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HER LIOIIT GUITAR. James YT. Riley. fill twinkled tun on hr llebt piltar A low tweet jHiigleof tangled sounds, Ai blurred as the veiees of fairies are. Dancing lathe noomluwD dalrsand downs, ArJ thn tinkling dip of the strange refrain lluu oor Uu rim of my soul like ram. ' r , e Tbe (rroat blonde moon In the midnight nklrt fauwtl and pied o'er tin trellis rav-4 And the dam in the light of bur upturned 81 f ted their lore through the rifted leaves r Uliuted and plinLered In crystal mint ' Down the glittering string that ber ftngen Bused. O, the melody road! O, the tinkle and thrill UI the. eoitMV of the exquisite thing I Tlx red row rirmwd from the win low-fill .And lar In a lone iwoon nuiverine: While the dying notes of the htrain divine ttipplea lu glue up my pell-bound ipiue. SEVRES PORCELAIN. The Tod Ian Professes of Prrpara tlaa of the Material l ard. J. H. Haynie In Han Franc-lsco Chronicle. Sovrca torcelain is composed of a mix tare of fcldspnth, a kind of rock which is silicate of aluminum and potassium of kaolin, which is a pare silicate of aluminum and of Isouzival chalk Whoa each of those threa substances lias been triturated, carefully cleansod of all foreign elements and roduend to an impalpable powdor, they are mixed with water in plaster-troughs, called ro inoH (shells), which absorb the super fluouA water, and the paste thus ob tained is railed tho pate, or dough, of the porcelain, Kaolin is infusible, but the silicate which comes from tho feldspath is fusiblp, and the chalk aids it in becoming melted under tho action of extreme lieat. it is, therefore, uro: the proportions in which they aro mixed At... 4 .1 -.1.. L . iiitt urjx'uiia ine greater or less porioc tion or tho porceHuu in its two most important and distinguishing features resihtunco to the beat and translucencv, Whon the pato lias been mixed there remains tlio Hliapuig of it into tho ro quired articlo. , ai nevres mere ore two processes oi doing tins turning and molding - anu no: iioquoniiy tliu two aro com bined in the product ion of noroeluin In the first process tho workman takes a ball of this dough, and after having thoroughly kneaded it, places it upon a potter's wheel in order to give it the dosired form. In the other process the dough is mixed with water until it has the consistency of cream, whon it is called barbotiue. This is poured into a plaster mold, on the sido of which a thin coating o tho stuff is quickly deposited. As it dries this coating drt.tches iti!lr by a natural shrinking process, llio dryiug is some times accelerated iy various moans. such as the centrifugal force resulting irom rapid turnmir the mold on wheel, ooompressed air acting on the interior, or by placing tho mold under an air-pump. When the article has been shaped tho workman adds the handle, if one be neodnd, and then it passes into the hands of a skillful turnor, who carefully finishes it on lathe. Any ornamentation which are to bo added in relief are fixed in place and nn is lieu iy nana m colored pto on the wmte article i and in white pate on the colored ones.' ' The colored pato is ob tained by triturating the pate in iU natural state it is whitein a little mill with various oxides, according to tho color desired. This coloring -an cany ninncr ir inn pate tenure- is a very (leucine operation lor tne pate dure, as a very high temperature being indis jiciisulilo in order to obtain the glu.iug, the oxides am liable to decompose, either fading or changing in tint, ami giving dull colors iustead of the bright shades desired. Hut when the color lias been fix oil by the baking it is un changeable. Sometimes there is a lace like pattern cut on the article. This is done while the pate is soft and gen erally by women, who acquire such skill that their work bus all the fineness of leal ValencienuoH. After a first baking, or tho degourdi, as it is termed, tho gla.ing is added. This is a wash made out of a solutiou of feldspnth and qu irte, and it melts and vitritles under a high degree of heat. The real baking is with the highest degree of heat that can be obtained and takes two duvs. It produces in the pato a demi-vitritk'ation, after which it becomes porcelain. . , . A Mtary of Registrar Hruee. , (Wanlilngton tatter.) Ancnt tli story that Mrs. Bruce, wife of ex-Senator and Kegistrar of the Treasury llruco, was snubbed at the president's, reception, on New Year's day