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V
. Nihilism in Russia nppenrs to be tin
r.rushable.
General Boulangrr charges liis recent
slcTeat to the ambition of local candi
dates. In our Territories aliens cannot own
hioro tliiin twenty per cent, of the stock
f any corporation.
The tux on oloomnrgarino is bringing
.nearly a million dollars a year into tho
Federal Treasury.
Michigan capitalists within tho past
few years have invested $1,000,000 in
gout hern timber lands.
The Xew York Commercial Adrertiier
ulates Initiate statistics show nn unfortu
nate, increase in the number of army de
pcrfers. A Boston cfvmpany is trying to intro
duce wicker-work coffins. They claim
that, from a sanitary point of view, noth
ing can equal them.
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A uuuiber of reindeer have been im
ported from Norway and turned out in a
forest in tho north of Scotland in the
hope thai they may become acclimatized.
- Tho I'nited States Postofiiee ha a
standing reward of $200 for the arrest
d conviction of every person who robs,
in any wy interferes with, the United
-Sslntcs mails.
Tho Chinese Amusement Syndicate,
Limited, has been formed for the pur
pose ostabli.shing a switchback railway,
n merry-go-round, and providing other
"ments of a similar character for the
,.,.c.
" .. Tho engineer sent to Europe by the
New Villi in pmaaarut of Public Works
to study pavements bos returned with a
report in favor of usphalt pavements.
I He gjiys that tho only perfect pavement
is asphalt.
Tho number of cotton wills now in tho
' South as rompared with 1880 has
"doubted, while the number of spindles
mid looms has more than trebled, tho
tendency being to build mills of greater
capacity than formerly.
The effect of the.destructiou of trees is
now perceived forcibly by the farmers of
Southern California, who find that their
efforts to irrigate their lands arc hindered
j by the insufficiency of water in the rivers.
The insufficiency of water, tho San Fran-
risco Call states, is caused by the cutting
down of tho forests on tho mountains.
Even tho church bells in Germany go
iuto mourning for their sovereigns. The
old Dutch chillies in the Garrison church
at Potsdam had their airs changed to
funeral strains on tho death of William
t I-, and they have ouly just resumed their
usual lively tunes at the expiration of
the year's mourning for Emperor Fred
erick. . ' .
"Five million immigrants, men, women
and children, have been landed at Castle
'Garden wlvirf, with their baggage,,
bundles and other paraphernalia, since
1873, and not a passenger or piece of
liMtrag.! has been lost in all that time,''
was tho remark made by Immigration
Commissioner Stevenson in the hearing
of n Xew York Star man the. other day.
Can any other city in the wide world
match this simple statement
A famous .newspaper correspondent
lias rVon studying the peculiarities ot
great nicu in this country and in Europe.
He finds thi'.t all the greatest men of tho
World have big noses. Bismarck iind
Pastour have tremendous noses, but
Gladstone &tands,withotit a rival. The
great Englislnnau's proboscis is big all
over. For thickness, breadth aud solid
ity it cannot be matched anywhere iu the
world. Napoleon always selected big
nosed men for his generals. Gladstone
would have delighted him.
. Tho amount of human blood spilled iu
bringing the Palis Exposition to com
pletion is something enormous. Tho
records show that during the erection of
the buildings no less than C.')50 men were
." treated for injuries of one kind or an
other received whitest work on them;
Jy workmen wire injured as to their
' f 2s4 no budly injured in their
eyes, 111 were scalded or badly burned,
3 fiO lyid fingers cutoff. Tho death roll
im fulls 'foots up 24, though this is
d to bo far below the actuality.
he. Xew York "World aunouuees that
hv South Devonshire coast of Eng
. a hotel is to be erected for the ex-
ve use of bridal parties. It will rill
't;-felt want. Heretofore t
i and his bride have bee
yfnd their honeymoon in tin
-felt want. Heretofore the bride-
been obliged
he presence
. or unsympathetic and perhaps ,ocking
V people. It will bo a great Jlief for
people. It will bo
newly-married persons to realize that
somewhere there is a snug harbor for
them in which they w ill be surrounded
by hearts throbbing with the same en
thusiasm which agitates their own orgaus
of affection.
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ALU FOR YOU.
The love in my heart ia as strong as the hills,
And as deep as the fathomless sea,
Yet pure as the breath of the rose that thrill"
The soul of summer with glee.
'Tis faithful fair as the light of the stars
That beams In the boundless blue;
No selfish moto Its radiance mars,
And, Sweetheart, 'tis nil for you.
All for you !
Strong and true,
No time the tie can never,
Till the angels doubt,
And the stars bum out,
1 am yours, Sweetheart, forever.
