FJ11ENDS OF FREE TltADE.
A Largely Attended Convention. Held in
Chicago on llic lltlu
SpprclicB by J. Slrrllnz Itlorton, of 'c
brnkn, I'mulc Hurd unit Otlicrs.
Other Jtevtnur Iteforms Wanted.
Tho national convention ot free traders
nnd rovenuo reformers met at Haverly's
minstrel hall, Chicago, on the 11th. Sotno
00 delegates from all parts of tho country
were in attendance. Tho conference was
called to order ly tho president, tho Hon.
David A. Wells, alter which Gen. I. X. Stiles
delivered an address o! welcome. Koutino
business was then transacted, niter which
tho report and address of II. 15. Rowker,
honorary secretary of tho conference, was
rend.
Rowkcr stated thorn were state organiza
tions in behalf of revenue reform in thirteen
Htntcs and local organizations in many
other sbitcs. Most of tlieso nrc m rela
tion with tho American free trndo lengiitf,
which is now organized as the national as
sociation, llowker hoped this conference
would Bolect a man from eacli statu who
(would becomo a promoter of tho organiza
tion throughout tho state, nnd its general
representative, in relation to tho freo trado
movement.
Tlio speaker urged upon tho free traders.'
tho necessity of planning for a great cam
paign, and a step towards a trial ia the
raising of a fund of Sl'O.QUO, which will lio
needed tliis and next year of 1880. One
third of this sum is already promised. "Wo
;will show before New Year's day of 1887.
uch use of it that tho country will then
come to our support as Kuglaud came to'
tho support of C'obden and Uright." An
address on "Tniiff and its relations to
'farmers," was then read by J. J. Smith, of
Ohio, which ended the morning session.
A prominent featuro in tho morning pro
ceeding was the unanimous election of ex
,0'ov. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, as;
chairman of tlio convention. A conunitteo
!of five on nomination to present names for
consideration as tho futuro officers of tlio
league, and a conunitteo on resolutions
consisting of ono member from ench state
delegation were appointed in thonfternoou.
On motion tho committeo on resolution,
wns requested to remain and listen to nn
open discussion ot tho principles of free
trade before retiring to draft resolutions.
A lively interchange of opinion followed, in
which tho greater part of tho convention)
.participated. There was a decided differ
ence of opinion in regard to tho proper
method of instructing tho committeo on
resolutions, nnd before anything could bo;
arrived at tho business session of the con-'
vention adjourned for tho day.
A largo audience containing a fnir sprink
ling of ladies assembled in Central Musioj
piall in tho evening for the purpose of listen-,
ling to thu freo trndo speeches announced to'
bo delivered by Henry Watterson, .T. Stcrl-i
ing Morton, Frank Hurd, and others. A
telegram was rend from Henry Watterson,
expressing disappointment that at the last
;iuoincnt ho found himself unable to be pres
ent. Kx-Uov. Morton in tho course of iv
short address stated that Chicago, by a'
.special act of congress after tho great lire,,
,was exempted from duty on overythingbtif
.lumber. The people of tho city only wanted"
tho right to buy where they could buy
cheapest. If this was a good thing for Chi
cago, why not for Nebraska and tho whole
(western country? Continuing, ho said tlio
negroes in the South were once deprived of
"Jill their earnings. 'RJio farmer, who is now
compelled to pay lift per cent, only lacks 75
per cent of being a slave.
Tho concluding speech ot tho evening was
made by Frank Hurd, of Toledo, who in.
.eloquent words declared: '
"Whoeverowns my labor ownsme. Who
ever controls the wages of my toil is my.1
'master. Kvery dollar of increased prico
upon accounfcof miscalled protection means'
la day of slavery for me. Over 15,000
.men,'' continued tho speaker, "are said by
irand Master I'owderly, of the Knights of
Labor, to bo able to work nnd willing to
work, who aro out of employment in tho
United States. Why? liecauso our mills
,areid!eoii account of no deninnd, tho re
sult of so-called overproduction. That
word is only another term for 'no market,'
jenused by absence of freedom for trade and
by ignorant selfishness protected manu
facturers." NEWS NOTES.
, Firo in Cherry vale, Kan., destroyed a
big livery stable and thirty-live horses.
