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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, 8. C. The Italian Government is contem* plating the creation of a port for Eomo at the mouth of tho Tiber. Tho works are estimated to cost 8-0,000,* 000. Tho recent census of Boston Bhows that tho city has lost population in thoso portions which were onco rcsi* denti&l centers, bnt which arc now boing rapidly converted into bxisincss 1A ^nlif ino VVUI1 i ?V f. 1 Tbo not cost of pensions in France i is ouly $40,000,000 loss than ono-third | xvhat wo pay for ft war ten years oarlior thon that whioh France waged in 1870. Besides, the French Government pensions civil sorvants. Excluding warships, Cleveland, Ohio, is the second shipbuilding centre in the world, the Clyde, below Glasgow, alone surpassing it. Cleveland's lake commerce is 10,000,00ft tons, New York's ocoan commorco only 12,000,000 tons. That Japanese licking was the best thing that ever happened to China, maintains tho Chicago Times-Herald. Now for the first time opeu to railway building and other modern engines, China will make more material progress during fifty yenrs to come than in the fifty centuries last past. China is said to he suffering from a dearth of small copper coiusor "cash," as they are tormed. Tho chief cause of tho deficiency is tho continuous fftOWtll of trado and nnnnUiinn ?" > the cessation of the coiuago of copper coins in the citios, in consequence of the Taiping rebellion having stopped the supply of copper from Yuuuau. The Rio Nows, of Brazil, says that 'one of the most singular appointments we liuvc thus far seen is that of Dr. Amorico des Campos Sobrinho by the St. Paulo State Government as Inspector of Immigration in Canada and Porto Rico." Tho plaee hunter seems to be in clover iu Brazil; in fact, tho positions seem lo be made to order. There has been in the Southern States a steady diversification of farming in the South and, according to Home and Farm, it is this change for the better which is pulling the Southern farmer through iho hard times. The "one crop" idea is injurious to any section, for the soil rovolts and demands rest through change. The street car company in Toronto, i Canada, paid tlio city last year -$139,000 in rental* aud taxes, and had a fair margin of profit, while selling six tickets for twenty-fivo cents, and giving farther concessions to school children nud workingmen. The operating expenses were 8\ cents per mile, and the receipts 15 \ cents per car mile. The latest long distance trip lino ) beeu undertaken by an Englishman I with a good American name. lie is j one Jeflerson, aud has already started on a bicycle jaunt to Irkutsk, which is in Siberia. The start was mado from England, and the diatauco tho rider will cover will be 0000 miles. His total cquipmcut, including the wheel, weighed sixty pouuds. A thread of witty sarcasm runs through the remark of a medical writer in tho New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal when in speaking of the gratitude of tho patieut for the physiciau he explains that the feeling of gratitude is part of the disease. "It comes ou with the fever, it improves during convalescence, and is cured by returu to health." j I An annual interest charge of 3397,- j I 442,792 accompanied the mortgage | 1 debt in force in the United States dur- ] j ing the decade 18S0?'90. This was at r the rate of G.09 per cent, upon tho ;c jirincipul, or 7 3G per cent, for acre 0 mortgages and C. 1G per cent, for lots- j Interest charges on mortgages incum- j r liering acres were 31G2,G.VJ,9I4, and i j on lots 3234,789,8H. Regarding tho * Annual product of wealth as approxi- I 1 mating 312,009,000,000, not including J aucreuse of land value, the total an- ? tual interest chn.-go on rw?l estate u mortgages was 3.31 per cent. * ,, "I suppose \' Ik 'i you wit" to i'i" White Mountains lust sunn. . \ u? * joyed the erhoos very iiitn ii "N.i. I 1 didn't. I went l<> hoar i;;o:n v. It!r < uu.- 1 lie Itiillai'd. end whoii thoy r p. c ivliat he *aid iliey r. fitly hi t \ . ^ luuoli.'* Harper's Rax;::-. our hairti'o. ('iiih!r<-n. I i>??i' ?u ^ peeled I:? apple- It. tore outing ' K'ta ^ "1 o', utother. lio-ir " "Wiiit 11 van L done Willi the neei'ii.c-7" "ti's, Wo :lte ] s llielll al'O. - 1';; lililieii t|;i The Las' nv rtjTjA crim S tho coffee was being ti J 'rvJn HOrve<*? 