In bankruptcy he'll never sink
Who puts his trust in printers' ink!
Native whites born of native parents
form fifty-two per cent, of our Na
tional voting strength.
The city of Chicago is erecting an
electric light plant of its own, and
proposes to light itself.
Florida has a smaller valuation than
most of the Southern States, being es
timated at only $30,938,309.
Up to the end of last year Philadel
phia B new city hall had cost $15,699,-
961.67, and it is not quite finished '
jet.
The trolley reigns in Philadelphia,
but with not such murderous sway,
apparently, as in Brooklyn. The last
horse car in Philadelphia has been re
tired.
In the Chicago parks no one is
obliged to keep off the grass until the
grass is worn off the ground. Then
peoplo are kept off till it grows back
again.
The New York Mail and Express ex
rlaimo: "Having harnessed Niagara,
Yankee ingenuity may some day use
Ihe Rocky Mountains to fill in the Yo
semite Valley, preparatory to catting
it up into building lots."
A writer in the Popular Soience
Monthly thinks that some children
lie habitually because they are suffer
ing from disorders of mind or body,
or both, "which radically interfero
with the transmission of conceptions
and perceptions."
An nnusual number of agents from
Western and Southern States are sta
tioned in New York City this year for
the purpose of inducing immigrants
to settle in the States which thoy rep
resent. Even Wisconsin and Califor
nia are desirous of attracting new
comers.
Great Britain shows an annual do
erease in crime, and prisons are being
closed accordingly, but in Franco
crimes of all kinds have increased
during the last fifty years at a ratio
of 130 per cent. The number of
criminals from sixteen to twenty-one
years of age has increased by 217 per
cent.
Singularly enough, muses the Chi
cago Times-Herald, the editor of the
men's department of the women's
edition of tho St. Paul (Minn.) Dis
patoh heads her column "The Lords
of Croation," and there is nothing in
her text to show a trace of irony. The
name of this droll new womau is
Smith—Mrs. F. T. Smith.
Out of ninety-five candidates, who
had secured appointments to West
Point Military Academy for tho com
ing year, but forty-nine succeeded in
passing the mental examination,
scarcely more than half; and yet,
marvels the New Orleans Picayune,
they ore talking of raising tho stand
ard of the examinations for admis
sion. The present examinations aro
only in tho rudiments of education,
but requiro a very perfect mastery of
these.
Tho last session of the Illinois Leg
islature so amended the net concerning
dependent ohihlren that overy train
ing school for boys is to got 810 a
month from the county for every boy
committed to its charge, whether the
County Board has agreed to it or not.
As thcro is a profit for the schools of
85 on every boy, the training schools
have agents out gathering in depend
ent boys, and as the definition in the
act ns to what constitutes a "depend
ent boy" is very vague, they are gath
ing in a good crop. The county au
thorities have resolved to take the
matter to tho courts.
The Supromo Couit of Louisiana
has deoided that a child of tender
years cannot bo guilty of contributory
negligenoe so as to be in part respon
sible for any nccident or injury that
It might suffer. A three-year-old child
had been injured by a street oar, and
a verdict had been given against tho
railway company in tho lower court.
Tho company appealed and pressed
the point, raised in the lowei court,
that tho child was in tho way of tho
cor by its own negligence and there
fore responsible for its own injury.
The Supreme Court ruled that suoh a
child could not be negligent and tho
railway company oould not l>o excused
for nny lack of caro or watchfulness
on the part of its employes on that
ground. Sneh employes aro bound to
use extraordinary care and watchful
ness whenever there are incapablo
persons in the vioinity of tho railway,
and if they do not the company mast
suffer. This decision is good sense as
well as good law.
MEMOIRS OF BARRAS.
NOW TO BE PUBLISHED AFTER
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.
Written by Napoleon's Bitterest Kn
cmy, a Singular Irony of Fate Places
the Work of Editing in the Hands
of un Uncompromising Admirer.
His Star Not Obscured.
