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/ I ^ m m-jisfr?.. 7A Pi- : , . I i- 1 England confers the title of second >n on Dewey. To the world he the tirst Dewey. That title will ind to the end of time. The Philippines produce the finest indigo in the world, hut it isn’t bo blue as tl.e feeling that the American Squadron has produced there. There are in England and Wales 200,000 children so defective in men tal power that they are incapable of fighting the baitlus of life if ieft to themselves. According to the American consul at Sydney, Australia, “American trade has been the means of emancipating the Australians from the time honored tyranny of the silk hat.” The recall of Japanese troops from Wei-hai-Wei has followed the final payment of the Chinese indemnity. The harbor, with ita forts, now passes under lease to (ircat Britain. As the place is a much better rendezvous than Port Arthur of Talienwau and of atategic val..e, the Russians have not gained any such advantage over their rivals as was indicated in the first an- nonneements. ISRAEL PUTNAM S RIDE. M- Si- men must weep” finds Kingsley’s doctrine that work and women must disapproval in the case of the families of Captain Robley D. Evans of the Iowa and Captain Henry (5. Taylor of the Indiana. The daughtura of both families, Mrs. Charlotte Evans Marsh and her sister,Miss Virginia T. Kvans, with Miss Mary V. Taylor, are receiving instructions in the naval hospital at Fort Monroe to qualify as trained nurses during the war. Women have something to do nowadays more important than posing as Niobea. It is a remarkable fact that our naval hei oes have seldom been honored with prominent political o!lice after the aohieveuient of their victories. Wo have had several soldier presidents, but no sailor executive, yet wo talk •bout the ship of state. What more natural than to put a sailor at the helm? How does it happen that Farra- gut and Porter never became promi nent in civil life, while so many gen erals of distinction held political posi tions at Washington after the war ? ■aks the Providence Journal. One by one our old poetic idols are being shattered b^ the utilitarian an iptical of the fin-de-siecle wo; iau wanted by large fl'ac il, poeti. al in poetry end the old , Us about the whiteness of the skin, jUan* something not so poetical. It is due, she says, to the languor of the muscular tissues throughout the body, ^nd the slowness and languor that W ss so often characterized as a charm ing feminine attribute is associated arith indigestion, and is therefore thoroughly unroinautic. U is one of the ironies of Ufa that women as they etand in literature and romance are aot true to life. •Tras a tnnm of March in 70 That the British regulars formed In line, A thousand fighting men and more, To scourge the fair Connecticut .shore. Where were tlx- valorous patriots then? Scarce two hundred scattering men Wore all that gathered upon the height In the chilly springtime morning light. With their two old cannons cakeo with mire And their heavy flint-locks primed for fire. Pp the ro.td did the redcoats come, Stepping true to the roll of the drum; From either side of the swinging rank Turned a troop on the patriot flank. Retreat or capture the only choice. “Back!” rang the patriot leader’s voice. A single volley, broken and harsh. And away they fled for the wood and marsh. While their dauntless leader, sore at need, Sprang to the buck of the (.humping steed. Thundered the dragoons' hoofs behind; Burst their shouts ou the keen March wind, Over his shoulder n look he rust. And lo! the enemy gaining fast. Was he whose fame moved many a lip To pine on a British prison ship The while his focmen worked their will From Norwalk bridge unto Stamford hill? "Never!” he cried, and at the word On with a mad resolve he spurred. Into the valley a rocky stair Lid from an ancient house of prayer; Out from the highway he leaped his steed. And dashed ndown at n desperate speed, While round about bim he heard the hum Of the bullets of those who dared not come. Flinging a taunt at each redeoat clown, On he rode into Stamford town, Gathered all who could strike a blow. And backward turned to harry the foe. Thus did Putnam's courage shine That morn of March in ’7'J. A hero he as he rode alone With bravery bred in the very Isme; For well he knew ’tin the man that's free, 'Ihut worketli woe to the enemy. And so, while spring succeeds to spring, Down the vale of the years shall ring— Ay! to our country'* even tide— The fame of Israel Putnam's ride. —Independent. It lias been recently suggested that advantage should be takeu of this iu- teruatioiml brush to attempt a practi cal solution of the tramp question, •ays the Washington Star. The prop osition is that these wandering ne’er- do-wells be di lifted into the service of the United States, uniformed, drilled, armed, and