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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. ; Tho County Board of Education at Morganton, N. 0., has gone back to Webster's old Wu? baok spelling book,_ ? i Five hundred tons of light Eteel rails were recently sent from a Mil waukee (Wis.) steel works to japan by way of Buffalo and New York. Brit ish experts say their pull v?.-h Japan is lessening. ; It is stated "on in d isr cpu tab lo au thority" that Maceo, the leader of the insurgent foroes in Cuba, has an army of 20,000 men, well fortified in tho mountains, and that among them aro four companies of women soldiers) who are as effective in tho field as any ot his troops. It would seem entirely out of place for women to bo fighting in the ranks, and to unsex them and cut them off from the sympathy of women claewkoro ; bat when tho faot is learned that they have sought refugo from the brutality of tho Spanish soldiers, it entirely changes tho aspect of the case, observes the Trenton (N. J.) American. They prefer fighting on the battlefield beside their husband and brothers to boing thrown into tho for ts at the mercy of Spunish soldiery, and they should be honored for their choice. , j Apropos of the discoverv in Dr. Jameson's trunk of tho secret; cipher used by the TJitlanders, Jamos Pi. yu says that tho only thoroughly unde cipherable cipher is also the simplest. It consists of two duplicate books any books; one in tho hands of the transmitter of the cipher and ono in those of the recipient. Tho first let ter in tho first pago is taken for "a," the first letter in tho second for "b," and so on till tho ond of the message is reached ; supposa it to consist of twenty-four words, twenty-four pages of the book will thus have been used ; for the next message tho first letter of the twenty-fifth page will bo used for pa," tho first letter in tho twenty ?sixth for "b," and so on. Even tho {possession of one of these books would 'not help the would-be decipherer, un* less he suspects some virtue in it, but without the book tho cipher would rc main absolutely inscrutable. Twenty-five years ago, recolla the New York Observer, at a little inn in Frankfurt-on-Main, the treaty of ponce was signed between France and Ger-" . many which gave the lotter Power tho RW-M fair provino^ of Alsace said Lor wxtn miternesn and hatred wMol lapse of these years hos done little to quench. The long series of patriotic festivals and anniversaries which be gan in Germany last July have now been brought to a close, and tho press is philosophically occupied in reckon ing up both sides of the account what Germany has gained and what she has lost by that famous treaty. The milliards of war indemnity have 'been spent long ago in costly develop ments of her huge army, but the pro vinces remain, and average German opinion is firm on thiu peint--Alsace and Lorraine must remain an integral "par t of the empire. There can bo no longer any doubt about the attitude of the people in Alsace-Lorraine. While hostilely criticising tho German Government and many details of their somewhat strenuous administration, they are gradually accustoming them selves to be German subjects, and to take part with undivided heart in their local affairs. A German official of high standing the other day assured me that French as tho language of the common people was rapidly dying cut, and was only retained by the tipper classes, not, however, from patriotic motives, but as a token of superiority. In the Social Democratic organs the peace oi Frankfurt is alluded to as the beginn ing of tremendous evils which will eooner or later envelop Europe in a fearful catastrophe. Vorw?rts,- the brilliant Democratic paper of Berlin, says that the ink of tho treity was hardly dry before Europe saw ?he dark cloud of a Franco-Russian alliance on the horizon. It was no bigger then than a man's hand, but what is it now : It mean?the continuance of tho Triple Alliance and the existence on a peace footing of nearly ten millionsc f armed men in Europe. Had Germany magnanimously surrendered those provinces Frenchmen and Germans would bo brothers to-day, and Russin ?instead of being the arbiter of Europe, I would be impotent. Uses for Ozone. Ozone is becoming"! an important industrial agent. It ar ti ti cia.ly ages liquor, removes the effect of oily beans in coffee and improves tobacco. In its late