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“ Father, the boy’s bound to go to the cit 7#” ‘3‘ Let him," huskin interrupted an old, grizzly man in shirt sleeves, as he kept on greasing his boots in front (If the stove. The old mother bent IOWer over the stock‘ ing basket, and a. bright tear fell in and was lost in an instant. That one tear came from the motherâ€"heart. It was like a drop of blood wrung from the very fountain of “ Ah ! boys go ’stray in the great cities, sometimes, Father,” she said, wiping her spegfvazlcl‘es and threading her darnng needle. 1 .L 1.... n An...» wrjzifvgl;;§;; V’trermingd to, let ’exfi,” came from the old farmer’s lips, as he held the boot ‘up to the red spot on the stove door. “ Yé’sg mi’ that’s what makes me so ’tar- mlly mad.” The speaker dropped the boot to the floor and turned upon his chair and faced his faithful 01d wife. He felt sorry for her,and his heart fairly bled as he gazed upon the dear old face which had been his comfort for many a year. < <11‘ 1 L, life. "VV'“I' " ‘77' " A “ But our boy, you know; he’s been so nearwboato us; and we’ve tried to bring him up proptrâ€"J’ ‘ . 1 ,, ____~A u..- W ................ J or J , “ I’m a man who’s allers been Willin‘ to let well ’nough ’lone. I didn’t have any sorter leanin’ to’ward city ways when I was a, boy. I stuck to the farm, though ’twas iTurty hard raslin’ ’gin the big mor’gage. ow, mother, the case stan’s jist here- you’n I’ve done our best fur that ho . I’ve ‘ seen you settin’ up late nights, fixin up his clothes, so’s he’d make a. proper show’n at school. I’ve seen you bendin’ your back an’ ironin’ his shirt hosoms an' polishiu’ his colâ€" lars zin’cuffs, so’s he’d cut a shine at the frolic. I’ve seen you standin’ by the winder in the cold winter nights when the kitchen was like an ice house, Watchin’ fur our boy to come through the lane. Then, when you soon he was Bale, you’d crawl into bed soft- ly, so’s not to wake me up. But I was ’wake all the time, an’ it sorter made me mud to see you sttmdin’ there in the cold, watchin’ fur a great big fellaâ€"bless his heartâ€"â€"to come in sight safe en’ sound. I reqkon it was all right though, fur that m‘other-heart of yourn wouldn’t let you sleep when the boy was ’way from hum. I’ve done the host fur our boy that I could. I’ve bought him 3 Portland this winter, 1311' if I do say it myself, our boy inside of that Portland with the red-fox robe, behind the sorrel colt, just pulls the other youngsters down a, peg or two. Our be can slee late in the mornin’ un’ when he ( oes come ( own, his breakfast is stm‘nin’ hot fur him. He don’t have to (lono hard work. He’s young an’ full of life. He goes to town when he likes; ’tends a. dancin’ school, zm’ does purty much as he pleases. You’n I do all the hard Work an’ give him all the rope he wants. We’re willin’ to do this ‘cause he’s our boy, you see. An" 110w, Mother, that’s What makes me so ’tarnally mad. VVe’re getting ol(l,â€"â€"â€"hut still willin’ to work. If he’d only stay ’long with us tillâ€"~till one was done, just to keep the sweet sunshine in the old place by his presence, it would be all right. W'e’ve done heaps fur our boy, sun’â€" 311’ why can’t he stay an’ sorter chirk us up so long’s we‘re willin’ to work an’ let him have it easy ?” _ 1 1 A 1 ,:,_ One, two hours passed, and the mother was still seated there by the table. The stockings were all darned, and the wrinkled old hands rested upon the lap. A mist had gathered upon the spectacles, and she gazed upon the stars through the window, it seem- WJ . Notwithstanding his remark about being mud, his words bore a sorrowful tone. He could not bear to face the tear-laden eyes behind the spectacles; and so, not stopping to finish greasing the other boot, he went off to bed. r N 7 o , ed as though a. something, an inexpressible fantasy obscured her vision. Then a step upon the porch ; next the door opened. LLAMn 1)-;‘A_ n... en bed.” um,“ v u . . .V “ So cmnged I so changed I Ch ! does he think, can he have no thought for!a. mother’s heart ‘2 God keep and protect him wherever he may go. Not sit up for him ! wâ€"oh, just Heaven ! how my poor old heart bleeds, bleeds since this change i” 1 “ Yes, (leer; I was only waiting for you to comeâ€"~” “Well, I’ll be off in a, few day 3, mother ; then you’ll not have to sit up for me, Good. night.” No kiss, no tenderness of touch did he leave behind to warm the faithful heart which loYed him 8.0 devotedly. 