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CONSTIPATION.
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CONTENTMENT.
Onrp on a titn an oiil red hon
Went Ntrii!tiu 'round with
clnrk.
iximpous
For she Imil little b.tbiea ten.
A lnrt of whii h v.-.:re tiny darks.
"'Tn very rare tluit hens," said she.
" Huve baby ducks a well as chicks
"But I possess, us you can see,
-Of Ilk-kens four and ducklings six : "
A seasun later, this old hen
Apiteared. still cackling of her lock.
For, though she boasted babies ten,
X'tt one among: them was a duck !
" "Tis well." slie mnrmered. brooding o'e
The little chicks of ftuecy down
My babies now will stay ashore,-
"And, consequently, cannot drown I "
The following spring the obi red hen
flocked Jtit as proudly as of yore
Hnt lo! her lm'.es were dncMinxa ten.
Instead of chickens, as letore !
'"Tis bt-ttcr," said the old red hen,
Anshe surveyed her waddling brood ;
"A little water now anil then
"Will surely do my ihirlinns good ! "
Rut oh ! alas, how very sad !
When t'entie rirlnt' rolled 'round again
The eei.-s eventuated bad.
And h;l.l!t.-s-( was the old red hen!
Yet iatiently she bore her woe
And stiil she wore a cheerful air.
And "aid: " 'Tis best those things nro so
"For babies are a dreadful care I "
I hnlf ansjipct that many men.
And many, many ivonien. too.
Could leni n n leson from the lien
W'itb foliage of Vermillion line;
She ne'er presumed to tu'te offense
At any fate that minht befall.
Hut meekly bowed to Providence
hhe was contented- that was all I
FOURTH COUSINS.
In the early summer of IfiO r went tipon
. a visit to a distant relative of mine, who
lived in one of the Shetland islauds. It
was enr!y summer with myself then: I
was a Dii dic.il student, with life all be
fore me.
The steamer landed me at T,erwick, and
I completed my journey with my boxes
next day in nn open boat. It was a very
cold moriii' , w itn a szray, cold, choppy
sea on, the spray from which clashed over
the 1 oat, writing me thoroughly, and
making me feel pinched, blear-eyed, and
miserable.
An opening in a wall of rock took tis at
" length into a long, winding fiord, or arm
of the sea, with jrroen, bare field. on every
side, ami wild, weird like sheep that
paed on us for a moment, then bleated
and fled. Kinht at 1 he end of this rock
stood my tiieml's house, comfortable and
solid-look inf;, but uushultered by a single
tree.
" I shan't "tay long here." I said to my
self, as I landed.
An hour or two afterward I had changed
my mind entirely. I was seated in a
chtrmingly nud coxily furnished drawinir
room, up stairs. The windows looked
to and away across the broad Atlantic.
How strange it was ! for the loch that had
led me to the front of the house, and the
waters of which rippled up to the very
lawn, was part of the (Jerman ocean,
and here at. the back, and not a stone's
throw distant, was the Atlantic.
Beside the fire in an easy-chair, sat my
gray-haired old relation and host, and, not
far off, his wife. Presently Con-in Ma?
fcie entered, smiling to me as she did so :
her left hand lingered for a moment on
her father's p;ray locks, then she sat down
unbidden to the piano. On the streneth
of my blood-relatiouship, distant though
It was, for we were really only third or
fourth cousins, I was made a member of
this family from the iirst, and Maggie
treated me as a brother. I was not entire
ly pleased with the latter arrangement,
became many days had not passed ere I
concluded it would be a pleasant pastime
for me to make love to Cousin Maggie,
nut weeks went by and my love-making
was still po-tponed : it became a sine die
kind of a probability. Maggie was con
stantly with me when out of doors my
companion in all my lishiiig ami shooting
trips. But she carried nut only a rod but
even a rifle herself; she coil I give me
lessons in cas'ina; the fly and did ; she
often shot dead the seals that I had mere
ly wonnded. and her prowess in rowing
astonished me, ami her dating in ventur
ing so fr out to sen in our broad, open
boat, often made her tremble for our
safety.
Cue day Masgie and I were together In
a crave close by the ocean a favorite
haunt of ours on hot forenoons. Our boat
was drawn tip close by. The day was
bright, and the sea was calm, its tiny
, wavelets making drowsy, dreamy music
on the yellow fauds. She had been read
ing aloud, and I was gazing at her face.
"I begin to think you are beautiful," I
said.
She looknd down at me where I lay
with those innocent eyes of hers, that al
was looked into mine as frankly as a
chilli's would.
"I'm not sure," I continued, ..iat I
shan't commence making love to you, and
. perhaps I might marry you. What would
you think of that "
'l.over" she laughed, as musically as
a pea nymph, "love Tove betwixt a
cousin nnd a cousin f Preposterous !"
" I dare say.'' I resumed, pretending to
pout, you wouldn't marry me because
I'm poor."
