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VOL. XIV. NS. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER9,18.N In the .Conservatory.. "Btt we must return! Whst will they say? Yes, I knoW it's awful nice. In the winnow here, from the other way, With a taste, now and thon, of the ice, And now and thou of- Oh, you wretcb I ' It wasn't at all required That you should illustrAto thus with a sketch The speech that of course you admired. "No matter bow naughty, Therol you have spoiled Th 'classical Grecian knot' In which you like my hair to be coiled, 'b And I really don't know what Other mischiof you have donel You're just Real naughtyl You rqueezo like a vloel Why can't you men take something on trust, And ho more dainty and nice? "Therel I'm ready nowl -Whati just one more? Oh, aren't you a darling tease? And love me so?-one, two, three, fourl 'therel come now, dearest, please. I'm almost afraid of the arlor glare, When they look at my lips they'll see The kisses upon thei." "No, not there; lut, sweet, in your eyes, Aaybol" -Iarl Marble. SUMMER EATING. Suggestions Concerning Econ6my in the Kitchen During the Hot Season. Food should be seasonable. As clothes are cianged according to the weather variations, so should the equally important diet be regulated. In many wisely-ordered households, the system of arranging summer foods after new and approved nothbds has been adopted, insuring the saving of money, fire, time and labor, with the additional advantage of having most desirable and healthful dishes to tempt and satisfy the appetite, without prov ing a tax to the digestive organs. Science is hand-maiden to conven ience, and there is actually no limit to the supply of canned, pottel and pro served food. All manner of soups, fish, meats, fowl. sauces, puddings, and fruit are prepared, excellent in quality 'tnd at low cost, considering the fact that every atom of the ''put off" arti cle is.e:table, and the extent to which the air-tight, method of preparation ib employed amazes one who has not kept pace with the ingenuities brought to bear upon methods of table man agement. ''hle soups vary in character; there are extracts for clear soup, powders so rich and concentrated that a tablo spoouful or so will thicken and make tasteful a full quart of soup; and then there are jars or bottles of juices with vegetables requiring only the boiling water to make regular French soups. ''he meats too, are so convenient, for In summer one would sooner forego 4 the delights of a juicy roast than to heat the range and the house, except on extra occasions, and most desirable su:stitutes are the lobsters and sal mos. to eat plain or for salads; the c.nned and potted meats and game, which should always be kept on hand to met the unpleasant emergencies which often arise-a rainy day or the arrival of an unexpected guest, when no one is at leisure to run to the gro ceryman or to order from the marT ot man. The patient and obliging baker, whose daily task is to supply the rolls, bread, tea-biscuit, and sometimes cake, s:rves a great amount of annoyance. His pies at this season can be dispens ed with, for the summer fruits, each in its season are wise substitutes for pas try, for fruit aids instead of retarding the assimilative processes, and when ripe hF'ult cannot be procured, the canny-, dried, and sugared fruits provo most acceptable, and when all prepar ed they really prove a panacea for many of the t ummer complaints which so much annoy children. There are also many vegetables which tend toliubricate the system and sup)ply at the sanme time elements of sustenance. TIomuatoes, sliced or cooked, are excellent, anti everyone knone ihow dmiicXi,s they are with the Mayonnaise accessoryv. Asparagus, too, covers the widest, ground of mua terial demand. Like celery and on ions, it is at good nervino and may be served on toast with di(rawni butter sauce or simply boiled tender in salted wa ter and eaten as sal ad with sauce of vinegar, salt, and pure oil. Fewv personus undierstandt the capaci ties of the euicumibers, which is usually pic-kled, served raw or grated, andi mixed wv,thi vinegar for sauce. The larger Jpecimnens can be sliced length wise, seasoned with salt and pep)per, rolled in Ilour, and fried to a dainty browun in lard or btutter, forming an ac cepltable breakfast or' tea dish, with ai meaty taste adidedl to a flavor of the vegetable. As little force atnd fire as possible * should be called into service in pro p)aring summer foods. T1'" .ereal ole. mient, predominaites in t constitu of the mlodernt diet. Co oats, als. wheat, in some form, are' mlnd "'a every breakfast table, and s i- * for their muscle-building pr'r1 :eo Thei Scotch and Irish oat meals aro undoubtedly stuperior to the domnestie, but the American method of furnish ing it steamelor partly cooked saves time and( t'tble. Every mill has of course its owvn way of grindingit grits and samp. andi difforent meals, but all agree concerning the best and simplest way of scrving them--have the grains well done, cat with a mecas uire of milk and1( sulgar, if dlesirab)lo, when cold, and wvith butter or creami andl sugar when hot. Milk Is not only an accessory, but is a sp)lendlid substitute for heavier ar ticles of diet, for it is nourishing toa high degro. 