'ho hostess o /r <\J %xoe>* 8ft*d : "You know, gen- 1j * ?-- jjjr V tlemen, I do not iind t smoking at all dis- L v/wv agreeable," and at the v | same time nodded to d her husband. Ho left g the table, and soon returned with a t box decorated with many inscriptions, t containing large cigars, each envel- v oped in ailver paper, and having all r tho luxury due to their high price, f: As the case, passing from hand to hand, t came to mc, I took one and offered the r box to my neighbor, who, geutlypusk- 1< ing it aside, said: "Thank you, I do n notflmoke!" A "You don't Bmokc!" cried tlio host- b oeb, in astonishment. a "And where, pray, did you form s that habit?" u "It is not a habit, but a punish- u ment," he replied. vi "A punishment? I do not under- d stand," said she, in mystified tone. u "Of course you cannot understand, a It is a romance." tl "A romance ! Tell us about it." ti Evidently my neighbor wunted noth- ii ing better than a request for his little u romance, and with an inclination of o the head, which seemed to say, "Oh, tl willingly. I wait only for the word a from you," commenced by saying : t< "I am now fifty years old, mudame, ri ond I carry my age?but that does not a matter. However, I have not always k been that old. Twenty-five years ago c. I was?at least people tell me so?a w young man, not unprepossessing ; tall, n with hair and a pretty blonde mus- c: tache, thick and heavy in the rniddlo b and tapering at each sido into fine n points, turned haughtily upward. My I1 friends pretended that 1 prickled all u hearts with my mustache. Evidently t< they exaggerated. I did not bolieve t< them entiroly, although I did pierce n several. I smoked a great deal at that il time, and friends, when they met mo si in the evening with a lighted cigar, it oried: "There is Phillip, illuminating V his mustaohe." To be brief, mv mus- o tacbo caused a groat deal of jealousy, o and I was very proud of it. One beau- n tiful day, above all a beautiful even- c ing, I fell in love. It was at a ball, tl [ had danced throe waltzes with ii an adorable young girl. My heart was tl taken during the tirBt waltz. 1 made S inquiries in regard to the beauty who s< liad niado such a deep impression upon 1( no, and learned she was the daughter w jf a millionuairc merchant, of a most N ionorable family; that sho would have N i dowry of oU0,000 francs ;*tliat her parmts were hard to please; they desired I, i son-in-law distinguished, intelligent, w ich. In u word, a pearl. A pear!? I j p vas too modest to hope to meet their g dens, and as I possessed but a small al ortune, I believed it :ny duty not do tl ;ako part in the race, and retreated in ! w lisorder. When one is in love it is ( 0 rery rare that one is able to liido it. ; 11 My friends ^oon discovered my s^er.t. j ;u People iTjaCiissed nio. Some p!'.:cu 'iiT. , il ioiuo tormented me. Finally the fact, 1 u passing from friend to friend, from I jarlor to par lor,came to the ear of Mile, rr .ieuevieve,and?lielearuo.loue day that ? here existed in the world a young man ' ra vith a biondc mustache who was lan- j ct pushing for her. Was she touched by , 'I uv discreet passion? Had I already hi undo an impression uoou herI M "Perhaps vour mustache had," I in- | si errupted.; si 'Yes, uo doubt is was my mustache," g' ic replied. "At any rate, whatever it tl vas,Genevieve informed her father she vished to marry me. The father ob- iu ected.butthe young girl was tenacious in ind gained the dav. Our engagement In ras six woeks long. Those were six lelightful weeks for me,for Genevieve m vas adorable. We were left alone in ho parlor during the evenings and had w ong talks. From day to day I grow er uore fond of the girl, who also felt 01 ler love for me iucrenso. We built ; M uany air castles anil promised our- M elves happiness for our entire lives, lil n regard to everything we agreed narvelously ; were always o." one a.;- . ui ord, and I could uot see in our future *li i siuglo shadow that coul<l later lead ra o the slighto-t discussion. Therefore se iow could we quarrel'/ Was I not ; ro eadv to do anything in the world to tli dense my Genevieve? It was quite th ulliciout that sho said to me one even- [ la ng, on seeing me light iny cigar, 'I 1 ?cg of you, my lover, not to smoke | tli ay more. That would give me so 1 gt uneh nlensnro.' And I throw ?