THE MIDDLEIJUKOII TOST. T. H. IIARTER, Euitom ad Pho'il viDhLKwna, .. rt:n. u, is o. Hon. IIanniiiu, Himi. said re cently on pronenting a flag to a Hangor (Mo.) cfhonJ: "IVilmps a littlo his tory of this flag v. i 1 1 not bo out rf place. 1'ir.ii, consider tlm beautiful rol sf.ipe.i, r.;i emblem of valor; tliti white, an enibleri of purity; tho Lino field, tho broad ur.-Ii of heaven, and tliu st.n which best ml U. tho freest over:iri.ent on ei'.-'J A Nr:wsi"Ai'i:u mnnwivit to interview thu aujioi intelideiit of one of tho ele vated r.iads in New York, ft few days ago, with a l"t nf letters conidaining Unit tlncars on the mad were too ooM. You'll savo inn a lot of tronlilo if you'll let me have then- letter." ni.il the Mi erilitemleiit, leaching into hi." desk arid taking out a nol.i:go of doc uments. !.. i-t tlcit V" "Why. here i a bundle of complaint we have re ceived nlmut the car being Kept toe Vt'.rtn. If you'll let Hi" have your I can n-rid the enl. 1 letters totlie hot writ or and the hit letters to the cold writer, and so make ull tho growler. uns'.N or eiii'h o! her." Tin- hut T.egM ttu ,. f Pol iw are sbo!; - lui 1 a nic id-' of punishment in tliat Nta'c .hieh, though legal, had not bcei ii.ij.o-.e-l nine.' 1 -T . It was tho punishment by w hipping orooinjiclling thetn -:a.id i:i the pillory of wome:i w ho Ii i 1 1.. e i t i i ill j:uil?y of counter for.ii.;. horse stc.ili.ig. burglary, arson, -oiling, perjury, forgnry, rocohing h'oleti gool:, m-tiul' villi intent to kill eo. j i.-.itioii. witchcraft, fortune ti Hi'-'.', of ! iliug wi h spirit. Tho lin peixi'i pM,.i -a '.1 In-this mean wa a eolore.l wio.ia i, m !m in ls7i was whipped at the i -m! -lie o,t. The last white Woman to lie whinpod Went through fne operation in 1 :., her of felise huvi lieeli larceny. Two vofxu Au.tiiili.ui (.(list hav jus oonipleted : twelve iiicmt h ' jour ney on their machine. Their lou.ii Vii. throuuh a portion of Australia, thonee to .lax a. m hi"-e they rode 'J.'i't inih . Taking .steamer to Singapore, thov lode to reining. Again muling to Hriiish Durtinili, t Nc-y wont over land to Calcutta: thence to Itonibay via 1 Vlhi. a 1 1 i of -'.iion miles, l'rom Jndia they nhiijnd to l'.gypt and did I'alostine. Kr.toring l'.urooc at Sicily they rode noiieis ''.nrojo, and oaiiio out at llotterdam. In Kngland and Scot land they milled the distuueo of l.Tiidl miles. The whole journey was dol e on ordinary 1 ievcle.. a id, marvelous lo relate, they did l.ot have a single fall. Their li lo lug.igo n. a sjui. shirt and w ater pioot.s. llvsu llfVN 'i.i.s, of Cadillac, Mieli , ha- a I rii h lmr w hich rivals the fa-inou-. l'au I'.ic l.o:--e or 1'otoj'iiugh' tielit lope walke". He i mastei' of tvonty one In. !,:!. io.il among them w ill o en his di in!-, out on an ele vated plank twenty feet and lmck into hi stall; clinili uon a seat't'old and "teeter," ami do it u, niei lv us a school giil; go to the water t:u. k, wash 1 1 i face, and wipe it on a towel; eliudi ti p htairs a'.d down; open and shut the barn door, ami back the buggv out without a hitch or miss, etc. Hank is Hot mi bud looking but that the horse will wait up lo him ali i imprint a lov ing ki-s upon hi. blow not no tate fu'.lv, pd'hap-., a a ( 'aihllae gill would do if, but still a Li-., and he docs nu merous other thii g a horsi- ..up posed to know nothing about, lie U u line, powerful iron gray, and hi master would trade him for the rest of Cadillac, may be, but fuf not iu'.n-!l less. Tin: Kov. lr. Jlovanl Ciosby, i:i tho lit'!