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7 -t\ . st utmmmn ptmem. ̂ ligniri W*&*?Yr •>jT* f ' test. <l'V./> V t̂ V, # v*, Haf/' t?!--* *% jfe. B«r tea' hi* to* IU <rannin\ IV* trvmbKn' vewrMid alow, Bnttafkaut to l«i and loTin' A> unit* lane asro! An* Uiioagk her strength mar witlfr Wip lUttthe mitker. f. T~ftM Vteadfai>t, true an" aweotf $» nwna revere the mithar, FaeWean' auld an' gray; , The ahlnln' ones are helpln her AAoo&ber eventn' way I E« twtrna wh» wait her yonder. Bar gnde mon gone before; L ft* w»arte»--c*n ye wondar?-- - To Win to that braw shore! . t - - >•' dlnna chide the mlther! •' ' O Up, b® alow to say A, Word to chide the gentle heart ;• > Wha watched your childhood's Olf. * Ay, fin to heed the tender voice |* , \vha crooned the c#adle sang: * Ja* dlnna chide the mlther, sin' s* . m»y n» hae her lang! ^ WITH THE U. S. OofrPosf. , A series of large, connected lakes, or tresh-water seas, separates Canada from the United States. On their thinly- peopled shores Indian tribes dwell, «rer whom the Government maintains Its authority by a number of isolated forts. In .summer the bine waters are alive frith vessels of all kinds; bat in -winter these lakes are covered with ice, ai}d were it not for the communication kept, up by the United States dog- ftosts, as singular as it is dangerous, he solitary forts and their small gar­ risons would be completely shut out from the rest of the world. ! * This communication consists gener­ ally of two light sledges, drawn by two Or " three stout Esquimaux dogs, and two couriers, often one white man and g|^%^ne Indian, sometimes two trustworthy -'•* inen of the red race. . A little stock of dry provisions, an • " I ax or rifle, and ammunition and a com- * pass, form the whole equipment of the Couriers. They take their places on Z ( the sledge beside the letter-bags, and , - - before starting the dogs are given a %" good meal of raw meat. p- One bitterly cold day in February, |" r1876, I was called by urgent business £ <-trom my residence at the foot of Lake £i t '*• Winnipeg to Fort. Abercrombie, Dako- f. ' ta, a distance of some 250 miles. £ • The call was imperative, and I deter- f " inined to accompany the dog-post for %i: the first part of the journey. One of '"the couriers was a stalwart half-breed, jumred to all manner of hardship from < f Infancy, and the other a stout white , .• -• man, named Miller, of huge and burly ;v physique, capable of immense endur- *nce. f ; j I® the foremost sledge was placed ; {beside the letter-bags) provisions for f * - the men and the dogs, while in the rear which was drawn by a powerful % doable team of dogs, half of them my - * Own, I had stocked a bundle of robes s and blankets to add somewhat to our fe;/C oomfort, or rather safety, when in p,'--. camp. & Into fliis shoe-like sledge I fondly * . • loped to creep and glide smoothly to lay journey's end; but the cold was so - Intense that before we proceeded many fe, »:iniles I was forced to run after the |v îsledge to avoid being frozen. In every direction the eye met but an ittabroken waste of snow, presenting * the appearance of immense sheets gliffkt.lv wtiiarl «t bstfe suds. About thirty miles were passed the first day, and at night we encamped near a pine forest, in which two large ; fines were lighted. Next morning We I jM&ie upon a wide bay which ran far up /into the land. : The compass now became our guide, * zSor nothing was to be seen around but "the interminable surface of ice and < frozen snow, and the clear sky, at which "thfii Indian frequently looked with knit­ ted eyebrows. Something in the air •and the color of the horizon did not ^please him. At noon the bright blue of the sky .~had changed into a dull gray; the sun iwas wrapped in a thick mist. The In- Jdian now with hasty strides went on be- Hore the head of the first dog, which closely followed his heels, his eyes anxiously fixed upon the horizon, that was now growing darker and darker, * while Miller consulted his compass «*ery quarter of an hour. Another hour passed, and nothing : more was to be seen of the sun. A slight, scarcely perceptible, breeze had -arisen. Suddenly the Indian stood still, stretched out his hand toward us, and a fine snowflake rested upon it. With a significant shake of the head here- beamed his way, and soon fell into a ^ singular trot, peculiar to the Indians, f The dogs followed willingly, their in- f stinct warning them of what was corn­ er ing, and Miller and I equally hastened ' -our pace. All three now knew what was before ua; but not a word was ' apoken. |; Every moment the daylight was de- | .•creasing, though'the evening was still . far off. The snow fell thicker, the |l% ; breeze blew stronger. Off to the north Tolled a little eddy of loose snow, a .mere puff not larger than your hand. Another followed; miniature coils tended about over the smooth surface, and sank back imperceptibly to the land •gain- Drifts of larger proportions rolled over the expanse, until the atmosphere became thick with the frozen particles and the range of vision was limited to a few feet by the whirling masses. The wind at last changed into a howl lag storm, almost congealing the blood jMid depriving the travelers cf sight, •while the driving snow threatened each moment to overwhelm the weary dogs {Hid the sledges. Soon it was no longer possible to keep a straight course. The air seemed to be changed into a vast whirlpool of tnov, which utterly took away all