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A good many men would lose their
reputation for being line classical schol
ar if it weren't for the list of foreign
words and phrases in the back part of
the big dictionary.
Fifty dollars was paid for a "lock of
Napoleon's hair" at an miction; and
now the person upon whose head the
hair grew is willing to sell all the rest
of his hair in Napoleonic locks at the
same rate.
Mrs. Alice Manner, of New York,
dreamed that she was the long-lost
daughter of a man who lately died and
left an estate of $2,000,000. She had
better go to sleep again and dream that
she has got the money.
An ambitious Chicago contemporary
announces that the institution of the
free lunch is not to be abolished in Chi
cago. This effort to increase the Chi
cago population at the expense of New
York really ought not to be encouraged,
however.
The Hallway Age has printed some
significant statistics as to the holding
up of trains by railroad brigands. From
its figures it appears that in 1890 there
were twelve "hold-ups;" in 1891, 10;
In 1892, 16; in 1893, 33; in 1894, 34. The
total number of trains thus held up be
ing 111; the total number of lives lost
being 27; ami the total number of peo
ple Injured, 30. It thus appears that
the crime of train robbery is 011 the In
crease. Various remedies, such as
hand grenades, burning oil, hot water,
bloodhounds, Winchester rifles, burglar
proof safes, and so forth, have been sug
gested. But as nearly all the train rob
beries are committed 011 the groat
through inter-State lines, the most ef
fective preventive would be legislation
by Congress providing for the trial of
the brigands in the Federal court of the
locality where they commit the crime.
Now they fly from the State where they
operate into an adjoining one, and the
latter will make no effort to apprehend
them. There Is no safer crime than
train robbery.
The reports about the massacre of
Armenian Christians in Asiatic Tur
key are almost too horrible for belief,
and it is to be hoped that later and
more authentic advices will show that
the conduct of the Mohammedan sol
diery was not so frightfully brutal as
is represented by some of the dis
patches. While there seems to be some
doubt about the extent of the butcher
ies there appears to be noue about the
disorders that led to them. TheKurdlsh
tribes who occupy the farthest away
parts of Turkey in Asia are nomadic
robbers. Times have been harder than
usual with them of late, and their plun
dering of the Armenian peasantry has
been more extensive than it is ordin
arily. The latter, consequently, found
themselves too poor to meet Hie taxes
demanded for this year by the Sultan
of Constantinople's officers, and the
latter consequently let the soldiery
loose on tin? poor people of one section
for the purpose, doubtless, of frighten
ing the rest into making prompt pay
ments. An investigation nil doubtless
lie undertaken by the European pow
ers, but what good It; will do so long
as Turkish rule Is allowed to remain
It Is difficult to see.
A curious and suggestive Incident has
Just come to light in the recent troubles
among the Moqui Indians, a small trlbil
living In the mountains of Arizona.
One of the tribal chiefs upon a recent
visit to tlie East became imbued with
the ideas of civilization and upon hi*
return endeavored to advocate hi
views among the Moquls. His people,
however, rebuked him for the sugges
tion, held a council formally declaring
hostility to all civilizing influences and
have had the progressive chief placed
in custody. It is evident that the Mo
quls, like many of their fellow tribes,
regard civilization as the invasion of
traditional rights and privileges. This
particular tribe may be somewhat morn
conservative in preserving its traditions
than others, but the fact remains thai
while many tribes have consented 1c
civilization none has rushed to embrace
it. Admirable work has been done In
the Indian schools, but the results stand
rather ns a sign of Caucasian enterprise
than of Indian progresslveness. The
rejection of civilization by the Moquls
Is, after all, merely representative of
the universal attitude of the red man.
who, save in exceptional cases, treads
the path of the white man only undct
compulsion. It Is one of the curious
characteristics of a rapidly disappear
Ing race that, while civilization has
managed to tame the red man and to
treat with him on a basis of amity, it
has seldom been able to efface his
primeval and legendary impulses.
BISHOP TENDING BAR
SELLS COUNTERFEIT BEER AS
A CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.
