ALL ABOUT ALASKA. OUR "COIjliKCTIOlf OF ICE ilKROS" A RICH POSSESSION. What the Census Him to Say About the Territory, It Population end Kesonrce -Peopled by Queer Races. N many respect an important work id tho "Report on the Population and Rosonrcea of Alas ka," just issued by the Oovernment from the Census Of fice. Alaska, nays the New York IV-os, has lone been looked on as a semi-unknown country -a polar wilderness of toe ami savages. Its nativo population were considered but a decree above the Digger Indians in intelligenec a cross between (IroenUnd Kskimoi and Patagoniatis. When Secretary Heward purclianed Alaska from Russia for S7, OOO.OOli twenty-two yearn ago, the newspaper called it a foolish transaction ; a waste of money for a collection of icebergs not worth accepting as a gift. Hvthe cciimiik report I ho great value of Alaska appears, and yet, according to nil ac count, the mineral and other re sources of that vast domain arc scarce ly begun to be developed. New ideas of its value are now aeen. According to a special agent's report to the Treasury during tho Forty-first Con gress the price paid for the Territory, $7,ao0,0tM, wan but a small item of itn cost to tho United State. Tro vidcil the public debt be paid within twenty-five yearn, annual interest on tho purchase money, nt the rate of nix percent., would in Unit period nmouut to Sit, 7i 1, 7112.1 4, which added to the principal would make the total cost of the Territory :if,!HII,7!l2.14. Tot Ilia Hum must bo added the expense of thn military ami naval ostab lixhineutH. say jCli),tMlO per annum, or $12.5110,00(1 'in twenty-five yearn, which is a much smaller estimato than can be predicted on the expenditure of the last two years, resulting in a grnud total cost on the above damn of $4:!, 101.7.(2. 14. In return for tbia ex penditure we may hope to derivo from the seal flidicricM, if properly con ducted, from 375, (Mil to Slon.OlM). and from customs $500(1 to $10,000 per niiiiuni, a Hum insufficient to Hiipport the r.iVL-nuu Department, including the resent expensive cutler Hervice nt Inched to the district; nor can we loo!; tor any material increase of reve nue for many years, except in the event o.' extraordinary circumstances, such in the discovery of ho large de posits o: mitier.ils as would produce un in (hi-; ol population. Now we are informed that notwith standing tlie nbovo predictions the iniiuiieiii.'iit of the seal islands aloue paid into the fjuited .States Treasury between .?'., 000,000 and 87,000,000 in rent.il and royalties within twenty years, independent ot the "extra ordinary circumstances" referred to by tiiis s;)peial agent. It is safe to as sert tiiat since the system of leasing tho Pry'iyloff Islands was inaugurated Hie rcreuu'.m turned into our Treasury fiMiu Al islta Lave nlw:iys exceeded the txpi n lit'.ire. l-'uriug tho period of twenty-two yciirs from ISO-) to IN.I0, tho vaiue of the products fur, lish, ivory and sil ver and gold reached S 1,150,511. The whal'ng industry yielde I $11, 057, 41". miking tho tot-l value of Alaska products for those years $75,213,418. lu commenting, the report says: "This valuable addition to the Nation' rcsouroofi would more thm com pen- A TOTBM, OR AbAXKA MASCOT. side us, even for an expenditure such us the special agent quoted above, fig ured out so ingeniously by means of compound interest nt six per oeut. on u cash payment. The decline of the fur seal industry, owiug to the reck less encroachments of irresponsible) and foreigu Healers, has prevented the further collection of revenue in excess of expenditures since the year 1890. lint oven if this valuable factor iu Al aska's resources be wiped out of exis tence our vast Northwestern Territory will have amply paid for itsolf and be well worth preserving and fostering for good, sound, commercial reasons." The intervals between the Tenth and Eleventh Censuses was one of the most importaut periods in the history of the far Northwest. In this period Alaska emerged from a mere customs district iuto a preliminary phase of local or ganisation. The same period has wit nessed the marvelous development of Alaska's mines and fisheries. In 1880 both these industries were insignia oant aud overshadowed by the fur trade, then praotioally oontrolled by a single firm ; but in I8H0 the mines and salmou oanueriea baa shipped prod ei to the value of 110,000,000, or 6 Jpv 7 I 11 more than twice the purchase price of Alaska. The water ways of Alaska are an important feature of that country vast and nearly inaccessible in al most all parts except by water. Vrom the month of the Knskokwim around Cape Rumiantrof to the numerous months of the Yukon River the coast