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RUHh the futubb.
3T OOUBTLANDT PAU1EB,
HHUB the funeral ctremcmiet of the author.]
has the future in store for me,
liituro so dark and deep?
R9^^K meanings inhabit its mystery?
sounds doth its silence keep?
CBRHM^^kong shall my heart its heart-beats tell?
days my droams destroy?
of peace my sorrows quell,
mBoHKP^Ku sorrows conquer joy?
HHSBt of the future, with this life o'er?
laugh, or shall I weep?
BQHRMh but to open a heavenly door,
I^BflPjH^Bt eternal sleep?
HHSHot answer. In vain I try
RMBHl^^vthlnxB of time to foresee;
^^HH^Hlolly, then, to prophesy
events eternity?
RHVof one thing, at least, 'midst all I am
IQkhH sure,
one thing that's constant in change,
H^Bt matter and force must forever endur*
|HH their limitless, eudleBs range.
BHHd farther, of this I am certain, too,
HB^Vrhat the chiefo3t thiug on earth?
BB^Mrhich shull rule in the race while the true
HbB^W is tha rue ?
Is the might of human worth.
HBBW In the spirit of man lies the spirit of good;
BUM In hin sonl do tho soraphim ring;
the mi 11J of man Hub the inasterhood;
ERKHumanity is king.
when to a sense of the infinite All
spirit of man is allied
flBgOMroblo intent, then, whatever befall,
to the highest is tied.
i LOLAPULASKI;
jjjjf OR
I The Victim of CircumstanJk
tial Evidence,
Hfctory of Nihilistic Plottings and Crimes.
BY LEON EDWARDS.
BmEBT CHAPTER XL
HmV A THBHXIJJG MEETIKO.
M^Kimt Pulaski was conducted to a
WS^Mx in a large gloomy room, where a
^Wrarthy, bearded giant sat with a pon^Uerous
book before liim; in which he
^nptered the names and records of the
^KVsoners.
3V M'our name ?" said the man, shoot
glance at the Count.
lt?hn Pulaski, Count of Warsaw,"
gyH|Uv%ie reply, in firm tones.
|B "Fifty-one," responded ohe Count.
KM "Fiity-one!" repeated the swarthy
^ftiant, with a skeptical glanoe at the
jHrisoner.
? "That is my age."
"You look older than that," said the
EHaan, preparing to write.
V "Twenty years in the quarries of
^Biberia," said the Count, grimly,
Bjwould age the youngest if it did not
SHMlhim."
^^ Where were yon born?"
B^HIn Warsaw."
rajWMarried or single?"
H^pUhe Count's voice became husky as
^Wtried to answer, but controlling the
IjjHelings called up by the question he
I^B^'Siberia did not kill me, but it killed
flpie wife 1 left behind me."
^ "You are a widower, tl^,?"lam."
u \V hof ia nliarnr^ O M i Qf. JnllT)
Pulaski ?" asked the man at the desk,
turning to the officer who had brought
J,he prisoner in.
L "I do not know the oharges," said
,-*tbe offioer. "I was directed to make
the arrest by General Paul "
"And General Paul," said the young
soldier, coming forward, and taking off
his hat when Count Pulaski's eyes fell
on him, "simply carried out the orders
of the Czar."
"And you are Prince Paul of Moskeva?"
asked the Count, his form
straightening up, and a burning light
coming into his ?yes.
"I am so called"," said the .General,
respectfully.
"And cwenty-two years ago your
father was Governor of Warsaw ?"
"He was," stammered the young
General.
"It is fitting," said the old man, with
indescribable bitterness, "that the son
should strike the last blow at a life
-- which the perjured father cursed!"
"If in my power," said General Paul,
with marked humanity and respect, "I
would undo the deeds of my father,
for they have cursed my life as well as
yours."
"This looks like it," said the Count,
with a bitter smile.
"I am not to blame. Curse me, if
you will, for it is said that the sins of
the fathers shall be visited on the children,
but permit me to show my sincerity
by doing all I can to make your
Btay here comfortable at least."
"Why am I brought here at all ?"
asked the old man, somewhat softened,
for in the young soldier before him he
Baw a true man, if all his experience of
men were not at fault.
"That I do not know."
"Have you no suspicion?''
- "None that I can utter here. I have
rbrdered the best apartment in the prison
to bo prepared for your use. Let
lis go there, where we can talk further,"
said the General.
A dirty-looking, low-browed fellow,
Who had all the appearance of a deputy
hangman, appeared at this juncture,
/\and rattling a bunch of keys, that was
lastaned to his belt, to attract attention
^io himself, he bowed very low before
W General Paul, and asked:
"Excellency, the apartment you ordered
for the prisoner is ready; shall I
conduct him thither?"
