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"Allow for the Crawl." A Homily.
Br Joax O. She.
Von have often, no doubt, bad occasion to not,
Though the garment, at nrst.seemed certain to please,
That, after tome wearing, tbo aleeve of tbe coat
Tow'rd the shoulder ml crawling, bjr easy degrees;
And that's what the clothier, of course, bad In mind,
When be sail to a customer, "Long? not at all I
The aleere 1 Just right aa you'll pretently find
In cutttnp the coat we allow for the crawl!"
The ejpreaalon waa one wholly new to me then;
tut It eet me to thinking bow well it applies,
Not merely to coats, but to women and men,
In matters of 11 e as they dally arie;
Consider the shrinkage In human affairs
The promise, how great; the performance, how small;
And, lent disappointment should come unawares.
Remember the sleeve and " allow for the crawll ''
The statesman who asks for your ballot to sare
Tour country, so rashly Imperiled to-dy.
May covet an office and not be a knave,
Whatever tbe fierce Opposition may ssy.
Bat the "platform" to which be so vsllantly clings,
By which he proposes to stand or to fall
"Besolutloni," remember, are slippery things
And In politics alwaya " allow for the crawll "
You are deeply In lovo with the sweetest of girls;
An angel In hoops only wanting thewlngsl
(If angels could purchase such beautiful curls!)
Like a seraph she smiles; like a siren she sings!
Ahl splendid and vast are the fancies of youth;
But down to plain facts they murt tlnilly fall;
And nappy the couple who, finding the truth.
In conjugal kindness "allow for the crawll"
In brief, recollect that In human affairs:
In social conuectlons;rln travel and trade;
In courtship and marriage; in sermons and prayers,
Bone grains of concession should always be made.
In fine, be a prudent, though generous man;
Unfriendly to noiie, and eraclous with all;
Believe In your le'ghbor as much as you can,
But alwajs be sure to "allow for the crawl."
The Value of Small Savings.
Few voudk men have a just appreciation of
tbe imparlance of small savings nt tbe outset
of life. Wealtb bus quite at powerful a tend
ency to gather In masses as it bus to dissolve
into fragments and be scattered. Every little
helps; dimes soon become dollars, and dollars
can be made to double tbemselve in due course
ot time. Most oung men, as well us their el
ders, have small vices, bnt seldom stop to tbiuk
what these vices cost in cash, or what might be
accomplished with tnis casb, were it wisely In
stead of uselessly invested. Suppose a young
man is addicted to smoking. He might affect a
worse vice, but we will take a mild one tor ex
ample. In a week bo will consume a quarter of a
pound of smoking tobacco (twenty-five cents)
nnd three cigars per day (which is very mod
erate) at 10 cents apiece, aud by the end of
tbe week will have puffed two dollars aud thirty
five emits into the air. Three cignrH a day at
10 cents apiece make 30 cents, and a 30 cents a
day for a week make two dollars and ten cants,
which, added to the quarter of a pound of to
bacco, makes two dollars and thirty-five c-nts.
In a year this would amount to $122 20. We
will suppose tbe young mm to be 21 years of
age. Now, instead of smoking this coin away,
suppose be should place it in a savings bank
at nine per cout. interest, and let it remain there,
how much would this little economy alone
amount to if he faithfully followed for 10
years? At the end of the first year, in we have
said, he would have $122 20. At the end of
tbe second year the interest on this would bring
it up to $131.97, plus $122 20 more which he
has saved in the same way, making a total at
the end of the second ye r of $251.17. This,
at the end of tbe third year, by reason of Iho
interest, would amount to $277.03, and, plus
the $122.20 additional, would make a to
tal of $399.23 saved in three years. Following
me nnuio ruiu vi uiuaiauon ne would u wana
$567.34 at the end of the fourth year; $729 07
at the end of tbe fifth year. $917.48 at the end
of tbe sixth year, $1,122.25 at the end of tbo
sovunth year, $1,315.45 at the end of tbe eighth
year, $1,583,75 at the end of the ninth year,
and $1,853.90 at the end of the tenth
year. Should he deposit his savings on this
score every three month') instead of annually,
the gross sum would amount to more than $1,
900. IU would be worth that muoh, at least,
at the age of 31, and many a man starts in bus
iness on a less sum.
