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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1891-10-02, Page 7Comp'.rs Coming. he's dreadful hug a-harrerin' gamin, the house, An' boys are in the way, she says -0, mercy 1 wbMatousol I can't sit hero, I can't sit there, oreven whittle a stick, Without I hear this same old ory, "Move out o the wayere, quick. • 0,"1101$ arlellOW tag% and where% fellow tenet And how can he keep ,on living when his mother treats him so ! But she wants ine round 'the house an' keeps me jest a -running On errands o' nersentause why 1 Why com- p'ny's coming 1, It's awful to be a boy when you're the only With pet a little sister or tnro-it ain't no kind of fun. Insdovenrinhit meanatthat's what-it1s.-4okeep me llyin' Upstairs, down cellar an' out to the• barn- ffnie,, Johnnie, ehoveltho snowln Joh nie, bring in the wood -box full an' run/an' gather the eggs," Or, "Johmeic, run. down to the grocery store!" It Johnnie's .pair Of lees • That this house moves on, now I tell you -an' they're forever running, But more especially days like this, 'cause why? areeeeaeeneeeeeeeeeaeeereeeeMnaeeaeenneeneenntang-eeenee • I always have to wait around till the -old folks a41 get through, , An' thea take what's left over for me an' try to •make it do- e It generally goes 'bout far enough, but it's lonesome eating alone, An' the nicest part o' the chickens gone an' they've broke the wishing:bone. Anthe biggest piece o' cake is took an' the frosting's tumble. eneennuneeinteensee-eannterney-scancee-a they've mussed the tablercloth. 0, dear! I think it's eyeful! it sots my head a- • hileaming • Whenevorl know' by the wayMa a,cts, that' there's some comp'ny coming! —Our Little Men and Women. • VICT9A ON TUE nom. 1 — It Costs the English Queen a Nlce Little Sum to Go Visiting. Many times, Says a writer in " Frank Leslie's," I have seen items in the American papers which said that the Queen of Eng - bad travelled very plainly ; that her private carriage was no better than any other first- class English carriage. I wish right here to •say that these reports are based upon no authentic evidence. An official of the Mid- __ ... _,_ _ - a eland road ttoolaene4nte- the-Queenhaearriage as it stood in St. Pancrasetation and I must say it is as fine as any Pullman cat • ever built -and that is saying a good deal. • The walls of the saloon are of ' satinwood, highly polished. The • cushions are of white 'silk, embroid- • ered in gold thread. A garter contain- ing her motto, " Honi soit qui mat y pense," surrounds her initials, V. R. Her large chair -and it is a large one, too -is at the et back of the ca ei and faces the engine. At herhanilis a. silver plate in which,.are • electric annuncia ors, pressing upon which she can call her different attendants who occupy another compartment.' Three other easy chairs are in her compartment, besides a satin wood table about six feen long and three feet wide, upon which are piled the latest English, French, German and Ameri- • can periodicals. The carpet is of velvet, and in a good state of preservation, considering • it has been in use for over fifteen years. The curtains at • the windows and a portiere .are hung on silver poles. The door handles are solid silver, and the • whole saloon has the appearance Of 'solid • luxury. Victoria,, herself, selected the fur- nishings, which are said to pattern after the white drawing -room at Windsor castle. The whole saloon with fittings cost between $30,000 and $35,000. The carriageinabout half the length of the ordinary American railroad car. At first sight the carriage impressed me as being gaudy, but this idea wore away in a moment. The railway offi- cial inforined me that the Queen paid about $1.90 per mile for travelling, besides first • class fares for every one in her party. As • the official from whom I received my infor- motion was in a position to know,' this ' •explodes other reports that the Queen and her suit always travel free. The Mannlicher Rifle. • The recent fighting in Chili has been • watched with a great deal of interest by army and navy officers the world over, be- cause it is the first war in which modern rifles of small calibre have • been used. The Congressionalist army was furnished with the Mannlicher rifle. This modern arm of precision takes a cartridge about the