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CARNESVILLE, GA.
At King Mankoroane’s Hat.
A correspondent writes from Bc
ehuanaland: “Yesterday afternoon,so
soon ns our midday meal was over, I
started off with a friend to walk, explore the
kraal. It was a two-mile and all
the heat of the sun centered on the
earth at this hour. Arriving at the
outskirts wo determined iirst to go and
pay Mankoroane, the Chief, or King of*
the tribe, a visit, whose place we found largo
without difficulty—a mud plastered common together
hut, made of
with brushwood and reeds, and coarse¬
ly thatched on the roof. Tho eaves
projected over tho walls about three
feet, so that a veranda was formed
round tho hut. The entrance was
through a yard which surrounded the
hut, with a wall of brushwood seven
feet high. There was only one smooth door¬
way, into which we entered on a
yard of red clay. Here, with their
backs to tho wall, sat some guard. men, prob¬ They
ably the King’s body less dressed, having
were all more or
trousers patched with every conceiva¬
ble color and material, some with hats,
others with old Government helmets.
We walked into tho hut, which was
divided in two by a low wall. The in¬
side wag lined with gray clay mado and
quaint iigurcs and devices were
on it. Opposito tbe door and close to
the inside wall lay a man on a couch
with a folded-up shawl under his head.
He had on a red ffannel shirt, bluo
coal, very old cord trousers, ami boots
with cloth tops, but no socks. He was
tho King. At his head sat another
person, the Queen, sitting like a tailor,
naked to her waist. She hail a quanti¬
ty of beads round her neck of different
colors, from which hung charms and
such useful articles as keys. The King
was sound asleep, but the Queen ami
attendants were wide awake, Tho
smell and bad air were intolerable.
Koiind against tho wall sat his two
Princesses, or daughters. Then two
men smoking. I addressed tho Queen, and
At last
wished her all tho compliments of tho
season. All then began to talk except
tho King, who was still asleep. To
keep them company 1 took up the chor¬
us of an oid soug. They seemed do
lighted at this, so I gavo it to them
again, laughing violently all the time,
ray friend imploring me to keep quiet
lest I should wake the King and incur
his wrath; but he did not awake. Wo
then offered tho Queen cigarettes, and
the Princesses, and tho two men. Tho
nearest Princess chewed her cigarette.
After sitting most of an hour we got
up to go, and I nearly fell over a black
baby lying on tho floor, which jumped yelled
and woke tho King. warmly, Up he shaking
and bauds greeted and asking us most for ‘bacco’ and also
•shillin.’ I gave him imploring a cigarette,which
he forthwith lit up, mo to
a.shilling,.....• 1-twite odt my
purse and turned it upside down ami
out dropped a piece of money ,fov which
both tho Princesses, the Queen, ami all
the courtiers scrambled. One of the
Prinoosses secured it and hold it up
laughing. We then responded left, saying civilly.” ‘good¬
bye,’ to which they
—London Times.
[ Hallway LiexlHlatloii.
On this subject Frank S. Bond, writ¬
ing in tho Novombor North American
Jleview, says:
“Railway with companies special aro private and privi¬ cor
porations derived from state powers and
leges sional legislation; but, the public congres¬ is
as
dependent upon them for transporta¬
tion, the government should protect the
public from misuse or abuse of their
powers, without cost to the individual
injured. do this law should be passed
"To a
providing that complaints against
carrying United companies States may district bo lodged
with a attorney,
whose anti duty when, it shall bis be opiniou to investigate there is
them, in
reasonable has ground for done complaint and the that law
injustice violated, if the been shall refuse,
demand, company make on
his request or to proper
reparation, it should bo his duty to
bring a suit in tho United States district
or circuit court having United jurisdiction iu
the name of the States against
law the offending and damages company for violation of
for to the party or
parties injured; all such suits to iiave
precedence on tho calendar. Prompt
action can so bo obtained, and the
party injured incident put to uo his expense other
than that tho to becoming In a
witness for prosecution. suits of
such a character, intelligent involving private rail¬
rights, uo manager of a
way will ever stand a trial that ti can be
avoided by reasonable concessions
great confidence in the justice
of his defense. Federal decisions in
6uch cases will have the effect of addi¬
tional nized law. legislation by becoming recog¬
“Legislation, to be of practical bene¬
fit to the public, must be such as will
secure protection and prompt redress
under the law."
