Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1881, Page 8

a ‘ Terant bot un. HOME, MATTERS. ‘Tue QvssTIOoN WHAT DsGRex or Heat 13 n0- Cessary to Gestroy trichine im swine’s flesh is Of importance. A German expert says that it the pieces pu" toto a pot are large, trichins in the middie are not certain to be killed by such Gegree of cooking as they are usually subjected to. As long 28 meat retains the pinky color known a3 “rare” it ha3 been insuflictently Cooked to destroy the parasites, Smoking and Pickling the meat are of no use whatever. ‘THE PRUIT Acips contained in apples, toma- toes, rhubarb, lemons, ete, all act upon tin. Hence fruits preserved in tin cans contain a es Smeunt of tin tn solutian after 8 dea @ time. Cases are known where pers: -‘Saken viclentiy tll after eating canned fruit in which nothing could be devected as an adul- Cider drawn from a tin tank fhas been known to contain this metal in solu- tion in the proportion of 117 milligrams of metallic tin ty one litre of cider. “Cacus vors.”"—A “cache-pot” is an English evice for covering out of sight, the earthern Mower pots sometimes looking chipped and always disagreeable to the touch. A valance Of crash Je fitted to the pot and coarsely em- Droldered in Kensington stitch with crewels; daffodils, ferns, crocus, dahlias or marsh grasses are exslly sketched with a blue pencil and roughly {lied tn. ‘The top und bottom Are Luined tu and stitched down on the wrong Side. As the upper part ts wider than the bot- tom, of cow the flower pot must be litced Into the cacue-pot from above. SawDvsT tN Moxtar.—Silhr recommends very highly the use of sawdust In mortar as su- to hair in preventing the cracking oT of rough casting under the ac- orms and frost. His own house, ex- Prolonged Storms On the seac ast, hai patches of mortar to ba renewed each spring, and after trying without effect a number of Bubs'aaces to prevent it, he found sawdust Perf ctly satisfactory. It was first thorough'y dried and sifted through aa ordinary grain Bleve to remove the larger particles. The mortar was made by mixing one part of ce- ment, two of lime, two of sawdust aud five ot sharp sand, the sawdust belog frst well mixed Gry With the cement and sani . ONIONS AND TEMPERANCE.—The most temper- Ate people in the world are the Spanlards, They Owe It to the fact that they eat onion. There — ot = ——- leone ntocegrs In je Vegetable kingdom there are plenty of vege- tables containing essential ols, which ara aa- tagonistic to the destre of alcohol. The onion Js one of these. It does not make the breath Smell sweetly afier eating it, which 1s due to ‘the sulphur in ti; but 1t may be enjoyed in va- rious ways, so prepared as not to be offenstve. I do not say th: ‘ou are to do as the Spaniards do and eat cnioxs at every meal; but tnere are many other vegetables, parsley, celery, etc., which have esceitial olls, whtct, if used’ prop- erly prepared, are antl-alcoholic.—Food ant Health. A PHEVENTAELE Case OF IntNess.—Many People may have noticed the often disgusting odor proceed’ng from the size and paste of paper-hanging pervading an apartment for Some time ai‘er the paper has been newly hung. M. Vallis, tn the Revue a’ Hygiene, an 1 ‘sting case which has !nduced to maks some inquiries in this matter. A , WhO ume to Ume came to town to Bupervise Lhe Cecoration of ber house, was thr ‘times succes: ¥ seized with violent sickness and headec Ler sleeping tn a newly-papered room. M. Vs was Struck with the putre- factive odor pervaded the atmosphere, and, alter examining Into the matter, came to the conclusion that It preceeded from the wall. it was found that a horrible putrefactive odor proceeded frem the size-pot, with which the pe r-hanger ta the hext room was continuing ig the watl-papers, and that his siza.was in astate of putrefactive change. Oa making further fuqul: les, various other cases have coms — bis Lot ia _ illness has palpably eM produced by the use, by paper-nangers, of i and paste undergoing or speedily en- fering on septic change, and it ts extremely desirable that this should be borne in mind, and, if necessary, a little ofl of cloves, salicylic acid, or some other antiseptic agent should be added to the material which they use for this purpose, Gr, at any rate, care should be taken to avold these Gisagreeable consequences of fareleseness which 1s oaly too common. EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT should be offered chil- dren to spend the little time which they have at their own free disposal in physical exercise of some kind. For tnis one purpose alone, it for Ro other, the streets should b3 kept as clean as broom aud sweeping machine could make them, and they should be smoothly paved. An as- phalted roadway in every street would make An admirable surface for roller skating, and for hoop and rope exercise, a floor for marbie roll- tng. hop scotcb, quoits and every diversion that could Drip; glow to the cheeks of growing . Mavy people ovject to a street |, because Of the company that there. But it would certataly ibaa what they would find at watch not one parent in a thou- Sand coi cerns him or herself. One woalisuc- pose that parents would be ever on the alert to guard their children from victous companion- Ship, whether tn school or out, but a3 to tne former places I have excellent reason to kaow ‘that they are not aud as to the later they re BUrict themse'ves to the one method of sud} ing their children to unhealthy confinement in the hcuse, whicn Is a very Inefficleat as well a3. improper remedy. Each length of street might appoint a committee to see that the newly gp- Propristed playground was put to its prope: use; to initiate new games for the purp 82 cf stimulating activity, to keep away loafers ant doungers, and to have an oversight of the vi- clously inciined. Would it be impossible to nda half ¢ zea persons im each block wita sufticlent love for children to prompt them to erve In suc! ‘k. It 1s to be nopad other- for in order to hold such an opinion, we wor have to consider parents generally a3 a very seli-loving, unnatural se.