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FACTS AND FANCIES. The first monk was Anthony, who died in 251. Birmingham is the oldest seat of nvtfnufactory in Europe. The same heat which raises water one degree raises oil two degrees, owing to the evaporation of the water. THE eyes of birds that fly by night are generally about double the size of day birds. JERUSALEM is built on a vast plain of arid lime- stone, which sustains no vegetation and no animal life, except a few beasts of prey. THEFTS AT DIAMOND MINES. The owners of the Kimberley mines, in spite of extraordinary precautions, lose from 10 to 15 per cent, of their product each year through the thefts of employees, who, although closely watched, still manage to get away with their loot. The punish- ment. for stealing a diamond is fifteen years' imprisonment. A VEGETABLE WONDER. The wax palm of the Andes is a vegetable wonder. It grows tu a height of 200ft., and thrives not only on the plains but the mountains. The wood is tough and durable. The wax, which is vellow or greyish white, is as pure as beeswax, .and is used for making candles. A peon climbing the tree can gather from 201b. to 30ib. from each. NATURE'S DISGUISKS AND HELPS. Nature has afforded little insects some curioui means of protection against their foes, odd little creatures being provided occasionally with complete wguise. Beetles, for instance, are endowed with the power to vary their colour. A common weevil England is red in the red sand of Boar's Hill, leal, and grey in the grey earth of Shotover Hill, A grasshopper which is brown when found ir. one part of Heligoland is green in another district. The lizard can discard his tail and wriggle off without it should occasion require. Butterflies have bright spots on a non-vital part of their front wings, and this is believed to be a special arrange- ment of nature to draw the enemy's attack to such places. The butterfly often escapes, leaving that unessential part of its anatomy in the mouth of the tird. Small sea crabs know how to dress up in tits of green seaweed to hide themselves from their en c mies. PERSIAN BREAD. Perhaps one of the queerest forms of bread in the w.jrld is the Persian" lawash." The n.aterial of this queer loaf is a mixture of rice, flour, and milk, which is formed into a tough dough and then fattened out by hand on a wooden bench till it is cl wafer-like thinness. Then it is cut into sheets atout 12n. by 20in. and baked. The great thin fheets are hawked about the streets like evening \fipers, and the bread is excellent, sweet, and «juri<=:;ing. EIGHT RELIGIONS WITH BIBLES. The religions of the world are really compara- tively few. There are only eight great historical religions which can claim that name on the strength (f their possessing sacred books. All these religions came from the East; three from an Aryan, three ■rem a Semitic source, and two from China. The thiee Aryan religions are the Vedic, with its modern oil-hoots in India, the Avestic of Zoroaster in Persia, and the religion of Buddha, likewise the offspring of Brahmanisfli in India. The three <. :'eat religions of Semitic origin are the Jewish, the v'liristian, and the Tuohammedan. There are, besides, the two Chinese religions, that of Con- lucius and that of Lao-tze, and that is all; unless, we assign a separate place to such creeds as "Taini.sm, an ear relative of Buddhism, which was ably represented at Chicago, or the religion of the lkhs, which is after all but a compromise t.etveen P.iahmanism and Mohammedanism. A ROMANCE OF WATERLOO. On the field of Waterloo an infant was picked up from behind a waggon after the battle. She was froby an ensign in the King's German Legion. :1: placed her under the care of a soldier's wife, jiaying for her support, and as she grew up, seeing now beautiful and talented she promised to be, had her educated, and finally married her. He held in liiss latter days an appointment in the Mauritius, here follows the extraordinary pendant to this romantic tale. The great-granddaughter of the Waterloo "Waif and Stray" (they mature and marry very early in those tropical climes) was the wife of Baron de Lesseps, the originator of the Suez, and the unfortunate designer of the Panama, Canals. At the age of seventeen she fell in love with the Baron, then above seventy, and proposed to him. according to the custom of the Mauritius, tv a floral offering. The old Baron was so amazed that he declared that she must intend the offering