If he not only avoids smoking, but drink
ing, billiard-playing, und all other amusements
and convivialities that are not at all necessary
to his happiness, and Baves his money pru
dently, is there any doubt but that he will be
able, at his 31st year, to muster ample capital
to hufely eugage in the business he has been
learning thoroughly iu the meantime? These
calculations are of course bused on tba sup
position that his employment is unbroken.
Few young men who secure stiplo situations
need evor lose them if they attend strictly to
their business, billiard playing costs about
three times what smoking does, aud there is no
limit whatever to the cost of driukiug.
If a young man is bora to fortune it is advis
able Ih it he should devote time to acquiring
graceful accomplishments, and it is well enough
that be should indulge u taste for lavish ward
robes; but if he is poor and has his way to
make in the world, his sole business from the
outset should bo to prepare himself for making
money, and to learn how to make it. He cau
do nothing without capital, and while he is
learning bis business he should be gradually ac
quiring his capital. It is tbe easiest thing in
the world for him to do it if he only pursues
the right course, and pursues it systematically.
If the government seeks to prepare a future
officer of the army it takes a boy 17 or 18
years of age, withdraws him from parental oou
trol, excludes" him from sooiety, guards him
against prevailing vice and frivolities, and re
quires that he shall devote a series ol years to
the patient and unremitting study of his pro
fession. When he has mastered its tboory,he
be is usually transplanted to some remote Irou
tier post, there to participate iu Its aotual prac
tice lu a subordinate oapaoity. All our great
generals have been trained and disciplined in
this manner. Tbe young civilian ban severer
struggles before him than the military cadet,
and has need of more fortitude, self-denial
and sagacity throughout. lie should therefore
make up hit miud at the outset that money is
the niatu.sisaoatial object of his worldly pur
suits (uo matter what may be mid to the con
trary), aud Btiok teuaoiously to a life of policy
and conduot that will eventually lead him on to
auooess and comparative fortune.
Enter or Cold on Comds. Crisp, cold
mornings, so acceptable to the human family,
are fatal, frequently, to such delicate things as
tortoise-shell combs, and even with cautions
using they suddenly soap asunder. By oare
fully placing the edges together, foil iwwg the
grain of the shell, then wrapping or covering
the broken place, with papers, tbe fissure may
be closed by holding it between hut pincers,
applying moderate pressure, at the same
time being sure that tbe heat is uot intense
enough to burn the shell.
Those Jeremiahs who fear that the highest
education of women ill cause a decline ol
kitoheu I 'ire may feel euoouraged by learning
that Misi Julia J. Thomas, now Mrs. Irviue,
who bote off the prise for Greek at tbe inter-collral-te
contest, is kerpins house, aud Droves
aa efficient in bread makiug a though ignorant
of the clasal. M 1". Indtptniltnt.
A Useful but Obscure Life.
Hre is the record of an obaenre life which
may be worth tbe attention ot tbat intelligent,
well-to-do majority, which ia made np, after
all, of obscure people. It is a story which suits
all classes or any time, yet perhaps this es
pecial time best, when men and women in the
cities who have anxiously tried to be of service
to God and their fellow-men are apt to be
daunted and depressed by the contrast between
tbe great work accomplished by others and
their own domestio quiet labor. The story is
of a poor seamstress in a mill town in Indiana,
who was left a widow some 15 years ago, depen
dent on her needle for her daily bread. She
lived near one of tbe factories where hundreds
ot both sexes were emnloved. and nloht ,n
morning large gangs of girls and men passed her
door miserably hungry and gloomy, or more
miserably boisterous. It was a mill where the
hands are driven like cattle and regarded as
cattle in every other tense. The woman who
saw the young eirls pass so often that nh
, learned to know their faces, pitied them as a
mother might have done. Indeed, we question if
sue iiau any exceptional quality or moans of in
fluence iu tbe world other than her motherly na-
I ture. She was an uneducated, homely little body,
but with patience and tenderness enough in her
heart to serve all the children in the world. "I
wanted," she said, ' 'to give these girls a chance
, like other women; they had no chince as it was
to oe anyimng oetter tnan the males which
drew away tbe stuff they spun."
