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Flic army worm has cost this coun
try more than the Revolutionary War.
The great canned goods center of
industry of the world is Baltimore,
Md.
The population of Italy is very
dense, there being 270 people to every
square milo of territory.
Tho British postoftice has recently
introduced a new system of notation
for its date stamps. Tho letters from
A to 31 are used to represent tho hours
find also of twelve intervals of fivo
minutes each; thus A A means 1.05,
A B 1.10, and so on. A. m. and p. m.
fire expressed by A and P after an
asterisk ; thus 31 C*A means 12.15 a. m.
Tho war between China and Japan,
though not of vital interest to Ameri
cans, will yet bo watched with keen
interest by all our military leaders,
remarks the Now York Times. There
has been no great war since tho intro
duction of what we believe to bo im
provements in the mode of warfare,
and it remains to bo tested whether
the greater advance has been made in
weapons of uttuck, such as guns,
smokeless powder ami torpedoes, or
in means of defense, such as armor
plates, new turrets, and possibly
bullet-proof coats for soldiers, and
this war may teach us many things.
It appears that England is the great
est railway-traveling country on earth.
In 1880, the extent of lines in Eng
land being then about 18,033 miles;
the number of passengers was nearly
10-1,000,000. In 1800, by whieh time
the railway lines had increased by
about -1375 miles, the number of travel
ers had grown to nearly 818,000,000.
No other country in the world comes
near these figures. Even the railroads
in the United States, which measure
the enormous length of 158,750 miles,
carried in 1800, only rather more than
529,000,000 passengers. In Germany,
in 1880, 215,000,000 persons traveled
on 20,750 miles of railway ; in 1890 the
number ol passengers was over 426,-
000,000.
Edward Bellamy shudders whenever
ho hears tho name of "Looking
backward." If you wish to make a
friend of Francis Bret Harte don't
mention "The Heathen Chinee.Will
Carleton wonders how people can read
"Over the Hills to the Poor House,"
which he considers one of the poorest
poems he ever wrote. Mrs. F. Hodg
son Burnett does not wish to hear
"Littlo Lord Fauutleroy" praised in
her immediate vicinity. Charles
Heber Clarke has taken a very strong
aversion to his once famous nom do
plume of "Max Adler." But no one
recognizes him as anyone else. "The
Opening of a Chestnut Burr," by E.
P. Hoe, was considered by him to be
an inferior work.
Our pestiferous friend, tho bicycle,
continues to grow in favor, and it ii
being put to very practical uses, note!
tho Chicago Record. In the Germai
army estimates for the present ycai
tho sum of $25,000 is included for thi
supply of bicycles to tho infantry.
Two wheels are assigned to each bat
talion and an instruction has been is
sued dealing with tho bicycle service
These machines are to bo used foj
communications between columns ui
tho march and for communication!
between advanced guards. Whet
troops are in quarters bicyclists are tc
fulfill tho functions of orderlies, es
peciaily whero mounted orderlies an
wanting; they will also relieve thi
cavalry from relay and intelligence
duties. In great fortresses all the
duties hitherto devolving on cavalrj
as message-bearers are to be trans
ferred to bicyclists. In tho militarj
service of our own country the bi
cycle has already begun to figure con
bpicuouslv with admirable results
CHEEK up, people! Cane-grlnding
1s getting mighty close to us, and
caidy-j ulling time is not more thaD
six blocks away. There'll be life ID
the old land yet!
CELESTIAL SOLDIERS.
ACCOUTERMENTS OF THE OLD
CHINESE ARMY.
flown and Arrows Still in Use-Gone* and
Trumpets as Offensive Weapons —Drill
Turning; Soinersaults -lSattery Equipped
with Fire Crackers and Cannon.
Itark Number Warriors.
The signal defeats the Chinese
navy has encountered in its engage
ments with the Japanese ships show
that the Chinese have learned little
more of the art of using steam ves-
A VETERAN OI'N.
sols of war than they knew in 1800.
