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-L_i_-L MB. AHD MBS. BOWS£B. BY Hilil. BOWBin. Mr. Boweer c«me home the ftther klter- noou just ill tiiue to invbi the cook ^oiDg •way with her bui.dle, aud he raahed into the buusr v> lU'iuire : " 1 MUppubu >uu've t^one and done it •gkiii ?" " What ?" " Abureil and m&ltreftted the §irl antil ber 8f uiie of juBtioe has compelled her to leave." " I hadn't anything to do with her iMvint;-" " Theii who hai '? She looked heart- broken aB I passed Iicr jadt now." " Di 1 she / Poor ihiutj ! She got a let- ter tbiH 111 )rniii|4 {com her aaut io Cauada, telliDi< hr-r that ahe hid been left 83,000 in eabh, and advuiuj' ht;r to come home and Biarr> a u.aii who owns three farmd. She mast fet 1 wry aorronful !" •• Humph ! i.ud didn't you put too jBoeh woik ou htr ? ' " No." " Nor make lit-r fet-1 her poMtion ?" " No er position was in the parlor •boat ba>f the iimD." *â-  Well, It seems very qneer to me that so Buny of our k'^'^ leave. Everythint; wiil be npcei luw fcr a week, ' snppose." " Ob, uo. Yiiu oau cook, yon know, and joa are ?uch a syiupatiietic sonl that you oogbc tu be wiiUi.g lo u.o into the kitcbeu for a day or tuo I ehall depend on you, Hr. bowser." "Oh, you will?" Not satiefied with driving a <lu/.t<u pour souls to de- â- truotion. \ou wsDt a rub at me! I wooldu't h*^i- your bpirit for all the money in the world!" Ha went awiiv wii,h that, bat he was home ao hour earlier th:ui iir.iial, and when 1 in- ^tiired wliai I'nr ti.' faid : " t\ hat t»r .' Wuy the child and I have tfot to hi«VH bonitlhing to eat haven't w«, ami who's to cook it if I don't take Iwld '?" ** 1 can cook." " Mrs. Bo*6er, I'vu long felt it my dnty togiveyiiua fnw lessons in the culinary •rt. I havi- belli off hoping your pride would foroi- yuu to take hold, bat the limit has bi'bu reached. Tba time has «otne whi II X must sacrifice my bouiuess to euier uiy Ivit hen »nd prevent my child from fetliii:; iho p-tugs of bau|{er." " Hlei» e diiii't." •' But I will I I'm driven to it. I've got a wife who cant C" k the northwest enU of laat year's tun iii, and who cau'l keep a eaokover a v»>ek at a lime. I've put up with it too l<jni4â€" much too long, Mrs. Buwser. 1 mu3t 8autifi«) my dignity to preserve the lif â-  uf my ct ill." '• 8baii'» I Ik Ip you get slipper ? " " Not a help You'll only be in the way. Jost fit down in the rocker, Mrs. Bowser. put your Icet (in the loQiige, gel a cod of gum ill your in )>'tli, and sit and chew and oliew, and ihinK uh.it mean things yoa are going ti> >-av t» Ihn next girl to drive her away. When ^upp"r ia ready I will call jour r< yal hi^ihuess. " lie dicapp. ared with that. Wh. u h- reaclieil the kitchen he took off hi» Cliff-, and ciiitt, pushed up hli sleeves and kii.illeil a hru. flia conttdeuoc began to desert liiiii at ihi^ roiiiC and hs seemed t<i be studying leeply as he tilled the tea- kMtile even full and »»-t it to boil. I had Bonie fresh h.- (steak in tne ico-box aud ho got it out, bcratolwt bie head in a thought- ful wa\ ni'il Uid It uu the kitchen table. Then he went down i*llar after the hatchet, wi(ie.1 ih. h. ad if it On his right leg, and puuiide<i aAat nutil a g H>d share of the â- teak ha I ^<ji II iuto ihe b'>ard. Mr Hi'»>eis neit move was to hunt te- hind the pant ly door fi'r a spider which we had 11' v. r uiied. He carried it to the hitohi n ui.mI gave it a wipe aud ih-n placed I' I'll ih" -t».-. e. Lie had heard that grease was I.e. ef 8 ir\, and he put in some butter, droppi ' II' i'H steak aud soon had it»/.zliii>; Tlieii h« ftartfd in for the biscuit He ui't own the dish pan, tilled it altiu'St full, ait I then reflected for a moment I Mt>k a ivantageof the occasion tuop-ii the iT'ir *i '1 remark : '• Ml. B"A!