.Coversatiou.ol Women. .
. . . . > * > >
Tn the art of conversation , woman
if notthj ( fufeh' ami Victor , islhelaw
giver , says Ralph Waldo Emqrson in
ono of iiis cssjiyjv jUjpypjy one ro
called'liis experience he might find the
best ui Uio speech of supferior women
' ' Which wasJ 'bettor than song , " and
carried < Jngenuity < character , .wise
cpunscl , an.d affection as easyil as the
'
Wit with which it was adorned' . They
arc -not only wise themselves ; the >
I make us wise. No pnp can bo ain.iiq ;
t'er in conversation who lias not Icarn-
> td inilch from women ; their presence
> : md inspiration are essential to itsisuo-
cess. Slcclc said of his mistress tliat
"to have loved her 'Was a liberal edu-
cation. " Shenstouo gave no ba l ac
count of Ills influence in his descuip
tiori of the Frenchwoman : "There is
if 'quality ih' which 'no1 woman in the
, \YprMcan compete * ? with her it is the
power of intellectual irritation. She
" will draw wit out of a fool. Shu
strikes with such 'address the chords
, pf self-love that she gives unexpected
Vigor and agility to fancy , ami electri
fies , a hody that appears ribn electric' . " "
"
, Coleridge" esteems cultivated women
as the depositaries and guardians o ]
"English undefiled : " aud"Luthor com-
meiitls that accomplishment ot "pure
German" speech of his wife. Mine.
do Stacl , by the unanimous consent of
'all who knew her , was the most extraordinary
ordinary- converser that was known in
her time , and it was a time full of em
inent men and women ; she knew all dis
tinguished persons in letters or society
in. ] England , Germany and Italy , as
\vell as in Trance , though she said ,
with characteristic nationality , "Con-
jV.ersjition , like talent , exists only in
France. " Mme. de Stacl valued noth
ing" 'but conversation. ' 'When they
showed her the beautiful Lake Lenian ,
.she exclaimed : "Oh. for the gutter of
t'h'e Hue de Bac ! " the streets in Paris
in * ' which her house stood. And she
iaid.one " day seriously to M. Mole , "If
if" \\cre not for respect to human , opin-
idns 1 would not open my window to
see , the bay of Naples for the lirst time ,
whilst I yvould go live hundred leagues
to talkAvith a man of genius whom I
had not seen. " St. Beuvc tells us of
thcjpr/yjledgcdicirclc of Coppet , that ,
a'fter making an excursion one day ,
Hie ] iarty returned in two coaches from
Qhamberry to AL\j.on the way to Cop-
pet. The last coach had many rueful
accidents to relate asterrific thunder
storm. shocking roads , and danger
and.glpomto the whole company. The
l > arty in the second coach , on arriving ,
heard tins "story with surprise ; of
thunderstorms , of stoops , of mud , of
danger , they , knew 4 nothing ; no , they
had forgotten earth , and breathed
purer air ; such a conversation between.
Cklme. de , Stael and Mine. Recamier
and Benjamin Constant and Schlegel !
they1 were all in a state of delight.
ha.iutoxicatiou of -conversation
nad made them insensible to any no-
rfce of weather or rough roads. Mme.
de < jL'esse [ said , "If I were queen , I
should command Mme. de Stael to talk
t'onie every day. " Conversation fills
nil gaps , supplies all deficiencies.
What a good trait is that recorded of
Mme. do Maintenon , that , during din
ner , tha servant slipped to her side.
"Please , madame , one anecdote more ,
for.-thero is no roast to-day. ' '
* ' Wheels Not Made of Pulp.
"The statement that the most deli
cate watch wheels are now made of
paper pulp in Germany is a hoax , I
think , " said a prominent jeweler and
watchmaker on Broadway to a Mail
and Express representative. " 1 have
been in the business some forty years
and work on German. Swiss , English ,
French and American watches every
week , rppairing or taking them apart ,
arid I have not seen a wheel made of
pulp , not even among the latest
watches from Germany. Then from
my knowledge of machinery nec-
essar3' to make a watch and run it for
several years I do not think that pulp
by an- process whatever can be made
hard enough to be of use. Brass and
steel are chiefly used to make watch
wheels. Platina is too hard to work
and lee costly , and gold will not defer
for many reasons.