-1 Phdt nl, holds up for oiii Hcorn "the bogua preacher, tl e i hiii lft tan. who makes a parade of rhetoric, and sock admiral i-u fiom his elo quence, w ho courts notoriety, and sub-hilie-, the iie. The true preacher," continues the 1'oetor, "is iiniacd by unv no'oi ie! v. lie ui-di-.s to hide liim ni Ii behind Iin message, lie timls his joy, not in tin- j.rcat world, but in his conscience ami hi-, lio.l. If the world prai-cs him h feel, that he mil.! have j been indiscreet or unl'ailhlul. Such a man wishes no triumph that is denot ed by the waxing oi (lag and tho blowing of trumpets, but that which i recorded by the penitent tear, tho prayer of faith, th renewed life, tint happy heart." This ideal of the true prcm-hcr is ho lofty that ue might sus pect it to bo only imaginary if lr, I'ronby ami many other clergymen did not so perfectly illustrate it. Yes, thero are such men, w hom wo. haxo all known and loved. Hut would it be heresy to confess, just between our mdvos, you know, that there are many groat preachers who fall furbelow lr. Crosby's Ktatidiii'd'i' Who aro they? Oh. well you do:.'t eiec! that 1 am g i:ig to answer that ipiestion. May bo I dun't know. A BONO. A gnod hi horo From it rmUro nhora A hundrml hnjira from Innil, But mail Rtorm flw Oypr tho (Tn tiltiA And the lp trowpd thsstraml; And th humlmt hoM-a that wiiM from land Were tlioiivoiild wrockeil on that foreign Mrniiil. A youth with hop-j Het out to rojm III life's unexrtain trifo, ItnthiK plan worn ctis.m He himself was lost, With 'lie tlioiiMan.l aiiim of life; For uliin well miltol and plan well plan'd ill eft l,e wni-k'cl on the lnncnl fur-lninl. Suture. CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD. Tho tr"nii'!idou huirii inc of snow and wind which swept over our great, level Nor'.iiw -el in .liiuuary, 1SSS, wus acciiin. pimieil hy inciileiit tragic, thrilling mid heroic, that will no ilonlit become n part of the history of the vast region over w hii-ii t'a" storm a wop!. It w it in coMtic'-'ioii w ith h ij--hauling in one of the iinr.sav, uiisclllcd town ship of Iowh that llii-ic occurred nil in cident of extreme peril, of fortitude and intc llieciit exercise of the faculties amid gri n! d-in-,'cr, which, at t ! time it came to lirht, w i-i ahnosl liml sight of in our iii!i!et lo the widespread c-iiainitio w'c.ie)i fell up , oiii miprcpiired neigh-bur- mi tiie more newly sefci prairie of I he North mid West. The little railway Klation of Dupont, in one the lliiuly scitlcd districts, was built entirely in the interest of the liny preing liu-inoss, fur which tho miin. haliiteil rial of l.uwlind and Hull bake townships furnished thousands of ton of r.'ia.ss. vi -r this tract, ,i do.eti milct ;n vx. t' i, as far hack Ir.iui tin- railway a Imv can lie Iciulc I with pr.nil, are scattered every summer 'ho camp of the h-iyiuak-or.", and the low licks or "slack" grow and accumulate until they dot Ihe prairie so thickly a to becoiiie for the timetli" distinguishing feature nf th" hi'idscipe. Tlii-re ii. ciit Cue f.ln1 mil largo hay barns, eont linim.' sicam presses'', to which, Iroin September until April, the hay i luiulcd, litowcd and baled, ready for . shipment . Among those who were hauling hav at 111.' time o,' the grc.it storm i r? hick .Ionian an i his small brother rr, a little fellow, too oiliig to attend school regit lai lv, w ho went itloug on jile:isaiit days to tramp down the h.iy in the fr.-inie of tiie big rack. It. hiid been pleasant enou,'ii for Orr to go on every trip thai week up to the night of the hli.iird. and the day was so warm and tine that I lick's sisters, .lean if and 'arrie, younger than himself but older than Di r. obtained (he permission of their teacher to go home at. recess, in order thai tiny might go with their brothers for a ride to the hay Meld. Their mother bait promise. I ilmt ilH.y should go upon the 'irst, warui day after sleighing came. They arrived at tho house just as Dick mid rr (li-.ive up for a lunch, before go lug after their lat load fur the day, and, as it would be d-irk before they could get back, tho girls, loo, got each a slice of bre. i 1 ;rid cold meat to munch on the 1 I'oad. Mick spr.'-ad two henvy horse-blanket, which wi re always c.irried in winter to throw over his horse when standing, lip i.lonc' i' the boll.. mi bn;,is of the rack, ami sealed .Icinic and Carrie noon them. Tiieii, little dreaming what was . In ton- th. in. the brothers and sister drove sw iniv cut upon t now sleigh road, I which h-I them for several miles over a ' piairic aitnost as level as a It tin llo ii . I The K iv-iack were reached, and : while the l".ys worked at llcir loading, the little girl raced about, tumbled in ' the hav, or rolled .'