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THE HUMAN FACE, j CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN'S FEATURES. The Countenance an Interesting but, Undefined Source of Ritowleujje j ? Facial Proportions?Animal Resemblance to Faces. I There is 110 book in the world so enter-, taining as a human face. Pretty or homely, intelligent or opaque, there is never-ending curiosity about it and what it may reveal. There are so many con-' tradictions, suggestions, disappoint- J ments, and surprises?alike such wealth of undiscovered qualities and such barrenness of qualities sought. The face may be ideal according to poet and sculptor, yet void and unattractive, ! while some snub-nosed little brunette, J with not a regular line in herphysiogo- j my, will bewitch every man she meets. | 'As stupid as an acre of face cau m:tke him," was a witty woman's de-j tcription of a dull man. She meant that the blank surface of his countenance gave one the impression of space, probably be< ause the landmarks were not so distributed as to create expression. Tho mnat imno.tant noint is the pro portion of the features. If you look at the ideal head iu full face you will sec . that the line passing through the center of both eyes div.des the head exactly in the middle, giving, for the nicest possi- j ble balance, as much height below as above. Next, every feature and every trait j should be entirely in harmony with the j rest, all expressing the same meaning. It is not enough that one portion is made accord.ng to artistic canons?a rine nose, ; a beautilul mouth, a poetic forehead, a noble throat and chin; but the entire face should correspond with its most j striking and perfect feature, if not in I contour at least in significance. Physic j ognomists have tried too much to sepa-' rate qualities, to locate certain attributes in certain parts, wheie it is as much the j relation of ev. ry one to the whole that' should be studied in determining character. The whole is in every part. The two most important lines in every ! face are those which represent the cleft! of the n.outh and the contour of the upper eyelid. They are always horizon- j tal, and horizontal lines are signs of sta-; bility and persistence. It has been as- i serted by careful observers that there are i more good foieheads and eyes than good ! mouths and chins. If that be true men have the advantage over women, because a beard can covor the defective line of chin and the mustache can hide the! ( pinched or sen ual lips. Smr.ll mouths have been likened to ; rosebuds, but it is the broad, Hexible, I histrionic mouth, after all, that has the . , most meaning in it. A certain form of I the upper lip called 4'Cupid's bow" is considered very beautiful. The center j, of its upper line comes down to a sharp : ' point, "and the center of its under line j j comes also into a point,rather less sharp, and forming a l.ttle ball or drop that , sometimes delicately clasps the lower I , iips, frequently hangs loose above it and ! ; parted from it. From these two points ! < the lines sweep away on cither side in ( two pairs of ogee curvis. Painters are i never satisfied without this kind of a mouth, and a tresses imitate it with 1 their rcuge. Some one has said: '\Xa- ; ture makes the other features, but the ' individual is responsible lor His moutn," | which would seem to be true, as in chil-1 <lren the mouth is entirely expressionless j , and ungovcrned, while the eyes reveal! ' the feeling9. j 1 If the upper head expresses the intelli- iJ gence of a man, the lower one reveals j l the measure of his strength. The move-1, able features, or the ones that have most , to do with passing changes of thought j and feeling, arc the nostrils, eyes and ( brows. Mrs. Siddons and John Kemble, ( both representing a very high order of | , beauty, had very expressive nostrils. ( Ti.e class of muscles that operate them were in both especiallv powerful. The eyes are the telleis of sccrets, and I their language is quite as well under-! stood as that of the tongue. They are 1 armed with the most potent of human weapons?tears. 11 The inner extremity of the eyebrow is j ] a very expressive feature; there is as j 1 much menace in it as in a clinched fist. ; 1 Who has not noticed the resemblance ] to animals in human faces? It was said ! 1 that George hliot looked like a horse, j 1 Goethe like a lion, and Carlyle like a ' grizzly bear. There are pleDty of human j i birds. Tnorcau had an actual bird-wild- j I ness about him. His high nose was like i " a beak and his eyes had the alertness and j 1 clearness of the wood's creatures. Wo- I rvksir* arz* OAmofimna ll^nn fmm I ! their narrow range of ideas and their fussy cackling ways. Among them, too, are many cats?soft, purring things who love warm corners and caresses and dainty food, and who move with silent, stealthy steps. ( resides these we see among human types the dog and the donkey, the sheep and the hog, the squirrel and the rat. j It is fortunate for both men and women that us years rob them of the beauty J of color and contour they add by the | delicate gravure of character, line upon line, pencil-point upon pencil-point, the i histoiy of the soul's progress. Every j mark tells something of the inner history. ' and he would be great indeed who could i gather man's multiform passions and ex- i periences, label each with its properly certified tag. assign it its place in face or i figure, and then say: "Behold my exact j science, physiognomy!"