GOOO-NIGHT.
Twim to tb &m(xr flooil Wtt,
A horaswi tii-on dip low -A4
Mrfi ihrongb ml liuoe
Tkt tNMr-wmda feinll blow
"YoK till U bonsj mua tthail liwl
Tr efOM t he wind, to er ibst duak,
-jud Jv ujjr kv good nigtit.
7t l"Cg lake, rippling Uixootfh ita reoda.
At foil dew eewh tkpr floinr
fold up br 1mvx ol sttiow.
Yit u fur iJly-bad shall
To tiuile a 1 virg n wtit.
Aero lb durk, cro- tb dew.
An i gl my Jm good mut.
Tb light atftT fail. tb lily fnUw,
Tbe i .bBing lurid Kiw
Fiaa ia tb .y-tn nr wiodi rite
'lo mturuxm itit radrttf biow.
le; con tii: ftili. ft- ro to Job.
Tbia bvart -IM. t&k ol sur.
Arru8 tin dart, wroi til- world,
log ti-7 k good night.
A BOATING- PARTY.
'Tell n e about It, uncle Jerry?"
H- was a character in hi quite
way the skip;er par excellance of
the little seaport ol L
We were g.eat fri- nds, he and 1,
and many a long summer day bad I
spent beside toe bent old f ame,
watching his rough Angers oiend
nets or sails with the deftness grown
from loug practice, and listening to
b s tali s with keen enjoyment
But there was one incident of his
life on whi' h he never touched, nor
could any amount of coaxing induce
him to approach it.
It had happened while I was In
Europe. I round him greatly change!
on my return after a six years' ab
sence. This afternoon, for the first time.
be betrayed a w.llirigness to con tide
la n.e. i
It was niiih five years ago. Tbe j
year before the hotel was built The
cove was crowded It teemed like i
we ail hid mor'n we could make '
comfortable and the boarders was
crowded inter old Miss Holt's in a
wa. that did seem wonderful when
we heard how they lived lu their big
city homes. j
'1 had ust bought a new sailba j
a fifty-footer, an' a reg'lar goer, I :
calculated wr make a heap out o '.
pleasure parties an' sech an' I did.
I tuk the same crowd pretty reg-;
lar, an' in time 1 got to knew 'em
well. They were as nice a lot of j
young things as ever came in my
path, b t they was careless like, and
they didn't allays think. j
"The sailing bothered me. They
were all over tbe boat at once an' (
nothing' would do but 1 must learn i
'em to salL
"I grew powerful fond of 'em all,
but there was one little girl I tuk a ;
special shine to. She wasn't very .
strong I heerd tell she was jest get- j
tin' over a ever. She had a sickly j
look, but you could see she'd been j
bonny .
. remember a trick she had of
takin' off her cap an' lcttln' the
wind blow her short hair, an' if
the (lav was damp it would curl up
tight, an' she'd run her fingers thro' .
it an' pull it out straight to see how
it was grow in'. '
"As I said, she warn't very strong, ;
an' when tbey all got tojarkln' it
seemed like she couldn't stand It. or
she'd leave the rest, an' with her lit
tle polit; bow she'd come ap' say so
gentle like, 'Uncle Jerry, do you mind i
I. I stay here with you'' ;
"Gradually the rest of 'em kinder
forgot her, and by and by she'd come
right away from the start, an' 1 got
so used to havin' her there at my
right hand that when she stayed
hom I feit real lonesome.
"She begged me to learn ber how
to steer, an' when I saw she meant
it I showed her one tiling acid
another, an' somehow she never ;or- i
got what I told her. 1
"An' one day she says to var.
'Uncle Jerry, I i elieve I could sail a
boat as well as any one if 1 were only
stronger.' Bless her heart' I'd have
trusted her sooner'n any young fel
low In the party if she'd had a little
more usele iu be arm.
'There was a young fellow In the
party named Grey. He was a likely '
chap, about 0, I reckon. Ho had lots
o monev, an i heerd from some of
the ladies' gals that he used to be a
4ieat friend o' Miss May's before she
was sick, but he was a great sport,
an' a ter she began to go about, an'
be found she couldn't do things an he
did, be just naturally slipped away
from her an' tuk to go in' with Miss
Julie Webb.
