HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-6-22, Page 3iii(INGS FROM PARIS.
A Prison Abbe's Experience of Celebrated
Criminals Who Were Guillotined.
QUEER COLLECTION 01? OLD BONES,
Peculiar Meanie in etc elms de noulogne
—A. Bureau of lerofessional Jail Diells
—aertune Tellies: to be a renal
seirenec—Vie mantis mortuaires.
LL the bean monde
IP' of Pads assembled to
do honor to the ob-
eequies of the Duo de
Mortemart at 81.
Philippe idu Rowle.
The Duke j ust de-
ceased married Mille.
de Leurencin in 1829,
and lived to keep his
"diamond wedding"
i,ee,.mao'" with her five years
dennago. His two claugh-
e. tors are the Dowager
Marquise de Leguithe
and the widowed
e. mem) Countess Louis de
..eatenies Merode. Mortemart
retied from the army after the contusion
of the Franco-Prussian war, but bonnie
deputy for Villefrenche and took muoh in -
•tend in politics. Up to the very end he
retained nearly all his feculties, wibh the
exception of his sight, which failed so much
for several years past that he lived a very
retired life. Mortemart had entered upon
the 901h year of his age when a brief attack
of influenza terminated his life last week.
GOLGOTHA INA BOX.
An old box in the lumber room of the
Louvre Museum, instead of containing
archives as was suppond, haa been found to
be full of raw jawbones, shoulder blades,
shanks, ribs and vertebrae. Among the
debris there are the scapula of Hugues
(lapin the thighbone of Charles V., the shin-
bones of Charles VL and Emends I., the
vertebrae of Charles VII. and Charles IX.,
the ribs of Philippe le Bal and Louis XII.
and the lower Jawbone of Catherine de
Medicia. The authentioiby of these relics is
proved by papers also found in the box.
Nobody in tee museum knows how the
bones got there, but it is supposed that they
were sent to the Tuileries alter the viola-
tion of -the royal tombs at ,Saint -Danis in
1793, and that they were thence conveyed
.to the Louvre. Another jawbone found
with the lugubrious collection is -vaguely
supposed to have been that of Anne of
Austria. A shinbone of Cardinal de Betz
is also included. Should the authenticity
of the relics be fully established, they may
be sent by special Governmental decree to
the Abbey of Saint-Denis.
LUTETIA-S GOSSIP .ALLEY.
One of the most pleasant lounges in Paris
where one can enjoy the open air and find
amusement at the same time is the avenue
'du Bois—avenue de l'Imperatrice of Second
Empire days. At any hour and many times
In the oourse of the day the stranger will
never fail to meet with something to interesb
him. In the morning it is a regular. Kinder-
zgarten in the literal acceptation of the
word. Nothing bub babies, wet -nurses and
nunse-maide. The wet -nurses are a robust
lab of women, dressed in gorgeous colored
cloaks and still more gorgeous caps, with
long tails of ribbon falling to the ground.
ab is very easy to pick up acquaintance
with them, and when bhe ice is Gnu broken
•they become very communicative, telling
all about themselves, their mistresses and
their masters.
THE HARDUP'S CLUB.
Bub babies and wet -nurses are not the
only objects of interest in the Avenue du
'Bois. At the entranoe to the avenue on the
•left is what is called the der& des Panes,
'which translated, means "91e Hardup
People's Club." This gathering is held
under the magnificent verdant foliage of
Lour rows of chestnuts, which were recently
In all the glory of full bloom. It is sup-
posed to be frequented by persons who
cannot afford a carriage to drive to the
wood, and yet who want to see, and, above
ell, to be seen. The accommodation con -
mists of area and other ohairs, which aro paid
for at the rate of two and four cents a
sitting, and the plebeian bench which costs
nothing. Mavriageable young ladies,
elanked by a superb chaperon—generally
sthe mamma or an aunt—muster there in
force, on the keen look -out for a lord and
master. Men also frequent the spob. They
,are of all ages, from the pert, downy-
adolenent, fresh from college, to
the mado-up roue. Every ote there is
swell -dressed and impecunious, and the one
ksex exerts all its efforts to deceive the
other. Men are looking out for ladies,
melds or widows, with a dot and ladies are
In search of husbande.
PROFESSIONAL JAIL BIRDS.
The French are a practical people. For
many years it bas been the custom tor the
more exploreve Pathan editors to keep a
" ghoat" round the corner. Generally the
," ghost" is sipping absinthe at the nearest
eagle. Bub he is the titular editor. And
-when the paper fails foul of the authorities
..and the editor has to go to jail, it is the
imbed round the corner that goo. The
poheme is convenient. justice is satisfied,
. and the paper comes on as usual. There is
Are established bureau ba the Rue Druot,
-with a register and a tariff, for the eupply
" doubles" for wealthy citizen, who are
averse from "herd labor. It does a very
;thriving buelnessi and does not limit its
'resources to catering solely for the require -
"raven of newspaper men. Any gay young
. dude, 'who falls foal of the police, can by a
, Milo judicious squaring send round to the
bureau for a substitute, wb.o, for a dollar a
day payable in advance, will take hia piece
,in prison and do the allotted time meted out
for venal offeuces. For higher green of
punishment the tariff ie a litbie znore and
• ',usually col -Pierian an exbra sum of $10 for a
auit of elothee upon release from jail.
