Of every 1000 Europeans 262 are
Russians, 139 Germans, IlGAustrians,
107 French, 106 English, 84 Italians,
48 Spanish, 17 Belgians, etc.
The investment in good roads made
by Staten Island will pay for itself
many times over in a very few years,
predicts the Now York Sun. Tho
population is increasing
rapidly.
Li Hung Oh .ng is said to have been
greatly impressed by his interview
with Bismarck, particularly with tho
ex Chancellor's suggestion that tli9
best way to reform and up-build China
would be upon the basis of an army,
even if it comprised at) inure than 50,-
tXX) men.
This shows up well for American
liberality. Dr. Wolf, of tho Univer
sity of Heidelberg, tried in vain to
raise sufficient funds to buy a new
photographio telescope for the insti
tution. Miss Lorillard Bruce got over
tho difficulty by presenting a new in
strument, which is said to be even
larger than that which she presented
to Harvard.
If Schopenhauer wero living ho
would bo delighted to liud that while
llegcl, tho supremo object of bis con
tempt, is falling into oblivion in Ger
many, his idol, Kant, is comiug moro
and more to tho front. Not only has
tho Berlin Academy of Sciences de
cided to issue a now, complete edition
of his works, but a new periodical de
voted to Kaatism is to bo brought
cut, Professor Vaihinger being tho
editor.
Speaking at a meeting ia London
In support of the unity of the English
speaking world, Sir Walter Besant, tho
well-known novelist, declared that ho
did not believe that Canada, Australia,
and tho other great colonies would
continue the fiction of dependence
upon Great Bii tain for any great length
of time. They will go their way with
tho best wishes cf Englishmen and be
come republics with the friendliest
feelings toward England.
The public school children have
adopted the following "State flowerß"
for thoir respective commonwealths:
Alabama, Nebraska and Oregon, the
golden rod ; Colorado, the columbine;
Delaware, tho poach blossom ; Idaho,
tliesyrioga; Icwn and Now York, tho
roso ; Maine, tho pine cono and tassel;
Minnesota, tho cypripodium or moo
oasin flower; Montana, tho bitter
root; North Dakota, the wild rose;
Utah, the lego liiy, and Vermont, tho
red clover. In addition, Ithodo Island
and Wisconsin have ndopted a Stato
tree, tho maple having been selected
by both.
Tho gross blunders about tlio United
States and its peopie, onee so common
in even tho best informed English
newspapers, are rarely met with now
adays. Onco in awhilo wo hoar some
thing about tho "State of Albany,"
and occasionally that the Indian
savages threaten Chicago, but as
a rule English editors avoid sori
ous errors, though thoy sometimes
mako laughable ones. Cf this
latter character is. tho follow
ing, which tho Chicago Times-Horald
clips from tho Westminster Gazette.
It certainly ought to havo a startling
effect wherever it is read: "One of
tho most carious colonics that havo
ever been established cn tho American
Continent is, wo learn from tho Lon
don American, about to settlo in
JSorth Dakota. It is a colony of
drunkards. Twenty-one drunkards
and their families are about to movo
from Indiana to take up their abode
upon tho virgin soil of North Dakota.
They say thoy will establish a 'model
drunkard colony.' Already they havo
purchased 2000 acres of land, and each
family will receivo an allotment of
about fifty ncrcs. Tho colony will bo
watched with much interest. It bo
gins operations this month. Very
likely all tho colonists will want to
start saloons, and the question arises,
who will bo ready to till the soil?"
Wo fanoy, oommonts tho Times-ller
ald, wo can see John Euil elevating
his eyebrows at this paragraph and
exclaiming: "What a very remarkablo
people I" The joke, if thero is one in
this amusing mistake, is on our es
teemed fellow citizens, tho Dunkards,
who aro neither tipplers nor drinkers,
and look not upon tho wine when it is
red. A colony ol Dunkards from
Indiana have roccntly established
themselves in North Dakota, a fact
that was stated in the Times-Herald n
month or two ngo. It was tho mis
reading of this piece of nows by our
English contemporary that made them
out a "colony of tipplers." They are,
in fact, a religious Beet of German ori
gin and aro nicknamed Dunkers or
'Junkers—"dippers"—because of their
mode of bnptism. They call them
eelvce "Jho brethren,"
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON I,AND AND SEA.
