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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-8-24, Page 2THE F3RUS ELS F")S'i'. trewswasessiestemattemeras WIT ARD WIS.UON "I Thought You'd be Beautiful 1" I Dainty Dishes. Canadian Indians at HOMO - " chopped and test u , t tidy half oup of Y p I f engin. one 1 p " See hero, Brown, you took that umbrella their abort the hors, al ,i opportune of o uga p p their favorite notate, Miss Aloott was nosed with the egge and sugar. Use in constantly appealed to for photographs of layers as for jolty cake, herself. A friend of hers told me the other I To Cooit Ecus,—For Salad they should bo day an amusing anecdote. One very busy put into told water and allowed to cook ton day, after freeing various strangers, oath of minutes after they come to the boiling point, whom had a variety of regrets to make,'aud, as soon ae cooked, should be put tato there mune another summons to the draw.. oold water until they boom cold. By this ing-room—" A lady and a little girl." At mode they do not turn blank, Children, I imagine, always hove an ideal , FEoselau.—•Whites of two oggs, ono cup The inmates of this I0(1100 home were h ra es art of the scone. Tbo women were squatting on the floes, some oroeslegged like Tucker, others sitting on Ono foot as a eeebion, or on their teat turn• ed inward under them, or on their bates' and heels, They wore quite creel), yet easy, in tholes attitudes, fro comfortable as we are upon luxurioue furniture. One of them ohenged hor dress by detachments at my elbow. The men were waiting for dither ;, one alopt curled up in a heap near the wall ; another sag lion on f • and the other two thefloorbyhis wife h N lay atretohod acpoas the opposibe end of the lodge. The children showed a remark• able capacity fop stowing themeolvee away in grotesque simper; in nooks and corners, whence they stared at me with black both - like eyes nue expressionless as those of animals. Msanwhile the people kept up a general oonveraattou in their ton tongue; their voices wore low, oven in laughter, and oxprreelye of a kind and ooneiderate nature. l on notice a good deal of abrupt. mess in their balk • but this is due to their language, in whioh you hear many inarti- culate greats, short, breaker) infieations, and long, disjointed, unmelodiouo words, Bub when they talk French, whioh the most of them anderetaud, their speech is quite agreeable. I tried in many ways to engage the quarrel in oonver0ati0n in this Iaugue, but they turned to me a deaf ear, or else their husband's. It seems that the missionaries advise the tribe to have but little intercourse with whites • they will often pretend not to understand you, or will grant your roqueeb without replying to your speech. The dinner meanwhile had been prepared by one of the aquawe. She set out amambas of plates on the floor, and Louis invited me to eat of their stewed ducks. I accordingly settled from the chest where! eat to the floor, Oily the men mane uo the meal ; for tt is the custom among them to serve the men first ; the women, having leas exposure and travel to endure in the winter, ooneider their needs as secondary ; they will absolute• ly last when provisions are Beane. And yet, notwithstanding their extra nourith- meet, in times of starvation the men always auooulob first. We helped ourselves from the kettle ; and when we had fiaiahed, two of the sten rolled up into heaps and went to sleep. The women, children, and dogs then gathered about the dishes. Each one had an attendant dog at her elbow, ready for any emergency. The meal was social and pleasant, with good-uabured talking, and manners quite deferential. But the dogs were an aggressive element. They were eager and unscrupulous; if a hand remained too long away from the plate a dig captur- ed the contents. Now and then a yelp, or orosuendo of ire on the word " ahwfe," broke the calmness of the conversation. The dog of the prettiest maiden kept advancing his nose toward her plate, and she kept pounding his head with her spoon till he conoluded to retreat. Another our sat very quietly for some time beside a child ; but at last he rose in open rebellion and rushed to the plate. The child aoreamed, spoons flourished be the air; and finally the dog settled beck In his haunohes with a revenge• ful snarl. When the women had finiahed their meal they sat still and let the doge struggle over their laps, and take possession of the enbire culinary department. After setting things to righta the wotnen resumed their sewing on the floor, and I left them chatting away the afternoon, more happily than many of our care -worn house.keepera in their palaces of taste and educated die - content. from my orate, and I want it." "I know did, but this umbrella belongs to Sitith," " What if it does 1 I stole it first." A now song is called " My Mother's Hand." 11 is probable a sequel to " Mean. ma's Slipper,' m and when introduood among the children " there's musio in the hair," Visitor (to convict) —What are you in for, friend? Conine—Bigimy, sir ; four wives, Visitor—lour life meet be very sad, (:on- vLot—It isn't as tad as the ]fee i led before 1 came here. A difllsalty. She—" Pete, dear, I wonder what we shall look like in heaven?" He— " We shell doubtleae ail be very beautiful, Deckle." She (innocently)—` Why, how shall we know each other 1" Algernon (his first western trip)—Aw, I suppose you see a good many queer people 'round here, don't you Native—Waal, yes, stranger—when the trains from the East come iu. Hanover Squeer—" It would be a good thing for that young Jack Dorr if the conceit were knooked out of him." Park Rowe— "Great Scott l There wouldn't be enough of him left to hang clothes on I" "Ali the man aro not fools anyhow," snapped Mrs. Outlay to her husband dur- ing a little domestic discussion. "No, my dear," replied Mr. C., with true manly politeness; "no, there are a few bachelors left as samples " Brown taught his servant one day iu his bedroom making his toilet. "You don't mean to say, James, you are in the habit of doing this? Whey, you are actually using my toothbrush.' "Yes, air; but, please sir, I was careful to wash it first," Patient—" Doctor, I can't sleep at night. I tumble and toss until morniug.' Doctor —" tt'm, that's bad. Let me see your tongue, (After diagnosis): Pnysiaally, you are all right, Perhaps you worry over that bill you've owed me for the last two years." A young married couple from Texas were doing Niagara Palle, They were being ton• ducted under the falls by a guide "You meat take care now, for if you let your foot clip you will be lost." said the guide,"Jane you go on a head," said the man from Texas. An English spirit medium olaiins to have paid a visit to the planet Mara• She says that the inhebitenta of the planet are great engineers, that they are of large, powerful physique, and that the men are very hend- eems. Being a woman she does not apps ar ton eve noticed what kind of women there are in Mara. Gentlemen" Tioket Sellers, Bret the wearied hostess said she would not • C.1bAts CARES, - One oup of hot water and go down, and those around her declared oho one-half oup of butter ; boil together and. should nob. But second thought was entire. stir in one oop of flour; when cold, add ly unselfish, so aha descended to meet a throe eggs, one at time, and boat bill or• pleaaant-looking lady, who explained that'f,muy smoto !smooth. Bake in oven hot enough her little girl had beeneo anxious to meet' for any light cake about twenty minutes. Miss Aloott they had come all this way, iHam CARREL—To ono teacupful of chop - me.; the of repeated tale to which, with certain variations, the nubhorees of " Little , ped ham add two teacupfuls of bread Women" had listened so many times that orutnba two egge, pepper and salt and on, Miee) enough mak to, moisten quite wet, Put very week. While this was going them in small spoonfuls in a spider sail fry brown on both sides. Use butter or pork gravy to fry them in. TWIN BlaocrT.—One quart sifted flour, two tesepoonfule of cream -tartar, one each Aicotts gaze wandered to the child, who had bean absolutely dumb. This young parson was seated very carefully on the edge of the ohair and regarding hor hostess with an expression of painful solemnity. Something in the look of her small visitor of coda and salt, one-half oup of butter, one became rather oppressive in bine, and Mise pint of sweet milk, or very cold water. Roll Alcott said, euoouragingly, " Well, my the dough into a chest half an inch think dear, have you nothing to nay?" and cut into rounds with the bisouib cutter, Ley them into the baking pan and butter the top of each. Lay another bisouit on each of these and bake. ,&. ro omit LAYER CAKE,—Beat the yolks of five eggs and two cups of sugar ro a cream. Add to this eight tablespoonfuls of boiling water, then add the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and three and one•half cups of flour with four teaspoonfuls of baking powder in it. Bake in three layers Whip one pint of cream and one -hall cup of auger together, and spread between the loyers when told, OntoLET.—Crumb one olive of bread, soak in hot milk, all it will take up. Beat whites of four eggs to a high froth ; mix the bread to a smooth paste, add the yolks of the eggs with a teaspoon of salt. Set the frying pan on the fire with an ounce of butter, let it get very hot then mix all together lightly. Pour it into the pan and move it about for a minute ; when the bottom ie brown, set it in a hot oven until the top is set, double half over and serve, It will keep plump till tool, Warranted good. SALLY Li oa .—Four pups 0f flour, a pint of warm milk and water in equal parte, ewe tableepoonfulo of melted butter, four eggs, one oven tablespoon of sugar and an even tablespoon of emit. Sift the flour sugar and salt together, Melt the butter in the warm milk and pour this over the flour, and beat gradually until there are no lumps. Add the eggs, beaten thoroughly, and then yeast, and beat again very hard. Set in m greased pudding dish to rise over night, and bake in the same dish. Serve without re• moving it, tearing it aparb to prevent its being heavy. CrtoconsTE PIE.