sense and feeling. Suddenly the Indian halted. "I no more know the course!" he aaid. "We can only follow the dogs where they go." But no sooner had the foremost dog found that he was left to himself, than he turned his back to the storm and, strongly supported by his followers, with a mighty effort, trotted off with the aledge. ^ Driven furiously oy the wind and holding desperately on by the reins, Miller and I followed. Hearing and •seeing had long since ceased in the rag­ ing of the storm and whirling of the anow. At last, after what seemed an age, we felt that the course presented obsta­ cles to our feet. We perceived by the reins in our hands that the sledges were shaking and jolting, and .soon by the blocks of broken, uneven ice we saw Si"- that we must be near to the shore. This discovery inspired us with fitfesh ^ r jgLmifi&k* % itiillfc 4Mue MiiifliftA ovoa law I A- Iinlnrm noUiiwf butnigfctarowkU- tbe sledges tAewdj aad tfce seemed, in the n/pm where we aow were, to have abated, and we ooold dimly discern the outline of a pine forest be­ fore us. No haven was ever more wel­ come to shipwrecked mariner. We now pressed on with renewed vigor, and I suppose that, in our eager­ ness, we became less cautious, for I suddenly discovered that the ground emitted the rumbling sound which indi­ cates that the ice is "dry," or covers holes and crevasses on the land near the shore. To turn was impossible. The half- breed's sledge was well in front, but the danger to us was greater, as our sledge was heavier, and our dogs al­ most exhausted. All depended on them, and we pushed them on at their utmost speed, trembling with fear, for they were well aware of the danger. All at once there was a crash. One of the runners of the sled went through the ice. The leading dog followed, and in another moment nearly the whole of the sledge disappeared under the de­ ceitful crust into the snow beneath. My first thought was to free the dogs. I succeeded in cutting most of the traces with my strong clasp-knife. All contrived to extricate themselves ex­ cept the faithful leader. He never rose again. Meanwhile I was struggling in the cavity with the confused mass of dogs and "lines. I tried to cling to the sledge, but found that it would not support me. « Next I groped round and round the hole--the treacherous ice giving way whenever I tried it, and the hole only becoming larger with every effort on my part. Miller could do nothing for me, and every minute I became weaker. To die in this way, just when safety was almost within my grasp--it seemed too hard! Just then the half-breed cried out: "Catch this flask and drink, quick!" By an effort I secured it and quaffed the contents--brandy--greedily. "Now, then," resumed the half-breed, "try and free the blankets and fasten the bundle to the end of this rope-- quick!" and he shot a coil right at my head. Blessed forethought! My iobes and blankets were strapped in the wrecked sledge. With a great effort I unloosed the fastenings, using my teeth and hands and feet desperately, until I had securely entwined the bundle in the rope. It was hauled away in a moment and the rope flung back. I was so worn out by this time that I» could scarcely tie it around my body, or stretch out my hand to defend my­ self from the jagged edges of the crevasse; btat at last, by the mercy of God, I found myself on my back on the ice. In a few minutes more we gained the pine forest, lashed by the storm, be­ neath the shelter of which the dogs lay panting with outstretched tongues; and we knew that our lives for the moment were saved. We unharnessed the faithful animals, placed the sledge under shelter, and then, for a brief period, rested after our fearful struggle. But sleep must be resisted now as our worst, because our most insidious, enemy. In silence we cleared a space in the jvood, round which we made some attempt at a wall of branches. To kindle a fire in such a storm was out of the question, so the dogs were called into our hiding-place to add to the general warmth; and, having eaten a cold supper, we Rf»t ahemi OUT prep arations for the night. The half-breed and myself had for bedding four large buffalo robes and four blankets; Miller had two robes and two blankets, and lay immediately across the head of our bed. Thoroughly worn out I was soon asleep, and did not awaken till *hput 10 o'clock, when I was aroused by the tossing of Miller in his efforts to adjust his bedding more comfortably. I ob­ served that it had grown colder, but I thought little of it and was soon asleep again. I awoke once more, as near as I can judge, in about two hours, this time from a general sensation of cold. I found both my companions awake on speak­ ing to them and that Miller had been unable to sleep at all owing to the cold, as he lay with his head to the wind and could not keep it from entering under his oovering. It was blowing a perfect gale and the air was filled with whirl­ ing particles of snow. From that time forward it was im­ possible to sleep. We did everything we could to ward off the cold, and the half-breed seemed especially anxious should not suffer, covering me with care and shielding me as much as pos­ sible with his own person. But the chill seemed to have taken complete possession of me. For a time we conversed on the severity of the storm and our error in not having at least tried to light a fire, but gradually relapsed into silence. Ileal physical suffering it had now become. The