Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1880, Page 3

’ a a Senators and Peers, (London Daily News.) ‘The American Senate was founded for a ‘treble purpose; to act as a check upon hasty the pe executive authority of the lent, and to up~ hold the rights of individual states belonging to the federation; !n other words, to protect local interests st_undue encroachments from the imperial power. The House of Representa- tives was to represent the Union; the Senate the states com that Union. Senators hold their seats tor years; Representatives only for two. One-third of the Senate, how- ever, is renewed every two years. Mr. Glaa- Stone has described the American constitution @8 @ masterpiece of human wisdom. Its framers certainly achieved one signal success; they de- Wied a second chamber at once popular and efficient for the purposes for which It was de- signed. The Senate has frequently thwarted the action of the Honse of Representatives; yet no ery has ever been raised. against its privi- leges, and no American dreams of abolishing it. ‘The same can hardly be sald of any senate In the Old World. ‘The United States Senate may be called the 1 Upper House. ity. Thes th a sing eestabiis! al Assembh; | legislature, » members, 3 own dls \itntrals wer Pope conter ® Was thas pre id As the s forelen P ‘of the Second Empire contained shed names, thos, for instance> per Meriiave, Yet the atest amount of Veneration. T fituers recked bnt itgntly of thelr o F- Prosper Merimee owns that he felt gomewha RET. US 45 he rose to deliver his mafden speech. “But.” be soon remembered that | wa oniy addressing a hundred aad fitty fools; ana T plucked up heart.” The part played by thts august body In S ee s scarcely calculated to raise Its fame. After Sedan, one Senator proposed that himself and colleagues should sit permanentt: Another trreverently objec: ed that the: dt and his arguments prevailed. The adjournment, and for ‘The Cons S gave France its pres Upper Ci hich a foreigner would c9a- sider falriy well composed. It {sto 30 the creation of U Duke of B: though not, of course, nominally U Royallst leader. The buxe, in a report presented to the National Asserably on the best method of geleeting a Chamber of Control,ad-nitted that the hereditary principle was out of the question in modern Fr. Equally out of 14é question he members of which Alef of the Executiva, med best, thereto devise a conirolting assembly elected by limited suffrage, and this Was aceordingly doa the sume time to endeavor to combine t and of harmony with t eta drift of public opinion br naminga p of the members for life and the rest fora term of years. ‘Th numbers 40, of whom hold their seats for + years, and 75 for life. The 225 are renew- ives every three years. Th hers Were named in the first plac ring National Assemo: 2 each suc- enate co-opts a TY. nd Moderates are od with this Ass of stability a tolerably well satistl ; the Extreme left is avowedly anxi hb the institution alt 3) the i sary before the issolve the | ence Is five yes Souse: a, ary are all three construe! 1e Si lines. In each tae T3 named for life, a proportion of eclesiastt thotigh not suftictent to justity an: clerical domination. But the Parilumentary lfe of the two German Empires ts not yet sami- ciently developed to enable contemporaries to judge with any certainty of the durability or Working power of these Senates. In fact, of the great Powers of the world po3- sessing tree Institutions, only England, America and France furnish data of such imporiance a3 to repay a careful study of their political organ- {zation from what may be called a Liber Servative point of vi amely, that of making the best of what fs already established while at the same time considering how it may further be improved. Belgium, for instaace, has an nt Working constitution, but ‘the little kingdom of Leopold IL, which exists only through the guarantee of mightier states, can scarcely be sald to afford any instructive exam- Pile to independent nations. Life im the Palace at Madrid, {Madrid Correspondence New York Herald. Sentries of the Mne are found at all the ex- terior doors and at the foot of the statreases. We went up a narrow badly lighted stone stair- case cajled “Escalera de las Damas,” not cer- tainly, for its bad smells, bignly suggestive of poor drainage, but because it leads to the apartments of the ladies of the Royal house hold. On reaching the tirst laading, one of the tall porters bowed to us and we fouad ourselv in a large gallery, with 2W5 looking on to the court ¥ Atevery tura or entrance of the gallery sto21 a haiberdier ot the guard. its archi cr chairs except the and priest of the C tom of the chapel, fa where the K war AU the bd ugh the gulertes until of Columns. Tats nodie d marbie columns,is only nquets on of the Royal ‘Throne R ment, with 23 and velve n, ALC th pe wOer for guards up, and led to in, tbs shed, and the are covered with eign. The tus tutf. and the only con- trast Is formed by the sple cradles that the two royal grandmothers have given their grand- ehild. The Queen Isabella and Archduchess isabella have spent little fortunes on lace and a! wleries for these cradles, one made to the shape ofa landau carriage and the other like a boat. ‘Khere is algoin the corner the cra fle tha: served for King Alfonso. ‘The marvel of these quarters of the Royal babe Is the layette. This layette was made after the English patterns, an of this country ghtly and allowed no b3 at least until they ette had, aowever, to