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B THE CALL OF THE CITY. _ MHint and far, like a thing of dreams, ^ Vith palace and marc, and spire. S|^Bth the tread of a million hurrying feet ^BVith hope and regret and desire? KHe city lies and it call? with a voice touchcs men's souls with fire. |Hc fields stretch far to the rim of the Braf ^a)*' ^B^nd afar to the rising sun. gHe valleys between bear lilies white, tho snood of a cloistered nun: He winds of heaven, untrammeled and sweet, ^H^an meadow and fen and fall? jjHt ever and ever the wind fares forth ^HVith its burden, the city's call. ?Hc maid who dreams by the side of the Egg? brook V^Vhat flows from the niche in the hill. ^Heds not that the bird on the blossoming i-- 1 1 i.:ii I puts mute co near no uiu |e tender lilt of an old love song For she catches the throng's acclaim the voicc of the brook and the whisperin? breeze? rhey bring her the message of fame. le youth with his.hand on the stubborn plow. As furrow on furrow he turns. ires his head to the tempter breeze And a wondrous lire there burns the depths of his steadfast, grave young eyes :\s he stands there strong and tall? r over the hush of the fallow field 2omes stealing the city's call. ;e student bending to parchment and * (Vhile the midnicht oil burns low, Ives on and on for the way is long That the searcher for truth must go? | Hit a glow o'erspreads his strange, wan ^ As he lets the last page fall, Br into the quiet, shadowed room <' ^ Comes creeping the city's call. j^Knt and far. like a thing of dreams, ^ VVith palace and marl and .spire, ^ ith the tread of a million 'hurrying feet ^WVith hope and regret and desire? jBie city liec and it calls with a voice ^ That touches men's souls with fire. ?Boston Transcript. ^B********************************* pHi I FATE. HE scene is the private K rn office of General GarasliiB 'P O nili. the chief of the secret Ks police of St. Petersburg. MOir The general had just Been questioning one of his spies, Peter Itaaovitcn, a young student 01 tweniybur, who had given him information pgarding a coterie of Nihilists, he himblf being one of the coterie. "And what do you say your numbers re?" asked the general. "Twenty-two, your excellency, myelf included.'' iThe general took the paper handed b him and silently compared it with Die on his desk. "Bardin, Loubanoff. Sobotln?I was ot aware of these last. You have one well, Radovitch, and you will find lat the Czar's government is not unlindful of those who serve it well, our recent action will atone for your ast errors, and merit reward besides." "My life will not be worth a day's urchase if it is known that it is I who ave furnished this information." "You should have thought of that be3re joining tlieir society. 1 see you ave something to suggest.' What is "That when the arrest by the police ikes place no distinction be made bevveen me and the others." "Of course you will be apprehended nth them." "And tried?" "Yes. if you wish it, and condemned, 60, for that matter. Anything furher?" "And pardoned along with the less juilty of the others, so as to avoid all uspielon?*' "I quite understand you. Rest as* lured, you will have 110 reason to fear n that respect." The chief of the secret police smiled o himself as the spy took his departure. That very evening the police raid 00k place. Taken as they were by sur>rise. and unconscious of any treach?ry on the part of one of their number, he little coterie of students, artists md young fetors found themselves lagged with a single exception. They ndignantly denied the charge of conipiring against the government. But general Garasliinin's agents merely shrugged their shoulders deprecatlngly, >erhaps incredulously. In a month the trial took place. Ralovitch was not called to give evidence, >ut took his place among the accused. At icugiu me ^uuie iweiuy-iwo were ludged guilty. Twelve were sentenced :o Siberia, but not to the mines, owing k> the clemency of the Czar. It was ivith a thrill akin to horror that Itadoritch heard himself sentenced to death," ilong with the other nine men, though conscious that it only formed part of the arrangement that he himself had suggested to General Garashinin. "Sentence to Siberia would have served the