y. tr tl CI K ui T (I he vr. tl TJtlE MIDDLEIiUIiOII POST. T. H. IIARTEIl, Ennom sd rno'R. rnnij:nri:t;, i:t. aviui. :, isoo. J ihn Hull is evidently in disfavor in Ilrxil, for U-aLi'trH have lin n formed in thi principal cities to boycott llritisti jffn in in favor of Asm rican productions The Ijuf'i ri near h iipi :ir-nt ly given John hiiiauian :i had fright, in John is now industriously cn-rigcd in ma-sing troops on th ii it l.'.ii frontier. The Chir-ami n fear that t!.i' llusshni forces tun t i ! ;it . making an aliai '. mi them. A St. Louis woman idi ntil'icd :i body in llir 1 1 1 I' r 1 1 :is tl;:il of In T husband, from whom she had been -p;ir.lt I for KCVClal Veals, Mild glVe it !UI ( Xpeilsive f UIM Till. ll'T llU-bat.ii ll IS since tltf tH 'l 11 1 .ilivr a ii ' I will, and, haing l urtif-l that -i I hid bu.iel lii:n in t y 1 (. , I on ii r in c xn his ! iian U s. V.'"-'l.:v tin I nit'-i States up' paying H.'; Intrii-t on the iii!illi' -If ! it Srl'i.i.Hil'.!,. IK".'. Ii i .i' ir.: '. with this I'ratice pay ae.uii iliy in i:il. re-t. ... .im ,ini;i , Ureal Ifitahi. ?:!i',M'.imsi; A u-I i ia I luug.iry. Ji , ji;.iii!iili iii.i : li il v, 1 'i' i.n iii.iiiiii ; '.. ia. i'.,'J'1 111")."'1", aid p:ii:i, .fW'i.Cllll,. sl'l". 'r;!--ia nli. II.' i.f till' iiTlll.V! States, pajs ?'l I, 'Min, iniii, :i:j.1 Canada, with hut n:ic-t Wi Ifth i.f th-' population o! this country. j..iy r ally -third as Ui... ii annually in ii.T -r. -t, !",' 11,1111 ) A yo'iii't ti. 1:1 ol .ir- 'A, N. Y.. I11r.i l dr.-i s-ii: fr.i.u a t .1. .' wiii nvii i-.l t 1 deliM i- 1; mi a e.'tlaiii day. Tiic l.r..,'i' f.iilr I, ail iii :i:-e ii curio:: lawsuit. T,i" p' lil.tllT alle,-!' I that il" li.ii 1 at t ifi;e i t i L' ' t " a'l cveaiti.' parly at winch in' iia l i' ''. v.' 1 to n'ler his ban. I to ttie da'iy'at- r of tiie linu.'. I! cau-e of th'' ! allure of his 1I11 -s e at he could ui.; hu! rival went, pro- pose, I and u.is ai'.'i j.li' I, iiiid th p'.ai:ti;T coM-idered Idm-i-if li.iiu.ir I to tiie :.ill" of the I i-t bride. Si.inlry. in a ret :i! li tter to ',roc'; li.iii-, tlie to'iiiiaii pa'i'.i-'iii'i', says: "It is tint h" ent.'i't liniii. nts tii.it keep me ! from W'.rk. it is 1 , 1 y vidi .;s and letter-; they a;e iniiiiae'ra'.ile. Ai n.i kii ', 1 . Went to the Alli. it Lake to ! -. -1 ii Ihui i I'a-iia, th; valiant d'1' lldei of hi-: pr.iv- I itice. Of my own free will 1 undertook , to l."i t his assist in:' , ari' I I linp" you : tin not beiotig t 1 tiuis who b 'lievc tint I iira;.'u;ed av.ay t!i" I'asha icjiiu-t i.i- will. All 1 a-Kc 1 fro'ii him was a .state- . tnei.t of his ii tentiotis, my o' !v il. M:e beinu' to le of t: to him ; I t;t ; .111 v.iii Had all this in mv book.'' 'Die wild hi I; ins of t'ne So.j'.ii i". ;1- I can republic, l uil 'd States of ('oloinbi'i, j are iTH.itin;,' 1111 ; '1 tr .uli'.e in-' at pr.-. New - comes from th-- extreme 1 a-t of toe Ti i-'-iti .ry of ( '1-la.ui' that the plantation , I.f Santa I'.' '.. . ue'veei: th" river- M"'.a j and Ca-iaca, ha- b : de-tn y.'d by lii" . mid has othi tv. i-i sulTiTi d fio.ii iii.- i j cui'-intts of t!io:i- ic.ds of -aa,'" lnd:a'is nf various nomadic tribe-. Tin -e a'niri J.'i:n s. to the nuuiber of ."CM I, h ave ut;ile 1 j 111 common I. itt.e ar:ay t" ure tiie iu. lilment of a;i o:T. r mil a month a"i by the Ciilombi ui t iuv.'t :i::ieut to supply t'ue:n with clolh. and salt. In a ucaai in ,' inaiiuer the In lians have nidercd the t oll. 'list-ou ihi. frotiMi r t. piM. ui.' the articles pro!:.i-e to thetn. and also to nii'i.ain for them supplies of beef to satisfy tin ir hunger. A mi.uli. r of houses have been tired and m lay p' r-ons ro:ibed of cattle by tile ravages. The inhahitatits if Santa lllena have had to abandon their houses many tines in .m-iipienee of the Indians, and t !;' urgently a-k the 1're fe. t of 1'isauare t 1 send to tlie scene an nrm.'d force tirul; .1 the vivace horde' "n h i'-Ii c mtiuitailv threaten t'ueni. Th" pii-'lbnitles of inilk are by 110 lilt an- Jet eh. ill-ted. Tin- curd of miik hi- been mixc I witli sum" mineral mattev and e.ii.iprc--' I into an cxeellent sub.;;, tute for ivory, witii all its h 11 dm --. 