"Miss Julie was mighty pretty,
with frowserly light bair, a mouth
big enough to swallow a doughnut
bull, an' rows of teeth 'like pearls,' j
1 heerea M . u ey say. she bad a
voice like a steam whistle. There
warn't notbin' she couldn't do except
keep still, an' beln' what M . Hugh
was always doln' himself, tbey spent
moat of their time together.
Miss May used to watch 'em with
that eart breakin' look on her face.
"It wa on tbe loth of August
Tbe month bad been very b t and
we hadn't had any sailin' breeze for
four days, but that mornln' a nice
tiff bree.e begun to come Id from
tbe sea.
"Well, I was settin' in my door
mendln' a sail for m cat boat when
I beerd tbe crowd acomln.' 1 al
ways knew 'em by Miss ulle's voice.
I mot generally could bear that by
tbe time tbey lett Mlw Holt's door.
' Tbe' bad a couple of cltr fellers
down from the city for tbe day, and
tfotbln' would do bat I matt take
em amilm' ,
'1 wouldn't have none, but Jest at
tb lait mlnuta little MIm May came
np an' tuk my old brown flat in ber
twolltti white pmw. an sex ahe;
On, Uncle Jerry, do fro! I'm going
to-morrow, an' 1 want one
1 tall, as tola la my last chance'
Tb (Ida waa runnln' out an' tna
Vizi dnaaatV which made the whlte
tf, bat 1 put la a tack and
tzxtn tar Ua moata of tba bay.
Jr3 aaovt Mm wa got oat from
tzU aqaall at rock a,
V Itx 7 wlataka.
U3 otw Claw
storm deck was two feet under wate-.
1 threw ber head up into the wind,
but as she came a ound a cross sea
strue her bow. an' wheu 1 looked
lor Tom to take in sail, Tom was
gone.
"Weil, I didn't dare tell them
30 ng things what had happened.
"1 looked at little .Miss May. an'
there she sat, ber head on ber knees,
her two little hands over btr lace
somehow she'd never looi:ed so small
be ore
"just then sne . aised her head. I
thought she'd gone clean out o her
mind with tea , but it was notbin'
oi the kind, or the next moment,
she says, still jokin' like: The idea
of Tom's being such a coward: Hugh,
will yuu an the bovs git djwa the
sail lor the captain? Tom's below
an' can't do anything.
Then 1 knew she knew, au' that
! she saw ourdange ' as plain as I did.
'The boys sprang fo 'ard, but they
j hadn't time to ree. it. so they jest
! cut away an tried to reef the jib in
stead. The mast bent like a fish pole, an
every iuinute i thought to hear it
. crack.
".Ul this time the water was com
: in' ove the sides, an' little Miss May
: stood there up to her Knees in it,
coaxin' those great healthy boys an'
girls, an' seoidin' when she couldn't
keep 'em quiet without it
j "Then, as the bos turned to come
a t, tbe city feller lost his lootio' an'
over he went a ter Tom.
"Mr. Hugh and tbe other feller
just looked at each other, an' stag,
gered to their places, an' they ran
! into Miss May. hhe jtst handed 'em
j two buckets, and said, kinder stern,
j 'Here, don't be coward's. If we must
die let us die bravely; in the meai.
! time work.'
' "They told me afterwards that
her grandfather was a famous sea
captain that went down standing' on
tbe bridge of his ship an' I guess she
tuk aft rhlm, an' it come to the top
j when it wan wanted, 'cause she was
i cool as a cowcuml..
"As fast as the other got scared
'. she got q iiet: an' her voice that was
so sott and gentle when she used to
' sit beside me, rang like a bell as she
told 'em what to da
j "We were gettln' on now. With
- that wind at our backs an' the rac n'
cut of tbe roam we couldn't help it.
j We were in past the lighthouse, as 1
begun to think we'd weather It.
