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TuriCS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Cnnmnu aad CritUtem Baard Tpua th
tLilauit-a of tka Uay-tiJaurica4 aad
fcwa Km
P. o ehsional sluggers aod prhe
fighters had better keep away from
Iowa in the future. The anti-pri e
flight bill passed by the Legislature
provide a maximum penalty of a
year iaiprl'onmentor a fine of 11,000
for the prio ipa's, and a fine of ',oo
for the accessories.
Vienna is having its girl A' areh
Isu of the Emma Go'Juaan ty e,
just at) New York had. Fraulein
Glass, a pretty girl still in her teeus,
with dark and windblown hair, has
ust led a successful strike there, and
Amelia i.ita. whose pretty head holds
all the w sdom of IT years, is talking
a arcby two ours a day to immense
audienes.
Thk World's Fair attracted t it
the best people of the world, but un
fortunately it also attract 1 the very
worst elements that live. Multitudes
of these remained, and this fact ac
counts for the crowded condition of
the Chicago jail to day w.th Its tioo
prisoners awaiting trials for their
crimes. Fifty-two of the number
are charged with murder. The
courts of ..usti e will for some time
bs taxed by such echoes from the
Kreat fair.
Judge Edgar Aldkich of Little
ton, X. II., made a strong argument
in Javor of the present jury system at
the recent annual reunion of the
Grafton and Coos Counties Bar As
so iaton, urging that it is the airest
trial for the accused and the safest
for the public. He did not favor the
abolition of the unanim ty re uire
ment, saying that he had tried nca.ly
100 cases, civil and t nruinal, since he
left the bar, and could recall tut
three disagreements.
Tok Suez Canal last year paid a
dividend of Is per cent, on its co t
This vindicates the judgment of Ie
Lesseps, who alwayi claimed that the
enterprise would pay. Its cost was
ninety million dollars. The Man
chester Ship Canal cost seventy-five
million dollars, and the revenue from
it will pay dividends of 3 to 5 per
cent This for European invest
ments is considered a good return.
There is a growing interestin various
American ship canals. One of these
is through Cape Cod, to shorten the
line for the growing coast trade aiong
the Sew England seaboard. Kail
road construction is declining. Fer
baps now the time for more ship
canals has come.
-A bill has been Introduced into
the Massachusetts Legislature pro
vld ng for free . employment offices
for such cities as shali accept the
plan. This has been done in Otro,
where a free employment bureau is
attached to the department of labor.
There are Ave cities which have
bureaus of employment whe e books
are kept for registering ihe names
and addresses of those seeking em
ployment, and also of those deir rig
help. The first o:lice went int ) ef
fect June 2ti, 13H0. Since that time
81,507 persons registered seeking em
ployment and 6.1. 5 calls for help
were made by employers. The num
ber who secured work was 3,5.18.
The Ave offices ia Ohio have cost the
Stateless than 810,000.
The Los Angeles Express recently
contained an exhaustive statement
of the fruit product of California dur
ing the last year. Riverside now is
claimed to lie the most famous
orange producing locality in the
world. La-t year the shipments
amounted to over 2,700 car loads. and
this year it Is est mated there will be
over 3,000 car loads. There are now
8,500 acres of bearing orange and
lemon crchards in Itlverside, with an
assessed valuation of 86,000,000 and
an actual valuation of llf,000,ooo.
The raisin crop of last year is esti
mated at 2:5 car loads. The last
year also has been a notable one for
Riverside In another direction, as the
new County of Riverside has been
formed, with the county seat at that
xity, by a division of San Bernardino
County. The new co.nty is forty
mile la extent from north to south
and 1H0 tulle east and west an area
as large as that of Massachusetts.
Eferythlng grows big in California.
