A Perfect Baking Powder.
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a
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These unscrupulous manufacturers are being found out,
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Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re
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purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned.
The Dominant Itace in Stlierta.
It "was a bad day for eastern Siberia
when tho Yakouts were crowded up to
the Lena by the victorious Tungu&i, for
they in turn dispossessed the weaker
tribes which they found in possession of
the country, and established themselves
as far eastward as the Kolyma river, on
tho frontier of Tchuktchi, the most
eastern tribe of Asia, wlioso ultimate
boundary is tho Arctic ocean and Bch
ring sea. Tho Yakouts. or Jakuts, have
always possessed a higher civilization
than is found elsewhere in the same lat
itude, except in Iceland, Finland and
Norway; and by their superior intelli
gence and force of character they have
stamped their impress upon all with
whom they have come in contact.
Theirs is the dominant language from
the basin of the Lena to tho extreme
eastern coast of Siberia. All the Tun
gusi speak Jakut. Russian is scarcely
known in two-thirds of its Asiatic pos
sessions. For centuries the Jakuts have
been the common carriers for all the
peoples with whom they have- had com
mercial intercourse. "Without the
Jakut and his horse," says Middendorf,
J. . l-.-A 1
xne eminent niuunwisi aim oiocrian ex
plorer, "tho Russians would never
have been able to penetrate to the sea
of Ochotsk, and from thence to the
Aleutian chain; but for him they never
would have settled on the Kalyina. nor
have opened commercial intercourse
with the Tchuktchi and the eastern Es
i quimaux. Hefore the possession of the
Amoor had opened a new road to com
merce (1640) thousands of pack horses
used annually to go to Ochotsk."
Charles Hallock in Now England Maga
zine. A Familiar IJxperlence.
glimpse of a boy making a whistle. I
wonder how many of rny readers re
member the willow whistles they have
made? Perchance you recollect how
well big brothers or visiting cousins
could uiako them. You can call to
mind the old willow tree by the gate,
and the square topied post on which
you sat, while tho good natured boy
was astride tho fence, and cut. whittled
and twirled tho bit of wood until a
sharp, clear noto nssurcdyou that your
treasure was completed. Then you
slid the looso green bark oft and on so
often that by and by it cracked and
wouldn't 6tay put.
Yon set to work to make one your
self, for it looked so easy, and you
gashed the big kitchen knife into tho
stick selected and tried to peel off the
"rind." It always came off in two or
more pieces and your Angers slid along
tho white wood, slippery with the sap.
Then you gave up and teased some one
to make you another. It's tho same
old story the same old restless, frolic
somo childhood that those who lived
in the country can call to mind with
half a smile and a little longing. To
ronto Globe.
A Big Urmia.
The brain of the maniac homicide.
Daley, who killed J. G. C. Kennedy
aoroo years ago, and who committed sui
cide at St. Elizabeth's a few days since,
has been examined. It was found to
weigh fifty-nino and a quarter ounces,
thirteen or fourteen ounces more than
thoaverago weight of a man's brain. It
was to all appearances in good order, and
exhibited no symptoms of diseaso or
malformation, so far as could bo told,
though a microscopical examination may
show some. If an expert should be
shown Daley's brain, and not know any
thing about tho man, ho would probably
regard it as tho brain of a very intelli-
gen-man. Washington Post.
To Slaughter tha Sparrowi.
It stated that corn meal mixed with
trong brine or moistened with salt, dried,
i . t. ... th.
Harrows, is as sure m electricity, therefore
' - I... I. Tll.ll. .t.lr.1.1.
cord.
TORTURING LIVE POULTRY.
I It True That I-'iiitN Are Shipped In
CrntcH That Destroy Health anil I.liV?
The pains and brutal treatment of live
cattlo en route from the west to New
York have often leen the subject of com
ment anil even of legislation, hut tho
friend of live poultry has yet to be
heard from. The counlry dealer in livo
poultry packs (there is no word that bet
ter describes the thing done) his geese,
ducks, chickens, etc., in crates of the
smallest possiblo height that he can get
the fowls into, aud each crate is packed
until the fowls are as close to each other
as dead sardines are in their boxes. Then
the crates are stowed in two rows from
ten to twelve feet high on a flat car or
in an open cattlo car. and away they go.
