II n'lll til i'Ihiuj' t i,
A poet pmywl f'ir n Ih"1 itltul ilneuM,
Which h i iiiIkIiI make tin. llieni I
0.' a n injr, ns s.v t tj tin ear It ivi'igiil
An wodd-lilnl'n ni'wlc, iia'.'.iro-tu i,!it,
Or Hi ) 1 1 it'll fr i'H ii I t y iln-.t n.
Tii pruy In (t-swl : In do. Is Ixst !
Milk". tll'Mili thy voli-0 Im ilnm'i,
A pure hoart homii within thy lifmt,
Whom tliy, un arwl thlnnH, may rest,
Ali i "! ii t i fill tlimiKlits will come.
-A'li-lii It. Ingersotl, In Y 'tilth' C :iinti!rtu
CONVICT NO. 18,000.
My occupation n few yours njo was
that (if m newspaper reporter. 1 win k
ed a large mrt of my time in a peni
tentiary, where more tliiin 1 ( pris
oners wore cinifi tii'il. My in-n Kiii-r
required of mo throe "feature" nit i
clos a week, tlm subject to bo taken
from the liven mill crime of the nnii
mt women ho imprisoned.
Olio morning, on entering tlio peni
tentiary, nnd proceeding to the Imok
which contained the routine items for
fno press, I fouiiil this slip:
"No. 1 M.000. Edward Washburn,
lifo primmer, actitctico rotiimntoit to
twenty-eight years, six months."
Hero was something to lio investi
gated. On making iiiiiiiry I foiiml
tbnt Edward Washburn liml lii'eu re
ceived on n lifo sentence in 1870, and
tint now, lifter n lapse of over twenty
years, tho Hounl of Pa-dons the
otonml source of hope for all prisoners
in tli.it Htiito li'id acted upon his
case, with tlio iilnivo result, Even in
prison , iod lit'liiivior pays.
Eu.'h convict hits n certain iiiimln r
of days deducted from every iiumtli of
li in term, according to th" length of
his Helite:iee, if h tletneiiUH himself
properly. Tloei it lien in th" power
of ii "long-time" iiiiiu to gain years
of freedom. Allowing Washburn tlio
dj luetion each month for good con-
ili't'L during tl utire twenty-eight
years' sentence, it caused his time to
expire on the following Sunday.
Tim next thim; to do was to see
Edward Washburn himself. The sen
nations of ii man wlio bus been a con
vict for twenty years, who has lieen nn
completely isolated from the outside
world us if he were i loin I nnd lmriod.
Bud who in then resll! rocted, culled
hack to life nud lilierty, cannot lie d--void
of interest to th ! most indilVer 'lit.
I fouu 1 my man wh-eiing nihos mid
rufuiin from th.i pook Ihmmo. In thin
ocivipnti'Hi h h id Impii en ;iii"d lor
Mvi-iiteen yenr i.
TIki l'iiinye:iinof pri'o;i life h id luid
Ihnir olVoct. Tho pi i ioner wnn an old
ni'in, liro!;eu in liody mid mind, iil-
tholl;;l hl told 1110 lli'l ll-ro V.II i 12. I
expluiued tliut I had permit hou to
lull; with him, nn 1 would like to lu itr
nlmiit hiH hiHtory. Ho mniled the
weiik Hinilo of enfe 'bled intellit'iice,
Hit down on h: wheelnirrow nnd ho
giiu wit!i piiifr.l ohodieiice, whioh
1 l iinly IichmoUo tho prlHim diHcipliuo.
"II w did I foi l w u.Mi I ho.ird I wnn
piirdotuul? Wel, it win ko nudili n
liku I ju' hid to Hit down. I had K'vo
ull h.ipPH of over Kottin' ut 1'R
.T". '"it Mnndy win tmo grit, hIiowiih,
s'.io novor (;ivi u;i."
Ilin next wir.!(i woro uiiuhiihI. "I
iloJi't 1 1'ltim imliody lmt inynolf for
Iiiiiu' hero," ha w.mt on. Who ovor
hoirdof a oonvi.-t li.'foro, who nttrit.
tili'i'. to liim K'lf th. lihimn for lioiiifr in
tin penitentiary? Mont ronvictn nr
the innocent victim of villainous con
Hp'iriicien. They nevor ovon dreiinu d
of committing tho crime for whii h
they uro tcrvln. Keiiti'Ucc. Such n
vi.lroitii, npriglit nnd deeply wronged
net of lueu tun lio found uovvhcro cIho
bh in prinon.
