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I t M Henry Laboucherc, editor of London Truth, declares that there are over a million girls in England unable to secure ~ husbands. The year 1SSS was a critical period in railway history, not only as affecting the United States, but as regards the rest of tfic world. The Cincinnati Enquirer facetiously predicts that if I'tah comes into the United States she will probably bo called the Matrimonial State. Northern Maine, which is perhaps the oldest lumbering district in the country, still contains a supply of timber that is said to be practically inexhaustible. The Garfield Monument at Cleveland, Ohio, will not bo dedicaicd before Decoration Day. It is said that an admission fee will be charged, permanently, to all visitors... It is thought by experts tlut the next census, to be taken June 1st, 1890, will show a population in the United States of 04,000,000?an increase of 14,000,000 over that of 1880. Durin^the French Republican celcbra tion in l'aris this year an international labor congress is to be held. A number of American organizations, including the Central Labor Union of New York city, will send delegates. The Pittsburg widow who is suiugonc Frank E. Buffom for $25,000 for the loss of herliusband through a practical joke, deserves, asserts the New York Te'egram, both sympathy and encouragement. Buffom exploded a big fire cracker near his victim last July, causing fatal injuries. - ______________ The assets of the Panama Canal Corapauy at this t:me, as scheduled by the Philadelphia Pms, consist of $100,500,000 worth of machinery, $150,000,'<00 of uncollectable claims, $50,000,000 worth of ditch, a fractured credit and^ large stock of gloomy prospects. Any of the above items will be sold cheap for cash. * nulfirofmn r\f fVio nrrftnn Ivic A ilV VUlCi VdblVU V* "44W *!?.?. WVVM greatly developed of recent years ia Algeria; so much so. that it seems possible that France may recover through her colony the profits of the 'industry which insects and decay were consuming in the home viueyards. Throe departments of Algiers together produced about 00,000,000 gallons of wine last > year. , A Pennsylvania Member of Congress is looking up the question of paiccls-post, . with the view of introducing a bill to compel the adoption of the system in this country. The opposition of express companies is said to have something" to dc .. with the neglect of the American authorities to introduce a system that has been found of great benefit in all European countries. f- - " smutting up of the iron and steel trade of the I'nitcd States during 18S?, as made by the BuUetinyoi Philadelphia, o( the American Iron and Steel Associai tion,shows that this was not a particukrfy pipsperoua year for the iron trade,jfcdV jn mapy r?speetS"~Tcii below 18S7 and lSSth The total production of pig iron during the year is estimated at 0,000,000 tons, and of Bessemer steel rails at 1,050,000 tons. The people cf Dakota are looking for a new name by which to call one-half of that Territory. The presc^ name will fit one of the new States which arc to be carved out of it, but the other is still to be christened. Among tho names suggested are Winona, irnnona and Pembina, but none of these is wholly satisfactory. The people say they want a name which shall remove the idea of blizzards from the minds of strangers. The study of fires in large cities shows that a considerable percentage is due to incendfijBfim, and the insurance <ompanies, suggests the Sau I^ancisco Chronicky should devise some method of swift aud thorough investigation in order that incendiarism may be made too dangerous for criminals to take a j hand in. It is probable also that in ; most States the penalty for arson could be increased, if it were showu that the present penalty was too light. The San Francisco Cnr.ni L\i annual review states that 1SS8 was the most prosperous year in California's history. ine present population 13 estimated at 1.400,000. Many counties have doubled, some trebled their population during the year. Mineral productions for 1883 are valued at $170,000,000, orchard products at $21,000,000, and cereals at $55,000,000; hay and vegetables, $10,000,000; wine and brandy, 000,000; wool, $0,500,000; saving bank deposits, $17?,000,000, or $7,000,000 over 1887; assessed value of all property increased $152,000,000; raisin produ t, 1,250,OOOborfes; orange product, season 18S880, estimated, 1,200,000 boxes; bean product, 70,000,000 pound-. Artcmus "Ward's will has just been prohftfprl Jn thiQ pnnnfrc Tf wn: mnrlo in England where he died tveaty-one years ago. During the closing years of H^khis life this great humorist was more Igaiyj^^ular than any of the fun makers of "When he went to England he Britishers as easily as he countrymen. Perhaps was as a lecturer. He man, with light nose, and ever rested When he to He Bjk | The Cape Argus Wee\hj says that big game is getting scarce in. the accessible parts of Africa. Trader hunters say that although occasionally they meet a lion, it is very rarely that an elephant or giraffe is seen. Those who arc familiar