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' I I I ) il THE VIAc OP TiAftS. .Adowa the fa-lint kr of aftwronna Tbe dint mihw softly purpie v l ami fair; Stray flmnr iniut Ulum tier rmii niur With point or ukou wulkt on dw uh foonj moua Hasan Use illnir now trial wait tier one Id 00 em timid tw Mn net nip of 4ew UlleU to m urun id ont ruu nn rt odum II ml a ruuno net all in air Eli ana witn Jruway oun1 the uninK tuna. Fmim ilu aod ehino. aod wxiif taw ntocnan onuia '. ' . r , t " . i To amlliug. sleepy naont If to the wr Then- cam but unw Bui under all thara trays The tatiuned voice anme dear faiulliaf ptiraxa Alaa. Uw crystal v uii nobis qui tear -Out Heart H. A Collapaed Druggist. "I want tome ooiuecrated lye," ba alowly announced, aa he entered tha (turn "You meau concentrated lye," tuggetted tbe druggist, aa be repressed a unlit "Well, may b I da It due nutmeg any difference it' what I camptiur, anyhow What dnea It nulphurf" "Eighteen oeuts a can." "Tbou you ran give ma a can." "1 never citiiiumon who thought himself ao witty ai you do." audi the druggist. In a gingerly manner, feeling called upon to do a little punning himself. "Well, that a not ld, ether," Inughod the cuatomer, with a syruptitiou glance. "I am tnonia novice at the business, though I've soda good many puua that other pumiteri reaped the credit of. However, I doot cure a copperas fur aa I am concerned, though they ought to be handled with cloves till they wouldn't know wuut wat the tiiuddet with them l'erha I ahouldu't myrrh myrrh. We have bud a pleasant time and I ehall cartway" It w tun much for the druggist, He col lapsed. -Detroit Free Proa. Won't Writ fill MagHtlne. Rolwrl drowning won t write for mnga ci nen In Sieukliig of an offer of ll.tflU fmni ltoitnn puper lor a short ioem. be auid. "If 1 would write in that way for any one I would consider Una inquest from lloston. hut I Imply en n't An Knglisb magazine ottered me a lurge price, whicb I refused, and thcu a ttill larger, which I again refused Then they seut me a blank check, and asked me to (111 it nut to my own eut inflict ion. lint I re turned Unit also I cannot tiring myself to write foi periodicals If I putiliih a book, and people choose to buy It, that prove they want to read my wurk. Hut to bare Ibem turu over the pai;p of a magazine and find me thul I to be an uninvited guest. My wife liked IL Hhe liked to be with the other, but I have steadfastly refuaed that kind of thing from Una to lust "New York Tribune, A Queer Barometer. It If not generally known that the ren dered fat of a woodchuck la aa good a bar ometAT aa any we bava today While In tba country a abort time ago the writer bad oc casion to travel through tba lower part of Itarki. At the house of a friend I wa pressed to take an umbrella witb me. There wot no aign of a storm. I aaked why be er tinted in ao dogged a manner for me to ac cept the article. "Why," auid be, "look at my barouiHtor." There Uhiii the tholf atood bottle analed with liemwat. It wn all cloudy The old geiitleiiian mid ho hail uaed thia one for miwt twenty yen in, und If a elorm waa brewing the baroincr got cloudy twelve hour befur the rain or mow begun to full. In clear weather the oil wax alway clear, Heading (Fa.1 Herald. The Itarber'a RlUtake. It I notn-ed that many .New York an"l rruiklyn larbcra fli'k iierfliiouii lather from the fnce, wbile Mlnivlng, with the lun-k or blunt tup of the riuor Tim haliit wan tbriiHt uN)ii a utroii the other day, and he aloutlv olijiH U'il He nnid that even tiarberi are but buiiinu and liable to uimtukea, and thul be reinoinliiMvd a (uunfill ua in the vwl, where a UiiIht. thinking he had the blunt tup turned to a custumer'i face. eKHiiycd to (lei'k tlie Niix.iid li-om Hie luce and u-tiiully uwd the litteriug eilge and made a giixh tliut the MiitortiinuU one will tee until the colllu lid cIom ovui biui. New Vork Bun. The Itenl Ornii';e lllimnniii. Not one bride In th e buiidrwl who la da crilxsl n wearing oringa IjIj-hoiih u to forv unaUt, any a Troy ll " it, a to huva thuiu An oriinj;" flowor wrtnlh or bomiuet would oat from HA to f lu to the dealer tnne ttepliiinotiii bliuHOiu, woi lh from fJ to (A, and array the uumiKiKH'ting nmidcnat a lewr price but prater prolll ICuglUh violeu are worth f I. SO r huinli'o.l, and are uacd to timke the letter In aet dtwlgna, For then ai'e tulietitiited Immortelle color! purpK worth llfteen will a hundred. Detroit Free I'rw llather Too t'arvleu, "Oivxl evening, Mm. Oohrightly; bow did you like the cuudidute loxt riundayf" "Oil, pretty well, IHmiimd Whittaker; lie gave u a plendi'l acrinon, and I guce ho In a mill good mnu, but ho it too carvlw In hi bnhit to uit ma" "Why, wlmt uiaku you think tof" "Oh, I noticed when be came out of the pa tor room tlint the kmea of hlatrouseri were ooverud with dinu" Bpringfluld Union, IntriMliirtlun of Klulng, The itory run that kissing wan Introduoed Into Knglnud by Kowuua, the daughter of )leugit tha Huxon. At a Imnnuet which wa given by tha Hrltlxh monarch la bonor of hi allio the prince, after pressing the brimming lxaker