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WOMAN AND HOME. DISCOURTESY ONE OF THE MOST FATAL OF SOCIAL' FAILINGS. aV Timely Warning to Ilia flay Airing Itoonim-SuOrlng Women Little Chil dren Wonderful Inntlnrt Accidental l'Uytklngt JJreu Iteforui Paragraph. Of all social falling diicourtefiy In the most tatal and moit common. Husbands riienk roughly to their wives, and wive "nag ' their liiislMiniU; brother aro rude; viHt'-rs are tyrutuiiral; all oppose, contradict minor ono another, und no one tlnnlu it In cuiubciit upon liiin or on berto-keep that clin k on tho tmjx'r and that padlock on tlio Ilia which would be a matter of obliga tion If a strnngur wore present. Though thorn would be inflnlto dUtrua mourning mid lamentation uiunieakfiblo should one of the crow grained brood diet, there 1 a gou nil atmosphere of storm, threatened or liroken loose, which make living in such a liome damaging to the character and dis tressful to tlio seiiHihilltli Young wive and husband cannot be too strongly reminded of the probable, tSpwrock they will make it their bapplnew if they ' Jield to that 111 temper which expresses Itself in discourtesy, want of compliance, unneccs anry opptmitinn, and tlwvo all that most dis astrous amusement of "nagging" and creat ing a row. Hundred! of households have I'one vmr.g for t!js nicro wnnt of chcc!:lng In time the habit of annoying at a relief to the momentary fueling of Irritation or discom fort. The wife who gets Into the way of contradicting, of "checking" her husband, of opposing him in imall thlnpi and stand ing out in large once tho huaband who ii tie Ting, contemptuous, tyrannical, fault finding mtIiu neither dido knowing the whole extent of Its roily, but Just giving way to it a more easy than to fight uud conquer it tluwa young pooplu are doing their bo.', to dig the grave of tin Ir tnnrried peace; uiui mime day oor, pnlo, fainting little lovo evil fall into it, mark and plumule, and wUl never rise to life again. In the beginning thine little tiff and dls coniforU nre made up with a klxs from him and a few team from her to add cement to the reconciliation. By time the tilfs ore more acrid and the reconciliation i lorn warm, lly still further time this never comit at all, and thing get into that chronta state when there in never an open broach and never a formal healing, hut an ever widen ing drift and a never ending ooMihuh. Then the two live far and grind like runty hinges liK'ki) w hich inisllt the slots; wheel whero , the axle la stilf or anything elm) which aliould work together in harmony and Kiiiootlincm, but which for want of care to .keep the ailjuiitmeut exact qierhtipsforwaM of oil to the JoiuU), crouk and chafe ana hang and do not ft, to the annoyance an.) more of all thu byHtanduni. Home Journal. A Timely anil Kea.Jed Warning, Sow look me slHght In the eye, young fcnmamer head, while I tvtl you what I know. The girl who will Indulge in flirtation with Ktrauge men in public place, however harm Ices and innocent It may apHar, place her elf In Unit man' estimation ukiu level with the most ubandonl of her mi, and court the initio vile regard. Wrong lan guage for a mild mnnmirud Amlior to make line of, but, I U-ll you, I bueouie a' furloiiH, old grandmother the moment I me a blessed young gii'l tip toeing her thoughtless way tijxm thin road that leads direct to death and Unt ruction! The boat that ilium like a feather on Mm tMo a few nilli above tho commencement 0 Tilagara rapid, la just an much lout aa whet It enter the wlrllyg, swinging wpdh 01 waters, llidiKBantronglmnilkecpltupHtivan. 4ind out of danger, A flirtation to-day la a ripple merely, but tomorrow it will bo a lirenker, and then a whlrlKxil, and after thu! , conic liopuleMt Iom of character. (fills, 1 liuva seen you gather up your rune from the vmm at night and fold them away In damp paer to prtwerve their freshness for anothor day. I have tn'ii you pluck the Jewels, like tin parkliw, from your ears and lay them in velvet caski t, which you liK'ktHl with a all wi key for safekeeping. You do all this for flower, which a thousand aunt ahntl dupli cate in fairness mid erfuiiio, and for Jewel lor which a handful of golden dollar can rulmhui-so your low; but you aro Infinitely caivlcHi with t!:i row of aweet nuddcnlliiiitH, which once fndod iw mjinmer ahluliig can vor agniu wixi Imck to freabinn, and with the uuaullleil pivirl of nput'ition which nil the wivillh of Hua can never buy back aii tiln, once 1 it Uh, tee to It that you preserve tho bloom of tlmt mel(iy ami simplicity of girlhoml, wilhout which a maiden ia like an artificial Ml of tcentlctia lawn In a milliner's window, ralher thuu the "white rose of all the world," round which honey boa gather, and to which tho knlghu prnuit of brceadund flock like KUllaut chevaliers of old to the crusade of the nnwt pure and holy crom. Nee to it that ou lock up tlio iinsullle.1 splendor of your jewel of reputation us carefully as you do jur diamonds, and carry 'the key wttltiu your li.iu t of