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His lovecs at tho hotel have been thronged, and BufTalo Bill is en tircly forgotten. English statistic give a notable de crease in their convict population during; the bed twenty years. The. total number - of convict under sentence of pcnitl scrvi ludo was C40S in July; twenty year ago it was 11, GOO. Neil AV. Prico, author of several popular songs, including "Stick to Your Mother, Tom," nml "A Boy' Bent Friend i Hi Mother," ha died at Chattanooga, Tcun., lu the most abject poverty, from tho opium habit. Africa require 2,000,000 blankets to supply the nntive population alone. Be sides this there is a demand for woolen clothing for the ever-increasing white population. This has to be imported, although tho Cnpe wool is of tho best quality in the world. The magisterial tariff in England for kissing ladies against their will is con stantly increasing. Tho operation for merly cost about five dollars; but tho ice of kisses has nearly doubled of Into, ami n tailor who chased a lady creditor round a tabic and kissed her at the end of the chase was recently mulcted in ten dollar, iucluding costs. Thomas Lamb, a United States pris ' oner received at the Omaha Penitentiary from Texas in January, 1880, on an eighteen montlis' sentence lor smuggling, has been pardoned by the President. Lamb, who is an Englishman by birth, is tho owner of an enormous tract of laud in Mexico, where hi wife and foifr children live, which is said to bo valued at 1,000,000, and yet ho attempted to inereaso his wealth by resorting to crime. Tho translation of leading documents from English into Spanish is quite an important business in St. Louis. There Is also much correspondence relating to mine tlmt must be translated. A firm recently received a letter ordering sup plies, in which the two languages were strangely mixed. Ono of tho items called for a certain number of "Monqua Binche." It took somo time for the clerk to guess that monkey wrenches were wanted, but his guess was cor rect. It is said that never in the past twenty years has the United States been so poorly represented abroad by a navy as at present. The old wooden ships have been disappearing at a rapid rate during the last year or so. Tho loss of the Trenton and the Vandalia at Samoa whs n bitter blow. All the foreign stations aro now held only in a vague and shadowy way. There is but one Ameri can war ship in European waters, a con dition of affairs which has not occurred before since 1820. , The averago citizen of tho United States knows very littlo about the man agement of affairs in the sister republic of Mexico. Every littlo while a bit ol news creeps into the papers which causes ux to modify our views. Thus wc arc accustomed to thiuk o our continent be. ing free from the old-world vice of main taining armies composed of men forced into service in time of peace, but it seemc that the system prevails jn Mexico. Hot army, small as it is, U made up in part of forced recruits. A 'number of these the other day, while under the charge ol an escort, mutiuied, severely wounded a lieutenant nud killed a "sergeant. The mutineers were subsequently arrested and sent to the City of Mexico, to bo shot fot their crime, Something must be radi cally wrong in Mexico, observes the San Francisco Chronicle, or she would not be compelled to resort to force to keep up her small army. . Miss Kate Drexel, tho Philadelphia heiress to over $5,000,000, who was ad mitted as a postulate into the severe or ders of tho Sisters of Mercy, has now tukeu tho white veil, her first six mouths of probation having euded. This stejj is a pew one toward the black veil, which, about three years hence, will separate her from the woild for life. "It would be a mistake," says tho New York Sun, ."to attribute to undue influ ences the disposition Miss Drexel is mak ing of herself and her millions. It is simply the natural development of the life she has led sluce her infancy, llei father was a deeply religious man. So was her mother, a Miss Lougstreth, who died when Kate was only two years old, but found time to sow in her mind th seeds of a mysticism whhji was carefully cultivated siuee by her stepmother, a Miss Ilouvier, whose family was of the strictest religious habits such as are still to bo found in highly cultivated Freuch families nowadays. Sister Drexel will devote her life to the education of Indian and colored girls, fcud a few years from j now will probably bn heard from as the . Superioress of u usef.il branch of her or- I der iu the West." j FALLING LEAVES. They are drooping, slowly dayoplng Embers from the flaming trees All their radiance and