sent to Cuba to form part, at leant,of the first army of invasion. It is urged that those tramps who seek to shirk this unpleasant duty will naturally “take to the woods" thus completely ridding the commun ities that they have infested of a seri ous nuisance. The military demands of the government, however, are too serious to permit the assembling of a corps of untrained, unmilitary, un ambitious, and possibly unpatriotic men to oe relied upon for dangerous duties. The best fighters are those taken by their country from the ranks of the producers, the men with a con scieutious desire to serve the nation, who are energetic both in times of peace and w ar. The greatest econo my in warfare lies in producing maximum of results with a minimum of men. The mere aggregation of people into ranks is not generalship. The tramp problem lies deeper than this. It is not to be solved by a gen- oral conscription, unless it be intend ed to enter upon a virtual scheme of extermination, which is so utterly for eign to American doctrine, and so an tagonistic to the principles upbu which tho war of intervention is being waged against Spain. If the solution lies in iha line of employment let the tramps be drafted to work ou Good roads are needed. >e had to build them. THE CLOWN'S VENGEANCE. ^c). c ) ii-'T {'veiling there was a Kreat concourse of imofile on the Place do Li Liberte. The Rosatl Circus was giving its last performance, and the public of Toulon was flocking in crowds to this farewell repre sentation. At tho doors, beneath the flickering gleam of the rows of gas-lights, there was a ceaseless crush and , lnovwneW ; endless tflowly_wiudlng Us way in ki-wr*ini?ig pianiis with ancon clatter. All around, ou the notice-boards stuck iu the ground, the colors of the flaming posters were displayed and, bathed In the garish light, dazzled the eye. In the crowd of spectators and Idlers every one was reading aloud the placard which stood conspicuous In front: * Positively the Last Wme * this evening. • * * Last Performances • * of • * Prince Icarus • * (The Flying Man), • “ of • * Mile. Rita * * and of • * Aesop * * (The Grasshopper Clown). • *•••*•••**** Within the circus the seats were al ready overflowing, and the same names repeated from mouth to mouth blended Into a general murmur deadened by the canvas roof over the ring. Some of the circus-men were inking the sawdust ou the track, and. above the door to the stables, the musicians were languidly tuning their Instruments, or, at times, addressing friends who passed beneath the gallery. “That you? Matins, how goes It?” etc. In the upper rows the audience was alive with Impatience for the expeeted spectacle, and Irritated by the passing of the young fashionable lirst-uighters”—envied frequenters be hind the scenes—who pressed in a crowd to the narrow entrance leading to the greenroom. Officers in civilian dress, and stu dents, ship-brokers and idle dandies, all wished for the last time to get near the r eyes liefore the cutting, cold ?•' ®* the dwarf, whose wan and grotesqj race—| u g p fte of (±e q( his W(K j ted and too large lips-si*emed at son to be fraught with evil, his evening the manikin was m worse humor than usual; his Jeers w~ tnore biting ami more bitter, and neath the coat of flour covering "earned features he appeared not p; Itvkl. ii| 8 (.y,* imd a sharp at menacing flash iu them, and never l> tu. who, gayly i„ised before her ml |" or ’ having her bodice laced by ti handsome gymnast Icarus. tt the circus the orchestra was finis! n * o waltz by Metra. The curious wei gradually quitting the stable and r< urning to their places. The sharp eir j the ring-master’s whip were cracl ! >g in the arena; the show had begu: Icarus placed a last rose la the hair 'e equestrienne and tan to chalk h shoes. He stumbled against his dwarl Mi comrade. I he down seemed very busy In exam- ni ng the gas-metre, and pushed h!n away with an oath. Then, witboui more ado, the acrobat sent him reeling,! and leaping on a ladder, cried, with laugh, “Out of the way, you pitiful pigmy!” Aesop uttered a roar of rage anti anger, then suddenly calming himself, returned to the metre, and after baring followed with an eye of hatred the ascent of Icarus, began fumbling with fhe mechanism of the stop cocks, A great clapping of hands. A frantic o\ at ion. Two hundred pretty women dropped their fans, and leveled their opera-glasses, and, a trifle pale, smiled "itb a delicious dread. Icarus was uj there—high up at the top of the circus hanging to the last trapeze, and turning over and over iu it, slowly and without an effort. At times he paused, and his face was seen radiant in the foolish pride of tri umph. Below, iu the ring, the downs were stretching a circular not, and in all the circus reigned deep silence brok en only by a feminine whisper: “How graceful! What a handsome fellow!” The gymnast