, “aâ€... ._..... e. “an...†l l l l HOUSEHOLD.“ fight at Sunset. All day therein had fallen Upon the shadowed land. Crushing the pale. sweet flowers That haturc's lavish hand F.1d strewn when Summer glory lieigned in its beauty grand. All day the beating tempest Swept with its chilling rain .O'er hill and faded woodland, J O‘er mountain height and plain,__. Until it seemed that Nature Would never smile again. But as the day grew darker Beyond the western hill There came a belt of brightness So silently and still. And then a flood of sunlight The rifled clouds to fill. The storm-drenched world grew brighter As sunlight kissed the land. And clouds so lately dreary ‘lcamcd like the golden sand. And all the scene was gilded By the fair sunset band. And thus. I thought. the sunset Will sweetly glow at last. “'hen all life's years of tempest Are numbered with the past. Airl o'er my dying pillow It's fair, bright beauty cast. -5[By Mrs. M. A. Holt. . Teach 01135;; to Work- Teach the children habits of industry While they are yet very young, and they will always be industrious, says Jenness Miller’s Monthly. Give them at ï¬rst only very light tasks, and try to ï¬nd the work to which each child inclines. Don’t let them work so long that they become tired and so disgusted with all work, but long enough to accomplish something, and if it is of use so much the better. Teach children that there is a time to be idle as well as a time to be at work. The apparently idle time of the systematically busy ,man or woman is often the most fruitful in results, for it is then that many things are thought over and planned. \Vhen it is possible, let the chil- dren feel that they are working for some deï¬nite end. They wish to see the proï¬t of their labor as much as older people do of theirs. Deny them that, and the very highest incentive to habits of labor is removed. A good and industrious woman once said : “ One of the most bitter memories of my childhood is that my mother, who was one of the best and most conscientious women that ever lived, was without tact or judgement as to my tasks. 0n the long. beautiful summer days, when I longed to be at play, and when I ought to have been, since there are always enough dreary days in which to give a child work, she would give me two yards and a- lialf of unbleached muslin which I was re- quired to hem. It was always stiff and rough and disagreeablef If it had been ï¬ne. pretty work, I would not have minded half so much. Those hems had to be turned and measured and bested, until my poor little ï¬ngers ached, and my very soul rebelled at the task. When my work was badly done I had to pick it all out and do it over : when it was well done the piece was torn off with- out a word of approval and throu it into the ragbag. I was in a state of bitter rebellion all the time, because my toil was of no use to any one. \Vhen I said so I was severely reprimanded and told that children were no judges of what was good or bad for them. This has. great mistake, for children are much keenor judges than grown people as a rule think them. Then I thought that my mother was very wrong and very cruel, but new I know that she was.†For the Busy Ones. A small rent or hole in cloth or other wool goods may be repaired by slightly moistening the edges on the wrong side with a little mucilage, and pasting a bit of the same goods under the torn place. If the threads run the same way the repairing can scarcely be detected. Lace or other thin goods may be repaired by dampening a piece to match in starch-water putting on the wrong side and pressing with a hot iron. ' A kid glove can be mended by turning it, drawing the edges carefully together, and fastening with a piece of court plaster or surgeon’s plaster. The latter is best, as it is stronger. That plaster which is stuck in place by warming must not be usedâ€"-al- though often sold for court plasterâ€"as in that case the warmth of the band would probably cause it to come off. \Vhen making underwaisis for the chil- dren, after the under-arm seam is sewed up, stitch over it a straight- strip of muslin, thus v preventing tearing crossways, and enabling oneuw‘aist to outwear two made without this precaution. ‘If‘ four _ or more extra! thicknesses of cloth are put on under a but. ton before it is sewed on, and very coarse thread used in sewing, the buttons will usually held as long as the garment lusts, if the eyes are smooth and do not cut the thread. ‘ \Ve used to dread window