? Chicago JSlidx. Cleaning Silver. There are several appropriate ways of i cleaning silver, all good, and I give j them that you may take the way you j p:efer: You require a small sponge or piece of flauncl, a soft chamois skin, a clean, dry duster and a silver brush. If you have r.o chamois, keep old, undro>-ed kid glove< for the purpose. Rub all aricle; that are badly stained, such as eg^ j 9poons, etc., with salt; it will remove | stain-; more easily than anything else. The j simple t way, and one of the best, is to ! mix a little whitening in a saucer with j water enough to make a thick paste, to this add a few drops of household ammonia. Instead of the ammonia and water you may moisten the whitening with alcohol, or with simple water; whichever you use the process is the samo. ? Good lIoHxkeeping. Au Old Debt. I worked a month for Dr. Fox, and. When the end had coine, I went to him to get my pay?teu Dollars was the sum. Ho handed a receipt in full, with Grin of vengeful mirth, For services professional the morning Of ray birth. And now I think it would have been? No wonder I'm forlorn? Ten dollars in my pocket if I never Had been born: ? The Rambler. j HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. f!r>n?l r!nflV>i> nn<l Annotizinff Biscuit. Coffee made by filtration and infusion gives very little of the extract. The general cook of the period who advertises "good plain cooking" generally makes the coffee when she makes the fire, letting it boil and steam as she doei her tea. An excellent rule is: Allow an ounce of finely ground coffee to each breakfast cupful; put it in a wide-bottomed block tin or irou coffee pot; pour upon it as many cupfuls of boiling water as is needed of strong coffee, with the addition of a cup of water, more or lesS for wasting; stir it well with a wooden I spoon, then put the pot over the fire, I bo:i quickly, stirring all the time. As the bubbles rise take it from the fire, pour out a cupful, hold it high above the pot, pour it back ajrain ; repeat this four or five times, then straiu the coffee through a piece of muslin, put it in a hot metal pot and serve immediately. Such a cup of coffee, of sparkling amber, is a delicate stimulant for a light break * ? ? j t I as:, accompauieu uy sumu ucin.ua uw cuit, light and appetizing: Mix two ounces of butter, two of flour, two of chee3e, grated, a dash of cayenne and salt; make it into a thin paste, rollout very thin, then cut in pieces four inches long and one inch wide; bake a very light brown and serve as hot as possible, ?New York Pox>. Recipes. Flaxxki. Cakks.?One quart of milk, one cup of corn meal and nearly three of flour, half take of > east, stirred in a halfcup of warm water, one large cup of boiling water, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of molasses, bit of soda the size o! a pea in the milk. Scald the meal with the boiling water, stir in the milk and strain through a colander, add flour and yeast and let it rise until morning, beat in salt and molasses, and when the batter is smooth and light bake on a griddle. They are very nice. T\prooA Pcddixo.?Four tablespoon - 1 ?j IMS 01 tapioca soaivuu iwi mu wa>o *u tepid water. When the tapioca has softened add a quart of cold water, pinch of salt, tablespo?nful of molasses and two large apples peeled, corcd and sliced. Place in a covercd dish and bake in the oven for two hours, stirring occasionally; then remove the cover, still stirring. In half an hour the pudding should be a deep brown. Pour into another dish and serve hot with hard sauce. The hard sauce is made by beating to a cream one cup of sugar, one heaping teaspoontul of butter and one teaspoonful of boiling water. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Potato Roll*.?A quart of flour, four eggs, a tablespoonful of lard, half a yeast cake dissolved in warm water, a heap ing cupful of potatoes mashed soft and beaten light with half a cupful of warm milk; a cupful of luke warm milk, a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of sugar. Heat the eggs light, sift the salt with the flour; melt the lard and mix with the 3ugar in the potato. Make a hole in the middle of the flour, pour in the milk, the mashed potato,the yeast,the eggs; knead well and set to rise over night. Early in the morning knead again, make into rolls and set close together in a pan for an hour's rising. Bake in steady oven. c? ? j nr%A KronIr nnf. Ollfc oCDU lu lauig uuo uuu vuU, MVV _ ipart. Stuffed Eoos.?Boil eight eggs liard md throw into ice cold water, until perfectly cold; |.eel them carefully and cut in two lengthwise; extract the yolks,rub them to a paste with butter, season with pepper and salt, and work in some very Bnely minccd chicken or other poultry livers. If you have none, substitute such cold meat as you have. Bind the mixture with a beaten egg, mold into balls, the same shape and size as the ejected yolks, and fill the whites with them. Fasten the latter in place with stout straws, cut of equal lengths; roll in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry quickly in good iripping. Do not withdraw the straws when you serve them, letting each eater do it for himself. The Fat Passenger's Hat. A fat man with a new plug hat was languing merrily in the Northwestern Depot yesterday afternoon. "Just Leat this road from Milwaukee to Chicago," hr> aaid with a roar. "I wanted to get to this town the worst way, but I didn't have a cent. It was too cold to steal a ride, so I made up ray mind to get into the best car of the train and trust to iilck. We had just got out- of Bay View when a queer scheme struck me. Raising the window I ran my head out and began sniffing the cold air. My plug hat, which was notthebestinthe world, was for obvious reasons tilted on the back of my head. The conductor came down the aisle of the car. Never before did a ticket-puncher make such rapid progress. He flitted from seat to seat like a butterfly. Pretty soon I felt his hot breath on the back of my neck, and then I heard him yell: 'Ticket, please!' I was too much interested in the passing scenery to pay any attention to the hoarse, raspiug voice. There wa3 a moment of