size of an ordinaOksigarette, which ie charged with an explosive aptly described as the "first cousin to gun cotton." The projectile is a Slender missile of steel„neerly two inches long, and but three -tenths of an inch in diameter, covered with a thin • coat of copper -which,- being soft, allows the projectile to follow the rifling of the barrel more accurately, and• with less wear 'to the gun. These long, thin, steel messengers of death were hurled at ialmaceda's troops at the rate of 40 to 60 shots per !tibiae, with such effect that. single bullets frequently went through two or thre 'men at a time. The warfare of t e uture w e con notes with sma calibre arms of atviie similar to the Mann - licher. Had the Union armies in the re- bellion been furnished with such arms, the Southeentronfederacy would have collapsed within a year. Flesh and blood cannot, stand the pitiless rain of these steel pro- jectiles, fired from a rifle which is effective at a mile's. dietance.- Toledo Blade. 'What Women are Buying. Openwork jet belts. Persian figured batistes. New velvour table covers. Windsor ties.of silk canvas. Turkish embroidered d'oylies. Silk musitns in chintz designs. Pale lettuce -green suede globs. , Bordered satin -striped curtai tn.-. 1 Summer mantles of colored orepen. Belts of snake skin highly polished. Fall dresses of brown and navy-blue. Coque fans edged %kith jet nailheads. • Aigrettes ti ped with peacock's eyes. . lc Figured si s 'inning diagonaleffects. ' Turkish pri ted cottons for draperies. ' White Suede. auntlets bound with tan. Lace, crepe and chiffon ruches and boas or the neck. -Dry Goods and Fashions. . Tho General Manager of the Northeast- ern Railway of England, resigned recently after a long term of service with the com- peller. He wits thereupon made a ,director of the comeiany and givoil a present of $50,000 in recognition of his services. \ It is said a combine is being formed by the type founders of the United States, With a capital of $18,000,000 PETTING• UP PEACHES. Delicious Dainties for One's Sweet -Tooth in Winter—Peach Sweets and Pickles. For crystallized peaches weigh peaches that bevel:teen 'peeled and quartered and allow one-fourth their weight of sugar for lump ; more for dusting them • put :the peaches, sugar and enough, water to - cover the bottom of the kettle over the fire and cook them slowly until they can be pierced with a straw ; take the peaches from the syrup with a skimmer, roll each .piein dry, granulated sugar, and lay them a little apart upon sieves or dishes; they must be protected from (bet, Pin and ZOO; and kept in a, current ,of dry, warm air; tetra the. peacheseneveralatimeeendaye- and - as they dry dust more auger over themeentil they are quite free from moisture .andlonk like other crystallized fruit. Pack the peaches in layers in wooden boxes with white paper between them, and keep them in a dry place. ' PEACH PIGS. Peel ripe, sound peaches, cut them in blikvtvpimplAko,„.4.0m4,, „mil Is jaladjspii. and allow half of its weight in suer ; put the peachesand sugar in Jewel's in the pre- serving kettle and heat them over a gentle fire. until the juice of the fruit dissolves the' sugar ; then continue to boil gently as the peaches look clear take them out of the syrup with a skiuimer and lay them oh seives in the sun ; turn the peaches occasion- syrup riticriTarlhem ; protect the fruit from the dust and expose it every day to thesun until it is dry enough to pack in - wooden boxes, with sugar dusted between the layers ; keep it in a cool, dry place. OLD-FASHIONED PEACH PICKLE. Weigh sound peaches -allow half their weight of sugar -and to seven' pounds of fruit, three pints of vinegar, half an ounce each of stick cinnamon and allspice, two blades of mace and half a dozen cloves stuck into each peach after they are carefully brushed and pricked with a large needle ; steam the peaches until a straw will pierce them and put them in jars; boil the vine- gar, sugar and spice for five minutes ; pour them hot Over the peaches and seal the jars at once. PEACH BUTTER, • Allow a quart of Molasses for each peck of peaches, and enough water to cover the peaches ; peel the peaches if they are so preferred, nor only remove the pits I -boil the peaches in water for about fifteen minutes, then add the molasses and spice to taste;. stir often