FOR CARRYING BABY.
Am Invmttun That Will Kioqi.ratly Ap
peal to Mothar.
There is uhva.vs somcthiu Uiinif in
tented for the benefit of on plus or
another, mul the liitrst production of
iuventive genius. Hip patent "buhy ear
rif r," will specially uppcl u the preat
Inxst of mother. This most inenioim
und useful little article win reality
miniature hammock, which eun be tau
tened round the neekut various height
by strong hooks; th baby beiritf placed
inside, the hand of the uurso are left
perfectly free, the arms are wived from
any strain or subsequent aching, and
perfeet comfort and safety are innured
for the child. The "baby carrier"
w eilm under three ounces, will wash,
and when not in use can be folded up
into a very small compass and carried
in the pocket. Every woman knows
how when baby wants to be nursed
everything else must 1ms put adde, and
every movement studied, therefore the
value of an article the use of which ad
mits of a lxiok or work beinjf held, and
saves the arms from many an hour's
aching, can be thoroughly appreciated.
, Lady's Pictorial.
RUGS VERSUS CARPETS.
A i:iiromi Trautle Which Canaot B
l oo Highly ('lauriidrd.
The practice of European ho".iekeep
ers of covering the floors with rug's,
which may at any time be lifted and
shaken, cannot be too earnestly com
mended, and we are pleased to note
that the fashian is growing in favor in
this country. In regard to both beauty
and sanitary considerations, rugs are
undoubtedly to be preferred to carpets.
From an economical point of view, they
are about equal in expense. Many per
sons, however, will refuse, under any
consideration whatever, to lie won
away from their allegiance to the old
time carpet, aud to such we would give
the following advice: Lay all curpeU
with a floor space of several inches be
tween them and the sides of the room,
which space should he painted some
color in harmony with the prevailing
tone of the carpet. This arrangement
.is chiefly in the interest of neatnesa,
that the carpet sweeper may be able to
reach every Inch of carpet, so avoiding
any collection of dust in corners; but if
the carpet he put down carefully, and
tacked in straight, unvarying lines, it
gives, likewise, a pleasing effect to the
room. Daily use of a good carpet
sweeper combined with frequent wip
ing of the cariM-t with a big, damp
sponge, or soft cloth, will keep the
room comparatively free from dust,
though in constaut use. For seasons of
more than ordinary wear and accumu
lations of dirt, a writer in the House
hold give the following as an eicelleut
wipe up: "Add a pint of ox gall or two
tablespnonfuls of turpentine to a pail
of warm, soft water, and wringing out
the sponge or cloth very often, wipe
over the entire surface of the carpet."
Minor C'oBTKnirarr.
Among the minor conveniences for
the toilet are brushes or scrubbers made
of loof a pods. These are flattened and
tacked upon wooden handlesof suitable
length. The pods as they conic in the
stores can be split in half lengthwise;
then the sectinu doubled over end toeud.
This stick is fastened between the two
folds of the pod. Thewi are considered
a great luxury by Miom who have used
them As a waU-rag, the htofa is
considered indispensable by many per
sons. A most amusing use for these
loofas is that of making them Into hats
and bonnet. They are cut in thin
slices and fashioned into semi-transparent
strips, which are then sewed to
gether like the braids which form the
bat, or they may be dyed and pressed
without cutting. The above, however,
seems to I their most legitimate use,
although, latterly, some fancy articles
have been made from them cushions,
head rests and the like. N. Y. Ledger.
Wh Your Fr at Night.
There are many girls who retire at
night thoroughly tired, and forgetting,
therefore, to wash their faces just be
fore seeking their pillows for the much
needed slumber. This is a great mis
take both on account of health and
lieauty. Not only does any particle of
dust on the face have time to create
havoc before moruing, but if cosmetics
have been used, it is a disastrous neg
lect; the poisons or chemicals eat Into
the skin aivl de-troy its smoothness as
well as whiteness and have a clear en
trance through the pores into the sys
tem. Hy using a plentiful supply of
warm water on the face before resting,
much damage to the skin is saved and
much good towards its preservation is
accomplished.
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NW War of Kervlut Kgj.
A delicate way of cooking eggs this
season is to break them on little plates.
