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. CHE VERY LAI t,ji i-KOM ALL THE WORLD OVER. intcrntlng Itcmi About Our Own Country, dreat Britain, the United state., and All Parts of the Qlobc, Cosdeiucd and Atiorlcd for !:>> Heading. CANADA. Hamilton will hold a charity con- cert l...nl Aberdeen will attend the next annual gauuts of the DutUm Caledon- ian Society. W o. Wood, a fanner of Baldur. M-m . was shot in a ruy.-tcnotis way and will probably die. A Hamilton policeman let the wrong man go by mistake in dsMksrgiiaf > prisoner f rocn t he station. Mayor Tuckett laid the rnrnrr ntone of the new Salvnti.m Army barruk-. Hamilton, last Monday. Mr. G. K. H Kiln* i a popular com- mercial traveller of Winnipeg, <tic.l on Mond iv night from injuries sustained by falling down an elevator shaft. The report of the Minister of Militia shinvs that the total expendit ure for tbe year were $1.571.013. an- 1 -II H77 offi cers and men performed twelve days' mil. Alice, Kllinghnm, of Hamilton, twelve years of age, was struck by an icy snowball on Wednesday ai. Thuraday night. An inquest is held. .1. G. Fitch, secretary of the munici- * pality of Oalnn Ham., i- -tn>rt 14,9.10 in In- acc<Hipts. He has not been :< ed, and hi .iKing eff. effect a settlement. A fin' .1 -!i..\.-.| the planing mill ..f Mr. ChirUu R. Williams and s numbnr of dwe'lirig-h.msm in t be eacU-r.i portion of Toronto early Thur*Liy morning. The U* will be IdJ.(M). with hardly any insurance. Great excitement was created among tbe legal fraternity in Victoria, II C by Chief Justice Da vie refusing to he.tr a di von* application, nn the ground that the Supreme Court of HriiT-h Co- lumbia was not entitled to do ao. The Dominion Gold Mining and Re- duction Company mi Thursday waited upon tbe Ontario Government, in To- ronto, and asked for a bonus of two thousand dollars per annum for five years, to enable them to run their re- duction works at Rat Portage i custom mill. By the explosion of a thrashing boil- er near Kmerwn. Man., Mr. F. W Frw- man was hurled with a portion of iron work through tbe wall of a barn lie was badly scalded and hurt in other ways, but there are hopes of bU recov- ery v lanre deputation of Ot Uiwa citixsiu wajte.1 on Premier Howell and Mr 11 .^ gart to ask for a sulxudy of f2.'i<i -ed inter-Piovmcial bn.i^ he Ottawa River. Mr. Haggart said l was as much as should he a--k- d Geo. Tborndyke. a trber of .Strath- oy. was arrested on a charge of i i- I- i.s l'.-,-"d tlm he married Lottie McWilli-im. of l.indsav. on vliv 30. 1HSM. and within a year mar- Mies May John-ton, of Sirathroy. 'he relatives of th- Lindsay wife are taking toe proceedings. GREAT HUH Us The Prince of Wales is insured for 18.250.UOO I be failure of Sinn Reeves, once Kng- and's greatest tenor, is announced, with .abilities of more than '3.000. x.rd Leighton has i*-.|iieit h <! his ngton Douse in trust for the use ' ui iirv presidents of tbe Royal Acad- .II It s announce) that Laureate Austin is su -^rise-l and disheartened by the nn- favo, le reception accord' 1 .! h,- first offic ^ poem. Tbt Ixmdun Times thinks that very like) here is some agreement between RUSH. ln I Turkey; but i hat it has tak- en the jrui of a treaty is highly im- probabl Ihiriru 1805 the London mint M ruck off 72.24. 295 coins, alwut lO.lMW.OOO more than in 804. Tbe value of the gold coin- wa 3,502.625, of the silver ...ins l.l9fi,lf. v ,,d of the bronze 40.99B. The. R\ , t Hon. Hugh Childer*. the English bersj Statesman, formerly rVst Ix> of tbe Admiralty and Chan- cellor of ., Exche<iuf r ia dead. He was sixtv-nm years of age. The dstminster Gazette says it is alnuM. certaio that Mr. Justin Mc- Carthy will not remimie tbe leadership of the Irish Parliamentary party in Par- liament after the reassembling of that body. I'NITKD 8TA I I - Meal Dow is now 91 years old. and in vigorous health. Fifteen women's clubs were organized in Maine last year. The United States treasury gold re- serve is below the $30.000,00fj mark. A Iluffalo commiesion house sent a barrel of evapora'd apples to Jerusalem on Thursday. Twin sisters, 70 years old, were pre- sent as witnesses