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Covers fol. Tables.


Very pretty covers for small tables
may be made o fvarious dark rich shades
of d%ouble-faced Canton flannel. A hand
some and effective one is thus described:
A yard square of o%live-green Canton
flannel was buttonholed all around the
edge with gold-colored silk, the stitches
being taken some little distance from
each other. A band of garnet flannel,
three inches wide, was placed at u dis
lance OF four inches from the edge of
the cover. This band, or border, be,
fore it was placed on the olive green
flannel was first embroidered at inter-
walls, little fans and butterflies alter
mating with each other. Each fan was
| about the S re of silver dollar; its out
lines only were embroidered in semi
| stitch with gold colored silk; the ham
dies being worked also in the same col
or. The butterflies were in various col
ors, the upper and lower being usually
of some bright contrasting colors,
with gold spots. This border was fas-
| tened with feather stitching on the table
! cover, in each corne were embroidered
| groups Of field flowers in crewels. Beau
tilul designs of this kind can be bought
rea'y mounted, and only require to be
scanned. A table cloth of garnet flannel,
with q band of old gold, would look
handsome with agroup of daisies at each
corner.
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Miscellany.

An ex-United States Supervising In.
spsctor says: GA boiler eNplodes
from undue pressure, for the simple
reason that it is impossible to make all
its parts of equal strength. When the
weakest part gives way the boiler is re-
lieved as it would be by its s%afety-val ge.
The only thing which can cause a boiler
explosion is the instantaneous con
version of all or a large quantity Of
water into steam, as powder into
gas"
Last winter the Board Of School Trus-
tees of Trenton, Nj, made a change in
the grammar in use in the schools. The
change met with a great deal of oppo-
sition, and parents Of scholars refused to
eSpend any money in buying new books.
The majority of the board finally con-
Guided to transfer $500 from the furni-
ture account to the book account, and
so procure the money needed for the
new grammar. The matter vent into
the courts, and Judge Scudder filed a
paper reversing the action, %forbidding
the change OF grammars.
The university of Pennsylvania is con
| structing a furnace in which the refuse
of its dissecting rooms will be rapidly
consumed. 1t is understood that the
university will likewise offer the use of
| the furnace for the cremation of human
bodies at a price merely sufficient to
cover the expense. DR.. J.. B. Deaver,
the demonstr ator of anatomy, has .nev-
or been known rs a professed advocate
Of cremation, but he is inclined to be-
lieve that this method of disposing of
the dead will be generally adopted in
the not remote future.
The average yearly cut of lumber in
Oregon and Washington for the last
thirty-fve years has been, in round
numbers, 10000, 900 feet. Let US as
sumo that for the next thirty years it
will be three times as much, or 10000
600 feet a year. At that rate of forest
destruction it would take 740 years to
exhaust the timber now growing from
the Columbia to the Frazer, and from
the sea backward to the eastern slopes
of the Cascade Mountains. At an aver
| age lumber consumption Of SOC, DOC, 900
feet a year, there is sufficient to last 800
! years, and in that time the timber first
cut would be reproduced.
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Cooking Salt Mackkrel.

BY some persons macherel is not
found easy ofdigestion, and it sometimes
has a bitter taste, which makes it .disa-
greeable to a delicate palate; but if prop
erly cooked it is Il reality as wholesome
as any other fish. F%ishmongers rarely
clean it sufficiently, and a great deal de-
ponds uponthe thoroughness with which
It is done by the cook. The brown sub
stance which clings to the backbone is
the cause ct the bitter flavor, and this
should be entirely removed. Open the
fish, remove the backbone and thor
oughly wipe out all the brown substance
then divide the fish down the middle,
sprinkle it with pepper, flour and salt,
place a piece of the roe upon, each half.
roll it up tightly and place it in a baking
dish. Mix a dessertspoonful of flour to q
t%easpoonful of cold water, stir into it a
half-pint ofboiling water and q teaspoon
full of essence Of shrimps, and pour it
over the 6lleted fish. Lay a lumpof but
ter on each fllet and bake for three
quarters OF an hour in a moderate oven.
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life should have been the same in the
landa hnrdarinn IN tho Madiknrrn Mann