lurt.i! "Amber" ia Chicago Journal. The I'litlriit, Nnnerlng Wonien, The world Knows little of th saorllloi nd suiTorings of v.nmen married (o unkind liui-bunds. Men have resource of toituiv which am rotvly epo4.s In our most aon.w tloiml ciimi-.wd trials. Willi the wid. lati tude allowed tlieiu they may aVHtemnticaily oinuiit ol.Vnjp.il again:.! propriety and cvm lrt'm'y wiihoiit t'fMivideiuiintion of society, Th-y have tho liiisiiiess o ntei-s, the clubs, mid tlu tli"iurcto which they can resort; , X neviirdiict to thosrt ruli wl.ich mx-lety lias pnwi iU'd as iihuo-t inexornhKi tho wif'o lintsl rcnmln ut home. There is no vicnni Cor her. The liniltntlons of her lotfoibid aversion. Iler titiubl.s ai-e still.sl In her Ih-uii. !!ie dare not utter even one loud cry 'if br.'kv'nheartiHl agony and diw air. rul it must l admitted that, as a rule, them patient iiuiilyra b,r their fute right nobly. The tortures of Jealousy, the cool mtw, perhaps the cruelty, the long and anx ious watching for her lord who comes not, . nre Uirne with a meekness and long sutTcrlng vhlch no one but a woman could endure. Yet they utter ne murmur or complaint to tho world. With something stronvvr and more loyal than the martial spirit of the pencral To buttons his cont to conceal the fatal shot, tlnw noble w ives of ours are ever rwbly t deny our faults ami hide the scars we loaYe. Like doves, the truest and gvu Host of birds, they close tlieir Iiil- over their wounils, and it is only when I lie life liUsvl U suen dripping fr3iu tlieir plumage that tlie world letirna something of their unrriiig. new York War. Aeclilenlat PUrlhlnM. The verv wont tnv ImnlU u.u.tl.lK. tk. Is Intendol to amuse. Vtry many of the hum i-Husinjie aim corny toys only do tula for sliort time, aa king as they are new, r.i;ne onicie iaai ny aiviilent tlie cliil list tsxsime Hws,aiy of ia a daily sourco o t At I write my little ptrl of S tits on the i.,h- nun a oino in n( i;i uer nsnn iryins t- button and unbutton, her litlio Usits. Kbi ia luit lildvili rKlt,.M Ka iM .,vL-i.,A. Imt ws u iuUruU.d iu what the l Join-, her attention is concentrated upon it and shsj Ij hajipy. Wo do not give her the bummer and looking class, but some equally queer articles. V let her Lave a Dover eg? boater. s "Suppose she should break itf" What if she does! It costs much lew than ordinary toys, and serves her vastly better. When she bad learned to put the end of it in a hale dish and turn the wheel "just as mamma docs" he was happy, and her pleasure in hor now plaything lasted for weeks. Hhe would not hurt herself suri iusly with It, and finding tliat there was one way in which it acted and made a noise ahe did not throw it about and use it as a hammer, but used it projierly, cane to have a high re gard, ami I have no doubt a doep respect, for it. Another plaything is a clean lamp bur ner with a lonj piece of wick knotted st tin end so that it cannot fall out, or with tho onds sowed together; the child can turn the thumbscrew and make tho wick movo, and thus find ni'ich pleasure. Babyhood. Airing Itooms. It Is a great mistake that tho whole house, particularly sleeping rooina and the dining rooms, receives littlo ventilating and purify ing tho air, when it can be dono with so lit tle trouble and no expense., A pitcher of cold water placed on t table or bureau will absorb all tlie gases with whlc!) tho room ia filled from the the respiration of those eating or sleeping in the apartment. Very fow real ize how important such purification Is for the health of the family, or, indeed, understand or realise that there can be any impurity in .ho rooina, yot in a fow houra a pitcher or pall of cold water the colder the more effective will mako the air of tho room pure, but. the water will bo entirely unfit for use. In brxlrooms a pail or pltchor of water should bo always kept, and changed often if any one atnys in tho room during the day, certainly Ira put in frosh when tho ia iuat"s retire. (Such water should never bo drunk, but either a covured pitcher or glnss bottle with a stopper should bo used for drinking water, and always b& kept closely eovereil Impure water causes more sick ness than even Impure air, and for that rea son, before using water from a pump or reservoir for drinking or cookln;?, ono should pump or draw out enough to clear the pipes before using it, particularly in the morning, after the water has been standing in the pipes all night. Philadelphia CalL How MUle Children Suffer. Nobody knows how much littlo children sometimes suffer at the bands of the unprin cipled persons to whom thoy are too often ignornntly Intrusted. More than one fatal attack of bfaln disease lias been diroctlj tricod to a doso of opium given by an un scrupulous nurso to quiet a crying child; many a child has caught Its death from ex posure to a hot sun or a cold wind in its pur ainbulntor while its careless nurse gossijied with lover or friend, or read dime novels In tho public, parks, and lust but not leant, many a nervous child has been