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aw ‘ great many receptacles for the clothing “W T” E 11011 E 'i'” m “mm” “‘1' “mm” 0‘ that PERSONAL POINTERS. . number. To prove superiority of modern . __ methods of coo ing, one has but to compare 1 r", I“.- Ag." 5..., .t “e cm, All About Pickles. The fruitseason is to the housekeeper a pie made of thinly-sliced apples seasoned what haying and harvest are to the farmer with allspice, with one made of quartered J . - - ~ “d cored .pple. snared with ‘ lime ohn D Rockefeller issaid to have given â€"a very busy time. And she feels quite as complacently self-satisfied when the last lemon or vanilla extract; or compare the bi. d‘ughten ‘0 undent‘nd w“ “my m richness and delicate natural flavor of ap- not to be great heiresses. The bulk of his pleuuce made of som- apples; pared, quar- property will go to a number of public tered and cored, sweetened with sugar lam-litmus. ~ quince is “tied down" and she looks over her well-filled fruit closet as the farmer when he surveys his full barns and gran- aries. dissolved in plenty of hot water. co.va Henniker Boston, in his summary of the closely and cooked until tender, witnout marks” .nd divorce I.“ of we world. Cans, eatsups, jams, jellies, preservesâ€" and pickles. For with all our sweet things stirring. in a hot oven with the old-fashioned _ , . - i - states that there are more divorces in sort , or by testing any of. the recipes given F ca, th‘n in Gummy. but ‘ the we must not forget the acids the appetite craves, particularly along toward spring below . ' United States leads the way. BIhd Applu-Wuh “d can no" Besides being a clergyman, the Rev. J. when we beginto get “bilions.” . Sugar i' a greet source of energy, but nature’s rem- “pp!” : pl.“ them in I baking pm; fin the M. Springer, of Belle Vernon, Penn, is a edy for an inactive liver is an acid. And hollow of each apple with sugar; put a bit . . Justice of the peace. an undertaker and a of butter on the sugar, fill the pan to one. furniture dell". He cm ‘1” nuke m third the depth of the .spples .with: water, omelette,.andvedit a paper better than the although pickles are probably not the most inocuous form in which we can gratify our craving for something sour, they are not, and bake until tender. Remove them care- editor himself. fully to the serving dish and dip the syrup Miss Millicent Fawcett, the brilliant sen- when properly made and not eaten in excess, worse for the digestion than a great many over them. Serve cold, with sweetened ior wrmgler of 1890, is about to begin ‘ that things we indulge in. “I???” cream “new “found them' business career as a civil engineer. Chicago Stewed Apples‘“ P“ 5 “1pr of has her counterpart in Miss Anise De Barr, W33". lhe lame amount 01 8088?. 3nd 8- who is a duly accredited and practising Much of the good or ill which resides in a pickle is due to the vinegar with which it is made. The pickling or white wine vine- few bits of stick cinnamon, in an agate engineer. saucepan and hail slowly fifteen minutes. The habit of writing. if not the 80mm. gar of commerce is not above suspicion. It is made by chemicals, and sulphuric acid Pare and core eight medium-sized apples ; runs in the familytowhich .‘drs. Humphrey largely enters into its composition. It eats arrange on the bottom of a saucepan; re- \Vard belongs. Her sister, Ethel W. move the spice from the syrup and pour it Arnold, has just published a novei entitled 0"" the aPP]es ; 00"" closely and Stew “3' ”Platonics.” It is evidently not a “Robert tender but not broken. Serve cold Elgmepe” or a "Mpg-Gena.” the pickles, and its action on the lining of the stomach is very injurious. Its use is to be avoided. A few of the “first principles” ofpiokle- sweetened whipped cream, orstifily beaten Mr. Cleveland has been a student of and sweetened whites of eggs. . . . . . literature all his life. His reading covers making are these : Do not use vinegar that is too strong; it “eats” and softens the Steamed Applesâ€"Pare and core sweet _ _ . d .th a very wide range, and he is very fopd of apples’ cover the Pam’s“ an core.