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WASHING BLA-NHETS-
Every housekeener anPreSiateen
supply ot! good woollen blankets,
And eta the§ Price is not ete exerbit-
ant now as it wee tew yeare ago,
they eye much mere commen, Whey
Are lighter and warmer than com-
forts, and should form pert of the
winter eovertng ot every ted ; theY
are also very dureble, mid VI they
are washed properly, do isot full
up but retain their soft ileeey loot
te the last. The finer a bialiket is
few more likely it is to retaia dis-
ease germs within Bs folds,. and A
soll•td blanket m an 3avitzug pleee
for moths. Poth the ee dangers Man
be obviated lay giving it a therough
washiage in feet :Ow ateela I..e
washed immix oftener then is usually
considered necessary, tor it is as-
tonishing to see how much It will
„come out ot an apparently clean
blanket. If badly eolled the bard
rubbing which beeceeee necessery
wIll maim it shrink. Wiell the aid of
a good washing machine reed
-e this this work may to elegem-aft:11y
done at t ovne, and it, is nota te.
Ioneor Oinleolt taste if the proper
preparatione ore made for it.
Double blantets are too heavy
aud bulky to hentlien Oat, share.
Cut them apart anti bind the edges
with woollen braid or ribton, or
fiuish them by buttonholirig with
may tied of coaree yarn you happen
to have. If the old binding is worn
out, it may he re:Aimed in the ram
way. Shate the blantet vigorouelY
in the oPen air to remove the dust.
Cheoee a bright day for the wort.
and if a gelato teeeze is blowing, so
much the better. The washing and
dryiug sihould be dove as quieely as
possible. and two persons on wilt*
to better advantage then Qua Slice
a bar of eeap in a, tetra et tot wile
ter and oet it on the stove until it
dassolvee, then stir in a, latudiul of
pe§wd it borax. Put -three or, low
pailfuls of soft water that is heated
aS hot as 1.-014 Van tear yew bend
in, into the waehieg Maediline and
pour in enough of the soap mixture
to male a strong finds. $W tim
two together and plat the lalantet
in. Let it remain closely covered to
keep in the heat awl steam, ten
fifteen minutes. Men WitSlt the blan-
ket. Your aseistant may jare
the emend water just lite the Oren
except that it will Met need quite
6() Soap, and have it ready to
put into the machine when the lirst
water is poured out. After it is
wrieltedm thie, fold smoothly and
pees through the wringer with the
rubber rollers' loosely adjusted. The
net. water should have just enough
soap in it to make it feel smooth.
After rinsing in this. pass through
the wringer into the second water,
whieh may be nliehtly tinged with
blue. Soft water ehould be used,
end tha temperature of the water
kept the Game throughout the entire
proogi. It le a mistate to stir:pose
'Out hot water injures it woollen
blanket, but it ehould clever be
boiled, nOr should any soap be rub-
bed directly upon It. Borax Is a
greet itelp th washiug blankets, for
when it is used, ne: more than half
tee usual amount of soap is needed,
and the blankets are as soft after
they are washed as tefore.
Put tip a strong clothes iiite where
the sun can shine on it. After the
blantet is taken from the last wa-
ter, take hold of it by two corners
and let yogi:. assistant hold the
other two, standby as itnr apart as
the length of the blanket will per-
mit, and pull and stretch it into
shape, shakieg it boveral times to
get the wilnkleS out. Put one edge
of the blanket over the line and
fasten securely by putting a clothes
pin every three or four inches. Do
not take it down until perfectly
dry. then fold evenly and lay a
weight on it for n day or two.
B. J. C.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Cantaloupe Sweet Pickle. -Take
seven pounds of the raelons, which
must be not quite ripe, and be par-
ed and seeded. Boil in weak alum
water trif transparent, then lift
them out, drain weir, and put them
into a Jar. To a quart a cider vine-
' gar add two ounces of stick cinna-
ir mon, one ounce of cloves, and three
poends of brown sugar. Cook the
melon in this for 20 minutes, then
return to the jar. Scald up for two
suncesmive mornings, then seal tight-
ly. '
Tip -Top Pickle. -Take a peck of
green tomatoes and a dozen of large
.„ onions. Slice both, keeping them
separate. Sprinkle salt between the
tomatoes and let stand two hours ;
pour scalding water over the onions
and' allow it to remain till wanted.