"Paper buckets and boats are made ,
but they have no special friction coni-
pare'd to that of a watchwheel , which
runs in cogs all the time. Suppose a
process was discovered to harden pulp
to1a degree equal to steel ; then the
question1 is , would it last as long as
steel ? I think not. Car wheels are
made of paper , but they run them
merely on exhibition and not every
day. Steel and brass are metafs
formed - by natural processes during
the course of many hundred centuries.
Paper or pulp hardened by artificial
means when not subject to constant
friction may be equal to steel or brass
for certain processes , but I imagins its
durability would be uncertain. Hard
wood , of course , catf be used for 'a
time as cog "wheels in watches , and
many other temporary tough mate
rials , but they > vare simply for exhibi
tion and not utility. So many watches
are made in Switzerland I wonder they
have not substituted some cheap ma
terial for steel and brass , but I didn't
expect Germany to start at it first.
"
Indeedfmy firm" opinion is that it is a
mistake- about pulp being used even
for big 'cog wheels , much less -small ,
delicate ones. " New York Mail and
Express. _ _ _ _
He VVas Prepared ,
'Young man , are you prepared to
20 ? " asked the revivalist of a yoking
man 'in the Tack row after the meet-
"Yes , sir , perfectly. * '
"D5J you think every night as 3-011
50 0' bed that you may be-called be
fore morning ? "
Jt's always on my mind sir. "
' That's right. And you are always
ready to go whenever the angel
L-omes , without warning and unan
nounced ? ' '
ij.'Yes , sir. I always sleep with my
clothes all on and my overcoat and
an extra' paper collar on the chair at
the side of my bed. . I'm always
ready. "
' "But , my dear young man , you
must mistake me. "
"Not all , sir. I'm a handsome
coachman , and I know my business.
Whenever the angel of the household
calls I'm ready to lake the first
train. " Chicago Tribune.
. , * . SwollowedHis -Teeth.
Employed on a branch of the New
York and'Ncw.England'Railrpdd is a
man of 85 or 38 years of mortal expert
iencc , who can to-day testify that
none of those years have brought to
him such unprecedentedsurprisosboth
painful and plcasureable , as the last.
In consequence 6f the absence of five
prominent teeth , he had made for him
a rubber plate with five artificial teeth
attached , and which worked quite to
his satisfaction. On retiring late one
night in November he forgot to remove
them from his mouth , as w < u ? his habit
and upon wakening in. the morning , hp
felt that dawning 'consciousness that
comes upon one so gradually as ono
rouses from slumber , that the rubber
plate containing live teeth was not in
its should-be receptacle , the tumbler
of water , neither was it clinging lirm-
13' to his upper jaw. At the same anx
ious moment he experienced something
of a discomfort in the region of his
throat , and , calling his wife , asked her
to examine the locality , which she did ,
and , to her surprise , beheld the retreat
ing form of thatself-samepbtewhich
had vainly tried to fit itself to the cav
ity of the throat , but in so doing had
lodged just lee low for her grasp. He
preceded at once to his physician , and
underwent a scries of atlempls to ex
tract it , which were unsuccessful. He
was then taken to the Massachusetts
General Hospital , where all efforts to
extract the leeth proved also of no
avail. Meanwhile , the plate worked
slowly down toward the stomach. The
patient was confined to his house about
ten days , and soon recovered his us
ual strength and spirits and went his
way without experiencing further
trouble from the accident. Various
were the opinions of the medical world
in regard to what would ba the final
upshot of the matter : One doctor
said : "You can not live with that in
your stomach ; blood poisoning must
follow. " Another said : "The rubber
will digest ; the teeth thus set free you
will rid 3'ourself of , and all may be
well. " But , to say the least , the pa
tient's state of mind was but little
eased by any diagnosis pronounced
upon the case by men who thought
they knew all abo'ut it. However , af
ter Ihree months , the teeth finally
emerged in as perfect condition as on
the day they left the dentist's hands.
Boston Herald.
Victor Jingo's Daily Life.
