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W Abou \\\‘\\‘\\~u . t the House. LNN SVVEETHEART AND \VIFE. If sweethearts were sweethearts always. Whether as maid or Wife, N0 drop would be half so pleasant In the mingled draft of life. But. the sweetheart has blushes, ‘ When the wife has frowns and sighs, And the. wife's have a wrathful glitâ€" lter ' For the glow of the sweetheart 5 eyes. smiles If lovers were lovers always, _ The same to sweetheart and wife, Who would change for a future of Eden I The joys of this checkered life? But husbands grow grave. and silent. And care. on the anxious brow. 0ft replace the sunshine that perished rage- With the. words of the marriage V0\V . Happy is he whose sweetheart Is wife. and sweetheart still: ' Whose voice, as of old. can charm_ him; Whose. kiss, as of old, can thrill. Who has plucked the rose to_ find ever Its beauty and fragrance increase, 'As the. flush of passion is mellowed In love’s unmeasured peace? Who sees in the ste a lightness; Who finds in the orm a. grace; Who reads an unaltered brightness In the. witchery of the face Undimmed and unchanged. Ah,_happy Is he crowned with such a life; Who drinks the wife pledging the: sweetheart, I And toasts in the sweetheart the wife. THE POTATO. we do become so tired of seeing the same dish before us every day. Now a plain boiled potato is a. good old stand- by, but variety, it is said, is the spice. of life, so here is a little of the "spice. Scalloped Potatoesâ€"Cut cold liOiled potatoes very thin and small, and place a quart of them in layers in a baking dish, season each layer with salt, pep- per. and little bits of butter. Cover with a gill of cream or very rich milk, grate bread crumbs over the potatoes. season again with salt and pepper, and small bits of butter. and bake until thoroughly heated and brown. Saratoga potatoesâ€"Pare two large po- tatoes, and cut in very thin slices into a pan of cold water; let them stand ten minutes; take out a few pieces at a time, dry them on a soft cloth, and throw them into boiling lard; when a light brown, take up with a‘skiminer, and lay on brown paper to drain; dredge with salt, and serve hot. Potatoes and Cheeseâ€"Cut five or six boiled potatOes into thin slices and put them in a baking dish. Take two tableâ€" spoonfuls of butter and melt in a granâ€" ite saucr pin; add to it one tab’espoonful 5 of flour, and stir until thoroughly blend- ed. Then add one-half pint of soup stock and the same amount of milk. Stir until well mixed then remove from the fire, and add two-thirds of a cup-i and let. them stand long enough to be a little softened. \Vhen the _ cream. is frozen drain the fruit and mix it With the cream, turning the dasher for a. few minutes to get it well mixed. and H15 EARLY LIFE AND How HE bluest blood of the most famous studs: Place it in a melon mould and pack in ice and salt. Serve with sauce placed around it on. the same dish. Make the sauce of whipped cream, flavored with a little kirsch or again hardened. and brandy. FASHION FANCIES. Some. of the new bicycle costumes show white cloth facings. Graduated rows of braid look ext remeâ€" ly well on the Skirt of a street. gown. The very latest designs in new uniâ€" brclla handles are of niotherâ€"of-pearl. A combination of black velvet ribâ€" bon and while lace promises to be the Lace. and chiffon are used together on stylish waists. the. chiffon being put under the lace in most cases. ' Extremely small waists are no longâ€" er the fashion. as the average corset. now measures from twenty to twentyâ€" one inches. Spring capes bid fair to be'gorgeous affairs, as lace, embroidery, at, span- gles, and elaborate neck ruc ings all enter into their make-up. Two skirts for one bodice is an innoâ€" vation, but one likely to gain ground. and the additional cost entailed can be trusted to keep them from being as uni- versally popular as the extra waist. Parasols of embroidered grass linen promise to be popular in conjunction I terial. terns, are not very expensive, yet they make very useful and H when lined with nuns’ vailmg. The latest skirts are and over the hips, full in the back and the. gores slanted on one side only. Blouse bodices are made with apron bib fronts, and are especially effective in waists of Persian velvet, the bib being of satin embroidered with get and spanigles. . For a fashionable coat the skirts. sleeves, and coat itself should all cor- respond as to material, while the vest may be wide or narrow, and of a secâ€" ond material. Fichus are in every shape and size possible, and are made of white silk muslin with plain ruffles of the same iBrussels net with insertions and edgâ€" ing of Valencicnnes lace. Lace jackets are made