WKT WXATHER TILE.
II ain't DO DM to grumble and complain; ,
111 jnt U cbrap and nil 10 rfjutcr.
Wba Uod ton out tha weatber and sends rain,
W'f rain' Bit cbotoe.
Men rmer'lj. to all Inti-nts-
Allammn Uif j'm apt W (iambi om
Pun mou Ibur lrut In Providence,
And IMiik u tbr ome;
1bll, 'tie commnniii'f
Or men ibat't Jived lonr u me,
. Hit waicued ibe world enouicb to Warn
Tnfj'jt niH Ibe bo ol Uil coucem.
Wl'h vine, of Mint lt different
1 r ictii f.nr.t mta lb -J snowed It all,
And didn't like m way iblop went
Oa tbi terrtvlllal bail!
But, ail tlx.- aane, ih rin. (am wy,
turned at bird on pii-iilc da:
fir wbeu U- J rea.ijr waattl It.
It mtji wou.du't ram a Ml!
Id thla ix'tumt Arf and wit
t 111 orvik! lb a ol roa
feme illlie klil y eJot-.d '11 bt
lbuai B now and mi:
hut, maybe, aa you're wwiderln' w!io
lou e. iwil-titr, lii t j-oi.r umbrell to.
And want 11 otKll pop lac tun.
and ou'U be giad juu aiu'tgut none.
It iini'iM tb (inner, too
1 Lrrt i too rouyi wt, or too tcneli lun,
Ot or,or aaiiiii' rouud lOQu
Before tee pIbMin'i done
ALd. B.yt. like an cot lb wheat,
jut u n't lojkiu bard l tx-at.
i!l kttcii Uiolorm Aud Jnt about
7 be liBie tbe cuna a-p inau' out
Tb- here eydone art foclla' round:
And b k'ud erupt and mod and rain
Ac d yet thaws mat' wallcrtd down
kay elbow npaiun!
Ibey ain't ku mjjM, h I can tee.
For nottale, alio a yju and ua,
A-Uullio' helure wie lok-ou.
and iwcalu' bora wiin Providence!
It aln'l co dm to trams! nd cam plain;
IU)ti m cheap and ca7 to n j nw.
H pen (iod torn out tbt weal ber and tendf rain,
H . rain tar cboloe.
. IX THE MIBKOB-BOOX.
The bost at Beaumesnil tu a remark
ably handsome and attractiTS man,
graceful and frankfaced, of a lavished
aod genial hospitality the last person
in the world, yon would bare siid, to be
connected with anything shady or mys
terious. Beaumesnil wa aa nearly a porfect
place as money and taste oonld make it,
Doth without and within.
If anywhere among those beautiful
frescoed rooms there existed the tradi
tional closet with its grisly akeleton, it
was certainly well concealed from view.
There were "stories" about Capol
Mobnn, bnt yon could not be with the
man himself ten minutes and remember
them.
Whether it wss hi strong personal
magnetism, his charming manners, bia
wonderful conversational powers, or all
three, there was the fact-you liked him
afUir acquaintance, however, you might
have been prejudiced before.
The party gathered at Beaumesnil,
that autumn of which I write, was not a
large, but a very gay and aelect one; and
the affable host spared no puins to mike
everything as plesant as possible to every
one.
There were number of beautiful
women among the guests one excep
tionally so Vivien Gael Lin. She was a
South American heiress; and it was whis
pered that Mohun meant, if he could win
her, to have her for his second wife.
He had been married once Beamesnil
and the "stories" came from bis wife a
wry lovely woman who died within six
months of her weddinzdnv.
M.ihnn. it was said, had boon devoted
to her,' aud was terribly cut up by her
death.
The onlv foundation for the stories lav
in the fact'that the doctors said that she
died of poison some strange, deadly,
Indian drug, seldom seen in this coun
try, and Mohun bad spent some years in
Tnilia
Cut the general impression was, either
that tno doctors vera misiaxen, or mat
she bad takon it herself by accidont or
otherwise
Mohnn must have known of the co
sip, but he never seemed sensitive on
Dm an hind, and thonch he seldom ItDoke
of bis wife, be bad no appearance of
avoiding to uo so.
1 don't tbiuk, either, that bardlr any
nf wrnninn of li in acamintanco would
have hesitated a moment about marrying
Mm on aocount 01 any tiling mat was sam
about la tu.
