Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1881, Page 7

HOME MATTERS. A STATEMENT THAT Wow't “Was Te would be @ good thing If the printers of the country Would resolutely refuse to set upthat state- ment abont the proner way to wash lace again. ‘There ts rt a women tn the country who has Wl read that long story beginning “Sew the lace upon x bottie;” and there is n't a sensible untry who does not know e work befter without the Dottle and with hertwo bands and some sap and water. Tuat Puxity oF Strrs wich Insists on every articie, even to the time piece, and fre- Irons ina rocm, baving the same points “ ker row, unconganial cot pr t sg padvorase If fautl to recog- | bize the broad priactples underlying all true | art whatsoever. Nevertheiess, the eye must acenstom It=0'f to see clearly when and where | & different odin a cer- 10 introduce furnitare or trittes 6 Order into a room a eady furnish: tain style. A Sgriovs Sovecs oF DiscorD In a room isa Want of balance of consi ey; Stik curtains and woolien furniture coverings; a rare mar- quetry cabin featureless chairs of the nd In orna- ments, Bobemtan glass mixed up with old Venetian. There must be an equality main- tained throughout. The room must D2 set Ina certain key. end tf allowed to fall out of It for the sale of ¥ should speedily return into ils normat . WHITEWast FoR OUTHOUSES AND FENCES.— ‘The ingredients are unslacked Iime, white vit- The proportions are one bushel of itme ( must be slacked with hot water), two and a half pounds of white vitriol aud four pounds of silt. This colors white. If you pre half a pound of Freach is of Indian rei. The ad- € of this recipe Is its cheapness and dur- whole cost of giving two coats of lwear like fron, to seven thou etof wall or plabk, ts one dollar argely used In Holland and Belgium is beginning to fad favor tn England, and Probably will soon make its way to this country. It hangs closely to the window, Is ade of musiin, with large medallion pattern Work on jace inserted in the mridie. To the Fruttom of the blind ts generally affixed a smatl Lerder, whic!: ean also be continued on the two sides. The great advantace claimed for this blind fs that aithouvh It does not exclude the light, Dut rather subdues It, ft completely shuts out the view In the room from the gaze Of the outer world. It canbe made to rolf up either fiom the top or bottom. The bottom method 14 preeradle, owing to the lesser stram on the musita. Borate Ac S A PRESERVATIVE —The antl- Septic properties of borax are well-known, A Solution of boric or boracic acid may bs used for washing meat that hag been Lint prepared by steeping it In a ated 30- Jation of boric acid and then drying ft, 13 ex- cellent for covering wounds, obstinate wleers e Fresh beef packed with 1 per acid and a salt p ar weet for several m beet previo The beet ve wholesome art A re- periments sho vs th ie borle acta. fect fn preventing the fermentation Of sugar, so far as it conversion into alcohol is concerned! but that tt entirely prevents tae farther fermentation which converts the alco- boi tnto vinegar. This should have an im- val application in brewing and quite Irrespective of the vexed question of wiether the Myeoderma acett are, or are hot, potsoned by the boric acid; or whether they generate the vinegar, or only feed upon it after Its production. Sopa ror Beans —Ali kinds of burns, taclud- Ing sealds and sunburns, are aimoss Imme- Giately reit the application of a solu- Uon Of sodat> the burat sarface, In mast ba Femembered that dry soda wlil not d9 untess it is surround-d with acioth most enowza t> dissolve it. This method of sprinkiing it on and covering {t with a wet cl 13 often the Very best. But it 15 suficientgto wasa the Wound repeatedly with a strodg solatton. It Would be well to kesp a pottle of It alway3on hand, made sostrong that more or less setiles On the bottoin. Tats is what ts ca! & Sai- urated solution, and really such a solution ag this is forme’ when the drysodils sprinsied On and covered with a moistened cloth. Is ts thought by some thatthe prin of a bura is by vie hardening of the albumen of the Sesh which presses on the nerves, and that the | Soda dissolves the albumen anirelleves the Pressure. Others think that the burn gen- Grates an acric acid, which the soda neutra- iizes.—Se: American, Fretiiizine Lawxs.—@ subscriber in Lower- Merion, w! there are so many fine lawas, asks us when and w.th what he shail manure his lawn, ss he Mads some tn Nis nelgnvorhood more walforia and derserthan hisown. Our Snewer Is that, a3a rile, lawns are too touch eurched. Ste people apply manure yearly, And others only once in frofa three to atx years, and when properly done the latter fs the’ bast. ‘We have le Tun for elght years without a Scrap Of manure, and it regarded as fully «qual to the majority and superior to many. A lawn can be ferttiized in fall or spring, but tn Lo case should barnysrd manure be used ex- Cept ft be broken-up very fine. Too frequent wanurise ¢. ine gras3 to grow rank and coarse, and to leave many vacant spots. This can be obviated by freqneat mowlags or clip- pibgs, andthe first clipping should be done ery Carly, about as soon as there ts anything toent. Guano will bring forth the grass very Fapidly and rampantly, bat 1t has the objec- Hon, except used very sparingly, that we men- Lion sbove. of producing a too'rank, coarse growth. A lawn, to keep itin the best order, should be cut every elghtto ten days. This Secures a compact sod and very fine spears. Germanioren Telegraph. EasTax Carns.—The Easter card3 this year Sre prettier and costiler than ever, their value betng enhanced by the silk fringes and cords and tassels with which the datntlest are adorned They range im price from a few cents to several dollars, and serve elther a3 a simple token of remembrance, or an expensive souvenir. Chromo-lithography thereon 13 Carried to great perfection, and there isa be- wildering Variety ef exquisite folding cards, anels, books, etc.. with appropriate devices, eS are minature books with iy ted covers, containing Easter Poems and mottoes. such asthe “Daisy ize,” ‘with Covprs ornamented by an egg of daisies crossed Dy a band of violets: the “Laster Hert- tage,” In the shape ofan anchor, holding e'x- | teen illuminated poem>, ted tovether wath ster Harp,” contataing George bymna and the Latih hymo aster Chimes,” a ribben- uely verses; the “Eastor -fringed and fluely’ painted card, ying from @ storm-cioud tog oon. The cus:om of sending occasions isa ‘al one, poontal of a. A little ginger put Savor. In