to wear over 'silk foundations, and somc of the big I stores in New York are importing jack- ets of lace woven by hand in three or four pieces, to be set together. A simple coal; has the godet basque. ‘slight figures. The wide collar is cape. 1 shape in the, back. and the soft full vest lis of fine, tucked lawn trimmedwvuh rows of narrow Valenciennes edging. THE WEDDING RING. \Vhere did the custom of wearing a 1 wedding ring originate? According to ‘ the Latin writer. Aulers Gellius, it came 1 1 l ful of grated cheese, three eggs, well - from Egypt. and was subsequently ad~ beaten. salt and a SPBCk 0‘ cayenne Dep- 'i opted by the Greeks and Romans. per. Pour the whole over the sliced po- tatoes; sprinkle bread crumbs over the top, and put in the oven to brown: In lchoosing the fourth finger of the left 'hand the ancient Egyptians were in»- Serve in the dish in which they were fluenced by a belief to the effect that baked. ;a very acute nerve put this finger in Potatoes Viennoise.â€"Boi1 eight peel-hires: communication with the heart. ed potatoes with one tablespoon of salt, ,It is also very probable. says a hlStOI'l- in one quart of water; when done drain ; ian, that the 01d Egyptians attributed and Press through 3' pom“) pressi' mix i the fourth finger to Apolloâ€"the sunâ€" with one even teaspoonful of salt, one- half even teaspoonlul of pepper, two ‘ounces of butter, the yolks of three eggs, one-half gill of cream, and four ounces of grated Parmesan cheese. Mix well, and form the mixture into round halls the size of an egg. Sprinkle some flour on a pastryboard, roll the potato into long shapes, thick in the centre and pointed at the ends; brush them over with beaten egg; make two slanting in- cisions on top of each, lay them in a buttered pan, brush over again with egg. and bake to a fine golden color in a hot oven. SOLIE GOOD DESSERTS. ‘An entire dinner may be spoiled by the dessert. For the benefit of the cook who has to cater to a. family of epicures the receipts for the following desserts are given. To serve a melon of ice-cream first1 line a melon mold with pistachio ice-1 cream. Then fill the centre with pink ice-cream mixed with a few small choco- lates to represent seeds, or the mold may be filled with French ice-cream. which is yellow and mixed with blanchâ€" ed almonds. When the melon is unmoldâ€" edsprinkle with chopped brown almonds. This will have somewhat the effect of a. rind. Pineapple mousse make a dainty de- sert. To prepare it the following in- gredients are required: One pineapple, powdered sugar enough to make it very sweet. three level t ' nfuls of va- nilla. three tablespoonst of jamaica rum and three times the bulk of the fruit in whipped cream. Peel the pine.- apple and cut. a few slices of it into a bowl. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and a very little rum. Cover and set away‘ until wanted. Grate the rest of the pineapple into an earthenware bowl. Add to it the vanilla. rum. and sugar. Set the bowl over ice and stir until very cold. Meanwhile have ready beaten over a. pan of ice the cream. which should then equal three times the bulk of: the fruit. Fill an ice-cream mould with the mixture. Fit the cover on closely, cover the joint with a strip of muslin dipped in melted butter to keep out the salt. Pack in salt and ice. the layers of ice being three inches and salt one inch deep. Cover with a carpet and set away in a cold place for three hours at least. \Vhen ready to serve turn out the cream, place around it the slices of pineapple and its syrup and serve. Plum pudding glace is not very good for epicures troubled with indigestion, but it makes an exceptionally good des- sert. First make a chocolate ice-cream using the French ice-cream mixture. Have a scant threeâ€"quarters of apound of mixed fruit. com d of seeded rai- sins and currants iled until plump. thin slices of Citron and a few candied cherries. Pour over them a little sherry ito whom gold was consecrated, hence the ring or symbol to the deity. Some people have wondered why the index has not been chosen. The Hebrews had done so, and the custom has been handy ed down to us in the persons of the Roman Catholic Bishops, who wear a ring on the index of the right hand. In Germany the ring is worn on the fourth finger of the left hand during the engagement, but is placed on the right hand after marriage. In the ,Greek Church the riest slips the wed:- lding ring on the ourth finger of the bride's right hand. In Spain. instead of being a simple band of gold, the iwedding ring is inlaid with precious stones, and resembles any ordinary ring. It is worn with less regularity than in other countries, and always on the fourth finger of the right hand. SUPERSTITION. In a beautiful trousseau recently made for a bride by a noted Paris dressmaker a queer discovery was made by chance. It was necessary to make a slight al- teration in one of the “lovely creations," when the sewing woman discovered a long silken hair carefully stitched in~ to the gown. There could be no misi- take; the single hair had been purpose. 