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CHILBLAIXS. These painful and annoying disfig- urements come from various causesâ€" sometimes from a weak constitution. sometimes from lack of proper nour- ishment. Children are more subject to chilâ€" blains than grown people, but fre- quently outgrow the tendency. Occa- Slt»l’l'lll_V, however, the complaint atâ€" tacks people after they are grown. To prevent them, one should begin a long time before winter appears, to take precautionary measures. As 50011 as the days begin to be chilly, you must never go out of doors without gloves. and at once make a change into warm- er underclothing. Be sure that the sleeves of your dress- es are made long enough to cover the wrists, and th’lt. you are warmly dress- ed underneath. v\‘Vear stout shoes with gaiters and take. plenty of exercise. As the cold weather comes on, put on allâ€"wool clothing, and carry a muff; indoors wear warmly lined slippers: and have night socks. Never sit over a fire or warm your hands) and feet at it; if they are cold,wash in hot‘ water, or rub till the blood circulates. Take plenty of exercise indoors as well as out. \Valk, bicycle, skate. Indoors, dancing is the best way to get the feet warm. It is, however, not only in the. cold weather that chilblains at:- tack one; mild, damp, Winters are freâ€" quently as bad for them, if not worse. The best thing to usclfor removing chilblains is the following lotion. but they must not. be broken ones, or there will. be great harm done in setting up inflammation ; Opodeldoc. one ounce; tincture of cantharldes, oneâ€"quarter of an ounce; oil of cajeput, oneâ€"quarter of an ounce. Rub this in for ten min- utes at a time, three times a day. It is essential that aperient medicine should be taken every night when sufâ€" fering from chilblains, and that the daily morning bath should be warm. To prevent chilblains from appearing, use lemon juice daily, or vinegar, to which a fourth part of camphorated spirits has been added. Tea should be given up and cocoa taken instead; and cod-liver oil should be taken three times a day, and a strong tonic as well. A good lotion for unbroken chilhlains is collodion. two ounces: turpentine, six drachms: tincture of benzoin, one-half ounce. Eat plenty of celery. both raw and as a vegetable; and avoid too rich, greasy food, or many hot dishes. Vi'here the chill)lains are broken, ap- ply tincture of catechu, two fluid ounces; honey, one ounce; rose wa- ter, four to eight ounces. Also anoint them with this pomade: \Vhite wax, two drachms; balsam of Peru. two drachms; sweet aalmond oil, twelve ounces; rose water, twenty drachms: spermaceti, two drachms. Dissolve and beat together a thick paste. \Vhere the chilblains are ulcerated. dilute tincture of myrrh in warm water and baths them with it. If the ulcers are at all bad, you must not attempt to put on boots or gloves, but remain quietly at home, living on astrengthâ€" ening diet till you are cured. I l .1 ‘1‘ i ‘A LILY POND. ’ 'Any one who has a nice lawn, should by all means, have a lily pond. It is easily made and a thing of beauty. There are many ways of making these ponds, either of stone, brick or ma» sonry, but as these are all expensive, we will give our attention to anoth- er sort that will cost but a few dol- lars, and at the same time last for years. Have a wooden tub made simâ€" ilar to a wooden cistern or tank, with straight sides and about four feet deep. It can be made round or square and as large ’as you wish, but should not be smaller than six feet across This size will hold six or eight bulbs. One foot from the bottom have ahole two inches in diameter, and a plug to fit it, which must be put in from the inside, and project far enough to make its removal easy. Make the top of the tank exactly above this plug. so that you may know where to find it when the time comes to let out the water. This-tank should then be sunk in the ground to within two inches of the top, then make a gravel border around it. of about; eighteen inches. \‘lihen pre- paring the hole in which to put the tank, determine upon which side the place where the plug is to come and dig a place about eighteen inches across, and as deep, and fill it with small stones. This is done in order i that the water will have a place to, drain into when the plug is removed. Give