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The future story of Princeton seems
assured by the discovery of the im*
port ant fact that a fifth member of the
Poe family has just entered the uni- 1
varsity and has announced himself a
* candidate for the 'varsity eleven.
"The United States of Central i
America"—the name of the new fed
erated republics—have adopted our
constitution in tho main. It is a com
pliment to the sagacity of our fore- j
fathers—for parties may come and j
parties may go, but the constitution |
prevails forever.
Considering that more than thirty
per cent, of French exports go to
Great Britain, it seems scarcely prob
able that the thrifty and sensible
merchants and tradesmen of France
will favor a war with Great Britain if
it cau possibly bo avoided. And after
the politicians have had their say, it
is the quiet, practical men of business
who control the Republic.
Charles Weiss, of Somerville, Mass.,
petitions tho Boston Board of Alder
men for a license to slaughter horses
for the domestic and foreign meat
trade, "the business to be carried on,
and the product to be sold or used for
food, packed in barrels for export." ;
If the Board grants the license the
State Health Commissioners will be I
called upon to act, as the final decis
ion rests with them. There is no law
against the practice, but this is the
first time it has come up for a legisla
tive consideration. A large export
trade in horse meat is carried on
outside of Massachusetts, the product
going mainly to Germany, though its
use is extending in all Continental I
countries.
!
Great progress has been made, and
the prison system of to-day is radically j
different from that of a generation I
ago. But the cause of prison reform !
has moved slowly, because the people '
know so little about it, and give so
little attention to it. It was much
easier to interest people in the reforms
which Howard pressed upon the public i
attention than it is to interest them in
modern reforms. Howard demanded
great changes in the physical condi
tion of prisoners. But modern prison
reform has to do with something very
different. There are no cruelties now.
Tho next forward step is toward im
proving the prisoner himself. This
Is an infinitely higher aim than that
of Howard's day.
The forests of Oregon are furnish
ing the timber which is being nsed in
the construction of the railroad now
being built by the Russians across the
Chinese territory of Manchuria. The
lnmber is shipped across the Paeifio
to Vladivostok, where it is trans
ported by rail to a tributary of tho
Amur River, and by water routes to
the line of the road. While there is
abundant timber in Eastern Siberia,
yet it will not be available until the
railway has been extended a consider
able distance further, and even then
it is believed that the water freights
on the Pacific would be less than the
cost of land transportation. At any
rate, the development of China and
Siberia seems to afford a new and im
portant maiket for the lumbermen of
the Northwest.
South American FUilcpockcta.
Practice makes perfect even In
■wrong-doing and In the use of what
eeem to he very awkward means. A
writer In the Boston Transcript says:
The Gauehos, or dwellers, on the ex
tensive plains of Buenos Ayres, are
marvelously dexterous with both
hands and feet. Many of them have
acquired, through long practice, such
skill in using their toes instead ol
fingers that they can fling the lasso
and even pick pockets with them
Some time ago a Frenchman, who was
fishing in one of the rivers of Buenos
Ayres, was warned to he on his guard
against the light lingered natives. He
forthwith kept a vigilant watch upon
bis companions, but, nevertheless, ono
day when his attention was closely
riveted on his float, a wily Gaucho
drew near and delicately inserting his
foot, extracted the Frenchman's hooks
and other valuable from his pocket.
IF I
tf, sitting with his little, worn-out shoe
And scarlet stocking lying on my knee,
I knew the little feot had pattered
through
The pearl-set gates that lie 'twixt heaven
and me,
[ could be reconciled, and happy too,
And look with glad eyes toward the jas
per sea.
If, in the morning, when the song ot
birds
Reminds me of music far more sweet,
I listen for his pretty, broken words
And for the music of his dimpled feet,
I could be almost happy, though I heard
No answer and saw but his vacant
scat.
I could be glad if, when the day is
done
And all its cares aud heart-aoheo laid
away,
I could look westward to the hidden
sun
And with a heart full df sweet yearning
say,
"To-night I'm nearer, my little one
By just the travel of a single day."