Doe Johnson, of Littlefield, Idaho, is
a professional gambler dresses faultlessly, of the John
Oakhurst type, is
particularly polite, and another very popular.
He won money of gambler
known as French Joe, and a quarrel
followed. Joe, who was a big man,
weighing 195 pounds, asked slapped him Doc, who
is slight. Doc to stop, and
when Joe didn’t stop drew a pistol and
shot him dead. This was in Doc’s
gambling house, which was crowded.
crowd, After the and after shooting drinking Doc walked treated to the the
dead man, “Well, who Joe, lay where he fell, and
•aid: you have been look¬
ing for this for the last five days. I
tried to avoid it- May God bless you
and forgive you for taking advantage
tot me." He then gave 9100 toward
the funeral expenses. Tbe coroner's
exonerated Doc from aU blama.
«nd ancestral gable-end HalV
A over the
SS’domsln a charm, wlthin-door
Ano \ j..d the mice
And ■’A \ Zterric^f mind, a* the talk be heard hath been,
There apectral Thing to and
seen. Family Oho»tl
0, the Family Ohoatl
O, the
A sound, as it were, of a rustling train.
That sweeps into tbe chambers and out
And again, there appeareth ancient dame,
anon an
I.lke a figure slept out of a picture frame,
In a stomacher, frill and through farthingale, antique
And her eyes glimmer an
lace-veil.
O, the Family Ghost!
O, the Family Ghoet!
There’s room where the Ghoet is given to
keep, that apartment that , dare
So in one none
No mnn-gervant, sleep. mnld-scrvant, girl, or
Will adventure groom, anight. In the Haunted . , Itoom.
Should tho Host liny Stranger away there
The Ghost stow, of the Family lets him know.
O, the Family Ghost!
O, the Family Gi Oil!
A something in sooth It may he to toast. Ghost,
That r fellow hath goiton a Family Name
For a Family Ghost to a Family much the
Js a sort of appurtenance fame
Asa coat-of-arms, or a Fami y Tree;
No 6Ueh Ghost but for persons Ghost! of pedigree.
O. the Family
O, the Family Giiostl
In your stuccoed villas It scorns to dwell;
Stands only the hold of your high-born swell,
It disdains to appear—having too much
To the pride— family circle at Christmas tide,
Where, if ghost-stories then be but truly told.
It could, an it listed, a tale uni old.
O, the Family Ghost 1
O, (ho Fumily Gttostl —Punch.
THE FOBTUNE-TELLEIt.
In tho spring of 1788 the Baron
Conrad von Arnhoim, a Lieutenant in
Czeklor’s Hussars, marched from Mi
clos-Var, in Transylvania, at tho head
of a body of old .troops and recruits, to
join his regiment in the environs of Or
sova, and forming a part of the corps
then operating against the Turks.
They halted to rest and refreshed tho
men and horses at a small village not
far from the lines of the army. After
eating the best suppers that money
could procure, tho Baron lighted his
meerschaum and strolled for the even¬
ing walk. Perceiving an unusual
crowd about one of the bivouac fires, ho
drew near lo see what was going on.
The object of attraction was a tall,
swarthy, dark-eyed and black-haired
Bohemian woman, dressed rather rich¬
ly in a sort of half-Oriental costume,
who held the hand of a scarred and
gray-haired veteran. She was telling
his fortune.
“Son of the Danube,” said she,
“your days are numbered. Fire and
steel have spared you thus far—but tho
bullet is cast that will cost you tho
number of your mess. Ere three
moons have waxed and waned, tho
liorso and the rider will have parted
company.” 'The old soldier turned from
blank away look.
tho prophetess with a
“There won’t be many of our troops
left. Lieutenant,” said an old hussar,
touching his cap to the Baron, “if tho
woman speaks true. She lias predict¬
ed the same fate to half-a-dozen of us.”
“Who is she?” asked tho Baron.
“A vivandiere,” replied tho hussar.
“Faith! she sells good wine and brandy
they say—and gives credit sometimes,
on good security. She never bm, I
fancy—and then she turns . penny by
telling fortunes^
“Who comes next for his fortune?”
asked the snake-liko Bohemian, glancing the her
brilliant, eyes around as¬
sembly. “Who craves knowledge of
tho wise Zela?”
