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t llnle bare, will o.
l,"y,.iiiI.rwx)dloilrty.
Th"n lwlll comeiliunlrrboid.
And bare tuw at my prey.
-If loou wilt come a burner bold
To br me ihy prey.
Tlitn I will be Ibe endive imll,
In jonder garden ga.
u ibcu will be ihe endive linill
In joiidrr rdeo nay.
TluIwillbethelmi'lf(Iow.
indfallontbeealwiy ..
lf ih-iii wfi be the filling aew,
And fill ou meal way,
Th?n I will be ibe whlw. while rots,
On ynoder thorny ipray.
If iiiott win be Uio wbiie, white rote
On TOider llioruy ipray,
T!lfnlwillbeibe noney uee,
II ,bon wilt be the boney boe,
Aod me all tie day,
Thn I will lie lo yonder heaven
Tbeitar of brighter .ray
-If ibon wlit be lu youder boweo
Tnesiarofbrtihtcr.rty,
Then I will be the dawn, and we
Shall meet at break of day.
lf mou wilt be the dawn, no we
My meet at breat of day.
Then I will be a dub prolcwed.
Anunofordereitrty.
-If inon will be a nun profaned.
A nun of order gray,
rnrn I will be the prior, and thou
To me thy tint mutt wy.
-If lhii wilt be the prior, and I
TotheemyrtntoiuHiay.
Then will 1 !tep amoug the dead,
While the ililert weep and pray.
If thou wilt tloep among the dead,
While the Wor weep and pray,
Then I will be the holy earth
That on thee tbey tball lay.
-If thou wilt be the boly ear.b
That on me they ibell lay
Well-ilnce tome galUut I matt bare,
1 will not tey tiitonay.
Cornhtll.
the door lockod, and a chorus of female
TOices will inform you that you cau
como in because tho babv is w.in
bathed. Even when you are ollowod to
enter, there in dangor that tho burly
nurse will hustle you ont again, whimper
ing into your ear that the baby has got
to bo "changed" whatevor that may
mean. Bathing and changing will keep
you in almost constant exile. Before
your child gets into short clothes yon
will have to spend about six montlm
sitting on the stairs, "waiting to speak
to your wife" And yet yonr wife still
loves you. At times she even nays that
sbo wishei tdie could do something for
you. iae trouble is tliat sue is com
pieiciy unnrtiio control ot "persons o
experience," who tell- her that if sh
doosu't powder the baby and tramplo on
her husband, just as thoy adviso, her
life will be a complete failure.
l nave only mentioned these few tlnnce
which happened to ooour to me. There
I is a Tout field of vaccination, teething,
mim-crust. Dotiie-reeuinsr. wet-nureine-
sickness, christening and "having the
baby s picture taken," which I havcn'i
iouciioj ai an. ii you are alive six
months from now I will writo and advise
you further. In the meantime take good
care of yourself, nnd don't forgot what
l bavo said about the back scut. Cor
N. Y. JJorald.
The New Baby.
A Lakeside Musing.
"You are too tart."
a guastiy pio-crnst pallor that is in
strango contrast to the rudy flush of bis
new nocktio passes swiftly over Geonre
speaks these words, and as they stand
there together in tLo dim half-light of
the conscrvutorv. the soft cerfume of the
I June rose coming through the open win
dow on the sighing breeze that is kissing
mo saw buck whose haggard form is
sharply outlined against the woodshed,
he feels instinctivoly that this woman
cue only woman he has ever loved, and
to win a smile from whom he would
brave tho horrors of Inforno or cro to St
Louis in July has been making a toy of
nis anections. me thought is a mad
dening one, and fa it surgos through bis
brain and starts on the retnrn trio
almost without a pause the agony is so
overpowering that the strong man reels.
and would bavo fallen had not his pants
een too tight.
