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TTfl' III 1US rOF INT ? LOVE-MAKING IN HAY-MAKING. Love's time is his own, F In frigid or torrid or temperate zone, In' winter or summer or springtide or ' whether 1 . . The sunshine is glorious or winds stretch ' their tether To hatter a city or play with a feather. - . Love will have his way, ' Whatever the weather j And yet in the days that are gone, as to-day, The making of love and the making of h&jf Somehow go together. Love's' way is his own. tn, frigid or temperate zone, And whether at noontide, at eve, or at morn- ing, - Be comes as he chooses and comes without warning, And prisons and barriers are but bis scorn- - ing. .-a So Love has his war "'. 'Z' In spite of the weather; -why in the present and past, tell me, Bat pray, Do making of love and the making of hay Always go together? Zitella Cocke, in the Century, ' Cedric the Nimble-Witted. ET HORACE TOWNSEKD. In that town of England in -which T was born and grew up to . manhood the folk are wont to tell many tales anent'the good King -Alfred. Albeit those who (dwelt at the same time as that good King ' have had sons and daughters, and these, in their turn, children, and these again; jet other children, and so on till the years be many that lie betwixt our time and his, yet does the renown of King Alfred last among us,' and is spoken of even now. "- He it was who fought" the wicked Dames and beat them, driving . them out of our country to their own, save only those whom he slew, so that they could work no more woe. ' I- Now, my. father has often told to mc liow that when King Alfred had driven out the Danes, he ruled so wisely and so well that men could hang chains of gold and jewels by the - roadside, and there they would stay untouched save by him who owned them. And this was so not because there were no evil men in the , land, but because doomsmen were set up. by the King, before whom none haled all .who did not righteously, and according to their faults they were -doomed. It fol lowed in its course that among these doomsmen some were wiser than others and more even-handed;' but among them all was none to be found more righteous and more blameless in his findings than Cedric, the son of Hend. . I r In Reading was his dwelling, and over the men of that borough he sat in the doomsman'a chair every day in the church-yard setting straight that that was crooked and upholding the small . against the great, the feeble f o'lk against the strong. Now; the talk of his right eousness spread, as when a stone drops in a mere the .ripples of it spread until they touch the shore, so that even to the King's ears came the name of Dooxrisman Cedric. the son of Ilend. j3i And the .King said to himself: "Per chance these be but fond tidings which are told to me, and yet again there may be truth in them; but strange it is that a man should be not only so righteous, but BO wise that none make plaint touching any of the dooms he gives forth;" and he so pondered over this thing that in the end he habited himself likeAinto a simple knight at arms, and rode forth from Lon idon, taking the high road to Reading, to Bee lor himself What manner of man this Cedric might be. ' Ditton he passed and Windsor, also.' And wherever he tarried Xgr.te. night as folk ate' Jheir supper he heard them.' taflcas they quajfedtheir ale or mead of Cedric." the Doomsman.'and the wonderof his wisdom and his Tight umess, uuui ioe ixiug oegau o grow ri i-r Tin thin him ir tna nnlaco hahhla ia jO&Q'Pjterjlng t"e worthi 'npff this oAi.f Se joetil n'ecame to Staines, wdas he was'aftout to pass over the bridge he saw7 lying in the dust at the jwayside. a beggar, habited in rags, and becreincr alms from the passers by. VH "TTolri";Tiv! r'h:"'trAnaerl" Raid the beggar; K With. all my heart," answerea ine King, and took from' his' pouch, three pennies which he gave to the beggar, fc4 'Help .pafy oh stranger I " quoth once morethe beggar. w Trhbu art a greedy varlet!" said the King; "what more dost thou want?" I am old.. and weak," answered the beggar. "Wilt thou not set me behind thee on, thy horse and carry me to Read ing towntV With all my heartl" replied once more the King, .and straightway set him foul as he was upon his horse, and in that wise rode over the 'bridge and along the high-road into the town of Reading. ILs they went down ! the High -street the King said to the beggar: "Where wilt thou that I set thee down?" i -To which made' answer the other: 'Nay, but rather where wilt thou that I let thee down!" "Thou ait a sauey varlct," quoth the King; "and it would be using thee not unscurnly were I to pitch thee off my horse into the tunnel there by the side of US." 'Hast thou the face to call it thy horse?" quoth thfe beggarman. "Thou; Bhameless thing I thou knowest well the horse belongs to me." 1 4,Thy horse?" shouted the King. Ay I minei" said the beggar. 