"Poor!" she repeated, looking very
firm and earnest now; "if the man I
loved were poor I'd carry a creel for him ;
I'd gather shell for his sake : but I don't
love anybody and d.m't mean to. Come ! "
So that was the beginning and the end
of my love-making with Cousin Maggie.
And Maggie had said she never meant
to love any one. Well, we can never tell
what may be our immediate future.
Hardly had we left the cave that day
and put of! from the shore ere cats' paws
began to ruffle the water. They came In
front the west, and before we had got
half-way to the distant headland a steady
breeze was blowing. We had hoisted our
sail nnd were running before It with the
speed of a gull on the wing.
Once round the point we had a beam
wind till we entered the fiord, then we
had to beat to windward all the way
home, by which time it was blowing
quite a gale.
It went round more to the north about
sunset, and then for the first time we
noticed a yntch of small dimensions on
the distant horizon. Her intentiou appear
ed to be that of rounding the island and
probably anchoring on the lee side of it.
She was in an ngly position, however, and
we all watched her anxiously till night
fall hid her rrom view.
I retired early, bnt sleep was out of the
question, for the wind raged and howled
around the house like wild wolves. About
12 o'clock the sound of a gun fell on my
ears. I could not be mistaken, for the
window rattled In sharp response.
I sprang from my couch and began to
dress, and immediately after my aged
rfclatlve entered the room. He locked
very serious.
" The yatch is on the Ba," he said, sol
emly. They were words to me of fearful signifi
cance. The yacht, I knew, must soon
break np, and nothing could save the
crew.
I quickly followed my relative Into the
back drawing-room, where Maggie was
with her mother. We gazed ut into the
night, out and across the sea. At the
Mime moment, out there on the terrible
Ba, a blue light sprang up, revealing the
yacht and even its people on board. She
was leaning well over to one side, her
masts gone, and the spray dashing over
her.
"Come," cried Maggie, there Is no
time to lose. We can guide the boat to
the ca-ve. Come, cousin !"
I felt dazed, thunderstruck. Was I to
take an active part in a forlorn hope
Was Maggie bow beautiful and daring
she looked now ! to assume the role of a
modern Grace Darling T So It appeared.
We pulled out of the fiord, Maggie and
I, and up under lee of the Island, then, on
rounding the point, we encountered the
whole force of the sea and wind.
There was a glimmering light on the
wrecked yacht, and for that we rowed, or
rather were borne along on the gale. No
boat save a Shetland skiff could have been
trusted in such a sea.
As we ceared the Ba, steadying herself
by leaning on my shoulder, Maggie stood
up and waved the lantern, and it was an
swered from the wreck. Next moment it
seemed to me we were on the lee side, and
Maggie herself hailed the shipwrecked
people.
" We cannot come nearer," she cried;
"lower your boat and follow our light
closely. Take the tiller now," she contin
ued, addressing me, "and sdeer for the
light you see on the clitT. Keep her will
up, though, or all will be lost."
We waited and that with difficulty
for a few minutes, till we saw by the
starlight that the yacht's boat was lower
ed, then away we went.
The light on the cliff-top moved slowly
dowu the wind. I kept the boat's head a
point or two aliove it and on she clashed.
The rocks loomed black and high a we
neured them, the waves breaking in terri
ble turmoil-beneath. Suddenly the light
was lowered over the clitT down to the
very water's edge.
"Steady, now,"' cried my brave cousin,
and the next moment wj were round a
point and Into smooth water, with the
yacht's boat close beside us. The place
whs partly cave, partly "poss."
We beached our boats, and here we re
mained all night, and were rescued next
morning by a fisherman's yacht. The
yacht's people were the c aptain, his wife,
and one loy Norwegians all, Brinster by
name. What need to tell of the grati
tude of those whom Maggie's heroism
had saved from a watery grave
But it came to pass that wh-n, a few
months afterward, a beautiful new yacht
came round to the fiord to take those ship
wrecked mariners away. Cousin Maggie
went with them on a cruise. It came to
pass also that when I paid my next visit
to H , in the following summer, I found
living tt my relative's house a Major
BrinsteT and a Mrs. Brinster. Mrs. Brin
ster was my cousin Maggie, and Major
Brinster was my cousin Maggie's " fate."
Ciisstll's Fa mil y Magazine.
I
Finish What Von Resin.
Many a man's whole history, says the
Journal of Agriculture, Is made up of un
finished schemes. It is the natnral bent
or acquired habit of altogether too large a
class of people to be always beginning
new schemes which are never to be fin
ished, bnt abandoned when half finished,
for other schemes that in time are to share
the same fate. Farmers are especially apt
to drop into this habit, not because they
differ from other men. but because their
plans ought to and generally do extend
through several crops and as many years,
and too often they are abandoned as soon
as fairly commenced. In a smaller way
though the habit Is observed. A field of
grass is cut and a strip is left in a corner
because it is hard to get at, it is to be done
when the balance of the field Is cut, but it
is never finished afterward. A few cocks
of hay are not quite dry and are left, to be
called for when in order but the winter
sets in and those same hay-doodles re
main. A field is plowed in the fall to a
narrow strip or two and they are left and
perhaps the plow sticking in them until
spring. A piece of brush land is cleared
but a comer is left to spoil the looks of
the whole job ever after.
