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VOL. XVIII.
At the KJ?e of the Day.
Boo Twilight stuiiding "U tlio I. rink
That skirts tin; dark abyss uf night,
Tbo dew-wet roses in her hnlr,
Kami hicens" through tli; waning light,
Low iii tlw West oii' lonely stur
Whines tremulous and w liitc.
Across tin1 far, dim edge of day,
The task of morn mid toil of noon
Klip noiselessly udown the tide
With dusky shadows thickly strewn,
And o'it tlw lat'dy nir.t hills
lllses the VciloW IIIOIIII.
Oo, Twilight. tr-ititiint on tin; vcrgr-
'Twi.t shadowy artli and shadowy nir,
Fold peaceful hands on n''i'ful Im-ast,
vreud starlit wings and n"iit 1 v ljc.tr
To heaven's unto a Imrdi'u sweet -
Tint world' low vesper prayer.
- I'lurcnc,. L'rmy, in Youth's Companion.
A FIERY ADVENTURE.
I1Y WIM.IAM M. OltAVDO.V.
Tho old rod mill stood on tho shoro
of tlio Susqu liiiiinii, a quarter of u
lnilo ubovo tho vill.igi) of Fuirview,
mul w.is n popular fishing resort with
tlio boys of th) neighborhood. It
wus built oil piles at t h i corner of a
log ilinn th it project 'd several hun
dred yurds across tlio riv -r.
Ill pusl time whole forests of tim
ber bud been sawn into boards here,
but now tho mill wan fulling to ruins,
und its machinery whs rusted und use
less. Tho ilond gates h id not lii'i'li
lifted for years, uinl under tlio holes
uf tho rotten lloor 1-ty deep, still
water.
Through oik! ol those holes Hum
Gerrish, n lad of sixteen, was bobbing
for eels on 11 dark September iii(.;l.t.
) hud u short linn an 1 pole, and to
the end of tlio line was tied a fat
bunch of angle-worms. A recent ruin
h nl mudilied tho water, and the eels
were biting hungrily. In a wooden
bucket throe of tho slimy e routines
were wriggling uboiit.
Just us there came an extru hard
tug ut the bait n heavy footstep out
side the mill gave Sumo so sudden it
Hcuro that ho let roiland line slip from
his ha:nls and neeid :irtully ups'ttlie
biieket by ft knock of his elbow. As
he listened sharply, ho Inard two per
sons talking in gruff tunes. They
no1 mml to have uuso 1 out-iido the
door.
Thj mill wns in a lonely spot, and
Hum wus satisfied that the intruders
could huvo ennui hero for no good.
O.i the impulse of the moment he rose
to his foot aii,l crept to a nearby lad
der that gives iici'os. to a loft over
Loud. He softly mounted the rungs
and st'etehod liiuiieif on the Hour
above in such u position that he could
look down.
He was just in time. A narrow bar
of light from it dark lantern flushed
over the rotten plunks below, mid two
dusky figures advanced to the foot of
the ladder, which stoo l close to the
end of Hie mill. At first Sim thought
he w.is (Uncovered, but ho knew bel
ter when the light vauishe l.and a low
Voice muttered :
"Take the lantern, .John, mid
put tho thing through in half n min
ute. "
"Hadn't we better give it up?"
flaked a herniating voice. "This is
ugly work, Dave, mid if wo are found
out "
"There's no danger," tho first
speaker broke in, angrily, "und what's
more, its too late to buck out now. 1
put up tho money a year ago to in
sure this rotten ol I Hliuiily, and when
it burns down wo get a thousand dol
lars apiece, 1 ain't fool enough In
throw that nway, if you are."
"Hut tho company may BllHpecl,
Dave. "
"Let them," was tho flereo reply.
"Suspicious mo no account without
proof, and thin they'll never have. If
you're going to weaken, get out of
this and keep your mouth shut. 1'il
do the job alone. "
For u moment there w is silence,
broken only by u rustling uu I clink
ing noise. Then the light from the
lantern showed the two men stooping
over a heap of p.ipar uu 1 striving b.i
hind the ladder. One had u bottle
and tho other a bunch of matches.
