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.
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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."
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| 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. ;
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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
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. ' fftTENT?D0AR3Wt/Cff&{flDLC V
OFM0MTMO7hU5jtt X>
W&e fats Some
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HE'D HAVE OARSMl
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" 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
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cavemint
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VtiLy wood slock.
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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 |
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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(
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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*