LONDON DAY BY DAY.
Tbosmofce In vaster volume rolls,
The fever Hend takes InrK"" tolls.
Anil Kin u Mercer urip of kojin
In l.ondon tiny uv day.
Still IUicKln- tmlldiioiiKwaiiipy Klto,
And KlfTel liou-en block the litflm
And tnukHit town of dreadful nlRht.
Of lindon day tiy day
In fashion m Ions nnd busy Ktreet
The niiluuMl foreign Imrlotx meet.
Will In llohert KinlleH upon his beat.
In IajikIod day by day
6U1I modest midden h cro-eks nre Rtunjr
With fouK-ct nord from wanton's toncu
And oatliN yelled .int with leathern lunn,
In Uni'loii day by day
Wealth notM In h mad excem.
Wl'lle thotixandH. mornnd iiennllew,
Stnrvo In the mighty lldernexa
Of Umdon duv bv day
Wrong proudly rears Its nicked head.
While Ulk'lH'H wid eyes with tears uru red.
And Kliit'iird Justice Ilex hIhnI,
In lxndon day by day
Tho liar trliimnlH. nnd the knave
Hides buoyant on the mllitiir ava
And Liberty make many a slave
In Ixindon day by day
Yet Mope and TniM nnd l iiltli nnd Ixjvo.
And (lod's fair dowers from above.
Still find a brunch, like Noah's dine,
III Iximloti duy by day
And onward still, though slow the pace.
Press pilgrims of our urnnd old nice.
Who seek the Ulght with llrm set fuee.
And shed Truth's light by (Jod'K juod (trace
O'er ltndoti duy liv day
(icorco It Slum
Tho Wrong Hoiino.
ITo was ti keen, sharp looking young
man, he Haiti to 1 1 10 lady of I he
Jiouro on Second uvcnuo as lio stood in
the hnll
"Madam, I liavo called for tho unit of
clothes which needs brushing and fix
ing." "What unit?" r!io asked.
"Your husband's Sunday suit, ma'am.
Ho called us 1 111 went down thin morn
ing." "And ho said I waa to let you havo
themr
"Yes'm."
"Did ho appear in good health and
spirits?"
"Why. certainly."
"Look and act natural?"
"Of course. Why do you ask?"
"Because lie has been dead, eighteen
years, and I have some curiosity on the
eubjectl"
"I I have mado n mistake, perhaps!"
Btammered tho young man
"Perhaps you liavo. The man you saw
0 out of lici t) an hour ago is my brother
You may liavo better luck in the next
block with the old fashioned confidence
game. Good morningl" Detroit Free
Press.
Ak of Parents unit Vitality of Children.
Mr. J Korosi, director of tho Hunga
rian bureau of statistics, recently read u
memoir before tho Hungarian Academy
of Sciences Uon tho "inlluonoe of the
Ago of Parents Upon tho Vitality ol
Children." ami in which, taking 5M.OO0
cases as a basis, he reaches tho following
conclusions.
Children whose father is less than "(I
years of age liavo a weak constitution
Tho issue of fathers of between IM and
40 yearn are the strongest, while the de.
Bcentlants of fathers of over 40 years are
weak. The healthiest children are those
whose mother bus not yet reached 115
years. Those born of mothers of be.
tween !J and 40 years of ago are 8 pel
cent, weaker, and those of mothers ol
over 40 aro 10 per cent weaker The
children of aged fat hi rs and youngei
mothers have, as a general thing, a
strong constitution, but if tho parents
are of the same age. tho children are
less robust. Kovue .Scicnliflquo.
Ilefortiieil I'ltiiiiiiiidutlon.
The question of " What's in a name?"
lias been the subject ol discussion around
ouo of the principal hotels lor somo time,
and an Englishman named Pugh is the
cause of it Mr. Pugh is tin iron brokoi
for home eastern or foreign concern, and
more than this he is a thorough English
cockney, to whom the letter II is an en
tirely useless invention. Two mutual
friends of this gentleman met one day
in the hotel and ouo asked the other if
lie had seen Pugh. The person ques
tioned appeared not to know the gentle
miin by that name, and he asked
"Who?" "Why, that llttlo Englishman,
you know who I mean; Pugh, 1 have
Been you talk with hint more titan once,"
rcjilied the tliu "Oh, you mean Pug,"
said the other, "he must bo Pug accord
ing to his own piouuueiatiou, for he al
ways leaves olf his lis." Among a cer
tain clique nowadays Mr. Pugh is only
known us "Pug "Chicago Herald.