.11101-11111. a they pleased'. " j I he load of hay was taken from ih bottom o,' a st.uk iii 1 111 1 1 1 ! which the snow had drifted, thawed and tro.en until 11111. a of the outside hay had to be ! cut loose with an axe or freed with a shovel, bo;h ol which implements Dick ! carried fo. tl1.1L purpose. It, took much ! longer than usual to load upon this occasion, and evening was already draw ing on when finally the little girls were ' lieiped upon the load and tiie team wit- turned tow lie, I liiiiue. It had been mill and thawing all day, , so iicld, nniee.l, ihiit Dick had feared this w ould be their last trip w ith a sh igh until siiou- should come again; but a he : climbed upon the load I 1 st.tit lor home, ! be notic d that a he-ivy gray hank had ' formed aeros the western sky, ami that it seem,-, I to be growing thick overhead. ; The air hail suddenly become rather hi!l). lie told his brothers and sister that ii would sii.ov befoiii they got home, and 1 that tin hud better cuddle down'' in I the hay .and throw the horse blanket : over their lap, lie drove foi ward for , a few i... ami's, urging the horses to a i h.ilf-'.iot, mid uneasily glancing toward I the den.- gray bank, winch rapidly ' overcast die west and north, ami thr-w :t i gloom ami cold 111 advance, as it ap proached. The d irkucss came on rapidly, and soon the roar of a high wind broke upon Dick's cars. j "It's a blizzard!" he thought, with : alarm, for he had been born upon the i Northwest prairie and knew the .linger j of being caught out upon thai mowed flat, so tr from any house, for the near est dwelling was that of a farmer across . (lull bake, two inih' and u half to the I soul Ilea-;'. . ' j lie had not much time to think or to exercise his fears before the great storm ' was upon them. ! It was nothing less than a hurricane from the beginning, and at tho first llcrcu gust the big unwieldy rack careened with its load so that the littlo girls sci coined w ith fright, and tho horses stopped and Btood turning their heads away from the pelting sleet which drove dowu tit the first bur-,, of the storm. The air was tilled instantly with this driving ice. Dick snouted at the animals and nhippi.'d at them with the liucs, but the," c4rtTd not b induced to tnrn their hendi againat tho storm. They stood a If paralyzed hy the Mere blaat of wind and alect. Another and more furious sweep of the hurricane came almost immediately, and this timo the rack was lifted com pletely off the aled and overturned with hay and rider. Fortunately, there woi a oonaiderabld drift of snow beside the road, and neither Dick nor the younger children worn hurt by the fall. They had all, with a common impulse, jumped ftom the top of the load as it careened over, and so fell, or rather tumbled, outside the sweep of the rack. A they scrambled to their feet the stiff wind was so filled with hay and snow that they could scarcely distinguish each other. The rack turned bottom side up, ami. n it was built In the shape of a "figure four" (pmil-tmp, held most of the hay securely beneath its frame. Dick still held to one of the lines, and the horses stood shivering with fear and cold, for th'.! temperature had suddenly dropped far below the freezing point. ' tlet behind the rack out of the wind!'' he screamed to tho younger ones, who were clinging to each other in the endeavor to stand up before thetrngiiig wind. They obeyed him, and, hugging close against the framework, found them selves protected from tho cutting blast, but snow and sleet whirled over the top and alum! the ends in blinding scurries. Dick knew instinctively that to at tempt to get those children on the bare sled and to drive them to a place of safe ty only incut certain death to them ull. In the first place, it would require all their strength to cling on. .Moreover, they could not endure a half-hour even of such exposure to tho storm. With darkness coming on and the air filled with driving snow, thero was tho barest possibility of hi being able to find a house it could only be found