When the car reaches tho New York
terminus it is drilled about on the
switches, and finally, after no one knows
how many hours of misery on the cars,
tho fowls are placed on trucks and
driven to tho consignees at the markets.
There the dead are taken from the crates
and the living during that day or tho
next go to tho retailers, it is not until
after three or four days in that vile
prison that the fowl is relieved from its
torture by death.
That they suffer real torturo is evi
dent on a moment's consideration, it is
a pity that the shipK.rs could not bo
made to realize what tho torturo is by
packing them shoulder to shoulder, in
crates so low that their heads must be
kept forward, and their chins on their
breasts continually; or, to approximate
tho condition of the fowls accurately,
they should he obliged to stand with
their backs bent at an anglo of 30 degs.
People who have tried to sleep with
their legs curled up in a railroad seat,
and have woke up with tho cramp, wish
ing they could straighten out for just
one minute, may form a slight idea of
what the fowls suffer during a three
days' confinement in a coop.
Tho fact that a definite per cent., tol
erably well known among poultry deal
ers, of the fowls die from their suffer
ing is also conclusive evidence that the
suffering is great.
Further than that, they aro kept for a
long timo without water to drink, while
tho lower crates in tho stocks on the
cars become intolerably offensive from
tho drippings from tho upper tiers.
There does not seem to bo any ade
quate remedy for this condition of af
fairs. The shippers have calculated the
losses from death and find that tho losses
are less than what tho increased cost of
freight would bo were fowls shipped in
crates higji enough to allow them head
room. That tho fowl gets tho headache
and becomes feverish is n fact of no con
sequence to the shipper, because it does
not diminish his profit
In many markets in the city one can
see signs saying that fowls will bo killed
to order. Tho buyer has an idea that ho
can thero get fowls in better condition
than when he buys tho country killed
fowls. Very likely ho can in some well
managed shops, whoso proprietors tako
pains to turn their fowls out in a clean
yard to recuperate, but it is almost
enough to givo a person tho typhoid
fover to eat a fowl killed out of one of
tho miserable crates they must travel in
when coming to Now York. If any ono
thinks this is overdrawn let him watch
a truck load of crates as it arrives at one
of tho markets somo morning. New
York Sun.
Automatic fcnu Holler.
An ingenious littlo device has just ap
peared which will put an end to one, at
least, of the troubles by which the soul
of tho housewife is vexed. This consists
of tho automatic boiler, a littlo clock
which will stand on tho range, with its
face divided into four spaces of a minute
each. Setting tho joiuter ut tho minute
or fraction which is required, tho eggs,
contained in a wire basket suspended
from a lever connected with tho clock,
remain in the boiling water tho required
length of timo, when a ratchet is uu
latched and tho wire basket U lifted out
of tho water. Exchange.
An Englishman has bought the con
tents of tho royal cutlu or Nnremberg,
containing tho moat complete collection
of Instrument of torture e xlant.
THROUGH DARKNESS TO DAWN.
A day will span the llfo of roan.
The sunrise m hts birth,
And soon, oh soon the .sunset comas
And he returns to earth.
Ills little liny flows swiftly by
And evening comes at last
The day Is sinking lower yet
His day of strength is past
And tn the eventide of life.
Before the Mm lias set.
The golden clouds of glory com.
Before the night of death.
The tide of life It ebbing fast.
The crimson clouds nro gone
But on the other side of death
There breaks another dawn.
The brilliance of his noontide life,
Tho glory of his duy,
Tho brightly (laming' golden cloud
Of sunset fndo aay
But beyond the veil of death.
Beyond tho mystic night.
That brighter sunrise waits hun
Yet, In melody and light.
When man has entered on his night.
His sun of glory set
Then s Iftly rends tlio mystic mantle
In the halls of death.
The soul has burst the chrysalis
Tho night forever gone
The sunburst of eternity breaks
In tlio golden dnwn!
Louis S. Ainonoti in 1'hiladelphla Ledger.
a mmctIyk "story.
Ono day, as 1 returned to police head
quarters, after having put in several
hours on a till tapping case, I found a
queer looking old man awaiting me.
Ho was, I should say, at least 55. Ho
wore a reddish wig, shaved clean, was
very precise about, his clothing, and was
eccentric in speech and action. As he
met mc, ho said:
"Dem it, sir, but you should havo
more manners than to keep mo cooling
my heels around it place like this!"
"But I didn't know you were here."