then, finding his public sufficiently warmed up, raised hlmselfi at one pull, stiffening fiinisdf on hlsf wrists. The trapeze, violently thrown back described a great arc, and, letting gjj the bar. the man shot forward like aul arrow Into space. There was a feeling of apprehension in the crowd, and an “Oh!” of affright uttered by a thousand breasts. Tbe acrobat reached the second traiieze, and calmly let himself swing in its decreas ing oscillations. Slowly he thus darted eleven times calm and smiling as he made the tour of the circus, and rejoicing at feeling beneath him the immense panting of the throng. At the eleventh trapeze he paused to prolong this emotion—hi* glory-and his eyes sought out Rita. The equestrienne saw him, and with the handle of her whip threw him a kiss. Iff U'ar«b.,Hgfng trapeze to rest. He was co; plete his task. “Enough,” said some voices^ “No! Bravo! Encore!” cried the dies, eager to feel once more the verse joy of an enticing pain. For the twelfth time the hanuson gymnast, stiffening his muscular nruu essayed his terrible flight. But an appalling cry of terror, a fra: tic shout arose. In an instant, suddenly—like a cand; put out by the flap of a bat’s wing- thj thousand glistening lights of tho circti were extinguished all together, at t precise and fatal moment when tl man was darting into space. At the same Instant there rose froi the ring a laugh, terrible. vlbnUlu| with hate. Then in the black and hideous ol scurity, iu the pitchy darkness th; tilled the circus lately so blazing, pol; mint shrieks rolled from row to rov Women fainted, and the spectato: with their hearts crushed In hope! terror, shudderlngly sat as If petrlfi< in their places, and peered into night that tilled the dome. Th^ not wi empty, the acrobat must be looked f< in the gloom. In the search, lanteri were brought and carried toward tl top of the circus. Five minutes- fivl centuries, daisied. Some one criei ‘‘Bengal lights.’’. Then, while here and there pooplj were trying to relight the burners, biaxe of violet and red, of green au< azure, flashed out and with a powerfi lllumiuaiion lit up at one flash ever corner of the circus with Its fautasti| and trembling gleams. And suddenly, as In the flames of was seen, rigs Prince leant! V-' ’ • _;T /: BILDREN’SCOlUMN. DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. •thine that Will Interwt the Ju- vcnll* Member* ot Every Household —Qnaiat Actions and Bright Sayings if Many Cats and Canning Children. Grandpa's Way. nehow. of all the day we children used to dread ben night would come, and mother’d say, “Now, children, go to bed;” grandpa came to visit us. He was a soldier, and you see l’s just ns good and pleasant as ever he can be. very first night he asked mother with a smile jthe children ever marched to bed in good old soldier style. .he commenced to count, “One, two, one, two.” I tell you, it was fine, you don’t know how quickly we nil fell into line. then, all day we kind of look ahead night to come, when we like soldiers can march away to bed. grandpa says. If we’ve a task, we’ll find it just the same— |so much easier to do if it has a pleas ant name. mge Judd Farmer. • Oldest Poll in America. be most Interesting doll in this ntry Is to be seen at Reading, £ ., and Is the property of Mrs. H. rown. She was brought- from |ton, China, to Salem, Mass., 172 ago, by Capt. Gamaliel Hodges, present to his little daughter. She pnssiHl down from generation to ration remarkably well preserved does not show her age at all. At entertainment when old-fashion- bings are brought out, she appears | could tell some startling expert 's, no doubt. She was of quite ma- age when Washington became lldcnt of the United Colonies, and I nearing 100 years of age when the pf 1812 broke out. We do not ■ how she was dressed at first, but she wears a Louis XIV. costume. Bootblack Honor. Ifew weeks ago a gentleman, going pugh a crowded part of the city of sow, Scotland, noticed a pale-faced bootblack waiting for hire, ehed by the delicate look of the he thought he would give him the Iking of his boots to do. Accordhig- |e gave the little fellow the signal, boy at once crept lamely toward jentlemau, and as he pulled himself t g, was nimbly supplanted by au- r little bootblack, who was imme- rty at the gentleman's feet and I y to begin. That’s this for?” said the gentle- j to the Intruder somewhat angrily. ;’s •’ richt,” said the newcomer, itly. “Jamie’s jlst a wee while oot hospital, and the rest o’ us take O’ iDrushin’ for him.” ’com- fs story was true. gentleman was so gratified by act of brotherly kindness that he Jamie’s friend a whole shilling for !s Work, telling him to give sixpence > Jamie and keep the other sixpence to imself. ‘Na, na, sir,” quickly replied this lit- e hero, giving the shilling to Jamie id hurrying from the spot, “na, na sir; me o’ us ever take ony o’ Jamie’s sll- r.”