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SHEET MUSIC. Something About the Manner by' Which it is Made. Every Page Printed by Hand-A Walk Through a Bis Publishing Housc-The Kind; of Presses Used -The Engraving Process—; An Interesting story. If the public will boas much surprised to learn how snoot music is printed us was the writer, this article will be road with interest. . A walk tlApugh the printing rooms of the lisliing iiouse iii Boston, under the tuto! age of its courteous foreman, is full ol interesting instruction. It was into one of the many “lofts" inj which the establishment abounds that 1 tiie reporter was taken. One door was! filled with a veritable lace work of long! poles, placed horizontally, which were* loaded out of sight with sheet music hung upon them to dry. The whole place had the air of washing day ati home, and the reporter involuntarily glanced around if perchance he might get a glance of cold dinner lying about, j “As fast as the sheets are printed wil hang them here over night,” said the] foreman, “and then [.lace them between] pasteboards and press them fiat. Then they are ready for market. Conn- up* into the press rooms.” The press rooms are very unlike their! newspaper prototypes. Not a sound! loud enough to interfere with conversa-j tion is heard in them, for sheet music is! printed ail by hand. Two kinds of presses are used: the oldl style “plank" press and the improved 01! “D" press. The latter consists of a slid ing (aide several feet square, on which] are two raised blocks just the size of a sheet of music, on which are placed the plates from which the printing is done. The plates having been inked and the paper laid on them, the printer gives a| turn to an immense wheel, 5j feet in] diameter, the sliding table slides under aj largo roller covered with a belt, and tlu-| paper is forced against the plate, thus] giving the impression; and another revo-j lution of tins w heel brings the apparatus back to iisoriginal position. The “plank” press is iike the other, except that inj using it the plates are inked on a bench and laid on the blocks every time an im pression is taken, while with the “D'l press the plates are not removed from the blocks until the edition is run off. “Now, here is a man printing title pages,” said the foreman. ."We print only one sheet at a time, and a man can nike from 1,500 to 1.800 impressions a day. This plate, which looks exactly] like silver, is composed of zinc, lead and britannic., and is made almost exclusively in New York. Every publishing house manufactures its own ink. It can’t bfj bought. It is very particular stuff and must be made just so. and it is a very! delicate matter to make and take care ol! it. This title page has been engraved by! hand. The design is sunken, you see.! When engraved the plate is put on a hoi block, and beeswax is melted into the design. That, too, is a ticklish matter. If we wipe it off too soon, we spoil it,] and if we let it get too hard it crumbles and won't hold the ink. Ouco bees! waxed, a plate can be used for printing for years. “Engraving the music plates is a dif ferent process, however, from that used in making the title page. The engraver has to have a separate tool for every kind of note—half, whole, quarter, rests, etc.! Tlis outfit costs §4OO. lie does not carvt into the plate as wood engravers do, bull stamps out each note separately with a hammer. You can imagine what nice work it is to adjust the tools just right, and how hard it is to engrave a sheet of music.” The reporter watched the process o' printing, and saw something like this] After the plate had been fastened to it.-j block on the proas the printer inks it with a hood roller, just as other printers ink their type in taking proofs. lie then wipes the plate carefully with a cloth; the ink sticks to the beeswax, which covers the design cr the notes, and tin rest of the plate i3 comparatively clean A second wiping with another rag leaves all but the design shiningly clean, tht paper is laid on, and the great wheel, re volving soon takes the impression and returns the printed pages to the printer’s hand. The plate is then wiped again reinked, rewiped twice, and, in fact, un dorgoes the same process between eac! impression. “It is a curious fact,” continued tin foreman, ‘-that although this work is al | done by hand tiio printers never touch the paper, A piece of pasteboard if| folded double and used as a holder, anu with that the printer handles all hid sheets, arid never lets his inky hande come