Up above. Sun's heart was beating
like a trip hummer. He was a sharp
lad, and the conversation he had jmt
overheard made the meaning of the
plot as clear as daylight to to him. He
kll' iv the plotters wed, for both live I
in Fail view. John D e'ior w.is the
owner of the inill.au I uu old iiiau w ho
Lad hitherto borne u fairly good repu
tation. Dave Marsh was ', yours
younger, and of notoriously evil char
acter. Evidently the pair had conspired to
insure the mill for far more than its
value, and then burn it down to se
cure 111.) insur.ut louey. Af'er
waiting u reus in il..! length of imij
they were now about to commit th
criminal deed.
Sun Win horrified an I d e." I 1 v the
discovery, uu 1 before he could muk
up his mind what to do a laughable
thing hiippcucd. One of tho escaped
eels a long, thick fellow wriggled
swiftly across tho btup of shavings.
"Snakes!" yelled Dave Marsh, und he
jumped back in such a hurry that he
knocked tholuhler looso from above,
and narrowly mi-s-'d being pinned un
der it when it fell with u crush.
He recovered from his fright imme
diately mid joined lieckcr in a search
for tho reptile. They saw it slip
through a hole in the floor, but they
were not close enough to discover its
rout nature. Hud they turned the
lantdii in u wider rudius they must
have seen tho bucket, aud then their
suspicions would huvo been iiroiised.
"It was nothing but ft witter-snak","
muttered Decker. "You made ft nice
racke', and some one may have heard
it. Wo must get out of this."
"All right," assented Marsh. "It
only needs the finishing touch now."
Ho took a couple of steps forward
and bent down.
Meanwhile, Hun, whoso horror hud
given place to u spasm of mirth at the
occurrence, wus pressing his face
against the Moor to smother the laugh
ter that threatened to betray him.
When he remembered the serious side
of the situation uu I looked to see
what the plotters were doing ho found
them gone. Wln re they h id bto od a
sort of u fu e was burn in,' with little
pull's of Ham..'.
Hud Sam been down oil the Hoof he
could have extinguished the lire in its
pres 'lit stute by a stamp of his foot.
He knew this, and it maddened him to
think that tho loss of the ladder made
him a prisoner. He wasted tint f a min
ute in hesitation, and then, us tho dis
tance was not more than lil'teen feet, he
d cidod to drop and take the chime s of
breaking through the rotten boards.
Hut just as lie win in the net of
swinging through I li-j opening by his
hail Is the burning fuse reached the
paper und shavings, which wuro satu
rated with oil. They burst into a fu
rious blaze, and at one i tho roaring
ll. imes spread to the dry tiuihir.
The conflagration wm beyond con
trol now, though there was still un op
portunity for Kun to have Hived him
self by jumping. Hut he feared to risk
il in Hie fuce of the llimes.and when n
draught of air sucked a voluni j of
smoke and spark upward h) tumbled
hack with a su bb n realization of his
peril. For several minutes he groped
blindly over the lloor, searching for a
window that ho knew opened on the
laud side of the mill. Then tho in
creasing red glare from below gave
him a partial light, and lie siw what ho
wanted.
To his horror tho shutter of tho win
dow was closed, und it hud been so long
in that condition that it would not
bulge. Hi! thumped and pounded it
in vain. The open trap was within a
f.;w feet, und the licit uu I smoke soon
compelled him to ab union his cH'orl
and retreat to the forward end of tho
loft. Now his plight Beouied to bo
hopeless. There were no other win
dows, und he could u iitlie.r pull up
liny boards of the lloor nor liud u hole
large enough to allow him to drop
through.
Ho run wildly hero und tlier ', kick
ing, pounding and shouting for help.
Tho whole rear of tho mill w is now
one roaring blaze; red llinics were
shooting up into the loft, und spirks
and smoke were curling thickly for-
w a I'd.