for his son, who was with him. "Non, monsieur, à vous." JAPANESE CREATION LEGEND. Clouds formed on the bridge or which onc. god Y'nagali and his spouse stood pondering on the riddle of existence, whether the beginning of worlds and the beginning of life lay slumbering in that sea of chaos. Yznagali, apparently more enterprising than philosophically inclined, seized his si'Jmeiring fpear and plunged it into the back of the black and teething flood. Pulling it up again, he discovered seven salt drops on its diamond point, which, drop- ping, condensed and formed the Island of Cuso- koiosima. Thereupon Yznagali and his spouse selected the spot of earth which had thus been created as their permanent dwelling-place, and peopled it with innumerable genii of animal and riant life and spirits of the elements. And around this "palace of immortality" rose eight other islands Awadsi, the island of foam the moun- tainous Clio; Yamato, blessed with fruit; Yyo, imsurpaBsed in its beauty; the quinquangular Tsikousi Sado, rich in copper and gold; Yki, -it the pillars of heaven; and Oko, surrounded Dy <hre« satellites. Such, says Harper's Magazine, was the birth ot Japan, of that curious land ol Fusiyama, with its amiable, population of artist artisans, its graceful tea houses, its glistening silks, its grotesque dwarf trees, its white cranes and dreamy iotus ponds. CURIOUS ANSWERS. Here are some of the answers given by the pup. at a school examination in Germany. "Veres plundered the temples of Sicily and then took them home with him; nevertheless, he won his lawsuit, for he bribed hie opponent." "Xapoleon I. was born on August 18th, 1768, and his day was destined to be the most remarkable in his entire life, since he ascended the throne of France on December 2nd, 1804." the time of the ancient Romans priests wore k which went over his head and neck and 1L:O the shoulder blade." "Schiller's life came to a final end on May 9th, 1805. "There were three Punic wars—namely, the first, second, and third." "In reading Klopstock one must look for the argument, and even if it is not there one must find it." .1 In r(??ard to Homer, no one knows whether, V/rf' when, or why he w?,s born." I he national hymn should always be sung stand- ing with bare feet. & "Ladislaus Posthumus was a good-humoured ruler, but he was defective in the matter of birth." How BIRDS AMUSE THEMSELVES. Some modern writers would have us believe that the life of & bird is a life of constant fear; that not only is it all work and no play, but that it is passed in deadly terror. To a bird lover, says a writer in the Leisure Hour, this idea is intolerable, .and if accepted would take away all pleasure in making their acquaintance. But happily this view is not confirmed by facts. On the contrary, there is plenty of evidence to show that our feathered brethren have sports into which they enter with the enthusiasm of youth. Like us they have their social festivities, their concerts and dances, some- times on the ground and sometimes in the air, Parrots and cockatoos are fond of varying the monotony of their lives with playthings, bits of chain, glittering objects, a feather, a key—almost anything, indeed, they will amuse themselves with for hours, and show a strong sense of ownership by resenting any other use of the objects they consider their own. A tame mocking-bird who had the freedom of the house was particularly fond of a paper of needles for a plaything. Finding this treasure in his mistress's workbasket, he would work at it till he loosened the fold, then seize a corner of the paper 5a his beak, and with one flirt send the needles in a shower over the floor, to his great delight. Lories, favourite cage birds of the parrot family, will play with one another in comical ways, hopping side- ways in a circle with droll gestures, nodding their heads expressively, rolling over aad over, shaking hands, and many other gambo.s. A noble macaw, 2,¡¡ys Dr. Karl RUBS, and an Am«zor.ran parrot played together lika two puppies, wrestling and tumbling Qch ether fcbout. Two stands for pierrot troupes on the South Sands, Scarborough, have just, been let by the corporation for the season at jE170 each. A Liverpool tram conductor was sent to prison On. Saturday for embezzling fares. The magistrate Earned other conductors against such conduct. A great May-day labour demonstration took Place on Sunday in Hyde Park. A resolution was tarried demanding international peace and a co- commonwealth.
