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There were only four of us a! table -the deacoti.hi, wife (a stoat nmlcain infihihi I VAN SLTKi. KMlr «< Put li*her. we ta ILLINOIS was ward •t RWEKTIIRART. was iV»' WlMa Ikfv, Abraham! Coiwudcn to mv talo, ' (7(id 1 ml tor w'y my rosy cbrekjt V«ii< SIWii so t'in itn' pale. f 0 honrfilr shtory ot a man r _ Vho«|»rir"n if i'i » virl, - , • * ...^Herc WW is VHltzms mit a dreu§TT ' U - iOi Solomon's elJv-'st gir . vl take no more Joy to nix, Who n*ed to he to gay-- I'm a bsmt-minded mtt my sal J eif dem banis away. I'd ran<> de be t vot's in der sha|k ! For shoost ono »inkl cnrl Dot ne ties in der heafcnly bMip' . Of Solomon'* eldest girl. *r hair is ̂ hoct as black M ni^K^; 17n' lies in shininit locks; ^ H*r lips are as ret a* ptrnwberri#® V A'Refenty Bchentsa tiox. Eft' V> fi to I) die plushlne pride . Of a »h< noo1ni» KnklisU Earl-- .llnhee's too high up pr ced tor n»--. Is Solomon's eld f-t girl! XJbfo her for her shparkltag eyes, ® '• l)ot make her dl'monds dim, tin'her hair is plack as d m noo bant» Isold ebrod<rKhm. Iiote lier for her 8hell-iike eirs-- Her teeth as vite as pearl-- .•>. •. But 1 ke«« I lofe her so'ideat J Vanse she's Solomon's eldest taa v ! • ,u , ? MKVKK GKOW OIA : I looked in the tell-tale mirror*"; OAnd faw the marks of c tre. -t the cow's feet an! the wrinkles , ' , Ard the »r .y end dark brown hair. .H v wife looked ovor my --boulder, Most iieamiiul she; F?Thon wil n«v« r <rrow old, my loVe," she said; ? • "Never grow old t rm ." f v r ^or ace is the chi ltae of heart • ?|| And thine, as mine c n tell. '."i Js ns voting and w«rm as when first we beard The sound ot our bridal b» 11!" X ] turned and kissed her ripe redlipi; . . "lie: time do i's worst on me, If m my scul, my love, my taiih, 1 never seem o;d to thee!" --Charles Mackay. WAS IT FLIRTING? I was engaged to Angelina Melville, •nd 1 thought myself die luckiest man living. Angelina was so handsome that no stranger ever saw her without expressing admira ion, and did not weary with the face after years of familiarity with it She was well bred, accomplished and a great heiress. I had reason to believe that she was very fond of me. No man could be more content than I was, as I leaned back in . the first-class carriage, which took me from Glasgow into the country to the Yale of Cruix, where 1 was to preach a few Sabbaths. The pnlpit was vacant, and I was going to try my wings. With my pecuniary prospects I scarcely thought I should care to accept a call to the Vale of Cruix, but 1 had no objections to filling the pulpit for a lew weeks, especially as Angelina had gone to tlie west coast, and Glas­ gow was warm and stuffy and stupid. Casual remembrances of elegant parsonages built in Queen Ann's style, of a study where foot-falls were soft­ ened by Persian rugs, and the doors draped in po.tieresof velvets; chairs and a desk, carved richly as some old oonfessional, flitted through my mind. And I thought also of a table spread with siiver and rare china, with a lady at itn head who resembled a queen. And I breathed a luxuriant sight as I awakened from my day dream to tne knowledge that the words "Vale of Cruix" were bein? shouted on the plat­ form, and that the train was coming to a standstill. I seized my traveling bag from the rack overhead and hurried out of the carriage. The porters had just pulled four or five tranks on the platform, ^wo old wagons stood in the road, one ^fflpiven by an old woman, in a sun bon­ net, the other by a red haired boy with bare feet, and a queer knock-kneed horse, attached to a queer old gig. was .standing at a little distance. A young roan*in a light summer suit and a city family bent on lural happiness were my companions on the platform. The -former put his trunks in the first wag­ on, kissed the old woman in the sun ibonnet, took the reins and drove away. Be was evidently the son of the family, •come home to spend his vacation. Tlie rest of the trunks and the city family-- mother, father, little boy, nurse-maid, and baby--were put in the wagon and driven off by the boy. When the train moved away I was left alone on the platform--alone but for the station master, who sat upon a bench smoking a clay pipe. In a mo­ ment more the official, without looking At me, made the remark: "Deacon Stevenson has come for the new minis­ ter. He's over in the hotel, and will be ' back in a minute." "Thank you," said L The station master took no notice of tne but having climbed upon a stool and made some changes in a time register on the wall of the station, locked the door, put the key in his pocket and sauntered away down the railroad. I took his place upon tlie bench and waited. In a few minutes a prim little old gentleman appeared upon the top of the hill, carrying in obe hand a tin can, in the other a tin pail, and under each arm a brown pa- per parcel. I knew at a glance that it was Stevenson. "Are you Mr. Mactaggert?" he in­ quired mildly, as hp approached. "I want to know. I hadn't any expecta­ tion of being kept so long; but, you •ce, it saves the women folks trouble to letch things when 1 drive to town. Step in, wont you? I'll just hang this parai- flne ile on behind. Some dislike the amell--maybe you do. The sugar loaf, tea and coffee can go under the seat as veil as not. How's your health sir. and how do you like the Vale of . Oruix?" I answered that my health was good, Mid that I had not, as yet, seen much of the Vale of Cruix. "No, you haven't," said the old gen­ tleman. "We will drive through it Bow." And he shook the reins and the old liorse began to stumble along. And on •me drove past certain rows of brick houses very much like each other, and with the same kind of flowers in their front gardens, until, having passed the church, we came to one happily set about by old oak trees, before tho gate „ of which we drew up. A_5«rl stood at the gate--a fair girl in ablne muslin dress and white apron. "Take the sugar, Marry, before it gets «UNet," said the deacon. "This is Mr. ' Mactaggert, that's going to preach for Mactaggert, this is my daugh­ ter Marry." We both bowed and she vanished itfth the parcels. "What a lovely creature!