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climated that 60,000 gallons of
(i yearly consumed In this country
-.; churches for sacramental pur-
Mir times has the White House been
1 in mourning since President
Und became . its occupant for
. for Hendricks, for Arthur and
:ite,
' Hrrg has been loafing off the roast
! ' id which was four miles loug,
vide, and 100 feet out of
'icith below the surface was
n bo fOO feet.
quaro mile of land in Great
nd Ireland has to Support 2H0
: I .in Germany 210 person.
mile in the United Mates
' ly 14 persons.
i'ii!erns are put to learn
ir boyhood. The new
. .cnnanyelcnrned to be a
r, and his son, tho Crown
i nr. apprenticed "devil" in a
iidliuj; oll'uc.
i ;lnative statistician: "If
a circular lake and Franco a
I, tho island could b?
;'i!i':ly in tho lake out ot
i, twenty-two mile from any
encircling shore.
',-,-. depositors in tho largest
i-tiion in Philndo'phia nro
i an authority in such ir atters
by far the greatest share ol
-.1 capital in Philadelphia
b.-5oi!sfs to women.
ian says that tho land now
i France to wine grapes would,
to corn and wheat, produce
i. these life sustaining staples
y now has to buy at a cost
" " to $130,000,000 per
n .1 with a plague of rats
mirigtho Khnlkha logion
oti.-v uninhabitable. Tho
.-ug;ests that as rats are
it is a pity that they
; enlerprisj enough to
-'ah'.ishmonts, and thus
a Messing.
iiuirtlg Cuttle Commission
ilirce years' investigation, n o
i i'ent liogcholora iu their State
by feeding swill containing
the disease brought from tho
fresh pork, and that.in no case
j 1 1 .1.1 from pen to pen, unless
in. ils come iu coutuct wiih
c! i-vation which has
!ivi is.:i7,!0) feet
'iil-i height having
. i g a balloon ascent
At this ticmcndnu8
tiwj oarth's surface
is found to be almost
: lion
i-jt to the great rarefaction
i American oyster?, tlu
tn si.vs: "The natural
i ! sis country are rapidly
' The famous Saddle
,f,rr(. for seventy rivo
.';- a.!", with the following
tu:ler-akato, bottles, ashes,
"., refuse, eight largo oysters,
' - f sinnll feed."
:rr of war, if not its priile,
nd circumstance, is fast dinp
declares tho New York Ornphir.
i jiau military authorities h ive
laadti ii ; the r mind tliat.lhe r
i-iusscs worn by about a do'cn cavalry
lmentt must go. Tha cuirass is pitt-
Hi-, but it is not bullet-proof and
1 :i i ctweeu siitcou kud seventeeu
. ! ni l has givcu up writing
t The Remands have
'-.ivv. When she first went
l.iu; House alio acknowledged
. vui,, Jlower or coinjiliinent byu
autograph lettor. Now sho has
i' is her corresponden e, and has
hi do to sign her namo tolctlcrs
......wlcdguieut and tho other an
. 'i.-r hu ge correspondence.
A i,i in tho researches into the consti
:! ,n il history of the I'nitcd ift.itei
'nil engage so much attention, the
ii' or less informal meetings of statcs
' it ITSi at Alexandria, Ya., and
,i.t Vciiion (Winhington's rcsitlcncc),
' iiio consultation at Annapolis, Md.,
. i?i, all )rcliminary to the great I'll II
1 I iiia convention of 178", have hlth
i in remained in some obscurity J'ro
? -or Jameson, of Johns Hopkins L'ni
ily, is engaged on an historical work
'hem.
, eseut Ocrniuu Kmpress is tho
i lish Princess who has held that
. i.. 1 lie others were lldgyth, daugh
. of Edward tho Klder, wife of Otto
i ; UunhiUl, daughter of Kuut, wife of
Henry III. of Cermany; Matildi, the
ink between tho Noinian mid Plantage
u t dynasties, wife of Henry Y. of Ccr
ny ; and Isabella, daughter of King
i,u, wifoof Frederick II., tho Wonder
: - World. This hut-uumed I'rincesa
as a direct ancestor of the lite Prince
uasort of Eliglaud, mid therefore of the
M-scut German Knipress,
THE TIME TO HATE.
I have a friend I moan, a foe
Whom cordially I ought to hate;
But somehow I enn never seem
To lay the feud between us straight.
When apile houghs are full of bloom,
And Nature loves her fellow-mon
With all the witchery of spring
How can you hnte a fellow then?
And then when summer comes, wiUi days
Full of a long and languid charm,
When even wattir-lilies sleep
On waves without a thought of harm,
When underneath the shadiest tree
My hammock hangs in idlest state,
I wore an idiot to get up
Out of that hammock just to hate.
Then harvests come. If mine is big,
I am too happy with my store;
If small, I'm too much occupied
With grubbing round to make it more,
In dim recesses of my m'nd;
I have no Idle hour to spend
In hunting up the bitter foe
Who simply ought to be my friend.