your tank a coat of waterproof paint on the inside, and of tar on the the outside. before sinking it in the ground. This preserves the wood from decay, and the. tank will last much longer. \Vhen your tank is all ready fill it up to the plug with pond mud, or any rich earth which has at least a quarter of cow manure, and put in your lily bulbs. Run in the water gently so as not to disturb the, soil, and fill but a few inches above the bulbs. When they show signs of growing, add more water, until at lengzh it is almost or quite full. When the water freezes to the depth of a half inch, reach down and re- move the plug, and after the water has run out, replace the plug, and. fill the tank full to the top with dry leaves or loose hay and lay boards over the too. Anv tender lilies like callas, l - use of ordinary should be removed and either placed in the cclliir in a pail of mud. or dried off. “'hen the hard frosts are over in the spring, remove the litter, add alittle rotted cow manure, and any new bulbs you wish, and gradually refill with water. An admirable pond seen some. years since was made in the following manâ€" ner: A hole. some twelve feet in diam- eteer five feet in depth was first dug, and this was plastered with mortar to the depth of four inches, at the sides and bottom. A piece of lead pipe was put‘ in to make the desired driin. and due respect was paid to constructing, a place. outside of where it went through, so that the water would drain off through a layer of rocks and sand. “hen the mortar was dry it wastreatâ€" ed to a coat of cistcrn cement. In the center was constructed a miniature, isâ€" land of stones and earth, and upon it was a mass of foliage and flowers. while pink. white. and yellow water lilies fill- ed the space. around it, and some tadv poles grew to be sedate frogs under the shade of the. broad leaves. One year half a dozen dwarf callas and a lot of old-fashioned “\Vandering Jew" made the island a fairy like place, and several years later am- aryllis plants of many colors revelled in the sun and moisture of the island. No one who has not Seen one of the. minature ponds can imagine their beauty. FIVE-BUNUTE RESTS. Few understand, except those who have had to resort to five-minuterestis in order to keep up during a tedious convalescence, how much elastiity of figure is unconsciously acquired if the body is given periodic rests duringthe day. The cult of the fiveâ€"minute restâ€" ers is gaining disciples among wom- en whose social duties are quite as wearing as those grimier ones of the kitchen slave or the Working house- wife; :ind the fad is such a wholesome one that the girl who wishes to keep her freshness and save her strength for congenial work will do well‘ to ad- opt it. In order to derive the great- est benefit from a five-minutes test, one must relax all the muscles of the body, and of the mind, if possible. Be a limp, inert, lazy bundle for a brief spell. Shut the eyes, let the shoul- ders and hands droop, relieve all ten- sion which dignity usually demands, and try not to think for 300 seconds. I VVORTEL‘TRYING. To remove white spots on varnished furniture, dip a soft flannel in spir- its of wine and rub the spots well. Afterwards repollsh the furniture with a furniture cream. A cup of hot water, declares Sir Anâ€" drew Clark of London, possesses the same medicinal qualities attributed to an equal amount of whisky, while lack- ing the injurious properties. Hot w.- ter in abundance is especially recom- mended in malarial troubles. Carbonate of soda dissolved in water will remove mud stains from dresses. Lay the soiled part of the cloth and wash and rub the places with water, keeping the dress quite smooth. Ink stains are entirely removed by the immediate application of dry salt before the ink has dried. \Vhen the salt becomes discolored by absorbing the ink, brush it off and. apply more; wet slightly. Continue until the ink has disappeared. A small dish of powdered charcoal kept on one of the upper shelves of the refrigerator is an excellent thing to absorb odors. It should be changed every few days. If: the carpet looks dusty and dull after sweeping, wipe over with a damp cloth wrung out of ammonia water. A tablespoonful of ammonia will suf- fice for a half pail of water. The piano keys should never be clean- ed with water. which