General Paul nodded, and the man
with the keys, taking up Count Pulaski's
feachel which one of the soldiers had
brought in from the sleigh, led the
way through a great oalcen door that
was half covered over with rusty iron
knobs.
Along gloomy corridors, up cold,
massive stone steps, down into hollows
made by the feet of dead prisoners, and
hast cells that looked like death vaults,
the turnkey led Count Pulaski and tLe
General.
Near the top and front of tho building
he opened a door with one of the
many keys carried at his belt, and
they entered a largo, well-furnished
apartment, heated by a large stove.
"Tins, excellency, "saia me uurnKey,
waving his hand about the room, with
a manner that indicated great admiration
for his sumptuous surroundings,
"is one of the private rooms of the
jgovernor of the prison, and never but
pnce before was it set aside for the use
of a prisoner."
"Go outside, and there await me,"
said the General, motioning to the
^^door.
F; When they were alone, the General
turned to Count Pulaski, and said:
"Under the circumstances, I cannot
iask the charity of your judgment.
Everything is against me, and yet, God
knows, that I would this day make
amends for the wrong my father did
you, by changing places with you, if in
Lmy power."
i? ' v.-' . .
t
'"You know then of your father's
treatment?" said the Count.
"Since I first heard of it, through the
father of the present Count Orlo2f, fifteen
years ago. it has never been a daj
absent from my thoughts. It ill becomes
me to <jav aught of myself, and
yet justice to myself demands it." The
General hesitated, and placed a chair
for the prisoner.
Count Pulaski sat down and motioned
for him to proceed.
"When I came into power during the
1
? urn.id 11 wtii uiiu. unci my uu^ic o \
Prin e of Moskeva's) death, I at once
Used that power to secure your pardon
Lad freedom. "When you returned
from Siberia I would have thrown mylelf
at your feet and craved pardon for
the son of the man who so wronged
J-ou, but I feared you would scorn me,
as vou mav now be doing in your
heart."
"I will hear you out," said the Count.
"I worked to have your estates restored,
and, failing in my efforts, Iwaa
ready to place a'l my wealth at your
disposal, but I feared you might think
I was mocking a heart that had already
been wour.ded enough."
The General ceased, but while speaking
he shook with emotion, and now
ftiscovering his weakness?it really
Ihowed his nobler strength?he averted
his face to eonceal it.
"Paul, Prince of Moskeva," said the
old man, solemnly, "I am glad you j
have taken another name. Your father j
cursed my life and brought on these
gray hairs before their time. In the !
hope of gratifying his unholy pission j
for a woman who hated him, he broke
up my home, made ma a slave an 1 an
exile, despoiled me of my wealth,
blasted my fair name, made my child a
pauper, and sent my loved wife to a
grave among strangers in a strange '
land."
Count Pulaski in the terrible excitement
of the moment rose from his
I nlinin nrt/1 Allf J ti Loll/1 a
vira's lover, descending tne seeps.
The Colonel hail never liked General
Paul, now he hated him; but he was
too well verged in military etiquette to
attempt to pass his superior officer
without the customary salute.
Touching his cap in return, General
Paul, who was as indifferent to Orloff.
as if he were a oervant, bounded up the
troad step? and gaA e his card to the
servant who met him at the door.
"I wish to see Count Linwold,"he
said.
"He is not in, excellency, but the
Countess Elvira is,"said the servant.
As the General at this moment
caught sight of the lady in question at
the other end of the grand hall, and as
she must have heard the servant, courtesy
demanded that he should go in.
"Tell the Countess, if not engaged,
that I will pay my respects," he said.
The Countess met General Paul with
great affability, and to his surprise,
and. it may be added, his confusion,
she at once launched into the subject
about which all St. Petersburg was
talking that day.
"I think, Prince Paul," she said,
with an artificial laugh, "that before
the Czar and my father announced our
engagement to the world, they should
have consulted us."
"I think so, too," coughed the General.
"It is treating you unfairly."
4'0h!" she replied, with another little
laugh that made him feel actually cold;
"my life has been one continued round
of unquestioning obedience, so no matter
what I think of the courtesy due
me, I shall go on?doing as I am ordered.
"
On hearing this the General grew
colder, and he looked over her angular
form and into her dull gray eyes, and
contrasting her on the instant with
Lola Pulaski, he uientallv asked himself:
* |
"Merciful heaven! would not sudden
death be preferable to a long life with 1
this woman ?"
"I think," he said, sternly, "that.the i
love that grows from continued intercourse
should be the basis of marriage."
