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Poor China! She is on the operation
table, and when the European sur
geons are through with her there
won't be enough left of her for meaus
of self identification.
Spain's exports for 1898 —covering
the period of war aiul threatened war
—showed a decrease of $28,990,500 as
compared with 1897, aud her imports
adecrease of $18,441,500. It is signifi
cant, however, that her total exports
amounted to $132,401,0118, and her
total imports to $91,772,450; thus in
dicating the peninsula's natural wealth
and the possibility of general rehabil
itation under a stable and progressive
government—could such a commodity
be secured.
Hanover, Germany, is to establish
a series of lectures aud demonstra
tions for the instruction of artisaus
and apprentices in all trades, and if
they are found successful they will be
instituted throughout the empire.
There are to be model workshops, and
exhibitions of tools aud machinery,
together with instruction ill bookkeep
ing and in making estimates. The
first course of lectures will be to cab
inet makers, locksmiths, shoemakers
and tailors, other trades being taken
up one after another, the intention be
ing that higher instruction in all shall
be placed within reach of every learn
er or operative.
One of the most striking philan
thropies conducted iu this country is
carried on amovj the insane women
patients in the Philadelphia hospital.
The work has beeu carried ou for a
period of about five years, and has
been remarkably successful—as suc
cessful as it is unique. It teaches the
poor uufortuuate the fine arts of nee
dle-work, embroidery, aud similar
feminine occupations. The psycholog
ical explanation of the thing is diffi
cult to understand, but it is a fact
that they do acquire remarkable skill
without any perceptible improvement
in their mental condition, but with
considerable moral advantage, siuce
they are the quieter and happier for
it. At first it was applied to tho wards
for the weak-minded. Later it crept
into the other wards, and has finally
reached the violently insaue.
Women's work in bookbinding has
risen to the dignity of an exhibition
of its own in London. Book designing
for covers, illustrating, and even bind
ing to a certain extent are not un
known to many women iu our own
land, but this Loudon exhibit marks
an advance in at least one sphere of
woman's work. Within recent years
women's interest iu clubs has
caused a large increase in those social
aud beneficial organizations, anil the
field is still open for a Woman's Book
binders' club. Under the name of the
Guild of Women Binders, such uu as
sociation is already in existence in Eng
land, and the recent exhibit was com
posed of specimens of its members'
work. This guild was the outcome of
a small exhibition held a year ago. It
was an experiment, but the idea, com
bined with the artistic beauty of the
bindings, met with wide approval.
Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales,
and other members of the royal family
were glad to become patrons of this
branch of women's work and gave it
both personal and pecuniary encour
agement. Its membership is now
somewhat over sixty, aud includes
several women whose names have be
come well known us artists iu book
binding.
The Safety of steel Ralls.
In England micro-photography Is ap
plied to the study of the composition of
steel rails in order to determine what
changes arc produced by use, and what
the causes of breaking are. It has been
found, among other things, that a rail
begins to deteriorate at the top Instead
of at the bottom, as heretofore sup
posed. The first Indication of deterio
ration is a hardening of the surface of
the rail under constant pressure from
the wheels of trains. This hardening
Is followed by minute cracks, which
gradually deepen and cause breakage
unless tne rail is removed in time.
IF.
If we notleed little pleasures
As we notice little pains;
If we quite forpot our losses
And remembered all our pains;
If we looked for peoplo's virtues
Aud their faults refused to see.
What a comfortable, happy,
Cheerful place this world would bo!
—Adele It. IngersolL
oimoK wsm lefese^
1 The New ALoit
t Planchette, s " > "" §
By Albert LC. Lowrence.
HERE was no
cpSL'XO (fh one au "
aggßs swer the
bell, so Mrs.
went herself.
YLtIA. Cela Beth-
C?C- : ® une! I'm so
tjriffl) glad!" she
cried, in greeting her visitor.
"Yes! I wanted to see you!" the
girl returned fervently, as they kissed
each other. "I was out for a spin and
came this way. * • How do you
like my new suit?"