—Christlan Record. Boys Build a Locomotive. Edwin H. Warren and Ernest C; arren ure two Mont vale (Mass.) ys. aged respectively 17 and 13. ey are students at the Woburn igh School, from which they will SMALL BUT BEL1ABLE. fair Mile. Rita, the celebrated eques trlenne, who, for a month, had been the transformation scene subject of conversation In every mess- 1 t '' 1 * ui ! l, d to the trapeze, room and every club. They stepped i ' nn - iu £ motionless, along, the elbowed and the elbowers. -^ n unheard of horror paralyzed hi between the walls that were covered I a supernatural frenzy. His hair st( with sets of varnished harness, anil mot - His distorted face, whiter th begged pardon every time they jostled , *‘ ar ^ a corpse, his haggard eyes, pi a groom. They stopped at the stalls of tru filng from their.sockets, rolled ct Blue Devil and Djinn, the two trick 't'lsively Arabians, and, under pretext of giving some sugar to the horses, fluttered about the extemporized dressing-room the roads. Labor must While the wo» in progress the stay-at-hom* •nriets of the highways might profit- r be set at work putting their favor lines of travel in fine modern cob •••'•ou. [ Soon his comrades were near With the handle of his knife Ae drnck the gymnast’s bands, and wit m - - — iwi where Rita, tranquil and smiling, was 1 sreat difficulty detached from the clenched hands of the tnise donning her attire. Then came In suc cession Uie commonplace compliments, to which the star of the circus, unheed ing. scarcely deigned to give an answer. man. I The gas was relighted, and the crow-j Jjjhmtl^mi^jrtthout a breath, watcho^ without seeming to note the ardent gaze •»» it was slowly lowered down. of her admirers. descent of the living corp^- Mie was a handsome girl, a careless There is to-day near Marseilles, In gypsy, with the sun iu her eyes and her Asylum of Saint Pierre, a poor ma- 1 ’ blood, accustomed to the atmosphere of who stalks straight forward, his ndmirat:,,'.]. and she finished her toilet held in front and coatmeted in an W without hurrying. At times, however. Inary gnp. It is a frigbtfol al** 1 she gave her shoulders a shake and ‘‘Prince learns’’ u w w . Pea fu 8 u ? 0r “ eck,ace rattk “-1 1 do not know what jail holds It was when the little clown Aesop, her As to the fairy Rita she Is now husband, who, all befloured and pa !m . j princess somewhere In Germany. It! .obably be graduated two years jnce. Unlike most boys of their years, *y care little for base-ball and less the mad scrimmages of the foot- |ll field. Their home Is on rising >und near the railway station, and fir newest toy Is a locomotive which ij, with the aid of their father, Mr. .Tbert A. Warren, constructed and iced in operation on a 120-foot track. ie locomotive weighs about a ton and and were such engines animals it developed like cows this one gbt very aptly be called a yearling, t is an out-and-out locomotive from Right to cab. The wheels on the truck once did duty as pulleys in 1. They are twenty-two inches iu The drivers once were pul- but they are larger, measuring [rty inches. There Is no connecting 1. but in Its stead a belt Is compelled impart power to the drivers from force Induced by the twin cylinders Jer tho fore part of the Itoiler. The ller Is three feet long and two feet It was originally Intended for ^_.lng apparatus, and the three ,.of the fire-box makes the iron part the locomotive about six fret in Is* to ed, was walking before the room, his huge top-knot swaying at every step, drewnear, and his sharp falsetto voice launched some taunt at tbe artist’s courtiers. They laughed, they even ap plauded, but. more often, they lowered | Adapted from the French to* gouuut. tbe Gents who wear pants Gentlemen who wear walking sticks Ont of the Moath* of Babies. fNow, Harry,” asked the teacher of » Jnvenlle class, “what is the meal i eat in the morning called?” “Oat- t the little fellow's prompt re- „ys mother was seated on a bench * pork one day and the little fei- as playing near by. found a Picking It up, be carried It to his mother, exclaiming: “Oh, mam ma; look at the horse’s track I found.” Tommy, the 5-year-old son of a candi date for a local office, was told that his father bad got the nomination, and running Into the house, he exclaimed: “Oh, mamma.! Mr. Jones says papa’s got the nomination. Is that worse than the measles?” Willie, aged 5, who had just been punished by his mother for bad con duct, said: “Mamma, you’ve got the baddest memory I ever saw.” “Why, what makes you think I have a Imd memory, Willie?” she asked. "Be cause,” was the reply, “you remember all the bod things I do.” Annie was a very polite little miss of (1 years and when one of her little play mates told her that she had been con fined to tlie bouse for two days with the toothache, Annie said: “I’m just awfully sorry, for you