Of every 1000 Europeans 202 ara
Russians, 13!) Germans, 110 Anstrians,
107 French, 100 English, 84 Italians,
48 Spanish, 17 Belgians, etc.
The investment in good roads mado
by Staten Island will pay for itself
many times over in a vary few yenrs,
predicts the Now York San. Tho
population is increasing
rapidly.
Li Hung OV.ng is said to have been
gTeatly impressed by his interview
with Bismarck, particularly with tho
cx Chancellor's suggestion that the
best way to reform and up-bnild China
would lie upon the baßis of on nrmy,
even if it comprißßd OS mure tana 00,-
tXK) men.
This shows up well for American
liberality. Dr. Wolf, of the Univer
sity of Heidelberg, tried in vain to
raise sufficient funds to buy a new
photographic telescope for the insti
tution. Miss Lorillard Bruce got over
tho difficulty by presenting a now in-
Etrument, which is said to bo even
larger than that which she presented
to Harvard.
If Schopenhauer wero living ho
would bo delighted to find that while
Hegel, the supremo object of his con
tempt, is falling into oblivion in Ger
many, his idol, Kant, is coming moro
and more to the front. Not only has
the Berlin Academy of Sciences de
cided to issue a now, completo edition
of his works, but a new periodical de
voted to ICantisu is to bo brought
cut, Professor Vaihinger being tho
editor.
Speaking e.t a meeting in London
In support of tho unity of the English
speaking world, Sir Walter Bcsnnt, the
well-known novelist, declarod that ho
did not believe that Canada, Australia,
r.nd tho other great colonies would
continue the fiction of dejicndenco
upon Great Britain for any great length
of time. They will go their way with
tho best withes cf Englishmen and be
come republics with the frtondiiest
feelings toward England.
Tho public school children bave
adopted the following "State flowers"
(or their respective commonwealths:
Alabama, Nebraska and Oregon, tho
golden rod ; Colorado, tho oolumbine;
Delaware, tho poach blossom ; Idaho,
thesyriuga; Icwa and New York, tho
rose ; Maine, tho pine cono aud tassel;
Minnesota, the cypripodium or moo
oasin flower; Montana, the bitter
root; North Dakota, the wild rose;
Utah, the logo lily, and Vermont, tho
red clover. In addition, Rhode Island
and Wisconsin havo adopted a State
tree, the maple Laving been selected
by both.
The gross blunders about the United
States and its people, once so common
in oven tho best informed English
newspapers, aro rarely mot with now
adays. Onco in awhile we hear some
thing about tho "Stato of Albany,"
and occasionally that the ladian
savages threaten Chicago, but as
a rule English editors avoid sori
ous errors, though they sometimes
mako laughable ones. Cf ibis
latter character is tho follow
ing, which tho Chicago Times-Herald
clips from tho Westminstor Gazette.
It certainly ought to havo u startling
effect wherever it i 3 read : "Ono of
tho most curious colonics that havo
ever been established cn the American
Continent is, we learn from tho Lon
don American, about to eettlo in
North Dakota. It is a colony of
drunkards. Twonty-ono drunkards
and their families aro about to movo
from Indiana to take up their abode
upon tho virgin soil of North Dakota.
They say they will establish a 'model
drunkard colony.' Already thoy havo
purchased 2000 acres of land, and each
family will reoeivo an allotment of
about fifty acres. The colony will bo
watched with much interest. It be
gins operations this month. Very
likely all tho colonists will want to
start saloons, and tho quostion arises,
who will be ready to till the soil?"
Wo fancy, comments tho Times-Her
ald, wo can seo John Enll elevating
his eyebrows at this paragraph and
exclaiming: "What a vory remarkable
people !" Tho joke, if there is one iu
this amusing mistake, is on our es
teemed fellow citizens, tho Dunkards,
who aro neither tipplers nor drinkers,
and look not upon the wine when it is
red, A colony of Dunkards from
Indiana have recently established
themselves in North Dakota, a fact
that was stated in tho Timos-llcrald a
month or two ago. It was the mis
reading of this piece of nows by our
English contemporary that made them
out a "colony of tipplers." They arc,
in fact, a religious sect of German ori
gin and are nicknamed Duukers or
Tcukcrs "dippers"—because of their
mode of baptism. They call them
selves "The Brethren."