1 mucus, menu» ................... a, , The old farm-house was very quiet and lonely after the boy left. The handsome Portland stood in the barn covered up from (lust. The sorrel colt was but seldom used; however, the old farmer loved to take care of the pretty animal,f0r it was one of the many things left to remind him of his boy. No kind old face watches at the window ng‘w ; no hent form sits by the table, wait- inbr tor the boy to come in. He is away in the great city, and the old pair left alone in the farmhouse, are only happy when talkâ€" ing over the dear, familiar incidents of the past among which the boy was the central figure. Out in thebm‘n the old farmer is busy threshing oats with a flail. H o whistles a quaint, ohl fashioned tune as he heats the sheaves of grain. Through the cracks and knot holes in the elapboards, the riffs of sunlighttlart golden pencils among the mel- low dust, hovering like a halo over all. The meek-eyed grey mare eribbed the Worn Upon the railway train we meb- She had the wheat, blunt eyes, A face you never could forgetâ€" “Sixtccn,” wish all that. that impfies. I knew her once, a little girl, And meeflng now a mutual friend, Our thought: and hearts got in a whirl; We talked for mikes without, much end. I threw my arm around the seat Where, just in front, she sideways m, Her mglting eyes aqd fuse to meet A u ,n A.” .l. -J - , , (And no one wondered much at that). For soon the station where she left Would on the sorrowing vision nse, And I at least; whould {eel bereft; I thought a tear stood in her eyes. She was but kith, not kin, of mineâ€"â€" Ten years had passed rincc last we met; And when, in going, she did incline Her (me, ’twas natural to iorget. It seemed so like the child I knew, I met her halt-way for that sake ; And, coming near those eyes of blue, She gently kissed me‘bg vna'atake ! {1p yét, mother? Bet‘ter go to She saw her error. and straigtway mn With flaming blushes. I‘OR)’ red ; I should not he one-half a man If thought of wrong came in my head ', In (act, I’d take that ycry train And travel daily for her sake, If she would only come again And gently kias meâ€"by mixwke I Gone to the Bad. A Kissâ€"By Mistake. edge of the manger, End the aorrol oolb robbed his velvet muzzle against vhe feed The old man opened the doorâ€"mad startsâ€" ed back in dismay. ’Twas the sheriff of {he county 2 \Vhat could he want; 2 “I say, neighbor, I’ve gob a disagreeable task to perform. You mmt excuse me if I Search the placeâ€"” “ Eh lâ€"whâ€"what’s the matter, sheriff?” “Man stabbed to death in the city over a. game of cards,” responded the officer enter- ing the barn and gazing about. , 1., ',,,AL W: Hello I neighbor," greeted a. voice with- out. 0 --~ o u “ Why do you come here fur to hunt theâ€"” “ Your son was mixed up in the affair.” The old farmer grasped the door-post for support. Man stabbedâ€"must search the place. For what? Ah lâ€"our boyvâ€"who went away to the city ! ‘M 1 The hay was pulled over, the loft search- ed, and every nook and corner looked into. “ Nothing here, neighbor. I will now search the house.” “Stay, Sheriff; his mother is a bit weak, she lmin’t been well sinceâ€"ho left. Take mv Word, won't you?#tho boy hadn't; on the p'goe." The ofli :er hesitated. He looked into the trembling old man's eyes, and saw a something which told him that the old farm- er spoke the truth. .