with the oldfashioned adulterants employed in imported olive oils will thank their stars, declares the Atlanta Constitution, that cotton-seed oil is so cheap and handy. The addition of this oil, so far from homing an adulteration, is a decided imnrovempnt on the oils that used to be sent to this country, and there is no reason why even an epicure should object to it. The workingmcn of Europe are awakening to the fact that the large military forces kept standing by European L governments are maintained at their expense. It is said that the organized labor societies on the continent, irrespective of nationality, have determined to protest against the using of public moneys for such purposes while schools and other public institutions are neglected. Mr. Firth, who poses as a "New Zealandcr," with the assistance of Mr. Froude, has written his "Opinions on America and the Americans." Mr. Firth docs not find anything in the United States to his liking. Jle has expressed himself in very serious language about some of the evils actually present or likely to show themselves which he discerned. Americans "recklessly disregard in various ways the laws of health and life." This censure is' founded on the eccentricities of their diet, their excess in smoking, the unhealthy heating of their homes, and what Mr. Firth calls their "excessive shaving." The nam rronpr.itinn SfifmS likolv to be Under the tyranny of the razor as utterly as Englishmen were forty years ago. "Money is cheap enough," according to the Boston Cultivator, "to those who have absolute security to offer. Uncle Sam can borrow money now at less than two percent, per annum. The Government actuary calculates that Government four per cent.bonds purchased at market ratc3 now pay 2.20:5 per cent, interest to investors. Four and one-half per cents, pay 1 0:52. These calculations are based upon average prices during November. We know lots of farmers who would be willing to pay double these rates, and give good farms as security. While Western farmers are paying twelve to eighteen per cent, per annum for loans, it is difficult to raise money on Eastern farm loans at five to six per cent., though the latter afford much the best security." . . Tiie Canadian jwinc muway tornpany has signed a Pacific mail contract with the English Government, says a Montreal, dispatch. The service is to commence in eighteen months, and the company will receive $22",000 annually from the Imperial Government and $75,000 from the Dominion Government, for ten years, for a monthly service to Yokohama, Hong Kong, antf Shanghai. If an eighteen knots average can be mad6 on the Atlantic end, the Canadian route to Hong Kong cau easily compete with the Suez line. The necessity for fast ships is thus indicated, and the dispatches hint that Australia, with only A fifift nnn r^nrvnlntinn rtnvfl ?1 rJT.T 000 for purely ocean service, instead of the small amount appropriated by the Dominion as above given. The old complaint of the British soldiers in the Soudan about the wretched quality of the arms furnished them has been renewed because of incidei ts at the last battle at Suakin. Several calvarymen returned with broken sabers from a gallant charge against the Arabs, while a number of them reported that their revolvers became clogged and therefore worthless. During the desperate battles with the JIahdi's forces in the Soudanese war it was no uncommon thing for British bayonets to double up (luring hand-to-hand struggles, as il made of pewter, and for brittle sabers to fly into fragments 0:1 the slightest provocation. These things created a public scandal in England at the time and it was supposed that soldiers would not be sent out again armed with toy weapons. But this supposition appears to have been an unwarranted one. Wilkinson ?fc Son, the arms manufacturers, who furnished the weapons, explain that they arc unable to make bayonets in England now, owing partly to their inability to secure skilled workmen and partly to the incompletion of their new factory, work on which is being pushed fo:ward. They state that Germany is now ihe center of the sword-making industry of the world. The English Wat Ollice authorities regarded this explanation as reasonable. Th? First Lightning-Roil. If we are to believe an Austrian paper, the tirst lightning-rod was not constructed by Franklin, but by a monk of Seuftenberg,- in Bohemia, named 1'rohop Diwisch, who installed an apparatus the l-*.th of .luuc, 115!, in the gaidcn of the curate of l'renditz ( a!ornviu>. The apparatus was composed of a pole surmounted by an iron ol supporting twelve curved-up branches, and terminating in as many metalic boxes tilled with iron ore and closed by a boxwood cover, traversed by twenty-seven sharp iron points, which pluugcd at their base iu the ore. All the system was united to the earth by a large chain. The Cobra Plant. The cobra plant of Himalaya, belonging to the family Aroid v, so strikingly resemble? a cobra with its head erect, that persons coming upon it unawares instinctively recoil with horror. The half moon shaped markings on the cobra's head and