washing more! than any part of the house cleaning, bc-i cause in our ignorance we took the hardest way. lint since learning the following way it is a pleasure, for it is so easily and quickly done, and the glass is so clear and bright. “'uh quickly in strong soapâ€"suds as hot as can be used, and wipe immediately with a: soft cloth without rinsing. then rubbed with soft newspaper they takei on a more beautiful polish, but is not really necessary. The dining-room carpet may be uiekly ; and easily cleaned by dipping a c olh in! gasoline and briskly rubbing the spots with 5 it. It is far superior to washing, and does . not require half the time. 1 When sweeping a room. if the broom be ; thoroughly wet, then shaken till no more: water ilro oï¬â€˜, it will prevent dust from! arising ant many times obv‘ate the neccs- ‘ city of «lusting. If the carpet be very dusty, or the room large, wet the broom. two or three times before the floor is com-5 pleled. 3 One of the most valuable cook-books we; ever uwwasmade bv the owner. having,l ‘ been begun ayesr or two before her mar-3 tiara and is still receiving valuable midi-3 tions, although many years old. A blank, ' book with flexible back, costing but a small . sum, was procured and into this was copied all the choice recipes of her friends. lining j. ‘ much away from home, she conï¬ned recipes 7; for all new dishes she encountered. Many; recipes from domestic papers were clipped; out and pasted in so that by the time she; began housekeeping she had a lcnllection r oftried recipes that she knew could be re- 5 lied on. Asths book is classiï¬ed and in-i ..... -_____» < and becomes more valuable with each suc- ceeding year. Assorted Recipes. Coax Fmrrmâ€"Grate or cut the earn from the cobs. To one generous pint of the corn add two eggs, well beaten, three tables spoonfuls of milk, three of flour; season with one-half even teas niul of salt. More flour may he need . for the batter should be still‘ enough to hold together. Drip a large spoonful at a time in hot fat; when browned on one side turn; serve on a bot platter. PiCkLsn Lesions. -â€"Yon must have ï¬rm, small lemons of the beat quality- for this pickle. Cut them deeply with several incis- ions from end to end, and ï¬ll the cuts with salt, put each on end, and lay them in a dish in quite a warm place. The salt will dissolve and make quite a brine. Let them remain in this for three weeks, taking them out occasionally and rubbing with addition- al salt. Then take them from the brine and out them in a jar, with a large tablespoon- ful of mustard seed, half a pound of bruised ginger, two ounces each of cloves and all- spice and a very little tumeric and three or four chiles. Boil all this in vinegar and pour it over the lemons. In about six months they will be ready for use. This pickle will keep for years, and increase in excellence as it grows older. Since the California. limes have come into the Eastern market I have tried pickling them by this recipe, adding a dcuble handful of yellow sugar to the via- egar. They are ready for use in about eight or ten weeks and form a very delicious pickle, not surpassed by the best potted pickled limes of commerce. Swear PICKLED Pawneeâ€"To one quart of good cider or wine vinegar allow three pints of sugan Make a couple of bags of cheesecloth and put in them the spicesâ€"- half an ounce of whole cloves, and stick cin- namon, a tablespoonful of’ allspice, a table- spoonful of mace, a couple of pieces of gin- ger root and a few peppercorns. When the vinegar is well skimmed and boiling add the peaches, which should be carefully peeled. By the way, if the vinegar is very strong, add a cup of cold water to the quart of vinegar, and let the vinegar, spices and sugar come to a boil very slowly to extract the flavor of the spices. This amount will take about seven pounds of peaches. Put a few in the syrup at a time and cook until tender, then remove them to a jar, set in hot water. \Vhen all are cooked, ï¬ll up the jars with boiling hot syrup and cover. The next day pour off the syrup, place the bags of spices in it and boil gently for twenty minutes ; then pour over the fruit again. Do this three times and then cover them securely and set them away in a cool place. You may stick a few cloves in the peaches, but not more than three or four to a peach. I have seen jars of pickled peaches that were uneatable from the many cloves that were put in them. BOILED POTATOES. â€"Wash' clean, let stand in cold