-. . .. y .u ‘ “ Well, I guess I won’t search the house. I may be wrong, but; I’ll trust you all the same. Bud business all through. Good» day.” The sheriff went away leaving the old man weak and tremulous, there in the barn, uurrouuded by the golden rifts of the dust. The next day the village paper contained a full account of the murder over a game of cards in the city. In husky tones the old man read it all to the old mother. After he had finished he looked up, and the sad eyes were fixed upon him in such a, terrified, pit- iful stare, that he went and laid his hand upon the wrinkled forehead. At his touch the head fell forward. The thin lips part- edâ€"end the spirit fled es the two words {ell softly : The kitchenisvery lonely now. Under the stove hearth the cat sleeps ; in the cor- ner the tall, quaint, Dutch clock ticks the moments away, andâ€"a sad old man sits list- less, dejected, sorrowful in the rocker. A form, rugged and dilapidated, fell on the floor. The straggly heard, the raga, the dirt cannot concealâ€"‘ our boy.’ The old man lifts the cold hand up and caresses it. He brushes the damp looks from the brow. The eyes open and the blue pinched lips utter : “ Mother.” A tear falls from the gaunt, face, 'and in a sad whisper the old man says: “Mother is dead 3” v éeemed to send the blood in hot currents through the chilled veins, for the yopng min} sprang to his feet and cried : 1 r Lnl, 1 “ Bead I No, :0 Iâ€"Dead Iâ€"zmd I killed her, I killed her ‘. Oh, Godâ€"motherâ€"I killed her 1” Out into the chill night air the miserable wretch staggered, leaving the poor old man kneeling there upon the cor. L-«-- “"77 o - In the moonlight the names upon the gravestones can be discernible. A m vgedly‘ clad form wends its way to the burial ground. The gravestone he seeks is found. A cry, wrung from u. remorse-stricken heart pierces the silent air. A pair of blue lips are pressed to the cold stone, and than away the form speeds over the glittering snow crust. The old man sits in the chimney corner, his head on his breast, and his eyes closed. The clock ticks, ticks, ticks ; the cat licks the fast stiffening fingers of the poor old man whose heart; broke at, last). And some- where in the world is a. remorscful wretchâ€" gono to the bad, wi th the brand of Cain up- on his soul. It may be interesting to note, apropos of the completion of the first of our new steel cruis- ers, that the French Navy Department has ‘ been experimenting at Dunkirk with an in- vention which, if its practicability is demon- strated, will render all existing navies quite useless. This invention is nothing less than t a hull for a. man-of-war, capable of carryingi heavy guns and being, in fact, a complete fortification, Which will not sink and cannot ’ be sunk. It is made of celluloid and is said not only to float under all circumstances, ‘ but to be practically proof against artillery, since the heaviest shot merely imbed them- ‘, selves in it with a dull thud and do not pene- trate. The problem of naval warfare, with such unsiukable fortifications in conflict, ' would be either to see which party could put the other how: du combat with boarding par- ties armed with pistol and cntlasses, a la. Trafalgar, or else to determine which could load the other’s celluloid with enough heavy shot to sink the structure. The naval ofi‘icers whohave made the experiments are reported i by the French papers to be quite taken with 1 the inventionâ€"Exchange. Cilluloid in Naval Architecture. “ Our boy !‘ This comfortable little cloak is here re- presented made in dark brown cloth with boucle weaving at intervals. on the surface, and is without trimming excepting the broad girdle of brown braid with fringed ends, and the brown horn and steel buttons that fasten the front. Hat of brown felt, SCOTTA COAT. When it becomes necessary to stop an engine with a heavy fire in the furnace, place a layer of fresh coal on the fire, shut the damper and start the injector or pump for the purpose of keeping up the circulation in the boiler. The amount of pressure per square foot with the wind blowing at twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy and eighty miles per hour is respectively 2, fl, 8, 124}, 19, 25 and 32!; pounds. distinct flower tubes, each of which contains a pmtion of sugar not exceeding the five» hundredth part of a grain. The proboscis , of the bee must therefore be inserted into E 500 clover tubes before one grain of sugar : can be obtained. There are 7,000 grains in a pound, and, as honey contains threeâ€" fourths of its Weight of dry sugar, each lpound of honey represents 2,500,000 clover ; tubes sucked by bees. ! Eachhead of clover contains