"It wan a'.l ulons of my Imlllionded
doih, lmt I pui'KH I'd bettor go buck to
tho iHinuiu' of tny story if you uniit
to li-'nr it nil. When I wiih about 19
yearn old, Jin on Hcott nnd mo took tho
job of clciiiiu' 80 ucros of lnmj cloHe to
xriicro Ptuildiu' in n iw. Iu thm dnys
tho town vvns only a elenriu' with a few
log Hlinii'.icfl. June wnn a couple of yonrs
younger Ihnu me. His fnther nu'mino
hud poiuo went from Columbiuuncr
ooiinty ami celt led iu rnuldin. We
wbii tho only boys in them parts then
tho only yoc.ug folks exceptiu Mnu
dy Pilcher.
"We flggorod on clenrin' onr land
wintori, an our fathers agreed to give
us tho- time . after corn huakiu' was
done, iirovidiu' we helped them good
uinmurs. Jaae and me built a cnbin
and there we intended liviu' whilo we
was doin' our ehuppiu' and clearin'.
There 'was lots of snow tliut winter and
it eonie early. Oh, how I hate the
winter t The enow lyin' out there
in the prinon yard brings the hull
thing back to uie, and how happy June
nd me was, w orkiu' and tulkiu, about
what we was goin' to do. I can most
ee the cabin now, with the doer open
and the anow all arouud as it looked
that winter morniu'.
"Jase and mo wan goin' out huntin'
that mornln', I took my gun and
itirtod jut, l.'iiviu' JiiM.'to follow. I
walked out n lit, 1 1 wnya nnd then
looked nronnd to nee If Juno win cum
in'. Ho iirn't, nml 1 wnited nnd hoi
ler.'d until t got nil out of aortn with
him. A rn.'y idea Ktrnek mo, nnd I
jun' thought I'd alioot tonnrd the cab
in for fun nnd niobbo that would fetch
hi in. (tod knows I didn't want to do any
hnr:n. I wnn jun' a gront big foolish
boy and t got tired of waitiu' nnd 1
thought I'd ahoot for fun, and mclibc
Hint would feteh lilm."
I looked lit the Innu nnd ho wnn in
olio in n'jiny. Ilin face wan drawn,
and a pallor waa there which lidded to
tho priHoii tan nnd made it ghimtly.
Hin voice, puerile from the dinune of
twenty yearn, bad aunk into n bourne
whisper. Ho was ntiuing at the great
Htoiio wall in front of him with dull,
vacaut eyes. Ho Hoetnod oblivions to
everything and kept repeating, "I
didn't mean any harm. I only thought
I'd Hlioot for fun, nnd inebho that
would fetch him."
I have looked into miirderera' fneea
on the verge of eternity while the
death warrant wan being road, in or
der that I might tell the public next
morning whether tho lip quivered or
tho eye grew dim, lmt dm I gazed upon
thin picture of wenkiiean nnd minery
on tho wheelbarrow in front of me it
ma lo mo Hick. The victim nf nu act
done in "fun" and thin wan fun !
The man presently came to himself
nnd went on :
"An I allot, Jane camo into the door,
nml, w hen the Hiiioke cleared away, I
Maw him lyin' junt outside in the kiiow,
face downward. I 'member piekiti'
him ii)i nnd enrryin' him inaido, and
then Htartiu' out to Vanillin' for help.
After that I don't remember tiothin'
until I fvuud I wan lyin' on the ground
and n crowd of men akmilin' round
mo. I hoard one of Yin any: 'Ho
must have tripped up on that grape
vine niiil hit bin head on tho root of
tho tree. It 'peiira an if Washburn
mid Hcott must have had n racket
over thut girl most likely and Wash
burn killed Hcott.' I found out after
ward that n huntin' party hud Mopped
at the cabin mid found .Juno lyin' on
the Hour dead, with my bullet through
his heart. They looked for me mid
Mindly saw my triicha in tho anow nml
followed th-iii. They found me n
couple of miles away in the woimIh,
lyin' nt the 'out of n tree where I fell.
