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IN THE MORNINCJ,
4rnfles will play where teardrops are cling¬
ing bitter now ;
Bre« >1 and gentle will fan the fevered
brow;
Phe weary moan of sorrow will ''case, an 1,
sweet,
Do filled with KU'l'nlng sunlight, sprint
llnj? glory nt the ,eet.
Tho drooping bead of ros*», bending now In
languid sleep,
Will wake when dewdrop* hasten their lov
lag tryst to keep;
fho ck>uds of souther ool’ring, now eurtain.
Ing placid skies,
Will roll away, ns brightness on tho wings
cf morning flies '■
1'he h< art will cease its aching and a throb
of hap'neu thrill
fho lonely place that's longing for a note of
joy to nil
It’s empty, dr-ary lifeway, with its rugged
path of pain,
Where love will send its greeting, when
morning comes again!
—Atlanta Constitution.
ELEANOR.
BY JENNY WREN.
WAS working in
tho mill that first
day Miss Meredith
Jw j passed through it—
r B IV / N in J, a her lad father’s of sixteen, em¬
M'-f, ploy ; she, the
wealthiest heiress
' • $ in all our State,
.
■wTot ahe stopped
iw. \ z T when she came to
'-r ; V, that part of the ma¬
chine I was direct¬
ing and watched mo eagerly. I had
seen the men turn, one by one, from
their work iu respectful admiration of
her beauty. It was little wonder my
fingers grew clumsy under her gaze.
I had a tasto for mechanism, a fatal
inheritance, some called it, from my
father, whom wo had found dead, one
bright summer morning, bending
over an unfinished model. But, young
us I was, Mr. Crane, our superinten¬
dent, had confidence in me, therefore
assigned me tho work Miss Meredith
lmd honored me by pausing to watch.
He was by her side now. Rumor said
ho was wooing tho young hoiress ; but
as regards that, w'o mill-hands had lit¬
tle opportunity for judging; only, in
tho one brief glance I dared take in
tho pure, lovely face smiling so bright¬
ly down upon us, I doubted whether
ho or any other man were worthy.
“Is not this work very difficult?”
she questioned. “I should think a
boy could hardly manage it.”
“It requires inoro skill than any
other,” Mr. Crauo answered. “But I
have groat faith in George, although
one falso turn would throw all tho ma¬
chinery out of order. ” Thou he added
something in a low tono which I could
not hear. But before Miss Meredith
loft the mill she again approaohed mo.
“Como and see mo this evening,
George. I want particularly to speak
with you.”
I bowed assent, doubtless in an
awkward way; but all the rost of the
long summer day I moved as iu a
dream.
Eight o’clock found mo promptly
seeking admittance at the door of
Miss Meredith’s beautiful home. Tho
footman looked inquiringly at me
when I murmured tho name of his
mistress; but at that instant she came
forth from ouo of tho great rooms aud
welcomed mo kindly. Her gracious
uohh, tho luxury everywhere sur¬
rounding me, the subtle atmosphere
of fragrance served to intoxicate me
ns I followed her, catching sight, with
dismay, of my ungainly figure reflect¬
ed in tho numberless mirrors. But
when she paused, we stood alone in a
large room more plainly furnished
than those wo had passed through, but
whose walls from floor to ceiling were
lined with books.
“George,” she began, and I fancied
a slight embarrassment iu her man¬
ner, “Mr. Crane.has interested mo so
much in you, that I think it a pity
you should not have other advantages
than those you possess. I sent for you
to say that you may have free access
to our library, if you think it will be
of service to you.”
I could in that moment have fallen
at her feet. The books for which I
had hungered were to be mine at last.
In her white dress, with no color save
the knot of violets in her breast,
matching in hue her eyes, she seemed
to my boyish fancy an angel opening
tho gates of heaven that I might enter
iu.
Tho naxt year flew swiftly by.
Sometimes the sun, peeping in at my
window, would find mo bending over
the book 1 had so eagerly opened the
night before, and I would throw my
self, dressed, on my bed to snatch an
hour’s sleep, to prepare me for the
manual labor of the day. I grew pale
aud thin, but for that I cared nothing,
until one morning, when it came time
to rise, I found my body powerless to
obey mv will, and sauk back on my
pillows iuto unconsciousness.
For weeks I lay tossing in delirium
aud fever. A memory hauuted me
when once more I awakened to the
realities of life, of a tender touch and
a face enshrined on my heart. Could
it be Miss Meredith had been to see
With garrulous eagerness my nurse
told me all. How she had come, not
once, but many times, even in the
midst of her wedding preparations,
how grand the wedding was, how
lovely looked the bride, and how, as
Mrs. Crane, she had left for me her
good-by, since they were to cross the
seas and might not be back for many
a year.
“Married and gone!”