intense silence, during which my heart b at a loud accompaniment to the puffing of the engine, and then I felt the conductor's hand fall heavily upon my shoulder. The concussion was so great that my plug hat fell off into the snow. The conductor stood aghast when I withdrew my uncovered head and looked angrily into his pale fa e. " 'You've done it!" I exclaimed with a fierce air. " 'I didn't jostle jour hat off, did I?' he asked. il 'That's what you did.' 44 'But your ticket wasn't in it?" 44 Vertainly.' There was another moment of silence and then the conductor said : ,4 'I'm sorry, but yon'll have to pay your fare.' 44 ;I have no more money,' he replied; 'my all was in that hat. Can't you stop the train;' 44 'The tile is a mile belund us. It's against orders, I ut I'll let you through without additional charge. Next time keep your head in the car.' " 'But my hat,' I exclaimed with a bold air. 4I lost it through your rudeness and Imust be indemnified.' 44 'Indemnified nothing. There's no hatstoro on the train.' nAii Viovn rrr*f fn rrnf mo q linf just the same.' " 'Oh, I gue3s not.' " 'Well, I guess yes.' " 'What are vou poing to do about itr" 11 'Report you to Marvin Ilughitt,' I yelled with defiant mien. " 'That's a chestnut. Go to sleep. I'll wake you up when we get to Chicago.' "This is -what I did, and when I woke up (the train was then passing Rose Ilill Cemetery) I found this new tile on my head. You can see by the initials just above the sweatband that the hat belonged to the conductor. I didn't sio him again during the rest of the trip, but I'll bet dollars to clam shells that that fellow would kick himself from here to Sturgeon Pay if he knew how beautifully he had been sold."?Chicago Herald. WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. A New Portia. A new Portia, who defended, how ever, not ner lover, uutnir own iauier, has appeared at Montpeller. A farmer living near that town had been tried and condemned for breach of trust. He made an appeal, which was granted, and on the day appointed for its hearing he walked into court accompanied by his daughter, a tall, good-lioking, and intelligent young woman about 20 years old. To the surprise of the Judges the young woman opened her father's cas3 in a masterly mauner, argued the defence with the skill of a practical lawyer, and finally gaiued for her client a verdict of acquittal. The improvised legal practitioner in petticoats then waiked triumphantly out of co :rt, hanging on the arm of the venerable agriculturist, her father.?London Globe. Fire-Proof Dresses. This is how to make your dress fireproof. Chemicals galore have been used from time to time to render fabrics incombustible, but one of the most efficacious and least expensive is tungstate of soda, which may be most conveniently applied by mixing it with th;; starch for dressing. Add one part of the tungstate to three parts of good dry starch, and use the starch in the ordinary way. For fabrics which do not require smirching dissolve one pound of tungstate of soda j in two gallons of water, well Miturate the i fabric in the solution, and let it dry. It will not change the ruo-.t delicate colors : nor affect the qualjty of the fabric in any way, and ironing will not in the least interfere with the*efticacy of the process. Muslins or silks*8o treated may be held in the flame of a candle or gas without catching fire, so that, although the portion in contact with the flame by continuance may be charred or even destroyed, there is no danger of spreading the combustion. Another Occupation for Women. Still another occupation suggested itself to a young person by the fact that often when the lamps of a house were j trimmed by the maid they s uoked or i otherwise misbehaved, but when one of I the ladies of the house attended to them ! their flame was clear and bright, and still j more by the fact that often their care was j the last part of the day's work, and then the late trimming endangered the house, j Since lamps have become fashionable, j and so often rcplace gas with their steady ! light, the matter of their trimming ac- j rtiiirnrl oam a ti'airrvtf onrl fko 4U"VU JUUJC "?o "*<-1 matter over, our young person decided I to offer her services in the sole matter of lamp trimming, and now, armed with her : implements, she goes from house to house j cleaning and filling the lamps, straining j the old oil, and setting it aside for furoi- i ture polish when too thick for burning j well, attending to wicks, rubbing up j burners, and cleaning chimneys, leaving J everything about th m in desirable trim for the night, and then going on to the ' next, willing to do the work with scien- j tific neatness for the sake of a small weekly stipend, in view of the number of .stipends, so many housekeepers having j shown themselves delighted to have lamps that burn like those of the wise ; virgins, and to be rid of all the soiling and malodorous work.?Uarjw'a Bear, i Italian Courtship. Young people in Italy do not begin courtship until their relatives have haggled and bargained, and settled all the preliminaries. Then the young man is introduced to the young woman, and they are told to fal] in love with each other. The following story, told by an Eng- ! lish lady married to an Italian noble- 1 man, was narrated to her by a mother who had several marriageable daughters. An elderly suitor, Signor D?, called upon her one day to consult about woo- j ing her daughters, for though he intend- j ed to marry only one, his suit was addre sed to them all. "I am constrained by circumstauces ! to take a wile," he began. "I am sorry to hear, signor, that you i are constrained to take such a step; but, j though it is against your will, I have no ' doubt you can find a suitable person," i answered the mother, not seeing at what! he was driving. "Your familv are all so well brought up, signora; the young ladies are so very j charming; and being constrained by circumstances to take a wife"? "Constrained!"exclaimed the mother, j indignantly, now discerning his mean-, ing. "I do not mean, signora, that it would be any hard-hip; on the contrary, ' if one of your charming young ladies would look favorably upon me"? "But which, signor?to which do you j allude?" "Whichever you like, signora. I am ] indifferent on that point, and will leave the choice to you, feeling convinced | that I should be perfectly happy with j any one of your daughters."