".b!iK believed my atory mid mime
didn't. Th -m nn didn't b'liovo it said
'twnru't likely if what I aiid wnn true
that I would 'ii' tried to run nwny.
All I know in I meant to net out for
l'niililiu', but it 'pears us if I'd gone
wrong Home way.
' The, lodge, iiii ho tmid, wanted to
'low mo a flghtiii' clinnoo and give mo
tho privilog.i of ctiterin' ii plea of
miitrihiughtcr. I raid it wiih all along
of my liiillheadeibienH that I inn here
now, nnd ho it wiih. -My lawyer want
ed me to pleiul guilty of the charge
the, lodge offered mo. I nsked him
what it meant. He aaid it meant that
I killed June inn racket, ami then give
me a long lingo about malice a'ore
thought, or something like Unit, but
I didn't understand it. I only knew
they wanted me to auy I murdered
Jase in a racket. I wuru't goin' to
my I done a thing when I didn't. I
tlarod up u nd wouldn't listen to no
body. "I couldn't hoc things right. Well,
thu trial didn't take long. Everything
went eroHswnys for mo. I told my
Htory mid pleaded guilty to liothin'
except that I didn't mean anything.
I just shot toHcnro him. I didn't euro
much whut they dono with mo for
that. Thu other bide showed how Jnne
had been found dead in the cabin,
how I wan found lying in the snow
miles from rauldiu', nn if I hadn't
been goin; for help. Thou they got
wituesHca who aworo iih how Jaso
nnd mo wero jealous 'bout Mnndy.
how I'd asked her to go to a gathering
with m.', and she'd gone with June.
"It wnrn't bo, I knowed it, but it
wouldn't do no good for me to say it
wuru't. Muudy and uie uudcrstood
one another, though there wuru't
much betwixt iih then. I s'poso alio
might have told me what idio knowed
about it ou the atand, but I wasn't
going to have her mixed up in tho
thing. I 'lowed they couldn't convict
me because whut I said was true.
"The jury fetched iu A verdict of
murder in tho second degree, and ac
cordin' to law that meant for life.
"They carried Muudy ont of tho
court room. Seems as though she
thought it was her fault some way or
'nother. Mandy's been try in' to get
me out ever since. She miid if it
hadn't been for her they couldn't V
shown no motive ami couldn't 'a' sent
me for life. I don't see what good that
'a' done when they was all a 'gin me."
I made a note of Mandy. Hho was
good mtiteriul from reportoriul stand
point. When I went out I asked the
1 warden who Mandy was, "So you've
been tulkin' with Washburn, havo
yon?" aaid ho. "Well, Mandy i bin
girl. They nay she has been coming
down here from Paulding once every
ii r with petitions nnd KigniitnrcH to
ice before tho Hoard of 1'nrdoiiH.
estorday Wnnhbnrii'a aoiiteiieo wbs
.ununited, which, by tho way, you
ill find by looking on tho (irena hook."
A picture of a faded little woman who
'lad asked mo the year before in thi
iipitol if I would please tell her what
mo the Pardon Hoard met, rone in my
hi i ml. I said to myself, "That wn
Mandy."
Ah a rulo tho world does not throw
open Its arms to released convicts. II
seen that all the windows in the lions
are well pocured at night, nnd that nil
tho doom have extra fastenings on the
lay the papers nnuoiiiice a new lint ol
releases. The people, have not tiln
to go down to the prison nnd watch
the men pass out through the big gate.
They pay a amall sum each year tn
have that oflloe performed by big burJ
ly policemen. The policemen nccom-
puny tho convicts down to tho union
depot nml H"0 them off on their trains.
It would be hiii h a pity to have them
go alone.
Tho morning of the day Wiiahlinrii
went out there was only one other pres
ent besides tho policemen mid report
ers. It wan the worn little woman who
had asked mo n year ago in the capi
tol if I would please tell her what
time the Pardon Hoard met. Kato
Field's Washington.
Ainiiieini'iitn and Manners In Milan.
The hard-working inhabitant:! of the
Celential Umpire, iih the Chinese please
to mime their immense territory, are
not uulike oth.T nations in their love
of lll'illseinelits.