In that year, during the war with
the British, a small gunboat grounded
in a river, was abandoned by the
crew and captured by the Celestials.
Noticing the superior speed of the
gunboat over their own tub-like
junks, they determined to use the
vessel, so floated her off the bar,
lighted the fire in her furnaces, pro
duced the proper amount of smoke
from the funnel, but wasgreatly sur
prised that she did not move, and
conceiving that the foreign devils
must have bewitched her, sent for
conjurers to remove the spell. All
their efforts were, however, in vain,
they finally concluded that the boat
needed a couple of eyes painted, one
on each side of the bow. toenable her
to see her way. Before this could be
attended to, the boat was recaptured
by the foreigners and further experi
ment indefinitely postponed.
The efforts of the Celestials to
utilize Western methods of army dis
cipline and Western arms in the
land service seem to have been greet
ed with somewhat more success than
this attempt to press a steamer into
the employment of the Flowery King
dom, but with all the improvemonts
that necessity has forced upon the
Chinese military authorities, the
army remains, for the most part, in
a condition that renders it a scott
and byword to the troops of any
civilized nation. Nominally, on
paper, it is an imposing force. Ac
cording to the Chinese official reports
it comprises all the arms of the ser
vice in overwhelming numbers.
There are the troops of the Eight
Banners, including Manchus, Mon
gols and the Chinese, or rather the
descendants of those who joined the
thvaders under the Emperor Shun
cliih in lti44, when he conquered the
Empire. These alone are said to
number 32:1,000. Then there is the
Ying Ping, or National army, the
members of which call themselves,
and are called, Braves, who number
about 650,000, and besides these are
territorial and provincial police and
militia, probably a quarter of a mill
ion more.
Altogether, therefore, the empire
is said to he able to put 1,-50,000
men io the field, u force that seems
so large that any one might be ex
cused for entertaining a profound re
spect for the military strength of the
empire. Such a force is not large
when compared with the area of the
country nor with the population, for
it should not'bo forgotten that the
Chinese empire is almost as large as
the whole of North America, and
that more people speak the Chinese
language than any other one tongue
on the globe. Hut in absolute num
bers the Chinese army is strong, and
were its efficiency only eqnal to its
numbers the plains of Central Europe
might once more behold the spectacle
of Mongolian cavalry overrunning the
fairest regions of Christendom. If
this sight is ever witnessed, however,
it will only bo after some centuries
of drilling have given the Celestials
an idea of military tactics, and the
same period of good food and proper
exercise has hardened and developed
their muscular systems to enable
them to stand the fatigue of long
marches and the labors of the battle
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MILITARY TRAINING EXTRAORDINARY.
field. It has never yet happened in
the history of the world that a na
tion of meat eaters was conquered by
an army of grain feeders, and until
the Chinese alter their diet Europe
has nothing to fear from them.
Nor need the Japanese be greatly
alarmed at the prospect before them
of a horde of Chinese being poured
into Corea from the plains of China,
for the Chinese idea of military drill
and tactics is of the most primitive
description. Only ten years have
elapsed since the Governor of Shan
tung reported the results of a grand
review and declared "the perform
ances of the soldiery were found
worthy of high commendation, as
well in shield and spear practice at
in posturing, tight-rope dancing and
other military exploits." A little
later the Director (leneral of the
Yellow Hiver forts also had a review,
and in his report to the court stated
that "the performances of the sol
diery in evolutions, spear, shield and
iirchery practice, and in turning war
like somersaults, was of the most sat
isfactory description." As late as
1884 a Governor of a province on the
Yank-tse-Kiang tested his troop* in
shouting, and affirmed that their
performance was "past all criticism,"
while "in gong-beating and trumpet
blowing" he never had heard their
equals. "They also ran very swift
ly."