U FIGHT WITH A §
2 By C. REYNOLDS. f|
W W
THE GRAPHIC NARRATIVE OF A LONG AND TERRIBLE FIGHT BE
TWEEN A SKILLFUL FISHERMAN AND A GIANT
FISH SEVEN FEET IN LENGTH.
<—■? HAD been staying (
during the autumn 1
k upon the south ]
Wolsh coast near 1
frequenty occupied 1
ffipfe.- J, v myself with sea
fishing, frateruiz- ;
ing with the fisher- c
meu, occasionally I
—going out with i
them in their smacks for a whole 1
night, and making myself acquainted
with all their operations. 1
I heard wonderful yarns of sharks, '
whales, porpoises, dog-fish, aud other
denizens of the deep which they had
met with iu tho course of their busi
ness, but was particularly struck with
their report of the great congers which
were to be found in the Bristol Chan- j
nel. The two accounts of their size,
Strength, and ferocity excited my in
terest so much that I became very
auxious to meet and try conclusions
with ouo of these monsters.
With this object in view I applied
myself more particularly to conger
fisheriug, and gathered all the infor
mation I could on the subject. For
some weeks I had varying success; I
caught a variety of fish and a few con
gers of good size, up to twenty pound
in weight, but the giants I was hoping
for did not visit me. Those of lesser
size and other kinds of fish being eo
much more numerous, thejraits fell
to their share before the rare monsters
came nigh, and I saw that I must de
vise some fresh method of baiting, or
I might go fishing indefinitely with
out accomplishing my purpose,
What I wanted was a bait not very
' tempting to the majoriy of fish, but
which a big, omnivorous conger would
not refuse, and also too large for the
| smaller eel to swallow entire. This
might lie long unmeddled with by the
common crowd of the deeps, and thus
! give an opportunity for one of the
I great eels to come within range of its
| attractions. I might have to wait
| long, but X did not mind that, and
j could occupy myself meanwhile by
| ordinary fishing.
Having talked the subject over with
my fishing friends, various suggestions
1 were made for feasible baits, when one
j more promising than the rest was un
] expectedly presented to me. One of
I the fishermen called at my lodgings,
and, upon my appearing, he pulled
1 two dead sucking pigs from under his
arm, wrapped in paper.
"Them's the bait as'll do it, sir, I
| believe," said he. "They's only a
| week old, and was overlaid by the sow
! last night. My neighbor as owns her
J chucked 'em away, but as soon as X
spotted 'em, I says to myself: "That's
| the bait as the gentleman wants; it'll
do the job if anything will, I'll gut um
| and stuff um wi' herrin'; they'll want
that."
| I thought the idea a good one, and
resolved to try them without delay,
and made an arrangement with the
man to go out fishing the same
night. I had also an idea of my own,
which I thought might increase our
chances of success. This was to in
troduce somothing like the fresh
water angler's plan of ground bailing
into my sea fishing. I accordingly
j procured an old sack, got it filled with
; fresh fish garbage aud beach stoues,
| and proposed to sink it at our fishiug
place.
The smell was sufficiently pro
nounced, and as water conveys the
j scent of anything within it very readily,
j when there is a current, aud as eels
have good noses, I expected the tide
ilow would advertise its whereabouts
to congers afar off, and they would be
! sure to follow it up and come within
! range of my lines, without being able
to glut themselves, unless they swal
lowed the sack whole. Congers, like
fresh-water eels, being chiefly noctur
nal, we purposed fishing all night, but
it beiug midsummer, we should have
1 daylight most of the time.
We had all aboard an opeu rowing
I boat by the evening. The fisherman,
his boy, and myself went off for a bank,
I or elevation of the bottom, about a
| mile from the shore, where there was
about seven or eight fathoms of water
jat high tide. Having sunk our sack
by a rope, so as to know its exact
whereabouts, I baited my conger line
and let it lie near the sack. I had
about sixty yards of good strong line,
with a double gorge-hook of large size
fastened on to a thin zinc chain about
one foot six inohes long, for the con-
If I could know those little feet were shod
In sandala wrought of light in better
lands,
And that the footprints of a tender God
Ran side by side with his in golden sands,
I could bow cheerfully and kiss tho rod,
Since Bennie was in wiser, safer hands.
