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A CHARACTER ! n J'ARADOX. Jack Bowdoin's Conversion and How It Came About. BY CLAY M. GREENE. CHAPTER III.?Continued. And they walked hand in hand to the boose, where Mrs. Brown stood waiting on the veranda. "Why, what have you got there, Mr. Bowdoin?" she asked. "I've brought a poor little orphan for you to take care of for me." "For me to take care of?" "Yes; why, I can't do it myself." And he related to her the incidents that led to his adoption of little Helen. "It's a sad story, and I'm real sorry .for the poor little thing, but I can't have her here." "What's that? Tou pretend to be a Christian woman, and want to turn away this motherless little innocent?" "I can't be bothered with young ones running about the house. I don't like them, anyway." "That settles it, Mrs. Brown," replied Jack with determination. "Then you needn't be bothered with me. My board's due to-day, and there's the money. I'll send for my things before night, and now good-inornin'." "Well," stammered Mrs. Brown, now conscious that ehe had made a mistake, ** * ? ^ V*a trillinfr f a r?Q v 11U W UiUlU Vtl/UAU JUU W tv for my care of the child?" "Not a dollar a year, to you. You said you didn't like children, and I'll put her with some one that does, if I Inave to brace every woman in Colorado." At this, Mrs. Brown 6lammed the door angrily, and little Helen begac to cry. JacK lifted her up and carried her down . the hill, at the same time speaking to her in his cheeriest tone. "There, don't cry, baby; we'll hit it right next time. The next lady won't refuse yer." "What lady?" The name came to him in an instant. That of the only one to whom he could appeal, the only other good woman he knew, and her name 6prang to his lips with a burst of joyful confidence. "Miss Charles. I'll take yer to her. It's time for my music lesson, and we'll find her at the church now. So come right along and I'll show you an angel that dropped right out of heaven." "But angel6 don't eat." "What?are you hungry?" "Yes, awful!" "Well, "why didn't you say bo before? We'll fix that in two minutes." He carried her to the nearest restauxaut, and the hundred men gathered there?some for late breakfast, some for dinner?received thein both with open arms. "Say, toys, who knows how to feed children?" Jack a6ked, with considerable anxiety, for, on that point, he wai? wofully ignorant. "I do!" answered every man jack of the crowd in a breath. "Mush and miik!" "No, crackers and cream!" "Them's for babies, you Ignorant uss. Give her corned beef and cabbage!" "No, roast chicken!" "What's the matter with pie?" "It's too filiin'. Give her an oyster stew!" Those Butrirestions. cominsr in such rapid succession, plunged Jack into a fever of doubt and increased anxiety. "Pierre!" be shouted to the landlord, fetch on everything you've got and let her select for herself!" The banquet that was set before the astonished child would have fed twenty men, but she eyed the viande with a confident air that charmed and delighted the admirers crowded about her table. She chose a variety of eatables that would have plunged a dyspeptic into paroxysms of despair, and when she had declared herself "all froo" Jack paid the bill, looked nervously at his watch, and taking his ward by the hand, announced that he had an important engagement, and left the restaurant. They soon arrived at the church and entered. Miss Charles was waiting for her pupil, and when he appeared with little Helen in his amis, she changed her first smile o f recognition to a look of surprise. "Sorry 1 kept you waitin', Miss Charles," said Jack, apologetically. "But. something's happened thismornin' that's goin' to change my whole life." Vvi he related succinctly a-li the experience oT the morhfhg, ending with: "What do you think?" ""Why, that it was grand and noble in you, Mr. Bowdoin!" "Do you think so, Miss Charles?do you, honest?" temptations of your life may have led you to commit, this one act is, in my eyes, enough to atone for them all." "Ob. Miss Charles," with an earnestness that sent a pane: through the heart of his listener, "do you really mean that?" "I do, really." "Then, that's all I'want. I don't care now what the whole world may say, for it's through your eyes that I want to see everything. I'm goin' to devote my life to this little one, but I want you to tell me what to do. She's got your name and I want her to be like you; I want her to drink into her little heart Borne o' the goodness that's in yours; I want her 10 have a 60ul like yours." Then seeing that his earnestness had rather frightened her. he reassured her by bringing his plea to a close. "Miss Charies, will you take care of her for meV" "With all my heart." And she knelt upon the floor, folded her arms about the little waif, kissed her tenderly, and took her into her woman's hejirt forever. Xhec_ turning to Jack, wilh a look upon her face that xnax- BefOil'U if mm tue vei y u^u>. 