Staid old Connecticut, which has
ao Ion; been content to furnish the
nation with nothing more startling
than wooden nutmegs and cheap
alarm-clocks, has turned out a "strong
man." Not one ot the paltry, every
day strong men, who .support pianos
witbtbelr eub-maxilUry ligaments,
bat one who caa smite a wild, dash
lag horn wttn his good right arm
aad sad tt to grass without vlalble
Cjrt Kiddlatown claims the maa
f cSt tad brawa. At that hie.
tart tyrt raarar horn attached
Oifr:3 f2s a O to a
er ;r &t? Am
j the animal rushed upon the boat,
' wattering the passengers id alt di
rections, the hero stepped fo. ward
with easy grace, swung bis right,, ail
landed on the forehead of the sur.
prised horse. '-The blow was dealt
with such force that the animal fell
1 to the deck as if struck w.th a sledge-
hammer,'' says the report There is
, a great future l-efore the man with
I the sledge-hammer arm and fist
Efforts should be made to induce him
to enter the prize-ring and the gov
ertors would have no need of the
m litia to suppress prize-tight, as
there would I no more "mills."
Counectic it has a treasure which it
should make the most of.
An invention has been made In
France by M. Ilermite which rom
ises to revolutionize the methods of
disinfecting sewage water and flush
lng streets and sewers. The ruw dis
infectant is simply elcetrolyzed
sea water-sea water decom
posed by the direct actiou
of electricity. The worst and
most malodorous portion o. Baris was
the St. I-raocis quarter. The quar
t" r was "t'-e boti.edof infectious dis
ease " Its streets and sewers were
Hushed with the electruly ed sea
water. In some cases tanks were
built upon the roofs ot the worst ten
ement houses and the new disinfect
ant was poured down through ail
the pipes and closets of the filthy
dens. The effect was like roadie
Every iioisorjous tniciobe was 6laln.
and the locality became as sweet
smelling an a iy in l'aris. Undoubt
ed. y this manelous ucw fluid will
soon t in common use in every sea
board city in Europe a d in this
country. Great mains pass from the
harbor or sea ad acent to the centnl
portions ot a town where the elec
trolyzlng Dlant is. It ha. leen found
that by passing the fluid through
sewer pipe discharge they are thor
ughly disinfected aud made innocu
ous. By its means it Is th ught to
be quite possible for sewenige iiloes
to dischure into rivers near a city
without poilut ug the water. The
chlorine still remaining in the sea
water performs the ortic: of disin
fecting. JIehe are a few' plain considera
tions for the minds of plain people.
In case of an individual who falls in
business, he fails when he Incomes
so deeply involved in debt that he can
no longer stave off payment He was
not obliged to go in debt n the first
place. But he wanted to enlarge his
business. Tie put a mortgage on his
farm because if be had larger barns
he could store more grain and feed
luore Btock and thus get more money.
Perhaps the family Deeded a larger,
handsomer house to live in or cloth
ing that there was not money to pay
for. At any rate, all of the people
who fail manufacturer, farmer,
merchant, or business man go in
debt trusting to future gains to be
able not only towipeoff the indebted
ness, but even to make them richer.
The farmer owes the merchant,
the merchant owes the manufa turer,
the nianu acturer owes the capitalist
who lent him money to enlarge his
plant In tiai'-s which seem pros
perous there is almost a fatal t -mpta-ti
jn to glide down hill Into debt It
seems so easy to pay up. I y and by
somebody wants his money. All have
run into debt together, and somehow
nobody quite understands how all
must pay about the same t'me. Tbey
cannot do It Then there is a panic
All the world must wait till it can
payitsdehis. When that is done,
off it goes, headlong, pellmell, and
repeats the process over again Now,
if nobody went into debt, but used
only the actual cap tal that he has in
hand, no matter what the tempta
tion, bow often would there be
panics?
It Was the Wrong Family.
The weary wanderer's eyes gleamed
with confidence as he stepped i'p to
the back door and knocked.
"I see there's horseshoes over this
door and the barn door, mum," be
sa d to the hard featured woman who
came to the door.
"Well, she said, with a strong
stare.
"I've noticed that where there's
horseshoes nailed up you always find
warm hearts and a generous wel
come," said the traveler, with a win.
nlng smile.
"You don't say?"
"Yes mum, you eople may be a
little superstl ious, but you are very
kind to the poor."