—New York Pood and Health” CONFESSIONS OF THE REGICIDES How the Czar’s Assassination Was Pianned and Execued. ‘The confession made by the Nihilist Russa- Koff, who was hanged last week, ls published in the London Standard. It makes known for the first time the exact means by which the assassination was | ray and executed. ition is divided by the Procureur into ns, the first of which contains matter relating to Russakoff’s connection with the revolutionary party. His inclination tend- ed toward nihilism even in 1873, before his entry into the School of Mines, but he took no active until January, 1851, A ago, feel- that he could do ‘nothing alone, he de! ed to enter into the Workmans Revolutionary 0 zation, and this he was enabled to do by the Intervention of Jetlaboff, whose acquaintance he made about this time. in Jatuary last his new friend, success among the workmen, intro- duced him to others, who offered him member- ship in the workman’s organization and pecu- assistance to the extent of thirty roubles & month. Russakoff in turn worked hard at ‘the organizaiion of workmen's circles, the meet- ings of which took place some times at his Tooms, sometimes elsewhere, At thess mezt- ings terrorist measures were only spoken of as & means tO quicken the movement and [Sony the party against spies, Afterward, feeling the want of a leader, it was ds- termined that the Narodnaya Volya party Should act as such, and in imitation presum- ably of the organization of that section as dis- closed at the last great trial, the workmen were divided into a propagandist and directing party and an execulive committee, to the for- TalNtEp Gawe.—As epicures demand that game should be kept long enough to incur of tainting, 11 may be well enough to Sieorist directions for Festoring 1t without ig, the method generally employed. Birds as whole 23 possible should be cnds3a tn — pos = a iy a they Should be dusted with pep ung in a cur- Fentof cold air, and examined every day; at the first sugsestion of taint the birds should be plucked und drawn, a piece of charcoal Placed tu each, and a cloth wrapped about them; this cloth should be thickly dusted with charcoal broken small, and shoud remain upon the birds tor several hours, uatib all disagreeable odor has disappeared; a fresh ea arcoal should be placed in the neck Cooking. Some authorities provide for ‘Washing tainted game In vinegar and salted water, and t rinsing it with clear cold ‘Water; Of Course, there both butris: and flavor in this proces3, but then, what can one do if charcoal will not Serve to destroy the objectionable qualities? ‘Wemay ity close this part of our subject ‘With the reniark that two or three tablespvon- fuls of coffee burned in a room will overzom2 isa; Odor from tainted meat. Io aaning various Meats there is yae-half the-originai bulk, but vor aud nutritive elements of ain very little cise than the salts or siumu- dating properiies of meat; the aibumen being — and the florin also being removed im the preparation of these extracts, the sol Die salts remain; the waste in bulk 1s nin teen-twentietas. More than ahundred met! Ods of Canniog meats have been patented dur- ing the preseut century, but nearly all of them are Variations of Appert's method of excludiag the air. Warmth and moisture do not necos- Sarly produc» putrefaction.—Julie: Corson. ree Fishermen. it strolling away to the stream, »rook where the fishes swim. they all did dream, certain they'd bite for him, raimp from morning till night, And suffer the Se-ce mosquito’s dite, And drink to stop their groaning. a For men may fixh, but may get no bite, mner of which befonged Russako® himself, Je- Haboff, Peroffsky, ‘‘Invalide,” and “Michael lvanot,” alias *“Kotika,” that 18 Elnkoff. To the executive committee, or terrorist division, be- Jorged Russakoff, Jellaboff, Elnikoff and Micnaeloff. The ation of the Emperor did not emanate, according to the deponent, frcm the terrorists of the workman’s party, but Wes proposed by the executive committee, (that ia, of the Naroduaya Volyasset,) by whom even Russakoll at first understood ft would be car- Tied out. However, the deed was discassed, and ten days before its consummation Jellabom called for volunteers willing to undertake it. PLANNING THE DRED. At first the date was not fixed, and was not thought to be near, but soon Russakoff ob- served in Jellaboff and his. friends a feverish , Occasioned, he thinks, by the arrests that had weakened and alarmed the party. It wasa ‘week oefore the Ist (13th) of March tnat he ac- Cepted the task in answer to Jeltaboff’s