"Co you know what you have said,
Borvl?" ho said, bendim? his face- clnno
Dbar EzlU-When that baby you to hers and lonkinrr with a iiitifnl nlaml.
ipeak of arrives, prepare to take a back jDg( man-onthe-third-base-and-twoout
seat. Take it gracefully, and occupy it expression into the beautiful brown eyes
without a murmur, for it is the only one that are upturned to his. But thore is
you will got. lou have doubtless mado no light of love in thoso dusky orbs; no
your own pmns aooni tne way in wuiuu warm, responsivo, you-may-liold me-a'
your first child shall bo brought up all littlo-wbilo-when gel-home from-the oon
prospective fathers do this. Do not be cert gleam. Around tho drooping mouth
inrprisod lo discover luai you nave mere aro liard, tense hues, and on the
nothing whatever to do with the porform- whito Irow, that is fair as the cyclamen
anco, but that you are to bo morely a leaves scattered over the lawn of Briorto
poctator, and frDm aback seat at that! Villa, there came no rosy Hush sweet
TuecUildisgoingto uo rearoi uy your messcngor of love and truthfulness
nothing but the faint, perfumy odor of
homemade bandoline. And as she does
not answer him, but stands defiantly,
only the irregular crackling of her liver
wife and your wife's relatives and your
wife s old nurse, and the family doctor,
Don t forget this or you may Una your
self iu troublo. Tho countenance of
jour wifo's mother will seem perpetually pn(j telling of the emotion that Beryl
to say to you: "You git out." Tho feels, he turns away, steps throuch the
open window upon the veranda, and an
nurse and tuo doctor will romina you
that they've brought up huudreds of
babies before you were even thought of,
and that you bad bettor keep your little
auggestions to yourself.
You bavo decided, for one thing, that
your baby shall be plainly dressed
none of this wicked extravagance of
laces and embroidery for you. IIow
chagrined you will bo when you seo the
gorgeous "outfit" tbnt has been smug
gled into the house while you were away
st your business Then, too, there will
bo the presents which pour in from
friends a custom of which you never
hoard and for which you made no allow
ance. Worsted shoes are easy to make,
and every mail for weeks wilf bring them
to vnn frnm nil nm'ntn nf tlin nnmnafln.
The joke of it is, they will all fit! A girl
1J years old can knit a pair of pink shoes
for a babe still unborn that will fit as
perfoctly as thoso contributed by the
septuagenarian mother of fifteen chil
dren. Yes, you may bo too poor to pay
your rent, but you will see your baby
riding through the streets in its own
carriage, and covered with an array of
ribbons and spangles and crochet work,
which will make tbo glittering costume
of the circus monkey look palo.
You have determined also that your
obild shall not be rocked. "When it
ones," you say, "lay it down and let it
instant later ho is lost to view.
"My God!" exclaims the girl, sobbing
as if sho had mislaid ber shoo buttouer
on matinee day. "I have driven him
awavl" and hastily pushing aside the
honeysuckles that cluster around the
window she goes hastily out into the
pnrplo twilight that bangs like a mantle
over tho earth and calls to bim.
Tboro was a little stir among tho lilacs
and syringes, and an instant later
George has cluspod bur to his suspender.
"And you do love me, aftor all?" be
asked.
She laughs softly, as if bewildered by
her sudden happiness, and then her eyes
fill with tears as she softly strokes bis
face.
"Yes, darling," is the answer, "and
you must come to supper now. We are
to have hot biscuits. I made them my
self."
"You made them?"
"Yes," she whispers, "made them all
by mysolf.
"Then." he says coldly, "you cannot
love me." and starts for tbo gate. The
girl follows bim and cries in a low
despairing" wail for bim to oome back
But be does not heed ber. On and on
be goes, when suddenly she sees bim
throw np his arms, as the drowning man
does when battling with the very air for
stands his itatne with oiihii hitiln i
band, and even that has caught tho ruin
and mow of mora than 200 vnara nnnn
the bronze leaves. How old and tired the
great buildings look. Some of them
t . . .
iu lurwaru so iur mat only a narrow
strip of sky is seeu as you walk between.
Others bend baokward. as so woarv with
their long standing that tboy must sit
down, while others still lean to tho right
or left with band upon the hip. The
experiment was not tried, but it did
seem that a good bard push would have
sentsomo of them toppling. I certainly
wouui not care to be on the loaning aid
whon the push is civon.
But for a sight of antiquity to bring
on me norrors, you should stop at The
uaguoaud go through the Gevangen
poort.- This is the old prison where por
sons in any way suspected of "oonspira
cy against tbo State." or of "creatlv
troubling God's church," were brought
to bo reasoned with concerning their
errors. Evon the Whito Towor at Lon
don is a drawing room bosido it. Not
content with walls so thick that vonr
outstretchod arms can hardly reaoh
through them, tho rooms aro lined with
oak planks, sniked bich nnon the coil
ing. All tbo tloors and partitions are of
uoavy oak and looking through tbo win
dow you look through double gates that
run tboir iron fingers deop into the
black mortar. Soattered here and tboro
through the buildina: are dnnceous with
stone lioors, and for still gi eater horrors
iron cagos ate set iu dark corners, where
tne shadows huddle close un to the bars
ami per out as you aro past. At every
step thero is a ghostly liko presenoo fol
lowing on, and should a skeleton hand
give a clutch iu the darkness.it would
be no great surprise.