1 la--th ity and line -tain. '.lade i:.t ' l.iili n 1 hali-, knife hiudl's, 1 1 1 'V kuoio, iad Mi' h u-i f.i! Ma't' i-, it 1: 1, met witii .en cra! i-fai t i'.u, und now that a ticv proce-s by which the curd and wh"V to gether at-'' cvajHirated and hardened into biili.-tanee- like marble, a new intcri in milk is aw.'ik'-n' d. A food Mib-tanee 1 : tircly inde-tiuetible by decomposition, posM."isini hi:;iily nutritiouii propertn.'s, is tlnis intro'lueed, an I one may have the a':.-f k tion, says tin; New Yolk Ti,i,e, of tilling his hou.s with ornamental work, that w hen the f iihioii chaiiges may be jrroutid up and cateu in various uccept iible forms, as soups, cakes, tarts, bis cuits, and other picparatious which the ciJv'i brain alone is l ujiiibln of invent ing. The planticity of milk i.s hui.h tiiut it can be pressed into u variety i f forms, nod its value us food when the sugar and the phosphates of the milk serum, or whey, are retained, us they may be by evaporation, will be considerably higher that! that of the dried tlesh which is pre pared in u permanent form u pemuiicuu. THE WHEEL OF TIM B The hnli begin It itis on mrlb Hr uttering cry of iin, nkii nn.I holplnn at it birth. Its IkkIj weak, hurt It lirnin Item-nth it motlipr's teiiilnr mre It rr-"'i, it st-ands, it walk alone Aulstill progressing yeir by yoir, Th weak 11 f mnii has crown, A inl still tin whiv'l of timi' turns rutin J. The man starts on tlm voyage of lifo Full of ninl. iti. in, lniiH, nml ?al; He mingles in tli" limy Hti ifo, A ll. I Inn lii-; siiarx of wim itml wil Hi- t'ikf 11 ifi- nif.l mnkiK n lioini'. Anil ulriinli-s Inir I wlulo in his prim; lint wln'ii ili nse nil. I oil ti. cnma llin lifn lin lost iN siinmii'i' tini. A 11. 1 still tin- wliwlof tiin.i turns roiin l. Tiii o. I inn 11 lilii'rs i v Ityilnv, An.l iimmlili's of th" mn n, Kn; n;i !m. Moln liis lrriKth nwiir. Ami 1.1 .1. in' 1 liLHwanl li nr wln uisnon', Hi ilrnuns his jmiiiik lilii ii'it nml 11'iir, Ami minimis mi. I wi'ins liii Imtiiiil ry.M Till nntnri' i nn pii'Iiii tin iimri', Aii'l tlif fxlmnsicl pilgrim ihcs. Airl still tlm wlii'l of timi- turns ronirl. Tin1 ni'iiiai'i'ii Invs Iiii4 Ki'i'ib'r ilotrn To initial" wit'n hi liiii'lri"! mit. Ami tln'ii .ui' il hi'f wi iir Ins f'l'nwii Tn n-ii;ii ti'iovi'il isr livi in lust. I'lir lii:.ii, llinlniv, tin-i iiii, tli.'p.nn' I.ivi'niit thi'ir liViMnn.l (mssiway T!i"v 1'iiin.i, t'li-y (!" ''"il is siii i-, Tliny aii' lut. tilings of yi'sti'iil a . A 1 1' 1 till I hi- wlus'l of tun turn- rn'iii 1. --A'rinii'n N. Smith. JOHN'S CHOICE. f.V III. I. UN I'HIIIlK. I UIIAVKs. ' Iinga"' I, eh f" said John Jaggcit. 'Well, I le ver looked at it iii exactly tha litht before!" "Ue'veall look it for gl inted," said Mrs. .iaggi it. pulsing her thin lips and knitting a way cry fast . 1 1. us she think so, mother." What else can she think, John.'" "1 never a-kcl in'i I i marry me. mother. " "There '3 other ways of proposing to uirl-, lohti. except askin' 'cm to marry voil in s,i manv words," said tlie old lady. John .1 1 'gett gave his thick, brown lnoist ll he .1 li'i.'lll till tug. ' I'm ble--e. if I know what they arc, mother," lid he. "I'.veryb 1 ly has look it for granted. John." p peated his mother, severely. "And M"linda is a capital housekeeper just the girl I'd like to see in charge of things hcie, now tli.it I'm getting old Illld feeble " John JaggeM put his hand caressingly on his ino'-ie i's siio ilder. "Why, mot Iter," Maid he, don't talk that way. So far as I can ecc, you're lis young and spry as you ever were." Mr.