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11 it be true that Tommy Atkins iu
Afridilaml showed the white feather
in the presence of the native troops,
then a bad blow Ims been given to
British prestige. Doubtless the cow
ardice exhibited was due t > lack of
service, suggests the San Francisco
Chronicle, i\ r there is no record of
seasoned troops that wear the British
uniform showing no stomach for fight
in the presence of an enemy. "The
English soldier may lack many of the
virtues, but. courage is one of the
things in which he is never found
wanting."
Although the so-called curfew or
dinances have encountered consider
able ridicule, the police reports from
Lincoln, Neb.; Omaha, St. Joseph,
Mo., Denver, Col., and Des Moines
lowa, declare that it has been a suc
cess. There is a largo decrease in the
arrests of youths; there is an improve
ment in study, and a reduction in
commitments to the reform school.
The law in many places no longer
needs enforcement, for the children
are no longer on the streets. With
the exception of Omaha, no attempt
has been made to put such a law iu
force in any metropolis. There is nc
question, however, comments the
Washington Star, about the evil it
undertakes to remedy. The steps in
many instances of free night roaming
on the streets are clearly marked and
inevitable. First amusement; second,
mischief; third, crime.
One of the foremost publishers in
America denies with earnestness that
the taste of the public lias deteriorat
ed, as some observers think it has.
When asked to justify the tons of
rubbish sold annually he replied:
"The rubbish fosters at least the
reading habit. The children of the
people who read trash will instinc
tively turn to the reading of some
thing, good or bad, and there are
many chances in favor of their turning
to the good. Certainly there are pro
portionately more goods books sold
to-day than fifty years ago. Don't be
discouraged by what looks like the
prevalence of vulgarity. The people
are reading, and thousands of them
are reading the best books." This
good news may he set against the im
pression received from the superficial
appearances of things, maintains the
New York Tribune. The poor book
or the poorer newspaper is more fre
quently seen in the hands of "the
man iu tlio street" than are the best
books or the best newspapers. But
figures are precious. The sanguine
publisher whom wc have quoted based
his statements on figures, which is to
say, on facts.
A writer in the New York Observer
says: New York, in its government,
Its climate and conveniences for living,
its religious, educational and social ad
vantages, its opportunities for varied
exercise and amusement, lias a fair
placo among the greatest and the best,
ft has one of the finest situations in
the world, and sanitary opportunities
which are unrivalled. It lias nil abun
dant water supply, and every effort
has been made by its rulers to keep
this supply commensurate with the
rapid growth of the city. In no large
*ity of EiiTopo is life as safe for the
simple and unwary as it is here. No
fouug woman could walk in the streets
of Paris with the absolute security
against insult which is almost guaran
teed in New York. It is customary to
abuse and denounce the public means
of conveyance in New York.' and cer
tainly there i ; much room for improve
ment, but who that has waited an
hour for his turn at an omnibus sta
tion in London or Paris, or been packed
with a crowd of sausago 'eaters and
rank tobacco smokers in a little horse
car in Vienna, or tested the vileness
of a Naples cab, does not judge with
leniency the much criticised "ele
vated" and crowded "cable" of
Gotham? I use Ito criticise the docks
and streets, when I returned from
frequent excursions to the old world,
but Ido so no more. Both are im
proved, and when the present tem
porary di turhances are over, New
York will have more miles of well
paved streets than any city in the
world. The abuses from which we
Buffer are those which are common tc
mankind. Wo have no monopoly of cor
rupt politicians, and plotting lenders,
and dishonest contractors, and bribe
taking officials. Those who read con
temporaneous history in English anc
French and German papers, or whe
even pay attention to the foreign item*
which are collected in our own jour
nals, do not need to bo told that poli
tics is much alike the world over, and
that a French legislator and an Eug
lish cabinet officer, and a Spanish gen
eral—not to say anything of German!
or Russians are not so immaculate as
to throw any stain upon America!
office-holders with comparative sue
ess,
{§ fiction.
fee-.
