EL.
”inn Sling
SOI’TH NORWALK. JULY 2-1.
U Port m4 is H i LLS.
Along their heights on peaks of stone
The bird of prey alights;
no rears his young and dwells alone
FACTS FOR THE Cl'RlOlTS.
» 7, In some places in Arizona there hos
been no rain in three years.
Sir John Lubbock has a tame wasp
which will let itself be stroked and which
‘mts sugar from his hand.
When the Romans came to England
they found no language spoken except
\ didcrent varieties of t’cltic.
Stumbling,r has been from the earliest
priod considered ominous." t'icei‘o mcn~
lions it among the superstitionscf hi-
'dav.
It drum was often used as a hell by
town criers at the end of the lost at d be-
ginning of the present century. espe~
Iially in the nortln-ru counties of bug—
hnd' Ind in Scotland.
It is curious/says a writer. that tho'
prevalent belief that the fleece of sheep
sheared on n wnrm day or in warm
weather will weigh more than the same
fleece would if slicired on a cold. dry
day. should be a matter of discussion.
“[001 is excoe lingly absorbent of moist.~
titre. and, of course. when in warm
wrather the heavy tleeee i noses the shevp
to pvrspiro freely the wool will alum-b
the lung ‘r part of the moistu'qe and in-
.- crvnsv in wright. \ ’ .
To a number of soc‘eties formed in vn«
rinus large towns of Germany for to
suppression of usury. may now be. lldtll'vl
another one about to form in Berlin.
’l‘hcio not-iotivs have for object to become ‘
a neutral rallying ioint for pi‘t‘sons of all
pnrtiru and confessions. and to Pillll‘it
matcrial for the 0".\p».a.\'urt‘ of usurious i-s
tablislimvnts: on the supposition thnt in
most tau-s a false slinuin prevents the
ruined \ictiiiis from holding their >0l‘ditl
lllll‘ltlt‘l‘t‘l‘i l‘rsponsililo.‘ _ i
It is reported from Nevada that I far-
mer in that State has bored a well that
j‘sut‘kfi iu llll‘, and mrikcs a loud whis-
tling iioix‘v.“ The import dot-s not say
wlr-tlu-r the farmer was pluiscd at lav~
'ing broad a wcll of this sort. inni‘c‘y in-
tiniatinfir that he was considvrably ~ur—l
prised lf hx- had be in nu :llll‘1llll (‘hi-
uvsv. lll“\\0lllll have l)(‘ n plonwd. for
that people. it is Still. bs‘l'vvid that lifn
was prolongi-d by “swa'lowing tho
breath.“ or :M‘l‘lllll‘ll itiui: air in the sys»
tcin; anl if tu~y had caught the earth
swnll iwing its breath. they undoubti-dly '
would have con-idi-rcd it a good “turn
The “vitalmru” was what the “Ill‘li nt
l‘hi'lcse mod to call the ill‘ thus :lC
quilt-d They would have been prn~
: tonnd‘y impr‘ used by the rirrunisianvo
of Mother Earth drinkuig in the vital
mun with a loud whistlingr “0:30.
(‘oinlcalitles in Plants.
=There is Jark»in~thc~pulpit. the tiowcr
of the plant known ‘ns, ’lndian t lrlllll. f
\Y-hi could cicr look Iii on ‘ of these sin-
gulzir blossoms. says a wnitrr in the West-
Em Io‘rricr officieiim. without that same
stirring of the risiblv- faculties which one.
experirnccs in perusing a parody or curi-
caturc. or wiliit‘s‘lng a pantomixic.‘ The
verv sight of one is provocatic of Illl‘lll.
How many times in my school days did I
challenge the tearhcr‘s frown by in volnn~
' fury giggles at the whimsical link of tho
imprisontd Jack! .
genus At onitum. llJir quaint.
condriil
flowers; suggestive o‘.‘ :in old lady‘s head . "
’l‘ln- wvll known lly l
in a night cap.
ha i. Diana->1 muwipulu, strikes the mind
' wit i all tie effect of ujokc. The lea 'es
of this plant are fringed with stiilvb is«
tics. and fold together when certain hairs
on thi‘ir upper surfarc ure tom-lied. thus
seizing line is that light on lllt‘ul. - Scr-
ing the leaf stand ternptingly open. a
poo: fly pops in for shrlter or food. No
sooner has it touched its feet than some
St'll‘ll‘lve fibers nu- ails-ted. and the. rilia
at tho top'i-losrs in upon tlic intrudcr.
in] irisoning hi n as rtlm tunlly as if u b iy
hat taken him and/closed him in ii box.
The pill‘llcl‘vplalll. or monkey-rap of the
End. althoigh not piu‘t‘c llurly ludicrous.
has a whimsivnl nrrmLcmozt which
bur-tiers closely upon tlzc bum in econ“
om . To the i'outstalk ' of each
lea? of this pant. near the base.
is attached a kind of lvag. shaped
like a pitrher. :nf the same confidence
and color as the leaf in tlic earlier stutn
of its growth. but changing with age ti
a reddish purple. It is girt around w.tli
nu oblique band I‘r hoop. and covercd
with a lid neatly titt ‘d, and inovnblc on
Along the heights;
A sentinel whose soul invites
The lurid clouds that shriek and groan
“'ith frenzy on tempostuous. nights.
0 come! 0 come! for years have shown
The storm but vainly amines
The walls that create Freedom‘s throne
Along their heights.
Upon these walls doth ocean beat
“'ith clamor that appa‘s;
«But wrecks at length his billowy float
Upon these walls;
Then writhos with pain. and backward falls.
And moans within his safe retreat ».
Until again some cyclone calls
0. come from the city‘s boat,
From where decay enthrallg
For ruin cannot plant. his feet
Upon these walls:
011 crests so high. ‘mid racks and bars
There‘s wealth for all who sigh.
No tltful fever srathes and scan
0n crests so high.
Th ~ calm and cool and ope-i sky.
“'ith ull its host: of rhaugcloss stars,
Seems spNud so very close and night
0. come above the cloud that wars
Where tranquil stories lie:
Kn st. ife from soi‘i-nw‘s lowlniil ,nr
01: crusts .\\\ high.
i The spirit fills with joy sublime
0n than enduring hills;
: _\\'itli shoou from heaven‘s uucloudod Clinic,
l The spil‘ll lill\
3 The! bn‘hth liku butt" "I it‘d]; l‘llls
From fountains flow ing through all time
! Into the stitl‘m in: .‘v\l:l lustils.
H. come from out tho ruot'ul grime
l “'hn‘li soon curtain and kills; ’ ' .
l The hills sin; and tlioir lit-aililaxs \‘hlllle
f . The spirit ills.