1'arents should train their children to
shun this pernicious habit of leaving
things unfinished. Says a writer in an ex
change :
My old grandmother Knox had a way
of making her children finish their work.
If they undertook to build a cob house,
they must not leave it until it was done,
and nothing of work or play to which
they set their hands would she allow them
to abandon incomplete. I sometimes wish.
I had been treated in this way. Hon
much of life is wasted in nntinishtd work f
Many a man uses up his time in splendid
beginnings. The labor devoted to com
mence ten things and leave them useless,
would finish five of them and make them
Frofitable and useful. Finish your work,
.ife is brief: time is short. Stop begin
ning forty things and go back and finish,
four. Put patient, peristent toil into the
matter, and, be assured, one completed
undertaking will yield yourself more
pleasure and the world more profit, than
a dozen fair plans of which people say,
"This man began to build and was not
able to finish.''
A I.atislilng Plant.
Among the ninny enrious objects of the
vegetable kingdom few are more remark
able than the laughing plant of Arabia.
This plant does not itself laugh: but per
sons who chew its seed nt once begin to
smile, and if they continue to eat the seed
they are npt to behave like a clown in a
circus. The flowers arc of a bright, yellow,
and the seed-pods are soft and woolly,
while the seeds resemble black beans.
Only two or three of the seeds ever grow
in one pod. The natives dry the seeds and
grind them, and it. is the powder thus
made that is usually eaten. A person who
takes n small quantity of the powder gen
erally laughs and tuts fantastic carters
for about an hour. Then he falls asleep,
and when he nwakes he has not the
slightest remembrance of his frisky acts.
A Plea For Practical i: ncatlon.
" When I send my boy to an agricul
tural school I wa t him to take hold of
practical studies closely connected with
his profession, and besides, I want him to
work with his hands as well as brains:
and I should prefer for his teacher one
who knows, from personal experience,
what men al lalrJ-." So savs a corres
pondent of the W estern Farmer, in a let
ter urging the separation of t lie Wiscon
sin Agricultural Iclleg.- from the State
L Diversity.
Remarkable rata.
A Txndon paper makes mention of a cat
which would recognize his master's foot
steps after a three months' absence, and
come out to meet him in the hall, with
tail erect. a:id purring all over as if to the
very veige of bursting. Another cue
comes up every morning I tt ween six mi t
-even o'clock to wake li s ni'islei, si'- on
tile IkiI, and xery gently feels lust o:.e
eyelid and then tne other with Ins paw.
hen nn eve opens, but not till then, t!.
cat sets up a loud purr, like the prayer of
u lire-worshipiier to the rising sun.
ZCCEXTBIC BEIDEGR00MS.
matrimonial Storlea Told for ClerrT
raen Some Kmbarrawlni
Mistakes.
There was a clergyman who married n
couple, and at the wedding breakfast otn
of the bridesmaids expressed a wish to see
that mystic document, a wedding license,
which she had never beheld in her lifetime.
The request o casloned a fearful discovery .
The clergyman had quite forgotten to as ;
for a license: the bridegroom had left It to
his best man " to procure it, and this the
"liest man" had forgotten to do. Ol
course the marriage was no lega.1 tiiarriavre
wt ail. The wedding party broke up In
dismay, nnd the ceremony was performed
ngaiu next day. The poor clergyman,
how ever, rever got over the effects of his
blunder.
I have known brides, when the grooms
have failed to make the proper responses,
prompt them immediately and with trie
greatest -facility. As for the men, they
commit all kinds of blunders and bung
lings. I have known a man, at that very
nervous and trying moment, follow tiio
clergyman within the communion rail and
prepare to take a pin; e opposite him. I have
known a man, when the minister st. etched
o.it his hand to unite those of the couple,
take it vigorously in his own and give it
a hearty shake. Sometimes more serious
dtfficnlties occur. Some ladies have had
nn almost unconquerable reluctance to
use the word " obey ;'' one. or two, if their
own statements are to be accepted, have
ingeniously construed the word "noliey,'1
The word, however, has still to be for
mally admitted into the language.
There, was one girl, who was being mar
ried by a Very tine old clergyman, who
absolutely refused to utter the "oliey."
The minister suggested that, if she was
unwilling to utter the word aloud she
should whisper it to him ; but the young
lady refused even this kiitd of compromise.
Further, however, than this the clergy
man refused to accomodate lier ; bnt when
he was forced to dismiss thein all without
proceeding any further, the recalcitrant
young person consented to "oley."
The didiculty, however, is not always
made on the side of the lady. On one oc
casion the bridegroom wished to deliver a
little oration qualifying his vow, and de
scribing in what sense and to what extent
he was using the words of the formula.