In winter! Well, in winter ugh!
Who would a Id ha'o to winds that freez3)
Ail love and warmth that I can get
I want in such dull days as tho?.
No, no, dear foe; It is no use;
The struggling year is at an end;
I cannot hate you if I would,
And you must turn and be my friend.
Alice W. Holtine, in Harper's Weekly.
THE TWO VASES,
What I am about to relate is abso
lutely true. It has rover appeared in
typo before I shall merely make a
necessary i hange in names and locale,
leaving the facts exactly as they were de
tailed to me by one personally interested
in tho Story.
In a rambling old rectory in tho Mid
lands there had stood formorcthan forty
yuars two china vases not specially ad
mired or valued by the owucr dusted
by tho sacrilegious hands of every
chance housemaid, yct,curiously enough,
unbroken during that long period of
time. There were quantities of china
lying about and ranged along tho walls,
apparently of equal or greater value.
The place wns avast china warren why,
no one Fecmed to know.
At tho end of tho forty years tho
Hector, who had a more dignified
ecclesiastical title us well, died. Like
Mr. llardell, "he glided almost imper
ceptibly from the world," and left his
china behind him.
The licctor left two sons, liobert and
James Fitzroy. The property was
div ded pretty equally between the two,
except that to ltobcit, tho elder, went
tho furniture, pictures, plate and china.
Pcforo tho liunl settlement, however,
James Fitzroy said to liobert: "I have
a fancy for those two vases out of the
hull more for auld lang ynu than any
thing else." To which I'obeit replied,
with generosity more conspicuous than
discrimination: "All right; I don't care
about them. You may have them with
pleasure"
The incident, which seemed to both
trivial enough, did not dwell in tho
minds of cither of I he brothers. .Iiime-,
who was a barrister by profession and a
farmer by preference, took his spoil
away. The vases were placed iu tho
drawing room of his country house,
where h s wife, partly becau.-e her hus
band from .old associations ntlivlied
value to them, dusted them herself.
t no day a lady of their acquaintance
called at The Driurs. Aftor tho usual
p'atitudes about the weather and tho
dul n8 of the season, the visitor gh.nced
round t ie room in search of a new sub
ject. The errant gaze lighted on the
strange vases, and tho quest was over.
"Oh, what lovely vases! Where did
you get them, -Y'rs. Fitzroy,'"
"They amo from my husband's fa
ther's. Were they not in the room when
you calicd last, Mrs. Hemming " ,
".No, I am sure they were not. I do
admire them tremendously; don't you?"
Here tho visitor crosses the room to in
spect the del cate ware more closely.
The pantomime of devotion which fol
lows can be more easily imagined than
described.
"I liko' them very well," replies tho
hostess, unaympathetically ; "but I have
seen a great many vases that I like bet
ter." The visitor returns to hcr seat, but
cannot keep her eyes and thoughts from
tho object of her admiration,
A w eek afterward Mrs. Hemming calls
again. This time she is accompaned by
Lady Sarah Mordaunt, who is unknown
personally to Mrs. Fit.roy. but who is
an ardent chinamaniuc. Mrs. Hemming
introduce! her friend. Together they
strike brooming, appreciative, and, to the
unsympathetic, somewhat ludicrous at
titudes before their idol. Mrs. Fitzroy
iilays second fiddle to her own china,
ady Sarah Mordaunt is even louder iu
her praies than -Mrs. Hemming. To
gether they insist, unmoved by the pas
sive resistance of their hostess, on re
moving the contents of a glues hitherto
tilled v. iih bric-a-brac, and installing in
its placo tho two vases. Departing with
a solemnity becoming to tiie occasion,
they thus cxhoit .Mrs. Fitzroy: "if you
and jour husband do not really value
this i bin a, why not send it to .Messrs.
Christie i Mason, und let them scud it
to some one who will;"
Lady Surah Mordaunt, with, indeed,
an cuthusiasui wortliy of the cause, was
quite rude about it. The world outsido
chinamauiu is, to the true believer, very
much what Macedonia was to Athens iu
the day of Periclesa barburism only
to be touched with the tongs.
These exhortations sunk deep into the
receptive soul of Mrs. Fitzroy, aud event
ually permeated even tho more puchy
dcrmatouB entity which composed her
husband. The barrister communicated
with the famous firm of auctioueeis.
'ihey asked for a description of the
chii a, which was given. I ltimately, by
their advice, the vases were tent up to
King ttreet, St. James's Square, to be
inspected, aud sold for what they would
fetch.
"Let us have a little jaunt up to town,
my dear," remarked Mr. James Fitzroy
to his wife; "if the china is all they
say, tho vases ought to fetch a ten
pouud uoto each, aud that will pay our
expenses. We have not hud u holiday
for a long time." Liko John Oiilpin,
when proposing a similar excursion,
Mr. Fitzroy was unaware that the future
was big with fate. There the simile
breaks down.