stuff aud by Castilian hands, pride could not bear the idea of Asturias would be clad ia for- quisite patteras are seen fp this layette, and it fills well-nigh are wardrobes. me of our guides was expatiating on the of these prepara- tions we had to mal hasty retreat before the approach of Quven Isabel Her Majesty ats she Oecd Was descending from the aparc Pies in the first floor of the palace and whica Were ceded to her by the Princess of Asturias. ‘There is, {t seems, a certain amount of jealousy or rather rivalry between the two royai graad- mothers. (ueen Isabella resolutely asserts hur Tight, as she calls it, to be godmother of her grandehi d. though at Court every one’ thinks the Austrian Archduchess ougit to be preferred, both as being a foreugner Mother of thé Queen. However, Isabella IL does not broox aby departure from the att ws Sue thinks Of the Opposit! especially demonstrative in their attentions to her. ‘True to her old tact nations, Queen Isabella arove ia a roval car- riage, With outriders and equerries, to the ball- Night recently, and when she appeared wearing the white mantilia that ts the classical costume for such @ place, her Majesty was loudly cheered by the people, and evea more so by tha lower classes. SUBSTITUTE FOR OIL ON WHETSTONES.—Instead of oil, which thickens and makes the stones dirty, 2 mixture of glycerine ana alcohol may be used. The proportions of the mixture vary rument operated on. AD surface, a razor, for Instance, th a limpid liquid, as three Parts of glycerine to one part of alcohol. For a raving tool, the cufting surface of which ig Yery small, as fs also the ire exercised QD the stone in necessary 60 em- je with but two or , it is Of alcohol. maplest of | Clipper versus Grasshopper. HOW COL. RANKIN AND CAPT. BCSE SETTLED A LITTLE DISPUTE ABOUT BASS BAIT. [¥ew York Sun.j When Col. Hall Rankin and his friend, Capt. Sam Bubb, of this city, go out after black bass, they are never obliged to buy mackerel for sup- per when they come back. They fish together fromthe same boat. The other day they an- chored their canoe in the Susquehanna, just above the Williamsport dam. The Colonel baited his hook with clippers. The clipper is an insect two tnches long. It has lega all over itself and a head like a clawhammer. ‘The clipper is found under stones In runi water at Chis time of the year. When you catch one you must grab it right back of the head, or it will close on your finger like a lob Ster. Inthe early summer the clipper comes Out on shore, and a pair of big wings 13 added to its other accoutrements. Then it flies around nights, like a horned toad on wings, and feeds On raitinen, boatmen, and night fishermen. It is called the helgramite by people who get their ideas from Boston. Fellows who fish for chubs in the Delaware have a way of baiting the cupper that is unique. ‘The clipper isnearly black. The chub fisherman puts the point of his hook Lear the head of the bait, and, by a deft movement of the hand, shoves I through the cilpper and turns the balt inside out. Then it 1s as white as snow, and looks like a Dig wood grub, The chub likes the clipper served in this ‘Way, and won't take It in any other style, For bass, though, it 1s hooked 1p its own natural beauty, and is a killing bait. ‘The Colonel baited with clippers. Capt. Bubd tempted the bass with selected grasshoppers. ‘They had each landed a half dozen of fine oass. Suddenly a rousing bite came to each of them at the same Ume. The Colonel played his fish with all the skilk of the finished angler. ‘The Captain put his through ali the necessary manceuvres with the hand of an expert. Then they both landed their fish. There was only one. The Colonel's hook was through its upper jaw. The Captain's hook was buried deep in its under jaw. “Too bad he happentd torun against your hook,” said the Colonel. “It put you to a good deal of unnecessary labor.” “Tcan't see how that bass ever managed to get near that bait of yours,” sald the Captala. “It's enough to scare a shark into fits.” ‘ou don’t mean to say that you claim this bass with only a grasshopper as Dalit?” inquired the Colonel in great surprise. “Why, any school boy knows that a bass will take a clipper before anything else, and goes fora grasshop- r the last thing. He took my bait first, of course, “He did, eh?” said the Captain, getting mad. “Well, [say that he took the grasshopper first, and he is my fish.” ‘The Captain tore the Colonel's hook out ot the bass’s mouth, and turew [t as fai mn tbe Doat as he could. Then he proceeded to loosen grab- the fish from Lis own hook. The Colonel bed him. “Let that bass alone,” he cried, “or I'll throw you out of this boat! Capt. Bubb toox hold of Col. Rankin, They had a little wrestle. Then the Colonel found himself flying through the air. He landed something like twenty feet from the boat. He alsappeared beneath the surface. He came up haifa min ‘ard alongside of a pole that wa into the bottom of the boats to by Nshermen. ater about three teet. grabbed hold of it. When he got the water out of his eyes and mouth and ears, he looked around. t. Bubb was fishing ‘away, as if nothing had occurred to divert his attention {rom the spo:t. The water was very deep, and the Colonel couldn't swim astroke. The 'Cap- tain never looked around to see what had be- come of him. The pole was limber, and the Coionel had great difficulty in supporting himself by ft. After seeing Capt. Bubb haul ia half a dozen big bass, and feeling that he couldn't ir, aa onthe