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VOL. VIII the Coneerratorj. “But we muit return I Whet will they ley? Yei, I know If • ewful nice. In the window here, from the other wey, With a taite. now end then, of the toe, And now end then of Oh, you wretch 1 H ween’t et ell required That you ibouM llluitrite tbui with e iketeh The tpoech that of oourae you admired. “No matter bow nauyhty, ■polled ' 'olhiiicil Grecian knot' There I you bare The In which you llketny hair to be ooiled. And I really don’t know what Other mlacbief you have donel You’re Juit Heal nauyhty I You tqueeae like a vice I W by can't you men take something on trait. And be more dainty and mcef “There! I’m ready nowl Wbatl Juit one more? Ob, aren’t you a darling tease? And love mo io?—one, two, three, fourl There I come now, deareit. please. I'm almost afraid of the parlor glare. When they look at my lipa they’ll lee The kisses upon them.’’ “No, not there; But, sweet, in your eyes, maybe!” -Bari Marble. ceptable, and can be eaten, » , , or meat*. Light and delict* 60 Htmj,re cakes of graham or wheat ^ that fnith meal, can be made, baldureties to ddn with fresh batter on (made his ' ltes notice, while deliciour. , quire a little longer time t» /hr,t,e8 w |ie crisp brown which betolr 4ave d’Vell-done and most tempting energy,- made with baking powder, ^ upon the somet',; soda biscuit - tn ' J AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD. Philadelphia thoir b f , rB i...aiprovementa . , .low or spotted Sid-time South.— y c »n- tdiili Traded Names. SUMMER EATING. Suggestions Concerning Economy In the Kitchen During the Hot Season. Food should be seasonable. As clothes arc changed 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 methods 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, potted and pre served food. All manner of soups, fish, meats, fowl, sauces, puddings, and fruit are prepared, excellent in quality and at low cost, considering the fact that every atom of the ‘‘put oft - ” arti cle is eatable, and the extent to which the air-tight method of preparation is employed amazes one who has not kept pace with the ingenuities brought to bear upon methods of table man agement. The soups vary in character; there are extracts for clear soup, powders so rich and concentrated that a table spoonful 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. The meals too, are so convenient, for in summer one would sooner forego the delights of a juicy roast than to heat the range and the house, except on extra occasions, and most desirable substitutes are the lobsters and sal mons to eat plain or for salads; the canned and potted meats and game, which should always be kept on hand 40 •SKCUwO - r* * r, 'anre***«e which often arise—a rainy day or the arrival of an unexpected guest, when no one is at leisure to run to the gro- cerymau or U> order from the market- man. The patient and obliging baker, whose daily task is to supply the rolls, bread, tea-biscuit, and sometimes cake, saves a great amount of annoyance. His pies at this season can be dispens ed with, for the summer fruits, each in its season arc wise substitutes for pas try. for fruit aids instead of retarding the assimilative processes, and when fruit cannot be procured, the * ” latter about your fish buyin’ t .sales} me of what happened two som- Mi ago to my sister, or ruther to her kho little boys, or, more correct yit, to one of ’em. Them was two curi’as lit tle boys. They was alius tradin’ with each o.her. Their father deals mostly in horses, and they must have got it from him. -At the time I’m telhn’ of they traded everything they had, and when they had nothin’elso to swap they traded names. Joe he took Johnny’s name and Johnny took Joe’s. Just about when they had done this they both got sick with sumthin’ or other, the oldest one pretty bad, the other not much. Now, there ain’t any doctor within twenty miles of where my sister lives. But there is one who sometimes has a call to go through that part of the country, and the people in that part is alius very glad when they chance to bo sick when he comes along. Now this good luck happened to my sister for the doctor came by jist at this time. He looks into the state of the boys and while their mother was gone down stairs he mixes up some medicine he has along with him. ‘What’s your name?’ lie says to the