“ W} the English novelists. He prefers Dickens cold water and stew twenty minutes. to Thackeray. and is a great admu-er of pickles. Kee pickles tightly covered ; vinegar is “ki led" by exposure to air. Do not let vinegar boil ; let it come to the boil- Stmin 03' the liquid, add augm- and a little Walter Scott. His favorite English poets ing point ; skim if necessary, and use at butter, and boil ten minutes. Steam the are “05 E“8h5h'_B“m“ bemg 3' scotcbman apples until tender, then carefully place and {Home 31.1 “1511315”- in the serving dish. When the syrup is ‘ Willard I. Towmbly, of Portland, Me., once. Never put pickles in a jar or crock that has held grease. Wherever possible, put pickles in cans or bottles and seal when cold. flavor with lemon. vanilla- or spice. who recently built a bicycle to be profi hot. Remember that freezing spoils dip it over the prepared apples and serve pened by the “pom. of ether, has now pickles. “‘1‘ .A figurcusm‘id 159V“ around the finished an ether launch, operated in a “PP es ’5 3' 813mm ad mon‘ similar manner by mechanism, in which To keep pickles sound and firm when in :ine, add all a bushel of grape leaves to Folks of the World. the vapour of ether takes the place of steam. As ether is vaporized at 96 de- grees, while water requires 212, the sav- ing in fuel is said to be important. Miss M. E. Braddon, who has written fifty-four novels, quails before the camera. One hundred dollars and a royalty on every picture sold have been offered to her if she Will consent to be “taken,” but she is not. tempted. She knows and fears the resources of the snap shot, and when she is abroad, is constantly on the alert to protect herself from a possible, indeed a probable kodak. In these days of ubiquitous buttons to be pressed, however, Miss Braddon cannot hope to escape much longer. 9 The Czar recently gave orders, at the sug- gestion of Russian scholars, that the undei: ground rooms of the Kremlin at Moscow should be searched for hidden treasures. It is hoped that in them the famous library of Ivan the Terrible may be found, which contained more than eight hundred Greek and Latin manuscripts unknown to the Western world. In the vaults there must also be many documents relating to the history of Russia, 'while popular tradition fills them with countless treasures hidden in times past. - Miss Erances Willard divides her 24 hours into three periods: Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and “eight hours to do as I please,” she says. Most women would find the latter period the hardest one to hold to its text. The doing as she pleases of any woman is contingent upon so many qualifying conditionsâ€"the pleasure and convenience or comfort of others, accumulated duties pressed out of place by work and sleepâ€"that the eight hours would often be consumed in finding time to-do as she pleased. The parish register of Greenwich records the marriage, 1685, November 18. of “John Cooper, of this parish, Almsman in Queen Elizabeth College, aged 108, and Margaret Thomas, of Chiirlton in Kent, aged 80 years, by License of ye Lord Bishop of Rochester, and leave of ye Governors of ye Drapers.” It would be difficult, in all pro- bability, alter this lapse of time, to sub- stantiate the age of the bridegroom, but that of the bride indicates, I think, that Cooper, whether centenarian or no, was at any rate a very old man. One wonders who proposed.â€" The Lady Margaret Grosvenor whose en- gagement is announced to the young Prince of Took, a. brother of the Duchess of York, is a daughter of the richest Duke in England. The Grosvenors are also one of the oldest families in England, the first of the family coming over with William the Conqueror. The family name comes from this ancestor, who was a gros veneur, or great hunter, and his lovely representa- tive in this nineteenth century has all the hereditary fondness for horses and bounds. The income of the Duke of Westminster, Lady Margaret’s father, is said to exceed one thousand pounds a day. Compote of Apples.â€"-Pare and core tart apples, and place them on the bottom of an’ agate pudding mold. Fill the hollow of each apple with sugar, grate a little nutmeg over the sugar and bake. Pour one cupful of bailing water over two table- spoonfuls of butter and four of sugar; after the apples commence to bake haste them with the syrup and repeat the bast- ing twice. Sift sugar over the top as soon as taken from the oven, and serve hot. â€"_.___ UNDERPAID LETTERS. 