The French Government Intends to
"star" the Napoleonic revival at the
exposition In Paris in 1900 so thorough
ly that it has even intimated that it
i
JOSEPHINE.
will remove the beautiful statue of the
Empress Josephine from its pedestal
at Fort do France, on the Island of
Martinique, for exhibition In one of the
halls of the exposition. This announce
ment has provoked a loud cry of pro
test from the Inhabitants of the little
island, for the statue of Josephine,
called the "Marvel of Fort de France,**
is said to he one of the most beautiful
in the world, and the islanders natural
ly object to its transportation, which
they declare would he an act of "un
conscionable vandalism." The people
of Martinique cherish the memory of
Josephine with all the fervor of the
tropical crcole temperament, for the
Empress was horn there and at differ
ent periods of her life kept up a modest
establishment in Fort de France.
It is interesting that at just this time,
when the Napf "Ton cult is growing
apace daily both in and out of France,
that the long expected and eagerly
awaited "Memoirs of ltnrras" should
at last make their appearance, or, at
least, that the first two volumes of the
work—there are to he four in all—
should he given to the public. It is a
singular hook and it is probable that
no modern manuscript has passed
through more complicated vicissitudes.
Paul Barras, a former member of the
directorate, died in 1829 and bequeath- |
ed the manuscript of the memoirs to
one M. Rousselin do Saint-Albin. By
reason of the nature of the subject mat
ter of the memoirs M. de Saint-Albin
considered it prudent for political rea
sons to delay their publication. M. j
Rousselin de Saint-Alhin died in 1847 ;
and the portfolio became the property
of his eldest son, M. Hortenslus de
Saint .-Albin. The latter died in 1877
and the "Memoirs of Barras" passed
into the possession of his brother, M.
Philippe de Saint-Alhin, who died four
years later aud who bequeathed them
to his sister, Mine. Aehille Jubinnl.
Mine. Jubinnl followed her brother to
tlie grave after a few years* interval,
and the memoirs were turned over to
the present editor, M. George Diiruy,
who had become connected by mar
riage with the Saint-Alhin family.
Thus by a singular irony of fate these
memoirs, which were written by Bar
ras in a spirit of the bitterest hatred
of Napoleon, after fifty-live years find
as their editor an uncompromising par
tisan and ardent admirer of Napoleon,
NAPOLEON*
for such M. George Duruy proclaims
himself to he. He not only decides to
publish them, but to publish them just
as Barras wrote them, thereby resist
ing the temptation to expurgate them
and to shield the memory of Napoleon
and of Josephine from many of the
wanton slanders and vicious insults
with which the had Barras maliciously
I attempts to defame them.
I He comes to the conclusion that the
Emperor's memory will not suffer from
j this vicious attack on his character.
! He believes that no cloud of calumny
j which may arise from this or other
I quarters will he able to obscure the
I radiance of Napoleon's star, and with
j this thought in mind ho Invokes the
words of the Emperor himself on tlie
subject:
I "Calumny has exhausted nil its ven
! oni against my person. It can no long
.er affect me. It is no longer anything
! more in my eyes than the poison of
| Mlthrldates. I am fated to he the food
j of pamphleteers, but I have no fears
of falling a victim to them. They will
bite granite. My memory Is entirely
composed of facts which mere words
cannot obliterate. If the great Fred
erick, or nay other man of his mold,
were to set to writing against me it
would be a different matter—lt would
then perhaps be time for me to be
moved; but as to all others, however
much they may Inject into their work,
they will never be doing aught but fir
ing blank cartridge. Falsehood passes,
truth remains. What has, after all,
been the result of the immense sums
spent In libeling me? Soon there will
be 110 traces of them, whereas my mon
uments and institutions will commend
me to the most "remote posterity. Fn
spite of every libel 1 entertain no fears
for my fame. Posterity will render
justice unto me. The truth will be
known and the good I have accomplish
ed will be set against the mistakes I
have committed. 1 am not concerned
as to the result." ■"
It is thus that the man who "mixed
the eagles of France with the eagles of
the crags" routs and sends flying in
all directions that army of slanderers
and villfiers of whom, the editor would
have us believe, his author, Harms,
was the general in chief; and so far
time seems amply to have justified Na
poleon's prophecy. For the Emperor,
It Is evident, could not well have had
a more able or enthusiastic defender
against the attack of his arch-enemy
Harms than that enemy's own editor—
nuruy. In scourging his author the
editor almost out-Barms' Barms. At
any rate, the honors may be said to bo
easy. It is a singular spectacle—that
of tlie editor arrayed against Harms
as Harms arrayed himself against Na
poleon, and it speaks volumes for the
renaissance of the Napoleon cult.