splendor, Kindled b the sunshine tender, To the eixth thoy now surrendor ' And the wayward breeze. ' Thoy are xmiing, softly coming Amber, amothyst and pearl With the ties of nature riven, Tempest tossed and madly driven; Flashing lustre back to heaven In their giddy whirl. They are flitting gayly flitting Fledglings of autumnal light From their lofty perches straying, With each passing sephyr playing. Bough and bush the course delaying Of their final flight. They are hovering gently hovering Over vale and rugged steep; Covering o'er the bloora-lit spacos Which the early frost defaces, Mantling tendorly the places Where our loved ones sleep. Yes, they're falling sadly falling Kusset, crimson, gold and gray Beauteous millions headlong flying, With the wind' discordant sighing, At our feet iguobly lying, Waiting dread d?eay. They are teaching fitly teaching That which gladdens that which grieves; Thore is naught of earth abiding; But, behind all nature hiding, Is a hand our footsteps guiding And the falling leaves. If. IF. fiaiwj, fit Springfield Union. HER HtlSBANLVSNIECE. BV FRANK II. STAUKFEn. "Gcortre. when did vn i it ter?" asked Mattio Henderson, as she glanced into her husbaud's face. "On Wednesday," he said, with some iicsiuuion. "And this is Friday," rebukingly re plica Ins wife. "You carried it about in your pocket for at least two day. It is irom your n.ece, Fanny Atwood. She left New York yesterday nud will bo hero on the eight o'clock trninthis morn ing, ami it is half-past seven now. This is a nice state of nffairs, isn't it?" "It was careless in mo, Mattie," the juung lanner regretfully admitted He was a handsome, good-natured fellow, sturdy in framo and pleasing in speech. Ho had a whip in his hand, and his wagon loaded with milch cans, was oiuiiuiiig ai tue gate. "She says she'll get off at Forest stu tion. where von nrn rr .. l. " nt.,. ' - JIIJ. 1 lenilerson said, her eyes once more on tho letter. "Oh, pshaw," cried the husband with au impatience unusual with him. "I can't. I must have rav milk at Beaver station oh time. Why didn't she como . i. i . ... .w uu toau most convenient to met' "I suppose she'll have to walk here. replied the young wife. "And as she says that she intends tn dn thn.n -,.,.L-D no doubt she has brought her truuk with ncr a trunk of no mean dimensions, 1' veuiuro to predict. I am a good de ai more out out about it tb ii n Vfiii ant There's the butter to churn, the clothes io iron, mo currant jelly to make, and iroodncss onlv knows v.l.ut m,'ii bo too dainty to lay a hand to anything, and will suend hi'r timn niMili'n.r o'lo.,,,;,,,. and lolling in tho hammock. .She might iimyu waited to beaskctt." "I know it will prove an infliction, the hiisliiiml m... u.,u.a iwiaouillli;! v OtllU. XJUI 1 guess there's nothing frdo but to bear i mugs may not turn out so bad . ... . j laiicy mey win. He got into tho wagon nud drove off. Mrs. Henderson walked into the spring house to churn tho butter. She was sel dom jiecvish and rarely complained, but the visit really seemed inopportune. She was not very strong, and as she worked early and late and took no recreation, it was beginning to tell on her nerves. . Tho farm was not entirely paid for, nnd they were not aide to keep a girl. She was a sensible little woman, aud felt that it was her dutyto second her thrifty husband's cllorts. Leisure, if not com petency, would como by and by. In descending the stops of the spring house, she fell and sprained her ankle, the pain so great that she almost fainted.' "That means a week of enforced idle ness," she despairingly thought. "Time so precious, and that fashionably reared niece of George's more of a hindrance than a help. Oh, dear!" After much painful effort she suc ceeded in reaching the sitting room, and threw herself upon the comfortable lounge. She fell into a doze, and wheu she opened her eyes there stood Fanny Atwood, looking down into her face. She had on a plain, sensible looking traveling dress. Her figure was compact, her complexion healthy, her air cheerful, her demeauor self possessed. Her checks were dimpled, her mouth indicated reso lution, her soft brown eyes offered con fidence and iuvited it. She had walked two miles through the hot sun, over a dusty road, but one would hardly have thought so, she looked so neat, cleau and placid. "You are my Aunt Mattio, suppose?" she said, in a low, sweet voifo, a smile lurking among her dimples. "Yes," Mrs. Henderson said ivith an effort. "Your uncle forgot to give me your letter until this morning, lie could not meet you because ho had to deliver the milk over at the other railroad at the hour you named. 