He was, of coarse, given to understand
that nothing of this kind could be per
mitted. When the bridegroom has returned
thanks, after the parson's speech, in these
days of feminine oratory, there is some
times a tendency on the part of the bride
to make a little speech of her own. " 1
call yon all to witness," said a bride
within our hearing, "that I have no iu
fention of obeying."' "Ah madam," said
Frederic Denison Maurice, who was
present, " you have yet to learn the bless
edness of obedience."
The following case was related to me by
a bishop of the Church of Fngland :
There was a man who had officiated as a
clergyman in a large town for about fifteen
years. At the lapse of that time It was
accidentally discovered that he was an
impostor. A new bishop came, or the
man went into a new diocese; anyhow,
the request came that he would produce
his letters of orders. letter of orders
are precious and remarkable documents ;
if once lost they cannot be replaced The
psendo clergyman replied, expressing bis
great regret that in the course of a re
moval the letters had been hopelessly mis
laid, but hoped thnt the length of time in
which he had served In the diocese would
be a sufficient voucher. The bishop wrote
back to say that he regretted tne loss of
the letters of orders, and that it would be
quite sufficient if he gave exact dates,
which would enable him to refer to the
diocesan registry. The imposture then
became known. Is was a matter of great
anxiety to settle what had best tie clone
under such circumstances. Of course a
very lare number of marriages had lieen
performed during these fifteen years, not
one of which was legar The first sugges
tion was that an act should be p.issed
making these marriages legal. There
were objections to this course. It was
considered that an immense deal of pain
would be caused by the publication of the
invalidity of these marriages, and that
peculiar hardship would be done In the
case of chilhren where one or both parents
had died in the meantime. On a certain
"evening there was a solemn discussion be
tween the bishop of the diocese and the
Home Secretary, the result of which was a
communication to the false clergyman
that If he left England immediately, and
forever, proceedings w.iuld n t be taken,
tut that otherwise he would be proe
ecutad. Kabhlt Farnilns.
"A. A. F.." of Port Washington, Ohio,
writes to the Farm and Fireside, recom
mending rabbit farming. Whoever keeps
a few chickens can keep n few rabbits, for
they get along well together, as the rab
bits will eat about everything that
chickens will, ami many kinds of food
that thickens will not, besides they are
much more adapted to living in close
quarters than chickens.
They are kept iu three different ways.
First, in what the Knglish call "hutches,"
which are boxes, or cages, al out two feet
wide, three feet long, ami fifteen inches
high ; these may be stacked one on the top
of the other, so that they will take but
little ground spnee. Second, in out-door
pens or yards. These may be from five to
eight feet square up to fifty or more feet,
but the larger the better, as the rabbit
enjoys a run and exercise as well as any
living animal. And thirdly, are kept in
lots ranging from one acre to ten or fifteen
acres; these are called " rabbit warrens."
An Knglish lord kept two hundred acres
in rabbit warrens exclusively, and he
mnrketed six thousand rabbits yearly.
Then another account of an Knglish rabbit
farmer who could supply eighty a week
the year round, and still another who
kept an average of four thousand. A
young Frenchman savs he has seen them
more plentiful in the French markets
than he does chickens in the American
markets. Xow, if they can be raised to
that extent, at a profit, in the old
countries, why can't It be done in this
country.
Oralll us on Cherry Trees.
According to the Oregon Farmer and
Dairyman, a resident of that State.several
years ago, made an experiment of grafting
Kentish, Royal Ann, Yellow Spanish,
Knight's Early, May Duke, and other
varieties, npon stocks of wild cherry.
Thegrafts took kindly to their new nurses,
which they assimilated unto themselves,
the whole waxing strong, and now, after
years of growth and abundant fruitage,
appearing as vigorous trees, five or six or
more inches iu diameter.
A Temporary Ufe Preserver.
It ought to be generally known that a
man's hat will serve in most cases as a
temporary life preserver to those In dan
ger of drowning. When a person finds
himself in the water he should lay hold
of his hat lietween his hands, keeping the
crown close under his chin and the month
of the hat under water. The quantity of
air contained in the cavity of the hat will
Keep the head above water for a long time
-sometimes for several hours.
ACTOKS' M KM ( MILS.
ISVINO, BOOTH AND OTHERS AT W0B.K.
Prominent Player and How The?
Commlt the Lines of Their Parts'
An Actor's Madden Rise, ttc
"One of the mo-t curious and Incom
prehensible things to the public in gener
al in regard to theatrical people is the
manner in which they commit their parts
to memory," said a well known actor and
manager to a Philadelphia Tim-s report
er. - "Only the other day a prominent
man said to me, 'The act of Rtndying and
remembering parts of plays has always
seemed to tne to be a most notable and
laborious accomplishment.' Weil, it may
not be so very notable, but it ht undoubt
edly in many cases extremely laborious.
There are, however, many exceptions.