I "Jut then there was a repo t like
a pistol, an' 1 went heel in' to lee
1 ward with my arm in fllnters. I re
; member thinkln' that was the end o'
! things, and then I fainted
. "When I come to, there was Miss
' May and Mr. Hugh holdln' the tiler
with all their might The derned
! rope 1 had used to slash the handle
' bad broke.
"My a m waspainin' me est awful.
' but I managed to put my well sboul
i der to the wheel, so to speak, an'
' found I could help considerable. The
.. rope had got pushed about the paint
er of the dory, an' was trailin' in the
1 water behind.
"The girls had kinder waked up,
all but Miss Julie. She couldn't seem
to get over her fear, but sat there as
white as a ghost with her teeth
cbatterio.
"1 think Mr. Hugh's eyes began to
be open then, for he gave Miss May
the queerest look. She met his eyes
an' for a moment her bright new
color went away; then she turned to
me an' said, so pitiful: 'Poor t nele
Jerry! Hugh, help me to lash the
rudder again; Uncle Jerry can't stand
much more.'
"I troved a little over, an' they
both reached for the rot. Tbe next
moment Miss May gave a horrid
groaning crv. an' Mr. Hugh was in
the the water holding on to the rope.
"Miss May's face was deathly pale,
an' she wa all bent over in the
queerest way telling Mr. Hugh to
be pati nt She didn't seem able to
move, an' I remember I was sort f
cross at the idea of her givin' out jest
when she was most needed.
"I called one of the boys an' be
tween us we got Mr. H gh on board.
Miss May all tbe time leanln' more
an' more over the side, till I leared
she'd be over, too."
Uncle Jerry paused to control the
quiver in his old . olee.
"As we pulled Mr. Hugh on board
there was a sudden jerk, an' Miss
May went over. I caw then what
the trouble was. The rope that held
the d -ry was only partly out, an' tne
sudden pull Mr. Hugh had given it
bad hauled it tight an' drawn Miss
May's arm tight across her chest
"The pain must have been awiul.
for when we found her both arms
were broken, and tbere was a great
dent across her chest, where the
breath had been knocked out 0 her,
almost-
She knew if she said anything
Mr. Hugh would let go, so a' ter the
first cry she never let a sound pass
ber Hi a
" Kjoodby, Uncle Jerry.' she says.
Then she looked at Mr. Hugh, an'
that look has haunted me ever since,
it was so full of love! '(Joodby. Hugh,
my dear, dear Hugh,' she said, an
bis name as it left ber lips was the
last sound she made: tben tbe water
closed over ao' she never rose again."
Uncle Jerry didn't care to conceal
the honeit tears rbat rolled down bis
cheeks, and something In my own
eye blurred tbe aea irom my vision.
Neither spoke for a minute, then I
aid:
"Did you say tbey found ber?"
Uncle Jerry repl ed gru i.y;
I foand her myse! , after tbe
ato m, lyln' on a bed of seaweed, tbat
same latin' loo on ber face.
"It closed tbe season at Mlw Holt's
an' I told tbe foam for tzo. to get
ber out o' tbe bay, an' I baln't nevei
took a pieaura party el nee. Guess I
won't paint any more ter day. "
And astberimr np bit broabee
Uncle Je ry left me abruptly and
started tbrnbf b tbe beavy sands lor
hoGfta. arkfle I rooted ear seat oat of
reach of tba laoomlng
waubed his stooping figure till 'it
vanished in the door of hi cabin,
and meditated on what I bad beard
Mass. I'louKhman.
LOOKED LIKE A BORN DUKfc.
A Mobleiua bf rurriuw, W ho Made Hi
MonrJ lit t'hravliiff Oum.
The amateur traveler, as bis
friends call bim, was in a luediuthe
frame of mind,' and everyone knew
that over the tecond tup of black
co e which tollowed his dinner he
was thinking of some fo'eigo land,
liy that mysterious principle of
thought transference which every
body knows nothing abut, a ew
York Tribune man asked, "lid you
ever see a iive duke at home?"
