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it is certainly a nutritious artnre of diet, ami its increasing use is to be regarded with satisfaction. Possibly the time will come when it will be as popular jn this country as in England. If there were some means by which tho ravages of dogs could be ’pre vented and the uncertainty regarding the tariff on wool could be done away with the outlook for the sheep indus try in the United States would be re markably bright. Rear-Admiral Belknap’s survey of parts of the Pacific, preparatory to the laying of the proposed trans-Pacific telegraph cable, indicates 'hat extra ordinary difficulties will be encoun tered. His soundings s ow the exist ence of a trough or basin of extraor dinary depth and extent along the east <joast of Japan and the Kurile Islands, and under the Kuro Si vo, or Japan or Black Stream. The basin exceeds any similar depression yet found in any other regions of the great oceans. In a run of 30 miles after leaving the coast of Japan the waters deepened more than 1800 fathoms, and upon the next cast of the lead the wdre broke after 4643 fathoms hid been run out without bottom having been reached. Thermometers specially con st acted for deep-sea sounding were wrecked by the unprecedented pres sures. The depth of the deepest cast —five miles and a quarter, the deepest watee yet found—is sufficient to hold two mountains as high as Japan’s great Fusiyama, one on top of the other, and eu the summit of the highest would be nearly two-thirds of a mile under water. One of the most remarkable meas ures enacted by the Prussian Landtag during the session which has just been brougnt to a clo«e, is a law providing for comp nsation to agriculturists for damage done to their crops by game, says the Toronto (Canada) Mail. The lamage is not to bo paid by the own ers of the game, who almost invari ably belong to territorial nobilit" both great and small, but by the other agri culturists, farmers and peasants whose crops ihe game has refrained from in juring on that particular occasion. This extraordinary method of squar ing accounts must be attributed to the fact that the majority in the Prussian Landtag is composed almost entirely of petty territor'al nobility—the so- called Kitterguisbesitzer. But it is incredible that a man so enlightened and progressive as the presetit Em- iror of Germany should have given a law which, in .he proverb, “robs ^ter ndeed, under iJ^Aro- :ome more b injured left unda ’arts corra Times, tnk^Be ground th 1 flict betw^^F France and Germany, though it rmiy be postponed, is inevit able, and advances nn odd theory that the French Republic must preserve peace as long as it can, because only by preserving peace con it preserve itself. He holds that if it is defeated in the field it will fall before public indignation; if victorious, it wijl fall before Cfe a arism, the victorious gener al re-enacting the Napoleon role. The immediate danger spot of Europe, De Blowitz holds, is Austria-Hungary, which he believes is likely to fall apart when tho feeble heirs of Ft^incis Joseph mount the throne. They arc princes, boorish and eccentric, brought up on the traditions of the exiled house of Este, and act and think like men who had gone asleep in the middle of the last century, to awake In 1891 to carry out their dreams. When the empire of Austria-Hungary falls apart there will be, according to Dc Blowitz, a fierce sword scramble for the frag ments. The Austrian succession has so often precipitated European con flicts that certainly De Blowitz has historic precedents enough on his side. The Old Santa Fe Trail. Thirty-five years after Columbus discovered this continent Alva Nunez Cabeza de Vaca sailed from Spain and landed in Florida,or in the region now called by that name. From there he made a wonderful overland tourney to the City of Mexico. On that jour ney a part of the way he traversed a route whichever since has found great favor with travellers to New Mexico. Just think of it! There is a road 800 miles long, rising so imperceptibly for over COO miles of the distance as to seem absolutely level, and without a single bridge from end to end! What wonderful tales that road could toil— of the bearded fellows of de Vaca, thin and worn bv privation and the • fatigue of their long journey through a wilderness until then pathless—of the after settlement of the neighbor hood by the Spaniards—of the coming of the hardy American pioneer, traders, soldiers, settlers, and last, but most important of all,the railroad engineers. Manv an exploit of soldiers, scout and Indian warrior has that ancieut trail witnessed. Phil Kearney knew it well, for had he not fought over near, ly its entire length? Kit Carson achieved much of his fame in its vicir- ity, and in the early fifties F. Y. Au brey, a young man, made a famous ride a ainst time over the same route, from Santa Fe to Independence, Mo. —[Pittsburg Dispatc “George!