cate- [ap demand, The latter then brought him ito Immediate relation with those who were pate for the deed, and he was introduced into the revolutionary quarters of Sabli which had been taken with the expres3 object of getting all ready for the attempt. His frst auty was, in company with Elntkoff, to, follow all the movements of the Czar, under the direction of Perofisky. Tne other “volunteers,” who met in Sabliin’s rooms, were Michaeloff and one “Michael.” From ume to time, too, @ man made his ap- pearance who was called “The Technic,” who explained in detail tno bombs and furnished them with a sample, which the vdunteers tried with full success ia a fleld behiad the Smoino Lerpet Coming back they found that Jallabomt disappeared, having in fact, been arrested. On the eventful day, at elght in the morping, they assembled again at Sablin’s to get final instructions aad th3 bombs. These were brought by Peroffsky in a bundle. There were but tyvo of them, but she said that perhap3 more would come; they had been working allniat at them, but had been unable to prepare the number pre- Viously decided upon. Aticr this “Tne Technic” arrived, bringlag More bomb3, which were given to Perofisky, who drew on the cover of each a plan of the streets, markiog the spots where the respective bearers were to al ‘The disposition was as follows: If ths Emperor down the Sadovaya, the mine Was to be exploded, Rus3akoff standing with iis engine in the square at one end, “Michael” # the other end of the street where it ruas ito the Nefisky. In the Manage square, as tne more dangerous place, were to stand Elaikof® and Michaeloff, as belag better knowa to each other, more experienced and with a better revo- Tutionary record. On the explosion of the mine all were to run towards the spot to {nsure tha death of the Emperor if the explosion had failed todo its work. If, however the Imperial car- Tage did not come that way the conspirators were to meet in the Michael street, where Pe- ro! would give them a sign if they were to go to the Catherine Canal and wait their vic- Umthere, This was what in fact happened; nd Russakotf, getting the signal from tne woman, went to the canal, and, as already Stated, threw his bomb under the horses. At that time Eintkoff was standing by the ralliag some way further on. MOTIVES OF THE PARTY. In beled the motives that nerved him to oe Rt kofl repeated that the party con- si “terror” & means of protection to the movement and of showing the people their strength, holding hign their standard and se- curing its authority, also as an answer to the cruel repressive measures of the government. He personally did not share the views of the party as tothe general advantage of regicide and terrorist deeds; but in present circun- staners he felt that the death of the E aperor was the only issue from an tatolerabie situa- ion, and the only way to obtain new and better conditions of life and activity for the socialist, a3 worker for the good of the people. “The socialist,” said the prisoner, “if I may £0 express it, carried his rights tn the bacrél of his’ revolver.” Speaxing only for nim- self, he looked upon successful regicide as a means (1) to cut short the general “terror” no lopger Lecessary under the new condition of things; (2) to render possiple the free develop- qent of & peaceful socialist propaganda; (3) to remove economic causes capable of produciag & bloody agrarian ig against the nearest enemies Of the peasauts—an inaurrection b3- yond the control of the party, and so terrlbl that “even we, hardened evii-doers, stand aghast atit;” and (4) to remove the implacaple hostility existing between the supreme power and the soclalista. In consequence of all this he, as Jeliabom rightly sald, panted to be a regicide. Thus he, Russakoif, while accept- ing willingly Jellaboff's invitation, was all er at variance with the party a3 Ww the fue meaning and object of the deed by means of which he wished to bring about, under chan; conditions of political life, a transition from a purely political struggle, with which he had no sympathy, toone more In accordance with his coavictions—a peace- ful, economical struggle after true sollalistic principles, Thus, in consenting to Jellaboff’s Proposal, he undertook the crime of the ist (13tb) of March not a3 a bilnd fastrament, but in accordance witn the dictates of conscience and moved by his heart and soul. It seems that Russakoff was a friend of Sheeraef, hanged in the fortress last year for com- plicity !n the various attempts on the Emperor, and that this connection got him into trouble with the police, whereupon he began to live under the name of Glazoff, with a false pass- Ws Before he entered actively upon nihilism: eliaboi told him that the party were in great need of money, upon which Rus:akoff drew five months’ allowance and gave fitty roables to hi3 mentor. He worked hard at school, and lived a modest life. On the morning of the 1st (13th) he was, contrary to custom, in high spirits, an when his landlady asked whither he was going oe. en Be oe sane gens that it Was Sunday, and he then. “T am going to @ friend; 103 ah one.” THE PRIME MOVER. Jeliaboff, an extremely intelligent and genial Man, acknowledged his participation iu the Goings of the nihilists, and explained that he served the cause of popular emancipation