discolors them. instead, they should be rubbed over with a soft flannel or piece of silk dip- ped in oxygenized water. which can be obtained at any Chemist’s, and when the keys are stained or greasy, use methylated spirits, gin or diluted whisâ€" ky. Clear alcohol is good. + HERE'S A NEW GAS. Another new gas has recently been discovered, not in the atmosphere, this time, but in the. gases given off by certain volcanic fissures in the earth. The discovery is interesting as affordâ€" ing one. more proof that the ole- ments of which the earth is composed are precisely similar to those which go to make up the sun. It has been known for some time. that certain elements exist in the corona of the sun of which no trace could be found on earth. One of these, which has been named corona is reported to have been found by means of th~- spectroscope. Theoreti- cally it should be lighter than hydroâ€" gen, hitherto the lightest element known, but. as it his not, yet been obâ€" tained in apure, state this cannot be. verified. It is to he hoped that this discovery may be followed by those of a similar kind. _ _._ _ A \\'0NDERFUL “'EAVE LOOM. In the. effort to meet German compeâ€" tilion the. fabric manufacturers of Roubui, France, have developed the new weaving machine, which in speed I surpasses t be new Northrop machine of American invention. and permits the material. The fabric produced is turned out. at the astonish- ingly rapid rate of IOU [0 I75 yards per day of ten hours. ’l'liere is greai emnoiiiy, one. workman overseeing six ninhines, and the motive force is one- liilf of the ordinary requirements. The fabric shows a woven effect on one side and knitted on the. other. and it is believed that the machine will be a powerful factor in competing for the plain goods market; if not: for high novelties. it its iii ller Navy Never ~o Flt. for Acllve Serviceâ€" l‘runt-c .‘tlny be. l’crerisln but Britaln ls (‘zilm and l‘onsilleiil. “'liilo the Gallic cock cries there is barely so much as a wag of the British lion's tail to show the mood he is in says the London Daily Mail. The li‘rcnt‘li folk may be. devoting night and nun... , , , , day to bringing lhE‘ll‘ naval forces iiiâ€" to a decent. st ate. but it is certain that our dockynrds are, if anything, less active than usual. This inaction is not the. outcome of any supineness or inability to appre- ciate the gravity of the situation. it is rather the coolness of the foresecing man who has all his preparations made, and doesn’t intend to waste breath in unnecessary vapourings. Recently. our correspondent inter- viewed a prominent. dookyard official on the situation. What is the best we could do in the way of mobilization i" said he. "\Vhy. if need be, we could commission a squadron of cruisers here this after- noon and have them off the French coast by to-morrow morning. "It is true we are taking things very quietly, but why should we do other- wise? We can afford to take things coolly. The French may have to work night anl day to get their ships into trim, but ours are ready. "What is the. use of our Fleet Re- serve and our mobilization schemes but to prepare for crisises like this? “'hy, we could send out formidable fleet, from our home dockyards probably about THIRTY GOOD STRONG SHlPS without any tion. "At, Portsmouth alone we have a squadron of useful cruisers, all lying readyto hoist the pennant immediately they are required and all of which would prove nasty opponents to enemy." There is no doubt that if the neces- sity for such action should arise our fleets would be found cipable of swiftâ€" .'l particula rly great exer- Elll er action than a good many Britishers- think them to be. For some years past the Admiralty have been quietly ap- plying lessons learned from other pow- ers, and from our own experiments, to perfecting our naval organization. And so well has this been done that the ships in the Fleet Reserve at our various dockyards are â€"- actually, not supposedlyâ€"ready to put to sea at practically a moment‘s notice. The naval mobilization which was Britain's reply to the Kaiser's famous telegram must not be accepted as a sample of the best we can do in this way. It was a good, broad hint to the Emperor, and it served its purpose. A mobilization of reserves in case of war would be a vastly different afâ€" fair. About 48 hours is the time offi- cially supposed to be. required for getâ€" tinga shipin the Fleet Reserve ready for sea. But. so far as the ships them- selves are concerned. a very much shorter time than this would suffice; it is obtaining the men to man them that would cause the greatest delay. Every ship in the A. division of the Fleet Reserveâ€"that is those. that have been passed as completed for the peri- nantâ€"requires but to take aboard a crew and its perishable stores to be ready for active service. 