life should have been the same in the
lands bordering on the Mediterranean,
In the tropical forests of India, and on
both sides of the Atlantic. The hunter of
the reindeer in the valley of the Della
ware was the same kind OF 8 wage as the
hunter of the reindeer in the banks of
the Thames or the Seine. 1t does not,
however, follow that hisidentity of fin
plements implies that the same race of
men ranged over this vast tract. While
this may be left an 6penquestion, 1T Ger.
tainly indicates q primeval condition OF
savagery, from which mankind has en-
erged in the long ages that separate it
from own time. We may also infer
from his wide range hat the river-drift
hunter assuming that mankind sprane
from q centred inhabited the earth for
a long time, and that his dispersal took
place before the glacial submergence
and the lowering of the temperature in
1t is not reasonable to suppose that the
Straits of Behring could have offered a
free passage either to the river.drift
man migrating from Asia Is America, or
to the American animals from America
to Europe, while there was a great bar
rler of ice or of sea or of both, In the
high northern attitudes.
1t will naturally be asked who and
what was the rival-drift hunter. The
question can only be partially answered
in the present stage of the inquiry. The
few fragments of human bones, beyond
doubt associated with the implements.
are too imperfect to offer any evidence
as to race. They, however, point Out
Enthusiastically that he was a man, and
not "a missing link" and that he was
without traces OF Simian ancestry, such
as has been ascribed to him by Mortiilet
and others. On this important point |
entirely. agree with Dr.. Virehow. The
river-drift man has vanished from the
face of the earth without leaving any
clew to his identification with any living
race. After him the race of cave-men
appeared in Europe, now represented
by the Esquimaux.
We may realize before the rock-hewn
tombs, at Luxor the impossibility oil
measuring the date of the river.drift
hunter i'll terms of years. In the inter
val between the time ofhis encampmeni
on the site of ancient Thebes and the
rise oithe splendor of Egypt, the condi-
tions of life described in the preceding
pages passed away, and man had pro-
crossed from the hunter stage of civiliza.
ton into that of the Neolithic, Of the
Bronze, and of the Iron ages. He
stands on the other side of an abyss Of
past time, the depth of which has moi
been, and which in my opinion cannot
be fathomed. w. BoYD DAwKINs.
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Maxwell Smiths face paled, and tears

Maxwell Smiths face paled, and tears
filed his eyes. He was about to make
another appeal, when Senator Morgan
suggested that he Morgan be allowed
to call On the secretary of war, and OBJ
tain from him a report concerning. the
elder Smiths antecedents. This was ac-
guessed in, and the senator and the boy
repaired immedi tely TO the quarters of
Mr.. Stanton.
Fortunately the secretary was unen-
gagged, and listened patiently to the
argument advanced by Mr.. Morgan for
the soldiers pardon. In reply he stated
desertion was his first breach of disci-
pine.
"But," said Mr.. Stanton, 81 could not
recommend the president to exercise his
p~rerogative in this or any similar case.
If the deserter be found, he must pay
the penalty of his infraction of the law
Nothing more could be done that day,
and 80 Smith and his faithful friend de-
parted for their respective residences,
the understanding being that the youth
should call early the next morning at
the senator's house, and that they
should again repair together to the
white house
AT the appointed time audience was
oDlStlllCN VI II plS6iICIits uliu uStktu tl1C
subject of Smiths pardon was intro
duced. MIR. Lincoln appeared to be in
better spirits than on the day before,
and listened to what the secretary of
war had said, with much interest.
When told that Mr.. Stanton had refused
to recommend Smiths pardon he
| said,-
81 thought it would be 80 when you
started to see him. Stanton has often
| found fault with me for my soft heart,
as he calls it, and he could rot stultify
himself by recommending what he has
condemned me for approving"
"Well Mr.. President" said senator
Morgan, "it is not often that | make a
personal appeal to you, but Ihave inter-
ested myself so much in this boys case
that l cannot abandon all hope of a sue
cessful result v g now. In mercy's
name do the favor my young friend
Graves of you, and send him back to
New York with q light heart. He has
promised to return to Washington with
| his father within two weeks, and [ feel
sure that he will not falsify his word"
The president was visibly moved. He
looked at the lad Smith long and intent
ly, and then suddenly drawing a sheet
of paper toward him, he wrote a few
words to the secretary of war, and Civ
ing the note to a messenger, bade hlul
return with an answer as soon as posi-
BILE.
In half an hour the latter came back
with a document subscribed by Mr..
Stanton, and hastily writing the word
"~approved," the president handed it to
Maxwell Smith, who %nervously
running his eyes over it, dis.
covered its purpose, and burst into
tears. His father had been uncondi.
tionally pardoned.-Youth's Companion.
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THE o
A "Reminiscences OF the Assassination
ofPresident Lincoln.