by run ning against it or into a yard even if he should be able to drive and keep the children alive all night. Hi plans were quickly made, and n man of twice hi age could not have made them with greater good sense, or have shown a braver spirit iu their exc cu'ioii. He s'rip"d the Inmost from his horse and turned them loose. Then, without waiting even to see which direc tion the animals took, ho ran to his brother and sis(..rs. Althon ;ii it had been so warm when they started from home, their mother had insisted that .Icanie and Carrie should dies warmly, and take cloaks and com forter with them. These they had put on before the storm came, and Dick, .after digging iu the hay for 11 few min ute between the boards of the rack, dis covered the horse-blanket upon which the children had fortunately been sitting when the load overturned. While digging for them he had pre pared a "nest," a he termed it, for the three small one, and ho now ordered them to get iu there while ho tucked the blankets around them. Frightened and hushed by the terrific storm, they obeyed without a murmur, and the brave young fellow told them that they must "cuddle close together and never peep nutaidc" till they heard him call them. lb: said that he would go and bring them something to eat as soon as he .mild get back from Mr. Walduman's across liult Lake, ami then uftcr tho blizzard was over they would ull go home. lie knew the snow would drift over then; in a very few iniuut?, and be lieved that if they kept quiet their breath would warm the "nest," and no doub' keep tliein alive for many hours. li.it he knew also that such bli.ards have been known to last with unabated fury for two or three days, and that there was little likelihood of their being able to outlast such a storm. Therefore, his only hope was to reach hulp if possible, ami get it to them the moment it should be possible to breast the blizzard. iuli bake lay over a mile distant, di rectly to the southeast. It was one mile and a half across it, and on the other side lay W.ildcuiiin's Much, a largo group of buildings, dwellings, barns anil shedding for stock, enclosed by a large yard which stretched along the lake shore for forty rod or more. Dick hoped that he might be ublo to reach this ranch and to find it. I lluttoniiig hi overcoat tightly about him and pulling a "Norwegian cap" w hich he wore tightly down over his ears, he set out, going directly with tho b to rm, which came from the northwest. lb- started at a stiff run. Tho wind nearly lifted him olT his feet at every step, and cut the backs of his leg and the sides of his cheek icily. ll soon found it impossible to tell whether h; was going directly with the wind or not, as it blew iu changeful gusts and whirled violently about him. Hut there was a unit- of lake shoru in front, and ho reached it at length and found himself upon the ice. It had now grown dark, and amidst the pitchy blackness of night and the thick drift ot snow he could no longer make use of his eyes. In fact, ho was obliged to shut them and allow himself t be carried over the ice by tho wind. A part of the time he was able to keep his feet, but often he was thrown forward and actually blown over tho rough ico for rods. The skirt of his overcoat oc casionally blew over his head, and tho bitter wind pierced every part of his body. It was a rough and terrible experience getting across tho lake, and hu was glad he Uad not attempted to take his broth ers and sisters with him. When ho at length reached the south ern bunk, he was so chilled and ex hausted that he could scarcely keep his fee) at all. The bank was high at the point where he rcuched it, and ho knew it could not be opposite tho ranch fence, as the high bank was west of that. So he turned, and alternately walked and crawled eastward, guided in that direc tion by tho wind. For a long time he forced way along the edge of the ico, w' lech was swept bare, guided by tho sense of feel ing ami the direction of the wind, but at Icugtli he stumbled against something nd joyfully discovered it to be fence. As it afterward proved, it