enough to prevent stickitig, and slowly.cook the peaches until a smooth pulp is formed • cool it and keep it in a dry place closed from the air. PEACH PULP. • Peel perfectly ripe; eioundapeachen; mash them through a colander or coarse 'Bien° with the potato -masher or a wooden spoon and spread the pulp thus prepared about a halftinch thick upon a smooth°, clean board, on a marble pastry slab or on large platters. Expose the pulp to • the' sun. When it is properly dried dust it with fine sugar, roll it up and inclose 18 18 paper. PEACH PLATES. Peel and mash ripe peaches through a sieve, mix with the pulp one-fourth its weight of light -brown sugar and stew them together three minutes after they begin to boil ; then spread the preserve on the plates, making it nearly an inch thick, and every day set the plates in the sun where no dust can gather until the preserve is nearly dry, turning it as it dries. When the peach pulp cleaves away ' from the plates freely dust it with fine sugar, lay it with paper between in paper or wooden boxes and keep it in a dry, cool place. ---Chicago News. Boys. Don't be Cheated. Boys, would you like to be cheated? No, you would not. Then be careful. Not only keep:a sharp lookout that °theta do not cheat you, but be very careful lest you cheat yourselves. There are hundreds of boys who are trying to persuade themselves into the belief that tobacco and beer are good for them -that it ia smart to chew tobacco, to smoke cigars, to hang around. saloons, and drink beer ; but, oh, how woe- fully they are cheating themselves! • Would you • like to smell like an old, strong pipe ? Would you like to be a man walking around with • your • mouth and beard all besmeared with filthy, stinking tobacco spittle ? Would you like to be a loathsome, blear -eyed, bloated, drunken old beer -drinker. No, you would not. But there are a great many such men in every city and town. Once they were nice clean, bright, happy boys like you are.. How did they become so degraded, loathsome, and filthy? Why, when they were boys like you, they cheated themselves into the belief that it was a nice, smart, manly thing to, chew, smoke, and drink beer, and now they are What they are. Boys, reOlve to be a tittle too smart to cheat yourselves like that. The most silly, senselessnatupid-cheat-ise. the-boy-who-eheat himself in that way. Don't do it, boys, don't. -Selected. In the World's ,Biggest city. English railways earn over $3,750,000 a week. About $1,000,000 worth of articles are pawned in London every week. London theatres issue something ,like 50,000 free passes every year. The street accidents in London lat year numbered 5,728, of which 144, were fatal. A carrier pigeon taken from the vicinity of Berlin to London, having espaped, flew direct to its old home. 'Over thirty-five tons of documents de- posited at the British Public Record Office have just been destroyed,:as of no value. The Willing, Patient. Mudge (who has sworn off) -Doctor, I stepped on a banana peel and received a pretty hard fall. I am afrlid I have broken my wrist. Dr. Bowless-Let me see. No, there is nothibg broken. Just bathe your wrist in ..whiskey fent, or five times a day and you will be all right. • Mudgd-Er-doctor, hadn't I hotter be carefully examined for internal injurien, tdo ? The skeleton of, a gigatitic man, meesining 8 feet 6 inches in height, Was found near the Jordan River, just outside Salt Lake City, last week. a/a-raarat _ara.a* • FuLnouGniNeuronEMARICE11:80 A Method Which Will Assist Manitobans so ' Avoid Stammer Frosts. The yield this year will be enormously. large and will grade well, notwithat.anding, all that has been said of the hoots • in addi- tive, prices promise. to rule fairly high - There are store bills to pay, mortgages to be met and implement dealers to be reckoned with. The temptation will be great to thresh and market as fast as possible to meet these demands, mid to realize the pleasure of a handsome surplus that will remain to the farmer. The crop is so heavy tat the w11016 fall season 'Cada be fitofe than exhausted in disposing of it. But late -not theetemptation draw- the -fainters- away h om the importance of attending to. their fall ploughing. In the end that will be better for them. and for all others concerned, unless it is indeed to sit down content with this season's