"It was your business to kuowl Dem
it, sir. I am put out with you, sirl"
"Well, I am here, and now what can I
do for you:"
"Resign vour place hero at once!"
"What?""
"Can't you understand tho English
language? Resign, sir."
"For what reason?"
"That you may engage with mo."
Ho handed mc his card, and I saw that
his name was Ronald Terry. After a bit
he informed me that he was an old bach
elor, with plenty of cash, and that ho
had a scheme on hand which he wished
to work out. Ho offered to engage ma
for two years at four times tho 6alary I
was then receiving, but would not tell
me what the work was. After two or
three interviews with him and after as
certaining from trustworthy men that
ho was what ho represented himself, I
closed with his offer. Tho day I entered
upon his service he said to me:
"You have been in most of tho largo
cities of tlio United States. Did you
ever happen to notice a situation liko
this: A street about fifty feet wide run
ning off a business street nt an angle,
but only two blocks long before it ended
at a bluff? This short street is built up
with brick houses. On the first corner
on tho right is a drug stone. Tho inter
secting street is hardly wider than an
alley and is not paved."
"I think you will find something very
like it in almost any city, excepting tho
bluff. It is not unusual for streets to
como in that way."
"But tho bluff. If the short street
does not end at a bluff our search will
bo useless."
"Wo shall have to go from town to
town until wo find it."
"Exactly, and we start to-morrow.
Be at my hotel at 8 o'clock in tho morn
ing. I shall lay out our route, and when
ever wo arrive in a city you will do the
searching. That's what I have hired you
for."
From the foregoing you will bo pre
pared to believe that 1 thought him
"light in tho head," as tho expression
goes, if no worse. However, as ho had
tho money and was his own master, and
as ho was paying mo a big salary, it was
not my business to find fault. I soon
discovered that he had his own peculiar
ideas in the most trifling matters. For
instance, I was not to know him when on
the train. I must, if possible, tako tho
front end of thu car, while ho took the
rear. At the hotel I must, if such an
arrangement were possible, sleep on tho
floor abovo him. Any business between
us must bo done as formally as if wo had
never met.
At our first stopping place ho planned
to stay just so many days. I was to
cover only so much of tho city per day.
A queer duck you will think him, but I
couldn't record tho tenth of his strange
doings and sayings.
Wo went directly to Portland, Me., to
begin our search, and although I could
havo covered tho city in two days he
planned that we should stay sixteen.
Therefore, after the first two days, I had
nothing to do but loaf around. On tlio
seventh day ho sent his card to my room
with a request that I call upon him on a
matter of business, aud when I entered
he asked:
"Well, what progress in your search?"
"I can find no such street here, sir."
"Very well: I givo you nine more days
In which to make sure."
I spent tho 'nine days in fishing and
sailing, and wo went from Portland to
Augusta. Wo put in six days there, and
then went to Montgomery, VL We took
each state in rotation, visiting every
city abovo 10,000 population in each
state, and by the time wo wero through
with tho state of New York tho first
year was up. i.very nay tounu air.
Terry tho 6amo queer, quaint specimen
of humanity. Tho same formality was
observed, and once, in a railroad smash
up, when I ventured to address him to
inquire if ho had been hurt, ho looked
at mo. with a cold stare and replied:
"Dem it, sir, you must havo mistaken
mo for somo ono else!"
Wo wero well along in the second year,
and wero in Wilmington, Del,, when I
met an old friend from tlio west and told
him what a wildgooso chaso I was on.
He looked at tho diagram for a few
minutes and then said:
"You'll btriko this in Cincinnati. I'
could guide you to the exact spot."
lie went fishing into his baggage and
found an old map of Cincinnati, and In
five minutes we had located tho spot. I
sent my card up to M- Terry, nad fol
lowed it to inform him of my discovery,
but ho sat down on mo with:
"Dem it, man, if you uro tired of my
ways and wages, you can quit! I told
you at tho outset that 1 should run this
thing tnyself!"
And to provo that ho meant to, he
planned a route which did not permit
us to reach Cincinnati for nearly four
mouths. Ho gave me to understand, on
arriving there, that wo should remain
thirty-ono days; and, although I could
havo found "B" street in an hour, I
knew Mr. Terry too well to object to his
plans. On tho second day I went over
tho street. It was ancient and rather
queer, but no more so than many oth
ers. It was tenanted by a poor but re
spectable class of people.