The Home Baton, In Chicago, Crowded
Every Day, and the Temperance
Drink Is Growing in I'npiilar Favor
—Others to Be Established.
Bishop Fallows' Belief.
Chicago correspondence:
The "Home Salon" conducted by Ht.
Hcv. Samuel Fallows, I). !>., bishop of
the Reformed Episcopal Church, is one
of the recent institutions of Chicago. It
is doing a rushing business and is mak
ing heavy inroads on the saloon trado
lUSIIOP FALLOWS.
of the neighborhood. It has an average
daily attendance of 2,400, and the
bishop himself is frequently on hand
serving foaming glasses of beer and
dealing out hash, kidney stew, pork and
beans as well. But the beer is not the
genuine article. It contains no alcohol,
although in appearance and taste it is
a close counterfeit of the standard
lager. Patrons of the place like the
be 'rage and enjoy a delicious drink
without incurring any of the unpleas
ant effects attendant on an over-indul
gence in lager.
Bishop Fallows believes men do not
drink beer—that is, the majority do not
—for the alcohol that Is in it, nor for the
tipsiness over-indulgence induces. He
maintains that they drink it as a bever
age simply, and that the drunkenness (
is in most cases the result of uninten
tional excess. He believes, too, that
many slaves of drink have been made
through their first indulgence iu what
at the time they thought was a harm
less beverage, but that the alcohol in it,
awakening an appetite dormant in
many and only becoming active as it
was fed, finally saturated the victim
and reduced him to the pitiable condi
tion of the habitual drunkard.
Acting 011 this belief Bishop Fallows
opened the. Ilomc Salon at No. 155
Washington street, where various non
alcoholic.' drinks, together with lunches,
are served at the prices usual in saloons.
The salon occupies a basement differing
nothing in appearance from other sa
loons in the neighborhood. In fact, the
highly polished brass posts and railings
leading Into the basement are in strong
imitation of their alcohol-subsidized
competitors, and a stranger going into
It and asking for a glass of beer would
probably leave with no suspicion that
he had not had the genuine thing, ex
cept a slight peculiarity in the taste of
the beverage.
At the threshold one Is met by a
young man, who hands you a card
stamped into coupons, each represent
ing live cents. When you leave you are
supposed to hand back this card and
pay for as many coupons as are missing.
As you eat or drink, the bartenders or
waiters tear off the coupons. No drink
costs more than five cents, and a meal
that would satisfy a Gurgantua is ob
tainable for 10 cents. There is no limit
to the amount one may eat for 10 cents.
Tlie food is cooked by experienced chefs
and Is bought by Bishop Fallows him
self, who attends to all the business
affairs of the establishment.
On the; left side of the basement ns
one enters is the brilliantly lighted bur,
glistening with the usual glassware and
bottles and decanters exactly similar
to those used in saloons and filled with
many-colored liquids, all non-alcoholic.
Behind the bar are four bartenders, re
splendent in while jackets, well groom-
SALON ENTRANCE.
Ed and dexterous in mixing decoctions
and serving drinks.
On the extreme right of the cellar arc
the tables from which are served the
eatables, each customer helping him
self. In the center of the room are the
tables at which the customers sit when
they have tilled their dishes. The
cashier Is at the door. The help consists
of four bartenders, a chef, two carvers,
seven girls who superintend the giving
out of food and tear off coupons, three
men and two women dishwashers, two
cashiers, two porters, a manager and,
last but not least, the bishop himself,
who seems to take delight iu hustling
nbout and obeying orders like "Give us
a couple of beers," his high hat and the
clerical cut of his clothes looking
strangely out of place during the ap
parently awful consumption of bright,
' sparkling, foaming beer.
On each side of the back-bar Is a por
trait of Miss Frances Willnrd and Neal
Dow and about the room in conspicuous
places are placards announcing the dif
ferent kinds of drinks. The beer served,
as explained l>y the expert German
chemist who makes it, "is a plnc-brcwed
extract of hops and malt, and while
there is no alcohol in it any beer drinker
will declare it to be a good drink and
a close counterfeit, without any of Ihe
bad effects of lager beer."