the lines on its neck are imitated in the flower sheath of the plant, whl^J^^ym^ike elongation of the o-.v er THE FARMER'S DECISION. a -? i" Well, wife, I have studied it over, I've give v it a good deal of thought, -" t I've reckoned the costs and requirements, the trials which at ease will bo fought; I've looked o'er the pages of trouble, and jotted the items all down. | And at last I've decided we'd better be * mrtfrin' nff t/\ tnwn ! "I know the old place is a relic that we always intended to keep, And we shall, for we'll rent it to some one ^ who knows how to plow and to reap; j. Yes, we'll rent the old homestead, not sell it, ^ so you needn't begin with a frown, c Then, after the thing is all settlod, we will ^ take our departure for town. t "This matter I long have considered, and ^ now then I think it is best i That we rent out the lands and the houses, and seek this new Eden of rest ! We must try to be up with the fashions?0, ^ pshaw! we're not any too old, ? I'm sixty and you're about fifty, not a very . big figure all told. t "I've purchased a house of a townsman, 'tis 1 fully two good stories high. 1 I got it at purty low figors, so I thought it 1 would be best to buy; There'sev'ry conveniencs were wantin' both ^ inside the mansion and out, The whole thing was bought at a bargain, for r 1 think I know'd what I's about. ? "You see we can take up our quarters, and you, if good fortune attends, Can put on your best new apparel and call ! on your fashionable friends; While I, with my latest-cut trowsors, and ^ you, with your new pin-back gown? ^ Why, the papers are bound to take noticfe" } and say we're residin' in town. f . i . "TO De sure! we'll be ever so 'tony'?I guess I 1 that's the word that they use; They'll invite us to dinners and suppers, and be mad if we dare to refuse. We will rent a new church-pew and buy new books, and should the good people dosiro, Our assistance we'll lend to the callin', and send forth our notes in the choir." Bo the farmer, good soul, found a tenant, a man that "could see to affairs." And ho rented the premises safely and dropped agricultural cares. He drew up the rentable papers and copied them off in his book, And now that the business is settled, let's go into town for a look. "Why, Solomon! what is the matter, is there anything out of the way? I've been thinkin' I'd tell you of somethin' and I guess I will do it to-day: You know I attended the social?they didn't give me an invite, And my feelin's were never so shattered as they were on that very same night i "I heard one proud feminine critter make difrent remarks 'bout my face, And one of 'em said how my speeches didn't fit in their nateral place: I never did sleep with a grammar, so I tried to be perfectly cool, But I guess how if I dared say it, I could 1 nf no woo (Via ' ? ! And the farmer agreed with his helpmate, he'd a trial of a similar kind, He said it had badly hurt him, and was "preyin'jist now on his mind." *| And taking affairs altogether, combining the i grammar and face, Why, he thought that "if Betsy was williu' they'd jist move back on^the place." ?Courier Journal. j A BIBLIOMANIAC'S STORY. * BY NATHAN MALEYY. M I have been all my life a Iovci^of books. For years my father kept Ahe only book store in the thriving towA of D?,and there my love for first editions, black-letter copies, proofs before leNer, -j and rare volumes was fostered. BcfWo I arrived at that interesting period of i existence, known as "twenty-one, bibliomania had become such an abiding passion with me that I forgot that I wasl intended for the law. I preferred Boffin\ r to Blackstone. tail-nieces to tenures. 1 ! and Japan paper to legal-cap.'' * My father was not a hard-hearted man, < but he wa3 stern when thwarted, and when I made known to him my aversion ]( to the law, he stormed and threatened. ! 0 As a consequence, I left D with my ; t parents' best wishes and a few gold \ pieces which I had long preserved for a i copy of Hogarth's Hndibras, of whicli I v had read, there were but twelve copies ; r printed. With what a pang I left the e cherished volumes on thy father's shelves j ( the folio Shakespeare, the well-' n I thumbed Odyssey,the illuminated Bible, ; j, and the rest! With what a pang, too,jt O Mary, I left thee at my mothers gate. 1 ^ with the big promises, of fame and tor- c | tune I would soon place at thy feet! To ' ? this day I can see the tears swimming in f thine eyes and leel the tremor in thine t hands! g I arrived in the broad city of B , I ) i and after much irritating search, en- f | gaged lodgings in a small street far from f I the busy hum of that new Babylon. I s paced the avenues, peered into the shops, r read the advertisements, and viewed c with alarm the rapid disintegration of t Bjv gold pieces into silver, from silver j into copper, from copper into air. My r only consolation in these trying times; was the rare old Dibdin I possessed. I B hugged it all the more now that my r i hopes of Hudibras had lied. AYith what c torture I recalled the words, "twelve ] copies, large paper, 1744, 2 vols., with c Dr. Gray's Annotations, and