Naturally enough, I had always had a
great curiosity to know why my queer
employer wanted to find this street, and
so, day in and day out, I pursued my in
vestigations. 1 asked every resident for
information of Terry, but no ono had
ever heard of him. Tho last houso on
tho left hand side was chock up against
tho bluff. One standing on tho high hill,
of which Cincinnati has so many, could
have dropped a stone down upon tho
roof of this house.whieh was old and un
tenanted. 1 inspected it outside and in,
aud saw from its condition that it had
been unoccupied for years. It was a
frame, and the floors were about gone,
the plastering all off, and tho doors and
much of tho partitions had been carried
away for fuel. It struck mo that this
old houso held the key to tho mystery,
but though 1 searched high and low I
could find nothing.
On tho morning of the thirty-first day
Mr. Terry bent for mo and inquired if I
had found the street. This was tho only
timo he had spoken to me since our ar
rival. I replied that I had, and ho then
said:
"You will go to your room, lock your
self in, and remain until I send for you."
I did nothing of tho kind. I skipped
out, reached "B" street, posted myself
in the hallway of a tenement, and an
hour later saw Mr. Terry appear. Ilo
went straight to the old house, was in
sido for half an hour, aud then came out
with a package in his hand. 1 took it to
be a package of papers wrapped in oil
skin. Ilo walked off without a glanco
to tho right or left, aud 1 look a short
cut and reached the hotel first. After
dinner ho sent for me aud said:
"Our search is ended. You have been
faithful and sensible. Hero is tho bal
ance of your salary for the second year,
aud hero is $1,000 extra. Good-by, sir."
"But won't you enlighten"
"Dem it, sir. good-by," he interrupted,
and 1 picked up my money and went,
and to this ihiy havo never got at tho
bottom facts. New York Sun.
Mine. 1'uttl'n Tresses Create a Furor.
Mine. Patti's sudden transformation
from brunette to blondo may bo taken as
an indication of tho coming hair dressing
fashions. Dark hair has been declared
impossible by the Messrs. Toupet, who
arrange the modes of the season's coif
fures, and it therefore behooves all who
aro possessed of dark tresses and desire
to be "in the fashion" to follow Mmo.
Patti's example and convert themselves
without further delay into possession of
fair hair. Natural blondes will have the
advantage, so far as expense and com
fort arc concerned; but in tho matter of
appearance they will bo no hotter off
than those who havo changed color to
suit the requirements of the hour, for
wig making has been brought to such
perfection as to defy the closest inspec
tion. Consequently artificial hair will
bo very much adopted this season, and
if wo desire to follow in the train of the
exnctinggoddessof fashion wo shall have
to submit to the uncomfortable, unpleas
ant nnd unnatural arrangement of load
ing our heads with other people's hair.
London Lady's Pictorial.
Namlus Navy Vessels.
The naming of vessels of the navy is
regulated by law. Vessels of tho first
class aro required to be named after
6tates, those of the second after rivers,
thoso of the third after tho principal
cities and towns, nnd thoso of tho fourth
as the president may direct. Tho law is
not always observed as closely as it ought
to be, but in tho main it governs naval
nomenclature today. Tho first act Rear
ing on this subject was passed in 18IO,
and was subsequently amended by that
of 1858, to bring it in harmony with the
changes wrought by steam navigation.
Boston Traiibcript. (
A Veteran's Children nt' Prayer.
A veteran of the late war died not
long ago from tho effects of his army
experience, leaving two children, ono of
them a boy in his infancy. This little
fellow, tho other day, wanted to play
prayer meeting, and opened the some by
beginning, "Our Father, who fought la
heaven." "That Isn't right," said his
sister. "Yes it is." persisted the young
prattler: " 't any rate, that's what they
say in Sunday school." It was evident
that tho child had u confused idea in his
mind as to the father who fought on
earth and the "Father which art In
heaven." Boston Transcript. j
i
Human Hair Market.
Tho largest supply of human hair
comes from Switzerland and Germany,
and especially from tho French prov
inces. Tho country fairs are attended
by agents of merchants In Loudon, Paris
and Vienna. Only at Intervals, How
ever, Is a prize like a perfect suit of
golden hair obtained; and it is said that
thero aro orders ahead in the shops of
Paris and Loudon for all tho golden hair
that can be obtained in the next five
years. When a stock of hair is collected
by agents it is assorted, wusiied and
cleaned. Then each hair is drawn through
the eye of a needle and olished. Once
a Week.
