A WISH.
Alone with tho evening brcczs,
I listen In the bird
Whose melodies In lent crnwn'd trees
At twilight's hour uro heard.
On every floating, fleecy cloud,
Mv fntiuy seems to truce
Thii' outline of one noble form
The beauty of one face.
.And In mv dear, deep drennn tonlcht
The en endor of two eves
AVlll t-hliio on me in fadeless light,
Like stum In loiltliern skies 1
I'll heir Ills mild, melodious voice
lis dulcet wooititr toll
Tor 1 liold Its echoes In mv heart,
IJ..0 the feu In n roso-llpp'd shell t
0 Love of mine I so far nway
Full manv n weary mllel
Mv thoughts of thee hy night and day
The dreary ho irs beguile.
1 wlsli, mv Sweet, that wings had II
I'll fly away through space,
And ere an hour of life passed by
I'd gaze upon thy face.
.Ami as within the rose's heart
The mil's warm kls-cs rest,
I'd cling mi close, we could not part,
In rapture to thy breast.
"TIs we 1, perhaps. Kclovcd, the power
Cannot to me bo given
For ere lb flight ot thntbr'ef hour
This world bad turned to heaven I
Aelly Marshall JcAjh; in the Current.
TIIE BINSTEAD FARM
Vu all know when sister Clarissa
Jrtanod llio thousand dollars wit ch was
tlio accumulation of her six years of
leaching, to Sam Uiiistoad, that it was
tin good as sunk in tho sea. And wo
told her so. but it was of no uso, for
3011 see, Clissy is ono of those visionary
pcoplo who sec tho "angel in tho
human heart" most clearly when
it Isn't there: and Sam, cousin by a
good many removes, hud borrowed out
jvery other relative before ho thought
t us. Al hadn t a dollar to snare
JSho wouldn't liavo if Judge Hilton had
liv !ed Ji s legacy with her, and I
wouldn't have given him a nickel of
my threo hundred if ho had gone on
Inn knees lor it; not I butClissy tit nk
of it, will you, actually and positively
Landed over her thousand dollars as if
sho'd been a princess, and said:
"I'm very glad to nccommoditto you,
Sam. You needn't mind a mortgage,
your note s quite sulllcient. 1 know
that you will jav it all back."
Did he? Well, I think not. You
never knew him or you wouldn't ask.
To bo Mtro ho died; but ho wouldn't
'Jiave paid it if ho had l.ved, for he was
ono ot those easy-going men who wear
Hack coats with tho pockets sagging
lown, and who always complain of their
bad luck-, and never pay their debls.
That was tho way that Clis happened to
o West. Ho did givo her a mortgage
on a farm out in Missouri, and when ho
lied, it fell to her. 1 don't suppose
tnat she'd have taken it if there'll been
anybody to givo it (o; but thoro wasn't,
'.mil no btranger would have accepted
jt for a present, so she had to keep it.
She couldn't sell it, and ohu couldn't
rent it for enough to pay tho taxes,
sind her tenant)) burnt the fences be
cause they woro too lazy to cut wood.
JLut the barn tumble down and the
Jiouso go to ruin, until ono evening
Oissy looked up and said: "I'm going
out to my farm."
Al almost screamed with surprlso
and I was speechless. It was no uso to
say anything, for (Jlksy is very decided.
J30. tho day that her school closed, she
went down to tho depot and bought n
ticket to St. Lotus, and took the eve
ning tram out as coolly as if sho ex
pected to return next day. Al and I
went home and had a good cry, and
decided that wo should start as soon as
our fchools closed, and spend thosum
Jiier with her. We taught in town,
and had a ten-months year whilo G'l.ssy
-was out in tho east-end, where the
txhools elosj the last of May.
No length of years will ever make
auo forget the night that we reached
Sparta-lhat is her town and saw dear
old C'l ssy 011 the rickety plnttorm,
whip in hand, waiting for us. Mess her
Hioart, how she hugged us, although she
I'nuln'l been nwn live weeks 1 Then
slio took us around, behind tho station,
to her red, spring-wagon, hitched to tho
uiost killing little gray nuilu y on ever
jiaw, and wo elainbored in. Sho was
mortally afraid of tho little beast, and
ho knew It. You'd have died to seo her
uutlo him from the post, standing at
jinn's length from him. It was two
an ili-s to tho farm, and we all threo
talked as hard as wo could, anil yet wo
Jiadn't begun to toll our news when wo
reached that forlorn, unpaiuted old
wooden house, with tho chicken-coop
right in front. Wo were starving after
our threo days' rido, and Clissy had a
good supper, and then our life in tho
West began.