Ai ABBE AND ins BLACK SHEEP.
• AprepoS of prison the Abbe -Femme ex-
eehisplain of Baguette, from which post he
Was removed bemoan he did not please the
,eriamthinkbag Governor, is about to publith
his memoirs, which promise to be mberest‘
ing from many points of Vi6w. He hao oh -
tallied the consent of the Archbleleop
Paris, who, in the preeenee of the number of
converge:es made vattoeg the criminode con-
demned to death, considers that "the book
will be Odd to the inneste of religion,
• the salutary banned aad. consoling Fairer
of which it will fully demonstrate I" The
Abbe, who is one Of the evell-knewn figuree
mf Paris, woe born at °lame/it-Fe:nand in
• 1833 and was ordained priests in 1857. While
. at La Roquette, whore ho officdated for
matey yeats, he conduoted o fewer that'
etineteee co:evicts) to the guillotine, among
• Whom were Wend of the mod remarkable
admirals( of modern days, such as Pranzinl,
detainee -Mt, Prado and *mud. With the
exeelabien of three or fous," all died with
exeellent llentheimite ; oral joentrouk even
Went through the ceremony of oonfirmoion
ab day o before he was executed.
Prado and Eyraud were the moot cynical.
The latter, while he was being prepared
for the villain° seid, Don't bother me
about religion ; bell my wife and daughter
to do the beet they can; that 10 all I wish
to say," Pranzini wrote at the last
moment, "the consolematen of my inno-
cence inspires me with the 'beim to have
recourse to your function, in order to
console myself for what is called the justice
of men." Duval, the Anarchist, iraidi he
would like to shake sotrabodyn hand before
he died, and thet was all, but his tiontenoe
Wan commuted, and he then, says the Abbe,
laughed sa me.
swum or wino KNIFE ON CRIMINALS.
Ae a rule the comet:Oa do nee proteet their
innocence, neither do they acknowledge
their guilt. When pushed into a corner
and hard up for an answer they get out of
their dilemma by saying; "If you don't
rein, Monsieur l'Abbe, we will change the
alibied." As regards the mysterioulfrado,
whose identity was never eeteblished, the
Abbe know no more than anybody else.
All he could get out of him was: '1 was
bornin Madrid. After finishing my studies
at the Jesuit College of Bordeaux I entered
the Polytechnic school. I theft fought on
the'side of the Cullen. That le all I can
tell you ; the rest I keep to myself." And
he died veibh his &mill eeoreb. The Abbe
is convinced that the majority do nob
tremble when they see the fatal knife before
them; they are "electrified" and appear
unconsciotte. One woman, however, distill-
guithed heraelf by skipping to up the shim-
mering blade and kissing it. She had to be
dragged away by brute tome and strapped
on to bete bunk, being livid with rage at
the hiterruption of her osoulabory devotion.
SORCERERS HAVE TO QUIT.
Fortune-telling has or so Ione a period
formed pert of the habits and oustorne of
the country, and has for so many years
flourished, without mach molestation from
the authoribies, tine it is with little leas
than consternation that a large sootion •of
the community has heard of the threatened
total prohibition of the mysterious craft.
Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed
during the last gingerbread fair at an ecliob
forbidding the exerome of their profession
by the various somnambulists of " extra
lucidity." The threab now held over the
" profession " is that all existing fortune-
tellers shall come under the operation of the
clause in the penal code which imposes a
fine upon "alt persona who shall make a
business of guessing, foretelling, or explain-
ing dreams." Such an application of the
code will take away the onapabion of hun-
dreds of middle-aged and old damn in
Paris and the Provinoes, many of vrlaom
profess to have a profound faith in their
powers of clairvoyance.
QM= SOPORIFICS.
--
Why Does the Touch of the Barber or Matti.
cure Induce Sleep?
"Let's shop a little while longer " a girl
was heard to say to a companion hi a store
the ether day, "and then well go to the
manicure's for a nap." The woman who
heard the remark puzzled over it for some
minutes, wondering if it was in jest or
earnest, and then she event to a manicure to
find out.
"Do people ever doze while they are
having their nails done ?" sha asked by
way of introducing the subject to the
young woman who was doing hers, and the
reply was very prompb.
"They do more than that. They sleep,
and deliberately come here to gob a nap.
I've more than once had to wake secustomer
when I had finished. We let them sleep so
long as their chair isn't needed, bub when it
is they have to be roused.