crop. But no one will do that. There is another year coming, and the prudent will prepare for it. If the threshing and ploughing together nalnuntaelSnatinttne eletAleathrtegeq.:9,-, Pacii attend -to the Other. Thethreshing keep, but the ploughing will not. it is a waste .of opportunities to throw the latter over .until the spring, which has its own demands and necessities. A few weeks will make little difference to anyone in the marketing of the present prop, but they may make a very vast difference in Yid mod- va �i afThrlic sea -Ten= elniiraTh-t er coesideration, however. The wheat market is strangely unsettled, and it is difficult for a novice to follow and understand it ; but there is one thing the most inexperienced of us can comprehend.. There is an unusual shortage in the world's "supply, and the natural effect of this condition will be to enhance prices. From a view of the whole situation as it appears in the light of com- mon sense, it seem h reasonably certain that the Northwest farmer who allows his threshing to stand while he devotes all the time necessary to his fall ploughing will not only be better prepared for next year, but will find better prices prevailing when he comes to market the crop of this year. But even if this were not to be the experience, the preparation for next year will fincinnts ownerecompensee- The --farmer -who -works with his head as well as his hands will vastly prefer to take the chance of the -market two or three months hence than to neglect the work -necessa.ry to give him a good start next spring. This much can be said, with- out advising or being understood to advise farmers to hold off their threshing merely in the hope of a rise in mices. But whatever influence, or inducement, or temptation there may be to the contrary, we would strongly advise all farmers not to _negleet their fall ploughing. Their stacks ,will not run away, and buyers in plenty will be here whenever the wheat is fOrthcoming ; but time lost in the fall in the preparation for next year's seeding cannot be made up in the spring. • Instead of 'Main for the frost to get out of the ground in the spring to permit of ploughing, the seed should be in and growing, and making all possible haste towards maturity against the coining of that unpropitious.period in the late Sum- mer that is always attended with anxiety if nothing else.-- Winnipeg Free Press. HOW TO HANDLE GUNS. •Advice Which !Boys and Many Old People • Should Heed. ' Having been ,asked by friends frequently for advice for` their boys in handling guns, says a writer in " Forest and Stream," I send you a digest of same. Perhaps, as the shooting season will now be on soon, you might think them worth publication : Empty or loaded, never point a gun towards yourself or any other person. , • When a -field, carry your gun at the half- cock. If in cover, let your hand shield the hammers from whipping twigs. When riding from one shooting ground to another, or whenever you have your gun in any conveyance, remove the cartridges, if (a breech -loader, it beieg so easy to re- place them. If a muzzle -loader' , remove the caps, brush off the nipples, and place.a wad on nipple, letting down the hammers on wads -simply removing caps sometimes leaves a little fulminate on the nipple, and a blow on the hammer when down dis- charges it. Never draw a gun . toward you by the barrels. More care is necessary in the use of a gun in a boat than elsewhere; the limited space, confined action and uncertain motion mak- ing it danger°t the best. If possible, no more than twIR s. s should occupy a boat. Hammerlest g constant danger to persons boatmg. Always clean your gun thoroughly as soon as you return from a day's.sport, no matter how tired you feel ; the consequence of it always being ready for service is, ample return for the few minutes' irksome labor. Lneky Lord Roseberry. __-The-London-Evening-Newe-anci-P-oetesays . " To him that hath shall be given' might the Eerl of Roseberry well cry. • By the death of his stepfsther, the Duke of Cleve- land, he succeeds to the Battle estate in Sussex, which is worth over £7,000 a year --- to say nothing of the famous Abbey, and the right of presentaiion to the peculiar deanery of Battle, an ecclesiastical office, which, like the deanery of Bucking m Essex, and of Stamford, is exempt from all external