?Youth's ] Companion. The Smart Girl. There was once a tailor who had a beautiful daughter; all the young men; from far and near came to visit her be- j cause of her beauty. Two rivals sought her one day, and aid: "It is on your account that we have come hither." "What do you want of me?" she replied, smiling. "We love you," returned the two young men, "and each of U3 wishes to marry you." ' The maiden, being well brought up, - n -1 1 / ll --.U ~ 1 41.,* ' caueu ncr miner, wuu . lait-ucu w wc two lovers, and then said: "It is late, go home now, but come J ngain tomorrow; and you shall then j know which of you may have my daughter." At daybreak the next morning, the two young men returned. ''Here we ! are!"' they cried to the tailor; "remem l.cr what you promised yesterday." 'Wait a little,'' he replied; "I am go- i ing to town to buy a piece of cloth ; when I return home with it, you shrill leuru t what I expect from it." When the tailor returned from town, he called his daughter, and on her appearance, he said to the young men: "My children, theic are two of you, and I have but one da ighicr. 'Fo whom shall I give her.' Whom must I refuse? lichold this piece of cloth; I will cut from it two suits of clothes exactly alike: each one of you must sew one of them; he who finishes his task first shall j have my daughter.'' Ea: li of the rivals took his task, and prepared to set about it; the father called his daughter, and said to her: "Here is the thread, make it ready for the two workers." The maiden obeyed her father, and taking the bundle of thread, seated herself near the young men. But she was as clever as she was beautiful: though her father did not know which of the two she loved, nor the. young men themselves, she knew well enough. The tailor went away, the maiden prepared the thread, the young men took their needles and began to sew. To the one she loved the beauty ^ gave short needlefuls, but to the other she did not love she gave long needlefn io TIiott riAitrftfl nnrl entirn/l in oa rrni? v i avj oowcu aau ottituj xix haste, at 11 o'clock the work was not half done, but nt 3 the young rnoui who had short needlefuls had completed his task, while the other had yet much to do. When the tailor returned the conqueror brought to him the completed suit, while his rival still sat sewing. o "3Iy children,''said the father, "Idid ti not wish to favor one mnre than an- ( other, that was why I divided the cloth ]< into two equal parts, and told you: 'He tl who finishes his task first shall have my e daughter.' Did you understand me?" "Father,"replied the two young men, c "wo understood you, and accepted the c test; what must be, must." o The tailor had reasoned thus: "He b who finishes firsi will I e the mo3t skill- n ful wo:kman. and consequently better o able to support a wife," but he never b imagined that his daughter would give fi long needlefuls to the man she did not j b " A- /-II I J.1 I WISH IU Uliirrj. ^lcvt'iucoa Vimiicu kuv v, I day, and the maiden really chos3 her n own husband.?Springfield liepullican. tl Fashion Notes. 8 Silver is much used as a decoration for ? evening dresses. * Bisque color with any of the new tl shades of green is very stylish. O Lower skirts of plaid velvet and plain ^ plush have met with much favor. o Tin bustle does not diminish in size, ? as was predicted, but is worn ltrger than 11 ever. Fine mull ties with a filling of point ^ d'esprit la e make becoming neck j.( wear. g Hoods and cap bonnets of jersey cloth a for little girls are comfortable and pic- tl turesque. o Black tulle, although stylish, is less so b than Inst year, but with silver it has very v stylish effccts. a Small plaids and tartans in dark rich c coloring seem still to be the favorite styles for little girls. b A long drapery of soft silk is worn as ^ trimming and overdress with cashmere costumes for the house. n Mauve, so long a neglected co'or, is once more fashionable. It is especially tl favored for house toilets. An English oddity is the uae of jet u passementerie on cloth costumed, particu- ti larly those of a green color. f< Boas should be tied on the sido and a front oer one shoulder. A boy of " ribbon makes the prettiest fastening. Bead work is b:coming u popular kind of fancy work, but to be correct it should bo done with care and tante. Plain velvet skirts in the new shi;de of tl plomb, with draperies of vigogne of the ,? same shade, are much favored for 3treet jt wear. tl The best and most economical black silk is a fine twilled texture. It will not b pull in the waist seams, and gi^es a pret- T ty lustre. li What are known as Swiss behs are s.