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON I-AND AND SEA.
A Switchman's Noblo Rescue—(Jal
lantrv Rewarded—An Incident of
New YorH's Draft Riots.
EDWARD WARD, according to
the pay roll of tho Illinois
Central Railroad Company, is
a plain switchman attached to
suburban passenger engine No. 8. In
the eyes of Richard Bieschky, of 47
Grand avenue, and of three trainloads
of passengers the plain switchman is a
hero. The reason for Bieschky's re
gard is that Ward saved him from
certain death beneath the wheels of a
express train. The three trainloads
of passengers considered Ward a hero
bceauso they saw him effect the most
dramatic rescue ever accomplished on
tho lake front.
Biesehkv purchased a ticket for
Hyde Bark recently at tho Randolph
street station of tho Illinois Central
road. He passed through the turn
stile at G. 45 o'clock to take a train
south. Just before Biesohky reached
the turnstile the outgoing express
train at tho farthest platform moved
forward. Bieschky burst through the
turnstile and ran lor tho platform. As
the express train started tho engineer
applied extra steam and by the time
Bieschky reached the bottom of the
incline to the platform the express
was moviug rapidly. All bntonecoaoh
had passed the point where Bieschky
arrived ready to "Hip •' the train.
J n spito ol the speed nttained by the
express, and of the lact that ho was
less ihau half-way up tho incline,
Bieschky reached out with hia right
hand for tho railing on tho front plat
form of tho Inst coach, and ns ho did
so he jumped for tho car step. 11c
missed both tho rail and tho step and,
falling, rolled to the bottom of the
incline, aud for an instant lay length
wise of the tracks, and but an inch
from tho front wheels of tho conch as
they rolled by him. Perceiving that
he was iu a dangerous place, Bieschky
strove to roil away from the tracks.
In doing this the mnu rolled around
so that hia body was squarely cross
wise of the rail. One instant more
and the rear wheels of the coach must
pass and theso could not fail to dis
sever Bieschky's body.
Switchman Edward Ward from an
other platform had seen Bieschky fall,
and ho instantly started toward him
on a run. He got to tho track of the
outgoing express train at the vory in-
Etaut that Bieschky roiled around aud
across the rail. Quick ns lightning
Ward seized Bieschky by the should
ers. Ho jerked with all his might,
aud being a largo man, ho easily
pulled Bieschky from tho rail.
The act of tho switchman was not
un instant too soon. Despite Ward's
quick work tho rear wheels of tho
coaoh rolled forward to where
Bieschky had laiu just ns Ward was
druggiug the man's foet off tho rail.
The front wheel had proceeded so far
that one of Bieschky's feet was caught
and the big roller grazed Bieschky's
ankle and then tore off tho solo of his
shoe.
Ward stood Bieschky upright, and
tho rescued man looked down at his
torn shoe aud his bruised shin. "My
God!" said be, "that was a close
shave!" "Big Ed" Ward lifted his
cap, wiped tho perspiration from his
forehead, and 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 traok. It was filled
with passengers who wero waiting to
go south. All tho windows of this
train wero in full view of Ward and
Bieschky. Another express train had
pulled in but a moment before, and
tho passengers wero leaving this just
iu timo to see the rescue of Bieschky.
The passengers in tho outgoing ex
press saw Bieschky fall and they
leaued out of the car windows.
Everybody watched with abated
breath, expecting to see Bieschky's
body severed in twain. No man had
preseuce of mind to not, but Ward,
and when tho three trninloads of pas
sengers saw what he accomplished they
shouted and ran forward to shako his
baud. But Ward was gone as quioklv
as he had appeared, and when the first
man sought to grasp his hand he was
opening a switch for the next outgo
ing local.
(u 11 a lit ry] Re warded.
Dor distinguished gallantry in
action at tho battle of Mine Run, Vn.,
November 27, 18(13, Professor M. E.