a story ainoe denied, though it is believed to havo some foundation tho following incident, showing tho true gentlemanly character of Mr. llruco, is related: "When Mr. Uraoe was sena tor from Mississippi, a vouug lady, whose relatives before the war were immediate noighliors of the family with whom Bruoe lived, and who, through the misfortnno of war, lost everything, applied for a position in the treasury department. Her application was vaguely mado, and met with equal suc cors. Mho was in desperate financial straits. . "As a dernier ressort she applied to Senator llruco. What do you suppose lie said to her r "What lie said was this : 'Miss , I havo an appointment left at my disposal in the "department. I well remember your family down in Mississippi in old times. You shall have that position, and at once. I know, of course, Miss , that you, on account of our difference in color, and on account of things generally, would be disobliged if 1 wero to oiler to go in person with von, bat my brougham is outside, and 1 ill sea you to it; it'll my driver to drive slowly, said I will t ike a street car and be at the department before you and have the aecretary appoint you.' And he did it. That act I know to be a fact." A. V. Dicey : Clauses whose voice cannot be heard are neglected, not be cause they are disliked or Ixcanse any one wishes to oppress them, but be cause their existenoo is forgotten. Ticknor Curtis: We do not rest our belief in what is called the lawi of gravitation upon any chain of proof in which it ia necessary to supply a link by assuming it exist. THE WEST INDIE3. The Laad r the Palm, Xulmrg and Clave, Mnakea, Llsards and I arth .aakea. "Oath" has been interviewing a gen tlcman just returned from a tour in the Went India islands, and the following extracts are from au account given in The Cincinnati Enqnirer : "I suppose that yon got all kinds of bugs and reptiles in those islands?" "O, yes. There is a lizard there called the ignana, which is perfectly harmless, but it looks like the devil. It has alligator scales, long, powerful tail a pouch under its throat, and is of sup pressed greeu and yellow tints, and b a rich, darting eye. The poople eat it like chicken. It grows to the length of five foet, or almost as big aa a man, though you generally find them about two feet long. "Do they raise cocoa in those islands ?' Yes, and cacao too. Cocoa is palm-tree, which bears a nut, the cocoa' nut; but cacao is a very small tree or bush, which grows the material of which chocolate ia made. The plant was discovered in Mexico very early and Cortez found the Aztecs using it The cacao-tree looks like a chestnut It produces the third year, but bears the best at seven or eight, and requires to be planted uuder shade. This cacao grows so spontaneously and brings such a good reward to the negro planter that, like tho bread-fruit, it is a cause of his laziness. With about one acre of these trees .he can live pretty well." "What does the cacao look like?" "It looks like the cucumber which had tnrnod yefloW or' red, and is si inches long, and gTowi something like a lemon or a citron,', iroru tne tree, changing color, as it develops, from green to crimson, yollow and purple, l'uo seed is taken out of this cucumber and dried and cured, and then put into bags for shipment. 1 no trouble with the cacao is that it is adulterated with vanilla and other beans. Monkeys and ruts are very fond of eating these cu cumbers. "Did you see much of the s.igar cul ture "ies. Coolies have to some extent succeeded slaves or negroes in the cul tivatiou of sugar, and got very low wages 4 cents a day for children, 10 cents for women and 'M cents for men. In thoso islands tho laborers can liv for i or 'A cents a day on fish, broad fruit, yams, plantuius, tweet potatoes and bananas. They only work five days in the week, taking Saturday for them selves, and Sunday nobody works. They drink rum. The coolies beat tlio ue groes saving money, buy goo.ls and cnt tie, and when they have served out their time they go to the little towns and set up shops, often rum shops. which make things worse. "Do they eultivute the spices in tho West J miles? les, tiioy cultivate mango and cin nauion, the clove and the nutmeg. Some of these seods wero sent from the main lund of South America. They do not do well in the est Indies, howevor. tho nutmeg making out better than any other. The nutmeg tree looks like an oraugo tree trimmed down. The clovo tree, whore successful, violds about seven pounds of cloves." "What is the broad-fruit J" "It is a tree which wus intoducedinto the West Indies that grows lu:nps of fruit several inches in diameter. In sido of the shell is a sort of watermelon IIchIi, which is just as nutritions as bread, and tho laboring classes there eat it lor bread. Vt itli twenty of those frees a man can live all his lifetime, and need do uothing' else but sleep, i Xhe treo does not want to be cultivated at all,' but take! 