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The Exeter Advocate, 1890-2-6, Page 6NATURAL OAR RXPLOSIOIT. Three People Killed and, Many OtherS Dreadfully Injured. A etlEllE IHATOn PEOPLE Tlja PALE A Columbus:, O., despetth soya : Soon after 5 o'clock yeeterday eut Niarm of fire called the Are departtnent out. The news /spread that there heel hcen i natura1 gets explosion and a orowd ruehed to the scene %the explesion lead oeourred in a two-story dwelling at the eontli corner of. Wall aud Noble -alleys, Petrol No, 1 was on the scene but no rope wee strettlael and the people crowded by hunarede irsto the nar- row alley and pushed up olo-o te the home. The moose end shrielie of lejured people within could be heerd. A whisper ran through the throng that a lett ural gas main ran through Nohle.alley bet this was aeon converted into a rumor that the blaze was due to a gesoliale explosion in the house and the people did not believe the warn- ing. The fire was t!most under control and the people were leughing and talking. The alley was crowded with lookers-on, many of whom were turning to go home. At that moment terrifio explo- sion rent the air. A sheet of flames burst from the building at the northwest corner of Nobte and Wall alleys, a great mass of brides, beams and stone that 30 seconds before had constituted a twineeory brick building were flying with terrifies force through the air. The soene that followed was terrible. The people fled, ehrieking, in ell directions, while the alley was instantly covered with a mess of debris, from which the moans of buried men came. Pallid, trembling women tottered and ran across the alley iand streets, moaning or shrieking. Men with foreheads and shoulders drabblod with blood staggered from among the debris. A woman enveloped in a ebeet of flame, bareheaded and freuzied, ran shrieking from the house across the alley. A man dashed off his overcoat and ran to throw it around. her. A fireman who held the nozzle of a hose turned the stream on her. It knocked her down but saved her life, extinguishing the flames. She was hurried into a neigh- boring house. Every inch of her clothing had been burned from her down to her waist. Her name was Pet Married. An old man with white hair and beard was dug from the mina and hurried to a place where medical oesistance could be given him. A tearless mother staggered from the ruins holding tight to leer heart the seemingly lifeless form of her 3 -months - old babe. The explosion, as, near as can be aeon.. tained, resulted from an aecummulation of natural gas in the cellar of the house occu- pied by Michael Bowes and Mr. Marrott. No natural gas pipes were ever put into that house, but a nature' gas main in Noble alley leaked. The gas has no scent and its preeence could not be detected. The ex- plosion scattered bricks, etc., for a consid- erable distance. The side of the Marrott house was blown out and the roof fell over and hung from the top of the house to the ground. The exploded vapor, after doing its ter. rible work on the south side of Noble alley, leaped over to the north Bide and com- pletely destroyed the house occupied by Edward Olstot and Mr. Joinee. The house was similar to the one opposite. Here everything was blown to chips. The home shot up and parted like a piece of fireworks, The work of getthan out the dead and caring for the wounded' hes been attended with great excitement. At the morgue are three bodies. The 'killed are : Charles Becht, barber; -- Seymour, a colored boy, and Mrs. P. Marrott. The woman's body was taken from the cellar. The other members of her family are badly injured. The wounded are : Dr. T. K. Wissinger, William Brady, William Neil, William James and wife, — Blankinger, Theo. Shouting, Officer Lynskey, Charles Lick - lighter, William Riley, Elmer Gates, Mrs. Cern, Ed. Keewer, Elmer Geachy, Charters Lowery, — Westlander, Petty Marrott, Thomas Doyle, Flora Bowers, and Emma Bowers, aged 14, badly burned, but not fatally, Aaron Bern, Benjamin Morgan, Marshall Kilbourne, Peter Marrott, and two men named Berry and Wolf. SOUTHERN RIOTS. Thirty-five Arrests and the Military sleep- ing on their Arms. An Aplachicola, Fla,, deepatch of Thurs- day night says: The Escambie. Rifles ar- zived last night, 37 strong. Guards were posted throughout the town, and every white man not on duty slept with arms within reach , Th irty. five ringleaders of the Negro strikers were arrested to -day, but the chief one, Sanchez V. Thomas, can- not be found. One negro was shot to -day while fleeing from arrest. The trial of Emma prisoners commenced this afternoon. Intense exoitement prevails among both whites and biting. The negro