Our readers will imagine, on doubt, that by
some virtuous hocus-pocus, such as we
read of in reform novels, she suddenly con
verted the mill into a model abode of order and
refinement, and made of its drunken, vicious
inmates amiable Christian characters. We have
read of such a change being produced by bring
ing the mill girls in to listen to Beethoven and
Mrs. Browning. Our poor reformer took one
just one gtri into ner Kttcben. one half
starved herself to do tbat. She made tbe girl
clean, and taught her to remain clean; taught
her to scrub, wash, cook, and tell the truth. It
took years to accomplish so much; years of
patience and self-sacrifice. When she had fin
ished, instead ot a coarse, dirty animal, she had
molded for use and service in the world a
clean-minded, honest woman, with skillful
hand and intelligent brain. She took one after
another of these wretched girls and trained
them as seamstresses, cooks, chambermaids,
at her own cost of time and money. Situations
were readily found for them; the housekeepers
of the town soon discovered bow different the
wonieu were whom ehe had trained from any
others; but she never parted with them unless
she was confident tbat the work she had begon
would be carried on in the same hearty spirit.
In two cases tbe girls whom she thus adopted
were deformed and Bickly. These both re
mained with her until her death, supporting
themselves by some light handiwork. In ether
cases they were rescued from worse places
than the mill. A few of the girls became sin
cere Christians, but all (except one) UH virtu
ous, honest, useful lives. One peculiar effect
of her training was that her pupils caught from
her her own genial, helpful spirit; they were
missionaries of kindness in their humble
world; and a cheerful face in a cook, or gentle,
tender manner in a nursemaid, are not merits
so common as to be despised.
The widow and her work were never known
to fame, even iu the town where Bbe lived.
People supposed when she took a larger house
bo us to accommodate more inmates tbat she
kept a kind of intelligence office, or a cheap
boarding house, and there were not wanting
many in her own rank of life to hint that she
paid herself somehow from the labor of these
poor; that she "feathered her nest well." None
of the women whom she had helped ever
wronged her by a suspicion. Next to Godr
wnuiu eue rattntully tried to tench tpein to
serve, they believed in her. If she had proved
a humbug, the faith of many a poor soul in His
goodness would nave Dseu sbaken, (or all tnev
knew of the goodness or beauty or pleasure He
has sent into the world they knew through this
poor womau. There were other women who
could preach of Christ by words more effeotu
ally than Bbe; some of them, quite as nncul
tured, had a "gift of prayer," or a real native
eloquence which moved their bearers in class
meetings or tbe church. Aunt Hannah, as she
was called, never spoke in class or meeting;
sbe was Blow and dull or speech any wbere. She
often, no doubt, felt her deficiencies bitterly,
aud wished that she could serve her Master in
some great and striking way. It seemed a poor
oommonplaoe thing to her, as it may to our
readers, to to ion girls bow to make or wear
clothes neatly, or to cook a savory dinner; to
watch aud labor inoessantly day after day, jenr
alter year, to ulne out this or that little lauit.
to strengthen a weak virtue. She would have
been glad, no doubt, as we all would, to con
vert the great masses of vice aud uncleanness
in the world into purity and goodness, in an
hour to play Divine Providence, in a word.
Instead, she had small, coarse work set before
her. aud did it. Of auotber woman it was said,
"She hath done what Bbe could," when she
anointed her Saviour's head with precious
ointment. iv. x. mount.
Look Out, Young Men.
When it is said of a man, "He drink," and
it can be proven, what store wants him for a
clerk? What ohurch wants him for a member?
Who will trust him? What dying man will
appoint him bis exeoutor? He may have been
40 years in building his reputation it goes
down, lietters ol recommendation, tne Pack
ing of business firms, a brilliant ancestry can
not save him. The world shies off. Why? It
is whispered all through the community "He
drinks 1 He drinks 1"
When a young man loses his reputation for
sobriety, he might as well be at the bottom of
the Bea. There are young men here who have
their good name as their only capital. Your
father has started you out in city life. He
could only give you an education. He staried
you, however, under Christian influences. Von
have come to the oity. You are now achiev
ing your own fortune under God, by your own
right arm.