n lSeullnlSCeuCe OF the ASSASSINATION
ofPresident Lincoln.
New York Journal.
Junius Brutus, who was buried yes.
terday is the first of the brothers to die
since the tragic end of John Wilkes
Booth, eighteen and a half years ago,
and the event has brought to mind
some Renaissance of that great trag-
edy.
When John Wilkes Booth committed
his crime his brothers had not seen him
for some months. The last occasion on
which they had acted together, was in
the previous year at the Winter garden,
where the brother, who is just dead, al
so played. At the time of Mr.. Lin
coins murder the two other
brothers were in Boston. Junius Bru-
tus was manager of the Boston theatre.
Ho had gone home and was in bed when
the telegram reached him of the &C.
cusation that had been made against his
brother. Not believing it he rushed to
the telegraph Office and sent dispatch
he went round to The newspaper offices
to make inquiries, but could get no
positive news. 1t was before the days
of interviewing, and everybody respect
ed his srief-even the terrible reporter.
Edwin Booth was attending a dinner
at Boston, Which l believe was given in
his honor. Atany rate he was inst about
to rise with a champagne glass in his
hand to reply to some toast. 1t was at
the Parker house. Suddenly a waiter
came in, and ~interrupting him handed
him a dispatch. Mr.. Booth put down
the champagne glass and asked to be ex-
cused a moment as the message was OF
the utmost urgency. He opened it,
turned deadly pale, and sank in his
chair with his head on the table, ex'
claiming, My God! my Godv'
There was great excitement ina mo-
ment. Somebody picked up the dis
patch and read it, and then, one by one,
the people left the room. At about 4
o'clock the two brothers, Edwin and
Junius, met, both Of them crushed with
the weight OF the terrible calamity
They went away together, and what oc-
Cured between them will never be
known.
The late Junius Brutus Booth never
mentioned his brothers name again
and was deeply moved if ever the sub
ject was broached in his presence. He
accompanied Edwin when the remains
of John Wilkes Booth were removed
from Washington to the family tomb al
Baltimore, and was present at the rein
torment of the bones of his unfortunate
brother.
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Town and County Lawns.

There is nothing about a country h.ruc
more permanently pleasing to the eye
than a we'll kept lawn. Flowers and
shrubbery are beautiful, but they do not
satisfy a cultured taste as does the EN-
erald green ola fresh, velvet turf. A
Northern lady, to whom marriage gave
a delightful plantation home in the SIM
ny south, once said to me, 81 am SIR
rounded by flowers, roses, jessamines,
geraniums, heliotropes, honeysuckles,
everything beautiful and fragrant in the
way of flowers l have and enjoy, but
there is an aching void. l long for a
oil my flowers for a northern lawn"
The same lady came north 70 live after
the war, and in fitting up her new home
she said, THE leading features of its
surroundings must be a lawn. l don't
want the surface of the ground to be
married with tree, shrub or flower. There
is nothing 30 handsome around a house
as a green smooth-sliaven lawn" This
is putting it pretty strong. Trees and
flowers are beautiful in their place, but
to plant a forest in front Of the house or
fill the front yard with lilacs, s~yringas
and other shrubbery, as our fathers
were iHcilHeu I'd 90, 30 aStO make the
yard look like a swamp, was a mistake.
A lawn, with a cluster of geraniums
here, of heliotropes there, and other
perpetual boomers few and far between
bordered with eIms and ergre trees
which may serve as a frame to the pic
ture delights the eye of every beholder.
Lawns are now quite common, on
farmers premises, and we can see no
reason why they have not as good q
right to q pleasant, tasteful home as the
citizen who spends only three or four
months in the country. As to its being
9 waste of land to devote 6 few rods in
front of the house to a lawn, it is no
more wasteful than TO devote the same
space, as is usually the case, to trees and
shrubbery. No one begrudges the
chickens a yard in which to run, firt
and frolic, and are not children entitled
to equal privileges with the chickens?
Whatever makes nome attractive, if it
is no more expensive than a lawn, is
not wasteful. If we wish to keep our
boys on the farm, and to train IL
daughters for farmers wives, we must
make the home pleasant and farm life
something besides mere drudgery.
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FAMILY
How Certain Americana Have for
Generations Belonged to Certain,
Professions. F.

