CARE OF REFRIGERATORS.
How I . Krip llmm Read Cl" M
I'olat for HnuwkraiMr.
During Die warm weather the refrig
mUOf comet In for a (food hsre o( at
tention. Aside from It usefulness, a
good refrigerator It a nice ilocoof fur
nlturi', and an ornament to anv homo,
yet It take but very Utile neglect to
render It any thing but ornamental. Aa
a piece of furniture It should no cared
for aa conscientiously a any other of
the household furu.shlngt, yet few
h utewives ri&ognl.e this fact It It
usually stowed away In tome out-of-the-way,
inconvenient place, and tho
only care It gets Is an occasional clean
ing out of the inside.
Keep It in a cool, dry placo. In tho
dining-room, unlets u pantry Is more
convenient, but It It not advisable to
keep It In a collar, as Is often done, for
there are few cellars that are not some
what damp, and when put In such
places It does not take very long to
ruin tho refrigerator.
Always keep the ice-box clean os far
at you can, and never allow let to las
placed in it that ha at first beon
washed off. Insist that your iceman
wash hit Ice ere putting In the box, and
It will be much easier to keep clenn.
Never allow the ice to be wholly gone
ere gotting In more, for twice tho
quantity of ico will be required to cool
the refrigerator than ordinarily. Novor
put anything warm In the Ice-chest, but
lay atlde in a cool place until cold.
Never put In anything that it not per
fectly fresh, and remove anything bear
ing the least Indications of a taint, for
buttor or milk absorbs anything of this
kind vory readily. It is much hotter
here there Is a sopaiate coinpartiue-it
for the buttor and milk, as they koop
much bettor when placed by them
selves, and retain their original flavor,
which they seldom do when occupying
a place with ther catublos.
Once a week, at the least the refrig
erator should receive a thorough
cleaning. Tako out all tho victuals
and placo In a cool place, covering
them over to protect them from dust.
If there It any ico in it take it out tod
roll In several thicknesses of old llanuel
or heavy bagging, ami put In a cool
place. Remove nil the sholvcsnnd any
adjustable apartments, and wash in
warm ammonia wulor, using u good
map. Many of the stitlus and b aek
murks teen on the .Inc shelves can be
removed by scouring with pulverized
belli brick anil snap, ('loan wooden
shelves by scrubbing with brush and
some good simp. When all is thorough
ly washed, placo them in the air to dry.
Wash out the lusldu of tho refrigerator
and dry as well as possible and let air.
When thoroughly dry. replace tlio
nIioIvos etc., put in the Ico. close and
let remain until the Inside Iscuol, then
replace tho victuals. It Is agood plan
to place In one corner a small dish of
charcoal, to arrest any Impurities t lint
might arise. The woodwork of nosl
refrigerators may be kept looking nice
by wiping it over each woek with a
damp cloth wrung out In clo'ir water. -Boston
lludgut.
HAPPY ATHENIANS.
How Thojr rnjoj Tlirmarlva anil Wlmt
It nU 1 1. . in
Nowhere outside of France, can lie
teen a more striking tort of boulevard
life than in Athena Tlio numerous
cafes, situated on the principal streets
and Mpinros, spread out many doens
of small wooden tables on the sidinvalk
every afternoon, and Jhose are soon
tilled with people, principally gnvern
ernment employes. Kvery one Is reus
ing s newspaper, and has before him a
small cup of black coffee, the price of
which It tlyee cents. All the necessa
ries of life have Increased in price In
ti recce, but the price nf a cup of black
coffee hat remained stationary. It Is
tlio n 1 1 ionnl beveragu, and any attempt
to increase Its price would cause indig
nation meetings mid the Imycnttlug of
the establishment which had tho li
merity to defy public opinion. The
coffee-house keepers are perfectly
aware of this, and no one has ever at
tempted to add even a mill to the price
of the denlse taase, lint tho difficulty
VtJ solved by diminishing the size of
the cups, which now really do not con
tain more than three mouthful of the
delirious beverage.
Willi this outlay of three cents for a
cup of coffee. Government employes,
the politician smi tapeounloui Maths
can tit for a couple of hours in a cafe,
look at the passers-by, read the even
ing editions of the papers, discuss xill
tlcs and criticise tho course of the GoV
eminent. An unsophisticated foreigner
would take them for idler with e solid
income. It Is wonderful how easy these
people of the eastern part of Kurope
can take life, and what a little satisfies
them. Then, the buying capacity of
money It double here what it it in
America. You can buy three pound
of delicious graes in their season for
to cent, and your wife can hire a
really tine carriage to make her calls
for llfly cents an hour. The hct ice
and ice-cniams in the fashionable cafes
do not cost mure than eight cent, and
in the minor establishment tix cents
Hut house rent is comparatively high,
mid clothing itdeir. on account of the
heavy lmKirt dul o which IVomlor Tri
ooupls has been obligod to Impose to
enable (ireece to pnj punctually the in
terest on her mormon national debt,
t or. N. Y. CoinmeiviKl Advertiser.
