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t <7 Insanity increases alarmingly In France. Pittsburg has 600 lawyers and Phila delphia nearly three times as many. Connecticnt last year took out more patents in proportion to population lhan any other state in the Union. Says the Christian Union: Thirty per cent, of the people of London do not earn enough cither to practice thrift or to riot in drink. The public debt of New York city is, in ronnd numbers. 8100,000,000. The public debt of Philadelphia is ■$56,000,000. The public debt of Chi cago is $13,545,400. Chicago puts forward a claim that she handles 10 per cent, more mail matter a year than New York does. The grand total of all registered par cels, letters and packages handled at the Chicago Postofflce for the year ending June 30 amounted to 3,214,- 598. The steady increase in the average price of coffee for many years has brought immense profits to growers, and especially those who have not been involved in speculative deals. An ex-army officer, who, remarks the New York Commercial Advertiser, has obviously gone through a sad ex perience, declares that the colonel’s wife is the most dangerous person in the regiment. It appears from Mr. Walpole’s biography of Lord John Russell that Lord Beaconsfield’s famous phrase, ‘•peace with honor,” really originated with Lord John, who asserted, in a speech which he delivered at Dnndee in 1862, that in his foreign policy “it had always been his object to preserve peace with honor.” It will surprise many, thinks the San Francisco Chronicle, to learn that Russia is so largo a wine producer,the total vintage being estimated at 54,- 000,000 gallons. Much of this wine is made in the sunny valleys and foot hills of the Crimea and of Southern Siberia. The latter country is usually regarded as the land of ice, but George Kennnn found the heat almost unen durable in summer, with semi-tropi cal fruits growing on every hand. The reason advanced why Kentucky leads the world in fine horses, explains the New York Telegraphy is that in the Bine Grass count min i is somewhat co] breeding of fine hoj duce results thal where fragmej ried on ant The court of appeals in Illinois has decided that the guests in a hotel con ducted on the “American plan” cannot be charged for food they have not ■eaten. W. T. Hornaday, formerly Chief Taxidermist of the Smithsonian In stitute, who is traveling in Canada, has secured for the new Zoological Gardens in Washington a young fe male moose. This ia considered a valuable acquisition, for moose' are getting to be very scarce, even in the most inaccessible parts of the coun try, and very few are known of in captivity. William Lidderdale, who is known as the hero of the Baring crisis, in that his financial statesmanship not only saved the great firm of Baring Brothers from collapse, but also pre vented the shock to the business world that must have resulted had the house gone down, is a Scotchman by birth, and 59 years old. For his assistance in the Baring affair he has received the freedom of the city of London in a gold casket, which is eight inches long, six inches high and four wide. Sweden has become alarmed over wholesale emigration. which has reached the astonishing figure of 250,- 000 in five years. These emigrants are nearly all young, lusty men—the very class that the govern ment wishes to keep at home—so it is proposed to put a tax on all emigrants. Nine-tenths of the Swedes come to this country, and, says the San Francisco Chronicle, we doubt whether a head tax will pre vent them from emigrating. It would be a great thing for us if Italy would impose such a tax. It would free us from the most undesirale class of emi grants since the Chinese were barred out. The “blanket man” is known only in California. In the East, suggests the New York Post, he would prob ably be called a tramp; for it is by tramping that he makes his way from place to place, and at night he seeks belter and lodging in the most con venient place to be had without charge. But he is not really a tramp. He is one of those hard-working fellows that the conditions of agricultural life n California have called into existence, ch a person as a “hired man” in the e that is meant in New England is o be found in that state. The borers there are “blanket men.” in their employj table as h The Reader. A little child was reading. The text was wond’roos fair; “We shall go home at evening And find it morning there.” “It means, mamma,” she prattled. With shining eyes and fond, “When all the stars are lighted. That Heaven is jost beyond.” Closed, closed that book forever! To prove that promise fair, My child went home at evening And found the moruing there. And often when I'm weary, And eften when I’m sad, Comes back that precious reading, To make my spirit glad. And what arc years of waiting? And what are years of