It would tako a book lo tell about tho
events of that summer, so I must just
j ok out two or three things, that led
directly to tho grand linalo:
Sho had things started pretty well
Avhen wo came. It was to bo a stoek
furm, and sho had bought sheep and
calves, and avow, and chickens, am a
ferocious ohl mother pig w.th a lot of
dottio dumpling little p ggies ; but the
old cannibal atoup four of thotn-iiow 1
liatod her for it and a hoe, and a big
shovel, and lots of other things.
Tho lirt morning Al and 1 thought
we'd tako a ramble and see how we liked
it. Hut ho wanted to go down to tho
stream and 1 wanted to go up to tho
knob," as Clissy called it, and sco tho
landscape. I hadn't got there when a
cow looked menacingly at me, and 1
run as 1 never dreamed I could run.
Tho man was milking in tho barnyard,
mid ho looked up with a grunt when I
came Wo hud to call him ' ornrod bo
cuiiso ho wondn't answer to Conrad.
At d dn't appear to breakfast; but sho
'in such an Irresponsible creature any
way, (hat wo supposed sho was sketch
ing somu stump, so wo kept her chops
Mvurni, and washed the dishes so as to
f.luirn before it lieeamo too hot.
About Ion o'clock I went out to hunt
oggs, and was sure that I heard im
mune, in accents wild. I called "Clis
eyj" and Corurod!" and wo followed
t!ui Bound until wo could seo tho poor
gal perched in tr little, shaking thorn
tree, about four feet from the irround,
wlillo a murderous old nun stood guard
ImIow. Sho had boon theio three
uleesed hours. Conrad threw a pluco
of earth at him, and lie walked nway,
Mid (ho poor child limped homo with
us. Her hands were all blistered with
olinir nfr to lic tree, and sho had
scie.Mineil for us till her throat was sore.
"I have a fine llock of sheep there
rcmaikcd tho proud owner, as wc
climbed awkardly over the bars.
They arc moro profitable than cat
tle, because they increase so rapidl
and mature so qu ckly. Tho Increase
is finite wonderful. The gentleman ol
whom I bought these savs "
"Yaw, vaw he sav von lie," inter
rupted tho stolid Conrad. "Ho sell you
forty rani, ho keep do owe. Increase!
Neinl" ,
CI ssy was silent for two minutes.
Then sho said:
"A beautiful, scnsitivo plant grows
wild hero; it s a briar; perhaps we can
nnu one here.
"I shall bo delighted," I replied,
f ninth. When wo readied the vurd-
fence, Al cried in amazement,
" hero's tho barn?" And sure as I
am telling it, that vicious little mule
had kicked it down.
It was what they call a "Kansas
barn," made of poles, with a straw
roof, tied down, to keep it from blow
ing oil", and tho beast was cat'ng the
roof. When Conrad went up to see
about it, ho was sent Hying heels over
head, and 1 laughed; ho never forgave
me, either.
It raned that afternoon, and wo
holped Clissy cut carpet-rags for a
kitclu-n carpet. Wo were afraid to go
down cellar on account of tho enor
mous rats, so wo stood in tho stairway
and passed m Ik and meat to and from
the inviue ble Conrad. He set the three
gaping steel train, and we retired the
second night in the blissful fancy that
the rats would soon Ikj vnnuuislictl. .to
ward morning wo were awakened by
an odor that would have made those
stenches of the plague-stricken Egyp
tians seem as pcrfuiuo by contrast.
Poor Clissy sat up and gasped. Al be
gan lo cry, as usual, and 1 wished that
I were a man long enough to swear.
It would bo two hours before Conrad
camu to investigate, and wo should all
die in that timoT knew.
What could it b.j? Several thinira
were suggested, but the solution was.
not satisfactory until Al sprang up from
her cot (wo only had ono bed) and
screamed. "Oh, I know; its natural
gas-. Your bored well has struck it.
We shall light tho town and make our
fortunes. Hurrah for old Clssy! Now
you must do the handsome by us. I
will tako a diamond necklace for my
wedding-present, and you can build a
I101t.su in town and we'll live with you."
it seemed so probable that oven
Clissy forgot her usual caution and
planned a substantial barn on the pos
sibility. Wo woro suro that wo hoard
rat dragging the trap down collar.
and wo ventured to the head of the
stairs in the gray dawn and peeped
down. Tho natural gas, the supply of
which was apparently unlimited,
seemed to emanate from the cellar,
and was so stilll ng that wo could not
investigate long al a time.