"Well," we didn't put them hoss
shoes up." said the woman, drily.
"The folks that did lives about tan
miles from here now. It's a straight
road you can't miss it," and bang
went the door.
The w -ary wanderer felt an elec
tric chill down his spine as he started
up the road.
'ay, you!" be heard her call. Ha
turned to go back she must hare re
lented. "You might rip them shoes
down an' take 'em along with yer, If
you think them folk '11 want 'am."
and bang went the door again, Boa
ton Journal.
Bona men are ex traragant at their
own expense, aad others an sitrara
IMt at the expense of their aalof-
OUfi RURAL READERS.
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.
CanTraint Combipatloa Huildtnff for
rouitrjr ad Pi( How Milk U Aoljru"d
Olvernlflcd Farmlnc Ia eede4 How to
bfetp Frnit Lm DUtanrt.
For Pica mad Poultry.
W here one desires to make a single
bui'aing serve for the accommoda
tion of both twine and iu try, he
m;ty find some suggest. o is In the ac
companying illustrations. This house
has two ieni for fowls and two for
pigs, and amiile hall between the
POII.TEY AXD pro hoi-he.
two, a set boiler for coking food, and
a grain rnu If the nature of the
lo ation permits it a (filar leneath
the building cauld be utili.-ed 'or the
storing of roots, which might be
made to serve as a large factor in
the food of txith fowls ana pigs. The
loft abo e prov des room for setting
hens, while one end may 1 used as a
pigeon house. If these most interest
ing pets are kept for the elight of
OBOCSD PLAN
nT COMBIXiTION POL'I.TUy AXD
PIO HOURS.
the children upon the farm. Yards
may be arranged at either end, for
the comfort of both the feathered
and the porcine inmates. In the
first illustration is seen a ferspective
i 'w. and in the second picture the
grounl plan of the very dnveulent
comb nation building
Firm l.nlar.
Steady employment throughout
the year is what la needed to procure
and keep a trustworthy class of men
to work on the larm. It is the fact
that the farm only offers work for a
few months, and those when it Is
least required for subsistence, and
this drives the energetic and good
hand to sc k employment in the
cities, where work will be continuous
the year around. In tne old days
there was more winter manufactur
ing on the farm than is now possible.
There are no more farmers who tan
bides and make the leather Into
boots, aod shoes, and harness. A 11
these are put on the market so much
cheaper anl with so mu h better
polish by the wholesale manufac
turers that it is quite impossible for
the home manufacturer, working on
a small scale, to compete. There
are still shoe repairers who are able
to earn a living in cities, but tbey
are often not so well paid as work
ers in large shops, and their number
tends to decrease rather than in
crease. We have kuown some farm
ers to grow broom corn exclusively
and manufacture at least a portion of
thecropitito brooms. Tnls labor Is not
difficult to learn, and In this way, in
certain neigh borhoods. etn loyment
Is given to large numtiers of men,
but the wages are net and cannot lie
very high. There is too much com
petition to allow the manufacture
of Irooms to be carried on during
the winter, even on the farm, it high
wages are Daid, but if one or two
farmers in a neighborhood should
growbroom.com and manufacture
and sell the products during the
winter near home tbey might be
able to get something lietter than
wholesale prices, and so keep their
men at work the whole year. This
is a suggestion worth considering,
difficult as it is becoming to procure
and keep good farm help. Philadel
phia Inquirer. ,
How Milk la Anavzd.
The chemical analysis of milk is
not complicated or difficult &ay a
writer ia the 1 airy. A small dish is
accurately we'ghed.the weight noted.
