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STAGE GLINTS. Fanny Rice’s new oomedy is called "’A Newspaper Story.” Louis Aldrich is to reappear on the stage in “Her Atonement.” Sarah Bernhardt iB acting in Italy and Jane Hading in Sweden. Aubrey Bonoicanlt is to appear in vaudeville in “A Sorap of Paper.” Ernest Van Dyck, the grand opera singer, was once a newspaper man. Robert Downing has anew oomedy, nailed “The Butterfly and the Grub.” Nance O’Neil, the young Amerioan tragedienne, has returned from Hono lulu. Alexandre Siloti, the Russian pianist, has abandoned his projected tour of this country. Lieutenant Dan Godfrey and his British Guards baud will pay America another visit. Joseph Murphy has been playing “The Kerry Gow” just 20 years and “Shaun Rhue” 21. Maud Granger has boon on the stage 20 years. Her real name was Annie E. Braiuerd, and she is a native of Connect ion t. Mr. K. E. Rice is to produce n now burlesque called “Little Red Riding Hood.” He brings the piece from Edin burgh. For the first time in many seasons Charles Frohman und Daniel Frobman are to join forces. They will produce “The White Horse Tavern.” In a recent benefit at a London thea ter the farce, “Little Toddlokins,” was rendered by Lady Greville, the Earl of Yarmouth and the Duke of Manchester. Viola Allen will continue “The Christian” at tlie Garden theater, New York, until spring. Next season she will bo soon in the play in the principal oities of the country. Mrs. Fiske is known only to the pub lic us an actress of talent, tint she is gifted as an authoress. She has written several clever plays which have been produced with success. GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Nearly 100 Canadian bred trotters entered the 2:30 lint in 1808. Indoor horseback riding is becoming a prononnoed fad in New York. George Gould, New York, has be come an ardent cross country rider. Prince Airlio, recently shipped to South Africa, is a brother to Chanty, 2:13*4. Tho emperor of Japan attends the oriental race meetings and is fond of a good horse. Aloyo, 2:10, recently sold for $420, is the fastest harness horse bred in Connecticut. Star Pointer, 1:59*4, will bo soon in exhibitions at tho Cleveland matinoes uext summer. A special congress of the National Trotting association may bo called in tho near future. Tennahiuch, 2:1(5’4, known as the ‘‘lrish horse,” was named after a bridge in Ireland. Wedge wood, 2:19, won 18 races dur ing his turf career uud was behind the money only twice. It is said that Charlie Herr, 2:13*4, will not bo raced again until ho is 5 years old. Ho is now 3. Colonel M. Lewis Clark will bo the presiding judge at Memphis, Louisville uud Harlem next spring and summer. Improvidence, 2:18*4, by Prodigal, is being jogged nt Poukopog farm iu Massachusetts, and her new owners are much pleased with her. 8 tree tor R, 2:15*4, by Longstrider, stands less than 15 bands high. Ho is a new one in the standard list, and his dam is Bird, by Flying Bird. Escobar, by Expedition, for whom J. W. Creech, Harrington, Kan., paid sl,- 400 at the Bplan-Newgass sale, is said to have stopped a mile iu 218. The Bultan of Turkey has requested Charles F. Bates to send him photo graphs of tho prize winning harness horses at tho recent national horse show. —Horseman. THE GLASS OF FASHION. Gowns other than tailor made show a decided flare at tho lower edges. This may bo cut with tho section, or set on, as one may choose. Wool fabrics are so popular that many women, especially those who are young and slender, are making exceed ing:;, attractive evening dresses from the: :. C. : th: ad is worked in with cho -1:ill* in me.! y , r 1 01 -,v embroideries, and br .id mi\. and la. 0 and che nille is another combination in trim mmg Black and white, always so popu lar seem to have such a preponderance of white that in many cases the black figures more as a trimming than any thing else. Belts have become so conspicuous a feature of dress that a whole volume might be written about them without giving an accurate description of th beauty and variety which meet your eye at every turn. Preach and Knffliah at Sea. A belief which, if not extraordinary, is entirely erroneous, appears to be gen erally held that a war with France, if it were unfortunately to come, would be of very sb'Wt duration. Various per sons with more or less authority have put the period in which we are to knook our ancient enemy and whilom ally into a cocked hat at from seven days to seven weeks, a very few acknowledging that it