oldest boy. Now, as he had traded names fair and square, he wasn't goin’ back on tho trade, and ho said ”Joe.” “And my name is Johnny,” up aud says the oth er one. Then the doctor goes and gives a bottle of medicine to their mother, and says he: “This medicine is fur Joe. You must give him a teaspoonful every two hours. Keep up the treatment and he will be all right. As fur Johnny, he ain’t siok much and don’t need no medicine.” And then he went away. “Every two hours after that Joo.who wasn't sick worth mentioning, had to take a dose of horrid stuff, and pretty soon ho took to Ids bed, and Johnny he just played around and got well in the nat’ral way. Joe’s mother kept up the treatment, gittin’ up in the night to feed that stuff to him, but the poor little boy got wuss and wuss, and one morn- in’ ho says to his mother, says he: “Mother, I guess I am goin’ to die, and I’d ruther than to take any more of that medicine, and I wish you’d call Johnny and wo'11 trade names back again, and if he don't want to do it, you ken tell him he ken keep the old mink skin I gavs kimie name bavin names?” says his mother. “What do you mean by that?" And then he told her what he and Johnny had done. "And did you ever tell anybody about this?” says she. "Nobody but Doctor Barnes,” says ho. “After that I got sick and forgot it.” When my sister hoard that an idee struck into her like Prof Daft’s Singular Line In New Jer sey—Supplying Motive Power. A company has been formed in this city to furnish electric motive power to any and every one who may have a wheel to turn. The machine it pro poses tou se is the electric motor of rrof. Louis Daft About one mile west of Greenville, N. J., nestling in a grove of trees, is a small frame house of four rooms, and under its shingled roof was found tho wizard of Newark bay. Jumping from his drawing-board an with energy that he might nave drawn from one of his own motors, he said in cheery tones: “Come, take a ride.” “Ampere,” named from the distin- g iished electrician, was brought out om a neighboring shed, saddled and bridled, and the wizard and his guest got aboard. “All ready,” ho cried,and touching a lever, and giving a quarter revolution to a three-inch crank, the engine started. The track, from its appearance, might have been built of the debris of thetirst experimental rail road iu America. The rails were old, and worn, and rusty; they were up here, down yonder; a succession of bumps and hollows; they were on a heavy grade and the ono curve of for ty-live degrees was like turning the corner of a fence. How in the world any four wheels ever managed to follow such a track is a wonder, but “Am- { >ere” whirled along it, back and ortli, without a groan and was as do cile aud quiet os a Shetland pony. Tho engine would sweep along to within an inch of the cuds of the rails and stop instantly when on tho verge of go ing over. The power that moved tho engine came from a generator in the factory, through a mile of wire, which might as well have been tenor twenty-live miles long. The power was transmitted to the engine by means of a small iron rail in the middle of tho track. The mile wire was attached to the rail, and tho current flowed through it, produo- ing power enough to move “Ampere” and a standard gauge passenger coach containing seveuty-tivo passengers up a seventy foot grade, and yet barefoot ed children play upon the track un harmed. In the factory close by a small motor that occupies less room than a sewiu, machine operates the saws, planers an drills of a wood working snop, and a still smaller one in another room pro duces 900 revolutions a minute in a thirty-six-inch fan, and drives a cur rent of air through the building that would turn a windmill. Prof. Daft would in all cases show the harmless ness of his machines by diverting the ripe canned, dried, aud sugared fruits prove most acceptable, and when all prepar ed they really prove a panacea for many of tho summer complaints which so much annoy children. There arc also many vegetables which tend to lubricate the system and supply at the same time clemeuts of sustenance. Tomatoes, sliced or cooked, are excellent, and everyone know* how delicious they are with the Mayonnaise accessory. Asparagus, too, covers the widest ground of ma terial demand. Like celery and on ions, it is a good nervine aud may be served on toast with drawn