THE COUfttt?tt.
4
A BOON FOR YANKEE TOURISTS.
Mrs. Arthur Paget' bars
At the coming swell bazaar,
Bids fair io be a boon for Yanks abroad
And the Mnrtins and Goelets,
In the mighty regal sets,
Will cocktail Dukes and liquefy the lord.
How nice to be bemillioned and to toady
to the great
In a mode undemocratic at aristocratic
rate!
Love came! Sunbeams and ripples danced
upon the bay;
The birds, a-ttlt on clover, sang - and
it was May!
Love went! ". he setting sun died out. like
some sad ember;
The wind grew Co'd across the bay it
was November!
W DOMESTIC 80IENOE DEPART
MENT OP THE UNIVERSITY
OP NEBRASKA.
In tho north east wing of the nevr
Mechanic Arts building ib b secluded
Bpot where you can get a whiff of home
atmosphere, eo home like that )ou for
get this is an institution devoted to
learning and dignified knowledge.
In this room it a long oak table io tho
shape of a let'er T, and in each drawer
of this table is tucked away tho mast
wonderful set of apparatus you ever
saw; knives, forks, spoons, pie panB, cake
tiaB, rolling pins, etc.
Here and tbore about the room are
furnishings with which wo are all fa
miliar; a stove, cupboards, with dishes
and cooking utensils in them, and every
thing that makes a complete modern
kitchen. And a real live dish pan hinge
on a nail near the stove. Who would
have thought we had such things on
our campus.
Besides all this just mentioned a lot
of girls are 1ubv hero and, there about
thoir work. Their sleeves are rolled to
the elbow and all wear starchy white
aprons. Sometimes a ptroak of llcur
adds beauty to a Hushed cheek as a girl
leans anxiouply over tho stove stirring
something.
At the end of tho year each girl will
have a two volume cook book of which
she is the sole author. Not all depart
ments of the university can turn ut eo
much literary talent. The clasa hbs
woiked things down to a tine point, and
even know the weight of a tta9poonful
of Hour, bow many grains io a pinch of
salt and just what happens when soda
and vinegar are mixed.
Cakes are made by the following re
cipe: A few eggs beaten to a stiffness,
6ome butter whipped to a cream, than
enough milk to make it thinner than it
is, after which sift in a sufficiency of
Hour. In case baking powder has been
forgotten, scoop out some of the Hour,
taking care not to get too much dough
with it and eif t it all over again. Beat it
with the hand, pump it up with a bi
cycle pump, and put it in tho oven, in
which receptacle loavo it the required
length of time to cook it.
Any one that visited this department
on Charter Day will scarcely forget thoee
deliciouB biBcuits and Bjrup the girls
gavo us. ThiB was a fair example of
what they are doing.
ThiB year's work in the school of do
mestic science has practically been an
experiment, and the results accomplish
ed prove that such a department is
needed in our university. Practical
work and preparation for household
duties should be a part of every young
woman's collegiate training. Under the
directorship of Miss Boutoo itbe work,
has advanced with wonderful bucrobs.
Part of tho timo is dovoted to lectures
, "V given by Mibb Bouton on chemical prop-
orties of foods, economy in cooking,
homo sanitation and other subjects, all
of which aro interesting and instructive
Laboratory work !b carried on in tho
kitchon laboratory, illustrating stnto
monts mudo in the lectures. Tho de
partmant la young and needs oncour-ngomont.
C-41-Jtlu'n Kxqnl-ltn IMano.
Czar Alexander scat to Stuttgnrt for
n suitable present for tho empress oa
the occasion of her recent hirthdny cel
ebration. Ho selected an ornate up
right piano for her boudoir. The caso
Is in the richest Louis XVI. stylo, and
the front board Is jeweled with bril
liant gems. The black keys nro mado
of real ebony and tho white ones are
covered with mother-of-pearl. German
experts say it Is the most costly and
exquisite Instrument of Its kind ever
made.
City Lighted with Acttylrne .
Alt-Strelitz, a city of Mecklenburg, Is
the first city on tho European conti
nent to be lighted throughout with
acetylene gas. Since the 1st duy of
November this gas has been used In
all public street lamps, and wherever
coal gns was previously used la private
residences acetylene gas Is being used
now. The light is bright, nnd so far
very satisfactory In every respect.
Tho IMilCKt Coiiiot-PliHlcr.