Scbeibner, a member of Company G,
Ninctioth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and now the head of the Boys' High
School, of Reading Penn., has been
awarded a medal of honor. Comrade
Kcheibuer's act, lor which ho is thus
rewarded,and which showed rarepres
cuco of mind, occurred during tho
shelling of tho Union trnops at Mine
Run, Vs., in the fall of 18G3, prepara
tory to the demonstration that was to
havo been made by tho entire lino in
a general charge across Mine Run and
up tho hill, whose tops were crowned
with fortifications and manned by
Lee's best troops. Shells wore drop
ping all along the Union lines; one in
particular fell closo to a group of tho
members of tho Ninetieth Pennsyl
vania, who wero lying behind a pile
of regimental knapsacks. A general
scattering took place, but Comrade
Seheibner, with wonderful prosence of
mind, instantly removed tho stopper
of his canteen, which contained coffee,
and poured its contents on tho burn
ing fuse, extinguishing it and thereby
preventing tho bursting of tho death
dealing shell. A second or two longer
would havo perhaps sent into eternity
a score of brave souls. Sergeant Rob
ert Ewing, of G Company, now a resi
dent of Oxford, Chester County, sur
' vivos to praise his companion. On
May 0, at tho Battle of the Wilder
neps, Mr. Scbeibner fell, dan peer on sly
wounded, in unsuccessful)v charging
with his regiment upon a Confederate
battery, and lay between the two lines
of battle until darkness permitted sev
eral of bis comrades to curry him with
in the Union linos. Two of theso still
survive—Sergeant Murray, now Sher
iff of Brown County, Nebraska, and
Corporal Joseph H. Whoaton, of this
city. As Scbeibner lay wounded bo
was sheltered behind a dead soldier
and ho removed the dead man's valua
bles from his knapsack. These ho
afterward returned to the widow of tho
soldier.
Professor Schoibner, who was born
in liussia, was recently elected princi
pal of bis school for tho tenth con
secutive term.—Philadelphia Ledger.
An Incident of the War.
At the time of the draft riot in New
York, in 18(53, when tho telegraph
wires were out down by tho rioters,
interrupting all telegraphic communi
cation with tho city at a vory critical
period of the country's history, the
lato Franklin Leonard Pope was as
signed by General Leffertsto tho duty
of restoring communication between
New York and Boston. Tho lines were '[
found destroyed in many places along j
the railroad between Williamsbridgo |
and Forty-second street in New York, i
and also in tho southern portion of i
Westchester County, all that territory ;
being under tho surveillance of tho 1
rioters. Mr. Pope disguised himself i
n9 a farm laborer, an 1 with a portable \
telegraph instrument and repairing |
tools concealed in a sack of oats, |
started from New Bochelle, and pro- '
tecteil by a dark, foggy day, walked I
over the fifteen miles between that
place and liar Jem Hiver, and during
the succeeding night connected up one
of the fragmentary wires and restored ;
telegraphic communication to Boston,
notwithstanding that ho hail to run
tho gauntlet of the enemy's pickets.
At one time during the night ho was
captured, but so well did ho play his
role of a rustic, that ho was liberated
unharmed; at another time, a littlo
later, he was attacked at a poiut near
Morrisania by a gang of at least fifty
rioters, armed 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 dangerous
task. Tho single wiro 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 Endurance
Captain H. L. Scott, of tho famous
Seveuth United Statos Cavalry, rolatos
some marvelous tales of tho powers of
endurance and fioctness of foot of the
members of Troop L of his regiment,
which is composed of Chiraoahua
Apaoho Indians from Arizona. Ho re
lates that on one occasion a full grown
and able bodied deer ran through tho
cavalry camp, and instantly, with a
series of wild yells, the Indians gavo
cliase on foot, and by oxceoding swift
ness and skill they actually rau it down,
caught it about uino miles from camp
and brought it in unharmed.
On one occasion nine of thorn wore
returning to camp after a full day of
hard work, riding upon a Government
wagon drawn by a mule team. A
coyote was seen closo by tho trail, pur
suing a young calf. luslnntly tho
fatigues of the day's labor wero forgot
ten, tho dusky driver in his wild en
thusiasm even forgetting the team,
and tho whole gavo chase, and after a
wild, yelling, scrambling chase ol two
hours tho wolf was captured, tied,
gagged and carried into camp. Tho
mules had meanwhile quietly w ended
their way tc camp.