Squeeze both out, and arrange in a
crock in alternate layers, sprink-
ling with celery seed and black and
*--t white mustard seed, Bring to a
boil a quart of vinegar and pint of
• sugar, skim and pour over the
pickle. It is good as soon as it is
cold. •
Pickled Onions -Peel the Small,
white pickling onioes. Boil for ten
minutes in equal parts of sweet
• milk and water. Drain and put
them in jars, and pour a scalding
hot, spiced vinegar over them. Nev-
er uee allspice in the vinegar ; it
darkens them.
Green Tomato Pickles-sTo use up
the last of the tonia,to cror, just
before frost comes, ohop a, peck of
green tomatoes and sprialile with a
half cup of salt. Let stand a num•
-
ber of hour s% and drain over night.
Then add three chopped green pep-
pers, one cup grated horeerselish,
two quarts of vinegar and a large
cup of sugar. Cook till the tomato
is tender, thee, add a large table-
spoonful each of cinnamon and
cloves.
Perfect Pliscuite-One quart of
flour, two tablespoonfuls a salt,
one tablespoonful of sugar, one tea-
spoonful of shortening (butter or
Suet). Mixiesery won, iadeed, with
milk or ice cold water- Be carefu/
to knead under and pot over, as
kale for breed, adding enough dour
an the and end board to keep the
dough very molete taut yet possitle
to handle. Hell 'thin eud cut small,
and bake at ontee in a quint: oven,
Not a, new, but an exCellezit and in-
faflible reciPe,
I:ft:NTS
TO HOTISSWEEPERS.
The season .wnen tne larepe are in
(tally use...egg:ea are bere,and the,
task of filling and ttitureing from
theca to halt a dozen is Added to
tlie bansekeeper's rdeties,. Nothing
is ea annoying as a dirty.latim, or
so, vexatious as nire winch, has .beett
tilleri too fell. Med ha e rue Over - So
• that the hand le Voverocl with , oil
on taltiag it up, Don't :fin the bowl
quite ; in A heated room .1.110, oil
seems to expand a littleand then
overflows,. Leak . to the • wicks.
Semetimes they get clogged...with it -
Purities from tile on. and do.- not
burn freely. It is weld that seettiog
now wiek in. vinegar for twenty-
four beers eneeres a clear name.
A writer advecates the providiege
for n liberat. supply or .tomatoes
through .1,,oveinlicr by gathering un-
rilte but 'well :developed ones, 'string
them in a. dark, cool and perfectly
dry plate. and eel:Get:1g them to the
son under glass for a few days be-
fore tieing. Some practice pulling
!the viees and hilinging them_
1. r -ory pace.
Two oovelties in silver tableware
width conimod themselves to the
fAstielloue ate the vegetable sereeis
auL the leo spoon- Tho former rcgr.
niStS el a large fork, ebarpened on
one eitle to cut the vegetables, and
a semen with a very deoP howi to
rue int in the Sellife and dip up the
mum with wbich it is served. The
ice spoon Is to um with the ices
4 sherbets that aro now so emu -
only gerved at dinner. and me-
at a spoon with a, handle
shorter than that of a tea. -
and having a. much thoper
bowl.
Iluseian tea is not a special
brand, but is the ordinary tea, VerV-
cd wieh, Lenton laweed of cream.
Two lumps of sugar and a. quarter
of a lemon are placed on the saucer
and no eream is weed.
Ttere is art men in coating the
simplest thingrs, and espeeially in
the beeinn tog of the appliceition of
beat -
Lame bread exposeal to the air as
soon as it is tanert front the 0%en,
that the pone:mum graces may es-
cape.
DISHWASHING BRUSH.