about sixty In spite of continued protests wall paper is still the source of poison by means of arsenic. Of 88 samples examined 60 were found to contain arsenic, 34 having much arsenic, 17 having a trace of arsenic, 9 having considerable arsenic. The first city in Europe where electricity has been entirely substituted for gas for strcetlighting is the town of Hernosand, in Switzerland. The motive power is water, which is very plentiful there, rendering the light cheaper than gas. The recent volcanic eruptions at the anti- podes would appear to be, in some senses, good for the agricultural interest. The New Zealand official analyst, Mr. Pond, finds that the ejected dust which has covered so large an area of country is equivalent ton fertilizer of high quality. A patent has been issued to George West- inghouse, 3'12, of Pittsburg, Pa, the inventâ€" ur of the \Vestinghouae air brake, for a new system of distributing electricity to be used in lighting and for other purposes. The new invention will, it is alleged, effect a saving of about 95 per cent. in the distribut- ing main wires 33 compared with the present aysfcm. The French War Department is experi- menting with new explosive bombs for the destruction of fortifications. The missile bursts with exceedineg destructive effect. The compound has all the powers of gun cot- ton, with none of its defects, is easily trams» portable, and not liable to spontaneous igni- tion. The secret of its composition is known only to Gen. Boulunger and his associates. A plan for rendering paper as tough as wood or leather has been recently introduced on the continent. It consists in mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in the course of manufacture. It has been found that the greater the degree of concentration of the u’ne solution, the greater will be the toughâ€" ness of the paper. It can be used for mak- ing boxes and combs, for roofing, and even for making boots. It is Well that people generally should know that Water will not put out an oil fire. If, therefore, your lamp explodes, or falls and breaks, do not rush to the water bucket, but run to the flour barrel. A handful of flour thrown upon the burning oil in such a. case will generally extinguish it at once, and save property and possibly life. It would be well to instruct children and serâ€" vants that water tends to_ spread oil, and therefore is apt to spread the fire should it result from the explosion of oil. A new motor intended for use on street railway: has been recently patented. A res- ervoir containing caustic soda surrounds a steam boiler. The soda is at first heated to a high temperature by means of gas, whereâ€" by zill the moisture is driven from it. The heat evolved generates the steam in the boiler, which is used by an ordinary engine. The exhaust steam from the engine is then absorbed by the caustic soda. until it becomes supercharged The heat of combination is sufficient to generate steam Within the boiler. During this process the flame is dispensed with. After the soda becomes saturated with steam, heat must be again applied to expel the moisture and regenerate the an- hydrous soda. The success is, therefore, a. ontinuous one. A man who has been looking up the re- cord, has been unable to find a single in- stance where a panther, the terror of the woods, has attacked a. man, while almost every deer hunter who has hunted much in woods can tell of the serious encounters with deer, which are considered the most timid of all denizens of the wood. \Villiam J obes of Bushville, Pa.., shot and as he thou ht, killed 9. woodchuck, but when he picke it up the animal turned and seized him by the ‘hand. J obes could not release his hand, but he killed the wood- chuck, and then walked three miles with it! teeth firmly locked in his hand, which when freed was found to be so mangled and swoolcu that it will probably have to be amputated. the wide brim neither bound nor faced, and the outside trimming consisting of brown satin ribbon that is run through perpendi- cular slits cut in the crown close to the brim, and tied in a bow with ends falling at the back. Patterns of the coat in sizes for from four to ten years. Price twenty-five cents each. SCIBNGB. THE DUKES CREEK MURDER. Slave Gollldny Doesn't Know to This Day That llc Killed ‘Squlre Buckley. When Steve Golliday came into Blue Rock early one morning, and called the Sheriff out of his house, that officer suppos- ed that his visitor desired to see him on some ordinary matter of business. He was quickly undeccived. ‘ "7 1‘.._LAI~ ifoii/aggfilfilai Var 71mm down on Duke's Creek,” said Steve, “ and I thought I would sivmyfie‘? up.” .2! ,fiAikzwpnfl LL” “ was the reply ; “ I’m tell- ing‘yoquthe truth.” 