IN THE
To-dav, whon the sun wn lighting my
house on the pinoclad hill,
The breast of n bird was ruffled ns it
pen-lied on my window sill:
And a leaf was chased by the kitten on tho
breeze-swept garden walk,
And the daintv head
Of a dahlia red
Was stirred on its slender stalk.
Oh, happy the bird at tho rose trop, un
heeding the threat'ning storm!
Ami happy tho blithe leaf chaser, rejoicing
in sunshine warm!
They tako no thought for the morrow—
they know no cares to-day.
And tho thousand things
That tho future brings
Arc a blank to such as they.
But I, by the household ingle, can inter
pret. tho looming clouds.
For the wind "soo-lioos" through tho key
hole, and a shadow tho roof en
shrouds.
And I know I must quit my mountain and
go down to the vale below,
For my house is chill
On tho windy hill
When tho autumn tempests blow.
My miml is ever drawing an Instructive
parallel
'Twixt temporal thing? that perish and
eternal tilings that dwell;
When billows and waves surround me, and
waters my soul o'erllow,
I descend in hope
From the mountain slope
To the sheltering vale below.
I go down the Valley of Silence, where the
worldly are never met.
Where I kuow there is "balm and heal
ing" for eves that with tears are wet;
And I And, in its sweet seclusion, gentle
solace for all my care,
For that valley pure.
With its shelter sure,
Is the beautiful Vale of Prayer.
—Nannie Power O'houoghue.
§ A STRANGE 9
g MARRIAGE. §
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C PEAKIXCr of short
j courtships,did vou
y( cver hear of the
La' ft way that ohl Mr.
,U ;1 frfL JI Stebbins ciimu to
_ J got married?"
,*;■ T '^' lo speaker was
a soleiuu looking
young man with a
contradictory
twinkle in his eye.
ty He had been iu
jg*} troduced io tho
If company a minute
AptMgfi A before by old Mr.
*/ /VA Stebbins himself.
V fiA*l didn't catch his
"awe at (he time,
J*—and I ilon't believe
any one else did. Wo leared it after
ward, though in away not to bo for
gotten. At lirst X thought it was
Mileson or Miteson, and though it
wasn't I will call him Miteson for the
present.
"You wouldn't think," hecontinued,
"that a sedate gentleman like Mr.
Stebbins would have been guilty of a
hasty marriage iu his youth."
"X don't know what you callhastv,"
responded you Ilyson, who had been
looking furtively at a large photograph
of Miss Stebbins which graced the
mantel. "Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins
corresponded for three years. lie
told mo so himself. I wonder what
young people did before the camera
was invented. The means of travel
were so slow and mails so uncertain
that, with 110 telegraph or telephone,
I should think that lovers wonhl have
absolutely required photographs."
"Sometimes they were better off
without them," contradicted Miteson.
"Yes," in response to our looks of in
credulity. "some were undoubtedly
benefited by the absence of modern
conveniences. Why, I myself owe my
very existence to the tardy appearance
of IJaguerre."
Having at last enlisted our attention
and silenced young Hyson, he rattled
on like a bolt polisher.
"You gentlemen have all been to
college and remember how blank and
empty the world seemed when you
first came out. I know I nearly died
from sheer lonesomeness the year
after I graduated. There are times
when your heart goes out toward the
old associations, and if there is u girl
there you half like you begin to love
her, and if you don't make her promise
to write to you you wish you had, and
if you can't remember her address
you try to find it or guess at it. Isn't
it so?"
Even young Hyson admitted that it
was and sighed in the direction of the
photograph, though he is only an un
dergraduate.
"That," continued the speaker, "is
the way it was with a young man who
was born away back in the early thir
ties and consequently iu t-lio days of
eight and ten cent postage and no
daguerreotypes. He isn't sorry for
that, though, even if it does make
him n pretty old man by now whom
nobody but bis wife dares to call
Henry any more.
"Education was hard to get when
tie was a lad, but he managed, poor as
lie was, to matriculate in an old college
that is in existence yet not far from
the Cutskill Mountains.