The Full-moon Festival makes every
city iu China bright and joyous. The
mooii-ciikcH are for sale nrery where ;
innumerable lamps shine Irom streets
mid gardens nml rivers; singing girls
go about the afreets, mid story tollcrnj
gather crowds around them to listen to
their interesting tales of dead empe
ror unit heroes; Punch mid Judy meet
you nt every street corner, mid acro
bats utul gyinunstH perforin to admir
ing behulilers.
Hut tho grand festival hoi I on the
llfth day of tho fifth moon the Drag
on lioat Festival in the great gain day
of China, for the r.'ii niii that tho drag
on i : pre-eminently the Chinese sym
bol. It Ih embaliii 'd iu everytln:i,
which belongs to tho nation. Its lit
erature, its art, itH classics, painting
and porcelain lire full of it, nud uichi
tectnro presents it every whore. They
have voluiuc'i full of stories relating to
this wonderful creature. It iH the im
perial emblem o'f China, ao that I'm
Kuipcrnr'H person iH always spoken of
ns the "Drngon's person;" W.h throuo
is the "Drugon's sent ;" bin bed in the
'Dragon's bed ;" his civintciimioo, tho
Dragon's face;" his eye, the "Drag-
ouseye; nml when h. is ileiul they
siy he has ascended upon tho Dragon
to be n guest on high, nml even his
tomb in called tho "Dragon's t.dd 't."
We need not bo aurpriacil when we so i
thia Dragon iu every size nnd Jioaitlo i
upon the beautiful pottery and expens
ive porcelain nnd vnriottst iblownre mi I
mantel ornaments which conic fr i'i
Canton. Harper's Young People.
A Witty Answer.
Those whose mission iu lifo it is to
entertain the public are always pestered
by friends nnd aeipiuiiitanees for free
Heats nt their entertainments. There
probably never was a singer or 11:1 ac
tor or a piunist who was not bored
nearly to death by these people many
of whom luid not the alighti st claim
to nsk the courtesy they demanded.
A pianist who was pre-eminently
successful in his day, and that d.iv was
not no far back either, was Hiibinstoin,
who travelled nearly the whole world
over, delighting people with hin genius.
He, liku till others, was very much an
noyed by roipics'.a for complimentary
tickets, but most of the time he main
tained his composure even though jin t
ly irritated. It in told of him that
junt before one of hia rcc:ta!n iu Lon
don he was accosted by an old ladv
ill tho entrance hall, and thus n.l
ilresMed :
"Oh, Mr, Rubinstein, I nm so glad
to nee you I I have tried in vain to
purchase a ticket. Have yon a seat
you could let mo have?"
"Madam," said tho great pian
ist, "there in but olio seat nt my dis
posal, nnd that you are welcome to, it
you think tit to take it."
"Oh, yes; nud a thousand thanks!
Whore is it?" was the excited reply.
"At tho piano," smilingly replied
Rubinstein. Harper's Young People.
His Lust Application.
Housekeeper "Hero is a tcbgrnm ;
your nephew is dead." Property-Owner
(with a growl) "Humph ! Now,
guess he wants m inoy to bury himsoU
Iwith,"
GOLD 4XD SILVER.
How tho Output of the Two Met
rtls Compares.
Imerestlng Facta and Figures by
the Treasury Department!
According to a table prepared by Mr.
Kdnard O. Leach, lute director of the
United Htate Mint, America produce
a very large proportion of the ailver of
the world. The silver production in
lH'.U was according to hi fIgnresiHHl,
G0.",18I ; of this amount America pro
duced 8100,000,000, or five-sixths of
the entire ailver production of the
world. Of this $lfiO,000,0(IO, produced
in lH'ia, 870,00(1,000 was the prod ict
of tho United Htate ; 8.".!,000,000 from
the mines of Mexico; 811,000,000 from
tho minesof Holivis; 01)0,001) from
Peru ; 8 1.000,1100 from Chili nnd
000,000 from tho Central American
Htatos. Of the 8:1(1,000,000 worth of
ailver produced by other parts of the
world, one-half comes fnsm Austria,
one-fourth from Germany, nud tho re
mainder from France, Austria-Hungary,
Turkey, Hpnin, ntiiUmnllnmoutita
from other Knropcnn countries, while
Japan produces nbont 8-J.'00,000.