< generally worn by young ladies with full li blouse waists, a style very becoming to E slender figures. Double finished cloths with a dark color on the outside nnd a bright 011c for the lining make very stylish wrapj and 11 clonks for children. c< In most cases the hoods which arc worn jj with the long Kussian redingote are made S( separate from the wrap, and may be worn 0 or not, as may be desired. cj Soft gray camel's hair is a favorite ma- tl terinl for dressy house wear, and slriped ti wool in gay col rs, or velvet or plush, tl are generally chosen a? accessories. S Plaited colored satin is sometimes fi worn in dress bodies, in place of (ollars ti and cuffs of linen. Only an edge is "w shown, and the pleating is very close. q Black and white are fashionable com- jj] bined in some dressy huts and bonnets. * The white is usually in the form of feath ers, ribbon or lacc; the black in velvet, " plush, lace and jet. ? It is the fancy of the hour that nothing ^ should be worn about the throat in the evening. Sometimes a string of pearls or Jj jeweled nccklct may be seen, but it is ^ quite the exception, the neck as a rule g being unadorned. Entire costumes of white or black lace, r( over satin slips of pale 01 gay colors, are jj as fashionable as ever. Some of the new designs in flouncings and ness are ex- tl quisite, and will no doubt retain its 0 popularity for a long time to come. a] Hoods, either pointed or round, are oi the invariable accompaniment of the ?( newest Knglish cloth jackets. They are 6( lined with plush or satin of a darker rather si than a contrasting shade, all hough an ti exception is made in the case of the'lin- 01 ing being of striped satin. tl tl A Care for Consumption. ei A novel method of treating patients / j; suffering from phthisis is described in Vi the Medical Record. It was devised Dy ? a French physician, Dr. Bergeon, of ei Lyons, who has been applying it for two e, years to cases of chronic pulmonary and Jt throat disease. The results arc said to ei be remarkable. In acute general 0, phthisis there has been an arrest of the 3 progress of the disease and a cure in a SB lew months. In advanced consumption p( marked improvement ot symptoms is rapidly secured, night-sweats ceasing Cl and tne cough becoming less hai- U| rassing. Two hundred cases have been i0 treated with singular success by Dr. Ber- <3 geon in Lyons, where the climate is un- w favorable for consumptives. His method ai has been introduced in the hospitals there and in Paris, and the medical authorities are favorably impressed with it. ai The treatment consists of daily in- p, jeetions by enema of medicated gases. w Carbonic acid gas when introduced into ct the system by this method is found to be harmless and painless. Sulphuretted hy- at drogen is mingled with it, the entire j.structure of the lungs is permeated by g, the medicated gas and remarkable curative effects arc observed. The car- Cl bonic acid gas is practically inert when taken up by the veins of the intestines, but the sulphurous gas reaches every r*f Hionncsci] tissu.! ill the lllllffS and throat, and i3 eliminated from the jn system in the proccss of expiration. The at volume of gas used is very large. At the i1( outset a single litre is introduced, but fi< the quantity is rapidly increased to tr ten or twelve litres for each Section. jr The results of this new system of i;, treating consumption are so well vou lied a] for that we commend the subject to the tl critical examination of medical circles w in thi3 country. Consumption is the [ tc chief scourge of the Atlantic seaboard, i Any departure in therapeutics so radical as this French method dejisrves to be thoroughly investigated and adequately tested in American hospitals. Dr. licrgcon is not a sciolist, but a reputable physician of large practice ami good standing. If his method be as effective aud successful as he asserts, it merits general attention from the profession in | the United States.? Ncio York Tribune. REVENUE CUTTERS. LN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF THE NAVAL SERVICE. ts Origin and Development?Number of Vessels and Men Employed in the Servico?The Numerous Duties. In a recent interview with a prominent nicer or trie united states revenue cuter service a reporter from the New York Commercial Advertiser obtained the foljwing interesting information regarding hat active and effective arm of the govrnment: A bill authorizing the creation of the orps, the building of ten cutters, the ommi9sioning by the President of forty tiicers, and appropriating ^23,327./50 for uilding, arming, equipping and maning the war vessel", passed both houses n the 23d of April, 1790, and was the irth of the revenue cutter service. The rigate Constitution was launched Octoer 21, 1797, aud was the first vessel of he national navy. This gives the reveue cutter service a seniority of more han seven years over the navy. The revenue cutter service is little hort of 100 hundred years old, and has in Averv war in which the ountry lias been involved, except the ferine. The service to-day consists of hirty-six vessels, together with four thers detailed for duty in connection rith the life-saving service, with 21G fficers, including captains, lieutenants, ngineers and cadets, and 775 sailors, icluding petty officers. The vessels are complete in their arraalents of great guns, rifles, revolvers, utlasses, etc. The officers are required 0 be proficient in the knowledge of unnery, military drill, manual of arms, nd to instruct and exercise the crews in hie use of all arms carried upon a vessel f war. The discipline maintained on oard ship is that usually prevailing on esselsofwar. The ranks of the officers re recruited from young men, who are ompelled to pass searching examinations 1 all the English branches. A training ark, stationed at New Bedford, Mass., eceives the aspirants, where an acaemic course is followed, the course of tudy being modeled on that of the aval academy. The revenue cutter service is a part of lie military force of the Government, and i the strong executive arm of the Trcasry Department. It is charged at all imes with important duties in the enjrcement of the customs revenue laws nd the laws governing the vessels of le merchant marine, etc. Congress has socially provided that revenue cutters lall be accounted a part of the navy at ic pleasure of the President, and has anferred assimilated naval rank upon le officers, who arc