If he were dead I would not sit to-day
Aud stain with tears the wee sock on my
I would not kiss the tiny shoe and say,
"Bring back again my little boy to me!"
I would be patient, knowing 'twas God's
And that He'd lead me to him o'er death's
silent soa.
But, oh, to know the feet once pure and
white
The haunts of vice have boldly ventured
The bauds that should have battled for
the right
Have been wrung crimson in the clasp of
sin!
And should he knock at heaven's gate to
night
I fear my boy could hardly enter in.
ger's teeth to operate upon. The bais
was threaded lengthways with the
points of the hooks at the mouth, like
a night line for fresh-water eels. A
heavy plummet was needed to prevent
dragging, and we fished ledger fashion.
Having set this principal line, we
got out our ordinary tackle for gen
eral fishing, and'soon began to catch
fish fast, which I attributed in part to
the sack having attracted them and
stimulated their feeding.
I kept a sharp lookout upon the
conger line, which was fastened to the
thwarts within reach, for there was
110 necessity to hold it and pull up at
the first sign, as we intended any
worthy aspirant for the pig to gorge
the bait, and he would doubtless give
jmple signs of his proceedings before
1 it was time to pull in.
I lighted my pipe and confined my
attention to the conger line, while
Him and his boy went on with their
ordinary fishing. The snck had evi
dently gathered many fish about the
place and excited their appetite, for
they bit well, aud we hud u good
show of flounders, plaice, whiting,
etc., and several of the wretched dog
fish, which were summarily murdered.
Of eels there were plenty about, as
the boy caught one about ten pounds,
aud the father one a little smaller,
besides hooking a heavy fish which
broke away,and which he knew by the
feel to be a conger.
My bait did not appear to be very
tempting to them, but I was in hope
that when taken it would be by a
giant. My previous visitors, the
crabs, favored me several time again,
and forced me] to raise the line, but
their movements were now familiar to
me, and excited 110 false expectations.
About three-quarters of un hour had
passed in this manner. I was again
raising the line slowly in the hope of
bringing a good crab to the surface,
when the bait was suddenly seined,
dragged downwards with a violent
pull, and held for some moments at
the bottom and then carried straight
away from the boat.
"That's him, sir!" yelled Sim.
"Give him time! Let him get it
down!"
.1 did so, and let him have about
half the length of tho line before I
struck. It did not turn him one
whit, und then I felt his weight and
power both were tremendous. No
shooting or darting as with the dog
fish, but a strong, steady, struggling
strain forwards; it was like a man
pulling agaiust me, and the boat was
swept round into the line of tension
as though it were a band-box. As I
tried to haul in I could not gain a
yard of line; in fact, it was as much as
I could do to hold him, and I feared
every moment that hook or cord must
go. ft, could not last, and I let out
more line, not knowing what else to
do. Him was much exoited. "He's a
conger, I'll lay a crown, and a rattler
too! I know his pull! That's no
dog!" cried he. Of course we might
have dragged in at all risks, but I
dared not do this, and dreaded a
break every moment, for the line was
as taut as a bow-string—when a
thought struck me.
''Up with the anchor, Sim! Quick,
quick! that'll ease him a bit," said I.
No sooner said than done; Sim at
the anchor, the boy at the sack, which
he cut free, and we were loose upon
the waves. Now began a singular
and exciting contest. The boat was
fairly towed about in various direc
tions, while the struggle went on be
tween myself and the monster. For
more than a quarter of an hour this
went on, without our catching a
glimpse of him. As he frequently
bored furiously for the bottom, I
kept a heavy strain on to prevent this,
for fear of rocks or sunken wreckage,
aud to avoid his twisting himself
with the line, for either of these con
tingencies would have been fatal.
The boat being loose was a great
advantage, as we were lugged about
hither ami thither in a most extraor
dinary way. Had it been fast I am
couvimu'd there would have been a
smash with my tackle. There ap
peared no probability of tiring him
out or drowning him—eels are not to
be vanquished thus—and the sooner
I got him in the better.