"I like it! It looks just lovely on
you!"
"Isn't tho skirt too short?"
"Not a bit. You want it short."
"But not too short," insistod the
girl. "I was so afraid it would be
too short. Some look perfectly shock
ing."
"I know. Butyour's isn't a bit too
short. Oomo in this way where we
can sit down."
"Oh, but I mustn't stay!"
"I thought you wanted to see me?"
Cela's exercise had heightened the
color iu her pretty face, but a blusli
increased it still more as Mrs. Cassidy
recalled those first words. Cela
covered her confusion with more talk
in regard to her new gown and the
trials she had undergone iu having it
cut and fitted. Even as she spoke
Mrs. Cassidy seemed forced to take
the girl's measure in a certain other
light.
"How ok: are you, Cela?" she
asked, abruptly.
"Why, Laura Cassidyl What a
question! Do you think I'm going
to tell? * • Nineteen. Why?"
"You'll bo getting marriod before
loug."
"Oh, my goodness! I'm never going
to marry. But I've had u proposal,"
blushing furiously.
"And you've said 'Yes.' I'm so
glad. How lovely of you to come and
tell me all about it."
Mrs. Cassidy was about to fold the
girl iu her arms again, but Cela waved
Uer off.
"Oh, dear, no! And what's more,
I'm not going to Bay 'yes.' Oh, I
don't know what I'm going to say.
How do you decide about such things?
You've had to once, not long ago. Tell
me. That's what I came for."
A note tremulous of despair hovered
about her voice.
"It's easy, You must kuow whether
you love Norman Ford or not."
"Norman Fordl How did you guess
him?"
"Why, who else could it be?"
"He isn't the only young man!"
Cela retorted, with a touch of resent
ment.
Mrs. Cassidy gave tone to a rich
laugh. Sho was in love with the mo
ment. Cela was mindful only of tho
main question.
"You see, I would have to leave
papa aud go and live with N—Mr.
Ford. I've only known him,'a few
months—a year or two at most—and
I've known papa all my life."
Mrs. Cassidy's laugh was very pro
voking. Cela was vexed.
"Oh, you know what I mean. What
makes you behave so? I thought you
would help me."
"Audso I will. You muststay with
mo a week. Bond for your things.
You must think it over. A matter"of
this kind can't be decided at onoe."
"That's just what I told Norm'!"
said tho girl, flashing joyously. "It's
so kind of you to help me. I know
you would. I want to talk it all over
with you. You see, I don't want to
make any mistake."
And talk it over they did every day,
almost every hour, for a week.
"It will he better for yon not to see
Mr. Ford until you can give him a
definite answer," her friend had said,
and Cela acquiesced in the wisdom of
this. "Of course I can't choose for
you. I can only help you to know
your own mind."
"How did you ever choose?" Cela
asked, envious of lier friend's ability.
"It was easy. I just knew."
"That's it; you always know every
thing, and 1 never know anything."
Later, when Mrs. Cassidy questioned
her, Cela said:—"ln the morning I'm
all for papa. Then it seems just as
clear as can be what I shall do. Bat
toward evening, about the timo Nor—
Mr. Ford—usually comes"—the red
poured into Cela's cheeks—"why, I'm
nil at sea again."
"But you don't really have to choose
between them. You just "
"Oh, yes, I do!" interrupted Cela
very positively. "It can never be the
same. It will all be different. I should
have to give up papa, and I shall most
certainly say 'No."'
This was in the morning.
In the afternoon Mrs. Cassidy and
Cela wont for a spin through the parks
on their wheels.
"Oh. Mr. Fonialtid I have had suoh
lovely rides on a tandem that he hast"
Celn said rapturously. "I wish I had
written him a note telling where I am
staying. I really don't think there
would be any harm in his coming, and
he might help me to a decision. It
really seems as if it would be heart
less to say 'No,' for he says he thinks
everything of me. You just ought to
hear him ouee! And, as you say, I
haven't really got to give papa up. He
might come and live with us. Any
way, 51 could see him every day—
almost as much as I do now, for he's
only home a few hours in the even
ing. But it did seem so terrible at
first!"