While the last named military ac
complishment may be greeted with a
smile by those unfamiliar with Ce
lestial tactics its usefulness, particu
larly to troops whose highest merit
on the Held of battle is an ability to
beat the gong, to shout, to turn
somersaults and dance the tight rope,
cannot be questioned, and the astute
ness of its Chinese officers in training
their men to speed is as deserving of
compliment as the 'rumpet blowing
of the soldiers themselves. But the
Chinese sec nothing absurd in such
performances, for one of their great
est generals long ago laid down the
maxim that "when an enemy comes
and breaks down the wall of a Chi
nese city the army ought not to stay
and light, but should retire as spbed
iiy as possible and await an oppor
tunity to harass the movements of
the enemy." Another grave author
ity declares that "the chief point in
offensive or defensive movements is
to frighten the enemy, and to this
end the faces painted on the shields
are of the greatest value, and next to
these is the ability to shout well, to
beat the gong and to turn somer
saults, all of which are inexpressibly
terrifying to outside barbarians."
The Chinese army has been lately
remodeled, that is, an attempt has
been made to remodel it, though how
far this has been successful is an open
question. A number of European
officers were appointed to teach the
tactics employed in the armies of
more ci v ilized states, and some de
gree of efficiency has, it is said, been
attained in the use of civilized
weapons. How far this statement is
true will doubtless soon bo made
manifest. It is certain, however,
that only ten years ago, during the
ON THE WAK-I'ATII.
war with the French in Tonquin, the
reorganized regiments were little
more efficient than the mob of shout
ing, gong-beating, and somersault
turning Celestials, who were the
sport of both French and British sol
diers and sailors in previous wars.
Even now, however, the constitution
of the army differs little from what
it was when China, at the beginning
of this century, having been, so to
speak, the cock of the walk in East
ern Asia from time immemorial, was
regarded by all her people as abso
lutely invincible.
The leading branch of the military
service is found in the "Baunermen."
These are the descendants of the
original invaders, who, by law, have
the right to guard the Emperor's per
son and the twenty-four gates of the
"Forbidden City," Pekiu. As there
are over 100,000 of these men in I'e
kin alone, it is obvious that they can
not all be so employed, so selections
are made from their number to form
a privileged corps, the crack regi
ment of the Chinese army. This
body is armed with bows and arrows,
save on great occasions, when they
wear swords and carry lances or hal
berds. They stand guard at the gates
of Pekin, at the palace, and escort
the Emperor on liis journeys. The
regimerits next in honor are also
armed with bows aud arrows, very
good bows, no doubt, and excellent
arrows, but still somewhat behind
the times. As though in recognition
of the fact, they are provided with
matchlocks, with which they arc sup
posed to exercise six times a month,
llring three shots on each exorcise
day. Much more importance, how
ever, is attached to the archery prac
tice, for, though it is no disgrace to
a soldier not to hit anything with his
matchlock, some discredit attaches
to a failure with the bow. The prin
cipal drill is with the scaling ladder,
it being taken for granted that the
enemy will always seek refuge in
some place that needs to be scaled,
though much attention is also given
to leapiug and jumping on horses,
running at full speed. These do not
comprise all the drills, for the sol
diers are taught to use the sword,
the club or military flail, and also to
beat the gong in the most ear-split
ting and terrifying manner.
The army of the (Ireen Standard
constitutes the great body of the
Chinese militia. Assembled when an
emergency demands the use of troops,
they are generally disbanded when
the emergency is past, and so have
neither time nor opportunity for ac
quiring a knowledge of drill or ol
military tactics. Little effort is made
at uniformity,either In dress or arm-,
and the men composing the militia
force are in reality a mob that could
not stand a moment before even a
single regiment of European soldiers.
Untrained, undrilled, their swords,
spears, matchlocks, and bows hang
rusting on the walls of the barracks,
sifve on those occasions when a dress
parade is commanded. Even then
there is no little difficulty in making
them presentable.