Suddenly loud cries and trampling
feet were heard outside. Sam knew
thitt people hud arrived from the vil
lage, nlld ho shouted mid yelled nt the
to of his voice. Ho imagined that
the crowd answered, but the thought
that they were powerless to aid him
banished this last ray of hope.
Another minute slipp id by while the
lluiies rolled nearer. From lloor to
roof the reur of tho building was
ablaze. Suddenly the red glare
showed S tin an old ax lying at his
feet.
Ho seized it its a drowning man
grabs at n straw, mid desperately at
tacked tho perpendicular plunking
that covered tho front end of the mill
Harder and f tster ruined thu furious
blows, while the stilling yellow smoke
cul led around him, and the tongues
of ll nil .' hissed angrily iu his cars.
I'ru.di! down clattered one board.
Crash! went another. Through the
gip Sum saw the crowd lining the
slim e to olio side, mid the ipiiet sur
face of the dam, broken by rocks, just
below Li t in.
There was one singte spot where tho
water was deep enough for such ft lolty
jump. If he could strike it, he might
o-citpe with u ducking ; if he miss-d,
the cruel rocks awiiite I him. Ho drew
back t iwai'd the Humes as far lis he
dared, spring forward through the
gai und plunged deep into the yellow
wati r between two ledges of rock.
Not until willing hands hud pulled
Sii.it to shore did he realize that he was
suspected of sitting tiro to the milL
Ho speedily cleared himself of that
churge, and tho effect of his startling
and somewhat incoherent tale was to
send tho crowd iu hot pursuit of
ltocker and Marsh, who hud been tho
lirst to reach the lire, but had since
disappeared.
The mill was left to tho mercy of
the Humes, mid Sam went home with
n very thankful heart and a thumping
headache. Ho wus all right by morn
ing, and the first thing lie heard wus
that the incendiaries had been caught
in n neighboring town.
Doth men were couvicted mi l sen
tenced to imprisonment on th
strength of Hum's ovidouce.aud the
grateful insurance company presented
him with lilty dollars in consideration
of his having saved them forty times
that bum. Frank Leslie's l'leiisunt
Hours.
How Koyultj Marries.
It hns been arranged indefinitely
that tho niurriago of pi ineiss M-tud
of Wales to princo Charles of Den
mark, second of the three sons of the
crown prince and crown prince! s of
Denmark, will takejilace in the Chapel
lloyal.St. .Fumes' l'uluee, London, on
July 1. Tho archbishop of Canterbury
assisted by the bidiops of Loudon and
Winchester will olllciute.
There will be u procession in stute
from Diickinghiim l'liluce to St.. Fumes'
Pulaco aud the Chapel Iloyul, and us
the distance between the two pitluecs
is very short, many thousands of peo
ple will bo disappointed in their hopes
of witnessing the pageant. However,
everything po-isiblo will bj done to
give the public as good a view as pos
sible of tho turn nit of royalty, find u
most attractive spectacle is antici
pate d.
Tho (Jiii't ii will take part in tho
ceremony, the streets, the park, and
tho mull adjoining tho palaces will bo
held by the Horse Guards, Life
Guards, (lie.nulier Guards, Scots
Guards, Coldstream Guards aud other
foremost regiments.
After the wedding there will bo two
breakfasts at Ducliinghaiii jmhice
one for the members of tho royal
litinilies in the state dining room, tho
uthcr in the state bull room for the
general company. Only near relu
tives of the family are coming to Lon
don from tho Continent for the occa
sion. Ihe royal break lust, luereiore,
will be quite a family iill'air.
Princess "Hai ry," us Maud is popu
larly known, will huvo eight brides
maids her sister, Princess Victoria
of Wales; Princess Ingeborg mid
Thyra of Denmark, sisters of the
groom jPrineoBs Victoria of Sehleswig
Holsteiu ; Princess He.ttrix of Saxe
Coburg und Golhu ; Princess Alice of
Albany and Princess Eua and Victoria
of Dattetiberg.
The Prince of Wales has taken Ap
pletoii House, on the Sundringhum
estate for Princess Maud mid her hus
band, and the young couple will spend
lour months there every year.