in court at Columnus, Ind , a few dayn ago. A monument to the memory of Flahne- mann is to he erected in Washington by homoeopathic practitioners. James Dills, who died near Paints- ville. Ky.. recently, was credited with being only nine days short of 105 years old. There are 99.951 Italian* in New York, tbe Larger' colony of this people in tbe United States, Brooklyn comefwo- ond with 9,563. Five persons were killed and nearly a score injured, some of them futally, by a boiler explosion at Hallidaysburg, Pia. on Thursday morning. Professor C A. L. Tot ten, a former instructor in Yale, has issued a calen ilar for past and future time, covering a period of 67.713.250 years. A sealing expedition is fitting out at Stoningtoo, Conn., tbe first to go from there, in many years. Where the sealers propose to hunt ia not given out. In the I'nited States Hon.se of Rep- resentatives on Friday a bill was pass- ed to extend the time in which Ihc St. Lawrence railway can bridge the St. Lawrence river Mr and Mrs. Stephen G Thurlr. of Warren. R.I., aged respectively 86 and 80 years, died within three days of each j other last week, and wete i-uried to- gether in the same grave. O\\ in_- to i ne tr.Hi'li- in Salvation I mi.- I Stai , on his return from Aus- tralia. Mr I.. J. Seargeant sailed from New York on ' n Smurdnv to assume his du .<l<m is advis- ory memlier of i he Board of Din. of the Grand Trunk Railway of Can- ada. During a revival service in the Me- thodUi church at Peru, Ind.. last Thurs- day, a man, to years old. .I,.M| up <o ask the prayers of the congregat too. told of bis llief in his conversion he Then he made some remarks, and as he fell dead, of heart failure, the doctors said. due Vermont trappe.r. hailing f'om Hougiiionville mi., n -ip[N'd during this season 1.6(10 skunks 175 fox.-.-. 7(1 mink- -i> mu krat.s. and 100 cuons. The rec- urit >^e.ms prettv hijh bill it Ls voiii'hed for I v a local paper, and Vermont has a great reputation for game and trap- Rev. J. A. Rondthaler. of theTa'i- . le Prcsbytcrian church, Indian.i|K>- 1K. his iM-en fc -,_! on wc"i!iit of his ecagTegation'i dislike to his rid- ing a l>icycle. Mr. Rondthaler den. led that in such matter* of personal rights he could not sacrifice himself to sati.-fy the old fogies. Major-General Miles appeared liefore th;- C< mmiasion on Coa>i Defends in \> .-!..._ ion on Tuetulay. and stated that the coat of coast defemvts for the ade- quate proic.- 1 ...ii of t h I 'nited States Mould ujiinn::' '.. eivlut million ilollars, M-iiiiiinn if ammunition . and projectiles. Last Christmas a San Francisco news- paper gave a silver cup to every child on the Pacific coast on that day. ffer w.-is not made until .-ine three <"ks lief ore Christ int.- The l,e.Uer of Mexico. Mo, now announc"- Mmt i' will give a silver cup u> everv ch.ld lorn in tbe county next Christinas week. Adolph Niese and his wife, of Colville. Wash., were on Thuraday sentenced to twenty years in t h i'iuientiary for U-.ii mtf 1 1. i rs' old son to death. Short l> if.-r )ing taken friuu tbe courtroom to their <lls Imih the pri- - out their throats with a raxor. Nwise in dead and hi.- wife is in a criti- cal condition. Potatoes were selling for two cents a sack in San : i week or ten days ago. and sold slowly even at i li.it price. Th* potato crop all over the i-. n nt ry last season was enormous, m.l moat growers lost money ou a oonsider- al>le part of their cron. In some regions tbe potatoes were not taken out of the ground tbe urine got down su low Fbe telegraphed summaries of the in tbe I nited Stales. ied from N.-u ^ ork by the lead- ing commercial agencies of Bradstreet and Pun, are of an indefinite an no meant salisf.-ictory nature. Buaines* is> de*rrild as " waiting." and there is as yei little if any demand for lead- inn products. Tbe uncertainty as to the course Congress may adopt is a di.Hiurl>inv f.i-i.ir Ixith to couuuerce and manufaci ures. There are some of irnpi. n the iron and ateel trail. ue average demand is lie ully chtwurr.] ax though there lus l>-n n:.. e enquiry ! during the laal few days. Minor met- als are re; Mule more firm I h- '-...I and ahue trade is ncan-ely u| to expectations for this season, and leath- er and hides are somewhat lower lh<- cotton output is large, and curtailment of prod 1 .