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. .. M....w.-....*-.“Mmez-4mu.woun t1 '0‘. Width UPflll Rllllllhllli I! was while spmvling the night in I duccd such a gut-looking colored man’ to marry :1 liglilrlff \i‘niuin like you"! "Wilkins, you :ha‘n't talk in that scandalous way.“ “'lbvre isn‘t any fun in _it. I tell you; the i’henix Hotel, Uldcastlc. that I I never saw anyzhiug nice aimut a: . ‘ ‘ I ' v t ' \ A‘V‘ ‘ it ~~ I overheard the fL-llf)“'l!lg CUDlt-I‘Slilon P1119; “lh‘tr's‘glu Paw “PF-‘5 “’3’ “Vtéml .. . 4 \I'll pug-:eggeii :UMJVI‘S mat on . ‘ . i. . _ _ v... . . i ‘ u ' . ballet” M" and Mh" “ “Ally” “L” De around lik-- lh.-y lilitl :t. \ itus dance. :upied the next room to mine: aul when: every illll:‘ you g1 out and "If I do. hang me! Then now, you understand that, Mrs. \Vilkins, don't you 1" "But, \‘iilkins, if you'll only listen {or a minâ€"" "I tell you I don’t want to listen; I don't want to hear another word on the subject. I'm not aâ€"going to break up and move into the country for the summer to accommodate you or any other woman. Do you suppose I'm going to give up all the comforts of' :ivilization, and dodge around in a wilderness, hunting for some old shanty . or other on an open lot, where. it will i p be so confounded hot that you'll get a ‘ sun-stroke every time you go to bed, and where the garret will be full of Nasp nests, and of hornets, that will i . waltz around and jab their stings iii-I :0 you the very first chance they g:i? , n Why. you must. be crazy. I'm notâ€"â€" “\Vilkins, you know I didn't wantâ€"" "I say I’m not going to locate in any caboose away out of town, alongside of ' some canal, where the children will very likely get drowned in the. dirty water, or where Buccphalus Alexand- er will get an idea that bound to be a sailor, by Caesar! or die, and run off some night, and scud away from home in a canal boat, and get wrecked, and be brought back an inanimate clod, so that I'll be put to the expense of a. funeral. I sayâ€"--" "You talk like aâ€"" “I say I don't intend to plant myself alongside of any rippling canal, so as to give you a chance to get me out on ; the banks, in the cool of the evening, to sit there with one arm around what used to be your waist, while I fight musquitoes with the other; and you calmly watching the canal boat engin- . eer mashing his mules on the head with a brick. while you try your allâ€"fired best to sing, "Oh. Cottage by the Sea,‘ with that voice of yours, which puts me more in mind of a saw mill that's out of gear, than anything else.” ".\lr. \Vilkins, aren't you ashamed to speak 7" "Do you suppOse I intend to put up with all that annoyanceâ€"to live on country fare. and have nothing but )ork and cabbage for breakfast. cab- age and pork for dinner, and pork with cabbage for supper? \Vell, .I know very well how it is in the. coun- try. When you want an egg the hints are all setting; when you want a drink of milk, the calves are (training the cow; if you want your boots blacked, you've got to do it yourself. They don‘t have any of the modern improvements, I tell you. . street lamps, or Common CounCil men or peanut stands, or lager beer saloons, or any of the blessings of civilization. And am I to go and tlop myself down: in such a place just. to accommodate you? You must. think I'm a jackass. l can just tell you that you can't get any such soft thing on me, even if you have got. red hair, and your sister Lou- isa is cross-eyed, and does have to work for a living." "What on earth has that got to do with it, Mr. \Vilkins‘?" "Nevor mind, I know what; it’s got to do with it. But I'm not going to emigrate to any farmhouse, you just bet. They always have dogs in the. coimtry. but all that poetical stuff about their 'having a deep-mouthed welcome home' is played out. don't. do anything of the kind; they fly out and grab you by the. leg, and prance off with a mouthful of your calf; and! as for country girls, they're worse yet; 3 they always kiss you with a noise like ' tearing a yard of muslin. llut, to, be sure. even that's better than being I slobbered over by an old pullet likcl you.” "Wilkins, I'll scratch your eyes! out l" "Besides. I'm a temperance