The love in my heart, I know not why
Nor how it came to be,
But Hie bliss that is mine no gold can buy,
Riuce love hath eonie to me.
O, love, love, love! There's nothing so sweet,
Go search the wide world through
My heart is so full of It, every Beat
Cri out it is all for you.
All for you!
Strong and true.
Mo time the tie can sever.
Till the angels doubt
And the stars burn out,
I am yours, Sweetheart, forever
Samttrl M. I'ech. in Atlanta Constitution.
OLD KOCK
On the eve of their bridal day Jessie
Glenn and John Marcus had their first
quarrel. It. was not a very fierce one,
but it proved that such a thing could be
between them, and was not pleasant.
Besides, it was a terrible time for such a
thing. It began by Jessie asking John
what he was going to do with Hock, a
big black dog he was very fond of.
"Do with him!" said John. "Why,
just what I always have spoil him, I
suppose."
"You don't mean to keep him, do
you?" said Jessie. "You'll sell him."
"Sell Bock!" cried John. "Why, it
would seem like selling your baby or
your grandfather. He's been my friend
for years slept under my bed, followed
me to work, shared my lunch. Why, I
had him when I was a poor, motherless
boy. Dad used to kick us out together.
Many's tho time when he'd been drink
ing, and we'd cuddlo up together for
warmth in aomo area. Sow I'm com
fortable, 1 shan't kick Rock out. No,
indeed. I couldn't."
"I hate dogs," raid Jessie.
"Well, you've got to learn to love Old
Bock," said John, laughing. "Love me.
love my dog, in this case; so you've got
to, you see." .
"I've got to?" cried Jessie, indig
nantly. "Ordering me like that already,
when I refused Saul Williams for your
sake, as well you know, John."
"Well," said John, "I always sup
posed that was because you liked me
best, not out of self-sacrifice."
"At least," said Jessie, "he didn't
keep a dog of that sort, and he was on
his knees to me almost. Oh, dear! I
don't think you care about me, John. I
read a novel the other day, and in it the
young man roasted a favorite falcon for
his lady-love's dinner, and never minded
it at nil, he was so devoted to her."
"If I was to roast Old Hock, he'd be
too much dinner for u regiment," said
John, "and I'll bet you wouldn't take n
bite of him. Do you want me to show
my affection for you by carrying him to
the sausage-makers and haviug him put
up iuto bologuiesfor winter use ?"
This was not gallant, nud naturally
Jessie was displeased, as one may pre
sume. They were not fashionable peo
ple. She was an honest, pretty, little
factory-girl. Ho a young plumber. But
they have been cry much in love with
each otheri This w as a dash of cold wa
ter to both. They felt the impropriety
of a squabble at this time, and parted
with a kiss, as usual; but the thought
rankled in each mind.
Jessie thought of it as she made ready
for her wedding, and as her frieuds
looked at her new things. She had a
pretty tloor not far off, ready furnished
for her, mid things were all very nice, iu
a plain way. But what ' happiness could
she expect if he was so cross about a lit
tle thiug? And theu to have ugly, black
Bock, with his muddy feet, his way of
snoring uloud nud showing his tongue iu
gapes, always lying about. It was not a
pleasant thought for the day before a
wedding.
Meanwhile, the day wore on; the
guests came. The bride was dressed.
The minister arrived with his old wife.
Everybody had come but the bridegroom
and bis best man..
The bridesmaids left tho room and
whispered in the little passage. The
dock hands pointed to the hour for the
ceremony. John had not come. Jessie
tried to sit still, to smile, to laugh aud
talk, but she kept saying to herself:
"What keeps him? Could he really
have been angry? Could it be possible
that he meant to break with her iu this
dreadful manner just about Old Bock?"
She listened the bell rang. Had he
come? No! It was only the best man,
alone. He reported that he had waited
for John, and that he bad not been home
to supper. His wedding. suit was spread
ou his bed, but there was no sign of
John.
"I didn't know but he might be line,"
said the young man, looking about. But
John was not there.
In her ow n room the bride wept, and
women camo aud went tryiug to comfort
her. They lingered late. Eleven,
twelve, one o'clock saw the minister still
sitting iu the great chair in the parlor,
ready to marry John if he came, but
though the bride's frieuds flew about the
city and inquired everywhere, there was
uo news of the missing bridegroom.
That he had left her iu wrath was
Jessie's explanation of the matter; aud it
was she who at last declared that people
had better go home, for that she would
not marry John if he came on his bended
knees to ask pardou.
