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p^r- ; ' - ' Today. .The sunshine lingers in the roor. I seo it through the window stream, Kissing the pillow, whero ho lay His head in many a boyish dream, < But, oh! the change sinco yesterday,? The young, strong step that I so miss, The weary miles now stretching on Between us, and my Inst l'ond ki6S. And mine had been a difforont plnn,? A dream of sheltered nooks und bowers, Of toil and pleasure lmnd in hand, Of home and friends and merry hours. But ho had longed to try the world, Its hopes, its promisee, its cares, To tempt Damo Fortune's fickle smile, And win her to him unawares. " And so, with spirit bold and bravo, He pressed my hand in muto "good-bye," And turned asido, lest I should see The tears that glistened in bis eye. And my poor heart wus aching Bore, Ho might have heard each throb ol pain, My questioning heart, that yearned to know If I should moet my boy again. Oh, life is hard! The common lot, And parting wring the nnguished heart* But, oh! how differently we'd choose, Yet see our fondest hopes depart! Wo take the burden we would fain Lay dowii, and fold our weary hands, Praying our loss moy bo his gain, Trusting to Him who understands. ?Every Other Saturday. ' A Detective's True Story. ,4I have lost faith in some detective methods and have learned to be very careful," said Detective James K. Price, of the Twenty-ninth Precinct. "Yes, I've been looking a little grave for the last few days, and I've had an exDerience. There's nothing very startling in it, but it's an interesting story, if it's not the first I've told about a crime. I like it because there's nothing vulgar or rankly criminal about it, and no police officer ought to disregard the lesson I was taught. Blit no names, mind! No, it must be what you call anonymous all through, although at least half a dozen persons in this city and two in a western city -will at once recognize the principals and side actors in it. A "The starting point is the "well furnished bedroom of one of New-York's most celebrated operating surgeons, it won't do any harm to say it's in a house In Fifth-avenue not far from the Hotel Brunswick. The surgeon has been bedridden for some time, owing to an injury to his knee, but his practice and patients ate so important and solid that for some time he has received those who absolutely declined treatment at other hands at his bedside. The other day he was very busy He possesses a fine Jurguensen watch which, with the chain, is worth $650. In the morning he called his page, told him to give him the watch, and the doctor wound it up and saw the page put it on the mantelpiece: Then he devoted himself to his patients, entering the name of each on a slate as he or she went away. Hours passed by and when leisure came and the doctor wanted to know the time his watch could not be found. I was sent for and the facts for me to handle were simple. Thirteen patients and the page were the only persons who had been in the bedroom from the time that the watch was wound up ?one of them was a thief. ** 'How about the boy ?' I asked. " 'Out of the question, Price,' said the doctor; 4I have tested his honesty and have the utmost faith in him.' ? 'Then ?' I began. " 'Then,' said the doctor, 'you must look for the thief among my patients, and do your duty as an officer.' "Of course the doctor's slate was consulted, and 12 of the persons who called were vouched for by him as absolutely beyond suspicion. The thirteenth patient was the cl^ild of a lady from Cincinnati. The mother's name I should have remembered, as it is that of a man whose position in social circles both in Cincinnati and other cities is among the highest. Mrs. ... came to this city with one of the most famous physicians of the West to have Dr. treat her child, five years old, for hip trouble and occupied a suite of rooms at the Sturtevant House. Dr. knew the physician but did not know the lady. At first Dr. -would not allow himself tc believe that the watch ousht t<S h* ; ' D "" """ looked for in that quarter. But there were the other 12 patients and the page acquitted and he had to bring I; himself down to stern-facts. The first move was to send for the physician, He told who the lady was and wai agitated and alarmed when the sug, gestion was delicately made that she T mm a IrlAntnmanta/i ,yj. -w . W mV^WIU|Ull?|V) \AJli 1 TUUVCli with the facts, he admitted that attain % must take their course, at the sam< time declaring his belief in the lady'i fe-V, innocence. Dr.