* I said to Myself, "Nothing like Angelina, 90 pretty!" and I found myself of her as I washed and brusli- liair in the blue-walled bedroom On Che secoiyl floor, with white-fringed <MN£lterP*nes and curtains, and two bUWbsithouettes over the mantlepi< ce fn either side • fik- [8 Circuit Clerkship. So to press we are in receipt a dozen letters from different tlie county In relation to the Clerk question, but the crowd- •COIUL citluiun* oreveti** M Jhttled that I should spend the summer there. I wrote, this' to Ange­ lina: "Since you cannot be with me, it does not matter where I am--this stu­ pid place as well as any other. Ad­ dress to the care of Deacon Stevenson. I shall remain with him while I preach here." It was a pleasant summer, despite the dullness of the p.ace. How good the quaint old deacon was, when one really knew him! How motherly was Mrs. htevenson! As for Mary, she grew sweeter every day. I often won­ dered what Augelina would have said could she have seen me helping her to p ck blackberries, to find the runaway covv3o t arry home the milk pail, driv­ ing tier over to the country grocery and return »g with a freight of groceries- - Arg.* in a, who knew nothing of domes­ tic de ails, and whose inonogramed and p^rlum -d letters were often brought over lrjm the oilice in company with the p.irailine can. I wrote my sermon at one end of the round table, while Mary sat at the other sewing. Between us was a lamp with a green paper siinde. Now and then a big bng would fly iuto the window and go humming aoout our heads, or a moth would try to singe its wings over the chimney, and I would drive it out. The old people won d go to bed after a awhile, and th n Mary and I would find our- H Ives hungry, s.nd she would go into the kitchen to find something good. I always held the light fcr her; and wheu s jmething good was found we ate it ,n t.je back porch, sitting side by side on the step, like two children. She wa* so like a child--that little Mary-- that it seemed no harm to ask her to kiss me good night, or to hold her hand in mine as it rested on my arm in our long Ttalks home from church on Sun­ day evening. The summer passed; October came; Angelina i etuined to the city and wrote to me. It was while we were eating peaches and cream iti the back porch that evening that I said to Mary, "I will teJ you a secret if you will keep it lor awhile, Mary." "Oh, of course I will, Mr. Mactag­ gert." "I am going to be married this autumn, Mary," I said. "Those pretty letters you always thought carnu from my -ister are from the lady who is to marry me. She is very beautiful, very rich, very stylish, but vary kind. You must come aud see us Mary, when you are married. I shall tell Angelina how good you have been to. me--what a 6weefc little sister I have found out here in. the Vale of Cruix. Why, Marv--" For, a> I spoke, I felt tho little hand I he d grow col l and heavy in mine. I fa v her sink backward, ihe big china bowl of peaches and cream slipped with a crash to the ground and was shattered to pieces. I caught the poor 'child in my arms. In a moment she came to herself and said she had overtired herself she thought. They had been baking all day and it was warm. And now she bade me good night But I did not see her next day, nor the next. She kept her room, and was not well enough to bid me good-bye. Poor little; Mary! I felt very misera­ ble. However, Angelina met me at Glasgow. She was more beautiful than ever--more elegant in contrast to my simple country friend--and very soon I laughed at myself for the thought that had been in my heart. Of course I said, it was the baking that had over­ come Mary--it was not my news. I had only been to her as a friend--as a brother. I had not flirted with her. But I thought of Mary a great deal, and I missed her every hour, exactly-- oh, yes, exactly--as I might a sister." I wrote to Mrs. Stevenson and her answer was very brief. "1 haven't much time to write," she said in her postscript. "Mary is sick, and besides being driven, I am anx­ ious." This letter was in my pocket on that day wheu Angelina and I went together to the bazar for the benefit of the church of St. Matthew. After we had roamed about the bazar and bought all sorts of knick-nacks, I escorted Angelina to a seat, and there set down to wait while one of the ladies who "on this occasion only," was doing good, onerous, hard work, brought us a tray of refreshments. As we sat there sipping our coffee two women sat down at the next table with their backs to us. "I am very tired, are you not, Mrs. Kussell ?" And the other answered: " Yes, I am tired. I don't think that it is worth the while to come all the way from Vale of Cruix to Glasgow sight-seeing." ^ This was the voice of Stevenson's nearest neighbor, and I liked and re­ spected her yet did not feel quite sure how Angelina would like an introduction and so re rained from looking atound and making myself known. "I think weM better have tea," said the voice; "its more refreshing than coffee. Oh, how is Mary to-day ? Think of my never ask ng before." "Mary is poorly," said Mrs. liussel "Oh, Mrs. Cullen, what a pity it is that flirting young minister Came down to the Vale of Cruix. I don't know what Mrs. Stevenson was about to let him do as he did! We all thought he was courting Mary. She did, poor child. She just loved him dearly. And that day before he went away he told her he was engaged to a girl in Glasgow. I'm afraid it's broken her heart She told me all about it. 