Now look out, young man, that there ia no
doubt of your sobriety. Do not create any sus
picion by going in aud out of liquor establish
ments, or ty any odor of your breath, or by
.any unnatural flush of your obeek. You sau
not afford it, for your good name is your only
capital, and when tbat is blasted with tbe rep
utation of taking strong drink, all ia gone,
Pomeroy's Democrat.
Sixteen ladies gathered in front of Willistou
(Yt.) seminary, during a recent sleighing time,
aud, shovel iu hand, proceeded to remove the
suow from tbe sidewalk in front of the preml
sts, while professors and students looked on in
amazemeut. On the completion of the work
the ladies received three cheese, and departed
in good order. The seminary authorities, it
is hoped, feel properly ashamed of themselves.
William Hizuit says: "I hate anything
tbat occupies more Npace thau it is worth; I
hate to see a load of bandboxes go along the
street, aud I bate to tee a parcel of big word
without anything in them."
Some people have softening of tba brain, but
we aie convinced that the world suffers more
from
those who have hardening of the
heart.
Bad Literature for the Young.
In our country the conditions of the growth
of this bad kind of literature for boys and girls
are to be seen, some of them at least, lying plain
upon the surface. There is tbe rapid increase of
the population; the diffusion of the capacity to
read among the. classes whose circumstanoes
are in most other respects unfavorable to the
formation among them of proper standards of
taste and good feeling; and there is the faot
that the young have of late years been turned
out early to earn their living, and left pretty
much to their own misguidance. Whether a
state of civilization like tbat of London and
New York can exist without "social deposits"
of such a kind that these or similar conditions
will always be reappearing in some shap. is a
question on which opinions will differ. But we
oeueve it is certain tnst tne existence or this
vile literature, whether for old or young, is a
comparatively recent phenomenon. There ap
pears to have been nothing like it (of course'
tbe same thing could not have existed) when
the late Dr. Kit to was engaged in thoBe strug
gles alter something to read wblob be has so
admirably recorded; aud there seems to have
been nothing like it when the Queen came to the
throne. At that date there was much more
broad indecency in oiricatures and in popular
literature for adults; but that is a very. different
matte.. Now-a days, we have flourishing in
vile luxunanoe whole jangles ofvrliteratare,
chiefly for the young; such' as Anthony 'Trol
lope and James Greenwood have, each in his
own way, described iu magazine articles.
The alarming' and dispiriting part of the case
is the gradual i-preid, upwards in what is called
the social Boale, of this sort of trash. ' Any
observant person may notioe low newspapers
and low periodicals in houses of a pretension
which would seem to point to something a
great deal better. Respeotab'e people peo
ple who have influence in vestries and con
bchool boards' may every day be seen spend
iric monev on fine dress and furniture, and.
while they ao regularly to chnrch and maintain
all tbe respect ibilitjes taking in journals and
magazines one would beforehand suppose to be
3 uitv-beneath theirnotice. It is indeed un
eniable (bat the last 10 years have witnessed
a general lowering of the standards in all
strictly popular literature. There is more
amateur or half-am itenr lit 'rture, there is more
falie und vulgar' sentiment; even where' there
is whit is called "pure Oarisiian teaohing;"
and everywhere there is a pindering to the ap
petite for luxury and worldly snooess.
It is,, perhaps, in the popular literature of
America tbat we see tbe least favorable exam
ples ot the manner in which reoent conditions
of living affect literature for "the masses." It
is certainly to Amerioa we must go to see the
most barefaced instances of pandering, and the
most ingenious 'evasions of tbe higher literary
responsibility.
Jumping a Sunbeam.