GEN. P. W. HARDIN.
Nominated by Kentucky licraogvata
for Governor of the State.
The nomination of Gen. I'. W. Har
din for Governor of Kentucky by the
Democratic State convention at Louis
ville was the result of a canvass of
extraordinary excitement and is likely
to be followed by a campaign of un
exampled activity. Hardin is the best
handshaker in the State and one of its
best orators. As an eleetlonccrer lie ex
cels even Senator Joe Blackburn, an
other Kcntuckiun whom everybody
calls by his first name. Mr. Hardin is
a rich man and will not lie hampered
by a lack of money. As to the man
agement of the campaign 110 one can
give him any points 111 the game.
Hardin has been Attorney General
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OKN. MA KDIX.
of the State for twelve years. lie be
longs to the famous Kentucky family
which lias been prominent ever since
the State has had a history. lien Har
din, whom John Randolph called "Old
Butcher Knife" when In Congress, was
his uncle. Ilardin is a stalwart six
footer, dark skinned, handsome and of
manly and imposing hearing. Ho does
not possess any high reputation for
learning and ability, hut lie Is a good
politician. He Is 54 years old and is n
native of Adair County. He was admit
ted to the bar In 1865 and for thirty
roars has been an active and successful
practitioner.
PAUL REVERE'S HOUSE.
Probable Birthplace of the Patriot
Still Stands in Boston.
At 19 and 21 North Square, Boston,
stands what was once the residence and
the probable birthplace of I'aul Re
vere. It is a wooden house with a pro
f~
PAIL IIEVKHK'B niKTIIPLA.CE.
jectlng second story; one of the few
houses of this sort yet remaining. It
was from the upper windows of this
house that Ilevere displayed his trans
parencies of the "Boston Massacre"
on the first anniversary of that event,
and here lie lived during the years of
the Revolution. Here many secret
meetings of loyal Americans were held.
Revere moved to Charter street to
ward tiie close of the Revolution, hav
ing purchased a house at the corner of
Revere place, and it was in this house
that he died.
The Tot Was Thinking.
There is a little golden-haired tot
with whom I carry on an animated cor
respondence in pot hooks and hangers,
who is much given to standing before
the fire aud looking for faces in It.
When asked what she was thinking of,
the other night, she replied: "I am
thinking of old times."—Washington
Fost.
WMCK OF THE COLIMA.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF A SURVIV
ING PASSENGER.
A Dive for Ldfe—Kxperlenco on a
Raft Willi a Wounded Companion
Plelccd Up at Last.
~T" ~T~ W. BOYD, of Birmingham,
England, ono of tho sur-
J 0 vivors of tho wrecked
(T~ Pacific Mail steamer Cu
lima, related his experiences as a pas
senger on tho ill-fated vessel to W. E.
Stauffer, of Pullman's Palace Car Com
pany, while they were traveling to
gether recently from Niagara Falls to
New York. The narrative was re
ported by Mr. Stauffer verbatim, and
is as follows:
Wo left Manzanillo about 4 o'clock
ou the aftornoon of Sunday, May 20.
