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Girl's bTS iefi, or __ 'Hour lack !Jn*. They are tlown, and there m _ _ them. waahing fluid i* made by dissolving one pound of concentrated lye, one ounce salt* of tartar and one ounce of carbonate of ammonia in one gallon of loft water. Soak the clothe* over night, wring out in the morning and rub soap on the dir'y streaks. Put them in the boiler while the water i* cold, and when boiled rub through one water, rinse and dry. If the clothes are very dirty, wash through one warm, loapy water before boiling. Calico clothe* are easily washed if put in the water in which the other* were boiled. The dainty drew above is trimmtd with row* of wool braid, of different width*. Belt, diculder cape, collar and cuff* have ante trimming*. Waist, blouse effejt ha* shoulder cape framing a plain yoke. Full purl deevei, with tight cuff*. Material re quired CO inches wide, for girl of 10 year*. ft yard*. [Toronto Ladie*' Journal for June, A Few Ways of Making House Work Easier. (let a table that i* very much like a Uacher'l desk, except that the top is flat, Have two row* of drawers under the table, reaching to the floor. One may lie used for spices ani flavoring extracts, another for package of soda, corn starch and baking powder, a third for dishcloths and bread cloths, and the others for other thing* used in the kitchen. Two feet abme tin- table, place two (helve* where ynur cook books, i ake pans, pudding mould* and pit- pan* may be kept. Under these (helve* fasten hooks for the large spoon*, aoup ladle*, egg-beater, etc. A table like thi* o every. r kind* let them needing. in easily ugh the an old a mil - hand. soiling if you n your he hack It can nen not otatoee, iips, and Id do u stool is make it tof th* < back. Im dish 1 keep -ii the many thine* the oel- kitchen i'pt the I about lie and of lin- ing are I, ..!.... ' Mil- an 1 *o I her. keep a carpet u, and ituhen, ith, or They n with An additional small tabla in the kitchen is a convenience. Fasten it to the wall with hinges in such a way that It can lie let down when nut in use. If you oannot afford a patent ironing- board, have out- made. It should u twer.ty inches wid at rue ind, ami taper to ten in.-hei at th* other. Four and on* half (net u a goo j length. I 'ov r t he hoard with flannel, or an old blanket, sewing it on firmly and securely. An old sheet Is good for II e outer covering, and should lie fastened smoothly also. 'IV k a piece of tine aandpaper and several tin* knessa* of onarie cloth at the wlde.it end lo olean th* iron* on. Horn a hole In the narrow end to bang the hoard up by. A common hardwood skewer uch a* THE CHICAGO FAIR. Brpurl cf Ike Brill.* inuBl-ilnai r< ( oui|illmri iri BxpreialeBs. The Britiih Royal Commission to the World's Fair at Chicago ha* just iuued it* report. The report i* very long and com- plete, comprising 61 Urge pages of 45 sec- tion* and appendices, and it* tone i* decid- edly favorable to the exhibition. It give* an excellent decription of the exhibits, and conclude* by laying ; "It i* impossible for those who did not visit the exhibition to understand the enthusiasm which pervaded it and the genuineness of it* character. It would be no easy matter to critici/.e its shortcomings, but it is undeniable that it was a courageou* inception, splendid in execution and successful in it* result*." The report alao says that Europe did not appreciate the proper value of the exhibi- tion, European interest seeming to fall hack after the opening of thi fair. This partly owing to the incomplete condition of things, giving a false impression which prevailed throughout the duration of the exhibition. It alto must be remembered that all informa- tion upon American matters comes to Kurope from the eastern itatei, which were never kindly dispose.l toward Chicago and the fair. 1 he exhibition was fully appreciated by the Americans, especially m the western states and the people of Chicago and the remainder of Illinio* and the neighboring state* are justifiably proud of the achieve- ment. It. all previous exhibition* the exhibit* hsve beenalmoet the sole attraction and it ha* Hutlici-d, if the building* furnished suitable shelter. The great feature of the Chicago Fair wa* the unique arrangement of the frame of the picture. All comment* on the fair turned to the general effect and splendor of the building*, and the beauty of the situation : not the importance and beauty of exhibits and the evidence atlord- ed of industrial and scientific progress, Knormou* sum* were lavished upon the splendid temporary palaces. These were in nowi*e especially well adapted to their ostensible purpose*, lull they had an im- pressive and magnificent appearance Hardly on* of the buildings, except the Una arts building, was suitable for exhibition purpose*. This criticism applies to the costly pavilions of the ditTereul states. Tracing the Marks of the