women are violent in denunciation of the action of the whites, and are thronging the streets. The citizens are worn out with fatigue. It is generally believed the arrest of the ring- leaders will have a quieting effect, but some think the negroes will attempt to make farther trouble to,night The whites are well prepared, and this fact it is hoped will restrain the negroes. Culbrating Influenza Bacilli. A Vienna cable of Friday says : On a strict bouillon diet the influenza, baoilli are thriving wonderfally. Dr. Joeles stated to your correspondent thie afternoon that his pure culture colonies of exclusive influenza bacteria had been obtained by the usual raethod of eliminating alien bacteria taught and practised by Professor Koch. Doctor JoeIes today inoculated twenty mice by means of suboutaneons injections with the attenuated virus, and awaits with anxiety the result. Philosopher. Bertie Brilliant (driving home from the club, after having taken rather more oharo- pewee than he ought)—I say, how much pleasanter it is to ride in a cab and thiak now much pleasanter it is to ride in a cab than it is to walk, than it is to walk and think how ronoh pleaganter it is to ride in a cab than it is to walk! Stepniak, the Nihilist author, who is certainty to this country next year, is de- scribed as a black -haired, brietly.bearded, vigorous -looking six-footer, with gentle manners and kihdly ways. The clergy of Derby, England, havo decided not to accept any marriage fee, in the hope of checking the practice of tivil mortgagee. They expect that their ettample will be followed by their brethren throughout England. Thomas Haney Aldrich recently had the grip. He compares the sensation to that of "a misfit skull that is too tight across the forehead and that pinches behind the tters." Karam City grocers wil attempt; to de. hat Constance's who voted against a bil eatiltirig the hucketer Bodied 050. It waa ofikao 000, tifinsPEOWn I1'9Vrt FIAT. A Una Pawed emented After 'laving APpaventip been Robbed, A, Winnipeg despatch of Wednesday says : A etratage story is kid by Aatrell, of Bismarok, Dalt. About Dix Weeks, ago her hi -tabula went to Portage Itt Prairie to finish the sale of some land there, He seld it for some a1,200, sad wrote his wife that he would be home at Christmes. He di a not come, and then after the first of the year she heard he was insane at Portage la Prairie. She went after him and found him in a most pitiable condition, his reason gone, the money lost, and even his olothee had been taken. Mrs. Attrell says that her husband, never drinks and does not indulge in dissipation of any kind. She believed, he was robbed in a systematic manner, but has not yet obtained all the feasts. At times when violently insane he will beg not to be killed and he will cry "Let them have it." This is supposed to refer to his money. At an- other time, whoa partially sane, he told his wife that he was looked up in a room for our,fdays without food because he would not do as tannebody wanted him. Mr. Attrell's lawyer hes ascertained that he eigned ' cheques on the bank, and that the amounts were afterwards put in and the cheques paid. His bank book for the Portage la Prairie Bank and also the on for the Winnipeg bank at which he is in the habit of doing business, are both miss. ing and have not yet been found. The case will be pushed. JoRat POPOFF'S FIELEF. He Murders it Young Woman Because She Repulsed Him. A New York despatch of Thursday says: This afternoon, Mary Petrokovsky, aged 19, a Russian girl, was shot in the head by John Popoff. She died soon after. The murderer was arrested. He oomes of a wealthy family in high standing in Moscow, Russia. His parents died two years ago, leaving him vast estates. He squandered most of Ws fortune in less than two years. I He belonged to the Rueeian army, and. six I months ago, when a war was imminent be. tween Russia and some other power, Popoff deserted and fled to this country. About fourmonths ago he became it boarder in the family of J. M. Petrokovsky, it brother of the girl he murdered. He met Mies Petrokovsky frequently at her brother's house, and fell in love with her. The girl disliked him cal account of his shiftless habits and refused to marry him. This afternoon the girl again visited her brother's house. Popoff came into the room where the family were with it nine chambered Russian revolver in his hand. He drove the rest of the family from the rcona at the point of the weapon and then hot the girl. The murderer, it is believed, meant to kill himself also, but lacked the courage. He is now in it cell at a police station and a policeman is constantly watching him, as it is feared