1 am sorry you had to walk." "I wasn't vexed about it," replied the visitor. "Nor am I in a hurry about my trunk." "I sjiraiued my ankle," Mrs.' Hcnder 'sou said, "I am afraid I will uot be about for three or four days." "That is too bad," commiseratingly rejoined Miss Atwood. "It seems I was just to come. 1 can do ever so many things for you." "Yes," grimly assented Mrs. Hender son. "I'll first look alter that ankle," the visitos said, briskly, cheerlully. She removed her daiuty-loukiiii; culls. and then took off her aunt's shoo and stocking. "It is considerably swollen," sho said. "I am not surprised," replied Mr. Henderson. "You'll find a bottlo of liniment in the cupboard, yonder," "I wouldn't put liniment on it just yet," advised Fanny. "Have you any sugar of lead?" "Very likely. Look in that medicine box in tho cupboard. There's a little of everything there, ultnost." Fanny found the sugar of lead, and then some linen suitable for a bandage. She put the sugar of lend in a basin, added cold water, soaked tho bandage in it and then wrapped it around tho swollen ankle. Sho went about it like a professional nurse. "That feel very cooling," Mrs. Hen derson gratefully said. "There i nothing reduces a swelling like sugar of lead water," replied Fanny. I'll wet tho bandage every now and then with it. Jvst you remain quiet, dearie, and don't bother yourself about any thing. You have no girl?" , "No", ..diild," Mrs. Henderson said. "We canaot nITord to keep one." "I'll get uncle his dinner," announced Fanny. "You'll get Oeorgo hi dinner!" repeated Mrs. Henderson. Fanny noticed tho incredulity in her tone, laughed prettily, and said: "Why shouldn't I? If you will allow me to skirmish around I'll manage tolind thing. However, it isn't near dinner time yet. When I went to the kitchen for the basin I saw you had sprinkled tho clothes. Shall I iron them'f" She saw the odd smilo that came to her tired mint's lips and correctly inter preted it. "Maybe you think I enn't iron?" she pleasantly said. "Just you wait and sec." "But the dre?s you have on, Miss At wood? It " "Was selected for service," completed Fanny. "Of course I'll put on one of your aprons." When George Henderson returned from his errand , he heard some one sing ing cheerily in tho kitchen. He stepped in and saw his niece ironing away as deftly as if she had spent tho best part of her life at it. She made such a pretty picture that ho stood still and looked at her. "How do you do, uncle?" a twinkle of merriment in her brown eyes; then sho went and kissed him, standing on tip-toe to do so. "I'm glad you've come, Fanny," he said with heartiness. "I suppose Mattie explained why 1 did not meet you at the station? But, why are you ironing? Where is Mattie?" "Sho i lyiug down, uncle. She fell and sprained her ankle." Mr. Henderson stepped into the stting room, a look of concern on his face. "Why, dear, how did this happen?" ho kindly asked. "Oh, how does anything happen?" she replied, a littlo querulously. "Through my own awkwardness, no doubt. I al most fainted, tho jiaiu was so great." "Does it pain you now, dear?" "I am glad to say that it doesn't." I'll bathe it with sugar of load water," ho saiii. "There isn't nnything better." "Fanny has already done that," re plied the wifa. "It was her own sugges tion." "Oh!" ejaculated Mr. Henderson, with increasing appreciation of his niece. "And she insists upon ironing. A pretty mess she'll make of it !" "Well, maybe not," Mr. Henderson said in a quiet tone. "I watched her a little while. Mattie, you are a good ironcr, but she is your equal." "Oh, nousense, George!" exclaimed his wife. "Reared iu the city, as sho has been " "Didn't necessarily make her a Jazy, silly, novcl-rcadiug imbecile," interrup ted her husband. "Perhaps we haven't been just to Fanny. I thiuk she is a solid, encrgotic, capable sort of a girl, and it is lucky that she came." "Well, I hope it may prove so," doubt iugly rejoined the wife. "George, there's the butter!" "I'll churn that," ho said.' "We'll get along. Just keep your mind at ease. You will get about much sooner if you do." Fanny Atwood prepared diuuer, now and then slipping into the sitting-room to wet the baudage, and to chat in her cheery way .with her patient. On the third day Mrs. Henderson was able to hobble to the kitchen, where she fouuil everything in most excellent order. "Look at ray currant jelly," Fanny proudly said, as she held up one of the glass jars to the light. It was translucent aud bright as ruby tinted wine. "It U very nice," Mrs. Henderson said. "How much sugar did you take?" 