Tho Hon. llradford X. Stevens, well known
in Illinois politics, died at Tiskilwa, 111.,
last week.
Knights of Labor at Victoria, 11. C, re
solved to wait on largo employers and do
maud tho discharge of all Chinese.
Thirteen Knights of Lnbor were indicted
at Seattle, W. T., for intimidating China
man. Bond for ench lixed at $:i,00(.
The reported fuiluro of M. Hausman to
obtain a contract for a new Kussinn loan
is supposed to iudicato coolness between
Russia and Germany.
There wcro twenty-six deaths from small
pox in Montreal Monday. Tho record for
last week was iilll) deaths, of which 108
wcro children under 5 years.
II. M. Pomeroy, a prominent Roatoninn,
who built tho ocntrnl branch of tho Union
Pacific railroad and was president 'several
years, died in Ronton hist week.
Twcnty-ono shovelers fought in Jnmos
Hennessey's saloon, Chicago, tho other
night. When tho row ended, Cornelius
Hanley's body was picked up with four
bullets in his head.
A pieco of the scaffolding fell from tho
Iowa state capitol building at Dcs Moines,
a distanco of 101) feet, on tho head of John
Hall, a workman, crushing his skull so
badly that ho will die.
Valentino Santerd, aged 14, murdered his
mother, who of 13. 13. Sanford, in Fanning,
iClay county, Texas, by shooting her live
times with a Winchester rifle. He intended
also to kill his father, bell tlio plantation
'and becomo a brigand.
Irish-Ainericans met in Now York and re
solved tosupport thoParnell fund. Mayor
Byrne said ho would liko to be ono of 100
men to subscrilw a fund of 100,000.
"Eugene Kelly was mndo treasurer and tho
meeting adjourned to Wednesday.
Whilo excavating for a building in tlio
Fourteenth ward iu Brooklyn, tho work
men unearthed eiuhU-on human skulls within
a small area and fourteen inches from tho
surface. Therein considerable excitement
thereabout, as no ono cun explaiu thu mys
tery. Mr. Turdy, alias McCormlck, abscond
ing ngent of the New York Central railroad,
from Bntavin, N. Y., was arrested in Den
Ter, Col., at the instanco of tlio Canada In.
suranco company, his surety to tho rail
Toad company, Purdy hns been a fugitivo
two years, and his Uefulcatiou is said to be
nearly SlL',000.
.' Benntor Vorhees, of Indiana, is said to
(havo in courso of preparation tho greatest
speech of his life. It will a on the civil
service question, and its announced pur
pose will be to prove the policy of tho pros
jdent unsound. Tho senator is expected
to deliver it early in tho cowing session ol
cungresa.
The kinj and queen of Wurtemburg will
(xios do winter at Nko.
"WOMEN IX DEMAND.
How Tliey Are .Hurried In Washington
Territory.
When thecensusof Red Rend, Vnh
fngton Territory, wns tnken lust
month, it wns found thnt thoro wns a
population ofJJTS.includiiujUD.' males,
GO mnrried women, ono widow en
gaged and the rest children. More
than 200 of tlio men are bachelors
ranging in age from 25 to 50. Red
Rend is some distance from tho rail
road, and it hns been a very ditlicult
matter to get young women to locate
there. Most of the girls who went there
stopped at Yakima, or to tho larger
towns south of there.
When the school house wns built the
directors advertised in various Terri
torial papers for a teacher, and 'the
first ono who presented herself was
employed. She had not been at tho
desk a fortnight before she wns mar
ried to a storekeeper named Klvorson,
who was about, the best lookingyoung
man in tlio town. Sho resigned her
place, but consented to servo until her
successor had arrived. Ono of tlio
young women, with whom the com
mittee had been in correspondence,
wns found disengaged, and in tho
course of a month she transferred her
self to Red Rend nnd took charge of
tho school. She wns a tolerably home
ly woman, somewhat advanced in
years, but she, too, was led to tho al
tar in less than a month, and gave up
tlio school as her predecessor had
done.
Once again the place wns filled, and
things went along smoothly for a whilo.
