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mm mm Make Cblldhood Sweet. Wait not till the littlo banita are at rest Ere you fill thuru full of Uowers : Wait Qot for the crowoislg taberuHu To mttkB sweet tlie laat Bad hmi ra ; Butwhi eiu tlie busy houBcUoIa band, Your dBrliii(;» utiU uaui your euiding band, Oh, tiil their Inea with sweotnesu I Wait not till the little hearts are still, r ur ihu loving look and plirase ; Bot while you gentlv chide a fault The good deed kindly praise. - Tne Word you would BPeak beside Uie bier Falls sweeter far on the livinB ear ; Oh, nil yuang lives with sweetness! Ah, what are kissoaon'cold-elav lips To the rosy moutli we pruss. When our wee one flies to her mother's anwi For love's tendertst caress I Let never a wurltlly bauble keep Your heart from the joy each da v should reap Circling young livoa with sweetness. Give thanks each mom for tlio sturdy hoys. Give thanks for the fairy girls ; With a dower of wealth like this at home \yQuld you rltle the eartli for i>earls ? Wait not for death to gem love's crown. But daily shower life's blessinys doau And till youuy hearts with sweetness. Bemeinber the homes where the light has fled, Where the rose has faded away, And the love that slows in youtnfal hearts, Ob, cherish it wiuMyou uiay I And make your home a gai'deu of flowers. Where Joyshallbluomth'ough childhood's hours And till younti lives with sweetness. â€" tVtrisrinn Jit-j/isftrr. PICTUKEii OF CUIXDBJB.N*. SuCKestioBS to .Mothers Who ^Tlsli to Oo to tUetjallerles. " OtUy one person should go with s child when it is to be photographed," said a camera artist. Then bo went on: No attempt shoold be made to ^et â-  child pbo- totfraphed iti auy bat bright weather. The middle of the day is the best time for a aittiuji;. Children should always wear li^ht'Colored frocks when sitting for pic- tares. Iji^ht tones harmomize with their complexiouB, and photograph in less time than darker hues. Navy blue, seal brown, dark gree:i, wine color, maroon and oardi- nal all take dark. Light green, brown, scarlet, gray and purple take light. Kose oolor, lavender, yellow and pala blae nearly white. In white material the cream tint is more desirable than pure white. Black silk or velvet take as dark as ink. It is as easy to get good pictures of children as of grown folk if people would attire the littlo ones in suitable colors ard simple style, not make them nervous before they reach the â- tudio and leave them entirely to the operator after they are there. Urown people would secure more satisfactory pic- tures of themselves, too, if they'd trust more to. the operator's jjidgment aii^ less to their own. Veopls ought to think ftbout the details of their dress and hair arrange- ment before they come in front of the camera. A^ a rule the more simple the attire and coiffure the more pleasing and natural the picture. Proofs should never be examined in a bright hght as they fade BO rapidly. It is no guide to the photo- grapher to send back two or three proofs with the message, " Finish from the dark- est one," or •' the lightest one," for they are all liable to be of the same shade when thoy reach him. The Prairie rruviui-e. Urs. Percy, a widow and the mother of â-  Hve children, while in a lit of mental aber- ration, attempted to gain admittance to theC'atholic presbytery by climbing throagh a window in a naked condition, and was terribly cut by the glass. It was generally expected that the con- tents of the document received from Sir John Maodoiiald by I'reraier Cireenway on the monopoly iiuestion, on his departure from Ottawa, would be given to the Legis- lature on its opening to-morrow, but it will Dot be laid on the ta'lc till the formal report of the delegates, with other corres- pondence on the matter, is submitted. There is a washout on theC. P. K., South- western, at Whitewater Station. Trains aire unable to proceed be> ond Boisscvain owing to the track being flooded. Farmers on the Meniioiiite reserve have commenced seeding. The Canadian Pacific station-house at Gretna was destroyed by tire this morning. An understanding has been arrived at be- tween the city and the Klcctric Light Com- pany and the streets are again passable at night. The grain market in llanitoba is practi- cally closed for the present, owing to the break up of the season and the small (juan- titles offering. Dealers agree that the sur- plus for e.