Like a knell the words fell on my
r as I silently turned my head away,
and the bitter tears rolled one by one
down my cheek. Ah, how little was
I iu her life who had helped till mine
with such gladness . Yet she had not
forgotten me. The house was in the
care of servants (her father having
joined them), but the library was left
open to me, with tho privilege of
spending there as many hours as
would.
Ten years passed on. I held Mr.
Crane’s old position now. I had won
it through a discovery I had made of
great value to the owners, and which
(like all else that I was, or might be) I
owed to Miss Meredith, i could not
think of her as Mrs. Craue, not even
when I learned they were coming homt
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again, with the little girl, born the
first year of their marriage in Florence,
but without the father who had so
worshiped her whose body lay in a
foreign grave; not even when, going
uj> after her arrival to offer my respect
f u l welcomes she came forward, hold
ing by the hand a little girl, whose
sunny hair fell to her waist.
My eyes glanced from the mother
child. \\ as it in that moment
1 transferred my heart’s homage? I
not - * 0D ^7 know that for the
laid bttje down creature life. I would willingly have
my
“We are so proud of you, George,”
Mrs. Craue said kindly.
But something in my throat choked
my answer. I could only turn awk
war Uy away.
The mill grew ami prospered in the
years which rushes so swiftly by. I
would have gone iuto the world to seek
wider scope for my ambition but for
a something tugging at my heart
which kept me chained. I was an
honored guest now at the old home,
The poor, friendless boy no longer
sought admittance to the library, but
with consummate tact was made to
feel himself a friend.
But how had I repaid the kindness
offered? How recompensed my debt
of gratitude? I had drifted idly
down the current of the music of
birds, ’mid the fragranco of flowers,
until suddenly, like the roar of the
avalanche at my very feet, though be¬
fore unheard, this truth forced itself
upon me: I loved Eleanor Crane.
She was as yet but a child on the
boundary-line between girlhood and
womanhood, the age when first I had
raised my eyes to look upon her
mother’s face. Yet I had loved her
from that first moment she had stood,
a child of eight, clinging to her moth¬
er’s hand, regarding the stranger with
wondering eyes.
“Eleanor will marry ere many years,
and leave me. Oh, George, if I could
but keep her always !”
This was the confidence uttered one
day as we sat aloue, that opened my
eyes to the fatal truth. This woman,
to whom I owed all, everything,
should I rob of her one treasure?
Some day, perhaps, some man great
and noble might sue and bo thought
worthy, but for me—I turned away
with a groan I could not repress.
“Are you ill?” asked Mrs. Crane.
“You havo grown so white.”
“Yes,” I answered. “It is nothing.
I will soon recover. I—I will go homo
aud lie down.”
Lie down ! Through the long night
I paood up and down my floor; but
with the morning the battle had been
fought, tho victory gained, my reso¬
lution formed. I would go away. I
knew now what had kept my ambition
dormant for so long. There was a
questioning look iu Mrs. Crane's eyes,
a half pleading glance iu Eleanor’s,
when I went to make my hasty good
bys, but I dared not seek to interpret
them, aud so went out into the world.
I was thirty-five when I mastered
the problem which all these yaars had
mustered mo. Thirty-five when I knew
my namo was famous, and tho dicov
ory I had made had made my fortune.
For three yoars I had devoted to it
every moment of my lonely existence,
and the end was gained at last. But
what availed it? It could not fill the
emptiness of my lifo or that life’s
needs. Some part of my great dis¬
covery, they wrote me, they wanted
applied to the mills. Would I spare
them a few days to give it my per¬
sonal supervision? It was a summons
gratitude aud honor compelled me to
obey, so I told myself, with a sudden
glad rush of my blood through every
vein. I should see her ; should learn
if, as yet, any had gained the prize.
She welcomed me with a new, strange
shyness, but my resolution had made
me calm to coldness. No, she was yet
heartfree, her mother told mo. What
had I hoped that at her words a great
weight rose from my heart? The im¬
provements had been made. The next
day I was to return to my work, when
it was proposed we should go in a
party through the mill to witness its
working. Standing by Eleanor’s side,
we involuntarily paused before the
one quiet worker who filled my place
when years before her mother had so
paused aud made the turning point in
my life. All rushed over me with
lightning speed, when as Eleanor bent
closer to examine the intricate ma
cliinery, turning carelessly to me to
ask some questions, a light something
whirled in the air, a faint scream
burst from my darling’s pale lips, tho
light drapery she wore fluttered in the
awful wheel, which in another moment
would have caught and crushed her
fragile form.
No time for thought, no hope of
rescue if au instant’s delay. How
it happened no words could paint;
but ere another thirty seconds had
gone by, Eleanor stood pale and trem
bling, safe, while my right arm hung
helpless by my side.
“Oh, George, George, I have killed
you !” I heard her say, in a tone which
even in that moment thrilled me, but
as I strove to answer, the agony sick
ened me, all grew dark, and iu my
strength and manhood I fell forward
at her feet.
