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l f f HOUSEHOLD. . The Midsummer Month- I‘he midsummer month is half go most sultry weather of the year is with In all. the temperate zone. “hot July, boil- ing like the fire,” is a month generally dreaded. In such weather every precaution should be taken to avoid exposure and] fatigue. The entire programme of life which was suitable enough for the colder weather must now be changed to suit the torrid heat. There are many days in this month when the chief part of the work should be done in the cool of the early morning, and the midday be left for relaxation and rest. Nothing is ained and a great deal may be lost by har work during the sultry season, I it is astonishing how much skill and care‘ may do to mitigate the discomforts of are tremely warm weather. If the house be shut up during the middle of the day, so as to keep out the heat and flies, and open in the morning'and evening to let in the cool air, the temperature may be kept uni- fornierly comfortable. Where there is no awnings the blinds must be closed, and the shades drawn in midday. The wise housekeeper arranges her cook- ing, so that there shall be no excessive hut from the stove during the afternoon. By the use of boiled meats and simple stews and braizes, which may be cooked at the morning fire, she avoids the strong fire re- quired for roasts and heavier meat dishes. On ironing days or any days when it is necessary to have a strong fire in the range, she takes advantage of it to cook meat enough for two or three days. Thus by careful management she can avoid a fire in the range at least half the time, using an oil or gas stove to cook the simple suppers that are most desirable at this season. In the very character of her food, she may combat to considerable extent the discom- forts of the season. A mistake which housekeepers are quite likely to make is to serve cold food. Now a meal exclusively of cold food is one of the most difficult to digest, and taxes more I severer the powers of the body, which are already weakened by the heat. The stimulus of light soups, delicately broiled steak, and other meats that are easily digested, are especially needed in a summer diet. The famous cook of Prince Ester- liazy, when ordered by his master to give him something easily digestible, as he was suffering from languor, out three slices from a well-hung fillet of beef and broiled them all rare. He laid the first slice in the centre of the serving platter and squeezed the juice of the other two over it, until noth- ing but the fibre was left in them. Thus he served one fillet of beef on the platter enveloped in the nourishing juices of two others. Such a dish as this contains the stimulus and nourishment necessary to combat the wear and tear of summer heat. Cold meat heated up with a little curry is far more digestible, and therefore far more nourishing, than cold meat. Even iced tea, that favorite beverage of mid- summer, is a drink of doubtful value at the ' dinner table. Hot tea heats the stomach and prepares it for its woxk, while cold tea i retards digestion, like ice water taken during a meal, by chilling the stomach. The midday rest, if for no longer than half an hour, should be a part of the daily regime of every hard-working housekeeper. If she can so manage that she can get such a rest, she will feel like rising early in the morning, when she can do extra work in the cool hours of the day, and the other- wise long tour of duty of the day will be comfortably broken. A great many women toil on hour after hour without realizing till they lie down to rest at night how tired they are. They have been keeping up on their nerve-fc rce, rather than on their strength~a most dangerous thing to do. A Wonderful Woman- r‘hysically and mentally, the late Dow- i ager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin was, in truth, the most remark- able woman in the century. Born on Feb- ruary 23, 1803, it was not until 1888 that she had any serious illness. Imagine eighty- fivc years of unbroken health ! Her life was idyllic in its peaceful beauty and good- ness. It is true that the late grand duchess , had to endure the loss of her husband and half a century of widowhood, and that one by one she mourned the death of all her childreii,but that is one of nature’s penalties for the privilege, if it be one, of attaining extreme old age. The tender affection which existed for so many years between the grand duchess and her brother the late Emperor \Villiam, was the great happiness of her long life, and its countless acts of un- assuming benevolence made it a blessing to herself and others. That there must have been much that was remarkable about the duchcss in her young days may be judged by the enthusiastic admiration which the sight of her superb figure and lovely face aroused in the cynical philosopher poet Heine, who confessed that to gaze upon " Our Alexandrina’s" are and serene ‘ features made him feel a etter man. | A Mother's Argument. “The most-to-be-regretted act of my life,” says a lieutenant-commander in the navy, " was a letter which I wrote home to my mother when about seventeen years of age. She always addressed her letters to me as ‘ My dear boy.’ I felt at that time I l was a man, or very near it, and wrote say- ing that her constant addressing me as a ‘ boy‘ made me feel displeased. “ I received in reply a letter full of re- preaches and tears. Among other things she said : ‘ You might grow to be as big as ’ Goliath, as strong as Samson and as wise as I Solomon; you might become ruler of a na- l tion, or emperor of mighty nations, and the world might revere you and fear you ; butl to your devoted mother you would always appear, in memory, in your innocent, un- retantious, unself-conceited, un mpered abyhood. In those days when washed and dressed and kissed and worshipped you, you were my idoL ‘ Now-soda s ~on are be- coiiilng a part of a gross worl , by contact with it, and I cannot bow down to you and worship you. But if there is manhood and maternal love transmitted to you, you will understand that the highest compliment that mother love can pay you is to call you ‘ my dear boy.’ " ' Water-Edd; Cake Several correspondents have asked to have the recipe for watermelon cake reprinted. When it was printed several years ago it was a complete novelty, and as such met with amoral acceptance, but recently cater- ers have taken it up and are makin cakes in this form for sale at the shops. he cake consists of two parts, the white part which imitates the rind, and the red part which ne_ The imitates the centre of the melon and has us. raisins in it for seek. To make the white part, best two cups of sugar and a cup of butter to a cream. Add a cup of milk, the whites of six eggs, two teaspoonfuls of cream 0' tartar, one of soda and three and a half cups of flour. For the red rt, use one cup of pink or red sugar, hal a cup of but. ter, a third of a cup of sweet milk, the whites of four eggs, two cups of flour, a teaspoonful of cream 0’ tartar, half a tea- spoonfnl of soda and a teacup of raisins. It requires two persons to fill the moulds with this cake, one to put in the white part which forms the border and the other to put the red part in the centre. A melon mould is the best to bake this cake in, as it is the most ornamental. Let the cake bake for about an hour in a moderately hot oven. When it is done, let it cool in the mould and invert it on a platter. Ice it thickly on the curving part with a reen icing, colored With spinach green. ' he French vegetable colorings which come for this purpose, and cost about 25 cents a bottle, are perfectly harmless. How to Deal With the Mosquito. There are very few people who attempt to deal with mosquitos as they do with other insects. Sufierance seems to be the general rule. In many places in the moun- tains this insect disappears early in July, but in lowlands, near river or seashore, he takes up his quarters for the season. There appears to be no remedy quite so effectual for this pest as the odor of pennyroyal. The essential oil sold in drug stores is hard- ly so effectual as the fresh herb itself. A bouquet of these fragrant herbs will usually drive away this troublesome pest. \Vhen mosquitoes attack a community in force they are best exorcised by a smudge, or smouldering fire of pine boughs or fragrant wood, smothered to give forth a thick smoke. This smoke is not especially dis- agreeable to people in the open air, but its effect in driving away mosquitoes is remark able. The best antidote for the bite of :1. mos- quito undoubtedly is ammonia, weakened with a little water or salt and water. Some people go so far as to press the poison out of the bite with some small metal instru- ment, like the point of a watch key, before applying the antidote. This prevents the painful swelling that sometimes occurs. As in other cases, “ One man’s meat is another man’s poison,” and the same remedy will not apply to all individuals. Some find camphor most eflicacious, and salt and water will not avail. Ammonia, however, seems to be generally successful as a neutralizer of the mosquito poison . \Vhile there are large