was an ex tension of the cattle-yard, a corner of which was built down into the edge of the lake to afford water for tho stock, and had he missed it by even few feet he would undoubtedly have perished. The discovery of it pave him new life at once and aroused all his faculties, lie climbed over the fence so as to get insido tho yard, and then, by feeling, followed it until hi! came to a connection with tho cattle-shed. Once In the shelter of these, ho whiped his numbed arms and stamped his chilled feet until circulation portly restored, then felt his way along to tho barn, and at length managed to roach the ranch dwelling guided by tho glimmer of a light which he could see through the storm. lie was welcomed and warmed and fed, and promised that by every jsissible effort that could be made the men should help him to rescue his brother and sis ters when daylight came. Dick found that ho had escaped with only a slight frosting of his faco and fin gers, but his anguish on account of the little ones he had left buried in the hay was intense. He did not sleep at nil. but walked tho floor of the ranch kitchen, where he was allowed to keup a roaring fire all night. Kvery few moments ho would go to the windows, scratch tho frost, and endeavor to peer out into the storm. He could gather no encouragement un til daylignt, whea ho discovered that the snow was no longer falling, and that the sky would soon be clear. Ho roused the ranch h.iiids at once, as two of them hud agreed to go with him. In a short timo the men were up. Some hot collet) was drunk, a jug of it was tilled from the pot, und a sharp-shod team was harnessed. Tim horses were blindfolded, their heads wrapped in blan ket to protect them from the blinding orift which w:i still driving hard from tho northwest. This team was hitched to a double sleigh filled with robes and wrapt. Then, mutlling themselves In the bottom of the box, the party set out across the lako in the very teeth of tho wind. The horses were old and steady, and, after some snorting and tossing of the heads, at n protest against the novelty of complete "blinds," took a steady hard trot 1 ver the corrugated ice. On reaching the further shore of tho lake and ascending to the prairie, Dick, with his bend completely muffled to the eyes, took a standing position and, bracing himself, directed tho move ments of tho driver. The short distance of 11 mile and the sternly direction of the wind enabled him to hit the hay-road at a point so close to the overturned rack that hu caught sight, of the top of it as they were passing some rods distant. A moment later they hud halted and tied tho team, and Dick had pointed out the spot where hi companions worn to dig. Then, utterly overcome, hu threw himself upon the drift and buried his face in his arms. His grief and sus pense at that moment were almost beyond endurance. He had no idea that tho children could have survived such a fear ful night. Hut five minutes of silent digging occupied his companions, and at the end of that timo both of them gave a triumphant shout. They had uncovered the nest, and a cloud of steam ro up from the blankets. Dick was on his feet instantly. A moment later tho three young Jordan werj dragged forth, alive, but stupid with cold and 11 drowsimss which would not have left them alive many hours longer. Yet they .had escaped any serious frostbite, and 11 dexterous rubbing, shaking and jouncing restored their cir culation aud their senses. They were bundled into the sleigh amid robes and comforter., anil, despite the severity of the weather and tho drifting snow, were taken immediately toward home, where their welcome must be imagined. nc of Dick's horses perished in tho storm, but the other turned up alive and well the next day at a farmer's stables twelve miles south of (lull Lake. Youth' t Companion. Four Sleepless Years. Four years without sleeping a wink. That sounds preposterous, but it is ex actly the case of an old negro now living in Athens, ia. Charley Harden is his name, ami the snows of age have settled down upon him. In slavery times hu