'We will see about that," said the King. We truly will," said the beggar, and with that he made a loud outcry, calling, uloud: "Thief! thief!" so that they 0 passed by stopped and, wondering at the noise, asked who might be the -thief, and in what the beggar, who was a foreigner to them all, had been wronged. Then both the. beggar and the King told each hi tale. Now the tale of the beggar was in this wise: That he, rid ing toward the town of Reading, had met the King, albeit he knew not, nor did the Reading men, that he was a king, but thought him a siruple wayfarer, and Bccing he was afoot and weary, had of fered to him to ride before him on his horse. "The which," said the beggar,, "does he now, with foul threats and evil knocks, try to take by force from me, Eaying it is his own, though it is plain to be seen that I am old and weak and he is young and lusty." And after the King had told his truth ful tale, how that it was he who had been riding toward the town and had in kindness set the beggar behind him and helpen him on his way with but scurvy -payment for his pains, the men of Read ing were sore beset in their rninds as to rWchof ' he twain raight be the truth- ttUSrana wnica L.wUar; After ' some had talked this way and some that, an elder among them said: "Let lis hale them both and also the horse before Ce dric, our doomsman, and he will tell us which we shall believe." Nothing loth was the King, nor did the beggar dare to say them nay, and so it came to pass that in' no great while they stood before Cedric, the son of, Hend, in the,church-yard where his seat was. But they were not the first comers,- and so had, to wait until . two trials had been held. The first was a quarrel between a scrivener and a hedger con cerning a woman. The scrivener said that she was his wife and had been taken' from him by the hedger; and. the hedger indeed said no; tliat she had al ways been his wife, and that the scrive ner had no lawful right to her. The woman said nothing, whereat all mar veled. When each had told his tale, Cedric pondered and said : "Leave the woman here and return each of you on the morrow;" and they went away leav ing the woman. Next came a flesher and a milter., the miller holding in his hand a sum of money. "I went," said he, "at noon to the flesher to buy meat for my house hold, andjwhen the time came for me to pay him,, I drew from my pouch these coins of silver, the which when the flesher saw, he made as if to .clutch, and took me by the wrist, so that both of us are now come before you, I holding my sil ver and he clutching my wrist; He says the silver is his; I say it is mine. Yet do I make oath that to me and not to hkn does it belong." Then said the flesher : ' 'Nay, but this man lies. He came to my house as he says, but that is all the truth there is in his tale. When he had taken his meat he asked me whether I had silver to give him in place of gold coin. 'Ay,' quoth 1, ana laid out on my fleshing block a handful of silver coins, which, when he saw, he caught up with his hand and so was making off when I clutched him by the wrist and haled him before thee, our doomsman. To this will I make oath and say that he, the miller, is a rogue and a rascal whiles I am an up right man, and the rightful owner of the silver." And when the doomsman asked it of them each of the twain, the fleshef and the miller, stuck to his tale nor altered it a jot. Then quoth the Doomsman: "Leave ye the silver with me and come again on the morrow. " And they went their own ways. " Then came forward the King and the beggar,- and the King said : "I was riding toward this town, and when I came to the bridge of Staines I saw this man seated by the roadside, and when he asked ,me to lift him on my horse, I, seeing that he was old and feeble, said yes, - with a good heart, and carried him into this town of yours, in which he was no sooner come than he" claimed my horse to my own face, saying that it wa3 his and not mine. This 'on the word of one who -tries to be a righteous man, is the truth, oh, dooms- man. And the beggar: ! "I was riding toward the town on this, i my horse, when I met this young man, who, saying he was nigh deadfromhard going, asked me to help him on his way. L With a good heart I did so, putting him before me on the horse ; but when we were come into the High Btreet he roguishly claimed of me my horse, and when I would not give it up he had me haled before thee. This on the word of an old and righteous man is the truth, oh,doomsman I" : Said Cedric: "Leave the horse here with'me, and come again on the mor row." . . vr- So the King'and the beggar wenl their own ways, and on the morrow were in the church-yard as were the others, also, tohear the doom that Cedric would give'. .. : The scrivener ana tne neager were called. "Take. thv wife, scrivener," said Ced- i tid let thft ea and let the ears be cut from off the dger.'Lr-ffi' . So the hedger lost his ears and the scrivener gained his wife ; and yet some said their lots were equal, " Then were called the flesher and the rnlner7i ' ;;.. "Take thy silver, miller," said Cedric, "and let the right hand be cut from off ;I5 7-. - 'J. So the miller got his silver and the flesher lost Jus hand. Then the King and the beggar were called. "Come with me," said Cedric to the King, and he took him to a stable hard by where were a scoro of horses. "Pick out thine own horse," said Cedric ; 'and the King ddo. - - Then Cedric "sent for the beggar and said to him: "Pick