Inilpnl iIia moat of thorn would have
been glad of a chance to be the wife of
the handsome and agreeable master 01
lieauinovnil.
Whether Mws OuelUn was one of
these, remains to b soen. She waa not
liko other women in most respects, but
she did not seem iodiflereut to Capol Mo
hun' attentions; and, if for any reason
he intermitted them, or lingered beside
another long, aho bad a way of drawing
him back to bur without any seeming
effort.
Miss Gueltan's beauty wm of a rather
peculiar type. She w very dark, but
had a rich color, in cheek and lip, and
blno-gray eyes, that were fairly dazzling
in their brilliancy.
"Did it ever strike you," said Blanche
CaniaJine to her moitt devoted Chat
Devereux "how like Miss Quoltan is to
the portrait of Mr. Mohun's wife, in tbo
picture gallery?"
"Certainly not!" returned Devereux.
"Mrs. Mohun was a pure blonde; Miss
GuelUn is a brunette."
"Still ttiere is a resemblance about
the eyes and the carriage of the bead
and I ahould think they might have
been about the same bight and figure."
"I don't know but you're right," Dev
ereux said, slowly, looking across to
where Vivien Gueltan stood talking with
ber host."
She had a bunch of crimson lillios in
ber white band, and one trailing in the
silken blackness of ber long hair. As
they watched ber aha looked np at Mo
hun. "There!" exclaimed Miss Camadine,
"that is whst I mean that kind of bias
ing ia the eyes. Come with ma now and
look at the picture."
"I see hat you mean. I wonder if
Mohun baa noticed it?"
'Terhaps. That may be one of ber
attractions for him. lie wss so fond of
his wife."
Devereux laughed.
''I don't bolievo that rubbiah, do
yon?"
"Certainly! Why not? Vivien Guel
tan must believe It, for aha very earnest
ly requested ma not to speak before him
of her resemblance to hi wife "
"Ob, then, you have mentioned it to
her? Woessht think it herself f"
"I don't know. She smiled very eoldly
when I "i-ole of it" ......
I wonder i she is In love with him?
"febs seems very much absorbed in
bis society; and yet, I bare seen a look I
in ber eyes as if she almost hated
him "
"i.too. That is why I ssked?"
Thst afternoon, just aa Blanche Cama
dine and young Devereux had nicely
settled themselves in a shady nook of
tbo garden, with parasol, fan and book,
who should come strolling by on the
other side of the high shrubbery, but
Vivien Guelton and Capel Mohun.
Blanche Devereux sat very quiet, hop
ing they would escape notice.
Miss GuelUn, they could see through
the leaves, wss looking uncommonly
lovely in a black lacedresa embroidered
with golden butterflies. Mobun was
talking very earnestly in a low voice,
and bis companion listened with bent,
half-averted bead.
Just as they were pissing near the
pair behind the shrubbery, they beard
Mus Gueltan's clear, sweet voice say,
tremulously:
"You shall have youranswer to-night,
Mr. Mohun."
"But why not now, Vivien?" Mobun
prsieted, in passiohalo tones, "if you
love me "
And with that they were beyond bear
ing. "So that's a match," said Blanche.em
phatically. "Bet you a box of gloves against your
locket that it is not,"observed Devereux,
carelessly. '
That evening, a little while after din
ner.Miss Gueltan slipped an arm around
Blanche's slim waist, and drew her away
to ber chamber. They were rather good
friends.
"I want to ssk a fsvor of you. Miss
Camadine," she said. "You have told
me that I had a look of Mr. Mohun's
wife, and I have fancy to see if it is
true. I am going to maka myself look
as mush like ber as I can just for a jest.
you know. Will you help me?,
Blanche thought it was a queer lancy,
but, of course, she consented.
Miss Gueltan aeemed excited. She was
very pale and Blanche thought she had
never seen anything like the dazxling
brightness of her eye.
She went to work very deliberately.
only calling on Blanche now and then
act making no attempt at conversation.
Long before she waa ready, Mobun
sent a servsnt to say that be waa waiting
to speak with ber at the mirror-room.
Blanche Camadine repeated the laat
words.
"I told bim I would see bim therw!"
explsined Vivien, with one of her old
smiles, "It waa a favorite room with bis
wife, and I like it mysali."
"They tney say bis wife died in that
room," said Blanche in an awe 1 whisper.