quantities of mosquitoes and no reason for their appearance is apparent, it is well to look about the premises for something which attracts them. An uncovered bar- rel of rain water will bring them in hordes, and damp places and stagnant pools are spots where they delight to congregate. ' There are a great many objections to mos- quito bars, the chief of which is the sense of suffocation which their use engenders. They keep out mosquitoes, but they also keep out the pure, fresh air. It is better to endure the presence of the pests, or to use other remedies against them, than to keep out the fresh air by the use of nets at the doors and windows or in canopy over the beds. Three Balatsble Edd-e: of Preparing the Tomato. BAKED Tensionsâ€"Choose six large, smooth tomatoes. Cut a slice off the stem end and carefully scoop out the seeds. Mix half a cup of finely-chopped cold boiled haricots, two tablespoonfuls of stale bread crumbs, 9. tablespoonful of chopped parsley, half a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne, with a tablespoouful of melted butter. Fill the tomatoes with the mixture, ' heaping into centre ; sprinkle over the tops with bread crumbs. put the tomatoes in a. pie dish, haste with melted butter and bake in a hot oven thirty minutes. When done take up and serve hot. TOMATO Futonâ€"Put a layer of tomatoes in the bottom of a pie dish, cover with a layer of bread crumbs, then sprinkle with salt and pepper, put in more tomatoes, bread crumbs and seasoning until the dish is full. Put the bread on top, cover with bits of butter and bake twenty minutes. TOMATO Toastâ€"Rub a quart of boiled tomatoes through a colander, put in a. stew pun, season with pepper and salt. Lay slices of buttered toast on a hot dish and pour the tomatoes over. Canary Diseases and Moulting. The cause of most of the canary diseases is a cold, and this is generally brought on by hanging the bird in a very hot room or in a drought of air caused by an open door or window. For this cold give a paste made of hard-boiled egg and one pulverized crack. or. mixed together without water. Salt pork cut into small pieces, sprinkled with red pepper, is also very good as a cure. 1f the bird breathes hard, caused by an over-loaded stomach, give plantain and rape- seed, moistened with wuter, as the sole food. For diarrhoea, a rusty nail placed in the drinking cup, or common chalk fastened between the wires, with some broken pieces scattered through the gravel, is excellent. Costivcncss is brought on by lack of some- thing green, so give sweet apple, chick weed, or any green food. lf your bird should have sore feet, wash them in warm-water, to which are added a few drops of arnica. Give him plenty of gravel to walk on, and keep his perches clean. The sore feet result from too small perches ; they should be half an inch in diameter. Canaries shed their feathers mostly in September or October. They then need special care, and should be kept in a warm place out of drau his. If the tail and wing feathers seem difhcult for the bird to drop, pull them out one at a time. Your bird will fully moult in from four to six weeks. How a Hindoo Uses Clocks. The Hindoo places a clock in his parlor, says a writer in Temple Bar, not because he ever desires to know what the hour is, but because a clock is a foreign curiosity, In- stead, therefore, of contenting himself with in one rcom. These clocks are signs of his wealth, but they do not add to his comfort, during preVious reigns in the Civz’. War. for he is so indifferent to time that he Their royalties in the Isle of Man werccon- measures ithy the number of bamboo lengths vfiscated or sold, and Knowaley and Latham were reduced to ashes Even Charles IL, lace, to be illustrated by horse the sup his travelled above the horizon. r. . Under LORD STARLBY’S FAMILY, either distrustful or jealous of the family, the Stanleys, and although Parliament ed an act of redemption, be positively eciined to sign it. Over the door at Know~ A Glimpse into the History of the Ear-1s of Derby. The Earldom of Derby stands second on the roll of English Earls and while the Shrewsbury peerage was in litigation, the grandfather of the present Lord Derby was the Premier Earl of England. The founder of the Stanle s like that of the houses of. Cavendish an of Beaufort, first comes into notice by the fact that he could not use his ancestral name of DeAudley. The name of Stanley was, therefore, and for very obvious reasons, taken from a manor‘ named Stan. leigh or Stoneleigh, in Stafi'ordsbire, which came to him by marriage. A descendant, John Stanley, married