out thine own horse from among a score- of horses;" and the beggar, whose eyes were keen and whose arts were nimble, picked out the King's horse. "Now," said Cedric, "come both of you to the doomsman's seat," and when they were gathered there onco more Cedric said, to the King:f "Take thy horse, and let the old man be hanged." And the King marveled at the wisdom of the doomsman, and said to him : "Now rknow that all I have heard is truth. Thou art as full of wisdom as is an egg of meat. Know then that I am King Alfred;" and when Cedric had bowed his knee before him the King, said : "Tell me, I pray thee, how thou gav est such rightful doom ; f or I dare swear that thou dealt as righteously with the scrivener and-the miller as with me." "All three were but small matters, oh King," said Cedric; "but" this was the manner in which I settled them. Thou Eawest how that I kept all night the three things anent which there was a bickering. " . "I did," said the King. "Well," said Cedric, "in the morning I turned hastily to the woman and said: 'Smooth me down a skin for I need to write;' and she took a skin and rubbed it after the fashion of a scrivener's helper, and then I knew that she belonged to the scrivener and not t the hedger; for how would a hedger's wife know aught of writing or of making ready skins where on to write?" " Tis well, said the King. "The silver," said Cedric, "I put in a pot of water and left it over night. In the morning there floated on the ' top of the water a fine white dust. Then I knew it belonged to the miller, whose hands and whose clothes were covered with ground wheat, and not to the flesher, whose hands were greasy 'with his meats. Had it been his, oil and not dust would have been on the water's top." " Tis very well," said .the King. "And jmy horser' "Truly therein I had pains to find tie truth. For though of course thou know est thy beast among the score, and doubt less wouldst have known him amid an hundred, yet when I called the beggai in so did he, too; and I was puzzled." Then didst thou but.guess the truth V said the king. "Nay," replied Cedric "To guess u not true wisdom. I saw that while the beggar knew the horse, yet did the horse not know him. Yet thee it knew and whinnied when thou earnest anigh to it-; and so I gave it thee and hanged the beg gar." The King pondered awhile and then spoke. "Truly, Cedric," quote he,-"thou art better fit to be King and I to he -dooms-man. And yet I know not; for while I make a passing good King I fear me I should make a passing bad doomsman. M New York Independent. . . ' West Indian Carriers. The creole porteuse, or female carriei of the West Indies, furnishes a remark able proof that great physical energy and endurance can exist in the tropica. At very early age, perhaps at five years, sayt Lafoadio Hearn, she learns to carry smali articles upon her head , a bowl of rice, ot even an orange on a plata, and at nineoi ten she is able to carry a basket or trail a wooden tray, with deep, sloping sides containing twenty or thirty pounds. Then he walks barefoot beside hei mother, twelve or fifteen miles a day. At sixteen, she is a tall, robust girl, and carries a burden of one hundred and twenty or one hundred and fifty pounds weight. She now earns about six dol lars a month, by walking fifty miles a day, as an itinerant seller. There are never old porteuse3; to do the work even at forty indicates a constitution of aston ishing strength. After the force of youth and health is spent, the poor car rier must seek lighter labor. As a rule, the weight is such that no well-freighted porteuse can load or un load unassisted. The effort to do so would burst a blood-vessel or rupture a muscle. In preparing for her journey the young merchant puts on her poorest and lightest robe, and binds a plain handkerchief about her head. On the top of this is placed another handker chief folded, to form a pad, and on this rests the great loaded trail. She wears no shoes. , She must climb and descend thousands of feet every day, over slopes so steep that the horses of the country break down after a few years, of similar journeying. The soles of her feet be come so tough that they feel no rough ness, and present to the sharp pebbles a surface at once yielding and. resisting, like a cushion of solid rubber. Young girls very often set off together, and keep step and time throughout theii journey, but the veterans, or women se lected for special work, usually go alone. To the latter class belong girls employed by certain great bakeries. They are the most heavily laden of all, and carry bas kets of astounding size far up into th mountain's, so as to. furnish country fami lies with fresh bread at an early hour. At sundown the portcuses are coming from far Grand Ause to halt a momenl in this village. They are going to sil down on the roadside before the house of the baker, and his great black work man, 'Jean Marie,1 stands waiting to re lieve them of their load. Here they come, the girls, yellow, red, black. See the flash of the yellow feet, where they touch the light ! All smile to see Jean Marie waiting for them, and to hear his deep, kind voice cry out : VHow art thou, dear? How