pole much longer, Col. Ravkin said: “I say, Cap, there ain't much better bait for bass than grasshoppers, Is there?” “Should say not,” sald the Captain, without looking around. “Some folks use clippers; but I'm blamed if I see how they catch anything If there’s grass- hoppers around,” sald the Colonel. replied Capt. Bubb. y, Cap,” sad Col. Rankin, h nice bass swimming, “that was a you caught just as I went in How much dye think itll welgh? Th nh the Captain looked around. “Better come in, hi t you, Colonel?” he a innocently. it's about Ume to go ome. ‘The Colonel said he guessed he would. Capt. Bubb pulled up the anchor, rowed out to the pole, and pulled the Colonel'tm, Then, having went home, er thought much of and that he won't go ummer, when he can 2B Ns yi after Dass again tll next st take‘ m with a fly. THE SONG OF THE FLIRT. [Boui"s Own—For Somebody Else.) 3 that are worn Ki voice disdainfully pitched, ong of the Flirt!” work! Hing drive and row! And work! work! work! sh and show! ked parade! ennis, and band— They're all the same to me! . do you dare to sneer, t to Ts and wives? Nat nice, my dear’— vin their lives nown? » her crimsoned cheek w Thougn wri : f iy feet have lost their spring. imes, when © en wo off in a pac ue chit Just ‘ont*— rrison hack— I'm out of breath, ack To ess was all assumed, ** And at times, for ashort half hour, It sects @ sort of relie 5 a, and the few bright days viet! Had Ta heart, we apace But tears must stop—wh: Would carry away one’s In the loudest things that are known, With her cheeks a peculiar ted, wentlenian’s vest— very drop ery skirts dainfully pitched rs und, E wis, might have itched), She sane the “dong of the Fil Loudon Punch, ‘Tom Hughes’ Tennessee Colony. SOME OF ITS TROUBLES. “Tom” Hughes’ second letter to the London Spectator, dated Rugby, Tennessee, contains this Interesting pi ye: “The drink question has reared tts ‘baleful head here, as it Seems to do aliover the world. The vartous works had gone on in peace Ull the last ten days, when two young natives toted over some barrels of Whiskey, and broached them {na shanty, on a small lot of no man’s land in the woods, some two miles from hence. Since then there has been no peace for the manager. First, a laborer or two Was suddenly missing from’ his work on the road; then, a mecuanic became incom- petent here and there on tie hovel or at ti sawmills; till on Saturday last the crisis came, @nd some twenty men got drank and gambled all through Sunday, getting very near a free fight in the end. andon Monday nait the work collapsed. diappily the feeling of the community 1s vigorously temperate, so ehergetic Measures are ON foot to ror out the pest. 4 wise state law enacts that no liquor store shal: be permitted, under heavy penalties, within four miles of an incorporated scuool; 8) we ar ushing on our schoc] house, and organizing a Boara to govern it. Meantime we have evidence of ‘unlawful sale (in Cees ie free Bee ), and of encouraging gambilaog, S, and hope to make au example of them at the ext sitsing at the county comrt. ‘This tuctdent has decided the question for us. If we are to have influence with the poor whites and biacks, we must be above ‘ion ourselves. So D0 Mquor will be procurable at the Tabard (the new hotel of the English coleny), and those who need it will have to import for theinselves.” Frexce Poitrensss. — Mile. X. walts one morning in vain for the arrival of her old music teacher. At last hi3 litte daughter makes her appearance in his stead and says: *: papa froma comiog to etre. its iewon thie Orme bog. ‘because he is lead.” Hl MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. — The attendance at the theaters this week, despite the political excitement, has improved. | Next week Miss Maggie Mitchel opens at the | National Theater, and Steele Mackaye's com- | yeny. appear Hazel Kirke at Ford’s, Mr. | Mackaye ts the | Madiso) roprietor of the magnificent in Square theater, in New York, and au- thor of the play in which he Coes It bas been performed nearly a year in New York. The company is just as strong as when it first ap- and still reminds us, as the New York raid says, “of green lanes and summer Weather.” Both houses ought to be filled nightly during the week. —Foremend Percy’s dramatization of Bene- dict’s novel, Her Friend Lavrrenmee and now called A Bajfed Beauty was produced at the Park theater, in New York, on Wednesday even- ing, Dut, the Herald says tt failed to score a success. Rose Eytinge was the heroine and J. Y. Saville, well-known in Washington, one of the company. — Mr. W. E. Sheridan, formerly leading man at the National Theater of this city, has decided to Star Uhis season, and will open a six weeks’ engagement in San Francisco early next month, appearing in “Othello,” “Shylock,” “Louis XL,” and other parts. tue on the French stage means aipaca cowns, acab to drive In and oalon soup in a garret —Pina/ore 13 on the stage again at Bs theater, N. ¥. The Boston Ideal com played to a crowded house Thursday nigat. — Alfred Celller's light opera, The Sultan of Mocha, which Blanche Roosevelt's company, Without Blanche, have been given at the New York Union Square theater, wa3 a flat fatlu and the company will rematn Idle till Tie Masyu? of Pandora, by the same composer, 13 ready for production at Boston. — Several new plays and adaptations wil probably be seen at Daly’s theater, in New York, during the season. Among those under con- templation are pleces by J. B. Runnion, of Chi cago; Julius Rosen and