~li’ufus .l. Clu'lJrcsa.
l
MINE-”WIFE.
l
l So y in think my wife is Alieautiful."
:said my friend. John l rown. 7
' Whru John asked this «llw‘l'i in \vc
! were sitting together i'o'ily in the room
'hs- c lilcd “his dun." llt‘l‘ :uso. as he sasd.
he had things iii its as du ty- disordvrrd
5 and unurrnngq-d as be. please i. However.
”is was a little llt‘lual in in my l‘rii-nd‘s
mind: I llll\':‘ always had a kcclivrobsrr—
vntiou of ttiflrs than John. and as l
elonkcd E-round his «any study I saw in<
(lications that. though l.is papers “'L’rt‘
i left lt‘llglwlhl)‘ untniclwd. and if he laid
‘ n b Mk down ull its four (upon it would
stay there a month und’sturlwd, stil a
feminine hand stoh- in, when lll" grand
lord and master of this
abst-nt and applii-d many a dz-ft toirh
and many a gentil- whisk of the dinti-r.
so keeping his disorder cndur thin to him—
self “lirlc be fondly imagined that he
l was kt-cpiug it unendurabli- to every one
gelsr. Then.- wc «it. I my. bl‘f‘vrt‘ his
I
r
l have a little wood for his den. 0. is: what
; it might. whrn John ihkvd me if I
thought his wife boa .ti‘ful.
I “Why. no.“ said I frankly.
l “But.“ said ulltllll. lo ikitig a little sur-
f priscd. “I saw you leak at her :1 tab 0
l
Monk‘s-hood. 0f the; “0:“ my b‘il'“
i “\Vlbfi' yes.“ Sui-l I. "that is true.
0.“ »
“Then.“ said John. after a low mo—
‘ ments‘ thoughtful pull tll his pipeI “you
i any she is not ln-autiful."
; “X0." said I.
i "l’assnblo. ch “ ~aid .lnlin. looking ut
me with the kind of :iit'.~tic sarcasm in »
; his face which l trmcmbvrvd his having
cultivated so successfully in our coll-go
’ dnys. ‘
"No.“ ~nid I again. with prom-kingr
.: cu‘mni-ss and as much in iillvrencr as l
. could assumef
l
i “lie lo.“ tried .lohu. waking.r up a lit‘ ,
.tlo; ~~perhaps you‘ll tc'l me n \V,_\\‘li:ll.
lake is. if lll‘lllll‘l‘ b arilitul no: passable.
; for I dm‘t see anythin: left but hidw-u».
land if you say that l‘ll thr w _\ouout of
the window. Now I run till _\'le she is
3 beautiful.“
1 “Yes." s id 1 ago'n. with lllt‘ most
studied listlewiaks. ”i brill-l c you. ‘
‘ “l‘ome. “WW." said .lvllll sitting a
‘lllllfl letltfilll'r. “drop lhzt draw. you
used to think so tine \vh- n you war a '
senior. and spi-nk out.
she is lovrly
“well.“
You would sci
if you cool] know hrr
‘
. she said to lllt' tlirn \\ as:
drar; it is my duty now to hold you up‘
(Unfuslou \\ as.
«cozy. opsn tire, for John always would E
with glances I call pronoun near udmira- 5
‘ kind of hinge or strong fiber. which. i "\‘eiy lilzely.‘ said I. that you know
. pausing over the handle. couneits tho 1 hi“? “3‘ seen 1”" “t 1‘“- _ _
Nessel with the leaf. By the shrinkingi “but. 3““ .lolm. up‘umg m“ “."OS
or contracting of thin fiber, the lid is‘ very wide. ”all“ “'35 “‘1" “”0 l“ the
face, and spill the milk xmost skilfully;
and that‘s the way I t my wife."
“Well.“ said I, fee ing a little inclined
. to stare. in my turn, but concluding not
to gratify John by such a simplicity,
uthat is an odd kind of wooing. certaiu~
1y: you don‘t mean to say that's the
whole of the story?“
"Why, yes.” said John. “at least. all
I‘ll tell you. You see, the point wasrshc
didn‘t laugh. All the othcri made iin~
munsely merry at my expense. confound
them. and the girls as badly as the boys.
Itltought they would fairly faint with
laughter when I got up. led and be-
snntched in the fasciand begrcencd with
glass stains all over my white linen suit.
In the midst of my confusion. as I tell
you, I had sense enough to note the fact
that one girl did not laugh. ()n the con
trary, she had a shade of quiet conCcrn
on her face. mellowvd (for I tell yoiil
remember the expression. my boy. with
remarkable distinctnessi by intense oln
servation, to assure herself tha‘ I was not
seriously hurt. “'0". now. peih ps you
will think I fell in love with her on tic
spotf“ with a suspicious glance at me.
l nodded. ,_
“Well I didn‘t. I was such an uncon
scionablc cub that I was ivnlly maildcr
with her tliz’in with the rest of them.
Kali. Said I to myself. I knew she was
quiet mid still but 1 thought she might
be \vaked up. There is no more humor
in her than in ii monkey."
l ere .lohn paussd a long time. gazing
into the tire.
“Go on.“ said I.
r‘tih.“ said John with a little start.
“w liy«—’wcll. thvre‘s nothing mom to tell:
only the next. day when I was wandering
layout alone. a little sure in the knot-s.
. and still sorcr in my mind—the mortifi»
cation, you know. and those. dctrstiblc
girls‘ glgu‘ling every time I hove-in sight
why. what should I hour but a little
. l‘iltllllllfl‘ laughter. for all the world like
; thi- babbling of a brook over its‘liqiplcs‘.
‘ a kind of moss between that and the twitr
‘ tor of buds when Ilivy llll\(‘jll~l buildod n
l iii-st: and \\ hen I i‘u‘nc where the sound
was lllf‘l'l‘ was my wifc. you kuow.—l
. to her left shoulder, and the bug wan»
WOMAN’S WORLD. ,
PLEASANT unanimous FOR
‘ FEMININE READERS.
A New Mania for Indies.
“A new craze is on." said a Third
street music dealer yesterday, “and it is
ncraze, ton, of large proportions. The
society ladies have taken a sudden no-
tion to bone playing, and the trade in
these instruments has quadrupled in the
past two weeks. I nave no idea what
startel it. but ever since ,anerly‘s
minstrels,worc here there has been a
great drniand for bones; of course the
ladies don‘t come into the store and call
for bones. They always want castanets,
and when our stock is sprawl out before
then they pick them up and clatter
around the store like a first-class end
man. They are not conferred with one
pair either. they always buy two and
p‘ay with both hands. going through the
motions very gracefully, but not musi-
cally.”~—-St. Paul Globe. '
Mrs. Cleveland‘s Live Trinket.