"Perhaps so; and yet, as we ascend
from the lower walks of life, love vanishes
from marriago, and it becomes a
41.~ /I^r? OTT on/1 rYtnfiinl
I UiUlLU1 IU1 UU1U v.llpxv^nic4v/j auu u* VAC 1*1*4,
interest. Even the Czar could not
select Lis own Czarina."
"No," replied tlio General; "but that ,
did not prevent him from taking a sec-;
ond wife, whom he loves, and about
whom all the world knows." ,
"The Princess Dolgorouki?" laughed
Elvira. "Oh, well, we do not expect
fidelity in men; that is a peculiarly
feminine virtue. But to change the
subject; have you seen my father of
late?"
"Officially I see him every day."
"And he spoke to you of our matter?"
"Yes, in the presence of the Czar,"
said the General, rising; "where tho
SDeak-inar is alwavs one-siiled."
""What, going so soon? "Well, you
will call often now. It is only right
that I should see as much of you as
possible. Parted.since we were children,
we must learn to know eaeh other
now, even if we cannot learn to love,"
said the Countess, with an icy smilo.
The General male no comment, but
with a pained face weut out to his
fclvifih.
[to r.r ri>xtixre!>.j
A Brg Capture of Wild I)ncks.
John lionson, a Rice County (Minn.)
farmer, performed a most remarkable
feat on a lake two miles north of Faribault
the other morning. On "looking
out of his window he saw a great bevy
of wild ducks attempting- to extricate
themselves from the ice which had frozen
about their legs during the night. Seizing
a corncutter he rushed to the lake
and clipped oil the heads of 134 of them.
?Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Electrical Review predicts that
within five years there will be more than
one trunk line in operation in this country
carrying through passengers regularly at
an average speed of nearly 200 miles an
hour.
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WOLVES IN RUSSIA.
THE METHODS OP HUNTING THE
DREADED PEST.
A Terrific Battle With the Hungry
Brutes?What Happens When
Hydrophobia Sets iu ?
Pigs for Bait.
J UNGRY and irapla|
cable, the wolf is al- ;
'^>4a most as much dreaded
? *(jf/ ' *n ^uss^a 118 fche Czar, j
i*n *ts m^^er rao* i
?- iff A\ mcnts, if it has any, 1
<2$ * * *s unsocia^fe
l"S^i enough; when it becomcs
a r'ctim of
w hydrophobia it is especially
interesting.
The two varieties, forest wolf (lesney
volk) aud prairie wolf (polevoy volk),
differ in size but not in appetite and instinct.
This is what happens when hydrophobia,
which is very prevalent, sets
in:
They rush into the villages and attack
the inhabitants. The villagers arm themselves
with scythes and bludgeons and
knives, but before hydrophobia gives
way to death some one has been bitten,
and probably in the face, for which the
maddened animal displays a mysterious
partiality. To villagers and peasants he'
is a veritable curse. Sheep, goats, cows,
horses, and even children suit him equal-'
ly well. Sometimes small towns are
kept in a state of seige, hordes of the !
hungry animals seeking their food on
the outskirts of the nearest settlement.' j
In every phase of Russian life outside the I
large fines ine yoik uxisis ;is a sort ui'
Nemesis, so that it is easy to undersand;
why wolf-hunting has developed into,
something like an institution in Russia.'
The element of danger in the sport hasj
been greatly exaggerated, but is large
enough to fascinate the wealthy who engage
in it. To the masses it is anything
but pastime. It is a war, and they prose-' ;
cute it to save their flocks and their:
children and their homes. The exter-' i
aiinating methods arc many and curious.
That most commonly resorted to by the: <
peasantry is somewhat similar to the!
plan adopted iu Africa when bunting; i
much larger game. Somewhere near a i
forest which large numbers of wolves are! i
known to frequent, a space is cleared: i
ind a lage hole, eight to ten feet deepj <
and five or six wide, is dug. This is; i
j 11 1 ,.?A nf*>nytt i i t
uUVUlUU W 1 LIl auiiiu uiautiico uuu Jbian?| I
A.t one end, or sometimes in the centre,; (
is fixed a pole or tree and tied to this isj ;
i young pig (porosionok). The bait: (
iias an unpleasant time of it even before: i
the wolves appear?it is so fixed that he i
is in continual torture, and as a consequence
yells, grunts and screams as only, ]
\ porosionok can. On three sides of the; ]
bait is built a high fence, so that to get; ]
it the porker it is necessary to cross the <
pit. One night's setting of the trap fre-' ]
quently lures to the slaughter of next \
morning as many as a drvea wolves.' j
The work of killing them is very soonj j
over. It does not, however, take the! 1
survivors long to learn that there is' ,
something suspicious and unprofitable! .
about the affair, and the time soon comes: j
when they cease to be tempted by thej 1
screams of the succulent and tempting
pig. Hunting proper is conducted in a' <
far different manner. 1
TIIE SQUEALING HO DECOY.