Suiirl.ed Voiiey Ladle.
MissCVlia Child, of Seattle, was sur
prised. u nay the least, when somebody
dashed a buui.et of cold water in her
face us she was Mantling In a drug store
A hanging cigar lighter had touched oil
tho inllauuuablu fore.it of millinery sur- I
titiilltil i 11,. I ... I- luklnii.t mill ii.t ......I,. ..I '
clerk adopted dial mode of extinguish
ing her.
Ono of iho must accomplished young
ladies of Sclnia, Ala., was hailed on the
struct by it bystander, who very politely
knocked 11 tat olf Iter bustle, where It
was enjoying it delightful n .0. As the
varmint Atruck the ground .uitl the lady
buw that it was nctuuln live rat, she
had a lively loot nice lot imo distance.
Washington A valuncho.
'IVatlnj UluillOKits,
It doesn't icq 11 Ire an expeit to tell
whether u diamond In genuine or not
Tho tost l very biuiple, and can bo made
in any place and In a moment. All you
need is a piece of paper ami a lead pen
cil. With tho latter make a small dot
on t'10 paper, then look at it through the
diamond. If you can see but one dot
you can depend upon it that tho stone is
genuine, but if the mark Is scattered, or
shown more than one, you will bo por
Jei 'iy safV in refusing to pay ten cents
for a fctono that may bo ottered you
at $i00. A hi uo stouo may bo tested by
a bath In alcohol. Many yJ.sw stone.
aro made blue by an application of
jwtMbiio, and tlili h overcome by the
aUohol. -St. ijoula (flolo democrat.
C urirlpiel ClB7mnn
The following incident Isrelafut on tho
authority of W L. Hright, M. P.: "Mr.
Bright went into an agricultural district
ono day. and he had to walk from the sta
tion a long way into tho villago. On the
ivay a clergyman who was driving in a
dog cart came up to him nnd tho two
men passed tho time of day. Tho cler
gyman ottered to drivo Mr. Bright into
the village, and Mr. Bright accepted tho
otter. The clergyman was a Tory and
ho had liecn reading a speech Mr. Bright
had mado tho previous night, and turn
ing to Mr. Bright ho said: 'liavo you seen
tho papers to-day, sir?"
" 'Yes.' said Mr. Bright. 'What's In
them?"
" 'Why, that rascal John Bright has
been making another speech.'
" 'And what was it about?' asked Mr.
Bright
" 'Why, so-and-so nnd so-and-so,' and
ho went on to relate tho incidents of tho
speech. Tlioy discussed tho topic and
Mr. Bright said:
" 'Well, it is Just possiblo that Mr.
Bright may have been right and that ho
was only expressing Ids honest convic
tions. There may bo something in it.'
" 'Oh, no. there can't Ikj,' said tho irate
clergyman. If I had him hero I'd feel
just like shooting him.'
"Neither revealed his Identity, but bo
fore they separated tho clergyman in
vited Mr Bright to go to his church next
morning, and Mr,
Bright promised to
I i 1
go. And ho kept his word, as lie always
did. Tho clergyman took for his tliemo
Mr Bright's speech, and nt tho conclu
sion Mr. Bright thanked him for his very
able sermon. As lie was going homo to
dinner a friend of the clergyman met
him and said: 'You havo been preaching
undcrdistinguished patronage this morn
ing then.'
" 'No,' said tho clergyman.
" 'Oh, yes, you havo,' said tho friend
'You had John Bright among tho con
gregation. You must havo noticed hlin
in tho front in tho middlo pew. 1 know
him perfectly well, and I nssuro you it
was Mr. Bright.'
" 'Why,' said tho clergyman, '1 drovo
him to tho villago yesterday in my dog
cart and called him a rascal and exe
crated him in nil tho moods and tenbes
and ho never said a word. II 0 kept per
fectly calm and cool. I havo insulted
him. I must go and apologize nt once.' "
St. James' Gazette.
Not Ural t.lvo Frogs.
