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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 189T. VOL. LXII. NO. 5. CUBA'S METROPOLIS. GAY AND NOISY HAVANA'S PIt> TURESQUE S Ki II Ty, the Handsome Harbor and Its De fenses-The Cltj's Architecture ?iauy Parks and Cafes-Sol diers Seen Everywhere. A VANA bas long been reck oned the eighth commeroial city of the world. Morro Castle, with its Dahlgren guns peeping ont through the yellow stones,and its tall sentinel lighthonse, stands gnard over the narrow entrance of the harbor; the battery of La Pun ta on the opposite shore answering to the Morro. It is a proud and a strong fort, but its defense, declares the Chicago Times-Herald, is merely a mutter of sentiment. With such ar mament as Havana has, an invading GENEBiL VIEW OP T fleet could be held out of the bay. The castle is re-enforced by the long range of cannon and barracks on the city side, and the masssive fortress of the Cnbanos crowning the hill behind tho Morro. Ail these are decorated with the med and yellow Hag of Spain. So many strong fortifications 6how how important the home government re gards the place. Th? harbor of Havana compares favorably with the mo3t famous in the world. Infinitely more pictureaque than New York Bay, it is much live lier in maritime interest than tbat of the Golden Gate. The bay is shaped like a human band outstretched, with the wrist as the entrance. It is popu lous with ships from almost every Na tion on earth. The one idea it im presses is tbat of activity. European and American mail steamers come and go daily. Coasting steamers and the boats of the regular lines from Mex ico and the islands of the Carribean seek the bay, and great ferries ply be tween the dooks of the city and the Bolga shores. There is also a fleet of sailing boats, yachts gathered from all over the world, row boats, and what I -The city iteeif i* pleasing ?*r i-rita- . 15'.'* to tho nev... : :er according lr: t*: .Pt?iHt thai i . . ' ' - .?i. f. ." * '- . . .. hft^.-g;-. : (;.>.."' : c-...:?.:<,r?ns .-. .- .vsr- ; I. '.Vhv: ?reai H;?a.'-?>i-.; CA id o' it ; ty. : *r:i*'-i?\1 v. ito?., th:: ' * v th.'ki il ' Y ? Vj: .-!!?.> nio3t piet*u:epf?ae ! It is certainly not American, and yet there is nothing liko it in Europe. It is intensely Cubao, and a typo of itself. In a general view the town presents churches, cathedrals and other struotnres that force themselves into prominence against the background of less imposing houses. Tn^re is noth ingin this great extent of public build ings that strikes one as being special iy valuable from an architectural point of view, and even if there were its beauty would be entirely subordina ted by a colossal prison near the shore, wh::ch was built fer the purpose of having a capacity to lodge with ease a ina : ter of 5000 prisoners at a time. The city is divided into two parts, called tbs intramural, or old town, which lies between the bay and the site of the ancient walls which have fallen into decay and have b*een used for an upbuilding of the new city, and the extramural town, consisting of the new oity, whioh lies beyond tbs site of the old walls and is more or less modern in its architecture. The streets of the old town are laid out in fairly regular order, and are pretty well paved. But these thoroughfares are narrow in the extreme, with side walks barely wide enough for one pedestrian. Tho streets of the new city, although laid only in macadam, aro wider, airier and fringed on either side with pretty palm trees, giving the town a garden-like aspect. The architecture of tho dwelling houses is heavy, and this gives them an appearance of old age which they really do not deserve. The material used in their building is the porous stone which abounds in the island, and whioh, when first quarried, is as eafcily worked into blocks as wood, but which becomes as hard as granite when exposed to the atmosphere. The facades of the houses are generally covered with stucco, painted in all colors. Blues, yellows and greens are used indiscriminately, and the visitor is at once unpleasantly struck by the bizzare effect, but soon learns to ap preciate the nice manner in whioh this MOBBO CASTLE, EN apparently crazy and unsystematic laying on of color harmonizes with the glowing tropical atmosphere. This coloring of the house fronts is not without a reason, in fact. It has been found to absorb rauoh of the sun's rays, which, without this disadvantage, would work serious injuries to the ?yes. ?licro is no city in tho world where noise-pure noise, made for its own sake and nothing els?