—One coffee oup milk, three eggs, two-thirds cup granulated sugar, two heaping tablespoonfuls grated chocolate, pinch of salt, vanilla flavor. Mix oh000lete in two tableapoonsfuls milk, stir it in the cup of milk and scald. Beat one whole egg and yolks of two with the oup of sugar. Pour the hot milk on to the egg and sugar, stirring while pouring it on. 'Bike in deep pie plate, with ono cruet. Beat the two whites to a stiff froth, add two tablespoon- fuls pulverized sugar, spread over top of pie when baked and return to oven and brown alightly. " Oh, no 1" pane in sepulchral tones ; "oh, I'm Leo dsappointed 1 I'm so distal). pointed !" ' Why, my dear!" remonstrated Miss Aloott. " Ohl" continued the wailing voice, " I thought you'd be beautiful 1" The horrified parent tried to make the child "keep still" by every panbomine and expression of countenance known to mothers • but Mise Aloott laughed, with de- light, and insisted upon the little girl being allowed to express her opinion, deolariug ib waa the most refreshing thing she bed heard in many a day. Dentistry Robbed of its Terrors. I had the pleasure of having a tooth filled by a girl dentist the other day. The word. pleasure is used to some extent ad- visedly, for there were pleasamb things about it. She waa very pleasant to look at, with brawn eyes and brown curly hair, for one thing. She was vary pleasant spoken and she had small fingers that went easily in the mouth, She was a sympathetic creature, too, and had all manner of ingenious con- trivances for making unpleasant processes ae little unpleasant ae possible. She had very tastefullyfurniehed parlors for receiving un• fortuuates, and the didn't leave Puck, or Judge or anything else oppressively funny about to remind them of their doom. There were fine pictures on the wall and soma mew books, there were art portieres and there was the girl dentist herself• She used to be Dr. Walter 0. Smith, the distinguished a clerk for an importing house, I believe, Free Church divine who has been lately writing the French and German letters for having a holiday on this side of the water, the firm. Sho clerked it till the satisfied loses hie equanimity altogether as he tette herself there was no future in that, then of whathe suffered from the "young.gentle- sae went to a dental college and now she is men" who are so anxious to ' sell tickets," establishing herself in the city. She says and who are gaffe indifferent though their she likes her business and feels thoroughly customers be ' sold" at the same time. The at home in it, and her businees, so far, seems Dr. fell in with one of this tribe for the to like her. It is her testimony that even first time at Niagara, and this youth, it in a dentist's chair a man can't resist the seems, cajoled him into purchasing a ticket temptation to try to flirt, and that she her for a lake voyage from Toronto to Montreal had big eyes enough male at her from over which made the Poet•Preaoher of Auld a big white napkin to shake any nerves not Reekie all but swear. He puts it thus in thoroughly steady. an epistle to the Scotsman:— " And what do you do in such owe 1" Now, 1 have always found the railway was the query. people civil, obliging, and ready to give all "Let him proceed till I get well started the information they could, and in every at work and then he usually hoe something way to facilitate one's progress, Let the else to think of. A man can't flirt with a traveller go straight to them, therefore, and drill getting in its fine work in a sensitive carefully avoid the tioket stalls. The young cavity. But most of my patients are woman gentlemen who keep these are supremely and children," she concluded. There are anxious to eeit their tickets, and quite indif• not more than two or three women dentists ferent to the fent that their oustomere may in New York. There was only one a year be sold at the same time. The first of them go. whom I dealt with at Niagara was very A Roos of Dwarfs. eloquent on " the splendid Riobslieu steam ships "plying between Toronto and Montreal, and the impossibility ot getting by any other means to the thousand islands and the rapids. I had my doubts, and euggested a railway whioh would have parried me ;o Clayton later in the day, but I let myself be over persuaded, for, ot course, he kuew batter than I did titan ; only, after thirty-two hours of eemi•etarvation, I know better now than to do it again. The Splendid Richelieu steamers are slow old tugs, painted white and green to make a fine show, and their tables are grandly laid out, only the food is hardly be able, and wholly indigestible. As I had to be there on Saturday, my young eloquent ticket -seller informed me that 1 could only see Lake George by leaving out Montreal entirely, and