'( rls," said Al, ",t's not a rat, but
tho dearest little black and white crea
ture that you ever saw. It's caught by
the foot. Where's your book ot natur-
history. May bo 1 can tell what it
is.
"I tako him in von bag und gill
hhn." said the manlv tones of Conrad,
coming up just then.
'I seluuell him half-milo avay. JWoIu
(lott. how over 1 dukes him out vou
dot!"'
'Girls," said Cllssv, from the other
end of tho porch, 'its the most boun
tiful sunrise I ever saw. Only seo tho
crimson I
Perhaps you won't believe 1110, but
wo (Hun t get that odor out of tho
house for three months, or out of our
clothes either, although wo almost
bought out tho Labia's extracts from
the .Sparta drugstore
J ho day that followed was the most
heart-rending of all. We couldn't eat.
mil were so faint that wo could scarce-
, work. We resolved that no chance
isitor should be admitted to tho house
upon pain of death to tho oll'cnder.
I was learning to make a shortcake
when a scream from A I made mo look:
up.
'Somebody is coming. bat shall
wo doP Co and meet him, ('lis, and
keen him from tho house."
"Uo s only a tramp, and I think ho
is drunk, too. I'd better call Conrad,
I'm afraid of a drunken man." Sho
walked timidh to the end of the poroh
and met the intruder.
1 beg vout pardon, but as 1 was
crossing your field in my walk, ono of
your rams assaulted me, and made mo
so unpresentable, that 1 must ask lor
sonio soap and water, and a needle and
thread. 1 am a clergyman from tho
Village, iiiadaino."
Certa uly, said Clissy," "I am
very sorry that anything so ser ous
should have happoned to you upon my
place," and sho showed him into tho
sitting room aud.gavo h in the necessary
articles. Ho staggered as ho walkoif,
and 1 saw that the blood was dripping
from Ids hair. Ho was hurt more
seriously than ho would conless. Vlin
ho had been there an hour wo thought
we had better peek, and we did.
Ho had got to tho lounge and fallen
upon it. Tho blood from his head was
dropping upon the lloor, and his face
was as pale as death. We forgot all
about our mortification at our pi ght,
and Hew about in great distress. Clis
sy is so motherly and knows so much
about over.Uhlng that sho soon brought
li.ni around; bandaged his cut and rub
bed arnica upon his bruises, He was
so modest and pleasant and so patient
1 knew ho was suU'oring dreadfully
that we couldn't help udnnr.ng him;
and it was such a surprlso to him to
find threo ladies in that dosolnto little
house, and it was such a surprise to us
to find a gentleman in one who looked
so like a tramp. And Clissy cleaned
his coat it had absorbed a great deal
of sticky mud from the rain of the day
before and took him homo in I ho
evening 111 the horrid spring-wagon,
drawn by the mule.
W-oll, nothing would do, when ho
called the next week, but that wo
should come to church and lake class
es in tho Sunday school and attend
tho socials. And wo found that tho
people were pleasant and the country
beautiful, and Mr. lluvou oh. well, "l
shall not say ono word about him or
you will guess but then, who oaros If
you do?" Lixtie llyer Xojfl in The
' urrent.
COAL CONSPIRATORS.
Tlio T.nAv llrnnds Them ns Public
Offenders mid C rlinftinls An Out
raisrolis Monopoly.
Whether tho great anthracite co.v
combination is beond the reach of al
law is now an jsuie of v.tal importance
not only to tho commonwealth of Perm
sylvania, but to the entire coai-consum
ing community. Gov. Pattison has
taken the stand that the law is violated
and must bo enforced. Tho coal poo!
defies the slate and the courts. It in
sists that the authorities are powerlesi
to prevent tho combination from regit-
lat ng tho sale anil lixmg tho price of
coal to sti t its self.
The Pennsylvania supremo court has
already deciifi.'d th s question, and de
cided it adversely to the combinal on.
i he decision, tiiotigii rendered nil en
years ago, still stands as an expression
of the law of the commonwealth as 111
terpreted by its highest court. '1 he
facts 111 tho case then decided and the
legal principles involved present a re
niarkable likeness to those now in issue,
A combination of live eonipan es was
formed to control the sale and fix the
price of tho bituminous coal product on
of northern Pennsvlvaii a. The com
panies forming the combination repro
sontcd almost the cut 10 b tttniiuom
coal reg 011 in that part of the state.