The famous director of the Lowe Ob
servatory, Prof. Lewis Swift, Is still in
defatigable and successful as ever la
his search for nad discovery of comets.
His discovery of a comet la his soven-ty-ciphth
year Is claimed to be tho
"beet on record," as regards successful
work hy an observer of such advanced
years.
Pint Newspaper In I,nplitnil.
A decided novelty In the way or
newspaper enterprise is announced
from Lapland. The first paper In that
country has appeared. It Is written
upon a single sheet of paper, and Is
published every Sunday at a town with
an unpronounceable name. Up to tho
present the journal has only half a
dozen subscribers, and every Issue Is
welcomed with loud applause.
Many IHg title In Jttp.in.
Japan, with a population of 45,000,
000, has 220 towns that have more than
100,000 Inhabitants. In 188G the num
ber of such towns was 117. Osaka has
Increased from 360,000 to 510.000 In
habitants in ten years, Yokohama
from 89,000 to 180,000, Kobe from 80,
000 to 185,000. Tokio has now a popula
tion of 1,300,000.
Memory KIiik.
The newest piece of Jewelry Is called
a "memory rlag." It is designed to be
Tv.irn by those forgetful people whose
memories need constant jogging. It Is
of rold or silver, and has tiny rings
to which pendants may be attached like
charms or bangles. These trifles nre In
tho form of small rabbits, frogs, liz
ards, turtles, cats and a variety of
other conceits, all to stand, or hang,
lor tho article to be remembered.
Journey of a 1'lntol Hull.
The other day, says tho Sydney Bul
letin, a young man at Albert Park
(Victoria) took up a rev ver from u
friend's mantelshelf with which to
nammer a tack Into the wall. Tho re
volver was loaded and went off; the
ball cut a thin gold ring from tho
man's little finger, tore through his
trousers, struck on some sliver ho had
In his pocket, rlcochetted and pierced
the too of his boot. Result, damage to
irousers and boot and one broken ring.
The man did not suffer to tho extent of
4 pin prick. Moral: Always carry
jome moaey In your pocket.
HARPER'S
PERIODICALS
Mauahine,
Weekly,
Bajjak,
Liter atuke,
Round Table,
S4.00, with Coukiek,
4 00, with Coukiek,
4.00, with Coukiek,
4.00, with Coukiek,
1.00, with Coukiek,
$4.00'
4.00
4.00
4.00
1.00
i!f OTHER PERIODICALS SAME CLUBBING RATE
Nlitte I)lM)nrleil.
The use of slates has been forbidden
la the schools In Zurich, Switzerland,
and pea, ink uad paper have been sub
stituted, even In tho lowest classes.
The reasons given nro that the light
grey marks of tho pencil on the slat)
cannot be followed without strululng
the eyes; that tho pressure which It
is accessary to exert upon the pencil
lessens the facility of the hand and
renders an easy, flowing handwriting
more dlfilcuic to attain, nnd that use
of the slate Is not conducive to cleanly
work.
lltvarlMii I'encll l-HOtnry.
Bavaria can boast of twonty-cight
pencil factories, which employ 10,000
people, Including men, women nnd
children. Together they produce no
fewer than 4,000,000 black aad 300,000
colored pencils per week. Tho total
output last year reached the enormous
quantity of 230,000 pencils. In the man
ufacture of which over 1,800 acred of
cedar were used.
The Mirth' Ilotteat Region.
The hottest region oa tho earth Is oa
the southwestern const of Persia,
where Persia borders tho gulf of tho
same name. Vov forty consecutive
days la July and August the ther
mometer did not fall lower than 100
degrees, night or dny, and often mount
ed nB high as 128 degrees.
Ten dollars and costs.
Can't you make it a little lees Judge;
lm a regular customer.
hlp Itv Kara. .
The Gate City, which arrived here
n Monday from Savannah, Its the first
teamer going out of this port to be
equipped with an aurophone, the new
device for enabling the lookout to de
termine the direction of sounds at
ea. Th aurophone was tried on the
way up', but little could be told about
Its utility owing to Its being placed in
a poor position. It constats of a brats
uox, which fits over the mast aad
which has projecting from each end
broad-mouthed funnel. From this box,
closo to the funnels, two tubes like or
dinary speaking tubes lend down the
mast and through tho main deck to
the deck bolow. Inside of the box
there Is a. complex arrangnn of dia
phragm? and sounding boards so
placed ,i:it a sound will enter only one
of tho tubes when it h passing through
'.he funnel on tho opposlto side of the
box. On the lower deck is an arrange
ment like an engine-room indicator, by
which tho box above may bo turned
around tho mast, and directly under
the indicator Is a tell-tnlo compass.