'Before the ships are passed into this division of the reserve they are. fully coaled and all their magazines are fill- ed. The skeleton crews [(lltl off to them are kept busy looking after the guns, cleaning ship, and attending to the. engines. EVERY PRECAUTION IS TAKEN to see that nothing is allowed to get out of order, and thus impair the ef- ficiency of the vessel for quick mobili- zation. Each ship has its engineer-ofâ€" ficer and undergoes periodical steam trials. Just at the present moment the. re- serve sliips are. being subjected to their annual overhaul in dry-dock, and their engine tests. During the Franco-Ger- man war the. French found that in conâ€" sequence of having neglected to look properly ufter thl‘ll' ordnince stores, the. shell in many cases would not fit the guns. To guard against any such occur- rence as that in our n‘ivy all the shells In the magazines of our reserve ships .irc periodically examined and cleaned. The greatest care is taken that neithâ€" er the guns nor the ammunition re- quired for use in them is allowed to deteriorate into all unfit state. There is iltll‘. fort of a British war- ship ever going to sea with the effec» liveness of its armament impaired from this cause. In fact, so well are. the ships looked after that it would be quite possible to commission .1 squadâ€" ron of thc fleet at say. Portsmouth on one day that could appear before. (.‘herâ€" bourg on the next. In case of great cirergen'y, the dc» lay-which now takes place between the commissioning of a ship and sending her to sea would disappear; the practice of running commissioning trials and having (‘omm‘inderâ€"En-(‘liief’s inspec- tions is a laudable one. as it ensures that our ships leave England for their various stations in TAUT, GOOD SEA-GOING TRIM. But these are formalities that may be dispensed with when we. mobilize our fleet for war. An impression is abroad that the ships in our fleet reserve are mainly useless old crooks. But this is not the use. Many of them, though of obso- lete types are really useful vessels“! went to his doom some few are of little use except as a kind of forlorn hope. 0n the other bind some of the. reserve ships are ‘luite. modern. But few people have :my idea of the thorough way in which everything cronnucted with these ships is organized. Already we have dcxcribed the man- ner in which the dockynrd authorities keep tho ships in fighting trim. [his is only a part of Ill“ system. The stores of every ship in the. reserve are carefully "laid zip:irt."in the. victual-- ling depot of l he. dot-kyarll to which she belongs, so that they can be taken aboard at any moment they may be Wuntcd. In the big victunlling store houses lie huge. piles of provisions. Each ship’s complement of stores is placed in a separate pile, which con- tains everything from the srnalleSI pantry requisite to plate for use in lb“ wardâ€"room. There are barrels of rum, boxes of sugar, biscuits, tinned provisions and mess traps. Each pile is labelled with the name of the ship for which it is intended. They are placed together systematically, and never touched except when wanted for use, unless it be to examine the con« tents of the cases. or to change the grog that has stood so long in cask But fashion. In fact, as soon as ever a Ship, big or little, is ready for comâ€" missioning. the victualling yard “lays apart" her stores. which remain in readiness against the time she wants them. be that soon or late. This careful organization would have its effect in war-time in enabling us to get our reserve ships equipped and put to sea without making much of a fuss about it. By a singular regula- tion, when a ship-is commissioned for three years, the officers have to pur- chase the wardâ€"room plate out of. their own pockets. At the end of the crui=e this plate is sold off by auction, and there