Accordingly, to town they went, put
ting up at the" Bedford Hotel, in Covent
Garden. After a few days spent in en
joyment Mr. Fitzroy received a notice
from Christie & Mnnson that his vases
would be sold on a- certain day the fol
lowing week at tho end of the sule of
Count Mirabcau's china. Count Mira
beau was a nnmo dear to connoitseurs.
and oven celebrated outsido the charmed
circle. Ho was, in fact, a hicrophant of
tho china fetish.
''I should liko to see this collection of
Count Mirabcau's they talk so much
about in the papers,'- s lid Mr. James
Fit.roy. "I think we will go to tho
sale."
With this view, when tho day arrived,
they went, prepared to swallow quietly
their own (and the vaes') comparative
insignificance. On their arrival in King
street they found tho rooms, of course,
crowded with gentlemen and dealers.
The time fixed for the sale had not yet
some.
Afnlrint fhoir wntf with it ! IhVnlt V
through tho room, Mr. and .Mrs. Fitzroy
ml .n Dmiiih,li, from II,., M ill nnil
shire in which thev lived,
"Hallo, Fitzroy! what are you doing
here? I never knew you were a maniac.
What brings you to Christie's on a
china day?"
"I don't go in for this sort of a thing
as a rule, but I thought I should like to
seo Count Mirabcau's collection. They
talk so much about it. Besides, I have
a little thing in tho sale myself."
The friend did not heed the last part of
tho remark, but answered tho first.
Oh, Count Mirahcau! Y'es, that is fine
cnougn, i conicss; uui ins noun ig com-
v . !. .!.;-.
pared to some china at tho further end ; '. . ,
of the room. -Youco.no this way and I ! ' Vice stings us even in our pleasures,
will show you." The trio threaded their ' virf,, consoles us even in our pains,
way to a remote corner of the sale-room, I Cheerfulness or joyfnlncss is tho at
passing as rapidly as might be a great mosphcro under which all things thrive,
quantity of very handsome china which j A life spent worthily should be meas
was arranged and ticketed ready for ur(;d by a nobler lino, by deeds not years.
: sale. jit wio eiiu, ri'inuai mini me uoor
and near tho rostrum, under two glass
I molds, on a table stood their own two
j vases.
j "There, look at that," remarks tho
i friend complacently, with the gentle
patrouage of superior knowledge. "That
i is china if you like worth any other
ten pieces in tho room. iuite unique I"
"Hang it 1" said Mr. Fit.roy. "I need
not have come all this way to see those
j vases. Why, they are mine!"
I "Yours, Fit.roy! I liko that! Y'ou
have turned humorist iu your old age.
j Don't you wish they were, by Jove! Y'ou
; must tuko care of your husband, Mrs.
Fitzroy. He works too hard."
I "Ihank you for tho insinuation,
Somerset. I am Fane enough to know
my own property when I fcj it. I tell
vou those vases ihat i'ou think such a lot
' of are mine. 1 sciit them to Christie."
i The tone and tho words were too earnest
to bo mistaken. j
I By this time the bystanders h id heard
( tho colloquy, nnd had gathered the im- j
: port of what wus passim;. Tho dealers;
j swarmed around Mr. Fitzroy like vul- j
tures upon carrion. They took the facts '
nnd tho "grcennc s" in at a glance. j
"I will give you five . 'undred pound
i for those vases." "I will give you six j
'undred pound for those vases." "I will j
give you eight 'undred pound for those
I vase-." "I will givo you more than any
, man ia England for those vases on the
j table, sir." Such were the cries
, which rescinded on all hands.
I Mr. l itzroy was perfectly bewildered,
, nnd ran considerable 'risk of being re
duced to the condition Somerfet had sug
gested previously. The latter, who was
an old hand, came ti his rescue,
i "Don't be a fool, Fitroy. If they
really aro yours, keep a cool held on
! your shoulders. They toll mo telegrams
j have been on the go nil over Europe
about those vasei to-day. They are
j worth a mint of money. Don't part to
1 any of these sharks."
j On the steps of tho hall thi barrister
j would have taken twenty pounds for his
, chances from that day's salo with cheer
' fill alacrity. 4
I Mrs. Fitzroy was looking very white.
I tie suiMcn turn alluirs hud taken was
almost too much for her.
"Don't faint, my dear," remarked her
husband. The advico was needed. She
felt very like it. But woman's buttress,
cuiiosity to sco the end, sustained her.
If a woman were not curious, she would
die more often than she docs.
'The sale began. Count Mirabcau's
collection was sold first. The junior
partner was the auctioneer. The Count's
ch'na was indeed nicgnirrent, aud duly
appreciated. Tho bidding was active
and tho prices adequate. .Nevertheless,
throughout there was a restless feeling
of impatience. Mjro wascomiuir. The
I tid bit was kept to the last.