Small claim preserve plates will do, but
there are special plates which come for
serving eggs "sur le plat." Sprinkle it,
little tinely minced hum on each egg.
Put a mere grain of cayenne over each
egg, and put the plate In tho hot oven
till the white is firmly set; or, If you
prefer them harder, till the yolk is done.
A little Parmesan cheese sprinkled over
the eggs, with some salt added in place
of the ham and cayenne, will give a
variety of this dish. If you have Nepaul
pepper instead of cayenne, use a bit of
it on the eggs.
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I'AYl.NbTHK IILOODTAX.
lJAsANT3 . PAY MONEY FOR MUR
DERS COMMITTED IN 1375.
4 Dflil Wlil.li thn liilotltitanU of tho
I'.v i rmri-n llvn ICI liflounl y I'mIiI Anitil
ullv lur OvKr Kl ( nitnrlr -1 lift r
ntiniy li4t-ritHt ly a Vilnf.
Tim lijii. pf.idcnt ilcs Basse rvrei)fi
publishes a very interesting ds ription
written by M Alfred Cadier, a French
Protestant clergyman at Pan, of a cere
monial which he witnessed on the fron
tier of France and Spain. This con
sisted in the payment of a blood tax,
aud it apers that there are two or
threu places in the Pyrenees where the
custom, founded upon the belief that "a
murder committed by the inhabitants of
a village or canton npon those of an ad
joining village or canton must forever
remain a burden upon the descendants
of their descendants," is still observed.
Thus, about the tniddta of the Four
teenth century, the inhabitants of the
valley of Lavedan, having massacred the
defenseless residents of Aape, wer con
demned by the pope to pay a perpetual
tin of thirty sols, which was levied upon
twenty-two villages and paid up to the
time of the revolution. In the Thir
teenth century, if not earlier, a similar
crime was committed between the val
leys of Baretons, in French Navarre, and
Ronoiil, in Spanish Navarre.
The blood tax which the inhabitants
of the former were ordered by the pojie
to dischargo is paid still, the ceremony
taking place annually on July 13 in the
mountains, about seven hours' inarch
from Osse, at the pass known as La
Peyre St. Martin. It is thus described
by M. Cadier:
A OAI.A SCENIC
A crowd of people is to be seen mak
ing their way to the rendezvous. The
shepherds of the Baretons valley, with
their red waistcoats interspersed with
dark threads, the mayors and delegates
of the village of Arette, Luune, Arainita
and Issor, the foresters of the mountain,
the custom house officers without their
guns, the clergy, represented by the priest
of St. Engrace and two curates, and a
few English tourist from Osse heljwd to
make up this singular assembly. When
we reached the narrow stone which
mark oft the frontier, with the name
St. Martin inscribed nnon Him t.wn uiili.a
of it in French and Spanish, we found
ourselves race to race with the Spaniards,
who formed an imposing group.
First was the alcalde of Isnbit, who
was to act the part of lord chief justice.
He was wearing a black robe, bordered
with red, and a large collarette by way
of bands, while he carried in bin hnn.i
the wand of justice, in the shape of a
black stick with a silver knob. The al
caldes of three or four other Spanish vil
lages were similarly attired, and they
were accompanied by a numerous suite,
made ud of delegates from Mm
jnnt of the valley of Roncal, the notary,
uie veterinarian, and others, the escort
consisting of seven or eight armed car
lahineros and guards, while in the rear
were a nuuuier or "boumqueros." who
had come in the hone of sellin? the, alriita
of wine with which their donkeys were
louueu.
It was about 0 a. in. wtien the
raonial. which has been observed without
interruption since 1375, commenced by
the French mayors douniug their tri
color scarf, ami by the Spanish alcaldes
advancing toward the froutier stone,
accompanied by a herald bearing a lance
on which was nainted a red flanm. tl.
symbol of justice.
THE CKHF.MON Y.
The two parties havimr halted st
tmice of about twenty feet from their
respective frontiers, the herald snbsti-
tutes for his red flame n whit mm
which is the symbol of pacific intentions,
and the alcalde of Isaba exclaims in
Spanish, "Do you wish for peace?" To
this the French mayors reply in the af-
nruianve, also speaking in Spanish, and
in order to testify to the sincerity of
their intentions, their herald lays down
his lance noon the ton of the fo'na in ti.
direction of the frontier, whereujion the
opamsn neraiu comes and inserts his
lance into the French soil, resting th
ihaft against the stone so as to form a
cross with the French lauce. The mayor
of Arette then comes aud lays his hand
npon uie cross so formed, a Spanish al
calde places his risfht hand noon tW of
the Frenchman and the other iimyon
siid alcaldes do the same alternately.