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Generations Belonged to Certain
Professions.
Boston Advertiser.
Certain tendencies manifest tn m
selves in certain families, and often
seem to have Providence on their side.
For instance, craftsmanship seems natu-
raj to the Adams family, and is a part of
it's traditions. The Storrs family has
ministerial traditions for several gener-
atoms. The Jay family have always been
conspicuous in the higher politics of the
country. In a similar way the Potter
family for two generations has held some
of the foremost positions in the Episco-
pal church. Bishop Alonzo Potter of
Pennsylvania was a great religious lead
er and organizer, the foremost ecclesias-
tic in his communion; while his brother,
Bishop Horatio Potter of New York,
who now practically retires from the ac-
tive duties of his office, Inns been scarce
ly less distinguished as the metropolitan
of the American Episcopal body. His
successor, the assistant bishop-elect
of New York. DR.. Henry c. Potter is his
own nephew, one of the IONS Of Bishop
Alonzon Potter, and his election looks
something like hereditary succession in
the Episcopal order. Twice before have
two brothers been chosen to thu Amer
lean Episcopate-one in the case of the
brothers Onderdonk and later in the case
ofthe brothers. Burgess. Dr.. Potter is we'll
known in Boston, where he formerly
oficiated as assistant minister ofTrinity
parish under Bishop Eastburn, and has
long been one Of the hardest worked
clergy of New York city. His strength
lies in gifts of administration and in
strong instincts for the amelioratioD of
social life. His success in the renovation
Of Grace church, New York; has been
one of the marvels of religious reform.
He is fully alive to what is American in
the the Episcopal church au, r and and probably o,, no
the Protestant bishop Of New York who
combines in himself more orbetter quail
tiles for q stronga and progressive Episco-
pate.
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The Electric Light and Blondes.
From the Electrical Journal.

Nobody appears to have noticed one
erect OF the electric light is going to
make runettes fashionable again. The
white glare is, in a color sense, death to
the blonde. The pinkest Of them take
on little shadows under the ayes and
purple tints come into their lips, and
their cheeks get ashen. { am speaking
now OF g natural blonde. The effect upon
the artificial bleacher is simply cadaye-
9 But the brunette sparkIes under It
IKE the evening star. What a dreadful
state Of existence the dear enamelled
VIII lead when they can neither go out
at day or night! l suppose you know that
the hot sun heats the face of the enam.
elled women, gets 30 hot as to blister
the flesh underneath. which would snl;,
the artificial covering. If, then, the eli.
sctrlc light shuts them in at night also,
they mighta as well be enameliedihrouah
in the old Egyptian style, and but into
o sarcophagus.
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How To Clean Black silk.

The best way to clean black silk is in
potato water. Crate two peeled pota-
t'es in a quart of water; let it stand to
settle and then draw it off again. Lay
a breadth ofthe siik-from which you
have wiped the dust with a flannel rag
outside upwards on a clean cloth spread
over an ironing blanket. Sponge it
across the breadth we'll and fold it up,
taking care to keep the wetted side up
wards. Do each breadth in this way and
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Law each carefully aside. then iron them
with a.hot iron, having q clean piece OF
linen or an old handkerchief spread
over them, as this will prevent the silk
from shining. Chloroform will CLEANSE
the finest silks and remove spots with.
out injury to the fabric. Old clothes of
of ali kinds can be cleansed by sleeping
them for half an hour IN warm water,
and then rubbing borax soap into the
most soiled parts; wash we'll in fresh hot
water, and then rinse them thorough
in cold
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HOUSE AND FARM.
Fashion Notes.