Deluge. Whenever geological science appears to throw light upon human history, and more particularly upon thote great opening scenes which arc described iu the Old Test- ament, it immediately romm in<U the at- tention of a v flatly enlarged audience. Much interest, therefore, attache* to a discuision which recently ori-urred at a meeting of the Victoria Institute in London on the possibility of tracing the mark* of tin <l. lug* on the i-rust of the earth. The di -us- ion was opened hv Dr. I'reilwich with a paper on " A Possible Caunv fur the Origin of the Tradition of the Flood." l>r. Pre.it- wich, the authority of whose opinion* a* a geologist is widely recoguned, deacrilied the many indication* which h had found KMtlered over Kurope of a short ii tuner- genre of the land, followed liy a rapid re-elevatior. In his opinion such a tempor- al \ iwamping of the contuu nt, which may have effected other continent* alao, u sufficient to account for thu world- irid* lory of the Hood. In the list-union that followed the reading of Dr. 1'reitwi, n'i paper thu (act was pointed nut that his iimclusion was rorro'xirated liy that of Sir William Diiwaon, who has discovere 1 other evidence that come catastrope ha* occurred ainre man Iwgau to live upon the earth, so widespread a* to form a break iu the chain of hi* history. The chief difficulty appears to lie not in shewing thai the continents have l<een luiunrrged lienealh the ocean, Imt in proving that *uch iuhmerge.ncu has occurred siuee thu appearancn of man. In geology man is looked upon as a very recent inhabitant of the. planet, the period -.luring which lie can be shown certainly to hav* existed being but a very small fraction of the tune, that ha* elapsed since (oine of the animal and vegetable form* by which h* i* surrounded came into being. Hut it i* sat- lifaotory to know that these great ques- tions are not lost sight of in the progress of science, .lust as the starry heavens would lose, half their charm if astronomy did uot at least permit the thought ih.it they may contain other inhabited globes, *o geology would appeal lei* powerfully to the iinag ination il there were no reason to hope that it riiiild ever uncover the footmark* of primeval man. Shrewd Theft Then. lives at Colon mil Panama were lately discovered in a fairly sharp scheme l rob the *team*hip company The transfer nf bales an. I package* of India rubder over th* Isthmus is nlway* large in volume after th* arrival of teamen from Peru and Mexico. Then there are constant arrivals (rum Columbia and Nicaragua, a* well a* local receipt, from within a few mile* of t'.il.-n. The**, piled on the docks, make a I irge aggregate, and at a favorable oppor- tunity a hal* or two would lw> Iropnrl overboard, and, a* rubber naturally will float, it wa* a comparatively easy matter to Pilot the booty to a ooint rhsnce il could lie readily landed, and diiposed of by a 'fence." As a hale weight! front luiit , .>. pounds, the haul wa* a good one to th* nativti. Th* loss could no; be discovered until after the steamer reached New . and it butbered Ameiu-a detectives for month*, until the Itak was finally located AGRICULTURAL /X^>--^-v^-*^-^X^w^i^^X^^* - '-^^"^V^i^V^V^^^-^. Economy in Dairy Production. Where the general farmer takes up dairy work he must study the matter uf economi- cal production says a practical dairyman. It i* important that his facilities and meth- ods be such that h* can manufacture good* of th* very highest class, for it might as well b* understood at the outset that there is no profit in poor butler, however cheaply it may be produced. On the olber hand high prices will not be of any benefit unless the method* of dairy management are such that the butter costs considerably less than it s*lls for. Tnere is room for a vast number of little leak* in tie dairy, which run all the way from having poor .-own when you should have good ones, down to the matter of putling more salt in your butter than the best customer* desire, and o preventing it from selling at the top price. The*e matters will have to be taken up one by one, u the mere naming of them cannot be productive o' much good. The intend- ing dairyman should consider each point of economical production by itself, giving it a* much attention as if upon lhat alone rested his hope for profit. ne point in economical dairy production ia economy of land. The dairyman cannot have the advantage of free land. The pasturage, the hay and the grain mult be the results of some capital investment, in land. The amount ot this investment, or rather the interest on it, i* quit* a factor in determining the profit. Kconomy of land means the fewest acre* and the moat cows. Thu* the ratioof income to invested capital will be greatest. 