purpose equally well," he muttered to himself, and turning to look at his companions, he found himself wondering If ills own face was as deadly pale as each of theirs. -To be shot at the glacis of the fortress at sunrise to-morrow morning, lie kept repeating to himself, though assuring himself that the words could have no reference to him, for the Czar must keep faith even with traitors, or none would be found to serve him in future. Bardin and the others calmly accepted their fate, and after a hurried farewell to their more fortunate fellows, frere conducted to their cells for the last time. The long night passed all too quickly for Radovitch, who every riinute expected a messenger from the chief of the secret police. He had seen General Garashinin in court from day to day, nrtno n n-loom rtf illifrmon ho MUU V/UV. V C* jqivauj v - ?xpersuaded himself, had passed between them. At last a faint grayness began to manifest itself through the closed bars W lis cell. It was light, the herald of }K ne^r day. the Ias-t for the condemned men. And now Radovitch began to explain, in lm?l:y tones, that liis confriction was all a blunder. The two goalers looked Intelligently at cacl other, and pityingly "upon tlie wretchet prisoner, but said net a word. In a few minutes ill the ten were as | sembled In the courtyard of the prison j nine of them calm *nd collected, one j | prey to fear and aYkening terror, ant evidencing it all to* plainly in his treni bling limbs and 11*id countenance. It 1 the hurried adie*rx they exchangec j with each other ludovitch came in fo: more than his share of attention. "It's all a mistake," mumbled thi wretched man. "Where is General Gar ashinin?" "TT *- 4- nrnnilfinnS ' I ~Xlt? IS IKYVI- [Hvsvin 0.1. j replied the soldier he addressed. "H< I issued his final orders last night." And then a melancholy procession he j gau to move toward the glacis of the I fortress prison. A clergyman led tilt way, and the doomed men followed ii single file, their ordinary dress eov ered with a long robe of white linen at once a covering for the living and i shroud for the dead. At last they reached the place ap pointed. Five stakes had been drivei in tli? ground near the summit of tin long even slope of the rampart. T< these they were bound in couples, fac ing the cast, now kindling with th< warm flush of the rising sun, whos< coming was to be the signal for tboii death. Hanged in front of them, at a dis tance of fifteen yards, was a companj of soldiers, with loaded rifles, whose captain, standing a little apart, held ir his hand a white handkerchief, al whose fall sixty tongues of lire would leap forth and sixty bullets seek the hearts of the unhappy men. There was still time for the last scene but one in the tragedy before tlie sui should rise. A cross was held befort the lips of each man for a final kiss in turn. Then a dagger was broken ovei the head of each captive by a soldiei detailed from the thousands drawn ui: to witness the vengeance of the Czar At that moment the sun seemed tc bound into space, and every heart almost stopped. But the officer has not let the signal handkerchief drop. Instead, the retreal is sounded on a score of bugles and the troops march off the ground. Th prisoners are informed that the Emeror has been graciously pleased tc grant them their lives. They are unbound, and, as in a ^ ^ '! -II hoc llfJTV uream, try to icuiuic an ui?v r pened, and to congratulate one another ere the last couple has been reached. One of these had fallen forward on his face as far as his bonds permitted. It was Radovitoli. "He has fainted," said the soldier, ''Bring me some water quickly." "No need to trouble," said the doctor, who had rapidly examined him. "He Is dead. The fright has killed him." It was too true. The chief of the secret police had carried out his promise only too literally. The spy had no longer any reason to fear his betrayed comrades' revenge.?New York 'News. Whence the Tlj> ? When did the tip first arise to spoil the digestion of the diner unaccustomed to restaurants and afraid of giving the wrong gratuity to the waiter? According to Dr. Johnson, it had not become a common practice in his day, for he says of his early days in London, when he was lodging with one Norris, a staymaker, in Exeter street, Strand: "I dined very well for eight pence, with very good company, at the Tineapple. in New street, -just by. It used to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank wine: but I had a cut of meat for six pence, and bread for a penny, and gave the waiter a penny, so that I was quite well served, nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing." ? 