A good story is told concerning tho
proprietor of tho Hotel Bellovuo nnd ono
of tho well known wits of tho Clover
club. It appears that some timo ago a
privato dinner was ordered in tho hotel,
at which frogs' legs a la oulot was to
form an Important course On tho day
of tho dinner, by some piece of ill luck,
it was found that the supply of frogs had
failed, nnd tho question of where to ob
tain any more became an important one.
In this emergency, as tho proprietor of
tho hotel was bewailing his hard fate,
our Clover club friend approached and
asked what was tho matter. Uo was
told tho sad state of affairs.
"Oh!" saitl he, sweetly, "if you want
frogs, that's all right. I havo two dozen
largo one! in tho fountain on my place in
Germautown. You can havo them if you
like. Send your man out now and I'll
givo him a noto to my gardener." The
otter was accepted with ettusivo thanks.
Tho man was duly called, given tho noto
and dispatched for tho frogs, and both
proprietor and guest wished him god
speed. In about two hours ho returned, and
his face wore a sort of puzzled expres
sion. "Havo you got tho Irogsi1 said bis
master. "No, sor," saiil tho faithful ser
vant. "Weren't thero any there?" inquired
tho Clover club man, meekly. "Shure
thero was, sor," said tho other, "but, sor,
they wero iron frogs." "How very stupid
of mo not to have mentioned tho fact be
fore," remarked tho wicked joker as he
departed from tho hotel.- Philadelphia
Times.
Tho Vorlc of Modern ChcuiUtry.
Some years ago, in tho course of a con
versation with nu eminent mathemati
cian, I asked in all seriousness whether
he could givo mo a definition of mathe
matics that would convey to mv mind
oven a faint Idea of tho object in view in
mathematical investigation, Ho replied:
It is Impossible to givo such a defini
tion as impossible as it is in tho case of
chemistry." "But," said I, "I think I
can givo u definition of chemistry which
would havo some value; and then, with
a little time to think, I suggested a defi
nition, which elicited this remark: "I
could certainly givo an equally bald defi
nition of mathematics." 1 have fre
quently thought of this subject since,
nnd havo wondered whether it is possiblo
to convey to the minds of those who are
not chemists a clear idea in regard to tho
work chemists aro doing. Thodilllculties
aro great as great, 1 supioso, as in tho
case of mathematics, for chemists aro uo
longer engaged in tho study of familiar
phenomena, but are dealing with matters
which lie far beyond tho limits of ordi
nary observation. Tho Popular Science
Monthly.
V New Ailment from Wheat.
According to l-o Genie Civil, Dr. Du
jardiu-Bcuumctz recently exhibited at
tho Paris Academy of Medicine a now
alimentary substance "fromentino"
which is obtained from wheat by tho aid
of Beclal millstones. Fromentino is the
embryo of wheat reduced to Hour and
deprived of the oil which it contains.
The substance contains three times more
nitrogenous subttance than meat, and a
strong proportion of sugar, Thus, the
nmouut of nitrogenous matter in it Is 01
percent., while thatof the richest meat,
mutton, is but 21 per cent., and the pro
Krtiou of digestible substance reaches
B7 per cent, of the total weight. Hence
it would appear that it might advan
tageously replace powdered meat us a
concentrated fowl. It can be used for
making soups, and oven for making bis
cuits, the taste of which would not bo
disagreeable,
Tho wheat germs employed are a by
product in the Schwletzer process ot
manufacturing a flour which can Ih kept
for a long timo without detorwrutimr.
HIGH HAT3 IN THEATRES.
1 MniiHcrr Attribute thn Nnlnnro t Im
perfection In the IMnyhiiime.
Some pcoplo contend that the evil of
itgh hats is aggravated considerably by
J10 defects of our theatres, where suffl
;ient slope is not given to tho rows of
icats, said a well known Now York
manager. In an ideal playhouso each
spectator should bo able to have an un
interrupted view of tho stage. It was so
in all the Roman amphitheatres, and
ilso on the Greek stage, owing to tho
height of the platform where tho per
formers moved and breadtli of the spaco
given to the chorus, who occupied tho
ground wo cover with orchestra and
stalls. Some of the newly erected
theatres in this city aro much better off
In tiiis respect than the older houses.