Into it is now introduced a snail por
tion of milk, and both are again
weighed. By substracting the w ight
of the dish from the weight ot both,
the weight of the milk is found and
carefully recorded. The dish Is laced
over a steam et and the water of
the ra lk evaporates, leaving a resi
due. It ts this residue which passes
under the name of "solids.1 A last
weighing of the dlbh wltn the milk
residue, less the weight of the d sh,
gives the solids, and by a single cal
culation the percentage is found
The solids of milk have teen found
by innumerable anaiysv-s to average
about 13 per cent, and, while the fat
varies in the milk from different
cows, the solids left after extracting
the fat H a very constant quantity,
hardly ever falling below !) per tent
This gives the chemist a positive
basis for bis calculations, and enables
him to state with great certainty
whether or not the milk ha been
watered. The fat or oil In milk is
determined by dissolving It, by means
of ether, out of the tout solids, the
residue remaining after the oppera
t on being termed 'tolids, not fat"
The average fat or oil found In cow's
milk It 3 per cent, and any amount
leas than tble Is commonly taken as
showing that the milk has been
skimmed. If analysis shows a de
crease of fat, and solids sot fat It It
aid to be certain that the a ilk has
hil, If the fat only
tt that the luilic has
Wheat browing ta Callforata-
The yield of California wheat 'ast
jear was 41, o bushels, h c is
1 the smallest for years, owing to m
, usual wet weati.er early, which e-
vented seeding. The State repor o'
! the Mate Hoard of Agriculture claims
j that wheat growing at present prices
I is still profitable. Land is cultivated
1 with gang plows worked by si ho.'aes,
with which one man w 11 plow six
a res 1 er day. Eighty pounds of seed,
or one bushel and a third, is all that
is t-owu. and the yield averages eight
sacks, or sixteen bushels per acre. By
the figures shown the Csliforo a
wheat grower gets his wheat at a
cost slightly less than 21 cets per
bushel This estimate puts tne cost
of harvesting wheat including the
threshing, at only 1 1 jr acre. We
do not U-lieve any w eat crop was
ever grown at such fig .res as tho
Mate lioard of Agriculture puts forth.
But its worst oersjght is in making
no account of the decrease of soil
fertility. After two or three i tojjS
the yield inevitably runs down and
the wheat farmer suffers accordingly.
It is never sale anywhere to grow
cro- s and leave out o' the 1 alculat ou
the maintaining of fertility.
Iliterftifled r'artnln Vrded.
The low prices of wheat and other
farm products are teaching farmeis
todi ersify their crops more than
they ever did tie fore. Those whose
land Is best adapted to wheat grow
ing and who understand how to se-
ure good crops will continue lo sow
some wheat ! ut even their area in
this ciop Is certain to lie smaller than
usual until the growing demand re
quires all the wheat that this coun
try can produce. For the next year
or two other products, especially
those requiring more ialjor, will pay
lietter than wheat It has lieen too j
easy on cheao land to grow wheat
o crop that Is very easily grown
pays large profits.
Farm Nolr.
TiiF-nK is not very much difference
in the cost of feeding a cow that,
makes K0 pounds of butter in a year
and o.jC luaking double as much.
C'HAKt oAL Is almost a necessity for
hogs. Its cost Is but little, and all
that is required Is to place a large
piece in the pen daiiv, as the hogs
will easily crush it for their Use.
AN animal will eat too much salt
If deprived of It for a tenth of time.
A little salt every day will txs bene
IciaL If a lump of rock sait Is
placed where all kinds of stock can
have access to it they will reu ate
the quantity for themselves.
Tub young pigs are pretty sure to
be wintered at a loss If fed wholly or
even mainly Uon corn. If one-third
or one-half of the ration is composed
of that heating and fat-pro .ucing
g aio it will be i;uite enough. Feed
for growth rather than ic-ti.
I
to j
k bone meal has been . fed
ben watered,
Is low, it fbo'
been sk m tued.
bogs with ad vatage, and ground lione ; cost .,6ou. It was presented to
is largely used for jioultry. Cows j Morphy, fresh from his Furopean trl
nave also leen known to lick bone ! umphs, in the chapel of the Fnlver-
meal. It serves as an occasional of
fering to stock, but whether it Is safe
to allow it regularly has not been de
termined. No kind of land should remain
idle. It can be made to produ esome
kind of crop, or It can be improved
In fertility In some mauner. If use
less for crops let it be given up to
sheep. If this cannot be done plow
it. and u e lime 00 it so as to enable
it to become tit for cultivation In the
future.