A Switchman's Noble Rescue—tlal
lanfrv Rewarded—An Incident of
New YovK's Draft Riots.
EDWARD WARD, according to
tho pay roll of tho Illinois
Central Railroad Company, is
a plain switchman attached to
1 Rubnrban passenger engine No. 8. In
tho eyes of Richard Bieschky, of 47
Grand avenue, and of three trninloads
of pnsscngers tho plain switchman is a
hero. The reason for Bicsehky's re
gard is that Ward saved him from
certain death beneath the wheels of a
: express train. Tho three trninloads
of passengers considered Ward a hero
j because they saw him effect tho most
j dramatic rescue ever accomplished on
! the lake front.
Bieschky purchased a ticket for
Hyde Park recently at the Randolph
street station of the Illinois Central
road. He passed through tho turn
stile at 0.45 o'clock to take a train
south. Just before Bieschky reached
j tho turnstile the outgoing express
I train at tho farthest platform moved
forward. Biesobky burst through the
turnstile aud ran lor tho platform. As
tho express train started tho engineer
{ applied extra steam and by the time
] Bieschky reached the bottom of the
I incline to the platform tho express
| was moving rapidly. All but oue coach
j had passed the point whoro Bieschky
j arrived ready to "flip'' the train.
7 u spite of the speed attaiuod bv the
express, and of the lact that ho" was
less than lialf-way up tho incline,
Bieschky reached out with his right
hand for the railing on the front plat
form of the last coach, and as ho did
so he jumped for tho car step. lie
missed both the rail and tho step and,
falling, rolled to tho bottom of the
incline, and for an iustant lay length
wise of the tracks, and but au inch
Irom tho front wlieols of tho coach as
they rolled by him. Perceiving that
he was in a dangerous place, Bieschky
strove to roll away from the tracks.
In doing this the man rolled around
so that his body was squarely cross
wise of the rail. Ono iustant more
aud the rear wheels of tho coach must
pass and these could uot fail to dis
sever Bicsehky's body.
Switchman Edward Ward from an
other platform bad seen Bieschky fall,
and ho instantly started toward him
on a run. Ho got to the track of the
outgoing express train at the very in
stant that Bieschky roiled around and
across the rail. Quick as lightning
Ward seized Bieschky by the should
ers. He jerked with all his might,
aud being a largo man, he easily
pulled Bieschky lrem the rail.
The act of tho switchman was not
an iußtant too soon. Despite Ward's
quick work the roar wheels of the
coach rolled forward to whore
Bieschky had lain just as Ward was
dragging tho man's feet off the rail.
Tho front wheel had proceeded so far
that one of Bieschky's feet was caught
and the big roller grazed Bicsehky's
ankle and then tore off the sole of his
shoe.
Ward stood Bieschky upright, and
tho rescued man looked down at his
torn shoe and his bruised shin. "Mv
God 1" said he, "that was a closo
shave!" "Big Ed" Ward lifted his
cap, wiped the perspiration from his
forehond, aud hurried away to attend
a switch, while Special Officer Lane
took Bieschky in charge.
At tho time Ward made his sensa
tional rescue a local suburban train
stood on another track. It was filled
with passengers who wero waiting to
go south. All the windows of this
train wero in full view of Ward and
Bieschky. Another express train had
pulled iu but a moment before, and
tho passengers were leaving this just
in time to see the rescue of Bieschky.
The passengers in the outgoing ex
press saw Bieschky fall nud they
leaned ont of the ear windows.
Everybody watched with abated
breath, expecting to seo Biesohky's
body severed iu twnin. No man had
presence of mind to not, Ward,
and when the three trninloads of pas
sengers saw what he accomplished they
shouted and rnn forward to shako his
hand. But Ward was gone as quiokly
SH he had appeared, and when the first
man sought to grasj) his hand he was
opening a switch for tho next outgo
ing local.
Bulla nt ryjße ward p.ft
For distinguished gallantry in
action at the battle of Mine Bun, Vu.,
November 27, 1883, I'rofessor M. E.