butter sauce or simply boiled tender in salted wa ter and eaten as salad with sauce of vinegar, salt, and pure oil. Few persons understand the capaci ties of the cucumbers, which is usually pickled, served raw or grated, and mixed with vinegar for sauce. The larger specimens can be sliced length wise, seasoned with salt and pepper, rolled in flour, and fried to a dssnty brown in lard or butter, forming an ac ceptable breakfast or tea dish, with a meaty taste added to a flavor of tbe /“*vogetablo. As little force and Are as posable should bo called into service in pre paring summer foods. The cereal fo ment predominates in the constitution of tho modern diet. Corn, oats, md wheat, in some form, are foond ujon every breakfast tablo, and are praised for their muscle-building properties. Tho Scotch and Irish oat meals are undoubtedly superior to the domests, but tho American method of furnisi- ing it steamed or partly cooked sayss time and trouble. Every mill has >f course its own wav of grinding Its grits and samp and different meali, nut all agree concerning the best ani simplest way of serving them—havi the grains well done, eat with a meas ure of milk and sugar, if desirable, when cold, and with butter or cream and sugar when hot Milk is not only an accessory, but • a splendid sabaUtute for heavier current of electricity operating the ma- . . . . . i chine into his own person, and even by t 'i opening of the circuit produced. “What is your plan for applying your motor to domestic use,” ne was asked. “We shall build central stations, at which we shall generate sufficient pow er to supply every demand within a ra dius of two and a half miles. We will carry as much of that power into your house as you want aud measure it out to you, and we will carry it in a way that will afford you no inconvenience, taking no room and being absolutely safe. Wo wili give you a motor of any capacity; it will occupy only one-liftn 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 bv a quarter turn of a three-inch A. Y. Tribune. you put a fork into an apple-dumplin’. Traded names and told the doctor! She’d all along thought it strange that the boy that seemed wuss should be turned out, and the other ono put under treatment, but it wasn’t for her to set up her opinion against that of a man liLe Dr. Barnes. Down she wont, in about seventeen jumps, to where Eli Timpkins, tho hired man, was plowin’ in the corn. “Take that horse out o’ that,” she hollers, “an’ you may kill him if you have to, but git Dr. Barnes here before my little boy dies.” When the doctor come he heard tho story, and looked at tho sick youngster, and then says he: “If he’d kept nis mink skin and not hankered after a Wesley in his name, he'd a had a better time of it. Stop the treatment and he’ll be all right.” Which she did; and ho was. —Frank K. Stockton, in the Manhattan. crank.”— Beetle vs. Alligator. The Tale of a San Francisco Oat. t is ar-| In the store of Castle Brothers, on Front street, was a cat. This cat is death on rats and such small deer, and is, therefore, treated with distinguished consideration by the proprietors and their employes. When the cat came into the office one morning with a very melancholy look on her face, and mournfully cried as if in deep distress, the human brotherhood were much dis turbed. Tho bookkeeper determined to follow 4pr and see what was tho mat ter, and she led him to where some boxes wore overturned. Upon lifting them up he discovered three small kit tens crushed beneath them and dying. The cat saw them die, and after mourn ing their untimely fate, she went about her usual avocation of eliminating the rodent In a few weeks she appeared in the office looking more lachrymose than ever, and her plaintive cries again awoke tho echoes of the store. This time less time was wasted on blandish ments, and the bookkeeper followed her again. She took him np stairs and to the furthest corner of the store and mounting some extra boxes, drew his attention by scratching and mewing to the fact that ono empty box, at the bot tom of which was a lot of old matting, was full of loose boards standing on edge, which interfered with her com fort He removed the boards and she tiefes of diet, for it is nourishing to a’ him ^ nibbing herself against high degree. Tea and coffee have, him and P urr ?S, nert day there SSh theft niche in the archives of t*!