-o.I.. . ay cigar at once, with tlio deteriniua <p ion never to smoke again. How very of agreeable her gratitude was to mo for his privation I had imposed upon my- m 9If. Said she: 'If you only knew iow much 1 love you for thus gratify- pi ng my defile!' And I replied: 'I am ; 'iiIv too happy in obeying you.' "I was sincere. I was very happy in o please her, happy in parting with, eh ay cigars. I ha I alum hmod the box. wi t wa . t here on tho m nit -1 in my room, kc Vhen I returned homo alter spending o\ he rvi ning with (ieueviove I stepped in p to it before going to bed and dc ttetehed out n y hand. Hut my word ' . m ib, but it was liurd'to resist the temp- | iiEP r Cigar, monncttb. litiou. J intentionally felt Uie bos n the mautel piece noil treated every'Oily?my friends, the janitor, and ho mnu who polished my fluo . Those tuvo men, ns though they had diined my dosiro, made every effort to iminish my chance of succuml ing. The rent day arrived at lust. 1 hn^ spoken o the mayor. It had l>t-ei agreed hat I should go to the house/or Geneieve at 1 o'clock. That norning 1 oso early. I put on my Jew blaok rock coat, made for the occasion. Afer I was entirely ready, ortir having otwisted the ends of my mistaoho, I ooked at my wutch. It was high toon. I had still an hoi r to wait. ,n hour! I had waited i x months efore knowing whether I ould ever eo Genevieve again. I 1 id waited ix weeks from the time 1 had been cccpted Tor the moment vkn I might larry her. Au hour? Arp I burped rith impatience. I walk d up and own my room. I sat <1 wn. I got p. I reseated myself a d got up gain, longing for some ay to pass bo time, anything that wo Id help me ? bear that hour of wait ag. Turnag toward tho mantlo ly eyes fell pon that box of cigar. I There was nly ouo left. My friends,the janitor, bo man who polished iw floor, had 11 done well. One lorn cigar! I aok it up meohnnioally. It was long, ound in the middle nud nppering to point that seemed to c; 1 for a pennife. I pressed it betwe i my fingers lose to my ear ; it crack (Las though ell dried. It whs ueit ex too dark or too light. Iu a w "d, it was -a ignr of tho first class I threw it ack quickly into tho b(; and closed ly eyes to esoaoo th temptation, if teen minutes past reive. Still loro than three-quark- i of an hour ) wait. 1 returned ti the raautle, doU up tho cig'ir (ever one has moicnts of folly now and hen) and cut t with my teeth. 1 . gbted it and, itting down in tny a/uiohair, comlenced smoking. itivas delicious. ITas the odor of the cijkr too strong, r was it becausu I haoV^j^hft f smoking? At tho cud of a few molent my head foil back, I partly losod my eyes and gate myself up to be luxury of that sensation neighbor ig upon a slumber, at the paint where bought* ends and dreams begin, uddenly I awoke by tie odor of imething scorching. I got up and >oked about the room. Nothing. I ent lo the curtains, to tfce draperies, othiog. I felt my cos, iny vest. 0 thing. "Bah! it was only an idta," thought and I am mistaken. I looked at my nteb. It was tweuty-fi*c minutes ast one. I grabbed idv hit and my loves. I tlew down the stairs four t a time and jumped into t'lejcarriage lat was waiting for me. Tht> janitor as there standing on tin 4oor-sill. n seeing me pass he burst oat laugh* lg, and so did the coichmaa. They r > l ie'li;ng at me because I inn late, 1 idguf J. "iVhca 1 reached my fathoriin-law's was up the steps iu one bound an I ing the bell. As John, the domestic, ho opene I the door, caugltsig'ut ol' ,e he started as though he had rejived a "sudden shock, and said, Ivory one has gone. Monsieur, after irviug waited for Monsieur, although [ademoisello Genevieve did not seem itislied. She told me to sav to Moueur, if Monsieur came, that be should o to the Mayor's olHcs. I hive giveu 10 message to Monsieur.' "And the cutire tune he was repeatig his eternal 'Monsieur' he was tryig to repress an irresistible desire to ugh " 'Are yon laughing at me like that, y boy?' said