Tim housewife On wah ION dishes
without injury to her /wide or the
offence ,of greasy water by cleaning.
them first, with a brueh. It is a
elmple and effective prows. Serene
the &ekes 'with a knife; tOen hold
each one soneretely under the hot
water faucet and wipe it off s the
water me over it with a. brush
similar to a :Attic brash. Pile the
dabe up wet. .arrange hot soap wan
ter in the diehpan and then wash
them in the Pan with a mop. Any-
one who hes over tried tine will
never wash dishes any other way,
for the taucet and tem brush do all
the dirty work, while the mop
"does the rest."
FADS OF MILLTONA1RES
HOliBIES THAT EAT. 131G
HOLESIWTeaertne FOR'OUNFS.
How the Onulti-nlintonaires cif the
World Spead Their
Atoney,
Givee a million a year to spend at
• Pleastire, find something on whieh to
-spend it. Th et is the proposition
which is stet by multi -millionaires
• et the Baited States, England. and
Germany. lt is a peculiar fact that
the men who have this opportunity
ooso one -thing an the object of
enPentlitures.
Whe millimettires choose their hobe
biee and they are are as various as
the wealthy men • are numergas• .
Apart front the experiditeres requir-
ed in business these millionaires
spend More on their hobbies than
they do on themselves personally.
14 some celebrated instances the,
"spending" is Rot spending, but give
inge arid many of the immensely
weeiithy men, are giving away more
than they spend. Andrew Carnegie'o
teachings tool his practices are the
,bet, knoWit, lie fa ono or the three
great multi -millionaires who gives
,away far, more than he spends. Of
,the other two one is an Englisinnan
and the other a, German.
Pictures more tbau anethire else
make big holes in the bank eceounte
of the own of wealth, fiber@ aro
etaven millionaires who spend more
'for pahitings than for anything else
outside their hitsineFs. and J. Pier
-
pont Margate leads the list.
!04'i EAT) EAT) IS VICTI:RES.
Uis: r. Morgan eredited with an an-
nual personal exnensilture of about
'$100.000 lrid 1 -
IA A
bill for paintiuge 5bout.*250,000.
not far from double what he epode
on Minnie Ilis biggest purchase
last year was the Volonna, Raphael.
for which he gave $400.000. To
'this purebace he added seven others,
• worth altogether 6240,000, so that
Oils expenditures last year were far
'above his average and amounted to
nearly 81.000,000. That was the
biggest '4. -ear in picture, buying that
Mr, Itforgen bite had. His eatire
collection of falltNIS paiutings now
amounts te 4100 pietures,
valued at $10.00h.000.•
Stephen Gould has been One
Sdorgate's chief rivele in biddin
for famous 'tallith gs, He broke all
records by Imylug fourteen old mus -
in one eear, and hie checks for
pictures matte the biggest hole ht his
bank account.
Staveley Bruce, the English ship-
ping and iron king, bee made a
specialty of statuary, as well as
paintings. The Italian laws for-
bidding the exportation of art trea-
sures has had a peculiar effect on the
olleetion of Mr. Bruce. Ile is ob.*
lined to keep ,S300,000 worth of
statuary in Italian cities. Ho adds
,Et• love for pictures to that for stat-
uary nnti seldom spends lese than
$200,000 a year for paintings.
FORTUNE SPENT FOR PRINTS.
SPOTS ON A CARPET,
This recipe in warranted to re-
rarne spots from, the Most, deliCatO
Carpets without injuriug the letter
Make it, suds with a good white soap
and tot water, and add fuller's
earth to this until the consistency
of thin cream is secured, Irave
plenty of clean drying cloths, a
ante!' scrubbing brush, a large
sponge and a pail or fresh water.
Put Fonie of the cleansing mixture
in a, bowl and dip the brush in it.
Brush a small rim of the carpet
with thie, then wash with the
sponge and cold water. Dry as
much as possible
and nnally rub
Continue this till
all the carpet is
dry.
