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Ten thousand unlicensed dogs have been destroyed in London at the Dogs’ Home alone since the hydrophobia scare began a few Weeks ago. Birmingham, England, still makes flint- look muskets for use in the interior of Africa, where percussion caps or any form of fixed ammunition would often be impossible to obtain, whiie powder can always be made and flinta picked up in the desert. By command of her Majestv, the full length portrait of the Queen, lately painted by Angeli, is now on View in P511 Mall, London. Her Majesty is represented stand- [ng in front of the throne ; she is richly dressed in black satin trimmed with ermine, and wears a diamond crown. Lady phyalcisna in France are in high spirits jun now. One of their number, Mme. Surrante, has been appoinfed by M, anquat, the Under Sscretarv of State at the Beaux Arts, to be one of the official physi- cians attached to the national. Opera House in Paris. Such a. dist-h ction has nevar been gained by a lady doctor in France before. Nordenfelt has now built a. torpefio boat 100 feet 1011;? to carry two Whitehead torpedoes of 300 pounds each, and capable of accommodating a crew of six men under watar for six hours. These boat: would cut through the strongest steel nets, and its torpedo would abolish the greatest; ironclad. The following list is given by the British "Financial lkform Almanac” of Peers and Peera’ relatives In the public pay from 1850 to 1885. lo ia a. curious comment upon promotion by merit unless we are to admit that superior met“: 15‘ an hereditary attri- bute of the aristocracy : Dukes, 520 ; Mar- quises, 626; Earl“, 3 390; Viscounts, 963; Barons, 2,492. Total, 7,791. The real hero ol the hour in London is Lord Walter Campbell. Lord Walter sus- tains the prestige of the Campbella on the stock exchange. He has no trust in the government or the police, or in any guar- antee of social order during the late riots except his own indomitable courage. So he has armed his servants with Remington rifles, and even the boy in buttons is rratiy to terrify the rioters with his “ snikersuee,” like Mr. Grosmith. The Duke of Argyle ought to be preul of his offer 11' , 11 Lord Tennyson will no doubt obmmemorutc the the incidént in a ballad. Mr, Gladstone will find the furniture of the First Lord’s official residence in Down- ing street in much the condition as he left it six months ago. Since he come back to oflice in 1880 Mr. Gladstone has spent about $300 dollars in providing new carpets, cents or paints, paper hanging, &o. This comes out of his own pocket, it being an established rule that the occupant of any eflicisl residence pays for the wear and tear of the furniture, and for any repairs that may be required in the house during his possession of it. Rec-rut excavations at the Acropolis at Athens have resulted in the discovery of six mutilated female statues in marble. These ifrsgments, which are colored and belong to the period before Phidias, Cannot fail to be of great importance in the history of art, as no museum in Europe possesses works of this period. The statues are part of those ovexthrown (by the Persians, and buried by the Greeks at the building of the Acropolis in the time of Pericles. Pierre Solidor Milon, who was 98 years old last November, claims to be one of the seven survivors of the wars of the first Na- poleon. His papers show that he enlisted in 1806, was in the French army for ten years and nine months, rose from the ranks to the grade of Lieutenant, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He in the father of sixteen children, and has lived in Philadelphia since 1859, supporting himself by playing the violin in orchestras and giving music lessons. A report on the progress of the leper set- tlement at Molokai. one of the Sandwich Islands, states that the settlement opened in January, 1866 with 141 lepers. of whom 103 were males and 38 females. Up to No- vember lest there was admitted 3 10] lepern of whom I 985 were males, and 1,116fema1es. The largest unnater roll from the foundation of the settlement was in August, 1884. at which date it stood at 841, comprising 512 Quite a valuable industry is now carried on In France, in the utilization of the vari- ous kinds of feathers formerly treated as worthless, especially those ob'a‘ned in pluck: lug ducks, chickens, turkeys, and those of .’wild fowl and other birds killed as game. The plarlpurauedjconelats in trimming these, particularly the larger ones, nfi‘ the stump, which may be thrown away, the plumua heing then made use of in the manufacture L1 "L-.. __L:»L “MM...” .. "ulvu w--- .7 r _ males, and 321 females. There {a 9. 