going at once on to Burlington, on Lake Champlain, from which I could get a morning boat to the south end of the lake, All this I swallowed, and thanked him for his courteous and ready information. But the thirty odd hours of the splendid steamer were too much for us, and at Montreal we found it impossible togo on without fond and rent. There, accord• ingly, we had a sumptuous meal, and were disposed to be at peace with all the world, and even to forgive the ticket man himself. These ticketsellere, in short, had evidently been the fly in the Drs. pot of ointment He returns to them again and says t They are very 'outs and sweet -spoken young gentlemen, and I noticed that they could speak to each other with their eye- lid; while they addressed me with their lips, which is no doubt a valuable a000mplish• mann, But I fancy it would serve their purpose as well in the long run to tell the plain truth, even to a simple traveller. "Young gentlemen" tioket sellers whether at Niagara, Toronto, Montreal or anywhere else, had better take the hint and hence. forth sell their tickets and give their infor- mation "on the square," They may cm- caeionally waken up the wrong passenger, even though they can "speak with theit eyelids and tip the wink all their victim's expense. The Ruby, There exists only ono true ruby, the Oriental ruby. The spiral ruby and the bales ruby must be oarefully distinguished from this valuable gem, as they do not (re- semble the Oriental ruby either in nature or composition. Mr, Bettinet says that the Oriental ruby ranks first for price and beauty among ell colored stones. When its Dolor is of good quality it has the vivid tint of arterial blood (a tint called "pigeons blood" in commerce), or of the very color of the red ray in the solar epee- trum. It is also the red color of the painter's palette, without any admixture of either violet or orange. Several of the reds in the stained glass panes of our ancient cathedrals, where the light of day shines through them, give au idea of this One of the moat striking things to be met within the earlier pages of Emin Pasha's journal is a reference to a report whioh is brought to him between Ledo and Defile, on the Upper Nile, that a race of dwarfs inhabit mountain oavea to the meat of Bolen, They are said to be only forty inches high, of a brown colour, and of great agility, to eat white ants and roots, and to shoot with very small arrows, which are poisoned, and very difficult to extract. The pigmies he was in (lined to regard am the remainder of a dwarf population which ages ago spread itself over Central Afrioa. Four years later he himself comes upon some specimens of the Akka, a pi my people divided into numerous small tribes, who lead a nomadic life in the Mon - butte oonnbry. One of these Akka "had a reddish but rather dark akin(probablydirt), was very prognathous, rather swag•bellied but exceedingly nimble. His height was 3 feet 6 inches. His whole body was covered by thick, stiff hair, almost like felt, which was especially thick on the breast." A girl 14 yearn of age measured 3 feet a bain heibath ght. These people are said to be very expert hunters, but also very vindbotive, so AUG, 17, 188&�. Nomonassomma SOLBNN1]1IFI0. How to Disinfect, Formerly it was universally believed to deodorize and to disiufeot meant the same thing—that whatever would destroy or mask the bad smells generated by filth or disease would destroy the infection, Every one now known tide to be an error. The fumes of burning sulphur are, to a oar. tain extant, very effective, and it came to be generally relied on as a disinfectant; but, according to Dr. Harrington, of the Harvard Medial School, Koch, by a long series of experiments conducted by himself and other expert's, under the most scientific conditions, has proved that sulphur fumes are wholly ineffectual againet the spores, or seeds, of miorobea, and also against the microbes themselves, except on the surfaoe of informed articles. Many other agents, also, hitherto relied on, are deolared to be worthless. The only disinfectants now recommended are oarbolio acid, ahloride of Lime and corrosive eubli• mate. The employment of these articles re. quirts good judgment, and they are not adapted to such articles as stuffed furniture, mattresses, outside clothing, eta. Steam, however, is speedily effective against all microbes and their gone, and penetrates ell bulky artiolea. Professor Harrington urges that the public authority in every olty and town should own the requisite apparatus and conduit the disinfection, since it is more a matter of axacl it that the neigbbouring tribes are glad to let thoroughness can only in this way be guar.s them have all they want for maintenance in anteed. The State would greatly gain in return for skins and feathers, the product of the end. the chase, whioh they prosecute with bows The following is the subetanoe of the reg. and arrows alone,—(Chambere's Journal, ulations for disinfection in