the heiress of the Lathams, whose crest of the eagle and child he took instead of the proud escutcheon of the Norman de Audleys, and which is still used by the family of Lord Derby, the idea doubtless being derived from the whimsical legend that Sir Norman Latham was fed when a baby in nu eagle’s best. It was by this heiress of the Lathams that they first obtained a coat of arms as well as their now ancestral home of Knowsley. By this marriage with the Latham heiress there were three sons named, respectively, John, Thomas, and Ralph Stanley. John became a lawyer and coaxed several valuable ap- pointments out of the King’s son, Thomas, do Lancaster, who, in order to get rid of him, finally recommended Stanley to Henry V. for ofiice in Ireland, where he abundant- ly enriched himself. Thomas remained in England and engaged in the Lancastrian wars, playing toward the house of Lancas- ter, at whose table he ‘Was fed and whose partronage had enriched him, a part which reflects but little luster on his name or character. Another Thomas Lord Stanley, after getting all he could out of the House of Lancaster “ rafted ” to that of York, now favoring one faction, now another, and at length making a. feint of being neutral to- ward all, in the hope of being able to work both sides to his own advantage. He nobly took Richard’s pay while stabbing Richard in the back. While he was getting manors and castles from Richard III., Stanley was secretly betraying his plans to Henry with whom he had a secret understanding, and whose mother he had already married. Be- ing duly commissioned by the king to raise forces in his aid, he was dishonorany aiding the King’s enemies, and like the Hamiltons in the case of Douglas, he at a critical mo- ment on the field of Bosworth by one bold and brilliant coup crowned his treachery in suddenly changing sides on the field. With all the wanton and newly-found zeal of a rccrcaut he struck the crown from (his pa.- trcn) Richard’s helmet and placed it upon the head of his successor afterward Henry VII. The fortunes of the Stanleys were made from that moment. Nearly all the confiscated estates of "the Yorkists fell to the two Stanleys, and the Earldom of Derby, which had heretofore been borne by an an- cient and legitimately descended family, was revived in favor of Thomas Stanley. The title has since existed to commemorate in our minds this colossal act of treachery four centuries ago. All the subsequent history of the House of Stanley is but a modification, in more or less adaptable and convenient form, of this inherent feature in their early character. As Earls of Derby the same mutability and disregard of honorable principles distin- guished them as they had previously dis- played as knights and as court favorites. still reserved lines indignantly censuriug the lgiug for not redeeming the estates, and for not restoring to their hands all the wealth which an unparalleled career of turpiâ€" tude and treachery had accumulatcd in the days of their ancestors. But as is pleasant to state, the family of of the last century the twelfth Earlâ€"the known to the world of home racingâ€"had the good fortune to modify the bent of his fami y by marriage with an actress named Fearon from the County Cork. She went on the stage at the age of 14. This lady, who subsequently'developed a talent for high comedy, took great care in bringing up her son. By the careful training of his voice she produced in him an orator who, when he appeared in the House of Commons as Lord Stanley, gave the impression of being the most graceful speaker, the most expert debater, and the most many-sided man of his age. He was a great scholar, a hearty and royal sportsman, a typical Eng- lish gentleiran, and a mighty force in the domestic and foreign affairs of the British Empire. Though he left his university without taking a degree he was three times Prime Minister of England, and stood up successfully against giants of debate like Palmerston, Gladstone, Peel, and O’Connell. His well-deserved fame, and also that of his son, the present earl, have done much to redeem the former traditional errors of the Stanleys of Knowsley. Lord Lytton thus pictures Lord Stanley in his poem “ St. Stephens. ” “One after one the lords of time advanceâ€" Horo Stanley meets : how Stanley seems the glance! The brilliant chief irregularly great. Frank, haughty. rashâ€"the Rupert of debate! N or gout nor toil his freshness can destroy, And time still leaves all Eton in the boy; First in the class and kecnest in the ring. He cusps .like Gladstone and he fights like pring And tired with