Thoy had the power to control the
maiket 111 the slate 01 rsow lorx and
to eilect the market elsewhere. A d s-
puto arose between two members
of tho pool as to their respective
schares of sales and prolits. 1 bo pool
ing agreement was made in New Yorl
and was lo be c.irried out 111 this slate,
the chief market being hero. 'Jin;
parties were w thm the jurisdiction ol
tho courts of Pennsylvania, whore the
coal was in nod, and tho suit was
brought there. On one side t was
contended that the lonibmaton was
against public policy and therefore il
legal. On the other it was claimed
that its purpose was to lessen expenses,
to advance tho qunlitt of the coal, and
and to market it in tho best order to
tho consumer.
Tho supreme court of Pennsylvania
decided that tho agreement to combine
was a contract against public policy.
md therefore illegal, void, and not to
bo enforced. Tho court went further.
and held that the combination was a
criminal conspiracy under tho law of
New York, which makes it a 111 s
demeanor for two or more persons to
conspire "to commit any act in
jurious to trade or commerce," and
also a criminal conspiracy by tho com
mon law in Pennsylvania. Hen:
is what the court said of tho character,
and nature of the combination:
Tho Important fact that these com
panies control this immense cod-Held;
that it is the great source of supply of
bituminous coal to tho state of New
York and largo territories westward:
that by th s contract the control tho
price of coal in this extensive market,
and make it bring sums it. would not
command if left to the natural laws ol
trade; that it concerns an art clo ol
prime nei essity for many uses; that its
operation is general in "this largo re
gion, and allects all who use coal as a
fuel, and this is acconiplished by a com
bination of all the companies engaged
in th s branch of business in the largo
region where they operate. Tho com
b. nation is wide in scope, general in its
inlluenco, and injur 011s in effects.
These being its features the contract is
against publ e poliej, illegal, and there
fore void.
The court then cited numerous
authorities to show that a comb nation
to create a "corner" m a neeessan ol
life and to advance its price to the con
sumer is a conspiracy pun shable by
tlie criminal law, and proceeded as fol
lows: The restrictions laid upon tho pro
duction and price of coal can not be
sanctioned as reasonable in view of
their intimate relat on to the public in
terests. Tho field of operation is too
wide and the inlluenco too gmeral.
S.ngly each member of the combina
tion might have suspended deliveries
and sales of coal to suit his own inter
ests and 111 ght have raised the pr ce,
oven hough t It is might have been d t
rnnental to the public interest. Thoro
is a certain freedom which must be al
lowed to everv one in the management
of his own nlfairsi When compel 011 is
loft free, individual error or folly w II
generally Hint a coi ruction in tho con
duct of others.
15ut here is a combination of all tho
companies operat ng in the Hlossburg
and Harciay mining regions and con
trolling their entire pro luctions. They
have combined together to govern the
supply and tho price of coal in al1 the
markets from the Hudson to the Miss
issippi river, and from Pennsylvania to
tho lakes. 'I his comb nation has a pow
er in its confederated form wh eh no
individual net on can confer. The pub
lie interest must succumb to it. for it
has lott no competitor free to correct
its baneful intluenee.
lieu the Mtpplv of coal is suspend
ed tho demand for it becomes impor
tunate, and prices must rise. Or it' tho
supply goes forward the price Iked by
the confederates must ac. oinpany it.
Tho domestic hearth, tho furnaces of
tho iron muster, and the Hies of the
manufacturer all feel the restraint,
while the many dependent hands am
paralyz. d. anil hungry mouths are
stinted. The inlluenco of a lack of
supply or a rise In the prieo of an
article of such prime necessity can not
bo measured. It permeates the entire
mass of the community, and leaves
few of its members untouch d by its
withering blight. Such a combination
is more than a contract. It is an
ulfense.
Tho direct force and npplicab'ltv of
this language to tho ease of the
anthracite coal combination are ap
parent. The attorney general of Penn
sylvania can make oifuetivo use of this
deels on which Is dead against the
tool. .Voitf Vork llernhl.
Several years ago gold badges, at a
cost of $10 oauh, were presented to tho
Youkers, N. Y., elty council for some
remarkably good ordiuanou that the
had passed. Tho gold loaf hav 11
worn off the honest uhleruiuu (h d
themselves in posie&s.ou of leaden
cues.
WHAT IS DRANK?
A Snniplo of tlio Decoctions Served,
nt Flrst-Clnss Un.ru" llrnndy,
Item, (iln, and ISourbon, from
tlio Snmn I'aucct Intcrejt
llii: Jievelat Ioiim for
Gtizzlors.