About that time McGinn, tho tavern
keeper, imported a servant girl from
Portland, and put her in his kitchen
at a salary of 0 a week. Mrs. Mc
Ginn was iiot very lusty, and her hus
band found that thoonly way in which
keeping hotel was possible was for him
to have efficient female help, lie had
hud serious" trouble in getting anybody
to come, but the wages that he offered
finally induced the girl spoken of to
accept the job. She had no more than
learned tlio ways of the kitchen before
two or three young men began to hang
around the back door of the tavern.
McGinn was equal to tho emergency.
Ho watched matters for a day or two,
and becoming convinced that tho
school house episodes were to have a
repetition in his own kitchen, he got a
gun, and just as a young man appear
ed at tho back door tho next evening
after supper he jumped out on him.
"What do you want here?" heasked.
"Nothing." said tho fellow, coloring
up a little; "nothingniueh. J was just
calling on the girl in there; she's an
old friend of my family, and 1 look in
once and a while to see how she's get
ting on."
"Well, Tin a friend of your family,
too," said McGinn, "to tile ex lent that
I don't want to kill you, but if you
don't keep away from hero I'll murder
you. Now, you git."
Theyouth slunk away. The next day
the girl wns missing from the kitchen,
j and' late in tho afternoon it was dis
covered that shohad married tbeyoung
man. The same day tho schoolmis
tress announced her resignation, and
as McGinn was on the warpath with
his gun, tho leading citizens mndo up
their minds that a crisis had arrived
which would require a good deal of
statesmanship to bridge over.
That evening, when the school com
mittee met .to consider things, Mr.
Elder, tho chairman, f-.aid he had an
idea which he thought worthy tho at
tention of his associates. Ilepropos
ed that in the futuro all school teach
ers should bo made to sign a bond not
to marrv beforo'tho end of the term.
Tho idea was accepted, but fearing
that the conditions might make it im
possible for them to get women into
.the town, they said nothing about
them to tho one with whom they had
opened negotations. Sliecamoon.and
alter deciding to take the place wan
informed of tho contract she would
,havo to sign. To this she indignantly
declined to accede. Tlio school com
mittee was inexorable, and so was
she. Sho said she would leavo for
home in the-morning. Tho committee
men looked at one another to seo if
anybody was weakening, but no one
appeared to be willing to give in; so it
was decided she would have- to go.
This particular girl was young and
vivacious, and when sho started off
with School Director Reebo of Yakima
tho whole town wished sho would
stay. An hour later Reebo drove into
town with the girl still in his wagon,
and to tho people who gathered
around tho vehicle with questions, he
t;u id:
"Tho fact is we've decided to get
married. Sho didn't want to go back,
and I didn't want to have her go."
Everybody felt that Reebohad play
ed roots on everybody elso but there
was nothing to say.
At tho next meeting of thecommiteo,
which Reebe did not attend, Mr. Elder
again had an idea which he wanted
to submit. Ho said that in view of
what happened, it occured to him
t hat Red Rend had greatness within
jits grasp.
"Xow.'i ho continued, "lot us over
stock this market with schoohna'ams
and servant girls. Advertise lor them
everywhere, offer big wages and hire
all that come. Wo'll got enough after
awhilo to go around, and when wo ao
it, wo may have a few on hand."
Thesuggestion was discussed at con
siderable length, and finally adopted.
The school board decided to hire ten
teachers, and twenty of ths married
jnen in town agreed to take twenty-live
servant girls. Tho advertise
ments brought many answers, and in
tho courso of time tho town began to
Jill up with young women of every de
scription. As they arrived they wero
nssigned to different families, and be
fore a week had passed tlieie wero
more marringes on foot than the
preacher could keep track of. Tho ex
periment has been found to work
splendidly, and as tho only school
ma'uni in town is snid to be on tho
point of marrying, it is thought that
the Bamo device will be resorted to
again. Six girls have married out of
McGinn's kitchen, and during tho last
twelve mouths there have been four
teen teachers at the little school. The
present incumbent is a grenadier frou
Michigan, and thoconunittoothinktht
will last some time.
"WHAT W'UAa YOUHAVH?
Tippling at tlio Capitol Webster nnd
Clay's Tipple.
Washington Correspondence Cleveland
. Leader.