application to the rapid sea soning of wood for sounding-boards and mueical instruments it increases the resistance of t?e Jwood to temper ature and moisture and adds to its acoustic qualities. It thickens linseed oil for linoleum in a few days, where as the old method of oxidation often tooK several month?. It bleaches linen in less than a third cf the 'timo required by sunlight. It is also val uable in chemical and techuisnl pro cesses, especially in purifying starch derivatives from undesirable color, odor and taste. Caterpillar That Secrets Wax. It has been found that certain cater pillars secrete wax. Thus the colls of a leaf pine Tortrix formed of resin are lined with wax, as on dissolving away the resin with alcohol, Dr. Enagg found a slight film of wax; also a secretion of wax has been dotected in ?the larva of a butterby, BELOW DECKS. HOW AMMUNITION IS HANDLED ON A MAN-OF-WAB, Just What Will Happen Under Her Water Line When She Goes into Battle-ls Directed , From Midair? . -? AA OF all tho ships of tho new navy the Texas, which anchored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard last week, is in some respects the most interesting. A great steel fort spans her decks. At each end of tho citadel is a turret, and in each tnrrct a twelve-inch brecchloading ride, a magnificent monster of dsstruction, an engine of war that would be terri ble if we only knew just What it would accomplish in an emergenoy aimed against men and oities and ships iu ABOUT TO FIR! stead of steel plates and wooden back ing. Tho Texfl3 ishvt as heavy a ship as the NeW Ybrk, for example, but her redoubt makes her a battle ship, and the New York romains \ ith all her perfection only an armored cruiser alter all. If the Texas is only seoond class among battle ships, by reason of her tonnage, she ie> nevertheless, th e prido of her officers and crew, and Would undoubtedly give a good ac count of herself in battle. There ?B a certain fearful curiosity to know ju :t what will take place down in tho submarino wells, cells, maga zines, engine room and stoke holes of this steel castle of the deep, what vast energies that have lain dormant will suddenly be released when Once the order to preparo for action has been signaled through the ehip. In old times the commander of a frigate stood on the bridge with his glass under his arm and gayo his orders in full view of his men, who cheered and ''went at ern," Nowadays, ir. the chilled steel cell called th 5 conning tower-? far removed above tho smothered din of tho decks, ^?^^^e^anu^^Tsixty, seventy feet below bim, here In the iron box called the shell room, there in tho seething it callee the fire room J here in the ungeon of the engineers, there in the torpedo rooms, far away in tho very bowels of the ships, where tho high explosives and mines are stowed, flies tho mysterious me6sages,rousing every man and every cngiho to utmost efforts. In tho long steel gallery, suspended between the sweat boxes, called the fire rooms, of the Texas, is tho central station. Hero a midshipman may connect tho conning tower, or the tiller room, br the redoubts, with any other part of the bhip. There is no such thing as shouting an order. The furnaces going, the engines clanking, tho tramp of hundreds of feet waking sullen echoes from resounding metal, tho ohain trolleys bearing their peril ous burdens of shell and powder and gun cotton, traveling harshly alone ; the mysterious awakoning of the com plicated automata hidden away in every nook, tho sliding of tho loading trays frc m the ammunition hoist to the breeches of the great guns, whoso muizl?s, forty feet away, are even how threatening to shatter the air with the hoarso earthquaking, sea maddening roar of a discharge that will do murder twelve milcB away amid all this diabolical saturnalia what chance would an old fashioned* speak ing trumpet have? The central statioD, in whioh thoso speaking tubes are concentrated? must be carefully guarded. A steel pipe, twelve inches thick, eorricB them Un der the protective deck. Once there they aro safe. The side armor, which distinguishes the battle ship, is, in the Texas, twelve inches thick, cover ing two-thirds of her length amid ships. Tho walls of the conning tower are only nino inches thick, but its diameter is 6o small, comparatively, as to make walls of that thickness prac tically impenetrable. With tho shell and