1 ‘ 1 1 dun”; ii‘lfile Sheriff tookn good look at young Golliday, and saw that it was no joking matter. Hg changed h_iS_t0ne.n a . D‘ ' V "J " " “1“ “ The mlschlef you say 3” exclmmcd the Sheriff. " You’ve had too many drams this morning, Steve.” .. ‘1 v (115,, L," MTIVB‘VééveI’Thg-égifi; W“ I hope it was a fair fig}??? n . ‘ 1‘ u 1 [‘L,,,A (KT "DE-N0 fight at all,” answered Steve. just slipped up behind him and blew 01 brains.” der. “7110ku He ‘2” “ It was Squire Buckley.” There was a long pause during which the two men looked steadily at each other. ‘9‘ iii-0w, see Kai's,” said the Sheritf, after he had collected his wits, “ this sort of thing won’t do. Murder is a serious busi- ness.” “V‘v‘mI know it,” said Steve, “ and that’s why I’m here to give myself up. I’m ready to {50.120 fight now.” ,--_ . . I H," n _H_. all. ” OV‘RV‘Qfi Inzi’iggtrready to take you,” pro- tested the other, “ so you had better tell me “ If you will go out there with me,” sug- gested Steve. “ I think I could tell you. Somehow I can’t talk about it here.” “Good enough,” said the Sheriff, cheer- fully, “ of course I‘ll go with you. \Ve’ll slip out there quietly, and keep this little matter to ourselves until we get back to town.” two men walked off at a rapid pace and were soon beyond the village limits, anidwlosltAto _si~ght_i‘n the woods. .1 ,d rl‘he Slierifipsaid very little on the way.- He was badly bothered. ’Squire Buckley had always borne a. good reputation, and was a man of some little property. Golli- day, while a clever young fellow, had been alittlewild, and, since the disappearance of his father, had acted very strangely. Old man Golliday had lived the life of a hermit, and was supposed to have quite a snug sum of money hoarded up. Towards the close of the war he mysteriously disap- peared, money and all, and all efforts to trace him failed. When his son returned from the army he tried in every way to as- certain his father’s fate, but without suc- cess. The fate of old man Golliday was the subject of the Sheriffs thoughts as he fol- lowed his companion through the bushes. But his speculations were suddenly inter- ruptgd. ~v . ,n ,,:1 ' ""0 It was not a pleasant sight, and it was very different from what the officer had ex- acted to see. The dead body of ’Squire iuckley was lying on the grass, face down- ward, and the red wound in the head spoke for itself. But what attracted the Sheriff‘s gaze was not the corpse. It was an open grave, by the side of which lay the skeleton of a man ! v “ I don’t understand,” said the Sheriff. fivfi‘fiere is what you wish to see,” said thg young man. . . ~u. 1 3L,,,,_ 1e): JVVhen the astonished Sheriff had composâ€" ed himself enough to listen, Steve told him all about the affair. The young man notic- ed, after his return from the war, that Buckley avoided him. In fact, the ’Squire seemed to fear him. For a long time this was unaccountable. At last Golliday’s cur!- osity was excited by discovering that Buck- ley frequently made a visit to this lonely spot on Duke‘s Creek. After several unâ€" successful ettempts to follow the old man, he concealed himself in the bushes one morn~ ing, and was almost driven mad by what he saw and heard. Buckley made his usual pilgrimage to the spot, and, believing him- self unobserved, fell down on his knees and prayed aloud. In his prayer he spoke of the terril 13 temptation which had led him to murder old Golliday, and prayed for strength to keep his secret to the end. His language indicated that he was then kneeling on the grave of his victim. 