8. barrel of cucumbers. The leaves also vastly improve the color. If a scum rises on top of pickles, several slices of horse- radish will clear the vinegar if put in the ar. J The housekeeper usually makes cucum- bers the basis of her supply of pickles. The small-sized, shapely young fruit, about four inches long and an inch or so in diam- eter, are preferred ; those, after being wiped with a soft cloth, are packed in layers with salt, preferably in stone or wood ; the juice of the cucumber with the salt forms a brine in which they remain till wanted for use, when they are freshened by soaking three or four days in tepid water, renewed daily; then put into vinegar. Care must be taken to keep them under brine, and also under the vinegar. An old plate turned over them with a weight on top, does this nicely. There is no equal to the vinegar produced by the slow acidulation of fruit-juice, as when cider is converted into vinegar. It is the most healthy form, and the cleanest and purest. The failure of the apple crop' for the past two seasons has largely reduced the supply in first hands and pure. cider vinegar has been hard to get. But it is so much more desirable for pickle-making and every other culinary use, that every farmer’s wife should plan a year ahead for an ample supply. All sour pickles, and all sweet pickles not made of ripe fruit, are soaked twentydour hours in abriue, the usual proportion be- ing a large cup of salt to a gallon of water. The use of the brine is to draw out the ac. rid or strong flavor of the green fruit or vegetable, leaving the pulp ready to ab- sorb the vinegar and spices. The first vin- egar into which green pickles are put usu- ally draws out more of this ocrid principle and should be drawn ofi‘, thrown away, and fresh added. The pickles will then keep without fermenting. Great Quantities Received in Great Britaln lor Merchants and Private lndlvld- unlsâ€"lnconvenlence and Expense Res- ult. A despatch from London says :-â€"The postal authorities in the general post-offices at London and Liverpool state that a great quantity of underpaid letters come from Canada to merchants and private in- dividuals here. All the letters are weigh- ed in Canada, and if they are underpaid they are so marked before leaving the post- ofiices where the mail is made up for the steamships. The amount underpaid is stamped on the envelope, and the letter is then sent on, the deficiency due the Can- adian Government to be collected from the recipient. When the letter reaches here the same regulation prevails, and the letter is retained until the amount is paid. The receiver thus pays double the dis- crepancy. The same regulation is enforced on outward letters sent to Canada, each country retaining the amount in excess. The authorities here think that the matter has grown to such proportions that the Canadian department should specially Warn the public against neglect and care- lessness, not in a fault-finding spirit, but simply that correspondents might not be subjected toinconvenience and the letter to delay. .â€".._..._.§â€"____ A Hand” Wardmbe‘ CARBINES AND MAXIM GUNS. An old housekeeper who lives in a large village not a hundred miles from Chicago, declares with great emphasis that it is impossible to have too many closets in a house. Our house is our castle, but it is a very untidy abiding place unless it contains a husband For Itoâ€"Arming the North- Wcst Slountcd Police. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€"Hon. W. B. Ives, President of the Council, returned on Thursday from his visit to England in connection with the purchase of arms for the North West Mountcdl’olice. Mr. Ives states that he purchased two Maxim-Nord- enfeldt guns and ‘200 Leemetford carbines. The latter is the carbine with which the the British cavalry is being armed. 600 HUNDRED Siio'rs A MINUTE. The Maxim guns fire 600 bullets per min‘ ute and can be used either as field guns oi" on fortifications. They are light and one could be carried on the back of a horse anywhere the horse could go. Both the guns and the carbines use smokeless powder and the cartridges are the same size so that they can be used for either. FOR REGINA AND CALGARY. One gun will probably be placed at Reg- ina and the other at Calgary, but this is not definitely settled. .\lr. Ives also urchased a quantity of books for the ibrary of the force which is sustained from the fine fund reserved for that pur- pose. and odds and ends of every description that accumulate in the best-regulated families Architects are often unwilling to mar, what they call, the artistic effect of certain rooms in the house. When such is the ease wardrobes must be provided, but as these are expensive, the busy fingers of the house wife must be depended upon to provide substitutes. A corner in t e room may be utilized as follows : Two strips of wood as long as you desire and four inches wide by one inch thick are screwed into the angle of the wall, about six feet from the floor, boards are cut off to fit in the corner and resting on these strips, this forms the roof. A