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1 CHINA. .., Vbn Mele Dollar If t Below Par. chle( coin in circulation along t of China U the Mexican dollar !tjw0PP' caHh U takM ,rom 1,000 w cb to make dollar, and some . .'hTcoins in use ore so poor thut you break them In two between your flnirer. They are of the size old red cent, and huve a square hole h. center, In order that tliey may be l"tn . .trinir. Thov are made in ., on ... t narts of China, and the lroroy ' Tla tano building a mint with e'jr American machinery, which will tJem out by the million. In the Trior of China thoso cash and silver i .old in tho lump form tho money. Irt.wndard of weight for both is the 1 which weighs about an ounce, and f,Boiey is cast in the shape of a iTflVhoe. Ten taei of silver make 1 mp of about the size of a Chinese Urt foot, and if you want to pay out 7l than this amount you take your C7fe or s chisel and pound off as much Lmant It is the rudest way of fin business, but the Chinese are rr auspicious of coins, and they like a. uure metal. Oold bricks alwut an (eh long nd half 80 incb wldo and of P Mme thickness are also used, but . , ,ttti'h thpsfi. as vou do every TOO D" t- v a Alwr else In the shape of money in China. Z South China you will find a chop dol u, out of which little chips of silver wis been taken, or in which holes have iLB bored and thoso holes filled with Za You will find coins under welffht L chunks of metal which aro coun terfeit, and the result is that every Chinese business-house has to keep one man whose business Is to dotoct counter felt coin. This man Is called the schroff, Ind ill the money of the establishment Ljm through his hands. Uo gives a wbond. and he Is responsible for all the money he takes In. If he makes a ulstake it is his loss, not that of the jrm. You will find these sohroffs con .acted with our Legation abroad, and they may " called the cashiers of the r.tt Thev are always Chinamen, and the foreign banks in Asia have all their irurlng and their money calculations iade by Chinamen. The Chinaman does this with his little box of buttons itrunfr on wires; he never makes a mis take, and he is tho groat arithu eticlaa e the world. i. u. uirpenier, in aa, tknul Tribune. WOMAN'S FASCINATION. r the Reason That Attract tK Stronger Hex to the Gentler. Tie rower of fascination inherent in women may, moreover, be divided into two kinds. All of us have seen the old lady, generally white-haired, with kind ly, pleasant features, on which time has let no unfriendly mark, who still retalus ill her attractiveness. Note how the boy and girls adore her; they will go to her and conttdo their sorrows, their hooes, their ambitions, even when they would not breathe a word to their Bothers. Tho kindly, loving interest iTinoed In a lad's affairs by such a one hu time and again first implanted the Impulses in his heart which eventually led him on to an honorable career. Quickly, almost by stealth, the good Is done by such, and the good seed sown which will ripen in after time into a rich and abundant crop. On the other hand, we have most of us seen, perhaps in real life, certainly on the stuge, the fascinating adventuress who, by her en thralling bcauto de diable, enslaves men's souls and leads thom (on the itage) to dare all for her sake. Such is aj-octly opposed to the sweet old lady la her old-fashioned chair, and these two form the opposite poles between which the women who fascinate vary. Types differ, and any one you may se lect has some position between these two opposites. Take, for instance, a pretty and may bo witty woman who, kardlv of her own free will, makes very man fall In love with' her to neater or less degree. She may be in nocent of all evil intention, but her po- litlf n on the scale is not vastly removed from that of the molo-dramatis sorceress. Or, again, take the instance of the pret ty young matron who, while devoted to home, husband and children, yet has leveral Intimate friends of the male per suasion. But her influence is all for food. Her fascination is exerted in worthy cause, and she has found out peat truth that there is no friendship so lasting, so true and so ploasant as one between persons of opposite -sexes, where a true feeling of bonne camara derie exists and there is no pretense of love-making. Such a woman, if she lives long enough, bids fair to develop into a snowy-haired old lady on whose friendship the children will rely. Brooklyn Eagle. The Poetry of Eating. That marvelous story-writer Guy de Maupassant says: "A man is a gourmot M he Is a poet, or an artist, or Bimply learned. Taste is a delicate organ, per feotible and worthy of respect, like the ye and the ear. To be wanting in the lease of taste Is to be deprived of an ex quisite faculty, of the faculty of discern in( the quality of aliments, just as 'ono By be deprived of the faoulty of dis eernlng the qualities of a book or of a work of art; it is to be deprived of an es sential sense, of a part of human su periority; it is to belong to one of the innumerable classes of cripples, infirm people and fools of which onr race is com Ped; it is, in a word, to have a stupid Month, just as we may have a stupid jnind. A man who does not distinguish between a langouste and a lobster, be tween a herring (that admirable fish ttat carries with it all the savors and romas of the sea) and a mackerel or a biting. Is comparable only to a man ho could confound Balzac with Eugene wie and a symphony by Beethoven with military march composed by some Jfimental band-master." Harper's Batar. "A St Louis woman thinks that mar Jed men ought to wear rings on their