10151111131 appropriation of 100 000 for the mainte- nance and care of the sufiererr. King Milan‘s Queen is said to be the most beautiful woman in Servis, and by this charm, together with her decision of charac- ter, she has completely established her do- minion, not only. over her husband’s heart, but over his actions likewise. If Queen Nathalie may lay claim M be the handsom- est woman in Servia, King Milan is far from being the hands emert man there or any where else. Hit: hcnd is round and largeâ€" toe large for hi? bodyâ€"«his cheeks flat and wide, with a. small nose and a little month. When at school at; Paris he was thought to resemble P) lnce NapuieLn. and always cou~ sidererl himself flattered by being compli- mented on thelikeness. The Lancet draws attention to the fact that the district of Norfolk in which the Prince of Wales’ eatafe is situated appears to be the home of s. throat affection of a. diptheritic nature. A. triangle drawn with Its bese stretching from King’s Lynn to Welslngham, lmving'its apex at Docking, and including Sandringham within its area, is said to be distinguished for the pevalanoe of a throat trouble of i he type named. It is large‘y a marshy district, and in this respect alone presents an environment which in de- cldely insenltary type. Tested by the mes.- snra ofthe reglafmrrgemral’s return, the a:- sortion of unhealshlness seems to be fullv borne out and the recent ,indiaposition of the Princess of Wales may therefore be ac- counted for on grounds and by causes of rational kinds. of a feather cloth m: blanket which possess-,3 the essential quality of being exceedingly light and at. the same time very warm. The plumes which are separated from the stalk are placed in a bag, chased tight-1y, and then subjected to rubbing between the hands, as in washing clothes. In 9. few minutes the fibres are by this means separated from each other, and form a perfectly homogenous and OVER THE 00E“. very light down, applicable by simple oper- ation to the production of quite a variety of covering and nther household objwots, at a reasonable cost. A kind of concrete, hard and solid, is now being used for building purposes in Perla It is composed of eight parts of sand, gravel, and pebbles ; one part of common earth, burnt and puwdered ; one part pow- dered cindere, and one and a halt parts un- sleeked hydraulic lime. These materials are thoroughly beaten up together, their mixture giving a. concrete which sets almost immediately, and becomes in a. few days extremely hard and solid, which property may be still further increased by the addi- tion of a. small quantity, say one part, of cement. Among other constructions to which this material has been applied is a. house three stories in height, 65 by 45 feet. standing on a terrace, having a perpendicu- lar retaining wall 2C0 feet in length and 20 feet high. Every part of this structure was made of the hard concrete, including foundâ€" ations. vaults of cellars, retaining wall, and all walls. exterior and interior, as well as the cornice work, mouldings. string courses, beulstrades, psrapets, and the building is without bend iron, lintels, or wood through- out, A cold snapâ€"breaking an icicle. The best thing outâ€"an aching tooth. A man who gives jokes must expect the like in return. “ Order slate” is the injudicious advice suspended before certain coal oflices. Selfishneaa is the parent of the major pa :- of the wickedness on the earth. Scarlet note-paper in now fashionable. It is only used by people who are flush. As was predicted, the weather has been very open, and lots of cold weather got in. A little girl says her favorite kinds of fruit are gmpes, bananas and ice-cream. A newspaper relates the story of a. poet “ who sang one song and died.” The name of the efiitor who killed him la not given. Hats are now made wiuh abeatos linings in the crown, and are suitable wear for heated