The Largest Hater Lily.
The very largest species of tho
water lily family is found iu the
swamps and lagoon of Central Amer
ica, says the St. Louis Republic
It was first discovered by white men
in June, 1801, but was not named
until 1S;17, when Dr. Lindslcy, the
Hiitish botanist mimed it Victoria
Kegiuu, iu houor of tho young F.ug
lish Queen. Seeds were lirst taken to
F.ngluud iu 18.VI, mid in 1H.":5 were
taken to Massachusetts. In both
cases lilies were successfully grown.
The leaves of this immense lily lire of
such enormous size that no one will
believe tho stories told concerning
them until they have seen and meas
ured one themselves. Wliou it is
asserted that single leaves of tho plant
are from live to nine feet iu diameter,
one can readily understand why most
people demand oculur proof before
believing or repeating the story. In
Central America it is said that they
have been found more thou twleve feet
iu din meter! Their gigantic leave
have there, edges upturned in such n
mtuincr that they can bo used lis
boats, their weight-sustaining power
being surprisingly great. The (lower
itself is no pigmy of a blossom, often
exceeding two teet in diameter. The
color lunges iu the dill'ercut varieties,
immaculate white to the very deepest
crimson. All of the principal bo
tanical gardens in tho United States
have now specimens of the Victoria
Regiua in their collection, und one
man at least, a Mr. Sturtevunt of Now
Jersey, is "fixed" for supplying the
giiiut lily market. Iu Europe speci
mens of the plant are not so common,
but most of tho largo conservatories
havo them on exhibition.
A space has boon cleared near Sochi,
Uussia, for the erection of a palace for
the Czar. The site is most picturesque,
and the edifice will face tho waters of
tho Dlack Hen.
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Til K Sl'U Ut M AS.
Old Wiiit'T is a sitiiey num.
And flays hi- Juki's wln'ii"Vr he ean,
And wh"ii lie i'1'vers yn'i with sii 'W,
TlM'ii i Wnklin mi his way ! t ll g".
Oft .iTn:' slly m Hie night,
And hurley candy, '-'.'-ar and bright.
Hangs -nit upon i u h separate twig,
Oa this mil' small, mi that one lag,
Wile all around, iu frnlie mood,
II e.t h hill and Held and wood
A pure white Migar dust will throw,
Tii'Mi sil ui'.ly doili homeward go!
And when tl arly morning hreaks,
And fresh fruu sleep th" I my awakes,
p.. sees nut-idi' hN w indow dim
V ha tic (; y.ln w,s ,,,ne f..r him,
A i I fr i:n the house whh eager f et
It ins out Into Hie .-hilling street,
Scooping the sugar in hot haste.
Thinking 'twill so swe-t to ta.-t".
lint when a mouthful he has t.i'en,
The pleasure soon is hot in pain,
Ty llnd it only Id as i-e.
Turning to w.iut iu a trice!
So Winter is a rogue you see,
1'oing such mad pranks constantly.
While in hehin I the hedge h- hides.
And all the day unseen aid les.
For the Herman.
ASI.fXP OX THK WATER.
Writing of the habits of the fur
soul, a naturalist tells how luxuriously
these creatures like their Hup iu the
billows of the sen. The thick layer uf
blubber ond the coats of soft fur in
w hich these seals are enveloped enable
them to sleep with comfort on t ie
herd le Iges of the shore, and it makes
them seem nil the greater favorites of
Nature that she takes them to her
bosom in tho yielding waves of the
sea.
As they rest on the water they seem
to sleep as soundly und us comfort
ably,, bedded on tho waves or rolled
by the swell, ns they do on til! bind.
They lie on their back, close th 'if
fore (lippersdown across the chest, and
turn tho hind ones up und over, so
tint the tiiis red on their necks and
chins, thus exposing only the nose
and tho hods of tin; bin I flipper
above water, nothing else being seen.
In this position, unless it huppeli
to bj very rough, tho seal goes to
sleep, ns did tho subject of that
memorable song, who wu "rocked iu
tho cradle of tho deep." New York
Mercury.