A trade c'rcnlar, issued by Mr. John
I). Ilounihan, of IJtilfalo, N. Y., lately
came into The Cincinnati Jlnqnircr's
hands. It is not exactly adapted for
general circulation, and belongs to that
class of literature which the recipients
are supposed to kcoji under lock and
kov not because of any indelicate
allusions to the anatomy of the human
frame, but because Mr. Ilounihan as
sumes that ho is addressing liquor
deal cr.s alone, and hence makes no
bones of mentioning the passwords,
signs, grips, and secret work generally
of the sample-room neighborhood. Ho
says:
"I have written a book on the process
of making whisky, brandy, gin, ale,
porter, lagar beer, and everything
pertaining to tho business. The re
cipes are so simple that a boy 10 years
old can make in your cellar or back
room twenty gallons of llourbon
wh sky inside of an hour, and vou may
place it side by side with the genuine,
and you can not tell the difference by
look or taste.
"My directions' for imitatinir Bourbon
whisky, Ir sh whisky, and French
brandy are the best in" existence. You
may put my imitations and the !ienu.ne
side by side, and tho best judge will
pronounce them tho same, lk-sidos,
thoy can bo made to present tho ap
pearance of being twenty years old.
"It is a fact known to" a great many
liquor dealers that half of the whisky
now sold in this country never passed
though a still, for it is nearly all adul
terated more or less.
"As reference I could mention manv
of the first hotel bars of Maryland and
Pennsylvania now using my book as a
guide; but, considering the nature of
tiie book, I will not mention names."
J his precious book is not a bad-look
ing little volume, and talks out in meet
ing on the title page in this style:
"l ho secret process of manufactur
ing whisky, brandy, rum. gin, bitters,
w nc, champagne, lager, ale, nop.
cider, spruce beer, etc., in tho cheap
est way, w thont tho uso of tho still.
flow to doctor poor liquors: how to
double your prolits
by thinning down
how to imitate,
without discovery;
etc.
Among about ono hundred receipts.
it g ves seven for making champagne,
0110 for making beer without apples,
one for making beer without malt or
hops, and one for making old barrels
out of new ones.
iVs old whisky-barrels aro moro
valuable than those that come from
the cooper's hands, some enterprising
citizen may like to go into the business
of instantly metamorphosing voting
md lusty casks into hoary patriarchs.
To do this dissolve in three gallons of
water three pounds of sulphuric acid
mil one pound of sulphate of iron.
Wash your barrel with this mixture on
the outside, and in a few hours they
will be as rusty and venerable as though
they h.id lain in a warehouse for forty
vears.
15ut Mr. Ilounihan. of Hnllallo, by no
means has a monopoly of th.s branch
of instruction in the higher walks of
the spirit business.
Alexander rnes k Urother, ,os. -10,
IS, and 50 Hast Second street, in this
city, issue a book made up solely of re
cipes and price-lists for manufacturing
everything in the liquor line from
chemicals and a barrel of proof-sp rits.
In tho following guarded sentence
they explain the value of this method
of spirit manufacture:
"Part -es not wishing to keep a largo
stock of liquor on. hand will Hud it to
their interest to lav in an assortment
of the oils and essence, which will 011-
iblo them to f til large orders at tho
shortest notice."
For instance an ordor comes over tho
wires to the wide-awake merchant for
fortv gallons of port wine, to bo ship
ped by the G:20 P. M. express, lloing
ono of those parties who do not desire
to keep a largo stock of 1 quoron hand,
tho merchant walks into his back room,
closes the door, and manufactures tho
port wine with neatness and dispatch.
In case he follows tho rocipe given by
Messrs. Fries & Hrother, his formula is
as follows:
Port Wine For ono barrel: 30 gal
lons eider after tho samo has ferment
ed, f gallons spirit, 4 gallons sirup, i
pound powdered gum kino, J pound
tartaric acid. 0 to b ounces port wine
llavor. To produce a bettor quality,
add either a few gallons Gorman cher
ry juico or am kind of pure w.ne.
uoior lor rort 1110 uno ounce az-
uline, four ounces of sugar coloring lo
the ban el.
hut in case ho desires to mako a
cheaper wine even than can bo manu
factured from tho innocent ingred onts
above, ho fills his barrel with a mixt
ure made up of !5!J gallons prepared
cider, ij gallons natural spirits. !
pounds refined sugar. J ounces tincture
no, 1 ounce tartaric neid, b ounces
rhatnny root, powdered; !J pounds rais
ins, 1 quart alcoholic starch solut on.
lake notice, please, that tho first
article called for is thirty-throe gallons
prepared eider. The prepared cider is
of his own preparation, and. as the
bulk of it is pure water, it ought not to
bo too expensive for uso in tho manu
facture of port w nes slid champagne
by tho most economical artist. The
formula upon which it is mado is 4,;15
gallons soft watei, It5 pounds brown su
gar, li pounds of tarlario acid, 1 quart
yeast. Stir up well nnd stand iwontt
four hours with tho bung out. Then
add ft gallons neutral spirit and bung
tight. Maud fortv-olght hours, and it
s ready for use."