“That do I, mistress,” said tho Bar¬
on, gayly, advancing faith and ungloving in fore¬ his
hand. “I have no your
bodings, by though them.” my iirc-eaterS seem so
daunted
The fortune-teller curiously scanned
tho lines on the Baron’s palm.
“The twentieth twentieth of August!” August!” said she.
“The of repeat¬
ed the Baron; “that’s I make wonderfully of that ? ex¬ I
plicit. What am to
ask you for my fortune, and you re
p]y- - J’
“The twentieth of Ausrust!” repeat¬
ed tf.o iortuno-tellov, dismissing him
with ft wave of hor hand. “I tell no
more to-night. But forgot not tho
date—you will have occasion to re¬
member it.”
And with these words she turned in¬
to a tent where her merchandise was
stored, and drew the canvas over tlio
opening. her The striking deep voice face, of figure the sor¬ and
ceress, oracular
manner, tho laconism and
mystery of her reply, contributed to fix
her words on the Count’s memory, and
mingling with his prayers August” that night,
“the twentieth of seemed
whispered Indue time by a busy demon. tho
the Count reached
army, whose fatigue and dangers lie
shared. It is well known that in this
war tho Turks mado uo prisoners.
Their leaders had set tho price of a du
cat on each head brough into camp,
and spahis and of janissaries neglected 'fins
no opportunity earning "the it. Austrian nr
rangoment was fatal to
outposts. that the Turks There did was scarcely “in a night
not come super
ior numbers to seek for heads, and
their expeditions were conducted with
such secresv and promptness day-break that they
rarely failed, and often at a
portion hj decapitated of the camp trunks, was fhe guarded Prince onlv of
Coburg Sight conceived tho pickets idea of of sending cavalry
every skt strong
airs
and mail business* they''engaged
in, sent detachments yet more numer
yielded ous against them the infidel handsome pickets, which
The a yet picket service, per there- cap
ita return.
fore became of such a nature that,
when a mau was detailed for it, it was
really worth his while to settle his lit
tie accounts before setting his foot in
the stirrup.
Matters were in this state in the
mouth of August. A few skirmishes
had not changed the before position of the ar
my. friend, Eight the days Baron, the favored twentieth by
our was
a visit from the fortune-teller. He had
frequently purchased seen provisions her by of the her, way, and and
though her manner was strangely stilf
haugnty had managed and ropellant at first, her ae
to overcome reserve,
and was on quite famittat ns with
her. salutation.
"What now?” was his
“1 came o« a begging Trand,” said
the vivandicre. “You aro Teh and I
am “Nonsense,” poor.” said the Bar “My
in.
sword is my only heart.” fortune. My purse
is as light as my heavier miu ”
“Botn are than re
plied the fortune-teller. “You can
give me a trifle in your will.”
“In my will! I have no thoughts of
making it.”
“You should do so,” said the Bohe
mian, gravely. “The twentieth of
August is near at hand.”
“Ah! what is to happen on the twen
tietii of August?” destined to fall that
“You are on
day—the stars iiave declared it.”
“I shall cheat the stars, then,” said
the Baron. “And i shan’t make my
will. You talk, of your poverty, too.
Don’t I know you’re making two liun
dred per cent., and turning you( mon
ey every week, my good woman? Don’t
talk of your poverty to me. You say I
shall be killed on the 20th Nowanopin- of August—
I maintain the contrary.
ion is worth nothing if it isn’t *orth
backing, and I’ll bet you two of my
hamper best horses of Tokay and fifty wine, ducats that I against shall sur- a
vive the twentieth of August.” Bohemian. j |
“Agreed,” “We’ll have said it in the writing,” exclaim
ed the Count; and lie called the auditor
of the regiment, who happened recorded, Ho amid bo
passing. The bet was
the laughter of the two Austifans,
while the Bohemian looked on gravely,
and then withdrew, with a stately; rev
ercnce.
The twentieth of Ausrust cam*. It
was the turn of the Baron’s regiment
to furnish a picket for the night; but
two of his comrades were on duty be
fore him, and the Baron was to pass the
night in his tent. Evening came—the
horses were saddled, the hussars
mounted, and ready to march, when
the regimental surgeon appeared on
the ground.
