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CONQUEROR CONQV • ;'»* ». W-. POSH,..,., IHLFCOLNGWA M^IRA^^MBNDJR <1 farmed the crOroAilo and found tanible fear iip «lx«twr*d, nota wbrd and liable, ' 1 "• • " the }:<<:>gal'«igor, atti found him bands, "what doyou think of wewtag such a suit as this-f hpn yen speak Mir piece? I couldn't *8bra to b«Qr f## W«f»KEFtJL SECOND ffctaatrengt!»*M tory. jjfpal for bears J*** suitable; . , .*»• bticwl theyii*riybear andfound fain din killing monrtroaa snakes that he • - <l» l<ua uwmrtntor c=;i<i «*eape, fl» hfr watuiv- 'wwapeMe. fn fighting bipp«$otafni he said he was In* in cible. * Soiasui could imk* hira wince, because ha \~ wtnceable. . W>n«istb« wuptng eiet>hant no longer reeog- Bi»aMe. pulverized the roartae boil aod found liim pal reliable. ' Jfcst UteMrfewMe ««m» to awl «•*: TA tbtok It <jf«Ka commendable tt jwi °d OOCM and tend the baby, and you 11 find him wry tfiiabit*.* fh* war aha took liim by the tarvfll maton thla i. . poesareadable; " Wha palled him out and led htmhoa* aadfoanil • hini very loadable. "•ratito* Static, THE LOST r "What are you feeling so badly about. Alt?" ask«3 Sue, as she pulled down shade® and lit tbe lamp. "Yon have been sitting behind the stove with your h&ad in your hands for the last half- Hovur. "Won't you tell me about it, while I make the toast?" "Oh, well! I suppose it is really nothing to make a fuss over," answ ered AM, faying to speak cheerfully, "only I kare thought of it pinch that it seems & big trouble to me. You know mine is the prize essay, and I am to read it at Uxe school exhibition; and what worries •be is that I have nothing that is fit to wear on the stage. It sounds like a girlish complaint," he added, flushing. "Thank you," said Sue, demurely. 5But, Alf. can't we think of some way iter yon to get a new suit ? You must have Ik little monev saved from what vou earn feting care of the doctor's horse and chopping wood. Yon have bought noth­ ing but a few books this fall. Oh, yea! .you bought the coal." I; "There is nothing left for any new finite," said Alf. "The few dollars I have ifre needful for a more important pur- potte." '•£ "There axe my hens," mused Sue. •*If you would kill them for me, I might iell them at the market for fifty cents iuaeoe. I suppose I could keep one so . fhat grandfather could have liia fresh «gg for breakfast." ^ , "I will not sacrifice any of your be­ loved hens, little sister," said Alf. "No; *'e will ink the seams and furbish up Ijhe old suit as well as we cau, aud think ' tto more about it. I hope to haye the audience thinking more of my Words than my clothes." "If mamma and papa had only lived," ;4§ighed Sue. "Think of having a fine, itrong father to help you on, as Bert fieymour lias." 4 •% "I think father would never have been Ss JudgeSey mour," said Alf, "but there ?|B one thing. Sue," he added, lowering his voice, "I do wish it had happened fhat grandfather had not lost that two- Chousaud-dollar note that Deacon Sprig- gins paid for our house. Two thou­ sand dollars! Think of all that would <io." 4; "Oh, lnish," said the tender-hearted iptae. "Just think how bad he felt >lbout it, and I am sure he gives us jBverything he has of his own. That is •11 past. Do not let us even think of it •gam." And Sue gave a tender pat to her grandfather's chair, which she was wishing up to the table, and ran into Che sitting room to call the old gentle- nan to his supper. . The meal over and the dishes washed, ; > Jue seated herself by the light, with a well-worn green cashmere waist, which teeded mending, in her hands; but lending did not progress very fast this evening, for Sue was busy with a silent pttle trouble of her own. It happened that Sue Winthrop fytd is sweet a voice as any bird in town;and Schoolmaster Lyon had asked her to Stand upon the stage in the coming exhibition, and help lead the chorus; \jtod, in consequence, Sue was in the time predicament as Alf, and, like lors McFlirasey,had "nothing to wear." Kot e word had she breathed on the " subject, but she did think it a little strange that Alf had only thought of bimself as troubled by this question of Aress, "Though, of course, it is more ̂ important that he should have some­ thing nice, as he has the prize essay. I can stand behind the other girls MWI A--%ot be seen much," she murmured. |£; "Sue!" There was a quick step, and in /, Another moment something white and •*ose-colored fell about her in soft folds. How will that do for the exhibition, ••-'Sue? I must have you looking as * pretty as the other boys' sisters. Be- ;l»ides, I'm not going to have you feel #nubbed among those other girls' fuss ,/#nd feathers." , v "Dear Alf," said Sue, touching ten- ; ^lerly the white muslin and pink ribbons, ;,#is this what you saved your money for, ;^jo that you had none to use for your­ self?" J , "I could not have bought a suit for '\$rhat that cost, little goose?" said Alf. ;;S "You could have bought a coat ?" said ^pue, mournfully. * " "What's this?" said Grandfather l ̂ fcuart, waking from a nap in his elbow- , 'phair, "I am glad you have such a pretty frock, Susan. You are a good iphild. Who gave it to you?" Sue was only too glad to tell the story y0f Alfs kindness, during which her jprother esca]>ed_from the room. Grand- nursed his favorite knee thought- 4 He has got pluck," he said--"pluck well as generosity--to get up before •o*the judge and the minister in that old ,;^gray jacket. Well, well, we will see." ^And good old Mr. Stuart straightened -^rup as if he owned a gold mine. The time flew by until, at last, the