to her liie, tuluted and aa toulsboil and delighted Vortigem with lit tle kiu, after the maimer of her own people. Chicago Herald. ' KurprUIng tgnoraoee. Little Topaey Una lUnitut, wlia what make dot yaller dog o' yourn growl ao wbeu lie' gnawin' er bone' Uncle Hikxtu Uwlna away, chile. I'm t'priml at ya' ig'runce. Dnt dog am er quar rellu' wif bn food. New York Huu. Invroled by Women, The record of tha uul ottloe thow tliat oinen have obtained) patent on 1,1X10 In vention. Hut no patent ha aa yet been ot talued ou a drm Hxlet that ran be found without ew-uriug the eervicea of detective. Judge. XVIill t:ieihant' llalr. Tha bnlr from a winu elephant1! tall I coiiulcrd of much value, airl In the old duy of the king of llurniab iu euly given to tba noble and digulbiriia of tba kiugdoui. Sau tVancUK-o Chronicle. I Tli Fantou l lnu Ao elm lw growing la the gro.ind of tb renuiylvania boepital, In l'bilaIelpbi.t, U tclou of tha fanioii tree under winch Wil liam I'eun beld tba llru treaty witb tba lu diaii. Milk I a lnfe, and a dangerou titonga. i abeorba at once any di'letunou matter and I on of lb tuol fartilacauKsof apt ueuiica. liuiiimm; in hakxkss. RECENT INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS of Electrical 6Cience. 4 Falea I'rnphet Noveltlea nf Kleetrle LlRlinna-New Tninipi In Telegraphy Kleutrlrlt) aa a Motive Power Madjr Otliel Hurprlnlng luventlun. It can n but te intereating to all to know anmethnig of tha more Important tep that nave ret-vntly been taken In applying Hie -ienr of electricity aa an Induitnal art. The force I one that leeaaily convertible into illiui light, heat, power or chemical action. Hut a few year aiuce tcieutitlc men gen orally aflinned that It could not be prolltably employed In eitliur form. Now tbey are iu, not competition dumonxtraling IU economic value in each. And every new achievement reveal further and greater puaiibllitlea at tainable lieynnd in each of the several line il application, until it aluioul Kremt that tin -ieuce u In iteeif tba knowledge of tba In dnite. , rio little awhile ago that Itanemt but yee 'rduy tne writer of thia article beurd a pro-i--or lu a college near New York aver in a imblic lecture thut lucandpHceiit electric lighting wu an lllunlon. a humbug, an Im ,HjMilility At the tune Kdieou'a exjeri Miunial luniie were glowing brightly at Ueulo I'urk, but the profawor uw tit to ig oore the luct. und, exhibiting a dull, glowing hit of plutiiiuin wire, aid triumphantly: There, gentlemen, l ull you w ill ever nf 'he incandeai-eiit electric light." The arc ugiit could not be denied, lor everytxidy new tbut the Julilix-likol! caudle were lightly glowing in the Avenue de l'Utia In Curia rcvem rAna later Tluy, b.iiiily m-vuii year mnce that pro rewior did hi luui pi ophel uct. there ue. it M Kliiuuled at louxt ,.',U(IU,(X) liicanUeweiit ilectrie light lu the Unitud tit: ten alone. 1 hey are uw-d not only lor indoor illuiiinin '.lou. but for decorative pnrpow have been .iigeiilously uppllivl to ue um jewelry, for the tdorumeiit of Inilitu hair, for pretty lur nriaca In bouquet and moot surprising of til -for lighting up people interior o thut i doctor could look right dowu into the timai'h and wbut lepnir were necu ary U) o tniii'h of their "work" an were ibu made viaibla The appurutui for tbi lutbtr achlcveiiieut coiuistH of a slender tulxi, with glux lieud ou one end containing a minute ourbon lllttinenl. which u connected, oy line wire running through the tube, with i little buttery There u aluoa amali mov , tble mirror at the liiiior or (toraucb end of the tuba, and when the buttery la put In iwraliou the oieravor can ue plultily in. .bnl mirror pint bow dilapidated are the -ixitJiof the tlouiucb into which the tut ha beeli thrilKL Arc ligiiting I quite a different matter, from Iticaiideeceut Illumination, in that It limitation, requirement and uM are more ilinuly defined. For the lighting up of vut iiace( it ba a Held of it own, but, accord . ing to liiloriiiHtioii given at the recent annual tuHHlon ol the Klerlric institute iu lliuj city, tbut field Is already being nurniwed. The no light l no longer the feature of street illumination in I'ari thut it wo a few year ugo, having been repl.-u-ed by groupings of powerlul guslighU on the Avenue de l'0ioru,' the priiiciml place of it display there. New York I now the miwt extouxively urc lighted city In the world, but if the appalling ieril tbut neeiu to be involved in the employment of the Ireuieudoui current necexsi luted by thine ligliut are not prevented by ucb aafs-, giini'dn a the burial of the wires and their more iwrlect Insulation, it I doubtful if they will long U loluruutd here, There I hardly a concuivutiU limit to the power to which the arc light muy be develowd, but the largest one yet known i thut lu the light iiouxe ut Sydney, Australia, whicb equals :BO.un0cnndli, and can tw wt-n llfty mile. Mr K H Wheeler, a standards of coiniuri ' on to enable coiuprehension of wlmt that light uiiiount to, suggusUi that un ordinary 4iu biiruur I of 10 candle power, the bright' Mlw-tric llghu in the