- told me to probi l the affair to the bottom, and was i little influenced by a member of hii household, who saw the lady from Gin cfnnati in the surgeon's parlor, ant did notjike her looks.* "I maneuvered to be in^th* suspect 1 pernoc's presence without betraylnj ""if myself. I struck on the personality of a maker of appliances for distorted limbs and went to the hotel. I saw < the lady first without her seeing me through a half opened door, and like i the man in the song, *1 sez to myself, sez I,' *if you're a thief James Iv. Price doesn't know anything about honest i f.. 9 mi T - t ? * ? xueu x was aumitteu zo ner j prosence, and I have seen very few such gracious and admirable women. She had my sympathy at the outset, and she was so wrapped up in her girl and spoke so tenderly of the little cripple's cheerless life of agony that a dozen times I was aboUt to betray myself before the proper time came. Then I asked her to Bit and listen to me for a minute, told her who I was, and stammered out the story of the robbery and our suspicions. Had I had any suspicion left it would have been swept away by the manner of the lady. Her hands went up, her face changed, and if I had put a dagger in her she could not have shown more pain. No crying out or showing off, but real, dead earnest grief, as if a sorrow too great to get through her ideas had come upon her. ' "After a while she said: 'And do < you believe me guilty?' ; " 'No, ma'am,' I replied, bluntly and i honestly. ] "Then she asked what she should s do? The thief must be found, she j could not rest under suspicion that would be a blot not only on her but on < her unfortunate little girl. She did j not need to beg me to clear up the i mystery, and I put in some heavy i work on the case, after telling Dr. i that 1 did not suspect the woman, < and being told that no one else could ] be suspected. A couple of days after : the lady, her child, and the physician ) went back to Cincinnati. She was i broken down; her features had chang- * ed under the keen sting of suspicion. I Next day I found who was the thief, i I had gone over the list on the slate 1 many times, and was compelled, little 5 hv litt.lp. to narrnw mv flolil nf ononin- i ion, when I discovered that one of the ! patients was accompanied by his son, i a youth of 20. I went to work on these, ! and found I had to deal with a clergy- 1 man whose name is recognized every- 1 where in New-York, and of whom few ; educated Americans are ignorant. I < had made only a couple of inquiries I about the boy when I started for the 1 pawnshop and in a few hours I had the watch and chain and knew who i pawned them. I had, too, an interview with the mother of the young man, a kind, pleasant lady, whos<. faith in and anxiety about her son and husband when I inquired about them, i were touching. I was pretty well sick i of the case when I told her the truth, i After her agony was over she said I i must see the father. 1 called on him later and came near breaking down. Yet, he met me with outstretched ; arms, took me by the hands, and, with i tears streaming down his cheeks, said: Brother, this is a hard blow, a harder 1 one never was dealt me. I thought I i was sorely stricken a little while ago, when I laid my daughter to rest for- : ever, but this tries me moie.* I sat with him for an hour. I had such discretion as is proper in such cases and could promise _i )t to make an arrest until ordered to act harshly by Dr. , receiving a promise that the delinquent should be ready for me if the complainant decided to punish him. "Of course he was not punished' When I laid the watch and chain on .ur. s Dea ana named the tbief he said, 'Price, stop right there.* But,' said Price, brightening up, "I took from that room and mailed a very satisfactory letter to the Cincinnati lady which was penned at my suggestion. "How about the young man ?" "Well' it's a question of reform or coming my way. Guess he'll quit funny business for a time. But I'm glad about the lady. I've had a lesson 1 that'll last me some time."?New York < Times. ! [ The Northern Light. It is argued there is a great open polar sea surrounded by icy cliffs and lashed at times by fearful wind and > magnetic storms. When these occur. > the spray is hurled into the #lr and > the reflection of the sunlight creates ? the phenomena known as the "northr ern lights." But this riddle will never t be solved until by airship or some other agency the pole is reached, and i its conditions and surroundings thor* . oughly explored.?Day Star. . i J t He Took (he Hint, i It was very late. They sat quiet > Conversation had long been desultory ? and disjointed. He would not go. A ) brass band in the far distance struck i up a mournful dirge. i "How pretty that music sounds on ? the still night air ?" said he. I "Yes.