1 here wosa pati'e. 1 hen, amidst loud
applause and great excitement, to which
it may bo imagined the Fit.roys were
not wholly insensible, the two vases
were placed before Mr. Woods the auc
tioneer, in full view of the audience.
When silence supervened, Mr. Wo: ds
j said :
, "Gentlemen, wc know next to nothing
I about this china which stands before
you, and of wdiich you have just testified
your approval. e cannot give you its
detailed history. All we know is that
these vases have been hidden away in a
country rectory in tho Midlands for forty
yeais and more. Anything further back
seems to bo absolutely uncertain. One
thing, however, we do know absolutely:
The tinting is the rest Hose du Hani.
We thought there we e only five vases iu
Europe, the finest existing examples of
this beautiful ware. We now know
there are seven. The sixthAnd seventh
stand before you. gentlemen."
Another round of applause greeted
the conclusion of this short speech. The
bidding began. Mr. and Mrs. James
Fitzroy stood in tho corner unnoticed,
breathless with suppressed excitement.
No one heeded them. They again played
second fiddle to their ow n property.
Five hundred pounds wus the first bid
for the pair. A cheer emphasized the
spirited start. A cool thousand was,
however, soon reached. Then there was
a pause, amid silence which could be
felt and almost heard. Only three bid
ers were left in. Every one understood
I that they were gathering up their forces
lor the niittl coiillict.
" It is against you, my lord," the auc
tioneer remarked quietly.
The hint was taken, and the b tiding
began nuain. ' Fifteen hundred guin
eas " An unanswerable argument. The
hummer falls. The crowd cheers. The
welthiest nobleman iu England is tho
purchaser. Mr. James Fitzroy is tho
wealthier by one thousand five hundred
pounds. Mrs. Fitzroy marks her ftp
pronation of the gravity of tho situation
and her own good luck in true feminine
fashion, by promptly fainting.
It reads like a romance, yet happens to
be perfectly tree.
About the same time a girl chances to
die of starvation. One of the weekly
papers snw tit to couple the episode of
the vases and the death of the girl to
gether, although tho two things were
quite distinct. Tho cllort was lyrical,
and the last couplet ran:
"Fut she was only common clay.
And these were Hose du Karri."
"
A puff of smoke rises up into the air
nnd curls in graceful spiral curves to the
ceiling, whero it hovers until its identity
is lost, owing to the fact of its being
joined by other unsubstantial emanations
from the same source.
"lint you are liobert Fitzroy ?" queries
the listener, who has been silent for five
minutes after the narrator of tho story
"Yes," with another and more vigor
ous putt of fmokc, which may or may
not have been cxpressivo of internal
emotion. "I gavo those vases to my
brother.1' London H'oW.
' " " i-oeu
WISE WORDS.
Hopo is a good breakfast but
a bad
supper.
Time and adversity aro two powerful
destroyers.
The first step in debt is like tho first
. . f.l9ho( .
Any one who ha) any one of the vir
tues strongly developed has a coloring of
them all in his character.
There is many a heart that dwells in
its soul, like a hermit in his cell, its own
sad and sorrowing confessor.
A jest is often a weak and silly thing;
a witticism, a cold and cruel thing; but
a joke is ever the fun of humor.
History i3 a mighty drama, enacted
tipou the theatre of Time, with suns for
lamps, and Eternity for a background.
Success don't impose itself on any one.
Those who win must reach for things,
and at the same time cultivate their grip.
All the real wits and humorists are a
sedate people; their wit and humor is
worked out soberly with line and plum
mot. He who dee'des in any case, without
hearing the other side of tho question,
though he may determine justly, is not
therefore just.
Those who excel in strength arc not
most likely to show contempt in weak
ness. A man docs notdespiso the weak
ness of a child.
All that wo possess of truth and wis
dom is a borrowed good. You will be
always poor, if you do not possess the
only true riches.
Tho living get credit for what they
might be quite as much as for what they
are Posterity judges n man by the best
rather than the average of his attain
ments. Repose and cheerfulness are the badge
of the gentleman repose in energy.
The Greek battle pieces are calm; the
heroes, in whatever violent actions en
gaged, retain a serene asj e t.
To be n good critic, a mau must have
all the intrinsic elements of a g od
author, and yet while wo have but few
good authors, even the solitudes and
waste places teem with critics.
We seem to have four kinds of people
thoso who nro moving forward, those
who are on the move backward, thoso
w ho aro standing still and thoso who are
going to start in some direction soon.
I ovo not the man who can look with
out emotion upon the sunset of life,
when tho dusk of evening begins to
gather over the watery eye, and the
shadows of twilight grow broader and
deeper upon the understanding!