commissioned by ae President and confirmed by the enate, retaining their commissions durlg good behavior, the same as officers of le army and navy. Among the duties of the service may e brietly enumerated the following: o see that the laws pertaining to the censes, enrollments and registry of ves;ls are obeyed; that the laws requiring fe-saving appliances to be kept on the lerchant vessels are complied with; lat steamers in the merchant marine arry the neccssary evidences of inspecon by the proper officers as to hulls and lachinery, and that their officers are roperly licensed; that merchant vessels 3mply with the law as to name and ailing ports, etc.; that passenger ves;ls comply with the laws prohibiting verloading with passengers; that merhant vessels at night carry and exhibit iclights lequired by law; that the neu ality laws are not violated or evaded; rntthe timber reserves of the United tates are not plundered; that the seal sheriesare not invaded; that unlawful rallic iu firearms and rum In Alaskan aters is not indulged in, and that the uarantine laws of the United States ad of the several States are enforced, 'his service must also rescue shipwrecked rhalers in the Arctic, and occasionally >ok after missing Arctic explorers. Its fficersalso prevent piracy on the seas; aey suppress mutinies on board vessels f the merchant marine, and are freuently called upon for this purpose, he vessels constitute, when detailed for arbor duty, a:i ever ready and efficient oating fire deparment for the protection f shipping in the harbor. Its officers jport upon any absence of buoys or ghts upon the coast. The revenue cutter service carries on le humune provisions of the law in aid f shipwrecked marines on the scacoa3ts nd the great lakes, the vessels cruising a this duty always in the inclement sea>n, when most other Government ves;ls are in harbor. They assist the lifeiving service, and it is due to the talent, ainin?r and care ot the revenue cutter fhcersT who in a great measure have lat scrvice in hand, that it has gained le popularity aud efficiency it at prcsat enjoy?. The revenue cutter service aids the ght-house establishment, the coast surcy, the fish commission, the ocean teleraph lines and every commercial interit of the country, as well as all scientific lterprises com ng within the scopo of s operations. It is the activc and pow ful coast guard of the country, always i duty and always equipped for service, y skill and good seamanship it aids in iving $:},0u0,000 worth of property imjrilled by the sea every year. During the la3t five years the revenue xtters have cruised 1,075,000 miles and pward in the performance of patrol and okout duties'; assisted 808 vessels in istress, the value of which, together ith carbons, amounts to $ltf, 9:20,820.80, id saved ">0 lives. The record for 188C is as follows: [iles cruised, 1544,681; boarded and exnincd 28,301 vessels; sei'.ed and rcirted vessels for violations o? law, hose fine3 aggregated .$0.)l,r.)9; assistI 313 vessels in distress, with 2,S88 jrsons on board, the value of vessels id cargo amounting to $6,7->8.5Gf, and >4 persons were saved from watery raves. The cost of ma'ntaining the revenue itter service averages .^SIO, 000 per year. Paper Botllc.'?. Paper bottles were patented in America i lSSU. Their sale was not extensive , lirst, but now that European patents ive been s:cured, covering nearly all ?lds of probable competition, the conoilers of the patents, we arc informed, itend to manufacture the bottles in rgc quantities. In the item of freight one they will cfTcct a saving of onelird less weight than the glass or stone are, and arc, on the whole, le3S liable i?> r., ? uruillvayu. UUU! ?' ? Ij vv'H">vi ^vi Ifcr Question. Dear Jack! you've often said to me, In speflch that doth imply Love's poesy, that I'm indeed The ' apple of your eye." I/I intoxicate you, then, As you insist, nlaek! Am I to understand it's cau-e, I am your apple, Jack/ ? Ion hers Ga lette. WORDS OF WISDOJT. Not every one that dances is glad. 1 Slander like mud, dric3 and falls off. History is the preserver of good deeds and the avenger of bad. Wisdom listens m confidence, but is seldom confidential in return. To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power. Curses are like processions; they return to the place from which they came. Deference is the most complicated, the 1 most indirect and the most elegant of 1 all compliments. 1 To smile at the jest which plants a ! thorn in another's breast is to become a , principal in the mischief. In love, as in everything else, expert- j ence is a physician who never comes un- ? til after the disorder is cured. I Secrets are poor property*anyhow; if 1 you circulate them you lose them, and if 1 you keep them you lose the interest on i the investment. 1 Nearly everybody has it in him to be 1 better than he is. Improvement xs chiefly the regulation of the propensities and passions. out. A huge crane swings round a pair ] of pincers, at the end of which a dozen Britons cluster. The door rises a little, the < white light blinds us, and, although I i ara at least twenty yards away, the | heat burns my face uncomfortably, j Water is thrown into the awful gap, and ] then the men perceive their prey. The huge arms part and firmly close, the door j rises to its fullest extent, a clash of the i crane gear, a shout from the men, and out it comes, easily and softly, a mon- i strous coil. The crane swings about and i places it upon end upon the anvil. Then i the hammer falls, shaking the solid floor \ beneath us, crushing the red-hot mass < inches down at a blow, welding its coils ] together so that they can never part. 1 But the inside hollow has been knocked j out of shape by this process; so, when ] the tube has been reduced to its proper length, a solid mandril is def ly slipped j between the hammer and the iron. For < two or three blows the contracted coil at- i tempts resistance, but it gives way, and j the mandril slips to its base, as into but- I ter. Then the great pincers are used accain, and it drops the mass on its side, 1 where again it is battered and struck all j j mi..: Kb >11 1 round. 