Meanwhile the missing bridegroom had
gone to work as usual, expecting, as it
was Saturday, to get off earlier than usual,
aud had been pleased that he finished his
work tit four o'clock; but coining in,
t-nger to ask leave to go home, he found
all iu a commotion. A uas pipe had
burst In ft public building, where there
was danger of leaving it unrepaired rrry
long, and only one other man was in the
place Sam Williams, his old rival.
"You two must go," said the proprie
tor, waving his hands about. "I know
it is hnrd, John; but Sam can bring the
furnace and tools in, and you can get
straight home. You have time, and you
shall be paid for overwork, both of you,
and I'll send a present to the bride on
Monday. This is s necessary job, or I'd
let you off."
John did not grumble, though he felt
irritated. He hurried off as fast as he
could, followed by Williams. The men
did not like each other, and Williams
was Btill jealous.
They spoke very little. Old Hock fol
lowed at John's heels and crouched out
side the building, when he was locked
out, as usual.
The men's work took them down into
the cellar, and iuto some great vaults
there. They worked without any more
talk than was necessary, and at last the
job was done.
Williams had tested the -leak at his
part of the work and was about to call
to John, whose light shone at the other
end of the dark cellar, when suddenly the
light went out. There was n crash, n
cry. Williams did not know what had
happened, but judged that a great beam
that had been lifted put of place had fal
len. He waited; there was silence. And
now having' the opportunity, the demon
iac spirit of.rcvcnge asserted itself. Ho
would not have planned to kill his rival,
but he thought with joy that some bad
accident had happened to him. Ho
thought, too, that it was not his work,
and that ho was not called upon to alter
it. If John was dead Jessie would be
free again. Then he said to himself,
with Satan's sophistry:
"How do I know anything has hap
pened? John has gono home, banging
the door nfter him. That's all. A fine
way to go off aud leave a fellow," he said
aloud ; nnd gathered up the furnace and
bag of tools and went his way locking all
tho doors behind him, and leaving the
keys with the person who had charge of
them, saying that his mate had gone off
without a good-bye, leaving him alone in
the' cellar.
"Queer JLmMt saw him," said the old
man ; but Sam did not relent. He took a
night train out of town to spend Sunday
at his mother's in tha country and be out
of tho way of questions.
And this is how John did not come to
his own wedding. He lay in the cellar
hardly conscious," unable to lift the beam
from his leg, and in a sort of dream, think
ing of his Jessie nnd seeming to hear Old
Bock's voice somewhere.
The poor girl arose wretched, and
quite sure that Johu had jilted her. She
never thought of any. Aocfdent. ' As she
sat at her lata breakfast, trying not to
show her grief and shame, and wondering
how she should go home and face the
girls, something pushed at the door.
Tho mother opened it, aud the dog she
hated so, Old Bock himself, walked in.
Ho looked forlorn and hungry, his coat
covered with mud, his eyes red, his ap
pearance miserably hideous, his manners,
too, had altered for the worse, for in
stead of gallopiug playfully about, striv
ing to lick Jessie's face and wagging his
tail, as usual, he sat down on his hind
legs and began at once to deliver a series
of those piteous howls with which his
species are supposed by the supcrstituous
to celebrate the departure of an immortal
soul from this valo of tears.
At this, a sudden revulsion took place
iu Jessie's feelings, and with a wild
scream she uttered her conviction that
John was dead, and that the dog knew
it.
Iu this the family coincided to an indi
vidual. Then the dog. began to pull at
Jessie's flounces.
"We have had our doubts, wo have
had our doubts," groaned the father.
"John's not a man to jilt a girl that way,
quarrel or no quarrel." .
"And the dog just says it pluin as
words," sobbed the mother. "When my
grandfather was drowned his dog came
home just like that. Oh, poor John!
You'll never sec him no more, child,
never uo more!"
Meanwhile, the dog pulled and howled
harder than ever.
"Silence, there," cried the old grand
mother, from the cosy corner, where she
was breaking her bread into a bowl of
coffee. "Mcbbe the parted sperit came
along with tho dog. The creetcr is
going to lead you to tho body. Stop
your cryiu', an' go. Follow him. lie
knows better than you, for John's along
of him. Go."
With her blood curdling in her veins,
Jessie obeyed. She tied on her hat, and
buttoned herself into a sacque, and went
down the stairs and out into the streets,
with the Sabbath stillness upon them. It
was not easy to keep pace with Old Bock
along the pavements; but she did so,
and at lust stopped with him before a
great, empty-looking public building.
Here the dog burrowed at a grating, and
began to howl again.
It was more than Jessie could stand.