is exceedingly dangerous and almost nnsnrveyed. Shoals make off from the east to such an extent that an ap proaching vessel can find soundings of three fathoms before the low land is sightod. The great interior artery of Alaska is the Ynkon Itiver, which, rising in foreign territory, trav erses the width of the continental portion of Alaska between the 141st and 164th degrees of longitude, describ ing in its passage a line over 1200 miles in length. The Yukon is navi gable for stern wheel steamers of 250 tons for 1000 miles to Fort Selkirk, at the month of Pclly River, in the Dominion of Canada. Only at three points rapids exist in tho Yukon, but even there the current is easily stemmed by the powerful boats now used on the river. The steamer Arctic, belonging to the Alaska Commercial Company, is said to average from seven to eight miles an hour, going up stream, be tween Norton Sound and the head of navigation. The first attempt to use steam craft on the waters of the Ynkon was mado muter the auspices of tho Western Union Telegraph Company at the time of their vast and costly ex periment in the years 1800-1867. It may be news to many persons that commerce, both intertribal and intercontinental, was carried on in what in now known as Alaska in times prior to the explorations of Cabot, Hudson nn t Raleigh on the Atlantic .coast. The commercial instinct neems to be deeply rooted in all our hyper borean tribes, predominating with the Eskimo, but existing also to a more limited extent among the Athapascans inhabiting the higher latitudes. No sooner had tho Cossack adven turers of Russia, endeavoring to escape from the tightening yoke of the Czar, entered Siberia and advauced iu their ALASKA ARCniTKCTORK eastern course from one great rivor system to the other than tho primitive articles of Muscovite manufacture found their way to the utmost confines of Arctic Asia. Here the pioces of metal, the glass beads, rough cutlery, axes and knives were oagerly seized upon by the ancestors of the present coast Chukche and bartered again for skin boats and products of America with the Eskimo navigators, who in each season crossed the narrow strait dividing America from Asia. In time the Asiatics, being superior to their eastern neighbors, with whom they intermarried freely, acquired the art of navigation and took the inter continental traffic into their own hands, as they hold it to-day. For several oenturies the interchange of commodi ties took place on nentral ground, the Diomede Islands, situatod in the Strait of Bering. Some idea of the vast extent of the Alaska ooast may be had from the fol lowing figures, showing it to be more than twelve times as great as the en tire Atlantio coast. The report says that the length of coast line of Alas ka's mainland and islands is nearly four times that of all other parts of the United States combined, as exem plified in the subjoined statement furnished by the United States coast and geological survey : California, in cluding islands, 1280 statute miles; Oregon, 382 ; Washington, including islands, 2028: Alaska, including, isl ands, 20,304; Atlantic coast, includ ing islands, 2043 ; Oulf coast, 1810 ;. Total, 83,907. The Alaska range of mountains ex tends along the southern coast of the peninsula, varying in height between 5000 and 8000 feet. Great progress lias been mado of lute years iu ascertain ing the geographic outlines and top ographio features of the vast extent of country lying within the bondaries of Alaska. The United States coast and geo detic survey has made a systematic survey of the islands, coasts and waters of the Alexander Archipelago, pub lishing from time to time rovised maps of all Alaska whenever addi tional information is obtaiued by the office from reliable souroes. The glacier region situated to the northward of Cross Sound and Icy Strait, unknown in its contours ten years ago, is now a place of call and one of the greatest attractions for the thousands of tourists who visit South eastern Alaska every summer. The Alpine coast region, rising abruptly from the shores of the North Paoifio between Cape Upenoer on the east and Mount St Klias on the west, has been the objeotive point of several exploring expeditions. It is now kuown definitely that Mount St. Elias is more than 18,000 feet high. Much Las been printed in the news papers regarding the mineral deposits of Alaska. Bum or s of fabulous gold, diggings have been oireulated, but official reports show only a substantial and steady increase of production. Henry Bonrskin makes a special re port on the mines. Gold was first A ALASKA TtrtS OF BRAfTTV. discovered at Sitka, at Silver Bay, ten miles northeast of the town, by