By way of contrast, look at the con
veniences proposed in a new London
playhouse Tho visitor will find his
allotted seat a center of convenience and
comfort On cold nights he is to havo a
hot water lottle to Ills feet. Ho will
drop a penny into a slot on the left, and
out will pop a bill of the play By de
livering a shilling into an aperture on
his right he will obtain an opera glass.
Books of the words can be secured by
turning a handle behind him. There
will be a placo for his hat, another for
his umbrella, a third for his top coat.
By pressing a button ho can send a
telegram: touching another ho can call a
! I. 1 1 ...Ml ..... I. i !.. e . I.
ciiu. iiu w 111 w.iiil Homing, 111 tact, out
a telcphouo to his wife, so that between
tho acts he can ask her how the baby is
getting on, and tell her not to sit up for
him, as he is going to take supper with a
friend. Wo are not quito sure of all
theso details, but such aro tho general
impressions to bo gathered from various
paragraphs which have appeared respect
ing tho new placo of amusement erected
by an eminent dramatist for a success
ful manager.
Wo livo in hope that one-half of theso
agreeable attractions and sweet boons
may bo realized, for the play going pub
lic has been long taught by bitter ex
perience not to expect too much. Even
in some places where the electric light
flourishes, tho ventilation leaves much
to bo desired. In fact, wo aro not quito
suro but that tho gas "sunlight" of other
theatres does not greatly tend to purify
tho air.
Sometimes, on winter nights, tho thea
tres whero concreto and Iron aro used in
stead of wood for partitions and scats,
strike a chill to the flesh and blood of
tho auditors, who shiver and shake
whero they ought to applaud with
warmth and enthusiasm. In timo all
theso raw defects of imperfect reforms
and all theso lingering evils of tho old
regime will disappear, and we hail as a
sign of the millennium tho crowning
mercy of a txninet for ladies that can bo
folded up at theatres and will no longer
vex tho souls of men. New York Star.
Hurled Alive.
An instanco of buried alivo is reported
from Syracuse. For ono such case which,
through extraodinary circumstances,
comes to light, it is only reasonable to
assumo that thero aro many known only
to tho idl seeing eye ami hidden from all
human ken in the depths of an uuvio
lateil grave. Bare as aro these evidences
of a second death, a thousand times moro
terrible than tho first, they aro sulllcient
to engender tho earnest hope that some
means shall bo reached whereby burial
before death shall bo impossible Either
601110 enactment whereby it would be
como a penal oirenso to inter a body that
did not betray certain unmistakable evi
dence of absolute death, or some applica
tion of electrical appliance to tho coflin
and its contents.
There aro no mechanical difliculties in
tho way to provent electrical communi
cation between every recently buried
body and tho olllco or residence of tho
cemetery official or watchman. Nor is
it impossible to construct an electrical
appliance of such delicacy that the
slightest movement in the collin would
sound an alarm that would lead to avert
ing tho worst fato which can possibly
befall man born of women, or woman or
children beloved of man. Electricity haa
long been made to summon men to tho
distant room of a great hotel when a fire
is in its first stages. Surely it is possible
for tho samo subtle servitor to tell of tho
frantic movements of tho wretched mor
tal entombed cro tho vital spark of life
has departed? Pittsburg Bulletin.
Her Monthly Mioiilii.
Farmer llow many yards o' that
truck will it tako tor make ther olo worn
an er dress?
Clerk About twelve, 1 should nay.
"At threo cents or yard it comes ter
thirty-six cents. 1 reckon twelve's er
lectio moro'n she'll need. Just cut off
six yards. Times is mighty close, an'
wo hov ter bo er leetlo savin'."
"Any buttons or thread?"
"No. I reckon not. Sho kin scratch
up ernulf o' them at homo. Craps wa'n't
ex try this yo'r, and wo kain't erford ter
fool no money erway."
"Is thero anything else?"
"1 guess yer may wrap up or quarter'
wuth er sugar an' er dollar's wuth er
chawin' terbacker. 'Pears liko a sin ter
fool erway money for sugar, but ther ola
woman thinks sho kain't livo thoutiu it,
an' ther habit o' usln' It's got bech er holt
on 'or that she gits erway wither quarter's
wuth every month. Say, mebby you'd
Mtcr put up two dollars' wuth o' that
terluicker, for I kain't tell ef I'll be down
hero erglu fer er month, and I waut
plenty ter do me." Time. '
Tho Hod.