inext time th6 sun rose would be the long-expected day. With an encour- ^aging smile, he ducked out of sight as •" etvJ: "You may be sure I would . not miss being on hand to-morrow any K jiinore than you would," and threw his Alast beam straight at Alf Stuart as the ] boy entered his grandfather's door. , "Grandfather told me to send you to his room as soon as you came in," ; ;8ue; and then, Alf, I want to sponge ^ofif your coat." Sue spoke gently pat­ ting her brother's worn sleeve. ' "Is that Alf ?" called grandfather from his bed-chamber. "Come here my Jx>y." . On Mr, Stuart's ̂ blue-checked bed- «uilt was spread a well-preserved, old- ^ ; fashioned dress suit. It had been his ; pride for the last forty years and was only donned on the highest occasions. ; Alf wondered if grand ather intended wearing it to the exhibition on the mor­ row. "There, my son*" said the old man, folding iem* ** aim** trembHng anything »t present^--no, not a frMQl- lar ready-piade coat ; but I have this to lend? y<>!i, possibly to give you, if I see you treat it keerful, and it'i of the best of broadcloth and make* for I bought it when dollars were pi en tier with me than cents are now. Into it, boy, and let us see how it fits." Poor Alf! How was h« to disappoint this e;T»ple heart that had parted for him with one of h£s dearest possessions ? The delight of grandfather s kind old face was touching to see. "I had kinder expected to wear it my­ self," said the old gentleman, *so as to honor you a little; but I can honor you better by letting you wear it I studied out this question of your dress some days ago, but concluded to surprise you at the last minute. Let us see if it will fit yon." How was Alf to my he would prefer to wear his own clothes, were they three times as shabby ? He knew the proposed suit would tit passably, for he was now as tall as gtsqtlfMher. How he wished he had Hot grown si) daring the last year! B did fit, to grandfather's triumph; and, after succeeding in thanking Mr. Stuart, Alf stepped into the kitchen to show it to Sue. It is not bad, Alf," said the little comforter. "It fits real well, and isn't a bit worn." "But the idea of a dress suit,* groaned Alf; "and such a one!" "I don't believe any one will know how old-fashioned it is, way up on the stage," said Sue. "I remember the last time grandfather wore it," she added, lower. "It was that time he called on Deacon Spriggins to get that two-thou­ sand-dollar note." "And lost it coming home," said AH "I won't wear the things." "Well," said grandfather, entering, "doesn't he look well, Sue? Won't you and I be proud of him ? He deserves it, he deserves it, a boy that has spent all his money on his sister. It cut me to think he would have to appear ill-dressed by Judge Seymour's son and the rest, when his blood is as good as theirs, and that I could not help it; but this came into my head, and it's all right, a real providence. Keerful of the coat-tails when you sit, Alfred. God bless yon, boy. *1 shan't be as proud of your looks as of your heart, after all." | How was it that Alfred said no more about wearing his own suit? But he hardly thought it a providence. The next afternoon by 4 o'clock the exhibition was fully started, and it was time for the prize essay. Schoolmaster Lyon had affirmed that Alfs "dress suit" would do very well, but the boy was flushed and nervous. He had slipped his manuscript into his coat pocket, aud forgot to take it out before making his bow. With further em­ barrassment he sought for it, and drew forth a small, folded paper. Everybody saw him pale suddenly as he opened it, then grow crimson, and straighten up like a young pine. He sent one glad look at grandfather, and, with all self-consciousuess lost, produced the right paper, and read his essay with a joyful, ringing tone that made the audi­ ence, as he had said," forget his clothes," and some of the young people, in truth, had at first commenced to find amuse­ ment in them. Judge Seymour pounded with his gold-headed cane at the close. "A boy to be proud of," he said to grandfather. "Yes," said old Mr. Stuart, "a boy that gave up a new coat for himself so he oould buy his sister a new frock. He would have had his common clothes on if I hadn't told him to wear that suit of mine. Good boy, he was real re­ luctant about taking it from me." "So," said the judge, reading the re­ luctance better than grandfather. "I see he wore it, however. We must look after this young fellow. He is worth something." "Come home as quick as yon can," said Alf to Mr. Stuart and Sne, thl minute the exhibition was over, and taking the old man's arm, he hurried him rather faster than usual over the path. "What can it be, AH?" asked Sne, hastening to shnt the kitchen door as they entered their home, and fluttering her rose-colored ribbons in excitement. "I have found the two-thousand-dol­ lar note!" said Alf, holding up the slip of paper he had produced on the stage. "The lining was ripped, grandfather, and you did not put it in the pocket,but slipped it between the lining and the coat. 1 put my hand just as yon did this after­ noon, when I went to take out my essay, and I found this." 1 Alf laid his hand on grandfather's shoulder; he had blamed the old man for carelessness in his heart. "I said it was a providence that pro­ vided that yon should have this suit to wear," said grandfather, clasping his thin hands; and Alf did not doubt it now. "Oh, Alf, suppose you had net given up!" whispered Sue. , jGreat Duck Dogg* Like the Newfoundland--the Chesa­ peake Bay dog is still to be found--with the