goes it with thee?" "All sweetly, dear; and thou?" some effemmake answer. But others, pver vrewyf cry lo"llm?Hr - "Unload me quickly, dear, for I am very, very weary." Then he takes away their burden, fetches bread for them, and says little foolish things to make them smile. And they are pleased, and laugh like chil dren, Aiitey . eitdowj on the road to munch their Srvbread. ..lv- Mexican Characteristics. The Mexican child is taught, while yet in tender infancy, that in conversation it is bad manners to enter into controversy. It may discuss a controverted matter, but must seem to b converted to an op ponent's view rather than maintain its own by contention. This matter has nothing to do with character as, sincere or otherwise, it is taught as a point of manners. Some folks who will giant that this may add something to the grace of human intercourse will yet question whether the practice of disingenious ac quiescence does not undermine essential sincerity. The answer is that it attacks it no moretEan'theart of dancing under mines the power of walking. It im poses self-restaaint and develops the power of apprehend ing an idea from different sides. Sincerity and candor are not the same thing. The Mexican does not Wear his heart upon his sleeve for daws to peck at. He is secretive perhaps even more so than a wise man needs to be. Sincerity is not a matter of uttered speech; and the proof ot the pudding lteth ever in the eating thereof. Spanish American char acter, is to be judged in private life and conduct, as our own must be. The stranger within our .gates would get but a sorry notion of North American char acter who should infer it from its public life. Now, Jh private life there is no more steadfast, persevering, constant, tenacious human being than the descend ant of the Spanish conquerors. By the conquered Aztec side, Spanish reticence has been reinforced into 6ecretiveness in their descendant. But these character istics in combination lead to conduct that is far enougbif rom corresponding to the notion of meanness implied by the word insincerity. The foreigner in Mexico must learn to distinguish between gra ciousness' of uttered speech and the formality of written contract. New York Sun. To Keep Ice From Meltin? Fast. There are three or four things that will help to keep the precious nugget of ice from melting away if the housekeeper will only remember them. One is, that to keep Ice warm is the way to keep it cold. A piece of ice in a pitcher, with a pail over the pitcher and a rug over the pail, will keep all night. A piece of ice in a refrigerator, covered with a snug white blanket, will cheat he greedy ice man every day and snap saucy fingers at the milk that does not dare to get sour or the beefsteak that dares not fail Thesti things are admirable in their way, and should be in every hatband, but the greatest trick of all, is newspapers. With plenty of newspapers above, below and on every aide, the way a piece of ice will keen is a ioke. 2fao York Sun. ,. . . - BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Sad Mistake Correct An Infer ence His Opinion of an Old Law Looking Ahead ' Etc.. Etc Miss Florence Vere De -Vere swept p the aisle In a brand new gown of lovely "oldrose"7 hue; She knew her costume was the latest style. And slowly sauntered toward the family pew. Bmtwhy the smile upon each woman's face? And why the sudden turning of, their heads? Is't that the dress is "loud" and outof place? Ah, no; but .she's le$ in the basting j threads. - New York Herald. BIS EiTEXTiOX. Toung Lady And do you come down the same way you go up, Mr. Sandbag?" Balloonist wNo, miss; i try to come -down feet first." Judge CORRECT.. Teacher "Bobby, what does lazy mean?' . Bobby "Lazy means always to want your little sister to get it for you." Puck. 1 ! jrST HIS WAT. ''Patient V Help! Murderl I don't want my head pulled off. You said you were a painless dentist." Dentist "Exactly. I never take any pains with my customers." Detroit Free Press. A LITTLE LATE. ' In Chicago. He "May I have the pleasure of your company at supper, Miss Breezy?" She "You're a little late, Mr. Waldo, I've been down to supper three times al ready." Judge. AN IXFEKEXCE. "My son Geoige," said 3Irs. Smithersv proudly, "neither smokes, nor chews, nor drinks, nor swears in short, he has uo vices." "Ah!" said Cynicu?, "when did the lad die?" Cftatter. HIS OPINION OP AN OLD SAW. Old Man "Heie, Thomas, get up; it is 4 o'clock ; the birds are all up and a singing." Thomas "Well, I don't care. If the birds want to make fools of themselves let 'em do it." Light. A NEW VARIETY OF MOONSTONE. Miss De Styles "What kind of moon stones have youi!' Jeweler (puzzled) "Um ah! What kind do you want?" Miss De Styles ' 'I would like a honey moon stone.'