1y sewed in the garment. The sewing woman smiled and clapped her hands ,â€"she had been employed in,a Parisian dressmaking establishmentLand then she explained the riddle. "It is a superstition," she said. “\Vhen the sewing girls in the different apart- ments and the girls behind the countr us learn that the house has received. an order for a big trousseau, they be.- siege the head dressmakers and ask them to stitch into the wedding gown especially a single hair from their heads. This hair is so fine that it is easily concealed and cannot in any way mar the beautiful wedding gown. The head dressmakers very often humor the. girls. "The girls when they ‘go home. at night tell their girl friends that a hair from their heads had been stitched into the wedding gown of Miss Sorand- So. and the lucky one is immediately en- vied. She will be. married very soon, her associates say. TOWELS FROM BLOTTING PAPER. The most curious use to which paper is to be put is that suggested by the recent'patenting of a blotting paper towel. It is a new style of bath towel, consisting of a full suit of heavy blot- ting paper. Aperson, upon stepping out. of his morning tub, has only to ar- ray himself in one of these suits, and in a. second he will be as dry as a bone. with waists and costumes of this ma- China silks, with allâ€"over Persian pat- dainty gowns flat in front with selvidge edge. or of cream-white land belt, and is especially becoming to THE 3.1011 llITllATE KING. MADE HIS MANY MILLIONS. English “Milt l‘rlslor Ilow 'lll' "(‘HII .Vlziil I'rczilml a l iiiquc I'usilioii for Hilli- wll' by lllc )liiglc lsc oi' lli~ Vlillionve Ilis “oiulci'fill I’iilzicc. l Colonel John Thomas North dividv-d tlic honours wil h Gladstone. \Vzilés. Czirrlin'il Vaughan. Salisbury. and Roi liscliild of being one of [he forc- inosl. men in England, says the New York “'orld. The fiction of the Count of Monte. Cristo reads as much like fact as the. life story Of this wonder- ful production of modern moncy-inak- in?! Possibilities. Colonel North was born in a village of Yorkshire. near Leeds, January 30, 1842. His father was a Church warden. but for his limited income. he depended on the sale of coal. There was nothing espe- cially remarkable about the boyhood of North. He was a healthy, rather stolid Yorkshire lad, and at the age of 15 he. had a meagre Common school education. At that age. he was apâ€" prenticed to the firm of Shaw. North and Watson, of Leeds, the North of the firm being a cousin of his father. He remained with this firm for eight years. and then obtained a responsible position with the big Fowler Locomo- tive and Steam Plough \Vorks, of Leeds. He was then earning an in- come sufficient to support a wife com- fortably, and he married Miss Jane \Voodhead, daughter of the town coun- cillor and Conservative chairman of Leeds. A few months after his marriage his father died. Young North refused to take his share. of his father's estate. leaving it. all to his widowed mother. Soon afterwards he sailed with his young wife for the. west. coast. of South America. He first found work as an engineer in Carrizal, Chili. for a railway company. During eighteen months he devoted himself with im- flagging industry to his profession. THE VAST NI'I‘RE BEDS of Peru were now beginning to be talk- ed about as a good field for speculation. They attracted the attention of the young engineer, and he left the employ of the railroad and hurried to Peru. He acquired a practical knowledge of the art of producing the nitrate from the raw material. Lying imbeddcd in the sand of the. coast of Peru was a coarse material called calishe, which was much used by the n'ttives for fer- tilizing. From this material. by of commerce is produced. For such worn-out soils as those of England and other old European countries the ef- fect of this comparatively new ferâ€" tilizer was marvellous. So he began in a small way to purchase nitrate. and continued it for twenty years. Finally, he was able to erect factories of his own, and built lines of railway to each. Then he connected them all with one marvellous railroad across the slopes of the Andes, from Pisagua to lquique, two ports from which the wonderful nitrate is shipped to the fields of agriculture in Europe. Then he needed ships, and he built them. Long before he came into any promiâ€" nence