Life consists not of a scries of illus
trious actions or elegant enjoyments; the
geater part of our timo passes in com
pliance with necessities, in the perform
ance of dally duties, in tho removal of
small inconveniences, in the procure
ment of petty pleasures, and wc are well
or ill at case as tho main stream of lifo
glitles on smoothly, or is rallied by small
obstacles aud frequent observation.
A Trim Love Mutch.
Prince Oscar of Sweden und his wife,
net Eb!a Munck.are passionately fond of
both sailing and skating. It was upon
the ice that the two first met, and most
of their love making took place Hying
side by side over tho frozen plains, on
steel runners. Of course, the laws of
Sweden forbidding marriage with a sub
ject, the king and queen opposed their
sou's fancy for the lady-in-waiting;
finally tho prince, by giving up all claim
to the th one, resigning his Mate allow
ance, and till royal privileges and emolu
ments, secured a consent to his marriage.
All that is lift is his barren title, which
his children will not inherit; his position
us admiral in tho licet, which was fairly
won during his long naval service, and
u small p.. vale fortune. His wife, how
ever, has money enough for both, and
they have gouo to Bournemouth, Eng
land, to live.
A kindly (iilt, But Not a Kingly
Reward.
Mrs. Scarf, of Niskayuna, New York,
is an aged lady, who was born in Eng
land many years ago, and when a girl
became famous for her skill in weaving
duiiusk hangings. William IV., who
then occupied tho throne of England,
heard of her accomplishment and seut
an order to her for twenty yards of
damask for bed curtains. Ho was in a
hurry ai.d gave her four days for the
task. At the end of that timo the
maiden presented tho ruler with the
handsomest damask curtains ever seen
in England up to that time, and which
are even now on exhibition in Windsor
Castle. William was pleased with tho
work, but sent tho young girl only f 1
as a reward for her achievement. twi
mtrt itd A lii rtinrr.
Hu who strives after a long aud pleas
ant form of life must seek to attain con
tinued equanimity.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Care of Plctnrc.
Engravings, photographs or etching
often collect dust between the picture
and tho glass. This should not be al
lowed to remain, as it will in time per
manently discolor the print. The board
at the back should be removed, tho pic
ture taken out and dusted nnd the glass
washed. After this is done, paste a
large sheet of paper carefully over tho
back, being sure that it covers the entiro
back, taking in the part where the board
fits into the frame. Sometimes there are
knot holes in these boards, but where
ever there is the smallest crack there will
the dust penetrate, nnd this is the only
certain wav of keeping it out. The best
picture dealers and trainers now treat the
back of all pictures that have a glass in
this way, but if one happens to be pos
sessed of any old pictures they will
almost invariably be found to have the
wood back simply tacked in. Farm,
Field and dtcckmaii.
How to Iron Shirts.
Y'ou will need two rough-faced polish
ing irons, which can be procured lor you
by your hardwaie de der. With these in
your possession proceed to dampen your
starched clothes. For col'.nts and cuffs
have about one yard of muslin, dip this
:in clean water and wring out as dry as
you can by hand. Place the collars in
alternate "layers, two thick acioss tho
cloth, fold over and contin e placing
them until they are all in. Have orfly
one thickness of clolh between each
layer, as more than tins will make them
too damp. Now roll up tight and place
under a weight of about twenty-five
pounds for thirty-five minutes, take out
of the fold and put them iu layers to
gether, roll again in the cloth and put
under the weight for several hours.
They will then be ready for ironing.
Have a little common wax for the irons
to make them smooth aud have them hot,
not too hot so as they will scorch.
Should the irons havo a tendency to
stick, place some table salt on a smooth
board and rub the f.icc of the iron over
it until smooth. The shirts should be
dampened like the collars. Instead of
using muslin use the lowest part of the
shirt, which fold over the bosom and
interfoid the wristbands. Let the neck
band be covered iu the fold, now lay
them ono on the other in a p le for
several hours with no weight, uud when
you are nearly ready to iron them, roll
iip tight separately ; let them remain thus
for about an hour and they will be in
fine condition for ironing. To do good
work use plenty of pressure the more
the better as one of the first requisites
of a good ironer is strength. Now, with
these instructions and practice you can
get your shirts, collars and culls just as
stitT and glossy as the finest new work.
Dliott Free Vim.
Kecipes.
Jku.y CAKiva.oc i(i) of sugar, three
j'Tnitwr-s is,. urihree eggs, three
tablcsjioonsful of milk, oue aud one-half
cups of sifted Hour, two tablcspoonl'uls
of baking powder. This makes four
layers.
Spinach. Pick nnd wash, put in a
saucepan without water; sprinkle with
salt. Let cook half an hour; add butter
and pepper; dish, pour over boiling
cream, and place slices of hard boiled
egg over the top.
Bi:i;t Gkkkns. Take young, tender
licet, tops and roots, without separating;
wash carefully nnd put in boiling salt
water with a small piece of pickled pork ;
cook one hour, drain, pour out all tho
water.aiul put in a saucepan with a little
butter, pepper and salt; let heat through,
put in a hot dish and serve with vinegar.