Uatherod in one of tho rooms are the
instruments of torture. A moro chastlv
collection cannot be conceived. There
are screws for tho thumbs and iron col
lar for tbo nock, and heavy shacklos for
tueieet. An upright timber in oneoor
ner was for slow strangulation. With
tho body firmly fastened to it, a ropo
irom tne noon, passed up over a pulley.
and down to a small windlass fitted with
cogs. By the turning of this windlass
any degree of argument oould be pre
scnted, with pauses between for the
victim to consider bow weighty they
were. Standing in the center of the
room is a heavy dray-shaped timber, on
which persons were bound when tbo
arms and legs were broken. I counted
the cross pieces nailed on, and saw that
three blows, givon each limb could be
easily broken as many times. Besides
it stretobes a rack ready for use, as when
tho last victim was lilted from it. It
fitted with rough rollers to give still
greater torturo, and a favorite doing
of the old Dutch guido when
be has recounted its horrors
horrible gutterala, is to suddenly
have the cry out; just as easy to train a existence, and disappear forever.
child one way as tho other. If it i to
be rocked and dandled and walked with
every time it screams, the whole family
win soon be bond slaves. .Let ns have
no cradle in this bouso, and no springs
on our baby-wagon!" Here, again, pre
pare yourself for ignominious defeat.
lou will have a cradlo with a lovely
latin canopy and a fly-net, and the little
carnage will have bounding spnngs.and
yonr infant will be rocked to the tree-top
snd trotted to Boston to buy a loaf of
the staff of life, just like all its predeces
sors.
lie bad stepped . into
Chicago Tribune.
a post hole.
The Canals In Holland-.
It makes you ache to see them lie so
straight and level over the country. If
they would only pitch down or climb np
or twist to the right or left, what a relict
it would be. For longevity give me the
life of a boatman on a Dutch canal. 1
really do not see why be should not live
forever. Indeed, 1 believe the only way
Whan vnn a.v whn ta .mi tn An they do'die is by falling overboard, and
the rockinir and nromenadinff at mid- being too lazy to swim out. You point
ight and at cook-crowing, and with a &e sail and set the rudder, and all work
baby weighine twenty nounds. thore will is done. No storm can wreck yon or
be an ominous silence which means that bindings strand you. One mile oi flat
Ton voneAlf h.. i,u. .ion-i f. aw ness is like every other mile of flatness,
ioty. The nurse has told yonr wife that and on yon float so lazily, so serenely
Ik.l 1, . ... l.l.i bMa ... nnraiaa f!n,)la la Tin
"is an you re good lor I lu"1'
When you see the baby smothered in composure like it. My very eyelids
worsted jackets; shawls and afghans.per- droop as I write of the scene.
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charm of the canals flew away with the
windmills. I had always fancied them
so picturesque crawling through the city
to ba leaned over bv the bridges. But
ipiring lixe a trotting horse and gasping
for breath, don't ever venturo to suggest
that it has too many clothes on. Of
eonrse you don't know the saving quali-
nes of pinninc-blankots. knit skirts And
flannel binders: nrl nrn'hhl vnn never they are nothing of the sort. Changing
beard that the child would die instantly with the tide they are up and down with
if flannel wasn't kept over its stomach, tbe rest of ns. At high water tbey are
It is only out of pity for your Ignorance qoita respectable, but with the tide out
that tho nurse doesn't knock you down, tbe beauty goes too. A green scum
. When your wife says the baby is laugh- clings to their brick sides. Part of the
don't dispute her, whether yon can muddy bottom comes in sight. Anchnt
ee thfl lanov, . i -i-. ..n hoots, headless barrels, and other
tell when a baby laughs, or interpret its aquatio animals gather in groups.
other complex expressions. If you taka
band in this business you will be set
aown for a fool. Don't try it. In the
nursery you must be all
women!