he will. at- tempt suioide. NELLIE BL's ARRIVAL. The Girl Who Nalrs a Round -the -World Trip Record. A Saturday night's despatch from New 'York says: The official time, as announced by tho World's timers for the arrival of Nellie Bly, was 3,51 o'clock, thus making her complete trip arotind the world in 72 days 6 hours and 11 minutes. There was the strongest enthusiasm on her arrival. She was driven directly, to the World office, in front of which more that 5,000 persons had congregated. The carriages moved briskly from the depot, but despite this they Were accompanied' by it. shouting, seething mob of people. In ten minutes there were fully 10,000 people in Park Row cheering and waving handkerchiefs and stopping the immense traffic of that thoroughfare. The scenes at the Pennsyl- vania Railroad depot, at the ferry and in the streets, thence to the World office, were el like description. Very few persons have received so flattering it popular welcome in New York as Nellie Bly this day. It being it Semi -holiday, and the arrival of the little lady tolerably certain, pfobably added to the enthuelasna, good -nature and size of the crowds. To Bridge or Tunnel. The latest bridge or tunnel scheme is one proposed by Senator McMillan, of Miehigan, who has introduced a joint resolution at Washington, requesting the Secretary of War to cause an examination to be made into the practicability and expense of bridging or tunnelling the Straits of Mackinac. At present transportation be- tween Mackinaw City and St. Ignace is carried on by means of ferry -boats, but this system has now become inadequate to meet the demand of the rapidly increasing traffic. The distance between the two pints named is eight miles, but the bridge or tunnel would be located at a place in the Straits where the terminal points would be about four miles apart. Two railroads run to Mackinaw -City, and the idea is to give them direct connection with the roads of the upper peninsula, thus opening up all rail routes to the eouth from the Lake Superior mines. Why He Wept. Jones—What makes you look so bine? Smith—My only brother is going to marry Miss White. "1 don't wonder you feel bad about your brother marrying that heartless flirt." "Oh, it isn't that ; I want to marry her myself." A Nan of Principle Jones (at the Broadway Theatre)—Hello, Sitraitlacie, I didn't expect to firia yon here.' I thought you didn't approve of this pert of eho w. Straitlace—No, I don't; but Tom Macli. son wanted to see the itaiety girls, and just to oblige him I said I would go with hirn. Jones—Bat where is Toni' Madison? Straitlace—Oh, he was called away to Philadelphia this afternoon, so couldn't come, Put Down Your Hand. Teacher—Benjamin, how Loony times moat I tell you not to snap your fingers? Now put down your hand and keep still. I will hear what you have to say pregently. (Five minutes later.) Now, then, Benjamin, what is it that you want to Bay? Benjerairs—There was a man in the hall and I saw him take your umbrella. An O'er True Statement. Countrymen (to city clock winder)—I suppose you think that 'ar clock in the City Hall lays over everything else in this town, don't you? Clock Winder—Great weight alwaye hee been attached to its worke. A Coincidence. Wife—What did you ever see in me to make me your wife Husband— Do yo ti know I've oohed sity3 self the same thing a hundred times eine° we've been married OUQTiniffIES. ATTPITIION: Seven Nubs of Nowa from Auld Scotland, Glasgow is to have it Highland Inatitute itt addition to her Gaelio Society, Celtio Society and Highland Club, ItIG r, eOrge Reid, B. . (an Aber. denian) has preeented the Senetne of Aber - demi Univereity with portraits ef the Duke of Itiohraond and Gordon, Chancellor of the 'University, and of Mr. Francie ET mond of Iciegswelle, LL.D. The Western Highlands and Islands Commission of Inquiry hes been appointed, and its members) etre Blr. Spencer H. Wel. pole, Chairman; Mr. Wolfe Barry, 0. F.; Commander'Farquhar,. R. N.; Sir James King, Sheriff MoKeohme and Mr. Malcohn BI,b1 eill. At Glasgow Town Council meeting on December 23rd Lord Provost Muir said he would subscribe 220,000 to it fund for build- ing an art gallery and museum in Glasgow provided three other citizens subscribed eimilar awns. He thought that with the surplus from Glasgow Exhibition 2200,000 might readily De raised. ent.