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rLUNOIS. • (1 THE Chemical Review says that re- «oent analyses of water from the holy -well at Mecca--where it Is eagerly .drunk by pilgrims--show it to be ten limes stronger thaft average London tsewage.^ 7 6 TH* of Benjamin S. Botch, of Milton, Mass., who had figured upon ^receiving $200,000, have been agreeably (surprised by the discovery that the es- -tate inventories over $3,000,000, of -which $46,000 is in Chicago real estate. 5'-v- THAT husband and wife are equal be­ fore the law was emphatically demon­ strated in a Chicago court recently. *One McLeod, now in jail awaiting trial -;for larceny, filed an affidavit before - Judge Tuley setting forth that he was .put in prison at his wife's instance so ' that he could not defend a suit for di- -vorce brought by her. Some time ago .he sold his property and gave the money his wife, and he therefore prayed the ocourt to grant an order on Mrs. McLeod ^to advance him sufficient funds to defend "the suit. Judge Tuley appeared to ./think that there was justice in the re­ quest, and granted a rule on the woman *fto show cause why she should not ad­ vance the necessary money. It is a poor rule that will -not work both waja even in divorce suits. £ ' • Air Illinois stock-raiser of the name <of Pracy Clark gives an amusing ac­ count of a recent trip to Cincinnati with a car-load of hogs. He left his *3i0me at Albion on Saturday, Dec. 9, liy the afternoon freight train, which -was run upon a side-track near Prince­ ton, lad., at about 9 o'clock to let two ; passenger trains pass. The engineer, •^conductor, fireman and brakeman made -themselves so comfortable in the loco­ motive cab that they all fell sound -^asleep and did not awake until morning, "when an employe of the road, who had been sent out from Princeton to find the missing train, aroused them. Of <*course they had lost their right of way, t^and the train, which was due at Cincin­ nati Monday morning, did not arrive vuntil Tuesday night. "Damages, gen­ tlemen, heavy damages, Clark's ultimatum. GEN. WALLACE, our Minister to 'Fur- key, has been awarded $15,000 by the :0}. American-Mexican Commission ,T as a 3|claim for services rendered in 1865. At fthe close of our civil war the General Accepted a commission as Major Gen- ; »eral in the republican army of Mexico, with a view to organizing a legion com­ posed of discharged American soldiers, gfev i?to aid in driving the Emperor Maxi- r milian and the French out of Mexico. ^ 'a. The Leffioa.^niza tion failed, but the P. v;: ^General renflH||d valuable services to ^"the Mexics®Republican cause, for which he was not able to receive pay, mainly owing to the poverty of the Mexican treasury. The General brought his claim before the American Commissioners in 1869, but it was not allowed for want of jurisdiction. But payment has now been secured through the efforts of Minister Foster. ^ pay such rates for stock MHMf exact­ ed through brokers in Wall street. No lamb was ever more thoroughly sheared. The railway king purchased peace through one or both of these methods, and now holds a road only one-third of which is of any use to him. The belligerent leaders stepped down and out, and a President and directors were installed who represent the family interest exclusively. SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, gives an account of De Long's Arctic expedition, which he got from Capt. Neibaum in San Francisco. Neibaum is a Russian, who has for many years been in the service of the Alaska Far Company. He was the last man from whom De Long received provisions. He says: MDe Long left my station at almost the northern part of Alaska, and I furn­ ished him, at the order of the Alaska Fur Company, with sieves, dogs and provisions. He took twenty-seven dogs and one Indian. I account for the loss of the party on the theory that they killed the dogs. I do not believe that De Long knew anything about the un­ dertaking he was grappling with, and was ignorant of the means by which progress could be made in that region. I see by his diary that there was but 0ne dog left a few days prior to his death. He must have killed the dogs without knowing their great value, and when the dogs are gone there is abso­ lutely no hope left. The dogs could not have died or been lost; they were killed. The scent of these animals is remarkable, and they will detect pro­ visions, no matter where they may be. When men in these regions kill polar bears and have more meat than they can keep, they cache the meat, and it sometimes lies in the ice for years, until it is discovered by dogs. The ice is full of these places. If you meet an Indian there and kill 'his dog he lies down and dies. He also neglected to take the right kind of guns. De Long refused a fowling-piece I offered him, made ex­ pressly for the Arctic seas and climate. He said he wanted a gun for bears, not birds, and would not listen to me. The weight of the Remington rifles ham­ pered him. They took no fishing- tackle, and all their chances for life were thrown away through ignorance, I liked De Long personally, but he was not the man to command an Arctic ex- " ~ V A F L R IMTURAL. ' ic t«Tin| lloatod Catttek A farmer writes to the Orange