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YANKEE HUMOUR. TOO LUCKY AT POKER. "No, I'm not going to be married to a Gates- avenue girl," replied a young society man, when the case was put to him the other day. "I did fall in love with a sweet young thing on that street, and after I had called on her once or twice her father asked me to play two-handed poker. The result was that he scooped me out of half my salary every week for three or four weeks and kept me from making love to his daughter. Thinking he had too soft a thing of it, I went to an old b gambler and paid him 5dol. to shew me a trick or two. The next time I played with my prospective father-in- law I walloped him out oC 6(iol., and three nights later I gathered in 12dol. of his shekels. Then he rose up and said "Young man, avaunt! I like your looks, and no doubt you would make my daughter happy, but I'll be hanged if 1 want a son-in-law who holds an ace-ful every time I hold three tens." CURE BY SUGGESTION. "Maria," asked the husband and father, "how did you cure Bertha of her infatuation for young Kadger ? "By suggestion," replied the wife and mother. "Suggestion ? "Yes; I suggested that she look him up in Bradstreet's."—Chicago Trihu ae. HE KNEW HER. The dexterous manipulator of a soda fountain and the cashier at a restaurant making a specialty of after-theatre suppers were exchanging con- fidences. "She is unlike other girls, so natural and sincere, explained the cashier. Looks at you out of the depths of her soulful eyes when she talks to you, doesn't she?" queried the soda artist. "Exactly." "Sings, 'doesn't she?" "Yes." "Favourite song is, 'Oh, Promise Me. "That's it." "And when she sings it her soul seems to fly out on the wings of song and soar among the heavens?" "Yes, yes," said the cashier; "but how do you know? Are you acquainted with her?" "Well, I can't say exactly, but all last summer I was tied up with a soulful creature of that class who drifted out of my life just as the ice-cream was waning and the oyster-eating days had come in upon us, and I thought maybe she had drifted into yours." Then it was that the cashier at the restaurant remembered that it was in the lirst of the series of months containing the letter "r" that his path and that of this fair maid had become entwined, and a ureal- and heavy thoughtfulness came upon him.- Lake Herald. TROUBLE FOR THE MAID. The two young men reached the door at the same time. "Is Miss. Walsingham in?" they asked. The maid looked at them and shook her head disconso'ately. "She's in to wan av ve an' out to the other," she said at last; "bat the twoav ye comin' together has got ine so tangled I'm blest if I know which is which. But come right in, both av ye, and I'll ask htr to come down an' pick ye out."—Chicago J'ost. TREATED LIKE A LADY. "Cli, Mrs. McGraw," called a Baltic-street woman to a neighbour who was at her gate, "did you hear about Mrs. Finnegan ? "I did, then, Mrs. O'Shane," was the reply. ivell, she was arrested last night for intoxi- cation." "That's too bad, but I knew it would come some dav. Did they take her to the station on a push- cart ? "Indade they didn't. When the officer came in lie recognised her as a lady and treated her as such. He gave her a ride on a beautiful waggon, and there was another officer at hand to keep her from falling out. She had the best cell in the house, and when she was brought into court in the morning his Honour was as bland as if she was a duchess. He never swore at her once, and he begged her pardon for sending her up for fifteen days." "Och hane Listen to that! "And in order that nobody might see her and hurt her feelings, she was handed into a beautiful carriage called after Black Maria, and with the doors all locked and a man on the steps behind she put on as much style as if she was riding out in her own landoo and was paying her footman 40dol. a month. I am not envious ot my neighbours, Mrs. McGraw, and