'care 6f itself. It bears eight months in the yeur, and for the remaining four mouths is kept like po tatoes under the ground or under leaves. "vuiure u ia tne ureuu iruit ooino from?" "It came from Polynesia, and to bring that tree to the West India islands the ship Bounty was lit ted out in I7U7. As she was coming back, with 1,0110 roots in pots, tubs and boxes, a inutiuv broke out, and the ollleers were set adrift by the crow, and did not reach land for forty-one days. Tho mutineers wore afterward executed, with the exception of a portion of tlieni who got to Pit- airn inland and founded a colony there, This sumo lieutenant who commanded the liounty was given another vessel. and returned to Otuheite. He brought tho bread-fruit to St. Yiucent'a island in 171W." "Do they have suakes in the West Indies 7 . . "Yes; in Grenada there are plenty of tuem which live in tho forest and oc casionally steal out and rob the planta tions. indeed, there aro no animals in the Antilles, no four-footed animals of much aocount, except the monkey, tho armadillo and the agouti. 1 he peccary extinct in every island bflt iohago. There are somo wild hogs in Dominica and St. incent, and, what is very smgu ar, there are wild cats in some of those islands which are descendod from tame cats, and yet are just as wild as wild cats, though not as pqworful. Thero is sort of opossum from Nrnth America i somo of those islands, and there are few raccoons. I have seen monkeys aring down bananas and plantains."' ' "What other island did you visit?" "Grenada. That is a portion of what are called the Grenada islands. All these islands are thought to bo portions of a sunken continent. Another theory is that they were thrown up by tire. There are a good many volcanoes still in them, not very active, and mainly sulphuric oozes and chimneys. In Grenada there are a number of extinct craters, some of which are tilled with water, and one of tnem makes a lake two and a halt miles around, 2,000 foet above tho sea. Nearly all those islands have forts, and yon can aeo the South ern Cross standing out magnificently in the night. Uy tho way, on that island von can see oysters climbing trees. It Lappcus in this way: The tide rises very high, and the orster goes up with the tide and takes hold of the brandies and roots of trees that grow on the shore. The tide goes out and the oys ter stays there; so be seems to hare climbed up the tree." The "White Laay"af tha nhenol tenia. , Foreign Letter. 1 " . A few nights a 70 the famona " Weissa Dame," or White Lady, spiritus famil iaris of the Hohenzollern fumilyls re ported to have been seen by the se nti' nels before the Alte Schloes in lierlin. Kothwithbtanding their profound step ticism, the lierliuers, strangely enough, still believe the story of the White Lady. The capital is quite exeited over the pretended apparition. All are talking about it and wondering what member of the dynasty ia next dostinU. to die. . The White Lady is a ghost who has frequently bean seen in different castliii and palaces belonging to the royal fan'' ily of Prussia. She is supposed to for ' bode the death of aome of the rovf S family, especially one of the children Her last appearance was in 1W., id prior to the death of Prince Waldemar. J a 1 1 . t , 1 7 a soiuior on guard at the 01a castle was witness of the apparition, and in lis fright fled to the guard-room, where he was at once arrested for deserting his post. Twice she has been heard to speak. In December, 1028, she appeared in the palace at Berlin and said, ia Latin, "I wait for judgment" Again at tie castle of Neuhaus, in Bohemia, whm she said to the princess, in Gorman, "It is 10 o'clock," and the lady address d died in a few weeks. There are two White Ladies in fact one the Countess Agnes, of Orlamnnde, who is referred to by onr Berlin cor respondent, and tho other the Prinoeis Itcrtha von I!oscnlerg, who lived in lit fifteenth centnrv. The former 1 buried alive in a vault in tho fafj.'