Scheilmer, a member of Company G,
Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and now tho head of tho Boys' High
School, of Beading Ponn., has been
awarded a medal of honor. Comrado
Heheibner's act, lor which he is thus
rewarded, and which showed raropres
euco of mind, occurred during tlio
shelling of the Union troops at Mine
Bun, \H., in tho fall of 1883, prepara
tory to tho demonstration that was to
have been made by tho entire line in
a general charge neross Mine Bun and
up the hill, whoso lops were crowned
with fortifications and manned by
Lee's best troops. Shells wore drop
ping all along tho Union lines; one in
particular fell closo to a group of tho
members of the Ninetieth Pennsyl
vania, who were lying behind a pile
of regimental knapsaoks. A general
scattering took place, but Comrade
Seheibner, with wonderful prosouco of
mind, instantly removed tho stopper
of his canteen, which contained coffoo,
and poured its contents on tho burn
ing fuse, extinguishing it and thereby
preventing the bursting of the death
dealing shell. A second or two longer
wouid navo perhaps sent into eternity
a score of brave souls. Sergeant Bob
ert Ewing, of G Company, now a resi-
I dent of Oxford, Chester County, sur-
I vives to prniso his companion. On
May 5, at tho Battle of the Wilder-
neep, Mr. Scheibner fell, dangerously
wounded, in unsuccessful!v charging
with his regiment upon a Confederate
battery, and lav between the two lines
of battle until darkness permitted sev
eral of his comrades to carry him with
in tho Union linos. Two of theso still
survive—Sergeant Murray, now Sher
iff of Brown County, Nebraska, and
Corporal Joseph H. Wkontou, of this
city. As Scheibner lay wouudod ho
was filieltored behind a dead soldier
and he removed tho dead man's valua
bles from his knapsack. These bo
afterward returned to the widow of tho
soldier.
Trofessor Scheibner, who was born
in Russia, was recently elected princi
pal of his school for tho tenth con
sccutivo term.—Philadelphia Ledger.
An Incident of the War.
At the tiino of the draft riot in Now
York, in 18(53, when the telegraph
wires wero cut down by the rioter:?,
interrupting all telegraphic communi
cation with tho city at a very critical
period of tho country's history, the
Into Franklin Leonard Pope was as
signed by General Leffertsto tho duty
of restoring communication between
New York aud Boston. Tho lines were
found destroyed in many places along
tho railroad botween Williamsbridgo
| and Forty-second street in New York,
and also in tho southern portion of
Westchester County, all that territory
being under tho surveillance of tho
rioters. Mr. Pope disguised himself
ns a farm laborer, an I with a portable
telegraph instrument aud repairing
tools concealed in a sack of oats,
started from New Roehelle, and pro
tected by a dark, foggy day, walked j
over the tiftocu miles between that j
place aud Harlem River, and during
the succeeding night connected up 0110
of the fragmentary wires ami restored !
telegraphic communication to Boston, i
notwithstanding that ho had to run i
tho gauntlet of tho enemy's pickots.
At one time during tho uiglit lio was
captured, hut so well did ho play his
rolo of a rustic, that ho was liberated
unharmed; at another time, a little
later, he was attacked at a poiut near
Morrisania by a gang of at least fifty
rioters, armod with knives and pistols,
but ho eluded his assailants in tho
darkness by concealing himself in a
cornfield until ho was able to proceed
unnoticed and complete his daugerous
task. Tho single wire so connected
ran along fences, under station plat
forms, and was carried mainly by
trees and bushes close to tho ground,
so that it was not distinguishable from
tho wrecked wires cut from their
regular supports on poles. Thus was
restored au unsuspected avenue of
telegraphic communication that was
of groat public importance.—Ameri
can Electrician.
Indian Euilurunce,
Captain H. L. Scott, of tho famous
Seventh United States Cavalry, relatoH
some marvelous tales of tho powers of
endurance and fleetness of foot of tho
members of Troop L of iiis regiment,
which is composed of Chiracahua
Apache Indians from Arizona. Ho re
lates that on one occasion a full grown
and able bodied deer ran through the
cavalry camp, aud instantly, with a
series of wild yells, the Indians gave
chuse on foot, aud by oxceeding swift
ness and skill they actually ran it down,
caught it about nino miles from camp
and brought it in unharmed.