man, until I don't. want. to go to any rural dis-I trict where there. isn't a hydrant with-l in ten miles, and every time I want a drink of water I’ve got to go out and practice gymnastic. exercises on a pump v iaudlc and 'erk it. up and down for an .iour and ticn get nothing but. some water that tastes like a scidlitz pow- dcr. A man might as well be dead as to be in a place like. that. He might, just. as well be. moldcriug in the cold- uid silent grave as to live in a farmâ€" aule where all the newspapers are a year old. and w hen you read of a inur- ; iler that makes your hair stand on cud, and get you excited only to find that it. was cummittccd wit-ii you Were a: boy. and the llllll‘dl‘l'i'l‘ has been hung a quarter of a century.” “llr. Wilkins. thus not so.” ; "It’s all very wall for you to talk: about the coiutorts of a farmer's life, but you‘re as ignorant about that as you are about most everything else. on \\..lli in be vaccinated with some common scnse about as bad as any wo- man 1 know. For a farmer. I'd like; you (n recollect, his got to rise right: up out ul his bed in the middle ofthe- night. and split wood. and prowll around til‘ biriiyard, and got his breakzl lad. .illliubl as curly as most people get lll‘ll' sizppcr the night before. Audi than mung to go out and dvcfor some old‘ l'li'w with the spavizis or thi glandcrs,’5 inst want you to understand, I don't.- ’l‘hc.re are no sidewalks, 01‘, They , ' “Having many things to write unto lay down in a Ill}’fl!,‘lil a million ticks ixury tlr-m‘elves in your 1‘ g. and sand dl: bug. get; down your neck. and you very likely sit on some rattlesnike. or other. and have him ch-iw on you so that you come home a corpse. and with' your pants full of stickers at that. If you want to go out and enjoy a snake "Lite. and git soaked with poison, why, go. Very likely it will bea good thing" out I'm not going, if I am acquaiutcdé with my own mind, and I think am.", “Very well. Mr. Wilkins; I intended to t I. you som th'ng. bu: no.v I won L”; "All right; I don't want to hear it,. .esp;ci:illy if it's anything about the' country." ; ul. Iii: money in my own pocket." “Si-ll ‘what place I" | .3 "t-h, never mind, )Ir. “'ilkins; you? don’t want to hear it." i "What place do you ycan, I 3 vou ?" "Well, thenâ€"but, no; you said you didn't want: to hear about it, and won't annoy you." ask “Mrs. Wilkins, if you don't tell me | ' t ‘ ' ' me what you mean by Selling the place, l m 0 1 puddmg dlqh' there will be a first-class riot in thisi “If you must know, then. Iâ€"Iâ€" Iâ€"well, 1â€"" “Why don’t you say it, woman ?" iroom, in less than five minutes." 1' dead, and has left me his farm. as you don’t like the country, of course, , it's of no use to us, so I'llâ€"-â€"” I "Don’t like the country! “he said ’1 (lltlll't‘? Come, now, Matilda. I was ‘ only joking; we’ll move out tomorrow. i It I did call you a heifer, you most for- ‘give me, ior you know that you are one. anyhow. and " "Take. that. now, and if you come back here I’ll. break every bone in your body.” fl cor, But he didn't seem to mind it. much, for he started out: right; after break-E isome beets. Let them all get walk five the next morning to I think he fast miles to see that place. {lilacs the country. better now than he i . n..- _.__‘__,_ Levers of the beautiful opal will be glad to learn that not only is it no longer considered unlucky, but it has become a. supreme favorite with Queen Victoria, who is fond of giving it away ! as a. keepsake. It was-Scott’s novel of “Anne of Geierstein" which brought evil import upon the rainbow-tinted ! gem and caused people to shun it. Jew- !elers in vain endeavored to dispose of their wares, but; few people could be induced to buy these lovely’stones. An old superstition forbids the picking up Ioi~ an opal, as you pick up somebody ,clsc’s bad luck. The Empress Eugenie .rct‘used to accept a. magnificent parure lof Opals presented to her by Napoleon, l although it was artistic and costly. The 3 ladies of the German court have never abe’eu dominated by this absurd super- stition, and wear the opal with pleasure. EDuring the last fewyears a reaction ‘has taken place, and American women are accepting the