1 ? ?- * ! i? 4.1* J? 4-* 4hn l uej'e JS a lOllg JUIUIJ ll'UXll luin iw mu action of a lady of title in a recently written comedy. who. instead of count-1 ing the change, brought her by the hotelkewer told him airily to give the rest to the chambermaid. Perhaps it is not saf.\ though, remarks the London Chronicle, to study the habits of the titled from the lines of a popular play. (Jangeroua Curiosity. An Irish Judge once had a case in which the- accused man understood only Irish. Au interpreter was accordingly sworn. The prisoner said something to the interpreter. "What does he say?'' demanded his lordship. "Nothing, my lord,*' was the reply. "How dare you say that when we all heard himV Come, sir, what was it'?"' "My lord," said the interpreter, beginning to tremble, "it had nothing tc do with the case." "If you don't answer, I'll commii you, sir!" roared the Judge. "Now, what did he say?" "Well, my lord, you'll excuse me. but he said, 'Who's that old woman witli the red bed curtain round her sitting up there?'" At which the Court roared. "And what did you say?" asked the Judge, looking a little uncomfortable "I salu, 'That's the oulcl boy that's goiii' to hang you.' "?London Tit-Bits The.-Lower Eocene Horse. We may imagine the earliest herd; of horses in the Lower Eocene (Eo hippus or "dawnhorse" stage) as re sembling a lot of small fox terriers ii size, only eleven inches, or two am three-quarter hands at the withers covered with short hair, which maj have had a brownish color with light cr spots, resembling the sunbeams fall ing through the leaves of trees, aiu thus protecting the little animals fron observation. As in the terrier, tin wrist (knee) was near the ground, th< hand was still short, terminating ii four hoofs, with a part of the liftl toe (thumb) dangling at the side. Dc spite its diminutive size of eleven t< fourteen inches, this little horse ranget from Mexico northward through W.vo ming and far over Continental Europi and Great Britain.?Century. Debts Due Knglial) Milliner*. A writer from London Truth says "The other day I saw published th balance sheet of a limited liability mil liners' establishment. If I remembe rightly, the debts unpaid were se down at about ?30,000. By the amoun of credit in this one establishment, on can judge of the enormous sum owed t all milliners by their customers collec tively. It is well known that heav; commissions are offered to ladies wli introduce customers and that many la dies are not above accepting them." ; YALUE OFIMPROI i I -4 - STEEL WMttlVWV ^ * I -1 , II RICK * , ' I ~'^s. pavemcnt ^ 1 -r I I SQUARE WOOD /? OBUOUC S&" ; J h^-. _ s . ^ i J /{T\. ASPHALT ? I ^ WSr^TS PAVtMCNT ; C/WJ t ; ? /tC^yr ? STONE BLOCK 1 ^ PAVEMENT I | ? i ii ? ?? | The accompanying diagram is an ex- ra j | cellent exposition of the value of good k( I roads. This shows the comparative st | capacity of an animal pulling a load hi i i over all of the different kinds ot high- ut . j ways which are now in nse. The steel pc [ ; highway occupies the first place, and th , | is coming more and more into general of ! use. Its virtues have been demon- th ( ! strated in a number of inrtances where bn j it has been put \o a practical test. In wl I some of the crowded streets. in New es j York City it has been found that the of A SHOTGUN ATTACHMENT. | Writing from Brasher Iron Works, j St. Lawrence County, ltobert H. Smith St makes a suggestion that will interest Sp many sportsmen. "I send you a rude tw sketch of an attachment for a single is : HR t barrel shotgun. The taper system of pa ; choke boring gun barrels leaves the th; Inside dimensions" unchanged until | about an inch from the muzzle, where the bore is made one or two guages smaller than elsewhere. The object of this provision is to concentrate the shot before leaviiig the barrel, thereby makI 4nor