It is said that among the many odd
trinkets that formed part. of Mrs. Cleve~
land‘s troussenu at a reception wasn live
bugnbuut an inch and a bull in length.
looking like :1 bit of light. speckled
wood. Around the insect‘s ho ly is n
tiny gold hnrn 33. to which is attached a
tine chain. The lady fasti-ns this chain
dcrs :.b art at its own sweet will. This ;
species of b-g is called the “niachettc.”
and is importe i from Yucatan. They
were a fushionable ornament. some twenty
or thinly years ago. and now that Mrs.
(‘leveland wears one they hove once
niurv sprung into popularity. Several of
Ean
years; and thin his parents or so rich.
our leading jewelers ar‘sclling the “mar
chvttcx’ as fast as they can import them ,
at the rate of ’3" apiece. Madame. .l udic *
has just \llll‘ll‘ll th.- sninv- fashion in Paris. 3'
—.\‘ur York (,‘umnmr‘iul. i
The Proper Thiuj.r in “'cdd lug “lugs.
. mean well. you know who I‘ niean——« In “"5“.” to ‘ q; crv. I write that the
E lil‘ISl‘ll‘f—f “V” Pli‘k‘V‘Vk- 5o I “‘35 ”favorite i-agagrnitnt ring has a sapphire
for. ed to conclude that she had illlol‘t‘
ll‘llllnl‘ than ii monkey. .\ fir-r that I fell
t i UllNS‘TVlllEllt‘l‘. and discoiervd that the
rramu she didn‘t laugh at n c was simply
buruusc shc had too kind a heart. I no»
llt‘vtl nuw l ow Sllt' :dwuys dcftly covered
and diamond. the two gums representing.r
faith and constancy. as it is suplmscd. .\
sapphire. buntitful as it may be. in idea.
is in ri-nlity a very unbsroming stone. 1f
of the legiiiut‘on drpth of color. it does
not light up well. and a diamond or din»
, up littli inisliips. and. itnsuort, l‘found monils are PUSllIVQ‘l)‘ “Mm”. m illumi-
1“" ”Pl" 3““ "UV” ml“ . natc its dark surfiu‘w. but the blue deter-
“.\o\v.“continuol .lolin. after another
long gaze at the tar-x “I am not; going
to toil you of till-'Illtfl' preposterous fall I
had; it was when -l>ut no matter; “but
"Stand up. my
when you slip.“~ t Vii-“11:1! Hamid.
Stories of Turtles.
.1. C llnnks. of Him-y. Ill. caught a
land turtlc in PM" and cut his initials on
the shell. llcl‘ciitly he found lllt' same
turtle in his garden. within a short dis‘
tance of‘tlu- place where he. saw it twcn»
ty-onc years ago.
.~\ hotel keeper at \Vushington, 6a.,
says it turtlz-‘s lind‘s was cut oil and
thrown into lll‘.‘ bark yard of his hotel.
-'l‘wcnt_v-fuur hours later it caught a
(‘olonel J. G. .lullllswll, of (‘hcrry llill.
= Md . found a land turtle. in HI? and cut
2 in its shell his initials and the date.
I le‘l“ thc turtle was fo :nd by E. 1). Clay.
i but a neighb ir of (‘olonel Johnson. Mr.
(‘layton found the turtlc again a short
time iainrc.
. tomb oi l‘oioucl Johnson. who died fo:t_v
’ years ago.
Louis t‘ioncnbt-rg. of (‘olumb't S. ("..
‘ was bitten Ull the font by a snapping tur-
ll-t‘. lle :ittt‘niptcd to for ’t‘ the turtlc‘s
ninutli
v :u:h! him by thr finger and bit it badly.
A lora‘: paper gravely >331: “Fortunately
‘it \\‘.l\ thundering at the time and the
turtle let go h s h ld without further
truublv.“ '
\\'Vl "t‘\'l“'ll '2 \
It a ti i l in. il out thc . \vrurcr 5 arm.
- to wear it in youth or ‘ns long us the sire
open. whereupon the rn-nturt“
mines its choice as lht‘ gift of virgin
low. .\ ruby is too costly. saw for tho
rich. and thc stones that Icscinblc it in
line are di~likvd in this ussociution.
though they will bi: “elromc gifts later
on. No one thinks of buying an other
iild or an opal for the “engagement ring."
and pcarfs an; so i-asily injured they iri-
rnrcly on “the. list.“ but di-imonds.
always and t‘\'t‘r, with such uddt‘tulu :i~
: chickcu by the foot and hold on until its
jaws were fort-rd open bv the hotel mun. ' . . . .
‘ i l gvptian origin.
hi
the lll\lt‘ and pocket permit. sudic: for
the princess: or the. tommoner. A dii-
niond ring admits of great variation of
iii-sign and style. as any'cunnobs ~ur will
admit. when the tempting array in a
great jcwclry establishment is under coii~
silt-ration. Beautiful rings on beautiful
hurls are one of those cumbmntions
which weak humanity may be pmloned '
adoring. The llI‘W bracelet so much
worn now is called 'udschn and is of
‘ It was worn more than
three hundicd vears ago as n tn‘i-mnn by
both nicn anifvmmen in Egypt. Th~
udsrhn itself is a large coin covered with
liicroglyphii's in enamel or ji-wclv-d. and
this is attached to a narrow metal.
which must never be removed from the
"once it was customary
of the arm would permit. above the
elbow. nsncur the nrm~pit as possiblc.
.-\\‘ the vvvan-r grew. increased in muscle.
Two col~ r~d lllt‘ll quarri led in 3 mar- .
hot at llalézgli. X.
swung a
t‘.. an-l one of tlicin
ten-pound mud tu:tlu above.
h.\ llt‘ id and t? on brought it down upon ‘»
l'it‘llt‘;ltl Hf thc o‘hcr tiian.
in'lictcd a dzep wound '.-nd the wieldcx
of the turtle was arrested. The court
will now be called upon to
whether a turtle is u dradly wiupon.
Jake . ieckcr. a‘ l.(llll\“illt‘
1 to mrry th Am home.
\ him by the com.