Plain linen collars and cuffs are to be
in vogue again, and very deep cuffs and
collars, like those worn by ladies in the
play known as the Squire" are pre-.
ferred by many followers of this severe
fashion. They look trimmer and neater
invariably than any other style. but 1t
will take some time to sr~e.establlsh the
custom of wearing them after the more
delicate and negligee fashion of wearing
lace alone.
New necklaces for evening wear are
of Florentine and cloisonee beads some
of which are encrusted with tiny silver
stars or studded with mock gems, which
glitter like real jewels in the gasllght.
Roman pearls also were never more in
fashion than at the present, worn twist.
ed about the neck in triple rows. The
newest strings show delicate sheeny
tints of heliotrope pink. gold and mauve
sea green and silver, and rose and pearl
in the softest and most exquisite tlnts.
Cashmeres hold the first place among
wo olens, and come in all the new
shades. Their popularity for evening
dresses has been unbounded at water
ing places this summer, and is equally
| great during the winter. Just now they
are in great demand in stylish dark
shades for early autumn wear, the
woman Of moderate means preferrlng
a cashmere dress and jersey-cloth jacket
to the more expensive cloth dress which
must be made by a tailor or fashionable
dress-maker to be really handsome.
Dark velvet bodices, which are SC
f%ashionably worn just now over skirts
of yelling, silk and other fabrics, may be
heightened in effect for dressy occasions
by having the basque edge cut in blocks
falling over a lace rufle set underneath
The trimmings of the sleeves and square
neck are arranged to match. For even
ing wear the sleeves are sometimes O.
transparent silk lace or net, gold lace
being used where a gold-colored Span'
ish lace ruttle is set underneath the
basque.
1t is almost impossible to, distinguish
the new velveteen from real velvet, so
| silky is its surface and SO soft and even
its face. The dark colors of this mate
rial are very handsome, and they make
very stylish and wnter-defying walking
skirts, the new brand, it is claimed, be-
ing proof against rain spots, and warran-
ted never to fade.
For dressy winter evening toilets,
transparent stuhs of al! colors will be
worn, such as silk. gold and silver
gauzes and nets, with satin velvet
chenille, and feather embroideries, the
figures very solid, while the grounds
are very open.
Supertine broad cloths with closely
woven surfaces, London cloths in her
ring bone patterns, and irregular twilleG
cloths are used for the popular tailor
made costumes.
Velvet and velveteen will be worn to
excess, and with all sorts of stuffs, ever
silk gauzes.
Pointed velvet yokes are used on sill
dresses which have Vandyke pointed
trimmings.
Breton, Franklin, and Elizabeth vests
and plastrons are all revived in the new
autumn toilets,
For the neck and sleeve trimmings O
the new dresses gilt braid, gilt gauze,
and gilt lace are used.
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The Germ Theory of Disease.

The germ theory of disease is rising TIC
such importance in medical discussions
that it cannot be ignored by that
part of the laity who aspire to a
fair general information. For il has
substituted a tangible reality for idle
speculation and superstition so current
formerly in the branch of medical
science treating of the causes of disease.
Formerly-that is, within a period
scarcely i've now-the first cause in.
voked to explain the origin of many dis
eases was the vague and much abused
bugbear "cold." When that failed. OBJ
scnre chemical changes, of which no one
knew anything definitely, or''impurities
Of the blood" term of similar accuracy
and convenience, were accused, while
with regarl 1 to contagious diseases medi-
cal ignorance concealed itself by the in
vocation of a "genus epidemicus." The
germ theory, as far as it is applicable,
does away with all these obscurities. 1t
points out the way to investigate the
causes Of disease with the same spirit of
inquiry with which we investigate all
other occurrences il nature. In the
light of the germ theory, disease is q
struggle for existence between the parts
of the organism and some parasite in
vading it. From this point of view dis
ease become a part Of the Darwinian
program to nature.
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Her Ears Had Been Bored.

From Tex as Siftings.
"Don't you think earrings would be.
come your" inquired Kosciusko Murphy
of Birdie McGee. Kosciusko had been
paying Birdie very assiduous attention
Of late.
~ don't know" replied Birdie de-
murely.
81 suppose the reason you don't wear
them is because it will hurt 80 to ha We
your ears bored2"
"Oh, not In the least" said Birdie,
with animation. "Ive had that done
already, quite often, almost every even
ing-in ifact, for the last three weeks"
Then Kosciusko reached around to
the piano, dragged his hat off the cover
and commenced to fade gradually from
the DON He fairly melted away into
obscurity, and now a wide chasm sepa-
rates the gallant Kosciusko aud the
charming Birdie
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Ex-Governor Stanford, Of California,
is much improved in Kissingen.