Thus the United Htate is not only the
greateet silver producing country of
the world, but actually produced
about two-tlfths of the entireoutpiit of
the world, nnd nearly one-half of that
proili d in America.
In this connection some figures ob
tained from the Treasury Department
on the production of gold will nlso be
interesting. The gold production of
the world in lHJI'2 is set down nt 81:10,
SIli.fi'JT. Of this tho United Httitis
produced $:)4,l:ll,577; Austmliii pro
duced 8t'l,H70,HOO; Russia, S'2:l,.Yt(;,.
000; Africa, 822,0(!l,.-,7H; ,Jliitish In
dia, 8:l,0.i7,!'00; Colombia, Hoiith
America, 8:1,175,000; Vcncituelu about
two millions, and other Hoiith Ameri
can countries small amounts ranging
from 87M.OOO to 8I,!)00,000.
Whilo the United Htatos in today
producing as much silver m gold, her
productions of silver in the past one
hundred years have only boon about
one-half as much as her productions of
gold. The Hilver productions of the
I'niteil Htatos from 1702 to 1 -U2 were
81.1 !(!,;) 000. mid tho gold proline
tii mis during the same period were $1,
!i:l7,HSl,7li:. Add to this tho gold
productions of the present year and
you get in round figures V2, 000,000,
000 of gold which has been taken ont
of the mines of the United States.
California still remains our chief
gold producing Htate. We hear of
gold mines in Colorado, Montana, Ne
vada mid Idaho, but none of thoin size
up along side of the old mines of Cal
ifornia.. Of tho 8iJ,l:H,377 of gold
produced iu the United Htutcs Inst year
the mines of California supplied S12,
571,1(00; those of Colorado 3"i,!i:m,.
021 ; South Dakota, 8 ,!)t2. t!Hi ; Mon
tana, 8-.,.ll(l(!,522; Idaho. 81. "ill, HOI;
Nevada, ?1, 571, 500; Oregon, 81, 401, -7S1
; Arixonn, $1,177,577 ; Alaska, 81,
0H0,41'i ; New Mexico, 8059, 17 ; Ui.ih,
8)00,175; mid Washington, $:57;1,55H.
The southeastern States stiil produce
small quantities of gob'. North Caro
lina turned out lust yonr$73,5o0 worth
of gold from her mines; South Caro
lina, 812:),3(15; Georgia, 804,734; Vir
ginia, $4070, nud Alabama, 82!1!I3.
These southeastern States also pro
duced Homo silver. The mines of
Georgia lust year turned out 805,251
worth of silver ; North Carolina, $110,
100; South Carolina, $12:),S22, mid
other States iu thutsection small sums.
In silver production Colorado lends
tho way, tho production of her silver
mines last year having been 3 17,017,
001', Montana comes next with pro
ductions of 825,410,127; California,
$13,023,520; Utah, SlO.Oill ,'225 ; I.U
ho, $5,812,540; Nevada, $i, 422, 700;
South Dakota, $t,011,'2!;2 ; Arizona,
$2,550,!)5.5; New Mexico, $2,150,532;
Oregon, $1,55.5,8111; Alaska, 31,000,
470. Ot-r gold productions in thi- lt.'y
begun iu 1840, and thu silver produc
tions 20 years eurlier. Tho total gold
production prior to 1810 did uot ag
gregate more t'.iuu about $25,000,000,
and tho silver producitonsdid not reach
oven a million dollars in any one year
prior to 1801, and it was not until 1871
that they reached as high a. twenty
millions a year. Siuco that date they
have gradually increased, reach
ing $37,000,000 in 1874; $15,
000,000 iu 1878; $31,000,000
in 1885; $73,000,000 iu 1891,
and $74,000,000 iu 1892. Tho largest
silver production in any one year in
the history of tho country was iu 1891,
which was $73, 117,000. The lurgost
t.dd productions wero in the ten years
from 1830 to 1800, at which timo they
reached from fifty to sixty-five millions
per uunum, the highest being 803,000,
000 iu 1853. During the past decade
the average gold production of the
gold mine of tho country tinn been
about thirty-three millions per annum.
Pearls.