. one was tne mmirois 01 a margrave 01 Brandonbiirgli, by whom she had two sons. When tho prince became a widower Agnes thought he would marry her, but he made the sons an objection, and she poisoned them, for which crime, the was buriod alive. Another version is that she fell in love with the prince'of Parma and made away with her two daughters, who were an obstacle to keP marriuge, for which crime she was doomed to "walk tha earth" as an Ap- parition. . ( , . The 1'rincoss Bertha is troubled be causo an annual gift which she left to the poor has been discontinued. She appears dressed iu white and carrying at her side a bunch of keys. Opera gingers Hr fare the Opealag-.' Chioago Herald.) - I - 1 "Does Mme. Nilsson commence Bind ing 11s soon as she enters the theatre be fore a rehearsal ?" repeated Herr Hash mann w hen Tho Herald reporter put a question to that effect. "Why, eer tainly. Wejull sing before the jier formauce in-Vur dressing-rooms. Yon, know ,0110 cannot risk to open the month after a long silonee only after ap pearing on the stugo. One is very likely to hit a false noto, and if that should happen at the very oponing of an im portant part it would not only confuse the singer himself but the others also. We always sing a few bars while waiting in the wings for the sign of a prompter. There, of course, we have to do it sotto ' voce; but in tho dresxing-rooms we, sing right out to have the voice clear and ringing when our time' comes. ' We don't do that because we iika it, but ai a matter of necessity." x "Do singers nso any correctivesduring a pr rfo.nnneo?" inquired the reporter. "I have heard that Wauhtelaais drjod prunes and Mine. Lucca munches tigs," s.iid tlio singer, "but I can't sav whether that is true. Tho emit Xef- mann, of the Berlin opera, always has f httlf-and-half-r-that is, porter and'ebam. pagne ready for him wlien .he doe' ' the heavy parts jn a;:m tiou.. Coffee-, either with v ., ... . 1 i the jrolk of an egg, and hot water is niiuih liked by somo singers. Others take coffee with an addition of strong liquor ; but I do not believe in anv cor imumn rective. It may stimulate the voice for tho time, but a reaotiou is sure to fol low. I ho best thing in the world is continual training and practicing, and good protection and cure of tha throat while the voice is not in use." ItlNlnherlled Haljihiaur Wall Mtreef, "(HthV Now York Letter.! It would bo a curious pioeo of liters- ture for future centuries if some man would take tho 1,100 brokers of New . . 1 ork and docket their names and write tho history of each, just as carefullv as some of the chroniclers of feudal times w rite the records of tho knights, Manv of these mon have at one time touched supreme possibilities of wealth. Somo have considered that they wore worth f.'iOO.OOO. others 1,000 ,000, . othors $2,000,000 or $8,000,000. Generally speaking, their minus are occupied in reterrmcr to that day, and wondering whether it will return. Some of thorn who are now obscure private porsous once haudled great speculations of a physical sort, like steamship companies, new towns. telegraph lines, summer resort places, etc. 1 no moment they fall out of these schemes they turn into nothings: and yet, while we are asleep, they are seok ing in some way to compass another chance of life. That is generally done by finding somebody who has got some money and operating upon his confi dence. One of Mpuraeon' Niarira. " iKchmiKis . , In Mr. Spurgeou's inexhanstiblo fundi of illustrative stories is one of a man who used to say to his wife : "Mary, go to hurch and pray for us both. But the man dreamed one night, whon he and is wife got t the gate of Heaven. 'otersaid: "Marv, iro iu' for both "1 He awoko and made up his mind that it was time for him to become a Chris tian on his owu account. Xot In Proper 'tame. Priudheau, the famous sporting fon. iad a costume for every kind of mimo that ho had shot at. One day, invited to the duke of Orle tns' shooting party, me nuke urew ins attention to a hare, suggesting that he should tire. ."I can not, monsigneur," s.iid Briudbeau. "I am in my partridge toilet." Arkansaw Traveler: When a man comes ter do conclusion dat's he's gwine ter be jea ei happy el he ken, de wort' ill begin to uuprube hum dat bery miait, COOKERY IN VIENNA. A Xavel KxMbltloa Illostratlnx the foil aarr Art. Eastern Letter! in exhibition of a norel