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>.. ' *•'*. \ fli« same Independence.' From that 'lay to this we've followed that plao, ind I oMsure you it is astonishing bow little we maiaa<{e to »i)«ad, not how niH'-li,. an you twn say it is with you, a/Oid wft are bringing up our two little tjoys in the same way. Even now, when they wunt inooney they toddle up to t.heir lather oar me and aalk ua to open I he safe. Neither has ever taken out more than a, tive-cejit piece at a time, â- ind fioinetimes wv.eks go by without tMthcT asking that the safe be opened. I re,illy think the rcsponiiibility of an • illowajice would drive me cr.azy." con- t inued the little wiaman with a laugh. "You kjiow wosneo are not any bet- tor at figures than they are at rea- nooing and it would drive me mad to have to calculate wh/»ther I could have this, that or the other dish for dinner. or a new piece of lace or ribbon, andl still niiuke my alLowanoe come out even, t wouldn't like it at all "You see, I've never had an allowv a.nce. When X was a youne girl my father paid all my bills, and 1 didn't ey«a have any ide.a of what I siient. Aifterwurd I eamied my own living, .xnd. of course, was not restricted, ex- cept l)y the amount 1 earned ; and then I married, and having been living as [ hnve explained since. I think our plau' is the best for the development of the character of a child. Give your lioys and girls bo muoh money every month and it often leads them into iiad haliits. They indulge their fan- i;iea and buy fooliifli things, they form 111© very had hojbit of borrowing from •-•ach other, and do not get the idea at saving. In fact, all t(hey think about is spending." "Your plan might work all right with Home boys," said the stout ma- troin. "but how about boya lacking in a se-nae of honor f" "Yes. I dcn't thinik it would do with .'JI childrein," put in the sad-fac^d one. "If all naretits would presuppose that their children wwre honorable and let tbiesn know it, do you know I think there would be less dishonesty in the world," answered the little woman ear- nestly. "Of course, nothing works in every family. Unfiorbunately there is no Bipeciiio for training boys and girls into noble men and women, but I stiok to it the more we tru^t and honor them â- md reelect their individuality and in- dependence the more they will trust â- ^nd honor us. When a boy or girl can .'rt.-und the money te.st you can put your faith, in the truth o^ his or her heart >i(nd in the breadth and depth of their flonindations." "Perhaps you are right," murmur- ed the other two thoughtfully. "After all," concluded the stout ma- tron, with a far-away looik in her eyes, "hoys and girls are a much greater resT'ontibLlity thiin the spending and savins ot An allowance, aren't theyt" HERO AND HAN. Thejre ^vere three of the-m, aaid they were talking alxmt allowances. Of coarse they wiere women. Few men have to live on allowaooes, and boya sjK«i<l theirs as a rule, without talk- ing or BO muoih as thinking about it. "I don't know wliat I think about this allowance business," said a stout, middle-aged matrom. "Now. my hua- beoid given me 9100 a week bo run the house and dress myself. I,caji't under- stand it at all. When we flr.-,t .staitod out im life a quarter of a century ago. he didn't make 91U0 a month, and yet we saved one-thiird of all he earned. Wouldn't you thiink that in all these years I would have learned to spend to a better advantage intteaU of just the opposite I" "I understand you perfectly," ans- wered a dark-eyed Mlnman in whose countenance tlnere wus an expression of life endured and not enjoyed. "We've been married a little longer thtm you have and started out as poor â- s the proverbiai church mouse. But times prospered with us, and my hus- band grew proportionately generous in biis allowance (or our household expen- di tuxes and bir my peraimal use. Tlbeb more I had the less I seemed to be able to save, and it worried me a great deal. Finally we broke up