magic gem. Many ‘ superb designs are seen at the jewelers, one of the latest being a. golden eagle With outstretched wings thickyl studâ€" ded With Opals, the edges being incrust- ed_ with tiny scintillant diamonds. The shimmering, changeful fire of the opal renders it suitable for articles of jew- ,e_lry to.be worn in the evening,. the light glitering upon the evanescent hues of the lovely gem in a most fascinating imanner. There are striking designs -of butterflies, dragon-flies and beetles in opals associated with emeralds and diamonds. These stones admirably ex- press the brilliant beauty of the in- sects. In ancient times the opal was cpnsulered a lucky stone, and was be- : lieved to be imbued with all manner of supernatural virtues. These l were offered by one friend to another as talismaus, and there was no thought of their bringing evil fortune to the wearer. I THE POPULAR OPAL. l l i i l l _________._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- A CIIU RCH COUR’l‘SIIIP. A young gentleman. happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining one in which was a. young lady, for whom he conceived a most sudden and violent passion. felt (lesirous of entering into a courtship on the spot; but the place. not suiting a. formal declaration. the cxigency sug cstcd the following plan: He politely landed his fair neighbor a Bible, open, with a pin stuck in the following text: 2nd Epistle of John, verse 5, "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new command- i 'iiicnt unto' thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another." She returned it with the following: L’nd chapter of Ruth, 10th verse. “Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said , unto him, why have I found grace in thine eyes. that thou shouldst take notice of me, seeing I am a. stranger i" He returned the book, pointing to the 12th verse of the 3rd Epistle of John: on, I would not write with paper and iynk; but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face." From the above inter- view the marriage took place the com- ing week. HE \VOULD BE AHEAD. A Scotch minister, missing one of his wry likely. he has go: to stop ' congregation from church. called on him cme'day to see what was the matter. \\ ell, Mr. McNab, I was wondering Alt-l get l in the jaw, nr have 501119 what was the matter that you were not Illa . h »_'n no t; . vit.ils. You may consider; thi. pieaxint. bu: I don't. If you're, on tend of it I'll kick you in the jaw, lll}‘\‘ll lu linv you like it. it ..u;.‘h aw. if I thought it would keepmtrangc full quiet." “.H'r. Wilkins, you're a brute. “.\l.‘._:b~ I am. lliy'ia’» I proved my-l ml? [u 'm .1 r g-..l.ir full-minded idiotl .‘_\' y'o‘iiizzg mysi if to such an old heiferi . l " filr. “'iikisw. [ll break-9' "4.2“3: .1“ .ll lltift‘r as you; but I'm at .;.ii'c 'lllf‘lit vnnugh to go to sch; r :...g .3 so:..-*- .i.gr'c_il:ural district, and’ so fillni'ut'llt‘ii that people willi i in» for a negro, and will go gr». Aux! tuidmdug what could have in- . w . ~ v . § .. :0 bull or other stick nin.‘ inches of , at church these few Sundays back? Oli. have been at Mr. Dunlop's kirk. Ministerâ€"Oh. 1 don't care for my con- gl‘t‘gullon gomg to other churches. How l'd do would you like your sheep to go into 1stures 9 Mr. "B cNabâ€"Oh. I wadna care a 'grain if they got better grass. J IMMIFBOY'S DESSERT. It was at dinner at the Profile House. 1'” have some blueberry pie and some ice cream. said pupa. You may bring me some jelly and (‘l’f-‘lmc'LkiPS, said mauunzi. And what will you have? asked the waitress of Jinimir-boy. I'll have the suite. said 53:11:15" y. i “Well. then. L'ncle \Villiam is just; butt Imilk, and one_teaspoonful of ‘ Cook a few minutes and serve. Here there was a heavy fall on the g and there is reacon to believe} that \Vilkius was kicked out of bed! ; some white beans, which have previous- stones I «3in i3 none:w TESTED RECIPES Coffee Cake.â€"T\vu cups brown sugar. one of banter. one of molasses. one of strong Coffee, as prepared for the ta- Lle. four eggs, one teaspoon soda, two of cinnamon, two of cloves, one of grat- ed nutmeg. one pound raisiiu, one of currants and four cups flour. Creamed Dried Beef.