in contact with them.” "Isn’t music printed from type some times?” asked the reporter. “Yes. When we want to run off a large edition of borne cheap stuff, books! or something of that sort, vve set th< music up in type, stereotype the page] and print from it, just as you newspapei fellows do. But the work isn’t as hand some. and, besides, there is some music written that can’t be set up with type.” j All mu and • plates after being used arc! stored in fireproof vaults and indexed for possible future use. The foreman stated the curious fact t hat in the great collec tion of which lie has charge there ard wore pieces of music whose names begin with id than of any other letter, while; the M’s are a close second.—Boston Globe.: Distressful Feet. Much foot sensitiveness could be re ] moved by daily regular resting of then:! in cool water. This simple duty, which] could be utilized as a short reading time,| which obviates much distress, is cer-j tainly worth performing. I found this out last summer by taking swimming! lessons. I really save the value of chi-: ropodists’bills, going out once a month; instead of twice a week to have my feet treated, while doing twice as much piking as customary.- ’ v HI3 CHOICE. Kh® Alkni] too Much for Him to Grant, j; A Bostonian Episode. “Harold,” murmured the gentle girl, * a tear dimming the luster of the specta- j ‘cles that rested lightly on her Graeco-S 1 Bostonian nose, “I will not deny that] jour soul communion, our interchange off simpressions, our mental symposia, not, .only specifically paleontological, but cos-s J mica! and metraphrastic in a general 5 isense as well, have been pleasingly Em-1 [ersonian, | “But you have taken advantage of a i moment of perhaps unwonted soulful-j "ness to endeavor to extort from me a' pledge of earthly affinity. You seek to; —if 1 may use so strong a term! j—our essential psychomachy to the ulti-j fmate level of mere intersocial volition.” j | “Waldonia," exclaimed the youth," [“you misapprehend me. I” “Hear me out, Harold,” she persisted, j T 1 lave confessed that I feel drawn to {you by many psychocentric influences, i | But there are other considerations.! {When two earthly lives assimilate, there] {must be no clashing vagaries, no hygienic; {polemics. Harold,” she continued, in aj {trembling voice, “pardon the question— {there is so much at stake—but do youj sever defile your immortal nature by eat-; Sing pie?” I I The young man rose slowly to his feet,; land felt around in a vague way for his; ! hat. | "Waldonia,” he said, in a voice ofi itragic misery, “the bitterest hour of myi {life has come, but l cannot hesitate a! {moment. I wouldn't give up pumpkin] ijpiti for the soulfuilest woman that ever; {squawkedl Good evening, Miss Ticklo i well." ] I The pale moon rose with the timid,; {abashed demeanor with which she a! ‘ sways rises over Boston harbor, and her | rays shone mildly and pityingly on a; % young man his bat pulled dowif lover his eyes, who was striding down | the street, going out of his way to kick {savagely at every lone and friendless {dog in sight, and talking volubly and | recklessly to himself in the dialect of SNew York. —Yankee Blade. Shades of Cicero! | The friends of a pretty young girl in] gone of the suburban towns are telling* | under their breath the following story: ! { The young woman, who is noted for' i) her pretty face and winning ways rather j a than for her gift of mind, has just re-j | turned from a personally conducted tour! Sof several months in Europe. I “And you visited Rome, of course,”] I said a friend on her first morning call, j | “Let me see,” mused the young girl {deeply; “did we visit Rome? Mamma.! g did we visit Rome?” | “Why, child, l don’t just remember, abut it seems to me that we did; let me] Isee” S “Oh, yes, mamma,” broke in the ■ daughter, "I know now; of course we {did. Don’t you remember Rome? Why, sthat was where vve got those lovely Bcheap stockings!”—Minneapolis Tribune. Not So ll.ul for Pearl. a Cholly and Fred are hatching at Hen {rici’a for 50 cents. I bred—Deuced pretty girl, eh, old ■ chap? | Cholly (assuming his monocle)—Yaas, II suppose I shall have to mash her. I (Deuced pretty waitress approaches.) J I Cholly— What is your name, my dear?] | D. P. W. (with due respect)—Pearl, if; Byou please, sir. | Cholly (with unction) —Ah, I see, the {Pearl of great price, eh? I D. P. Vv. (demurely)—No, sir; a Pearl | before swine, if you please, sir. k (Cholly subsides, Fred explodes and 8 the deuced pretty waiter girl goes on {setting the table unmolested.)