In the morning the terror of it all
returned, made worse by a feeling
that a decision must be reached that
day, for it was the last of her Btay
with her friend. But wheu Mrs. Cas
sidy joined Cola her face was beaming
with a plan which she had thought out.
"I've away, Cela, for you to kuow
your own mind."
"Oh, what is it?"
"Listen! Tom says that every even
ing Mr. Ford and your father walk
down Columbia avenue together on
their way from town. At Madison
street they separate; your father goes
west to take the Third street cars.
Now this is my plan; this afternoon
011 your way home you ride your wheel
slowly down tne avenue just back of
the two men. But don't let them see
you. All the way you must just think
that you must make up your mind be
tween them, and at the corner where
they part that you will follow the one
whom you decide upon. Bide your
wheel just as slow as you can, but you
mustn't stop or fall off."
"Yes," said Cela.
"And if at the very last you cau't
decide leave it all to the wheel."
"Leave it to the wheel?" Cela did
not understand.
"Yes. Haven't you ever noticed
your wheel act independent of your
self? That is, turn this way or that
without your consciously making it?"
"It did that when I was learning to
ride."
"But siuce?"
"Yes—sometimes."
"Well, that's the way planchette
works," said the other mysteriously
"It's really one's subconsciousness
that does it, I suppose. You know
subconsciousness is like clairvoyance
and second sight and hypnotism and
all those things which know all about
the past and future."
Cela shuddered.
"I am afraid of such things."
"Bnt not of subconsciousness. To
be afraid of that would be like being
afraid of one's own soul."
"Well, what then?" eagerly.
"Why, if it is best that you should
accept Mr. Ford your wheel will keep
straight ahead down Columbia ave
nue after him. But if you really
ought to refuse him it will turn with
out your really making it, down the
street that your father takes."
"lteally?"
"Yes."
"I have read that the wheel taught
one decision," Cela said, "but I never
knew just how."
"Well, that's how," said Mrs. Cas
sidy, slowly and thoughtfully.
The sun had disappeared behind
the tall brick blocks to the west, and
left the street, canyonlike, in soft
shadows. Cela darted among the car
riages, dodging heavily laden trucks,
the while keeping a sharp eye upon
the walk for two men.
"Oh, there he is!" she said softly,
with a little thrill of delight. "Norm
has a new suit of gray ; that's why I
didn't kuow him sooner. What would
he think if he knew I was so near,
watching him? He said he should be
under torture till I gave him my an
swer. He doesn't act like it. What
can papa and he be talking so ngroo
ably about? Papa, the dear old soul!
But I must be thinking—l must
choose between them!"
Cela's face paled a little.
"Papa wouldn't come and live with
us. He just couldn't! Whenever
wo'vo talked of boarding ho has said
he could not bear to give up his home.
It's a wonder Norm doesn't look this
way. Ho has said again and again
that he knew when I was in the same
room with him—that he could feel my
eyes."
Thpy crossed Jefferson street.
"It's at the next corner, now!" she
gasped, "and I haven't decided yet. I
am all that papa has in this world.
How can I leave him alone? Would
it be right? Other daughters do.
Laura seemed to think it would.
Norm says he can never love any one
else—he'd rather die than live without
me. Oh, here is the earner. And
they are separating. Papa is looking
this way. What shall I do? I just
cau't decide. Laura said leave it to
the wheel. What will the wheel do?"
There was a breathless moment.
Cela's wheel was going very slow;
then slower, slower, but straight
ahead. Upon it 3 movements hung
her fate. Would it decido for Norm?
Her heart had almost ceased to beat.
One more turn of the pedals would
carry her by. Slowor, slower. Sud
denly her wheel turned sharply to the
right.
"Oh, it's for papa," she said with
breath that came like a kuife in her
side. "Poor Norm."
In another moment Cela had over
taken her father, and together they
turned down the stieet, which ran
parallel to Columbia avenue.