A choking sob somewhere near me
was the sound I heard, as opening my
eyes, I found I had been borne back
to Mrs. Crane’s house, and caught a
glimpse of a girl’s retreating figure.
Mrs. Craue was sitting by my bedside,
while my right arm was already ban
j daged. When I was stronger they told
me truth. It must be amputated. I
made no murmur. So would I have
laid down my life. But now never
must I speak my love. No gratitude
must influence' Eleanor's, at pity’s
call, But, oh, how barren stretched
..... life before the , operation
my me, as,
over, I lay one morning alone in my
room, knowing how strong had been
the unacknowledged hope, nowerushed
. forever. Even ambition must die
without that right arm’s help. Yet it
was best so.
“Are you awake?” a soft voice ques
tioned. And I raised my eyes to find
Eleanor had stolen to my bedside,
“Awake, and would not call us? Re
belliousboy! Will you ever learn to
obey?” Then—oh, did my eyes be
iray my hungry love which could not
speak?—one little white hand came
creeping into mine. A great sob rose
; in my darling’s throat as, in a choking
j voice, she whispered: “George, why
will you be so sad? You will never
go away from us again, never. I will
ue your right hand, dear. George,”
tins in low, eolemn tones, “I would
rather yon had let me die than again
to leave us. Tell me, do yon bate me,
that even now you tnra away from me?
What have I*done? What have I
done?”
As yet my misery had wrung from
me no tears; but now they blot from
my vision the sweet look of shame on
my darling’s face. With a mighty
effort I conquered myself and the hops
it is torture to crash.
“Hush, dear?” I said at last. “Do
not be so pitiful. I could not stay,
Eleanor. You must not ask it!”
“Not with me?” she questioned.
And looking into her azure eyes 1
read her secret even as she had read
mine,
“It is not pity, darling? Y’ou are
snre, sure? I could not quite bear
that, though I would be strong for
anything else. And if I stay, Eleanor,
you will bo my—”
I pause, but lower and lower sinks
the bright, sunny head, until it rests
upon my heart. In my helpless weak
ness I am not strong enough to refuse
the precious gift she yields as a free
will offering, and so—I win my wife
—The Ledger,
Why Incense Was Used.
The sense of smell, which at the
dawn of civilization was a declining
one, and since then has tended to be¬
come less and less of value, would i
appear to , have little chance , ot , gamins . .
au important position m any hranou
of human culture. And yet it came j
about that, one characteristic of the !
exciting cause of odors brought them
into prominence in tho service of re¬
ligion, and this prominence has con¬
tinued in that connection up to the
present day. Far back in the history
of our race, at any rate long before tho
dawn of history, the apparently im¬
material and, so to speak, ghostly ;
nature of tho exciting cause of the
sensations of smell, led, it would
seem, step by step, to the use of iu
cense in the service of the gods.
When it began to be felt that the
ancestral or other spirit that had to
be appeased was hardly of a nature to
consume the material food or drink
oflered to it to appease its wrath or to
gain its favor, au easy step of reason¬
ing suggested that this food or liquid
would be more acceptable iu the form
of smoke or vupor. Tho gods had
become of too spiritual a nature
actually to eat the food, but they
would still require some form of
nourishment, and what could bo more
suitable) to them than the fumes of
burned flesh ? This is the conception
that is prominent, or, at all events,
survives, iu the descriptions of sacri¬
fices iu the “Iliad,” where the thick
clouds from the burning thighs of the
slaughtered oxen, and from the fat in
which they were wrapped, ascend to
Olympus and cheer the assembled
gods. It was but a step from this to
the burning of fragrant woods and
rosin to provide a less gross gratifica¬
tion. Moreover, by the consumption
in their honor of theso precious
spices and fragrant gums, obtained at
so much cost aud trouble, another
motive of sacrifice was satisfied.
The Egyptians in the preparation
of their mummies had need of a vast
store of sjiices aud aromatics. This
need, no doubt, was the origin of
their trade with Southern Arabia—the
land of Punt—a trade which attained
to great importance under the
eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties.
That, in search of aromatics, there
was also a more northern trade route
which must in early days have brought
them iuto contact with the Hebrews,
we shall see later on. The Egyptians
iu this respect were far in advance of
the Greeks of Homer. They burned
their inceuse in a censer, using it in a
similar way to the Buddhists aud
Christians of later days.—Nineteenth
Century.
Circus Horses Costly and Hard Worked.