Tbo
hnabi. made on the same shaped lasts as
the wooden shoes of the land, lie
stranded in the oozy mire, and general
things to all bankruptcy reigns, ihis is me canai
you never bco iu l?m;i.uio, u - - -j
Prepare to dress yourself in the bath- day in the year it stretches its slimy
oom, to receive your friends in the hall, length through the city. I wonder tne
and to go-to the barn when you want to artists have never stumbled upon it.
oke. Your own room will gradually But, notwithstanding all tbis.Rotter-
"ame the appearance of something be- dam has much to interest one. A stroll
tjeen a drugstore and a diet kitchei. through tbe narrow streets "a troU
When you go out of it in the morning it back into thecentnnes. In one of them
" well to be equipped for the day, as Erasmus need to spin his top on the
Jou miy not be readmitted until bed great paving stones, for did not I see the
hm. If ,ou g0 to Ch.nge your very bouse where be wa. born, and all
una. the chances are that you will find bays in Rotterdam spin tops. Close by
in
striko these rollers, sotting them to
whirling in sounds as if tho groans of
all who had diod upon them bad been
let looso. In another part of tho room
are the branding irons, a collodion of
teols that would do credit to a black
smith's forge. Yon seo the oven whero
they were heated, a tray to bold the
ashes, an iron pail in which to carry the
hot coals, and a part of a diminutive
bellows, as innocent looking at those
tbnt bang beside yonr parlor grate. I
took np one of theso irons to see the
brand it would make. The figure was
that of a hideous looking animal, such
as one sees on liyptian obelisks, and
cut so deop that when pressed rod-hot
upon tbo flesh tbe torture must bavo
een fearful. Verily, it was a serious
matter in those days to have indepond
ont thoughts upou government or re
ligion. The most of us would bavo
learned the king's views, and without
tho argument of thumb-screw or rack
believed and prayed accordingly. (Jorr,
Chicago Journal
go into convulsions. They commonced
operating at once to relieve him, but
found it u very difficult case to manage
as the poison had diffused it
sen inrongn the entire ays
torn. Notwithstanding large doses of
morphine and whisky wore administered
frequently, bis snfiering through tho
enure uigut was terrible. 'Jerribli
pains through his body and even in hi
feet and legs kept bim in inch misery
mat nis mind wis seriously affected, and
bui lor toe opiates he would have prob
ably ended his life with horrible spasms
At times his pulso would fall to twenty
and ho appeared just ready to sink under
his suffering, but liberal applications of
brandy caused bitu to rally again. All
night long it was a struggle between life
and death, but by morning be began to
got casiar. uwmnet, Herald.
ALL SOETS.
Southern Society Ladlos.
Tho southern ladies are great readers.
They literally devour books, and this
may account for their beautiful, flowery
and rythmical sontencos. Their conver
sation is like the inusio of running
waters, smooth, evon and. delightful, the
tone of voice extremely pleasing and the
renoso of mannor and the perfect ease
with which they entertain something to
admire. In this lies tbo great charm of
the girls of Dixie. They are indolent
but accomplished, sbiftloss but charm
ing, prejudiced but hospitable. Many
know no more about cooking thnn tbe
man in the moon, but they can play the
piano or guitar and sing liko nightin
gales; tbey could not make an apron to
save their lives, but they cau quote
Shakespeare, Byron, Moore, Tennyson,
Wbittier and all tbe rest by tbe hour;
tbey know nothing of domestic economy,
except that the cupboards must be kept
locked when there are darky servants
around tbe house, but they cau tell you
the derivation of "deuteroscopy or
some equally obsoloto word with perfect
ease; they cannot ten you wuere tne
noor of tbe village live, but they can de
fine what constitutes aristocracy till it
would make your bead swim. In
fact, tbey are calculated to make
brilliant society women and rich
men's wives. Tbe stately formalities for
which tho south was noted are still ob
served and tbe oode of honor that relic
of barbarism still remains unburied.
Amiearances go a great way down here.
but the entree to "upper tendom" is not
obtained with a pocketbook, no matter
how plethoric: your credentials must be
irreproachable. Herein has tbe south
the advantage of the north the best so
ciety is free from tbe "shoddy" element
that is so prevalent in most of our cities
up north.
A Spider's Folsonou Work.
On last Friday Mr. Hamilton Maffctt,
an old citizen of our town, was engaged
in building a fence aronnd his lot, as
sisted by Mr. Nix. W bile at work be
felt something sting bim on tbe shoul
der once or twice, and, striking bis band
upon tbe place, crushed what was after
wards found to be a spider. On opening
bis collar Mr. Nix found an ordinary
black spider, mashed ty tbe blow. Mr.