Sailing out into tho opeu sea wo cn
countorod a nice, fresh breezo. About
7 o'clock tho wind freshened, all awn
ings wero taken in and preparations
were made for rough weather. It was
about sunset and tho sky was ex
tremely beautiful, tho sua being
totally crimson, and if that ominous
forerunner of a storm was not con
sidered, tho scone was ono of porfeet
peaoe and quiet. But soon tho sea be
gan to roughen, and ere long wo had
a heavy swell, which continued from
this time on. Tho ship soon began to
pitch and roll heavily, continuing in
this way all through the night, and by
8 o'clock the next morning all hands
wore very busily engaged in securing
the cargo, which was shifting slightly
ou tho forward main deck. On tho
hurricane dock wcro piled some sixty
or seventy tons of lumber. Ou tho
main deck several head of cuttlo and
horses wero penned. Thoro was also
a largo amount of oil on tho main
deck, and on tho stocrago deck a lot
of looso cargo was stored. Tho swell
was very heavy aud many of tho pas
sengers wero seasick. At about I)
o'clock I went below to change my
clothes, having carried them with mo
011 dock* The boatswain and some of
tho men wero trying to put oil on tho
water, but it would not go through
tho scuppers. About this timo ono of
tho steerage passengers went below,
and shortly afterward wo heard a ter
rible rumbling under us, which told
us as plainly as words could have done
that tho cargo had shifted. All tho
loose cargo iu tho eteerago had fallen
over to starboard. All tho oil on tho
main dock had also shifted to star
board, and tho coal in tho buukers
slipped over. By this timo tho ship
was leaning badly to starboard and we
never again recovered un even keel.
Wo had been heaving to for some
hours and the shin had lost headway.
The Captain called for 111 oro steam,
but was nimbio ret any. Suddenly
wo heard tho culls, "All on deck 1" and
"Man tho boats!" and at this juncture
I mado my way up tho compauiouway.
Everything on the main deck at this
time was confusion and excitement,
and catching hold of a hammock I
pulled myself hand over hand to tho
other side of tho ship. When I got
thero I saw the quartermaster go for
ward with an axe, which was very sug
gestive, and although I (lid not realize
there was any absolute clanger up to
this time. 1 began to look around for
a means of safety. Tho heavy swell
forced tho ship over further aud fur
ther to starboard, aud tho \Vator came
over tho sido in great sheets. After
pulling up four fellows to tho port side,
1 looked in tho companionway and was
surprised to see ouo of the crew, who
had a lifo-proscrver on, jump over
board. This was tho only man that I
saw break away beforo the signal win
given for all to save themselves. See
ing this mail go, I climbed over tho
port rail aud stood 011 the other side
of the rail. Glauciug toward tho
bridge, I saw tho Captain's hand 0:1
tho whistle-cord. Tho whistlwmmudod
loud and shrill, and tho command was
given for all bauds to save themselves.
A crashing noise at tho timo drew my
attention upward, aud I saw tho hur
ricane deck and upper cabins all smash
up into small pieces, and with tho re
maik that "she will never como up
any more," I took oft* my boots, coat
aud vest, ran down tho side and jumped
into sea. 1 went down very deep and
I thought that ail was over, but after
a timo I felt my arm go out into tho
cold air. I was just about to take
breath when 1 was swished down again,
this timo going deeper than before.
My breath began to oozo out of my
mouth, replacing itself with salt water,
and I fought for all I was worth. Sud
denly I felt myself rising, aud, strug
gling very hard, 1 camo to thosurfuco
like a cork. After suudry gasps I was
all right. My thoughts camo clearly,
audi swain about for a while, trying
to find something suitable to hold to.
Seeing ouo young fellow with two
bundles of shingles, I cullod out to
him to give mo one. He said, "Como
for it." I did, and we swam away in
company. I looked arounl for tho
ship, but she was gone, and nothing
was left savo a floating mass of looso
lumber and the crushed pieces of tho
deck aud cabins. Ail around me wore
pieces of tho ship, with people hang
iug to them, and dead bodies floatod
past me every few minutes. After a
while I got 011 a raft (a collection of
pieces of tho broken dock) with three
other.*, but wo wero almost im
mediately upset by a heavy wave. We
all scrambled back again. Two of tho
fellows wcro badly crushed. Almost
immediately wo were upset again aud
I lost tho raft.