-i, ..n IM spoken of. Woollen* .iichanged, and open weather has checked deman.i C.KNKItU M Kavier. ex-Prcaident of Switaer- I.. MI. is dead. I our rnips a year can lie. raised on Culiii soil. In Japan the wealthy classes regard it as Iwd form to ride a burse faster than a walk. The winter is so mild in France thin vear tost daisies are already blooming In the Parisian parks. It i* announced that F.mperor Wil- liam will meet King Huinliert of Italy in February at (!erioa. At the n.iiii c> hospital at Mons on SiiTid.iy a mad i|.|ier. armed with a knife, -u I .-n'\ killed two patients and mortally wounded three others. A despatch from St. Petersburg says that no doulit arrangeinentJi |<.ur to i conclusion let ween Russia. Great Bri- tain. France, and Italy for a final set- tlement of t he Armenian quest ion. l< is asttertexl in Slavophile rin-les in Si r.-ifi-, urn hit the llulgarian ques- tion us ,i|ipraching a solution, and M n 1'iin.v berdiuand's resignation is only a matter of time. When in Koine Sitrnor Crispi baa an esrort of tent\ u.i. ' jmlice oil which costs Italy |i.'.'0 a year. When he leaves tbe city the expense is in- creased to three or four limes tbat amount. The influx of immigrant* into South Africa is continuing at such a rapid rate that tbe Cape Times fears that liefore many months have passed they will once more l face to face with the uneni) loved difficulty Among the decora I ions bestowed at t lie F.lysee on New Year's day was one given to a Sinter of Mercy known as Sister Saint Hem i. She received the Cross of tbe Legion of Honour for hav- ing served thirty- nine veare in the Mil- itary hoapital at Rbeim*. The change in the Britiah Ktnhasay is talked ebout in the diplomatic corps at Paris just now. Sir Philip Currie U spoken of as Lord Dufferin's probable , successor. There have been hut three I Kri'Uh AmhassadorK in Paris during forty years. Dr Canini. of Ijeghoni. the specialist on diseases of children, who died a short t mie ago, has lioqueat lied bis entire en- tate. amounting to f4(U),000, for the eB- tblilisbment and maintenance of a chil- dren's hospital devoted to tbe serum treatment of diphtheria. While King Charles of Portugal was returning to his palace in Lifihon on Thuraday. an anarchist workman threw a stone at his Majesty. Tbe missle hit the King's aide-de-camp, who leaped fi. in the carriage and seix<d and held the anarchist until be was arrested by tbe police. The jiiRtrle of sophistry consists, for Ii - most part, in using a word in one. in the premises, and in another in t.he conclusion. Coleridge RIIS OF THE Mil MEN It was 9 o'clock one sultry evening in tbe present year, and had. tht-refnre, been dark some two hours . half, as a Bolilaiy wluu- man patrolled the, clearing surrounding the .ty at the mouth of Nun River. To I he rear and on Inth sides lay the great African forest, in most place* a horril>l quagmire of putrid mud and .si. me. out of which, supported on their high arched rout a, and with branches triowiiu: down and again taking root in the mire, rose the mangrove trees. In other parts where the ground lay firmer grew Itifty col un woods, wit ban almost inpeneiraMe mass uf thorny and creepers plaited round their bases. On the remaining aide flowed th Nun River, tbe principal of ui>. Niger's manifold mouths, here alut a mile wide, and dividing the two dense forests. On either luik for hundreds of miles stretched the mangrove swamps, the trees growing out of fa- thomlnsn mud, intersected hy muddy crek. winding like tunnels under the interlacing branches. i river and forest bung a white 1111-1 heavy with the smell of rotting leaves and exhalations of the swatupa, which no white man may breathe un- iujured. and which to many l>rings ruined constitutions or swift death fruiu malarial fever. After the fierce beat of tbe day. the white man shivered a little as the clammy mist snaked through his .