The How ‘
ilerltlt‘ ‘
. fields wheri- white
. .
fireman. ;
bought two snappin,r tiirtlvs and start. d 2
“no of the turtles {
l sliappel at a passing' uegr I and grnb‘ ed 1
While licvkcr was try- i
or f..t. the ud~clin was slipped lower un-
til it descended to the wrist.—-(‘Iam
Iiet’r'r.
t‘hcup but Tasteful.
llow inexpensive niatvrinls combined
with good taste may make‘ a pretty girl
irresistible is thus lutllt‘uli‘il by the lios~
ton Ill r all}
It is the day of \\'lllll‘ gnvns. Thvy
arc ubiquitous. flouting about the streets
like ornamental ghosts. with sonirbody‘s ’
yi nu): man and n vivid painsol uccouh
pinyin}; them. The Sunday bunches are
so fullof white gowns they resrmblc the
butterflies flutter the
“‘ll ‘lt‘ iltl)‘ long. A girl lonks prettier in
white than in any color. but then fresh
ness is es~rntiul to its lwconiingness. It
is surprisingthe amount of >tylc a natty
little woman can put into a simple frock
gin}; to pull the turtlc‘s li ‘llil away the5 that does not (‘05! ll” $5. all told. One
other turtle grabbed his hand. In the: 0‘ “1950 0‘0“?" damsels decorated fl'
excitement which followvd'tho first tur- .
lltll'St"-Clll' seat. on route for Atlantic nve- i
: knotted at the ends is used as sash belts
for little girls.
. tends to vulgarity.
drawn opcu whenever the weather is
showery or damp. When sutlicient
table. I lutroduced you."
“Exa tly.‘-‘. said l; “I Could see a small
v
3tle. seized Becker‘s free hand. Neitheri
moisture has fallen. and the pitcher. bit 0‘ her.“ _ ‘ .
aturated. the cu‘~¢,\f.,ns down so flrlnly . ANow. I must say thit my frivnd John
that eva oration 'iénnnot ensue. ThogBrown was an excelont lelow and a
water is t ius gradually absorbed through i Vefv . {S‘i’ “Cl“‘l‘fr i“ “"15“.“ l’)‘ dim 0
the handle in thv tum milk of the lt‘af, . prodigious magma. whichnmt‘ mm“ id ~
giving sustenance and vigor totlie plant. . N‘Plifiltiuu \for. than". what can the
As soon as the pitrhem are exhausted, .greatestgcnius do Without labor.“ had
the lids again o n to ndmit whutcver SW9“ hi!“ it" humtmhlc Silver» in busi~
moistum may fa l; and when the plnut. ; nsss; but he had not a very quick mind.
has produce l its said. and the. dry .03. ' though a very safe one. .\nd so Whoa I
so" fairly sets in. it “1.1.0,, with all the l reuni‘rkcd th it i lisd won but a smalIILbit .
(-ovors of the pitchers standing ern. l of h“ V fen he s"“l‘ll’ “li‘i‘e‘l “3 Incl-i!“
The flow”- of u“. i1... “mm, 1.» 1jk.. ai lilvnce. After aniu lllu‘lllynt‘lf with his
piece of hmnycomb. and the bees do. 2 Vacant couutcnnure and wide open eyes.
light in it. Tin-n then- is the snap lbfigan lowpmiud.
dilgfifia the. corolla of whivh is cleft and “511mm 0. my dear fell \w.“ I said,
turned bar it so as to look like a fubbifgl “that a plt‘llll‘e of the Madonna were set
. mouth. especially if pinched on the ' before me all carefully curtaincl ’but a
aides. when the animal spoons its itglqunrednch of the forehviid. Now. tell
nibbling. The flower of the cook's-{met Willy)“, you who stoudwwhat nuni~
comb and the seed-pod of (lit) i‘lOilyllla ? her was it Ill our CliiSsl something out—
prob'OSCidcn bear curious resemblance to . Ngemldy h'shwl‘oulil I “S wliether‘that
the elven-ts which have suggested their ; Madonna \vcre beautiful or iiotl Now.
In _ Some kinds of the Mondicigo
havé nlab curious need-pods, some being
like fiber-shims, some. like catrrpilhirs,
and ”me like hedgehogawthc last being
itself an essentially ludicrous object.
—————-—
lit-Ilene: of the Sense of Simon.
The senseof smell is probably the lead-
.. lug armorial endowment in most insects,
'Iud it does for them what sight and hear~
“big Clo for man. Its potency ‘luhelping
along intelligence is \cry grout, since we »
know that, mentally, insects stand at the
head of the invertebrate. as manstsndsut
' the head of the vertebrate world. The
tense of smell is pl‘olably acute in some
label,“ for example, the shark: this in
the most unveil not the most intelligent.
at flu and it has an olfactory mucous
membrane which, if spread out, would
rover some twelve square feJt.
Icnée falls in value in th~ muphéhia rep.
tiles and liirdx but fun again in the
' “ minimalist. though not in proportion to
‘ mtelligeure. Its extreme ncutvucss in
the dog. the mist intelligent of animals
tbott 6f (pioédrumann. is well known. In
man. the sense of smell is subordinate.
ind even mdimeutnry. Olfaetlon odds
in man‘s enjoyment, preserves hmi‘from
some dangers. bubdoes not very much
intend his knowledge of his environ-
Iltn % “' .
To , dos to the comparative insignia.
anon. of : some in mandts delicacy in
s most marvelous, and ‘lt we ran up
, state more minute su lviaioiis or matter
as mane- to the brain. midi: it Ruin.
The ;
' u- the impact of more infinitesimal male- 7
4 tiller vibiauonrthsn 4510!: In! other. ’ntf.’ ‘93 “”“g‘llli‘ unisonwirh the declivltv
I have looked wt your wife through the
square-inch hole of one session at n table;
and, if even the complexion of n Diana
peepcd through that hole. bow on earth
could I tell what the whole would appear
viewed by day und night, in parlor and ,
3 study out kitchen. and at all meals? ;
-. Don‘t you see that. as i said. I have seen 3-
l but abit of your amiable wife, and can
a say no more than that the squigo inch of
; the forehead is Well pain:ed:“
“Ah.“snid John, settlfing back. “you
'are the same old philosopher that you
used to be when you stood in the class—
; where was it? Somewhere outrageously
low. Well, I tell you.my boy, that was.
t lucky sprawl for me.“
“Sprawl?“ mid I.
“Yes,“ said John. “the tumble which
land d me at my wife‘s feet in more
Jens-s than one. Didn‘t I ever tell you
about it?“ said in' friend, seeing my
look of surpri~c ant u:insity. “Well.
it isn‘t much of a story after all. only,
you know. it. made me supremely happy.
nnd all that. Why, you remember. I
never could stand on my feet if there
was a possibility of slipping. and this
event was an egregious half~somenault
which I performed at a country board-
ingvhouse when: l was taking motion.
There were two or tlnoe girls in the
house. and some young men. and one
day when out for a picnic I went back
uite chivalrously for a bucket of milk
t at had been for tteu. nndithe‘ others
waited for me at t a foot of a little hill.
