The Phronicle.
WILKESBOHO, N. C
According! to the Chicago Ulober ovor;
$100,000,000 of Government 4
eeiita. will rnit'n v1- T
per
i .
tCI'CS - UOttlUliiri:
I .
land are yet
Vacant in New Mexico sub-
ject to entry
under pre-emption, homo-
stead,
Jaws.
timber-culture: and detcrt-!aad
7ncle banfs loan or 'scrips
ana oCacr
naval apparatus to such States as aesire
- .to establish n naval battalion as a part of
the militia Tias first been accepted by
' Massachusetts.-
The
! "Rnnmanian Government has
of.
, . i j j
fered prizes to the architects of aH na;
tions f or the! best plans for its new assem?
; bly and senate chambers. The first prize
t OQnU imiMino. is S3000: -the second,
; 11500 1 thirjl, $buu. , -
! s The; village of Mokena, 111., about forj
tv miles souih of Chicago, passed an or
dinance reauirinsr the KocK lsiana itau,-
road to place a flagman at the principal
crossing, antl tne company compile, uu.
refused eithfer to take ireignt or passen-
,. gers until the ordinance was rescinded.
' i ; '
' Germany has one
doctor to 1500 oi
population ;
France one to 3167; thi
United Kirij
tdom one to 1234;but tar
United Statfs one to 600. That says t
good deal fir the doctors, comments the
New Orleans Timei-Democratf for this
average American is. longer-lived that
t any of' the nationalities named.
i.
thi. Arcfentmcs nave failed at
. --r O ,
amateur bankers, vsays an English jour
nalist recently returned from Buenos
Ayres, properly qualified men of Eu
ropean experience might achieve a great
success. With even moderately ; good
politics, and moderately sound banking
the Argentine crisis might be solved in
a year or two. Without them it can onlj
go from bad to worse. ' ! '
The Prdirie Farmer . does not take
much stock in the suggestion of a con
tractor of Chicago, to pump out the lake
front after
fouilding a coffer-dam around
300 or 400
acres of .water. To build the
J . . m . . m a 1 11
world's fai
r in . tne bottom qi .tne iaac
would be tmique; the project is feasible,
of course, put who wants to go aown
twenty feet below'the water line to see a
great exp
ition? There would be con-
slant jdre
df a possible inbreak of the
waters!
so, what then? A great scare
life. The world's fair will
on the bottom or the top of
- and loss o
not he nei
Lake Mich!
to
gan. .J :
Thp Ftnekler of London has made a
study 61 riovel heroes. Out of 192 oi
these gentlemen that came out between
October anji June last t is discovered
that eighty-five stood six feet, while
many were even taller. Compared with
those of th 2 nine ' months preceding last
October th e heroes of the period in ques
tion show m increase in height averag
ing three-quarters of an inch pey hero.
It is observed that lady writers show a
marked tendency to make their male
characters! tall. pThe reading public
would willingly allow some of the fair
novelists the right to lengthen " their he
roes to any extent if they could only be
induced to shorten their stories. j -
XX.it piauc uuicu -a. urn -m. u, au. vi ubut
Natal, ; South Africa, a local chief ire-
cently summoned a native doctor to at
tend his wife, or one of his wives..
What the ailment was is not known, but
the remedy prescribed by the doctor was
human fat. Like some of his profession
.in other parts of the world, the doctor
. was a piump man anu. uie cmci prompt.
ty ordered him "to be killed and admims
' tered to ?the iliuatrious - patient. This
was done and the chief is now awaiting
: his trial at Maritzburg in consequence.
"For1 its own credit," . comments the
- -
Times-Deniocrat, it is to be hoped that
British law will deal mercif ullv with this
potentate, who seems to have a practical
sense of justice as well as a droll vein of
The Shoe and Leather- Reporter says:
' "A! noticeable thing about the statues
found in our museums of art, and sup
posed to represent the perfect figures of
ancient men and women, is the apparent
disproportionate Bize of their feet. ,We
moderns are apt to pronounce them ' too
, - large, particularly those of the women. It
will be -found, : however, that for sym-.
metrical perfection these feet could not
- - be better. A Greek sculptor would not
. think of such a thing as putting a nine
inch foot on a five-and-one-half-footwo-man.