Tuc potash in the soil is mostly in
the form of a silicate, which Is not
readily soluble. All other forms of
potash are very soluble. When lime
is added to the soil It assists in break
ing up ex. sting combinations and ren
ders the l,:ert matter of the soil more
easily taken up by the rooU of plants.
Oildi-i and y.mlr.
Wash all the vegetables with a
brush, and thus preserve the hands.
T.tv, this for soft corns. Wet a
piece of old linen with turiientinc,
and bind It over the corn. This
should be done night and mornlni
DiiEssiis ol delicate tint faded
from exposure to sunlight will some-
times return to their original color
after having lieen kept in the dark
tor several months.
In hanging dresses away they
should be suspended from twoor th ee
hooks, rather than one. This finds
to keep them In shape, and also pre
vents t e crushing of the draperies.
lUNNKit napkins should be three
qua tcrs of a.iard square. Anything
smaller is Insurtl lent anything
larger awkward. Breakfast napkins
may be half a yard square
Ax iron weighing seven pounds
drjes lietter work by passing It over
the clothes once with a firm, steady
pressure than a lighter iron hurriedly
pissed over the clothes two or three
times,
Silvkk used on the table should be
wiped each day with a sort chamois.
Silver become clouded as much from
the t-team of coffee tea, and hot foods
generally a from actual use, and the
daily po! (thing keeps It in good coo
ditlon.
Blac k silk may he cleansed by
stooging on both sides with weak
ammonia water, then rolling up on a
roller and leaving
until thoroughly;
dry. Great care must be taken that
every wrinkle Is smoothed and the
silk will come out very nicely and re
pay the trouble.
A stMPLK remedy for a rongh skin
It to first wash the face thoroughly
at night, then rub It with about a
teat poonful of cream and let It dry
la The skin will look shiny and feel
tiff at first, but In the morning yon
will be surprised to And bow soft the I
kUaw11.ua
VERY COSTLY CHESSMEN.
Pool
Morphr a Famooa Prlla Met Whlrh
Coo l.oo.
A set of chessmen Is usually so in
expensive th ng, but it may cost as
mu h as a grand piana Of course,
you can gel a mall bet of ordinary
boxwood chessmen for a few dollars,
a finer set of boxwood and e' ony for
f 12 or tl'o, and a set of -'Staunton"
chessmen, of the best African ivory,
large sie, ior 75 And these are all
plain sets. It you indulge in fan j
carving, and have your set nnd to
order troru a s,)e -ial deign and finely
mounted, it luav cost anywhere from
1100 to on For a really exn dve
set, however, yr u will probably
choose the precious metais, and there
is alolutely no limit to the cost
says the New York Ma;l and Express.
1'robably one of the finest sets ever
made was the set presented to Paul
Morphy in 1 by frends In this city
and Brooklyn, which is now owned
by a New York nierchaut The
pieces are of solid gold and silver,
carved and chased in exqu site de
signs. Thev are mounted on bases
of red cornelian, the gold pieces rep
resenting civilization, the silver one
baroarism. The gold k ng is a stat
uette four inches high, weighing
three oun-'e. He is in royal robes,
bears an imperial globe upon bis
head, a sword and shield in his h md.
wnile a crown and scepter lie at lus
feet.
The bishops Hie In full panoply,
while the knights are represented as
trancing hor-es, with eyes of rubles.
The castle follows the Chinese de
sign, tie! rig an elephant tearing a
howdah. on wh ch is perched an
eagle with outspread wings. Both
elephant and bird have ejes of brill
iant rubies. The piece we ghs five
oun es, or as much as eighty gold
dollars. The pawns are statuettes
two and one-half inches high, repre
senting lloman soldiery.
The silver p eces are equally ornate
In design. The king is iepreented
as a leader like Alaric, wearing a
hull's hide and winged helmet, while
his sn e d bears the Inscription.
"Lilicrty.' The other pieces are
sim lar In design to the gold, except
that the pawns are rude warrlo s
armed with clubs.
