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How q Great Artist Got Even.

Meissonier had become celebrated,
and was beginning to make money,
when he got acquainted with Partisan
grandee, very wealthy, very fond of pos
ing as an art patron, but slightly pen
urious.
One day Meissonier, breakfasting with
the grandee, was struck by the beauty
of the texture of the tablecloth.
"One could draw upon it," he re-
marked; and, suiting the action to the
word, he produced pencil and made
on the snowy, smooth napa wonderfully
able sketch of mans head.
The economical swell had the head
carefully cut out of the damask, and
hastened to frame and glaze his prize.
A few weeks afterward Meisonier again
breakfasted with his patron and found
by the side of his place at the corner OF
the table assigned to him neat little
sheaf of crayons and holders, with a
penknife and some india rubber.
While the guests at the conclusion of
the repast were enjoying their coffee and
cigaretts, the host saw with delight from
the corner of his eye that Meiesonier was
hard at work on the tablecloth-this
time with superb little full length OF a
medieval halberdier.
The party broke up, the guests de.
parted, and the economical swell''
rushed back to the salle-a-manger to Sc
cure his treasure; but, alas, the painter
had for once shown himself as eco
nomical as his patron!
He had made disasterously good use
of the penknife, and one corner of the
tablecloth was gone, halberdier and all.
Boston Globe.
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What 1t Costs to Live and Die.

1t costs something to live and a good
deal to die; in fact, everything costs,
says bright exchange. Some one es-
Inmates that getting born costs the people
of the United States $3.50, 100000
annually getting married, $500, 600, 900,
and getting buried, S75,OO0,000. 1t
might be added that getting drunk costs
the people of the United States more
than 5000, 100000 annually, or over
one and oue-Ealf times as much as get
ting born, married, and buried put to-
gether, and more than all the bread and
meat consumed in the nation. Chicago
Tribune.
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The Worlds Nayies.

Within the eighteen or twenty years
Immediately after the war we spent
about $500, 900, 900 upon our navy, and
at the end of that time We had hardly a
vessel that could fight or run away.
Since then, however, we have strength
ened our naval force by the addition Of
some modern ships capable of doing SER
vice in time of war, though in the mat
ter of torpedo boats, really the most
effective craft that floats, we are very far
behind the rest of the world, since we
have but three of these vessels.
The following table shows the navies
of the world, the vessels counted being
either finished or in process of construc-
ton. 1t does not include sailing ves-
sells, store ships, tugs or transports, but
only such serviceable vessels as are
capable of fighting:
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WASTE NOT.

It is q sad fact that there is, perhaps,
more extravaganza in bread-the real
staff of life-than in any other article.
Pieces are thrown away, crumbs shaken
into the fireplace, and crusts or "heels"
of loaves allowed to get stale; whereas
the careful housekeeper has large dish
an the top shelf of her pantry, in which
every scrap and crumb of bread left un-
consumed is placed. Once week
regularly these are dried-not Drowned
in the oven, then crushed on the paste
board or pounded in q mortar, siftei
through wire sieve, and stored in an
earthen jar. Not only are these bread
crumbs useful for making soles or outlets,
or for frying, but, soaked for some time
in milk, they make the foundation of
many sweet puddings, which are both
nutritious and economical, and of which
the style and flavor eau be varied to any
extent-Daughters or Imerica.
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Tallest Men in the World.

The tallest men of Western Europe
are found in Catalonia, Spain, Nor
mandy, France, Yorkshire, England,
and the Ardennes districts of Belgium.
Prussia gets her tallest recruits from
Schleswig- -Holstein, the original home of
the irresponsible Anglo -Saxons; Austria
from the Tyrolese highlands. In Italy
the progress of physical degeneration
has extended to the upper Apennines,
but the Albanian Turks are still an ath-
letic race, and the natives Of the Cau-
casus are as sinewy and gaunt as in the
days of the Argonauts. In the United
States the thirty eighth parallel, ranging
thu ough Indiana and northern Kentucky,
is decidedly the latitude of big men as
the forty-second is that of big cities.
The tallest men of South America are
found in the western provinces of the
Argentine Republic, of Asia in Afghan
istan and Kaypooana, of Africa in the
highlands of .Abyssinia.-B0staH 0u1.
tirat0r.
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A SCOTCH WAY OF WASHING.