' e.s,' be said, "1 was just think
ing about oue duke I taw. 1 had
driven out from 1 alermo to the races
at l.a t auonta. where in an amphi
theater of great mountains tbe Si
cilian nobi ity had gathered to we
some bad racing. It was one of the
most beautnul sjots on earth. The
great mount Jus hemmed about a
level plane and it seemed too grand
for horse racing, you know, only a
week imitation, which realiy did not
detract Irom tbe sublimity of the
place, but uave jnjople an excuse for
being tbere. We were driving back
after tbe races through the Corso,
where up arid down the Sicilian great
men passed one another, when,
swinging up the broad way, I saw a
carriage, the panels of w hich blazed
with armorial bearings. It was of
an ancient and mo-t respectable make
and was drawn by four whl'e horses,
on two of which were postilions in
liveries of blue aud silver. On tbe
box,with fo de 1 arms, sit two foot
men in the same Ihery, and on th.;
footboard behind we e two more, ail
four with cocked hats and white,
curling wigs.
"On the blue velvet cusnlons of
the carriage reclined an old man with
snow-white imperial and mustache,
ile was heavy of face and figure, and
from beneatn droop. ng eyelids luster
less eyes looked out as h upon a
world in which he bad seen nothing
except satiety. His forehead was
high, his nose aquiline and bis whole
air one of ar stocratlc repose. It was
a strong ;ace and one to be remem
bered. 1 can see it now rising through
the mists of memory above those o
kings and pi inces. As the carriage
swept by and was lost in the throng
of the crowded Co so I asked my
driver, -Who was that?' 'The Duke
de la ,' be answered. It was an
ancient name, long known In Italy,
and 1 speculated as I drove up and
down what that man might have ac
complished had he lieen born a duke.
That night, at the Hotel de France,
I remarked that I had seen tbe Due
that day in the t orso, for his strong
face was in my mind. Tbe company,
two or three of the old Sicilians and
an Englishman long resident, laughed,
and one said: Oh yes; as clever a
man as one would want to meet, ex
cept for his dukedom.'
" -How is that?'
"Why be was a poor peasant boy
who worked like tits, and Anally
made a fortune by Inventing a new
kind of chewing gum. He put bis
money in railroad contracts and
made more Then he bought the
lie la estate, and In those days
the title went with the estate, so he
is a duke, as you see him. The last
of the be la 's have long since
slept in their amlly sepulchre, but
for energy and ability I will match
this chewing gum man against any
one of them that eve lived."
A Jempy I-X (Story.
"Fishing'." said a mail who live
on Make street according to tho
l.ewisioii Journal, 'why, I went
fishing in ew Jersey and caught
the biggest string of eels that vou
ever heard of. There is the tandem
eel that you have all heard 1 1 When
they go down or up stream fro u
their quarters for the winter or sum
mer they go iu single Hie, one behind
the other, like the primeval man.
Tbey leave exactly six inches of space
between their noises and the tail
of the eel in front Wheu an eel
gees that the fellow ahead is length
ening this space he jum s ahead,
and, seizing tbe tall of the offender
in his mouth, pulls him ba k into
I lace. I dropped my hook down
r gh. In front of a string or those
tandem eels, and tbe bait was a -eo
ted, and I Jerked out tbe eeL
The one behind, seeing that the fel
low ahead was running away, obeyed
his instruction and seized his tail to
pull him back, an t so also did the
one behind, and so on to the last
one, and I pulled them out hand
over band, till I ha I a great mass of
slippery ells about me,"
Hunting tbe Hippo.
"Hippo-shooting, compared witb
other sport, is poor," said Mr. Jack
son, an African hunter. "In the
first place, it depends more on ac
curacy of aim and proficiency in quick
shooting than on sulking. To crawl
up to the edge of a blgb bank, prob
ably teveial feet above the surface of
tbe water In wblcb a school of these
huge beasts is lying basking in the
sun on the shallows, req ires little
skill provided tbe wind is fair.