On ono occasion nine of them woro
returning to camp after a full day of
hard work, riding upon a Government
wagon drawn by a mule team. A
coyote was seen close by tho trail, pur
suing a young calf. Instantly tho
fatigues of the clay's labor wero forgot
ten, the dusky driver in his wild en
thusiasm even forgetting the team,
and the whole gave chase, and after a
wild, yelling, scrambling chase ot two
hours tho wolf was captured, tied,
gagged and carried into camp. Tho
males had meanwhile quietly vended
their way tc camp.
This soemH strange to the average
paio faoe, aud the Sioux look upon
these wonderful leats as something ap
proaching the supernatural. This, in
short, indicates tho difference which
different methods of life, pursued
through generations, makes in peoplo
of tho same general race. Tho pale
faco would fall by the wayside iu a
mile ; tho Sioux would shrug his shoul
ders, gruut and lie down, or would fly
to his trusty pony, on which he will
do more work probably than any other
man living, without regard to the
character of his mount.—Sioux City
(Iowa) Argus Leader.
Has His llair ( lit by Halves.
H. Neustade), a German cigar and
tobacco dealer, at !) W. Twelfth street,
has an cvo to business. Since tho
cigar dealers began cutting prices no
opportunity to mako a tale is ignored
by this thrifty merchant. The bar
bers omployod ill F. J!. Jahr'a shop,
12 West Twelfth street, unci those in
C. M. Boyd's shop, 13 West Twelfth
street, aro among his best customers.
Yesterday, Neustadol concluded that
be must havo his hair cut, but how to
avoid offending either of tho two
friendly barber shop proprietors was
a momentous question with tho cigar
dealer. Ho solved tho problem after
duo deliberation by going to Jaht's
and having tho hair on tho left side of
his head trimmed, for which he paid
thirty-fivo cents. Then ho stepped
across the street to Boyd's place and
paid twonty-fivc cents to have tho job
completed. It cost him sixty cents,
however, to retain tho friondship of
the two shops.—Kansas Citv Star.
Tailoring Spoiled by Bicycling.
Thero is a notiocablo dullness in tho
tailoring business in the West, which
the knights of tho needle ascribe to
the growing use of tho bicycle, with
its necessity for tho wearing of knick
erbockers. Many young men attend
business attired in their cycling suits,
and tho consequent IOHB of trade to the
tailors in tho way of trousers suits is
enormous. —Detroit Free I'ross.
HHP
CURIOSITIES OP WOMEN,
j Women pin from loft to right, men
from right to left. Women button
from right to left, men from left to
right. Women stir from left to right
j (their tea for instance), men from
right to left.
Women seldom know tho difference
' between a right and left shoe, and if
a housemaid brings up a man's boots,
she will niuo times out of ten place
them so that the points will diverge,
j Can theso peculiarities be explained?
—London Truth.
HOW WOMEN SHOULD WALK.
It is safe to say that not one woman
j in 500 carrios herself gracefully, and
J yet, next to actual beauty of feature
: and coloring, there is nothing that
adds so much to a woman's attractive
; appearauco as a straight, woll-poised
liguro, and ail erect carriage of the
j head.
It is very odd that, knowing theim
' portauce of this matter, and the great
advantage it gives to a woman, wheth
sr sho be plain or beautiful, tall or
short, fat or thin, to hold herself well,
! so very few ore willing to take the
trouble o: acquiring a habit which
j when onco mastered, is rarely lost,
l'hat this is a crooked and perverso
: generation is literally true, as most
| mothers know to their sorrow. Now
j Orleans Picayune.
LET HIS DESK ALONE.
In tho wilderness of n.lvico as to
how women shall please their hus
bands, nothing is more to the point
l and more sensible than that counsel
| ing thorn not to bo always straighten
j ing up tho letter's den. Although tho
books upon the tablo may lio wide
open to the oye and the papers on the
desk seem like a confused and uutidy
heap, they uro in tho condition which
thoir owner prefers or with whioh ho
is at least familiar. Thoir rearrang
ing by other hands, however orderly
to tho eye tho rosult, means confusiou
that is coiifusicu indeed. It is a trite
saying that a man wants ono room in
his house where he can do ns he
pleases, but it is as true as tho truest
gospol, and it applies with poouliur
force to nearly every man's desk.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A PRINCESS GOVERNOR.