same capacity and aptitude for his calling--in Beveral strains, sizes, coats, aud colors; long haired, short haired, and curly coated; red, brown, or yellow, or sedge grass in color. Having gunned on one of the choicest shores of the Gunpowder River for more tb*n twenty years, and consequently out­ lived many early prejudices, I can say that by far the most satisfactory dog for the true sportsman is the medium sized, "otter coated," dead grass color, the shade of1 yo#t* shooting suit. This settles the question of color advantage. They do not carry dead water to shake over you like any long haired animal, and consequently, suffer less from cold themselves, having a fine fur next to the hide. They are powerful, fast swim­ mers, with scent equal to any dog of the best breed. The large dog tires quicker, is hard to keep out of sight, and of course is in the way about a blind. The endurance of these. dogH as a breed and their intelligence for their business is al­ most beyond belief. But they are unsatis­ factory for any other purpose; they know duck--duck and nothing else.-- Forest and Stream. «ift of A Boy Wfcrn Uretf ta reoB»ylf»ni# riny Tesrt^g^ Iiooking over Watson's "Annals o f Philadelphia," published in 1880, toys a writer to the Pittsburg Dispatch, I cattne across a remarkable story, which cannot fail to be of interest both locally and generally, even at this late . day. The author says: "The good people of Caledonia have so long and exclusively engrossed the faculty of second sight that it may justly surprise many to learn that we also have been favored with at least one case as well attested as their own. I refer to the instance of Eli Yarnall, of Frank- ford. Whatever were his peculiarities he in time lost them. He fell into in­ temperate habits, became a wanderer, and died in Virginia a young man." This remarkably gifted person was born in Bucks County, Pa., and came with his parents to the vicinity of Pitta- burgh. The account of him contained in the narrative before mentioned is in substance as follows: When Yarnall was living near this city, being then a child only 7 years of age, as he was sitting in the house one day he suddenly burst into a fit of al­ most uncontrollable laughter. His mother asked him what pleased him so much. The boy replied that he saw his father (who was not at home) run­ ning rapidly down the mountain side trying to overtake a jug of whisky which he had let fall. The jug rolled part way down the declivity, but was caught by the old man before it got to the bot­ tom. When the father reached home ha confirmed the whole story, to the great surprise of all. After this the boy excited much talk and wonderment in the neighborhood. About two years later the Yarnalls were visited by a friend named Robert Verree, with other Quaker relatives or acquaintances from Bucks County. Verree, to test the lad's miraculous power, asked him various questions, and, among other tilings, inquired what was then going on at his own home in Bucks County. The boy described the house, which he had never seen; stated that it was built partly of logs and partly of stone; that there was » mill- pond in front of the house which had recently been drained, and concluded with a description of the people in the house, and of two persons, a man and a woman, who were sitting on the front porch. When-; Verree reached home he in­ quired who had been at the house at the day and hour he had held his conversa­ tion with young Yarnall. He learned that there had been a shower at the time, and several of the field hands had gone into the house to escape the rain; the persons on the porch had been faith-, fully described, even to the color of their hair. As to the mill-pond, the men had drained it in order to 6atch muskrats. In short, every detail given by the boy proved to be accurate. The habit of the young seer, when asked to exercise his singular faculty, was to hold his head downward, often closing his eyes. After waiting for Some time, apparently deep in thought, he would declare what he saw in his visions. He was sometimes found alone in the fields, sitting on a stump and cry­ ing. On being asked the cause of his grief, he said he saw great numbers of men engaged in killing each other. Al­ though he had never seen a battle, a ship, or a cannon, he described military and naval battles as if he had been an actual looker-on. Some of the Quakers who saw hitn became much interested in the boy, be­ lieving him possessed of a noble gift, and desired to have charge of his bring­ ing up. He was accordingly appren­ ticed to a Frankford tanner, but he at­ tracted so much attention and so many called at the shop to hold conversation with him that his master became an­ noyed and tried to discourage such curi­ osity. The boy therefore began to shun questions as much as possible, and seemed by degrees to lose his singular gift. He drifted into bad company and eventually became a wreck. His mother never allowed hifn to take a,ny money for answering questions, be­ lieving his visions were God-given, and that it would be wrong to turn them to account pecuniarily. Wives whose hus­ bands had long been missing and were supposed to have been lost at sea or perished in accidents, and others whose relatives had disappeared would ootue to him for information. Of those still alive he would tell how they looked and what they were doing. On one occa­ sion a man asked him in jest who had stolen his pocketbook, and was much taken aback when the lad replied: "No one; but you stole a pocketbook from another man when in a crowd." And the historian of the boy's won­ derful deeds states that such was the fact. This is about all there is of the Btrangei narrative, which, like Sam Weller's love-letter, ends so abruptly that the reader wishes it were longer. who tbemK,Ive,> ̂ for less than an Irish servant girl's wages. Of course men appreciate their wives, of course they do, but thiry keep their polite manners and courteous ways for--other men's wives. Oue time James thanked me for saving him room beside me at a concert, and then sort of apologized for being polite by saying he thought it« was my sister,, lanta Constitution. . w: Children's Rights. 