This seems strange to the average
paio face, and tho Sioux look upon
these wonderful leats as something ap
proaching the supernatural. This, in
| short, indicates the difference which
different methods of life, pursued
through generations, makes in pooplo
of tho sarao general race. Tho pale
faco would fall by tho wayside in a
mile ; the Sioux would shrug his shoul
ders, grunt 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 tho
character of his mount.—Sioux City
(Iowa) Argus Leader.
lias His Hair Cut by Halves.
TI. Ncustaclo), a German cigar and
tobacco dealer, ut 9 \V. Twelfth street,
has au eye to business. Since tho
cigar dealers began cutting prices no
opportunity to make a tale is iguored
by this thrifty merchant. Tho bar
bers employed iu F. B. Jahr's shop,
12 West Twelfth street, and those in
C. M. Boyd's shop, 13 West Twelfth
street, are among his best customers.
Yesterday, Neuatadel concluded that
he must havo his hair out, but how to
avoid offending either of tho two
friendly barber shop proprietors was
a momentous question with the cigar
dealer. He solved tho problem after
duo deliberation by going to Jain's
and haviug tho hair on tho loft side of
his head trimmed, for which ho paid
thirty-tivo cents. Then ho stepped
across the street to Boyd's place and
paid twenty-five cents to have tho job
completed. It cost him sixty cents,
however, to retain the friendship of
the two shops.—Kansas City Star.
Tailoring Spoiled by Bicycling.
There is a noticeable dullness iu tho
tailoring business in the West, which
tho knights of tho ncodlo ascribe to
tho 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 the consequent loss of trade to tho
| tailors iu the way of trousers suits as
! enormous.—Detroit Free Press.
CURIOSITIES OP WOMEN.
Women pin from left 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 ten for instance), men from
right to left,
j Women seldom know the difference
between a right und left shoe, and if
a houeemnid brings up a man's boots,
she will nine times out of ton place
them so that the points will divorge.
Can theso peculiarities bo explained?
—London Truth.
now WOMEN SHOULD WALK.
I It is safe to say that not one woman
jin 500 carries herself gracefully, and
1 yet, next to actunl beauty of feature
and coloring, there is nothing that
adds so much to a woman's attractive
| appearance as a straight, well-poised
lignre, and an erect carriage of tko
. head.
| It is very odd that, knowing the im
portance of this matter, and the great
! advantage it gives to a woman, wheth
j sr sho be jilain or beautiful, tall or
j short, fat or thin, to hold herself well,
' so very few uro willing to take the
j trouble of acquiring a habit which
when oueo mastered, is raroly lost.
That this is a crooked and perverso
; generation is literally true, aB most
I mothers know to their sorrow. —New
j Orleans Picayune.
LET HIS DESK ALONE,
j In the wilderness of advioe as to
j how women shall pleaso their hus
bands, nothing is mora to the point
| and more sensible than that counsol-
I ing them not to be always straighten
! ing up tho letter's den. Although the
j books upon tho table may lie wido
open to the oyo and the papers on tho
desk scorn liko a confused and untidy
heap, they are in the condition which
their owner pre/ers or with which ho
is at least familiar. Their rearrang
ing by other hands, however orderly
to tho eye tho result, means confusion
that is confusicn indeed. It is a trite
saying that a man wants ono room in
his house whoro ho can do as ho
plensos, but it is n3 truo as tho truest
gospol, and it applies with peculiar
forco to nearly every man's desk.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A PRINCESS GOVERNOR.
Tho Princess Boatrioo is occupying
herself with the duties of her govern
orship of tho Islo of Wight. Carls
brooko (Jnstlo will bo thoroughly in
spected and mnuy of tho rooms will be
r idecoratod and made ready for tho
Queen nnd the Princess to rest in, or
to wituoas any sports that are organ
ized to take place on tho historic bowl
ing groen. Tho Princess intends to
patronize different athletio sports and
encourage outdoor amusements. The
Isle of Wight will be her most favored
residcnco, connected as it is by so
many memories of tho past. A win
dow in Carlsbrooke Castle is pointed
out as being made famous by tho at
tempt escape of Cha.les I, whoso daugh
ter, Elizabeth, died there, and was
buried boncath the chancel in tho
church. The Queen erected a hnnd
somo recumbent monument "as a
token of respect for her virtues, and
sympathy for her misfortunes."