A rretty Klectrlcal Kiperlmcnt.
Mako a room quite dark, then take an
ordinary feather duster and dust any gilt
picture framo you may have, applying
tho brush quickly, when littlo spark of
electricity as brilliant as diamonds will
fly off the framo, sometimes as far as
three inches from the corners. Good
Housekeeping. i
STEELE MACK AYE'S TABLE.
tte nail Some Difficulty In Getting- the
Aged Carpenter to Make It.
Steele Mockaye, tho dramatist, can tell a
good story as well as write a good piny.
At Wormley's he was relating somo of his
experiences In tho littlo village of Concord,
N. C, whure ho spent some time.
"I wanted a table mnile," he began, "and
was directed to the village carpenter. Ho
was an aged man, and when I flnnlly
found him he was leisurely engaged In the
manufacture of a colllu. It looked as If ho
had been at work upon the coffin for a
week. I asked him if ho could mnke mo a
table. He 'allowed' that ho could when he
'got at it.' 'And when will you Ret at it?'
I asked. Suddenly ho parried my direct
question with another, 'What kind of a
tahludn you w.int?' ho asked me, with the
air of a man who has got tho enemy cor
nered. "I described the table, and the old man
again fell into deep thought. At lost,
when I showed sotnu impatience, ho told
mo to come again next week.
"A week later I reminded him about my
table. Yes.hu remembered the conversa
tion, but he really did tint think ho could
go to work upon It until he had seen some
of his relatives. He did not exactly know
whom he had to see, nor where they lived,
but ho was positive that they had to Iks
seen Iwforo my table could bo U'gim. Be
sides this he hadn't any lumler.
" 'Where can I get tho lumlier?' I asked
in desperation. Well, he thought it could
bo obtained at the mill. And whero was
tho mill? Twelve miles away. Sol mount
ed my horso aud started for tho lyill. I
found it after a long si-arch. It was a
dilapidated nl?air, and thu saw was half
way through a log. But tho saw was
rusty, a sign that it had not leon in use
for a week. A woman canio out of a houso
nearby and answered my shouts. I told
her that I wanted to see the owner of tho
mill.
" 'What do you want to see him for?' she
drawled. I told her about tho lumber
which I needed, and her husband camo
out. Ho was a long, lean, lank fellow, and
ho was sucking a yam. It was the funniest
sight you ever saw. All during his conver
sation he siirkcd this yam and spoke in
slow, deliberate sentences. Ho dually con
cluded that ho did not caro to tako tho
trouble, to cut tho lumber, and 1 rodo
twelve miles back to town."
"And did you over get the table!" asked
tho reporter, who listened to tho story.
"Down by tho railroad was a factory,"
said Mr. Mackayo. "Nobody tn tho town
had mentioned It, although fifty people
had told miMif thonged aud work deferring
carpenter. I found thu factory by ucci
dent, gave my order for the table, and had
it delivered to me within twenty-four
hours. Washington Post,
A Hallway Mistake.
A man went to a certain railway sta
tion in New Jersey to buy a ticket for a
small village named Morrow, whero a sta
tion had been opened only a few days pre
viously. "Does this train go to Morrow?" miked
tho man, coming up to tho ofllcu in a great
hurry, aud pointing to a train on tho track
with steam up and every indication of a
speedy departure.
"No; it goes today," replied tho ticket
agent, curtly. Hu thought tho man was
"trying to be funny," as tho saying goes.
"But," rejoined tho man, who was in a
great hurry, "does It goto Morrow today!"
"No, it goes yesterday, thu week after
next," said the agent sarcastically, now
sure that the inquirer was trying to mako
game of him.
"You don't, understand me," cried the
man, getting very much excited as tho en
gine gave a warning toot; "I want to go to
Morrow."
"Well, then," said tho agent sternly,
"why don't you go tomorrow, and not
como fooling around here today? Stop
asldu, please, and let that lady approach
the window."
"But, my dear sir," exclaimed tho be
wildort'd inquirer, "it is Important that I
should !m;Iii Morrow today, aud if tho train
stops then', or If I hero Is no train to Mor
row today"
At this critical juncture, when thero was
some danger that thu mutual misunder
standing would drive both men frantic, an
old official happened along and straight
ened but matters in less than u minute.