-. ,i aggeti shook her head, mourn fully. "No, I ain't John," siid she. "When :i woman gets to be sixty-odd, niic be gins to fail in spite ol everything and , rheumatism always ran in my side of the ' family. If I could only see you married and settle i down before the Lord sees lit to call me away." John whi-tied. "Tim" enough, inc'her," said he o'.llte t hue enough. " "I d m't know ab, ml i 1 it. John. You were thirty yesterday!" urged Mrs. Jag- gelt . "How ;i.e dear old mo' her remembers . thing-"' cl iie, laughing. "And inula I hi! ' - I - t hree md t hil ly. " " M ar 11' t A o don't m ike no gre it -id.i-. John. ' "Will, e I kail- it. 1 1 in' I ." he asseiite 1. 'b i ti. 1 lied the worn in, as her son iook up hi- hat, "where sr.' you going.''' "I'm going to New York lor a day or two. to s. " about 1h.1l new h iy-i utter, 1 . 1 ; ! . r . beioi" the grass ges too high," mi'weied hi . "T'.-iiav. John '" "Ye-, to day. Why not .'" "i lo over and se" M"imla irst, John, lot som.rhing si'tlled," pleaded Mrs. J..ggcl. "Why, mother, what a hurry you're in to g t me mil lied oil!'' he (lie I. "ighllv. "!ie eM'Cts ll . John. " ( '.iiildii't you manage it for n:e, 11, "'.in r .'" -tinglv deiii.u, dud tin- young man . Jo'iiti!" "Se'.i, ii lily. I don't seem able to get lp any enu'.hasiasiii," said he, shrugging his broad, handsome kIioiiI lers. "And I ii..i-t get that bav culler ordered. We r-u iil iia'.e a thundery .siiiaini r, and th" L'ia-s meadows iiuisl be looked alter." John Jaggctt went his way to the city, and -tr.iigh' way forgot, all about Mls .Melind.i li.itts, who lived at. the red hili jled I.:i uihoilse on the other .side of .-kail Mountain. Sic plain and red haired, and never si eii e l to !: ive veiy much to say for her silt; and John . lagged, had all a man's apple, iat ion of beauty and soltne-sin wor.anly pre-enee. Why should be think ab..i.t .Meliii'li Ihitts' lb- ordered the hay cutter, looked in at a -ale of stout farm horses, made iu ipiiries a- to a new cooking-stove for his mother and dually .stopped at a little millinery -tore, kept by a tornii r Skull Mount tin neighbor. "I want to get mother a lace cap or a worsted siiou! ler-ciipe, or something," thought lie. H it. th" store was full of ht range faces, and a in-w name gleamed, in newly painted letters, 011 the sign above the door. Hallo!" s;.i, Jaggett. What' the matter.'" Mrs. Mixsell was buried last mouth," said the new incumbent, a ktout widow with a row of artilieial auburn curl" w hich did not in the least match her back hair. "And poor Alice is crying her eji s out in the back room. I' r'aps you know some of h't friend-! It don't stand to reason as I can keep her here, w ith three daughter of my own. And you kao'v- - " 'ii, Mr. Jaggett, uttered n soft, ap pi' iiing voice from the .-tuj'y, half-light"d Utth: .i,i::'..ui;iit Inv'jnd, "i tint vo'jf Oh, poor mother hu died nn left me, and I don't know whnt to do!" Alice Mixsrll wan a fair haircil, motint-niti-diiisv-rompU'xiono'l pirl of nerm tui'ii. Hor lilne ryi, drenrhed In tears, looki-d piti'ously tip to John Jnctt her "ir.il lip trom'ilcl. They worn old acquaintances, mid ho had nlwayit nd iniri'd her. Nay, onco or twice, whin he had linn si.iviii' in the city, he had taken her to a theatre matinee or a pict ure gallery. As he looked at her nwret, helpless loveliness, a j-reat wave of pro tecting ten. k'lnu 1 swept over his whole nature. "Alice," said he, "my darling! Sweet Alice, dry your teats. Henceforward von shall h" my care, t Set your bonnet nml things! We'll fjo to the little parnonne around the corner and he married ntonce and I'll take you hack home with me!'1 Alice drew buck her velvet blue eye Hasheil. "No!" said Mie, " You are myinjj tliis simply out of pity ' I'm saying it because I love you!" he cried, earnestly and the deep light of Ins nark eyes