? JeiceUrs' Weekly. LOVE IS BLIND. Mr. Infrit "Miss Chanse, I love you! Will you be my wife?" " Miss Chanse "I am sorry, Mr. Infrit; but but I am somewhat fastidious in my choice." Mr. Infrit "Oh, but I am not!" T NO ARGUMENT NECESSARY. Prisoner "I don't think there will be any need of your addressing the jury." Lawyer "Why not?" Prisoner "My insanity will be in stantly plain to them when they see that have retained you to conduct mv case." Puck. A DISTINCTION. Brown "You seem to think a great deal of your cousins." Jones "Yes, they don't seem like re latives to me." Brown "Indeed!" Jones "No, they seem more like friends." Chatter. HE LOST BY IT. Mr. Fleecem (proprietor pf ice cream saloon) -"I'll never forgive my daughter for marrying young Mr. Greenback." Friend "Isn't he a nice fellow?" "Yes, he's nice enough; but, con found it, he was one of my best cus tomers." Detroit Free Press. LOOKING AHEAD. "No, my man, this is not mine. It was a twenty-dollar bill I lost." "But it was a twinty-dollar bill before got it changed, sor." "What did you get it changed for r' "Och, sure, so the owner could con- rayniently reward me, sor." Puck. AS ILLUSTRATION FROM NATURE. Mr. Theo. Rea (the accountant) "There, now; I think my system is ab solutely perfect. There isn't in a crack or a flaw in it." - Mr. Ben Tharr "There isn't in an egg shell, Teddy; but you can open one sasier than you can an oyster I" Puek. DISCOVERED WITHOUT FRIENDLY AID. "I meant to have told you of that hole," said a gentleman to his friend, who was walking with him in his gar den, and stumbled into a pit full of water. "No matter," said his friend, blowing the mud and water out of his mouth ; 'I've found it." Fun. AN EXPRESSIVE NAME FOR A HORSE. Brown "What's the name of that colt?" Jones "Ten dollar bill." Brown- "That's no kind of a name for a horse. What did you call him that for?" Jones "Because, dear boy, he'll go so fast when he's broken." Puck. THE OTHER WORKINO OF THE RULE. "Everything is going down in five minutes," shouted the Captain, as he entered the saloon in great excitement. "Glad to hear it," observed a pale little man in the corner, "it's high time for the saka of variety if nothing else. Everything has been coming up since we started. I guess I can stand it five minutes longer." Chatter. FOOT EXERCIS-E. Tangle (looking oyer milliner's bill) "I m afraid you re rather extrava gant, my dear." Mrs. Tangle "Oh, Henry, you're al ways scolding me about the bills, and I dont think it's fair." Mr. Tangle "Well, Mary, it's no wonder I do a little kicking when I have to many bills to foot." Light, A MENDICANT CAPITALIST. - Two reporters were standing at Four Si. and Eaoemt midnight last night. The fellow who approached 'them was seedy and cheeky. He was so seedy that in a warmer, clime he might have sprouted. He did not look like a banker, but he talked like one. I say, gents," he remarked to the two young men, "please gimme ten .cents, won't yer?" "I gave you a dime on Time street not an hour ago," said one ol the reporters. ril bet yer five dollars yer didn't," was the amazing retort. "I haven't that mneh money with me," the reporter said, aghast. ""Well," remarked the eedy man, as a look of disgust slid over his dirty face, "yer don't want to mae aaiy statements unless yer got de money to back 'em up, .See.?" Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. THE PUN ' WAS FATAL. "Allow me," said the man with the loud trousers (so loud indeed that the chickens thought it was the sunset gua and went to roost.) "Allow me, sir, tc show you what I have here. It is a little thing, but a dandy. In fact, it is a jim dandy articles It is cheap, too, .'within the reach of every one. A nickel buys it. Five cents, a nickel, or half a dime, the twentieth part of a dollar. Applied externally, and " "WaL, what is it, anyhow?" inter rupted the farmer, leaning against the fence for support. "Whatcher got?" It is, sir, the king of corn removers. No other like rf in the world." "I know a better one," replied the farmer. "What is it?" "Crows! They removed 'leven acres o' mine in threa nights." The peddler's corpse was buried at the expense of the town, for he died of sur prise. Laicrence American. Sundry Facts . About Harps. While the Strauss orchestra was at the Madison Square Garden there was in it one American woman, a Miss Carusi,and she plays the harp. The harp she used nightly cost $1400, and wa3 made by a firm in this city. " The harp is an old fashioned instru ment of sweetest tone and very difficult to play upon correctly. It looks simple enough to any one who has never exam ined a harp closely. , It seems to consist of a certain number of strings which are' pulled at by the player just at the strings of a banjo are pulled, except that there are no frets to bother one's fingers. But in -reality the harp is a most per plexing instrument. Those who play it says its mechanism is more involved than that of a piano. Notwithstanding this fact, it is becoming popular again among young women of social standing, who originate and sustain fashions of all sorts and in.all directions. Of late there have been more harps ordered for ama teurs than for professionals. The cost of such a harp as would be used by an ama teur is from $450 to $1000, as much as would be paid for a good piano. ceven pedals surround the base of the harp. They are attached to as many rods, which run up through the pillar at the front of the harp, and are there hitched to more rods with a hold on the strings a hold that can be removed or tightened by a pressure of the foot on the pedals. This mechanism