"About n year after lie got his de
gree he was one day feeling blue, or
spoony, to be exact, thinking of Molly
Shurp, whom ho hail flirted with in
the silly fashion of a student. Then
he saw in an old newspaper a personal
to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. John
Sharp, with their daughter Molly, had
returned to Tarrytown after a brief
visit to relatives in the East. The
East in those days meant New Eng
land, aud Henry wa3 vexed to think
that Molly bad been in liis own section
without bis knowing it. But be bad
her address now and could write. She
could do nothing worse than leave bis
note unanswered.
"Tt happened that when Miss Sharp
read the epistle she was day dreaming
over her memories, too. There was
certain Ilenry who figured in them
largely. She, too, had gone to the
little college up in the hills, which was
one of the first co-educational institu
tions in the country. She, too, felt
glad to get the address of an old
schoolmate. So she answered as soon
as maiden reserve would permit.
"You can imagine how things went
after that. They corresponded regu
larly. They recounted old interviews,
stolen ones, of course, indulged in at
their peril. The experience of every- i
body at school is practically the same,
so I needn't recount the particulars.
Then they drifted to sheer lovemaking
of the old fashioned, practical sort, in |
which the words husband, wife and j
housekeeping bore a prominent part. |
Neither of the young people was rich, |
and it wasn't the custom to waste in
useless galivautiug and courting the
money that should be used in purclias- |
ing household furniture. Besides, ,
they had met frequently during the |
blissful six months of their early j
flirtation and were consequently as j
well acquainted as they thought ueces
sary.
"Finally the day was set, and Henry, '
after three years of wooing, undertook 1
the difficult journey to his intended
for the first time. He arrived three
days before the wedding and found
her waiting for the stage, ready to ac
company him over the two or three
lonely miles that lay between them
and home."
Miteson stopped, heaving with in
ward laughter.
"I don't see anything funny in that!"
cried Hyson. "I think it wa3 rather
nice." He had voiced the sentiments
of all, but we listened when the narrator
recovered himself.
"Nothing funny about it? Why,
he found himself face to face with a
perfect stranger, and she advertised
to 1)0 his bride within three days. lie
had been writing to another Molly
Sharp all the while. I told you that
all people had about the same experi
ences at school, especially at the same
school, and lovers are all alike, too, iu
one respect—they don't write much
about sublunary matters. So it was
small wonder that he never found out
his mistake until lie saw her. If they
could have exchanged photographs, it
would have been different and the ro
mance spoiled."
"But what did he do?" asked young
Ilyson.
"He fell in love with her on the
walk home."
"And she," I demanded—"she had
been writing to the wrong person, too 1
—or"—
"You must ask my mother," inter- !
rupted he, with the contradictory
twinkle more in evidence than ever.
"What yarn has my son been telling
you now?" asked old Mr. Stebbins,
who, with his smiling wife on his arm,
entered the apartment.
My son! So that was what our host
had said when he introduced the
young man, who had just returned
from abroad and was consequently
even a stranger to Hyson. And Mite
son was just a name created by my
fancy. —Donahoe's Magazine.
Important IMiyfticnl Culture Kxercises.
Proper walking results from step
ping so that the heel shall fall upon
the ground at nearly the same time as
the toe, and always in a line with it,
hut with the weigh of the body falling
on the ball, Tuid the chest leading so
prominently that a line dropped
thence to the foot would fall to the
toe; while a line dropped from the
chest of a person who walks incorrect
ly would strike the instep. Correct
positions in standing and walking are
often cures for weak and lame backs.
Let one who doubts this note the pull
upon the muscles of the back when
correct attitudes are at first assumed.
Other excellent exercises for strength
ening the muscles of the back are the ,
bending movements. Lifting the arms
as high as possible above the head,
bend the body at the waist, immedi
ately below the floating ribs, and
bring the hands gradually to the floor.
The knees should be kept firm, and
the exercise taken directly in front,
and also at the right and left sides.
Other bending movements are of
the waist, and yet others of the head.
Nothing gives dignity and grace to
the bearing more effectively than a
regal pose of the head; and the mus
cles of the neck can be made flexible
by practicing movements which con
sist, first, in dropping the head upon
the chest, then backward, then in a
series of rolling movements which
call into action all the muscles of the
neck.—Demorest's Magazine.