*' she answered, wearily. "What are they p'uvinjt? Yes?-it is 'Home, I - sweet Homer" | ? lie took the bint, and he has it now. ! ;wv<>.w?rrS:v? ' . Cowboy and Broncho. Tn a letter to the Philadelphia Timet, describing a "roping match" with bronchos and steers at the Albuquerque, (New Mexico,) territorial fair the writer saya: As a rule the cowboys were wellmannered but a few were enthused and swore with spirit at everybody ftr;a ?vervthing, these choice ebullitions being usually preceded by an Apache pell. After an hour of discussion and pleasant wrangling, the judge mmsell a fine rider, called out the name of an Arizona cowboy, a champion puncher and rustler from Apuche county. At the same moment a wild-eyed broncho was released from the pen, and went bounding and bucking over the miniature plain. Acoording to the rule, the Apache county man had to saddle his Dwn broncho, lariat the fleeing horse, and rope him for branding in a certain time. Being a rustler, he rustled around so lively that before the broncho was two hundred feet away tie had saddled and bridled his own animal, swung himself on to it, ani was Dff, gathering up his lariat as he went. The other broncho, hearing the coming snemy, doubled his pace, dodging her? and there, but at every turn he was met by his pursuer, who was evidently directed by his rider's legs, and in an incredibly short space of time the Pu rvi f 1 trn nrna nvarKnttlail* f V? a rnnfl LU^IUITO n UO \J T V?1 il p VUV 1 whistled through the air and dropped quickly over the broncho's head, regardless of the toss he had made. The instant it fell the pursuing broncho rushed and headed ofl' the other, winding the rope about his legs; then, sudienly sitting down upon his haunches, tie waited, with ears back, for the shock. It came with a rush, and the little horse at the other end of the rope, as was the intention, went headlong on to the field, the cowboy's bronchc liolding him down by the continual strain that he kept up. The moment the horse went down the cowboj vaulted from the saddle, untying n rope from his waist as he ran, and was soon over the prostrate animal, lashing the hoofs with dexterous Angers, jo that it could have been branded then and there. This accomplished, up went his hands as a signal to the judges, who now came galloping over the field, a roar of cheers and veils greeting the Apache county man, whc had done the entire work in twelve minutes, thereby securing the prize ol sundry dollars. A Great Institution. An English exchange says, that tc the question, "What is Lloyds?" the answer must be: The great marine insurer of the world. And yet it is not a joint-stock company, nor a "limited" association, nor are its members bound together by any mutual interest. It is a perfectly anomalous institution, and yet the greatest of the kind the world ever saw. The rooms of Lloyd's are th< rendezvous of the most eminent merchants, ship-owners, underwriters, insurance brokers and bankers. Th< Merchants' room is superintended by t shipmaster, who speaks a dozen lan guages or more, and welcomes busi ness men irom every nation. ?n< Captains' room is a coffee-room when ship-owners and sea-captains meet to gether, transact business and discus: the news. But it is the Subscribers' room thai makes Lloyd's the attraction it is. Th< 2,100 underwriters and subscribers who pay their annual 4 guineas here and their 25 pounds sterling initiatioc fee, represent nearly the whole com mercial wealth of England. Lloyd's itself does not insure; it is only tin members of Lloyd's. You wist to insure 10,000 pounds sterl ing on a venture to the Ber mud as. Your broker goes to Lloyd*! and proposes, naming the ship and car go. An underwriter turns to the reg ister, ascertains how the veseels is rat ed, speaks to two or three others, ant then says to the broker, "Yea, we wil do it at one-eight of one." "Whi signs?" asks the broker. "Magnay Richardson, Coleman, Thompson am myself." "That will do," ' replies the broker, who, while the clerk makes ou the policy, proposes again and agaii for other ventures. "Is this consid a/vll?f a a f a t" aac fKa ma/ln v?ou onici viucc vuo icnuo ask. Perfectly. The broker knowi his men. Besides, to fail to meet i loss forfeits for ever all right to d< business at Lloyd's. What Happened to Fa. "Is your pa at home little girl?" Yes, sir, do you wish to see him?' "Yes." "But you won't know him if you d< see him I" "Why, what's the matter?