kind, illus ti ating the culinary art, was held re cently in Vienna. The keepers of all the most renowned hotels and restau rants exercised their skill and powersof invention to ploase the eye as well as the palate; so that the jury, whose honorary president ia Count Kinsky, the chief of the kitchen department at court, bad some difficulty in making its awards. A telegram from Vienna to The Lon don Daily News siid: The cookery exhibition has proved a wonderful sue cess. The King and all the streets surrounding the horticultural halls are 'blocked. Long rows of carriages and dense crowds make movement all but impossible. The exhibition doors were closed three hours ago. Owing to the large number of people admitted the crowding became dangerous. Thous ands, however, waited outside and clamored to be let in. The emperor atd the archdukes visited the exhibi tion yesterday, and expressed their satisfaction with what the saw. The empress last night sent word that she would visit the exhibition early this morning. It was cleaned and lighted, and at half-past 7 his majesty, with the Archduchess Valerie, was receive 1 at the gates, where electric lights were shown iu tho wintry morning. Among the most remarkable, objects to which her attention was drawn were the gold dishes, in original and most splendid forms. One hotel disguisej its game pie, fish aud cakes in' various shapes a Kouian emperor, .(lot hie b ildings, Chinese towers, fortresses, Greek temples, an 1 ships. A boefatoak is decorated with bulls' headsV small masterpieces of plastic art. l'ies show their contents by having heads of pheasants and grouse upon then. Two sucking pigs dance upon their hind legs on either side of a pie over wlikh g fluttering hen soems to protect the eggs under her, which are already made into a savory dish. A very remarkable object is a large wild boar, whose skeleton is exhibited side by side with it. Pheasants, peacocks, game of all kinds are shown iu their natural form, yet ready to be served. Besides those luxurious dishes, are exhibited oconoml cul dinners. All tho paraphernalia of kitchens, dining-rooms, cellars, are also exhibited, and among this mass of deli cate objects crowds numbering over 8, 000 persons slowlv move. When the doors were closed to pre vent the public from storming the en trance a panic siezed tho people inside, who did not know how to get out. At lost ofllcials from the balcony explained that one small ba k-iloor was open, but a disaster well-nigh happened. While this one narrow outlet wus alone open a curtuin caught tire fron: an electric wire. Happily few noticed it. When the people outside became very 'clamorous un official from a window legod them to disperse, as it would endanger their lives to let them in. The crowds dispersed for a quarter of an hour. Now, at 11 o'clock, the aro as densa as ever. Tho exhibition was prolonged by one clay, but tho genoral cry was why objects of such interest to all were not exhibited iu the rotunda. Hons: or Nlberiaa Kxllea. 4 Prince Kmpotkine in Nineteenth Century. As tlio porty enters some great vu- luge, it begins to sing tho -"MiloserJ- nava" tho "charity song."- Ihev call it a song, but it hardly is thut. It is a BUceessiun of woes escaping from huii- 0'4. J , ,. ' . i . 7.. - .-.I. wrr vkui worua, expraminif wil l a ttnudiHO imoiioiTV me kuh nun nr ma :.. . 1 i i v I vuiliil I w uuuiuig iniuvTul'Utluu UJ means of which tne Kussiun exile ap peals to the mercy of other miserable ike himself. - Centuries of Bufferings. pains and misery, of persecutions that crush down the most vital forces of our nation, aro heard in these recitals and shrieks. These tones of deep sorrow recall the tortures of tho last century. the stifled cries tinder the sticks and w hips of our own time, the darkness of the cellars, the wildness of the woods, lho tears of the starving wile. The peasants of the villages 011 the Siberian highway understand those tunes; they know their true meaning from their own experience, and tho appeal of tho Nesehastnyie of the "sutlerers," as our poople call all prisoners is answered by tho poor; the most destitute widow, signing herself with the cross, brings her coppers, or her pioeo of bread, and deeply bows liefore the chained "suf ferer, ' grateful to him for not disdain ing her small offering. The British llouneol Common. The Current) The British house of commons is to have a new speaker w hen it meets next month. The