'Oh, Aunt Russell.' she.said, 'I know I ought to be ashamed, but I can't help it He seemed to like me so., I hope I shall die of this fever, for life is nothing to me.' Ashamed? Why. it is he who ought to be ashamed. Of all the things, a minister to be a cold, cruel flirt. And that is what Hugh Mactaggert is." I listened, but I could not move or speak. I felt as though my heart also was breaking; and oh, the time I suf­ fered! Tlie women drank their tea and left, and then Angelina turned to me with a cold, sarcastic smile. "I see by yonr face that the little story is pertectly true, Mr. Mactag­ gert," she said. *'Angelina," I faltered, "I have done nothing that should g.ve offense to you." "'Nothing but love another woman," she answered. "Love htr and let her see it, meaning to marry me. Don't think I'm hurt, indeed, I am relieved! I should have kept my wotd to you but for this, but not so gladly as I once me. I met Mr. S. at Millport* and ̂ doea. Frankly, I had been thinking ~% il waathat I must decline As for this--Mary, is it not? #i't she make a very good min- ile?" Euntie to my mind that she would-- next til- was the only wife for me; that are calla> splendid she was, would rt.lo iH ave maJ® m© happy. ",,e ,aI inly said, "MIKS Melville, If /A^SAire to have your freedom I have no ohoioe." "I desire it greatly,1* she answered. "It is yours," I said, with a bow. After that I think we were both hap* pier than we had been for days, and we shook hands when we parted. That night 1 went up to the Vale of Cruix, and I told Mary that my mar­ riage was broken off and that she wai the'only woman 1 ever loved. She tried to summon up her pride and re­ fuse me, but failed in the attempt, and let me take her to my heart To-day I am pastor of the church at the Vale'of Cruix. Mary is my wife, and we are as plain and quiet a pair as you could fancy. I even help my wife pick cur­ rants, and I have taken a turn at the garden when help was scarce. But I do not envy Mr. S. his wife, nor pine for the luxurious possibilities that I lost with Angelina. Mary and my lit­ tle home content ine. But one thing is on my consciense. I have never been able to ask myself the question, "Did I flirt with Mary ?" If not,;what was it?--English Maga­ zine. The Jews of Konnianls. - There is once more a crisis in the position of the Jews of Roumania. The effects of the malevolent ingenuity of the authorities are like y far to exceed in ultimate effect the Russian outrages of two years ago. which aroused the in­ dignation of civilized Europe and excit­ ed the generous sympathy of England. The Jews of Roumania are, it is true, not maltreated by misguided peasants. But thousands of them have been de« prived of their livelihood by a crafty legislative trick, have no resource but to become wanderers upon the face of the earth. Once more western Jews have to face the problem how to assist these victims of persecution. Already the tide of emigration has begun to flow through Germany. The desired desti­ nation of the emigrants is America, but they cannot fulfill the conditions of the immigration laws of the United States, and they find their advance stayed. The experiences at Briody in 1882 are likely to be repeated,not in Galicia, but nearer Berlin. The wretched wander­ ers can neither advance nor retire. The condition of their having obtained emigration passports is that they shall not return to Roumania. Germany and Austria cannot and will not retain them. Whi!her are they to go, and what is to be their late? Prince Bismarck has given several proofs that he insists upon the Berlin treaty being observed by the contracting powers. Is there any just reason why he should not give a timely hint to Roumania that she must loyally observe to the letter the explicit provisions embodied in the forty-fourth clause of the treaty ? Germany has much influence in Roumania. King Charles is a Hohenzollern. Rouman­ ian statesmen look to Germany to pro­ tect their country from Muscovite de­ signs. The crowa prince has shown his abhorrence of the persecution of the Jews. Here are elements which might be judiciously dealt with at once. Ev­ ery moment is precious. Thousands of Roumanian Jews are being reduced to the condition of beggars. They can not Btay in Roumania and will wander through Austria and Germany, depend­ ing in their dire distress upon the char­ itable assistance of their brethren-in- faith. --Jewish Chronicle. Ke Studied Human Nature* "Yo' don't want yo' berf made up yit, does you?' inquired the porter of a middle-aged passenger; "yo mos' al­ ways has nudder cigar 'bout dis time ob the ebenin'. The smokin' room's nigh empty now, sail." The gentleman addressed had al­ ready smoked two or three cigars since supper, and a few moments before had remarked tiiat he was sleepy, but in live minutes he was again in the smokftig- room, puffing away. Curiosity as to the meaning of the porter's strange con­ duct, led to inquiry. "Well, yon mus'nt give it away, boss but that's one of the tricks of the 'fesh- un. I makes it a pint to 'member nomethin' about ebery gemmen that travels on my cah. If one drinks a lit­ tle liquor, I jokingly put him in mind ob it the nex' trip. 