corresponds in its effects to the shortening or length ening of a violin string or the string of a guitar or banjo, by running the finger along the frets. . t There are fortyrfour to a harp, tuned to C natural. It is a particularly graceful and effective instrument for a woman to play if she has a good arm and wears short sleeves ; and this may have some thing to do with its return to popular favor. It. is also a very handsome in strument, , or it may be made so with rich carving of the head and decpiations upon the top of the. sounding board. New York Sun. Heroic Deed of a Telegraph Operator. A delegate to the recent Convention of the Order of Railway Telegraphers oi America in New York city who attracted much attention was Charles Adams, of loungstown, Ohio. At one time when he was in the employ pf the Pennsylva nia Railroad Co., Adams found a freight tVain directly in the way of a fast ex press on the main line, and at that very momenl the instruments' in .his office broke down without warning. , Unless the freight train was headed oft and got on a, siding a dreadful disastef was in evitable. The anxious operator fortu nately was equal to the emergency. He climbed the nearest pole, cut a wire and brought it down. Then he took his stand on the steel rails of the track, and made a connection through his body. Calliag up the next station, he received the response by holding the end of the wire to. his tongue. In this way he sent and received dispatches and saved the express. The pain was excrutiating,and his tongue was badly burned. Such is the stuff out of which heroes and mar tyrs are made. New Orleans Picayune. . r . - Frederick's Tall Regiment. Frederick the Great, of Prussia, formed i regiment-of the tallest men he could procure, and insisted on their marrying the tallest women they could find, with a view of producing a giant race of guards; but in this he was unsuccessful. Voltaire says, that these men were his greatest de light. Those who stood in the front rank were none of them less than seven feet high, and he ransacked Europe and Asia to add to their number. There is e somewhat apocryphal story that Frederick was- once reviewing his ' regiment of giants in tne presence, or tne irrencn, Spanish and English Ambassadors, and that he asked each of these in turn whether an equal number of their countrymen would care to engage with such soldiers. The French and Spanish Ambassadors politely replied in the nega tiye,; but the English Ambassador replied that,1 while he did not venture to assert that an equal number of his countrymen would beat the giants, he was perfectly sure that half the number would try. AU the Year Bound. ' A Marshal's BraTe Wife. Ben Thompson, City Marshal of Aus tin, Texas, who was killed in a hand-to-hand encounter with Kingfisher in a thea tre in San Antonio, had the terrible record-of having killed thirteen white men and over twice that many Mexicans and Indians. He was a handsome man of forty-five, with small, black mustache and hazel eyes. His wife had but one arm. The other had been shattered by a Winchester ball in Denver when she threw it across her husband's head upon discovering a crouching form drawing i bead on him. Chicago Pott. HOUSEHOLD MATTEltS. UTILIZING W(OIEN PLATTERS. Table Talk tells us how to utilize the little, thin, wooden plates now used sc extensively in sending out lunches frc restaurants and bakeries. Take two per fect plates; cut one in heart form, gild or bronze it inside and out ; fasten it to the other plates by means of small holes about three-fourths of an inch from th edges, through which arc run silken cords. Sketch a pretty design on the upper plate, and -the result is unique. ORNAMENTATION OP HOUSEHOLD LINEN. The ornamentation of household linen shonld be of a kind that will not dete riorate by wear and tear or by frequent washing. The popular . style of open work now claiming much attention from iiousewives who desire the latest fancy resembles Renaissance or Richelieu gui pure. For this the embroidery is done with colored threads- The main por tions of the design touch each other, or are drawn so as to be connected by small bars. The outlines are covered with buttonhole stitches and the pattern filled in with various fancy 'stitches, as may be required, laee stitch, French knots, etc. When the design in embroidered the material between the portions thould be cutaway. Care should be exercised in selecting both the design and the col ored threads, that the former, when fin ished, maybe sufficiently close to prove durable and that the latter may not fade. New York World. BANISniNO FLTE3. Flies will not pass through a net made of thread, fine silk or wire stretched across an open window, even though the meshes are an inch apart, unless there is a window Or light behind it. fords a ready means of insects from all our windows on one side can onjy be kept out for the purpose. Th stroy flies in a room shallow plate the Quassai chips (small), water, one pint ; boil and add of treacle f' "ounces. .Plies will drink this with soon destroyed by it. avidity, and are Cold .green tea, very strong, and sweetened with sugar, when set about the room in saucers, will