“What’s the matter? asked the
Baron.
“Your friend Max, who was detailed
for the command, has been taken dan
gerously “Indeed! sick. then Lieutenant Arnold
takes command.”
•Tie has just been apprised of It. ’
Lieutenant Arnold hastily dressed
himself, buckled on his saber, and pre
pared to mount. But no sooner was ho
in the saddle than his horse, though
ordinarily perfectly gentle and steady,
began to rear and plunge violently.
Every effort to calm and conquer him his
was fruitless, and he wound up
mean acts by Hinging his rider and
breaking is his leg. Baron,” said
“It your turn now,
the surgeon.
“There is a fatality in this,’’thought himself,
the Baron, as he armed
“That cursed fortune-teller.” And,
fessed though that bravo as mounted steel, it his must horse be eon- and
he
put himself at the head of his men in a
frame of mind far different from his or
dinary mood. chill
The night was and starless.
Tlie Baron commanded eighty men,
who were frdm joined another by , a regiment, hundred which and
twenty,
hundred, brought the complement up .0 1 wo
all told. Tho detachment
took post a thousand paces in advance
of the line of the right wing, and rest¬
ed on a marsh, filled with very tall
reeds. There were no sentiucls in front,
but not a man left his saddle. Tho
carbineers sat with their pieces un¬
slung at full cock, and tho hussars
with drawn sabers, to guard against
surprises. All o’clock, was quiet till about a
quarter of two and tho Baron
was beginning to think that tho night
would pass over without an attack,
when a sudden shout of “Allah! il Al¬
lah!" burst on the silence, and in one
minute all the horses in the front rank
were hurled to the ground, either by
shock pistol shots of fired at eight point hundred blank, or Tui’k- tho
seven or
ish horses, as
“Bonditiir to battle
With O’er tho each sword liltfh of saddle-bow, jlzranl
They swept down tee foe.”
On their side, at least an equal num¬
ber fell, either from the impetuosity of
their own charge or tho deadly fire of
the Austrian carbines. But they knew
the veloped ground, and and tho Austrians pieces. were en¬
cut to Saber
strokes flew thick and fast—fire-arms
were discharged at random—it was al¬
most impossible Tho Baron to distinguish received friend
from foe. no few¬
er than eight the saber Turks strokes in the melee,
both from and from his own
men. His horse, severely wounded,
foil with him, rolled over on his right
leg, and nailed him to the spot. The
flames of tho Turkish pistols lit up at
intervals the scene of strife and hutch
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T>>rks, drunk with opi m made ahor
” rlb sln . le ^ T Al, TZ;,J “ I * 1 minutes sta ? dln not S
* h ° v .f? rs t i f 7 h< "? es
that ha d °f a * K < 1 ! ; f 3t P , lunder -
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b,ou ht , f -
The ?. 8 8 * U ° r^L-i , 3 ^’ pUrp 0 MCaD3 ° SC -
“ env ,abl « “ Cwklete s corps
the * alm . ,8 t a ‘ r ‘jJ , * h J“*
. lhaBo . ™? beard t * he rufhan !
SESH f>r
fo ™«J “ t ° tho ^ r ^ b of tb * P icket -
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Ba ™ 3 r ,^ e J ed a
whlch caused . him *° mako L a convul
S1V0 movement, and enabled , bis rider
to extricate his leg. He then conceived
*“® ldea of throwing himself, if possi
ble, into the marsh, and thus escape
tbe ^ at f °} bls command. He had seen
several of his command who attempted
this maneuver taken, but the tire had
slackened greatly now, and the dark
ness inspired him with hope. He had
only twenty of paces sinking. to traverse Still he but there
dan S® r sprang
bver men and horees, overturning more
than one Turk. Arms were extended
him, and saber-strokes dealt at
him, but his good star and youthful ao
enabled him to gain Uie marsh,
PP Johi* knees—
he toiled on a little farther, and then
•topped, exhausted by fatigue. He
feeard one Turk exclaim: marsh.” “It is impos- After
sible to do so in the
this a dead silence ensued. The blood
he had lost caused the Baron to fall in
to a state of insensibility which lasted
several hours. When he came to him
self the sun was high up in the heav
ens in the
He had sunk up to his hips his
marsh. His hair stood erect fearful upon
head, when he recalled the im
a g es 0 f the pa gt night, and the “twen
tieth of August” was first among his
thoughts. He counted his wounds—
they were eight in number, but not one
of them was dangerous. They were and
saber-strokes on breast, back
arms. As the nights were very fresh
j n that region, he had worn his furred
pelisse, and its thickness, as well as its
gjik lining, had deadened the blows,
Si ill he was in a very weak condition,
He listened attentively. The Turks
had long since departed. From timo
to time The moans of wounded horses
were wafted to him from the field ot
battle—as for his men, the Turks had
taken care of them.
