WHEN noDIN SINQ3.
Id memories rm when the robin bird line:
When he ningn to the dewy, iwwt flower.
With quavers anl trilU and with echo that
tlirl's
T)k (lad hearts if tho sprint tide hour.
Old faces sin no out from tho dim, olden
time
And a chorus of light laughter riiix.
Like tho tinklo of lioll svt:ii low in dream
il.dk
To the air thnt th robin bird sings.
They coiiii' from the i t, (r m the north nnd
the doiitli,
" ver Imiit and fur over tho sea
Tlutt mi n ido w.tli tf it Viiii-o of its.
tiibl
('limiting fnii.tly n wnir I tncloly.
They eoaie w.th the wmds Hint awaken the
le.i i
And tin re sounds with tli ru-t of wings
Tli" t.rst tn'mli!iiin' noli of thoeelioct that
llo.t
Through tlm wood when tho rol in bird
sillgt.
Old vuwh ari iii'W 'd v.h'ii hi piping in
heard.
And cold hearts con love's le-son ir'lin,
lien In viing voice calls in u
yy "'S
Hint falls
I.Ik- the si, very drip of tln rain.
O sweet the se H lien npplo tree bloom
And sweet is ti in Miiory that clin;s
To tln h ni t it Npriii' tiim and tho 1 jve-soiigs
t b it ' liinm
With th- air that th? roldn 1 it I sings.
i)H,i I'erUtn Tjth, ia Current.
SANDY SPILLERS.
it v iipik r.
in:
of East Tennrs-
n n rugged district
r'C in tint section of country where,
luring the war, not only neighbors
xvere armed against each other, but
where the liicinbeit of cure di'Votril fami
lies hunted one miotiii'r with deadly in
tent, tli. !-. is u 1 1 1 i ! 1 gruvtyaid under u
iiprciitliiig persimmon trio. No one
knows the inline of a single (denial
(deeper wlni lict leiieaih tint tier. A
sk.niiinli took place on the site of tho
Jurying ground, a licicc lin id-to hand
'iicountc:; ami, after the t'ght, the ie
t ims, dre-scd mi much alike that no one
ould tell to which side the beloiiL'e I,
wore bur. id to-e!ln r. When the time
ciime for lemming I'cdcial soldiers to
national n ineiern s, the Tersiinmon
tree l.ravcinrd" Hat left untlist urbed.
Near this graveyard then) lives an old
fellow named .Swly Spiders. During
tlie war lie was a Confedciato guerrilla?
Hit Icnrless daring, hit enterprise, and
the many storiei of his violent c made bit
name a terror.
Last year on Manorial day o'tl Sandy,
driving a spring wagon loaded with wild
blossoms imtl tin; erfunied tvigs of rati!
bushes, nml followed by n large number
neighbors, tlrew up under the old pcr
imni'n tree.
"Sandy," said an old man at he placed
a box on the ground, you've got ter
make a oit u. speech." "
"You know I kuisi't make no speech,"
Handy replied.
"Wall, thar'll liatlcr bo some sort uv
cxporuation made ter theso yer folks
erbout this hero procoediu' an wo don't
'low that thar'a iijimn that ken do bit
KiTer"ii jou ken, go i,t riurlit up tlmr on
JihI.J' ;U let the cu 'iteii the bii;,' "
"I'll do the best I ken," Saudy replied,
as he took oif his white wool" hat and
threw it on the uround, "with the hope ,
that I won't hurl nobody's feelins." lie I
K't tip on the box, looked about him in
tt half embarrassed way, and then mid:
"A ood many o' you know what 1 wu.
duiin' the war. Vou know that I wiu j
railed a tmili eiistonn r an' I'll say rljjit '
lu re that 1 ain't jirepare l to dispute it,
limber.
"1 won't ted in purtieler how I wu.
forced ter sorter bush hack, but 1 will
Miy that Hi- l.awd kn ..vt that never
had iiotbiu' . u i her ,, Hiisj. Wall, .
" 1'iv while 1 wu. la.in' in t her cane-
brake down youdi!: o i thei-iivek, fast
erlee;i, I ur I had been er liotl.niu' round
ail tliern.iy nf. ru. a party o' t ni .n sol
liers come Hi., they Unl. nn' uablied me,
:fo' I khowM they wuz in ther lurinn- '
nity. 'I hev tlida't gin me no chance ter
li:;hl an' I tl iu't reckon I tle-ai ved none.