\port this season amounts to between twelve and thirteen million bushels. Considerable complaint is being made by citizens against rowdyism on the part of members of the Hounted Infantry School in this city. All the newspapers contain attacks on the corps, audit is not improba- ble tepresentatioDH will be made to the Militia Department with reference to the loos'^ness of discipline. U has been decided to introdnce military drill in the public schools of this city. Seeding has commenced in several parts of the Province. It is expected navigation will open on Lake Superior about the Ist of May. The Methodist Missionary Board will meet in Winnipeg on Sept. 9th. About 50 delegates are expected. A Uuestiuu fur PhlloloKists. Dr. Crabb, of White Kiver, Kentucky, in a note to the editors of the St. Louis ;Ui'i/i- eal and Surgical Joumul, says : " I am aoiaainted with a couple of twin boys, 7 years old, that can understand each other, and although it is impossible for their parents or any other person to understand one word that they say, they make their language iutelligibie to each other. 1 also know of twin girls, 1(> years old, that can talk to each other, and to another person their language would convoy as little mean- ing as the ancient Hebrew weuld to a per- son who had never learned that language, although the young ladies meutioned can use a great many words common to the English language in talkinf^ with other people, but in conversation with each other they use a language of their own invention and peculiar to themselves." 1 ♦ " Willie," said tho good pastor, who was taking dinner with the family, " I suppose you will be a literary man Uke your father when you grow np." "Nope," said tlia little boy addressed, as he looked at the somewhat meagre array of delicacies on the table, with lofty" sooru, "literary nuthin"! I'm goin' to be a ten-thousand- dollar cook! " OURKBNT TOPICS. A London dealer in birds prepared for the adornmeDt of ladies' bonnets makes the statement that last year he sold '2,000,000 of them, ran^ng in variety from the robin and the wood pigeon to the splen- did tropical bird. A ttECEST traveller through the Chinese Province of Mmichosia says that besides baying a reverence for animals the rustic Maocbus worship diseases, and particularly th<3 smalipoz, which is represented under the form of a repulsive idul. TiiK history.of Saratoga, Kan., gives one an idea of the stability of a "boom" in many of the western towns. A year ago it had a population of 2 ".00, and a fair pros- pect of becoming the county seat. But another town secured the prize, and now there are only 1.50 people who claim Sara- toga as their home. Tuc tercentenary of the traiislation of the Bible into Welsh is to be celebrated this year by erecting a memorial to the translator, Bishop Morgan, at St. Asaph, and by establishing a Welsh scholarship for Biblical learning. It Is also intended to issue a reprint of Bishop Morgan's Bible, with the Revised Version iu a parallel column. Oni: of the most ingenious inventions of the day is the self- registering thermometer which a famous London firm announces. It consists of an indicator which can be set up in any greenhouse. When the temperature falls below the point at which injury would be caused to plants an ei-ictric bell is set in motion, so that the alarm is at once given. TiiEiu; is surely nothing new nnaer the sun. It is now learned that the gambling game in which the players place coiii.s on the ground before them and bet on the probability of a tly lighting on a particular coin has been known to the people of Central Asia for centuries, and is probably a heritage that they have received from their prehistoric Aryan auoestors. Ak old Confederate soldier who has been indulging in reminiscences recalls the time when all the whiskey iu Macou, Ga., was poured into the streets to prevent the Fed- eral troops from capturing it. The gutters overflowed with the preciaus daid, and in places on the pavements it was ankle deep. The soldiers attempted to scoop up the litiuor in their tin cups, but a guaird with fixed bayonets lined the streets and kept them back. A FiiH.scii physician mentions a curious case of left-handedness. One child iu a certain family wab left-handed and a sec oud appeared at the age of one year also to be left-handed. It was then learned that the mother always carried her child on her left arm. She was