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rAolt IINGFEIXOW'S "MtCHAKl, ANOELO."
- riirtiiijf with friends ia-tenipornry death,
a nil death in. We aec Ho more their faces,
Nor hear their voices, nvo in memory;
Hut ttiimjiifes of love pivo us assurance
That we are not fm-tfotien. Who ahnll aay
That from tho world of n;iirits comoa no
jrree'.inj,
No me wifre of remembrance? It may be
Tho thou;,'hU that vinit ua; wo know not
whence,
Kurtden as inapirntion, nri the whispers
Of disembodied spirits, speaking to us
As fricndi, who wait out.-mle n prison wall,
Through the barrod windows ppoak to those
within.
As tjnit t as the lake thnt lies beneath me,
As quiet ns tho trampiil sky above mo,
As quiet hs a heart that beats no more,
This convent aeems. Al ove, below, all peace!
Bileneo nnd solitude, tho noul's best friends,
Are with me here, nnd the tumultuous world
Waken no more uoiso than the remotest
planet.
Oh, gentle spj.-it nn'.o the third circle
Of heaven nmonn the blessed souls nscended,
mho, livlnif in the faith and dyin for it,
JIave gono to their reward, I do not Rig
For theo as beinjj dead, but for myself
That I am still alive. Turn those dear eyes,
. unco so bcniK'nant to mo, upon mine,
That open to their tears such uncontrolled
' And such continual issue. Still awhile
t Have patience, I will came to theo at last.
A few more foiiics in and out these doors.
A few more chiming of these convent bells,
A few more prayers, a few more ait'hs and
tears,
And tho long agony of this life will end,
And I shall be with theo. If I am wanting
To thy well-being, as thou art to mine, .
Have patience; 1 will come to thee nt last
. Yo minds that loitor iu these cloister gardens,
ir wanderer above tho city walls,
Bear Art hjm this message, that I ever
Or speak br think of him, or woep for him.
By unseen hands upliftod in the light
Of sunset, yonder (solitary cloud
Floats with ita white apparel blown abroad,
And wafted np to heaven. It fades away
And mclta into tho nir. Ah, would that I
Could thus be wafted unto thee, Francesco,
A cloud of white, au incorporeal spirit 1
Atlantic Monthly.
THE I'ROFESSOirS STORY,
Taking tea tho other evening with
an old acquaintance, now professor in
' a New, England college, the conversa
tion recalled somo of the friends of
our younger days, and he surprised mo
with this remark : "A woman's sym
pathies lie nearer her heart than "her
love, unless her love is born of them."
Ihit ho surprised me more by tho story
ho told to provo it.
I guess it was seven years, ho said,
that our chair of astronomy remained
vacant. You know of Dr. Mcrdon.
It was justly that tho world finally
gave him fame. Well, alter his death
the trustees were at a loss to fill his
place. A weak man would have been
insufferable there.
Do you remember his family?
Charming wife and daughter. They
spent several years abroad, after his
death, and when they returned, not
withstanding that the widow still
wore mourning, tho number of our
little social event was doubled. The
daughter had a string of young mil
lionaires after Iter constantly. Fe
male society, perhaps you know,
wasn't unlimited, ami it was with a
foundation of truth that tho fellows
grimly joked about calling on the
girls their fathers had courted before
them. Charlotte Merdon was as fas
cinating a girl as her mother had been,
so said the old folks, and it was to her
that young Professor Lutz quoted from
Horace, " Oh daughter, more beautiful
than thy beautiful mother !" when he
brought down on himself the ridicule
of the mountain-day party. Yes, she
could have had her pick from a dozen
very rich boys, and 1 think lie would
have taken it, too, if she hadn't dis
covered that her mother was trying to
influence her in their favor.
At tho senior party, that year, Char
lotte held her court, as she did every
where. She was surrounded, I re
member, by the rich fellows of Charlie
Elliott's set. Elliott was happy that
night. Charlotte had been unusually
gracious, and her mother had made
her favor clearer than ever.
Over near the door sat the last man
to bo expected at a president's party,
Urent Seymour. He was senior the
year before, and taking post-graduate
study at tho observatory Merdon had
built shortly before his death, a town
boy, who supported his mother and
worked his way through collego. not
often seen in society, and his ill-litting
clothes and embarrassed manner at
tested it. Elliott, looking about the
room for a subject for his next brilliant
remark to Miss Merdon, caught sight
of him.