Very few people are awnre tlint the
pearl-oyater i not in any way like the
oyster w hich we cat. It i of an en
tirely different specie, nnd, a a mat
ter of fact the shell of tho so-cnlled
penrl-oystor are of far more value to
those engaged in "pearl-flshing" than
the pearls. Thero are extensive pearl
fisheries in tho Gulf of California, nnd
sumo of tho finest pearl have been
taken from these water. In 1881 one
pearl n black one, wnn sold for $10,
000, and every year since that time
many pearls have been tnken from
the beds IntheCuliforninn Gulf volued
nt over $7500 each. Hut such "finds"
aro very rare, and, as a rule, the
pearls which aro brought up are of
very little value. The shells, however,
nre very valuable; most of them are
shipped to Europe, where they nro
manufactured into ornaments, knife,
handles, buttons, and tho hundred of
other article for which "mother-of-pearl"
is used.
Another fact concerning the penrl
oyster nnd the penrl itself is very little
understood. I have seen in books of
instruction both in this country mid
iu F.nglaiid the statement that "tho
formation of the penrl in the oyster
shell is caused by a disease of tlio
oyster" ; nnd this statement is more or
loss generally believed, ns is also tho
erroneous inference to be drawn from
it, that the oyster referred to is tho
I diblc oyster. The mother-of-pearl is
nothing more than n series of layers
of ImereoiiH matter deposited by thi
oyster upon the interior of tho shell,
and the pearl itself in n perfectly
accidental formation. It is caused by
a similar deposit of nacre nround Homo
foreign object. This foreign sub
stance limy bo a grain of sniul, a para
site, or some similar object ; but most
authorities agree that it is more usual
ly an undeveloped egg of the oyster
around which this natural deposit is
thrown.
The largest jiearl ever found meas
ures two inches long, and weighs
three ounces. This i of Eastern or
igin. The largest found in tho Gulf
of California did not exceed mi inch
mid a (puirter long mid was soinewhat
larger than the egg of n bluebird.
Many of the California!! pearls aro
blue); mid speckled. These nre con
don d more valuable thmi the whitcl.
The While Klephant.
I:i former days the ceremonies at
tending the capture of a white el
ephant were very impressive. The
discoverer, wero ho the humblest man
in tli kingdom, was immediately
insile a m in 1 iri n ; he was exempted
from taxation for the remainder of hia
liTe, and presented with largo sums of
money, the king himself giving him
$1,000, As soon ns the capture was
made, a special courier wus dispatched
to the king, nud a posse of nobles with
gifts and robes started immediately
for the scene of action. The ropes
which the captors used in binding tho
royal victim wero replaced by cords of
acnrlet silk. Mandarins attended to
tho slightest wants of the animal.
r,ich feath -r fans with gilt handles
were used to keep the Hies Irom it
during the day, while a silk embroid
ered mosipiito net was provided nt
night. To remove it to the capital a
b.mt was built expressly for the pur
pose, and a magnificent canopy erec
tod over it, ornamented and bedecked
us were the king's pitlncco. Silk drnp
eries, heavy with Hilver and gold, en
closed the royul prisoner: and iu this
stuto he floated down tho river, re
ceiving tho ucclamationsof the people.
When near the city tho animal was
landed, tho king mid his court going
out to meet him nud escort him to tho
city, where a place had been built for
him within the royul palace grounds.
A large tract of land wus set apart for
hia country place, chosen from the
best thu kingdom afforded. A cabinet
of ministers and a largo retinue of no
bles were appointed to attend to his
wants. Cu'.iforiiinji.
An Accommodating Waiter.
A man driving a spirited horse
stoppi d nt a down-town restaurant for
his din ..t. Tho wuiter who attended
him stood in the door admiring the
horse.
"Bring him a lump of sugar," said
the horse's owner, dropping a foe into
the waiter's palm.
The man went insiite but soon re
turned with a bowl of lump sugur and
the accompanying tongs. As the
borne opened his mouth for the treat
the wuiter seized a lump iu the tongs,
and with his customary suavity asked
hurriedly ;
"How many lumps, Bah?"