bjouaekeeping, and, as you both know, went to a hotel to live. PJretty soooi' It came my way to make qtiite am income for myself, Mul gradually my hiuslband stxapped giv- ing me an aJlowanoe fur personal use. Of course he pays all my living expens- aa, but I use the money I earn to dress myself. I{ you believe me, I don't â- eem able to save a cent, and yet 1 don't dreea extravagantly. All the mcney that comes my way seems to liartake of the nature U a ceatipede and wBiUca off In a hurry. I can tell jrou, and I have aotbing to show fior it. How! is it with you I" •he added, tumiing to the young- est woman in tihe tiarto', a happy- looking, iii[>righilly little creature. "Oh, I don't have an allowance," ahe â- nswered, "I know nothing oliout al- lowances." "Not have an allowance t" exclaimed ti>e other two. "Well, 1 wouldin't like tSiat," continued the stout matron "Ho, indeed. Of course, havine an allowance is a great responsibility in a way, but I'd like to see myself asking any man, even my own husband, for money, and I wouldn't do it. How do you stand the humiliation of it, and does be aak you what you are going to do with it, and what you did with the la«.t be gave ywi?" "Dear me," exclaimed the hajypy little wumank "we've been marrLed ten years, and I've never asked bum for a cent, and he has never adked ma how 1 spent a cent, and mure than that he is 95 years old, and never Ln his life bus anybody asked bim bow ha spent a cent, 'ilbinik f£ tbu delight of that I" she exclaimed. "I don't uuderjtajul bow such a state of affairs could exist," said the sad- faced one. "Well, you see it began 'way back," explained the little woman. " When my buaband was ten years old bis father said to him and his brothers and uutittra: 'Cibiidren, my casb drawer itt open. Its cv>ute.nts are yours as muoh OS mine, and now when you need any money i want you to feel true to go there and get it as long as there is a cent there. We are partners, do yuu understand, and now, mind you, 1 didn't tay you mubt go when you waait- ed money ,but when you needed it.' Tlhen he explained U> them simply and dearly Just what Iuh linancial stand- ing was. 'Ilhe result? Why, those boys and girls bay that they n«ver bpvut as much money as they wanted to, and tliey never took from that drawer a^ mucii as the smallest allow- ance uf their companions. They had the feeling that they were really their father's businiess paj \ners, and were en their honor to pn Vect his in- terests and to hi^lp him to Mtve." "And you say that the Uthler nev- er asked tbein bow they spuit the mon- ey that they took from the cash draw- er t" aciked the Btout matroni. for she was ioiterested in the training of boiya. "Never," wna tie emphatic reply. "More than that, he never preached to his children hie took them to church occasionally, as he would to a ' oirousk did not (orbid them doing any- thing or going anywhere, and never a<iked them what tbley had been dcing OP where they had been." "It was a great risk to take," in- terrupted the sad-facod woman. "What are parents (or if they are not to warn, admoniHib and re^irove theifl oliiildren J" "1 thiink parents are given to chil- dren," answered Uiie young woman, "to develop their own chiiracters and those of their children by exajaplo. Now my laUher-in-law ha.s always lived a pure, high life, and ojs a result his chil- dren has never tasted whiiskey, the boys have never used tobacco in any form, tJiey have never indulged their ajipetitles and done lots of other things hhat we wamen grant men the privil- ege of doing. 1 tell you tbe average boy or girl resents not btiing innpli- oitly trusted, and wlien parents betfin to wtitx.'