—Chicago] | Chaff. Ho Didn’t Wait for tlio Vacancy. | Applicant for Position (to manager of! e New York Electric Light company)—l {saw your advertisement for linemen in {this morning's paper, Mr. Carbon, and ■ have called to make application for a | place. i Manager—Well! Urn! Er! The fact is, we have no vacancy at present; but if you will sic down for half an hour one of our men is sure to get hold of a live wire, and you can take his tools and go right to work. —Munsey’s Weekly. For the Graveyard. Eastern Doctor —Have they tried thel elixir of life in your state yet? Kansas Man—Oh, yes, they tried it in our town on an old fellow who had been {bedridden for years. E. D. —Did it enable him to leave his! Shed? 3 K. M.— Oh, yes. lie left it very quick-! |ly. —New York Sun. She Defended Her. I “What a low voice your friend, Mrs. {Quint by has,” remarked Mrs. Fangle. 1 “Well, I don’t agree with you there,” {replied Mrs. McCorkey, with somo as {perity. “I've known Sue Quimby for 1 years, and I must say there is nothing! Blow about her.”—Yenowine’s News. Ahbent Minded. I j i | Algy (at the door) —I—aw, bless my I •'soul, Miss Ousblyt I believe I've for gotten something. Leinme see i Miss Gusliiy—Coat—hat—cane? Why, ; you have them all, Mr. Baboony. $ Algy—Aw, yaas; but —but —Miss Gush-i ly—dear Edith —I fawgot to awsk—will! you—will you be my wife? —Texas Sift-! i lags. THE DAILY TIMES: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12 I8!l!t. A MYSTERY. jThe T emple Robbery Still Baffles! the Best Detectives. Hindoo Treaoure That Waa Stolen—A Holy! | Place Defiled—The Profanity Stirs The| | Wrath of a Nation—One of the Richest! 1 Hauls Ever Secured. E It is by no means surprising that th*-| {strange case of tbe ilk.w famous Tirupai'J [Temple treasure should have excited! [such an extraordinary feeling of indig I nation as it appears to nave done among] the Hindu ; population of India. Tirupati] is the Mecca of llindooslAn—if, indeed the comparison it at ail allowable, seeing that the temple which has iust been so j grossly defiled was erected, in the firs; j instance, close upon 5.000 years ago. [The trial in connection with the robbery [of the Tirupati treasure is probably tht j most remarkable which has ever com. [before a British court in India. Thi [sacred temple stands on tbe Tirumala [range, some 2.000 feel above sea level land commands a tract of about 10(. [square miles, tho whole of which, up til | [quite a recent period, was regarded, it] [the strictest sense, as holy ground, no j [body but a Hindoo being allowed to as] j cent! the ghauts. 1 Even at the present time the collectoij land the superintendent of police are th- j [only Europeans whom tna governuien’.j [ permit to invade the sacred territory | [excepting, of course, on special ocoaj Isions, such as that which arose theotheu j dev, when the services of a civil engineed j were required within the precincts of tin j temple to superintend the excavations [ The temple itself lias, in reality, neve; I been entered by a white man. and all ii j available entrances are jealously guard Jed by armed men, who have instruction j to strike down, and. if necessary, to kil I any unauthorized person who attempt | to invade tin* sanctuary, j The sacred edifice is inclosed by tlirei [stone walls, of which the outer one i. j twenty-three feet til height. Front tin [devotee's point of view tne snerednes* o:| I the place is centered in a great flagstaff ! which penetrates from floor to roof, anu j is 57 feet high, ti feet in diameter at tht] rfcase and 15 inches at the summit. Tin [staff is incased in copper overlaid wit! ■ gold, and set in a slab of granite nearl, ! three feet in thickness, in the immedi | ate neighborhood of the flagstaff tin 5 imago of the god is preserved, while tin j staff itself is actually supposed to be tin Ia 1 s>d; of the temple god —of its “mantrii [ essence.” ! Some seventeen years since, it seems [ certain coin treasure, valued roughly a 1 two lacs of rupees, was discovered in tin I temple, and was duly handed over t; | the mahunt as manager and trustee o: I the edifice. In 1880 the Mahunt Dhur | ma Doss died, and was succeeded by Si [ Ilathiramjee Muttam Baghavau Dos I Jee. Tiie new mahunt appears to hav I discharged his sacred and responsible | functions to the sat: faction of every | body concerned, and in 1877 it was re I solved to replace the old dwjastumbum | |or sacred flagstaff, by anew one. Ba 1 fore the work was completed the ide; | appears to have suggested itsoif to th