advised to carry the child on her right. The infant, having its right arm free, began to grasp at objects with it and soon became left-handed. The Republic of Chili is going largely into railroad building. Two lines are building across the continent to connect Chili with the Argentine Uepublie. These are being constructed by private companies with the help of Qovernmeut subsidies. But tho Government manages the internal railroad system itself, and to this it is now about to add eight hundred miles of new l»n«s at an expesdit'irs of >}7,00C,0t)O. Tin; reports from steamships recently arriving from Kurope i-idicate that the Atlantic is becoming comparatively placid, at least in the " steamer lanes." 'The lata severe storms have generally moved north of these routes, probably losing much of their energy upon entering the cold ocean areas northeast of Newfoundland. This ititellijjenco will be grateful to the rapidly increasing number of Canadians now going to Europe. Is her lecture iu New York the other night, Mrs. Asbtou Dilke referred to the way Lady Kaudolph Churchill helped Mr. Bartlett, husband of the Baroness Bur- dett-Coutts, iu his canvass for Parliament. One tradesman upon whom she called be- thought himself of the old times when the fair Duchess of Devonshire is reported to have bartered a kiss for a tradesman's vote. The man upon whom Lady Churchill called hiuted at uiis, and she said, " Why, certainly ; I'll tell the Baroness Burdett- Coutts what you wish." * As tbe para- graphers used to say, " I'hancv his phee- huxl" Dii. P. L.vNuH, in a paper read before the Electrical Convention on " How to protect watches against the intluence of maguetism," said : " Iu my work as au investigator of this subject, which has extended over a period of several months, I have formed three separate solutions of tho problem : (1) To have tho watch made of material that oannot be magnetized ; ('i) to inclose tho works in an iron case, so as to shield thy vital parts of the watch ; and (3) to apply efficient means to demagnetize the watch that has not been favored with the safeguards," TiiEBi: is a commercial age in which the must important changes in the social system of nations may depend upon the fraction of a petmy, which, being cousidered by itself, might seem to be an insignificant factor, For instance, what might have been the reply of an ordinary British observer in tho year 1S6'J had anyone then said to him in England, " If President Vauder- bilt, of the New York Central Railroad, can reduce the cost of moving provisions a ha'penny per ton per mile on the consoli- dated railway line which ho has just organized between New York and Chicago, it will change all the conditions of agri- culture and will profoundly affect the existing order of society in Ciieivt Britain." Bekohh Sir Morell Maoken/.io set out on his last mission to San Kemo, the corres- jiondent of the Liverpool I'o.-^l says, he had received from the Crown i'rmce fees amounting to £3,000. The prolongation of tho life of his patient till he has become German Emperor will, it is e.\pected, greatly increase tho prospects of the Eng- lisJi expert's further remuneration. Sir Morell Mackenzie has seen one or two patients who have followed him to Sau Kemo, and it is probable that this practice will bo continued during his stay in Berlin. ISut practically ho has had to abandon his large practice and conceutrate his efforts and attention upon the case of the Emperor. .'V wELL-iNFOKHKs Vienna paper states in a letter from St. Peterabnrg that the 'I'zarewitoh will shortly be betrothed to the Princess Milit?.a, daughter of Prince Nieholauof Montenegro. TheTzar(accord- ing to the London ri»i<;s correspondent) is said to be resolved that the heir to the throne shall marry a Princess born in the Russian orthodox faith, and an article is to be added to the fundamental laws which regulate the Imperial House making this condition iinperaiive as regards ail future heirs to the throne. Hitherto the heirs to the Russian throne have married Latherans or Calvinists, who became oonverted and were rebaptized before the wedding day. In future, should the reported Imperial inten- tion be enforced, the Empresses of Raasia will have to be chosen from among the Princesses of Riuisia, Sarvia, iioumania, Montenegro or Greece. b; New York there is one physician to about -too people ; in Pari>> one to about 1,475. In the