"1 done) know what makes the operation
so sleep -producing. I think it is more the
quiet and warmth of the room, the bigot:ay
chairs, and, perhaps, because our customers
come in here tired from shopping and ready
to go to sleep at once. Nail -trimming may
not be—like hair -brushing, soothing in
itaelf—and still three out of five go to sleep
under the manicure treatment."
A Bora Ambition.
There is, as a rule, nothing- more lofty
than the ambition of a boy of 5 who has
looked carefully over the whole range of
human elide:tan and made up his mind
what he is going to be. A lad of that ob-
servant age, known to all his kind as
"pin' on six," was wired the other day if
he expected to beoome a lawyer like his
father.
"Oh, no," geld he, with a positive shake
of his head. "I'm going to be a captain of
a big ship, and sail out west and bom-
bard the Indians on the plaine."
Lack .of Education.
Bill the Burglar (in prison)—How did yen
come te geb °aught?
Jim, the Pannum—It was all owin' to
lack o' early education.
"1 got hold of a check of a man wot's
known everywhere as the author of the
Great Amerikin Spellize •Book.' The
check was for four dollars, an' I raised it to
forty without scratchin' oub the its."
Ear -marks Very Main.
Stranger (in Chicago)—How much will
you charge to drive me aboub the town for
an hour and a hall?
Hackman --Twenty-five
Stranger—Ancl how were tillage when you
loft Nieman. Fails?
• Cultivating wee Huse.
Poet—I have here some verse:: I would
like to submit. The are nob perfect, I ad-
mit ; perhaps they want fire.
Edibor--You are quite right, sir; fire is
what they want, but the waste basket will
do just as well.
Getting Machine Revenge.
Biffere--Can't you run that type -writing
machine without making ouch a terrible
racket
• Whiffers (who has a desk •in the same
officie)—Not when I'm writing to a man
who called me a fool.
Laaubly Dis 1 rune&
"Poor old Saterox I with one leg in the
grave—"
"Yee, and that son of his pulling the
other one."
"You say you are a school teaoher and
yet have no stirnener vacation ; how is
that ?" 4' I'm a ewimmiais echool
teacher.' '
"So Mr. Heepeek has run off and loft hi
wife." "1 cion't blame him. / guess he
got tired of being boreed." "It can't be
that He ran off with the cook."
. When a man dips on a banana thin and
breaks his noir, and the courts decide the
city hot reepoasible, ib ia, a • queetion of a
pool.
A rich leadern church has se bleed With
ite 'Meditate MI a bailie of twentyithree
'Seats on the dollar, le 'won't dot however,
to take this tle o typical can. Churehes
hot usually pay then' debts: with twenty-
blieee minis eti the, dollar in money. and
beventy-moten ones in religion---Loveavit/e
Courfournat.
ASIIAINMEE AriteCtrene.
Where Duman Lives Are SaCriliceal at a
Barbarous Tyraat'S '‘Viagra.
In the eleancloned camp ati Abracrampa
there were found ghastm evidences of
great daughter of prisoners heving taken
place; end as Ammonquantene son died of
smallpox during these Meth; large nundeere
of miserable oreaturee were pub to death ae
propitiatory eaeridees to the demon -gods of
Ashantee. There west a, little lull in the
fiishting now, and at Cepo Comit all were
looking forward to the expoeted troope from
Europe. 01 au the peoples Britain on-
oountered in her many wars the most bar -
hareem were, and are, undoubtedly, the
Aehenteee. The 'superstitious practices
known as " customs " are, beyond
deseription, horrible and cruel, arieing
no they do from a gloomy, morbid creet re-
el:mit:tug the coneibion of departed soula.
By their prieebhood they ere deeply im-
bued wite doe's:Maui teat inspire political
(1mm:obtain and the imolai, degradation of the
lower classes. They are taught that
king; lorcle and chief's, rafter death, are
alone permiested by the gods to dwell in a
happy and volupbuoult statim in which,
however, they require, for the maintenance
of their dignity in the abode of epirits, Mae
attendance of a multitude of slaves. To
secure this, it is neccomary to despeacb, be-
sides their open graves, on the day of their
interment, a proportionate number of
wretehed creatures, who are usually Mama
token in war. The humbie and poor have
no future life to look to, save a dull exiet-
once in the house of the fetish -god, from
whence they never nu etioame. The
king, and all his people dote
on speobaoles of bloodshed; thus
thoueande of prisoners of war, who other -
wilts might be kept alive for thine:waken of
Brazil and Cuba, are doomed to cruel deaths
on every occasion of festival or solemnity.
"Each miserable victim, isuitead of 'being
gagged, is prevented from spooking or cry-
ing out by a couple of knives damn:through
both his cheeks to hold down his tongue.
There le a dance of triumph around him, in
which the higheeb spectators will join,
brandishing their weapon, while shouting
and singing with fierce delight. The death -
drum and death -gong are beaten, witli a
rattle of human skull's and bone suspended
from the death -stool. His majeaty gives
the word or command, and the victim's
head la cloven or chopped off by a blow of
the exeoutionerre ponderous knife."