Tho advocates of whipping as a meaud
of family discipline are accustomed to
quote Sploinon as saylngi "Sparo tho rod
und spoil tho child." What Solomon said
was; "Ho that spiueth the rod hateth hU
son." But the word "rod" in that con
nection docs not necessarily refer to coi1
porul punishment. It simply means pa
rental authority and guidance. The same
Hebrew word is used in Psalm xxlii,
whore David says: "The Lord la my
shepherd: 1 shall not want. His
roil und his stall they comfort me." Tho
roil was the symbol of authority uud
'owur. not a row hide nor a hiokory
wUju). Indiana poll i1"""""1
PIES BY THE MILLION
FACTORIES
GREAT
THAT PRODUCE THE
AMERICAN STAPLE.
Fruit Peeled. Ml lire in eat Chopped mid
Dough Hulled by 1'owerful Mnrhlnery.
Score of (lirli. filled lth I'len of All
Rlre anil Slmpe.
Americans are great pie caters, or havo
tho reputation of being such, any way
For a great many years tho consumption
of these savory edibles has leen looked
ujkmi as one of our most distinguished
characteristics, and there is no doubt
mat mere is goon grounii lur 1111s lhjiioi.
for thero is no place on the globe where
1. ... a 1. 1 1 1 r . t...i:..e
the subject of pie making and pie eating
has received so much attention
And when it comes to pie eating. New
York city is not Iwhind the rest of the
Union, for It is estimated that in this
City there are consumed daily not less
than "o.OOO of these somewhat indigest
ible dainties'
KItOM WIIKNCR COMIi THEY?
But where do they all come from? is a
question that is frequently asked.
The majority of them are manufactured
in small bakeries around town, but there
are several concerns, each of which is
kept going day ami night, und produces
from 15.000 to W.OOO pies of all size?
daily every day of the week, mounting
into millions in the course of a year
A reporter visited one of these immense
pie factories. It is located on Sullivan
street not a very desirable locality, it
would seem, but tho ntcrior was as neat
as a pin.
It was surprising to seo how every
branch of the business was conducted
Everything moved along with really au
tomatic precision.
The entire building fs divided into sep
arate departments. In ono department
the manufacture of mincemeat is carried
on by machinery: in another the fruit is
prepared, while in a third the immense
quantity of dough that is used is made.
The fruit is peeled by machinery and cut
by hand.
In tho room where the pies are made
there are several long tables at which sev
eral men stand.
Tho dough is brought to them in large
buckets holding about thirty pounds. A
lump is then put on tho table and rolled
out, cut in smuu squares nnu lam on tin
plates. These plates aro then handed
along to a man who stands ready, with
knife in hand, to shave ofT tho ends of the
dough which hang over tho outside of
the plates.
Tho plates are then placed In rows in a
wooden tray and taken to tho fruit coun
ter to receive their "insides." The men
at tho fruit counter hold a large wooden
spoon in their hand, anil as tho tray comes
oeiuiu mem uioy mi.ii i-.iun n Min i-
ally with fruit or sauce, as tho case may
Iw. Tho plates are then replaced on the
trays and carried to another table, where
they receive the top crust, alter winch
they aro put on an elevator ami sent to
tho cellar, where thov aro baked.
Thero tiro a half score of ovens in this
place, each of which will hold 400 four
cent pies, or 1120 fourteen cent pies. The
four cent pies aro retailed at livo cents
and Iho fourteen cent article sells for
twenty cents.
It requires two men to run an oven,
ono man stands at tho door of the oven
and directs his partner whero lo put the
next consignment. The man w ho places
the pies in tho oven holds in his hands a
long, shovel liko arrangement with a
haudlo fifteen or twenty feet long. The
pies are put on tho shovel in couples and
are then put in to bake.
This takes twenty minutes, ami when
finished tho hot and juicy dainties are re
moved, put in cases and sent to tho wag
ons. FOIlTY WAGONS IIAUUNO I'lKS.
Thero aro many other details connected
with tho business that havo not been
spoken of. For instance, in ono depart
ment seven women aro employed all day
long washing tin plates, which are dried
by an improved steam apparatus.
Tho busiest timo around tho building
is at o o'clock, when tho hands go to
work. Thero aro not less than ono hun
dred and ten people employed in the
factory. They work until U o'clock in
tho afternoon, anil then leave, oyly to
icturn at a corresiKinding hour tho fol
lowing morning.