injured for lifo by the nursery buguboos with which It has been terrified into submission and quiet; not always by the nursp. The mother who never bathes and dresses her baby, who docs not nurse it and who glee away from it In another room loses much of Its sweetness, and both sho and her child nre to lie pitied. "There Is a medium in all things," and while no woman iscallod UKn to make a alave of herself to her child indeed tho doing so is a positive injury to both still she has no right to give tho sacred charge, over to hirelings, and consider her maternal duty discharged when sho iays their wages, Mrs. M. P. Handy In Boston Globe. A Woman's View of Women, The best educated woman will best under stand tho limits of her own powers; the girl who can really earn her own living in a manner suited to tier sex will not desire work for which she is unfit; and the woman who most thoroughly understands what the term "polities'' implies will bo tho last to aspire to a direct shore in the government of tho state, even though alio may think herself and her Bisters not unworthy of a voico in tho choleo of their rulers. "There is a great deal of human nature about," even in women, and you will never succeed'In cut ving them all to one pattern. Votes or no rotes, l'enelopo will embroider, Nauslcoa en tertain her guests, Audromacho nurso her biby, Helen will flirt, Asjiasta teach elo quence and guide statesmen to tho end of the chapter. And Cassandra? O, Cassandra will prophesy. e fear that she will bo as littlo heeded as the was in tho days of yore, and we hoi thut hor forebodings will prove less true thnn thoso which spoke tho doom of Troy. Countess of Jersey iu National Review, A Child's Memory. . It li stronge that people reflect not nioro on how deeply storms. Injuries, vllo or mean things sink into a child's memory. If this bo thought of it ia plain there is nioro loveli ness when no forgiveness is needful than oen it is granted; nor shall you bo able to teal by any cutrenty or by any means such i lesion of spirit as you may inuko in an in stant In a young creature. I have hoard of a littlo girl who, taking the dead hand of her brother, said: "This littlo hand never struck mo." Hurely n memory richer and fairer than if b'io could recall a' thousand remittances for blows! When this is not only ncgiitlvo but potdtlvo, so that one can say : "Those eye always bimcd and showed a jH-acc; these hands always labored for me; these feet were ready with scrviiv, and these oars had a merciful sense, full of nttenlioi which is sympathy" this is a noon of mem ory to which recollections of repentance are but dim twilijjht, half dark. Cor. Ulobo lVinoerat. , A Wonderful Instinct. If. U A ivi-m.le.'fitl l.;titi..t l,.,f ..lld U ---- - ..in. . .mi, ,1 un ,1MIU of n-T, I tenches the child of 0 the weak- lie.'M of tliri i-riiiiilfiith..,. tt Oil Tl.i ..n.l... ihws and care thut mere infants almost will uispiay low ani i;u old man whose sjinncf HCo l nearly done mnko one of the most in teresting ami pleasant of studies. Children have a very cl.vir and shrewd conception of tho di.rereuce betnivn people of dilTcrent agi. It diss not conic down perha to a venr or tvn but decades make a difference. The child of .1 draws a decided distinction in many ways between tho boy in hi teens, tho man of 80, the man of middle lifo and the gray haired grandfather, and iart of the distinct which produces that develops the tamo distinction with gsJl to rx, and la even finer in application to woni n than to men. Hut it it curious how the child rocog. nlro tho liouogenarinii, and makes a com nion and an equal of bim, oecasiimnlly flaming a sense of superiority. tau Kran cUsco Chronicle "Undortoiuw." Teething tables. nctween tho fifth and seventh months, the two first lower teeth will make thtlr ap arance slniultaniowIy. IVior to this wash baby's mouth out nniinrly ewrv day w ith cold Water in which is dissolved a little powdenxl borax. The bitter Is rnrr-rary uiiKks thereto sorixiess in the ii!ou;h. When 1 tbv t';-liit )naking of solid fixxl a s:v.all tooth bruh with very soft briths should he us,il. Ai this is so rarely donf there ar ruuiy w I o will criticise thi sus:g.-5tion. As t!ic n-sutt of thit prsxtie h or she wi'.I ). (- tM iiw i f ittuu l w hite t.vth until the tivoud ouv uuud tlxlr api.runcs. The longer tho first Wb are preserved tt stronger and bettor thf second act will b. After meals Is tho time to clean me teem, particularly after auppcr or before goine to led. If they are to be cleaned but once a day lot it be before going to b-tL Mrs. Ellis Mununa in Good Housekeeping. Hufflclent I nto One's Self. Wo thould all become, as nearly as possl bio, sufficient uiito ourselves, Cut not in a narrow senso. But it is a duty we owe the world to be come such excellent companions, comrades for ourselves, that wo shall bo important factors in the lives of others. One that is "ptor company" for himself ia rarely of much account to his friends. If life were divided Into tenths wo nil;;ht any that