A few years ago I traveled on a sanyi
Qf PAfnrcKnrrr frv Arr*Tl-'
angelisk via Oloneg, a distance of 1104
versts, or about 730 miles. It was in:
December, and owing to the extremely,
cold weather, the temperature varying''
from sixty to seventy below zero, the
wolves were peculiarly ravenous. We
left the hotel Snamienskaya, St. Petersburg,
early in the morning and were
soon among the pine forests (sosnovoy
less), bowling along at a great speed.
"We were warmly clad in sheep and reindeer
skins?the woolly side in?but the
cold was intense, though we found some
compensation in the weird beauty of the
scenery. We saw numbers of wolves
early on our journey, but they did not
annoy us, for, unless they are particularly
ravenous they will not come near to
a sany and horses and ringing sleigh
bells. Our Yamshik driver assured us,
however, that before the lakes (Ladoga
and Onegskoe Osero) were passed we
would have our hands full and we were
not disappointed. The mail road or
trakt over which we traveled is splendidly
kept by the government. It leads
through forests of giant pines, crossing
frozen rivulets aud winding over and
round through mountains of whose
nakedness, barrenness and desolation
only inadequate ideas can be conveyed.
Away toward the southwest were the
lakes, frozen many feet deep. The pine
trees and smaller growths glistened
with frozen white and bent beneath
their burden and the ground in the forest
anu m tne open toward the lakes was
carpeted with an immaculate coverlet of
nature frozen hard as steel by the icy atmosphere.
The croaking of half buried
crows and the occasional howls and barking
of the wolves were grim accompaniments
to the music of the sleigh bells.
On the horizon the three hours' sun?so
peculiar to this region?glowed with a
dull golden light that anything but suggested
the brilliant sunshine of the south.
There would be daylight for but a few
hours, but when night came it would be
illuminated hv rrlittprino- stnrs mul :t
moon of extraordinary brilliancy and for j
weeks made more beautiful by the aurora
borealis, whose exijuisile color- add
an almost fairy-like and weird splendor
to the scencry. "We were neariug the
end of one of the lakes when tlie Yamshik
drew my attention ton strange feature
of this northern elimt. On the
sides of the road we could see the crows
and woodcocks and small wolves and
other little animals buried in the snow
with only their heads peeping above it.
"The snow is warmer than the atmosphere,"
said the Yamshik. On we sped
over the frozen road, which rings like
metal to the motion of the sleigh runners
and the striking' of the horses'
hoofs. IF is a curious musical ring that
comcs from this seven or eight feet of
ice-frozen snow, and we arc all ears and
eyes as we puff our cigarettes. Soon we <
have passed the lakes and arc approach- ;
ing a sharp bend in the forest road .when ij
a very bedlam of howls and shots and
cries and grunts greet our ears. i
"It is a hunt," my companion explains.
We drew off the road at the turn to
watch the sport. Our revolvers and
knives were hastily gotten ready and our
sleigh bells kept ringing by a string to
warn the brutes off. We had hardly
turned the corner when there dashed past
ua a sany of neculiar construction: it was
not more than one foot raised from the
ground and was unusually broad. The
harness, too, was unusual. The inevitable
bells were absent, and contrary to
the ordinary rule of the smotritels (Gov
Wv ? I
BAITING THEM TO THEIR DEATH.
t ?
ernment officials), who insist upon there be- j
ipg three horses for a sleigh carrying two t
persons, four horses for one carrying three, j j.
etc., the three hunters on this sleigh had |
only three spirited animals to pull them j j
along the glassy road. About three I ?
yards behind the passengers' sany was a j
small one, tied to the leader by a rope or j
chain. On this little sleigh there was a !
youug pig. It screamed and grunted as !
though its existence depends upon it.
And in truth it did, for there were at.
least forty wolves yelping and barking at j
it and running pell mell after the flying '
sleighs, seemingly unconcerned by the j
fact that the hunters were shooting them i
rlown by twos and threes incessantly. [
But the porosionok has a peculiar charm |
for the wolf, and, despite the rifle shots J
md their fallen comrades, they keep up'
tiicir uinau iui uvroix <mu xu^uituw
their numbers from time to time by accessions
from other parts of the forest as
they swept pa9t. Half a mile behind!
this turu out is another and larger vehi-i
:le, which gathers up the fallen wolves.:
But we were destined to see some morcj
Jxciting sport than "the mere galloping)
ilong of the hunters and the shooting of,'
the game.. '
From among the newest arrivals to the
pRck are two or three gaunt wolves,:
tieroes evidently of many a chase and' ~
particularly fleet and ravenous. After' a.;
some desperate running they manage toL
reach Monsieur Porosionok, in spite of
the efforts of the marksmen, and the pig z,
is soon in that bourne from which no'
porker has ever returned. Then the s<
ivhole pack with whetted appetites put
ju double speed, surround the hunters
ind attack the horses. The bells are put w
into requisition to warn them off, but ^
their tongues might as well be dumb.