TUB KSOWISU (lAMRCOCK.
Wo nil remember the story of the
Athenian artist, who painted cherries
so naturally that even tho birds were
deceived and came to peck ut them.
A modern iucilent illustrates in a
somewhat similar manner the power
of pictorial art to deceive, ond ut the
sumo time seem to show a good deal
of reusouing intelligence in ot Icii-d
one member of the feathered tribe.
Mr. Scott L 'ig'uton, tho lioslon art
ist, tells tho story of a pet gamecock
which he kept iu his stu lio. Having
ut one time to paint the portrait of a
large-sized gamecock for u patron, the
pet sulVeied a gre.it deal from the
domineering spirit ol the larger bird,
and got so that he never could see
him without living into a rage. After
the picture wus completed and the
feathered model had been removed,
tho canvas remained iu tho studio,
standing on the floor.
One day the little gftnioeoek was
picking his way about tho studio,
when he suddenly caught sight of the
counterfeit presentment of his former
enemy. With ft scream of rage lie
gave one leap and, Hying nt the pic
ture, struck his spurs into it again mid
iiL'uiu. The next timo that ho wns
given an opportunity ho repented tin
attack, and it became the almost daih
amusement of tho nrtist and his
friends to witness these impromptu
cock-tights between a live bird and
dummy.
At last one day tho littlo fellow
resting n moment after an unusiiall
spirited attack, happened to cock hi-
hcud on one side so as to get it look
behind the picture. For an instani
ho was diimfoun led. Ho looked ii.
front and saw his old enemy, as lui;e
as lite; another glance behind, und he
was more than ever puzzled. He
thru deliberately walked behind and
around the picture several times, care
fully surveying it, and finally with
spiteful llirt, uu 1 with an nir of dis
gust that would huvo dono credit to n
human being, marched away and hid
himself.
Never after that day could bo be
persuaded to attack tho piotnro, or in-
Iced to 1'iiy the sliilit. s' attention to
it. He had poind rated t he sham nil I
would have no more of lL Our Ani
mal Friends.
I'HOTOilU.MUIIN.i A WHW.R.
Whether ii certain whale that break
fasted, dined an 1 stiopod every day ill
the Suutu C ituliuu channel, went out
one morning with th it -tri iiiuiaii oi
of being photographed, I really Ctu-
init say; but t'.e; pictgre was certain
ly taken.
Living in the neighborhood the
whale was probably f inniiar with tie:
steamer that pljwed daily through its
tuing-room ; nn 1 if it was ut nil on
observing whale, it init-t have noticed
on the morning iu question uu un
usual commotion on the deck of the
steamer, an 1 this is whit it saw. Th
passengers were crowding about the
rail, and on the upper deck stoo I ;i
man and a little girl, tiie f ir.ner hold
ing a sijii ue, Mark l" into which he
looki d earnestly. And it t In: w iiai e
h id Come a little lieal er this is what
he might have hoard :
"Will he 1 ink ple.i uut ?" it-dud ti e
litt le girl of her companion.
"1 hope so," in! replied, glancing
rapidly from the camera to the whale
that wus thou swimming u lew hundred
feet aw ay.
The passengers h id lirst observed it
a mile or more distant, when the little
girl said it was "dancing on its tail."
It hud really leaped out of the water,
und for it few leeoud exposed almost
ils entire buck most astonishing
spectacle ami then had fallen back
into Ihe sen v. it i a thundering crash.
Soon it came to the surface again, mid
shooting a clou 1 of vapor into th" air
that slowly limited away, at intervals
disappeared and reappc ired until it
finally came ulougsi le the steamer,
swimming along within a short dis"
tuneo. Jt wiii then tii.it the fortunate
possessor ,,f I h,. eaineia secured a good
position near the rail, and waited, as
his little companion hud said, for the
whale to "look pleasant." Ii inking
pleasant in thi inslaucc, meant foi
the whale lo show a large pot-lion ol
its body above, the water. It was now
swimming just below the snrluce, its
Inge black form, sixty or seventy
feet iu length, distinctly visible, pro
pelled by the iiiidiiluting movement of
th(! tail. Hiiildculy it rose, showing
just the portion around tli blow
holes, and with a loud pull' the hot
breath burst into th-j air, was con
densed and iu ii littlo cloud drifted
a way.