-reigns as sn promo as in Havana. At daybreak all the bells in the city are rang furiously. Church bells, fire bells, public bella aud private bells unite with one ac cord to produce a discord calculated to drive a oivihzed man mad. Add to this the crowing of game cocks, with which the town is overstocked for gambling purposes j the rattle of in numerable cabs aud public convey ances, the clangor of gong? on etreet car lines, electrio and otherwise, and the general roar to which every waking Havanese adds his mite, and the city, even in the time of most slumbrous peace, can well be supposed to surpass any other town of 800,000 population in the world. The populace of Havaua, at least in times of peace-and this accounts for its disquietude in times of war-ia es sentially gay. This accounts for the number and variety of i;ho cafes, HE CITY OP HAVANA. erich es, eating and drinking places, lounging places and resorts of every color and complexion calculated to offer opportunity to idle and lazy men. A recent visitor to the island, describ ing the habits of the men and their unspeakable indolence, says this of the town's resorts and their habitues : "The men luxuriate m tho cafes or spend their evenings in worse place.". A brief period of the morning only is given to business, the rest of the day and night to meeting and lassitude, smoking and luxurious ease. Evidences of satiety, languor and dullness, the weakened capacity for enjoyment, are sadly conspicuous, the inevitable se j quence of indolence and vioe. The arts and sciences seldom disturb the thoughts of such people. "The pretentious town house is side by side with the humble quarters of the artisan. High life and low life are ever present in strong contrast, and in the best of humor with each other, affording elements of the picturesque, if not of the beautiful. Neatness must be ignored where such human con glomeration exists, and, as we all know, at certain seasons of the year, like dear, delightful, dirty Naples, r) 03ISP0, THE PRINCIPAL BU* The dryness of the atmosphere trans forms most of the street offal into powder, whi^h talutes nose, eyes, ears and mont h auder tho indu euee of the slightest breeze. Thoasjh there are ample bathing facilities in and about the city, the people of either sex seem to have a prejudice against their free use." Havana is abnudantly supplied with parus, squares and public plaoes. The squares are ornamented with royal palms, an.l here aud there an orango and banana tree, and now and then an Indian laurel. Th a Plaza de Armas, fronting tho Governor's palace, and the Parque de Isabella are two splen did specimens of Cuban appreciation of t ie richness and fertility of the soil and the rare climate. The Parque do Isabella is a pioture of gay lifo in the eveniner, and is one of the beauty spots, ?f Havana. The cafes are innumerable and some of them the equal of the besi and most exclusivo restaurants in Europe or America. The principal playhouse is the Tacon Theatre. Other places of amusement are Payret Theatre, the Albisa Theatre and the Circo, Teatro do Jane. The Casino ?3 a place of emu.-:eurent aud instruction combined, a sort of atheneum, in which such art Ht ANCE TO HAVANA. as lives in Havana is fostered ' and in which stato balls occur. The glory ot the new city lies in its splendid streets and tho well ordered Vegetation that has been cultivated along their Hues. Tho churches aro j without number and are cuthnsiastic I ally filled ou Sundays aud holidays, i ?u these occasions unusual demonstra tiona aro indulged in iu tue way 01 bell-ringing. No city in the world, with the pos sible exception of San Francisco, is so lavishly supplied with food pro ducts as Havana. The earth and the sea render up all their best fruit, and living is cheap. Tho great Havana market is where the visitor opens his eyes. An upper floor and a lower open on all sides and under a roof. It covers a good-sized blo?k. All Havana is here buying ita dinner and other supplies. There is a multitude of booths, containing fruits of the tropics, Ash, meats, leather goods, jewelry and curios such as only a seaport mart can pick up. The human beings who preside here are representatives of every na* tion on the globe. The hotels are built around a court, so that every room ha3 direct com* munication with the open air. A ter race often encircles the upper story (the second), and on it uro shrubberies and plants, and maybe a few parrots. There is a most comfortable place to sit ; indeed, the majority of the citizens of Havana spend their time on their housetops. Thoy dry clothes there, ana nse the space for a back yard. At the hotels, as at many private houses, two meals a day are served breakfast in the late morning, and dinner in the evening. Coffee can be had shortly after rising. Wine is freely drank. Candles serve as illumin ation when you retire. Almost everybody in Havana smokes cigarettes. Cigars are very cheap ordinarily. Cigar? that cost "two