MMus Grant, another Englielt mil-
lionaire. has a different hobby in tho
net lino. Mr. Grant wants fine
prints and he spends a. tontine an-
nually In rare tirints„ and In the last
r57,s,ov(a)olu,oe000t: the yathts foote ep to
There are aye millionairo who
"SO to" for natural history. The
best know n Miles Forrest, an
Englishman. He has a Private
"zoo," the finest in Englanti, and It
costs ae0,00Q- a year to =am-
teln it. In quality. he excels even
the licindell zoo, although not in
quantity. Three American million-
aires speed their money in this di-
version, and one Pelgian, Poorslaer,
Whose Ulcerate ueed in procuring
wild Animals,
Mr. Fairlawn, a sherry Shipper of
Eagland, has tbe renown of tieing
the °WY man of great wealth. who
is Absorbed ba the collection of
'stallilis. His expenditures are trivial
compared with some other minket-
Aires, but his amusement is Itot
costly one. About $8,800 a year
goes in buying stamps and his eel-
leetion is valued at pzi.ow
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THE BRIDGE AT qVgBEc.
0 geet Span the World Acre
St. Teawrence River.
HABII` OF LYZNG.
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Waye n Which Prevaricatieri may
•De Develteped.
t
How does one become a liar ?
That is te say, bow eleies the child
discover a lie and habtinally raa.ke
THF DES1 NEN WED AT 24
14-ARRIAGE AGES OF ‘91/111)
TeTVING HEROES.
meg, et it ? Noted Engliehmen he ecanee
Ile Can. admit that at the be-
ginning there is al:se:bete oincerity.
Who sitild thretgb. all its first years
• neither lies net' dissiroUlateS. Its
eotiments, its desires, translate
• them into 'words end into azts. Its
body is the constant and Perfect ex-,
pression of its inmost being. Such
is the starting' point --sincerity, eh -
solute transparency.
There is a oteltitude of little Iles
tolerated which we treat as Pardo -
Able. We tell the domestic to eayl
we are not at home whett we are a
!
we compliment people to their feces
and criticise them when they are
gone ; we say we are happy to eeel,
some one and directly atter er,eak of '
badly been annoyed. No inore ISA
lan...tessary. The example has bee
dgieen.
. We lie to the ehild hirase'i.
are ereeeed by his Many einnarrite.
ridge WiliCb Will liave the long- ing, qunstieno. amd le order to free
es4 Snarl. in the Wiarld is now being .oureelvea from the embarrassment r
constructed OW the St. Lawrence'reply with what te frequently a.
river about sax and a, half noleo feasebood. Some nue day be Mee
south of tenet:et. '[he great. St- covers the truth, and the evil is
Lawrence geese tetween higb, reteOy dope. Whe graveet case is when the
cline at that italee, and rorive aeo chiid te Wien ao an awe:43010 In a
earaing to the tida The wirtgr ts' lie, or when ids xnether Idle him
abeut 180 feet, deep in the eiuttmel i "Above all tio not. tall lade to your
MI limes by ut a. :atilt rate. The i papa." Tani is the, ruin of oil more
channel will be eroseed with a Sus- ,alllY•
I
ended *eau mut two contilenee The third stage is the nret e
ens, malting the uusapported counter of the child with. society
mature 1,800 feet. long, which will the Gret short with social life. The
he by far the longeet ripen in than child Who tells a he ;maws, Ras I
world. It will to eleni feet longer and hears, all that, he wouia better,
hen the span of the new last River 1have left unsaid, is called tho near
bridge, New York. The length of rant terrible." His parents do not
aticher twine on melt side of thee tell him to lice hut they tell him it
main einem; will te Cone feet, with 1 is not necessary to tell all he
one appromit spau of 220 feet at thinte. This Is extremely serious. an ,i
each end between anchor piers and it teaches the child that he cannot I
thew himself' es be Is. This is the
terminal ;Ointments.