cuts by (; Hogarth." So impotent is all human f desire, so vain all human wish! In accord with that last resort of all v desperate men, I setup as an author. I ^ forgot my contempt for the Thcol aids a and the Dennises, and the Minerva Pre**, c and became a hack. Eheu, a man must t live; 1 wrote poems, novels, sermons, political pamphlets and essays teeming with book lore. And thus with my: Dibdin and my pipe, a cheap affair, ; which, considering my loneliness, I ad- i mitted to a share of my affections, the f> days passed on. t \ f M tt n m 11 com nn f in f linen rlnre tvoc Q i'lj vuiti uuiuoguiuub iu inv.ig vu*jo nao " to wander among the many book shops n and book stalls of the city. If I could c not call them mine, I could at least I feast my hungry eyes upon the cheerful 1 looking volumes, as they held neigh- I borly intercourse upon the shelves. I\ow i and then a rare folio, a scarce edition, i t or an old print, would cause me to start s with the ardor of possession, and the "* bookseller (generally bent with age and f with the appearance of a scholar) would 1 eye me with suspicion. But after many r visits (my poverty never allowed me to I fmrchase), the proprietors learned to t ook upon me as a harmless bibliomaniac;; 1 ofteu in the throes of ecstasy over some j treasure, I would pour out my learning 1 t in a riotous wealth of language, causing , c their wonder and their admiration. It : t was thus I obtained the privileges of the j c many chops in B . It was while making my r^uds^HK morning, that I picked ume which appeared fan^HHfnjSraSK |^^taMM^hape, cok^^gsKHBgRn ? ' ? fler profound misgivings? I opened ^ t, and there in mj familiar characters. \. ras the inscription that f' had placed >' here years before: V To Mr^s Uart Heatficote, 61 From her Friend, Milton Cope, Ui It was a rare edition of the songs qi ?? Jeorge Herbert. and I had underscored. J< he Mnes: ' Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives; til But though the whole world turn to coal,* - fc Then chiefly livei" . b: 0 faithless womankind! I recalled c hose melting -eyes, those trembling hi lands, and called myself a fool for ta rcasurincr a memory of the inconstant ni ?ne. I went over with much force all pi he poetical anathemas which, from the sc >eginning of time, have been hurled at 01 voman. No^loubt she had sold ray gift, j rad it had strayed hither, to make food or the unfeeling eyes of a city multi- r udc. I questioned the bookseller, but 10 knew nothing. I was too poor to purbase the volume, but begged him to put jc t aside until I could claim it. tf It was now five vegrs since T left the u Own of D . 1 remembered that I had q lever written home, for I had a romantic lotion that I would be famous within ? six months after my departure. I in- jj ended to announce myself to my parents a] ind to Mary with a flourish of trumpets, a] illing the one with remorse, and the 0 ither with pride. Then, after tears and cconcilation, I would bo king of home a; ind love, and ia That volume upset me. It made me n ingry, it made me sa \. I had begun an jrticleon Bibliolatry, but could not ^ inish it. In the midst of a brown study j, ! heard a knock at my door, followed by he.curt announcement: "A lady to see 0 rou." The staten^tstaggered me; it jj ifoosFiUthtccTTa fit oTTaughter. For C1 iv?^ong years . the only intercourse I iaa had with womankind was ^thej n nonthly meeting.with ray landlady. jefore I could control, my astonishment, n stepped Mary Heathcote. Rememjering the book, I greeted her with but noderate warmth', while the effusiveness >f her "0 Milton 1" bewildered me. . _ I was more than troubled. As I gatfed ? lpon her I could not believe she would 11 iractice deceit. She was taller, fairer, c md more beautiful than when I left her, 8 vith a sweet, angelic look which stilled s ;he rebellious words upon my tongue. u I gradually learned that my father was 1 rery ill at D , that, he expressing an <3 :arnest desire to sec me, my presence had P jcen advertised for. That, obtaining no 0 nformation, Mary, prompted by love, ? ind thinking that because of the nar- b owness of my purse, 1 had sought the ? learest 'large city, B , started out ' sravely in search of me, with but a few s lollars to aid her, and my treasured vol- c ime of songs to console her. Seeing her i s honey fade away, and yet hopeful of j v neetingme, she reluctantly parted with ! r ny offering. , 8 jU this I started up and embraced my j 8 larling. How I cursed myself for my j 0 loubts! How I blamed myself for ! 