X had to swim about quito awhile,
but finally I piokecl up a piece of
wreckage about 3x12 feet, to which I
held fast all aftemoou. Wbeu X first
got thia a very heavy squall struck us,
aud iu this squall many lives were
lost. Many of the pieees of lumber
were thrown across the sea, as they
rose on the crest of the waves, and in
this way many were killed. This squall
was very sovere and was accompanied
by a heavy hailstorm, so that for some
timo wo could not open our eyes to
see anything around us, and this lasted
some two hours. When the wind 1
quieted down there were only four or
tivo fellows within my range of vision,
and I oamo to the conclusion that wo
were nil who were left. I supposed
that my companion had been thrown
into the water aud killed by the float
ing lumber—which afterward I learned
to bo the case. I changed my raft
several times now that tho water had
become a little milder. Thero was
plenty of choice, and at last I met a
good raft with ouo occupant, who was
a Mexican aud unable to spoak Eng
lish ; and as I could not speak Span
ish wcwere unable to understand each
other. By signs I made out that ho
had a good raft aud wanted me to join
him. I dived over and swam to him,
when I made tho discovery that he
was badly crushod about the chest,
back aud stomach. I pickod up two
pieces of wood for paddles, aud with
these T tried to paddle; but my com
panion was too much crushed to fur
nish any assistance, so I gave it up
and allowed ourselves to drift.
About this time on orange floated
' past and by tho aid of a long lath I
got it. Wo had scarcely shared it
when we got sight- of a cocoanut, and
I immediately set about tiying to de
vise some means to securo it. We
watched it until nearly dark, 110 op
portunity offering for its recovery, aud
at last, fearing tliab we would lose it.
in the darkness, 1 dived over the side
of tho raft and swam to the cacoauut,
secured it, and returned to tho raft,
which I boarded. Although the cocoa
nut had the libros on, wo opoucd it
and drank tho milk. I also picked up
two onions, which I reserved for fu
ture use. Shortly afterward wo drifted
by tho plush hack of ono of onr
cabin chairs. This I made tho Mexi
can lie down 011. but ho was so badly
crushed that I had to get him up
again, and he sat on tho chiirback all
night. Shortly after this I got a ease
o! oil, which floated past, and opening
it I found that it contained eight tins
of oil. Tho wind was freshening, and
tho sea was beginning to get rough
again. I took the tius from the case,
knocked a lisle in the side of each
with a nail, and threw them overboard.
The consequence was that wo had a
smooth patch around us for about two
hours. The next thing to como along
was a velvet-covered cushion. I se
cured it, and as I was only dressed at
this time iu a pair of trousers, I rippo I
Iho plush oft' tho cushion and made a
sort of waistcoat of it. A straw hat
came sailing by aud this I caught. I
[ placed it upon my head, lirst ripping
off tho band and .tviug it arouud my
neck in lieu of a -scarf. Tho moon was
youug, and came out about 8 o'clock,
and set about I'd o'clock. jFroin
this time 011 wo sat and watched tho
stars, and were pleased to uoto that
the freshening breeze was blowing us
in an easterly direction, whoro I knew
the land to lie.
Wo drifted iu this way until day
light, when tho welcomo sight of laud
met our eyes. Homo half-hour after
ward I saw tho suioko of a steamer,
and after signalling her for about
an liuur and a half, we were
scon, and tho ship hoalol for
us. It was tho Han Juan, which for
tunately was seven or eight days
late going north.- Tho Han Juan
picked up niuotcen othorsbosides our
selves. About ton others have since
drifted ashore. Tho Han Juan took us
to San Francisco, whore I soon took
passage across tho Continent cu route
to my home.
IN'a Eye lor t'.io Anli pio.