„.... Linlithgow Jubilee Town Hall, which has been erected at a cost of g4;100, was on the 23rd ult. opened by Lord Roeebery. Provost Gilmour intimated that all obliga- tions, with the exception of about 2500, had been met. Lord Rosebery subsequently delivered an address, in which he dealt with the importance of loosa institutions. At it meeting of the Cowgatehead Free Church, Edinburgh, on Deo. 23rd, under the Chairmanship of the Rev. Dr. Moir Porteous, the Rev. Professor Thomas Smith, who for twenty years had been minister of that ohurch, was presented with an address, it silver Grecian vase and a mantelpiesse nairror by the congregation and friends, as memorials of the jubilee of his ministry. The British War Office has decided to form an additional Clyde Volunteer Bri- gade.. It is to be composed of 5,000 men, drawn from the existing Clyde Brigade, which comprises 15,000 men, taadenaip of the seventeen Volunteer battalions of Lan. ark, Ayr, Renfrew, Dambarton and Argyll. The existing brigade is intended for service only in the Cly de district, but the new brigade will be of mobile character, and so may be used there or elsewhere. QUITE RAMAN TIC. An Advertisement for it Wife and Its Curious consequences. An advertieemet appeared ia the Adver- tiser's weekly edition not very long ago from it man in Temby Bay, Manitoulffr Island, named Ibbotson, in which he spoke of his desire to eecure a Christian woman or spinster as housekeeper or wife. Of course the advertisement was read by many people, among whom was it widow in Perth, mother of two children, who answer- ed it, inquiring for particulars. The gentleman wrote a reply, acabrding to it correspondent, in whittle be deecribed his house and worldly goods, and explained that he desired some one to take charge of his household. The widow took kindly to the idea of joining hands with the publisher HINTS ON DIET. Some Pireetione on Dieting. That Should Claim Attention. Many diseases are due selelY to a, diem- gard of established ruleeeelating to eatables and eating rules whioh every one ought th 4otanu°tred a ubdy br tee hw Vet jo"dge t oandeedeithg°1aVinies drinlse ; dyspepsia usually by eating MI - wholesome food at unseasonohle hours, and diesettees of the liver and bowels result from tbe sanae obtuse. Apoplexy is produoed by driuking too much wine. • In Berdeaux, France, more wine is drunk, aud a greater portion of the people die of apoplexy than in any other oity in the world. Eat slewly and masticate your food thoroughly. Mr. Gladstone, it is said, gives thirty-twe bites to each piece of meat that be puts in his mouth. This is it good rule to follow. By swallowing your food without chewing it, you cheat your palate as well as your body. You fail to prepare the meat for the action of the gastric juice, and you do not permit the salivary juices to mix with the starchy foods, to prepare thein for further elaboration and assimilation. Never eat when very tired, or when wor- ried or °waited, and never work imme- diately after it meal. Exhaustion and worry preclude a normal appetite and pre- vent digestion, as does labor too soon after eating. Rest for twenty or thirty nainutes after meals. Do not overload the stomach ; it is best always to teeth the table with the feeling that you could eat it little more. The proper quantity of food eaten at each meal will strengthen the stomach; by eat- ing too much, you distend and weaken it Do not wash down eaoh morsel of food with a swallow of water; drink what you wish at the conclusion of the meal, and not while it is ia progress. Milk should not be drunk in copious draughts, but in sips, so that it will coagu. late in small hemp or flakes, and. thus be more easily digested. It is beet eaten with a spoon in the form of bread and milk. Reraember that meat broths contain little or no nutritive properties; they are simply mild stitnulants. With the addition of vegetables, bread or boiled rice, however, they become valuable foods. During the spring raonths, after living all winter on meats and stale vegetables, the systern needs a radical change of diet. At this season one should eat fresh fruits and sac- oulent vegetables for their offeet on the liver, the bowels and the blood. Oranges, cherries, rhubarb, lettuce, radishes, greens of various kinds, including dandelion, are all valuable. Good health is worth oultr vatting, even at the expense of a little time and a measure of self-restraint. If men would set it watch upon their lips, they would less often have to send for the doctor. Youth's Companion. AT THE WRONG FUNERIL. -- A Chicago Man Lays His Floral Tribute on the Wrong Deceased. The Secretary of a certain organization had a novel experienoe last week. It is a joke on him, and he feels too " sore " to make it advisable to publish his name. A member of his Order had died, and at a of the advertisement, and expendedabous meeting it had been resolved to send a20 on a ticket to go to the distant islitiad. She did not find things quite as elm