-loihlng. and lighted a cigar as some feeble attempt to counter- act tbn prooable dose of fever. Listen- ing sharply, be paaaed along the strip of fstid mud which formed the river bank, and found tbe black sentinels at their pasta buif bidden by the mist and th dripping bushes. Then rapidly "re- turning, he climhed tbe stone staircase rising to the factory, which, as is ne- y along this coast, was supported 20 feet from t he ground. Ui raise it a little above the worst of tbe mias- ma (for there, if a white man sleeps on the ground level, he shall surely die). .111.1 .-ntered the BRIGHTLY LIGHTKD R(X>M. At the tai>le sat two men. another Eng- lishman and a young French officer, both haggard and with the fever-smit- ten look ol t bia blighted land ; but while the Englishman appeared anxious and ill at ease, bis companion, with the in ouciance of his nation, sat smiling and careless. They had sufficient to justi- fy any anxiety ; for weeks past tbe N in bt negroes, incensed at the attempt n.' tbe British company to charge them a duty on their trade, had threatened to ixime down and kill the white men and burn the factory ; but by tbe self- sufficiency OIK i .'on temp i of every na- uttion. which Kngland bad so of ten paid fur. t ii warning had been slighttvi until now. when most of the i'li. k troops were away, and only some fen leuuiincd with three Europeans. the blow wa to fall. All day strange caaoas bad been seen coining down the river to disappear among the mangrove swamps, and the f.' riverni'Mi. wh-i work'-d among the Kioobovs round th factory, by that oingular means which all natives have of Iran -inn 'nig news faster than it can lie carr. I hy any mail-canoe or steam launch, were whispering that a fleet of large canoes and at least 900 man from the, Bnisii river, another deltaic arm of the Niger, would t hut. nitfhl wipe out < around t h" factory and uU destroy ii. In front of the fac- tory a small rodoulX. wag hastily made out of salt hags, and a machine gun mounUxl in it ; the few black troops were supplied with as much liall cart- iKijji- .1.- Ii . could carry; and when muhi fell with the suddenness of tbe ii'.iicH, all wailed with anxious hearts for whil might lief all. Besides tbe three Kunjpeans, there were some 201) or 300 colored hajida around the fac- tor.v. clerk- finm Sierra Leone and La- gos, and tbe ever-cheerful and gener- ally to lie dv|H-ndc.i upon Krool laborers. These were, however, in the same peril as ibe whites, as one negro trilie bates another wilb a deadly hatred ; and the river men, who form powerful nations and possess cities of 40.000 inhabitants, are a CRUEL AND VINDICTIVE race, and allow no interlopers in their ilominions. The only one at eaae among 'h in was tbe black printer, who had heeii to the Brass city, where be had friends and relations, and where be as- sured his envious listeners be would lie treated as an honored guest. Hour and hour passed slowly, the fire- flies flashed and sparkled in the wet grass, and no sound was to be heart! except tbe rapid rush of tbe eblvlide and t h croaking of frogs in the swamp. Ill- union rose and tbe mist grew light- er, showing on the one side patches of the, gleaming river, and on the other the dark wall of the forest. One by one tbe natives, with tbe happy care- lessness of the negro, dropped off to sleep ; but above, toe three Kuropeans kept close watch on tbe veranda, taking turn about to see that the outlying sentries were awake at i.heir poets. So the night crept ou until in his gay manner tbe Frenchman began to abuse tbe Brass men for keeping them wuU ing. "Don't I* impatient. Daddy, "said companion said, "if they come, tbe brutes will be here an hour after mid- night." Then as tbe time was drawing near, the lamp in the room was turned low, spare rifies taken from tbe rack and laid on the table, liesides a supply of opened cartridge packets, and then with i. 'fie in band the three aat quietly in tbe shadow of tbe veranda. "Listen." said tbe doctor ; and up tbe river they oould plainly har the "chunk chunk" of paddlea. In another moment there waa a loud report from a good-sized gun in the bow of a canoe, and tbe.n with howls and shout.- tbe Hra.