corroborated his words. Man is a cte.itnri' of iuipul.se, and John Jiiggett's feelings had taken such com- j plen' possesion of him, tiiat it was not . until Alice hud become his wedded wife that he thought of Melindu, of the red 1 hair and t .irkey-cgg complexion. j "lint it will nil be right," he argued to ; hiniu'lf. "Mother can't help liking dear , little Alice. Sh" and Mrs. Mixsell use 1 ; to be good friends in the old days before tii" Mixsell farm was sold; end Alie will ' b" a perfect Miiibcatn in t'ne house (Sod bless her!" I It was the yellow twilight of May even ing wh"ti John brought his pretty, blush i.ig young w ife lo the old homestead. "We'll surprise tin; mother," said he, 1 h'vnly. "We'll go around by the syca more tree lane a id creep in at the back door. And you shall be sitting in the kecping-r nun w hen she conn s in. She's talking t i some one at the carriage block, low !" "It's company, I think, John," said Alice, her heart fluttering like a bird iu its cage. "It's a carryall with a big trunk s! rapped on behind, and a tall, 1 'd-haircd woman stepping out. Oh, John, wiio can it be.'" loii 1 Jaggett change 1 color, ns he r: guii' "I the shrill, nasal accent of Mi-s Meliuda I'.utts! "No!" uttered tin t female. "I must allow I didn't reckon on gittin' married 1 ipiite so sudden, Mrs. Jaggett; but after . what you said to me, mid neighbors' 1 gos-ip and all, why, of course--" 1 John drew a !o;ig brcat h us he realized 1 tin- new complication. Hi mother had j propo-cd to Melinda I'.utts for him, as I h" had jestingly suggested, and here she I was, bug and baggage, 1111 embodied ae- ! ceptain e of the oiler. "Am 1 11 Mormon in spite of myself?" j he thought. "How, iu tlie name ol all ! the fates and furies, am I to get out of i this tangle; "Sit still a minute, Allie," lie said to his pretty young wife. "I'll go und tell ' them you're here." ' "Uut if you've got company, John . "No company can be nore honored thin my wile, Allie," he said, gently, as he passed into the shady little parlor, w here a scent of ilrie I rose leaves came Irom th ipiaiul old Limit le. There stood a lank China jar on the spectacled, elder- ly man. "Why. it's Lawyer Jtild !" said John, starting back. "How do yoii do, Mr. .lad. I; May I ask what ha procured us tiie honor ol this visit.'" Lawyer Jndd smiled nod wriggled, and interwove his respectable-gloved lingers in e n h other, alter a most enibarassed fu-hion. "How are you, Mr. Jaggett how are you.'" said he. "Well, to lie candid with you. I came here v ith the young la lv outside." "You did'" "Ye, I did," nodded the lawyer, who was one of those restless individuals who an never keep still a minute, but slipped 1 111 1 writhed ami twisted himself about like a suake in black cassimcre gar ments, "l):i- he. he, he! a little ipies tion 0! matrimony." John ihished to the root of hi wavy brown haii . Was this to be a mutter of breach of promise: I i 1 they imagine for a sec ond that he was to be coerced like thi.s? "Mr. Ju Id," said he, "there i some mi-take here." "I hope not, neighbor Jaggett," said the lawyer, more like the letter S than ever "I hope not. Why should there be a mi-t ike?" 'And." went on John, excitedly, "I don t propose to be bullied! I have never engaged my-elf to the young woman, nor have I given her any lc:isou I 1 hci.ov e- --" "No. 110 no. to.'