jurisdiction. • Lord Roseberry has been lucky all his life. He came into £25, 006 a year of his own right before be was of age ; he married , the only child . of Baton Meyer Rothchild, who brought him landed estates and money in millions ; and now he ,caps his good luck by coming into the, Duke's Sussex property. There will be rejoicing in the Gladstonian camp, for the Earl of Roseberry, with the exception of the late Lord Wolverton, helped financially more than any other peer the Home Rule candidates in the 1886 election ; and thus far age has not withered his admiration for the G. 0. It1., in whose last Ministry the Earle -as Foreign Secretary, was one of the few Ministers who did not make a mess of it. Snnek4 Annie cuts. Rochester Herald The unday questior at the Elmira fair was settled by the en- gagement of Dr. Talmage to preach. Twelve thousand people asambled to hear him. This is a pointer for the World's Fair people. -There are 300 newspapers' published in Fleet street, tendon, eleven of which are dailies. BACHELOR TAXING. Wyoming Women Abusing 'Maar Newly Acquired Privileges. ' The new states are fall of fads- and fancies, and it is impossible to suggest any legislation that they are not Willingto try. Wyoming is the latest in the :experimental line, having just passed a lawtlaceng a tax of $2 a year on all .bachelors over thirty, the manifest purpose being to compel them to get married. Wyoming is a great state for women and has a high admiration for the weaker sex, but is not this carrying it.a. little too far ? It has granted women the 'right of iiiirriige and the right- tie sit on juries, and this new anti -bachelor law is -regarded- asa maturainstquence erlemide- voting, Of course, the women like the law and Kate Field speaking for them, -says fit: A "Whether the fact that women veto there has anything to do with this new de- parture I don't know, but why isn't it a just tax. ! Society says to a woman : It is your business to be married as soon after ntannn_Kannennanletentenentlehieteata„..ineentiNene Otherwise yon'lliee called an old maid, than which there can be no epithet more odious. But you can't choose a husband. That --wouJit be most unwomauly.. You must wait to be asked. * * Just so long.as women are taunted for living in single blessedness, just so long (melt unmarried men to be taxed. This tax ought to begin ee the —• years. This is a feminine view of the matter, but a very silly -one. It would-be silly in' any state. It is especially so in Wyoming, where there is a large excess of males in the population, and where it is impossible for all the men to marry, even if they wished to, as there are ,not enough women to go round. It is trunthat women might be im- ported for this purpose, but ,a large pro- portion of the men of Wyoming cannot afford this, or do not care to try this " pig in the poke" business, and engage themselves to women before they see them. In no State in the Union do women have greater opportunities and privileges than in Wyoming. They have been given the elective franchise, they have been placed on a perfect equality with mention all questions -of -right mut privilegennand-they hannenie trouble in picking husbands for themselves, for no woman goes to Wyoming who is not besieged by admirers. Under such circum- • stances it is more then unreasonable that men should be taxed for not marrying when there are no women for them to marry. The law, moreover, seemes to be thor• oughly defieient in sentiment, for it refuses to take into consideration the fact that a man may not be able to get the girl he wants, but tells him that if he fails with. Mary, he must at once try his fortune with Ann. As for the interference with rights and liberties, that 18 becoming so common now - a -days as to attract no surprise whatever. The Gevernment has undertaken to regulate by laws, the morals of the community and private life. It is, indeed, a surprise that no attempt has been Made to renew the curfew laws ; but we suppose that the women who are in control of Wyoming will' re-enact this at an earlyday, and require the men whom they have compelled to get married to be home at 9 at night and not linger too ' late at the lodge. -New Orleans 7'irneg-Demo-, crat. LOOKING FOR ISLANDS. A British Fleet Hunting New Territory in the Pacific Ocean. It is reported that