." E1," said he, turning to liis chum,
"I tell you what will bo great sport.
l?ring Seymour up and formally pre
sent him to Miss Merdon. It will con
fuse him. lie won't know what to do
and there'll be a deuce of a scene."
. The (hum complied and in a moment
had the r din t; 'it Seymour by tho
arm. Thu scene, that followed must
have been all that Elliott d -sired. For
a moment the poor student stood be
fore the belle. 11 was not unlike the
tableau of the beggar and the prin
cess. Her easy attitmle contrasted
strangely with his painful awkward
ness. Elliott had not miscalculated.
The effect was immediate. All eyes
wercturned toward the couple and a
smile went around.
Charh tto' Merdon Raw it, and her
checks llained. She had divined the
heart'eis joke. To the surprise of
those about her she beggel Sevmour
ta be B -ated insisted that ho should
be seated. Thei. auo tried to uraw
him into conversation. Eut it was im
possible. Embarrassment seemed to
have driven his wits away. Only one
lemark ho ventured, (ilancing nt a
portrait on the wall he stammered
out, "That's a good picture of the
president." The portrait was one
taken thirty years before and was any
thing but a good likeness of the presi
dent as he then appeared. The tin
fortunate remark caused another
smile. Elliott was delighted. His
joke was a splendid success. Poor
Seymour twisted about in hi chair
and hung his head. His diseomliture
was complete.
Miss Merdon took a deliberate look
at the picture,, and did not smile.
" Yes," she said, " it is called a very
good likeness of him just after
graduation. Have you seen the presi
dent's (lowers, Mr. Seymour? Let me
show thein to you."
Hising, and excusing herself, she led
the young man into the greenhouse, ad
joining the parlor.
" Tho deuce!" said Elliott. " I didn't
look for anything like that."
Seymour, rescued in this way from
its trying ordeal, hardly knew what to
say Or do. Ho felt as if a millstone had
been taken from his neck. The pain
and tho manner of relief worked
strangely on his sensitive nature. He
felt that ho was in great debt to his
companion. Ho wanted to kiss the
hem of her garment. He wanted to
cry. He knew he was feeling and act
ing tike a tool. He expected that he
should make a greater fool of himself
than In the parlor. But some way he
didn't care. Ho had lost all fear of
the beautiful girl. Her act of mercy
had Vr"f?,'t er nearer than years
of acquaintance could. He talked
rapidly of the flowers, for he knew
of them, and Charlotte listened
listened wondering why she cared to
listen, littlo thinking that her sym
pathy had brought tho awkward stu
dent nearer than he Would have been
had she known him half her lifetime
and never seen him in pain. So when
he pointed out to her the observatory
where ho worked, the queerly-shaped
building that shewed its dark outlines
in tho moonlight, just over the campus
on the hill, she wondered what it was
that prompted her to beg him to take
her there, to exact a promise from him
that, on tho very next evening, he
would conduct her through the build
ing that had been built aty-r her
father's orders. She persuaded herself
that it was a desire to see somo manu
scripts of her father's which Seymour
told her had been left there. Perhaps
it was.
Notwithstanding her mother's mild
remonstrance, the next evening found
her with Brent Seymour in the telescope-room
of the observatory. The
roof had been let down and she was
watching tho stars.
"I wonder if father often studied
them from this room," she said.
" Whenever the sky was clear,"
" I wonder if he can see them now."
"No; I think that through some one
of t hem he is looking at its."
t ar , from science and astronomy.
far, very far, from his scholarly stand
point, the man's childish reply had
taken him, but it had carried him
nearer tho heart of tho girl than ho
dreamed.
Mrs. Merdon' disapproval of her
daughter's visit to the observatory
with Seymour broadened into anger as
his rails were repeated, and repeated
often. An intimacy grew between the
young people that, even to themselves,
they did not undertake to explain. The
girl's friendship had opened a new
world to the hardworked student. Had
ho known more of life, he would
have known that he was falling in
love. Over the other a secret was
stealing as steadily as comes over us
the morning. A month had passed
since tho senior party. The two sat
again in the telescope-room. She
seemed to be studying the stars.
" And do you remember," she was
asking, "that, that evening, you
thought through some one of them
father was looking at us?"
"Yes."
"Do you suppose he can see us
now?"
"Yes" (in a surprised way).
"Then" (hesitatingly) "do you
think he is glad is glad to see us to
gether ?"