ig ip the quently to cold water. In botling at Soup, use cold water fo extract the juices; if the meat 1s wanted for Itself alone, polling water at onc. You can get or barrel of oil off any carpet or w by applying dry buckwheat pleat falthiully; ever put water to 5 Spot, or liquid ofany kind. Broil steak ‘with- out salting. Salt draws the jatces ta cooking; it is desirable to keep these in if possibie. Cook over 8 uot fire, tuning frequently, sear= des. Place on a platter; galt taste. Beef hav: grease @ ten y palatable by Stewing very gently for two hours, pepper and Salt, taking out about a pint_of.iquid when done, and letting the rest boti Ito the meat. Brown the meat in the pot. After taking ap makea gravy of the pint of liquid saved. small plece of charcoal In the pot with bolting cabbage removes the smell. Clean oficloth with milk and water; a brush aad soap will Yutn them. Tumblers that have had milk in them should never be put in hot water The kin of a botled egg ts the most eilicacious Femedy that can be applied toa boll. Peel it Carefully, wet and apply it to the part affected. 2 will Graw off the matter aad relieve tne Soreness in 2 few hours. ‘To Remove lxox Rvet.—Dissolve a teaspoon- Bil Of oxalte acid tm a teacupfal of bdoll- ing Water. Dip the spotin it. Le. it remain in the water a minute or two, then ring? Unor- Qugaly. If the spot does not disapp:ar on, frst trial, = th's two O° turee times. Keep the water at dolling heat, In an earthen vessel, by setting It tn or over'a kettle ot botk. Ing water. Do not let actd touch tin or tron, as it will rust immediately. Tats 1s excellent to clean copper kettles; and a small copper oO. ‘Bat dish ts nice to dissolve the oxa’'c ac'd b $f apy of the so’ution 1s lefc, or any of the crystals, put tt into a bottle, ¢ ut it safely under lock ard key Seadly poison. This same proces; will re- move most fresh tnk O° fruit s.ains. Anoche- Way Isto Wet the rust, ink or frutt stain in cold water, then cover them with salts o° Yemon. Spread the cloth tn the sun a few miu. . Utes, and tf the stains are recent, they will speedily ppear. But if they have been of jong standing, 1t may be necessary t2 repeat the same process. Kinse well, a3 g00n as the vanish, or the salts may tnjure the fab- lc. Another way—Cover the spots with table Balt; squeeze over the salt enough lemon juice towet it; spread tn the sun, and in a short Ume the spots will disappear, unless of long Fading. when they may nead a repetition. When the spots disappear, was and boll out. Or, a Starch over the spots; eer ety = Jemon juice, and sun. if needed, wash and boll ou. “+f needed, then nt, and for tt 3 | Jou: A STORY OF A COSY. It all came about through the cosy. I mean ateacosy. Wereaditon the cosy. Not the Kind of cosy, tail and stately, of red cloth, with black brafd and leather lintng; no, it was anewspaper cosy. I daresay you are sur- rised at anyone making & newspaper coay; but Riis is how ft was. -My sister Eliza ig a woman of an ingenious turn of mind, and clever; and when we were spending a few weeks onc? in the country, she sald to me at tea one evening: .u(hony, we must have a cosy.” sense,” I said; ‘what a silly expense!” “To buy stuff for a cosy. I don’t want any stuff,” she sald; and after tea she brought out her large s¢issors anda newspaper, and soon sewed together a capital Cosy that answered its purpose perfectly all the time we were brats & Every evening a8 we sat at teal couldn't help being attracted by the different advertisements on this cosy; for it Was the outside sheet of The Times that Eliza bad “happened on,” a3 our American cousins Well, I used to read out these different no- tices, and at first Eliza stood them pretty weil; and we used to talk over wha’ we would do if some One made us a present of one of the ‘eltz- bie properties advertised for sale, thouga these, of course, were on the back of the cosy; but if lhad the other side toward tne, there Was a bit of the ‘agovy co:umn,’ as they call It, With its odd appeals to different letters of ths alphabet to come back and be forgiven by their de palring relatives; and then there were some of those strange entertainments always gotny on In London: and these and the agony ones uscd to read out again and again monotonously, till Eliza really got triftated, which 13 not common thing with her urder ordinary cir cumstances. ‘Then there were advertisements of people changing their names (one John Betel, who had changed hts pame to Hare, I re- memter, especially used to amuse ue); and then there were advertisements for n of Kin, and lost properry, and all sorts of otuer things. “Well, aS i thiok I safd, my stster isan tn- genious woman, and I always told her 99; end T used to add that one of her cleverest didges was the capturing of young John Whiting, to whom she was engaged—hooking him, a3 I used to say; and once when we were In Devon- Shire ata littie inn, and we.were asked if we should lke some hook-and-line whiting. we both laughed so. that I Was obiigei to explatn to the astonished servant-giri that my sister and I had a funny joke connected with the bame of Whiting. Isay young John Whiting, becausehe Is young to me, befag only twenty: eight, while 'm—weil I'ma good deal more than that, as any one may guess. ‘To begin with, bafore telling you about the cosy, I must toll you something about our- seives. My father had a very goci country practice a3 a lawyer down in Hertfordshire, and there we all lived Uli I came to Londoa to foliow my profession there. We were only three children. I’m the eldest of them by & | good bit, and then comes William, who went out at sixteen to Canada, ani Eliza is of course the youngest. Speaking of Willlam, re- minds me of an cdd thing that John Waiting has often told us. Johu wag oneof the first acquaintances Wiiliam made ou: in Canada, Jobn having been born ana bred there, by the bye: aud though Elza was only eleven whea Wiillam left, I believe he thougut more of leaving her than of my father or mother or ma, Ww e used to talk about us all to young ; for Jobn was coming to settle here just ag Wiillam had out there, and he would often Say toJobn: “It only my sister turns out just such & woman as she {sa child, why, she'll be one of the sweetest women on earth.” John Says he Couldn’t help getting rather interested in hearing about her, my brother used to talk se much of her, Well, years went by, and the time came for John to leave. Ofcourse he brought a letter trom William, and he acknowledges that he was half in Jove with Eliza before he saw her; however, he