"Do they? Then it must be doubly en
deared to him,' returned Vivien, with
exaggerated indifference, as she pro
ceeded with ber dressing.
A flowing robe of snowy gauze re
placed the black lace one, and taking a
long acarf of some glittering, golden tis
sue, she twisted it carelessly across ber
head and about her white throat in such
a msnner as to nearly conceal her hair.
Blanche saw the object at onoe
Mohun's wife bad bad yellow hair. She
uttered a cry of surprise. The illusion
was so perfect; tho resemblance thus
produced was by the evening light won
derful.
Last of all, as she was going, Miss
Gueltan bent snd touched Blanche's lips
with hers. They were like ice.
The mirror room was a handsome
apartment opening from the roso gardon
It took its name from the large and
splendid mirrors which lined its walls at
intervals, v.ith hill roses of rare exotics
set between.
Capol Mohun had boen waiting in this
room a long time it seemed to him, when
the door at lust opened, and across tho
soft, tluok carpet a woman came slowly
toward him, dressed in white.
He had been thinking of hisdoad wife,
perhaps. Kuturally enough, too, this
bavin X been a fuvonto room of hers.
At any rate, now he grew deadly pale,
and stood without spooking, without
moving, scarcely even brratuing, till the
woman was close beside niin. lhon he
drew a long, deep inspiration.
"Miss Gueltan!" he exclaimed, smil
ins faintly, "do you know you startled
me wonderfully? You look to-night so
like some one I knew once, who is dead
now! he concluded alter a pause.
"Yes?" said Vivien. "Your wife, was
it not? slowly lifting the mtense bra
limine of ber eyes to his.
"Yes. The resemblance is remark
able."
"Not vory. Your wife and I were
half sisters," she said, watching him still
with that luminous gaze. "You never
aaw me before, because I was adopted
very young by an aunt. I took ber name
also at her death, as a condition of inher
iting ber fortune.
"Elaine, your sister!" he exclaimed.
"Why did you not jell me?"
"I hod my reasons," she answered
coldly.
Mohun reflected a moment. As in a
flash, he understood her, and grew atill
a little paler and graver.
"You thought" he bepan presently,
pansed.and began again; "I will tell you
about your sister's death; I have never
told any one. I have borne to have a
bad, black suspicion whispered of mo,
rather than darken ber memory with a
shadow; but between you and me must
be truth. Elaine never loved me. She
married me in a St of pique at the man
ah did love, ller lover cam to aee ber
after she was my wife.I knowing nothing
of her former engagement to him. But I
trusted her too entirely to have doubted
ber if I bad known. They had made
every arrangemont to flee together, when
I maJe discoveries and stopped thera.
That night Elaine went to my private
desk and took from a secret compart-
in it the Iudisn drug which she knew I
kept there, mora aa a cariosity than any
thing else, and wita it killed neraell.
She left a letter telling me all; but I
hsvs never shown it to any one. l u can
see it, if yon like."
Aa be ceased speaking iviea waa
trembling from bead to foot. She 1st the
golden tissue which wrapped her head
lip to the floor, and extending ber
bands, while tear filled bar eyes, whis
pered almost inarticulately:
"rorgive tner
Mohun took ber in his arms for an
swer, and. as ha rained kisses on tba
sweet face, asked:
"Yon do, indeed, love me, Vivien?
"Oh. ye, yes you only P
So Blanche Camadine won the glove.
Pride ia increased by ignorance; those
oasoma the most who know tb least.
A Sew Tine Table.
"This train starts at 21 o'clock."
These wore the words osed by a gen
tleman at Broadfttrcct station on Satur
day in explanation of a theory which
will, in all tirobabilitv. be PUt into DraO
tice at no distant day. the theory ia
the establishment of a "time standard,
as the railroad men term it, to be put
into operation on all the railroads in the
country. The proposed standard would
simply add the bonrs after midnight to
12, so that 11 o'clock in the morning
would be 23 o'clock snd noon would be
24 o'clock. The dials of the clock would
be made into twenty-four divisions of
time, and the troublesome A. M. and r.
M. would be avoided. Uniformity and
certainty in the movements of trains in
all parts of the country is one of the
greatest advantages claimed for tba new
standard, and a simplification of time ta
bles that the pnblio would be quick to
recognize and appreciate, would follow.