must have en joyed a great deal of pain, didn’t you, Katie?” It was Nellie’s first day at school and just before dismissing the pupils for the day the teacher called the roll and each little boy and girl in attendance promptly answered “present.” When Nellie’s name was called among the last, she said: “Please, ma’am, I didn’t know we had to bring presents, but I’ll bring one to-morrow.” ENGLISH INTRODUCTIONS. Some of the Cnetoms Prevailing in Society There. I find that English people object to our habit of over-introducing in society. They think it vulgar, even when guests are assembled to dine together. “Of course,” said a London mau-of-the- world to me, quite recently, “you are always made to know the lady whom you have been desired to take down to dinner.” (Tihs constant phrase, "take- down to dinner*” comes, of eonrse, from the fact of all London drawing-rooms being on the floor above that of the dining-room.) "The lady on your other side? Why on earth should an introduction to her be requisite? You Interchange conversation with her, of course, while the , dinner progresses; some of my most agreeable moments have been spent iu quietly finding out who she is and letting her quietly find out who I am.” “But would It not be more agreeable for both,” I ventured, “If the sociality of your hostess had pre viously made you acquainted?—If you had also been presented to the other lady?” My Interlocutor here scowled, then merrily smiled. "Pardon me,” his reply came, “but that word ‘presented’ does so grate on English nerves! We haven’t It here; we never use it; we think It very bad form.” It was my turn to smile. “You think It American?” I ask ed, demurely. “Well, yes, If you won’t be offended,” he said; “we do think It a —a transatlantic Importation. I know you’ll forgive me if I say to you that It was lugged over here by certain Ameri can girls, who have chosen to use It ment. They sfieak ol having Cor and Mr. That ’presented’ to them. Of course, we English laugh In our sleeves at all this. Why not? We can’t help It. One Is ‘presented’ here to royalty alone. The word is never employed in any other sense. When it Is so employ ed we think the impulse is shockingly luid taste. You are ‘presented’ to the Queen, the Princess of Wales; you are ‘presented’ at the drawing-rooms in Buckingham Palace and all that sort of thing. I can’t tell you what amuse ment it causes us to hear chits of Amer ican girls prattling alwut the person ages who have l>een ’presented’ to them. The plain old English word ‘in troduce' is what we always use.”—Lon don correspondence in Collier's Weekly. Strange Money in the Mountain*. “The strangest money I ever saw,” said a drummer for a Main street nouse the other evening, “was in the mountain districts of Kentucky and West Vir ginia. Last summer I was making my semi-annual tour through this district and I stopped one day at a little grocery and saloon, not to sell goods, but to get a drink of the ‘mountain dew.’ While I was pouring out my drink a big, husky mountainer entered the place and call ed for a drink. As he finished gulping it down he reached into a big; bulky pocket and drew forth whnt looked to be a coon skin. lie laid the skin ou i he counter, the barkeeper took the skin, and, opening a drawer, hauled out a rabbit skin, which I suppose was tne change. The mountaineer picked up the rabbit skin and started to the front part of the store, which was the gro cery. He there bought a twist of to bacco and tendered the rabbit skin iu payment. He received a big twist of long green, and I was surprised to see the storekeeper reach 1ft another draw er and tender him a squirrel skin. The mountaineer tucked the squirrel skin iu his pocket, walked o«t. unhitched his horse, and rode away. “1 became interested and engaged the proprietor in conversation. He told me that sometimes he would go months without seeing any real money and that the mountaineers used the skins .n all kinds ot trades, such as buying horses, etc. He said that four times a year a hide buyer from Lexington or Cincinnati visited the country and bought up all the skins, which were generally concentrated In the few stores in the vicinity.’’—Louisville Dis patch. Cosuton Horseshoes. A cushion horseshoe Just placed on the market has flanges formed in a pad to surround the shoe, with air chambers extending around the pad in position to bear against the shoe and support the horse's weight. It is said that gold is so malleable that It can be beaten as thin as the ham in a railway sandwich. A woman can sharpen a pencil about as quick as a man can thread a uecdle. stow-.. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. How to Drope s Plano. If there is an upright piano in the room, do not jam it stiffly against the ▼all. Pnt it crosswise, almost in the middle of the floor. Hang a piece cf tapestry or a portiere over the back, place a box on the floor behind it, pnt some cushions on the box and yon have the latest thing, the “piano seat.” On How Moth* Are Bred, coming iu from the street _ do not hang np in tbe closet the gown that has been a great assistance to the street cleaning department. The darkness and heat of a closet are all the incubators moths are looking for. Tbe gowns should be shaken well, on a balcony, if possible, or ont of a window, anyway, to get rid of the dust and filth gathered in the streets. A Substitute For Snet. It is often supposed that the vege tarian cook mast be at a disadvantage for want of suet. What is the merit of snet? Simply this, that it presents fat in a fibrous form, letting it ont gradually into tbe mixture of which it forms a part. Exactly the same re sult is achieved when bread crumbs are saturated with butter or oil. A ship’s cook, when making plam duff, knows this secret, and sops up oil with biscuit crumbs, which he incor porates with the dough. Another mode is to add a little washed and soaked tapioca to the paste used for boiled puddings. Whitewn*h the Cellar. Every cellar should have a good coat of whitewash at this season, in order to keep it sweet, fresh and wholesome. A rule for preparing a whitewash that will not rub off is this, given by a good, old colored aunty, ripe in experience: Slake the lime in the nsual way. Mix one gill of flour with a little cold water, taking care to beat out all the lumps. Then pour ou boiling water enough to thicken it to the consistency of common starch when boiled for use. Pour this xffliile still hot into a bucketful of the slacked lime and add one pound of whiting. Stir all well together and add a little bluing water to improve the color. Hj'glenic SalndH. Dandelions have other uses than furnishing subjects for poems and playthings for children, and just now is the time to prove their efficacy in meeting the loss of appetite and that prevalent “tired feeling” so common. From time immemorial “greens” of all sorts have been held in high es teem for purging the blood of humors engendered by tbe winter’s diet of fatty foods. The Italian women here understand this, and all through the parks and along the roadsides in the suburbs one sees the gay purple-and- green gowned women bending assidu ously to their task of gathering this hygienic salad. In the country the children are sent ont to the garden lastnre to gather a supply—an reffnt to'give a hearty appetite of it- . self. Dandelion greens are served in either of two ways—in their natural state as a salad with the simple dress ing of vinegar, oil, salt and pepper, or cooked in plenty of water with a bit of salt pork or batter for seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. When tender drain thoroughly and serve piping hot, with a garnish of slices of hard-boiled eggs or riced yolks. It is hardly necessary to emphasize the necessity for the thorough picking over and washing of all greens in order to insure absolute cleanliness and the prevention of “gravel walks” depre cated by Sidney Smith as too familiar iu salads. Hint* to Housekeeper*. Prints, if rinsed in salt aud water, look brighter. For scorches in linen spread over them the juice of an onion, and a quar ter ounce of white soap. Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons should be washed in salt and water and ironed wet to look well. Yellow spots on tbe linen or cotton produced by the iron may be re moved by setting them in the broiling suu. Tablecloths are now being made of silk and have gained considerable popularity among those who can afford them. Velvets should be held over the steam of boiling water, and kept well stretched until . tbe moisture has evaporated. For making table aud bed linen one initial is preferred to a monogram or two letters, aud a simple design to a more elaborate one. An excellent starch for dark clothes, blue calicoes, etc., is made by using cold coffee left from breakfast, instead of pure water. Make the starch as usual. Colored muslins should be washed iu a lather of cold water. If the mus- Ha be green add a little vinegar to the water, if lilac a little ammonia, if black a little salt. A heaped-up tablespoonful of chldr- ide of lime mixed with one quart of water will remove mildew. Rinse the cloth in clear water as soon as all the spots have disappeared. Nickel s Modern Metal. Nickel is a modern metal. It was not in use nor known till 1715. ■ It has now largely taken the place of silver in plated ware, and as an alloy with steel it is superior to any other metal, for it is not only noncorrodible itself, bat it transfers the same qual ity to steel; even when combined as low as live per cent, it prevents oxi dation. Jerusalem is now nothing but a shadow of the magnificent city of ancient times. It is about three miles in circumference and is situated ou a rocky mountain. mm