UNIQUE BRIDAL GIFT.
A beautiful aud unique bridal gift
that lately came to an Amerioau brido
is a three yard square of whito liuen
nearly covered with drawn work aud
rich embroidery done in gold-colored
silk. The design for tho cloth is tho
workofProfessor Tempeky, ofVienna,
one of the most noted designers of the
world Tho embroidery itself wsh
done by niuety young needlewomen,
who live iu little hamlets among the
mountains of Bohemia. The millions
of stitches upon tho cloth wero tho
leisure hour occupation of throo years,
and were done as a labor of love after
tho day's work of stitching was over,
i The design of the cloth extending
from tho center shows first a knot of
the gold colored silk surrounded by a
cobweb of drawn work, beyond which
lucre are long narrow linon points, on
I which small tl&wers are worked. Then
there is a oirclo of linun worked with
French knots nnd having tho edges
, finished in buttonhole stitch. Next
i there is a mass of solid embroidery, in
. ' which every known stitch is said to be
i used to carry out the varied design.
, j Beyond this there aro other borders,
i combining drawn work aud ombroid
! cry. Tho linest work is on a band
; j about two feet -from tho edge of tho
i j cloth. The edge itself has a hem six
i inches wide, with a narrow border of
j drawn work next it. —Chicago Tirnes
! Herald.
, ;
I | COSTUMES FOR GARDEN PARTIES.
! Of all tho pretty gowns which are
I , included in the summer wardrobe, the
| prettiest and daintiest are those do
l i signed to wear at garden paities and
i summer outdoor euturtainments.
, There are so many different designs
f possiblo in tluso costumes, and so
i much opportunity for effeotivo trim
i ming, as well as the use of most fas-
I cinating fabrics, that it is scarcely to
-> bo wondered nt that these gowns play
i so important a part iu buying summer
j clothes.
i Heavy materials and dark colorings
- nro the exception to tho rule, and
I while not absolutely tabooed, ore not
, considered smart oven for eldorly
o ladies to wear. And, by-thc-way, a
a garden party is ono of the few enter
tainments to which young ancl old are
alike invited, and it devolves upon the
middle ogod woman to pay strict at
tention to what they wear, for their
gowns will be quite ns much in evi
dence as the more brightly colored
ones worn by the younger people.
While tho bright colors, so fashionable
at prosent, aro not often becoming to
gray hair, it is a mistake for women
whoso hair has turned gray to feel it
inoumbent upon themselves always to
wear black. Soft grays, lavenders,
and purples, and even white, are as
permissible for the matron as for tho
maid. Southern women, as repre
sented by favorite heroines in fiotion,
and in their beautiful every day life
as well, have always had a fanoy for
white, and the finest of lawns and
organdies aud the richest of laees were
used by thom for their summer gowns.
—Harper's Bazar.
GOSSIP.
Mrs, Cleveland is now said to weigh
180 pounds
There aro 37,000 girls engaged in
tho telephone Bervice in the United
States.
Tho Princesß of Wales recently has
been busy at the spinning wheel—tho
old-fashioned sort.
Philadelphia has a Salvation Army
cavalry brigade iu which tho women
ride as well as tho men.
Womon who wear crash skirts say
they aro exceedingly light and com
fortablo for tho hot weatLer.
Mmo. Dosohamps, who invented the
popular Julienne soup, died in Paris
recently, aged ninety-four years.
Of tho twenty-live graduates of Vas
sar, who have taken the degree of M.
D., most are praotising physicians.
Lady Mary Hamilton Douglas,
daughtor of the late Dnko of Hamil
ton, will, when she comes of age, have
and income of 81,000,000 a year.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brico, wife of tho
Senator, has cabled SIOOO to the Pea
body library fund of her alma mater,
the Western Female Seminary, of Ox
ford, Ohio.