Here are some Scotch directions for
washing underclothes and stockings.
These articles should be washed with
tepid water AMI boiled soap, and the
lather worked up quite light before they
are put in. They should never be rubbed
or allowed to soak in the water, but
should be simply drawn through the
hand. Each article should be entirely
finished washing and pinning up to dry
before the next is made wet, and in every
instance they should be quickly washed
ard dried, the soap being rinsed out in
cold water. Socks and hose require
wooden boards to prevent them shrink
ing while wet. These should be inserted
while the articles are wet, and left in
until they are perfectly dry. Any. car
penter can make these stocking-boards
of the required size.-NU York World.
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A Black Opal.

There is an opal which comes from
Australia which is almost black, from
which tongues Of fire shoot out from un-
expected points and give the stone al
most the effect of being in combustion.
1t is not as expensive as the precious
opal, which comes chiefly from Hungary.
The Australian stone is found in veins OF
porphyry placed in layers with its ma
trix. 1t is often cut zen cameo. ".when thus
found. A specimen of such cameo e1-
hibited by well-known jeweler repre-
sents the head of warrior, whose he'll
met is of the most brilliant opalescens
colors, while the face is soft ivory-white,
and the whole is thrown against back
ground of dull black.-Boston 7ran-
script.
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BRITTLE HOOFS,

Dry weather is cause of the brittle
ness of the hoofs, but this may be caused
as we'll by an inhammatory condition OF
the system. The inner part of horses
hoof is exceedingly tender and sensitive,
and sympathizes Immediately with any
diseased condition of the animal. The
horn contains large quantity OF water,
and this is driven off when the foot is in
a feverish state, thus causing the brittle
ness. First, this condition is to be
changed by cooling medicine. Give a
pound of epson salts, which is better
than oil in this case. Repeat if neces-
sary. Give cooling, laxative food, and
keep the system in an open condition.
To run on damp pasture will be use.
full. The shoes should be removed and
the'hoofs pared, and when the horse is
in the stable the feet should be kept in
linseed poultice. The frog must not be
pared at any tlme.-NeU York Times.
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RECIPES.

Chicken Fried in Butter-Cut up
young, tender chickens, dip in egg
butter, fry in boiling lard. Serve with
cream Gravy.
Egg Chowder-Fry slices of pork;
cook onions aud potatoes as for fish
chowder; just before serving, break into
it as many eggs as eaters. Boil for a
minute and serve.
Caulihower-Pick off the outer leaves
and break apart. Wash and soak in cold
water, add teaspoonful of salt and boil
briskly until tender. Take up, drain
and serve with cream sauce.
Lemon Jelly Filling-One-half pint of
sweet milk, one egg or yokes of two, one
teaspoonful of corn starch, one table,
spoonful of -four, two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, the juice and grated rind of one
lemon. Cook like boiled custard.
Sliced Baked Potatoes-Peel and slice
thin four large potatoes; put into a
small dripping pan, with salt and pepper
to taste; add one teacupful of rich milk;
set it in even and bake one hour; take
out and add butter the size OF walnut,
scattered over the top.
Indian Pudding-One quart of sweet
milk, two-thirds of cupful Of Indian
meal, two thirds of cupful of molasses,
three eggs, small piece of butter, pinch
of salt. Scald the milk and put all in it,
then pour into pan no: too deep, and
bake half an hour. A good hasty
pudding.
Egg Gruel-Beat yolk of one egg with
one tablespoonful of sugar, pour cup
full of boiling water over it; add the
beaten white, with any desired season.
ing. Milk may be used instead of water :.
2. Boil eggs until they are as hard as
possible; mash the yolks smooth, as for
salad dressing, and thicken boiling hot
milk with them, adding little salt.
Orange Custard-Put one pint sweet
milk on to boil in a custard kettle.
Moisten one heaping tablespoonful corn
starch in a little milk, and the we'll
beaten yolks of three eggs and two
thirds of cup of SUGAR, and stir into the
boiling milk. Peel and cut fine four
oranges and place in custard bowl and
pour over them the custard, first sweeten-
ing them with onc-half cup of sugar.
Then make q frosting of the whites OF
three eggs, spread over the top, brown
slightly, and place in cool place.
Serve cold. Delicious.
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When Woods Decay.