-
In one of the public schools of At
lanta, tin., they have a novel nietho.l of
punishing boys who use tin.) language.
When any of the oung men are caught
saying anything profane they are made
rinse their mouths out with wnter which
has been left standing in a quassia cup
The water it exceedingly hitler, and
maket a lasting tmprotou on the
boys.
Results ought to be labored for 0
eause they will be valuable, but no re
suit is valuable merely becsuse it hat
been labored for. An aulho- finds it
hard to throw away sememes that
have cost him night of thought aud
days of lalior even though he see
how the value of his work will be in
creased by this rejection. The only
way is to work for a good reault aud
not to depend upon a result's being
good simply because it na been w-tad
fur- & S. Ttmee
ADULTERATED TEAS.
Dsnsroi aiiifr Shiaawd from hi te
tlx I mini Slat,
The tea-drinking tnilliont in the
Tatted Stale inul have been Impressed
by the recent report of our Consul at
Amoy, China, upon the qualty of some
of the lea shipped to the American
market. He told of the extent to
which It it adulterated, an 1 of the
means employed to palm it off upon
American consumers. The question is
of importance to all men nod women
who qusff the Chinese beverage, for
the stuff of which our Consul speaks ll
undoubtedly detrimental to health
Koine years ago wo learned from an
Knglisli paper that ten million pounds
of adulterated tea held in bond in Lou
don had been condemned at unlit for
consumption, and u -t long aiterwnrd it
was ascertained that large quantities of
it had actual y been sent to the Now
York market, though the British in
spector had declared that it was doc
lorod in an evil way. Now, this It not
a thing of slight account. If tho teas
outlawod in London aro to be shipped
bore, tho people ought at least to be
made aware of the fuct. so that they
may make up their minds what to do
about 1l 'I here are some kinds of tea
exported from China that might prop er
ly lie lalieled "slow poison." Thoy do
hiit-m to those that consume them, pro
ducing stomach and kidney complaints,
interfering with digestion and irrita
ting the nervous system. The ChlpeSI
merchants' found out long ago that it
wan unsafe to send spurious tea to the
itritish market, but they havo been
sharp in hunting up Other Holds. This
ountry it, next to hngland, the groat
t tea market in the world, and wo are
not sure, at We hnve not the recent
omparatlve statistics at hand, that the
American an not Inrger tea consum
ers than tho Kngllsh. We now import
large quantities of toa from China by
way of Kan Francisco, and it Is through
that port and Now York that we gut
our supplies. It would bo well for
every body to steer clear of adulterated
tea, even though It is ohonp.
HE FIGURED IT OUT.
Why John Cracker Ileum! to II Klrksd
aii Ores loath oriin.
While we wore smoking on the ver
anda in front of tho hotel a native in
backwoods dross ramu up and tat down
mi the steps without addressing any
one, and during tho next hour ho scorn
ed to be asleep. When he roused up
ll was with an uxulain'ttion of ''Htll'
and he danced around so lively that tlio
Colonel asked him if lie d boon ttung
by an insect.
"No, tab no sah! ' was tlio vigorous
reply.
"Do yon always wako up that way? '
"No, sah, but I dun tiggurud it out
and I want to be kicked."
"What It lt,!
"Lust April," mid tho man, as he
turned to us, "I was a-drivin' my ole
mewl and cart along that road down
thar', aud when wecomo to the railroad
that mewl quit on me. II jisl stood
right thar' and wouldn t pull a pound."
"I see."
"1 heard (ho train coming and I
pulled and pushed and whipped, but it
was no use. He stayed right thar' and
let the Injine hist him half a mile
high."
"Welti what have you figured out?"
"Why, sah, I orter ouhltchod that
mewl aud drlv' him off the track, and
then harked tho cart off. I hev felt all
along that 1 skipped a cog souiewhar .
but I couldn't toll whar'. I hoe it now
I kinder fell into a doxo as I sot thai ',
and it cum to me like a Hash. Thar' 1
stood witli mouth wide ocu and my
legs u-hukln' and saw n ,'. mewl Hung
sky-high, to cum down among the
spllnlers of a if. id o u t, when I might
a-eaved both as easy a mud, Gentle
men, please excuse me. I'm a-going
around W the Oo't-hoUM to find nil
ouory nigger and give him that mewl c
harness to kick me all over South Caro
lina! Detroit Free Press.
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SADDER THAN DEATH.