â€"One tablespoon- i'ul of butter, browned in a. frying pan; put in about oneâ€"half pound of chopped Loci”, and let get thoroughly hot; pour in one cupful of milk, and thicken with a little flour and water. Scrambled eggs pure: uiid the beef are a nice addition. Marguerite Puddingâ€"Scam one quart of milk in a double boiler; beat togeth- cr three-quarters of a cupful of sugar, “5.0 ]' gm” just sen the place 11nd!l\'.‘0 tablespoonqu of flour, the yolks lof five‘ eggs. one saltspoonful of salt, and one cupful of cold milk. Pour the scalded milk over the mixture and re- turn to the fire. Stir until it thick- ens, beating until smooth; cook fifteen I minutes; add one tablespoonful of but.- I ter and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn \Vhen cool beat the whites of the eggs to a froth, add five tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and beat until very stiff and glossy. Spread over the top of the pudding and dust with powdered sugar, and put in the oven until a. delicate brown. Serve cold. Lady Cabbageâ€"Chop some very fine; cook in boiling water one- half hour; drain, then season highly cabbage butter. A Bean Saladâ€"A red, white, and reen bean salad, is made as follows: Cook string beans until tender, cutting them once or twice lengthwise. Cook also cold. Place some white beans in the centre of the plate, some string beans, piled up in the centre of the. other beans, and around the edge put. the sliced beets. and serve with a dressing made of 011, vinegar, salt, and pepper, well mixed. Boiled Beetsâ€"Beets require very careful use in cooking. so they do not bleed and lose color. Be careful not to abraise the skin. Boil one hour in hot, slightly salt water, when cooked, rub oft the skin. When served alone, they are best. when out up and covered with the following: One tablespoonful of but- ter, two of vinegar, and a little pepper and salt, brought to a boil, and pour- ed over the beets. Tasty Dishes of Rice.â€"To cook rice properly is not as commonly understood as it should be, even though it is sim- ple. It should, however, be boiled in a double boiler when possible. It should not be stirred at any time, only its-ht- tle as possible, to prevent scorching. Rice should always be :well washed. Then cover it (well with cold water, bring to a. boil, pan off and again covâ€" ly soaked for twelve hours, and ., er with cold water, and bring to, a boil. By this means the grains will be found to be thoroughly cooked and separated, instead of having a mushy appearance. Rice Croquettes.â€"â€"These are very ap- petizing. Take two cupfuls of boiled rice. one well beaten egg, :1. heaping tea- spoonful of good butter, and a teaspoon- ful of good Sillt, or enough to all beaten thoroughly together. Roll in cornmeal, or fine breadcrumbs, and fry brown in hot lard. Rice Crumpets.â€"Take two cupfuls of milk, one small cupful of yeast, one tablespoonful of white sugar, two ta- blespoonfuls of melted butter, one cup- !ful of boiled rice. and enough flour to make a light batter; salt to taste. Beat all together, and let the batter rise un- til light. If started after dinner they will be ready to bake in tune for sup- per. Bake. in quick oven. Serve hot. Boiled Rice Pudding.â€"\Vash a pound and a half of rice and mix with it ’8. half pound of large raisins, seeded. Put it: into a bag leaving plenty of room for swelling, and boil in slightly salt- applea, peaches, or other fruit may be used. _ Ginger Cakesâ€"Mix one cupful each of molasses and brown sugar, half a. cupful of lard, three cupfuls of flour, a. teaspoonful of ginger and three eggs. .toll thin and cut. out and bake in a quick oven. Corn Breadâ€"One pint sifted corn- meal, one pint of wheat. flour, one pint buttermilk, two eggs, beaten light, one- half cup sugar, butter size of an egg. Add last. one teaspoon of soda. Bake about twenty minutes in a. hot ovan. Stuffed Oysters.