I. "'.Monsieur kuows very woll that I ouhi not allow myself, in tha pros* ice of Mousiour, and, ufter all, every ie is free, is ho not, Moutieur? onsieur must know well what pleases actemoiselle, and if Mademoiselle kes it like that'? n..? i ?... i * ? * - ij.il, > U.?i nn; lime lu iry 10 iderstaud him, and shrugging my louhlera 1 legended the steps more pidly than i had gone up. Ail tho rvuuts in tho yard ranged in two iws forming a lane. Although I ran ie gauntlet quickly, I could, neverloless, hear the smothered bursts of ughter. "'Decidedly,'growled I, 'it seems int they have never ser u a bride oom late.' "I rushed the coihhmaa and at a larter of two we were at the Mayor's lice. " 'The room for marriages,'' doanded I of the usher. " The room for marriages!' ho reled. 'It is uot for you, perhaps?' " 'Yes, it is for me.' "'For you? Ah? that is good ! Oh, it that is rich!' And ho fell into a air, holding his sides as lio shook th laughter. I don't know what pt me from boxing his ears, llowt-r, I was able to control myself, and tone that admitted of 110 delay 1 inunded, 'Will you, yes or uo, show t? the marriage room?' "lie got up uud with emphatic ges 1 tnre 8?id, 'To tl?c right, Moum.-ur, Mb tho end of tho vestibule,' nud falling hack npon his chair, continned : 'Ah, but tlmt in good ! Ob, but it is rich !' "I rushed to the door ??ud entered. 'At last, ihcro ho is,' cried my father* in-law ou seeing inc. "As T ndvnnoed a step or two T wna inet with a roar of laughter. Handkerchiefs come out of pockets and flew to months as by magic. 1 beard the 'ohs, 'alis,' 'Jour mo but it is comic il,* etc. The mayor almo-t strangled ia his armchair. I stood still, uot knowing what to do, aud saving to myself, 'What in tho world is every one laughin r? at. "Ucuevii'vo hid her faco in her hands. My mouther in-law, almost smothered, was making frnulio gestures oI indigent iou. My fatherin-law came to use nnd v.* tli nu oil* that brooked no contradiction said. 'Monsieur, all is ended between us.' '"But what is the matter? Explain to mo,' I begged. '".Monsieur, marriage is a snored affair and wo are not at a carnival.' " 'But I do not understand.' 1 *' 'Then look in the glass.* "I went to tho mantel, and a cry of 1 enrpriso and horror escaped my lips. 1 The eutiro right side of my mustache had been burned off". T asked nothing more nud rushed out of the room. Do yon understand now why I do not smoke?" "Is that all?" wo asked. "Has tho story no rndiug?" "No, it has none. But I made one. Six months afterward I met Genevieve. My mustache had grown out again. Wo explained. I was eloquent." 1 "And she forgave you?" "Yes, Monsieur, sho forgave hiiy," Baid f? womau, still young and very prepossessing, who was sitting opposite mo.?From the French, in Pathfinder. The Dancing Mania. She danood ami she danced, alone or with her friend, or her friend's iriend, or a strange girl, and when they were all tired out she pickod up a baby and kept up the step. Her Bhoes wore broken and torn ; the sole of one held only at tho heel. Cut it did not hinder her light step, for she had leaned or knew by instinct how to toss her foot 60 as to bring down the sole and tho stocking together without au awkward flop. It was a joyous sight to scobcr, and Mulberry street tilled to watch. The glum police oflicer who hates handorgans came to his window to order the Italian away, but he paused a second too long and ended by tossing out a nickel to protract amusement. Out of their Imuses caiue the people. They meant to dance, too, but they simply stood and looked on. Why? The girl was dancing lor herself alone. Tbero was not a trace of vauity at the admiration she attracted. There was nothing but the sensuous enjoyment of motioD. She did not seem to care for tho mtisio except as a time| tu.H'Jfs In ?her eves- wuh a tur-nxay I look, aud it was just a little sad. Ono spectator found it very sad. The spectacle, from being one of exhilaratiou, became one for pity, and as the organ-grinder finally moved off and the girl followed him down tho street, the man who did not applaud turned to ono of Cat Alley's mothers and asked: "Who is that poor little girl?" Tho woman arswered with an Irish i name aud then added : "She'll get a licking for that. Her mother gives it to her every day, but she can't help it. She's got tho . cfze." I tt eost very littlo further inquiry to | nrc.