The Pennsylvsnia Railroad company
bas given the question of the new stand
ard a favorable consideration. An offi
cer of that corporation saya there are
now in operation at least fifty aiandard
of time. The reduction of their number
bas engrossed the attention of
the different time-table conven
tions held within the past twenty
ysars, but no solution of the problem
has betn reached. The last railway time
convention held was in St. Louis in
April last, and it was there that a plan
for reducing the number of standards
from fifty to five was suggested ss the
easiest and simplest way out of the
trouble. "Of course," said the Penn
sylvsnia railroad officer, "the railrosd
msnagers had to adopt the plan before it
could be put into effect; and responses
bsd been received favorable to the five
standard arrangement from the officers
of corporations controlling seventeen
thousand miles of road, forming an un
broken line from Boston to Omaha on
the west, and Charleston, S. C, on the
south. Still, it wss not unanimous, and
therefore not effective."
The originator of the theory of twenty
four hours for standard time wai Mr. W.
II. Dewees, of this city. Mr. Dewees,
upon expressing his views, said recent
ly: "Anything more.crude, uncertain
and insufficient tlan the style now in
use cannot be imagined. It is a relic of
the dark ages adopted centuries before a
railroad or telegraph was thought of.
Modern progress demands something
better adapted to the wants of our pres
ent advanced civilization. If my plan
is adopted I think it will gradually ex
tend througbont the world. I would
tako time from Greenwich observatory,
for it is the best time that exists. It is
exact, oonstant and known, or ascertain
able, everywhere.
"Objections," he said, "are likely to be
urged against Greenwich time by the
people. It would probably be contended
that, inasmuch as the hours of the day
would run from one to twenty-four, in
stead of the day being divided into
halves of twelve hours eah, as is the
present civil day, great inconvenience
would result to the public. People
would Boon, however, become a -ens
tomed to the new method. Should
Greenwich astronomical timo be taken as
the standard, twelve o'clock midnight
would become the end of the twelfth
hour and the beginning of the thirteenth
hour; two o'clock A. M. (present Btylc),
the beginning of the fifteenth hour; six
o'clock A. M. (present style), the begin
ning of the nineteenth hour, and so on
around the oircle. A man reading ot
events occurring in Lurope at a cer
tain time a day would not be in blissful
ignorance, if tho new standard were in
force, of the time whon they really did
occur. Under the new standaid there
would no longer be any question about
Kew York, Philadelphia, Washington,
Pittsburg, Chicago and the numerous
other standards now in force."
The Pennsylvania railroad company is
anxioua to have tho new standard of
twenty four o'clock adopted, and will
readily unite with other companies in
having it put into effect. The otlicors of
that company say there is no necessity
for the public discarding its present
method of telling too time, it not satis
flod with the proposed new railroad stun
dard. It will be very easy on the clocks
and watches now in use to reckon the
railroad time. Another time convention
will probably be called,' at which the
subject will be thoroughly canvassed
and adoptud.
The Mblte House.
Under the present administration the
president's house, and tie private apart
ments especially, has been improved
and beautided to such au extent that it
would hardly be recognized by some of
its lormor occupant. Particular atteu
tiou has been paid to embellishing that
portion of the mansion allotted to the
use of the president and bin family, and
the parlors, sitting and bedrooms are
now arranged in the most tasteful man
ner, and worthy of the chief magistrate
of the United States. President Arthur,
after the death ot his predecessor, moved
across the ball from the southwest to the
northwest corner of the mansion, and his
sleeping room is a model of tasteful
and rich furnishing. The cur
tains, carpets, portieres and paper
of this room are of a
pale bine tint, commonly known aa pig
eon egg blue, and the furniture, with
the exception of the bedstead, corre
aponda with the other appointment. A
pleasanter bedroom conld not be imag
ined, and it is airy, well ventilated, and
lighted from the north by three large
windows. Adjoining this, at the north
west angle of the building, is the private
study of the president, and it ia here
that he tranaacta the greater portion of
bia private business undisturbed- Sur
rounded by books, choice engravings,
photographs of intimate friend and artf
eles of vertu indescribsblc, a cosier nook
eould not bsve been selected, and the
view on all sides is charming. Conspio
nous among the photographs ia the late
French Statesman, Leon Gstnbetta, ap
pended to which is his autograph, in a
clear, business-like hand. The portrait
ol Attorney-General Brewster also occu
pies a prominent position in bis study
adjacent to a large six J photograph of
Christine Nil soon and her autograph.