'Parents have their ideas as to behav­ ior, dress, and many details, which in some respects does not affect the after­ life of the boy. or girl. In most such matters, however, it may he well for the sake of discipline, to train the child to acquiesce readily in find obey what­ ever is decided upon by its elders; still there are somq things not affecting any vital principle of discipline, in which, the child's rights should be re­ spected One of these is in the matter of dress . Not that a child should de­ cide the question wholly, for some *would be led immediately into vanity and extravaganoe; but children have a right both to comfort and pleasure in respect to clothing, and when aversion to aon;e particular garment is so deep- seated that the child is rendered un- happy by being tricked out in it, and when that aversion is no stubborn de­ sire to have its own way, there is a right to be respected. We are much quicker to recognize the rights of comfort than those of happiness. I recall one of my childhood's dresses to which I had a peculiar dislike. Nc romp, no picnic, no ride, no presents could ever make me happy as long as I wore it. And why? It was made with low neck and short sleeves, when they were*all in fashion; and though I could not then tell why, the world was all put of joint as long as I must wear it. At first' it was thought to be willful­ ness, but gradually it dawned upon my wise mother that something else lay at the root of the matter, when from smiles over the preparation for a long antici­ pated doll party, I suddenly burst into tears as she held up that sprigged lawn, and piteously begged to stay at home rather than wear it. It was then that Bhe said, "The child1 shall not wear short sleeves again. I pm convinced that it is barbarity for me to insist upon I am confident that mnch of the awk­ wardness often noticeable in children as they grow older, may be traced to the injudicious disrespect of instinctive aversions when impressions are being made for life. Had my mother insisted on that dress being worn, I am positive I should even now be troubled about the disposal of my hands, and the ten­ dency to shrug my shoulders continu­ ally. All my self-consciousness as to possession of arms and shoulders would have been severely developed.--Ex­ change. j Homely Philosophy, r jfc-V. Insincerity is often mistaks&'^for' a lack of honesty. A : The ring of coin is often the ItSMlI of friendship. > . . • . They never need fear a fall who Mver scale the heights. Adversity undermines many a struct­ ure of prosperity. He who wisely uses his wealth needs not leave it for his tombstone. The sight of a man's money is ofttimee the antidote for the odor of a very bad character. If you would avoid the suspicions of •our neighbors, never cany your mo­ lasses in a demijohn. Prosperity awaits all men, and even pursues some, but it is nevfer found in the haunts of vice. True genius lurketh under carer, while arrogance stalks abroad In the full light of day. The most wonderful work of God is roan; but brand him slanderer and God will disown His work. The wisest fish long escapes the most dangerous hooks and iA caught finally with a bent-up pin. The ambition of youth looks forward to the triumphs of age, while sated age turns back a wistful eye along the rosy path of youth. It is well the boqk of life is opened to us page by page. Were all the hard lines bared at once the task would be too hard to master. Not only should careless Statements regarding our neighbors be ignored, but facts themselves should be often sub­ dued in the interest of right thinking and fairness to our fellows.--Frank B. Welch, in Arkansaw Traveler. Tennyson's Redeeming Feature. Scene L Amy --What lovely poetry. Is it yours, Algernon? Smith--Ye3, darling. Scene II. Amy--Mr. Smith, I have discovered that the poem you read as your own is by Tennyson. Smith--Alas! he claims it. I read it to him in 1879, and the old villain re­ membered it word for word and in­ cluded it in his works. Amy--Oh 1 The monstoH-- Flmira G a z e t t e . • ' , , THE mariner i* always glad to see a light-house. This cannot be said of the aotor.