The Baron began to think of extri¬
eating himself from the place in which
he was, but he was so much exhausted
by the loss of blood that it was a whole
hour before he stood upon firm sensibil- ground,
Though war had deadened his
ity, still, alone as he was, it was not
without a sensatoin of fear that he
emerged from the reeds and looked
cautiously about him. He advanced
slowly, his eyes resting on the field of
death; but who could depict his seized fright
w hen he found himself suddenly beheld
by the arm. He turned and a
gigantic Arnaut, six feet high, who had
returned, doubtless, in the hope of iind
in „ some thitu' valuable to reward his
trouble. Never was hope more cruelly
deceived. Yet the Baron addressed his
captor ; n the Turkish language,
-Take my watch, my money, my
unifonUt but gpare my life.”
t hat belongs to me, and your
head t00 ;» rep liedThe savage giant,
Ami with that he unfastened the
c hjw ,(ien r ap of the Baron’s hussar cap,
and proceeded to untie his cravat,
T he Ilaron ,!. was sinking with weakness,
, tn(l ul uo weapon. At the slightest
movement of resistance his enemy
would have immediately sheathed his
broad cutlass in his bosom. Yet ho
ctun<r continued t0 the Arnaut by the waist, anu
to implore him, while he was
barin<r his throat
-Take pity on me. My family is
r ; c h. Make me your prisoner—you ” -
will earn a i arge ranS0 m.
-j should have to wait too long for
my mone y,” replied the ruffian, “On
i v hold still for me to cut.’’ Aml bo
removed the Baron’s short-pin. and ho
Still the Baron clung to him,
did not seek to free himself from the
clasp, doubtless because he relied upon
h is strength and his arms, and per
haps because he experienced a slight
emotion of pity, though the not strong of'a
en0 ugh to couuterbalance hope
ducat.
As he was removing the pin Conrad
f e i t SO methiug hard in his belt. It was
an i lon hammer. He kept repeating
“Keep quiet!” arid these were doubt
i ess the last words the Baron would
have heard if the dread of deatli so hor¬
rible had not inspired him to sti*e up¬
on the hammer. The Arnaut paid no
attention to it. He Was already hold¬
ing the Baron’s head in one hand and
his cutlass iu the other, when his in¬
tended victim jerked himself free, and,
without losing an instant, dealt a blow
with all his force on the forehead of his
antagonist. The hammer was heavy
and the aim sure. The Arnaut reeled.
Tho Baron repeated tho blow. Ho
went down, and as he fell his cutlass
escaped his grasp. It is unnecessary
to add that the Baron seized it and
plunged it several times into his body.
Free!—saved!—the soldier ran to the
outposts, whose arms were had glittering in
the morning sun, glorious that never him before, seem¬
ed so succeeded bright and in reaching to the
and aT^host. camp.
The soldiers fled as from The
same day he was attacked hospital. by a raging
fever, and carried to the
At the end of six weeks he was cured
of his fever and his wounds, and re¬
turned to the army. On his arrival the
Bohemian gipsy brought him the bas¬
ket of Tokay she had lost, and congrat¬
ulated him on his miraculous escape
from death. The Baron learned from
his comrades that, during his absence,
she had all predicted of which a great had many occur¬
rences, come to pass
exactly as she had foretold, and this
had brought her a great many consul¬
tations and numerous bequests. The
whole affair was straDge and inexpli¬
cable, and shook the skepticism of the
jiost incredulous.