V Tlirili Mrispngrr Hr Thrltiril
Won th LeM ( Ilia Inrrlla.
taist r'r.dny afternoon a district tele
graph messenger, who was sM'ediii;
dong the street with lelegi ani tiIiii
it fifteen cents n minute, was run ovei
and seriously Injured by a blind unit
named Standfast. Standfast is a crip
pie, having a wooden leg. He ha.
a .i'ii this leg off to rest it while he sn
liy the wayside and begged, and ton e
mischief loving Hoys hud taken the le
a d hid it Standfast missed t
groping along the sidewalk feeling fo
t, and Inadvertently moved directly it
the mcsacng. r boy's wake. Severa
persons, seeing that he won d run tie
boy dovMi. shouted to the latter thu
tho blind man was after him. and tin
boy, realizing his peril, made a despot
ite sprint for his life and for a few fee
gained on hi pursuer, bui before h
was far enough ahead to tu n out wit
safety the cripple was upon him an
ran clear over him before he could t
topicd. The boy s injuries were ver
serious, as he fell upon his wri
spraiulng it so that it ill probaMj b
two wee.s before he can hang out
t e step of an omnibus going in th
wrung di -ocli on. It was rt ted lat
that night that, owing to his inabilit
to utll.se his favo Ite official timekillei
the hoy bad delivered one mesaiig.
nearly on lime, but the rimmr was iu
ligusnly denied at hea I ,uarte , th.
sUH'rlntendent offering to piovo by tie
HHik that such a thin.' had never oc
i HI r red since the invention of humai
afttaV At a late hour lbi morning i
whs feared Hint the boy was rccoverin
his inertia, which had leeu serousl-
distil. 1 1, .1 Huide'.ie, in li .. v
luig.e.
- If a nta" is ,",u.'.r cl. oine tctnuei
let him nlone. The world will sihii
Hod employment He will soon moo
with Mime one stronger than himself
alio will icpay him better than yoi
eaiL A man may light duels all ins lif.
it be i ditHised to quarrel. - ( W.I.
- Intlnlte toil would not enable yo
to weep away a mist, but by ax-vud
baj a bttle you may overlook it alio
gelber. 8o it is with moral improve
meat, we wi-etle tie cely with ni icon
hatiit which would have no hold upot
us if we ascended Into a higher mo a
almoaphersv A. Help.
UNCERTAINTY OF WEALTH,
In Wall Sirrrl a Ma i Mir ! Rle Tu-lif
ami Poor T.i. Morrow.
Kstlmntes of wealth based o.i manner
of living and hubltt of personal expen
diture are by the way. uncertain
Home men ieud every dollar they
make as fast as they make it, and never
have a dollar laid by. To Infer there
fore, that because thoy live at the rote
of say WW a year they uro worth an
amount, which at 6 per cent, would
yle d an Income of fJJ.OOO would evi
dently bo fallacious. On the other
hand, many thrifty and successful
money getters, from their thrift. siend
no more on themselves and families
after thoy have accumulated millions
than when they hiul next to nothing.
They hsve become fixed In tho habits
they acquired in their less prosperous
days, and am not get out of them.
Every year some man of this kind dies,
aud astonishos his nwil Intimate friends
by tho immense estate he leaves behind
him. This is eipecially the case with
old men. who in their lator years re
tiro from society, and are, as it wero,
forgotten. While they are vegetating
In obscurity their Lnmey is rolling
over and over like a snow ball, in
creasing in geomotrlcal ratio. On this
point Muellor' weekly advortisoments
of executors' sales of ttooks and bonds
aud real estate are most suggestive
reading. The quantity of stuff that
is poured out upon purchasers from
this source is something wonderful
Tbeexecutors of the late Joshua Jones,
for example, who was not tuppotod to
be immensly rich, havo just distributed
among his legatees, as the proceeds of
a series of such sales, nearly $8,000,
000, and those of the late Samuel Wil
lets, who lived in a modest way, sold
through the tamo auctioneers about
throo years ago $6,000,000 worth of the
best kind of securities.
For another roason, too, men ol
groat fortunes, who do not ostentatious
ly displny them, aro much better pro
tected against public knowledge of their
affairs than tiiose who have small ones.
A man ol modorate means has often
noed to ask for oredlt. especially If he
Is carrying on an active business, and,
therefor.., must make statements of his
financial condition. These statemen t
are presurvod and remembered, and
thus, in his particular circle, the
amount of hit fortune is tolorably woN
known. Itut a largo capitalist, or even
a small one, out of business, lends
money and does not borrow It, or, If he
burrows It, borrows upon collaterals,
which obviates tho necessity of further
inquiry, and thus luads to no estimate
of his condition. I do not soe how tlio
fortune of a man like Jupiter Morgan,
for instanco, can bo appraisod. He has
certainly never told Its amount to mo,
nor to any one that I know. I doubt
much whether he knows it himself
within several millions Whon he
comes to die, to bo sure, ills exocutort
will find out, but that evont, let us
hope, is yot fur off. Mr. Jay Could a
few years ago did, indeed, make what
hO declared U IIS 0 full 11 II 1 1 Irani UX-
hlbltion of his slock Investments, and
It wa certified to by men of unim
peachable integrity, but, unfortunately,
from the fnut that it was made so
frankly, nobody accepted the statement
as strictly corrocU Mr. Russell Sage
is reputed to io wealthy, and probably
is so, but whether he has one. live, ten
or twenty millions I would not dare to
affirm. Resides, many great fortunes,
especially those which are nourished
conspicuously before the eyos of the
public In woll-trumpetod stock opera
tions, aro a uiisubstuutial and evau
esoont as soap bubbles. Ton yoars ago
Mr. Cyrus Field was reputed to bo
worth live millions of dollar He got
to speculating In Manhuttan Klevated
and wont on until in a single day he
was reduced to comparutlvo povorty.