In case his order chaticos to bo twelvo
W. -n champaign, ho is unable to fill it
in lose than ten days; but givo him that
tim liin.t and he will at ts expiration
ship tho llzx dulv wired down, tin -foiled
and labeled with French labels. To
loso he first places 35 gallons prepared
eider, made as mtod above, in clean
oask. following it w.th 4 gallons ueu-
ral spirits, H ounces tartaric acid (crys
d zed) pounds reliuod sugar, 4 rant
xiuou ju ce, 3 pounds raia'ns, 1 pound
honoy, J pint ve.ist. They aro to lm
mixed, well and allowed to stand for ten
days. If not sparkling I10 adds more
acid until it is, and finally bottles the
mixture, adding a picco of white sugar
the size of a pea to each bottle, and
then corking, wiring and labeling the
liniilied product.
The recipes given in those and other
secret books ot the same ilk of which
nt least a dozen are issued throw a
Hood of light upon tho puzzling ques
tions often asked by those who know '
tho capacity of French vinoxards as
to how it is possible to sell French wines
and brandies in America at lower rates
than those for which thov can possibly '
be purchased at home. Taking tlio case
of Chateau Yguem, tho entire vintage
never exceeds 120 cask!, and the price
of the new wine is SI. '200 a cask, or $20
a gallon say 4 a bottle. Yet ono can
buy what is labeled Chateau Yguem at
almost anv retail liquor house at from
S2 to $5 "a bottle. Tho yield of the
Chateau Lafitte is 180 casks a year, and
the new mi retails in Paris for $4.50
a bottle. Like Chateau Marguax and
Chateau Latour, Lafitte is almost a
drug in our market, hut that there aro I
adulterated wines and liquors in the
market is a fact well known much more
generally known than tho other fact
that the cheering potations are eftcner
manufactured outright from foreign
substances than adulterated. It is not
the province of til s article to establish
these points; it is merly our inten
tion to tell in as few words as possible
how tho manufacturing is carried on,
and lo-gtvo tho recipes as they are fur
nished to dealers by the chemists.
To make those heart-warming drops
of distilled fire known as cordials, tho
chemist furnishes the following direc
tions: Kummel Take about one-fourth
pound of cordial essence, cut in one
half gallon alcohol, 3G gallons spirit,
and 4 gallons sugar sirup.
Peppemint Dissolve one-half pound
of tho essence in 1 gallon of alcohol,
and add to 35 gallons spirit, proof, 4
gallons sugar sirup, one-half pound of
our peppermint coloring.
llrnvdlcttne, 1 8 ounces efcncc rut In one-
Cliartrcuac, I Imlf ksiIIuii nlcuhul, 2 r.i1-
(,'uracoa, tona sirup lo 1 barrel nJ
Maraschino, J color.
Absinthe Twenty gallons cologno
spirit, proof, 1 pound essence cut in al
cohol, 1 pint sugar sirup. Color is
made of 6 parts solution curcuma, 2
parts indigo carmine, mixed.
Gin, rum, brandies, and punches may
be manufactured severally from the
samo barrel of proof spirits by adding
to the spirits--for apple brand v, 4
ounces of apple essence to 40 gallons
sp.rit: for cognac, 4 ounces cognac cs-
sonce to 40 gallons spirit; for Holland
gin, old Tom, rye, Sclinicdain schnapps
and London dock gin, aifd 4 ounces in
each case of the essence to 10 gallons
of spirit and 1J pin's of sugar sirup;
for Jamaica rum, use one-half pound
Jamaica rum essence and one-half pint
of sugar coloring to 40 gallons of proof
spirit. In each of the above cases the
mixture is to be reduced to the desired
alcoholic strength by the addition of
water in proper proportions. This can
be readily done when it is known that
the average alcoholic strength of the
various liquors is about as follows:
liliine wine. 11 percent.; slieruy, 20
percent.; claret, 10 per cent. ; port, 21;
Marsala, 20; champagne. 11; brandy.
51; rum, 74; gin, 50; whisky, GO; cider,
u'; bitter ale, !); lager beer 0.