"Didn't ho look pleasant?" asked
flic littl" girl, earnestly.
"Not ipiito pleusiint enough," said
the photographer, ns ho peered into
the liny window of the cim -ra that
icllectcd the sea m brilliant tints. "1
could catch tho spool, but I want to
wait until he throws his entire head
out of water and looks really pleasant
before I touch the button."
It was an exciting moment, us
never, so far us known, had a living
whale.in ihe open ocean, posed before
a camera, or a photographer seen so
huge un iiuininl obligingly swim
along, allowing its picture to bo
taken.
"It's a tame whale, isn't it?" said
tin- little girl, as the whale gradually
came nearer.
"He certainly does not seem very
timid, replied her companion ; und as
lie spoke, pull'! ciiiui! the spouting like
the escape of steam, the vapor actually
drifting aboard the steamer into the
Iu' cs of tho passengers.
The wluilo was now so near llmt
the barnacles upon its back could be
seen, and one mini was sure that hi!
saw its eye. Suddenly it sank, und
all that could be seen iu the littlo win
dow was the dtueiug waves an 1 the
white sails of myriads of volellus that
covered the surface, scudding along
before the fresh trade wind. Then,
without warning, the creature as sud
denly rose again, showing a large ureit
of its buck, sending ut tho same time
a cloud of misty upor into tho air,
is its top or dorsal tin appeared. The
photographer saw it iu tho little win
low, and evidently thinking that the
w hale looked us pleasant ns ho iu all
probability would, touched the but
ton, and, so fur ns is known, took the
tirst photograph of a living whale in
tho open ocean. St. Nicholas.
First Hay at School.
Loving Mother Well, Tommy, dear,
rthut did you learn ut school today?
Tommy (with an nir of disgust)
Humph ! didn't learn nothin'.
Loving Mother Didn't leuru noth
ing? What did you do, then?
Tommv Didn't do iiothiu'. A
aoinan wanted to know how to spell
nt' I told her that's all.
Judge
i ok j in: iiorsEwm:.
TO M KK HO WW.
Don't throw away 1 trge feathers of
.liie';-, chicken uu I turkey, but trim
t'uc p'tinies from tho stalk, inclose
them in n bright big, rub or kueud
t:ie iu tss us if washing it, nudyoil will
get a perfectly uniform mil light
down, nie ) for quilting cuveilets and
for other pit' p ises.
Mr.NllS ALMOST' ANYTiUN'ii.
"An excellent ceindit for jntliding
almost anything," said an experienced
Umsewifc recently, "miy lie mu le by
mixing together litharge un l glycer
in: to tiie c itiiisteney of thick cream
or fresh putty. Th.) con 'tit is useful
f.ir iu.'U I n ; stone l u s or any coarse
earthenware, stopping leak in seams
of tin puis f'r wash-boilers, cracks
it:i 1 hob's in iron kettles. etc. It my
iilso b i us ' l to f isten on lanio tops, or
tighten loos : nuts, to s cure loose boils
whose nuts are lo.t, to tighten loos.'
joints uf w iod or iron, or in many
other way aim it the various kitchen
utensils, the range, s.tik, mi l m the
piintry lilting". In ail c is. s the ar
ticle lueud : 1 should no. In used until
the o in- lit is hird oiel, w aieli will
require from on ! d ty to :i week, no
cni' ling to the quantity us; I. 'J'iii
c Tiii'iil will resist the action ol water,
hot or cold, acids, and almost imj
degree of heat. "
VAIMofS 1SKS of SALT.
One pint of fine salt mixed with two
pints of woo lush's and mixed with
witer will m in! cracks in stoves.
When clinker., accumulate in the grate,
throw iu a handful of salt, let stand a
few minutes and th.-y will be easily
removed.