"You're not looking well," Mr.
Bethune said.
"I've been doing some very hard
riding," Cela replied, avoiding his
eyes, for there were tears in her own.
"Why, there is Nor , Mr. Ford."
she exclaimed, as that young man
came up the side street toward them.
Ford was surprised to find Cela
with her father, but delighted withal.
Her reception was such as one might
give the ghost of a dear dead friend.
"Here are some papers I meant to
give you. but forgot them."
"Oh, yes," replied Bethune, taking
the paokage. "You'll be up this even
ing?" he inquired with a look toward
his daughter whioh seemed to add,
"now that Cela is home."
"Yes," Oela answered quickly for
him, and Ford felt he Waß to know his
fate that night, and feared what it
would be. Cela was very pale; her
manner was unmistakable.
After tea Mr. Bethune sat in his
library. Cela had taken a stool and
drawn it near him in the dusk,
"Daughter, I'm going to take Mr.
Ford into partnership in my busi
ness."
"Oh, papa, he—he has asked mo to
be his wife, too!"
"Too? "I'm not going to bo his
wife; you needn't be so frightened."
"Oh, you horrid papa! Y'ou know
what I mean. There's his bell now,"
she added springing to her feet.
"Well, I half expected it," sighed
the old man, "but he'll have to come
here to live. I can't have him carry
ing you away."
"Come here to live," Cola repeated
to herself as she flow to answer the
ring. "Why, of course—that's what
it meaDt his coming up that other
street to join us. My wheel knew how
it was to be."
"Well, which is it?" said Ford, like
one asking his doom.
"It's yes. But, oh, it came awfully
near being no! I must tell you about
it. Now, don't act silly."—New York
Herald.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Oil to calm the waves was used on
an unusually large scale during the
recent gales in the English Channel.
Tho waves broke over Folkstonc pier,
making it difficult for steamers to
enter tho port until n considerable
quantity of the oil was poured into
tho harbor, when tho seas immediate
ly became smooth.
The shells found on the shores of
Lake Tanganyika, in Central Africa,
are unlike the usual forms found in
other lakes, though they can not bo
directly associated with any living
oceanic species, and it is argued that
they were survivors of the marino
fauna of some more ancient times,
when the lake was connected with the
ocean. Tho water of tho lake is known
to be brackish.
Electrio heaters have been intro
duced into the cloth presses used in
French textile works, aud take the
place of an awkward system of heat
ing cast-iron plates in a furnace and
then placing them in the press be
tween the various layers of cloth. In
the new arrangement electric heaters
enclosed in sheet-iron cases are used,
and they are not only much less cum
brous, but possess the advantage of
being adjustable to different degrees
of temperature.
The origin of the Hessian fly in the
United States is stated to be due to
the presence of that insect in tho bed
ding and fodder of the Hessian troops
when they landed on Long Island in
1776. The fly was first observed in
this locality two years later, and from
Long Island it has proceeded in all
directions at the rate of about twenty
miles each year. It is now found
throughout the Eastern half of the
United States, except in some South
ern and Southeastern States, and al
so in California. Its original habita
tion is not known, but it occurs in
Europe, particularly in the eastern
countries. In the west of Europe and
England it is rarely destructive, and
its presence seems to be of recent oc
currence. The insect was also found
in New Zealand two years after it wns
located in England by the entomolo
gists. "Wheat, rye and barley are the
plants most affected by the Hessian
fly, aud the method of attack is to al
low tho grub to take up its home in
tho stalk, resulting in its breaking
down.
In Bhip-building an extensive use is
now made of pneumatic tools for
drilling, riveting, and similar opera
tions, and to obviate the necessity of
a more or less complex system of pip
ing portable air-compressor's have re
cently beon introduced, which can be
set up in the immediate vicinity of the
pnenmatio tools. Those air-compres
sors are driven by gasoline engines of
the same pattern as those used in sta
tionary plants, and the gaßolino and
the water for cooling the cylinders are
carried in tanks connected with the
apparatus. There are two heavy fly
wheels to control the speed and length
of stroke, aud the engine is directly
connected to the compressor. The
whole apparatus can bo moved readily
from placo to place, and, should it be
desired to go a considerable distance,
horses may be attached. In addition
to its application in ship-building,
compressed air is being used for rivet
ing in bridge-building aud other
structural steel work, and it is be
lieved that the portable compressor
will prove quite useful in such in
stances.