'Nother one may be partie'la 'bout de vent'lation and I'll ax him if the temptuah suits him, tell- in' him I 'member how 'ticlar he is. I tells more'n one gemman dat he smokes de bes' cigahs evali bu'ned on my cah. Any little peculiarity or whim 'bout a man, an' bout every man has one or mo', I membah and humor him in it, yo see. I try to make ebery man be­ lieve I know liim, an' de plainer I can make dat fack appeah so de othah pas­ sengers will see an' lieah de bettah I like it. Talk 'bout de ladies likin flat­ tery, dey ain't no compar'son to de gem- men. Da' ain't no man libin' what don't like to be treated as if lie was a 'sper'enced traveler and somebody of importance. Efa' membah me in de mawin', too, boss. Bet I make $10Q a monf jus' bv studyin' human nacliah. Yo' berf is ready, sah."--Chicago Her­ ald "Train Talk " ehiaa vases of I should. You are a very good-looking 1 man, but on the whole you don't suit honest entusia**a. An American Towderman'B Adrentnre. Mr. Dupont, who was recently re­ moved, by ail explosion, from the en­ joyment of £2,600,000, was probably the largest manufacturer of explosives in the world. One of the most daring achievements recorded in the history of the present century is one of wliieli he is the central figure. luring the Cri­ mean war the Russian Government ran short of powder, and the explosive was required to continue the defense of Sebastopol. A cargo was purchased of the Duponts in America, and placed in a steamship lying off Baltimore. The British had frigates posted in waiting outside Hie Chesapeake. After several feints the watchers were eluded, and a chase began across the Atlantic, through Gibraltar and up the Mediterranean Sea. With remarkable good fortune the vessel psssed through the Bosphor- us and into the Black Sea unchecked; but when nearing the place of conten­ tion, the English war ships hailed the stranger. Young Dupont was at the helm himself, and insisted that the ves­ sel proceed, not heeding the signals from the war ships. Two broadsides were fired into the vessel, but she was able to steam ahead and steer through the rocks and was beached inside the Russian lines. This daring adventure saved the cargo, for which the Russian Government paid the sum of $3,000,000. --London Echo. THE man whose rule of life is policy never knows the glow or the glorj ot AttjPjSTOTlL. FBOOS, snake«,|lind turtles are the principal enemiei%f the carp. It is *aid that a medium sized snake will eat 5,000 young carp in a sing e summer. The fish is very popular in Georgia, and m almost every neighborhood carp ponds may be found. IN using carbolic acid for disinfect ants or insect-killers in the poultry- house it is not well to mix witn white* was(i. The fowls may peck the white wash for the lime, to use in their sys tem for shells, and thus poison them­ selves with the carbolic aoid, THK ennned fruit product of Califor­ nia has largely increased with the last decade. Tlie product of 1875 aggre­ gated in value about $500,000. In 1878 it had reached $1,250,000. In 1880, $1,500,000, and in 1882 the product is set down as worth $2,600,000. A GERMAN paper states that the penetration of roots in drain tile, which sometimes occasions mudh trouble, may be prevented by covering the joints in the vicinity of trees and shrubs and red clover with earth in which a little coal-tar has been distributed. "BEWARE of him who hates dogs," is a warning used whenever any one urges the adoption of effective meas­ ures for protecting valuable property from injury and yet more valuable lives from premature and horrible endings, or ventures to denounce the folly of fostering the cause of such injury or death. Are there not better reasons for saying. "Beware of him who loves dogs," for is he not usually for the selfish gratification of his liking for the dog ready to violate tho rights of his fellow-men and endanger their proper­ ty, comfort, and lives? MUCH difficult}' is often experienced by farmers in making cuttings of grape and other wood grow when planted in cold soil in the spring. The trouble partly arises frdm the fact that air is much warmer than tho soil, which starts the bud before root action com­ mences. If cuttings are pla3ed with their baseends in dry soil in the cellar bottom, the base will callons and be ready to emit roots as soon as planted. Market gardeners make every cutting live by furnishing bottom heat, which simply means keeping the soil in which the cutting is planted warmer than the bud, which is exposed to the air. A VERMONT farmer says the sugar house should be situated on a hillside, so that the sap will flow from the draw- tub into the tank and from the tank into the evaporator. The tank should, if possible, be situated just outside the sugar house, in a tight building by itself. The sap should be gathered and boiled as soon as may be after it runs, and strained to free it from all foreign sub­ stances. Neatness and dispatch, he adds, are the two grand watchwords in making a first-class article. The suoner the sap is converted into sugar the bet­ ter the product; and the sooner it is put upon the market the better the price. OWING to the poor crops of late years and the high prices of beef and pork, the consumption of horse-flesh for food has sensibly increased in Alsace. The ilesh of 100 horses is eaten every week; the retailers sell the choice cuts for about 8 cents per pound; for ordinary 6 cents. A large quantity of horse­ flesh is used in the manufacture of sausages. All horses are, before and after being killed, given a strict examin­ ation, and if found in any way dis­ eased are rejected. 