The length of the structure. in- ireedatton of the lie obligatory.
eluding' abututeuts, will be 3.800!Above all, among bis toinr‘oks he
feet. The bridge will have two rail- , quietly leave* to diseinallate, be -
way trache, a singte eleetrie muter cause if be is nalveeeterpreawae all hie
track and a hi *way for vehicles. 10Y5. Pains. fictive:J-41W mate sport
The deg tit ot the mist ended span at ,ot hi -nay, wOr5n they aletee hie
the centre will be one hundred and ,emendetwei the holies, Proierta width
twenty feet. The 5'413.ntructliTe will itit bus confided to them be tome
etuenst of two main piers, two an- day sees used (against. him.
choir piers and two abutments, teze&' niers the impoesibility of tieing
f tbese anther piers is founded lea without. lying 15 retealed to Min.
eolid rock and the other on hard Soreety eNCUSea Certain forme of
lying which are inspired by a feeln,
biTuted:Lival f the ealnfOS for the ing of noliteneee, modeetea Shaine,
main pier ems a great engineering
feat. Tbe caiseent was sunk through
a, eorepact mass ot granite bowldera
bound together with cobblestones
and fine gravel. The penetration of
the eaiseon was rto slow that on lea.* If she Wel heard that her only
some daye the distance weld not to 'son had conunitted a forgery or a
reworded; on. other days it wee 'Murder, Lady Ryvers could not have
warmly more than four Mao, been more anfeeted. "A pennilees,
though it bore a toed on its roof of 'nameless stranger." she eitid-•"and
More than twenty thoueand tons. ' llo my onlY son l ITO In'in spoiled his
Owing to the inunensIty of this ht n ; he has indeed. Monica."
toad end its attenuant danger, this "Maliona," gald the girl, "I have
method was dinally abandoited, and never seen tears in your eyes be -
concreting in the worhing chamber fore ; that distrerses me more than
was neettn. Progrees by this methotniliandolPlee marriage."
tea om. was eteinin te'venteen da"litalsgittlwor fowrrune .cindgilairtiegdlitelrlefirboas4lpeet4s
was rapid, and
'no calesons for the two main than any young man I linow: hand -
piers are ease lee feet loom 49 ,some„ giftee, heir to a grand old
feet wide and 2$ feet high. They , name and a grand old estate, yet
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Penediete at Very Early
Age.
noltilioenr° t'PeePuisnAlt"-inbdiszt einlaistartent-
Amoy people that Um men. of the
present day are marryieg at a
MIWIx later Period in life than did
the men of, we will say, yesterday.
The r.art of Dudley. who has just
boon appointed to t•he higheet posh
time Any politician can attain, to in
home diplomatic drama -oat es.
Vieeroy of Ireland -Was married
the compa,ratieely early' age 01
twenty -rive; /X1".erean Lord Crewe, a
former Lord -Lieutenant, was past
thirty-eight wheel, Oe lett the Poeulon
Lady Peggy Primrose to the alter.
2r1rehe7:edr:::::::e°11:s :ne:i:
eaurrien MISS Annie Illa5011, Pi
',Wagon, was only tweety-four Wien
contemporary, Lord Lister, who
was bore seize thirtygyears betere
hint, was just thirty when the eele-
brated Leauty. Anes Syme,
teeame his wife.
Takata; the first prominent politn
cian who coMes to Wind. Mr, JOS,
eph Chamberlain, he was twenty.
five whoe be wooed and won Mies
Kendrick, and bard Sitliebeiry
twenteeseven when he puirried bliss
Aldeison; but, in both these instal:Cell
the marriage eon -wawa most faeore
ably with that of John Stuart Mill,
tar of Edmund Spenser, of former
doe, ueither of .whone was married
till !ort live and forty-two resree-
tively.
A riqing public diameter is the
preserit youter, Pate of Mariborough,
whose, Anlericall bride is a popular
member of
SMART SET.
The child becomes a liar because
II the world ate ta hint lies, .The
distinction between the Bar and the
man of sincerity is only relative.
There are in reality oniv two eater -
few years bus made a half milli° are of Southern pine. The ettieson be has spotted his lifa by marrylia•
n , e
dollar collection. for the north pier wee built on the a doctor's d tughter. My dear mom_
In the collecting of prints the i north shore, a.bout four thousand , ea, words full rim. -
buyer Is especially liable to inmost," feet east of tho pier bite, tend was "Pear lUttranla* she rosy net be se
tion, but lifr. Grant is an authority successfully launched and towed into iholVesrly bad if she is very beauta
-one of the chief euthorities M Eng- position and made fast In a herth
land, Althouteet he has purchased ,proviously prepared in the stort ' "Utah 1" said Lady Ryvers, with
more than 20,000 prints be has the nitre of seventy raiautes. 41 gorles-those who content themselves
reputation of never having been de- At tho site of the two main ones i with the lies exacted by social life
ceived. This collection Is now es the water has a tloPth of onio about and those who have habituated
va.tuable as it was 'when he made ten feet at low eide, and as the Uhemseltes to iying more than sa-
lt. That Is one of the features of Caisson. draws about two's() feet en_ ; ciety wishes -to no beCaUSO of some
the art hobby. The man who spends loaded, it grounded at leer tide and Personal Interest.