might rnn into as many months. We know of nothing to justify such optimism, bnt very much to lead us to a directly opposite opinion, and we con ceive it perfectly possible to be of this opinion und yet to make no question of the ultimate result of such a lamentable conflict. We feel that to attempt to draw any analogy from the results of recent naval wars would be only to mis lead ourselves. There is no comparison at all between the relative strength of France and this oonnrry and that of China and Japan or Spain and the United States. If the British public imagines that French naval officers will prove themselves to be as deficient in strategical and tactical skill as the officers of China and Spain have demonstrated themselves to be, it is preparing itself for a rude awaken ing.—British Army and Navy Gazette. Mcctiiinicul StoliiTH Al)(ia4kl Ship. With the advantages of mechanical stokers for boiler furnaces known as well as they are today, it does seem a bit strange that the marine engineer has apparently not taken kindly to them. At any rate they have not yet gained a footing aboard ship. It is worth noting therefore that what will probably be tbe first mechanical stoker installation in existence afloat is now being fitted to the boilers of ouo of the steamers of the Zenith Transit line on tbe great American lakes plying be tween Duluth and Cleveland. The stokers will be those of the American Stoker company of Now York—of the underfeed type—and their performance in their new field of operation ought to prove an interesting engineering ex perience. There is certainly no very good reason apparent why some device of this class that will work well on land should not work well at sea. Tbe installment in this particular case will comprise six stokers, three under each of the two boilers, and each of these groups is guaranteed to be capable of burning 1,650 pounds of coal per hour under ordinary conditions and 2,100 pounds when forced.—Cassier’s Maga ziuo. Altruistic Sou of Heaven. The emperor recently escaped from his prison in the island at the Southern lakes, Eho park, where he had been confined by the empress dowager since tha coup d’etat. But when his majesty got to tiie park gates the imperial guard, all creatures of the empress dowager, shut the great gates in his majesty’s face. A crowd of eunuchs, who dared not offer the imperial person any vio lence orattempt to use force in prevent ing his majesty walking to the park gates, followed him in a body, however, and upon tho gates being closed they all knelt in front of tho emperor, beseech ing his majesty with tears to have mercy on them and not attempt to es cape, for it would mean tho death of all of them as well as of the guardsmen at tho gates were he to do so. The guards men also kowtowed and joined in the general prayer, while on the other hand they sent one of their number to apprise tho empress dowager at Peking of the matter. The emperor finally took pity on his suppliant subjects and quietly returned to his prison.—North China Herald. A LlnKerliiK Superstition. It is a curious comment upon the per manence of sailors’ superstitions in these days of steam, electricity and materialism generally that it was found necessary to ship the dead bodies of tne drowned Americans iu the Mohegau disaster across the Atlantic iu carefully disguised cases labelled “Machinery.” The Marquette was tho uame of the steamship which carried this sad cargo, and there is no doubt that if the crew had suspected what was contained iu that shipment tho greater number of ther ■ would at ail costs have refused to leave port, not so muoh because sailors have auy particular grievance against the dead as because their presence on board ship is supposed infallibly to bring disaster. Even tho snfe arrival of the Marquette will probably fail to ex plode this particular superstition.— London News. Beauty Skin Deep. The London correspondent of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph states that a well known society beauty has just had the “outer skin of her face removed with a view of reuowing her complex ion. ” Tho operation is not only “pain ful, but tedious, because it is done by pin prick, as one may say. The whole of the outer skin is removed iu this way, and if the operation is successful tbe patient emerges with a face of be witching brilliance. That is tho result of tbe present case. Few people know, but nnv one can see, that her complex ion has been remade.’’ We must con gratulate the editor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph upon possessing a cor respondent who exhibits such enter prise. Tha story is as pretty as the new fuce. —London Lancet. “Pitts' —- Carminative Smvmd My Bmby’m Ufm.” ¥¥ LAMAR A RANKIN DRUG CO.. I can not recommend Pitta’ Car minative too strongly, I mast say, I owe my baby's life to it I earnestly ask all mothers who have sickly or delicate children jnst to try one bottle and see what the result will be. Respectfully, -das. LIZZIE MURRAY, Johnson’s Station, Ga. ¥¥ Pitts' Carminative Im mold by mil Orvgpfsfa. PRICE, 25 OEMITS. CALF'S HEAD SOUP. How to Make This Nntrltlona and In expensive Delicacy. Calf’s head soup, while it sounds ex pensive, is perhaps one of tbe cheapest of the class, writes Mrs. Rorer in The Ladies’ Home Journal. For this pur chase a plain skinned calf’s head and one or two trotters; have them well cleaned and cracked. Put the trotters in a kettle, thoroughly wash the head, remove the brains, take out the tongue and thoroughly cleanse the throat. Wash the head thoroughly in several cold waters, then scald and wash it again. Place it iu a kettle with the trotters and cover with five quarts of cold water. Simmer gently for three hours. Then add one onion in which you have stuck four cloves, one carrot sliced, a stick of celery, a turnip cut into quarters, a parsnip cut into halves, two bay leaves; cover and simmer one hour longer. Lift carefully the head and put it aside to cool. It is much bet ter if you can stand it aside overnight. Next morning remove the fat from the surface of the soup and turn it out. It will now be a solid jelly. Remove the sediment from the bottom, put the tongue aside, as you will not need it for tho soup. Cut the meat from the head into blocks and put it aside. Into a large kettle put two tablespoonfuls of butter, add four tablespoonfuls of browned flour, mix. Add two quarts of tbe stock and stir constantly until boil ing. Add a teaspoonful of kitchen bou quet, ordinary soup coloring, two tea spoonfuls of salt, a teaspoonful of Worces tershire sauce and the meat. Stand over the fire where it will gradually come to the boiling point; place in the tureen. Cut into slices three hard boiled eggs and one lemon. Pour the soup over, and it will be ready to serve. How to Clean Coanterpunes. As fine counterpanes are never so pfretty after being washed, a careful housekeeper defers the evil day indefi nitely by brushing carefully with a clothesbrush and then sponging with gasoline. Of course she will never at tempt this where there is a fire. Out doors is the place to clean with gasoline, and the article so cleaned should be left out in the air for several hours. How to Manicure the Nails. Pour some warm water iu a bowl, unfold a small towel and lay it on one knee; take tbe right hand and proceed to cut the nails in a semicircle; then file the edges and steep the right hand in the water; then take the left hand and steep iu its turn. Having carefully dried the hands, push down the skin round the base of tho nails with an ivo ry instrument; brush the nails over with some red pomade, wipe it off and then polish with a plain chamois cover ed pad, rather small iu size, using par ticularly line polishing powder, till they shine. Then, to crown all, sprin kle on the hands and wrists aud rub in some deliciously scented sue de came lia, which will at once make the skin look white, smooth and soft. YOU don’t need the doctor for every little trouble, but you do need in the house a trusty remedy for times of danger. Thousands are saved by having at hand DdH.flcLean’s a certain cure for disorders of the Liver, Kidneys and Bladder. Use it atonce for soreback, furred tongue, lost appetite and changes in urine or bowels. It is wise to be always ready for them. Sold by druggists, SI.OO a bottle. THE DR.J.H.MCLEAN MEDICINE CO. BT. LOUIS MO. For sale by H. C. Poole. THE DAINTY MUSHROOM. How to Prepare Thin Nutritions M> lcscy In Various Wayn. Broiled Mushrooms. —Peel the mush rooms, taking care not to break them, and cut off the stalks. Heat the broiler, lay on the mushrooms and broil the up per side first; then turn and expose the other side. They should be tender in eight or ten minutes. Remove from’the fire, baste with melted butter, season with salt and pepper aud serve on toast. The addition of slices of lemon is op tional. Puree of Mushrooms.