“A good circus horse is a most ex¬
pensive iiurchase,” said a trainer to a
writer for Harrison’s Magazine, “as
you may judge when I tell you that I
frequently pay as much as $1500 for a
single animal before it has been
trained. I have one black horse now
in my possession which I would not
part with for $2000, although it is
only employed in the ring, Last
year when I was exhibiting near New
York City a New York millionaire and
his family visited my exhibition and
were so much impressed with the
beauty and grace of this noble animal
that ha offered me $1800 for her, but
I declined the offer. An ordinary
thoroughbred Kentucky horse bought
for $1500 is worth to me when thor
oughlv trained for the circus ring any
where from $2500 to $5000. Amcri
can thoroughbred horses, although
they are more difficult to train by rea
son of their organizations and ex
, citability, are far and away the best
animals for performing purposes,
They stand work and are fit to be put
j ! in their harness tricks. soon Iam after the going owner through of 300
horses, and I guarantee that every one
of them is sound and perfect, Rs
i member, a horse for my purpose has
to be sagacious, aud I reject an end
less number before fixing on a clever
one. Horses differ entirely as regards
intellect, As an instance, I may tell
you that two and one-half years is oc¬
cupied in training some horses, while
two or three months may suffice ior
the thorough tuition of other. I took ^
nine months, by the way, to teach a
horse to catch a ball in his mouth, but
i by far the hardest task is to induce a
j big horse to jump over a pony. season.” I expect
to give this act during the
A Historic Stone.
Most , travelers , , while ... in . T London j pay
a visit to “London Stone.” This his
tone stone is oblong in shape, or a
grayish color, and is imbedded in the
slabs of the foundation of St. Swithin’s
Church, which is situated right in the
j heart of the city. This stone was
| erected by the Romans half a century
j before the birth of the point Savior of as their the
central milestone of
possessions in Britain. From it all
j roads, tances throughout divisions of the property province and disr
were
measured. It has been recognized as
the heart of England from which all
its arteries flowed by every historian
or antiquary known to English litera
; ' ture. A feeling has always existed
among Englishmen about this stone
which was not altogether superstition,
that as all distances were reckoned
from it so it was in a certain way the
; base of the stability of England.—
Ch’cg > Herald.
C OXGRESSION At
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH
HOUSE SENATE. I
AND
The Discussion of Important Measures
Briefly Epitomized.
house. Monday was suspension day in the
Under suspension of the rules
the senate amendments to the naval
appropriation bill were agreed to and
the bill was sent to conference. Mr.
McCreary then precipitated something
of a sensation by offering the follow¬
ing house resolution: of representatives “Resolved, indorse That the the j !
prompt and vigorous efforts of the
president and his administration
to suppress lawlessness, restore
order and prevent improper inter¬
ference with the enforcement of the
laws of the United States, and with
the transportation of mails of the
United States, and with interstate j
commerce, and pledges its hearty sup- » |
port, and deems the success that has
already attended its efforts cause for j
proper aud general congratulation.
After debate the resolution was passed
without a division, the minority not j
being strong enough to get the ayes !
and uavs called.
In the house, Tuesday, life on motion ot
Mr. Street, of Idaho, house agreed
„n the senate amendments to the house
, )in extending for one year the period
within which entries under the pje
eruption law may be paid. Messrs,
Catchings, of Mississippi; Lester, of
Georgia, and Henderson, of Illinois,
were appointed conferees on the part
of the house for tho consideration of
the river and harbor appropriation
bill. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, demanded
the regular order, to vote on the bill to
establish a uniform system of bankrupt
cv which was pending when tho house
adjourned Monday. Mr. Burrows, of
Michigan, made the point that the
8pe cial order for consideration of that
bill had expired und that it was not
now in order, but Speaker Pro Tern
Richardson ruled that a vote should bo
taken. The ayes and nays were called
and the bill passed by yeas 127, nays 81.
The house galleries Thursday bore
living evidence of the public interest
in the tariff bill. For the first time in
nearly a month seats in all tho galler¬
ies, except the diplomatic gallery,
were filled, in anticipation of the de¬
bate on the report of tho conferees.
Immediately after the reading of
the journal Mr. Outhwaite, of
Ohio, presented a resolution from the
committee on rules, providing that
when conferees on the tariff bill re¬
port their disagreement it shall be in
order to move that the house insist
upon its disagreement to the senate
amendments in gross, and that tho
motion shall be discussed two hours,
when, without any intervening motion,
a vote shall be taken. Mr. Reed took
tho floor and offered a word of
protest against cutting off the de¬
bate in this summary manner. He
thought there were members of tho
democratic side xvlio desired time to
express their opinions of the senate
amendments. Ho then yielded ten
minutes to Mr. Johnson, the free trade
single-taxer, from Ohio. Mr. John¬
son immediately launched a protest
against the special order, because it
gave the house no opportunity to vote
separate instructions on the different
schedules, especially on the subject of
sugar. He denounced the discrimina¬
tion in tho sugar schedule in favor of
the trust as “criminal,” and declared,
amid a burst of applause, that if the
sugar trust or any other trust was to
legislate for the people, it made little
difference whether that legislation was
imposed upon tliemjby a McKinley or a
Gorman bill. The order of tho rules
committee was adopted and Chairman
Wilson recognized. There was a burst
of hearty applause from the democratic
side, as he arose with tho tariff bill,
and the disagreeing report in hand.