it might matter one-tenth to tho world, T. hnt wo were in habit, thought and ability; tliat it was nine times at much con sequenco what wo were caable of being to our family, to ourselves. If it is well with us personally, with us in our family import ance and content, wo can afford to pay moderate attention to tho world'f claim, though it cannot Justly disturb one whoso home lifo Is content. Our Country Home. What Next la Dress IteformT Women fcavo long bocn asking: "What next?" Tho reform in undergarments is well established, as any pnjier fushion cata logue will show; and tho outside dress, while it may for a tinio bo played with by society Indies, Just as children change old toys for new, docs not meet the physical needs of working women, nor the aspira tions of those who are working for socinl purity and ono standard of morals of men and women. Bo it will tie a "signal fuiluro" even if it succeeds. Mine. Mindelcfl says: "It is perfect," but I must rsjioctfully deny that any di-css which makes a curtain for hiding tho limbs is the "ierfoct" dress for womou. Cclla U. Whitehead in Woman's Journal. Duties of a Guest. While a guest muko yourself omenablo in a certain degree to tho habits of your friend's household. Do not attempt to rido your hobbies or ulr your srsjciul isms on such oc Lasloim; it is not in good taste. Ope should adjust their taste, sight, smell, etc., to tho different conditions of the holm's alio visits. It is far from pleasant to feel that our guest has with the plummet lino of her suiorior wisdom, fathomed our shallows in domestic economy or family government, found a disagreeable odor or discovered the "skele ton" In our closet. Ladhu' Home Journal. The Truest Homes. The truest homes are often In houses not especially well kept, nccording to tho ideas of the very fastidious, where the comfort and happiness of the inmates rather than tho preservation of the furniture nre fli'st con sidered. They are not liko the home whero the father and sons wore obliged to always como in by the kitchen door, and then had to take oil their boots and walk in tlieir ttocUinjj feet. That homo Is a thing of the post; the sons did not stay any longer than they could help under that roof. Atlanta Constitution. Marriage and Dlvoree Laws, There Li a gradually extending opinion that the marriage and divorce laws of tho differ ent states should bo made uniform. In twenty-three of the thirty-eight states a prior undissolved marringe sets asiie a new union. In, twenty Insanity does tho tame; in seventeen non-nge, md in t'llrtoen fraud. These are grounds for declaring mar riage null and void ab initio. Desertion as a ground for divorce varies In length and character in ninny states. Now York Bun. A Healthy Skin. Very cold or warm baths when used to ex cess diminish the elasticity of the skin and its power of resistance to external irritants. Dr. Ausctz, of Vienna, says a healthy akin is not necessarily beautiful and water Is sorvi'.'eablo to it in only moderate, amounts and in moderate temixrntures. Thesnmo authority says that a songo soaked in oil should boappllcdto tho scalp and roots of the hair at night. Atlanta Constitution. Cure for Illliousness. For biliousness tho editor of The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal says a plain diet of bread, milk, oatmeal, vegetables and fruit, with lean meat and fresh ilsh, is best. Exercise in the open air. The victim of an acute attack will be righted by (1) absti nence; (2) porridge and milk; (11) toast, a little meat and fish and riie fruit, thus coming to solid food gradually. Something to He Considered. The women of ancient Greece used to plao the' most beautiful statues in their sleeping apartments, and they reared a race of men famous through all time for their nintchliFs symmetry of face and figure. The soe'ety ladies of tho present day keep constantly with them their pet pugs and terriers, and the result may be aeou in a generution of dudes. Lowell Citizen. llommtlo Economy In College. Tho trustees of rurdue university, in In diana, have decided to establish a course of domestic economy there in connection with the regular course of study. If this means that tlio young women of the university are to lie taught housekeeping, their future hus bands are to be congratulated. New York Sun. Trulnlng a Morning tilory. There is Lut one flower more beautiful than tho morning glory on theoutside of tho bay window, and that is a morning glory trained up on the inside of the window anil in full bloom while tho w!;it,-r ntorms are raging and the thermometer indicates am It can 1 grown with very little trouble. Hints to a Curat. A truly ixdito truest will trv to bo eounllv agreeable to each moodier of tlie family, and by noticing sonio !. tnrd or shy child may do much toward developing her. Never allow an aged, innriii or otherwise unfortu nate erson to fed that you are not inter ested in him. Ijulics' Home Journal To Curs a l'.nd Itreath. A bad breath may be cured as follows, no matter what tho cause: Three hours after breakfast a tcoapnonful of tho following mixture: Chlorate of jiotash, two drams; swoeteued water, four ounces; wash tho ,moutb occasionally with the mixture and tho breath will v as sweet ns an infant's. The Mmlrl Husband. Tlie model husband dx nt awume that he U a pattern man, that he is all wise, and hit his word must b law, but recogniies tho married state aa a republic wherein oat h Is entitled to an opinion and tlie expression of it, and w here each will regard the wishes of thf other. Making Buttonhole. Ill CWrnfro are two r three women who earn a living by making buttonholes for other wr.