'I'l.er sereeint uv ther patty he sinter
t;rii!iied nt me, an' says ;
'I'M'sou Simly. we' know vou an' we
v.'intcr tell you tli.t it's ad u,i with
you.'
'I Mowed e. inut h," said I.
" 'Well, you inoiit.' says he. Mavc,
fetch that tope ocn my s'u Id e.'
"The feller folch the' lope, an' I don't
think I ever seed u uglier lookin' strin;,'
in my life, '..entlemen.' mivs I, 'tliar
Hint no inn nvin' inussy frum vou. I
c kon, but I tell you whiit I wush'you'd
h). I wu-h; you'd tako me over vondor '
whar my wife an' daughter lives -'bout
n mile frum lu re - an' let mu look at 'cm
ng'in. iou won't hear no Nipiealin', 1
lam tell you that, fur my folks is ez. i
merry e. this here gineration liez turned
out.' j
"'Vou can't lead ut inter no sort o'
trap,' the sergeant 'bwed, 'an' you
neentertry. Hold up yo head an' tako
I hit here medicine.''
" 'lientlemen,' says I, 'nearly ever'
feller in thit here curmunity itergin mo,
an' I don't see how I ken lead you in er
tr ip. Ef I hail been in sich coinman' o'
traps I would 'er blep' at my home lat'
night 'sterl o' laying out here. I ain't
er good man, I keu tell you that, an' I
have did things that a ( hristun would
hotter nhuke hit head ut, but I don't
wantcr lead you iu no trap. I jest ,
wanter see my folks one mo' time, an' :
then I'll go out an' hoi' up my head '
un'er er tree. Vou won't hear no
In llerin', 1 ken toll you that. Aly wife:
won't beg, and my daughter won't,
'They'll giu you some pics an' sweet
liteud, I 'low, an' tell me goodbye, un'
that will be ther eeiid o' it. Don't 'think,
(gentlemen, that I'm beggiu' fur my life,
but jt st fer a chance ter tako ouo mo' j
Kijiiint ut them folks.' j
" 'I don't see no harm in lettiu' you i
look at yo' folks' ergiii.' said tho er
giant
'1 don't b'l'tve that vou could
i!iiii us nuo u trap ei yer wanien ter, Mr w ho has published a collection ol ud
we've beat about tho bush here tell yo' j mirablo articles and one novel, having in
Dorter fellers is pretty tkuce. Fetch ' preparation another. Tho odd feat. ire
him along, boys.' j of it is that the prologue will bo written
"Wall, they tuck mo homo, an' when without knowing anything about tho
we went inter the house Moll that's my rest of the work, and long before the
wifo -Kho wus er baking' some pies ou novel ia finished. As tho book is to bo
the h'ath. She looked up an' says, says j illustrated, Senor Samoy y Ho a will
fchc: 'Sandy, I see they've got you. It : draw the frontispiece and other illustra
tlo H'er liko bad luck t onics in er bunch t tons, based on nothing more than the
?-- i ..ri tiwir o r h - f title of the work. I'a atna
you. It do peer liko we never will git
traisht no mo'. Thar's ZeldV tneanin'
my daughter 'tore her coat when aho
got over tho fence this tnornin' an' thar
ain't enough homo'ude stuTon ther place
ter fix her up agio. Sandy, they me
goin' ter hang vou. I reckon.'
" 'Van,' I 'lowed;
Wall, that's whut I 'lowed, too, an'
wall, fur pity sake, cf my pies ain't
most bodatiously burnt up.'
"Then the s-irgeant, ntter sorter snic
kerin' at my wife an' he nenntcr done
thnt fur thar ain't a smarter woman round
here now liars - turned to me an' said :
" 'Have you finished all yo nrthly
taniiernentsi I'm sorter pushed fur tinio
an' kniu't neleck inv duty in talkin'
t erbout family ci fairs, however pleasant
I that mout be; so keep yo' promise now
an' come on out here an' take yo' medb
j cine.'
i " 'Vas, Sandy,' said my wife, 'ef you've
i:ot to take it an an'rwailer it down, but
I'll declar' ter fondness I'm lnihtly pes
teied erbout them pies bein' burned,
j I'm afeereil I'm sorter losin' my mind.
I Satiily. I reckon I'd better crap that bot
tom tield on sheers ef I ken jfit anybody
! to do the sipiar' thing by inc.'