Vis­ itor: "As soon as I find an animal in distress from bloat, from eating wet foreign or clover,! wtfc it aloagthe back with cold well water, and alao place a large cloth or blanket of several thick­ nesses over the paunch, after that all it will absorb, and over that a dry blanket. If the cold water jb properly applied, one will not have to wait long for a The Shropshire is a mutton breed of sheep and a producer of a long staple of medium wool. This sheep has a vigor­ ous constitution, a compact fleece, ma­ ture early, have a fine form and the best quality of mutton. They are great feeders and the ewes are very prolific, producing 10 to 50 per cent, of twins, and as they are great milkers they raise these twin lambs well. Those who have tried them have unbounded praise for them, and the • eneral opinion among those interested in mut'on breeds is that this breed stands among the best. Don't use your rams too hard, nor forget to feed them well during service. The strength and character of the pro­ duce depends on this care quite as much as on the breeding of the sire, or, at least, goo4 breeding aud proper care combined la required to produce th« best.' of thi bw* unity and fa a ted indl AT a recent social gathering in Boston the conversation was upon literature, and somebody chanced to mention the saying about a prophet's lack of honor in his own country. "Yes," remarked Mr. J. T. Trowbridge, ttI know all about that. The tax collector called upon me last spring, and, in the course . of conversation, asked me what I ' did for a living. I said I wrote, and, after having to explain to him that I was neither a book-keeper nor a copyist, I told him I wrote books. 'Pshaw, now,' said he, 'I want to know I Wa-al, now, it's kind o'curious I never heard o' that. Got any of 'em about yer ?' I said I had some of them in the house, but I •didn't keep a very large supply on hand. 'Well, you can git'em, I s'pose?' was the next remark. I said I could, and he gave me an order on the spot. ' Send me down the handsomest copy you've got,'said he, 'and I'll pay you for it. If we've got a man that kin write, I'll do my duty bv him.' " i 1 -- :•- ' ^ PEOPLE who look with jealous eye upon the power of Yanderbilt, says the •Chicago Times, might find the events of the last three months a most inter­ esting study. Within that brief period the railway king has been twice sand­ bagged and robbed upon the financial highway. The task was easy enough to men who had the nerve required. The first event was what may be termed the Nickel-Plate job. Yander­ bilt looked on with apparent indiffer- , - ence while the Lake Shore road was •quiokly paralleled by men who knew his temperament and understood his in­ terests. But when an effective rival line had been created he made haste to secure it at a price much greater than it has since touched on the stock ex­ change. The dazzling success of this operation, whie?iplaced millions in the , pockets of its projectors, inspired an attack from a new quarter. A Chicago road in which he is the heaviest stock- bolder was chained down by a lease which forced it to join in any warfare that might be commenced, but left it utterly powerless to retaliate in any way. The holders of the leased prop­ erty flung their stock into the market aad reaped the highest figure. Then they were free to inaugurate what promised to become a desperate strug­ gle and load up with securities at panic prioea, leaving Vanderbilt to settle pri- ad hurriedly with them or to Annoyances in Heaven. > : 'fiMited something of a conversation between Mr. Longfellow and myself on spiritualism a few months before his death, or, rather, a conversation on the influence and nearness which many per­ sons experience in regard to those who were dear to them and have gone into the mysteries of eternity. Mr. Whit- tier listened with interest, adding that he was aware that Mr. Longfellow had some remarkable ideas and sympathies of the kind, but had never talked with him on the subject, "and for himself," he added, "I have felt but very slightly that closeness and nearness of the un- -- _ m I.? t o* ^mvn > uu Spirafr.~ aiwi it moments,-in the progress of our talk, he remarked: "Life is a mystery, death is a mystery* I am like the Chinese phi­ losopher Confucitis, who, when he was asked," What is death ?" answered, "Life is such a mystery that I do not seek penetrate what is beyond it." "May ask if you, believe in soul after that." we are not placed former. We shall what1 we lack here, my idea of Heaven Vexations?" It seems to i here, have soi content, in idea, and I it, and s; supreme! "No, n«£" we meet lighted i roundktgs ve thee hast seen remind me shall have sonv (and here the lighted up with a A: our happiness will and everything will The Churchman. Profits of BwKwpiai. Few who have had no experience in keeping bees have any idea as to the work involved or of the profits which are sometimes secured by skillful man­ agement. A well-known bee-keeper, giving an account of his work for 1882, says that in May last he transferred a good strong colony from a Quimby hive into a Langstrath frame. From this hive he lias taken about eighty pounds of comb honey, largely made from blackberry and clover blossoms; and meantime the colony has increased to four strong stocks and one light, one. June 24 he received two three-frame nuclei; these have increased to three strong stocks and two lipcht ones, mak­ ing in all seven strong and three light stocks. , Summarized the account for the sea­ son stands about as follows: OUTGO. One colony and two nuclei, .