? ? - TV
The wolves have tasted blood; they nave ~
5cen it, and they must have more. Our 11
team is well hidden among the pine trees, 0
ind prepared for action we matched the 01
conflict. The foremost wolves have succeeded
in catching the outside horse at
the left side by the nose. He kicks and
struggles and the hunters shoot down i
the aggressors, one by one, but now
the speed of the sany is slackened
;iud the entire pack are upon them.
Now is the time for us to interfere.
Before we can be of any assistance
the first horse attacked falls on his side,
is cut away from the sleigh and off dash
his companions at lightning speed. It is
a race for life. Dozens of fresh wolves
are on the trail and another horse succumbs.
Ere we can reach the spot the
men to defend themselves fire shot after
shot into the pack and then comes a sudden
cessation of the shooting. As we
hurry along we see the three men in tho
road fighting desperately with their
bloodthirsty assailants, having now no
other weapons than long knives. Already
one man is on the ground, when a
blow from a musket stocrc and a quick
knife-thrust relieves him of his antagonist,
and he is on his feet again, dealing
death blows all around. The badly
frightened Yamshik urges our team to
IN CLOSE QUARTERS.
ward the unequal battle on the roadside
and then comes our fusilade. Shot after
shot of our revolvers told their tale bv
the increasing heap of lesnoy volks that
lay dead or dying around the hunters
and their wrecked conveyance.
Instantly the tide of battle is turned
and the remaining wolves take to their
heels and scamper off. It was a "close ,
call" for those three sportsmen. The t
entire battle did not occupy ten minutes.
Had wc not turned up just in the nick of
time all three of them would have shared
the fate of their horses before their picking
nn tslnirrh would have had time to
~o ~r o? #
come up. "While such liuntvg scenes are
not at all infrequent it rarely happens
that a hunter is killed. Wolves arc proverbially
cowardly and if they arc struck
across their sensitive nose they are cither
rendered insensible or skulk painfully I
toward the forest. In a few moments
after the last of our fur-coated com- .
panious had taken his departure the j
second sleigh came along aud once more
our horses' heads were turned toward
A.rchangelsk. We met many hunting
parties, but they were more iortunate,
and on the picking-up sleigh of one of
them I saw the bodies of at least thirty
wolves. ? Washington Star.
The man who makes an apology in
preference to engaging in a fight will
never need to tell a lie when asked how
he came by that black eye.
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' .' * i' 'X ' V
Japan's Qneen in Parisian Dress.
The Japanese have for some years made
great efforts to assimilate their political
and social life to Western ideas. On February
14, 1889, a new constitution was
introduced, and in a few weeks this first
Parliament is to assemble. The Emperor
nnd Empress of Japan promoted the re*
riTE EMPRESS OF JAPAN*, A3 SHE LOOKED
TIIE FIRST TIME fN EUROPEAN DRESS.
'orms in every possible way by abanloning
their former seclusion and mixing
reely with their subjects at court fetes,
irranged in European style.
The Empress now wears Parisian !
Iresses, and no lady is received at court ;
n the national costume. To accustom
he people at large to this daring innovaion,
the portrait of the Empress, in
>rimitive Japanese color printing, .
>een distributed throughout the Empire,
LADY TSEJJG EN* HER BRIDAL ROBES.
ad from one of these leafle^^ur illustraon
has been CDgravetA^wv- greatly
jremouial dre?* in China IRd Japan
iffers from the style adopted by the
Impress Haru-Ko may be seen jn the
;cond cut, which represents Lady Blosjm
Tseng, the youngest daughter of
le Marquis Tseng, in her bridal robes,
orn on the occasion of her marriage,
hich took place at Pekin in 1888.
The Empress Haru-Ko is now thirtyine
years old, and in February, 1869,
larried. Mutsu Hito, the present Emperor
f Japan, shortly after he had been
rowned in Kioto' in October, 1868.
Pass in the Soup.
"There's a tidbit up tlicre. Guess 111^
o for xt.^
ctj didn't jump high enough that time,
lUt"?
f I
Polly?< ?Poor puss is in the^oucJM *
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
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PICTTOK SCARFS.