says he didn’t need to think twico when he did see her; he was quite knocked down at once. Before he left the frst time ha asked if he might call agaip, and then he came often; and reaily he was such & nice fellow, and I thought very likely he wanted friends here, so 1 didn’t discourage tim; and s>—weil, he asked me In a very straightforward way very soon if Eliza was engaged, or likely to be, and I said no; and he asked then if, a3 time went on, he got on in his business, he might propose to her; and 80 soon they were enzaged, anda very bappy couple tuey were, though when they were likely to be married no one could tell, as they hada’t a hundred a year be- tween them. ‘That brings me back to my father. Wien be died, having only outlived my mother six mouths, Eliza came up to live with me; and then it was that I found that my father had pu: the bulk of his money 1a one of tuose swindling companies that was then down at zer@, and soon wound up altogether; and so Eliza and I had to depend ou iy €=raings, which were, and are, small enough, He-ven Knows. But we managed to rub along, and Eliza Lever complained; she tsa hard working gu. and a good sister, and clever, a3 I think [ told you. ‘Those were happy days of which I began tell- ing you, When we had the cosy. Not more nap- pz than usual, but just part of a time when wo ved very contentedly together. Bat 1t was net long after this that things began to look rather black. John being engaged to Eliza, of course what affected him affected uz. Well, the principal partner fn the house whtch em- yrd hin: died, and then somehow thiags be- kan to chance. This old partner was the one Who had bern in Canada, and bad known Jonn’s famtiy, and so was always Interested in him him But the younger men didn’t ‘about him, and thonghtenly ot the elder man’s interest had en- couraged Jobn tn the fdea ef some day becom- ipg More than a mere clerk. And so, after fall- ibg out with Lim about one or two trivial mat ters, they began to ind thatit would be greatly to the advantage of the firm if one ot their superti uous Clerks, as they said, were to go out to thelr house in Canada. : The first time John heard of this he knew what It meant, aud he was dreadfully put out about it; but being a conscientious, stratght- forward fellow he wasn’t going to deccive us, and so he came at once and told us about it adding, unwillingly enough, that if he had thought the post was likely to prove a perma ently good one, he shouid have liked above all things to have taken Eliza with him ag his wife. But trom the partners seeming s) set against him, he thought it quite poastole that they might get rid of him altogether; and that rather than run the risk of taking Elza out to Poverty, he would go alone, if he could hear of nothing else here, and hope for Eilza to come out to him 1* and when he was settled. I must say I thought this very good and thoughtful of him, and very different from What many a selfish young man would have done, SUll of course we were very down- hearted about it, for, independently of eve thing else, John’s visits were a great pleas and solace to us; and If he went away every- Uilng seemed so very uncertain. Eliza bore it very well. At first when John told us, she sald, indeed, poverty or not, she'd gO anywhere with him; but then glancing Tound she caught sight of me looking at her, and then I suppose she thought what it would be for me to lose her, and { she broke down altogether; but tt was soon over, and she sald nothing more either way. Well, the next time Jolin cate, the first thing | We did was to ask him !f he had heard auythtag about Canada. He told usthen that he hai heard “nothing; but he soon did, and -as it seemed quite hopeless to thiok of'his finding any better opening here, we all thougat he Ought to go; aud s0 it was settled. There was ‘terval of six months from the time it was cided tll he had toleave Eagland; and really It all seemed so miserable, and we nardly ever managed to talk of anything else, that I almost wished it were not so long. : Very soon after this—I mean after it was all arranged—tt was @ Sunday evenine, and John Lad come in as usual t0 sit with us, and after We had iinished toa and drawn near vie tire Jobu suddenly sald: “I have had something on my mind of late that I think before leaviag I ought to tell you — indeed,” he added (speaking to both of us), ‘I Ubink I ought to have told you long ago.” Here he stopped, and I sad: “Nothing se- rious, 1 bo; “I hope not,” said he, and stopped again. fresh misfortune, Jonn,” I “Thope it's no sald. “No,” said he, ‘4t’s no fresh misfortune. Ivs respecting my family. Ydu never asked me anything about them, except avoul my tather, and never told you; but I’m sure I ought. “I nought you always spoke so well of your mother,” I said. “My mother was one of the beat people I ever aar ivs my grandfather I want to tell you about.” How can your grandfather gffect us?” said va. ‘He 1an’t living, ts he?” 0,” sald John, “hes dead; but when he was living, and when he was young, he disgraced his family; and that’s what ied to bis belag sent to Austraila and bis never showing himself here again. “Do you mean,” sald I, “Transported,” sa‘¢ Job and we both looted a. El" All she sald was, * (Ate you ashamed of me, Lizzie?! ceAahamen ot you-—why 3! What I’ve told you.” new It before.” she ad. : wl” Bal Cale. John, and quite changea ~ I guessed as much as you've told us: Gast you had e4'd, partly sont what you Well I was astonished; but Eltza clever woman. See that be was—" and s.0pp2d ehori, sald John. All John did was to take Elt a a's hand in his, «. now, I'll tell you both about it. a ed iissie tu cake what I sald pretty brary, ut I never t ht she would take it as she has done. My 1 must tell you, was a clerk in a Dank in London, a very well-known firm, and, being left alone in life, he be- ‘ds with two other youn? men not quite the compan- came in thebank, “who fons be oug! Se ee ad. After some mouths my t trier: of vei ving, these two young friends of, ré on a plan for money to pay some of thelr most — Frriacker My grandfather rather unwillingly, as he always eald, was iodcced to join them. The scheme, however, included forging the Bame of one of the customers of the bank; and though my grandfather had no actual concern in this, still he was sufMciently implicated to b3 arrested (when the plot came out as of course it dia) with the others, to be tried, sentenced, and, as I sald, transported. “He was only twenty-two when this hap- ee and before he pad worked out his sen- ce, had had ample time to be heartily sorry, and heartily ashamed of his folly in belng 80 led away. Well, he out at and went away into the country, where, like many another young space. he got grace, he on from being an assistant on a sheep farm to buying sheep on his own account, and soon till he ol money enough to (= away to Canada and Soya share in @ good business. “He gov on exceedingly well, and in time bought a good house,and a Dit of ground round it, and lived in really comfortable style. “I must tell you now an important thing. When he left Australia he changed his name, as most men perhaps wou'd have done in sim- Nar circumstances, from Housego, his real Lame, Hanantah Hol 0 it was to Whiting. Why Whiting I don’t know; but of course I'm not wrong to call myself Waiting, as my father aiways had the name, and his brotpe and sis- ter to. For my grandfather had married in Canada; Dut, however, he didat get oa very Well witht his wife; and atver his death, without. 