Spanish Ciikam. Take half a box of
gelatine, cover with water and let stand
about half an hour. Take one quart of
milk nnd let it boil up ouce or twice.
Beat five eggs very light, and add suf
ficient sugar to sweeten them, and mix
well together. Add the melted gelatine
to the boiling milk, and when perfectly
dissolved pour it upon the sugar and
eggs. Return it to the fire for a few
minutes, stirring all tho time. Season
with vanilla and pour into molds. Serve
with cream.
Mixc Ki) Liver. Liver and bacon be
comes monotonous as a breakfast dish,
aud as a variation a mince made of tho
liver will be found very good. Boil the
liver until it is thoroughly soft and then
mince it very fine. Put two ounces of
butter in a saucepan over a moderate lire
nnd when tho butter is melted add a
tablcspoonful of flour. Stir until it be
comes brown. Put the liver into this
sauce. Season with salt, pepper, lemon
juice and Worcester-hire or any p'qiiant
tuuee. Let it become quite hot, und
serve w ith small pieces of toast.
SiiiAwiiKiiiiv Jam. Take some straw
berries and fully-ripe curiants, iu the
proportion of one pound of currants to
six pounds of strawberries, and for every
pound oT fruit allow three-quarter of a
pound of sugar. Care ully pick over and
mash tho cm rants, and for each pound
of them add one gill of water, place in
a preserving kettle over the tiie and allow
to boil no once. Now niter having c iic
fully hulled the st-awben ies, add them
and press all through a hair sieve into an
earthenware pan. Put the sugar into
the preset ving kettle, adding one gill of
water for eaeii pound of sugar, and boil
it until it is of the consisteney of thick
molasses. Now add the pulped fruit,
aud allow all to remain oer n
bri-k lire for twenty minutes, stirr'ng
constantly w hile on the lire. Now skim,
pour into glass jars or tumblers, and
when perfectly cold cover securely us for
strawberry preserves.
Phokuvi.k Pka iii:k on Ai'incors.
I'aro the peach', cut them in halves,
removing the stone?, Allow one pound
granulated sugar to one pound pen lies,
crack one quarter of the stones, extract
the kernels und remove the dark skins;
boil them in sullicient water to ovcr
them uutil soft; let them steep in a cov
ered bowl until ueeded : place the pciu h'-s
and sugar alternately iu layers in a lined
saucepan; let it warm up slowly, strain
nnd add the water and the kerne's. Let
them boil slowly until the pi.ai lies are
clear and tender, which wilkln' iu about
half nn hour. Skim them out areluily
and lay them ou large flat di-hes; boil
up the sirup for lift ecu minutes, until it
is cl'-ar and thick, skimming us la-t
as the scum i ie. Fill jars two
thirds full of the cohl preserved pea' h .
pourou tho boiling sirup. When eoid
placo tissue-puper ou the pots and cover
gain with stout paper.
THE ELK OF THE ROCKIES.
A BTO MONARCH OF THE ELE
VATED FOREST SOLITUDES
Hi Great. Size nnd Pomlcron Ant
lers An Idk Yard Danger
Which Menace the Klk.
A Fort Krotrh (Montana correspond
ent of the Chcago Timt writes: The
largest and most cngrly sought of all
game animals in the .Northwest oi to
ilav is that monarch of mountain soli
tiules nnd king of elevated forests, the
true Rocky Mountain cik.
Elk in tiiis country grow to an cnor
rnoiis s:ze. Tho true "l ock? Mountain
blue elk has not the wcblike antlers of
the moose, but rnthcr the clean cut,
delicate fash'oned, hnndsoino headgear
of the mule deer, only on a more ponder
ous scale. It is truly astonishing how
ncatlv nnd cleverly "these big fellows
handle the liftv to sixtv pounds of heavy
weiht siiroutini' from their heads. It
takes live vears for the horns to attain
their full length, but after that the
dimension runs nil to width, nnd they
keep on expanding until their broadest
diameter is leaeheu, something iiKeiour
teen nronirs or branches being produced,
Elk in this latitude average larger in
size than cither to the north, south, enst
or west of us. Tho foothill shrubbery,
hirh-srrowinir plants, ozone of the at
mosphere, and everything elso combined
all tend to iri e them a bodily bulk
which they seem to attain nowhere cl-o
on the known globe. Their ordinary
Size, however, is aintte larger man tue
common American horse, with a pro
gression from the hindquarters up to the
forcshouldors, somewhat on the principle
of a irirafle. The extreme length from
nose to tail is from 7 to 7J feet, between
(i and 7 feet from the foreshoulder to the
ground; weight all tho way from 800 to
12 iO pounds, nn 1 with a head on each
"critter" liko a barrel. A short neck
and long forelegs prevent these auimals
from feeding or browsing on the grounu
so as a muter of cour-:c an elk must look
high for food. With this their upper
litis arc elongated and capable of niaK
in" a decided twist when necessary,
that they can pu'l down slender brunches
from above, hold the same with the fore
foot, and with the greatest case strip off
the bark, leaves nnd twms.