-.uen who havs neither the patience nor skill to do this branch of aiming. They cliai-jv S.5 cents a down, and can earn from f 1 to f L50 a day New York Sun. Tin wore tahed In soda water will look like new. THE LAND Of BURNS. A TOURIST'S ACCOUNT OF A TRIP .,FR0M DUMFRIES TO AYR. A Nation of Anglomunlacs-CUange of Accent A Land Whera Everything U Kept In Oriler-Kubert Burnt Cottage. The Klg Belle Boom. The awnt began alowly to change as we swept north. By tho time wo were bundled nut of our beautiful red velvet couie at Car lisle it had hardened very iierccptibly. When wo hod landed in Livanxiol the effect of hearing tho Engish accent everywhere was peculiar. Coming fresh from the land whero it is a matter of derision for tho small wits, and even the native English who employ it are susnccted of affectation, a whole nation seemed he struck with an attack of Anglo mania. But it was more curious still to bear tho aoft English give way before tho rudo gales of the north, and change most percepti bly hour by hour, till at lost, at Dumfries, it was thick enough to tell us that we were in Scotland. We were In tho land of Burns for at Dumfries his monuments begin and the mere mention of his norno sots tho Scotch tongues n-wo-rging. Burns died at Dum fries, and there is a beautiful monument to bis memory iu .tho yard of St. Michael's. But though Dumfries claimed him at his death, Ayr claimed him at his birth, and Ayr is forty miles away a very consider able distanoo in Scotland. So long a jour ney Involved another change of train, for though Ayr is known tho world over in let ters, from a railroad point of viow it is an obscure plaeo. So we were whirled to tho market town of Kilmarnock, to catch tho littlo branch ruilitny. Our beautiful red velvet co'ijx' had degenerated to gray cor duroy at Cnrli.de, and at Kilmarnock wo had another drop to blue felt There is scarcely a man from Dumfries to Ayr who cannot recite you almost every poem that Burns ever wrote, and the tiniest lad or loss will point out to you the braes of Balloehmylo, the castlo of Montgomery, br the bunks o' Doon, and tell you which one of Bobbie Burns' many sweethearts lived there. EVERYTMNO IN ORDER. Everything seems to lie in order in Scot land, esH'eiully in tho west eountreo. We went through miles of swelling land where tho fields were newly plowed, and every furrow was as straight as an arrow. The hedges wore as trim ns iu England. There was not a blade of cu'.ivated gross awry, and tho humble, simple little cottages, plain to the last degree, all alike and without one single attempt at architectural ornament, were each and all as clean, well kept and fresh as a good housewife's: dresser. Even tho moors at tho edge of tho horizon, not yet purplo with tho August heat, looked trim and swept, and anything but wild. The train pulled up with a little snort about H in tho afternoon, and we found our selves at Ayr. Another chango of accent. Tho man of Ayr speaks as dilfi r "litly from tho man of Dumfriesshire as Dumfriesshire is different from tho man of Carlisle. Ono does not w.ondcr so much that Bobby Burns becanio a poet when one gets into his pretty, fresh, green littlo country. It is the most inspiring littlo hind iu the wod, with its tricksy skies, its blue moors, its moist greenness and its world of traditions. One looks at tho hardy peasants toiling in the fields, and it all seems very poetical indeed. Ono can easily pick a "Highland Mary" ora "bonny Jean" from among thoso large limbed peasant women at a distance, since distance 'tis that lends enchantment to the view. But tho wonder of 'it all, tho marvel of this peasant poet's soul only comes home to you ns you bend your head to enter the door of his lowly dwelling, his cottage hut no name could be too simple for its simplicity. As you pass through tho inevitable turnstile you find thut it has but the two rooms of every Scotch peasant's home, "but the hooso". and "ben the hooso." "Ben the hooso" is what the old tinio Yankees used to call tho keepin' room. "But the hooso" is where all the living seems to lie done. For tho mother's short bed with its cotton cur tains stands in one corner, the tall, old eight day clock stands silent at its foot, as if, hav ing ticked at the death and birth of Bobbie Burns, it had done Its life work and stopped. For thcie old Scotch clocks never wear out. There was a well fillod-dresser