A teasp .onl'iil added t ) tin) water
iu which cut (lowers are placed will
preserve them for u considerable time,
mid n little rubbed on the grid Les be
fore greasing will prevent cake from
sticking. Damp salt will remove tho
diseolonitioiis caused by tea on cups
and s ucers; if sprinkled immeliately
over any spot where something has
boiled over on the stove, there will bo
no o lor, and th:; sp it will bj easily
cleaned. A teuspooufnl put iu a
kerosene lamp will iiiuke the oil give
a brighter iiglit, mid u small pinch
lidded to the starch will prevent it
sticking to the irons. If your ingrain
C'irpcl looks dingy sprinkle a little
suit over it mid let it lie for at least
live minutes, th ui sweep it thoroughly
mid you will bo surprised how much
brighter it will look.
One of the best things or cleaning
brass is salt dissolved in vinegar. Cot
ton fuhric are less likely to fade il
till" wed to lio for a short time iu a
strong solution of salt uu I water.
Sprinkle damp suit around where
there are moths and they will
speedily take their departure.
If u small pinch is added lo tho
whites of cg;s tiny will frol quickly.
Small do.es giy.'u at short intervals
will stop hemorrhage of the lungs, fot
slings or lutes of any kiu.l of insects
apply it d imp an 1 bind tightly; foi
n i :l fa 1 gin or severe p iuii ill the stotu-
ncii, fill u in i si i :t bag, heat it and lav
itagiiu t the aeliiug place.
1 1' th: throat is very sore, wring u
cloth out ot'c il l silt water and bind
around the in c';, covering with u dry
towel; uwoik iiiliitiou gurgled will
also help the throat. A sponge bath in
salt water will arrest night sweats,
and if use 1 cold is one of the best so
lutions for restoring firmness of thu
llesh ; bathe the lace upward nud then
wipe dry. Oue-hull' u teuspooufnl
dissolved iu a little wat r will almost
instiiutly reliev i dyspip.iu, or c ue
Oolio. iu a grown person.
Two teiispootisl'iil iu about a halt
pint of tepid wat 'r w ill act its an emet
ic, or if stiutlVd up the nostrils will
relieve a cold iu th : h 'ad or catarrh.
Salt should bo eaten with nuts to
nid digestion. Home i) won,
ll".( I1T..S
H dognu Siusage- I! il bologn
fiom one hour an I n h ill to two hours.
Serve with n will of mushed polatous
nud thick brown giuvey outside tin
potatoes.
L bster Timb tie --T.iko three
pounds of lobsterteooke 1 ). Picli
mi at out of shell mi 1 chop very line.
Add a little thickened ereiint nud heat
nil to a scalding point. Then lino
rice ring mol l with s ill-co iked ric
nu I p it the prepared lobster iu.
Turn all out on a dish mi l pour over
till it w hite er am sane i.
l'.,gs Convent Fashion - T ike two
or three large onions, slice thoni very
thin and fry till a nice brown. Have
reii 1 . h ii I -I oz in tint il-1 1. ii It-. I egeu
cut in si. cos an 1 a cup ol n IC" hi hi
stoei. w nh a littlo lloiir uux"d in it;
a l l the eggs to the onions, ihoii nvour
in the gravy, and stir it ad tiK tilt
gravy has thickoued. Hjrve Yory.iot.
When tlio CI reus (nines to Town.
When posters yellow and n d und green
Are spread over everything.
1' . t' ll of the magical sights to be seen
In the tent of the siiwdu-t ring,
When jockev and elephant march in t .e rear
Of the painted and ullid el own.
We know we have reii-ln-d the time of the year
When the circus has come to town !
Ka di youngster rushes to follow and look
When the hhire of the hand In" hears.
And isTuiidiiiu l.euni.- from over her hook,
"I guess that 1 11 take th" dears!"
And papd, of course, has to go with the rest
To attend to the matter of cost.
And brother is suddenly much distressed
best th" young ones might get lost !
And mamma concludes she'll have to go,
For with all of theui out of sight.