An experienced woodsman will bcnble
to follow an elk for miles by closely
observing the trail not by scanning the
ground in the usual way, but by looking
above anions tho twijrs nml branches,
In the Big Horn montains, among the
elevated forests of Yellowstone park
and in fact all through the various spurs
of tho Pockv Mountain chain in this
Intitndo hunters often run across,
their most isolated plnccs, what ar,
called e k-ynrds.
An elk-yard is a clearing in the woods
where the snow is trodden down w.tlnn
a ccitain circular spa'C, and here are
usually to bo found a father, mother,
nnd fawns. A family is seldom more
than the two adults and a pair of fawns,
Elk do not by any means breed in litters.
liko some other wild animals we know
of, ns the female seldom gives biith to
more 4han two awns in her lite, and
these sho keeps clos ly tied to her npron
strings until about tho third year, it
a great rarity to meet a young cik
nearlv all being of full size when encoun
tered by hunt' rs, as the youngsters arc
kept secreted away in the deepest re
cesses of a forest until they aro presum
ably old enough to care for themselves,
It is astonishing how quietly and easily
these b Iky quadrupeds can make their
way through dense thickets ami
tangled underbrush. Elks may be
decidedly rowardly, but npaiu they
nro.reinarknbly cunning, lor when
pursued or frightened they quickly
throw their heals backward, resting
their millers close to the shoulders, and
in this curious position go tearing through
fo esis and thickets at railroad speed
without ever being caught or impeded in
the sjiuhtcst degree. It is a well known
fact, too, that their stepping powers in
one particular far exceed that ot any
biped or quadruped m existence. When
on the alert they will pass swiftly and
quietly through a niece of timber covered
thick with undergrowth or fallen matter
and yet never so much as disturb a twig
or rustle a leaf in their progress. All re
ports go to show that there are this sea
son in the Yellowstone Park and among
tho wild surroundings of the great
national reservation more elk than for
many yoaisprevious. In the park proper
thev aio positively on the increase. Tho
saving laws, enacted too late to spare the
bison, were just in time t save tho elk,
and inconsc iiienre, starting in the park
at the Miiinmoth hot Bprings and then
following up tho Yellowstone as far
the la'ic, lifter first taking in .Mount
Evarts, we find many bands of elk scat
tered al! through tin timber, nnd at last
enjoying their lives iu peace under tho
careful guardianship of Capt. Harris, of
the 1st I'nitcd Stales cavalry, who is
present supervising supreme control over
the 13 )7 square miles embraced within
this wonderful and charmed region. Tl
only danger nie int ing them now comes
from other dangerous wild animals of
tho same loralily. Sometimes nil elk
will get stuck in the snow, and then ho
is virtually at tho mercy of mountain
lious and wolves, who simply swarm all
through the park.
The operator of telephones relates that
I lately while making Ins rounds throng
j the park he came suddenly upon one big
I fellow lit blow creek, who, iu h
fright, soraiig out upon an open spot
the creek, but missing his calculation
sank out of sight in tho snow which
rose up in IhlIi walls ull around him
The animal finally managed to wallow
out of the snow-tran, and only managed
to make his escape after a coiisiderubl
expenditure of time aud energy. Hero
was a chance for a nimble footed inoun
tain lion, and ro doubt ninny such cases
occur where the elk must fall a victim
this tierce beast of prey. On tho out
skirts of the nrk, in tho Sweetwater
country, along Minkingwater creek,
among the Soda liutles, Hoodoo moun
tains, and to the south und west of the
pink proper in the hoshono region and
the locality of Henry's hiKc, are also
many bands of elk which are oulv spared
from destruction by the tei ritorinl laws
created for their salvation. N'evcr
thi less it is said tint pot-hunters in
galore I'ud their way into the e lone
w i'dcrnosses, and killing the paine,
cache the meat and save the hides (or a
sale to the public when the penally period
shall have expiicd.
FIEC1NCJ THE QUILT. ,
Deep grows the clover, a soft green sea.
Blithely the note of the throstle rings.
And Margery, under the locust tree,
Bits at her patchwork and sews and sings
Bings and dreams, and her fingers fly,
With sunbeams kissed and with shadows
flecked.
And the fair spring hours flit lightly by
With the Joy they bring to a bride elect.
And O, what a wonderful quilt will grow
Out of those fragments and tiny bits!
And the dimples come and the dimples go
as she measures and matches, and trims
and fits
A bit of blue in the center there,
From a remnant left of her Sunday gown;
A strip of white and a rose-pink square.