paiu? If when the Heavens are opened I may behold again My gentle little reader And her sweet promise share? “We shall go home at evening And find it morning there,” -[Mrs. M. L. Rayue, in Detroit Free Press. “SUCH A JOKE." by Kate m. cleary. “You look just as sweet and lovely as—as a rose 1” exclaimed Miss Bceche, enthusiastically. “Doesn't sue, girls?” Maida’s pretty, soft cheeks flushed at the flowery praise. She revolved slowly on tiptoe, that the girls might get the effect of her new costume and see exactly how well the skirt hung. Maida Merrill was one of the sales women in the “Art Department” of one of the great down-town dry-goods stores. She and fhree other girls boarded with Miss Vivienne Beeche. Maida’s aunt, Mrs. Dewill, a wise and gentle little woman, whose husband had died the previous year and whose loss she mourned most deeply,boarded there also. So did the mother of one of the other girls. It was distinctively a woman’s boarding-house, and a very pleasant one it was, indeed. The meals, if not elaborate, were tempt ingly cooked, and daintily served; the beds were snowily draped, and com fortable as the most fastidious could wish; and the little landlady herself was the embodiment of kindness and courtesy. Altogether it was quite au ideal place—for four dollars a week. But sometimes Maida could not help wishing they would not take so much interest in her affairs, as at present. It was a holiday. With the consent of Mrs. Dewill she had promised to go up the lake to witness a celebration. Harlaud Brownlee, the gentleman with whom she was to go, had for some time occupied o lite an exalted posi tion in the store wherein she worked. And his admiration had been m “How| do, Aunt Lettice? Ab, Maida 1 *A1I dressed and waiting for me, I se»!” with an elephantine effort at being quizzical. “Come for a spin on the boulevards, my dear. You are looking charming.” Maida seut her aunt one indignant glance, which plainly said: “I told you so.’J Then she answered him, coolly:; “Thaipk you, no. I have an engage ment” ' She ha<jl never seen him before the previous Week. And even if he were her fathfr’s second cousin, that was no reasoif why she should endure his society wihen she found it distasteful. “Withithat State street dude, Har- land BroUnlee?” She fo’Jind it hard to repress her ris ing angefr. “Witfa Mr. Brownlee—yes.” “OhJthat is all right!” jovially. “I met hin\haif an hour ago—you know you intrpduced him here the other evening-J-and he told me .to make his apologies', to you. Had to go to Saint Louis at lo'ice. His father Is very ill. So comj* iii^rig!” ~~" Had Mrl Brownlee actually made this boor Iftis emissary? Maida took a ard. Her cheeks were be- burn hotly. k he would send his ” with a noticeable lie pronoun; “and I in any case. So do not it. nn step for ginning “I do n excuses b emphasis shall not let me det Mr. Bafi ly. He ing with tli sat down. “I’ll wa: lovely day. like driviu, Maida gl Twenty- She turn out. It Wi ing and There w brilliance and it was Half-past Still the hv the curb; aij did not co Three! “ Better vised Mr. laugh tha Maida to break she need no She would go She had j when the bell An instant lai the. bell rou- ae regarded her curious- lot accustomed to deal- cind of a woman. He he declared. “It’s a j.aybe you’ll feel more r awhile.” at the clock, inutes after two. to the window, looked one of the most entranc- ng of summer days, unusual blueness and the world without; o warm for comfort, two! Twenty to three! ry team pawed away at d still Harlaud Brownlee f [ wait ttay longer,” ad- senmbe, with a short half a sneer. 3d back the inclination | crying. At all events, remain in the parlor, to her room. reached the door, ing. She drew back. Delia responded to then, fall, fair,J>rown- mit, and walked on con- [>u would uncere- R better of the I were le dropped the photograph prhich he had been pretend- aud hurts into a roar of joke!” he bellowed, let him he told me he was ;e you, Maida, to the cele- [d 1 said you had seat me to [u could not go, as you pre ring with me; that I was way to deliver the mes- ine joke, eh? A capital l!t it? Thought I’d have pooling you both. Great he burst into another red at Brownlee, i,” she said, “you were turned to Bascombe with 38. fvas no joke at all about it,” “It was just the rude act jentlemanly man. Don’t (to come and see me—or ;ain! I am ready, Mr. Je.” Sir. Brownlee was not quite He went up to Bascombe,who of his florid color under the rlance of the man confronting The Conch-Shell. The conch-shell, so often found in many parlors, or seen in the gardens, where it forms a pretty object in the border, or grouped among flowers or rocks, comes from the Bahamas and other islands in the tropics. Former ly the only conch-shells brought to our ports were the small stock-in-trade of a few enterprising sailors, who pro’ cured them from the