Tho drivers begin to go out on their
daily rounds at 4:110 o'clock in tho morn
ing. und all return by noon, for thero h
no sale for pies in the afternoon. It re
quires thirty-five wagons to supply the
company's custoinei-s in New York, Jer
sey City and Brooklyn, and thero are
live more wagons in Newark, for New
ark is also a great pie eating district,
Thero is 110 doubt but that this is the
largest place of its kind in America, The
manufacture of pies is not confined to
any one size; thero aro small pies that
sell for ft cents, medium size that bring
10 cents nnd tho largo size that sell for 'JO
cents. In addition an immense quantity
of "homo made" pies, bold at 45 cents
each, are manufactured for tho accom
modation of restaurant keepers.
Thero is every variety of pie, chief
of which are apple, mince, Kicli, plum,
lemon, cocoa nut, rhubarb, pineapple and
custard. Berry pies uro made when ber
ries are in season.
To manufacture such an immense
tock it requires not less than SO barrels
of Hour, l.','0O quarts of milk. 8.000 eggs,
D.00O pounds of lard, I'J barrels or alioul
4,000 pounds of sugar, leaides nil tho
fruit. There Is more fruit used in the
composition than anything else, and to
show how much used it is only neces
sary to say that twenty barrels of apples
aro used every day. Although thore aro
only about 13.000 or 20.000 of theso pies
sold daily tho factory could, if necessity
arose, produce U3.000 a day.
But taking tho average sales per day,
say 17.500, It makes tho weekly produc
tion (allowing six days to tho week, for
no work is p0 formed on Sunday) 105,
000; the monthly 455,000, uud tho yearly
0,477,500 pies.
And all this from only ono plo foundry!
Is It auy wonder that tho Americans are
u race of dvspcptlcs? New York Evcu
tn World. O
Contncion Dliea.
The Frertch government has made A
rrant of $25,000 a year to defray tho ex
penses of the Pasteur institute, in Paris,
tho cost of founding which several hun
dred thousand dollars was contributed
by various governments nnd private in
dividuals. Tho purposo of this institute
is. as all know, the prosecution of experi
mental research with a view to tho cure
nf lirilmnlinbi.i In nnv countrv a very
' raro disease. Diphtheria, scarlet fever,
1 typhotd fever, measles, yellow fever,
ci,0era nnl other preventable diseases,
on tie ot,er mmi, count their victims
DV thousands; yet there is in no coun-
. . .....
try
nnv
a 6ix;cial csiaoiisnmeni in winun
a I I . r
one of them can oe sciemuicaiiy
studied, nnd letter means arrived at for
their prevention or their cure, and arrest
from spreading All contagious msea.ses
are preventable. For their development
two things are required First, tho
special germ which produces them, sec
ond, suitable bodily conditions to allow
it to flourish
If wo could destroy their germs, they
would cease. But to do this would ne
cessitate universal co-ojwration on the
partof all individuals in the community,
which is practically iuiK)ssiblo The liet
ter way is to secure such bodily condi
tions as will prevent their development.
The success that has attended vaccina
tion for smallpox, and is now attending
vaccination for hydrophobia, points to
the likelihood of achieving this by somo
process of vaccination for diphtheria,
typhoid fever, scarlet fever, etc. Why
will not some large minded and philan
thropic person or persons endow an in
stitute or institutes in this country, as
individuals and governments havo dono
in Franco, for the purKse of studying
these more fatal and common diseases,
which kill their tens of thousands whero
hydrophobia carries off a single case?
In so good and eminently practical a
, work America should not lag behind,
1 Boston Herald.
Strange Alilinalit.
It cannot Ik? denied that "a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet," but
certainly it would not be as available for
poetry if called by some pretentious, sci
entific term Indeed, the names of sci
ence, when heard bv ears unfamiliar
I witn ,,lr ,,..,,, jIllr. hove ol ton a terrifv-
ing sound
Two young men were studying, unler
the microscope, the bacteria found in
ditch water, and one of them proposed
that they should take their work home
from the class room, after tho usual hour
for remaining there Ono of them, who
lived witli a maiden aunt, said that he
was sure sho would allow them to use her
dining room table, where they would
1 havt )llinly of an(1 oll arrivjnK at
i tho ,us(, hp Ilml(t. request.