for a quarter" in the United States are bought in Havana for $5.50 a hundred. Other tobacco is equally cheap, and EO men, boys and women pmoke. Even in times of peace civilians are scarce in Havana. Soldiers stand at every corner-they are tho police. The uniform is tho samo bluo as the marine's, but the blouse, tronsers and blue cap are trimmed with crimson. A sword and heavy revolver, and some times a rifle, const i in to the equip ment. The Spanish Government offi cials around the docks aro dressed in cutaway suits of the prevailing blue. A wide-brimmed straw hat, looped up at one side with a cockade, is a familiar headgear. .There are many other uniforms 3INE3S STREET IN HAVANA. c avalry, artillery, officers'. You can not walk five steps without meeting one. All these distinctive raiments are neat, but look cheap beside the dress of a United States soldier or marine. Tho cloth resembles cambrio and it'porous and cool. However, it fits the wearer well ; he is always clean, STREET TN THE OLD POET OF HAVANA and his shoes are blacked. The men are not as well set up as the Ameri cans. In fact, the men are not as robust as our countrymen. They are sallow and thin. It may be the climate, and it may be the excessive smoking. With all his politeness and kind ness, the Havana oitizen looks on the American as legitimate prey. If you have the misfortune to be of that nationality your fate is sealed. You cannot hide your identity. You walk too fast and you are too straight. Even the very children on the street recognize you. The boatman charges you 50 cents, when the ordinary price is only 20. Figures on fruit and all merchandise rise alarmingly when the American approaches. Spain's Long Linc of Sovereigns. The present King of Spain is Alphonso XIII., who succeeded tc the throne in tho year of his birth, 188G. There is perhaps no country on the globe which can boast of a longer line cf sovereigns than Spain. From 719 down to the present time Spain has been ruled by no le.cs than 18? kings. This extraordinary number ol sovereigns is explained by tho fact that up to the union of Ferdinand and Isabella the empire was divided into several dependant monarchies. FASHION FADS. NEW AND IMPORTANT DETAIL OF FEMININE DRESS? A Promenade Costume of Green Broadcloth Which is Fanciful in Design-Kvenlog Wraps Trimmed Wltli Fur? IN the double-column illustration a promenade costume is shown of green broadcloth trimmed with fancy black and gold braidJ styl ish bolero's opening upon a high cor sage of black satin, above which is a vest of pretty plaided silk crossing diagonally over the bust, the right front overlapping t ie loft and showing a tiny Y-Bhade or enpiecement, also of black satin, corresponding with the close-standing band and fashionable Medici collar. Although fanoiful. in design says May Manton, the bodice is simple in construction. Thc fronts aro arranged ijvcr glove-fitting lining fronts, that close through tho contre. The small V-shaped piece at the neck closes at the left side underneath the diagonal ly crossed vest, which also closes on the left side invisibly with tho high corsage. The back of the waist is also mount ed upon a fitted lining; smooth under arm gores separating tho fronts from the back. The bolero, stylishly pointed at the fronts, is provided with oblong fanciful revers. The sleeves, of modified dimensions, aro completed at the wrists by overlapping pointed cu?V. The skirt fully emphasizes the latest innovation representing the new bell LADIES' WAIST WITH Z0?AV1 skirt. It is cut with circular fronts ; and sides, while tho back is gored and j I arranged at thc top in plaits turning . ' towards the contre-back in fan shape. The lower edgo has three rows of braid; similar braid being carried down tho seams of the front gore to form deep pointed tabs. The free edges of the bolero and cuffs are also outlined with braid. To make this waist for a lady in the j medium 6ize will require two and one half yards of forty-four-inch wide ma- i terial. STRING GOWNIX3. The general plan of spring gowning is most attractive, especially in tho realm of costumes designed for g?n ?ral uses. The advance models are artistic and stylish, with but few ex aggerations or grotesque effects and with great scopo for selection, both in fabrics and styles. Skirts are still in severe tailor style, or trimmed to suit personal preference, individual forms and special occasions. They are in circular form or shaped, with few or many gores, as the case requires, one of tho new models having a single gored front breadth and two very wide ones that reach to the back and join there on a bias seam. Regarding bodices, a few are simple in outline and effect, but the majority are intri cate in design and elaborately decora ted. LADIES' LONG CLOAK. An