She burst into bitter tears, aud was
obliged to bit down ou the sidewalk nnd
hide her face iu her hands.
"Is he down there, Bock?" she sobbed.
Aud Hock wagged a "Yes" with his
queer, bushy tail.
Theu Jessie went to work. A police
man, kindly disposed; uu old man with a
bunch of key; much talk a disclosure of
the fact that plumbers were down cellar
late Saturday afternoon, led at last to a
descent iuto the cellar, where Old Bock,
iu a state of delight past all bounds, led
to tho spot where John lay, witlr a
brokeu leg aud a bruised arm, but con
scious aud not fatally injured; and when
she was sure of this, Jessie took Old
Bock's head in both her hands, and
kissed it fondly over and over again.
You told mo I'd have to lovo him,
aud it's come true; and he's saved your
lite, aud he's brought us together, and as
long as he lives he shall be as dear to ine
as he is to you. There, now !"
It was sometime before they were mar
ried, but there was uo more quarreling;
and Jessie and Johu ure a very happy
couple. It is reported of Old Rock that
the first time he met Sam Williams he
bit him nnd that, Jessie declare, is a
proof that Sam knew all abottt Jofln't be
ing in the ccllar.though he swears he did
not. Aw York lAdger. ,
Wonderful Eirypt.
The Egyptians, writes Frank G. Car
penter, should be the richest instead of
the poorest people in the world. What a
wonderful country they have? It is
valley of guano in the midst of a desert.
The land is as black as your hnt nnd it
now teems with crops as green as Kansas
in June. It produces from two to three
crops every year, and its soil gives out
through tho ages bounteous crops with
no other fertilizer than this water of the
Nile. Egypt is the gift of the Nile and
a wonderful gift it is. Tho country
under the Khedive to-day is the narrowest
kingdom of the world. Extending be
tween eight nnd nine hundred miles above
Cairo its cultivable soil is nowhere more
than nine miles wide, and below here it
spreads out in a great, green fan, the
ribs of which are each a lit
tle more than 100 miles long and
the top of which docs not measure much
more than tho ribs. This fan is the
famed Delta of the Nile, and with this
long narrow valley above it it makes the
Egypt of to-day. On the sides of tlais)
valley are great tracts of desert of sand
of a glaring yellow silver, moro sterile
than the plains of Colorado or the alkali
plains of the Rockies. The Egyptian
desert is abso'utely bare. The rich fields
of Egypt come to its edge on eithersidc and
and you can step from the greenest of grasi
on to the driest of sand, and standing on the
green with your face toward the desert,
as far as the eye can reach, sec nothing
but the bleak, bare sand.
The whole of the Boil of Egypt hat
been- brought down from the mountain!
of Abyssinia by the Nile. It is nowhere
more than fifty feet deep and its average
depth is about thirty-five feet. Vndet
this soil is found the sand. The Nile
waters it as well as fertilizes it, for there
is no rain to speak of in Egypt. The
country is fiat. Here at Cairo you
can see for miles in every direction, aud
standing on the great Pyramid, the
valley of the Nile is spread out below
you in n great patchwork of different
shades of green. There are no fences and
few trees, hero nnd there a grove of tall
palm raise their fanlikc heads high up in
the clear blue atmosphere, and near them
you see a villngo of mud huts mado of
the same sun-dried sticks that Pharaoh
ground out of the children of Israel.
This great plain is cut up by cnuals. roads
run here aud there through it, and along
these move caravans of camels, ol
Egyptians in gowns upon donkeys aud
of droves of donkeys laden with grass
or grain. There are cattle and sheep by
the thousand tqion tho field and theit
fat sides glisten under the tropical sun as
they munch the sweetest and juciest ol
clover. Tho air just now is as pure as
that of Denver. All nature seems to smile
and the only poor thing upon the scene
is man.
A Comet Splitting Into Fragments.
Professor Edward S. Holder, director
of the Lick Observatory at San Francisco,
furnishes interesting facts iu regard to
the comet discovered by Barnard last
September. Ho says the comet has now
lost all of its tail, and continued : "The.
comet was subject to much strain and
stress in passing that part of its orbit
nearest the sun nnd it is now showing
the effect of these forces in the following
way: Its body is evidently becoming dis
integrated nnd fragments are seen to be
streaming behind the comet in tho form
of a tail, directed not from but toward
the sun. This mass of matter was meas
ured by Barnard on July 10, and his
measures -show that its least possible
length is 4;10,000 miles and its least
possible diameter is 11-1,000 miles, so that
fragments which have already broken
off from this comet amount to at least
seventy quadrillion cubio miles. The
comet itself, which is 165,000,000 mile
from the earth, is still fairly bright, and
were it not for the fragments which am
seen to follow it would seem to be in
perfectly normal condition. As it is, we
know it must have lost an immeuso quan
tity of original substance. This is an in
teresting case to astronomers, as it sIiqws
the effect of the enormous forces to which
every comet is subject at the time of its
perihelion passage, w hile the phenomenon
forms an interesting commentary on the
text that comets, even the stoutest ot
them, must be short-lived things."