01 heaven itself, ehe 6aid: "Mr. Bowdoin, will you pray with me?" "What, ice! A mar: like me pray!" "A man like you need have no fear? God will listen to you." . *As I said just now, Miss Charles, I want to see everything through your eyes. It's a go." So they knelt together, there in the organ loit?the Christian, the waif, and the gambler. Helen prayed for divine nr. in *>!*> Tif>w r.t.liffjif:on (.}ip>i;k1 undertaken, and hsked that the wayward prodigal, whose tenderness of heart nad made it nossible for her u. rescue a little unfortunate from a life ot sin, might be forgiven and taught at last to leam the truth. And no prayer was ever closed with a more fervent Amen! than came that Bummer afternoon from the unhallowed lips of Jack Uowdoin, gambler and outcast. t J chapter iv. The dim- that followed were full of sunshine and life to Jack Eowdoin, full , of doubt and restlessness to Helen Charles, and this condition of mind increased in force with e\ery org "in lespon. He was happy to an extent far beyond what he conceived to be his Jweits; .lai. wililfi he loved har With u nerce, ycararrffT paSTeTon, IB "ITS wTI dreams he never dared to hope that oassion could ever be gratified, and learned to be serenely contented if < permitted to come into her pres< three times a week. It was diffe with her. She knew that her static life was far above his, that 6uch a t as a possible union with him mustn be considered until he had lifted hin far above his present sphere, and the more 6he heard his voice the i 6he became aware that the one hoj future happiness lay in just 6uc union. To be lifted out of this condi of things entailed on his part a CI tian spirit and positive belief in all the term impncs, aadeci to a rellnqi ment of his iniquitous trade. But more Jack studied the Bible?anc was now conversant with every cha of it?the further away did he appei be drawn from the goal to which would have led him if 6he only dare No student of Holy Writ ever t< over it more faithfully than he, and his mind could not separate parable i narrative, prophecy from history, tried to accept it all literally and f< himself more and more confused further he progressed. Two or t times ho visited Mr. Sampson, wi view to?as he characteristically pressed it?"getting some of the k smoothed out" But that narrow-minded, gentle tured bigot met with indignant rel any attempt on the part of the 6ear after truth to question the absolute unimpeachable authority of every lie the Bible. It was the word of God said, and must be accepted without a ment. This Jack could not find it in power to do, and so he tried to "sm< out the kinks himself,"for Helen's s One word from her, the slightest inti tion that he could win her by embra' Christianity, and he would have clared himself an unprejudiced beli< and joined the church without de But the intimation never came; so organ lessons went on as usual, happy, she wretched. Little Helen in her new life'wa perrect aream or golden 6u"nsnine. conquered the hearts of all who cam contact with her. The "Hopkins who demurred at first at the though accepting the ward of Jack BowdoL a member of their household, grev deeply attached to her that their af tion plunged more than one jeal cVtnffc intr? th? heart of Hplen Chfti who, aside from the love that grew of sympathy, lavished upon her all force of a girl's first passion, which could not betray to the man she lo1 The child attended school regula and teachers and pupils alike regar her as a veritable prodigy. Even the that that her guardian was a gambler not militate against her in the least captivating was her manner, so in ecribable her baby magnetism. On her way to and from school it1 always her custom to pause on the "J tie Casino" corner long enough to I Jack, and never once had he failed be there. No matter how busily might be employed at the time, e when in the midst of an exciting ge of cards, he knew the precise mom 6he would be waiting for him, and 1 always there to meet her and receive kiss and caress. One morning, after 6he had kis aim, instead of the usual "Goodpapa," she said: "Papa, I want you to give up g? blinR!" "Who told you to ask me that, bab "Miss Charles." ""What did she 6ay, eh?" "She said she'd love you ever so mi muie 11 vuu ?uuiu. "She did? She said that? Then, shunder, I'll do it! Run along now, t when you come back from school w go home together and tell herthe ne-w She kissed him again and toddled to school. He watched her out of si| ind entered his saloon for?as he ) iut a moment before resolved?the 1 lime. "Boys," he said, "I'm goin' to q fer." There were a few incredulous laug out he was not in the least disconcert and continued: "It's a fact. I'm goin'to leave off ga ?