In spite of his years he is still hale
and hearty ; he eats well and drinks
well , and his only infirmity is deaf
ness. On Thursdays and Sundays ,
which are " reception days , the poet
goes to b"ed about 10 o'clock ; on other
days he retires at J or 0:30 , and in the
morning he works in bed ana rises
about 10. He breakfasts lightly ,
walks , and , in spite of the supplica
tions of his famity , he occasionally in
dulges in his old distraction of riding
on the knifeboard of a 'bus. What
ever the weather , Victor Hugo still ob
stinately refuses to wear an overcoat ,
and , old as he is , he persists in abund
ant cold water ablutions ; but he no
longer takes his "tub" as he used to
during the sieiie of Paris , when he used
to break the ice with his heel on cold
mornings. Victor Hugo still works ,
but of course not very much ; he has
his bolster and pillow placed at the
foot of the bed , so as to receive the
light directly from the "window , and ,
pencil in hand , passes aA hour or two
every morning in classifying and cor
recting his unpublished works in proze
and verse. He has in manuscript half
a dozen plays , several volumes of
philosophy , which will be published
ifter his death. And so the old poet
lives , surrounded by his family , by his
grandchildren Jeanne and Georges ,
; he latter a big boy of seventeeen , who
s going to be a painter and by his
faithful old friends Paul Meurice and
Augiiste Vacquerie , who tell the old
man on days when he is weary and
thinking of the end , that he must try
to live until 1889 , so that the opening
of the Universal Exhibition and the
centenary of the Great Revolution may
> e presided over by le vieux Hugo
"art's Letter to London World.
Choosing : a Husband.
A girl , if she cannot always choose ,
can always refuse , and generally her
difficulty is this : it is evident that this
man is making : love to me. 1 do not
eve him , but I think I might do so if
chose. Shall I choose or shall I"
brbear ? It is here that the power of
choice comes in ; and it is here that ihc
voice of prudence must be heard , if it
s heard at all. In such circumstances
a girl will act wisely if she pays con-
iderable attention to the general
opinion , which , in nine cases out of
; en , is held of the gentleman in ques-
; ion by his professional brethren or
lis business 'acquaintances. It is , in
tibrt , not the man who is agreeable
among women , but he who is well
iked by his own sex , who is the mane
; o choose as a husband. There are
certain persons , however , of the op-
> osite sex who are almost as good
udges of a man's disposition as those
of his own , and they are his sisters *
A girl can always tell how a man
stands with his sisters , and if they are
really fond of him she may feel sure
that he will make a good husband.
A mother , of course' always speaks
well of her son ; it is not what she says
of him , but his behavior to her , that.
s to be looked up. Home Journal.
A Little Matter from JIaine.
A farmer of this town , after the
jasturage became poor , turned bis
lock of sheep into the orchard , where
ho grass was heavy and the trees
.aden with apples. One old sheep ,
with a lamb , regularly selected trees ,
and in ways best known to herself
managed to mount upon her hind feet
and to knock off apples , which she and
the lamb ate with great gusto. The
farmer hobbled the forefeet , but the
animal did just as well asbefore in
knocking off apples ; the hind feet
were hobbled , but with no better suc
cess , and the last resort was to hobble
one hind and one fore foot , and then
the game was up. She was watched ,
and,11113 was seen : Thelambmounted
upon her back , the sheep marched
under the apple tree , and the lamb
knocked off the apples. Brunswick
Telegraph.
FARM-AND-eAEDBN. - -
Now Englandcrs-furnish tho' largest
percentage of silo advpcates.
Feed succulent foods for cheese , and
concentrated foods for butler.
Plant raspberries and blackberries
as soon as the , soil can bo workgd.
Sweet cream insist be churned longer
than sour , with a lower temperature.
Canadian Farmers , who /row excel
lent crops of oats , consider that crop
hardest on land.
A quince in the California exhibit at
the New Orleans Exposition measures
seventeen inches in circumference.
Clover seed may be sown this month
upon'the bare ground. A more even
cast is obtained by sowinjr upon a
light fall of snow.