Frank Maboncy, prospector ; Edward Doyle, a discharged soldier, and William Dnnlayo. While prospecting for placers, these men found (in June, 1873) a gold bearing quartz vein, and took samples of the ore to Sitka. One of tho men to whom they showed tho samples was Nicholas Haley, at that time a private in the United States service. Haley, who had mined in California and Nevada, thought the rock good, and, being in formed as to the location of the vein, went to Silver Hay, and, after prospecting a few days, discovered and located the Stewart claim. Some years after, through Haley's untiring efforts, a company was formed at Port land, Ore., for the purpose of develop ing the vein, and, in 1870, a ton stamp stuam and water power mill was built. The total yield of the mines from 1880 to 1890 is $4,031,840. This is chiefly of gold, there being only $27,340 worth ot silver mined. The acconnt of life in Northern Al aska is interesting. At Cape Smythe and along the Ikpikpun aud Kugaru MODERN THMNOIT HOT7RK. Bivers dandelions and buttercups blos som in July and August, to appear but a few hours or a fow days at the most. Mosquitoes, bowever, revel and make a harvest during their short life. No sooner has the snow loft the ground than these torments appear in large swarms, disappearing for shelter be neath the bladcsof grass when a north west or west wind blows cold. They are the most bloodthirsty insects of their kind. AX ESKIMO BELLE. ' To understand the Eskimos of Alaska requires years of study in their homes. Mr. Henry D. Woolff, writing of the uppor district, says: "The family law of the Eskimo race bears a marked re semblance to the Roman law of pater nal succession. Children acquire their family rights by either birth or adop tion. The desire to possess male children is prominent. By custom, if a son be born he is regarded as the in heritor of the property ; should there be no malo child borne by the mother adoption either of an orphan by pur chase or in some other manner is ar ranged, and this child becomes and remains a member of the family and inheritor of the property of his adop tion. Generally I have found that one wife is maintained among these tribes, but instances have come to my knowlodge where worthy individuals have from two to five wives. . ''There are instances where the mother's will is paramount in a family : that is, where she is in the position of the superior or first wife. Eskimo home life has many instances of 'hen pecked husbands,' but the Eskimo's remedy when he tires of the continu ous tirades and talk of his wife is to administer a thrashing with his hands or a stick. Where a woman is be lieved to have the powers of a shaman, or medicine woman, aha generally possesses ooetroi over a household.'' -4pM 9kn bright side of the life of these people is their invariably cheerful dis position. No matter how severely hunger or privation may afflict them they still hope for the best. When once a marriage is completed the man is the ruler. His word, his flat and his club are law. The demand for soap is growing. The report says "there are two or three young men and their wives who invariably wash their faces and hands daily and indulge in entire ablution whenever they have a supply of water. Among the native women living with white men at the stations cleanliness prevails to a marked degree. I have no hesitation in stating that the prim ary reason for the lack of abltttionary practices is owing to a want of water and a place where privacy can be ob tained for the purpose. "At times of idleness the women avail themselves of the opportunity of visiting from house to house in the village to rail upon their female friends, the men doing likewise with their acquaintances. The man who talks the least is thought to be the wisest, but generally he is tho greatest rogue in the community. At tho women's gatherings scandal ami in nuendos are vigorously discussed, ami as ninny characters are torn to pieces by the Eskimo tattlers as are de molished at a civilized afternoon tea." Sailing on Bicycle. Tho expert bicyclist often finds ft stiff breeze upon his back mfliciently powerful to keep him in motion with out his applying any power on the pedals, and even enough to carry him up hill. If one may trust a story in the San Francisco Examiner, this force is sometimes utilized by Charles D. White, of San Bernardino, in the man ner indicated by our diagram. A light sail, made of sheeting aud carried by a bamboo mast, has been placed on his wheel; and when the wind is iu the right quarter he lists this instead of muscle, and is said to h ue thus mida a speed of fifteen miles an hour. In several respects such a mode of navigation