round shot, grapo and rifle balls impinging, bursting, battering on these circular walls, the fighting boss of tho ship, perched tbero to overlook tho enemy and direct the progress of '.TWELVE-INCH SHELL BEING SWUNG INTO HOISTING WELL. (Showing trolley for conveying sholl from mngaziue.) the action, feels secure in his ability to reach and rally the toilers under him, for ho knows that every tube that leads from him to thom is guarded by twelve-inch steel wnlls. The order to clear for action haviog been given, tho eight fire rooms, down next to the keel, with only a few inches of steel shutting out the cool, rushing waters, into which many a fireman would already like to plunge, aro crowded with hali naked mon, forcing to still greater fervor the fires beneath the four donble-endoi boil ers of the Texas. There are> perhaps* fifty of these men, and thanks td their exertions, tho temperature of those fire rooms is already 130 degrees. There are eight men in each of tho two engine rooms nearby-sixteen fierce looking heroes, each working in a pair of trousers ont off bolow the knees, as if his life depended on it. Many other lives do. There are two ma chinists and four or five oilers in at tendance on each of these engines. Without her engines tho Texas would fall a prey to tho first unarmored cruiser that came along* swift to circle about the helpless leviathan; ready how and then to pour in broadside after broadside, any ono bf which might disable the 12-inch guns and pierce tho magazines. Tho engine is the master machine, and everybody in the Texas realizes this. There are ninety men in the engineer's force, and all bnt twenty of them aro on duty at the fires, engines and boilers. ! TORPEDO QUA; Bat what of those twenty ? What a fateful and all importaut labor is theirs ! Some of them, by the glow from tho glass cased electric light boxes, let down to them from above, are raising slowly out f rom tho maga sine bins the deadly treasures bf high explosive, shell and cartridge. Here; tho mincB are making ready, tuero tho torpedoes are preparing, and yonder in the shell room the vast missiles to bo hurled from the throats of tho 12 inoh guns aro being hoisted through the wells to tho loading trays far above. Wore the dynamos to stop and theso light boxes to become suddenly dark; What a horror ol' black muck would envelop these toilers and para lizo every energy of "their fraineB. . li; was euch a casuality ns that which caused tho collision in kh? harbor o? Havana some woeks ago by which a Spanish cruiser went down, wi,th her crew and captain. Let's look at the steam steering en gine, There aro six wheels by which the Texas can be directed i h her course. There is one in tho charl; honso on the flying bridge, jusii over tho conning in action j a third on the after gait deck ; a fourth in the sheering room, awoy down In the after hold. Thero's a big hand wheel in tho steering room fdr Use if the steering engine breaks ; a wheel on the steering engine itself; in the tiller room. One J disarranged or broken, tho steam steering engine is disconnected and tho hand wheels, any one of them, brought into imme diate use. AMMUNITION HOIST-FOB SIX-XNCH GUN. Bat take a look into the compressor room, where the air is compressed by steam for tho torpedoes. Like all these vital clements, this room is co w? below the protective dfeck; The tor pedo Charge is confined at a pressure Of 1350 ponhds to the square inch, aud when desired a pressure of 2000 pounds can bo [obtained; The first will eend & torpodo four hundred yards at a speed bf thirty-two knots au hour. Eight hundred yards rango may bo roached, but without accuracy of aim. Through the submarine tor pedo room proper into which tho three prisons open, tho submarino mino room is reached. Hero also the trap doors over the gun cotton aud torpedo head compartments, euch reached by a shalt, aro to be seen. Just forward is tho foro hold, where tho wet otoreB, lumber, spare gear and beef are stored. Down in tho shell room, twenty feet below the sea levol, eight men would work in time of action. It is six feet wide, 0.? feet high, and some twenty feet long, a steel tunnel, 6hut in by the wooden partition of the varions ammnnition compartments; hero at least wootl may not be dis placed by steel,owing to the danger of concussion. ? great square shaft runs far up between steel walls to the re doubts, from