belonged to John White, who lived at that t i tn 0 in tho same place. Charley was seen on the fctreets recently talking to several of his friend and telling them of his curious condition. "For four years," said ho, "1 have not slept a wink. I hear continually 11 buz.ing sound, and it seems as if several persons were talking to me all thu time. At night I lie in my bed with my eyes wide open, and if 1 do sleep never close them, and always hear thu talking. It is an awful thing to hu talked to for years, and through the long nights to have t j listen to this nonsense." Charley has tried doctors for his sleep lessness, and has found uo remedy, und has given up all hope ol ever (deeping again. He, as a matter of necessity, sleeps, but his yes never close, and ull his mental fuciilt ies remain ever uwake. Atlanta Coitttitution. A Wftlk Around tho Earth. A French savant has calculated tha time required for a journey round thj earth, and has obtained the following results: A man, walking day and night, without resting, would take 428 days; 1111 express train, 40 days; sound, at a medium temperature, 32 hours; a cannon-ball, 2IJ hours; light, a little over one-tenth of a second, and electricity, passing over a copper wire, a little under uac-teath of a second. The Oldest Lawsuit. The oldest lawsuit on record is now being tried in the highest Russian court at St. Petersburg. It wus brought 50U years ago against the city of Ketnenez Podolsk by the heirs of a dead nobleman to recover many thousand acres of his citato which had becu confiscated by tho municipality. The written testimony in said tu wciU forty-live tons. E&t'SEHOLD HATTERS. cAArxo ton rntHrrtrRR. With care, furniture may be kept look ing nice for years, but without this ear it soon becomes dingy and shabby. A thorough cleansing, once month, at least, should be given to upholstered fur niture that is in every-day use. Articles covered with plush or any goods with a pile may be brushed with a bristle brush, but for hair-cloth a light switch works best, wiping off tho surface afterward with damp cloth. Wipe tho wood with a damp cloth, and if there aro any dents in it, it is said tho application ot several thicknesses of wet blotting paper held in place Mil dry by a warn flat iron will remove the dent, unless a very deep one, when several applications may bo necessary. When the wood-work is dry, rub with warm linseed oil and polish with chamois skin. White spots may be removed by alcohol simply pressed on the spot by a cloth that is not linty, and not rubbed, as rubbing will take off tho varnish. A flannel cloth moistened with kerosene is good to rub the furniture with, and the disagreeable odor of tho oil soon disappears. Courier Journal. inOMNO SHIRT WAISTS. First, be sure that the waist is properly starched in boiled starch and thoroughly dried; then make a weak, cold starch and dip the collars and cuffs into it, being careful not to wot into the other parts of the garment as it takes longer to dry, and tho starch in those parts is not needed. Lay tho waist (wrong side out) with the back to thu table, told 0110 sleeve upon it, then the other, lay over I these the front., sprinkling each part ac cording to the thickness ol tiie cloth, roil : tightly and let lie tho desired length of time, then proceed as follows: With the sleeves still wrong side out, rub quickly tho wristbands; now turn, aud we ire really commencing (what seems to many) an arduous task. Wu will iron 1 first tho outside of one wristband, then the inside, shaping it as we dry it. Next fold thu sleeve (at the opening) from wrist to shoulder, and iron; thu upper half of tho sleeve can be ironed better with it folded that way. Now fold by the under-arui seam and finish, and the sleeve will have the same appearance as a nicely laundered shirt. Follow with the second sleeve, and wo aro ready for thu other part. Hub over tho part below the wristband, then press the tuck in tho front into shupi! with 11 moderately warm iron; now use a hot one, mid thoroughly dry on tho wrong side; in this wuy the shoulder seams can be easily