â€"-\Vipe and Season largo oysters with salt and pepper; roll them in cracker dust; spread half the oysters ’with forceâ€"meat; cover these with the remaining oysters; press them together gently; double bread. and fry in the usual way. serve on a; folded napkin with lemon paints. . g Light Wafflesâ€"Sift a. quart. of flour, i rub a teaspcxmful of butter in it; a. teas of salt and three cupfuls of Mt well. Dissolve half a cake of compressed yeast in a. little warm place for half an (hour. Beat three eggs and add. Let. stand ten minutes. Grease well-heated waffle; tins; fill with batter and bake. Take « up on a heated plate, spread with but- ; tar and heated with syrup. Piquante Sauceâ€"Put a. ll:..ableapoori4i of butter in a. small saucepan and. not over the fire until brown ;, add a tablespoonful of flour and mix, until smooth; thin with a cupful of; fit: and stir until it boils. Have two one gill of vinegar. one tabl n of, capers. ii a rig each of thyme and pnr- , slay cooke in a saucapan; add to the ' sauce; season with salt and a pinch of! myenue; stir all together well and serve. SOME GOOD RECIPES. Scalloped Fishâ€"Pick any cold cooked fish carefully from the bones. and" iii.-L~.:en with an egg. beaten up in I with pepper and salt, one-half cup ou of tomato pug-sun I milk. Add one large blade of pounded mace. one t.ii-Z:-spcoiit'ul of flour. one teasgxxmful of anchovy sauce, a lump oi butter. soriic breadcrumbs, and pep~ pgr and silt to taste. Place in a dct‘l‘ dish or in scallop shells. Cover “lill PERSIA ADVANCING. that Country Raises a Barrier Aaslnst Itmslnn .tnililllou. The industrial development of Persia. brcadcriuubs. buzter the top. and brown l in spite of many difficulties and op. quickly in the oven. Serve hot. l position from corrupt officials and fana- w. I . _ v , i , ' . , . . told .\.utto.i. Lut the rimains of mm 1 up“ pnesm has made Ema, progreg loin or neck of mutton into small cut- lets trim off some of the fat. season and dip then! in a beaten egg. roll in breadcrumbs and fry in boiling lard to a nice brown. Arrange neatly on a platter and pour around them a good gravy, or a hot tomato sauce. Parsnip Cakesâ€"Mash cold boiled parâ€" snips and form into small cakes, dip iii- to beaten egg and breadcrumbs, season to taste with salt- and pepper, and fry to a light brown. Serve hot. Salsify, potaiws. turnips, and carrots, are. equal- ly nice served in iliis way, and if the quantity of the vegetable is insuffi- cient, and finely grated breadcrumts, mix well, and season thoroughly. Roast Beef Remnants.â€"â€"ltemove all the meat from the bones and chop fine. Lise cold gravy that has no fat, put it in a spider to heat. If you have. no gravy, use stock, or some. good extract of beef. Season the minced meat with salt and pepper. \\'hen the gravy boils put in the meat. cover, and let it re- main, long enough to heat thoroughly. Stir in a small piece of butter. Toast some bread, butter very lightly, lay _a slice on a platter, and pour over it some of the minced meat and gravy. Cold Meats With Curryâ€"Beef. lamb, or veal may be made quite appetizing, when it has to be warmed over. by us- ing a curry sauce. Remove all. fat and skin from meat, cut into thin slices. sea- son with salt and pepper. Put into a saucepan three tablespoonfuls of but- ter, half an onion, cut; line, and aspoonâ€" Cook two mm- uies, then add two tablespoonfuls of flour. and a heaping teaspoonful of cur- ry powder. Stir with smooth, gradu- ally add a pint of stock. and cook five minutes. Strain the sauce into a spiâ€" der, add the sliced meat, and cook fifâ€" teen ininutes. Serve with rice. balls. Bread Ballsâ€"Allow well-worked bread dough, made of the whitest flour, to become very light. Butter the hands, pinch off small bits. and roll into round balls, making one dozen. Put them in- to warmed and greased gem_ irons. Let them become light, prick with a. fork. turn a. pan over them, and bake in a quick oven. They should be a. delicate brown and as nearly round as pOSSible. Toast Soupâ€"Brown two heaping ta- blespoonfuls of butter in a. kettle. Break four slices of toast in bits, and stir them in the butter. Pour four teacupâ€" fuls of boiling water over and add one- half teaspooniul of salt, one sultspoonful of pepper, and half a cup of good cream â€"more. if the cream is thin. Let it just come to a boil and serve. This is a very delicate soup. Roasted Oystersâ€"Scrub the shells well in cold water; place the oysters in a baking pan, laying them. on the deep half of the shell. Bake in a hot oven until the shell is well open. Re- move the upper shell carefully and serve with butter, pepper and salt. Green Pea Soupâ€"A delicate and de- licious soup is made of green peas. Put one. onion cut into halves, with a.gen~ erous quart of shelled peas III) a. sauce- pan. with hot water enough to cover them, . .