mroetM are I.UOI) to l.MK) -undle ower, and tlie Statue of Liberty light. I candle oivcr - TDK rKI.KUKAPtl KF.nVtCR. Of equal uusi tiince, at least nilb Its use for Illumination, is tlie application of elec tricity lor telegraphic and telephonic service, -Hid it is really wondurful that with all the itiely and toil of bruiny men during so many" vniii as' it has tsx'ii since the telegraph woa put in operation, for the Hrfectuig of tha vienoe of telegraphy, there should still be so many new end inqiortant things found out in it every year One of tlie tiovel and proliably valualde ni-ent discoverica I bow to eud by lelegruph an ejnet fao-sunjle of a message, iiid to do so rnpidly A method lias Iron Known a long tune by which a fuc-timile wa made up of an Inlluite number of minute Jutatucrtwively, placed on n piece of paier ipreud " m u cylinder lu synchronous move ment with another cylinder bearing the me -::& A point, prwed ukii the tueastige .'y Under as it revolved, caused the break' dig of the current each time thnt It touched a written Hue the Ink employed being metallic and made a murk liy the receiving Instrument corresponding to just o much of the line a bud been touched. Hut that wa a very alow procvaa. lu the new way an upright lever, to pinioned that it move freely in all direction, carrica In It top a little cup Into that cup the sender of a misuoge poke bit huc il, and forma, one after another, the letter computing tiis dia laU'li. It will proUbly rattle turn a little at tint to go on making shupea of letter right in tha (nine spot, one over another, as If be wera piling up phantom symbols, and to see none of them materialise under hit pencil, but ha will toon get used to that. F-uch movement of the lever's lower end lucreaeet or diuituishe the treni;Mi of current thai, acting upou the receiving machinery, move tha writing pen in uch curved modifications of tha right angled applications of tha force at to conform to tha motions of tha trans mitting lever. Tbi must uot beooufounded with th writ ing system now to extensively employed in transatlantic telegraphy to take the place of the old, uuoerlaiu and slow light spot method if receiving cable tucwigca. A strong but tery cannot be used on ocean cabiej, butouly a small one, hardly itronger than thul eiu ploved to ring a call bell in a private bouse. I u rwiv th signal sent by to weak a bat tery very delicate apiwralut must ba pro vided. A siphon shaped glass tube, thin and slender that a human bair will hardly no through it, I suspeudud with one end iu a truugb of very fluid ink and the other al most touching a moving telegraphic tape. It is cuunecled by a thread with a coil of Una wire, which It to bung uear to a statiousj y magnet that It will twist alightly when at tracted toward tha magnet, and these alight movement of th coil control th siphon, causing it to trnc a faint waved hue in r lise to the vibrations of the signal current received by lit coil and iuiwlliug it toward the magnet Kacb wave of tb line means a letter, and th exert 0erator reads th thread of Unit color as plainly and correctly a anybody reads tlie printed word. A tCRHKISIMJ TtllKUk It wot at lb time looked uwo a a tuqiria ug thing wavu Um piu, lumbUit; of suudiug two niewage at tba sain time In opposiu tirwtion ovei tha sum wira wa demon tmtl. but that achievement wa quickly forgotten wuen toe wondertof tbaquudru plea tending four mewtfigeaat onoa,. and ol multiplex tending many telegraphy wert maiie known. Now il It claimed that such Improvement has been mode by a UuiImI rtwusarmy officer wbo is an tt pert electri .an. that one wire will tulllce for the simul iHiiwiiis sending and receiving of a bundre.1 mnHUgni lietween fifty branch offli-ea, with out any of the message getting mixed, goiny to the wrong addnwu. or being understosi it any other nunu than their individua oiiea of transmission and reception. Fortln the Inlinitely rapid substitution of attentat i-urrenli positive and negative by mean f a disc. In which alternate) eegruent are charged, and from which the current bp taken off by brushes, constitute the menu employed. Another Important recent im provement in telegraphy it the Invention o niuthod for maintaining telegraphic com muiiication brtwceo a railroad train In rapi motion and ofllcee along tba line of run iisu whicb it it traveling In doing tin tha message leapt through the air belwee. the metallic roof of the moving car i. which the flying office it established and th wire stretched aloug the tide of tbe rood In the application of electricity to tn movement of railroad train and cars, th inventions are numerous In a general wa they may be classified under two beads, thoM iu which tbe profiling current is supplier from storage batteries alsxird the cars, uii" th'ise in wbicb it it transmitted through tin track or an intermediate third rail from ' geiieruting station and taken up by wn brushes to the motor on the car The foriro" is the Julien system, already mentioneii. an ' birdly seems capable at present ol appl.'U lion to heavier service than tbe propulsion