BB?m, as the ladies do, indicating their "X status. She says U they did there uldnotbeao many wounded hearts 'J'ng around. When a gentleman ap ocaes a lady she could readily de ermine whether or not he is In or out the matrimonial market, and demean U accordingly. E beL,-ul Persian cat living in , Ffty-ninth street, New York, was Pt P61- n4 ontil recently the queen mansion. A viator came, bring- parrot Vashti saw and immedi- ,elt hungering desire for parrot i ami Sh PProcned n("- prepared for aanj ben ne hear4 ln m"ement wund as of human voice issuing from with'' ni er etr were "bocked "la torrent of oaths such as had never "" i been heard in that well-regulated jvehold- The horrified cat fled from room, which. she baa never since I induced to enter. MONEY IN " STANFORD UNIVERSITY", Mrs. Laland Ntaaford'a Flint la Caaaeo lion wild Tat Inttitutl.a. Mr. Leland Stanford, In an Interview In the San Francisco Chronicle, gives many facts hitherto imprinted in regard to plans for the new university at Palo Alto. She says the same attention will be givon to girls as to boys, and it it her purpose to have an art training-school, like the Cooper Institute, where girls who have a tuste for designing may se cure Instruction that will enable them to earn a good living. If they then wUb to study higher art they will have means to support themselves. The chief aim will bo to ground the students In ele mentary studies, and then to give them some practical training by which they uittjr i:!t.iy Huppon tuemseives. It then they desire higher training it will be freely given, but the rhole spirit of the Institution will bo against meroly orna mental education. Toquoto Mrs. Stan ford's words on this point: "I think it absolutely cruel to give a young man or woman who must depend upon their own exertions for a liveli hood a classical education Dure and sim ple. There Is scarcely a week that Mr Stanford is not asked to glvo employ ment to graduates of alo and Harvard. lie has six of them as (sir-conductors on the Market street line now. Of course it Is no disgrace to thru and they will not remain long, but It Is pitiful to wlt ness tho helplessness of wrowrlv edu cated young people." hen asked whether any plans bad Itoen devised for tho association of the sexes sho said: "Yes. indeed. Cot tages will be built which will accommo date about twenty students each and these will be in charge of a toachi.'. where the personal habits, manners and amusements of the students may be under supervision. Every care will be taken to make these cottages homes in tho best sense of the word, a place where no creed is taught, but where the day begins and ends with prayer and where each Individual is brought under refined discipline. The cottages in tended for boys will be altout a mile dis tant from thoso occupied by the girls, but the evenings may be pasned together In music or social games in the presence of and with the consent of the teachers.' "Is it true you intend to give paint ings and curios in your bouse to the university museum?" Quito true, and I am determined there Bhall be copies of all tho old masters added to the collection of paintings. Down in my ball-room Is an exact reproduction of 'The Lord's Sup per,' paintod by Raphael, which was found during the wars of Napoleon, and which bangs In the cathedral near Milan. King Humbert allowed me to have it copied. Through Mr. Pendle ton, our recent Minister to Germany, the young Kaiser has given permission to secure a copy of the famous 'Siatine Madonna' in Dresden, reserving only tho right to namo the artist. I have iust given an order to have the work begun." It Is expected that tho university will be open next fall. The colleges will be provided with ample locturo-rooms, and the trustees will be required to of fer a high salary for instructors. Th' higher courses will be free to post graduates of all colleges and universl ties, and to such other deserving per sons as tho trusters may elect to admit GREAT EMERGENCIES. The Hureitt M'ajr of lleing Ready for Thrin la to Meet Sumll One C ilmly. The knowledgo of what to do ln case ujsuddiu calamity does not general!? some on tho spur of the moment or bj inspiration It is already in store and wait n? a summons into action. I nose who keep tholr eves and ears open very readily learn what Is best to be done ln i-ase of fire, or burning, or sunstroke, or j broken limb, or a fainting fit, or a se vera cut or sudden and severe Illness, until professional assistance can be brought to their aid. A commonplac UMik in which modes of treatment id various maladies and accidents are noted down is very useful in helping one to remember what to do. The surest way of bolng ready for the srreal emergencies of life is to meet all its small ones not only witn calmness, but with a masterful spirit, resolved ta turn defeat and disaster, however Lriflinir. to eood account, by learning1 thnrn the secret of victory. "To ho weak is miserable doing or suffering, ind thev who cultivato weakness, by efusing to use even the smallest means if overcomlnir obstacles in tneir way. cultivate misery. These unhappy souls, when called upon to confront sudden ind terrible emergencies, cringe and faint and know not which way to turn .vhtle those who with fearless courage .nrf Indomitable will fight the lesser battles of life, are strengthened thereby fnr those miffhtler conflicts that call out ill their skill and resource, and make them saviors and benefactors to their vwociates in trouble. Young mothers envy tne unrumeu omposure observed ln elderly women ahn have reared large families of chil dren, and who have