WathlngtoH Mar.
Why Hie (jiieen Dislikes Gladstone.
Queen Victoria's dislike of Gladstone
is explained by a recent writer, who says
that when the Grand Old Man used to
visit the regal old lady he was wont to
talk to her "about the polity of the Hit
tites or the relations between the Athnn
asiun creed and Homer." The Queen,
perplexed and uncomfortable, would seek
to make a digression, and would address
a remark to a daughter or offer n biscuit
to a begging terrier'. Mr. Gladstone
would restrain himself with an effort,
wait till the Princess had answered or the
dog had sat down, und theu would
promptly resume "As I was say
ing " Meanwhile tho flood had
gathered force by delay, and whtu it
burst forth again it carried all before it.
Victoria used to complain that on those
occasions it was Gladstone who was
rude! She was probably in the same
predicament that Biddy Moriarity was
when O'Conncll called her a parallelo
gram . .1 ryonuut.
A fi'000 Watch.
"Talking about watches," said a jew
eler, "the most expensive and compli
cated time piece iu the city is owned by
Mr. Peter Gibson. It was made to hit
order iu Switzerland and cost $1000. He
sent an order to the sumo maker about
year ago for another watch to cot $2000.
This watch shows the seconds, minutes,
hours, days of the week and mouth ami
the year. It registers the phases of tin
moon, the rising aud setting of the sun.
names eclipses of the sun aud luoou am
a score of other natural phenomena whirl
cau be determined by calculation. I.iki
the other, the watch is his own design,'
I'iiiciHWiti Ki. 2' iitt
IfOrSEHOM) AFFAIRS.
CAKE OP TI1K I'lAXO.
A piauo tuner writes thus of the lucch'
inism of that instrument and its sus
ceptibility to atmospheric conditions:
"Pianos are not affected as much by
heat or cold as they aro by dryness or
dampness. Of course, if you stick one
end of a piano against a stove or a heater
or register and let the other come near a
cold, leaky window it'll raifc Ned with
it. You know the sounding board the
life of a piano is forced into the case
when it's made so tightly that it bulges
up in the centre, or has a 'belly,' as we
call it, on the same principle as a violin.
The wood is supposed to be as dry as
possible, but, of course, it contains some
moisture, and gathers a lot more on damp
days and in handling. Now, when you
put a piano in nn over heated, dry room
all this moisture is dried out and the
board loses its 'belly' and gets flabby,
and finally cracks. Even if it doesn't
crack, the tone loses its resonance and
grows thin and tinny, and the felt cloth
and leather used in the action dry up and
the whole machine rattles and everybody
kicks. How can you prevent it? Easi
ly enough. Keep a growing plant in tho
room, and so long as your plant thrives
your piano ought to or else thore's some
thing wrong with it. Just try it nnd see
how much more water you'll have to pour
iu the flower pot in the room where your
piauo is than iu any other room. Some
people keep a huge vase or urn with a
sopping wet sponge in it near or under
the piano, and keep it moistened just as
n cigar dealer keeps his stock. They
keep this up all the time the fires aro
ou."
j JEl.I.Y MAKING.
The jelly making season brings much
hnrd work to the busy housekeeper, yet
the wise woman wiil not fail to put up a
good supply, for there aro times when a
jar of nice fruit or a glass of jelly is a
"friend in need."
Select fruit of fine flavor, free from
blemishes nnd decay ; it should be well
ripened, but not too ripe, and as freshly
picked as possible, and use the best re
fined or granulated sugar. To extract
tho juice, place the fruit in the kettle
with just enough water to keep from
burning; stir often and let it stand ou
the tiro until thoroughly scalded. A
better but slower method is to put it in n
stone jar set within a kettle of tepid
water; boil until the fruit is softened,
stirring frequently ; then strain a small
quantity at a time through a strong,
coarse flannel or cotton bag wrung out of
hot water; let it drain and squeeze with
the hands as it cools; empty the bug and
rinse off each time after being used.
Large fruits, as apples aud quinces,
should be cut iu pieces, cores removed
aud water added to just cover them;
boil gently till tender and pour into the
bag to drain three or four hours or over
night.