in England he was known in all South America as the "Nitrate King." Just before the war broke out be- tween Chili, Bolivia, and Peru, Col. North, having made a vast fortune. returned to England. He had, how- ever, set on foot immense commercial enterprises in Pisagua, Iquique, Tara- paca, and other points on the west coast. \Vhile he was in England the railways in the nitrate fields, which the Montero Brothers had financiered. became involved, and an effort was made by their agents to raise in Lon- don £70,000 to pay off a. mortgage. Col. North waited until the agent came to him, and then said in his quick way:â€" “I will make you an offer, but to be accepted or rejected before you leave this room. 1 will give you £95,- 000 for your interest in the road." The agent asked for time to consider. Colonel North turned the key in the door. "Yes, or no," he leave the room." “Yes,” said the agent. The solicitor was sent for, the deed was drawn, and Colonel North became the controller of the railway system. Everything he touched TURNED TO GOLD. He made. money for himself and for all who were associated with him. »By a daring purchase of guano in Chili he made $500,000. As a result of the way Tarapaca became Chilian territory, Col- onel North went out again, remained ed there five years, and then returned to England with an interest in nineteen different companies, which he had forni- ed. Gradually he got more and more .control of them, until at the lime of his death his only partner was Mr. Jewell, the English Consul at lquique. During the last Chilian revolution Col- onel North's vast interests were. put in great jeopardy, for he openly espous- ed the cause of the insurgents. and spent millions in their cause. \Vlicn Balmaceila was overthrown Colonel North got more concessions from the Government he helped to establish, and it said, “before you he made millions upon millions. His wealth at the time of his death has been variously estimate‘. 4L netween $100,000,000 and $150,000,000. “'hen Col- onel North had become one of 'the richest men in England he set about making for himself a social position. He went down into Kent, and with a few millions acquired the magnificent estate of Eltham. He bought with it all the historical associations neces- sary. Here John of France wooed the daughter of his captor: here Richard II. welcomed Leo of Armenia; and here Henry IV. married Joan of Na- varre. The greatest landscape artists of Europe laid out his grounds, the lioil- ‘ ing and evaporation. the nitrate of soda . gardens of the tropical lands were ransacked to enrich his conservatories. and the anoicnt galleries of all Europe contributed to his art collection. The of England was bought for his stables, and his hounds were. picked from the noblest kennels of Great Britain. Then Colonel North gave a ball. He had already secured the, friendship of the Prince of \\'ales, and he gave the nobility of England such a ball as they had NEVER SEEN BEFORE. So many of his lllllllllIlS he chose to spend for sucinl recognition of the sort that the Prince's paironage could [live were laid oiii with llic some wisdom and discrciion with which they had been acquired. (.‘olonv-l North became apro-v inineni. figure on the turf. and he. had one of thn best strings in England. Many of the muse aristocratic trophies were won by the rich Commoner. In 1803 Colonel North sent over a stable of race horses to this country in charge of Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree. Thel horses were poorly managed, and were not of the first-class. They won a few races. but the success of the stable was not what. it would have been had the: horses been properly placed. Nine thor- oughbreds were sent all together, in- cluding Eltham Queen, High Commis- sioner, Iddesleigh. Rough and Ready,‘. Arturo, and Sir Frederick Rbbertsm A {mkey named Swash came with the‘" sta )le, and introduced to America the celebrated “English roll" to the pro-‘ found amazement of the “talent.” Swnsh was a monumental failure. Col- onel North afterwards promised to send another string of horses, but for reason failed to do so. In coursâ€" ing Colonel North achieved distinction. by the ownership of Fullerton, the! champion greyhound of Great Britain. He went in for hunting, too, and be- came master of the Mid-Kent hounds. one of the finest packs in England. He went in for military glory, and was made colonel of Tower1Hamlets Royal Engineers, 3. crack regiment. At the last general election Col. North stood for Parliament in \Vest Leeds against‘ Herbert J. Gladstone, son of the great; statesman. He was beaten by 96 votes. , lSeveral years ago his only daughter, attracted : whose $5,500,000 dower had offers