brass or wooden, rod is then run across the front of this board from wall to wall and from which tho curtain is suspended by rings. Cre- tonne, chintz, etc., can be used for the drapery. Screw upon the underside of the roof and on the cleats as many hooks as are required. A shelf may be inserted abouthfteen inches below the roof to which the books may be attached, A closet like the one described will be found a great con» veuieuce. Stretch a piece of muslin or per across the upper side of the roof to Eep out the dust. Her Majesty Has Rheumatism. Queen Victoria is new afflicted so con- stantly with rheumatism that she has abandoned her proposed trip to Italy during the coming winter or spring, and her pre- sent plan is to take a course of waters at Air les Bains or Wiesbaden, where she will also undergo massage. Her trouble con- tinues to be confined almost exclusively to the knees. It is a curious fact that the Dr. Goriansky, a Russian physician, Princess of Wales isa victim of the same painful complaint. She suffered so much Chum to. have. found that the Jmce 0.! “w A from the fatigue of standing in the drawing cranberries given freely, pure or diluted rooms last spring u,“ next ye“. . chm-r, with an equal part of water, is an excellent similar to the one which the Queen means of relieving thirst and vomiting in occupies» Will .Pmbhbly be Pl'°"'i‘led ‘0’ her Asiatic chow“. at these functions. Queer Cure for Cholera. Apples. Like many of the most abundant, and therefore the cheapest, articles of diet, up pics are also one of the most whole- some, and can be served in a greater number of appetiung and delicious dishes than any other kind of homevgrown fruit. And yet Captain Webb’s Widow. Luck in a lllule’s Foot. Near the fatal whirlpool at Niagara While ploughing in a field a few days where Captain Webb lost his life, there has a W 0d .- R-d 0 f I “- . . go on 0 son s i ge, near x on , . iss., been this summer a little stall where fancy I negro dimovend his mule,” to” to l knick~knscks have been sold. The woman V if they were no mo" filentifhl. “1d h“! no who runs the stall is said to be Captain entangled and sunken some distance below the surface of the ground. When the foot was drawn out the negro was dumfounded very Appropriate. over the jingling of coin and a few golden Littlewit-“ I am going to send a propo- pieces that flew u with the extricated foot e immediately dug down greater “ keeping power" than peaches and Webb's widow. plume, we should, no doubt, have no more .ppmiatiou of their value. A celebrated teacher of copkory,mwlzosek wford no tip-to. wi e won t in o uestionin _ 3:; 3:33.91... can be served (in flatly §§ sal to Miss Gush. What kind of paper of the animal. cite a hundred delightful ways. It i. shall I write it onl' ” gainful, however, if the majority of house. Gmtheadâ€"" Fool-cap, by all means. he says, SL700 in gel coins. Ontario. “a bro in u . in e an em mama ever shipped from British Columris. has “I; p 8' ,just been sent to England. , . ..... . . ITEMS OF INTEREST. New York city shelters 10,000 opium smokers. The frigate bird can fly an entire week without stopping to rest. The size of a woman’s shoe should be just oneohalf that of her glove. The product of a single oyster in one season is 1,000,000 young oysters. A little sweet clover kept on a table will soon banish flies from the room. The oldest national flag in the worldis that of Denmark. which has been in use since the year l2l9. The coldest place in the world is Yehu- tch, Russia. - Sometimes the mercury drops to 73 degrees below zero. last year the dog-catcher of Wilmington DeL, earnedSl,57S,50.which is 875,50 more than the mayor’s salary. The ulsimeter is a new thing for doctor’s use. t is a watch which records on a dial the number of pulse-beats per minute. The first iron bridge was built on the Worcester and Shreu'sbury Railroad, Eng- land, in 1778. It is 96 feet long, and is still in use. Leftohanded cooks may now rejoice. There is a. frying-pan with the “lip” on the right side of the pan. Most pans have the “ lip” on the left. Among the toilet essentials of the Em- press of Russia is a perfumery fountain. She presses a button, and out comes a spray of any perfume desired. A well-formed man. if he faces a wall and stands erect, with his chest touch- ing the wall, the tips of his toes will be three inches away from it, his nose four, and his thighs five. The royal plate at \Vindsor Palace is worth $10,000,000. There are two dinner services, one of silver and one of gold. The gold service was purchased