skin on my arms and limbs felt quite cold to the touch, and my bones grew heavy and chill as bars of iron. The mind, however, was un­ naturally acute. I thought over the business I was upon, and studied the minutest details of it all with remarkable rapidity. I began soon to experience a peculiar sensation, as if my flesh, to the depth of a quarter of an inch, was frozen solid; and my bones at times felt like red-hot bars. As time went on, the sensation of surface-freezing extended to the trunk of my body, and my thoughts grew less connected, changing frequently from subject to subject, and narrowing down to my own sufferings. I noticed also that the half-breed spoke frequently to me and shook me occasionally. I tried several times to control my nerves and leave off shiver­ ing and shaking, but without avail. At the end of about two hours, I no­ ticed I was becoming quieter; but my mind was suffering more.. My whole idea was to get warm. I was aroused at times by my companion pushing me and constantly warning me against fall­ ing asleep. Miller, too, was contin­ ually talking of his freezing, and as­ sured us both that lii^ ears were al re ;dy frozen. For the first time I really became conscious of the danger^ We were in But, strange to say, it had no effect up on me. I felt no alarm at the prospect of death. I was so cold--if I could only get warm' again! This was the burden of my1 thought. There was no trouble about the future at all. _ felt thai if I were only comfortable, I would willingly go. After the lapse of an hour, I began to grow warm--that is, the sensation was one of warmth and comfort, but was in reality a species of numbness, felt my flesh in several places, and it produced a prickly, numb feeling, like to feel numluiWill and A - I wat nana* and I t grew angry with my companion for his | unwearied thumps upon my body and the continual questions he asked. I wanted to be let done. I paid no fur­ ther attention to my companion's ques­ tions, bat gathered myself up, ana lav thinking how oomfortable I was. Pretfy toon I began to doze, then to awaken suddenly, when I received a more severe blow than usual. Then I awoke to see the half-breed sitting up, and bending eagerly oyer my lace, and uttering something to Miller--and then a sense of comfort and oblivion. * * * That I should awaken with a bright fire before me, and be wrapped in robes and blankets, seemed the most natural thing in the world to me; and it was fully half an hour before I began in the least to comprehend that anything unusual had occurred. I looked at the half-breed, chafing my arms and legs, and simply felt that it was quite natur­ al that it should be so. Gradually, however, I became able to understand that, finding it impossible to arouse me, he had, at the risk of his own life, succeeded in finding a dry, half-rotten log and built a huge fire; and he had returned to find me uncon­ scious and carried me, robes and all, to the fire. Miller next received his attention. He was lying on his back, perfectly still, but talking volubly. I was soon sufficiently recovered to assist the half- breed in bringing him to the kindly fire, and then we discovered tliat the unfortunate man was badly frozen and quite delirious. We had some difficulty in keeping him from the fire until his hands, feet and face were thawed out with water; but he did not recover his mind until six hours after. By that time the gale had somewhat moderated, and, having been thor­ oughly warmed and recruited bv a hot breakfast, we determined to make Fort Upton, nine iniles off our course, and there remain until the storm was over. We reached tliii post in the after­ noon, and were informed that the temperature had fallen during the pre­ vious night to forty degrees below zero. We remained in the hospitable shel­ ter for two days, during which the ter­ rific storm raged with increased fury. Some dozen Indians and half-breeds perished upon the route over which we had passed.--Youth's Companion. BLESSED ARE THE POOR. For They Can Have Friends, Health and Appetite. [From the Atchison Champion.] That poverty is not a blessing is cer­ tain. All behef in starving as a means of grace has departed from this world. But admitting that poverty is an evil-- an evil so great in fact that men and women seek death to escape it--the dai­ ly experiences of American life are teaching us that there is such a thing as being uncomfortably prosperous and miserably affluent. Within the last twenty-five years the word rich has changed its significance. The time is not yet remote when a man worth $100,000 was considered a rich man. It is not so now, and to rank with the rich one most possess at least a million. There are many men in the United States now who are millionaires and more. They fill considerable space in the newspapers, and the speculation of the hour is, "Do their riches pay ?" We are inclined to think that Ameri- ns excel in the accumulation rather tfreisl She ran and looked i ru can i :j ara i Journal] ui iron VftQing than the disposal of wealth. We know better how to get money than spend it. Money rightly obtained and rightly spent ought to bring happiness, or something approaching it. Is that the result with American fortunes? Among the early rich men in New England was a queer bird, who styled himself Lord Timothy Dexter. He was little better than an idiot; a former generation had a thousand stories to tell of his good luck and his half-witted doings. If my