A correspondent of the Advance writes:
Years ago, while still at borne, I went one day
to tie up my father's cows. I opened the stable
door, aud the queen of the yard old Brindle
started in, but stopped just inside the door, and
would go no further. Thinking it was because
tbe stablj was so dark, I urged her, but to no
purpose. I kicked, and found two could play
ut tbat game, Her co duct was so unusual
tbat I then began to investigate, and found that
a ftunbeam rame thrnnoh a. cr-aplr nnd ranr-herl
across the stable just betore her, making the lit
tle dancing motes plainly visible, and looking,
for all tbe world, like a bar newly put up, over
which she could scarcely leap, and under which
she felt it impossible to crawl. Euiovina her
perplexity, nam, that, the) ottua was'tplaln. I
waited, and jaugbecLto see bar lift her bead
I evidently comparing tne nignt oi tne sup
posed obstruction with some fence over which
the mltobieveons creature had broken in past
da and then give it np, as was plain by tbe
tact that Bhe began to calculate the chances of
crawling under, and shook her head at it. Ex
planation was useless, as it is in sundry like
oases among more intelligent animals, and the
lun was too good to spoil by coercion.
At length I went round and poured the sliced
turnips slowly into the manger. This was too
much. Old Brindle evidently made up her
mind that she must risk everything for tbe
mess, So, with a sudden leap, she cleared the
obstruction, without touching (though the
came downjust where it would have been,) a
feat which evidently astonished her and took
her place at tbe manger. She looked as if she
could not see any reason for the shout that
greeted her. It was serious business to her
And ever since, if I see one delaying to do a
plain duty for various reasons which seem
real and comfortable to bim, but are only sun
shine or moonshine to any one else, I al
ways think of old Brindle, and endeavor to find
out what is turnip to him, in order to coax him
on to it. But many a man makes as unneces
sary and ludicrous a leap in getting clear of
imaginary obstrnctions, as did old Brindle.
Moliebi was asked the reason why, in
certain countries, the King may assume tbe
crown at 14 years of age, and cannot marry
before 18. "Itis," answered Moliere, "because
it is more difficult to rule a wife than a king
dom." "You didn't laugh at my stupidity before we
were married; you always said I was a duck of
lover," grumbled a oomplaining husband.
"Yes, that's so,"- repli.d the wife; "and a duck
of a lover is almost sure to make a goose of a
husband."
Gil Fixtubks. This manufacture, though
of quite a modern date, has nevertheless be
come one of the most important industries , of
the day, whether we regard it in the sense of
the utilities it serves, or iu the- love of beauty
to wbich it administers. A few years ago most
of the gas fixtures used throughout the world
were manufaoturid in England and France.
New, all such manufactures for this country
are made at home, and large quantities sent to
South America, Mexico, etc. The 'extent of
this branch of manufacture in the Dnited States
may; be inferred when we reflect that nearly all
the dwellings, stores and shops in cities and
Urge towns are supplied with gas fixtures, to
say nothing of the numerous large residences and
manufactories in isolated localities, the propri
etors of whioh manufacture their own gas from
some one of ihe numerous methods which have
been invented with suoh an end in view Prog
ress iu tbe knowledge of gas.manufacture has
been quite rapid, and is of late leading strongly
in the direotion of procuring gas from coal oil,
a bich promises to work a great redaction in
prioe and a more general use of gas instead of
oil. The oheapemng of gas and the tiinplify
ing of its manufacture will lead to a still greater
demand for gas fixtures.
A Novel Puce o Dsiu. Wobk. Tbe Ameri
can Diauioud rock boring company, of Provi
dence, R. I., lately finished the jjb of taking a
24-inch core out of the oolnmns ot the State
oapitol at Columbus, Ohio, the immense pillars
in their solid state being considered too heavy
tor Ih foundations. This compmy are now
shipping 950,000 worth of th.ir drills to the
German government, and also filling orders
front Seden and Chile.
YoJfq Folks' ConJfl.
A Boy that Deserves a Medal.
He was a very small boy, all in tatters, and
hit clothes were dripping with ioe-cold water.
In his arms he held a miserable little dog that
was shivering in the cold January weather.
This is the story he told: "You see, mister,
Bill and I were playing by the river and guess
ing at wbich chunks of ice would first go over
the dam, when this little dog came trotting past.
Says Bill to me: 'Let's put this dog on one of
the chunks for a passenger, and see how he
will act.' So we put him on a real big chunk
and pushed him off into tbe stream. I had a
bit of twine iu my pocket, which I hitched to
a jagged corner of the ice, so tbat I could hold
it. We had lots of fun with the dog as a pas
senger, and he was terrib'y frightened, but
didn't dare to jump off. I played tow-horse for
a while, and then Bill took the string.