. Do not make over two or three pints
of jelly at a time, as larger quantities re
quire longer boiling. Boil the juice
rapidly ten minutes from first moment of
boiling, skim, ndd sugar nnd boil ten
minutes longer. As n general rule, allow
equal quantities of juice aud sugar. An
other way is to spread sugar in n large
pan set in the oven, stirring to prevent
burning, boil the juice twenty minutes,
add the hot sugar, let boil up once, and
pour into jelly glasses immediately, as iu
this way a thin skin forms over tho sur
face, keeping out the air; cover with
braudicd tissue paper cut to fit the glasses
closely, let cool and set them iu a dry,
cool, dark place. To test jelly drop a
little into very cold water and if it im
mediately falls to the bottom of vessel it
is done. If the jelly is not firm, let
stand in the sun with pieces of window
glass or mosquito bar netting, for a few
davs. Detroit free J'rem.
j liWII'KS.
Pickled Plums One peek of plums,
seven pounds of sugar, one pint of good
vinegar and spices to taste. Boil till
well cooked.
Boiled Bice Pudding Pick aud wash
the rice, put iuto a saucepan with pleuty
of water; let boil till soft; straiu off the
water and set on the back of the fire till
the rice becomes dry; put into a buttered
mold to set, then turn it out and pour a
sweet sauce over it.
Crab-Apple Preserve Pick large crab
apples, and to every pound of fruit allow
a pound and a half of sugar and one pint
of water. Boil and skim till clear, theu
to each pound of fruit add the juice auc
chipped rind of one lemon. Pat iu tin
crab-apples and boil slowly till tender
Fill the jars half full of fruit and covei
with the juice.
Cauliflower Cut off the outside leaves
and let stand iu salt and water for an hoiu
or more. Put the head into a piece ol
net aud boil until tender. Put a pint o:
milk into a saucepan, bring to a boil, udii
a lump of butter, a little thickening, i
half cup of grated cheese and salt to sea
son. Arrange the cauliflower ou a flai
dish nnd pour the sauce over it.
Squash Biscuit One cup of siftei
boiled squash, three cups of sifted flour,
one tablespoon of sugr, two teaspoon.
of tartar, one teaspoon of soda, one tea
spoon of butter; mix the flour and sipia-l
well together, dissolve the soda iu t
little hot water, and fill the cup with
milk, stirring the soda well into it ; pout
the milk over the flour and stir it in well,
adding more milk if needed, to form a
stiff batter. Have the gem pans hot,
put in tho batter, nearly tilling th pans,
aud bake iu a quick oven. Eat warm
w ith butter aud maple syrup.
Sweetbreads Boasted l'arliil and tliei
throw iuto cold water and let them stand
for fifteen minutes, change the water ami
let them remain in it five minutes longer,
wipe perfectly dry and place them iu the
baking pan aud roast, basting with buttel
nnd water until they begiu to brown,
then remove from the oven and rollthein
in beaten egg aud cracker crumbs, aud
put iu the oven for teu minutes more,
busting twice with butter, place on a hot
dish; to the dripping in the pan add
half a cupful of hot water, one tcaspoon
ful of Hour, the juice of 'one lemon, half
a tea-poonful of Worcestershire same,
pour oer the sweetbreads and serve.
MAKING rni GARMENTS.
TRANSFORMING RARE PELTS INTO
WEARING APPAREL.
Curious Details of I he I'uri lei s' ltusi
ncss Cheap nml Contly Skills
M nfl's of Muskrat anil Krniinc.
At least one thousand men and women in
New York arc busied in making fur gar
ments. There arc factories employing
many scores of workmen, and there arc din
gy little shops where a few journeymen
work together, with small capital, low rent
and moderate profits. In this particular
shop there are only four men at work just
the number required to complete a garment
under the division of labor usual in the
for business. One man stands at the
counter with a pile of muskrat skins nt his
left hand, and in his right a keen little
knife, shaped almost exactly like the out
stretched w ing of a bird. The skin of
the furs has been dampened so that it is
pliant. The cutter, as he is called, seizes
a skin, turns the fur down and rapidly
ruts out defects with his bird 's-wing knife.
Scarcely one skin in a hundred is per
fect. There are shot holes, scars from
bites nnd scratches, tears, nnd other dam
ng, the result of careless curing. By
the time all defects have been cut out it
anny have been necessary to divide the
'kin into twenty strips and squares.
About twenty per cent, of the fur is lost
by the process of cutting; though the
imallest pieces, even those not more than
tu inch square, are carefully saved, so
long as they are well covered with
hair.