..W,v don't you look tit your livo
1 ti,jngsal H(.,. and leave them there?"
,, i(,ujriMl, with manifest distasto for
t)10 whole subject.
"Because we've found such beauties
today, we can't bear to stop looking,"
said her nephew "Let us liavo tho ta
ble, won't you?"
" Ye-yes. you may have tho table," waa
tho somewhat grudging response, nnd
tho young men, wondering why auntie
was so peculiar, set to work. Presently
she appeared again, this timo holding
her skirts gingerly about her ankles, that
they might not touch the floor
"Boys." said she. taking a careful
glance in every direction, "do bo careful
of those things, won't you?"
"What, the bacteria?"
"Yes. Don't let any of tho creatures
get out, and hide about tho room, so
that you can't catch them." Youth's
Companion.
Wlmt He Would Have Said.
A certain lady in Paris gives periodical
dinners, at which assemble most of the
best known wits and literati of tho day.
Tho rule of tho mansion is that while
ono erson discourses no interruption
whatever can bo permitted. It is said
that M. Kenan onco attended ono of these
dinners, and, Iwing in excellent vein,
talked without a break during tho whole
repast. Toward tho end of tho dinner a
guest was heard to commence a sentence,
but ho was instantly silenced by the
hostess. After they hnd left tho tablo,
however, sho at onco informed tho ex
tinguished individual that, as M. Kenan
had now finished his conversation, she
would gladly hear what he had to say.
The guest modestly declined; tho hostess
insisted. "1 am certain it was some
thing of consequence," sho said. "Alas,
madaine," ho answered, "it was, indeed;
but now it is too late. 1 should have
liked a little moro of that ieeil pudding."
San Francisco Argonaut.
Horned at tho Stake.
What a little way wo are, after all,
from tho dark iigesl How many of my
readers are aware that It is only IOC
years this mouth sinco the last criminal
was burned at tho stake in London and
that criminal a woman? Hero is tho ac
count of that event which a eorresion.
dent has bent mo: "On tho 18th of
March, 17S0, nino wretches wero ex
ecuted at Newgate four for burglary,
ono for theft and threo men and ono
woman for coining. After tho men
were 'turned olf,' as 1. phrase- wont,
tho wretched woman v . brought out,
tied to a stake, m 1 rued to ashes,
after tho form o: t -tangling her had
been gono through by removing the
stool whereon sho stood nnd so throwing
her weiglit on tho cord which bound her
throat to the stake. Christian Murphy
was (so far as 1 can discover) tho last
womnn burned alive in London, though
possibly a later victim may havo been
executed in somo country towu." Lon
dou Truth.
Iho Mo.t Yaloablo Metal.
"If I gnvo you a iound of motal and
ordered you to make tho most out of it,
what kind of motal would you soloct?"
nskod a well known jowolor. "Gold, of
course," was tho prompt roply. "I'd
prefer a ound of steel," 6aid tho jew
eler, "and I'd havo it .adu into hair
springs for watalQv. A pound of such
Bprlngs would coll for an oven $140,000,"
Buffalo Kxpross.
PERSONAL AND (MPERSONAL.
Miss Fannie Maeaultty. who died a
few days ago at Brighton. England, at
the ago of eighty, wtis the last sur
viving sister of Thomas Bablngton
.Macaulay.
I Ono of Murat"s daughters. Lulsa.
Murchesa Hasponi. is said to bo still
living, at the ago of ninety-two, in
Havenna. Italy. She was. therefore,
nineteen in LSI."), when Napoleon I. wtw
i dethroned and her father shot.
Assistant Doorkeeper Bnssett has
been in tho employ of the United
States Senate for fifty-eight years. Ho
recently celebrated his golden wed
ding, nnd was then made the recipient
of a handsome present from tho Sen
ators. E. B. Ball, tho nearost living
relative of George Washington, oc
cupies a stall in the south corridor of
tho Pension Building at Washington,
whero he sells cigars and fruit to tho
clerks. Ho is nearly eighty years old,
and bears a striking resemblanco to
tho Father of his Country.