Speaking of the success of the "Home
Salon" Bishop Fallows says that his
beer is a wonderful success and that a
brewery is now needed to supply the
demand.
A remarkably funny incident oc
curred on the opening day when 4,000
persons visited the place. The beer ran
out at 2 o'clock and a practical joker
whispered to Bishop Fallows that weiss
beer was just as free of alcohol as was
his beerette, and suggested that a sup
ply of that be obtained. The sugges
tion was acted upon, and several dozen
cases hurriedly bought. Customers
who knew the difference between beer
and beerette that afternoon softly
"winked the other eye" after drinking
the weiss beer, and ordered the bishop
to "set 'em up again."
The hilarious manner in which his
customers began to act astonished the
good bishop, but not an inkling of the
real state of affairs occurred to him un
til two revenue officers entered and said
they understood the "Salon" was sell
ing weiss beer. The bishop acknowl
edged it and was thunderstruck when
they informed him the weiss beer ho
was selling contained 8 per cent, of al
cohol, and that if he wanted to continue
he must take out a saloon license. The
weiss beer was thrown Into the sewer
forthwith and the house closed while
an investigation was begun.
NEW ARMOR FOR VESSELS.
A Method Recently Patented by un
English Inventor.
A now method of armoring war
ships, radically different from that now
followed, is proposed and has been
patented by an English inventor, W.
T. Crooke, of Birmingham. Instead
of affixing the armor directly 011 the
side of the ship he would make It
structurally separate, and would hang
It over the ship's side as the Norse
men, the Greeks, and other ancient
Sea lighters were acustomed to hang
their shields .over the sides of their
craft, or in a measure ns torpedo net
ling is hung out from the modern war
ship. Ilis method of construction
would give the ship three skins, with
water-tight compartments between,
and he claims that the outer two might
both he pierced without greatly inter-
NEW ARMOR CONSTRUCTION.
fering with either the stability, safety
or lighting power of the ship.
The device is illustrated in the ac
companying cut of a cross section,
showing the three skins, A, B and C.
The outer skin is the armor, composed
of the heavy armor plating (A), its
framework (D), backing (E) and the
inner lining (F), the whole forming one
main outer thickness of skin. The next
skin (B) would be of steel, Iron or any
water-tight material, and between
these two skins would bo the spaces
(G) and (II), which would be divided
Into water-tight compartments through
out the length of the ship. The third
skin (C) is the structural skin of the
vessel, and between it and the second
skin would be more water-tight com
partments. The two outer skins are
disconnected from the inner skin, or
the real structure of the ship, below
the lowest deck, and the space between
is open to the water, which is free to
rise within this spaco to the crown (M)
some distance below the water line.
The armor below this point is, there
fore, an entirely detached shell, while
as a whole it Is in the nature of a
shield, practically detached from the
body of the ship and extended at some
distance from Its real sides. The In
side skin (0) is therefore almost en
tirely independent of the two outer
thicknesses (B and A).
Wooden Rails for a Florida Road.
The citizens of Avon Park and
Haines City, Fla., forty miles distant,
have decided, according to a corre
spondent of the Manufacturers' Rec
ord, to build a railroad with wood rails,
which are large enough to be laid so
that they will be half-imbedded in the
sand, without other ballast. They are
to be held iu position by wooden plus
two inches in diameter and eighteen
inches long, while the cods are connect
ed by plank couplers placed under
neath and held by pins. Not a pound
of metal will be used In construction
of the tracks. Most of the "rails" will
bo furnished gratis by property own
ers along the right of Way. The com
pany believes that in a few years the
fruit, vegetable and passenger bush
ness over the route will pay for reg
ular steel rails, when the others will
be used for ties. A small steam dum
my will furnish power for the road.
Infidelity never wrote a line that was
comforting on a death bed.
FARMING IN THE CELLAR.
MTTSHKOOMS A N EASY AND PROFIT
ABLE CROP TO RAISE.