<h and question tbeim too close- 1 ly the child vml give th«m something i to see and to be answ^ered. But to nci\ back to the allowance. When we were married and returned from our honey- 1 mo.)n, my husband said, 'Now, come! and let me teach you hrjw to opom my gone to pieias fin.ancLiUy safe,' and after doing so he went on; Bniil.b â€" It's his own fault. He had a 'Now there '.s our moO'cy. When you good thing and threw it away. want any take it and I'll d» the .swine Brown â€" Howl until it IS all gone. I shall never a.sk Biiiitb â€" Why. he was receiver of a you what you take or how you spend it, railro;i.d at one time, and he actually Bind I •ftwjl vipect you to. (crant me wotlnd up its affaia^l !*«lite New ABecdotr* of Ihe Urrat Dnke of Wrillaston. The wnrliis of remiinisoenoe and bia- lory agree that thiere was aomethlng a/bout thie Duke of Wellington that ren- in his oom|.kny. H» was absolutnly in his company. He was at>aolutely genuine, a man witiiDut vanity or de- sire of display. EDb was invariaibly i-ouxteouB to women, 'but thu.t did not Plnevent him Troon staving off sunh as wert> boree. One of them: susbingly asked, bim to give her an account of the Battle of IWaterkx). "Oh," said be, "it's very easily done. We pummeiled tibem. they pummelled us, and I sujipoae we pummelled tihe hardest ; bo we gannied the day." Yet ihe was a gireat stickler for punc- tilio in what seeniied tu bim the proper (jJaoeet. Wlicn the regimemt of his sun l.ord Uouro, was quarlerd at Dover, tIhe, Duke was stao^iing at Walruier Cas Ue, and Uba ofrioers rode over and left tbeir cards, as a matter of form. tjoon after came an invitation from tibe Duke of Wellington inviting all tiie off icers to dloe. but ignoring his own son. Wtuen Lord Uuuro asked for an exp&anallun thb duke gave Lt thus, wi thi great gooa liunuor : "I make no distinction in the ser- vice. Tlboae gentLconen hlul paid me the oomplikneint of u visit, and I inviied tJbenj to dinner. You were not almong tjhi-m, BO 1 oinittod you in the invita^ tion." Tlhus hiB could sjways hold his own wit!) an imperturbubiiity whlith might well ha-ve nerved h(im on the field of battle. At a dinn^ej one day hu was laiking witlii thf. dognuitic John Wil ton Croker, who v on trail icbed btau flat- ly about fcometMing whi.ch ha«l occur- red at Waterloo, llliw duke, knowing his miviUt Bubinitt»d quiutly ; but nut AT WORK IN THE KI'DCHEN. The wouiuu who values the impress aion hex personal appearance makes up- on her husband and ciiildren, as well as neighbors and friiuda, will strive to look neat and trim while at work a* well as at other times. It is a mistaken idea that work can be performed bet- ter and quicker when one is slovenly attired, and in clothes which one need not be careful aboutk Comfort, of course, is the first consideration aJ- â- ways. The woman who spends much time in the kitchen is constantly ex- ercising, and for tha,t reason she needs to bathe frequently and change her un- derclothing and stockings after the heavy work of the day. The change takes but a few minutes, and will be thoroughly aired and ready tor use the next morning. This change is essen- tial for comfort, as a clean dress over clothing damp from perspiration will not insure it. The housewife who is on har feet <-onBtantly needs low-heeled, comfort- able shoes or slippers to work in, and nothing eases tired feet as bathing them in cold water and then drawing on clean stockings. lAn abundant supply of stockings is economy and comfotrt. If clean ones are put on every day they will not become much soiled and are quickly rinsed up ready for next time. A loose, easy corset will be found com- fortable, and a woman always looks neater for wearing it. Habit is every- thing in this matter, and when one once set at work, it will be found most con- set at work, it will be found most in- convenient to do without it. A dark petticoat of drilling, ticking, duck. pique or any other heavy material will be found most serviceable. If it is dark it does not require frequent washing, ajid being of stiff material it will keep the drees skirt from hanging closely about one, as Is generally the case when a sateen petticoat is wotrn. Nothing looks worse about the house- wife than uncombed hair, and so many women go about their work all morn- ing with unbecoming