water a few hours, put in a pot, cover with boiling water and let boil rapid- ly until done. Drain, set on the back of the stove ï¬ve minutes and serve. SCALLOPED SerT POTATOES. - Boil large sweet potatoes. Peel and slice, put a layer in the bottom of a pan, cover with sugar and bits of butter ; put in another layer of sugar and butter and potatoes, until the pan is full. Set in the oven to brown. TOMATOES AND Guamâ€"Take a quart of okra, wash and cut in thin slices. Peel four good-sized tomatoes and slice. Put all to- gather. in a saucepan, add a teaspoonful of salt, cover the kettle and let snnmer gently one. hour, add a tablespoonful of butter, with pepper and salt. LIMA Bean'sâ€"Shell, throw in water for ten minutes, put in a saucepan, ï¬ll with boiling water, add salt and cook tender. Drain, take up, pour over melted butter and dredge with pepper. APPLE Pinâ€"Pare, quarter and core good cooking apples. Line pie-pans with rich crust, put in a layer of apples, sprinkle thickly with sugar and powdered cinnamon, add a tablespoonful of butter and a little water. Bake in a quick oven. CREAM Piaâ€"Line pie-pans with crust, bake in a quick oven. When done, take from the stove and stand aside. Puta pint of milk on to boil ; moisten a tablespoonful of corn-starch with a little milk, add to the boiling milk and stir until thick; sweeten with half a cupful of sugar ; beat the whites of four eggs, stir in carefully, take from the ï¬re and flavor with vanilla. Fill the crust with the mixture and set in the oven to brown. BEEF Satanâ€"Cut lean beef from the soup-bone used for dinner, chop fine, with a third as much celery as meat, put in a salad-bowl and pour over mayonnaise dressing. Coax hurries-Beat three eggs with a pint of buttermilk, tilt in com-meal to make batter, add a tablespoonful of lard and a teaspoonful of soda. Bake in woll~ greased mufï¬n irons. Fnisn TOMATOES. â€"Sllce large, ripe toma- toes, dip fiist in egg then in stale bread crumbs, and fry in boiling fat. Sprinkle with salt and. pepper. (Susana CAKE â€"Mi.\' half a cupful of lard and butter each together. Dissolve a tea- spoonful of soda in a tablespoonful of boil- It they are; ing water, add it to a cupful of iziolaanas, I with the butter and lard, flavor with a tablespoonful of ginger, half a grated nut- meg and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. in a cupful of sour milk, and sift in flour to make a stiff batter. Turn in a greased pan and bake. Borneo FISi!.-â€"“'tlah a inedium~sized ï¬sh well in cold water, wipe and rub with salt. Wrap in a cloth, put in a ï¬sh-kettle, or lay on a large plate und put in the bottom of a saucepan, cover with boiling water, to which add alittlo salt, and let simmorl gently ten minutes to every pound of fish. When done, take from the water, drain, remove the cloth carefully. turn the tish out on a dish, garnish with sliced lemon and serve with egg sauce. Ross“: Gooss.â€"-l)raw. clean and sings a young game, wipe well inside and outside With a dam trivcl. Fill with onion stuï¬i ing, roads 1.» a pint of stale bread crumbs. two tables ul'tils of melted butter, in. tea- spoonful of salt, a sprincls of pepper and two tablespoonst of chopped onions. in a baking-pan and set in the 070‘". Roast twenty minutes toevery pound. baste every ten minutes; When half done, cool the mm... Cholera- The world was never so small as it is to~ - day. Means of rapid transit are bringing all quarters of the globe closer and closer together. This result has its dangers as well as its advantages. The recent outbreak of cholera in European Russxa, of whose daily advance we are made aware by cable, warns us that we have dangers to fear from a too close international relationship. The grave responsibility of keeping from our land the dreaded scourge of cholera rests upon the sanitary inspectors of our port cities, for it is only through a few great gates of commerce that we have reason to fear its introduction. Recent experienceswith typhus fever in the’ port of New York have shown that there are weak points in our quarantine de- fences which should be remedied. “When once these bulwarks are passed, the labor of disinfection is increased a thousand-fold. It should be the duty of the authorities to prepare beforehand for thorough inspec- tion of all arriving vessels and for complete disinfection of all suspected freight and pas- sengers. The usually easy-going American should not allow his good nature to modify the stringency of his