--JEk>8(on QaHtt*. The Bad Manners of Some Husbands. A friend was spending the day with me the other day, and while she was here our pastor called. After he left the friend said: "Did you ever notice with what respect Mr. Conrad speaks of his wife and how courteously lie treats her at all times ?" I nodded assent and my friend went on: "I suppose my husband is as good a man as ever lived, but his mother did not train him to be courteous to ladies. His sisters were his slaves, and thereby he is spoiled as a husband. I wish I oould train several hnndred boys to be husbands for the next generation. Do you suppose they'd consider it their prerogative to drive the girls out of the easiest chair, take the sunniest corner of the room, the best place by the light, throw books, papers or slippers down for some one to put away, and grow up with the idea that a wife must be a valet and the rest of the household stand respectfully by to obey orders? You smile, but tbis is anything but a subject to laugh dver. "I really believe husbands never thinly how their unkind ways hurt. They don't realize the difference to us--for instance in their manner when they come to dinner. All day the wife has been alone with the children and serv­ ants, and is more hungry for a kind word from her husband than an epicu­ rean feast. He comes in just as the dinner-bell rings. "For a wonder dinner is once ready on time," the husband says. Couldn't he have saved the heart- stab by saying, "That's a pleasant sound for a hungry fellow," and what hinders him from adding what would be milk and honey to a weary soul all the rest of the day--nay, all the rest of her life-- "You are a good wife, Cornelia." And if dinner is not well ready, why need he say, "Of course not, never is!" In working mottoes for the home, why hasn't some one taken Wesley's remark, "I'd as soon swear as fret," instead of hanging up "I need thee every hour?" when I think I have a hard too I ioft think of women who no '.if?.' Artesian Wells in Memphis. The cities of the Mississippi "Valley have never been noted for the purity of their water supply, as they have de­ pended largely on river water. Recently the city of Memphis has been experi­ menting with artesian wells, and has found an inexhaustible supply of the best water directly under its site. A true artesian basin, covered by a per­ fectly impervious stratum, has been dis­ covered. which is now fast displacing the unsatisfactory Wolf River as a source for water. Hitherto tliis river has sup­ plied the city's wants. Thirty-two ar­ tesian wells have been driven over an area 2,000 by 800 feet. They Are driven to a depth of about 450 feet. They first pass through twenty feet of bluff loam, then through twenty-four feet of sand and gravel, and finally through 150 feet of hard, impervious clay. The water- tearing stratum is then reaohed, which consists of perfectly clean sand 700 feet deep. The water rises far above the level of the Mississippi River. Perma­ nent works are now in progress. A, large well is to be sunk eighty feet be­ low the surface. From this a horizontal tunnel, 2,000 feet long, will be carried through the hard clay. This -tunnel will be five feet in diameter, and the wells will be connected with it. The water will be pumped from the large well. The tunnel can be extended in­ definitely, and more wells can be bored as the supply may need extension. The temperature of the water is practically uniform, and averages about sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit. .... < i Vow to Make Selder. ̂make French cold solder--§*rtteip- itate copper in a state of fine division from a solution of sulphate of copper by the aid of metallic zinc. Twenty or thirty parts of the copper are mixed in a mortar with concentrated sulphurio acid, to which is afterward added seventy parts of mercury, and the whole is triturted with the pestle. The amal­ gam produced is copiously washed with water to remove the sulphuric acid and is then left for twelve hours. When it is required for soldering it is warmed until it is about the consistency of wax, and in this state it is applied to the joint, to which it adheres on cooling "BKASTLY" weather--when it is rain- in|ell>ge!c* of dogs hM that ot soonits hoi military affairs. Here the well-trained dog does such good service as to become well-nigh invaluable. That Napoleon fully realized how im­ portant a role might be assigned to dogs is well known, in 1709 he wrote to Har­ mon t : (1 "There should be at Alexandria a large number of dogs, which you ought to be able to employ by massing them in groups at a short distance from the Walls." The marvel is, that after so plain an expression on the subject from such an authority in the art of war, the employ­ ment of dogs should not have become a matter of course, instead of which, eighty-nine years later, it is still re­ garded as a tentative measure. Recent experiments prove that the well-trained dog will give notice of the presence of a man, dressed in the uni­ form of a foe, at a distance of 1,000 feet. And just as the custom-house dog passes quietly by honest peasants, and only calls the attention of their masters to lawbreakers, so these wise regimental dogs ignore the movements of the un­ attached civilian, but seem to de­ velop a strong personal antipathy to any person whom they intuitively recognize as being in the service of the enemy. Probably, however, no dog has rendered such signal military service, or has been so honorably recognized, as the cele­ brated poodle, Mustache, who shared the victorious fortunes of the French army through most of the wars of the Consulate and of the French Empire. He won special honors at Marengo, and was decorated on the battle-field of Austerlitz by Marshal Lannes, as a re­ ward for having rescued his regimental standard from an Austrian soldier when in the act of snatching it from the grasp of the standard-bearer as he fell mortally wounded. The plucky poodle drove off the assailant, and then seizing the tattered colors in his teeth, dragged them triumphantly till he reached his own company. It is evident that were military dogs to be exclusively chosen from any spe­ cial breed, all animals of that race would become targets for the foe, whenever' seen; therefore, dogs are to be Selected on account of individual. merit, or rather promise of merit, as it is neces­ sary to begin their tuition in