Herr Moser, and it 1s stated that Woolson Morse’s musical comedy, School, first brought out in Springfield, Mass., will also be produced at an early date. —Mary Anderson's performance of son, at Buffalo, Thursday night drew a large audience. It has not been played fora number of years. —Itis understood that Mr. Haverly has of- fered the Meade-Maginley combination $30,000 for their play of Deacon Crankett, and that thts sum has n refused. Habberton, author of “Helen’s babies” wrote tt. —The Chimes of Normandy—the French version—is on the boards with Maurice Grau’s French troupe, at the Standard, tn New York and doing well. Mignon succeeds It. —Sardou’s new play, Duniel Rochat opens the Union square theatre, New York, this (Saturday) evening, i 4 —Mr. Constantin Sternberg, a young Rus- Stan planist, who has been heralded as a man of traordinary musical talents and extended ‘opean reputation, made his first appearance tn "New York, Thursday eventing, at the Aca- demy of Music, which was filled with a musical and largely professional audience, —That Mr. Jefferson has presented his per- formance of The Rivals for three successive weeks In Philadelphia and found it profitable ts 4 token full of encouragement to the friends of good play and good acting and suggestive, IC Is to be hoped, to amusement managers who re- sort to mere novelties for filing their houses. 'his week Ada Cavendish was in Albany; Frank Mayo in Richmond, Va.; J. K. Emmet Wwas—it is uncertain where; John McCullough in Chicago; J. B. Polk in Louisville; Maggie Mitchell In Pittsburg; T. W. Keene tn ‘Chicago, and Joseph Jefferson acted in different cities in Pennsylvania, — Lotta, that dashing and favorite little come- denne, fresh from across the sea, has been at the Wainut Theater, Philadelphia, this week. Of course the house was packed in’ every part, for people never tire of seeigg Lotta or of langhing at her endless pranks, kicks and gen- eral comicailues. The play was Musefte, a play every body likes and everybody goes to see. —London has two “mammoth” minstrel shows now, Hiscock « Hayman, the Australlan managers, having sent a company there in ignorance of the fact that Haverley’s “40—forty —40. Count them,” were already on the ground. — Among the new pieces in the possession of the management at Wallacks, N. Y., ts The World, by Henyy Pettit, a “sensational” pes which hes met with much favor tn Drury Lane ‘Theater, London, The Queen's Shilling and sey- eral French pieces, — The Chicago managers are trying to com- bine to stop hanging show bills in shop win- dows. A.M. Hooley wants each manager to forfeit $1,000 for every departure from the new rule. Lots of tree passes would be saved If this measure could be carried into effect. - — Mr. T. W. Carleton, whose admirable per- formance, both as a singer and as_an actor, as the “Captain,” in La Fille duTuinbow Major, has earned for him an honoraMe distinction in London, is about to return to America to play a serles Of parts in grand opera with M. Stra- Kosch. — Anna Dickinson’s new play, An Americin Giri,in which Fanny Davenpor: 18 the chier figure, and which the New York cittica have damned, is drawing large audiences tn that city New York critics and New York pubitc ha fashion of going counter to one another. Miss Dickinson’s royalty promises to be $12,009. — Offenbdach’s latest opera, La Bite Laurette is to be produced at the London Globe. At th Strand there bas been given a liv eretta by Audran, Les No eore bach’s déath on Tuesday, In Par nounced. —A.R. Cazauran has written three acts of a new domestic drama for Mrs. Boucicault, and bas already forwarded two of them to the act- ress, Whose season thus far has been pel ous. Ten years ago Cazauran was writing par- agraphs in Washington. — The receipts at the Grand theater, Cincin natl, during Maggie Mitchell's eagagement of two weeks, amounted to $13,013, ss Annte Louise Cary had a most enthu- slastie reception In her native city, Portland, on Tucsday evening, when she appeared in concert. —Mr. Abbey haseviden'ly made up his mind that the “Passion Play” will be popular in New York, for he bas arranged to perform it for eight weeks, beginning December 6, and the work of selecting the costumes, of which 300 will be necessary, has bcea begun. The time of representation will be about three hours and a half. It has been decided that the names of the actors shall not be printed on the program. There is considerable diversity of opinion tn theatrical circles with regard to the financial result of the enterprise, some persons thinking that great throngs will be attracted to the spec- tacle by curiosity, others that the moral sense of the Community will be shocke1, and that the great Inass of theater goers will refuse to coun- Tenance it. — Clara Morris is not pleased with the ‘com- vination” system of theatrical companies now so much in vogue. “See how it has left the theaters,” she says. “You go to a city to play. You < for that ‘Jessica’ or ‘Orlando’ who played with you last year. Where are they? "Gone on the road.’ Somebody comes for the part that can’t doit. Why, I have spent often two and three hundred dollars going on before and drilling the company who were to play with me. Some people think a ‘star’ wants | poor Support so as to shine more brightly. What a nitstake that is! For myself I will never play with a r cast, IF will sacrifice any time or money first.” —Dudley Buck’s new comic opera, Deseret, to be roduced in Haverly’s theater at New York, on londay next, is awaited with considerable interest, and $3,000 worth of tickets for the first series of performances have been sold already. — Marie Pauline Nininger, a soprano who has Jately returned from Euro} where she has been singing in opera, will make her appear- ance on the concert stage in New York this | month. She 1a a niece of Secretary of War Ramsey. ls said to possess a fine voice and de- cided ability as a singer, and some foreign critics are enthusiastic as to her “tlexibility of voice, exquisite method, and unfailing accuracy of intonation.” —Joseph Hatton, the English novelist and | dramatist, makes his first American appearance as a reader at New York on the 2ist. —Mr. Mapleson has just engaged another rima donna for his opera company. Tne new Eruste, Mrs, Otto Schaller, is to make her debut in May next. A correspondent writes that her voice is a remarkably fine contralto, of great compass, and that those competent ‘to judge | predict tor her a glorious future. Mrs, Schaller studied in America, Mrs. Schaller has. been Singing in Aida, Carinen and the role of “‘Stby? iu Faust. She is an American, but her husband any —Lucy H. Hooper writes from Parts that vir- | | 4s trom Germany. It may be mentioned in passing, that he holds a responsible position in he establishment of A. T. Stewart & Co., at New York. Before leaving Paris Mr. Mapleson Said that his new singer was bound to bea ri- | valof the famous Miss Annie Louise Cary, if not that laay’s superior, in contralto roles. Be- Sides having a fine voice Mrs. Schaller’s per- Sonal appearance ts in her favor. -~The Theater Francais intends to celebrate With great solemnity the two hundredth annt- versury of its foundation on October 21, the date of the femous ordonnance which ratified the fusion of the two troupes. The literary fetes on the occaston wil! last a wi of which 3 been —The new Mr. play by nA ‘the manuscript, as ait cit will reappear. London. af the ‘9th of October, in 4 ve Stuart, whose recent psrform- Ti Bi atthe Court Thea" Of that house on ‘hi of Senillera Marh MADAME TALKS AGAIN. Nine Persons Fed Well on $15 a ‘Week—Economical Housekeeping. “J cannot give you exactly the ae for it. I suppose the word overlap wot come near my meaning,” said Madame. “I do not believe that a rechaus is always as aswhen the plat 1s freshly cooked, but still there are some kinds of ragouts which improve much by the recooking. Ieven tell you when it bon that things are better when re- Warmed—say my dish is thin and not concen- trated enough. “That sometimes bappens to the best of cooks. Then if you make a recnauge and do it well, you improve things, Now you trans- late recharge; what It mean? Not twice cooked, but something warmed up again. Great differ- ; ence, you perceive, between subjecting food to a violent heat and a gentle warming. DoI make ‘use Of such? Ofcourse Ido, I cannot afford to waste anything. But that 13 not the—whatI call it? Yes, the overlap. ‘There are ten thousand ae that come that_scheme—category— what you will. Now, I willexplain. Yesterday some fishing friends send us | bine-tis 3; too much to eat all one day, but 1t has been boiled. | More than balf remain. What shall I do? Why, make a fish pate for breakfast. Oh! It is easy enough. The fish, lt was taken off carefully, not broken. I make acrust, put in fish, with an oyster or two, a very little anchovy Sanee, some parsley, litle mace, stnail piece butter, and it come to table hot and brown, and we think tt very nice. Ido not call taat ‘a twize- warmed dish, for it was new. Now, to-day we shall have for dinner, with some othe Small fillet of beef and a smoke tony: certainly, though we shall have two or ty People to dine, much of the Mllet and som: lite of the smoke tongue will be left over. Li! ¥ have in my mind seme tdea what shall with the remains to-morrow, for housekeeper, and that mean3 an feal one, always looks abead. [ snail « up what Is left over of the maat, aa mince the tongue tine. and the cook will try a chopped onton, and add a Ittiie pepper and sut with a little stock, and then we'll make some paste as for a ple, and we will have rissoles, which will be very goed. You make ris39i-s by cutting the plece dough in small squai = ting a small tablespoonful of your fa: in each. You turn over ends, like pincushton, and if you want you paint each one with a leet’legg and you bake. Would you have these rissoles so that you shall fall in love with them? Have some friend to send you some trufle. and cho in plece not bigger than my thumb. You laugh at my enthusiasm. You know what happen to me? This very summer I spent some weeks in a hotel with my family, and things cooked very bad, and waste—waste bad enough to ruin the proprietor. 1 see the cook throw away every day six,, elght feet of sheep from leg of mutton. One day I ask the landlord “ivhy te have the throw away?” and he Jaugh and say “they were not good.” [ tell him, “Wait, you see. Will you tell the cook to let me show him how to cook them and If good will you eat them?” and he agree and IT get them. Of course, you know that I make pled afuouton ata pouiette out of them. It 13 very simple. You clean the foot and barboil until tender; you keep the stock and boll ft down: you make white sauce with much parsley, and give a dash of lemon toit last. 1 happen to find an fnteiligent nuranifon in that hotel Kitchen who do what I say, while the head cook look on sulky. The landiord eat, and was satis- fied that I know about what Itatk. When I first come to New York, aud did not know how markets are manage, I say to my bonne, “You goto market and buy me halt dozen sheep's feet,”and sbe say: “No.1 ashame to do that. ‘The’ butcher man he will take me for beggar.” 