Passing oat of the atudy into a large
ball, the visitor ia imprtased by the mag
nificent surroundings, oil of which were
arranged unJer the personal sapirvision
of the president. Several of the beet
works of Bierstadt, loaned by the orUst,
adorn tbe walls, o large painting of the
Yellowstone region being tne moat strik
ing. A unique and handsome cigar
stand, formed of tba head of a Texaa
calf and three ateera' horns Lighly pol
ished and mounted in silver, is placed
near a favorite lounging place of the
president in this ball, where, with a few
favored friends, alter businesa hours,
tbe finest brands of cigars are discussed.
A large eerai circular window of French
plate, surmounted by jeweleJ designs in
glass, st the end of this apartment, com
mands a fine view of the war, state and
navy departments building on tbe west
of the mansion, while the perfumes of
the choicest flowers in the conservatory
beneath scents tbe air. Easy chairs,
lounges, tote e tetes are aeattered
throngh the bal in abundance.and invite
a delicious period of rest snd abandon
from the affairs of state. A Isrge carved
door opens from this ball into tbe
bedroom at the southwest angle of the
mansion, in which tbe late President
Garfiuld Buffered from the 2d of July till
removed to Elberon, N. J., two months
lster. This room bss been allotted to
the use of the president's son, and with
the exception 'of the single bed upon
which tbe sufferer rested, tbe furnitare
Lss not been disturbed. In one corner
of the room are two long narrow cases,
marked "C. A. A., containing fishing-
tackle belonging to the president. A
communicating door opens into the large
bedroom used by tbe doctors in attend
ance upon the stricken president, and
from which tbe famous bulletins were
issued. Tin most notable article in this
apartment is'a handsomely carved mahog
any bedstead, bearing in bold relief the
coat-of-arms of the United States, the
whole surmounted by a heavy red silk
canopy. A pair ol steps lead np to tne
bed, upon which four mattresses, topped
off by a feather bed, woo the tired pil
grim to rest. The furniture of the room
ia of a heavy, sombre, antique pattern.
It is stated thst this furniture is valued
at thousands of dollars, and is about tbe
only thing about the mansion which con
nects the past with the present. This
room completes tbe private apartments
of the presidont of the United States, as
the sdjoioing one is the library, and
with which all who nave visited tne white
house are familiar.
Disappointed History of ierial
lion.
Xarlga-
The original idea of billoons belongs
to that droll and clever man, Cyrano de
Bergerae, who died nearly a century be
fore the elder ol tne juonrgoiners was
born. Cyrano was the Jules Verne of
the seventeenth century. lie wrote a
number of fantastic books, which seems
to have been consulted by Swift for bis
"Gulliver," Voltaire for his "Micro
megos," ami Fountcnelle for his
"Mondes." The most popular of these
was "A Trip Through the Moon," in
which the hero is made to ascend from
the earth by means of bladders
fill sd with hot air. Etienno Mont
golfier and his brother Joseph
improved upon this suggestion by sub
stituting ono globe of silk for several
bladders. In other respects their bal
loon was an adaptation of Bergeiac's
idea, for it had an aperturo at its
base in which Lot air rose from
a charcoal stove in the car. The
Montgolfiers were the sons of a paper
maker of Annonay, nnd it is amusing to
recollect that their father, who was en
nobled in reward for their invention,
had done his utmost to thwart it, even
threatening to disinherit tbe young men
if they persisted in what he called. their
foolish experiments. But the experi
ments were not foolish, for the Moutgol
tiers thought they were on the track of
the greatest discovery ever made. When
they had effected a first successful ascent
at Annonay and a second in Paris, in pres
ence of Louis XVI and his court, the bal
loon on both these occasions being cap
tive, all the adventurous men of Eu
rope, became smitted with a love for
aeral navigation; and it was assumed
that a way of steering balloons would
soon bo found without much difficulty.
The experiments of the Marquis d'Ar
lunds and those of Pilatre des Hosiers
quickly followed those ot the Montgol
tiers, snd in November, 1703, the last
named aeronaut went up a free balloon
to a height of 83000. Tne same month
an ascent was made from Woolwich by
Count Zimbecarri; in 1734 Sig. Lunardi
started in a balloon from Moor
field, and iu 1785 Mr. Blanchard and Dr.
Jefferics performed their famous jour
ney from Dover to Calais in two hours.