'lea arnd coffee have each their niche in the archives of ta ble0 furnishIng, and one must not loso sight of the fact that warm drinks neutralize the eficts of cold food for the system; but milk in sickness and in health has a charactor and qualitles peculiarly to its own. Sour milk or *buttermil1k is a healthful drink1 andi leoonade 'j specially grateful on a warm day or evening. A glases of 1cm onade taken hot before breakfast is swift to correct irrer'tlar' ies. Salt or smoked fIshu l: most rolisha. ble0 for breakfast either broiled or boil ed, eaten with stewed, boiled or fried potatoes, andI oggs are an excellent warm weather duet. T[hey supply tie p)hosphorous requisite to thto system, andl pove a most, convenieint substitute for a1 kinds of meats. lierb omelettes are a benefaction to the busy house keoper, as are theo gas and kerosene stoves, en which they may be prepar 0(d at a moment's notice. .On cool morning, hot cakes are ac coptable, and can be eaten with fruit or moats. Light and delicato griddle cakes of graham or wheat flour or cor meal, can be made, baked, and oatei with fresh butter on twenty minuto' notice, while dolicious biscuits requir, a little longer time to become the crisi brown. which botokens the well-don, and most tempting broad made wit] baking powder, decided improvement upon the sometimes yollow or spotto( soda biscuit of the old-time South. Philadelphia Times. They Traded la,mee. "That matter about your fish buyin reminds me of what happened two sum. more ago to my sister, or ruthor to her two-little boys, or, more correct yit, tc one of 'em. Thom was two curi'us lit. tle boys. They was allus tradin' witlL eacl; other. Their father deals mobtly in horses, and they must have got i1 from him. At the time I'm tellin' o: they traded everythinm they had, anc when they had nothin else to ewap tho3 traded names. Joe he took Johnny'i name and Johnny took Joe's. Jusl about when they had done this tho both got sick with sumthin' or other, the oldest one proty bag, the 'other noi much. Now, there ain't any doctoi within twenty miles of where my sistei lives. But there is one who sometime has a call to go through that part o the country, and the people in tha part is allus very glad when the] chance to be sick when lie comes along Now this good luck happened to ml sister for the doctor canlo by jisk at thi time. He looks into thd state of th< boys and while their mother was gon down stairs lie mixes up some mcdicini he has along with him. 'What's you name?' he says to the oldest boy Now, as he had traded names fair an< square, he wasn't goin' back on thi trade, and ho said "Joe." "And m, namo is Johnny," up and says the oti or one. Then the doctor goes and give a bottle of medicine to their mother and says he: "This medicine is fur Joe You must give him a teaspoonful ever two hours. Keep up the treatment an he will be all right. As fur Johnny he ain't sick much and don't need n medicine." And then he went away "Every two hours after that Joc,wh wasn't sick worth mentioning, had t take a dose of horrid stuf', and prett; soon ho took to his bed, and Johnny h just played around and got well in th nat'ral way. Joe's mother kept up th treatment, gittin' up in the night t feed that stuff to him, but the poor littl boy got wuss and wuss, and one morn in' lie says to his mother, says li "Mother, I guess I am goin' to die,an I'd ruther than to take any more of tha medicine, and I wish you'd call Johnn and we'll trade names back agauin, ani if he don't want to do it, you ken teo him lie kon keep the old mink skin gave him to boot on account of hi name havin' a Wesley in it." "Trad names?" says his mother. "What d you mean by that?" And then ho tol her wihht he and Johnny had don( "And did you ever tell anybody abou this?" says she. "Nobody but Docto Barnes," says lie. "After that I gc sick and forgot it." When my siste heard that an ideo struck into her lik you put a fork into an apple-dumplin Traded names and told the doctoi She'd all along thought it strango thl the boy that seemed wuss should b turned out, and the other one put unde treatment, but it wasn't for her to st up her o pinion against that of a ma like Dr. oarnes. Down she went, I about seventeen jumps, to whero E Timpkins, the hired man, was plowir in the corn. "Take that horse out < that," she hollers, "an' you may ki him if you have to, but git Dr. Barne hero before my little boy (lies." Who the doctor come ho heard the stor and looked.*at the sick youngster, an then says lie: "'If he'd kept his min skin and not hankered after a Wesle in his name, he'd a had a better tim of it. Stop the treatment and he'll b all right." Which she did; and lie wal -Frank R. Stookton, inthke Manhatta2 The Tale of a San Francisco Onl In the store of Castle Brothers, o F'ront street, was a cat. .This cat death gn rats and stuch small deer, an is, therefore, treat'ed withi distinguishe considoerationi by the proprietors an their employes. When the cat cam io the office one morning with a yer melancholy look on her face, an m6urnfully cried as if in deop distresi the human brotherhood were much dii turbed. T1ho bookkee per dectermine to followv her and see what was.the ma ter, and she led him to whore sonr boxes were overturned. Upon liftin them up b.e djiscovered three small ki .1s crushed beneath them and( dyin, 1'he cat saw them dlie, and after imouri ig their pntimely fate, she wont aboc her usual avbcation o~ lminating tl rodent. In a few wee -s she appear( in the oflice looking more lachrymos than over, and. her plaintive cries a ai awoke the echoes of the store. 