"After a little, Bill, who was a bad and cruel
bov. let the string slip off. and I know he did
it just on purpose to see the dog go over the
dam. But I pitched into Bill, and after giving
him fits for letting the dog go Adrift, plunged
into the water myself to rescue tbe dog; but
the water was too cold and too deep, aud so I
had to give it np and get ashore again. But I
couldn't' bear to see tbat dog go over the dam,
so I just runned home as fast I could. I didn't
sleep much that night, I tell ye, mister. In my
dreams I heard that dog crying all night.
Well, after breakfast, I just went down to tbe
river , and there was the pup still a yelping.
The ioe had kind qf sot during the night, as it
was oold, but wasn't yet real hard. I just
skinned aoroas that dam on the logs Bakes!
but it was slippery, and I tumbled in over my
head tiste, nnd was just able to get that pup
off by tbe scruff of his neck. .
"Now, mister, I am going to keep this dog
until he is growed up, and just as sure as ever
Bill whittles to him, I am going to teach him
to bite Bill, and if he is too small to do it, I
ain't too little to liok two boys likeBilL leay,
mister, if you know of any society as gives
medals to hoys as saves dogs' lives, send 'em
to me " If there should exist, we thought,
such a thing as a society awarding medals to
heroic urchins for saving an animal's life, we
feel certain poor ragged George would have
been entitled to one of them. Perry Chronicle.
A Wonderful Boy.
Tbe Boonville (Mo.) Advertiser t peaks of a
wonderful and beautiful little boy by the name
of James M. Williams, who is residing with his
parents in that city, and who has lately given
evidences of powers of memory that astonish
every one. He is not yet four years old, and
only learned his letters a few months since.
Unlike most persons who possess one faoulty
far in excess of others, be is perfect in all.
His eye bespeaks intelligence, his mind is well
matured in everything for bis age, and in his
demeanor he is childlike and winning. Re
cently a reporter of the Advertiser visited him
at his home, and with others witnessed his
most wonderful answers to questions given him
by his father. Sittiug on his father's knee, he
gave prompt replies to his parent, telling the
names of all the planets, their characteristics,
tbeir distance from the sun and positions in
the heavens. He repeated whole chapters in the
Bible, and spoke in a childlike manner, just m
tbongh rattling off tbe veriest commonplace
remarks of other children of his age.
The first indication of this marvellous faoulty
,came,to his parents in this way: They.are reli
Cloua people, and esbh raornlutr read from the
I1 scriptures before prayer. Shortly after the
exercises ono morning itjrpr.unjontnu-' ngo
bis mother was astonished to hear bim repeat
ing, word for word, the lines from the Bible
which he had heard read an hour or so before.
She called him to her and found that be could
recite other portions of the holy book. She
commenced teaching him his letters, and in an
hour and a half he had learned the whole. He
progressed with wonderful rapidity and soon
could spell. A physician was consulted, and
they were advised to keep the boy away from
books and not allow him to study, as his health
would not allow it. Since that time he has
been read to by his father, and now remembers
everything he has beard.
Pknetbation op Roots in Roce. In the
Paris exposition of 18G7, some specimens of
wmte rnaroie were exmulted in wbicb v. ere fur
rows channelled in the stone by the action of
the oarbonio acid exhaled by the growing roots
of arij icent trees. M. S. Mennier reports a
similar case at Orsay, in a still more resisting
material, close-grained silicious sandstone.
Here the roots of Borne elm trees were found to
have made their way into the rock by decompo
sing the very small portion of calcareous mat
ter cementing together the silicious partioles.
An entrance thus effected, they seem to have
acted, in part chemically by dissolving the
cement, in pirt mechanically by forcing the
grains of sandstone apart. In this respect the
fibrils to have been much more active than the
larger roots. Eventually, they died off for lack
of nourishment, and tbe greater part of their
remains disappeared, leaving only tubular
molds, varying in length from three-one-hun-dredtbs
to three-tenths of an inch, with sides
bearing the exact imprint of the roots. These
were rendered more conspicuous by the yellow
ish stains due to the subsequent infiltration
of surface water impregnated with iron. The
case affords a good example of the manner in
which roots occasionally penetrate into ma
sonry, and is not without significance in a geo
logical point of view, as showing that traces of
recent vegetation may occur iu rooks of older
date. Comptts Rendus.