The cavalry of the Chinese service
does not differ materially from the
infantry, save in the fact that the
men are mounted on scrubby ponies
much given to falling down. The
drill, or rather lack of drill, is the
same, and the men are armed with
the same kind of weapons, except
that the cavalry carry bigger gongs.
The artillery, however, constitute an
entirely distinct branch of the service,
and by their inability to hit any
thing are a wellspring of joy to the
enemy. For of all cannon that were
A GUOUP OP Ot.D-TIME SOr.niEliS
ever invented the Chinese cannon are
the most worthless, and of all gun
ners the Celestial artillerymen aro
the worst- Their native-made guns
are the poorest apology for artillery
that ever came irom a foundry. One
English officor tells of a gun he saw
that had been cracked in tiring, and
was nevertheless continued in the
service by being patched up with
strips of bamboo and tied with
strings. The guns have no sights,
for the Chinese do not understand
those mysterious appliances, and
often remove them from the foreign
guns purchased for the use of the
navy, sometimes replacing them with
I ieces of bamboo. With the native
guns it is impossible to hit anything,
partly from the lack of sights, partly
from other faults in the piece, and
partly from the worthlessness of the
powder. It is said the Chinese in
vented powder hundreds of years ago,
and artillery men who have tried to
use the Chinese product are often
tempted to believe that it is some of
that powder that was tirst invented.
The Chinese guns merely throw out
the shot and that is about all. Dur
ing the opium war the English,
watching the Chinese batteries, often
saw the round balls used drop from
the gun at the distance of a few yards
and roll away, and even when the
Celestial shooting was at its best, the
balls glanced from the wooden sides
of the men-of-war, generally without
throwing off a splinter. besides
their cannon tin; artillery men are
provided with bows and arrows, gen
erally much more effective than their
guns. They have no gongs, the re
port of the artillery being supposed
to answer the same purpose, but they
are provided with one weapon, which,
so far as known, is peculiar to China.
It is known by a Chinese name,
which, translated into English, sig
nifies the "stink-pot," and it justiiies
its appellation. It is a small vessel
or jar of pottery filled with sulphur
and other combustibles, and is used
by lighting the inflammables within
and then throwing it among the
enemy. One match, burning under
the human nose is bad enough, but
the general effect of this peculiar
weapon is that of a barrel of matches,
and no wonder can be felt at the fact
that, when landed on the deck of a
hostile ship, it speedily drives the
defenders from the scene. With can
non, stink-pots, and a bountiful sup
ply of very large firecrackers to use,
when their guns from any cause fail
to go off, a Chinese battery is well
provided for either attack or defense,
and is justly regarded as the bulwark
of the national independence.
To what extent the warlike appli
ances of ten or twelve years ago have
been supplemented by more modern
and improved devices is uncertain,
but judging from the fact that of the
troops dispatched to Corea, some at
least were armed with bows and ar
rows, it is fair to presume that in no
inconsiderable degree the time
honored implements of war still hold
their place in the Chinese bands, and
were it not that the Japanese arc
better provided, the international
duel would be about as interesting
and as bloody as if it were fought
with mops, washboards, and flat
irons.
Ready ol Tongue.
The death of Edmund Yates, the
clever journalist who built up the
fortunes of the London World.brings
about a revival of ane dote concern
ing him and his associates.
1 o glas Jcrr. id was one of his
familiar friends, and Yates used to
tell the storv of escorting him homo
one night, when they met two or
three drunken roisterers. The men
stumbled up against them, and one
of them apologized, and asked the
wav to "Judge and Jury," a popular
eutortainmcnt of the day.
"Straight on, young man," said
Jcrrold, bending forward to address
the speaker. "Continue in the path
you are now pursuing, aud you can't
fail to couie to them."
A week before Jerrold died Yates
met him at a dinner, where also was
Albert Smith, whose engagement to
be married was much talked about.