'Ihe prices of this meat readers it possible for many of the working people to have meat oc­ casionally upon their table, which would otherwise be impossible. The consumption of horse-flesh is principally confined to the working classes. The flesh of thirty horses .is eaten every week in St rasburg. PETE it HKNDERSOX mentions some in­ cidents in his experience showing the importance of the best genuine seed for market gardeners, and applying with more or liss force to farm crops. On one occasion liis Wakefield cabbage- seed failed, a sort then indispensable to success. He examined every seed-store in New Y'ork to supply the deficiency, and knowing the variety failed, to ob­ tain any. But one old gentleman, al­ ways provided for emergencies, had a two-year supply. Mr. Henderson of-' l'ered $50 for a pound, but could not obtain any. This man understood the state of the ease, and planted his whole ground with this variety; and, getting ahead some ten days of all competitors, made a small fortune. Since then no one has been deficient'. In another case, the seed of what was supposed to be a very valuable lettuce proved to be spurious and worthless for forcing. The loss amounted to $1,000. HORSES FOR FARM WORK.--Breeding first-class horses for farm work is an easy matter on farms that have large pastures, for colts can be raised at a small cost where tho farmer ia fortu­ nate in possessing good grazing fields a*id plenty of grass. But in raising a colt everything depends upon the pur­ poses for which it is intended. Some farms are so situated that the horses used thereon must possess strength as well as the ability to move quickly. The size of our horses has been greatly increased of late years by the crossing of our native stock with the Clydesdale and Norman, but the object was heavy draught rather than speed. Such horses are not well adapted for carriage ser­ vice or for the saddle. The average farmer, on the score of expense, desires to keep his horses for general work, and in order to improve his stock he must select, for the purpose of improve­ ment, animals that combine as many desirable qualities as possible. The chief requirement at present is a breed of walking horses--horses that move quickly at a walk. Such a strain has not been e stablished, but a foundation has been laid by solecting the Den-, marks. Not that Denmark was par-; tioularly noted for fast walking, but| that quality seems to be inherent, to a certain degree, in his descendants, just" as the sons of Hambletonian are fain-, ous as trotters, while their sire possessed no record at all. Denmark was a thoroughbred, sired by imported Hedge- ford, who also sired Blue Bonnets, the dame of the noted racers, Lightning, Thunder, and Lancaster. By carefully breeding to the speediest travelers of this strain, the walking gait may be bred in our farm stock as well as wo can increase the power to draw heavy loads or trot on the roads. Many farm­ ers make mistakes in breeding to trott­ ing sires with a view of procuring good farm horses. The trotter will improve the character of the ordinary stock, but trotters are not always bred from trotting sires. It requires training and years of practice sometimes to develop n trotter, and the farmer nsually has no time to devote to such matters. Few trotting sires are so unfortunate as to produce a first class trotter. '1 he great Smugg er the fastest of tro ting sires, has been almost forgotten owing to his '.ailu e as a sire, and but few fast oolts or fillies can be ere Uted even to Har­ old. the sire of Maiid 8. Hw attempt to breed colts adapted to both tho.road and the farm sometimes results in noth­ ing of value for any puri ose. An ex­ perienced breeder of farm horses gives as his opinion that the best animal for the farm is that produced by crossing the thoroughbred (the running hor-e) on large, coarse mares. If the mures are partly Norman or Clydesdale, so much the be ter; but the use of the thoroughbred insures stamina, endur­ ance and vigor. Tho small but hard bones of tiie thoroughbred are heavily covered with muscle, and the horses of that breed are famous for speed, courage and power. The cross produces a horse very similar to the Clevelands, and such horses are not only well adapted fpr nearly all purposes on the farm, but do not fail till well advanced ia years. HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS, BANANAS may be btewed and canned; they make in th s way an exeellent flavoring for apple pie. LEG OF MUTTON, ROASTED OR BAKED. Wipe it dry, then rub it with halt, either roast or bake it over a pudding or potatoes; cither way is good for a family; the French put a shalot in the knuckle by cutting a hole and inserting one, but tins gives the whole joint the flavor of the onion, and unless you ap­ prove the taste it is extremely unpleant, as it closely resembles tainted or long hung meat, which to many persons is very nauseous. BRISKET OK BEEF.--Be sure in select­ ing mea\ let it be always the brightest and best your means will allow, as in skinny, lanky meat there is no nutri­ ment whatever, beside an awful amount of waste and nothing but bones to pick. Take your beef, rub it with a e'ean dry cloth and then dust it with salt and peppen put a cup of water at the bot­ tom orVour baking jar, roll your bris­ ket and put it in the jar, cover close and bake from four to five hours; this will cook from Bix to eight pounds. This method of baking joints is very fine; it keeps all the flavor and juice of the meat entire as well as causing it to eat mellow and tender. One trial, will be, I am convinced, enough to prove this assertion. A NEW METHOD OF WASHING BUTTER. --"It is stated that a new method of washing butter has been patented in Germany. As soon as ga hered in the churn in particles of about a tenth of an inch in size it is transferred to a centrifugal machine, whose drum is pierced with holes and lined with a linen sack that is finally taken out with the butter. As soon as the machine is set in rapid motion the buttermilk be­ gins to escape; a spray of water thrown into the revolving drum washes out all the foreign matter adhering to the butter. This washing is kept up till the last drop of water is removed, as •clothes are dried in the centrifugal wriger. The dry butter is then taken out, molded and packed. It is .claimed that the product thus so fuller and quickly freed from all impurities, with­ out any working or kneading, has a flavor, aroma and grain and far better keeping qualities than when prepared for market in the ordinary way."