o Knf for no ffnrn ap thrnwlnnr mnro *"*9 W. wvu,V1 V* " "? ? pellets in a circle of a given size. "Unfortunately, these guns will not shoot buckshot, and every hunter has at some time in his life desired to use ; these heavy shot. My invention makes i both a cylinder and choke bore of a single gun. It consists of two shot . : sections, either of which may be , screwed on to the end of the barrel. i One of these is choke bored, and the | other has a cylinder bore for buck: shot. Thus I make practically two i guns out of one. This ought to prove a boon to sport loving men who could not afford Jo buy more than one." In Mr. Smith's drawing the tip of the barrel is shown at B. and it is screw ; threaded. One of the adjustable muzzles?that having a choke bore, is ini dicated by M, and on the attachment ; is a sight, S. ; ???????????? A Blj; Moutlifnl. ap ; In the River Wey, England, a fisher- sti ; man recently landed a line trout weigh- Ca Ing two pounds and six ounces and th measuring sixteen inches in length, a ; He found the tail of a rat protruding th< j from its mouth and could see the hind legs at the far end of its mouth. Upon . ' ' opening the fish he found a large water th rat measuring ten inches.?New York to World. It \ ?? . ' fftTENT?D0AR3Wt/Cff&{flDLC V OFM0MTMO7hU5jtt X> W&e fats Some 1 ^ i -a\' ? HE'D HAVE OARSMl 11 :: " I New attractions are expected to be hi ' lent to rowing by the device of a Joi ' j Belgian which enables the oarsman D, I to face in the direction the boat is c I movii:g. Rowing in the ordinary way dc l*as its disadvantages, as every one in knows who has suddenly bumped into ht another boat or some other obstruc- sa e tion. The Belgian invention is de- co . signed to obviate the necessity of turn- In ! ing the head in order to see that the w I course is clear. m t The movements of the oarsman are te e the same as if he were rowing with his at 0 back to the bow. Each oar is in two nc parts, jointed and fitted to the oar- tb v lock, the parts being connected with he 0 each other by a sector or toothed gear, on working between two plates furnished fo with axles, upon which the sectors Yi <HED ROADWAYS, p l.l '\ /ft VS-"*Vs. MACADAM cavemint do ce CYUWOniCAL CO VtiLy wood slock. i trl cli V2?'ft?Ts. co?BiierroNt nn ^ ?'AVC?*,ENT* co ] ca to I gAWTW WoAD- j lei rj\Of til' an us ils are of considerable value and in ;eping the thoroughfare cl'?ar of ob- Ge ructing teams resulting from the inality of the horses to proceed with the msual loads which they are ex- sej icted to draw. It is very evident trc at all of the Improved roadways are *h< considerable value, n?t zvly from th< e standpoint of the humanitarian, ?'nf it from that of the horse owners lio are interested in moving the greatt quantity of material with the use fewest animals. th A 5P4NI5H "SOL&IER." . i bu Miss A. Milne Home writes to The ? ?*T 4 aa!. il.tr. AaI. I* ' IU11U. J. IUUU IJJ1& Oliap-aUUL III Q.,y lain, at La Zubla, a small town about '0 miles from Granada. Tlie 'soldier' t)ic a most surprising object to come (.e( on suddenly. He is cut out of a |)rj igle tree, and is therefore all in one cce. Branches have been neatly ^ apted to make his fingers, which, l| j pj ill be observed, have a somewhaf j ca] lotted and gouty appearance. A | ^ wer pot forms the, head, while a ; ant of aloes makes a very fine : ^ timed headdress. His uniform ij inted in the most realistic way, s<j i at altogether he has a most ferocious i t | ----- ^ ho r pearance. In the garden where he ^ai inds the great Queen Isabella, the tholic, was saved from falling into e hands of the Moors by hiding in laurel bush. A monument marks ' B Spot." f? to The longest continuous stairway in 001 e world is that which leads to tbe yei <ver of the Philadelphia City Hall. in has 598 steps. rai in J cia H th( I ^ iiipS^? 