4 will, she squandered pretty well ali his moxey that ought to have come to my father and uncle and aunt. AS I was saying, ne dido't lead a very happy life, and this was parily owing to arather sirange circumstance watch I must now tell you about. “Any one might have thought that my grandfather, having lett Australis and gone far away, aud having changed his name ard living under altogether new citcumstanc+s Might have got rid of all Associatioas connc- ted with his conviction. Well, now, tuere was one person in Canada who found ovt or who knew ail about him; and this unksown person, tor some reason never discovered, pers cuted wy poor grandfather in the strangest manner. 7fou'mnow that the government mark on all things which belong to them, laciadiag, of course, everything connected with convicts or convict labor, is what they call a broad arrow, Well, this broad arrow pursued my grandfather, He found it first, I believe, one day marked on his gaie-post; he quietly rubbed 1t off, and ina iew days it reappeared. ‘Then it turned uo, as he walked out early one morning, scratched in the dust before his gate. At times he found it marked on the patlings and other boundaries of his estate. Atother times he would receive a letter through the post with the mark on the outside, and on opening it found nothing but the same repeated, Of course it annoyed and irritated him immensely, the more so as he could take no open measures to discover the au- thor of the persecution, nor take anyone into his confidence. He tried hard enough, you may be sure, in a quiet way, to find out who did it But he never had the slightest clew to who it ‘Was; 1¢ must have been spite, of course. “It went on for years, and 1t was supposed after bis death that this worry must really have undermined his health; for he met with an ac- cident that did not seem likely to have any sc- rlous consequences, but he sickened and died. Before his death, however, he told my father, his eldest child, all about it, and bis real name, which my father had never kuown, enjoining on him strict secrecy except fo his own chil- dren, who, ne sald, ought to know the truth, “That,” said John, ‘3 the whole of the story, rather a’sad one, and not very interesting; sulil, asI sald. 1 thought you ought to know it, as it SO concerns myself. At the same time I didn’t see why I was bound to run any risk of preju- dicing possible friends against me when [ first came over, since It 13 so many years now since my grandfather died, and all this has been at an end for a long time.” “For my part, John,” I satd, “I think you're right; what you've satd can’t make any differ- exes in my opinion of you; and Eliza seems to have taken you with her eyes open. But I think it's right of you to have told us, for all that. We talked a little more over the curlous story; but John himself had nothing more to tell us han Just what I've told you, aud then he left. morning, a5 we were sitting at break- iza sald (Om: ‘I've been thinking about Joha—” dave you really?” said I. ‘iow oda!” “Nonsense,” she said; “I don’t mean about ‘him, but about his odd'story and his curious name, for of course it 1s his name.” “Don’t you think,” said I, “that you've heard the name before?” “I'm sure of it; but where, I can’t the least re- member.” How we puzzled over that name, and what It was associated with in our minds! It seemed to have taken possession of us bota, aud although it was suca au unimportant thing, we could not rest for thinking of tc. Howevcr, all we could think of was that it Seemed connected with our last visit to the country. Idaresay you will have guessed long ago Where it was that we had seen 1t; but it wasn’t Uilafter several days had paiwed thay Eliza Said to me suddenly oae eventag: “ Antony, that Dame wason the cosy. I'm sure of it.” “ Of course it was," said I; “but in coanec- tion with what?” Do you know that nothing would content us but we must find out what it was; for, don’t you see, it was suca an uncommon dams, none Stich appearing even in the Directory, and we had got quite excited about it. 1 Uuok it was clever of Eliza to have remom- bered where it was, m sure I never shvuld, but then, as [ think 1 safa, she ts clever. Well, at last we thoaght of a plan; and Eliza, having hunted vp the date of our stay in the country, and knowing that tbat Pines was Sent us a few days after we left London, I went one afternoon to 7h? Téen’s office, and said I Wanted to 109k through the Mie for that month. Ihadn’t looked through many before sud- denly I saw the whole cosy before me. I seamed to know every line and word of it. Really by this Ume I had got so interested in the cnase that I felt quite eager about tt; but looking down the columns I couldn’t see the name any- where. Sothen I began caretully at the be- or ae read straight through, and then I Tound ii It was ab advertisement for next, of kin, and began,-'To Thomas Housego;” and further down had the name that had so bothered us, Hanapiah House; Thinking this really must concern young John, soon bought a copy. and took it home to Eliza. When [ got home I found John sitting with Eliza, Now we hada’t seen much of John for some days, ha being very muck owcupied, and when we did it so happened that we hadn't talked about this; so you may think he was astonished when I ran into the room, spread out the paper, and be- gan to read the advertisement (I cut it out, and here 1 is): “To Thomas Housego, formerly of Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, his next of kin, or legal personal representatives. Whereas, the above-named Thomas