1 have before me a letter from a corre- spondent, asking how he may mcreak* the number of dairy cattle on hi* farm without increasing the) average devoted to their sup- port ? He i* a amall farmer, and hat learn- ed that economy is important. Hi* case may not be that of all, but his is th* problem of man). There is but one answer for him: He must practice soiling, either wholly or iu part. This require* more labor, and can only be practiced with economy where labor is relatively cheaper than land. This correspondent has already fed his land up to the highest stage of productiveness, but he cannot yet keep as many cows ai h* de- sires, while following the stereotyped meth- od of summer pasturing and winter feeding. But by soiling he can double the number kept, and with that fact ascertained it hoi Id b* rasy to calculate whether the extra labor can be employed at a profit. If line**, bat cleaaliaes* in the creamery U more iir.porUul than in any other line of busines*. All profitable animal* io not belong to one breed and there are many whose only certificate of registration is their actual 'ore at the milk pail or churn. They are individual animals. Seek them among what you have. Dreed from them. Like Dec *U like. THE HOTBEDS FOR ANARCHISTS. IB England mml Aasrrlra ih' rarasllle Vrrijiurr Throws Bml.-. Ha* it ever (truck you that up to date not a (ingle native Engliahman ha* ever yet been caught flinging bomb* at a church or blowing op a theatre? say* 'Irani Allen. It is imported alien* from more repressive countries who patronize dynamite. HAS u ever (truck you that in America, again, no native American ever succumbs to the wild insanity of Anarchism ' It is the imported German or Pole or Bohemian who trie* hi* little best to faire rlamber Chicago. The citizen* of free States like England and America have never taken to such blind and meaningleis revenge* to orgies of out- rage which confound in one indiscriminate outburst of slaughter the just and the un- just the innocent and the oppreaior. Those are the method* of tyrants. We know far other modes of ventilating our wrong* and letting in light upon the dark place* of our systems. It is the men of the oppressed nationalities who must do such thing* Czechs, and Pole* ; the maddened ABOUT THE HERMAN ARMY THE MOST WONDERFUL MACHINE EVER PUT TOGETHER. (-r mf War Evrrj W<-<-r il . Place la iNr <,> i >* / TralBeel richllBC *le aael tM. There are nearly half a million soldier* in the Emperor's army, which i* the most wonderful machine that wa* ever pat to- gether. Think of 1,000 hones being so trained that they keep perfect step an make so many itep* to the minute and march in perfect harmony with on* another. The soldier* themselves move like cloc- work and the artillery and the intan'.ry move across th* field like one machine worked by cogs of even magnitude. I have seen the Russian soldier and the French soldier, bat they are nothing like these, and I doubt whether in all the world there ha* been at any time tuch an organization as the army of ' ermany. One can have no idea of the wonderf a machine that this army u, and how well i .ermany i* prepared for war. A chart has been drawu cp which show* juit what the soidiers mast do in the csse of wan with the different nations. And every officer place in the scheme i* laid out beforehand- trains whicL will Italian peasant, the goaded ana hounded i L .ubject nations, writhing in mad throes ' There * chedult o( beneath the feet of Ku-ma. Few people I *uper*ede all other schedule* the moment realize how much this is th* case how en- war i* declared, and this i* so arranged that tirely the An.rchut i. a greenhouse exotic, ; th<1 comman d*r of the army in Berlin could artificially produced in certain foreign State* which are in th. truest and mt " d ttegpk to any officer (o take *uch literal *en*e "hotbed* of Anarchy." Hot- bed* and forcing house* : where the growth and development of the ncxiou* creature i* deliberately foetered. The Anarchists are a group of interna- tional fanatics, a very little group of par- aatic animal*, al-noet every where foreigner* in the community they infest ; evil pro- ducts of despotism in the lands which beget them, tent forth upon the earth to wreak their vengeance on the gentler and more innocent lands that harbor them. They a train and to go to such a place at a mom- ent's notice. UADT JOB IVBKV IMIKi : When the Franco-Prussian war wa* de- clared, it is said that Von Moitke wa* awakened at midnight and told of the fact. He said cooly to th* official who aroused him : "Go to pipeon hole number blank in my exist and bud out just in proportion to th* j (ale and take a paper from it and telegrap.i tringency of reprenive measures in their M tner directed to the different trcop* ol native country Few, if any are actually manufactured by democratic Norway, dem not, then better be content with present methods. If the dairy farmer wish** to practice ocratic Switzerland : comparatively few by fairly free Holland or free England. Some- what larger number* are made and turned out by poverty-stricken Italy by half- emancipated