dried. Next iron tho back iu thu same way, pressing tho plaits into shape on the right side, but doing tho greater part of tho ironing on tho wrong side. At last tho collar is reached, requiring but a few moments' time, and the gar ment which has been so much dreaded is finished, and thu result is satisfactory. Sometimes it is desirable to press a littlo on thu right sidu ut the last; in that case do not Iron as dry on tho wrong; bide Good Jlouiekerjiiii'j. RECITES. Raisin Pie One lemon, juice and rind. one cupful of raisins, one cupful of water, onu cupful of rolled crackers; stone the raisins und boil till soft, gratu thu lemon rind, mix well together, and bake with two crusts. Macaroni With Cheese Prepare mac aroni with cream sauce, and pour into a buttered scalloped dish. Have half u cup of grated cheeso aud half it cup of bread or cracker crumbs mixed, sprinkle over the macaroni, and place in tiie oven to brown; it will take about twenty miuutes. Milk Toast Toast a goodly number of slices, and arrange iu a deep dip. Put into a saucepan ouu quart of sweet milk, ami stir into it two tablespoon ful sifted '.lour made into a smooth paste with a littlo milk. !-tir constantly till it boil; cook a moment or two; add a little, salt and small piece of butter, and pour over thu toasted bread. Potato Y'cast (irato four good-sized, uncooked potatoes into a quart of hot water, stir over the fire, ami cook slowly for five minutes. Turn into a jar, add a half-cup of sugar and a tablespoonful of Milt, and when lukewarm add a half-cup of good yeast. Allow this to ferment for six or seven hours, stirring iL down as it comes to tho top of the jar. Keep iu u cold place, well covered. Reef Rissoles Chop tine somo cold roast beef, reason it well with salt ami popper, and to each half-pint of this add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and a half-cup of bread crumbs, then add two whole eggs, and work thu mixture to a smooth paste. Form hit round balls, dip in egg and then in bread crumbs, aud fry in smoking hot fat. Servo with u nice, brown shucj pmue I around them. Light Dough Dumplings Mako very light bread dough into small bulls thu size of eggs. Have ready a pot of water, boiling last. Drop iu the dumplings, taking cure to have thu water more than cover them. Cover the pot und boil for twenty minutes steadily, without lifting the cover, if it stops boiling for a mo ment the dumplings will bu heavy. Servo hut with butter aud sugar for dessert. To Prepare Sweet-Rreads Veal sweet breads aro best. They will not keep long. Soak them' at once iu cold water for about onu hour; then parboil them (about II ft ee 11 minutes) in salted, boiling water, uftcr which put them into cold water again for a few miuutes. This will make them firm und white. Re move the bkin and littlu pipes, and puL them in a very cool place uuiil ready to cook them uguiu. Along tho valley of the Nile from Alexandria to thu first cataract aro 70 mission stations and 70 Sunday-schools uumbering 4017 scholars, while tho day aud bourdiug schools have over 5000 pu pils. Tho vuluo of the horses exported from the Dominion of Canada in 1881) was $3,. '.".'tl.SDii, including 3,1G9,793 worth shipped to tho Uuited States. THE ANSWER trirotti yon! Well, it forgtlnr B thinking through all thel .low tba slow seconds drag tinr, j 7 Days seom years now that you sm. If counting the momenta with t. For the time when I'll seeyrm tfln If this la forgetting, vmi're right, 4. And I have forgotten you then! ' Forgotten you ! Well, If forgttli, Be muting sach faoe that I soe. With eyea that mark never a f-otur n . . . . , . . . urn. yiiun, nm you last innk,) ,j m Or hearing, through all the Strang baVhla Of voices, now grave ami now MT Only your voice, can this be fnrgtUnir! Yet I have forgotten, you uy. Forgotten you ! Well, If for gottin Belonging with all the full hmrt With a yearning half pain ami half riptnpp ' '" num lien now more will ..... U'lh . ll.l . . out, - - 10 near yem To be held in your arms once aain- If this tie forgetting, you're right, l,.ir And I have forgotten you then Cinrinnnli Vommm inl ;llt 1'ITll AND POLVf. "A whito lie" City milk. A slip of the pen A young pis. The sewing girl is never wl seems. Think before you net very sauc y to uijur 1111111 111MU yourseii. An PYf'lmn'rfi atinnlra ..f blizzard." The most regular of thcin ! irregular. imntruir. ifrnti . Poet are born, not made. The -!" .,,1,. if n, 1 , , '. ' ., it .mj nut 11111111;. ,i; COUI'I s-t ine manu.aclory under the iiuis.m, Time. Dignity is a good thing; in the rear of a big crowd see the procession, don't Uet on a barrel. I'urk. but if you ami vih ... 