ex- peoted, however'. The household consisted of the father and nine children, the young- est of whom was 7 years of age. The children's mother bad died insane some time previous, and the blushing and charming widow was loth to Com- plete the transaction which ole had begun so bravely. She was stopping at Hilton, and the widower went thither to interview her, brit the lady of his ohoice declined to be seen at all. Tb veonld be a sad ending–ever' another chapter yet remaine to be unf Ided; A yourtg man reeident on the island heard of the lady being there without a home and that she had two little obildren, 5 and 3 years old. He went and had it nice little talk on Sunday, proposed marriage on Monday, was accepted, and the wedding took place on Tuesday. The correspondent who furnishes these particulars claims that the widow has not made it mistake, even if it was a hasty action, for the young man in question is sober, respected and industrious. At last acconnte Mr. Ibbot. son, the party of the firet part, was on his way to Bruce Mines to meet another lady who had taken prelitninary steps towards matrimony in response to the same advertisement. For romance of the Sirnon.pure description this Canada of ours dan outstrip may country on earth if a proper start is made. In this case, at leash, one man's anxiety and advertisement for home comforte has brought a widow and her helpless children to a good home, has given a young eingle man a family to start with, and as far as can be learned it happy one at that; and last, but not least, the man who started the interesting conglom- eration is in a fair way to attaining the object of his endeavors. --London Advertiser. A Doubting Thomas. She—Did you let your father know yon owned a great deal of real estate 2 He—I hinted at it. She—Wbat did he say He—He said "deeds speak louder than words." A Cautious Weather Prophet. • "Was it you that predicted a big snow storm this week 2" inquired it legal gen- tleman as he entered the Snrrogate Clerk's office this morning. " Oh, no," blandly replied Mr. S. H. Ghent, " I predicted some cool days in February." Wasn't in the Swim. Physician—Why, man, you sent word you had the grip. Patient—I know, doctor, but I didn't think you'd take time to visit a fellow who only had it oommon every day broken leg. Not Rightfully His Own. "Is there anynnestion More disagreeable to you than "Where did you get that hat 2" "Well, I should hate like thunder to be asked where I got this umbrella." Earl Spencers library, at Althorp, Northamptonshire, is to be disposed of. It comprises one of the finest collections a rare and outions book e in England, num- bering over 50,000 volumee of a quality and value eufficient, As Dibdin, the king of bibliophile, said to cause it " heertowarm. ing glow" itt every man who beheld them. lbsen's forehead is of abnormal height and development. Short-sighted eyes of it moist, chill gray look out :steadily, end to all appearance unobservantly, through gold -rimmed speotaoles. Exoavating for the foundation of the new Brooklyn Tabernacle tot Dr. Talmage has been began, and the walls will soon be started. A ittexpeoted to Wive them far enough advanced for the laying of the corner.etone on February 10, Miss' Anthony, the fart:Wm woman suf- fragist, ie Mid to look not it day older than the did ten yeare ago. It is significant that the cernio journals eeveral yeare ago abandoned their caricatures of the wove. ment with which Miss Arithony'e naMe is so ineeparably Oonteoted. flowers to the funeral and have some member attend as it representative. The Secretary was the raember selected. He Ws directed to procure it suitable floral offering, engage it carriage, and be on hand. The Secretary had never been to the brother's house, but, of course, he had the street and number, and he told the driver of his carriage to go to such a corner. The driver followed directions, and reaching the corner and seeing it funeral the driver ok his place among the carriages along „ ' of the curb. The Secretary was .ahstia • ka_got out and went into the house; he took his 'Ociety's floral offering and entering the hotase of mourning he went forward and placed the flowers upon the caeket. He did not recognize any one in the room, but that was not at all strange, as he had never seen any of his dead friend's people. The services at the house were gone through with, and the pall -bearers took up tloeir burden and bore it to the hearse. The Secretary went out with the others and took a seat in his own carriage, giving no directions. The driver naturally followed the others, and when the cemetery was reached it struck him that the place looked like Oakwoods, and