wisi* of hair banging over face and neck. Just a few minules' use Of comb or brush and the hair twisted into a smooth <»il ia sH that is necessary for the morning head- dress. The heat takes out the curl, un- less one is blessed with natural curly hair, and it certainly looks as well to smooth the hair down plainly as to keep it rolled up in crimpers more than half the day. A judicious use of the curl- ing longs when dressing for the af- ternoon is not injurious to the hair, and is by far the nicest way. The kitchen dress should be dark, neat and simply made. Dark blue cali- co or percale with white striptis or fig- ures will be found inosl servii'Pjible, and it washes better than most col- ors except gray, which is nJso nice. Three dark dressps for use in tbe kitch- en should be sufficient. The very nic- est wa^ to moke them is to have a loosely fitted waist extending two or more inches below the waist line, and a full skirt sewed on to it. The sleeves BTH most comfortable if short, reach- ing just below the ellmw. or else loose enough to noil up easily. A narrow ruffle of the material of which the dress is made fiuislies Ihe sleeve pret- tily. The ne«-k may be finl.fhed with a turn-down collar or a frill of while lace, which will relieve the plainness. A dress made this way is easily laundered. Hnd that means (onsiderablo to the housewife. Another ni'at kit<' lien dress is made with a full .skirt, sewed to a shirt waist. This waist is made with or without a yoke at the back, and the fulness at the waist is gathered into a t^vo-inch-wide band or belt. A goodly Hupply of kitchen arxrons will prole<"t the dress, and every house- wife should provide herself with long one-s which extend well over the hips. Kitchen work in summer, and winter as w^ell, is most wearisome, and the woman who h.i.s lo spend much of her time in the kitchen should make her- self as comfortable as iMi.sslble, and yet not ncglet-t htir persona.! apjiear- auce. It l:iKB« 1)ut VBiry little extra time to kee;) oncnelf neat, and when once the habit Ls fonneil it will be no effort. Personal cleanliness and neat- ness means comfort. â- et in a warm placeâ€"in a bowl in the loo of the tea-kettle. When dis- solved, pour into the hot custard just after removing from the stove. The firmness and delicacy of a custard de- pends on its being Iwiked slowly. In making boiled custards the milk should be heated before adding the eggs and sugar, always using a double boiler, or a kettle within a kettle. When the milk luus reax^hed the boil- ing point, mix the be;iten and strained yolks with the sug;ur. then ,idd grad- ually several sjioonfuls of the boiling milk and pour all slowly into the lioiling milk. Stir constantly until it thickens a liltle, but not long enough to curdle, then either set immediately in cold water or turn out into a cold dish; it will curdle if left in a hot dish. Boiled custards are more diffi- cult to nuike than baked ones for they demand the closest attention until finished. Flavors should be withheld until just before removing from the fire. Charlotte-Russe. â€" Dissolve one ounce of gelatine in two gills of boiling milk, beat the whites of tour eggs to a stiff froth, one and a half cups of powdered sugar, one pint of thick cream whipped to a froth, one table- spoon of rose-water for flavoring; line a large mold witJi thick slices of S[)ouge-cake, mix together the gela- tine, crp.am, sugar and flavoring, add lightly the frothed whites of the eggs [K>ur over the sponge-cake and set on the ice until required for uae. Rice Souffle. â€" BoU one cup of rice in sweet milk until soft, add two table- spoons of loaf-sugar and half a tea- spoon of salt ; pour into a dish and scatter over its aurfa^e small bits of jelly ; beat the whitivs of five eggs and three tal)l6»i«K>ns of pulverized sugar to a foam, flavor Avilh extrai't of pineapple and add one tablespoon of rich cream ; iiour over the rice and serve very cold. Moonshine. â€" This is a very pleasing and palatable dessert. Beat the whites of six eggs to a very stiff froth, then add gradually six table- spoons of powdered sugar, more sugar if preferred thit'ker, beat until very stiff, then beat in one heaping table- spoonful of preserved peaches cut in bits, or a <-up of jelly, and set on ice till thoroughly chilled. Serve at each plate a liberal portion of the moon- shine floating in a saucer of rich sweetened cream flavored with vanilla. Orange Float.