learned that broken wo will heal, that bruises got well. t.hat there are ways of managing and nmvpntlnir disease, and that it is al ways best to keep possession of one's wits. "All things come alike to all," and as Milton says of the affliction which at once darkened and brightened his life: "It is not so wretched to be blind as It is not to be capable of en during blindness. But why should I not ndure a misfortune which it behoove very one to be prepared to endure if It should happen, which may in the com mon course of things happen to evory man, and which has been known to hap pen to the most distinguished and virt uous persons in history. Y. Chris tian Advocate. -A horticultural jourtal" advin-; ..Di..f . nnlnn heside a rosebush ana Increase its odor." But who wants the cdor of the onion increased? That escu lent is fragrant enough for culinary v V. I-direr. A Hebrew Bible in the Vatican l sid to be the most valuable book in the world. It weighs more than 820 pounds andiUweightingold.orWnha, born refused for it when gold was worth Are. time, what it is now. Th Is was iu the days of Pope Julius or n W- -The query: "Does a lightning rod nrotect?" is answered from Ohio. 01 lue 478 buildings struck by lightniug nd burned last rear. 1 ,blch hed this "protection .hole number only sixty were without rods.-Detrolt Free Press- -Whales will be more plenty than Porpoises in .few, ears, now that the Inw nrices 01 ou " , .. t ZIZ the. Professor True, o the -nec'alty.says they are fast multiplying t their number, will .'eflnitely unless some new for tb.m ,houlm discovered, IMPENETRABLE FOQ. ! It Lira the Create! Ilaager to Oeeaa Navigator. The source of the greatest peril to all ship crossing the Atlantic, and thai mot dreaded by all commanders, is fog. Tho scd and size of the large steam ers ln the bands of competent and vigi lant men aro conducive in many in stances to their safety; and were it not for tliln liete noire of the sea, ocean trav elers would have lUtlo to fear. The importance of a code of marine signals, simple in its arrangements for Use In foggy weather, can not be too strongly advocated. A commander standing upon the bridge, his ship en veloped in a dense mass of impenetrable vapor, has but his sense of hearing to H-nd upon, and can be guided only by that He stands at his post every nerve rawn to its highest tension, listening for Bounds that for hours do not reach him. At last from a distance a faint hlstle is borne on the ear, and be is then Instantly on the alert IIo strains his ear to locate the sound, for the fug is so dense that he can not see twenty yards away. Is she a slower steamship than his own that he Is over taking, or is it one that he is meeting? There is nothing in that one blast to glvo blm any information and he can only wait and listen. He sounds his steamer's whistle oi.ee or twlco, accord ing as he ports or starboards bis helm, and awaits the answering signal. Noth ing reaches his ear but the ono blast at short intervals. He ran only rely on his judgment and, reducing the speed, keep on tho course he has selected. The sound lieeomos clearer. The un known ship is approaching, and ho real izes that she is drawing nearer and near er; so near that his heart is beating rap- Idly, and he almost holds his breath ln the intensity of his anxiety. A dark hadowy form passes so close by to him that for a moment his blood runs cold, and every pulsation ceases; but the dun- ger Is over. Sho has disappeared in the fog, and ho can brentho again, for bis ship and all on board are safo. This is but ono of the thousands of hairbreadth escapes that have occurred on the ocean which have never been re corded and which will never be known. Captain Kennedy, in North Amorican Review. MILLIONS OF DEVILS. One Hundred Imp to Every Ternon, Ae. cord Inn to Mormon Doctrine. If the children of Utah believe the teachings of Wllford Woodruff, the suc cessor of Brlgham Young and JohnTaylor in tho presidency of the Mormon Church life must present a gloomy outlook to their youthful eyos, with small hope of salvation at the end; for it is the de liberate calculation of this aged teacher that each person now upon the earth is individually lieset by 100 dovils, whose mission is to betray him into torment It is a matter of Bimple arlthmetlo; 100,000,000,000 dovils fell to tho earth with Lucifor; there are 1,000,000,000 peo ple on the earth, which gives 100 Imps to every man, woman and cluld. "Now, I want all our boys and gins, said President Woodruff recently to the o'mon children, "to reflect upon this and to boo what danger they are In and he warfare tliey havo to pass through." President Woodruff has an abiding be lief that these aconts of Satan have an nctual form and can appear ln the body before the eyes of men, for he bas seen them and battled with them more inan once during his eventful career. When in Liverpool ln 1840, engaged in mission ary work for the Mormon Church, he was caKed upon to labor over a woman who was in a terriblo rago, tearing nor clothes and requiring the strength of threo men to hold her ln bed. Ho laid hands upon her and commanded the devil to depart, which it did, and the woman fell Into a Bleep and awoKe re stored. But the devil who had lost his lodging remained about the nelghbor nnml and soon took up his quarters in the body of a little child. The mission, arv was acraln annealed to. I found it" be relates, "in great uiir tress, writhing ln Its motuers arum, laid hands upon it and cast the dovil out of It, and the evil spirits bad no power over the household afterward." N. Y. Horald. Country of the I'pper Nile. For the first