Scientific Reskabches in the Caspian Sea.
Oscar Grimm, the naturalist, has found a
rich zoological field iu the Caspian sea. He
has examined the locality during but three
months, dredging most in the bay of Balkan,
at a depth not exceeding 150 fathoms, and has
founa 80 new species. Six of these are fish
belonging to Oobius and Benlophilus, 20 are
molluscs (mostly Cardtum and Dresslcena), 35
are crustaceans, including gigantio forms of
Gammarusl water-fleas) and Mysis, and 19 are
annelids. He 'found bat little life on the east
ern side, owinc: to the outfall of sand from
adjoining steppes; but on the west side life
was very abundant, a eingle haul ot the dredge
bringing up over COO individuals of several
different families. Tbe forms of animal life
in the Caspian show a much closer affinity with
those of the sea of Aral and Arctio ocean than
.with the Black sea.
Beak Evd Psotectob. This ia a new device.
just patented by Mr. Norman McLsllan, of
(Jbioago. it consists or a tin hood, made to fit
tightly over the ends of beams and joists, serv
ing tbe two-fold purpose of preserving them
from damp and protecting tbem from fire. It
is well known that beams and joists, in party
walls, often approach so near together tbat fire
ia readily communicated from one to the other,
aud it is safe to say that millions of dollars
have been lost in conseauence. The devino is
simple, but none the less valuable oa that ac
count, and it is to be recommended to builders.
Domestic EcoHoY'
Bics Cboqcxts. Bake a quarter of a pound
of best rioe in a pint of milk until well swelled
and dry. While hotbeat in the yolks of ten
eggs, three ounces of sifted sugar and a little
grated lemon peel, or any flavoring preferred.
Spread this on a dish to the thickness of halt
an inch and let it remain until oold. Then put
a few finely sifted bread crumbs on your hand;
take as much of the rice as will heap a dessert
spoon, put it on the crumbs in your hand and
roll into the shape of an egg. Beat up an egg,
white and yolk, diptbe croquet into it, roll it
in bread crumbs, put in the wire basket. Be.
peat this process nntil all your rice is naed,
then fry the croquets in plenty ot boiling fat.
Clarified drippings answer well for frying these
croquets. Care, however, must be taken tbat
the fat is the right temperature, whioh may be
readily ascertained by plunging a piece of
bread into the fat. If the bread browns in
stantly the fat is ready. Dip in your wire bas
ket containing the croquets, move about gently
in the fat, and when they acquire, as they
should do in less than a minute, a golden color,
they are done. Put them on white paper to
absorb any fat clinging to them, sift sugar over
and serve.
Baked Apple Poddino. Set a quart of milk
over night, take off the cream in the morning,
and heat your milk in a Bpider to a boiling
point. Wet two dessert spoonfuls of corn
starch in a little cold milk and stir into it, and
continue stirring it till it thickens. Set it off
from the fire. Beat together two eggs and a
half enp of white sugar; then pour your corn
starch into this, s'irring it together carefully,
and add a teaspoonful of salt. Pare and slice
thin six large pleasant apples; lay them into
your pnddins dish, pour the custard over them
and Dane loran boor, or until the puddmg is
tender. For sauoe, add sugar, nutmeg, and a
little extract to the cream. This is a very eco
nomical and delicious pudding.
A Cleansing and Renovatino Iolibh.
Take of olive oil one pound, of rectified oil of
amber one pound, spirits of turpentine one
pound, oil of lavender one ounoe, tincture of
alkanet root one half ounce. Saturate a piece
of oitlon batting with this polish, apply it to
the wood, then, with soft and dry cotton rags,
rub well and wipe off dry. This will make old
furniture in private dwellings, or that which
has been shop worn in warerooins, look as well
as when first finished. Tbe articles should bo
put into a jar or jug, well mixed, and after- '
ward kept tightly corked. This is a valuable
recipe.