Tests have been made to determine
the variations in the length of time that
is required to produce decay in different
kinds of woods when buried under the
surface of the ground. The birch and
aspen were both found to decay in three
years, the willow and the buckeye in four
years, the maple and the red beech in
five years, elm and ash in seven, while
the larch, juniper and arbor vitae were
uninjured at expiration of eight years.
ST. Louis Republic.
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ON SERVING GREEN PEAS.

Every good housekeeper delights in
having her table look as dainty and at
tractive as possible. And here is hint
how to prepare green vegetables, es-
peclally green peas. When you cook
the vegetables put them in an uncovered
dish, and keep them uncovered all the
time they are cooking. If you see to it
that your cook prepares the green peas
in this way, you will have them served
looking as green and fresh as when they
were first picked from the vines.
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The table excludes from the British

The table excludes from the British
navy all vessels belonging to the colo
nies, and from the Russian what are
known as volunteer ships. As it stands,
we are sixth, though not a very good
sixth. We are improving, however, ,aud.
if we really need to maintain ourselves
upon war footing, we may, in the
course of generation or two, be able
to meet any country but Great Britain
on equal terms. But a glance at the
table will show that Britannia rules the
wave. This is q necessity of her situa.
ton, and we have no occasion to envy
her her naval establishment. .-Louiscith
Courier journal.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
FARM AND GARDEN.
CALVES DRINKING TOO FAST.

So long as the calf sucks its dam 1t
gets milk slowly, and the action of lips
and jaws mixes it thoroughly with the
saliva, thus enaLllng the stomach to di-
gest it easily. When the calf comes to
be fed from a pail it is usually en-
couIaged to drink as rapidly as possible.
When IL learns to drink fast, even a cold
mess does not readily stop it if hungry.
Cold feed is the most usual cause OF
scours in calves, and scours not only
causes temporary loss of flesh, but SELL
ously injure the digestive organs, on
which the future usefulness of the ami
NAL depends. s.-Boston Cultivator.
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There are now twenty-sevcn royal
families in Europe, which have about
46O male members. Of these twenty
seven families 40 less than eighteen are
German.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
AN EXCELLENT FAcE.wAsH.

An excellent wash for the skin, which
will soften it to the so:tness Of velvet, is
made after the following rule: Two
thirds of pint of distilled water, two
ounces of pure glycerine, one ounce OF
simple tincture of benzoin; mix, shake
well, and it is ready for use.-NeU YORK
Journal.
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DIR. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure, the tested
prescription of an eminent physician Mn. m rega @
Sold Sv drupgists or mailed on receipt OF O cta
Address a P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Not q Nostruin.

CABLE lines will supplant 1000 horses in New
Vorl (ity
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SIX. Coburn, Mgr, Clarie Scott, writes, '!
find Halls Catarrh Cure valuable remedy"
DRUGGISTS sell il, 75c.
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FITS stopped 1rss oy DR. kLIsE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No dts after drst days use.
Marvelouscures. Treatise ani - trial oottls
free. Dr. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila-, Ia
Ifaff1icted with sore eyes use DR.. lsaac Thomp
sons Eye Druggists sell at 2c.per bottle
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-13
nnIIdInr P,rnn,ia.