4 eae ould you mind giving me the cost of your food?” * By no means, Mademoiscile. Weare seven in family; with two servants, that makes nine; With one guest almost every day, | cannot afford for grocer. market-man, bread, milk, more than #15 & week, and should my bills ever be more I retrench. Ido not include wine, hot tea and coffee—coffee twice a day ts alwaysserved. Ah! my butter is not used so extravagant as in American families. Why, when you use meat tor breakfast, go you want butter? Perhaps nine-tenths ot the butter I_use will go to the preparation of vegetables. I think two pounds of butter is all we use. I think we eat much more bread than an in American family. Where my economy comes, I think, 1s in overlookin; What my Cook does. Now, you make cal culations how many times we have porttons of focd during the week; breakfast, luncheon, din- ner—tbat makes that_1s9 times converts are laid. Divide that by 315 in a week and see how little It comes to, and yet we do not stlat, for, it I remember, I told you once that I believed If man or woman or child work they must eat good food, enough of it, and, surtout, that tt Must be well cooked. It 15 not so difficult after all when you make up your mind that It must be done. If 1 do not do it I should like to know how I dress my children myself. You think it very small? Why, I know a French menage in New York—family one more than mine—that iive well, quite well, on $12 a week, and I could do it if it were necessary.”—. ¥. Times. Science in Court. {Little Rock Gazette.} “Do you plead gullty, or not guilty?” asked the Judge, addressing Simins. “I doesn’t plead at ail. Lisn’t no lawyer. Yer can’t ketch me wid yer pints.” “Look out, you impudeht rascal Are you guilty or not guilty?” “Now yer's gettin’ at de facks. I has de honor ter state dat I is not guilty.” s is, Jedge,” exclaimed Cobb. “He hit de mout wid his fist.” neber tetch de maa.” “ Didn't you hit him in the mouth?” asked the Judge. oe ssh; I didn’t put my haw’ onhim. In ‘ber tetch him.” age, 1 swar on de bigges’ Bible dat he hit me,” “Now, look a heab,” satd Simms, ‘de courts Of dis lan’ ain't technicum enut. When yer jerks aman up on a charge yer’s got ter stantiaie de charge. Ef dar wuz moah eddycation "mong de niggers an’ white folks dar wouldn’t be hait d= trouble in de courts. Is my han’ techin’ dis table, Jedge?” And he placed his hand en the de es, sir.” “Dar's whar yer’s off. Case why? ‘Cordin’ ter de flosofy what I'se been studyin’ yer can’t tetch nothing.” Dat is air tween my han’ an’ de table. Ef my han’ toteh de tabie hit would slick dar. Now look aheah, Ant’ny,” and the prisoner turned to Cobb, ‘is yer gwine to put yerself in such aignorent light? Yer’s been a stugent too long not to know better den dis. Is yer goin’ roun’ town branded wid tgnorence? Is yer gwine Ler add yer weight to holin’ de cullud people of Little Rock ter de gro: Ni ea stugent an’ a man what understan’s tlosofy, did I tetch yer?” “Come to think ob hit,” answered Cobb, “1 dean believe yer did.” “Now, AnUny, ez a stugent an’a man ob selence, dicn’t yer run agin a post an’ knock dem teef out?” “Viewin’ this subjeck ina scientific Ught, 1 believe I did.” An’ now, ANUny, as a stugent an’a Jarned map, won't yer withdraw dis case pendin’ agin me, in which yersef is de scieatitic piatnter, an’ In what Lis de scientific "fendant!” “Yes, lwill, Jedge, ds man never hit me, an’ I hereby widdraws de inistake.” at was ‘zackly right,” said Simm3,as the two men went down together, “Et ali de men of science would hang tergedder a dar cant be half de trouble an’ oneasiness in de worl’.” Visualizing Numerals and Form A common oddity 1s the tendency to visua' numerals ip a peculiar manner, which charac terizes, as I have roughly reckoned, about one woman in every fitteen, and one man tn every thirty. Those who do so are never able to dis- sociate any single number from its own par- Ucular place in the field of their mental view, 80 that when they think of a serles of numbers they always visualize them in a certain form. Either the numbers are all visible at once, as if they were printed on cards and hung in space, according to some grotesque pattern. or the mind travels along a blank but familiar ath to the placo where the number that is ought of is known to reside, and then it starts into view. There are many weird varieties of Unis singular tendency to Visualize numbers 1m forms, which I nave lately described and will not here repeat. Suffice it to say that they date from an earlier soeleae than that to which recollection extends. They manifest themselves quite independenily of the will; they are inva- Tiably the Same in the same person, but are never the same in two different persons, and the tendency to see them tg strongly hereditary. have now a collection of hundreds of them, not only from English men and women, boys and girls, but from American, French, German, Italian, Austrian and Russian correspondents. They are found usefulin the simpler kinds of mental arithmetic. Those who see number- forms have usually some equally persistent scheme for dates, more or less upon the diagrams of the school-room. I am well ac- quainted with an accomplished student of his- wory le Se for all pio aaa events ple nursery which has blossomed, as it were int excresences whereon the