The diocesan convention of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Mich
igan has decided to permit woman to
vote upon oloction for vestrymen and
on other churoh matters.
Cora 80110 Follows, whoso marriage
to Chaska, a Sioux, croated a sensa
tion somo yoars ago, has been deserted
and loft in a destitute condition by her
husband, the "noblo savage."
Writing ouoe in ono of those confes
sion books, which confess nothing
really, the Princess of Wales put down
her favorite art as thatof "millinery,"
and her favorite occupation "minding
her own business."
Ono of the wealthiest heiresses in
England is the Hon. Ella WilliamsoD,
the eldest daughter of Lord Ashton.
Lord Ashton has no sous, aud only ono
other daughter. Miss Williamson will
one day inherit about 8350,000 a year,
and a tine place iu Lancashire.
Women doctors have just scored a
triumph iu Australia. Two women,
Miss Gamble and Miss Groig, have
boon plnced on tho Melbourne Hos
pital staff. There were six vacancies,
and tho high qualifications of the two
women led to this now departure.
Miss Eva Blantyro Simpson,the only
surviving daughter of the late Sir
James Simpson, intends to mark the
approaching jubilee of her father's
discovery of tho application of chloro
form for anaesthotie purposes by tho
issue of his biography, which may be
expected iu the course of the present
publishing Beason.
One of the best whist playeis in this
country is Mrs. Luoia Runkle, who
has a young daughter growing up to
be no less remarkable in that respect.
Mr. Buukle was celebrated for his pro
ficiency in whist, and his only child
has had the advantage of constant
practice with both parents.
Mme. Furtado-Heine, the latest
Frenchwoman to be decorated with
tho cross of the Legion of Honor, has
shown that sho is well worthy of that
distinction. Not content with having
already given 8100,001) for the estab
lishment of a suitable institution for
sick army any uavv officers, she has
set apart an annuity of SIOOO to in
demnify thom during their illness.
FASHION NOTES.
Grass lawn pocket handkerchiefs are
now, hut not desirable.
Tho long gold 'chain carries every
thing from a fan to a baud mirror.
t> White pique, raoliair and canvas
skirts are enriched by vests of Persian
siik.
Some extraordinary silks, which
look exactly like lizards, are being
shown.
The sensible Jane bride eschews
satin aud robes herself in some diaph
anous fabric.
Turban brims made of the braid
sown on in vertical strips, instead of
around the hat, are an innovation.
Hats are not selected to match cos
tnnioa, but must harmonizo therewith.
A flower hat can be worn with any
suit.
Oruamcntß aro lost sight of for the
present, being obscured or neglected
in favor of "piles" of blossoms and
foliage. > " '
Geranium pink is used quite freely
in summer millinery, and black and
white combinations aro accorded quite
a little distinction.
HOUSEHOLD AFi'AIItS. _
A JAM OF MIXED FRUITS.
Very good jam can bo made by mix
ing fruits, as raspberries and red cur
*nts, raspberries and gooseberries,
and so OD. Either apples or goose
berries mix nicely with almost al 1 ether
fruits. The best way to use them is
to make them into jelly, and add a
proportion of this jelly to the other
fruit whilo boiling. —Pittsburg Dis
patch.
SOMETHING ABOUT CANDLES.
So essontial is the caudle considered
for decorativo purposes that for occa
sions where its light would not bo suf
ficiently strong, what are called "can
dlestiok lamps" are used. That is, tho
tall, slender, candlestick is perfectly
copied and so low is the tiny shade
suspended over the burner that nono
but tho most observaut would notice
that it was a small lamp that burned
inside, and not a wax candle. By the
way, it is always bost to lay candles
an the ice for sovoral hours bofore
they shall bo needed. They will not
gutter so badly, will burn more slowly
"id givo a more satisfactory light
altogether.
VALUE OF BORAX.
The women of Holland and Belgium,
who make their linen so beautifully
white, use refined borax instead of
washing soda in the proportion of ono
large handfnl of borax powder to
abont ten gallons of boiling water.
Thus they save in Boap 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 the hair, is an excellent den
tifrice ; combined with tartaric acid
and bicarbonate of soda it is a cooling
beverage. Good tea cannot he made
with hard water, but all wator may bo
made soft by adding a teaspOoufnl of
borax powder to an ordinary sized
kettle of water, in which it should boil.