I do like to see others get along, but it's in my mind to bring on a fit of intoxication this very evening and see if the people of Brooklyn won't realise that there is yet another lady in their midst!" POINTS FROM THE POST. In tl.s mechanical age the mechanical man may not reach the highest honours but he is generally able to pay rent. Reports of a projected farmers' trust will naturally and inevitably suggest to all the humorists that there will be no lack of experts to water the stock of the concern. PeSyfthehNOT?hdp?leU8crn te*™' Td doubtful if the North Po,e BUt 'V for any such sum. Can touch the country "Let me know what :t mari eats and I will tell you what he is, said one ot our great scientists But he cannot do it now About \n he could do would be to tell how much the man was worth American school-teachers in the Philippines do not need to teach the young idea how to shoot. The young idea already knows how and practices on the teacher when there is no Amencan garrison in the immediate neighbourhood. —Saturday Evening Fost,. THE BAKER BOY'S STORY. I caught the baker's boy the other evening as he had delivered his last order and taken a seat on the keibstone to rest his legs and smoke the ttub of a cigar, and after a little coaxing he told me this story. M-ell, once upon a time there was a boy named Henry Lavine. but he was no relation to wa Lavine, the scrapper. He was the only son ot Alderman of the Fifth Ward, and he was known to all the neighbours as a good boy. He was kind to cats and dogs, and used 4no bad words, and was very indignant when some bad boys offered him ten cents to let them hold a dog fight in his father's barn. ° ° "One beautiful morning Henry asked his father's permission to go fishing. His father looked upon hint kindly and replied: I would give my consent quicker than a wink, my son, but for the love I bear you. This warm weather is melting the snow and I'm afraid the ice will go out of the river to-day with a rush. If it does go there will be great danger. Not to-day, Henry, but some other time.' Henry was satisfied with this. He was sitting on a log in the backyard when Hi Davis came along with a fishpole on his shoulder and called out: Come on. Hank-come with me. The suck era are running to beat all creation.' My father won't let me,' replied Henry. Then run away! I'd like to see my old man stop me from going where I wanted to I But I feel that I must do as my dear father says. Should I disobey him I could never look him in the face again.' Then you are a baby, and I kin lick you with one hand tied behind me "Henry turned away in sorrow, while Hi pro. ceeded on his way to the river. During all that forenoon, as Henry chopped wood or helped his mother make soft soap, the tempter kept whisper- ing in his ear: Don't be a spring chicken Run away andJhave a good time Your father is mean to order you to stay home "But Henry resisted the evil advice with all his strength, and when noon came he was made to realise that the good are rewarded, while the bad are sure to meet with misfortune. His mother not only gave him a cent. for being so industrious and chet"-f'ul, but the ice went out of the river, just as his ither had feared, and Hi Davis went along with it. The last seen of him he was passing Crow Bend on a hen coop, with great cakes of ice grinding and dashing about him, and no one could extend him help. Nothing was ever found of him." —Brooklyn Citizen. UNCOLONIAL DAMES. Mrs. Pingey: "I don't see how you can manage to go to church three times on Sunday." Mrs. Bland: "I do it simply by doing no work of any kind on the Sabbath. I think it positively wicked for women to stay home and cook dinners for their husbands on Sunday." Mrs. Pingey: "I suppose, then, you have a cold iunch at noon ? Mrs. Bland "Oh dear no! I always take dinner at Mr. Bland's sister's. She's a splendid cook, and she always tries to do her best on Sundays, "Boston Transcript.