.K'.sure not!" uttered the lawyer, sw ay ing himself to and fro. If 1 had supposed so, 1 should certainly never hu"e i..arried her." "M irriid whom;" demanded John. ".Married Mrs. F.lias Judd, to-be.sure -the l.,te Miss Melinda Butts. This n orning. Mr. Jaggett ; and we're 011 our way 10 the Albany bout now, and my , moved by bis friends, and they will then aiicni! wife has stopped to bid your re- lv,. to pay an expi it duty of $500 In spected mother good-hy as we came past. 1 fr(. they will Im allowed to remove the And really," glancing at a turnip-shaped i remains. llrcham (Vw..c) silver watch which he carried iu a fob- , picket, "we have no tituj to spare. Susanna Snook Saw Simon Sialic .Melinda, my dear He was uma."d at the vehemence and cordiality with which John Jaggett wrung his hand. "1 congratulate you, my dear sir I congratulate you with nil my heart !" said he. "Where is Mr. Judd; Let me have the pleasure of expressing mv good wishes to her also!" And when "the late Mis Melinda Ilutts" came in, rugged, hard featured ami coarse, he thought of the little hu ma.i rosebud waiting out by the keeping room window, and rejoiced inwardly. Alt these occurences took much less time iu the happening than has been con sumed iu their relation; and when, finally, the dust of departure rolled after Mr. J'.idd's respectable carriage wheels, Mr. Jaggcit turned tearfully to her sou. "There, John," said she, "I told you how It would be! Malindu ItutU ia mar ried nnd pone, and I haven't got no daughter-in-law, iiftcr lt." Ye, you have, mother," said John, hi whole countenance prowinir radiant as ho took her hnnd and led her into the room whero Alice now out, her innocent heart full of vai;un wonder and aurmU ino. "I waa married to Alieo Mixnell the day before yesterday." Alice lifted her blue, wistful cyen 10 Mm. Jnirett'a auiaed face. "Mother died lust month, said hc. Will 3-011 be my mother now?" Mrs. Jiijjjgett clasped the girl to her heart. "Yes, dear, I will," nhe faltered. "Any one that John loves I'm j;oinj to lore, too. And we did need mime woman about the housu younger and smarter than lam. Kinsmc, Alice! ami now we'll have our tea. Hut, John, why didn't you tell me before?" "Ilecailse I didn't know it myself, mot her," aiiid John Jairsjett. "Hut I do j think I've made a better bargain than Lawyer J mid; don't yniif "Well," saiil Mrs.'.Iactt. looking at Alice, "I don't know hut that you have !" &iturint Xijht. Trainer l'resseil Weekly. "A few days ago we sent out circulars to a great 111:111 v gentlemen in the Hack May and elsewhere, stating that we would : press one or more pairs of trousers every ; week for a year, sending for and return , ing them, for tiie sum of I'l." said a sw ell tailor to a Huston lli rnlil reporter. I "Have you lunl many responses;" ' "Twenty-five or thirty gentlemen were 1 in ye-tei'day, and every one gave me his I address mid .1 !') bill. ll"side that we 1 have received many written acceptances i to our invitations. For example, here is 1 one from a distinguished surgeon on IJea con street, who incloses his cheek, mi l ! reipiests iis to call for his trousers every I Saturday morning. Why it's a great . thing for gentlemen who desire to keep their pantaloons from bagging at the ! knee-. They are not put, to one-tenth ! the trouble they n re in preparing their laundry for the wash. Tney always have I fresh looking trousers to put on. and it costs them only twenty cents a week, ; even if they have onlv one extra pair to 'send." "How many pairs of trousers on 1111 , average do well-dressed men have in con ' stant usef" "( Hi, from three to five. Some men, with lint an extraordinary wardrobe, have as high as fifteen pairs doing service at the same time. That i.s not counting ihn men who wear fancy clothes, koiiii; of whom appear iu one particular pair of trousers only three or four time before they cast them aside. It is not an un common thing for a man to come and order from 11 half 11 ilo.en pair at one time." "What is the usual cost of pressing trousers.'" "Fifty cent a pair. So you see ati?10 a year, even supposing that a man (tend in only one pair a week, we are tint coin ing money out of the business. In fact, we are now doing it a loss." "Then what i your object?" "Well, in the first place, we do enough, pressing now to keep a force of men busy, and, if