Housego, who was one Of the children of Jonathan Housego, late of | Norwich aforesaid, gentleman, deceased, lett England tn the Lifetime of his father, and has not since been heard of; and whereas the sald Jonathin Housego had two other sons, named respectively Jonathan Housego and Hananiah Housego, and whereas the said Jonathan, son of Jonathan Housego aforesaid, died on tue 31st of March last—” and— But there, I needa’t read you the whole of it; it’s wordy, ara I can’t bear anything wordy, The effect of it Was that theré was ‘a sum of money standing unelaimed that might be clalmed by any living representative ot Hananlan Housego, who was, of course, John's grandfather. Well, is not much good telling you more than that John Whiting went straighi to a law- yer, and that the lawyer said that if only cer- tain links were compiete 1t would be easy Lo get the money. The lluks he wanted were soon forthcoming; and after a lot of correspondence and formality it brought in for John, certainly not a fortune, but enough to make him ind». ndent of his then eimployera, and to enadis im to buy a share In a goli z concern, and soon alter that to marry Eliza. Jt was @ great-uncle of his who had died and left the money. As I sald, it was only a modest sum; bat how happy that small sum made us { should find it difficult to cell you. ‘They lve close by me, and We seo each other every day. idon’t know that there's much else to tell John said to me only this morning: “Well, Antony, 1 haven’s yet quite got over the strangeness of it all.” “It ts oad,” 1 More Ouuiay for John Ball. ‘The spectre of an enormous outlay for a new House of Commons in th? not very renoie fu- ‘ure is beginning to rige before English eyes, though the vision 1s not especially appalling to the present generation, who will probably never be called on to pay the bil The Commons are now 80 straitened for room, says the London correspondent of the Manchester Eraminer, that the chief commitstoner 1s at his wits’ end to provide more. One annoying feature of the situation js that the Lords, a (og majority of whom are rarely or never in their places, have 13,000 more square feet appropriated to’ their use than members ¢f the lower house, five- sixths of whom attend with great regularity. The correspondent of the Eraminer add3:— “Mr. Shaw Lefevre, urge] to do something, and not knowing very well what to do, has taken the venturesome resolution of asking the Lords to give up some of the room they do not Want to the Commons, who want ft 80 baily. ‘The answer may be favorable, but if so, it will be contrary to the general expectations. Lord Redeadale will probably detect revolution- jn this attempt to encroach precincts of that portion which is devoted to him and 13, and #1 the noble ear! is all- oe in the mare rep! peat Wr va fevre’s request WIE cided negative.” a fhe ‘Thermometers reform late in life; Decome “temperate” until nearly 60. A Vast Cattle Grave Yard. ‘If a correspondent of the Cincin' jmes- Star bas not drawn recklessly upon bf imagina- ‘ion, it is adismal journey from Dodge City to Las Animas, Col. The distance ts 175 miles, and, ac- cording to bis Ftatement, the entire region is a cattle graveyard. Thousands upon thousands of carcasses lie within sight of the rafiroad, and thousands of emaciated creatures, so feeble that they can scarcely stand, and are unable to rise if they fall down, totter about ina vain effort to find food. At Lakin, a station mid- way betwcen Dodge City and Las Animas, the people estimate that at least 45,000 cattle were crowded in and around the town during the prevalence of the severe storm a few week ago. if these statements make any approach to accuracy, not only must the loss te enormous, but there would seem to be no little danger of a pestilence from the decaying carcasses, A Startling Discovery. According to the Richmond Dispatch there bas been made a@ startling and extraordinary discovery in connection with the approaching centennial celebration. It will be remembered that Yorktown, during the late war, was occupicd by the contending armies, and was for a considerable period the headquarters of several of the federal commanders. Agajnst one of these a conspiracy 1s satd to have formed, and the most desperate m-asures were instétuted and well nigh carried into execution. The entire village was undermined and dynamite explosives with electric attacamonts were placed at different points, 80 a3 to secure the de <ruction of every living soul in the towu. The @tscovery was a pure accident at tre present time. As a northern gentleman was ing at the extremity of Coruwalts’ Cave he csme upon & passage just large enough to ad mit the body of a mau, and pushing fils inves- Uvations found the electric batteries, the dvna- mitic bombs and all the appurtenances neces- sary to blow Yorktown out of existense Of course the bombs are now harmless. Tnat the mines were never exploded 1s only acesante1 for by the supposition that their intended victims had @eparted before the persons who corsiructed the mioes had completed thetr murd+yons srrangements. The explosives are now being removed and the mines filed up, so tbat no danger will be hereafter Incurred. The ‘al Curates. The new comicopera of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan caricaturing the *sthetes,” was drawn from one of the Bab Ballads called “The Curates.” The Dalla is as follows: “List while the poet trots Of Mr_ Clayton Hooper, Who hada ctire of souls At Spiffton-extra-Sooper. **He lived on curds and whey, And daily sang their praises, And then he'd go and play With buttercups and daisies. “While croquet Hooper banned, And all the sports of Mammen, He warred cribbaze, und, He exorcised backgammou. «* His helmet was a glance That spoke of holy wladness; A faiutly smile his lane His shicld a tear of sadness, “His vicar smiled to sco ‘This armor on him buckled; With pardonable glee ‘He blessed himself and chuckled ***Tn mildness to abound My curate's sole design is, In all the country round ‘There's none 80 mild as mine is!