French cheesemakcrs aim to get
$150 lo § 200 yearly per cow. Fine
stock , great care , and specialities in
manufacture , are the means.
Butter is worth more in proportion
than wheat or other grain. It will
pay well to 'use ' the cows to turn some
"
of "this grain into butter , and to make
the calv'es grow.
Josiah Hoopes , in the New York
Tribune , 3.133 experience has con
vinced him that any soil too damp
naturally to produce healthy trees
should always be avoided by the or-1
chardist.
A San Francisco naturalist sent a
nice cage and a w agon to a friend's
house for a fine specimen ot ground
hog that was offered him. "He re
ceived a sausage , and it took him three
days lo see the joke.
Low prices of grain in the north
west will cause a lessened demand for
young stock for feeding. Much stock
will be hastily fattened'ar I sold , and
thus cause lower prices for beef and a
scarcity two or three years hence.
Miller Purvis says in the Ohio Farm
er that the costliest mistake he ever
made was in buying cheap seeds. He
recommends saving seeds for one's
own planting ; it this has been neg
lected , get the most reliable seeds to
be obtained and then save seeds from
them.
Nothing will pay the owner of one ,
a dozen or a hundred hogs better than
the extra expenditure which will at
this time of year secure them a dry *
warm , comforting bed lo lie in at
night and durinir suc.li part of the day
as they may not be taking exercise or
eating.
Kaisers of early chickens do well to
remember that chicks must have grass
food at twelve to fifteen days. If
chicks are hatched before grass comes ,
then it must be raised artificially for
tlie.n. A goo/1 plan is to sow oats in
frames in the kitchen window or
green-house.
Manure is on most lands Ihc great
essential to successful gardening.
About New York , market gardeners
put as much as seventy-live tons of
manure upon an acre in a single year ,
and when it can not be obtained , as
much as two tons of fine bone flour
are often used.
Canker worms come out early. Ap
ply protection to the tree now. The
simplest is a band of thick brown pa
per , a foot or more wide , tacked
around the trunk. On this pamt a
band of pine tar , which should 'be re
newed it from any cause it does not
remain adhesive.
Mr. Russell , the secretary of the
Massachusetts State Board of Agri
culture , says that a horse will do bet
ter if fed four times a day , and should
not be fed less than three times. He
says the horse is different from any
other animal in that he has the small
est stomach in proportion to his size.
It is now asserted that the common
earth worm is the cause of the gape
parasite in chicks. In examining
3arth worms from a gape infected dis
trict the gape parasite was found to
be coiled up in the structure of the
earth worm , and on feeding chicks
with such earth worms the disease was
at once produced among the brood.
Job Mills , of Pine Villiage , Ind. , has
fed 48 hogs the present season on cook
ed wheat , and says they gained at the
rate of 2 pounds per day each. He
figured the wheat as worth 60 cents ,
and the corn 30 cents per bushel. Says
)0 hogs will eat about 10 bushels of
wheat at an expense of $6 per day , or ,
20 bushels of corn worth also § 6 , at
JO cents per bushel.
P".ach growers in Southern Illinois
declare the eurculio breed faster on
wild cherry trees than farmers can kill
: hem in the orchard. The hawthorn
is said to breed apple tree borers and
apple maggots. It is stated that one
of the most serious orchard pests ia
the "fruit belt" is the rose chafer ,
which multiplied in a swamp of wild
roses to such an extent that it over
ran the country for miles about.
Consul Ryder , at Copenhagen ,
writes that the Danes , in order to in
sure full development , healthy etc. ,
seek : Cleanliness , cooked or ground
food , which is easily masticatett and
digested , plenty of water , regular
liours of feeding , good ventilation ,
equable temperature , and freedom
[ rom trichina-breeding rats. These
requisites are not novel to American
bree'ders , yet some people are forget
ful.
ful.The
The Dorking fowls , while not quite
as hardy as the hardiest , are a valu
able breed. They are good Ia3"e s ,
make good , careful mothers , and as
chictts are quick to mature. They are
especially valued for the delicacy of
their flesh , the breast is broad and
deep , and give a large quantity of
juicy meat. The fowls weigh as high
as ten pounds , live weight ; they are
favorites in England where the breed
originated.