â€" One rjuart of water, the juioe and pulp of two lemons, one large cup of sugar ; put over the stove to trail ; when at boiling heat, add four tablespoons of corn starch, dis- solved in a little cold water, and let it lK)il fifteen minutes, stirring oon- tintially ; when thick, set away to <ool. Peel and slive five nii« oranges in a glass dish, pour the cold custard over it. beat the whites of three eggs stiff, sweeten and flavor with vnnilla and spread over the lop of the dessert. Orange Souffle.â€" Peel and slice six aranges, put in a dish alternate lay- ers of oranges and puJverized sugar and let stand for tvm hours; make a soft boiled custard of thfl yolks of three eggs, one pint of milk sugar to taste and the gjrBle<i rinds of the oranges; when cool enough not to break the dish, pour over the sli<^ed fruit; make a meringue of the whites and spread over the fop of the pudding. A HOMiVMADE PLANT STAND. A useful pl.nnt stand for the piazza can be const nucted of Ixiards by any skilful mechanic. Simply saw from a broad board two pieces for the ends, in the same manner as the carpenter long uiterWard CrcOoer again l>ecame! saws bearings for old-fashioned stair- offensively-osaiertLVo in regard to per-j st,>|,8, making the steps nine or ten in- *â„¢.'!^!.**°''^"^*:. j^ .. „ I 1,1,, ,1m1,„ wlfh' â- â€¢ht's high. UiK)n these place a lioard a 'My detu trober, sawl Uhi.' dukp, with; .,",'.,, . , unruffled good-li(umK)r "I can yield to! foot broad, with a marginal strip your superior in3Cormn,tion on mo...t around it three or four inches high. todnts, and you rnjiy peirlliape know a ^^ ^^^^ i^^ j^t, ;„ pi_.j<,g ,^„j great deal more M whut passe«l ati VWrk^ th<ai nw«elf ; but as a sports- shield them from t^e sun Duun. I will maintain my point about and wind. By placmg upright pieoes at Uae ptt:.rcus8io4i-cttp» I" But of all stories uliout him there is ixn» w'hadh liest proves his almost quix- otic honesty. At one time h,f bought a (a.rm lying niear Ms eistate. and liheirDfore very vnjuable to hum. When the purchjice wue concluded, his steward ccKigrii.tulii.U'd him on having got suoh a bargaiai ; for, aa he explaincxl, this <mn«'r wps In difficultiea, and hod be«'n (ocrccd to part with the lan<l. "What do you mea,n by a bargain?" siftuKl tihe duke. , ^ , "It was valued at eleven bundrcd pounds," Ha.id tihi« steward, "and we got it for eight hu/iulrcxl." "In thiit ease," fia-id thb duke, 'you will he kind enough to carry th« extra tihiree faun<lred rounfts to the late own- er, and never to talk to me of cheap land again." HIS MISaiAKE. iBrown â€" They .say old Jenkins has the rear, to hold the fabric erect, you will have a step-like flowerstanil, which will show your planis well, and on which they will not be liable to suffer from the effei-t.s of drying winds .ind hot sun. The front of each tray can be det'oraled with rustic ornaments, and the ends can be relieved from bar- renness, by dro»>i)ing plants, as Othon- na or Kenilworth ivy, i)lace<l upon bnu'kels, or by large plants standing ujion the floor. The shelves or trays .should have a layeir of sand on the bol- loiii. to hold the drainage and jirevcnl drying out. COLD Dl'BSEK.TS FOR HOT DAY'^. Success in making delicate custards and creams depends almost entirely up- on adherence to a few simple, but in- exoral)le rules: Eggs should never be beaten in tin ,i.s theiro is some chemic- al influence alx>ut tin that prevents their attaining the desired state of creamy lightness; use iijwaya stone or earihfin Wiire in â- svhich lo beat