ol -angle curs, or at most very short trains, ji street railways, to th" second class belongs lie Haft system, nnder which railroads nre nov very suivessfully operated in Bultiinore an. ilher cities, as also the electric locomotive which it Is contemplated shall be employe on the elevattd roods of New York Si I'hiiI has a new electrio railway of novel con sirucliou. Its car are m'spendixl in mid un from a T shujied trtwtle construction. Uu -. single truck, which rarnea the electrical -urreiit to tbe motor witb wblch each cur i upplil Tbe motors are placed directly on he shufts of the driving wbeel over tin ars. Il I represented that on the receni 'rials of the system tbe cart, heavily laden .Uirted off easily up a 10 per cent grade 'iii ucd sharpcurvct, were ttopd and start I again promptly and with casa F.lectric r.uli-ouils have been In oMration in Kun) tnr several years, and In this one particului iiruncb of applied electrical acieuce wa are rather behind the times, wbicb it not Amen -a s usuul iosition. MANY OTIIER IKVKNTIOXi ' F.lectric motors of all size, from one cut ip to llfteen horse power, have now conic into general use, are rupidly pushing small -team engines out of fuvor, and are, in fact. mi much in demaud thut the manufacturers if the preferable onea are uimble to supply Lhem a rapidly at they are called for They ire applied to all sort of uses, from wagging i fan on a lady't work table, or running bei sewing machine up to driving the presses of a big printing house or supplying the power required In lare machine shopa. Electricity it also successfully utilized for tbe development of beat Professor Thorn ton bus made a practical application of it in the welding of iron and steeL At LockKrt, .N Y., an electrical furnace for smoltiug re fructory metals bos been lu operation uow nearly a year, extracting aluminium mainly Another use for beut developed by elec tricity is the warming of aartmetita by means of radiating surfaces, iu whicb a high tuniK!ruturc has been induced by electric cur rents, but, though this has been successfully accomplished, it bus uot been done as yet at such a ctMl as to popularize its use. At least three of tho later utilizations ol electric science for the service of surgery are worthy of mention The "Induction bal mice," invented by Hughe and IJell first publicly applied for the exact locution of the bullet in President Uurlleld's back is a most ingenious coiiirivunco, the use of whicb i uidicausl by its employment upon thul occa nou. The electrical cunU-ry and the use of u platinum wire heated to incandescence by an electrical current for ainpulutions nru tlie other notable surgical uses of this powerful md versatile agent. Soiuebody has got up an electrical lock for -i sale. I'he only connection between tbe in side and outside of the sufa is a little copier wii-a There is no uy of getting at the loci, by knocking off the haudle, no way of fuel ing the tumblers aud by del leu te manipula turn finding out thecombinutlon, uo bole or oriu-k to siku xnvdur iu and blow the thing osu. Electrical burglar alarms are to com moil now from tlie private plants in resi deiHS-s up to the big combinations with watchmen, lanterns and clubs, such at are used to guard tho jewelry district of New York, thut it is hardly worth wbile to tpcuk of them, except to mention that progress has been made hero, too, in making litem cbeapet and more effective than they used to be. So much bus been said lately about Edison' new and Improved phonograph that it hard I v si n is worth while to more than revert to il hero. Edison's separator forextructing moluU from ores thnt ore dilllcult of treatment In ordinary methods has been brought to prac tical demonstration of it merits. He timpl) ex (Mutes the tluoly pulverized oretto the in Quence of a powerful magnet, thut tu kn out the metallic articlot thoroughly aim rapidly. Another novel application of electricity i for the bleaching of sugar, a French itiveu tion, lu wbicb a number of Mew York capi talisU are iiitcraUd. keepiug pace with tin progreM of electrical science itself are the multitude of inventions and contrivances ol a secondary clasa to aid that progress, tools machinery, chouucala aud what not An application of electricity that a good many (teople are looking forward to with curioin interest and soma perhaps witb a little ap prehension it Ut employment for tba exe cut ion of felon condemned to death. New York Sua Broadway Jeweler' Show Window. Th Jewelers' tbop windows used to be tb most attractive iu New York. That waa in tha good old day, before window dressers m.vle Uroadway a panorama of delight to th female eye. To recover tlie prestige once ac corded them by virtue of the brilliancy of their ware, jewelers have begun to resort to ingenious mechanical devices. These are uot like the mechanical dancing girls and auto mulic smoker of tha cigar shop by any menu. Tbey art jewelt themselves, but made to look at rather than for private pur chase. A noted uptown jeweler puts far In front in his Uroadway show window a smn'l i gold brooch, In tbe