"Won't you" (the voice was very
husky) " won't you answer forme?"
"Yes," she said, in a voice clear as
a harp-chord, " I know ho is."
Seymour wondered if his senses
were giving way. He hardly knew
what followed. He meant to ask he
tried to ask if she didn't think her
father, would bo glad to see them al
ways together. Somehow that seemed
long and heavy, and he couldn't make
the words come. He had a choking
sensation iu his throat, and his eyes
were blinded with tears. He felt just
as ho had in the greenhouse the night
of the senior party, lie wanted to kiss
the hem of her garment, lit felt tha
ho was In debt to hery afjd
de.'per in debt every moment,
.ire
knew he was ranking a' fool of him
self, but he didn't .-care He was the
happiest fool that moment in God's
happy world.
" You are just ai much mine," she
said, nt last, her hands resting upon his
held, which some way or other had
found a plane in her lap, "you are
just as much mine, as if I had not done
all the wooing myself."
The Merdon mansion had never seen
such a storm at followed Charlotte's
avowal of her betrothal. Her mother
insisted that she would never consent,
never in the world, and the girl who
had always honored her wishes above
everything else was in distress.
" But you did not marry a rich man
yourself, mother; why should you want
me to?" she urged.
" I married a man who was great
whom everybody knew; why, if you
were to marry the man, whoever he is,
who will 1111 his chair, I should be
happy forever, but this fellow," and
her indignation almost overpowering
her she left the room.
It was late in tiie afternoon when
Charlotte stole upstairs. Passing her
mother's room she saw that the door
was partly open. She knew what it
meant. Women, even among them
selves, make their reconciliations
gradually. She pushed the door wide
open, as her mother had intended she
should, and went in. The lady
sat by her writing - table; her
hea 1 rested on her hand, and she was
evidently sleeping. A l.ttle pile of
letters lay before her, a picture beside
them. Tears Lad dropped upon the
letters and the picture showed the
stains "of tears. Charlotte looked at
tho picture rlose'y. Tho face was
familiar. Surely he had seen it be
fore. But where? She could not
place it among lier acquaintances.
Whose faco was it ? She started. A
broken, uncertain voice seemed to say,
" That's a good picture of the presi
dent. Her lover's; awkward remark
at the party, the portrait on tho wall,
tho picture that her mother cried over.
It -was all clear, very clear, and she
didn't care to read the open letter by
uie picture.
"My poor, deai mother," she
thought, as, without awakening her.
she glided to her own room, carrying
me greatest secret or lier lifetime,
save one.
It was after midnight when Mrs.
Merdon awoke. She had hoped her
daughter would come in. She wanted
A . 111. A- 1 i. .1
wi ie:i uer mat no was no longer an
gry. Siie had lx-n carried back over
parts of her own life and she wanted
to tell Charlotte that after all she must
follow tho voice of her heart, Unit her
own experience had taught her so.
She was almost ready to confess to her
that although she had married a man
who was great, whom everybody knew,
she no, no, no, she could "not tell lier
daughter that she could not tell her
that. Very slowly she put away the
letters and the picture, saying, Yes,
I loved him then, and, God forgive
me, I have loved him ever sine)." .
At noon the next day a Hervant
brought a note to the president's stuly:
"Charlotte E. Merdon requests the
pleasure of a few moments. private
conversation."
" I wonder what Addie Mather's
daughter wants of me?" thought the
old bachelor as ho passed down into
the reception-room. ' How the girl
brings her to mind !"
In a dignilied way that even sur
prised herself, Charlotte began. "I
understand that the trustees have
given you appointing power regarding
the professorship which father's death
ma le vacant."
"Ye.-."
"Have you made any provisions
yet?"
"No."
"I have a candidate to present."
"What you! A candidate! Who
is it ?"
"Brent Seymour."
Charlotte's intimacy with Seymour
was not unknown to the president.
but this astounded him.
"It is impossible," he said; "I do
not see how vou can ask it, how you
can think of it."
"Would you not do much to bring to
you one you loved?" she asked, boldly.
A peculiar light camo into the gray
eyes behind the steel-bowed spectacles.
" l es."
"How nrich?"
" Anything."
"AVould you give a professorship?"
Tho peculiar light increased. It
was almost a blaze.
" Yes."
"Will you give me this professorship
if I bring to you one you love?"