I mahunt to bury the treasure—the tw. I iacs of rupees to which lie bad succeed® I —under tho foot of the flagstaff. Thi {was accordingly don**, tha pi ' posiiio J having met with general approval Iron jj the adherents of the temple. The trea: ] ure was placed in six copper v-. ssels, th | covers of which were d*.ly sealed up. au* | they were then buried in the reeeptacl S prepared for them. Now it is four 3 that the gold has all been removed froi a them, and copper c i.is substituted. § Four temple servants —by name Nari [ simlia-Kusaf, Gopaiaro and iiaribhaja; | —were, in 1837, intrusted, alter beiti; I duly sanctified by divers mysteriou | rites and ceremonies, with tho burn, [of the treasure pot-. and a fact that up j pears to interest tbe police and others . | good deal at present is that two of then. | Kusal and Haribhajan, are now eac. 1 worth a hie of rupees, although th | whole four were discharged some tirn. I ago, and none of them are known (• S have what is sternly known as “lawf; [ visible means of support.” On t hootiu [ band, an astonishingly clear looking cat | made out against tno mahunt Ib.nsyi. j who, it is asserted, allowed bis cupidil Pto overcome the scruples of bis sac re | calling,and “collared tiie swag” himsc; S The question as to who has really appr* I printed the treasure see ms a difficult one Jas far as the inquiry has proceeded, t I determine, and it is possible that tbe ai j fair may never be satisfactorily clear® J UP j Probably tho most notable feature i; j connection with the affair —from a Hitt j doo point of view, at all events —is tie [peculiarly apathetic demeanor of th [ Tirupati god, who should have bet {deeply interested in the pr.. cceding*- | The “man trie essence," which has exer | eised such an omnipotent power over th | Hindoos for centuries past, appears t j have lain dormant while the temple wo { defiled and the mean trick of substitin ! ing a few hundred rupees worth of cop [ per money for two l.ic.-t worth of golt [coinage was done right under tiie pillar [of the Tirupati sanctum sanctorum J Colonies and India. | Two Opinion* About Ancient Hones. i Clark Brown exhumed at Fish's point con the Upper Mystic road, the other day [ what tire believed by some persons to Lx 1 relics of tbe first American man, ante [dating, possibly, theageof mound build 5 ing. There were parts of a human skele jton that crumbled at the touch, t\v< [ rough copper vessels, mostly corroded, a {smoothly rounded pestle and two pecu s liarly shaped glass bottles with crooked [necks. Skeptics, however, profess to j think that the things belonged to a pre [ historic apothecary that was swallowed [up in au earthquake. Mr. Brown may asubmit them to the inspection of an an [ tiquariau. —S ton mg ton Telegram. | Professor John Stuart liiaokie, of Ed-] <inburgh, attains his eightieth birthdays ttbis vear. WASHINGTON’S MARBLE SHAFT. 8 Precautions taken to Complete the Security? of tli* Monument. At the time the government decided to take hold and complete the Washing-i ton monument which had stood for years I in an unfinished state, and when in the centennial year congress made ail ap propriation for the work, the question suggested to the minds of engineers and others was whether or not the founda tion was secure and 6afe for the super structure. The many years that had; elapsed since the commencement of the I work, and those that had passed during ! which it had been left unprotected to face the storms, winds and changes of ■ temperature, caused the opinion to exist that the base of the shaft did not have as strong and durable a resting place as it required. s In the outset, and upon the resumption’ 5 of the work, it was decided not to carry; the monument to the heigiit first con-1 teuiplated in the plans and it was re t duood a number of feet. This change was made in order that the weight the foundation had been laid to carry would be reduced in proportion according to ; the feet taken off and make it that much more secure to support the remainder J Competent and experienced engineers ! made a thorough examination and several j tests of the ground walls, extensive exca-{| j vations were opened up to permit the cios-i [est possible inspection, and a report was, [submitted to the effect that the founds ; [tion was in prime condition, strong and' [durable. But to make it doubly sure the? [earth was removed from about the lowed [ walls for some distance, and every crack] [in the foundation plugged and walls, [ braced by another wall composed of brok-3 jen stone