hospitals, which are equally adapted to private preotioe Bed and body linen are to be changed daily ; other artiolea about the bed at once whenever soiled. All changed linen, bath tow- els and rubber sheets are to be immediately wrapped in a sheet soaked in oarbolio acid, ane part of acid to forty of water; removed to the rinse -house as soon as possible, and soaked six hours fn oarbolio acid of the same strength ; then the linen boiled for a half hour, and washed with soft soap. The rubber eheets to be rinsed he told water, dried end aired for eight hours. The bedspreads and blankets to be aired eight A Destit ate Swell. In the Weetmineter County Court the case of "Box 0. Westly" came on a judge msnt eummons. The olaim was £4 ISa, for boots. The plaintiff stated that the, defendant was a justice of the peace, a re• tired lieutenant, a member of the Junior Carlton Club, and had estates in Lancashire. Mowberry hall was his property. The de. fendant appeared in person, and said alt the plaintiff said was true, but in spite of that he was absolutely destitute. His property was in the market, and when hours daily it was sold he would pay his debts � Feeding utensils to be cleansed in boiling as well as he could. He had walked sixteen water immediately after being used, The miles to get to the court with nothing but' dioohargea are to be received in a bedpan a piece of dry bread. He was so badly off containing half a pint of diluted carbolic that for some time pact he had had to Holum, one part to twenty of water. The on dry bread and nuts. It was many weeks contents, before being thrown into the "hop. since he had tasted meat, It was true that por," are to be thoroughlymixed with two his subscriptions at the Carleton were paid, quarts of the same solution. but they were paid by his Mende. His� Both bedpan and hopper aro then to be estates were sold and the mortgages were in doused with carbolic add, and wiped dry. possession, and they would not allow him The patient, when soiled, ie to be cleansed anything, His honor said upon this eel- With paper, and finally with o0mprees cloth dent he should not make any order forr wet in carbolic; acid, and the paper and payment, 1cloth burned at ono,, - A Seasonable Reply. I In our broad and blessed country we have Es (from Cincinnati)—" Where shall you the Empire Oity, the Crescent City, the summer, Mies De Poyaterl" she (from Monumental Deity, h t(7bty, of the Carde s. City, iit , the Boston)— there. moo, ma, me (81 b Wo and the City of Brotherly Love; but Chioago togo there. Papa wonte us to fall in New York, but I'd A nod tical rather bids lair to win the unenviable title of tho opting there. A friend of MS autumned Dynamite City, brilliant color, The ruby is extremely hard, i in New York last year and she didn't like Some one interested in stirring up Eng- aud after the sapphire, whioh surpasses it a it at all," lish gamut has dieoovered in the ,Memoirs little in this reaped, sapphire., the hardest of pre. of Marshal Ney a record of the feet that In *Mug atone, always e'xoepting the diamond, A Littre M 1305, when Napoleon, designing the invasion to which nothing can be compared, Accor• One of the latest acpetio "fade" is a rad - devices, tvator•propeliedsteant yeoht, whioh le expected to travel thirty miles an hour and apiu terouod•an hor contra like a top if noose t li awry. One of the Englieh rogimeote is expert- ) meeting with a mucitis called a oentreayele,• whioh has four small wbaels a foot in drama• ter andone largo one in the centro. It 10. said that bhe invention makes olimbing a hill as easy for a cycler as rolling off a log. Edison saya he tries nothing that doesn't For I as treason n prombeo dollara mud cents. tta he has undertaken no eleotrioal experimeabs to devise Something to onhanee the powers of sight.Saye he t—"Iminornmyeslf only with conditions, not theories, There is no money in theories." E.lectrioiene are not agreed as to the oer- bainty of instant death resulting from an eleabrie Shook adtminietered to a condemned criminal. It may leave him in a state of suspended animation, It will be necessary, therefore, to hold an autopsy to ssearbain whether the man is dead or not, and if the electricity has not finished hint itis eiopoot. ed the surgeon's knife will. A weather prognosticator and amaturo artist of Prague bas painted a landscape col- ored with the ealts of cobalt. These oo)ove are very sensitive to moisture, and aro made mons so by mixture with gelatine. With an inoreeeine amount of moisture in the atmosphere, the blue' novena of the pic- ture imam) a dirty red hue, and the green grass and foliage, as well as the beck• ground, oto., are also strikingly changed in Dolor. A Gorman photographer, Herr Obtomar Auchultz, has saooeeded in preparing pho- tographic plates so sensitive that an expo- sure of 1 5,000 of a second le sufficient. A very small lens must be treed, so that the pictures are generally only 7.10 of an inch in length and breadth. llnlarged