It is disappointing that thero should
have been no progress in aerial naviga
tion since that date. Balloons are still
at the mercy of the winds. Only a few
days 4go M. L'Hosta tried to cross the
channel and failed; and although aero
nauts plume themselves upon toe servi
ces which they reudered to Paris during
the seige, it must ba remembered that
balloons hod already been used for mil
itary operations at the buttle of Fleurus,
and" that the air ships of 1870 showed
hardly any advance in usefulness on
those of 1794. It may be that science
will some day bit upon the meana of
stoeriug these contrivanees.but there are
no signs of this yet, and one docs not
feel sanguine on the subject, considering
the entire failure that bas attended all
experiments in that direction up to the
present time, London limes.
Fencw Posts.'
An experimental writer on this sub
ject very rationally remarks: "To have
a fence, a fence that will last, we must
have good posts, for tnat is tne part that
gives out first by rotting off at the sur
face ot the soil. Then the fence has to
come down, new posts set, and tbe
boards replaced. Sixteen years ago I
experimented with fences, and find sea
soned oak posts, oiled and then tarred
with boiling rial tar, makes them last
the longest. I took green posts thst
were sswel five inches square at one end
and two by fire inches at tbe other, and
seven feet long. I tarred nail aa many as
would build my fenoe, and the other half
I put in the ground green with nothing
done to them. In five years after, tbe
tarred posts were nothing bnt a shell
under the ground, ail tne inside Do
ing decayed. Some of tbe other
poste were rotted oa, and some
were about half rotten. Two years
after. I built another fence, with at-
aoned oak posts, same sue as tbe first,
giving them all a good coat of oil, an I
in a few days after tarred them, as I did
before, wit coal tor, heated in can
mal for the nnroose. four feet deep and
large enough to bold four posts set on
end. I left them in tbe boiling tar for
about ten minutes, then took them out
and aanded them. And now, after four
teen years, not one in ten needs replac
ing. I shall never build a fence for my
self requiring posts without first thor
oughly seasoning, then oiling, and then
tarring them. If they are tarred when
green, tbe tar Joes not penetrate the
wood, and in a short time will all scale
off. When the wood is seasoned tbe oil
penetrates the wood, and the coating of
coal tar keeps out the n oisture, thereby
preserving the wood from decay."
1I0C8U AXD FAUS.
Codling Moths It is an erroneous no
lion that bogs destroy many larvte of tbe
ooddling moth by eating windfall apples.
Tbo worms usually leave the apple before
it falls. If not, they almost immediate
ly quit it after it strikes the ground.
Strawberries Tbe crop of stiawberries
in the spring is decided by thetrestment
ol the plants tbe fall previous, while the
fruit buds are forming. Unless well
cared for then no subsequent culture
can wholly make amend for the neglect.
Ammonia Cakes One and a half
pounds of flour, four eggs, beaten separ
ately, three-quarter pound butter, one
pound sugar, one-half ounce ammonia,
dissolved .in a little cold water, make
into a soft dough, roll out and cut thin.
Bake quickly.
Butter Makers A great difficulty in
teaching those who have mode butter for
many years bow to improve the quality
of their product lies iu convincing them
that they do not already make any good
butter as the bett. It is not much safer
to point out to a woman faults in ber
butter than it is to speak ill of her chil
dren. Strong Food. Beans are not eaten
whole by any kind of stock excepting
sheep. But by grinding and mixing
with corn or oatmeal, beans unfit for
sale may be profitably fed to cattle,
horses and pigs. They are very strong
food, and oa stock become used to them
the proportion of bean meal may be in
creased. Corn Land. Corn land that would
otherwise remain naked after harvest,
should always be sown to rye in the fall.
Land that was the previous summer in
corn often suffers much, being exposed
to the beating and washing rains of win
ter. Tbe soil is washed into the valleys
and streams, snd from the beating effects
of the rain and drying wind anu sun ot
spring it breaks up in heavy clods, and
hardly becomes fine during the entire
spring.
Chicibn Liyeb Jelli. Boil the liv
er, hearts and gizzards of fowls till ten
der, the unlaid eggs of the Same till
bard, cut all in small pieces and lay
them in fanciful designs upon the sides
of a jelly mold, alternating with small
boiled mushrooms, if you have them;
fill the mold with chicken broth, thick
ened with cornstarch, and set it to cool ;
when about to serve turn tbe jelly upon
a bed of bard-boiled yolks of eggs chop
ped finely and laid on a jelly dish.