11 - ^ *=-;: _ niv to EN FACE ABOUT. JJ tuc nge, tlie plates being adjusted to the gal cks. The inventor of the system is me . Boyen, of Brussels. ter It has beeu objected against tbe gor >vice that if a man lias a pretty girl Sta the boat with him, either he would ant tve to sit with his back to her as she to t at the stern, something not to be wil nsidered for a minute, or she would to ive to sit at the bow and sail back- ela ards, something against which she is ight naturally protest. The new sys- get m, however, is said to have so many [vantages that this disadvantage is >t important. In addition to enabling 1 e oarsman to see at all times where noi ? is going, the device of the jointed !n irs is said to permit of much greater Loi rce with much less exertion.?New for ork Press. Ion . I ' noiseless electro-magnetic gun liaa en successful!}- tested in Norway. 1 trolley representing the latest type modern car building embodies the mi-convertible idea; that is, the winws when not in use disappear in re? ptacles in the roof. A. Pennsylvania fisherman has disvered that bullfrogs a.ct as sentries fish, and that it is useless to try catch bass when a deep-voiced, belling frog is watching. rhe sound-deadening arrangements ied on the Berlin elevated railway inade felt under and at the sides of e rails, wood-filled car wheels, steel id wood ties resting on sand and rk-lined floor planks. Low rails on ep wooden stringers proved the most "ective. F. H. Glow, of London, England, has lculated the time of a lightning flash be one-nineteenth of a second. He tained this result by means of a lotograph made with a vibrating as, which indicated the multiple lage taken and the rate of vibration the lens. Ferba mate is a tea prepared from o roasted and pulverized leaves of | evergreen forest tree found in nthern Brazil and the neighboring ijion. It is said to have all the best alities of coffee and tea as a stimu:ing health beverage, without the , sadvantage of either. It is much ed in Paris hospitals. ["he novel theory of Dr. Voight, a rman astronomer, is that tbe greater ' rt of tbe moon's craters represent >rk of coral insects in long-vanished , is. He finds that if the earth's inipnl rvpnn sndenlv dried un i bed would resemble the face of I } moon, the coral formations appearr exactly like the craters of extinct lcanoes. HINTS ON BREEDING. e Narrative of a Plainsman ana a Tenderfoot. I tenderfoot and plainsman went t together to kill deer. The tender)t rode hastily from point to point, sting ammunitnon and wearied himf to no purpose. The plainsman, :keting his horse back among the lars, seated himself calmly on the lik of a little hill overlooking a trail it led to the little stream. He made nself comfortable, then lighted his )e and sat still. As the shadows ine creeping across the land the deer akeuing from their Idleness began move about and a little troop of ?m followed the trail under the hill vard the water, whereupon the linsman calmly picked out the fatjt and killed it, threw it across his rse and rode to camp. As he was 1 ring venison steaks.the tenderfoot turned disgusted, ready to declare it "lnfnting was played out 011 these 18." Chore Is good game passing our way ery evening. We may secure it if * will follow the example of the in who knew how. First, camp by trail that game frequents. Next, ly there. Next, see that your gun loaded and when the game comes >ng bag it. Above all. do not fail wait patiently until the sun goes wn. rhe man w'lth pedigreed live stock eds that quality of patience. While is waiting for the game?let him ve patience and put in his time in tteriug his herd, getting ready to id his customers when the proper :ie comes. The tenderfoot Jn the >ck industry frets and fumes, sells t if prices decline, tries another ?ed, buying when prices are high, gleets the breeding problem and the relopment of the young stock and the close declares that "there is no ae in the hills."?Breeder's Gazette. Extermination of Kate. Ilr James Crichton-Browne in his ^ Iress to the sanitary inspectors at urnemouth referred in some detail ^ plague epidemics, and affirmed, in ltravention of Lord Curzon's recent narks, that administrative energy sanitation has greatly restricted its rages, and promises to control them future. All sanitary work has wide ead effects but has to undergo spe1 adaptation. In the case of plague i peculiarity is rats, and without iting for an epidemic a crusade linst them should be undertaken, ey are useless, altogether noisome, I probably promoters of other dis- f >es besides plague. They should be t :erminated, and he would enlist the e >rting propensity to assist in the r >cess. Rat-catching was as exciting c :l quite as elevating as pigeou slioot- c % The sporting papers should de- e ibe the battues, report the bags and i e portraits of the record breakers, a great things might be expected a len sport, fashion and sanitation ed hands.?Medical World. s r A New Mountain Italltvny. j. 