Nutted at high tide, the water tlun ' An important cause In the do -
being about twenty-nine feet deep. !teleInnent ef bl'ing in children 19 the
The concrete was being placed in employment of excessise and ill-ad-
'vised punishments. Who child who
the cribwork on top of the working
his money for art treasures has a
•tangible asset. The ,mildenaire who
Makes his expenditures in race
horses and yachts is money out at
with the in tho chamber of the caisson for the north becomes et lar the one who lives
the end of the year.
With dry cloths. Mr. Carnegie's fad, as is well pier lately. and excavation In the in Perpetual terror a reproathes,
you are sure that known, is the public library. He is chamber was being tarried on only humilietion or strokes. The Be for
$15,000,-iduring low tide, and it was eon- ,itita is
clean, Then let it' credited a supreme reaource.
with handing out
000 annually in putting his preach- tinued until sufficient concrete was
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A LA'UNDRY HINT.
'Don't dip collers and cults or
shirt fronts in boiled starch. You
will be sure to coine across lumps
when ironing. Rub the starch. on
the articles on the wrong side with
fingers, and as soon as it begins to
appear on the right side it is suffi-
ciently starched.
POWrillt OP THE SUN'S RAYS.
A gentleman. -writes to the London
Spectator to tell of an experienee
which certainly ought to be very
widely known. "One of the most ex-
traordinary cases of fire -lighting by
the sun's rays through glass," he
says, -is 'the following ; A few
years ago my wife and were driv-
ing in a victoria near Canterbury.
It was about 8 &dock on an Oc-
tober afternoon: The horse was
slowly walking u.p a hill between
two pine woods, and the sun was
directly facing us, when, simultan-
eously, both lamps were ignited. I
called the coachman's attention to
the fact, and he simply laughed,
thinking we were making fun of
him.. It was, however, a fact that
the rays of the sun through the cir-
cular, lamp glasses had actually
lighted the candles."
A PISOPHECY.
He had eviaentiy 'been rejected,
for his chest .heaved convulsively,
and his veins stood out upon his
forehead. In his anger he advanced
towel -de the slady who had mocked
him, with oTtstretobed fist, but by
,a mighty effort he controlled him -
golf.
"'Xo matter 1" he muttered,
savagely, “the day will come !"
Sure enough, at dawn the next
morning, faint streaks of grey pen-
cilled the oast. Later, at its accus-
tomed hour, the sun arose.
Thus was tho prophecy fulfilled.
• He --"You always remind me of
oomething very disagreeable." She -
"'Sir Hee-"Yes, you re-
mind .me of all the time I have to
speed where I can't see you." And
th d
ing Into practice. Last year his put in to overcome the buoyaney of
gifts in this direction amOunted to the air pressure, ;alter which the ex -
$5,000,000 in the United States. He cavation was continued tvithout in -
gave in addition S5,000,000 to rim- terruption.
Belt Workmen and $10,000,000 to
Scotland. As he now is giving
away a great deal more than his in- ARAIOURF:D NESTS.
come, which is $.10,000,000 a year, In. the countries where the Cactus
he may be able to realize his am- flourishes, it is selected by various
bition to escape the "disgrace of birds and other members of the ani -
dying rich." It has been computed mai kingdom as a place of refuge.