Their types for these classical
marble figures were taken from the best
forms of living persons." The Reporter
goes on to show that a well proportioned
woman of ten feet three inches in height
should have a foot ten inches lonr and i
should wear a- No, C.- Courage, fair
ters of Chicago;-it ii trv at jour
DISCONTENT.
A BALLAD Vfrm A DOT7BLK BKFltACT,
It Is not in man to be quite content, '
You may fill his cap till it overflow,
Sou may pay him his due, yea, cent percent,
Bu ; he'd rather have this or that, you
:- fcaow; . '. '
Or be somebody els?, ,lite so-and-so -Ajid
fortune's favors may pour and: pour,'
Ar d the zephyrs of fame propitious blow,
But ' he average man wants something more !
Indulge a man to the top of his bent, -
In lore, war, politics give him a show, '
And when he wins he's sure to repent
He 'd rather have this or that, you know I
To Congress he no longer wonts to go
Or t' le cirl he used to love and j adore,' ?
TV jn and his Wife, seams a little slow
And the average man wants something more !
- ---.-)
S'ot the winter alone brings discontent, ,
Tt ough he bitterly growls at the frost and
, " i Enow-", ' ' ' i ;
Hie seasons to worry him all are sent,
A id he'd rather have this j or that, you
: : . know.v-- ;. ! .'" '; '
rThi n the mercury's high he wants it low;
Sc me feature or other he's sure to deplore;
Hie pessimist pines for an unknown woe, .
And the average man . wants something
; more. , ... ;
f - iKVOI.
The harvest lack3 something whatever he
. sow. jj.. , ; ' ;.-. :; -:
' A ad he'd rather have this or that, you
j know;" '' ' 1 : I . !
. Yoi l may give of all things good galora, 1
B it the average man wants something
more. . t j. . . j
L epbum Johns, in Pittsburg Dispatch".
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MISS YASSAH'S DIAMOMDS.
BY LOIS GBEvj U :
The marriage of Miss yassar was of
thej
sort of which , people alk. . It out-
ed that sense, of fitness which the
world possesses so strongly j in regard to
the j marriage, not of itself, but of its
fri nds. A few, to be sure, objected
thi t nothing could be fitter. 3Iiss Vas
sar , if not quite in her first youth and not
wl at one might call pretty, had inherited
all the millious of her father; Louis
Ra letsky had no millions whatever, but
he was young and the handsomest man in
Whatever might or might "not be faid,
Helen Vassar was happy. I Her gentle,
sympathetic eyes had certain depths now
adays that made Leslie Radetsky think
her almost good looking. Leslie spent
tni ich of her, time in the" large Vassar
co intry house now. This! was natural.
St e was Louis's adopted sister.
A.t this instant she sat lazily watching
H :len giving orders to her maid for the
to let she would wear that night. Miss
Vi ssar's invitation had been, out three
Wi eks for her great ball, j
A small gold-bound coffer was open
before her, and from the delicate, scented
sa :in of its lining the liquid fire of dia
monds, the living whiteness of pearls, de
ta shed themselves. The new maid moved
al out silent and obsequious.
You are careless," said Leslie in a
m Dment in w,hich the woman .left the
room. . 'How loDg havej you had that
prson?. - You lock up nothing and you
really know nothing of Clemence."
She came excellently recommended."
Leslie shrugged her shoulders. She
was a tall girl, dark and islight, almost
to thinness, which did not prevent her
hiving arms and a throat so beautiful-4
that, when in aballroohi people followed
her with their eyes. ; ner glance was
deep and a little restless. She had mag.
njficent hair and hands and feet that
ri valed her throat in beauty. Never
theless' no one spoke of her as pretty
ltl feel defrauded that Louis cannot
c me to-night," said Helen Vassar, tak
ing up the thread of an interested con
versation. What business so. urgent
tiat he must absolutely . leave town to-
c&y?" ..- : ; .
, 'You may be sure it 'is urgent. Of
caurse it's unfortunate." j .