8 juostioning one of the purest, noblest i 7 ipirits that ever lived I I dried her tears 1 .vith kisses, and told her how unworthy ' )f her I was. Mary then proceeded to relate how she r ound my address. Knowing me to be | ? i lover of books, she naturally inquired I * ibout me at the stalls. Before I had sue- j v :eeded in getting some literary work to a lo, it seems that I had left my address 1 it one of the booksellers in case he at my time should be in need of one well ip in folios and fly-leave9. And so with new joy in my heart, and iccompanied by Mary, I bade good-bye 1 jn wit iftnrl Ind v. who reallv seemed sorrv d ;o part with rae. I approached the homo E ! had not scen-in five years with a tumult- t iou8 spirit. Remorse tinged my feelings, t md-when, shortly after, my father died, f ny sorrow knew, no bounds. .. To-day the Gply bookstore in tho j giving towsfcoflD is mine. ?Mary i c s at my side, ana she has imbibed some ! c >f that insidious bibliomania which r nakes books the be-all and the end all. j s Svery now and then, in reminiscent s nood, we take out of its secluded nook, j ^ i dainty volume upon whose fly-leaf is ? he inscription: * a To Miss Mxnv Heatucote, j a From her Friend, Milton Copa. I went to B and purchased it im-'t Qcdiately after my father's funeral. ? c Veto York Journalist. ; f ? ! x A Fortune in n Volcano. j J: Two years ago Mr. "William Cooper ^ eft Kew York for the southern part of 8 'Id Mexico with limited capital but un- ' iring energy. To-day he has a fortune (~ hat will keep him the rest of his life iu c uxury. The fortune he found in a place . * rhcre the average man would sooner ex- i ^ lect to find cabbages?the crater of an 8 xtinct volcano. Yet in that crater Mr. 1 ... _ t ooper found amass 01 .Mexican mosaic gate such as scientists had never even ! * m igincd us existent, and better than 8 hat, he found in New York a ready mar- , 8 ;ct for the agate he discovered in the * ild Mexican volcano, 450 feet below the F nouth of the crater and about 11,00) j * eet above the sta level. MfrgjCooper ells the story of his long rai^s and carches for evidences of the agate he beieved to be in existence; the Indian who ound a piece, brought it to him and 8 inallyguided him to the volcano; his 1 ubscquent lease of the cctate, the quar- j a ying in the old crater and his efforts to 8 istablish means for the transportation of ( ^ he agate from its bed to the nearest i mint of shipment lbO miles through the j f nountains of old Mexico. li Those who have seen samples of the . L gate declare it to be the most beautiful' e latural production ever discovered. Its 1 p omniercifi^ alue is undoubted, as a big I \*cw York firm has bought the entire : mtput for something more than $1,500,- t inn nnd will control the market. This r irm has already sofrf a single mantel- } )iece of the agatij^for S.lfiOO. Mr. Cooper t vill return to Mexico shortly, and I v vhile there will make close search for f imbcr, which he believes to be depositd iu largo quantities in the vicinity of lis agate mine.?jVac York Graphic. r j ? ? Indigcstibility of the Rind. v That the rind, or "skin," of all fruit j 0 s more or less indigestible is a fact that; } hould not be foi gotten. We say all -j J1 ruit, and the statement must be under-1 tood to include the pellicle of kernels 1! ,nd nuts of-all kinds. The edible part i )f fruit is | eculinrly delicate, and lia- j n ?le to rapid decomposition if exposed to q he atmosphere; it is, therefore, a wise c r ? vtlnon rt clrnnir nnrl 1< iruvisiuu in imi/ui u 11/ |iiai.& i> i>i? mpcrvious coating over if, as a protec- s ion against accident, and to prevent in- I v ect enemies from destroying the seed , c vithin. The skin of plums is wonder- j j ully strong compared with its thick- j c less, and resists the nctiou of water and j nany solvents in a remarkable manner, i j ( nnt tK/\rr?nnrVilvt mnstirated before ! R aken into the stomach, this skin is rare- J a y, if ever, dissolved by tho gastric p uice. In some cases, pieces of it adhere ' f o the coats of the stomach as wet paper j p ilings to bodies, causing more or less dis- ! r urbance or inconvenience. Haisins and ! o Bare particularly trouble- I o y, and if not chopped up 1 , should be thoroughly ! v swallowing. If a dried j ii nto the stomach whole, it! c d all.?J'opular Science j Thiajs the '31 bofses ]lbfdMMHH^H?^KgHn so dtfring the to do so bloody which a particle' DVflHB^H^H lould be put one 36, by foiling for >r sausage. Blood will^|HB9^^^B|H arrel to spoil aud .beajHM^^^E^HHkj se ^plenty of live been in pickle two ike them out nod rub them^HBM^B^H etre. Thi3 will harden the revent taking too much saloH^^K^^B :um rises on the brine boil it 2 all that rises and then re]HHMfl^B mcrican Cultivator. Tho Bnffalo Moth. One of the most destructive inse^HffiH lat exists is the buffalo moth. For^HBS ing time entomologists have been trvin^BH > find something that yill destroy theseBH ttle pests, but have been unsuccessful. ne now says that gasoliue, naphtha and enzine are equally efficacious. It is the rub of the moth that does the mischief. - * ; measures a little less than an eighth of are a inch in length. It is <]prk in color P0j" ad slightly hairy, and has a bright line f red "down the centre of its body. It raHl ;eds on the pollen of various shrubs Plai nd is particularly found of spirea. It ln 1 i not wise to have a bush of this plant Jar ear the house. The beetle will fly from Pc' : infX ftio Vinnap and lav ifa ftrtra in nnv * ' ** "**v -vwv ""*" mmmJ vOO" ? J r 'oolcn substance it can find, particularly 01 x the edges of the carpets. It is a good ara ling for housekeepers to place camphor r pepper under the carpets and mako