Mr. Jay Could, even, has reieutedly In
the course of his life boon brought to
the verge of tluanclal ruin. The expe
rience of .Lis li Kovno is still fresh in
the recollection of most frequenters of
Wall street. 1 know that ho onco ex
hibited to bis lawyor a Now Year's
statement showing a balance In his fa
vor of $10,000,000. The next New
Year's the $15, 000,000 had all beon lost
and more, too. Kvon tho late Governor
K I). Morgan, who every body said was
worth -i0, 000, 000, actually loft at his
death only about $3,000,000, and If he
hud lived a few years longer ho would
probably not have left that. Hundreds
of such illustrations will occur tu every
one who has been in financial circles
here for any length of time. If a mon
ument were set up In Trinity church
yard to every man who has made and
lost a fortune in Wall street since ltttiO,
the grnvostonet there would be mighty
crowded. N. Y. Sun.
The rust Chinese Railway.
Tho first railway in China was con
structed by the shrewd and progressive
Prince Lin Ming Chuan as a miniature
affair, carrying thu people on a circle
of two or throe miles for a small sum
In order to familiarize them with the
snorting monster. This being accom
plished, a road is now laid of about
seventy-five miles, on which the Vice
roy make tour without exciting the
prejudices of the natives. "The rail
way is coming," Is the prophecy of a
high official at I'ekin. It la the only
way to meet the pressure of outside
nations Rul what 1 most interesting
is the result In the way of unifying the
dialects spoken in China There are
now not less than three hundred dia
lects, and they differ as much as French
from l iertnau There are also Ave dif
ferent weights, or scales of weights, and
in I'ekin alone, while no standard of
time whatever exists, foreign clocks
are sometimes found. The first step is
to facilitate intercourse, in order to
unify the vast ueople. - t-'ube-Dumo-
srau
Many a mail who was expected to
set the world on fire only succeed! in
getting up a very disagreeable smudge.
Merchant Traveler.
The human race la divided Into two
class. ss those who go ahead and do
something, and those who alt still and
Inquire: "Why wasnt it done the
other way. "-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
All men have their frailties; and
whoever looks for a friend without Im
perfections will never hud what be
seeks We love ourselves notwithstand
ing our faults and we ought to love
our (lend, in like manner. Cyrus
A COURAGEOUS WOMN.
Bow Sh Uol MM Bt a Vidian Whs
Ma Hnl on Kolhrj,
One dsy recently, lu the rotunda of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, a number of
men were discussing the question of
pluck and bravery frequently exhibit
ed by persons advanced in years. Gen
eral Dan Macauley, now a resident ol
this city, but formerly of Indiana, ro
latod the most remarkable Instance, as
follows:
"Dr. Walker, about sixty yonrt ol
age, and his wife, a few years younger,
together with two grown sons, resided
In Indianapolis after the war. Oua
night Mrs. Walker retired late, but
not to sleep, for she expected her hus
band to come in from the next room
every moment. A light was burning,
and lying on her bed she could too the
floor at certaiu angles. Instead of her
husband coming In she saw a vllluin-ous-looklng
mun, with a bowie-knife
botwoon his teeth, crawling through
the door on hi all fours. U a second
ho disappeared under tho bed. Her
husband then came In, blew out the
light and got Into bed.
"Mrs. Walker said nothing for a few
minutes, for she was thinking of a
scheme to capture the robla-r and snve
herself and husband from being mur
dered. Finallys he said aloud to her
husband: 'I am thirsty; I'll go and
get a drink of water.' She got out of
bed and went to the room where her
two sons wero sleeping. Putting her
hands over the mouth of ono aha
whispered In his eur that a man was
under her bod and that she wanted hit
pistol. The son told her that lie gave
her tho pistol a few days ago, because
she objected to having one around
loaded. Then she roinembcrod thut
she had hid It In tho basement-room,
on top of a shelf. 'Wait, boys, I'll get
It,' she said. Going down stairs she
passed nnother robber, the pal of the
ono under hor bod, though alio was un
aware of it at that time.
"After stumbling around in the dark
she managed to find thu pistol and
hastily rushed up stairs with it In
the meantime her husband suspected
that something was the matter, bo
cause the had consumed too much
time in getting a drink of water. Tho
robber became suspicious atsu and was
pulling himself from under the bed,
and hud almost assumed a sitting posi
tion, his fuco toward the bed and tho
knife still clutched between his teeth,
when the old doctor was in the act of
springing to tho door. Without a mo
ment's hesitation the doctor tumbled
right on the robber utid ut thu sumo
time dealt him a powerful blow in tho
face. They both fell on the floor, the
doctor on top and gamely punching
him at evory opportunity. It was a
short and desperate struggle. The
robber attempted to cut tho doctor, but
the latter knocked tho knifo out of his
hand. In tumbling around tho robber
gut out his pistol and pulled the trig
ger, but the old doctor seized his wrist
in time and the ball struck the ceiling.