whole of France there is about one physician to 3,000 inhabitants ; in England one to every 1,500, and in the United States one to every 750. A.N engagement of note in diplomatic circles, which has just been announced, is that of Miss Flora West, second daughter of the English Minister Sit Lionel Back- ville West at Washington, to Mr. Gabriel SalanBon, Third Secretary of the French Legation. The Misses West sail for France on tbe 21st of April, and the wedding will probably take place in Paris before their return . Medicoua.nia, according to the London Luncit, is the latest Parisian nr&ze. It consists in a mania for medical and surgi- cal curiosities, and even operations. The scenes of the dead-houg, the dissecting- room and surgical theam, all matters of purely professional interest, have, thanks, no doubt, to a diseased realism in the world of hction, become the spectacle of the hour, tho twin diversion with social small talk. IiiJtiiiii.iTBLv after Emperor Fiederick left Sac Remo the Sultan sent him a col- lar, consisting of nine hazel nuts with in- scriptions from the Koran, oVer which the dervishes and sheiks of the palace had prayed and which, as the Sultan assured the Crowu Prince, would cure him aa if by magic. The usual way of treating a patient in I'nrkey is for the doctor to write on a slip of paper a verse from the Koran suited to the case, then wash the ink ei: with water, which is administered to tbe patient. Faith cure is nothing new. Frcith in general contain but Uttle nutri- ment, but are of value as a food from their appetising and pleasant taste ; from their supplying in an agreeable way water neces- sary to food, and from the gentle la.\ative effect of the acid present. In addition, both fruits and vegetables supply the body with potaiih. In this way they 'counteract the scarry engendered by n diet of salted meats. The only methods of preserving foods known to the ancients were dryinj; and salting, both of which fftil to preserve the davor. In tho current number of " Science " there is published a reproduction of letters written to Prof, A. Graham Bell by Helen Keller, a little girl of 7 years, w ho is totally blind and deftf and dumb. She has been under the instruction of Miss Annie Sul- Uvan for just one year, the only means of conveying the information to her bemg the sense ot touch, yet tbe lettw is clearly and intelligently written, aiid,iBdeed, is as good as »Dy intai)igont child -e^^f agw-eviild be e.x[iected to write, eveu wilR the aid of all the senses. A picture of Helen and her teacher. Miss Sullivan, engaged in talking, through elapsed bauds, is also gi\en. Tui: King of Dahomey, according to Labouchere, has considerably embarrassed tho invalid King of Portugal by sending htm a present of half a dozen negro girls, with a message that they had been selected from the prettiest, plumpest damsels iu bis dominions. On reaching Lisbon these uvBipts were attired much after tho fashion of tho garden of Kden, but they have siuce been decorously dressed by order of King Louis. They were lirst seut to the marine barrack.'s, where they were "kept for a few days iu a carefully guarded wing, but this arrangement caused scandal, so they were relegatei^to a house in the botanical gar- dens, where thoy still remain. .V NEW i.v patented pavement is said to have been suggested by the surface ot an elephant's tooth, which cbnsists of inter- niingled layers of hard and soft material, so that the process of wearing always pro- duces a series of ridges upon the surface. The new system of paving is the idea of Mr. Ranyard, the Knglish astronomer, and comprises tho use of blocks having alter- nate hard and soft layers such as Portland cement and a mixture of sand and cement â€"which are set upon edge, so that the edges of these laminie form a wearing sur- face. Tho blocks are made four inches high, and may be worn to less than an inch hiLjh, and may bo worn less than an iueh without becoming smooth like granite blocks. The Gulf -Stream UIuwu Out to Sen. Captain GrLflin, of tho barkentine Clara McCiilvery, which arrived in portonThurs- day from Pcrto Rico, says that the Gulf Stream is more than sixty miles out of its usual course. It is supposed that the re- cent bli/.