Neither Is a steady pot-shot at a
range of twenty-Ore yards at a well
de'fined mark sucb at the beast's eye
ana ear, or in a line oei ween tne two,
at be lies perfectly still, half out of
tbe water and possibly aseep, or
floating quite motionless on the top
of tbe water, a great test of prowe
in shouting. When once scared ho
ever, tbe conditions are cbanged
hippos then become very cunning u
take a great deal of ci cumventing
aod will test tbe sportnan's patience,
as well m tbe accuracy and quIcK
oase of bla aim, to tbe utmost If
tbey hae aot been mocb shot at or
disturbed tbey will show ap atain la
a few minutes after tba Orst -snot"
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER
AND HOUSCVYIFE,
Cora too itfxmm KoeelvM CmrrlM Treat.
meMtHurS0 for t h Market How to
itattroy t nt 1VorwTl l.ruaral Pnr-
t'ultivtu of
lhe ra'e ofjc to does not consist of
the grain only, as no other crop on
tbe larm can compare with it as a
forage producer, the value of iu
fodder oeiug iual to that of its
grain, torn receives more careless
treatment than koine crous. The
land may be rough and full of lumps,
but when 110 other crop seems suita
ble for it corn is planted and made 1 1
yield well. One of tbe advantages
connected with corn growing is that
tbe land receives usually good cult -va'ion,
which c ears the soil of weeds
and prejiares it for some succeeding
crop that cannot be cultivated. The
niughest soil is reduced to fineness
when devoted to corn, and the irop
is one of the surest on tbe farm.
Coin is a gross feeding plant aod
use any kin 1 of manure tba'. may be
a puled lis 1001s run in all direc
tions, and form a close netting near
tue surface. It is also capable of
enduring considerable drojtb, and
dei gbls in tbe warmest days of suui
oier. It Is never given too u.uch
manure, as it is capable of feeding
over every square inch of surface.
Tbe manure should be broadcasted
and worked into tbe soil When
feitilizers are applied they should le
broadcasted Instead of applied in the
DiiL Phosphates always give excel
lent results with corn, esjecially In
a-sistlng to fill out the seeds when
the ears are forming, while potash
removes tbe growth of the stalks.
Nitrogen. 10 any lorm. always shows
good et'ecw on corn, and this Is
es ecially the result when 1 o-n is
planted on a clover sod. l'.efore
planting the seed apply irom 3uo to
L.uO pounds of mixed fertilizer per
acre, barrow it in, and lay oif the
rows. The Increased yield of crop
will pay for the fertilizer if the sea
son Is in any degree favorable.
Tbe corn laud should bave been
plowed early lo the sp. Ing, so as to
allow the lrost to reduce it and to
destroy cut worms in the soil, but it
may again be cross plowed just be
fore planting the seed, when the fer
tilizer should be applied, 'lhe har
rowiogcanoot be done too thoroughly,
as a One seeding is everything in fa
vor of a good crop. It is a mistake
to attempt to work the rough land
down by cultivating alter planting.
The first p eparatlon Is impo tant
While tbe plowing should be (Jeep it
is best to cultivate shallow, so as lo
avoid breaking the feedaig roots that
aie near tbe surface, but th3 culti
vator sbouJd I e used frequently so as
to keep toe top soil loose, as a pro
tection analnai weeds and drouih.
boroe farmers follow a regulai rou
tine, 3iltlvatlng the corn three times
and Maying It by" which t'lves grass
aod weeds a foot-bold. There Is no
time for ceasing cultivation as iong
as araM or weeds are in the rows, it
a borte hoe 1 ao be used Good cul
tivation aod a clean surface afford
more moisture to plants, increase the
yield, and bave the laud in good con
dition for next season. Pbilade phia
lie cord.
DeatroylBC Cat Worm.
One of the chief evils which the
cultivator of melons aud cucumbers
suffers is from the ravages of cut
worms. They work chiefly at night
or in Tery early morning, com ng to
the surface and travelling above
ground until they reach tiieir favo
rite plant which they proceed to
t utdown at the surface of the ground.
The bent way to destroy these pests
Is to ii ake small bo. lows around the
plants it Is desired to protect, and
till tbeai with wheat bran, Into
whi b a due proportion of l arls
green has been mixed. The cut
worm is very fond ol wheat b an, and
will continue to eat until the poison
dees its work. This ren.edy cannot
be used where the fowls have full
range, or it will tolson them as well
as tbe worms. Tbe cut worm pre
fers wheat bran to any vegetable.