Many of these committeo rooms at
tho Capitol contain during a session a
choice article of spirits, and tho pres
ent Minister to Rorlin, Mr. Pendleton,
was not averse to treating his friends
ot the Senate now and then. It used
to be thnt there was a regular bur in
tho Capitol. This bar was known
vulgarly as "Tho Hole in tho Wall."
It wn-i situated between the llouseand
the Senate, and at it Clay and Webster
often drank. In deference to the tem
perance sentiment this bar has been
long since abolished, but liquor is sold
at tho Capitol as much as ever, and
you can get whisky straight in either
the House or Senate restaurant by
merely asking for "cold tea."
It is said that drinking is decreasing
at Washington. I do not believe this
to bo so. Fewer people drink at the
saloons, perhaps, but it has come to
be that every public man has his cel
lars stocked'with nines and brandies,
and liquors are sold by tho quantity
instead of by the glass. All of the gro
cery stores at Washington keep largo
stocks of liquors, from Mumm's extra
dry champagne down to a very cheap
article of whisky, and you will find wine
stores in nearly every block. In no
city of tho United States, except, per
haps, New Orleans, is there so much
wine drank in proportion to the popu
lation. Many families never sit, down
to a meal without having wino on the
table, and at a Washington hotel, where
public men stop, it is the rule to take
a bottle of wme with your dinner.
Within tho last few years punch has
become vory popular at Washing
ton, and j on will- now find
a big punch bowl at almost
every " fashionable gathering. It is
quite an art to make a fine Washing
ton punch, and it takes very little of
the regular article to cause tho knees
to quiver and the head to swim. One
recipe contains the ingredients, whisky,
rum, claret, champagne, sugar and
lemons. A little water added to this,
and you have a drink that will put an
old toper under the table after half
his usual allowance. Still this stuff is
?iven to young men and maidens. Is
it any wonder that sonic of them get
too much, and we have such scenes
as that of Stewart Castle last winter,
what Congressmen Hobnail's son in
sulted a young lady, and the half of
the party wero affected by their tip
ping? Jt was such punch as this that
started young Mahono on a spree in
which h6 attempted to shoot ono of
the waiters at Welcker's, and it is
this punch that will undoubtedly
create a scandal or two tho coming
season.
A great deal of beer is drunk in
Washington, and many of those who
drink wine regularly at their meals
prefer a light article, such as claret.
Tho man who drinks such as beer and
claret seldom becomes adrunknrd, and
in those countries where cheap light
wines are staple, as Italy and France
for instance, you will find much less
drunkenness than in America or Eng
land. There is a good deal of differ
ence in the United States as to drink
ing. Men from tho North and Ease
and from California drink wine while
those from tho West and South take
whisky or beer. Kentuckians usually
take whisky straight, and Wisconsins
are fond of their own Milwaukee lager.
Senators Fryo and Rlair aresaidtobe
the only Senators who are teetotal
lers. Attorney General Garland likes
a good article of Rourbon. President
Cleveland drinks beer some
times, and of the members of
tho Lower House, few of them are
averse to a dram on tho sly. The
Speaker himself is a good judge of li
quors, and ho often takes a bottle of
wino with his lunch. Roth Cox and
Dorsheimer liko good wine, and ex-di-plomates,
such as Hitt, of Illinois,
seldom eat without a bofetlo of wino at
their meals. Ren LeFevre drinks beer,
and there are a number of members
who mo addicted to drinking hot wa
ter. There was a Congressman named
.lad win in tho Forty-soventh Congress
who never sat down to a meal without
having a teacup of hot water placed
bctoro him. Ho seasoned it with
cream and sugar and drank it as
other peoplo do coffee. Congressman
Hatch, of Missouri, is also a hot wa
ter drinker, and Rreckenridge, of Ar
kansas, takes it with every meal.
These hot water drinkers advocate
the practice as a cure for dyspepsia
nnd indigestion, and they say they be
como as fond of tho drink as of tea.
coffee or whiskey.
An Elizabethan Dinner.
In Elizabethan days the first course
on great occasions would probably bo
wheatcn flummery, stewed broth or
spinach broth, or smallnge, gruel, or
hotchpot. Tho second consisted of
fish, among which we may note lam
preys, poor John, stock fish, and
sturgeon, with side dishes cf porpoise.