How firm yoji are in your allegiance
ty Louis," smiled Louis's betrothed.
You would question nothing he might
c o. You are exemplary brother and
; Very devoted,' said Leslie. j
i The maid had re-entered tho room.
id a note which she gave to Miss
ladetsky. : The latter opened and read
it througu. cnc was ratner snent lor
while. Then she got up and with some
assing excuse went out. j ,
j A half hour later she returned, dressed
or the street. :
'Will you let me haYe the brougham?
have thought of something I want in
own. i snail nave time- to drive in
nd back before dinner."!
' 4 'Can't I send some I one?" asked
elen;. - . .
'No, I prefer-to'go myself." . "
"Just as you like,- of I course.- - Nat
urally, ring for the brougham whenever
you please." . ... i t
It was a crisp autumn afternoon and
the horses traveled rapidly. - When they
reached town Miss Radetsky stopped at a
iirge shop and bade the coachman' wait.
She walked through the crowded aisles
isurely and finally issued into another
i treet through an opposite door. Then
i he began to accelerate jher step. She
valked about ten minutes and stopped
it length before a bachelor apartmqnt
. louse. She took the elevator and rang
it a door. It opened! almost sinval-
aneously and she entered a large room
ivith partly drawn curtains. Louis closed
md double locked the door again. ; .
By this time Leslie had become accus
tomed to the seeming" obscurity. When
Louis turned she saw .his face distinctly."
A tremor seized her -knees and hands.
She sank into a chair and fastened Iter
yes upon him. j ;
Tell the whole truth,': she said.
"Something horrible ha3 happened. ; I
have felt the catastrophe coming a long
time." -' . " -
ne hadC thrown"' himself down beside
her. His beauty was defaced liki a
Greek god prone in the dust.'
Ho began in broken phrases, Which il
lumined the situation for-the listening
woman as fashes of lilithing illumines a
The last carriage .rolling away from
Miss Vassar's ball faced the late rising
moon. The day had been cool and the
night had a warning of winter.
There were sounds of closing doors, of
moving footsteps, about the great house
for a half hour or more. On the landing
of the first floor Helen, said good night
to her guest and the women separated
and went to their rooms. . The last light
was extinguished after a time and every
thing sank into silence.
The creaking of a door woke no echo
in the wide hall.! A window at the end
of it admitted moonlight cloisteral in its
whiteness. It just touched a softly step
ping hgure dressed in black. In black,
of course. ; How could oae tell what
trick a stray moonbeam falling on white
might play?
Miss Vassar slept behind locked doors.
But between her bedroom and the hall
was a small boudoir. There was moon
light enough here also. Enough, at least,
to see one's way to the curious cabinet of
inlaid Japanese woods that stood in one
corner. A fragile thing; in appearance,
but not fragile in reality, unless you hap
pened to know the mechanism of its sec
ret drawers. -!
When you did, what more easy than
to touch a spring and assist the hinge
that noiselessly turned, er posing the in
distinct contour of the wevi-known coffer
behind? -The box was light of weight,
despite the value it represented. But
thore swift, dexterous fingers had r
thought of carrying it. Already they
had pressed the secret spring lock that
opened it and lifted the padded tray. Just
then the moon passed ucder a cloud.
But there was no possibility of mistake in
the touch of those cold chained stones, -slipping,
like a snake, against the palm.
This was the wonderful Vassar necklace,
enriched, in three successive generations,
by gems scarce anywhere to be matched.'.
The tray was replaced, the coffer put
back, the hinge turned. The Japanese
cabinet stood in its corner as if ho alien
touch had violated it. The dark figure,
in the light of the reappearing moon,
glided from the room as noiselessly as it
had 'glided in.
' .
(-'', i ' .
"That wretched woman has been sen
tenced to ten years in the penitentiary."
For days Miss Vassar had been op
pressed as with a weight. Even the
preparations for her approaching mar
riage seemed scarcely to arouse her. She
had taken a liking to the neat little
French maid so short a time in her ser
vice before she had been arrested for the
theft of the Vassar necklace. Even now,
with every proof of her guilt, she could
not, apparently, convict her in her own
mind or appease her regrets.
i 'I think you are morbid," said Leslie
Radetsky, quietly. .."What i3 to prevent
people from getting their deserts in this
world?" - " " ;
How cruel you look when you say
that !" exclaimed Miss Vassar with a note
of pain in her voice. " '. !