* “And Hooper, disinclined His trumpet'to be blowing, Yet didn't think you'd find Amilder curate going. id arrived one day Mton-extra: ul way ‘He spoke to Mr. Hooper: «*You thivk your famous name can't be shaken, ‘That none can blot your fame— But, Hooper, you're mistaken! “ © Your mind is not as blank As that of Hopley Porter, Who holds a curate’s rang’ At Assesmilk-cuin-Worter. “** He plays the airy finte, And looks depressed and blizhted, Doves round about him ‘‘toot,”” d lambkins dance delighted. ** “He labors more than you Ai worsted work, aud frames it; Inold maids’ albins, too, . Sticks seaweed—yex, and names it! “<The tempter said his eay, Which pierced him like a meadle: He summoned straight away ‘His sexton and his beadie. "(These men were men who could ‘Hold liberal opinions; On Sundays they were good, _ ‘On Week-days they were minions.) ** “To Hopley Porter go, Your fare I will afford you; Deal him a deadly blow, And blessings shail reward you. ekaily bear ty crouuet, smoke, and J willinwly will spate bi ‘They went, those minions truo, To Avzemtic-cuni-Worter, And tld the'r errand to ‘Lhe Reverend Hopley Porter, * said that reverend gent, hours of leisure? self with scont?— Oh, with pleasure! Play croquet? “*Wear all my hair in curls? Stand at my door and wink—so;— At every parsing girl? ‘My brothers, I should think so! ‘*For years I've longed for some Excuse for this revulsion ; Now that excuse hax come Ido iton compulsion! ! 1° “*He smoked and winked away— ‘This Reverend Hopley Porter— ‘The deuce there was to pay at Astesmilk-cum-Wortor. “*And Hooper holds his ground, Tu m‘idne~s daily growing— think him, all around, ue mildest curate goin Spirits for the Ladies. _ {Pall Mail Gazette, March 23.) A Well-known firm in Tottenham-court road for some time past have been very anxious to procure a license to serve the two or threy hundrea lady customers who lunch datly ft their establishment with spirits, wine and beer. AU present they can only supply tea, coffee and similar beverages, much, 1t would seevn. to the diesatistaction of * numerous lady cus- tomers, who for twenty years past have unani- mously been pressing uhcir claims upon them” for wine, beer and spirits. To met the de- Mands of these thirsty ladies, application was made yesterday to the Panéras Hcenstng authority, but it met with a peremptory and decisive refusal. Sir W. Wyatt cut short the speech of the counsel opposing the applica- tion. and then @elfvered judgmeat with emphasis, refusing to grant the license, and- stallng significantly that ‘he mht add, to Save trouble in the future, that tae opinion of the beach Was unanimous.” It 1s hot very Pigusant to think of two or three handre’ ies Unanimously pressing for spirits, wine and beer every day !n however magni nt a lupe room, and tt 1s to be hoped that counsel exaggerated the demand for intoxicants among the fair frequenters of Tottenham House, and that there will be no serious larsentation over a decision which condemns them when out shop- ping to take tea instead of brandy, and to sub- sutute apollinaris water for elicquot. The Bonanza Kings. {ihe Hour. } “Here,” sald the speaker, as he stood with a friend near a windlass by which ore was hauled out of @ mine on the Comstock; “here I used to stand and turn for $3 a day. Seth Cook was my partuer, aud he was pald $3a day. Setn Cook is DOW a large owner in the Standard mine and One of the rich men of the Paetfle coast.” ‘The speaker was John W. Mackay, the bonanza king, one of the richest men in the world. He 4s a slender, tallish, well-knit man of 47, with a clean, well-marked face showing decision and His eye is keen and pene- ‘in 1s ruddy, wholesome, vascular, tanned with Nevada sunshine and steamed in the Turkish bath temperature of the lower levels of the Comstock loge. What impresses One about the man is that there Is nothing Wasted in him; he is all muscle and nerve, ani Shows temperate and careful habits, Whea he walks. it is with the sure, agile tread of the leopard or the lynx, like oné who might spring atany moment. There isa joyous element ia the man, which would be winning were its owner only a cab criver instead of the master of mll- lions, He speaks with a half stammer, which at first Imprecses one as being the slowness of & man who deliberates while he 3] This is the bonatza king as he stauds at your side looking out over the brown Nevada hilis. The miners come up and speak to bim and call him John, and there is between them a sense of command blended with comradeship which ap- pears odd to metropolitan eyes. In Some ILLUsraiovs Hovsss you hear of the familly nose, in some of the family cheek-bon»s, in some of the family lips, in others of a patei- cian huskiness of utterance inherited from Hugo de M who helped to conquer Eag- sera wile TaD Revs Sle oc ete eee e mark of antique lustrious lin members of one lied us with at least two secretaries of stat luring the last twenty years have a her mmoapactty for gating Toast mi wa tongue.—London World, petiet, OBJECTING TO FLATS. A Difficulty that Dwellers ta Apart- | Getting Ser- ments Encounter in vants. (N. ¥. Sun. Real estate dealers, as a rule, have found that as the Ist of May approaches the demand for small houses, renting for trom $500 to $1,000 er annum, is great, and that the call for flats it the same rental is not so strong as it was a year ago, Flats have been found a very con Yenleut substitute for houses, albeit the major- ity of them are somewhat contracted, and the arraDgement of the rooms 1s not as*vonventent: as it might be made. Bat families of moderate means have hitherto found that living in flats $s more economical than tenanting houses at the same rate of rental, and have been willing to put up with some ‘inconventences for the sake of an increased balance in the Dank at the end of the year. The items of saving have been in the Cost of fuel, Nght, service, and the food that an extra servant or two would cost. But the servant girl problem has been a very dificult one for several years to the residents of wany flats. They have found, to their dis- may, that servant girls have evinced a growing disitke to service with them. “ It certainly appears,” sald the proprietor of an up-town Intelligence office, who suppltes the occupants of ftats with servants, yesterday, “Chat there tg a tacit understanding among many of the best-paid servant girls to Boycott the ocenpants of flats. The kitchen, where the Servant girl spends nearly all of hor worklog hours, Is, In most flats, a little box tacked on “Oo the rear ofthe flat. Inhasa big range and a lot of stationary washtubs, tables and cupboards, ‘To add to its smallness, a part is u ly Cut off for a bed room tor the girls, for most well-to-do eople keep a cook anda c’-ambermatd or nurse ia flat. ‘?h's rogm 1s hardly more than a hole in the wall, avd two women have much difii- cuity In stirring about in it, or jointly oceupy- 43 g the size of bed Chat can be got Into tt. 