He sent the report of the disagreement
to the speaker’s desk and it was read,
briefly stating that there was a dis¬
agreement in toto. Mr. Wilson then
made an eloquent appeal for the house
bill. Pie said it had not only been in¬
dorsed by the people, but the presi¬
dent of the United States had given
his approval to the scheme of tariff
reform created by the house. No man
had been more intensely interested
iu this contest than the president.
As a part of his remarks, Mr. Wilson
had read at the clerk’s desk along letter
written to him by the president,
wherein he defined his position on the
pending bill. At 1:40 o’clock a motion
by Mr. Wilson to insist upon its disa¬
greement to the senate amendments
and ask further conference was agreed
to, and Speaker Crisp reappointed the
former conferees—Wilson, McMillan,
Turner and Montgomery, democrats,
and Reed, Burrows and Payne, repub¬
licans.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Monday, the consid¬
eration of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was re¬
sumed. Mr. Call renewed his efforts
to increase the salary of the law lijjra
rian to $2,500. The bill was passed
and then the district of Columbia ap¬
propriation bill was taken up.
In the senate, Tuesday, Mr. Nest re¬
ported a bill for the sale of tho custom
house property in Louisville, Ky. The
bill to amend the constitution with
provision as to hours of labor was in
troduced by Mr. George, of Missis¬
sippi, by request and referred to the
committee on immigration. order Wed¬
The senate was called to
nesday by Senator Harris president
P ro tem Yice President Stevenson
> Bloommg
having fjf gone to his home m
t f seT eral davs. The bill
aut borizing John E. Johnson and oth
erp [ keeper an q crew G f the life-saving
Kta ion at Ho „ Inland, Va., to accept
’ diplomas from
me j a i s Q f honor and
+h e kina' of Soain for 6avin» the crew
rnarv^iT ( f tbe gnnnish ship San Alfiano, Feb-
1892 was passed; also the
bill authorizing Rear Admiral John G.
Walker and Surgeon General J. Rufus
Trvoc United States Naw to accept
donations from the government of
Y^enezuela • also authorizing Corn
mander C* H Davis United States
Xaw, to accept a decoration from the
King’of Spain f’ in recognition Eufalie of servi. her
ces i n an t a during
vis’t to th 1 World’s Fair The bill
authorizing the President to appoint
delegate* to tbp International Goedetic
a *1-1__ 1
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A“NapoLEONOFFiNANCE”iaBome
times only a corporal of integrity.
CURIOUS FACTS.
The steam engine is 125 years old.
Rain falls in tho Andes about onea
seven years.
In France there are special railway
for carrying bicycles.
In China a man who killed his father
executed, and along with him his
for not having taught
better.
Trees from which coffin wood is
in Tonquin are mined instead
being taken from the living forest.
are found buried under a sandy
Iu an egg just broken for use in tho
of J. P. Bergen, of Hamilton,
was found the eye half of a nee¬
dle in which was a thread five inches
The greatest geysers iu the world
in the Yellowstone Park. The
Icelandic geysers are trivial by coai
with them, either iu number
or dimensions.
The National Yellowstone Park,
-w-Licla is situated iu three States, Wy
Montana, Idaho, comprises
8qvmre mi i es aud is tll0 i arg<jst
p ar k j u the world,
™ e ,°, , y T . ” ., ? mentioned ,. . in .
„ !. ho b,bl,! « 1 ""} " rl “ M a,s
? * oot n K er8 “f * oes fo "( “ d m 'To n11
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b »”'ncl II. xxt.. 20.
Black River (Wis.) policemen be
sieged a house for three hours in the
full conviction that burglars were in
side. They found a cow which had
entered through the kitchen door,
The air now known as “Yankee
Doodle” is older than the time of
Cromwell, and was well known in the
colonies prior to the revolution un¬
der the name of “Nankie Doodle.”
The Rev. Dr. Philip S. Moxora, of
Springfield, Mass., has among his
hearers every Sunday two people who
come regularly from Boston, a dis¬
tance of about 100 miles, to hear him
preach.
There is a dog at Southwest Harbor,
Me., which has trotted from Somes
ville to the Harbor aud back, twelvo
miles a day, six days in tho weok, for
four years. Thus he has traveled near¬
ly 15,000 miles.
When mails are distributed at the
postofiice iu the City of Mexico, the
names of receivers of letters are posted
on a bulletin board. When a person
calls for his mail his first act is to
consult this board.
Some of the bricks found in Baby¬
lon indicate by the stamps upou tlieir
surface an age of at least 5000 years.
The art of brickmaking was well de¬
veloped at that time, for no bricks are
better made than these.