I ".lust then my daughter Zolda come
in. Wife she mude a sly motion at her,
; nn' Xctda she bowed ter the men an' sot
I down, an' then I hearn the Sargeant
! w hisper to one o' his men an' sav: 'She's
the pitttyest critter I ever seed.' He sot
: down an' gunter w ind the rope in 'a bull.
; The cat went over an' humped her I hick
an' gunter rub herse'f agia the Sargent's
leg. 'Come away, kite 10, said clda.
' Vou nms'n't be so free with comp'ny,
fur they mout think you ain't got good
manners.' She smiled, an' I seed anew
light creep inter tho Sargent's eyes.
Ain't you glad,' says Xelda, speak in' ter
thejSargent, 'thnt the war is ni ghty nigh
over?'
" 'The I awd in heaven knows I nm,'
he replied, 'fur I'm sick o' scoin blood.'
" 'I never woulder had uuthiii' to tlo
with it,' mid I, 'if it hadnter been
fchoved on me.'
" 'Why didn't you go inter the rec
o'nied army, 'ste.ul o' biishwhai kinT
the .sargeimt usked.
" 'Cuuso I couldn't get a w haek at the
folks I wanted. Vou see, some o' the
folks in tins curmunity gor inter tho
habit o' slio itin' at me, an bein a uiightv
ban' ter take up ideas that it surgested
by folks. I drapped suiter mi'di'ly inter
ther habit o' shootiu' at them. They
stayed right here, an' so did 1, an' ever
oiiee in a w bile I'll drnp one o' em ; but I
ii n't tievi r shot nt a I nion soldier y it,
mi' never wanted ter. 1 cotilder dr;r,i ed
on t'other day when you wu. ridin'
under Spencer's bluir, fur I wu. r'ght
above you.'
"lie didn't say nothin' fur some time,
but he kep' on iookiu' at eltia. 't'lu
man.' says he, 'I ain't got it in my heart
to hang you. Vou ain't a enemy to our
side arter all. Hoys, let's io.'
" 'Gentlemen,' says my wile, 'I've got
some pies th it ain't burnt, an' ef you'll
stay we d' hero slo broke down, mid
drappiu' on her knees, 'gun ter raise
ther l.awd. clda then drapped, an' I
re knn I tlrappetl, too. " After that we
all fell tereittiu' p'ct. Tho next day the
sargeunt he com. back an' brought us
the news that tho war wu. over. I
could make this talk longer, but I won't
fur you nil know that the sergeant mar
ried cUla. llo is a jetlge in Nashville
now, an'" hero old Saudy took up a
package and began to take a newspaper
iro n about it. "My son in law nil' hit
wife sent these here flowers to be set
tered on these unknown men's graves.
We'll sprinklo 'em along with the dog
wood blossoms nn' the (lowers o' the red
bud treo. '' tVic'y Kcenim I. amy.
A Kiissinii I'lison Kitchen.
We went to the prison kitchen, where
tlie dinner was icing got ready for tho
convicts, says a Uus.siiiu correspondent
of the J'iII Mill ;i:rtt,: Tho smell of
the soup was fragrant and appetizing.
ileal bow ls i. f boiled huckwkcat stood
ready to be served and the reservoir of
soup was piping hot. 1 tinted both.
Iiili kwcat it an nc uired ta-te, but the
soil) was capital. It is served out in
wooden bow ls, each containing a portion
for live, w ho sit
wooden spoons, he
round the howl
I ping them Ives,
with
,i
the bakerv we found the great loaves of
rye bread all hot from the oven. In tip
pe aiaiiei! rye bread is like a dull ginger
l. lead, but in taste it hat an acidity not
pleasing to t he unaccustomed palate. Tim
l.'ussiaus all eat it when at large and the
prison bread is ipiite at gootl at that you
get in private houses, asked about
the dietary scale, 1 was assured by .Mr.
Siloman ami the (iovcrnor that no re
striction it placed upon the amount of
food prisoners may consume. They had
as much bread at they cared to cat at
breakfast, at dinner and at supper. As
; r'o the daily consumption of bread
lid not extend two nouudt per man
There was no skilly, taunts, u kind of
thin beer, wat supplied them, aud this
again without limit at to the tuantity.