™ e « k , i ° h ? r ble furnishing, and one must not lose £° x - that cat didn t tell that book- •frht of the fact that warm drinks kee P. er , h< £ kit *?» w "° neutralise the effects of cold food for “ d afterwards the boards in the syatem; but milk in sicknesa and in tke bo . x prevented her from having a health hasV character and qusUtie.^ ^-me more kittens, and peculiarly to ite own. Soar milk or if she did not reason the thing oat, buttermilk it a healthful drinkTa^d ^ tl 0 ^ . cal1 Kf-Sar, Francuco lemonade is specially grateful on a roM> warm day or evening- A glass of lem onade taken hot boore breakfast is swift to correct irregularities. , Salt or smoked fish ls most relish a- ble for breakfast either broiled or boil ed, eaten with stewed, boiled or fried potatoes, and eggs an ah excellent warm weather cueL San Francisco seems to be on the rerge of a business collapse. A private otter from there from an old resident vnd Shrewd observer, says: <a This city S getting worse and worse for busi ness. Too many railroads have killed k All the Oregon, Washington Ter- f% m - .mnlv tka *" uw v/wgvu, ww mmaiugwu i i...i. u .. **° r y and Montana business has gone phosphorous requisite to tho tynesa, ^ thQ Northorn Pa#iflc road< an< f ^ and Sonthnm.. California are* and prove a most oonroingt snltwtittita L. k* ^f***:. fade buys last instead of In San Fran- Ike Oregon steamers all go to tfctf WM? bi - wvrw»nd crowded with Californians aft » Mtalf* SU r ™ — ^ mWf ic for business add i tma this plan* opening* An alligator not more than six inches long is securely housed at 190 West Seventh street. Early last Saturday evening an enormous beetle flew into the house where the alligator is being entertained, and fell to the floor. One of the occupants of the house scooped up the intruder on her fan and flirted it off into the aquarium. The water ki this ornamental vessel is veiy shallow, so much so that when his allig&torshlp stretches his six inches along the bot tom his back and tail are nut sub merged. Luckily for the beetle he landed well upon the alligator’s tail, high and dry, so high that the ’gator couldn’t double up and nab him. The reptile lashed the water, and his con tortions described nearly all the curved letters of the alphabet, but to no pur pose; the beetle hung on and appeared to enjoy the ride. During a moment when tho alligator was at rest the rider appeared to let go his hold to secure one more reliable, when quicker than lightning, he was shaken off and was floundering in the water. Instantly the ’gator whirled to secure his prey, when his tail again touched the drowning insect, and again there was a passenger aboard elated over his narrow escape. Not content ed with the perilous position from which a moment before he had been thrown, the beetle began crawling up the back of his enemy to what looked like more secure quarters. With the sagacity of a fox the reptile now laid quiet, evidently biding the time when the death-walk would bo sure to end. Slowly the beetle crawled, fastening his feelers one by one into the youthful scales of his enemy. The ’gator moved not a muscle. He did not even breathe, while his eyes shot forth the malignant hatred of a basilisk. The beetle finally reached the ^ shaped head, which was held up we out of the water. In a twinkling the head waa ducked, tbe beetle was again in tho water, and in another instant the incipient tooth of the reptile had crushed down through the stiff-eased wings of the bug, and the itrngyie was over. The alligator made no effort to devour the elephantine bug. He simply held on to him, half of the corpse In his mouth and the other half In tne water, and not until aa hour or two after daylight yesterday morning did he spit out the mouthful sad evince a desire for his ustriil breakfast of half-dead Mas.