'h time less time was wastedi-on blandisl mionit8, and the bookkeeper followe her again. She took him up stairs an to the furthest corner of the store an mounting some extra boxos, drew hi attention by scratching and moewinoi the fact t!'at, one cm pLy box, at the So torn of wvhich: rme a lot of old mnattin1 wa:s full of loose boards "standing c edge, which interferedi with her econ fort, lie removed the boards andl sli thauked him by rubbing herself agains hiuintn purrmng. The next day thei wer'e soime soft, fat little kittens in h< hox. if that eat didn't tell that boo] kooper that hier kittens were bein crushedl, and t ter wants the beards the box p)reveiited lher from hiavineo - ice p)laeo for some more kittens, an if slho d id not reasoni the thing ou what (10 you call it?P-San k'rancist Post. San Francisco seemis to be on ti verge of a business collapse. A prIiva letter froim there from an old reside: and shrewvd observer, says: "This ci Is getting .worso0 and wvorso for bwt liOSS. 'foo mny~ iL?&'road.1 have kill It. All the Oregon, Washington Te' ritory aind Montana business has got to tihe Northern Pacific road, and the Arizona and Southern Californi tradoe bu,ys Eas.t instead of in San Fra cico. 'Im botegop;stoamerl all go 1lor'tland crowyded ith~ California, hooking for business and now op>onin to 05n1a)n fromn this - ,,c," s AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD. I 1 Prof Daft's Singular Line in New Jer. 1 soy---Supplying Motive Power. I ? A company has boon formed in this l c eity to furnish electric motive power to I ? any and every one who may have a ( 1 whool to turn. Tho machine it pro e poses tou so is the electric motor of t I Prof. Louis Daft. About one mile west of Greonvillo, I N. J., nostliug in a grove of trees, is a small frame house of four rooms, an4 f undor its shingled roof was found the wizard of Newark bay. Jumping fromr his drawina-board an with energy that I ho might Tiave drawn f}oiu one of his own motors, he said in cheery tones; "Come, take a ride." "Ampere," named from the disti' guished cluetricp,,ws..bro ht o from a nelgitborift(r shd, -Addid an bridled, and the wizard and his guest got aboard. "All ready," he cried, and touching a lever,- and giving n quarter revolution to a three-inch crank, the engine started. 'Tlio track, from its appearance, might have been built of the debris of the first experimental rail road in America. The rails wer0 old, an'd worn, and rusty; they wore up here. down yonder; a succession of bumps and hollows; they were on a heavy grade and the one curve of for ty-five degrees was like turning the corner of a fence. How in the world r any four wheelb ever managed to follow such a track is a wonder, but "Am r pore" whirled along it, back and forth, without a groan and was as do Soile and quiet as a Sietland pony. The engine would sweep along to within 3 an inch of tile ends of the rails and r stop instantly when on the vorge of go ing over. The power that moved the engine came from a generator in the factory, through a mile of wire, which might as well have been ten or twenty-five miles long. Thopowor was transmitted to the engine by means of a small iron rail in the middle of the track. The mile wire was attached to the rail, and the current flowed through it, produc ing power enough to move "Ampere" 0 and a standard gaugo passenger coach containing seventy-live passengers up 0 a seventy foot grade, and yet barefoot 0 od children play upon the track un V harmed. ? In the factory close by a small motor ? that occupies less room than a sewino 0 machine operartes the saws, planers ana 0 drills of a wood wtrking shop, and a 0 still smaller one in 'nother room pro educes 900 revolutions a minute in a thirty-six-inch fan, and drives a cur I rent of air througn the building that would turn a windmill. Prof. Daft Y would in all cases show the harmless ness of his maci, '.:,; by diverting the I current of electricity operatino- the ma chine into his own person, and even by s closino the circuit with his tongue; this ? notwitistanding the flash of light the 0 opening of the circuit produced. "What is your plan for applying your motor to domestic use," he was t asked. r "We shall build central stations, at t which we shall generate sufficient pow or to supply every demand within a ra dius of two and a half miles. We will carry as much of that power into your t house as you want, and measure it out to you, and we will carry it in a way 0 that will afford you no inconvenience, r taking no room and being absolutely i safe. We will give you a motor of any n capacity; it will occupy only one-lifth the room of any other; will always be ready for instant use, is cleanly, re quires no engineer, and will take care of itself. You start and stop it by a < uarter turn of a three-inch crank."' s . Y.Til>une. n , , Bectie vs. Alligator. An alligator not more than six inches long- is securely housed at 190 West Seventh street. Early last Saturday Sevening an enormous beetle flew into the house where the alligator is being entertained, and1( fell to the floor. One of tile occupants of the house scooped ,up tihe intruder on her fan and flirted it off into the aquarium. Theli water in a this ornamental vessel is very shallowv, Sso much so that when his alligatorship d stretches his six inches along the bot d tonm his back and tail are not sub dI meroed. Luckily for the beetleclie o landed well upon the alligator's tail, y high and dry, so high that the 'gator d couldn't double up and nab him. Th'le !, reptile lashed the water, and his con y. tortions dleseribed nearly all the curved d letters of the alphabet, b)ut to no pur t- pose; the boetle hung on and appleared ae to enjoy the ride. g During a moment when the alligator t,- was at rest the rider apoared to lot go .his held to secure one more reliable, .. when quicker than lightring, lhe was Sshaken off and was floundering in the o water. Instatlly-thie 'gator wvhirled to d secure his prey, when lisa tall again ae touched the dIrowning insect, and again n there was a passenger aboard elated is over his narrow escape. Not content 1. edI with the pecrilous p)osition from d which a moment before lie had been d thrown, the beetle begani crawling up d the back of his enemy to what looked Is like more secure quarters. With the o sagracity of a fox the reptile now laid t. qui?et, evidently bidinor the time whoa ,' the death-walk would' be sure to end. n~ Slowly the beetle crawled, fastening his - feelers one by one into the youthful ,e scales of his enomy. The' 'gator moved ~t not a muscle, Hoe did not even oe breathe, wvhiJe his eyes shot forth the ir malignant hatred of a basilisk. . The beetle finally reached the ugly gshaped head, which was held up well nout of tihe water. In a twinkling the ahead was ducked, tile beetle was again dI in the water, and in another instant t, the incipient teeth of the reptile had o erushed down thlrougfh tile stiff-cased wings of the bug, and the struggle was over. Tihe alligatQr made no effort to idevour the eolephantino bug. Ho to simp~ly hold on to him, half of the nt corpse in his mouth and the other half ty in the water, and not until an hour or i-. two after daylight yesterday morning ddid he spit out the mouthful and r-evince a desire for his usual breakfast oof h alf-dead flies. -incinnatiffnguirer. A traveler not.es that Chicago ladies a- are p)roverially p)ale; that the lake to winds doi not p)roduoe a healthy color, but seem to blanch the complexion' Thero is miore bloom even in the east I wInds of Hostnn lin s. + tv rn up to le. ; " A A languor that amounts to pain, a Ti voariness that shuts out the blue skies n4 makes the fragrant summer al ard to- breathe; a slow conscioasness al n all the limbs of weakness and In- ot, rtia; a longt tg f9r skios that are bluer, dm thirst for a!Ka that are fresher-these af re the sensattonsi that come to those a vhoso sun is going down at noon-who yt n the full promise of a long life come m uddenly to the edge of the shoreless 10, en. is It is not all pain. The "light that jt lever was on sea or land" foreshadows to he confines of that other country. th l'hore is rest, sweet reste beyond. No fu nbre' weariness and disappointment; di io more care. No bearing the heavy mrden, no misunderstandings, no al .roken faith; those .come to all who go rc )n living in this world"-.thoy are the i 1oritago of mortality. a1 We iave oheerful words and a God- io peod for the friend who goes on a in journey, here, a journey that may be cl full of disaster; but for the pilgrim bi that goes higher we have only tears. lil Going to the palaoe of the King! going et to be the guest of angels, but oh! how of reluctant we are to say not good-bye or n8 rarowell, but adieu! in "Oh fond, oh fool, and blind, di To God I givo with tears, lut when a man like graco would and eC My soul puts by her fenra." w There is one going out of the family ut this lovely summor time-one we have tu loved and celirished. Tle doctor has I said gravely, "There is no hope," and II ceased to come. There is nothing to le do but to wait. The dear one who is at oing on the long journey is the least b1 dliAturbed. There is no making ready. A The frail sufferer lies in the hammock Ii or sits in the reclining chair, and with d olosed eyes drifts on , to that silent, le shoroloss sea. Of what do the dying g thinkP How does-it seem to withdraw nt from the busy, bustling world, and be fl n1o more a part of itP-to feel the life A trembling on the pale lips; to know that Hie fas given Iis angels charge w concerning thee? I "If I were told that I should die to-morrow, h, That the next sun that sinks would bear me past all fear and sorrow For anyone; S( All the fight fought-all the short journey V through, what should I (o?" These dear ones who are leaving us, ti fatiing day by day in this lovely sum mer weather, are the ovangels of love to guide us to the hights of unselfish ness. It is our privilege to minister to them, to soften every step as it nears the end, td stand with mute thanks giving in the light of the coming splendor, and behold the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof. "It is a perpetualsummer thoro. But here Sadly tnay we reinember rivers clear, And harebells quivering on the meadow al iloor. Fair brighter bells and bluer. Far tenderdi' hCarts and truvr, w People that happy land-'Tis the land of b( Evermore." Given up to die! This is the fiat of doom whispered in