terms', abeston being a non-conduc- tor of heat. Edward Atkinson figures outthat the de- cline in cost of living since 1882 has been 13 per cent, and the decline of wages 6 per cent. Every man is ifond of striking the nail on the head ; but when it happens to be his fim er-nall, his enthusiasm becomes wild and incoherent. A woman may not be able to sharpen a pencil or thrown stone ata hen, but she can pack more articles iua. trunk thana man can in a one-horas wagon. There are no men on this earth who can not be duplicated. The idea. that any one’a exlt will clog the Wheels of moral or match [31 progress 13 a. fallacy. Never judge men by appearances. A man may look as bold as a lion and be a. Majorâ€"Goneral of militia, and yet make his wife go down stairs first when he imagines he hears burglars In the house. Human efforts to achieve certain aims are very much like a. out trying to catch its tall. Just as we think we are about to succeed, away goes the tail. The Israelites west of the Jordan had no timber and were little given te hewing, but the broadexe was a familiar tool in Leban- on, and had even in the Bible days been In use for unremembered years. Somebody says thata healthy Infant, coo- lng in a cradle, is a sight that makes angels lean over the battlementa of heaven and gaze longingly toward earth. The idea is poetic. but the cold facts in the case are that life In full of howling discord to the in- experienced father of colicky twins. Lieut. Greely believes that there is an ocean 1,500 miles in diameter round about the pole that never freezes, and conjecture! that the pole itself is in the centre of an ice- canped land covered with ice from 1,000 to 4 000 feet thick. These conclusions are re- jected by prominent Arctic authorities In Enghnd. A London paper relates with a pardon- able degree of national pride the manner In which a French traveler was discomfited by an Engllshman in a feat of Alpha climbing: An anecdote, in which an Englishman figment, comes from Bile" The town was Visi"{:d last year by an adventurous French- man, whose ruling pnasion is the ascent of mountains shunned by most other tourists who value at 15am: their soundness of limb. He endeavored strenuously to scale the Gepal’cenhorn, for the sake of carving his name upon the peak, but all his effortn were in vain. This year he returned to the at;- tack, and eventually, by the aid of numer- cua precautions, arrived at the summit. On his next appearance at the tabled’hote he recounted his exploit to the company, and informed them that he had planted on the spot a. blue silk flvg, containing his name embroidered lnlarge characters. An Eng- lishman. who had lixstenvd silently, tone from the table and marched out of the hotel. Two days afterward a parcel was delivered to the adventuroua Gaul’ He opened it and found inside his blue silk flag, which his English neighbor at the table (I hate had eon- siderately sent him back. A grocer took on a. new boy the other day, and when it came noon he catechised the lad as to the price of butter, sugar, eggs, clothes-pins and other articles which might be called for and went heme to dinner fseling that the boy was all right. When he returned, after an hour, he missed abatrel of flour and asked what 'had be- come of if. “ Sold it I” was the proud reply. “For cash ?" v “ No ;the man said he had an account here.” " The Infernal dead-boat ! He took ad- vantigge of you X: h “ Oh, no he didn‘l. He said he couldn't wall; for us to dellvar lb, and he rolled it out the buck way and went after a wagon to take it off. Oh, noâ€"he didn’t beat us any.” “ But the flour is gone.” “ Yes. but while this fellow was nicer a. wagon another man came along and stole the barrel and got away with it ! I’d like to see anybody take advantage of me I” THE LEISURE RIDER. Britannia Triumphant. Bean, Lil, Nan and Greta stood at the corner wrapped snugly in their winter coats, mittens, legging, and nice warm hoods. All this happened in a. very little town, where everybody knows everybody else, so the tesmster kindly stopped his horses as four little figures rushed into the road and began to clamber up behind. He was quite willing to carry sucha light load on his way back to the icerfields. “ There comes an empty ice-sled at last,” cried Bess, pointing