--The Dairyman. BAKED BREAST OF MUTTON.--Choose a good, fresh, plump breast, but net too fat; wipe it with a clean, dry cloth; have ready a mixture made as follows: Some well-washed parsley chopped fine, a tablespoonful of sweet herbs, some bread crumbs, with pepper and salt sufficient Fold your meat together and lay the seasoning between; some sow the edges together or skewer them; the latter is the best way, unless you want your meat browned both sides; then fasten with neither, but when your joint is half-done, take it out of the oven, remove the stuffing carefully, fold the breast the reverse way, and put your seasoning between it the same as before. This way of dressing is very nice and inexpensive, more especially if done over a .batter of rice pudding. Some prefer sago and onions, whicl/is also very good. Make the gravy thus: Take two teaspoonfuls of the fat from tho meat, mix with a cup of boiling water, pepper and salt, stand it over the tire, let it boil; then j>dd a tea- spoonful of flour te thicken it, stir it gently until done, which will be in three or four minutes. To carve this dish . economically, and at the same time to look handsome on the table, do not sever tho joints and cut crossways, but take thin slices from the upper side; serve each with some seasoning and gravy, leaving the frame to hash up on the following day--some prefer this dish roasted or baked plain--then merely wipe it dry, rub over lightly with salt, bake over potatoes or batter pudding. They Want Humor. An innate quality of genius--indegcf, we might say test of genius--humor, is absolutely wan ing in women's work. Many a writer can make us cry, but only a few can make us laugh and cry; when he is able to do so, he has proved himself one of the great ones. That divine laughter that is akin to tears, those tears that are akin to laughter, are never to be found illumining the pages of women's work; indeed there is in most women a curious incapacity for appreciating it Harriet Martineau confessed that she was unable to see the wit of "Tom Jones," aud Mrs. Brown­ ing made the same confession about "Harry Lorrquer." Mrs. Poyser is witty at times; but it is rather George Kliot's supreme power of utili zing ma­ terials that has called that "new-set razor" into existence, than the original mother's wit of the "Vicar of Wake­ field," or Lawrence Sterne's "Senti­ mental Journey." ©f all mental gifts, humor is the ono least capable of culti­ vation, and the one most directly inher­ ited from parents and dame nature: Vom Vater hab ich dl" Statur, k -M',; I>es I ebens crustus Kuhrens Von Muttorc'i< n die Frohnatur i ' Die Lust zu fabuliien. --The National h'eriew. Happy All Around. "I'll tell you how it is, Algernon," she said in musical murmurs. "Yes, Maud," he replied, in subdued tones, watching her, with the reflected light of the moon in her deep-brown eyes. "Pa has money, you have none. Pa is a free trader, you are a protec­ tionist." "Yes," with rising inflections and doubtful tone. "I will suggest that pa make a free trade of my hand for your business ability, and then I'll look to your arm for protection." "Bless youyfc my children," from a stentorian voice on the back piasza.-- Boston Jingo. THE type-writer is opening a new field of work for women wider than ail the legislation of Europe and America combined.--Cleveland Voice. THE easiest way to mark table linen: Leave a baby and blaoklwrry pie alone at the table for thr<»e minutea. V TIGEBSAXDTELEtilUPHS. r TIM KemukaM* Bkpurt of • Clerk in -n tn «IIMI Railroad •flterw The Hindoo clerk of a railroad office in India has made a remarkable official report. He begins the communication with a formal petition for "two guns required for our protection from tigers' one of which was kii.ed in my telegraph office at 3 o'clock," and then goes on to explain: "I have the honor to inform you that no sooner had No. 2 dowa mix- train from Calcutta crossed the point No. 1 than we saw a tiger about three yards in length and tw o yards in height come running from north to south along the fencing and enter a thick bush just oppossite the point No. 1." This breezy definition of a tig­ er's dimensions, in which the length and lieight aie given in yards, is a de­ lightful touch, but the clerk was not daunted by its size, for "with great dif­ ficulty and resear h I found the native gun at the village, and after a gang of men had amassed I tried to turn him out of the bush and kill him. I suc­ ceeded in turning him out, but missed the aim of gun at half past 8." That i he sportsmen should have deemed it necessary to consult the office clock to see the exact time when the gun went, off, would make it seem as if its going off at all were considered a great feat However the tiger did not seem to regard it with much attention, for we read that it went into another bush "about twenty-five yards off the front of my office." Business now call­ ed off the assailants. "No. 1 up train came along and had to be attended to, after which