subsequently ne oe are abie to find standing diagrams are reall; their shape 1s correlated with helpful ‘because the subject they portray. “‘I'hey are not like the dingling nonsense verses and bad pans upon which many persons base their memory of facts. ‘The persistency of the forms under which nu- merals and dates are visualized testit les to a ‘Want of flexibility in mental imagery which is characteristic of hich many persons. They flod that The Wolf and the Shepherd. A FABLE. Once upon atime a wolf observed a lamb feeding out of sight of the shepherd in charge, and it determined to have a dinner of mutton. While skulking along towards {ts victim the Wolf fell over a cliff and was badly injured. The shepherd heard its yells of pain and came ropning up to despatch the animal with a club. “Hold on! hold on! I want to argue this 1 neces " cried the Soi erats Aa ane “But you are a p! er and Iam only a shepherd,” was the reply. “It was your lamb who pushed me over this cliff,” said the brazen wolf as he sat up, and by the use-of big words, wise looks and arguments based on “ifs,” he convinced the shepherd that it bel his duty to take him home and heal his injuries. When the wolf was able to walk he demanded @ lamb as compensation for his bodily suffering and loss of time. The shepherd demurred, but the wolf quoted an old law by which any per- son herboring a wolf should be fined and tm- prisoned, and he deciared he would go bafore the nearest officlaland make complaint. This brought the shepherd to time, and the wolf had lamb for dinner. To get rid of him the peasant reduced his tare to black Dread and water, but the wolf ate what was given him, and ex- plained— “T shal’ not gain strength and be able to leave you untii [ have better food.” The peasant then changed his fare to the best, and the wolf ate his full and observed— “AS long as you can afford such fare you can- not grumble ai my staying. * In a few days he demanded a tall grown sheep to soften the pangs of parting, and whea the shepherd compiained, the wolf cried out— “Why, I am working for your interest, not mine. The less sheep you have to mlad, the lees care you will have.” This sophistry sliencea the she, eep was killed. While eating 1 a bone in his throat, and cal adding— “Tt will be much eé: this bone than to dig ah * By falsehood you gained ray sympathy,” replied the peasaut. “by philosophy you into my house; by logic you ate a lamb; subllety you beat me out of a sheep; by Providence you have a bone tn your throat, and now Py thunder you must help yourselt, won't!” Moral.—Don’t feel yourself entitled to a wash- tub because somebody gives you a clothespin,— Detroit Free Pr ra, and the , the wolf got out for help, 2 & r for you to remove and bury me.” ‘Too Well Heelea. {Carson (Ney.) Appeal. } Old Shokey, a peripatetic preacher, well known to California, is such an ardent believer in Seripture that he ts ready to bet on any propo- sition which ts laid down in the Bible. A few weeks ago he visited the Lake and stopped oa Sunday ut Glenbrook. Being nearly penniless, he determined to give an exhortation, and get ting the use of a hall called the sinners toge- ther, His text was the marine episode in which Jonah was taken in by a whale. “‘ Now, my hearers, to the class of people who never looked beyond the surface of things, this looks like a hard story to belleve, but [ know that it is so, every word of it. Tie saw an incredulous look on the faces of a few of (ue hard cases in the front row,and,atcer pausing a moment, continued: “Ill bet any man in the crowd $100 coin up that I can prove every word of it. Does any- beay respond?” He thrust his hand down into his trouser pocket and leaned forward. Noone took him up. He went on with hissermon, showlug eon- clusively that the whale did ali that was clilmed of it, and then passed around the hat. “He that giveth to the r lendeth unto the Lord,” he said as it went down the row. “Lay up your treasures in Ieaven, where neither moths nor rust corrupt, nor thieves break in and steal,” he remarked again, as he saw the hat coming back. It was handed to him empty and he dismissed the audience with a hasty benediction. After the services he met one of his hearers and com- plained bitterly of the lack of coin and entnu- Slasim in the town. “We've got the enthusiasm here, Parson,” said the man addressed, but when you bluffed us on a hundred dollar bet, some thought you must be a road-agent, and the rest concluded that a man so well heeled didn’t need any coi- lection in Glenbrook.” A Father Who Melted. (Detroit Free Press.) ‘The other evening a citizen of Detrott beck- oned to his twelve-year-old son to follow him to the wood-shed, and when they had arrived there he began: * Now, young man, you have been fighting again! How many times have I told you that It ts disgraceful to fight?” “Oh, father, this wasn’t about marbles or any thing of that kind,” replied the boy. “Tcan’t help it. As a Christian man it is my duty to bring up my children to fear the Lord. ‘Take cif your coat.” “But, rather, the boy I was fighting with calied me names.” “Can't help it. Calling names don’t hurt any one. Off with that coat!” . “He sald I was the son of a wire-puller.” “What' What's that?” “ And he said you was @ Office-huater.” i “What! What loafer dared make that asser- tion?” “It made me awful mad, but I didn’t say any thing. Then ne called you a hireling.” “Called mea hireling! Why, I'd like to get iny hands on him,” puffed the ent. “Ye and he said you was