„ r. > ij ueedu't fignro on an elab<irate !.u|i, er, "...ler the circnmstances. Just nink i'9 a nip of tea and we'll get •Iook" " Jlra H'wir, jou tu^ht to know by ihi- time that 'h'T" n 1.0 half way work with uie," ('• let'^i d witb grtat irixidity. '• Y'lU lati 1 ff id I'' neglect the comfurt of thisfamil., bi' I caiiiiDt. Please return to yiiur fr;irii -iMiV'^ui novel." Then he went all' ad just as any other bualiaii'l W'liM H»' In I b. ar.l Hl'iiit sofla and shortening in his nil. H'l'd • c mixed the tlour -.tith cold AaUr. I III in |i pi'i r and fait, slashci cff half a piiuii'i nf butt' r and btirred it in, ati'i th> II lem inlwttil the baking powder. There was ii^ai'^ a i|uftr'er of a pound iu the bn.x. ni d II' whiie of it wont in, Uo'* Mr. U "».r managed to get a lITeare spit Ihi.^etn hia shoulder blades, fl 'Ur I 11 his hnir, a:id baking; powder in bis hind ) oi'k> t I dii not know, but it was priilml'U wh 'e he was rnlliiii; that mass oat. He di n't Iritln with the inixiug- biiaril. but iKid the .-pot where he had poU'iiied the h«if. I neard the mass of dough lall til the tl or three diheieut times with a null t' U'l. hit he wasn't a bit dig- oourage'l. Hhv'Ki' tolled (tit at last, cat Bi'me I'lsi'Ui'H ni '1 > tea iiip, and presently the oveii <!' or shiii on his tins. Ue had just loity biscnit. Bn this tune the steak had burned black on built sid'B. anl he set it down behiud the htovf ai"l pn pared the tea. To two quarts vf waii r he used one teaspoonful. Ten nittiu'e" later he mniinoned me to the baiiquet H ' In 1 tin- t *bleeli)th on oriss- oroi-s, the biitierini a pie plate, the cako in the oheis-iii-h ai.d his beefsteak was placed 111 the Le ir.' of the table on a pie tin. " Anything wrong ?" he asked as I sat down. •• Oh, no. Yiui have done splendidly." " I Htii aware"! ii. This tahle has never looked so honii'iik' before. " Uis bioui'H were raw iu the middle, while top and bUom were so wouderfully ^W) fearfuhy maile that 1 had to laugh. jHjl' The bim-ui!, MHi '^aii't beat 'em. Wait vBlyoU taste OUi' I ' â- "â- "T ilidn't ia»te, but he did. I was watch- ing liim, and a look of horror came over ^liis fare at the lir»t mouthful He wouldii't HivH in, 1 o «ever, bu^' crowded a whole bis- Ouit ditwii and pri lelldert 10 enjov it. 'â-  I w.inllii't rat any of that tteak, Mr. Bowser," I said as he eyed it auspicisasly. " Wooidn't yoa? Perhaps yon want it all yoarself." " I don't think itis properly cooked." " Well, I do ! If that isn't a nice steak then we never had one in this hgase." He ate at lean a quarter of a poand, though every morsel choked him. I offered to wash up the dishes, hut he put me out ot the kitchen and went ahead. He washed everything together in the flour pan, wiped on whatever he could find loose, and it was a week before we got the pantry in order again. That night after hraugiug of what a breakfast he was going to get, Mr Bow eer was taken with cbilla and rolic, and when the doctor came and I showsd him the beef and the biscuit he said : *' Mr. Bowser, if yoa hadn't the stomach of a shark you'd have been dead an hour ago. You'd t)«tter quit this sort of nonSTnse it you want to live the year out." And aa soon as we were alone Mr. Bow- ser tamed on me with : " Don't expect me to shield yon again I Your jealousy prompted you to put poison into that tlour while I was down cellar ! If this thing occars again I will send you to the gallows!" â€" Detroit free Pret$. DISEASE IN THK COONTKY A DOLLAR UINMSB. Tba First OtTerlns in Competition for a Uuutlrcil Dollar frize. The New York Preaa prints the following as the first oSenug in competition for the best menu for a $1 dinner : BILL 1 r rAaE. Meat : Roast leg of mutton. Vegetables, mashed potatoes, creamed onions. Dessert, rice balls with soft costard. Cost â€" mutton. 