conquests over Dan and Snob, Plants a sly bruiscr on the nose of Bob.” “Snob” was Disraeli, then the dandy of the House of Commons and the acknowledg- ed successor of Brummell; “Spring” was meant for the late Lord M‘ontleage, after- ward Chancellor of the Exchequer, "Bob" was Sir Robert Peel, and “Dan” none other than O’Connell who somewhat unfairly christened his opponent “Scorpion Stanley,” in an address to one of his applauding Irish audiences. Such is an outline of the vary- ing and peculiar history of the house of Stanley. \Vhatever of good is recorded of them is derived from an admixture of their blood with the people in the case of the Fear- on marriage. Without theimpeti'is which this refined lady gave them, the Stanley's during four centuries would have nothing to their credit but one continuous record of base treacheries and infidelity always tending to their personal advantage. The present Earl is very rich, having an income from landed property of about £170, 000 a year. He owns the town of Bury, in Lancashire, and has held many important appointments. He is married to the step- mother of Lord Salisbury, a lady who was responsible for sending the present Prime Minister adrift upon the world, and forcing him, as Lord Robert Cecil, to make his living as a minor in Bullarat or a. reviewer for the English magazinesâ€"a circumstance The first Earl of Derby after the battle of f9? “7111911 “118 mOdel‘n 00011 has never for- Bosworth married the sister of Warwick, all"?an mower: though Wmhout 511011 F“ “ the King-maker,” and ousted the Scropes experience: and t1)“. “311°th elbows With out of their rights in the Isle of Man, which the World: Lord ballsbul’y W011“; 136V“ be- the Smuleys immediately usurped, styling come the clear-headed and sagacious statcs- themselves Kings of Man. But the third man he 15- However: a310119; “5 he remams Earl was even a better model of incon- at the helm: Lord Derby need 110"! eKPH“? stancy_ He was in gall-1y years 9, ward of office. By this marriage of his mother, the Cardinal VVolsey’s who was one of the breac“ ‘Vthh occurred by Lord DerbY’s- trustees to his father’s will. He got creat- refillgnation from the BeaconSfield MilliStWa ed a Kniahb of the Bath by Hem-y V 111-. on the occasion of the calling out of the re- fm. Banging Pope Clement VII_ 0, serves and the sending of the English fleet spirited remonstrance respecting his vacil- t0_ the Darduneufi in 137831153 been fmj’lhel‘ liation and delay in the celebrated divorce Widened: 311d nelthel‘ Of “1958 Ere“ lights case of Anne of Slaves. Under the King’s 0f the Tory Party are at 1311mmt 11P011 59651" son, afterward Edward VI., he accordingly mg terms- became a. commissioner to propagate the Reformed faith, which be embraced with a great air of religious fervor. In Labor’s Interests. Austria-Hungarian millers have to pay “BIOOdY MM)?" 1183 h°W' more for wheat than the flour from it will ever, at once deserted 111. and bring. again veering around with unwanted 'fanat- A liquor dealer in Kentucky has been icism cruell delivering Protestants to be r _ . butcliered ory burned at the stake. In the nggeiligg on web one Of 1’07‘ case“ Of 1119‘ rci nof Elizabeth he once more changed . . . sidgs, now hunting Catholics to death and St. P1111] IS the first city to make no dis- persecution with the same fiendish malig- tillelion in the Wages 0f male and female nity as he had formerly done in the the te‘I-Ollel‘fi- cage of Protestants, under Queen Mary. The total value of watches made annually Now let us pause to contemplate the kind throughout the world represents a value of of “ honor ” displayed by this man in the $18‘5)0001000' . . . . various attitudes of (l) a ward of \Volsey’s, I'orty-foui‘ families In a town in Kansas (2) a creature of Henry’s, (3) a commissioner have all their food prepared by a co-opera- for affecting confiscations under Edward,(4) tlve cooking Club- as Lord High Executioner for Mary, and There are no great woolen factories in finally enforcing an odious oath of supreni- Egypt, but, looms are scattered in small acy against his former co-religionists and numbers over the country. upon all who aspired for office under Queen In Corfu sheets of paper page for money ; how the family of Stanley survived through every changing scene during these troubled periods, how they were always utilizing every event to advance the Stanleys, and were never long trusted by either king or pr°du°t’ and employ 55’009 lmnda' _ minister or eople. The largest bee-keeper iii the world is In the ays of the Stuarts another hlr. Harbisou, of California, who