In the meanwhile there came to them
from the enemy’s lines two Servian
Christians, who had been Turkish employed in
the baggage train of the army,
and deserted to avoid a punishment threatened.
with which they had been
As soon as they saw the Bohemian
prophetess they recognized her, and
declared that she often came to the
Turkish camp in the night, to of render their
an account of the movements
enemies. This surprised the Austrians
verv much, for they had often availed
themselves of this woman’s services,
and had admired the dexterity with
which she had executed the the most peril
ous commissions. But deserters
persisted in their statement, and added
that they had been present on several
occasions when this woman was des¬
Turks, cribing unfolding the Austrian their positions projects, to and the
urging them to make the attacks which
took place. A Turkish cipher served
her as a passport. This convincing
proof threatened was found upon her, and she was
to die as a spy,
Before her execution the Baron ques¬
tioned her about the fortune she had
redicted to him. She confessed that
by b means she had of often playing learned the spy what to both par¬
ties was un¬
dertaken on both sides; that those who
secretly consulted her about their hor¬
oscopes had confided to her many
things, and that she also trusted a good
doal to guess work. As to what con¬
cerned the Baron particularly, she had
selected him as authority, a striking fixing example the fa¬ to
strengthen her
tal period a long time beforehand. At
the approach of the time she had ex¬
cited the enemy to make an attack on
the post of August his “regiment Her relations on the twen¬ with
tieth of
(fee officers enabled her to discover that
there were twoonTEe' IistHbeTore the
jj aroB To one of them she sold drug*
. his sickness, and
5e ed w j a e that caused
ttin(r near the other to sell him some
|j,ing just thrust as he had piece mounted, of burning she con- tin
drived to horse's a nostrils, which ren
der int0 the unmanageable,
dered him furious and
q^is was the whole secret of her fore¬
knowledge. Her punishment was the
halter. She went to the gallows with
a bold, impertinent and defiant air,
leaving not a relative behind her tc
mourn the death ot the gipsy spy.
A New Household Game.
While in some classes of games there
jave been many modern examples
which have become popular, very few
purely of skill have been invented and
less have come to have any reputation.
1 nis season a new claimant for favor in
ois line has appeared and bids fair to
command recognition as called an exception Raima,
lo the general rule. It is
a purely fanciful name from an entirely
•lierent Greek game, and was invented
by a well known professional gentle- little
nan while visiting friends in a
village in Normandy, where he amused
,henf by inventing two or three in games that
every evening, the early sunset daily stimulate
high latitude seeming inventions. to On his
'-is fancy to new re
Uiru to America the serious duties of
his profession absorbed his powers and
he forgot everything which he had
throw ut in those leisure hours. But,
ixmonf®thoso his friends flashes, remembered there was and oue
which recalled it
treasured, and in 1885 they
,a bis memory and persuaded Its friends him give to
perfect and publish it.
it the pet name of Hoppity. It is played
.in a board with four times as many
squares as chess. There is but one form
lo the pieces those of each player hav¬
ing a distinctive color, and each piece rules
has but two kinds of moves. The
of the game can be learned in a min¬
ute, but the moves are so happily alike. re¬
lated that no two games are ever
It may be played by two or four per
sous. If two play, the nineteen squares
in the corner at the left hand of each
player are enclosed by a line forming
the “yard.” Nineteen pieces are placed the
at these nineteen squares in each of
two corners, black in one corner and
white in the opposite. The game con
sisis in changing the places of all the
pieces so that tlie niueteen white pieces
may occupy the squares of the black and
vice-versa. Eacli piece has two kinds
of moves; first, tho move of a king in
Cness, and secondly a jumping move,
,n which it jumps any other piece jump in any
direction and continues so to as
long as possible, so that if the pieces
were properly arranged board one might jump
entirely across the at one move.
There is no taking of pieces as in Check¬
ers, and a player jumps his own and
his adversary’s pieces indiscriminately.
These are all the rules, and experience
develops the possibilities of the game.
Tins board is very easily and card simply
drawn by ruling a sheet of into
squares of sixteen on a side, with pen¬
cil or ink lines. Then separate, in
each of two opposite corners, nineteen
squares. If four play, but thirteen men
each are used in smaller yards, in join the
four corners, and the players may
as partners. For more than a year this
game has inventor, been in and use it anyxx^tlie half attracted triends
of the so
much attention several in this and foreign
countries that sets have been
made by hand until its publication has
seemed a necessity, such is the fascina¬
tion of -its simplicity and complexity.—
Milton Bradley, in Good Housekeeping,
Candy - Making at Home.