$14 71 F.leven pounds foundation 4.«« Express charffes on bees and foundation... .6% Sundries.................................... 1.00 Total $21.96 - •:*' WOM* ,"*v Pevcn colonies at $s each . f s > 0 Three light colonies at $4 each 12.00 Sixty-Mix pounds of honey sold at 3<i'ri2i cents 15.70 Total Dcduct outtfe. m ited in i nana?e- should tbainooiM as far aspo--tM BMBtdboold alwHM3MM|̂ rded as a eontmgenej of emliB|Kud, if eon tended agftinst viljfc,«prgy and per­ severing fortitude, ft AM** soon be over- eome. Debt, with hope of its removal, is a, miM^ dngging us down and crushit»|||pk|)|ihWooii out of us. Be careful, therefore, in incurring any pecuniary mpoMftifty which does not present a clear dethrvrance with the advantages which a wiaawse of it ought always to insure. , jL A farmer who purchases a good farm and can pay down one-third of the price, give a mo tgage for the other two thirds, and posse*** the heart and resolution to work it faithfully and well, enters upon the true path to success. He will labor with the encouraging knowledge that each day's exertions will lessen his indebtedness and bring him nearer to the goal when he shall be disenthralled and become a freeho der in its most cheering sense. But with­ out due economy in every department, in the dwelling as welKas in the barns and in the fields, this gratifying achievement may not 1>© reached until late in life, or may be indefinitely post­ poned. A prudent oversight, therefore, over all the o|>erations of a farm, in order that everything may be done that ought to be done and nothing be wasted, will exert a powerful influence in plac­ ing a family on the h%h road to an early independence. Net gain. ...$ 8 70 21.25 Farmer! and Their Health. On going to bed change the clothes, and, if those taken off are to be worn the next day, turn them so that they may air and dry thoroughly. In eating, especially in warm weather, "go slow." Do not come in, hot from work, and at once sit down at the table, but take time to cool off, and at meals eat slowly. Many look upon the time spent at meals as wasted, while it is really of the greatest importance. Eat slowly, and chew well. If you can prolong the time at meals by pleasant conversation, do so. Do not be in a hurry to resume work after meals in hot weather. Take a long nooning. Better spirits, and in­ creased vigoE and strength, will far dark eyes elligence), bat ill the sweeter, larmonized."-- .** Reviving Drowned Persons. Dr. A. Voisin communicated to the Rochelle Congress the satisfactory re­ sults which have attended the great ef; forts made for several years past by the Paris Muncipality to improve the treat­ ment of drowned persons in that Capi­ tal--efforts which Dr. Voisin has been the chief instrument in carrying out. He now reports the results which have been obtained: 1. The almost absolute certainty of restoring life to persons who have remained under water, or "be­ tween two waters," for a period varying from a few seconds to five minutes--no one formerly having been saved after three minutes' submersion. 2. He has succeeded in restoring to life persons , who have remained under water from five to twenty minutes. 3. The results have been obtained in individuals not merely in a state of syncope, but in an asphyxiated state, as shown by their villaceous face and lips, their open mouth, and flaccid masseters. 4. These results have been gained in consequence of the excellent arrangements made for the rigorous carrying out of Sylvester's method; the effectual application of warmth to the whole surface of the body by calorific generators; the ready access of warm baths and cold douches; the keeping the patient quietly in bed for some hours after his restoration--. the whole system being administered by a well-trained a disciplined staff, which is kept in constant readiness.--Medical Times and, Gazette. Delicious Literature. It is stated that a pastry cook at Bo­ logna has produced a very novel substi­ tute for a newspaper. It is composed of very delicate leaves of pastry, on which" witty articles are printed, not with, ink, but with chocolate liquor. Thus, after its literary contents are de­ voured, the reader may devour the pro­ duction itself. This form of printing is certainly scriptural, for are we not told to "read, mark, learn and inwardly (li- geatr--Philadelphia News. COL. FORNEY'S daughter is helping » th. ivo- • V more than maxe Up tne time t:llte£f tb rest. A general fault of our sleeping rooms is lack of ventilntion. One reason or this is the attempt to keep out flies and mosquitoes, by closing the rooms dur- the day. Frames upon which wire- or the cheaper mosquito netting .retched will keep out insects and of needed ventilation. poers who work all day are not troubled with sleeplessness, in- as it is called; ye it is in some ^flisease, and tlie more futityned be, the less he is incline d to brisk walk before bed t me Jtoponging and rubbing of the Ttody, with a wet towel around ~, will often break up jtlie very ,nt habit. >rs are very, apt to neglect their "veryone slioulel have a tooth- iiot too hard, aud brush the using water freelv, on going to id again on rising.