which the twolve-iuch guns aro fired. Down thin shaft comes a car, on which a shell, with its firing charge of 425 pounds of powder, must be loaded. The steel it?clf would be no mean burden, with its bursting .charge of twenty-fivo pounds of ex plosive, for it is thirty-four inches long, 11.90 inches in c.iainutor, and weighs 850 pounds. A glance at the thermometer, with the firo-rooms on euch 6ido of us go ing full tilt, shows 122 degrees, but the eight men at work herc don't seem to mind it. They can hear a deafen ing din around, above, and below them, yet they can pee nothing but thc hoist and tho loading tray and the chain trolley along which they prupel, by hand, tho eradlo that enrries the shell from the magazine to tho open door of the hoist. There is nothing for them to do but work; if tho ship were sinking they wouldu't know it-with out that warning whisper through thc tube, The nmrauuition hoist room proper or handling room, on tho aflor plat fotm deok, ia immediateley over the magazines} for which it is a cover. It is out off from tho berth deck above by the battle plates, weighing about 1000 pounds each, and handled by steam gear. The water line is ten feet above. .Every hatchway on this pro tective deck, which covers tho ship's vitals as a Cuirass covered a warrior of old, ls supplied with those steel plates, water tight, which isolato every room and compartment below from the gun deck and crew spaoe above. It is the machinery, not the men, that must be first considered. From abreast the Upper bud bf the vertical armor, whioh does not hover the ends of the ship, this protective deck begins to drop down over the precious storchouso of meohanism amidships. Where it was only two inches thick, horizontally, it is now three inches thick, inolining at an angle of seven to ten degrees. All the work of tho battle ship is down in ber midst. Tho forward end of the ship is used for stowing only. But this concentration amidships is curiously contrasted with tho still moro crucial ralo in a battle ship that she can eonquer only by division. Di vided by innumerable watet tight Walls abd bulkheads she stands j united in ono whole ehe would fall.- New York Herald. Lived Like a Pauper, Vied Kiel). Miss Elizabeth B. Cook, of Bridge port, a little hamlet in Fayette Conn ey, Fenn., always lived as though Bhe were.a pauper. Recently she died without medical attention or frionds present, and the exact circumstances of the death aro not known. She was found lying upon tho door somo timo after her death. Dr. H. 3. English was made administrator} and he got a firm bf attorneys \? look around and feee what her few effects amounted to. Tho inventory of the estate shows that she was the owner of over $22,OOO of bank stock. She also had over $28,000 in cash on deposit, and was tho holder of ten shares of stock in tho 1 ittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad Com pany. Nearly $2500 in gold coin nnd $100 in silver coin and bank notes were found scaled tip tight in an old fruit cab in her borne after her death. The property will .go to nephews, n?icos, and grandnephews and r;rand nieces.-Philadelphia Times, A Frog a Foot ami a J??rf Tull, The king of frogs was caught re cently at Raliway; N. J. Ho weighed ten and three-quarters ponnds. His right leg weighed 21 pounds, and his loft leg.,2* ponnds. lld was eighteen' inches long and twelve inches, wide. ?ry*3 COMPARATIVE SIZE OP THE MO PROG AND A SILVER DOLLAR. The width of his mouth was eight in ches, tho length of his leg 13} inches. Tho biggest frogs on earth are found in this country. Nowhere else* are frogs so largo a feature of swamp and marah lifo. A year ago twelvo enor mous American frogs wero eenii alive to Europe, where they excited much wonderj but none of them wa3 as largo as tho Raliway frog hero described. ? Relio of Washington. There is a movement on the part ol quite a large number of tho rcsidonte of Princeton, N. J., to rescue from oblivion, the ancien^ structure in which Georgo Washington resided during the summor and fall of 1783, when Congress was in session at Princeton; It was in the bid Berried mansion at Rocky Hill that Washing ton lived and from Which he wrote his farewell address td the urmy. An organiza!ion has been formed by the leading peupl? of Princeton and other towns, in tho State known as tho Washington Headquarters' Associa tion. At n recent