Kemiiided Him of Home.
An exiled Canadian incidentally
strayed out of his room in a Western
hotel , and in a moment of abstraction
fell down the ten-story elevator well.
They got him up what they could of
him and laid it out on a sofa. "Don't
disturb me , " the exiled Canadian
gasped , while an expression of great
ectasy played over his features. "Ah !
I haven't felt anything like it since I
used to ride a toboggan in my .own
dear , native land. " A peaceful smile
slid into his face and he was gone.
He never came back. He couldn't ,
Boston Journal ,
* * TheeWife'8'Commamlmeiitsr- - _
I. I amthyvifej thou shalt have
( '
nond Init me , wlibrh' ' at God's" altar ,
thou hast sworn to love , protect and
cherish.
II. Ihou shalt not attend places of
amusement , alone or with other gentle
men , but with thy wjfc ; so she may
also bo "au fait" as to what 13 going
on.
on.III. . Thou shalt not encourage
"Woman's Rightors" and other gentle
manly women ; for thou knowcst well ,
their rights are to attend their homes
and families , and let all things pertain
ing to mankind alone save their
pocket-books.
IV. Thou shalt not complain of
thy wife to a third party. Speak
kindly lo her in 'private , so she will
desire to correct her faults , because it
is thy wish and for her good. Neither
shalt thou always be talking of "ex
pense" and other disagreeable sub
jects , for thou spendest far more on
club suppers , etc. , than she on neces
sities of life. French bonnets , par
example.
V. Thou shalt not marry a lad } '
whom thou canst not trust with the
management of th } * home and children ;
and then , thou shalt not interfere in
her kingdom. If thou altemptest it ,
she will bo justified in donning hat
and coat and taking charge of thy busi
ness.
ness.VI. . Thou shalt not refuse thy wife
"pretty things. " "Remember , to
dress 'her beautifully and keep her
true , " is part of every Benedict's
duty.
VlL Thou shalt not bo "bossy"
and authoritaveve in thy manners to
, thy wife. Thou shouldst know , any
proud spirited woman would resent
a command , when she would sacrifice
herself without limit to comply with a
request.
Vlil. Thou shalt not imagine thou
hast a monopoly of annoyances and a
patent right on grievances. Thou
shalt consider the many trials to tem
per and patience , caused by sick chil
dren , inefficient servants , smoking
flues , bad plumbing and gossiping
neighbors , to which thy wife is con
st autly exposed , and then thou shalt
not always expect her to be as sweet ,
fair , and unruffled as a beautiful Eas
ter Lily.
IX. Thou shall not neglect to talk
pleasantly and intelligently to thy
wife of the current topics of the day
of the new and good things in Art ,
Science and Literature. Let thy con
versation be an exchange of thought
as well as discussion of feeling , and in
this way , thou shalt educate her to be
an intelligent companion ( sharing thy
sentiments , , tastes and aspirationsas
well as a wife.
X. Thou shalt hold thy wife's feel
ing sacred as thine own ; remembering
love and kindness is always the "open
seasame" to a woman's heart , without
which her life is a dreary thing. Treat
her as thou wotildst wish to bo treated
if a woman , then will she die blessing
tliee , and recommending Ihee to the
preltiest girl of her acquaintance with
directions as to how "John liked his
salads dressed. " Judith 31. Gardiner
in St. Louis Magazine.
She Cost Her Weight in Gold.
Mrs. Jesus Castro , an aged Mexican
lady , now residing at American Flag ,
in the Santa Catilina mountains , is
perhaps the only woman who , literally
speakinsr , ever cost her husband her
weight in gold. It is said that in the
early gold-digging days of California
she was a resident of Sonora , in which
state she was born and grew to
womanhood. When about the age of
17 a paternal uncle , but a few years
her senior , returned with his com
panions , gold laden , from the El
Dorado of the west , and became des
perately enamored of her. He sought
her hand in marriage and was accept
ed , but the church refused , because of
the near relationship existing between
them , to solemnize the marriage.