--American Uurist. Swine Breeding. It is now time to determine upon the breeding sows to be used during the coming year, and it is a great tempta­ tion to kill off the old sows, because they are heavy and will bring much more than the young ones. This is a Hjistake, as the old sow will r.iise double the number of pigs and raise them bet­ ter. If the young sow is to breed she shotild not farrow her pigs till as late as May, when she will do better b* her pigs and grow better for another year. When it was the custom to market hogs only in late fall or early winter it was rather necessary to luve the pigs come early, but now that they can be sold at any time when fat, any time will i n- swer except the very hot or the verv cold months. Still, for profit in feed­ ing, we prefer early pigs from full- grown sows. ' There are several essential features in swine breeding, no one of which can be entirely ignored with safety if the aim is to build up a first-class her J. We anticipate no profit from a hill of spind­ ling corn. An essential point is to give the pigs a good start. A brood sow cannot give a good start to a litter nor Eroduce a litter of any size unless she as a good chance herself. There must be strength and vitality. Too much fineness produces constitutional weak­ ness and consequent degeneracy in the offspring, and successful breeding can­ not be carried on from such BOWS. Bet­ ter to run a little risk of coarseness than to invite disease or weakness by too much fineness in the brood sow. The sire may be relied on for symmetry in the produce, but he should not be any less Vigorous. Lo* g legs cover no faults and should not be tolerated in the breeding stock. Another important item for the brood sow is that she be of a prolific family. This trait or quality is inherited like any other aud she should be descended from stock that has produced large litters, and this class, as a rule, will also take good oare of - KBPaomy on the F»Hp, On the farm, and in all the various details of rural and domestic life, siys the Germantown Telegraph, prudence and a just economy of time and means are incumbent in an eminent degree. The earth itself is composed of atoms, and the most gigantic fortunes consist wayi 'llpaj ; DOMESTIC RECIPES. QITAIL.-- Quail are very nice to steam until nearly done, then roast in the oven to a nice brown, basting frequent­ ly with melted butter in water. Serve them on soft buttered toast. PIGEONS WITH LITTLE PEAS.--Truss the pigeons, put them over the fire with fat pork and butter, let them brown slowly, add small green peas, and sea* son them with but little *a!t and pep­ per. Wet a very little flour with some broth, or soup, pouring it over the birds and stewing them until tender. PICKI.ED CHICKENS.--Boil four chick­ ens till tender enough for meat to fall from bones; put meat in a stone jar, and pour over it three pints of cold good cider vinegar anda pint and a half of the water in which the chickens were boileel; adel spices, if preferred, anel it will be ready for use in two days. This is a popular Sunday evening dish; it is ge>od for luncheon at any time. GRAHAM PUDDING. -- Mix well to­ gether one-half a coffee-cup of molasses, one-quarter of a cup of butter, one egg, one-half a cup of milk, one-half a tea- spoonful of pure soda, one and one-lialf cups of good graham flour, one small teacup of raisins, spices to taste. Steam fourlhours and serve with brandy or wine sauce, or any sauce that may be preferred. This makes a showy as well as a light and wholesome dessert, and has (he merit of simplicity and cheap­ ness. RICE CAKES.--Rice eakes are a nice side-dish for dinner, or may bo used in place of pastry. Boil some rice until it is soft, then roll it in your hands in cakes; dip them in beaten egg, and then in Indian meal; see that they are covered with the meaL Then fry them in a little very hot lard. If to be served with meat, lay them around the edge of the platter,; if fprjlesw^^T^ a sijnce with butter, sngar and "flour, an<i flavor it with Madeira wine and a very little grated nutmeg. Serve warm. IN a column of the Chicago Herald devoted to the interests of the "cooking school," we find this recipe: The ex­ cellence of potatoes cooked this way is dependent upon slow baking to evapo­ rate the milk without burning it. Cut enough potatoes in thin slices to half fill a two-quart pan or dish. Drop in butter the size of an egg, in little bits, a te .spoonful of salt, anel a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, then fill up the pan with milk and bake for two hours. The milk remaining in the pan should by that time be as thick as cream, and the 'dish shoulel be light brown on top. PUMPKIN PIE.