Tho Prinoess Boatrieo is occupying
herself with tho duties of hor govern
orship of tho Isle of Wight. Cnrls
brooke Castle will bo thoroughly in
spected and many of tho looms will bo
r ideooratod and made ready for tho
Queen and the Princess to rest in, or
to witnoss any sports that are organ
ized to tako place on the historic bowl
ing green. Tho Princss3 intends to
patronize different athlotio sports and
encourage outdoor amusements. The
Isle of Wight will be her most favored
rosidcnce, connected as it is by so
many memories of tho past. A win
dow in Carlshrooko Castle is pointed
out as being made famous by tho at
tempt oseapo of Ch ■. ,-les I, whoso daugh
ter, Elizabeth, died there, and was
buried benoath the chancel in tho
church. Tho Queen eroded a hand
some recumbent monument "as a
token of respect for her virtuos, and
sympathy for hci misfortunes."
UNIQUE nitlllAL GII'T.
A beautiful aud unique bridal gift
that lately came to an American brido
is a three yard square of white linen
nearly covered with drawn work und
rich embroidery done in gold-colored
silk. Tho design for tho cloth is tho
work of Professor Tempeky, of Vienna,
one of the most noted designers of tho
world Tho embroidery itself was
done by ninety young needlewomep,
who live in little hamlets among the
mountains of Bohemia. Tho millions
of stitches upon the cloth were the
leisure hour occupation of threo yoars,
and wero done as a labor of love after
tho day's work of stitching was over.
The design of tho cloth extending
from tho center shows first a knot of
the gold colored silk surrounded by a
cobweb of drawn work, beyond which
there are long narrow linen points, on
whioh small dowers are worked. Then
there is a circle of linen worked with
French knots and having tho edges
finished in buttonhole stitoh. Next
j there is n mass of solid embroidery, in
j which every known stitch is said to be
I used to carry out tho varied design,
j Beyond this there are othor bordors,
I combining drawn work und embroid
ery. Tho finest work is on a band
about two feet from the edge of the
cloth. The edge itself has a hem six
inches wide, with a narrow border of
I drawn work next it.—Chioago Times-
I Herald.
COSTUMES FOR GARDEN PARTIES,
) Of all the pretty gowns whioh are
j iucluded in tho summer wardrobe, tho
| prettiost and daintiest are thoso de-
I signed to wear at garden parties and
summer outdoor entertainmonts.
• There are so many different designs
possiblo in these costumes, and so
i much opportunity for efleotivo trini
| iniug, ns well as the use of most fas
; ciuatiug fabrics, that it is scarcely to
bo wondered at that theso gowns ploy
so important a part in buying summer
clothes.
Heavy materials and dark colorings
nro the oxceptien to tho rule, and
whilo not absolutely tabooed, are not
considered smart oven for elderly
ladies to wear. Aud, by-tho-wny, a
pardon party is one of the few outer
toiuinents to which young and old are
alike invited, and it devolves upon the
middle aged woman to pay strict at
tention to what they wear, for their
gowns will be quito ns muoh in evi
dence as the more brightly colored
ones worn by the younger people.
Whilo the bright colors, so fashionable
at present, aro not often beooming to
gray hair, it is a mistake for women
whose hair has turnod gray to feel it
incumbent upon themselves always to
wear blaok. Soft grnys, lavenders,
and purples, and even white, are as
permissible for the matron as for the
maid. Southern women, as repre
sented by favorito heroines in fiotion,
and in their beautiful every day life
as well, have always had a fancy for
white, and the finest of lawns and
organdies and the richest of laces were
used by them for their summer gowns.
—Harper's Bazar.
aossip.
Mrs, Cleveland is now said to weigh
180 pounds
There are 37,000 girls engaged in
the telephone service in the United
States.
The Prinoess of Wales recently has
been busy at the spinning wheel—the
old-fashioned sort.
Philadelphia has a Salvation Army
oavalry brigade in whioh tho women
ride as well as the men.
Worn en who wear crash skirts say
they are exceedingly light and com
fortablo for tho hot woatL er.
Mme. Desoharaps, who invented tho
popular Julienne soup, died in Paris
recently, aged ninety-four years.
Of tho twenty-five graduates of Vas
sar who have taken the degree of M.
D., most are practising physicians.