What is claimed to be the first
book made of ground wood paper was
placed in the Berlin testing office for
examination recently. It is said to
bo in good condition, despite tho fact
that it was printed in 1852.
The cultivation of the dandelion as
a salad vegetable is becoming a fea¬
ture with the truck gardeners in New
York’s suburbs, This has beeu
brought about by the rapid advance
of the wild variety into popular favor.
Chinese 3Ioney.
Chinese bank notes are more like
promissory notes than our bank notes.
There is not and never has been nation¬
al banks,and notes are not used as cur¬
rency to any extent. The banker
merely writes the amount on the note
and puts his private seal or chop over
it, writes a correspondent of the Phila¬
delphia Times.
Such notes are made out for all sums
from five to 20,000 taels, aud the Chi¬
nese banker never goes back on his
signature. He pays the notes when
they are presented in silver or gold.
The silver is usually paid according to
weight, in lumps the shape of a toy
bathtub, ranging in value all the way
from $1 to $50. The usual size is
■worth about $50, and it weighs about
live pounds. The gold is made in long,
thin cakes, and is twenty carats fine.
The banker stamps with his private
seal every piece of silver he pays out,
and even the Mexican dollars are
marked thus with India ink.
Every big bank or company has a
man who takes all of the silver dollars
that come iu and fits them into holes
made in a board, so that when they
lie in them their surface is just level
with the board. He then takes a
brush and water and washes them as
white and clean as though they had
just come from the mint. He now
stamps his chop on each of them, and
this means that he guarantees their
payment.
Any one who has been in China will
see the necessity of this. There are
no shrewder counterfeiters in the
world than tho Chinese, and they are
especially adept in tho plugging of
coin.
The other day an American got a
silver dollar in trade, at Hankow, and
attempted to pass it at the bank there.
He was told it was not good, and upon
his questioning the matter, the Chinese
cashier sent for a candle and lit it.
He then held the coin over it and lo!
in a moment it began to melt. The
sides fell off and in the centre there
was a piece of copper. The counter¬
feiters had split a genuine coin and
had hollowed out the two pieces on the
inside so that the copper could be
ted int-o them. They were then
patched together so neatly that only
the experienced ear of the Chines?
shroff could detect the fraud.
An Old Theory Corroborated.
More than three hundred species of
fish hitherto unknown to naturalists
are described by M. Leon Y r aillant as
inhabiting the lakes of Borneo. Many
other fish are identified with species
living in the waters of the Sunda Isl¬
ands and of Indo-China. As thes*
species never reach the sea, they fur¬
nish another argument in favor of tho
theory of a former connection of thes?
countries.—Public Opinion.
Charcoal and Chickens.
All fanciers concede the value of
charcoal in the raising of poultry.
Ordinarily it is so given that the fowls
will refuse it. It is suggested that tho
most enticing form is corn burnt on
the cob, which is greedily devoured
oy the fowls with a decided improve¬
ment in their health aud producing a
greater quantity of egg, of much bet¬
ter quality.—Atlanta Constitution.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES
Which Happen From Day to Day
Throughout the Busy World.
The Nationnl Tube Works strike at
McKeesport, Ta., has been declared
off, and the men will return to work.
The new men employed on tho Fort
Wayne, Ind., railroads in the yards
and as trainmen are hourly submitted
to most brutal assaults from the dis¬
charged men.
Advices from Seoul, the capital of
Corea, say that au attack has been
made by the Japanese collieries upon
tho British consulate, and that Consul
General Hiller and wife were brutally
assaulted, A force of British marines
has been landed at Seoul to protect the
consulate from further attack.
At a mass meeting of miners held at
Bevier, Mo., the coal striko was for¬
mally declared off, and the men al¬
lowed to return to work on tho terms
offered by their employers. Work
will bo resumed in all of the mines
excepting the Kansas and Texas No.
43, which will not be open for work
until September.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt in the vicinity of St. Louis Wed¬
nesday. Tho shocks were not so no¬
ticeable in the city proper, but in the
suburbs houses were shaken, pictures
rattled on the walls, chairs rocked, and
dishes on the tables were moved. In
no case so far reported was the shock
sufficient to do any damage.
Tlio Massachusetts state convention
of the people’s party have put in the
field the following state ticket: Goo.
H. Cary, of Lynn, governor; Wilbert
O. Dwinell, of Danvers, lieutenant
governor; Dr. M. W. Moran, treas¬
urer and receiver general; M. W. Lan¬
ders, of Pittsfield, auditor; Carleton
S. Beals, of Brockton, secretary of
state.
Train wreckers attempted to ditch
tho west bound passenger train two
miles east of Dodge City, Texas, by
stretching a large steel chain across
the rails. The obstruction was discov¬
ered by Sheriff Clancey, who was on
horseback. He urged his animal in a
breakneck pace towards the approach¬
ing train and succeeded in stopping it
within a few feet of the obstruction.