five or six hundred miles of its course, from the Victoria Nyanza to a point somewhere north of Lado, the Nile is known to the Arabs as the llahr-el-Gobel, the river of tho moun tains. This is the most beautiful part of the river. Tho country is diversinea with mountains and forests; green hill sides and bright brooks. For stretches of many miles the river is oroaa ana slow. In othor parts are wooded Islands and foaming rapids. About half way between the Victoria Nyanza and Lado the Nile flows through the northern end of the Albert Nyanza. About twenty five miles above the Albert Lake are the Murchlson Falls. Below the lake, for more than one hundred miles, the stream is broad and placid, traversing a comparatively level country, and always navigable for vessels drawing four or five feet In this pt of its course, about forty miles below the Alliert Lake, it passes Wadolal, tne present headquarters of the Emin's government Col. II. O. Prout in Scrlbnor. It waa Very Close Call. "It was an Upper Swampscott wom an," says the Boston Journal, "who de sired an extra safe place ln which to put her pocket book and the cash it con tained. It was quite a valuable wallet, and she chose the sitting-room stove, -hl,.h had not been ln use for some time. The money rested safely for a few days until another woman ol tne , si.(oti,d a fire. The stove was taiiiiiY - . heating rapidly when the owner of the pocketbook remembered her money. Though waxing red hot the stove had . . tnr hpr. She thrust in her hand and pulled out her package, which was curling up rapidly. The pocketbook was beyona repair, . - left of the centers of the bills to make them still redeemable at the bank, and new ones were obtained. It was a close tall." -PumpkruThert Wabohdant in J.ew England that a wit seized upon them as , symbol of the country. A chubby boy astride of a large pumpkin and blow ing the hollow sulk of the ine'' trumpet was an emblem of some signifi cance. A little tallow well rubbed in wUl heal a small cut in twelve hours. For chlldremwhoare invariably cutUng their fingers, being scratched by the cat or having little calloused wounds it is in valuable. A tree measuring three feet from the ground, twelve feet six inches in cir cumference, is reported to exiat is Gippsland, forty miles from Sla, Aut trail. . MODERN ORATORIO. Th I'lar It Ominlr Penned by Hev. II. K. Ilitwrl. At present standing out in theworld.lt looks back into the church from whence It came. It Is midway between the con- L-erl-room and the stage. It is not se verely hymnal nor strictly devotional, but It abounds In meditation and praise. It is not theatrical, but it is dramatic, and at times quite scenic, as when Oou- ii.hI puts bis Day of Judgment and trum pets up in the celling. It Is not a re ligious function, yot it is now often beard In the cathedral. It Is "the palm branch offered by the church to the ballad-singer on the one side and tho actor on the othor. In the best and highest senso it is the meeting-place and common platform of the church and the world." But it cannot s!o! there. The dra matic elements surging within tho ora torio aro even now struggling fur a more direct expression. Tho tendency of thn age Is toward eclecticism, not in tho bad sense of throwing together little b;t of different things that can never bo weld ed Into a wholo, but ln tho high-art, Wagnerian senso of welding together a vast numlierof artistic products which have patiently been worked out apart. but are now droirn together by the at traction of a higher unity. The suireestion of dramatizing sacred subjects, or fitting sacred thoughts and situations with stage scenery as well as muslo, still seems scandalous to somo devout minds. But this feeling will probably subside whon the antagonism between religion and tho stage is seen to be accidental and not radical, while the objection has been actually over come at least ln one striking lnstanco, No ono, whatever his previous fooling against it may have been, ever went to the performances at Olx-rammergau without bolng converted. To play Judas Iscartot or Pontius Pilate might seem allowable at a stretch, but to personate Jesus on the cross seemed to many be yond the utmost limits of revorenee and decency. But the simple peasant who had prepared himself by devout habits as well as by physical discipline lor that strange function at once contrived to disarm criticism. Many a sincere Christian has owned that, familiar as he hid been from childhood with thedlvine tragedy recounted in Matthow, Mark, Luke and John, he had never appre hended it ln all its deep and terrible re allty until he visited the open-air per formance at Oberommorgau, The crit ical point of dramatizing the sacred scenes which form tho subject of ora torio has thus been generally concedod, The application alone remains to be nmdo. It is this: the creation of a now art form which will enable us to wrlto, ln addition to sacred drama, sacred mvrie drama. Now, it may be said we have stretched a point for the drama; we admit the possibility of 1W conse cration. The Oberammergau play lin eally and uninterruptedly comes from the miracle plays and moralities oi ino Banctuary. The line of its descent is pure. The sacred drama has never been corrupted by secular associations, but when von come to tho mu sical drama, the case is different Muslo may have accompanied the moralities In church, but muslo has al ways leon hopelessly secular and pro fane in connection with the drama out of thurch. You can not reunite them in any eaored musio drama without call ing up the most unsoomlngly associa tions of ballet prima