center of whicb is a nutg : niticeiil diamond star, cut from a tolituire. and revolving from left to right at a daulinp t;d by tha hidden mechanism. Each ol tba live points of the star at il twirls revolve In an opite direction a smaller diamond star Tbe effect is grotesquely beautiful, and the atones are superb. Uut the plate glass Is enormously thick. "TrinkJe, twinkle, litta itarT a iedy individual soliloquized last night with a sigb of regret "Twinkle, tw inkle, little star; you are eafo, you Ut yoi, are!" New York World, ALNXE FUNEHALS. tREMONIAL VISIT TO THE BED OF THE DYING. unerwl Meat aod Drinks Inspect Pain to tha Itotwl Id CarlnthlaNallve ori H of tli Alp-" Dd reatore. Artor th Bnrlai. In tb remote country district It may also aaid that th fuueral begins before tbe leatb At trjoo at any man or woman la .upposeti to be In tba last agony not only all leighhort and frleoda. but perfut ttrangert. ire Informed of tbe fact and etrsjrted to par t ceremonial visit Tbe guest timply entet the sick room, take a long look at tba dying man and go their way No prayer It taid uardly a word It spoken, yet even the chance wayfarer who declines lo enter the bouse ol leatb on such occasions It considered strangely heart lesa After death the stream of visltnrt ceases, nut only for a snort time. At soon as the oody has been prepared for burial a long la tile is spread lu the room where It lie and covered with wine, spirits aud cold viunds of every dtwenption, and here 0n house is held duy and night till th funeral start for the rhurclivard. Whoever comes, known or unknown, rich ot piwr. is uot only al lowed, but urged, to eat and drink as much as he can beside the cnltin at least two huge wax candles, which have been letched from the church, bum dimly, and near them two old women sit or kneel They ure paid tor their services, and supwl to pass their tune in prayer From lime lo tune they aru relieved ly others, and they then usu .lly uuikeu somew hat lengthened use at the la nle Is'fore going home After tbe return ot lie funeral the chief mourner invites every me ti lias attended it to a hot meal, whn-b is as sumptuous as be can afford, and wbicb isuully ends in hard drinking KUMKKAL IM CSHIKTfllA. Customs of this kind are not prevalent Wi 'anntbiu or Upper Carmola funeral are here conducted with ierl-t quiet aud de eucy Yet in some observance one may ',ud either the germ or the relic of much that hocks us in other districts Un th whole, lie arrangements seem to be adjusted to the resent religious beliefs aud requirement ol lie community and It I easy to see how nev might degenerate Into such excesses ut uve tieen mentioned A simple account I a funeral In Carnitine will show this -tier than any amount of abstract argu lent As soon as the body bos been placed in the oltln and tbe room put In order, the latter is hrowu open to tbe visitors, lu a Roman ulholic country it It natural thut rich aud ioor should alike wisb to tay a few prayer or the soul of one wbo has been tholr friend, heir companion or their benefactor Among he educated classes certaiu hours are ap ointed for tbe purpose, among tbe poorer it it usual to keep tbe bouse open day and night During tha greater part of the time the mourners pray silently, but ut certain uourt one of tbom reK)ats aloud tbe pri, ei-s, in wbicb the others join Un leaving the room each of tbe visitors Is offered a piece of oread and a gloss of wine or spirits, and the ,or are apt to be offended if the offer It re fused. Among a hospitable Mipulation tbu -ustom cannot be considered slruiige, but it nust be confessed that, though the refresh .ueuts are usually consumed iu perfect si lence, it is open to abuse. Keggiirs will come ix or seven times iu the day for the sake of ' be dram witb wbicb then devotions are re urded, and at it often hupius thut no number of the family it present, and as no Hie would like at such a season lo Is) guilty if an ungracious act, it is very difficult to iimner check on such persona. TUK NATIVK SIK IKTV The native society of the Alie It tome-, whut xx-uliur in IU character The better -loss of the olliciuls have, for the most part iceii educated lu the sume schools, aud many if them have there formed lusting friend -hips witb each other. In later years tbey urcly meet, except at the annual meetings it the societies of which they may happen 0 Is memlHsrs, but the old affection still re inn us unimpaired. When tbe news of the leatb ot uu old forester or priest spreads nun valley to vulley it therefore awakens tiuny kind memories of old tunes, and on he day of tho funeral old companions will l ten come some thirty or forty miles, even ihcuu railway cannot be used, to pay the ist tribute of resfiect to the dead. In the on us these visitors put up ut different inns, nly those wbo ure very intiuiute with the iiiuly think ot entering the bouse of mouru At the apixiinted hour they gather outside he door, accompany the funeral te tbe hiin-byard. and on its return speak a few rords of sympathy to the family At a ule, no refreshment it offered them. Only he lieurem of