With the Hons und tigers itroiind. at the show,
She'd I"' sure to expire of fright.
And sist'-r. till suddenly, too, displays
An iilTeclioiiute mild distrust
l.esl they might run nway with the elreus
c rune.
And declare Hint go she must !
The minister watches the guy parade
With it twinkle incased in u frown,
And he seldom inquires where his little hoy
Play-d
W hen the circus has come to town !
for u real l...v once, is n hoy though grown,
On the day of the sawdust ring.
Wlc'i, the cij,rcii Low at th" gil l"d thrmio
Where the tillseled e .Wll sits killg I
- New York l'n ss.
IH'MOISOI'S.
Perkins (to Jenkiti-) 1 heard this
morning that Harlow hud been ar
rested. What has he done? Jenkins
Everybody.
Mrs. Musiciis Did you have much
trouble in learning to sing so beauti
fully? Mi-s Frankly Yes ; especially
with tin.' neighbors.
Tommy Paw, what sort of orders
nn: ".sweeping orders" that the papers
talk about? Mr. Figg Just wait till
your mother gets to liousecleuuiug.
"Did the jury find tho prisoner
guilty?" inquired u mun concerning ft
burglar. "No sir," responded tho
policeman, "I hey didn't liud him at all.
He got away."
Mrs. Nix I hope you are not afraid
of work. Weary Willie (uneasily) I
ain't exactly nfrnid mum ; but I nl
wnys feel fidgety w hen dere's ituything
like dut around.
First Foreigner What do tlioso
people in the gallery mean by yelling
"ruts?" Second Foreigner Those
must be tho cut calls of which wo
read.
"Jt is said there is little dilYcrenco
between gonitis utnl insanity?" "Well,
there's one important dillc rcuco the
authorities protect us from tho luna
tics." Nell Chollio told me 1 list night ho
thought my face would stop uu nngel
in its flight. Hollo Don't you think
you'd belter practice on a clock tirst,
my dear?
"Mr. Perkins, what is your idea ol
culture?" "Well, Mrs. Perkins, it is
letting new neighbors iiioveiu without
looking to sec what kind of furniture
they have.
"What can it be that has como be
tween Dawson und his wife? They
used to be so happy together." "Mrs.
Dawson got the (dialing dish habit."
"O, too bad. Poor Dawson ! "
"To my mind," remarked Squildig,
"Niinseti's greatest dillicitlly is Hot
finding the north pole." "What i
Niinseti's greatest difficulty?" asked
MeSwidigeu. "Finding his way
back home,"
Farinei'ii Wife What does tho
weather lndieut loiis in the paper suy?
Daughter--Clear and warm. "What
does the Aim. nine say?'' "Wind and
storm." "Well, it do b. nt nil how
these scientists disagree."
(liitiierz Look here, ', ipfer, do you
belii ve m the transmigration of souls?
Zapfer No; do you? liutin-rz Most
certainly 1 do ; and I tun thoroughly
convinced that 1 was an ass at tho
tunc J lent you those titty dollars.
Mrs. May-Fair Well, Mrs, Par vie
New, how does your daughter prog'
res.-, in her piano lessons? Mrs. Par-vi"-Nev
1 ain't no uiu-icoiii myself,
but 1 did hear her teacher say only
yesterd y, "I'.uima, my child, you'ro
quite ten bars ulfiid !" So she must
lie getting on.
"Do you know, Mrs. Hoard man,"
said the young ninu who wus two
months behind in his board, "by
menus of the cathode rnys I could tell
ivt-rythiug that is in that plate of
hash." "N i ll, it's my opinion," re
plied Mrs. Hoiirdmnn, "that peoplo
tiowii'luys want to know too much for
nothing."
Ail That Mas Claimed.
"Why so sad, Wilbur?"
"liost my wheel. Hoiight it from
a man who said it would go like the
wind -mid it did. Went like tho deuce
for an hour, and tie it d o il dow u com-
n ctelv. 11 -I I'd .' ! iznr.
The German win ii irs from the fifth
century to the ti nth worn bonis ou
Uu-ir helmets.