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CAUKONATF, OF SODA dissolved in water will remove cuid stains from dresses. Lay the soiled part or irloth, and wash and rub the places with the water, Seeping the dress quite smooth. GIXGER is a very useful remedy. A small piece of reot ginger is often chewed ar-I found of great Denefit in cases of toothache, while a few drops of ;he tincture, or essence, taken before meals is excellent for people with weak digestions. A TIP ABOUT CWARS. There is a thing which all cigar smokers might observe with profit to themselves. Before lighting a cigar bite oti the end. and, placing the end to be lighted between your lips, blow through it. In this way you get rid of a fine dust that accumulates in 1 he cigar when it is dry, which is apt to inflame vour vocal chords and injure your voice. It is a Valuable hint for singers, and quite a number of professional opera singers never light a cigar until lliey have blown out the dust. To the failure to do this ma}' be attributed in great part the throat dis- tftfies with which steady smokers are afflicted. TO CFT KID OF SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. There are various simple remedies for this besides that of rubbing with pumice-stone. One is to place a tooth-comb so that the hairs may pass through it, and then brush them over with a solution of common washing soda. Hold the comb in the same position till the soda has had time to take effect, then wash with warm water. Afterwards smear with cold cream or vaseline. Many people prefer a strong solution of potash instead of the soda, but neither process must be repeated often enough to damage the skin. Another remedy for destroying unsightly hairs is to paint them with peroxide of hydrogen, using a camei's-hair brush TO REMOVE THE SMELT, OF TOBACCO FLIOM THE MOUTH. Take two teaspoonfuls of tincture of myrrh, one teaspoonful of spirit of camphor, add two pints of hot water, in which has been dissolved two penny packets of patent borax. Put a wineglassful of this mixture into a tumbler, fill it with water, and use it when cleaning the teeth. This will remove all smell of smoke. PERFUMED GLYCERINE, AX EXCELLENT HAIR OIL. Glycerine possesses in a high degree the property of extracting the fragrance from flowers. If we take avessel of best glycerine, putting into it lilacs, faded hyacinths, narcissi, lilies of the valley, •nignonettes, viQlets, roses, lime flowers, jasmine flowers, &c., and leave them in it for three weeks, they will have given off their whole fragrance to the glycerine when taken out. In this manner a hair oil is obtained that cannot be surpassed by •niy Parisian parfunieur Since glycerine can be mixed with water in any proportion (in contradis- tinction to the fat oils), a few drops may be poured into the water used for washing, in order to perfume it delicately. AN EFFECTIVE ANTIDOTE TO POISONS. It is a great thing to thoroughly understand what simple antidote to take if one is so unlucky as to swallow poison of any kind through mistake or otherwise—sweet oil is to be found in nearly every house, however humble, and a half-pint of it taken immediately is an effectual antidote to almost all poisons. Anyone with a very strong constitution should take a larger quantity of this simple remedy.
--YANKEE HUMOUR.
A STMPT.K C'QI'Cill REMEDY. I Those who are in the habit of coughing at night, | when first retiring to rest, may often avert an attack l:y having tlu-ir lied warmed. The taking of a warm drink, preferably a glass of hot milk before retiring, or. better, after getting in bed, is also good. The opportunity to warm a bed is not always possible, but it is generally very easy to secure a hot drink of some kind, no matter where one happens to be. One of the nicest ways to warm a bed is by ironing the lower sheet, and as much of the upper one as ¡,3 thrown back when the bed is opened. After tnis is done, quickly draw up the bed clothing, and place bottles of hot water, or the old-fashioned warmed brick, in between the ironed sheets. Persons with consumption or heart disease will secure untold comfort and many restful nights if they always go to warm beds to seek repose. TO WATF!RPKOOF FELT HATS. The following is a most successful method: Brush the liar carefully, both inside and out, and remove t-h<- lining. Procure some Canadian balsam, heat it. ond paint the inside of the hat with it. When dry, replace the lining, and the hat will be ready for use. Anyone trying this recipe should make holes in the top of the hat to admit air. Waterproof hats of any kind. unless well ventilated, are almost sure to bring off the hair. DAMP BEDS. There are few things worse and more dangerous than damp beds. However tired you are, sit up all niirht rather than run the risk of sleeping in a damp bed. The moist air of a bed not thoroughly aired carries away the natural heat of the body with wonderful rapidity. This causes chili, which is only, in many cases, the forerunner of rheumatic fever, lung diseases, and other dangerous maladips. A damp bed may be tested by placing a hand-glass in it; if damp exists, the glass will come out with a mist on it. If at any time a doubt arises in your mind whether the bed is quite aired, take out the sheets and sleep between the blankets. In this way you are less liable to take a chill. THE IMPORTANCE OF WOOLLEN UNDERWEAR. A fabric which is composed of pure wool, being a bad conductor of heat, will prevent the warmth of the body from passing quickly through it. and therefore the importance of wearing all-wool gar- ments next to the skin will be seen. Both linen and cotton are unsuitable, from an hygienic point of view, for underwear the materials being of a closer texture than woollens, retain less air in their meshes, and the heat consequently escapes rapidly. Care should be taken in the selection of woollen garments: the fabric of which they are made should be elastic and not very closely woven, for the more open it is the more air it will contain, and therefore it will provide a warmer covering. Even the best wool is liable to shrink to some extent, and due allowance should be made for this when purchasing underwear: tight garments are objectionable in every way. and they are less warm in winter and hotter in summer than loose-fitting ones. When we con- sider that even in winter there is a moderately large amount of waste thrown off through the pores of the skin which is absorbed by the under wear, the neces- I sitv oi frequently changing the latter is obvious, and at night, the garments removed should be hung out—by the fire if possible—so that they may be aired before they are again required. For the same reason the nightgown should not be folded up after being worn until it has been placed in the air for some little time.