FxpoKiiie of Food on the Street.
The custom of exposing fresh fruit,
candies, fish, vegetables and various
other articles of food on the streets is
very prevalent in many parts of Amer
ica. This practice is generally to be
deprecated, as it is not only a source
of danger, hut also extremely disgust
ing. When one considers the dust and
filth that is being continually wafted
on the breeze in all towns, this fact
will bo brought home iu all its Hasti
ness. If the people would take the
matter into their own hands and refuse
to purchaso any article of food exposed
to such conditions, the practice would
soon be brought to an end. This ques
tion should be well ventilated in the
public press; the more it is aired, the
sooner will the filthy habit be stopped,
—Medical Record.
He Wears a Itell.
A Milo woodehopper, who goes
about his work with a huge cowbell,
attached to his back, says he means toj
take no chances. "No fool shoots me
for a deer," says he.—Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
One Mnn'l Experience In a Balloon That
Broke Looxe I'rom Kit IMoorinj;* Dur
ing the \Var—Heroism r Abby Beekei"
the Grace Darling of Lake Erie.
"Since I came to Washington, a
couple of weeks ago, I have linrl not
less than a dozen invitations by
friends to accompany them to the top
of the Washington Monument, but
each has been declined with thanks,"
said T. M. Underwood, of California,
to a Star reporter.
4 'There isn't money enough in the
world to tempt me to go to the top of
the monument. I recall with a shud
der one> time iu my life when I went
up high enough to more than satisfy
me, and I made a solemn vow then that
if I lived to get back to terra firma I
would spend the rest of my life as near
to the earth as possible.
"How was it? Well, I don't mind
telling you, if I do not bore you. Dar
ing the war the Government employed
Professor Low, an aeronaut, to make
ascensions in the interest of the Union
arms. It was practicable, inasmuch
as the movements of the enemy could
be easily watched. At Yorktown. Va.,
one day, General Fitzjohn Porter, who
was then in command, made an ascen
sion with Professor Low, and I ac
companied him.
"Usually two soldiers were detailed
to accompany the professor. On
this occasion only one was necessary.
The two men who had been previously
detailed began to quibble among them
selves as to who should go, and the
captain of our company finally gave
the order that neither should go.
" 'What's the matter with your go
ing, Underwood?' the captiau yelled
to me.
"I didn't stop to think what I was
getting into, and assented ut once.
The balloon was controlled by ropes
attached to windlasses on the ground.
Two soldiers were usually stationed at
these windlasses, and they pulled the
balloon back to earth upon a signal
from the professor. On this occasion
the men at the windlasses let us up
several hundred feet, aud, as the pro
fessor was about to survey the enemy
with his glass, something gave way
down below and we began soaring
away into space.
"Higher and higher we went, the
windlasses dangling at the end of the
ropes in the air. Professor Low took
in the situation coolly and seemed ap
parently at home the higher we got.
" 'We will go up until we get into
another current of air,' lie said to Gen
eral Porter and me, as he caught hold
of a valve.
" 'Don't he alarmed, as we shall get
back all right. But I caution you not
to look downward.'
"If lie hadn't a Imouished us not to
I presume that I wouldn't have
thought of it. At the time, I was
standing up in the basket, with my
gun in one hand. With the other hand
I had a firm grasp on one of the ropes
that held the basket. My Yankee
curiosity asserted itself and I looked
down. God forbid that I may ever
again have such feelings. I can't de
scribe them. I only know that I fairly
swooned and sank to the bottom of tho
basket. My gun went overboard.
"Such agony of mind I bad never
experienced before. I have never ex
perienced such feelings since?, and J
am confident that I shall never place
myself in condition to experience any
thing like them in the future.
"Well, we went up into an other cur
rent of air, which, with the professor's
control of the balloon, enabled us to
drift back toward where we went up.
General Porter was as cool as a cu
cumber, though I recall that he ex
pressed himself as feeling more secure
when we returned to terra firma. The
balloon, after the windlasses became
disengag-'d, had floated over the en
emy and toward Richmond.