Well, some one who knew something
of phraseology, physiognomy all the
rest of it -told me once that I was cruel.
Cruel, unscrupulous,? added the girl
with a smile. "Unscrupulous when I
had an' end to gain:" - .
I Don't say those things," exclaimed
her friend, as before. ."You are always
saying them latterly. Why?"
""Ah, whr, why?" cried the girl with
a shrug oi her beautiful shoulders. -
Was she really changed? she asked
herself a little later asshe.went down in
the wide grounds. She had slipped on a
thick jacket and walked with a rapid'
step over the frozen know. The winter
day was breathless and clear. The icy
stillness seemed to cool' her head and
.hands. Oh, this f everishness that would
not go out of her veins ( But, outward
ly, was she not perfectly calm? She .had
grown hard. Of. course." Hard. bitter,
reckless ; all the rest of it. She gave a
low laugh in the. silence of the empty,
leafless alleys, !IIow could one help that?
It. was either to do that or to govmid,
perhaps I I .
She stopped abruotly. with a ligh
trembling of the limbs, - She had heard
an approaching step. It was Louis.
I He had left his trap at tho gate, and
was walking up through the grounds to
the house. , I - '
! . "I thought I should meet you here,"
he said. .His voice shook and his pallor
struck, through alK her bewilderment
with a sort of terror 'Do you know
that that woman has been sentenced to
ten Tears ten years -imprisonment I"
"Yes,. I know."
, "God in. heaven, ana you say that so
quietly? What are you made of ?" a . His
eyes hung upon her with a species of re
volting curiosity. .; - '
,"I am made of stuff that can fac8 tho
consequences of its actions!" she said in
alow voice, j "That does not shrink
and shrivel like a poor coward like you. "
' "If I have lost my soul, 'tis because
of you!" cried tfie man as one dis
traught. " ;
; Did I make you. forge a check to save
yourself from ' bankruptcy ? Did I make
you, when the crime was on tho eve of
discovery, throw yourself on my mercy
and ask me to help you? How was I to
helpT Was not I as poor as you? -I did
what I could.; I committed a crime In
my turn to save youv; To allow you,
sco tt free, to' i marry & 'rich woman who
loved you. " To allow. you to - cast anchor
in a sate naroor or " tne rest oi your
days."- - ( , - . . - "
"And the crime you committed con
demns me as it does you," he cried with
a shaking voice. . "The first weakening
of my conscience came through you. as
well, though you may deny it. Who was
it urged mei to speculate, urged me to
strain out of my obscurity? Who was it
flattered my vanity into thinking that I
was made, intended for the brilliant tri
umphs of life? You 1 "You have been
an evil star to me. " A millstone hung
around my neck. , That my eyes ' might
never rest on you again would be.a wish
too intense, for realization!"
0 He had gone from, her and at last she
saw him as he was. Thi3 coward, this
beautifulS weakling, too pliant to resist
temptation, t'o nerveless to" abide by his
nrisdce&3, wa3 the creature the had loved
scarcely a year younger than her3elf, hacf
been almost as a son and a brother in
one. '' And was there a nearer -love still
and a dearer love yet, so deep hidden in
the secret recesses of consciousness that
even the heart that harbored it had not
recognized its pixsencel .