Hints About Establishing a "Winter
Harden in the House—One "Wo
man's Rich Harvest.
IT is astonishing to I earn that tho
demand for a native food product
exceeds tho supply in America's
commercial world ; yet it is a fact
as regards mushrooms. Not becanso
tho facilities are lacking; city, coun
try and suburb offer excellent ad
vantages for tho growing of those
toothsome delicacies. Nor is the
supply deficent by reason of tho ex
pense of raising them, for there is
probably no palatable product of the
soil more cheaply cultivated.
The only excuse for the poverty of
this industry is that Americans have
not yet realized how much money and
little work there is in a crop. Said
an export French grower lately—"lt
seems strange that in a country of
70,000,000, where double the price is
paid for mushrooms over any market,
the simplest industry is unknown."
Ho was also astonished that city folks
—especially the poor—do not utilize
tho cellars of tenement hous cs. This I
is not a bail idea, for tho rental to
poor creatures of these unwholesome
living abodes cannot possibly reap the
income that a plentiful mushroom
crop would insure.
This cellar industry need not bo
confined to tho "very poor" although
it would mean to them a livelihood un
attainable under any other circum
stance ; aud multitudes of city people
who never use tho cellar for aught but
tho furnace or odds and ends of rub
bish might "go iu" for growing a
vegetuble that requires small caro and
brings a good unwavering price. No
objection need be raised as to tho un
cleanlincss of tho experiment. The
odor of tho manure necessarily used in
making the beds cau bo douo away
with, and tho hygienic effect of tho
earth is not in tho least unfavorable.
The cost of such a winter garden is
slight. All the manuro required can
bo bought for twouty-fivo cents tho
cart load. Tho English briclc Bpawn
(which is better than tho French flake),
is secured for seventy-five cents or $1
a pound. The beds yield a most
prolific and continuous hnrvest which"
brings in a return of twenty-five cents
to $1.25 a pound. That a grower can
always find a market for his garden,
thero is no shadow of doubt.
Those who do not wish to go into
the business extensively, need not
give up the entire cellar to tho cul
tivation of mushrooms, if tho space is
valuable for other reasons. Tho mis
tress of tho house can experiment in
boxes that will bo less trouble to her
than tho fern she grows at her window,
or tho tin cans of greenery the tene
ment dwellers aro taught by sociolo
gists to encourage nt their sills. Her
artistic senso may not be equally grati
fied, but her pocket-book will feed the
result, and, as for her interest, there
are fow city women, I wager, who do
not yearn to dig around in the warm
earth and personally look after o
great bod of iiving, growing things.
For these womon who would like to
experiment on tho advantages of such
a lucrativo profession, these practical
hints as to tho requirements for suc
cess in the industry may be interest
ing, especially as thoy come from Mr.
Falconer, whoso master gardening
ship has mado Charles A. Dana's
mushroom cave at Dosoris, L. 1., ono
of tho most perfect in the States.
It is requisite that the cellar have a
consistent low temperature; tho
moisture abetting rnoro than hinder
ing success. Mushrooms will not
thrivo wkoro thero aro draughts, so
tho usual city cellar whoso only ven
tillatiou is obtained through the
stairway that loads from the basement
is just right.
The cellar should be thoroughly
cleaned and limo washed iu the late
spring and tho walls washed down with
keroseno to kill odorization. This
condition is not particularly desirod
by suburban growers for they plant
away from the living house." Two
days of summer sun beating down on
a thinly 'aid plot of manure relievos
the substance of any unpleasantness.
This is a difficulty fur the city woman,
but she enn probably make terms for
having this deuo whore she purchases
thu soil.
Beds three or four feet in width
should bo mado about tho walls, with
a pathway between. Then shelf bods
can be built up to tho height of tho
cellar to utilizo all availablo space. If
tho furnace is in tho cellar, it should
be boxed in n thin brick wall and a
large body of material bo used in pre
paring the beds. A heated cellar
properly arranged furnishes a moro
prolific crop, but tho mushroams nre
neither so large or so solid as when
tho air is cool and moist. A tempera
ture of sixty degrees is tho best. But
if tho cellar is colder than the boxed
beds, covered with old bits of carpet
or matting, geuerato their own heat
and preserve favorable conditions.