The man below places tho tubeB to his
ears, where they nre held In place
by a cap. Unless tho funnels above aro
pointing directly toward the sound
vhich he wishes to locate ho will hear
It only faintly and in one ear, because
ono of the funnels being turned from
the sound the tube opposlto does not
operate. He then turns the indicator
'a tho direction from which the sound
appears to come, and when the funnel
Ib pointing directly at the sound tt
passes through the tunnel and out ot
tre other, putting botn-tubes in opera
tion, and the operator hears the sound
distinctly and In both ears at once
He then glances at the indicator and
tho point on the tell-tale at which it
tests gives the exact bearing of tbt
toiiud.- -Boston Transcript.
Ill tltllllo.l H ltOIII.IHI'U.
(li-orge . Iiriird this morning tint
a girl IiiiiI dip I over o itiug ic;u cream."
Mlii I- "What it Mveot death! How
(nil roiiianliu that in isl ho! Ouorgo
(mid -lie In (I hur golden In" id on liis
mi1 v bosom nnd looko I lovingly into
his liio). Its go to l'lilm niico's iinJ
die l .:. tliur.''
(J -orgo "Can't ucconi'iiodiitu von
to-diiv, darling. I'm du.id already
dent! hroliO."
IrlHli iitiuJr.
Iiuilwu.v olllcial SiiMkiug'i not. al
lowed In 'thin room, sir. You'll Imvu
to quit.
Mr. MoKiidgiin I'm not shinokin',
sir.
Hail way ntllciul But you liitve you.'
pipu in vour mouth, Mir.
Mr. MuPitii;rnu Yin; 1111' 1 hav me
flit in mo bo( t, but I'm 11 t wnlkiii'.
Tim IIchI llHrm.
'If I could onl" kiss yon. tliiur,"
Hi' huIiI, an do hi IiIh 11 1111
Ktnln ioiiikI bur wulst. "In Jmt 111111 klsn
Tlii'ii' can't lm tiny Ilium."
Anil I Iiuii. before hIid tfuvu crnsont,
A ins! It liuil been limit).
Sim blushed anil .silil: "You know you'ro
wronjr.
Tlii'iu Is "runt hut 111 In 11111'."
AtroiiHiiil('Hl 'oiivrn.
"Tills paper here says Unit, with the
Lick loli'scope over out liuiulr d million
dillVront stars can bu seen,' said Mrs.
Vi'i'iol'l, who was leelin quite studi
ous tli it evening.
"A ulescopo l wire its powerful would
lick that, 1 suppose;" responded hoi
spouse as he dodged 11 Hying rolling
pin. Time HrlnuM Clungo.
M ssengor Hoy Wl ore's the man
what sunt me out with Ihls here nie
Hiige.' Mr. Fmitli It was I that sent yon..
Mi'hsi nger Hoy Nnw the 'feller
wiiu t sent mo wiiMirle n i-li .venh'oke.
and you've got a long I 0 ul.
Mr Smith Well, it grew since you
Htnrli'il.
A Trick ol Urn Trade.
Why is it that you write your bills
on rose paper with iieii'iimcd en
velops?" ' It cause," answered the tuilor, "tho
young lellows will imagine it's a love
letter, and are niru to open it."
Tl:) Flrt'iiiHii'M llomuiicc.
"You are out with Miss Rox'r"
"Yes, her father putiiu extinguisher
on inu niiiiir.
"ou'xoilono sparking, then?"
"No, I've gone hack to uu old II
llame."
Tliu Two Hot'kH.
"The immigrants from England are
culled the Pilgrims lauded on Plymouth
Pock " mill the teacher.
'And did thote from Ireland land on
t it sli iinock';" asked Jimmio Dinwid
il u.
'I
Tliclr I'roper Nihvr'.
n mlii unit tliu lien Imvu their
Slll('IVH
As I'veiytlilim earthly must;
Ami wliu.L'ns a hen can lay 11 it ckjj,
li lakis the rain to lay llioilust.
piopor
HloniUn'a llleyele.
The wooden bicycle used by Dlondln
In his fnmoiiB ride ucross Nlngara Falls
on a ropo is still In existence, and wns
sold In Paris not long ago for half a
crown.
Throwing mud at a good man only
results In soiling your own hands.
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