At the obsequies of the queen-moth.er the
execution of 3,000 slaves is requisthe, and
the butchery aiwaye begins with young
women aud gide. The chief templeo of
their dreadful gode and the dwellings of
their barbarous high-prieifts are ab a place
called Bantama, half a milafrom Coomaesie.
• Before the grand altar stands a huge vessel
• of brass, five feet in diameter, resting upon
the figures of four lions. "This forms bhe
•bath or drinking bowl of the Asbantee
Molooh, and it is sometimes filled to the
brim with human blood !"—Britisla Battles
on Land and Seca.
Educate for Farmers.
We are jast a libble afraid that our high
pressure system of edumetion is not giving
the practical results that are mosb desirable.
Sena a boy to a High School, with the oast
iron curriculum that is prescribed, and he
is at once made a candidate for an arts
course or some of the profession:a. These
schools, as a rule, are run Inc the glory the
clever onee can, through cramming and
coaching, bring to the teachers ab the ex-
aminations.
Little or no regard is had for bhe
welfare of the soholem, only the glorifica-
tion of -bhe wheel and teachingstaff is
the end to which the present High School
system directs. And what is the cense-
r:pence ? Tho answer Is self-evident.
The country is swarming with educated
dudes. We are quite well aware that some
pereons will join issue with us on our con-
clusions, bob let us inquire, where do the
boys who are trained at the High Schools
"turn up at?" Not at the heels of the plow,
truly. Neither their studies nor their incli-
nations direct them. thither. Twenty years
ago the boys were educated for the farm
and the result was that an excellent class of
farmers was added to the working popula-
tion of this country. To -day let a farmer
give five.. boys a good education and the
chances are five to one that four out of the
five will want to leave the farm and enter
bho professions. Aro we telling the truth or
are we drawing on our imagination ? Let us
see. Go with us to our own High School—
one of the bed in the Dominion—and ask the
boys in attendance there who among them
are studyhag with bhe full intention and
purpose of engaging in farming. We have
not taken this practical meelaod of ascer-
taining the information, but we learn that
at the ensuing departmental and univeraity
examination there will write from the
higher farms of our High School five for
university matriculation eigh.t for senior
°eying or first: olass °era:sates, bhirbeen 1or
nukr leaving or second class oerbificab via,
and bweaty-nine for primary or third clue
certificates. These ail point to the profes-
sions, but we have not heard of any who
are going to matriculate in amzioulture. We
are not reflecting on our High School or les
excellent istaff of teachers. It is the much -
lauded syshem of education that we are
criticising. For the pro-eminenbly agricul-
tural country that Canada is, with neces-
sarily a work -e -day elass of people, all its
sons must not bo d mated for the profes-
sions. We wanted:mated fertners, mechanics
and tradesmen. We want ail the educatloo
that can be aognired for everybodyer
but the ednoation mud be iri the direction
of making thetn ineelligent workmen and
protiteble citizens. The conviction fe grow -
bag upon us daily that bop are melting a
tremendous mistake in leaving the ferni,
Get the education, boys, but stick to the
ar et. --Rowmanuille Statesman.
In Berlin no audatal may be killed, under
a heavy penalby, (inept at the municipal
slaughter house. Every animal le nob only
subjected to a eine ;scientific investigabion,
but specimens of iter blood and tisanes are
examined under powerful microscopes,
forty-five lady aticroseepista, with eyes
trained to the wink, being coestently em-
ployed.
The soul has a duty to iteelf and a dub
to obhere. A human being is compelled to
educate itself. It ia obliged and bound by
a most imperative dirty to develop itself to
the ubmbet of ite natural remarries, and
make the most of what God bee designed
and made poseible for it. But its tinty dose
net rest hero. It hoe anaether duty to its
fellow-beinge, and me must helphis
brothers. So ntaukind has the double duty
of self-oulture and self-sactifice.--Bishop
Brooks.
An, excellent) testimony to the merit of the
new ()piton' of commuting the refuse of a
city'e street') is reported trom Madras,
India, whore a now electric tailway plinat Is
about to be put into etiolation. There will
be three or four emeill power enitione, and
et oath of therm the boiler furnaces will be
built on the dear:idol, principle, with the
idea of tieing the ebroet rabbit& as a fuel,
it) is expeeted thee about 600 eadloads
day will be columned, and time Mem
etreetre end cheap electric light end power
will be eocured at the tame time,
THE [HOUSEHOLD
CORNER.
Parearaphe of Interne to Beery Thrifty
• HotteeWife,
4tommie, OR the hot weather
e now approve:thing
nothing is more
s%wPhoPht:sbomizeillbghen oar
dainty malad. Here
gaer
are weihafevr
otuple, te-
obher dishes, to snit
the most mocleet
puree and most
fastidious appetite.