natives of the islands in question, in trade, for some articles of little value from this country. In this way, Jack often added a few dollars to his capital, on arriving home, by disposing of his shells to people who admired them for their beautiful form and color. Finally an increased demand for conch-shells and shells of all kinds from foreign parts induced merchants and ship-owners to add them to their list of necessary commodities for the market, and now they comprise quite an important feature of trade. Probably but few are aware that this shell is one of the several kinds of shells that produce a very fine pearL Yes, indeed, this delicately tinted pink-faced treasure of the deep, admired so much for its lovely shape and color, is sometimes the home of a little gem which brings a small for tune to its happy owner. When perfect the conch pearl is either round or egg-shaped and some what larger than a pea, of a beautiful rose color and watered—that is, pre senting, when held to the light, the sheeny, wavy appearance of watered silk. It is a very rare circumstance, how ever, to find a perfect one, for not more than one in twenty proves to be at all valuable, and, owing to numer ous imperfections, a large proportion of these bring only a small price. But when one is pronounced fault less, $300 or $400 can always be ob tained for it.—[Detroit Free Press. FOB THIS HOUSEWIBB. f'ou fail to respect Miss Merrill’s Brownlee said, very “you shall answer to me!” he and Maida left the house, were barely in time to catch I at Maida was in the gayest Sts. The knowledge that Har- rownlee was not the cad her would have had her believe tremendous relief. There were on board whom they knew, rery delightful time they had. kere never were grander fire- |!” averred Maida, as they sailed rard in the moonlight, jver!” with decision; “nor ever lovely day!” by were walking up and down bck. Overhead was a brilliant (below, a lake that looked in the fight like a lake of enchantment. >and was playing a merry opera lat was three years ago, but Mr. Mrs. Brownlee never forgot the be, the hour. For then it was [ida gave him the promise which made each anniversary since, and make all in the years to come, a ! pride and pleasure. [The Russian Eating and Drinking. The Russian eats on an average once every two hours. The climate and custom require such frequent meals, the digestion of which is aided by frequent draughts of vodki and tea. Vodki is the Russian whiskey, made from potatoes and rye. It is fiery and colorless, and is generally flavored with some extract like vanilla or orange. It is drunk from small cups that hold perhaps half a gill. Vodki and tea are the inseperable ac companiments of friendly as well as of business intercourse in the country of the Czar. Russia and Sweden are the only countries in which the double dinner is the vM’je-.—"WIvcyx yew—go to v house of a Russian .be he a friend or a stranger, you arc at once invited to a side-table, where salted meats, pickled eels,salted cucumbers and many other spicy and appetizing viands are urged upon you with an impressiveness that knows no refusal. This repast is washed down with frequent cups of vodki. That over, and when the visitor feels as if he had eateu enough for twenty-four hours, the host says ; “ And now to dinner.” At the dinner- table the meal is served in courses, with wines grown in the Crimea and in Bessarabia, where excellent clarets and Burgundies are made and sold for from a shilling to half a crown the bottle. — [ The Ledger. [read stuff—A poor baker. Distance that Bees Go for Sectar. Some writers maintain that bees will go from three to. four miles in search of nectar, and store a large quantity of surplus. I have found huudreds of colonies in the woods, and but very few of them were lined the distance of a mile. At this distance the line would lead through open fields and brush lots. During the past two seasons my apiary has consisted of 10 colonies of Italians. When at work in the fields, traveling the highway, picking wild berries on the mountain where golden-rod, aster, pinks, old field balsam, etc., grew in profusion, I kept strict watch, and not an Italian bee was seen at the distance of 1 1-4 miles from the apiary. One mile seemed to be about the limit of their search, and but very few were ob served at that distance. — [Farm and Home. Queer Instance of a Town’s Liability. The town of Carcassone, in France, was recently condemned by the civil tribunal to pay indemnities of $20 and $10 to two of its inhabitants for dam ages they had sustained by illness caused by eating mushrooms purchased in the public market. The grounds of the decision were that persons buying mushrooms had a right to expect that their innocuous quality had been veri fied by the inspector of markets before they were publicly exposed for sale, and that this official having neglected his duty the municipality was liable for the consequences of such neglect. — [New Orleans Times-Demoarat. CONSERVED FRUIT. Conserved fruit is prepared as fol lows, and the home-made preparation is far more tasty than the confection er’s: Peaches should be peeled when very ripe and cut in thin slices. Cher ries should be stoned and the finest flavored fruit chosen. Allow one-half pound of granulated sugar to each pound of fruit. Boil the sugar to a syrup; add the fruit, a little at a time, and cook till tender; take out the fruit carefully and lay on fiat dishes in the sun to dry; cover with wire gauze or some thin substance to protect the fruit from insects. When thoroughly dry put away in large covered jars.