Persuasion being in vain , he tried
the power ot gold to win the church
his way , and succeeded only by the
payment of her weight in gold. She
at that time weighed 117 pounds , and
against her in the scales glittering dust
was shoveled. Her affianced husband
still had sufficient of this world's
goods to provide a comfortable home ,
and they were married. They lived
happily together , and she bore to her
husband eleven children. In the
course of years he died , and she mar
ried again , Mr. Castro being her second
end husband. The above isa fact and
not fiction , as living witnesses can
prove. Tucson Star.
Female Physicians in England.
Of lady doctors there are at present
few in England , but the select few who
have taken are already reaping a rich
harvest of fees. The two most dis
tinguished lady practitioners in Lon
don are Dr. Garrett-Anderson , . a sister
of the wife of the late ProfFaweett ,
and Dr. Arabella Kenealy , a daughter
of the late Dr. Kenealy. a brilliant ad
vocate and finished scholar. Both of
the ladies I have named enjoy large
and lucrative practices , and medical
men of the highest standing , who ha e
met them in consultation , while
strongly objecting to the admission of
ladies into the profession * have told
me that they are certainly not inferior
in ability to doctors of the highest
standing of like age and experience.
Worth Remembering.
An exchange says : It is worth re
membering that no newspaper is
printed especially for one person any
more than a hotel is built especially to
please ono guest. People who become
greatly displeased with something
they find in a newspaper , should re
member that the very thing that dis
pleases them is exactly the thing that
will please somebody who has just as
much interest in the paper as they
have.
A Never-Failing Opiate.
"My dear , " said a husband to his
wife , "I am unable to get any sleep.
I have tossed ever since I came to
bed. I wish you would get up and
prepare me a little laudanum. " "It's
hardly worth while now , " she replied ,
consulting her watch ; "It's almost
time to build the kitchen fire. " Then
he sank into a quiet , restful slum
ber. Boston Journal.
FACT-AND-PANOYr-
, , A project for starting a Jareo .pub
lic library is on foot in Charleston
S. C. '
Nevada has 131 postoflicos of the
fourth class , 9 of the third class , and
1 of the second class.
A South Carolina planter raises Sen
island cotton for a French spinnnor
and receives $1 per pound.
The Onudia community New York
papers published in tiio vicinity say haS
virtually fallen to pieces.
A Youkcrs bride received , among
her wedding gifts , a receipted bill ol
$8 for gate hinges from her father.
As high as $80 a head is offered to
officers of Victoria and Puget sound
steamers to smuggle Chinese across
the line.
The Philadelphia Times celebrated its
tenth anniversary as a newspaper on
the 14lh inst. by publishing twenty-
eight pages.
In Death valley , Inyo county , Cali
fornia , week before last the thermom
eter for several days marked 120 de
grees in the shade.
"Marriages a specialty , acccptablo
at all flours ; strangers particularly
invited , " is the unique advertisement
of a clergyman at York , Me.
Mr. W. II. Harp , of Amcricus , Ga. ,
uses a coffee mill which has been in
constant use in his family for nearly
sixly years and is efficient as ever.
A flying snake is on exhibition at
Virginia City , Nev. The reptile is
four feet long and has two wings at
tached to its body about four inches
back of the head.
The juice of the curious ink-plant
of New Granada requires no prepara
tion before being used for writing.
The color is reddish when first applied
to the paper , but soon becomes a deep
black which is very durable.
The story is going the rounds that a
Tennessee woman , convicted of steal
ing a diamond ring , is boarding at a
liolel under guard iuslead of occupy
ing a small apartment in a penitcn-
tiaiy.
It is said there is hardly a telegraph
operator of any experience who has
not had a touch of operator's paraly
sis , and that many of the mistakes
made by operators can be traced to
this ailment.
A gentleman at Lake Jesup , Fla. ,
while experimenting with an or.inge
tree , placed some fertilizer on one side
and none on the other. The side that
was fertilized bore large , bright or
anges , and the other small , rusty ones.
Yale has , in the way of trophies ,
base-balls from her
sixty-nine - , won
various adversaries. Each ball is
painted the color of Ihe stockings of
the vanquished nine , and is lettered to
indicate the time and place of win
ning.