meeting a Board bf Trustees was elected from the promi nent Revolutionary families of the State. Measures wem taken looking to tho purchaso of tho old mansion and two acres of land adjoining, aud it is proposed to rostoire tho building and make of it a museum of Washing ton relics. At present: the building is in a dilapidated condition and is sub ject to further destruction by tho blunting that is continually going on in the quarries of tho Rock Hill Stone Quarry Company, located adjacent. It was resolved to offer tho company $1500 for tho building and two acres of ground, and to refase to accept tho building on any other conditions than that it remain on its present historio site-Atlanta Constitution. A Heavy Injunction. Mr. Learner (going very fast and unable to stop or turn)-"For heaven's sake, parson, take that rock ont of tho way, quick !"-New York Truth. .-, -n?-- ? Tho area of tho coal .fields of the United States is almost 200,000 square miles, CYCLING COS'?TJMH SO?VOh? JACKET AND SKIRT F?lp WUB?UVOMKNi .r ri Basque for Kiding the and far General Wear-* th Ladles' Waist With j Applied Basque* [E Norfolk basque is a favorite ijarra ont for cycling, shop ing and genera) we ur, ns its Irira outline? ate becoming to a% and S looks comfortable and busi ness-like. We here present one of its simplest podes, made of greenish drab covert myth, dosed with round white pearl buttons, and finished With ma chine stitching in tailor style. . The basque if shaped with single bust dar ts, under arm gores, and a curving centro seam in bucle The plaits are gradua ted at tho waist line, and applied on back anfl front with a single row of 7 NORFOLK JACKET AND lines stitching near the edges* or [bah b? blind stitched oh if so red. The fronts aro roversed at jp td form coat lapels that meet rolling collar in notches, a cheml ) with bow tie being worn at tho Tho cleeves, in gigot style, are with two seams, and are of jnable'eize, tilo wrists being fln with stitching to simulate Oliffe^ ore decorated near tho book sodm ii three buttons. A narrow leather encircles the waist. The graceful rt is specially designed for wboel i?D, its distinguishing features bis. -"i-ftan underlying hoxplait lc4dj? the contr? of front gore/the edges oTwhlc?T meet and are flatly pressed, so as to be hardly noticeable when standing and when mounted give ample room for the free action of tho limbs, and pre* vent the ugly girded appootadco so Often seen. Tw? backward turning plaits at tho back co nc cid tho saddle gore in the centre that keeps tho skirt in proper position. - Placket openings on each side of front gore aro finished by pointed overlaps and decorated with buttons. Suits in this style can be made from all.kinds of cloth, tweed, cheviot, serge, or cycle cloth, and worn with knickers and legging to match. The quantity of material requirod to make this basque for a lady having a 00-inch bust measure is threo yards. To make the skirt it will require 4$ yards of the same Width material; ORGANDIE WAIST VTTII APPLIED BASQUE; May Manton says this very stylish waist, depicted in tho second large en graving, is mado from white organdie, over violet silk linings, and is deco rated with lace, insertion and ribbon to mutch the color of linings. The Waist linings are glove fitting and close In centre ftoht. A nurroW ve3t trimmed crosswise- With insertion is sewed to tho right front and closes Over on the left. Wide box plaits that taper towards tho waist are formed oh the edg? of each front meeting those on tho back at tho shoulder seams. A blouse offeot is given ih front by gath ers at the lower odgo of vest and box plaits. Tho ripplo basque is joined to the lower odgo of waist, box plaits meeting those of the waist at the back. A narrow belt with bucklo encircles the waist. The crush collar of violet silk has large fans of lace on each side. .Fashionable puffs reach to the elbow ORGANDIE WAIST W and are stylishly arranged over com fortablo sleeve linings that can be eui elbow length or faced to tho wrists, i so desired. The epaulettes are mad? from loco mitered at tho edges to forn three points over the full puffs. Th< mode ?3 very generally becoming ano tho ripplo bftRquo or epaulette?, oi both can bo omitted if not dosired. Al kim's of silk, Huon, cotton, or ligh weight woolen^brtc3"ftT0 inJapted t< develop waists in this style, any fash ionable garniture being