The fancy of hanging a scarf or1 'throw"
over the corner of a picture or an easel
to break the angular lines is becoming
general, and adds dainty grace and color
to many otherwise colorless, sombre,
though beautiful prints. Thus an etching
of springtime may be enhanced in beauty
by a scarf of India silk in pale azure blue
figured in pale colors and conventional
pattern with apple blossoms, or a picture
of autumn may be hung with a scarf of
blue and white Chinese crape in a pattern
of bamboo or rice branches, with wild
flowers and birds, or such material as
may be found in Chinese stores. A white
crape printed with a graceful flight of
wntfr.fnwl mn.v sprve to dr.me ail easel
that holds an inland water scene. The
taste of the furnisher will suggest where
such drapery will be valuable and where
it is superfluous, and simply burden
rather than ornament the room.?New
York Tribune.
APPLE BUTTER.
This old-fashioned and wholesome preserve,
or sauce, is still made on some
farms and its preparation is a part of the
regular farm work in autumn. The first
step in its preparation is to evaporate or
boil down a quantity -of sweet cider;
hence it is often called t;cider apple
sauce." If there is a large cauldron or
set kettle, as there is on many farms,
that may be used; otherwise, one or
mere large kettles are provided with
proper support, so that a fire may be
made under them. There will be much
stirring to be done, and long wooden
stirrers should be provided. A barrel of
cider is boiled down to eighjt gallons.
While the cider is being boiled the apples
are prepared. Formerly this was
done hy "paring-bees," at which the
neighbors assisted. Now, there are numerous
apple-parers, some of which not
only pare, but core and quarter the apples,
and do the work very expeditiously.
The apples should be sweet ones; of
a kind that will cook tender. From
two-and-a-half to three bushels are required
for each barrel of cider. The
cider being first evaporared, the apples
are added, and the whole boiled iogether
until it becomes jelly-like. At this
time there is danger of scorching, and it
must be stirred continually. Some
makers, when the sauce is done, add to
rvinnnmnn or?/3 allcrtlOO Vuif fVlP mflinr
" J ?
ity prefer it without the spices. While
still hot, the sauce is transferred to kegs
or other wooden vessels, or jars of stoneware
are used. When well made, the
sauce keeps a long time.?American Agriculturist.
RECIPES.
Butter Scotch?One cup of molasses,
one cup of sugar, half cup of butter.
Boil until it snaps, then put it into cold
waterCorn
Cakes?One cup of flour,haL" cup
com meal, half teaspoon of salt, half teaspoon
soda, one tablespoon of sugar, one
tablespoon of melted butter, and one cup
ol ui milk. Bake in gem pans.
Oysters for the Sick-?Remove the hard
part and stew in their own liquor,, adding
pepper and salt,, but no milk. Crackers
can be added,, or it can be poured over a
slice of nicely buttered toast. Butter
can be added to the stew if the docter
permits.
Onion Sauce for Roast Ducks?Boil six
onions until very softchange the water
three times while they are cooking; then"
drain and rub the onions through a seive;
add one and a half cupfuls of hot milk,
a tablespoonful of butter and salt and
pepper to suit taste.
Fried Egg Plant?Pare and cut into
slices half an inch thick. Soak in salt
water an hour or more; dry and dip first
into beaten egg, then in cracker dust or
tine bread crumbs, and fry brown in half
butter and half lard; season with pepper
and cook thoroughly.
Mush Pudding?Take four eggs, one
cup cold mush, one large tablespoon of
butter, two-thirds of a cup of sugar. Stir
well togetherr add one pint of sweet
milk to the mixture, pour into a deep
pan, grate nutmeg on top ana oaite au
the custard becomes firm.
Chicken Soup?Take all the bones of a
chicken, crack them and add the dark
meat; cover well with water and stew for
three or four hours. Flavor the broth
with some thinly cut lemon peel; salt to
taste and add a little sage tied in a piece
of muslin. All fat must be removed.
Beefsteak Smothered With Onions?
Slice onions and lay them in your skillet
with pepper, salt and bits of butter. Lay
over them a tender beesfeak, then another
layer of onions, seasoned. Cover closely
and cook very slowly until done; serve
very hot and it is a dish fit for a king.
Beef Ball?Three pounds of beef,
chopped fine, two well beaten eggs, one
large cup of bread crumbs, two onions
chopped fine, salt and pepper to the
taste; make it into a large ball and put it
into a pot with a little water and three
large spoonfuls of tomato catsup; simmer
slowly until done.
Savory Baked Egg Padding?Chop
two cups of cold ham, or any cold meat
or fish, fine. Make a custard of one quart
of milk and six eggs, add a teaspoonful
of salt (unless ham is used, when less
will be needed). Mix meat and custard
together, pour into a deep dish, put little
bits of butter over the surface aud bake.