Of tho soup cuci man could have a)
much at he pleated ; also Inn kw cat. Tho
only article which was weighed out xvas
meat. Every mau received a quarter of
a pound of meat a day. They do not
weigh their prisoners in Russia on enter
ing ami ou leaving jail. That is a prac
tise which they might introduce with
udvau'Hgc. Theie is no argument so
crushing to the assailants of tho cruelty
of prison treatment as the evidence of
avoirdupois the statistic of increase of
weight which hat accompanied the ul
legod privation autl torture. And as
they tlo not weigh their prisoner ueithei
tlo they photogiaph them: neither do
they take impression of their thumbs,
ut is done in some French prisons.
A Literary furiosity.
In Montevideo, says nn Argentine
paper, the men of letters, Hlixcn, lioxlo,
tiuillermo, Kodiiguuz, Eustaqiiio I'el
licer and Cardo.o, propose to write a
novel among them, a chapter being as
signed to each. Tho title is "Nights of
HitternosH, or tho Seven l'nuiards of tho
Three Dia'nhcritcd C'owdoys,
Tho first chanter, which was assigned
to l'ollicer. is ill read v liui-hed. Tho nro-
1oliio will bo written bv a man of lettets
WOMAN'S WOULD.
PLEASANT MTEIlATUnW FOR
i-'KMIMXti UKAOlvKi
A Dressmaker Tuck.
A smart dresunakcr not only learns to
round a bust, but she can so deftly pad
the sleeves that when the wrist is seen
it seems only tho slender termination of
a plump arm. Tho gown of a thin girl
in New York, one who has tho reputa
tion of being a singularly good figure,
suggests a t)uilt heavily w added uiore
tLun anything else. Hack, hips, sleeves
and bust are all the result of clever work
manship. And it is so clever that tailor
made gowns nro defiantly woinbythis
girl, and tho most criti id clubmen find
no flaw in the outlines of her figure.
l','iU :e!ii t Time.
Mustard flutter for Truant.
Tho I atlies' Protection nnd Relief So
ciety, of Sun Francisco, has just Issued
itstiport for lis?. There are 'JOtlO boys
and girls in the institution, while :iod
i hildicn have b en cured for during the
pit year.
t onsulernble uilliculty hut
been experienced of lute with the young
boys who (day truant from the institu- and boys of that country, which head
tion, climbing fences and going bathing gear is first knitted, then dyed and
iu North lieatdi or running around tho
iicighlxirhood. Various remedies have
been tried, among them tho dressing of
boys in girls' clothes, but the latest device
has proved effective. Half a do.en
youngsters played trunnt the other day,
imtl on lettirniug they received a warm
welcome. The mation iuiet;y ordered
the boys to take oil their jackets and
then i-he u plied a mustard plaster to
each of the boys' backs, and now they
stop at home. .Vcie York (JrupMc,
A Tretty ;irl ami Her Pretty Pets.
Tho humming binU belonging to a
pretty New i ork society girl build their
nests in the lace curtains ami have
raited little families in the parlor. There
are plants for them to fly about in, anil
every day the florist sends a basket of
llowcrs to extract tho honey from. They
tire like l.ttle taiiibons llyiug about tue
room, and they liyht on the bead of their
dainty mistress with perfect fieodom.
She Mccuit to have an nihility for the
feathered tribe. Outside her cham
ber window it a box for a dove nuo al
ways sleeps there at night und pecks at
the wintlow pane when ho wants to
come in. ile has perfe. t Irccdom, but
choo.-cs to remain in the house many
hours in the course of the day. This
came youn,' lady i timet in to greet a
visitor with u canary poised lightly on
her head and a Unify bullfinch hopping
along ufter her. Tho latter is very
jealous of the canary, and will peck him
ami persecute him whenever ho gets u
uliuuie. . Acif Yu.k
A Tear llantl kerchief.
A beautiful and peculiar system still
prevails in some parts of the Tyrol of
Switzerland. When a girl is going to
bo married, before she leaves her homo
to go to tho church hei mother gives her :
a hnndkcri h ef, which is called the "tear
handkerchief." It is made of newly
spun linen and has never bein used. Jt
is with this that she dries her tears
when alio leaves her father's houso and
when she stands at the nl.ur. After tho
marriage is over nnd the bridu has gone
with her husband to their new home,
she folds up the handkerchief and places
it unwashed in the linen idotet, where i
it remains untouched. L'ptonow it has '
lone only half its duty. C'hi.dren aro
born, grow up, marry, and go away to !
their new homes, each daughter rcceiv
ing a tear handkerchief from the mother.