donna, and general love-making and pantomime This son tlmont is respoctable, no doubt but it is Illogical. Just as many people were dead against the Obermmergau play till they saw it, so a great many people were dead against Wagner's great somi-sacrod musical drama called Parsifal till thoy saw and heard It. The glamour of medl aival fantasy and Catholic legend Just saved it from open decunciatlon, but we can all romemlMir the doubtful shudder which ran through some art circles, as a rule not ovor-squoamlsh, and all rellgl ous cotortos whon It was proposod to put the Lord's Last Suppor on the stagel rue. Parsifal does not do quite that, but it Is next door to it The associa tions are there, the function is thoro, tho communicants are there, even the scenic suggestion of our Lord himself la thnrn. and an incident in His life finds expression ln the person of Pars! fal and the woman Kundry, who, ln tha hour of her penitence, bathes his feet with tears, and wlpos them with the hair of her. head; and yot no one who has seen Parsifal comes away without the most reverent sympathy for this Uul rnnresentatlon of all that was most pure and elevating in medlmval Roman Catholicism. Key. II. B.Hawets, M. A., in Harper's Magazine. Burflarle by an Elephant. Whllo Messrs. Bangers' men wore pre- paring to leave Acct ington one Monday morning, one of the elephants got away from the oonflnos of the circus and punn onen the door of a warehouse of a neigh- hnrinir co-ooerauve store, anu wncu au Accrlngton policeman entered be found the truant Indulging ln biscuits and lam. A basket of onions stood in the elephant's way, but as these wore not to bis taste he hurled them in the road. The officer did not attempt to seize the animal, thinking it more prudent to ob tain the assistance of its keeper. The elephant was on Thursday morning dis covered in snotner nurgiary a money. While the circus paraphernalia were be' no loaded uo. he slipped away in the darkness and forced open a locked-up grocer's shop in the High street Here he demolished a whole cheese, two boxes of biscuits and other groceries, and altogether did 10 worth of damage, -Eastbourne (Eng.) cnronicie. The following communication was addressed to the trustees of a certain library: I desire to make application tnr curator of the reading room. I am aware that there is no vacancy, but the present curator is a single laoy ana can support berlf in various ways mai i can not, having a family to educate and suooort; also she bas bad the position alvht rears, tomjeerwn uuw.-uk, .a it I hut fair that some one else .hould have a chance. If it suit 70m- nleasure. I can giv aufflcknt recoao- menaauoii. ..at Mivao na aVn mtMIV TaVini f7o, fmm Wimnia when such a aim .,1 r,n,ipntliA la In reach. I have a re lief which never fails. When I find my self tossing I get up, walk across the floor once or twice, and then get an ap ple, a bit of bread, any thing to arouse my stomach and set it to working, say a writer In the Ml. lui( uioDe-uemo- crat The moment it commences it at tracts the attention of the nerves, so to nak: the nerves forget they are "on ed?e" nd are soon soothed in slumber, Commence on the inside to cure sleep lessness, not externally, nor with mn. for they are base deceiver. STRANGE DELICACIES. reoule Who Kat ItaU, Voxrt, Dm. Katf and I'lrklrd t:iruhanU' reel. A spev'es of bat is considered good eat ing by the natives of the islands of the Indian Archipelago, Malabar, etc.; it is called bv naturalists the edible bat, and is said to be white, tender and delicate, but for all that It is a hideous beast like a weasel, with a ten-inch body, covered with close and shining black hair, and with four-feet wings, when stretched tu their full extent. In somo countries even the fox is con sidered a delicacy: in the Arctic regions. where fresh meat is scarce, whon judic iously n. ado into pie, it Is considered equal to any rabbit, under tho same con ditions, ever bred on tho Sussex downs. But strango to say, tho Esquimaux dogs, which will devour almost any thing else, will not touch fox. Cats and dogs readily find purchasers and consumers In China, where they aro hung up in the butchers' shops, together with badgers tasting like wild boar and othor oddities of food. Iu the South Seas, too, a dog Is a favorite dish, and a puppy stew is a roval feast in Zanzibar; but ll is only f.ilr to say that where dog is eaten it is especially fattened for the table, and fed only on milk and such like cleanly diet The Australian native dog, or dingo, is eaten by tho blacks, but by no one else; and a South African will give cow for a irood-slzed mastltf. Tho Amer ican panther and tho wild cat of Louis iana are said to be excellent eating; so Is the puma, which is so liko veal in flavor that one hardly knows tho differ ence. Lien S llesn, too, is auncmi iden tical with veal ln color, taste and tex ture. Bear's paws were long a Herman delicacy; and tho flesh is held equal oi superior to pork, the fat being as woiu as snow. The tonirue and hams are cured, but the head is accounted worth less and thrown away. The badger tastes like wild boar; the Australian kangaroo is not much inferior to venison, and kangaroo-tail soup bettor than half tho messes which pasi- in London under the name of ox-tail soup. Hashed wallaby is a dlshnooni need disdain, and there Isasmaiispcritn of kangaroo as good as any hare ovoi ijooked. An Australian natlvo banquet is an odd mixture. Kangaroos and wallabies, opossums and flying squirrels, kangaroo- rats, wombats and bandicoots represent the piete fii rnininnet; while rats, mice, snakes, snails, large white maggots, worms