chosen for I decoration. The quantity of material 36 inches wide requlrod to make this waist for a lady of medium size ie four yards. IADTEST" AND MISSES' OYJAT SLEEVES, The demand for smaller sleeves is I steadily increasing, ladies not boing I loth to disencumber their arms from tho weight of material hitherto pre scribed by fashion. Two styles of medium sized leg o' mutton or gigot sleeves for coat jackets, etc., aro hore given as ono pattern. No. 1, mado of fancy cloth, is shaped with einglo seams, and can bo gathered or plaited at the top. A single bolt plait is kid at tho shoulder, forward and backward turning side plaits adjusting the re mainder of tho fullness. No. 2 is of mixed dhoviot and is shaped with two seamp, hr vmg a smooth under arm portion. When linings aro used they aro shaped exactly liko the sleeves, thus giving the necessary room for SKIRT FOR WHEEL-WOMEN. the dress eic eves. The wrists are plainly completed with inside facings. These sleeves can be mado of silk, vel vet or cloth, to contrast or match with tho garment in which they are placed. In remodeling top garments this put tern will be found useful and econom ical. The quantity, of material 44 inches Wide required to mako either No. 1 or No. 2 design is 2} yards for a 36-inch STYLES IN COAT SLEEVES. size. To make these sleeves for a miss fourteen years of ago it will require 1 ; yards of the samo width material. SILE LtNlNGSL Transparent fabrics are a pronounced feature of this summer's styles, and, in consequence, the silk skirt lining is of more importance than over before. Very much of the style and beauty of a gown is given it by the choice of its lining, which supplies tho dash of color now needed in everything but mourn ing dress. Plain and dark silks aro seldom chosen for these linings, but instead charming combinations of color in stripes, chine, and changeablo effects, which are really handsome onough for gowns themselves. However, for cer tain occasions-afternoon drives at I summer resorts, garden-parties, day receptions, otc-gowns of grenadine, striped and plain canvas, semi-trans parent crepes, goat's-nairand otamiuo, aro smarter than tboso of fancy silk. Tho skirts of these gowns aro invarl ITfl APPLIED BASQUE. ably plain, or at moat have an inser tion of lace between tho seams-or a frill of narrow lace down them through which, of course, the lining fflints effectively. The sleeves, and usually the back of the corsage, are like the skirt, but oftener tnan not tho front is of plaited chiffon veiled with embroidered laoe, or of beautifully em broidered batiste.- Demorest's Mag azine. CURIOUS CANINES, An Odd Breed of Three-Lcjged Dogs Owned by a Cincinnati Binn. An odd breed of dogs is to be found in tho kennels of 0. W. Linn, et Cin cinnati, Obie. There are six of them. Fivo bavo only two legs each. Tho sixth hos a growth about six inches TnitEE-LEOOED DOG3. long from the left shoulder, which wue evidently deeignod for a leg, but which ends abruptly where 'tho foot shoal?] begin. The father and mottler of tho family aro about Ave years oi ago and were born of perfect pare at!. Their de formity has not been accounted for any more tl an have those deformities tbat go to make up the many mon strosities of the animal kingdom. Tb ero havo been bred eo ven teen puppies, four of which have had three logs, but tho third wa? in no caso per fect, though ono had a foot o? fivo toes, shaped very much like an ele phant's. Only one of these has lived. Of tho last delivery of four tho two with three logs died soon after birth. The two-legged dogs have a peculiar excrecence where tho forelegs should start from the body, but there is only a bit of cartilage to be felt under the skin. This led to a report several years ago that the dogs hod been skillfully mutilated. But there is abundant testimony that they were born so, while some of the puppies that died were directed in tho presence of a committee of eminent surgeons and physician.?. The two survivors of tho last litter are also evidence in themselves that they wore born with their present de formity. Tho dogs are intelligent and have been trained to many little tricks. Thoy mero ereot on tneir hind loge, but when desiring to move a few inches thev push their bodies along with their hind legs with littlo jumps. The brood of the dogs is a cross be tween a shephard and a water spaniel. Mr. Linn is a