Philip Armour, tho Chicago meat
king, ascribes much of his success to
' good memory. Ho is said to carry tho
1 details of his enormous business in his
head, can remember dates as well as
transactions, and never forgets a
man's face or name. Tho gift is nat
ural but has been sedulously culti
vated. John Wanamaker's country placo
at Jonkin town is said to absorb his at
tention as completely when out of town
as business does at tho storo in Phil
adelphia. IIo is a liberal entertainer,
nnd his hail-fellow freedom and jollity
aro contagious. IIo has a splondid
collection of roses and orchids, and his
rhododendrons aro famous in tho
neighborhood.
Mrs. Stan'oy Brown, formerly Miss
Mollie Gaitlold, daughter of tho dead
Presidont, is described as a singularly
beautiiul womnn, with a slender but
almost faultless form. Tho impresslvo
effect of her beauty Is said t be height
ened by "undisguisablc suggestions of
-silliness," which havo lingered about
her eyes and month over since the dark
days of '81, when she lost tho father
she idolized.
Miss Breckinridge, daughter of
H10 Kentucky Congressman, said to a
Wa hington writor. recontly: "Wo
once lived at tho samo hotel with Gon
cral and Mrs Harrison. She is ono of
"10 sweetest women in tho world, and
.vill bo verv popular. Sho takes sin
cere p'easuro in doing good and mak
ing everybody happy. Wo young girls
wero all in love with hor. Sho used
to givo us a great deal of pleasure, and
I do not suppose that she was over
conscious of it.1'
"A LITTLE NONSENSE.'
In Keiii'dnr it is understood that
tho oinpioyer -hall board tho cook's
family. Tho easo Is similar in Amer
ica, only he em ploy or doesn't under
stand it. Drake's Magazine.
Tho lat words of great men aro
till recorded in the books, but tho last
words of women, great and small,
havo always been too much for tho
historians. Journal of Education.
Kuseuer (to man ho has just cut
down) "Tho boys lynched yor, and
leftycr fur dead, did they? Well, how
do yor fool now?" Half-hanged man
"Quite unstrung." Boston Beacon.
Dullard "Now this is outrageous.
Here's Casket has charged the widow
Jones .$500 for her husband's funeral."
Brightly "Well, you must always ex
pect a stiff bill from an undertaker."
Lowell Citizen.
Family meatman "I understand,
Mr. Smith, that your oldest daughter
was married yesterday. Permit mo to
tender my congratulations." Smith
"Thanks; if you would do tho same by
your meat, howevor, it would bo moro
gratifying." Burlington Free Press.
Tho oo:il mail ho whistled a melody Ray,
As he llxed up the scales in n fanciful way,
And he nodded and stalled while ho oarolod
thMay:
"As we journey through life, let U9 live by tho
wolgli."
Merchant Traveler.
Mrs. Tempertoii "Henry, father
wrote 1110 yesterday that ho wants to
get a typewriter. What is tho best
kind, do you think?" Tomperton (im
mersed in stock questions) "I liko
'om about twenty-four with dark bluo
eyes." Munsey's Weekly.
Stranger "How aro base-ball
prospect- in Tcrro II auto?" Terro
Ilauto citizen "Bad. All gono to tho
dogs, so to speak." Stranger "Ah,
that accounts for tho sight of so many
canines with catchors' masks on, I
suppose." Terro Hauto Kxpress.
A gontloman mooting a friond on
tho street stopped him to condole with
him on his emaciated appearance, and
inquired anxiously as to tho cause.
"Alas!" said tho friond, "I havo suf
fered for years with walking in my
sleep. I havo walked out of tho door
at night, havo been saved when about
to step from an upper window, and am
now so in dread of fatal results that I
fear to sleep at all." "An easy matter
to cure," replied tho first gontloman.
"Tako car faro to bed with you and
you won't walk." Philadelphia Press.
A Modest Request. They wore
going homo from tho opera, and as she
had occupied tho most prominent seat
in the box. carrying his $12 bouquot
and been seen by every 0110 sho know,
she wits In a most amlablu mood.
"Dear Chni'loa," she said, softly, "you
have heon very kind to-night. Is thoro
nny thing (nulling oloier) Unit I can
do for you before you go?" "Yos,
Mabel." ws his eager reply, as ho
looked Hi her roay lips, -you win, If
you you will, lond ma ten- owUs to
pay my wir faro home," PhllupUla
Inquirer.