early youtli, and canine education should be »commenced in good earnest at six months of age. So the dogs now to be seen in training at certain German and French military stations are of all sorts and sizes, "dachshunds" and poodles, retrievers and coolies, greyhounds, fox­ hound s, fox terriers and others, male and female. The Italians prefer the latter, as possessing keener senses ,of hearing and scent. "AH are trained to rigid silence, a result only to be ob­ tained after long and patient tuition; jindeed, it is at times difficult to insure obedience when music strikes up, so great is the temptation to give vocal ac­ companiment. --Blackwoods. Royal Beggars. j Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, is tlie most popular of the Queen's sons, a good rider to hounds and a very fair BoldieT. He is at present in India, in command of a brigade, and will in due course blossom forth into field marshal, Commander-in-chief of the British army, a post at present filled by the old Duke of Cambridge, cousin of the Queen. Prince Arthur receives the same yearly allowance as his brother Alfred, $125,- 000, and his pay as a Major General. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, who died suddenly at Cannes four years ago, •had the same allowance. The daughters of the Queen, except the Princess Royal already referred to, received $150,000 each on marriage, and get $30,000 per annum each. They are all married to Germans with the exception of Princess Louis, who wedded the Marquis of Lome, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll, who, to the intense disgust of his royal connections, took unto himself a second wife a few years ago. The Queen's cousin, the Duke of Cambridge, Com­ mander-in-chief, reoeives $60,000 yearly allowance, and his military salaries and the profits of a number of sinecure offices make the total about $100,000. A miscellaneous crowd of aunts and oousins add to the big total. Most of these royal pensioners are provided at the public expense with palaces in which to live, and each has a coterie of relatives and hangers-on, for whom place and pay have to be found. When members of the royal family travel the oost is often borne by the state--always in the cases of the Queen and tbe Prinoe of Wales. _____________ The If aj to Wash Windows. There is a right and wrong way to wash windows, and as this operation is usually dreaded, the following method will doubtless be appreciated, as it saves both time and laboj '• Choose a dull day, or at least a time when the sun is not shining on the window, for when the sun shines on the window it causes it to be dry streaked, no matter how much it is rubbed. Take a painter's brush and dust them inside and out, washing all the wood^jwork inside before touching the glass. The latter must be washed simply in warm water diluted with am­ monia--do not use soap. Use a small oloth with a pointed stick to get the dust out of the corners; wipe dry with a soft piece of cotton cloth--do not use linen, as it makes the glass linty whpn dry. Polish with tissue paper or old newspaper. You will find this can be done in half the time taken where soap is used, and the result will be brighter windows.--Pittsburgh Reporter. An Imposing Looking Nurse. One of the striking figures to be seen every pleasant afternoon upon our broad promenades, says the Washington Post, is the foreign nurse of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McKay's little tot of a daugh­ ter. She presents quite an imposing spectacle in her long, full cloak of dark-1 blue cloth, bordered with a band of red, and her head surmounted with a Russian bonnet headdress of puffed white tulle, from which extends down the back to the edge of the skirt two sash breadth ribbons of scarlet moire, while by her side trots the dairtty white- robed figure of the infant, all uncon­ scious of the many ourious glances di­ rected toward them. But then Wash­ ington is a city of strange sights, and. even the German Minister's novel turn­ out, with gaudy coachman in glittering, regimentals and floating yellow plume, has ceased to attract attention except from an occasional stranger in our me­ tropolis. 'c "IN Cochin, China, rotten eggs are preferred to sound ones. Why doesn't some one Btart a grocery in Cochin, China ?-- Courier-Journal, lng:eafe» ttrfdop.' n THE Electoral College has no base­ ball team. It is the only college of tiae kind in the country.-- Pittsburgh flhronicle'Telegrap*. jteel rails were found far superior to those made of irou itie progress of the better material has not^Syrith a sin­ gle decided check. Steel plates* ban, and angles will soon be used in bridges, ships, boilers, and structural iron work generally to the exclusion of iron. Cast Steel in like manner is superseding not only iron castings but iron forgings, and many forms which are expensive and difficult to make inwrought iron are made with greater case and strength in cast steel. Until lately it had been thought that good wrought iron, owing to its welding properties, would continue to be used for smiths' purposes. But even there it seems probable that it will be superseded by mUd steel. It might be thought that the latter metal would not weld, would be more liable to be burnt by overheating, and would be in­ jured by being worked at the low or dangerous blue heat of steel. But ap­ parently these difficulties can ^©.over­ come. A firm which has added Besse­ mer converters to its original-' iron-mak­ ing plant, lately sent out a'large num­ ber of steel bars and rods for smiths' use. These bars were