>lin', for good, and all. I've felt Domin' for some time, and just now : little girl decided me." "What! you ain't got religion, sure?" "Well, I've been on a still hunt af It for three months, and though I ai aitched onto it yet, so to speak, that' coinin', too, I guess. I can't find aw< agin faro in the Bible, but all stral people say it's wrong, and I'm going quit it." Several of the boys, in violently < phasized terms, expressed themselves ueing sorry xo lose mm. "It's good of you to say 60, boys; 1< haye a drink-" Tins annKS were served, and he dressed one of the men: "Now, Stone, here's your chance. "! offered rae $50,000 for 1 he plant and gc will of 'The Little Casino' last w< I've thought over it, and she's yourn. "And the money's ready for ver, pard, just as soon as we can get papers drawed up." The preparation of the docume necessary for the legal transfer Jack's right, title and interest in gambling business, and the buildi thereunto appertaining, to Chai Stone occupied several hours, i when these were signed, sealed i delivered, and a case of champa opened to bind the bargain, Jack pla a last tune on the organ, bade all of old companions farewell and closed doors of "The Little Casino" behind I forever. Little Helen was waiting for him the time he reached the corner, and kissed her as usual. "This is our last meetin' on the corner, baby. I've quit gamblin' eold out the place." ""What are you going to do now?" "I don't know. Join the churc reckon. Let's go and tell her ri away, and as I'm in a hurry, I'd be carry you." ine distance up the hill was traver in an incredibly short spa'/e of time, as they approached the cottage J noticed that Miss Charles was wait for them at the gate. "Miss Charles," he said, as he d nearer, and set little Helen upon feet, "I can be a gentleman now. ] quit gamblin' and sold out the wl shebang." "Then your victory is more than 1 won, Mr. Bowdoin. I am proud of y< And when they shook hands this tim was without a tinge of restraint on eit side. "But I was forgetting somethir I Helen continued. "Mr. Sampson here, to perform what he has calle most painful duty, and I was just aL to send for you," ?rnax nave 1 got to do with it?" "I don't know?we shall find ou him. Come in." The three entered the house toget] and seated in the parlor were Mr. Mrs. Hopkins and the worthy pastoi the little brown church. The la arose and greeted tbem. "Mr. Bowdoin," he said, "I'm g you've come, for I have a duty to i form iu which you are directly in1 ested." . "No, have you? Well, fire away!" "The mother of your little ward IJe has just died." "You don't 6ay bo!" Helen silently tpok the nojr .paoth 3e6t J leBB orpniu Tfcto a corner or the roo this I' and diverted her attention from tl had topio of conversation. Mr. Sampsc 3nly continued: ;nce , "It has been discovered that the po< rent 'woman was a most disreputable perso: >n in in fact'the worst ?' ^er c^ass- Furthe hina ;niore? ^ *6 no^ known that this chil eve? was born out of wedlock, and is withoi igeii a name. vet "Well, what of it?" nore "*n a *ew wor^8' dimply this: I hai )0 Qi conferred with Mr. and Mrs. Hopkin .jj a and we have agreed that this child mu tion 00 l?n8er remain in charge of Mil irl Charles." that Helen listened attentively, and wit quickened breath, while Jack's eyes b gan to flash with anger. But he coi ; ,ie trolled himself, and said: I he "Well, go on." pter ?To harbor a child under such circur ar^? stances as these would seem like payii 6^e a premium on 6in, and Miss Charles, i ti a ft Christian woman, will at once see tl >iled justioe of the position we have taken [yet "Miss Chades, as a true Christia irom woman, refuses to see anything of tl H? kind!" "the And Helen -?tood in the center of tl hrea 'room, her eyes flashing and her cheel th aglow with indignation. " ? "Monstrous!" she continued. "Is th inks ^nnocent *? suffer for her mother sin? Is she lo.be denied the caresses < -na- affection, ana tne JoyS of & happy hom )uke because she has no name? If our cret cher teaches such atrocities as these, then t and I renounce it forever!" le in "Helen!" This from Mrs. Hopkins, : I, he alarm. rgu- "I mean every word I say!" "Always remember the commani hi9 ment," droned Mr. Sampson, "the 6ii ooth of the fathoms shall fall upon the chi ake. dren." ma- "And rememter