Great Britain has a, naval expedition in the Pacific for the pur- pose of "discovering" and annexing islands that belong to nobody in particular except the inhabitants. The officers of the expe- dition have receutly hoisted the British flag offer the lovely island of Laketon, lying near the Phillipines. It is said that this year they have added at least half a dozen islands to Her Britannic Majesty's dominion though they have failed to keep the rest of the world informed of their pro- gress. The German explorers who have been trying to rival the British have met with less suceess. They have sot up a pro- tectorate 'over some of the islands of the Gilbert group, hoping for as much success as they had previously gained -in the Mar- shall group • but the native chiefs there object to group; protection, and have recently shown their readiness to fight against it, and especially to prevent the seizurb of Japitonwaiah. It is probable that the German kaiser has not yet given his whole mind to the questions that 'are under debate at Jubuit and thereabouts. - N. Y. Times. Mr. Lease Knew Iller. The other .day it was raining hard when Mrs. Lease boarded a street car. • The car was chuck full and all the, men en the seats sat closer back and evineea a determination to keep a position of sedentary Comfort. Mrs. Lease cast her eye down the car and at the same time a man in the corner started to rise. " Don't," said the man next to him, grasping his arm. "That's Mrs. Lease. Don't you know her ? She believes in the equality of the sexes. Woman suffrage, you know." The stooped man smiled and got up. " Come," said the speaker, stilimore im- portunate, "you're not going to getup, are you ? If she thinks she's equal to a man let her ,stand. Give her a dose •of her own medicine." ' - But Mrs. .Leaee bad taken the man's seat, greatly to the discomfort of the other, who wanted to see her stand. Next day he met the stranger on the street. " Hello !" he said, " you're the man- that gave up •your seat to Mrs. Lease. you missed a ,good chance • to take her down a little. There wasn't another hien in the car who would have given way. Wasn't impolite, you knew. • Just a little joke. What made you get. up ? Did she hypnotize you ?" "See here," said the man addressed, " I guess you don't know me." " Can't say that I do. Who are you?" " I'm Mr. Lease." A bill has recently been introduced into the Prussiate Parliament which pro- vides that "every person adjudged to be an habitual. drunkard shall be put under the care of a guardian, who shall he held re- sponsible for him. • -There are 3150 v ^evimee. sweriesnigu ANIMATION, OR FRATID. • ° A Ilindoo Anchorite Boxed tip for Beadier Forty Days. My first acquaintance with the narratives • dates from my boyhood. About the time of the occurrence -I heard it related by my 4' father, and 1' authority was the. well- ' known General Avitable, Runjeet Singh% right-hand MB, who was present. Those facts are that a certain joghee " (Hincloo anchorite), said to possess the power a suspending at will and resuming the anima- tion of his body, was sent for by Runjeot Singh, and declining to ()bey W .143 brought by force into the tyraiit'S- presence anti ordered to give, under pain of death, a • raetivaleproefvfleis supposed -power.---Zine - - - submitted perforce. He was put by his elisciplea through_ certainpeceessee, %Inch he becan3e perfectly unconscious; the pulses ceased, his breath 'did not stain a polished mirror, and a European doctor who was present declared that the heart had ceased to heat. To all appearances he was as dead as Queen Anne. • neadeliOX, the lTd was closed, an sea ed •• n with Runjeet Singh's own signet ring. The bpx was buried in a vault prepared in an en1t-of. ground under the royal win- dows at Lahore, and the place was guarded day and night by Runjeet's owp guards under General Avitable's own etipervision. Sun and ram came and grass sprang up, Or maw Ana wit3re.i rn. fhn 5pIrfan41.214.9,r,f11... grave, an he sentries weat their rounds, and the joghee's disciples and friends were all kept -under eareful surveillance, not to call it imprisonment. After forty days; in Runjeet Singh's own presence, the vault was uncovered and the box extracted from it with its seals intact. It was opened, and showed the joghee within precisely as he had been placed. He