Before the Lucifer Match.
Young men and even middle-aged peo
ple, accustomed to tbe convenience of
of tbo modern lucifer-match, can hardly
imagine the time when the tinder-box.
with its clumsy flint aud 6teel and broad
brimstone matches, was the only means
of procuring a light. Some people were
more skilful than others in striking a
light and blowing the spark and match
to a jhme; but often on a wintry morn
ing it was weary work with the servant
who hal to kindle the first fire if the tin
der happened to be damp, or worn out.
or the flint and steel "in a temper."
Indeed, in many houses a rushlight was
in some bed-room or other always burnt,
so that in case of sudden illness, or any
disaster, there might be light ready.
The rushlight, having, aa its name
implies, a rush wick, was about 15 inches
long, and was burnt in a huge perforated
shade; it was tho "farthing rushlight,"
which very poor people were said to use
for other purposes than a night-light.
The picture of a half-starved seamstress
in her garret would, in those days, have
been incomplete without the thin rush
candle; but its flime was so feeble that
I can hardly fancy any eves could have
served to thread a needle by it. London
Society.
Ground Millet for Hogs. Ground
millet seed is excellent food for hogs. It
has a nutritive ratio of 1:5-4 that is, 1
of albuminoids to 5.4 carbo-hydrates.
This is a good fattening ration, and it
will depend upon the relative value of
corn whether the two should be ground
together. Half millet and half corn
ground fine, will make a better ration
than corn alone. Tbe pork will have a
better proportion of lean, and the pigs
will be healthier while fattening.
Ground millet will be found very ap
propriate food for growing young pigs,
giving them a larger and more muscu
lar frame.
"No, Clatinda, you can't rhyme "Wol
sey' and 'bulls eye.' Xo de.tr. .Not
here. Not in this journal of civilization.
But you may work us a neat little title
strip for our bat, with our initalsin it all
mixed up with daisies and lilies of the
valley and other modest things, and tbe
secret of your poetical ambition shall go
with us to the grave."
A country editor undertook to ride on
a pass belonging to one of his sub
scribers who bad an advertisement in bia
paper. After examining it tbe conductor
looked at it and the editor, and eaid:
"This pass is crooked." "Oners not,"
said tbe editor, blandly. "But I say it
is," "That's just where you are fooling
yourself; it's me thst's crooked. The
pass is all right enough."
Regrets: Miss Gushington (to young
widow whose husband bad left a large
fortune) "That is the 14th mourning
costume I have seen you wear in three
days and each lovelier than the other."
Young widow--"Ob, my dear, I have 40
but ssch a bother aa they were to have
made! At one time I almost wished poor
dear Georgj hadn't diedP
What waa in it: "My ease is just
here," said a citizen to a lawyer. "Tbe
plaintiff will swear that I hit him. I
will awear that I did not. Now, what
can yon lawyers make out of that if we
go to trial?" "A hundred dollars easy.'
was tba reply.
About the lor? as.
Seonl, the capital of Com ;. i. ..
northwestern part of the peninsula aJ
near the Salu.or Hu River, being .ff.
aixty milee from its mouth. Tba ?i
rasps put it directly on the river w
asa wc4 sUaa( K lil
which is nesr it, and which is on ti
river, was probably mistaken, for Seoni
when foreigners were not nerminllr?'
approach near enough to determine it.
iosition. It is about an hour and a
baira walking distance away fron .l
rive. ' Tbe capital is a walled city bniit
at the foot of a range of hills, and th.
site was evidently selected aa affording
an easy and natural me&na of defena.
the bills being in the rear and the river
in front. It is said to contain about six
hundred thousand inhabitants, bat th
walls enclose seeral times the area occn
pied by the houses, and after surround"
ing the town ascends the hills and form
a barrier along tha foremost ridges. Ths
city is divided into four nearly equal
parts by two immense streets wCich
traverse it at right angles through tba
center. Upon these two streets is carried
on the principal business of the place
The king is a young man of 32, and it
is only since tbo summer of 1882 that be
bas actually been at tbe bead cf tbt
state. Unlike most eastern potentates
be bas but one wife, but at the sam
time be may have as many as he choose.
It is stated that there is no limit to ths
roysl concubines, Sut as the queen
keeps a sharp lookout npon her royal
master, they do not lead a life of lemurs
and idleness. As all the court dresses
embroideries and other fancy articles are
made in the palace, it is but fair to pre
sume that these women find comething
with which to oconpy themselves.