the words of Christ cing cried Jack. " 'Suffer little children 1 de- come unto me, i?ad forbid them not ?ver And here's anotiisr: 'Come unto me a lay. those who are weary and heavy ladei the ana I will give you rest!' There, it he two to one, Parson. I've got yer!" "I will not enter into a discussio is a with you, sir," replied Mr. Sampsoi She w^h a glance of 6corn. "I know m ie in duty." es," "And I mine," said Helen firmly. ' t of bave undertaken to guard the welfiy a as , 7 so of this little waif, and will not desei Tec- her now for all the creeds in Christer lou9 dom!" les, "God bless you, Miss, God bless you! out from Jack. tho "In that case," replied good Mn she Hopkins, "you can no longer remain i red. my house." ijy, s "Then I will go." ded "But where?" asked Mr. Sampson,! fact alarm. did Helen could not reply, for she was 6 , so utterly alone in the world, so cruell tde- helpless, that for a moment she bega to waver in her loyalty toward the littl jras being she loved so tenderly. Lit- Jack saw his opportunity, and 6pok< ;iss "Will you leave it to me, Miss? Wi to you let me provide a home for yer, ag he with it the wild, everlastin' love or ven man whose soul is wrapped up In yerime a man you've snatched out of the whirl ent In' eddies o' sin, and taught there was i svas God? Oh, Helen, I love you so! M; her heart is open to you?creep Into It, gal and fill it with the sunshine that nove sed knows a cloud. Will yer come to maby, will you be my wife?" "Yes!" and she walked over' to hix im- bravely and placed her hand in his. "Mine; she's mine at last!" y?" "Helen!" cried Mr. Sampson, In alarm "what are jou doini?" ucj1 "Accepting the protection of the mai i love. We will go forth together am And a creed that does not teach its fol ind l?wers inhumanity. Come, Helen. Now e.jl Jack, take me away." rs n And these three, united at last, neve 0'ff to part this side of the grave, went ou _k|. of the house, into the road, past th ^a(j little brown church closed against then ast now forever, and, crossing the town knocked at the door of another. I opened to receive them, and there Jacl and Helen, with their Uttle charge jj3 between them, were made man and wife ed' And this was Jack Bowdoin'6 conver sion. Not to creed; for, as a result o m. his own experience, he concluded tha he had rather pray without restraint m? untrammeled by canons, degrees o: dogmas, and hi6 wife agreed with him. for f'THE EXD.l ter " n't ? Ti/mTTr id cnrvrr p tt I'VriliidU ^rd ght Seven per cent, of the Bombay (Ta ' t0 dia) school children are near sighted. ;m. Foresters tell us that the best tim = as ber is that which grows from dark soi intermixed with gravel. 8 Professor Heio, a Swiss savant, de ad_ clares that the pleasantest death posei ble follows falling over an Alpine prec i*ou lpice. od- At the lowest depth from whicl specimens of the bottom have beei oj^ brought up, 116 different species o infusoria were found. Almost every ship has lightninj nts rods, simply intended to conduc of lightning into the water rather thai down the masts into the hull. ngs -jey The flowers of many trees, like the and oak, elm and incfcory, are bo incon and spicuous that they are popularly sup gne posed to be altogether lacking. A technical congress at Zurich ii trying to secure agreement in th< him methods of testing building materiali throughout Europe and the Unitei bv States. lie If the Atlantic Ocean could have a layer of water six thousand feet deej: ancj removed from its surface it woulf only reduce the width of that greal body of water one half. hi'I The prize of $2100 awarded every ^ ^ six years to the author of the most useful discovery to French industrj .fie(j has been given to Professor Lippmani and *or h'8 method of photographing nek colors. luo An invention provides for pnenma tic seats in railway carriages. Thes "CW j .l.i_ :_/iu.. Luuy uc rcuuuy luuatuu uj mcuus \jl [ ve hose connected with the pipes of tlx iole air brake. In this manner may trav eling be made a luxury at small per half manent cost to the railway companies 'e it Numerous cases of a well-markei" jjer febrile disease, terminating in pneumonia, are reported to have occurrei ,g ? in Paris during the last three years. i0 This disease has been traced to in fee d a ! tion from freshly imported parrots, >out j and what appears to bo its specific j organism has been isolated by Pro . fessor Nocard from the diseased birds, t of A writer in the Gartenlaube calls at ier, tention to the fact that spontaneoui and combustion may occur where it is least r of looked for?in silk, for instance. Tc tter increase the weight of silk it is often "bathed" so skillfully that one pount ' of silk carries three pounds of variou' Ler_ "ingredients," the whole forming i combination which makes self-ignitior possible. Instances are on recon len wherein packages of such "silk" broke into flame in warehouses, on ship board, on railwny cars, etc. S JAPANESE GUILDS. >n TRADES ORU ANIZATIOXS ARK * NUMEROUS IN JAPAN. a; r id A System Introduced by the Dutch ?Unlike Worklngmen's Unions In Other Lands?Story Tellers 7Q and Blind Shampooers. 