'Found for pound," replied Fanny. "I wasn't extravagant, was 1?" "You were wise," her atjtiid with a smile. Sho opened the door fcftrrffniito the cellar. "Fanny, did you whitewash thosjoiir way?" she asked iu surprise. I "Yes, auntie. It needed it. I knew you meaut to do it, for I saw you had slacked the lime. Isn't it nicely done?" "Very nicely," Mrs. Henderson said. "But it wasn't right for you to do it. Surely your bauds " "Look at them," Kauny said, laugh ing. "They are as white aud soft as auy lady's. I put gloves ou and then I have a sort of dainty way of working. I can do it well without pitching into it all over. If it was right for you to whitewash the cellar-way, it was right for me to whitewash it. I came hero to help you aud to spare you; to ride tho horses, to go to tho mill wit!5 Undo George, oid to make myself useful aud welcome. If you aro uot going to let me work, or have any fun, why, I'll go right back to New York." Sin spoke with voluble earnestness, her gestures rapid, her dimples dancing. Mrs. Mattie Henderson sat down iu a chair ami cried. "Why, aunt, what is the malterf" asked Fanny, her brown eyes widening. "I hope I didn't say anything " 'No, dear, you didn't," replied Mrs. Henderson in a broken voice. "I am crying because I am ashamed of myself because I have been so upkind to you in my thoughts. I supposed that you would annny me, and hinder me; that you would bo helpless, selfish, fault-finding; that you " "But you think more kindly of mo now, do you not?" interrupted Fanny, her hands moving caressingly over her aunt's hair. "Most certainly I do," replied Mrs. Henderson, explosively. "That is why I confess my injustice why I want to make amends tihy I " "Don't mind it, aunty," said the sweet, forgiving, sympathetic voice. "I don't censure you, and it's all right now. There may be and, in fact, there nro listless, frivolous, heloles girls in New York city and in other cities but I am not ona of them. If I was, 1 am afraid I would despise myself," "I am glnd you have come, Fanny, and I will be sorry when you go," Mrs. Henderson said, and she meant it. "My prejudices misled me, and I have been taught a lesson. Hereafter I'll not be o hasty in estimating people, especially be fore I have met them." IJelroit free Pres. The Proper Amount of Sleep. Insomnia is rightly regarded as one of the mnrks of an overwrought or worried nervous system, end conversely wo may take it that sound sleep lasting for a reasonable period, say, from six to nine hours in the case of adults, is a fair test of nervous competence. Various acci dental causes may temporarily interfere with sleep in the healthy ; but still the rule holds good, and a normal brain re veals its condition by obedience to this daily rhythmic variation. Custom can do much to contract one's natural term of sleep, a fact of which we are constantly reminded in these days of high pressure; but the process is too artificial to be freely employed. Laborious days with scanty intervals of rest go far to secure all the needful conditions of insomnia. In allotting hours of sleep it is impossi ble to ndopt any maxim or uniform cus tom. The due nllowance varies with tho indvidual. Age, constitution, sex,fatigue, exercise, each has its share of influence. Young persons and hard workers naturally need and should have more sleep than those who neither grow nor labor. Wo men have by common consent been as signed a longer period of rest than men, nnd this arrangement, in the event of their doing hard work, is iu strict accord with their generally lighter physical con struction and recurrent infirmities. Abso lute rule there is none, and it is of little moment to fix an exact average allowance provided tho recurrence of sleep be regu lar and its amount sufficient for the needs of a given person, so that fatigue docs not result in such nerve prostration and irritability as render healthy rest im possible. London Lancet. Chinese Accountants in Japan. One custom interests exceedingly the foreigner, particularly tho American, says a Yokohama (Japan) letter to tho Mail and Krprett. Ou stepping into a bank, almost anywhere in Japan, to have a check cashed or make a deposit, instead of tho teller or cashier counting your money, a Chinaman "compradore" (falsely so called) transacts that part of your business. The larger business houses likewiso of foreigners have the Chinese "compradore" to count all mon eys passing through the office. Two reasous for this: First, experience has proven the Chinese accountants to bo more rapid and proficient in figures, es pecially in counting money, than any other nationality; second tho Chinamau is a reliable "middleman," for racial reasons, between tho bank officers or firm, and the Japanese customer, as thero is no danger