election of a spenker in Knglaud is an entirely different affair from the election of a speaker by our house of representatives. It is unat tended by any throes of political parti zanship and is usually quite a tame affair. The position is not a party one. Whig majorities have elected Tory speakors and Tory majorities have placed Whig speakers iu the cha r. Once, about fifty years ago, tho Whigs declined to re-elect Speaker Sutton, a Tory whom they had plucod twice in tho chair, because ho had ven tured to mtiO a slight parti.aTi ruling. In later years the Liberals have re elected Tory speakers and the Tory parliament of 1874-lSO kept Speaker Brando, a strong Liberal , iu the chair. The speaker of the commons is under stood to divest Lima -If of all partisan- chip, and business in tho houso is in consoqiu nee transacted with greater facility than would otherwise be the case. It Mora Sot. Joseph Cook aks: -Does death end all?" 'ot niuchv, .loo; death dots not end all by a large majority. The fun begins just about the time that the li wa vers are called in to interpret tie con ditions of the will. Alta California- A metropolis is a draws men to it powerful magnet and by many iutluencoa. The reporter intended to sav 'she aU looked au fait;" the types had it looked all feet. Madera Life la Athena. fProvidfince (R I.) Star.J The following extracts from a prlvat letter receatlv received by a Providonce .. j a.. 1 ....1 gentleman irom an American aiuuuut m Athens. Greece, will prove of general interest : "I live in a Greek family," he writos, "where we speak only Greek. The house is on -Eolus street, with Socrates, Euripides and Hermes streets not far off; s6 that yoa can easily im agine the hallowed associations that are daily suggested. uur maiu-oi-au work' is named Athena, lhere are l-.ventv-oicht newspapers in the city. I can count a dozen dailies ou my fingers, and I Dresume there are others of which I have not yet heard. With that number of papers and 250 lawyers, as many priests and 12,000 soldiers, the 80.000 iioonle in Athens are pretty well supplied with these appurtenances of life. Ine city is very moaern, xuougu in some parts it does not 100K so; uut where dirt is allowed to accumulate it soon makes thincs look hoary. I suppose Athens is the type, or bet- ter than tne ipye, 01 au uriemai emeu, and that where people can make a meal off a niece of bread and a bunch of grapes industry is not necessary. But I have not seen a manufactory in the citv. aside from the little shops of a few handicraftsmen';.. The whole tow;i has rrrown nn about the palace- of the king. The rich men are those who have made or are making fortunes olsewhore, and live hero for society. I ho Lniver sity of Athens has 2,500 students, 1,500 of them in law, und two-thirds of them destincil to bo farmers for many of the law students will never practice that profession. There are hundreds of wine Bhops always well filled. The streets are full 6f business men, but they are bound for nowhere. At the Pirirns (the harbor city) thero are 25, 000 peoplo engaged in active industry. Beside the foreign shipping there is a considerable coasting trade in farm produce. The peoplo here are very proud, but the glory of a dead past is only a bond of unity and patriotism, not a support of individual lite. There are no parties on public questions, only cliques supporting certain leaders with their policies, which may or may not be different. An Adroit Mwlndler. fNew York letter. At my elbow, in a Wall street tele graph oll.ee, a girl was writing a mes sage. She woro mourning clothes, which were strikingly neat and cheap, and she doubtless seemed prettier than sho was, for her sex is s -arce in that part of the city. A face that wo ill not command a second glauce up-town is there an object of staring interest. Will yon please tell me," she said, "how I can condense this message to ten words ? I don't wish to have to pay anything extra." This was what she had written on the blank, in the unmistakable manner of an educated hand: .'I am friendless here, I have only a dollar left. Send some money."' Her name and address were appended. I looked her square in the face, and found it charming, but not to a delusive degree. I saw that the pallor was artificial and tho dolor ous expression mimicry, but how she got the tears into her eyes is more than 1 can explain. Perhaps somo kind of drug may have caused them, or violont winking may