sorrowful accents e to heart-broken friends. Why not i "given up to live," called before the u noon of life to enter upon the rest and ci reward P ti "If we could push ajar the gates of life el And stand within and all God's workings I see, We would interprot all this doubt anl strife, ti And for each lnyStery find a key. But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart; God's plans 11k9 lilies, puro and white, un- C fold. ut We inust not tear the c'os(-shtaIt leaves aipart, b Tine will reveal the ealyxes of gold." 1J -Detroit Free Press. fo A Pussy Adopts a Rat. p) "I guess that rat'didn't like the way I ho was treated," said Mr. Iiram Thomas, a Charleston (Mass.) p)rovis- a Ion dlealer, referring to an orphan rata which his charitably dlisp)osed cat had a atdoptedl into her fatmily, and which un- d' grateftully dleserted the foster mother who had so kindly taken it in ''out ofti the wet.''a A few weeks since the cat, a Mal- ~ Lte, which makes her home in Mr. I'homas' office, had two wee kittens, l iays the Boston Globe. Evidently ci ash amed or dissatisfied at having so cn snitall a fainily, andl feeling that she Iouldl very easily manage and( care for a larger one, site began searching for some little wanderer who needed the kindly attention of a mother. Not el inding one of her Own species, and(t Lappleninig to discover a hal f-grown rat in wvhose forlorn condition wrought upon 8 lior symp)athy, she pr-omptly gathered ti him in, and installed him in her little w famuily. On the following morning P Mir. 1homas found the cat quietly tc snoozing im her accustomed place in the office, with her two kittens andh their foster brother snt'gly ensconced a by her sideC. "F"or several days," said Mr. Them- 0 as, ''she watched ho adopted child just P as tenderly as she did her owvn off spring, nursing 1h11m with them, and dividing her care generously between Y them.". The rat was evidently hiappJy in his a new-found home for a time, and was apparently not disturbed at seeing his A foster mother occasionally rtush out hP and slay other rats. F"inally the ro straint of being ''tied to his mother's apron-strings became irksome to his 01 ratsip, and lhe boldly essayed to p)lay tc truant. On missing him theo cat wld l at once hunt him up, anti foi' theo first " few infractions sihe lot him off with a t gentle reproof andt an admonition that 8 fittlo rats should stay at hiomi, and " not be runt nig at large, learining b)adh tricks from ol'der rats, who wicketdly steal edlibles fi'om the stoie anti com mit, other dlepriedations. of Again lie r'an away', and, when tr caught, the cat, thinking. it abt,)t tim, i to assert her maternal auithoi'it.y, gavo him a sound shaking up and culfed his c, ears. TIhis was more than rat niaturo h could( endlure quietly, so as soon as 0op portulnity offered the youngster mado(1 o god his escape, mnaking~ iup his imi tr' that it wvas a pretty smart, cat that l 'ud 'iv himpont o getting ai liv Ing.iecat Is now without a family, y ts her two kittens wvere, drowined after Y7 an thie departure of the rat.a - otl The breowory of an wvhoi has just died in his eighty-fifth yeai', covers 200 acres of ground, andl( 3,0)00 peoplo arfe ompl oyedt ini it. 1Ile was ' the granmdson of the founder of the brewvery, anmt was a local benefactor, ha:vinig builtchturch es, consf,ructed baths and endowed a at free library. 'The 1Basses have always been Liberals, while the other brewers, C< the Alsonn, have been Tories. MINUTE IN A DARIK CELL. to Experience of a Liady Who Re cently Visited. Newgate. "And suppose a woman is unboar ly aggravating, kicks and shrieks, D. supposo you put her in a small, rk cell? I query. "That wo do fer all other measures are tried in In," roplies my host. "Vell, pleaso it me in one and -go away for five Inutes," I requested. On this I am EI toward the cell "most politely," as sung In Princess Ida. "Please, Mr. dilor, I want a now sensation; I want struggle and bo forced in, and hear o key click in the lock with a spite. I snap; else how can I writo of the irk oell realistically?" On this I proceed to throw my arms )out and bohave otherwise in mosi 'bellious ianner. With a quiet smik am humored In my littlo "crank,' id in a second I find my hands pin nod In a firm grip, and am pusho to the dark cell, hearing the key ick in the lock, and over the one woe ir at the top seeing the last of thc ;ht. I know it was silly, but, over mo with terror, I was speechless foi o brief second, and it seemed to m< if an icy cold lan.l holdl my temples a cruel pressure. Then from my Imb lips came a piercing shriek, that hood throughout those deserted halls ith horrible distinctness. Five miin es! It was hours before they re rued with the lanterns. "Oh, dear,' groaned, "will I be hero always, ave they forgotton which one I an eked in" I felt that much longer of >litary confinement would turn my rain, and I began to gasp for breath. t last they come; the gleam of the ght increases; the steps sound mort stinctly on my ear returning to re aso me. I hear the jailer's keys jin o with joyful sounds of freedom fron y self-imposed torture, and the doo es open. I can not spoak, and, wo anlike, choke down and sob instead, At this my friend shows mo hi atch. "1-low long have I been there?" faltered out. ''Exactly ono minute, n replies. Sure enough, this is true 3t in that one minute all my life semed to com1 llp before my menta sion, just as it is said one's life coie; [ to the drowning man or woman. I am told that usually on (lose o e dark cell suffices the culprit, and I in not banish the impression that, it i: itnted with liendisi spirits. I klov was silly of ne to be so unnerved, I 11o have gone ab)out Londlon's slums. id know no'fear of living thieves il cDndon's streets, mnet at ln:.:ai iv hour. 