—Cut in pieces a quart of mushrooms and put them to soak iu oold water in which the juice of a lemon has been squeezed. Let them stand half an hour; drain and put them in a saucepan with a tablespoonfujl of butter. Simmer until tender, add the juice of a lemon, pepper and salt to taste and stir until thick. Strain and serve. r ' Baked Mushrooms.—Prepare tbe veg etables, as usual, by peeling them and removing the stems. Grease the baking dish with butter and carefully place in it the mushrooms, with the upper side down. Bake inaquickoveu for 15 min utes, basting twice with melted but ter. When done, season with salt and pepper, pour over the butter in the dish and serve. Stewed Mushrooms.—Peel tho mush rooms, wash them in cold water aud scrape the stems, cutting off the hard ends. Place in a saucepan a tablespoon ful of butter and when melted add half the quantity of flour. Put in a pint of mushrooms, cover the pan and let them simmer gently for ten minutes, stirring often. Add two tablespoonfuls of cream, heat up again, season with salt and pepper and serve. Fried Mushrooms.—Prepare large, firm mushrooms as for'broiling; then roll them in cracker meal, dip them in beaten egg, then in cracker meal again. Sprinkle with salt aud pepper and fry in butter. Garnish with slices of lemon. Creamed Mushrooms.—Peel large, fresh mushrooms, sprinkle them with salt and pepper and put them in a saucepan with a little water. For each quart of mushrooms add a tablespoon ful of butter and let them simmer for ten minutes. Pour in a pint of cream in which has been mixed a tablespoon ful of cornstarch, stir two or three min utes and serve. Stuffed Mushrooms. Cut up the stalks of the mushrooms, with one fourth their quantity of white onions and parsley. Squeeze dry in a cloth, put in a saucepan with a little butter and brown gravy and set them over the fire for five minutes. Have large, firm mushrooms in waiting, fill them with the mixture and lay them on a buttered dish. Sprinkle them with sift ed bread crumbs, bake for ten minutes aud serve. 1 i Hot to Make Soap Bark. The soap Lark, which is invaluable for removing spots from men’s and boys’ clothes, is made as follows: Pour upon 5 cents’ worth (one ounce) of soap bark—to be bought at auy druggist’s—a pint of boiling water, let it stand over night, strain through a line sieve, add a gill of alcohol aud it is ready for use and v/ill keep any length of time. How to Make Beef Shorteake. This may be made of cold, but fresh beef has a finer flavor. One pound of good, tender rump steak, cut in half inch slices and then in inch squares. Pour boiling water over these, add salt and pepper, cover after being skimmed and simmer until very tender. Let tho liquor stew nearly away aud dredge a little flour over, add a tea spoouful of butter. Make a rich biscuit dough aud bake iu two layers, spread ing butter on the under one. When baked, separata aud cover with the hot meat slices, aud also a layer on top. The size of the shortcake may bo deter mined by tbe quantity of meat.—Chi cago Herald. How to Mnkf Cottprli Mixture. Place in a jar six ounces of molasses, seven ounces of honey and ten ounces of vinegar. Bet the jar iu a saucepan of boiling water and stir till all the in gredients are mixed and warmed through. Then add three drams of ipe cacuanha wine and bottle for use. The dose should be a tablespoonfnl every four hours. How to Make Devonshire Toast. Spread some buttered toast lightly with bloater paste, thou cover it thick ly with clotted cream, garnish with shreds of bloater free from skin and bone, minced olives and shreds of red and green chillies. How to Patten the Face. There is no specific treatment where by the face may bo fattened. Massage of tho face and a fattening diet, espe cially the free use of nuts and nut prep arations and avoidance of indigestible foods, with proper exercise and the morning cool bath, will be found very helpful. Massage should be applied to the face daily, and the face should be bathed with cold w’ater for half a min ute, this to be followed by vigorous rub bing three or four times a day. How to Cook Breaded Sausage*. Wipe the sausages dry, dip them in beaten egg aud bread crumbs, put into a frying basket and plunge in boiling fat. Cook ten minutes and serve with a garnish of toasted bread and parsley. CARE OF PIANOS. Bow ttey Should Be Treated to Keey In Good Condition. Half the pianos in this world catch winter colds exactly as we do. They get hoarse or have a cough, or a stiff note, or some similar complaint, which can not be cured by home remedies, but re quire tedious and expensive doctoring. In order to prevent these avoidable ail ments it is as well to