^ start. “Yes, Dolly, it’s Geor^ give a good deal out of his last" wages to know what you arc thinka?! of so intently.” “I was thinking about you, George.” “Come,I’m flattered,” sitting down beside her, and possessing himself of her reluctant hand. “Now, be hon est, Dora, and tell me what it was.” “Don’t smile, George,” said she. “Indeed, indeed, it’s a more serious matter than you imagine. I was think ing, George, that I never can marry you, until—until you leave off drink ing.” She had spoken with an effort, and her words produced their effect. George Dacre dropped the hand he had been holding so careless ly in his, while his brow darkened ominously. “Dora,” said ho, “you are treating me like a child. T'oti want me to fet ter myself with a temperance pledge and make a recluse of myself, all be cause you cannot trust me. Why, girl, there’s not a man in the town, from Squire Darrell downward, but that takes his social glass when he can get the chance.” “My husband must be an exception to the rest, then,” Dora said firmly. “My child, this is ail nonsense,” said Dacre, making as if he would take her hand again. “No it is not, George.” ••Do you really mean it?” “Yes.” He sat a moment looking at her; then rose up with a shrug of the shoul lor- 1 . “Well, said he, with seeming indif ference, “a woman is of course at liberty to make up her own mind as she chooses—and so is the man.” Dora looked piteously at him, while her heart seemed to stop heating within her bosom. Would lie really persist in declining to give the pledge which would set all doubt at rest? “Good bye, Dora,” he said,defiantly. “George. George!” she wailed, “won’t you promise me?” ••No!” lie uttered, with a half- stifled oath upon his lips. “I’ll give uo promise that will tie me up like a baby. I'll surrender my freedom to no The Jeannette i Arctic ocean at th™ I day. High the liles a And lie passed down the sunshiny garden path and was g.^ue; while Dora burst out into a tempest of tears and sobs, her flushed face buried in her hands. “Have I done well?” she asked he] self. “Oh, have I doni ting his h And flies r all However, I event. She 1 the girls and if she ounsel, 1 se to ex on her things and go beyond the mill her George Dacre h at the door with a me, I am so happy!” Ir face dimpled with fes and blushes, said Miss Fane, dryly, ^s differ.” re came into the neatly little room she saw that one Dacre’s limbs was replaced ^deu stump, and that the hair [down low over his forehead entire y conceal a deep scar laversed it crosswise, pous Heavens!” cried she, involuntarily. “What’s Is the ’ And Dora burst into tears hostion. It mind her, Miss Fane,” said [heerily. “I’ve been dead and alive, like the prodigal son of Scripture. And I’m afraid I’ve been 111 :e him in more particulars than one.” “Bui you haven’t told me what was er?” said Miss Fane, t was a railroad accident,” ra faintly. e one, you don’t speak the uth!” said Dacre, smiling. - Fane, I was half mad with nd I believe I threw myself |rily under the car wheels. I d to be killed, but God is often erciful to us than is warranted deserts. And when I cams it all a maimed cripple, Dora, here, ' vas mv a igel of blessing and marrh'd me in sp te of it all. And now s ic is supporting us both with her c ressmakiug until I get some bookkeeping or something of the sort to do.) Miss Fane,” frowning to keep tiie tears back from his eyes, “do you tljiuk I deserve all this?” “I lielieve you v. ill for the future,” said Miss Fane, moved in spite of herself. “It shall he through no fault of mine jf 1 don't,” said Dacre. he looked a-* though he meant sew York News. within a hundred feefbf the buildu without seeing a guard. Such a watchman, silent and marshal in bear ing, guards each of the four entrances to the Treasury. The guards who traverse the corridors at stated in tervals touch electric buttons to an nounce their presence in certain parts of the building. All this system of interior watchfulness was the work of Secreiary Folger, who during his term in office lived iu constant dread of au attack on the Treasury. So far as human watchfulness can bo relied on the Treasury is guarded, but there must be new safes and the Commis sion will soon report to Treasurer Nebeker its recommendations for building new vaults and strengthen ing the old ones. — [Indianapolis Jour nal. A i losquito in getting in his work emplfls a lance, two saws and an ar- tent for pumping blood. The “swipe” him is while he nerve to make a hole te pump. TKe urs. ’ An Alnminiam Steamboat. S me novel and interesting experi ments have recently bean made on tho Lake of Zurich with a steamboat built entirely of aluminium, which claims to be the first of its kind. The boat weighs only about half a ton—viz., about half the weight of an ordinary boat of the same size. It was built at the works of Messrs. Escher, W'yss & Co., of Zurich, the metal having beeu furnished by the Aluminium Works of SchuffTiausen, where it is obtained by au electrical process, the dynamos being driven, not by steam engines, but by turbines, which utilize the water power of the celebrated falls of the Rhine, so that the boat claims to be exclusively the product of Swiss labor and power. It carries eight persons, and, with a petroleum engine of only two-horse power, can easily make six miles an hour. Aluminium not being subject io rust, the permanent color of the boat is a beautiful dull white, whilst ihe chimney being of polished alumin ium, shines like silver. The trial trips of the boat were eminently successful; and it is anticipated that the construc tion of aluminium steamers, having the same capacity, and only half the weight of iron ones now used in the Swiss lakes has a great future before it. — [London Standard. Good Enough to Practice on. While stationed in Richmoud Bar racks, in Dublin, along with a detach ment of the Dublin Fusilecrs, one of tbs sentries belonging to that corps got strict orders to present arms to aii | field officers, and especially to the commanding officer. A young subal tern was passing hia post and the sen try presented arms to him. The officer, however, went up to the sentry and told him that he was not entitled to that compliment, when the sentry replied: “Ach, sure, you are good enough to practice ou.”