If tho room becomes so moist that
drippings aro continuous from the
ceiling, spread oiled paper over tho
entire place, so tho moisturo can run
off tho sides.
Those preparations should be fin
ished at slight expenso for August
planting, Spawu can bo bought at
any reliable seed store. Bo sure to
get now spawn, for planting the old
will bo time thrown away. Break up
the spawn iu small pieces, set it in tho
surface of tho manure (don't bury
it), for this saves it from too much
heat; after two or throe days earth
should bo lightly spread over tho beds
and tho work is done.
Tho spawn planted in August boars
in November, sj n part of wisdom is
to provide for a continuous supply
from October to May by planting each
crop a month later. After May the
cellar should bo out,
for the heat generates/op'fc much uu
cleanliness. _ " 7 „
As to the product of ach"growing,
Bome convincing flguros arc presented
bv a person who has triod|this scheme
and from two cellars had a yield of
1700 to 2500 pounds of mushroom.
This wns a successful, not a re
markable harvest, and ono to bo ob
tained by any woman who brings
judgment and enterprise into the
venturo. As iB easily seon it does not
require either capital or time. In a
city whero tho hotels are crying for
fresh supplies daily, a woman would
find no difficulty in disposing nt a
good cash price of every bushel her
oellor would yield. nn. **
This is n decidedly new tenement
houso industry, and it would bo a
wiso woman who experiments in this
direction.—St. Louis Star-Sayiugß.
' WISE WORDS
Every life is a prayer of some kind.
Tho man who cheats another robs
himself.
When tho heart gives, the gift is al
ways great.
Dying grace is a good thing, to
hope for, but living graco will bring
it.
No matter who hns tho floor, self
conceit will always find away to
speak.
Those who borrow trouble never get
n chance to pay it back.
The hands grow heavy when tho
heart is weak.
Unbelief is the egg out of which all
sins nre hatched.
The man who makes his own god
has ono that drives him with un iron
whip.
No matter how much religion wo
profess, all that counts- is what wo
livo.
No matter what kind of a houso
truth builds, it always puts it on tho
rock.
Thero is no land flowing with milk
nnd honey that does not havo giants
in it.
Tho paths of righteousness lead
straight into tho valley of tho shadow
of death.
There isn't a millionaire alive to
day whom an angel would consider
rich.
All lies have the smell of brimstone
on their garments, no mutter whether
they are white or black.
When you give others advico, take
some of it yourself.
Our neighbor sees our faults, but he
hasn't seen the bitter tears they have
made us weop.
All truth is nonsense to tho man
who hns let a lie make its home in his
heart.
Love nevor complains that tho price
it hus to pay is too much.
It takes some people a whole life
time to find out that no dollar is big
enough to give au hour's happiness.—
Barn's Horn.
The Head Ran Alter tho .linn.
In tho month of July some four or
five years ago I was out shooting flori
cau with a friend of mine in Guzernt,
India. Wo had had fairly good luck,
and as wo woro making our way to
tho ruilwuy station to catch tho early
train back to Ahmcdad I noticed my
friend, who wns shooting in line on
my loft, suddenly point his gun- at
something on the fire, and on asking
what it was ho said it was a largo black
cobra, and that he had shot it in two
pieces, the head portion disappearing
down a hole.
As wo were in a hurry to catch tho
train we went on, but very soon heard
one of tho beaters callingoourt r nnd
looking back saw him running toward
us with tho head portion of tho snako
following him, with the hood ex*
punded. It appeared that ho had re
mained behind trying to dig out tho
cobra, and tho result was that it camo
out of tho hole and went for him. Of
course tho snake could not get muoh
paco on nnd was quickly killed.—
Journal of tho Bombay Natural His
tory Society.
A Fanny Baby.