them. Beat quickly and .sharply through the egg. (he yolks and white srpnnitely. When gelatine is usftd for creams it is beat soaked an hour in cold water DETBCTING A THIEF BY SMELL. rurlouft by lUe Abyif nrtbiiil .i<lopt<-<l filnlaii. Aby.ssinia, the oldest monarchy in the world, had muoh the same government, laws and customs three thousand years ago that it has now. One of the most curious of these is that of "thief-smell- ing." When a robbery has been committed and Ls reported to tlie LelmshL who amiwers to the Chief of Detectives, he compels one of his sulrardLnutes to driok 0. decoction made from a plant which throws niju into a. stite of some- tlting like that produced l>y hashish or opiumrciinoking iSefore t lu> stupor. While thus intoxicated the detective is sup- posed to have a supernatural power of Huiellin^ thieves. The method of util- izing this power, desirilied by the Abys- sinian traveller, Dr. Krapp, <-<inflists of tying a stout rope aroumil the detec- tive's waist and allowing him to crawl up and down the vilta^^e street, the free end of the ro[>e bemg held lu t he band of the LeiKisbi. Whenever the lhi«f-.smoller enters .i bouse its m.ister is at unco convicted of the theft without fui ther evidence. The person who has lieen robbed is sent for and made to arwcar to the value of the stolen property, and this value must l>e paid at once by the owner of tbe htMise to which tlio scent has led the aide detective. TURBINIA IS A MAR7BL. THIS CRAFT CAN BASIIT MAiiK FORTY MILES AN HOUR. New Bm in l«(ruin .UolurH-Kxpert NlitD «uil F.UKlna Kullilrri. «tve 1'lielr VleW'.-Oiir liu|>orliiiil TUIiis Liii'klUK-*'>°<<t><'^ ''** vecHluK Power .Vfc-f »s«n . The record-ibrejuking 100-foot tor- j)edo .boat Turbiiiia lias intensoljf in- teivstod the public in England <geB- erally, and exjieris in marine engi- neering in particular. It is lulmitierf that if the principle of the steam tur- bine invented by Oharle.< Parsons and fitted in the Turbinia can â- -'• extended to large shiiw it w»ll mark the gieufr- ' est revolution in men^hanios since th» invention of tbe atoam en«iiie it- self. A oorrestpondent has obtained two opinions uf weight resiien^tiag the aicbiev'tsueuts of the T(irb|inia. and ths prospects oJ! this wionderful inven- tion. JVlr. WoUf, U.P. for Belfast, bead ol the famous firm of Uarland & Wolff, of BeiXast, and hiioself the designer of the White Star liners, says: "I sunv the 'Ihirbinia a.t Spithead go- ing nearly eihgt miles an hour faster ing neaj'ly eight miles an hour faster than any vessel bad. ever gone before, and even then she was not being> jiusb- ed to her full qpeed. She passed quit* close to the Teutonic, on which I (was. She dufihed along with marvsUou* Silieed und smoothness. "1 xuust say, however, that I felt more sexvure on the Teutonic than I should have fleLt on tha Turbinia, for you knoov they have not yet surmount- ed the difficulty of reversing the en- gine. She can go ahead FOH/TY MlULaas A!N uoua, but pan only reveitie at less than four. "If Parsons can make a similar tur- bine engine praoticaible for big oraft with iproper reversing power, he will mien a new era in the history of steam motors. But, altliuugh he has carried the econumizing of Hteum to a great pituh tor a turbine engine, still from my oLicwrvation the waste of both steam and fuel under bis system If applied on a liirg» Hcule would be al- most fatal. Tbat there is a itut 'u- Lui'e (before his turbine engine for lauuclies and olhicr imaall uraft I tdo not dou,l>l, providing ue oan geit ov«r the (reversing ditfii iiity." WilUujn Allan, M.i. for UaXeahead, ose of tliM great cu4>tains of the ship and engine building industry on thS lyne, wtuere at his .A.tliks works he constructs steuuu.'ra and ironclads, suys: "1 (Consider that >tr. Parsons, whoa* electrical works on tbe TyuB are well known ito me, has uiudls on immense stride ttrwards rv^alizing tha.t ideal of acieutilu: inccli.iuiciiwiwi, a perfect ro- tary enifine. Ue has^ to my know- ledge, ove.nx«u>! appMlli'Ug disouuaags- meuls, uud, Heeing What he has al- ready done, tlioro is no reason why lie should not attain complete suc- cess. I "The B(peed of the Turbinia is un- doubted. Sluu is easUy the fastest craft 6v<ir launched. V'ibra.tJou is reduced to the vanishing jmint. Ufcr turbine en- gine is .