Spain and half-despotic Ger- many. A* you go east toward the atrug- gling Slavonic populations, still held fast the empire.'' in Austria'* gup, the proportion increase* : , said : and when at last you reach Russia and hee "Gen He then turned ovr and went to lie and awoke at the usual hour in the inf. Everyone in Berlin was excited about the war, but Von Moitke took his morning walk aa u*ual, and a friend who met hiss I eral, you seem to be Ukiag it very Poltsh slaves, the number* and nspecta- sy. Arwn't you afraid of the situation '. , r .biliiy of in* race become porUnt-u*. I should think you would be bu*y" soiling he must begin in season to grow a ' Where speech is freeet and the right; "Ah, replied \ on Moitke, "all my work 1 _ 1 _ __.!_._ _ . . I I succession of the best feeding crop*." This of public meeting most unrestricted, ] 'or thi* time ha* been done long beforehand, is a matter that rt quire* careful planning. ! Anarchists are fewest. Where thought is and every thing that can be done new tas The first thing in this line that can be done ' enslaved, where Austrian dragoon* or i been done. <n the spring is to *nw a plot with oat* and | Russian Governors interfere most despoil- pea*. Neither of these are employe I as i eally with the expression of opinion, their dairy food to the extent they should be. Anarchy flouruh** most, and dynamite Cut and fed juit a* the gram is formic g. | takes the place of more articulate logic, and while the straw is yet green and ] The " u.tuni ratio r<uii ha* bigot- palatable, they are great milk producers; t*n thi* resource of their subjects. and the yield of feed from an acnisso great that they w-sll miy be classed amung! ARRESTING IMMIGRANTS, economical fund*. Sweet corn, cut tnd fed At the present time the army ha* store* man'. Wl. Jim-ted /ml - I !! rrer or rirrnl aele!lrv Th* police have a habit of arresting im- migrants whom they find loitering on the street, aay* the Montreal \V itness. No douh*. 't is an offence lo loiter, but score* of row- as the ear is forming, U quite their equal in yield and in value, and should be planted next, and succession crops of it at frequent interval* all through th< season. U >ot crnp* should not be neglected, and among three beets and cairots should have the largest place. Variety is a* necessary in rdr:!:;^^^ root* should Ixs given. Millet and r\e may J><1 lntult women, and the police do supply the Kra**swiul* rape may be added . not interfere. Loiteiing is an infrac to th* fodder* and turnips to the root*. ' l ' on "' tn by-law*, but the 'mashen' in With this lit. and with planting and sow- ' ront ' n theatres never have their sport ing ms.lu every month from April to : >"< by the zealousguar.iian ofihe peace. October.and with a judicious use of gram MI I With lh immigrant it u easier to deal, other dry feed as needed, the minimum H* is a stranger; he ha* not heard of the oat in the maintenance ot a small dairy ' D X Uw : nj lhen ' to . " ^nnot doother- henl may lie reached. If your land will not suffice for the growing of the coiling crop*, and of the grain and hay that are needed as well, it will be more profitable to buy the latter that uot to have *ulhci*nt of the soiling crops Upon one point a word of caution. Do not us* th* fodder, oats, rve. etc., while very young and green. These are rank growers, and this early growth is princi- pally water. Wait until it approaches ome degree of maturity. Have your plots f each thing and each lowing so small that you can utili/e th* bulk uf lh crop while u is just at the right cage of de- velopment. A Pocket Diary. I find a great help to b> a pocktt diary says a writer. I do not use it as a diary, but a* business men uie the memorandum i<l<vks or pad* on their deik*. I cannot carry on* of these block* in my packet, hut I can a pocket diary. I use it for me:n ir and* ahead in the future. For example, if on March I J I think of something that hould b- done April I'.', 1 put it down on the space (or April I 1 .'; and when it is doac, the memorandum i* checked ort. Th.es* book* for past years will b* a great help in seeing ahea.i and the mas that thinks hard each day about hi* work, and will use such aid* a* my pocket-diary mem- oranda and other* that h will difeover for hinnelf, will rind thai he can *o plan and lyatematite and bunch his work, that three- fourths or four-tiths the labor before re. | litre I will then suffice. Further, he will tin. I the work .tone at a more seasonable time and in a mor thorough manner. A little hard mental labor will easo by much a man's manual labor. wise than break it because he ha* no other place to go. nobody bothering to provide him with eitlier food or lolgiuf till he can look about him, although buih werepromi* ed him before he tailed. The immigrant loiters, is arrested and lined. He carnot pay th* tine, and he goe* to jail, which is a: various points, and they are ready :or emergency, and