And a border here of chocolate brown
Chocolate-brown that was grandma's dress,
Bought that year when John first came;
Margery's thinking of that, 1 guess,
For in Margery's cheeks shines lortn a
flame,
And this is a scrap of Jennie's saeqne,
Dots of white on a ground of green,
And tiny, ligzag lines of black,
With drooping, golden bells lietwcen.
The sun swept earth is very fair
To the maid who sits in her shady niche,
And a tender thought, that is like a prayer,
Is tightly fastened with every stitch;
There's a new, sweet world that is just at
hand,
Where a cozy nest of a home is built,
And she wonders and dreams of that un
known land
And she sings and pieces her patchwork
quilts
Good Housekeeping.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A pair of slippers Two eels.
The purchase of a drama is mere buy-
play.
Is it necessary to chop down a tree be
fore chopping it up?
How to make a Malteso cross By
stepping on his tail.
Applause at the opera is cheap to bo
obtained for a song.
If a girl were to swear nt all she would
probably swear "By Gum."
One of the bright spots in existence is
spot cash. Xew Uacea Xeies.
Whero there's a will there's a wayt
Y'es, a way to break it. A'cio York
lltmhl.
Of "pictures in the fire" tho poets tell;
we only see them when the grate draws
well. JuJije.
When a poor girl marries a rich gull
does she call him by the pet name of
"Birdie?" llotlon Corner.
Tho man in the moon has one advant
age over his terrestrial brothers: The
fuller he gets the more brilliant he
gets. Life.
Darwin would have said that man had
ascended rather than descended from tho
ape had he not recognized tho superiority
of the latter iu not talking. Hob York
Hun.
Barber (to customer) "Have you
heard of tho bad scrapo young Brown
has got into?" Customer "Why, no;
when did you shave him last?" 1'ha
Ei oh.
A certain fat man within ten miles of
Burlington has a very thin wife. The
boys have nicknamed thcin "enough'
and "too spare." Barling'on Fret
I'rem.
Never judge by appearances. A shabby
coat may cor lain an editor, w hile a mail
wearing a high-toned plug hat and sup
porting a dude cane may be a delinquent
subscriber.
"Madam," said the tramp, "I'm hun
gry enough to cut raw dog." "Well,"
she responded, kindly suiting the action
to iho word, "I'll whistle some up for
you." Tho tramp left. Aeu YoikXewi.
Miss Wabash "Didn't Mr. Waldo
say to you as I entered tho parlor last
night, Clara: 'Is that tho bcniitiful Mis
Wabash'!'" Clara "Yes, dear, with
tho accent on tho 'that' " Scribner'a
Mn'jiiiine.
"Sir," said tho judge, "I commit you
to jail for ten days for coutcmpt of
court." "Better make it ten years,
Judge," was the response. "I couldn't
begin to get over my contempt in loss
than that."---Y a York Sun.
Teacher ('grammar class) "Tommy,
you may purse 'college.' Tommy
"Coin'n noun, third pers'u, feminine
gend " Teacher "Feminine gon-
deri" Tommy "Yes'm; I'm pnrsia
Yassur College." Xcic York iiuii.
A Pennsylvania man who went to Ne
braska, wrote back so a friend us' fol
lows: ".UTer a premium at your county
fair next fa'l for the biggest fool in tho
county, and I will try to be there." Ho
doesn't fancy blizzards. l'tiinju Jftnil I.
Togei her ihey dined und he tons 1 her with
tilths,
With ba.-htul advances aud dull, sheepish
eves ;
They dmsl upon quail, and she swears by
the moon
She'll not dine ngnin upon quail with a
spoon.
J uilar.
"Now I know whero wo arc," said a
rustic you'll, who had been engaged lo
ad as guide by nn Au-tiu sportsman, as
they plodded with dilllcully through a
deep swamp. "Well, whete nro we!"
asked the spoi tsiu.iu. "We me bogged."
TIlS V"l'J:ll.
A thief was about to relievo a Wall
street operator of his huiikcrchief wheu
a bystander ( ailed tho Litter's attention
to what was going on. "Let him alone."
said the broker, good huiuoredly : "wo
all have to lu giu in u small way dowu
here.'' JvJ'je.
Brousou Alcott was a vegetarian, and
often criticised meat eaters harshly. To
oue of tin in he declared one day that tho
cater of mutton becomes sheep, the eater
of pork becomes a hog, etc. "Aud it is
alsotiue," into: nosed tho other, "that
eaters of vegetables become small pota
toes. V'tivit Free J'r .
Somebody sent tho following couuu
drum to a Dakota paper: "What makes
a man's tiowscis b.,g at the knees i" Tho
editor replied that he thought wearing
them did, but ho wouldn't be sure, as he
had sent his encyclopedia down to tho
blacksmith's to have a new cast iron
binding put on it." (.'vntmerical AJcer
titer. Tho timber exported to the I'nitcd
States from Canada during l!j7, Was
valued at nearly $S, 000,000.