As a great many customers judge of
tho fineness and quality of a sample of
liquor by the bead which it carr.es when
newly poured into the glass the chemist
has 'put the gray matter of h;s brain to
work in devising an artificial bead for
the manufactured product. What is
meant by the "bead' is the appearance
presented on the surfaco of tho spirit
by a number of pearly, oilv-lookiig
drops or beads hanging to tho sides of
the glass, and it may De attained bv
adding onlv half an ounce of "bead-
oil" to each forty gallons of proof
sp rits. "The beads will bo of a uni-
lorm size, ' says t lie ciiomist s book",
"and perfectly natural at any and all
temperatures."
Ono ounce of raisin-oil added to one
barrel of Uourbon or rvo whisky will
give tlie taslo of ago to tho same, and
four onces of rats n-oil m a barrel of
ISourbon whisky will make a most beau
tiful brandy equal to the imported
The Dimensions of Ileaveii.
"And ho measured the city with the
reed, 12,000 furlongs. Tho length and
breadth and the height of it are equal."
Hev. xxi. lb'.
Twelve thousand furlongs, 7,920.000
feot, which being cubed. 19C.793.0-S8,-000,000,001.000
cubic feet. -Half of th s
we will reserve for the Throne of God
and the Court of Heaven, and half tho
balance for streets, leaving a remainder
of 124, 198,272,000,000,000,000 cubic feet.
Divide this by 4,09(3, the cubical feet in
a room sixteen feet square, ami thoro
will bo 30.321.843.750,000,000 rooms.
Wo will now suppose the world alwavs
did and always will contain 990,OOO.b()0
inhabitants, and that a generation lasts
for 33J years, making 111 all 2.970.0i'0,.
000 every centurv, and that the world
will stand lOO.OuO u-ars, or 1 000 cen
turies, making in all 2.970,000,000.100
inhabitants, ulien suppose there were
100 worlds equal to this in number of
inhabitants and duration of years, mak
ing a total of 297,000.000.000,000 por
sous. and there wool I be more than a
hundred rooms sixto m feet sqtiaro for
each person. Tan Ic of Knowledge.
A Sham Story.
Ono of the numerous commercial
philanthrophists who go about on tho
streets selling patented wares called at
the residence of a well known cit zen
on Henry street, and was confronted
by the householder himself.
"I am selling an improved sham
holder " ho began and was curtly in
terrupted: "l detest shams."
"hut this puU thorn on, folds thorn
up-"
"I don't deal in shams!"
"If you will try our patent sham "
1 don't deal with shams."
Tho philanthropist looked at tho
irate citizen who was getting ready to
close the door.
'My dear sir," ho asked humbly,
"are vou in real oarnest, or only shatn
mingr"" Ho sold him one Detroit I'nc
1'rcss.
TIIE COCAINE IIAIHT.
Tlio "IVornt Klnverj Known Tiexr
Ilevclntlons of Power.
Ctnclnnatt Tlmei-Star.
When Cocaine wns discovered tho mcdl
icnl world exefaimed "thank hen von!"
But useful as it Is, It is also dangerous,
especially when its use is perverted from
tliodeadenins of pnhi for surgical oper
ations, to the stimulation nnd destruction
of tho human body. Its first efforts nro
Roothing and ca tivntins, but tho thral
dom is tho most horrible slavery known to
humnnity.
J. L. Stephens, M. D., ot Lebanon, O.,
was interviewed by our reporter yesterday
at tho Grand Hotel, and during tho con
versation tho doctor said: "Tlio cocnino
habit is a thousand times worso than tho
morphine and opium habits, and you would
be astonished," ho said, "if you knew how
frightfully the habit is increasing."
"What nro its vfrccts?"
"It Is the worst constitution wrecker
ever known. It ruins theliver a.id kidneys
in half a year, nnd when this work is done,
the strongest constitution noon miccunibs."
"Do you know of Dr. Underbill's enso
hero in Cincinnati?"
"That lending physician nlu became n.
victim of the cocnino habit? Yes. Ilia
case was a very sad one, but tho hnoit can
bo cured. I have rescued many a man from
a worso condition."
"What, worse than Dr. UnderliHI's?"
"Indeed, sir, lar so. Justin M. Hall, A.
jr., M. D., president of tlio ytnle Hoard ol
Health of Iowa, and a famed practitioner,
and Alexander Neil, M. D professor of
surgery in the Columbus Medical College,
nnd president of tlie Academy of Medicine,
man widely known, liov. W. P. Clancoy.
of Indianapolis, Ind., from personal ex
perience in opium cnting, etc., can toll you
of tho kind or success our form of treat
ment wins, and so can II. C. Wilson, for
merly of Cincinnati, who is now associated
with mo."