Ideal Work For Women.
The journals that devote themselves
to the affairs of women publish fre
quently articles on tho number of pur
suits which are open to progressive
members of the fair sex, but we don't
remember to have seen any reference
to tho splendid field which country
journalism offers. It is true that
there are already large numbers of
women editors and that most of them
are successful, but a wide experience
shows that most of them took up the
work because their husbands or some
relative had died and left the business
in their charge.
In other words, few women as a re
sult of deliberate choice have started
papers of their own; those now in the
profession seem to have drifted there.
This fact is remarkable when one con
siders how easy it is to begin a pub
lication.
I TALES OF FLOCK |
; AND ADTENTOEE. §
His Hide on an Avalanche.
George D. Williamsou, now en-
I gaged in mining near Lake City, tells
| a thrilling story of his experience in a
snowslide in the mountains of Hins
dale County, in Colorado.
Mr. "Williamson and a companion
had been to look at a mining claim in
which they were interested and were
I returning along the trail when they
i came to a point at which there wero
I evidences of a movement of the heavy
j mass of snow lying on the mountain
side.
"I saw that it was liable to move
j again at any time," said Mr. William-
J son, "and started back with the re
mark that it was as much as a man's
life was worth to attempt to cross the
snow that had poured across the
j trail. From where we stood to the
bottom of the gulch was about 1000
| feet, and we could see that the move
ment of the snow had stopped about
fifty feet below the trail on which wo
wore standing. I thought that by go-
I ing around the snow carefully we
could escape and save ourselves a long
trip. I began clambering down the
| rocks on the edge of the slide. When
I reached a point near the end of the
slide I lookodbackto where my friend
j stood at a safe distance and oalled to
: him that it was all right. A big dead
j tree had been brought down by the
slide and rested ou about threo feet of
snow, packed quite solid. The top of
the tree projected about jtweuty feet
beyond the end of the slide. Instead
of going around the tree I sprang
upon the trunk, intending to leap
from it to tho ground on the other
side.
"Tho momont I touohed the log I
knew I was gone. Whether the slide
started of its own weight or whether
my weight started it I will never know,
but in an instant I was flying down
the mountain. As the log began to
move I dropped and fell astride it,
: grasping a limb in front of me with
both hands. I heard the scream of
my friend as I began to move and then
heard nothing more except the terrible
roar of tho avalanche behind me.
There were no trees in the way, and
! the log went as straight as a die down
the mountainside, fortunately for me
keeping on top of the snow.
"I don't know what I thought.
There was no time to do much think
ing, and all my energies were devoted
to the maintenance of my position.
We passed some dead bushes, the
broken twigs from which were dashed
into my face, cutting the skin, and
the wind almost stopped my breath.
At the bottom of the narrow gulch the
tree stopped for an instant, but before
I I could get off the pressure of the
snow behind started it again, and it
Bhot up the side of the opposite hill
with scarcely nuy diminution of force.
"Gradually the avalanche spent its
energy, and (when the log came to a
standstill I was sitting on it holding
the limb tightly more than 200 feet up
the mountainside, while behind mo
the snow, timbers and rocks filled the
gulch to tho levol of my position,form
tng a bridge fully 150 feet high.
"The whole thing was over in half
a minute, and except for the scratches
on my face I was unhurt. As I shook
! the snow off and looked around I saw
my friend tearing down the mountain
on the other side of the gulch with
the expectation that he would find my
mangled body under the debris.
Noedless to say, he was astonished
when he heatd of my remarkable ride
on the hack of Death."
One of tliu Bravest Deeds of tho War.