IN the building Of pyramids the
early Americans appear 10 have taken
the lead. and practiced Il far more ex-
tensiyely than any Of their descend
ants IN the eastern world: In fact. the
building Of pyramids and the con-
struction Of mounds OF earth and stone
would seem TO have been the principal
and most important Of all public
works in the Central American states
and northward for many centuries.
The purpose for which these structures
were erected changed somewhat no
doubt. as the ideas and religious prac-
tices changed, but all the great pyra-
mids were not built for worship and
sacrifices 20 the gods for there Is no
pyramid, said Stevens. in Egypt with
palace or temple on Il. and there Is
no pyramidal structure in this country
Central America without. The
pyramids Of the east. according 20
Hcrodotus. were originally coated with
stone from base 70 apex. while those
Of this country have flattened SUBMITS,
with fights Of steps for convenience
OF ascent and descent In numbers
and size, those OF a single state In
Mexico far exceed those OF all Egypt.
and CorteE, in letter 70 Charles ",
said that he counted four hundred OF
these structures at Cholula. and one %
them measured By Humboldt was 1872
feet high and covered an area Of forty
five acres or nearly four times as large
as the Great Cheops o. Egypt Tho
ruins OF these great structures are not
only very numerous in Mexico. but
throughout Central America and they
show how dense the population must
have been in ancient times and what a
prodigi0us amount Of labor was ex-
pended in their construction.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-13
A Scene Of Horror.

Strohschneider, the aeronaut and
rope-walker, has been giving perform
ances at stockerau, near Vienna. On
New Years day he carried a Doctor Of
Laws on his back along a rope 100
feet long, one end Of which was at
tached to the church steeple A few
days afterwards the posters announc-
ed that Strobschneider would ascend
in balloon accompanied by Herr
Pramper, the respected landlord of
the white Rose"
Although it was known that the po-
lice had forbidden Pramper, who has
numerous family, to take part in
the perilous performance, a large
crowd assembled at the hour Gxed for
the ascent, and vociierously applaud
ed the popular landlord when he APP
peared on the scene, in defiance Of the
authorities, to fulfil his share of the
programme.
Amid loud huzzas from the popu-
lace who thronged the streets and
squares, the balloon rose with Herr
Pramper, who sat on the trapeze be-
side strohschneider, with the speed Of
an arrow into the icy cold upper air.
Two or three spectators declared that
the landlord turned pale at the start;
nevertheless he waved his hat, by way
of salute.
General CONSERVATION, however, fell
on the crowd, when it became evident
that the two aeronauts were engaged
in a lively dispute at that giddy
height. From words they came to
blows. Then all OF sudden theland,
lord dropped headlong from the terri
bic elevation to which the balloon had
by this time assembled.
A cry of horror escaped from the
crowd as they hurried to the spot
where they expected to find mine host
Of the white Rose" lying with mangl
ed limbs. But imagine their astonish
ment when, in place of the landlord
they found a large doll or manikir
decked out in his clothes. The saiC
manikin was conveyed in triumph Il
Observation-Disclosures Anzeiger.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-13
Indians as Smokers.

Every Indian worships tobacco.
Give the Sioux a sufficiency Of beef
and tobacco, and there will be no
more war between them and the
United States.
They do not get any tobacco from
the Government in these days. so they
will sell what little else they do have.
and with the proceeds procure cigar.
cites and tobacco.
1t used to be that the red man was
satisfied with dried red willow bark
but be has been civilized very mater.
ally, and now insists on the best
brands OF the most thoroughly Guilt
waited and manufactured weed.
Some OF the older fellows still mix
the willow with their smoke-they pre-
fer the Kinnick- Kinnick the
younger men take the tobacco straight.
Their love for cigarettes amounts
almost to a passion, and yet the In.
dian Is master of the situation. He
can smoke enough cigaretts to kill
every dude on the face OF the earth.
go on the warpath for a couple OF
months and starve, and yet turn up
with physique that seems uniniured.
The suggestion that unlimited cigar.
cites were cheaper than soldiers thus
~ Us to the ground and becomes val
ueless.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-13