Lady Mury Hamilton Douglas,
daughter of the late Duke of Hamil
ton, will, when she comes of age, have
and income of $1,000,000 a year.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice, wifo of tho
Senator, has cabled SIOO9 to tho Pea
body library fund of her alma mater,
the Western Female Seminary, of Ox
ford, Ohio.
The diocesan convention of the
Protestant Episcopal diooese of Mich
igan has decided to permit women to
vote upon election for vestrymen and
on other churoh matters.
Cora Belle Fellows, whoso marriage
to Cliaska, a Sioux, created a sensa
tion Homo years ago, lias been deserted
and left in a destitute condition by her
husband, the "noble savage."
Writing onoe in one of these confes
sion books, whioh confess nothing
really, the Princess of Wales put down
her favorito art as thatof "millinery,"
and her favorite occupation "minding
her own business."
One of the wealthiest heiresses in
England is the Hon. Ella Williamson,
the eldest daughter of Lord Ashton.
Lord Ashton has no sons, and only one
other daughter. Miss Williamson will
one day iuherit about 8350,000 a year,
and a fine place in Lancashire.
Womon doctors have just scored a
triumph in Australia. Two women,
Miss Gamble and Miss Greig, have
been placed on the Melbourne Hos
pital staff. There were six vacancies,
and the high qualifications of the two
women led to thia now departure.
Miss Evo Blautyre Simpson,the only
surviving daughter of the late Sir
Jomos Simpson, intonds to mark the
approaching jubilee of her father's
discovery of the application of ohloro
form for anaesthetic purposes by the
issue of his biography, whioh may be
expected in the course of the present
publishing seasou.
One of the best whist players in this
country is Mrs. Luoia Bunkle, who
has a young daughter growing up to
bo no less remarkable in that respect.
Mr. flunklo was celebrated for his pro
ficiency in whist, and his only child
has had the advantage of constant
practico with both paronts.
Miuo. Furtado-Heine, the latest
Frenchwoman to be decorated with
the cross of the Legion of Honor, has
shown that she is well worthy of that
distinction. Not content with having
already given 8400,000 for the estab
lishment of n suitable institution for
sick army any navy officers, she has
set apart uu aunuity of SIOOO to in
demnify them during their illness.
FASHION NOTES.
Grass lawn pocket handkerchiefs nro
new, but not desirable.
The long gold 'chain carries every
thing from a fan to a hand mirror.
11 White piqno, mohair and canvas
skirts are enriohod by vests of Persiau
| silk.
Somo extraordinary silks, whioh
look exactly like lizards, nro being
shown.
The sensible June bride eschews
satin and robes herself in somo diaph
anous fabric.
Turban brims made of tho braid
sewn on in vertical strips, instead of
around the hat, arc un innovation.
Hats are not selected to match cos
tumes, but must harmonize therewith.
A flower hat oan bo worn with any
suit.
Ornaments are lost sight of for tho
present, being obsoured or neglected
in favor of "piles" of blossoms and
foliage.
Geranium pink is used quite freely
in summer millinery, and black and
white combinations ore accorded quite
a little distinction.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A JAM OF MIXED FRUITS.
Very good jam can be made by mix
ing fruits, as raspberries and red cur
rents, raspberries and gooseberries,
and so on. Either apples or goose
berries mix nicely with almost all ether
fruits. Tho best wov to use them is
to make them into jelly, and add a
proportion of this jelly to tho other
fruit while boiling.—Pittsburg Dis
patch.
SOMETHING ABOUT CANDLES.
So essential is the candle considered
for decorative purposes that for occa
sions where its light would not be suf
ficiently strong, what ore called "can
dlestiok lamps" are used. That is, the
tall, Blender, oandlostick is perfectly
copied and so low is tho tiny slindo
suspended over the burner that nono
but tho most observant would notioe
that it was a small lamp that burned
inside, aud not a wax candle. By the
way, it is always best to lay candles
nn the ice for soveral hours beforo
they shall bo needed. Thoy will not
gutter so badly, will burn more slowly
ind givo a moro satisfactory light
altogether.
VALUE OF BORAX.
The women of Holland and Belgium,
who mako their linou so beautifully
white, use rofined borax instoad of
washing soda in tho proportion of ono
large handful of borax powder to
about ten gallons of boiling water,
l'hns thoy savo in soap nearly half.