'S> long as Ip 1s winter, it is bad enouga. Bat when the heat of simmer ts prevailing the case 13 much worse. The toy Kitehen 13 heated to a teriific degree by tue and when the girls retire at ntgat, ‘bedroom’ {8 found to be as and even more close. In a house the case is diferent. The kiteben Is at the rear of the basement, usually spening oa the yard. It 1s comparatively cool, acd, basides, the cook has the range of the yard and the whole basement, and can, besides, take an oc- casional peep out of the area gate, whica, by the way, 1s a privilege very dear to the heart of the average cook. ‘The chambermatd or the nurse can Toam at wiil in the cooler upper Stories, and catch glimpsesef the life of the streets Irom the windows. When the famUy is out the cook can join her. But the matter ig Giferent th the ordinary flat, The only room locking Into the street, as a rule, {3 the parlor, and that 1s occupied by the lady of the estab- lishment. The cook and the chambermatd must Keep each other company tu the hot, dall Kitchen. Then the provisions ale sent -u stairs, generally by the janitor,in the dum! waiter. This debars the cook or the chamber- mald trom running out to the nea-est grocer or butcher, when soything is needed, and en- Joying a chat with some likely youns assistant. “But I haven't got to the very rootof the trouble between the girls and the flats yet. In a house, however smail, giris have an oppor- tunity of receiving a little, or a great deal, as the case may be, of company. When Joun,’ or Jim wants to call be telis Mary or Maggie that he will drop around to the area gate at such and such an hour, Mery admits him at that hour, Without any fugs, and, ff none of the famlly bappea to drop into the kitchen,or the laundry, nobody 1s the wiser, but John and Mary are made a good deal happier. But, if a beau wants to call In a flat be has to ring a gong and be let tn at the street door with much parade of automatic door opener and speaking tude It he 1s at all gay, the laughter in the kitchen disturbs the people in the parlor,and so madam objects to his coming, and Mary goes away Ina buff. Weill, {v's just the very best class of servants that are sticklers for the privilege of receiving their Johns and Jims. ‘hey are experienced, sensible girls, who get trom $15 to $20 per month if they aré cooks, or $12 88 chambermaids, or as much as nurses. ‘They have ed a nice little sum of money ag a rale, they are looking around for a Steady-going young mechanic or tradesian’s assistant Lo mate with, Their money, they know, will enable him to set up a good home, or even a little businessot hisown, and they will be taken from the drudgery of ‘service. I dou’t see how this dtiticutiy Is to be got over, unless the ladies of families in flats are more considerate in tis respect toward the girls. But I can ses how Induigence in this respact might be very disagreeable to the ladies, and, Booordiny 0 my experience, they are not dis- ed to be too yielding, and are determined to keepon enduriig what’ many of them have to one or move into houses of corresponding rental, “That richly dressed lady who just went out 4s one of my best customers—becat's2 she comes So frequently for servants. She has an ele- gantly furnished flat, her table ts well su; piled, and she keeps two giris—as long as she can—to serve her husband, herself, and a child only two years of age. Sne ts as reagorable as Mosi ladles, aud paye good wages. Sie cama here @ Tew mMOntNs ago Lo look for @ COOK. Spe pays $l7 a ath (or a cook, and that, you know, Is regatd-d a3 an excellent price fora cook in 2 amnalifaatly. Well, we sent in all of our dest girls to Bcr. ‘Do you live in a house or a fart was rst question they asked of her, Whin she answered that sh> lived Ina flat, each In turn got up, and I dont thick rH ui,” walked back Lo ler companions. haere they a lauge- ir ri) y had carried outa plan, aud ing as thoug' were Very tuuch xd 103 not 59 amusiag tor the lad she may coms here for day 8 girl, who may stay With UWondon fruth 1 When Princess Paul Demtdoff was 29 more, Alexander ylelded to la raison @etat, and be- came reconetled to the Princess Dagmar. He soon forgot his great disappointment. I saw him in Parts go 1 convulsive fits of laughter, the year of the 1567 exbibition at Mile, Sennel” der’s antics in “La Graude Ducaesse.” At his Wife's entreaty, he consented to study, and took lessons, always with her gt his side, from professors of history, mathermatics, and pollti- caleconomy. Heand she became inseparable companions, and, indeed, comrades. Sue wont with him to his hunting excursions. Wuen the state of her health admitted, she rode out with him, mounted on a fleet and powerfal horse. He, on his side, accompanied her in her annual visits to Denmark, where they cast state aside, and lived a natural bourgeois Ute. The Czarina is sitght ana tall, but looks mignonne beside her husband. She has less regular features than the Prin- cess of Wales or the Duchess of Cumberland, but has more expression and aaimation. Her eyes are those of a song-bird. ‘The face 18 oval, and the nose slightly 'retrousse; tue mouth 13 outing, for this Ulustrious lady’ has tull, rosy Ups. She has beautiful silken natr, Her hands and feet are small and elegant. ‘The dgure looks to advantage In a riding havit witha fur co jar, Ihave seea portratis by Romney wihleh y like the new Czarina, who 13 imbaed grace, amiability, and, it is said, the fac- uity of divining eprits. ‘fle vulnerable potat is a horror of What 13 vulgar, coarse, uureiined ;. has ever yet been to the Witch Visited “there when he soj-ursed at the Ho not bring herselt to go ig refinement tte! maitresse. And y very straitened ct diet majesty #0 some EXteNt petife he was brought up in Ty umstances, and Taught to make her own dresses and bonnets. Her father's Income dig not exceed £1,200 a year bafore he ascrided the Danish throne. The Czariua was at Copenhagen during une last war of the Duchies. and has never yet forgiven the Ger- queue for the evil they did then to her native and, Mother’s Clock, Chicago Tribune. Ayouth sat on a sofa wide, ithin a parlor dim; The maid-who lingered by his side Was ull the world to him. What brought that glad light to his eye— ‘That calence to his toue? Why burus the lamp of Love so high, ‘Though miduigut’s hour Lath flown? ‘The clock above the glowing grate Has stopped at half-past ten; And, long as that yout ian thay wait, It will not strike ay. ‘The artful maiden knows full well What makes the clock act 80, Aud why no earthly power can tell ‘The time for hini to go. ‘Trees in Cities. An interesting paper has been recently read by Dr. Phene at Edinburgh on the benefits to be deiived from planting trees in cities, Among the beneficial results to be attained are, he stated, the relief to the optic nerve through the eye resting on objects of a gre3n color. Just that which 1s effected by the use of green. or blue glasses in strengthening and sustaining the power of sight 1s attained, or at any rat: much aided, by the presence of nin na- ture; and in streets the only met to procure this result is by planting trees. It was poloted out by the author that wherever opportunity exists Dature provides green And blue (the lat- ter being the same co or minus the yellow), aud that as the absence ot duces show blindue s, and in tropical calms, where the ocean [oceol only & Waite reflected light from @ uniform glassy surface, reduced optical power soon follows a long continuance Of the absence of biue color, waich becomes immediately apparent on motion of the waves, —$——$_______. A Warcu Nor 4 JEwst.