*rtaiu that there is what lias some of the symptoms of nervous disease j amoug the children of the poor. They i cannot help dancing when they hear | music and they dnucetill their clothes ; are torn and their shoes are worn out and at night they are sick and exhausted. After n runaway day with I tho orgnn-giinder, they have crying fits and are mentally affected in u curious way. But licking will uoc I j cure them. ? New York Post. (ilohe of Salt Larger Than the Mann. j According to tho computations of M. Marlborough, of tho Geographical and Statistical Society of Paris, tho j amount of salt contained in tho waters of the varions oceans and salt seas of the globe would be greater in mass thau the laud, so far as it extends above the surface of the waters. The seas cover seventy-three per cent, of the earth's surface, estimated at 0,250,000 square miles. The percentage of salt is tho same at all dt'prhs. Assuming that the average depth of all seas and oceans is but a huif mile (it is probably more than twice that) then I there are uot less than 3,400,000 cubic : milos of sea water on the globe. I j Thousands of tests of sea water have recently been made, and as a result of l these different analyses it is now positively known that :i cubic mile of sea water contains at least twenty-live kilograms of salt. This being tho case, wo 1 iti11 that the total amount of salt contained in 3, 100,000 cubic miles , of sea waters on the crlobo would bn | equal to S."?,00<) cubic miles cf pure , distilled suit. Yours ago Union Hum- | , holdt declared ttint tho milt iu tae j waters of our oceans, could it ho ex- i ; Iractod, would make ft globe larger j Ihnu tho moon. "Pair ol' Bulls." Two rather good "hulls" nre attributed to tho late Sir George Campbell. | On oue occasion be had been calling 1 attention in tho Honse of Commons to some abuse in Indian administration ' and proceeded to observe that ho bad j further revolutions to muko concerning other scan luls in comparison with which this one was "a mere ilea bito i in the ocean." Another time, when j speaking about military affairs in India, he declared that "the pale face of the British soldier was the backbone of : our ludwu Army."?The <2'ieeu. 1 | BILL ARP'S LETTER. I RESIGNATION OK HIS COOK RUFFLES HIS SERINITY. Household Duties Parceled Out Rrlngs Contentment. Every good thing in this world has its dark side, its shadow, and every shadow is brightened by some compensation?some rift in the clouds that still makes life worth living. The cook has quit, and I thought from the family talk that the bottom had dropped out, for sho was a good oook and kept the kitchen as clean as a parlor, and the knives and the silverware always bright and the dishes shining, and there was a napkin spread at the head of the table to keep me from soil* ing the damask when I carved the chieken, or the steak, for I am a little careless about thoso things. She didont talk muoh, nor seem to bo in a hurry, and she was kind to tho grandchildren and made them little biscuits. Sho took good care of tho cow and kept me in ice-cold butter-milk and made enough butter to do ns when wo dident have company. Sometimes 6he brought us some green corn or some bntterbeaus from her own garden, and, take her all in all, sho was the best servant we have had since the war. But she has one fault. Sho will quit when she takes a notion?when the spirit moves her?and you never know when it is going to move her. She said she was tired and I reckon Rhe was. She might come back in a week or two or she i_ight not. So we concluded to go along without a cook for a few days nud see how it was, and it is not so bad, after nil. It nearly kills my wife to get up soon, but I like it. Iu fact, I can't lie abed after sunrise, and so we pnrcelled out the work to suit us all. William must fire up the stove and put on the hominy aud grind the coffee and prepure the ham, or tho breakfast bacon, or the beefsteak, and then call ono of the girls to mako tho biscuit and fry the battercakes or bake tho wnflles. By the time breakfast is ready my wife is ready and