differs considerably from yachting. You can't beat or even nail with a beam wind on a bicycle. You can only run straight before the wind. And there is room for doubt whether enough is gained, traveling in one di rection, to pay for the bother of car rying the furled sail back home. Mr. White's riggiug, however, adds only about seven pounds to the weight of his w heel. Tho mast, which is set in a hard pine block clamped to the tubing, is ten feet high, and the boom is eight feet long. If these dimensions were reduced to six and four feet respec tively, Mr. White's imitators would probably find them adequate to their needs. It is also to be remembered that tue "sheet" or cord controlling the outer end of the boom ought not to be tied fast to the machine, but run through a small pulley under the seat and kept in the hand. A su Men gust of wind is liable to lift the hind wheel off the grouud unless the sheet is promptly cased off. New Yotk Tri buno. Bonnets oi Ste:l. The unique bonnet is ths bonnet 0' the moment. Steel is at present iu high favor. It is used as a glittering crown, framed by a pulling of crepe de Chiue, aud steel brims are also seen, faced with some filmy shirred material. One of these "late creations" is odd enough to gain it fashionable favor. Wide-spreading hoops of forget-me-not blue velvet are arranged to forma crown. No actual brim is visible, but a lattice-work of cut steel is placed at both sides of the half hat aud half bonnet. Toward the front three A STEEL BONNET. hoops of steel tower one above the other, showing off to great advantage the ourls which rest upon the wearer's forehead. Two small pale blue tips, sprayed with silver tinsel, ourl them aelvea into a fluffy ball above the steel hoops in f rout. New York World,. . SOLDIERS' COLUMN AT NASHVILLE. How Cooper's Brlaads Won a Vletori Not Intended by Their Conmsndsr. AS IMAOINA tive iiwrtion list often been made In rsiraid to thi command which cnnneeind with Wilson's Csv, ot IhsriKht of tin Federal line si Ksslivlllt nn tin afternoon of Dee fSiWf a?-' M, 181. I wai C, f I there, and tnlkei 'III. R " 1 mid mrftl Willi lit. ditmntin'ed cat slrvmen In tskinf a redoubt, etptur fni three rannon snd i0 or 40 pris oner.. I nevfi "Ttmmm 1 j r7. ierved sn hour In 3-! A. J. Hmith's 01 - - any other com ri-iv4 maud except J. V, ., , Cooper's Hrinaili Couch (Second 1 Division, Twenty third Corps, lliey were In It si Ihst point alioul 2 3D to 3 p. m , snd staved Ions euoiigh to bresk the rebel line on their left, without orders, which broucht shout a complete victory with a slight lois sbout 3 p. m., on tbn t'itli. r It wss then reno-M that fien. Couoh tnids s verbal eornplaint to Hcliolleld, cen suring Cooper Briuide for disobeying orders by ehsrging the enemy's fortified "nils we could hear hint hout'iin 'Hall! forsll he wss worth; all or which are literal tacts. It was also report'd next day thst Scho llelil asked Couch if the aforementioned briMds (Cooper's) accomplished what they undertook and Couch snswerad "Yes." "H ell, tsid HdioHeld, "that is ail risrht, si that it whst we ars hers lor to tight snd whip thoto rebels." Couch then i:!o?ed his mouth, f give this as I hesrd it rtpested broadcast st the time. However, Couch left us In Korthrarolin ths following March, snd Huger succeeded him. I presume Couch beeima nigusted with our cspers, snd sskedtobi transferred or relieved, as our style was not aecording to VV est Point and his idea ot militsrv machinery which he undertook to carry out on ths eve of Deo. I.i. isfi. On this oceasinn hs undertook to form his division with Cooper s brigade on the left of the aforementioned thr;e cannon re doubt on the very crown of the high ridge which ran southwest from the redoubt, ssid redoubt being in the rear or west . ot whst Coi calls Mrs. nradford't houe. This houas was s hewn log hoins; at least.it was the only house saw in the vicinity snd I take it for granted that tt was Mrs. Urad ford s. As toCouch's Intended diflsion formation on crown of ths open ridgs within muiket range of the eneniv's fortilied line, with his artillery and musketry plaving on us, b could Just at well have formed SO yards more or less, in rear, and wt would liavs had shelter whils waiting for ths remaining brigades to come up and form on our right; but no, we must be s tsrget for rebel artil lery In order to gratify a West Point whim mid for no other reasonable or imaginable cause whatever. And what his intention wes sfter he would have completed this dress parade formation no man hatever attempted toexplain; 1 seriously doubt tnut bs coulc explain it himself. Col. Cross, of the 3rd Tsnn., si well as every ollirer and enlisted man