4 pounds, 00 oeuta; pota- toes, 1 quart, 7 Cents ; onions, 6 cents ; bread, 5 cents a loaf ; rice halls andcnatard, 22 cents. Total. $1. Preparation â€" No good housekeeper need be tola how to roast a leg of mutton or how to mash potatoes. For creamed onions boil half a dozen onions in three 'Quarts of water one hour; poor off the water, cut the onions into small pieces, season with salt and pepper, serve with cream sauce. To make sauce bud half a pint of milk ; take ooe tablespouuful of butter and half a tabiespoonfol of dour ; rub the mixture to a cream and stir tne cream into the belling milk, titir nntil the sance is smooth, and pour over the onions. i o make the dessert, soak a cup of rici> in cold water one hour; pour off ih-- water and add two cups of milk ; then cook one hour. When cooked add a little salt. Dip small caatard caps into cold water and till them with the rice and set away until cold. When ready to serve turn the rice balls on a tlat aisb and put a little car- rant jtlly on top of each. For custard put one pint of milk into a doable boiler, mix one tablespoonful of oorn starch with hilf a cap of cold milk ; when the milk begii.s to bcil stir ia the corn starch and col't milk and cook teu minutes. Meanwhile beat four eggs with half a cop of sugar. After pouring the boiling mixture over the eggs aud sugar cook the custard dva minutes, stirring it all the time. Kemove from the tire and add a little salt and a large teaspoouful of lemon extract ; allow the cusiard to cool ; pour over rice balls and iserve. Little Plck-l'pn, Urull and Odd. A grandmother only 25 years old is the chief curio iu Hancock. Ind A man out West was acquitted of steal- ing sam<agee because a link was wanting. Ann Arbor, Mich., claims the honor of originating the " He's all right " yell. It baa been known for many years among colleiie men therD. Willard Perkins, of Waterbary, Conn.. has received the trophy annuallv givn to the heaviest meniner of the Fat MeiJ's Assrciatiun of ilie Slate. Mr. Perkins weiKhH 152 pounds. A Michigan man who decided to settle iu Jasper, Ala., shipped his goods there by rail and then, wilh his wife and two children, drove the whole distance â€" 1,000 miles. They had a splendid time. A Maine genius bas His-uvered that fprace sawdust in an excelkui suhstiiate for sand in makii g common mortar (or plastering houses. He has used it making a house in Greenville, and other masons in the State are experiment ing with it. I'nder the laws of France a person re ported dead by a lexal official must remain dead, no matter how much he may come to life. If he wish to live he must take some other name. A man at Laramie lautihed at an Indian who Slipped down on the street live years ago. and the other day the r. d man came around and stabbed him iu the back as a reward. Kov. Dr. Talmage savs that General Harrison has daily family prayers at his home, and that few la>m u can deliv>r more devout or inipr>ssivo prayers in househi'ld worship thau be does. He will maintain the same habit at the White lIoQse. It is a piece of astronomical luck that, as viewed from California, the eclipse of the son in January will be total. This will give the great Li'k t^L-scope a notable opportunity of a-efulnessâ€" always provided that the day shall not be oloudy. Caused by Sanitary Carelessness â€" Dr. Lucy M. Hall's OhKervatlons. A New Yorker recently took a drive of some da>s with his wi e through Vermoni. One day they stopped for dinner at a plea»ant couutry inn. eituated in a beanti- ful little village, which from its location should h« the abode of health. After din- ner the Ne« Yorker fell into conversstion with the pastor of one of the village churches. It soon came out that the clerg>manhad previously lived for snme years in one of tbe larger cities of New Erglaud. having been forced to abiudon the charge of an important church there by impaired health, which he was here seeking to recruit. The stranger, naturally enoujib, asked the minister whether he thought there was more sickness or less in the village where they were talking than among people in equally good circomstancea