—Csncsimofs inquirer. rould And A languor that amounts to pain, a weariness that shuts out the blue skies and makes the fragrant sammer ai hard to breathe; a slow cosscioasuoss in all tho limbs of weakness and in ertia; a longing for skies that are bluer, a thirst for airs that are froshcr—thcso are the sensations that come to those whoso sun is going down at noon—who iu the full promise of a long life come suddenly to the edge of tbe shoreless sea. It is not all pain. The “light that never was on sea or land" foreshadows tho confines of that other country. There is rest, sweet rest beyoud. Ho more weariness and disappointment; no more care. No bearing the heavy burden, no misunderstandings, no broken faith; these come to all who go on living in this world—tnoy are the heritage of mortality. Wo nave cheerful word# and a God speed for the friend who goes on a journey, here, a journey that may bo full of disaster; but for* tho pilgrim that goes higher we have) only tears. Going to the palace of th| King! going to be tho guest of angels,'but oh! how reluctant we are to say n<|t good-bye or farewell, but adieu! “Oh fond, oh fool, and bll To God I give with tears. But when a man like grnci My aoul puts by ber feai There is ono going ou this lovely summer time^ loved and cherished. Two doctor has said gravely, “There is no hope,” and ceased to come. There is nothing to do but to wait. Tho dear one who is going on tho long journey is tho least distorbed. There is no making ready. The frail sufferer lies i^ the hammock or sits in tho reclining tbair, and with closed eyes drifts on to that silent, shoreless sea. Of wha* do the dying think? How does it seem to withdraw from the busy, bustling world, and be no more a part of it?—to feel tho life trembling on the p&leflips; to know that Ho has given His angels charge concerning thee? “If 1 were told that 1 should die to-morrow, That the next sun that slaJM would bear me pant all fear and sorrow For anyone; All tbe fl(ht fought—all the short Journey through. What should I dor’ These dear ones who are leaving us, fading dav by day in this lovely sum mer weatlier, are tho evangels of love to guide us to tho bights of unselfish ness. It is our privilege to minister to them, to soften every step as it nears the end, to stand with mute thanks giving in tho light of the coming splendor, and behold tho chariot of Israel and tho horsemen thereof. A MINUTE IN A DARK CELL. Be- Tbe Experience of a Lady Who Cently Visited Newgate, tho family mo we have “It Is a perpetual summer thora. But bore Sadly msy we remember rivers olear. And harebells qulverisv on tbe meadow floor. Far brighter bells and bluer. Far tenderer hearts and truer, PeoptoJtik*.happy lend-^TJa the land of Evermore. Given up to die! This is the fiat of doom whispered in sorrowful accents to heart-broken friends. Why not “given up to live,” called before the noon of life to enter upon the rest and reward? “If we could push sjar the gates of life And stand within and all God's workings see. We would Interpret ail this doubt and strife. And for each mystery find a key. But not U>-day. Then be content, poor heart; God's plans like lilies, pure and white, un- fold. We must not tear tbe close-shut leaves apart. Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.’’ —Detroit Free Press. A Puaay Adopts a Rat. “I guess that rat didn’t like the was am he was treated,” said Mr. Him Thomas, a Charleston (Masa) provis ion dealer, referring to an orphan rat which his charitably disposed oat had adopted into her family, and which un gratefully deserted the foster mother who had so kindly taken it in “out of the wet." A few weeks since tho cat, a Mal tese, which makes her home in Mr. Thomas’ office, had two wee kittens, ■ays the'' Boston Qlobe. Evidently ashamed or dissatisfied at having so small a family, and feeling that she eould very easily manage and care for a larger one, she began searching for some little wanderer who needed the kindly attention of a mother. Not finding one of her own specie*, and happening to discover a half-grown rat whose forlorn condition wronght upon “And suppose a woman i* unbear ably aggravating, kicks and shrieks, etc. f suppose you put her in a small, dark coll?” I query. “That we do after all other measures are tried in vain,” replies my host “Well, please put me in one and go away for five minntes,” I requested. On this I am led toward tho cell “most politely," as is sung in Princess Ids. '*Pleaao, Mr. Jailer, I want a new sensation; I want to struggle and be forced in, and hear the key click In the lock with a spite ful snap; else how can I write of the dark cell realistically?” On this I proceed to throw my arms about and behave otherwise/in most rebellious manner. With a quiet smile I am humored iu my little “crank,” and in a second I find mv hands pin ioned in a firm grip, and am pushed into tho dark coll, hearing