Theu hearing the laugh at his ex
pense, he hurriedly returned to thi
ruttturuut. Detroit Free Prcbj.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
BOTTP Ofl AX niTAf.rD. it
Hoil a chicken to a jelly and when
Cold skim off tho fat Add a pint of
Or cam, the yolk of an egg (hard boiled
and mnshed), a little mace, salt ami
pepper and twenty-five oysters. Boil
slowly fifteen minutes and when done
strain. Hoston Cultivator.
BARRIl MACKF.RRfr.
One mackerel, two ounces of bread
crumbs, one tublospoonfiil of chopped
pnrsley, one ounce of dripping, salt,
pepper and brown breadcrumb. Wash
tho fish, cut off the fins mid tail, put
them in a saucepan to cook for tho
grnvy. Then mix tho parsley, bread
crumbs, salt nnd pepper together, anil
withthein iitnff the Hah. sow up wiih
needle mid thread, sprinkle the brown
bread crumbs over and put intoa baking
tin with tho dripping and bake for
one-quarter of uu hour. New York
Telegram.
riiF.AMKo rorvroM.
The dish is best prepared from new
potatoes, but others can bo used. If
new, rub off the skins but do not
scrnpe; if old, peel them before cook
ing. Cook quickly iu boiling water.
Have ready n pint of sweet cream and
milk, mixed. Put in a spider or
Scotch bowl, nml when it 'come to a
boil, ndd one spoonful of flour, mixed
well with two spoonfuls of butter,
nnd with cold milk stir one minute;
drain th" waiter from th" potatoes and
salt th'-in ; remove to a hot tureen and
pour croiim sauco over them.
t.OAK CAKri.
Wh -n tho broad dough is r.-Midy to
mold into loaves, take out n heaping
bowlful and work into it with the
hands first n teacup of butter, then
two teaciipfuls of sugar, one tuble
spooiifiil of cinnamon, two teaspoon
fills of grated nutmeg, tho yolks of
four eggs well beaten, one-half toa
Hpoouful soda dissolved in a littlo
milk, the whiten of four eggs beaten
stiff, and lastly, two teaciipfuls Heeded
nud chopped raisins. Those hist should
be rolled iu Hour. Place in two well
greased puns, let rise hull" nn hour,
then bake in n moiler it oven. Farm,
Field and Fireside.
HOlSKilor.P HINTS.
If vegetables are not boiled tender
they are very indigestible, mid much
more troublesome during their resi
dence in the stomach than nudum
meat.
lie careful not to let meat or poultry
remain in the water after it is done
enough. If cure is not exercised here
the meat will become sodden and Iiom
its flavor.
Bmicid butter may be restored by
melting it in n water b sili, with Home
coarsely powdered animal charcoal
which has been thoroughly nifted from
dust and strained through flannel.
Most may be kept several days in
the height of summer, sweet and good,
by lightly covering it with bran and
hanging it in some high or windy
room, or iu a passage w here there is
current of air.
Moulds should be greased for any
steamed mixtures ; wet in cold water
for jelly, cremns, ,vc, and neither wet
nor grease if to be lined with cake.
A mould of jolly will cool quicker if
placed in a pan of ice-water than in
tho ice chest.
Never put pan and kettles half fill
ed with water on the stove to soak.
It only hardens whutever may have
adhered to tho kettle, and makes it
much more ditlieult to clean. Keep
them full of cold water and soak them
away from the heat.
Never use a ragged or Iinty dish
cloth. The lint collects around tha
sink spout and often causes serious
obstruction. A dish-mop is best for
cups and cleanest dishes, but a strong
linen cloth should be used for every
thing which requires hard rubbing.
A new tin coffee pot, if never washed
on tho inside with soap, may be kept
much sweeter. Wash the outside, and
rinse the inside thoroughly with clear
water. Then put it on the stove to
dry, and when dry rub tho inside
well with a clean, dry cloth. All tlio
brown sediment may be wiped off in
that way, but a soapy dishcloth should
never be put inside.
To keep gume from tainting draw sa
oon as it conies into your possession ;
riuse with soda and water, then with
pure cold wuter ; wipe dry aud rub
them lightly w itu a mixture of fine salt
and black pepper. If you must keep
them some time, put in tha cavity of
each fowl a piece of cluirouul. Hang
them in a cool, dark plao with apiece
of cloth thrown over them.