Her own ttill remains whero it was
placed iu the linen closet the day of her
. marriage, (tcnciutions come, and go.
I Tho once young, ro-y bride hat l.tcoiuo
a wrinkled old woman. Sho may have
outlived her husband an 1 all her chil
dren. All her old friends may have
died of, and yet that last pie-ent she re
I ceived from her mother has not fulfilled
its nlrcct. It comes at last, though
j at last the weary cye-lidt close for ilieir
long sleep, and tin! tired, wrinkled
hands are fouled over tho pulseless
, heart. Ami then the tear-hundki rchief
it taken from ltt long-testing place nnd
spread over tho placid features of the
dead. l'.t il t'i I jli i t J'iif.1.
Women of Woi Id-Wiilo I nine.
Tho Circassian beauty is a young wo
man with dark, piercing eyes und kinky
hair, standing out ht:aight mound her
head like an electrified mop. Such a
beauty may do very well for aside-show,
but she would soon drop down to the
ordinary were sho to bang her hair iu
front and tlo it up iu a pug behind.
Cleopatra's loveliness undoubtedly
made a great impression upon both Mure
Anthony and Ca sar, but if tho tauten of
Egypt was like tho rest of her race, as
hhowu ou tablets, tomb ami mouolith,
sho was a lithe, browu creature, with
blits for eyes, a decidedly pendulous uoso
uutl thick turned-out lips.
According to Fluxman's designs and
lie was a most conscientious student
Helen of Troy hail a long nose, ending
in a good deal of a tip uud running
tlown iu a straight line from her fore
head. Yet by Menelaus and 1'uris,
ami, indeed, by tho entire Trojan and
Greek nations, the was considered one
of the handsomest women of the age.
uecu Eliubeth hud red hair not the
gorgeous Titian red, but uu nut an out
carroty red; Catherine, of Hussin, had
green eyes; l.ady .lauo drey had a
long, thin neck, while. Luerutiu llorgiu
had scarcely any neck at all. Even such
au expert as burly King Harry seemed to
havo uo fixed standard. Look, for in
stance, at his various choices. Anne
Holey n was asimperiug girl, w hile Cath
arine l'urr was a mature, strongly feat
ured woman, uud both Jane Seymour
aud Katharine of Aragon appear to havo
been ladies of commonplace appearance.
It nittinjr.
The art of knitting is more modern
than tho kindred art of netting, though
still so ancient that no one knows just
whero or when it had its origiu. Anti
quarians are divided in their opinions un
this point, some believing it to have
originated iu Scotland nnd thenco intro
duced into France, whilo others atlirru
thnt thit work is Spanish in origin. It
is probable, howover, that we moderns
have received our kuowlcdge of tho art
from the Spaniards, and they in turn
from the Arabs, the clever people to
whom tho world oes so many inventions.
It was first known in England during
tho reign of Henry VIII, who wore wool
en hose, according to history, and later
had some silk ones sent him from Spain.
In a rare collection of the acts of Edward
VI, is one which, among other articles
of wearing apparel, are specified "knitte
hose, knitto pcticoats, knitte gloves and
knitto sleeves." Ia lint queen Eliza
beth was greatly plcasod, it is said, with
a gift ot a pair of black silk stockings,
ami declared that hereafter tho would
wear no other kind. Meanwhile, the
art must have been making great
advances in. other lands, for in
In 1VJ7 tho French knitters
formed themselves Into n corporation
styled the " C'ommunante del maitrt s
Honnclieis ou Tricot," and chose St.
Fiaero for their pntron saint. To-day
knitting is a well-nigh universal art.
Tho (iennans. who are the best knitters
on tho continent, make every possible
variety of garment with their own indus
trious hands.
A Herman girl or won ai is never seen,
in waking hours, without her knitting,
and the Kussian, Ilrcton, nnd some other
European peasantry, are not far liehind
in this respect. The Turkish women are
also well versed in the nrt, as may bo
seen by tho gay fezzes worn by the men
blocked into shape. No knitting in
Iwauty of texture exceeds that done by
the nea antry of the Shetland Islands.
English ami (Scrman women have
never neglected this branch of indutry,
but with our people a generation ago
everything ran into machine worK,
which in knitting can never bo compared
with hand work, neither in btrcngth nor
durability.