to en inch and a half on glees plates and rotated in a aeries of twenty-four before a Geissler tube, the *three aro used for reproducing the motions of an animal on a large omen, Five persons were imprisoned by tate saving in of a wall at a quarry ab Menem lade, near Perigeux, France, recently, and there were no means at hand to restos them. To find out where they were, a theft twelve inches in diameter was bored, down which was slid a tube, near the end of whioh was a smell camera surrounded by a battery of eleobrio lights. With this apperatua a num• ber of negatives ware taken, and the effect of the disaster shown, even to the faces of two throes. It was thus known that the men were dead, and that effort to author them would be usoleso. Now comes The London Lancet with the assertion that hanging ie the most pleasurable death imaginable and claim. ing that whore it has been tested and the viotim recuperated, he has asserted that it is refreshing, exhilarating and thrilling, and where once used the family will never be without it in the house. Tho death by hanging is a oonoomitant of congestion of the brain caused by choking. The blond forced iuto the brain causes the formation of the most beautiful pictures. Beautiful landscapes and waterfalls, green meadows and silver streams flit before the vision of the hangee, and this changes to myriads of stars moving be splendour throes the vision, and the man when reeusoitatsd grumbled at ooming away before he had Been the whole show. Conjuring in India, Indian jugglers oro fawner nota• only fete their trielce, bub for the uppercut ease and. openueee with width they perform them.. )r, Norman Misdeed dm eatless his own• fu. Ile attempt to discover how the of their cost (m1014340 hate was a000mpliahed ; Through one of my friends, 1 asked for the• well.knowu.Mdango Wok. I am told that many iuto)lfgent young men profest•to know bow it is dune, but whomever I have merle. ugniriee, I have found, to my regret, that at that mom:nt they have elwoyw forgotten, the soorOt. While the tomtcm was boating and the• pipe playing, the juggler, singing 01l the time in low aoceute, rmoothed a place in the o ore tin Ru gravel three or four y ids before a - v leg taus tampered a bed for the plant to r the pre row in,s ede pok a lana, t^overinet and it with at titin blanket. The man himselfgdid not wear a thread of olothiug, except a etrip•round the latus. The time seemed now tahavo oome for the deteotivo's eye 1 So, jest as ho was be. coming more earoeet in his aongg, and while the tointom beat end the pipe shrilled more loudly, I stepped forward, with dignity, and begged him to bring the basket and its Dover to me. He cheerfully oomplled, and I oarofelly examined the basket whioh was mode of open winker -work. I then examined the cloth covering, which was thin, alma trans- parent, and aertainly had nothing concealed m it. Then I fixed my eye0 on his strip of cloth- ing with such intentaeoe that It was nob possible it could be touched withoutdiaoov. cry, and bade him goon, fooling sure that the trick could not hummed, Sitting down, he strotohed his naked arms under the basket, singing and smiling as he did ao ; then lifted the basket off the ground, and behold a green plant, about a foot high Satiefied with our applauea, he wont on with his incantations. After having sat a little, to give has plant time to grow, he again lifted the basket, and the plant was now two feet high. He asked us to wait a while, that we might taste the fruit 1 But being assured by those who had seen the triok performed before that this result would be attained, I conformed myself "clone," without the slightest notion of the how. I examined therned. ground, and found it smooth and un - Apparently delighted with my surprise, the juggler stood up laughing, when one of his companions chucked a pebble to him, which he put into his mouth. Immediately the same companion, walking backward, drew forth a cord of silk, twenty yards or so in length; after which the juggler, with hie hands behind him, threw forth from his mouth two decanter stoppers, two shells,a spinning top, a stone, and several othefo things, followed by a long jet of fire. To Stop the Crevices in the Rookies. A gigantic scheme has been proposed by whioh the canons of the Rooky Mountains are to be dammed up from the Canadian line to Mexico, in order to form vast reservoirs of water to be used in the irrigation of arid lauds, and to prevent floods in the Mieeouri and lower Mississippi. Major Powell, DI. rentor of the National Survey, estimates that at least 160,000 square miles of land might thus be reolaimed—a territory exceeding fn extent one half of the land now cultivated in. the United Staten? The plan is to build dams torose the tonne in the mountains, large enough and strong enough to hold back floods from heavy rains and melting snows, and then let the water down as it is needed upon the land to be reolaimed. In view of the vast irrigating works of