Tho third courso comprised quaking
puddings, bag puddings, black pud
dings, white puddings, and narrow pud
dings. Then camo veal, beef, capons,
humble pie, mutton, narrow pasties,
Scotch collops, wild fowl, and game.
In tho fifth courso all kinds of sweets,
creams in all their varieties, custards,
cheese, cakes, jellies, warden pics,
suckets, sillabubs, and so on; to Le
followed perhaps by white cheese and
tansy cako. For the drinks, ale and
beer, wine, sack, and numerous va
rieties of mead or mcthe,lin, some of
which wero concocted out of as many
as five-and-twenty herbs, and wero red
olent of sweet country perfumes.
Chambers's Journal.
General Simon Cameron, on his way
home to Harrisburg, stopped in Phil
adelphia long enough to tell an inter
viewer that after fifty years' activity
in politics ho wns tired and had step
pea down and out.
FARM AXU HOUSEHOLD.
l'lirm lire Itlo.i.
The milk of the Holland cat tlo a
shorter name for 1 lolst ien-Friosion is
c'nssed as of the same quality as the
Shorthorn.
Hon. Samuel J. Tildenhnsthe finest
chicken houses in New York at Grey
stone. His hens and eggs arc the won
der of farmers.
W. P. Dickson's siok cows died at
Marshall, Mo., and in their stomachs
were found clusters of sixpenny nails,
gun caps and pins.
Robert Ronncr owns two kings and
one queen of the turf Dexter,!!. 17 1-4;
Rarus, 2. HI l-l,undMuudS.,2.0S.'5 -t.
The investment cost him $111,000.
To have a cool and dry cellar open
its windows late in evening when tho
night air is coolest, and close them
before sunrise; then if the room is tight
and no ray of sunshine enters it, it will
remain cool through the day. Warm
air holds more moisture than cold
air: so if warm air is introduced into
a cool room the moisture is condensed
and settles upon the walls and damp
ens all tilings in the room. A peck of
fresh lime will absorb 71bs. of water
from the air; so if lime is put-in open
boxes in a damp cellar theair is made
much drier.
When any animal is kept short of
food it goes back rapidly, and more
food will bo required to make up this
lost ground, than would havo kept
the animal in its normal condition.
Thii is especially true as regards
swine, if these are permitted to fall off
now, for lack of lood, they will con
sume much more than the present
gain, in recovering tho loss. Animals
that are intended for fattening.should
bo kept, on full feed now, and those to
be wintered over, should bo kept in
good condition.
ComttnlU.i.
I have fed the cornstalks that grow
on my farm for fifty years, and often
thought they paid well for the labor
of raising tho crop. Largo coarso
stalks are not best for fodder; tho
more tender and full of leaves tho bet
ter. They must bo cut whilo green
and thoroughly well cured. After tho
grain is threshed and the bnrnsenipty
there is room to stoe stalks, and if
well cured and dry when put in they
keep as well as hay and cost no more
per ton. My stalks are fed mainly to
cows and young growing cattle, in "dry
open yards, being properly distrib
uted before tho cattle are turned out.
If tho yards are dry there will bo no
waste if the quantity is suitable.
Nothing should be fed in tho mud.
Stalks fed in mangers to horses, cattle
or sheep, handle best, and the work is
less, if cut. They aro sometimes cut
with corn on, unhusked, and used
with good results to fatten cattle and
sheep. Rut they cannot be cut with
out tho expense of machinery and
labor, which amounts to consider
'able; and when there aro cows and
young cattle with suitable yards for
those of each kind and age to get ex
ercise they supply a desirable change
of food, keep them busy yet quiet and
contented, while they grow and thrivo
better and get more strength and
vigor than if fed on straw or hay of
average quality. Alonzo Sessions,
Ionia Co., Mich.
FullInC offof Hull- of Anlniiils.
The hair falls off in consequence of
some disease of tho skin which de
prives it of the necessary nutriment
to renew its growth, llairgrowsfrom
bulbous roots orglands called follicles,
imbedded in the skin, and these draw
the required nutriment from thoblootl.