and cement. | The monument was carried tocompte-i jtion despite the fears and predictions of* the timid and weak hearted, who were® on the watch to see it tumble, it is not! known whether they are now on the look ] out, but the shaft still stands and is likely] to for ages Tbe engineer in charge, the) custodian, and the subordinates employed] [about it are all cognizant of the state s Intents made regarding its likelihood to| Sget out of plumb. They stylo them the! [dreams of old women, and scout the ideal [of anything of that kind occurring. [ Constant vigilance has been and is] [still observed to note the slightest de j jpression or sinking of any kind, and only! j (his week Capt. Mount informed a Post! [reporter that he had been unable to dis-j [cover at any point any indication thatj [would lead to the belief that the shaft! Iliad sunk the smallest fraction since the* {work done about the foundation. If such] [a thing had taken place it would be easy! [to detect, and manifest itself immedi-j Jately in the working of the machinery,j [especially in the movements of the ele vator car. It would show as well in the wails at the apex, and fissures would be come visible. None of these evidences have appeared, and the employes are very confident that they will not The safety of everything about tliei monument is guaranteed with confi dence, as the custodian keeps in opera tion a thorough system of inspection, permitting no part of it to be neglected i lOf course the elevator and stairway are] [the principal points to be looked after,i and when it is known that over 50,000 persons have traveled to the top of thel monument since tiie Ist of last Septeru I her by the car and stairs, the importance! of paying this attention to insure the* safety of the people will be understood] and appreciated. The work of the vandals has been all most entirely discontinued. Beyond the ambition of some people to have tiieirj names appear in high places and pencil-] ing, the defacement of the monument byj vandals lias been suppressed, and thej only disfigurements lately hate been] made by the penciling of their names byj visitors As soap and water readily re -j move the writing, this is not considered] I serious enough an offense to warrant the, prosecution of the offenders.—YVasliing-j ton Post. A Rector and Hi. Club. The rector of Gwaenysgon, in Wales,! is a man of more than ordinary energy; and enterprise. In an attempt to collect: the tithes due him, and which the peo-j pie are not disposed to pay. he headed aj party of bailiffs who were sent to protect! the auctioneer in an attempt to distrain.! The auctioneer had been driven off three] times while making similar attempts,] and when it became known that iie pro-! posed again to enter the farms, assisted by the bailiffs and the rector himself, aj large crowd, armed with sticks, assent-] bled and made a desperate attack upon! the distinguished party. Tiie rector fought nobly in defense of his rights, and] with a heavy club, which he wielded! with great dexterity, lie felled four oft his flock to the earth. The bailiffs, how-j ever, showed less grit and fled with the; auctioneer from the field, so that the en-S terprising rector was forced to yield.! He now declares that lie might as well! turn pirate out and out as attempt to col j lect the tithes due him from the stubborn Welsh farmers.—London Letter. Dr. Tulmage. When the last tabernacle was built,' Dr. Talmage was receiving a salary of; $7,000 a year, and his plan for the new edifice was considered so pretentious that it was feared he could not fill it. He en-. tered into an agreement with the trustees,! which was, in effect, that if he did not] succeed in filling tiie tabernacle every 1 Sunday during the year, he would not] claim a cent of salary. His success was! so great that the huge edifice was abso ■ lutely crowded at every service, a id his salary was raised to' $12,000 a year.] People even sat in the aisles until the jfire commissioners passed a special reso-• .lution forbidding this dangerous prao*, tic-e. —Once a Week. Fresh Water Freshness. The hazing of freshmen seems to be confined to what are known as the fresh-] ] water colleges of late. The older and? [larger colleges have pretty thoroughly] outgrown this species of barbarism. The. sooner the smaller institutions catch up? with tne times the better for all cou-9 ’cerued.