It was all over now. There was one
thing eft alone, and that was. e vex
friendly. V
"-, She went back into the house and wrote
two letters. One was addressed to Helen
Vassar. . It accused her, Leslie Radetsky,
of the theft of the Vassar diamonds, She
wanted the money for her own personal
uses. No need ever to ask what those
uses might have been. That would never
be discovered." The French maid was
innocent. Steps might be taken at once
for her liberation. Suspicion had, of
course, been purposely thrown on this
woman. -Who else knew where .Miss
Vassar kept her diamonds who but the
new maid and Miss Vassar's friend, the
adopted sister of the man she was to
marry? Miss Vassar had wealth in super
fluity. What she had regretted was not
the loss of her diamonds so much as the
guilt of a young girl who had impressed
her as innocent. Well, that young girl
was now absolved. It was true that the
adopted sister of her betrothed bora the
guilt instead. But she loved the brother,
and for his sake, perhaps, she weuld drop
the veil over a crime expiated as sins
could alone be expiated, it was said. H-
I ; Such was the substance of the first
letter. The second was written - to
Louis. ,
"You are safe, unless you,speak your
self , which, though you ' are a coward, I
do not think likely. Helen will not seek
to know one detail of my deed. -She u
noble and Quixotic. She need nevei
discover that the necklaee passed on to
you and was severed and the stones scat
tered and sold . The French girl is safe,
too. I am going where disgrace does
not reach. Strange ! I loved you.. Can
you understand that, I wonderl"
Both letters were found by her side.
The room was filled with the odor of
bitter almonds and she held the little
vial still clenched in her stiffening hand;
Louis Radetsky and the heiress were
married abroad a year later. The young
man had been for months at death's dooz
with a fever of the brain. . ,y
They now live in Paris. He has aged
and broken rapidly. His health is pool
and he has strange hallucinations. But
after so ghastly a shock, what more
natural, thinks his wife. .
She cares for him with a wonderful
devotion. But there is a sadness in hei
face and a curious shadow lingers there
at times. New York Mercury.
Prattled With Her Finders.
A peculiar family attracted the atten
tion of the passengers on a Brooklyn
Bridge train the other morning. The
entire family were deaf and dumb.
It consisted of the father, a man ap
parently twenty-eight years old, who
looked like an industrious mechanio ; the
mother a handsome, neatly dressed
woman of about twenty-five," and a beau
tiful child, a little girl under three years
of age. ' V
.-It was the' child in whom the pas
sengers seemed to take the greatest in
terest, the little tot's" actions causing
many a friendly smile. . - ;
Young as she was the child could talk
in the deaf and dumb language with ap
parent ease, and when her parents, who
were .conversing in their peculiar lan
guage, mentioned anything that pleased
the childish fancy she would laugh and
clap her little hands, much to the delight
of all. who saw. her.
She was a very shy . little thing, how
ever, and .would not leave her mother's
side for a moment. . An elderly gentle
man spoke to her, but she hung her head
to one side, looking at him with a bash
ful expression in her eyes which appar
ently saidr "I don't know you, sir, and
couldn't speak to you if I did,"' New
York Herald, v - i -
I Tho Soutli's Population.
The Manufacturers' Record, of Balti
more, says: JN otwithstanding the fact
that immigration has added over 5,200,
000 foreigners to our population during
the.last ten year3, nbne of whom have .
settled in the South except in very rare
cases, and that the great industrial de
velopment of this section, with its at- '.
tendant Southward trend of men and .
money, only commenced a few years ago, .
the South makes a fine showing of popu- j
lation in 1890 as compared with J880. ;
The preliminary census report gives the.
population of bouthern mates as "'fol
lows: "- . - ' - ;
' ' 1SX 18SJ.
Alabama , 1,520,000 1,263,505
Arkansas ;....; 1,182,000 ; , 803,5
Florida..... - 896,000 269, 4K?
Georgia....... . 1,840,000 1,543,18(1
Kentucky. ......... 1,870,000 1,048,690
Louisiana...... fc. 1,115,000 939,94)1
Maryland 1,400,000 934,94)
Mississippi: ... . . 1,265,000 1131.59?
North Carolina 1,640,000 1,399,753
South Carolina 1,187,000 . 995,577
Virginia. 1,700,000 1,512,565
West Virginia....... 774,000 . 18,457
Tennessee.. i..mi 1,800,000 1,542,359
Texas 2,175,000 . 1,501,749
19,864,000 16,192,333
: The Largest Perfect Diamond.' j
; Ahout twenty companies are engaged:
in diamond mining in South Africa, one
of which has a capital of $50,000,000.