of ; as disagreeable for the moths as they so" in. They will then very probably move an ) more welcome quarters. If these are loths or beetles once get into a house i yery hard indeed to get them otUjkg^ihr (ail and a 2 ^Vreparln^^r^e at Home. To prepare trine, have the refuse ^ mptijja out and the stomach rinsed off a coin water; then with a sharp knife mft ut it up in pieces eight or twelve inche3 _a( quare. IJarc a tub or large kettle with j?rc ix gallons of water, in which a quart of nslacked lime has been well stirred; if ^a] he lime has been air-slacked it will rc- ^ uire twice the quantity. Throw the "&0e lieces of tripe into the solution and stir * ccasionally and let it stand in this ten * r twelve hours; then-take a piece of pru ioard and rest upon the edge of the tubir kettle, with one end in the water. Vith a sharp kDife scrapo off all the lime and colored secretions, which will jn? ome off very easily. As each piece is craped clean throw it into a pail of clean ^ rater and rinse it so that no impurities cmain on any part of it. .Now put it into " , large pan or jar, dissolve two table-. poonfuls of baking soda in three gallons f water and pour over it and let it tand aday or two; then boil in fresh pe rater until tender. Drain off and put nto a crock and pour sharp vinegar vith half a teacup of salt over it; let it ?. tand a couple of days and it will be j 1 eady to use either fried, boiled or un- . ooked, and is very nice and palatable. ^ ?jo made of hardwood ashes may be ' ised in place of lime, and it will bo just ' s clean and good, but will not look p , iuite as nice as when cleaned with lime. -New Tork World. )Jfp Th i Fat For Frying. pr, Just here let me tell thee how to pre- am lare fat for frying thut will not have the. ] lis.igrceable taste or smell thajt lard has, of ieither will it be so expensive. Have th< hy butcher reserve it for theq, say about mc en pounds at a time, of the best beef att at, and cut it up into small pieces. th< Vhcu it is brought into the kitchen, put wi t into a large pan, and ooverjit over with th< old water, letting it stand ja half hour cat >r so, as convenient. Thenjtake it out, lot uitting it into a broad kettle over the rai tove to gradually try out. When done jui train it off into pan with some cold wi vatcr in the bottom. All impurities will po ettle in the water or on tne cnKe or tat, no ,nd the next day it can be melted over poi nd poured into jars for use. For frying th< prefer deep iat for many things, also un he kettles for that purpose, consisting fin if a double kettle, the lower one for the bri at, with a side handle for allowing the hei ippcrone, which has holes in it, to be 18' lung upon it, and so drain off all super- be luous fat from the articles fried. Have pl( .11 pieces of fat from steaks or roasts of of >eef saved, tried out and strained, hei :hickcn fat as it is taken from the chick- pl< ns before they are cooked, is very nice am or making molasses gingerbread, and, wl iy some, considered ni^ for shortcakes of nd biscuit. Mutton fat I know of no ' ise for (as it is impossible to disguise by he taste) except for chapped hands and Nc he like, but all such scraps are good for Nc oap grease, and that can be easily made 60 nrl is verv useful for cleaning numoses. 45 'at from sausage meat is goorT for frying No lotatocs. also for gingerbread. Just try l ei tif thee feels disposed to doubt it.? ac Jomcwife. in pre Recipes. ust Smat.Ii Potatoes.?Take potatoes pn bout the size of a marble, put them fini nto a stew pan with plenty of butter bo: nd a good sprinkling of salt, cover, and poi hake occasionally Tttttil they are quite Bo [one, about an hotfij^ . ves Sokt GixoKitiutKAD.?Three teacup- wii uls of ?cur, one of sugar, one of mo- otl asses, one of milk, quarter pound of Atf utter, an even tcaspoonful of soda, two ggs, a large spoonful of ginger, >ut all together and beat till light, then ' ake one hour. n>n Manciikstkk Sponge Cake..? Beat (lu: he yolk of two eggs, with one cup ot l0<; owdered sugar, add one tcaspoonful of emon extract, one cup of Hour, one easpoonful of baking powder, the , L-hiif>q nf the crms beaten stiff, lastlv our tablespoonfulsof hot water. ^ Musr.um Rki.isii.?Take one table- tQ|( poonful each of mustard and flour, one j- :j faspoonful of black pepper and salt.and a|j, wo teaspoonfuls of sugar. iMoistcn all rith good vinegar. Have on the stove jn ne pint of vinegar to come to a boil, . hen pour in the mixed ingredients. Let t boil and keep stirring, then pour it ^ to a wide -mouthed bottle. When cool j t's ready for use. (Jki'.mh Pcduing.?One quait of sweet tak lilk, one pint of bread crumbs, three- p0t uarters of a cup of sugar, yolks of four sja ggs, butter size of an egg, flavor with the emon; bake in a slow oven; when done C0D pread over a layer of jelly, whin the apr whites of the eggs to a froth, ada one | the up of powdered sugar, pour over the bee elly and bake a light brown. Servo bac old. a we Fkicassef.d Ciiickex.?Wash and cjai oint the chicken, place the pieces iu a cra tewpan, skin side down, sprinkle salt car ud pepper on each, add one slice of leal ^ tork to season it, and stew till tefider', Jt ! ry some pork strips brown, take the hav lork out and fry the chicken brown; ar- e( anrro mmf> olirpB cif toasted lisrht bread n a flat dish, placing a piece of chicken 8Up n each piece of bread. Thicken thej iquor in which the chicken is stewed vat rith flour and a spoonful of butter, lei fat t boil up once or twice, and then pour a i ver tho chicken. par < ?? , , ?