Down at George Vauderbilt's expen
sive house, Biltmore, near Ash ville,
N. C., thero i 3 a great room iu which I
tho furnituro which is to adorn the '
mammoth abiding place is stored. It
is a room in the stable, by the way,
but the stable is tiled with tho sort of
tiles most of us consider a distinct
luxury in a bathroom. Thoro are
great mahognny four poster bods,
carved oak cabinets, black with age,
ancient settees worth their weight iu
gold, anl goodness ouly knows what
else. And thoy tell a story of a Wash
ington woman, who peuetratod to the
glass door of that great room and
looked in. Hlio had been told how
many miles of macadamized drives
there are on the-estate, how long tho
houSfc is, how mauy feet wide the ter
race is, and how much tho foun lation
cost. She was impressed till, as I
said, she oimo to peep at tho furni
ture. Hho looked at it iu amazement.
"Well," she said, "the idea of put
ting all that old stuff into a brand
now bouse. I should think Vanderbilt
could aft'ord better thau that."—New
Yolk Advertiser.
Brilliant ItscorJ o! a L!!e Sivar.
Captain D. 0. Gilmour, of tho Brit
ish Royal Naval Reserve, to whom
King Oscar 11., of Hwedeu and Nor
way, presented a pair of silvor-mouutod
binoculars the other day, in recognition
of his rescue of tho crew of tho Swed
ish bark Golion, lias a brilliant record
as 11 life-saver. In 188(1 he oiusod tho
Italian ironolad I'rinsipa Ami 100 to
be towel from a dangerous strand,
and two years ago ho roceived the
thanks of the Italian Governm mt for
bringing into port the steamship Zan
zibar, which lial broken down 723
miles from Queenstowa. Captain
Gilmour also holds a modal of the Hu
mane Society for jumping overboard
and saving a man from drowning.—
New York Sun.
The World's Coil Yield.
Last year tho world produced 553,-
703,000 tons of coal. To this total
Great Britain contributed 185.000,000
tons; the United States, 170,000,030;
France, 25,250,003; Belgium, 10,503,-
030, and Austria-Hungary, 10,230,033
tou*. Five million tons were mined
in Australia, four iu Canada and three
iu British India,
Tbo Empress of Germany is making
quite a reputation as an after-dinner
speaker.
Princess Helene, who recently mar
ried tho Duke of Aosta, is an enthu
siastic sportswoman.
Miss Etnily Faithful during the lat
ter years of her life smoked cigarettes
incessantly for nervousness.
Lalioucbere, of London Truth, pro
gressive in most matters, is opposed
to the use of the bicycle by women.
Florence, Italy, is rejoicing in the
visitation of a party of iifty American
young women who have settled at San
Donato and go sketching in a body.
Pupils in the Chicago Art Institute
design lace handkerchiefs, buckles,
combs and calendars, as well as wall
papers, rugs, iron lamps, iireplaces
and grates.
Lady Lytton, widow of tho author
of "Lucille," who lias just received an
appointment in the British royal
household, is said to be in quite re
duced circumstances.
Paris may evolve anothor Marie
Bashkirtseif fevor out of tho sad case
of Mntoysi Savian, a young .Tapnneso
poot who has just died in poverty aud
neglect in oue ef her hospitals.
Those who have soen her say the
Queen of Madagascar is the handsom
est of crownod women. Sho dressos
in abominable taste, and drosses her
self overlavishiugly with jewels.
Mother Mary Gouzaga, who is said
to bo the oldest sister of charity in
tlio United States, celebrated tho
sixty-ninth aunivorsary of her initi
ation into tho order at Philadelphia
recently.
Japanese women never discuss thoir
servants. To do so would bo contrary
to Japanese etiquotto. They may talk
of dress, the theatre, tho music, and
tho rest, but tribulations must not bo
referred to.
Tho number of women studying at
the University of Geneva is constantly
on the increase. This year 128, or
tweuty-fivo per cent, of all the stu
dents are women, most of them Rus
siaus or Poles.
Sir Henry Irving says tliut English
women arc singularly undemonstra
tive. Although women admire him
greatly and often form tho lurger part
of his audiences, ho gels his applause
almost entirely irom tho men.
Amelia Slerneokor has invented a
fender for trolley cars whioh will bo
given a trial by tho San Fraucisco
olectrio railways. Sho is butseventeon
years of age, but has had a passion
for machinery since her early child
hood.