The ageut apologized, tho man got his
tloket, and tho train started for Morrow
today. Youth's Companion.
The Hoy with llottle.
A boy about tcu years old was going up
Second avenue with a quurt bottle in bU
hand labelled "Black iuk" in big letters,
and he wus handling it so carelessly that a
fat and fussy man, coming down tho ave
nue, stopped him to say:
"That's jiwtexoctly liko a boy 1 Why on
earth don't you carry that bottlo as you
ought to?"
"I uml"
"No, you ain't! You arc just aching to
have it drop on the sidewalk and spatter
all over somo one!"
"I guess I know how to carry a bottlsl"
growled the boy as he swung it around.
"No, you don't, nor no other boyl What
are you doty; now? If you let that bottle
uropund ,tti'r me with ink I'll cane your'
"WhoV tin any bottlo drop?"
"You are!"
"I hain't neither! I guess I can play
catch with a tottle without ktllin' any
body I"
"Look out!"
"Thero hain't nutliln' to be alarmed
about. Anybody can toon up a bottle and
catch"
"I knew it I knew it!" shouted the fussy
man, as the bottlo came down with a
smash ami he jumped half way across the
street. "Boy, you ought to be licked 'til
you couldn't get home, 1 told you"
But eight or ten people were laughing at
him. It was an empty bottle which the
boy had let fall!-New York World.
The lteiUuralrur' Device.
One of the newest of the swell restaura
teurs In town has hit upon a novel way for
securing high class customers. His plan
is to ask the rich men aud gourmets who
dine at his pluce what dishes they are es
pecially fond of aud in what way they hare
them prepared ut home, ilo then has his
chef muku tho dishes, and he calls them
ufter thu customers who recommend them,
as if, for the sake of example, he should
stew cralw In cream and call the dish
"crabs a Ja Chauncny Depew,"or us if he
should put a crusting of baked powdered
cheese on stewed cauliflower and sboald
name it "cauliflower u la Colonel Fellows."
It takes In nine cuki-m out of ten. Men
who liko good living nearly all have a
knowledge of cooking and are proud to
have it recognized, New York Situ.
A Despairing Cry,
Anntlo (sympathizing!)-) - What's tho
matter, Bobby dear?
Bobby (sobbing Mamma whipped me.
I Jus' wish I'd a Uu Iwrii a orpblnl Kate
Field's Washington.
AN IMPORTANT BILL.
The Iloyiil Itntclnjr l'owder Condemaed
In the New York I.eKldlatorf .
Last Monday Mr. Kelly introduced
the following bill in tho assembly. A
careful reading of it will show that it is
a very impertantone:
A.t Act to prevent tho neo of poison
pus and injurious ingredients in bak
ing powders.
VN iikkkas, Baking Powders manufac
tured in this state, known ns the
"KOYA1," alum and other Baking
Powders aro advertised for sale as abso
lutely pure; and,
Wiikkkas, OHicial examination showe
them to contain ammonia and other in
jurious ingredients ; therefore Tin-: Pko
rLK ok the Stati: ok Nkw Youk, repre
sented in Senate and Assembly, do en
act its follows :
Section 1. Every can or pnekago of
baking powder containing Ammonia
offered for sale in this State shall
have a conspicuous Mabel thereon with
tho words, "Contains Ammonia,"
printed thereon in plain type, not
smaller than great primer, "and any
person who shall sell, or have or offer
lor sale, any such can or package of
baking powder without such label
thereon, shall bo guilty of misdemeanor.
Section 2. This net shall take effect
July 1, 1801. Now York Press, April
13, 1801.
The Musturd Crime.
Nature In her abundant, ever doting
thoughtfttlness has so provided that there
grows a-forest, a-fell and a-lleld a certain
branching plant with dainty yellow blos
soms, from the rich fruitngoof which is
wrought a t'outlitnuut, piquant, permeat
ing aud fascinating to tho good liver. It
Is this which brings .sometimes tho epi
curean tear, beside which that dropped by
somo peri at thu gatu of Paradiso is but as
phosphorus is to flame. Tho name of this
fair plant Is mustard, and Its blessing is
prepared or marred In different ways.
Kuter tlio restaurant, order tho pink,
boiled ham or red roast beef and call for
mustard, aud noto what comes to you.