With a strong effort the robber extri
cated himself from the doctor uud run
Wr the door.
"Tho sou, who hud the pistol his
mother brought him, thought that his
father was duud and resolved to kill
the murderer at all hazards. Ho met
the robber face to face in the door uud
fired point blank at his breast. In
stead of falling the robber rushed out.
I he doctor, hearing the report of his
son's pistol thought the robber had
shot his wife in going out. lu a few
seconds tho brave old couple wero safe
in each other's arms, and the next
morning the body of the notorious
robber and desperado, 'Hoosier' BUI
Rodifer, was found in the back yard
with a bullet through his breast. Now,
gentlemen, don't you think that old
woman had pluck in a wonderful de
gree, and that her husband was worthy
in evory way to be her mate?" N. Y.
Mall and Kxpress.
PUNISHING A THIEF.
How H Wa .. 1 1 . i 1 ... I to Return an
1'inbrf.lla lo II Ownar.
"I saw an attempt to steal an um
brella that amused mo the other day."
said a gentleman lust evening. "I wus
coming home on the train and got into
con versat t. in with a friend in a seat op
posite mo. To make it more pleasant
he crossed the aisle and sat with me,
leaving his umbrella, a very beautiful
one, standing in the seat he vacated.
"At tho first station a man came In
and, though there were other vacant
seats, seated himself in tho one where
the umbrella was standing. My friend
quietly nudged me and we kept on talk
ing. Pretty soon that umbrella lost
its upright position in the corner and
leaned affectionately against the well
dressed stranger, who foil the texture
of Its silk and the carving of the handle
with evident relish. Another station
was reached and the stranger rose to
leave the train. Under his arm tho
umbrella found a resting place, and as
he walked down the aisle my friend
followed close at his heels. He had
reached the depot platform when the
owner of the umbrella tapped him
quietly oil the shoulder and said:
Please avium my umbrella to the
teat you took it from "
"One glance at the speaker's eyes
convinced the would-be-thief thu he
meant what he was saying, and he
Mounted the coach steps and walked
to the seat and sot the umbrella in the
corner without a word. Those in the
car hud by this time become awart of
the nature of the difficulty, and. as ths
fellow turned shaine-facedly to leave,
he wus aided on his way by lively hand
clapping and roars of laughter. I
think it will be several days at least
before ho makes a similar alttemut
Ullca (E Y. ) Observer.
-The absurdity of applying the title
'Mister'' to all sorts of men, on all
torts of occasions, is well illustrated
H a recent Issue of a Southwestern
paper, in which it was declared that
"the late Mr. Hank Rrown was hanged
yesterday In the presence of a large
and interested audience."
One little fellow, on being asked
if he was not sorry that the school
term was over promptly rc-pondodi
"No, sir; I'm glad, for 1 just want to
go to some place where I can holler!
I'm tired of keeping still." Boatoa
Mve
MRS. DHUMMUP'S LIST,
It Covrd ronISrl.l llroiui I, llul On
ol Hr Vlcllw MtVI Know It.
It seems that the business of collect
log subscriptions is no exception to tin
rule that there are tricks In every
trade. A mun or woman with a gilt
for the business may collect of the
some mon at least twice as much as
toother would. A little incident will
Illustrate.
They were getting up a subscription
a little wlille ago for tho Home for De
cayed Apple Women. There Is no more
deterring Institution, as every body
knows, tbnu the Home for Decayed
Apple Women; and moreover, un in
fluential coterie of Buck Hay women,
headed by Mrs. Charity Drumuiup.
had become interested in the homo,
and were pushing tho subscription.
When Mrs. Charity Drummitp saib
into a counting-room with a subscrip
tion paper in hor hand, the bankers
and mon of business know perfectly
well thut It Is of no possible avail for
than to turn her a cold shoulder, un
less they are anxious to lose cast or
custom among tho wealthy circle which
revolves uround hor.
Down town there are two solid men.
In business, one as a retailer in a large
wny, and the other as a lluancicr, who
are very good friends. The financier
is mercurial, excitable, uud passes for
a free-handed, generous sort of per
son. The merchant is phlegmatic and
slow, and has the reputation of being
very shrewd und close in money mut
ters. Well, when Mrs. Charity Drummup
came down in behalf of tlio Home for
Decayed Apple Women, she made one
of her culls upon tho linancier and
promptly showed him a paper, already
signed by at loaat a do.en bankers,
merchants and other wealthy mon; and
upon this puK-r there was not a single
subscription for a less amount thun
ISO.
"You siM! what they're all doing,"
said Mrs. Charity Drummtip, with an
.Migaging smile.
The financier gave a low whistle.