The same day that the Winslow,
tho Hudson and the Wilmington were
haviug thoir notion at Cardenas,
far away on the southern coast oi
Cuba another fight was taking place,
in the progress of the work of separ
ating the great island from the rest of
tho world. On tho night of May 10,
Captain McCalla, of the Marblehend,
: called for voluuteers to protect the
cable-cutters in their work. The
roll was soon filled, and the next
morning the steam-launches of the
Marblchead and Nashville, towing the
two sailing-lnunches under command
of Lieutenants Winslow and Ander
son, started into the harbor of Cien
fuegos about quarter before seven.
Tho carried a squad of marines picked
for profioiency as marksmen, and a
machine-gun in the bow of each boat.
The Nashville and Marblehead then
opened fire on the Spanish batteries,
and under cover of this, and that of
the steam-launches, the crews of the
other boats went to work. It was a
; perilous business, but the sailors
grappled and out successfully the two
j cables they had been ordered to de
stroy. Thos also found a small cable,
i but tho grapnel fouled the bottom aud
was lost. Meantime tho Spanish lire
grew hotter and hotter, pouring out
from the batteries aud machine-guns,
and the boats began to suffer. The
well-directed fire from tho rifles of
the marines and from the one
j pounders kept the Spaniards from
reaching the switch-house which con
[ trolled the submarine torpedoes, but
launches could not couteud with bat
teries at close range, and when the
work for which they came, and ryhioh
all had been performed under a heavy
fire, was done, they withdraw to the
■ ships. Nine men, including Lieu
tenant Winslow, had been wounded,
some seriously, and three, as was re
ported later, mortally. It was a very
i gallant exploit, coolly and thoroughly
| carried through, under a galling fire,
I and it succeeded in its purpose of
hampering and blocking in the enemy
| at the important port of Cienfuegos,
which was the road from Havana to
j the southern ooaafs It was another
twist in the coil which the Uuited
States was tightening about' Cuba—
. ''The Spanish-American War,"
by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Harper's
Magazine.
Close Quarters*
A thrilling question, What to do on
unexpectedly meeting a grizzly boar?
is very happily answered in the fol
lowing extract from "Four-Footed
Americans and Their Kin:"
An American mining engineer was
taking a little exercise one morning in
the Rookies, and as ho paused a mo
ment to look about, a few bones caught
his eye. The meat was picked from
them, but the gristle was quite fresh.
"Aha!" hethought, "abear must hove
been enjoying spring lamb!"
Ho thought bear, uud instantly he
saw bear! Lurching down the steep,
and stopping directly in his path, was
a iull-sizod grizzly, which was evi
dently as muoh surprised as the man,
but not so frightened. The bear rose
on its hind legs, waving its paws, and
looked at the man slantwise.
The engineer returned the stare,
glanc9 for glance, not knowing what
else to do, half-expecting the beast to
run, as most fourfoots will, and feel
ing backward at the same time for a
footing that would give him range
enough to use his rifle.
As he took a step backward the bear
stepped forward, growling. Oh, for a
tree! If there had been one in sight
he would have risked running for it,
as grizzlies are not good climbers, like
the black bears; but there he was—he
could neither run nor shoot. His
enemy gave a grin and a growl, and
took another step forward, clawing at
him.
The engineer dared not lift his rifle
to his shoulder lest the bear should
grab the muzzle, but he managed to
grasp jthe barrel, and swinging it
round, brought the butt down on tho
grizzly's nose with a heavy blow. The
boar was only enraged, not stunned,
and gave a growl, gnashing its teeth
with a terrible noise. For a moment
the man expected no other fate than to
becomo tho supper for the little bears!
Something cold slipped along his
shoulder and touched his cheek. For
tunately he had sufficient nerve not to
turn. There was a sharp report close
to lis head that made him deaf, and
kept his ears ringing for mouths nfter
ward; but the bear pitched forward,
just clearing him, and rolled down the
rocks to a ledge below, • shot through
its wicked eye.
Lassoed.