we all eDjoy it, and then her part comes in, for eho had rather J wash the dishes than do anything. She wants to bo etiro that tncy are clean. And then she churns to bo sure that the butter is clean. Wo cook dinner if we feel like it, aud wo don't if wo don't. In fact it is a rciiol to eat a cold lunch theBo hot days. It saves work and Bavcs time and expense and makes digestion easy. My opinion is that the average family has too much cooking done, and so if we have no cook and have to do the work ourselves,there will be less done and less to surfeit ourselves with, and wo will have better health and sleep better and snore less and feel brighter in the morning. This is the bright side of doing without a cook. Then, again I save $2 a week in silver at 1G to 1, and if a penny saved is two pence gained, as Dr. Franklin says, then we are ahead at the rate of $4 a week. That's a big lot of money now. I pay that ovor to my wife anil i daughter te keep them reconciled, but I verily believe that they would be glad to see Mrs. Sicily Minis back here tomorrow morning. They hired a colored neighbor to milk the cow and sometimes to kill and dress a chicken, and J so we are getting aioDg splendid while j running this independent line. But thero is no independent line. It j is curious and somewhat humiliating j to think how dependent wo are upon ( one another. It" the Vanderbilts and Astors were wrecked at sea and cast on , an island they would perish to death within a week. Dick Wilson wouldn't, for he was raised in the woods and ! won 111 boou grabble up something. Wo are dependent on the butcher nml I baker anil grocer for our daily sup- | plies anil they are ilcpeuilent upon the ! larmers who raise them ami on their customers who buy them. Even the salt they sell us is an absolute necessity. Then there is the family doctor. How could wo get along without him? It was onlv a few months ago when f had to get up in the night and go half a mile for him in a fox trot, and 1 feared the little girl would die before I got back, but she didn't and ho relieved her and relieved our great anxiety, too. There is no such thing as iudepondeneo in this life, bat it is approximated by those who were raised to work. The boys who can chop wood and plow and fit an ax helve to nu ax or repair a leak in the roof or get a tack out of a shoe,or take off part of tho heel tap or mend a chair or m window blind, or lay a hearth or pat in a pano of glass, or do a hundred little things about tho houso and home, will savo many a dollar where others would send for a man anil loso it. Tho girls who have learned to cut anil lit anil make their own garments, anil those of their younger sisters and who can cook a good meal when it is necessary and hang a picturo on the wall or mnko a firescreen or lampshade or a pillow for tho sofa or even put a new court of paint ou the mantle will mnko good wives and good mothers. You won't find many of these beys and girls in high 1 ife nor in what is called society, | and the danger is that if mil fortune J comes in theso perilous times and riches take wings and fly away theso children of the rich will bo utterly UUipiCBS. Tbo trouble with mo now is Hint I am tlio only boy about tlin house and my logs don't obey mo with that alacrity they used to. I foil up the steps thin morning with an armful of ?>tovc wood, ' but it ia better to fall up than down, j The cow dident como homo last night I ami our little grandchild said alio j reckoned t-ho was in the woods trying to tlndacnlf. "Who said so?" I asked. "Sicily told me so," she sanl, "anil I wish sne would find one. A pretty lit t tie white one or a btown ono would da." That cow line got' over the dead line I'll but and some farmer hns taken her up, nod it will cost me a dollar to get her back. Now, if I had a boy I could send him after her, but they all deserted us long ago. If we had life to live over again wewonldent raise boys. They go too far away. I would like a nine grauusou 10 run ottout autl wait on ine, but thero is none within roach. Onr grandsons aro mostly girls, and tbey ure good children and comfort us all they can. I've planted somo popcorn for them, and wu will hnvo somo fun this winter. I was reading the other