There are twenty thousand tons of
wheat in the various warehouses along
Snake river. Washington territory ,
waiting for the prices to rise. Farm
ers in that section claim to have about
half as much more in their home gran
aries.
According to a Florida paper , the
pumpkin is a perennial in that
state. It is said that there is a pump
kin vine growing near Rock Ledge
which has been bearing three years ,
and shows every indication of holding
out for another.
A bill has been introduced in the
city council of New York to regulate
roller skating. The proposed ordi
nance prohibits minors , unless accom
panied by parents or guardians , from
attending roller-skating rinks , and
also forbids roller skating in parks
and streets.
What strange creatures wo are , to
be sure ! A sailor soon forgets the ter
rors of the sea , and ships again ere he
has been ashore a month ; the convict
is almost certain to return to the
prison from which he was released but
a short time back , and the widow will
marry the second time if she gets the
chance , and she usually gets the
chance-
A romantic scribe thus describes
the first kiss of a newly-wedded
couple : "Up the perfumeswept av
enue of love and under the roscat
archway of hymen they had passed
into the joy-lit realms of that lusher
and holier existence where soul meets
soul on limpid waves of ecstatic feel
ing , and hearts touch hearts through
the blended channel of lir > 5 in rapture
linked. "
The late Gen. Gordon's sisters have
declined the annuity which Mr. Glad
stone offered to them. The general
left three sisters , one of whom is un
married , and they are all residing at
Southampton. He had two brothers ,
one of whom Enderby Gordon , died
many years ago. The survivor is Sir
Henry W. Gordon , K. C. B. Gen.
Gordon's sisters last heard direct from
Khartoum in November.
The descriptive terms u ed for neu
rological conditions are rapidly in
creasing in number , and bid fair to
make an interesting vocabulary. Some
of the comparatively recent terms are
"anthrophobia , " being afraid to meet
anyone about the house : "polypito- j
bia , " afraid of everything , sometimes ;
"phobophobia , ' * being afraid some
thing is going to happen to frighten
him.
him.One
One of the most novel and interest
ing lawsuits that ever went to trial
was betore the Helena , Ark. , magis
trate courts on the 8th inst. Mount
Zion Baptist church ( colored ) was
burned to the ground on Monday
night , and one portion of the congre
gation had the other arrested , charged
with the burning. The entire congre
gation were arraigned and a very bit
ter light made. The evidence pro
duced was insufficient for conviction ,
and they were discharged.
One of the sheriff's deputies , says
Tlie Murlon ( Ga. ) Index , was sent into
Horry to levy on and take a mule in
the possession of a citizen of that
county. The gentleman pointed to his
stables saying ; "The mule what you
come arte'r is in that off-stable. I see
you got. the rights to go in after him ,
but I don't see that 3011 are provided
with authority to come out again.
Betsy , bring me my shotgun. " The
deputy returned but he di& not bring
the mule.
* - Black walnut sawdust jf nowjrabccd
with linseed gum and molded into' or
namentation for furniture. When
varnished , it is handsomeand more
durable than carved wood.
Turpentine in small quantities may
bo used with advantage in the laundry ,
but rosin , which is usually found in
soap , is injurious , discoloring some
goods and shrinking woolens.
When a knob comes off a door han
dle , you can fasten it on again by fill
ing the cavity in the knee with" ! sul
phur , then heat the iron end of the
handle which goes in the knob just
hot enough to melt the sulphur , put
the knob in and let it cool. It will be
firmly fixed in place.
A novel way of mending a woolen
dress , in which a round hole has been
torn , and whore only a patch could
remedy mailers , is as follows : The
frayed portions around the tear were
carefully smoothed , and a piece of the
material , moistened with very thin
mucilage , was placed under the hole.
A heavy weight was put upon it until
it was dry , when it was only possible
to discover the mended place by care
ful observation.
A solution of oxalic acid has been
used for removing ink stains from
cotton , linen , or the lingers , but it is
attended with the danger of injuring
textiles and the skin. A much safer
and heller treatment of ink or rust
stains consists in Ihe application of
two parts of powdered uruam of tar
tar and one part of finely powdered
oxalic acid. Shake up the ingredients
well together and apply the powder
with a dry rag to the dampened stain.