"Nothing but fifty dollar subscrip
tions, eh?" he said. "Well, I'm afraid
this is a little too steep for me. You
ire quite right, Mrs. Drummup, in us
sii ming that I should not care to load
the break-off into smaller figures: but,
soe here. Is tills the only paper you
havo got, Mrs Drummup?"
Tho only ono,'" said tho lady, with
a little confusion. "Why, this is the
subscription puper, sir."
Hut Is it tho only one you hnve
got?"
Pressed for an answer, Mrs. Drumm
up produced from her reticule a pa
per, iiH)ii which there were several
$85, $10 and even $i subscriptions.
"Ah! this looks more liko it," said
tho Bnanoier. "You mny put mo down
there, if you please, for $'J;i." And he
went down there, high up oil the list.
That night the financier and tho mer
chant met at the club.
"Well," said tho merchant, "did
you have u call from Mrs. Drummui)
to-day f1
"Yea"
"Stunk you for $50, I suppose?"
"Oh, no; I only gave $Jft."
"What? Why, there wasn't a singlo
subscription on her list for loss than
$50!"
"Not on the list she showed you, my
friend; but you should have culled for
her other paper."
He explained the schemo to the
closo-Hstod merchant, who became
fairly black in the face with chagrin.
Ho felt that ho had boon overreached;
and the financier, who seemed to have
come in for a share of his wrath, is of
the opinion th it ho did not sleep thut
night, and thut it wits, indeed, several
days before h.) regained his usual
calm. Hoston Transcript.
THE RATTLESNAKES BITE.
Mo Sura fur for lit- Vciioui Kuown In
the M nl aa i ir in
Speaking of people bitten by rattle
snakes, Mr. J. H. RitlU, of the Savan
nah News, says: "Out of u thousand
people bitten by rattlesnakes I do not
think a do.en recover. There is no
known cure, in spite of the fact thai
many people have suld thut they were
BUred by whisky. You may depend on
it when a man say he was cured of a
rattlesnake bite, thong li necessarily
not a liar, he is at least luboring under
i misapprehension ol theacts. There
is a small snake similar to a ruttle--nake
in appearance, whose poison is
aot so venomous, and negroes bitten
by it place line upon the spot or less
drink enough whisky to coun
teract the poison. Whisky if
alteo In a largo quantity,
,-oes directly into the blood
and counteracts the poison of the
-nuke. Rut the regular Georgia rat
tler, from five to seven feet in length,
is a deadly customer to meet It does
not give any warning but strikes the
nomont It is disturbod. and it can
strike an object as fur distant as it is
ong. A triend of mine was riding
ihmg in the saddle one day and a big
rattier lying in tho road leaped at him
.is he passed. It closed lo his boot
leg, driving one of its frangs clear
ihrough the thick leather of his bool
ind through his trousers, just escaping
he flesh. It required considerable
ilcklng to shake that snake off, and
vhen ho was finally got rid of he
tarted in pursuit. My friend faced
aflat, in the army with nonchalance,
but his hair stood 00 end when he sau
that snake coming, and he jammed
-purs to his nag and didn't stop until
lie hod gone a Quarter stretch li,
plantation is full of attlesnakes. anil
my lasi week my hands killed twenty
ix In a field ol twentv acres."
- He is truly great tilai is little in
himself, and that makelh no acovunt ol
any height of honor.
- Some people make a dollar's worth
of trouble in accompllthing five cents
worth of good. .Atchison t ;.,." .
- lu itie csju-lilufion both of oui
mind and of ou body, every thing mus:
(a on right and harmonize wed t- -aether
lo make ut happy Rul thuU
.ne ihlnj go wrong, that is quit
enough to m ke us miserable: and. al
though the joys of this world are val
nd short yet it sorrows are real an
I. sling.
BILLINGS' PMlLuawrnv.
tawna of lb Wis sarin ol lb Lamented
Joh.
The way to git ennythlng I to ackt
Just az tho yu did'nt kare whether yu
got ll or not
it iie diffikult to define a sickness
ai it lz to ackount for the meazles.
It Is dredful eazy for a man to dis
pize rltches who haz got about two
hiind -ed and 50 thousand dollars well
Invested.
If fortune hnz ennv favorites, It lz
not tho lndillront. but it iz tbozo
whom wo hav to pay to git rid ov tholr
tannine
l.nv 1 like tho meazles; if we hav
rnllv tnit them, thev are sure to sho
When u man ll puffed up with
harmless kind ov nrido that don't do
any hurt, It iz a krewel piece of blzz
DOM to take the konsait out ov linn;
ll iu krewel az to pull tho feathers out
ov a pokok's tale.
Kvory one who trades with tho dovll
oxpokts to git the best ov him, but
novor hav soon it did yet
Ono roason why advise costs so little
iz bekuuso every one haz sum of it to
spare.
Wo nro so nvarishtis that even when
wo trade with oursolfs wo go for gil-
ting tho best end ov the bargain.
My philosophical kreed iz "tilv
bear tlio whole of tho road If ho wil
take It."