The ho-t asked Smith to ring the
bell for dinner, and Jerrold said:
"Yes, Albert, why don't you ring
th it belle?"
Of his godfather, Edmund flyng,
Yates had one capital anecdote.
Byns once askcu a guest at his own
table:
"How did you like that dish?"
"It was very toed."
' Good, sir! Of course it was good!
Everything is good that comes to
th stable. I didn't ask you if it was
good; 1 asked you how you liked it:"
VVIIEN a man commits suicide by
drowning can it be said that he
liquidates the debt of nature?
THE MERRY SIDE OFfTiIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD 1 BY THE]
FUNNY" MEN OF THE PRESS.
A New War Ditty—A Prize Poem—
Burning Words—A Correction— i
A Special Favor, Etc., lite. /
Anent this jolly littlo scrap
Between the Chinaman and Jap
An opinion we would uttor. if youiplease.
Though the washoe-tnan is stronger
Aud on population longer,
They are jumping on his collar with thoj
greatest Japunease.
—Oil City Blizzard, j;
A CORRECTION,
lie— "What is ho going to do after
he graduates?"
She—"Wouldn't it bo more appro
priate to ask 'Whom is ho going to
do?' " —Truth.
A PRIZE POEM.
"Pennscratch won u prize with his
last poem?"
"How was it?"
"It had been declined ofjeuer than l
any other."—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
BURNING WORDS.
Miss Querie —"I understand you
had a narrow escape coming across?"
Mr. Hard-Port—"Yes, indeed; the
coal ran out and .the captain had to
split the ship's log to keep the lires
going."—Truth.
A SPECIAL FAVOR.
Mr. Doleful "You'ro looking
wretched. Downright miserable Ito
tell you the honest truth."
.Tack—"Thanks for telling mo the
truth, old man; I know you wouldn't
do that for everybody."—Life.
A HARD HEARTED MOTHER.
"Jimmy Smith's grandma treatslhim
just like ho wasn't no kin."
Mamma—"What does she do?"
"Why, she don't never lock the/pan
try so us ho can sneak in an' take
things on the si}*." —Chicago 4 Inter-
Ocean.
TAID IN KIND.
"Look here," said the proprietor of
the lunch establishment, "this coin
has a hole in it."
"Well," replied Meandering Mike,
"so had the doughnut ye sold rao."
And he strode haughtily on. —Wash-
ington Star.
MATERNAL ANXIETI*.
Mother—"l hear such discouraging
reports Irom collego atout George's
habits!"
Friend—"ls he addicted to—"
Mother—"To mathematics! And
George would have made ouchian uth
leto!"—Puck.
TOO aOOD A JUDGE.
WagstafT—"Whcro's that famous
dog of yours that was such a good
judge of tramps I"
Hopscotch—"l wan obliged to.give
him away. To bo frauk, whon Lcatne
homo from the races the other night
ho bit me." —Judgo.
A NATURAL QUESTION.
"What kind of a dog is that, papa?"
askod Willy, as ho observod the big
unitnal chasiug his own tuil.
"That is a watch-dog, I think," said
the knowledgeable parent.
"Is ho winding himself up so'a he'll
go?" asked Willy.—Puok.
TELLING THE GOOD NEWS.
Mrs. Youugma—"And so, my darl
ing got the prizo at the baby show? I
knew ho would. It couldu't havo bocn
otherwise."
Old Bachelor (one of the judgeb)
"Yes, madam, we all agrood that your
buby was the least objectiouablo of tho
lot."—Truth.
DUE CARE.
Inexact Mistress—"You noodn't
bring all that water down again, Mary.
When you've scrubbod the bedroom
floors, just throw it out of tho window,
but look where it goes."
"Yes, mum."
Later on. "Well, Mary, did you
look out where you threw that wator ?"
"Yos, mum, 1 looked out directly.
I'd soused it all over tho Kev. Dr.
Mild."—Philadelphia Life.
SAD THOUGHTS.