Lord Dexter had pos­ sessed a little less intelligence and some hair on the inside of his hands, he would have run on all fours. Then we had John Jacob Astor, a phlegmatic, silent German, who began with a little and made millions. He became a prey to over-work, and was sent to Paris, where he rode about, silent and miser­ able, because he was not at home making money. Then we had Stephen Girard, a French sailor, originally, who became very rich and was so queer and cross-grained that he never had a friend in his lifetime, and left his money to found a school which is principally known, not for the good it really does, but for the fact that preachers, if Girard's will is obeved, are not allowed to enter it. These were three rich men of a former gener­ ation. The rich men--the famous rich men --of our times are different. Tha old- fashioned miser, with his "look that hell might be ashamed of," spoken of by Pollock, appears to have disap­ peared. In fact, as business is con­ ducted in our day, the mere saving of money, little by little, will not build up what is called a fortune. Men have ceased to make big money that way; they must either do a big business or indulge in vast speculations. Of our men who got rich in business there was A. T. Stewart. He has been dead long enough to allow a pretty thorough can­ vass of his character, and no one has been found to say a good word for him yet. It is quite impossible that a man as mean as he was could ever have been happy. Then there was old Commo­ dore Vanderbilt, a rough, swearing old chap, who never acquired any manners, and when he died, and his name was cuffed and bandied about in a law-suit, Jere Black said, "the moral and intel­ lectual nature of the late Commodore Vanderbilt was a howling wilderness." We have now Mr. William H. Vander­ bilt with, possibly, more education and polish than his father, yet liked by no- ~>ody; out of health, and likely to die soon. Then we have Mr. Jay Gould, who has gone around all his days, sly, silent and secretive, and reaching out and taking from this one and that one, and now we hear that he is getting frightened at his own stillness; is try­ ing to work up some social popularity; but that he has been a trifle too late about it, and finds that he cannot sleep; and that he must rest< If we had money to bet, it would be put up that he will not find rest, but ennui; that he will be bored and that he will die of the sheer fatigue which he will begin to feel when he tries to rest. The four, Stew­ art, the two Vanderbilts and Gould, are types of the modern rich men. Taking both the old and the new, the lot of a rich man in America is not an altogether happy one. AN albatross will keep pace with a ship going nine knots an hour, for many hours, without moving his wings, excepting a slight feathering, varied as j '. i. ," she said, pant- ingly, "if yott insfclt me." She was only 14, and her pretty, thin face, with a sort of carnation in each cheek, and her little flaxen curls hang­ ing over her pale forehead, as if trying to look into her eyes, gave her the ado- Icncont r.ppeaiaaui a French doll. She had a bundle of books that must have weighed thirty pounds. "Doesn't yoa&head ache ?" *Mine? No!1* (With a little aston­ ishment. ) "Not when youVe got to get all those bcoks into it? "Oh! they don't make my head ache; it's my arms." "Ah! I see. You carry them in your arms--not your head." Here the reporter made 9 mental ex­ clamation. Wonderful feminine in­ stinct to carry the best things of life in its arms, and not in its head! "Will you let me read the titles of the books?" "YOB, if you will strap them up a g a i n . " . . . "Trigonometry! Do yon study that?" "Oh, yes." "And surveying?" She nodded her head affirmatively. . "And navigation?" ' Another nod. "Will you excuse me while I swear a little?" "Well, turn your head away." Reporter--"Thunder and Mars! (Sotto voce.) What's this--French? Do you study French?" "Oh, I'm in the French and German classes." "You don't say 90! But you haven't got into the Italian and Portuguese "I don't think there are ftnjr Portu­ guese, sir!" "Well, if there had been, you'd have got into them, wouldn't you ?" "Yes, sir, I hope so." "Physiology--do you study that ?" "A little; I've only just commenced that. After fluxions we talk half an hour at biology, and then go to applied mechanics and telegraphy. I'm going to commence organic chemistry on Monday, after my music, but ma thinks it .would interfere with my painting in oil." "I should think it would. ' Don't you ever sleep or play ?" "Oh, yes, I play the whole of Czer- ney's exercises for the piano every morning, and I am learning the overt­ ure to Tristan and Isolde. I used to sleep in the class room, but it was aw­ ful mean and I got over it. Miss , our principal, says if we knew what the mission of woman is in the nineteenth century, we would not be caught nap­ ping. Beside, if f went to sleep, I wouldn't pass." "Pass what?" "The examination." John tioode's Death. There not long ago died in Broad­ moor Criminal Lunatic Asylum a man who, in 1837, attacked the Queen, and has been confined in the asylum ever since. His name was John Goode, and he formerly held a Captain's commission in the Tenth royal hussars. He was taken into custody on her Majesty's birthday, the 24th of May, 1837, for cre­ ating a disturbance in and forcibly en­ tering, the inclosure of Kensington Pal­ ace. On a Saturday afternoon, in the middle of 'November, the