They are nearly till under the control of
the De Beers Syndicate in London,
which is limiting the production and in
creasing the price During ' the month
of February",S90, there were' shipped
from Kimberly 130,077 carats of rough
and uncut diamonds, valued at $1,282,'
700. In the mines they are found scat
tered through the blue earth in sizes
ranging from 150 carats to the size "of a
pinhead. The largest perfect diamond
ever brought from the Cape is the 'Im
perial," owned by a syndicate and said
to be worth $1,000,000. Next to it
comes the 14 Stewart, "r of 288 carats,
which was found in the Vaal- River in
1872. It was an inch and a Quarter in
diameter, of a light yellow, variously
supposed to be due to vegetable secre
tions, the decomposition of fluid, or
changes effected by action of heat.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIKS.
t " . CHERRY SOUP.
j Cherry soup is nice served cold. ; TJsi
one and a half quarts of nice ripe cherriei
and three pints of water. Boil one quar
of the cherries until they, become pulpy,
sweeten to taste and strain. Stono the
one-half quart of cherries left, and jwiti
one-half of a teacupful of sao put into
the soup, and boil until the sago is crear,
not-dissolved. Brooklyn Ctiten.
; ' STEWED CUCUMBERS.
i $tevr ed cucumbeis may be an unknown
dish to some cooks. They are a novelty,
hdwever, in the vegetable linej and; this
is the way' to prepare them: Peel '.and
cut cucumbers in quarters; take out the
seeds, and lay them on a cloth to drain.
Roll the pieces in flour when .dry and frj
in butter. The butter must be hot; be
fore the cucumber is put on the pan.
When they are a b'ght brown remove
them from the fire and place them bn 8
sieve to . drain. Fry- some onions in the
same butter, and when brown put them,
with the cucumbers, into a saucepan! and
caver with gravy. Stew slowly until ;they
are tender; then take out the cucum
bers, thicken the gravy ' with flour, let
it boil up once, then season with saltj and
pepper. Put in the cucumbers and as
oon as they Are warm serve.
FAMOUS MACCAKONI PIE.
A celebrated 4 chef, -whose znaccaroni
pie has added considerably to Ms fame,
says his recipe reads as follows: Take a
piece of gravy beef, cut in small pieces,
put it into a saucepan with an onion
sliced and a piece of butter, toss jt on
jthe fire until the onion and pieces of meat
j are browned, a bouquet of sweet herbs,
ja carrot cut in pieces, spices, peppe and
sail to taste, a iew. musnrooms ana a
fair allowance of tomato sauce. Let the
whole simmer for a couple of hours,) then
strain and skim off the superfluous fat.
Put the boiled maccaroniinto a saucepan
with a pjece" of abutter, plenty of grated
Parmesan cheese, and as much of the
sauce. or gravy as it will absorb; toss it
on the fire for a few minutes, and .put it
by until wanted. Make a nica pie paste,
lice with" it a tin mould previously but
tered, uniting the joints carefully with
the white of eggs. Have ready some
very small fillets ot breast of chicken
just cooked with butter in a covered tin
in tho oven, some cooked ham or ox
tongue cut in dice, some truffles and
mushrooms cut in convenient pieces and
cooked in the gravy used to dress the
maccaroni. Fill the lined mould j with
all these things in judicious proportions,
letting the maccaroni predominate J and
adding during the process- a little more
sauce or gravy and a due allowance of
Parmesan cheese; cover up the - mould,
with a disk of paste,; unite the edges
carefully and bake in a moderate joven
for about an hour. Turn, out of the
mould carefully and serve.
, . HOUSEHOLD HEXTB. .
. Silver that is not in constant use can
be kept bright by packing it in oatmeal.
To keep silver from tarnishing apply
with a soft brush a coating of collodion
dissolved in alcohol.
Steel knives that are slightly oiled
then wrapped in tissue-paper, will keep
an indefinite time without rusting. ,
An uncovered soap-dish is. the ; best
kind to use. The air dries " the jiyater
and prevents the soap from getting soft.
Old people and young children j need
the sun. The more they, bask in its' light
the better their chances are for life and
health. ' ' ..