When the skin is diseased or inflamed
or tho blood is seriously disordered,
as l.i some fevers, the hair is deprived
of its supply of nourishment ami stops
growing; sometimes it is wholly de
stroyed, and permanent baldness is
tho result. This is rare, however, and
Hmo simple treatment to removo tho
cause nnd stimulate thu action of tho
follicles will usually restore thogrowth
of hair. Tho treatment should bo to
give a laxative medicine, is a pint of
linseed oil, to a horse, or eight ounces
of opsom salts, and to apply vaseline,
to which one-tenth part of tincture of
canthnrides is added, to tho skin of
tho mane and the tail. A fow appli
cations of tho vaseline mixture havo
quite removed tho trouble nnd its ac
companying irritation in many cases.
Tim OiiBstlon of Manure.
This is a specially good tinioto think
and study upon tho question of ma
nure. A southern farmer whoso land
is exceedingly rich, and whoso corn
crop tho present year yields 80 bush
els to tlio acre, remarked to tho
writer, who recently visited tho farm:
"I am busy gathering everything lean
to make manure of. I am raking tho
woods for decayed leaves, mowing
down weeds from thestubblo fields and
tho creek botttmi, and putting them
in pens under tho cows and horses.
Mv corn makes a uood cron. but with
, a little manure I can get 100 bushels
per acre, and that is wnat i am aim
ing at. Good culture, tho best I can
give, brings mo 80 bushels, and I can
go on doing as well as that, but by and
by it will be hard to keep it up. I find
it is better and easier toimprovogood
lnnd than to bring up poor land, and
I am going to manure tho best land I
have. Many a northern farmer will
think thisstrango talk and woi k for a
farmer and a tobacco grower in the
south.
To n Unity Mother.
Illustrated ChriBtiun Weekly.
Thf human brain needs rest nnd
change. Tho human mind needs
relaxation. Tho human heart needs
pleasant companionship, Deprivo
them of those roqusites, nnd the result,
in nine cases out of ten, will bo insan
ity. Perhaps you inuwine that I
wean to frighttn you. Why, to tell
tho truth, if 1 could not nrouso
vou to a sense of your condition un
less I terrified you n little I would
rather do so than seo you nn inmatu
of an insane asylum. Vou seo this to
be quite in accordance with the rest
of nature's iaws. Tho body cannot
subsist on ono kind of diet;' it must
havo more or less variety; and be
hold how plentifully our Creator hns
provided for this great need in the
abundant fruitfulness of earth, air and
sea! How soon the palate tires of one
article of diet! How soon the body
starves when fed upon one thing! Dear
friend, 1 beseech you give this subject
your most careful consideration, for I
perceive you aro killing yourself with
the constant strain brought to bear
upon body and mind, and unless you
consent to relax tho strain you will
suffer very seriously in consequence.
Your "nervous headaches" a re sent,
perhaps as warnings, which, if heeded,
may prove your salvation from nioro
serious trouble. I have found it ex
ceedingly injurious to work during the
evening." You have been busy all day
with ono duty or another; tho night
has come; you can find no warrant in
Scripture for continuing your labors,
but you can for resting from them.
So let the workbasket remain undis
turbed, let the needle rest. You will
be all the more skillful with it on the
morrow. Spend the evening in reading,
conversing, playing interesting games
with your children or in visiting your
friends; or, better still, if you feel able,
in attending an interesting lecture or
concert; then, when you retire, you
will sleep sweetly and awake refreshed
and equal to the performance of thu
day's duties.
Never eat heartily when "tired to
death." Drink a cup of tea and eat a
cracker or two, or beat tip an egg m
half a pint of milk, sweeten andllavor
to tasto and drink it. This will
strengthen you, and will not make
any demands upon your weary
stomach or digestive organs. And
another thing: Do not rise early
in the morning and trot all over the
houso doing this and seeing to that
for hours before you eat anything.
Put on the coffee, if you use that bev
erage, or tho tea, if you use that, as
soon as possible, and pour yourself
out a cup just as soon as it is in a
condition for drinking, and add what
ever light, easily-digested articlo of
food you may like best. This done
and you must eat slowly, and at your
ease you will find that you can re
turn to your work and fairly "make
things fly."