in another cor ner, and from the crane in the great open ureplnco Borne black pots still hung. There were some old tables nnd chairs which Bobble hud mutilated with his own unconscious poet's hand, and the sinking stone floor was the samo over which his baby feet toil died loug before any one could know of his divino gift IlIK ma RELIC. ROOM. Tlio big relic room is filled with mementos Of Burns, many of them so slight that only tho most loving hand would have collected them, for what mementos could there be in tho sliort and simple annals of a peasant's life? . Being a poet, his manuscripts are his chief relics, and many of them are here under glass. There are quantities of poems to Burns, many of them the best of them, indeed by American poets. Srangely enough, the jxx'in by Fits Greene Ilalleck one of tlio best Uuriis poems ever written, tnougn it seem to nc an nummular one is not in tho collection. The chairs occupied by Tain O'Slmnter nnd Router Johnny uou that melancholy occasion when they "bcozod nt tho nnppy," occupy a raised dais at the end of the room, and no ono less immortal than this worthy twain has ever bivn allowed to ovcupy them sine tints? gentlemen passed into vei-se. Tlie eottngo keeper, a shrewd, rosy Scotch man, with as merry an eve as ever twinkled, fli'din;; us nn enthusiastic group, read "Tarn O'Slmnter" to us from tho original niniia script. l!ow dclif iously it sounded, rolling freshly from the lijw of a native Scotchman there upon its very own ground and with the very own handwriting of the pix-t liefore our eyes, witu Alloway and the bank o Doon just out the window, and all the pretty country that he enchanted rising up around us. Ho hod a turn for humor, our Scotch render, and when he came to those jiassages wmcn in these days would be called Swin- liurncian, but in those dnys were only Burn- ton, ue roiled ins merry eyes drolly, to see if, being but stupid Americans, we took the point "Betsy B." in The Argonaut Fifteenth Army Corp Badge. Gen. Logan was resjxinsible for tho adop tion of the "cartridge box and forty rounds" as the badge of tho Fifteenth army con. as uie onitie ol Missionary Kidge the Eleventh nnd Twelfth corps had adopted badges, the former a crescent and the latter a star. A member of one of those corps sar castically inquired of an Irishman belonging to the Fifteenth corps: "Say, Paddy, whore is our coqu badge?" The Irishman replied, slappin- his cartridge box: "There, be jabers U me badge, with forty round in it" Logan board of it and by an order formally promulgated ordered the adoption of the cartridge box marked forty rounds as the badge of bis corps. Philadelphia Tirora. To clean furniture: One pint linseed oil, one pint vinegar, one-half pint wine or alcohol. Worth' Cnpar lcniibla Fault. Worth lias cunini!:a 1 the fatUt, not to be forgiven by a wor.inn, of duplicating ball (lntw-H for two uwiiis socmiy w- . ,i. .,ii I nil came, out at tho British legation ball last week, and tlie iiKi.i eAi.nu cvna a lunnv one. iiw " UUIWI. ' . .. in Biili.r the ballroom was VI till- wv - - i.ir rr,m Phihulolnhia. tho daughter i of a millionaire in confess. ur u.c l ml ml miration, and tlio re- emitvu h, " ' , T , mauk, "No doubt of that being a worth dre.," went u a littlo buzz arounu uie room. A few mvt.ieata later a New York woman niijicarcd i a ihebH of tho same lovelv maize color, tlio exact material nnd fashioned as much Lko the other ikesg as two peas. They met, nnd there were looks it need not oo saiu iney v. ore bxiL-n of nHtoiiLshment. disaniKiiiitment ami polite chagrin. They saw tliq expla nation in the duplicateu gowus, mm hu words were necessary. Cut women usually finds words neces sary, if only to relieve tlieir feelings. "I bniyrnii lmvim't n iiink ono too, " gasped tlio Now York woman, faintly, seized with tho horriblo roreiKXiing mat Worth miL'lit be wicked enough to dupli cate pink as well as yellow. "Oh--I have, replied the rmiaueipnia woman in tones enuallv faint and despairing. Ylwm tbnv liinl sufHcicntlv recovered to nllr It twnr cilnilv. thu truth was told and they knew the pink dresses were also dtp talcs. Fortunately, as n third party said. "They are lth awfully rich and nnn nfTnril in throw Rvvnv the dresses if they choose. " Cut they are very mad. Washington Cor. :ew orlt lnoune Hobbeil of Itloh Deposit Mineralogy is a creat study, but miner alogists do not know all about it, nnd do not U'heve what to others id tlio Runniest tliinir. Did you ever drop a lot of quick silver on tlio round and then try to fol low it? If you had you would under stand the effect of water and oxygen on mineral, tlie ckvomposition of vegetable and animal matter caused by water trick ling down through the ground. I have seen irround that proimbiy, or aitnott certainly, hundreds of years ago was rich in ininend would havo been a bonaua nnd which has never been roblied of its deixwits by man, but which is to-day poor and worthless. It has been worked out by the elements as other mines have been worked out by