office details kept the staff busy 'till the departure of No. 3 down- train." But the tiger all this time re­ mained in the bush, coolly waiting, as it were, for the commencement of the second inning. The game was reopen­ ed by our Hindoo sending some of tho villagers to reconnoiter the bush and holding a council of war. Before this was concluded up came "No. 3 mixed train," and the noises that the engine made when drawing up at the station upset the tiger's equanimity, and it tried to make off down the line. But unfortunately for it, there were now three Englishmen on the spot--the guard and driver of the train and the post office superintendent, who hap­ pened to be traveling by it. On learning what was the matter they cut off the animal's retreat, which the clerk and the villagers had apparently been at­ tempting to expedite, and made it turn. With men on one > ido and a train on the other, the tiger was for a moment puzzled, but--to continue the nativo's letter--"he all of a sudden jumped over the fencing wire and entered my office, and jumping over the ticket cupboard took a seat thereupon. I got the doors locked up immediately, not allowi g him to come out again. The country gun was ready again, and the postoffice sup­ erintendent took it; and since there were no bullets here at the time, four copper coins, broken into sixteen pieces were all loaded into the gun with gun­ powder. During the interval the tiger twice took a walk over the office counter, but seeing no way out, he again took his seat on the same cup­ board." And here he was shot "by the postoffice superintendent with the gun prepared as aforesaid." The letter con­ cludes with a repetition of the original petition: "This is a regular jungle, where we have got nothing to protect ourselves from such wild beasts gener­ ally frequenting any office. I there­ fore hope you will kindly arrange to send me two gun& and oblige."--Lon­ don Telegraph. Uses of Artie, Exploration. In 300 years there liavo been sofne 200 artic voyages, for various purj-oses and with various fates. The Greely expedition was but one of thirteen expeditions. Five hun­ dred men passed two ^inters within the po.ar circle, and ninetren of them only were lost. And Lieutenant Rav suys that the result of the observations of all these expeditions will be the doubling of tho world's knowledge of the mag­ netic forces. That is to say, as the Rev. Brooke Herford states in his ad­ mirable sermon upon this subject, "Not one of all the thousand and ten thous­ and craft sailing to and fro among the many and various lands of earth but will be a little surer of its compaw, a little closer in its reckoning, a little safer, than it was before." Is this worth nothing? Is not the risk, the loss even, amply recompensed? But also, as Mr. Herfcrd points out, the moral qualities, the patience, the Cour­ age, the self-denial, the fuitli, the endur­ ance developed by these Northern re­ searches are incomparuble. "There is simply no other chapter in the history of human doings to be compared with it. "Beside it the adventures of commerce and conquest look greedy and base, the stories of chivalry are mere tinsel, tho long heroism of the Crusades seems n fervered frenzy." Cui bono? is not an argument to discourage the restless soul, which the prospect of peril in­ spires, nor will the pathetic story of the j atient and generous endurance, amid apparentv remediless suffering, which the record of the Greelv expedition discloses, dismay or deter others from daring the same dangers. The artic story is one of the saddest, but it is also one of the noblest, in the annals of human heroism.--George William Curtis, in Harper's Magazine. They Baptized Each Other. An old colored man and an equally old colored woman walked down to the river atlong br dge, nnd tothons'onish- u ent of the fishernen who saw the pe - iornianco, walked in and began ducking olcli other. When both were thorough­ ly wet, they offered a short prayer and waded ashore. To a gentlemen who inquired the meaning of this strange proceeding, the old man said: "Ye see, we's Christians; leastways we believe in the Bible, but not in de church, be­ cause dere's more sin inside de clinrcli dan out. B. t we reads be Bible, and we concluded to baptize ourselves as subscribed by John."--Washington Republic. A Druggist's Blunder. Doctor--"Well, how is your ague now?" Patient--"Worse and worse. I've had the shakes awfully every day." "I can't understand that Did you take the medicine I prescribed ?" "Yes, but it did no good. Do you know, Doctor, I think that medicine might do good if I took it before the shake come on instead of after." "Why, of course. That is what I di­ rected." • . "It did not say so on the bottle." "Corsarn that druggist What was on t'>e bottle?" " 'Weil shaken before taken.' adelphia ' all. MOST of the theaters nowadays are no longer temples of art, but places of business, and but too frequently of the lowest class.--The German Stage, Berim, PITH AWD POINT. ^jBarnaa updrinkaresults in upsetting LIVR is short--only four letters in it. Three-quarters of it is a "lie," and of it is an "il" Put this oa "file" if you would as "lie!" "HULLO, Bob! The coach is full! Guess we'll have to strap you on be­ hind." Bob--"No, you don't. I had enough of that when I was a boy."