— Boston Herald. SORT 0’ SAURUS. Relic of a Pliocene Monster Found In Alaska Ice. I " . Capt. Frank McDermott s Discovery— Foss.t Remains of A Big; Reptile i Story Told in Stone—Big Jaws anil | Savage Teeth—A Fi ahy Yarn- Capt. Hunk McDermott. United States j inspector of boilers, sent to President! Dekum, of ihe Northern Pacific Indus-j trial association, a part of the fossil re-j mains of the bead *<f some cetacean or! reptilian monster, which dug and! cutout of an Alaskan glacier some time! ;ago. Tltis lias been imbedded in tbe ice| for many hundreds or thousands of years. J j but still retains “an ancient and a fish- f [like smell." It is a reminder of those far j pff days, possibly of an earlier era evenj khan that when, according to some poet.l [the inhabitants sat on some promontoryj ! which jutted out into the vasty deep, and| pour passe le temps “bobbed for a whalej with an ichthyosaurus.'’ j This relic of a bygone age, the mere] [sight of which would make glad thej [heart of a San Francisco Silurian, is ofj [the following dimensions: Extreme] [length, fourteen inches; extreme width] sat base, eleven inches, tapering to twoj | inches: extreme thickness, seven incites j [ [’here are leu teetii on eaclj side of the! [upper jaw ami eleven on each side oil [the lower, (he longest two and lwo-tliird[ [inches, the shortest one inch They] [dovetail into each other with matlie-j [matical accuracy, and are in a state of J jp. rivet preservation. Only one of tie] [teeth is missing, having been broken off.| [probably, by the finder to preserve as as [souvenir. Not the slightest evidence oij [decay is to be seen at the place of frac-j j cure. [ The massive jaws and formidable] [teeth indicate immense and most de structive crushing, biting and grinding power. What propot tion of the head, whether one-third, one-half, or more or less, has been brought to light, cannot with any accuracy be conjectured. Pos sibly Agassiz or some other great natu ralist could tell at a glance. It has been placed in the apartments of the Oregon Alpine club for inspection. It is to be hoped that, if the local savants get to disputing over it. they will bear in mind I ho uv> ful fato of that member of the so-j Iciety on the Kta;:: lulls, who, after a| [memorable debate in that body, madc| [himself a shortstop for a “passel ol| | bones,” and then “the subsequent pro | [ceedings interested hitn no more.” Keen [cool, gentlemen. ] j On tho arrival of “the remains" at tin] [exposition building, President Dekum 1 called in Capt. Dubois and Capt. Douglas |to ascertain their opinions as to what {sort of a head it was. Both of these {gentlemen “gave it up.” While the above ] measurements were being taken, Capt { George Pope, who lias “sailed the seat {over" more than once, inspected it and I gave it as bis opinion that it was part ol 1 ihe head of a sperm whale which hail {got caught out on first base during tin [glacial period. Just then Mr. O. P. Ma [son came in, and, after looking at tht [relic of the deceased monster, declared it [to be a souvenir of the reptilian age. [probably tbe head of a plesiosaurus. In [ that event be probably was not used for [ eait by the antediluvian of the imagi [ native poet already quoted. | Badinage aside, the relic is a most \ singular and interesting one, and it will | probably be necessary to wait until Pro [ lessor Condon sees to it to have it fully [identified. Capt. McDermott states that [the relic was sent to the United States | inspector's office bv a gentleman now ir.| S Alaska, and was received on Thursday! [morning, tho 10th inst. It was takenj [out of the ice about two months ago a l l [somo point in northern Alaska. N< | | statement accompanied it. Capt. Me | [ Dermott has written back to thefindei| | to forward the remainder of the bod\| jor as much of it as can be secured. Hi| | will reserve his decision as to what His-1 [ position lie will make of this interesting [and valuable find. —Portland Oregonian. KHslml {lie Footlights. ] Tlri • is;; maivelvusl haw in the rigid It;, [of Balmoral life when tiie queen actually [aiiov, s tiie ballroom of the castle tola [converted into a theatre, with a sUtgi [ :nd appliances arranged by people from [ Yberdocit. specially painted scenery | representing views on Deeside, and ai | orchestra from Aberdeen. The piece | was "Used Up." and Princess Beatrice [played Lady Clutterbuek. The Empress [Eugenie would not intend the perform ance, nut she went over front Abevgeldi. f-<r the dress rehearsal. The piece was given three times, and a number ol guests were invited (Irom Invereaaid Braemar, Lirkhall anu Glvmmtick), as wail as tho tenants, estate servants and gillies. The performance