this as it may, tho little birds from the warm shores of tho Mediterranean bid fair to becomo es tablished as naturalized British sub jects.—Liitcll's Living Age. Goatskins or Sealskins, It is said that sealskins are going out of fashion, and perhaps tho United States are going to a great deal of unnecessary troublo and expense in guarding tho preserves of tho sealskin monopoly in BeriugSoa. Certain it is that last winter a great many of the fashionables of Europe, who formerly never appeared out of doors in cool weather unloss arrayed iu sealskins, appeared iu other furs, notably the skills of the thi bet an goat, which i* ft a very handsome fur. It is hinted that the parsimony of the North Amer ican Commercial Company is largely to blame for this fact. While tho Alaska Commercial Company con trolled tho output of Bering Sea, it was accustomed, it is said, to make its wares popular by making sure that tho royalties of Europe, the opera queens and other people, who set tho fashions, hal sealskin saequos and overcoats of tho finest skins and latest cut, and all for nothing. Tlio past yoar, under the present management, the free list was entirely suspended, and it is assorted that not a single complimentary jacket was received at tho Court of .St. Jatnos. Ladies of fashion waited iu vain for their cus tomary tip, and in revenge for tho negloct proceeded to array thoiuselves iu goat and othor furs. It seems rath er hard to have to give expensive furs to the people who aio best able to pay for them. But it is tho way, the world over. Thoso host able to pay arc the ones that do not have to. —-New Orleans Picayune. Tho mining regions of California cover a belt of country about 220 I miles long by irom forty to 10 J wide. THE MEliiiY SIDE OF LIFE. STOKT723 TI.VT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE MES3. lie all fl She —Nor Own—Hot Weather Itegimen—Tho Point, of View—As I sua!, Klo., Kto. II" sits by tlio window, under the shade Of tho ros" with honeysuckle entwined, Wlteii the falling shapes on the esplanade With a delicate tracing of gold are lined. The sun sinks down In the gilded west. Lighting Ills face with its parting beams, While a calm, sweet measure of perfect rest Illumes the joy of his passing dreams. II" sits and dreams—why should lie not? For the last dread care of tho day hath lied— And out hi tho grim oft lie old hack lot ilis wife is weeding the onion bed. —Cleveland Piaiu Dealer. II EH OWN. '•'Was she self-professed when you proposed to her?" "Fes, and er—she is yet."—Truth. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Mrs. Householder—"Tho iceman didn't call this morning!" Cook—"Yes, ma'am, ho did. There is a puddle en tho doorstop."—Truth. PRACTICAL. Mrs. Iligbee—"We women havo or ganized a society to reduce rents." Higbee —"I am glad to hear it. You ran begin on Johnny's trousers."— Truth. nOT WEATHER REGIMEN. "What do you do on a day like this to keep cool?". "Not a thing. Whenever Ido any thing 1 become overheated."—Chicago Becord. WILLING TO LET IT REST. Lawyer—"Tho jury lias brought in a sealed verdict in your case." Prisoner —"Well, tell the court that they needn't open it on my account." —Judge. THE POINT OF VIEW. Mrs. Liverland—"Don't you think these round steaks are as good to buy us porterhouse?" Mr. Feeder—"Possibly ; but not to eat."—Puck. AS USUAL. Softleigh—"Don't vou think that Miss Caustiquo is very sarcastic?" Gruflieigh —"I believe that is her friends' polite paraphrasing for her impertinence."—Truth. BEYOND HIS SKILL. Waiter (yelling down tho kitchen tube) —"Hoy, Alplionse ! make that chop a steak." Alphonsc "Sucre ! Vat you t'ink? I'm a chef ; not a magician !"' —Puck. HIS WAR-PATH TRAINING. Gradd —"I hear you have a full blooded Indian in Class '96. How does he do?" Softmore (enthusiastically) "Do? He's out oi' sight! You just ought to hear him give tho class cry I"—Puck. A FLAT FAILURE. "Johnson has invented a new/hair pin." "I know it; but I don't believe it will bo a success." " Why not?" "Because you can't unlock a| trunk with it."—Judge. WILD WIND AND TAME. Small Boy—"Pop, this book I'm readin' says something about tho 'wild wind;' what's a tame wind?" Father—'Tho blowing that never seems to stop, in the halls of national legislation, my son."—De troit Freo Press. TIIE WAY OF THE WORLD. Little Johnnie (at tho Metropolitan Museum) —"Whoso name iw that on the picture, dad, iu the big letters?" Brown—"That's tho rich follow who presented it. Tlio poor man who painted the picture has Ids name in tho small letters." —Truth. NEVER TOUCHED IIER. Mrs. Bickford (who has secreted sev eral pills in the marmalade) —"Now, let mama's littlo girl run here, and she shall havo some jolly." A moment later littlo Ethel criod triumphantly: "Hero, mama, is the seeds! Wasn't I a good girl not to swallow them ?"—Puck. RUTHLESS. "That's a well-developed industry," suddenly remarked tho man who trios to be smart. "To what do you refer?" inquired the unwary acquaintance. "To the traffic in petroleum."" And that is how ho came to loso his last friend.