Its effect is to soften the hardest water,
and, therefore, it should be kept on
every toilet table. It is good for
cleansing tho hair, is an excellent deu
tifrice; combined with tartaric ucid
and bicarbonate of soda it is a cooliug
beverage. Good tea cannot to made
with hard water, hut all water may bo
made soft by addiDg a teaspOonful of
borax powder to au ordinary sized
kettle ofwator.iu whioh it should boil.
Tho saving in tho quantity of tea used
will be one-fifth.
A HANDFUL OF POINTS,
A pot of ferns or a roso with a few
cut flowers adds immensely to any
table.
Fruit in pretty dishes also ronder3
it attractive.
Olives and salted almonds remain on
tho tnble, as a general thing through
out tho diunor.
Even if the tablecloth be not fine
damask it may oomo fresh from tho
laundry with tho creases still in it.
The requirements at each place aro
a large plato, a glass of ice water, a
napkin, knives, forks and tablespoon.
The glass of ico water should bojfreu
from that jingling ioo which renders
drinking so difficult.
If the soup is served from tho table
the plates should not bo piled up in
front of tho lady sorving. They should
bo brought one by one from tho sido
table by tho maid.
A dry foldod napkin upon the bread
plato heightens the softness of table
furnishing.
Radishes are very dainty and edi
ble, looking whon peoleil,to roproseut
water lilies.
Berries aro dainty when sorvod in
their own leaves, with tho stom loft
OD, that tho gnost may dip them in
sugar.,
SUMMER DRINKS.
Almond Milk (a delicious luncheon
or tea drink) —Blanch and pound six
dozen almonds, mix with two table
spoonfuls of loaf sugar and ouo pint
of boiling wator, mix well and add
quart of water, strain, let
cool, and servo in glasses with shaved
iee.
Egg Lemonade—Beat one egg with
thojuico of a lemon, two tablespoons
of sugar aud u tablespoon of shaved
ioe, shako and use immediately.
strawberry Acid—Stem six pounds
of very ripe strawberries, put in an
earthen crock, dissolve three ounces of
citric acid in a gallon of water, pour
over the berries and let staud ovor
night; strain and add a pound cf sugar
to a pint of juice, stir until the sugar
is dissolved, bottle aud cool; when
roady to use fill a glass half full of
shaved ice, pour over the acid to till
the glass and shako. Raspberries or
blackberries may bo used in place oil
strawberries, whon loss sugar will bo
necessary.
Soda Cream—Dissolve one pound of
loaf sugar in a pint of wator, add the
juice aud grated rind of a large lemon,
set over tho fire to boil. Add the
beaten whites of three eggs, stir, take
from tho tiro and strain. Let cool
and bottle. When ready to use put
two tablespoonfuls in a glass of ice
water and add a pinch of so la.
Spruce Beer—Boil a handful of hops
and twico as much sassafras root IU
ton gallons of water; strain it and
pour it in a gallon of molasses. Let
cool aud add two spoonfuls of eseeuco
of spruce, two spoonfuls of powdered
ginger, and ono of ground allspice,
stir all together and put into a cask.
When cool put in half a pint of yeast,
stop close, let ferment and bottle.
Kurayss (a rofre3hing and strength
ening drink for delicate women aud
children) —Fill a quart bottle nearly
full of rich now milk, dissolve two ta
blespoonfuls of sugar in hot water and
add with halt a cake of compressed
yeast. Cork and shako well. Set in
a warm room for six hours, then on
ico until cold.--Boston Globe.
Unclaimed Riches.
There is in the strong rooms of ono
of tho oldest private banks in London
a large quautity of jewels, plato and
other valuables, which was deposited
for safe custody by French refugees
ahortly before tho outbreak of the
revolution. Several of the depositors
claimed their belongings after tho
coup d'etat, but tho present deposits
are still awaiting claimants, and prob
ably aWoJui *vJL—Pearson's Weekly,
THIS MJSItUY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIKS THAT ARE TOLD BT TUB
FUNNI MEN OF THE PRESS.
A Convenient Place—Too Bad—Knew
What Was Coming—ln Conlideuco
—Quite Necessary, Etc., Etc.
In the days or Hinwalhn, *
When the Injun wasn't lighting,
Then he used to put the hatohet
'Neath the earth or 'neath a rook
If the Injun lived to-day, I
Think that when the war was over
He would life him to his uncle
And would nut the ax in hoek.