maritime sanitary regula- tions. European officials are to be commend- ed for their increasing vigilance in this re- spect,for it is by their efforts that the disease may be kept from shipping ports, whence it might be distributed by commerce. The disease called choleriue, which has lately been prevalent in and about Paris, has been watched with anxiety by the authori- ties, but there is every reason to believe that it is in no way connected with the genu- ine cholera. Probably cholera will never again ravage Europe as it has done in past. Recent scien- tiï¬c investigations, which have given us a closer knowledge of its nature and Of the conditions favorable and unfavorable to its development, have contributed powerfully to render efï¬cacious the efforts made to pre- vent its spread. Universal cleanliness, with good water and good drainage, would probably banish cholera from the earth ; but under existing circumstances, when it has once started on its travels it requires the most stringent regulations to check its progress. While European ports are free from this disease, the United States can hardly be said to be menacéd on her Atlantic, coast. Nevertheless, prudence bids us make prep- arations to guard both our Paciï¬c and At- lantic ports against such an insidious disease before the danger from it becomes immi- ncnt. ~ ’The Uses of Honey- A writer in the Horticultural Times ex- presses surprise that honey is so seldom seen on the tables of the people of this country. Honey is at once a valuable medicine and food. Foul air, improper ventilation, sudden changes of weather, the exposure of lungs and throat to a damp atmosphere, are the source of no end of throat bronchial troubles. A free, regular and constant use of honey is probably the best medicine for throat troubles there is. It is a most wholesome and economical substitute for butter being, as a rule, half the price of that article. Honey is of more service in our cooking than most people imagine. .‘Those who in- dulge in a. glass of grog and hot Water on ,cold winter nights, should try the efl‘ectsof a- spoonful of honey instead of sugar. The, change will surprise them. Honey may, indeed replace sugar as aningredientin the cooking of almost any article of food. In rice puddings th) writer invariably uses honey instead of sugar ; the flavor is much more delicious. For preserving most kinds of fruits, honey is far preferable to sugar, as it has. the quality of preserving for a long time in a. fresh state anything that may" be laid in it or mixed with it, and preventing its corruption in a far superior manner to sugar. For many medical purposes honey is invaluable. To town residents who may be jaded and look earcworn after the ex- citement of lace hours, when the skin be- comes dry, red, and harsh-looking, try the effects of rubbing gently a thin coating of honey on the face before going to bed. It is one of the ï¬nest cosmetics in the world. Infectiousness of Tuberculosis- According to the latest advices from Ger- many, where Doctor Koch’s investigations in regard to tuberculosis have given a _special impetus to the study of the disease, the danger arising from direct contact with l consumptive patients has been somewhat overestimated, notwithstanding the infec- tions nature of the malady. Thus we have recently been told that kissing might result in the transmission of germs from one person to another. Again, it has been proposed in some quarters that persOns suffering from tuberculosis should be socially ostracized, as is usual in the case of some other cotitagimisdiseascs. More recent investigation, however, has lshown that the bacilli which Evie-coughed I up in the sputa of consumptives,"andwhich I at: hence present in greater or less numbers in the mucus of the mouth and nose, are for j the most part lifeless and inactive. ' ' This demonstration, while it will brin, comfort to many people thus afllicted, will probably tend to emphasize the fact of a 'this in turn will doubtless lead to a fuller study of the peculiar physical and anatomi- I cal characteristics of special families and in- , dividuals. who are at present vaguely term- ‘ed by the profession “subjects with a pre- disposition to tuberculosis.