1 11U lriC^UIUlllJCO Vzuuovu vj mu | r this hammering are afterward removed < by the plane, and then the guu is made i by other machinery. i ? 1 A Lioness Saves Her Keeper. i Superintendent Newell, of the Broad- J way horse-cars, was formerly the lion ' tamer in a circus in which the late Presi- 1 dent of the road, 5Ir. James W. Foshay, 1 was Treasurer. Newell once had an en- ' counter with the lion, which, in an un- ? guarded moment, jumped upon him and * seized his left shoulder it its mouth, J burying its teeth in his flesh. Newell 1 endea-lbred to defend himself against the * infuriated beast, which had never taken 1 kindly to him, bv clutching at him with * his left hand, while with his right he 1 sought to keep at bay the others by rais- I incr the whip. He said he could feel the hot breath of the lion on his cheek, and j dared not madden him by assault lest * he might make a moro furious attack. 8 All of a sudden a lioness, which had al- s ways been friendly, made a bound and ' clutched the lion by the throat and bore ; him to the floor in a struggle, thus ena- 1 bling Newell to escape. The marks of e the struggle arc still conspicuously visi- ? ble on Mr. Xe well's shoulder.?j\ew York Times. j ' Smiths" in the Federal Army. The Smith family was largely represented in the army of the Union, and at one time there were upward of GOO in ^ the army of the Potomac. On one of the ^ regimental rolls in the Teutonic division, J, which gave names n.ud birth-place3,wcre ? entered: "Giovanni Smithi, Italy; Juan s Smithns, Spain: Ilans Shhmidt, Hoi- a land; Ivan ir'chmithiwe-ki, Poland; Jean j, Smects, France; Ion Skimmitton, s Greece,'' and twelve John Smiths born jj in this country, besides one whose native t laud was sweet Erin,of whom it was re- ^ corded, "name 1 Patrick, but says that he f is called John for s-hort.''?Ben : Perlev c Poore. J The carrier p'geou service in Paris is a most carefully organized, and the latest j census shows that t ere arc 2,500 trained / birds, which can take dispatches in and out of the capital in the roughest weather. Some arc taught to go to the neigh- ^ boring forts and towns, others to distant ^ parts of the provinces. j A good man is the best friend, and therefore is Urst to be chosen, longest to be retained, and indeed, never to be parted with, unless he ceases to be that for which he was chosen. The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of those who pluck thorn, and they are the only rosea which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty. Judge no one by his relations, whatever criticism you may pass upon his companions. Relations, like features, are thrust upon us; companion*, like clothes, are more or less our own selection. Making: Great Guns. England's big guns are made of bars coiled spirally and welded into a solid mass by the hammer, says a correspondent of the Boston Herald. Thme red-hot furnaces contain a straight bar; at a word the door is slightly raised, and with huge nippers its head is seized by loops made for the purpose. A steam winch draws out the glowing mass and brings it to a horizontal capstan fixed before the door. A water hose is turned upon the loop, and while it blackens under the chill, a stalwart fellow, wielding a heavy sledge, fixes the loop on a nut projecting from the capstan wheel. Then the machine revolves with resistless force, curling the hot metal round and round on its drum neatly and smoothly, and as easily as girU would wind ribbon. So 1 the coil is formed, whether for the 1 K.nonli *>iam / ?! tVio r*f fhr> rrnn fir i UlttUil p.vi-v ? w "?J - 5 for its jacket. This again is cooled, and after a while is refined for welding under the hammer. You ought to see this "Woolwich hammer. It weighs forty tons sheer weigh, and when it drop3 it falls forty feet on to a block that rests on spiles, massive masonry, and enormous quantities of iron. Between two great shafts this hammer is suspended, a solid block, which, driven from above by steam and gathering impetus as it falls, strikes with a force of many hundred tons. A veteran workmen has charge of this massive hammer. He starts and drops it by a touch of his thumb and finger. I saw an open-face watch laid on the block; then he dropped tho hammer, and he stopped it just in time to break the crystal?and nothing more. They call this last operation of the furnace the "great heat," and about every monarch there is in Europe has seen it, just as I did yesterday. While I am wondering what they thought about, the furnace to be emptied is flaring with impatience. Through the interstices of its great door blue, red and purple flames are leaping K 'y v "~SMET/rrWi ORE. EXTRACTING PRECIOUS METALS FROM ROCKS Visit to the Smelting House in Colorado?Work of the Crashing Mills?Melting Processes ?Valuable Bricks. The average tourist in visiting Colorado may expect to find in his rambles abont Manitou, in his excursions in the neighborhood of Denver, or his rides ibout Colorado Springs some token of the precious metals in the thousand form3 of rocks which he sees cropping Dut here, there are everywhere in the mountains. But he will be disappointed, ro really get at the true inwardness of fold and silver, where they are, and how . they are brought to light after they are found, one must go to one of the great smelting houses in Denver, where are the largest, most complete, and most profitable establishments of the kind in the world. The Argo smelter, a mile or more from Denver, in Colorado, consists of many stone buildings inclosed in a prison-like wall, as the precious ore is too valuable to be exposed to the stray handaof plunderers. First, supposing you a visitor, you must procure a pass from the o3ice. Armed with this, you are allowed to eater. You first discover a pile of rocks, Lately unladen from the cars of the (narrow-gauge) Denver and Rio Grande railway. These cars have been laden from. Tar-away mountain mines, at Lcadville, perhaps, or from Ne^r Mexican mountain mines, wherever the experienced miner bias found, in his opinion, paying ore. The lighter and more easily managed :ars of the n '.rrow-gauge are able to reach heights and ascend steeper grades than ordinary freight cars. .These rocks jive no indication of gold or silver, or jven copper; they seem to be precisely like any broken stones from any hillside in Wisconsin. But here they are thrown .