know how to take oare of the piano. Each spring cleaning housewife who is having the domestio piano “put to rights” daring her pres ent upheaval of the household should very carefully note the following: A piano should be kept in a moder ately warm room, where the tempera ture is even, say 60 or 70 degrees, the year round, not cold one day aud hot the next. The instrument should not, however, be too near the source of heat. It should be kept closed and covered with a felt cloth when not in use, par ticularly in frosty weather. Always place the piano against an in eide wall and a little out from it. When tuning or repairing is necessary, employ a responsible and expert work man. Do not allow children to drum on it. A professional musician may expend a like amount of strength upon the key board, but if tbe right keys are struck much less harm is done than when chil dren amuse themselves. Avoid littering the top with bric-a-brac, as It affects the tone of the instrument. A well known maker recommends that the case be frequently wiped off with a chamois skin wrung out in tepid water. Where tbe case is very highly polished and dark this is absolutely nec essary and little else will serve to re move the dust which settles iu the fret work. To remove finger marks and blue mold, mix thoroughly two tablespoon fuls of salad oil and one tablespoonful of vinegar. Rub on a little of this mix ture with a soft rag and polish with a woolen cloth.—Philadelphia Times. How to Bluck a Stove. Wash off all grease spots with soap suds, and if there be any rough rusty places or spots where something has burned on the stove rub with a piece of sandpaper. Mix the black lead to tbe consistency of cream with water or vin egar. Apply this to the stove when cool. On becoming nearly dry, rub it with a stiff brush till it shines. Black the oven inside and out. If stoves be blacklead ed while they are hot, it burns on and will not take a really good polish. How to Make Mutton Kngront. Cut the mutton into two inch lengths (three cupfuls in all), season with salt and pepper, dust with flour. Place two tablespoonfuls of butter in a pan, heat very hot and brown the meat, shaking often. Draw the pan to the back of the range; lift the meat out with a skim mer and place it on the serving dish. Add a pint of oysters (chopped) to tha gravy; also an onion and a sprig ol parsley minced. Cook for five minutes and add a cupful of milk. When hot, add two tablespoonfuls of flour stirred to a paste with a little cold water. When these are well cooked, taste the gravy and add more seasoning if neces sary; then pour it over the mutton and serve at once. The oysters should be drained well before adding to the gravy. How to Make Codfish Souffle. Half a pint of stale bread crumbs heat ed with half a cupful of milk, and wheu it is hot and smooth a dash of cayenne and half of a boxful of shredded fish. After a thorough mixing add the beat en yolks of two eggs and one tablespoon ful of butter. Beat the whites of three eggs to a froth, fold into the mixture quickly, lightly and thoroughly and bake until a light brown in individual chiua cases and in one pudding dish. : How to Cure Hives. Hives is a peculiar nervous disordel of tho skin. It is commonly due to some disorder of digestion. Poisons are form ed in the stomach or intestine by the fermentation or putrefaction of the food. These poisons, absorbed into the blood, give rise to this peculiar affection. In certain persons honey, strawberries, oysters and other substances give rise to hives because of some personal idiosyn cracy. The disease can be cured either by avoiding the special articles of foed which givo rise to the disease or by cor recting the disorder of digestion when this is the cause. A dry diet, especially a diet of fruits, grains and nuts, is to be especially recommended in cases of this sort. How to Wnssall Apples. Cut three or four sour apples into eighths. Melt one level tablespoonfui of butter iu a chafing dish and wheu melted and bubbling put in the apple* sprinkled with one tablespoonful of granulated sugar. After the apple* soften put iu half a cupful of cider (sweet or sour), which the apples will absorb. Sprinkle with a saltspoonful of powdered cinnamon and serve witl* whipped cream. Pursuit. “And yet, ” he exclaimed, striving t° seem cheerful, ‘‘l shall still pursue th* bright visions of hope!” Beryl did not love him, but she pitied him. “Ob, chase yourself!” sbeplen Vd, she sincerely desired to save him further pain.—Detroit Journal.