"That experience away from earth
was enough for me. Not much do I
cure to visit the top of the monument
I never look at it without a shudder."
The "Grace Diu lhiu" of Eake Erie.
A writer iu the New York Press re
tells the story of the heroism of Abby
Becker, the Grace Darling of Lake
Erie. Late iu November, 1854, the
schooner Conductor, Captain Henry
Beckett, with a crew of six, left Am
herstburg, at Hie mouth of the Detroit
River, grain-laden, for Port Dalliousie,
on Lake Ontario, at the month of the
Wellaud Canal. It was the season of
gales, and the air was full of sleet and
snow. Tho water turned to ice on the
rigging, burdening the schooner,
which already had as heavy a load as
she could carry aud keep afioat. The
hurricane blew off tho crest of the
combers, causing what tho sailors call
"spoon drift," a blinding spray. In
this condition of the atmosphere the
Conductor drifted too near the Cana
dian shore, struck on the outer bar of
Long Point, beat across it, and sank
in tho deeper water beyond. The
crew took to the rigging and lashed
themselves there. Benumbed with
tlio cold, drenched by the icy waves,
and beaten by the sleet, they watched
in vain for signs of rescue.
Abigail Becker was tlio wife of the
lighthouse keeper. Her husband
was away oil the mainland, and she
was alone in her hut with her chil
dren. At daybreak, after the terrific
night, she saw the wrecked small
boat of the conductor, and knew that
a vessel ha l gone ashore. Walking
along tho beach, she came to the scene
of t 1 • wreck. There were the rock
ing figures in the rigging, and sho, a
lone woman, was the only living crea
ture near.
Hastening to her home, she got a
big kettle, a teapot, and some
matches. Return' r; to the beach, she
gathered a huge pile of driftwood and
built a fire, walking back and forth be
tween it aud the wreck, evidently to
inspire the men she could not reach.
She called to the sailors, but her voice
was nothing iu the roar of the storm.
She beckoned to them to throw them
selves into the surf and trust to her to
save them. But the risk seemed to
them to he too great. All day long
they clung there, and all day long sho
paced the beach, pointing to her ket
tlo of hot water, prepared to restore
warmth and life to the sailors should
they succeed in getting ashore.
Toward night she got desperate. It
was rescue now or never, for they
could not live through another night.
Wading breast deep into the water,
which froze on her clothing at every
wave, she threw out her arms and
drew them in, in dumb supplication to
induce them to make the leap.
Captain Beckett said to his men:
"It is our last chance. I'll try it. If
I lire, follow me; if I drown, stay where
you are."
Stiffly he got off his frozen overcoat
and flung himself into the hungry
waves. Ho struck out as best he
could, but when near shore the heavy
undertow swept him back. But Abi
gail Becker was out in the surf nearly
to her neck. Seizing him, she drew
him with almost superhuman strength
on tiie beach. There she gave him
hot tea to drink and laid him by the
fire. The mate now made the plunge,
and the captain, iu spite of all she
could do, rushed to help her. He was
not strong enough, and the undertow
swept them both out. But not be
yond her reach, for, like a giantess,
she was in after them, and the throe,
clinging to one another, staggered
ashore. Then the five sailors tried
it, one by one, and one after another
they were dragged ashore.
The Canadian Parliament voted Abi
gail Becker a handsome testimonial,
and for years her name was the sailors'
delight.
A Furiner In a Den of Snakes.
John Walls, afarmerof Prime Hook
Neck, in Delaware was out iu the
marshes looking for ducks, when he
saw a large hole in the ground, and,
seizing a long pole, lie thrust it into
tho ditch. Instantly the earth be
neath the farmer caved in, and before
he realized what happened Walls was
in a den of wriggling, squirming
snakes.
There were about 500 of tli 3 slimy
reptiles altogether, and they began at
tacking Walls from every direction.
Some of them, emitting a frightful,
hissing sound, came at him with their
mouths wide open and attacked him
with their venomous tongues. Others
coiled themselves about his legs until
the farmer was a wriggling mass of
serpents.
The only weapon he had in his hands
was a gun. lie was unable to success
fully combat the snakes with the
weapon, and his cries for help brought
several other farmers to his assistance.