Last of all. the alcalde of Isaba steps
forward, and. lifting his wand of justice
over the pile of hands, pronounces the
oath, which all swear to keep. After
this oath has been taken the alcalde of
Isaba exclaims tin
dnnius" (peace in the tUm
thus anew concluded, and to ratify their
naving given up all idea of vengeance
the men of Koneal order tho escort to
discharge their guns in the direction of
France. Then
the blood tax, which used to consist of
three perfectly white mares, but owing
to the difficulty of irettini nn ....ti..
alike three white heifers have been sub
stituted for them. The three heifers
presented tikis
twenty-three pounds, which is a large
Jiim for tho district, and after the Kon
eal notary had drawn up a proces verbal,
which wassigned all around, a repast was
served at the expense of the Spaniards,
tossts being proved in honor of Spain,
franco and England, the introduction of
England being due to the presence f
several English visitors. After the re
axt was over dancing followed, and we
then said good by till next year.
Itow riant TrotocU It.olf.
One little plant of South Africa pro
tects itself by assuming a curious like
less to a white lichen that covers the
rocks; the plaut has sharp pointed green
leaves; these are placed close together
with their points upward, and on the
;ip of each leaf is a little white, scaly
dieath. The resemblance of the smoot h
jurface these preseiitto the lichen grow
ing on the rooks, beside which it is al
ways found, is so great that it .is not
till you tread on it that you discover the
ieception. Fortnightly Review.
isuw The man.
Mti,Ti IC4U l' Aaiut 4uMI
I jhi mimI re urilmi
Mo."es Frost stood feet 4 in his socks,
and v,-m called 'the best man on the
river" a plir.ise that expressed admira
tion for his physical, not his moral, qual
ities. He wfts, nevertheless, generous.
j truthful, brave and altogether a fin
I specimen of the wilder Canadian hack-
woodsman The title implied that ha
! had successfully "tackled" all the famon
'bullies" of the Upper Ottawa, even the
terrible Joe Muufr.'tud, thirty years ago
champion of "the French." Moses, in a
squeaky, sli.ill, slow, small treble, that
came absurdly from so big a man, used
to tell me his experiences.
"Ther' is some use in bavin the repy
Ution of bein a pmty good man," he
squeaked modestly. "I reckon ther"
haint been no peaceabler man on the
river than uie sinst they give up tryin to
whale me, 'uiost three year back. Last
time I fit was because two men that
uevor seen me before didn't know me
when they did see rne."
"Tell me about it, Moses," gatd I.
"Well, surveyor, it was about New
Year's, the time me'n Lilly Ann got
hitched. My woman was dead sot ou
seein the fashions down to Portage du
Fort. So we started two days after the
shindig for to have a woddin trip, She
said that was the right way. We stopped
at Rattray's instead of Paddy Scully's
place the best ther was goin wasn't
too good for Lilly Ann them days.
"Well, Lilly Anu was mighty took m
with the circus picters on Hattray'i
barn. Id a took her in, too, ou'y it
wan gone more n four months.
"But what about your last fight
MoaesT
"as yas I was disrememberint
Well, it was when me'n Lilly Ann was
goin back home. Yon tuiud the bridg
before you come to the Calumet?
"The high bridge over Brabyon'e
creek
" Yas, that's it. 1 guess it's maybe the
length or your chain down to tho creek
in summer. That time the holler was
drifted half full of snow. Well, there
was the two of 'em on the bridge on
of 'em looked like a good man. Says hi
to me: 'We're wantin a ride!'
" 'I can't give ye no ride,' says 1.
'Ther hain't room, hoys, for I've got the
woman, don't you see?
"With that the big one runs to the
head of my pony. 1 didn't want to get
out and hurt the man, but says Lilly
Ann, 'Be you goin to staud that, Moses?
lr you be, 1 11 get out and whale 'em my
self." She'd V done it, too, snrveyor.