stone year, about o'clock in the afternoon, her Msjesty was passing in lier open car­ riage throught Birdcage Walk, St. James, on her way to Buckingham Pal­ ace, wihen Capt. Goode suddenly sprang to the side of her carriage and made use of threatening gestures and language. The Queen heard the threats distinctly, and, on alighting from her carriage, directed the equerry to cause the man to be taken into custody. The police apprehended Capt. Goode at No. 218 Begent circus, Oxford street. Brought before the authorities, he de­ clared that he was the son of George IV. and Queen Caroline, was born in Montague Place, Blackheath, and was entitled to the throne of England. Upon every other subject unconnected with the royal family he spoke in a most rational manner, but when the Queen's name was mentioned he be­ came exceedingly violent. In default of two sureties of £500 pounds each he was committed to prison, and on enter­ ing the coach engaged to carry him to Erison he smashed the windows with is elbows and screamed to the senti­ nels, "Guards of England, do your duty and rescue your sovereign." He was tried at the Queen's Bench for using seditious ianguage to the Queen, and was sent to Bethlehem as insane. He was admitted to Broadmoor in Mar eh, 1864, where he died from natural decay last week, though animated by his de­ lusion up to the liast. On Monday an inquest was held on hi# body at the asy­ lum by Mr. Weedon.--London Times. less, a&dto 10 tents abor* dbrtance. The ory for^oents la aow universal*., and Congr*** has listened to it; bat the change from 8 to 2 is not so great as former changes, and within Ave years* from this there will be a general demand for 1 cent pQatj|g&-- towa City Bepublican. •„ "> A Woman's Work. The female mind is a maay conun­ drum, whioh, though impossible of so­ lution, it isn't best to give up. While seated in my office the other day trying to convince myself that a lie well told was almost as good as a shab­ bily dressed truth, a lady with much back hair and false friz stepped in an.d inquired if I was present, I told her that a large share of me was there, but that the thinking portion principally was seated on a solar spot gathering fresh spectra. (I calculated that would be a stunner, bat she didn't stun!) "Is there enough of you here to grasp a thought?" said she, as she sank into a chair in such a manner as not to crash --the chair. "Yes, a small one," said I, "but not enough to buckle on to anything heavy like the theory of dynamics." MWell," she inquired as she began to unbutton her ulster, "what of woman's work ? " "Alas!" said I transposingly, "women must work and men must weep."' "No! seriously now," she exclaimed, "I want to do some great work so as to leave 'foot print« on the sands of time.'" "Ah, yes!" I soliloquised, "You scatter tracks forevermore. But leave the heel-marks toward the door." "What number do you wear?" 1 con­ tinued. "Two's and a half," said she blush- ingly, drawing one foot out df sight as a mud-turtle does his head; "but you are trifling with me! I am strong, lov­ ing and capable, and I long to throw my energies into some great work, and be doing good to humanity."" "My dear madam," said I, "the larga contracts- for well doing are nearly all taken! Susan B. Anthony has taken the European contract, and the recent supply of female workers in South Afri­ ca has been more than equal to the de­ mand. A red-headed woman recently left Moscow for Khiva (overland) who will probably be able to let her light shine all over Central Asia, while con­ vict labor covers Australia and the steppes of Siberia, and the Amazons have got control of transportation throughout the entire length of the Amazon river which bars out all other female labor in South America. There is one field, however, which is still open to your sex, and to it I would di­ rect your attention." "Oh! tell me! tell me!" she cried, "and bid surcease to my soul sobbings and labor longings." "Go home," I continued, "and try your hand at making your little domes­ tic circle so bright and cheerful that your husband and children won't want to spend their evenings away from it! Mend up their clothing! Sew on their buttons and make home a place that they will long to linger in. Then your children will not come up street gamins, or your husband a grocery loafer. Then posterity will rise up and call you blessed, and for your labor you would receive a reward to which the eclat ol a rostrum-seeking virago is as a penny bun to a square meal."--Q., iri Owosso Press. The Fourth Paper Dome In the World. The special feature of the new ob­ servatory at Columbia College will be a paper dome. "This will be the fourth paper dome in the world," said Prof. Kees. "They have all been made by Waters & Sons, of Troy, N. Y.--the manufacturers of paper boats--and are all in this country. The first one made is at the Troy Polytechnic Institute, the second at West Point, and the third at Beloit College. While that at West Point is the largest, ours is the best in construction and arrangement. The method used in the manufacture of the paper is kept a secret, the makers using a private, patent process. The dome is made in sections--scmi-lunes, as they are technically called. There are twenty-four of * these sections. They are bent over toward the inside at the edges, and bolted to ribs of wood. The thickness of the shell is only three- thirty-seconds of an inch, but it is as stiff as sheet iron. One side of the dome is the oblong opening for the telescope, and over this is a shutter (likewise of paper, but stiffened with wood lining) which slides around on the outside of the dome. "The whole dome is so light that the hand can turn it. The inside diameter is twenty feet and the height is eleven foot. The floor of the observatory is 100 feet above the ground; we were obliged to lmild it so high because of the tall buildings around it. The build­ ing is rapidly approaching completion, and the dome is already in place."