8, Bt X" TS"T~H1LE there are no labor 38 \ /\ / unions in Japan, writes ^ V V William E. Curtis in the e. Chicago Record, there are > very many guildp, composed of merchants and manufacturers and others engaged in the same line of business Q" who have organized for their mutual advantage and to control so far as 18 .1 11. _ i J _ 1_ L-'-'L. II T ie mey can me iratie jo which ue? long. They have existed ever since in the seventeenth ceuturv and were ie copied from the Dutch, who came to the empire during that period and exio ercised a very powerful influence upon cs industry and commerce. In fact, the Dutch were never entirely expelled j9 irom Japan. ! The Dutchmen of Japan exercised a wholesome influence upon the Japanese and educated a large numj0 ber of tbeir young men. They furnished the only social and intellectual In stimulant Japan had and a few modern ideas filtered through them into the empire. Among other things they i- I_ is 10 y A JAPANESE n 0 taught the Japanese the uselessness of dragons' teeth and snake skins as a ji pharmacopoeia and gave them a knowl^ edge of anatomy and the rudiments of a medicine. European improvements _ upon the spindle and the loom came . in that way. One finds a gTeat many i & traces of the heavy Dutch civilization i y throughout Japan. The guild is one i of them, and it now extends from the i r bankers and the manufacturers as far j ' as the massage operators, the story 1 tellers and the thieves. ( In Japanese cities and villages about < I snnfiPt von beffin to hear doleful ] ,t whistles in the streets. One will come from somewhere near yon, and pretty a soon another from far away, and if jj you choose yon can trace them to. . blind men, who walk in tbe middle of , the road, each with a bamboo staff in his hand, blowing his monotonous and r melancholy signals to notify the pub* lie of his whereabouts. These are the 9 amma san, blind sbampooersand masa sage operators, who occupy a conl spicuous place in Japanese social life. i They rub the skin, knead the muscles 9 and shampoo the hair, which are fa. vorite treatments among the natives, and are credited with great virtues in J the Japanese hygiene. " Custom immemorial has limited this i ? occupation to the blind, and with the j exception of music it is almost the i only one in which a person so afflicted can engage, aitnougn, curiously 1 enough, when a blind maD is fortunate enough to be rich he is a moneylender. The amma san are organized into one great guild, with their head. quarters at Tokyo and Kyoto, and are divided into different grades like j. wrestlers, being promoted from one I to another after the passage of an examination and the payment of a fee, which goes into a common treasury, and is used for charity among the guild. I do not suppose there is any law limiting this business to blind men, 1 but no others are engaged in it. The 1 extreme care which the women of ] * Japan take of their hair makes sham- ] pooing popular, much more so than in j ? any other conntry, and massage treat- i t ment has for centuries been a popular < l remedy for rheumatism, lumbago and j other pains and aches. Their system i j differs, however, from ibe Swecusn in i . that they work down instead of up the f . body, their theory being Bimilar to i I WEAVERS Al I that of the Indian medicine men, who ] press the pain out of the body by < working it toward the lingers and ] toes. ' i ; Another curious guild is that of the 1 - | story tellers, called yose, who appear < to be a relic of the days when books < were scarce. They are similar in their t , methods and occupation to the trou; badours of the middle ages and the 1 , Zingari, who are even now found in 1 L the mountains of Austria, Italy and i I Spain. They have houses of enter- f , tftinmeut where people may go and lis- t t ten to recitations of stories, tragedies t x and poems while they sit around cross- ' 1 I legged, drinking teaand smoking their J 1 j long-stemmed metal pipes. ; 1 Sometimes the yose has a book be- ? fore him reading a chapter of history t 1 or an act from one of the great piaj Sometimes he reads a poem or telli story of mythological times or of mc em events. When he comes to a pt ticularly good point