and belonged to the Narodnaya Volya party, which hejd the destruction of their rulers one of the means to be empioyed in an active struggie for the attainment of their ends. As an ageat of the third Ue hyper is, possessing the full confidence ef the executive committee—he re- ceived from it the commission to organizea fresh attempt on the life of theCzar, He chose Russakoff and the others from the forty-seven mean who answered to his call for volun- teera. On March 2 ) the prisoner Sent a letter to the Procureur declari nyeloal part in the assassination, this was only py accident. Further on, eulogizing Russakoff, he expresses the fear that the 4nd tired snd ugiy go home at nicht, Aud vent their wrata in 41 > ‘Three fishers stro/led into the beer saloon, Where the crowd sat round and the gas was bright, And cach vaily ig ve oe ame tune, And showed his fish with erry 1 See caient, cay at ‘And boast ct catctiihy the fish they buy, inwardly they're «roaning. {Boston Post. young man named a bn Peck sear john Peck secured a sftaation a3 cond On the Metrepolitan raliw y Beaten ana bis car was several times thrown the track by ratls becoming laced. Os day ihe end of a rail Peg me fas flew up in the car truck. He lifted and pushe Jost bis temper fa the effort to get oe eee ‘the track aud the rai tn place again, and at ht Was co disgusted with his work that he W up bis situation. Bat his experience get him to thicki¢y, and in a few he called on an oilicer cf the road and said that he could meke a “chatr” tuat would hold the * rails firmly ‘ogether at the joints. The officer hed at bs confident assertion, and to:d him that be had heard similar storles doz:n3s of times. but the ex-conductor exhibited his model and drawings which appeared so prom- Uhat he was told to go al and make a a — was & a success. a mh Veck’s patent way chair ed his frat ST: ry Ee zee legality than Biaoral justice, to he, Jeilabofl, begs to be inciuded ment. The deposition of i i! §5 Hs g BESEEE 82 i a58 age Reminiscences of Benconsticld. ‘When Earl Beaconsfield was Mr. Disraeli he was often hard up for cash. He was not an ex- travagant man in the way of gratifying hisown personal whims or tastes. On the contrary, his abite were simple, his wants few and his indi- ‘seldom costly. ir you father, and a well. grown man who clatmed to be his gon. The story ran that this tn! trio, neither of whom was the child of the same mother, was a heavy drain a the resources of the great statesman. What foundation for this scandal there may have been is very uncertain. M. of Mr. Dierael’s most intimate friends declared that it was a perfect fabrication, without the slightest foundation in fact. But, be this as it may, it is certain that after Mr. D) riage his wife had not the slightest cause to complain of him. Whatever ht have been his former indiscretions, after marriage he ved the most devoted and consclenuous of usbands. It was also sald that his wife, whO was the wicow of his fellow member for Maidstone, Mr. Lewis, p ‘to him, and not he to her. She had conceived a great admiration for him during the life of her first husband. After the death of Mr, Lewis she found herself the mis- tess of a large fortune, and without any en- cumbrance in the shape of children or poor relatives. She had the foresight to.see thata great career was open to Disraeli, but that h> was hampered by debt and the want of money. She proposed to lend him—practisally to give bim--a very. sum of money. He declined the generous offer. _He could not, he said, ac- cept such a favor from apy one—most posi- tively not from a woman. “Not even from your wife?” asked Mrs. Lewis, placing her hand in bir, Soe conquered, and he was her de- yoted friend and lover ever after. But Mr. Disraeli was essentially an actor, in ond a8 well as in public life, and it has been inted that he even acted his professed love for his wife, and really had no romantic or sin- cere affection for her—regarding her only as a nephew might look upon a rich and affectionate old aunt, who would give wanted so long as he was | Sitter kind to her. ‘This was, most probably, less slander. Mr. Disraeli was not a sensualist. Hoe had a most vivid imigination, which enabled him to invest any object with the attributes and charm3 which he desired 1t to possess, In this way he made of his wife—who certainly was neither beautiful nor very nighly gifted with intellect— @ paragon of everything that wds charmlog ae ane and he accordingly thus wor- 1D) er. One of the unexplained mysteries in Mr. Disraeli’s political life is that most curious declaration of his, made at a mesting of his constituents at Aylesbury, Buckinguamsnhire, concerning theQueen. He sald, in his most emphatic and deliberate manner, that her majesty had become “physically, morally and mentally incapactated from discharging her functions as a sovereign.” Thereporters for the London papers who were present—all of them experienced stenographic reporters, and accustomed to take down Mr. Disraell's speeches in the House—were astounded as they recorded these extraordinary words, and could Scarcely belicve that they had correctly under- stood his meaning. They consulted with each other at the end of the. speech and found the; all agreed In thelr notes of this sentence. Still, there ht be some mistake, ing to be positively