--Take a quart of rich milk, scald it, and when it cools stir in five eggs carefully beaten, two cups of pumpkin steamed or cooked in the olel- fashioned way with only wate - enough to prevent it burning, ginger, mace, cinnamon and nutmeg to the taste, with about a cupful of sugar and a pinch of salt. Beat the whole together thor­ oughly, and add a cup of cream, and stir it in carefully iust before pouring into the baking platen. Line the pie plates with rich paste, fill th»21 to the height of three-quarters of an inch and bake in a moderately quick oven till firm in the center. A LUNCHEON MENU.--A sensible fash­ ion for lunch parties in the afternoon is gaining ground and growing in popu­ larity in both city and country. Young ladies who wish to spend a few hours together, and have no escort upon whom they can depend, find these early par­ ties very enjoyable. At a very success­ ful one last week the bill of fare was as follows: Two kinds of bread, two kinds of cold meat, chicken salad, which app ared to be the work of an ai tist, so delicate and perfectly blended' were the several ingredients; potato cream-- that is mashed potatoes mixed with the well-beaten whites of several eggs, and then put into the oven until it is very hot; pickles and celery, escalopeel oy­ sters; two kinds of cake, with chocolate and lemon ice, concluded the feast. All was served with exquisite neatness; the table was brightened with a few flowers and with quaint pieces of china,the cho­ colate being served in shell-like cups of brown and white or cream color. ; THE other night a Steubenville man coming home with his wife, discovered his property scattered over the floor and the burglar looking out of the win­ dow. He procured his gun without arousing the burglar's suspicions, took aim and fired. The burglar fell to the floor. The householder approached the prostrate figure, anel, to his aston­ ishment, found that it was only a bol­ ster rigged up in his own Sunday clothes. Having left his brother in the house he at once recejgnized the author of the practical joke. He te>ok the fig­ ure and stex>d it up by the front de>or so that when his brother entered, it fell forward upon him. He began calling "police," "fire," "murder" and brought out the neighbors, who aided him in so- curing the burglar. On discovering the character of the intruder, he decided to retire awhile from the business of mak­ ing practical jokes. NINE hundred terrapins were hatched last week at Favre's place in Waveland, Miss. In time jwn they pill be full numy Other matters--not best" of the fatal marriage, but believing souls in their coarse-grained, flifllWHf'fUjllillTiiiii selfish wives, adoring them, accepting a pretty trick of exp a kinel word now anel tnen, in pi the ne»ble, womanly heart, the self fices the devotion which never were will be theirs. This peculiar sor blindness, te>o, does not belong alone love or married life. In every family it is the lazy, selfish, cynical member who calls it forth. He is me>st tenderly cared for; his rare words of affection are remembereel and cherished; young women make a hero of him wherever he goes; at home the calf is kept ready to kill, and the gold chain burnished in the hope this unrepenting prodigal may take it into his head to come back, while the plodding, unselfish elder brother is set down as a commonplace fellow, and gets scant thanks for spending his life for others.--N. Y. Tribune. GEORGE D. PBEETICE'S ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN.--To a young man away from home, friendless and forlorn in a great city, the hours of peril are those between sunset and bedtime; for the moon and stars see more evil in a single hour than the sun in his whole day's circuit. The poet's visions of evening are all composed of tender and soothing images/ It brings the wanderer to his home, the child to his mother's arms, the ox to his stall and the weary laborer to his rest. But to the gentle-liearted youth who is thrown upon the rocks of the pitiless city, and stands homeless amid a thousand homes, the approach of evening brings with it darkness and desolation which comes down upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth. In this mood his best impulse becomes a snare to him; and he is led astray be­ cause he is social, affectianate, sympa­ thetic and warm-hearted. If there be a young man thus circumstanced within the souiul of my voice, let me say to him that bejoks are the frienel of the friendless, and that a library is a home to the homeless." A taste for reading will always carry you to con verso with men who will influence you with their wisdom anel charm you by their wit, who will soothto you when fretteel, re­ fresh you when weary, counsel you when perplexed, and sympathize with you at all times. Evil spirits in the middle ages were exorcised and driven away by bell, bex>k and candle, and you want but two of these agents--the book and the candle. OVERWORKED WOMEN.--Nothing is more reprehensible and thoroughly wrong than the idea that a woman ful­ fills her duty bv doing an amount of work far beyond her strength. She xibt only does not fulfill her duty, but she most signally fails in it, and the failure is truly deplorable. If the work of the houseliolel cannot be accomplished by order, system, and mexlerate work, with­ out the necessity of wearing, heart­ breaking toil, then, for the sake of hu­ manity, let the work go on. The woman who spends her life in unnecessary labor is, l>y this very labor,'unfitted for the highest duties of home. She should be the haven of rest to which both hus­ band and cliilelren turn for peace and refreshment. She should be the careful, intelligent adviser and guiele of one, the tender confielante anel helpmate of the other. How is it possible for a woman exhausted in bexly--as a natural conse­ quence in mind also--to perform either *1^-._ -jo*.