It may pay to place wheat bran with
( ut tbe poison near the plants, for
the purpose of diverting tne atten
tion of tbe cut worms and feeding
them on something less expensive
than valuable plants. Hut it is lest
to poison the pests wherever it is
safe to do so.
Hotmm for th J1rkot-
Tbo.se should be fat and sleek, and
If tbere are any bumps, scratches, or
puffs tbat can be removed it will pay
to do so: while they may not in lure
the working va tie of the horse, tbey
do affe 't tbe sale, especially when
sold at suction. Tben, tbe horse
should be well broken, wblch will
not cost much on the farm, as a
green horse is at great disadvantage.
Trim up tbe rough balr on tbe legs,
and If he is m good condition and
can be sold sound and broke to work,
be will command a much tetter
price than when sold In poor condi
tion, wblcb cuts off 10. green or un
broken 110, a lump 110, and some
times double as much as that might
be avoided, aod wnlle prices are so
low It pays to take all the precau
tions possible to get tbe best prices.
Live ctock Journal.
Tmamt Mwrl .
Ia a trial of twenty-Ove different
varieties of blackberries at tbe New
fork ei peri men t slat on last year,
the old Dorchester, wblch was In
troaeced forty rears ago yielded tbe
greatest amount of fruit, of medium
elta, good color, sweet, Juicy, and of
good flavor aod quality. 'Ancient
Br! tee waa aett lo pradartlvseses,
followed in order by Early Harvest
Afawaaa, aad KtttaMnny. Of the
fitaek Cape MdeXo. 7 waa tba moat
j productive tarlety. tollowed by H!Js
j No. i j, which ws the iuot prod at t
! ive of all the iato-fniitlug varlet esi
Carman is ooted as a desirable easy
sort Of Uj.s led raep' errle-, 1'omoni
was the most satisfactory early va
i riety, and it also gave good pickings
latr lo the season. Koyal Church
and Cutbiert are pronounced the
best for late picking. darden aud
Forest
TM tfnrral fupuu I'ow.
I'-eef j.r Kluctlon and milk produc
tion id the same animal are otten
usef ,1 to tbe farmer, but should not
be the aim or him who desires to re
ceive the greatest amount of p o!lt
fro u the da ry. A first-class beef
and milk and butter cow, combined
in tbe one annual. Is rarely, If ever
seen either tbe teef tendency will
prevail, or the dairy uallties. AU
animals require so much food for
support, and the balance tbat they
are able to digest goes to keep i p
beat lu the tioJy ana to tbe produc
tion of fat This fat wdl not be
evenly distributed, -naif in the ani
mal frame aud half In the mllk-palL
If tbe animal has been bred long in
tbe line of beef pnd ction rather
than milk and butter, tbe greatest
amount of this fat will go to beef,
and the reverse. The fJrt-o as, dairy
cow cannot I made very fat while
in good How of milk. She cannot di
gest enough rich food above the
amount le ,uired to malnta n support
to deposit a large amount of fat on
ber t.nes and maintain a heavy tlow
of milk at the same time. Tbe gen
eral puipose cow, then. Is not a strict
real ty, tho gh ther; may be good
milking strains of beer breeds wblcb
are useful where beef is the main ob
ject ,
I'lanttaff 1'otato Prellng-a.
In times of great scarcity of pota
toes .t is possible to get good crops
by re t. iv lug the outside skin,
cutting pretty deeply where the
growing germs are set, aud plant'
log these, while using tbe mid
die of the potato as fool. Hut It
needs rich soil aud well-prepared
seed bed t do this. The substance
of the potato in connection with the
germ furnishes the tlrst sustenance
for the young plant until its roots
get bold of the solL It Is dih cult to
get the right kind of plant food for
the potato set where It can be used so
easily as in tbe setting it elf. i con
omy of seed sb uid o ily extend to
care not to plant too many eyes or
buds in a hill. The larger the piece
of jiotato attached to each of these
tbe Letter it will grow.
Thing Worth Knowing1.
Stkep salt fish in sour milk to
freshen.