Tho gray eyes were now fairly
allame. She was understood lie
sprang to his feet. Age seemed to fall
from him like a scale.
"Girl, what do you mean?" he
shouted.
" That she loved you all the time."
There was a baseball match on the
collego grounds, but it was not tho
topic of the afternoon. A report that
Brent Seymour had been appointed
to the chair of astronomy had sent
half the college to bis little house to
congratulate him. They could not be
gin to get inside, so ho stood out in the
yard and shook hands with them one
by one.
)n the' early evening" a Passing at u-
dent saw an unusual visitor go-up the
path to the, Merdon mansion. It 'v ;is
the gray-haired president. Mrs. Mer
don opened the door herself, and tho
student couldn't help seeing the, look
of . astonishment on her face, and that
she tottered as she stepped back into
the hall; couldn't help hearing, intones
that he will never forget, two ex
clamations, "Addie!" "Prank!" and
the door closed.
When Seymour and Charlotte came
in from their evening walk they heard
voices in the sitting-room, aid Sey
mour was speechless with astonish
ment as he recognized the president's
voice saying: " 1 am glad that you re
jected me once, for my joy is made
wonderful by years of darkness. '
Catching her lover's hand Charlotte
stepped with him into the room.
"Mother," she said, " if you haven't
got too much happiness already"
looking at the venerable man who did
not release the hand he was holding
"remember you promisiil to be happy
forever if I should marry the man
who will (ill my father's chair. Let
me present him."
Myliost ceased. His story was evi
dently done, and as he drew l a'kfrom
the table, he said : " The only thing
fictitious about it is tho name' I have
given tho poor student."
"But," 1 asked, "di.l Charlotte ever
tell her mother of the visit she made
to her chamber when she was asleep at
her writing-desk?"
" You may ask her," ho said, smil
ing. "Site sits at the head of the
table."
Absorbed in the story, I bad not no
ticed that my hostess was concealing
her blushes behind the tea-urn.
Springfield Republican.
SCIENTIFIC ASD INDUSTRIAL.
India rubber is now adulterated with
tinely-pulverized cork the cork, of
course, being that for which no other
use can be lound.
A French scientist says that bodies
can be kept incorrupted for an indefL
nite period oy .ueing placed in glass
colhns, with the air pumped out and
replaced with antiseptic gas.
The decrease in the rent of farming
land in Scotland averages ten per cent,
llus is partly owing to poor crops for
a series or years, and partly to the
amount of capital invested by Scotch
iarmers in America.
A party of Italian scientists just re
turned from an expedition to the
South Pacilic have proved to their
own satisfaction that a race of giants
once existed in Patagonia. In wan
dering over Terra del Euego they
found human bones of marvelous large
size.
A spot which appeared in the sun's
southern hemisphere, on April 13,
oi last year, was measured by Rev. !
Hewlett and found to have a superfi
cial area of not less than 2,050,000,000
square miles. Even this was sur
passed by one seen in November, which
a correspondent of the London Evho
reported as extending over a space of
..joo.oio.uuu square miles.
lhe removal of the electric lamps
which ngnt tne ioreign settlement at
Shanghai has been ordered by the Chi
nese governor of the district, who says
he has heard of tho terrible accidents
which have been caused by electricity,
and he cannot allow his people to be
exposed to the frightful risk of hav
ing hundreds of thousands of houses
destroyed, millions of persons killed,
or the walls of the city blown down.
by any irregularity in the working of
tne eiectric machine.
According to foreign journals a Swiss
engineer, named Eodor, at present
employed on a railway in Finland, has
lately perfected a discovery which, if
all that is said of it be true, will prove
an immense boon to railway companies.
The invention consists of an indicator,
of easy application to all existing
wagons and locomotives, whereby their
speed, the number of stoppages they
make, tne miration ot the stoppages,
and the times at which they are made,
are exactly and automatically regis
tered. Tho apparatus has been tried
and its efficiency proved on a railway
in Finland, and on a part of tho line
between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Olive Oil.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
BulU'tin, traveling abroad, says;: I
was much interested in the'fratonia,
the place where tho olive oil is made,
and had the opportunity to watch the
whole process. Signor Matteini has
just erected a very lino new building
for the purpose, and has introduced
machinery, an innovation most dis
pleasing to the unprogre:sive conta
ilini mind he would prefer the slow
primitive method, though it consumed
more than twice or thrice the time and
was infinitely more laborious We
saw the great bags of olives emptied
between two largo grindstones, which
crushed them thoroughly; they are
then put into sof t wicker" baskets and
placed under heavy presses; from
these the pure oil runs into marble
vats in another room, is left to settle
for a short time, and is then bottled.