certain, they d2- puted one of their number, Mr. Thompson Cooper, of the Times staff aud editor of “Tae Men of the Time,” to go to Mr. Disraeli and ask if they had correctly understood him. “Read your paragraph as you have it,” sald Mr. Disraeli to Mr. Cooper. He it, “You are quite right,” sald Mr. Disraeli; “that is exactly what I sald and what I meant to say.” The excitement which this strange phrase when published in the London papers created throughout the kingdom is still well remem- bered. Mr. Disraeii never retracted 16, nor made any expjanation of it. But it was this lady—who, in Mr. Disraeli’s opinion, was a physical, moral and mental wreck—whom he afterwards made Empress of India, and from whose hangs he received his titles of Earl, Viscount and Knight of the Garter. Nor did this strange utterance at all militate against the cordial and affectionate relations between the Queen and himself. She always was fond of him, and at times displayed her friendship for him in such a pronounced man- ner that the story went abroad that she in- tended to order him to marry her. He wasa wicked wit who sald in relation to this story, that “there were two Johns who stood in the way of the proposed nuptials—John Bull and John Brown.” Mr. Disraeli was also a great friend of the Prince of Wales, and it was understood that whenever his Koyal Highness was in a scrape— and that was not seldom—he went to Disraeli for advice and succor, a8 well as for cash, some- Umes. It was the story in London that, in the upbappy case of Lady Mordaunt, when the Prince was notified that he would be summoned asa witness, he ran to Di li, expiained the strait he was la, and sald that he thought the best way Out of it would be to go to India, Australia, or America, and remain away until the storm blew over. “On the contrary,” sald Disrael!, “you must face the mu3ic. Go into the court and boldly say that so far a3 you know the lady is chaste as ice.” The Prince obeye3; he swore “ike a man” to what almost every one believed to be a lie, and left the court amid the plaudits of the ple, There ara plenty of other men, probably, who have done the same thing. In the not unfrequent pecu- niary embarrassments in which the Prince found himself, Mr. Disraeli was also not untre- quenuy his best friend. There are plenty or stories telling how Disraeli would go to Wind- sor, Osborne or Balmoral, see the Queen, and come back with a big check In his pocket which he would hand over to the Prince with the remark, “Don’t do it again, my boy; your mo- ther 1a fond of you, but don’t doit again.” All this may seem to contrast somewhat strangely with the correctness of the Earl’s own life—after his rahiy at_least—and with the moral purity of all his novels. What @ contrast there is between his works and those of George Eliot or Oulda in this respect. There 13, 80 far asthe writer now remembers, not a suggestion of impurity, immorality or adultery in apy of the Earl's early or late novels. Tae love in them is pure; the women are chaste and Sweet; the men are honorabie. Mr. Disraell’s relations with Mr. Gladstone were curious, Bitterly as they opposed each other in public, each of them and ad- mired the other. Occasionally, but not often, it fell out that they met each other in society— ata dinner or atsome other social gathering. And then it wag amusing to see the awkward- ee and Pygpreronee of” aes ee = eade and self-possession of ae) 8 latter once sald in private that he thought Gladstone wouid die either in a monastery as a Roman Catholic lay brother, or in a madhouse. Some tattler took the tale to Gladstone and it made him very angry. But after Gladstone had written ‘his antl-Vatican pamphlet Disraeli remarked that there was no longer any @anger of the monastery; and after the last general election, which resulted in Gladstone’s Victory, he said, witha sigh, ‘Perhaps It is I and not Gladstone who is toend his days ina madhouse,”—N. FY. Graphic, The Curse of Smoke. Innumerable are the complaints that are made of obnoxious tobacco smoke. Some of them are published in the newspapers; others, 80 Vigorous in language as to be unfit for pub- Meation, find thelr way into editorial waste baskets, but most are made verbally, and many are by men who themselves enjoy an occa- sional cigar or pipe. It 1s not the use of the weed that is objected to, but the general lack of taste and sense as to the proper times and places for indulgence. There are many virtues that would be annoylog to beholdera if prac- ticed in public. What can be said, therefore, in Gefence of a petty but general vice that thrusta itself under the noses of everybody? Every place out of doors where halt a dozen people chance to meet is almost sure to be redolent of tobacco and the dozen ot other things that os acon, inside Ce ger reed noticed smokers themselves, A lady hardly ‘stand on an elevated station B gimeorsd without occasional whiff of bi herly enough to throw away his weed before en- tering a public conveyance he takes more or less ot the aroma with hi ms one of the two cabins of every ferry boat smell! Worse than Bt Or one of the Street Clraning Buieaw’s most ted cccaye the curse, man whose. dress ts accopted escaye the men whose &5 proof of good manners often carry into tne pari acquaint Ing ner cigars of cigarettes, How to Feed an