Pdmpkin Pbesebves. A writer who has tried
it says to preserve pumpkin take seven pounds
of pumpkin, five pounds of sugar, four lemons
and two ounces of green ginger root. Cut
the pumpkin in slices balf an inch tbiok, in
any desired form, square, round or diamond
Bhape, aud boil in the syrup till tender, then
take up the pieces. Slice the lemon and
ginger root very thin and scald them in a little
clear water, after wbiob add tbem to the syrup;
boil the latter down until it is clear enough to
keep without fermenting and then add the
pumpkin to it.
To Clean Gabments. Wat a sponge in warm
water and squeeze it out till dry; then sponge
one plaoa after another until all the garment
has been cleansed. All the dust and soil will
ba absorbed by the sponge. But if the gar
ment is very much soiled wash the sponge in
clean water several times, squeezing it as dry
as possible by wrapping it in a pieoe of black
alpaca. This method of cleansing is more ef
fectual than a hand brush, and many spots will
disappear by the use of pure water. t
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RiNovATiNaJii-KJK-ilirw. inic and sweetdl
mixed, two parts ink to one part oil, will also
make a nice glossy blaoking for glove kid
boots. Prepare a bottle of it, and attach a
small sponge to the oork, as is done in "liquid
blacking." The same varnish touched on very
gently to the white tips and seams of worn
black kid gloves, will make a pair quite re
spectable for either traveling or shopping.
To Renovate Black Silk. Grate three or
four large potatoes into water, and strain off
the water after letting it come to a boil. Then
put an old dark colored kid glove into it, and
boil for ten minutes. Sponge over tbe breadths
of the dress with the glove, and when damp
enough to iron well, press on the wrong side
with a flat iron not too hot, as silk soorches
easily.
To Bake Beans.- Prepare tbem as for
stewing, and place them with a large quantity
of water in a stone-ware pot in a hot oven.
Let the oven cool somewhat after they begin to
cook, and bake them from four to six hours
rather slowly. Leave out meat and batter, and
trim with cream andsalt.
Tab Spots. Butter will remove tar spots.
Soap and water will afterward take ont the
grease stain.
To behove paint splashed upon window
panes, use a hot solution of soda and a soft
flannel,
Eebosenk and powdered lime, whiting or
wood ashes, will scour tins with the least
trouble.
Pabson's Makoane9e Bbonze. A new variety
of bronze, containing manganea'e.is just being
introduced by Parson's white brass company.
It is stated to be very valuable for all kinds of
small work wherein gun metal is now used, and
it is capable of being forged like iron. Speci
mens have been tested at tbe Royal arsenal,
Woolwich, with the most satisfactory results
yielding at from 14 to 16 tons pressure per
equare inch, and breaking at from 22 to
3u tons. Its ratio of elastic to ultimate
was from 39 to 71 per cent., and its elongation
from 8 to 35 per cent. In these trials six dif
ferent speoimens were employed three of
whioh were cast in iron molds and three forged
from the same castings. The latter were of
course much superior. The difference in the
mode of preparing the test pieoes for trial ao
counts for the wide range of results, especially
in the matter of elongation. The sectional
area of tbe test pieces was '533 square inohes
and their length two inches.
DlNAMITE OFEBATIONS AT BLAST FutSACU.
For some time past one of Messrs. J. Brown &
Co.'s blast furnaces at Sheffield has been losing
iron, and it had at last to be stopped and blown
out. Tbe iron was then found to have got
through the ooncreto bottom of the furnace
and that thre was a mass of nearly 200 tons of
run in its place. Efforts were made to break
this solid mass np by means of powder, but
ineffectually, so that resort has now been had
to dynamlto. Tbis powerful explosive has
already dislodged about half the block, pieoes
of eight to 10 tons being blown off at each
snot. Engineering.
Naphtha as FrjKL.-Eiperiments mads with
naontna as fnal far bIahi ...:.., i. ., .i.
of Russia are stated to have yielded such satis
facto.y results at to induce the Russian gov-ernm-Mit
to order its use in fntnra in .n fJi
statiou.d on the Caspian.