(Tho harte iz a mlstorlous thing; wc
kuu almost all ways find out what iz li
a man's hed, but tho things that sleep
in the heart aro often unknown eveu to
the possessor.
Mv sentimental kreed Iz "Straw
berries aud kroam if they are handy
if not kream anyhow."
It mny lie diffikult to decide which
men porsew the most eagerly, interest
or fame.
Yu kun find men who will sumtlmes
repent ov a sin, but seldum ov a blun
der.
Thare iz nothing so natral az to lie.
and then dodge behind it
Mankind kan bo divided into two
heaps, and I not wrong them mutch
a heap ov geese aud a heap ov gan
ders.
I observe more phools among the
oli men than 1 do among the old w i tu
rn nu
I think I am honest when i say than
iz no man who luvs to lie praised more
than I do, or who hates to bo flattered
worse.
1 would rather watch two raskals
than ono phool
ToknoioM-to talk lz a grate art.
but to kno when iz a grater.
The only sure way to keep a skerel
iz to forgot it N. Y. Weekly.
JAPAN'S CROWN PRINCE.
The I'lvamilit His ...it nut nf the Mikado's
Oldest lot and Heir.
Compared to his imperial father
even at the present day, Prince Hani
is much more emancipated, and nunc
of the old traditions soom to have any
weight in regulating his conduct
There was no precedent to follow in
tho education of a Jap inese Prince in
the modern way, and Prince Haru lias
made many laws for himself. He is u
wonderfully bright and precocious
little fellow, and his small, twinkling
black eyes aro full of mischief and soe
everything. He is hardly taller thai
an American boy of six yoars of ago.
but ho has ut times tho dignity, tin
pride of birth, and consciousness ol
station and power, of a man of sixty
His eyes aro not slanting, nor indeed
doos one ofton see in a Japanese face
the wonderfully oblique eyes beloved
of tho caricaturists. The peculiarity
lu the expression of their eyes is given
by the eyelids being fastonod in either
corner, us if a few stitches had been
taken (here. This makes it impossi
ble Tor them lo lift the eyelids as high
as we do, und gives tho narrower
slits, through which they gazo, the
peculiar Oriental look. One often seat
Japanese with as round, wide-open
eyes as those of our race, and jj gives
an cspeciul beauty to their Counte
nances. Prince Haru has the exquisitely
smooth, fine yellow skin that is one o
tho points of greatest beauty in Japa
nese children, and a bright color some
times shows in the pale-yellow of hi
little cheeks. Ho has tho rank of
Colonel in the Japanese army, and
wears his military uniform and his oa
with the gold star all the time, hb
clothes being dark-blue cloth in wintei
and white duck in summer. Ho is fond
of riding, and, when mounted, tht
miniature Colonel trots along at a fim
gait giving and returning tho military
salute as ho passes an officer or a sen
try, like a young martinet Elizi
Huhamah Scidmore, in St. Nicliolaa
The Cases Different
"Mr.
driver
wagon.
Skinnphlint." exclaimed thi
of that gentleman's delivery
as he rushed into the storo .
I'itedly, "my wagon was run into by u
heavy-loaded truck a little while agi
at a street crossing, and"
"If my property has been Injured li
consequence of your carelessness
lames,'' said Mr. Skinnphlint sternly.
I shall, of course, expect you to mak.
the loss good."
Injured," replied the driver. "m
wagon wasn't hurt a bit The truci
just grazed it But the fellow thu
was drivin' it tin ned so short that i.
'ox of fancy candies tumble off h;
load into my wagon and I didn't find
tl out till he got out of my sight J
lon't know who he'was, and the box
un t marked. In a case like this J
uppose there would b no harm if J
;ept "
"James," said Mr. Skinnphlint "yc.
naygive me that hot of candies."
-I ue kip Ul. lU Vllblk whlcll
we have heretofore described, contin-
ies, under the
supervision of Diaz, to
'""l--r. mere are now -Jj mission
ires. 27 churches and stations, with a
.ioiuherhip of ,tM The number of
aptism the past year wa 300.
-The whole objective f .undation of
eligton. considered as a state of the
uind and heart, lies in (iod himself
I he argument for a religious life i.
mph-u. when (;ou properlT define(1
"d apprehended. What he is in Hi
ding, attributes, character and rela-
ons. at once determine, .k.i
" unt 111 U 11
?. to he. -N. V. Independent
an. h t ao
P"PI la Alaba,r:. 1 '
m '"''' il in.1 IU,. I
"Those neo,i J. "'1"". 'S
The people referred j!'
tit wmmm .....I ... w Hf. .