1-1“ ~1n. u-r a “ I could not stand it,” said Steve, “ I walked up behind him, without saying a word, and blow off the top of his head. It was wrong, I know, but I couldn’t help it.” “ I don‘fi see how you could,” sail the Sheriff. “ Then,” continued Steve, “ I took a piece of a fence rail and dug into that little mound. I dug and scratched away for an hour until I came to the skeleton. On one of the bony fingers I found this ring. It was my father’s. I would have known it any- where.” - “ u‘vood Lord !” ejaculated the Sheriff. “ \Vell,” the young man said, dejectedly. “ I knew hardly what to do. I was satisfied that I had killed my father’s murderer, but I thought I had better go and deliver my- self up to you.” m .1.- The good-hearted officer carried his pris- oner to the (4011iday cottage not far ofl‘ and put him to bed. It was not a moment too early, for when the nearest doctor came he pronounced it acase of brain fever. Long weeks afterward when the patient recovered he recolleeted nothing of the tragedy. Nor did any one tell him. \Vas there no inquest '2 Certainly one was held, but the good people of Blue Rock and Duke’s Creek were not in the habit of allow~ ing.)’ the technicalities 0f the law to override their idest of justice. \Vhen the Coroner’s jury heard the Sheriff’s dramatic recital, it took only a brief consultation to induce the jurors to bring in a. verdict to the effect that Buckley had come to his death by a. pistol shot fired by Steve (iolliday in self»defence. The self-defence idea had been suggested by the Sheriff, and it was considered a 11sz- py solution of an embarrassing question. Steve (iolliday is now one of the most popular farmers on Duke’s Creek. Ocea- sionztlly he, speaks of his father’s disappear- ance and ’h‘quire Buckley’s suicide. His neighbors humor his delusion, and he will never hear the truth of the business. The Scienm Momhly declares that‘coming generations will be bald and toothless, and sure enough a great many are being born that way already. My God I Stove, what does it all mean 2” Young (lolliday pointed to the skeleton. “ It is the remains of my father,” he said: He was murdered and robbed by Buck- “my, great goodness man, that’s mur» out his Tom Thumb Omelettes,~Eight eggs, hulf»cup of rich milk, salt and pepper, tablespoonful of cheese ; heat the eggs light, season, stir in the milk, the grated cheese. Half fill eight patty pans, buttered, and set; in u. dripping-pan with l.a.'f an inch (f boil- ing water in it; shut up in a quick oven, and as soon as they are “ set” turn out on a hot dish. You may vary the dish by substi~ tilting minced parsley and thyme for the grated cheese, and when dished pour drawn butter over the omelettes. They make a. pretty show when garnished with curled parsley, a tiny sprig being stuck in the mid- dle of each mold. Water Pound Cakeâ€"One pound of but- ter, one pound of powdered sugar, four eggs, one cupful of boiling water, one pound of prepared flour, flavor with lemon. Beat butter, sugar, and the yolks of the eggs to a. cream, then Add the boiling water and stir gently till cold, then the pound of flour with the whites of the eggs which have been beaten to a stiff froth, the lemon last; bake one hour. This cake cannot be told from pound cake, and it will keep two weeks. Rose Giuliaâ€"«Three cups of flour, two cups of white sugar, one cup of sweet milk, oneâ€" half cup butter, whites of four eggs, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda; flavor with lemon of rose and sprinkle red sugar between layers as you please. Ambrosiu.â€"~Eight fine sweet oranges peeled and sliced, one grated cocoamlt ; ar- range layers, first of orange and then cocoa.- nut, in a glass dish ; scatter sugar over this, and cover with another layer of orange. Fill up dish in this Order, having cocoauut and sugar for top layer. Apple Puddingâ€"Make a. crust as for biscuit, about half an inch thick. First fill utin basin witn apples sliced fine. Then cook slightly on the stove. Put the crust on and bake. Cut Sllus in the crlmt to let out the air. This is best eaten with sugar and milk. Veal Marbel.