he claps togeth a conple of little slabs of wood, whi are kept by him for that pnrpot The latter are also seen at the theati There is always a man sitting at t extreme ri^ht of the stage with small flat pieces of wood, and whe ever the situation becomes critical exciting he stimulates the interest the audienoe by clapping them t gether. When the murderer is cree ing upon his victim, when the suici< is about to fall upon his sword when the villain runs away with t heiress he makes a terrible raoket th often drowns the dialogue. The entertainments of the yose a usually mixed. There may be a poe from a Japanese Tennyson, an extra from the plays of a Japanese Shake penre, a chapter from a Japanese Ba croft, or Froude, together with a f? comic selections and a story of lo and war. The recent war with Chi: has caused a great boom in yose bni ness. for they kept the public informi of the progress of events and the polii of the Government, and are now i citing the incidents of the campaif in China. The lesser yose are itine ant and give their recitations upon tJ streets or in the tea houses, where : fee is charged but a collection is tak< up at intervals. The street yo3e a TEA HOUSE. tisu&lly accompanied by a eamiee player and a singer, perhaps two < three, ard you find them eurrounde by crowds of coolies wherever yo may go. The guild system includes all trade und occupations. The silk-growei and silk-buyers, the men who raise te and those who sell it, the manufac turers of lacqner and cloisonne an porcelain, the weavers and spinners Lhe artists who decorate kakemonas o scrolls, the carpenter?, screenmakere lonfectioners, paper dealers, doctors lawyers, merchants of all kinds, teach ;r3, and even preachers, have thei guilds and meet at regular periods t< liscass subjects of general interest am imtual importance. Among tb nechanics and tradesmen these gnild ire oiten extended to inclade life in mrance or aid to those who are ill ani infirm, like onr mutual benefit socie Lies of the United States. A'bessmenl ire made upon the living to pay th ioctorswho have attended the dea ind the undertakers who have burie ;hem. Thus far the guide has not been use so any extent for the advancement c yages or the regulation of workin A JAPANESE SHAMPOOER. tiours, for the reason that ninety-fiv per cent, ot tiie skilled labor in Japai is occupied in the hopes of the peopl mil in a measure is independent of th< jonditions that govern working peopl in other lande. Up till five years ag< Factories were almost unknown. Th weaver had his loom in his own hous ind his wife and sons and daughter took their turns at it during the day i ip^figp THE LOOM. [t had always been the custom for th ihildren to follow the trade of th parents. The best porcelain and cloi sonne and lacquer work is done uucie :he roofs of humble cottages, and th< jompensation has been governed usu illy by the quality of the piece pro 1 n/i/1 There are middlemen who buy foi ;he export trade and merchants foi ;he local trade, and the workingmar isually sells his wares to the same per on. This has gone on for centuries, \sann, the weaver, sells his brocades o the grandson of the merchant who jought his grar dfather's products. iVhea there is a large order, say foi 1000 lacquer trays or 10,000 embroidered shawls, the middleman is resorted o. When Mr. Moore, the silk buyer r&; ,lfor Marshall Field, comes over here to 3 a pnrohase his annual stock of Japanese >d- goods he goes to a middleman, who ?r- places the order in small lots among ier the people who have by long experi- . ch ence learned to depend npon him, and . se.' as fast as they finish an order they ^ re.' send it in. Sometimes the middleman ^ he advances them money. They usually *o run an account with him, as the plantn ers in the Southern States do with or their factors in the commercial cities, of He furnishes them materials and someo times little luxuries in the way of v.. _1 i. .3 1. ?J f uioimng or iooa, waica are cuargeu 3e' to their account, or a Washtub Used as a Boat. at A Portland (Me.) man recently disra tinguished himself by rowing a dis!rQi tance of six miles in an ordinary ot; washtub. It was just large enough to ,s.' enable him to ourl his legs up in and n.< sit upon a small cushion of shavings. JW: Tn order to prevent capsizing it was necessary for the navigator to sit Qa i nearly rigid. When sculling he could 9j^ ; not look over his shoulder to see j where he was going, for fear of tipBy; ping over. So he carried a small ,?