The extent of line out made this a
lengthy task, but 1 shortened by de
grees until I had but a dpzen yards
out; then for the first time we saw the
. great white coils beneath the water.
and presently the ghastly, hideous
head a huge conger appeared above
the surfaoe. Now was the critical
time! How I blessed my stars for
good tackle!
Sim stood ready with the gaff, while
I hauled in, for get him aboard we
must.
His struggles became increasingly
violent as he neaved the boat, piling
ing, writhing, and diving like a mad
thing.
He was now close in, within strik
ing distance, lashing the water into
foam and splashing it over the boat
like a shower bath. He must be
galled and dragged aboard without the
loss of a moment's time or the line will
part, but this is no easy feat, for he is
not an exhausted fish even yet.
£ fcim makes several abortive strokes
getting no sure hold. lamina fever
of excitement and apprehension, when
a lucky blow at the mouth strikes the
big meat-hook through his lower jaw,
and gaff and line together we haul him
into the boat with a loud "Hurrah!"
But wo have not done yet; he is full
of life, longer than anyone in the boat,
and thicker than my thigh—a verita
ble sea-serpent, and writhes himselt
clear of the gaff almost immediately
only the line holds him! The boat is
not big enough for snch a floundering
monster, and he will be in the sea
again if we do not cripple him
apeodihv.
J kept hold of the lino despairingly.
Sim strikes again and again with the
gaff and wounds him, but can get no
hold on his tough, slimy skin as the
monster dashes about the boat. The
boy bangs him with an car and ia
knocked over by a blow from his
python-like head. He fights savagely,
striking like a snake, and his huge
jaws grind upon the chain and snap
together like a steel trap; I am
amazed to See Sitcli ferocity, and e
bite from that great mouthful of ser
ried teotli wonld be indeed terrible.
Blows appear to have little effect, and
he flounces half over the gunwale. 1
pull frantically and get him back, just
as a clumsy blow from an oar strikos
my tight line close at his head, and,
to my utter horror, the chain snaps
from the hooks.
Diabolus! he is loose, and we shall
miss him yet. Sim drops the gaff,
and, seizing a big oilskin overall,
pitches it over the twisting brute and
flings himself on the top of it. This
is only a momentary expedient, for h{
cannot keep him under, but it may
give me a chance with the gaff, and J
stand back ready and look out for tlie
head. *
Sim keeps up the buttle grandly,
rolling and grappling like a man in
convulsions, and shouts fo* his fißli
knife, with which he stabs through the
oilskin furiously. Out comes the
grizzly head, bloody and torn, up the
side of the boat, and I get a fair
stroke and drive the gaff-hook right
through both upper aud lower jaws
into the planking; I drag it down
against the bottom of the boat and
hold on as for my life. The filthy
coils wind round my hips like a boa
constrictor's, and I can hardly keep
my feet, and am covered with blood
and slime.
Now is Sim's chance, and he stabs
into the monster's gills up to the hilt,
tiino after time. The blood flows
copiously, and this quickly tells upon
the twisting mass; hiß contortions be
come weaker, and in another minute
the giant conger lies dying at the bot
tom of the boat. It has been a des
perate struggle, but the fight is vol
and we have time to breathe.
Prom the time we got "the King ol
the Congers," as Sim dubs him, on
board, not more than five or six min
utes have elapsed, tbongh it may ap
pear longer in the telling, and it has
been the most exciting five minutes I
have ever experienced. We were in
high glee, you may be sure, and I
never tired of gazing on my gigantio
capture. I had never seen anything
like him before. The expression of
tho head impressed me as truly dia
bolical; a brutish, cold, cruel ferocity
is stamped strongly upon it, as with
congers generally, but far more pro
nouncod in one of such an amazing
size. We stretohed him out full
length, aud he reaches almost from
stem to stern of the boat.
"Over seven foot, if he's am inch!