A Chinese baby that Washingtonians
foul much interest in, tho small Celes
tial having first seon the light at the
Capital, has beou following tho cxnm
plo of tho Western babies, nnd has
posed before tho camera, to the groat
delight, no doubt, of all its admiring
female relatives. It presents a very
funny appearance, with its little head
shorn of tho locks which are usually
tho objects of fondest pride to tho
mothers of this luud, aud tho only hir
sute attachment it supports is a rouud
tuft near tho crown of its head, which
is ths nucleus of a future pig-tail,
which will no doubt astonish tho world.
It hus at this tender age adopted for
its own thu childliko aud bland expres
sion which is the distinguishing mark
of a Chinaman aud which enables him
ulways to prove a match for tho diplo
mats of tho world.—Atlanta Journal.
Sago a l'rodiict ot Balms.
Sago is a nutritive snbstanco ob
tained from several specimens of
palms found on tho west coast of Now
Guinoa and iu Sumatra, Borneo,
Timor, Buro and other islands of tho
Indian Archipelago. Tho tree attains
a height of from forty to Bixty feet,
and within tho bark is found a large
amount of fibres aud flour. It first
blooms when ten to fifteeu years of
ago. After bloomiug the Hour oxudes
through the pores of tlie leaves, indi
cating that tho tree is ripe. It must
then be out down, or the flour be
comes worthless. Each tree averages
obout 750 pounds of flour, which
must be purified and fitted for use as
Htarcb nud foi other purposes.—New
Yonk DispateU.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
England reports fireproof celluloid.
Krupp claims to lirvo invented a
maohino that will roll iron so thin
that it takes 1800 sheets to make an
inoh.
M. Bay, a Persian, is the inventor
of a new sort of ornamental glass,
which closely resombles hoar frost on
glass in the feathery forms upon it.
v The now English torpedo boat re
cently made a nine-hour trip during
which sho averaged tho rcmarkablo
speed of twonty-eight knots an hour.
There is talk of disinfecting all tho
wills in Somerset Houso, London, be
causo many of them wero drawn up
and'oxecuted in chambers of oonta
gious dicases.
Professor Gilbert, the geologist, has
come to the conclusion that the huge
hole in the ground known as tho Di
ablo Canon, in Arizona, marks tho
placo whcro a large meteor onco
struck tho ground.
According to Nature, the old idea
that tho wood-peoker transfixes its
prey with its sharp-tipped tongue, is
again denied by Prevot, who states
that the insects adhere to its tonguo
by tho sticky secretion which thickly
covers it.
Mortuary tables show that the aver
age duration of tho lifo of women in
European countries is something loss
than that of men. Notwithstanding
this fact, of the list of centenarians
collected by tho British association, a
fraction over two-thirds wore womon.
W. D. Dole, of Dunsmuir, Cal., has
invented a revolving locomotive head
light that will turm on curves. Ho
attaches his gearing to the front
trucks and as they turn on the track
tho headlight turns. It is expected
that the invontiou will prove very
valuable.
Dangorsof ballooningare to bo mit
igated by the invention of a French
man which providos for the equipment
of a cylinder of mcmbrano to the car,
no arrunged that by tho pressure of a
button it may bo automatically in
flated with air in the event of the bal
loon failing into tho sea.
Experiments were reoontly made
near Aurillnc of the penetration of tho
Rebel rifle against a bank of snow.
Walls from throe to six meters thick
were built, and from a distance of
fifty-five yards the bullet stopped in
every case at a penetration of five feet
six inches. Tho striking velocity was
2035 feet per second.
Inoandescent electrio light is the
least] hnrmful to tho oye9 of all artifi
cial lights, says Dr. Trousseau, sur
geon of tho Paris Quinze Vingts Eye
Hospital. Next comes the light giv
en by kerosene lamps, which is good
for ordinary purposes. He oondemns
as injurious tho light of oil, and par
ticularly by candles, nndoonsiders tho
gas jet the most hurtful of all.
To Pronounce His home.