he knew his friend's remains were to be buried at Waldheim. Being worried at this thought, he asked who was being buried, and receiving in reply it name entirely unknown to him, he knew that something was wrong. He got into his carriage and was driven back to the house he started from. There he dis- covered it was not the right number, though the right street. Finding the right num- ber, he learned the funeral from that house had started a short time before he had appeared on the scene. He had naade a mistake all around; he had got the wrong house and the wrong funeral, and the flowers his society had presented had been left with strangers. He could say nothing; it was a sad mistake, and tb.e fact that 4; The prevailing malady has a tendenoy there had been two funerals on the same to make a man religious." street within it block of each other, and " Row so 2" that the one sought had gone but it few " It brings him to his sneeze." minutes before the one he found, was his only excuse for the error.—Chicago Herald. Last Words to Young Men. Ir..Eagetatia JtioaTSI4 IS AN AIM, EMU Gtit)HRY, Where is a Eight Way of Swooning, Dust. Slime rEow.obat iieb:thinever rtd(ualwrtieikelrip(u,glaWotkon jiteu;:bruutetaaltd.f tee: n lug and cleaning Up. oall ou Mrs. Weary soate)—.Wei),really, nu. [aid °Wla ralt-110hPnto"tYottanuh--- even'*. 1:3°mAlelooee1d°rtilaY, I a13 4— 0edm2Wcall here oftener thnnwoolmll,esItanmaiwoauyiuerapelinigoiez,ndteadtoTee"you, oo"na' e to see we real aeon, won't non, " Oh, thanks. But I just must go now. dear ? Yeli n d onow, d—o e ed o, and—" Wel,dh, were you at the concert last night 2" " Yes, and—" " Lovely little affair, wasn't it 2 flow charmingly Mr. Tennerson sang." 01, beautifully 1 And I liked MOS Soreeoher, too." " Oh, so did 1; very math. But I really must, must go now. Good -by, dear." " Good -by." " Mind that I expect to see you very 000"111 0.1, yes ; but don't you wait for me. Yon have more time than I, you know, and—d' • " What 1 I have more time than you My dear child, I'm fairly ruehed to death all the time." So oaam Irellyid"on't see where the time goes. Good -by, dear." ITycodUb5.Iidon't come and see me soon I'll —oh where did you get that lovely chair scarf I bedn't noticed it before. It'a perfect beauty !" " Do you really like it 2" " Like it ? It's just sweet I' Di you embroider it ?" 11 ver go if I stand here much longer, 1,11 rYea." You did How lovely! I wish 1—but and I've five other calls to make this after- noon. Good -by 1" " Bye.by." " Lovely day, isn't it 2 It's a pleasure to be ont, and—Oh, ray dear, if I didn't nearly forget to tell you about Maida de Vere's wedding, and thats' just what I came for. I must sit down and tell you all abTouwtoith. 'oilers later ole departs, after a pro- longation of the good.by business for fifteen minutes on the steps. --Time. It is it great rnietake to suppose Wet furniture will contiaue frah it allovved to tatand in a room during the prOOGEO Of BWOepill0 ; it spoils both carving and up. holstery. And it is it great error to think that dirty carpets should be lightly wept. Nothing outs out carpetso fast sus leav- ing them full of gritty duet, and the dust spoile their color, To go over a dusty, halt-ewept carpet with it damp broom or with a, broom dipped ha ammonia water rains its coloring and texture in it short time, People who follow Ma practice have to buy new oarpeta very fregnently, besides living on clingy ones most of the time. Before beginning to aweep it room its furniture should be dusted and brushed gritty dust: fades and wears out upholstery. The best brush for furniture is an old blacking brush washed clean; it is both soft and flan. All the lighter Objects are to be oarried from the room; the heavy furniture is to be covered with dueling eheets, /longings have to be shaken come- sionally, otherwise they get into it condi- tion of dustiness that nothing oan remedy, Then the cobwebs are to be swept down and the carpet is to be swept with main strength and thorouglanese. The dust having settled, it soft clean cloth, wrapped around a broom, is passed over the enure wall paper, to remove the dust, and the curtain poles, gas fixtures window and door tops are neatly dusted with it long -handled ostrich -feather duster. A good ostrich. feather duster will bust fifteen years if always put away in its manilt a • paper cylinder. The articlee within reach of the hands are wiped with a clean cloth, the dust being gathered iuto the cloth and not staffered to fall upon the carpet, and the pioturea are to be swung out from the walla and dusted on their baths. Women who dislike to shake dustere frona windows wring them out of clear