Tramp—"Tako back yer loaf of
bread, madam ; I roturn it unbrokon."
Housekeeper— 11 What's tho matter ?"
Tramp—"lt brings back too many
sad memories. I can't tuoh it."
Housekeeper—"Does it mako you
think of the broad your mother usod
to make?"
Tramp—"No'rn. Jt mako mo think
of when I wuz doin' time breakin'
stones at Sing Sing."—Philadelphia
Life.
THE "SAMPLE" FIEND,
The Clerk (in tho drygoods stored
"How many samples of cloth shall I
give that woman?"
The Manager—' 'Fourteen."
Tho Clerk—"But we havo fifteen
6tyles of goods in that class."
Tho Muuagor—"l know it. But
when she's selected tho fourteen she
likes best she'll come back and waut
something she can mako up her mind
to havo a dress mado of."—Chicago
Record.
IN A BUSINESS WAY.
They had wandered into tho conser
vatory.
The music came to them in faint,
rhythmic throbs.
"I havo had many men at my feet,"
she was saying, carelessly, "but iu vain.
None of them meet my requirements."
He pondered.
"Have you tried corn plasters?" he
suddenly asked. "I have known them
to do the work when the most skilful
•
chiropodists had failed."—Detroit
Tribune.
NO CHANCE FOR SUCH AN IMPRESSION.
"That is ft wonderful work of na
ture," said the man who was visiting
Niagara Falls for the first time.
"Pretty big," replied the hotel
keeper.
"I don't see how anybody could con
template it without feeling terribly
insignificant."
"Well, I suppose a good miny peo
ple do feel that way. But, you see,
most of the people who 6top at this
house aro brides and grooms."—Wash
ington Star.
BY THE DEEP SEA.
They were watching tho foam as it
trailed itself in strange, fantastic
shapes along tho yellow sands.
"How wonderful, how mysterious is
the sea!" exclaimed Paul. "How su
perior in its majestic naturalness it is
to all the achievements of art. Think,
darling, into what beautiful, harmon
ious forms yon bubbling foam is
wrought."
"lam thinking," replied Fantiuc,
catching his enthusiasm, "thinking
what lovely embroidery patterns it
would make."—Judge.
RECONCILED.
"Charley," said young Mrs. Tork
ins, "what does tho phrase 'talking
through your hat* mean?"
"It means," was tho reply, "that
the person in connection with whom it
is used is in tho habit of speaking
without bestowing a due amount ot
thought upon tho topic on which he
has undertaken to discourse or that he
has selected ono which even with e
reasonable amount of application ho
would be utterly incapable of compre
hending."
And when she had caught her breath
she murmured:
"Charley, I don't think that slang,
in moderation, is so very bad after all,
do you?"— Washington Star.
A DOMESTIC CATACLYSM.
"Did you ever have any psycholog
ical experiences?" asked tho profes
sor.
"Indeed, I did; a most remarkablo
one," said Mrs. Eyeglass.
"Prophetic?"
"Yes."
"I should groatly like to hear it."
"Ono night I dreamod that tho sky
suddenly blazed with light; tho heav
ens woro filled with u thronging host,
a trumpet Hounded, tho dead rose
from their graves, and thou n voico
shouted : 'Something torriblo is going
to happen 1'"
"Well?"
"Well, tho vory next day our cook
loft."—New York World.
Tlio Indian's Pay Day.
"I happened to bo at a mission in
Idaho a fow years ago," said D. E.
Fernald, of Liuooln, at tho Laclede
last evening, "when two Oovornraout
officials arrived with funds with which
to pay tho Indians for laud which had
boon bought from them by tho United
States. Each Indian received a chock
for tho amount duo him, several
thousand dollars being distributed in
this way among thorn. Tho towu
whore tho chocks were to bo oashod was
tea miles from tho mission, and by
daybreak tho following morning a
largo crowd of Indians had oollootod
in front of tho bank waiting to re
ceive their nionoy. At 9 o'clock tho
doors of tho bank wero opened and tho
Tudians marched in, prosontod their
checks and received nud counted their
money. Tboy would not tako bills,
but demanded that they bo paid in
gold aud silver, whioh was done.