You will catch yourself singing, per
haps, and when your husband and
children conio down fresh from their
slumbers they will meet a smiling face
and sit down to breakfast presided
over by a cheerful hostess. Force
yourself to try this plan once or twice
and I know you will be pleased with
it. I havo tlio greatest faith in it, be
cause 1 proved it in my own case, and
this is true of all the suggestions I have
given in this letter.
Tea mill ColTm-.
"One of the most marked differences
between English anil Americans in
matters of diet," says tho Evening
Post, "is in their relative uso of coffee
and tea. In Great Rritain tea has long
been tho favorite, while in tho United
Stales coffee is preferred. The differ
ence becomes constantly more striking.
For some years past thoconsmnption
of coffee per capita has remained sta
tionary or fallen offin the United King
doin, whilo that of tea has been steadi
ly increasing. In tho United States,
on the other hnnd,thoconsumptionol
tea has of lato fallen off rapidly, sink
ing from 1 .51 pounds per capita livo
years ago to only 1.10 last, year, while
the consumption of coffee has increas
ed only less rapidly, until it now
reaches about nine and a half pounds
a year per capita. Tho English now
drink livo times as much tea as coffee,
whilo tho Americans drink eight times
as much coffee as tea."
IIoIdJiiK Infant.
Some very radical views aro being
advanced in these days by our physi
cians in regard to tho management of
infants. Wo cannot agree- to all of
these such as, for instance, keeping a
room at a certain temperature and
then allowing littlo or no clothing on
tho tiny unfortunates who stay iu it.
lint wo wish to heartily second Dr.
Page's ideas ns to tho holding inarms
of young children. Ho insists that
they are much better off with less
"tending" than it is customary
to bestow upon them. Tho busy
woman who has a largo family of
children, yet whoso means do not al
low her to keep a servant, often man
ages, in some way, to get along, keep
well herself nnd rear her children
healthfully. Sho will tell you,
if you ask her, that her baby geta
"precious little tending." Sho holds
linn to feed hint and dress him, but he
rides in his littlo wagon, lies on tho bed,
or, if old enough, plays on a comfort
able on the floor most of tho timo.
This, Dr. Pago says, is tlio proper,
normal way of attending to babies.
Ho argues that this continual holding,
trotting and tossing make tho muscles
of tho child soft and flabby, becnuso it
has no chance nor encouragement to
exert its own stiength; and that its
mind is ultimately less intelligent, be
cause, never having tried or learned
to anuibo it. elt, its powers also have
not had opportunity for develop
ment Phila. Press.
Wuriilni; Kahut Autumn 1Hiiihii,
Philadelphia Ledger "Creeps" is
tho term which is popularly applied
to tho chilly sensation which comes
with autumn mornings nnd evenings.
It is not pronounced enough to be
cold, and yet is u skirmisher sent by tho
frost to put men and women on thoir
guard. The grown folks can takecaro
of themselves if thoy will though
thoy are few that do so. Rut tho chil
dren aro supposed to bo cared for by
their ciders. Tho mortality among
infants is largely attributable to the
facts that children can not tain) care
of themselves, and that their eldors
da not take sufficient caro ot tho chil
dren. "Creeps" are an admonition
which should be heeded if autumn dis-.
eases are to be avoided. Tho sensn
tton of chilliness felt at morning and
evening, though the mid-day sun niny
be oppressive, is the protest which
nature makes against neglect. The
daily change in theair from cool fo hot
is in itself an unfavorable condition.
Unless it is guarded against by change
of apparel it is a cause of physical de
rangement, if not of serious illness.
It may be laid down ns n. maxim that
the healthy condition of the body is
found only in the condition of comfort.
Mind AVIiat You -ay.
The safest way, then, is tosay noth
ing before children which you would
rather they should not fully under
stand; for 4 hey coinperhend tar morn
than one would believe possible, did
not one's own recollection prove tho
fact. A lady told us or.ee that, so
sure wns she that children's capacity,
for understanding the conversation
of grown-up people was so universally
underrated, that shehas always made,
it a rule to send her ow n youngdnugh
tors from the room whenever thecon
versation touched upon matters she
preferred tliev should know nothing
about, and she was confident much,
good had resulted from the practice.