■ - M l — . H I
If you are making large quantities of
candy, “blocks,” you will find it convenient to
make which look well mixed
with others, and admit of infinite vari¬
ety with little trouble. It will pay to
have a few tin forms made a full inch
wide, the same in depth, and six or
seven long. Line these with double
waxed paper and press candy into
‘hem. You can, however, manage with
stout paper forms. You can use for
these blocks either remains of candy,
prepared and fresh. colored White for some other
purpose, or vanilla cream
in which you have mixed blanched al
mouds, chopped (not fine), is very deli¬
cious; white cream candy, very “chopped faintly
flavored with bitter almond and
almonds and figs worked into it,»s as
colors good, even it, better, only, iovely as the fig dis¬
it is not so to look at,
A piece tablespoonful of candy as large as an egg and
a good of nuts or tigs, or
both, will make two blocks. Another
combination I will call tuttifruiti —a
small teaspoonful of finely chopped,
citron, one of currants well washed and
dried, and one of sultaua raisins with
some gether chopped work almonds; enough mixed all to¬
and of them into a
iinctly piece of without firm white it caudv to siiow dis
double being too full of fruit,
—about the quantity of candy
than you have fruits. You can divide
this in half; color one the faintest pink
and flavor with raspberry juice, not
syrup, to be procured at the druggists.
They use and it will to make syrup for soda
of water, If find generally sell an ounce
it you the juice, of which
you must be sparing, softens the candy
too much, work in a little confection¬
er’s sugar. The other half yon may
have white, and flavor with real Santa
Cruz or Jamaica rum, or tint it yellow
and flavor with lemon, not forgetting
the dash of acid.— Catherine Owen, in
Good Housekeeping.
The Luster of Pearls.
Pearls deteriorate by age, contact
with acids, gas and noxious vapors of
all sorts. This is especially true of
pierced pearls. Various means for re¬
storing them have been tried, but ex¬
perience shows them to be useless. Tim
best way to preserve linen pearls doth is to wipe
them with clean after being
worn and deposit closed box them, wrapped in
linen, in a or casket. A
leading importer of pearls advises that
pearl necklaces, which are liable to de¬
teriorate by coming in contact with draw¬ tho
skin, be restrnng once a year, as
ing the silk thread out and in through
the pierced parts tends to cleanse the
pearls. fairly In Ceylon, we are assured on
good authority, that when it is
desired to restore the luster to Orien
tial pearls the pearls are allowed to bo
swallowed by chickens. The fowls with
this precious diet are then killed and
the pearls regained in a white and lus¬
trous state.
SELFISHNESS.
Tarioas Forms o( It m Displayed In Varl
oos People.
Greed is not entirely confined to ani¬
mals of breeds the porcine of human breed. hogs There are
various selfishness, which, in
point of are far ahead of
those unfortunate creatures that are
mentioned in the New Testament as
having into the run violently and perished down in a the steep bilk p lace
sea ows.
is Greed, penal or avarice, offense. strictly Byron speaking,
not a remarks
cynically: “For a good old gentlemanly
vice I think I’ll take up with avarice.”
And yet there is very little fun in hoard¬
ing up money. It is almost impossible
to take any of it with us when we die
and go to heaven. ••Shrouds,” to uso
the impressive words of some preacher,
whose * have
name we forgotten—
“Shrouds have no pockets.” This is a
fact, we critically presume, examined although we have
never many shrouds
to see if they had pockets or not. It
would hardly be invited in good form for a per¬
son who is to a funeral to
monkey around the remains searching
for a pocket idle curiosity. in the shroud Such merely to
gratify would invited second a time person
not be a to a
funeral. Now that we come to think
we fail to perceive why a shroud should
have a pocket. have drifted
But we away from our
text, which was avarice or greed.
There is such a thing as mistaken
avarice, where a man, in an effort to
save a dime, loses a dollar. An illustra¬
tion of this is to be found in the case of
the negro during slave times, who, hav¬
ing bought a hat, put it under his coat
to prevent it being rained on. When
asked why he did not keep his hat on
his head, he replied: “De hat’s mine;
bought it wid my own money. Head
belongs to massa; let him take keer of
his own logic property.” good, far it
This was very so as
went, but when the selfish negro caught
cold in his head from exposure and died
ted of neuralgia narrow-minded in great agony, selfish he policy. regret¬
his
The man who occupies several seats
in a crowded railroad-car come3 under
the head of dressed pork.