opera and concert wrap of am ethyst satin-faced cloth, lined with chine silk and trimmed with whito Thibet fur, is shown herewith. The garment, enveloping the entire figure, is circular in shape and has a centre back seam ; it fits the figure smoothly at the top by means of the umall darts on each shoulder, expanding below to fall in soft rippling flutes. A notice able feature is the stylish hood of uniqne shaping that falls deeply across the back and shoulders. It is lined with chino silk and gathers at the outer edge to form a pretty frill. Its advantages are manifold, being useful as well as ornamental, as it can be thrown over the head when walking to or from tho carriage, thus insuring protection from draughts. About tho neck ia a h'.'gh flaring collar of tho fur, its outer edge form ing the fashionable flare according to tho present mode. Tho closing may be effected invisibly through the cen tre-front with cloak hooks and loops, or the wrap thrown carelessly across the shoulders, displaying the hand some gown beneath. Perforated lines in our pattern give a choice to the wearer of either a three-quarter or full length wrap. 'The mode is adapted to cloth, velour, silk, satin, beagaliuo or brocade in evening tint?, while ermine, moufllon or llama will eerve as decoration. A pretty lining ol bri.nbthued silk is al mosu'indispensable. When a question of eo?noiny arises, however, the gar? menVoan bo lined with merino, cash merejor albatross that can be had in exqui&iiie shades of lilac, cornflower blue,igreen or pink. Dove-gray cash mere^ lined with rose-pink would be exceijdkgiy effective and inexpensive. One (Mtqaisito model seen was of ben galinjS M deep dull red. The lining was jpl maize brocade, showing a ground of tba faintest shade*of green interlvc ven with flowers in tho same warn): tint of red. The garment was cut iij; the three-quarter length. To.ma.ke this cloak for a lady in the 2 JACKET AND SWISS BELT. medium size will require three and three-quarter yards of forty-four-inch wide material. STVLISII SLEEVES. Sleeves are one of tho most im portant details of dress at present, the variation- being more noticable in them than in any other part of the toilette. No. 1 is a popular design adapted to all manner of weaves and textures. In the present instance the material chosen was oris purple doth. The shaping is effected with smooth under and full upper portion over fitted-linings, 60 arranged as to flare stylishly above the elbow, the adjust ment below being close. Tho wrists, completed by a circular cuff, may be plainly ii aished if preferred. No. 2, developed in petunia glace silk, presents a Bnug fit from above the elbow to the wrist, which has a point extending over the hand in Venetian style. The puff is a contin uation ol' the upper portion of the sleeve with the fullness of moderate POPUtAR DESIGNS IN SLEEVES, dimension arranged on the front seam in deep plaits and on tho back seam in close gathers. All seasonable fabrics will develop by either of these models. New sleeves in last year's bodice means a wonderful transformation. With the aid of a well-fitting pattern old-fashioned sleeves may be readily modified. To make these sleeves for a lady in the medium size it will re quire one and three-eighths yards for No. 1 design, and one and five-eighths yaids for No. 2 design, of forty-four inch material, i - JEWELED ORNAMENTS. Every article of ornament and ap arel that can boiajoweled this season. Amethysts are the favorites. Belts, puekles and girdles are jeweled, or "n iashionable. FJat pins are also jeweled; in fact, thia season one bay uso as immy jeweled ornaments ?s ono desire?. CALF FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. Calf feeding experiments at some of the European stations resulted in greater gains in weight when the calves were fed from a good artificial feeder initead of from a pail. The latter system does not prevent ap pearance of diarrhoea, bot diminishes the number of cases. A simple calf feeder is much used in thi3 country a pail or box with a big rubber teat attached.-New England Homestead. COST 07 MILK PRODUCTION. Professor Wing, of Cornell, in his summary, closing bulletin No. 52, on "Cost of Milk Production," says : Our records of tho herd for tho year seem to warrant tho following conclu sions : 1. With a fairly good herd, care fully fed and kept, milk can be pro duced for sixty-five cents per hundred weight, and fat for sixteen cents per pound for the cost of food consumed. 2. That individuals of the saned breed vary moro widely in milk; ano butter production than do breeds; themselvep. 