was a very [creditable one, and valuable aid was reii [deied bv Col. Arthur Collins, who was [stage manager (also playing Sir Charles [Coldstream), and by Lady Ampthill. Jv. ho made an excellent prompter. —Lon [ don Truth. Latent Danger of Hie Street*. I A peculiar scene was witnessed the {other evening in Paris. The horses j which passed along tbe boulevard at the [top of the Rue Louis le Grand seemed [seized with vertigo, jumping about like [sheep. The disorder soon became so [great that the police officials had to stop Ithe traffic on the street. The cause of [the trouble was then discovered. One [of the electric cables placed under the [thoroughfare, and leading to a lamp [post, had become disarranged, and com jing in contact with the damp wooden [pavement, tho horses, in passing over it, [received a shock. Some of the com pany's workmen were soon on the spot in ltd restored things to their normal con tuition. The next morning, however, [slight shocks, it is stated, w ere expert- Jrnccd at tho saute place.—Paris Letter. E - - | I tieurich opU'lbngeii. the most popular LGerman novelist, recently celebrated his : seventieth birthday, About Cofltee. The pleasures of coffee are by no means dissipated in tho warm weather, when “hot coffee" is not needed as a means of defying the discomfort of cold weather. Cold coffee is a delicious beverage when well made. Coffee ice made of strong coffee frozen in a freezer, and served ill cups with whipped cream, is a dainty dessert or a convenient part of the after noon tea menu: coffee soda is a peculiar summer drink, and few people aeous [ touted to the morning cup of coffee | make any difference on account of ihe [ weather in this most important feature [of the breakfast table. An expert in j coffee maintains that the best coffee is [ made in the old fashioned tin coffee pot. [ “Don't give me any new patent arrauge | ment for making coffee,” he says; “tha [old tin pot is the only kind of cooking J utensil that preserves the aroma and tha | full flavor of tbe coffee." After the coffee has been boiled and settled pour it in good strength upon a [cup half filled with cream and hot milk, j Most true coffee epicures have a bever jage prepared with full jtrength that will | give a delicious aroma and a true but [delicate flavor to a cup of rich cream | and boiled milk. Rather peculiarly tha | average American drinks about the samg J amount of coffee now that he did eigh j teen years ago. In 1870 the averags [ i unsumption for each person was seven [ and one-half pounds, iu 1888 it was seven | and two-thirds pounds, showing that tha | taste for coffee neither increases nor do [ creases.—Boston Journal. Children's Dress. J Some mothers affect very odd styles in [dressing their babies and little children, [ and they look quaint and bear with them j a sweetness and fragrance iixe that from [old time linen dresses. I saw a little [ girl of about 4 years old yesterday in the [ horse car. Site had a tittle short waisted [dress of white nainsook, with a sash [drawn up just under her arms. Tha | skirt had three quite de -p tucks, and it j icached her ankles. .She had on midgets of slippers v.i'di silver buckles. Th sleeves were short and left the white hum dimpled elbows bare, and she wore cunning little close cap of muslin. The whole outsit could not have cost three dollars, but there wasn't a person, not even excepting a grumpy looking old man, who didn't smile at that pre cious little baby sitting there so demurely and sweetly innocent of her own qua in, beauty. j It doesn't require velvets and silks to [ make childhood lovely Dress your little |ones comfortably and simply, but ket-f [them clean and neat and healthy, and I [am happy to say that it is tha fashion | now to do just these things.—Fashion | Letter. MAGNIFICENT ? Yes, that is the word for it, and with out fear ol‘ contradic tion, I claim to have the most magnificent stock of Clothing, Hats, and Gent’s Furnishing Goods that lias ever been brought to Bruns wick. If any doubt s * this assertion, they have only to call at my store and take a look and they will doubt no longer. Cos Dunlap llats, the finest and most cor rect styles in the * world. Avery handsome stock of Gent’s Furn ishing goods, at most reasonable prices. Fine and medium Clothing to fit all sizes of men--shoi t, tall, fat or lean. If I should not have what you want in stock, 1 can take your measure and or der you a suit, fit guaranteed. Come and see me, I will do you good. Tory truly, J. S. WEIGHT, Monk and MA Sis, 7