I've uever seed a bigger and hut one
or two as big, and on the water over
thirty year, man aud boy," says Sim,
who was English, and had been bred
upon tho Dee shore. "I reckon we'd
better go ashore aud clean oursel's,
mister!" added he, with a triumphant
grin. "Aud, Jim, there's a nice job
o' swabbin' for thee, lad!" referring to
the state of tho boat, besmeared with
blood and slime; as, indeed, were the
crew also.
We accordingly rowed ashore with
our prize, which proved to be seven feet
three inches in length aud twenty
seven inches in girth. Sim made a
good thing of showing it round Tenby.
The skin aud head I had stuffed aud
afterwards presented to the Mechanic's
Institute of my native town, where it
was long an object of interest in the
reading room. Of its fate upon the
collapse of that institution I have no
information, having since left the lo
cality.—Wide World Magazine.
Komunce of the South Pacific.
As strange as anything written in
fiction is the story of the life and death
of the captive Queen of the Muua
Islauds, in the South Pacific Ocean.
For three years Margaret Young,
daughter of an English sailor, who was
cast away on one of the islands, had
been Queen of the islands against her
will, and duriug all that time had not
been allowed to look upon the face of
a man. She had been educated in
Samoa, where she had lost her heart
to a chieftain. Her tragic death was
caused by suffocation when her savage
subjects tried to cure her of a cold by
surrounding her with fire.—Chicago
Journal.
FEWER ONE-CENT STAMPS
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE OF MOD
ERN COMMERCIAL LIFE.
The One-Cent Stamp ltaphlly .fining Ont
or Date For the Mailing of Catalogues,
Circular, ami Sample.—The Reason.
For the Ills continuance of Their Use.
Oils of tlie enrioua circumstances of
moileru commercial life is the passing
of the one-cent stamp. It is rapidly
going out of date for the mailing of
catalogues, circulars, samples and
other matter sent through the post
office in large quantities by business
houses, and many concerns have ceased
to use it altogether. A few days ago
a reporter dropped in at the private
office of one of the leading retail
establishments of this city, says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, and
observed a bushel basket of freshly
addressed envelopes in oue corner. A
busy clerk was decorating each with a
two-cent stump.
"Those envelopes contain small
printed folders," said one of the
partners in tlio house, "announcing
some winter novelties. There is not
a scratch of a pen on any of them and
they could be sent just as easily for a
penny apiece. As there are 5000 in
the lot, it wonld mean a saving of
just SSO in to-day's postage bill."
"Why the LMschief don't you do it,
then?" asked the visitor.
"Because we have learned," said
the merchant, "that it doesn't pay. It
is one of the economies that don't
economize. Nowadays the average
busy man rarely opens an unsealed
envelope bearing a oue-oent stamp.
He knows without looking further that
it contains advertising matter and
throws it into the waste basket at
once. Even if he opens it he does
so with a mind already prejudiced,
because the stamps proclaim that the
inclosure is printed."
"But why should that prejudice
him?" interrupted the reporter.
"Because it destroys the individual
ity of the communication. Every man
likes to feel that he is addressed per
sonally, and if he knows in advance
that he isn't a bad effect is made. It
is the difference between talking to
him in his private office and talking to
him as oue of a crowd from a platform.
This may seem like splitting hairs,
but advertising has become suoh an
art at present that absolutely nothing
must be overlooked. We put a two
cent stamp on the envelope, which in
sures it at least boing opened. Then
we must depend on the attractiveness
of tlio folder to interest the recipient.
"We have reduced the matter to a
very exact business basis," continued
the merchant. "Take, for instance,
this particular bnuch of mail. The
folders are gotten up quite hand
somely and cost us §125 for the 5000,
or 2J cents apiece. I calculate that
four-tifths of them would be thrown
away if they went out with one-cent
stamps. That would be a clear loss
of SIOO for tile inclosures, $lO for
postage and, say, sls for envelopes,
addressing and so on, making a total
of $155. The increased coßt of the
two-cent stamps is SSO, but we are
certain that they will land one of the
folders in the hands of each person on
the list. The net saving is $lO5.