** "Well, you see, out in the countr; on our farm a man and his wife go fighting, and pa he tried to stop them1 "Oh, indeed H "Yes; you'd better call again. Yoi wouldn't know pa now." ?Courier Journal. *-W:n?-("*> v " . FOK THE FARM AND HOME. Good and Poor Cheese. i An English dairyman, writing ii the London Agricultural Gazette ' thinks that the good and poor cheesi j which so often conies from the vat de l pends on the rennet need. He says 5 Are we to suppose that here is an ar and business in a thorough muddle o incapacity and confusion?that thosi ! practical men, from whose dairiei cheese comes worth not more than 2! cts. a cwt., from whose dair les cheese worth close on thre< times as much is commanding tha price even now?are wo to conclud< that these are all helter-skelter, know ing nothing in their business certainlv but only accepting that which happen ?some of them being in luck, an< some far otherwise?as we were onc< taught to accept disease or health These were once supposed to be in scrutable decrees to be received simpl; with submission. And so now som< always make good cheese and soirn always murder good milk. The re i suits are not accidental; they can b investigated and explained, and obvi ated or attained, at will. They do no "come." They are, in every case, thi result of known causes, which can b directed, regulated, and checked a i will Protecting Trees from Inject*. With regard to protecting trees fron the ravages of insects which climb u] the trunk from the ground and de Btroy the leaves, blossoms, and fruit some paint a ring of coal tar or liqtiii gum on the trunk, and in some case paint the whole of the trunk. Thi , is more or less ineffectual, as some o the insects settle unnn t.hi? nntipaiv substance and perish, but in doing s , form a bridge for others to pass ovei | A more effectual and permanent pre I | tector was said to have been invente ' by a German some time since. Th , method which he adopted was to us ( a metal collar, which contained li ( its lower part a rim forming a kind o dish, while the upper part supported i screen which protected the lower par i from the influences of the weather. I was made in two halves, which, whe s attached to the tree, were joined b . two pins. The apparatus is slightl , larger than the tree, and the space b( , tween it is then calked with hemp o , cotton. This is afterward saturate e with tar or petroleum, to preven birds from pic>ing it out. In the up per part there was a small openin closed by a cork; through this hole , liquid composed of glycerine, tar, mir , eral-oil, by itself or mixed with poi . son, was poured, and the cork replacet ; When properly adjusted it was state 1 that insects could not ascend, an [ that the apparatus would remain el fectlve during the whole season witt out attention. The Care of Horses. If those having the care of liorsc would study into the question of car and management it would conduce t the well being of the animals and th protit of the owner. For instance, j has been stated, and widely copied i journals without comment, that t give a horse style and grace he shoul be fed from colthood up in a mange so high as to cause some exertion t reach the food. Nothing could t wide* of the mark aimed at. Jf a animal has not the physical conforrm tion to give style he can never be mad to assume a high head without in paring valuable points elsewhere. I fact, if a high head could be given b feeding from a high manger, thl would correspondingly dep ess th ipinal column behind the shoulder: Improved action and style are th result of careful training, and can onl be developed measurably in any ani 3 mal. In other words, you cannot eve measurably change the conformatio af an animal without in the sara measure changing the centre of grai ^ Ity. Hence stumbling and other disc bilities. The horse naturally choo3< 3 to stand with the fore feet somewht | Higher than the hind feet. For th farm horse especially the feed-bo * should be rather low than high, an ' the manger, and not a rack to b 1 reached up to, should hold the hay. The horse that works all day r< r- quires rest at night. The owner wh 9 gives the best food, grooming, an bedding to the animals under his car gets the most labor out of them f< his money. The food and drink shoul especially be clean and of the bes Not long since an item went tt * rounds that dusty or musty hay wi ?s good as the best, if moistened wit o ilightly salted water. The medicatic ioes not in the slightest alter the ba qualities of the hay. The result < f such feeding is wind broken, hea\ t oorses. Musty hay is not even fit f< !' ; iecent store cattle. In winter nothing about a stable i: more economical tlmn good blankets 1 . oe worn in the stable and to be ca risd with the team wherever drive with which they may be covered when standing. Letting down the check 1 rein when going up hill and easing the rein when horses are at rest should ^ naturally be suggested to the driver. Yet how many are instructed so to do? It is attention to little things ^ that brings profit, and in no respect in j, farm economy are many owners more derelict? than in the care of teams of 3 horses an?l mules.?Chicago Tribune. 