~ . ns t A beastly show?The 'ranee. alone, . vHNffiEBSnM| trees ar^B^MBR^B^H^Hfl^B propugating^^BwjlflM^^Bfl^RH eonlWH^^^n^nHB icb the planterHH^HBHHHflB^K The cul{HBfiHSHn^B localities the.c^HMHg^Hfi^KHD the most favontc^HNBSHU^m^B the ^M5t\yalkK|tllPff^roieSH^H anfs flowing from the higher sIope^M ) trees areca-cfully pruned to develop ^ rowth of fine fruit, the value of ich depeiids very much upon the size, g len ripe the fruit is covered with a it colored bloom which greatly adds' v its market value. As the final appear:e of the fruit is a large element in its rlcet value, great care is taken in the 1 hering and curing. The fruit is gathd nnlg nftor rhr> tint sun has dried the 0 )und and the air and dissfcpMed all npness. Either straw is spread ior T i fruit to fall upon or the ground is tened by harrowing, so that the fall 'fruit is not bruised. The tree is itly shaken, so that only the fully ripe it is gathered. The fruit is then taken the fruit house, whero it is spread on tables to perfect its ripeness, is then subjected to several cookj processes before it is ready packing. The first of these is to dry > fruit and get rid of both external i internal moisturo. The later proses are intended'to give the fruit that ght and brilliant surface which gives . the finest qualities the handsomo npirnnce that is so much desired. For tain purposes the prunes are dried in * ; sun, but this slow process, while it res a high flavor to the fruit, enhances t : cost too much for the ordinary trade. . some localities the fru't is plttDged r o boiling water, and so left until the )led water boils again, when it is )led and spread upon irays and ex- ? sed to the sun until it is dried.- In lcr places the fully-ripe fruit is impaled 1 on twigs, which are stuck up in beds 1 straw, to he dried by the sun's heat. .0 seeds are then pushed out and the t anes once more exposed to the sun, s I then packed" for sale. [n the most productive departments j: France large ovens are used for drying j ; fruit, which is first washed to ieive sand or dust that may have become ached during the gathering. It is * ?n dried in the air upon trays of rough ckerworknnd put in single layers in ? ovens. The heat of. th^ parens is ? efully r^ulated so as not to exceed 11 } degrees at first, but afterward it is sed to 140 degrees at which heat the 1 ce of the prunes is giadually dried a thout bursting the skin. Each exsure to these heats continues for six J urs, after which the prunes aie ex- a sed to the air. During these airings ^ j prunes are turned, but are not touched til they are cold, otherwise the a gering spots the skin and injures the ght, glistening appearance. A third j iting is theu given at a temperature of 3 dcgr^|hto 212 degrees, this heating ing cJWnued until the kernel Ts com- T :tely ^tfked and probable fermentation 4 it prevented. The result of thp last 1 iting is to give the'prunes a dark pur: color, a solid and brilliant surface, c i an elastic^.firm touch. During the d loIc procjSt^ie fruit loses 70 percent. l\ its weight I'hc fruit is finally sorted into sizes, f which its market value is regulated, ?. 1 prunes runs Up to 92 to the pound; 3 i. 2, ?0 to S2; No. 70 to 72; No. 4, I to 02; No. 55 to 50; No. t!, 44 to ; No. 7, 40 to 41; No. P, 04 to 05,and i <? >:f> tn '{1 Tfc is then nressed fiat , iwcen rubber-covered rollers, having ^ ertain space between them,and packed c cases. Some packers use the feet for sssing tbo fruit in the boxes; others i a simple machine. The common ^ ines are packed in hogsheads and the est in bottles or jars or in fancy paper J. tes lined with gilt paper. The chief rt of shipment of the h rcnch prunes is rdeaux, from which more than 100 si isels yearly depart loaded exclusively }th this valuabifpiffciuct, beside many 1 ters which taRb*'partial cargoes.? y 00 York Time.*. I Alphabetical Faro. j. 'Have you got anything.here begin- ? fg with 'k' that's good to eatr" in- jj ircd a new customer at a well-known a al delicacy market last Tuesday. j How will pickled kidneys answer!" died the clerk, after a moment's . >ught. 1 'First rat?. Give me a dozen cans. e kittetfajlifo is saved," exclaimed 1 strange patron with enthusiasm. "I ^ d my wife," he continued, "that if I led to send home a kangaroo, dead or re, before 2 o'clock, I should expect 01 find the kitten served up for supper P the latest Chinese style. But your H rpy thought saves her. You 6ec we y< got tired of eating toe same tilings ?" r after day, and so last month wo ^ eed that during this month we would up (or rather down) the alphabet, rc ing one letter a day, with bread, 01 atoes, tea, and cofTee thrown in as B pies. So on the 1st we inaugurated