Robert Crawford, in describing cer
tain experiences among the outlaws
aud desperadoes of South America,
tells one story so original that its cen
tral incident might serve as motive for
a fictitious sketch.
One night a farmer wns roused from
sleep by hearing unusual and stealthy
noises about the place. He got quiet
ly out of bed, aud after listening at
tentively, discovered that somo people
outside were cutting a hole through
the door, close to the bolt, by which
it was held.
It did not require any great amount
of detective talent to guess the object
of the operation, and the best way to
foil it was suggested by a thong of
rawhide with a loop on it, which hung
from a hook on the inside of the door.
Noiselesssly removing the thong, he
slipped the end of it through the loop,
and there he stood armed with an im
promptu lasso, ready for action.
It was an anxious time while the
farmer stood watching the hole in the
door grow larger and larger, until, at
last, it was of sufficient size to effect
the purpose for which it was made.
The supreme moment airived, and
a hand was stealthily inserted, not
only through the hole, but also
through the loop of the little lasso
wkioli hung skilfully around it. With
a sudden jerk the loop was tightened
around the wrist, and the hand
dragged in as far us the aperture
would allow, while tho thong was se
curely fastened to the hook on tjio
back of the door.
The robbor was perfectly helpless.
His companions came to his aid, and
having ineffectually dragged at the im
prisoned arm till they were tirod,
gave up the struggle and? prepared to
depart.
But they were prudent men, and it
ocourred to them that, to save himself,
their companion might betray them.
Dead men, they thought, tell no tales;
so they killed him, and then ran away,
An Außtr%lian l'ulplt SetiflatJon.
The Rev. Mr. Davison had an nwk
wardlexperience of bush life the other
Sunday. During divine service at
Runaj-mede, Victoria, a voice in sol
emn tones pealed forth: "Do not
move, Mr. Davison; there's a snake
at your elbow." The minister
glanced around and shuddered, for
quite close v,-as a large tiger snake,
quietly coiled up. One of the con
gregation seized a walking-stick, and,
after some confusion among those
present, sucoeedod in despatching the
reptile.
A Young Executive.
Earl Beauchamphas been appointed
Governor of New South Wales, in
succession to Viscount Hampden. He
will be the youngest of colonial gov
ernors. He succeeded to his title
and eight years ago. Lord
Beauchamp's mother visited and !
worked industriously in the slums
long before slumming had been taken
up as a fnshiouablo amusement. She
was well known in the Ratclill High
way neighborhood in connection with
numberless deeds of help and kind
ness.
In the Congressional Library.
The Congressional Library at Wash
ington has a set of the London Times I
from 1796. It is not strange that a
file of this newspaper is now of great |
value, for in 1800 only 1000 oopies
were printed. The set in the Boston
Public Library dates from 1808 and
consists of two hundred and thirty
two bound volumes.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
Veal Klops.
Chop fin© sufficient cold veal to make
one pint, add a cupful of white bread
crumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, dash of
pepper and whites of two eggs. Form
into small balls and poach in milk or
water for fifteen minutes. Have the
poaching liquid just at the boiling
point, but do not allow it to bubble or
tho kioi3S will be liable to break,
Devonshire Itoast.
Get a largo flank steak and score it
thoroughly. Fry half a dozen onions
and spread them over the flank steak.
Then >gfcll tho steak over and ovor,
like a jelly roll, and tie it firmly with
string to keep it in place. Place it in
the dripping pan with a little water
and place a sprig of parsley or celery
on top. In a hot oven it will bo done
in a half or three-quarters of an hour.
A dish like this will cost only about
tweuty-fivo cents aud will be sufficient
meat for a family of four or five.
Cheap Dlsli For Luncheon.
Half a box of gelatin costs about
six cents, a cau of tomatoes ten cents.