"As soon ns thoy got tho coin they
started out to spoud it. Tho ohiof do
sire of tho men was fast horsos, and
tho dealers took adrantago of this and
reaped a rich harvest. All day long
moll could lio suen trotting horaos up
and down tho stroot to attract tho at
tention of tho Indians, who immedi
ately paid tho prioo asked by tho own
ers if tho animals pleasol their fancy.
Wagons and farm implomauts woro
also in great demand. Ono dealer
told 1110 afterward that ho sold $500(1
worth of agricultural implements that
day. Tho squaws also reooivod a por
tion of tho money, aud thoy hurried
to tho stores, whero thoy bought
bright oolorod drosH goods, shoos, hats
aul sweetmeats for thoir children.
Homo of tho prices paid wore onor
tnouH. Ono young squaw paid $lB for
a pair of kid shoos, S2O for a blaali
laco hat trimmed with bright flowers
and $2 for ohowing gum."—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
llouso Bequeathed in Thirds,
Ono of tho most pooulinr wills over
drawn up in Hntlolk County has rooontly
boon fllod. Tho property involved is
on Longwood avenue, at Longwood.
By tho terms of tho documont the
widow is to roooivo tho uso and in
come of tho real ostato during hor life.
At her death tho proporty is to go to
tho throo children under tho most
carefully drawn provisions. Tho whole
proporty is to bo dividod into throe
oqual parts by imaginary linos drawn
from the front to tho back boundary.
One daughter is to roooivo tho waiter
ly third of tho ccllor nnd tho nttio and
tho throo rooms ou that end of tho
house. Tho sooond daughter is to
have tho contro third of tho garret
and cellar and tho middlo and easterly
thirds of tho first floor. The son will
draw the oastorly third of the base
ment and loft and tho middle and
easterly thirds of the Booond floor.
He is to be allowed the U3O of the
steps inside tho house until reasonable
time has elapsed for him to bnild
stairs ou tho outside of the house.
The expense of keeping the house and
yard in repair must bo equally divid
ed among the throe. —Boston Tran
soript. I
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLEAN FURS.
Tlio Russians clean their furs after
this fashion : Rye flour is placed in a
pot aud heated upon tho stove, with
constant st : rring as loim as tho hand
can bear tho heat. Tim Hour is then
Bpread over the fur and rubbed into
it with a vigorous hand. After this
treatment the fur is brushed, or, bet
ter, is gently beaten until nil tlio flour
is removed. Furs treated in this man
ner aro said to resume their natural
color and luster and look liko new.—
Now York Advertiser.
TO CARVE A LEO OF MUTTON.
There are no serious difficulties in
learning how to carve, aud, with a lit
tle study aa I patience, auy ono may
quickly learu to perform the task with
sufficient skill to at least avoid re
mark, and every head of a household
ought to make it a study. It is not an
easy matter to prepare a good dinner,
but it is ail easy matter to spoil tho
effect by butchering tho meats. Flat
tery is one of the foods an amateur
carver thrives on ; tell liiiu how lmnd
oomo bis hands aro and what graceful
angles his palpitating elbows make in
mid-air, aud he may not throw grease
beyond tho carving-mat. It is not
good form for tho carver to remove
his coat.—St. Louis Star-Sayings.
HINTS FOR DUSTING DAY.
Dusting a room is not the simplo
matter lookers-on think it. It does
not consist in wearing a pretty apron
and an effective cup and waving a
feather duster after the picturesque
fashion of Phyllis in the plays. In
fact a feather duster is one of tho least
useful implements a woman who in
tends to dust could 11 ud. It merely
puts the particles of dust in circula
tion in the air and after awhile tlioy
all settle again on mantles and mirrors,
piunos and chairs, to disconcert tho
housewifo later when she finds callers
gazing with admiration upon tho sil
ver gray cloud that is spread over all
her furniture.