Tho saving in the quantity of tea used
will be one-fifth.
A HANDFUL OP TOINTS,
A pot of ferns or a roso with a few
sut flowers adds immensely to any
table.
Fruit in pretty dishes also ronders
it attractive.
Olives and salted almonds romuinon
the table, as a general thing through
out the dinner.
Even if the tablecloth bo not fine
damask it may come fresh from tho
laundry with the creases still in it.
The requirements at eaoh placo aro
a large plate, a glass of ico water, a
napkin, knivos, forks and tablespoon.
The glass of ice water should lio'.freo
from that jingling ieo which renders
drinking so difficult.
If the soup is served from tho table
tho platos should not bo piled up in
front of tho lady serving. They should
be brought one by one from the side
table by tho maid.
A dry folded napkin upon the bread
plato heightens the softnoss of tablo
furnishing.
Radishes are very dainty and edi
ble, looking whon pooled Jto represent
water lilies.
Berries are dainty when Borvod in
their own leaves, with tho stem lelt
on, that tho guo3t may dip them in
sugar, ,
SUMMER DRINKS.
Almond Milk (a dolicious luncheon
or tea drink) —Blanch and pound six
dozen almonds, mix with two table
spoonfuls of loaf sugar and one pint
of boiling water, mix well and add
gradually .a quart of water, strain, let
cool, and serve in glasses with shaved
iee.
Egg Lemonade—Beat one egg with
the juioo of a lemon, two tablespoons
of sugar aud a tablespoon of shaved
icc, shako aud use immediately.
Strawberry Aeid—Stem six pounds
of very ripe strawberries, pat in au
earthen crock, dissolve three OUUOJ3 of
citric aoid in a gallon of water, pour
over tho berries and let stand over
night; strain aud add a pound c f sugar
to a pint of juice, stir until the sugar
is dissolved, bottle aud cool; when
ready to use fill a glass half full of
shaved ioo, pour over the aoid to fill
tho glass and shake. Raspberrios or
blaokberrios may be used in piaco of
strawberries, when loss sugar will be
neoessary.
Soda Cream—Dissolve one pound of
loaf sugar iu a pint of water, add tho
juice aud grated rind of a large lemon,
Bot over tho fire to boil. Add the
beaten whites of three eggs, stir, take
from the tiro and strain. Let cool
und bottle. When ready to uso put
two tablespoonfuls in a glass of ice
water aud add a pinoh of soda.
Spruce Beer—Boil a handlulof hops
and twico as muoh sassafras root in
ten gallons of water; strain it and
pour it iu a gallon of molasses. Let
cool and add two spoonfuls of essence
of spruce, two spooufuls of powdered
ginger, and one of ground allspice,
stir all together aud put iuto a cask.
Whon cool put in half a pint of yeast,
stop close, lot ferment and bottle.
Kumyes (a refreshing and strength
ening drink for delicate women and
children)— Fill a quart bottle nearly
full of rich new milk, dissolve two ta
blespoonfuls of sugar in hot water nu !
add with halt a cake of compressed
yeast. Cork aud shake well. Set in
a warm room for six hours, then on
ico until cold.- Boston Globe.
Unclaimed Riches.
! Thero is in tho strong rooms of ono
! of the oldest private banks in London
! a largo quantity ol jewels, plato aud
othor valuables, which was deposited
for safe custody by Frouoh refugees
shortly bofpxo the outbreak of, tho
1 revolution. Several of tho depositors
claimed thoir bolongings after the
coup d'etat, but the present deposits
aro still awaiting claimants, and prob
ably abviLßs —dl—l'earsou's Weekly.
THE ME lilt Y SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY TUB
FffSMt MEN OF THE PRESS.
A Convenient Place—Too Bad—Knew
XVliut Wits Coining—ln Confidence
—Quito Necessary, Ktc., Etc.
In the days of Hiawatha,
When the Injun wasn't fighting,
Then he used to put the hatchet
'Neath the earth or 'neatb a rook
If the Injun lived to-day, I
Think that wher. the war was over
He would hie him to his uucle
And would put the ax in hook.