we have forty or fifty more cus tomer the business will pay. In the sec ond place, we attract people to the store. They come here to see what sort of a place it is, and if they can trust us with their money and their clothes, and you may be sure wc w ill induce them to come again. For the high class of customer we cater to -t I is a small a mount to pay for having their trousers kept in good condition a whole vear." Kelnllve lLmk or ( Hies. In 1SS0, say the 'omtnrrfiil liner, there were in the l liitcd ilrrr States twenty cities with a population each of lOD.iKKI r over. Judging by conserva tive local estimates, the census of lV.li) will siiow as many as thirty, and proba bly thirty-live cities each having at least 11)11,(11)0 ' inhabitants. The following table show these and other change ii the population . i;.nil-. issa, 1 New York. 1 I'liiladelpliia. a Hi-ookl tii. 4 Chieano. .1 1 tost 1 ui. li St. Iniis. 7 Halt inn ire. s ('iii"iniiali. tl San Ki'iineii-eo. Ill New Irleails. II rievelinnl. l'J 1'ittslnirj;. lii lalllalo. 14 Washington. 15 Newark. 1'i IjOIII-Vlll". 1" .lersi-v Citv. IK iMl'dit. I'.l Milwaukee, g'l l'l'iividi'iiee. lin,'l(,l 1 s- . New VorK I'luladi'lpliiu ( 'iili'Hgo lilMoklvil St. 1,0111s Hall iiimro 1 1 iston 4 'iiieinnat i San Francisco New I Irleiuis ( 'levelanil Minneapolis Unroll I -trc.it I'ittshur g Washington Milnatiki'M Louisville Kansas City St. I'niil lia n V. 1 I l'l II Vi 11 14 1.'. Hi K 1H l!l ) Mexico u Had 1'lace to Die In. Mr. A. Straiisberger, until a few months ago connected w ith the llrcnham oil null, and who went to Mexico re cently iu search of health, died in that country a w eek ago last Saturday of con sumption. According to tho law of Mexico hi body will have to lie there a vear before it can be exhumed and re Susanna Snooks sinirs sad, sweet Hong, she soft summer skies; Sti'iingii suiiMot shades sift silently ski) somewhat sadly sighs, Soliloquizingly shu strays, swoet songster snyly sinig. Shu sens slim s unices' Hliiiiting shade sur rouml some sparkling spring. 1 Still Aoiithwnr.l silimtly sliu strays. Rha 1 spies shv Simon Sliule, i "'"l S;.,"" :" r"'" s,',H,!n, Bnooka. Htill I Shy Simon six sung satisfying wpioezei slyly stole: I Susanna snickered. Simon stayed. Sick, j silly, sssiny soul. Susanna' sire saw son in shy, suspieioui 1 stranger stray, j Saw Susan say, "M011, Simon Sltt'lu." Haw I simple biiiioii sUty, I Stum sire sought, some solid stick s irenely, i slyly shppisl. ' KusaniiH suw. She shrilly shrieked, "Skip, j Wiiiion !'' Hmiun skipped. i Ctitaiio llevuld. . HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. IUKKD JlKAKS. Take one quart small white bfin, one pound salt pork, one teaspoonful nit and three tahlespnonsful molasses. Parboil the bean until the skin burst; drain and place in an earthen bean-pot. Score the pork and place on top of the brims, add salt and molasses, and enough warm wa ter to nearly fill tho pot, cover tightly mid bake 111 a moderate oven over night The beans will be hot and otnoking, ready for breakfast in the morning. rnorr.K rn or vkoetaiilf.s. 1'otatoes are the proper vegetable to accompany lish. All kind of vegetable may be served with beef, although green pea arc more appropriate for veal, tiiut ton or poultry. With venison, currant jelly. Cabbage, apple sauce, parsnips, carrots and turnips sliould lie served with jMirk. Macaroni with cheese should al ways accompany woodcock. fSreen pea and wntereresses, wild ducks. Apple sauce, turnips, cabbage, wild or tamo geese. .Ycie Yoii (t'merrer. rf.At nitcKKX uAt.An. Iioil a nice plump chicken until per fectly tender. When done stand away until perfectly cold, then remove theskin and Iat, ntld cut the meat into dice. Do not chop it. Mix with it an equal amniint of white celery cut into small pieces. Hard boil three eggs, innsli tlm ynlk, mill to them