down the street. “ It only has one horse,” observed tender: hearted Greta. “ It is splendid sleighing, and all the way down hill‘ to the pond, Besides, we don’t; weig a. half as much as a lead of ice,” argued Bess. “ Here comes Mr. Bridge’s double team, right behind, and it is ever so much nicer,” saidWNanl the peacamkaer. " How did you ever think of such a. lovely plan, Greta '3" asked Lil, clinging tightly 10 the side of the sled. “ Oh l I drove out to see them cut ice the other day, and the road goes right past the fixh-houae, you knaw. I happened to think what fun It would be for us to go in, this morning in school. That was what made me miss my spelling lesson,” exclaim- ea Greta. The flab-house, as Greta "pulled it, was a long, low building, rented for th‘; purpose of hatching salmon, with which the pond above had recently been stocked. it was a. tedious ride to the pond, but the girls chatted like magpiea, until at last the new ahinglps of the hatchinglhouae glean» 65d through the pines. “Than‘i: you, Mr. Bridges 2” chorused the four, as the sled stopped for them to get off; and the driver promised to call for them on his return. After walking acruas a. littls bridg-a, they timidlyi tried the first door in sight. It opened upen an unfinished stairway, so down they went Along, low room stretch- ed before them. At the opposite end sat a man readingja newspaper. Jfi'fiffieETé'f’WfiiépeH d L‘l, delight- ed. Mr. Beale put down his papar, and came to mreAetrtho girls. _ He would show them how things worked, or let them look around themselves, he said. It was agreed that after he had explained a few things to them, they might take a tour of inspection alone. “ The water from the pond runs in here,” showing them a spout. “ Then in flow: through troughs on either side of the room, through strainers, then over and u’eier the wire frames the eggs rest on." Hei’fitooped and lifted a. cover. “ it is winter on Grandpa‘s head," The lihtle girl. Gold-Locks said. As, perched like 9. bird on the round of his chair, She brushed and patted his soft white hair. Then, tired as last. she crept Into Ma arms and slepu ; And her cheeks grew red as a rose, so wa rm was the nest of his close enfoldlng Mm. Before she scarcely woke, 0: opened her eyes, she spoke : “I feel your heart beat, Grandpa, delr, And We just as 1100 as summer here." Ah, loving thought I We smiled At the wisdom of the child. For though snows do lie on his dear hair, His heart has only summer there. FIG. 1.â€"Tha “ Beam" dress is here-ii- lusbrahed made 111 game". cashmere trim~ med with blue velveh ribbon. The barque has a Breton veab pvettilv trimmed with veivab ribbon and fastened in with fancy buttons, and the cuiiar and sleevm are finished to carreapond with the from. The flash (imp?) in. ciughh up an the left side with a. blue valve: MW, am} tha plm‘. skirt is trimmed in from; with nev ~01 rows of velvet ribbm. The double: iiiui- tmtkm is 31m W11 ai;-ewh are, and if: the description which ace :mpanies it, the quantity of misterial for a m adirnn Eliza is abated. Patterns in BiZhS for from six to ten years. Price, twenty cents each, GOLD-Locxs' LEASONS. 'YOUNG FOLKS. BABY SALMON. MISSES’ DRESSES. Yes, there they were, plainly visible ‘under the transparent shell. The back- bone wasa. Blender black line, and a dot showed wheréjthe head would be. “ Ugh ! Tile nasty thing»! VSee them wrjgglg!" shuddered Greta. Ifthé next row was something stranger yet. The eggs had becsme little fishesâ€" baLyfigalmon, 7 Lil called them. “Not qulte,” replied Mr. Beale. " The little salmon colored pouch on the under side is the yolk, and contains food for the fish until n; is large enough and strong enough to get ita own living. The no is used up in a month or two, and then we put them in the pond.” Mr. Beale laughed. “ The ‘ single fin’ that you don’t see, Miss Bessie, is there, nevertheless. It surrounds” the whole body and divides it; at the proper time.” What a good time those girls had, run- ning Indian-file in the narrow walks 1 What fun it was to hold their fingers under the gushing spout I All that, summer nothing could persuade them to taste the tiniest morsel of salmon, for, as Nan expressed it, “ I wouldn’t want to eat my fishes a bit bore than I’d like to eat my dolls.” The able