* into great crushing mills, and with much noise chewed up into pieces the rize of buckshot. And, by the way, linety car loads of rocks are used in this ivay every day. This is then piled up in ;ono?like heaps, each having a shingle narked with a number thereon. These piles seem to yon simply piles of dirt, jray, drab, coffee color, or like ashes in appearance. It is hard to realize that :here is a million in value beforj your ;yes. Here the metallurgist takes a jmall portion from each pile in order to nake an assay to determine the value of ihe ore. To take the average he mixes the ores iu small cups made of bone-dust \ svith other chemicals and bakes the mix:ure in ovens. If the miner who owns the ore wishes to consult another assayer he is at liberty to do so. When the avjrage value of his car load of ore is learned the miner goes to the office and is paid for his ore. Here his interest in the matter ceases. The crushed ore is then mixed by order >f the metallurgist and burned in order to get rid of the sulphur. It is then in appearance like a coarse black powder, [t is then burned a second time and igain crushed still finer. This is then put in large reverberatory furnaces, beginning at one end, where there is a moderate heat, and moved on every four hours by means of long pokers to the lext oven, until it reaches the last furlace, which you will judge to be seven times heated, as your eyes and throat svill warn you. This is, indeed a meltLog process, the slag running off as in a alast furnace, and the "matte," as it is ;crmed, cooled in cakes something like pig-iron, black in color, but not nearly is heavy. This "matte" is then crushed and again roasted, then ground again into a fine black powder. This powder is then taken up by elevators and put into a bath of hot water. Coming from the sulphurous and heated air of the ovens, this room seems delight fully clean and cool. Tiie silver aner us bath run9 off into little troughs lined with ziDC. It now looks like oxidized silver, but is really pure, and is at this stage of the consistency of mush. The water has a greenish hue, owing to the s presence of coppcr held in solution. At 1 the end of its journey in the little troughs jvery particle of silver is saved. The attendant tests the fact by dipping up some af the water in a glass bottle and dropping a minute portion of some chemical therein. If the water contains silver it is instantly precipitated. This silver mush is then taken to the drying-room, where it is thoroughly dried upon a large iron plate over a furnace. It is now litsrally silver powder. This powder is now "melted in crucibles, and then, while in a liquid form, poured into molds in the form of a large brick. The work of tracing the silver from the rock to the pure article for one day is over. There it is?a wall of silver bricks worth $!>,100! The old man who 3id it at the last stage graciously conde>cends to weigh out "some beautiful ipecimens of crystalized silver, for which ie receives at equivalent in United States coin. You would have no doubt seen pleased to carry away specimens of ;he work in all its stages, but this is not illowed, no matter how high your sta:ion. But how about gold? It, with :opper (for both of which, besides the lilver, are contained in the same ore), is sxtractcd by a secret process by the me:allurgist, who receives $25,000 a year or his invention by the proprietor. The itockholders in the company aro not alowed in the cold room, so rigidly is this secret kept. This establishment aunuilly gives to the world $30,000,000 in jold, silver and copper. This is one process. There are, of jourse, many others. At Pueblo, Col., observed a large pile of what is called ilver bullion upon the platform of a melting-house there. This is a mixture >f siver and lead. It is sent to Denver o be refined. At Golden, in the mounains, young men aaxious to iearn can be tducated in a school of mining and engineering, where they can enjoy thepracical application of their studies very icar to .Nature's heart. ? Chicago Tri~ une. Producing a Beautiful Flame. * 11- AA.v4U!?>m TTTVI ! Vt n A VC3?ei'S uiu sutiitiiuig, nuikit um ieen covcred with yellow metal or copier, makes a most beautiful flame of (liferent colors when burned, in an open ;rate. Years ago this wood was conidercd worthless, and was usually given way to poor people for fuel. But of ite years it has been used quite extcn* ively in New Pedford and vicinity, beng placed upon other wood or coal, when he flames present a beautiful sight, proiu ing dilTereut colors, which shoot orth from the copper nail holes, l'erons who visited New Bedford and saw nftoMa urnHllPPfi htr hum uu ucauiiiiu Wivww js. ? j ? ug this wocd carried some to their homes, nd now the demand for old sheathing s'greatcr than the supply.?iVi?w Bedford Mans.) Standard. Minneapolis is growing fast, according o her own showing. Last year over l,O0<Tbuildings were elected, at a cost of ) 11,000,000.