Advices of Tuesday from St. Peters¬
burg state that the cholera epidemic is
assuming alarming proportions, Tho
preseut visitation is of much more in¬
tense and more fatal character than
were tho outbreaks of the two previous
years. The disease lias even penetrat¬
ed into Finland, which has hitherto
been absolutely free from cholera.
The hospitals arc full and a prison is
being converted into a hospital.
The most horrible accident which
ever occurred about the mines in the
Pennsylvania region, took place at No.
8 Stockton mine at Hazleton Tuesday
morning. Two hundred sticks of dy¬
namite exploded among a crowd of
men preparing to go down to their
day’s work. All of these unfortunates
were scattered and torn to fragments.
The exact number of killed is not pos¬
itively known, but it is placed betwen
eight and eleven.
Richard Wood Woodward, of Mar¬
shalltown, Pa., has engaged counsel
to bring suit against persons in tho
city of New York to recover $470,000,
000. He claims to hold evidence to
prove that ho is the only descendant of
Robert Edwards, who in 1754 bought
thirty-five acres of land where Trinity
church now stands. The laud was
leased to King George ninety-nine
years, at the expiration of which time
the heirs were called for, but none ap¬
peared.
NEW RUSSIAN MINISTER.
Hon. Clifton IJreckenridge Appointed
by the President.
Tho president Thursday sent to the
senate the following nomination: Clif¬
ton R. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, to
be envoy extraordinary arid minister
plenipotentiary to Russia,vice Andrew
D. White, resigned.
Mr. Breckenridge was offered the
Russian mission by the president two
weeks ago, and has had the matter
under consideration. He finally
notified the president of liis ac¬
ceptance, and the nomination was
immediately sent to the senate. Mr.
Breckinridge has been a consistent
tariff reformer, and has given the
president his hearty support in that
direction. When the extra session
convened last August Mr. Breckinridge
was an earnest advocate of the repeal
of the purchasing clause of the silver
coinage act, and voted for it. For
this action Mr. Breckinridge was made
war upon in his district, and his op¬
ponent succeeded in defeating him for
renomination. The president desired
to suitably recognize his services, and
tendered him the Russian mission.
AN ANARCHIST ON TRIAL.
Paul Lega Says He Intended to Kill
C'ripi and Defends Anarchy.
The trial of the anarchist, Paul Lega,
for attempting to kill Premier Crispi,
as he was riding in a carriage on his
way to the Chamber of Deputies, on
June 16th, began at Rome, Italy,
Thursday.
The court room was crowded. The
prisoner, upon being arraigned, said
that he was animated in his attempt
upon Signor Crispi’s life much
less by hatred to Crispi personally,
than he was by a desire to strike at
the chief of the Prepotent Society.
The prisoner made a vigorous defense
of by anarchy, and “i concluded his speech j
saying: now await your ver¬
dict. If you give capital sentence,
there is always some one ready to
avenge his brethren, in France or in
America.”
Cholera Spreading in Russia.
The cholera continues to spread with
alarming rapidity throughout tho city
1 8 s f Lh“£t essjes;
were reported From Julv 8th to i
Sundav bunday at at noon noon, 875 87 o cases cases and and 294 |
deaths have been reported. The ex
ceptional measures used in the period j
of such an epidemic are being enforced ! i
riffidlv rigidly. Hundreds Hundreds of of cases cases are are re- re
ported from the provinces where the
percentage of deaths is exceptionally j
g
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Fob darning gloves in buttonhole
stitch, repeat until the hole is filled up.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS;
A VALCABLE HINT.
A writer of experience whose motto
is “A place for everything and every¬
thing in its place,” suggests that “in¬
stead of having boots, shoes and slip¬
pers strewn about closets, a special
hag should bo provided for them. I
have tried this myself and find it to ba
■ - excellent idea. Much of woman’s
hard work is due to the fact that sha
does not always take tho easiest and
best way to do things.
TO CUE AN BROWN LEATHER
Russia or brown leather may best
bo treated with ordinary saddle soap,
and this is the method which is rec¬
ommended: Sponge the mud off the
boots, rinse out tho sponge in clean
water and squeeze it nearly dry. Then
rub into it as much soap as it will con¬
tain ; rub that in turn thoroughly into
the leather, and leave it to dry—say
over niglit. Then polish with a
chamois either with or without tho
addition of a little white Meltoniiui
cream.—New York World.
Tltr. IDEAL CABBAGE.
There is no country in the world in
which vegetables are used so much
in the United Slates. Yet wli there do arc^p
many pool housekeepers > not
know how tvi cook them properly.