Beaten Globe has an article en- titled the “Woman's Hour.” We violate no confidence in explaining that the wo- men’s hour consists of a whole day seven times every week. “ How pretty I” said Nan. “ Such a lovely color I”‘ exclaimed Lll. “ What are they I” asked Baas. “ I guess eggs !” cried Greta. ” Yes, they are aalmon eggs,” assented Mr. Beale. “Do you see the tlny black spots in each? That's the fish," “They are just the shade of one of my hair-ribbons,” Beau asserted. “ Exactly. salmon color,” laughed Lil, “ Did. the color name the fish, or the fish the color? ’ “That; egg is spoiled,” said [Mr. Beale, taking it out with one hand, and lifting a second cover with the other. “ Look close- ly, and you will see the fish coiled up in the egg!” he continued. “The egg-ism"; all ofi'yet, is it ?” ihquir- ed Nan. Miss Clara â€"-" Ara you an anglomaniao, Ms. Featheriy 2" Mr. Featherlyâ€"“ Well, hardly as strong as that, Miss Clara. Iflah occaalonally, but I am fond of angling to a limited exfien: only." “ How do~they swim 2" questioned Bess‘ “I‘Ican’iaefa thpt they»have_a_sing19 fin ” A How proud they were when they found out all by themulv a that the strainers were made to ikeep the eggs ssfe from the frightened little fish which the swift water brought in. At; last the time to go came. Mr. Beale concluded their happiness by giving to each three of the pretty eggs plac- ed in a tiny glans bottle, filled with water. “ Put the eggs in a shallow dlah, be sure to change the water every day, and you’ll now have some baby jalmon of your own,” were his last words. Out of the dozen eggs nine healthy little fish yveregreared. ' After the tiny sac disappeared. the shal- low diahos failed to hold within bounds the restless litt_1-a fifh, whlgh wo_u]t_i jungp out. Sc one day fofir little girls in'solémn pio- ceaaion walked slowly to the brook with the three remaining fish, which by this time had all their fins, and were more than an inch long. “We are obliged to, in order to preserve their Ilveu,’ Lil explsigefi. Fla, 2 â€"-This showelhhe “Adeliza” cos- tume made in blue serge. The 933ch of piaits given to the double-breasted basque by bar. (is that are neatly finished with narrow black braid, and the belt is of the same mafiarial similarly bound, and is se- cured with a fancy buckle. The dark blue shrew hat in. turned up at the left; mm and faced with blue velvet, and the trimming cmeiebs of rows of beads, silk’ and velvet loops, and peacock plumage. The design. i3 illustrated separately, else- where. and the quantity of material re- qu‘md for a medium size is stated in the acccmpenying description. Pabserne in sizaa for from twelve to sixteen years. Price, twenty-five cenba each. BROILED SALMON â€"Have one or more half-mun slices cut from the thick part of the fish; wipe dry; dredge lightly with flour, and broil over a clesu‘ firo. When done puta. little lump of butter over them and serve very hot. Ifa sauce is dealred (and it is always a. good addition) there can be. nothing better than that simplest of all sauces, maitre’d hotel butâ€" tnr ; mixa. spoonful of butter with a tea- spoonful of chopped parsley, the some of lemon juice. and pepper and salt ; spread this over for a moment. Another nice fish sauce is drawn butter, with the addition of a few wipers. Fried bananas will make a dainty ending to this breakfast. Cut sound ba- nanas in three lengthwise slices, and saute la a little hot butter. If the latter is as hot as it should be, they will take on a delicate brown quickly. For the potato croquettes. put in a mix- ing bowl one large cup of mashed potatoes, 3 little nutmeg and cayenne pepper and the beaten yolk of one egg. Beet this with a fork until very light and smooth, roll in- to little peer-shaped cones, dip in egg and then in bread crumbs and fry in boiling fat When anything is to be fried by im- mersion, always test the fat by throwing in a. bit of bread ; if it takes on a. boiling brown color quickly, the fat is hot enough, and your oraquettes will be crisp outside and light and dry inside. Breakfast parties are very fashionable, being less informal and expensive than dinner partiey, and even more satisfactory to guests. Kidney toast is 9. delightful breakfast dish. Out in small pieces four veil kidneys with half a. pound of ‘osli's liver ; see to it, that both are of the freshest ; season with salt and pepper. Toss them in a. frying- pan with a. little butter previously made hot, until cooked, but not overdone. Have ready some lqusres of hot buttered toast ; take the kidneys from the fire, and stir in the beaten yelk of one egg and half a tea.