who live iu our larger cities. " 1 hardly know what to say," thecleruy- man replied. " Of course there is more disease to every thoasand of the whole population in a city like New York than there is in a rural county in Vermont by reason of the great excess in the tenement house distriets ; bat I have grave doubts whether there is as much sickness propor- tionally in those quarters of cities where people live in comfort and under rigoroaa sanitary regalationa as there is iu this vil- lage. Certainly there is a great deal of sickness and a uamber of deaths every year in a place like this, which might be pre- vented, snd which wculd be prevented by the authorities in a well governed city. To mention only a single case, aud this ia not one to be talked aboat here : One of the most prominent families in this town, well to do people, living in an excellent house and presumed to be intelligent in matters of health, suff. rs constantly from disease. They have had typhoid fever and diph- theria, and somebody is ailing most of tbj time. Tbey tbii^k it strange, but yi would not. The truth ii that if they lived in a rity they would be hauled before the health board within twenty-four hours fa|; violating the ordinances in letting all the waste (rjm their kitchen flow into the yard and oo^'j there, polluting the air and bree i- ing diseane." That there was nothing exceptional in the village referred to is proved by a very interesting and valuable paper whi. li whi read by Dr Lu' y M. hlail, of Bri'OA'vn ... the recent meeting of tbe rfocial .-_' â- '; Association iu Saratoga, u^on " tary Condition of Cuunirv Hen hail gathered the nrceeaury da;* ' ' . jU'lgment by the examination, dim .; h'? vacations, ot sixty livoordinary farm'. on-" .^ in New England, the middle and t .e <V' n ern States. She found that Intl.' '-ar" i- taken as to the cbarauter ut nnbMj.l, 'init that over half were Iwuated on wi. Jay soils. In more thau half the c tses, Al^n, the houses were too closely sha^edtt <ti-'' sunlight was too much excluded fro .c tl' parts of the house. In a majority of .is s the Cellars were found to he damp or wut. Barns and stables in Ni-w England averaged not more than tifty feet from thehouse.i,aud outbimses lees than thirty feet, the water supply bting undoubtedly contaminated by one or the other of these causes iu a uuiu b-r of cases. Slops wei^ thrown into the yari froui tiia back d.ior iu tlirue- quarters of the New England farmhousts examined. Now for the result, Dr, Uall font. J that lung siTectiOMS, diihtl.eria. typhoid fever and rh»-nniati.iiii had played sad havoc in these faro houses. Ninety threu per cent. of the whole number in Now Euuland had a record of lung f-ver aud r^iphthoria and 53 per cent, of «yphoid fever, Ther- is not It paiticle of doubt that tlni greater part of this disease was directly duo to ilanip cellars, neglectid slo[S orcontam- inaiei water ; in other wor.ls, was pre- ventable, ou^ht to have been pre^entcl, and would have been prevented if ihr tiuf- fertrs had lived in a city with a llijrjut,hly I fticient health department. Wtf are glad t^-at atteutiea hw btgn C»Il''d to ill's importsn-. trtftttrr by an orgaiiizoion of such weight a.4 lbs Social 8 lenco A'S'ioiatioo. So many city people pass a ci nsiderable part of the warm Weather in the country th.tt tho dai:ger i.-i by m means confined to tho periimuent residents. One of the incidental advan- tages of tho vacation season oui^hi to he the spread of the fundamental pri'ciplos of sanitary science aniot g the farming population by their city visitors. A TALK or TWO TASLOKS, The Uromloe OutUone br Two VTaiitera B««erT*, Ubiuaus. fca.. 5'' The Laoit of Hats. Do any of you stuoy geography ? It you do, get your map and lit d Corea. That is the laud nf hats. If your father livci there ho would have a hat to wear in the house, another out of doors, auother to we^r in the rain, anotler when he marches with the soldiers, besid'i' several dress up ha's. Ilia every day out of door hat would liave a crown shaped something like a fop, ami the brim would be as broad as th'- seat of your little chair. If your father had lest a friend he would put on a bat Khaptd like a wish b'lwl aid it wuuld cover his face all over. If vou had threo brothers, and tbey each owned 1-0 many hats, where would your mother keep them ?