have done it. Sho was a fraud. Every day for a week she had written that samo message without ever sending it over the wires, but with more or h ss success in luring Wall street mcu into a lucrative acquaintance. ' "" Aa Kronomlat'a I'rojert. ScloiiliflaAuia-u!au.l . . ' jjhere is a project on foot for the establishment of a textile laboratory, uurtet tho auspices of the New Eng land Cotton Manufacturers' association. It was estimated, at the last meeting that the expense would amount to $100,000. Liberal subscriptions were then mado for the object, and a com mittee appointed to work up the mat ter. The pluu was presented by Mr. Edward Atkinson, who said he wanted to get at the actual value of the pro duets of the country, and how those values wore made, from tho field to the warehouse, or to the hands of the con sumer. He thought our people neoded more exact instruction instead of their present generally very vague ideas, nnd added: "The most startling thing is, that in respect to food at least one third, and perhaps ono-half of tho cost, to the Poor classes in thn eitina nnn. sists iu the exponse of retail distribu tion. It costs more in this city of Boston to get the food from tho mouths of the bakers' ovens into the mouths of the people who eat it, than it does to bring the wheat from Iowa, manufactura it. and prepare it for consumption. The people need instruction, aud the remedy for the evil mentioned is in tho direc tion of instruction which should h carried in Rome degree into tho publio schools. The problem is how tn liva nn small profits, and how to save in cook- mg uhhi alter it is put into tho houses. And this textile laboratory lios at the foundation of such instruction. At the Feast. "Mahlstiek" in Courier- Journal. Ladies and gentlemen, as yoa havo seen bv the iournnla Hiia on,.;....,t w 4. ............ ...ti, U Miiii-uk cost me $50,001). but iln't ,,. appalling sum Mand between you and - wTVUl tlUUriTj that pio cost $500; it is intended to - 41.. L L . ... aiui'its mo one mat contained the four and twenty blackbirds, but .lnn't !;. tate cut it open. Take a twa-h Mia Brown: thev haves delii-imw tM.i.,., . .- W . V , 11 flavor they cost mo $25 apiece. Yes, Wolfe, that's a superior old Chamber ton ; cost me $;!J 5 a battle bv the case. That dry tsi.lerv is not to lie despised $10 a bottle. That claret is out of old Lord Shoelicker'a cell ( " 1 ' ' aristocratic llavor. Am goiu3 to invite mm uer to pass eight or tea vears with me. Mending a KnapeaMoa Bridge. The Scientific AmitrWn a.imitn. i... method bv which tha Pittsburg (Pa.) suspension bridge was lately repaired. When a defective piece of wire was found it was cnt out and a new piece of wire nicely spliced in so as to bear the strain it nntrl.t tn ,(.,, and no more. When the wirs were r. newed thn whr.la "iw seed oil and then with white lead. MARVELOUS JACKKNIFE WORK Platers Made Wltbla Balls- f a Match Hal la -All Worts of Whittled. Weaders. ; i pan Francfsco Chronicle. 1 ' j "Wliat will you have a pair of pin cers, a fan, a croasa butterknife, a chain or a wooden snake? I will whittle any one of those articles out of this match ia fifteen minutes," said the speaker, and he held up an ordinary parlor match to the reporter's riew. ' ,v ' "Let's see you make the pincers," "All right," said the whittler, a red whiskered and gray-eyed man of , about 40 years, whom his acquaintances call Major Forbes, and he began , work fa earnewt on his diminutive material with i ii i.i-.i.. i ... . L-ir. n't.. outside of the match was first smoothly shaved, the head cut off, and then mi- ' nute incisions were made about the cen tre of the stick. Twisting, turning and cutting very quickly, but carefully, the article approached completion within the promised qnarter-honr, thongh the minuteness of the labor and the dex terity of the performer rendered the whole process utterly inexplicable to ' the uninitiated beholder. . "There you are," said the whittler, triumphantly, and he held up a perfect wooden imitation of a pair of pincers, 1 capable of as complete working motions as a real pair, though not as practical ' in their operation. "But that's nothing," continued the major. "Look here," and he brought down a little tin box lined with cotton i.:..i. i.