There is no Bentiment or imagination
about the transaction. It is a clear,
cold matter of arithmetic. We
formerly used the one-cent, stamp
wherever we could, but experience and
close observation have taught us that
it was bad policy."
The reporter talked to several other
business men On the subject and found
them of practically the same opinion.
"The change is largely due," said a
well-tnown wholesaler, "to the in
creased cost of advertising matter in
tended for distribution through the
mails. Not long uge most business
bouses contented tliemselveß with very
simple pamphlets giving prices and
perhaps embellished with a few small
cuts. The whole thing was cheaply
gotten up, printed on very ordinary
paper and cost a more trifle. The
modern 'booklet,' us it is generally
called, is quite a different affair. The
cover desigu is drawn by a first-class
artist, the. illustrations are frequently
equal to those of the magazines, and
the matter is probably prepared by a
liigk-priocd expert. Needless to say,
the nieohanical work must be in
accord, and the expense of such a
publication is a serious item. Here,
for instance, is one of our special
catalogues, with pictures lithographed
in six colors. The silk ribbon drawn
through the back alone cost morethnu
the old-time price list, all tol l. When
we incur snch an outluy we must bo
reasonably oertain that the booklet is
I at least seen by the people to whom
it is addressed, and under the circum
stances it would be foolish to use a
one-cent stamp. That would at once
I suggest something cheap and com
-1 men.
••But we use a two-cent, stamp at
present,' ho continued, "to carry
even a simple little slip giving certain
shipping directions to our customers.
Our idea is that it catches the eye of
the man wo are after. A good many
busy men have their mail sorted by a
confidential clerk before they see it,
and unsealed envelopes with one-cent
postage are apt to bo thrown aside
then and there as of no importance.
If it has a two-cent stamp, it is fairly
certain to remain in the batch that
reaches the head of the house.
Samples of dress goo Is were formerly
sent in unsealed envelopes, almost in
variably, but they were so apt to slip
out and get lost that the practice has
been generally aoandoued. . Home of
these samples are quite expensive, and
it doesn't pay to take chaucJes."
A theatrical agent, contributed a
fragment of curious information to
the store. "The big dramatic agencies,
and, in fact, the managers of all the
more important attractions,'! be said,
"keep lists of newspaper editors and
critics all over the country and send
them regularly little tissue slips con
taining notices printed in imitation of
the typewriter. These were originally
sent out under a one-cent stamp to
save postage, but the results were so
unsatisfactory that the two-center was
adopted instead. Of course, the cost
is something enormous, as the lists
ar9 large and the slips are sent out
quite frequently, but the returns must
justify the extra outlay, as nobody
has gone hack to the old plan. In
fact, the one-cent stamp was hngfely
illogical for that particular purpose,
as the imitation of the typewriter was
intended to give the inolosure a per
sonal air which was at once defeated
by tho appearance of the envelope.
Even marked papers mailed by the
dramatic agents at present are sup
plied with two-cent stamps. They
attract attention and make the package
seem extra important."
A Masked flattery.
On one of the suburban streets a
girl of nineteen remained at home with
the smaller children while the parents
went to the theatre. The locality wa9
somewhat lonely, but no one had ever
been disturbed, and then she had
more courage thau the average woman.
Just after the clock struck ten she
heard an unusual and unaccountable
noise upstairs. All those of the family
at home were with her, and she could
only account for the racket by the
preseuco of a burglar. She only
hoped that ho would take what he
wanted and depart without molesting
them. But this hope was dashed by
a loud report from the room just over
head.
There was quiet for a time. Per
haps the burglar had accidently shot
himself. She would have shrieked
for a policeman, but she knew there
was uoue in earshot, aud she would
not leave the children while she ran
for a neighbor. She grouped the lit
tle ones about her and waited. Then
came two sharp, quick reports aud sho
was planning an escape with her little
charges through the back way, when
the parents arrived. Despite all the
children talking at once, the thrilling
news was soon understood. All im
plored the father to go for an officer,
but ho armed himself with a hammer
and the brave daughter led the ad
vance with a lamp. As they reached
the secoud landing there was another
report and the old gentleman hurried
down stairs. The daughter saw a red
streak shoot upward ahead of her, yet
she laughed until sho had, to set the
lamp down in preference to dropping
it. The canned tomatoes were stored
up there, and after the usual prelimin
ary rumblings that accompany the
acute state of fermentation, they had
been exploding one by one.—Detroit
Free Press.