-^ard has had some effect in driving tho stream to the eastward and southward of where it is usually found. Captain Griffin says that a cold current of water surrounds the stream, registering as low as 10° Fahrenheit. Masters of vessels bound from Cuba to New York and PhUadelphia have been warned of this great change. In order to get the full benefit and strength of tho current, vessels must keep at le^t one degree to the eastward ot the usual course. The McGilvery encountered hurricanes on tour occasions on the trip up from Cuba, and narrowly escaped destruction. â€" I'liilu- iMphia Record. .« A Sad MistHke. " What is tho matter, Clara '.' You look 90 ashanaed." " Ob, mamma, you told mo to tread on your toot when you were to laugh, and I made a mistake and trod on the gentleman's be-side me." â€" Topical Times. SHE aiL'ST GO. Th« Pretty Typewriter Vunca Out by Her Homely Mster. • " This is the day of the bomel/ girl," said the Principal of a typewriting school in New York to me tho other day. " The beauty, the belle, the dressy girl, all are at a discount in this busiiiess, and we have resolved never to emxdoy another pretty girl if we can get a homely one. " There's no mystery about it," he con- tinned. " It's plain business. There are now six or seven thousand girls at work in men's offices down-town, and while their entree into commercial life isalwaysspoken of as a feminine revolution, the truth is that it has created a social stir deeper than either one sei has felt. When girh) were lirst made use of on account of their ijuicknesB with their hands, the suitability of the work and tho low price at which they could be got by reason of the large number seeking work, tho craze was for pretty girls. Everyman wanted a belle to sit at his desk and take down his letters and memoranda. It was natural. There were plenty of pretty girls, and who on earth does not prefer beauty to plainness '? Men who are in my businetrs naturally tried to get only pretty pupils and beauti- ful adepts. Wo scanned tbe girla' dresses, judged them by their stylishness, and in- sisted on general attractiveness. If we ever took up a plain girl we were apt to be sorry for it, tor we bad bird work to place her. Now all that is chanued. I can show you scores of letters in which business men ask me not to send a pretty girl. In fact, the only olEces where %ve can place a pretty girl are very large ones, where tlio em- ployer chooses the girl and details her to go with others iu some department cr to assist a male chief clerk or i>ri-.'ate secre- tary. Those and the otiicesot the bachelor iu business are the only places where we can get work for pretty tjirls. " The reason is as plain as the nose on your face," be contmned ; " the wives have interfered. ijvery married man is visited at his oflice by his wife more or less freqienlly. If she finds him elbow to elbow or face to face with a pretty coquette every time she comes she is certain to make life more or less unpleasant for iiim. Some women in such cases " take it out " at home, as the saying goes, but I have men tell me that their wives were forever pop- ping in on them and practically never missed a day without a call at their offices. These business men, nearly all men, pick up a bouquet or box of candy or some little knick-knack now and then to gladeu the life of the girl at their elbow. Imagine tbe state of the wife who linda that the tlowers she sees on her hu.ibajid's desk were put there by him when he l-.as told her ten thousand times that he has hated tlowers from infancy '. Oh, no, there is no show for the pretty girl in business in New York to-day. Those who got places long ago are being crowded out, and no new ones are now taken on." â€" Clara liidU. Women luventors in England. Women 'ars beginning to appear on the list of apphcauts for patents in England. Amou'J the patentees ot a week ago were Louisa Laurenoe, of London, for an inven- tion of " improvements in letter and bill fllea;" Elizabeth Aspinwall, of Birken- head, for an invention of " polishing and cleaning laundry irons and tia{ irons ;" Florence King, of AVest Kensington Park, tor an invention of " feeding- spoons tor in- fants and invalids." iiOHsip uf Tu-«l;i>. .