In the brigade law the absurdity of aucb exposure. Ha stepped a few paces in front of the few re maining men rf bis rfgiment. and, with a wave of his old regimental glove.cvery man with a Hidden impulse.charg td the reiioubl and sll would nut have halted them. Cooper's Krigade was then composed as fol lows: 3d snd 0th Tenn., 2-Mh Mich, !.ith Ohio, cither the 14th or '.'ilth Ky . and ths l'ersimmon Knockers, l.toth Ind. r'DAX.11 0'Li.nv in national Tribune. CAVALRY LOSSES. Interesting Figures Regarding ths Men on Uoraeback of ths Civil War. From "Kox's Iteglmentat bosses" soma figures relating to the battle lovseu of the I nion cavalry are herewith preeoted. At onetime lien. Hooker was credited with the question, "Who ever taw a dead cavalry man.'" During the earlier ktasos of the re bellion our cavalry were not elliciently or ganized orcomrunnded; but when audi men as Sheridan, Custer, Gregg. Torbett.liulord, Urierson and a score of others rose to com mand the Union squadrons rode daringly and well on many a bloody Hold. Let us look below st the lists of killed and mortally wounded, rennsylvstiis'a cavalry force ol 23 commands stands tint in num erical losses, showing l,4iin dead troopers. New York, with 27 commands, shows up with s battle loss of 1,3j7. Missouri with 31 commands sustained s loss of 1,0 J I. These losses, in the following order sre: Michigan, II commands loss 731; Ohio, 19 loss ti'v Illinois, 17, loss tt-20; Indians 13, loss Kansas 0, loss 453: Iowa 9, loaa 3!; West Virginia 8, loss 374; II, 8., 0 loss 373; Tenn essee 10, lota 319; Massachusetts S, loss 331; New Jersey 3, loss 2."J; Mains 2. Joss 14; Wisconsin 3, loss Hit; Vermont 1. loss 14 Maryland 4. loss 134; IT. 8. C. C, 3. losi Ml: Connecticut 1, loss 40; Ithorie Island 3. lost 20; New Hampshire 1, loss 33: Delaware 1, loss 2. Ths lose In ths Nebraska, Colorado, Cali fornia and Dakota cavslry were not given by Kox, banc the above is incomplete. However, the data shows a loss of over 10.000 cavalrymen who fell in battle or died of mortal wounds. It is somewhat remark able that the death by disease in cavalry command exceeds greatly the battle loatei In eery regiment; company, or command in the service with ths exception of one or two. In the list aa given the aggregate it 834 commands. The regiments incurring the heaviest losses in battle are the following, Including a1! that lost over 100 in battle: 1st Me. 174- 1t M'eh.. 14 Hth tnd.. 147: Sth Mirh . 141; 6th Mich.. 135: 1st Vt., 134; 19th N. Y., 130; 1st N. J., 12.S; 11th Ps., 119; 34th N, Y., 114, 2d N. Y 121: 3d Mass., 10B; 10th Pa, 105; 8th N. Y.. 10.i; 17th l'a., 101; Uth N, Y. 102; 7th Ps., 102. Included in this list Ii ths 8th Ind., which served as infantry. Nearly all of these regi ments fought principally in Virginia In fact sll, with ths exception of ths 3th Ind. snd 7th I'o. These figures show a terrific loss In battls and ths lust by diseases in ths csvalrv if compiled would show sn awful mortality much greater than ths average infantry regiments sustained. Tbeyabowthat the cavalry wers effective aud contributed largely to the successful suppression of ths most gigantic rebellion known in history. All bono-, then, 10 ths gallant boys who "rode boldly snd well Into the mouth of hell." 1'uil. K. Faulk, Co. F, 1UU I'o. Halt-osowr fawns, little bigger than sheep, arn eomlug down lu graat numlwn over ths railroad tracks from tbe nortliurn counties of Mains to ths more sheltered parts ot the south. Horns pot-hunters srs slaugh tering the poor little oruatures ss they trot unsuapuutlugly over ths ties la anarch of warmer woods am better (oraus. Tsi New York State Federation of Labor In session at Albany, by a vote ol twenty throe to seventeen, adopted a resolution thanking Governor Altgaid, of. Illinois, for pardoning ths three Anarobtata, Neebe, Flslden and Sohwab, Imprlsoued for com plicity In the Haymarket dyaauilja massacre. Statistics mads up from returns to ths nity hasltb offloe ol Ulnofunstl, Ohio, show that Ue raeant smallpox soars eost ths people ol Haauitoa County f 0,000 for veoolMtiotu HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS OK1VMAN nOLIDAT RRKAD. The author of a celebrated cook book sends to tho American Agricul turist this recipe In the evening set a sponge as usual for bread, in quan tity enough for three loaves. In the morning, when fully risen, add one pound of brown sugar, ono pint of dried apples, or pears, minced fine, one pint of broken hickory or walnut meats, three talilespoonfuls of cara way and one of coriander seeds. Mix thoroughly, mold into loaves and bake when light. Wrap each loaf in a towel and put in a cool place. It will keep for several