Reflections or a ISuclielor.
Love has a language to describe
everything but itself.
Every woman likes to be thought a
riddle, but not ouo that can't be
guessed.
Lots of married men growl at their
wives in bass aud make love to them
iu falsetto.
A man is dangerously near falling in
love with a woman when he likes to
hear her laugh.
Every girl has an idea that when
she is telling a man sho loves him, her
face will appear transfigured.
Probably the greatest compliment a
man can pay to a woman is uot to have
her fall in love with him.
There is a certain look of quiet en
joyment which never comes over a
woman's face except at a funeral.
voman's face may look like an
open book, but you limy be pretty
sure the pages are stitched in all
wrong.
You can generally tell how engaged
people will treat each other after they
get married by the way they don't
treat each other while they are en
gaged.—New York Press.
Kirghiz Mutic.
One of the Kirghiz came into my
tent, and, squatting down, began to
play the kaumuss, u threo-striuged in
strument played with the fingers. The
music was monotonous]! aud of a mel
ancholy cadence, but it harmonized
well with the moods they inspired.
In u word, it was typically Asiatic. I
sat and listened to it with pleasure,
giving my imaginationJoaptive to the
music, the soft moaning of the night
wind, the gentle crackle of the fire.
How many and many a night did I
not spend thus during the long years
that followed, listening to the dreamy
i uuds of that primitive Kirghiz in
anient!
ilow many a dark, solitary winter
afternoon did I not while away in this
foolish fashion! In course of time I
grew accustomed to the kaumuss, and
derived as much pleasure from it as
the Kirghiz did themselves. In fact,
L grew fond of JJ. Its soothing music
carried my mind away iuto the fairy
realms of day dreams; my thoughts
Hew far away to my home amid the
: dark pine woods of Sweden.—
' "Through Asia," by Sven Hediu.
If aril fat clc For This Scientist,
I A scientific gentleman told a little
I tale worth repeatiug at a British
Association meeting the other day.
He is engaged in collecting material
for a book on magnetism, and beard
of a paper on the subject in a German
periodical. Not knowing the Teu
tonic tongue, he sent the article to a
translation bureau. In duo time the
translation was handed to him, and
when he scanned the lines he became
very wroth indeed, fcr the article was
simply a German rendering of one
from the gentleman's own pen, which
appeared in an English paper a year
ago. Insult was added to injury
when the scientist had to pay foi
translation exactly as mnch again as
he received from the proprietors ol
the journal in which the article origin
ally figured.—lnvention.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
WafthiiiK Dlshea.
Washing dishes—dishes—dishes;
Washing them against your wishes:
Washed in the morning nice and clean—
At dinner time and lunch between —
Three times a day—seven days a week—
Until the record's hard to keep.
Everlastingly a-splashing—
Washing dishes—dishes washing;
Then drying them to put away,
To wash again another day;
Till days and weeks and years go past,
StiJl washing dishes to the last.
—Sarah L. Flowers.
flow to Wash the Face.
With regard to the merits of hot or
cold water for the complexion, a skin
specialist, as reported in the House
hold, says that washing the face may
logically, for good results, follow in
the line adopted in the Russian and
Turkish bath.
In other words, that the way to wash
the face, so as to keep tho skin soft
and yet fresh, is first to. use hot water
with n line soap, and then cold water
immediately after, as a douche. The
water and soap cleanse the pores, as
the cold water can not remove the in
sensible accumulations of grease and
perspiration that catch and tix parti
cles of dust aud convert them into
"blackheads," aud hasten the scaling
ofl' of dead scarf skin.