the key click in the lock, and over the ono wee bar at the top seeing tho last of tho ■ light. I know it was silly, but, over come with terror, I was speechless for ono brief second, and it seemed to me as if an icy cold hand hold my temples in a cruel pressure. Then from my dumb lips came a piercing shriek, that echood throughout those deserted halls with horrible distinctness. Five min utes! It was hours before they re turned with tho lanterns. “Oh, dear,” I groaned, "will I be here always? Have they forgotten which ono I am locked in?" I felt that much longer of solitary confinement would turn my brain, and 1 began to gasp for breath. At last they come; the gleam of the light increases; the steps sound more distinctly on my ear returning to re lease me. I hoar the jailer’s keys jin gle with joyful sounds of freedom from my self-imposed torture, and the door flies open. I can not speak, and, wo manlike, choke down and sob Instead. At this my friend shows me Ids watch. "How long have I been thereP’ I faltered out “Exactly oneminoto," be replies. Sure enough, this is true; yet in that one minute all my life seemed to come up before my mental vision, just as It is said one’s life comes up to the drowning man or woman. 1 am told that usually ono doso of tho dark cell suffices the culprit and I can not banish the impression that it is haunted with fiendish spirits. I know it was silly of me to be so unnerved, L who have gone about London's slums, and know no fear of living thieves in London’s streets, met at uncanny hours. Well, call me sentimental if yon like, for, all the same, I solemnly assure you that I had rather die on the In stant, be shot down in the twinkling of an eye, than be locked and bolted for ono night in tho dark cell at Newgate, with no more tangible terror than those born of my toirer-strickan apprehen sions. It is such a little place, only big enough to sit in—a little dark closet, in fact. Some inhuman mothers shut up their refractory children in a d&rk clothes-press as a punishment At all times 1 believe the woman who strikes a child to bo a human monster, nnfit to hold tho sacred office of “mother.” After this 1 shall more loathe tho woman who shuts her mischievous little child in a closet for five minutes, or even u min ute, as a punishment for I know now by experience the awful fright entailed. Oh, mothers! don’t terrify the little folks. Perhaps their vexing little pranks are only an overflow of anim&l spirits. Learn to curb your own tem per, and be gentle with the mites. Take the hot fretful little girl in your arms, undo the pinafore and wee frock, aud, slipping her out of tho burden some clothes, place her in a warm bath daintily perfumed, and my word for it the nervous little one .will soon be splashing about the water in merri ment. Don’t forget that children have nerves ns well as grown folks, add that thev have their troubles in child land, fiut I implore you do not put children in dark closets as a punish ment—Boston herald. Observe how, when the threw palm ist is reading the lines of a hand, he scans the face with almoet equal inter est These learned people know hew the soul dwells in the eye; and the ability to understand its language la inborn with moet folks withont having to study it though extremely sensitive persons have told mo that more bower of discrimination rested in their nands than they oould read from every feat ure of the face, the fingers being eo full of vision that they could feel a color without seeing it; so full of nerves that an impression was instantaneous and oould bo relied npon; so fall of life that when their possessor was !n love they tingled with an affectionate intoxication. It is said that very quiet syes that impress and embarrass one with their repose signify self-command, but alio much complacency and some conceit Restless eyes that can not look one steadily in the face denote a deceitful, designing mind. Eyes in which the white has a yellowish tinge and is streaked with reddish veins, prove much of strong passion and hasty tempers. Very blue eyes besjleak a mind inclined to coquetry; gray eyes signify dignity, intelligence 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 passionate, lively temperament, and ofttimes a most deceitful disposi tion; brown eyes are generally tender and true, indicating a kind and happy disposition. Of the