weeks. OLD- FASHtOVRD CtrftRAWT DHMPMrtrW. Old-fashioned currant dumpling, boiled in a cloth, is seldom seen on our tables, and yet it is generally a favor ite, and will lie found just the thing to vary the desserts. It is made thus: Into a pint of flour, sifted, with a heaping teaspnonful of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt, rub a large teacnpfiil of finely chopped beef suet and the ssme of currants, washed thoroughly and dried in a cloth; now with a fork stir into this enough very cohl water (about a third of a cupful) to make a rather soft biscuit-like dough. Tut this into a floured canton flannel cloth, rough side out, allow ing room to swell ; tio closely with a stout string and pop it into a potfulnt boiling water i cook for three hours nnd do not let tbe water stop boiling for a moment ; replenish from the hot teakettle. It should turn out a light, appetizing ball. Half a cupful of gran ulated sugar maybe rubbed through thn flour if liked i if not, the soft white sauce should be well sweetened. Flavor the latter with nutmeg or vanilla. New York World. PAN DOWDT. Julian ITawthorne and his sister Hose Hawthorne Lathrop, from differ ent sections of the country each seut us a recipe for this dish,, from which we infer that it was a double favorite in tho Hawthorne family. Wo give thnt of Mrs. Lnthrop as being tho most lucid : Cook a quantity of apples with a little sugar as for applo sauca until half done ; take off the range, and sea son with cinnamon, molasses, lemon and a large proportion of butter. Tut this iuto a deep earthen dish anil cover with a raised dough mnde with plenty of butter and rolled out two inches thick. Cook in n slow oven until the crust is done. When cold, break the crust iuto the sauce in pieces tho nizo of an egg and cook again in a very slow oveu for an hour, l'ut away for a day, aud tho flavor will be much improved. This homely dish usually impresses husbands and brothers as delicious, provided ouly tho apple nnd crust mingle thoir flavors iu a happy moment aud the cook hits the proportions of seasoning to per fection. Mr. Hawthorne says a sec tion of it looks like African marble, and that he used to bo able to eat a whole pan dowdy three inches deep and ten acrosn, and a pile of buck wheat cakes afterward. American Agriculturist. HOUSEHOLD HINT. A whisk broom is the host ctothes sprinkler and the water should bo hot. Tho thorough heating of tho teapot is tho first step towards making a nice cup of tea. Kaxsafra oil is excellent for darken ing the hair. It should bo applied with a small brush. When milk iu used in tumblers wash them first in cold water, afterward rinse in hot water. Weak spots in a black silk waist may be strengthened by sticking court plaster underneath. To prevent clinkers, put oyster shells, one at a time, in the stove when, the fire is burning brightly, A feather bed which has done ser vice for a generation or two is hardly a desirable thing upon which to sleep. A roasted or boiled lemon, filled while hot with sugar and eaten, still hot, just before retiriug will often break up a cold. Salt will curdle new milk ; there fore, in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., do not add the salt until the dish is prepared. Bread and cake bowls, or any dishes in which flour and eggs have been used, are more easily cleaned if placed in cold water after using. If a bottle or fruit jar is placed on a towel well soaked in hot water, there is little danger of its being cracked by the introduction of a hot liquid. It is said that chocolate cake can be kept fresh by wrapping it tightly iu buttered paper and putting it in a tin box away from all other substances. The simplest way to keep an oiled table "nice and new" is to wipe it over thoroughly ouoe a week with a flannel cloth well wet in good kerosene oil. For frying always put a pound or two of fut in the pan. This is no waste, as the same fat can be used over and over by pouring it through a strainer into a crock kept for the purpose. The cardinal rule in a kitchen is to clean np as you go, aud if attended to this saves half the labor and fatigue cooks suffer from who pursue the old method of having a grand aud compre hensive "clean up." Malachite, agate and aznrine, when broken, may be cemented with sul phur, melted at low heat, ao as not to change its color, iu which diffcrout pig ments are stirred to give it proper tints like the stoues. To bake bananas, atrip from one aide a piece ot the skiu. Then loosen the akin from the aidea of this fruit, dust well with granulated sugar and bake in a moderate oveu half an hour. Berve hot in the skins.
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