They threw hiin a rope and' Walls clung
to it, while the men at the top hauled
him from his perilous situation. He
was half unconscious when ho landed
from the reptile den, and was weak
from tlio loss of blood. He was taken
to his home, where a doctor pronounced
Walls in a critical condition.
The reptiles were of the blacksnake,
moccasin and water variety, and were
the largest den of serpeuts ever found
in Sussex County.
A Brave Brnkeinnn.
Brakeman J. H. Wood is the hero
of the Maine Central Railroad at pres
ent, owing to a brave deed iu which
he saved several people from danger
at Newport, Me. The engineer missed
bis calculation a trifle in entering
Newport station in the darkness, and
the engine went past the staudpipe,
making it necessary to back up in
order to take water. As soon as the
train came to a standstill, the lever
was reversed, and tho train com
menced backing. Tho rush for the
doors of tho car had commenced and
the first passenger to make an attempt
to alight was a young lady, who would
have fallen but for Mr. Wood, who
caught and pushed her back. Then
instantly he turned to a lady who was
on the steps with an infant in her
arms, ami forcibly detained her there.
As he did th'.s an old man with a big
fur coat jumped from tho steps of tho
other car, took a spin and finally lauded
with one leg thrust over the rail, buta
few feet from the wheels. He had
hardly struck the planking and settled
in a heap before Wood made a great
leap and snaked him out of danger.
A secoud more and the old gentleman
woufd have been minus a leg.
Tlio Moon in tho North.
It. N. Peary, the Arctic explorer, in
reply to a letter in regard to the moon
at the extreme North, says:
"The length of tho lunar month in
the Arctic regions is the same as here,
but as a result of the higher latitude,
the moon is above the horizon contin
ously for several days at a time of full
moon. Iu the latitude of my head
quarters on the northern shore of
Whale Sound, in the latitude of 77
degrees, 40 minutes north, each full
moon remained above the horizon for
eight or ten days. The length of the
winter in this latitudo is from the 26th
of October until the 14th of February,
aud there are consequently three win
winter moons."
Finds of Pewter.
There is no wonder that the English
used pewter so long, for it must have
been somewhat of au inheritance. In
digging a trench at Appleshaw, near
Andovor, in England, a deposit was
recently found of large dishes, bowls,
cups, jugs and platters, all of pewter,
bearing the old Roman forms and orna
mentation.
Defective Eyeslelit.
Out of 25,000 school children ex
amined in Minneapolis 8000 had de
fective eyesight. Tho highest per
centage of defection was found in a
poorly-lighted and unsanitary build
ing.
HOUSEHOL [^AFFAIRS.
An Excellent Goose Stuffing:.
Peel and core two apples and take
two onions, two leaves of sage and two
leaves uf lemon thyme, and boil all in
sufficient water to cover. When ten
der rub the ingredients through a sieve
and remove tho sago and thyme.
Lastly, thicken the whole with mashed
mealy potato, so that the consistency
of the stuffing is fairly dry. Add salt
and pepper and stuff the bird.
Clarified Applefl.
Pare and core the desired quantity
of small, rather sweet apples; weigh,
and to each pound allow a pound of
sugar. Put the sugar, with just n
little water, over the fire; boil and
skim; add the grated yellow rind of a
lemon, and a tablespoonful of lemon
juice to each two pounds of sugar.
Put the apples into the hot syrup;
allow them to otand over the back
part of the stove until they are per
fectly tender and tr an spar int. Drain;
dust with granulated si.,. and dry
either in the oven or sun. —Ladies'
Home Journal.
Rolled Celery.
Trim off all outside pieces and sup
press the roots of three heads of celery,
cut them into lengths of six inches
each, wash well aud tie together.
Cover them with boiling water in a
saucepau, add a piece of mace, some
pepper corns, au onion and a little
Bait,- and boil them. Put one table
spoonful of flour and one tablespoon
fill of batter into a saucepan, and when
it is melted add sufficient water to
that in which the celery was boiled to
make the sauce. Beat the yolk of an
egg with the juice of a lemon and
when the sauce is off the tire stir it in,
adding a pinch of salt. When the
celery is done, place it on a dish, cut
off the string that fastens it together
and pour over the sauce.