â€"Boil a beef tongue and the same quantity of lean veal. Grind separateâ€" ly in a suusagecuttcr ; seusou tongue with pepper, a little mustard, and pinch each of nutmeg and cloves; season veal same, add» ing salt. Pack in alternate spoonfuls as ir- regular as possible in z; buttered crook, press very hard as on go on, pub in a. cold place, turn out who e and cut in slices. Boston Cream Cukcs.~l’our half-pint boiling water over a. cup of butter, and while hot stir in two cups of flour. When the whole is very smooth and thoroughly scolded sot away to cool. \thi cxylml break in five eggs, stir until perfectly mixed, then find one-fourth teaspoon soda. Butter a pull, drop in the mixLui'e, a tablespoon in a. ]'luc0, and bake in a quick oven. \Vhen tha cakes are done they will be hollow and the top must be sliced off, the inside filled with cream, and the top rcpluced. Cream for insideâ€"Pint of milk, half-cup flour, a. cup sugar, and two eggs stirred together and heated until the consistency of cream ; flavor with lemon. Aplastercast which has become soiled may be made as fresh and white as when new by spreading starch paste over it with a soft Lruub. The starch dries, and in scaling 01? brings with it all the impuri- ties. Mold can be prevented from f< rmng on fruit jellies by ~pouring a. little paz'affiue over the top, which, when cold, will harden to a. solid cake which can be easily removed when desired. Paint brushes may be cleaned by putting them into a >ft soup for a. day. or twowhen the paint can be washed out. Care should be taken that the soap does not extend up to where the bristles are fastened as it will cause them to fall out. A silver dollar weighs very nearly an ounce, hence any letter not heavier than a. (lollai can go for a single 3-cenb stamp. A 5-cent piece addmd will give the ounce. If you have not the silver dollar, five nickels and u small copper cent will give an ounce. Chloride of lime is recommended by Chambers’ Journal to drive rats away. This is not as good as killing them, but may he said to be the next best thing. It is to be put in their holes and runs. The pungent smell is no doubt what they dislike. A notable housekeeper says that an eco. nomical substitute for butter may be easily made. Melt a piece of nice fat pork and strain it through u thiu cloth into jars. Set; it aside where it will cool quickly, when it may be used instead of butter for any kind of cake. Pound cake made with it is pronounced delicious. The ordinary cement which is ’so much used by fine-shoe makers is made by dis- solving 5 quantity of gutta percl a. in chloro» form or carbon diâ€"sulphide until the solu- tion has the consistency of honey. Thin down the parts to be joined. \Vurm the parts over a flame or fire half a. minute, bring the surface to be united together and hammer well or clump firmly. The cement dries in a. few minutes. If, when a lamp is new, you begin by keeping a, bowl of kerosone handy, and drop the burner into it a. few minutes nearly every morning, afterwards polishing it off with a soft woolen rafi you can always keep it bright. An old, lackened burner is, however, very hard, alumst impossible, to clean, but may be greatly improved by a long kerosene bath, and a. good scouring with common brick dust, polished off afterward with a soft woolen cloth dipped in ammonia. and whitening. Telephone Troubles. The strike which Rochester telephone sub- scribers have inaugurated against the Bell Telephone Company began at noon on Sat- urday last. The steam whistles of nearly every factory in the city were blown as a signal to indicate that the fight against the company had begun. The opposition is to a change in the taritf of rentals, which the Telephone Company wishes to introduce in the city. As soon as the new tariff was made known the subscribers organized at once into a protective association and elect~ ed officers and an executive committee. The result of the deliberations of the associ- ation was that each member pledged him‘ self to stop using his instrument. Many of the instruments are draped in mourning or boxed up, and have such inscriptions as “Gone to Join the Angels,” “ Down with Monopolies,” etc. It is estimated that 750 ’phones are idle on account of the strike. HOUSEHOLD. CIIOICR Rnuyxs. 1mm) Burrs.