For all these causes the hot water is
to be applied liberally with tine soap;
the lace sunk iuto the basin, aud held
there, under water, as long as possi
ble, until, in fact, it has had literally
a bath aud not a wash.
Then, while yet the skin is soft and
moist, splash cold water plentifully
over it from a basiu standing ready
hard by. This serves as an immediate
and bracing tonic, 'counteracting the
relaxing effect of the hot water upon
the epidermis with brisk swiftness.
The face should be afterward hard
rubbed with a line towel until a
healthy glow is created.
llalii* Old Carpets.
Old ingrain aud Brussels carpets
are now rewoven into durable rugs.
These rugs are pretty if harmonious
colors are used. The effect of a gen
eral hit-and-miss pattern is especially
good if the colors are well divided.
Formerly the carpets were cut in
strips for thi3 purpose by tho owner,
but now those who make these rugs
prefer to have the carpets sent as they
are. It is not necessary to clean
thein, but tho rug manufacturers
charge considerable extra when they
find it necessary to clean the carpet
ing before weaving it iuto rugs. It is
an economy, therefore, to send the
carpets clean. They are returned
considerably reduced in size, but in
the form of an attractive-looking rug,
with a soft, thick, Huffy surface that,
wears well. All-wool ingrain carpets
make especially pretty rugs. This
work of rejuvenating old carpets came,
like many other good things, out of
the West, and at one time it was diffi
cult to find any firm in New York
State which wove such rugs. To-day
it is easy to find such an establish
ment in any of the larger cities of the
State. The work represents a genu
ine economy, as tho cost of making a
rug is not in excess of the value of a
completed rug, as it ofteu is when
rag carpet rugs are woven. It is
quite a common thing for weavers to
charge more for making a rag carpet
than a new ingraiu carpet would coat.
When the labor of cutting and sewipg
is taken into account the rag carpet
may be an expensive article. The
weaver cuts and weaves these carpet
rugs we have described aud cau make
them at a smaller price than the rag
earpet weaver charges for his closer,
slower work. It does not pay to re
weave a carpet worn threadbare.
There is nothing left in a tapestry
Brussels worn lo the hemp, and we
believe no rug-weaver undertakes to
make over a tapestry carpet. It does
not pay to weave over a faded cotton
aud wool ingrain, but u pure wool in
grain makes a very desirable rug.—
New York Tribune.
Kcclpei.
Marrow Toast—Procure two mar
row-bones and tie a piece of cloth over
the top, which must bo protected by
a cap of dough, to be removed when
the bones are cooked. Boil briskly
for three-quarters of an hour; then
scoop out the marrow, mix it with a
little butter, and spread thickly upon
portions of buttered toast. Sprinkle
with a dust of cayenne peppor and
salt and serve hot.
Dewey Pudding—Beat the yolks of
four eggs well, add one pint of milk,
j then one and a half cups of flour
! which has been sifted twice, with a
teaspoonful of baking powder and a
quarter teaspoonful of salt; add the
stiffly beaten whites of the eggs and
bake in an earthen pudding dish half
an hour in a rather hot oven. Will be
! Very light and quite like a souffle if
J skillfully managed.
! Omelet With Peas—Beat four eggs
very slightly, allow a tablespoon of
milk to each egg. Use a smooth
saucepan and cook the omelet in hot
butter thai has not been allowed to
brown. As soon as the omelet sets,
pour over it canned peas that have
been cooked almost dry, then fold
over, and serve immediately. Cold
meats could be warmed aud substi
tuted for the peas.
Peaked Calf's Head—Clean thorough
ly ind cut iu two. This divides the
chjp from the skull. Take out the
tongue aud braius. Boil both halves,
skimming well. Lift out the best
half before too well done. Spread
butter over, dredge on flour and dust
a little pepper; set 011 trivet in baking
pan, add a little of the liquor from
the kettle, and baste as any meat.
Serve with gravy. Boil the tongue in
salted water with a bit of popper. It
may bo served as beef's tongue. The
brains can be put on ice for a separ
ate dish.
Possibly the German Emperor pro
poses to add tcr hie literary laurels by
bringing out a r,<rv guide book.