Mile. Mario Lafarguo, who has
scored such a brilliant operatic suc
cess in Loudon, was discovered in the
Basque provinces by Comtosso do la
Rochefoucauld, who sont her to the
Paris Conservatory, whero she won
tho tint prize.
Long as she has been an English
woman, the Princess of Wales has
never quite mastered tho English ac
cent. She cannot manage the letter
"r," and "channel" sho prouounoes
"shannel," besides other little foreign
peculiarities.
A prize of fifty gold dollars, offered
by the philosophy and soienco depart
ment of tho Chicago Womon's Club
for original investigation by women
studen's in tho University of Chicago,
has not been awarded this year, tho
work submitted being not up to tho
required standard.
Miss Bamsoy, tho young lady who
has gaiuod a first class in tho moral
sciences tripos at Cambridge, England,
is a oousin to Mrs. Montagu Butler,
the wifo of the Master of Trinity, a
lady who iu 1837 took higher honors
in classics than uny male student
achioved in hor year.
In the cities of Japan thero is a
largo class of women who make their
living by furnishing amusement to
ennuiod female patrons. They aro
well oducatcd, can converse, recite
poetry, tell stories, sing songs, play
tho guitar and dance for tho enter
tainment of those who send for thorn.
Tacoina, Wash., claims tho only
woman Custom House broker on the
Northern Pacilio ooast. Sho is Miss
Florenco B. Moffat, daughter of a
steamboat eaptaiu, aud is said to be
actively interested iu shipping inter
ests aud to know more on matters of
transportation and commeroo than
many men in the business.
Tho lady upon whom the great Cav
endish bestowed the proud title of
"Queen of American Whist Players,"
Miss Kato I. Wheelook, is a MiHvau
lioean—a petite, fascinating woman,
engaging iu manner and intellectual
iu uppearanoe. Sho has been playing
whist for fitteen years aud touching
tho game for ten years.
At a mooting tho other evening in
London of the Healthy and Art stio
Dress Association several of tho women
present wore a costume of jacket,
short petticoat reaching to tho knees,
aud sandals instead of shoos. In this
garb they look like old woodcuts of
Captain Kidd. A Mrs. Relsey urged
all her sisters to wear kuickerbookers,
notwithstanding the taunts of their
tyrants.'
Prinoess Maud, of England, lately
appeared in Battersea Park mounted
on a balloon-tired "safety." The
Duchess of jConnanght, being yet
a learner, prefers to take her daily
practice for tho present in the seolud
ed walks of Buckingham Palace gar
dens. Meantime the Marchioness of
Londonderry, Lady Brassey, and the
Princess Henry, of Pleas, rank among
the most graceful and expert of rid
ers.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BLUEING THAT IS SATISFCTOItV.
One ounoe of the very best Prussian
blue in powder, half an ounce oxalio
acid ; put theso in a two-quart pitcher,
pour nearly lull of boiling (soft)
water, stir well; when cool put into
bottles for use. The common bluo
will not answer.—New York World.
TO KEEP COLD WATEK.
To got ice cold water in places
whore there is no ice, wrap a jug of
common earthenware in wet flannel,
leaving no place exposed to the air ;
place it, filled with water, in an opeu
window exposed to all tho air there is.
Keep the flannel wet; in an hour tho
contents of that jug will be almost as
cool as if they had been icod.
PRESERVF.3 THE COLOR OF JAM.
To preserve the color of tho jam,
boil the fruit for a few minutes by it
self before adding the sugar, being
careful, however, not to lot it get so
thick as to prevent tho souiu rising or
tho sugar from melting pioperly. Try
this recipe: Cut tho tope and tails
off the gooseberries, woigh them, theu
put them in the preserving pan;
bruise thorn a very little with a clean
or now wooden spoon, and let them
boil quickly for six or sovou minutes,
turning them well nil tho time; now
add tho sugar (in tho proportion ol
two and a half pounds of powdered
sugar to ovcrv throo pouuds of goose
berries), aud boil the jam quickly for
three-quarters of au hour, stirring it
carefully, and skimming it ruost par
ticularly. Tho sugar should bo added
gradually and well mixed in to ensure
its melting thoroughly ; but once this
is effected, it can scarcoly boil too
fast. Properly made, tho color of this
preserve will bo preserved.—Now
York Telegram.
nOW TO MAKE ATTAU OF RO3E3.