and grubs form the littlo dishet and most favored tmrtf. A men fat marmot is a treat and why not? 1 hoy are pure feeders. Tho muskratof Martinique Is eaten though indescribably loathsome to European; but the sleek rats oi tl sugar-cano plantations make one of tl. most delicate fricassees Imaglnaiile; si tender, plump, cleanly and luscious nn they. Tho Chinese aro ln a rat paradist in California, where the rata aro onor mously large, highly-flavored and verj abundant rat soup being considered bj all right-minded Celestials to beat ox- tall or srravv soup hollow, luo milium oat the beaver, which Is said to bo like pork, and porcupine is a fine favorite with tho Dutch and lloucniois oi tne Cape and with the nuuson s nay vrau- pers, and, Indeed, with me iniiannanw of all the countries where the oreaturt is found, tho lit sh being go;d and deli cate, and, moreover, accounted exceed ingly nutritious. Elephant' font pickled ln strong toddv vinegar and cayenne pepper, are consilered in Ceylon an Apiclan luxury. Tho trunk Is said to resemble Uultalo t hump; and tho fat Is so highly prized i, the bushmen that they will go almost anv distance for It. Hippopotamus fat is also consiuereu a treat: when salted it is thought superloi t,t nu r host breakfast bacon; and the flesh is both palatable and nutritious, tho fat being used for all tho ordinary uses of butter. . l. Journal. A REMARKABLE STORY. To Obtain Money a Wanning Woman Mar- rle a I'retty lrl. An extraordinary Btory, first published by a Vienna nowspapor and thon gen erally disbollovod, nas since oeen oon- firmed in evory particular, - a young man. calUim himself Count Sandor Vay who pretended to have fallen out with his family in Hungary, married lasl August a teacher at Klagonfurt, agod twenty-seven, daughter of an Inspector of Woods and Forests thoro. Tho mar riage took place on a lonely farm in Hungary, a certain father imreomcia- tlnir at the wedding ceremony "Tho nowlv-marrted oouple lived to- mit.hnr for somo iimu, aim aimtn-iu . . i i -,...wj vis ted the Blrl s parents in uiageniuri. whore the father-in-law was constintl) fleeced by tho alleged Count, quarrels arose, and ultimately It turned out that the young Count s tales of himself wen n inventions. The persons he referred to were imaginary, and tho Inspector was convinced ne was a swinuier, Some thing still strangor, and lndoed unpar- alloled. soon came to light. Ere long it was found that the so-called Count waf in reality, a woman of thirty-six, the Countess Sarolta Vay, daughter of the Ut Colonel of Honveds, Count Ladis- laus Vay.oneof whose daughters, named Sarolta. had been educated as a ooy "All her life sho had worn male attire, and recently had appeared ln the unl forrrf of the Honveds. She punuanea nniifM-tlnn of poems under the name Samlor. and associated with young mnn who were not ln the secret in manly amus -ments. From rostn, wnere eccon trinities of that sort are hardly a rarity h disannearcd about a year ago, arte hl,-h ahn was not airaln heard 01 1111 her arrest on the demand of her nom inl father-in-law. at Klagonfurt It is probable that Father Imre was not s nrlnst and that the girl, ln going ihrouffh the form of marriage, only ixecuted another eccentricity In ordi; to procuro money, of which she was in ... ..." 1 L'l... J rnat need. Vienna wr. uonuon n unu ard. -Tho experl.nonVby a Brooklyn sur n of making a nose with a chicken t b'east bone Is said to have been success ful 1. ...,, rtimnicies 10" ... . ... - " Vl,,anineUn, of Xenla . . birth to hm twentr-flfth f-hiid. I - 1 We shall now see what woman can di - 1 .i,k x-inra when she has clear field - 1 j . r.i, fluht The memlrs of th' I 0lUl,iaU, Aluiuna association are gatli rin a fund for the permanent support 111 Euro of a woman student who shall ho'w aptitude and desire for scientim .fiiilipa. One student will be maintained from the fund a certain length of tim. bile making original research In atsj hranch of ai ience she may select the end in the suited period she will r il-n 0i fellowship to tot next coiner. AN cCCENTKlG DOCTOR. The Oualnt Way of a Suwriil M Kill-Unit Medical Man. Dr. Charles Wild practiced medicine ln Brookllne, Mass., In the days when people Insisted upon taking largo doses of calomel, rhubarb, jalap, plcra, lpccao, antimony and counties other drugs, and on being blistered and bled. The doctor was equal to the occasion, and gavo his patients tholr money's worth of physic and service when they could secure his attendance. For the doctor was a difficult man to find, and. when found, to impress with the Idoa that he was actually needed. Unless the case was represented as a matter of life and death, he was apt to delay his visit until the patient had re covered or died. Those who hunted for him, knowing his habits of going from one patient to another, without going homo for a day or a night used to go through tho streets looking for "old Sal," his sorrel marc, and his familiar old buggy, standing bofore some house door. But such was the publlo confidence in him, that in ordinary illnesses people would wait his tardy visit rather than send for another physician. Tho author of "Sketches of Brook- lino" describe him as entering a house In the breezy way, stamping off th snow or the mud, throwing off his over coat and letting down his black leather pouch, with noise enough for three men. His salutation, uttered in a deep, grutl voice, was likely to bo, If the patient was an acquaintance: Weill welll what kind of a kick-up have you got now?" Ho gave nicknames to tho children, and would ask: "How's Nlcodemus to day?" or: "Weill l Iohabods tooth