three raw yolks, and lour tablespoouiils of thick cream, rub to a smooth paste, then add four table spoonful of olive oil, half tcspoonful of salt, half teaspooiiful of mustard, n dash of cayenne, and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Season the t hicken and eel cry lightly with suit, mix the dressing with them, and it i ready to nerve. lm r. 1:11011 CUKFKK. To thoe who do not own a French cotfie pot Marion Harlaiid advises the following method for making good cof fee: Mix with a cupful of ground cof fee one of cold water, iu which has been 'timd the white atnl crushed shell of a raw egg. 1'ut the mixture into a scalded coiTee boiler, and shake well before add ing a quart and a half pint, of boiling water. Boil quickly taking care it ;loes not bubble over at the top for fif teen minutes; scrape the side of the boiler and da-h in suddenly half n cupful nf cold water. Iraw the pot to the coolest side of the range, where it cannot possibly boil ; let the beverage settle on the lees for from three to live minutes, and draw oil gently into a scalded table jsjt or urn. ovstek t iiAHTi:r.i st:. Take a rather high lonf of stale bread and carve out a basket with side about Hti inch thick. The inside of the basket and other pieces of bread left from tho loaf may be dried iu tho oven ntld sifted, or used for dressing tho turkey. When tho basket i ready dip in a kettle of boiling-hot fat deep enough to cover it, and a soon a it is brown drain it on paper and prepare the oyster. First put a pint tif cream to boil with a slice of onion; as soon a it boils add 11 largo tabh .spoonful of Hour, mixed first iu a little milk. Season the cream with i.alt and pepper, a speck of cayenne is good, und let it cook lor live minute. Let tho oysters co'tie to the boiling-point ill tiieir own liquor. Skim t'uetu ami drain oil the liquor and throw it nnay, and add the oysters to the cream. Let the oys ters boil up once in the cream nml pour them iu the basket of fried bread; set on a low platter. Carnish the dish with par-icy. Xtie YorL 'J'ri'me. Hllt SKIIiil.il HINTS. The mother's kitchen is the girl's best cooking school. Tarnished paint may bo cleaned by rubbing with a cloth wet with kerosene. Scratches in varnish arc removed if a coarse cloth well saturattd with linseed oil is laid over then;. Hot alum water, borax, salt water, dalmatian powder and carbolic acid are ul! vermin exterminators. l'aint splashes may be removed from window pane by a very hot solution of soda, using a soft flannel. Mildewed linen may be restored by soaping the spots, and while wet cover ing them w it'u powered chalk. Hub your lamp chi'iuscvs after washing with dry salt and you will be surprised at the new brilliance of your lights. To extract paint from clothing, Matu rate the spots with spirits of turpentine, let it remain several hours, then rub it and it will drop olT. Marks on tables caused by hot dishes may be removed by kerosene rubbed iu well with a little cologne water, rubbed dry with another cloth. If any housekeeper finds it imperative to clean window on an icy cold day, she can accomplish it safely by using a cloth dampened with alcohol, which never freezes. For ingrowing toe nails use equal parts of mutton tallow, castile soap mid white sugar made into a salve; apply until the swelling is down, then trim the nail iu the center. To starch collar, mako some gu::t water of clean gum arable ; keep it in 11 bottle, and when wished work a little ol it in and a tritie of common soda intothb the ordinary starch. It add bath gloss und stillness lo the collars. It i a common occurrence for chil dren to get beam, grain of corn und other foreign substance up their noses. This simple remedy i worth remember ing: (Set the child to open it mouth, applying your mouth over it and blow hard. Tan olTciiding substance will be expelled