\ New Kngland constable, who has had great experience with tramps, says that he has never yet seen one with a bald head. The South African diaraond lields last year yielded gems amounting to :i,tJ4fl,sii'j oftrats ami T^ned at over !i'JU.0OO,OOO. James Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana dia- lect poet, is said by a western newspaper to have made ^'20,000 during the past year by his pen and by lecturing. George Kettle, a farmer living in Kau- dolph county, W- \'a., sliot a lar^e eagle a few days ago as it was scaring aloft with a half-grown lamb in its talons. It measured 8 feet from tip to tip of the wings. The wealthiest man in the Northwest is James J. Hill, of St. Paul, President of the Manitoba Railroad. Uis fortune of 310,000.000 has nearly all been made during the past ten years in railroad speculations and real estate. Mr. Hill is "il vears old, and bids fair to double his wealth before departing this life. Women's rights are evidently recognized in Lexington, Miss., where at least three ladies occupy positions almcat always tilled by men. Miss Emily Wright is tbe post- mistress. Miss Cqle is express agent and Miss MoUie Uoskins is in charge of the telegraph o0ice at the depot. Mme. Adam, perhaps the best known of the French women of letters, and the active i.-^iitor ot the Suuit:ti<^ ii't'rac, is one of the best dressed and most dintingiie. as well as one of the lirightest-minded women in Paris. Althongh a grandmother, she might be taken tor a woman under 40. She lives at the end ot the Boulevard Malesherbes, in a strt'Ct named after herself. The t;reat French chemist, Chevrcul, one of the scientilic celebrities of the oeutury, is living (Quietly in Paris near the Jardin des Plantes. He is lO'i years old, and although white-liaired and dim-eyed, he has snlTeced but little loss of intellectual vigor. To a correspondent who visited him recently he recalled many incidents of the Reign ot Terror and the rise and tall of Nopoleon. John Bates, who is living at tho age of .S5 iu Chicago, was Deputy Postmaster of the Lake City in l'<32.3, under Andrew •lackson. Business was not heavy and Mr. Bates used to carry the mail in his pocket. In those days it re<iuired '25 cents to get a letter, and the reports made to the depart- ment of the business done were made iu pounds, shillings and pence. The Joker's /.oillae. Spring items from the North concerning housecleaning. rarpet shaking and parlor stoves will be tollowod by ice cream anecdotes and the standard snake stories, with an occasional lish exaggeration â€" S\-w Orleans Picuijuuc. Anna Katharine Green, the author of tho celebrated novel, " The Leavenworth Case," is living in a bright and comfortable home iu Buffalo, whsre she is engaged in writing a new detective story. Her famous book has now reached a circulation of '-200,000, and still finds a ready sale. Queen Victoria has invited the King and Queen of Italy to visit Windsor Castle in June, and they have accepted the invita- tion, provided the situation of affairs at the time will permit. The brieklaycrs and masons in Mayenpe are on strike. Rioting has occurred in cousequenco of tbe efforts of tho strikers to compel the new men engaged iu other build- ing trades to join them. The police have dispersed the rioters. HTAKS AND .STKIi'E.>*. Tbry Were tho Orl^jmal Coat •! Anns of the WasliiuBtoos. The Vv'aahmgton ."itar publishes the fat- lowing letter from George Wa.shington, an Englishman, cow in (JonHtautinople : Under the title, " Oi'igio of the titarsand Stripes " â€" your pnUfiration of January 7th â€" some allusions, only too datteriug to my- self, form part of Mr. Cox's letter. May I supplement' that which he says by a few data which will interest Americans '.' Not only am I in the direct line of the English branch of George Washington's family> bui I am tl:e eldest son of the eldest branch. That direct hne became condensed in the person of my grandfather. John Washing- ton, rector of Uldham, in Hampshire, near Winchester. He ha<l three sons- â€" Henry, John and Adam. Henry died tmmarried. John and Adam both married, the tatter twice. Tbe sons of John tho elder are myself, George Washington, the eldest ; Henry Hofford Washington, ..ommotlore, H.B.M. navy, and Francis Palmer Washington, major in Royal Englueers. Adam Wash- ington has four surviving sons, Adam, Robert, Marmaduke ami Henry. Weseven males represent the English branch ot Washington's family in England in this generation. There are two non-malesâ€" she-males is not pretty â€" Florence Amy Washington, daughter of John and Faimy Washington, daughter of Adam of the same generation. So we are nine in all of this generation. There are any number ot children and several Georges. My only son is George Washington, and if be mar- ries his tirst-born sun shall be called Georgo Washington. Here are some undesigned coincidences : George Washington the great was grandson of John Washington, Virginian. I am grandson of John Washington, English. General Washington died December 14tb, 17'J'.). My father was burn uu January Ist, 1800. General Washington was born On February '22nd, 173'2. I was born rather more than one hundred years later, on July 2oth. l.'