ready for the lanco this morntngr A friend's child, whose namo was Flor ence, he oalled "Koine, ".Milan." or oy sevoral other Italian cities. A member of his family, while making out the doctor's bills, was perplexed by a ohargo upon tho books of a visit to "Don Sebastian." On Inquiry it proved to be tho nickname of a child of the Cabot family. When the dootor had studied the case and given tho patient his dose of medl olne, he would, if there was cause for anxiety, sottlo himself for a social visit of two or threo hours, during which he told droll stories, and acted them out to tho amusement of the children, who were very fond of him. If the case was serious he was gravo and silent, catch Ing flies, If thoro wore any to catch, or walked the room in deep thought Tho doctor was more than a physician, he was tho counselor of his patients, who consulted blm upon all sort' of matters, from choosing a wlfo or a hus band to building a hen-coop. His opln ion was an authority that few disputed, for his good Bcnso was seldom at fault Hisqualnt humor, on leaving a sick room, would often express Itself In some such salutation as this: "Now If you oan't eon well and don't know what to do, you oan amuse yourself with tuklng an ometlo." Youth's Companion, AMONG THE PERUVIANS. The South Amerlran Nation UeacrrlMd by a WIeonln tllrl, When Hon. John Hicks was appointed United States Minister to Poru he chose a Secretary of Legation a bright Amer ican girl, Miss Elizabeth u. Banks. Since being domiciled at Lima, the cap ital of Peru, Mis Banks has kept her eyes open, and, with Instinct sharpened by hor oonnuctlon with various North- western newspapers, she has proved a ;od news-iratherer. Writing to a friond ln this city, Miss Banks says: "Procrastination is the ruling bahlt ot Poru. Ask a Peruvian when he will do ny i thing and ho repllos 'Manana,' which belnir translated means 'to-mor row.' Nothing is evor done to-day, all things take pluco on the 'manana,' which never comes. This 'manana' habit is, I suppose, broatbod ln with every breath of the air that one takes in Peru, and I am afraid I have drawn a good deal of it into my system, "This Is a very interesting oio cuy, and yet the people and the government aro very much behind the times, their Ideas being those of one hundred years wro. Too city OI liima nas on uaiieu the beaven of women, the purgatory or men and the hell of asses;' and to the last propobltlon I will heartily assent The city is full of donkeys, and the men and women who drive and ride them ai- ways carry a big chunk ot wood with them, which they continually apply to the ribs of the poor animal, home en thusiastic writer has called tho women of Lima the most beautiful ln the world. There are some pretty Peruvian girls to be met on the streets or saying their beads ln some of the many churohos. Their dark eyes are the kind that would make a man jump oil Plaarro s bridge Into the river Kimao it his suit hap- pened to go wrong. The Poruvlan men pay a great deal ot attention to their personal appearance and pass away much of tholr time in dress suit and tooth-pick shoos. They aro very gal lant but are not half so nice as Ameri can men from any point of view. Wash ington Capital. SPEED VS. QUALITY. Never Consider rt-loln of Mora Im- nortanea Than Wcll-Doln;, Many persons seem to think thst speed ln work is a higher accomplish ment than duality of work. 11 apnea is of the first Importance, then it may be an apology for poor quality. If quality Is of the first importance, then it may be an apology for want of speed. One says: "I want to learn to write fast" Another says: "I write this very hurriedly; please excuse erasures.' Would such writers or workers- rather be thought quick than accurate? Do they place the writing above the wrltr ten? Even a shorthand writer ought not to write faster than he can write well. Speed follows quality; quality over follows speed. It Is a good thing to do good work fast But ll is a Dsa thing to do fast work badly and that is the. wsy it generally is done when the fast-dolnz Is held above the well-doing Bad work had better be done so slowly that It never got done at alL The only way to attain to high speed Is to wark for something better than speed. 8. & fines. 'inw a'pnranon Of electricity are becoming bewildering ln their number and variety. A recent affair of some local Importance ln a western town de veloped the fact that a young woman bad purchased a four-light chandelier specially designed to contain a detective camera, arranged to be operated by the closing ot an electric circuit concealed pushers or circuit closers being placed at convenient point, while a miniature reflector directed a portion of the rays of light from one gas jet directly on the plate. The apparatus worked to perfec tion on the fourth tventng that the v lo ll m. a wealthy old gentleman, called oa tfc young womaav FIRESIDE F R.QMnY3. Nut Pudding: One cupful of sugar, one-half of a cupful of butter, two cup. fills of flour, one-half a cupful of cold water, three eggs, one and one-half tea spoonfuls of baking powder, one-half a cupful of whole walni.t meats added the last thing. Hake and eat with sauce. Heartburn may bo relieved almost Instantly If half a teaspoonful of table Salt be dissolved In a wineglass of cold water ami then drank. hen the eyol are tired and weak. If they are bathed iu slightly sallno water they will soon become soothed. Fresh air, sunlight good and suffi cient food, pure w ater. out-door exercise, temperance In all things, and a cheerrul disposition, are the chief remedies In nature a pharmacoposla, and are worm more