every company and every officer is d?wn in the scheme for every ituav.on that might come up, and the) whole work* like clockwork. If th* m- peror press** the button the army will do tfu rest. The improvements in army method* are wonderful, anil the tierman (iovernment :* experimenting a'.l tl.e time on powders, bolls, and guns. It keeps its chemical ex- perts at work upon the food for the army, and it has been experimenting on potatoes and corn as meal for bread. Hone food is quite a* important as human food, and they hav* litre condensed food for horses. They hav* balls of horse food so small that a man can carry enough in In* pocket to feed a horse for a week, and they are studying the concentrated essence uf food lor hones, I' pun such food the hone* will run down, but they can march a week and live. THE IIKAD or THK ABMT. The Kmperor is the head of th* army. and he *<a* the entire control of il. It is not subject to public opinion, and the Uerman troop* have to ubey him unconditionally, and they swear an oath of fidelity tn him. The Kmperor i* uot yet thirty -six yean old. He has hardly reamed his pr me, and ii ould be wonderful if he did not feel some- uch a help to anybody starting life in a wh l ""-' *>>' th* power winch he has new country. A decent young fellow, who * him - lhm * of " : H knows he had he. n i coachman it, Kn! .1. waa lok "a* me b*t military marline ever ot to- had been a coachman in Kngland, wa* look ing for a job at a certain livery stable re- cently While waiting for the proprietor on the sidewalk a policiman came up an 1, despite hit straight story, arrested him. He wa brought bsfon the Recorder, and fined five dollar*. The poor fe'low had no- thing but willmgn*** to work, and a* no- body seemed to can for that, nay, as that seemed lo be an offence, he was s*nt down for fifteen da-ys. Why, of Course. Dairy Granules. It is sat to aay that no milking machine will move sui-.-rutiil until somebody can put iiraini in it. Th* amount of the coloring matter In th* milk t> influenced by the food of the animal, a* well as by the individuality. A mark of I. utter that is uniformly tine U half sold when it reach** the mark*!. You oan only get that reputation by hav- ing everything alumt th* factory, both ma<. hinrry, factory and all appointments, properly clean, (.'ieanlinti* is next lo god- I'ncl* Treetop " That heifer i* two years old." City niece " Ho* do you know?" Uncle Treat op " By her horns." t'ny niece " Oh. to be sure ; sh* his only two." Twenty Years Agx>. ' "This introduction give* me great pleas- ure, heltfve me." frankly explained Bruwn when introduced to a popular society ac- tress. 'Itcally you flatter me, Mr. Hrown." "Not at all. 1 hav* worshiped you from a distance for over twenty year*. and " Brawn is still engaged racking his brain trying t rind out why th* aatreei out him snort, an I has since declined to recogni;* him when they accidentally meet. got Aether, and he ha* MX),OllO men always un.ler arm*. He know* that he can call J.IMI.IHVI aoldiers into the field by railing his finger, and he ha* .'."xt.imo hone* to mount his cavalry. There are other troops which can be called from the people, which makes hi* war strength fully 3,1)00,000 of trained fighting men, and ibis vast army n soorgani/.-l thai il c\n be directed by him sitlmg in his palace in Berlin aud pressing his finger on tn* telegraphic button whico calls his officials to him . The machine lik* character of th* whole i* wonderful. A German officer is*xpected to be a machine, and h* i* punished if h* act* on hi* own responsibility. On* of the most famous oriicer* of th* war ot 1S70 achieved a victory by acting quickly, with- out orders, against the enemy. In Kngland or in France h* would hav* been a aero, but 10 i .ermany h* was (tripped of his com- mand and ordered to go home. This wa< i.enaral Steinmet/. Officer* are not gi'n places because of their ability tu handle troops. There, ii no such thing a* favorit- ism in Ihe iiernan army, and promotion* arv by merit rather then by length of ser- vice. Influence counts for nothing, a* proof of which abatement it may be mentioned that while Bismarck waa Chancellor at* two sons were serving a* private). The Kmperor watches the drilling of th* troops very o*r*fully, *nd if a regimont pl*aMi him h* put* on th* uniform of th* regiment. The soldiers consider this a reward and are very much complimented by it. H* i* very rigid iu hi* conduct w;th the army, and hi ii doing all h* can to make Germany a vast military camp 1 H* encourages tl.e establishment ' of a military club in every village, and constant drilling go* on over th* whole empire. The soldier it, IQ fact, nmnipreeenl in'Uermaay, and you oin't gel out of th* h*anng of a nulilary bar.. I, in whatever pare of the country, you may b*. Of a woman's power : not how xclu*ive- thmk cf her when she is then, bu- how oftu yju think of her wh*n ih* i tier*.