---a ttjL .a; vi vuvcvQ i uvi is ruined, her temper is soured, her very nature has changed by the, burden which, too heavy to carry, is dragged along as long as weariedlfeet and tired hands can do their part. Even her af­ fections are blunteel, and she becomes merely a machine--a woman without the time to be womanly, a mother with­ out the time to train aud gui^e her children as only a mother can do, a wife without the time to sympathize with and cheer her husband, a woman so over­ worked during the day that when night comes her sole thought and intense longing is for the rest and sleep that very probably will not come, and even if it should, she is too tired to enjoy. Better by far let everything go unfin- islieel, to live as best she can, than to entail on herself and family the curse of overwork.--Sanitary Magazine. Chicken Croqnettes. Mr. James W. Parkinson, of Philadel­ phia, whose reputation as a caterer is second to none, in his monthly maga­ zine, The Caterer, tells how to make the chicken croquettes for which Philadel­ phia has long been fam9U9; This for­ mula for their preparation is for a pair of fowls, weighing not less than six pounels, the pair. Choose always those having the largest amount of breast- meat. Boil the fowls iu sufficient water to cover them, with two onions, two car­ rots, a small bunch of thyme anel pars­ ley, a few cloves, anel half a nutmeg, grated. After the chickens are boiled tender and have become colel, divest them of all skin, fat, gristle, and ten- elons, and chop the meat as fine as pos­ sible. Put half a pound of the very l>est of butter for each chicken into a saucopan with a tablespoonful of flour and cook together, stirring constantly to prevent its burning. Adel a gill or so of the stoe-k in which the chickens were boiled, and a tumblerful of rich cream; boil for eight or ten minutes, stirriug constantly; remove from the fire and season with salt, pepper, grated nut­ meg, and a little finely-powdered sweet marjoram; then add the chopped chicken-meat, stir and mix well to­ gether; then add the yolks of four eggs; stir rapidly in; set all on the fire and evaporate the mixture for a minute, stirring briskly, after which pour the mass out upon a flat dish and let it re­ main until perfectly cold. Then make it up into pear-shaped cones or into rolls, with the assistance of a little flour to prevent the mixture from stick­ ing to the fingers. When all are ready dip each one separately into the yolks of eggs beaten with a little cream, and roll them as fast as dipped into fresh bread-crumbs, made from day-old bread. Let them stand for an hour or so to try; then fry them to a delicate brown color in plenty of clear, frying hot lard; lay them in a drainer or collander to drain. Serve on napkins laid upon a warm dish. The broth in which the chickens were boiled can be set away till next day, the fat theh removed and added to your lard-pot, the strained and heated, a few croutons of fried bread or a little boiled riese added, and you have a fine, rich chicken consomme or clear chicken soup. Under certain known conditions, says the Germantown Telegraph, "the forec that generates heat will also generate light, electricity, and even sound. So the powers of the mind are convertible into each other. Mental drill and dis- £ th* to* interiorain of thebotne of Dr. W. A. HMB- in West Fifty-fourth street. After Ida trails time to settle, he begun a sBM|iJMiJptemal decorations, wMeh it wilfMflnM ̂te artists to for some rame tSGnSr*" room is hung with a the Bayeux tapestry---patient Matilda': chronicle of the stirring times of Wil­ liam of Normandy. The exiling is painted in the early Saxon ornamenta­ tion--ribbon winding through a con- ventionalizeel pattern. The room is elecorated with the choicest specimens of porcelain anel china, anel the win- elows are of staineel glass. The portieres are of Algerian stuffs, heavy and hand­ some. The dining-room is a large room, thirty-six by sixteen feet; the walls are hung with deep crimson marex>n leather stamped in golel, with figures of chim­ erical animals of mediioval design; the ceiling, Renaissance of the fifteenth century. Opening out of this room is an Egyptian retreat, with the lotus, the scarabicus, and the procession of slaves, huutsmen, and animals (in the strange but expressive drawing with which Brugsch's book has maele us familiar). It would be in vain to describe the liawk-heaeled goddess, the elog-faced eloities of Egypt, the inscrutable eye of the high-priest as he jtresieles over the lire-place. This room is elevoteel to consultations on the mysterious eliseases of the brain, and is fitly dedicated to that Egyptian intellect which saw so clearly behind the veil, and reael as no other people have read the enigma of life. The house of Edward N. Dicker- son, but lately finished, is one of the triumphs of both a new and admirable system of ventilation, and of internal