Pitiful It is to say, hut three times out of
four thu mora or less pampered menial
puts Ixisldo your plate a lilliputhm vessel
containing a brownish substance appear
ing to tho taste a combination of burnt
flour and doubtful vinegar. You niam
your voice in earnest, protest, and are in
formed that you have bcuu served with,
gouuinu French or Herman mustard, aa
tho casu may lie, aud that thero is none
other in thu house. You mako tho best of
a lunching situation which may not he im
proved and try to usu tlio lifeless stuff and
fail, and no white stone may mark the
memory of thu stomach's feast. Your pal
ate has been to thu play, aud tho perform
ance has been found lacking.
There is a muMard, tho pure, golden
powder of the llury seed, which is alike an
appetizer and an inspiration. It Is tha
very soul, the other half, tho very doppel
ganger of curtain things wo out. It la
known vulgarly as Kuglish mustard, and
is the condiment of heroes and of patriots.
Chicago Tribune.
A Mother lllr.l'x Trial.
Whilo tho east side of Broadway, just be
low Fulton street, was filled with people
tho other forenoon n pretty little incident
caused a blockade of pedestrians.
A mother sparrow, flying over the street
with ono of her young in her bill, dropped,
tho wee bird in thu thoroughfare near tha
curb nnd flew frightened to a high window
seat.
An alert messenger boy picked up tha
fuathurud-mlte, and while he held It kindly
in his hand the mother bird chirped in dis
tress. "Take the bird Into tho churchyard,"
said a sensible man in tho throng, pointing
to St. Paul's. His suggestion was acted
upon by tho boy, who cuddled tho bird In
his palms and scooted, followed by a dosen.
other urchins.
When tho youngspurrow was laid in the
grass of the churchyard tho mother took
wing from her perch. Her flight wan
watched with interest aud satisfaction, for
she desceuded to tho spot whero her young
was nestled. New York Herald.
A YHiikee "Snapper."
A New London expressman is about aa
good a specimun of Connecticut Yankee aa
has receutly como to light. He recently
ran across a useless old hurness wblck lie
didn't want, and ho ho traded it with a col
ored man for a watch. Ho then sold tha
watch to a man for $U,50, to bo paid in ia
stallments. Ho got four dollars of It,
when the man went "broke," couldn't pay
any more aud gave up tho watch. Tfa
conditions wero that if he couldn't pay tha
full amount ho would forfeit what was al
ready paid.so thu expressman hail tho watch
and tho four dollars. In n little while av
man camo along who owned a sulky that
he didn't want, and who was glad to trad,
it off for tho watch. Thu expressman ac
commodated him, and considers it the beat
bargain of tho lot. At this rate of progress
it won't bo lotig beforo that sulky will be
worked by easy stages into a house and let.
New Iondon (Conn.) Telegraph.
Ai t In a Hank.
It is not often that an art gallery is fouact
in a bank. Persous who visit the IJnoola
National bank in Forty-second street, how
ever, will see a number of 11 no oil pal&t
lugs some of them quite large haugtac
upon the walls. They are the works
Albert Blerstudt, some twenty in number,
which were deiosited with the hank a year
or so ago for safe keeping. A full length.
oil portrait of Abraham Lincoln, byMar
sle)dl, ha been added to this art collect las.
Tho Hon, Thomas L. James, the presides
of the bank, has an eye for the beautiful
as well as a genius for finance, and W
wanta his patrons to enjoy with him all of
the good things thut ho can get hold of.
New York Times.
Friday hupcratltloas.
Friday, called or old "Block Friday," kaa
been the day of ill omen since the Christ
was crucified thereon. Criminals are al
ways hung on thut day, Friday nlgkfc
dreams are looked for to come true; aad
many really sensible people will not begin
a journey, a plccu of work, or any under
taking whatsoever on Friday, fearing saaaa
disastrous result on account of its lackkaa
repute. Detroit Free Press.
A Market Naturallit.
Fair Customer Those lost oysters jrem.
sold me tasted lUliy.
Dealer I'm very sorry, mum; but fact'
is, mum, oysters aro very sociable creat
ure, mum, uud spends most of their time,
galllvnntlu' around with flubes. Good
News.
The next question to be discussed by
the Brooklyn Women's club Is, 'Uow
Much Time Can We, in Justice to Our
selves and Our Hemes, Ulre to Out
side Matters?" If the husbands war al
lowed to lake part in this dUeuaaioa H
would soon be settled, - j