-- New York Tribune. Decrease in Postage. Forty years ago it cost 6 cents to send a letter from New York to Brook­ lyn; 10 cents to send it to Newburg; 12i to Catskill; 18f to Saratoga; 25 to Cincinnati. A bold step, taken by Bales for Pies sad FnUuings. We copy from the Germantown Tel­ egraph a few excellent rules for the mistress of the culinary department: "In boiling puddings, mind that the cloth be perfectly clean. Dip in hoi water and dredge it well with flour. Ii a bread pudding, tie loose; if a battel pudding, tie it nearly close; apple and gooseberry pudding, etc., should be tied quite close. When you make a batter pudding, first mix the flour well with milk, and stir in the other ingre­ dients by degrees; you will then have it smooth without lumps. The best way, however, for a plain batter pud­ ding is to strain it through a coarse hair sieve, that it may have neither the lumps nor the treadings of the eggs, and for other puddings strain the eggs when they are beaten up. Be sure the water boils when you put your pudding in, and that it keeps boiling all the time, and that you always keep it cov­ ered with water; you should also move it about two or three times at first, or it may stick to the pot; dip the pudding in­ to cold water after you take it out, which prevents its sticking. If you boil your pudding in a dish or basin, butter the inside before putting the pudding in; the same should be done to the dish for baking pudding or pie. "The quality of pie crust depends much on the baking. If the oven be too hot, the paste, beside beinqj burned, will fall; if too slack it will be sod- dened, and consequently heavy. "Paste should be made on a cold smooth substance, such as marble, with a light, cool hand. It should be made quickly; much handling makes it heavy. Great nicety is required in wetting the paste; too little moisture renders it dry and crumbly, while too much makes it tough and heavy, and in either case the paste cannot be easily worked. Practice alone can produce perfection in this art. "Before commencing to make paste nn films mea oDulent. powerful, ti£tn^r«»all teTk-^: able lnr human agencies in the universe. Thertfs millions m It--la the vault that underlies the sub-treasury budding. The doors are opened; the expectant visitor takes his hand from over hi* eyes; he peers in, enters, and Aladdin's cave is changed into the rtore room of a retail grist-mill. He sees nothing but a solid mass of little canvas sacks, piled from floor to ceiling, homely as a grocery overstocked with breadstuff's. This is the principal vault, and each of these little sacks contains 1,000 silver dollars. There is no gold here. The vault is thirty-six feet long, seventeen feet wide and eight and a half feet high, yet it holds only 13,000,000 of silver dollars. The gold vaults are about as prosy, the money being sacked and piled in the same manner, each saek containing $20,000. It is asked, Where does all this money come from? The answer is that the sub-treaimry--this mean, little, inadequate building--is the receptacle for the entire revenue of the Government from the Pacific coast west of the Rocky mountain a; from British Columbia to Mexico. The business of last year amounted in round numbers to $38,000,000. Naturally it may be asked, why is all this money hoarded instead of" being out in circulation? Paradoxical as it may seem, a great deal of it is in cir­ culation. To all intents and purposes it is passing from hand to hand every day, doing its part in the great game of financial shuttlecock and battle- door. It is represented by silver and gold certificates--a form much more convenient for business purposes, while the coin itself is stored in the vaults, away from the depreciating effects of abrasion, and from loss by other causes. A majority of the twenty-dollar gold pieces in circulation have lost so much by abrasion that they fall below the standard weight. There are in the sub-treasury over 7,000 half-dollars that have liecome depreciated simply by onynary abrasion while in circula­ tion. This depreciation sometimes amounts to as much as twenty-seven dollars on a thousand. Gold being a softer metal suffers more from the same treatment. Hence, for this rea­ son, and also because they save time and trouble in handling, and are more convenient to carry, gold certificates are fast growing in favor. Beside there is an advantage to the Govern­ ment in issuing silver and gold "certifi­ cates.