of any conspiracy between this Chiness official and tho natives of this country. Heavy bonds are given by the Celestial gentleman holding this re sponsible position. This aud some other hues of business have induced over two thousand Chinese to take up their resi dence in Yokohama alone. Chewing Tea Leaves. The newest thing in the way of alight, genteel stimulaut that I have seen used is tea, said a doctor to a St. Louis reporter. Tho leaves aro taken dry, just as the stores sell them, and chewed in the mouth, the pulp being thrown out after ward like au old quid of tobacco. It is a woman's habit, and has taken the place of chewing gum to a great ex tent, but I have seen one or two young men experimenting with the tea, und it may get to be a regular fad. I tried it, but I thiuk that no man wdio uses tobac co can get any stimulant out of tea. It's rather harmless, aud the stimulating ef fect is obtained much more quickly by chewing it than by drinking it. Those I have seen using it consume much more of it, too, than they would if they druuk it. It is an indoor practice, but, of course, it spreads. We'll see it on the street -cars and iu the theatres, jut as the guin chowiug appears to us now. A Professional Blush Producer. Not very far from the corner of Locust and Broadway, says the St. Louis Timet tititi; iu a prettily furnished office, can be found a young mail, exquisitely dressed, and as pretty as a picture iu personal apesrance. He is a producer of manly blushes, and can give any mas culine cluck a sweet pink tint inside of ten minutes. For a long time past student- :f humanity have wondered at tho pink .aeeks of narrow chested dudes. They need wonder no longer. For a good, liberal fee, this "blush producer" will jdace the softest of healthy pink tiuts ou auy face. Tho artist if he may be so called uses in the operation a light corrodiug acid, which keeps the por the fckm opeiuit all tunes. lue excitement r avreultl ol Iresli ulr call this acid to gcrVm its "Hue work," and the happy dude is blessed with a pair of pink cheeks. Somehow or other, it seems as though scieuoc was knocking out old mother nature, FLESH CHANGED TO STONE. STRANGE THINGS DONE BT ITAL IAN SCIENTISTS. Grar-e Grwnwooil IporltK Some of the Specimen How Superstition Prevented Further Discoveries. Italian have of late years had lively discussions on the question of preserva tion or destruction of tho body. It is more of a theological than a sentimental question with them. Professors Marini and Gorini, eminent scientists, have for several years been experimenting in the lino of petrifactions. It wa one of thera, says Grace Greenwood in the New York Herald, who treated tho body of Joseph Mow.ini, turning it into almost transpar ent marblcx having the pear shaped head and tho dark, intense, worn, but still handsome face, so wonderfully life-like in color, contour and expression that they who loved him could scarce be rec onciled to the sealing up of the coffin. On the fifth anniversary of his death that coffin was opened iu the presence of some of his faithful followers, and ono of them told me that they found the face of their beloved chief quite unchanged. IIo seemed to have fallen asleep but yes terday. Dr. Marini has received severnl medals from expositions for his discov ery, which, after nil, is only a partial rediscovery of the secret process begnto, tho Florentine, and which ho in turn keeps to himself. At tho fairs in Turin nnd Milan, of a few years ago, ho exhib ited in a special cabinet many specimens of what seemed an occult art. Somo were solid, permanent petrifuctious; somo provisional, capable of returning to a fresh condition, nil preserving tho full ness nnd transparency of life, while most were in a pliable condition. All tho vnried members of the body are, it is said, hard at first, but become after a time supple, and even cnpablo of furnish ing studies iu anatomy of muscles, veins and nerves. The most impressive of Dr. Mariui's preparations is n beautiful little girl, dressed as in life nnd lying on a sofa, apparently asleep, her long curls spread over the pillow. The face is pale, but round and dimpled, and the limbs nra soft and flexible. The Professor affirms that thus the gentle form of little Maria Courier remain fixed forever for those who loved her to gaze on when they will painful privilege, I should say. But the pioner in this field and the master of all the workers was Girolamo Segato, who died at Florence iu the early pnrt of this century, taking with him his secret. Before his time thore were only embalming and mummification the means nrsenical and balsamic tho results more or less ghastly. In the