—New York World.
TOO BAD.
A. Wheeler—"Doesn'tbo look well?"
T. Ires (in disgust) —"Yes; he's
ono of those cranks who won't rido n
bicycle."—Puck.
KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.
Cumso—"Riokotts is about to ohangc
his business." i-
Cawker—"Whore is ho going to open
his bicycle store?"
IN CONFIDENCE.
Friond—"What aro your reasons
for selling?"
Suburbanite—"Malaria and tho
lawn mower."—Puck.
HE LOOKED TO THE BIGHT AND LEFT.
Miss Wheeler—"lsn't the scenery
beautiful along that road?"
Ryder—"Very! I'm using court
plaster and arnica on account of that
scenery.—Puck.
THE PROPEB OOOBSE.
Assistant—"Wasn't it Harvey who
discovered tho circulation of the
blood?"
Editor (absently)—"l dou't know.
Didn't ho make an affidavit?"—ruck.
QUITE NECESSARY.
Cobwigger—"Didn't you think it
rather foolish for her to ask you if hor
Hat was on straight?"
Merritt—"No. It was on a railway
train, and we had just come out of a
long tunnel."
THE GIFT IIOnSK.
"Pretty soon, I buppose," mur
mured the ex-cowboy, "we'll even have
to change our proverbs."
"Which one, for instance?"
"We'll have to say that ono should
not look a gift bioycle in the spokes."
AN ISHHALITE.
Jack—"There goes a man who is
known in nearly every city in the
United States, yet I don't believe ho
has a friond in the whole world."
Madge—"Who is he?"
Jack—"A baseball uuipiro."—Nor
ristown Horald.
A SMALL BEGINNING, BUT—
"I am poor," he said; "it would ho
many years before I could give my
wife a yacht."
"Well," answered the girl of '9" '
"couldn't you commence with a littlo
smack?"
And so it came to pass.
PRESSURE.
Invention Enthusiast—"l under
stand that Kcely has constructed a
cylinder that will stand a pressure of
3500 pounds to tho squaro inch."
Pretty Girl (who hasn't been hugged
for a year)—" Huh! I dou't think
that's much?" —Now York tVcekly.
AN EXPERT.
First Boarder—"l understand that
the landlady is to take a trip to the
West."
Scoond Boarder "Js that so? If
the train would stop long ouougli at
the stations, she could givo the rail
way restaurant peoplo sotno great
points."
A CULTIVATED TASTE
Mr. Moth "What a horrible flavor
of moth balls this suequo has!"
Mrs. Moth—"Dear me, Algernon,
yon aro positively disgustiug. Don't
you know that a liking for carbolio
aeid aud tar is the best evidence that
one has moved in good society aud ac
quired a cultivated tastu?"—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD.
Casey (confidentially, to tho fore-"
man) —"Oi'vo bin atther wutchm'
Kerrigan for th' lasht two hours, an'
dovil a shtroko uv wur-ruk lioz ho
dono in all thot toimo."
Foreman—"Be hivins! Kerrigan
wuz just afther oomin't' mo wit' th'
same iuformatiou about yersilf. Vox
are bote discharged, fer watchin' in
stid uv wur-rkin'."—Puck.
HIS COIN THEORY.
"Pop," said Willie, "what's a gold
bug?"
"That, my son, is what they call
the men who want gold money."
"And I suppose a silver-bug is a
mau who wants silver money?"
"That's it exactly."
"Well, say, pop—l'm only a little
feller, and am satisfied with being a
nickel-bug. Gimmo one, will yer?"—■
Harper's Bazar.
A COMIC DUEL.
Roddit—"l see tho French have de
vised a rather novel regulation for
their dueling code, which is expected
to do away entirely with bloodshed."
Wellnow—"What is it? Have them
fight simply with expletives, or use
brass knuckles at one hundred feet
apart?"
Reddit—"No; itprovidesfor tho uso
of bullet-proof vests."
Wellnow—"lt seems that if the an
tagonists oan wearthoae things thoy'll
bo making a field of honor out of every
four-aore lot in France."
Reddit—"Oh!—but the vests aro for
the spectators."