—- [New York World. Coffee Culture. Coffee cannot be cultivated success fully in a climate where the temper ature at any season of the year falls below 55 degrees, although the plants will exist where a lower temperature greatly retards the ripening of the fruit. The plants have been grown in Florida and California, and in some parts of Texas. In the extreme south of Florida ripe berries have occasion ally been produced.—[New York World. ROSE BANDOLINE FOR-THK HAIR. Rose bandoline for the hair is made of gum tragacanth, six ounces, or (to make a less quantity) one and oae- half ounces; rosewater, one gallon, or two pints; attar of roses, one-half ounce, or one drachm. Steep the gum in the water for a day or so; as it swells and forms a gelatinous mass, it must from time to time be well agitat ed. About forty-eight hours after squeeze it through a coarse, clean linen cloth, and again let it stand for a few days; then press through the cloth a second time to insure uniformity of consistency; when this is the case, the attar of roses is to be thoroughly in corporated. Almond bandoline is made as above, substituting attar of almonds in place of roses.—[Detroit Free Press. Lost-Land. Where do the little maid's playthings go?— Childish treasures dear to her heart, Dropped and forgotten, unfound, and so Making, perhaps, the big tears start. She looks at me with her wistful eyes, With faith as deep as they are blue; “They must be gone to Lost-Land,” she sighs,— “Sometime I’ll find ’em, I deas; don’t you r Where do our happinesses go ?— Love and pity and faith God-willed, The tender words that have moved us so, Joys departed and fond hopes chilled ; Tears that were shed for us, smiles that shone. All the sweetest things that ws knew. They have gone from us, somehow, surely gone: I wonder if they are In Loet-Land, too? Dear little maid, if the faith I see In your sweet blue eyes, in your sweet blue eyes. Might only dwell in my heart with me, I think that these clouds of care would rise. If old joys wait, and old love endures In the Lost-Land shadows whither they fare, I will trust my hand, little maid, to yours: We will go together and seek them there. —Frank R. Batchelder in Youth’s Compan ion. HUMOROUS. WASHING WHITE LACES. White laces are so much more likely to be soiled than black that special directions are frequently given for washing them, basting them on a bot tle, soaping them well, boiling them in clear water, rinsing them, and final ly hanging them up on the bottle to dry. It is as common to find explicit directions for washing black lace. A correspondent sends the following: “Dissolve a teaspoonful of borax in a half-teacup of soft water. Add a tea- ipoonful of spirits of wine. Squeeze the lace three or four times through this water, then rinse it. Have ready a cup of liquid, the result of boiling a black kid glove in a pint of water till it is reduced to a cupful. This pro duces a soft, starch-like liquid. Wring the lace through this as dry as you can, ami spread it out smoothly on a cloth laid over a hard J board. Spread a second cloth over it, then an other board, and add weights. Keep it in this press for two days and it vrAVbA ftesk York Tribune. RECEIPE9. Frosting without Eggs—Take fine powdered sugar, add a little cold water, mix to a smooth paste, flavor with lemon extract, spread on a cake. Sweet milk can be Ujed instead of water. Fried Tomatoes—Cut ripe or green tomatoes in two or three pieces, mix a handful of Indian meal with some pepper and salt, dip the tomatoes into it and fry in butter, with care not to scorch. Lay the slices upon a hot dish, make a gravy of a cup of milk, two teaspoonfuls corn starch, little butter and salt and pour over them. Rice Pudding—To every quart of milk take three teaspooufuls raw rice, three teaspoonfuls sugar, one heaping teaspoonful of flour. Boil rice until soft, with a trifle of salt, add to milk, which has been in baking-dish where it would warm, then sugar, flour wet with a little water. Bake until the milk is creamy. As soon as skin forms on top break it with a cooking- spoon ; repeat this two or three times. Whipped Cream—Take