Maffett continued his work for an hour
or so, when he began to ieei peculiar
pains shooting through bim, and started
to tbe bouse. He got worse so rapidly
tbat it was all be oould do to get there,
and in a few minutes bis whole system
was racked with terrible pain. A phy
sician wis sent for and a drink of liouor
was given bim, but, by tbe time Drs.
Mitchell and Moore arrived, he was
offering intensely, and nearly ready to
"Doctor, do you believe in spirtual
ism?' "No, naturally. What would
become of me if tbe doad oamo back?
Every man who carrios a nistol oncbt
to be obliged by law to wear it iu a bolt
at nis side, and havo it labeled "emo
tional insanity."
"Come, Johnny! what are you kiokhg
that boy for? "Why, ho called mo a
mule, and if I m a niulo I have to kick
don't I?"
And now doos tbo lovoly small boy
grow almost ereou with raco whon bo
seesthousauds of white high hats being
worn and no snow balls to hit them
with.
Tho Iowa cyclones are useful, 'after
all. The other day a oarpet hung in the
oacK yard by a designing woman was
blown fifteen miles. We oocgratulale
tho man of the house on bis oay es
capo.
"There is one thing connected with
your table," said a drummer to a west
em landlord, "that is not surpassed
even by the best hotels of Chicago,"
"lesr replied tho pleasod landlord
and what is that?" "The salt."
At St. Anne's Sunday-school in Lowell.
in answer to the question: "What is the
greatest church fostival?" a littlo orphau
of 6 years promptly answered: "Straw
berry festival.
lie had turned and twisted iu bis seat
for nearly an hour vainly, trying to
an impression on me young lady who
sat behind him. At last be asked
Does this train stop at Cicero?' "1
don t know, sir, she quickly replied.
adding: "But I Lope so, if you think of
getting oil there.
Mary Trip of Abingdon, Miss., wanted
to be a man, so sho woro trowsors for
seven years. Tbeu, as a natural oonso-
qnence she stole a borso. Yon see,
girls, what Dr. Walker and Lucy Stouo
win lead you to. lon stick to the Jer
seys and let us have the prevailing pipo
litems. Burlington Hawkovo.
"Sam, how was it yor didn't git 'lected
to dut new s'ciety do udder ebonin?"
asked a darkey dudo of an old nioko
whose head looked liko a ripe egg plant.
Passing bis band over tbe top of his
head where tho black wool ought to
bo but wasn't he replied, "Dunno, Ous;
but I spec' 'twas kaso I'so black-bald."
Tbo new coachman has been advised
to be scrupulously polite to his em
ployer if ho wishes to koep his place.
Accordingly, when bis master visits tbe
stable the following oonvorsatiou takes
place: "Woll, John, how nro tbe horses
this morning?'' "Quito woll, sir, I tbani
you. And your
Budding.
It is not half as easy to describe in a
manner easily understood tho operation
of budding treos as it is for ono who has
bad the training to go t work and do it.
Tbo work is siniplo; but that helps little
in the way of telling how it is done. But
as the budding season is now at hand,
we call to our aid in instructing the
novice three simple illustrations. The
bud is removed by inserting a sharp
knife about an inch above tho bud and
cutting down to about tho samo distance
bolow it, making the cut deep enough
under the bud to take with it a littlo of
the wood. Nor muko a slit or incision
in the stock whore tbe bud is to be in
serted. This slit should be about three
fourths tho longtb of tho bud piece, hay
ing a cross sat near the top. Haiso up
carefully the bark caoh side of the down
slit, a littlo more at tbe middlo than at
the ends; slip in tho bud, and wrap
about tho place basswood bark or other
bandage, beginning to wrap at the
bottom and tying above the bud, leav
ing tho bud protruding. In prin
ciple, budding is precisely the same as
grafting, the branch growing from it
bearing the same fruit as the tree from
wbioh it was taken. With a great many,
nowadays, budding is considered prefer
able to grafting, because it is more easily
accomplished, because no injury in case
of failure to grow is caused to the stack,
and because there is ample time in ease
0,f failbre to repeat tbe trial tbe same
season. A fortnight or so will tell
whether the bud has "calchod on" or
not. We have said Juno and July are
the favorite months for budding. This
should be sonewhat qualified. Muoh
depends ou the variety of fruit to be
workod with, and much, of course, on
latitude. In the most northerly states
budding is profitably done as late as the
middle of September. Trees finishing
their growth early in tho season should
be budded earlier than those whioh grow
late.