â€"r'i(! Little Pilgrim. Judge Ezra B. Taylor, who represents the Nmereenth Ouio district in the House at Washington, recently rereivtfd a letter ttiat called up a remarkable coincidence in hid life. Ueie is the btory as told by him to a Washington .Slur reporter : He was born in Portage county, O , Bisty â-  live years ago, attended school with uar- li. id, and tiiH two ke^t up a friendship in afier life. When Garheld was e'ected to the Ohio Statu Senate in IS'/I Judge Tay- lor was practirii g law lu thu State. Shortly after Gartield took his seat Judge Taylor i;ot a letter from Lioi staiii..g : " I received yuur letter aL.d will be glad to do anything 1 can for yuu. I am uur- prised, however, that you should deuire such a position- 1 thought your practice was worth much more to yoa,'' ' his may not be the exact language of the letter, but it was about this. Jad^e aylor did not iiU'lerstand the letter. Uu wrotH to Mr, Garheld telling him so. aud saying that be was right in suppoeing his la'.v practice was worth mo e than auy position under \h« State Senate. Shortly after that Mr, Gartield called on him and banded bim a letter, asking if it W'.re Lor his, Ue examined the letter and replied that it was certainly h s handwrit- ing and bis signature, but that he had not written it, auiess he bad done so la bis sleep, and then be pointed oat that ic was postmarked frcni anoth' r part of the State, The letter askod for the appoint ment of a deputy sergeant-atarms ot the biiatu Senate, was written in the judge s haud.vr:tuig and signed plainly w: h bis si;4!iature, E.: a D, Taylor. Mr, Garheid Wanted to submit tbe letter to an expeit to paSR [ipcn the chironraphy. Judge Taylor said he would acknowleJgw that he cou.d not tell It frocu bis own. It was sabmiited '^flko auexpert, wbu, without hesitation, said '^''he conlo take his oath to its ben ji Judge Ta\ iur's writii g It was a ni\ster;v they could not penetrate, and thty droppo.i it. Nit I' ug after the State Convenlioii as- semoled, Judtie I ay lor was walking anwn the otiriidor of iiie principal H' tel. 11 ere were mirrors on ih.! walls in wtiicn he ould see his reflection. As he approacned the ^nd of the corridur be tho'iKlit tuere was iooihcr mirror directly in front of him iu which he could plaiuiysee hisuwn face aud f irm. He drew c oser, and No ; it was ot :t mirror. It was a man. It was hiiu- nelf in flesh aud binod, Tho two looked at eaeh other, aud II seemed as if each had lout lis iiientity in ihe other. Had tbey turned around three limes neither could 1 avc ueen certain he wa.'^ not the other â- eliow. Neither spoke. They just looked â- \i each other aud passed in opposite diieu ions. Later in the day Mr, Uarti Id, with the double leaning ou bis arm, approached Judge Taylor. Ue introduced them : " Mr, Taslor; .«lr, Tavlor, No: Mr, Ezra B, Taylor, Mr. Ezra B. lajlor." '1 hey were i he same in name, in form, in face, ill .kge, voice, carriage, manner and general appearance, Ju ine I aylor was then known as Colonel, He had been uamed after a distinuuished ckrgyui^n, E.'.ra Booth, The duplicate was also known as Colonel, aud said he was Ezra Booth, but h< did not know after whom hu was named. .