CELERY $AL AD. ---
. Cut up celery into
small pieces till
there is a pint. Pat
in a 000l place and
\ Aowe with a boiled
droning, as fol-
lows : One talole-
epoonful nib, one
tablespoonful of sugar, two tableepoonfule
Wad oil, taro teaspoonfuls mustard,
three aggro, one cup of mein one cup of
vinegar. Mix the risen sugar and mustard
together. Add to them the eggs well
beaten, then the vinegar and, after diming
well, the milk • cook in a double boiler for
20 minutes or till thick 08 boiled cuatard.
SHRIMP Sitram.—Shrimp salad is a useful
and pretty dish. Shell a sufficient quantity
of freshly boiled prawns, taking care to pre-
eerve the coral, whioh pati aside for garnish-
ing toreeenily. Pile up the prawns in the
oentre of a dish, pour over them a thick
mayonnaise sauce in which a sheet of gela-
tine has been dissolved. This causes it to
adhere better. Round the base of the
pyramid arrange a ring of capers, next these
a ring of yolk of egg which has been rubbed
through a aieve, then a ring of chopped
white of egg. Garnish with spraya of cher-
vil and sprinkle the top of the pyramid
with the.coral. Shrimp, lobster or remains
of cold salmon can be utilized in this way.
A good Memonnelse is made thus: Beet
up the yoke of an egg and add a teaspoonful
of freshly made mustard, then olive oil.
"With caution hand thot grudges what it
spills," about two tablespoonfuls, then a
tablespoonfal of vinegar—Manse= is bed
--with equal notion, stirring all the time.
A glace of Chablis, Sauterne or still hock is
a greet addition. Many ladies avoid vine-
gar, believing it to be bad for the complex-
ion. In many dishrag lemon juice can be
subatituted Inc it.
The following are dishes within the reach
of any good housekeeper, however modest
her income or skill in cuisine:
A Plane Bornraker.--Melt ono table-
spoonful of butter in a granite eaucenan,
add one-half of an onion sliced. Cook until
the onion is thoroughly browned, then add
one and one-half pounds Of finely chopped
lean beef—that from the round being best—
Iand one and one -hall pints of cold, soft
water. Cover the sauceput and stand on
the back of the stove where the water will
slowly heat. Let it come to boiling poinb,
then simmer gently two henna Strain,
return to the kettle and bring to a boil.
Beat the white of one egg with one-half of
a cup of cold enter until thoroughly mixed.
Crush the shell and add it te the egg; add
tido to the boiling bouillon. Boil for four
minutes, sband on the back of the stove for
one minute to settle, and strain through
cheese -cloth. Be sure and wring out the
cheese -cloth in cold water before draining.
A TASTY DISH OF LIVER.
,
A !erg nice and tasty way of cooking live
le to dut.it in slices about an eighth of an -
inch thick, and to make the dish look
nicely, stamp the liver la rondo, with s.
pastry cutter, and season it with pepper
and salt, then entirely cover with eggs and
bread crumbs, and fry in clean hob grease
until a nioe golden color. Fry some very
thin slices of bacon and arrange them be-
tween the liver, and pour a thick brown
sauce round the dish, and unIese you prefer
the sauce plain you will find the addition of
a little chopped gherkin and eapere will im-
• prove it very much.
A PALATABLE VEAL STEW,
Take a five er six pound piece of veal
(leg);• let ib cook in a saucepan with four
ounces of butter till brown, then add one
• pint bouillon, let cookmgain with some oar •
• rote and °Mono. Pare and clean Immo
little carrots and onions, fry them in butter
with a little sugar, and when you aro about
• ready to serve add nine of the gravy from
• the veal. Serve hob with then vegetables
apart.
• JELLY A LA RUSSE.
Soak one-half of a box of gelatine in one-
half of a oup of °old water for a half-hour,
then cover with one oup of boiling water
and et:1r until dissolved. Add one and one-
• half cups of sugar, one cup of lemon juice,
• two tableepoonfuls of wise and one table-
apoonful of brandy. Color a delicate green
• or pink, to suit the decorations, and put
• away to cool. As soon as it begins to
harden whip with a wire beater until it is
frothy' way through. Then put away in
molds preview:1y weitwitia cold water.
STRAWBERRY BISCOTTE.
Strawberries are in now, and will soon be
cheap enough to indulge in to the heart's
contenb. A tasty preparation is a Mande.
It is made as follows: Break four eggs,
put the whites in a svetipping bowl and the
yolks in a basin, add one-half a poand of
• powdered sugar to the latter and work them
• with a. spoon for five initiates; then add one-
half pound of flour, two egg% a small
pinch of salt; mix the whole thoroughly ;
weip the white* of the egge and add them
to the pasta Take a copper baking sheet,
• having a raised edge, and line it with paper;
Reread in., pests on its to a three-quarters of
att inch thickneen and bake in a moderate
• oven. When the paste Is done take lb out
of the oven andiput it on a sieve to cool. Out
the paste in pieces two and one-half Molten
long, one nieh wide. Make some straw-
• berry icing as follows : Rub one-quarter
• pound of strawberries through a sieve into
basin and add eufficient finely sifted
auger to form a ebiff paete. Spread the
icing on the biscottes, put them in the oven
• for two minutoo to dry the Ming, and put
them no. a etevo to cool.
tonne Fon CAKES.