In the colonial days, Martha Washing
ton nlways received her callers, holding
a piece of knitting in her bunds, ami
when seated conversing with them, kept
timo to her talk ug with tho needles.
Yankee Mud. .
I'nsbloii .Votes.
Itlack lace toilets arc ns popular as
ever.
Ucd is tho color of tho passing mo
ment. L'ubies aro among tho most stylish
Jewels.
The drawn mull hats arc very pretty
for young girls.
lioth high and low dress collars aro
fashionably worn.
Striped ratlmicrcs arc decidedly popu
lar tor morning w rappers.
lilack ami gold is sen in s one elegant
combinations ou bonnets and huts this
teason.
itaudanna tlresses are for the seaside;
skirts of the Handanna silk and tho over
dress is of plaiu fabric.
No heavy trimmings ol nny sort arc
usetl. Velvets and plushes have no place
ou this season's boiinett.
A plc.ninir hat for a young lady is
trimmed w.tli n muss of dotted white
tulle aud heliotrope blossoms.
The fashionable parasol is almost in-
variably striped.
Some very pretty ones
arc covered with expensive lace.
Human sash ribbons nro used in trim
ming hats for young gills, this season,
with a full bow made ou the side.
Velvet cutis, collars, revert and sashos
of velvet aro usetl in the cotton sattcens
aud gingham costumes this season.
Smocked or tucked blouses of light
surah or C hina silk and of wash fabrics
are popular and pretty for house wear.
(iowos of Turkev red cotton, trimmed
with ficello gray or ecru lies, make
pretty country suns lor morning wear.
I. ace, nets in all sorts of colors, dotted
with gold und silver, are very stylish for
bonnets, and have a very light, cool
cllcct.
Some light summer tlresses have elbow
sleeves edged with embroidery, ami in
tended to bo xvoru with very long
sleeves.
The stylish blossom for a polona so hat
the ends falling from the hips ou the
sides, thus necessitating separate frout
uud back draperits.
Street cost umet in dark-colored ma
terials are frequently see I with vests of
creamy cashincie or veiling. The vest
is shirred ut neck ami waist, and it laid
iu full plaits between.
A locly Muiimcr festival gown for a
ludy, no longer young but still with pre
tensions to beauty, it of black Chiintdly
laco over whitosatu, with a corsage bou
quet of whito jonquils.
Oatmeal cloth trimmed with velveteen
or corduroy oreorderino makes n pretty
mountain, seaside or traveling suit. It
should be made in severe'y plain stylo
with uuribbou or luce thereou.
Sumo New Woods.
Two assorted cargoes of selocted
woods grown in North Hurueo have
already arrived hero iu the ships Siberian
u:;d Walter Siegfried, and the heavy logs
of tho beautiful and almost indestructi
ble timber can be seen nt the godowus of
Messrs. Startscif .V Forlvs, ou the river
bank. The woods consist of Hilliun,
Husuck, Kuriu, Serayuh, iron wood logs
and beams, planks, piles, polos and rail
way sleepers. Two more cargoes will
toon bo hero in tho Solidor aud Loong
wlui, fiom the port of Sandakun, which
is near to the best forests.
These woods possess extraordinary
morits, aud in many respects are un
cqualod. Tho Hilliun logs nro of ab
normal strength and durability. Tho
I wood bears heat or cold, dampness or
dryness, resists the sea worm and white
ant.and viitually is indestructible. When
new tho wood is of oak color, but if kept
long becomes almost black. It is very
heavy, weighing seventy pounds to the
cubic foot, a id sinks iu water. It is
especially suitablo for uso in imperial
palaces or great temples, or in tho
yuiucns of high dignitaries. Tho Kasack
wood is lighter, weighing fifty-four
pounds to tho cubic foot. Tho ixaporo
weighs lifty two pouuds, tho Serayah, a
very fine wood for furnituie, weighs
f oi ty-three pounds; tho Krucn, or
Horueo walnut, also makes beautiful
furniture and house fittings. It weighs
tifty-one pounds. Tho O'agil weight
fifty-nine pounds, and can bo had in logs
of sixty or soventy feet long. Thero it
also a very fine and indestructible tim
ber, tho white ironwood, weighing sixty
five pounds per cubic foot, ana very
strong. CtiuM Time.
The rate of mortality among the In
dians increase about ten per cent.
year.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
lied Cnrrant Jellr.