also attract flies and destroy them. An ingenious person has devised the follow ing plan: Observing that a fiy always walks upward, he made a window screen divided in half. The upper half lapped over the lower, with au inch space be tween. As soon as a fly lighted on the screen it proceeded to walk upward, and thus walked straight out of doors. Not being able to walk down it had no way to return to the room. By this means a room can be quickly cleared of flies, which always seek the light. BOUQUET MAKING. The most graceful bouquets have the least method in their arrangement ; a few sprays of bloom put in carelessly often arc the most artistic in effect. A bunch of misty gypsophilla with a half dozen or more coreopsis blossoms, placed in a dark brown vase and set before a mirror was acombination which demonstrated this. Few large flowers aie capable of more arrangement than the peony. The old time', rich, red .variety forms a gorgeous bunch by itself, or is equally beautiful lightened with sprays of white; with its own bronzy-green foliage, it is mcst effective. The lovely and fragrant Chi nese varieties, with their delicate shad ings and exquisite tints, when massed on a platter and bordered with ferns are al most as handsome as roses and make a pretty and lasting table decoration. There is an early single peony, between magenta and rose in color, and with a deep golden heart. It is contemporary with the first sturdy growth of the rib bon grass and combines with it admira bly, although, by tradition, lemon lilies and ribbon grass are affinities. ' An old ginger jar of just the right shade of blue, filled with a large bunch of these richly odorous lilies, their exquisite yellow re lieved by the creamy white and delicate green of the grass, may quite content the artistic country maiden who has no royal Worcester and orchids at her command. VicWi Magazine. RECIPES. Quick Biscuit Two cups flour, one tablespoonful mixed lard and butter, one cup milk, one heaping teaspoonful bak ing powder, pinch 6alt. Handle little, roll out and cut quickly, and bake in a steady oven. Chocolate Icing; Allow one pound of icing sugar to every two ounces of choco late; grate the latter into a saucepan, and mix with it eight tablespoonfuls of water; stir well, and let it cook gently for ten minutes, then add the sugar, and. use while warm. Potato Soup Three pints of rich milk, one pint of mashed' potato, two table spoonfuls of butter, salt and pepper to taste. Boil the milk, add the potato and boil again, stirring frequently, that the potato may become thoroughly dissolved, and season just before serving. Serve very hot. . Puree of Celery Boil two heads of celery in plenty of salted water with an onion, a blade of mace and some . whole pepper. When done drain them and pass them through a hair sieve. Melt a piece of butter in a saucepan, mix a little flour with it, then the celery pulp and work it well on the fire, adding a little cream of milk and some of the gravy of the ducks. , Horseradish Sauce. -Mix two or three heaping 0 tablespoonfuls of fresh grated horseradish with twice as much cream. Salt it lightly and stir in an equal num ber of dessertspoonfuls of vinegar with a teaspoonful of sugar. Add a little pep persauce or cayenne if very hot sauces are liked. This sauce is good either hot or cold. If preferred hot, "it must be warmed in a doubie boiler, taking care that it does not boil, or it will Curdle. It is especially good with f roast beef, eitherbot or cold. S Marbled Chicken. Take a fat full grown chicken, and, after dressing it in the usual manner, wash and boil until very tender, using only a small quantity of water, aud season with pepper, salt and butter. Cut all the meat from tha bones,- keeping the breast and dark-colored meat separate. With a sharp knife chop the meat moderately fine, and press in a large bowl, putting the white and dark meat in alternate layers. . Strain the liquor in which the fowl was cooked and -pour it over the meat. Set on the ico until thoroughly cold ; turn from the bowl, cut in thin slices, and serve with heed lemons. r TOPCLAR SCIENCE. New York's brokers reduce obesity by skipping the rope. Bread made with sea-water is said to be a good remedy for scrofula. The French have tried smokeless- pow der with the biggest guns successfully. An enormous deposit of crude borax: has been discovered near Mojave, Cal. A man requires about eight hundred pound weight of food ia the course ot a year.. Stanley says he frequently -saw the mercury mark 135 degrees in, the shade in Africa. . There are thirty-five- varieties of: granite in Maine, each ef which has easily recognized distinctive character istics. A house in Southfairfield,. Mich., was set on fire by the rays of the sun reflected! from some "tin pans thai had been set out to dry. j American wheat contains; nearly twice as much gluten and nitrogen the muscle-making element as that grown in Australia. Electric launches proved so success ful at the recent Edinburgh Exhibition, showing that, they could travel six knots an hour carrrying a heavy cargo, that it is now proposed to start an electric ocean ship. 