One of tbe most curious circuuutsncet
in regard to tbe king is that be bas no
name. He is simply known as "the
king," and not until be dies is a name
given bim. He has the power to name
bis successor to tbe throne, and that
successor need not of necessity bo ths
next of blood. He is never seen by bis
people, and only leaves tbe palace pre
cincts twice a year, and then for the
purpose of performing religious services
at a temple some half mile away. In
stature be is below the medium
higbt; bas a handsome, pleasant face,
jet black bair, a light mustaohe and
imperial of the same color, a white com
plexion, beautiful teeth, and, the most
noticeable of all, dancing black eyes that
seem to be overflowing with merriment.
His state dress is of crimson satin, heav
ily embroidered with golden dragons,
and the dress of the nobles at court is of
a dark green with a square pieoe of em
broidery on tbe breast and on the back
representing flying storks. He is always
accompanied by two immense ennuchs,
who are also nobles. Up to the time of
the presentation of General loote, the
American envoy, in May last, the king
bad seen but one other foreigner, Mr.
Von Mollendorff, minister of customs.
It is the lattor's intention, es tbe gradual
introduction of new ideas will permit, to
have the king appear in publio among
the people. He is already prepared for
it, but it is questionable whether the
people are quite ready for such an inno
vation npon their old-established cus
toms. Tbe queen's household is entirely sep
arate from that of the king, as owing to
tbe customs of the country, she is sur
rounded by women and can only be seen
by women. She has never been seen by
a foreigner, but is descr.bed as being
very beautiful. Before the arrival of
tbe wife of the American minister in
Seoul the queen had expressed an ar
dent desire to see ber, but as yet she has
not done so, although she sent eight of
her ladies in waiting to make a formal
call soon after Mrs. Foote reaohod there.
So closely were they guarded and con
cealed that no one at the legation save
Mrs. Foote saw them. It is said that
Corean ladies are averse to calling,
owing to the fact that they do not wish
their calls returned, becauso in that case
foreigners might see tbe low position
they occupy in the social scale- and the
degraded condition of their lives. In a
word, tbe Corean wife, whether of high
or low degree, merely occupies the posi
tion of housekeeper and maid of all
work, having no social position what
ever. Although the Corean women exhibit a
great curiosity to see foreigners, and
can be continually seen peering from be
hind doors and stockades, the soldiers
keep an ever watchful eye on them and
drive them back to a safe .distance. On
the ride to Seoul one is often reminded
that bright eyes aro watching him from
behind the trees or bushes as he passes
along the mad, bnt woe betide them if
they are discovered by the soldicis, for
they have no hesitation in pursuing them
with the bamboo.
The costnme of the men is particularly
adapted to the life of idleness. Tbe head
dress consists of three parts first, the
band which goes about the bead, being
stretched as tightly as possible acrosa
the forehead and secured to buttons or
rings just behind the ears; then the inner,
bat of horse hair, which ia merely a
receptacle for the hair and topknot, and,
finally, tbe outer bat of bambco, which
resembles somewhat, in width of brim,
the old fashioned Quaker bat, thougb
not so largo in the crown as that was. It
may be mentioned that some of these
hats are very expensive, and can be made
to cost as high as $00. Tbe outer gar
ments consist of a pair of baggy trousers
stuck into padded stockings, the latter so
large that they give the wearer the ap
pearance of one suffering from gout in
tne feet; above these a cotton jacket, and
over all a robe or gown, which resembles
a lady's morning wrapper as much as
anything else, although "it might easily
be mistaken for a nightshirt This out
side wrap is tied about tbe waist, and tbe
Corean is dressed, except aa to the
articles that be carries with bim. First
of all comes the pipe, and this is an
article that no true Corean is ever with
out. Next, he baa attached to his girdle
bis cbow knife and chop sticks and two
bags. In one of these be carries his
tobacco, and the other contains bia
pocketbook, if he bas one, and several
articlea tor the toilet. He msv so
carry an oil paper cover for bis hst. ia
case' it should rain. If be owns a waich
that ia alo earned at hia girdle as a lob.
Nearly all of the better claia wear glasses
of some sort, and these being very lorg
and set in tortoise shell frames of corre
sponding dimensions, they add vtaet
distinguished mark when in their box
and attached to the belt. N.I.Tim.