a poil‘ical lick- = 93 spittle: nt Land ogracious! but wouldn't I ike to have the taining of that boy for about five minutes! Wheezed the old mau a3 le hopped around. “1 put up with that,” continued the boy, “and Unen he said you iaid your pipes for oftic2 and got left by a large majority. I couldnt Stand that, father, and so I satled over the fence and licked him bald-headed in less’n two minutes! Thrash me if you must, father, but Icouldn’é stand it to bear you abused by one of the malignant Sonata “My soa,” said the father, as he felt for half a dollar with one band and wiped his eyes with the other, “you may goout and buy two pounds ofcandy. The Bible says itis wrong to fight, but the Bible must make allowance for politica) campaigns and the vile slanders of the other party. ‘I only brought you out here to talk to you, and now you can put on your coat and rua along.” ‘The Story of a Rat. A colored man whom I shall call Ellas, who serves a8 a Coachman for my friend Mr. M., says “the Philosopher” of the Syracuse Heraid, was once employed in a boarding-house which’ was infested with rats. He devised an appara‘us, consisting of an empty barrel with an ioviting but untrustworthy top, which he put to effective use as @ trap for the sleek marauders, The landlady was delighted, and paid hima cent for every rat he caught—and the name of his victims was legion. Each morning, after he had counted the spells of the night and received his pay, he would take his rats in a bag to the proprietor of a sporting establishment down town, who paid hia two cents apiece for them and presumably turned them to prodtable account in his pit. Among his catch one day Was a handsome female sp ci- men to,which Ellas took a decided fancy, and be resolved to taine her. She responded kindly to his advances, and became in time so gentle that she would eat out of his hand and play about his person, running up and down his sleeves, and so forth. Her affectton for him and her faculty of memory were once proved in a nota- bie way. Somebody carelessly let her out of her cage duripg her owner’s absence, and tn a few moments she had found her way into one of her accustomed holes in the wall and was glorying RE ey d, as she did not appear yeeks passed, ant she PI again, she wasgiven up for lost. One evening Eiies Was smoking a quiet pipe in the laundry, when he saw @ rat put its head out of a chink in the wainscot. By way of experiment, but scarcely hoping for success, he called eid ~ name of bis old pet: “Jinnys Jinny!” surprise the animal eme! from it3_hiding- place, approached him cautiously, and then ran up his trousers leg into ey and composed itself for his caresses. It was indeed his miss- tpg Jinny. She allowed him to carry her back to her cage, and, when there, went straight to the saucer from which she been accustomed to eat her focd and drink. For a long time at- ter that master and rat Were inse) bie; Dut by and by the former ch: quarters, and in his new home had no conventence for keeping his little companion, so he sold her for two dollars to a retail liquor dealer, who put her behind his bar for the entertainment of his customers and grew very much attached to rT. er. 01 lias was passing the shop, and its owner ora him ta. aT have lost Jinny,” said he, “and none of uscan recover her. If you get he for me I will give you fifty cents.” The challenge was accepted on the spot, and the col- ored man tried the magic of his voice. It was as eftictent as before. Out of a hole near by trotted Jinny, apparently overjoyed to see her friend once more, and surrendered herself to his hands ith ingenious confidence. From that day to this, if I recall his story right, he has never seen WHEN Miss NEILEON died the seais were aMxed authority on the rooms which she had occu- mee in the Hotel Continental. The rooms re malinedin that consition pat all formalities wi pate - were complied toe ag acl Usk court was veritied. the Juge Pp alge rien yap ey a nd om imated to be of the value of £3,000. Tt may be interesting, says Parisian, a8 Discussion in the Baltimore Medical ( Association On the Merits and Ejfects oj Celery As a Medicine in the Treatment of Nervous Diseases, It hasproved tobe the most abie and perms- nent Nervine and Nerve food known to the profes- sion at present. It was firet used in France in tie cure of Sick Hesdache, Nervous Headache, Neu- ralgis, Nervousness and Paralysis with mach sac- cess; but «reat (Lifienlty was found in cetting the extract in a convenfest and reliable for u. That diffculty hae now beea overcote by Dr. C. W. Benson, who has enceeeded in ecttine a perfect extract, which combiustion with Extract o? Chamomile in the form of a Pil, has exceaded al other remedies in the cure of nezvous disease, head aches and indigestion. The addition of the Cham omile not only makes the Pilla reliable and rapid cure for Indigestion or Dyspepsia, but also adds to the efficiency of the Celery as a nerve tonic. ‘The preparation of Celery and Ghamomile is at once oLe of the most reliable additions to the Mate- ria Medica, ana one of the most clegant and pare medicines prepared, aad must become a uni- versa: favorite and found in ail refined houssholds. Its effect upon the ekin is well known and appre by ail lyers of a fair complexion. ‘Thee Pills are sold by all good druggists. Price 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, post- age free to any address. Depot 106 North Eutaw street, Baltimore, Md. 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