• You may have had troubltain melting
icing. The hollowing plea will ensure ove
• OW) will stiit you if cionly adhered to.
• While X ma give clirectiens for the same
• only prectice will Make you an: adopt in
• whet is really 4 &Senn thing to mown.
plait : Break the 4:gg, ()medially, sa neer
the centre of the shell as possib/e. &Taw,
ate the yolk frem the whits. Put tbte
white, unbeaten'in a WW1. Pill
one half of the shell • with Water
and add to the white. The rule calls
for one-half the white in water, and thie
way of measuring epproximato 'that quen-
tity at nearly as poseible. Have your con-
fectionere auger rollea and sifted. Mix the
• White of the egg and Water with e fork._ Add
ono teeepeenetul of lemon juin and the
eager, etirriag all blie while until it is the
proper coneieteney. This is the part that
neede ensectice, aa the icing harden when
sot ewey, eo omit not be too stiff When put
on the seke. Whese nicely tnede, Mile Ming
will haVe5 at yoti &elm, it (ley coating on
top and be twit awl breathy netalerPeath. If
wet all used the day it th made, lt can be ad
away, covered, and, by Xemoving the top
orusb which forms in the bowl, need nieely
two or three days after.
EES RIM= AND CLIMB.
now to Reels Them ilEagraver'S
Recipe.
End/mere, designers and workers of fine
embroidery are apt to be troubled with, con,
gelation of tho corner of the eye and inflamed
Ride. Oeuerally this does nob Interfere
Materially with their power of vision, bu
it given them a moat unpleasant expression.
An oid engraver told a Philadelphia Record
writer his experience with hie eyes, and
how he cured therm
a Occaelonally," he said, "my eyewould
become so inflamed that I could not use
them. Then I tried applications of cold
tea leaves, extract of witch hazel and
sometimes vvent to a physician aria
had my eyes leeched. If 1 went to sleep
with cold be leaves on my eyee the leave
wouM become dry, act as a poultice and
melte my eyes worse. Leeching, while
affording a temporary relief, increased the
taiudenoy to ongatition. Witch hazel was
the beat remedy, but often would Afford no
relief whatever. Nearly every engraver in
our establichment was afflicted as I was,
sorra of them toeing three weeke' work in a
year. Scone went to eminent oculists,
others remaiued in darkened rooms for days
et a time.
"Finally, about five years ago, one of
our engravers went to a leading New York
oculist, paid him $15 and received a pre-
aoription which cost him five cents to have
a druggist pub up. Ib cured his eyea like
magic, and he told us about it. We all
laughed, for we had grown tired of bearing
aboub remedien, and had no faith. The pre-
scription tailed for a 'saturated solution
of powdered borax.' For five cents
you can buy enough at a druggist's to hest
you for menthe. Pat a heaping tablespoon-
ful in an ordinary tumbler of pure ;water
and let it thoroughly dissolve. Then apply
to the eyes with the lingers; never use a
sponge or cloth. Let it dry on the eyes.
Use ib &se before retiring and after rising,
or at any other time.
"1 was induced to try it and have used
ib freely, sometimes four or five times a day,
for tout years. It is no exaggeration to say
that it acts like magic. I have no further
trouble with congested eyes, and haven't
lost a day from work in four yeare. My
daughters and their young lady companions
uas ib beforegoing to parties and after their
return, and their eyea sparkle. The borax
le a mild aetringent, °entracte the congested
bind vessels, end sends the blood into its
natural channels."
ARITHMETIC IN CAMBODIA.
Their Curious Method of Placing Figure
for Addition and Subtraction.
The arithmetic of the Cambodians differs
vaatby from that of other nations. In the
first place their system of enumeration is
gaintecimal by counting up to 5, as:mouille,
pi, heye, boun, pratn (I, 2, 3, 4, 5) then
going on with prammouille (or 5 and 1, and
soon)-
loaddition the Cambodian does not yenta
his numbers in columns below each other.
No matter how many numbers he may have
to add, he please the first two beside each
other, as : 247,372 53,723 j with a vertical
line to the right. The addition is made and
the result set down beside the vertical.