Now, as Iconic down, my proclivity be‘
of the h . what should 1 do but: stab
& my toe, p'tsh over quite serenely on my
;Wil\llll ht go it~ hold and Becker ran
' home with a turtle diingling from eich .
’l‘lic crcntiires‘ h- ads were cut oil '
5 hand.
2min still tln‘ir
jaws clung. but were
a
3 was laid oil from duty.
.___-’__,__‘ H.
Riding Elephant llack.
“'1: quote as folio vs from Edwin Ar~
io ld to hear “llatti tuiyui hid—the cle~
l pliant is ready.” arino: need as unturnllv
- as though it. were a cab or carriage \\ hich
. sta‘uds waiting at the door. Yet tlie'least
‘ exprrienvcd might sni‘o‘y climb to the
‘niouutainofis back of Bhtiiruva. one of
the guicownr‘s quietest and bi gcst
- tuskcrs. t‘npaiismcl in scarlet am yel-
low. with a forchen-l cloth. of kincob.
which the m ihout pushes aside whm he
. desires to prod the mighty be tst on the
orciput with the pointed hook. Bliairava
seemed grand and ponderous enough to be
wholly above serving as it sort of Colossal
omnibus. At the word “buitho.” how.
ever. he mvekly folded his hind legs and
stretched his front legs forward. lowor‘
ing his body to the’enrth. whereupon a
laddir of ten steps. set agaimt his side,
enabled us to cleb to the silver ho .\ duh,
w here a party of four can be rom’ortably
accommodated. Then Bliairiiva heaved
majestically aloft —n movement which
{demands precaution on the part. of the
g paissen‘gersaund rolled forward on a trip
of circumnmbulation round the city and
its suburbs. Behind him run a hnttiwnb
lab. uttering gruflly in‘iny. a “sum" and
g“chutt“ to keep the monster going. and
isometiines emphasizing: the ejaculations
with a tremendous b‘ow upon the ele—
plinnt‘s tailroot from a stud four inches
of a horse, but seemed to be regnrdcd by
llhaira a as the meted and most: playful
hint to “move on.“
flats of Wood.
By anew process of mani ulntion hats
more serviceable and finer t an anything
now on the market are made of wood
pulp. They are impervious to water and
not wanting in flexibility. It is claimed
that felt lists will have to take 0. back
sent as soon as these new hats canbe
placid in the market in sufficient
numbers to supply the demnnd. They
are certain to revolutionize the hatter‘e
trade, as they can be molded into any
shape or style desired and colored to
meet the taste of the public. They can
be nude to represent a
lapiememrTw ”m
finally turn away with, great difficulty. ;
llei‘krr‘s hauls were so luccrstcd that he i
nold‘s “liidin vaisit dz“ It in smut-shit ‘
thick. Wlllt h vould have broken the leg -
glossy or nappyi
nue. but week. and pravtiriiliy illustrated ;
the theory thnt taste is a good substitute;
for money. Madrmnisello was bless l
with a trim figure to lwgin
nature had further endowed her with a
complexion that did not suggest fried;
f ~od or dyspep is, for it was trrsh us a
rose in tint. Her gown was of some
\‘llt‘llp white fabric of” ,lhc cheese-cloth
order. but it clung to her'little pcrsonin‘
folds that Oscar Wilde would have up
. proved. 4 Bows of black velvet defined a
section of therorsnm technically culled a
“vest.“ and a course >trsw hat. trimmed
with a wisp of the cloth and some ele-
vated black veliot how's. sat portly and
not ungracefully on tho well~nrrnngcd
t‘uifl'urc. Long tun-colored silk gloves
and s parasol of the same tan hue coni-
pletvd ii costume modeled on ideas for
which rich women payii Rcdfern hun—
drrds of dollars. Save that she dresses
in the low key of expense, hcr chic attire
was quite equal to those highswrought
compositions which Mrs. Threcstars dis-
plays at Newport and Saratoga. And she
knew it, the little minx.
The Indian Match-Maker.
It is well known that amongst the;
IIindoos the feelings of the young man .
or the young girl are seldom consulted 1
iii matrimonial matters. The usual coursei
is for the parents. when they judge that _.
their son or daughter~ has arrived at nl
marriagcuble age, to engage the services
of a professional matcbsninker. _
The Ghatuck. or niatchqnaker, is gen 3
orally at lirahmin of high order—a man 01' 5
apparent learning. compliant manners.
and invariably of great periunSive pow-
crs. His disposition is us uminble as his
occupation is pleasant. His strength lies
in this use of the particular kind of tact
and skill necessary for tlll intermediaries,
and he is not much afiec‘ed by scruples
of conscience. Genealogy and pedigree
are his specialty. He can repeat every‘
body‘s father‘s, grandfather‘s, grout~
grandfather‘s names, and so on tothe
thirteenth nenerstion; and he has at his
fingnm‘ earls all about their caste. 90mm
or tribe, their family and position. and
the hundred other details about which
the llindoos are very particular.
‘There comes of a mornin our Bulb
min tihntuck to the house 0 his Wu.
whose son‘s marri 'he is negotiating.
He has a tall, thin hoe, with the lilac.
or castenmk. on his high forehead,
large round e“ n of n min. meditative
east. thou h int in their corners
an unusual y \ ,‘ ox nation. finely turned
eyebrows, an : quihns nose. and n beards
loss chin. l in look inspires t for
i
After the usual exchange of salutations. l
the master of the house asks the Ghatuck
whether everything is all right. and how
he finds the girl. upon which the latter;
answrrs in this style: ‘
“Yes. sir, everything is all right. The;
girl is beautiful as the full moon; eveni
the moon hos spots, but she is spotless :
peerless. Her teeth are sparkling
lik the seeds of n pomegranate; her
arched, bright black eyes beat those of
Kaine [Hindoo Cu idl; her voice is .
sweet like that of t e cuckoo; her gaitl
is dignified and graceful like that if an .
cle hunt; and as to her figure. 1 know of
not ling tocompnre it with. She is in-
telligent like the goddess Saraswati
lllindoo Minervaf. and talks like Ink-
sliuii ithe goddess of fortuncl, and willé
certainly bring fortune to any family.”
The conversation goes on in this style 5
until the hestitntions of the parent are;
overcome. The match-maker. well sniis- .
tied with his performance, departs forl
the hon eof the lady. There he repremnts .
the young man to bebcnutiful like Kartie i
(the god of beauty); his manners are:
those of a‘ntiblemnn: he is free from all i
vices; he studies day and night. In
short. he. is u precious gem—an orna~
merit of his country. To the questions.
whether the young man has passed any
university cxanfinntiomwhc th‘ r he holds
on y scholarship. and what degree he has
taken. the tlhatu k replies: “lie has not
passed any examination yet; but what
tlues'llltll matter!
will pass all his examinations in three
.
i
z
i
and have promised to give such a mass
of priccless ornaments and jeivclry!“
Fashion Nun“
Square~slinpecl parasols are gaining in a
favor. .