elecoration of a high order. The stair­ case reaches up through four stories, is of solid unvarnished mahogany, with panelling of the same at the side. This is a superb feature of the modern house. The frequent landings, the broad low stairs, all are improvements on the old-fashioned narrow, ugly stair­ way of the immediate past. Mr. Dick- erson has much beautiful stained glass; his drawing-room windows are made to repeat the delicate scarlet and elove- color of the paper and window curtains, while in a b^elreiom swallows fly through apple-blossoms, and are in more im­ perishable form represented in the glass window. Here also we see that nothing is more effective than stamped leather for din­ ing-room walls, and carved buffets with painting on leather, let in after the fashion of tiles, ably supplement this finish. Mr. Dickerson has a famous winelow in his dining-room, which is outlined by a fine bit of Japanese carv­ ing. This piece has given the key-note to the room, which has also a ceiling of painted plaques, very harmonious, curi­ ous, and ornamental. Brass sconces of cinque-cento anel Henri Deux adel much brilliancy to these darkly ornamenteel rooms. A boudoir in ebooizeel cherry, with tile fire-place, the tiles painted with bright flowers, and mncli ornament­ al brass-work about, is extremely pret­ ty, as is the whole of this artistic dwell- In some of the fine interiors we see deep crimson hangings anel carpets, with dead gold and bronze paper, chandeliers of silver and brass, and fire­ place of burnished steel. This intro­ duction of steel is one of the most beau­ tiful of the modern improvements. In others we see; as we enter, Alger- ine striped portieres and rugs of Persia ot Turkey, the furniture maele in forms suggestive of lounging, and covered with Eastern stuffs. The sideboard has a severe simplicity, however. The lines are1 straight and formal, the out­ line definite. No shallow curves, no feeble-minded ornamentation. Per­ haps shells cut out of hard wood, with some goewl brass-work to use for han­ dles, key, anel hinges. The richest bro­ caded Chinese silks, with the heavily .carved teak-woexl furniture of our Oriental brethren, fitly furnish forth the rooms where the pot tery is collecteel. The Moorish vases, the Egyptian water bott|es, Japanese cups, Thuringian por­ celain, ci'Kckle-ware, cloisonne, Spanish faience, Palissy, Etruscan, Kioto, Dres­ den, Russian, biscuit, Nankin, majolica, and Hungarian porcclain can not be better le>dged than iu the Chinese room. It is a fitting tribute to China, which has given its name to every species of pottery. It is, however, now a reigning fancy to have rare plaques hung on the walls of every room.--M. E. W. SHERWOOD, in Harper's Maga- tine. ; . Hud'Hens. It is undoubtedly true that these pests do in a great measure interfere with the ducks' efforts to find an abund­ ance of food; for, while a shot fired over a lake will cause the former to leave for a time, the mud-heus remain anel help themselves to the best the place affords. They eat night, noon and morning-- they seem to live for no' other purpose but to eat--and it stands to reason that this incessant poaching must early in the season cause the ducks to seek new grouuels. Upon no other theory can old sportsmen account for the disap­ pearance each season of ducks from their favorite haunts. Of course, it seems like cruelty for men to shex>t the mud-liens for no other reason than that they are gluttons and persist in "hog­ ging" all the succulent grasses and roots that grow in the marshes, instead of dividing with their more decent half- brothers, the ducks. But then they are perfectly useless creatures, anyhow, while the ducks furnish mankind with both foe>d and sport. On the theory, therefore, that only the fittest shoulel survive, perhaps it would be as well to adopt the suggestion of "Hoosier," and drive away or kill off these pests of the duck grounds. Eaoh year the supply of ducks is being lessened, while the coots are increasing.--Sacramento Bee. THE late Moses Williams, of Boston, bequeathed all his property to his fam­ ily and advised them to retain it invest­ ed as he left it, rather than to exchange it for other property that might seem to promise greater returns. "I have never lex>ked for a large income," he said in liis will, "but have sought the greatest security of the principal. Gov­ erned by this rule, I have met with few losses, and to this I owe my large estate." A COLORED waiter is * service person. mas in iftraace thait dh t and it England Fahrenheit, § < Mnuli|g#i»|,iiii&rwitti powder off ^ having bee* use* ' _ Dr. Dnjardin-Beau- metz in keeping up the strength of con­ sumptive patients. For use both ar­ ticles are dissolved in ordinary milk, anel the stomach is said to be very tol­ erant of the mixture. THE blood of crabs and other crus­ taceans have been proved by M. Fred­ erick to have the same saline constitu­ tion and the same strong and bitter taste as the water they inhabit. But the bloexl of sea fishes is very different. It has not the same constitution as the water, and thus shows a marked i iority over that of crabs. Prof. Cnidelli of Rome points out in the Practitioner that the keeping of i plants in ill-ventilated rooms