•V few weeks ago Judge Taylor got a letti r from a lady in Wisouusin i-tnting that she had noticed the name of Ezra B. Til', lor as votiiii; against the Mills Bi.l; that an Ezra B I'ayl.ir, formerly livirg in a certain part of New York, had bejn a v-ry intimate fiietid of her father, who was UO.V dead. They had, she said, lost siuht of thi.i friend soon after her father's utath. and they were anxious tii hiid hiui. They h''pe'l the lieprsentativu might bn he. .jud.;" Tavlor wrote a prompt reiily, itatii t; that he had never lived iu New Y'^rU State, and had never heard of the ladv'.s father ; but this did not end it. A few days ago he got auother letter from the lady stating that she had been delighted, gu receiving his letter, to lecotiiiize m the ail'Iress tbe handwriting of her father's frisi.d It h'l.-i not \rt developed whether the Ezra B. Taylor this lady Sieks is the one wlio .lied or yet a 'bird party tothe driima. But, lo add auother rimautio feature to the .â- a»e. it now appears that the 'Taylor tbis laiiy iserks niitht have riaaons for con- cealing his i'ientiiy from tho family on aceoniit of some business relations with the dereaHcd father, whom he may have owed money. A aTR.^NQIS FBIKMD,SHIP, Aa Easle and a GamnCoek Dwell ToKather In tlie l.iuiusc na.aiouy. The time may never ci.me when the lion and the lamb shall u-j down together, and both be ou the ouinide, but the spectacle u( a chicken and its inuriui foe, chu eagle, resting in cordial tellowi,hip on tba same rooac comes very near expressing the idea ot tiniversal peace loreehadowed in tbe prophecy of the lion and the lamb. Whiie tile Robinson Fishing C'lun, of which John O'Niil, the weil-kiiown rentauratenr, at 600 Grant street, is a member, was en- camped at Nurih East Pa tadt July, lw» large eagles were seen In the vicinity of the camp for eevrtldavs Fiank Casey shot one of them, seiiounlj injuring its leg. It fell, and was r- bcued from the dogs. The bird recovered, but it remained very lams^ Upon the return id the club tj the city the king of oirds was p.e-,eiited to Mr, O'Neil, who keeps It iu the lu t o( his stable. Whan it first came it a e lari^e chickens with facility aud with ui couipuiK tion, and small ones ditto. Mr U Ni-ii is somewhat of a chicken fancier, and takts pride in the flue qualities of his gam'-- cocks. Last April a splendid tis^htint; o ik of the black Spanish brted was haiuhtii. As he grew older, a large Shanghai rornter, the lord and master of the ro.'st, lutioii'iated bioi and drove bini out of the family circle, so that for a loiit^ tin e be has held himself ahof from his kindled, roosting always by biuiseif, Abo it two weeks ago Mr. ON ail discuvered ihat the eat:ie was amicably sharing 'liri roost with the cock rbo reeulc has been a siraiitie i:.timacy be- tween the two. The rooster (I'jes (or short periods daring ih" nay ;o lork out for his provisions, but always returns soon to the society of his frieno, ami. all in all, ha spends the greater part of his time with th". latter. I'ho .-agle. on his part, aeems to have entirelv coi.q'iere'i the preoilection for chi'kens as food, and a|,%ays welcomes the return of his iittio- .lompaim n. He bas also ceased to wag» war on the other (omls, and is content to lunch on thrHc pounds of fresh meat every day. Mr U Niil thinks tbe strange fnends-hip will only be ended when th<" game euck comes tu a realization of the fact that th- blood of In roes courses through hiB v',iiis, ami prureeiis to lay the black .Spanish rroster at neaili's door, and takes his rightful place at the head of the barnyard familv. Tho rooster is a hand- some, red pluiiiaged fellow- I he eatile is of the varieiy known as the black eagle, and measares si v. n f. et four inches from lip to tip, weithi it> Detween tifieen snd twenty pounds. He stands captivity very well. He is quite lien tie at tiiues. and at others very cruns. Two noticeable facts about the ea^le are that he veriti-a the old statement that the nil ;4 of birds won t eat oarrioo, for he won t e.'