nose. A Roman nose denotes an enterprising, business-like char acter; a long noso is a sign of good sense; a perfectly straight nose Indi cates a pure and noble soul, unless the oyo contradicts it; a nei retrousse sig nifies a spirit of mischief, wit and dash; a largo noso generally indicates a large mind and good heart; a very ■mall noso good nature, but lack of energy. Thick lips generally mean either great genius or great stupidity; very thin lips, cruelty, mvarioiousness, and if the lips are habitually compressed, falsehood. Dimples on tho cheek are known as tho abodes of roguery, and in the chin, of Cupid and his pranks. A lean face speaks more of intelli gence than a fat face, generally speak ing, and they do say, beware of a full, round, and greasy face—it means treachery. Irascibility is accompanied by an erect posture, open nostrils, moist temples, displaying superficial veins which stand out and throb under the least excitement, large, unequal. Ill- ranged eyes, and equal use of both hands. A genius may bo expected from mid dle suture, blue-gray or brown eyes, prominent aad-large forehaad. With tens-, pies a little hollow; nnder Up slightly retiring, a fixed, attentive look, and habitual IneUnation of the head either backward or forward.—Forney's Pro press. „ „ jir; • 9* Girfck-1* i ■toad BbMrt gVMt BtoBJ from trying while tt ifti| mm It is* plods*, and ml tokmpi by the firs s How a Lady Should Mount. her sympathy, she promptly gathered ' a in her little him in, and installed him family. On the foUowing morning Mr. Thomas found the oat quietly snoozing in her accustomed place in the office, with her two kittens and their foster brother snugly ensoonoed by her side. “For several days,” said Mr. Thom as, “she watched ho adopted chUd just as tenderly as she did her own off spring, nursing him with them, and dividing her care generously between them." The rat was evidently happy in his new-found home for a time, and was apparently not disturbed at seeing his foster mother occasionally rush oat' and slay other rats. Finally the re straint of being “tied to his mother’s apron-strings became irksome to his ratship, and he boldly essayed to play truant. On missing himjtbe cat would at once hunt him up, hud for the first few infraotions she let him off with A f ;entlo reproof and an admonition that ittle rats should stay at home, and not be running at large, learning bad tricks from older rats, who wickedly ■teal edibles from the store and com mit other depredations. Again he ran away, and, when canght, tho cat, thinking it about time to assert her maternal authority, gave him a sound shaking up and enffed hit ears. This was more than rat uatura could endure quietly, so as soon as op portunity offered the yoongster mad* good his escape, making np his ajind that it was a pretty smart oat that Devouring Leather and Swill. Mr. Jobbleswizzle, says the Mer- chat Traveler, was taking his wife A traveler notes that Chicago ladies are proverbTairy bal«; that tbe lake winds dft *0t produce a healthy color, bat seem to blanch the cos ' ‘ There is moN bioom«y«a in winds si Boston, ho oould give him points on getting a liv- * ‘oat a fa ing. The eat is now without a family, as her two kittens were drowned after the departure of the rat. The brewery of Bass, who has just died in his eighty-fifth year, covers 900 aeres of ground, and 8,000 peopls are employed In it He waa the grandson of too founder of the brewery, and a focal benefactor, through the penitentiary, and was play ing guide and stuffing her with ml sorts of miraculous yarns. Finally they reached the kitchen, and Jobbles- wizzle, after looking around a minute, picked up a piece of leather and said to her: “Look at that, my dear; can .you see how a man could eat that sort of stuff” 4 ‘Gracious heavens, what fiends the officers of State must be to make the poor prisoners eat it” '‘Yes, my dear, aud look at this tal low and that box of garbage, what do you think of that?” “Why, Mr. J., it Is awful, simply awful, and just as soon as I get home I’m going to the Woman’s Christian Association and have the ladies get up petitions to stop the nefarious busi ness.” “And xaj dear,” he continued, with out noticing her remarks, further than to stop long enongh to let her make them, “see that bucket of slops. Now what do you think of men and women, thinking, sentient, human