Some people ure able to le.crn their parts
with rapidity and ease. I have seeii some
professional people take hold of a part
when there was no especial need of mem
orizing it in a brief sjuice of. time, aud,
after reading it over, learn it perfe; th
in a marvellously short time. It is not
the liest actor who cm uiemon.e the
quickest. To some of the most prominent
people on the stage the task of commit
ting their parts U a hard one. Asa man
ager I always preferred to have around
me people to whom this work was cliIl
cult. I felt surer with them. I knew they
had a well disciplined memory, and when
once they had learned their parts they
could be depended upon. But there are
exceptions to all rules. I recall aa in
stance of a young actor who was in a com
pany I had in Washington some years
ugo. He was a bright fellow ami had a
fine stage appearance, but lie hud tiie most
unretentive memory I ever knew. When
he had, after great labor, learned a part
he would often at the critical time forget
some of it. At last he got discouraged
and I c.ot di-gusted, and the sequel of the
matter is that he is now a i rosperous
farmer in Michigan.
"lean always tell an actor's tempera
ment by the manner in which he studies
his part. It is a 3ne index tn his charac
ter. Any one who has ever seen Irving
study can attest the truth of that as
sertion. He lakes the utmost prdnswith
every line and word. He weighs every
syllable as though his life depended njxni
it. He studies slowly, not because of any
difficulty in memorizing, for he has no
such difficulty, but because he pays the
same attention to the details of the lines
of the pl.ty as he does to the details of the
scenery.
" Booth is another actor who was most
careful in his study, bnt it has been so
long since ho learned a new part that the
tusk would now tie almost a novelty to
him. I'o. T Ned Southern was a very in
teresting actor to be seen learning a part.
There was nothing s'oveuly about his
work. He learned easily, but he was ac
customed to pace up and down the floor of
his room, uttering aline over and over
again until he had struck the correct ex
pression. But these efforts never created
anything artificial in him. He was ear
nest and sincere always. Fred Warde has
a notably quick and retentive memory. I
recall an instance illustrative cf this.
Theodore Hamilton was once engaged in
New York to play Edmund in King
Lear.' Edwin Booth was playing the title
role. Iate in the afternoon Hamilton got
sick, and sent word that ne could not ap
peal. The manager was iu a most un
pleasant dilemma, especially as it was the
opening performance of the engagement.
He looked about for some one to take
Hamilton's place, and selected Warde,
who had been assigned to an inferior part.
Warde protested that he knew practically
nothing of the part, and said he hud not
sufficient time in whic.i to study it. The
manager, however, insisted, and Warde
got down to work. That night his Ed
mund was warmly greeted. He did not
miss a word.
"I remember one night when George
Rignold was playing ' Henry Fifth' about
ISTti, in Ford's Theatre, in Washington, he
was taken suddenly ilL The manager
was in great trepidation. He didn't know
how on earth to get a man in time to play
this important character that evening un
til E. K. Collier, who was to strut across
hte stage as one ot the heralds, came for
ward and declared he'd fill Kignold's
place. He said he didn't know the part,
but would have it committed to memory
in time. Some of the compiny laughed
at Collier, but the manager had con.ldencc
in the ambitious young fellow, and the
result of it was that although he had
only four hours in which to study the part,
he made a great success. He is high in
the profession now and dates his rise
from the night he made the great jump
from a herald to n king. When the old
City Museum was still standing between
Fifth and Crown streets, B. G. Rogers, an
old-timer, was playing Bob Acres in ' The
Rivals.' He got sick and they called on
Sam Ilemple, the popular Philadelphia
comedian, to take his place. Sam declared
he didu't know a word of the part.
' ' Play it, anyhow,' moaned Rogers.
'You've got three hours to learn it in, so
get to work.
"Sam got to work, learned the part and
made a capital hit.
"Actors these days don't have any such
troubles and they don't study much,
either. They learn one or two parts at
the beginning of the season and play them
week after week without any change of
bill. Even if they had many parts to
learn in a season there would not be one
third the trouble the actors of the old
school had. The text of our modern
plays is easily learned and easily remem
bered. Any actor wi-1 tell you that it is
a far more difficult matter to learn prop
erly five lines of one of Shakspere's,
Knowles's, or the other great dramatists'
blank verse dramas than it is to commit to
memory forty-five lines from the melo
dramas of to-day. Every man or woman
in these latter plays more or less changes
the text, either accidentally or purposely,
and in very many cases these interpola
tions are better than the original expres
sions. I have seen playwiiters stand In
the wings when their plays were being
performed and incorporate into the text
some of the words and sentences the ac
tors substituted for the regular version.
Why -Tien Turn Gray.
A successful man with a black mustache
and a gray head was asked the other day
by an unsuccessful man with a gray mus
tache and a black head, why his mustache
remained so black, while his (the speaker's)
was so gray. "The trouble is," was the
response, "I work with my head, which
malces itgrav; and you labor with your
mouth see. Xow, the trouble is there
are. not enough gray headed dairymen.
The mass of them get gray around the
mouth they talk so much and think so
little. Reading and thinking has mad
nearly all the great men of the world.
Action is well enough when properly di
rected : bnt first lay your plans, and you
will not only save time ana labor, but you
will use up much less material and get a
vast sight of comfort out of the Idea that
you have been so smart. Try it. Anurt
can Dairyman.