<* men rushed upon tbe factory from the, bush and river simultaneously. With their sharply filed noacbets the factory Kroolxjys made as brave a stand as they could, but they wen. outnum- bered six to one, and the Brass men were armed with guns, liall ur shot i licy rarely uu, but prefer a handful of broken oast iron pot legs, which at close quarters makes A GHASTLY WOUND. In a few minutes the black lnl>orers w.-re nuislly killed. ;uid the remnant broke and fli"l fur t hi- salt shed Here A.-IV in.-t r.y .mother company of thnr enemies, and were taken twt \\.-IMI the two. It was an indiscrim- inate slaughter. Many were unarmed, and t hone- who hail weapons had no chance against numlwrs. After a few uiiiiutes t he. re was not a Kronlmy left standing, except ih'se who saved' their lives )>y timely flight into the hush. ['hen the nendtailiMM of the river men found an outlet. In from of tbe salt shed grew a large tree. On either side, of the trunk stood a huge negro with a machete His companions, drag- ging such as were not killed outright to their feet, hurled them agaiiutt i lie tree ; and as they did so, the t wo ma- - came down, shearing through skull or neck, and the victim fell a mangled corpse, at the roots of the tree. One after another we.re so killed, many with the negro's apparent, carelessness ith. and the others with fearful shrieks. When all were killed, and on- I. .IIMMI! of blood and a ghastly heap lay at the f.xn of tbe tree, a rush wa* made for the, clerks' quarters; and in spite of a feeble revolver fire, an entrance was ui.vle, several killed on tbe spot, and the rest tied hand and foot and hurled through tbe windows. Then the United I tody moved toward tbe Kuropeans' house, a grotesque pro- cession, most of them dripping with blood from their own or their victims' wounds, ail tall, strongly macte men, with their hair knitted up into many fantastic plaits, many armed with tiuns. some with machete*, and some with the hornhle. African sjwars with b,. edges and sharp hooks. As they cauic, tbe two or three black soldiers left pointed and fired the Nordenfelt gun from tbe wit-bag redoubt. After the flash of the gun and a yell which told of the result, the whole force with a wild rush swept up to the house .md over the redoultt. Bravely standing to their post, the two black soldiers si ruwlttd with the gun; but the dis- charire had jammed the, breech-lock, and it was useless. Stabhe.d and HORRIBLY MUTILATED. they fell at their post, while tbe savage , mob swept round to tbe atone stairs leading to the veranda. I'p the first I i wo o rthree steps they swept, a dis- , ordered crowd, firing their lung guns iiidi.scriminutely wherever the crush would allow them to move an arm Then 'he three whit* men appeared at the bead of tbe stairway standing in tbe shadow, while tile blacks below were in i hi- bright moonlight. Tliev wen- not soldiers taught to .shoot with a wooden, mechanical movim-nt . but sporLsmeu who knew their weapon, 1*1- anoe and pull-off; and as the relating rifle* flashed and flashed, tbe lower steps becune a shambles, savage after savage fell, blocking the way tor his followers, until they turned tail and liltd for cover. Then t.he defenders dropped lisck against the wall and hur- riedly refilled i heir magazines. In a few moments the attack liegan again, i hi- time the Braes men coming on in > .1 Innne.r body. Still, not one gained more than a few steps before he tell liack on i he writhing heap lie low It. was too b> to last ; no one oould stand against tun repeating rifle in such h. i n. Is, and again the crowd t>roke and This time a few only remained in front of the factory, firing aa fast as they could reloi.l their guns at the veranda, where I hey supposed tbe gar- rison to li>- I'll.' rv-ti wen i roiin.l tu 'h' rear of tbe building and undeineaib, and couimcnid to shoot through the wooden floors from below and through t h" building from side to snle while ot hers, dragging up a good-sized cast- iron gun tr.iiii one ..I ill- war canoes, fired Lirge -hot and h.indfuls of stones through I he floors and walls, while the lit lie garrisun lay down in the deepest shadows they could