bachelor, a brakeman on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day ton ltailroad. He has independent moans and hus bred the dogs os a scientific and philosophical pastime. Ho treats his pets with fatherly con sideration, and in some particulars they aro like spoiled children. Mr. Linn exhibits the dogs only to those whom he believes take a seien* tifio interest in them. -Kew York World. ? To Amuse Their Victims, 5 English dentists might 'do worse than adopt the action of their col leagues in Vienna. Those practition ers have formed a society whose mem bers aro to be instructed in the art of pleasing conversation with which to beguile their victims during opera tions. Anecdotes and jokes will make a running accompaniment to tooth stopping, one suggesting another in tho most natural manner. Extractions without gas will be the occasion for bad pane, for the pain caused by the paronomasia will obliterate that caused by tho forceps. This schein o should commend itself particularly ; o Scotch patients, who will thus have thc joke and tho surgical operation at tho samo time.-London World, Pawing a Church Asanrlcr. In order to onlargo St. Agnes's Ro man Catholic Church, which stands on Masonic avenue, between Page and Oak streets, it has been literally bi TirE CaUItCn THAT WAS SAWN ASUNDER, scctod. Tho western portion has been moved twenty-five foot further wost and tho intervening spaco is now be ing pieced out. The insertion will doublo tho seating capacity of tho church.-San Francisco Examiner. Ho Knew tho Princess. A London paper says that somotimo ago tho Princess Maud went shopping strictly incog. While sho was walk ing along tho street, sho was accosted by a littlo street arab who was tho happy possessor of a pair of largo pa thetic brown eyes and a tangled crop of curly brown hair. Ho was busily engaged in tho absorbing task of earn ing his living (and, perhaps, somoono else's as well) by retailing "frosh spring ilowora, penny and tuppence a bunch." Tho Princess stopped by him, and wlnlo choosing some dowers she was a littlo startled by tho lad say ing in an excited and familiar whisper : "It's all right, miss, I knows yor ; but I'll koop it dark and won't split on y er." Tko Princess smilingly shook Lor head in denial. "Yes, I do kuows ycr (more emphatically) ; "yer Princess Muwd; I twigged yer di rectly." _ A Town Under One Hoof. There exists in Wieden (borough of Vienna) an immense houso called "Freihaus." This colossal building hos thirteen courtyards, thirty-one staircases and 2112 inhabitants. It has its own postman, and the letters if they would reach their destination, must bear tho Christian name, sur name and also nickname of tho ad dressee, the number of his room, stair case and courtyard. Tho city of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; has bc-on presented with tho sum oi $50,000 by the children of the late John P. Adriauco for tho purposo o? erecting a public library. MOTHERS READ THIS. ?? $ The Best j Remedy. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Nanua, Coughs, Cholora In fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Pains, Griping, Lots of Appetite, indigestion and all Dis eases of tho Stomach and Bowels. PITTS CARMINATIVE Is thc standard. It carries children over ' tho critical period of teething, and( ? is recommended by physicians as. J the friend of Mothers, Adults and' 9 Children. It is pleasant to tho taste. ( f und never fails to give satisfaction. J A few doses will demonstrate its BU 0 perlative virtues. Price, 25 eta. perl A bottle. For sale by druggists. ? ^ HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. , TP.EAT.MKNT FOB NEW CHINAT^ China as soon as bought should be placed in a vessel of oold water, each piece being separated from another by a little hay. Gradually heat the water till it is nearly boiling, then let it become cold. Take the china from the water and wipe, and it will be found that it will be less liable to crack than if used before being boiled? TO CAN STRAWBERRIES. Crnsh one-fourth of the berries selected for canning, strain out the joice, and put in a preserving kettle. To each pint ?of juice add. one pint o? granulated sugar and one-half pint of water, lot simmer twenty min?tes, and remove the scum. Fill glass cans with tho remaining berries and set on racks or reata in a boiler containing ' sufficient warm water to cover the