3 Mushroom Culture. The demand for mushrooms in large 3 cities and towns makes the culture of t this delicacy of interest to gardeners b and others living in close proximity - to markets for the same. To make , the production of mushrooms by ar3 tificial means profitable, the making 1 of the beds must be regulated so that i their crops of edible fungi will come ? at a season when there are no uncul tivated mushrooms in the markets. y During the winter season and the ear3 ly Spring the price per pound paid for b mushrooms in New York City varies 1 - from 75 cents to $1.50 per pound. A great deal of care and judgment - must be exercised in preparing the bed t and planting the spawn, which may b be obtained at leading seed stores. n * t.;_ j_ - * a iiiold am I.WO MUU3 Ol SpaWIl mfi t English and the French. The latter is more expensive and is preferred by many. Success in mushroom culturegrowing depends so much on a proper I and uniform temperature and moisture P that success is by no means certain with the amateur. It is useless to '' attempt winter forcing of mushrooms * in any place where the temperature 8 falls below 50 degrees. 3 The usual plan is to procure soil from an old pasture in the autumn 0 and store it away. To one bushel of 0 this soil add two bushels of fresh * horse manure. With this well-mixed compound prepare a bed four feet II ..14 J .... w m? auu as long as may oe desired. 0 Put down a thin layer and pound or e tread it down as firmly as possible; Q add another layer and pound that * down, and go on until the bed is eight a to twelve inches deep. In a little ? while it will become hot, but let the heap cool until the bed is of the right n teinperaturo to receive the spawn? y about 90 degrees. y Mushrooms may be grown in any dark room or cellar, writh proper care, r where the temperature can be maintained at from 50 to 65 degrees. 2f V the temperature is higher the mushrooms grow smaller and the bed beS comes sooner exhausted. If kept heft low 50 degrees the mushrooms are l" slow to grow and are not tender when l" cooked. ' Next make holes in the bed one foot d apart and put in the spawn?two or d thre9 pieces as large as a walnut?in each hole. Cover the holes and press the soil solid and smooth. In about twelve days cover the entire bed with fresh loam to a depth of two inches, and over this place about five inches depth of hay or straw. AVith tho right temperature there will appear a crop of mushrooms in six or eight weeks, and the bed will continue to bear for 1 three weeks or longer. After the first n crop is gathered a little more fresh ? soil should be scattered over the bed and the whole moistened with warm r water and covered with hay as before. 0 ?flew York World. >e n The Ilouiewir*'* Table. I- SOLIDS. e Wheat flour, one pound is one quart, t- Indian meal, one pound two ounces n are one quart. y Butter, when soft, one pound is one is quart ie Loaf sugar, when broken, one pound 9. is .one quart. e White sugar, powdered, one pound y one ounce are one quart. L Best brown su<mr. ono nound two n ounces are one quart. n Eggs, ten are one pound. le LIQUIDS. r- Four large tablespoonsful are one i- and one-half gills. is A common-sized tumbler holds oneit half pint. ie A common-sized wine glass hold8 x half a gill. d A teacup holds one gill, e A tablespoonful is half an ounce. Rceipci. a- I i Lemon Syrup.?Squeeze the lemons^ d straining carefully that no pulp ree mains. To one pint of juice add two )r pounds of sugar; set it away until d completely disolved, stirring occasion j. ally, and then bottle it. One or two ^ teaspoonfuls of this syrup in a glat*3 of w water makes a good lemonade, ih Baked Sour Apples.?Peel nice tart m apples, leave whole, remove the core by td running a narrow knife around it, set >f it on a deep pie plate and fill the holes ry with sugar ; drop on the sugar in each >r apple three or four drops of lemon . extract, or grate nutmeg over them; is pour one teaspoonf ul of water on each to | apple; bake in a moderately hot r. { oven; serve cold; very nioe. Try n, I them. ..V ?" A:> * i Hominy and Carina.?A change of dish of