3. The larger animals consumed less pounds of dry matter per thousand pounds live weight per day than did the smaller animal?. PLANT CORN WIDE. G. H. Turner, of Burgess, Mies., has a neighbor who alwuys plants corn in rows seven feet apart and makes forty to sixty bushels per acre, while ad joining fields of his neighbors planted in four-foot rows yield from s:x to thirty bushels. Mr. Turner asked the man of the wide rows the reason for his practice and success. The answer was that experiments show that at tasseling time a stalk of corn takes from the soil through its roots and throws off into the air through its leaves a quart of water per day, if it can get it ; and if it can't get it, it does not thrive. Hence, thinly seed ed corn will thrivo through a dry spoil that will ruin thickly seeded crops. Mr. Turner was so impressed that he determined to experiment with cot ton. One piece was planted 2x1, an other Ixl, and another 5x1 feet, one stalk to the hill in all cases. 'I ?mt planted 4x4 yielded twice as much per acre as tho piece planted 2x1, and the one planted 5x1 (four acres) did still Ditter, jici?ing UK ;.- tuai n ; .-.;<. ifo ICS a?i-i% rhona'.' ?Lt. <~!i< ti f.jv . cV<\:S ! ..?u umiuies.-nome and rar m. ABOUT MOULTING. Those who witness the moulting of the hens do not, perhaps, consider how important the operation is to the feathered tribe in general. It is the casting away of the old covering, the putting on of new clothes, so to speak, say tho Poultry Keeper, but tho pro cess is a gradual one, requiring three months for its completion. The majority of persons have no patience with a moulting hen. They think she ought to lay when she is moulting, but, if they will reflect a little, they will conclude that nature is economical in her workings, and does not devolve upon her creatures the fulfillment of more than one task at a tin: . It is as much as *he can do to piss through the period of moult ing safely, for, should she catch cold or become sick from any cause, her system will be too much out of order to arrive at good health again. Although tho hen becomes, as a rule, rather fat while moulting, this is due to tho fact that when her food is assimilated, the feathers require for manufacture nearly all of the lime, phosphoric acid and nitrogen that is contained in the food, but require very little carbon. The hen may, therefore, grow fat and yet be weak, for she may be richly supplied with certain elements of which she always has an excess, while being very de ficient in other elements that are ab solutely requisite for the purpose of moulting. As the hen has now to sup ply her own bodily wants, as well as to grow feathers, she has a great drain on her system, and to neglect her for a single day makes it very precarious for her. Then, again, during the prooess of feather making, there are other min erals that are urgently demanded by the system, such as iron and sulphur. When the hens are moulting, give them a generous supply of bone meal, charcoal, meat and vegetables, tinc ture of iron in the drinking water,and a few pinches of red pepper occasion ally, makes a tonic for them. The hens that moult the earliest al ways begin to lay the soonest, and, therefore, it is best not to dispose of those that moult early. When once a hen is through moulting she has a good start as a layer, and has no further work to do till the succeeding fall but lav, and, if well, will do well in the winter, especially if the quar ters aro warm. If early pullets are well grown tho late moulting hens may be sent to market, and they will retain laying till warm weather in the spring, and late pullets will not lay in winter at all, unless they have ma tured quickly. BUTTER SALTING. Salt is a question of taste on the part of the consumer, a thing to bring out the flavor a little sharper. It is not a preserver of butter, soya John Gould in Ohio Farmer. To salt butter so that it will suit every one is a difficult thing to do. My way will not suit some other butter maker who makes No. 1 butter, and bis will not agree with my VKWS. But however we mny do it, it is simply ono ol many ways to get dissolved salt erenly through the mass, and if the THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. 4 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhea, Dysen (V ter.j, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera Ia-i A fanttun, Teething Children, Cholera ( 0 Llorbus, Unnatural Drains from^ \ the Bowels, Fains, Griping, LOGS of. A Appetite, Indigestion and all Dls ^ cases of tho Stomach and Bowels. ] f PITT'S CARMINATIVE e KU thc standard. It carries children over' thc critical period of teething, and( .) is recommended hf physicians os. Y thc friend of Motherr, Adults and' Q Children. It is pleasant to thc taste, < A oed never fails to give satisfaciion.. *C A few doses will demonstrate its eu-' pcrlativc virtues. Price. 25 eta. peri A bottle. For sale by druggists. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. GOOD MUTTON. Mutton must be chosen bj the firm ness and fineness of the grain, its color, and the firm white fat. Lamb that hes been killed too long can be dis* covered bj examination of the veins in the neck. These are blueish when the meat is fresh, nut green when it is stale. In the hind quarter, the point to examine is the knuckle, which is not firm when the meat is not per fectly fresh. THAT COLD DINNER. Farmers' children who have to walk a mile or more to school should be provided with substantial lunches, especially in winter time. Buttered broad, cake and cookies are insuffi cient nourishment after the long morn ing walk and three hours of study ; the afternoon session and homeward walk sharpens np their appetites, and as a rule they go stiaight to the pan try as soon as they get home, eat an other cold lunch and consequently spoil their supper. It is not strange that so manj country children, who should be tho most vigorous, have stomaoh troubles before they are in their teens. Mothers should make a special study of cold dinners, haring them as varied and nourishing as possible, and besides this, have tho children's enpper early. This will be convenient in winter, for we all like our evening meal at 5 o'clock, but it summer it necessitates an extra meal, especially when the supper is to be hearty-for digestion should be well begun before the early bed hour. Afc first ti will RP om n IT'tn a task, but ii -:.I?K iTt *Mr; orsd ; izt '-Ayiu? iou har vesting, Mjjocially when extra udp ?f?,. r.U ? '?. '? is reach nicer for thu another .: .*<.. Uf .ia'5 th*ti- rea . -' , - CS", -rrmnrr inorq nourisuing. We have known of many casca where children (not of poor parents, eitnei) have been ashamed to open their lunch basket before the others, its contents being so meager and uninviting-left covers, anything that happened to bo cooked. This is all wrong ; it is but a trifle more work to propare them nice lunohes, cooking tho artioles on the previous day while getting dinner. Of bread and butter there should be plenty, and cold meat as ofton as pos sible ; veal or beef loaf are nice luuoh dishes and are vory inexpensive; smoked fish, salmon, halibut or oven herring is good for an occasional re lish; hard-boiled eggs are nice once in a while, also cottage cheese, moulded in cups. Nice sandwiches may be made fiom odd bits of meat or fish chopped nue and moistened with salad-dressing. When chickens como upon the bill of fare, eave some of the wings and forelegs that are the favor ite pieces for the majority of ohildrec ; they will enjoy them the next day at sohool. There are many wholesome a nd ap petizing dishes that may be taken from any modern cook book. Health ful dainties, such as sponge cake, gra ham wafers, cream gingerbread, oat meal ! cookies and fruits, should be provided instead of rich pastries. Baked apples and cup custards are nioe, also small cups of jelly (beef ex tract cups are about the right size) will be appreciated; cranberry and apple-sago jellies are very appetizing, and at the same time inexpensive. Always provide napkins ; paper ones will do, and they are sold as cheap os 12} cents per hundred. Paraffine paper is oapital for keeping bread, cake, etc., fresh, and it can be used several times. Small tin boxes aro convenient for packing meat or fish. If a child's ap petite fails, as is often the case in the spring time, have the lunohes pre pared out of her sight, and have "sur prises" as often as possible.-New England Homestead. RECIPES. Baked Spring Lamb Chops-Season and cover with egg and bread crumbs. Bake in the oven until brown, and serve with green peas or tomato sauce. If winter lamb chops are U6ec1, it is well to pour melted butter on them the day before using, and to scrape it off before dipping in the egg. Potato Salad-lake four or five good-sized boiled potatoes, mash and add one-half teacup of cream or milk and beat until light. Season with salt, pepper, celery seed and ono small onion, chopped fine. Put one-half teacup of vinegar in a saucepan, and when nearly to boiling 'point stir in two well-beaten eggs. Stir constant ly until it thickens, then pour over the potatoes, beating all [well togeth er. Put in salad dish and garuish with celery leaves or parsley. Grilled Almonds-Blanch a cupful of almonds and dry thoroughly. Boil one cup of granulated sugar with a quarter of a cup of water until it "hairs ;" then throw in the blanched almonds. Let them cook in this sirup, stirring thom occasionally, until they become a delicate golden brown be foro the sugar changes. As soon as the sugar commences :o take on a color, quickly tako the pau from tho lire and stir the almonds rapidly until the sirup has turned back to sugar and ? clings irregularly to tho nuu.