day about hnppiness, and the writer said thero was no such thing as present happiness, that when wo are young it is just ahead of us, and when wo aro old it is behind us. There is a good deal of melancholy truth in that, but it iB not wholly true. It depends on how a man schools himself to bear the ills of life. Ho can bo happy if ho will or ho can make himself miserable by brooding over little troubles. Tho world is bright and beautifnl and full of blessings to those who try to see it so. 80 let Mrs. Minis stay away if she wants to and let tho old cow keep on hunting for a calf and we will still be calm and serene.?Bill A up in Atlanta Constitution. THE EELS LIGHTHOUSE. Novel Invention of a New ICnulnnd Hen Captain, Members of the t'lilted States lighthouse iKntnl sire considering ;m invention inside l?,v C'siplain Kels, :i New K11glsiud mariner, nn?l r.re inelined to regard it sis the best design ever presented for building lighthouses i:i the open ocean. Kor three vnnis miiflnm* iri.l a.-ln-i. lists have been workingon :t mammoth design for a lighthouse on tat* outer shoal (iff Capo llattcrus, tin I at last they believe they have perf^ct-M a plan. It Is estimated that it will cost ai least 5?1 ,uthi.(KMt to carry it out. The design of the New Knglaud man provides for a light structure as high and as capable of displaying a light of the tlrst order as auy in the world, at a cost probably not exceeding $300,000. In general appearance the lighthouse looks like an inverted funnel, and when in place the liig end will be on the hot torn, several feet in the sand, and iho 1 spigot end is to rise loo feet, if ueces' sary, to suiip?irt_ the light. The drawing* of the design submitted to the treasury department represents a light' house at least !f?0 feet high from ihe top of the lens to the bottom of the water, the height above the wa"\r line to be about loo feet. The most rema rknhle feature of tiie scheme is the great diameter of the cylinder at the bottom and Its comparative slendernoss at tiic water line. The base represents a circle whose diameter is at least seventy feet, while a few feet above the water the structure is scarcely more than thirty feet through the center, ami from that to the top of the light It eoutluucs to diminish until at the extreme lop It Is not more than twelve feet through. The big end of the funnel consists of two walls, one inside the V . . ' yjli. . I TIIK KEf.R I.IOIITIIOt'SK. other, with a space between of about eight feet at the botiom and uTiiiliiiitiint to four at tin* top, whore the funnel meets tlie wilier line. This annular elminlier is to lie tilled with masonry, of wlifeli enough to hiilliist the striteture and keep it in an upright position jls to lie built in before starting for the sen. Steel eotnposes the greater part of the strueture. the framing and planting of the sides of tlie funnel helug similar to the eonsrrtietlon of a war ship. When the strueture has been eonip!-o?d and towed out to sen and sunk, i: is ; reposed to till in the spare between the inner and outer elm tubers with sand and stones, and lints weigh down the great, inverted funnel to a tirm It -i 1 on the hot torn. I.ittle I.t'SHoiirt iti the Ivitobcn. There, don't burn yourself. Better let cook tlx the lire. But I know you like orange en tun. Here is a ver.vj reliable recipe for it. Try it. It's easily made and delicious; Into a half pint; of cold milk put half an ounce of geln-. tine. When Ibis has quite dissolved, which it will do best If placed near but; not on the lire, add four tablespoonfttls of thick cream ami one of sugar, stir, tills up well, and when almost cold add gradually the jnien of four good orangei. When perfectly cold litis crer.ni will be soli i enough to turn nicely out of a small mold, although it remains eiill soft. PETITE COOKIE, , *VT*iy iitotr . a..s Are White. Babbits, it is said, have white tails si> tti;i 1 in i;isi? hi pursuit 5iii? yoiiii-j nisiy ?5.stiniruish th;ir mioiIiit wlirn sli?? Is iiiilin^ i lit * 111 i.> tin' wunvn. Tliu tintiirnI colnr o!" llii? i*:i 1 !?it is si. Iik(i tlm kiiitii unlink risrtli tluii otlu-rwisu il.is woiiM lie diilicult. Tlmr is so iiMu li 'listr?'xs in tin- wyrlfl tkul we ca:i"' <ry over nil uf it. ^