- i .i i. - gu.u, w iiicu i i uuetuitju y open. jot x aon i snow inese to every Douy, . remarked the whittler as the lid was re- . moved, "but tllpy are the smallest and mfmt .lifU.tilfc DiuiflilniiliB ft t.hiu ltin1 ft work that I ever executed.'' The con tents of that box proved most unique and interesting. There were ten pairs of pincers cut out of a parlor mutch, joined together perfectly, the different uncf inna nnnninrr nnil stiut.tinrr in a anr . prisingly neat manner. Another match was made into four pairs of pincers and a fan, and two others were worked up into moro funtastio but less difficult i. nutiifro, ,t "Now I will show you my ball troe," ' and the whittler retired from the room for a moment, leaving the reporter to , look "around at the other wooden curi osities ' there to bo seen. Immense woodon chains were suspondod front the ceiling or hung around the walls of the room, while funs of immense size, figures, canes, belts, knives, nut crack ers, cups, wine glasses and other arti cles were disulaved on shelves or peers in great profusion. "Here is the ball tree which I brought in to show you." A novel object was displayed to the reporter's gaze. It was a small scrub-oak tree, about two and a half inches in diameter at the baso, having several branches. In the body of the tree and branches were cut seventy-five balls. These balls were of various sizes and were all of a dark color, corresponding with the inner growth of the wood and contrasting with the white outside surface. A "ball monument" was also dis played, through the interstitial spaces of which could be seen balls of differ ent sizes. One large ball had six smaller ones inside of it, each within L- . 1 1 il. ' 1 1 tne otiier, me smallest one ueing uareiy visible, so thick were the bars of the in tervening globes. "Do you sell the articles you whittle out?" "No; I do this work for amusement, though I have given away many small " things to friends. , I wjuldn't .take a fortune for the collection I havo on hand at present. The knives I use now aro only common ones, though I have one Sheffield knife that I have used for sixteen years, and I wouldn't part with it for $100." The Death or Veorsje IV. Mulloy's "Last of the Georges. So his useless, burdensome lifo, voluptuous and pretty, magnificont and mean to the last, passed on. In these his lust days he was friendless, and would have been alone save for his paid sycophants. All his life he had posed as a fine gentleman, and had found nianv to believe him such; he had dressed himself in gaudy stuffs, had worn 5,000 beads on his hat and had inverted a new buckle for his nuuea, ma wna uutuvuieu WM)t OI Ills French dancing-master, his smiles were pronounced irresistible, his doportment crmna itaalf Tint iiitliiml tliia mil nm ..i . t.: .i.i ii t a, i uiv liOLiii " i w iuutuu kiitn uutnuiu ' show ull was false; the puppet, perfect in its dress and movements, was stuffed with bran, and there was no trace of heart, honor or manhood to be found in his composition. He lied to and deceived men; he flattered and ruined women; was in sincere to his friends; cajoled and cheated his creditors, hated and im posed ou his ministers, and burdened his peoplo in the days of commercial depression by boundless extravagance. W ith prize-fighters, jockeys, tailors and money-lenders he was familiar, but the petty German pride he inherited never - permitted him to be friendly with his aristocracy. Such he had been through life, and, now that his last days had come, none were found to regret his inevitable death. On the night of June 5, 1830, he retired to bed, without feel ing any symptoms of illness; but at 2 o'clock he suddenly awoke in ereat agitation, and called out for assistance. Sir W alt uen Waller was soon br his' bedside, and raised him up. "They iiHwuLTcncuuitr, ue wmsperou. iear- fully, his bloated face wild with terror. his wnole frame quivering; then camo the terriblo cry, "O, God, I am dying!" and with one short gasp he fell back dead. Looked Mighty Pale. Prairie Farmer. Old Hank Allen, who h,l b.v-n list ening as an outsider, here gave in his experience. Said he: "some years ago I took a bedbug to Wood's iron foundrv ami ilrm,iu,l if t tl t ' - v . . into a ladle where the melted iron was. and had it run into a skillet. Woil old woman used that skillot for six years, and here the other day she broke it all to smash; and what do you think, gentlemen T that 'ere insect just walked out of his hole where he'd been lavin' We a frog in a rock, and made tracks for his ole roost upstairs. But." added by way of parent heai "br cH looked mighty pale." !