'A new electric lantern has bean .de signed in Vienna for the use of lecturers and medical classes. By a combination of, "lenses the magnifisd image-of an ob ject is projected on a white-scrcezi in it3 natural colors. The circumferences of a. man's "neck and the calf of the leg . are the same. " The circumference of the neck equals. ixifc. fu-ence of the wrist. cumfei From the investigations Jy Professors Foster and De Freytag,salting or pickiinq seems to have very little destructive power on many of the commoner forms of bacilli, which may be found in diseased meat. The bacilli of typhoid, erysipelas, tubercle and infectious porcine diseases, were found alive after having been ir pickle two months. The experiment of treating typhoid: fever by prolonged immersion of the patients in water has been tried in'a Liverpool hospital with gratifying suc cess, Four cases were recently reported, one of which involved six days' im mersion; two others eleven dajs each, and the fourth sixteen days. They wore all severe cases, and every one of the patients recovered. The scoring of the bores of moJera cannon by the new powders 'id use is claimed to be due to the fact that upon ignition all of the powder is not turned to gas, some of it remaining in a fluid state. It is this latter which does the scoring by being thrown with such force against the metal of the gun that the re sulting action is very similar to tnat ol a sand blast for cutting glass. "There are two periods of life ia which the powers of resistance to adverse in fluences arc excessively weak. In in fancy, from, birth to five years of age, but especially in the firstyearof existence, the power of life is 'very feeble, and this is the reason that so many infants die suddenly in convulsions. Again, after the age of sixty-five is passed, the vital tenacity is lowered, the substance of the heart and of the muscles in general becomes fatty, and there is Imminent liability to sudden failure of the heart's action. Another electrical devrcfi has been brought out to afford communication be tween trains in motion and to prevent accidents. Batt les and the necessary connections are placed on each engine, o central conductor being laid parallel with the rails. Should two trains ap proach within a certain distance of each other, an alarm is sounded in each cab with an electric gong and a steam whistle is set blowing. The engine drivers can stop the train and communicate by tele phone. This communication can be effected when the engines arc either running or still. An automatic signal is also given if a switch is misplaced or a bridge burned or washed away. Ad ditional batteries are place? at the stations along the road, and these work the alarm should those placed on the togines bsoome broken. A Boiling Lake. There is a lake of boiling water in the (aland of Dominica, lying in the mount ains behind Roseau, and in the valleys surrounding it are many solfataras, ot: volcanic sulphur vents. In fact, the: boiling lake is little bstter than a crater filled with scalding water, constantly fed by mountain streams, and through which the pent-up gase3 find vent .and are ejected. The temperature of the water on the margins of the lake range from I80degee8to 190 degrees Fahrenheit -r In the .middle, exactly over the gas vents, it is believed to bo about 300 de grees. Where this active action takes; i place, the water is said to rise two,, three or even four feet above the general surface level of the lake, the cone often dividing so that the orifices through which the gas escapes are legion in num ber. This violent disturbance over the gas jets causes a violent action over the whole surface of the lake, and though the cones appear to be special vents, the sulphurous vapors rise with equal density over Its entire surface. Contrary to what one would naturally suppose, there seems to be in no case violent action of the escaping gases, such as explosions of de tonations. The water is of a dark gray color, and, having been boiled over and over for thousands of yearsV has become thick and slimy withsu!phur. As the inlets to the lake are rapidly closing, it is believed that it will soon assume the character of a geyser or sulphurou3 crater. St., Louis Republic. Parliament Honscs Crumbling The British Parliament houses are crumbling to pieces so fast that there i constant danger of some portion of the building toppling down upon the members. Part of the front of St.' Stephen's has had to be entirely refaced because of the wearing away of the soft itone. Only a week or two ago a heavy piece of a stone heraldic animal suddenly fell close to the entrance to Westmins; Ball, in Old Palace Yard, a means of en trance to tne bouse which is large iy lh ofj T 1 sn Intro, in poyuj averse , vears (Wbre tK wed' ilyoft best .1 sted b detect and w ithat st jirrives itEDTSO s in pti Conn. cs in f ts his oj home ost, and intbout !,us vfhi I quantj which weight r coop hOUT, the co as and he sard n feea tint alt su a UreO it anO ll it ctfir od shcl s onlj jarts Acaltnl "our ov ,'t ls jats, once bf 6i givin -trouu ored.Aw Tt Teftaram. . - - -. -it,,- k
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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