Invalld, (The Queen.j Give the distasteful food the semblance of something that is particularly palatabie to the Patient, and efforts will be rewarded by Your soon him cating with an ap) Ute. For instance, you are bound to give mince, and eS, bound not to give pastry. Your patient, however, is fond of pastry. What you must then do ts this: Vol-au-vent case, and minced chicken or lamb. Then, though your patient may not eat a single mouthful of the the look of the whole thing Calls up the pleasura- ble feelings associated with the vol-au- vent, in leu of the feeling of disgust excited by a dish of mince. On this day will find that he epjoys bis meal; on another occa- sion you can surround the mince with a wall of mashed Potatoes oF Dolled ros. Again, you may send up your mince in the guise of a “‘cot- tager’s ple.” This, as every one knows, ts just a layer of minced meat placed at che bottom of @ small pie dish, covered with a three-inch layer of potatoes, putin the oven and nicely browned. Yet again, you may put the mince into rigsoles, or roll it up inside batter, or, fail- ing all these, can make three-cornered a1 wiches with it. In this last case the mince should be of chicken, aud instead of buttering ‘both pieces of the bread, you might spread the faintest soupcon of potted ham on one of them. 1n catering for such an invalid a8 we have in view, our aim isto get him to take a stipulated amount of meat per diem. The doctor has ordered him 80 many ounces a day, to be given in any form (save the solid) in which he can be induced to swallow it. As long, then, as this quantity gets taken, our object ts secured. We may give it, if we like, through the medium of soup, or through that of meat jellies, It is quite possible, therefore, to let two, or even three, days in the week pass without mince in any of its Protean Shapes being present. We can make a anada, and put as much as {3 equivalent to the specified number of ounces Into a plate of soup; or, again, we can make some strong ox tall jelly, and administer @ couple of glasses to him; and then, when we have given the due allowance of meat, we are able to include In that day’s menu things which are more ritewnS though less nourishing, than the mince. We can give him a souft flavored with vanilla, serveg in a smoking tin, with a snowy white napkin round it. Charlotte russe, maccaroni with sweet sauce, roast apples (to be eaten with baked milky rice pudding), Stewed pears covered with cream, and innumer- eble other puddings, can be given with great benefit, since, by causing your invalid to derive Pleasure from some portion at least of his meal, you prevent him from regarding all eating as distasteful. But above all, it must be remembered that. the way in which things are served isthe most Important element in the matter. The trays should be covered with the freshest of cloths, and even be rendered bright by a vase of flowers. You should never set a plate before aninvalld containing the exact quantity of meat, fish, or pudding you want him toeat. It you do, he will be sure to leave half, with the complaint that be has no appetite. He should always have everything served on small dishes, and should be allowed to assist himself. His vegetables and sauces should never be heaped on his plate, but should come up in tiny veg- etable dishes and pretty sauce boats, Above all, heshould never be told beforehand what he may expect, 80 that his meals have all the charm of a surprise, Io short, an invalld’s meals should be so managed that he should look forward to them with pleasure as to a break in the day’s monotony, Instead of turn- ing froro thera with disgust, as from soma dis- agreeable ordeal to be undergone with all the resclution he can muster. ‘Two Preachers, Globe Democrat. ‘The preacher stood in the pulpit And spoke with lance discoures 4 Of reason and revelation, Nature and cosmic force. He talked of the reign of order, Of scientific ski, And knowledge ae the only key ‘Zo find the heavenly will. And I wondered at the doctrine, It seeraed £0 strange and cold, And thonght of saints that I had known, ‘Weary, and poor, and old. ‘While lost in this maze of wisdom About the false and true, ‘There came to my eyes a vision, Near as the nearest pew. ‘Twas a vison dear and tender, ‘The sweetest face of & child, As weary with all the talking He lay aslcop and amiled. Nothing he cared for the preacher, Who spoke of law above, But in his face was innocence And worlds of trustful love. I thought of a certain teacher, The wise, the undefiled, Who saw the kingdom of ‘heaven Within the heart of a child. "Tis good to be mipae| and learned, Good to be wise and bold; But the best of ore ees, thatis ‘That preacher left untold. IsabEL FELLows. Saved by a Hosebush, A TRACK OF BLOOD ON THs SNOW TO THE BRINK OF A PRECIPICE. (Portland (Oregon) Telegram.