find. For a time tbe fusillade continued nteailily, while the while men, unable to reply, crouch- ed anxiously in their shelter. Then it oeaaed, except a few dropping shots, and i he cries and groans from the compound , mixed with wild howls of delight, told tnu-t the llra-ss men were killing their , prisoners and looting the stores. Slowly the time passed, until after tbe usual brief African dawn the sun rose, and the three Kuiopeans looking round saw TIIK GHASTLY HEAP at tbe foot, of the stairway, where still sonu- one moved an arm from lime to time, or moaned faintly, all around them the wooden sides of the house were torn and riddle.d with shot. The worst was that, in clear day light, they ' could not stand at the stairhead, but bad to retreat, into the room facing it. By and by the blacks again gathered in front of tbe house and moved towards tbe stairs; but. after a few momenta' quick firing, during which a number of t hem fell, they retired, leaving tbe Kuio|ie.!ii- still unhurt, hut with less than a dozen cartridges left.. It was ' tben suggested that three should be put on une Hide, so tbat at least they ' should not fall into the, bsjids uf their | enemies alive. Here the Frenchman in- terposed, saving that, in any case they ! oould only (tie, and that it were better to fire every single shot, and no one >tnew what might happen at the very last moment. So they stood with parched mouths and throats, and smoke-grimed faces, waiting the end. till tbe boom of s gun rang out, followed by tbe deep tone of a steam whistle and tbe R. M. S. Ba- tburat slowly steamed round the point close inshore. In a few moments the negroes weie in full Might. Away they went, drawing with them bales and boxes, wounded comrades and pri- soners; and ten minutes after the ar- rival uf the atoaiuer, a fleet of large , canoes in full flight were all that re- mained, and tbe plucky defense of tbe factory came to an end. The poor prisoners, however, fared j worse. They were carried away two lavs' journey through the rivers and ' creeks, nailed to tbe bottom of tbe canoes through tbe bands, feet and arms; and on reaching tbe town of i N.im.i were killed and eaten ; the print- er, in spite of his reliance on his friends there, suffering the same fate, after un- told agony from beat and thirst, lying for two days in the fierce glare of tbe \fucn sun, with tbe rusty nails eat- ing into bia flash. The last scene of the tragedy was enacted when her Majesty's gunhoate went up tbe river and burned tbe town. I have never met anyone by whose side 1 have felt my invisible goodness aroused without his becoming at the same instant better than myself. Ma*- tfi Imck About the House. HINTS FOR IHH SKKKF.PERS. Old matting may still ton serviceable by putting it under carpet* A lump of sugar saturated \\i!;i vine- gar will cure hiccoughs. To kep <lery firm, put it in a tin pan of cold water, elae it soon becomea liinp. Salt makes an extra fine tomb powd- er; it keeps t.he gums hard and rosy and makes the teeth brilliantly white. A bruise may be prevented from de- coloring by Immediately applying hot water or a little dry March, moistened with cold water and placed on the bruise. (or neuralgia, make a email muslin b and fill it with salt, beat it and place against the aching Hpot: it will retain the heat for a long time and will greatly relieve tne pain. Put a 'jiapoonfui of Ammonia Into a quart of water, and wash your brushes and combs in this, and tlie dirt and *** will disappear. Hinae well, shake and dry. The air in a room may be greatly purified by setting a pail o< water in in it for a few hour*. It will absorb the poisonous gaaes. and tb* air will he pure and the water utterly bad. TBS colder the water is, the more per- fect ly it will absorb impurities. Stained Silver. Medicine often leaves a bail slain <m -ilver sp .1,11*. To remove this rub them with sulphuric acid, and then wash with hot .