It is such an Improvement to currant
jelly to have a littlo red raspberry juice
with it, say a writer in tho I'miri
Farmer, that I want to speak of it, o
that those who are intending to make it
will give it a trial. There need not bo
many raspberries used a pint will flavor
three or four times as many currants.
Many adviso us to make jelly before the
currants are perfectly ripe, but I have
always succeeded best when every berry
w as ripe. My method is to take a pound
of sugar to each pint of juice, and ns
soon as it is weighed, place tho sugar in
a flat pan in tho oven and let it heat
whilo tho juieo is boiling. The principal
boiling should be done before adding tho
sugar; this will insure lighter-colored
jelly than when the sugar boils long in
it. I havo had it jell ns soon as the
sugar was added, but I generally have to
cook it a little while after putting it in.
It is always well to test jelly by taking
up a littlo first, ami I never depend upon
its thickening much after it is put into
the glasses. Exposure to th'i sun for a
day or two before scaling up is often
resorted to, but in my experience this is
rarely necessary. Papers covering jellies
that havo stood some time often become
hard nnd ditlicult to remove. Pour
boiling water on them, nnd immediately
drain it ofT, aud you will find tho paper
is loosened ut unco.
To Make Tough Mirak Ten tier.
When it is impossible to preserve tho
beefsteak in edible condition until it be
comes tender by natural means, pro ced
ns follows, allowing at long a time at is
convenient for carrying out tho method.
Let the steak bo cut at lea-t nn inch
thick, because it will be more j.iicy and
full-favored than if cut thin, whilo it
will be possible to cook it ns well-done,
if the proper rare is exercised. Trim oil
all the fat that is not likely to bo eaten
with the steak, ami have it used to make
tlrippings whilo it it still gootl. I so a
platter large enough to permit the steak
to lay perfectly llut, pour upon it enough
vinegar to cover the bottom, n-.d nt least
four tabletpuonfuls of absolutely sweet
ealiid oil for a three-pound steak; but do
not salt it. iTIkC npplhation of suit to
tho cut surface of uncooked meat hat
tendency to tlniw out its juices, thus
depriving it of flavor and nutriment.)
If the steak is to be usetl for dinner,
put it in the oil and vinegir caily iu tho
'morning, and turn it oer every
hour, keeping it in a cool place, pro
tected from flies. If it is intended
for breakfast, put it in the dish so pre
pared about supper time ami allow it to
remain untouched until bed-time; then
turn it ami lot it stand until morning.
The action of the incLrar upon the meat
will tend to soften and relax the fillers,
thus making the meat tender, while the
nil will prevent the surface front becom
ing dry uud hard. No other fat can so
wed accomplish this result, because all
others are hard when cold; tho oil docs
not impart any flavor to the meat, and it
does increuso its nutritive properties.
The steak is to be cooked cither by broil.
Ing or frying, according to tho writer's
methods, without attempting to remove
from it any of tho oil or vinegar that ad
heres to it; neither will impart any un
plcnsant flavor to tho meat; in fact, it
will bo improved in every way by their
use. The lloiifttij't.
Corn Iteripei.
Corn should be fresh in order to ba
gootl, says Mrs. Parker, in the Courier
Juurwi,tnd should be cooked as iiuickly
ns possible after being gathered, as it
heats and loses much of its favor. Vx hen
ready to cook the husks should be re
moved, as well as every thread of slk.
Then tho cars should be put in a kettle
of boiling water and boiled as rapidly at
possible.
(i rated Corn Sauted Mix grated corn
witli ult and pepper. Saute in a little
hot butter.
Com Custard Cut com from tho cob,
mix it with milk to thin, two eggs, pep
per and salt, isako half in hour.
Stewed Corn Scald just enough to
haiden, slice oil the ear, mid sweet milk,
butter und salt. Let simmer ten min
utes. Pour iu half u teacup of cream. in
xvhit h beat au egg uud u tablespoonful
ot (sugar.
Corn Drops Pour a pint of boiling
water on a pint of corn meal, let cool,
beat in nn eg.' nnd a tabltspooful of
butter, thiu with sweet milk. Cut corn
from three curs of com, mix iu, uud fry
iu hot lard.
Corn Pudding Graio tho corn from a
dozen cars, season with salt, pepper and
a littlo sugar, uud the yolks of four
eggt, two ouncet of butter, and a quart
ot new milk, liuko in a moderate oven.