—[New York Mercury. Is over to the middle, aiPf baste each one carefully so that the whole places may overlap those which are badly worn. Then place two such prepared pieces together and baste thorn again. Then stitch them cross wise, lengthwise, bias and in all direc tions. This makes a rather thick soft cloth, which is worth more as an ab- ' sorbent than any other that can be j found. 1 have made some of my most I useful house cloths from pieces of old ! towels, table cloths, napkins and the like. Tho smaller and badly worn ; pieces were placed inside, and with J better pieces as covers, the whole was i quilted together either by machine or ! by band. When I do my own work, I am never without au abundance of excellent articles of this sort. Some times I make various grades of them for the numberless purposes for which such cloths are requited.”—[The Ledger. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Nothing made with sugar, eggs and milk should reach the boiling point. In mixing cake dough use cups of exactly the same size for measuring the different ingredients. Two or three rose-geranium leaves, put in when making crab-apple jelly, will give it a delicious flavor. The molasses to bo used for ginger- bread is greatly improved by being first boiled, and then skimmed. In flavoring puddings, if the milk is rich, lemon flavoring is good, but if the milk is poor, vanilla makes it richer. If a cake cracks open when baking, it is either because the oven is too hot and cooks the outside before the inside is heated, or else tho cake was made too stifll Beat the yolk of an egg and spread on the top of rusks and pies jnst be fore putting them into the oven. The egg makes that shine seen ou bakers’ pies and cakes. The best dish cloths are made from glass toweling. When canning fruit do not use your dish cloth to lift the jars from • the .fire. Always wash your dish cloths out when washing your towels, and rinse in cold water. The pungent odor of pennvroyal is very disagreeable to ants and other creeping things. If the herbs cannot be obtained, get the oil of pennyroyal and saturate something with it, and lay around the places infested with these pesta. A good plan for keeping butter f.ool and sweet is to fill a box with sand to within an inch or two of the top; sink the butter jars in the sand, then thoroughly wet the sand with cold water. Cover the box air-tight The box may be kept in the kitchen. te plains. Wet its rapicr-iike blades, 'Tharp as a cambric needle, radiated alike from a given spot on the surface of the earth. The root of this weed is now being gathered up by men who drive their wagons over the plains of Western Kansas. A sharp spade is driven down deeply by the side of the plant, the earth is broken and the thick, brown root secured. The top, wifi its long spines, is thrown aside. Sometimes a long, sharp tool is re quired to reach deep into the ground in order to secure the greater part of the root. Like the prairie dog, “it goes down to water.” The root has beeu known to extend as far as twenty feet into the soil, but only from two to three feet of the upper portion, whicli is about two inches thick, is worth digging for. This root is brought by the wagon load to Kansas City, whore the In terstate Toilet Soap Company, with a little factory at Twelfth and Gen esee, converts it into soap. The roots arc first washed, then cut up and boiled out in a big v* , where other ingredi ents are also placed. When this is dried out to such a degree that it will solidify it is moulded into semi-trans parent cakes that slip around in the hands delightfully while being used. One of the mo-d wonderful things about this weed is that while growing in a region where alkali pools dot tho ground and where the soil is white with the chemical, none of it is found in the root. Many of the poorer sot- tiers who occupy “dugouts” find the root in its natural state a panacea for many ills. They cut it into c mvenient pieces and use it as a cake of toilet soap.—[Kansas City Times. The Carp Has a facer Throat. The carp carries his teeth back iu his throat, so that when ho has a sore throat he does not know whether to send for the doctor or the dentist. Ho resembles the cow iu tho respect that lie chews his cud. It is a pity that some of the other virtues of the cow do not also pertain to the carp, for he would be a much more useful fish if this were so, ah hough it would not be possible for him to give milk, as docs our good bovine friend, owing to the certain destruction of every drop of it by the river ic which he lives, and which, as many of the readers of this paper know, is full of water. — [Bos ton Cultivator. How to Start a Balky Horse. A writer in Our Dumb AniniaU says that whenever a horse driven by him has balked, he has got out of hU carriage, gone to the horse’s forefoot, lifted it from the ground, and struck the shoe a few blows with a stone. He has never failed to start a balky horse in this very simple way.