-iu.id to iluveUiu> t-he saJuuiltorse- giiie is sold to devciuu> the souie boi'so- jorter OS a tur^nodiu boat engine of Mev»'n or eight tuues its weight, ller luaiihiuory is. s»iiip(l|» to a dicgreo. la all rei^ieicta SHE IS IWICJUE. "But 'when you .lak me what liki^ lihood lhej>5 is that tlie Parsuus* tur- bine loan be uitilizod fur large vfti,olB my antivveir is tliat throe things must be ovenxiiue before that is jiossibls. She cannift rever-te worth sjieakiiig of. If slie cuiinot do that witlniut putting in a separate reversing engine, then the weight and mecJuinical comi>licar tions Ibecoinc very serious. The con- sumption of fuel is aleau a seriuu.-i, de- fect, lus i» tbe waste of stuaiii. "It has Ijoen the exjierience of every inventor that a model may work jier- fectly, but wlien you come to ii^iply tho pTini:iple of the model onl a large scale youoiu-ounler inBU4ieral>lc difficult ics. 1 do not say that is the psiie wilii tho Parsons turbine engine, but we liiive not yet suen it on a big .ship, and without adequate reversing gcjir it cannot siWoLy be luiipliod to a big ship. 1 agree with Mr. Wolff, who m att t;ood an authority a<i you wmld have, that the 'Turbiniii, as she floaits, is a mar- vel, and marks ain imni.n.'^e .idvamw in the atteuiflit t^ NuppLaait the pruseint reci^tfocating ctngiue. ' KOKTUNH IN A WHAf^. Tihia iwh(iliner bark t»wnJlow which hn« put in at Vineyiud Uavcji, on Iwr way from Unrliados to Boston, has been out 18 mpjitJiB. ftbe took 9110 bar- rels of sperm oil. litlO poumis of whale- bon'e und 11 i:ounda of aiml)eTvris. The amlwrgris is in one lump nearly round, and is purtiiularly fine in qual- ity. It is v.a.hi/--d at 8:».520. While cruising in thu vicinity of Tristin d'- .\cuiilm, in I bo t'^ioulili Atlantic, the Sw;ilU«v captured a .perm whale which yielded ne;irly U |;<Aind.s of the pre- ciouw material, 'llhto uiark<'t value of awilwrgris at pre.s«ml is ^320 a pound. A PLAU< MORAL. Sunday School Teacherâ€" Now, Regin- ald, what does the beautiful parable of the Pro<ligal son loiu'h us. Kcginaldâ€" It 1ea<lieM u.s that we shoulil all be prcnligal sons and not fat- ted calves. ALWAYS THE SAME. Magistrateâ€" How old are you? Womanâ€" Thin y. Magistrateâ€" Why. if I'm not mistak- en you told me Unit three years ago. Womanâ€" uViid so I did. I'm not a woman who .says one thing one day and another the next. HEINOUS CRIME. Prelfeuor tiervrd Ire liiii^rlrd niibl'liolrrk t^rriii^ III latiTHlfi. One of the most horrible and sensa- tional poiisoning mysteries that ever en- gaged tho attentuin of the aiithoril ies owed its solution entirely to an accid- ent. Whan sonic If) different pexiplc had died within 24 hours after dining with a certain South Ajiierii:an pmfe.sBor it wiUi decided to in.slitute a prusccul ion against him, although according to the mediciU certificates, death had in c;ise been due to clmlera or yellow ach fev- er. The a<!cus6d would undoubtedly have been acquitted, hut for his aciidciital ni'glpct to t.hrow a^vay ice lift over from his last dinner. This his butler put into a bottle and took to thij Puii- lic I'rnsecutor, who had it examined by a clwmist, Tho latter testified in Court thnt he found it to con-^lst of a living mass of cholera germs, which iiiil been frozen without in the least affccling their activity and poi.somuis pmwor. I'tifl proftvisor had been in Ihe habit of serving this deadly ioe to his (tuests, tii.king cnrc not to partake of any him- self. Small wonder i hat they died sh'iirlly afterward of virnlent cholera, or tlisil tho miscreant iTofessor defied detfction until his un & actidcntil ne- glect brought home to hinn bis terrible crinta. V^H / \^- U W