- spoonful of lemon juice ; spread the mix.- ture on the toast, and send at once to the table. \Vith stewed potatoes and hot corn muffins this mikes a nice famiiy breakfast. Make the rice wafllss exactly the recipe, and eat with butter and honey or silver syrup. Mash, one cup of boiled rice smoothly, momtening it gradually with a cup of lukewarm water ; stir in one-third of a cake of compressed yeast; that has been dlsolved in lukewarm water, and two cups of flour. Add enough water to make a batter rather stiffer than for cake, and see that it is perfectly free from lumps. Let it stand in a. warm place for three hours ; add three beaten eggs, 8. teaspoonful of salt and a very little sugar. about two table- apoonfula, and bake in Wetlia-lrons. Theee waflles are quite possible at 9. com- pany breakust. which :5 se rved at any hour from 9 to 12, but they cannot be very well managed for the ordinary family breakfast, as they call for such early rising on the part of the cook, but they are equally good at lunch or supper. THE 00“ D HOUBEKBFI‘ER How can I tell her? rBy her cellar, Oleanly shelves and whitened well, I can guess her By her dresser. By the back staircase and hell, And with pleasure Take her measure By the way she keeps her brooms ; Or the peeping At her “ keeplng‘ " 0! her back and unseen rooms. By her kltchen‘s air 0! nentness, And its general completeness, Where in cleanliness and sweetness The rose tn order b‘ooms. Cheudford of fewls is made in this way : Roast two large fowls with a piece of buttered paper tied over th«ir breasts, so that they shall not take color. When cold carve them neatly, taking the fillets from the breast, and curving the wings and legs into neat jeints; remove the skin from each piece, break up the carcasses, and put their with the trimmings into the saucepan with sufficient well flavored white stock to cover them, and with a. couple of shallots, two or three cloves, a bunch of sweet herbs ; pepper and salt to taste, and a. wine glass (f white wine. Let the whole boil gently for two hours. Strain the liquor and free it absolutely from fat. 'Leducelt on the fire, and add to it, if necessary, a little uncolored aspic jelly in a. liquid state; then stir in, oil the fire, the yolks of one or two eggs, beaten up with the juice of half a lemon. Dip emh piece of fowl in this since when it begins to get cold, so that each piece be thickly coated with it all over. When quite cold arrange the piece on a dish, puttng the legs under- neath and the best pieces FAD the top 0r- nament with slices of truffles and chopped up espic jelly. leaving an opening in the hem on oppofite sides ; run a tape, of narrow xibbon in this hem, long enough to allow the bag, when opened, to be spread out entirely flat. This is very convenient, because all the buttons may be seen without taking one out of the bag, and with a single motion of the hands the whole is drawn up secure. “" A SMALL TABLE COVER. One may be made of coarse, unbleached table linen. Be careful to selects Lpieoe hayinggmcefui, effective Patterns. v Cut a round piece about twenty four inches in diameter of allegia, cretonne, or any similar material on hand. Make & three‘quarber inch hem around the edge, "03513:, these woven figures with wash embroidery silk, of whatever shade pre- ferred, and the result will be very pretty. A BED SPREAD- Avery handsome one can be made lfof the materiel celled Bolton sheeting, which in a heavy wash goods that comes two yards wide. Him a pretty E‘pxttern of large flowers stamped all over it, to be out- lined in colors. For such an article use a heavy etching linen threads-3A running border all around is 9. handsome addition. Edge the whole with a broad, heavy lace. The printer who, in setting up an item about a. fire, rendered it, "Some {were frightfully married,” may not have been so far wrong after all, even theugh the $135!: word in copy waa “ maimed.” A USEFUL BUTTON BAG. HOUSEIIOLD. HOME DECORATION. HINTS.