When the spot has disappeared the
part should be very well washed.
To boil rice properly you must first
wash out all the dried starch from
among the grains , not by soaking it in
a bowl of water as is usually ( 'one , but
by letting water run over and through
it , in a seive. To half a pint of rice
put a pint of cold water and a heaped
tcaspoonful of salt into the saucepan.
The moment it begins to boil take the
lid off the saucepan ; let it boil very
fast but do not stir it. When holes be
gin to appear in the top it is done.
Turn out in a butiered dish and keep
hot in the oven. Every grain should
be distincl by this process.
After tea has been steeped in boiling
water over five-sixths of the valuable
constituents are extracted. At th < ;
end of len minutes the leaves are al
most entirely exhausted. Prolonged
infusion gives no additional strength
to the liquid , but it does cause the loss ,
by volatilization , of the flavoring prin
ciples. Hard waters are to be pre
ferred to soft waters in the teapoC as
the hard waters dissolve less of the
lannin out of the leaves. The Gearing
of these laboratory results on the art
of making a good cup of tea is ob
vious.
A serviceable article of a mother's
nursury outfit is an apron made of a
straight piece of goods muslin , ging-
lam , or any suitable material that is
alike on both sides turned upward at
.ho bottom to the depth of about ten
'nches , and stitched vertically at inter
vals , so that pockets are formed , into
which scissors , thimble , cotton , or
whatever one has in hand can bo drop-
icd at a moment's notice , when it is
lecessary suddenly to cast one's work
.side. This will not only prevent
hingcrous playthings from falling into
oaby's hands , but save the trouble of
collecting scattered work materials.
Cut a piece of pasteboard eight
nches souare and four triangular
jieces , ono side of each being eight
nches long. Cut also the same nuni-
) erof pieces of thin cardboard. Cover
the pasteboard neatly with olive satin ,
and the cardboard with bright rose
color , and sew together. Take a strip
of olive satin , one and one-ha'f yards
eng and three inches wide , and one
of pink ; sew on each edge , trim and
shirr. Sew one edge of the puff to
he edge of the square board and the
other triangular pieces paint or em-
) roider a little spray of flowers or an
nitial , and bows of ribbon at the cor
ners.
ners.To
To make a very handsome coyer for
a parlor or library table procure a suffi
ciently large square of dark felt , and
border it with old gold plush half the
vidth of the material , which will be
nbout eleven inches. Cut large leaves
rom three sides of olive-green plush
and apply upon the old gold plush , ar
ranging them without much apparent
jiethod , to look as if carelessly scat-
ered upon the fabric. Sew the leaves
on with common sewing-silk in but-
onhole stich. The long nap of the
material will readily lend itself to the
concealment of the stitches used in ap-
otying. No fringe will be neces-
ary , but three plush balls can
bo added to each corner of the
cloth.
It is not sufficiently known lhat
when coffee beans are placed upon hot
coals or on a hot plate the flavor aris-
ng is one of the most effecfcire , and at
the same time agreeable disinfectants.
If no heat is disposable , even the
spreading of ground coffee on the ob
ject to be disinfected , even if it be a
cadaver , is most satisfactory. Some
journals announce this as a newly dis
covered fact , but it appears by inves
tigation that it was well known by
nurses and housewives forty years ago ,
while some members of the medical
profession became only convinced of
its value some twenty years ago , whHe
at present the majority of the physic -
c ans are not aware of the virtues
of this simple and agreeable remedy.
Seeing Stars.
They were young and romantic ,
and , although the minute hand was
pointing to 12 o'clock , they stood up
on the porch gazing at the stars.
"That's Jupiter , dear , isn't it ? " she
murmured. "Yes , pet , and that is
Sirins , " he replied , pointing to anoth
er star. "Are you Sirius ? " she cooed.
He kissed her several times. Then
he pointed upward and said : "That's
Mars , dove. " "And that's pa's , " she
whispered , as a footslep sounded
inside , and if the young man hadn't
scooted he would have seen more stars
than he ever dreamed of. Her pa
wears a 12J with a brass toe. Wash
ington Hatchet.