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Keport promptly to this office when your paper
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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.