Pale shudcs of pink are fashionable for
iuillinei y purposes. ,
Sunshiid s of every sort are decorated
with a butterfly bow on the handle
Wide white Hercules braid fringed and
La ~r-pins of silver arc in the form of a
single. blossom. with a reversible centre
of l'nihl‘lllitll stones.
Tailor made co 4110103 arc furnished
with three vests. one of the material, one
of pique and one of nunkiu.
WEATHER llEPO-RTS.
““5 his “0‘" 50““1‘” ‘2Muritimc Exchange. but occupies h m«
.' :“
~ the principal points in the great system
now OBSERVATIONS ARE MADE
AT A SIGNAL STATIOTS.
(rather-lug Facts as n Basis for “Old
Probabilities“—-“’atching the
“Weather and Issuing '
the Bulletins.
The tall tower on top of the Equitable
building, where the agents of the Signal
~ cjervice Bureau used to collect samples of
weather, has been torn away to make
room for one much taller, which is part
of the plan for remodeling the build‘
ing. Temporarily the s‘gnnl ofl‘ce has
been removed to another tower, perhaps
not quite so tall, yet high enough to en—
able a keen observer to note any weather
that may happen around it,o:i the south-
ebst corner of that same edifice. It will
be hoisted two or three stories h'gher
over the front, after a while, and from
thnt elevation the wenthcrwise young
men who much up there expect to peep
over the eggs of the world on fair days.
This signal station began to superin~
tend the weather on November 6. 187-).
and has had a sharpeye continuously
upon the doings of the "Prince .of the3
Power of the Air" ever since. Sergeant
'H. .l. Pernod is in charge of both this
Agricultural i-pienom'
Agric‘ nltnre, like all otha of fine lfll
and sciences, lns seen wonderful nil—
vances within the last century in the line
of tools. Improve] machines and me-
chanical devices of many kinds have
tly reduced the farmcrzs manual
labor, and made an immense increase in
the power of ‘improving with a given
amount of labor. The mowing—machine
hss almost supplanted the scythe, god
the flail is fast becoming an interestmg
relic. Yet as late as 1830. in some par.
ishes of England. the lnborers went about
destroying every horse-power threshing-
machine they could find. Little preju-
dice now remains against labor saving
farm machinery, and the (aunt ll
thought behind the times if he mow:
with a. :cythe or threshcs with a flail.
The model farmer now mow-s, spmd’;
and rakes his hay with the mower, ted-
der. and horse-rake and then lifts it from
thehnyrack to the barn-loft with a horse
fork. IIe plows. in the West. at least,
with a sulky plow. their uses a barrow,
cultivator, and pulverizu all in onefand
sows his seed with a mechn ' laced
saver. When ins wring aw
in fall or spring. h~~ tau, use a manu :
spreade: if he wishes. “'hccl-hoes snvs
gthefurmer‘s back lots of stitches. or a
homerhoe can be u ~t‘d.
One of the device that are now no
longer th mght luxuries is the wind-mill.
'station and the Karine Agency. at the
self must of the time at the latter pi: ‘12,
leaving Sergeant E. B. Dunn to rule the
:l‘uth'! on the. Equitable building. The
fissistauts arc Sergeants Francis Long
{late of the Greely expedition) and G. A.
‘arren. and Messrs. ii. .\. l. iwlsnd. R.
llinmnn. and L. l". l’as ailal’yie. The
:"work done at the. .‘lnrinc Agency consists
aiiaiuly in comparing ship" barometeis
nd receiving and forwiriiing- to Was!»
gington observations taken at se t by Ship-
fimnstrrs. That which falls to the share
of the signal station men is much rloscr
to the popular interact. for this is one of
by which the public daily gets authorits~
jive official information as to the sort of
member it is goingr to have, provided
t doesn‘t have nomi- other kind.
The hours of duty urn divided into
9
" ight hours each. but as therc are. fwzr
Linen two are on together in the middle of
Transparent bonnets of tulle and jetgirfjthc day. Seven observations a day are
are trimmi- l with bright Fowl-rs, poppies:
bring the fuiorite garniturc. ..
French turkcrs made of the shccrests
linen. with tucks laid in briar stitching:
or lininstitching. are very popular.
Foulard and India Silks arc in great
deninndfor scnsidc and watering-plow
toilets. 'l‘willi-d surnhs arc nISo popu nr.
lila 'k velvet ribbon is more used up In
Xian quircnt muslin d rvases than the quan-
tities of lace that loadi-d them last year.
The old fashioned white mull ties are
being revived. These are always bc~
coming and are «why made by skilful
lingers. .
Among the novelties in jc-welry afc
gold cro lict hooks and knitting},r needles. .
tipped with small stones. pearls and bril‘»
liunts being mostly us~ d.
At a recent wedding just outside New
York. the brldvmaids wore dressed in
yellow. the different groups being ar~
rayi-d in different shades.
There are guinipez and plastroqs of
French muslin. w.th or without lcmr
broidcry. made to weir beneath sum‘mc
cutaway basqnes in lieu of a vist.
Good taste. runs riot in the new pun“?
sols. First we have elaboration on the‘f
edge. then on top. then underneath. at ;
the latest simples sh iw a combins "4 iof
all those in one. ‘
Frocks for children from two to four '1
years of age have low blouseb dices.
The skirt is shirrcd to the bodice nnd
has two tlouncvs trimmed with feather ;
Mllwll i-nibroidery.
In adopting: orange-colored gnrnitures,
the temptation to multiply th-m mu<t .
be followed with great care. A touch
of color is su‘licient for effect; more ‘
Pri-tty bedroom siippcm fare made of 2
quilted satin instcad of worst and '
have rovers of contrasting colors. the
combination «lei-ending upon the shades
of the rub . dc ch mlirc. ‘
Gibraltar bangles of silver or gold are
still fashionable. They are worn lo vsely..
nitlr ut the connecting,' link. Nevi-r less '
' than eight should be worn and sometimes :‘
three times this number nre seen on ‘one
arm.
Slianton combs in soft neutral shades .
are artistirally embroidered in strays of ,
duh-rent colors. A contrasting panel
Comes with each costume. made adjust-
\ l.
abr. to be removed when the dress is
laundered
. that reads:
' of cxpmed thermonn to-r. 65 ° ;
. lure of dew point. «1-3 ° ; north wind and
'clcnrsky; veiocity of the wind.si.v miles
gaken and rccordrd. and three of these
are reportzd to head ,uarti-rvat “'ashing- .