Badding and grafting are taught at
tbe agricultural schools, and any teacher
of a publio school may easily instruct
pupils in this interesting art in a very
short time. Time employed in this sort
of work is better for tbe children than
playing marbles or spinning tops.
rrairie x armcr.
sailor, but ha must also be a man of
infinite tact and method, with a thorough
knowledge of what "asciety" requires at
bis bands.
To sit at tbe "right of tbe captain" at
table at once acoords to tho occupants of
that distinguished honor tbo highest
place in the social scale on board ship,
and tbo position is competed for with au
amount of anxiety that i very amusing.
The senior surgoou and bis assistant
(when two aro carried) act as deputies,
and rank sooiully noxt iu importance to
tbo captuin bimsolf. How to accommo
date the various claims for this coveted
distinction is a matter of serious moment.
The porsonol of tho passenger list is
closely searched at least forty-eight
hours before tbe vessel sails. Very often
tho pursor is called into consultation,
and the difficulty is finally settled by
placiug a card bearing tbe passongor s
namo upon his or her pinto. From this
decision thero isnoappeal. It frequently
happens, however, that one or more per
sons may consider themselves Mihted,
and whero it is prolmblo that tho imag
inary slight will disturb the social har
mony tho captain escapos by taking bis
meals in his own room.
In the first-class ships, as tho Bothnia,
the Alaska, Iho Britannia, tbo Ari.ona,
tbo Biiltio and the Spain, which carry
from I'll) to 20i) cabin passengers apiece,
it is becoming tho rnlo to dress for din
ner the Indies in semi-evening toilet,
tbo geiithmon iu frock coats.' A story is
told of Purser Nepper.s, of the Cunurd
Hue: "it is a rule, sir," said the steward
to a tall, fair passenger, "to putoua
frock coat at dinner." This wits' after
tbe vesud bad been two days at sea. The
passongor persisted in wearing his suit
oi light tweed, and tho request was reit
erated ou the following day, which hap
poned to be a stormy ono. Tho vessel
lurched heavily, but tho passongor ap
pcared in a frock coat of exquisite fine
noes. Tbe contents of a plate of soup.
however, completely dostroyod its gloss,
and tue gontiemnn retired abruptly in
confusion. He said nothing, however,
until Liverpool was rcachod, when,
placing a letter in tbo bands of tbe
purser, be desired bim to give it to the
manager of the line. Its contents wero
as follows:
Tho lino.
"To tbe Earl of Airlio, Dr.
"To spoiling one frock to oblige tho
company, jC7 7s.
'fl. it. Light twoed is moro appro
priate for grease spots than black cloth
in ncavy weather.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
Etiquette on a Transatlantic Stwuner.
Eighty thousand Americans annually
visit Europe. Of this -number 60.000
sail from tbe port of New York. They
spend upon an avenge while abroad
$2,500 apiece. Tbe greater nember are
ladies. Such is tbe statement made by
Broadway traveling commission firm
to a journalist. Tbe importance of these
annual pilgrimages, which are increas
ing year by year, has developed a sys
tem of ocean etiquette tbat governs
the conduct of what may be termed the
best circles of "maritime society.1' Now
adays the eaptain of a crack ocean
iteamer mast not only be a first-class
. Some students at Syracuse univorsity
hvo on $100 a year.
Silver City. N. M.. pays its publio
school teachers $250 a mouth.
The Japancso are teaching about two
million children in thoir public schools
on American and English systems.
Thoro is a movement in Cleveland to
establish a manual training school simi-
nr to tho iIounsuiuK school iu St
Louis.
Tho buildings of Iowa oolloge, which
were destroyed about a year ago bv a
tornado, are boing rebuilt, nnd will
probably be ready for occupanoy whou
tho col lego opens in September.
Tho graduating class of Harvard col-
lego this year numberod 210, being the
argeat in the history of tho institution
Tho necrology of the alumni for tho past
oar is niuety-sovon, lust half the num
ber of tbe preceding year.
Chicago is now oonfronted with the
problem of "How Shall the now Com
ulsory .bducatiou law bo inforoodr
The chief difficulty is the fact that the
present sobool accommodations aro en
tirely inadequate for all tho children of
Bchool ago.