water and use them damp. This is a London fashion and requires the best of varnieh in furniture. Carpets at the beet are sham cleanli- nees ; bare floors aro real cleanliness and simplify housekeeping, but they have to be just right or they are a torment, A soft wood floor will not do to go uncar- peted ; it splinters and wears rougb. A varnished or painted floor will not do at all ; it is too slippery, it shows every grain of dust and it "scratches right up. A bare fleor mnet be of hard wood. It must never be washed from the day it is smiled down to the end of time. Among the many pleasant notines that we have held from our Suffolk ancestry is the no- tion that nothing oan be cleaned without Water. Our ancestors probably derived this " poor folks' neatness " from the water - splashing Hollanders and Belgians, from whom they borrowed their religion across the Channel. Really the best way to clean anything' from a pantry -shelf to a stone door -step, is to wring a cloth or brush nearly dry and apply it with as little water as possible. Scrubbing with a broom and a pail of water is an abomination ef spat- tering and streaking. The French " dry scouring " is just as cleansing as soap and water scrubbing, even for rooms where sickness has taken place. " Dry scouring" consists of ener- getic rubbing and polishing with wax. If it floor is dirty, to begin with, it ought to be scraped and "filled " by a good painter, and done as carefully as an oak table is done, The " ' should have no stain and no dirt in it or the floor will be ruined. The wood should have its natural tint and grain. A waxed floor is not overslippery ; in a few days it family will learn to walk silently and securely over it, and if left in its natural tint it wilt not show dust. Of course, the laborious French "dry scour- ing " has been supereeded by an easy Araerioan prooess. Reception -rooms need not be waxed oftener than once in six months, everyday rooms need the process oftener.—Indianapolis News. The Complications of Modern Society. Clara—I thought you had decided that everything was over between you and Harry, and yet you've been Hitting there for over an hour thinking of him. Mend (dejeotedly)—Well, I can't make up my mind whether it would be better to sue him for breach of promiee or to make np with him, marry, and then sue for divorce and alimony. He Was Full Already. She—Just think! Cousin Fritz while coming home from his club last night fell into the water. He—Great heavens I hope he didn't drown I" She—He couldn't drown. He was so full he couldn't swallow any waten—Texas Siftings. An Agent for Good. The following is_ taken from the last article written by the late Henry Ward Beecher, a short time previous to his death : " I rejoice to say I was brought up from my youth to ab- stain from tobacco. It is unhealthy, it is filthy from beginning to end. I believe that the day will come, when a young man will be proud of not being ad - dieted to the nee of stimulants of any kind. I believe that the day will come when not to drink, not to nee tobacco, not to use one's strength in the seoret indulgence of passion, but to be true to one's nature, true to God's law, to be sound, robust, cheerful, and to be conscious that these elements of health and strength are derived from the reverent obedience to the commandments of God ,will be a matter of ambition and endeavor among men. . • The Rights of Labor Must be Respected. Clerk—I want an increase a salary. Employer (wearily)—All right. Anything dee ? Clerk —And I want to get off an boar earlier every day so I can spend - Wm. Bayley, of Queen's avenue, Had London, was enjoying his customary health on Friday afternoon, when about 3.30 o'clock be was seized with an epileptic) fit and succumbed in a very short time. Mr. Bayley beta been a resident of London for twenty years, and canoe from Surrey, Eng. land where he was born. How Thankful. If railway traina were never late, Row thankful wo should be! It horse ears neVOr made us wait, How thankful we should be! If hens would scratch away from home, If doge would bark whon burglars toani, If boor was never two-thirds foam, How thankful we alionlci be --It iS an uefeeling married Mall who (twines that hie wife, is aleitlye pensive when she is not expensive. An Incentive. " Have you really signed as pit cher on the nine? she asked, breathlessly. "1 have, "he answered. " Then I am ewers," she replied.