'ell, call mo sentimental if you like r, all the sale, I solenl1ly assur< >t that I had rather die on the int ant, be shot down in the twinklin-of 1 eve, than be locked and bolted iot to night in the dark cell at Newgate ith no more tangible terrot than thosc )rn of my terror-stricken ai'prehen ens. It is such ia little place, only bi. lough to sit in-a little dark closef fact. Some inhumlan mothers shut p their refractory children in it darl othes- press as a punishment. At al mes I believe the woman who strikes tild to be ia human monster, uniit t >ld the sacred office of ''met her."' Afte is I shall mlore loathe the woni:ln wilh uts her miscihievous little child in uset for live minutes, or even a miin e, its a plllisllment, for I know now experience the awful frigllt entailed, Oh, mothers! don't terrify the little lks. Perhaps their vexing little anks are only an overilow of animal irits. Learn to curb your own ten r, and be gentle with the mites. Ike the hoIt, fretful little girl in you. mns, undo tIhe p)inafore an1t1iVwee frock. Ld, slipping her' out of the bur'den me clothles, p)lace lher ini a warmi bat I sintily oerfunmed, andi 1113 word for' it e(eru ll'V15ittle one will soon1 b< lash inl- about, thle wvater in me rri en1?. i)on't for'get that children hiav< rves as5 weill a' grown folks, ami at they hiave thleir trouibles inl chik iid. i1t. I impilore you1 doC not hpu ildiren inl dartk ciosets as a punlhish D)evourinlg Le'ather anid Nvwill. Mr. ,Jobbleswvizzle, says thlo Mer at T1ravelcr, was taking~ his wif roulgh the pienitenltiary, and1( was lay g gulio and stullinIg hecr with al rts of miraculous yarnls. F'inlll cy reached the kitchlen, andi ,Jobblle. izztle, after looking aroundli a minut< eked up~ at pice of letherCi andt sai hecr: '"Look at that, my dear; cani you1 st >w Ia man could eat that, sort< "Gracious heavenls, ha 1?t ienid s I flcors of State mo1(st be to miake th~ or prisoners cat it." "'Yes, my dear, andt look at this ta 'W andi thatt box of garbage, whlat, d >ut tink of that?'' "'Why, Mr. ,J. , it is aw ful, simi vful, ?1nd( j>L as soon1 as I get 1hom1 ssoci ationl and hiave the ladiehs get ui ati tionis to stopi thle niefarlioull bus1 "'And my1 (lear,'' he conltInued, wilth it noticingf her remarks, fuirther t ha 5 top) long enough to lt her mai:k em, "'see that bucket of siop Nom hat do0 youl thlink of menti and1 wonwne 'uils to save anid bodhi to nourlishl tvo poinIIted oult to you?"' "'I shall replort it at once, t hat', hiat I'll (to, and1 PIl sho0w the ollicer. St ate thlat the( wVomn of thIis coun 1 anity to exist in theu public iunstitu m1. Are 30ou suro that they have t< aed andl hecr hiair stoodi up. ''No, io've," ''he answvered, back ill l ell eind tha tt stove, ''01 the conl try I ami sure they (dO 110t. Nor dit iy thley diid. I merely asked vet lat, you thouIghlt of feeding mon01 am1 >men01 011 such( stuff, and1(, lmy dcar ui hiave give meI you 31r op inio and1111 1 satisfied. Now let us go to sony1 icr point of interest." B~ut Mrs. ,J. 's feelings were totall3 'ecked, andi she absolutely refused t< I any more penlitenitiary, andi sle uldn't speak to Jobleswizzle foi -c (lays. A. Limblurger cheese factor'y has becC irted ini the centier of iIto Island snite of tile nr'ost of t<O ,eopl .. Literature of the Face. Observe how, when the shrew palm 1st is reading the lines of a hand, ho scans the face with almost equal inter est. Theso learned pcoplo know how the soul dwells in the eye; and the ability to unlerstand its languago is inborn with most folks without having to study it, though extremely sensitive persons have told me that more power of discrimination rested in their hands than they could roed from every feat ure of the face, the lingers being so full of vision that they could feel' a color without seeingr it; so full of nerves that an impression was instantaneous and could be relied upon; so full.of life that when their possessor was in love they ting-led with an al'ectionato intoxication. It is said that very quiet eyes that Impress and eiurrass one with their reposo signify self-conuianl, but, also much conpl)aceney and some conecit. Restless eves that can not look one steadily in the face denote a deceitful, designing minl. Eyes in which the white has a yellowish tinge and is streaked with reddish veins, provo much of strong passion and hasty tempers. Very blue eyes bespeak a mind inclined to, c(quetry; gray eyes signify dignity, intelligenee and ex cellent, reasoning faculties; greenish eyes, falsehood and a fondness for scandal. A malicious mind is often in dicated by greenish eyes. Black eyes show a passionatc, lively temperament, and ofttirues a mnost deceitful disposi tion; brown eyes are generally tender and true, indieatin( a kind at happy disposition. Of the nose. A lomuan nose denotes an enterprisilg, b"isiness-liko char aeter; a lon1g nose is a sign of