} mirror, which enabled iim to see the route ahead without turning. He 6 ,r. also carried a small sail about a yard c he square. This he used a portion of the tt0 time, but his main reliance was on Bn. the small oar with which he sculled. ,re * ? The Bite o! the Human Auimal. The injurious effect of tlje bite of human beings is vfry forcibly illustrated among the members of the police force of the Twenty-eighth District. At present no less than three of the patrolmen of that district are suffering from the poieon injected n into the system through having been bitten by refractory prisoners whom they had arrested. These bites,'while so far not attended with very serious results, have nevertheless been the source of considerable' pain and soreness to the victims.?Philadelphia Record. " Daily Duties ot an Empress. The Empress of Germany rises early and breakfasts with the Emperor ( every morning at 8 o'clock. At 9 she is in the nursery superintending the baby's toilet, arranging with the nurse for the walks or drives to be taken by the children, and always 3ecides what clothes are to be worn bv the young b _ princes. At 10 o'clock the Empress c sees her housekeeper and attends to h n the menu for luncheon and dinner, al- o 5 -? ~ I iS , EMPRESS OF GERM ANT. P e ^ ways including one or two favorite dishes of her husband'e. ^ A few moments every morning are jj ^ spent in the linen-room, and not a C( sheet or a dnster are given out except 0] ? under direction of the Empress. At 11 she goes riding with the Em- ^ peror, or driving with two of her boys. Luncheon comes at 1; and all the jB children except the baby are present at this meal, which is conducted with- * out much ceremony. After luncheon "J the Emperor and Empress play witb gC I the children for an hour. nt The Empress receives from 3 till 5, and in this time considers charitable xcases. There are sometimes as many ^ as fifty guests invited to dinner, which ^ is at 6 o'clock, and lasts an hour. One / servant waits upon two persons, and , every little detail of the service is . closely watched by.the Empress. She . goes every night with the Emperor to j see the children, and if there is the w slightest illness among them she sits j up all night and sees that the doctor's ?P J directions are carried out. In the ^ nursery she wears a 6oft white flannel 6T^ 0i wrapper and a large apron. gj A Much-Needed Invention. jj There is an imperative demand for ei some invention that will prevent the e: escape and waste of oil in machinery. . g While there are many inventions that u claim to do this, all machinists are ? dissatisfied, and assert that the want is not yet met. On one of the truuk lines running out of New York an in- 6 ; vesication of the most exhaustive | m sort has been made, resulting in the discovery that thirty-three per cent. of the lubricators us?d is lost. Here r1 is a chance for an inventor to make a *JC fortune.?New York Ledg r. mi She Takes the Cake for fits. in An epileptic young woman, whose wl case is reported in the London Lancet, ca seems to have broken the record for tits. She had 3205 distinct fits iD of twenty-one days, an average of 152 a a 1 day, and in one day had 330 of them, tw She was cured with chloral hydrate on and bromide of potassium. an tm m< They lYereOnto Him. ac* c - > ^ r, ed ^ II x \!</ . th( JU cai \W' e V, // cr< : ? gel "How veil clem rabbits know wheD a hunter is around. Dey don't even ea] I ltum out of deir boles alretty yet."? New York World. in hoj . Lj-\ K'i r oc \x$ss .. s 4 HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. A BREAKFAST HOT. Bated potatoes are deemed impowi>le for an early breakfast, because of he slowness of the average oven to leat in the morning. If they are first >oiled for ten or fifteen minutes they ;an be satisfactorily finished in the >ven in a short time and with moderate heat. ?New York Times. A LITTLE ECONOMY. Biddy strutting proudly in the yard , s unconscious how little valued is the' luffy plumage she is so vain of. The generality of busy house wives prefe^ ;o scald poor Biddy until her feather* ire an unsavory mess. Having re^' noved all wing and tail feathers, cut' iny sharp points oft the remainder.) lave ready a bag the size of cushion . " rou desire to fill, with one end open.j "n this1 place the scalded feathers, an<1 et water flow freely from pump, or lydrant, straining through the bagJ Jang up and dry, then beat up until luffy. To this first collection you* :an add until you have sufficient. It s very little work, and you will be ,*j inrprised at the number of nice mshions you can make. ?Womankind,1 s SOMETHING ABOUT FBT7IT CANS. i ai Housekeepers who put up quantiies of canned fruit often have some ^ rouble about getting off the covers J. rhen the fruit is to be used. Thej( nss and bother, and sometimes spoil he