"Would you mind lotting or renders into
tho secret of your methods?"
"Well, young man, you surely have n
good bit of assurance to ask a man to give
his business away to tlio public; but I
won't wholly disappoint you. I have
treated over 20,000 patients. In common
with many eminent physician, I, for yean
made a closo study of tho effects of tho
habits on the system and the organs which
they most severely attack. Dr. Hall, Dr.
Noil and Mr. Wilson, whom I havo men
tioned, and hundreds of others, equally as
expert, mado many similar experiments on
their own bclinlf. We each found that
these drugs worked most destructively in
tho kidneys nnd liver; in tact, finally de
stroyed them. It wns then apparent that
no euro could bo effected until tlioso organs
could bo restored to hcallh. Wo recently
exhausted the entiro range of medical sci
ence, experimenting with all known reme
dies for these organs, nnd us the result of
theso close investigations wo all substan
tially agreed, though follow ing different;
lines of inquiry, that the most reliable, sci
entific preparation, wns Warner's nnfo cure.
This was the second point in tho discovery.
Tho third wns our own prlvato form of
treatment, which, of course, wo do not di
vulge to tlio public. Every easo that we
have treated first with Warner's safe curi
then with our own privnto treatment, and
followed up nain with Warner's snfo cure
for n few weeks, has been successful. Theso
habits can't bo cured without using it, be
cause the habit is nourished nnd sustained
in tho liver and kidneys. The habit can
bo kept up in moderation, how over, if freo
use bo also made at the samo time, of that
great remedy."
"Yes, it is a world famed and justly cele
brated specific! I.iko many other physi
cians, I used lo derido tho claims made for
it, but I know now for a fact that it is tho
world's greatest blessing, having sovereign
power over hitherto incurable diseases of
tho kidneys and liver, and when, I havo
said that, young man, I havo said nearly
everything, formostdisenses originate in or
nro aggravated by, a depraved condition o!
tho kidneys."
"People- do not realize thi, because,
singular ns it may seem, tlio kidneys may
bo in a very advanced stage of decomposi
tion, nnd yet owing to tho fact that thero
aro but few nerves of sensation in them tho
subject will not oxpnrience much pain there
in. On this nccounfc thousands ol people
dio every yenr of kidney disease unknow
ingly. They havo so called disorders of tho
head, of tho henrt and lungs and stomach,
nnd treat them in Tain, for tho real causa
of their misery is deranged kidneys, nnd if
they were restored to health tho other dis
orders would soon disappear."
Dr. Stephen's cxperienco, that enn ba
confirmed by many thousands whom he
lms treated, addB only more emphasis to
tho experience ot lpany hundreds of thou
sands all over tho world, that tho remedy
ho relcrs to is without any doubt tho most
beneficient discovery ever civea to hu
manity. Tho Mexican Embas3y.
During the Cutting1 controversy thcMciIesa
minister here Interrupted tho jiro!;rcj3 of plana
for a legation builulnjr. not knowing what
might be the result of Mr. Baynrd's demand.
Since then confidence has been restored audi
the architect has completed his work. Tho
design has been sent to Mexico for the ap
proval of Mr. Marhcal. The site selected for
the building is on the north side of I street,
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, anJ
will occupy the ground now covered hy livn
frame dwe'llluga. Mr. Foster, er minister to
Mexico, lives on tho east and Chief Justice
Walte on the west side ol the lot. 1 ho build
ing Is to cost 50,000. and will In some respect
be similar to the British legation building on
Connecticut avenue. OfUccs for the clerks
and attaches of the legation will be loeatedoQ
the first floor. The remainder o the bulldlus
will be fitted up In a handsome anner as tlie
resldeuce of the Mexican n ulster. Tho
British and German legations are the only ones
at present occupying bu.ldlmjs owned by their
governments. H'aihiiigton Cor, Aev Jo
JlfU
Moy Ah Kee, a laundryuian In Chicago, pro
tented to the Cook county court a certificate or
declaration to become a citizen, made in Nev
YorK five years ago, and requested naturalisa
tion paper. For some yeai he was tlk otll
clal Interpreter of the circuit court at Sim
Francisco, and speaks English like a native.
Judge I'rcndergast Instructed the Ctiluainau
to employ an attorney to argue tlie question oC
his eligibility to citizenship under the law ot
lbTS.
A deputation of French protectionists rolled
upon President Grcvy to demand speedy ac
tion on the bill beXore the chambers raUlu;;
the Imiort duty ou wheat from I! to 5 f raucs.
Dr. Abbott, a dentist, the oldest member ol
the American colony at Berlin, Is dead.