nuatomical museum of the hos pital of Santa Maria Nuova at Fhrenco are treasured the matchless preparations of Segato. Ho was a most enthusiastic experimenter, believing that his discov ery would be of immense benefit to sci ence, especially to anatomy. Ifo first experimented on small animals and rep tiles which still remain, perfect exam ples of petritiuctiou but when he would apply his method to the marble i.utiou of the human body he raised a storm of su perstitious opposition. PriesU accused him of sacrilege, of seeking to throw ob stacles in the way of Omnipotence in tho final work of tho resurrection of the dead, and his brother anatomists refused to stand by him. It is a sad story the ex perience of Galileo was repeated iu tho persecution he had to endure und yet ho asked no great thing, only the dead body of a criminal or a pauper to petrify entire. Ho had been allcfwed portious of bodies, fragments fallen from the ta bles of tho hospital anatomists, among them the head of a girl and the bust of a peasant woman the first an astonishing piece of preservation, all. of the features remaining as iu life, the hair exquisitely soft and lustrous, the teeth dazzling; the second is a marvel of beautiful color and contour, and ivory like in smoothness and firmness. At lust he obtained from the Grand Duke Leopold permission to use for his purpose au entire human body, probably that of a criminal ; but just as he was going to work the gracious hand was withdrawn through tho influence of tho archbishop. Segato was iu despair. It was known that he had carefully written out his process, intending after more fully demonstrating it aud testing it by time to make it public; but one day his private study or laboratory was broken iuto and his drawers aud chests ransacked for papers. Those containing his secret were not discovered, but in his indignation and desperation he burned them. Soon after this he died. Ou his deathbed ho tried to described his process to his most intimate friend, to whom he had promised the revelation, but voice uml sight failed him, aud murmurii)g: "It is too lute," he closed his weary eyes on a life of vain struggle aud dlsappointmtut. Among the pneparations left by Segato is the slab for a small table of various ric h colors and highly polished surface, apparently marble, but really a mosaic formed of fragments of human members, visceri, etc., nothing very extraordinary to behold until you know it is so "fear fully und wonderfully made." It occurred to me that this would be a capital piece of furniture for the King of the Cannibal Islands or a spirit medium. Ills Lorty Ambition. A thug who was recently imprisoned iu India, having been caught almost iu the actual commission of a murder, com plained bitterly to an English officer at having beeu deprived of tho opportunity tit fulfil his aiubitiou. Ho had begun life with the fixed determination to kill Tan even thousand human beings, aud at the time of his capture was in a fair way to carry out this desigu. He had already killed 700 persons, und if tho authorities would have let him alone for quite a little while longer ho would have reached tho 1000 maik. He was willing to agree to give himself up again if ho were al lowed to go flee loug enough to bag tho additional ol) needed, mid he thought it great hardship that so reasonable a re quest should be refused. .Snvi t'ranciteo Chrvnicle. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. KKW BOUSES. There is too great hasto in occupying a house after its completion, In many places there is such demand for dwell ings, and often business apartments, that as soon a fmishwd they aro occupied. This is especially true Of small dwellings. There is more danger in this than is sup posed. There is no health in dampness and mould under any circumstances, and iu living apartments where tendency is toward poor ventilation, dampness of newly finished house contributo largely to ill health. In tho town of Basle, Switzerland, a regulation has been adopt ed which prevents newly built houses from Leing occupied until four months after completion. Under many circum stances, so long a time as alxive specified is not necessary, but it is often well to err on tho side of safety. The size of the houses, its location, surroundings, the material used and tho state of tho weather enter into consideration of tho time necessary in which a building should become sufficiently dry for occupancy. Sanitary Rexrt. A roisoxors niACTicE. If housekeepers everywhere would start and maintain a crusade against the sale of undrawn poultry in the markets or by farmers it would work a most wholesome hygienic reform, sajs Good