-- London Punch. ; DR. KOCH having stated that the best precaution against cholera is to avoid the use of wa er, the health officers of Kentucky have declared that no quar­ antine is neoessary. THE young lady who made 700 word* out of "conservatory" last autumn has run away from home. Her mother wanted her to make three loaves of bread out of "flour." JONES--" What a waspish summer tlS is." Smith--"Waspish I What a queer term for a summer season." "It exactly describes thin summer, however." "Why, how ?" "It is hottest at the end." --Philadelphia Calt COLORADO has a woman who speaf|| ^ eight languages, but when her husband comes in at 3 in the morning with his legs hopelessly entangled she doesn't deviate very far from the Colorado inte#»;%| pretation of plain English. ' ' "INEVER saw such a woman in all my life," said Bass; "you are never satis­ fied With anything." "People who knew the man I took for a husband," ,, replied Mrs. B. "think, on the contrary J that I am very easily satisfied." ' ' QUEEN VICTORIA invariably has hifc ice-cream analyzed by a chemical ex­ pert As yet nothing but pure chalk and water aad corn-starch have been discovered. The Queen lives in hopes of striking a trace of cream sometime. A WESTERN man has invented a piv­ oted church-seat which enables one to easily turn and see what kind of bon­ nets are worn by the female worship*; > ers. It will hardly supersede the mir­ ror set in the binding of the hyma- book. "Do YOU know, Uncle John, why you are like your horse ?" asked Ella, who had been pestered by her avuncular rel­ ative in regard to her young mafe. Uncle John (who considers himself a great fellow among the fair sex)--"Be? cause I'm a little fast, I suppose. Hit ha! ha!" Ella--"No, Uncle John; it If ' because you interfere."--Boston Trait* scrip*'. whx ? * s'-mmer rose* dig? w illows weep? Yankees all itke pie? babies creep? ^ happy <'avH all pass? lovers Hijth? horses a i d c ;ws eat KIMS? fishers iie? 1 bearded lions roar? , , , Why do the- birdies sina? - ! ^ * f ancient m:iidens pn#if and vow they do no such thlu»? »-W. II. l)uggett in Life. IT is related of a jolly old sea Cap­ tain who boards at one of the up-town hotels, that, returning from *'a day at the shore," the landlord quietly sug­ gested that one of the b'>ys pilot him to his room. "Pilot!" said the mariner, as he crammed his liat on-the back of his head and supporting himself against the counter regarded his host with a fixed stare; "pilots be blanked; wha' I wan's a lighthouse 1"--Boston Commer­ cial Bulletin. A GREAT match was being played be­ tween two professors of billiards, and the incidents of the contest excited the liveliest interest of tho spectators, onto of whom, the better to wntch the exer cution of an extremely difficult stroke* imprudently leaned foreward from his ' seat a little too far, and received from the butt of the player's cue, so smart a blow upon the nose as to make it b!ee& "Never mind, sir," said the professor' • graciously, "I counted all the same." A Record of Hot Summer*. Why do thfe < Why do the • Tin 627 the heat was so great in Franoa and Germany that all springs dried up? water became so scarce that many peo­ ple died of thirst. In 879 work in thfe fields had to be given up; agricultural laborers persisting in tlieir work wero struck down iu a moment, BO poweir ful was the sun. In tho sun's rays were so fierce that vegetation burned up as under the action rof tire. In 1000 rivers run dry under the protracted * heat; the fish were left dry in heaps, and putrified in a few hours. Tho stench that ensued produced plaguft Men and animals venturing in the SUB in the sumnfer of 1022 fell down dying; the throat parched to a tinder and tho blood rushed to the brain. In 11/32 nq| only did the rivers dry up, but tkjf; ground cracked on evory side, and be­ came baked to the hardness of stonO. The Rhine in Alsace nearly dried up. Italy was visited with terrific heat in 1130; vegetation and plants were burn­ ed up. During the battle of Bela ill, 1260 there were more victims made by the sun than by weapons; men fell down, snnstrnek, in regular rows. lik 1303 and 1304 the lihiue, Lourie, and Seine ran dry. Scotland suffered par­ ticularly in 1625; men and beasts died in scores. The heat in several French departments during the summer of 1705 was equal to that in a glass furnac% Meat could be cooked by merely expo|p ing it to the sun. Not a soul dave ven­ ture out between noon and 4 p. ni. I|L 1718 many shops had to close; theatens never opened their doors for sever months. Not a drop of water fell dur- • ing six months. In 1753 the thermom*- eter rose to 118 degrees. In 1779 tha heat at Bologna was so greiat that a great number of people were stifle<£ There was not sufficient air for th# ' breath, and people had to take refuga underground. In July, 1793, the heal became intolerable. Vegetables werft burned up, and fruit dried upon the trees. The furniture and wood-work in dwelling houses cracked and splfl up; meat went bad in an hour. Thia. rivers ran dry in several provinces dufjs ing 1811; exped ents had to be devised' for the grinding of corn. In 1822 % protracted heat was accompanied by, storms and earthquakes; during th#- ~ drought, legions of mice over ran Loi|» raino and Alsace, committing incalcula- ble damage. In 1832 the heat brought abont cholera in France; 2>.000 per­ sons fell victims to the visitation in, Paris alone. In 1846 the thermometer marked 125 degrees in the sun. Too Expensive a Luxury. She was .reading the latest fashion paper in her elegant drawing room. "They are wearing diamond buttons, this season," she remarked to her hu|« band. "It would be nice for you to g4$ a set for your pantiloons." "Yes, my dear," he replied, "but ~ can not afford that luxury." "Why not?" she asked in amazemen|L "You have an income of many a million = a year." "Yes, my love, I know that, but Si eai^'t afford to buy a new set eve#* week, and you know I haven't time *6 learn to sew."--Graphic. j#* Y.U> . v * A .• '.'.".v.-.,. • j.'i