Another form of selfishness from Ver¬
mont: A couple put of off applying could for a
divorce one term wedding. court so they
profit by their tin
Boys are supposed to be selfish, butt
occasionally a boy shows symptoms of
liberality. A Texas boy, after eating
three whole water-melons, pointed tri¬
umphantly to the seeds as proof that he
didn’t eat whole ones. He had left the
seeds .—Texas Siftings.
Ornaments of Algerian Women.
The dress loosely of tho about Algerian the woman
hangs which very “always bare. Sometimes arms,
are a
red band, which passes in a loop the back, over
each shoulder and crosses at
where it is ornamented with little red
tassels, keep a fig
ure. When © arms are raised tbe
loose drapery hanging through the
loops has much the appearance of the
full sleeve of the Italian peasant. Shoui
der-pius are very much worn and are
made of silver, often enriched with coral
and enamels, resembling an Irish
brooch. These pins are sometimes con¬
nected with a chain, to the center ol
which is suspended a little metal box,
enameled and containing scent. On the
head is worn a little peaked liberty. bonnet, It is
like the French cap of
made by doubling in half, lengthwise,
a broad silk band, and sewing up oue
side. It is kept in its place by a second
kerchief, bound round and knotted be¬
hind. Many women allow their hair to
wave free, or confine it simply with a
fillet A frequent ornament is a round
silver brooch with an opening in the
center crossed by a pin. Bosses of coral,
as well as knobs of silver, which latter
have a pearl-like effect, are dotted about
it They are effective pieces of jewelry, glist¬
and with the sun shining on them
en like moons. They are not adopted On the
till a woman becomes a mother.
birth of a girl, the brooch is worn be¬
tween the “breasts; on the above birth of the a fore¬ boy,
it is raised, and gleams and
head. When a wife is disobedient
is beaten by her husband, the brooch is
often undone by the woman and dash¬
ed to the ground at his feet. There is
another head ornament, handsomer
than this. It consists of a central silver
brooch over the forehead, and side
brooches above the temples, enriched in
the same style, and with rows of silver
gleaming semispheres completely glitter¬ en¬
circling the head, and forms a
ing tiara fit for a princess. Necklaces
are ma^Je of beads and coral, and also
of cloves and sweet-smelling paste.—
Brooklyn Magazine.
Edison’s Patent Non-Existing Shirt,
Undergoing general circulation is &
story that Edison, the inventor, hex;
produced an electrical toy baby that
••an arrange the letters of any name
from among spelling blocks; that can
say: “Come in,” “Mamma, I’se sleepy” and
and two or three other sentences,
that can cry, laugh, sing and play tho
piano. “Is that fact? I hadn’t heard of
a
that story yet,” said Mr. Edison’s latest pri¬
vate secretary; “that must be the
out about Mr. Edison. Is that an Euro¬
pean or an American tale?”
“That’s of Waterbury Conn, manu¬
facture—-that is if it is manufactured. ’
“Well, it certainly has no truth in it
Most of the clever stories about Mr.
Edison, however, are European. The
latest was published in the Vienna
Tageblatt. That was about the 365
shirt—a garment that Mr. Edison was
said to have succeeded in manufaetur
ing of 365 delicalply thin sheets of
paper in layers, one layer for every day
in the year. You tore off the outer
sheet every morning, and started each
day with a spick and span clean shirt.
For leap year you bought a 366 shirt.
A man in Paris went to an exchange and
office, bougnt a five dollar bill,
mailed it to Mr. Edison for a sample of
the garment, and a chap in Berlin
tried to buy the agency for it in Prus¬
sia.”—New York S un.
Of the machines imported into Aos
tro-Hungary in tbe three-quarters of
this year, 55 per cent came from En¬
gland, 37 per cent from Germany, 7 per
sent from Switzerland, and 1 per cent
from The Italy, machines France, Belgium, imported and from Ameri-j Eni
sa.
gland were chiefly destined for the oot»,
Ion and linen industries.