supplied to cus­ tomers who had formerly used the wrought iron bars made by this firm. This certainly promises a future field for tha use of steel. Weldless, solid- drawn steel tubes have been used to a limited extent, but have been found to stand vibration better than copper tubes or iron pipe. Welded steel pipe has been lately introduced with, it is said, considerable success. Other fresh uses for steel have been lately recorded in these columns, and solid cast steel car- wheels threaten to compete with the long-established chilled wheel, while it seems probable that solid cast steel guns will not only prove infinitely stronger and more durable than those made of cast iron, but will be far cheaper and quite as serviceable as built-up guns with an inner steel tube surrounded by wrought iron jackets. The use of a heavy percentage of manganese with steel also yields a valuable material of great strength and hardness, and fur­ ther developes the fact that iron is im­ proved in strength by the addition of small proportions of other elements be­ sides carbon. The use of chrome steel has further developed, and a cheap and very efficient spring steel, made by the Siemens-Martin process, is now used with great success in railroad work, this steel containing an admixture of chrome. --Railroad Gazette. Whale Meat as a Diet. Talk of butchers' shops. A whale is a whole meat market itself. It is a floating Smithfield, a marine edition of Copenhagen fields, an entire Billings­ gate. Nobody need ever starve when whales are in season. A few of them would provision a city for a long siege. Fortunately, as the world grows older, it learns to judge more fairly of neg­ lected kinds of provisions. It is a pity that the true value of whale flesh has not been discovered long ago. How many poor families mi flit have been amply fed if only "whale extract" had come into fashion years back. Gour­ mands should also show their gratitude for the gift of a flesh flavor. It must be admitted with regret, but without hesitation, that the list of ordinary arti­ cles of food are very limited, and that beef and irfutton are apt to become mo­ notonous, and even varied with flesh and poultry, and the eatable fruits of the earth as well. The edibility of the whale is, therefore, an exciting dis­ covery. The only draw-back'to the pleasant picture which arises when the mind contemplates 50,000 people dining off one animal is contained in a thought that whales, when they are proved to be valuable for dietetic purposes, will be hunted until they become scaroe,and perhaps extinct. To guard against this danger we have no doubt that whale breeding would come into fashion. People who found other forms of food culture unremunerative might remove to countries where the "climate allowed whales to live in comfort and establish whale farms at the mouths of tidal rivers. There is, in fact, no end to the opening for enterprise and ingenuity which are available, owing to this re­ markable addition to the .domestic lard«r*--Medical Classics. Very, Very Sad.* . "Yon seem to be in trouble," said a philanthropic citizen as he paused be­ fore an old man who sat on one of the many benches in the City Hall Park looking the picture of woe; what's' the matter?" "Yes, I am in trouble--right into it deep," replied the old man mournfully. "Are you sick, or ont of work,' or any­ thing of that kind?" went on the gentle­ man. "No, that ain't it," said the old man, "but my boy, only 'bout twelve years old, has been took up for stealin'." "That's bad--is there anything in it, do you think?" "Yes, he was takin' a ihirt from the front of a store in the Bowery when the cop grabbed him." "That is sad, very," said the kind- hearted gentleman. "There can't be anything much harder than to have such a bad boy. No wonder you feel dis­ couraged. " "Yes," replied the old man as he looked at the ground; "it's pretty tough at my age to have that kind of a boy. And their hain't no excuse for it, neither. I told him he'd got to be mighty keerful or they'd snatch him. I guess the next time I want a shirt Til lift it myself and not trust no boy. You well say it is sad; I onot thought that boy would be a comfort to my declinin' years, but it seems it ain't to be.-- York Tribune. Lore, Light, and Economy. * Veil, Repecca,. you vaas lookin' all proke oop dis morning. Vas dot young Mr. Ikestein here to see you again last night?" "Yah, fadder, he vas here till2 o'clock dis morning." "Two o'clock? Ach, mem gracious, vot a vaste of gas! It must stiiop, I dell you, und you mush say to him dot I can't afford it." •Yah, I did dat fadder." "Did vot, Repecca?" . "I dold him last veak dot ye must not burn so much gas." "Und what did he say?" "He said 4yah, mem loarjr doavy, I appreciate dot und vill pring a lantern mit me hereafter." "Und did he ?" "Yah, lasht night he brought a lan­ tern, und ve hoong it up on der door­ knob und ve vere ust so habby like two turtle doaves all der time." "Ah, Repecca, dot vas a fine young man, und you freeze to him like a post­ age stamp."--Peck1 s Sun. A A wi*i>-i.Ase--The „ T ^ A PLANE sailor---The earpenter. OKE may screw up his courage and have his attention riveted. Tux small boy who can display » goodly pile of loose pennies has heaps of cents. NKBVOUB old ladies have constantly to be assured there ore no cyclones on the hurricane deck. QUEEN VICTORIA has dismissed her corset-lacer, but her Majesty will "stay .there" a while longer. --Boston Tran­ script. . MOST men are fond of'terrapin, tm- less it happens to be the tenor pin na the waist of their best girl's dress.