men. In such places dee) mining, below the water line, will proliablv show rich dcixieits. I have seen places where tho or? lias been left in cones, like thehonev in hives. This same work of decomposition by the elements accounts for ban-en streaks This decomposition nnd leaching is also responsible, for streaks of native silver, tlio mineral coming in mtact with an opjKisite ciiemic.il, Tho whole subject is easily explained and understood when one lias nature to give illustrations. It may bo somewhat indefinite when shown in books, but not when shown in the ground. hen it conies to that, however, a iw son learns a great deal in actual mining that lie can never learn in uny other way. Charles Clark in ulobe Democrat. The Squirrel Fur Trade of ltusila. During tho winter tlio peasants of the northern provinces of Kussia are trans formed into hunters and supply the tw capitals with enormous quantities tif featlieed and fur gamo, captured chiefly by means of nets and snares. Simultaneously with this supply of food St. Petersburg and Moscow receive the furs of Siberia, furnished mainly by the squirrel. Tho Zyrians, a wild people dwelling along the banks of the Petcliora, nre peculiarly expert in capturing these little animals. In certain years they ap pear in such vast quantities that the village nxifs throughout Viutka aro seen to swarm with them, and even in ordinv ary years tho Binglo district of Siobodisk sends to market 300,000 skins. At tlie iirst appearance of snow tlie Zyrian hunt ers repair to tho deepest recesses of the Petcliora forests. Tiiey are grouped in companies and equipKxl m a strange cos. tume handed down from generations am well adapted to the chase. They build huts lit a suitable spot, in which they live, but hardly breathe, so closely are they packed, and tho whole, forms a sort oi camp. ioiidon lunes. Didn't Know How to Sleep. Deputy United States Marshal Maurce II. Lundy was called to Juniuta county last week oil official business, and his first night there was siKMit nt a tavern kept by a Pennsylvania Dutchman, fie came, down stairs early in tlio morning shivering nnd slinking from cold and feel ing very cross. Tlio first porsou ho saw was tho landlord, to whom ho savagely cried out: "Say, Mr. Landlord, what kind of o hotel do you call this? Have, you no bed covering in it? I almost froze to Ucat last night!" "Mine gracious," replied tho proprietor. "yon must bo von mighty cold bloodc.1 mans I Yy, ter ish two folder beds on ter bed for you to sleep between." Alxiut f.Ms time Lnndy had taksn in the tmo situation of clTnirs, nnd ho fairly roared, as he exclaimed: "Well, by nil that is infernal! I lny nil of hist night between the top of the upper feather bed and n sheet! Landlord, I lieg your pardon. I'm going buck again to gel In between those two fuuthcr beds and do the thing right Please call me at noon. Willinmsport Gazette and Bulletin. Four Hiinilrril and Eight Prince. Tlie Christ iim and monarchial world counts among its combined reigning fam ilies 408 princes. If Uie female contin gent was taken into account, this figure would almost bo doubled. New York Sun. A Rlark Paper. A peculiar bkick paper, made from the bark of certain trees, serves the purpose of slates in Siam and Burmah, the writ ing being erased by means of betel leaves instead of with a sponge. . ErlrMon, the Inventor, John Ericsson, tho great inventor, said to lie in better health at H than has been for ten venrs nnst. Ma i Li he av- eragea ten or twelve hours of work a uay. ciucago Herald. There is a dog at Magog, Que., that mount the tobozn sled, im down will the slide, draw the sled back, and go down again as many times as the owner com nutnus bim. A PISTOL FACTORY. . CATLING3, SHOT GUNS, ENGINy AND TYPE. SL.IIIINU MACHINES. A Rifle on the "Pump" Principle.. Feed for the Catling GunA Illg Gun The Thorn Typewtter't PmbIi, ltie. In the spring of 1801 the writer wat an ploye at Colt's shop, and having a kimi,, hour tho other day visited the shop. Throa-. the kindness of an old friend he wot tfv, permission w iminT uie iaciory and not the changes and improvements that twenty, five years have wrought In 1801 pUtoli aij rifles were rnndo. Now, in connection with tho improved rifles and pistols, are manufact- ureu tne ibiiiouh uuiuug guna, snot p. Baxter and Disc engines, Thorne'f type ting and distributing machine, Waterhom electric dyninios and lights, screw, eta Tlie Colt's telf cocking double action nU. to!s aro too well known to need any dejcriD. tion, and perliajw tne same nmy bo taid of tho new lightning magozine rifle, works on the pump principle similar to Spencer gun, and which are called In uportj. man's parlance, ' 'stomach puinin. " Fiftwn shells can be placed in the magazine and flrod very rapiuiy, wune uie period niecuanistnof tho ritlo prevents clogging and insure per. feet safety. The reputation of the Colt'i shot gun iB too well established to need any recommendation. Tho new hammerlin double barreled gun Is now lie gcut demand, especially