IT 7 ' w,miL'n("vrio '"
Winston County, Ak ! S
" cnicKen, f()r '"Ik
oacco. iney were no., i
and women were bu, er "H ,
children in the
footed. j
The clay eaten hv o...
foot..! ,.i t . '
along il, i ,. NrjJ
mountain
streams
U II
quantities, li i, , . .
usually; sometimes
all -".a
has a peculiarly 0, &PDa
thlu nil I,-...., tl , ' 'W
ii irom tu, 3
hands or mouth, uu nCl
not crumble, ami ,. f , r' '14
Will easily soften It
- . n I rs m . , . s
rolled Into any shape deal
almost without to.,. , .
v.,
I
"-- uut niu
omo nourishment
and th.
ueuiare mey can
J ftn
J I t
subUt
uayn. i ney place a 8Inall
mouth and hold it then, ,n ?M
ally dissolves and i. ' '."PsM
small Quantities ... . .. "i
quantity eaten at one time '
a lump as large as a pea f0fTj
or beginner to a lump &i
hens egg for those K i... '
""utvewi
tor vear.
"How did you learn to est the
I asked of a nmn i,,... .
I
-.iiusb aa
llIM.lt tl.ft "J
eating.
"Dunno," ho answered.
and t.'nthnra ,
i mi
v.., u, an Ms
i. .... n. ... i .
vuo noun grow until
quire a taste for this stuff?'1
"Huh?"
"Can you quit eating clat?"
"Dunno; never tried."
"Has the stuff a pleasant t
"If 'twantgood 1 wouldn't be -it,"
and the native drew ancoaju
from his pocket and begun to 1
with rolish.
The only bad eff ct of day j
cems to be the peculiar apparm
gives me skid or those who
iddicted to the habit. The, I,
pale; so pale, in fact, as to p,,,
aco the pallor of death, and ,
ater on it turns a pecula,
yellow, a color closely rmtH
-orae of the clay eaten. Chtldm
become addicted to the hiibitgroij
at least in appearence, prematod
and their faces lose forever the bn
glow of youth and h. alth. Ihtt,
little sicknoss among tho claj eatt
and they live as long as the m
.if mankind; so it is conclusive i
he habit is not fatal in iu eletn,
N. Y. Times.
WHAT A WORD DID.
How Napier Wa I'enuadeil to Until
lllitorj or i In- PeiilnnuUr Su
A word whispered on an Alpiaeii
may precipitate an avalanche. ail
suggestion spoken by a friend i
start a man in an honorable cm
Sir William Napier, disabled bjiiJ
urable wound, and living on hul'fl
was walking ono day in London
Lord Langdale. Napier had beena
olingin painting and sculpture.
uud written for the KdinburjU
view an able article on Jomini'i
work on military operations.
Tlio two friends conversed, ill
walking, on Southey's narrative oil
Peninsular wnr, then fresh tint
press, and Lord La gdule was ilnl
'iy Napier's remarks concerniaj t
vents of tho struggle, in which 1
himself hud achieved distinction
"Napier, what are yougoinjloii
suddenly asked Langdule.
"Do you mean where am I jobjI
line?" answered Napier.
"No. no. What are you think
f doing for an occupation? 1
night to give yourself to litentaB
Your article on Joinini proves 11
you can write. Why not write ill
tory of tho wnr?"
Napior went home to tell his i
what Ixird Langdnle had said I
added that he doubted whether M
was clever enough to write a W
if the war. She believed in her i
hand's talents, and was anxisui i
he should tako up some serious a
pution, and accordingly encowt!
him to try. He did try. 15"
,lv he lnhoreil at the desk. Hit
ihn.wrl, I,,,,., I. ,.,) u-ilh the cans ill
iarge family, was his counsellor"
unanuensls. She decipher
whole of Joseph Bonaparte'se,1
nanondanrn. written in acipiw"1
had baffled all tho experts wnow.
a , ,
lertaken to read it
"I would have given twenty I
sand Dounds." said Welitnp
hearinir of her success, "to UjF
son who could have done that tol
in the Peninsular."
Five venrs after the eonren
...i.v. i i ....... i. rh,. first 'n
P, ll ll ,U ll IJilllll.." - .
of. the -History of the Penin'l
was published. It made a"
hauiHi ti, nniilie were M
to read the book of one who had
li:ifi'il in iii ri U 1 fi r the history
ulnnoenllv narrated. Hi deSCfTB
1 J
of battles, sieges and marcnw
the hpartt. of readers, and
,1.. I. hi. t lirillisnll
. I ' ' i .1 . I I I , . , ins 11-' ' , j
But the simnle word of a
started the historian io nis
, .
Going to Be His Brother-in-tI
Hullo. Black!"
"Hullo. White!"
"You're going to ba a brothc3
of mine, 1 hear.''
"A brothe -in-law!"'
"Yea"
"How can that be? fro not?
enter into your family
know."
You're going to marry M.
ain't you?"
"I am."
"Well, she's my sister."
"Your sister? ' ,
"Yes, she promised to he
me always as much as thrtt
ago," Boston Courier, y. ,
-A geuMeman in Ne BP
given 1100,000. and Jap-
men have tubacrlbed b 0,V
found a Christian univertitfJV
according to a plan proP0-,,
I u , i l th
wuaepa neesima. u' - ,
Board. The Colle.ia
ta
which Mr. Neesima has
up for tome year, contain
nine hundred students
Obaervtr.