ancient Egypt, India and other oountriee, there is no doubt that such a plan le quite feasible to modern engineering skill. indeed it is very likely that some scheme of the kind will be put in practice when land beoomea morevaluable as population becomes denser. Who shall say that the great Western "desert" shall not be transformed into rioh arable lands by this means by the second centenary of Amerioan Independenoe? r� an, of England, gathered an army at Boulogne, •ding to a remark of Charles Aohard, than —Jones—I say, jStnith, 1 understand that it was daily exercised in the operation of whom a mere competent person does not ex. Brown is something of a literary man. ombarking and 'disembarking, and that it fat fn Franca, as far as oorreet appreciation Smith—Literary tau, yes. Why, Brown wee found that in ten and a half minutes Of colored preeious stones is ooneornsd, writes for the waste baskets of aoino of the 25,000 mon, witn all their stereo, ammuni• weight has not the lame effect In their mato leadiegnewspapers and magazines in the tion, artillery, and horses, wort embarked, 00 In that of the diamond, country, and In thirteen minutes were landed again, A Feminine Aeronaut, A Parisian lady of high rank has lately attracted much attention owing to a remark• able balloon ascent which she made in tom. pany with her husband. This lady, whose darling exploit deserves universal ohroniol- ing, is the Countess Chandon de Briaillen, who, in fashionable life, is famous as an amateur actress of no mean ability, and re. Gently walked away with the palm for his. trionic honors at some private theatricals given by a Marohioness whose fetes and festivities are familiar to all those courtly chroniclers known here ae reportere•mon- dains, Mme. la Comtesse and her husband, disdaining the ordinary moans of l000mo- tion which are employed by minor mortals, embarked in a balloon in Paris for the pur- pose of proceeding to their country eeat at pernay. The plucky aoronants, after hav- ing touched terra firma in dangerous prox- imity to a railway throe times, finally de. Bonded, safe and sound, in the grounds of their chateau, whioh they rcaohed before the servants and furniture had artived from Paris, The Budden report of a revolver and the spectacle of a well•dressed woman pointing the weapon at her own head caused a tre mendoue scare in the ohuroh of Poruic, iu Brittany, at a Sunday morning service. The pure rushed to the would-be suicide, wrenched the revolver from her, and held her until the pollee arrived. She explained that she had been deserted by her lover, a native of Portia, and had travelled up from Angers to track him to his lair. Disap- pointed, she had oome to the church to con• fess her sins before she died, but finding the cure engaged, had decided to kill herself without•waiting. The woman was released upon her promising to leave Pornie at once. A Rio COAOR1NG FEAT. Yesterday morning the "Old Timet' Brighton coach was driven from White horse Cellar.) to Brighton and back for a wager of £1,000 to £500 that the matter could not be accomplished in eight hours. The propri. etors of the ooaeh accepted the bet in the in- terests of Mr„lames Selby at the recent race meeting at Ascot, with the resolve that, if they won, the £1,000 should be presented to that well known driver. The proprieto00 of the ooeoh accompanied the team, with only a few friends. Mr, James Selby, the whip, has driven the "Old Times” for many years, and is well knowh on the Brighton road, for the past 20 years having taught more men to drive in England than any man in the kingdom. Mr. Percy Edwards, watchmaker of Piccadilly, started the team, end the time was taken throughout by Benson's chronograph. The start was effeoted from Hatchet's Hotel punctually ab 10 a.m. The polio did all they could to keep the road clear and soon after the start 12 mike an hour was kept up. Streatham (Horse and Groom) was reached at 10 28, and the horses changed in 47 seconds, some of the gentile. man gebtiog off and assisting in performing the feet. A bioyolo rider named ONeill joined the coach hereabouts, and followed it as far a0 Merstham. Everywhere the coach was enthutiaetioally cheered. Went Croy don was passed at 10, 45 In passing Croy- don a uniform page of 13 mike an hour was mantained. At the Windsor Castle, at Pur. ley Bottom, another change of teams took plane whioh occupied 1 min. 6 seconds. The roads after leaving Redhill at times became heavy, but nevertheless a good pane was maintained throughout, incoming at times between Earlswood and Horley to 20 miles an hour. 'doyley was reached at 11,61} and Crawley at 12, 11. Here the only hitch ot- carred through the level crossing gates being closed, but the coach was allowed to go on after a delay of only about two minutes. The coach arrived at the Old Ship at 1 bout 66 min. 10 sec., having am oomplished the journey just under four hours. The Stay at Brighton was only momentary, Phe horses were merely turned round and a few telegrams handed up. One to Captain Blyth, from the Duke of Beaufort, read t-••" Tbonk you much ; sorry could not go ; fine fresh day, hope 0 o'clock will find you ab the Cellars, Sharp work.