beings, with souls to save and bodies to nourish, eating and drinking such stuff as -1 have pointed out to you?” “i shall report it at once, that’s what I’ll do, and FU show the officers of State that the women of this coun try will not permit snch brutal inhu manity to exist in the public institu tions. Are yon sure that thev have to eat and drink that?" and her eyes biased and her hair stood up. •Vo, love,” he answered, backing over behind that stove, “on the con trary I am sure they do not Nor did I say they did. I merely asked you what you thought of feeding men and women on snob stuff and, my dear, you have given me your opinion and I am satisfied. Now let ns go to some other point of interact’’ But Mrs. J.’s feelings were totally wrecked, and she absolutely refused to see anymore penitentiary, and she MU or » ] eO mmgnng m the eanavi not see this see air. M cot “id A be a terrft blase didn several oth< and work-* explosive v is one, bur naptha, ale may do the InaNeu a can of lx floor. A b cigarette a; on tbe Cool not dream cause the ) can. But and he wa seems ver bility is tin thero a go< vapor had leaked out was hangfa over and cloud, wh< plodod. Suppose lamp with blase. Of empty or i Thu empt of exploeii in the tan nozzle ox 1 top, and I nlng into spaces am Ive vapor, pour ovet the room against til Is holding of toe wie vapor on which ige over her < of the roe a keroeei thing maj the oil ov stove, if t vapor in i if the sto' quickly • GOTO OS t! Them is i “Never f into dUg I Tho most graceful way for a lady to reach the saddle, and the ono that Is taught in the best riding schools, save the American Horsewoman, is by tne assistance of a gentleman. The rider’s education will not bo complete until she has learned this method of mount ing, which, when accomplished easily and gracefully,’ is delightful to witness. In it the rider will have three distinct points of support, namely, the shoul der of the gentleman, the united palms of his hands, and her hold upon the pommel. The stirrup having been [ ilaced across the shield of the saddle n front of the pommels, the lady, holding tho reins and the whip, with its point down, in her right hand,—which must rest upon the second pommel,— should stand with her right side toward the horse’s left, about four or five inch es from it, her left shoulder being turned slightly back. Then, taking * firm hold npon the second pommel with her righ* hand, she shomd with the left hand lift her riding-skirt enough to enable her to place her left foot fairly and squarely into the gentle man's palms, which shoold be clasped firmly together. This done, she shoold drop the skirt, place her left hand npon his right shoulder, bend bsr knee, and give the word “ready" or a signal, and at once spring from her right toot op and a little toward the none. The gentleman at the same moment; moot raise his hands and move them toward the horse. The lady must, when ris ing, press or bear lightly on his shoul der, and also keep a firm hold on the second pommel, which she must not relinquish until she is seated. The gentleman should then remove the stir rup from the front part of the saddle, while the lady transfers the reins to her left hand, passes her right knee over the second pommel, and her left over the third. She will then be ready to have her foot plaoed on the stirrap. A Western Scientist. Apropos of traveling‘Britishers, I am reminded of an Incident which oc curred when Professor Tyndall was lecturing in New York in 1872. A number of statesmen went down on the train to witness his first appear ance in this country, «nd next day, with numbers of prominent New York ers, called on tbe learned philosopher at his room in the St. Nicholas. Dar ing tbe reception Professor Tyndall sidled over in his peculiar fashion to a friend, and, pointing oyer to a gentle man who was busily conversing at the other end of the room, whispered: “Who is that extr’onary persooP” “That One? Off he’s the Senator from California.’’ “Most extrWry—mosl extr’onary,’’ exclaimed the scientist. “Why. what’s the matter with bimf What’s he been doing?" “Off nothing of any eonsequenon Only he asked whether I didn’t think the son was in habited. IT The man who economises save*, *od he who saves most can invest moat, and he who invests moet A writ says: M the Virg! 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