'Vm a-ct-icc nntrinnovs nrnleet Vft nn- a ier mountain railway of great inter- <3 to the tourist. It is to start from a rre and proceed up the Val 4'An- fc. iers to Zinal. Thence it will clin/o c Arpitettaz, at the foot of the Mo- c rig and Weisshorn glaciers, and ira- j, sp the slopes of the Besso to the untet Club Hut. From that point t re is to bo a tunnel under the Ober- f jelhorn, issuing, at a height of 2SoO j trrs, immediately opposite the Mat- .. horn, and descending by way of the ? ges of the Trift, to the Zermat: ^ ition. A high altitude circular tour, r ilogous to that from Lauterbnmnen. c Grindelwald, via the Weiurern Alp. j 1 thus be established. The line is cost 7,725,000 fr., and the third- c ss return fare from Sierre to Zinal { to be 4 fr. SOc.?Westminster Ga- / te. f 60,000,000 Gallons Wasted. 'he dead body of a woman who had , amitted suicide having been found ^ one of the reservoirs from which adon is supplied with water, the itents, amounting to 50,000,000 gal- < s, had to be allowed to run to waste,' ^ Household * Matters Hints For Honsewlvea. A .woman undergoing treatment for that most distressing of all ailments, nervous prostration, has found help, among other remedies tried, in the use of salt water in her daily cold bath. She eoaks a rough -washcloth in a strong solution of sea-salt, dries it, and rubs vigorously with it, every morning, till the flesh is in a glow. A delicious salad dressing is made With the yolks of three hard-boiled eggs rubbed fine, one tablespoonful of oil, tarragon vinegar to taste, and one cup of whipped cream, and will please some tastes better.?Harper's Bazar. A Sewing Room Convenience. No sewing room is complete, suggests Vogue, without one or more wooden clothes trees or costume hangers, which can be bought very reasonably1 at any furniture shop. On these may be hung garments that are in proces^ of making, or if the various garments that come from the laundry requiring a few stitches or mending are hung in the sewing room, it is an easy mattei! to drop in for an hour or so and mend them when one feels in the mood. Freshly laundered garments are kept in a much better condition if while waiting to be mended they are hung on a clothes tree, than when they are laid over chair backs or put away in chests and drawers. i \ To Kemove Stains. If linen is badly Gained with fruit, tea or coffee, put plenty of water into a boiler or other vessel, and when it boils hard drop in the stained article. Stir frequently, and after a few minutes rapid boiling the stain'will disappear and the water be colored. Lye or washing fluid may be used for cleaning, but no soap, as that sets the stain. I had a tablecloth half covered with a bad coffee stain, and a few minutes' boiling made it as wmte as ever, uiooa stains may be removed in the same way, if the article is soaked a short time first in cold water. Cyanide of potassium in the proportion of one aunce to a quart of soft water, is a perfect cleanser of badly oxidized silver. Used by dealers in cleansing wares. Prepare a sufficient amount so the arti:le can be completely immersed. Exlmine every few minutes, but return to the bath until clean. Immediately 3n final removal, rub dry with a soft woolen cloth, or the silver will look streaked. The preparation will not hurt the hands, but it is a poison, and must be kept carefully out of the wayt )? children.?Philadelphia Inquirer. ' To Do Little Thine*. 