— Bontifort." The whip proaoscbod to work, and drove off amid the cheers of a largo crowd at Brighton, The party came baelc by the tame route. Everyone made way, and at numerous places en route bouquets were thrown on the oath. Stoppages were made at the /tongs, biers Oak., Cuoltfield,jFeas Pottage, Horley, Mor0bham, Purley Bottom, and Streatham to change tome, and ultimately Selby brought hie party safe to town in Sgbenclid style, 10510• ing at Piccadilly al 5 50, or ton minutes under the stipulated time to win the bet, 112any members of the Coaching Club and naval and military officers were present and greatly obeered Selby on his success. A Snake in a Fix. While at a neighbor's a few days ago, Mr. George W. Eielter, of Independence, Kana, heard a raekot out in the kitchen, and, going out io investigate bhe cause, found that a large rattlesnake had crawled into the kitchen and was fastened in the handle of a jug in the following manner : There were some oggs and a jug on the floor when the enake crawled into the house, and it swal- lowed ono of the eggs, and, as tete jug waa lying on its ride, had trawled through the handle ae far ae the egg he had swallowed would admit, and finding another egg ton• minima as he drawled through the handle of the jug, swallowed that egg also, and as the egg was too largo to pass through the handle of the jog, Mr. Snake was fastened so he,, could neither move forward nor backward, there being an egg inside of him on Dither aide of the jug handle, Elaborate hats, bonnets, and wraps, but gowns of extreme simplioity aro the rule for this minter's fashions. All who joy would win must share tb. Itappines( waa born a twin. Tooth Powder. A denbrilioe whioh is uaeful and at the same time harmless is not always at head• The preparations bought for the purpose are variously put up as liquids or powders, and while some are simple in their action others are too aotive as detergents and are not safe for daily use. Here are two select formulae for dentrifices which will be found useful and not injurious. They may be compounded by any druggist, Camphorate Tooth Powder,—Precipitated chalk 2} peals ; orris root 1* ; camphor one- fourth part. A simple camphorated ohelk, having stimulant effects on the game as well as mechanical effeot on the teeth, Spanonaoeous Tooth-Powder,—Powdered (teethe soap two parts ; preoipitated chalk ono part ; magnesia carbonate one-half part ; sugar one-half part ; oil of wintergreen q.s. This powder cleanses by meohanieal and chemical properties. An Explanation Desirable. He was doing very nicely La the parlor, when it solemn voice carne through the open window from the porch: " That young man makes me very tired." "Don't be alarmed, Mr• Sampson," raid the girl, as he hastily started up," it is only Polly, our parrot. " I understand it's the parrot," ho replied, "but I would like to know who taught her to talk, Some Conscience Left. Woman (to tramp)—I kin give you a piece of dried apple pie for breakfast. Tramp—Madam, I only oat pie at break- fast in oaten of the direst necessity ; But if I should eat dried apple pie in July I would feel that I were flying fn the false of bound. fol nature. I will try and break bread fur- ther on. Gaye Herself Away. She (at Hsnlan's)—What is tbat the band se playing, Mr. Sampson? Hs—Mendelssohn's " Wedding Marsh." She—Oh, is it. I have so often longed to ]tear it. Dint Cheap at the Prioe. Wife—What did you buy such an expen- sive umbrella for, Johe Husband—Ib was the last one of the kind the dealer had, nod I got it at a bargain. The handle i0 solid silver; it was eoonomyito buy it at the prioe I did, Wife—It dosen't match that shabby suit very well. Husband—No, I s'pose I shall have to get a new suit of olothes. Appreoiatea a Good Thing, Customer (to saloon keeper)—What are you laughing at, Dutohy Saloon keeper—A young feller vas chooeb telling me a very funny choice abowid dote goof times corning vets dot lion and dot lamb day lie down togedder, but dot lamb vas du - aide dot lion. Dot vas no chestnut. You hof a beer mit mo? He Knew How it Was Himself. Murderer—" Do you think there is any (Mono of my cooping the gallows?" Lawyer—" Only one oltano0 in a hundred, but I think it wtuld he wine to take the thane." Murderer—" To be sure. What do you propose 1" Lawyer—" I think I shall plead insanity my our ease," Murderer—" And if It works I go to au asylum, oh 1" Lawyer,—" Preoisely, but that is far bet- ter than Wag hanged, Murderer—' That's where your opinion and my experience diger, I was once a keeper in an insane asylum and know what the �Iationts have to go through. Guess I'll let om sicut off my broaching apparatus with a rope." Some one asks, " Whore do flies go in winter 1" We don't know, but we with they would go more fn summer,