--YANKEE HUMOUR.
R:<TO MAKE A MINCE. AJ1 fat and gristle must be removed from the meat which is going to be used, and it should then be passed through a mincing machine with a very small piece of bacon (just sufficient to flavour it), or, if preferred, cur up finely with a sharp chopping knife. The meat must then he seasoned with salt and a dust of black pepper and nutmeg, and put into a saucepan with some thick brown gravy which has been flavoured with vegetables and a little Harvey sauce, and mad" a good colour by the addition of some browning. Let. the meat simmer for at least half an hour before serving it. Dish up surrounded by a wall of nicely mashed potato, or garnish it with fried sippets. MCE DISHED. FROSTED APPLES.—This is a particularly pretty ;iish. Choose six large and perfect apples, core !hcjii anO stew until the skins can be removed '•asily. Each apple when peeled must be dipped nto clarified butter, covered with pounded white f-ugar, and the hollow left by the removal of the i ore filled with dates, which must have been pre- viously washed, stoned and cut into small pieces. Place the apples in a slow oven, and when the sugar -parkles they may be considered as finished. D.TCH EGG TOAST.—Melt a good lump of butter n a saucepan, pour in two well-beaten eggs whfeh have been mixed with a teaspoonful of anchovy rauce. a tablespoonful of milk, and the same quantity of any cooked white-fish, which has been divided into flakes season the mixture well with pepper and salt, and stir until it begins to set, and while still creamy, fill some buttered china •■hells with it. Scatter the top of each with fine brown crumbs, and bake in a quick oven for five minutes. MOCK CRAB SAI,AD. -roi-,iid three ounces of grated cheese with a tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoon- 1 ul of anchovy sauce, a teaspoonful of made mus- lard. the same quantity of vinegar, and a few drops of tarragon or chili vinegar: mix well, and spread ■omc flakes of cooked white-fish with the paste, and mix them with some finely-cut lettuce dressed with oil and vinegar, and garnish with a few shrimps. A NOVEL BKKAKFAST DISH.—Take one pound of 'ean pork. free from fat and skin, and half a pound of streaky bacon. Chop the pork first finely, and season with a taste of salt, grated nutmeg, powdered mace, a dust of cayenne and white pepper; add last *he finely-grated rind of one lemon. Then, having mixed thoroughly, chop up the bacon to mincemeat, add it to the other ingredients, and stir the mixture -3-ell, ai d pour in gradually half a pint of white stock, to which has been added half an ounce of gelatine, dissolved. Press the meat into a prettily- shaped mould, cover it firmly, and place in a moderate oven for two hours; then remove to a cold pantry until the next day, when it may be turned out and garnished. The mould may be (before put- ting in the meat garnished with thin slices of hard- boiled egg, which will give che meat when turned out a very prettty effect. W01ffn.