A THIEF'S STRATECY.
The unn Ins or a Condemned Hindoo
ae Ills Nc.k.
The Hindoos relate a faoieof a thief,
who. con viced of his criaie. was sen
tenced to death, bnt who iu the most
fortunate manner, and a! the last mo
nient, hit ..pon an expedient by which he
hope-1 at h a t to save his lii. He sent
for the keeper of the i l is. .ti. and told him
th.- t he was in po.-r-es-ion ol a very im
portant secret, which lie w ii-hed to com
nnniic.it to the king ; as mmhi as this was
clone, he w-iis ready to die.
When t!ds news was communicated to
the kin.;, he commanded that the con
'e ..lied man sbo ;ld be brought before
hi:: . .r.i ei-tng him ljf j case the
see:.-- jioved t.. lie cute of real worth.
'1 he I h-et 'now reeai to h:nl jM;1t he
h r.:iis where! y trees conid lie
Ii sc. fiiat hoi:l.l Im pure gold
l.i: ' it. s: thee ay might easiivlie
A.- i.i in i esty did if it w i-h to
he o; purr unity of gaining g,i- to
h t:i. he .-en; :or his i'ri me .i nu-cr.
I i si. nii.i i.il-ct -late u ,. i.i'.s m..l
ki w .
i ti I ...
t ' 1 : 1 1 i ,
al o'.v :
go-
I I 'll ,-.
.-. i.i'.ts-'! , l. -go: her w-:;h tiu-ui and
oudt-mtied man. to a nlncc in the
til
j.al -ce (j.iid.-ns which had lieeii sel.-eteil
lor i h e.j e: rnetif. Hereupon the thief,
a.ler having taken a n a n uer of solemn
oat n-,. i.i ii., j.j, hi' ,m; h. drew out a gold
piece, cud dei : ired tiiat it it were planted
theis- on tha' s fit. a tree would grow np,
each branch of which would bear gold as
its Ii n. ts.
"Jim." he added, "the goid piece must
be planted by a hand which has neier
lieeii htained by a dishonest transaction.
My baud is not clean, and on that acco.iut
I hand it over to jour majesty."
The king took the gold piece, but hesi
tated. At last he -aid :
" I rememlH-r, in my youth, sometimes
to have taken money which was not mine
from my father's treasury. I hne re
pented the sin, but I cannot say that my
hand is clean. I therefore bund the gold
piecetoiny Prime Minister."
Afier a little consideration, the latter
repiie.1 :
"It Would be a pity to break the rh.trm
by a possible oversight. I receive the
taxes of the people, and seeing that I am
e. osed lo so many temptations, how can
I swear that 1 have a. ways remained per
fectly houe-t Therefore. I pass the gold
piece on to the governor of the c itadel."
"Xo. no!" cried the latter, withdrawing
himself. " Iiou't you remember that I
have to pay the troops their wages and
divide their prov:-ions Let the high
priest piant the gold piece."
Bnt the priest said, avertingly :
"You forget that I have to collect the
tithes, and to receivo tiio payments for
saeritices."
Then cried the thief:
"It seems to me that it would be much
to the world's benefit if we live were all
hung together, f.T it appears as though
there is no righteous man amongst us."
In spite of the deplorable exposure, the
king laiiirhed at the cunning of the thief
nnd the long faces of his dignitaries, that
he saved the c lever associate his life.
She If ad Forgotten Something.
A good story istoldof a prominent mem
ber of Washington soc iety who has a hab
it of tying a knot in her poc ket handker
chief when she wishes to fix anything in
her mind which must be attended to.
She was engaged in a desperate llirtntion
cn a certain occasion, and in her abstrac
tion dropped the handkerchief on the
floor. This was noticed by her hostess,
who endear ored to break up the flirtation
by inviting her guest into another part of
the house. As the latter rose from the
chair she stooped and picked up her hand
kerchief, noticing, as she did so the knot
in one corner. " What have I forgotten
to-day ?'' she nsked audibly. " That you
have a husband f" replied her hostess.
The story was repeated, and the ladr, who
is a well-known member of the diplomatic
circle, always keeps her handkerchief free
from knots now.
Pat's Wag-er.
Two Irishmen once made a bet, which
was that one of them would not drink
half a gallon of beer in five minutes. A
minute or two before entering upon the
w.iger, Pat remarked to a friend of his :
" I am sure to win, because I know I cnti
do ud."
"How do yon know it?" asked his
friend.
"Why." answered Pat, "because I've
just Iieeu and tried it on with water, and I
did ud. and shore if I can do u.l with
water, I'll asily do ud with beer."
Of course Paddy lost the liet.
(nllee'a 71 a I hematic.
A good su.ry U told of a farmer in
Schley, who rented some land last year to
a colored man for a thirl or the crop.
When the drought runic on his corn and
cotton were affected by it. He gathered
two bales of cotton and two wagon loads
of corn. The latter he penned tip for his
own use and the cotton was so'. I. When
his landlord called for hi share he Was
told that there was none for him. He
was thunderstruck and asked: " Didn't I
rent you the land for a third of the crop?"