As the knife slips through the leather
you notice that the under side of the
fur is a rich, golden brown, while the
outer surface is a black. Tho fur has
been dyed, but tho dye has not penetra
ted to the skin. Tho dyeing nud curing
ure done elsewhere at factories which re
;cive the raw skins by the thousand from
the West nnd South. They come turned
wrong side out aud looking like great
Japanese slippers from having been
stretched and dried by the trapper on
pointed shingles.
From the cutter's table the skins go to
tho sewer. He sits iu a corner and
works a strong sewing machine, whose
needle is easily driven through the skin.
Ordinary stout thread is used, nnd the
sewer manages to piece together tho vari
ous scraps iu such a way that no scam
shows ou tho hairy side. The seams on
the under side appear like straight ridges
or cords. Tho skin comes from the
sewer a patchwork of leather almost as
strongly held together as an uncut pelt.
From the sewer the material goes to
the blocker. In this instance it is a
muff that they are making. The "block"
is in seven pieces that tit together nud
form an implement that looks almost ex
actly like a big wheel hub.. Tho skin,
which has been sewn end to end so as to
form n hollow cylinder, is placed on the
block form. It extends a little beyond
the block, and a little wooden disk is
placed in each end of the latter. To
these disks the ends of the skin are nailed,
and the whole thiug is then placed in the
window to dry.
When the skiu is partly dried it is re
moved from tho block and turned over
to tho finisher. Ho puts in wadding
nnd lining and sews on the cord nnd tas
sels, if the muff is to be thus orna
mented. Filially the fur is carefully
brushed until it is smooth and glossy.
Then it is put iuto a round pasteboard
box ready to be shipped tothe merchant,
through whom it is distributed to the
retail dealers here and elsewhere.
Four men working together thus ten
hours u day can make three dozen muffs.
Cutters earn from $15 to 118 a week nnd
blockers nud finishers from $10 to $13 n
week. Womeu ire sometimes employed
as finishers at abciui the same wages. The
busy season is from Juno to December.
September, October nnd November arc
perhaps the most active mouths of the
season. In the spring and w inter busi
ness is dull, and the lew men employed
ru e at work upon inferior material, which
cannot be worked profitably in the busy
season.
Fashion iu furs changes slightly from
year to year, and the growing tasto fo:
summer furs now has to be taken iuto
accouut. Boas, capes aud muffs arc now
being made for next winter. The cheap
est aud most abundant skin is that of the
hare ; the costliest are those of the beaver,
sable, seal, black fox aud ermine. The
last named ii extremely rare. Tho dis
pised polecat contributes fur to the com
fort and ornamentation of beauty, and
nobody turns up their nose at him. His
unpleasant characteristics disappear in
the curing. Pretty boas are made of
the hare's skin nnd costly capes of the
lynx, sable and beaver fur. Some of the
costliest furs are imported but the great
mass of fur garments are made from na
tive skins.
Foreigners have beeu pioneers in the
fancy fur business of New York, and
there are still many Frenchmen, Germans
and Italians employed iu the work; but
native Americans are taking to the trade
more and more. It requires from one to
live years to become an exptlt culler,
but other branches of the trade are more
quickly learned. The costliest furs are
made up iu large factories, because it
takes considerable capital to keep a stock
of raw material on hand. The business
is rather dirty, but it is not specially un
wholesome. Yei l urk Ufar.
A Pigeon Decides a Law Case.
A novel decision was rendered by Jus
tice Miller, of Youugstowu, Ohio, iu a
suit before him, between Johu P. Kirby
aud Johu Scott, each claiming the own
ership to a ceituiu carrier pigeon, which
was brought inio court iu charge of an
officer. Justice Miller, in order to settle
the ownership beyond question, ordered
the pigeou placed iu the bauds of two dis
interested persons, who took it four miles
south of the city aud released it. After
it had started, two chasers were sent up
by Kirby, aud Scott followed suit hy ii
leasing another pigeon. The pigeou iu
controversy th-w straight, to the resilience
of Scott, aud, according to the decision
of Justice Miller, is now Scott's piopcrty.
Cler!.hil l.tv'i:
THE WOODBIRD. f
Oh! wildwood, wildwood, wildwoodl
It is a weird note so repeated;
Lyric startled from its theme;
A song by some faint shock defeated,
Or perchance the uncompleted
Sad forgeting of a dream.
Give sunlight for the lark and robin,
Sun, and sky, and mead, and bloom ;
But give, for this rare throat to throb in
And this lonesome soul to sob In,
Wildwood", with their green and gloom.
Oh! wildwood, wildwood, wildwood!
In dim ravines he flits and perches,
And he listens in the glen,
And, like a palmer in old churches,
All the solemn shrines he searches
For remission and amen.