—It (a watch) ts not Carried or used as a jewel or ornament, Dut as @ timepiece or chronometer, an. article ot ordi- nary Wear by most travelers of every class, and ot ad uouriy use by an It is as usefal and necessary to guest in his room as out a Of it, in the as time. It is carried Wew York Court of appeals, WHO ATE THE FIRST OYSTEB’ ‘Whoever he was, he certainly gave the ‘‘subject the benefit of the doubt." We can imagine, tf not analyze bis feelings, and we sincerely houor his memory for demonstrating the ute of this pesu- Marly pleasant product of natare. None the leas deserving of remembrance is the worthy who first originated Bt Jacobs Oil and proved its myste- ricus and veneficent action upon the human frame in such dread maladies ss rheumatism and o.her painful diseases. Oysters, no matier who ats the first one, are one of the food staples of this period; and ft. Jacobs Oil is really more a household sup- ply for sickness than oysters are a househcld sup- ply for food. These paragraphs, noted by a re- Porter, will iilustrate the popular sentiment oon- cerning the great German remedy. Mr. Alexander Hamilton, residivg corner of 83d st. and 3d ave. saya he uses St. Jacobs Oi! in his family as ahouse- hold remedy for all aches and pains. He considers ita sovereign remedy for all neuralwic and raeu- matic pains, subduing them where other remedies fail. Tt is also very efficacious, in sprains, bruises, burne, etc. He was first induced to ure it by s friend who lives some @istance out of New York, who, he added, is very enthusiastic upon the great curative power of the oll. This gentleman, who is the possessor of large wealth and influence, uses the Great German Remedy in his family and on his horses. Not content with this, he buys it larze'y and distributes it amopg his neighbors with a lavish band, emphaically recommen ling it as the great- est cure-all for pain of any description within the reach of msn. H-aring that the wife of Mr. Wm. B. Sndlow liad been relieved of neuralgia by the Great German Remedy, the reporter called at his residence, No. 71 7th avenue, to make inquiries of ise lady with reference tothe factsinthecase. Mrs. Sudlo + stated that she bad long been familiar the merits of St Jacobs Oil. It was brouzht t> her attention by a friend, and ehe had never since had cauge to regret the day sho employed it. She ttated that she was subject to violant attzcks of neuralgia, and that the St. Jacobs Oil had always acted most happily in relieving her when nothing else would assuaxe the pain. She was never with- out 4 bottle cf the remedy. It occupted s pro: nent position ia the esteem of the family. Bhe also stated that her sister was troubled with neuralgia, and resorted to the use of St. Jaoobe Gil with the happiest results. Another lady, « very dear friend, had been altlicted with rheumatism for many years, and had been a great sufferer. A rhort me ago (uv began to use St. Jacobs Oil. The effect was almost won- derfnl. It helped her a3 nothing else hed ever done. She now worships at St. Jacobs shrine and cannot say enough in praise of the great reme- dy. Mr. Wm. B. Sudlow, the husband of the lady who gives the above testimony for the benatit of sufferers, is a well-known New Yorker. He isa clerk in the city water department, and au usher at Booth’s Theater. The saperintendent of the Bap- tist Home for the Aged, B. Palm.tler, No. 68 Lex- ington avenue, says of this wonderful remedy :-— “It excels anything I have ever used in the Baptist Home for rheumatism, of which disease we have a great deal. For neuralgia, there is a charm about it to relieve pain.” Considering these facis, there can bo no doubt about the wonder!ul performances of the reat German remedy.—New York Daily. Ut Dad - HIDNEGER KIDNEGER. KIDNRGER. KIDNEGER. KIDNEGER. KIDNEGER. (Trade-Mark Secured.) KIDNEGEN. HR GREAD KIDNEGEN. KIDNEY REGULATOR KIDNEGEN. AND DIvEETIC: KIDNEGEN. KIDNEGEN “a bietwy recom- KIDNEGEN. mended sud unsurpassed for WEAR KIDNEGEN. or FOUL KIDNEYS, DROPSY, KIDNEGEN. BRIGHT'S DISEASE, LOSS OF KIDNEGEN. ENERGY, NERVOUS DEBILITY, or any OBSTRUCTIONS srising from KIDNEY or BLADDEB DI8- EKIDNEGEN. KIDNEGEN. EIDNEGEN. EASES. Also for BLOUD and KID KIDNEGEN. NEY POISONING, tn affected ma- \arial sections.’ ‘Onitke any other preparation fox Kidney difficulties, it har a very pleasant snd agreeable tar‘e anc flavor. It contains POSITIVE DIURETIC properties and will NOT NAUSEATE. LADIEE ESPECIALLY will Like it, an¢ GENTLEMEN will find KIDNB GEN the best Kidney Tonic ever Used! 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Loutstana State Lottery Company. ‘This institution was regularly incorporated by the legisiature of the state for educational aud char- {table purposes in 1868 for the term of twenty-five years. to which contract the in- violable faith of the state is pledxed, which pledge has been renewed by a> overwhelming popular vote, Becuring its franchise in the new constitution adopted December 2d, A.D. 1879, with a capital of 81,000,000, to which it bes since added a reserve fund of over 8350.000. ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBU- ‘TIGA will take place monthly on the seooud Tuee KIDNEGEN. KIDNEGEN. EIDREGEN. It Never Soales or Postpones. Look at the following distribution: OAPITAL PRIZE, $30,000. 100,000 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH. HALF TIOKETS, ONE DOLLAR. LIST OF PRIZES. Prize.. BEREBoenks SSSSS8Se28 i 3 i A m.w., Washington, D.0. 605 14th st. a Seria te ee rEGAHD and 3UBAL A. EARLY tard eee —_ NEWARE, WN. J., INCORPORATED 1845. 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