racks. Fill the cans of fruit with the prepared syrup and sorew on the caps loosely. After all the cans havo boon tilled, add hot water to that in the boiler until it comes half-way to the top of the cans, put the lid on the boiler, lot the.wator boil half on hour, then screw tho caps tightly on tho cans, cover them with a towel to pro tect thom from exposure to cold air, remove from the boiler, and set away to cool. When perfectly cold tight?" the caps, if necessary, wrap the oai i in paper, and keep in a cool, dry closet. Other berries may be canned in a similar manner, either with or without 6ugor. \.t f?. ; ? -' '^ffi^h GOOSEBERRIES AM) THEIR USES. ~> The objection to the use of the wilu gooseberries is their prickles, but those moy be largely removed by roll ing tho berries, ?a few at a time, in a fine-meshed wire sieve, tho hand pro tected with a thick towel or old leather glove. % - , . ' Cannod Gooseberries No. 1-Remove the'sfcemi and tops from green goose berries, wash the fruit in cold watery drain on a towel, fill self-sealing cans, and shake down vreit Can boiling water, when cold pour it over the ber ries, shake the cans to facilitate the escapo of air, fill with water to tho brim, and at once screw on tho covers? Canned Goosberriea No. 2-Allow for each quart can a teacupful of water and a teacupful of'granulated sugar. Avoid using sugar which has a bluish tint or the .mit will not keep as well. Put water and sugar in a granite or porce?ain linod kettle. When a syrup has formed put in tho cherries and cook twenty minutes, or until they aro soft and broken. Fill cans and screw on the covers. In ten minutes open the cans and till them to the brim with hot boiling fruit and seal at once* Cans of any kind of fruit if thu? re filled will be full whon cold, and mold will not form on the top. ? > Goscbcrry Jam-Prepare the ber ries as directed und weigh thom. Al low two aud a half pounds of sugar tc every threo pounds of fruit. Put six tablespoonfuls of water in a kettle, add the berries and cook twenty min utes, stirriag occasionally, thou add the sugar, cook and stir three-quar ters hour. Now test, and if thick and firm, fill jolly glasses. When cold, fife a circle of paraffine paper over the top of each before putting on tho cover. v Dried Gooseberries-Put in a kettle four pounds of gooseberries, scatter over them one pound of sugar, add another four pounds berries, and an other pound of sugar. Set them on the stove griddle, aud heat them slowly till the skin? commenco to break, then take oil the kettle and set it aside till the fruit is cold. llopeat tho process' threo times, thou skim out the berries carefully and spread them on plates. Boil thc s/rup until it is thick, and drop it from a tablespoon over tho. fruit, and dry in tho sun, covered . with mosquito netting. Pack in boxes with oiled paper between tho layers. Gooseberry Soy-To six pounds of gooseberries add two teacupfuls vine gar, tbroa pounds sugar, and boil thirty minutes. Put in pint cans or wide mouthed bottles and seal bot. Gooseberry Shrub-Slightly crush the berries in a jar and pour cn boil ing water to cover. Tie a cloth over tho top of tho jar and "leave twenty four hours or until cold, then pour off tho liquor, heat it and return to thu ?ar. Whon cold strain, and to each pint add two teacupfuls of sugar, boil tivo minutes, bottle and sea1. Marmalade-Cook ripe gooseberries until, when cold, a little will ruo readily from a bottle. A fow whole cloves dropped in the mouth of the bottle before sealing will prevent mold from forming. Bottle and seal while hot. Gooseberry Cheese-This is used with cako for dessert. Mash and heat ripo gooseberries and rub through a colander, add half tho weight of sugar, boil uutil when cold it can bo turned out of cup or glass, and can bc cut in slices liko cheese. It will need about twenty minutes' cooking. Gooseberry Catsup-Place in a kot tle tho pulp from four quarts of ripo - gooseberries, two pounds brown sugar, one teaspoonful good vinegar, table spoonful of ground einuamon, table sponful (scant) of ground cloves and half teaspoonful ground popper. Cook five pounds goosoberry pulp (ripe), four pounds sugar, two teacupfuls vinegar, ono tablespoonful each of ground cinnamon and allspice. Wheu a little dropped upon a plato is shiny and does not spread, it is done. 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