good sensc; a perfectly straight noso indi cates a pure : nd nioble soul, unless the eye contralijets it; a n:c. retrouuiss si, iiilies a spirit of inisclhief, wit and dash; a large nioe generally indicates a 1argo Miiii n ni god heart; a very small nose good nature, but lack of energy. ''hiick Iilps generally neai either great gen is or great ,iipidity; very thm lin.s, cruelty, avariilousness, and if the lips are Iihaituially coipressed, falseliou(l. I)inpies on' the cheek are kiovin as the ahod1s of roguery, and in the chilm, of Cupid and his pranks. A lemai face speaks more of iitelli. geiee than a fat face, gencrally speak ing, and they do say, betware of a full, rounl, ant greasy face-it imueans t reacehmery. t raseibility is acconm pan ied by an erect postulre, opena noistrilIs, moist celpsu,u)ctmut"s, oittples, displayinlg superficial veins whiclh stand out and throb under the least excitement, large, tncuital, ill ranged eN-es, aind equal u.-e of both hands. A genius may be eNlectett from mid die stature, blue-gray or brown eyes, phrominent and large forehead,witht tenm piles a little iollow; under lip slightly retiring, a IixeI, attentivo look, and habitual inclination of the head either backward or forward.- --h''ruc's Pro How a L:aly Shol iti Mounl. T"he most graceful :ay for a lady to reach the s:addle, :md the one that is tauin i th lio best ridiig schools, says thu A no rican 1oerscw(n 1, is by the assistaneo of a gelitler'i:tn. The rider's educition will not, bo complete tinlil sie has learned th is melho(1 of mouit ing, which, when aecomplished easily and gracefully, is delightftil to witiss. In it the rider will havo three distinct poilts of support, namely, tlie shoul dter of the gen tl eman, [lie un ited palns of hiis hiaiids, and Iher hol uption lie pommiiieh The stirrup having been 1p1aced aicrioss [lie shii eld( of thio saddle in front of the pommelinls, the lady, hold ing the reins :nw t h le whip, withi Its - pointi down, in her right hand, --hich inust re.st upon the secondlpohiiel,. shloutld standI( withI lier right ide towvard thie Ii >rse' s lift, about four or live inch es froim it, Iher Ieft shiouilder being tiuned slightly back. Tihien, taking a Iir h*iilolid upon the second piommitel withI her right handi, she should wit, the left hande lift lier riding-skirt - outgh to enable lier to place her left, foot firly anid s<iuariely into thle genitle .. mani's paIlls, whli ch shioiuld he cla~sped I irinily together. This tdoiie, she should dIrop the skirt, place heri left hand uponi his righlt shlouler, bcelntlher knee, and ive thle woirid "'ri'ady" or a sinal, and di at onlce spr ing fiiom lier ih foot, iup iaid a littIclhitw:iid the horse. Thoi o genitlin:uai at. thle samie momehiint, must >f raise his handiis andI move thiemi tiiward thle horse. The0 ladiy riaus!, when ris o Iing, piess cr lear lighl nhi hu. o der,and alo kee a iri hiolid on the seconld poinlanidi, ul iib -he mu lst. niot - rloiiiuishi inili she is >c:ited. Tlhio o genth-rn:mat lihonhl t ii- leniove thliostir ruip fioim thle frlnt parti oh the saddle, y wil e thie holyt triansfers the reinis to o lier h-ft hi: p1, pass lier right knee * - over the iooid pononiel, and her left, over the th.rl. She willI thin bo ready . to have lier foot phaid ion the stirup. - ~ % 'Vesi e it NSel jist. Apropoii ot f t ravcliing lIr'itisliers, I it:an riindeidii oif anr inideniit wvhichi oe lie!tuin ini i New York ini 187:2. A nuieri of statesmeun wvent clown on the traini to witness his first,applea anol(n ini thIis. counitry, aunt next dlay, wiithi munbiitrs of priomIiiet New Yerk ii, ca I oni the liane hilo1)1iisophter at his room ini thne St. Nicholas. D)ut ing' tie reieption Priofe> or Tyndall -l did ov er in his pecliar fashiont to a nman whow wais buisly conveisinir at the "Wholi is thait extr'oiary persoin?"' Thlat. cone? Oh, lii's i li Senatt.or fromt -CaIi fori i a." "Ab> st ex tr'onarhhty--mosi, ex tr'oniia ry,"' eyelIaimedci the scien tist. 'Why, whlat's the matter wyithi him? What's he been doing?'' '"Oh, nlothlini( of any conisceiee. Only he aske'l whlethier I didn't think the sun wvas in habited."' Thii mian who ecoioi 011 iissaves, and Ihe whoi saves most can inivest, mio.st, aint he who invests moiist leaps mfost ini t he way of net profitis. Tlhiis is thie law in a country wheu ro all roadIs are freo to chit.iz'eins. All roads5 are frete to thio x eit-iz'ens oif this counitry. Thrift is not ,the abisolut creatulre of sta1tutes, though f stattuts nmay all-ord the mean:iis of thrift. Why a Kerosene Lamp flusts. Girls, as well as boys, need to under stand about kerosene explosions. A great many fatal accidents happen from trying to pour oil into a lamp while it is lighted. Most person sup. poso it is the kerosene itself thit ex plodes, and that it. they are very care ful to keep the oil from being touched by the fire or the light there will be no explosion. But that is not so. If a can or a lamp is left about half full of kerosene oil the oil will dry up, that Is, "evapporate," a little, and will form by mingling in the air in the upper part of the can a very explosive gas. You can not soo this gas any more than you can seo air. But if it is disturbed and driven out, and a blaze reaches it, there will bo a terrible explosion, although the blaze did not touch the oil. There