>3-lâ€" a good port year. Near Sunderland, in tho county Durham, is England, is a village ot Washington. There is also an ancient house in it with soma " castle " pretensions, supposed to have been the chateau of the family, showing the ijuarterings, as 1 have been infoirhed, ot the stars and stripes. If, sir. yoa think it worth while to insert these addenda .(O Mr. Cox's Icttir, and deem the subject worth further discussion, and will let m« know tbe same by favoring me with a copy of the journal containing my letter, I shaU be glad to give you some further detailc upon which I can put my hand in England. Below 1 append the (|uartcrings of my family. Tbe bird is a raven, the motto i» not, I believe, the right one. I shall in- quire into this. How to Buy Food. Pro'. V. C. Vanghan's paper on Food, read at the Ohio Sai:itary Convention, con- tained valuable bints for tbe instruction ot the family purveyor, from which tbe fol- lowing is condensed : l^EJii'. A pale piuk color ludicalvs that the aui- mal wta jiseaaed, A dark, purjgle hue i» evTiAiSai'ihat toe aniihal'iias died wiOt blood in its body, or has sulferedfrom some- acute febrile atfeciion. Good beef has but little odor, and is elastic to the touch. Meat that is wet and llabby should be dis- carded. TEAL, !.\.Mu \sa no. The tiesb of young animals is more' tender than that of the adult, but is les* easily digested. The time required tor the- digestion of veal is hvo hours or mora, while beef is digested from two and a half to three hours. Tho tissues of tho young animal are less stimulating, less nutritions' and more gelatinous than the tissues of tb» adult animal. On the other hand, an ani- mal may be so old an<l poorly nourished that its liesh well-nigb deties both mastica> tion and digestion. I'Ol'LTUi. The flesh of nobird is in itself poisonous. The same is tru<' of tho eggs of all birds. The light meats of birds are more easily digested, less rich m nitrogen and in ilavor, than the dark meats. nsii. rndonbtedly the flesh of some tish is poisonous. Fish should bo discarded if the water iu which it is boiled blackens silver. Fish caught from putrid water shoidd not be eaten. The flesh of such fish is yellowish, soft, spongy and ot foul odor. Fish should not be left in the water after they arc dead, but should be packed in ice. A iiirVn Kunny Freak. Mary Ford, a Reading servant girl, love» all kinds of adventure. Recently duruig the absence ot the family, she dressed her- self tjp in her miatresscs' best clothes and callea on several strango ladies living only a short distance away. • She introduced herself as the wife of the master of th» house and invited the ladies to call on her, designating a time when she know her mistress would be away. When they called she was dressed in her mistress' tinest gar- ments. She entertained the guests hand- somely, showed them over the house and felt " so provoked " because the girl had gone out. This continued tor some tim» and led to some i|ueer complications befot» tbe truth was ^scovered. . * Gii'U and Marrlufte. "No girl under '20,'' says a wis* woman, " has any business to think of mar- riage," Bless you, no. We linow that. At that age no girl thinks of marriage aa a "business." She just tumbles head over heels in love and marries tho dear fellow just because she would cry her eyes out without him. It is when she is uo longer what you would just exactly call a "girl," when she is rising 38 and has cut her last new teeth, full set, that she begins to mako a "business" of it. Philanthropist (sternly) â€" Why did yoa throw that banana peel on the sidewalk? Mi.santhrope (defiantly) - Because yester- dav tho banana peel threw mc on the side> walk. Yellow diamonds are made blue of ttkft purest water, for tho time being, hv being colored with a iximmon indelible blue pen- cil, eijuali/sed by rubbing with cotton or linen. A magnifying glass will fail to shqw the fraud, but alcohol, turpentine or ben- zine will wash off the color