Potato Pudding?Take one pint of
finely mashed, mealy potatoes, one tablespoonful
of butter, one cup of sugar, a
little salt, the grated rind and juice of
one lemon, four eggs (leaving one part of
the whites to ice the top); stir well with
one pint of rich milk; bake slowly. When
done pour over the whites whipped to a
froth with four tablespoons of sugar. Let
it brown.
Salad Dressing Without Oil?Pound
the yelks of two hard boiled eggs un*il
smooth, then add a teaspoonful of mixed
mustard, one saltspoonful of salt, half
a saltspoonful of pepper, half the quantity
of cayenne, one teaspoonful of sugar,
and a teaspoonful of lemon juice; mix
these all thoroughly, then add sufficient
cream and vinegar to make the prepara
tioii the consistency of ordinary cream.
A Vienna millionaire died, leaving a
request for liis only heir to keep the
family vault lighted with several Jablockoll
electric lamps for one year. But the
authorities having refused the necessary
permission, the heir ordered a candle and
a box of parlor matches to be placed near
the man in his coffin, in case he should
wake up from his long sleep.
The Pekin Gazette asserts that 100 of
its editors have been heheaded. The
journal in question claims to have been,
ia existence 1000 yews,
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TEMPERANCE.
THE WATER.
The water! The water!
The water fresh and sweet, ) I
saw it bubble in a spring,
Where field and forest meet.
The lUies nodded on the brink,
auu me rooms come to drink.
The water! The water!
In well, and lake, and sea,
"We drink, we swim, we bathe, we row.
And love the water free!
The water, sunshine, and fresh air
With fish and bird, and flower we sharft.
?National Tcmperance Almanac.
POISON IN BEER.
An advocate of beer drinking, in th?
Western Druggist, complains of the poisonous
adulterations of this beverage, now so
common, and mentions as one of the most
dangerous, picrotoxin. a powerful poison
often used because of the great difficulty attending
its detection. The writer states that
a dose of from five to ten grains will kill a
dog, while a tincture of the berries applied
to a child's scalp had been known to cause
death.
THE FLOURISHING W. C. T. XT.
The membership of the,W. C. T. TJ. instead
of falling off during the last year, as
has been asserted, has been actually increased
by more than five thousand paying menibers.
The treasurer's report, the final authority,
shows for this year a paid membership
of 143,865 as contrasted with 138,517
last year. This does not include unreported
unions, members that for any reason have
neglected to pay their dues, honorary members
of the constantly increasing host of the
Loyal Temperance Legion.
MODERATE DRINKING DANGEROUS.
Even moderate drinking operates against ft
man in getting insurance. Statistics show
that among intemperate persons between th$
ages of twenty and thirty the mortality u
five times greater than among temperato
persons. From thirty to fifty tne mortality
is four times greater with tlie inteipperato/
and from fifty to sixty it is three times
greater, while from sixty to eighty it is twicS
as great. These are figures that do not lid.
ana old topers and moderate drinkers should
taJte a hint. In a group of total abstainer^
aged twenty, the average of life left is forty;.':
four and two-tenths years, while with moderate
drinkers the average would be fifteen,
and six-tenths years. That is to sav, a total
abstainer on an average would live to be
sixty-four, while the moderete drinker would
be cut off at thirty-five. By a moderate
drinker is meant a man who drinks continuously
or periodically so as to affect his
health. A drinker is more liable to accidental
death than a sober man is, and in addition
to that he is steadily breaking down
his constitution.?National Temperance
Almanac.
SAMPLE-ROOM FLOWERS.
"Sample-Room" was the sign on a smaU
building close by the depot at which the traifl
drew up, just before entering the mouhtaing.
"Sample-room for what m this desolate,
out-of-the-way place?' was our mental querg
Seedy-looking duffers, with flery-looklnj
noses, led the way; spruce-looking young
men followed, twirling their canee in a noffi
chainnt way, and slinking into the sample
room door as if ashamed of the act.
"Ah! this is a liquor-shop, and these ara '
the plants going in for refreshment."
These young buds of promise will as surelv
ripen into the seedy old duffers as night (ojj
lows aay. aampie-room nowers tney are
who seek, for refreshment, "liquid flre.'J
Now and then middle-aged men, respectably
clad, and doubtless men who, at home, w'oula
scorn to bo seen entering a "sample-room,7
drop into the ever-open door. .'
And at last they must all have been refreshed,
for the proprietor, with a very red
face and a white apron, comes to the door ana
looks down the platform, like a spider after
more silly flies. (
Bnt the whistle sounds, tijp passengers
rush for the cars, and we move on for a pto?
wire of ifui, mountains, a lonely railway
station, and a gloomy-loolriflg^omnipresent
"sainpla-room" stamped on the wUJsof menU_^
ory.?National Advocate. ^?~~
enoland's two grkat evils.