The board has a bodv of rosewird.
inlaid with si ver; the squares are of
mother-of-peari and ebony. In each
corner is a laurel wreatn or gold en-
circling the letters 1'. M. An
in-fol-
scriptlon on one sides reads as
lows:
; To Paul Morphy
:A KacofmllluD at Hia Oaufui aud a!
lantfmonlal of KfJt'r'l
:Krom Hla FrUndw and Admirers Id:
; Kbit York and Brooklyn.
; Ham York. IHM. ;
" On the other side of the board Is a
list of the fourteen champions, all
from the different countrie, whom
Morphy had defeated In e.ery de
tail the set Is fin! hed as finely a
possible, the figure lieing chased un-
der a microscope. It was tuado by a
New York firm of silversmith and
slty of the City ot New York. .;onu
Van Buren, son of the 1 resident,
making the pre ntatlon six-ech. Af
ter Morphy's death It was sold with
his effects in New Orleans, and so
came back to this city.
NOT PLAYED OUT.
Nor Will IS In Our Time Nor In Our ( hll
dwi'a. The business of breeding pedigreed
stock is not "played out " neither
will It be within the next century.
As it has been for more than a hun
dred years past so It will be for 11. ore
than a hundred years to come: the
man who has an established reputa
tion for breeding horses or cattle or
sheep or swine of any particular sort
than the general average will find
other people resorting, to him for
bleeding stock and he can always
sell at a little above ordinary prices.
People are not now paying and
perhaps never will again pay 8-10,000
for a Shorthorn cow, but the man
who produces better beef cattle than
any one else will always find p oplo
ready to buy his bull calves at a good
price. Go in with tho best founda
tion sto k you can obtain, depenilng
upon the merit that you can show
rather than what history or tradition
gives to your breed: breed with care;
breei wlthbriins; learn how to feed
and I reed and train and handle so a
to develop the most desirable quail
tics; conduct the business economi
cally, sell your surplus at what It
will brirlg when It is ready for. the
best market; keep breed n.x up re
tain so far as you aro able the very
licst for your own breeding opera
tions; aim at establishing nnorm
ity in your herd or Ho k; study the
science and art of coupling so as to
produce desired results: learn how to
feed and handle so as to develop the
best points of what you breed and
you ure on a Bure, firm, solid ground
on a road that, while it may not
lead to sudden' opulence, is the King's
Highway to sure prosperity. Breed
ers' Gazette.
The Kale oft lie lUiail.
In England it Is the rule for vehi
cles to keep to the left on the road In
stead of to the right, as with us. A
recent explanation of the custom Is
that "in the irood old times In Knir.
ign(j wnen ..ranger' and 'enemy'
were synonymous terms, the foot
traveler passed to the right that the
shield on the left arm might be In
terposed to ward off a treacherous
blow, and the right, or sword arm,
free to strike. Horsemen, however,
usually had mall to protect them, and
there was more safety la being near
the antagonist than in having to
etrlke across the bona, as would have
been neceasarr bad they turned to
the rlghti When vehicles came into
umi later, the drivers int1n tively
fo lowed the oil horseback ra-Uiia
ana turned to the left" If this Is
the reason for turning t'J the left,
why is It not general In r urope The
nsme condition existed In medival
ranee aod Germany as in England,
but in i ranee and deriuany, vehi
cle equestrians, and p deainans all
keer to the right The Englim ex
planation is that vehicle keep to
the left so that drivers, sitting on
the right side of the tox, are directly
over the wheel, and in a crowded
thoroughfare can easily guard against
locking wheels with a iasing team.
It I remarkable that th s advantage
in keeping to the left ha not been
observed and adopted in other coun
tries Gall I Ilea.
One of the most remarkable fact
In the history or the gall flv is, that
d i if erent species acting on the same
tree prolu e tota'ly dilTcn-nt result.
Thus, one of them puncturing the 0
wild rose gives rise to one of those
moss pretty'n.oss-like tufts which so
fre ueutly adorn It Anotheron the
same plant pro luces round growths
resembling curraut in sie and form.
A much greater variety of form Is
produced on the oak tree.