Tbo new manual training school of
Chicago will probably be openod next
JNovomber. It will cost about $100,000.
all of which has boon raised through tho
efforts of the commercial club of that
city. Tbe building will be fifty foot
wido, one hundred and thirty feot deep
and five stories in height, and will bo in
every respect adapted to tho work for
which it is intended. It will give its
pupils a good practical common school
education and instruction and practioo
in tbe use of tools. The tool Instruction
will probably iuolude carpentry, wood
turning, pattern-making, iron-clipping
and filing, forge works, brazing and
soldering, tbe use of machine-shop tools
and other instructions of a similar char
acter; and tbe students will divide their
working hours, as nearly as possible,
equally between meutal and manual ex
ercises. One hour a day will be given
to drawing and two hours to shop work.
Mr. Mundella, the English minister
of education, recently described the ed
ucational outlook in Europe as follows:
"All the nations this side of the Alps
have compulsory education except Bel
gium, and she will soon have. The best
schools are in tbe Gorman states and
Swiss cantons. Those of Saxony and
Zurich I tbiuk reach the nearest perfec
tion. Tho school edifices of Switzerland
fairly rival those of America. Scotland
has better laws pertaining to education
than England, and the average intelli
gence is higher thore. Thoy have, too,a
groat desire for classical education, and
often tbe family at home is deprived of
many comforts in order that the sons
may bo sent to the' university. Only
yesterday Lord said to me tbat a son
of bis gamekeeper was orowding bis own
boy for the first place in a class in the
Edinburgh University. The sons of
shepherds and small farmers are . given
snoti education if the expense can
be met.
IIUIKEIIOMI IIISTS.
Soft Crabs Broiled. After drying and
cleaning them woll, sousou them highly
w ith cayenne pepper and salt, and broil
them over a dear hot tiro. Serve thorn
voryhot. Servo maitro d'hotol butter
or sauce tartare with them.
Preserving Groen Peas A noted oa
terer tells this story: If green peas are
shelled and then put into dry, open
mouthed bottles, and are shaken to
gether so as to occupy as little space as
possible, then aro corked tightly and
are sealed, they will keep threo or four
months. Tbey must, however, bo buried
in dry earth in tho collar.
Ico Cream Cake. Ono pound of su
gar, one pound of flour, half a pound of
butter, whites of oight eggs, olo tea
spoonful of soda, two teaspoonful of
c resin of tartar, ono tablespoonful of
extract of Amonia, onu-lhird ot a oup
f Ul of sweet milk. Dissolve tbo soda in
jelly oako pin.".
Frizzled Beef. Sbavo very thin slices
ot dried beef, put a teacupful of cold
water in a saucepan, put in the sllcos of
beef, and when, at the boiling point
udd one tubluf poonful of buttei, a little
silt and enveuuo pepper. Beat up two
eggs with a dcssortspoonfiil of flour, add
a half cupful (if milk, pour it ovor the
beef, simmer fivo minutes, stirring oou
stautly. Servo hot.
Cream Sponge Cuko. Yolks of oight
eggs, beaten to tho lightest possible
cream, two eupfuls of sugar, throe tea
spoonfuls of linking powder sifted well
with flour. Bake in threo jelly cake
pans. Mako an icing of tho whites of
three eggs aud one pound of sugar.
Spread it betweon the cakes and sprin
kle grated oocoanut thickly ovor each
layer. It is delicious when properly
made.
Saratoga Corn Cake. Four eggs and
two tablcspoonfuls of sugar beaten to
gether, molt one tublospoouful of butter
and add to tho eggs, dissolve one toa
spoonful of baking soda in ono pint of
milk; stir with the eggs; sift together
two onps of whito Indian meal, oue oup
of flour, two tcaspoonfuls of cream of
tarter, thoroughly mi.xod; beat the
ingredients woll togothor; bake iu a
moderate oven.
Broad cake fried may be a novelty to
some cooks. To two cups and a half of
bread dough, allow one oup and a half
of sugar, two eggs, a quarter of a cup of
melted butter, half a teaspoonful' of
salt, and a littlo nutmeg. Knead them
woll into the dough, using ns much flour
as is noouod to mane a smooth dongn.
Lot it rise then until it is very light, then
knead again, and cutout in faucy shapes:
lot them rise again, and fry iu boiling
fat.