It could certainly do no harm, and
could scarcely fail to keep them fromj
much (lint, being too young to fully
coinperhend, might have been of last
ing injury from the erroneous ideas,
conversations, innocent enough iu
themselves, might havo conveyed to
their entried minds.
Hon to Try Oyster.
For this purpose each and every
oyster should bo as large, plump and
fat fresh, of course, not salt as you
can procure. Any small ones will servo
for suuces.croquot tos, soups, itc. Drain
off their juice, put them in a bowl,cover
them with ice-water, let stand a few
minutes, then place theininacplander
and drain them. Dry btt ween two soft,
thin towels, without pressing them,
and lay upon a molding board lightly
coated with crackerdust, finely sifted.
Heat up to a thick, rich custard as1
many eggs, and an equal measure of
cream, as you need for moistening all
the oysters, adding, at tho last, a salt
spoonful of salt for every three eggs.
Have ready a sufficiency of finely sift
ed bread crumbs, prepared by rubbing
I he heart of a stale loaf of white bread,
in a towel, and passing it through a
sieve.
Dip the oysters one by ono into tho
beaten egg, and roll them in tliecrunibs
till covered in every part. Ry no
means flatten them, but keep them as;
round and plump as possible; lay
them on napkins, and keep in a cool
place for hall an hour; again dip, and
roll in crumbs, and set aside for an
other half hour. Now lay them on
tho wire stand, not quite touching
each other; sot the stand into a deep
frying pan nearly full of whatever fry
ing mixture you use, which must bo
boiling hot, and fry quickly to a deep
yellow color, but do not brown them,
or they will bo lough and greasy. Lift
the stand out of the pan, drain quick
ly and serve the oysters on a hot
white napkin, placed on a hot platter,
and garnish with twigs of paisley or
water cress, stuffed olives and small
bits of lemon. The daintiest condi
ment of all is the French mayonnaise
sauce, either served with lettuce or
finely-cut cabbage, made up with it as
cold slaw. Rotter still is to anoint
each piping-hot oyster with a coating
of the ice-cold mayonnaise it must.
be fresh from tho
ice-box and eat it
on tho instant.
The Grcuto.sc Diamond in tlio
"World.
From tho MannfactiiriiiK Jeweller.
Our Amsterdam correspondent tells
the story of the immense African dia
mond weighing 475 carats in the
rough which is iu process ot being cut
by Mr. Jacques Metz, oneof thohirgcst
diamond cutlers of thnt city. Tho
stono is said to havo a somewhat cu
rious history, and, though its exact
birthplace is only a matter of conject
ure, it is known that it was found by
somebody iu ono of tho four mines
of Kiniberley, in the Capo Colony,
South Africa.
It is said that in June or July of last
year one of tho surveillanco officers of
tho Central Mining Company in tho
Iviiuberley mine found the stone, and,
being exempt from search, carried ib
through tho searching houso unper
ceived and sold it to four irregular
dealers for lt"),000. Reforo leaving
tho province tho new owners had a.
night of drinking nnd gambling, which
ended iu two of them becoming its
owners instead of four. Tho two
owners escaped tho secret police and
reached Capo Town, where tliey found
a dealer who readily paid them $95,
000 for thestone. There is an export
duty on diamonds shipped from Capo
Colony of one-quarter per cent., but it
appears that this stone was smuggled
out of thu colony by a passenger on
tin mail steamer and brought to Lon
don, where its presentation at Hatton
Garden created a groat sensation
A former resident at tho Capo mines
managed to form a company of eight
persons, who bought thestonobetween
them for $225,000 cash, on condition
that the seller or sellers should receive
a ninth sharo of tho eventual profits.
The real value of tho stono has been
estimated at London at abovo $1,
000,000, According to tho rules of
valuation of tho famous Tavornler
diamond, its value would bo $1,100,
1)80. Tho correspondent says that
tho art of diamond pohshingexistingin
Amsterdam for more than three cen
turies hus been brought to such peiv
feetion that it is expected that this
stono, weighing hi the rough 457 car
ats (and said to bo whiter and purer
than any of its historical predeces
sors), will lose hi working much
than other famous stones; that it will
lio more rapidly finished, and it has
every chance of remaining the lniget
and finest diamond ot tho 'world.