When dono beat the whites of the eggs,
pour over the top, and brown.
Succotash Have tho corn from half a
doen curs, Iresli from tho cob; shell a
pint of youug beans, cover with boiling
water nnd boil twenty minutes; add tho
corn with hulf a pint of milk, a table-
spoonful of butter, suit and pepper. Stew
live minutes over tue lire aud serve.
Corn Oysters Mix into a pint of
grated corn threotublcspoousfulof milk.
one tcacupfid of flour, a tablespoonful of
butter, ouo egg, with a littlo salt and
pepper. Drop it by tho spoonful into a
little not butter, und fry it ou both sides.
Serve vory hot, on a well heated dish.
Corn Boiled in the Husks- -I'emove
tho green outsido husks, leaving the
cob well covered with tho iuner light
husks. Throw into a kettle of boiling
water and uoii rapidly ten minutes,
When done, tuko up, drain, pull the
silks from the end of the cob aud serve
in tho husks.
Corn Fritters Score a dozen cars of
com down tho center of each row of
grains, thou with tho back of tho knifo
press out tho pulp, leaving tho hull on
tho cob. 'lo this pulp udd hulf a pint
of milk, tho yolks of two eggs, a littlo
talt, pepper, and a teacup of llour. Heat
the whites of the eggs still, and stir
them with a teaspoonful of bakiug
powder into tho fritter. Fry in hot
lard, dropping in a poourul at a time,
Political "Papa, whut ia a doubtful
State?" asked little Freddy, who has
been looking ovar the political news.
"Marriage it a doubtful state, my ton,'
answered Hrowu with a humorous twin
kle in nit eye as ho looked at his better
half. "Don't you think to, Mrs. Brown?"
"No, I don't think it't a ttate at all,"
the answered. "To me it always teemed
like a terror-tory." Hrowu wat tilenU
Detroit Fn iVj.
Gliding tho Dome or the Melboaratf
Imposition Building.
The Centennial Exposition at Mel
bourne, Australia, this summer, will
probably be the most important yet held
in tho Southern Hemisphere. The main
buildings nnd its nnnoxes cover twenty
ai res, and have cost over 2Hi, 0(10 pounds
sterling. Tho principnl structure is of
brick ami stucco. Tho most ditlicult un
dertaking the contractors for tho exter
nal painting hud to encouuter was tho
gilding of the gold ball w hi, h surmounts
the top of tho dome, ami out of which
tho flagpole springs. This was a work
of much risk to the puintctt, who were
swung nt an elevation of tome 10'd feet
above the ground level. Frank I.ctlic'e.
liasohall "As It It Spoken.''
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Tetio Swipo ttole second Laao."
"Captain Threebascr put Grinninfi
uiny iuio mo uoxio pncu."
It !. . . .1 . I . .... ..
A Fnnions) Lady of the White House.
nol.I.Y MAMMON.
From a painting In possession of a gentle
nun in urooKiyu.j
The Development of Culture.
In tho book storo of the future.
Customer "Have you any book oa
culture?"
Clerk "Ye sir; wo havo the 'Bit
tonian't Own Manual of Self-Dcfcntu
and 'Baseball as Played in New York.' "
Customer "But haven't you any
works on intellectual development.
mental discipline, self help in philoso
phical research, or something of that
uaturef"
Clerk (doubtfully) "I don't know.
tir, but I will see. Boy, bring me that
old box of antiques from tho lumber
room." Chicago Tribune.
Ther Did Not Live.
An English rotident in liussiu relates
tue following unhappy issue of nn euter-j
prise iu which ouo of hit friendt engaged
upon falling heir to a fortune : I
.My friend wus a great gourmand and
had a passiou for shell. ish, and this wusl
how hu speut his legacy. 1 went to town
ouo day and soon found out that tho
prince was in his utuul impecunious cou4
dition." J
asked.
"Why," ho tuid, "you know that
am very fond of lobsters, and, having
river on my estate, I thought I wouki
try and acclimatize that delicacy there
but, unfortuuutely, I have speut all thi
legacy without succeeding. I tjuite for
got mat tne water wat uotsaltr'"
Youth' Comjiiinioi.
A western man It telling largo quan
tttiet or aa ink wnicn be calls "loverl
ink." ltt peculiarity it that the wrltlnf
in which it it used entirely diiappeaJ
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