To us who are used to seeing one flask
of olive oil at a time it was quite over
powering to behold hundred of gal
lons produced so quickly.
FASHION NOTES.
Cheviots will be worn again.
New ribbons are in Ottoman reps.
Ottoman sateens come in large flat
reps.
' Corsage bouquets- grow larger and
larger.
Ball dresses are again trimmed with
flutters. . .
There is a return to demi trains for
dinner toilets.
Pretty fans are made of soft feathers
in every color.
Brocaded velveteen appears
spring novelties.
Large cravats or lace bows
longer fashionable.
among
are no
Silver dog collars are worn outside
the collar of the dress.
The newest bonnets are very small,
but have a pointed brim, extending
over the forehead, and long ears with
square corners.
Box plait skirts are made so wide
that they look like panels, especially
when trimmed with cord fourages or
buttons aud bows.
Dressy slippers of black satin, to bo
worn with black silk stockings, have
handsome buckles of cut jet for orna
ments below the instep.
Novelties4in dress buttons are in odd
designs, in carved wood, in jet, bronze,
silver, or dead steel, representing gro
tesque heads of animals.
Padding, wadding and corsets are
avoided by fashionable girls, as it is
the style now to have the figure look as
natural and supple as possible.
The newest wraps are padded on the
shoulders, or rather on the upper part
of the sleeve. This is done to give the
wearer the appearance of greater
height.
Crocheted slippers in fancy wools for
the bedroom are wrought with long
loops inside, which servo as a lining.
making them much warmer and fit
ting closer to the feet.
lied cashmere pelisses for little girls
are plaited from the neck down, tied at
the waist with a belt ribbon, and have
a pelerine cape so long that it nearly
conceals the garment under it.
Evening dresses are frequently made
of light-colored velvets, in the uncer
tain shades called icsthetic. such as
pale crushed strawberry red, flauie
blue, Nile green, shrimp pink and pale
blue, cream and ficelle, with elaborate
trimmings of laco and satin ribbon.
Imitation diamonds are now so per
fect that the real ones are at a dis
count; no one of wealth is suspected
of wearing any but the real stones, and
many a wealthy woman takes ad
vantage of this notion and wears the
mock jewels without fear of detection
or of theft.
HEALTH HINTS.
An orange eaten before breakfast
cures the craving for liquor and im
proves a disordered stomach.
For a scald or burn, apply imme
diately pulverized charcoal and oil;
lamp oil will do, but linseed is better.
It is stated by a medical writer that
carbolic acid diluted with warm
water, and poured into the ear, is a
sovereignacure for earache.
Dr. Denker, of St. Petersburg, treats
diphtheria by first giving the patient a
laxative, and when its operation has
ceased he gives cold drinks acidulated
with hydrochloric acid, and then a
gargle of lime water and hot milk in
equal parts every two hours. His
method ha been very successful.
A physician who manages a home
for the cure of the opium habit says
that in every case excepting ono that
has come under his notice, the habit
has been acquired by using the drug
ior some painiui auniem, usually by
prescription of physician. A large
number of physicians have come under
his care for tho euro of this habit, and
ono remarkable case of a physician
who acquired the use of opium for the
purpose of discovering some antidote.
Failing in this, ho brought up at the
cure. Evidently morphia is a danger
ous drug to experiment with and should
not be prescribed when anything else
will servo in its stead. Dr. Footi's
Htalih Monthly.
Bird Architects.
Doves, in the construction of their
nests, display a great apparent care
lessness or want of skill. The coarse
sticks that compose their nests are so
loosely thrown together that one would
hardly believe they could hold the eggs.
This is evidently a provision of nature
to secure the young from vermin, like
the practice of woodpeckers of laving
their eggs on the bare wood. A similar
imperfection of structure marks tho
nests of some of the larger birds. But
why should certain species be endowed
with this conservative instinct, while
in others i, is entirely wanting? By
careful observation we find a reason
for it. The woodpeckers lay their eggs
on the bare wood that vermin may not
Hud a harbor in the material of a nest;
but wlu n a wren or a chickadee takes
possession of oiieof these vacated hol
lows it fills it with materials that are
fitted to harbor swarms of vermin, but
each of t best? birds feeds on the mi
nutest crawling in.a'cts, and with its
microscopic vision can easily destroy
all that enter its abode.