can-covers in trying to remove [-. hem with knives or sharp tools, and lot infrequently twist the entire top iff, glass and all, thereby not onlyj endering the fruit useless but endan- ^ jering their hands from the broken! ;lase. Wise housekeepers long ago1 earned that, when rubbers have been' ^ mce used, they are practically worth-; > ess. It is a good plan to take soma' ery sharp instmraent ahd catch hold1. . V >f the rubber and pull it out from be* ween the cover and the glass, ent it' jj a two and d* aw it away altogether. t is not worth using the second time, / nd to do so makes it possible that this ruit may spoil. Certainly a new can f fruit is worth a new rubber. . s'.r| There are devices of various sorts or screwing on can-covers and also or removing them, but theee are en-1 irely unnecessary and should never1 e applied. When the fruit ia hot tho v ^ an-cover and rubber should be verV ot also. The cover is very easily put^ n with the fingers, and can be sealed uite tight enough for safety, providd new rubbers are ueecL After a fowl . loments or when the last can is fin-j / .f ihed, go over eaoh one by coulee and) " j) je if they can be tightened. It is* $ ery rarely that one finds a cover that' eeds"changing. j ,;'f* After cans have once been used and; efore fruit is again put into iheml -if ley should be put into a kettle of ater containing a handful of sail ? )da, which must be brought to oil. Let them cool in the water and. nee thoroughly in clear water. Thi? U'v smoves any "germs of fermentationi lat m&y have lodged in the glass* " ad the soda effectually sweetens tern. If more care were taken in cleaning) 4 ms and covers, and if new rubbers ere always used, there would be bun ttle complaint of fruit spoiling.-*' M oston Cultivator. 1 COBN. According to a writer in Good ; j ousekeeping the best way in which! - ^ >rnmeal breads can be eaten, asa /$? ass, is hot from the oven to the ,ble. No visions of dyspepsia, or of , '-'k read micro-organisms, thirsting for ;p ie life of the epicure, need be feared' i this case. The hot soda biscuit mayj ) an enemy of the most relentless ^ rpe, toothsome as it is to average ap-i y.'yS itites; stale bread, according to' ientiete, may be loaded with disease* inns; but the cornmeal maffio, ttoking hot, is most deoidedly appe-j , j zing, while it is absolutely harmless.! be following recipes are appended to lis assurance: . \ Corn Bread?Take a cupful of gran* ; ated cornmeal, a capful and a half of | nling milk, a tablespoonful of butq r, a heaping teaspoonful of sugar, ai 'i\ vel teasDOonful of salt and two esres. ' iz together the meal, salt and gar, ecald with the boiling milk, add ie butter, and when the mixture is V fficiently cool stir in the yolks andj :, i bites of the eggs, beaten separately.; ike in loaves. Corn Muffins?Take a oupful of[ anulated cornmeal, three-fourths of' ?, cupful of boiling water, the same of >ld sweet milk, a heaping teaspoon- ; 1 of sugar, a level teaspoonful of It and a beaten egg. Mix together' e meal, sugar and salt, scald with; e boiling water, add the cold milk,i $ ir in the beaten egg and bake in "i affin cups or in shallow pie pans. Corn Griddle Cakes?Take the ma- ' rials for muffins above, with the ad-; tion of a tablespoonful of wheat) >ur and a teaspoonful of baking powr. Add the sugar and salt to the V*j eal, 6cald with the boiling water, ^ d the cold milk and the flour, hav 1 g first stirred in the egg, beat the lole well together and bake in small kes on the griddle. riirn Rrfluil?Tulra aha /?nr?fnl cornbread, the whites of two eggs, m ;abIespoonful each of salt and sugar, . j o teaspoonfuls of baking powder, e cupful of boiled hominy or rice d two cupfuls of milk. Scald the ;al with a cupful of boiling water, d the hominy, milk and other in- ;J edients, with a teaspoonful of meltbutter, and bake in a pudding dish. , : Cream of Corn?Pound in a mortar a contents of two medium sized qs of corn, add a pint of well sealed soup stock and a quart of rich ?am sauce. Mix well, rub through ieve and add two ounces of butter, len it is ready to serve. The yolks four or live eggs will give a bright ...^ llow color. Corned Chicken Soup?Cut a tender .? vl in small pieces, dress with but , cover with two gallons of well isoned white stock, and let it simir slowly till the meat is tender, d a can of corn, boil for five min- p ;s and serve. Chopped onions parsley may be used as a relish, acrding to taste. Jorn .Fritters? 31ix intimately toiher one can of corn, two eggs, two >leapoonfuls of moist sugar, a little t and just enough flour to slightly id the compound. Fry in a flat pan hot laid. They are to be served t. - 1 > * i ,