—Puck. —A young man has been fined a25 for hogging a St. Louis girl, and if he was a Chicago young man, he probably will be lynched on his return home. —The poet says that "'Tis love that makes the world go round." It also makes the young man" go round " quite frequently on Sunday nights. —Here is it fairy-like tale all the way from Ohio. Some yeare ago it pretty girl who was versed in palmistry looked upon the palm of Calvin S. Brice and said that within 10 years he would be a millionaire. He replied, " f I am, I will send you the finest diaraond ring I can got for $1,000." Both prophecy and promiee were fulfilled. —Mr. Green— Mies Wobbath may I take you ander the mistletoe? Min Web. bash— What the metter with taking me under the nose? THE rlielaSE Or sum,. All day long I could not work for woe, I could not work nor rest ; The trouble drove mo to say' fro, A leaf en the wild stoip's breast. Night came, and I saw My.sorrow cease Sleep to the chamber Riede Best about my limbs, and peace r Fell on my atorray soul. And nOw I think of only this -- 110,N I again may woo The gentle Sleep, who proraisea That death is gentle too. • —Amy. Levy. Gen. Lew. Wallace's favorite 110V0) ill Said to be " Ivanhoe." It is the • favorite novel of a great many other people in thils "rl—Ycl' oung wife—" CharleY, darling, are / should say so. Why', 7" Per te usiastieally)--" 3toung huithand (mthit you were te die f eatiefied with married life ?" • itigarain"nre7t I webeekii.e"v—e filetew#0111dk W-441414").16tried The Difference. wo man's bureau drawer will hold half a ton of clothes, A parasol, some bandboxes and goodness only knows HMV many scores of other things within it ole may store, And yet there's always lots of room for twice as many more. But give a man that self -same drawer and just one pair of socks, An undershirt, some dirty cuffs, an empty couar box, And when he s put them in it it's capacity he'll glut, And fill it up so awful full he'll never get it shut McGinty at the Bottom of the Say. Mast BleGinty's left us, Of his presonce has bereft us. And we sadly raise his physiogoomee ;. But we'll wager ten to one He is having lots of fun With fair mermaids at the bottom of the sea: He will never more return From the place of his sojourn, Wong little fishes playfully cavorting— And with spirits light as air, And hearts that know no care, Bright, pearl -bespangled nymphs are sporting. naylet Then Re Knew How to Take Her. " You are it queer girl, I never know- how to take yon." " Pshaw I Why, the Broadway oars go' right by the door." " What door ?" "The Opera Houee." One Thing Needed. "These are my household gods," he said, to her, as he entered his bachelor apart- ments. "But you lack something," she remarked. "What " "A household goddess." Clunty Consciences. Waiter (at the club)—There is a lady out. ide who says that her husband promised, to bo home early to.night. All (rising)—Exonee me a moment. Family Skeleton. A little tot saying her prayers was &eked' by her mother why she had not tithed God's forgiveness for some special aet of disobed. ience, "Why, mamma, I didn't s'poee yon wanted it mentioned outside the family." Christmas Dellghts. Roxham—What did you give your wife for Christmas. Hardflint•-I gave her a half dollar and told, her to go and have that tooth pulled that's, been hurting her for the laet six months. One Jury Too Many. " Three kinds of juries figure promit neatly in trials now," remarked IlloCorklea " What are they 2" asked MoCrackle. "Grand jury, petit jury, and perjury." Shifting the Responsibility. Irate Father—Mr. Lighthead, didn't I just see you kiss my daughter? Mr. Lighthead—No, sir; you saw your daughter kiss me. A Daughter's objection. Father—Wife, why has the bible &sap. peered from the parlor centre table recently Mother—Sarah has taken it away. Father—Why? Mother—Well, you see whenever visitor's opened it they invariably turned to the family record. Sarah objects to having her age made known to everybody. A New Definition. Little Miss Fanny—I say, Bob can yon tell me what a widower is? Blaster Bob (aged eight)—Don't know, Fanny, unless it's the hnsband of it widow. Krupp, the maker of big guns, hoe founded a fund of $125,000 for the benefit of those of hie workmen wins wish to borrow money at low rates for the purpose of build. ing homes for themselves. —Wise Beacon Street—,Have you read', Max O'Rell's latest book? BEN Wabash Avenue—No, and I doe't think I shall. I am sure I couldn't enjoy anything tin& an Irishmen wrote after that horrible, Cronin affoir. The Buffalo newspapers' have advance& the price to wholesale dealer e and news. boys. My eon, don't advertise your griefs., If you have crooked lege do hotmear striped pantaloons. • Pageninia; favorite violin—a Guarnerine del Gaits of 1743-18 preeerved in tt, glass case in the municipal palace of Ciellea, his birthplace. He bequeathed it to the oily on condition that it never shotild be tied. e