than all tho drugs and medicine of tho shops. Popular S.;lenoo New. -(Vrn Meal Drop Cakes: Two cups of corn meal moistened wun scaiuing water and quickly cooled below scalding point, one cup of flour, two teaspoonsiui of baking powder, two eggs, one-half cup of milk, ono teaspoon of salt Drop into hot lard and fry a delicate Drown. Now England Farmer. - Batter Bread: Two eggs, tho whites beaten separately; a small cup of flour, the same of milk; mix yelks, nour ana milk Into a smooth batter; stir ln a tea spoonful of butter, melted, and a little salt and tho whites of tho eggs beaten till they stand high, and a teaspoonful of baking powder; mix gently after tho whites aro ln; bako well ln a buttered pan in a very hot ovon. Christian Un ion. Lemon Honey: Beat the yolks of six eggs until light add gradually, lieat lng all tho while, one pound of powdered sugar. Beat a quarter of a pound of butter to a cream, add it to the yelks and sugar, beat well, and thon stir in carefully the well-beaten whites of four eggs. Pour this into a double boiler and stir continually over tho firo until the mixture 1 aliout the consistency or very thick cream; take from the fire and add tho grated rind of.ono and the juice of two lemons, mix and turn into a stoneware or china bowl to cool. Yan kee Blade. An exchange gives the following useful hints: "If tho chimney catches tiro run to the salt-box, and empty It out upon tho flames; they, will be re duced as if by magic, and further steps can bo taken to sulslue the outbreak. II soot falls upon tho carpet or rug, do not attempt to sweep until It has been oov ered thickly with dry salt; it can thon be Bwept up properly and not a stain or smear will be left If any thing hap pens to catch firo, either whilst cooking or otherwise, throw salt upon it at once to prevent any dlsagreeablo smoll." VARIETY IN NEEDLES. Something About Thine I'ned by Mechanic if Kvery Denrrlptlon. A nee.llo is a littlo thing, hardly worth mentioning, ln fact, but the daily consumption of them ln the United States 1 4,200,000, About ono-sixth of thoso are mado In Brooklyn, but the greater part of tho noedles we use come from Heddltch, England. There are needles which all wig- makers use. They are as delicate as a hair and shapod like a fish-hook. There Is a tambour noedlo and the needle for shirring machines; the great sail needle, which has to bo pushed with a steel palm the knitting machine needlo with its littlo latchot; the arasene and crewel needle, and the long Instrument which the milliners use. Then thoro ts the surgeon's cruel outfit, tho probing needlo, mado for hunting after bullets or internal sores; tho post-mortom needles, of various curves and sixes; the hatr-llp needlo; tho long accupressure pins, for pinning gaping wounds in place; all the needles for eye, head and body, long, short curved once, twice or throe times. Then tho veterinary Burgeon has his case of needles, too. Tho upholsterer is a favored man. He has needles on half ourve and - - on tho quarter curve rouna point and sword points, long eyes, round eyes, r eyes and counter-sunk eyes, lho cook Is not left out of this trade, but has a curious trussing noedlo, mado for car rying melted butter or savory sauce right into the very heart of a fowl or roust being hollow and large at the end where tho butter ts poured ln. There is also the larding needle, which sew largo pieces of meat together or fastens a bit of fat deep In a loan piece of meat One of these was Invented by a French chef. The other was made to meet the demands ot butchers who cook large Quantities of meat for the free-lunch restaurants, and who wish to sew thoir nieat into good shape, so that it will cut well. The collar-maker s needle is not unlike the upholsterer's. The netting needlo has a littlo branch at each end, (nd with it goes a broad "mesh" of ivory 0r polished wood. Ihe knire-point nem needle, with its broad blade, was in vented to suit the men at the Chicago Stock Yards. The broom-makers' needle, like the sailor's, has to be pus'uod with a steel palm. That which the millers use has a spring eye which the heavy thread enters when the side ot the eye is pressed. A novice could never guess how to use the noedlo made for sewing solos on shoes. The glove needles are marvel ously fine affairs, though even the daint iest of them have three-cornered point. The knitting or astrachan needle wants no mention. Amorican Artisan. Kleetrle rira Knglnea. Present Indications point to the adop tion of the electria fire engine ln the near future. The combination ot the electric motor and the pump would supply a want that is constantly arising, that of a portable engine for mills, factor- les, etc, A small olectrlo motor attached to a suitable pump, such a combination a bas been produced by several of the motor companies, mounted upon a light truck, that can be easily moved to any part of a factory by two or three men and there connected to the hydrant and to electric terminals, and used to throw water to any part of the building, ought to find extensive use In the manufactur ing districts of the country especially. Chicago Inter Cuoaa. The smoke nuisance In Chicago haa gradually made life a burden almost in tolerable to be borne. The aame is true of Cincinnati But Chicago now turns with joyful hope of relief to the natural gas wells of Indiana, In half a year, if all goes well, the people In the great town by the lake will be warming their houses with natural gas, brought In pipe from a field 130 miles away. Then Chicago will be a beautiful and splendid city. It will give bar a better cluuioa for ti World's fair. ,