(I cook until the peas are soft. Remove the onion and press the peas through a colander. Put. in a. saucepan over the fire one pint of chicken or veal stock, and add the mashed was to it. Rub together two tablespoon .uls of but- flour, moisten With a. little cold milk and add it to the soup with one cupful of milk and the saute amount 'cf cream. which is nicer if whipped; or the whole mixture may. be beaten with a whip just before turning into the tureen. After adding the milk season well with salt and pepper, and allow. the soup» to boil up once before serving. ' Browned Sweet Potatoes.â€"â€"\\ ash and rub sweet potatoes. steam until tender; remove the skins, slice, place in a pan, spread with bits of butter. and set in during the last. few years. has raised a moral barrier against Russian mu- bitiun. Persia. with an elaborate tele- graph system. a rudimentary frw press and a veneer of “Western civilization in her capital. alintst. as substantial as that of Belgrade or Bllt‘lllm?SI-; with all the nations of Europe represented by their léguiions, and enjoying the special regard and friendship of Eng- land. cannot be attacked and overrun without outraging the conscience of Europe. Russia. has done. good service in Central Asia in restoring order and. subduing the wild, slave-hunting Turk- oman tribes. but she has no superior civilization to offer to an ancient mon- archy like Persia, nor is the fate of the Persian peasant. so miserable or deâ€" graded as that of the Russian. Nor should it be thought that Persia is a country where life and property are in« WCILI'C. I Crime is of rare occurrence. travel- ing is safe, and it is from pride, and not from necessity that Persians carry arms. The streets of Tcherain are certainly safer than those of Paris and London. and a stranger may roam at night. in perfect. security in the dark- est. quarters of the capital. Lastly, the Russian Empire. which from vari- ous considerations, such as its vast. area. the homogeneity of its population. and their stolid patriotism. is iniprcgnable as a defensive power. is singularly weak. for offense. The very qualities which make the Russian soldiery so formid- able at home render them inefficient abroad; the inferior quality of the officers and Generals. the indescribable corruption which makes the transport and commissarat departments invari- ably break down. the want of communi- cations and the general absence in staff or men of any intelligent spiritâ€"these and other causes render the. Russia-xi armies, so overwhelmingly on paper, al- together unreliablo for offensive war- fare. Even Turkey. bankrupt and cu- feeblcd, would have beaten Russia in the late war had not the. despised Rou- manians come to her assistance. ._â€"__..â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" JANIZARIES. r... be Sultan's Strange Army and Its Ills- torlc. Place. The Janizaries are unique in the his- tory of the world. Nothing like them has ever been known in the constitution of any state. \Ve think of them some- how in association with the Mamclukea of Egypt, but though there were some points in common between them, they differed widely in their character and aim. The Mameiukcs, though originâ€" ally a race of slaves, founded a Sovereign- dynasty in Egypt, but the Janizaries. even at the height of .their (power. never mascd to be. soldiers, an _ they maintained throughout all their history the proofs and symbols of their lowly origin. They made and unmade savor- eigns, but they never aspired to the high positions of state, and were con- tent; to fill their original Not one of their number ever occupied the throne of Turkey,â€" and the. whole corps acted ostensibly only as its giuirdiana. They formed the first standing army of which \we have any record; but they were appointed not as the defend- ers of the national interests, but 811n- ply as the. executors of the personal designs of the Sultan. The name .13 . which they were best known and \vhic. inspired most awe was Yenitzer, Signi- fyiug in Turkish the new army. cause it; superseded, as a perpetual and. consolidated force, the. old trooln} which were raised only in ciiiergcncics and Isoattercd when war was over. Be‘ls."lt.