for George IV., and will dine 120 persons. Life insurance experts contend that a woman who is in good health at the age of forty-five is likely to outlive a man of the same age, because she is apt to be more temperate, and is less liable to accidents. Oranges eaten one at a time, at intervals of two or three hours through the day, and just before retiring, often remove the appetite for strong drink. Salt food should be shunned by topers who wish to reform. The richest woman in the world is Isadora Cusino, of Santiago, Chili. She owns coal, copper, and silver mines, as well as a fleet of eight iron steamships. From her coal mines alone her income is in real estate and stocks, and it is not be- $100,000 a month. l lieved the robbers secured anything. From Lena Carey, of Bridgeville, Del.. to win . the fact that th°,miaer’srighteye is badly a wager, ate a vast quantity of cabbage, dISCOIOI'ed and cheek bruised it Is the and then topped off the vegetable mass by theory 0f the P01!“ that! the thieves and eating four plates of iceocream. It roved murderers surprised him: and knOCklng a fatal combination, for Lena die in 3 him down, bound his hands and feet to- few hours. Semen An unusual sight was lately witnessed TORTURE” FOR “13 MONEY- at Constantinople. It was the arrival of Then, with knives, they cut the oldman the brig Andrea, from Salonica, Turkey, in numerous places, torturing him, with the the officers and crew of which were all hope that he would disclose the hiding monks, from Athol. Only male visitors place of his wealth. Then, finding their were allowed on board. efforts futile, they crushed in the back of Edison recently displayed a globe of his head and, leaving him dead on the goldfish, with their interiorsso illuminated {1°05 “flanked everything about the that the working of every part ofEthcir hO‘fse’ taking, What they 00”“ find- anatomy could be plainly seen. This was Neither of his nieces cr nephews had seen done by causing each fish to swallow a the old man in the last two weeks. The minute incandescent lamp. sheriff, who has charge of the case, says- A soloomkeeper in Detroit has had a that from the description furnished be great increase of business since he intro- thinks the capture of the murderers ‘8 ducedasoda-fountain in his place. Most assured' of his patrons still imbibe intoxicants,‘ but " they think the public are fooled by the FACTS IN FEW WORDS. idea that they rush in for soda-water. â€"â€" The first public library was established in Athens, .0. 540. The Nickel Industry. There are 9,000,000 foreign born people The Dominion Department of Trade an d in thf’ .United States“ _ Commerce is in receipt of some trade re- Brmeh fishermen d‘my drag 3100:000' ports from the Foreign Office. One of them wzm:f fiah firm thehaea' shows that the export of nickel ore from as no use a now as a company that _ insures against losses b bur lars. New Caledonia, the French penal settle- The annual taxes of tie wild aggregate. ment, last year was valued at $30,000,000. the enormous sum of $4,350,000,0 As most of this product goes to the United Kingdom, it would be well for the nickel - - producers of Canada to endeavor to secure pruned on Amencan'made paper‘ a share of the market, which almost ex- . London has the W.“ Water supply Of any clusively pertains to New Caledonia at the “by m the world“ B‘vefy day 429'000’000' present time. gallons can be pumped into the pipes. According to a custom of Cores, all loyal Coreans must were a white hat for three HOW the Iron Duke Did It. years after the death of one of the royal Old John was a shoemaker, an Irishman, mmuy' and an ardent adrmirer of the duke of Well: Ike Shel-l8!" 0f Canton. 0-, flawed 03' the iugton, To describe the bangle of Waterloo limb against which his ladder was resting was his chief pleasure. He always wound While ldimming “993 “he Other day. Hols up the narrative, sitting with his hammer 85m in the hospital. pulsed, his spectacles pushed back on his The Hungarian of three centuries ago. murmur msru ii A WEALTHY 'HISER TORTURE!) IN HIS LONELY HOVEL. â€"_. The latices-rs Bound Their Victim‘s lands and Feet and (u lines With Knives-Previous Attempts to Rob and Kill the Old Ian lad Failed-Reps Ila Money In a Ball. Chef-lee B. Chauvin lived in a miserable house on his farm on the Groeee Point road, six miles from Detroit, for 50 years. He made money by» spending nothing and sav- ing all he received. Bis wealth is varioqu estimated at from $100,000 to $1,000,000. but he always lived alone, except when his two nieces visited