that at bis present rate of giving it There is a special kind of wood -
will require twenty years before he pecker in Mexico, a clever bird,
can become "poor." which furnishes an Illustration of
TREATS FOR SLUM CHILDREN. what birds will do. If tho traveller
An English millionaire, another of is near a mass of cactus known as
the three multi -millionaires who give the candle cactus, he will perceive,
away roost of their income, is Mr. at some height from the ground, a
Spiller, the cloth and cotton snag- hole in. the mass of spiny leaves
nate. His favorite amusement is a that appears to he evidence of de -
peculiar one, and it has made hira cay; it was rea113r made by the
known as a sort of fairy godfather woodpecker, vrhich pocked away till
to the poor children of northern it made an opening just large en -
English. towns. He organizes and ough to get inside the armored
pays for huge treats for slum child- tree. It then burrows its way
ren. The outings and pleasure ex- down the middle, among the pith,
eursions be gives these children cost till it is right in the centre, and
him in tho neighborhood of $500,- there it builds its nest, and keeps
000 a year. In addition to this he tho eggs free from the great heat of
supports eight children's hospitals the sun and from enemies. Rabbits
and orphanages. His hobby on the make their homes . in the cactus' ;
betterment of poor children gives they burrow under the roots, and
him no time for ally other amuse- so keep clear of hunters, who do
ment. IIe lives in a fashion similar not appreciate the defensive pro -
to thaf, of a well-to-do professional parties of tho plata. Tf .anyone atz
man, and meintains but one esta.b- tacks a cactus vigorously with a
lishment for himself. hatchet, and manages to clear away
The third of these three million- soine of the protecting spines, he
aires who give away the bulk of will surprise a whole coloey of birds
their income is the German gurimak- and small animals, the latter on
ee, Herr Krupp, the richest man in the ground floor and the former in,
his country. the upper storeys.
• When the more personal amuse-
ments of millionaires are considered,
it will be found that yachts and WANTED A '13ILIOPER.''
race horses take the most of many A now post office had been estab-
a wealthy man's money. It has lished in a remote country village,
been computed that eighteen erten of and a pative of the place Was ap-
great • wealth -American, English, poineed postmaster. After awhile
and on'other nationalities- spend complaints were made that no let -
the larger part of their income on ters were sent out from the new'
yachts. Sir Thomas Litton is office, and an official wits despatched
among the hest known e 1 -Te spent to inquire into the matter.
$G00,000 on the cup races alone. Efe called upon the postmaster,
Col. McCalniont is another English -?nil, stating' the cause of his visit,
man, a rival of Sir Thomas, who asked why no mail had. been sent
Spends a • fortune mr the water. out. The postmaster pointed to a
Aside from the royal yaretsnmu of big and imarly empty mail bag
Europe, it ha e been estimated that hanging ap in a corner, and said :
the eighteen millionaires interested "Well, I ain't sent it out, 'cause
in. this sport spend about $20,000,- don't you see, the bag ain't 118-
000 & year on their craft, and that ,wheres nigh full yet !"
JusT A LITTLE Too LATE. .
His knock on the door of a, or-
toin house was answered by a de-
mure little woman, and he felt quite
sure of a cold Lite as he led oil
with
-Madam, do not think me 'im-
pertinent, but let me ask if it so
happened that you had a son wan-
der away from the family fireside
years ago '?"
3 did,'j she relined, as she
opened the door a little farther.
"He went out into the world and
became a wanderer o'er the face of
the earth ?"
be did." e
"Days and weeks and months ran
into ‘years and you heard no word
of him? You knew not whether he
lived or died ?" .
"As you Say, I knew' nothing,"
replied the woman, as she stood in
the door and looked fixedly at the
tramp.
"Well, ma'am," he continued, 'T
don't want to raise any false hopes,
but -but-----"
"But you are just a little too
late 1" she finished, as he swallowed
the lump in his throat and tried to
wipe away a tear. "My wandering
son returned about two hours ago,
and is nolv taking a soak in the
bath -tub. Had you called early this
morning, you know----"
"Then the situation is filled ?"
"Just my luck, ma'am; but, of
course., you are not to blame', for it.
I congratulate you and your Wan-
dering son, and will bid you good
day and try the family next door."
Mrs. Mann. -``Tommy, you have
been a very naughty boy ! When
your papa comes home shall I tell
him about you ?" 'Pommy-. '1 think
mamma, it will be more interesting
if you remind him of those happy
days wheat your loves were young
arid fresh. A man likes in hear
sweet things when'he comes home at
night, tired and weary."