Where There's a Will There's a Way.
Thongh troubles perplex yon,
Dishearten and vex you,
Retarding your progress in sorxib array
To shrink with torror
Is surely an error,
For where there's a will there's a way.
The tak may be teasing,
The duty nnplcasinR,
But ho who confronts it will soon win the day;
Half the battle is over
When once we discover
That where there's a will there's a way.
Misfortunes uncounted
Are often surmounted,
If only we quit not the field in dismay
Thou once more endeavor,
Remembering ever
That where there's a will there's a way.
Domestic Journal.
HUJIOIt OF THE DAY.
Gallant tree is known by its boughs
Sleight-of-hand llefusing an offer
of marriage.
The deuce of diamonds is their ex
orbitant cost.
The electric incandescent pocket
book is the latest; it is always light
Drummer.
Eva, noticing a flock of noisy, chat
tering blackbirds, said, "Mamma, I
gues3 they're having a sewing 'ciety 1"
Home Journal.
A little child of seven or eight said
that when the Bible speaks of "child
ren's children" it must mean dolls.
Christian at Home.
A littlo girl in Arkansas, according
to dispatches, has been found with
three tongues If that girl ever gets
married but why dwell on such hor
rible anticipations?
The increased tendency to play chess
by telegraph suggests cur intimating
that it wouldn't bo a bad idea to have
prize-lights and cocking mains cort
ducted in the same way. Home Senti
nel. A philosopher says : "In the econ
omy of nature nothing is lost. The
inside of an orange may refresh one
man, while the outside of the same
fruit may serve as a medium for break
ing another man's leg."
A book of JJ50 pages has been writ
ten to prove that sharks do not eat
human beings. The author of the
work has declined an offer of $1,000
to jump into the harbor at Key West
and settle the dispute.
Archibald Forbes, the English war
correspondent, is to g.'t $5,000 for his
proposed work on the United Slates.
We had no idea the United States
needed repairs so bail that the work on
them would cost $5,00J. Texas ('
ini;s. A miller, who attempted to be witty
at the expense of a j-ontli of weak in
tellect, accosted him with, "John, peo
ple say that you are a fool." On this
John replied, "I don't know that I am,
sir; I know some tluigs, sir. and some
things I don't know, sir." "WeH.
John, what do you know?" "I know
tiiat millers always have fat hogs, sir."
"And what don't you know?" "I
don't know whose corn they eat, sir.'
While tho guards nro being doubled
around the palace of the sultan, and
the most experienced safe-builders aro
employed in constructing a bed cham
ber of chilled iron' for tho czar that
cannot be opened without a knowledge
of the combination, the gratifying
news comes that th? governor's guard
of Ohio is to bo disbanded. How tran
quil and secure is the life of an
American potentate beside that of
foreign rulers! Saturday Night.
A Caterer on Meat,
Fresh meat of every description
should be hung up in a dry, cool place.
and carefully wiped every day. It
ought never to lay long in a dish. Tha
time it shoull be kepi vi.ries with
the weather in cold, dry weather it
will keep fresh much longer than in
moist, warm wra'-hcr. Game will keep
longer than butcher meat say, two
weeks birds being kept with the
feathers on, but not t'rawn, ajid veni
son and rabbits paunched but not
skinned. Beef will require from four
to te l days' keeping, or even longer in
cold weather: and mutton, if well
managed, will sometimes hang a fort
night or three weeks without spoiling
tho longer tho bitter. As young
meat, l.owever veal, lamb a'ul mut
tonspoils very quickly, one, two or
three days at the utmost sullices for it.
Fowls will keep for a week and
turkeys a. fortnight, but a goose not
above nine or ten days. In plucking
birds which have been J;ept some
time, care should be takoi not to
break the skin, which wi 1 become,
rather tender.
There are various ways of keeping
meat sweet and of removing tho bad
smell after it has become slightly
tainted. Ono mode is to rub it over
with coarsely-pounded charcoal, which
has the -property of absorbing tho
putrescent gases, and thus prevents
the bud smell. The charcoal must, of
course, be washed off before cooking.
Another way is to paint the meat all
over with a solution of salicylic acid,
or rubbing the meat, with dry avid is
tne simplest method, and will" do for.
all household purposes. The Uuttitr.
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