:ton. The hours for observations are at
. Ll. These taken at T A. u. _and :i and
ill 1-. H. are the ones tclcgmphcd on to
\Vnshiiigton to be used with others from
.all parts of the country in making up the
iicwspapcr reports of weiithcr probabili .
:ties. This explanation wili. it is tobc
,hnpcd. be deemed a sufficient refutation
of the story that. General \Y. B. frozen.
t‘hief Signal (.h‘l'ccr. guesses for those
reports by the fret of his corns. shrewd
observations on the habits of pigs. the
benstbones of geese. and other occult
sources of information.
Taking the. observations includes tak<
ing the re ords of the automatic solf~re~
gistcring barometer and anemomeler.
residing the thermometers and noting the
dii’cction of the winds. Eh" look of the
clouds. the state of the weather, anl
the. rainfall. if any. Anoihcr and inde-
pendent nbser-atinn is made at 3 r. )1.
each day by Sergeant Long on the term
peraturc and depth of the North River.
for-which he goes down to Pier N. at
the foot of t‘cdnr street.
Telegraphic circuits bring to this
station every morning duplicates of all
tho reports male from the 1130 or more
other stationdo Washington. These all
., come in cipher, which his to be trans-
lated. A morning: dispatch, for instance.
“.\locking——l*‘invly—-—tinndy
-.- llnbit -—— Ill— l'iiitail ~ Vice.“ ll)! ans
"Barometer reading 29.94; temperature
tempera-
pcr hours; three—tenths of the cloud
stratus moving from the s uthwest;
lowvst temperature since last reading.
131°.“
From these reports bulletins are. made
out and given to the public. While one
. mn'n reads aloud his trans‘ation of the
cinlit-rdispaichcs. another puts upon zi‘
gseuii-ski-letou map of the
j the reportei figures indi ~atiug baromet- :
l nitcd Stat: s
ricnl pres~urc and temperature. at the re«
spective stations whmce the repoits.
come. Then blue rnd red lines an: drawn
Z on the map. enclming irregular se. lions
' of it. so as to mail: out by the blue lines :
and figures where the temperature is high~
est and where it is lowest. and by the red
lines and figures thc art-as in which the
barometricd pressurcs are highest and
3. T. and ll \. 3L. and 2!. 7. 10. and 11 .
Any one who tides through New Eng-
. land with his eyes open knows how many
iof these are in use. Some are utilized
rfor cutting wood. hay and roots. nnd for
‘ other niechznicd purposes. but they are
‘35 one in a hundred to those used for
é pumping water. Th:‘ e is nlnmst no limit
: to the height which water can be ruled
‘ by the wind~mili. a- d it need notube put
g directly over the well; in fact. it may be
.many li-rt away. imvidcd the vertical
distance be not gnat. 01d Probs says,
. and expt‘r ence pro es. that berenbout
the wind blows abuts one-third the time.
so the tank used for storage must hold
tableast. three tiznvs as much as the
amount re piircd in any one days... Thus
water can be storc‘l t) supply thl- house,
burn. or fields. nnl tho- farmer can be nl~
most independent of rain. The sinaTlest
mill put up. with fair winds. will store
from 25") to 1'0“ gallons ‘of water an
hour. Such nulls as .armers ordinarily
use rostfrom St? I to slot). and the pur-
chaser can. if lu- washes. easily erect
tlum himself. ._].'.....r . Glob:
y
The Trump's Hands. ;i
“fine of thc esse‘litiai points pf soc-
ccss in my proft-sx‘onf’ said/f villa}.
idated old tramp \vlm nus t-tlking to a.
reporter from behind the bars of one of
the cells in th- rity jail this morn‘ng.
" is to keep the hands in good order.
You don‘t understand “hat I mean. ch f
M'hat I, munn by kueping the hands in
good order is this: i ‘1’ course. in trump-
ing from tv-wn in town. a man is liable
‘ to be arrestod fur v: 'rancy at any time.
He must tell a ~tory of how he has Fuxt
been thrown out =~f work. and is bolting
)for employment. whirh. as yet. he has
. not bet-n able to find. In nine cases out
of ten the Judge w:ll ll‘k him to show
up his hands. and when he does produce
them, they must le horny and toilworn.
(‘ntch on. do you 'r t 0 you see it is part
of my bushes to kr-ep my hands looking
no though they belonwd to a man who
Vwas accustomed to work 3&5 days in the
year. For that puiposc I carry with me
this ~nia‘l pit-cc of h ckery wood. which
is round and very -mo vth. About twice
‘3 day I take it lxctwc-n niypzilms and rub
them so that the friction will make them
hard and callous. In that way you see I
pro lure the we -l re ult.' with very little
trouble and annoyance. Thu-re is a bottle
,of brown liquid wlii h I occasionally use
‘ for staining the back part of my hands a
beautiful \un-brotvn color. and there
you are. . When I .‘ll' w up my hands
and tell the judge that l nanahnzd-work—
man. thrown out of c mployment by the
strikes. What can he d i but believe me i
The tr:ck has sure "12‘ minynday in jail.
at d I flutter myself is a strictly original
idea. though it is ~preading tn; idly. The
profession. you see, is biginning to
ienlile thath‘lll llt‘Vt‘l’ do. to Show up
to a liard~hearti~d p ilice judge a pair of
tender, lily-white hands. "— Omaha the.
Chocolate.
Chocol‘ite is one of the articles of trade
most susceptible of adulteratiun, since a
very small quantity of the cocoa bran
imparts taste and perfume to a mixture
of tasteless and not izlwnys harmless mat~
ter. l'nscrupulo is manufacturers Hind
especially is this n_ plicnble to the small
producer) introduce into the paste flour,
~ ground corn and beans. stale cofi'ce
grounds. veal or mutton tnllow :to sup-
lowest. Finally the map is adorned with 5, ply the necessary 0“! substance) and the
many “"10 armwg. showing. by the way l'dh‘gfi 0f ground nut~ Ipennuts) 3f‘t‘l‘ 1113
with, and i"
they point. the various tlll‘tCllonS in
.i '. . ‘ 3 ‘
‘ in mg light Ch“ ldahs, veili igs and which the wind has blown ll the hour of
other summer fabrics of similar nature. . . . _ ‘
the mushroom silver. mastic dove-gmv, imakmg the "3 I", 1“ d‘flfif‘ul parts or
ecru. golden brown, lead and violet tinls ' lb” “9‘3“"? hi“: C“ml‘1"'f‘§ ‘_ e mdl‘.
are all fashionably combined with softly l and it is then rsady for dupacntion and
dropping incrveilleux or foulards. ! sendingubroad for exposure. m 1mm")
, . . 3 places. where it can rattle citizens who
' liaisy.iosyttos of_narrow urnngo~col~ ‘ trv to understand it. The red marks
“"33 S‘m‘ "bun“ with hearts of golden : mid the arrows enable one to: observe
brown velvet. are set in hulf~wrcnths i that when a storm centre is cstablislicd
around the crowns of gypsy and sailor
i
l auvwhere—a; shown bv the lowest baro~
hats of bronze. gray and golden-brown‘ ‘ '
‘ . . . imetricnl pressure—the winds rod: in
it? d‘s‘gn‘d for .soastdo and country, l from all directions to that common
e .