Just before sealing te bottles of. to
mato catsup add a teaspoonful of brandy
to each one. Besides preserving the cat-1
lup it improves the flavor. - - I
Stove .zincs can be kept bright 'and
nice by rubbing them with either jkero
eneor lard. After a' few minutes take
a soft, dry cloth and remove all traces of
the oilor grease. - - ' i
Pretty iron-holders are made of brown
linen bound with red braid. A loopto
hang up by should always be sewn in
one corner. These covers, should be
made to slip off easily so that they can
be washed when necessary.
If a dose of castor oil is prescribed,
.have the druggist prepare it after the
following" formula: Oil, ricini,. one
dram; glycerine, one dram; tinct. au
ranti, twenty drops; tinct. senecie, five
diops ; aq. cinnam, to make half an
ounce. .... ." ; : . . j.
Flat-irons that are rus,ty may be
cleaned very quickly with - beeswax and
salt.' Heat tho iron then rub the wax
over it. Have a paper or "cloth near cov
ered with salt and scour the irons with
it. This will not only remove the rust,
but make the irons as smooth as glass.
Honeycomb counterpanes that have.
become worn in spots and are of ; no use
for bed-coverings should be cut up for
towels -and wash-rags. t The irregular
surface of the material makes it a very
good ; substitute for Turkish towels.
Neatly hemmed they will last a long
time. j . . - - Is. - .
The saucepans, pans, etc., that Sxe
used in cooking should always be placed
aier they are cleaned on the range or in
thV sun jto become , thoroughly dry.
When put away damp the rust soon eats
holes in them. See that the tins are
ried properly and your stock will not
need replenishing quite so often. I
To cleanglass 'jars' and remove any
odors fill jine jars with hot water, then1
stir in a' teaspoonful of baking soda.
Shake wll, then pour, out the water.
anouia any ot tne oaor remain, nu tne
jar again With the water and soda. Let
. it remain in the jar a few minutes, then,
pour out and rinse the jar in cold water;
i Borax, a laundress says, is a valuable
addition to the raw starch for collars and
cuffs. Too much should not bq used, as
It has a tendency to make linen yellow.
-Lump borax may be dissolved in boiling
water and bottled for future use. Per
fectly clear gum arable water can also be
used for the same purpose. Heat, fric
tion and pressure are absolutely neces
sary to produce a polish cn cellars and
JIM I'ti E SM A.UU w.
Drear is the night with its wavering light
And the moon is under a eloui,
Each planet afar the wraith of a star
Gleams pale in its mist-woven shrou
. ; Love !
So wan in its chilling, white shroud!
Weary the feet on the desolata street
That bear my burden and ma;
? v romrades are erone. and I am alone.
To think of heaven and thee,
Love,
To dreani of heaven and theet
Hungering I in my loneliness sigh
For thee and all that thou art,-
For the lovelight that lies in thy gioric
. ; " eyes . j
. To cheer my famishing heart, -
Love, m ' -
" To cheer ray desolate heart ! . -
Vain the desural Hopa's bright beacon fir a
Burns dimly in life's autumn rain,
While I walk these lonaways and lor f-'"
the days " " " 1:'" . '
N That will dawn for me never again, '
. Love,- .
The days that will dawn not again !
M.M. IoIsgoi, in Atlanta Const i'iuf -'- -
HU2I0IL OF THE DAY.
A certain class Know-It -Alls.
A srood suggestion "Let's; go
to
. church." Mail and JZrprcss. , "
Hightnot misfits be prevented if ta
proper measures were taken? X
A preferred creditor One who never
presents his billl Texas Siftins.
The ills, of life are often easier to bear
than the stocld market. Texas
Tm not till," said the savin- little
man,' 'but I'm never hort.!' Eion
Herald.: j ;, ; ' . '
It is easier to live within your incomer
than . to live! without oneJ B:s'.:ii
Courier. ; ' ' - 1 '
Why does Mr. Lank go so often tc
fishJ" He expects to gain; fiesh"'
Boston Courier! : . .'
' ."Whoever is head of the ship state, tc?
farmer fairly j. represents the tiller.