lloumkeejting. It is a vicious paactice, an abuse, in fact, that people have endured as they have many other nbuses, because there is no remedy except iu concerted action or legislation. It is impossible to keep un drawn poultry even a few hours without the beginning of putrefaction from the effect of the gases from the undigested food in the "crop" and intestines. The longer it is kept tho more of the poison goes into tho flesh, and, in the majority of cases, the poultry that reaches the kitchen from the market is actually unlit for food. Housekeepers could well af ford to pay a larger price to have the poultry dressed immediately upon being killed they pay for much weight that is thrown away, as it. is, beside having left a mass of poisoued flesh. It is urged that some people prefer the flavor of un dressed poultry, but that fact only makes the matter more alarming, sinco it indi cates that wc arc cultivating a taste for putrid meat. CUIC'KEX riK. There nre many ways of making a chicken pie, but this is n good one : Cut up as for fricasse a pair of tender chick ens weighiug from six to eight pounds. Put them over the fire with a quarter of a pound of salt pork, cut in very thin strips, and ndd boiling water to scarcely cover; simmer slowly until tender. He move all the nicer pieces, the breasts of which make four pieces from each chick en, tho first and second joints each cut into two. Leave the backs, the tips of tho wings aud the necks to simmer an other hour, adding a minced onion and some parsley. Lino a very largo cartheu pudding dish with good paste; lay in the pieces of chicken, strain over it the gravy, which you have thickened slight ly, put on the top crust and bake until the crust is done. When taken from the oven pour in slowly some, of the reserved gravy through the hole made in the top of the paste. Of course, all tho larger bones are to be removed when the chick en is laid iu the paste, aud each layer must be seasoned with salt, pepper and minced parsley. It is good either hot or cold, und the day after tho dinner you will have chance to sample -in the latter state. nECII-ES. Boiled Codfish Sonk iu a pan of water over night, and simmer two oi three hours, or until well done. Servt with drawn butter, with hard boiled egg chopped fine and stirred iu ; also garnish the fish with slices of hard boiled egg laid on it or around tho edge. Minced Veal Tako an earthen dish, and put iu it a layer of breadcrumbs; over this place pieces of butter, then o layer of minced cold veal, with salt and pepper, then more crumbs, buttcL veal, suit und pepper. When tke dish Willi, with a layer of crumbs for the top, poui over it au egg, beaten well, aud mixed iu half a cup of milk. Bake until brown. Hashed Meat Tuko the trimmings of cold boiled or roasted ham; chop tine and spread on delicate slices of toast, buttered, aiid place iu tho oven for about three minutes; beat up six eggs with hulf a cup of milk, put into a saucepan, add pepper, salt and two ounces of butter, and stir till it begins to thicken; remove from the lire, stir a little, then spread ou tho haul and serve. Fried Chicken Put equal quantities of butter und lard iu a hot frying pan. If tho chicken has been previously cooked it will need no more salt. Dredge in flour, and fry it to a nice brown iu each side. Make a dressing by putting two 'tublespoonfuls of flour iuto the hot fat and stirring until brown; then add one pint of sweet milk, salt und pepper to tuste. Serve in a gravy bout. Fried Haw Potatoes Pare and slice thinly iuto cold water some medium sized potatoes, druiu iu a colander aud put into a frying-pan in which is two tablespoons melted butter or clarified drippings, or half of each; cover cjoncly teu minutes, removing only to stir them from tho bottom to keep from burning; cook another teu minutes, stirring until lightly browned. Sweet Htutocs may be prepared ill tho suine way. Saratoga Chips Thinly peel und slice ou a slaw cutter over a pan of cold water four large potatoes, using new wheu iu season; salt the water aud let stand while breakfast is preparing; take haudfuls of the potatoes ut u time, drain aud dry them on napkin; separate the slices aud drop a hand nl at a time in boiling lard, with out contact with each other; stir with a fork until u light brown or crisp, as de sired; skim out, dr.iiu well and serve in all open dish. Arevcry good cold as well. At the Illinois State Fair a boy sixteen years old hud ou exhibition sixty vai io tics of beans, all shelled aud named. DEGENERATE DAYS. Ob, the man with a fist like the hoof of a horse. That can discount the kick of a mule in its force. Has found, in the tusslo Of