.'n toU'-h meat that has been kiU«d a day ; antl that. <vhen he bas a fowl to kill, bn kapuks the life «ut ot it with his wings, Put-'hunj IjisimuIi. .SIBU Your >Hme Legihly If there is one man who dererves to be I hanged without bentlit of tho cl' ryy it is j the one who sends >i u a letter, n questing a reply, and siiina his name with such a . . combina'ion of iusace flourishes that the; prince of darkness wouldn't be able to it. This man will frequently write very plainly from tho beginning of a letter to tho end, and then, taking it for granted that you are perftctly familiar with bis name, get up on the pen and ride it all over the bottom of the page, unilor the im- pression that he is uppemting his signature. A murrain on him aud all bissuurvy kind. â€" Lincoln (Neb.) Juuriial. '* It'a a Hextra," At an old fashioned hosllery in London two grntlenieu were dining, when a d'j-pute arose a,s lo what a pineapple was. O.ie nf the diners insisted that it was « fruit. Tbe with I qiial roi li'lence, gave it as his '"^ ' opinion I hat a pineapple was a vei;elable A bet was male, and the frieudsdeteruune ( to aocrpt tbe decision of tho waiter, who was called to the table. "John," asked one of th' 10, " how do you describe a piiie- appleâ€" is It a fruit or is it a vegetable? ' The waiter rubbed his hands, plared hi.'i head on one side, and with a pitying smile r. plied, " It's neither, gentlemen; a pine- apple id 1 hextra." How Gurniana Do It. Theatregoer to his n.-ijihborâ€" See how I makn that lady in front take her hat off. Nit.:hbor â€" I et you don't Theatre-goer (asiilr) â€" Done. (Aloud) What charming hair that Udy has ! The lady removes Ii.t hat. â€" lUk. â-  A HuslMnd'a Faali-ft<Kllnir. " Wivi s in tnese days ate very nealigent about their household duties," said Young- husband, " So I have heard," " Yes, take my own case, for example. I come homo at all hours and still my wife never has tho dinner ready." ' The "Mrs. ^nclrev Carnegie," was exliibited Wr the first lime Sib Lyon Playiaic sivs that during 17 years' servire as meui'ier of Patlianitut he oamu in contact wnh the most eoiiueut _,. , „ . , vt \- \. nioliralmouof EngJiind, and he put the Chry.an.hemum tair in New \'rk, qiicsiontoniost of them: "Did von, in Z'V-'.f ''""^ "^'""7 »"""'« "'";,'^'^' , your extensive practice, ever know a pati-nt J^-*'''" «""• "^^'J'^ !"'f ''^'"T} ''"I' ''' " '''""'' who was afraid to die 7' With two exoep- }* " not jparticnlarly dainty, but is very tiona they answered "No." large and vigoron* which at the has ists ; ttirluiia Causea of Cuuibustiou. Krialive to spjutaneuus combustion, the UroH of th" venr iu Boston have furnished Hottio new obHervations of interest. Iti oiw case, according to the .imfrirun Architfi^t, a quantity of feather dust in a beildiiiu mmiufactory took lire without apparen'. reaaon. It was £â-  uiid. howevir, that a pieire of ihi.k glass had b' on lying on the feathers, and the sun's rays, concentrated 111 some way by the glass, had set tire to thetti, niihoUfch thu day was a cold one in tlv m"iith nf Mari h. In another case, a nunihor of turpiiulin hats were lying, parke'l together, in a window. The hith tenip ra'tire, with, perhaps, the close piit:k- it'i of ih" hats, cans, d tli.-ui to burst into a blazo. Two oihir lircs wire caused hv pii'im,! parnlliiie psper. such as candy is wrnppidiii, ii to a refuse barrel, whi h contained a little sawdust ; and a thir'i, which destroved ^'20 OUO worth of property, wa.H occaotoned by putting some greay paper, which had bet ii used to wrap Imi'hes in, into a wooden ri fuse harr- 1, vvl ii-h contained some sawdust aud sweep- iiign. _^ Latest North wrat News. 1 Wiuini'cK bpoeial.' \Vhi!e skating on tho ice on Ued River on Saturday afternoon, Walter and Percy Ske. d. two brotherH, broke through. Walter Went down before assistame arrived and P' roy was rescui d iu an exhausted ooniHiiou. Walter's body is not yet re- covered. G ("â-  King, Postmaster at Calgary, was severiL hurned about