from many of the noblest houses in England, created a sensation by, marrying George Lockett, a young‘ business man. of Liverpool. Colonel North's son, Harry, was graduated from Cambridge, and holds a commission in‘ the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Mrs: North is a matronly woman of plain‘: 'taste. unspoiled by riches. l l l CIGARETTE POISONING. l INIIIflPI'~ ol' the ll\(‘('~§i\‘t' Isi- of'l'olmcco in .liiy Form. ‘ George Burroughs, of Lambertville.i N. J.. (lied a few days ago of nicotine, poisoning. A simple and matter-ofâ€"fact ‘. announ when! this. The average read-l, er will hardly stop long enough to read i 'it. and yet to one who understands the ‘ hidden meaning of the simple statement it means a great 11 l "nicotine poisoning, deal. It means that through the carelessâ€" ness of parents a child of tender years was allowed to systematically poison himself with one of the most deadly of Iall poisonsâ€"a poison classed with prusâ€" sic acid because of the minute doses reâ€"l quired to kill men and animals. NICOTINE IN ALL TOBACCO. This deadly poison is contained in all kinds of tobacco. The poorer the grade of tobacco the higher the percentage of nicotine. The finer grades of Ha.- ivana contain about 2 per cent. of the Ipoison. while the poor grades contain about double that quantity. There is little difference in the effect of tobacco, whether it is smoked, chewed or snuffed. As a matter of fact the man who chews a cigar absorbs far more nicotine than one who chews or- dinary chewing tobacco The latter is said to be much less poisonous on acâ€" count of the admixture of harmless veg- etable matter. PARTICULRALY BAD FOR YOUTHS. There is a. case recorded where death. followed the chewing of half a cigar. Adolescents are particularly susceptible , to nicotine, as is evmenced from the frequent accounts of poisoning as a. re- I l l sult of cigarette smoking. The cigar- ette appears so mild and innocent that children take to it kindly. The begin- ner does not as a rule suffer the tor-' tures which usually follow a "first Cigar.” ' The danger of poisoning by cigarettes is not so much from the smoke of the, burning'paper and tobacco; it lies prin-' cipally in the moist and soggy end of {he cigarette which is held between the ips. DANGER OF CIGARETTES. .This end becomes saturated with sa- liva, and the tobacco parts with its pmsonous element, which is romptly absorbed by the tongue and t e mem- branes of the mouth and throat. “'lien a boy is allowed to smoke from one to three or more packages of cigar- ettes daily the injurious effect of thei poison soon become apparent. He apâ€" pears depressed, complains of nauseai and loss of appetite, is nervous and irri-l table, and his heart acts in an irregular manner. It may even be enlarged or dilated as a result of the constant irâ€" ritation produced by the poison in his system. . In the typical cigarette fiend one may find any one. of the following conditions: (.‘ziliirrh of Ihe throat. nose and larynx, usually of a chronic. nature; catarrh ofi the stomach, palpitation of the. hearl,l and various disturbances of vision. ‘ THE VISION DIMMED. The latter are frequently of a verv‘ serious character. It is said that aiqu ily of vision is sometimes reduced loi oneâ€"third of the normal. Medical authorities are agreed that children should not be allowed to usei tear, Icoffee, beer and wines. l '0)acco, and particular] ' c' a e ,‘ should be added to this list, LigiotreitiiilsyJ added to, but placed at the head. for the” ‘ tax yields about $400,000 per annum. weed capable of inflicting more injury of a serious character than all of theI other articles put together. M In France, bicycles are taxed at the ifront of the shop door. . right time, and CHILD INVENTORS. llislzuiccs “'hci'e ('liilcl .‘Ilmls Ilzn'c I‘on. cclvcll \iilliiililc lvlciis. That many children have great iiiâ€" genuity of mind in fashioning toys of various kinds is well known. That they have very frequently turned this qual- ity to good use in the invention and construction of some of our most useful. mechanical appliances is attested by the following instance: The children of a Dutch spectacle maker happened to be playing one day with some of their father's glasses in Placing two of the glasses together they peeped through them, and were exceedingly astonished to see the weather-cock of the neighboring steeple brought withâ€" in a short distance of their eyes. They were naturally puzzled, and called their father to see the strange sight. When the spectacle maker looked through the glasses he was no less sur- prised than the children had been. He went indoors and thought the 'matter over, and then the idea occurred to him