Sally Luun. Threo eggs, one pint of
sweet milk, salt, two tablospooufuls of
lard or butter (or one tablespoonful of
each) melted, three pints of Dour, half a
pint of hop yeast. Separata the yolks
und whites of the eggs and beat them
very light. Add tho milk to tho yolks,
thou tho salt and flour and whitos. Stir
in the yeast and beat all togothor until
very light. Butter the cake or bread pan,
pour In tho batter and lot it riso over
night. Bike an hour or longor in a mod
erato ovon and servo it hot for break
fast.
Layer Fruit Cake. Ono oup of-sugar,
oue oup of butter, two cups of flour, tbe
whites of five eggs, two teuspoonfuls of
baking powdor, flavor with vanilla. Bo-
servo oue largo tablespoonful of batter, '
bake tbe remainder of tbo Batter in two
cakes as for jolly cake. To tho table
suoouful of batter add half a cup each of
chopped raisins, chopped citron, one
tablespoonful ot ttour, ono tablespoonful
of mohiHsos, half a toaspoonful of oinna-
mon and cloves and oue wiuuglasa of
brandy ; bake this in ono layor. Put the
cake togothor with soft-frostiug; tho fruit
layer in tho oontor. Tbo top may be
frosted or not.
TI.e interior of Greenland is absolutely
unknown to any but a few natives. Tbe
stories which they tell are not generally
credited and the results of Professor
Nordenskjold's exploring expedition will
be looked forward to with great interest
by scientists in particular. The natives
assert bat there are large tracts of coun
try gradually sinking ind that between
laiitudos CO and 70 deg. buildings have
continaally to be shifted farther inland
is order to keep tbe sea from running
over tbem. While land is thus sinking
in Greenland it is said to be slowly but
snrely rising in Norway and Sweden,
and localities which 5000 years ago were
swamps are now mountains.
"Malaria?" said tbe rural hotel-keeper,
malaiia?" No. we haven't got it. Yon
are the first that bas asked for it: but I
suppose we can get it for yon."
Bipe Tomatoes and Cold Meat Tuko
largo, ripo tomatoes, out them in
halves, and with a spoon eooop out the
center. Chop any kind of cold moat
very fine, and mix with it a toaspoonful
of ohoppod onions, some crumbs of
bread, a littlo salt and pepper and a well
beaten egg. Fill up each half of a to
mato with this mixture; scattor bread
crumbs over the top of it; put a small
pioco of butter in tbe center, and bake
in a slow ovon for forty minutes. Put
the tomatoes in a buttered baking tin.
Serve on a hot platter, garnished with
sonars ot parsley and water cresses.
This makes s dolicions breakfast dish, or
side dish.
Snanih Cream Ono ouueo of isin
glass (the kind tbat comes in long piooos
and is clear), one quart of mill:, four
eggs, sugar to taste. Dissolvo the isin
glass in milk. Boat the yolks of the
eggs to a cream with a little sugar, stir
iu tbe dissolved isinglass, taste to see if
it is sweet enough, then stir it over tbe
fire until it is just ready to oome to a
boil. Kdtnovo at onoe and flavor with
vanilla or wine. Have the whites of tbe
eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and stir them
into the custard as soon as it is removed
from tbe Are. Tbey will remain partly
on tbe top. Pour the mixture into molds
and set in a cool place. In twenty-four
hours it will be ready to use. The top
should look clear as amber and the ous
tard should be below, forming two sepa
rate layers. It should be served with
sauce.
Biscuit Glace Make a quart of rich
boiled custard, flavor it with vanilla and
lot it cool. Then mix with it a quart of
grated pine apple or mashed peaches.
Stir them well together and add enough
sugar to allow for the loss in freezing.
Freeze in tne usual way, stirring in a
pint of cream, whipped, wbou it is be
ginning to sot iu tbe freezer. Partly
till little paper oases with the mixture
and smooth the tops nicely ! Place them
carefully in tbe cleaned and dried
freezer and let tbem remain imbedded
in ice for several hours. Sometimes tbe
casci are filled with pistachio or choco
late ice cream, in which ease blanohei
almonds are laid over tho topn when
they are served. Or they may be filled
with frozen whipped cream and served
with a spoonful of some bright sherbert
npon the top of each.
There are poople in Norwich, Conn.,
who believe tbat a robin in tbat town
fastened a string to tbe limb of a pear
tiae, wound tbe itring about hi neck,
and then dropped from its perch, and in
a few momenU died of strangulation,
while iU unhappy mate sang a requiem