†This study ought to lead by a natural 3 process to the correction of such anatomical ’chaxacteristies, cr “ build of frame," by 1 means of special methods of chest or general : exercises, by the correction of habitual errors of breathing, and by other corrective l and cautionary measures. l But if the dangerous character of con- lsumptive exuertomrium has perhaps been lcvcrestimated, the danger is none the lczu: real,aca'i the precautions which patients and . nurses l‘avc been urged to exercise fer the l puma: safety should still be continued. Spots should be burned : spitting in the lslrecrs should be avoided, and great are I dust in any form in the rooms occupied by consmnptives. This 1: st precaution is of importance for the patient as well as for his oven and cool: slowly. Serve with gililet (mane, gravy and apple sauce. It doesn't also '3 foilow that a 'ourual ) .l The plumes in the helmets of the French makes a lllunilflipg report lrecausc it is dosed, it is my to find anything wanted, i dragoous are made of human hair. printed on a lightning press. ~ 5‘“ ’ OONQUBRBD WITHOUT A SHOT. Sir William ant-greater (talus the las- lcry Over Rebellions Satlves. One of the best men who ever headed a colonial enterprise is Sir \Yilliam hlacgre~ gor. who was appointed ï¬rst Administrator of British New Guinea four years ago. He . is a man of great energy and enthusiasm, I manages the natives with much tact, has an explorer’s zest in the pursuit of geographical facts, and has done more than any other man to make the interior of southern New Guinea known to the world. Here is an in cident that gives an insight into Sir \Vilb iam’s way of dealing With savage tribes: The people of the Sumai district had at~ tacked their neighbors, the Demory tribe. A chief of the Demory tribe met the attack ing party and told them that his people were friendly to “ Government," meaning Sir “’illiam and his rule, and that Sumai _ had better not ï¬ght its neighbor, because the Government- would be sure to inflict punishment. 'Then the chief pointed to the shirt which he were as being a "Government shirt. The Sumai men replied that they did not care a ï¬g for the Government or Government shirts. and one of them drew his bow and shot the unfortunate chief clean through the body, a feat which is often achieved by New Guinea. bowmen. Sir William decided that the Sumai warriors must receive a lesson in good man- ners. As soon as possible he landed a force in their district. He told the men they had attacked people who were orderly and well-behaved and that they must sulfer for it. He advised them to get ready to light. They replied that they did not wish to ï¬ght. Sir \Villiam made answer that a ï¬ght was necessary iu'order to ascertain who was to be master in future. They would not obey the Government and now the Govern- ment intended to ï¬nd out whether it could make them obey. ' “ My guns are loaded and ready,†said Sir \Villiam : “ now you get all your wea- pons and we will have a fight and settle the question who is master.†Sir lVilliam had brought with him quite a number of men from neighbor- ing tribes to whom the Sumai people had boasted that if the whites came against them their heads 'should rot on poles in Sumai. "The natives, however, had now lost their boastfulvein. It was a great humiliation for them' toubeg for mercy in the presence of their neigltbqrs. But they did beg most lustily. They‘sajd the Gov- ernment should be master int; day and that they would always lis†f: to its commands. i: ‘. Sir William would not promise to pardon. them. He ltold them, however, that he would not ï¬ght then, but he would return to them in three weeks to see if they had carried out the orders he was about to give them. He selected from them two men as chiefs and two men as policemen and told them they were to be his agents in seeing that the people kept at peace with their neighbors. The Sumai men had treated the teacher who had been sent among them, with contempt and neglect. Sir William told them that the church and school house, which the teacher had tried to build must be completed by the time he returned. Then he went away, and three weeks later, upon his return, he found the church and school house completed, the teacher carrying on his work under very pleasant conditions, and the people living in amity with all their neighbors. “ I do not believe,†says Sir lVilliam Macgregor, “ that this tribe will again molest any of their neighbors. " They Shad been conquered and the white Governor ,badpnotshcd a drop of blood. worms LOSSES IN WAR. millions of Men fig-lil‘lcd and Billions of Dollars Spent‘hjézr‘blrty Years. 