' Yes. boss," said the darkey. " but you
see dere was no third. Here was only two
bales of cotton and two loads of cm: all
mine and nuflin" for you by de coptract."
And the landlord could not make t'u'lee
believe any other way. 3lt--n . 0'i.) Trlc
gruph. Fatality Anions Officials.
Official life in Wnshiiig'on has been un
usually fatal. Not to ment ion the tragic
deaths of Lincoln and Garfield, of late
years we have seen Hunt, Garfield's Sec
retary of the Navy, dying after a painful
illness, while Minister to Russia, in a for
eign land. Howe, Arthur's first Post
master General, and Folger. bis first Sec
retary of the Treasury, died in ofTice. and
Frelinghuysen, his Secretary of State, a
few weeks after retiring to private life.
Xow we have General Grant m a precar
ious condition, and even Arthur's health
has been much broken.
Ei erareens ltefore Setting.
Chas. G. Gardener, awed known Iowa
horticult nrist says : When the boxes arrive,
wet up the moss thoroughly. Then take
out the trees, nnd at once dip the roots in
a mud hole (previously prepared) and lay
them down in a shallow ditch, leaning at
an angle of about forty-five degrees, and
cover the roots nt once with fresh earth,
packing it well about them. Place the
tree as close as you can together. From
this place they can be removed and set
out where they are to grow, taking care to
keep the outside roots moist.
narkrllnc In Sew Orleans.
A letter describing the markets of Xew
Orleans says everything is sold by the eye,
and there is no standard of measure.
Xine-tenths of the hundreds who sell in
the noted French markets of the city do
not know what a bushel or a peck is.
They buy their vegetables by the lot. and
place them in little piles on tables. These
piles are of different sines and prices.
The buyer looks at the piles and buys
that which he thinks is biggest and lest.
Sometimes buckets and lwixes are used to
measure, but they are of all kinds and
shapes.
COUKINli I.KCIPKS.
St. I-ouls, Mo., and Port Dover. PDt,
housekeepers furnish tne following tried
recipes to the Detroit Free Press :
FIMEI. w. Al.I.ors,
Drain two doren seal', pa raref-ilfT. n&
after seasoning them wit n sait and r-epfsr,
roll them lightly in tine Wread t-rumbs.
Beat two eggs in a sour, pint", with a
si-oon or fork, and after dipping the a-al-lops
in the egg. rod them in a i;uaritit v of
crumbs and i.iy them on a k-irge t Utts.
Be careful that 1 hey do nt feuu ii rnrh
other. When all have lwcn bieaded.
pince in the f rying-ba-ket as n.-u v as can
be accommodated on the tiott.'tn end
plunge i-t boiling fat. ( are should bo
taken that the lish are thoroughly season
ed with ut previous to the luenii.iig, and
that the lat is hot that blue smoke
rises from the rutter.
MKAI. i-vimiNr:.
Take three tables- ooiiiftil of India meal
and one tHli;e-p.nai ul of wheat Hour and
ni! evei.'.v in tivo thmls of a cmfui l
c-oid n, ilk. mid this w itli salt and two wti
l.e.:Un eggs io one .,'inrt ot i o.li ig niiih.
rook twenty intii .'.s l.ri-klv, then pour
It int. a v. eil-imtlered twk'iitg di h and
bake .in., hour. I n ::r a'i'. v kee : a baked
pn-biing covered, lint l about tifteev min
utes iK-tore it is ready to cine out of the
oven, then remote cover and browu it
tdightly.
MAI AKt.NI PI IM II Nli.
One cupful broken macaroni, onr and
one half pints tniik. four eggs, one cupful
sugar, one large tahjesjioonf ul butler, one
taliesMKmf i:l extra vanilla, lloii maca
roni iu well suited water ten minutes,
thon add to the tx.-hrtg uuik and f-immer
twenty minute, longer : remove from fire.
Iour on sugar, eggs and butter Uatea
together, lastly add extract : put well
buttered pudding d.sh, bake in- steady
oven thirty-five minutes and serve wlta
sauce.
CTSTAMU I'Ul'DIMi.
One and one half pints milk, four eggs,
one cupful sugar, two teaspoonf nl vanuTa.
Beat eggs an I sugar together, clilnt- with
milk and e.vtrac t, pour into buttered pud
ding rti-h, set in oven in dripping pan two
thuds full of water, and bake um.il firm,
about forty miiiutes iu moderate oven.
ti;i:t'.i K Hi t: n hmng.
Take a teacupful of rice to one pint o(
water; when the rice is liled drv add one
pint of milk, a piece of butter Uie a lie of
nn egg and five eggs. Beat the yolks and
grated nnd of a ieinon and mix with the
rice. Butti r the dish, pour in the mix
ture and bake lightly, lieat the w bites to
a stilf frotti : adu a cup of sugar and the
juice or a lemon. W hen the pudding Is
nearly done spread it on the fro-ting and
bake in a slow oven till the top is a light
brow u.