-mapiiuUii. *** on a Carpet. When soot gets spilt on a carpet, throw salt over it and brush up together into a dual pan. Egg-Spoons. The sulphur in the egg very soon disco!, ira both silver and gold-plated nfiooQa. To remove this, rub them with salt <m a <lamp cloth. To Clean Looking -G laes. _ After wanning them with warm soapsuds and water, polish with a pad of soft news- paper covered with kitchen rouge. This will give them a polish of great bril- liancy. Spots on Furniture. White spot* on varnished furnit urn can be taken out by balding a IKM iron over them, or by rub- Mu with a I'lannel dipped in equal part* of spirit* of turpentine and sweet oil. If UM* varnish has been taken off in small spots, it can oe restored by rubbing with a cloth uiowtenad with sw<-et oil. spirit* of Hiilki six parts, sulta of lemon one part, mixed, and poured a, little. t a run,. >n t lie spot, will remove stains from mahogany. The spot should be rubbnl briskly uiitil it disappears. \ Hruised Spot or Bent. May be re- moved from fun- furniture, in this way: I uble a piece of brown paper five or MX i.iinw. -.uk it in iu-r, wet the brui-ed place, and lay tue paper <m it; apply MI that a hot flat-iron till the ire is evaporated. Two or three repetitions of this process may be neces- sary to raise the bruisexl spot in the level of the surface. I'o H MI. .vi. Crease. One mince of pul- verised borax and half an .MIII.-.- of j\:m camphor; put into one quart, boiiiiig water, and bottle for use. To Restore Color. When the color has been ileM roved by acid. H|.|>ly ammonia t<> nciiir.ili/. the Mid.UMaaturate.witb chloroform, .nil 'In- dm will usually be restored. Table linen and clothing are subject to all kinds ot spots, from nil variefie.-. of substances, and these re.imre wrli-lv different treatment for ttn-ir removal. I'o Take Out Tar Rub repeatedly with spirits of turpentine. DISUKS FOR EVENING PARTIES. Scalloped Oysters. Mayonnaise .Sand- Olives, iwicbes. Chocolate .Ifllv \S hipped Cream Orange c.ike. Rolled Sponge Cake. Coffee. Scalloped Oysters. Take one quart of oysters and drain them. Strain the liquor and add enough water or milk to make a pint, salt to taste and set where it will heat. Mix half teaspoon- full of pepper and the same quantity of mace with a heaping pint of cracker crumb.-. M"'t half a cupful of butter and stir into the crumbs. Put the oys- ters and crumbs in a dish in layers. Crumbs first and last. Pour the liquor over the top and bak one hour Mayonnaise Nuuiw icucx. Cut fresh bread into the Illinium >.-.-ibl<- slices. Trim t he crust all off. Cut into three- ii.rnered pieces and place between each sandwich a small fragment of let tin* or a bit of celery. Spread with a lit Me thick uwyotumi.se dressing. Be careful to have it thick and do nut put enough in to drip out of iheedgesand make the bread look muasy. Chocolate Jelly. The receipt, for this jelly has been tried many times, it is always a success if made carefully, and is sure to be pronounced delicious by everyone who ia fond ui chocolate. Take half a box of gelatine, dissolve in a quart of milk. When the gelatine i dissolved strain, then add four heaping tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate and one cup of sugar. Boil eight minutes, stirring all the time. when almost cold beat five minutes with an egg beat- er, flavor with vanilla and pour into a mold. Let it ntand all day or over night. When ready to serve place in a glass dish and cover with half a pint of cream stiffly whipped. Orange Cake. One and a half cups of sugar, two and a half cups of flour, (scant) three eggs, a large spoonful of butter, and a heaping spoonful of bak- ing powder. Bake in four pans. Beat the white* of an egg and stir in one: teuKpounful of corn starch, the juio* and rind of one large orange, three- quarters of a pound of powdered sugav; put some of this mixture between the cakes and with the remainder sti; ia two large spoonfuls of powdered sugar for frosting. The following menu is more elaborate and expensive than the one just given, It ia suitable for a more pretent ions en- tertainment. The different quantities of material* given in the receipts nan ba altered according to the number of guests expected. Lobster Salad. Sandwiches. Chicken Croquettes. Charlotte Runw. Wi n Jel Ice Cream. Chocolate Cake. Angel Cake. x , Kancy Cakes. Coffee. Chocolate,