S.i.vEii clasjs replace the button
and strapion umbrellas of the period.
Uathi growth of the finger nails
Is considered to indicate good health.
Mm.TKii beeswax mixed with sweet
oil in the form of a salve Is good for
burns.
Is beating white of eggs for mer
ingue or frosting do not ad 1 tbe sugar
nmil tbe egg Is stiff.
A i.ak ,k. piece of charcoal put In a
refr.gerator will help to keep It sweet
It should le renewed every week.
Is- severe paroxysms of coughing a
tablespo .nful of glyce ioe In hot
milk or cream will give speedy relief.
lMMKUhK. a tea sialned table cloth
In a strong solut on of sugar for a
few minutes rinsing It arte wards in
soft water.
Au'ais keep a Jar of cracker dut
on band for breading, or else save up
all pieces of bread, and once a month
dry them in an open oven, then place
them in a bag aud pound until lli.e.
In preparing fiogs for the table
use only the hind quarters. Wash
in wa ui water; then soak in vinegar
aud salt for an ho r. Scald them
aud then re 1 ove the skin. Wipe
dry and Iry In butter.
IlintH to llouvkepprs.
Si'iuos of fresh parsley are served
with boiled onions, not entirely as a
garnish, but to be eaten as a deodor
iser. Woks black cashmere may be re
stored by washing It in hot suds,
previously putting a little borax in
tbe water. Kuiae in very strong blue
ing water, and iron while damp
Bkkoki-, buying broadcloth rub the
piece against tbe nap If it "fuzzes"
like Canton flannel, you don't want
it liroadclotb of a good quality does
not take on a Huffy look when brushed
the wrong way.
IloL'.-tKKEi'KHS are learning the
value ot charcoal as a preservative
and purifier and absorbent of oulst
ure Many keep a shallow vessel
filled with it broken quite fine. In
tbe ice-chest aud food cupboards
throughout the summer.
Ckkakino shoe soles may be cured
by the use of Unseed oil. Turn a
small quautity of the oil upon a plate
and let the sole rest In It Not only
will the creaking be stopped, but the
leather will, from absorption of tbe
oil, be made waterproof.
No woman ever bas enough lamp
shades. Tbe home manufacture of
these things bas become sucb a wide
spread fad tbat flouncing of various
widths for this purpose is cow for
sale It comes In white and colored
lace, lo tinted silk covered with lace,
and In embroidered silk mull witb
scalloped edges.
To clkan gilt frames rub them
with a little sal volatile mixed with
cold water, or, after dusting tbe
frames well, paint tbe gilding witb a
camel's balr brush dipped In tbe fol
lowing mixture: One gill of water
In which one ounce ot common salt,
one ounce of alum and two ounces of
purl Med niter have been dissolved.
The masters who Inaugurate time
la music should also bave estab
lis bed a proper time In which to play
Ir mankind were not Mind they
could see Heaven right here.
HIS FIRST OF THE RIND.
niurr Ttl flow H Cot Ml Initial
fthli.ac-erofc
A hunter in Africa tell how he
shot bis tirst rhinoceros near -. iliina
N aro He craw, ed along the g -s
lid withiu Qftyyard-of the big beast
'TUDr" be says, ! raised ny heud,
saw that some iwfnty yards farther
oa there was a tuft of slightly longer
grass,aud determined to gel up to this
tie. ore tiring. However, .u-l Ijefore
we reached it som! half doen birds
came Irom the direct, 011 of tbe other
two rhinos and settled on our c.w's
back, but we eventually succM-dcd in
reaching the tuft 1 he dirt.culty now
was to gel into a s Ulng position and
ready lo shoot without being seen by
lhe birds, 'lo do this 1 worked my
legs toward tbe rhino as I lay on my
side and gradually raised myself into
a sitting jiosition. but at that In
stant toe birds saw me and iw up
wl.b their usual cry ot alarm. At
the same moment the rhino raised
herself on ber forelegs like a huge
pig, and 1 trten rcali ed that 1 was
nearer than I Intended to get only
alxiut twenty yards separating us
but she d.d not appear to see me. As
she remained sitting In this poslilon,
without moving my tody, which I
knew might attract attention, I
stretched out my arm beh.nd me for
the 4-bore, but did not feel it at first,
and thought that for once my faith
ful Ita'nazan had received rather a
shock to bis uerveson finding bin. self
at such close quarters. However, be
put It in my band at last, after a de
lay of perhaiifl two seconds, which
appeared to me much longer, and I
quickly plauted a bullet on the point
of her left shoulder, which knocked
ber over. Reloading before 1 moved,
1 saw she was still down, but making
desjierate efforts to get up; but as
she was lying on her left side, with
her broken shoulder under her, she
was unable to do si, and I ran up
aud dispatched her witb a shot In
the neck."