Toollißomo Mock Terrapin.
This makes au inexpensive and
very appetizing dish for an evening
supper. For twelve persons a pair of
ducks and one pound of calf's liver
will be required. Clean the ducks,
wash the liver andplace them together
in a kettle; add two cloves of garlic,
one small onion, two stalks of celery,
four oloves; cover with boiling water
and cook slowly until tender. Take
out to cool. "When cold cut both into
dice. At serving time masli the hard
boiled yokes of six eggs to a smooth
paste, adding gradually half a pint or
thick cream. Put a quarter of a pound
of butter into a saucepan, add a table
spoonful of flour, mix and add tho
cream and eggs. Stir constantly un
til it reaches the boiling point; add
half a cup of milk, bring again to a
boil; add meat, a teaspoonful of salt,
i dash of cayenne, a little white pep
per, and just a suspicion of mace.—
Mrs. S. T. Borer, in Ladies' Home Jour
aoL
Household Hints.
Buttermilk will take out mildew.
Scrape pots and kettles with a broad
knife.
Hot water aud flue coals will clean
bottles.
Clean zinc with hot soapy water,
then polish with kerosene.
Tho best glass towels are made from
old napkins and tablecloths.
Keep big lumps of charcoal in dark,
damp corners, to purify the air.
Lamps, lanterns, andirons, etc.,
made of wrought iron, may be easily
cleaned with a piece of cotton rag just
moistened with kerosene.
To keep oak furniture well polished,
steep alkanet root in linseed oil, then
rub ou and brush with a still* brush
which will reach every part of the
carved surface.
A truth which cannot bo too often
insisted 011 is, that much of the work
done at a table can be more comfort
ably and healthfully done by using u
high stool instead of standing.
A thermometer which can bo fast
ened 011 the outside of au oven door
is useful in baking souffles or delicate
dishes, as it does away with the need
of opening the door till the article is
done.
For rubbing highly-polished wood,
metal, or other smooth surfaces, some
housekeeping experts claim that flan
nel is less likely to scratch than
chamois, and that silkoline is also
good for cleaning handsome furni
ture.
To keep polished tables from being
defaced by hot dishes, put a sheet ol
usbostos paper under the felt cloth.
For tea or lunch, where doilies are
used instead of a tablecloth, the table
may be protected from tho hot dishes
by asbestos mats covered with prettily
embroidered doilies.
To keep hanging baskets from dry
ing out is the chief point of import
ance in their care. A very good
method is to hang the basket where if
can be sprinkled every day, eithei
with a watering pot, using a genorous
supply of water or with a whisk broom.
Dr tho broom in water slightly
warmed, shake it a little to remove the
greater weight of water, then, bj
whisking it quickly over the plants, e
lino spray can be thrown, which is
better than the spray from tho water
ing pot.
A GIUKS Umbrella.
The latest Parisian novelty is a glass
ninbrella, which it is predicted will be
all the fashion. They are made ol
spun glass cloth and are light aud
flexible. Of course they afford no pro
tection from tho sun, as they aro trans
parent, but they can bo held in fronl
of a person's face in a rainstorm and
as tho holder cau see through the c",v
er, he can avoid running into passers
by or electric light posts. The usei
can also ascertain tho number of a
house or the name of a firm by glanc
ing through ihe top without having to
tilt the umbrella back and thus gel
drenched.
HOW TO READ CHARACTER.
Tho eye is a very expressive organ.
Large eyes in a small face usually
indicate a vindictive nature.
Fullness below the eyes is an in
variable token of tho gift of ready,
fluent speech.
Eyes that are half closed indicate in
nate shrewdness.
Slow-moving eyes are generally
tokens of forethought and business
ability; their owners are usually
economical, but not to the point of
avarice.
Eyes that reveal the whole of the
pupil show an impulsive temperament,
with some indecision of character.
"When the eyebrows are regularly
arcbed and dark and heavy, it is an
indication of sound judgment.