has 0,000 earl was a rampant Puritan, but, hives, producxng 200,000 pounds of honey when that remarkable and high-prin- yearly- cipled body were called upon to suffer for ‘Vamr proof ceuuloge paper of one and their principles by death or exile, my Lord two colors is being introduced by a German 0‘ Derby ,desertedfihe Pilrltans and lOlIIEd firm for table cloths andabook backs, ctcz the Royal‘sm' .Wu’h Pni‘cc Rupert he at” More men have died and are buried in the meked 30mm m Lancashue’ and after the Isthmus of Panama, along the line of the sie e was over put men,women and children to film sword. Up to this period the House Efggfgggzligzaxogfdfny “In” amount of Derby immense y profited by an unbroken , course of teachery, but here it unexpectedly A ,Pmlec‘ hasd’een set 9‘1 {90¢ {01' the o ening of the linen weaving industry in received an irreparable check, and this Sev- , enth Earl, (who by the way is called the 'lkenul'r Irelwd‘ A house has been ewe“ Great Earl of Derby at Knowsley) and who ed by the 30m“ cathflllc BishoP 0‘ 03' fled after the Butchery at Bolton to his home 3017- in the Isle of Man, was pursued. arrested, Prior to 1066 the horses of England were and executed at the market place of Bolton, never shod, William the Conqueror being and on the very spot where, a your before, the person who is given the credit of intro- tcndcr babies and aged men and women had ducing horseshoeing in the British Isles. "My leuded f0? mFl'cy “01" his mid!“ Over seventy million sewin needles are fury; hen prepmn for death he ,had made weekly in the town of Reddich, in “if! "revere"? ‘0 0 er “Pill”: saying: Worcestershire, England, where the most “ like the SWIM. 0 “upper 9h“ I be my 13"“ extensive needle manufactories in the aorld act on earth," and when on the scaffold be are situated, called the crowd to witness that he died ._.____....__._.. “ for_God. the liing. and thelswa” Aluatyy The princess of Wales has thirteen wigs. Engmh republican of the penod mun“ Miss Ethel Mackenzie, daughter of the sheets a piece of hemp cloth. Pennsylvania’s woolen mills have a cap- ital of $36,000,000, turn out $90,000,000 of hearing shouted, “ Away ! we have no king . . one good clock he will have, perhaps a doses 1 and we'll have no lords." 3"“ um)“ docwr' ” a” Loud” °°" respondent of a Chicago daily. Kate Field treasures among her curiosi- ties a lock of Browning’s hair. Princess Beatrice is writin a book on The Stanleys lost nearly all they grabbed refused to restore about half the estates of slcy, in addition to the Stanley arms, are Stanley was not wholly bad. About the end; famous founder of the Derby and the Oaks, ' Elizabeth. \Ve can then, perhaps, realize] one sheet buys one quart of rice, 0,. twenty , v.“ â€"- â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ~â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"~â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"“-â€"â€"_~h snsormcn. Essences 1N aster. _ The graduating class at Cornell this you- included. 43 electrical engineers. The summer ballet at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, is to be provided with portable electric light by the Lithanodc and General Electric (20., London. L. C. Gilbert and other capitalists of Exeter,Neh., have organized a company to run a line of boats from the de etc to the race track. A trolley wire wil be put up andthe boats will be propelled by elecâ€" ti-icity. A Dentist of Portland, Me, who has been making some experiments with a spar~ row, advocates the use of aromatic spirts of ammonia in case of electric shock. There are few cases in which “grounding” will not give relief. An improvement in cable telegraphy has been brought about by the invention of a carbon relay for submarine cables. It em- bodies a construction which for the first time permits of cables one thousand miles in length being operated by relay without necessitating local band repetition. ‘The inspection of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters has promulgated a new code of rules applying to electric risks. Hereafter the board will approve of only non combustible supports for electric light Wires, and there must be no op ortuuity of connection with any but proper y insulated Wires. Mr. N ikola Tesla has discovered the little known mineral carborundum to be superior to any other except the diamond notwith- standing the strain _of electric currents of high freguency, while its cost is compara- tively trifling. He has used it for coating . filaments of glow lamps with success, the endurance of the filament being thereby greatly increased. ' The