William A. Jones, editor of the
Syracuse (N. Y.) Post, recently ad
dressed a letter to M. Faure, Presi
dent of France, asking how his name
was pronounced in English, as thou
sands of Americans were desirous of
the information. A reply in French
has beon received from M. Bloure,
chief Private Secretary of President
Faure, containing the first authorita
tive pronunciation ever given to the
United States.
The Post prints a fao-simile of tho
French letter, a translation of which
is as follows:
"Presiiency of the Republic.—
Paris, 19th of February, 1895.—Sir:
In rosponso to tho desire you oxpress
in your letter of the 7th of this
month, I have tho honor to inform
you that the exact pronunciation of
the name of the President of the Re
public is as follows:
"Felix should be pronounced Fel,
as in fellow. Ix as in ixon.
"Fauro exaotly like tho word for.
"Aooept, sir, the expression of my
distinguished consideration."
Alabaster a Limestone.
Alabaster is a fine-grained, whitish
limestone. There are two kinds —
gypsum alabaster, whioh is firmer in
grain. The latter, whioh is used for
soulpturing large objects, suoh as col
umns and chimney-pieces, is some
times oallod Oriental alabaster. The
namo alabaster is now generally given
only to the gypsnm kink, whioh is
carved into vases, statuettes, boxes
and Btnall ornaments. No preparation
is neoessary when oarving alabaster.
When first taken from tho ground it
is so soft thut it may be iudentod with
tho finger-nail, and it is out ood chis
eled with great ease for weeks after
ward. It never gots as hard as
marble.—New York Dispatch.
A Baseball Crank.
A prosperous Philadelphia banker
was noticed by several friends a few
days ago on a suburban traiu deeply
absorbed in a largo table of figures iu
a newspaper. Every now and then
tho banker made some memoranda iu
a small note book, a circumstance
whioh led tho watchers to believo
some important finanoial deal was in
progress. Finally, one more intrepid
than the others approached the finan
cier and bogge.l to be let into tho
secret of tho figures. With a smile
tho banker liauded over the mysteri
ous table, which proved to bo the
leaguo baseball schedule for the year.
—Chicago Times-Herald.
A Fud ol the Czar.
One cf the fads of the Czar of Russia
is the study of eleotrioity. He is in
tensely interested in everything per
taining to eleotrioal sciouoe, and reads
eagerly descriptions of tho latest ex
periments and appliances in that line
of endeavor. He is said to have made
several ingenious contrivances himself
in tho simpler lines of eleotrioal man
ipulation. —Detroit Free Press.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
FOR SOILED CARPETS.
For soiled carpets at tho timo or
spring cleaning salt is a wonderful re
storer of faded color ; tho coarsest kind
is tho best and should bo spread with
out stint. Lot it lie on the carpet for
a few hours, then brush it off with a
hnrd broom; the result is most satis
factory. A pinch of salt droppod ia
tho rocoiver of a lamp whoro keroseno
is burned gives tho light a wonderful
brilliancy.—New York Telegram.
LUNCHEONS FOR TRAVELERS.
Once upon a time, when wo traveled
toward tho sotting sun, our boon com
panion, a huge tin lunch box, was in a
very demoralized couditiou long bo
fore tho six days' rido was over. That
same lunch box has sovcral timos
crossed the Rocky Mountains, but its
load has not since consisted principally
of rich cakes and other sweets to pall
tho appetito and crumble over tho
other articles of food.
Some crisp, spicy giugor snaps mako
a good finish for a lunch, but the best
desserts consist of tart, juicy fruit,
cither canned or fresh, anil jam or
jelly. Thin slices of pressed chicken,
veal or boef lonf mako good sand
wiches, so does boiled (ham, but avoid
salty meats as they create thirst. Hard
boiled eggs, bottled pickles, meat or
vegotablo sulads and spiced fruits mako
good relishes. If lemons are to be had
carry a bottle of lemon juico andsugar
for.lemonade. A tablespoonful or two
of tea may bo placed in a small bottlo
and this filled with wator. A little of
this in a glass of cold water makes a
pleasant summer drink for travelers.