, . ‘ centreto help the trouble along. just as a
It is now quite the fashion to make up man‘s creditors mummy“? 01 him at his
semi-transparent niuslius over light founr riod of greatest financial stress. .
dations of hatiste or sateen. These look l n; will be seen from this description of
very dressy. more esiiecially if a few line work done hcze “w it rcsultssimply
knots Of 0010!“! ribbon fife added. and ’ in the statement of msccrtained facts con-
if “10 hilt be trimmed “‘5“! “OWNS ‘0 1 coming rtual conditions of wenthcr all
t
i~orros1mnd._ Dark blue. and golden brown l over the country. The proud prrrogntivc
rough and‘rcady straw hats are generally of pmgnostiimion is monopolize] at
worn wtth such gowns. Washington. and a c mscientioiis signal
Iwick?" said a member of parliament.
his talent. NJ milkncolnhin a tin.
How this Was First lineal.
G rent was the aimmoment of all En-
gland when, at the close of the last cen-
tury. William Murdock discovered the
use of combustible air or gm. S.) little
was the invention understood and be-
lieved in by those who had not seen it in
uin. that even gzeat and wise men
laughed a‘ the idea.
"How could there be light without ii
wl2e i the subject was brought before the
No :se. Ev. n Sir Humphrey Davy ridi-
culed the idea of li hting towns by gas,
and asked one of t e proprietors if they
meant to take the dome oi“ St. Paul‘s for
a gas meter. Sir Walter Scott, too, made
h uiself merry over the idea of illumiv
outing London by smoke. though he was
glad enough. not so long after. to make
his own house at Abbotsford light and
cheerful on winter nights by the use of
that very smoke.
When the House of Commons wu
lighted by gas the architect imagined
that. the gas ran on fire through the glam
ing
and therefore he insisted on their
placed several inches from the wall for
fear of the building taking are. The
members might be observed cnmfull
touching the pipes with their lo
hands, mid wondering why they did not
feel warm.
The flint shop lighted in London by
the new method we: Mr. Askermsn‘s,‘
on the Strand. in 18110: and one lady of
rank wu so delighted with the hrilliuicy
of the gas lnuip on the counter that she
asked to be sllowedto take it home in
her carriage.
b ; -.
l
‘ofiicer here. or at any other station. would
in soon think of lending a dol ar to n
total stranger. as of permitting himself
to say that “it is likely to rain." though.
if the rain were actually falling. he would
not hesitate to affirm the fact to anybody.
-——.\'ew York Sun.
The “Poor Inn's Oyster.
The snail harvest has just begun in
France. The “poor man‘s oyster" isso
appreciated that Paris alone consumes
some forty—nine tons daily, the best kind
coming from ~(incurable or Btu-gaudy.
'l he finest specimens are carefully reared
in an escargotiere, or snail rk. such as
the poor Capuchin monks p anncd in by-
gone days at. Colmnr and Weinbach,
when they had no money to buy food,
nod so cultivated snails. But. the major-
ity “connected h the vjne~drassers in
the evening from t e stuns-heaps where
thesnaila have assembled to enjoy the
dew. - The creatures are then starved in
a dark cellar for two months. and when
thov lave closed up the aperture of their
shell net-early for cookin . According
to the true Burgundy moaned, they ore
boiled in five or six wean, extracted
from the shell, dressed with fresh butter:
and garlic, then replaced in the shell.
covered with parsley and bread crumbs,
and finally simmered in white wine.—
Loudon Standard.
The climate of the Island of Aron, of!
the wut‘coutof Seottan in sound
that palms and camellia: u in the
o :1 ti: in winter, though the latitude in
at of the northern part of Labrador.
l oil has been compl tely extracted. The
flatter substance. which a few years ago
fwas employed as a fertilizer and occa-
l elonnlly made into . akes as food for dogs.
is-now profitably ionvcrted into i-lzoéo‘:
late. Add tothe atmvi- ingredientscocoa
sheds and ground brick. the latter to
give weight. and the component parts of
cheap chocolate are given. (‘hocolate
manufacturers admit. with refreshing
nrtlessnes. that lidultemtcd chocolate in
very little used in France. but is milit-
ably exported; It is dillicult to K’stin—
guish good chocolate from fab:icnnd,
from th:. appearance of the tablets. Goad
chocolate pOSSPSP< the following quali~
ties: is oily. posse sses a full and nude.
ninblo a of room. breaks regularly ‘
and smooth, it is slightly yellowish in
co‘or. with crystilline appearance, and
when cooked with a little water or milk
becom'es only moderately thick. Adul-
tented chocolate. on the contrary, breaks
irregularly, is sonic-what gravelly and
porous, is whitish in color. thickens con-
siderably in co king and gives forh an
order resembling that of glue.-——(.‘onfoc-
iiwwra‘ Journal.
A New Navigable River Discovered.
The report published by Lieut. \‘on
Siuiptsch, of the German army. gives
some very interesting: details of the jour~
n 5’ which he made with llerr Wolff. a
traveler in the service of the Congo Free
State, and which has resulted in the dis-
covery of a river likely to be of material
vnlue to traders with the Congo.
The Congo in it! co use from the so nth-
enst. mnkrs a very wide bend to the
north, and then descends again to the
Atlantic, a very large tract of country
bring embraced in the curve. “’ithin
this curve is the river Kas- ai, which
Lient. Von Nimptscb regards as being
“of even greater importance to commerc.
this lithe L‘ongoitsell.” Dcecrihm‘ gthoir
journey, he says that u for u Lnobii. the.
Kasai flows through wideplninn well
ad opted for cultivation. wage. mid
forests of palm tree- gum.
tr us. There are many villages on the
banks, and the travelers met with
civility in all of them are one, the in-
habitants of whmh' fiednttheira preach.
One tribe, add: Limit. You 1?me
“wan remnrknble for its jomllta “The
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