These, with a fair-sized head of let
tuce, furnish the foundation for one
of the prettiest dishes ever sent to
table. Pour off about half a cupful of
j the liquid from a quart cau of toma
toes aud soak the gelatin iu this for a
I few minutes. Meanwhile wash the
I remainder thoroughly and briug it to
* boiling point iu an agalo saucepan,
adding salt, pepper anil sugar, to
taste; pour this boiling hot ou the
soaked gelatin and stir until dis
solved; pour into a melon-shaped
crockery mold that has been standing
for a few minutes full of very cold
I water. Set in a cold place for several
hours; then turn out 111 a salad bowl
in tho centre of nioely-arranged let
tuce. Mayonnaise sauce may be
added to each (dice of this, served on
: the lettuce, but it is very good with
out. The sugar must not be per
j ceptible, but a little to slightly de
stroy the natural acidity of the toma
toes adds richness.
An Inexpensive I-'ruU Pudding,
A very delicious and inexpensive
i boiled fruit pudding is' made as fol
i lows: Stem and stone a cup of
! raisins. Add a cup of well-prepared
' currants and a quarter of a pound of
citron. Sift a teaspoonful of soda
twice with three cups of flour. Rub
through the flour a piece of butter the
sizo of au egg. Add a cup of water
and a cup of molasses, and beat well,
j Put in the fruit, aud add enough
extra flour to make a batter as stiff as
i you can stir it. Put the pudding iu a
two-quart tin pail, well buttered for
the occasion, and let it boil steadily in
a pot well filled with water for four
hours. It is au improvement to the
I pudding to coat the buttered surface
of the pail with sugar before putting
it in. Throw a tnblespoonful of
granulated sugar into the pail after
buttering it, and toss the sugar about,
j allowing it to cling to the butter until
j the surface is well coated. This
| makes a shiny coat to this extremely
j economical pudding.
I The following hard sauce is an ex
) cellent one to serve with the pudding:
Rub to a cream half a cup of softened
butter anil a cup of granulated sugar.
When the mass is creamy add a tea
spoonful of lemon extract or orange
extract and a little nutmeg. Pile the
sauce in a light pyramid and set it in
a cold place to harden. A tablespoon
ful of sugar, mixed over the fire with
a few drops of water in a frying-pan
until it has turned a rich, dark
brown, will give a caramel flavor. It
cannot he used in a hard sauce, how
ever, but must bo melted by adding a
half cup of water, and stirring it un
j til the caramel melts. When this is
added to tho hard sauce with nutmeg
alone for flavoring it makes a rich
liquid sauce of flue flavor.
Household Hint*.
All "boiled meats should b& sarved
the moment they are cooked.
High-stemmed goblets are iu vogue
again iu plaeo of tho less docorative
tumblers.
Crackers in damp weather often be
come soft aud crumbly. To restore
their crispness, put them in a hot
oven for a few minutes.
A cork that is steeped for a few mo
ments in hot vaseline will, it is said,
servo all tho purposes for which a
glass stoppor is used.
A tnblespoonful of ammonia to a
quart of water is the best medium for
cleaning windows, lamp chimneys or
nuykind of glassware.
Ivory that has been spotted or has
grown yellow can be made as clear and
fresh as new by rubbing with fine
sandpaper, and then polishing with
finely powdered pnmicestoue.
Paint aud putty can be taken off
glass by wotting the glass several
times with a strong solution of soda.
Wet the glass often with it till tho
spots soften and cau bo washed off,
and then polish with alcohol.
Tlie flavor of the ordinary baked
macaroni with cheese will ho much
improved if to the water in which the
sticks are boiled are added with salt,
n small piece of butter aud a small
onion stuck with two or three cloves.
English chocolate-pots are usually
provided with what is called a mud
dler, a long paddle with a hauillo
passing through the lid of the pot.
When a cupful is to be sorved, tho
muddler is turned to prevent the set
tling that otherwise takes place.
In purchasing paper for a dwelling,
especially where there are children in
the family;, it is an excellent plan to
buy an extra roll, so that in case of
aocident there will be paper ou hand
to repair the damage. Very often an
entire room must be repapered for
need of a few pieces for repairs.
Our potato crop annually is worth
about $90,000,000.