are sevoral other liquids used In houses and work-shops which will produce an explosive vapor in this way. Benzine is one, burmnn fluid Is another, an'd naptha, alcohol, other and chloroform may do the same thing. In a New York shop lately there was a can of benzine or gasoline on he floor. A boy 16 years old lighted a cigarette and throw the burning match on the floor close to the can. He ,did not dreai there was any danger, be. cause the liquid was locked up in the can. liut there was a great explosion, and lie was very badly hurt. -This seems very mysterious. The proba bility is that the can had been standing thoro a good while, and a good deal of vapor had formed, some of which had leaked out around the stopper, and was hanging in a sort of invisible cloud over and around the can, and this cloud, when the match struck it, ex ploded. Suppose a girl trios to fill a kerosene lamp without at first extinguishing the blaze. Of course the lamp is nearly emnpt.y or she would not care to fill it. This empty space is filled with a cloud of explosive vapor arising from the oil in the mp. When she pushes the nozzle of the can into the lamp at the top, and begins to pour, the oil, run ning into the lamp, fills the empty spaces and pushes the cloud of explos ive vapor, and the vapor is obliged to pour over the edges of the lamp into the room outside. Of course it strikes against the blazing wick which the girl is holdtin- down by the side. The blaze of the wick sets the invisible cloud of vapor on lire, and there is an explosion which ignites the oil and pqattery ove'r her clothes anid over the furniture of tire room. This is the way in which a kerosene lamp bursts. This same thing may happen when a girl pours the oil over the firo in the range, or stove, it there is a cloud of explosive vapor insthe upper part of the can, or if the stove is hot, enough to vaporize quickly some of the oil a:- it falls. Ro iiemrber that it is not the oil but the invisible vapor which explo:es. Taking care of the oil will not >r%*ect you. 'lhrere is no s:ifety except n the rulo: "Never pour oil on a lighted ' Jire or into a lighted lamp. '-C hristian Union. Sunday in "Virginny." A writer in Macmnillan 'Ma0azino says: Many of the characteristics of the Virginian, and of those neighbor img states of whom he is typical, savor of the puritan rather than of the rol licking cavalier. Its episcopal church is evangelical, even to contempt, as ro :irds forms. I have seen the bishop Virginia lold a confirwation In a country church attired in a frock coat, st anid-up collar, and a black tie fasten ed in aL saiior's knot. Theli feeling of the manjoirity of tihe diocese is quito in sympilar biy. The behalvior of the young er port onr of the congregations in coun try chuiirches is so extraiordinary as to argue i'athe r a compl)ete failure ,to ap preciate ti cir position than willful irr'everence'. he blessing is hardly finished wvheni the ladies, young and oldi, fall into onie another's arms; the men relapse into corn arid tobacco, aind the irnsidoe of the church assumes tine appleararice of an animated social gathierinrg. 'rhat a fewv of those build imgs, even those crectodl in country neigihborhroods that at the time were weathby, have anything in their ex terrnal appeirarnce to miark their ec elesiastical chiaracter is riot, unnatural ini a counrtry where architects and no chiarics proper had no existenced,a where nothmng approaching to art was knowni. liiaginio one of the old-fash ioneid, ()Jolog redl brick methodist chapels of a small English country towvn diropphedl down in a grove of trees by the roadside, arid you haive a fair idea of the average counrtry meeting hiouso of the sourthiern op)iscopalian. If service is going on you will see forty or fifty saddle horses hiitched up in the shiadie of the oak trees, a dozen or so of coliveyances of every description buiggies, springr wagons, and cumbrous old-fashioned famrily coaches, spattered wvith mud1( arnd vencrablo in rappoarance with bliack-coated negroes' .snoozing upon thie box. IIorses and mules taken fromr the plow, with loosened breast (crains andl hanging bearing-reins, crop sleepily at the scant grass and shake ilies frn tiieir hogg oars. Negro ser vanits wdil be murrhuring in groups uin decr the trees--for the African does not rmurch appreciate the 'piscopal service *-and( a knot of men will probably be ihaniging round the open door, getting scraps of the service between their re marks on crops or weather. Many of tire congregation will be methodists and p)resbyterians, whlo, having no service at their own church upon that Sunrday, have rio sectarian scruples of anry kind in patronizing tihe more ex clusive churchi, if riot as worshipers, at least as silent critics. How to Goet a start. "'It requires qunito a long time for a man to get a stairL in tho wvorld," said an old fellow, "but some of the most ( colossal fortunes have been bull ton loans advanced by frJends. When I married I hiad to borrow money with which to p)ay for my license. That was shortly before I came to this town." "I suippose you are well situated now," remiarked a bystander. "J hardly as well as I might be; still, if' blsiness should be p)rosperous this year, I think that by olose economy I can refund the morney which I borrowed t ay for my licens."-Akan.a Traveler.