'It appears, according ltéï¬hc estimates of French and German statis , us, that there have perished in the wars of' ,' last thirty years 25001000 men, ivhile the _'. ï¬lms been expended tol'carry them on no les ‘ hangthc irconceivablé sum of $13,000,000, ‘3' Of this amount France has paid nearly $3,; 00,- (00,000 as the cost of the war with Prussia, ’while her loss in men is placed at 155,000. Of' these 80,000 were killed on the ï¬eld of battle, 36,000 died of sickness, accident, or suicide, and 20,000 in German prisons, while there died from other causes enough , to bring the number up to the given aggre- gate. The sick and wounded amounted to 477,421, the lives of many thousands of ! whom were doubtless shortened by their a illness or injuries. According to Dr. Roth, 3. German authority, the Germans lost dur- ing the war 60,000 men killed or rendered invalid, and $600,000,000 in money, this being the excess of expenditure or of materi- al losses over the $1,250,0L0,000 paid by France by way of indemnity. Dr. Eugel, another German statistician, gives the following as the approximate cost I of the principal wars of the last thirty years: ‘Crimean war. $2,000,000.000 ; Italian war of H359, $300,000,000 ; l’russo-Danish war of 1864, $35.000,000; war of the rebellion â€"north, $5,100,000,000, south, $2,300,000,- 000; Prusso-Austrian war of 1860, $330,- _ 000,000 ; Russo-Turkish war; $23,000,000; {South African wars. $3,770,000: African jwur,$l‘2,'250,000; Servo-Bulgarian, $170,- ,000. All these wars ware murderous in I g ' the xtreme. The Crimean war in \VlllC'll I few kitties were fought, cost 750,000 lives 1 , _ _ W _ -â€"-ouly"§ll,000 less than were killod‘pr died A Pour m"ll-y l’rc‘llsposmml ‘0 ‘he (“59333; “d l of theirâ€"Wounds, north and south, ‘ during who. \var'ofalhe rebellion. The figures, it lmust be remembered, are German and might not- agrec precisely with the Ameri- can estimates. The Mexican and Chinese expeditionsï¬cost $203,010,000 and 65.090 lives. There were 250,000 killed and mor- ltally wounded during the Russia-Turkey l war and 45,000 each in the Italian war of l850 and the war between Prussia and Austria. In the other wars the loss of life was relatively 'less, which did not make , either the men or the money easier to part i with in the more limited areas where they ,occurmd. And this is but a part in the gacccunting since it does not include the imillions expended during the last thirty years in maintaining the vast armaments of tlza Burnt-call powers, the losses caused by stoppage of commerce and manufaczures, and the contiru .l derangement of industries l by Hz: ai'etrac‘ion from unrul employment 1"“ WSW-’2'! be “9'16" ‘0 Plum" coneflious 0’ lof so many million of persons licld'for a l . . . . . ,pcl‘lutl of military service extending from ' three to ï¬ve years. ....__ Onlyihe reï¬ned and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education :can build up ranks.--{hlnic. dc Staci. barriers between diffeicutl KILLED BY WILD BEAST?» 'hvo Mlung Prospectors Fall “cunts a [hungry Animals. Writing from Kootenai Lake, Idaho, in British Columbia, to his father nos: Boise, George Martin relates a terrible story of the death of William Corlett of Galveston and Henry Gesford, formerly of St. Paul. The unfortunate men, together with Mar- tin and three others, had been for several months engaged in prespcetin , and with‘ considerable success. They hm discovered nine rich lodes. and a few days before their death it had been arranged that Gesford and Corlett should go East and try to in- terest wealthy friends in their pros cts. On Sept. lo the entire party of go d seek- ers went out for a big hunt. About ten miles from cam , as Martin, Gesford and Corlett wore wal ing through a narrow de- ï¬le, a large mountain lion sprang from the top of an over-hanging rock, alighted n on Gesford and bore him to the earth. Cor ott hit the animal a blow with the butt of his rifle, whereupon it left Gesford and attack" ed Corlett. Before the latter could ï¬re the lion crushed his right arm and his left leg, after which it disappeared in the under- growth. When Martin, who was some distance behind his fellows, came up he found both Gesford and Corlett in an insensiblc condi- tion. The latter was desperately injured, but Gbslord soon regained consciousness. Making alitter of green bonghs upon which to carry the mangled Corlett‘, a start was made forcamp. Justbeforesunset the wouud~ ed man recovered from his long swoon and begged piteously that his conductors would stop for a time, as the motion caused