1 siann oar "What makes you so lame to-dav "I've got uu accident policy far s.; week. Ain't that enough to m.ikc u body lame?" .Vuniuij't W'rrkUj. This world has an atiiinilaiiex Of ileceitfulness anil pri't.'tis,; JJow what we stuml in ntssl nf ' Is squareness and common viw Ditnsritlr lirff.t Mrs. Kawler "I suppose ViHje nlmost old enough now to eat liiin.pi; Mrs. Stayathomo "No, inilenl! , don't suppose hu is a cannibal, 1 . j.)u Lmrrtncr. Amerirnn. ici... i......i.:....i oiii'i - . i-iiw vi"iiK,I,,,n,j; '". Villi in ing so intently into my eyes? .n t looking for tho mote?" He isirirm! "No; for tho beam." Tlnn 1 beamed. lAiirrrm'e A'nerinin. "Did they treat you cordially!" ; deed, yes. Why, about iiiiini"ht h" father came to tho head of the stairs a: called down to know if I wouldn't :. to breakfast." Mhiiiuih W'nkly, Patient (to unsuccessful physician)- "Doctor, you are not experimenting h mo, uro you?" Physician "Ortait; not, sir." "Well, then, doctor, wim' you please experiment cn me a little!" J Time. "Oeorge," she sid, "do ywi belie in tho old saying: 'Out of sight, out mind?' " "Well, no, not altogether,": sponded George, hesitatinglv. "F instance, take a boil on the back ofonti ueck." "How will vou have it hound f'ii'k: tho binder of a man who had llo i,'ht I a dictionary to have new cover jr.it ' "I think it would be ajijirojui ili' tu lu it Kjiell bound," was the rcilv. V uunj Lhroiiwh. A Western politician who lost his eyes in a railroad accident l..e bi to recover ilamaifo) because, in tin1 ;i:r mind, his present inability to rvi-lwi the iiewsjiajtors say of him i:m-t viewed iu tho light of comjn iisatii.ii. Old Gentleman (to little girl on t. horse car) "How old are vu. lit I girlf" Little Girl "Are ynu the o tluetor?" Old Gentleman "Why, t I have nothing to do with the ru'.r. a "Then I am seven years old." U'-f Courier. POKTH WHITK Wlll.M. When jsieu write Of "voiceless iii'iit." We feel like saying "rats'" Because out-.loors We hear the rours Of several liuinlrml cats. Arie i in .- .Aeo-iia Politician (to inexperienced Am:u man) "You're busy writitur. I Thut's something new for you." experienced Assemblyman 'Yi-. engaged in writing my first i-ti-ti; sjieech thut I shall make t v hence. So vou 11 excuse me frwiM ing." She "Charlie, you krow yen prnni- mo something handsome on my dav." He "Yes, I know." St "Well, I saw a diamond briM-tpm ; tcrduy in a shop window tliatw.i ' fectly heavenly." I IVrfii heavenly, was it? Say, I'ari'iy. ' you have any eurthly wish.-.' I''1: think of nothing but heaveni j tli"'r Wxtx ,ij'tiit'j. A (Slant Kim Over 400 o!J A monster elm stands on the Avi-ry I' fee farm in Wayne County, N. V.. I Palmyra and Marion. Two feet above . ground it measures JJ.'l feet in it"'lr circumference, and live feet ah"''' Krouud 20 feet. 10 inches. It i !!' to tho first limb. The body wouM'" five 12 foot logs, averaging j1 tho total amount of lumber in the M) the tree is 16,250 feet. It is -tinu' that there is sullicient lumber above saw log to make four cords of four' wood. Taking one-half of the ili" of the tree threo feet from the j." which is forty-eight inches, and H" each inch to reureseiit ten years llw. mro ii f ,.1. 1,1 in til. AH) VlMfS. ('Ut '1 inch bimril the elm would cover two-fifths of an acre of ground. I' H intotove wood sixteen incUei la " llierM wniilil lie sivl.v curds. Klghty years ugo, when the 1 cleured, this tree was left as a ia It wus thun a giant among the fn"-4t jfeu) torb Sun.
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