was taken out, dead still, to all appearance, but the body incor- rtipt. His deciples were now brought to manipulate the body in the manner which he had taught them, and which he bad publicly explained beforo his burial. He revived, as he had said he would, and was soon in as perfect health as when he had suspended his life. He refused all gifts, and retired to his former retreat, but shortly afterward he and his disciples disappeared. itewasenahsafeeforesuch giifanThjurisdiction of so inquisitive and- arbi- tary a ruler. Runjeet Singh cared little for human life, which was his toy •or plaything No one who • knows his historical character will for a moment admit that he would let himself be deceived or played upon in a matter on • which he had set his heart. Each scene - the suspension of life, the burial,, the disin- terment, the reviving -took place in the tyrant's own presence and before hundreds of spectators in open daylight, and with every precaution that absolute despotic power could comniand. Runjeet cared little whether the man lived ar died, so that his own curiosity was gratified. The guards under the palace windows commanded by Avitable would be anxious solely to carry out Runjeet Singh's wishes. -Cha2nbei's Journal, • • TALKS WITH GIRLS. The Kind of Man Who Makes !Some It isn't the man who tries to flint with every pretty girl he sees. It isn't the man who thinks more of his mustache and white hands than he does of anything else in the whole wide world, un- less it is his clothes and polished boots. It isn't the man who is contented to have no business on his mind that he can shirk out of, and who is willing to depend for support on " father." It isn't the man who is an eloquent,grace- ful talker among friends and whose family nevenhear a civil answer from his lips. It isn't the man who hurries ahead of you up the elevated steps, leaving you to climb wearily up as best ypu can, and who is not solicitous as to whether you s't or stand. In short, 'the only man who can really make home a paradise on earth for a woman is the man who loves her so well he is ever solicitous for her every comfort ; who thinly.; of herwelfare before he does of his own, and who has a love for his mother,' his sisters, and the home of his boyhood. -You; Ladies' Bazar. care of Oiled Floors. ' Brush off the dust from an oiled floor with a soft hair or feather brush, or wipe it with any cloth of a soft texture. If the cloth is slightly moist the dust will adhere to it more readily, but • wipe with a dry cloth afterward, says the New York Recorder. If there be any dirt that will not come with wiping, wash it off thoroughly with clean water, using soap is necessary, which also cleanse off with clean water as quickly as possible, and wipe dry, • When •the face of the floor begins to look worn and shabby after cleansing of the dirt and wiping dry, if water has heen used, rub the surface all over nicely with a cloth moistened_withaniew_drops_e_ floor has a hard oil finish, or brush it lightly with thin shellac if it has a shellac surface. After the finish is worn down'to the surface of the wood, sandpaper the floor all over evenly and give it another coat Of shellac or hard oil finish, after which continue to keep. as before. Waxed floors can be cleansed by washing off thoroughly with turpentine or beezine, after which they can be rewaxed if desired. 11. Awful Possibility ! "When will I get my divorce ?" asked Hostetter McGinnis of a prominent New York lawyer. 7' • " The I istrict Court will not convene for I several months, so it may be three months. before you get your divorce from your b.etter half." . have had a reconciliation with Sarah. For " Three.months ! By that time I may ! heaven's sake, hurry up things, and save me from the fate worse than death."-I",xa$ ISiftings. 1 , \ A Satisfactory Explanation. Mr. Greenough -It seems to me that was pretty light ton of coal you sent to my house to -day', Mr. Coke. Coal dealer -Why, that load was of the best quality, sir ; full of gag and tar, you know, and those things don't weigh thurb. Mr. Greenough -Oh, , excuse me ; I had orgo ttrn that. The,Sultan of Morocco has directed that; young girls shall no longer be publicly sold in the markets of Fez and other town. -San Francisco's cable system is greater by fifty miles than that of any other city.