—Washington Star. HE CITED AN EXAMPLE. "I tell you," said tho scowling So cialist, "that wealth is not distributed equitably." "I quite agree with you," replied j Mr. Soadds. "I havo only about two I hundred aud fifty thousand, myself, ' while I know a dozen men who havo moro than a million apiece."—Puck. GROUND FOR DISBELIEF. Mrs. Mullins (reading tho news paper) "A Philadelphia man rejoices 111 the name of Medycvny Garczyns kiego." Mr. Mullins—"l don't believe it." "You don't believe that is his right name?" "No. I don't believe ho rejoices in it."—Lift*. A DIFFICULT TASK. | Tramp—" You has party easy times —no thin' to do but stand here sellin' lead pencils." Prucil Podler —"Think it's easy, do yeh? Don't you know people won't buy pencils of a feller on th* street unless he looks starved nn' dejected an' despairin'?" "That's easy." " 'Taint ea*y to look that way rierlit along, w'en y'r rakin' in §1 a day."— New York Weekly. NOT GOING TO RUN ANY RISKS. The Millionaire (at the office of the Weekly Commercial Rating Bulletin) —"1 want you to do me tho favor of quoting me in subsequent issues as worth about $2000." The Manager "But, Mr. Pursefatt, you're worth—" The Millionaire—"Never mind what I'm worth. With throe eligible daugh ters on my hands and tho town chock full of foreign noblemen, S2OOO is all 1 can afford to be worth, and don't you forget it."—Chicago Record. THE SECRET. Dnnn—"l callod on tho Munnis wells to-day. Stylish people; house splendidly furnishod. Received mo very graciously and asked me to call again." Gnnn—"You don't mean it! Al ways heard they were very exclusive. How did they entertain you?" Dunn--"Oh, I didn't stop long. Only called with a bill for dry goods. But I thought it was very kind iu Mrs. Munniswell to ask me to call again." —Boston Transcript. THE REASON. "In looking out of doors do you notice how bright is tho green of the grass and tho leaves?" asked an elderly gentleman of a littlo girl whose home he was visiting. "Yes, sir." "Why does it appear RO much brighter at this time?" ho next asked, looking down upon tho bright, sweet face with tender interest. "Because ma has cleanod the win dows, and you can see out better," she said. Pittsburg Dispatch. A MEEK MAN. ' A demure-looking littlo man ap proached the haughty clerk in a I grocer's shop, and meekly asked if ho had any coffee to sell. "We have ground coffee," said the young man. "No other kind?" "None. This is the best ground coffee on the market." "But I don't want it," tho little man braced up. "I got some sugar hero tho other day with sand in it, and I don't want coffee with ground in it. You must think I want the earth."—Philadelphia Life. Hot Milk Cure. Those who aro afflictod with ekin eruptions, especially with the rod blotches and hard little lumps known as eczemouH ache, will find relief by persevering in tho following simple and inexpensive cure: Do not bathe the affected parts in water; this aggravates cutaneous af fections. Each night, before retiring, heat about a pint of fresli ssveet. milk. Do not let it boil, but let it rise just to the boiling point. Boiled milk loses its healing virtue. Then, with an old linen handerchief, sop the hot ilnid generously oil the affected parts. Do not wipe the milk off, but let it dry into the skiu. In the morning, bathe tho skin in a little hot milk, or in a dilution of lis terino in hot water, in the proportion of two parts of water to one of lister ine. Eat no constipating food. Avoid especially new fine bread, sugar, pastry and all starchy foods. Fruit, lettuce ! aud radishes may be taken with good result. Be careful not to worry. Wor riinent is often the direct cause ol eczema. Exercise activity in the open air, but do not heat the system. If you will follow these few simple rules, and will persist in the applica tion of the hot milk each night before retiring, the red spots will soon fade away, and tho hard lumps will gradu ally soften and disappear. Sometimes the disease is obstinate, and will not yield at once to the treat ment. But persevere sturdily under all discouragement—you will in tho end bo rewarded by a complete euro. Gases of acute eczema, that for year.? have baffled the most patient efforts of' skin specialists, havo yielded to this treatment within six mouths. Hot milk is beneficial also to a healthy skin. It preserves its softness and clearness, and seems to act as an in vigoratiug tonic. Home aud Farm. An Electric Log. Tu 1878, Admiral Fleurias, of tho French navy, brought out an electric log, which was tried on the Magioi enue, says tho Liverpool Journal of Commerce. It may be describod as a small water null, with a wheel consist ing of cross arms, tipped with cups like the anemometer of Robinson. There were two sets of four cups mounted on the ends of the same axle, and as they revolved in the water while tho ship moved, a contact on tho axle interrupted au electric current flowing through a wire between the ship and tho log, aud sonndod a tele phone. The note given out by tho tolephono was a measure of tho num ber of revolutions per minute of tho log, and tho speed of the ship. At high spoed, however, the ear was not quick nt recognizing the note, and Admiral Fleurias has substituted for tho telephone an electric bell, which is struck every tweuty-four revolu tions of the mill wheel or vanes. By timing the intervals between two strokes of the bell the speod of tho ship is obtained. The apparatus has been tried on board tho Ocean and other men-of-war, and recently adopt- j ed by the Minister of Marine. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, COLD BEEP SALAD. A very appetizing way of using up cold roast beef is to chop it fine with lettuce leaves, adding a maj'onnaise dressing, or, if that is not liked, a sim ple dressing of mustard, yoke of hard boiled egg, a little melted butter and enough vinegar to bind the salad to gether. Servo on lettuce leaves. TEACN TAPIOCA. One cup of tapioca, one quart of raspberries, sugar to taste. Wash the tapioca through several waters, then cover with cold water and soak over night. In the morning put it on the tire with one pint of boiling water, simmer slowly until the tapioca is per fectly clear. Stone the peaches, stir them into the boiling tapioca, sweeten to taste. Tako from the tire, turn into the dish in which they are to bo served and stand away to cool. Sorve very cold, with sugar and cream. BERRY PUDDING. One pint of milk, one pint of flour, four eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of Halt and one pint of cherries, stoned. Beat the eggs thoroughly and add to them the milk, then turn a part of it upon the flour and beat to a smooth batter. Add the remainder of the milk and eggs, and tho salt. Stir in the fruit aud pour the inixtnro into a buttered baking dish. Bake half an hour and serve hot with a sauce mado of one cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, tho whitos of two eggs and a fourth of a cupful of hot water. Beat together the butter and sugar and add the whites of the eggs, 0110 by one, with out heating. When smooth add the water a little at a time; place tho bowl in n basin of hot water and stir till smooth and frothy.—New York Journal. THE CAULIFLOWER. Every one does not know how to properly boil cauliflower. It iR com monly overboiled and imperfectly drained, which gives it a dish watery flavor nature never intended it to have. Tho so font plan is to tie it in a pioco of coarse tarlatan and lay it, llower uppermost, in ploutv of boil ing water, a tablespoonful of salt to two quarts of water. Tho latter must bo boiling very rapidly when tho cauliflower goes iu ; cover until boil ing recommences and then rcmovo the cover and keep it boiling fast un til tender. If tho same rulo bo ob served with cabbage it may be boiled without filliug tho house with tho usual vulgar odor which detors many people from enjoying a really ex cellent vegetable. Remember, the whole secret is in having plenty of water, plenty of room, rapid boiling and keeping the cover off. A little baking soda should also bo added for either cabbage or cauliflower. As soon as it is tender drain thoroughly and lay in a deep dish, flower uppermost, and if yon are going to sorve it a la crome, li2at a cup of milk; thicken with two tablcspoonfuls of butter, cut in bits and rolled in flour. Stir for a minute, add salt aud pepper to the taste and the beaten white of an egg; boil up for a minute, stirring well. Remove from the fire, squeeze in tho juice of half a lemon and pour over the cauli llowcr.—New York World. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Salt dissolved iu alcohol will tako out groaso spots. Banana peel will clean tan shoes as well as regular dressing. Court plaster should never ho ap plied to a bruised wouuj. Moths dislike newspapers as much as tho prepared tar paper. A very fine stool pon is best foi marking with indelible ink. Wood ashes very finely Rifled aro good for scouring knives ami tin ware. All rugs when shaken should bo handled by the middle and not the ends. Cauliflower used for pickles should be prepared by first boiling the vege table. When ironing, a woman should sit instead of stand, and work in a cool room. A teaspoonful of powdorod bevax added to cold starch will tend to giro linen oxtra stiffness. Raiu water and white castilo soap in lukewarm suds is tho best mixture in which to wash embroideries. Singlo beds aro now not only fash ionable, but hygienic. Double beds have little sale with wholesalo doalors. Articles ot old furniture aro some times made to appear new by washing them with lime water and then apply ing a coat of oil. Gum arabic and gum tragacanth in equal parts, dissolved in hot water, make tho best aud most convenient mucilago to keep iu the house. If feathers have bocoiuo damp, hold thorn to dry over a gcntlo boat, shak ing and waving until dry, and you will save the exponso or troublo of rocurl ing. Blankets and counterpanos should not be included in tho gonoral wash ing. To givo these articles the care they require a special day should he set aside for them. Ink stains may bo removed Irani col ored table covors by dissolving a tea spoouful of oxalic aoid in a toaspoon fnl of boiling wator and rubbing tho stained part well with the solution. In putting down carpetH spread news papers over the floor, thou put clean straw ovenly over the paper and put the carpet down. Tho carpet will last longer with this lining thau auy other. The dust will sift through on. to the papers.
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