Witliin great trees he 'sits and ponders
Melodies his heart receives,
Till all in thut one trill he squanders
Echo of the dream that wanders
Through the silent sleep of leaves.
Oh! wildwood, wildwood, wildwood!
That strain of his is his despairing
Of how little can be told;
Yet that is more than all the daring,
Loud, familiar throats' declaring,
With their bugle-notes of gold.
All these the mockbird cat'.-hes featly ;
Keen roulade and warbled whim
He strings upon his carol sweetly;
But my woodbird's cry completely
Flteth and eludetb him.
i''or this is voicing of such places
As the mimic never sees;
X rune of obi Druidic traces.
Chant from cl 1 cathedral spaces
Iu a thousand years of trees.
Oh! wildwood, wildwood, wildwood!
Were he to you his music bringing,
You might fault his monotone;
But not for you his little singing
Soul of fire its flame is flinging
Sings he for himself alone.
-Coates Kinney, id Tbtifh's Companion,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Caught ou the fly A trout.
A Sioux war-whoop is the most effec
tive scare-Crow. Judge.
Salt is the sanitary policeman, it ar
rests decay. ltun'.?n Critic.
Mauy a good muff makes a good catch
in the matrimonial field. Judge.
Why hasn't the debt of nature bcea
paid, she's got the rocks? Life.
Richard may have been a cripple, but
he was possessed of three good Ill's.
Light.
No wonder the spoon looks so hollow
aud loug-faced. What in the world is
oftener in the soup?
Miss Giggle "There is that insuffer
able suob, Mr. Piggle, driving his dog
cart." Miss Wiggle "He ought to be
iu a pup-cart."
"This," said Mrs. Spriggins, "is the
ouly silk I ever had that didn't wear a
bit shiny, nnd it's just a little shiny."
Jlarjmr'i Uatar.
Stayner (witnessing the preparations)
"Off for the summer?" Gndsby
(struggling with innumerable boxes)
"No; iu for it."
When you upon the sands would lie,
And under her umbrella hide,
Upon your rival keep one eye,
Jjnt keep the other on the tide.
Life.
"You have no idea what has been
spent on my education. Why, every
siugle word of French that I speak has
cost my father nt least $20." Flieyende
Bhutte'r.
Bobby "Ma, I've pretty near out
grown my slippers, haven't I?" Mam
ma "Yes, Bobby." "And say, ma,
how long will it be before I outgrow your
slippers;''
A sewiug-mncjiiue agent falling ill was
told by his physician that he must pre
pare to pay the debt of nature. "On
the instalment plan?" whispered the
agent feebly. 7V.u Sifting.
Poet "I have u few verses here, sir,
which I should ." Editor "Cer
tainly. Will you kindly drop them Into
the waste-basket yourself i I um busy just
at present." liiirlington Free PrcsM.
About a year ago the Dakota farmers
began to import cats to destroy the mice
iu the wheat fields. Now they have got
all the cats they want, and are howling
for bootjacks. Ilurliigtoii Free, J'reat.
The little daughter of an American
gentleman who has been spending some
yeaisiu the Celestial country writes homu
to her friend, that she has learned to
speak "broken China.'' Jlntlv't Maya
sihf. Mrs. Chainpaguon "I was sorry not
to see you at our little dinner yesterday,
Mrs. Porcine." Mrs. Porciue "Well,
you see, our new cook sharpened the din
ner knives, and my mouth was cut so
bad that I couldn't have eat nothing if I
had weut."
Mr. I'laitsell (to luinlit Western youth
applying for a clerkship iu his silverware
store) "If a customer should call for a
creamer and a butter, what would you
underslaud him to desire;" Western
youth "A Jersey cow ami a goat."
AirrenV ll'',.
"Hear the news from down below?"
"No. What:" "A lady down there
near Santa Cruz, unaided aud alone, held
up an entire train." "What nerve! Who
was she:" "A San Francisco belle. Sbo
wanted to cros the dusty road, and held
it up to keep it clean." .Sun Franeitca
Xtict Letter.
Fran e ha& her iillv.
And Kunland lu-r rose.
And every body kuuvvs
Where tiie shamrock j;rows;
Scotland lias her thistle,
Klowfi-ing uu th hill.
Hut tiie American emblem
la the one -dollar bill.
Denver AVu-.t.
Nearly $11,000 has already been ex
pended iu removing the telegraph poles
and wires from the streets of New York
city.
The province of I. a Platta. iu the
Aiyeutiue Hi -public, b is a population of
7b",l:t and a debt of $7 O.OIHUM'U.