The following advice from al *
psrieueei electrician with regard 20
live sire- j. worth remembering
Never touch an electric wire that has
fallen down across your way hile
standing on the ground, as your body
VIII become d conductor for the ele,-
t-le flEIi 70 the earth. unless you have
rubber boots upon your teet. Line
men ARE sometimes sern pulling thee
wires about bat they have insulating
rubber boots upon their feet or Elove~
OF like material upon their hands. aud
some people. suppD.lug thesecoye rlu-s
10 b. only used Tor protection against
sllv wet u-ather. have foolishly grasp.
n he uires and Received severe shocks
20 consequence Don't employ a car
renter or ordinary iaborer nor do you
yourself attempt 10 Tx any electric
apparatus 81 any power about your
property, whether the current j. turn.
20 on or not Electric wires should "a
handled one AZ a time II IL = nec,s-
sary TO take hold 81 two wires at the
same time. don't do H. In handling
or drawing any wire lying over any 81
=
such as convey currents for electric
lighting, use d dry hand line for the
purpose or grasp the wire with iusulat-
81 pincers. An ordinary wire clothes
line may become the conductor 81 a
deadly current. In a dynamoroom,
touch not, taste not, handle not.
The most nofiensive-lookin. dishpan
may strike you ike a nailed hand.
Nothing is safe TO you here unless YOU
know everything. Let workingnen
remember that when company has
strung wires on the crossbars OF poles
so closely together that mancan not
move easily between them 1t j. better
for him 10 come down and resign
What proiiteth it a man that he has
a situation Il his wife be a widow
Never close a circuit without giving
notice to all concerned. A telegraph
notice received in the back Of the neck
| generally arrives too late 10 do any
good. On no condition let two wires
touch your body at the same time.
Don't think that any wire is not dan
gerous. There is a difference between
. gun with a cap on it and one with
out that can be detected with the
naked eye, but a loaded wire-who
knOweth ity Trimmers employed TO
| attend TO lights IN crowded public
thorOuyhfares should be sure that tho
current Is turned of before they touch
the lamp. ~ the step-ladders are often
very high, and the public objects TO
being Int on the head by a gyrating
galvanized lamp trimmer
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-13
mEvEHsPokE TO HIS WIFE.
a connscticut Man Who VII TAX %
His Brother. But 20 No One Else

A corrsctictrt Man who Wiii Talk 20
HIS Brother. But 20 No one Else
John Pratt, ofDanbury, Conn, Who
sbot James Morrow and was dis
charged on the grounsi that the shoot
ing was accidental, hasin all the sixty
wears Of his lie never spoken word
70 any living person except his brother
William. With him he eOnyerses
fneutly and with freedom, but al.
SAYS assures himself that there i no
Other listener within hearing lie has
BEEN married twine, each time his wife
being a sister OF his mother His
second wife Is nov living. No children
blessed either union The efforts toen.
trap John into conversation have
l,een many and ingenious, but never
slccessful His hearing Is unnatural
Is acute.
one explanation Of Johns peculiar
ity i that his mother incurred The
enuity Of her husbands father, who
lived with them. She swors that she
would never speak 10 her iather-in-laW
again. and she kept ber oath for fifteen
years. when she died. On her death
h-i her husband tried TO persuade her
TO 40 least say she would forgive hls
father. but she would not relent.
Three months after taking the strange
oath John as born
When John was about thirty years
Old a young married couple from NeN
York spent the summer Al house
near Johns farm The young wlit
was deeply impressed with the many
STORES told 81 her temporary uesshbOg
and expressed desire to b. nitro.
ducei 20 Lim Hry husband ham0r7l
her Whstu and an Introduction took
plae From that time there Was Z
marked change in her. She returned
20 h4r home ia NeN YORK aud n due
time q -uE nas born rs htg That
son oerup.=- Is responsible position
RIth the government az Washington
but Be j. "a daat mute