b< dietary system with a bill of fare b; sisting of apples in many forms, hi icots pickled, asparngus, almonds and staples. The next day's menu was f, beets, ber.ns, biscuits, buttermilk, on and bonbons. The following day feasted on chicken, codfish ball-, ms, celery,cucumbers (fit) cents each), *9 bs, cOeese, cake, crackers, crullers, b( rots,canned currants, canned cherries, a 004, cider, catsup and enndj, And ^ has gone on. The fifth day woftld ?j e been a fast day had it not been'for | ^s, but we made un Taster of it. sterday we dined, breakfasted and , * ped chi?iJy on jellies. To day your ney suggestion saves us from starion, while to-morrow we will grow ? on liver, lamb, lobster, lettuce, etc. * queer thing about our new food de* ture is the number of things it has led ;oS^\4n our mouths which wejiergr-> ince they it all, and muso on vo left below, fho knows?if soa^m blss can leave the borderf of th^ir Eden home? ,\lut that some loringbne may now about the ancient threshold roam! / / ? h, like an exile,'iewduld hail a .glimpse of the familiar fleor,' ' 1 hough, -streaming"1down the lattices, ?&&? >___ rain comes sobbing, to the door. Though, streaming down the lattices, The rain comes sobbing to the door. ^ i-Uenry Kendall. i - ' % . humor of the day. 4 * ?. rl A course of sprouts?Celeiy. . -j A rdnin mnn?The ranchero. ** .MH Maid to order?A servant girL la Words in season?Bei'nhd son. fl A slow match,?Four :ycars of court- fl hip. V . - * A middleman must be a center in # rade circles. All the pawnshop patrons wants is to , >e let a loan.?lintel Muil. It is claimed by old hunters that a ~\ abbit trail is merely a hair,line. 1' Marble statues are noted for their tony expression.-r-Pi-hJnirg Chronicle. "While you are aronnd this way drop n," says tbe weighing machine to the lickcl. " Senator Edmunds believes in bringing he French domination'at Colon to a full top.?Button Post. v Patient?"What is the best position n which to sleep's" Doctor?"I usually ie down."?Boston Courier. We pity the Waterbury Watch 'Company if it ever has to wind ug its D\lsi? ^ i ess.?Eur On gtoii' Vfe e 1'rcj*.' Only in the case of fi. tavern can a coat f paint on the outsido bealso on the : nn-side.?Bingkamton Republican. The poet evho says he wovo fancies ^ J 'light as zephyr's,play, "prdbably used n air-loom.?BingJum'un Republican. It is one of the peculiaritiflMfrHlinigM " * n general that the frgshttst men geneilly tel^thejBtal&st-gtgries?Bangor Vonilercial. "Never allow yourself to get out of nything," says a writer in a household ournal. How about debt??Burlinej'on free Press. * Many men who gloomily ask: "Is life rorth living?" will not eat-hot biscuits hroughfearof injuring their health.? 1 tchison Globe. A German has discovered a process for onverting cucumbers into sponges. The ? loctors are camping on his trail?Buring'en Frie Piejt. The man who thinks he can heave in a ew toddies, and go home and deceive lis wife into an idea that he is quite ober, is worse fooled than he thinks she ?.?Milwaukee Journal. Jake? "Mr. Slowpa wants tor know if ou'll open a running account with him." Jealer ? "No; tell him I'm afraid we'd ,avc too much running to do before we'd ollect it."?Detroit Free Pre. 9. "I say, Jones, that was a shabby trick ou played me about those trousers." 'What's the matter; didn't they reach ou all 0. K.V* '\Naw; they came C. ). D.; chat 'em."?Detroit Journal. Time. 11?V> r? M- She?"3Ir. Tire1 -- * -'4-. um, wnat is your iavuuus uach-uui le (enthusiastically)? "Walking." t-hu 'I am glad to know it. I wa9 afraid ou had forgotten how".?Burlington ?rce Pre. 8. Jinkins (at the opera)?"What's that?" le Music?"The score." Jinkins? 'Hello! Didn't know a 6core. could be ept on a game like this. Which side is ? head?the tiddlers or tho singers?'? ^ Philadelphia Ilc'ord. Miss Bruce (who has heard that her iend Miss Decring has had a falling ut with Mr. J owney)?"Why, I lought, Kugcnia, that you and Dick ere solid." Miss Peering (icily)?"Oh, ear, no?only plated."?The Cartoon. At the concert?"Do you call that iusic? Nobody can tell what they aro laying." Waitress- "If you please, sir, le players have had a quarrel to day, so 5U see they are quite angry with each :her still, and everyone is playing what 3 chooses. ' Mrs. Blifkins (time, midnight)?"Hor >rs; uusoaua: nusoana: x near some ie' burrowing through the wall.' Mr. lifkins?"'Well, well! Itmustbe that jok agent. I knew we'd all be in bed jr 11 o'clock, and I told him to call at llf past."?Xcio York Weekly. Vermont's Bounty on Foxes. Vermont has for years paid a bounty I fifty cents for every dead fox, and it said in the two years past $10,000 has sen paid in bounties. The other day countryman appeared before the counr treasurer with eleven young foxes, i which he wanted tne bounty, l nree : them'were alive, and he thought it as hard that he could not get the :>unty and keep them for pets. AYhen 5 was told that bounties were paid on jad foxes only, he killed the threo ;tlc fellows at once and called for the [.SO.?New York Son. M There arc more than twenty Russiat^^BH duces who are entitled to dDuke.