—New York World.
TOO BAD.
A. YVhceler—"Doesn't he look well?"
T. Ires (in disgust) "Yes; he's
one of those oranks who won't ride a
bicycle."—Puok.
KNEW WIIAT WAS COMING.
Cumso—"Ricketts is about to chnngo
his business."
Cawker—"Where is he going to open
his bioyole store?"
IN CONFIDENCE.
Friend—"What aro your reasons
for selling?"
Suburbanite—"Malaria and the
lawn mower."—Puok.
IIE BOOKED TO THE BIGHT AND LEFT.
Miss Wheeler—"lsn't the soeuory
beautiful along that road?"
Ryder—"Very! I'm using oourt
plaster and arnica ou account of that
scenery.—Puok.
THE. PROPEU COURSE.
Assistant—"Wasn't it Harvey who
discovered the circulation of the
blood?"
Editor (absently)—"l don't know.
Didn't he mako an affidavit?"—Puok.
QUITE NECESSARY.
Cobwiggcr—"Didn't you think it
rather foolish for her to ask you if her
bat was on straight?"
Merritt—"No. It was on a railway
train, and wo had just come out of a
long tanuel."
THE OIFT HORSE.
"Pretty soon, I suppose," raur
murod the ox-cowboy, "we'll even have
to ohango our proverbs."
"Whioh one, for iustunco?"
"We'll have to say that ouo should
not look a gift bicycle in tho spokes."
AN ISHMABITE.
Jack—"There goes u man who is
known in nearly every city in the
United States, yet I don't believe ho
has a friend in the wholo world."
Madge—"Who is he?"
Jack—"A baseball umpire."—Nor
ristown Herald.
A SMABB BEGINNING, BUT
"I am poor," he said ; "it would ho
many years beforo I could give my
wife a yaoht."
"Well," answered the girl of '9"'
"couldn't you commence with a little
smack?"
And so it cams to pass.
PRESSURE.
Invention Enthusiast—"l under
stand that Keely has constructed a
cylinder that will stand u prossuro of
3500 pounds to tho square inch."
Pretty Girl (who hasn't been hugged
for n year)—" Huh I I don't think
that's much?"— New York tVeekiy.
AN EXPERT.
First Boarder—"l understand that
the landlady is to take a trip to thu
West."
Second Boarder—"ls that so? If
the train would stop long euough at
tho stations, she could give the rail
way rostauraut people soino groat
points."
A CIIBTIVATED TASTE
Mr. Moth—"What a horrible flavor
of moth halls this Baequo has!"
Mra. Moth—"Dear ine, Algomou,
you are positively disgustiog. Don't
you kuow tuat a likiug for earholio
acid aud tar is the best evidence that
one has moved in good sooiety and ac
quired a cultivated taste?"— Cinci
nnati Enquirer.
IIOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD.
Casey (confidentially, to tho fore
man) —"Oi've bin afther wutokm'
Kerrigan for th' lasht two hours, an'
devil a shtroke uv wur-ruk hoz ho
done in all thot toime."
Foreman—"Be hivins! Kerrigan
wuz just afther cornin't' mo wit' th'
same information about yersilf. Yez
are bote discharged, for watohiu' iu
stid uv wur-rkin'."—Fuck.
HIS COIN THEORY.
"Pop," said Willie, "what's a gold
bug?"
"That, my son. is what they call
the mon who want gold money."
"And I suppose a silver-bug is a
man who wants silver money?"
"That's it exactly."
"Well, say, pop—l'm ouly a little
feller, aud am satisfied with being a
nickel-bug. Gimme ono, will yer?"—
Harper's Bazar.
A COMIC DUEL,
Roddit—"l see the French have do
visod a rather novel regulation for
their dueling code, which is expected
to do away entirely with bloodshed."
Wellnow—"What is it? Havo them
fight simply with expletives, or use
braes knuckles at one hundred foet
apart?"
Reddit—"No; it provides for the use
of bullet-proof vests."
Wellnow—"lt seems that if the an
tagonists can wear those things they'll
be making a field of honor out of every
four-acre lot in Franco."
Reddit—"Oh ! —but thovestsare for
the spectators."