Hader this &et total he writes the next
number, and adds the two, drawing
another vertical line ab the side with the
result as before stated until all the numbers
have been added. While the process is a
somewhat leogthy one, miatakee are discov-
ered at n glance. Their method of subtrac-
tion is also quite complicated. Supposing
that 657,869 is to be subtracted from
786,422, the operation which the Cambod-
ians pursue is es follows :
657,869 128,553
78
Fmet of al1i6;42wi2111be seen that the leaser
nurxo er is written above the greater one,
and the opere.ttort is begun at the left Six
from 10 (says the Cambodian, employing
the 10 as a fictitious number) leaves
4, and by adding 7 (the first
tieure in the greater number) he
has 11, and 10 frotte 11 leaves 1, the
first figure in the rest.. Then he goes on to
say 5 from 10 !mem) 5, and 8 is 13, 1 from
13 Neves 12, thus giving the first two
figures of the rest In this complex way
tte reandeder is at last definitely obtained.
Iu rualtipty twig the multiplier is placed
above the multiplicand, and each figure in
the multiplicand re multiplied by each one
iu the multiplier, thus producing an in-
numerable emmuut of small series, which
tent thee be added in the same mariner that
boa been hown above.
The method of division is just as corn-
• plieeted, hut eneugh has already been said
tet ehow thab the arithmetic of the Cam-
bodians is not particularly brilliant for its
simplicity.
theOxt Fast Train.
IX was a vory slow train, indeed, and the
tree:ellen men remarked to the conductor—
" Would snore be any objection to my get -
Oita off eine oar right !IOW 1"
" my dear sir, Ws in motion."
" dornG 't ix. But I thought I'd like
to look et to from the outside and see if 1
ceret tea which way it is going."
There is g.eet commotion at Hue, says
the 1-10114 Kong Daily Press. The young
King Fteipeeel net of the palace the other
day,
we 1..r s. riekehe ride aud indulged.
00 OSLO tbeeish praeks. The Court was
eeervietize1, etel the Council of 'Regency
rai 10 is .411i, magi -old. The arrival of IL
Lonessan is 4w,,,tled to efiraightee matter*"
ep again. The Meng is a little over 15
years of t1.48, and has three wives. His meri-
ted respoombilittea, however, do not seem to
have subdued h s boyish opirit. —Bangkok,
(Siam) 2in2es.
The electric railway of Sti. JoSeph, Mich.,
Ib is said, will require Ma motormen and
oenductors to give bonds holding them re-
peat They will also be asked to give
bonds for their punchee and the cash they
through neglect or carelessness on their
sai:rortuyi.ble for any damage that may occur
A dentiet accidentally dropped a handful
of arbificied teeth on the floor of a cable car
yestenbey, A countryman who entered
soon after, viewed the floor with horror and
lied froin the oar. " It'e getting ter be
putty bad ridine when they shake the teeth
out er yer head," he observed to the eon-
clnet6r. CLEVER. WOMAN.
The dress refermore WOuld baVe gowns
Ilade higher et the throat,
And shorter at the lower end—
A kind of petticoat.
The gentle dames are shrewd enough -
011, they hem) Mining got ;
A 8toolting they be padded,
But
it neraWny xleia
cltenavneoncet.
_citv ThurntL
deteh believe we will be able to take
meet vacatiort tins year., mey uear, said a
downtown physielau of small practice to his
wife, " "Tibias what,
hubby 2" she &eked eagerly. " Veloae we
have a good waterettelon seaeon," he re -
A PAIMIAN AT Tag PAM
A route rrenclanan, Describes mis Efelierte
What reiMerabou
inle Cchiclgr°; I Hemreq4 t
Those foreets cut down, those swampea,
those never-ending swamps 1 Yon own
imagine that it is the day after the Deluges,
And that lasts twenty-four hours, at thO,
end of which you behold a spectacle ale
heartrending as the first one. Rails mule
tiply until there are now it huudred of theme
Upon these mile pass ehriekinge with sad-
neeS In the sound, einguler engines, which
puff in your face their carboniferoue breath.
In a moment you are as )31.SOk as a chimney
eweelie Aild then there le the ram, whine
transferals into mud what used to oe dude
The train dope and we are thrown into -
Chicago. Carriages carry US iPt0 the heart
of the town, while leaders handle our bag-
gage more seeragely than I have ever Been
baggage handled anywhere in the world.
By whoa road we Came I don't know, but
I will weer that the pavement upon which
we ride has nothing in common with a
Mired. Pavements ! What 1 Bang
You jump up in the alr 1 What is it ? A
heap of planks that you find thrown in the
middle of the road to capsize your vehicle.
"Driver, how much do I owe you 2"
" Eight dollars."
Forty francs for a half honest drive
That's nothing. It appears that Mr. Van-
derbilt always takes the oar or the elevated.
Ile le right, otlaerwiee hilt femme would not
be enough to pay his cabmen.
Here comes the manager of the hotel 1
He receives me with hie hat on Ma head, as.
if I were hie servant or an intruder. With
some trouble I find a bed on the eleventh
story for go a day. Board is not included.
I do not look pelf I were quite satisfied, and
the manager says to me :
ik
waii5yo(usiaer.e) not sabisfied you can take a.