"`I suppose," he ventured, "that
you would never speak to me again
if I were to kiss you ?" 'Oh,
George," she exclaimed, "why don't
you get over the habit of always
looking at tbe dark side of things?".
His (Trace was not quite twenteofour
when he placed the ducal cortniet 04
the brow of Miss Consuelo Vander-
bilt; but the lire,. and great Putei
of Maritenough, when he espoused
the femme Sarah Jeziniuga, wee
wen over thirty.
Turning otore pages nada bow-
eeer. *and coming toe a period an-
terior to that even of the last-
Sualtnlateedeee.Te.",:rgtte. teree,f4utodes othl4
eighteen when he married the far -
omen' daughter. Mine Hathaway ;
and Shelley was nieetten, John
Bunyan nineteen. tad 'Southey
twenty-one when they married.
munce, pure and eimple, carried the
tilBettitleoartlet.ide particular Period of
British history sentfinent and ro-
day, and with them the hearts al
elatrirnonial talks were totter re -
;Tritiated two centuries or so after-
wards when eelebtitits of tbe
den and Johnson type nourished.
Dryden was nearly thirty-thret
when. he espoused the role of Benin
dick; whereas Rutlyard Kipling was
about ten years younger tban thai
when he embraced the nuptira state
Pr. Johnon was forty-six Netter
he married. the Widow Porter; but
the present day wizard or Fleet
street. Sir Francis Cowley Burnam,,
editor of "Purich." was only just
turned twenty-one when he "ran III4
neck into the matrimonial neose."
THESIS COMPARISONS
are interesting, if only to show the
wealness of popuino teliefe, more
particularly with respect to mar-
riage :statistics. Here and there you
may, perhaps, Ond a dietinguished
man or two who failed to put in 8.11
appearance at the altar -rails till
contemporaries of the same age had
been nitrated for :Imo five or six
years.
nhe Speaker of the House ol
Commons was one of these. Mr.
Guity was thirty when he married,
Carlyle was thirty, E'dmund Burke
was twenty-eight, and Archbishop
Temple was actually lifteente before
he asked Miss Beatrice Lascelles to
be his wife.
Again, the present Viceroy of Tn.
dia-Lord Curzon -was in his thirty-
sixth year when to °leered hinted)
to Miss Leiter, of Washington; while
a. predere.ssor in the Goveruor-Gen-
eralship of Intlia-Lord Lansdowne -
was only twenty-four when he mar-
ried the daughter of the Duke of
Abercorn.
What, perhaps, has given .rise to
the idea Oat men are marrying
later nowadays than formerly is the
fact that whilst the King was
twenty-two when be led the then
Princess Alexandra to the altar, the
Prince of Wares wae nearly twenty-
nine when he married Princess May.
Averaging the ages of the younger
men mentioned in. this article, the
favorite marriage age appears to bo
twenty-four.
4.
BEYOND THE BEACH OP .LAW.
An English tourist in the High -
lauds tolls a story which illustrates
the rights and privileges of the in.-
dividual against even the dictates
of the law. ri'ho man was trevelling
by rail in the north of Scotland.
At one of the stations four farmers
entered the compartment. •
'They were all big, burly men, and
corapletely .filled up the seat on the
one side of the compartment. At
the next station the carriage door
opened to admit a tall, 'eadaverouS
whese girth was about
that of a lamp -post:
lite elideavoreil to wedge himself in
between two of the farmers, and
'Sadler; it a difficult oseration, he
sa,id to one of therm "Piccuse me,
sir, you must move up a bit ! Each
Seat is intended to accommodate
five persons, and according to act
of Parliament you are entitled to
only eighteen inches of space."
"Aye, aye, my friend," replied the
farmer, 'that's a' very guid for
you thet's b)en built tha.t way;
but ye canna blame me if I ha' ne
been construckit according to act
of Parliament !"
--
The value of the present Britisl
Crown is put at '1.13,000.
The famous Siamese twins well..
born in 1811, and died in 1874,