hominy or farina is very palatable. Farina should be mixed thin? about like meal-mush?and boiled. about an hour over hot water. Hominy should be soaked in cold water over nierht. and ImilAil f/?r an hmir with a little salt, in the morniug. Eat with sugar and milk or butter and sugar. To Broil Mackerel.?Clean and carefully wipe a good-cized fish; split it entirely dowu the back; put a little oil over the fish with a feather, lest the delicate skin should be broken by the gridiron, the bars of which must be | rubbed with fresh suet. Chop a little parsley and fennel very fine, season with pepper and salt and rub into a. thin slice of butter. Fill the back of the mackerel with this mixture before you put it on the gridiron and then broil it over a clear tire. It will require from twenty to thirty minutes to cook it thoroughly; serve with sauce. Home*Mude Apple Pie. As this is the first recipe we have given for pie, it is the proper time and place for us to express an opinion on the subject of pie in general. It is our firm conviction that the average Die of to-dfiv i? t.h? riiroot". nn n*it> nf more ill-nature and general cussedness in mankind than anything else, anil that there lurks more solid, downright dyspepsia in a square inch of baker's pie than in all the other dyspeptic-producing compounds combined know n The pie we desire to see upon the American table is one that is more the receptacle for fruit than a blending of fruit with pull-paste so soggy that lead would digest almost as easily. when a top crust is used let there be but little of it, and so light and delicate that "fairy footfalls" would break through it. And this is how to get up the right sort of pie: . Line a buttered pie-tin with commonest kind and the easiest-made puffpaste; cut some of it in strips threequarters of an inch wide: wet the edge of the paste in the tin, and arrange a. ^ strip around the rim; cut the top of the border slightly, and add another rim nnortnr nn/1 /*?*?"? n ^ the hest sour apples obtainable, Cut each quarter in three pieces; arninge them neatlj* in the pie-tin, slightly mound-shaped in the centre; to each pie add a teaspoonful of grated lemonpeel, half a saltspoonful of freshlyground cloves,and sugar?three ounces of which will make the pie moderately sweet, and four to five ounces decidedly sweet. Bake thirty minutes. While baking beat a pint of cold cream in a bowl surrounded by ice, whisk it thoroughly with a baker's egg-whip or I beater until a substantial froth is formed, and keep it on the ice until wanted. "When the pies are done, and have cooled, add a mound of the whipped cream, and when the pie is about to be served let the head of the family state emphatically to those at table that the under-crust is not to be eaten. Serve a spoon with this kind of a pie instead of a fork. When variety is re. quired a meringue maybe used instead of the whipped cream. In this case It should be returned to the oven a moment to color the top slightly. ?New York Cook. Currency of Brazil. The money that is used in Brazil is liable to give a stranger the nightmare. Imagine yoursftlf presented with a bill for 30,000 reis after eating a dinner and drinking a bottle of wine at a cafe. One is apt to engage in some expressions of astonishment, even if he is toe honest to attempt an escape by the back door. But composure is restored when it is discovered that a "reis" is worth only the twentieth part of a a cent, and at the present discount oi Brazillian money, such a bill amounts- v only to about $7. The bookkeepers of Brazil have a hard time of it, however, as the reis isthe standard of value, and the long lines of figures which represent the commercial transactions of the ordinary mercantile or banking house each day as a severe tax upon the mathematical accuracy and ability of the people. For example $1,000,000 equala about 4,000,000,000 reis, and the paper currency of Brazil represents 488,000,000.000 reis. The commercial statis fcica of Brazil look very formidable; but the people simplify matters somewhat by using the term miUreis, which means a thousand reis. The currency of the country consist of irredeemable paper shinplasters, the smallest deAomination being 500 reisand below that sum, which is equal to about thirteen cents in gold, nickel and copper coins are used, tbe reis being a very minute disk of copper. There is no gold or silver in circula tion, and as the balance of trade has been largely against Brazil of recent years, there isn't coin enough fn the country to pay the - -interest oo the public debt, and the bondholders are given bills on London,?New York Sun.