TAI'Hn A l'l UI'IMl.
One cupful of tapioca, one quart of milk,
one table.spoonf ul of butter, one-baif cup
of sugar, t-oak tapioca in mi.k four
hours, then add to other ingredient.
Bake slowdy one hour.
IMP OVUU
Four eggs, four cupsof flonr, four cups
of milk, small piece of butter, pin- h of
salt. Bake in geui pans and serve with
sauce.
rolls.
Two quarts of flonr, one pint of
boiled muk. one-half cup of vrast
pint of cold
ons-
half enp of sugar, one ti iilesimonf ul
of
melted butter. .Makes wi d in the middle
ol .he flour, pour iu all the aliove. and let
rise over nigist : knead ami
the middle of the afternoon
them about the edges, lap
again and bake iu a hot
minutes.
let rise until
: roll out, cut
over, let rise
oven twenty
ITNs.
One quart of bread sponge, three pounds
of flour, three-quarters of a pound of but
ter, one pound of sugar and milk as re
quired. Into a pint of water stir enough
Hour to make a smooth batter, add near
ly a pint of yeast, cover, set in a warm
place and let rise. 'ream t he butter and
sugar together, rub the flour la
by haudfuls. work smooth, add the t-pnnge
aud nulk enough to make a sort dough,
knead well and set to rise overnight, in
the morning knead it lightiy and roil into
sheets half an inch Ihick, cut into small
round cakes and put in a buttered tin to
rise. When light bake in a quit k oven.
W hen done wash over with tha vols of aa
egg and dust with iowdered sugar.
POOH MAN'S I'UDIIG.
One-half cnpful of chopped suet, one
half cupful of seeded raisins, one-half cup
ful of rnrrants washed and pirkej. one
and a hnlf ropf tils of grated bread, one
cupful of flour, one teasKionful of baking
powder, one-half cupful of brown sugar
and one pint of milk. Mix all well togeth
er. nt into a well greased mold, set in a
saucepan with boiling water to reach half
up the sides of the mold; steam for two
hours: turn out on the dish carefully;
serve with butter and sugar.
fkttteks.
Three eggs, one and a half enpsfu! of
milk, three table-poonsf ul of baking pow
der. Hour to make a batter. Fry in hot
lard.
CHI IV "LATA.
Slice an onion and fry it brown in a ta
biespoonful of butter, pour in two cn pe
rn! of of cold leef soup, aid a sprig of
parsley, salt and pepper. When it bolls
thicken with a little flour and water;
when ready to serve pour over butlerod
toast,
IMAsT TEEF.
Put beef in a dripping pan; pour cup of
boiling water over it. Hub a little salt
into fat parts ; roast ten minutes for every
pound. Bake soon as juice begins to flow.
If meat has much fat on top cover fatty
portion with paste made of flour and
water. When nearly done remove this,
dredge beef with flour, baste well with
i:r.ivy. Sprinkle salt over top and serve.
I'otir fat from gravy, return to fire,
thicken with browned gravy, season and
1ki1 up once. Roast most all other meat
in same way.
CHEFX rKA Pnt'P
Put two quarts green pens wlh four
tjuarts water, bi.il two hours, keeping
steam waste supplied by fresh boiling wa
ter; strain them from liquor, return that
to pot, rub the peas through sieve, choa
an onion line, and small spring mint, let
boll ten minutes, stir a tnblespoonful flour
into two of butter, u.id pepper and salt to
taste, stir smoothly into boiling soap.
Serve with well buttered sippets of toasted
bread.
STr.WF.Ii LAMB.
Take the neck or breast, cnt into small
pieces, and put in a stew pan with sotrh
thinly sliced prk. and enongh water ti
cover II; cover closely and stew until ten
der, skim off ail t he scum, and add quart
of green jteas, adding more water if neo
essary : when the peas are tender, season
With pepper and butter roiled with float.
STEWFD PAltSMPS.
Wash and scrape them and slice'half an
in U thick, put iu a frying pan with halt
a t tnt of hot water and h tabespootifn
of nutter, season with jK pper and salt and
ttew till tender.
CHOCOLATE ICINC. . 1.
Wet one pound of white sugar with
little cold water, sdd the whites of three
eggs slightly beaten, ontshulf enke grated
chocolate ; bent well and cook In boiling
water till it thicken ; flavor with vanilla.
CHOCOLATE lens. I yo, 5.
Into a tin plate put two ounces of choo
olate (not grated or broken upi. set on to
stove where it will melt gradually bno
not scorch. Wi.en melted stir in thro
tablespoon sful of milk, and one of water:
mix all together : add a scant teacupful ol
Sugar ; boil for five minutes and use hot.
Mrawbfrrl es.
The four most popular strawberries,
taking the country through, are Wilson,
Crescent, Cnmlierland and Sharpies.
Planting Pear Trees,
Select thie kinds which are leas liable
to blight, taking first, AngouHnie. then
Seckel.then Winter Xelis. To which may
be added Clairgeau, IK tor Reveler, nnd
Anion.