Eyes which show a circle of pure
white round the pupil belong to per
sons of sterling character and blame
less life.
Black, sparkling eyes are generally
united with good taste, refinement and
penetration.
Large, clear blue eyes indicate ac
tivity and versatility of mind.
Dull, blue eyes, especially when
they aro small, and retreat far back
beneath tho eyebrows, are signs of a
frigid, self-contained, suspicious na
ture.
Small, black eyes, beneath heavy
brows, aro usually associated with
Bhrewdness.
Gray eyes betoken a prudent and
reserved person.
Full, clear, blue eyes generally ac
company a bright, vivacious, ardent
temperament.
Brown eyes are an invariable indox
to nn amiable, lovable disposition.
When wrinkles are seen constantly
on the sides of the nasal organ, its
owner is of a grasping, avaricious na
ture.
A nose whoso point turns skywards
is often a sign of a tyrannical and co
ercive disposition.
Largo noses are usually associated
with great cnpacity, either for weal or
woe.
A long forehead indicates intelli
gence; a short one, activity.
A conspicuous forehead invariably
shows great penetrative aud executive
ability.
Fullness of tho temples is very no
ticeable in persous of marked mathe
matical ablity.
A prominence just above tho eye
brows is a sure sign of individuality.
An irregular, corrugated forehead
shows that is owner is a person ot an
original and investigating mind.
Foreheads wrinkled in tho upper
part, while the lower half is smooth,
show dullness and stupidity.
Long foreheads, with tight, smooth
skin, belong to frigid, selfish people.
A man of marked ability may be
recognized by one deep, perpendicu
lar wrinkle 011 the forehead, with one
or two parallel lines ou either side.
Heavy, dark, overhanging eyebrows,
with a prominent lower forehead, in
dicate deductive judgment to a high
degree.
When the upper lip constantly pro
jects its possessor's besetting sin is
arrogance.
A perfectly formed face should be
divided into three equal "parts; from
tho roots of tho hair to the root of the
nose, thence to tho tip, and from the
tip of tho nose to tho lip of tho chin.
WISE WORDS.
Iniquity builds its own jail.
Education cultivates natural ability.
A false kiss is like honey with poison
In it.
Some men with short memory will
tell long yarns.
Tho higher life is lived in the lowest
vale of humility.
The sins of tyrants become tho blood
hounds of justice.
Tho gospel train of salvation carries
no second-class passengers.
. 'The fear of endless torment is not
the gospel motive of repentance.
Tho man who preaches for pay never
loses any sleep over tho nou-suocess
of his sermons.
Sin unpardoned shows a heart that's
hardened. A forgivou offender reveals
a heart that's tender.
The debt of kindness must bo jiaid
on time or it must wait to be settled
at the day of judgment.
The man who loves truth will not
bo satisfied with mere courting—he
will be married to it at the earliest op
portunity.
When a woman gives another a
"piece of her mind," she never wraps
it up in love, nor oilers it with the
hand of mercy.
To have a rich man talk about giv
ing the widow's mite is an absurd lie.
First, he is not a widow; and, second,
ho does not give his nil.—Ram's Horn.
Street Llslitspn Three Cltlen.
Paris litis übout 600,000 electrio
lights and London twice as many.
More than half of Berlin's streets are
now lighted with a gas glow light,
perfectly white, and Ave times as
powerful as the old flame, and tho
lamps are being placed rapidly in the
other streets, and the city, with a eon
sumption of 10,000,000 eubio metres
of gas, will have live-fold the light
heretofore obtained from 17,000,000.
The 10,000,000 oil lamps burned
nightly in England cause 300 deaths
annually and 105 fires yearly in Lon
don alone.
Big >"oiv Tunnel.
The new Colorado tunnel will, when
completed, be by far the longest tun
nel in tho world. It will connect Col
orado "City with Sunol, and will be
twenty miles in length, witli subsi
diary tunnels, bringing the extreme
length to fifty miles. The tunnel
proper passes under Pike's Peak at a
depth of 7000 feet, and will through
out its course maintain au average
depth of nearly 3000 feet.—Chicago
Chronicle. '