him great agony. Martin, however, was afraid that Corlett would die unles his wounds were attended to, so he and Gesford con- tinued on their way. As soon as night fell they were literally besieged by‘ammals, which, attracted by the odor of the blood, had followed the three men for miles. The only thing to be done was to stop and light a fire, in order that they might not be assailed by tho prowlers. Building a circle of fire around their wound- ed comrade, Martin and Gesford prepared to repulse any attack. Presently, however. something seemed to stampede the animals, for they ran pell mell up the canon with afl'rightcd cries. After waiting abouttwo hours, Martin set out for the camp to bring aid to Corlott. \Vhen, he and the other members of the party returned at daylight they were her- ror stricken at what they saw. Corlett, with the scorched barrel of a rifle in his bands, was lying across the dying fire, which had literally cooked him to death. Search for Gesford resulted in the ï¬nding of his body in three parts at a little stream about 100 feet from where Corlett’s body was lying. “'ild animals had killed the poor fellow and nearly devoured his body. It is thought that Gesford went to the spring for water 2 for Corlett, and that the animals, which had returned to their bivonac and were watch- ing his movements, followed and killed him. The creatures then presumably returned to where Corlett was lying, when he, game to the last, grasped a rifle and tried to stand up, when his weak legs gave way and he pitched forward into the ï¬re. The bodies were interred near the scene of the double tragedy and heavy stones were rolled upon their graves. A REMAINr " 1’LlE} LAKE. It. Grows for Years. .1132; Dries Up. and Then Starts In Afro-sh. Near Kobcrbrunn, in Silesia, is a re.- markable lake which scientific men do not yet understand. There is a hollow near the town containing about 2,600 acres, and at intervals of nearly thirty years is converted into a lake. For a short time thebottom of the hollow is almost perfectly dry. Then water begins to ooze through the hills that wall it in, bursts through the bottom 'of I the hollow, and gradually forms a lake. At , present the hollow is about half full of ‘ water, and the level of the lake is still ris‘ ing. in a short time, however, it is expect- ed to recede again, and in the course of the next twelve ye us or so the hollow will prob- ably be waterless for a time. NO phenomenon exactly like this is known Kin any other part of the world. There is 2 something like it, however, in Hungary, I where the Lake Of Neuaicdl has several times i dried up. During the last two years it has 3 lost half of its water, and is new not much ' more than three feet deep. The Hi ngarian . Government has decided to take advantage 1 of this opportunity to drain off the water 'into "the Raab River. The ground is not , swampy, and it can be used at once for ag- ricultural purposes. A MUTINUUS CREW. Theï¬allors on a British Vessel Refuse to Proceed to Hamburg. { A dcspatch from London. says :-â€"'l‘hc - British barquc Bayard, Capt. Richards, from i Pisagua,May ‘25, has arrived at Queenstown ' and there receivcd orders to proceed to Ham- burg. When the crew learned that their 3 vessel was bound for a cholera port they re- fused to sail in her and demanded that they ,‘be discharged at Queenstown. Argument was of no mail for the crew refused to take Ithe linrque to Hamburg. Capt. Richards ithercnpon engaged L3 seamen at Queen- C stown to replace his old crew, offer- ‘lug them £8 apiece to man the barque. g'i‘his money he declared he would deduct , from the wages of the old sailors. When ithe old hands learned that they were to lbs compelled to pay for a new crew they iwere greatly enraged. They armed them- : selves with marline spikes. hauzlspikcs, be- ;laymg pins and capstan bars and threat- {ï¬ned that. if the men who were alongside gthc vcsselcalnc over the side they Would i kill them. The men from shore refused to ï¬go aboard the barque. Capt. Richards lthereupon had his creiv arrested and ar- ' raigucd for mutiny. The Way We Write. About the year 450 B. C., the lenient in- , trained the present system of Wiiting from left to right. Previous tothat date the custom was to run from right to loft. At the same time the method known as the gboultrophedon {that is alternately from iright to left and from left to rigit‘} was somewhatextcnsivcly practiced. 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