Use the fragrant petals of flowors
of tho samo season. Roses aud jas
mine, with a small quantity of sweet
brier aud mignonette, mako a nioo
mixture. Thero mnst be a greater
quantity of roso leaves than of all tho
others together.
Sproad the petals on a layer of cot
ton which has been dipped iu the
finest Florence or Lucca oil, and
npriukle over thein a little fine salt.
Lay on another sheet of cotton, nuil
add petals and salt as before; reponi
this, with a layer of tho oiled cotton
botween each layer of potals, until you
have filled a china bowl or a wide
mouthed jar. Tie a bladder closely
over all, and place the vessel iu the
sua ; if under a garden forcing glass,
all the better.
In about fifteen days remove the
bladder and equeezc tho cotton and
petals, when a fragrant oil will bo ex
pressed resembling tho high-priced
attar of roses sold by druggists. The
bottle into which thi3 oil is squeezed
must bo corked up immediately. A
bottle with a glass stoppor is best for
tho purpose. If cork is used tie a
pieeo of bladder over it.—St. Louis
Star-Sayings.
RECIPES.
Ham Toast—Minee fino some cookod
ham with an anchovy bonod and
washed, add two beaten eggs, a little
cayenuo and pouuded maee and sufii
ciunt milk to make all moist; make it
quite hot nnd serve on toast.
Frieasseod Eggs—Slioo fivo hard
boiled eggs. Take oue cup of stock
seasoned with pepper nudsalt. Brown
somo stale bread in n bntterod fryiug
pan. Ilcat tho gravy ou tho tire, put
the eggs in melted butter aud roll iu
flour. Tut them iu the hot gravy
and let them get hot. Lay tho eggs
in a dish ou the friod bread and pour
the gravy over.
Vegetable Soup—Boil two pouuds of
beef and when quite douo take it up
aud lay aside for supper. Strain tho
liquor in which it was boiled. Clean
aud wash one carrot, one small pars
nip, one turnip and oue union, out all
iu lengthwise strips to resemble
noodles, put into tho liquor and boil,
till tender. Add a moo tomato and
some parsley and scffvo with croutons.
English Fruit Tart —Make without
an uuder crust. Fill a shallow pud
ding dish with one aud one-half pints
of seedod cherries; sprinkle with one
cup cf sugar aud one tablespoouful of
flour. Mako a rich l.ie crust and roll
out a little larger than the top >f the
dish, but of the same shape. Prick it
with a fork aud sproa I over the top
of the cherries, turniug it in at the
edges. Bake about an hour in a
moderately hot oven. The English
sprinklo sugar over the tart before it
is brought to tho table.
Boast Shoulder of Veal With Pota
toes—Removo tho bone from the
shoulder of veal without cutting
through tho outer skiu, and fill the
cavity with sliced potatoes and onions
aud season with salt an 1' popper ; sow
and put the shoulder in shape. Place
in a baking pan with the bones under
it, and browu quickly iu a hot oven.
Theu season with saltnul pepper,
dredge with flour anu baste with the
drippings in the pan. An hour before
tho veal is done add a dozou medium
sized potatoes au I put them into the
pan with tho meat. When tho veal is
doue arrange them around it ou the
platter; make a gravey out oT the
drippings in the pau and servo iu a
gravey dish.
Will Mitigate the Fly Nuisance.
Bunches of sassafras hun" iu the
window will mitigate the fly nuisance.
This is worth remembering by the
summer boa.dor, who frequently linds
herself not only livo miles from a
lemor, hut au equal distance from
window soreeus. ■—Now York Times.
Telephonic communication between
Loudon and Edinburgh, Dublin and
■ other important towns iu Great Brit-
I ai.u has been established.