life, it is muscle. And bra ins are a waste as a matter of course. He may get all the favors of fate he may ask, In a glamour of gold for a while can he bask, If he pleases the asses Who gather in masses To see him go over the falls in a cask. If you only are born with a head set awry; If liko a cyclop you have only an eye; If you happen a midget, Or have one extra digit, You are lxiund to succeed and you needn't half try. So, away with your Latin, away with your Orook, All the training you need is to harden your cheek. They are thumpers, not scholars, Who harvest the dollars. And the wreath's on the head of the museum freak. Charles Sf. Snyder, in LippincotL HUMOR OF THE DAY. Does the crow ever mope over any lost caws? AVhaling grounds Country school house. A Maine barber has fallen "hair" to a handsome fortune. A skilful cook is the most popular of iuterior decorators. Talking about wheelmen, when they toil not neither do they spin. Many au honest debtor wishes ho had a round sum to square up with. The ocean greyhounds have no time to consider barks at sea. Pieayune. The most self-conceited nre those who continually depreciate natural vanity. It was n butcher who remarked that four quarters were less than tho whole. Life. The pen is mightier than the sword ; but the pencil isn't much good without the knife. "Excuse me," said a tramp, as ho was led to the wood shed, "but I am not experienced in running a chop house." Dentist (to patient) "Will you tako gas to have the tooth out?" Patient i"How much is it a thousand?" Judge. ' Quack "If you use my mediciue yon will use no other. Patient "That's what I'm afraid of, doctor." Yankee 'Blade. The pug dog fills many a man with tho disappointing thought that he might !be hnndsouio if he were only ugly enough. Woman is a lovely creature, and she knows it, too, but sho is always willing to be told if ouco more. SomerviUe Journal. Mr. Gustus Phew "Will you remem ber me when I am far away!" Miss Sally Day "How far away aro you going?" Purl: Thompson (proudly) "Robinson you see that gun? My wife killed a beat wit! that once." Robinson "Ah, indeed! What was she shooting at." Munsey't M'eelly. Mildred (who hears that her aunt is going to tako a fencing lesson) "Oh, auntie, do take mo with you. I'd love to see you jump over tho fences!" liar jier't liiutr. Tommy "Mamma, give me some pears." Mother "Why, Tommy, you have eaten five or six already." "Well, them ain't the ones I want. It's them iu the basket I'm after." 2'ww tiiftinyt. Jonnny "What did the minister mean when he said something about a place where thieves do not break through and steal?" Mr. Duiupsey "Ho referred to your mother's dress pocket." Laierence American. "My good man," said tho lady to tho gardener, "which is your choice for the national flower I" "Ihaveu't given it much thought, mum" he replied; "but I'd vote for tho chrysauthy, idum." yorrinroicn Herald. Snowborry "Speaking of the olr fashioned custom (writing 'finis' at the end of abookux&'s me think of my wife." fwCf "How so?" Snow berry "Vvflio always gets in the last word." IfCirnty Enterprise. "Here's a dog I must get!" exclaimed the owner of a dime museum, as ho read iu the paper about an animal iu Wiscon sin who swallows coins whenever ho has au opportunity. "What do you want him for?" asked a friend. "Because there's money in it." Munaetft Weekly. Applicant "U you have a position iu your bunk vacant, sir, I would like to apply for it." Bauk President "Thero is no vacancy, now, I believe, except that of runner." Applicant "1 am qualified to fill that, sir. I did the best long distance work iu Yell College, sir, last year." Yenuieine't JVir. "I don't thiuk Jones has been indulg ing too much," said his kindly believing spouse; "but, still, I thought it rather odd of him that he should wrench tho knocker off the front door aud briug it up to me as I sat iu bed, saying that he'd gathered another rose for me out of tho garden, poor, dear, simple boy; he's just as loving and sentimental a ever ho was." b'liduH Punch. The l ady aud the Tiger. A necklace composed of tiger's claws mounted in diamonds is tho favorite ornament of Baroness M.uio Ede von Auielinc, the famous tiger huntress. Sho killed w ith her own hand the four beasts from whose claws her unique piece of' jewelry is made, ami preserves their skins as rugs. She is now traveling in this country, us is another huutress, Lady Eva Wyudhuui Lino, who claims to have slain six man-eaters during a visit to her uncle, the Governor of Ncpaul. PhiUt dtljihin Jucord. A Toronto (Canada) inventor says his ship will cross the ocean in four da.s.
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