A dust-cloth is the proper thing to
remove dust from all wood aiul hard
materials. A stiff* brush should bo
used for upholstered furniture. It
will remove dust from plush, tapestry
and the like, set it moving about in
the air aud as smooth surfaces havo r
greater attraction for (lust than rouglf.
ones, it will settle again on the tables
and chairs. Then a soft, slightly
damp rag will remove it. It is, con
sequently, always wise to brush tho
upholstered goods first, to allow a few
minutes' intermission before dusting.
The trials of dusting day can bo
greatly reduced if the housewife will,
during sweeping, put under cover al2
her bric-a-brac and books, and will, av
far as possible, protect her upholstered
furniture from dust by covering it
with coarse sheets.—New York World
SOUTHERN PICKLES AND SAUCES.
Oil Cucumber Pickles—This very
/lelicious compound is prepared as fol
lows : Pare and slice four dozen cu
cumbers us if for serving on table,
put them into briuo strong enough to
bear an egg, uml let them stand twen
ty-four hours. Slice a dozen or four
teen onions; cover with brine for two
days. Shako oft' tho brino thoroughly
and arrange in a jar alt. mute layor.i
of cucumbers and onions, adding to
each layer ono tablespoonful of mus
tard seed and a saltspoouful of celery
seed. Pour olive oil and vinegar over
each layer. Tho longer this pickle
stands the better. If made in July, it
should not be used till December.
About one quart of olivo oil is ro
required.
Yellow Piccalillc—Fivo gallons ol
,niro vinegar, one pound of race gin
ger, one pound of black pepper, one
pound of horseradish, one pound ol
black mustard seed, ono pound of gar
lic, two ounces of nutmeg, two ounces
of mace, two ounces of cloves, two
ounces of turmeric mixed with suffi
cient sweet oil to Torm a paste, two
ouuccsofred peppers about a linger
long, one dozen small hard bonds ol
early York cabbago split in two pieces,
ono dozen clingstone peaches, two
bunches of asparagus, twelve heads ol
small celery, ono quart of green apri
cots, one quart of small white onions,
two dozen ears of corn about tho size
of tho linger, and one pint of tender
snap beans. Everything except the
peaches, celery and sweet spices must
be scalded, aud remain in tho water
twelve hours, and then be dried in the
sun, with salt sprinkled over them.
Add one small bottle of London mus
tard, mixed with good olivo oil. The
picklo should ho kept in a stone jar, and
wtirred occasionally with a wood spoon.
Tho housekeeper who furnished this
receipt said that she commenced niuk
iug the picklo in early summer, add
ing the various fruits and vegetables
mentioned as they came in season.
Chow Chow—Twenty-fivo cucum
bers pared and sliced very thin, fifteen
white onions, cut very fine, a little
horseradish, a quarter of a pound ol
white mustard seed, a half-ounce ol
celery seed, a quarter of a cup ol
ground pepper, tumeric aud cinnamon
(equal quantities of each), the measure
being of the three mixed. Cut the
vegetables line and pack in salt foi
twenty-four hours; then drain. Soak
for two days in vinegar and water;
drain again and mix in tho spicer.
Boil three quarts of .vinegar and one
and a half pounds of brown sugar for
half an hour, and pour over while hot.
Do this for three morniugs in succes
sion, using, of course, the same vino
gar and sugar. Then mix one box ol
liustard aud a half-piut bf swoel
oil, and pour over the picklo. Two oi
three heads of cauifiower, chopped,
may be added.—Harper's Bazar.
Hamilton Disstob, the millionaire
Philadelphia saw manufacturer, is de
veloping a 2,0.)0,U0(J-acre fruit aud
vegetable farm in Florida.