is keen competition for it, as the Admiralty take. good care that all the articles are of good quality. If a ship is but mobilized for a short period of service. such as the annual manoeuvres the officers are allowed to return th» With respect to the manner in which our ships compare with those of other naval powers. :1 good deal that is interesting might be written, but it is an undoubted fact that our n'ivy was never more ready to meet a foe than it is at the present moment. plate into store. ENG LAN D‘S PRECIOUS RELlC. The. (‘oronallon (llmlr. a Part or Whlrh Jncoll l'ued us Ills l’lllow. The most precious relic in all Eng- land is :in old Gothic chair stands in the chapel of St. Edward, in Westminster Abbey. It is made of black oak in the gothic style, and the back is covered with carved inscriptions, in- cluding the initials of many famous which men. The feet are four lions. The seat is a large stone, about thirty inches long, by eighteen wide and twelve thick, and all the sovereigns of England for the last eight; hundred years have sat upon it when they were crowned. The chair is known as the Coronation chair, and the stone is claimed to be the same, which Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham. used as a pillow, when he lay down to sleep on the starlit plains of Judah. The kings of Israel were crowned upon this stone from the time that they ruled a nationâ€"David, Saul, Solor mon and the rest. The story goes that five hundmd and eighty years before Christ, at the time of the Babylonian captivity, Cir- cea, daughter of Sedekiah, the last king of Judea, arrived in Ireland, and was married at Tara to Hermon, a prince of the Tuatha de Dananâ€"which is said to be the Celtic name of the tribe of Dan. The traditions relate that this princess went originally to Egypt in charge of the pro het Jeremiah, her guardian, and the alace Taphenes, in which they resideththere, was discovâ€" ered in 1886 by Dr. Petrie,. the arch- aeologist. ' They went hence to Ireland, and from Circea and Heremon Queen Vic- toria traces her descent, through James l., who placed the lion of‘ the tribe of Judah upon the British standard. Jeremiah is said to have. concealed this sacred stone at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem and the cap- tivity of the {'ews, and to have. brought ll, "the stone of the. testimony,” Bethel, the tnly witness of the compact bc- tween Jehovah and Israel, to im- land, where it was known as the tinâ€" ph-iil. stone wonderful. It was carried to Scotland by Fergus I,, and thence to London in the year 1260. and has been used at the coronation of every king and queen of llngland frcin Edâ€" ward l. down to the time of Victoria. BENEFIT OF PER RAG l‘l. Every onc may not know Wh=lt the term “benefit of peerage” implies. A peer can demand a private audience of the sovereign to represent on matters of public. welfare. For trea- son or felony he can demand to be tried by his peers; he cannot be out- lawed iii any civil action, nor can he be arrested unless for an indictable of- fence, and he is exempt from serving on juries. He may sit with his belt on in courts of justice, and should he be liable to the last penalty of the law, he can demand asilken cord instead .11- a henipen rope. his views fi... DESERVED IT. Sheriff, remarked lhc condemned murderer, as that functionary proceedâ€" ed to put the black cap over his head. I seem to be the sinner, sure, of 'all eyes. Without any further delay the trap was sprung and the hardened wretch that the authorities deem it to have become so potent a spirit FOR JACK'S CONSUMPTION. Stores for the torpedo boat destroyâ€" ers are treated in the same systematic ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Few Paragraphs Which Will be Found “'9.” “'01-”: Reading. In Logere, France, there are herds of goats and cows which seldom drink. Yet they produce the milk from which Roquefort cheese is made. Violent laughierf. while witnessing a performance at the St. Charles theatre, New Orleans, so distressed William Domptui'e, that it turned into convulsions. and he died in a few min- utes. A clergyman in \Vyandotte. Kansas. has been arrested for kissing a girl who was a member of his congregation. The complainant testified under oath that. "the kiss was so cold it made her shiver," Divorce is simply arranged in