-- San Francisco Call. . v The Real Inventor of the Steamboat. Robert Fulton is generally credited with being the inventor of the steam­ boat, and by many people he is also supposed to have been a native of New York. Both of these notions are erro­ neous. He was not the inventor of the steamboat, and he was a native of Penn­ sylvania. The inventor of the steamboat was John Fitch. This remarkable man, a native of that part of old Windsor that is on the east side of the Connecticut river and is now included in the new township of South Windsor, conceived the idea of a steamboat while living in Philadelphia, in 1784, twenty-three years before Fulton started his boat. Fitch went ahead with his idea--peti­ tioned Congress in 1785 for aid to build AMI AUO CUWWA m %J> the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. He received some assist­ ance from individuals, went ahead, built a boat, the Perseverance, and had it in actual operation on the Delaware on the 1st of May, 1787. His engine was the first double-acting condensing en­ gine transmitting power by means of cranks ever constructed. The boat made several trips up and down the river; but, owing to the difficulty of keeping the piston tight against the comparatively rough interior surface of the cylinder, the rate was slow--only three miles an hour. Fitch then im­ proved it, so that in 1788 it made eight miles per hour. It was then put into regular use on the Delaware. Fulton saw it--and in a later year saw Fitch's model in Paris, where the in­ ventor had taken it in the vain hope of getting French artisans to build a steam­ er. Fulton, who, unlike Fitch, had the important aid of wealthy friends, failed in the invention of a submarine torpedo boat. Then he undertook, some seven­ teen vears after Fitch's triumphant dem-• • * 1 1 1 1 « - - that aspar- "Oive it | It is not writers do • *W*ur- fe, AilM ft tyf "The noee." Dead mm tell no necessary. The obituary that Mrvioe for them. THe wonum who is interviewed by a y sewing-maohine salesman suffers more . or lees fromaewer gas. : ̂̂ .J "ALAS! that so many people look upon religion simply as a fire-escape!" I ̂ ̂ exclaims a Southern preacher. ̂ A HAH told his tailor that he wouldn't' 4 ̂ pay for "that last epilepsy." It was' x j -" discovered that he meant "bad fit." I j A OBEAT modiste issued the following! . - £ directions for wearing a new style of - " .7/ ' head-gear: "Withthisbonn et the mouth is worn slightly open." /- •; j IT is quite possible to have a genuine1' feeling of love for a wealthy girl, be-f;;r . I cause some rich damsels are worth* * loving. Many men have been sold on 1' • po°r . i'.k "WAITES, bring me some beefsteak,"! 7 J said a stranger to a waiter in an Austin,; , I \ restaurant. "Yes, sir, with pleasure." "None of that in mine. I want it withr"j; ii fried potatoes." s ^ PLANTATION aphorism: When I see afi .. man wid a sort ob dry smile on his face, it doan make no difference ef he** toats a Bible in his pocket, I deals wid- him mighty careful. ! AUNT (to small girl)--"What are you always thinking about, Ida?" Ida--| "I'm always thinking about nothing, V auntie. I never think anything unless ; ' I happen to think of something to thinks about." y A PENNSYLVANIA inventor has evolved a new rat-trap, in one end of which is a, mirror. This may do for the female rats, but when a male rat notices that the bait looks double he will think he. has had enough and go home.--Boston Journal. A BAD ending: "Well, William, what's become of Robert?" "What, 'aven't you'eard, sir?" "No. Not de­ funct, I hope." "That's just exactly; what he 'as done, sir, and walked off1' with heverything he could lay his 'ands" on." FBEDisnot yet 3 years old. One day when his mother was washing his; face he struggled, and said it wasn't' dirty. His mother told him he couldn't ' see whether it was or not, when he said: "Take my head off, mamma, and let me look at it." IF a man desires to express himself logically, he must not allow himself to» become flurried, as was the case with man who was very much annoyed by;, frequent callers, and who finally ex­ claimed : "There is no minute in the day that I can have a quiet hour to myself!" . "How DO you find the third side of A triangle?" asked an Austin teacher of, one of his pupils. The boy, prom- blingly, said in a low voice that the teacher was a donkey. "Say it over' again, Johnuy, and speak up louder. Perhaps your answer is the right one," replied the pedagogue, who is a little deaf.--Texas Sifliiujs. KITTY 'was learning her Sabbath- school lesson, and one motto she had to say, was, "Walk in the way of good' men." "Mamma," she said, after a minute's thoughtful pause, "papa is a good man, isn't he?" "Certainly, my dear." "Well, I don't Bee what it means. You always tell me not to get in papa's! way, but he is a good man, and this says, 'Walk in the way of good_men.': f think it's pretty queer." ^ , GEORGIA comes to the front with a man who can hold a barrel of whisky above his head and drink out of the. bunghole. Though there is probably, comparatively litcle difference in thet weight of wiiisky and water, the man has not yet tried to prove that he can drink out of a barrel of water in the same manner. Wiiisky prompts some men to exertion that would burst a blood vessel were anything else the con­ sideration.--Peck's Sun. HE was a pretty close man, without,, doubt. At breakfast he cut an egg in two and gave the new hired man one-! half of it. The help ate it and held out his plate for~more. "What!" gasped the host, "want a thull egg!" "Of course I do," said the man. The boss stared blankly at him a moment, and then, pushing the half-egg across the table, snappishly cried: "Take it, eat it, and kill yourself!" The man ate it, and is still alive.