Mebby you never heard what Lilly Ann
done to ,loe Manfraud that time he"
"You'll tell me that story another
time, Moses What did the two men
do?"
"Oh, yas. Well, 1 jumped out and the
other one come np, 'qnarin off. He fell
easy. Then the big one runs in. Mebby
yon never see a bull moose comin at yon
lickety pelt?"
"The fellow ran at you head down,
eh?"
"Jesseggsackly. Well, 1 stood to one
side sudden, and jrive him a trip. Ther
I takes him by the trowsis and the back
of his neck and pitches him over tb
railin.
"With that Lilly Ann says, 'You're
purty good yet. Moses,' and she jump,
out, laughing. There we stood and
looked aver the bridge right down."
"Was the man hurt?"
"Hurtedl How could he be hurted,
an him fell into seventy feet of snow
drifted in the gully? He did have some
considible tronble gettin footin to lift ont
his head. Then he looks up ar.d says he,
'Who in thunder be you, anyhow?"
" 'He's Moses Frost,' says Lilly Ann.
" 'Murderation,' gays he. 'If w
knowed that we wouldn't have wante
no ride."' Youth's Companion.
Moukeya anil Trochm.
As I was lingering before the monkey
cage in the I Jresden Zoological garden,
a slight tickling in the throat, a chronic
trouble with me, induced me to take out
of my pocket a box of bronchial troches
and to put one of them in my mouth.
Instantly a large monkey of manifestly
aspiriag nature thrust out his hairy arm
and palm with a beseeching look that 1
would give him one. Why shonld he,
too, not lie allewed to enlarge his terres
trial experiences and share the joys o!
the superior being before him? So 1
gave him a troche, which he at ones
clapped in his cheek.
"Scarcely did the bitter taste strike hiyi
thau he snatched it out with his fingers
and began rubbing it violently on the
hair of his arm, as if to rub off the bad
taste. Seeing, however, that the supe
rior being continued to uck his troche
serenely, lis soon put his own backiu his
chops to give it a fuller trial. It proved
too much for him to stand very long and
so out he pulled it a second time and
began rubbing it on the sanded floor of
the cage.
"Over aud over the process was repeat
ed; but each time as his reverential eye fell
on the superior being outside still peace
fully sucking his own, a reflective ex
pression caine over his face which as
much as said, 'Surely if that manifest
god out there enjoys this nasty thing
there must be some desirable quality in
it that 1 am not developed enough to
appreciate.' So patiently the aspiring
simian went on till lis had dissolved the
last particle f his troche. "Boston
Herald.
A FoolUh Qiientlun.
One of the peculiarities of human na
ture is to ask a question that is exceed
ingly foolish. For iuntauce, if one tees
a friend knocked down by a coal cart,
the first question that he is apt to ask is,
"Did you get knocked down?" At
Troost park oue evening a gentleman
was standing on the edge of the lake
when he slipped and fell in. Naturally
his temper was at a white heat He
g-lared about savagely, wlien a stranger,
who was standing by aud who had seen
the accident, asked, "Did you fall in?"
The fellow paused, and while his eyes
were snapping fire rtiuarked sarcasti
cally: "No, I didn't fall iu. The lake
walked up on me. "-Kansas City Times.
ViCnAMCRt FLIGHT.
Ther I. l-osxiliillty That Men Will
H) Ihrnugh I tie Air Itxfore Lous'.
Abo re ns is the great aerial ocean,
stnacliiug over all lands, and offering
an always open way to them, yet a way
that ha never yet been thus trodden.
Cuu it be that the power we have always
lacked is at last found, and that it only
remains to learn to guide it?