that he might construct a curious new toy which would give people a. good deal of amusement. He did so. and Galileo, hearing of this instrument that was said to make distant things apâ€" pear close at hand, saw at once what a valuable help it would be to the study of the heavens. He set to work himself on it, and soon produced the telâ€" escope. . A poor Swiss, named Argand, invent- ‘ ed a. lamp with a wick fitted into a hollow cylinder, up which a. current was allowed to pass, thus giving a supply of oxygen to the interior as well as to the exterior of the circular flame. At first Argand used the lamp without a glass chimney, the invention of which important adjunct would. doubtless have been delayed for some time had it not been for the thought- less juvenile experiments of his little brother. One day when Argand was busy in his workroom, and Sitting before the burning lamp, this boy was amusing himself by playing a bottomless oil flask over different articles. Suddenly he placed it upon the flame of the lamp, which instantly shot up the long, cirâ€" cular neck of the flask with increased brilliancy. Argand did not happen to be the man to allow such a suggestive occurrence to escape him. The idea of the lamp chimney almost immediately came into his head, and in a. short time his invention was perfected. One of the early difficulties with the steam engine was that of condensing the steam in the cylinder. Savary dashed cold water on the outside, but Newcomen afterward invented a meth- ~ od of directing a stream of cold wat- er into the inside of the cylinder at every rise of the piston. 'This was .aocomplished by two stop cocks. which . ‘were turned by hand, and'the whole action of the machine depended on the attention of the person who watched these two cocks. Humphrey Potter, a toy employed to tend one of Newcomen‘s engines, be- longed to Mr. Beighton, found the constant watching so' troublesome that he set himself to contrive a way by which the cocks might be turned at the yet allow him an oppor- tunity of playing with the boys in the sheet. Observing that the particular moment at which the valve required to be opened for the admission of the steam was that at which the pump- rod end of the beam was raised to its highest, and that the moment at which the other cock required to be opened was when the piston rod end was at its highest, he saw that by attaching strings to the. stopâ€"cocks, and connect- ing them with various parts of the beams. the rising and falling of the two ends would turn the two cocks as necessary. This rude gear of askulking boy was discovered and practically ad- opted, rods being substituted for the strings. OIL ON THE WATER. the. Angry Waves Arc (‘ulmed B: This Simple Proceeding. One of the most curious sights at sea is that of an oil-bound ship. Every upâ€"toâ€"date ship carries oil tanks. ue quantity varying with the size of the vessel. For instance, a steamer of 150 tons burden carries on an average 60 gallons of oil. This oil is the refuse discarded by the oil refining factories, and often consists of a mixture of whale oil, petroleum and vegetable oil. It costs about two pence a gallon, and a large-sized vessel can be well supplied for ‘20 shillings. The oil is stowed in spacious zinc - tanks, arranged in the hold of the ship to act as ballast. Each tank contains 50 gallons of oil. and an ingenious mech- anical tap arrangement connects the With the outSide of the vessel. If a dangerous gale arises, and the ship becomes unmanageable and likely to founder, the sluices are opened and. 20 gallons or more of the oil is allowed to escape into the sea. The effect is instantaneous. However stormy the sea may be, the vessel lies in a gentle heaving mill pond. There- is no further danger of foundering, and the oil moves along with the vessel for some time, often half an hour, after which it breaks up and disperses. The ship must slacken speed a little. and more. oil let out from the tanks. Enor- mous waves may bear down on the ship, but on approaching the magic oil circle llow " they seem to melt away and pass harm- ‘. lessly beneath the vessel. Sailing vessels are not so often fur- nished with oil tanks as steamers. It is estimated, however, that over 200 vessels have been saved from shipwreck by means of the oil tanks since they were introduced a few years ago. It is only in cases of absolute peril that the tanks are resorted to. \Vhy should we be care-stricken! \Vhat business have we to be sad in the sunshine? \Ve have nothing to do with the future, we have to do with the present only, and that even in the hour of trial we are by God’s grace rate of about $2.25 each per year; the l strong enough to beanâ€"Canon Far- rar.