Philadelphia Times. '
To" the mind of the anti-raoaopollst
there is no such thing as a perfect trust.
DeirBU Free Press.
"Now, just let me give you a point
er." "Thanks; no. Pve notusa fcr a
dog." New York Herald. 4
A rprv latere -nercentao-e of teorl2 o:
. j 0
live their usefulness at an arly ae.
Seattle ( Tfa&hihqton) Journal,
Money is a neuter thing;1
. A fact which nature bal'cs.
Because, you know, it talks.
' r. I NevjYork Sun..-..
- f 'She is not! pretty." Tousaid she vrr.V
meant an amateur photograoh-t-ii-'?
I or la sun.
"How much does that fellow owe
Tonf" "A Icool thousand." ilAh!
i;
Cool but not collected, eh?!'
ton Lead-er. j "
BiAiTiam
."I can't po to iaiL" said a furfcy va-
eTant. I nave no time." J.nes'
Court
providesthat," said the Judge,
you ten days.?' , , ,
i give
Proof that a man is really near light
ed : "When he finds it necessary to look
at an elephant through a magnif ies
glass. Fliegende- Blaetter. t
Mrs. Brown: "Iwonder whoTrr-.S
up this account of the President's car
riage?", " Jfrs.j Malaprop -"Some hack-'
writp.r. of nourse.-" HarDers'Bazar.
"Waiter (very gravely) - "I hop3,Eir.
you'll remember the waiter." Customer
(coolly) I have a locket. Give me a
lock of your hair." LyLitrantigeant
Pupil "Why doe3 the avoirdupois
svstem have no scruples!" Prof. HdJ-
der "Because, my Doy, its useci tj
weigh coal and ice." Harper's Bazar.
. " Let us then ba up and doing, '
v . With a heart for an v fate:-
- -. ..... ,
' ' , Still achieving; still pursuing,
Catching fish or cutting bait. ' - :
; V ". " ! J : Washington Star.
"Jane," will you go for a saiL to-day?''
air. looaies assea nis wne at tne sci
side. . t'Why1 certainly, Timot'."
What is it, an auction or a sherilTs!
Philadelphia Times. : ;
Gazzam "I see that the Genu: i
Government thinks of making North -A'.
It wouldn't be so Prenchv." Hirve. 't
- . .
Bazaar. ' ; : ' ' '.
Now let the women do our work,
. a !.. i i .
Ajau les us cook m nasa,
For now they wear our laundried shirt,
And we we wear their sash.
' ; .; ; Ashland Wis.) Press. :
Hr. Fosrcr.' bavin sr had the misfortuna
- - , k o
to fall into ,the fountain basin of thi
hotel at a watering-place, finds on h:i
next week's bill the following entr?i
"To one . cold bath $1." Fliejer.Zi
Blaetter. . .
"A half -'ticket for this boy, vice.:?.''-
"How a half-ticket?" Isn't h6 :;. twelve
years old?" 4,Oh, no, only eleven."
'Oh, then you want a whole ticket, for
only children under ten "go fcr half.-"
Fliegende Blaetter. . '
. - " J.WUU. hi LIU k. - , i '
And she pledged to more than a srj
So they stood at .lie altar, ;- ) 1
When he bent o'er and solemnly kr.' .
r or
"Here's a first-class
marking ii
'- !'
(Writes on a piece of linen
"Indc:
Ink.") " "And here, ladies and ; gc
men, Pve got a splendid ."prepiratic:
washing out stain3." (Proci-eds f
with to wash out he above word
Fliegende -Blaetter.
"Yes," said the camper on Lake T7
Ingtori, we use these ferns for fuel
-Teat extent ; they burn almost like t
a w 4.
It is my opinion that everything" i
country is full of pitch
Inclu lir;
the hills." replied the stranger.
JiTashingtori) Journal. '-
t Alt . . t
nousei inquired tne new Doaraer f
dejected man kitting next to
'About ten years." "I don't s -you
can stand it. Wh'v havea't ;
th;
loner asro!" "2v
ether
nllr. '
said the cth::
1
wif
"doraticn'rH 1 :r lif;
Trha,