} Anexploring party, of which W. D. Pretty- man, who resides back of East Portland, was a member, were exploring a wild sectioa of coun- Uy about i5 miles this side of the Cascades, near Multnomah Falls,a few daysago. Tae gorges, ravines and rugged mouatala side3 were covered deeply with snow, upon the sur- face of which wasa heavy crast, ag smoeth as ascaof fce, and ae cold ay the charity of a millionaire, The party was maktag slow pro- gress along the backbone of a divide. O1 the right-hand -side was _a slope of about 109 feet to an abrupt citff, beneath which, about forty feet below, was a chasm filed with immense rocks. Mr. Prettyman was dressed in an oil-skin coat, which was closely buttoned. While looking out over the valley beneath, his feet id and he fell on the right side of the divide. The oll-skin coat acted like a snow- shoe, and away went Mr. Prettyman spinotng down the mountain side like a flash. When within twenty-five feet of the precipice he grasped a rosebush, the only tree or shrub with! Teach, and, a8 it tore through bis hand, lacerating his fingers, he brought to @ stop nearly upon the brink. It was & moment of horror lest the shrub give way and to death upon the rocks below. His companions made all haste, and, throwing him a rope, he managed to. crawi back to & place of , leaving @ track of biood upon the snow as ft streamed from his torn and ited hands. DURING THE PERFORMANCE of Uncle Tom's gallery. ‘Bacto Tom, on receiving one of tho missiles on nis cheek, advanced to the foot- lights and dared the party wh) threw it to fight The performance was prema- turely brought to a close, and several of tne- egg throwers were arrested. DyING ALONE IN His Srupio.—In & house which he occupled alone, at the corner of Smith and Union avenues, East New York, there died yesterday Joon Frankensteln, about 65 years of age, who wa3 kadwa in the neigh- borhood, where he had lived for five years, as @n artist, sculptor and poet. Frankenstein was found dead upon asota. Noar it, standlag upon & square Dox, wa3 a partlally-completed bust of Goethe, and beside it the tools with which the deceased had been working upon it. The clothing of the dead man consisted of a red a patr of black pants, gray stozklags of rubber slippers. H3 had covered with a piece of white linen, and evidently had rested himself upon the sofa, ac’ while in this position must have dre, ved dead. Scattered around pro- miscuously, and covered with dust ana cobwebs, were a number of fing oll paintings, together with several busts, some of which ly showed signs of desay from ne- glect That ho was not in want was-proved by Ube discovery of $200 in his pockets, and other Small sums Of money in various paris of thé room. Hiram Powers was his master, to whom he refers in a poem. At one time Franken- fe up to “American Art; [ts ¥. Star, 11 ra. Lizzie tnent died 1864, which he entitied Awfal Attitude; A Satire. KILLED BY A CHIMNEY Baick. Belair, wife of Louis D. Belair. a citizen, the same thing. Sam off the root. self he clutched the chimney and fines a ig which slipped down the: Say 9 home, where cusaion of the brain, it 1s supposed, Monday. was | THE DAWN OF LIFE. The Mental Peveiopment of dren—The of Enteili- gence—How others May Co- Operate with the Specialists. At the meeting of the American Social Science Association at Saratoga last summer, in a Rr too littie was Enowh Tegaralng Kd dng the mental rowth of children. Much time has been spent edecational matters, and it was seriousiy con- sidered ag a work qulte within the province of the committee on education. it seemed a hops Jess task to undertake, and no one appeared to have any definite idea how it was to 4 entered a aud the committee separ: thout any pian of action. It did not reat however, for Mrs, Emily Talbot, of this city, who ls tha secretary, and an ve member of the com- mittee, set herself at once to work to find the way to make the beginning. It seemed neces- sary first to gain certain facts regarding chll- dren which should furnish the necessary data to Work from; these facts once collected could be put into the hands of thespecialists, and they conla consider and make their deductions from them. Of course these could only be furnished by the mother or nurse, and the first thing obviously seemed to be to interest the mothers and make them notice and register certaia acis of the chtid which indicate, first, consciousness, and thea thought. Mrs. Taibot consulted with Protessor Pryer, Professor Har- ris and Professor Hall, all of them scientific men, and men interested in all development of the race, They approved the pian, and thought she was going to work in the most ree] manner ole to achieve the results, and gave ber many valuable hints and suggastions ‘ding the circular, which she bad in prepa- Tation for mothers, and of which ten thousand have already been distributed. The circular, after setting forth its object, presents a list of questions with blank s; ‘These blanks are to be to Mrs. Talbot, the contents noted and com- pared, and @ table of averages made, which ‘Will be the first thing the specialists will have to begin thelr work from. Among the ques- tions asked are the parentage of the baby’s father and mother, the nationallty; the baby’s welght at birth and at stated periods during the first year of its life; its puysical condition; the age at which iC first exhivited consclous- ness, and in what manner; at what age did it smile, recognize it mother, notice its hand, follow @ light with its eyes, hold up its head, sit alone on the floor, creep, stand by a chair, alone, walk alone; held a plaything when put into its hand; Teach out apd take a plaything; appear to be right or left-handed; notice pain, as the prick of a pin; show a like or dislike in taste, appear sensible to sound; notice the light