<5r and one of ed water two hours. Serve hot with p sugar and cream. Instead of raisms, l ; 'en until the nuts are alight brown.:wa5 in niuls of finely chopped unions. {of the oven to brown. _ h ‘ . - _ . v ’ 4 t i, Baked 'lomatoes. Take. SLX smoo. NERVE-SOOTHING BELL. round tomatoes, not too ripe, cut a slice . I from the smooth and of each one, and The “Popular Scumce News" is auth- with a; teaspoon _carefully remove the ority for the announcement that. “sen- lflplfitmgogll'fhcshlg 31“: “glitz: ‘sitive persons who are annoyed by the {inc 8" little "vhth cabbage; crumb in lsliarp, incisive sound of the electric bell two slices of fresh bread; add half a pull be gald to know that a hrench el- cupful of sweet cream, a piece of but- lectricm has produwd a. be“ which ter the size of all egg: one t0_@W°'}‘ilfi Igives a continuous musical sound.’ The 0f Bugflrv salt Qnd flipper. to 185m“ 1 1 note is very soft. and sweet, although the tomatoes With this mixture, rep atl'e lnnetrfltmg’ and is mid to be an uh the covoi's. and 131‘“)8 aihem" “unfillig aggei'ation of that obtained by rubbing butt-“With .‘Xxllgfl’ém' til the edge of a glass with the finger. In- fotr half an hOUI- m“ 3d one “135' stead of a. bel with a hammer and a argd 1L dig}? toanbre‘fif tfig spring interrupter, a steel bell is used, lined takiné firom the 1mm Serve 1m“- “mh ‘3 11T_TW’ -â€"â€""' ‘ ‘ THE ENGLISH PENNY. FOOD FOR CHILDRE‘N' The disappearance of the old ship and. Sweetmezits that are healthful for lighthouse from the English bronze children are made from dates stuffedlsterling penny has created some talk, with peanuts- Seed the date-S, she“ the g but the Deputy Master of the Mint. dc. and take Off the Tad Skin thatlclares that neither the ship nor the 3' I. i, it) t . . , “we” them' Flth‘r use nu s a ilighihouse was old; indeed, the light- have just been roasted or if raw oneai house was such a novelty that every“ are used, brown the meats in a. little . olive oil or fresh butter] (Put, on a body who we it over its deletion should lly ashamed of himself. It shallow dish in a hot oven. and stir oft.- I be thorough I the reign of Churlns 111. that Drain them and put several in theillritannia (said to be modeled on La center of each date.- Press together and Belle Stewart, afterward Duchefls of roll in granulated sugar. Richmond) first. xix-me on the (m 01 the fi-‘nfumr coinage. down, in 8. nuts, CYNICAL. Those who have reached a. point in their journeying on a. 'wrong road where they have lost their pride in a good name are in a very dangerous position. The are not far from the moral case 0 a cermm speculator of whom one acquaintance said to anoth- er: I don't see how he can do as he does; he does no: seem to think much his reputation. Well, answered the other man, I don't see how he could think much of itâ€"it‘s so bad! I LECTRIC PAINTING. At the last half-yearly meeting of the Directors of the Overhead Railway Com- pany, in Liverpool, England, the Chair- .man mentioned among the innovations introduced on its lines a novel way for painting the structure and stock of the system. ' Elmtrical yum-er, he. showed, was utilized for this purpose. The point was .s ra'ed on by electric up- paratus, Wit. 1. ~ result that the cast of labor was reduced by about 90 per cent. A SALOON LV A CHURCH-YARD. BEFORE AND AFTER. _‘ Evening Callerâ€"I have been wonder- The Strangest 3110‘“ m the world is a tavern in Hendon. a London suburb. ing. who those companion-framed por- traits are, one a. beautiful young girl. It stands in the centre a! an old church- vard and ancient tombstones surround the other nwrinkled, sad-faced old ' It; It is man hundreds of years old woman. beâ€" and is the any licensed beer solar-«in Pretty HOSiC‘SSâ€"Oh: that's ma, fore and after marriage. the neighborhood of the gravevard