from it nose. Scjcnlitii: farming in Italy i to ho un dertaken thi vear by 11 company owning u capital of tyiO.OOO.OOO. If tho opera tions prove successful tho old wooden pi iw, pulled by oxen, that has held t'ne field since an era before tho Koainu Cuinirs, will probably have to go. A Hnje and L'eAan7BiTijr life When could be found anything of e lort prettier than tho square befors tl i:iri nunc taiian-iiini Ol rm Jote fV. Pino I 1'V... oll U r'-- .l . ' ,-0, ....... nir; .01. iw v-cuirai inrk. It rncIosi(l hv a hbrli Irnn fnn. .:; oiu tr,.,, ,1, puiot-it-iii. sumie at liuuiiav. Near the centre nf tho park ntnn.i. dainty kiosk, decorated artistically witj the blue, wlkite and red of tin; nutioni colors. Here the Uovernmrnt band p! inimniirrs, m nu ii i p rnt i i n , whiles tho world come to parade in silk iittir, The soldier, also, drill every innrnin eight, In the broad path nt tlii.fa,'fJ end. Here, too, they come for trM,4 111 si niu uie iiiirruooii, me o!ie,.r, ing tlown the line while the hand til,. "I. a Or.'ii'ioii." 11 sw-iiiOlr .,.! 1 - - , , .' "in iiriiin This lillln liw'turi of vivi.l ...a -1 " "!"ru:j one which can never be fi rgntti n 71 J sennet in me oiiuu imiloriii h lif J name, against uic einiriiiu nt, lrr,.4 gn en 01 101 ui ge. aihi on every u rarest flowers, carefully tenjej nl way iu full bloom, are s'vii. llird of nil kind sing tr batter ij .... ...- .,,- "-" in3rMj huge creature ol spli :i,n. .,, plumage wander, unhindered ' In or cage, about the park. Halfiiil ;, wonderful green parrot, ol similar hw 110m, carry on inienigent cnnvi'rvitjntJ with ench other anil with the t-.pl,. npproacii tucin. a nuge king ( ;, r,j lotes, an uncanny-looking bird. i.iHi';f a spacious cage not far from tin. i,.li;r, louuUin. A.e Yitrl Jnriil. 'I can't ee what makes pour kiUtcrj )o." Jlurper's Yuunq 1'tojJt. A Sufficient Ileasuu. Gi -VA t ry . A --v!':-'!! :-. Judge "Prisoner, you're rlnrfliA having" stolen two dollars in smull 'ii"r coin from tin; coiiiplaiunnt." Prisoner "Hut, your honor. mr.;tf four honor Ludn't had anything to Mtii twodnvs?" . Judge "What are you talking Ditln't the officer And a twenty (lnjr Dill on you?" Prisoner "Y'es, your honor, but f" ico I didn't like to change it."-J" Tho Biggest Ship Alloat. 'Ill new sin)' w palttiin. ck. rei'i"-".' eolnplet.d lit l'A Me., at a cit f l'g.'i.opn is the h'f est wooilea ever launi'li'd diiiiclisioiis are ' feet long, 'si beam. ui"l l"'rll't' toiiimgo :i,().r);i net. In the eotistr'H't''" of thi big ship 700 tons of i'P oak und l.'JOO.DO:) feet of iigi;" l'l:,' tiinbor wero used. The fiaine i'"''1' and well pcasonod when put "I''1 the first niinlitv of (icoieni pi e" used in tho t'liliiiir deck f 1 iti" : t'laiikiiifr. Tlm Uiippnhanrea-k lieavicHl H urred ship that ever t.w! the HtarH itml Htiipe. Her n:i.inM i 8'J feet long and !IHA inches in J"1 eter; tho foremast is lis feet l"'?'-; 'M inches in diameter; tl""'111" "T must. 58 feet; iiiain-t(ip eul!ii':tw.' 71 feet; main yard, '.). feet; t"r.'.v"r. 95 feet; lox or ninin-loi.-i-ail y;' feet; upper maiii-top-Miiil-yanl.' ' lower uiain-top gal'ant-yanl. i'1 J' ' upper njain-top-giillaiit yaiil, main roval vard, fid feet: mi"'1 ailyaid, 4J feet. Th l"!'r 1 ,s are of (ieoriria liineand the oilier !' irgia pine and the oilier '1 pine, ller spread Jl' yard. Wlicn l"'""'J ,u lutyeiffhtfeet w,,,t"''..L 01 Uregon 1 15,001) j..u. . ....I Ulan I KDIllJ Cljilli I, ' , ,,fH llaniiahaniioek t.aik on her '''':, at i'hiladolphia, consisting of L- e II : f..r . ill's". laiiniin Ui mi IU 1:111.01 .", '. i- largest of the ki"J outgo uoitod. A California farmor hM 37i pound cubbagu from hu I'"-" A "Tale or Wee." mmmf -i "' '.' . . . j. n ., . xmf-vw mvW -j o, imyiamnisin 1 i'W m' ' ' , . .. ...'.. ....... , :.T" "" T "Tl- lt ' 9 1 i, .- 1 v. 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