the collin. who are usually In- 1 mute friends or colleague of tbe deceased, ire uiviuxl to a cold repast, which does not ast long In a society at once so closely tinted and to widely scattered it cannot but huppeu that many old friends wbo have long iwen separated should meet on such occasions, md that, after the ceremony Is over, they -hould gather In group tn the various inns. I'he very thought of the coniiauion tbey have lost recalls memories of a less tnmtier character Old boyish pranks are remem ' tiered and old hunting adventures retold, the wine flows freely, aud. though the occa ion of their meeting la not forgotten. It mournful character uo longer casts a gloom over tlie whole of tlie conversation. In fact, when a respected citiien of any small town hat been buried, a stranger who entered any of tha chief houses of entertainment in the ufternoou would fancy that a festival wa beiug celebrated. Londou Saturday Review A rerullarlty of Oenlu. I bellevt In genius, and 8hakesieara and Lincoln certainly puMeased it It is just at sensible to believe in gift on a large le aa m a bttla sense, and every primary teacher .mows wbicb of bar pupil will probubly iiaka their way. and which are positively lull and likely to remain to. No two human twingt are created witb tba same uaturai ability, and ceuius It simply tbe inborn qual ities of mind, which, in a healthy body, car nc with them a fineness and strength supe rior to those elemeuts in other. A peculiar ity of genius is that it may spring up among the children of any family of people of regu lar habit. 1 argue, however, alwayt that an education on big liberal scale I of mighty advantage, eveu to genuinely able men, because it give them tb fullest chance to rapidly develop their great powers. Men bo lean on natural power of miod and ex pression alone depend largely ou retentive memories, but they are timid about tbetr inodc of thought and utterance whenever .Itey come iu contact with scholastic nuods, uid seldom Ventura into competition with ibem for fear cf being overwhelmed lu the wa of learning tbey imagine the scholars to o twiuuuiiig iu. Ulobe-Democrat Inter view. Tbe largest private library in this country la owned by IL U. Bancroft, the historian, snd is in bit San Kraucisco home. It cod--i-t of MiU volumes aud w valued al UA), vu New Yor Work Tp Stair., Pown Htalrs, In Kitchen and In the Lady's I'arlor Japanese fans continue to be utilized In variety of way for dec-orating purixxioi. The very newest style consists In transforminjt a brig'it colored fan into a flower holder by twisting In the thai of a funnel and tytaj with ribbons. A chwip fan make a pretty holder when the leaf receive a coating of bright red f-r blue enamel paint Delicious Lettuce Salad. A lettuce snlail should 1 crisp, fm coal when served. Miss Parlou tells how to ull the leave carefully from two tmnll cr one lurge head of lettuce, wnsli eucn tcir ately and throw into a pan of i.-o water, where they should remain ou Bm-'- r.u them In a wire hasket or coarse tc,el an.: lake "ut all the water. Either cut the leaves with n sharp fcnifo or t tar I.e . . large piece. Mix French dressuig with ti.ci i and i-rvo ln....e.li..U-ly. For the Freu.l. ,l.tii..g take turn tablespoon uls of oil, out of vi.,ur,onesaltsIKxmfulof lt."eU smful of ,.ep,r. Put tul .ml W'l' ' cup, mid one tables mful of the oil. U hen thoroughly mixed add the remainder of tho oil and the vinegar. Cheap but Effective Window Curtain. Swiss curtains trimmed with a fluted ruffle ..... .s .liiintv mid Biinroprmto for a country house. A pii'tty ay to nrriiiigt them is to let them aiino-i, en ..v - i- - the ivindow and loop thetn back with very larce bows of white rat in nhbon o. pink, blue, Mirlet or color to mutch decoration in the room. Alternate stripos ol ciioese cl(4tl fr.r. vni ti i.i.imsl round with i.i.tique liye ittrma eff.s-tive und unite ii.exusive wlnd'-w Ura- ""'r'or something very xinipK unl.lenched muslin of pretty creamy tint can bo Wo in various tasteful ways ami will hdp to give a finished, ttttiuctivc asoct to a room. An Excellent 1'uddlng Keclr. Mrs lleiidci-son thinks the followinc receipt a great siui-es-s, Ikk-oiiso many kinds of pud ding can Iss made by it by adding diiTerent lliivorings, and it is very easily and quickly made. Ingredients: One pint rich milk, two tnl.lesisKiiifuU of corn starch, a scant half cupful sii'ur, whites of three or four eggs, a little salt, flavoring. Bent the eggs to a st.5 froth: dissolve the corn starch in a little of the milk; stir the sugar into the reiwiinro" the milk, which place ou the fire; win rs be gins to boil add the dissolved com starch, hfr constantly for a few minutes, when it will be come a smooth paste: now stir In the beaten whites of the eggs and let it remain a httla longer to cook I he eggs. It can bo flavor, with vuuilla und put into a form. Hanglne; Baskets. The starting of hnnging basket of vinet and flowers for piazzas and windows is now in order. There are many benutifuf fancy baskets and vases provided, but the old fashioned, half round wire basket, lined