Lord Randolph Churchill is still discussing
the drink question in his speeches. In a recent
address at Newton,.Montgomeryshire,
he said:
"I find that the condition of tho people is
most seriously and dangerously affected by
two groat evils. The one arises from the
excessive consumption of alcoholic liquors
by the masses of the people of the country.
[Hear, hear.] The unrestricted sale of intoxicating
liquors among the masses of the people
is shown in the enormously excessive * ^
number of establishments for the sale of
drink which strike the eye everywhere, no
matter whereyou go, in any part of England
or Wales. [Cheers.] The other evil arises
from the disgraceful condition ot the dwellIngs'which
are inhabited by a large portion
of our laboring population. The effect of
those two evils upon the condition of the
people cannot be exaggerated by anv one.
The effect of those two evils upon the condition
of the people is written for all who
like to read and study them in the almost innumerable
reports of Royal Commissions and
Parliamentary Committees, and written in
the mass upon mass of evidence which has
been adduced before those Commissions and
those Committees from persons whose
authority cannot be disputed or denied; and _
those two evils are discovered and are pro,- ~ "
claimed by the most authoritative sources to
be producing among our people a most exuberant,
a most rank, a most noisome crop
of poverty, misery, disease and crime." [Hear,
hear.]
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. <
The next convention of the National W. C.
T. U. will be held in Atlanta, Georgia.
It is stated that ninety-three per cent, of
all children taking the temperance pledge remain
faithful to their early vows.
When a youug man starts out to get a.
arniK ana passes an oia uruuKaru on me w?y
we wonder that he doesn't think of him. *
A total of 1374 Young Women's Christian.
Temperance unions, with 31,057 regular and
0790 honorary members, was reported to theconvention.
There are many beverages more than half
the bulk of which is alcohol. Irish and
Scotch whisky contain nearly fifty-five- per
cent. Brandy and gin nearly as much. In
strong ale there is nearly seven per cent, of
alcohol.
Dr. Josiah Strong, author of "Our Country,"
says: "At no time in all the year and at
no place in all the land is thero so much of the
saving power of the nation gathered together
as at the annual convention of the W.
C.T. U."
In the first nine months of last year England
cousumed 11,213,471 gallons of wine,
18,353,251 gallons of spirits, and IS,851,818
gallons of beer. In this vear she has consumed
11,505,290 gallons of wine, 18,734,201
gallons of spirits, and 21,920,903 gallons of
beer.
Professor William T. Anderson, htad of
the Brooklyn Normal School for Physical
Educarion," addressed the National Convention
at Chicago on his specialty and generously
offered to traiu gratuitously five young
women for W. C. T. U., "evangelists of
physical culture."
While the number of existing drink-licenses
in London has not increased of late
year*, the dram-shops of Paris have risen
l'rom '21,000 in 1880 to nearly 30,000 iu tho
present year. In thirty years the consumption
of alcohol in France 1ms trebled, and in
ten years it has doubled, the average consumption
being twelve quarts for each male
adult.
Miss Sallie A. Moore, of Philadelphia,
President of St. Malnchi's Ladies' Total Abstinence
Society?the first Roman Catholic
woman to addre&s a public assembly iu the
presence of a bishop and priests?recently
sent the following message to Miss France3
Willard: "Xo sectarianism in religion, no
sectionalism in politics, no sex in citizenship,
but each and all of lis for God and home and
native land.''
Have we a Christian civilization? We are
told that in the city of Now York 150,000
children are day and night, and night and
day, under the demoralizing influences of
the saloon; we are told by tho Citizens'
League of Chicago that 30,0<)0 children go
day after day into your saloons and drink
and bring away drink. We have heard
from tho platform here of your $70,000,000
for liquor, and 129,000,000 for boer. Do yon
think the churches pointing heavenward, do
you think great societies that meet together
and send away their millions to the heathen
<?n aVw9 C(ors? fyfpw*!1-' .
V. 1_114 i. I , tlUVA, XCUVUiU^ VUV UIO UUUVi^j UU |
cried in a voice of agon}':
"Oh, God! I thought to curse the (
son as the father cursed me and mine, j
But I cannot; I cannot! Leave me I !
Leavo me, before a sense of my wrongs
overpowers me, and I forget your words, '
which my broken heart tells me to believe
!"
There was that in the old man's voice
and manner that General Paul could
not disobey.
| He made as if he would extend his
hand, or kiss that of the prisoner, but,
fearing that he would be scorned, he
went quietly out and joined the turn-'
key, who waa pacing back and forth,
anil jingling his keys in the corridor.
The General hastened down to his
sleigh, and, leaping in, said, in response
to the driver's inquiry:
"To the palace of Count Linwold."
When near the palace, General Paul
saw Colonel Orloff, the Countess El