him. ' Plots were laid to kill the old man and rob him of his money on several occasions, but each time the plot failed because Chauvin was well armed, having three rifles and several revolvers secured about his miserable hovel. So miserly was he that twice within the last teuyears he was complained of for cruelty to animals in not feeding his stock. He was supposed to have a vast amount of money hid about the premises, but this supposition was wrong as Chauvin always kept his money in the bank. Chauvin was last seen alive by the- neighbors Sunday afternoon. Two stran- gers were seen soon after midnight that night in the vicinity of his house, but nothing strange was thought of it until yesterday. FOUND BIS DEAD BODY. His nephew, Joseph Grosbeck, went to. see Chauvin Monday afternoon, and, find- ing the door locked, broke it in. The body of the old missr was lying on the floor, his hands tied together, and his feet bound, while from a dozen cuts on the body blood had flowed and stained his clothing. His head was crushed to a jelly. The house was literally turned topsy turvy. It was evident that murder and robbery had been done, and the Coroner was notified. He was able to gain little in addition to the facts already given, but learned that the old man did not keep much money in the- house. Chauvin was probably largely interested Several European journals are being forehead, and his whole appearance ind- was entitled to wear one feather in his cap . icating the utmost enthusiasm. With the for ever Turk he killed hence the h - words; “AD’ the Duke sez,se7. he, Up. in comm3bn use among us’. p use Gyards, an’ at ’em 1 ’ an’ wid that, simul~ Turin ' _ g and feathering was once a le al- Eaneamllzi 3‘ ‘7th “Tariff?! “1 t"; 0,1119”, punishment for theft. It is said to be fougnd fa (ii/3,13 “PPe “1 3 ‘3 em' ‘ n t at in the statutes of both England and France 38 e l e ' about the time of the Crusades. Two Mexican cowboys fell in love with the same girl, and, with the young woman’s consent, settled the matter by a duel. Both were seriously wornded, but it is said the young woman Will keep to her agreement and marry the victor as soon as he is able to be about. In Australia great inconvenience is ex‘ perienced in telegraph construction by the fondness of the natives for wire for bracev lets, our and nose rings, and their Weakness for the-procclain insulators, which they fashion into arrowheads. A novel suit is being brought by an In- diana woman against anumber of promi- nent people of that state. She wishes to recover $6,000, which,. she alleges, her husband lost to them gambling. There’s a man in a little town about ten miles from Dallas, Clem, who :is landlord of the only hotel, the storokeeper, the 'only lawyer in the place and the pastor of the only church. In the dominions of the British empire alone some 8,000 indvidusls vanish every year wilhoutleaviug any indication as to- their whereabouts or over appearing again. A Louisiana man was bitten the other day by a poisonous snake. I‘he tragic re- sult did not turn out exactly as expwted, for the snake it was that died. W Been. There Before. Little Johnnyâ€"“Come to dinner." Little Ethelâ€"“ I’m not hungry. " Little Jobnnyâ€"-" Well, you will be by: the time the minister gets through saying grace." A Little Too Late. Miss Faddâ€"“ The meanness of some people is past com rehension.” Mrs. Faddâ€"“ hat has gone wrong, my love ‘3" Miss Faddâ€"“ Last week I was elected an active member of the Young Ladies’ Phil- anthropy Club, and to-day I began my ministrations by taking a. basket of cold- victuals to a poor woman whose name was down on the books. W’ell, when I got there I found that some meddlesome busybody had been there two weeks ago and given ser wprk, and I had to carry all that stuff ack.’ â€"â€"-â€" Bobby’s Bad Box. Mrs. Suburbâ€"“Bobby, I wish you would. weed this flower bed.” Bobby (whimperinglâ€""If I sit out here in the hot sun, a-pullin’ weeds, I’ll get all sunburned, and my skin will be so sore I can't sleep.” Mrs. Suburbâ€""That's easily remedied. After you get through with the flower bed you may pull all the plantain weeds out of the lawn and bring them to me. Plantain leaves are good for sunburn." â€"â€"-â€" The annual taxes of the world aggregate the anemone sum of 84.350.000.000. The Georgian Bay region is said tobethe- best apple and plum growing country of The largest cargo of salmon csses (75,000) AV ~wm .W“. .. “as...” v a... "NW... _..._ .mww ... ...-.D..__....~...Wwww ._..,_... fl. .. P. ,m . “94..-... . ..A».-â€"~â€"W~m-Mww‘ "‘ (“K