-- Boston Bulletin, IT'S all well enough to make fun of the solitary oyster in the church stew, but he is always mighty welcome just the same.--Merchant Traveler. MRS. PARVENU--Isn't young Posey- boy very loose in his habits, Mr. Eanso- nice? Eausonice--Yes except when he is tight.--Burlington Free Press. "VHEN you vant to make Nadure lag her insides out" says Carl Pretzel, "yoost plant a couble of flower seeds. Vhen dhey plossom but Nadure laflsher face all ofer." LADY--Have you hammered brass? Absent-minded Clerk--Well, I should say I had. I used to be a member of the Haytown Band and played the symbals.--Tim e. SOUTH CAROLINA is a moral State. Divorce is entirely unknown thore. When a man gets Bick of his wife he simply swaps her off for a cOw.--Bur­ lington Free Press. "WHY, John, where did you learn- to carve so nicely ?" asked a lady whose footman had carved a turkey. "I used to be a chiropodist in Chicago ma'am," replied John, proudly.. TEACHER--Samuel, which animal, outside of man, has the most brains? Samuel--The hog. Teacher (surprised) --The hog? Samuel--Certainly; he has a hogshead full.--St. .Paul Globe. THE man who was recently assaulted by a highwayman evidently thought that his time had cpme, until he made an examination and found that his time had gone.--Glen's Falls Republican. "SEEMS to me," said the colored phi­ losopher, "dem patriarchs done gone lost all deir memory. Abraham he forget Isaac, Isaac he forget Jaoob, Jacob he forget a lot mo'. 'Pears like nobody remember nobody." WHEN a doctor prescribes wine to a patient who rather likes wine, bnt who doesn't approve of it, the patient goes by apothecary measure and doesn't let his scruples interfere with his drama.-- Somerville Journal. what's my Mamma--It is LITTLE BOY--Mamma, Christmas book about? called "The Sleeping Beauty," and is about a girl who slept and slept and slept, and there couldn't anybody wake her. "Was she a hired girl?" "WELL, Bobby," said the minister, kindly, "and how many marbles have you got?" "O," said Bobby, carelessly, "I got twenty-one--sixteen here in the bag, three that a fellow couldn't pay me and two that I lost down the cellar." "DETECTIVES are no good." said Tommy, who was reading a newspaper. "Why not?" asked his father. "It says [there are a number of Congressmen at large. If the detectives were any good •they would run 'em in J9--'•Exchange. JENKINS, writing to thank his aunt for a large goose she had sent him for his Xmas dinner, says: "You oould not have sent me a more acceptable present, or one that would have reminded me of you more pleasantly."--Gtmrrier des Etats Unis. UNCLE PETE--Say,.Parson, where is President Harrison found In the Bible? The Rev. Mr. Hencoop--Dorr ! be foolish, Pete. Dere's no mention ob him! Uncle Pete--Yes dere is, Parson. *, It's where Isaac spoke of Esau as Ids hairy son.--Texas Sif tings. MRS. JA80N---Jekiei, I've had the aw- fulest scare. I opened the door and found the worst-looking tramp I ever saw. Why, I couldn't say a word for ten minutes. Mr. Jason--Do you know which way he went ? I would like to get his make-up if 'it had that effect on yon. "WHAT'S the matter, Smithers--don't your books balance?" "No* The ex­ pense side, thanks to my wife's dress­ maker's bills, completely outweighs the income side. I tell you, Jonas, mar­ riage isn't exactly a failure} but it comes mighty near bankruptcy."--Harper's Bazar. "I AM afraid, Bobby," said his mother, "that when your papa comes home, all tired out with his day's work, and learns what a naughty boy you have been, he. will punish you." "Perhaps, ma,", re­ plied Bobby, with hope strong in his breast, "he will be too tired to feel Ilka punishing me." * * SUCCESSFUL politican (to interview­ ing reporter)--You understand that what I have told you. must not appear in print? It is strictly confidential and must go no further. Reporter--I shall respect your confidence, sir; honor among thieves, that's ay motto.-- Boston Transcript ' "I BEE by this paper," said Bollo, who iwae reading a Texas paper tor Wash­ ington news, "that the large rifled gun ion the war ship Galena wiO carry a 20Q jponnd shell five miles." "Then," said Kollo's father, in the tone of ,voice com­ monly employed upon trnoh occasions, rl wish I oould hire that gun to carry jfchis dosh swizzled baby around the room till your mother oomes home from " "Mothers' Helping Hand* Society Burdette. THE BITTER BIT. Iiithe and sinuoue was her form. . Like a serpent in the grass. And I just compared her to it, And thifs it eanni to pass. (And it made me -wiser, saddeft That 1 found she had a tongue Ant biteth like on adder. Hound about me she had flung All her radiant charms, and oloew Bound her waist grow mjuembiaM, Often Bhe gently murmurea^to, Bight before my very faoei Down upon me then she peered Like,the snake in Paradise, A NAVAL qtwatkm at sea.--Tlmff, And her glistening jewel eyeei • And Bhe said (the saints affitother ft ^ T . 'Strikes me you're a beaaoomMilof.^ *-4kartoon. • ~ Trade Per Head in Europe. , A Swiss financial journal publislNNI some interesting statistics relative to the trade of the different countries of- Europe. From this account it appeals Holland does the largest amount of, trade per head of population. The ex­ tent of the average Hollanders commer­ cial operations totals up to 1,012 francs. After Holland, though at an enormous' distance, comes Switzerland with 610 franca per head of population. En­ gland is third in the list, with 421' francs, while Franoe and Germs average about 100| Im > 1 ̂ 't! fife? . r - . ' •." > "• s -i. m