Burma. \Vhen a couple has decided to separate. two candles of equal size are produced and lighted. One candle represents the husband, the other the wife. The one whose candle burns out. first at once leaves the house. and all the property in it belongs to the other partner. A rancher in Arizona has posted this startling warning on a cottonwood tree near his place: “My wife Sarrah has left my ranch when [didn't Doo a Thing Too her. Any Man as takes her in and Keers for her on my account will get himself Pumped so Full of Led that some tenderfoot will locate him for a mineral cliim.” The twelve-year-old son of J. B. Stinebaugh, of Ottawa, Kansas, was seated in his father’s buggy. six miles west of the city, when a fierce gale separated the vehicle from the horse. stripping the hainess into shreds and lifting the buggy high in the air, and smashing it into kindling wood as it felt. The boy was not seriously hurt. Two of the deputies in ihe Legisla- tive Chamber of the Duchy of Luxem- bourg are such bores thit, they try to speak at interminable length on all questions. They have become such nuisances llJ'tt when either of them be- gins to speak the ol her members rush huriiedly out of the. Chamber, leaving him alone with the presiding officer. Forty sheep belonging to William Arndt, gathered under a maple tree in Van \Vert county, Ohio, and among them were eighiern black ones. A blinding flash of lightning seemed to penetrate. the earth in the midst of the flock and killed all the black sheep leaving the. white ones unhurt. Each dead sheep had a round hole in the back of its nemk, as if from a pistol ball. and around it the wool was burn- ed away. Twenty bicyclists. male and female, rode in company from Liverpool, Eng- land. and stopped at a rural hotel for dinner. The housekeeper wrote the name of each person on ‘a piece of paper, and pinned it where it could be seenâ€"on the front wheel of his or her machine. She adopted the precaution of (hiring the pin deeply into the. tire. \thn the guests heard of the houseâ€" keeper's method of rhecking. just as they were about to depart. there were waits and curses loud enough to be heard a half-mile away. â€"â€"â€"+7-â€"â€"â€"â€" SMALLEST IN THE WORLD. .â€" ‘I‘hlngs mnl I’lm‘cs lhnl Excite, Interest by Henson of .Vllnntcness. The smallest book ever printed is the story of Pei‘rault‘s little "Hopâ€"o‘â€"My Thumb," lately published. The book is one. and one-half inches long by one inch wide, and oneâ€"quarter inchihick. It can be. read only by the aid of mic- roscope, but is complete in every way and has four engravings. Shears no bigger than a pin is one of the exhibits of the skill of :18th- field workman; a dozen of these. shears weigh less than half a grain, or about the weight of a postage stamp; they are as perfectly made as shears of or- dinary size. (ioust is the smallest republic as to area, which is exactly one mile. The population numbers 150. It is situat- ed in the Pyrenees. Tavolara is the smallest republic as to population, having only fifty-three men, women and children. It is lwslve miles from Sardinia. Tristan d'Acunhi, in the South At~ lzinlic, sends out its mail rilit‘i‘ :t year to the outside world; it has :i populaâ€" tion of sixtyâ€"four personsâ€"«lighten men, nineteen Women, fifteen boys and twelve girls. King Malieloa th'.‘ Samoan monarch, lzliely dead, received a smaller salary than any royalty, $150 monthly, and it was usually in :irreai‘s. Chinese st rests are. the narrowest in the worldâ€"some of them are, only eight feet wide. The smallest horse in the world is a Shetland pony owned by the. Marquis (.‘arczlno. Its height does not surpass seVenty centimeters; it is often liarâ€" ncssed to a liliputian mail coach. Berlin ll'ls the smallest elephant in the world. It is only one meter high and weighs eighty kilograms. The smallest camels belong in Persia. They are not, more than fifty centimeâ€" ters high. The smallest cows in the world are 'lo be found in the Samoan islands. .\ DEPTH YET TO BE REACHED. You boast of your greater civilizaâ€" li'rnl exclaimed the. Indian contempt- uously. Haven't we ll right to.’ No, sir. The lndian has been drag- ged down by your influence, but ll‘ is still superior. He may drink intoxiâ€" cating liquor. But he doesn't sniisli the, bottles on the asphalt for bicycles to run over.