Cabbage is a plebian dish, ! iv i i h
proper attention it is possibl > ole
rate it to a higher rank. As usually
cooked, cabbage is to » henry for or¬
dinary digestion. Try steaming it
until soft aud serving it by pouring
around it a white sauce. Tho best
way to make this sauce is by melting a
spoonful of butter, stirring smoothly
into this the same measure of 41 cur,
pouring into the mixture one pint, of
milk, and boiling until.thicl V. Season
with salt and you will find you have j
dish as dainty as cauliflower.
TO TEMBT TIIE DELICATE ATTETTTH.
Eggs for the sick should bo coddled
instead of boiled. Boiling renders tho
white of the egg tough and indigest¬
ible, even in those which are termed
“soft boiled.” To coddle an egg, put
it in a quart cup and fill nearly to the
brim with boiling water. Let it stand
on the back part, of the stove (where
it cannot even simmer) for five min¬
utes. The white will bo found a deli¬
cate jelly, and the whole perfectly
wholesome and delicious.
Milk is now given iu almost in all
forms of illness, and especially tlioso
in which solid food is prohibited. Tho
old fallacy that it raises the tempera¬
ture, aud thus proves injurious in in¬
flammatory disease, has long been dis¬
sipated. Hot milk is a valuable stim¬
ulant, and proves a most excellent
tonic. It should not be permitted to
boil, but simply raised to a tempera¬
ture as hot as proves comfortable in
drinking; it should bo drunk from a
spoon, as this slow method insures
better digestion. When pure milk
disagrees with tho patient, a table¬
spoonful of lime water added to a
glassful, or half a pint, overcomes this
objection.
A potato baked with tho skin un¬
broken ig rich in nutrition and agree¬
able to the palate. The addition of a
little salt and a tablespoonful of rich,
sweet cream renders it truly delicious.
—Ingalls’s Homo Magazine,
RECIFES.
Baked Cod Fish—Scald the fishj
shred it very fine. Boil some pota¬
toes ; while hot put in a large lump of
butter; mash them thoroughly, mix
potatoes and fish together, and beat
to a cream with a wooden spoon. Put
the mixture into a pudding dish, but¬
ter tho top aud bake until nicely
browned. Use one-third more potatoes
than fish.
Apple Custard—Pare and grate six
apples and the rind of one lemon, add
the yolks of three eggs, sweeten to
taste, and bake in a quick oveu. When
done, spread over the apples a mer¬
ingue made by whipping to a stiff
froth the whites of three eggs, and
three tablespoonfuls of pulverized
sugar. Flavor with lomon. Put in
the oven until the meringue is a deli¬
cate brown.
Johnny Cake—One pint of butter¬
milk, one pint of Indian meal, one
teaspoonful of salt, three eggs, two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one
teaspoonful of soda. Beat the eggs
all together until light, add them to
the buttermilk, then add the Indian
meal and beat all well. Dissolve tho
soda in two tablespoonfuls of boiling
water, add this, the butter and salt to
tho batter ; mix thoroughly aud pour
into a shallow baking pan, well
greased. Bake in a moderately quick
oveu for half an hour.
Hoe Cakes—Put one pint of corn
meal into a bowl and half a fceaspoon
ful of salt; pour over it sufficient boil¬
ing water to moisten the meal and let
it stand ten minutes; then add the
water until the batter will drop nicely
from a spoon. Bake the same as grid¬
dle cakes on a hot griddle, When
done, put a piece of butter on the top
of each cake and serve. The old col
ored cooks in the South used to mak«^
them these cakes their to perfection, aud bakeefl^f'' **
on hoes before a wood fire ;
hence the name.
Yellow Pickles—Mix two pounds of
yellow sugar, one ounce of turmeric,
three of allspice, one of cloves, one of
mace, seed two tablespoonfuls of celery
and one and one-half teacupfuls
of white mustard seed. Pound all
well together, and stir it into two gal¬
lons of scalding hot vinegar. Slice
three large, firm heads of white cab
Tage, scald in brine, squeeze dry with
a towel and hang in the sun to bleach.
When nicely whitened, cover with cold
vinegar, and let it stand twenty-four
hours. I hen drain, pour over the
spiced vinegar, press down withaplato
aud weight.
Stuffed Beefsteak—A large slice of
b^Vi’th itmln “knife* tokfu ont
=* ? ri^ii^^er; 8 ° me dre3sln S made of stale
hr T , CrUmbs , °i«tened with cold
ra
water seasoned with one e*g a snoon- B P uou
/..j or . u ftU i i-,?, ltt ar3le
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or s e .i sao ’ ’ Tr • we , s pread on
tbe gb f, Y f Steak . ro11 cl osely and
wmd i Wltll ’
ft corJ h the oven oven very
hot> t it ia a ia tb ^ !
haIf au hour; mix a . poon £ bat
ter a ? d r ' r ater together and put in tho
tbe nu baking ; when done remora
cord and serve hot, cut in slices
* from the end of the roll,