I resign myself to the situation, and is
order to refresh myself ask for a glass of
eau sueree. I am given a bill like tide
"Otto glue of eau sucree, 20 cents; com-
mission, 10 cents." Decidedly living is very
dear.
Inthe railroad car is the sign, "Smoking
:sob allowed." The natives do not smoke"
but they chew tobacco, and as this practice
dimulates the salivary glands they wet your
boots with a dexterity that does hoaor to
them ea judges of diatance.
That is what happens to you when yew
have taken your seat. But the greater part
of the time you are compelled to remain
standing in the middle of the car or upon
the exterior platform or upon the foot-
board. Sometimes there are eighteen upon
the platform and six upon the footboard.
Behold the celebrated " comfortable Amer-
ican !"
"South Park 1 Midway Plaisance
Here we are at the entrance to the exposi-
tion! 1 step upon the landing place, glad
to get rid of these beasts, and I
almost dislocate my back in passing
to the street upon a stairway without ban-
nisters. I wade for five minutes in a muddy
swamp and I en this word "Entry," near
which stands a gentleman in unitorm.
" Your ticket ?"
"Here ib is."
"Phis admission ticket is not available."
" It is what your administration has given
me as a French exhibitor."
"Alt the same to me."
"What most 1 do ?"
"
M'Hy stfliaibdIt°11112'r'"
stsaoeb me a good deal and
can afford a half a dollar more. Then I get
into the exhibition. Ah! quelle soiree 1 De-
cidedly the famous M. Alphand has never -
been in this eitm. A new lake, grander
than Lake Michigan, stretches at our feet.
cIatniel a lake of mud and I wade as far as I
SIMMER BEVERAGES.
Iced Lemonade, Strawberry Sherbet, Cur
rant Shrub, Raspberry Vineg EU%
The secret of delicious summer beverage:se
says the " Ledies' Home Journal," is their
Minns. They may be unwholesome in
their frigidity, but in this way only " their
ten virtue lies." Iced tea and coffee are
probably the lease injurious of summer
drink. To prepare the former, pour a cap
of freahly.bolied and boiling water over
three teaspoonfuls of tea, set to steep, when
add one quart of freshly -boiled water..
Five minutes later strain into an earthen
jog, and vshsn cool—not lukewarm—add
one or two large pieces of ice. Serve -with
O large quantityof finely -chopped ice, gramm
leen sugar and then slices of lemon. If
ic?d cofiee be desired, make a fresh pot of
very strong coffee. and when cold serve with
large quantitise of ice and auger; oream la
but seidom used.
ICED LEMONADE.
Cut three lercons into halves, remeee the
seeds and ,squeeze into e. large jug. Add
whatever quantity of huger you desire, a
large quantity of ice a,nd one quart of water.
Stir thoroughly end serve in tumbler,, the
edgest of whose rims have been wet from
the squeezed lemon halves and. afterward.
inverted 'into a bowl of pulverized or
granulated sugar. Limeade and orangeade
•tray be made in the seam way, allowing
• then limes or three oranges to the quarts
of water.
STRAWBERRY SMIRBET.
Mash to smooth pada one quart of freeh
berries, to which s.dd the juice of one lemon
and three pleat ef miten Let it stand for
three hours, when strain ib into three-
quarters of a pound of white sugar. Stir
until tbe eager le thorougbly dissolved, when
stralu a second time, and keep in ice for a
few hours before uning.
CURRANT SHRUB.
Mesh eufficient currants to give a (mere
ef liquor, first through a cearse reeve and
then MU ough a muslin beg, and to ebb) add
°tie quart of water and sugar to mato.
Strain after the sugar is dissolved and ice
well before drinhing.
RASPBERRY VINEGAR.
Pour a quart of good cider vinegar over
two quarts of raspberries, and after cover-
ing closely set aside for forty-eight hours,
At the end of this time drain the liquid and
pour it over a third quart of berries and sob
aside for another fortymighb hours. Sensing
through a muslin bag, and to every pinb ef
liquor add one pound of sugar Boll slowly
for five mihutes, remove the scum, let cool.
for fifteen minutes and bottle. A table-.
spoonful of this, added to a glom of iced
wenn makes a most refreshing drink.
Blackberry and strawberry vinegare ere
made in the same =Linn
"And now," said the ooming graduate,
as he drew for $50, "the Old man's been
outtin' tip hie ehinee latdy ; I hunt put a
check on him." "Maria," said the old
man, as he looked dreamily oat on the land-
scape painting, "shut that door ; thereat it
draft °main' in,"
Leave an order for work with a MOM and'
tell him that you are in no partioular hurrn,
and he Will do it that day.
There are ift round enethews 1,000,000
petitioners in the United Stake, and needy
twenty date from the Revolutionary War.
alwaye know 13 wes an unittelty mine
ber b dinnort" remarked liloblee, As hie 12,
neepanione filed on end lefb isbn to netts
their some.