the face yesterday and will be laid u|i tor some tiuie. It is probable that a Iark;o quantity of whcit will lo Miorod in the elevators at Portage la Prairie ui til ihe completion of the O't Uivi r Valley line i arly next year <o g>t the betieht of i ompi tmg rates. A v'lri'ictof not Kuilty was retnrned by ihe jiirv at Brandon in tbe case of Fli tohi r, ihiirixi wii* thi' nittrder of one Malhoson, at Binsoarth, in March last. MUNKT Ui 8TIU.KT SIL'SIC. Pruttts of HsnU-Ori-aB Men and Otbas Itinerant ft.ilse. ll.krrn. The Boston lii'-nri sa\s: Sympathetic ladles wiio send uu k. Is ano silver pieces by a servant to the pm r organ grinder who siands at their nO"r. or wh'i throw down tc hiui from an uuper wi'uiow peimies wrapped' 111 thick wriUi'g paper, may like to know h ivviuuch a man nets in (he < nurse ol a day and what he '10 s w iih his money. For the lat'er be does i ir spend more thau a seventh pari of it. lli- puts it safely twav, anii kn ps increasing it Sonietimea he j'liLS at nigiit a select ,:|iib of Ills fellow- cnuntry iiien, who jjamhie tneir p-nuiesaway in long ami deliiicus exi l^ement. H'lw nun b Jo >oii tlimk be earns ;• More than a rarp"r.t, r, a bricklayer, a policeman, a postman, or a Dalesman in a store who wears ti'o^es and a high hut. Ho averages fotirdoUais a day. He labors sjstemati'.-ally ,siid has his reuular beat and hia varied art lo ix'ract the penny from persons of each class he plays before. On an average he play s on 'Mi) blocks a day, and it's a deucedly poor block that does uot pay two cents. Ihe girls who are seen daily on oar stre> ta dressed in pretty Switzer or Neapolitan costumes, .(rawing or playing what IS kiiowu as a " piaiM ur or^au on wheels," avtrsge from ten to twenty dol- lars a day, ami a.s :t rule tbey are uot required to labor more than six hours a daV, The latest " wtmkie " in street mus-'o ia a y'liing wcinisn who ,4ii!t;s, a^.-conipanied by three swarthy son" of Italy on the harp, violin and p ccolj-t She ^^ss s, sweet voice, dresS'H »ttractiv.-ly ami siiiys 'â-  »oPgi« that reach the heart " and pocket at the same time She m not an I'alian. as O'any sup- p.jse. but an Engli-h g'rl, who is saiti to be the wife of a son of i h" sum y peninsula. One who in acqnaiiitid with her history infortned the wriierthat she was of tirst. class faitiily , fairly i ducatod, and of it peun- rious nature For the laurr reason (.bo adoplC'l her present mode of obtaininii a liv- ii't,, Hor imomi' ia over thirty dollars S day, from whi' h she pav s a few dollars tO her acroDipaniHts She sit gs on an aver, at^e tifty times a dav , an i ah^av s in looali- tii s wh^re nistiy men areeinplDV ed ; before prititiiiii oflio'S, manufai-tones, etc., and in courts ami plaops immediate to the princi- pal thoroiiohlares where street pedestrians are nutnerons. It is -aid that in a few vears she in^einfs to " orons the water" and tivo ill quiet ease for the romaiiider of her lifi*. bv that time bavioti arijiiireii a Brnall fortiino. Old women who sit upon side- walks plaving " hurdy-t:tirdies" with a plai'snl of petition ab"iit the iirck, aver- a:;e a laboring man's wages, evi ii in dull times. It is an old saying that 'â-  the world owes everyboiiy a livmu," and fiom tbe above it cannot but ap^;oar as a truism. 8l)e Had Made It White as snow. Mr Popsy (ru'-fully . X'lni'iniig hia pipve^ â€" Who has been fooling with uiy old nicer- Schatim .- Mrs. Popsy {a voniig bri'if) O, darlirg, it was (â- o I id and black and dirty that I put it iu the kitchen fire and watche.l it care, fully U'til it was burned to this lovely anow-whito, A (;ood KeHniin, Too. It is Baiil that m ei^ht issis out of ten if a man uete ^oO.OOO all <. f a stidcen be will tithi r go orai kid lu the bead or make a InnKhing stork of himsilf 'Ibai's doiiht- lessthe reason why Prnvii 9tioe)i»«pB dfiO,. (HX) awav troni so many of as,â€" ZVfrott Fret f Prrii.