of a window or turn towards it; fear the heat from stove or grate; speak, and what did it say; how many words could it say at One year, at eighteen months, and at twoyears. The thing now most necessary to be done, is to get the co operation of the mothers, and this, aithough It may not be done at once, will not be difficut when It is understood how vital a matter it 13, and how a Uttle care on their part will be the means of Spening. & new realm of psychology, which shall not only be of the greatest interest, but also of untold value. There is no mother that does not take delight in watcding theawakening faculties of her child, and every new act of intelligence is a new happiness to her. She Watches for the first gleam of recognition in the baby’s eyes; the first flicker of a smilie about the rosy baby mouth; and the first ap- peal from the uplifted hands streiched to meet hers, gives a thrill of happiness tat is not equalled until the baby lips for the first. ume, calls “Mama.” So the task Mrs. Talbot sets is not a hard one, merely to record these events which afford such happl- ness to her a8 they occur, and send them a3 re- uested. The labor comes atterward in the classification and Comparison. Certainly the experiment is worth trying, and no one can predict what results may follow. It ts no doubt true that research of this kind will bring to light some very remarkable facts, and there is no reason why in time it may resultin very useful knowledge which shall be of the utmost service not only to mothers in training and di- recting the mental facuities of their chiidrea, but to all interested in their education and ad- vancement. If any persons are iaterested to see forthemselves what the work is that the educational department of tha Social Sience Association is attempting, they may leara by Sending for a circular to . Emily Talbot, No. 66 Marjporough street. Mothers who are in- terested would do well to investigate the sub- ject, and give what ald they can tn the begin- ning, as the committee desire to get a3 m: facts as possible before the next meeting of the association, and the more responses they have to the circular the sooner wiil they be ready to put the work from their hands into the waiting hands of the specialists.—Baston Advert. Oddities of the English Nobility. {London World.) The personality cf the tate Lord Huntinz- tower, whose memory haz been revived by the disciosures of a cause cziebre concladed last week, 1s bot likely soon to fade from the minds of those who ever enjoyed tus distinguished honor of his society, or who even knew him by Sight. He was pre-eminently the peer of the pavement, and had graduated in almost every art of eccentric blackguardiszm.- Muca was for- given bim by the muititude, because a sinner in purple is only half astnnerin broadcloth. fils folltes and Vices, it was charlitabiy said, were hereditary, and therefore vental. Liketse Ulle, they were ‘part of the family estate, and it would be as unreasonabie tocondemn the representative Of an ancient race because he concentrated in himself all the failings and in- iquities of bis forefathers as_ because his phys- lognomy reproduced the combined features of a series of family portraits. Gout in these days is becoming @ little common; and since the reform biil of 1832 the middie classes have bad the audacity to assert their claim to in its agonies. But there are still some valetudinarian eccentricities which are severely Imited to the very highest society. The mem- bers of one noble and titled house, which nas supplied us with at least two Secretaries of State during the last twenty years, have a hereditary incapacity for eating roast mytton. One of their ancestors probably was seized with internal pangs,atter having ained too copiously off that dish, in the days of the first crusade, and his descendants have been unable to toler- ate It ever since. The odd thing is, they cin eat, and condescend to like, boiled mutton, especially when served with caper sauce and turnips, Another family, which, though not titled, is of an antiquity greater than the pro- prietors of most coronets can boast, in the west of England, has been famous from father to son, during several centuries, for its instinctive a e to boiled tongue, These are historic instances, and tl migtt be multiplied with endless and entertalning variety. Since the lon of Queen Victoria ab3o- lute dementia has lost much of the patrician Teputation which it enjoyed in the days of George II. But certain pecullar delusions are stilla highly aristocratic appanage. Here is a peer who has a strong conviction that he is endowed with the gift of immortality. He has made his will as a matter of form, but he knows quite well that there will never be any practi- cal use for the document. On all other sinjecta than this he is perfectly sane. His lordship tn Teference to this particular ‘. ‘d, clear-headed, quick-witted moan Of the world, who thoroughly understands the management of his estates and improve- ment of roperty; & patron of the aris, and ‘& Sto! ivocate of economic reform. His father firmly believed, and protested on his 5 deathbed, that he should reappear after au 1n- terval years. His grandfather was an apostie of the doctrine of the transmigration of souls. 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