'Always keep your celery roots and, Iry them. They are good for seasoning ioups and sauces. Table oilcloths or the linoleum on the iitchen floor can be kept fresh and ;leaner with oil than with soap and ivater. When weighing molasses sprinkle :he scale well with flour and then it vill slip off again quite easily without [ticking. A plain brown or green wall paper nakes an ideal background for pic:ures, and the absence of pattern on vails adds immensely to the apparent ?ize of the room. When tomatoes and milk are to be mt together, as in a cream soup, have he tomato juice and milk of the same emperature, then beat vigorously as he tomato is added, little by little. A good general rule always to renember in the use of gelatins is to ioften the gelatin in cold water, then o dissolve in boiling water. Neglect >f either part of the process will cause rouble in making jellies. To save the knees of boys' ribbed itockings one mother re-enforces them )y sewing a piece of strong black cloth >ehind them before they are worn at ill. It is remarkable how much longer itockings wear when treated in this vay. In hanging a mirror choose a spot vbere it will reflect the view from the vindow or something pretty: then it vill add to the beauty of the room. In my case, whether the object of the nirror be decorative or merely useful, lo not place it anywhere where the lun's rays will fall on it, for the sun ipta itHiirinnsiv on the mercury and ilouds the glass. Steamed Sponge Pudding?One cupul of light bread sponge or dough, one ablespoonful of butter; mix well, and et to rise in a warm place; when light, oil out thin and spread with fresh >r canned fruit, jam, raisins or dried herrles, or any one kind of fruit deiired; roll up into a small loaf, place n a buttered basin or tin and let rise gain; when light, steam one hour and i quarter. Maple Buns?To a pint of bread ponge add one small cupful of grated naple sugar, two large eggs (well eaten), one-half cupful of soft Gutter, i little salt, and flour to make a soft lough. When light, shape into buns ind let rise again. Bake in a quick yrup and sift grated maple sugar and innamon over them. Nice for the hildren's lunch basket, and particu* arly good with cocoa or chocolate. An Easy Omelet?This is made in an incovered casserole, the sort one buys or twenty cents at Italian groceries n any city. Beat the yolks of the eggs mtil they are light in color and quite ifl* "Ron* tllo wllifos stifflv. Add to UU. x/VWfc V"V ?T ?.??%. lie yolks grated clieese, chopped mushoorns, or whatever variation of the melet is required. Add salt and pep>er. a cupful, more or less, of milk, *ery gradually, and fold in the whites ?f the eggs. Turn into the buttered asserole and bake in a moderate oven. These little shallow casseroles, which ire to be had in several sizes, are rath;r fragile affairs, glazed on the inside mly, and soft baked clay on the outside. They have a short handle, like he old time porringer and are, altogether, very pretty dishes. For a dish f baked ina'-aroni, bak?nl beans, soil :oi".i bread or any veg: t i" le au grain. they are recommended IINOREOTSOFTMEEK " I WASHINGTON. # ' ' It was. announced that statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor showed that, in spite of the war im the Far East, the exports and the Imports from th* countries affected had increased. Mr. Snyder, American Charge d'Affaires at Bogota, has cabled the State Department that the President of Venezuela, by official decree, has declared the Zulia River closed to navigation. , Secretary Morton ordered that the wage boards which fix the rate of pay, at the various navy yards shall hereafter meet but once instead of twice a year. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The committee appointed by the Government to investigate the coastwise shipping question in the Philippine* ; has recommended that the Government, for the purpose of encouraging commercial lines, enter into contracts with companies for the carrying of malls, passengers and freight. The Philippine Commission has granted the right of eminent doman to railroad compaules holding charters. The Datto All, the rebellious Moro leader who, on the pretext of resist- ^ ance to the anti-slavery law, has been waging warfare with the American troops, sent a message to Major-General Wood, requesting an Interview? witn a view to surrendering, uenerai Wood granted the request DOMESTIC. Simon Lake, the inventor, left Bridgeport, Conn., for Newport News, where he expects fo take part in a submarine boattest. Joseph Capple, of Chauncey, N. Y., perished in his burning hotel in a vaia attempt to rescue his wife. Thomas Barry, a New York Central brakeman, was hit by the "Dolly Tarden Express" and killed. Robert Livingston, a watchman, who tried to save him, was.knocked unconscious. Mrs. Florence Maybrick, In the home of Dr. Helen Densmore, Brooklyn, N. * Y., is writing a history of the famous murder case in which she expects to vindicate herself. In the last stages of consumption, J^hn Kay, aged seventeen years, was condemned to death at Vancouver, B. C., for the murder of a hermit. 