experiment of using electricity in place of steam on a standard gauge railroad is to be made at Ellwood, Pa. , on the Beaver d: Ellwood Railroad from Ellwood to Ell- wood Junction, a distance of three miles from Pittsburg, where connection is made With the Pennsylvania road. The electric cars will be run over the same track used by the present steam Cars. Electric headlights are coming extensive- ly into use on steam locomotives. It is re- portcd that one Indianapolis house alone has already placed seventy of these lights on nine different roads, and has an order for an equipment of the engines of the “Royal blue” trains between New York and Washington, on the Philadelphia and Reading road, with electric headlights. According to the statement of Prof. George Forbes of London, at the N. Y. meeting of the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers, electric lighting is conduct- ed in England inn. more substantial and satisfactory manner than in America; but he was equally positive that in electric trac- tion his country was lamentably behind- haiid,â€"owing to opposition to the overhead trolley system. A Dentist recently complained to an elec- trician that certain of his instruments gave painful shocks to his patients at a more touch to a sound tooth. On experiment, they found that this resulted only with his struments which were entirely metallic, or were without insulated handles; and fur- ther experiment showed that the shocks occurred when the dentist had walked on his carpeted floor immediatel previous to applying the instruments. 0 had thus charged his body with electricity. For three years past there has been in operation a telephone and electric light line combination. The circuit is sometimes used for both purposes simultaneously ; the interference being so slight as to be barely noticeable. The circuit is supplied by dynamo and accumulators, producing a ten or twelve ampere current ; and the vocal sounds are produced by the slight variation of this current caused by the transmitter. The deyice of a Scotch manufacturer of electric-light poles, for means of ascending them, consists of a simple mechanism in- side the shaft of the illur by which at the turn of a key or handle, or the movement of a lever outside of the base, steps are shot out from the sides of the shaft sufficiently far to form a safe and strong ladder. These steps, when closed, are arranged to form part of the ornament of the shaft, or they can be made to form part of the plain or fluted surface. A Frenchman named D‘Arsonval has been- experimenting with a torpedo fish, and con- cludes that the electricity with which this animal gives its shock is produced by the expansion and con traction of the muscles of the fish. He found that the fish was capable of giving a discharge of about two ampercs at 100 volts pressure, the creature roduc- ing the current only when it rollei itself into a circle with the object of attack be- tween its head and tail. One danger from electricity is often over- looked, remarks a contemporary. When a fracture takes place in a wire and moisture becomes condensed upon the broken part of the wire, the electrical current produces the electrolysis of the waterâ€"that is to say, the water becomes decomposed into its con- stituent parts of oxygen and hydrogen, and that in the exact pro ortions necessary to produce . most vio cnt explosion, very much more violent than that produced by coal gas and oxygen. The process continu- ing. and n. sp ll k ultimately being produced, the electric wire thus becomes its own gas producer and its own cxploder as well. Five neipfui Hints. Pure beeswax and clean, unsalted butter make an excellent substitute for creams and balms. Sage-tea, or oat-meal ruel, sweetened with honey, are good for chapped hands or any sort of roughness. A slice of apple or tomato rubbed over the hands Will remove ink or berry stains. lngrowing nails, if serious, should re- ceive the doctor’s attention. In the first sta e they can behelped by raising theed a an all plug a bit of raw cotton under t e nail. metimes a drop of tallow, scalding bot, will effect a cure. \Vhencver a nail gets broken into the quick. wear a lcather stall over it until na- ture heels the breach. -â€"â€"-.â€". To Increase Hair in the ByevBrows. Clip them and anoint with a little sweet. oil. Should the hair fallout, having been full, the following wash is productive of much and : Sulphate of amine, 53mins; alcoho , 1 ounce. This wil also restore the c ebrows when burned, and is excellent for t elashcs, applied to the roots with the finest sable pencil.