with moss, tho green side out, is as attractive as any. This same moss, from the woods, is very valuable for covering the surface of tb basket after it is filled with plant; it is also useful in the same way for out door vase The moss .acta as a mulch and prevent tb rapid drying of the soil thut would otUetwias tuke place. Furniture Polish. The subjoined simple preparation It recom mended as drsirahlo for cleaning and ixilish ing old furniture: Over a moderate fire put a perfectly clean vessel. Into this drop two ntineesof white or yellow wnx. When melted, add four ounces pure tii-penue; then stir until cool, when it is it.ul for use. The mixture brings out the original color of the wood, adding a luster equal to that of var nish. Hy rubbing- with a piece of fine cork, it may, when it fades, is) removed. Doylies of Various Styles. Doylies ure not over six inches square, i t tic i i- only use is to prevent the fruit plate liein-; scratched by the finger bowL Very fine ones are of sheer bolting cloiii oc pitr npple siik, with n fringed v'rfv three quarters of mi inch deep. Ktching silk or cotton may be used for outlining tho decoration on lin-n doylies and witter color can be employed upon bolting cloth and silk. A Substitute for a Closet. Iua ls?droom that has no closet, a service able substitute for one can lie eusily and cheaply made. The illustration shows such n one fitted up and described by a writer in American Agriculturist. It extends across one end cf the small room. IIOMK MADC CLOSET. He says regarding it: "We hail two boards one foot wide sawed off in seven feet lengths. A foot from the upwr end of each length we had cleats nailed across, Tlieso boards were then placed against the side walls, at tho end of the room. A board wascutexnetly as long ut the room was wide, and this wus placed on the top of the upright boanic Ano'.'-er f wot cut, as long as the top boerfi, r uie thickness of the two upright pieces. This fitted in lwtween the uprights, and rested on tin cleats, and, tilting snugly, it keeps the end pieis.- pressed against the wall; therefore no nails or screws rfre needed to hold the nr rangenient in place. We have, by this plan, a sheir at the top on which to keep boxes and articles which cannot lie hung up. Into the Uutom of this shelf we screwed hooks on whicb garments ore hung. In this way wc avoided damaging the walls by driving ' nulls or putting ou hooks." Next we made a curtain which we tacked to the front of the top board, weighted the bottom of it so that it hangs in the proper pluee always and is not blowing ulsjut to ad mit dust. The curtain might be hung ou a pile, but we preferred to fasten it with tacks, Isvuuse this phut of arranging it made every thing snug and dust tight. Il should bo full enough to hang gracefully, and if the women of the family have a knack that way, they can make it quite as ornamental as anything else the room w ill lie likely to contain. Jain Trifles. Rcat three eggs well, odd a snlLiponnful of salt and flour e'lotuh to make atliick paste, lloil out aud i ut into very thin cakes and fry in hot lard. Spread halt of them witb j:un r jelly and use the other half for uppe ctnuU or covert. .' ,-''' TV OK' srvJ CARE OF THE FIGURE. 3REAT VALUE OF MASSAGE AND THE DELSARTE SYSTEM. How tba Luxniiet of Testenla Become the NasMMMltle of Today UevdopnMm al Feminine Beauty ol rigure aod (iraa ul Molluu. Due by one the luxuriea of yesterday b iime tha necessities of today and tb ( -uiiimoiipiaiv thing of to-morrow ii nunian nature tbat this should be o, for dqi inly in one case u it true but In many Tba southern fruit which came to us at a rare lelicacy but a few years ago are daily seen in very plain tables Why not, when tbey ot no more than (he fruit whicb grows n Mir climate' The oyster wbicb was sura, tunes scut at a great 'tiering on friendship, altar to our forefathers from seme friend at the seacoast. is uow a slap., article of diet all winter long, and not a cosily oue at that, though we live nearly a thousand miles from the sea. The treasured silken gown of our grandmother carelully kept in neat folds amid lu vender sprigs, is today multiplied by ttves. liy tens, by twenties in tbe wardrobes of their granddaughters. The printed page so rare, so treasured iu olden times, are sold or given away dully in those day Tit but short time since a ttutiouury butb in oue't house was a rare, extravagant elegance, fewer trill since the first Turkish baths were wtablisln-d in our larger cities, yet today it would be their absents) wbicb would cuus remark. tlANlCt'ltE" A.VD "UASSlOtt" Webster's dictionary, revised and pub lished in ISS3. does not contain the word manl Mire, yet the educated women in tbe land grow fewer everv week wbo do not put into practical use tbelr knowledge of manicure article For tbe same reason that every one prefers to comb their bair witb tbe rubber or shell invention of modern timet rather than with a bunch of long strong thornt or tkh I tones, wbicb were tome of tbe contrivances if savage races, one prefers to use tbe file and tbe rotuided