--Bailey's Budget. | A VEBY loudly dressed female, very much painted up, of the class that is . ,;j.fs..... ,always very numerous in Austin when lencc the necessity for Hew g las the Legislature is in session, put in her W requirements, and hence the va!appearance at the photographic arena j of a local artist. She was accompanied by a young puppy, a genuine one, how­ ever, with four legs. She stated she wanted a picture of the dog, and was told it would cost two dollars. "How much will you charge extra, if I am ;aken on the picture?" she asked. . . # 'There will be no extra charge, what- acuities for properly fitting spec iver. I don't charge any more for one «i<ly wear grlassea, or need to w< i»an I do for both of you."--Texas lot" th** ami, tlmn Sifting# ^ But Fitch was poor, and destined al­ ways to bitter trials and disappoint­ ments. Fulton had powerful friends, and obtained unjustly the credit of be- I ing the inventor of. the steamboat. for pies or puddings, it is necessary to I Fitch died in disappointment and ob- place near at hand everything likely to be wanted, to inspect all the utensils, to prepare all the ingredients, and though last, not least, to wash the hands and nails perfectly clean, for the hands are the best tools to make paste with. "Always use good, sweet butter, drip­ ping or lard for pudding crust. Some persons entertain the mistaken notion that butter which cannot be eaten on bread will do very well for pastry; on the contrary, the baking or boiling of rancid fat increases the bad flavor. is a good plan to wash the butter in clean spring water before using it. Make two or three holes with a fork in the cover of your pies, that the steam may escape." Power Absorbed by Railroad Brakes. In the instance of the Metropolitan railway, the stations average but a half a mile apart, and although the engines are as powerful as those on the Great Northern railway, while the trains are far lighter, the average speed attain­ able is only twelve miles an hour. No sooner has a train acquired a reasonable speed than the brakes have to be sharp- ly applied to pull it up again. As a re­ sult of experience and calculation it is found that 60 per cent, of the whole power exerted by the engine is absorbed by the brakes. In other words, with the consumption off thirty pounds of coal per train mile no less than eighteen pounds are expended in grinding away the brake blocks, and only the remaining twelve pounds in do- ha floA ™ *?Trr 7^ ™ ; A bold step, Congress in 1851 declared that a single letter should be carried anywhere in the ing" the useful work of overcoming fric- country within 3,000 miles for 3 cents. I tional and atmospheric resistances.*-- had beenaae intermediate * •» ## C&ntinent. scurity in Kentucky, by an overdose of opium; Fulton goes into the Hall of Statuary in the Capitol. But history will yet right this matter and do justice k> John Fitch.--Hartford Daily Times. Lafayette and His Opossums. When Lafayette paid a visit to the United States he intimated his desire to become master of an opossum, and a Baltimore editor gladly undertook to see that the General had one to take home with him. Anxious to make the most of the occasion, he proclaimed his want in a highly-spiced appeal to his countrymen, urging them to prove that republics were not always ungrateful. They responded cheerfully--ioo cheer­ fully --to the appeal. Opossums came in from North and South,East and West nntil the overwhelmed editor found himself possessed 2,190 too many. He could not afford them separate accommo­ dations, he dared not lodge them to­ gether ; so, at night, he turned them all loose in Monument Square, to quarter themselves as they listed. Next day 'possums were here, there and every­ where in Baltimore, to the delight of the black, and the disgust of the white citizens, who fervently wished that La­ fayette had never heard of an opossum or that the editor had executed his com­ mission with more discretion.--All the Year Bound. THEBE is virtue in the attempt even to do a great tiling well; but if we fai it argues nothing against the heart, but only that circumstances thwarted 01 that our judgment did not match thi nobiUty tf our desire. A Senator's Advice to a Young Mas. A young workman of Columbus, Ga., sent Senator Brown a pair of shoes of his own making, and received th© fol­ lowing note of thanks: "Please accept my sincere thanks for the present which; you have sent me of a pair of gaiters, suppose they are called, made witlfc; _ your own hands. You state that yodfe5? are 17 years of age, and that they are made by yourself. I trust that this speaks well for your future. If many thousands of the youth of the South­ ern country would engage in useful pursuits of this and like character, in­ stead of passing a great deal of their ̂ time in idleness, as some do, the coun­ try would be in a better condition. Al* ^ ways recollect that all labor that is use­ ful is honorable. In whatever position a young man is placed, if he has health, he has it in his power, by his labor, make himself useful and respected; antj I delight to see the young men of Geoi gia laying aside all false pride on thi| subject and going to work manfully make a good living and make them* selves useful citizens. I trust you may become distinguished in your trade, or profession, and mav not only maki yourself useful to otters, but that yoii may be eminently successful in bmld| ing up your own "fortune."--Netv Tribune. # to •• 1 k«ep in ctork tlic celebrated Sprinf Watch, which Is prunouured by all lo best watch now on the market. Will not be Uedersol<| On sny good* in my tins. • a w. owi ll^Uenry, Feb. 90,1982. p