Let me, in answering, coinp:ire the
case to that which would present itself
if the actual ocean had never been tra
versed because it was always covered
with fields of thin ice, which gave way
under foot, which indeed permitted ves
sels to be launched and to float, but
which compelled them to move wherever
the ice drifted. Such vessels would re-
nouible our balloons, and be of as little
practical use; but now suppose we were
told, "The ice which has always been
yonr obstacle may be made your very
means of transport, for yon can glide
over the thinnest ice, provided you only
glide fast enough, and experiment will
prove not only how fast you must go to
make the ice bear, but that it is quite
within the limits of your strength to go
with the requisite speed,"
All this might be true, and yet, if no
one had ever learned to skate, every trial
of this really excellent plan would prob
ably end in disaster, as all past efforts to
fly have done. Indeed, in our actual ex
perience with the air, men have come to
the same kind of wrong conclusion as
would have been reached in supposing
that the ice could not lie traversed, be
cause no one had the strength to skate,
while tho truth would be that man haz
plenty of Btrength to skate, but is not
born with the skill
The simile is defective so far as it sug
gest that man can sustain himself by
his unaided strength on calm air, which
1 Ixdieve to be impracticable; but it is
the object of experiments to prove that
he haa now the power to sustain himself
with tho aid of engines recently con
structed as soon as he has the skill to
direct them.
If asked whether a method of flight
will soon be put in practice, I should
have to repeat that what has preceded is
matter of demonstration, but that this
is matter of opinion. Expressing theu,
a personal opinion only, I should answer,
"Yes.'' It is. hardly possible that the
secondary difficulties will not be soon
conquered by the skill of our inventors
aud engineers, whose attention is al
ready beginning to be drawn to the fact
that here is a new field open to them,
and though I have not experimented far
enough to say that the relations of power
to weight established for small machines
will hold for indefinitely large ones, it is
certain they do so hold, at any rate far
enough to euable us to transport, at
speeds which make us practically inde-
penueni or tne wind, weights much
greater than that of a man.
Progress is rapid now. especially in in
vention, aud it is possible it seems to
me even probable that before the cen
tury closes we shall see thia nniversal
road of the all embracing air, which
recognizes none of man's boundaries,
traveled In every direction, with an
effeot ou some of the conditions of our
existence which will mark this among
all the wonders the century has seen.
8. P. Langley iu Century.
A fUiaarksbU Deaf Mute.
One of the most remHrlcuhle inmufx
of the New York Institution for the
Dear and Dumb is Richard Clintou, who,
though deaf, dumb and blind, has in thl
fourteen years he has spent in the asy
lum acquired an education and a sell
supporting trade. He was born ia Dub
lin with the senses of sight and hearing
perfect. One eye was destroyed in
childhood by an explosion, and an sttucfc
of scarlet fever cost him the other eye
and his hearing.
He waa for a time in a school for Wf
mutes in Ireland, but it waa not nntil ho
entered the New York institution that
he derived benefit from the instrnetinn
giveu him. Here he has been taught the
ordinary branches of education and has
acquired the trade of bottoming chairs.
He learned to write by using a mle to
guide his hand. Of late he has learned
to use the typewriter and has discarded
the peu.
Clintou uses the siirn lanirnair in rnn.
rersation. and reads the ronli tt Lis
companions hy touching their hands.
His touoh is abnormally sensitive, as is
often the case with the blind. By touch
ing the hana of a friend he recognizes
the person, aud he recalls au old ac
quaintance from whom he has been long
separateu uy reeling his race, bands aud
rorni.
The other bovs In the institution treat
Clinton In their play as roughly as if he
had sight He never resents such treat
ment He is only angered when he is
pitied. When he is pushed he recog
nizes the persons attacking him by the
manner in which they touch htin. Mauy
tricks have beeu nlaved unon hi but
it rarely happens that he gets canght
twice by the same trick. New York
worm.
Affrrtad Loriimottou.
Grace lends a fascination to an or
dinary figure which the most symmetri
cal proportions cannot exercise without
it. B"t unfortunately a great many
mdies entertain mistaken ideas as to
what constitutes the poetry of motion.
Neither the demonstrative swing nor the
high tragedy gait with which some of
our Ilebes and J unos endeavor to show
off their different styles of person approxi
mate it at all. The tall and stately
creature with trailing garments who
moves, or tries to move, as if she trod on
necks and liked that sort of pavement is
not nearly so Junolike as she may think.
Such styles of going are affectations;
and affectations of every kind are an
abomination to people of correct taste.
A lady should neither amble nor strut,
but glide along as if unconscious that
auyliody was looking at her. Walking
should be an unstudied act, not a per
formance. All the world is not a stage,
in the common acceptance of the term,
nor is it necessary that ladies should
tread in street like tragedy queens, ot
genteel comedy misses, or skipping sou
brette. New York Ledger.
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