scissors of tbe manicure to trim tbe uuils instead of tbe penknife. W see the average woman witb carefully cared toi finger nails, when ten year ago not one if them used the tame methodt of polishing, tiling and trimming, Maxsngo, too, is a word of Nineteenth cen Miry coining. Who of our rugged ancestry vould have dreamed of beiug rubbed for ileasure or to enhance their physical beauty iiiles it was the noman in meir age or lux iryt To be rubbed when ill is but an expect si part of tbe nursing and treatment, but to rubbed into straightnesa orsienderness, or o te patted and puuebed into roundness and Inline? of outline or muscle is just dawning ipon the consciousness of the public at a ihiug possible to accomplish, it will only t3 iu tbe very near to-morrow when tbe supreme importance of thii massage treat ment will be thoroughly understood by worn u in particular. They know how to appre iate lithonessand suppleness in another woman, but tbey are very loth to undertake the proper exercise to develop that tame freedom of movement in themselves. That it may be imparted in a degree by do act of their own volition, but through tbe medium of another's hands, it a fact to be heralded with joy, and there it no shadow or possibil ity of a doubt that tbe moving of a Joint imck and forth, round and round, gently, dewly, witb certain delicate manipulations, w-.ll render it free and elastic to a remark iLle degree. What do surgeons do In the case of iiroken arm, where the whole limb has been ueld immovable for days or weeks bandaged tight and close against the body! Do they leave the wrist and lingers stiff and lifeless, is they appear when the ligatures and splints ire removed-) No. At this point in the heal ing the daily, and ofttiines twico daily, visit if the surgeon are made witb eveu more ex ictness than eorlier in tho case, and despite itie moans and groans of the patient he lsnds very joint of the Angers and wrist backward md forward, each time farther and farther, until tbe tortured creature can endure no more for the nonce. But though the man of knowledge may desist until next time h un lerstands the necessities of the cane, and no nlendings will turn him from his course until the joints have recovered their pristine flcxi oility. DEMANDS PERSONAL ATTENTION. What example can be brought to bear on anything stronger than this argument In favor of massage treatment The figure de mands personal attention today because it receives most notice from others, and light ness of gait, suppleness of body, freedom of movement are things desired of every one. Some one said not long ago that the would like to have been born ber own daughter. This is a more reasonable wisb than it seems md less egotistical. Tbe women of today ire thoroughly alive to the modern theories if education and cultivation, and they find it so hard a task to utlearn half tbey have been wught in order to reach a state where tbey nay imbibe a new course of ideas that 'tit ao wonder tbey wish they might begin over anew as a child. One of the terrors of advancing age is the tendency to stoutness, nothing except wrinkles do women more dislike than a heavy, plumping step whicb some 200 pounds if flesh, more or less, to carry about engen lers. Massage is beneficial for this, though -ertainly by no meant at effectual at active .exercise. The rubbing for this should be combined witb long, smooth strokes of the bund from the neck down the spine, and from tbe bint to the heels, wbile the same mode of procedure appUed to growing girlt develops length of limb and general height. Another help to lightness, grace and supple ness are tbe movements taught by the teach ers of Delsarte. This, perhaps, is the best way of all for women who have lost the yield ing, springing movements of their youth, by either increase of years or weight Delsarte saw tbe beauty of nature as it should be in the human form, and studied but to prove how it uiigbt be developed. Hit theory i that at every movement or gesture of any imrt of the body ao almost imperceptible npplc of movement should run through tho ontire frame, and when one once sees tbe grace of carrying out this theory, no other argument is needed in its favor. One ta taught that the seat of all movement it in tlie waist, and the uudulntion of the body, whett the waist theory is grace u! and mat tered, is the more beautiful The daughtert of the women of today will be brought to the highest ttato of physical culture. Why liould not their elders envy themf "3. & E. M. in Chicago Uerald. An Athlete' Rnle of Health. An excellent rule of health given by a pro fession athlete is: "Walk to your place of place of business. Attend to work in the usual way, resisting every inclination you may liave to give way to indolence. Walk home. Never mind the weather, a littl raiu will not hurt you and the summer heat will not affect you when you have dona it long enough to do you good. This isju the time to begin the walks. There it ex hilaration la the air to encourage walking and the babit once formed la not likely to b abandoned." Chicago Uerald,