4. $1,000,000 country house will be> bult by J. Ogden Armour at Lake Forres! 111. Durine October the General Land Offlfe issued 10,000 land patents, th& greatest number ever made out In one moigh. I Twelve persons were seriously hurt J? at ft|rth Andover, Mass., by a trolley; car jumping the track and turning over. : Elected recently as Episcopal Bishop; of Cuba, Rev. A. W. Knight, of Atlanta, decided to accept the position. Secretary Morton approved the chief characteristics of the scout ships Chester, Birmingham and Salem, for whick bids will be opened early in 1905. Pursued as a murderer, Jacob Graves was fount . In his cabin on Fry's Island, near Burlington Iowa, with a bullet la { his bead, thus eluding justice. Held up in their apartments at th? Hotel Dorchester in San Francisco, Cal., Arnold Gundelflnger and his wife were robbed of $2500 in jewelry by a bell boy. A shortage of nearly 85,000,000 eggs is expected at the fish hatcheries; of Washington and Oregon this year because the two States cannot agree on the length of the fishing season. Ex-Judge James Jarvis, of Westchester, N. Y., a widower, announces his engagement at the age of seventy-eight. * At a late hour at night Miss Hattie Ball, a prominent society belle * of Clarksville, Texas, was married to Mr. Henry Howard on ms deam oea. Tiie bridegroom was dead a half hour after the ceremony. A $30,000 bank robbery was reported at Hermitage, N. I, An Exposition official declared that Cass Gilbert bad compromised his suit against the Fair for $11*000. Governor Brodie, of Arizona, started, suppprted by troops, to gather up the orphans taken by white people from Mexicans, to whom they were sent by; Kew York Sisters of Mercy. < FOREIGN. Sir Felix and Lady Semon, the former being physician to King Edward. finished a quest for Lady Semon's lost brother, finding his body in a Philadelphia (Pa.) cemetery. A telegram from Constantinople saidi that M. Mandelstam, Dragoman of the Russian Embassy there, and who is an expert on international law, haa started for St Petersburg, and will represent Russia before the commission. r * The Russian volunteer steamer Yaroslav, from Odessa with supplies of coal and water, passed through the Bosphorus ou the way to join the Russian Baltic squadron. a 4. n..it. ?i A reiJUl L Ai UUl DtTllU au.> a liiUL German Government Is In full sympathy with the proposal of the United States for a treaty of arbitration between the United States and Germany. The alarmist reports circulated in the United States concerning the health of the Prince of Wales are absolutely unconfirmed and discredited,says a report from London. The Mikado of Japan, in giving a birthday luncheon in Tokio, said: "We regret that the time has not come to see peace restored in the Far Ea3t, in realization of our desires." The settlement on the Faris Bourse, j says a special cable dispatch, passed off satisfactorily. A public funeral was given at Innsbrock, Austria, to the artist, Frezzey, killed during the Italian-German rioting. Senor Tergara Donoso, the Chilean Minister, has handed lo the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Huenos Ayres, Argentina, a note embodying a scheme for the demarkation of the Beagle Canal, the only point along the frontier where the boundary has not yet been definitely established. About 500 students gathered in the centre of Milan, Italy, crying, "Dowa with Austria!" The Japanese Consul at Chefoo, on the occasion of the Japanese Emperor's birthday, requested Rear-Admiral Folcer. commanding the cruiser division fit' the American Asiatic squadrou, and ' tho captain of a Oiiinese cruiser to tire a salute. Rear-Admiral Folder declined to accede to the request on tlie ground that he was not in Japanese waters.. The Chinese captain, however, complied. The incident ha4 n -used much comment. British battleships have DUt to sea from Uibraliii*