A friend tells mo how a kind rclativo
preparod her meals for a ton days'
rido. Each lunch was wrapped up by
itsolf in tissuo paper. No two wero
exactly alike, uud tho tiny bit of
curiosity anil surpriso accompanying
tho unfolding of each, served as an ex
cellent appetizer.—Auiericuu Agricul
turist.
kriE MATTER OF CUBIIION3.
Whoover hoard of a houso with too
many cushions? Tho chairs need
cushions, and so dotho hftuimock, tho
sofas, lounges, divans, whilo generous,
Bturdy cushions for the feet arc among
tho luxuries of rest. Always cover
oushious first with uubloachod muslin
or bedticking, and then put over it
tho outer covering. This will pre
vent the stuffing from working out,
and the pretty cases from wouring out
too quickly. Delicate, tinted cover
ings for cushions ought to bo made of
materials that may bo laundrcd, for
nothing is moro offensive than n soiled
cushion.
There is a wido range of clothes to
choose from, even under this condi
tion. China silks, pongeeß, plain and
fancy linens, dainty ginghams, cham
brays, an.l lawns are some of tho fab
rios. Chintz, cretonuo and velours
mako suitable coverings for those
cushions that will see hard service,
while grass-cloth is specially adapted
to cover veranda or hammock pillows,
as it is not injurod by rain. Thero
are also several materials for filling
tho cushons. Exoolsior or hay will
nnswer to put ia cushions for tho
floor or doorstop, when curled hair
cannot be had. Hair cushious ought
to be tufted, and, when so made, are
tho best for chair Boats. But hair, as
well as wool, which is un excellent
stuffing, mat and pack down, and
cushions filled with cither of theso
substances will need to be made over
occasionally, uud tho hair or wool
picked apart.
Goose down is not as desirable as
the costly eider down, because it
works through cloth. Gooso feathers
are tho best filling for sofa and loungo
oushions, while an outer coat of hen's
foathors will form a fair stufllug for n
cushion, with excelsior or hay for tho
mass of its filling. Hen's feathers
alone would make a cushion too
heavy.—New York Times.
RECIPES.
Batter Pudding—Ouo pint of milk,
three eggs, sevou heaping tablespoo n.s
of Hour; heat the eggs thoroughly,
stir in tho flour gradually, salt and
bake twenty minutes.
Hiokory-nut Oake—Sugar one and a
half cups, one cup of raisins, ono cup
nut meats, half cUp butter, three
fourths cup milk, two eggs, ono tea
spoon cream of tartar, half teaspoon
soda, two cups flour.
Hominy Frittors—One ogg, one
half cup of sweet milk, one tablospoon
of flour, ono quart boiled hominy, a
pinoh of salt. Roll into oval balls
with floured hands; dip iu a well
beaten egg, thon in dried broad
crumbs; fry in hot lard.
Crimpod Fish—Soak slices of any
firm white fish in strongly salted water,
with two tablospoonfuls of vinegar,
and boil for about ten minutes. Drain
the fish, nrrango on a platter and ro
move the skin and bones. Serve hot
with oyster or lobster suuco, or cold
with mayonnaise or tartar sauce poured
into tho space left by tho bouos. Gar
nish with water cress.
Coffee Cake —One-half oup of buttor,
one cup brown sugar, one oup molas
ses, ouo cup strong ooffeo (boiled),
ono beaten egg, four cups flour, one
heaping teaspoouful baking powder,
one tablospoonful cinnamon, one toa
spoonful cloves, two pounds seedless
raisins, one-quarter of a pound of
slioed citron. Dredge the fruit and
add last. Bake ono hour.
Oyster Potato Balls—Peel and boil
twelve medium-sized potatoes, mash
fine, salt, and add a piece of butter
the size of an ogg, and four table
spoonfuls of cream. Beat well, and
whsn.oold work into pats, putting two
good-sized oysters inside of each pat.
Dip in beaten egg and roll in cracker
meal. Put a tiny bit of butter on eaoh
ball and bake a light-brown in a quich
oven.