among sixirtsnien who cuioy tn? shooting, and the best scores made at tint) matclios are won witu tlie uolt gun. wtu, wo point with pride to our suix-riority over other countries in our mechanical and maun. factunne establishments, it is somewhat huniilinting to bu told thut the barrels for I these guns are iiiiortcd in a rouph state, and tliat none of them are mude in this country. Theso barrels como singly, and the soldering and fitting up is done here, so that all gum are ranged to shoot (dike. THE "CHOKB BORE." A irreat improvement over tho old fash ioned shot gun nnd especially is this so for clay pigeon shooting is the choke bore. Thii consists i:i boring tlio barrel so that it it much smulLr at the muzzle, and the thot do not scatter, as in the straight bore. Hanj of theso guns aro made to order and choked to nit tho fancy of the purchaser. From 800 to 400 is the usual number selected. Perhaps an explanation woidd mukt Uui more intelligible to the majority of yom readers, and means simply that tho gun at tested at tho armory will at a distauce of forty yards in a churgo of one and ono eight ounces No. 8 shot send HOD shot within the radius of a thirty inch circle. One of theso guns was recently ordered, to weigh twelve pounds, and it will stand a charge of five drams of powder and two ounces of shot a miniature cannon, which ought to givo the owner a decided advantagi in trap shooting over one with a light gun, UBing only the regulation charge of thm drams of powder and one and one eighth ounces of shot. Tho Oatling gun is constantly being Im proved, nnd through tho kindness of one of the firm wo were shown the latest improve ments. Borne sizes of the guns have two feeds, and aro so constructed that one hun dred shots can bo fired in two nnd one hall seconds. Ono can, scarcely believe this unles ho has seen it, as it seems impossible that the cartridges can be placed hi the gun, And nnd extracted so rapidly. A now feed bu been invented, by which the loading canister can be dispensed with and tho cartridges slid from the box into two slots, Which hold them by the rim till they fall into the grips, which carry them into the chamber. THOil.NE TYPESETTER, The Thome typesetter is to one interested In new machinery the most attractive and peculiar machine now' made in the shop. And by tho courtesy of Mr. Joseph Thome, the inventor, we wore shown its entire peculiar workings. This machine has been recently described, but many improvements have been added, and tho working of the machine is now said to bo quite perfect. Toe size of the cylinder has been increased, and eighty-two letters, figures and character! used by the printer can be placed in one machine The inventor claims that mti two men and a boy to feed in the type the work equals that accomplished by six men in the old way; or that by this machine 7U0 ems can be sot up in eight minutes. All tho type used in Oen. Logan's book was set up with one of these machines. They cost $2,000, the indexing and fitting if of the guides for the nicked combination tho tyie requiring a large amount of skilei nnd exact labor. Tooperate the machine! quires only tho samo skill and practice netxW to successfully run a typewriter. Cor. Hartford Times.. The Hare and The Wolf. A TVolf who had tho misfortune to bs caught in a Trap was soon espied by the Hare, who approached very closely and ex claimed: "Ah! you Wretched Fellow! but for my Magnanimity of Character I would turn W and lick you within- iu Inch of your Lifo!" Tho Wolf thereupon shed Bitter Tears, and the Ilnre tAiinhnl him with rnn-Hiilice. "It isn't thut!" quietly replied the Wolf, I "but it is tho Knowledge that I have let w many Hares go Uneaten in the Tost." Moral: John L. will get trapped son" day. Now is his time to knock 'em out. Detroit Free Press. Tennymin's New Volume. Lord Tennyson's new volumo sells more freely than anything lie ever published. Tlio condemnation of tlio critics is out weighed by tho voico of fashion, and h Tennyson is as much the fas'iion now ever. Chicago Tribune. A Merchant' Secret, A Chicago merchant reveals the secret of the fact that whilo in cold weather other show windows aro heavily frosted, hif I" main clear and traiisjiarent. He ha hif dows nibbed twice each week with a ctoi dipped in glycerine. , Tht Oldect Freico. Tlie museum at Boulak, in Egypt, " tains what has been called the oldest pirtut in the world a fresco from a tomb at JlnJ' doom representing six geeso. Arkanst Traveler. No mother should permit herself to becot the slave of the family. The sweetest de position must become loured under suck strain and with it goes health and spirit To toften thehardent old boots or the apply the fat from roast fowls with a clot or brush. 1 Ttaise your housekeeper for her successf"' dishes and regard leniently her failure. Lard, if applied at once, will remove ft1 discoloration after a bruise, . Silver that is not In frequent use will a tarnish if rubbed in oaUneaL Fashionable note papr must have tbf tires stamped upon it.