one quart of thick sweet c: earn which is one day old, put in a dish and set in pan of broken ice, beat with egg-beater. When it gets thick on top, skim off and put in a separate dish, then beat again, skimming off the top as often as it gets thick. When it is all thick, sweeten and flavor to your taste; serve in custard cups or sherbet glasses. This is very nice for dessert served with cake. Curried Eggs—Fry two sliced on ions in butter, then add a tcaspoonful of curry powder and fry this also a moment or two. Then pour into a saucepan with a pint of rice broth. Let all stew until the onion is tender, that add a small cup of cream and a little flour and butter and simmer all for three minutes; cut six nice, fresh hard-boiled eggs into quarters and put into the [sauce until thoroughly hot, but do not boil. Serve immedi ately. A Precocious Monarch. King Thant&i of Annam is one of the youngest monarchs in the world. He is ten years of age, very precocious, and fully conscious of his position. He is solemn and thoughtful, disdains childish sports, and spends all his time in the seclusion of his palace ■tudying, conversing with aged coun selors and poring over books and mannscripts. He is learning Chinese and French, and shows remarkable aptitude in the acquisition of foreign tongues. He is very arbitrary and ex acting, and his teachers stand in great awe of him. — [Once a Week. A progressive spirit—The alcohol in the thermometer. The best Ihing about a cyclone is that it soon blows over. The prettiest thing in gloves is the pretty hand of a pretty girl. The wise man is not disposed to father every idea that “pops” into his head. The angler first lies in wait for his catch and then lies in the weight of his catch. Ideas are like beards: men not hav ing any until they grow up, and women none at alL An economical bartender can make two lemonades with one lemon, but it is a tight squeeze. Man may want but little here below, but he usually keeps up a fearful kicking unless he gets it. Sunshine is better than medicine, and you don’t have to pay a $1.50 for five cents’ worth of it, either. Henry—Don’t you think Stella has a fine complexion? May—Yes; I selected it for her myself before we left New York. Revivalist—Young lady, which road will you elect this night to follow. Y’oung Lady (blushing)—I—I’d rather prefer the bridal path. Maybe there is something worse than electricity in store for the man who said that this new method of capital ■punishmeuk^revolting. When in love she'Tnevitah^ compares the object of her affections to the heroes of all the novels she reads—greatly to to the heroes’ advantage. Robbins—They say, Jobbins, that young chap who is paying atten tion to your daughter is a rising young lawyer. Jobbins—Guess be is. I know the tradesmen all say he never “comes down.” dis- that Love never gets its growth. A Submarine Sentry. In a paper on sounding machines recently read in England, Professor Lambert showed that of the ship wrecks in 1888-89, 50 per cent. (333 out of 601) were ascribed to stranding, the total amount lost or jeopardized by such accidents being $125,000,000, and the tonnage 1,269,994. 2,153 ves sels having grounded. After giving a short account of the various types of sounding machines which have been invented with the object of indicating to a captain the approach of shallow water, Professor Lambert described an entirely novel departure iu this direc tion, namely,the “Submarine Sentry.” It^consists of an inverted wooden kite which can be trailed from the stern of a vessel at any required depth to forty-five fathoms. During towing the vibration of the wire causes a continuous rattle in a sounding box, and a cessation of this noise gives an additional indica tion when the “Sentry” has stoLck bottom.—[Courier-Journal. A Hnge Grapevine. What that glorious climate of Cali fornia can’t do no climate will. Say ing nothing of her trees, here is a grapevine as described by the San Francisco Examiner: “It was cut a day or so ago at General Bidwell’s vineyard in Chico. The body of what was once a slender, twining plant is now sixteen feet tall and as large around as a stovepipe hat. It is full of deep seams, some of them almost reaching the centre of the trunk, and there is bark upon it that is rough and ragged. Arms larger that a man’s start out from the body, and there are seven of them iu all. Some of the runners were 200 fee> in length, and the vine, when bearing, bore hundreds of pounds of grapes every year. Preparing for Contingencies. Blanche (after replying “Yes” to Hnnker’s proposal): “Do you want to speak to papa to-night?” Hunker: “N-no. Wait till to-mor row. I’ll get an accident insuranco policy before I come back.”—[Epoch. Practical Physiognomy. Griggs.—“Why, that follow’s face would carry him anywhere.” Diggs.—“Yes. indeed. You know he got into jail last weak.”—[Argosy.