may cause malarious infection even in re­ gions where malaria is unknown. Prof. Eicliwald of St. Petersburg reports the case of a lady who was attacked by true intermittent fever while lying in ft room containing plants, yet after the removal of the flowerpots a cure with­ out relapse was effecteel. The unwhole­ some influence is said to be elue not to the plants bu$ to the damp earth in which they grow. THE idea of making the fire-box off ft stove, or the grate of a fireplace, rotate or turn over uprn its axis has been made the subject of ex[ieriment. A basket grate, supported by trunnions at each end, has been trieel with some suc­ cess, and more recently an iron fire- grate lias1 been made that can be turned over as often as may be neeeled. The grate is spherical, with an opening on opposite sides, each opening being closeel by a cover having pen'orations. The fire is built inside the grate, and the grate is filled with eioal, and the cover put on. When well started the grate may be turned over, bringing the fire on the top e f the fuel. When it is desired to remo»ve the ashes, the grate-is turneel quicklv round by means of a handle on tho outside of the stove. To hasten the fire, the grate may be turned over," bringing the fire under the fuel, gg|lfe> extinguish the fire, it is only :^HKary to close the dampers and turn the grate swiftly for a moment or two. The grate is elesigned to be ap­ plied to any circular stove, and appeara to be an improvement on the revolving* basket grate,--(Jhicayn Tribune. DEW is a moisture of the atmosphere deposited on a cool surface--another form of consideration, in fact. Cold water in a tumbler will produce a "dew" upon the outside of the glass when car­ ried into a warm atmosphere. Such is the dew upon the glass. It is prexluceel by the air depositing moisture as it be­ comes colder after a warm day, wh«?n much vapor was absorbed. Warm air can hold more water than colel air, and the saturation point being reaclieel, the excess falls as dew, at the dew (or sat­ uration) point. It should be remarked j that one use of clouds was to pre^ IHjUiU A ttUi^rvIGTi nturpy below. Under these circi viz., when a night is cloudy--we sliall find much less dew upon ti e grass than when a night has been quite clear, be­ cause the heat has left the atmosphere for the higher regions, and has then been kept down by the clouds; but on a clear night the air has become cooled rapidly by radiation, and having arrived at saturation point, condensation place. Dew eloes not fall, it is elep6Ht!» ed; and may be more or less acco: to circumstances, for shelter imp the radiation, and some objects radiate less heat than others. Hence some ob­ jects will be covered with dew others scarcely wetted. Palled His Tail.' The Portland (Oregon) Mercury i the following story of a cougar and the daring deed of a cour woman in her husband's defense. immense forests in the neighborhood of Yaquina bay are filled with cougars, bears and other ferocious wild "*"»***! that when driven by hunger, some times seek the settlement for food. A farmer named Scurry, residing »- short distance from Elk City, was at- tacked by a large cougar whue he was at work on his farm near the house. The beast made a desperate fight, 4 ' knocking the man elown before he oottld ;•* '; defend himself, or use a pistol in his u possession. -J Scurry was growing bunt in the ̂ "j deathly struggle that ensued, when his -*' wife, who saw the attack from the door * of the cabin, ran to his assistance, and without stopping to consider her dan­ ger, seized the brute's tail and bv main force dragged the animal from his an­ ticipated dinner. Scurry leaped to his feet, and before the cougar could renew. the assault, struck him with the sharp end of the mattock he had been using, killing him instantly. / Mrs. Scurry kept up well, I--L there was no further need of. saoeglMM^-' on her part, she tottered and fell, of a heap," as her husband said. He * * escaped with painful scratches and an ugly bite in the shoulder. • Tke English Rojai FaarilT. ̂ Victoria, Queen of Great Britain apt Ireland and Empress of India, was hotm May 24, 1819; was married Febrauf 10, 1840, to H. R. H. Franeis Albert Prinoe Consort, who died December 14, 4 1861. There were nine children: Vie- * <_ ;v' toria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess Royal, born November 21,1840; Albert - Edward, Prince of Wales, born Novem- v 1 ber 9, 1841; Alice Maud Mary, bora April 25,1843; Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburg.born August (>, 1844; Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846; Louise Caroline Alberta, born March 18, 1848; Arthur William Pat­ rick Albert, Duke of Connaught, born May 1,1850; Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany, l>orn April 7, 1853; and Beatrice Mary Vietoria Feo- dora, born April 14, 1857, all of whom are living except Alice* Maud Mary, late ejonsort of Loni - IV., Graml Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, who died December U, 1878. AN Altoona, Pa., wedding party were about to sit down to supper when the floor gave away. The grexnu was black, the bride white, and the guests about equally divided ia hA* W** seriously hurl . . . . , ' ' -i: V'v i .TA