No fewer than fifty species of gall
fly, indeed, are aid to produce their
peculiar forms of growth upon It
(me of the most, lommon is that
which produces the marM" g 11 This
g.ill is produced on the twig in the
Iomii of round bodies, soft and green
at first afterward brown and wiody.
The 'amihar oak appie ,s of more ir
regular shape, and prctt color-d red
and yellow like a f.uit Of a slm lar
shape to the mar le gall, but softer,
and of a pretty r d color wher ex
posed to the sun. Is the ' berry gall.
Another fruitlike gall, mall,
round, and often appea lug in clus
ters on the male cttkins of the 0 ik,
is known as the currant galL Still
more rema-kahle, perhaps i the ar
t choke gall. In this cas: the gall
fiy has laid Its eg in the center of a
bu I, and the vegetative growth,
though d stur el, has asserted itself
l;i a systematical mann r The oval
bodv in the center, containing the
egg or gruu. Is covered with a series
of imoricHting or overlapping scale,
so that U:e whole bc irs a striking
resenili ance to the involucrumot a
III st.e Chambers's Journal
Tlie One Original Gilt.
When one hears of a Washington
bride who has to find she vlng for
thirteen do.en of uecorated china
pate aud thirt.three bon-bon
d spes. one wishes for a litl'e more
ori.'ina itvon the part of givers A
check is always original. Needle
work Is coming in as bridal gifts;
house and tab . 1 nen In carved chests
nothing could lie more welcome.
But even this shou.d not beoverdone.
It I 1 arely possib e to have too many
doylies and tah.e conters, luxurious
umi gratlf.iln,' as the-e dainty its of
ri.irery are. A 1 rench count recently
presented to his bride not only an
heir 00m lace handkerchief, but a
beautiful b dspread In finest cambric
and cost y lace. In the middle of
the -p ead wasembroldered the family
coat ot arms. Now a counterpane of
the srt worked by the bride's young
Iriends woo d be a treasure, indeed,
and wou d last, as only linen cambric
does iast for a liictimo Philadel
phia Ledger.
A r tory of Glailalone.
Mr Gladstone, as a rule, 's the
model of punctuality at dinner-time
both as a host and a guest Last
summer, however, while staying at
the house of one of his wealthiest
supporters, recently made a Baronet,
in the neighborhood of Norwich, Mr,
t ladstone did for once keep both the
host and the other guest waiting in
the dining-room ,or several minutes
after tho servant had announced din
ner. At last the Premier entered
the room, smiling nnd rubbing his
hands benevolently. Looking all
around he inquired in his most genial
tones: "Are we all mustered" As
the host happened to have accumu
lated a large fortune by the manufac
ture of mustard those present were
for a moment inclined to un ustly
suspect our revered Premier of per
petrating a pun at his entertainer's
expense. London Court JournaL
CTiarlly.
There are not a few people the
measure of whose charity seems to
cor cspond with the distance at which
it is exercised. Their imagination,
scorning what is close to them, leaps
over sea and land with the utmost
celerity, and they eas ly sympathize
with the sufferings and Ignorance of
far-distant natives and savage tribes.
They willingly give their money or
their time or thejr Interest to re
lieve or to instruct such as these
and so far they are to be honored for
it But, when the are cold and
deaf to the ach ng needs of their
own country, to th tale of distress
in the next street and to the imme
diate claims of their own families,
they may well be reminded that
"charity begins at home."
The Htoraicn fUttnry.
It Is maintained very stoutly by
expert electricians that the storage
battery is. after all. a
, 1UI
commercial work; that the new pro
; cesses for manufacturing them have
j cheapened their cost, and that In
train lighting they are especially effi
cient and economical. It Is estimated
, that 18.5 per horse power Is the an
nual cost of the accumulator.
Rloe.
Rice was kuown In China 2,800
years before Christ It It not men
tioned In the Bible, hut It It referred
to in the Talmud. It wet kaown la
Syria 400 years before Lbrlrt, and
was first Introduced Into Italy is
HH and into the Carolina! ia hog.
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