TIMEPIECE IN A SHIRT STUD.
A Vf oiulrrfal lilt of .VWhunlurn Tamed Out
by JniiflrlvBnl Urnlai.
Theodore C. Hohrer of Newcastle,
Pa., who constructed a wonderful
automatic clock a numbe of years
ago, containing many figures, and
wblch attracted great attention all
over tbe country when placed on ex
hibition, has nearly completed an
other 1 1 me pie e which displays mar
velous mechanism, says the Guar
dian. This ( lock exhibits scenes In
the revolutionary war, and Mr, Iloh
rer considers it even a more remark
able piece of work than bis former
effort In addition to these clocks
Mr. liohrer, a number of years ago,
constructed one of tbe most Ingen
ious pieces of miniature mechanism
to be found In the world. This con
sists of three gold studs In one of
which is a diminutive watch which
keeps most excellent time. Tbe
combined weight of the three studs
which are all connected together
by a strip of sliver metal which
passes on the inside of the shirt
bosom Is only one o.ioce and a half.
The stud In will h is contained the
watch has a base as large as a .i-cent
piece, and, with its surroundings of
gold, presents m ch the appearance
ot a very diminutive mariner's com
pass. When 'he studs are 00 the
shirt bosom they are about two
Inches apart, liy revolving the up
per one in much fie same manner
as a stem winding watch Is wound
tbe little timepiece is wound up for
action. In setting tho bauds tbe
lower stud Is revolved.
l'uulty French.
For some time after her marriage
with Napoleon, the Km p. ess Marie
Louise was extremely Ignorant of
the French language. On one occa
sion, seeing h r husband look vexe I
over a letter he bud receive I from
the Court of Austria, she uquired of
him what was the matter. "Oh,
nothing," re lied Napole n, "your
father Is an old ganache, that Is all."
Marie Louise did not know that this
was French for fool, and took the
first opportunity of asking a cour
tier what It meant, saying tnt the
Km eror had applied the expression
to her father. "It means some one
very learned and wise," stammered
the unfortunate courtier. Tbe Kni
press was perfectly satlsfle I witb this
explanation and 1 leased to learn a
new word. A day or two after, she
received the Archchancel or Cam
baceres In a crowded salon. Some
question was being wa mly discussed
in the circle, and her opinion was
asked. Wishing to b : very gracious,
Marie Louise turned to Cam baceres
and said: "We will re er tbat
point to the archbishop, for we alt
know ho is tbe greatest ganache in
Paris.
They Lacked Fire.
While Thomas Campbell was prose
cuting his studies at the University
or Glasgow, be occup ed apartmenU
witb an elder brother, who, though
no poet himself, was a most admir
able critic, but a severe one. Mr.
Campbell bad gone down to the
breakfast-room one morning, leaving
the poet to follow at his leisure. He
had nearly finished brcanfa t when
bis brother eo teed with a copy of
verses In bis band, which be laid on
the table as an excuse for bis delay,
at the same time requesting Mr.
Campbell's opinion of the merit.
"Your lines are admirable, Tom. my
boy," said tbe edcr Campbell, after
calmly 1 eruslng tbe verses; "but tbey
appear to me to want Ore," and the
merciless critic committed the paper
to the flames. The poet barely suc
ceeded in rescuing his e usloo: but
after a little reflection be threw It
Into the fire for the second time, ac
knowledging the just.ee of bis broth
er's bon-mot
Good work has no time to ba leal-mis.